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Mark Bullock, 50, from Stoke-on-Trent, died after he was badly scalded when steam from elsewhere in the system fed into the area where he was working.
John Pointon and Sons was fined £660,000 at Stafford Crown Court after admitting health and safety breaches.
The firm was also ordered to pay £187,000 in costs following Mr Bullock's death in 2011.
Health and Safety Executive Inspector Wayne Owen said: "The cookers in operation at the company form the core part of the business.
"Precautions should have been taken to ensure all avenues which had the potential to allow steam to be fed back into the cooker had been suitably isolated."
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A food waste recycling company has been fined after a worker died carrying out repairs inside an industrial cooker.
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Shahadat Hossain was suspended by the Bangladeshi Cricket Board (BCB) after he and his wife were arrested on suspicion of torturing the girl.
Mr Hossain, 29, has previously denied abusing Mahfuza Akhter Happy. He is currently out of prison on bail.
He apologised for his "mistake" in a news conference.
He said: "I beg forgiveness to the country. To err is human, and I have made a mistake.
"For the sake of cricket and my livelihood, I want to return to cricket. I appeal to the nation, the Bangladeshi Cricket Board (BCB), to allow me to return to cricket and correct my mistake."
Miss Happy was found in a street in September 2015 with multiple injuries, including a broken leg and a black eye.
She told police that she had been working for the couple for a year and that they had beaten and tortured her.
Mr Hossain had initially reported her as missing. He later handed himself in to police.
He and his wife, Jasmine Jahan Nritto Shahadat, were jailed before being let out on bail two months later.
If convicted, they could face jail terms of between seven and 14 years, plus a fine.
The charges have been brought under legislation designed to protect women and children from domestic abuse.
Local media report that Mr Hossein has already submitted a formal appeal to the BCB, which did not overturn the ban and said there were "legal complications".
He has played Test and ODI cricket and became the first Bangladeshi cricketer to be added to the Lord's honours board.
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A Bangladeshi Test cricketer has asked to be allowed to return to the sport after being charged with torturing his 11-year-old housemaid.
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Virgin Australia said a passenger had been handcuffed by crew on the Boeing 737 after acting aggressively.
The flight from Brisbane was boarded by Indonesian troops on landing after reports that it had been hijacked.
Virgin blamed confusion around the incident on a "miscommunication" and said the passenger had been drunk.
The BBC's Karishma Vaswani in Indonesia said fears of a hijacking were caused after the pilot sent a distress signal to airport authorities.
"This is no hijacking, this is a miscommunication," Heru Sudjatmiko, a Virgin Australia official said.
"There was a drunk passenger, intoxicated and aggressively behaved. He was trying to enter the cockpit, banging the door but he did not enter the cockpit."
Crew members seized the passenger, who authorities identified as Matt Christopher Lockley, a 28-year-old from Australia.
An hour before landing in Bali, the plane's original destination, the pilot alerted traffic controllers to a possible hijacking on board, an Indonesian air force spokesman said.
Palani Mohan, a passenger on another flight that was about to take off from Bali, told AFP that the pilot of his plane announced the airport was in lockdown.
"The captain of my plane made an announcement saying we were delayed indefinitely because a hijack was going on in Bali airport, about 150 metres away from us."
"I saw at least five vehicles including military-style trucks, filled with men in uniform, rushing towards the plane," he said.
"Then the Virgin plane taxied away, followed by the convoy of security forces."
Police arrested the man shortly after the plane landed and all of the passengers were unharmed.
The airport was closed briefly but flights resumed shortly after the incident.
Virgin Australia Airlines, formerly Virgin Blue Airlines, is Australia's second-largest airline.
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A passenger who caused a hijack scare on a flight from Australia to Indonesia has been arrested at Bali airport, officials say.
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Bosses said insulation debris was left in the Paddock, but repairs can be made before a meeting at the weekend and the British Grand Prix is not under threat.
Engineers are currently assessing the damage to the Wing and the circuit was working to ensure minimal disruption during repairs.
The roof was damaged on Sunday afternoon and again on Monday night.
Sporting director Stuart Pringle said: "Although it looks a bit of a mess at the moment, the damage is largely cosmetic and the structural and functional integrity of the roof remains completely intact.
"Whilst clearly we will have to smarten the section of roof and clear the insulation debris from the Paddock, we don't anticipate any impact on this weekend's race meeting.
"It will not affect the season opener, the FIA World Endurance Championship over the weekend of 10 - 12 April."
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Part of the "Wing" roof at the Silverstone motor racing circuit has been damaged by high winds.
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It is demanding a means to monitor such applications, but Saudis say that would seriously inhibit their communications.
Saudi newspapers are reporting that the companies behind the applications have been given a week to respond.
No explanation has been given of why the demand has been made.
Ahmed Omran, a Saudi blogger who runs the Riyadh Bureau site, says that Saudi telecom companies may be tempted to go along with the request from the regulator - even though it will upset their customers - because of the loss of revenue they suffer from the free apps, which are hugely popular in the country.
One Saudi source goes further - with an article in the local Arab News suggesting that it may even have been the telecom companies themselves that have been demanding that action be taken against the apps.
The move is similar to attempts to rein in the Blackberry messaging service several years ago.
The explosion in social media networks has had a big impact in Saudi Arabia, which has the highest take-up of Twitter in the world, reports the BBC's Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher.
Outside interest in the phenomenon has largely focused on how this has allowed Saudis to express themselves in a public forum on social or political issues in an unprecedented way.
Saudis see this latest threat a little differently, our correspondent says. Any move to monitor or block sites like Skype and WhatsApp would potentially deprive them of what has become an essential means of simply communicating with friends and family.
One Saudi user told the local media that she would feel uncomfortable talking to her relative on Skype without her hijab (headscarf) if she believed someone might be monitoring her.
Expatriate workers have messaged newspapers pleading with the Saudis not to stop their only affordable means of communication to their families back home.
If it did happen, though, one Saudi told the BBC that it would not take long for people to find a new way to communicate for free.
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Encrypted messaging services such as Skype, Viber and WhatsApp could be blocked in Saudi Arabia, the telecommunications regulator there is reported to have warned.
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The committee said "the most significant" domestic risks to financial stability were connected to the referendum on EU membership.
It referred to risks of a period of "heightened and prolonged uncertainty".
It doesn't say explicitly that it has in mind the period after a vote in favour of leaving the EU.
But that is the most likely scenario the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) is referring too.
The result of that uncertainty, the committee judges, could "affect the cost and availability of financing for a broad range of UK borrowers".
These pressures could, the FPC says, reinforce existing vulnerabilities.
The current account deficit, which measures the UK's trade performance, remains high and it needs to be financed by foreign investment.
Those flows have contributed to meeting the borrowing needs of the government and business, the statement says.
The Bank also says a decision to withdraw "could spill over to the euro area", affecting financial markets and economic growth there.
It also notes that sterling could be forced lower, though that has potential benefits - making British industry more competitive and raising the cost of imports, which would arguably be welcome at a time when inflation is well below the Bank's target.
The Conservative MP John Redwood, who wants the UK to leave the EU, disputed the committee's assessment when he spoke to the World at One on BBC Radio.
He said: "International investors have been quite relaxed about the possibility of Brexit. At a time when the polls have been strengthening for Brexit, and we have been getting nearer to the vote, interest rates have come down a little bit and we have seen a lot of inward investment.
"Indeed we see the Germans trying to buy our stock exchange."
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The Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee says that the outlook for financial stability has deteriorated since November.
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Sussex, who resumed on 342-4, lost Luke Wells (104) to the third ball of day three before Ben Brown's attacking 61 took them to 447-8 declared.
Trailing by 297, Derbyshire lost regular wickets in their second innings, including captain Billy Godleman for 49 as they fell to 106-5.
Derbyshire closed on 195-6, trailing by 102, with Shiv Thakor on 58.
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Derbyshire look to be heading towards a heavy defeat against Sussex after another poor day with the bat.
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With roots stretching back to the 10th century, Luxembourg's history is closely intertwined with that of its more powerful neighbours, especially Germany.
Many of its inhabitants are trilingual in French, German and Luxembourgish - a dialect of German.
Despite declaring its neutrality, Luxembourg was occupied by Germany during both World Wars.
After renewed occupation in the Second World War, Luxembourg abandoned its neutrality and became a front-rank enthusiast for international co-operation.
Luxembourg's prosperity was formerly based on steel manufacturing. With the decline of that industry, Luxembourg diversified and is now best known for its status as Europe's most powerful investment management centre.
Population 523,000
Area 2,586 sq km (999 sq miles)
Major languages French, German, Luxembourgish
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 78 years (men), 83 years (women)
Currency euro
Head of state: Grand Duke Henri
The ruling Grand Duke of Luxembourg succeeded to the title in 2000, on the abdication of his father Jean. He had already exercised the constitutional powers of the monarch since 1998.
Born in 1955, the future Grand Duke Henri studied politics in Geneva, where he met his Cuban wife Maria Teresa. He later underwent officer training at Britain's Sandhurst Academy.
The head of state's constitutional role is largely ceremonial, and in 2008 parliament further restricted it by rescinding the monarch's right to veto legislation.
Prime Minister: Xavier Bettel
Xavier Bettel formed a government in December 2013 after snap elections in October at which his Democratic Party, the Socialists and Greens emerged with a small majority over the largest overall group, the conservative Christian Social Party.
The vote was called after Jean-Claude Juncker of the Christian Social Party, who had been prime minister since 1995, lost his majority in parliament when the Socialists quit his coalition in July 2013 over a phone-tapping scandal.
The Christian Social Party had been in government since 1979.
Mr Bettel, the mayor of Luxembourg City between 2011 and 2013, is the country's first openly gay prime minister.
Luxembourg exerts immense media clout and has a long tradition of operating radio and TV services for pan-European audiences, including those in France, Germany and the UK.
Generations of British listeners grew up with Radio Luxembourg, which beamed pop music programmes into the UK. "The Great 208" is no more, but media group RTL is still a key player in media markets across Europe.
Luxembourg's media empire extends to the skies. It is home to Europe's largest satellite operator, Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES), which operates the Astra fleet.
Some key dates in the history of Luxembourg:
1914 - First World War. Luxembourg is occupied by Germany until 1918.
1920 - Luxembourg joins the League of Nations.
1921 - Luxembourg enters economic union with Belgium.
1940-44 - Luxembourg is again occupied by Germany during Second World War.
1957 - Luxembourg becomes founder member of the European Economic Community, a fore-runner of the European Union.
2000 - Crown Prince Henri becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg on the abdication of his father, Jean.
2009 - G20 adds Luxembourg to "grey list" of countries with questionable banking arrangements. Shortly afterwards the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) commends Luxembourg for improving financial transparency with agreements with a dozen countries.
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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg - a small country landlocked by Belgium, France and Germany - is a prominent financial centre.
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A temporary closure notice for the production areas of South Eastern Burry Inlet cockle bed has been issued.
Swansea council's decision follows advice from the Food Standards Agency Wales and the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aqua Science.
The council said beaches remained open and waters were safe to bathe in.
Council food and safety officer Ann Rodway said: "We would all like to see the bed re-open as soon as possible. In the meantime, our priority must be to protect public health.
"There is no health risk to beach users, but they must not collect or eat cockles."
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A Swansea cockle bed has been closed due to concerns about "higher than normal" levels of E. coli found in shellfish samples.
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Since 11 August some 290 people have been arrested for various offences and 190 knives and 18 firearms have been recovered, the Met Police revealed.
Another 31 people were held earlier following a number of dawn raids carried out across five boroughs.
The force said it was "committed to ensuring that Carnival remains a safe, vibrant and enjoyable event".
Met tweet sparks social media backlash
Tuesday's raids, which targeted knife crime, drugs and child exploitation, were carried out by more than 100 officers.
Twenty-one homes in Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Westminster, and Wandsworth were searched and 18 people were arrested.
In Lewisham, eight people were arrested after searches at eight addresses and what was believed to be Class A and Class B drugs were seized.
Most of the arrests were for possession with intent to supply drugs.
The force said some of those arrested might be bailed but would have conditions imposed on them prohibiting them from attending the Carnival.
"Today's operation is aimed at ensuring that those who intend to cause trouble at Carnival are prohibited from doing so," Ch Supt Robyn Williams said.
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More than 300 people have been arrested as part of an operation to prevent crime at the Notting Hill Carnival.
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The Institute of Economic Affairs study says the right to 15 hours free care a week has distorted the market price.
It also argues regulations have made it more costly, with many families on average earnings spending more than a third of their income on childcare.
The government says it is investing £6bn a year on the facility.
The report argues that despite this investment, families are still paying huge sums for people to look after their children.
The way early years care is funded means that those who need help the most do not receive it, while many affluent families are generously subsidised, the report found.
It also highlighted what it described as "inequitable cross-subsidisation", where parents are required to pay high fees for a few extra hours, because the government funding rates are so low that the richer parents, seeking more hours, are effectively topping up the government's contribution.
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Currently, parents of three and four-year-olds in England are entitled to 15 hours free childcare a week, but this is due to increase to 30 hours from September.
And providers say that nursery costs for parents could "sky-rocket" in some areas as providers grapple with less funding for the scheme.
The report also argues that attempts to improve the quality of childcare have ended up increasing the amount of regulation, while failing to produce better outcomes.
However, previous attempts by the government to change the ratio of children to carers were met with resistance from childcare providers, who said the changes would not lead to savings.
The report said the system has also limited choice for parents as alternative forms of care such as home-based childminders are priced out of the sector.
Len Shackleton, co-author of the report, said: "Government interventions in the childcare sector have resulted in both British families and taxpayers bearing a heavy burden of expensive provision.
"Regulation has led to an excessive formalisation of childcare and pre-school, which has not only pushed up costs but paid scant attention to parental preferences.
"Many families may not want the structured form of pre-school that the government requires as standard.
"At a time when many families are facing a cost of living crisis, it is important the government rethinks its involvement in childcare. Rowing back on unnecessary regulation and focusing public funds on those who need it, rather than subsidising the well-off, would be a good way to start."
Gayle Paris, a mother who contacted us via Facebook, said she found it difficult to use the free childcare allowance as it had to be taken over five days.
"If less affluent families aren't taking up the place, it is because they have less flexible working arrangements, and are likely not to be able to afford a private nursery to take partnership funding.
"Taking the opportunity of pre-school in the local authority away from those with more income is not a solution. Local authority pre-school is a good step into school for three to four-year-olds.
"Re-arrange the system so those working full time can better access it and the uptake among less affluent families will rise."
Craig Chew-Moulding said fewer parents would go back to work, if the subsidies were withdrawn, as it would not make economic sense.
Neil Leitch, chief executive the Pre-School Learning Alliance, said: "Yes, childcare is expensive, but reducing regulations - for example by abandoning rules around staff to child ratios - is not the way to reduce costs. When the government tried to relax ratios in 2012 parents and providers were overwhelmingly opposed to the proposals.
He added: "While we appreciate there are flaws in the government's early years policy - not least doubling the free entitlement from 15 to 30 hours without properly analysing how to fund the scheme - to remove state intervention entirely, as this report suggests, would be fool-hardy at best, and downright dangerous at worst."
A Department for Education spokesman said helping families with high quality, affordable childcare was at the heart of the government's agenda.
"That's why we are investing a record £6bn per year by 2020," he said.
"Our 30 hours free offer for three and four-year-olds is set to save working parents up to £5,000 per year and we're also supporting the most disadvantaged families through our free 15 hours offer for two-year-olds and our pupil premium - worth over £300 a year per eligible child.
"We make no apologies for regulations which keep children safe and well."
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The free entitlement to childcare for all parents in England should be scrapped in favour of a system aimed at disadvantaged children, a report says.
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Originally, the regulator won its case and ordered the social network to stop tracking non-members when they visited publicly available Facebook pages.
The Brussels Appeals Court overturned that, saying the regulator had no jurisdiction over Facebook, which has its European headquarters in Ireland.
Facebook said it was pleased with the decision.
"We look forward to bringing all our services back online for people in Belgium," it said in a statement.
Willem Debeuckelaere, president of the Belgium privacy commission said: "Today's decision means simply that the Belgian citizen cannot obtain privacy protection when it concerns foreign players. The citizen is thus exposed to massive violations of privacy."
It said that it would look into launching a final appeal with the Court of Cassation, which can throw out previous judgements, but not deliver new ones.
The case centres around Facebook's use of a cookie - a small data file that tracks and records web activity.
Initially the court found in favour of the Belgian data authority. It said that collecting the data on the web-surfing behaviour of millions of people who were not members of the social network was a "manifest" violation of Belgian data protection law, irrespective of what purposes Facebook used the data for.
It imposed a fine of 250,000 euros per day if it did not comply with the order.
In December last year Facebook agreed to remove cookies for non-users who were visiting publicly available Facebook content.
Some privacy experts felt that would open the floodgates for other countries to follow suit.
In its appeal Facebook argued that it had used the cookie - known as datr - for five years, that it helped keep the service secure and that it discarded the data after 10 days.
The ruling though was ultimately about who has authority over the social network.
"Belgian courts don't have international jurisdiction over Facebook Ireland, where the data concerning Europe is processed," the court said.
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Facebook has won a long-running legal battle with the Belgian data protection authority over how it tracks non-users.
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The money from the Department for Education is in addition to £27m already allocated for 2015-17.
The council has seen a "significant increase" in the demand for primary school places.
About 15,000 extra primary school places will be needed over the next five years, the council said.
Conservative councillor Roger Gough, KCC's cabinet member for education, said: "For the next few years the pressure will be predominantly for primary school places, but the need for extra secondary school places will then start to come through."
Seven new primary schools are being built at Knights Park in Tunbridge Wells, Kings Hill, Leybourne Chase and Holborough Quarry - all in Tonbridge and Malling; and East Folkestone Primary in Shepway, and Thistle Hill Primary, in Swale.
Tunstall Primary, in Swale, is being relocated and expanded.
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An extra £92m has been awarded to Kent County Council (KCC) to help it meet the need for more school places over the next three years.
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The 26-year-old Scot missed out on a medal by 1.5 seconds after working his way through the elite field in Lahti, Finland.
The race was won by Canadian Alex Harvey in 1:46:28.9.
Russia's Sergey Ustiugov took silver, with Finland's Matti Heikkinen third.
He said: "I am pretty happy, it was a good race, but at the same time I am a little bit disappointed that I didn't have a stronger finish and get onto the podium.
"I have got stronger in every race I have done and I have never done so well in a 50km so it is awesome.
"I have a lot of confidence going into the next World Cup and hopefully I can pull out a few more good races."
It was a tremendous performance by Musgrave, whose previous best result was sixth in a World Cup 15km.
Elsewhere at the 2017 World Championships, he finished 12th in the 15km Classic and 11th in the 30km skiathlon.
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Andrew Musgrave recorded Great Britain's best-ever Nordic skiing result by finishing fourth in the 50km freestyle at the World Cross Country Skiing Championships.
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Shopkeeper Alice Wheeldon was found guilty of a poison plot against David Lloyd George in 1917.
But a campaign to clear her name, which saw her former home get a commemorative plaque, has continued.
Now, her great granddaughter Chloe Mason has said a submission to the Court of Appeal is being prepared.
Known for their anti-war views, Mrs Wheeldon, daughters Nellie, Hetty and Winnie and son William were the focus of government attention.
On 31 January 1917, they were arrested and accused of plotting to kill Lloyd George with poison darts.
Mrs Wheeldon, Winnie and son-in-law Alfred Mason were convicted. Mrs Wheeldon served only nine months of a 10-year sentence but died soon after release.
Supporters have insisted the family were set up by an MI5 agent who was known for dishonesty.
Ms Mason, granddaughter of Mrs Wheeldon, said: "It is an ugly burden to carry that the family were not only convicted and went to prison but suffered terrible persecution subsequently for something we think they did not do.
"We need a criminal justice system that is fair and does things properly, so it is about the credibility and integrity of the system itself."
She has now met a legal team to begin work on a submission to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, which will decide whether the case can go before the Court of Appeal.
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An appeal to clear the name of a Derby suffragette jailed for plotting to kill a British prime minister is moving forward.
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No agreement has been reached and, as things stand, Wright is planning to play O'Halloran in next weekend's League Cup semi-final with Hibernian.
O'Halloran set up a goal as Saints lost 3-1 to Premiership leaders Celtic, who went six points clear at the top.
"The latest is that there has been no change," said Wright.
O'Halloran started on the right flank before moving up front in the second half. He did not play last week, after news of Rangers' interest broke, because Wright felt he was not in the right frame of mind.
There was enough about his game to create an equaliser at Celtic Park, though, for Steven MacLean.
"Michael's our player and we can't stop clubs asking a question about him," Wright told BBC Scotland. "He played because all week he's been excellent in training.
"When it emerged and really hit the press last week, it did have an effect on him. But he's in a good frame of mind.
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"The chairman came down on the bus today and unless something's happened, Michael's still our player, so that's the only update I can give.
"I'm confident that he'll be our player in the morning. He's contracted to us for another 18 months.
"We do know that Rangers are seriously interested. There's a valuation and if that's met then he'll no longer be our player. I'll be preparing, come Monday, for him to be in the team for next week."
Wright was happy with O'Halloran's performance, and aspects of the team's display as a whole, despite the defeat.
"We put a lot into game," he said. "First goal, they get a little break with the deflection. But we should see it out to half-time when we get the equaliser.
"We conceded the second goal at a bad time. At the start of the second half we looked okay, we put Michael up top, but the third goal kills us.
"I thought it was a foul on Brian Easton, [Gary] Mackay-Steven's foot was high and I was disappointed the ref didn't give it.
"You need those situations to go for you, then to compound it [Craig] Gordon makes a great save from Liam Craig moments later.
"I'm pleased with how we played, but there are still things we could do better; retention of the ball. But you have to work so hard here to get the ball [that] at times you don't keep is as much as you would like.
"The attitude, organisation and desire was good, I just thought at times we won the ball back then gave it away too cheaply."
Celtic manager Ronny Deila was pleased with the way his side "controlled" the game and the number of chances they created.
Mackay-Steven scored twice, Stuart Armstrong also found the net and Deila believes his team will be hard to catch if they maintain the same level of performance.
