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Ms Thomson has been linked with property deals involving a solicitor who has since been struck off.
She denies acting unlawfully. Police are investigating the claims.
Ms Thomson was elected as the SNP MP for Edinburgh West in May. She has withdrawn herself from the party whip.
Her membership of the party was also suspended after details of the investigation emerged.
She says she had "always acted within the law" and is focusing on clearing her name in order to "return as quickly as possible to frontline politics".
But speaking at First Minister's Questions, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the issue was also a "moral matter" which she said had resulted in "vulnerable people being taken advantage of, as their homes are snapped up at knockdown prices".
Ms Sturgeon again insisted that she knew nothing of the allegations until they were reported by the Sunday Times.
She said: "I am in no doubt whatsoever in my mind that if the allegations - and again I stress the word allegations - are proven to be correct, they will represent behaviour that I find completely unacceptable."
The first minister said it would be "unfair and inappropriate" to judge someone who maintains their innocence while an investigation was still ongoing.
She added: "But when we have all of the facts, when the investigation is concluded, I will take whatever decisions and whatever actions I deem necessary, but those decisions will be driven by facts and not by insinuation and the attempts of opposition parties to stir up political trouble and difficulty."
Ms Sturgeon also said it was "ridiculous" to suggest the SNP would allow a candidate to be put forward for election knowing there were "serious problems" over their integrity.
She added: "Our vetting procedures as a party are robust but we keep them under review, as I would hope every political party does.
"While we make all reasonable checks and ask all reasonable questions, by definition it is not reasonable to expect that matters of which we have no knowledge can be investigated."
But Ms Dugdale accused the SNP leader of "running away" from Ms Thomson, who was the SNP's Westminster spokeswoman for business, innovation and skills and was heavily involved with the pro-independence Business for Scotland group ahead of last year's referendum.
She also said Ms Thomson had for the past two years "been right at the heart of everything the SNP stands for".
Ms Dugdale added: "I am not asking the first minister to comment on the specifics of a live investigation because I accept that criminal matters are for the police.
"But this is also a moral matter, and I would expect her to comment on that. What we have here is vulnerable families losing out for the financial gain of others.
"Vulnerable people being taken advantage of, as their homes are snapped up at knockdown prices. Can I ask the first minister, does she agree with me that profiteering from vulnerable families is just plain wrong?"
Ms Sturgeon responded: "Kezia Dugdale, although she disagrees with me, as she is entitled to do on a whole range of issues, I hope would accept that my commitment to social justice, and helping vulnerable people, like her's, is beyond any question."
Conservative leader Ruth Davidson questioned whether it was "believable" that no one in the SNP knew about the allegations.
She said: "We already know that the Crown Office and Police Scotland were asked whether they would investigate this case in July of last year.
"We know that the Law Society raised with the Crown Office in December.
"We know that journalists have been investigating it all summer and we know that the police were called in nearly three months ago.
"Yet the first minister is asking us to believe that nobody in the SNP, the party of government, from the constituency in Edinburgh West right up to the chief executive to the leader herself, knew anything about this until they read it in the paper almost two weeks ago."
Ms Thomson has been linked with property deals involving Christopher Hales, a solicitor who was struck off for professional misconduct by the Scottish Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal (SSDT) in May of last year in connection with 13 transactions in 2010 and 2011.
Prosecutors have instructed police to carry out an investigation into "alleged irregularities" relating to property deals in the year 2010/11 after the case was referred to the Crown Office by the Law Society of Scotland.
The society said concerns over potential criminal matters relating to the tribunal's findings were first raised "informally" with the Crown Office in December 2014, and then "formally" in July this year.
Ms Thomson's solicitor, Aamer Anwar, said in a statement released ahead of FMQs: "Michelle Thomson maintains that she has always acted within the law.
"In the interests of her constituents and her party she thought it best if she voluntarily withdrew from the party whip.
"There was no requirement for her to do so, even though she knew it would automatically lead to her suspension from the party. She did so in order to clear her name and return as quickly as possible to frontline politics.
"To that purpose we have contacted Police Scotland at Mrs Thomson's request advising them of her wish to assist with their investigation if, or when, they wish to speak to her." | The allegations against MP Michelle Thomson would represent "completely unacceptable" behaviour if they are proven to be correct, Nicola Sturgeon has told the Scottish Parliament. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34410642"} | 1,156 | 35 | 0.55661 | 1.421322 | 0.734601 | 2.172414 | 36.448276 | 0.862069 |
Members of the National Security Force fired tear gas and rubber bullets to try to disperse some 300 protesters.
Several protesters have been injured.
President Dilma Rousseff had ordered tight security after violent demonstrations in Rio last week.
By Wyre DaviesRio de Janeiro correspondent
Local media said a small number of protesters tried to set a car alight while others tried to block cars carrying officials from Brazil's Mining and Energy Ministry from getting to the hotel where the auction is taking place.
"There were bizarre scenes. Riot police firing tear gas and stun grenades, not just against protesters, but also on to the beach, with hundreds of tourists and sun worshippers looking on incredulously," the BBC's Wyre Davies reported from Rio de Janeiro.
Among the protesters are members of various unions representing oil workers, who have been on strike since Thursday at more than 40 oil platforms and refineries.
The unions accuse the government of "selling off" Brazil's riches.
Eleven international oil companies are said to be interested in the Libra oilfield, and nine of them have so far reportedly paid the required registration fee.
The Libra offshore oilfield is located at a depth of some 5,000m (16,500ft), below a thick layer of salt sediments, which makes its exploration extremely challenging.
The Brazilian government hopes that by bringing foreign expertise on board it will be able to exploit Libra's estimated 8-12 billion barrels of recoverable oil reserves.
"We're taking over this immense wealth that lies under the sea and on land. It is not available to us if it stays where it is," Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao told AFP news agency.
But critics say Brazil should protect the monopoly of exploration of its oil reserves.
Others argue that the rules set by the government for the auction have scared off big players such as BP and Exxon for allegedly allowing too much state intervention.
The Libra field belongs to the Brazilian government's National Petroleum Agency (ANP) and is part of huge oil reserves discovered in 2010 under a layer of rock, sand and salt beneath the seabed.
The discovery potentially doubles Brazil's known oil reserves. | Brazilian security forces and protesters have clashed in Barra da Tijuca, near Rio de Janeiro, where the Brazilian government is auctioning off exploration rights for a huge oilfield on Monday. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "24605389"} | 484 | 44 | 0.559534 | 1.32126 | 0.640746 | 1.090909 | 12.757576 | 0.727273 |
And earlier this week, talks between US tech firms and privacy campaigners broke down over fears about how the industry is planning to use the tech.
So why is there so much concern over facial recognition tech, and is it justified? We unpick some of the issues.
Not really. The concept of using cameras to recognise people has been around for decades - CCTV has become all but ubiquitous in our cities. And the public has, by and large, accepted the trade-off between privacy and protection. CCTV images are routinely used as evidence in court and have helped identify and prosecute many criminals.
Cameras have been good at recording people doing things but not so good at identifying them as individuals - unless your face was already on a database. And even then, CCTV images were often so blurry that facial recognition software was unable to make a match. If you weren't on a database, law enforcement authorities had nothing to compare your captured image with - they just had to hope someone recognised you.
But with the latest high-definition - and even ultra-high-definition - cameras giving images far more detail and sharpness, the curse of the blurry picture could disappear. And as the software and computing power improves too, programs could more easily make matches against existing databases and accurately measure the minute differences in our physiognomies that make us unique.
Because, theoretically, we can now be individually identified wherever we go. As our lives have become increasingly digital and online, we've been leaving data trails everywhere we go, particularly via social media and our smartphones. These separate bits of data can be amalgamated to build up a detailed picture of who we are - our tastes, opinions, friendships, habits, movements. If cameras can also identify us individually - by matching the image they capture with a Facebook photo they've gleaned, say - then the picture becomes almost complete.
Law enforcement agencies and companies who want to sell us stuff, mainly. Say you walk into a shop - the in-store cameras could identify you using software that analyses your unique facial characteristics. This could then be cross-checked against your smartphone location data. The retailer could then ping special offers and discounts to your phone tailored to you personally, even responding to the outfit you happen to be wearing that day. Recognition software, coupled with machine learning, is now sophisticated enough to distinguish between objects within images, as well between faces. And some software companies reckon they can even monitor customers' changing emotions as they interact with products in the store.
Nothing necessarily - consumers could benefit greatly, in fact. For example, facial recognition systems in airports - when they work - can help speed up passport checks. The issue is whether we have a choice. Civil rights groups argue that we have a fundamental right to privacy and that wanting to be anonymous does not mean we have "something to hide". We shouldn't be able to be identified if we don't want to be.
But how will we know whether we're being remotely identified or not? This is the issue that provoked a group of privacy campaigners to walk out of talks brokered by the US National Telecommunication and Information Administration, a division of the Department of Commerce. They were all trying to come up with a voluntary code of practice governing how facial recognition technology should be used. In the campaigners' view, government agencies and private companies are unwilling to accept that they should always seek permission first before using this type of data.
Very possibly. The Electronic Freedom Foundation believes the FBI already has 14 million face images on its database and plans to increase this to more than 50 million. In the UK, the police have about 18 million mugshots on file. And once you've been identified, you stay identified, because your facial characteristics and the proportions of your head, just like your fingerprints, don't change.
In Europe, companies have to seek your permission first before using facial recognition technology for commercial purposes. This is why Facebook has decided not to offer its photo-sharing app Moments in the region - it does not offer an opt-in facility. Just two states in the US - Illinois and Texas - have adopted Europe's approach. In the UK, the Data Protection Act stipulates that we have to be informed when we are under camera surveillance and by whom. We also have the right to request any recorded images we feature in.
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An improved second-half performance was not enough as the champions' bid for back-to-back titles ended in Galway.
"We are disappointed we didn't play our best game when it was required," Townsend told BBC Scotland.
"When it comes to a semi-final or final you have to play very well to win and we didn't do that today."
Fly-half Finn Russell was taken to hospital after suffering a "facial and head injury" in the opening minute, receiving oxygen during lengthy on-field treatment.
The 23-year-old stayed there on Saturday night and will remain in hospital on Sunday night for observation.
"It's a nasty looking injury," Townsend told BBC Scotland. "Our thoughts are with Finn and we hope he makes a quick recovery."
Connacht maintained the 100% record of home teams in Pro12 semi-finals as a converted try from wing Niyi Adeolokun and three penalties from AJ MacGinty sealed their passage to an all-Irish final against Leinster next Saturday at Murrayfield.
"In attack we just didn't have the control or the patience to hold onto the ball, to go through that extra phase in the first half," Townsend noted.
"We rushed things a little and weren't as fluent as we can be but in the second half we showed what we can do and came right back into the game but it's a pity we couldn't sustain that."
Veteran winger Sean Lamont said it was "a season's work gone down the drain."
"Credit to the boys, they dug in to the end, but I just think we were on the wrong side of the penalty count and weren't quite clinical enough," said the 35-year-old.
"For the boys that are leaving us it would have been nice to finish on a high but unfortunately we were just a little bit short.
"To lose a couple of guys [Russell and Fagerson] so early it does shift things but I think the guys that came on did a great job. These things happen, it's rugby unfortunately, it's the nature of the sport."
"Glasgow will be disappointed with how they played this game for the full 80 minutes. We only really saw what they can do for 10 minutes at the start of the second half.
"Leone Nakarawa was probably their best player and that is what they are losing. He has been outstanding, and a joy to watch.
"If Glasgow had defended their title after the season they have had, losing so many players to the World Cup and the Six Nations, it would have been an incredible achievement.
"Ultimately it was the game two weeks ago which cost Glasgow a home semi-final. You saw the influence the crowd had again, and in a tight game, home advantage makes a big difference.
"Glasgow did remarkably well to get into this position but they just couldn't get over the line.
"Connacht have only lost once at The Sportsground all season and have played some great rugby. You saw the character and resilience and team spirit they showed at the end.
"Leinster will be favourites in the final because of their tradition and history but I would love it if Connacht won it. Their attacking play has been fantastic and it would be great for them to win it for the first time." | Glasgow head coach Gregor Townsend was frustrated his team failed to hit their best form as they lost 16-11 to Connacht in their Pro 12 semi-final. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36351666"} | 745 | 36 | 0.393737 | 1.025521 | 0.034686 | 1.096774 | 21.935484 | 0.645161 |
Josh Buscombe, aged 24, Daniel Atlass, aged 22, and Jordan Bishop, 21, have been charged with the killing.
All three men are from Truro Road, St Austell. They are due to appear before Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Friday.
The body of 31-year-old Stephen Bull was discovered in a park off Bridge Road, St Austell, just after 05:00 GMT on Wednesday. | Three men have been charged with murder after a man's body was found in a park in Cornwall. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38603935"} | 90 | 24 | 0.648615 | 1.307407 | -1.014519 | 1.75 | 4 | 0.75 |
Club owner Francesco Becchetti made the decision following a 3-1 defeat at Hartlepool on Sunday, which left Orient in seventh place.
The players have been allowed to visit their families in their spare time but have been eating and sleeping at a hotel in Waltham Abbey.
Orient play York at home on Saturday.
Manager Ian Hendon told the Daily Mail: "If we win 4-0 or 5-0 on Saturday, the owner might ask us to move here permanently.
"We're not trying to hide anything. There are plenty of army camps I know about in deep, dark woods if we wanted to do that."
Orient - who started the season with five straight wins - were also made to train full-time for three weeks after they were relegated from League One last May.
Meanwhile the O's have signed Queens Park Rangers defender Cole Kpekawa on an initial one-month youth loan deal.
The 19-year-old, who had spells at Colchester and Portsmouth last season, has made three appearances for the R's this season. | Leyton Orient players and coaching staff have been made to stay in a hotel this week after winning only two of their past 12 matches in League Two. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34867451"} | 234 | 33 | 0.488533 | 1.184273 | -0.575872 | 0.793103 | 7.275862 | 0.586207 |
Police said she was driving a Daewoo Matiz which was in collision with a black Volkswagen Tiguan at the junction of Cadishead Way and Fairhills Road in Irlam on Tuesday.
The woman and her 15-year-old female passenger were both trapped in the car.
They were freed by the emergency services and the woman was taken to Wythenshawe hospital by air ambulance, where she later died.
The teenage passenger was taken to Manchester Royal Children's Hospital.
The 52-year-old driver of the Volkswagen is at Salford Royal Hospital with neck and chest injuries.
Greater Manchester Police appealed for witnesses to contact the force. | A 64-year-old woman has died following a car crash in Salford. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30799533"} | 142 | 19 | 0.584405 | 1.200405 | -1.220422 | 1.5 | 7.625 | 0.75 |
Sporting Club Albion striker Leigh Dugmore does not mince her words when discussing the prospect of facing the Manchester City and England defender in the Women's FA Cup quarter-finals on Sunday.
Dugmore, Albion's leading goalscorer with 18 in 19 games this season, has gone so far as to tweet Bronze exactly those words.
That message from the distribution warehouse worker from Birmingham, and the determination behind it, sums up just how the lowest-ranked side left in this season's Women's FA Cup are treating their tie against one of Britain's richest and most glamorous sides.
"The best thing we can do is be confident," said 25-year-old Dugmore, who was playing for Leafield Athletic in the fourth tier of English football last season, while Bronze was starring for England at the Women's World Cup in Canada.
"If we pull out all the stops, stick together and play at our best, then we have a chance. If they underestimate us, and they will, we can surprise them.
"I tweeted Lucy Bronze that I'm coming for her. She is a great player and this is a great chance for all of us to see if we can step up.
"It's the biggest game of most our lives - it will definitely be mine."
But has Bronze replied? "No," laughs Dugmore, sounding slightly disappointed.
Albion, an amateur side from the third tier who train three hours a week and whose management team are volunteers, are associated to men's Premier League side West Bromwich Albion through its foundation.
The FA Cup is famed for pitting the unheralded against the game's giants - the poor from the lower reaches of the football pyramid against the rich with an international tapestry of talent at their disposal.
But rarely will the divide be as stark as at the Academy Stadium on Sunday when Sporting Club Albion, whose players pay to play, face one of the few fully professional women's football teams in the country.
To say they are in a different league is an understatement. Their respective league competitions do not even start in the same year - Albion's campaign is already seven months old, while City's Women's Super League season started a week ago.
"It's an astronomical mountain in front of us," says Albion manager Graham Abercrombie. "We all watched the World Cup last year - the players will be rubbing shoulders with their heroes."
Five City players helped England claim bronze at the 2015 Women's World Cup - a third-placed finish that saw a spike in interest in the domestic game.
There was a major increase in WSL 1 attendances, with City boasting average home crowds of 1,500. Albion have also enjoyed a rise in interest, as Abercrombie estimates average attendances went from 20 to about 100 this season.
"We are all fighting the same cause, no matter the level," said Abercrombie.
"The game is fantastically growing, but at our level we are still paying to play, that is the bottom line. We have players in Sheffield who are doing 160-mile round trips to get to training.
"The commitment level of the group is second to none in the country when you talk about the financial and physical commitment of the players."
Abercrombie says both the staff and players at City are "heroes" in the English game as the club is playing a leading role in taking women's football into a new era.
Players now earning as much as £65,000 a year have been in a similar position as Albion's players, forking out subs and paying for fuel to get to training and games.
Albion are the only side from outside the WSL to beat a team from the top two divisions in this season's competition, ousting newly promoted WSL 2 side Sheffield FC in the fourth round.
Dugmore admits few could have expected them to reach the quarter-finals and that it has already been an "unbelievable" run.
"We have proven people wrong by beating Coventry, Sheffield and Brighton to get here," she said.
Abercrombie, who works as a school games organiser for the Youth Sports Trust - while also moonlighting as a graffiti artist, among other things - insists his side will not be overcome by the occasion.
"We appreciate who we are up against, absolutely," he said. "But we are not daunted, we are not going to get there and freeze. We are going there to try our absolute best.
"We are all excited, but the challenge has also really focused the players. There is an ambitious bunch here and they are hungry."
Six other sides are also trying to reach the semi-finals this weekend, with a place in a Wembley final now just two wins away.
Arsenal host Notts County in a repeat of last year's WSL League Cup final, while Sunderland host Reading in another all-WSL 1 tie.
But holders Chelsea, like City, face lower-league opposition in WSL 2 outfit Aston Villa.
Villa edged past Everton 1-0 in round five to earn a trip to face the 2015 double winners at Wheatsheaf Park.
"We know we can't underestimate Aston Villa. Obviously we've got to defend our title," Chelsea defender Hannah Blundell told BBC Sport.
"Anything can happen in the cup and we have got to concentrate and stick to our strengths.
"Our behind-the-scenes staff have been doing their research and tipping us off about certain things.
"Last year's final was an amazing experience and Wembley is a massive occasion. We want to experience it again this year."
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He replaces Wirral Council leader Phil Davies who stepped down from the post.
The authority includes council leaders from Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, St Helens, Knowsley and Halton in Cheshire.
A new metro cabinet has been unveiled to oversee the devolution of powers from Whitehall.
Merseyside became the sixth region to agree a settlement giving its political leaders wide-ranging powers under a devolution deal signed last month.
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The private chartered aircraft was travelling from Istanbul in Turkey when it was diverted to Budapest, Hungary.
A second plane was sent from Istanbul to pick the team up from Budapest and take them to Manchester.
The Turkish side play United at Old Trafford at 20:05 BST.
The club said on Twitter there was "nothing alarming" after the incident.
United tweeted in reply: "Wishing you a safe trip for the rest of your journey to Manchester. See you soon!"
Fenerbahce, who are ninth in Turkey's Super Lig, are top of Group A of the Europa League, a point ahead of third-placed United.
Fenerbahce's team includes former United striker Robin van Persie and ex-Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel. | Fenerbahce's team plane was forced to make an emergency landing after it was hit by a bird on its way to the UK for Thursday's Europa League game against Manchester United. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37704509"} | 170 | 41 | 0.697182 | 1.564965 | 0.009264 | 1 | 4.264706 | 0.588235 |
The artwork, named The Bristol Whales, was installed in the city centre last summer to mark Bristol's status as European Green Capital.
A head of a humpback whale and tail of a blue whale are depicted by the six-tonne pieces which are made from willow harvested in Somerset.
They will remain at Bennett's Patch and White's Paddock Nature Reserve.
According to the Avon Wildlife Trust, which manages the site, the area has a whaling history dating back to the 18th Century.
"The River Avon would have been full of the tall-masted ships that made Bristol wealthy, one of which moored at nearby Sea Mills," said the trust.
"In 1750, Bristol merchants entered the whaling trade, and the ship Adventure brought back two whales, which were rendered to blubber at Sea Mills.
"The venture continued there for almost 50 years."
The willow pieces spent two months in Millennium Square surrounded by an ocean of "upcycled" bottles to represent the threat of plastic pollution in the world's oceans.
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Carwyn Jones was part of the emergency Cobra meeting convened by David Cameron on Saturday morning after nearly 130 people were killed in the French city.
To show solidarity, the Senedd will be lit up in the colours of the tricolour on Saturday and Sunday nights.
