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Showroom owner Iain Harris, 44, said he thought a call from the PM's security team saying he was interested in the compact car was a "wind-up".
Mr Cameron paid £1,495 for the Nissan Micra in Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, on Friday.
He said the blue car was "just the right colour" for the Tory leader.
Mr Harris said he first heard of Mr Cameron's interest in the car when he received a call to his office at Witney Used Car Centre, in the prime minister's constituency.
"I thought it was one of my mates having a wind-up and I was going to be sat here for half an hour on my own doing nothing - especially when he said it was for a Nissan Micra."
He explained that when he turned up for the appointment, Mr Cameron asked his security detail to stand behind the car to make sure the back brake lights worked.
Mr Harris said he could not resist quipping that it was lucky the car was not red - the colour of the Labour Party.
"Fortunately, it was just the right colour," he said.
Mr Harris added: "It was a bit surreal, but likewise he was just a normal chap buying a car for his wife, a normal conversation, normal sort of deal and that was it." | Prime Minister David Cameron has bought a £1,500 used car as a "cheap run-around" for his wife, according to the salesman he bought it from. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36359921"} | 299 | 40 | 0.568814 | 1.436339 | 0.132823 | 1.09375 | 8.3125 | 0.65625 |
The Judge in his case said Brown had completed all his requirements and officially closed the case.
After the hearing, Brown tweeted: "IM OFF PROBATION!!!!!!!! Thank the Lord!!!!!!"
Brown pleaded guilty to attacking Rihanna just hours before the Grammy Awards in 2009.
Since then he was won 3 Grammys.
Brown and his lawyer hugged in the courtroom and again in a courthouse lift.
The singer has been under supervision by court and probation officials since mid-2009 and initially avoided problems with the case.
However since 2013 he has struggled to complete his community service and had his probation revoked after he performed a show in Northern California without
permission.
His lawyer Mark Geragos said: "I couldn't be more delighted."
He also said his client was making good progress. "He is in a spot right now and a place right now that I couldn't be prouder of him."
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Chris Brown's probation for assaulting Rihanna has ended after more than six years. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31999367"} | 222 | 20 | 0.558592 | 1.271464 | -0.715104 | 0.466667 | 13.533333 | 0.466667 |
The 29-year-old joined on a one-year deal earlier this month, having been without a club after leaving AC Milan.
Boateng repaid Las Palmas for declaring him their "most important foreign player" by scoring in the 31st minute.
The Ghana international tweeted his delight at scoring in "the four biggest leagues".
Boateng previously played for Hertha Berlin, Tottenham Hotspur, Borussia Dortmund, Portsmouth, Milan, twice, and Schalke.
Canary Islands-based Las Palmas finished one place above Valencia last season, having been promoted in their previous campaign. | Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng scored on his Spanish La Liga debut, as his new side Las Palmas beat Valencia 4-2 at the Mestalla. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37164409"} | 130 | 37 | 0.629702 | 1.511635 | 0.003879 | 0.551724 | 3.862069 | 0.482759 |
Lawyers issued emergency proceedings at the High Court in Belfast after she was about to be moved against her wishes.
But the bid was put on hold after the health trust involved agreed to postpone the move until a separate tribunal decides her status.
The patient is currently being detained under mental health legislation.
A mental health review panel is expected to determine on Friday whether the woman, who cannot be identified, should remain in the unit.
If the tribunal decides her detention is still necessary the legal battle over the transfer to England will resume in court next week.
The judge was told that the woman is in a "fairly chronic state of health".
However, she is opposing a decision that she should be moved out of Northern Ireland to undergo continued treatment.
The case was adjourned following the pledge given on behalf of the trust.
Counsel for the woman successfully sought anonymity for her, based on her right to privacy, medical condition and current status.