"We play much more forward now and we're hard to beat because we have a lot of quick players in the team," the Celtic manager said.
"[Mackay-Steven] was very good. Stuart and him were very good, the full-backs were vey good coming forward, so there was a lot to build on there.
"We're going to be very hard to beat when we are playing so direct and with pressure, everybody working so hard and then we win the ball in good situations."
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Tommy Wright asserted that Michael O'Halloran will still be a St Johnstone player "in the morning", with Rangers "seriously interested".
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A curfew has been extended for a third day in riot-hit areas of Muzaffarnagar district. Clashes began on Saturday.
Hundreds of people have been arrested. Officials say security is improving.
Thousands of people fled their homes in the violence which was sparked by the killing of three men who had objected to the harassment of a young woman.
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At least 38 people have been killed in clashes which erupted between Hindus and Muslims in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police say.
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The fly-half, 21, was among 19 players selected from 15 of New Zealand's provincial unions for the opening match of the Lions tour in Whangarei.
The New Zealander plays for North Harbour, but was recently called up to Super Rugby side Auckland Blues' squad.
Warren Gatland will name his Lions squad on 19 April.
3 June - New Zealand Provincial Barbarians (Toll Stadium, Whangarei)
7 June - Blues (Eden Park, Auckland)
10 June - Crusaders (AMI Stadium, Christchurch)
13 June - Highlanders (Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin)
17 June - Maori (International Stadium, Rotorua)
20 June - Chiefs (Waikato Stadium, Hamilton)
24 June - New Zealand (First Test, Eden Park, Auckland)
27 June - Hurricanes (Westpac Stadium, Wellington)
1 July - New Zealand (Second Test, Westpac Stadium, Wellington)
8 July - New Zealand (Third Test, Eden Park, Auckland)
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Bryn Gatland, son of British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland, has been named in the New Zealand Barbarians squad to face the tourists on 3 June.
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The project at the £1.2bn Romandisea resort has been condemned as in "bad taste" by members of the British Titanic Society.
The resort's American designer said plans for a simulated iceberg crash experience had now been abandoned.
The Chinese firm said the attraction would be "respectful".
Shaojun Su, chief executive of Yongle Seven Star Cultural Tourism Development Company, said the Titanic had "many Chinese fans" thanks to the 1997 film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Speaking through an interpreter at the British Titanic Society convention, he said the full-size replica would "respect history and the universal love" of those who died.
The convention - a gathering of Titanic enthusiasts and relatives of those on board the ill-fated liner - was held between Friday and Sunday in Southampton.
One participant, Jean Legg, whose father was a steward on the ship, said: "They are using the Titanic because of the tragedy - it's upsetting."
Ms Legg said: "My dad lived to be nearly 90 and the sights and sounds of people fighting for their lives stayed with him to the end of his days.
"If he knew this was being replicated, I think he'd be turning in his grave.
"I find it very upsetting, I feel they could have replicated another liner - it's in poor taste."
Robert Burr, the grandson of a steward who lost his life, had the same objection. "It doesn't suit the situation," he added.
But the society's president, Commodore Ron Warwick, said the replica would "perpetuate the memory of those who lost their lives".
Bruce Beverage, whose American firm is helping to design the theme park, said he had convinced Mr Su to drop plans for a simulated iceberg crash as part of a "6D holiday experience".
He said: "When they hired me I said, 'No, it would be in poor taste'."
The original liner, built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, sank when it hit an iceberg on 15 April 1912 on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
The replica is set to form the centrepiece of the theme park in Sichuan province, which is due to admit its first visitors in August.
Work on the ship began in May 2014 and is due to be completed by early 2019.
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A project to create a full-size replica of the Titanic at a theme park in China has upset relatives of victims and survivors of the 1912 disaster.
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Midfielder Morsy, 24, who spent time in Wolves' academy before moving from Port Vale to the Spireites in 2013, has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal.
Alex academy product Colclough, 21, has agreed a three-and-a-half year contract with the Latics.
After two injury-plagued campaigns, he is Crewe's top scorer this season with eight goals in 30 appearances.
"They are players we have been keeping a close eye on so to be able to get both over the line now is a major boost for us," boss Gary Caldwell told the club website.
"They are exactly the type of players we want at Wigan Athletic, young and hungry, but with plenty of experience at this level."
Both players are available for the game against Port Vale on Saturday.
The Latics have also announced that striker Grant Holt and midfielder Don Cowie have left after mutually agreeing to cancel their contracts.
"It all happened quickly after a morning call," he told BBC Radio Stoke. "It's disappointing, in terms of losing your best player at the moment.
"But it opens up an opportunity for someone else and gives us the chance to bring in a replacement.
"It has always been this club's policy to produce young players to give them the opportunity.
"If the right club, the right move and the right fee comes along, we're not going to stand in his way. That's the same for every player."
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Wigan Athletic have signed Chesterfield captain Sam Morsy and Crewe forward Ryan Colclough for undisclosed fees.
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Taylor, 28, will sit out the World Cup qualifier in Serbia on 11 June after being sent off for the challenge that broke the leg of Republic captain Seamus Coleman in Friday's 0-0 draw.
The suspension could increase to three games if Fifa reviews the incident once it receives the referee's report.
Gareth Bale will also miss the Serbia game after being booked on Friday.
It was the Real Madrid forward's second yellow card of the qualification campaign.
Republic boss Martin O'Neill, preparing his side for a friendly against Iceland on Tuesday, said the tackles by Taylor and Bale - on John O'Shea - were "very, very poor".
And Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny told the Irish Times the tackle by Taylor was "horrific".
O'Shea needed stitches after he was tackled by Bale in the second half of Friday's game, which left Wales four points behind the Republic and Serbia with five matches left.
Wales boss Chris Coleman defended his players, and said Bale did not even think the challenge on O'Shea merited a booking.
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Wales defender Neil Taylor could face more than a one-game ban for his red card against the Republic of Ireland.
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James, 24, is back from a two-year absence through illness and injuries.
She said: "To have a bronze after all I've been through over the last two years, at home, in London, with all the support here, is just incredible.
"I'm hoping I'm back in the team now and have given myself more opportunities."
James won the sprint and keirin titles at the 2013 World Championships in Belarus.
But in May 2014, she had an operation to remove abnormal cells following a cervical screening, which could have developed into cancer if left untreated.
She has also suffered knee and shoulder injuries.
James made her return to the British vest in January, but did not make the podium at the World Track Cup in Hong Kong.
"It's been a really, really tough road and the World Cups were really tough for me this winter.
"All I rode was sprint and I was knocked out first round, which was so frustrating.
"It's just been so good because I've just been working so hard and knuckled down since Hong Kong.
"I've just seen improvements week in, week out and managed to pull it out, so happy days."
James failed to qualify automatically for the keirin final, instead doing so via a repechage.
"I like to do it the hard way, put myself in the rep (repechage) to do a bit of extra racing," James told BBC Sport.
"I haven't actually ridden a keirin since the nationals in September so I've just been doing video analysis and specific keirin training.
"It's really worked and just to get myself in the top six, each step I made was like a complete bonus and once I got through the rep I was just so overwhelmed I couldn't believe it.
"And then getting third in the semis and then into the final - it just doesn't feel real.
"I'm so over the moon to be back."
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Welsh cyclist Becky James hopes keirin bronze at the Track World Championships in London will help her bid to be part of Team GB's squad at the Rio Olympics.
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It has extended to the UK, Canada and other countries where the number of people killed by police is a fraction of that in the US.
In the UK, members of Black Lives Matter London marched to the US Embassy. In Canada, Black Lives Matter activists brought Toronto's gay pride parade to a standstill in protest. In Germany, protesters staged a "die-in" in Berlin and read the names of black people killed by US police.
In the US, the Black Lives Matter movement gained prominence after deaths of black men like Michael Brown and Eric Garner at the hands of police. As the movement has grown, so has its goals and its reach.
"Black Lives Matter is not just about black lives, it is about the quality of black lives," says Janaya Khan, a founder of the Black Lives Matter Toronto chapter.
Among the protesters in London was Maryam Ali, an 18-year-old student from west London who helped found the movement's London chapter.
Ms Ali has never experienced police violence first hand. Just two people have been killed this year by British police, one of them black. US police have killed at least 512 people in the same period, according to a tally by the Washington Post.
So what prompts a student in London to throw herself into a protest movement about police shootings thousands of miles away?
"Part of it is solidarity with the US," she says. "I have family in America, and I fear for their lives. They could just been walking down the street and their lives could be be taken away.
"But the UK isn't innocent. There have been police killings here," Ms Ali says.
She mentions Mark Duggan, a black man whose death at the hands of police in 2011 sparked the riots in London that summer.
Like the UK, Canada has relatively few police killings, but Ms Khan says racial bias affects the country's criminal justice system.
"We really have to pay attention to what we mean when we say less anti-black violence," Ms Khan says. "Take our prisons for example; we make up only 2.9% of the Canadian population but 10% of the federal inmate population."
Black Lives Matter Toronto began, late last year, with two goals: express solidarity with what was happening in the US and apply the cause to Canadian issues.
To that end, the Toronto chapter is branching out into policy and education. This year it is running a pilot summer school in an attempt to reduce the numbers of young black people getting caught up in crime and to "teach a history that is more balanced".
The Freedom School was created and is run entirely by the Black Lives Matter chapter and the community, Ms Khan says.
"Some Black Lives Matter chapters focus on policy change and legislation, while others understand that their specific context requires them to be on the streets. The cultures in every city are difference and Black Lives Matter responds to those cultures."
The Toronto chapter sees its place as both on the streets - controversially it brought the city's gay pride parade to a standstill after being invited as guests - and at city hall.
It has made specific political demands, including the overhaul of Canada's Special Investigations Unit, which is tasked with holding police accountable but which Black Lives Matter campaigners say is too dominated by former officers to be independent.
The chapter has also called for the demilitarisation of Toronto police - an issue that came to the fore in the US when police deployed military-style vehicles and weapons at the Black Lives Matter protest in Ferguson, Missouri.
Back in London, the movement is less focused but no less passionate, Ms Ali says.
Ms Ali says the issues that drive the Black Lives Matters movement are not limited to the US.
"There is internalised racism everywhere. There is a system that targets young black people because of a stereotype that they are dangerous, without actually looking at who they are. It's a terrifying cycle."
Breaking that cycle is about raising awareness everywhere, she says, whether there are police killings or not. "We are trying to build an awareness of black lives worldwide, not just for those in close proximity with racist law enforcement."
When she is not at school, Ms Ali is working on organising new protests and actions.
"This is about trying to make a change for those who don't have a voice," she says. "And for me as well."
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The power of the Black Lives Matter movement to galvanise people concerned about police misconduct has not stopped at America's borders.
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Blackwell remains in an induced coma after Saturday's British middleweight title defeat by Chris Eubank Jr.
Fellow middleweight Etches set up the fundraising web page on Monday and more than £4,000 of the £10,000 target was raised in the first 24 hours.
"Nick is more of a rival to me than a friend," Etches told BBC Wiltshire.
"But never once has he been disrespectful. He's a nice kid. He's always polite, so 'why not?'
"It is brilliant that everyone is joining in. I don't want any credit for doing what I have done.
"The credit goes out to everyone that is doing it; boxers, fans and media are all showing their appreciation to Nick and support for his family."
Blackwell, 25, was found to have a small bleed on the brain after Saturday's fight.
The British Board of Boxing Control has said it was satisfied with how the bout was handled.
"Unfortunately, it is the dark side of the sport," Etches continued.
"The most important thing is that he makes a full recovery, and I'm sure he will do.
"One day you could be thinking about fighting for a world title - the next day you might not be able to box again. It only comes to light when the accidents happen."
Etches began the fundraising with a £200 personal donation and more than 200 contributions have followed.
"There is only big money in boxing at the top, if you're world champion," Etches continued.
"On your way up, it's a hard world. Nick knows that and every other boxer knows that and I think that is why boxers have come together and donated a small amount of money each."
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Sheffield boxer Adam Etches says he is amazed at the response to his appeal to raise money for Nick Blackwell through a crowdfunding website.
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The 23-year-old striker was one of two players brought in by the Alex on deadline day, along with Callum Cooke.
But he has appeared for Scunthorpe and previous club Lincoln during the current campaign.
Defender Bondz N'Gala's proposed move from Eastleigh to Gillingham fell apart on Thursday for similar reasons.
Crewe are 19th in League Two, just four points clear of the relegation places ahead of Saturday's trip to Exeter.
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Crewe have cancelled a loan deal for Scunthorpe's Jonny Margetts because he has already played for two clubs this season, BBC Radio Stoke reports.
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The peer told the BBC Labour faced an "existential threat" and was "anything other than a government in waiting".
He also took a swipe at the system used to elect Mr Corbyn, describing it as "bizarre and unacceptable".
Lord Warner has insisted he will not defect to another party.
Labour sources told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg the resignation was "ego-driven" and Lord Prescott said Lord Warner was "no great loss".
Lord Warner served in Tony Blair's government and was made health minister in 2003, before leaving government in 2007.
In his resignation letter to Mr Corbyn, first reported in the Guardian, he wrote that he had resigned the Labour whip in the Lords and cancelled his party membership after concluding Mr Corbyn was "highly unlikely" to win back lost Labour voters.
"I have watched for some time the declining quality of the Labour Party's leadership but had not expected the calamitous decline achieved in 2015," he wrote.
In a direct attack on Mr Corbyn, who won an overwhelming victory in the Labour leadership contest after the party's general election defeat, he added: "The approach of those around you and your own approach and policies is highly likely to worsen the decline in the Labour Party's credibility."
He said he feared for Labour's future if Mr Corbyn's "supporting activists secure ever greater control of the party's apparatus and processes".
Lord Warner added: "Labour will only win another election with a policy approach that wins back people who have moved to voting Conservative and UKIP, as well as to the Greens and SNP. Your approach is highly unlikely to achieve this shift."
Speaking on Radio 4's Today programme, Lord Warner suggested Labour could be out of power for 15 years without a change in direction.
"If it doesn't change itself very rapidly indeed, it hasn't a hope in hell of winning an election in 2020 or indeed in 2025," he said.
"It has to understand why a large number of people chose to vote for four other parties on 7 May. It hasn't done that re-examination. I want to try and push it to do that and I think the best way I can do that is to make a stand and leave the party."
He said he was not encouraging others to leave the party, was not joining any other party and would continue to be a "traditional, centre left" politician.
On Twitter, former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott said Lord Warner had in the past proposed charging people to use the NHS, adding: "No credibility. No great loss."
And shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith suggested the peer had "been leaving us for quite a while".
"He voted with the Tories a couple of years ago, under the last Labour leadership, to privatise parts of the NHS," he told BBC 2's Newsnight. "He is somebody who has advocated charging for the NHS, charging to stay overnight....I'm not sure we will miss him too much."
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Ex-Labour health minister Lord Warner has said the party doesn't have a "hope in hell" of winning power under Jeremy Corbyn after he resigned the whip in protest at the party's direction.
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England have won their last six T20 internationals and beat South Africa A by 44 runs on Wednesday.
"We ticked a lot of boxes," Morgan said. "The squad is starting to come together and show real strength.
"We have a number of match-winners within the side."
England take on South Africa in Cape Town on Friday after Alex Hales hit 78 and Reece Topley took three wickets to earn Morgan's men a comfortable victory in the warm-up match in Paarl.
"We played with a lot of aggression and committed to everything we did," Morgan said. "Alex Hales continued his great run of form.
"The team is looking in really good shape."
Morgan conceded that England's bowling remains a work in progress in the shortest format of the game.
"We need to continue the way in which we play and up our skills, probably more so with the ball than with the bat," he said. "South Africa are a very strong outfit and this is really good preparation for us.
"The wickets are probably going to be batsmen-friendly, so it's going to be a bigger test for our bowlers, which is really good, given that we don't play a lot of T20 cricket. For our young bowling attack, it's going to be a really good challenge."
But he said the form of spinner Adil Rashid and left-arm pacemen Topley and David Willey gave him optimism that the bowlers would be equal to the task.
"I'm not worried about the bowling," Morgan said. "The fact that the two left-armers swing it and pose a threat early on gives us a chance to take wickets in the first six overs, which is crucial.
"Since Adil has come back into the side, he's been outstanding. His experience at the Big Bash has been brilliant, he was one of the leading wicket-takers over there and the experience of playing as an overseas player in a different country was a huge responsibility to take on his shoulders and he cherished that."
Morgan has batted at four and five in England's most recent T20 games and says this sort of adaptability is important to keep England's batting line-up firing - including getting the best out of destructive wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler - at the World T20.
"The way in which we'd like it to formulate is to be flexible, similar to the one-day team," Morgan said.
"Within that flexibility of the batting order, using Jos as much as we can and as well as can is going to be key in the World [T20].
"I don't have an ideal spot [in the order]. If there's a situation where somebody is suited better for it, we'll send them in."
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Captain Eoin Morgan says he is "really excited" by the potential of England's Twenty20 team as they prepare to face South Africa in two matches before the World T20 begins in India in March.
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The county are relegation favourites and face a difficult league opener at home to Donegal on Saturday night.
Benny Coulter is back after a one-year sabbatical, with the others yet to commit to the Mourne cause in 2016.
"The three boys have lots of quality and would only help Down football," said the forward.
Clarke has not played inter-county football since 2011, subsequently rejoining AFL side Collingwood.
He returned home from Australia over a year ago after being diagnosed with Addison's Disease and has yet to decide on his future plans with Down.
"You hear all the rumours," added Poland.
"I'm from the same area as him and it seems to be a general topic of discussion around Down. You hear rumours he is coming back and that he isn't.
"I haven't spoken to him in a while but if I thought it was worth getting on to him, I would pick up the phone and give him a call.
"If I was a manager, I know I would be on to him.
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"Down need all the best players playing and Marty is one of the best players in Down.
"It's the same with big Dan Gordon. If he came back it would help Down football, but I honestly don't know if he or Conor (Laverty) are coming on board."
Poland revealed he almost quit after Down's shock defeat to Wexford in last year's All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.
The embarrassing defeat led to the departure of Jim McCorry as manager and Poland, one of the team's stalwarts in recent seasons, admitted he contemplated retirement aged just 29.
"Wexford was one of the worst moments I've had in football but it was a knee-jerk reaction of my own (to consider retiring)," said Poland.
"I'm passionate about my county and want to see Down do well.
"There was a lot of ill-feeling abut Down football and people were saying things and it was annoying me.
"I don't know whether it's thickness or wanting to prove people wrong, but if fit I'm willing to be involved as long as Down want me."
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Mark Poland hopes absent trio Marty Clarke, Dan Gordon and Conor Laverty all return to boost Down's chances of remaining in Division One.
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Prosecutors accuse Juan de Dios Usuga and his brother Dairo Antonio of jointly leading the Urabenos gang, which controls much of the drug-trafficking in the north of Colombia.
Police say Juan de Dios Usuga, 44, was shot dead as officers tried to arrest him at his ranch in Choco province.
A police officer was killed in the 30-minute firefight.
The security forces continue to search for Dairo Antonio Usuga.
'Inside information'
Police said an informant told them Juan de Dios Usuga would be celebrating New Year's Eve at his ranch in Casa Verde, in north-western Choco province.
They deployed a special operations team to the area, which moved in on the ranch in the early hours of Sunday morning, local time.
The security forces said Mr Usuga and his bodyguards opened fire and shot a policeman as he was jumping off the helicopter.
They said Mr Usuga was killed in the exchange of fire which followed. Three suspected gang members were injured and arrested.
Ten warrants had been issued for Mr Usuga's arrest for alleged crimes including murder, forced disappearance and forced displacement.
Prosecutors say the two Usuga brothers control a 500-strong criminal gang named Los Urabenos after the area in northern Colombia where they have their roots.
Dairo Antonio is believed to have been at the ranch as well, but managed to escape from the police.
Los Urabenos is one of the groups the Colombian government calls Bacrim, short for bandas criminales (criminal gangs).
President Juan Manuel Santos says the gangs pose a grave danger to the security of Colombia and has made the fight against the Bacrim one of his government's priorities.
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Officials in Colombia say the alleged leader of a powerful criminal gang has been killed in a police operation.
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Figures from the county council revealed six claims were made that year and a significant amount went to a middle school-aged pupil who fell during a school trip in 2009.
The council would not disclose further details for fear of identification.
Nothing has been paid to pupils so far in 2014, the figures showed.
A total of £1,091,082 was paid to pupils aged five to 18 between 2011 and 2013 - but the vast majority of that amount was paid in 2013, with the amounts for 2011 and 2012 being £3,850 and £47,450 respectively.
The accident resulting in the largest payout involved a pupil falling from a height and suffering a spinal injury at the Malvern Hills Outdoor Centre in June 2009, the Health and Safety Executive confirmed.
The centre was run by the council at the time.
The authority said 90% of all payouts were made by its insurance company.
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More than £1m was paid in compensation to school pupils in Worcestershire in 2013, a freedom of information request has shown.
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Adam Purinton is accused of killing Srinivas Kuchibhotla and wounding Alok Madasani at the bar in the city of Olathe in February.
Mr Purinton also allegedly shot a bar patron who tried to intervene.
The attack drew worldwide condemnation and shocked the Indian-US community.
Mr Purinton was charged in February with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder.
Federal prosecutors announced Friday that the 52-year-old was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly targeting two of the victims "because of their actual and perceived race, colour, religion and national origin".
He allegedly fired on Mr Kuchibhotla and his friend Mr Madasani, two 32-year-old Indian men who worked as engineers at GPS-maker Garmin, because he thought they were Iranian.
Witnesses said he inquired if their status in the US was legal before shouting "get out of my country" and opening fire.
Mr Kuchibhotla died and Mr Madasani survived. A third man, 24-year-old Ian Grillot, was wounded trying to intervene.
The US justice department indictment said that Mr Purinton "committed the offenses after substantial planning and premeditation".
It said he "attempted to kill more than one person in a single criminal episode, and knowingly created a grave risk of death to others on the scene".
The maximum penalty for such an offence is death or life in prison. The justice department said that a decision on whether to seek capital punishment would be made later.