It comes as Welsh people in Paris have described their panic and fear.
France's President Francois Hollande said the near-simultaneous attacks in Paris, which also left at least 180 people wounded, were an "act of war" organised by the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
Eight gunmen and suicide bombers struck at bars, restaurants and a concert hall on Friday evening.
Mr Jones said he urged members of the public to be "vigilant" and to report anything suspicious to the police.
"I was part of the emergency Cobra meeting," he told BBC Wales.
"The first thing is that we are not clear if there are casualties from Britain and we should prepare ourselves for the possibility that there may be casualties from Britain and indeed from Wales.
"It's too early to tell yet if that is the case, but perhaps we should be ready for that."
He added that flags would be flying at half mast at all Welsh government buildings, while a planned reception for the Wales football team, due to be hosted by the first minister, was cancelled as a mark of respect for the victims.
The Muslim Council of Wales condemned the attacks, saying it rejected IS's attempt to" justify their violence through religion".
"Muslims globally, and here in Wales, reject the so called Islamic States' political aspirations in Syria and Iraq," secretary general Saleem Kidwai said.
"We mourn the deaths and offer our thoughts and prayers to the families who have lost their loved ones."
The worst bloodshed was at the Bataclan hall in the east of the city, where gunmen took hostages at a sold-out rock concert featuring band the Eagles of Death Metal.
It was part of the Les Inrocks musical festival, which Merthyr Tydfil band Pretty Vicious were also performing in.
Their gig was at a nearby venue, with members later tweeting to say they were "safe and sound" despite events in other parts of the city.
Anthony Pickles, from Penarth, who was at a restaurant near the concert hall, said: "There was a sense of panic on the streets... I think today will be a very, very sombre day in Paris."
Jonathan Hill from Cardiff, who was also close to the concert hall, described seeing a "Good Samaritan" standing in the street and shouting to people to get indoors.
"I heard three distinct firing shots," he said. "I saw someone collapse to the floor."
Seiriol Hughes from Caernarfon was at the Stade de France watching the France versus Germany match when fans heard explosions near the ground.
English teacher Mr Hughes described hearing a "loud bang, the noise of an explosion which silenced the crowd" in the stadium which people thought to be a firework.
He said only after the game, as the crowds left the stadium, did people begin to get a sense of what had happened.
"Something must have triggered and people just started running away, picking up their kids and running and with a look of panic and fear in their eyes and we couldn't work out why," he said.
"Eventually, when we were getting a train away from the stadium we began to get phone signal and then messages started to come through that something had obviously been going on and those explosions were not fireworks."
Teacher Ceri Davies from Penarth was in a pub nearby which pulled down its shutters to keep customers safe.
"We are in a state of shock," he said. "We were advised to stay in the pub so they closed the metal barriers."
Welsh rugby referee Nigel Owens was in the south of France, where he had been due to take charge of the European Rugby Champions Cup match between Toulon and Bath.
But that has been cancelled in the wake of the attacks.
He tweeted: "My thoughts are with all the French people who have lost loved ones yesterday. The world is becoming a very sad and dangerous place."
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Many were angry and frustrated at the prospect of having to choose between Republican nominee Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Many said they would vote for Green Party candidate Jill Stein to avoid having to vote for Mrs Clinton.
Amid chants of "Hell no Hillary" and "Feel the Bern", the Sanders faithful told us they were still fighting for Mr Sanders because politics in the US has to change, and it will not change without their efforts.
For his own part, Mr Sanders has urged his supporters to vote for Clinton, but was booed for saying so during the first day of the convention.
Sue Kirby from Massachusetts, who made a paper-mache Bernie doll herself, said Mrs Clinton is "just part of the establishment".
"She's a symbol of the people who have been running this country for the last 30 to 40 years," she said.
Asked what she would do if the ballot came down to Clinton vs Trump, she said she was "getting upset" that she keeps being asked that. In the coming days leading up to the election, she said she is going to focus on making sure her local representative in Massachusetts votes against the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
"No matter who the president is, that's going to make a difference," she said. "We've got to stick together and keep building our network."
Corey Smith from Colorado said he is dissatisfied with both Mrs Clinton and the Democratic Party.
"From the beginning we thought it was unfair… I don't want to vote for a candidate that doesn't listen to the people's interests," he said, and that the recent Wikileaks hack of Democratic National Committee emails showing favouritism to Mrs Clinton proved his suspicions that the nomination was rigged.
He still holds out hope for a contested convention, but faced with a Clinton vs Trump ballot, he said he will not vote for either of them.
"A vote for Hillary is a vote for Trump and a vote for Trump is a vote for Trump," he said.
"I'm not going to pick between the lesser of two evils… With Trump, there are a lot of bad things that can happen with his presidency, but her record shows that she's already done bad things, so it's kind of picking between somebody who has done them and somebody who might do them."
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Ten-year-old Max Inoue from New York, who's following a political campaign for the first time, said he's in Philadelphia to support Bernie Sanders "because he needs us".
"I support him because he knows what's right and wrong, and Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump don't," he said. The two of them are "just as bad" as one another, he added.
"She supports [the Trans-Pacific partnership] and the Iraq War, and she also lies all the time," he said.
Max's mother Mari said she would vote for Green party candidate Jill Stein, but she is still hoping there is a way Mr Sanders can run.
Of Mrs Clinton, Mrs Inoue said: "She supports war and we should not continue to support perpetual war.
"We should be investing in education and infrastructure, and healthcare."
"We're here to support Bernie Sanders and show the DNC we know what they have been up to," said Taylor Baker of West Virginia.
She said it is "absolutely not fair" that Mrs Clinton was able to "rig herself in as the nominee" and it makes her feel like her vote does not matter.
"As long as she has the election rigged, there's no democracy in that, no America in that."
Ms Baker said she does not like Mrs Clinton because she's a "fake feminist" and a "liar".
Mr Camacho (pictured left) said Sanders supporters would not be to blame if Mr Trump wins the presidency.
"Hillary became the nominee with the DNC helping her the whole time, so I don't think she needs our help," he said.
"It's just a matter of finally feeling like we're being heard, and I don't think anybody here feels like anybody is listening to us."
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The 2009 report analyses "high value targeting" in a number of conflicts - the assassination of senior insurgents.
It said the Taliban's ability to replace lost leaders has hampered the effectiveness of coalition operations against its leadership.
The CIA would not comment on the leaked documents.
The report, which Wikileaks describes as "pro-assassination", looks at the pros and cons of "high value targeting" (HVT) programmes.
As well as examining recent actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, the report assesses British action in Northern Ireland, Sri Lankan operations against Tamil Tigers and French efforts during the Algerian civil war, among others.
Benefits of HVT operations, according to the report, include "eroding insurgent effectiveness, weakening insurgent will and reducing the level of insurgent support".
Potential negatives include "strengthening an armed group's bond with the population" and "radicalising an insurgent group's remaining leaders".
On Afghanistan, the report said that targeting senior Taliban figures has been constrained by problems connecting it to broader Afghan and Nato efforts against the organisation.
It also says the Taliban has "good succession planning and bench strength, especially at the middle levels".
Since the report was written, President Obama has increased drone strikes in north-west Pakistan, targeting Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders.
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Police Scotland said 33 flats in Gourlay Yard had been cleared and pedestrian access to the area in City Quay was restricted.
The fire service has temporarily secured some sections of the roof but permanent repairs are needed.
Dundee City Council was arranging accommodation for the residents.
A police spokesman said: "Barriers are in place at Gourlay Yard to prevent pedestrian access to the area and in the interests of safety, police would ask that members of the public do not approach the building." | Residents have been evacuated from a building in the harbour area of Dundee due to fears over the safety of the roof following wind damage. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35235084"} | 106 | 31 | 0.706956 | 1.316511 | 0.064089 | 0.923077 | 3.653846 | 0.615385 |
The rodent, Charlotte, fell from the 6ft 6in (2m) mayor's arms in February.
Zoo officials said she died of internal injuries but do not believe her escape from the mayor's gloved hands caused her death, speculating she later suffered additional, fatal injuries.
Charlotte did not see her shadow, thus predicting six more weeks of winter.
First reported by the New York Post, Charlotte's untimely demise has become a popular topic on social media.
The New York event, held in the borough of Staten Island, is a spin-off of a Pennsylvania tradition in which ceremonial officials drag a groundhog known as Punxsutawney Phil out of hibernation every 2 February.
If Phil sees his shadow, according to the tradition, the northern US will suffer six more weeks of winter. If not, spring is imminent.
Zookeepers at the Staten Island Zoo chose Charlotte, a 10-month-old groundhog, from among four potential "Staten Island Chucks" that morning.
This year Mr de Blasio held the groundhog with heavy work gloves, a precaution taken after a previous incarnation of Staten Island Chuck bit Mr de Blasio's predecessor Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2009.
He briefly held it before it squirmed from his hands and fell several feet.
Zoo spokesman Brian Morris said Charlotte's handler "may not have been forceful enough" in placing the animal in Mr de Blasio's grip.
"It was a complete bungle," Mr Morris told the Associated Press news agency.
A medical examination in the hours after the 2 February mishap "revealed no evidence of trauma or pain", Mr Morris said, adding the groundhog had attended other events after the fall without incident.
Zoo officials believe Charlotte suffered other injuries in the hours before her death.
Mr Morris added the zoo did not immediately inform Mr de Blasio, who took office in January, of the death.
"There was no reason to do it," he said. "It's not like we were trying to spare the mayor's feelings."
In a statement, the mayor's spokesman Phil Walzak said the mayor's office was "unaware that Staten Island Chuck had passed but are sorry to hear of the loss". | A groundhog that leapt from the arms of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at a Groundhog Day celebration died about a week after the fall, zoo officials say. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29371711"} | 510 | 44 | 0.51891 | 1.429915 | 0.170152 | 1.3125 | 13.65625 | 0.75 |
The airline cancelled 248 flights on Wednesday and 340 flights on Thursday, making it one of the operators worst hit by the two-day strike.
No cancellations were expected on Friday, but Easyjet said some affected passengers still needed flights.
Two more stoppages are expected in the coming weeks.
French air traffic controllers have scheduled the first from 16 April to 18 April and the second from 29 April to 2 May.
Some passengers have been stranded in European cities after Easter breaks following the latest strike, prompting Easyjet to operate five "rescue" flights on Friday.
The flights will bring three parties of schoolchildren back to the UK.
The additional flights will run from Luton to Paris, Paris to Barcelona, Barcelona to Luton, Gatwick to Madrid, and Marrakech to Gatwick.
"EasyJet recognises that there are a number of passengers across the network who have been affected by these cancellations and still require flights as soon as possible," a spokesman said.
The airline said it was extending opening hours of its call centres to help those who still needed to rearrange travel. It said it took 13,000 calls on Wednesday and 12,820 calls on Thursday.
Some other airlines were affected by the strike action on Wednesday and Thursday, which affected flights to and from France, as well as flights over French airspace.
Ryanair said it had been forced to cancel more than 500 flights over the past two days.
A spokeswoman for the airline said: "All operations are running as normal. All customers affected by the two-day ATC strike have been contacted and advised of their options."
Among those affected were Nathan Thorne, 23, from Goole on Humberside, and his sister Olivia, 14, who had their Ryanair flight from Limoges to Leeds Bradford cancelled on Thursday.
Mr Thorne, who is with the army's Royal Logistics Corps, is anxious to get back as he begins a six-month tour of duty in the Falkland Islands on 22 April. His sister needs to get back for school on Monday.
"All the flights before next Thursday are booked up and the Eurostar train is extremely expensive," he said.
Short-haul and medium-haul flights operated by Air France were also affected by the strike. | Easyjet will run "rescue" flights and may put bigger planes on busy routes to deal with the after-effects of strikes by French air traffic controllers. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32249325"} | 485 | 36 | 0.530098 | 1.262798 | 0.075428 | 1.666667 | 14.633333 | 0.733333 |
One of the organisers, Kholofelo Masha, said men had to take collective responsibility for the increase in beatings, sex attacks and killings.
South Africa has one of the highest rates of sexual violence in the world.
Police figures showed that 64,000 cases were reported last year.
A series of grisly murders of women and children has hit the headlines this year and President Jacob Zuma has described the situation as a crisis.
The protesters on Saturday marched behind a woman symbolically dressed from head to toe in white. Some carried placards bearing the names of women killed by their partners.
"The time to take collective responsibility for our shameful action is now," said Mr Masha, who described himself as "a loving dad, brother and uncle."
He said South African men had been quiet on the issue for too long.
"You hear a lady screaming next door, you decide to sleep when you know there is a problem. No man should beat a woman or rape a woman while you're watching".
On Thursday, President Zuma visited the parents of a three-year-old girl who was raped and killed.
Courtney Pieters went missing from her home in Cape Town on 4 May and her body was found more than a week later in a shallow grave.
"We, as the citizens of this country, must say enough is enough," Mr Zuma said at the time. "This is one of the saddest incidents I've come across. It's a crisis in the country, the manner in which women and children are being killed."
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In a one-season trial, 16 Premier League and Championship under-21 sides were added to this term's competition, which was traditionally for teams from the bottom two divisions.
The decision was met with fan boycotts of matches.
Clubs will vote on keeping the academy teams, reverting to the previous format or ending the competition entirely.
Some clubs have been fined this season for fielding "weakened teams", while Bradford changed their goalkeeper after three minutes to comply with the selection rules and Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth selected himself to play in a group match against Northampton.
At a meeting between League One and League Two clubs on Tuesday, English Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey discussed concerns around the "full-strength" policy.
Current competition rules state EFL teams have to field five players who started the previous game, or go on to start the following game, or five who had made the most appearances during the current season.
Sides that did not put out "full-strength" teams were liable to a fine of £5,000 for each group match by the EFL, with Luton and Portsmouth both breaching the rule in their opening three games of the competition and 10 other sides fined.
The rules are different for the academy sides, with six of the starting XI having to be aged under 21.
On Tuesday, Harvey proposed a relaxation of the rules to four first-team players per match, with goalkeepers not included, and a change regarding those players who qualify as a "first-team player".
Under the proposals, these would be any player who met the same full-strength criteria as are currently in place, was on loan from a Premier League club or one with a Category One academy, or had made 40 first-team appearances.
Other proposals include a "significant" increase in prize money, regionalisation until the quarter-final stage, and flexibility of fixture dates to allow teams to schedule games outside of international weeks.
Harvey said following the meeting: "We committed at the outset of this season's competition to conduct a full and comprehensive review of the competition and, importantly, give our clubs the ability to ensure they make the key decisions regarding where we take the competition in 2017-18 and beyond.
"After asking clubs in advance for some initial thoughts on the competition, Tuesday was the next stage of the process and I'm delighted we were able to have such a full and frank exchange of views that will now assist the executive in refining a final proposal that our clubs will now vote on." | League One and League Two clubs will be given the option of scrapping the EFL Trophy when they meet in May. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39571742"} | 554 | 25 | 0.422992 | 1.033719 | -0.672767 | 2.136364 | 22.772727 | 0.681818 |
It had been rumoured the Australian band would split after a career spanning more than 40 years.
However, a statement on AC/DC's website confirmed: "The band will continue to make music."
The band are one of the highest-grossing rock acts of all time, selling more than 200 million albums.
AC/DC formed in Australia in 1973 and their biggest-selling record has been 1980's Back In Black - the first with singer Brian Johnson after the death of former lead singer Bon Scott from alcohol poisoning.
They are noted for creating some of the best-known guitar riffs in the rock catalogue, accompanied by lyrics full of sexual innuendo.
A message on the band's website confirmed that Young would be taking a break after "forty years of life dedicated to AC/DC", but did not reveal details of his illness.
"Malcolm would like to thank the group's diehard legions of fans worldwide for their never-ending love and support," said the band.
"In light of this news, AC/DC asks that Malcolm and his family's privacy be respected during this time."
Flamboyant frontman Brian Johnson elaborated on their plans in an interview with The Telegraph.
"We are definitely getting together in May in Vancouver. We're going to pick up some guitars, have a plonk, and see if anybody has got any tunes or ideas. If anything happens, we'll record it," revealed Johnson.
On the subject of touring he added: "I wouldn't like to say anything either way about the future. I'm not ruling anything out."
The Australian media had been awash with rumour and counter-rumour ahead of AC/DC's announcement.
Entertainment journalist Peter Ford had suggested on radio station 3AW earlier this week that the band's next tour "will never happen".
He added: "The boys have a pact that they will not get anyone else in the group. Nobody will be replaced and when somebody leaves, the group ends."
Glasgow-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young formed the band after moving to Australia with their family in the 1960s - Angus became famous for wearing a school uniform on stage.
AC/DC's 15th international studio album, Black Ice, was an international hit following its release in 2008.
The band's Black Ice tour, which ran from 2008 to 2010, took in 29 countries and was seen by five million people. | Rock band AC/DC have said they will not retire following news that guitarist and founding member Malcolm Young is taking a break "due to ill health". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "27039536"} | 532 | 34 | 0.526051 | 1.340527 | 0.517533 | 1.387097 | 15.741935 | 0.741935 |
"They've got to understand that they've become the winner and then the real work starts," says Louis Walsh.
Ben Haenow, Fleur East and Andrea Faustini are all hoping to be crowned the X Factor winner.
They'll sing their favourite song of the series on Saturday's show and perform their celebrity duets.
"The competition's one thing. You have themes, you have all the different obstacles and they grow during that process," Cheryl Fernandez-Versini told Newsbeat.
"But, afterwards it's about being who you are as an artist in this current market which is extremely hard right now," she added.
Ed Sheeran and Meghan Trainor will also perform on the show tonight and will no doubt reveal some more pearl's of wisdom for the contestants.
After the excitement of releasing their debut single and possibly making the Christmas number one spot what happens to the winner's career is not by any means for certain.
Whether they fade into pop oblivion or become a star with long-term staying power is all down to hard work and a little bit of luck says Dermot O'Leary.
"The stars have got to align. I always tell the contestants 'When you leave here the hard work starts and that's the rest of your career,'" he says.
Past winners have gone on to varying degrees of success.
Remember series two winner, Shayne Ward? Or series four winner, Leon Jackson? What about series seven's Matt Cardle?
Arguably the winner who has had the most success is Leona Lewis. She made it big both sides of the Atlantic.
Is their success or lack of it down to hard work or hard luck? Who knows, but Dermot's biggest bit of advice for the winner is: "Enjoy it. Enjoy the next nine months."
"Get your head down, work hard and make sure that the album you want to make is the album you make and work with the people you want to make it with," he says.
Louis also believes a great record deal and great songs help. Naturally.
But he also agrees: "You need a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck."
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The 21-year-old spent last season with Scarborough Athletic, who are managed by ex-Guiseley boss Steve Kittrick.
Having spent time with Sheffield United as youngster, he joined Newport in 2015-16 and played an an FA Cup tie against Blackburn as a late substitute.
He will provide competition for Jonny Maxted at Guiseley, who were 20th in the National League last season.
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Stars from Strictly Come Dancing, the Royal Ballet and Sir Matthew Bourne's New Adventures company will take part in Gala for Grenfell on 30 July.
Phillips said the disaster had made her "wonder if there was a way I could help [and] maybe make a small difference".
Tickets for the event at the Adelphi Theatre in London go on sale on 7 July.
Akram Khan, Adam Garcia and The Mariinsky Ballet are among other members of the dance community who have been lined up to appear.
Proceeds will go to The Kensington & Chelsea Foundation, the independent charity running the Grenfell Tower Fund.
In a statement, Phillips said the news coverage of the fire had been "so powerful you can't move".
"I thought dance is my world, my life, so how could I galvanise and bring the dance community together to raise funds for those who need it most, now and into the future?"
Police believe at least 80 people died when fire engulfed Grenfell Tower in North Kensington in the early hours of 14 June.
Other fundraising initiatives have included an all-star version of Bridge Over Troubled Water that topped the singles chart on its release last month.
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The companies owe workers £162,000 and face fines of £67,000.
They span sectors including fashion, publishing and hospitality, and include a Champneys spa and a branch of hairdressing chain Toni and Guy.
The accused companies have 28 days to respond to the allegations.
Toni and Guy said: "As a company with over 400 salons globally under its brand umbrella, we do not condone any kind of mishandling of staff wages. Once made aware, the franchisee resolved the issue swiftly."
G1 Venues, trading as Arta Restaurant in Glasgow, was the worst offender, having failed to pay £45,124 to 2,895 workers, according to HM Revenue and Customs.
Fashion retailer French Connection UK, London, failed to pay almost £16,500 to 367 workers, while Freedom Sportsline - trading as Foot Locker - owes more than £16,700 to 601 employees.
A spokesman for French Connection said the underpayments were regrettable but the amounts were small in most cases.
"French Connection co-operated fully with HMRC in assessing the amounts involved and paid the arrears at the earliest possible opportunity. French Connection fully supports the UK Government's minimum wage legislation and we are apologising to our staff for the inconvenience," he added.
In October 2013 the Government revised rules allowing it to publicly name companies that have been found to breach wage laws.
Since that time, a total of 210 companies have been accused of wage theft, after investigations by HMRC.