The judge imposed a ban on reporting the names of either the woman or the trust. | An anorexic woman from Northern Ireland has launched a legal bid to block attempts by health authorities to send her to England for further treatment. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33698177"} | 220 | 31 | 0.601569 | 1.311969 | 0.548865 | 0.807692 | 8.076923 | 0.576923 |
The settlement at Little Carlton near Louth was discovered after local metal detectorist Graham Vickers found a silver writing tool.
University of Sheffield archaeologists have since unearthed 300 dress pins and a large number of Sceatta coins.
The island was once home to a Middle Saxon settlement and dates back to the 7th century.
Mr Vickers initially reported a silver stylus to the Portable Antiquities Scheme, which encourages people to record archaeological objects found in England and Wales.
Twenty more styli from the 8th century have since been found, along with butchered animal bones and a small lead tablet engraved with the female Anglo-Saxon name 'Cudberg'.
Dr Hugh Wilmott from the University of Sheffield's archaeology department said the site was "particularly unusual" because of the items found there.
He said trade weights and other objects suggest the settlement was a "high-status trading site and not an ordinary village".
Geophysical and magnetometry surveys along with 3D modelling enabled the landscape to be visualised on a large scale.
The archaeologists also digitally raised the water level to its early medieval height, and found the land rose from its lower surroundings much more so than today.
Sheffield archaeology students have since opened nine evaluation trenches to reveal "a wealth of information about what life would have been like at the settlement", Dr Wilmott said.
They found significant Middle Saxon pottery, some of which was from Germany.
"Far from being very isolated in the early medieval period, Lincolnshire was actually connected in a much wider world network, with trade spanning the whole of the North Sea," he said.
"This little field in Lincolnshire is part of a connected European trading network."
The findings are "tremendously important" to our knowledge of early medieval times since very few Middle Saxon documents exist, Dr Wilmott said.
A similar site at Flixborough in North Lincolnshire was uncovered in the late 1990s. | An Anglo-Saxon island has been uncovered in a field in Lincolnshire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35707690"} | 433 | 19 | 0.45959 | 1.208302 | -0.874191 | 1.928571 | 26.428571 | 0.928571 |
The roof shared by the two semi-detached houses in East Creech, south of Wareham, was in danger of collapsing after being engulfed by flames, the fire service said.
A 70-year-old man has been treated by ambulance crews for a chest injury. No other casualties have been reported.
Dorset Fire and Rescue said the fire was "deep-seated" and continued to burn throughout the day.
The fire was "quite well advanced" before crews were alerted at about 09:00 GMT.
They were expected to remain there into the evening.
The cause will be investigated but it is not thought to be suspicious, the fire service said. | Fire has ripped through two thatched cottages in a remote part of Dorset. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35746576"} | 151 | 20 | 0.570978 | 1.202842 | -0.982851 | 0.571429 | 9.357143 | 0.571429 |
Dumoulin was ninth on stage 18 and retained a 31-second lead over Nairo Quintana, with Nibali third overall.
Dutchman Dumoulin said his two closest rivals were "clearly working together" and hoped they would lose places.
Nibali countered: "Has he ever heard of karma? He should do less talking because even he might miss the podium."
American Tejay van Garderen won Thursday's 18th stage, edging out Mikel Landa at the finish in Ortisei.
It was a first individual Grand Tour stage victory for the 28-year-old, who helped his BMC team to win team time trials at both the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana in 2015.
Dumoulin finished ninth, more than one minute behind Van Garderen, but held off attacks by Quintana to maintain his overall advantage on the Colombian.
Britain's Adam Yates finished 12th and moved up to ninth overall.
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Dumoulin, seeking to become the first Dutch winner of the event, crossed the line in the same time as Quintana at the end of the 137km stage from Moena to Ortisei.
Defending champion Nibali remains one minute 12 seconds behind, while Thibaut Pinot of France gained more than a minute on the leading trio in the general classification.
Asked about Nibali's comments, Dumoulin said: "They're only trying to make me lose. Until today I had no problems with Nibali. Only today I didn't like his riding in the final."