After the shooting, Mr Purinton allegedly told a barmaid in nearby Clinton he had just opened fire on some "Iranian people".
The fallout from the attack reverberated across India and the large Indian community in the US.
US President Donald Trump condemned the shooting in a speech to Congress after earlier facing criticism for his silence on the attack.
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A man accused of shooting dead one Indian man and injuring another at a bar in the US state of Kansas faces hate crime and firearms charges, the justice department says.
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The US company is in the process of finalising a purchase of a controlling interest in Formula 1.
The FIA's approval was the final regulatory hurdle before the sale, which will see Liberty take over from investment group CVC Capital Partners.
The FIA believed its partnership with Liberty will "ensure the continued success and development" of F1.
Liberty is expected to complete its takeover of the sport within the next few weeks.
It bought just over 18% of the shares in Delta Topco, the holding company of the F1 Group, in September.
Liberty announced before Christmas that it had cleared all regulatory hurdles and had the necessary approvals for the purchase.
And on Tuesday in Colorado, the company's shareholders approved the buy-out.
Its purchase of its second tranche of shares, to take its holding to 35.3%, is due to be completed within the next few weeks.
Liberty has said it wants to protect F1's historic European races, establish new races in the USA and Latin America and grow the sport through the exploitation of digital media.
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Formula 1's governing body the FIA has approved the sale of the sport's commercial rights to Liberty Media.
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Its shares fell 7% to 159.5 Taiwanese dollars, a near eight-year low.
On Tuesday, the company warned that it may swing to an operating loss as its revenue projections missed analysts' forecasts, hurting investor morale.
It said its margins were hit by "relatively higher cost structure" as well as the "lack of economy of scale".
It said it expects its operating margin in the third quarter to fall to between zero and minus 8% on revenues of between 50bn and 60bn Taiwanese dollars (£1.3bn; $2bn).
Most analysts had forecast a margin of 2-4% and revenues close to 72bn Taiwanese dollars.
Once a major global player, HTC's fortunes have slid recently as it lost market share to rivals such as Samsung and Apple.
Its net profit dipped 83% in the second quarter from a year earlier.
In an attempt to revive growth, it has launched new products - including the HTC One - the response to which, it said, had been encouraging.
"With the help of HTC One, we have regained superphone market share across major markets including China," the company said.
It added that it plans to launch a range of innovative and competitive mid-tier products in the coming months, which it expects will help it "regain momentum and market share in these segments" in the coming months.
While the company said it expected an improvement in the fourth quarter, some analysts were sceptical that it would be able to improve in the near term.
"It doesn't seem like the company has any strategy that can turn this around," said Daniel Chang, an analyst at Macquarie Securities.
HTC shares have fallen 44% over the past 12 months and are trading at their lowest level since 2005.
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC has warned it may make an operating loss - its first ever - in the third quarter, sending its shares down sharply.
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Hethel Innovation Ltd will support 300 businesses and look to create 24 new ones at Hethel Engineering Centre, near Wymondham, Norfolk County Council said.
The authority said the firm, part of a ??7.8m innovation project, will focus on low carbon technologies and help ensure Norfolk's global competitiveness.
The company will be funded at the centre for three years.
It is being paid for by a European grant and county council loan.
Norfolk County Council said the firm's aim was to help businesses at the hi-tech centre create new products and services as well as encouraging new spin-off companies and jobs.
It said the company would "create opportunities for businesses to explore, engage, experiment, collaborate and cluster in order to be globally competitive and secure Norfolk as a county that is home to world class business, providing world class products and services".
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About 240 jobs will be created at a new firm helping Norfolk's engineering companies develop new ideas.
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The Swans are 15th in the Premier League after losing 1-0 against Southampton on Sunday.
Their only league win came away at Burnley on the opening day of the season.
"It doesn't look good because things are not right there," Ratcliffe told BBC Radio Wales.
"Guidolin is up against it now. They're in a relegation fight already this season, I'm afraid," he added.
For the second successive game, Guidolin faced questions over a player's reaction to being substituted.
The Italian apologised to defender Neil Taylor, who was taken off in their 2-2 draw with Chelsea a week earlier, but the Wales international did not feature against the Saints.
Following defeat at St Mary's, Guidolin said Ki Sung-yueng's "attitude" was "not good" as he was replaced by winger Jefferson Montero.
The South Korea captain looked unhappy and did not shake Guidolin's hand as he left the pitch.
Former Everton defender Ratcliffe said: "When the substitutions are being made, you can see the discontent the players have got with the manager at times.
"They're questioning his decision without asking him anything or saying anything to him - you can see it in their eyes in the way that they come off.
"Neil Taylor last week and this week once again. It's a bad loss and it's 1-0. It's flattering, it could have been more."
Ratcliffe also suggested Guidolin was slow to adjust the team's tactical approach at St Mary's.
"The manager's done nothing about it and when he does do something about it, it's too late - they've scored a goal," Radcliffe added.
"And then the other decisions - actually to bring off your captain Jack Cork, who, unless he's got an injury we're not aware of, I have to question that decision."
Swansea's record signing, striker Borja Baston, came on for Cork in the 82nd minute while Angel Rangel took over from Stephen Kingsley at the break.
Ratcliffe added: "I don't know if Kinsgley's picked up an injury or that was tactical as well.
"But if they are tactical decisions, they're wrong. They're absolutely wrong.
"And you've got to question the manager. The manager for me does not inspire me, I must admit.
"When I hear him speak, is he the type of man I can play for? Maybe not.
"I just don't think they've got the zip or buzz about them that they've had in the past."
Ratcliffe also questioned Leroy Fer's regular appearances for the Swans since arriving in the summer.
"I'm not a big fan of Leroy Fer. I was never a big fan of his when he was at QPR," added Radcliffe.
"I was never a big fan of him at Norwich - he couldn't get into those sides. But all of a sudden he can get in this side. I'm not quite sure. It's a strange decision."
Swansea host current league leaders Manchester City twice this week, in the EFL Cup third round on Wednesday and again the Premier League on Saturday.
After that, Liverpool travel to Liberty Stadium before the Swans then travel to Arsenal in the league.
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Former Wales captain Kevin Ratcliffe has warned Swansea City they are "in a relegation fight already" with manager Francesco Guidolin "up against it".
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It happened at about 05:00 BST on Saturday at Oxford Street's junction with Berwick Street.
Two males in the car and a woman passenger on the N55 bus were injured and taken to hospital.
Police said they had arrested three occupants of the car - the two injured males and another who was unharmed.
The Metropolitan Police said the car had been seen by officers on duty in a marked police car shortly before the collision.
The vehicle "did not stop and made off" before crashing, police said.
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Three people were hurt when a car collided with a night bus before crashing into a shop on Oxford Street in London's West End.
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Argentina has alleged that the bank used "fake receipts" to facilitate money laundering and tax evasion, and launder 392m pesos ($77m; £50m).
The country's tax authority said it had filed criminal charges against HSBC.
HSBC said that it would cooperate with the investigation, adding that the allegations were "of great concern".
"We are committed to working cooperatively with authorities to ensure a thorough review and appropriate resolution of the matter," said Lyssette Bravo, a spokeswoman for HSBC.
Last year, HSBC agreed to pay US authorities $1.9bn (£1.2bn) in a settlement over money laundering, the largest paid in such a case.
Argentina laid out its case against HSBC late on Monday.
"On the basis of what's been investigated so far, in six months we've recorded 392 million pesos in fraudulent transactions, generated by evasion and money laundering," said Ricardo Echegaray, head of Argentina's tax agency.
Mr Echegaray added that HSBC also helped clients evade taxes on an additional 224m pesos.
"We hope to recover what is due and see the courts apply an appropriate penalty," he said.
Money laundering is the process of disguising the proceeds of crime so that the money cannot be linked to the wrongdoing.
HSBC, which has previously admitted to having poor money laundering controls, has been taking steps to tighten its operations.
Last year, it said that it had spent $290m on improving its systems to prevent money laundering.
At the same time, it also appointed a former US official, Bob Werner, to work as its head of financial crime compliance, a new position the bank has created.
The bank said that he will be responsible for beefing up its anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance systems.
Mr Werner was previously the head of the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, the agency responsible for enforcing the US sanctions on countries, including Iran.
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Banking giant HSBC, which was hit with a US fine for money laundering last year, is facing fresh accusations of illegal activity in Argentina.
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The right-back, 27, was out of contract after two seasons at Southampton and is reunited with former Saints boss Ronald Koeman, now in charge at Goodison Park.
Everton have already signed Jordan Pickford, Davy Klaassen, Michael Keane, Wayne Rooney and Sandro Ramirez.
"You can see this is a club that wants to achieve something," said Martina, who has 30 caps for the Caribbean nation of Curacao.
"Cuco Martina is an experienced player who can perform in different positions at the back, which is important," Koeman said.
"It's also important, with the number of games we will face in the coming campaign, that we have strength and competition in the squad."
Martina recently became captain of his national team.
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Everton have signed defender Cuco Martina on a three-year deal.
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They are receiving medical attention and none is believed to be seriously hurt, Oslo police said.
According to one report, some 1,800 students were attending a show by American house DJ Steve Aoki at Sentrum Scene at the time.
The premises were evacuated and cordoned off, and firemen secured the site.
One student told Norway's NTB news agency "it was total chaos".
Aoki said he was "saddened and shocked" by the incident.
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Fifteen people have been injured in a ceiling collapse at a concert venue in the Norwegian capital.
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Farah, who won 10,000m gold on the opening day, will attempt to secure Britain's second medal of the championships when he runs in the 5,000m final.
Jamaican superstar Bolt is aiming to end his glittering career with gold in the 4x100m relay, having had to settle for bronze in the 100m last Saturday.
Here's our guide to the key events and coverage times.
*All times listed are BST. The BBC is not responsible for any changes to event start times.
Seven gold medals: Women's high jump, women's 100m hurdles, men's javelin, men's 5,000m, men's decathlon, women's and men's 4x100m relay
BBC coverage: 09:30-12:00 & 18:30-22:10 BBC One; 09:30-22:00 BBC Connected TV and online (uninterrupted coverage); 12:00-12:30 BBC Two; 12:30-13:30 BBC Red Button; 20:00-22:30 BBC Radio 5 live
Main events:
19:05 - Women's high jump final: Russian Maria Lasitskene, competing as an independent athlete, won gold in Beijing two years ago and boasts the top 10 jumps of 2017. The 24-year-old has won her past 22 competitions and is the clear favourite. Among the chasing pack are two British heptathletes by trade - Morgan Lake and Katarina Johnson-Thompson.
20:05 - Women's 100m hurdles final: Kendra Harrison, one of four Americans in the final, broke a 28-year-old world record in this stadium 12 months ago at the Anniversary Games, but she only scraped into the final. London 2012 champion Sally Pearson looks in good form and could stop the United States from a clean sweep. Jamaica's Danielle Williams, the reigning world champion, crashed out in the semi-finals.
20:20 - Men's 5,000m final: The final championship track race of Farah's illustrious career. Victory here would be a fourth consecutive 5,000m win at the World Championships, but is he tired after his 10,000m heroics? Precocious 17-year-old Seleman Barega and Ethiopian team-mates Yomif Kejelcha and Muktar Edris, plus Kenya-born American Paul Chelimo, look to be his main threats. Fellow Briton Andrew Butchart, sixth in Rio last summer, also starts.
21:30 & 21:50 - Women's and men's 4x100m finals respectively: Hot on the heels of Farah's farewell comes Bolt's send-off as he competes for Jamaica, looking for a 12th world title to go with his eight Olympic golds. The American team are always strong - and could help Justin Gatlin to a second gold to follow his 100m triumph. The GB team, including Adam Gemili, will look to deny both victory - as long as they all make it through the heats at 10:55. Meanwhile, the British women's team will attempt to repeat their Rio 2016 bronze medal.
Morning session (GB athletes in brackets):
10:00 - 110m hurdles decathlon (Ashley Bryant)
10:35 - Women's 4x100m relay qualifying (GB in heat one)
10:55 - Men's 4x100m relay qualifying (GB in heat one)
11:00 - Discus throw decathlon (Ashley Bryant)
11:20 - Women's 4x400m relay qualifying (GB in heat one)
11:50 - Men's 4x400m relay qualifying (GB in heat two)
12:20 - Discus throw decathlon (Ashley Bryant)
14:15 - Pole vault decathlon (Ashley Bryant)
Evening session:
17:30 - Men's javelin decathlon (Ashley Bryant)
18:55 - Men's javelin decathlon (Ashley Bryant)
19:05 - Women's high jump final (Katarina Johnson-Thompson & Morgan Lake)
20:05 - Women's 100m hurdles final
20:15 - Men's javelin final
20:20 - Men's 5,000m final (Mo Farah & Andrew Butchart)
20:45 - Men's 1500m decathlon (Ashley Bryant)
21:30 - Women's 4x100m relay final (line-up TBC)
21:50 - Men's 4x100m relay, final (line-up TBC)
The final day sees 11 gold medals decided: Men's and women's 20km race walks, men's and women's 50km race walks, men's high jump, women's discus, women's 5,000m, women's 800m, men's 1500m, women's and men's 4x400m relay
BBC coverage: 07:40-16:15 BBC Red Button; 13:00-16:30 & 18:30-20:00 BBC Two; 18:30-22:00 Connected TV & online; 20:00-22:00 BBC One; 19:30-22:00 BBC Radio 5 live
Main events:
14:20 - Men's 20km race walk: Britain's Tom Bosworth finished a surprise sixth in Rio last summer. After setting a mile world best in this stadium a month ago, can he make the podium?
19:35 - Women's 5,000m: Laura Muir is hoping to improve on her fourth in the 1500m while Eilish McColgan also takes part. Great Britain's best performance in this event is Paula Radcliffe's fourth in 1997.
20:10 - Women's 800m final: South African two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya has not lost an 800m race since 2015. She recently lowered her own national record with a stunning Monaco Diamond League victory. Britain's trio went out in the semi-finals.
20:55 & 21:15 - Women's and men's 4x400m relay finals respectively: Rio 2016 bronze medallists Great Britain bid to repeat that success in the women's event. The men, who finished third in Beijing two years ago, will hope for better luck than in Brazil last summer, when they were disqualified in the heats.
Morning session:
07:55 - Men's and women's 50km race walks
12:20 - Women's 20km race walk
14:20 - Men's 20km race walk
Evening session:
19:00 - Men's high jump final (Robbie Grabarz)
19:10 - Women's discus final
19:35 - Women's 5,000m final (Laura Muir & Eilish McColgan)
20:10 - Women's 800m final (Lynsey Sharp)
20:30 - Men's 1500m final (Chris O'Hare)
20:55 - Women's 4x400m relay final (line-up TBC)
21:15 - Men's 4x400m relay final (line-up TBC)
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National and regional variations have been included in this list where possible. But please check your local listings for more detailed information.
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Mo Farah and Usain Bolt will be chasing gold medals on the penultimate day of the 2017 World Championships in London.
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Nigel Farage pledged: "You've not heard the last of us," calling the result the most extraordinary for a century.
His party came first in six of the 10 regions to declare, with its strongest performance in the East Midlands.
The electoral "earthquake" Mr Farage had predicted came as radical, anti-EU parties on the right and left topped polls across Europe.
UKIP is on course to win its first seat in Scotland, although the confirmed result is not due until later.
But it finished third in London where it polled almost 10% lower than in the country as a whole.
Mr Farage put the party's success down to voters' "very strong desire" to have a "different relationship with Europe".
He told reporters: "The message is people have had enough of not being told the truth and not being given the opportunity to express their opinion.
"Five years ago the Conservatives won, giving us a cast-iron guarantee of a referendum they didn't deliver."
Giving his victory speech in Southampton the UKIP leader said the party's "people's army" would now move on to Newark where it is locked in a by-election battle with the Conservatives.
Voters in the Nottinghamshire constituency are set to decide who will replace disgraced Tory MP Patrick Mercer on 5 June.
UKIP's candidate in the poll and re-elected MEP Roger Helmer said he had an "excellent chance" of causing an upset.
"It depends on the voters of Newark," said Mr Helmer, who came first in the East Midlands region.
"They have to make their choice but I think we have set out tonight reasons why they should make this statement on behalf of Britain."
Mr Farage admitted the party's hopes were limited but added: "I am not writing it off."
In Thursday's European election his anti-EU party beat the Conservatives into second place in the Newark and Sherwood District Council area.
"We will go on next year to the general election with a targeting strategy," Mr Farage told jubilant supporters at the count in Southampton.
"And I promise you this - you haven't heard the last of us."
In Scotland, where UKIP looks like it will secure the party's first seat, would-be MEP David Coburn said: "With this level of support, UKIP would win significant representation at Holyrood and at Westminster."
People cast their votes across the UK on Thursday to elect 73 MEPs in 12 separate regional constituencies.
UKIP led Labour in some opinion polls ahead of polling day, but by margins too close to call.
The Conservatives topped the poll five years ago and UKIP, with 16.5%, came just ahead of Labour on 15.7%.
But with only Scotland left to declare UKIP is set to go one better this year, topping the poll with a projected 24 MEPs and 28% of the vote.
In other developments:
UKIP gained 161 council seats in the English local elections but its vote share was down on the previous year.
Its spin doctor Patrick O'Flynn, an ex-newspaper correspondent, was elected as an MEP in the Eastern region.
He hit back at the press for its attacks on the party during the campaign.
"We have a right to claim we are somewhat closer to their readers than some of those newspapers," he said.
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UKIP has set its sights on Westminster after recording a resounding victory in the European elections.
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Gales of up to 130mph (215 km/h) battered the coast.
The hurricane - the worst to hit the US mainland in 13 years - has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, due to decreasing wind speeds, but it is moving slowly.
It has left significant damage, with the town of Rockport one of the worst affected.
Vehicles and buildings were destroyed at the town's airport....
...as were several light planes.
Rockport was directly hit overnight.
The town's mayor had said before the storm hit that anyone staying should write their names and social security numbers on their arms, suggesting they were putting themselves in a high-risk situation.
Residents in the coastal city of Corpus Christi experienced a citywide power failure overnight on Friday.
On Saturday, they woke up to deserted streets, and scenes of damage that the storm had caused, including house fires.
But the town was spared the kind of devastation seen in Rockport.
On Friday, before landfall, the sight of the roiling seas drew curious locals and storm-chasers, though most then moved to places of safety.
Many people left the city and businesses were boarded up to prevent damage.
Authorities now warn of "catastrophic" floods in coming days, as torrential rains continue.
High rainfall of more than 10 inches has already been seen in several areas.
There has been flooding in Galveston.
And Port Lavaca.
Residents in the city of Houston - the country's fourth-largest city - have been stocking up on essential supplies, leaving supermarket shelves bare.
Authorities warn that in the Houston area, the most severe weather is yet to come.
Harvey has severely hampered Gulf of Mexico oil production and air travel.
About 45% of US oil refining takes place on the Gulf of Mexico coast
An oil tank was damaged near Seadrift, a city in Calhoun County.
Images posted by Nasa have revealed what the storm looks like from the space.
This photo was taken by astronaut Jack Fischer, from the International Space Station.
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Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas late on Friday local time, arriving with life-threatening winds and the risk of severe flooding.
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The news was confirmed at the Star Wars Celebration fan event in London, where the 26-year-old actor made a surprise appearance.
He told the audience he was "very, very excited" about being cast in the role made famous by Harrison Ford.
Ehrenreich's casting has been rumoured for months. Earlier this year he appeared in the Coen brothers' comedy Hail, Caesar!.
The American was chosen to play the space smuggler after the filmmakers saw around 3,000 actors for the part.
"I auditioned for about six months," Ehrenreich revealed on stage. "The coolest part of the audition process was I went on the [Millennium] Falcon."
The as-yet-untitled movie will begin filming in the UK in early 2017.
It will cover events in Han Solo's life before his appearance in the original 1977 Star Wars film, A New Hope.
It will be directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, whose previous films include The Lego Movie.
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Alden Ehrenreich will play the young Han Solo in a Star Wars spin-off movie.
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The procession began at Kilmainham Gaol, where 14 rebels were imprisoned and then shot dead. It ended at Arbour Hill cemetery, where they are buried.
Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams addressed the Lost Leaders march and the party asked participants to come in period dress.
Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness also attended.
The 1916 Easter Rising was an ill-fated, six-day rebellion against British rule in Ireland but many historians view it as the event that transformed Irish republicanism, and led to the eventual creation of an independent Republic of Ireland.
More than 480 people were killed during the Easter Rising, over half of them civilians.
Read more on the 1916 Easter Rising
Addressing the crowd at Arbour Hill cemetery, Mr Adams paid tribute to the 1916 rebels, saying "a few hundred poorly equipped Irish men and women took on the might of the largest empire the world had ever seen".
He said the 1916 proclamation of independence "remains the mission statement for Irish republicans today".
The Sinn Féin leader said the centenary of the Easter Rising was "an historic opportunity to look realistically towards ending partition and sectarianism and division" and to "see how we can make the united, independent Ireland envisaged in 1916 a reality".
Mr Adams added that a united Ireland "means the unity of the people of this island, including those who see themselves as British".
"That is why Irish governments must pursue every avenue to promote all-Ireland co-operation and to build relationships between all our people," he said.
"This must include genuine efforts to outreach to the unionists on the basis of equality."
Friday's march included re-enactments performed by members of the Cabra Historical Society.
Relatives of the 1916 rebel leaders and a number of marching bands were also invited.
The event took place ahead of the main government-organised commemorations this weekend.
The main focus of the official events will be a military parade - the largest in the history of the Republic of Ireland - which will will pass through the streets of the Irish capital on Sunday.
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Several thousand people have marched in Dublin to commemorate 1916 Easter Rising leaders, who were executed by British troops after the rebellion.
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The letter was co-ordinated by the National Farmers Union (NFU).
It was also signed by 70 of the UK's largest food producers and grocers.
Other local signatories include Dunbia, Foyle Food Group, Linden Food Group and Mash Direct.
The companies said that as Britain's largest manufacturing sector, food production should be put "at the centre of negotiations".
The EU contributes about £250m a year to farmers in Northern Ireland.
In June, the UK voted to leave the EU although Northern Ireland voted to remain by a majority of 56% to 44%.