In total, those firms owe some £635,000 to workers, as well as fines of nearly £248,000.
Business minister Jo Swinson said: "There's no excuse for companies that don't pay staff the wages they're entitled to."
Last week, the Government announced that the minimum wage will increase by 20p an hour to £6.70 from October.
It stands at £6.50 per hour for adults, £5.13 per hour for 18 to 20-year-olds and £3.79 per hour for 16 to 17-year-olds. Apprentices must be paid at least £2.73 an hour.
Employers who fail to pay the appropriate wages can face fines of up to £20,000, as well as criminal prosecution. | Ministers have publicly named 48 employers including French Connection and Foot Locker that have paid their workers less than the minimum wage. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32027007"} | 495 | 26 | 0.50442 | 1.384686 | 0.134049 | 1.304348 | 18.521739 | 0.782609 |
Lush donated the money to homeless charities in Oxford due to "current uncertainty" over the burglary.
Lottie Pauling-Chamberlain said she challenged a thief on 10 February outside Lush in Oxford.
A £9,000-fund from public donations was suspended after Thames Valley Police arrested the 29-year-old.
Ms Pauling-Chamberlain denies any wrongdoing.
Updates on this story and more from Oxfordshire
Staff at the shop in Cornmarket Street said a laptop and large box of cosmetics had disappeared when they opened the shop earlier this month.
The next day Ms Pauling-Chamberlain, who sleeps rough in the area, returned the stolen items, saying she had thwarted a thief.
A donation fund set up by the store to thank her has raised £9,245, donated by 537 people, this was later suspended and the money has now been returned.
In a statement on the fund website, Lush said: "Due to the current uncertainty surrounding the recent burglary in our Lush Oxford shop, Lush have decided to return all of the money that has been kindly donated by the public and replace it with £20,000 of our own money."
The money is to be shared among Oxford Homeless Pathways, the Icolyn Smith Foundation and Oxford Community Soup Kitchen, Oxford Homeless Project and Aspire Oxford.
Lush said Ms Pauling-Chamberlain could access the fund through the charities.
Thames Valley Police said at the time of the arrest the 29-year-old woman was also being questioned on suspicion of possessing Class A drugs.
A man, 42, also of no fixed abode, has been arrested on suspicion of burglary. Both suspects have been released on police bail until 14 May. | A cosmetics company has given £20,000 to charities after money raised for a homeless woman who claimed to have foiled a burglary was returned. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35641103"} | 392 | 32 | 0.512456 | 1.217047 | 0.116809 | 0.961538 | 12.692308 | 0.807692 |
A total of eight people were injured in a fight involving "50 or 60" people which took in the Faces bar and NU Bar on Bridge Street, at about 04:00 GMT.
Three people are being treated at University Hospital Coventry and the remaining five at Northampton Hospital.
Northampton Borough Council has suspended the licences of the two bars for seven days following the incident.
The trouble involved a number of people who had come to Northampton from London for a pre-arranged evening out, police said.
Det Insp Ally White said police were called at 04:00 GMT to a "serious public disorder" involving "around 50 or 60 people".
"The stabbings happened inside Faces nightclub and continued on afterwards outside in Bridge Street," he said.
"A lot of people came from London and as a result a disagreement occurred."
Manager of Faces, Robert Snajdr, said a small fight had taken place in the garden resulting in the participants being removed from the premises.
Shortly afterwards, he said a "major street fight" involving 40 or 50 people from a number of bars in Bridge Street took place.
"Drink-fuelled violence does happen. Last night was an example when it was not controlled," Mr Snajder said.
The council's licensing sub-committee later held an urgent licence review of both Faces and NU Bar.
Leader David Mackintosh said: "Having heard a summary of both cases the sub-committee agreed that the licences for both bars would be suspended for seven days.
"The next step will be to hold a full review.
"This will give our officers, Northamptonshire Police and other agencies enough time to investigate the events and determine what, if any, action is appropriate.
"We want people to be reassured that Northampton is a safe and welcoming town."
A spokesman for East Midlands Ambulance Service said the first of a series of 999 calls came in at at 03:57.
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The Pool 1 fixture, due to be played on 16 October, was postponed because of the sudden death of Munster head coach Anthony Foley in a Parisian hotel.
It will now take place at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir at 15:45 GMT.
The rearranged match means a new date will be agreed for Munster's Pro12 meeting with Edinburgh, which had been scheduled for 7 January.
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Mr Ruto denies murder, deportation and persecution charges during violence that followed the 2007 elections in which about 1,200 people were killed.
His lawyers want the case to be terminated due to a lack of evidence.
Mr Ruto is one of the most senior politicians to be tried by the ICC.
The prosecution case against him has been dogged by repeated setbacks.
In February judges at the ICC barred the use of recanted testimony, meaning that prior recorded witness statements could not be used by prosecutors.
Several key witnesses in the case have changed their statements, which prosecutors said was due to intimidation and bribery.
Mr Ruto's lawyers say he should be acquitted because so many key prosecution witnesses have either dropped or changed their original statements.
ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has acknowledged that the loss of witnesses has weakened the case against the deputy president - but she has argued there still remains enough evidence to proceed with the trial.
A spokesman for the ICC has told the BBC's Anna Holligan in The Hague there are a number of possible scenarios.
The judges could clear Mr Ruto of all the charges, they may ask the prosecution to consider changing the charges or they could reject the defence team's arguments and allow the trial to continue.
In 2014, the prosecutor dropped similar charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, alleging that witnesses had been intimidated to make them change their testimony.
The future of the case now appears to depend on whether the prosecution has proved that it has sufficient evidence to offset a no-case-to-answer move from Mr Ruto's lawyers.
The use of prior testimony falls under Rule 68 of the Rome Statute, which set up the ICC.
But William Ruto's defence team argued this was unfair because changes to the rule were brought in after the case against him and his fellow defendant, the journalist Joshua arap Sang, had started.
Presiding Judge Piotr Hofmanski ruled that prior-recorded testimony was delivered without an opportunity for the accused to cross-examine the witnesses.
Mr Sang, who is accused of using his radio show to organise attacks in the election aftermath, said at the time that the decision was "one step to our freedom".
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The 55-year-old businesswoman runs a food manufacturing company in nearby Newton Abbot.
"It's a real honour to be asked to become chairman of Plymouth Albion," said Hannaford.
"I'm very excited to be joining the board who have a great vision for the future development of the club."
Albion were taken over by former players Bruce Priday and Dave Venables in April and appointed Dan Parkes as their new head coach earlier this month, having sacked long-serving boss Graham Dawe.
"Ali is a very experienced business woman who has had a lot of success with a number of enterprises," said Priday.
"Ali has huge experience chairing of a number of organisations and her input into Plymouth Albion will be invaluable.
"Ali is a massive rugby fan but she will be concentrating on the governance and commercial aspects of the club.
"She is the best person I know to lead those of us involved in creating a big future for our great club."
Meanwhile Albion have agreed a new contract with lock Dan Collier and signed former London Scottish prop Sam Nixon.
Thirty-one year-old Collier played 26 times for Albion last season, scoring three tries, having returned to the club last summer after being released in 2012 following a series of injuries.
Nixon, 19, came up through London Scottish's academy and trained with the club's first team last season, but did not feature in any matches for the Championship club. | Plymouth Albion have appointed its first female chairman in the club's 140-year history after Ali Hannaford took on the role. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36638281"} | 331 | 30 | 0.585085 | 1.454676 | 0.138891 | 1.25 | 12.125 | 0.75 |
Saints had already secured fourth for a second straight season as they remained unbeaten in their last five games.
But Rangers' return to the top flight will increase competition next season.
"To improve will be difficult with Rangers coming in, with the size of budget and type of players they can bring in," Wright told BBC Scotland.
"My chairman (Steve Brown) is realistic and we will look at my budget and increase that within the parameters we can.
"We will try to maintain top-six and maintain fourth place. To finish fourth place two years in a row is all down to the players and I'm pleased for them.
"To come here and remain unbeaten since the split is a great achievement."
Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson praised his players after they fought back from two goals down to secure a draw, having played the final half-hour with 10 men after Abiola Dauda's red card.
"It was a similar end to last season, when we were 2-0 down to Rangers and fought back, and it's that fighting spirit that has got us where we are," said Neilson.
"It got us the Championship title last year and gets us into Europe this year."
Neilson was unhappy with some of referee Greg Aitken's decisions, in particular the penalty awarded to Saints early on which Craig converted to make it 1-0.
"I don't think it was the right decision," he said. "The referee has made it, but we have to accept that."
Neilson was also critical of the decision to show Dauda a red card in the second half with the scores at 2-2.
"I have seen it again," added the Hearts team boss. "They get tangled and I think it the reaction of the St Johnstone players that gets our player sent off.
"I need to be careful what I say, but I wasn't happy with a lot of his decisions today." | St Johnstone will find it difficult to improve on their fourth place this season, admitted manager Tommy Wright after his side's 2-2 draw at Hearts. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36297678"} | 427 | 33 | 0.509659 | 1.173727 | 0.485392 | 1.3 | 13.266667 | 0.833333 |
Fleetwood had the better of the first-half chances, with Oldham keeper Joel Coleman forced into saves from Wes Burns and Antoni Sarcevic.
The Cod Army were rewarded for their pressure after the break when Stefan Scougall turned in Burns' cross.
Kelly had a header ruled out for offside, but he bundled in from close range shortly after to secure a point.
The result leaves the Latics three points clear of the relegation zone in 18th place, with Fleetwood one point behind in 19th.
Oldham Athletic manager John Sheridan told BBC Radio Manchester:
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"We deserved something out of the game. I thought we started sloppy in the first 10 minutes with some silly errors and that enables them to get a hold in the game.
"We finished the first half strongly and had a stonewall penalty. I can't believe how he's not given it, it's embarrassing. In the second half we were the better team.
"I get frustrated with people doing the wrong things. If we do the simple things, we wouldn't have conceded the first goal. We're 30 yards from goal and end making the wrong pass which leads to a goal.
"We've done well to come from behind and we were the team at the end trying to win the game." | Liam Kelly's goal rescued Oldham Athletic a draw at fellow League One strugglers Fleetwood Town. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36003372"} | 299 | 26 | 0.410426 | 1.00401 | -0.053326 | 0.705882 | 15.411765 | 0.588235 |
Turn and Face the Strange is a live show written by Rupert Creed and Garry Burnett, both of whom are from Hull.
The performance will incorporate film, audio, storytelling and live music.
Ronson grew up in Hull, where he formed the band that went on to become the Spiders From Mars. He died in 1993 aged 46 after developing liver cancer.
A spokesman for the project said Turn and Face the Strange would go "beneath the known narratives of Mick Ronson's partnership with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars".
He added: "It will tell the story of how a working class boy from Greatfield Estate came to challenge the norms and expectations of his time and place of origin, to play a pivotal role in creating a new music and social culture."
As well as working with Bowie, Ronson recorded several solo albums, the most successful of which was Slaughter on 10th Avenue, which reached number nine on the UK album chart.
He also played on, produced or arranged songs for artists including Lou Reed, Bob Dylan and Morrissey.
The performance will be accompanied by an exhibition of photographs and memorabilia at the Freedom Centre.
Creed said: "The project will engage and connect Hull residents from Greatfield Estate and across the city, recording and sharing audio stories and memories, personal photographs and memorabilia.
"We will gather memories of gigs, record his impact as role model and icon on the lives of Hull residents and beyond."
The material gathered from archives as well as contributions from the public will then make up the content of the show, which will be performed in August 2017.
Turn and Face the Strange will be one of 60 projects to take place in neighbourhoods across the city as part of the the Hull 2017 Creative Communities Programme. The 60 projects will share £750,000 funding.
The full City of Culture line-up will be announced on Thursday.
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Did the cash raised through benefit fraud in the UK fund the two atrocities - and what does this case tell us about the self-styled Islamic State's operations?
The meeting was straight out of a Le Carre novel. Multiple calls using different Sim cards. Counter-surveillance manoeuvres to confirm nobody was following. And finally a green light from a powerful and shadowy figure overseas for the exchange to occur.
On 11 July 2015, on a leafy path close to one of Birmingham's largest surburban parks, Zakaria Boufassil emerged to greet fellow Belgian-Moroccan Mohamed Abrini.
There was a brief exchange between the men and Boufassil handed over a bag of cash. The men parted company and Abrini, a courier for IS fighters, was gone.
Nobody other than Boufassil's accomplice, Mohammed Ahmed Ali, saw it happen. Now both men face substantial jail sentences for preparing acts of terrorism.
It was months before West Midlands Counter-Terrorism Unit discovered what had happened - and how the event, four months before the Paris attacks, fitted into a bigger picture.
The first the world publicly knew of Mohamed Abrini was when he was named in an international arrest warrant as one of the perpetrators of the November 2015 attacks in which IS gunmen killed 130 people.
Then, last March, he resurfaced on CCTV footage in Brussels Airport, moments before bombs were detonated in a co-ordinated attack there and on the city's metro.
Thirty-two people died, but Abrini, dubbed "the man in the hat" because of his attire on the footage, briefly escaped.
Described at Kingston Crown Court as a former baker turned "cat burglar", Abrini grew up in the Molenbeek area of Brussels.
In early summer 2015, Abrini - then on the run from his alleged role in the Paris attacks - made it to Syria to visit the grave of his brother who had died in battle.
According to his own statement to Belgian prosecutors, Abrini was smuggled into IS territory with the help of his friend Abdelhamid Abaaoud - the organiser of the November Paris attack.
Abaaoud asked Abrini to go to the UK and pick up some cash. The mission was so important that Abaaoud provided the courier $2,000 to fund every element of the operation.
Abrini flew from Istanbul to Heathrow and, after landing, used a new British Sim card - just one of many different numbers at his disposal - to contact the men he was supposed to be meeting. They told him to take a coach to Birmingham and await further instructions.
According to evidence of mobile phone movements, during his first day in the city Abrini took a meandering route around the 40-acre landscape of Small Heath Park.
He wasn't admiring the bandstand and lake. He was following instructions by mobile phone from Boufassil and Ahmed who were checking from a distance if their contact was under surveillance.
On the second day, he was given a specific instruction to wait near a pizzeria on the Coventry Road side.
"I waited for about 10 minutes and the person arrived," Abrini told investigators.
"[He] told me to follow him while keeping a distance of between 10 and 15 metres.
"We then crossed the large park, we crossed a bridge that passes the motorway. After the bridge there was a little forest and we went into there.
"There was actually a second person who waited in the forest and it was him who had the money. Despite the nice weather I think he was hiding his head."
Underneath the hood was Zakaria Boufassil. The man who led the way to the meeting was Mohammed Ali Ahmed.
Boufassil and Abrini spoke in their native French, and Abrini confirmed in person he had been sent by Abdelhamid Abaaoud. The Birmingham pair had also confirmed with Syria that he was their man.
"On those words, he took his bag out and gave me the money," said Abrini.
"The people - Zakaria and his companion - were well aware that I had come on behalf of Abdelhamid Abaaoud."
The £3,000 in cash had come from a bank account belonging to two other Belgian citizens who had been living in Birmingham: Anouar Haddouchi and Julie Maes.
According to legal papers, the 32-year-old and his wife went to join IS in September 2014, and their former landlord told Birmingham City Council the couple had left his property.
But nobody at the local authority or at the Department for Work and Pensions stopped the benefits being paid into their account.
Between Haddouchi's and Maes' disappearance and the Abrini meeting, the couple were paid almost £10,000 in benefits. Prosecutors believe it all went to fund IS supporters.
Ahmed had unwittingly already told an undercover officer about his desire to go to Syria.
That officer's evidence was instrumental in securing convictions against two other would-be Syria travellers - but also helped establish that Ahmed was in contact with both Haddouchi and another Birmingham fighter, Abdelatif Gaini.
This final man had been under suspicion since at least February 2013 after attempting to fly to Turkey and he was closely associated to Zakaria Boufassil.
Did Boufassil himself want to fight? In December 2014 he left the UK for a few months at the same time as a number of other suspects. What he did those two years ago remains unclear.
And the same can be said for the rest of IS courier Mohamed Abrini's time in the UK after he had got the cash.
After a night in a Birmingham casino, Abrini went to Manchester for two nights. He toured the Old Trafford stadium and took 30 photographs to add to a growing collection on his phone that already included Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre, a church and a mosque.
What was he doing? Was the future Paris and Brussels suspect looking for targets? Was he in Manchester to pick up more cash?
Abrini has told Belgian prosecutors that there was "no plan to target England" because it was "more difficult to attack".
But on the face of things, Abrini's superiors risked an awful lot just to pick up £3,000 in a Birmingham park and indulge his gambling habits.
Abrini returned to Europe on 16 July and, according to his account, handed the cash to his handler's brother, Yassine Abaaoud.
He has claimed that Yassine then blew the cash on "going out, cars and clothes".
This may be possible - but a month before the Paris attacks, he was arrested as he entered Morocco, and has subsequently been jailed for terrorist offences.
Belgian and French authorities have already been criticised in their own countries for alleged intelligence failures in relation to the attacks - so when did they know about Abrini's visit and when did the UK find out?
Three months before the Paris attacks, Abrini gave a voluntary statement to Brussels police after hearing that he was potentially wanted. He admitted travelling from Turkey to Birmingham and Manchester but denied supporting IS.
When he was arrested and detained after the Brussels bombings, West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit asked their Belgian counterparts to find out what Abrini had been doing in Birmingham - leading to the statement at the heart of Boufassil's trial.
Separately, in late 2015, MI5 had learned that an unnamed foreign national closely linked to IS had visited the UK "for a period of time".
There was a rapid assessment of his activity and connections and whether he was involved in attack planning. According to an official published report, teams were refocused and prioritised.
"The individual in question is now awaiting trial in another country for terrorist offences," it says. Is that individual Abrini? We don't know because the report doesn't say.
The key unanswered question remains: Was the cash given to Abrini used for the Paris or Brussels attacks? The Crown Prosecution Service didn't have to say so in this trial. All they had to prove was that Boufassil had known who he was dealing with.
Belgian authorities haven't commented on the UK link to Abrini out of fear of compromising his future prosecution. But they have ordered banks to freeze assets belonging to the benefit fraudster Haddouchi.
As for Abrini, while he gave a statement, he then refused to co-operate any further.
Kingston Crown Court heard he fears that he will be seen as an IS supergrass - and that will endanger his family. | A man has been found guilty of giving £3,000 in Birmingham to an alleged member of the terror cell that later carried out the Paris and Brussels attacks. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38183822"} | 1,996 | 32 | 0.338856 | 0.913268 | -0.569406 | 1.2 | 54.666667 | 0.733333 |
Problems with the basalt cladding were first noticed at the end of 2014, and consultants are set to be appointed to address the problem.
Netting has been put on the building to prevent any risk to users and pedestrians in St Anne's Square.
The building opened in 2012, and cost more than £17m.
Earlier this week, MLAs on the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) Committee heard that the MAC may have to close if repair work is not carried out.
Joe O'Neill, the chair of the MAC board, says he is confident that the arts centre will be able to stay open during any work.
He confirmed that they would be looking for help to meet the repair bill.
"Based on the original bill costs and, maybe, allowing a little bit extra for inflation and the removal of the existing cladding, a provisional figure of £1m has been speculated," he said.
"Obviously, that's a level of funding we have asked the Executive for some support on.
"The MAC is a publicly-funded organisation, and we don't have the resources to fund that.
"We'd need some co-operation and partnership with our funders.
"This is more significant than we would like to have dealt with, but nothing that can't be resolved and a permanent solution put in place."
The MAC's main funders are DCAL and the Arts Council.
The architects who designed the MAC were not available for interview, but a number of architects say that problems with a relatively new building are not unusual.
Some described it as like moving into a new home, where you may not find some faults until you have been living in it.
"Buildings have all kinds of different issues, during construction and at the post-construction phase," said Michael Corr, the director of PLACE Built Environment Centre.
"Anyone who has built their own house can tell you that.
"Buildings are living, breathing things and with most new buildings there are teething problems, and so it shouldn't close the building.
"That really would be the worst case scenario."
The problems with the exterior come at a time when the MAC is otherwise celebrating success.
It has been shortlisted for the prestigious Arts Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2015.
The judges for that competition arrive in Belfast on Friday, and the winner will be announced on 1 July. | The Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC) in Belfast may need up to £1m of public money to carry out repairs to the external stonework on the building. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33103525"} | 519 | 32 | 0.450687 | 1.230493 | 0.575241 | 1.258065 | 15.677419 | 0.741935 |
The 31-year-old was held by officers and taken to police cells before being given a £90 fine and released.
The actor, who plays builder Jason Grimshaw in the ITV soap, had earlier posted a photo of himself climbing to his 94,000 followers on Instagram.
He is due to leave the soap next summer after more than a decade.
The Greater Manchester-based actor was arrested at the Wheelhouse Club and Lounge in Bowness-on-Windermere early on Sunday morning.
He was taken to Kendal police station..
Thomas had been in the Lakes with a group of friends.