Friday's 19th stage is a 191 km ride from San Candido to Piancavallo featuring four climbs and Dumoulin insisted Quintana, the 2014 champion and two-time Tour de France runner-up, is still "the strongest climber" in the race.
The 100th Giro ends in Milan on Sunday.
1. Tejay van Garderen (US/BMC Racing) 3hrs 54mins 03secs
2. Mikel Landa (Sp/Team Sky) Same time
3. Thibaut Pinot (Fr/FDJ) +8secs
4. Domenico Pozzovivo (It/AG2R) Same time
5. Jan Hirt (Cze/CCC) +11secs
6. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) +24secs
7. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek)+34secs
8. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/LottoNL) Same time
9. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) +1min 6secs
10. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) Same time
1. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) 80hrs 00mins 48secs
2. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +31secs
3. Vincenzo Nibali (It/Bahrain) +1min 12secs
4. Thibaut Pinot (Fr/FDJ) +1min 36secs
5. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) +1min 58secs
6. Filippo Pozzato (It/Wilier Triestina) +2mins 07secs
7. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) +3mins 17secs
8. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/LottoNL) +5mins 48secs
9. Adam Yates (GB/Orica) +7mins 06secs
10. Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step)+7mins 24secs | Defending champion Vincenzo Nibali accused Giro d'Italia leader Tom Dumoulin of being "a little bit too cocky", with three stages remaining. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40051074"} | 859 | 41 | 0.407704 | 1.026678 | -0.201989 | 0.88 | 24.36 | 0.56 |
McAleer and Rushe acquired the site just over a year ago and intends to develop it with a mixed-use hotel and student accommodation scheme.
Belfast City Council approved plans for the 14-storey development, designed by Belfast-based Consarc Design Group.
It will also comprise restaurants, bars and meeting and conference space.
The site sits within an area known as 'The Linen Quarter' which Belfast City Council and other government agencies have targeted for major regeneration with plans including a major upgrade of the urban streetscape.
The hotel will have an entrance facing on to Blackstaff Square.
In a design and access statement submitted as part of the proposal, McAleer and Rushe said the hotel would make a "positive contribution" to the city by regenerating the site of an unoccupied building in the city centre.
It also said it would "create a strong development on a prominent corner" in the city centre and "improve the activity and dynamism in a developing area".
McAleer and Rushe property director, Stephen Surphlis, said: "This is great news for Belfast, as this is a centrally located hotel scheme, which is designed to complement Belfast's forward-looking aspirations and assist in meeting the undersupply in hotel provision.
"The Belfast leisure market has recovered strongly following the downturn, with figures confirming strong occupancy levels and increasing room rates," he added.
"This new hotel will help to satisfy increasing demand going forward as Belfast rapidly increases in popularity as a leisure and business destination."
Mr Surphlis said his firm has "received strong interest from established hotel operators and have already commenced demolition of the existing college building".
"We look forward to beginning construction early in 2016".
McAleer and Rushe also has plans for an adjacent 476-room student housing scheme on McClintock Street and 804-room student housing scheme on College Avenue.
The hotel and two student housing schemes will create in excess of 300 jobs during the building phase, giving a much need boost to the Northern Irish construction sector. | Planning permission for a 206-bedroom hotel on the site of the former Belfast Metropolitan College has been granted to a County Tyrone development firm. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34861560"} | 448 | 32 | 0.542143 | 1.415969 | -0.365031 | 0.851852 | 14.740741 | 0.62963 |
An earlier video taken by a bystander shows Gilbert Flores, 41, with his hands up before being shot, though one of his arms is obscured from view.
Police said the second video shows Flores with his hands up but also shows him holding what looks like a blade.
Officials did not release the second video or disclose the source.
San Antonio police officers Greg Vasquez and Robert Sanchez were responding to a call about a domestic dispute on Friday when they confronted Flores outside his home.
The officers said a woman inside the house had a gash to her head and was holding a baby who appeared to be injured.
Sheriff Susan Pamerleau would not say whether investigators recovered a knife from the scene after the shooting.