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The Ulster Farmers Union has signed a letter to the prime minister that calls for continued access to the single market and European workers post-Brexit.
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Nick Earl met rescuers and told them that despite being left temporarily paralysed and in extreme pain, he could see and hear what was happening.
The storm on Cribyn killed his friend Robin Meakings, while another walker, Jeremy Prescott, died in a separate strike a mile away on Corn Du.
Mr Earl met members of the Brecon Mountain Rescue Team who helped him.
He visited the scene on Saturday for the first time since the incident left him with difficulty walking after the lightning struck him and left an exit wound in his foot.
"I think he wanted to come back to the scene and try and piece together what happened," said deputy team leader Mark Jones.
"He suffered some memory loss and wanted to get it straight in his head and talk to the doctor who treated him."
Mr Earl, 58, from Surrey, had walked extensively in the area and at the time of the strike had been with Mr Meakings and another friend, who did not feel ready to return with him.
He met Dr Robert Powell and Richard Starke, who had attempted to resuscitate two casualties and treated Mr Earl during a rescue flight from the mountain to hospital.
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Dancers and performers, including "the singing jeweller" put on a show in Rochdale for visitors to the newly revealed crossing over the River Roch.
Built in the 14th Century and concreted over in 1904 when the tram network expanded, the historic bridge has re-opened to pedestrians after a £5m project.
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A celebration has marked the re-opening of a medieval bridge that was hidden from view for more than a century.
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The 64-year-old West Brom boss has coached 18 sides in eight different countries, mainly in Europe.
So, how is he viewed across the continent?
Here we talk to former players and a top pundit to canvas opinion from four of his former haunts - Sweden, Switzerland, Finland and Italy.
Overview: Two league titles with Halmstad. Five with Malmo.
Full Hodgson factfile
Hodgson topped the table five years running during his time with Malmo in the late 1980s, and it was his dedication and enthusiasm which marked him out.
"His commitment in training was unbelievable, taking part and showing what to do in the sessions. If you show commitment, you win the locker room and the team," says former Swedish captain Patrik Andersson,who played under him at Malmo.
He said some of the club foundations laid by Hodgson helped the Swedish national side, which went on to finish third at the 1994 World Cup.
"His passion about the game was important to get the team together. Getting along with the players was one of his strengths," said Andersson, who was capped 96 times.
"He was always encouraging and always in front of the team, which is very important. He took the pressure from the players."
Andersson, who played for Blackburn in the 1992-93 season, said he could see why England would turn to his former Malmo boss, but he faces a tricky challenge in a Euro 2012 group alongside Sweden, France and Ukraine.
"I'm not surprised because he has been on the international scene since the late 80s and has done well with Fulham and West Brom. He knows the English scene, the pressure and the players and he has developed his leadership over the years," said the former defender.
"France, Sweden and England can all beat each other if they have a good day, so for me it's an open group.
"He has a great reputation here, but we have played so many games against each other, there will be no surprises."
Overview: Guided national side to last 16 of the 1994 World Cup finals and secured their qualification for Euro 96.
Hodgson took his first international post in 1992 after impressing in the country's domestic competition with Neuchatel Xamax.
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"We didn't qualify for a World Cup for nearly 30 years and he did that in 1994. He put Swiss football on the map and thereon is history," said former Swiss defender Ramon Vega.
The ex-Tottenham centre-back said his Swiss experience will help Hodgson with England, whose only major tournament victory remains the 1966 World Cup.
"In what way is it different to the Swiss job? What have the FA and the England team achieved since 1966?" he said.
"He's the only English manager at the moment proven to do something internationally and he's done it in the Premier League and he's a true English gentleman on top of that.
"He's an English manager who had the courage to go abroad, learn the language and culture and come back and prove himself as well."
Vega, who played 23 times for his country, believes Hodgson can handle the pressure from fans and the media.
"The beauty about this is he's managed Inter Milan, where there are major stars with major egos, and enormous pressure. England has the pressure too but the image of the England national team is not the best.
"I think what is needed now is to go back to basics and Roy Hodgson fits the bill to do that. He will focus on the sports side and that's what's needed."
Overview: Uefa Cup runner-up in 1997 during first of two spells at Inter Milan. Later had four months in charge at Udinese.
Hodgson is remembered in Italy as a competent, if unspectacular, coach.
"He was at Inter at a time when they were free-spending and under-achieving," says Italian football expert Gabriele Marcotti.
"He was one of a long line of managers who came in and tried to fix it but wasn't able to, probably because the club itself was dysfunctional. He wasn't great, but he wasn't terrible.
"Some people still talk about his decision to sell Roberto Carlos, who went on to become one of the best left-backs in the world, but it's easy to pick out errors of judgement like that and it may not have been his decision alone."
At Inter, Hodgson questioned the defensive qualities of Roberto Carlos, who later won the Champions League three times with Real Madrid
In his first spell at Inter, the side lost to German club Schalke on penalties in the Uefa Cup final. He returned two years later for a short stint as technical director.
"He was a good man-manager and a safe pair of hands, which is why he came back to Inter for a second time in a crisis situation," said Marcotti.
"People liked him, he was a gentleman but he wasn't considered a huge loss to Italian football.
"Personally, my reservations would be about his ability to judge players from a distance. At Fulham, with the exception of Brede Hangeland, they were mainly players he'd inherited. It was almost like they did well despite his signings."
Overview: Finland failed by just three points to qualify for Euro 2008, which would have been their first appearance at a major tournament.
Attention to detail and organisation were hallmarks of his time in charge, said former striker Jonatan Johansson.
"He rejuvenated my career. I was in and out of the team and under him, I mostly started," he said.
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"We had a very hard group with Portugal and Poland. He came and organised the team and we had a really good campaign under him. It's the closest we have been to qualifying for a tournament.
"He knows football, how to win games and pick up points. We had a limited squad, but he did a fantastic job.
"He's quite thorough, a very hands-on manager. Everybody has to defend as a team, even the strikers. I think we were the team with the fewest goals conceded in the qualifiers. With a team like England, I'm sure he's going to make them very hard to beat."
Johansson, who was capped 105 times and played for British clubs including Rangers and Charlton, said Hodgson was meticulous in his preparation.
"He was very good at analysing the opposition and knowing how to play against them. That will be a massive strength, particularly now as there is not much time to the Euros," said Johansson, who will manage the reserve side at Scottish club Greenock Morton next season.
"There was a lot of video analysis and going through strengths and weaknesses. He's very good at picking the right players in the right positions and making it work.
"He's strong and disciplined. He was very fair to everybody and has a good presence about him - someone you naturally respect. He's pretty calm, composed, intelligent and well spoken but I have seen him shout and get angry. He can be quite fiery.
"When I went on the pitch I knew what he wanted me to do and that always gives players confidence."
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Roy Hodgson's experience over 36 years helped put him in prime position for the England manager's job.
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Linda Carson was walking her dog on Muirhouse Road, in the Muirhouse area of Motherwell, when she was struck by a silver Ford Mondeo at 20:12 on Sunday.
Emergency services attended but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said inquiries into the crash were continuing and appealed for anyone who saw the incident or was in the area at the time to get in touch.
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A 44-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a car which is believed to have mounted the pavement.
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Finer points tend to be the most significant when a radical plan is being pursued and there are various factors to be considered while the idea is being assessed.
There will be various stages of permission to be overcome, beginning with the rest of the top-flight clubs, but more significantly concerning all of the game's governing bodies.
The idea ought to be fully explored, though, since a lack of innovative thinking has been a long-standing criticism of the executives in charge of Scottish football.
Financial gain has to be paramount. Commercial staff will bristle with opportunism, since an individual event can attract bespoke sponsorship and other revenue streams.
Television rights would need to be negotiated, since the Scottish Professional Football League already has deals in place with broadcasters for live and highlights packages. Even so, there would be a considerable domestic audience for a game played abroad and agreement could surely be reached.
The level of income is important since all SPFL deals are based on collective bargaining. Any money raised would be split between the 12 top-flight sides, which is a significant point since accommodating the fixture would require a rule change and so the support of other Premiership clubs in a vote.
Many chairmen would be torn between tradition and the prospect of additional revenue, but the latter is precious in the current environment of Scottish football.
Marketing worth can be overstated, since Celtic and Rangers have consistently sought to monetise the Irish and Scottish diaspora across the globe without making huge and regular financial gains. Several English Premier League clubs have tried to make inroads in other markets, too, including North America and the Far East.
Some reach can be established, but traditional markets remain more reliable and lucrative. Celtic can draw significant crowds in parts of the United States, playing in front of 34,018 when they faced Real Madrid at Philadelphia's Lincoln Field in 2012 and before 55,421 when they met Manchester United at the same stadium in 2004.
That element of the club's fanbase may be protected by regular visits, since affection for the club needs to be passed from generation to generation, but there is an argument that high-profile friendlies are more attractive than a regular domestic fixture, even if it is a competitive match.
Scottish football would be breaking new ground, though, since football fixtures are seldom played abroad. The Italian Supercopa has regularly been played outside Italy, in Washington in 1993, Tripoli in 2002, New York in 2003, Beijing in 2009, 2011 and 2012, Doha in 2014 and Shanghai in 2015.
However, that is essentially a friendly, between the winners of the previous season's Serie A and Coppa Italia winners. The game has not always been financially successful and has occasionally been dogged by poor event management, while Italian football in general has continued to fall behind the global reach of the German and English top-flights.
The innovative nature of Scottish football playing a competitive league match abroad would generate widespread interest that could be taken advantage of.
There are logistical challenges to overcome. Even if enough Scottish clubs voted in favour, the fixture would need the approval of the Scottish Football Association, the United States Soccer Federation, Uefa and Fifa. Any one of the governing bodies could scupper the plan and there has generally been a view that geographical boundaries should not be breached.
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The costs involved would need to be met by the income and would involve providing travel and accommodation for match officials as well as the teams. The integrity of the competitive nature of the game would need to be protected, since it would still be part of the regular calendar of top-flight matches.
Fans of both clubs would also be disadvantaged, since few would have the means to travel for the game. Season-ticket prices, for instance, would need to take that into account. There will always be a tension between meeting the needs and wants of long-standing communities of fans against trying to grow the brand and reach of teams abroad.
Although Celtic can be sure of the extent of their following in pockets of the US, other matches involving high-profile teams have not fared well. When Inter Milan played Roma in the International Champions Cup at Lincoln Fields, the crowd was only 12,169.
The date of the match would need to be carefully chose to avoid clashing with other major US sporting events but also to limit the impact of the travel on the two competing sides in the domestic fixtures that immediately follow a trip to North America.
When England's Premier League considered the 39th game - an additional round of fixtures involving all of the top-flight clubs to be played in cities that bid for the right to host the games - the idea eventually ran out of enthusiasm.
There was little encouragement from the governing bodies, while many clubs and individuals within the game felt that playing the games abroad would undermine the credibility of the Premier League.
Scottish football needs to be more innovative, since it cannot rely on the broadcast income of the English top flight, but there are similar concerns to be addressed about the reputation of the Scottish game.
Some clubs may feel that the only two sides that could realistically gain substantially from the endeavour would be reigning Premiership champions Celtic and Championship leaders Rangers, since they already have established fan-bases in the US and Canada.
Accommodations are already made for sides wishing to play lucrative friendlies. SPFL rules allow each club to request one weekend off each season. Only Celtic and Rangers tend to have the drawing power to make that work for them.
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The detail has still to be pored over if the prospect of Dundee facing Celtic in a Scottish Premiership fixture in the United States is to become a reality.
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The party is choosing a new UK leader after the resignation of Ed Miliband.
But Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews tweeted on Monday night: "I really don't care who English Labour choose #federallabournow."
He argued in a 2013 lecture that Labour was already "de facto" a federal party, with separate leaders in Wales and Scotland.
In an article for the Guardian last week, the Rhondda AM wrote: "Just what, after 7 May, does British Labour amount to?
"No one could have done more than Jim Murphy to raise Labour's fortunes in Scotland, but we were cuffed resoundingly there. In southern England outside London we barely have a seat, and in northern England, UKIP is eyeing up its chances.
"As [former cabinet minister] John Denham has argued, Labour in England needs its own identity.
"Is there space for a three-nations Labour in a federal British party? Time will tell."
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A Welsh Labour minister has called for the party to adopt a federal structure following its general election defeat.
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Herbert Thorn, 89, of Saxonford Road, Christchurch, was a passenger in a car and died following the collision on Sunday on the A35 at Hinton.
The crash between a Ford Fiesta and Honda Civic happened at 14:30 BST and five people were taken to hospital.
Mr Thorn, who lived in the Christchurch area for more than 40 years, is survived by his wife and two sons.
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A man who died in hospital after a crash which left four others hurt has been named.
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The LuMee smartphone case, which is promoted by Kimisaprincess Inc, comes with an integrated light to help users take the perfect selfie.
But now a man called Hooshmand Harooni has claimed in a $100m (£75m) lawsuit that the idea was copied from him.
He says he patented an "integrated lighting accessory and case for a mobile phone device" in 2013, which he licensed to a company called Snaplight.
Mr Harooni's patent infringement lawsuit reportedly claims Snaplight's profits have suffered as a result of the LuMee case and Kardashian's promotion of it.
Kardashian receives a cut of LuMee's profits, according to the court documents.
In a statement, Snaplight's founder Bardia Rahim said LuMee "created doubt in our technological and operational integrity" by launching the product.
"It's illegal to try and monopolise the market, but more than that, it's un-American to do it when you're being deceptive and unethical the entire time," he added.
A representative for Kardashian said: "The patent lawsuit filed by Snaplight has no merit and is just another attempted shakedown. Kim has done absolutely nothing wrong."
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Kim Kardashian West's company is being sued over a selfie case.
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Manchester City were charged last week for failing to ensure anti-doping officials knew where players were for testing.
The Premier League club face a potential fine, but Minichiello feels punishments should be harsher.
"Football isn't testing to the same level as athletics," he said.
In response to Minichiello's comments, the Football Association said it operates "one of the most comprehensive national anti-doping testing programmes in the world", adding that 3,200 tests will have been completed by the end of the current season.
Testing is carried out across first teams, reserve teams, under-21 teams and youth teams for Premier League and Football League clubs as well as Women's Super League 1 and 2 teams.
Players who miss a test receive a "strike". Three strikes in a rolling 12-month period result in a disciplinary charge and a possible two-year ban.
However, Minichiello does not believe individuals are being tested often enough for that to be an effective deterrent.
"Let's say a club have 30 players, that is only about two players a month being tested," he added.
"The testing programme doesn't go on for 12 months according to the Football Association, so it would take you more than a year to test everybody at least once at the club.
"Jessica Ennis-Hill was tested between 12 and 15 times a year. And that's a combination of whereabouts, in-competition and out of competition testing."
Minichiello suggested that footballers need to be monitored more closely in the months after a season ends and before a new one starts.
They can still be tested at any point during this time, but clubs only need to provide residency information for their players.
"In athletics, you always have to be available, even in the off-season, for that one hour a day," added Minichiello. "If you go on holiday, you have to put down the address of the hotel.
"For football to be able to just give [a player's] residential address - yet they could spend two months abroad somewhere - seems unusual to me, and ought to be something that actually the FA tighten up on."
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Football is not doing enough to deter potential drug cheats, says Toni Minichiello, former coach of Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis-Hill.
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The change of tack came after strong opposition from some Conservative MPs and councillors.
Many of you got in touch to give us your views on the subject. Here are three of the responses we received.
Jenny Brown, 62 was a primary school teacher in Brent, north London, until 2014.
"The education White Paper in reverse is a victory for children and primary schools.
"I was the nursery teacher in a good primary school with outstanding features in Early Years. Although this was our judgement in 2013, a year later we were judged to be 'inadequate' and the head teacher and governors were removed. The confusion and bad management that followed was awful to work with. I have not yet returned to class teaching for fear of walking into a similar experience of forced academisation.
"This is a kind of school destruction, not school improvement.
"Even if it were possible to find a multi-academy trust that is better than the rest, we will have no way of knowing it would stay this way.
"The reverse gear that Nicky Morgan found will need to continue reversing so that we can return to teaching and valuing each pupil as a human child and not a commodity. An end to forced academisation for all schools does feel like a victory. Nevertheless, parents, teachers, head teachers and support staff know this is not yet celebration time."
Julie Simpson, 54, is the principal of the Saint Barnabas Multi-Academy Trust in south-east Cornwall. The trust is made up of six primary schools in the region.
"The conversion to an academy trust was for a financial reason. We felt our schools were valuable in their locations and we felt we needed to sustain that.
"It's been a really positive experience, and it's been beneficial to us and particularly to the children. The model we have isn't going to suit everybody.
"What makes a school is strong and effective leadership and good teachers. There are some very strong, good or outstanding primary schools which are financially sustainable with the models that they have got. There's no reason they should have to convert to academies. There's no reason at all.
"I am very pleased the government has given the choice back to the leaders of successful and effective schools.
"I think this shows the government is willing to listen to the voice of the profession and its own MPs and to make the changes when necessary."
David Soulsby, 78, has been a governor for 14 years at the rural Alfriston Primary School in East Sussex.
"I'm pleased that the government has climbed down.
"My concern is there is no clear evidence whatsoever that conversion to an academy drives up standards. If there is any such evidence, why has the government not quoted it?
"One of the conditions remaining in the government's changed policy is that if so many of a local authority's schools have converted to academies that the local authority can no longer support them, those too can be forced to convert. If a local authority can't provide for schools, that school will have academisation forced on them."
"When are they actually going to devolve things and stop grabbing things for themselves?"
Interviewed and written by Daniel Avis
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Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announced on Friday the government has scrapped plans to turn all state schools in England into academies.
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Imre Marton, from Oxford, received threats and hundreds of Facebook messages from 22-year-old Charlie Howells, from Wantage in Oxfordshire.
She was jailed for two years in April but is due to be released in August.
Mr Marton said Howells told him: "I will make you ugly so no one else will want to be with you."
He said: "Everybody was laughing about it, it was just a joke. They thought I should feel lucky because I had a girl following me around in love. But this is just a terrible feeling.
"She knew where I worked, what I did in my free time, where I lived, she went to my house a couple of times. All the time, I had to look over my shoulders because she could be there."
Howells bombarded Mr Marton with love notes and rode his route for hours on end after learning his timetable off by heart.
She was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court to two months in jail for harassment and for two years for breaching a restraining order.
Mr Marton said: "She's locked up but she'll be out soon. The police are fitting my house with panic buttons. It's so crazy, I just want to run away.
"But if I press the panic button and there's a knife in my stomach, what good is that? I'm not bulletproof.
"It is difficult to prove and speak out, slowly it's killing you but you have to make some moves. You can't give up, that's my message to other victims."
Det Insp Ivan Reaney said victims of stalking are "strongly advised" to report it to the police.
He added: " In many cases, the conduct of the stalker might appear innocent, but, when carried out repeatedly and is unwanted, it may cause significant alarm, harassment or distress to the victim."
Prisoners serving determinate sentences are released automatically halfway through their terms, and some can qualify for earlier release depending on their behaviour in prison.
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A bus driver who was stalked by a woman for three years is having panic buttons fitted in his home ahead of her release from prison.
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Chancellor George Osborne will confirm the increase to £119.30 a week from April 2016 in next week's Spending Review.
The 2.9% rise will be worth an extra £174.20 a year to someone on a full basic state pension.
Pensions minister Ros Altmann said pensioners had "done their best for society, worked hard, and we owe them".
The Treasury also said in a statement that the government was meeting "its pledge to help to deliver security for older people as savings are made in other budgets".
A triple-lock pledge on pensions - a government promise for the next five years - means the state pension rises each April to match the highest of inflation, earnings, or 2.5%.
This latest increase will take total spending on the state pension to £95bn next year.
From April 2016 the full basic state pension will be worth around £1,125 a year more in cash terms than in 2010, a figure that will rise to at least £1,770 by the end of this parliament.
Baroness Altmann said: "Over the last quarter of a century, pensioners have fallen below the rest of society as average earnings have done so much better than the increases in the state pension.
"Since 2010, we have really begun to correct that.
'We are now back to the highest level for a quarter of a century - and quite right too. Pensioners deserve to be treated much better than they have been in the past and to have security in retirement."
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The basic state pension is set for its biggest rise in real terms since 2001, the Treasury has said.
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Real Madrid's Bale, 27, will have ankle surgery on Tuesday and is expected to be out for four months.
However, Coleman said: "I'm hoping it's going to be more like three months.
"He's an absolute machine and physically he's an absolute specimen. We'll know a little bit more probably next week or the week after."
Bale hobbled out of Tuesday's 2-1 Champions League win at Sporting Lisbon with what has been diagnosed as a "traumatic dislocation of the peroneal tendons" in his right ankle.
Wales are third in Group D, four points adrift of leaders the Republic, who they face at Dublin's Aviva Stadium on 24 March.
Bale has scored four times in Wales' opening four qualifiers and is now second to Ian Rush on his country's all-time goalscoring list with 26 goals.
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Wales manager Chris Coleman is optimistic injured forward Gareth Bale will be fit for the World Cup qualifier in the Republic of Ireland in March.
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Player-coach Derrick Walser put the Giants ahead and after Jacob Johnston levelled, the Giants then notched four unanswered goals in Scotland.
Kris Beech, James Desmarais, Darryl Lloyd and Mike Radja were on target as they Giants moved into their 5-1 lead.
David Rutherford replied before further Mike Forney and Beech goals.
The sides will meet again in the Scottish capital on Sunday evening with a 17:30 GMT face off.
On Saturday, Walser opened the scoring in the third minute and while Johnston levelled two minutes later, Beech's first goal restored Belfast's lead seconds before the end of the first period.
Further strikes from Desmarais and Lloyd increased the Giants advantage to 4-1 by the end of the second period before Radja fired in Belfast's fifth goal.
Rutherford cut Belfast's lead to 5-2 in the 45th minute but Forney and Beech added further final-period Giants goals.
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Belfast Giants got their series of festive fixtures off to a winning start as they earned a comprehensive 7-2 Elite League win over Edinburgh.
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14-15th centuries - Principality of Moldova stretches roughly between Carpathian mountains and Dniester river.