A Cumbria Police statement said: "Police arrested a 31-year-old man from Stockport on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly outside the Wheelhouse Club in Bowness on Windermere in the early hours of Sunday 25th October 2015.
"The man was issued with a fixed penalty notice and no further action will be taken at this time."
An ITV spokeswoman said: "Ryan is currently on leave so we have not been in a position to discuss this with him so we have nothing to add for the time being." | Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas has been fined for being drunk and disorderly after an alleged row at a nightclub in the Lake District. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34640219"} | 250 | 32 | 0.616834 | 1.409927 | -0.329961 | 1.2 | 8.84 | 0.64 |
But other campaigns have been taking place to encourage people to register to vote before the deadline of 20 April.
The election projections show the outcome on 7 May is difficult to predict.
So the difference could be made by minority groups if they use the opportunity to register and vote.
The campaigning group that fights for racial equality, Operation Black Vote (OBV), has been travelling around the country in an orange bus promoting voter registration especially to ethnic minorities.
The bus with its images of US civil rights activist Rosa Parks and black and Asian World War Two army personnel, has facilities to allow people to register on board.
OBV's director Simon Woolley says there is a disproportionate number of black and Asian people that have registered to vote.
According to OBV figures, in the 2010 election 18% of black and minority ethnic (BME) groups did not register to vote compared with 7% of white people. Of the BME groups - 50% of Africans, 20% of Caribbeans, and 15% of Asians were not registered.
"It's clear the people we have talked to are not apathetic to politics," says Simon.
"They are interested in education, health, politics and unemployment.
"But they are frustrated and angry because of the lack of representation in politics, so they consciously opt out."
OBV says they have reached a million people in the last eight weeks of campaigning, and that tens of thousands of people have registered on their bus.
OBV has used black British celebrities to illustrate the cause.
The Homeland actor David Harewood, musician Tinie Tempah, and the former footballer Sol Campbell are featuring on posters.
Their faces have been whitened by make-up to show that without the black vote, the colour is taken out of British politics.
"We have great role models in these individuals and they wanted to give back to the community," says Simon.
He adds: "I'm impatient for fundamental change and I won't rest until people are judged by their ability and not by the colour of their skin."
Inspired by Operation Black Vote, Operation Disabled Vote (ODV) was launched in November 2014 with the aim of aiding deaf and disabled people to register and vote.
The London-based group has been part of a national voter registration drive No Vote No Voice.
ODV is touring the capital on a bus with deaf interpreters to provide help and information.
ODV's co-founder, Ellen Clifford, says there are many issues surrounding voter registration.
"Primarily, a lot of the information is online but some people have no access," she explains.
"Statistically disabled people, particularly with learning difficulties, have less online access than any other group."
ODV has found that people are interested in registering but they may not have their national insurance number to hand or they need to rely on family members for help.
In a Mencap survey, 64% of people with learning disabilities who were questioned said they did not vote in the last election.
Reasons included finding the process of registering too difficult and being turned away from polling stations.
Ellen says: "There is no legal duty for polling stations to be made wheelchair accessible. Polling officers can come out on the street with a ballot paper. But we don't think that's acceptable."
She adds that the biggest barrier is people thinking there is no point in voting because politicians have failed in representing the interests of deaf and disabled people.
Young people, particularly women, are not big on voting.
Only 39% of women between 18-24 voted in the 2010 general election, making them the demographic least likely to vote.
After a consultation, the Youth Media Agency recognised it was more of an issue than previously thought.
The agency's Hannah Vincent says: "We found there was a massive level of apathy and young women were overwhelmed by politics."
To help redress this, the agency used the #XXVote hashtag in social media and with the help of crowdspeaking platform Thunderclap their message reached 1.6 million people.
The team also turned to the big screen to spread the word.
Hannah Vincent directed a film that was made by young women for young women, which shows the relevance of politics in young women's everyday lives and also emphasises the importance of voter participation.
The National Union of Students (NUS) has used various methods to inform students about registering.
"Some didn't realise they had to register," says the NUS President Toni Pearce.
"They thought because they pay their taxes and that the people know who they are, they would automatically be able to vote."
#RegAFriend is the latest NUS online campaign targeting students to encourage their friends to register.
Students are taking selfies with friends crossing fingers and adding their photos with the #RegAFriend hashtag online.
"It's an opportunity to talk about politics as well as people taking responsibility for others to register rather than focus individually," says Toni.
"They care and are interested in many issues. They are concerned about the cost of living for students which is really high, and they are worried about getting a job and if it pays enough to pay back their student fees."
No matter how seemingly wacky the idea, many students have heeded the campaign's message.
The University of East Anglia ran a Goats for Votes registration drive.
"The idea was that if students registered to vote, they can get a play with some goats," explained Toni, who added that the idea led to 2,000 students signing up.
"Students are a force to be reckoned with and it is not just the NUS talking about issues, so are they."
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The News Corp co-chairman is leading a consortium to buy the struggling broadcaster.
Australia's media laws would need to be changed for the takeover to proceed.
The government has moved to relax the rules which put limits on media ownership.
In a statement on Thursday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said the proposed buyout of Channel Ten would not harm competition.
"While this transaction will result in some reduction in diversity across the Australian media landscape, we have concluded it would not substantially lessen competition," it said.
Proposed changes to media law in Australia would remove the so-called "two out of three" rule, which prevents a single party owning print, radio and television assets in the same market.
The laws, which have passed the lower house of parliament but face opposition in the senate, must be changed for the Ten deal to go through.
Mr Murdoch owns a radio station and News Corp publishes about two-thirds of the country's newspapers. His buyout partner Bruce Gordon owns regional television licences across Australia.
Mr Murdoch is already a shareholder of Ten, which was placed into administration earlier this year.
Media owners in the country argue current laws are outdated and hurt their ability to compete for advertising revenues from newer, online players like Facebook and Google. | Lachlan Murdoch has moved one step closer to buying television network Channel Ten after Australia's competition regulator gave the green light to the potential acquisition. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "41033408"} | 279 | 32 | 0.593484 | 1.29019 | 0.410821 | 0.740741 | 9.592593 | 0.518519 |
Almost 2,000 homes and more than 1,000 businesses in the area were affected by flooding over Christmas last year.
The new scheme is in addition to almost £10m awarded from central government to support flood recovery in the area.
The council funding will also be used to improve flood incident management systems.
Read more about this and other stories from across West Yorkshire
More than £60m has already been made available by the government for major flood defence schemes in the Calder Valley, which are currently being examined by the Environment Agency.
The council's scheme will look at how it can deliver other low cost flood prevention work and develop projects for natural flood management.
It will also offer support for businesses with hardship grants and in helping companies in making their properties more flood resilient.
The council also plans to hire additional staff to speed up grant processing for homeowners and to increase the size of the council's flood team. | A £3m fund to invest in flood prevention and resilience schemes in Calderdale has been approved by councillors. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36713610"} | 180 | 25 | 0.692976 | 1.467603 | 0.081937 | 0.809524 | 8.666667 | 0.619048 |
For 15 years the Ceredigion community campaigned to save the site which has been restored into a heritage attraction and events venue, with holiday accommodation and a restaurant.
Restoration work included roof repairs, landscaping and reconstruction of the castle's walls.
The site will open to the general public on Wednesday.
The Cadwgan Building Preservation Trust, made up of 250 local people, secured investment for the restoration, including more than £6m from the Heritage Lottery Fund and £4.3m from the European Regional Development Fund.
Hundreds of local volunteers took part in fundraising, raising more than £200,000 to save the 900-year-old site.
A remake of Wales' original Eisteddfod chair has been returned to the castle following the restoration as it believed to have been home to the first ever recorded Eisteddfod in 1176.
The site also has a dedicated Eisteddfod exhibition along with exhibitions telling the story of the castle and the people who lived there.
Cardigan Castle spokeswoman Sue Lewis said: "The castle's commercial streams are absolutely vital in generating income for the upkeep of the site.
"Our target is to attract more than 30,000 visitors to the castle in its first year of trading."
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The Japanese company has apologised and withdrawn the virtual stickers which it said were "culturally sensitive".
Thailand's strict lese majeste law bans criticism of the king, queen and his successor, but has been broadly applied to references to the monarchy. It carries a maximum 15-year jail term.
Critics say the law has been used to silence discussion about the royals.
Line is one of the most popular messaging apps in Asia.
Suppaset Chokechai, commander of the police technology crime suppression division, confirmed the investigation with the BBC but declined to give any more information on the case.
The stickers depicted various members of the family, including the revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej and his children, and appeared to reference rumours about them.
But some stickers also feature known facts about them, such as the king's fondness for the saxophone and Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn's deceased pet dog.
The set appeared to have been submitted to a section of Line's online shop where users can sell stickers to others. Line reviews submissions before they are put on sale.
Line issued a statement on Thursday saying it had withdrawn the stickers, saying they "may have caused discomfort among our users in Thailand".
It added that it would continue to improve its processes and "consider cultural aspects of each country".
Thailand has seen an increased spate of arrests under lese majeste in recent years, some under broad interpretations of the law.
Since its coup in 2014, the military government has used the law to arrest a string of suspects accused of claiming or using connections to the monarchy for personal benefit. | Thai police are investigating the release of a set of icons on messaging app Line depicting the royal family. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35994466"} | 366 | 23 | 0.569794 | 1.442343 | -0.201317 | 0.65 | 15.7 | 0.65 |
The tournament for teams outside the top flight will also include an under-20s side from each Scottish Premiership club in the first round.
Four teams from the Highland League and four from the Lowland League will also enter at that stage in August.
Two Welsh sides and two from Northern Ireland enter the last 16 in October.
It is expected these will be the top two from the Welsh Premier League and Northern Ireland Football League, meaning places for The New Saints and Bala Town and Crusaders and Linfield.
One Welsh side and one from Northern Ireland will be guaranteed a home tie.
Draws will be regionalised throughout the competition and seeded for the first three rounds, with the final to be played in March.
"We are very pleased to be supported by Uefa in delivering an element of cross-border competition through the invitation to our colleagues in Northern Ireland and Wales," said Scottish Professional Football League chief executive Neil Doncaster.
The SPFL say the majority of fixtures will take place during international weekends, while BBC ALBA, S4C and Premier Sports will all show live matches.
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But how did the Portugal winger fare over 120 minutes in the San Siro? Which substitute made a big impact for Atletico? And who was "embarrassing" for Real?
Ex-England and Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas rates the players.
Did not put a foot wrong. Antoine Griezmann has missed two of his four penalty kicks this season, both against Navas.
He was not bad in the first-half, but did not do anything special.
Absolutely immense, did not give the Atletico attacking line an inch. Ramos is the first defender to score in two different Champions League finals.
A solid display but his antics were embarrassing. Ramos was the only defender to make more clearances - with eight - than Pepe's six.
A good threat throughout the game. Marcelo made 35 passes in the opposition half; only Luka Modric made more with 44.
He was the big reason Real won the final. Casemiro made the most tackles in the final, with eight.
Cool and calm as always and grew in influence as the game went on. Modric played seven key passes, more than any other player.
Not in his favourite position where he likes to control the game, but did not put a foot wrong.
Immense, he always looked a threat and was unlucky not to get on the scoresheet.
Did not have an impact on the game, some nice touches but was lacking sharpness.
Did not do much throughout the game but ended up scoring the winning penalty for his third Champions League title.
Provided a lot of energy, especially in extra time, but was erratic at times. No Real player made more interceptions than Danilo with five.
At fault for Atletico's goal - when he fell asleep while marking - and had a good opportunity to score the winner but took a touch when he should have hit it first time. He stepped up and took the first penalty and put it away.
A massive threat when he came on and was full of energy
He made some massive saves in the game and kept Atletico in it, especially with his two stops to deny Ronaldo. But you might question his penalty shootout technique. Oblak made six saves during the match, but failed to save any of Real's five penalties.
He was fantastic through the whole game and provided the assist, so it was unfortunate that he missed his penalty. Juanfran became the first defender to assist in two different Champions League finals.
Strong as ever. Godin made six clearances, the most for Atletico.
He had quite a good game and was not caught out. Savic made five blocks during the game; three more than any other player.
He struggled with Bale in the first half but was much better in the second half and more of an attacking influence.
He was very good, even though he was not as attacking as usual. Koke was one of two players to attempt more than 100 passes (107).
Brilliant in midfield, tried to make things happen. Gabi played 114 passes; seven more than any other player.
Did not do much in the first half and was hauled off at the break.
Did some nice stuff but struggled a little at times.
He tried to make things happen in the first half and was a lot better in the second half but was always trying to get back into the game after his penalty miss.
Worked hard, but that is not enough for a striker. Feel if Atletico had somebody of real quality, a real powerful centre-forward, then they would have won the game.
Not much time to make an impact.
Not much time to make an impact.
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Shares around the world have been boosted by hopes that the US Federal Reserve will push back rate rises following weak US jobs data last week.
The benchmark FTSE 100 index closed up 128.31 points, or 1.88%, at 6,961.77.
Oil-related shares saw big gains following a sharp rise in the price of crude on Monday. BG Group rose 6.7% while Premier Oil jumped 13%.
But the rise in oil costs hit shares in airlines, with British Airways owner IAG down 1.2%.
Shares in Royal Mail rose 1.3% to 448p following news that Dutch parcels delivery firm TNT Express had agreed to be bought by US firm FedEx.
The takeover has raised speculation that there could be more deals in the sector.
On the currency markets, the pound was boosted by a strong survey of the UK's services sector.
The latest Markit/CIPS services purchasing managers' index (PMI) recorded an eight-month high of 58.9 last month.
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Taken to task by Brand about public disillusionment with politics, the Labour leader replied: "You implied... no change happened. That's just wrong."
Prime Minister David Cameron called Mr Miliband's meeting with Brand a "joke".
But Mr Miliband said the interview was a way to engage with millions of people not usually interested in politics.
His appearance received a mixed reaction on social media, with some complaining it was little more than an ego trip for the comedian and others mocking the Labour leader's accent and choice of language.
In the 15-minute interview posted on his YouTube Channel, The Trews, Brand challenged Mr Miliband over the ability of politicians to address inequality and tax avoidance.
"The reason I have never voted in my life is that I think it does not matter," Brand, who has encouraged people not to vote and advocated a political revolution through action, told the Labour leader.
"We all got excited by Tony Blair, we all got excited by Barack Obama and what happened."
In response, Mr Miliband said he was the man to tackle powerful interests but downplayed expectations about how quickly this would happen.
"This is important. I am not looking for euphoria. I know that might sound a bit weird... You don't want politicians saying 'vote for me and on day one the world is transformed'. It ain't going to be like that. Change is hard. Change takes time."
"Much of the immediate reaction was about how Brand - perhaps unsurprisingly - was dominating the debate... those that could concentrate on the content found Ed Miliband's accent and choice of words intriguing." Read more.
The Labour leader said voting was an essential part of the political process. People's votes had been responsible for major social and economic transformations, including the birth of the NHS, equal-pay legislation and gay marriage, he said.
"Without politics and without government, that change does not happen. That is what happens in a democratic society," Mr Miliband said.
The two men were filmed discussing a range of issues in the comedian's east London home, with Brand pressing the Labour leader about why no bankers had gone to prison for market-rigging.
"Of course, if there's fraud committed by bankers that should happen. But there's a bigger issue than that, which is how you have a banking system that works for ordinary small businesses... for customers who need the help," said the Labour leader.
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Challenged by Brand over the difference between the proportion of an average person's income taken in tax, and the percentage of profits handed over by companies like internet giant Amazon, Mr Miliband said "of course" politicians had the power to act.
"It doesn't mean it's easy in a world where capital and companies are mobile. You have to have a government which is willing to say 'there's something wrong with this and we're going to deal with it'."
There was little of Brand's comedic touch about the video.
However, when discussing a perceived inability on the part of the public to distinguish between politicians, Brand referred to UKIP leader Nigel Farage's campaigning style in saying: "When someone with a pint on their head turns up it seems like a valid and interesting alternative."
"I'm not sure I'd look so good with a pint on my head," Mr Miliband replied.
Brand ends the video by addressing the camera to say he "learned a lot about Labour, a lot about Ed Miliband" and that he found it an "interesting experience".
He added that it "said a lot" that the Labour leader was prepared to be interviewed by him.
Political parties are often keen for well-known faces to sprinkle stardust on their campaigns, while some celebrities go a step further and run their own - with mixed results.
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Her confidence stemmed from the fact that women have traditionally enjoyed a very low status in India's most populous state, which has a population of more than 200 million people.
The state has consistently performed badly on UN human development indexes, and women here - especially in rural areas - still have little say in important life decisions, including when and whom to marry.
Millions of girls are married off even before they turn 18 - the legal age of marriage.
But the winds of change seem to be finally blowing in the state - in recent months, young women have turned away grooms they've found to be unfit for a variety of reasons.
We list a few unorthodox ones below:
Last month, a woman in the state's Firozabad district refused to marry her groom when he arrived at the wedding venue too drunk.
The Times of India reported that the young man was so inebriated, he couldn't even stand straight for the pre-wedding "jaimaal" ceremony when the couple exchange floral garlands.
The wedding was called off after the upset bride told her family that she would kill herself if anyone forced her to marry the drunk man.
There have been similar instances in the past too - last year, a bride in a village in Mahoba district called off her wedding when the groom turned up inebriated.
When Mohar Singh arranged for his daughter, Lovely, to get married to a young man named Ram Baran, he didn't know that the groom was illiterate.
It's not clear why, but just before the ceremony, Lovely asked the groom-to-be to solve a simple maths problem.
She asked him to add 15 and six. He said 17. She called off the wedding.
The groom's family had "kept us in the dark about his poor education", Mr Singh said and added that "even a first grader" could answer the simple question.
Just as he was reaching out to garland his bride-to-be, one excited groom had a seizure and collapsed in front of the wedding guests.
As he was rushed to a hospital, the bride's family alleged that his family had not disclosed the fact that he was epileptic.
The angry bride decided to switch husbands - she asked a member of her brother-in-law's family, who was a guest, to step in and marry her instead. He agreed.
On his return from the hospital, the original groom-to-be pleaded with the young lady to change her mind, telling her that he would be ridiculed if he went home without a bride, but she was unmoved.
A "spoon war" broke out and a police complaint was lodged, only to be withdrawn later since, as a police official said, "the bride is already married now, what can anyone do"?
This couple met on a social networking site and after a brief courtship, decided to get married.
But things didn't go according to plan at the glitzy wedding in the city of Aligarh, attended by 500 guests, including the city Mayor Shakuntala Bharati.
And it could all be blamed on a kiss - the groom's sister-in-law was so excited "that she leapt up and kissed him even as the bride and her family looked on in deep disapproval", reports said.
To make matters worse, she "pulled him on to the dance floor and shook a leg".
A brawl ensued.
Reports said the bride's family assaulted the wedding party and held the groom captive - he was freed only after the mayor intervened.
Last year north-east of the city of Kanpur, the family of one groom demanded better lights at the wedding. The bride's family said no.
More sharp words were exchanged and the bride's family accused the groom's family of being "uncultured and ill-mannered".
Police said they'd never heard of a wedding being cancelled "just over lighting arrangements".
Consumption of tobacco can be injurious to health.
And this groom in Deoria district ignored the health warning at his peril.
He arrived at the wedding chewing tobacco and half-way through the ceremony, he stepped out to spit.
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The third-seeded Croatian and Brazilian beat the second-seeded Scot and Brazilian in straight sets 6-4 6-4.
Rain had forced a lengthy delay with Murray and Soares a break of serve down at 4-3 in the first set.
Murray will team up with his brother, two-time Wimbledon champion Andy, 29, at the Rio Olympics.
Meanwhile, the victorious Melo will play in his home Olympics alongside Soares.
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The flag of an Armenian unit marching behind Azeri troops is not visible in the image on the ministry's website.
But a live broadcast of the event showed both units walking one after the other with their flags.
They were in the Russian capital to commemorate the Soviet victory against Nazi Germany in World War Two.
Arranged in order of the Russian alphabet, troops from the two countries of the former USSR joined other foreign troops marching through Red Square to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe.
Azerbaijani military expert Uzeyir Jafarov told BBC Azeri that he had no doubt the image had been Photoshopped.
"According to sources in the ministry, they did not expect the military units of Armenia and Azerbaijan to march one after another. During rehearsals they were in different parts of the area," he explained.
Meanwhile, the Armenpress news agency website observed that "as a result of this fraudulent act, the artistically unique facade of the building of the Russian Museum of History looks different".
The museum in the background had lost one of its windows in the Defence Ministry's version of the photo, another keen observer told Russia's Regnum news agency (in Russian).
Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry has declined to comment on the reports.
The question over whether the photo was doctored has also been actively discussed on social media sites in both countries.
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Fourteen months since predominately Shia protests erupted against the rule of the Sunni monarchy, questions are being raised over whether one of the biggest events in Bahrain's calendar should go ahead.
The Formula 1 Grand Prix is due to be held on 22 April and for the tiny island Gulf state this is huge.
It indirectly employs thousands of Bahrainis, both Shia and Sunni, and, according to the government, brings in hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of business, putting Bahrain firmly on the world sporting map.