16th - early 19th century - Moldovan territory disputed by several powers with the Ottoman Empire and Russia as the main rivals. Numerous wars.
1812 - Treaty of Bucharest grants Russia control of eastern Moldova or Bessarabia, the area between the River Prut and the west bank of the Dniester. The Ottoman Empire gains control of western Moldova.
1878 - Ottomans recognise independence of Romanian state including western Moldova.
1918 - Following the Bolshevik revolution in Russia, Bessarabia declares independence. Its parliament calls for union with Romania.
1920 - Treaty of Paris recognises union of Bessarabia with Romania. The Bolsheviks do not.
1924 - Moldovan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic established east of the Dniester river within Ukraine.
1939 - Romania carved up in pact between Hitler's Germany and Stalin's USSR. Bessarabia is one of the areas to go to the USSR.
1940 - Russia annexes Bessarabia and combines it with most of the Moldovan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to form Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.
1941-1945 - Following Nazi attack on USSR a Romanian puppet regime is installed in Moldavian SSR but driven out shortly before the end of the war when the Soviet Union regains control.
Late 1980s - Resurgence of Moldovan nationalism in the wake of the era of 'openness' introduced in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Gorbachev.
1989 - Romanian is reinstated as the official language. The Latin script is adopted to replace the Cyrillic script (Russian).
1990 - Moldova declares its sovereignty.
The Gagauz people in the southwest declare their independence, followed by the Trans-Dniester region. The central power in Moldova annuls the declarations.
1991 - Moldova declares its independence. It joins the Commonwealth of Independent States, the successor to the Soviet Union.
1992 - Moldova becomes a member of the United Nations.
An upsurge in fighting in the Trans-Dniester region leads to a state of emergency being re-imposed. Hundreds die in the fighting. Russian peacekeepers are deployed after a ceasefire agreement.
1993 - The leu is introduced to replace the rouble.
1994 - A new constitution proclaims Moldova's neutrality, grants special autonomy status to Trans-Dniester and the Gagauz region, and declares Moldovan to be the official language.
1996 - Petru Lucinschi elected president.
1997 - Negotiations resumed with Trans-Dniester. Agreement is signed granting further autonomy and calling for more talks.
1998 - Elections see communists emerging as biggest party, but a centrist, reform-minded coalition forms the government.
1999 - OSCE summit in Istanbul sets end of 2002 as deadline for withdrawal of Russian troops and ammunition from Trans-Dniester, despite opposition of authorities there.
2000 - Moldovan parliament fails to agree on a successor to President Lucinschi. Parliament is dissolved and early elections are called for February 2001.
2001 February - The elections see the communists under Vladimir Voronin win just over 50% of the vote. Voronin is elected president in April.
2001 April - Parliament dismisses the heads of state radio and TV in a move which critics say consolidates the Communists' hold on society.
2001 December - Trans-Dniester authorities halt withdrawal of Russian arms which had been proceeding in accordance with international agreements.
2002 January - Announcement of plans to make Russian an official language and compulsory in schools sparks months of mass protests which end only when the scheme is shelved.
2002 September - Trans-Dniester authorities agree to allow resumption of Russian withdrawal in exchange for a Russian promise to cut gas debts.
2002 December - OSCE extends deadline for withdrawal of Russian weapons from Trans-Dniester until end of 2003. The deadline is later extended into 2004. Russia says its troops will stay until a settlement is reached.
2003 November - President Voronin pulls out of signing Russian-proposed deal on Trans-Dniester settlement following protests by nationalists who say it gives too much influence to Russia.
2004 July - Dispute over closures of Moldovan-language schools in Trans-Dniester using Latin rather than Cyrillic script. Moldova imposes economic sanctions on region and pulls out of talks on its status.
2004 October - Defence Minister Gaiciuc dismissed in row over thefts from arms depots.
2005 March-April - Communist Party tops poll in parliamentary elections. Vladimir Voronin begins second term as president.
2005 June - Parliament backs a Ukrainian plan for Trans-Dniester region autonomy within Moldova, calls on Russia to withdraw troops by end of year.
2006 January - Russian gas giant Gazprom cuts off supplies when Moldova refuses to pay twice the previous price. A temporary compromise is reached as talks continue.
2006 March - Trans-Dniester leadership reacts angrily to new regulations requiring goods entering Ukraine from Dniester to have Moldovan customs stamp. Moldova says the rules, backed by the EU, US and OSCE, aim to stop smuggling.
Moldova protests against a Russian decision to temporarily suspend imports of Moldovan wine on health grounds, saying the move is politically motivated.
2006 July - Eight die and several dozen are injured as minibus explodes in Dniester.
2006 September - Trans-Dniester referendum VOTE overwhelmingly backs independence from Moldova and a plan eventually to become part of Russia.
2007 March - Government accuses Romania of undermining the country by easing Romanian citizenship application procedures for Moldovans. Romanian citizenship allows Moldovans to travel without visas within the EU. Government reverses decision to allow Romania to open two new consulates in Moldova.
2008 March - Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev resigns, saying the country needs a government with more public appeal. President Voronin nominates deputy prime minister Zinaida Greceanii, another Communist, as Moldova's first woman premier.
2008 April - President Vladimir Voronin and Dniester leader Igor Smirnov meet for the first time in seven years; agree on the need to restart peace talks which broke down in 2001.
2009 January - Russian-Ukrainian dispute over gas prices leaves Moldova without supplies for several weeks, and Moldovans in several towns without any heating.
2009 April - Ruling Communists declared winners of disputed election. Result triggers violent protests and political deadlock.
2009 May - Communist MPs elect outgoing President Voronin as parliament speaker.
2009 July - New parliamentary polls. Communists lose their majority.
2009 August - Mr Voronin resigns as speaker, and is succeeded by Liberal Party leader Mihai Ghimpu.
2009 September - Four pro-western parties form coalition government. Liberal Democratic Party leader Vlad Filat becomes prime minister. Mr Voronin resigns as president, and is succeeded by Mr Ghimpu on an acting basis.
2009 December - Opposition Communist MPs refuse to back the governing coalition's candidate for the presidency.
2010 March - Constitutional Court orders fresh parliamentary election to be held in bid to end deadlock over parliament's failure to elect president.
2010 September - Referendum to introduce direct election of president by people fails on account of low turnout. The referendum was proposed by the pro-Western liberal governing coalition in a bid to break Moldova's political impasse.
2010 November - Third parliamentary election in less than two years. The ruling pro-Western coalition wins, but again fails to secure enough seats to enable it to appoint a new president.
2010 December - Marian Lupu, a former rising star on the liberal wing of the Communist Party who switched to the Democratic Party in 2009, takes over as acting president.
2011 December - Anti-corruption campaigner Yevgeny Shevchuk defeats pro-Russian candidates in Trans-Dniester's presidential election. Pledges to establish "friendly relations" with Moldova while continuing to press for the independence of the separatist region.
The Moldovan parliament again fails to elect a president.
2012 March - Nicolae Timofti elected president, ending years of failure to agree.
2012 November - Moscow issues an ultimatum telling Moldova to withdraw from energy agreements with the EU or face losing discounts on gas supplies from Russia.
2013 January - Mysterious fatal wounding of businessman Sorin Paciu on a hunting trip sparks a political scandal and tension within the ruling coalition when anti-corruption campaigners accuse the prosecutor-general of involvement in Mr Paciu's death.
2013 February - Prime Minister Vlad Filat's Liberal Democratic Party says it is pulling out of the governing alliance in power since 2009 and calls for a new coalition deal.
2013 March - Prime Minister Vlad Filat's government resigns following a no-confidence vote in parliament.
2013 April - Iurie Leanca is appointed acting prime minister. He is formally designated as prime minister in May and forms a new government.
2013 September - Russia bans import of Moldovan wines and spirits, saying they contain impurities. The move is seen as being taken in retaliation for Moldova's moves to forge closer ties with the European Union.
2013 November - Moldova initials an Association Agreement with the EU, which says that the move paves the way to establishing a privileged trade relationship with the country. The agreement is due to be signed in September 2014.
2014 March - President Timofti warns Russia against trying to annex Moldova's breakaway Trans-Dniester region in the same way as it has taken control of Ukraine's Crimea.
2014 June - Moldova signs association agreement with the European Union, prompting Russia to impose import restrictions on the country's agricultural produce.
2014 November - Pro-EU parties retain their majority in parliamentary elections, although the strongly pro-Russian Socialists become the largest single party, eclipsing the Communists. National Bank uncovers official inaction over embezzlement of $1bn - about 12.5% of annual GDP - from the banking system, prompting a major political crisis and credit crunch.
2015 February - Parliament approves a minority pro-European government led by businessman Chiril Gaburici as prime minister, which falls in June over the banking scandal and questions about the prime minister's university degree.
2015 July - Valeriu Strelet is chosen as prime minister by a new pro-European majority coalition, only to be dismissed in October amid mass protests over the banking scandal.
2015 September - Former prime minister Vlad Filat is arrested on corruption charges, including the 2014 banking case.
2016 January - Pavel Filip of the pro-European-Union Democratic Party forms a new coalition. Pro-European and pro-Russian activists storm parliament to protest at his ties to controversial businessman and fellow Democratic Party luminary Vlad Plahotniuc.
2016 January - Thousands of anti-government protesters demonstrate in the capital Chisnau demanding early elections.
2016 March - Moldova's constitutional court rules that presidential elections will be decided by popular vote and not by parliament.
2016 April - Moldova sets its presidential election for 30 October, the first time a new head of state will be appointed by popular vote since 2001.
2016 November - Pro-Russian candidate Igor Dodon beats pro-European candidate Maia Sandu to win the presidential election.
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Vehicle development had been on hold in recent months because of a shortage of cash, but new sponsorship deals mean engineers can now resume their work.
October 2017 will mark the 20th anniversary of the current land speed record - 763mph (1,228km/h), which was set by Thrust SSC in the US desert.
Bloodhound intends to raise this to 800mph, running in South Africa.
The new sponsors are not immediately being identified, but their support puts the British project on a solid financial footing.
"We now have the most vision of forward-funding that we've ever had," said components chief Conor La Grue.
"In the past, we've only ever really had funding to plan two to three months ahead.
"We're now in a position to go all the way through to taking the record."
Engineers that were let go during the hibernation are being brought back; outstanding components needed to fully finish the vehicle are being ordered.
The near-complete car was showcased at Canary Wharf in London last September.
Since then it has been sitting largely untouched at Bloodhound's technical HQ in Bristol.
Now, it will be stripped down from its initial "dry build" and then reassembled, with fluids, ready to go racing.
A key task is to complete the development of the vehicle's rocket system.
Bloodhound will be using a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine to get itself rolling and to reach speeds in the low hundreds (mph), but it will need a booster to take it through the sound barrier and on to 800mph.
The rocket itself is being sourced from the Nammo company in Norway, but it will use a Bloodhound-designed gearbox and pump driven by a Jaguar V8.
Testing of these elements all operating together will be conducted in the autumn.
The team intends to employ the rocket in a monopropellant configuration. This means no fuel grain is burned in the motor.
To produce thrust, concentrated hydrogen peroxide is merely pumped at pressure across a catalyst, where it decomposes into steam and oxygen. The hot gases are then directed out through a nozzle at high velocity.
It is the simplest way to use the rocket. Only if Bloodhound attempts to run faster than 1,000mph - something it still hopes to do in 2018 - will the Nammo technology need to burn a rubber propellant.
The new schedule calls for the race-ready car to be doing some trial runs at the Newquay aerohub in Cornwall in May or June of next year.
These runs will only get up to about 200mph but should be very instructive for the engineers, enabling them to check, for example, that all the software has every system working in unison.
"Fortunately, we don't have the millions of lines of code that they had in the space shuttle," said chief engineer Mark Chapman.
"We're talking now about being in South Africa in August/September 2017. This would give us a few weeks of running to shake the car down, increase the speed and then go for the record around October.
"The date would be quite poignant because it would be exactly 20 years since Thrust SSC."
Bloodhound is the direct descendant of Thrust. The project director (Richard Noble), the driver (Andy Green) and the aerodynamicist (Ron Ayers) have reprised their roles.
The big difference this time around is the supporting education programme.
Bloodhound was conceived as a way to enthuse young people into STEM subjects.
More than 5,000 schools have now taken part in learning programmes based on the science of land speed records.
And even though Bloodhound itself may have been sitting idle in Bristol for almost 10 months, the education side of things has been ramping up.
School children who have been building mini rocket cars recently started using the BBC Micro:Bit programmable computer to monitor their vehicles' performance.
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The Bloodhound supersonic car project is back on, and now aims to break the land speed record in October 2017.
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The craft called Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed (Mast) was displayed on the Thames in London earlier this week.
The Royal Navy said it is to play a part in the inaugural Unmanned Warrior.
The exercise in October is to be held in parts of the sea off north west Scotland, the Western Isles and west Wales, the Navy said.
The service has previously described Unmanned Warrior as its first "robot wars".
It will involve drones, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and machines that can operate underwater.
Companies that manufacture the weapons and Nato member countries have been invited by the Royal Navy to take part.
Since 2014, the Royal Navy has been promoting Unmanned Warrior 2016 to drone technology businesses. More than 40 organisations are expected to take part.
Various scenarios will be run to test the capability of the machines in areas such as anti-submarine warfare, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Unmanned Warrior will be held during the UK-led Exercise Joint Warrior.
Joint Warrior is one of Nato's largest training events and is held twice a year for thousands of army, navy and air force personnel.
The first of this year's Joint Warrior exercises was held in April.
Most of the training takes place in and around Scotland with warships operating out of Faslane on the Clyde and aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray.
Live firing is also done at Cape Wrath in Sutherland, while large-scale military manoeuvres have taken place in the past at West Freugh near Stranraer.
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An unmanned boat designed for military use has been unveiled as one of 50 vehicles and devices that will feature in "robot wars" exercises off Scotland.
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The 25-year-old was suspended for two weeks for kicking Grenoble's Arnaud Heguy in April, directly after serving a two-match ban for calling Samson Lee "Gypsy boy" during a Six Nations game.
"Whenever you play for England, you have to be 100%," said Marler.
"Unfortunately I'm not in that place. I would be letting my team-mates and country down if I were to tour."
England will face Australia in three Tests - in Brisbane on 11 June, Melbourne a week later and Sydney on 25 June.
Marler will also miss England's one-off Test against Wales on 29 May.
He added the past season - in which England won a Grand Slam for the first time in 13 years and Harlequins reached the European Challenge Cup final - had been "very enjoyable, but sometimes difficult".
Coach Eddie Jones, who confirmed Marler would have been part of the squad, said he supported the decision and "admired his honesty".
"Joe played brilliantly during the Six Nations and he will be a big loss in Australia," added Jones. "He's a young man with a very bright future.
"There's no doubt in my mind he'll use this time wisely and come back feeling refreshed and ready to be part of England again."
Marler played in all five matches during England's Six Nations campaign, starting three and replacing Mako Vunipola in the matches against Scotland and Italy.
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Prop Joe Marler has made himself unavailable for England's summer tour of Australia, saying he needs to rest.
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Walters headed a Cesar Azpilicueta cross into his own net just before half-time and repeated his unwanted trick from a Juan Mata corner.
Frank Lampard made it 3-0 from the spot after Mata was fouled and Eden Hazard smashed in a fourth from 30 yards out.
Walters' misery was completed when he blasted a late penalty against the bar.
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The 29-year-old Republic of Ireland international has won plenty of plaudits for his play for the Potters this season but his 100th Premier League appearance turned into a memorable day for all the wrong reasons.
Chelsea move third in the table with what became a runaway victory but they were under the cosh for long spells early on and were grateful to assistant referee Sian Massey for correctly reversing a decision to award Stoke a penalty with the score at 1-0.
Referee Andre Marriner pointed to the spot when Azpilicueta slid in to bring down Matthew Etherington inside the area, but Massey had already flagged Etherington offside.
Three other players have scored two own goals in a single Premier League game - Gary Breen while playing for Coventry against Manchester United in 1997, Liverpool's Jamie Carragher against Manchester United in 1999 and Michael Proctor while playing for Sunderland against Charlton in 2003.
Statistic courtesy of Opta
Stoke, who have never beaten Chelsea at the Britannia Stadium, had begun the game brightly, bombarding the visitors with balls into the box and seeing Kenwyne Jones fire narrowly wide.
Demba Ba was making his Premier League debut for Chelsea but, in the early stages, he was busier in his own area and twice had to hack clear.
Ba, preferred to Fernando Torres up front, got more involved at the other end of the pitch as the half progressed.
He provided the flick for Lampard to burst into the area and bring a reflex save from Asmir Begovic, then ran clear himself to force another fine stop.
Then came Walters first faux pas, which saw him send a bullet header past Begovic as he tried to beat Mata to a cross.
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His second own goal came moments after Massey had denied Stoke a penalty. This time Walters beat Lampard to Mata's delivery and saw the ball bounce in.
Lampard's powerful spot-kick, from a penalty awarded when Robert Huth pushed Mata, left the home side with no way back.
Stoke's first home defeat in the league since February last year, and their heaviest at the Britannia Stadium since they returned to the top flight in 2008, was confirmed when Hazard span into space 30 yards from goal and unleashed an unstoppable shot into the top corner.
There was more good news for Chelsea when John Terry came off the bench with 10 minutes left for his first appearance in two months, but there was to be no happy ending for Walters.
He was fouled by Terry inside the area with only seconds to go and stepped up to take the spot-kick himself, only to slam it against the bar.
Full Time The referee ends the match.
The ball is delivered by Glenn Whelan, clearance by John Terry.
The ball is delivered by Michael Kightly, Ashley Cole gets a block in.
Power penalty missed by Jonathan Walters.
Foul by John Terry on Jonathan Walters, Penalty awarded.
Substitution Michael Kightly replaces Matthew Etherington.
Unfair challenge on David Luiz by Jonathan Walters results in a free kick. Direct free kick taken by David Luiz.
Short corner taken by Frank Lampard.
Substitution Paulo Ferreira replaces Cesar Azpilicueta.
Geoff Cameron sends in a cross, Petr Cech makes a save.
The referee blows for offside. Branislav Ivanovic restarts play with the free kick.
Frank Lampard takes a shot. Save by Asmir Begovic.
Substitution John Terry joins the action as a substitute, replacing Juan Mata.
Substitution Dean Whitehead is brought on as a substitute for Charlie Adam.
Substitution Kenwyne Jones goes off and Cameron Jerome comes on.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Fernando Torres by Robert Huth. Free kick taken by Juan Mata.
Shot from just outside the box by Charlie Adam goes over the target.
Assist by Juan Mata.
Goal! - Eden Hazard - Stoke 0 - 4 Chelsea Eden Hazard scores a goal from long range to the top left corner of the goal. Stoke 0-4 Chelsea.
Kenwyne Jones takes a shot. Branislav Ivanovic gets a block in.
Substitution Demba Ba goes off and Fernando Torres comes on.
Jonathan Walters concedes a free kick for a foul on Ryan Bertrand. David Luiz produces a strike on goal direct from the free kick.
Demba Ba takes a shot. Blocked by Robert Huth. Frank Lampard takes a shot. Save made by Asmir Begovic.
Juan Mata provided the assist for the goal.
Goal! - Frank Lampard - Stoke 0 - 3 Chelsea Penalty taken right-footed by Frank Lampard and scored. Stoke 0-3 Chelsea.
Foul by Ryan Shawcross on Juan Mata, Penalty awarded.
The assist for the goal came from Juan Mata.
Goal! - Jonathan Walters - Stoke 0 - 2 Chelsea Headed own goal by Jonathan Walters. Stoke 0-2 Chelsea.
Inswinging corner taken by Juan Mata from the right by-line.
Demba Ba gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Andy Wilkinson. Glenn Whelan takes the direct free kick.
The referee blows for offside. Free kick taken by Petr Cech.
Centre by Eden Hazard, Robert Huth makes a clearance.
David Luiz challenges Ryan Shawcross unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by Asmir Begovic.
Inswinging corner taken by Matthew Etherington from the right by-line, save by Petr Cech.
Steven Nzonzi takes a shot. Petr Cech makes a save. Corner taken right-footed by Matthew Etherington from the right by-line, Robert Huth has a headed effort at goal from deep inside the area missing to the left of the target.
Steven Nzonzi fouled by Ryan Bertrand, the ref awards a free kick. Matthew Etherington crosses the ball in from the free kick.
Ashley Cole takes a shot. Save by Petr Cech. Corner taken short by Eden Hazard.
The referee blows for offside against Jonathan Walters. Branislav Ivanovic restarts play with the free kick.
Eden Hazard fouled by Robert Huth, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by David Luiz.
The ball is swung over by Charlie Adam, David Luiz makes a clearance.
Steven Nzonzi has shot on goal from just outside the box which goes wide of the right-hand upright.
The assistant referee signals for offside against Juan Mata. Asmir Begovic restarts play with the free kick.
The second half kicks off.
Half Time The first half comes to an end.
Assist on the goal came from Cesar Azpilicueta.
Goal! - Jonathan Walters - Stoke 0 - 1 Chelsea Headed own goal by Jonathan Walters. Stoke 0-1 Chelsea.
Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Eden Hazard from the right by-line.
Steven Nzonzi is penalised for handball and concedes a free kick. Frank Lampard produces a shot on goal direct from the free kick.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Andy Wilkinson on Eden Hazard. Free kick crossed right-footed by Frank Lampard, Robert Huth manages to make a clearance.
Glenn Whelan takes a shot. Save by Petr Cech.
Shot by Ashley Cole from outside the box goes high over the target.
Short corner worked by Frank Lampard.
The free kick is swung in left-footed by Juan Mata, clearance by Ryan Shawcross.
Booking Andy Wilkinson goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Andy Wilkinson on Eden Hazard.
Juan Mata sends in a cross, clearance made by Ryan Shawcross.
Geoff Cameron crosses the ball, clearance made by Branislav Ivanovic.
Shot from just outside the area by Eden Hazard goes over the bar.
Corner taken by Juan Mata from the left by-line, clearance by Kenwyne Jones.
Demba Ba takes a shot. Petr Cech makes a save.
Unfair challenge on Frank Lampard by Glenn Whelan results in a free kick. Free kick taken by Branislav Ivanovic.
Kenwyne Jones takes a shot. Petr Cech makes a save.
Andy Wilkinson challenges Eden Hazard unfairly and gives away a free kick. Branislav Ivanovic restarts play with the free kick.
Jonathan Walters fouled by Ryan Bertrand, the ref awards a free kick. Indirect free kick taken by Asmir Begovic.
Nascimento Ramires fouled by Steven Nzonzi, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by Petr Cech.
Frank Lampard takes a shot. Asmir Begovic makes a brilliant save.
Effort from inside the area by Jonathan Walters misses to the left of the target.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Kenwyne Jones by Branislav Ivanovic. Glenn Whelan crosses the ball in from the free kick.
Glenn Whelan has an effort at goal from outside the box which goes wide right of the target.
Inswinging corner taken by Matthew Etherington from the right by-line, save by Petr Cech.
Corner from the left by-line taken by Glenn Whelan, Ashley Cole manages to make a clearance.
Steven Nzonzi takes a shot. Petr Cech makes a save.
Corner taken by Matthew Etherington, Frank Lampard makes a clearance.
Eden Hazard challenges Charlie Adam unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick crossed left-footed by Matthew Etherington, Demba Ba manages to make a clearance.
Foul by Jonathan Walters on David Luiz, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by David Luiz.
Juan Mata delivers the ball, Asmir Begovic makes a save.
Matthew Etherington sends in a cross.
Outswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Glenn Whelan, Branislav Ivanovic makes a clearance.
Jonathan Walters challenges David Luiz unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by Petr Cech.
Unfair challenge on Steven Nzonzi by Nascimento Ramires results in a free kick. Indirect free kick taken by Asmir Begovic.
Effort from inside the area by Kenwyne Jones misses to the right of the goal.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Charlie Adam by David Luiz. Glenn Whelan crosses the ball from the free kick right-footed from right channel, Ashley Cole makes a clearance.
The ball is delivered by Eden Hazard, Robert Huth manages to make a clearance.
Corner taken by Juan Mata, clearance by Kenwyne Jones.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on David Luiz by Jonathan Walters. David Luiz takes the free kick.
The referee starts the match.
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Jon Walters scored two own goals and missed a penalty as Chelsea thumped Stoke to end the Potters' 17-game home unbeaten run in the Premier League.
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After three wins out of three, England lead West Indies by two points and will play Australia in the semi-finals if they remain at the top of the group.
Pakistan are third, with one defeat against the second-placed Windies, who play India in their final match.
England captain Charlotte Edwards said: "If we play well we should win but they have played well in the tournament."
England have survived batting collapses to preserve their unbeaten record, beating India by two wickets with an over to spare despite twice losing two in two balls.
Then, against the West Indies, nine wickets fell for 47 before they scraped to victory off the final ball.
"You have got to take the game in isolation because Dharamsala was a completely different wicket to what we are going to face here," Edwards said.
"There are things we can take from the collapses but ultimately we have won two games.
"We are not going to dissect the games and think 'we should have done this, we should have done that'. We won the games and have shown a lot of bottle."
Australia, winners of the last three World T20 tournaments, qualified in second place from Group A behind New Zealand, having lost to the Kiwis by six wickets.
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England women will win Group B at the World Twenty20 if they beat Pakistan in Chennai on Sunday.
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Here are some of your alternative offerings to its given name, Kepler-452b.
Billy Buroo tweets: "Name it after whoever was on duty at time of discovery #planetbob #planetsandra #planetoftheapes"
IDON suggests: "yeah, I think Terraduo sounds better which is just "Earth 2" in Latin!!"
Margaret Newson has a selection: "Skaro; unless the Daleks got there first .., Mondas or Gallifrey?"
And on our Facebook page we have received a number of suggestions:
Scott McMillan says Kemba. Alfred Lynch reckons Democracy.
Rene Rios wants Puria as a name. Russel Mantosh says Hodor and Sean Oliver says Hope.
Joshua C Duplantis asks for Krypton or Planet Vegeta.
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Nasa's Kepler telescope has found a world that shares many characteristics with Earth.
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Insurers also say 37% of local school areas had at least one child road injury each year from 2006 to 2011.
The government said the data was crude, road deaths were at a record low and the number of children injured had fallen considerably in recent years.
Insurers are launching an online tool for parents.
The online index has been compiled by the research group Road Safety Analysis and Axa Car Insurance, who say it will help parents understand "the risks associated with the roads around their local schools to keep their children safe".
The website will show how many vehicle collisions, including those involving children, have happened within 500m (a third of a mile) of the school gate.
The tool draws on data from the past six years, which the backers say shows there were 85,814 child injuries on roads within a 500m radius of schools, the equivalent of 1,190 a month.
Only one in five schools had no children injured in accidents within that distance over that period, the researchers say.
Separate figures used by the site also suggest there were 557,200 vehicle collisions around schools in the period 2006 to 2011, the equivalent of six collisions per school per year on average.
These collisions included any incident reported to police involving any vehicle on a local road, including those that did not result in injuries.
Some of these accidents were in the school holidays and child injury numbers do not necessarily refer to pupils at that particular school.
The website suggests the top area for collisions in the six-year period was London, which accounted for 13% of the child casualties nationally and 22% of collisions overall.
Looking at cities with more than 100 schools, excluding London, the figures showed that from 2006 to 2011 Liverpool had the highest number of road injuries (deaths, serious injuries and slight injuries) around schools, followed by Nottingham, Manchester, Birmingham and Leicester.
Road Safety Analysis director Dan Campsall said: "Translating this wealth of data into something that is meaningful for parents, teachers and community leaders has its challenges.
"However, it is important that these groups are able to understand the immediate road risks around their local schools if they are going to work effectively to secure safer communities for children in the future.
"The data can be used to support changes in local road safety education as well as the road environment, therefore helping to further safeguard pupils across the country."
Government figures show that in 2012, a total of 2,272 children were killed or seriously injured on Britain's roads - down 6% on the previous year.
Over the same period, the total number of "child casualties" in Britain was 17,251 - down 11% on the previous year.
Road Safety Minister Stephen Hammond said: "Road deaths are at a record low and child casualties have fallen considerably in recent years but I am determined to make our roads even safer.
"That is why we are improving road safety education resources for schools, making it easier for councils to put in place 20mph zones on their roads and are increasing fixed penalties for offences such as driving while using a mobile phone from £60 to £100.
"By combining education, enforcement and engineering measures such as these we will continue to reduce deaths and injuries on our roads."
Earlier this year, the government launched its own website to give people local data on accidents in their local areas.
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More than 1,000 children a month are being injured on local roads around British schools, insurance industry figures indicate.
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The acting speaker of Brazil's lower house, Waldir Maranhao, has annulled a vote in the lower house that allowed the proceedings to go on to the Senate.
But the president of the Senate, Renan Calheiros, later said the vote there would happen anyway.
The Senate is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on whether to start an impeachment trial.
The president of the Senate impeachment commission (in Portuguese) also said the vote would take place as scheduled.
In his decision, Mr Maranhao said there had been irregularities during the lower house session in which its members overwhelmingly voted in favour of the impeachment process going ahead.
He said members of the lower house should not have publicly announced what their position was prior to the vote, and that it had been wrong of party leaders to instruct their members how to vote.
Mr Maranhao called for a new vote in the lower house.
But Mr Calheiros said in a special session that he would ignore Mr Maranhao's order, and go ahead with the Senate vote. He accused Mr Maranhao of "toying with democracy".
When I sat down for an extended interview with Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia last week, she was fully prepared for and anticipating her likely suspension as president.
She assumed, like just about everyone else in Brazil, that the country's Senate would vote in favour of a full impeachment trial.
Indeed, Ms Rousseff told me she would fight to clear her name after her expected suspension from office later this week over charges that she illegally hid the scale of the budget deficit.
The decision by the interim speaker of the lower house to annul the impeachment process took everyone - including the president - by surprise.
But if it is a stay of execution for Ms Rousseff it may only be temporary.
The case has already left Waldir Maranhao's jurisdiction and is before the Senate where senior figures have already vowed to ignore the ruling from Mr Maranhao.
Whatever the outcome - and don't bet against the impeachment process getting "back on track" - this fiasco does the image of Brazil and its discredited political system no good.
An increasing majority of Brazilians are not just dissatisfied with the country's situation in general but, in particular, with the behaviour of politicians in Brasilia.
The place is, rightly or wrongly, perceived to be riddled with corruption where politicians serve only in their self interest while the rest of the country struggles with a worsening economy, an ever more violent society and with the country's image being ridiculed overseas.
Mr Maranhao, who opposed the impeachment process in the 17 April vote, only took over as the speaker of the lower house last week, after the previous speaker, Eduardo Cunha, was suspended.
Mr Cunha, an outspoken critic of President Rousseff, led the impeachment drive against her.
Reacting to the news, Ms Rousseff urged "caution", adding that there was a "hard fight ahead".
Ms Rousseff has said the efforts to impeach her amount to "a coup attempt".
She has accused Mr Cunha and Vice-President Michel Temer of being the "ringleaders of the coup".
Mr Temer would step in as interim president if Ms Rousseff were to be suspended from office.
In a BBC interview last week, Ms Rousseff said she was an "innocent victim" and that she would fight on.
She is accused of manipulating the government budget ahead of her re-election in 2014. The president has defended her fiscal measures as common practice in Brazil.
If the trial goes ahead, she will be suspended from office immediately.
Following Mr Maranhao's decision, Brazil's currency, the real, lost more than 4% against the dollar, while the country's stock exchange slipped more than 3%.
Investors have criticised Ms Rousseff and her Workers' Party for what they say are interventionist policies and see Mr Temer as being more market-friendly.
Brazil is in its worst recession in 25 years, with inflation at a 12-year-high in 2015.
The president's approval ratings have plummeted recently, and recent polls suggest most Brazilians support her removal from office.
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The impeachment process against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been thrown into doubt.
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Mangan, 29, joined Rovers on a one-year deal in July after leaving Shrewsbury, who had offered him a new contract.
But, after an early season run of seven goals in 22 games, he lost his starting place following injury and has not scored since 6 October.
"At 29, I want to be playing 90 minutes on a regular basis," he said.
"The gaffer (Gary Brabin) could not guarantee that I would get that at Tranmere.
"Shrewsbury made an approach for me and offered an 18-month contract and the chance to be involved in League One.
"I had a long chat with the gaffer about it and he agreed that he would not stand in the way of me going. Any talk of there being a fall out is absolute nonsense."
Shrewsbury boss Micky Mellon is in the middle of a mid-season shake-up, aimed at addressing their worrying position of 20th in League One, a point clear of safety.
He has already seen two strikers leave. Top scorer James Collins has gone out on loan to Northampton Town, while former million pound man Tyrone Barnett has joined Southend United for the rest of the season - and skipper Liam Lawrence is about to tie up a move to League Two side Bristol Rovers.
"The bottom line is we need to find a way of scoring more goals, especially the front men," said Mellon.
Shrewsbury, who re-signed defender Jack Grimmer from Fulham earlier this week, are also in advanced talks with a League One side to bring in another striker - a deal that could be completed in the next 24 hours.
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Shrewsbury Town have re-signed striker Andy Mangan from National League side Tranmere Rovers on an 18-month contract for an undisclosed fee.
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The BBC One show, broadcast at the same time as ITV's X Factor, was watched by an average of 9.5 million viewers.
Seven million viewers tuned in to see Matt Terry crowned the talent show winner during the 20:00 to 21:00 slot.
But BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing had the highest ratings of the night, seen by 11 million between 19:15 and 20:00, according to overnight ratings.
BBC One's Countryfile, was watched by 6.9 million viewers, not far off X Factor's average.
Terry won the X Factor final with just 8% more votes than runner-up Saara Aalto, ITV revealed.
Meanwhile, rapper Honey G - who now has a record deal with Simon Cowell's label Syco - was never a serious contender, peaking with just 12.2% of votes in week eight.
The final results show's average audience of seven million is down on the 2015 final, when overnight figures showed that an 8.4 million tuned in.
This year, Sunday's audience peaked with 7.7 million to see Terry crowned at the end of the programme.
Strictly's audience peaked when 11.7 million saw Olympic gymnast Claudia Fragapane lose to Danny Mac in the dance-off.
That means Mac will compete for the glitterball trophy against Ore Oduba and Louise Redknapp in next week's final.
Planet Earth II has had consistently high ratings since it began airing just over a month ago.
Executive producer Mike Gunton said: "The whole Planet Earth II team have been overwhelmed by the reaction to the series and so pleased to be able to share the wonders of the natural world with so many people."
Sunday's episode included the story of the baby turtles in Barbados that were disorientated by artificial lights and walked inland after hatching, instead of going towards the sea.
However, after many messages of concern, the BBC Earth Twitter account reassured viewers: "Every turtle that was seen or filmed by the #PlanetEarth2 crew was collected and put back into the sea."
It also posted a video of how local conservationists from the Barbados Sea Turtle Project helped rescue as many turtle hatchlings as possible.
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The final episode of Planet Earth II has beaten the X Factor final in the Sunday night ratings.
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Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said they received reports of a break-in on Montmano Drive, Didsbury, at 05:00 BST.
Officers said they found a "heavily intoxicated" man who had gained entry to a flat after he fell when trying to climb up the side of the building.
He was Tasered after resisting arrest, police said, before being taken to hospital where he is under sedation.
His condition at the Manchester Royal Infirmary is described as "stable".
Police said the man was injured as a result of the fall.
A spokeswoman said officers were investigating the circumstances which led to the break-in.
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A 35-year-old man who was Tasered by police is being treated in hospital for a collapsed lung.
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21 December 2015 Last updated at 09:55 GMT
He says his family spend it in London with family and eat a big roasted turkey for dinner.
He says people imagine his wife, Victoria Beckham, is hard to buy presents for but he says he knows her so well, he doesn't struggle.
He was talking to the BBC's Colin Paterson about being a role model for children too and says it's very important to behave properly when you are a famous public figure.
He was also talking about playing seven football games across seven continents in 10 days for a BBC documentary.
David Beckham: For the Love of the Game is on BBC One on 29 December.
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Former England football captain David Beckham says Christmas at home is very traditional.
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The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow has admitted five children this year, all under two, who had either bitten into or squeezed the tabs.
They suffered chemical burns to their eyes or throats.
When liquid was swallowed, a tube had to be inserted to aid breathing until swelling in the airways was treated.
Dr Lyndsay Fraser, from the hospital's ear nose and throat unit, said: "We have known for some time about the risk of eye injuries from kids squeezing these liquitabs until they burst.
"What we have seen more recently is that children are biting into the tablets, presumably because they think they are sweets as they have the same soft texture and bright colouring.
"The alkaline chemicals in the liquitab cause an immediate chemical burn, causing breathing problems as the airway starts to swell rapidly.
"Getting them to hospital straight away is imperative. In most of the cases seen so far we have had to insert a breathing tube to protect the child's airway from the swelling and help them breathe."
Dr Fraser said that if these children had not reached the hospital on time, their airway "could have closed over completely with potentially fatal consequences".
The medic added: "Once the breathing tube has been inserted, children can be on a ventilator for anything up to two weeks whilst the swelling settles and one child so far has required further surgery to repair the damage caused by the liquitab.
"It really is only good fortune that we haven't seen a death resulting from this type of injury."
Staff at the hospital have been alarmed by the number of children recently admitted as emergency cases.
They have now published a letter in the Archives of Diseases in Childhood to alert medical colleagues and parents to the dangers of liquitabs.
Dr Fraser said: "Most liquitab brands do not come packaged in child proof containers so it is easy to access to them especially if they are left within reach and sight of young children or toddlers.
"Most parents are not aware of the dangers of these common household items, commonly storing them in unlocked cupboards within potential reach of their child.
"It is important parents realise that these liquid capsules are dangerous chemicals and they should be kept locked away so children can't reach them."
Shannon Hutchison backed the hospital's safety campaign after her daughter Orla swallowed the contents of a liquitab at the age of seven months.
She said: "Orla was at my sister's house playing with my two-year-old nephew who managed to get hold of one of these liquitabs.
"He thought it was a sweetie because it was bright and like a jelly so he gave it to Orla who bit into it.
"Immediately we realised there was a problem as she was going in and out of consciousness so phoned an ambulance right away, it was terrifying. I'm just so lucky to still have my little girl."
Orla was rushed to intensive care and spent 10 days in hospital.
Since the incident, Shannon said she had been much more careful about where all her family are keeping liquitabs.
"To kids they do look like bright sweeties and they are not in a sealed box, kids can get into them so easily and I had no idea what could happen until I saw what happened to Orla," she said.
"When we got to hospital the doctors told me they see this two or three a year. Now I make sure that all the liquitabs are locked away and I tell everyone to do the same.
"The boxes they come in really should be child proof and I hope manufacturers do something about this as I wouldn't want this to happen to any other little girl or boy."
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Doctors are warning about the dangers of liquitabs used in washing machines and dishwashers, after treating some children for near fatal injuries.
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The government wants to reduce pensions payable to 130,000 current and ex-steel workers, to make Tata's Port Talbot operations more attractive to a buyer.
Meanwhile the Commons Work and Pensions select committee is investigating the £571m deficit at the BHS scheme.
Now it will also investigate how many pension schemes are at risk of failing.
Proposed changes to the British Steel scheme, from one based on the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), inflation measure, rather than the Retail Prices Index (RPI). could see some future pensioners 17% worse off.
And current and former BHS employees who had not yet reached retirement age when it went into administration in March could see a 10% cut to their pensions.
"The state of the British Steel pension scheme is further worrying evidence of a wider danger to one of the biggest savings successes in Britain during the last century - occupational pension schemes," said pensions committee chair Frank Field.
"The select committees' in-depth case study on BHS is illustrating how such schemes are already creaking from rising life expectancy and record low returns on capital.
"Pension law and regulation must urgently adapt to the issues of the future, rather than the problems of the past. The whole savings edifice is in danger."
Mr Field said that while he welcomed discussions with the government on finding a way forward on the British Steel issue, it was far from an isolated case.
Mr Field said 11 million people had private "defined benefit" pensions, but that more than 5,000 of the associated schemes were in deficit by a total of £805bn.
Meanwhile, the combined surpluses of other schemes was just £4bn.
"This will be a major inquiry considering radical solutions to one of the great problems of this age," said Mr Field, the Labour MP for Birkenhead.
"The inquiry will consider, amongst other things, radical solutions that could be more easily implemented if real returns on capital rise again."
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An inquiry is to be launched into the UK's 6,000 occupational pension schemes after question marks about the future of the BHS and British Steel schemes.
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The leader of Kent County Council has met Home Office officials to request support in dealing with the arrival of hundreds of young migrants in Dover.
And Kent Police has asked neighbouring forces to help manage Operation Stack, where lorries queue on the M20 when Channel crossings are disrupted.
The backlog has grown as migrants make fresh attempts to enter the tunnel.
More than 3,500 attempts have been made this week to get into the Channel Tunnel, with people gathering at fencing at its freight terminal.
In the UK, Highways England said there were nearly 6,000 lorries parked on the motorway as part of Operation Stack, which will continue into the weekend.
It is the first time Kent Police have asked neighbouring forces in south-east England to help deal with the chaos.
County council leader Paul Carter said a "massive logistical exercise" was under way in Kent, with the surge in the number of migrants arriving set to continue.
In the last three months, the number of under-18 asylum seekers in the care of Kent County Council has nearly doubled to 605.
Mr Carter said: "Our social services are working all the hours that they possibly can and we have no more capacity to take many more in the coming weeks if the increase in numbers continues as in the past few weeks."
Mr Carter said the council faced a £5.5m shortfall in covering care costs and it was asking for help "from Theresa May down" to manage the crisis.
A national fostering agency is appealing for families to come forward to help cope with a five-fold rise in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children on its books.
Compass Fostering says it has received 275 referrals from local authorities in the past three months, compared with 56 for the same period last year.
The Local Government Association has urged the government to reimburse the costs councils face when unaccompanied child asylum seekers arrive in the UK.
Deputy Chairman Cllr David Simmonds said councils where children arrive are responsible for every aspect of caring, housing and educating them, through to the age of 25.
"The current situation is placing unprecedented pressure on an already overburdened system," said Cllr Simmonds
The prime minister has said the UK will not become a "safe haven" and warned that illegal immigrants would be removed if they reached the UK.
Speaking in Vietnam during his tour of South East Asia, Mr Cameron said: "Everything that can be done will be done to make sure our borders are secure and make sure that British holidaymakers are able to go on their holidays."
He said the situation was "very testing" because there was a "swarm of people coming across the Mediterranean, seeking a better life".
The Refugee Council attacked Mr Cameron's use of the word "swarm" as "irresponsible, dehumanising language".
Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman said the choice of words was "inflammatory", while Lib Dem leader Tim Farron described it as "deeply alarming" as the prime minister was talking about "some of the most desperate people in the world".
The last official estimates suggest there are about 3,000 migrants in Calais. It is not known how many migrants have reached Britain in recent months via the tunnel.
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UK police and social services have called for urgent help to deal with the impact of the Calais migrant crisis.
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It has become the latest UK force to investigate the claims, first raised by former players in England.
A UK-wide hotline has dealt with more than 250 reports in just one week since it launched.
A senior Scottish officer confirmed that the force is working with partners, including the Scottish Football Association (SFA).
In a statement, a Police Scotland spokesman said: "We can confirm we have received reports in connection with non-recent child abuse within football.
"We are working with both Operation Hydrant and the NSPCC to ensure there is a co-ordinated UK police response.
"It would be inappropriate to comment further."
Det Ch Supt Lesley Boal added: "We will continue to work with partners, including the National Police Chiefs Council through Operation Hydrant, the Scottish Football Association and the NSPCC to ensure a co-ordinated police response is in place and that we maintain an accurate picture of child abuse investigations.
"Speaking out about any form of child abuse is incredibly difficult and disclosures are often made many years after an incident took place.
"Police Scotland will listen to any such disclosure, regardless of the passage of time, and will investigate as well as work with partner organisations who have access to advocacy and support during the process of disclosure and investigation."
The police pointed out that a range of organisations can be contacted through Survivor Scotland.