The problem is, those protests are far from over, the country is perhaps more divided than ever along sectarian lines, and one of the most prominent pro-democracy campaigners, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, is two months into a hunger strike in protest at his life sentence on charges of trying to overthrow the monarchy.
If he dies in custody, as his lawyer warns he might, then the simmering daily clashes between police and protesters in the Shia villages will likely explode.
Little wonder that some of the international F1 participants are voicing doubts about whether they want to take part. Last year's F1 Grand Prix in Bahrain was postponed, then cancelled.
So should Bahrain's F1 go ahead this year or not?
Formula 1 Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone said on Tuesday this is "up to the people of Bahrain" and at the moment it is going ahead.
Essentially it boils down to two factors for teams to consider: safety and morality.
On safety, the Bahraini authorities are likely to take every possible precaution to shield participants from any unpleasantness. They will be chaperoned, escorted and protected, from airport to hotel to race track.
The venue itself is out in the desert, halfway down the island at Sakhir - and far from the troubled villages where Molotov cocktails are traded nightly with the riot police.
A long-term Bahrain resident said: "They may experience traffic jams but hopefully nothing worse".
But the issue of moral conscience is rather more complex.
Bahrain is where the Arab Spring visibly failed last year, smothered by draconian security measures that saw several unarmed protesters die in custody. Al-Khawaja himself was arrested in his house at night and beaten unconscious in front of his screaming family.
Since then, an independent commission of inquiry, the BICI commission, has investigated thousands of claims of abuses, found the government guilty of systematic abuse of prisoners, and made numerous recommendations to improve human rights which the ruler, King Hamad, has promised to act on.
Reforms include two senior police officers being drafted in from the UK and US to advise Bahrain on how to improve community policing, while several junior Bahraini officers are being investigated for alleged abuses.
But the opposition says the reforms are mainly cosmetic, innocent people are still in jail and there is no meaningful dialogue under way on how to share power more equitably, despite the efforts of the more reform-minded members of the ruling al-Khalifa family and moderate voices in the opposition.
If this month's Grand Prix is cancelled it would effectively be an international vote of no confidence in Bahrain.
This is exactly what many of the government's opponents want, sending a message that as long as the country's Shia community feels disenfranchised then why should it be business as usual?
But a senior official in Bahrain, who asked not to be named, told the BBC "cancelling the Grand Prix would be a real backward step and is not going to benefit anyone, either politically or economically.
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"This is the price sometimes, but at the end, the people are liberated from the terrorists," he told French media.
The UN says air strikes by the government and its allies on a civilian-packed area in the battle's final stages were probably a war crime.
Russia joined Syria's strikes on anti-government rebels in 2015.
Alongside Turkey, Moscow helped to negotiate a fragile ceasefire in Syria that is largely holding, despite claims of violations from both sides of the conflict.
Both countries and Iran are now pushing for peace talks to be held later this month in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana.
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An estimated 21,500 civilians have been killed in Aleppo since the battle there began about five years ago, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
In comments to French media that were published by Syrian state news agency Sana, President Assad described the devastation of eastern Aleppo and killing of civilians as "painful for us as Syrians to see", adding: "Every war is bad."
But, he added, "is it better to leave [civilians] under their [rebels'] supervision, under their oppression, by beheading, by killing?"
Thousands of civilians trapped in just a handful of rebel-held districts faced intense bombardment as government troops advanced through the city.
The rebels eventually surrendered it three weeks ago as part of a deal to allow civilians and rebels to travel to other rebel-held areas in northern Syria.
According to the UN, 36,000 people were evacuated from east Aleppo to opposition areas in Idlib and western Aleppo countryside, while 38,750 crossed into west Aleppo.
The loss of eastern Aleppo is considered the biggest blow to the rebels in nearly six years of civil war.
"It's a tipping point in the course of the war and it is on the way to victory," President Assad said.
Touching on the proposed talks in Astana, for which no date has been set, President Assad said his government was ready to negotiate on "everything".
"Who will be there from the other side? We do not yet know. Will it be a real Syrian opposition?" President Assad said, dismissing rebel groups backed by Saudi Arabia, France and the UK.
It is not yet clear who will represent the opposition.
Syrian says the ceasefire currently in place excludes so-called Islamic State (IS) and rival jihadist group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, as well as the Syrian Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) militia - though rebels dispute this.
President Assad also claimed the rebels were breaching the ceasefire in and around Damascus, accusing them of depriving civilians of water by "occupying the main water source" from the Wadi Barada, a valley in the hills north-west of the capital that is the location of several springs.
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A2Dominion proposes to build on 509 acres (205 hectares).
A spokesman said all the feedback from the public about the scheme had been "received and considered".
The housing developer wants to build the properties north of Lords Lane and Howes Lane in the Oxfordshire town. Of the new homes, 30% will be affordable housing.
About 200 people attended two public exhibitions of the plans in Pioneer Square over the summer, but only 28 responses were received. The developer said more than half supported the proposals.
Louise Caves, strategic partnership manager, said: "Respondents prioritised the delivery of a health centre followed by a primary school as the most important facilities to be delivered first in a new community.
"A2Dominion is taking these responses into consideration when developing its detailed planning applications."
The firm is also working with Cherwell District Council and Oxfordshire County Council on a separate planning application for Howes Lane to create a north-west Bicester link road.
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The report was prompted by the debate over controversial bans on Islamic swimsuits in many French Riviera towns.
Mr Valls said such bans were part of a "fight for the freedom of women".
The paper said it stood by the article. Some Muslims say they are being targeted unfairly over burkinis.
An increasing number of court rulings have rejected bans on the full-body swimsuit, including in Nice, where an attack on 14 July killed 84 people during Bastille Day celebrations.
Some of the women quoted by the NYT said the clothing was a chance for them to take part in activities, such as going to the beach, in line with their religious beliefs.
Many also complained of an alleged discrimination by non-Muslims exacerbated by the recent attacks in France and Belgium, and of restrictions in wearing the headscarf, banned in French public buildings.
One said: "French Muslim women would be justified to request asylum in the United States... given how many persecutions we are subjected to."
Another talked of being "afraid of having to wear a yellow crescent on my clothes one day, like the Star of David for Jews not so long ago".
Muslim women respond to burkini ban
In his response, originally posted on the Huffington Post's French website, Mr Valls said the report painted "an unacceptable picture, because it is false, of France".
"What I argue here vigorously is that the New York Times article, giving the floor to women of Muslim faith, claims that their voice would be smothered in France, so as to portray a France that oppresses them," he said.
"We are fighting for the freedom of women who should not have to live under the yoke of a chauvinist order. The female body is neither pure nor impure; it is the female body. It does not need to be hidden to protect against some kind of temptation.
"See the unbelievable reversal: in the cited accounts, the burkini is presented as a tool of women's liberation!"
The New York Times said the story was based on accounts by more than 1,200 readers who had responded to an online call-out asking for the opinions of Muslim women in Europe following the ban.
The French rules say beachwear must be respectful of good public manners and the principle of secularism.
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Aravindan Balakrishnan, 75, denies charges including rape, indecent assault, false imprisonment and child cruelty.
He told Southwark Crown Court "Jackie" was invisible, but had been built by the Communist Party of China.
He blamed the machine for prompting his daughter to run away in May 2005.
"May Day is Jackie's birthday," he said.
"He did something to her obviously. He put some idea in her head."
Giving evidence at his trial for the first time, Mr Balakrishnan told Southwark Crown Court Jackie was an acronym for Jehova, Allah, Christ, Krishna, Immortal, Easwaran.
"It can pull your head out from your body," he said.
Mr Balakrishnan denied ever beating his daughter. The prosecution alleges he kept her hidden for 30 years.
"Most of what she says is made up fantasy," he said. "For her to say these things is really very brave. Well, it's not brave. It's very stupid."
He told the court he did not initially tell his daughter who her parents were as he thought she would "understand better" at a later age.
Mr Balakrishnan earlier told the court he was the "focus of competition" between his female followers, saying a woman he is alleged to have sexually assaulted competed for his attention with the mother of his daughter.
He insisted that two women in the commune had "pushed" him to have sex, and strenuously objected to claims he had raped and beaten women living in his collective in Brixton.
He said they would compete for his attentions and that when one of the women performed oral sex on him "there was no force involved".
Mr Balakrishnan said he would occasionally "tap" her or shake her to keep her awake for political discussions, which would continue late into the night.
He said his views were grounded in the teachings of the Chinese revolutionary leader Chairman Mao which "meant almost everything to him".
Mr Balakrishnan, of Enfield, north London, denies seven counts of indecent assault and four counts of rape against two women during the 1970s and 1980s.
He also denies three counts of actual bodily harm, cruelty to a child under 16 and false imprisonment.
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The study says some species, which people eat a lot of are doing even worse, with a 74% drop reported in the populations of tuna and mackerel fish.
The report says human activity, such as overfishing, and climate change is having a big impact on marine life.
The document was put together by the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London.
"Human activity has severely damaged the ocean by catching fish faster than they can reproduce while also destroying their nurseries," said Marco Lambertini, head of WWF International.
The report says that sea cucumbers - seen as a luxury food throughout Asia - have seen a significant fall in numbers, with a 98% in the Galapagos and 94% drop in the Red Sea over the past few years.
The study highlights the decline of habitats - such as seagrass areas and mangrove cover - which are important for food and act as a nursery for many species.
Climate change has also played a role in the overall decline of marine populations.
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Penni Hall's daughter, Alycia Mckee, died last year aged 18.
Ms Hall had wanted to place the "princess" gravestone at St Margaret and St Andrews Church in Exmouth.
But a spokesman for the Diocese of Exeter said it "fell outside the standard headstone" regulations.
Ms Hall accused church officials of being set in their ways and "not very Christian" in their approach to the memorial.
She also accused the diocese of "making money out of people's grief" after she was told she could appeal the decision at a cost of £249.
"I have this doubt in my mind that they won't sway, they will be stubborn," she said.
"Just because it is the rules set centuries ago, it is time things moved on and I hope they will see their decision is wrong and be more lenient."
Ms Hall has launched a petition calling on the diocese to change their mind.
The diocese spokesman said regulations were in place to keep churchyards as places of peace and beauty for everyone to enjoy.
He said: "A memorial that might be suitable for an urban, civic cemetery may look out place near an historic church building.
"The diocese has a responsibility to make sure that the churchyard remains an appropriate setting for a parish church for the next several hundred years."
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McKenzie grabbed his fifth goal of the season in the 12th minute as he fired home from 35 yards after a poor clearance from goalkeeper Zander Clark.
Sean Longstaff almost doubled Killie's lead on the half hour mark, but his shot was well saved by Clark.
Conor Sammon doubled Killie's lead midway through the second half as he headed home Greg Taylor's cross.
Despite their third win in a row at McDiarmid Park, Kilmarnock remain in eighth place in the Premiership as Dundee and Partick Thistle also won.
With Hearts losing at Firhill, St Johnstone missed an opportunity to move into fourth place.
Kilmarnock fully deserved the win in a game in which they always looked the more threatening team.
The side under caretaker Lee McCulloch dominated the first half and created the better of the chances throughout.
Quick thinking and superb execution from McKenzie fired the visitors in front, with the midfielder's spectacular looping shot sailing over Clark.
Killie had gone close just eight minutes earlier when Kris Boyd's free kick from 25 yards was palmed away by the Saints goalkeeper.
David Wotherspoon tested Killie goalkeeper Freddie Woodman with a free kick, but it was easily held.
Conor Sammon then clipped a neat shot goalward from the edge of the area, but Clark stretched full length to beat it away.
Longstaff forced a save from the goalkeeper as the pressure on the home team intensified, but Saints rallied and MacLean's looping header landed on the roof of the net.
St Johnstone had plenty of possession in the second half, but they lacked punch and struggled to test the visitors' goalkeeper.
Sammon added a second for Killie in the 71st minute after finding space at the far post to nod in Greg Taylor's delivery.
Saints continued to work hard but struggled to find a way past the visitors' defence and Killie always looked like they carried the threat of adding to their lead.
They settled for what they had though and that gave them a comfortable and precious away win in Perth.
Tommy Wright St Johnstone Manager
"The first 45 without doubt is the worst I've seen since I've been at the club its was brutal, we didn't do any of the basics well, kept giving the ball away and couldn't get out of our own half, the pitch was bumpy so why did we continue to pass it around our own half and give them opportunities?
We got a reaction in the second half, we were much better, without working the keeper we had opportunities, but we should stop the cross, defend the cross and the keeper should save the header.
We gifted them a goal, Kilmarnock were better but if you look at it we could have got away with a 0-0 if we had defended better, That was poor and we got what we deserved."
Lee McCulloch Kilmarnock Manager
"I'm delighted with the result, delighted with the performance, I thought we stopped St Johnstone playing in the middle of the pitch.
They didn't have any clear cut chances, they are a top team and have a top manager but we're delighted to come here today, score two great goals and have a couple more chances as well.
I thought we looked organised I thought our desire and energy all over the pitch was brilliant today."
Match ends, St. Johnstone 0, Kilmarnock 2.
Second Half ends, St. Johnstone 0, Kilmarnock 2.
Substitution, Kilmarnock. Martin Smith replaces Sean Longstaff.
Foul by Steven MacLean (St. Johnstone).
(Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
Craig Thomson (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Scott Boyd (Kilmarnock).
Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Conor Sammon.
Joe Shaughnessy (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock).
Attempt blocked. Paul Paton (St. Johnstone) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Craig Thomson replaces Blair Alston.
Steven Anderson (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Steven Anderson (St. Johnstone).
Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt missed. Joe Shaughnessy (St. Johnstone) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Michael Coulson replaces Tam Scobbie.
Goal! St. Johnstone 0, Kilmarnock 2. Conor Sammon (Kilmarnock) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Greg Taylor.
Steven Anderson (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock).
Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
Attempt missed. Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Foul by Conor Sammon (Kilmarnock).
Steven MacLean (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Paul Paton replaces Chris Millar.
Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Greg Taylor (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone).
Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Brian Easton (St. Johnstone).
Attempt missed. Blair Alston (St. Johnstone) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Foul by Gary Dicker (Kilmarnock).
Blair Alston (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Scott Boyd (Kilmarnock).
Steven Anderson (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Kilmarnock. Conceded by Joe Shaughnessy. | Rory McKenzie's wonderful first-half goal helped Kilmarnock earn three points against St Johnstone. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39012120"} | 1,537 | 26 | 0.487695 | 1.23524 | -0.020145 | 0.705882 | 72.941176 | 0.588235 |
The fishermen claimed treated discharge from a water treatment works had degraded the quality of Llyn Padarn at Llanberis.
They said the annual catch of Arctic charr there had dropped and the regulator had not protected them.
But Mr Justice Hickinbottom said there was no evidence of this.
He said since 2011, to overcome the problem of a lack of spawning grounds, the lake had been restocked with young fish.
"There is no evidence of a decline in the charr population in Llyn Padarn since 2007 and there is evidence the population of adult charr are now at a level higher than 2005 and increasing, which is at least suggestive that the water is not hostile to charr," the judge added.
The judicial review proceedings in Caernarfon had been brought by the Seiont, Gwyrfai, and Llyfni Anglers Society, represented by a body called Fish Legal - an umbrella organisation for fishing groups.
Lawyers challenged Natural Resources Wales's claim that no environmental damage, except an algal bloom six years ago, was caused from raw sewage and treated effluent discharged by Welsh Water.
Speaking after the case, Welsh Water said it had invested £3.6m at the works since 2010 to meet tighter standards set by NRW which helped make it Wales' first designated freshwater bathing lake.
Sian Williams, head of operations for NRW, added: "We have always tried hard to work in partnership with the angling club to address their concerns and will continue to do so."
Huw Hughes, secretary of the Seiont Gwyrfai and Llyfni Angling Society, said they were disappointed by the decision. | Anglers who argued not enough was being done to protect an endangered fish in a Snowdonia lake have lost a judicial review against Natural Resources Wales. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35126188"} | 384 | 36 | 0.49446 | 1.282969 | 0.232119 | 0.925926 | 11.259259 | 0.62963 |
Christie, 21, has joined until the end of the season having made just 13 appearances for Celtic since his transfer from Inverness CT in 2015.
"I look at Aberdeen as the second biggest team in Scotland right now," said attacking midfielder Christie.
"In terms of all the other clubs in Scotland, Aberdeen were probably the only other one I would have joined."
Christie could make his debut for his new side at Pittodrie in Friday's Scottish Premiership meeting with Dundee, where a win would move the Dons above Rangers into second place.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers also helped sell Christie on a move to the north-east.
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The Scotland Under-21 international said: "He [Rodgers] told me about Aberdeen and he didn't so much as say that he was forcing me out the door, but he gave me his opinion and said he thought it was a good idea, and to be fair I agreed with him completely.
"It was good to get his thoughts on it and he heard my thoughts, and after speaking to the manager [McInnes] as well, all of a sudden I was really excited and desperate to be here.
"It's been almost a full year without a proper run of game time, so it will be a nice feeling to have that back.
"Also I want to prove to myself as well that I can still fit in and show people I'm a good player.
"I can't say anything bad about it because I have had such an enjoyable year at Celtic in every aspect of it. Training is brilliant. Every player wants to play as much as they can so I was always going to get frustrated.
"But at the same time I knew I was going to have to stay patient when I first signed for Celtic. It's been about a year now and I think it was just about time to not go too long without game time and that's one of the reasons why I had to come here."
Celtic manager Rodgers revealed he had rejected an approach from McInnes in summer to take Christie to Pittodrie.
"I said Ryan was a player I wanted to see at close hand, I didn't want to see him go out," he told BBC Scotland. "He's contributed well in the first part of the season, but I felt in the second part of the season, with a few less games to play in, he might not be used so much and I don't want to hold back a young players' development.
"He can go to another big club with expectancy and under a good manager. I'm confident he'll come back as a better player."
McInnes is still hopeful of having Norwich midfielder James Maddison back for the second half of the season, while he wants "at least one more" signing before the end of the transfer window on Tuesday.
"There were other clubs asking about a potential loan move and he [Christie] has chosen us, and I think that says a lot about us and how he views Aberdeen.
"We haven't heard from Norwich, it was indicated we would hear from them at the start of the week.
"James did very well and I made no secret of the fact I wanted to keep him but I can't sit back and hope." | New Aberdeen loan signing Ryan Christie says manager Derek McInnes made him "desperate" to move to the club. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38750435"} | 736 | 26 | 0.528309 | 1.356993 | -0.242894 | 1.238095 | 31.857143 | 0.952381 |
Rosalin Baker, 25, and Jeffrey Wiltshire, 52, had denied murdering 16-week-old Imani in September 2016.
The child was found to have multiple injuries including 40 rib fractures, a broken wrist and fractured skull.
The pair were acquitted of murder but were told by Judge Nicholas Hilliard to expect a "substantial sentence".
The Old Bailey heard other passengers on the number 25 bus in Stratford tried to help resuscitate Imani after Baker claimed her baby had suddenly become ill during the journey.
A witness told the jury Baker "seemed very relaxed" as the drama unfolded and "she was was not crying, she was not shouting" in spite of the child being "cold".
Wiltshire, of Newham, east London, was filmed by on-board CCTV kissing Baker and giving her a thumbs up as she boarded the bus with Imani's lifeless body strapped to her chest.
She described her partner as a violent drug addict who had forced her to carry the corpse in a sling in order to "frame" her.
But Wiltshire, who claimed to have fathered 25 children, denied hurting his "tiny and beautiful" daughter or being abusive towards Baker.
When asked why he gave Baker a thumbs up when when she boarded the bus, he told jurors it was to tell her to "stay safe".
Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson QC said Imani, who was on the child protection register, had been attacked three times in the week of her death.
He said the infant, who was born prematurely and spent the first six weeks of her life in an incubator, would have been in "very significant pain and distress" from injuries caused by her arm being twisted or pulled, her chest being squeezed and being thrown against a hard surface.
In the week before her child's death Baker had moved from her mother's home in Colchester, Essex, to Wiltshire's bedsit where the family shared the same bed.
Giving evidence, she said when she found Imani dead at the bottom of their bed, Wiltshire had told her "it's all your fault, I told you to give her up for adoption".
"The first thing I thought was he's done something to her," she told the jury.
CPS reviewing lawyer Devi Kharran said despite Imani's "very serious and painful injuries" neither parent had sought medical help.
"Instead, her lifeless body was carried onto a crowded London bus to disguise the true circumstances of her death," he said.
Det Insp John Marriott said it was a "heart breaking" case particularly because Imani was a premature baby.
The pair will be sentenced on 28 May. The maximum sentence for causing or allowing the death of a child is 14 years. | The parents who disguised the death of their baby by pretending she had died on a London bus have been convicted of causing or allowing her death. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39654095"} | 640 | 35 | 0.407694 | 1.10291 | -0.200528 | 1.607143 | 19.392857 | 0.821429 |
It comes after a two-year-old girl was left for dead after being run over by a van - and then ignored by 18 passers-by.
She is currently in hospital fighting for her life.
The law might never be enacted - but even discussing such a measure shows the level of anger generated in China by this case.