"Keeping children and young people safe is a top priority for Police Scotland and everyone has a role to play in protecting the country's children," said Supt Boal. "Where reports are made, we will assess any current risks and ensure appropriate action is taken."
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Police Scotland has confirmed its officers have received reports of historic child abuse within football.
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US and Scottish prosecutors want to interview Mohammed Abouajela Masud and Abdullah al-Senussi over the atrocity.
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is the only person to have been convicted over the bombing of Pan Am 103 in 1988.
The plane was on its way from London to New York on 21 December when it exploded above Lockerbie.
A total of 270 people died in the bombing, including everyone on board the plane and 11 people from the Scottish town.
Megrahi, who was found guilty of mass murder and jailed for a minimum of 27 years, died in 2012 after being released from jail on compassionate grounds in 2009. He had terminal cancer.
Stephanie Bernstein, a US citizen whose husband was among those killed in the attack, said she was "surprised, delighted and really gratified" by the news that two further suspects had been identified.
"There are many, many people who I hope are not sleeping so well tonight knowing that the Scottish government and the US government are committed to pursuing this case," she said.
Frank Duggan, president of Pan Am 103 Relatives, which represents many of the US victims of the bombing, said he was not confident there would be further prosecutions.
"It's been 26 years. It's too long, people are dead, stories have been forgotten," he said.
"I'd like to think that it will be one small measure of closure but I don't expect the kind of justice that we all hope for."
But Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter died in the bombing, claimed that any prosecution would "need to be supported by very much better evidence" than that used against Megrahi, who Dr Swire believes was not responsible for the attack.
Analysis by Rana Jawad, North Africa correspondent
Abdullah El Senussi is being held in Al-Hadba prison in Tripoli, but Masud's incarceration is less clear.
He is serving a 10-year sentence but there are conflicting claims over whether he is doing so in Tripoli or in a prison in Misrata.
The office of Tripoli's general prosecutor was less than forthcoming in divulging any information when it was contacted following the Crown Office announcement about the new suspects.
It is highly unlikely that any government in Libya would agree to any extradition request from the US or Scottish authorities to interview the two men.
Abdullah Al-Senussi in particular (unlike his shadowy co-suspect) is not an ordinary figure; he is and will forever remain Gaddafi's black box on every crime, atrocity, and back-door dealings that Libya was allegedly involved in during his time in power.
There was always suspicion in Libya that the West wanted to get his hands on him specifically for that reason, and would subsequently never return him.
Investigators would have a better chance trying to interview the men on Libyan soil, a prospect that is complicated given the fact that there are no Western diplomatic missions operating in Libya and no government in Tripoli that the international community recognises.
Both of the newly identified suspects are currently serving prison sentences in Libya, which is in chaos as rival factions fight for control of the country.
Senussi, who is currently awaiting execution in a Libyan jail, was the brother-in-law and intelligence chief of former Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi.
Masud is reported to be serving a prison sentence for bomb making.
Neither of the suspects are in the hands of the recognised government based in Tobruk but are being held by the Islamist-backed administration based in Tripoli.
A request to interview the suspects had been "routed through the British Embassy", the Crown Office said.
Relatives of some of those killed in the bombing welcomed the naming of two new suspects
Both men were named as possible suspects by an American TV documentary last month.
Documentary maker Ken Dornstein's brother David died in the Lockerbie bombing.
He told the BBC's Today programme: "We went in with a list of names that had come from the original investigation, pulled out of the tens of thousands of pages of documents. I established many were dead or missing. Ultimately, I concluded there may be three people left."
On Masud, Mr Dornstein added: "Figuring out simply that he existed would solve many of the unanswered questions to the bombing because he was attached to Megrahi according to the best information there was, including at the airport in Malta on the day that the bomb was said to have been infiltrated into the baggage system and ultimately on to Flight 103."
Megrahi's part in the bombing has been called into question in a series of books and documentaries.
Key developments in Lockerbie bombing case
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Families of some of the 270 people who died in the Lockerbie bombing have welcomed the naming of two new suspects.
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While 70,000 retired Brits use Spain's health system, 81 Spanish pensioners are registered as covered by the NHS.
Across the European Economic Area (EEA) there are 145,000 UK expat pensioners registered, compared with 4,000 EEA pensioners registered to use the NHS.
The figures were obtained after a BBC Freedom of Information request.
Citizens of the EEA - EU states and Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein - can get public healthcare in all EEA states, which is ultimately claimed back from their home country.
The Department of Health figures show that the UK and Spain have the biggest disparity in numbers of pensioners covered by the reciprocal healthcare agreement, as of December 2016.
And while 43,000 British pensioners were registered to use the French health service, only 201 French pensioners were registered as covered by the NHS. In Cyprus 12,000 British pensioners are covered by the health service, but fewer than five Cypriot pensioners were covered by the NHS.
Britain paid £674.4m to other EEA countries to cover expat British citizens' health costs in the 2014-2015 financial year, while it claimed back £49.7m to pay for EEA citizens' treatment in the UK.
Questioned about the small numbers of Spanish pensioners that were choosing to retire in the UK in November, Department of Health civil servant Chris Wormald told a Public Accounts Committee hearing on reciprocal healthcare: "We are not the retirement place of choice."
When Britain leaves the EU, these arrangements would cease to apply if it also left the EEA and would need to be renegotiated as part of any exit deal.
Switzerland, for example, is not a member of the European Union but has negotiated access to EEA reciprocal healthcare arrangements.
Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU law at the University of Cambridge, says that much will depend on the Article 50 Brexit negotiations and any transitional arrangements.
If the terms are not as good as the current ones, she said, pensioners may no longer get the same access to public healthcare in these countries.
"Of course it then becomes expensive for older people to get health insurance, and so it may be they feel obliged to return to the UK," she said.
While some British pensioners who have been living abroad for more than five years might still be granted access to public healthcare under an EU directive, this would still require they have health insurance and sufficient income not to be a burden on the public funds of the member state in which they reside.
Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: "The government needs to urgently tell us if it's their intention to maintain those reciprocal healthcare arrangements after Brexit."
A spokesman for the Department for Exiting the EU said: "The prime minister has been clear that we will work to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people.
"Healthcare arrangements will depend on reciprocal agreement by other countries. We are about to begin these negotiations and it would be wrong to set out unilateral positions in advance."
Caroline Abrahams of Age UK said it was an "anxious time" for retired expats: "We know that reciprocal healthcare arrangements are a vital safety net and people are likely to have made the decision to live overseas based on their existence. Without that safety net many may feel they have no choice but to return."
For the Lib Dems, healthcare spokesman Norman Lamb said the reciprocal deal must be protected adding: "It would be ludicrous if the government, in what appears to be a zealous fixation on reducing migration at all costs, pulled us out of the EEA without due consideration of the security that these deals provide to British pensioners in Europe."
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Many more expat UK pensioners rely on European healthcare under reciprocal healthcare agreements than UK-based European pensioners rely on the NHS.
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It was one of 42 affected at the hospital in Londonderry due to a nursing shortage and vomiting bug.
The Western Trust said that 25 beds across the hospital remain closed a week after its medical director confirmed it was facing challenges.
A spokesperson for the trust said that they do not comment on individual cases.
The woman, who did not want to be named, said she was told there were not enough beds.
She said she is in constant pain, which she can only treat with over-the-counter pain killers because of complications caused by other health conditions.
"I was looking forward to getting the surgery done. I just felt disappointed because I was all ready to go and built up for it.
"I have to have surgery on my toe as I have an extra bone in my toe," she said.
"I would like some clarity."
Representatives from the Royal College of Nursing met the trust on Thursday to voice their concerns.
Garrett Martin, deputy director of the RCN in Northern Ireland, said there are a large number of nursing vacancies.
"Nurses are telling us that they don't feel valued at this moment in time," he said.
"They are telling us that they are not getting breaks and working additional hours."
Dr Dermot Hughes, Medical Director for the Western Trust, said: "Any patient whose appointment had been postponed will be offered an alternative date. The trust is working to recruit more nurses.
"The situation at the hospital is reviewed on a daily basis with a view to making best use of our available bed capacity, and to ensure our most clinically urgent patients receive their scheduled operations and treatments".
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A woman has spoken of her frustration after her foot operation at Altnagelvin Hospital was cancelled twice.
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Lewis Siddall, 24, from Skellow in Doncaster, was found dead at his home at around 05:20 BST on Friday.
South Yorkshire Police said he had reportedly been assaulted in the VDKA bar in Silver Street, Doncaster, shortly after 23:00 BST on Thursday.
The arrested man remains in police custody.
Police said Mr Siddall is reported to have returned home and gone to bed following an incident in the bar. The cause of his death has not yet been confirmed.
Anyone with information should contact South Yorkshire Police on 101.
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A 22-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died in bed following an alleged assault at a bar in Doncaster.
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The top court has ruled it is unconstitutional to ban same-sex couples from getting married and legally registering those marriages. Parliament now has two years to amend the law, or same-sex couple will be able to marry under existing laws.
Jay Lin and his partner are raising twin sons, conceived with the help of an egg donor and a surrogate mother. Jay, their biological father, told the BBC why a law change was important to him and his family.
I believe the manifestation of love should not have different categories. I have seen so many gay couples in Taiwan who have been together for a long time, longer in fact than heterosexual couples.
And these couples need these legal protection to get married.
I've been with my partner, Jona, for four years. We're not married, but we hope to get married soon.
Last year, my surrogate gave birth to my twins in the US. I brought the twins back to Taiwan when they were one month old.
Since then, we've been doing everything parents would do with newborns: vaccines, bathing and feeding, introducing them to family and friends and adjusting our lives around them.
I work but my partner has quit his job to take care of our kids. Yet when he's taking them to the doctor or nursery schools for instance, he gets immediately discredited as the non-parent.
The problem is that I travel a lot for work, but there are certain things that happen to the boys that need a parent's approval, like medical procedures or school issues.
If I'm not able to sign off or approve certain procedures then the new law would mean that my partner can be there to make those decisions.
Knock on wood, nothing drastic has happened that has put us in a very difficult spot - so far it's mostly been things like doctor's visits or signing contracts to send them to school.
But of course we want Jona to be recognised as the co-parent of these twins so that he has legal rights to them.
Allowing gay couples to marry so they can qualify for adoption is also something that's important to me in terms of wanting to help gay couples who want to have children.
I tried adoptions first in Taiwan, but was told by so many people, "don't even bother, the social workers wouldn't think it's feasible".
Last year the number of adoptions in Taiwan was only around 300. If you include intra-family adoptions it's about 1,000.
Half of the 300 kids adopted by non-family members went overseas, the other half stayed in Taiwan. And that shows there aren't a lot children being adopted by local heterosexual couples.
So gay couples should be allowed to adopt and provide homes for these children.
Surrogacy is costly, and you have to devote a lot of time to the whole process.
There are an estimated 200 gay families registered with the Taiwan LGBT Family Rights Advocacy [these partnerships are not accepted as marriages by the state]. But that's an extremely low number. I'm sure there are thousands of such families, they're just not coming out to be recorded.
There are a lot of underreported cases of such gay partnerships and a lot of people don't know the option [of registering with the advocacy group].
We'd like to have this law passed earlier rather than later. The president will be campaigning for re-election in 2018; issues like this will be sidelined.
The entire goal for a lot of people is to harness all this energy to have something happen by the end of June.
Reporting by the BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei.
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Taiwan has just taken a major step towards increasing rights for lesbian and gay people.
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The Enterprise and Business Committee is calling for integrated ticketing for bus, rail and metro services - similar to London's Oyster system.
It found falling subsidies, passenger numbers and bus services were having a "severe" impact, especially in rural areas and on vulnerable people.
The committee also called for a traffic commissioner for Wales to be appointed.
Its chairman, South Wales East AM William Graham, said: "Buses are the most widely used form of public transport in Wales, yet the industry is facing an uncertain future.
"We need ambition - which is why we recommend setting a 2018 deadline for a Wales-wide integrated ticket system, of the kind that is already available in London where the use of contactless payment through bank cards and smartphones is commonplace.
"It is technologically possible and passengers want it."
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A "smart-ticketing" system is needed for transport across Wales by 2018, a group of AMs has said.
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Melanie Lakin, from Glascote, Tamworth, died in a collision on the A458 Llanfair Caereinion to Welshpool road on Sunday.
Her family said she was returning from a picnic at Bala lake with her boyfriend on separate motorbikes.
Ms Lakin's death has been voluntarily referred to the police watchdog.
Dyfed-Powys Police voluntarily referred the case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) because a police vehicle was nearby at the time of the crash.
A marked police motorcyclist was conducting vehicle checks in the area and police say a number of cars were stopped in a line of traffic behind the stationary vehicles.
Initial investigations show the motorcyclist collided with a car in the line of traffic.
The crash happened at about 16:30 BST.
In a statement, Ms Lakin's family said she was "a keen motorcyclist who loved life, people, nature and animals especially her cats Hector and Cleo".
She has completed her first year in diagnostic radiography at Birmingham City University and was looking forward to a successful career in the NHS "combining her love of helping people and a technical, visual subject".
"She had a keen eye and appreciation for photography, music and art and managed to combine all three on many occasions by photographing some of her favourite bands and musicians at music festivals," the family's statement added.
They said she would be sorely missed by her mother Pam, father Nigel, brother Jody, his partner Elena, boyfriend Oliver and the many friends and colleagues who had known her.
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The family of a 29-year-old motorcyclist who died in a crash in mid Wales have paid tribute to her as a "kind, caring and generous person".
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The new 8km road, which is used by 18,000 motorists daily, includes a new roundabout at the Drones Road and three flyover junctions.
Construction of the scheme began in early 2015.
About 27km of drainage pipe has been laid, 32km of fencing used and 24,000 tonnes of concrete has been poured.'
Deidre Mackle of the Department for Infrastructure said: "The upgrade, which has retained the iconic Frosses trees, will have knock-on impacts for the local economy and contribute to wider economic development for the region both in the short and in the long term."
"I am mindful of the inconvenience experienced by local businesses and landowners on the route during the construction phase and would wish to extend my gratitude to them for their patience," she added.
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The new £55m A26 Frosses dual-carriageway from Glarryford, near Ballymena, to Drones has opened.
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Some panels landed on the fourth storey of John Lewis and others on Station Street, which police then shut.
No-one was hurt and there was no damage to property on the street below the department store, a West Midlands Fire Service spokeswoman said.
A spokesman for Grand Central said "adverse weather conditions" meant the tiles had become loose.
Updates on this story and more from Birmingham
Dave Ladkin photographed workers at the top of the building shortly after the panels came off and questioned whether strong winds or poor construction was to blame.
Grand Central shopping centre sits above New Street Station and opened in September, several days after passengers began using the redesigned railway concourse.
It cost about £750m to redesign the railway station and construct the shopping complex in place of the old Pallasades Centre.
In a statement, Grand Central said: "Due to recent adverse weather conditions, a small number of tiles from the roof of Grand Central Birmingham became loose.
"Although no-one was hurt, for precautionary measures, Station Road was temporarily closed while contractors on-site made safe the area to ensure that no further damage occurs."
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Nine tiles blew off the roof of Birmingham's newly-opened Grand Central shopping centre during high winds.
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Mr Hollande, who says the attack was a terrorist act, has already extended a state of emergency by three months.
On Thursday, a lorry driver ploughed through a crowd marking Bastille Day on Nice's Promenade des Anglais.
The driver was later shot dead by police. He was identified as Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31.
Prosecutors said he had driven the lorry 2km (1.2 miles) along the famous promenade, zigzagging and targeting people.
Ten of the dead were children. Some 202 people were injured; 52 are critical, of whom 25 are on life support.
At the meeting with the security chiefs, Mr Hollande is expected to review all available options in response to the attack.
In a televised address to the nation on Thursday night, he pledged that army reservists would be called up to help provide security across the country.
A state of emergency was in place across France since November's Paris attacks carried out by militants from the so-called Islamic State group, in which 130 people died. It had been due to end on 26 July.
Mr Hollande said the attack was of "an undeniable terrorist nature".
He warned that the battle against terrorism would be long, as France faced an enemy "that will continue to attack those people and those countries that count liberty as an essential value".
"We will overcome the suffering because we are a united France," he said.
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said that no group had admitted carrying out the attack but that it bore the hallmarks of jihadist terrorism.
Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was known to the police as a petty criminal, but was "totally unknown to intelligence services... and was never flagged for signs of radicalisation," the prosecutor added.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said he could not confirm links to jihadism, but Prime Minister Manuel Valls told France 2 television that Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was a "terrorist without doubt linked to radical Islamism in one way or another".
Some 30,000 people were on the Promenade des Anglais at the time of the attack, officials said.
Residents of Nice and foreign tourists were killed, among them four French citizens, three Algerians, a teacher and two schoolchildren from Germany, three Tunisians, two Swiss, two Americans, a Ukrainian, an Armenian and a Russian.
The son of Fatima Charrihi, a 60-year-old Nice resident from Morocco, said she was the first to die. He said she "practised Islam in the proper way. A real Islam, not the terrorists' version".
Tunisian security sources said Lahouaiej-Bouhlel came from the Tunisian town of Msaken. He visited Tunisia frequently, the last time eight months ago.
Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas said the suspect had been given a suspended sentence earlier this year following a confrontation with another driver but this was his only conviction.
Residents of his apartment building said he was a loner who did not respond when they said hello.
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French President Francois Hollande is to chair crisis talks with his inner security cabinet following Thursday's attack in Nice that killed 84 people.
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Mr Davis, the Brexit secretary, claimed that in the six years that Theresa May served as home secretary, from 2010 to 2016, crime came down by 30%.
But Ms Long-Bailey, shadow business secretary, claimed that in the last year "violence against the person" offences had increased by 19%.
Both are talking about England and Wales only because Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate criminal justice systems.
Reality Check has been looking through the figures and what they mean.
The easy answer is that they are selecting figures from different ways of measuring different aspects of crime - neither is wrong but the more difficult question is which best represents how much crime people are actually experiencing.
Let's take each figure in turn.
Mr Davis is using figures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales. This is a face-to-face survey of 38,000 adults and children in which they are asked about their experiences of crime in the previous year.
Until 2016, the survey did not include fraud and cyber crime. If you exclude those crimes in order to compare like with like, then between 2010 and 2016, crime fell by 35%.
If you were to include those offences that were added in 2016, it would look like the crime rate has gone up.
The Crime Survey is generally considered a good measure of crime experienced by individuals because it is not affected by changes to how crime is recorded.
It also includes crimes that have historically been under-reported to the police - for example, domestic abuse.
This means the overall crime rate recorded by the survey is always higher than the number of crimes recorded by the police. Only an estimated 42% of all crimes recorded in the Crime Survey are reported to the police.
However, it has some limitations. It does not cover crimes against businesses or people living in communal residences like care homes, prisons or student accommodation. It is also excludes crimes where there is no victim to interview, for example homicides and drug offences.
And there is also a time-lag in the survey, so the figures are older than police figures. This means the survey is very good for looking at long-term trends but less good at spotting emerging ones.
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Ms Long-Bailey is using police recorded crime to arrive at a 19% increase in violent crime in a year. About half of those recorded offences did not result in injury.
Police recorded crime is a good measure of offences that are well-reported to the police but their accuracy has been called into question in recent years because of changes in methodology and they are no longer designated as national statistics.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says part of the rise is a genuine increase in crime in some areas, for example knife crime in London.
But some of it will be down to both changes in recording practices, and focused efforts from police to tackle certain crimes which leads to higher levels being recorded.
Two new harassment offences were added to the category "violence against the person". If you exclude these offences, the rise in total violent crimes is 14%.
There have been recent improvements in recording certain offences, such as modern slavery, which will push up the figures.
However, in the long term injuries from violence recorded by the NHS back up the idea that violence has generally been falling over time, not just under Mrs May's watch but since 1997.
What the crime figures say depends on which ones you choose to look at. Researchers at the ONS say on balance the evidence suggests there have been some genuine increases in certain types of crime over the last year but the long-term trend is that violence has been falling, not just under Mrs May's watch but for the last 20 years.
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In a spat on the BBC's Question Time programme on Thursday, Conservative minister David Davis and Labour's Rebecca Long-Bailey clashed on crime rates in England and Wales.
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Is he right?
BBC legal affairs correspondent Clive Coleman has the answers.
It means Parliament is the big dog. It can lumber around the constitution passing any law it likes. None of the smaller dogs can challenge the big fella.
Or, if you want a less canine definition, Parliament's own website defines it as "a principle of the UK constitution. It makes Parliament the supreme legal authority in the UK, which can create or end any law. Generally, the courts cannot overrule its legislation and no Parliament can pass laws that future Parliaments cannot change. Parliamentary sovereignty is the most important part of the UK constitution".
Like I said, the big dog.
Yes, some of it. The big dog agreed to give up some kennel space.
Or if you want that in a less doggy way, in 1972 the UK Parliament passed the European Communities Act. It gave direct effect to EU law and meant that if there was a conflict between an act of the British Parliament and EU law, Parliament lost out and EU law prevailed. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) became a kind of Supreme Court of Europe, interpreting EU law with judgements that were binding on all member states.
Rhodri Thompson QC, a specialist in EU law, puts it this way: "The basic relationship between UK and EU law has been clear since 1972 - Parliament remains sovereign but recognises the binding nature of EU law. The only other mechanism, used by some other member states, is to entrust ultimate national sovereignty to their constitutional courts as guardians of a written constitution."
Germany and its constitutional court is the example often cited, giving the impression it has a muscular German shepherd guarding its constitutional independence, in comparison with the weaker British spaniel. However, that is not the case. Germany does not have parliamentary sovereignty. If the UK moved to a model based upon a written constitution guaranteed by a constitutional court, it would be passing sovereignty to a group of unelected judges and taking it away from Parliament. No-one, including the prime minister, seems to think such a seismic constitutional shift is a good idea.
Down, Fido! Absolutely not. Parliament could repeal the 1972 Act and take back the part of its sovereignty that was lost to EU law. What Parliament gives, Parliament can take back. On its website, Parliament says: "Over the years, Parliament has passed laws that limit the application of parliamentary sovereignty. These laws reflect political developments both within and outside the UK. They include the UK's entry to the European Union in 1973.
"These developments do not fundamentally undermine the principle of parliamentary sovereignty, since, in theory at least, Parliament could repeal any of the laws implementing these changes."
Can we make the big British bulldog bark a bit louder at the EU?
Isn't that what the prime minister meant when he told the BBC's Andrew Marr on 21 February: "We're going to set out in the coming days proposals… to make clear that… the British Parliament is sovereign. We have chosen to join the EU, we could choose to leave the EU, and I think there's some important work to put that point beyond doubt."
Is there some additional power - bark and bite if you like - that can be given to Parliament that rebalances the power relationship between it and the EU? Not according to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.
He told Andrew Marr on 6 March: "A huge intellectual effort went into creating this language by which we could somehow ensure that... our courts, our Supreme Court, our House of Commons, could overturn judgements of the European Court of Justice if we felt, if Britain felt, that they were in some way capricious or if they were going beyond the Treaty."
But he added that the government lawyers "just blew up. And they, you know, they said this basically voids our obligations under the 1972 European Communities Act, it doesn't work, we can't - and that is, I'm afraid, the reality. You cannot express the sovereignty of Parliament and accept the 1972 European Communities Act. There's no way of doing both at the same time."
There it is, that's the view of the big Labrador of British politics (that's Boris Johnson) of the way the big parliamentary dog is currently kennelled. Yes, I am persisting with this canine imagery.
Is he right? No. Parliamentary sovereignty has never gone away or lost its "expression", because Parliament can scrap the 1972 Act.
But, says Prof Takis Tridimas, chair of European law at King's College London, creating entirely new rules for the UK to ignore or sidestep EU law is not really a runner.
"What is not on offer is selective compliance with EU law, i.e. a situation where Parliament picks and chooses which provisions of EU law to follow and which not to follow on a case-by-case basis. This is not on offer under any international agreement."
In other words, the big dog can't be a member of the club and play by a different set of rules from all the other dogs. It has to obey the rules or leave the club.
If the UK votes to stay in the EU it will have to let sleeping dogs lie, in the sense that it will have to continue to accept the primacy of EU law. If it votes to leave, the big dog is back in charge.
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson says: "You cannot express the sovereignty of Parliament and accept the 1972 European Communities Act."
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The 27-year-old from Newtownards, County Down, becomes the first Irishman to win a gold medal at the championships for 117 years.
Irvine won his silver medal in the individual pursuit which was won by reigning champion Michael Hepburn.
Less than an hour later, Irvine sensationally won the 15km men's scratch race in Minsk, Belarus.
The Irish competitor accelerated clear of the field with 10 of the 60 laps to go and managed to hold off his rivals in the finale.
Irvine is the first Irish male competitor to win a medal at the World Cycling Championships since Harry Reynolds took the one-mile amateur title in 1896.
Reynolds also won a bronze a year later.
In 2012, Caroline Ryan won Ireland's first modern World Championships medal with bronze in the women's points race.
In the individual pursuit, Irvine's time of four minutes and 22.53 seconds was a couple of seconds down on the time he had in reaching the final.
Australian Hepburn, 21, built up a big lead and almost caught Irvine coming to the end of the 4km race.
Irvine just had time to receive his medal, change his race numbers and return to the bike before his gold success in the scratch race.
The championships in Belarus represent a significant breakthrough for Irvine.
The Ulsterman won silver medals in the scratch race and the individual pursuit at the Track World Cup in Glasgow in November.
Irvine competed for Northern Ireland at the Delhi Commonwealth Games and was 13th in the multi-discipline omnium event at last year's London Olympics.
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Martyn Irvine has made Irish cycling history by winning gold and silver at the World Track Championships.
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Sunday's game was called off before kick-off after a suspect device - which turned out to be a dummy bomb - was discovered in a toilet.
However, some estimates suggested as many as a third of fans did not return for the rescheduled fixture.
Fans faced strict security controls in and around the ground before kick-off.
Conor McNamara, BBC Radio 5 live's commentator at Old Trafford, said: "I'd guess we're two-thirds full. Loads of empty seats here."
After Sunday's game was called off, United agreed to refund all tickets and to allow ticket holders from both clubs to watch the rearranged game for free.
Bournemouth then offered away fans with valid tickets free coach travel for the 500-mile round trip to the rescheduled fixture.
United have the highest average attendance in the Premier League, at 75,000, and it is estimated that their ticket gesture will cost the club about £3m.
United went into Sunday's final round of Premier League fixtures with a chance of qualifying for next season's Champions League, but Manchester City's draw at Swansea meant Louis van Gaal's side needed an unlikely 19-goal victory on Tuesday.
BBC Sport's Simon Stone at Old Trafford.
"Manchester United are known for their worldwide support and it is true that fans tend to come from far and wide to games at Old Trafford.
"Evidently, with the FA Cup final to come on Saturday, many decided, at 48 hours' notice, this was a match too far.
"United count season ticket holders in their attendance figures whether they are present or not. Officially, since the ground was expanded to its current capacity, their lowest Premier League crowd was 73,401 for the visit of Stoke in January 2011.
"I can say with absolute certainty that the crowd tonight is below that, although the same could be said for the visits of Aston Villa and Crystal Palace last month, when higher figures were recorded."
The Sir Alex Ferguson Stand and the Stretford End were evacuated and sniffer dogs brought in to search the ground, with an "operation red code" alert issued over the public address system.
Supporters who were still in the ground were advised to stay in their seats while the forecourt was cleared of fans who had been in the two evacuated stands.
Fans were then advised that, because of the discovery of a suspect package in the north-west quadrant of the ground, the match was "abandoned" on police advice.
A bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion at about 16:30 BST, around the same time United players were seen leaving the ground.
It emerged later on Sunday that the device, found in a toilet, was left accidentally by a private firm carrying out a training exercise at the ground on Wednesday.
Fourteen mock explosive devices were used in Wednesday's exercise. That included the elusive device hidden behind a toilet door, which would have made it visible only from inside the cubicle.
Chris Reid, boss of Security Search Management & Solutions Ltd, said he wrongly logged the "mock up of a pipe bomb" as found.
Greater Manchester Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has called for a full inquiry into the "fiasco".
Meanwhile, executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward stressed United and the police "would ensure that robust security measures continue to be of the highest priority" for the rearranged game.
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Manchester United have thanked fans for returning to Old Trafford for a rearranged game with Bournemouth, two days after it was abandoned.
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The mobile phone company reported a net loss of 969m euros ($1.27bn; £787m) for the three months to the end of September, compared with a 68m euro loss in the same quarter last year.
But the shares rose 9% as the results were still better than had been expected.
The Finnish company's sales were down 19% from the same period last year.
Nokia was the world's leading mobile phone maker for more than a decade, but has struggled in the face of competition from Apple and Samsung.
Its third-quarter results were boosted by record profits from its telecoms equipment company, Nokia Siemens Networks.
Nokia is releasing new Lumia 820 and 920 phones next month, which will use Microsoft's latest Windows 8 software.
"We expected that Nokia's third quarter was going to be tough for its smartphone business due to the announcement of Windows Phone 8," said Pete Cunningham at Canalys.
"The fourth quarter will be a tough one as it will take a couple of quarters to ramp up Windows Phone 8 volumes due to the competitive landscape."
The introduction of Windows smartphones has been the big change under chief executive Stephen Elop, who phased out the Symbian operating system shortly after he took control of the company in 2010.
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Nokia shares have risen sharply in Helsinki despite the release of another set of quarterly losses.
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Michelle Lowe, Sevenoaks council's deputy leader, tweeted: "Politicians should go out and show emotion."
She said the intent of the tweet was to show "reserved people" still cared about the suffering of others.
Gary Ridley, the Tory leader in Coventry, where Ms Lowe stood in the general election, said he was "disturbed" by the tweet.
Some Twitter users speculated it was in reaction to backlash against PM Theresa May for her perceived "lack of emotion" in response to the Grenfell Tower deaths.
Mr Ridley said: "I'm disturbed by any attempt to use Adolf Hitler to make a political point."
"He brought pain and suffering to the world on an unimaginable scale and was responsible for the deaths of millions of innocent people.
"To evoke his memory in this way is disrespectful to those who suffered at the hands of this monster and trivialises the crimes of the Nazi regime.
"As Leader of the Conservative Party, in a city which still bears the scars of Nazi aggression, I'm disturbed by any attempt to use Adolf Hitler to make a political point."
This month Ms Lowe failed to get elected as Conservative parliamentary candidate in Coventry South.
"Michelle Lowe doesn't represent, or speak on behalf of, Coventry Conservatives. I'd urge her to reflect on her comments and apologise for any offence which she may have caused," Mr Ridley added.
Councillor Lowe, who represents Otford and Shoreham on Sevenoaks District Council, has responded to the criticism.
She said: "The purpose of the Tweet was not to cause offence but to point out that just because some people are reserved and not as able to be as familiar with strangers as others it does not mean they don't care about their suffering.
"I am sorry for any upset that may have been caused."
Twitter user Jennie Morley said she agreed with Ms Lowe.
"I think it's obvious what the message is: things aren't always what they seem. Good example!" she tweeted.
Ms Lowe was also challenged on social media about whether she was comparing Hitler to the opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn - who was pictured hugging people after the Grenfell Tower fire.
She replied: "I'm not comparing anyone to anyone. Just posted a tweet."
A spokesman for Shoreham and District Labour Party said: "To liken Mr Corbyn to Hitler, if that is what Councillor Lowe was doing, is inexcusable and possibly the worst insult she could make to a socialist.
"If it was some sort of joke, we find it in the very worst possible taste."
Sevenoaks District Council has yet to comment.
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A tweet by a Conservative candidate showing Adolf Hitler hugging the public has been branded "disrespectful".
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Mr Cameron criticised Labour's London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan on Wednesday for appearing with cleric Suliman Gani.
On the BBC's The World Tonight, Mr Gani said he felt "disheartened and betrayed" at being described this way.
Number 10 declined any further comment.
But at a Westminster press briefing on Wednesday, the prime minister's official spokeswoman said : "The point the prime minister was referring to was that, at events, this individual has spoken up in support of a range of things including the formation of Islamic State."
Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith previously described Mr Gani as "one of the most repulsive men in Britain".
Mr Gani, a community leader and imam from Tooting in south London, said on hearing this characterisation: "I was shocked - I couldn't believe it.
"I felt very disheartened and betrayed.
"I felt that this is hypocrisy, because I attended a Conservative Muslim Forum event invited by the Conservative candidate for Tooting... to encourage more Muslims to become Conservative councillors."
Of Mr Goldsmith, Mr Gani said "I met him in person, I shook his hand" and that he thought he was "a candidate to really seriously consider as mayor of London".
He also said he supported the Conservatives at the last election.
Mr Goldsmith insisted the cleric had a long record of "saying very extreme things".
Mr Gani vehemently denies he supports the terrorist group.
Throughout the mayoral campaign Mr Goldsmith has accused the Mr Khan, who is also the MP for Tooting, of "giving platforms and oxygen and even cover to people who are extremist".
Mr Khan maintains he has fought strongly against radical Islamists and has himself been a victim of their threats.
Find out more about who's standing in the London elections.
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A London cleric who David Cameron described as a supporter of so-called Islamic State has told the BBC he attended Conservative events and feels betrayed by the party.
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Prof Alan Woodward at the University of Surrey spotted an increase of more than 25,000 .onion "dark web" services.
Prof Woodward said he was not sure how best to explain the sudden boom.
One possibility, he said, might be a sudden swell in the popularity of Ricochet, an app that uses Tor to allow anonymous instant messaging between users.
Tor, or The Onion Router, allows people to browse the web anonymously by routing their connections through a chain of different computers and encrypting data in the process.
On his blog, Prof Woodward noted there had not been a similar increase in .onion sites in the history of the Tor network.
"Something unprecedented is happening, but at the moment that is all we know," he told the BBC.
"It is hard to know for certain what the reason is for the jump because one of the goals of Tor is to protect people's privacy by not disclosing how they are using Tor," said Dr Steven Murdoch at University College London.
Another curiosity described by Prof Woodward was the fact that, despite the rise of hidden addresses, traffic on the network has not seen a comparable spike.
He said there was a chance the spike was due to a network of computers called a botnet suddenly using Tor - or hackers launching ransomware attacks.
It could even be the result of malware that might be creating unique .onion addresses when it infects a victim's computer - though there is no evidence yet for this.
Prof Woodward said that he believed a rise in the use of an anonymous chat app called Ricochet - which has just received a largely positive security audit - is the most likely explanation.
Dr Murdoch said this was indeed a possibility but added that the spike could also be the result of someone running an experiment on Tor.
Ricochet uses the Tor network to set up connections between two individuals who want to chat securely.
The app's website states that this is achieved without revealing either user's location or IP address and that, instead of a username, each participant receives a unique address such as "ricochet:rs7ce36jsj24ogfw".
Ricochet has been available for some time, but on 15 February reasonably positive results of an audit by security firm NCC Group were published.
On his blog, Prof Woodward noted that every new user of Ricochet would create a unique .onion address when setting up the service.
That could account for the surge in services, though he admitted 25,000 new users for the app in just a few days would suggest "spectacular" growth.
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A security expert has noticed an unprecedented spike in the number of hidden addresses on the Tor network.
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The band told fans there were "rumours" the show could be hit by a "next wave of terror attacks" like Paris.
In a Facebook post they said they had worked with authorities and the local promoter to try to boost security.
However they could not "ensure that our fans would be safe at the event" so had been forced to postpone the show.
According to the International Business Times, the threat had been uncovered by the collective of online activists known as Anonymous.
It said it had uncovered information that the Islamic State group was planning several attacks at venues in Paris, the Five Finger Death Punch show in Milan and the WWE Survivor Series event in Atlanta.
"We did our best in a very short amount of time to work with the local promoter and authorities to ensure that security would be adequate," read Five Finger Death Punch's statement online.
"Unfortunately, we did not receive confirmation in time to satisfy our requirements and to ensure that our fans would be safe at the event. Therefore, we were forced to postpone the show to a later date."
The Las Vegas band had called off a show in Strasbourg the week before "out of respect for the victims and to observe France's three national days of mourning".
More than 120 people were killed during the attacks in Paris, 89 of them at the Bataclan concert venue where rock band Eagles of Death Metal had been performing.
In a separate Facebook post published at the time, Five Finger Death Punch told fans: "We followed the tragic events in Paris Friday night with great sadness. We are devastated at the loss of life and have friends and fans who were at the concert."
They added: "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and those affected by the terror attacks in France."
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American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch postponed a show in Milan on Sunday night, over fears it would be the target of a terror attack.
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But with the chain losing its sheen amid tough competition there are fresh attempts to keep it ahead of the game.
In the latest shake-up at Sir Philip's parent company Arcadia, Topshop's creative boss Kate Phelan is leaving, as is Topman's Gordon Richardson.
Arcadia has announced that they will be replaced in a combined role by former Vogue art director David Hagglund.
In addition to this latest creative appointment, a new chief executive starts next month - Paul Price.
It signals a new era for Topshop, once the go-to destination for young shoppers keen to snap up the very latest fashion trends on the High Street.
Profits at Arcadia, which also includes Miss Selfridge, Burton, and Dorothy Perkins, plunged by 79% last year.
Tough competition in the clothing market - and the failure of the now-defunct BHS chain - contributed to the poor performance.
Ms Phelan moved to Topshop from fashion magazine Vogue in 2011, and Mr Richardson has been at Topman for 17 years.
In Arcadia's statement, Sir Philip said: "The appointment of David Hagglund, in the newly combined role, continues to mark the start of a new era for Topshop Topman in moving both brands forward in their ongoing global expansion.
"I am delighted to welcome David who will be joining Paul Price, our new chief executive, on the same day and I look forward to working with them both to drive the business forward."
Top of their agenda will be Topshop's future. Nimbler online rivals such as Boohoo and Misguided are eroding Topshop's market share. They're cheaper, too.
Online retailer Boohoo saw profits double in April thanks to new overseas markets.
And online fashion retailer Asos has also been eating Topshop's cake, with sales jumping in its latest results.
We will have to wait and see whether Topshop seeks to move upmarket, or tries to up its game in the fiercely competitive online world.
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Topshop is the jewel in the crown of billionaire Sir Philip Green's retail empire.
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The quake hit at 15:36 pm (03:36 GMT) with its epicentre about 66km (41 miles) from the town of Kaikoura.
The US Geological Survey said it was a 5.9 magnitude quake. New Zealand's GeoNet said it was 6.2 magnitude at a depth of 52km.
Residents as far off as Christchurch and Wellington felt the quake but no serious damage is expected.
A store owner in St Arnaud told New Zealand's Stuff news agency that the shock was "very very frightening".
"It started shaking and we just waited. It became very violent so we ran outside," said Sandy Pearce, adding that much of the stock fell off the shelves.
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A strong earthquake has struck New Zealand's South Island with reports of "violent shaking" in buildings.
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Irish electoral law currently does not allow non-resident nationals to vote in their "home" EU elections.
However Irish citizens in the UK can register to vote in European elections.
Brian Hayes said: "When the UK leaves the EU, Irish citizens will automatically lose their right to vote in EU elections.
"In contrast French, Dutch, Spanish and other nationalities residing in the UK will be eligible to vote in their home country."
He is proposing that Irish citizens living in any part of the UK have the right to vote in European elections in Ireland, provided that they were "ordinarily resident" in the Republic of Ireland within the last 10 years.
Northern Ireland people 'could elect Irish MEPs'
He said the Irish government could also extend the right to vote in European Parliament elections to the 50,000 UK citizens registered to vote in Ireland.
His proposal does not engage with the issue of Irish citizens who are normally resident in Northern Ireland.
The European Parliament's Brexit negotiator, Guy Verhofstadt, has suggested those citizens could elect MEPs in the Republic of Ireland.
He said those with Irish passports in Northern Ireland should still have a vote and it will entitle them to remain EU citizens.
Mr Verhofstadt explained that it could be done by increasing the number of European parliamentary seats in the Republic of Ireland.
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A Fine Gael MEP has proposed that Irish citizens living in the UK should be given the right to vote in European Parliament elections after Brexit.
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Mr Ford blamed the shortfall on the ongoing dispute between the DUP and Sinn Féin about welfare reform.
Last week, it was confirmed that Stormont departments, excluding health and education, were to have their budgets cut by a total of £78m.
It was revealed the Justice Department would face the biggest cut - £22m.
However, Mr Ford said that figure - from the June (budget) monitoring round - was only the beginning.
Finance Minister Simon Hamilton also warned that further cuts, amounting to £87m, would be required in October if a deal on welfare reform was not agreed.
"The reality is that the June monitoring round, which of course didn't happen until July, was a deceit because there was an acknowledgement that there would be further significant cuts to be made in October," Mr Ford said said.
"The reality is the Department of Justice is probably facing cuts in the region of £47m as a minimum, that's 4.4% of our budget."
Mr Ford said the cuts would have a severe effect on the work of his department.
"On the 3rd of July the chief constable spoke to the Policing Board about what was then seen as the potential of 2.9% cuts, not 4.4%, and he said that would directly impact on keeping people safe, it would directly impact on police recruitment," he said.
"That is the reality of what is happening and that is because of a fix between the DUP and Sinn Féin, brought about by Sinn Féin's unwillingness to accept the reality of welfare reform and the DUP's unwillingness to produce a realistic budget in the face of that."
Deputy Chief Constable Alistair Finlay said the police would, "discuss a range of proposals and options with the Policing Board to progress what areas will be affected by these significant budget cuts".
"Our immediate priority will be to keep people safe and I would like to reassure our communities we will make every effort to prevent cuts to frontline service delivery."
The Police Federation (PFNI), which represents rank-and-file officers, called for a rethink by the executive.
Its chairman, Terry Spence, said: "Policing cannot shoulder a cutback of this magnitude. We are already understaffed with a shortfall of some 1,000 officers. That situation can only deteriorate further if the PSNI is told to implement these draconian cutbacks".
Northern Ireland is being penalised by the Treasury for not endorsing welfare reforms passed by Westminster in February 2013.
Sinn Féin has led the opposition to the reforms.
On Wednesday, Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy said that tens of thousands of street lights could be out across Northern Ireland over the winter due to budget cuts to his department.
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Justice Minister David Ford has said his department is facing a budget shortfall of at least £47m, once further cuts are brought in in October.
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The East Midlands Operational Support Service said officers will be visible in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire.
Ch Supt Mark Holland, from Nottinghamshire Police, said there was "no specific threat" to the region.
He said similar "deterrents" were being adopted in other major UK cities.
Mr Holland said the deployment of Authorised Firearms Officers (AFOs) was happening in Sheffield, London and Newcastle among other places as a "course of action" following attacks in Germany, France and Turkey.
Armed police have also been reported patrolling Canterbury cathedral in Kent.
Humberside Police said it would continue to have armed and unarmed patrols, especially around Hull's New Year's Eve event to mark it being UK City of Culture 2017 to which 25,000 people are expected.
Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping, who defined "crowded areas" as market squares and shopping centres, claimed a "policy decision" has been made all over the country to have armed officers on the streets during the Christmas and New Year period.
In Birmingham, police have bolstered security near to the city's Frankfurt Christmas market with new barriers in addition to existing concrete bollards.
West Midlands Police said the extra measures were not because of "emerging intelligence".
Forces in Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Dorset and Hampshire have all said they will not be having armed patrols over Christmas.
Derbyshire police, which is not in the East Midlands's support service, said it is not deploying armed officers and is encouraging people to go about their business as usual.
The advice is there has been no change to the "severe" threat level and that the public should be alert but not alarmed.
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Joint Protective Services, in the east of England, said it does have a "shared armed response" which carries out routine patrols, but armed officers are not specifically being deployed on the streets over the next few weeks.
Ch Supt Holland defended the measures taken in the East Midlands but expects a "mixed response" from the public.
"[Officers] will engage with the public and explain why they're there," he said.
"Stealing a lorry doesn't take a lot of planning so it's important we're visible and make sure we have a good deterrent for that type of attack."
The operation will run until lunchtime on 3 January.
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Armed police from forces in the East Midlands are set to patrol "busy and crowded places" over Christmas following the Berlin lorry attack.
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