The fallout from this incident, which happened in the city of Foshan in southern Guangdong Province, continues.
Provincial groups from the ruling Communist Party, government departments and associations are talking about a new law.
This could make it illegal for people to ignore those in need of help.
"Many laws, including forbidding drunken driving, in China have been passed after high-profile individual cases," said lawyer Zhu Yongping, according to a report in the English-language China Daily.
Other media outlets report that the introduction of a law will be debated at a meeting of lawyers next month.
Initial online polls, though, suggest most people are against it.
"Talk about being civilised first. Is anyone paying attention to that?" read one posting.
Organisations in Guangdong are also looking at other ways to encourage people to act with compassion when faced with an emergency.
The provincial government's political and legal affairs committee is using its micro-blog site to gather opinions about how to "guide brave acts for just causes" and promote "socialist morals".
This debate has been sparked by an accident last week involving the toddler Wang Yue.
She was knocked down by a van while wandering through a market, where her parents run a shop. The driver sped off without checking on the girl's condition.
Over the following minutes, 18 people went past the bleeding toddler - and another van ran over her legs - but no one stopped to help.
It was all recorded by a surveillance camera, with the distressing footage shown on television.
There have been millions of internet comments about how to encourage good Samaritans - and many more expressing outrage that so many people refused to help. | A Chinese province is debating the introduction of a law to force people to help others in obvious distress. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "15382273"} | 452 | 24 | 0.511165 | 1.390593 | 0.055499 | 1.8 | 20.35 | 0.7 |
Robert Ferrin was driving a grey Ford Focus which crashed on the north bound carriageway of the A1 Hillsborough Road at about 17:40 BST.
The 61-year-old man was from Belfast, according to police.
Officers have appealed for anyone who witnessed the crash to get in contact with them. | A man who was injured in a single-vehicle crash in County Down on Thursday evening has died in hospital. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40461246"} | 69 | 27 | 0.619041 | 1.080853 | -1.21048 | 0.545455 | 2.636364 | 0.545455 |
Pakistan finished their 50-over innings on 231-7 despite a decent bowling performance from the hosts at The Grange.
Three wickets from Majid Haq meant he became Scotland's leading wicket-taker in one-day international matches.
However, Scotland only managed 135 as Pakistan bowled out their opponents in the 40th over.
Head coach Pete Steindl's Scotland side faced Pakistan for the first time in seven years.
Pakistan last visited Scotland in 2006, winning by five wickets with 37 balls to spare at The Grange.
The two matches in Edinburgh precede a game against Ireland as Dav Whatmore's team prepare for the Champions Trophy.
Misbah-ul-Haq's 78 not out spearheaded Pakistan's attack while opener Imran Farhat was dismissed for 49.
In addition to Haq's hat-trick for Scotland, Neil Carter, Iain Wardlaw, Rob Taylor and Matt Machan also took wickets for the hosts before lunch.
Off-spinner Haq made it 44 wickets in one-day internationals to overtake John Blain, who he was previously tied with on 41.
Scotland began batting at 15:00 BST but it did not start well as Carter was dismissed for a duck.
New captain Kyle Coetzer top scored for the hosts by reaching 32 but Pakistan's Junaid Khan and Saeed Ajmal each took three wickets of their own to bring about Scotland's demise.
The two sides meet again on Sunday at The Grange. | Pakistan eased to a 96-run win over Scotland in the first of two one-day internationals in Edinburgh. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "22572743"} | 330 | 27 | 0.607255 | 1.405702 | -0.437631 | 1.636364 | 12.5 | 0.818182 |
Beau Marr, from Holt Park, Leeds, said her rented home has been uninhabitable for two weeks as a housing association had not sent anyone to do a deep clean.
She started to notice maggots appearing at the property, before thousands of flies started to fill the rooms.
The site owner said unavoidable delays had affected the matter being resolved.
More on this and other Yorkshire stories as they happen
The Sanctuary Group, which owns the Holt Farm Close site, was made aware of the death on 2 August, but it is believed the man in the flat directly above Ms Marr's home may have died at an earlier date.
Ms Marr, who has a five-month-old baby, said she had been forced to stay elsewhere since the infestation.
"There's flies absolutely everywhere, they're all over the floors and the beds," she said.
"This is no way for anyone to live - all we want is to come home somewhere clean and safe to stay with our family."
She added: "It should have been sorted a long time ago, landlords have a duty of care and I feel it hasn't been met."
The housing group said it was unable to access the neighbour's property until it was decided that no criminal investigation was necessary.
A further delay on a deep clean and full fumigation was caused by the deceased man's next of kin deciding not to pick up personal possessions, it added.
Simon Clark, group director of housing at the Sanctuary Group, said Ms Marr would be able to return home "within a couple of days".
He said: "Ms Marr will obviously not be expected to pay rent for the period of time she has been unable to live in her home address.
"In addition, she has also now received a payment from Sanctuary to cover her living costs while she has been staying with family and friends." | A woman whose home has been infested with flies after a dead body lay undiscovered in a flat next door says she feels "let down" by her landlord. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40939202"} | 418 | 41 | 0.511833 | 1.324684 | 0.057938 | 0.741935 | 12.290323 | 0.548387 |
The 37-year-old has scored 144 goals in 421 career matches, since joining the Daggers from Essex Olympian League football for his first spell in 2005.
Benson has since gone on to have spells at Charlton, Swindon and Luton and has been promoted four times in his career.
He will combine his playing duties with a coaching role at Boreham Wood. | National League side Boreham Wood have signed striker Paul Benson on a one-year deal, with the option of a second, following his release by Dagenham. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40265600"} | 85 | 39 | 0.662518 | 1.249095 | -0.623744 | 0.666667 | 2.366667 | 0.533333 |
During World War One, Mary Macarthur fought for equal pay and better rights for women, including for those working in "appalling conditions" in factories.
On the eve of International Women's Day, a blue plaque will be unveiled at her home in Golders Green.
She lived at 42 Woodstock Road while she was at her most prominent.
Born in Glasgow in 1880, Ms Macarthur was elected president of the Scottish National District Council of the Shop Assistants' Union in 1902, and a year later she was the first woman to be elected to its national executive.
In 1918, women workers on London buses and trams were the first to strike for equal pay, a moment she described as "a landmark for the women's movement and for trade unionism".
She also fought to end "sweated" labour, which saw women working from dawn until 11pm for less than a living wage, such as chainmakers who worked in garden sheds hammering out chain links for as little as five shillings for a 50-hour week.
During her investigation of sweated industries, she contracted diptheria.
She died in 1921 at her home in Golders Green.
Anna Eavis, curatorial director at English Heritage, described Ms Macarthur as a "truly remarkable woman".
"She was tireless in her battle for equal pay and better working conditions and was responsible at least in part for the introduction of a minimum wage and the regulation of 'sweated' working," she said.
Ms Eavis added that it was fitting to remember her achievements with a blue plaque during Women's History Month and on the eve of International Women's Day on Wednesday.
Frances O'Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, said: "Thanks to her and others like her there were more than a million women in unions by 1918."
The blue plaques scheme, taken on by English Heritage in 1986, has been running since 1866 to commemorate the notable people who lived and worked in buildings in London, with the first plaque, to the poet Lord Byron, put up in 1867.
Figures show that only one in eight of the more than 900 plaques are in recognition of women. | A trade unionist who championed the rights of working women in the early 20th Century is set to be honoured with a blue plaque, English Heritage said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39177356"} | 492 | 36 | 0.518025 | 1.374718 | 0.134007 | 1.413793 | 14.689655 | 0.724138 |
The scheme to build a new divisional headquarters on Eastern Avenue is "now regarded as too expensive", according to the police and crime commissioner.
Instead, Martin Surl has announced some police staff will remain at Bearland - a building he previously described as "ageing" and "past its sell-by date".
The desire for new city facilities has been under discussion since 2010.
"Many of the county's police stations were either closed or earmarked for closure before I was elected," said Mr Surl.
"Bearland was to be replaced by a new station on Eastern Avenue, but that is now out of the question.
"There is no way we could afford to build a brand new police station, especially when we know our budgets will come under more pressure after the next election.
"And given Bearland's prime location, keeping a presence there for the foreseeable future offers the public best value for money."
The on-site custody cell's are being closed in the new year when the new £12.4m custody suite opens in Quedgeley - four miles (6km) away.
A number of staff will be relocated to work there, with a number of staff also transferring to another new building - Prism House - which is being converted to house some of the force's investigative teams. | A plan to vacate an "ageing" police base in Gloucester in favour of building new offices has been scrapped. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30413393"} | 289 | 26 | 0.523799 | 1.301008 | 0.360579 | 1 | 11.818182 | 0.636364 |
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He's the first player in NBA history to score a three-point shot in 128 consecutive games, passing a mark set by Atlanta's Kyle Korver.
That comes just a few days after helping the Oakland-based Warriors - the defending NBA champions - become the fastest-ever side to 50 wins in a season. They beat a record set by Michael Jordan's all-conquering Chicago Bulls 20 years ago.
The thing is, Curry, 27 - more popularly known as Steph - just keeps on getting better. But could he take something else from Jordan - his status as the game's greatest ever player?
READ MORE: Curry sets new three-point record.
Curry was voted last season's Most Valuable Player after becoming the talisman who turned around an unfancied side and made them champions.
That's largely down to his shooting skills. He's the three-point master with 1,457 three-pointers in his seven-year career to date. It means he's on track to smash the record for most made in a career, held by Ray Allen, with 2,973.
Don't take it from us. This is what the President of the United States, Barack Obama, thinks: "Curry's the best shooter I've ever seen. In terms of being able to get his shot off from anywhere, that fast - the best I've ever seen."
Kobe Bryant, who will retire at the end of the season as one of the all-time greats, hates playing against him. When asked earlier this week who was the toughest player to guard against, there was only one answer: "It has to be Steph Curry, has to be."
READ MORE: Warriors eclipse Bulls record
Well here's Milwaukee Bucks coach Jason Kidd: "He's this generation's Jordan. We all wanted to be like Mike, and children today will grow up seeing Steph."
And this is what Vasu Kulkarni, the self-proclaimed "world's biggest Michael Jordan fan," thinks: "I never really believed that someone could be better than Jordan. I'm not saying it with conviction yet, but through the years… Kobe, LeBron, (Tim) Duncan…. I never once even bothered to entertain the possibility that any of them could be better than Mike. Jordan was, is, and always will be the greatest of all time. I always believed that I would go to my grave, knowing that to be the truth.
"Until today. What Steph Curry is doing is not normal. It's not human."
You mean The Greatest Of All Time? A brief roll of honour includes: 1985 Rookie of the Year, five-time NBA Most Valuable Player, six-time NBA championship winner, holds the NBA All-Star Game career record for highest scoring average, holds the NBA record for most seasons leading scorer (10).... you get the picture.
Curry certainly has his fans, but there are still plenty who say the retiring Kobe Bryant or LeBron James are better players. While others still insist Jordan remains incomparable.
Here's Bernie Lincicome, writing in the Chicago Tribune: "Jordan is the standard, the mark, the obsession, I suppose, and will remain so until LeBron James changes minds. The irony is that Jordan is not the best basketball player ever, which is the working definition and consuming ambition of those who would be great.
"The best basketball player ever was Oscar Robertson. The greatest basketball force was Wilt Chamberlain, and the greatest winner was Bill Russell.
"James is the current NBA standard and clearly in front of Curry by any measurement that can be applied, save three-point shots, and, really, isn't that a gimmick more than basketball?"
It's not just the points scoring and style of play that are seeing Curry mentioned in the same breath as the game's greats. Off court, he's a role model.
There's the background story too. From being overlooked for NBA draft as a college kid, to the league's Most Valuable Player, Curry's tale is that of the classic underdog.
And he's not the arrogant superstar changed by fame: "He's one of the most humble superstars there is, by far," says Warriors veteran Shaun Livingston. His faith, his beliefs and his value system is unprecedented.
"On the court it's his style of play, for one. He's a showman, but at the same time he doesn't show people up. That's hard to do in this league, because there's a line that you can cross by playing that way. His humility kind of resonates throughout the locker room."
It's why America loves him: more shirts are sold with his name on than any other athlete in more than 40 US states.
The "faith" Livingston spoke of helps his reputation too. Even the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is lauding his achievements.
Curry admitted TV executives were desperate to sign up daughter Riley - then aged just two - after she took over a post-game press conference last year.
Then last year along came a second super-cute daughter, Ryan. Together with childhood sweetheart wife Ayesha - they met at church as teenagers - the image of the perfect family unit is being lapped up by fans on social media. Ayesha, 26, has more than 2.5m followers on Instagram.
Jordan had Nike - Curry has the world at his feet.
As well as the skills on the court, it's Curry's marketability that is seeing him morph into a megastar.
One of the brands he supports, sportswear firm Under Armour, wants to build a $1bn empire around him.
OK, so doing a flat comparison doesn't tell the whole story - Jordan missed 64 games in his second season because he was injured. They might have different roles in their teams too.
And physically he's different to the to the other players who would succeed Jordan - LeBron is a 6ft 8ins, 250lb machine, for example.
But this is how they looked after seven seasons - though Curry is yet to complete his seventh year.
Who says you have to be the next Michael Jordan anyway? What's wrong with being the first Steph Curry? He plays in a different way, for one thing: "Curry is standing at the forefront of a new era of playmaker," says ESPN's David Fleming.
So much so that game developers are struggling to keep their virtual Curry in step with the real thing. Mike Wang, gameplay director of NBA 2K, the biggest basketball game in the US, told Forbes magazine: "To be completely honest, we are still looking for ways to better translate his game into NBA 2K."
The final word goes to Minnesota Timberwolves' veteran Kevin Garnett, who played at the same time as Jordan. He had this to say after his side was taken apart by Curry's magic in November: "Like Michael Jordan was a whole other thing, this guy is his own thing. It's beautiful for basketball." | Golden State Warriors' golden boy Stephen Curry has done it again - set another record, that is. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35666661"} | 1,588 | 22 | 0.458151 | 1.176913 | -0.358766 | 0.8 | 70.75 | 0.6 |
The Quality of Healthcare Experience National Indicator has risen to 82.8, the highest it has been since the survey began in 2010.
This represents a rise of 1.1 from the previous survey in 2014.
The 2016 survey, published today, found that 90% of patients rated their care as good or excellent.
Good or excellent care in A&E has also increased to 88% and the number of people who thought their ward was clean has increased from 95% to 96% since the last survey in 2014.
Overall satisfaction with the hospital environment increased from 88% to 89% since the last survey, and overall satisfaction with hospital staff has remained at 91%.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "It is encouraging to see that satisfaction in Scotland's hospitals continues to rise against a backdrop of increasing patient numbers. It's especially pleasing to see even more people rating their overall care as good or excellent, including in areas like accident and emergency.
"We are determined to continue to push up standards.
"This is why we are providing financial support to all health and social care partnerships in the form of £90 million over three years, specifically to reduce delays in patients leaving hospital, plus an additional £250 million for investment in social care in 2016/17." | Patient satisfaction with Scotland's health service continues to rise according to this year's inpatient experience survey. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37220095"} | 264 | 23 | 0.642813 | 1.382198 | 0.239903 | 1.315789 | 13.052632 | 0.789474 |
The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge raised £100,000 since 10 March, and this will be matched by software company Red Gate.
It will pay for refurbishments and a new exhibition charting "the global impact of the computing revolution".
Museum director Jason Fitzpatrick said: "We are deeply grateful."
The museum opened in 2013, having moved from its old home in Haverhill, Suffolk, and features about 800 computers as well as old mobile phones and games consoles.
Mr Fitzpatrick said: "In its present condition, this building fails to do justice to the richness and variety of the collection.
"Although visitors can see, touch and use many of the superstar machines of the 70s, 80s and 90s, we lacked sufficient funds to show how each of these computers represents a step towards the small, powerful, multi-purpose devices most of us use today."
He said the new Tech Odyssey exhibition would help "tell the inspirational and epic story of the computing revolution to anyone - young and old, techie and no-geek alike". | A computer museum says it has been "overwhelmed by the generosity" of people who helped secure £200,000 funding within a month. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32354826"} | 226 | 31 | 0.60531 | 1.445669 | -0.648703 | 0.44 | 8.36 | 0.44 |
The 21-year-old has agreed a one-year contract with an option to extend the deal for two further years.
Originally from Mold in north Wales, Jones has also played for Sale Sharks and RGC 1404.
"It all came about quite fast - it escalated quite quickly to be honest," Jones told BBC Wales Sport.
"I enjoyed my time with the Blues and now I've got the opportunity to come out to France and I'm just going to get my head down and work hard and see what happens".
Perpignan play in France's ProD2 and face Bèziers and Carcassone in pre-season friendlies before opening their season campaign at home against Mont-de-Marsan.
If he can establish himself with Perpignan, Jones hopes to add a senior Wales cap to his five for the Under-20s and does not think his move to France will affect his chances of representing Wales in the future.
"I feel like in my position at my age it's not a major factor," he explained.
"I've just turned 21 and I know at my age not many people at 21 are going to play tight-head prop for Wales." | Former Wales Under-20s tight-head prop Joe Jones has signed for French second-tier side Perpignan following his release from Cardiff Blues. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36959327"} | 259 | 32 | 0.565848 | 1.200555 | 0.564315 | 1.16 | 9.32 | 0.6 |
The service's rating was increased to "requires improvement" in a report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Crews were also praised for their "care and compassion" during the Grenfell Tower fire and recent terror attacks.
The service "should exit special measures within a few months" the CQC report said.
The Chief Inspector of Hospitals Sir Mike Richards said: "The events of the last few months have underlined what a crucial service London Ambulance provide to the capital.
"Overall, the trust has made sustained progress since our last inspection."
But "there is more work still to do" he added.
The CQC will undertake a "well-led review in about six months' time" once a newly appointed leadership teams has had a chance to "settle in". | The London Ambulance Service has made "significant progress" since being put into special measures eighteen months ago, according to the health watchdog. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40442388"} | 179 | 32 | 0.676459 | 1.410026 | 0.396291 | 0.961538 | 6.115385 | 0.653846 |
Worle Community School in Weston-super-Mare was rated inadequate, and safeguarding was rated as ineffective, in an Ofsted report in April.
Following a monitoring inspection Ofsted has now said the school has made positive and significant changes under its new leadership.
The inspection carried out last month found safeguarding was now effective.
In a letter sent to the school's head teacher, Ofsted said "significant, positive change" in the "standard of pupils' behaviour" and "policies, practice and culture of safeguarding" had been brought about in a short period of time.
"Pupils, both in and out of lessons, generally behave well, and all the outside areas of the school are seen by pupils as safe."
The knife attack happened in March when a 15-year-old boy suffered a "slash injury" during an argument.
A 16-year-old boy who was arrested on suspicion of assault and possession of an offensive weapon is due to answer police bail later this month, Avon and Somerset Police said.
A 16-year-old boy who was arrested on suspicion of possession of a bladed article and assisting an offender was released without charge. | Pupils at a school where a student was slashed with a knife earlier this year are now "well-behaved" Ofsted has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38299431"} | 254 | 38 | 0.666605 | 1.454906 | -0.373812 | 0.884615 | 8.961538 | 0.730769 |
Overall, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading shares was virtually unchanged in early trade.
In early trade the FTSE was down by 1.77 points, or 0.03%, at 6802.83.
Markets in France, Germany and Turkey were all hit by the uncertainty surrounding unexpected election results in Turkey at the weekend.
As well as spirits producer Diageo, other winners in the UK included Vodafone, BT, Royal Mail and Kingfisher.
BT was ahead by 1.16% after newspaper reports over the weekend that it was set to become a takeover target for Deutsche Telekom.
Biggest faller was Shire , down by 2.57% after reports it was considering a $18bn (£11.8bn) takeover of the Swiss biotech group Actelion.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.04% against the dollar to $1.5275, but fell 0.47% against the euro to €1.3672. | (Open): Shares in drinks giant Diageo were ahead by more than 7% on reports of a possible bid from Brazilian billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33045281"} | 207 | 37 | 0.513633 | 1.2528 | -0.058291 | 0.535714 | 5.964286 | 0.464286 |
The OECD researches economics for the 30 nations that make up its membership.
For the eurozone, its leading indicator of economic activity rose in January and also turned positive for Britain.
The United States and Japan also continued to show signs of a pick-up.
"The United States and Japan continue to drive the overall position but stronger, albeit tentative, signals are beginning to emerge within all other major OECD economies and the euro area as a whole," the OECD said.
However, Brazil and China showed signs of weakness in January, according to the OECD report.
The OECD publishes its Composite Leading Indicators every month. The measure is designed to anticipate turning points in economic activity. | The eurozone is showing "tentative" signs of recovery, according to the latest report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "17340015"} | 153 | 33 | 0.669341 | 1.273591 | 0.024678 | 1.2 | 4.566667 | 0.666667 |
Two-time Olympic champion Jones will be bidding to win the only major gold medal she yet to win.
Williams will be one of six debutants in a squad spearheaded by reigning champion Bianca Walkden.
Walkden became only the second Briton ever to win gold at the Championships with victory in 2015.
Fellow Olympic medallist Lutalo Muhammad is also included having not fought since losing out on a gold medal at Rio 2016.
The 2017 WTF World Taekwondo Championships will be held in Muju, South Korea between 22 and 30 June. | Wales' Jade Jones and Lauren Williams have been included in GB Taekwondo's 15-strong squad for the World Championships. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39910401"} | 120 | 32 | 0.676049 | 1.370546 | -0.838788 | 0.521739 | 4.434783 | 0.521739 |
World champion long jumper Rutherford has just returned from the Olympics in Rio where he picked up a bronze medal.
He joked: "This is definitely a long jump from my day job, for sure."
Joseph said she was both "scared and excited and apprehensive and thrilled" while Empson said it was "a dream".
Rutherford, Joseph and Empson join singer Anastacia, BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty, former shadow chancellor Ed Balls, model Daisy Lowe, former Hollyoaks actor Danny Mac and Kiss FM DJ Melvin Odoom on the show.
Singers Louise Redknapp and Will Young, presenters Ore Oduba and Laura Whitmore; gymnast Claudia Fragapane and "Judge" Robert Rinder have also been announced.
"Strictly is an iconic show and I have always loved the glamour and the dedication and the entertainment, and this year it suddenly seemed right to take part," Joseph said.
Rutherford added that "taking to the Strictly ballroom is like nothing I have ever done before," while Empson revealed she had "been waiting for years to take part in Strictly".
The last batch of celebrity dancers was announced on Monday night's One Show.
Strictly Come Dancing - The Launch Show will be broadcast on BBC One on Saturday 3 September when the 15 celebrity contestants will discover which professional dancer they will be paired with for the series. | Long jump star Greg Rutherford, Birds of a Feather's Lesley Joseph and EastEnders actress Tameka Empson have completed this year's Strictly Come Dancing line-up. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37156392"} | 322 | 50 | 0.597472 | 1.450037 | 0.344086 | 1.133333 | 8.766667 | 0.666667 |
Ella McCain, from Cholmondeley in Cheshire, was riding in her debut race on Friday night at Carlisle racecourse.
The 16-year-old won a seven-furlong flat race on 7-1 shot Dark Confidant.
"It was brilliant. It doesn't get much better than this, winning your first race. I've just done my GCSEs and this was far more enjoyable," she said.
Her dad Donald McCain Jr, who trained 2011 National winner Ballabriggs, saw his other daughter Abbie ride her first winner earlier this month at Wolverhampton.
He said: "Both Ella and Abbie have been pony racing for a number of years. They have plenty of experience under their belts and they were always going to get races when they turned 16.
"Success and winning the big races is something we strive for and this [Ella's win] is just hugely satisfying," he added.
Both are aiming to race on 'Amazing Monday' at Carlisle on 7 August - the UK's only all-female jockey card of races. Victory there, then in the Betfred Ladies' Trophy Handicap Stakes at Haydock Park five days later, can lead to a £20,000 Jockey Club development award for young female jockeys.
'Ginger' McCain, who died in 2011, trained Red Rum to three National wins in the 1970s and Amberleigh House to victory in the 2004 National. | The granddaughter of Donald 'Ginger' McCain, who trained Red Rum to three Grand National victories, has ridden her first winner days after her GCSEs. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40620446"} | 332 | 37 | 0.654326 | 1.698187 | 0.446826 | 2.724138 | 9.37931 | 0.793103 |
9 September 2015 Last updated at 08:41 BST
One country which has seen thousands of new arrivals is Germany.
We spoke to twelve-year-old Sirkand who made the journey from Syria, and eight year old Karim who became separated from his family on his journey from Afghanistan.
Karim said everyone in Germany had been so welcoming, and from the moment he arrived it felt like home.
Lots of children in Germany are following the news of the new arrivals and we spoke to a few to see what they think about the migrants.
If you're upset by this story, or anything in the news, click here for advice. | Tens of thousands of migrants from the Middle East and Africa are travelling to countries across Europe, many of them escaping from war and poverty. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34195449"} | 134 | 30 | 0.428852 | 0.957468 | 0.145131 | 0.666667 | 4.666667 | 0.518519 |
Mauro Zarate fired the Hammers in front when Chelsea failed to clear a corner.
Matic was sent off after being booked twice in nine minutes before the break, and Mourinho joined him after speaking to referee Jon Moss at half-time.
Gary Cahill levelled from a corner but Carroll met Aaron Cresswell's cross to send the Hammers third in the table.
Chelsea, who have now lost five of their first 10 Premier League games this season, continue to languish in the bottom half.
As well as Matic and Mourinho, the Blues' assistant first-team coach Silvino Louro was also dismissed.
Chelsea had five other players booked in a stormy east versus west London derby, the last to be played at Upton Park in the league before West Ham move to the Olympic Stadium next summer.
Zarate's goal, after Dimitri Payet's corner was not cleared, meant West Ham led at the break but his goal was not the decisive moment of the first half.
That came when Matic slipped out on the right by-line and dragged down Diafra Sakho.
The Chelsea midfielder had been booked nine minutes earlier for hauling back Cheikhou Kouyate as West Ham looked to break.
Referee Moss took his time before showing Matic a second yellow card, which brought a furious response from Chelsea.
Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas were booked as the visiting players lost their discipline, while Louro was sent from the bench.
Mourinho continued his protests at half-time and was sent to the stands for the second half after going to speak to Moss in the referee's room.
He was stood among West Ham fans when Carroll scored, but disappeared from view soon afterwards.
Matic's first booking came seconds after Chelsea thought they had equalised.
Kurt Zouma rose to head Cesc Fabregas's corner goalwards, but a combination of defender Carl Jenkinson and goalkeeper Adrian kept it out - just - before the whole ball crossed the line.
Chelsea were also denied by another marginal decision when a Fabregas goal was ruled out for offside moments before Matic was dismissed.
When Chelsea did draw level, through Cahill's opportunistic second-half finish from Willian's corner, West Ham rethought their approach.
Hammers boss Slaven Bilic threw on Carroll for the last 20 minutes and the home side began pumping crosses into the box.
Carroll is yet to start a Premier League game this season because of a summer setback following a serious knee injury in February, but is getting closer to full fitness.
He was not just on for match minutes against Chelsea, however, and had the desired impact with his first goal since January.
"It's impossible to mark him in the box," Bilic said afterwards.
"His quality was never in question. If he's in good shape now we have a good chance that he will be injury-free for a long time. In that case West Ham and England will benefit from that a lot."
When asked about the mood in the dressing room, Chelsea defender Gary Cahill told BBC Sport: "It is not great - like you'd imagine when you lose games. Last season we weren't used to it.
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"The lads are devastated. Not many words are being said at the moment. I'm sure we'll reflect in [the] next day or so.
"You're left scratching your head sometimes. In the first half the Fabregas goal could have been given and we had the ball that was nearly over the line. That sums up the way we're going.
"And then we've got the sending off. Originally we played on - we thought the referee had played on. Maybe the assistant called it back, I'm not sure sure what's happened there.
"We've not had the rub of the green, but we're not feeling sorry for ourselves. We have to work hard to turn this round."
West Ham go to Vicarage Road on Saturday to face Watford in their next Premier League game, while Chelsea's next test is against Stoke in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday.
Match ends, West Ham United 2, Chelsea 1.
Second Half ends, West Ham United 2, Chelsea 1.
John Obi Mikel (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by John Obi Mikel (Chelsea).
Dimitri Payet (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Chelsea. John Terry tries a through ball, but Falcao is caught offside.
Substitution, West Ham United. Angelo Ogbonna replaces Mark Noble.
Willian (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Diafra Sakho (West Ham United).
Attempt missed. Pedro Obiang (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
Substitution, Chelsea. Baba Rahman replaces César Azpilicueta.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
Willian (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andy Carroll (West Ham United).
Substitution, Chelsea. Falcao replaces Ramires.
Substitution, West Ham United. Pedro Obiang replaces Manuel Lanzini.
Willian (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Willian (Chelsea).
Andy Carroll (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Willian (Chelsea) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Diego Costa.
Goal! West Ham United 2, Chelsea 1. Andy Carroll (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron Cresswell with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diafra Sakho.
Attempt saved. Ramires (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Asmir Begovic.
Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ramires (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United).
Attempt missed. Dimitri Payet (West Ham United) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mark Noble.
Substitution, West Ham United. Andy Carroll replaces Mauro Zárate.
Offside, West Ham United. Aaron Cresswell tries a through ball, but Manuel Lanzini is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Dimitri Payet (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Collins.
Offside, Chelsea. Willian tries a through ball, but Diego Costa is caught offside.
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Carl Jenkinson (West Ham United).
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by John Terry.
Attempt saved. Mauro Zárate (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mark Noble with a headed pass.
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mark Noble (West Ham United).
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Unison said staff in sterilisation and disinfection units and radiology departments are "infuriated" their claim to be paid the same as colleagues in other hospitals has not been taken seriously.
Unison is "confident" members will vote in favour of strike action.
The health board said it is "fully committed" to resolving concerns.
Unison said it has repeatedly put the case for pay parity to managers, but the "exasperation at the lack of progress has turned to anger".
The ballot affects band two assistant technical officers (ATO) in hospital sterilisation and disinfection units and band two clerical officers in radiology.
There are 128 such staff working at Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Princess of Wales, Bridgend, although not all are Unison members.
Unison said ATO staff are employed on band three pay in most of Wales, with ABMU workers worse off by between £466 and £1,879 a year.
It also argued that their job description is "hopelessly outdated."
Radiology staff are said to be similarly affected by a dispute over pay banding.
Mark Turner, Unison organiser for ABMU, said: "Simple justice says two healthcare workers in the Wales NHS, with the same role, responsibilities and experience, should be paid the same rate for the job.
"Staff are so angry they are likely to vote for strike action. They cannot understand why their health board values their work less than peers doing exactly the same job."
He added: "The sterilisation and disinfection unit might be 'behind the scenes' work but it is essential to the effective running of the hospital".
ABMU Health Board said it was "sorry" its discussions with Unison have been unable to resolve staff concerns.
A spokeswoman said: "We would like to make it clear that all our staff - no matter what their role within the health board - are valued and all of them contribute equally to the care of our patients.
"Only in Cardiff and Vale Health Board where restructuring has taken place, and Hywel Dda Health Board where a different service is provided, are ATOs a band three.
"We have been working with Unison to develop a new job description for ATOs and have reached agreement on all areas apart from the necessary qualification."
She added that they are also working with the radiology department to address any concerns staff have.
"ABMU is fully committed to continuing its partnership work with UNISON," she said.
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Almost 60% of those reports were about children, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Overall in England and Wales, 342,785 missing person calls were received - a rise of more than 20% on the previous year.
The NCA said the increase was down to "better data recording" and "improved practice around safeguarding".
Gwent Police had the highest rate of missing children reports out of all forces in England and Wales. A total of 3,559 incidents were recorded in 2015-16, a 21% rise on the previous year.
Det Supt Leanne Brustad from Gwent Police said: "Due to the improvements in the way we record these instances and the wider decision to combine missing people data with that of 'absent' data, the figures issued this year are not a like-for-like comparison on the previous year.
"Having said all that, we are not experiencing any significant trends that differ from 2014/15."
Dyfed-Powys Police saw a 55% increase in missing child incidents, up from 1,197 in 2014-15 to 1,857 in 2015-16.
Ch Supt Aled Davies said: "We acknowledge the rise in missing child incidents in our force area and will continue to work with our partner agencies when appropriate to tackle the complex underlying causes which can lead to a child going missing."
Across England and Wales, the figures revealed that people returned safely in 96% of incidents, and in just 0.4% of cases individuals were found dead.
The NCA said the latest report on missing people was the "most accurate to date".
Joe Apps, head of the NCA UK Missing Person Bureau, said: "We are working continuously with police forces to improve recording practices and computer systems."
Police guidance on the management, recording and investigation of missing persons grades them either low risk, medium risk or high risk.
There is also a fourth category, absent, which is applied to cases where there is no "apparent risk".
Mr Apps added that new police guidance, due to be published this autumn, should lead to further improvements. | Police in Wales handled an average of 50 missing people reports a day last year, new figures have shown. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37759801"} | 440 | 23 | 0.522148 | 1.323841 | -0.157869 | 0.714286 | 19.809524 | 0.619048 |
Bricks were thrown at police and a resident was attacked in Leafair during trouble on Wednesday night. There were also reports of shots being fired.
Extra local neighbourhood officers were deployed on Thursday night, and two arrests were made.
A 15-year-old boy and a 30-year-old man was arrested for assault on police and disorderly behaviour.
The boy was released pending a report from a youth diversion officer while the man has been charged to appear at Londonderry Magistrates' Court on 6 May.
Community worker Peter McDonald praised police for increasing patrols but said parents must take more responsibility for their children.
Mr McDonald warned that the Northern Ireland Housing Executive had the power to evict social housing tenants if families failed to keep their children under control.
Stephen Deery, a resident of the Leafair estate, told BBC Radio Foyle that the situation was calmer on Thursday night compared to the night before, but said large groups of youths had still gathered outside his home to drink alcohol.
Mr Deery said his family has not been able to sleep properly for the last week, because of anti-social behaviour in the street.
"We're up every night, me and my son, out trying to move them on and the abuse they give you is just terrible Then they start throwing bottles at the house and they tried to burn my hedges twice," he said.
Mr Deery also said youths had threatened to set fire to his car.
He called for part of the estate to be fenced off, to prevent young people from gathering in the area.
Ch Insp Tony Callaghan said additional local neighbourhood officers were on patrol in the city on Thursday night to "reassure residents, deal with anti-social behaviour and criminality and keep people safe".
The officer added: "The behaviour that has occurred over the last few nights is totally unacceptable and residents should not be subjected to this sort of behaviour.
"I would continue to appeal to parents to ensure that they know where their children are, who they are with and most importantly what they are doing."
Mr McDonald told BBC Radio Foyle that the community safety team met on Thursday to discuss problems in the estate.
The team is made of up representatives from the police, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, politicians and community workers.
Mr McDonald said that he personally, in the past, had "serious difficulty with policing".
However, he said the PSNI was an "accountable" policing service.
"This is not about heavy-handed policing. This is about a police service delivering a service, no different from Derry City Council, so people need to get that into their mindsets."
The community worker added: "I am prepared, along with many, many others to encourage and build upon policing."
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7 August 2015 Last updated at 08:51 BST
For Ben, who has a learning difficulty and always wanted to play for his country, this has been a dream come true.
Coach Elaine McKenna said that getting into the finals at the Olympics was more than they could have hoped for.
"We've done all we can now, they've eaten well, slept well, warmed up well. It's all down to this match now."
Watch to see how the team got on.
Video Journalist: Kate Monaghan | Twenty-five-year-old Ben Kelly from Watford has been competing for Team GB in the 11-a-side football competition at the Special Olympics in Los Angeles, USA. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33815767"} | 127 | 40 | 0.33392 | 0.939017 | -0.131786 | 0.444444 | 3.111111 | 0.333333 |
Euan Murray almost opened the scoring in spectacular fashion for the visitors after 11 minutes, but his overhead kick hit a post after beating Ben McNamara.
Southport continued to play well, but it was the hosts who got the breakthrough when Come found the back of the net through a crowd of bodies four minutes before the interval.
He added a second just before the hour mark, blasting past Craig King after being put through by Michael Cheek, and that was enough to condemn Southport to a fourth straight defeat.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Braintree Town 2, Southport 0.
Second Half ends, Braintree Town 2, Southport 0.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Lee Barnard replaces Michael Cheek.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Alex Henshall replaces Reece Hall-Johnson.
Substitution, Southport. Andrai Jones replaces Euan Murray.
Substitution, Southport. John Cofie replaces Ashley Grimes.
Goal! Braintree Town 2, Southport 0. Sam Corne (Braintree Town).
Second Half begins Braintree Town 1, Southport 0.
First Half ends, Braintree Town 1, Southport 0.
Goal! Braintree Town 1, Southport 0. Sam Corne (Braintree Town).
First Half begins.
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A number of controlled explosions were carried out on a car in Azalea Gardens. A number of items were recovered and taken away for further examination.
Police have said they believe it may be linked to a robbery in Dunmurry.
On 3 April, three men dressed as postmen, and one armed with a suspected gun, robbed offices in The Cutts area. They assaulted two female members of staff and escaped with cash.
The alert began on Friday night. Residents in the area were not moved out, but were advised to stay towards the rear of their homes.
"I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the local community, who have been inconvenienced during the operation, for their patience," Det Insp Stephen Harvey said.
"I would appeal to anyone who has information about the robbery at The Cutts, or who saw any suspicious activity in the Azalea Gardens area, to contact police on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference 1178 of 7/4/17." | A security alert in west Belfast's Twinbrook estate has ended. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39538328"} | 229 | 15 | 0.405362 | 0.957679 | -1.783713 | 0.416667 | 16 | 0.416667 |
The 21-year-old ended last season on loan with League Two side Mansfield, scoring seven goals in 23 appearances.
"The manager explained to me how he wanted to play next season and I was really interested, playing against his side last season really impressed me," he told the Rovers website.
"It's my job now to impress in training and earn my place in the team."
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A report by the Accounts Commission, which scrutinises council spending, said a "frank, wide-ranging" debate was needed on the issue.
They said an ageing population, budget cuts and legislative changes were all putting pressure on the system.
Scotland's 32 councils currently spend about £3.1bn on social care.
That money was used to provide support to more than 300,000 people in 2014/15 - about 70% of whom were aged over 65.
The commission also said the public and service users needed to be more involved in shaping future care.
Councils plan to save £54m from their social work budgets over the next financial year, with most now only providing services for people aged over 65 assessed as being at "critical or substantial risk".
The report said: "Councils' social work departments are facing significant challenges because of a combination of financial pressures caused by a real-terms reduction in overall council spending, demographic change, and the cost of implementing new legislation and policies."
£3.1bn
Annual spending in 2014/15
300,000 people supported
759,000 unpaid carers in Scotland
£54m planned saving in 2017
27% more pensioners by 2037
The report added: "If councils and integration joint boards continue to provide services in the same way, we have estimated that these changes require councils' social work spending to increase by between £510m and £667m by 2020."
Social work departments also cover services for vulnerable children, with 17,357 youngsters being looked after by local authorities or appearing on child protection registers as of July 2015.
That represents an increase of 36% since 2000, said the report.
The overall aim of the audit by the Accounts Commission was to examine how prepared social work departments were for future financial and demographic changes.
The commission's report said that between 2012 and 2037, Scotland's population was projected to increase by 9% - that included a 27% rise in the number of people of pensionable age.
Although life expectancy had continued to rise, the number of years that a person can expect to live in good health has not changed significantly since 2008, said the report.
Recent legislative changes have seen the increased integration of health and care services and a real-terms reduction in overall council spending.
Spending on social care now accounts for a third of overall council spending in Scotland.
However, the Scottish government estimates that there are 759,000 unpaid carers aged 16 and over in Scotland, while Carers UK estimated the value of unpaid care in Scotland at £10.8bn.
The commission said that there was a recruitment issue in the care sector and low pay, anti-social hours and difficult working conditions were all adding to the crisis.
They also said that some care providers had expressed concerns that Brexit and the possibility of a future points-based immigration system could add to this.
They cited a 2008 survey which indicated that 6.1% the workforce in Scottish care homes were EU - non-UK workers, and a further 7.3% were employed under work permits from places such as the Philippines, India and China.
Just over 200,000 people work in social work and social care services, representing about one in 13 people in employment in Scotland - 85% are women.
Responding to the report, Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "The integration of health and social care services is one of the most ambitious programmes of work that this government has undertaken and we have committed over half a billion pounds towards making the integration of services a success.
"Integration will support better provision of care within communities and in people's homes - helping people to lead longer, more independent lives." | The current system of social care in Scotland is "unsustainable" and an additional £667m will be needed by 2020 to maintain levels of service. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37428603"} | 769 | 32 | 0.559821 | 1.348192 | -0.162489 | 1.241379 | 24.793103 | 0.827586 |
The Foxes dominated for much of the game at the King Power Stadium, creating numerous chances throughout, but were left with too much to do after Saul Niguez's 26th-minute header added to Atletico's one-goal advantage from the first leg in Madrid.
Needing three second half goals, Leicester responded with splendid defiance and equalised on the night when Jamie Vardy scored at the far post just after the hour.
They kept battling until the end as Atletico survived several scrambles, but the La Liga superpower held on and the Premier League's interest in the tournament ended.
Leicester City have gained huge credit and credibility in making their way to the last eight of the Champions League as England's last surviving representatives.
And even in defeat over two legs to this battle-hardened Atletico Madrid side - twice losing finalists in recent seasons - the Foxes can be proud of another monumental effort that just came up short.
Craig Shakespeare's side were second best as Atletico looked a cut above for the first 45 minutes to lead through Niguez's header, which left Leicester needing those three goals against a miserly defence.
The hosts could have been forgiven for throwing in the towel but instead came out fighting, invigorated by Shakespeare's positive half-time changes. He sent on Ben Chilwell and Leonardo Ulloa for Shinji Okazaki and defender Yohan Benalouane, flooding Vardy with greater support.
Vardy's goal was no more than they deserved and for a time they had Atletico rocking, giving the King Power Stadium belief that another miracle was on the cards. They almost added a second in goalmouth scrambles, especially when Stefan Savic blocked Vardy's goal-bound shot.
In the final reckoning, the lack of an away goal and a controversial first-leg penalty scored by Antoine Griezmann left them with a hurdle that was just too tough to surmount.
There was disappointment inside the King Power Stadium at the final whistle but it was masked by a fully deserved standing ovation for Leicester's players.
When last season's Premier League champions started their Champions League journey, many believed reaching the knockout phase would represent success - so once again they defied the odds.
Atletico Madrid are a side built in the image and likeness of their manager Diego Simeone - talented, uncompromising and streetwise.
And in the end it was that combination of qualities that made it just too tough for Leicester City to take their journey a step further into the last four.
Atletico showed their quality in the first half to score that crucial away goal, then demonstrated the resilience that has taken them to two Champions League finals in 2014 and 2016 [both lost to arch-rivals Real Madrid].
It needed a mixture of defiance and desperation but in the end it was enough to send them into another Champions League semi-final.
This may be the last Champions League night at the King Power for some time - and if it is, Leicester City made sure it left plenty to remember them by.
The pre-match ceremonials were raucous and spectacular, with pyrotechnics, dry ice and fireworks whipping the home fans into a noisy frenzy.
Atletico were unmoved by the atmosphere early on but certainly felt its force as they were penned back in the second period.
The King Power has proved to be the perfect environment for Leicester City's Champions League adventure - and so it proved once more here.
Leicester manager Craig Shakespeare, speaking to BT Sport: "In the first half we played really well but the goal changes the game plan - we knew we had to score three - so I had to make the change.
"There's no discredit to lose to a team of that calibre.
"In terms of effort, commitment, application - as a group we were tremendous.
"The momentum was with us when Jamie [Vardy] scored but it just wasn't to be.
"I think the whole club, the supporters, owners and players, can be immensely proud of what they've achieved.
"I've just said to the players 'you should want more of this'."
Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone: "I'm full of emotion and pride at the performance of my team.
"I also have to say, what a great performance from our opponents. It was almost a pleasure to compete against them."
Leicester return to Premier League action with an away game at Arsenal on Wednesday, 26 April, followed three days later with another away game at West Brom.
Atletico Madrid are also away from home in their next match - a trip to Espanyol in La Liga on Saturday (19:45 BST).
Match ends, Leicester City 1, Atlético de Madrid 1.
Second Half ends, Leicester City 1, Atlético de Madrid 1.
Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing misses to the left. Assisted by Stefan Savic following a fast break.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by José Giménez.
Attempt saved. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Chilwell.
Attempt missed. Ben Chilwell (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Stefan Savic.
Foul by Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City).
Gabi (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Christian Fuchs (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Koke (Atlético de Madrid).
Foul by Daniel Amartey (Leicester City).
Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Koke.
Attempt blocked. Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.
Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Amartey replaces Wes Morgan because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Wes Morgan (Leicester City) because of an injury.
Hand ball by Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid).
Attempt saved. Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by José Giménez.
Foul by Wes Morgan (Leicester City).
Fernando Torres (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by José Giménez (Atlético de Madrid).
Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces Filipe Luis.
Attempt saved. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Danny Simpson (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Fernando Torres replaces Yannick Carrasco.
Foul by Christian Fuchs (Leicester City).
Koke (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
Attempt blocked. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Lucas Hernández.
Attempt blocked. Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Offside, Atlético de Madrid. Filipe Luis tries a through ball, but Yannick Carrasco is caught offside.
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Stephen Bennett, 52, from Pontypridd and Edward Bennett, 47, from Mountain Ash, confirmed their names, addresses and dates of birth during a hearing at Pontypridd Magistrates' Court.
They were remanded in custody to appear at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday.
Mark Jones, 43, remains at hospital in Merthyr Tydfil following the incident, in Mountain Ash on Sunday, 26 July.
The two men also face charges for firearms offences. | Two men have appeared in court charged with attempted murder following a shooting in Rhondda Cynon Taff. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33746304"} | 106 | 27 | 0.624656 | 1.12945 | -0.546264 | 0.555556 | 4.777778 | 0.444444 |
Michael Currer, 59, died from chest and facial injuries after being assaulted.
He phoned police on 9 November, but when officers arrived at Saffron Square they were told "police assistance was no longer needed".
The case has been referred to the police watchdog due to Mr Currer's contact with officers before his death.
Norfolk Police said the IPCC had authorised a local investigation which would take place in due course.
A man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s were arrested in connection with the murder and have since been released on bail.
Officers have been in the Saffron Square area two weeks on from the murder "to speak to people who use the area regularly as a route to work or in their social life that might have seen something which could progress the investigation," said Det Ch Insp Andy Guy.
"No matter how insignificant the information may seem to you, it could be key to our enquiries." | Police investigating the murder of a man in Norwich say he called officers "requesting assistance" a few days before he was found dead. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38079982"} | 208 | 31 | 0.539639 | 1.250606 | -0.406416 | 0.923077 | 7.153846 | 0.615385 |
Adjusted for seasonal swings, the total fell by 41,023, or 0.8%, in December from the previous month, the first drop since July.
Spain now has 4.85 million jobless.
But across 2012, the number registered out of work was 10% higher than a year earlier.
"It is still a very dire situation as far as unemployment is concerned," said economist Gilles Moec from Deutsche Bank.
He described the situation as concerning, but said there had been some improvements which should help strengthen Spain's economy.
"The corporate sector in Spain has made tremendous efforts in boosting productivity," he said, pointing out that this can hit the numbers of people in work.
"There has been an improvement in competitiveness and a very strong export performance," he added.
In Germany, where two million fewer are unemployed, new figures showed the jobless rate was unchanged at 6.9% last month.
Germany's Federal Labour Agency said the seasonally-adjusted jobless rate was unchanged in December, having added 3,000 more unemployed people than the previous month.
The agency said that 2.94 million people were registered unemployed in Germany, Europe's biggest economy.
"Despite the economic dip the labour market is not suffering a breakdown," said Stefan Schilbe from HSBC Trinkaus.
"Companies are not willing to put qualified workers out of a job. Once the economy improves in the course of the year, unemployment too is likely to fall again with a delay."
Germany is the architect and chief backer of the eurozone's many bailouts as the region tries to extricate itself from a debt crisis.
Unlike most of its partners in the 17-nation eurozone, Germany has mainly escaped the worst effects of the crisis that has threatened to unravel the bloc.
But last month the central bank cut its growth forecast for 2013, saying the country's economy might be entering a recession.
Spain, the eurozone's fourth-biggest economy, said that, seasonally adjusted, the number of unemployed was up by 10.3% in 2012.
But Spain's Labour Ministry said it was the best performance in the month of December since existing records began in 1996, with young people, women and first-time workers doing particularly well.
Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday he hoped for a return to job creation by the end of this year.
"I think 2013 will be better than 2012," Mr de Guindos told local radio. "The groundwork is being laid for us to begin to see positive employment growth rates in the fourth quarter of this year."
The whole 17-nation eurozone is in recession again - led by fast-shrinking economies such as Greece.
But Spain is also going through a long recession and has received a bailout for its banks from the eurozone's bailout fund. | The number of people registered unemployed in Spain fell in December, the Labour Ministry has said, a rare glimmer of hope for its recession-hit economy. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "20898391"} | 616 | 36 | 0.538595 | 1.289169 | 0.752726 | 1.766667 | 18.466667 | 0.9 |
This article was first published on 1 November 2016 and should be treated as being dated 1 November 2016.
Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding were two of three men questioned following an incident at a property in south Belfast on 28 June.
The arrests happened in June but details have just emerged.
Police said a file would be prepared for submission to the Public Prosecution Service.
Paddy Jackson, 24, was not included in the 27-man Ireland squad to face New Zealand this Saturday in Chicago for what an IRFU (Irish Rugby Football Union) press release described on Monday as "personal reasons".
Olding is currently out of action with a hip flexor injury.
Jackson has been capped for Ireland 16 times while centre Olding, 23, has played four times. The two Belfast men are established stars for Ulster Rugby and have played regularly this season.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said: "Police arrested two men aged 24 and one man aged 23 on Thursday 30 June in relation to a number of sexual offences, reported to have taken place at a property in south Belfast on 28 June.
"The men have been interviewed and released from custody. A file will be prepared for submission to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS).
"A fourth man aged 24, will be reported to the PPS in relation to this incident for perverting the course of justice."
Solicitors acting on behalf of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding released statements saying their clients rejected the allegations and had both co-operated fully with police.
Ulster Rugby also released a statement: "Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding have been assisting the PSNI with enquiries," it read.
"The players deny any wrongdoing and have not been charged with any offence. As no charges have been brought forward, it would be inappropriate to comment further." | Two Ulster rugby players have been questioned by police about alleged sex offences. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37849917"} | 393 | 21 | 0.523505 | 1.277869 | -0.20611 | 1 | 25.928571 | 0.714286 |
Presenting the Budget, the chancellor said consumers should be able to benefit from the recent slide in oil prices.
Fuel duty has been held at 57.95p per litre since the March 2011 Budget, when it was cut by a penny.
Mr Osborne also froze duty on beer, cider and spirits, but raised taxes on tobacco products.
Fuel duty remains the biggest component of the price of diesel and petrol. Motorists also pay 20% value added tax on those fuels.
As of 14 March, the average price of petrol in the UK was 102.72p a litre and the price of diesel was 102.91p, according to the RAC Foundation.
The duty was last increased in January 2011 from 58.19p to 58.95p a litre.
In the July 2015 summer Budget, Mr Osborne scrapped a planned fuel duty increase for 1 September.
A barrel of Brent crude oil changed hands for $39.52 a barrel on Wednesday, up from prices of below $28 in January, but way below a peak of $115 a barrel in June 2014.
While beer, cider and spirits' duty will stay unchanged, the duty rates on most wine and higher-strength sparkling cider will increase at the same rate as the Retail Prices Index (RPI) from 21 March. RPI currently stands at 1.3%.
Duty rates on most tobacco products, such as cigarettes, will increase by 2% above RPI. Duty on hand-rolling tobacco will increase to 5% above RPI. These changes will come into effect from 6pm on Wednesday. | Fuel duty will be frozen for the sixth year in a row, Chancellor George Osborne has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35822029"} | 341 | 24 | 0.554792 | 1.196589 | -1.372541 | 0.842105 | 15.631579 | 0.736842 |
The Canberra was on its way back to RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire when it plunged into houses in Oxmoor, Huntingdon, at about 11:00 BST on 3 May 1977.
A memorial bench featuring five doves - one for each of the dead - was unveiled earlier, as the Hunts Post reported.
It is thought the plane crashed when the pilot lost control.
The Canberra was returning to its base after a routine photo-reconnaissance mission when it crashed into the row of terraced houses on Norfolk Road.
More on this and other news from Cambridgeshire
Sisters Kelly Middleton, aged two-and-a-half years, Tracey Middleton, aged four-and-a-half, and baby Adrian Thompson, who was just three-and-a-half months old, all died.
The pilot, Flt Lt John Armitage, 27, and navigator Flt Lt Lawrence Davies, 26, were also killed.
Eyewitnesses at the time described a "blinding flash of light" as the plane hit the houses and exploded.
Speaking in the Commons the day after the crash, then-Secretary of State for Defence Frederick Mulley, told ministers: "I am sure that the House will wish to join me in expressing great sympathy to the parents and relatives of the little children and of the crew who died and to those who were injured."
He said the crew did not use their ejector seats and the weather at the time was good.
The 40th anniversary service at Sapley Playing Field at 12:00 BST was organised by Huntingdon Town Council to remember those who lost their lives and to pay respect to their families.
Two of those attending were baby Adrian Thompson's mother Brenda and his sister Nicola.
Mrs Thompson recalled how "there was this explosion and flames and fire".
"We were trying to get out the back of the house," she said.
"I got Nicola out, but Adrian was asleep upstairs and I couldn't get upstairs to get him."
The service was followed by the unveiling of the bench and five plaques.
The council is collating people's memories of the incident, to be published in a book at a later date. | A service has been held to mark 40 years since three children and two aircrew died when an RAF plane crashed into a housing estate. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39793531"} | 480 | 31 | 0.423513 | 1.117637 | -0.123409 | 0.769231 | 16.461538 | 0.615385 |
The South African sides Cheetahs and Southern Kings will join the league after losing their Super Rugby status.
The six-year deal is likely to benefit the league to the tune of an extra £6m per season from the South African Rugby Union and additional television income.
All elements of the deal have been agreed and, once legally ratified, could be formally announced next week.
The new Pro14 league will kick-off in the first week of September and will comprise two conferences of seven teams. Each conference will have one Scottish side, one South African side, one Italian side and two each from Wales and Ireland.
The current preference is for two conferences of seven teams playing each other home and away. Within this format, the teams would also play one game against all the sides from the other conference, which would deliver 19 fixtures.
Additionally, each club would also play home and away derby fixtures as well, providing a total of 21 league games. However, other formats are also being discussed.
The winners of each conference will qualify automatically for the semi-finals, while the teams placed in second and third in each conference will be drawn together in play-offs for the remaining two semi-final places.
The Pro12 currently raises around £12m in television revenues, meaning the addition of the two South African sides represents a significant uplift as the Scottish, Irish and Welsh rugby unions try to bridge the financial gap to the English Premiership and French Top 14 teams.
The increase equates to around £500,000 in additional income per season for the existing Scottish, Irish, Welsh and Italian sides in the Pro12.
The Cheetahs and the Southern Kings are the weakest of South Africa's Super Rugby teams, and they were cut from next season's competition, opening the way for the move to join the Pro12.
One of the anticipated clauses for the deal is that the two franchises will commit to strengthening their squads, to ensure the competitive nature of the competition is protected.
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It blamed Friday's raid, in which 208 people died, on the Murle community from neighbouring South Sudan.
The government said the army had killed 60 of those who carried out the attack.
The Murle have previously been accused of carrying out cattle raids and stealing children to raise as their own.
A mother whose husband was killed and three of her children abducted by the attackers told the BBC that she has no hope of seeing her children again.
"I don't know if they were killed during the crossfire," Chol Malual said. "The fighting was intense and if they survived, they will be probably be killed by the Murles."
Meanwhile, additional medical personnel have been sent from the capital Addis Ababa to help treat dozens of people who were injured during the attack.
"We have treated 82 patients," a medic in the Gambella region told the BBC, "most suffering from bullet wounds to the chest, abdomen or head.
"We feel insecure here and would like the government to deploy security guards in the more dangerous areas."
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said in an address to the nation on Sunday that Ethiopia was seeking permission to cross the border for a joint military operation with South Sudan.
Mr Hailemariam said neither South Sudan's army nor rebel forces were involved in Friday's attack.
The prime minister added that "primitive and destructive forces kill people here at various times by moving from place to place".
The targets of the raid were members of the Nuer ethnic group who live in both South Sudan and Ethiopia, the AFP news agency reports. | Ethiopia's army is trying to rescue 108 women and children abducted in a cross-border raid in the western Gambella region, the government says. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36071090"} | 343 | 34 | 0.525193 | 1.187073 | -0.008483 | 1.071429 | 11.25 | 0.714286 |
There were no reported injuries or deaths on the Turkish side.
Turkey deployed at least 150 troops into northern Iraq last year, but it has been the subject of dispute between Turkey and the Iraqi government.
Turkey says its troops are only there to train Iraqi forces, but Iraq says Turkey is violating its sovereignty.
Turkey later acknowledged that there had been a "miscommunication" over the troop deployment.
The Bashiqa camp lies near Mosul, a city controlled by Islamic State (IS) since June 2014.
Turkey is part of the US-led coalition against IS, which has taken control of large parts of Syria and Iraq. | Turkey says it has repelled an attack by the so-called Islamic State on its troops in Bashiqa in northern Iraq, killing 17 militants. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35262727"} | 131 | 34 | 0.673944 | 1.32227 | 0.020572 | 1 | 4.62963 | 0.62963 |
There is no deal done yet but it is understood joining the Hammers is a possibility for Hart, who has no future at City under manager Pep Guardiola.
Hart was on loan at Torino in Italy last season but has returned to City, where he has a contract until 2019.
Conversations have also taken place between the 30-year-old's representatives and Manchester United.
While United boss Jose Mourinho is an admirer of Hart, who has 71 international caps, the clear preference at Old Trafford is to keep David de Gea, which they expect to do.
The signing of Ederson Moraes for £35m from Benfica underlined Guardiola's view of Hart.
City are only thought to be interested in a permanent transfer.
They leave for a three-match tour of the United States on 17 July.
Italian football journalist Mina Rzouki speaking to BBC Radio 5 live:
He made a lot of mistakes at Torino. I'm not saying he's a bad goalkeeper, sometimes he really pulls it out, and what was great for him at Torino was everyone loved him.
He was the one that commanded the headlines. Everyone wanted to read about him, everyone wanted to talk about him because he was the English captain and everyone wanted to look at him like this beacon that came to Torino and chose Serie A over everyone else.
But let's be honest, he's not of that calibre. He is a Torino-style goalkeeper rather than Manchester City any more.
So, all in all, he is only what I would say is mediocre in Serie A, which is littered with good goalkeepers and good defenders. | West Ham are interested in signing Manchester City's out-of-favour England goalkeeper Joe Hart. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40572586"} | 379 | 23 | 0.47416 | 1.167861 | 0.197964 | 1.052632 | 16.947368 | 0.736842 |
Sandra Spiers was discovered by police with her hands in front of her as if she was gripping a steering wheel.
The 44-year-old was banned from driving for a year and fined £300.
Spiers, from Boness, admitted driving on the A85 Perth to Crieff road on 13 April last year while unfit through drugs.
Depute fiscal Craig Donald told Perth Sheriff Court that police officers on patrol saw Spiers at about 21:50.
Mr Donald said: "They spotted the accused sitting on the pavement with her hands in the driving position.
"When she was spoken to by the officers she appeared to be under the influence of a substance as she was not making eye contact and was falling asleep.
"She was asked to identify the driver of the vehicle which was situated nearby.
"She replied it was her and then provided a negative alcohol blood sample at the roadside."
After being taken into custody, Spiers was examined by a police doctor, who formed the opinion that she was under the influence of a substance.
Mr Donald said: "It is accepted on behalf of the Crown that the medication the accused was under the influence of was prescription, rather than any illicit medication."
Kirsty Lumsden, defending, said her client had been taking medication after the death of a close family member about four weeks before the incident.
"It is accepted that unfortunately, on the day in question, she was sleep deprived and through her grief had not eaten properly or perhaps not taken enough fluids to hydrate herself," Ms Lumsden said.
"Perhaps owing to these factors the medication she was taking had a more considerable effect on her system.
"On this particular occasion she was unfit to drive her vehicle.
"She accepts entirely her responsibility for her actions." | A woman was found sitting on the pavement "driving" an imaginary car after driving her actual vehicle under the influence of drugs, a court heard. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38693072"} | 387 | 33 | 0.494806 | 1.197577 | 0.339515 | 1.586207 | 12.241379 | 0.758621 |
Connor Owens, 19, from Liverpool, was found with crack cocaine and heroin in a Kendal hotel.
Appearing at Carlisle Crown Court, he admitted conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
Cumbria Police said his phone showed he made the 160-mile round trip to Kendal almost daily for three weeks in April.
A spokesman said the force believed each trip was made to sell drugs there.
Owens, of Windsor Road, was found with 100 wraps of crack cocaine and scores of single heroin deals with a street value of £1,740.
Officers also found almost £700 in his jacket and a mobile phone used to send group texts advertising his wares.
Recorder Julian Shaw heard none of the teenager's criminal associates had been located by police and concluded he "was taking the fall for everyone".
A spokesman for the South Cumbria Drugs Unit said: "Unfortunately, drug dealers from outside of the county still think they can get away with supplying in Cumbria.
"The arrest and sentence handed down to Owens today shows that this is not the case." | A teenager who was travelling 160 miles almost daily to sell drugs has been sentenced to 40 months in a young offenders' institution. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40136839"} | 244 | 29 | 0.562851 | 1.243789 | -0.413099 | 0.96 | 8.32 | 0.56 |
The new movie is to be directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, the men behind the hugely successful Lego movie.
The criminal turned Rebellion hero returns in Star Wars' next instalment: The Force Awakens, this Christmas.
Actor Harrison Ford last played Solo in 1983's Return of the Jedi.
No details or castings have yet been announced but the Hollywood Reporter said the script would be written by father and son team Lawrence and Jon Kasdan.
Lawrence Kasdan co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, the latter with director JJ Abrams.
The untitled Han Solo project is scheduled to be released on 25 May 2018. | A Star Wars spin-off film will tell the back story of space smuggler Han Solo, Disney has announced. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33440906"} | 150 | 26 | 0.649668 | 1.228006 | -0.672366 | 0.681818 | 5.954545 | 0.5 |
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