Mr Vasquez and Mr Sanchez have been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated by the sheriff's department.
"Certainly, what's in the video is a cause for concern," said Ms Pamerleau, adding that the investigation must be allowed to run its course.
Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood said on CNN that both deputies have only given statements and he has not spoken to either of them about what happened.
"It was a volatile situation ... it would be premature to make a conclusion," he said.
The initial video was recorded from some distance.
The fatal shooting a year ago of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, by a white police officer sparked protests and a national debate about racial bias and the use of force by police. | Texas authorities say a new video shows that a man killed by police officers was holding what appears to be a knife when he was shot. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34131317"} | 345 | 32 | 0.523561 | 1.343049 | -0.495772 | 1.148148 | 11 | 0.777778 |
The heritage body said it supported the general licensed reintroduction of the animals.
Scottish Natural Heritage is due to release a report on the Knapdale beaver trial in Argyll ahead of a government decision on the project's future.
More than 150 beavers, which originated from escapes or illegal releases, also live in waterways in Tayside.
The Trust has published a policy statement setting out its position on the issue.
The charity said that the reintroduction of the Eurasian Beaver to Scotland would see a key element of native fauna restored to its natural ecosystem and support the conservation of existing beaver populations in Scotland.
Nature adviser Lindsay Mackinlay said: "Beavers are a native species to Scotland and having carefully weighed up the pros and cons, the Trust believes that they should be resident here.
"We would like to see the existing beavers in Argyll and Tayside managed to permit their natural expansion from these core areas and hope that other licensed reintroductions in appropriate areas will augment the existing populations."
Scotland is one of the few countries in Europe which does not have a wild beaver population and many nations, including the Netherlands, have reintroduced them in recent years.
Mr Mackinlay added: "The beaver is a crucial element in our countryside which plays an important role in the conservation of other wildlife. Conservationists call it a keystone species because its presence has such a major impact on the natural environment and its wildlife. Scotland is currently much the poorer without it.
"Let's not pretend that beavers are always good neighbours. Sometimes, they are not. Their dam building activities and burrows can cause problems.
"That's why we're asking for a national mitigation plan that addresses the legitimate concerns of landowners, salmon fishery managers and other interest groups."
Moray-based conservation charity Trees for Life recently indicated their support for the return of the beaver.
Beavers, once a native species, are thought to have been hunted to extinction in Scotland in the 16th Century.
In recent years, the Cairngorms National Park Authority has looked at the pros and cons of reintroducing beavers. | Beavers should be resident in Scotland, according to the National Trust for Scotland. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32874677"} | 492 | 17 | 0.588664 | 1.528718 | -0.174801 | 1.6 | 27.066667 | 0.933333 |
Ms Yu was hit by the the wing of another aircraft after ejecting from her plane, Chinese media reported.
The domestically made jet crashed into a field in Tangshan, Hebei province.
"We have lost a comrade and the air force feels great pain and sadness for Yu Xu's sacrifice," air force spokesman Shen Jinke said.
According to reports, Ms Yu was forced to eject from her plane after it collided with another.
Another pilot, 35, survived the crash. He is said to have been her co-pilot and has already been discharged from hospital, the Beijing News reported.
The black box and the engine of the aircraft have been retrieved and an investigation is underway.
Ms Yu, from Sichuan province, joined the air force in 2005. She was the first of four female pilots to qualify to fly the two-seater, multi-role J-10 fighter jet.
"I am very lucky that I can fly," Ms Yu had said in an interview. "I don't need to think about anything but flying. If possible, I can look at the skies to divert my attention. It is another world. It's wonderful."
Many netizens expressed sadness at the sudden death of Ms Yu, who was affectionately known as "golden peacock".
"(Ms Yu) left the world at most beautiful stage of one's life. What a saddening loss," internet user Dong Tao Jun wrote on Weibo.
Another netizen said: "Soldiers sacrifice themselves for the sake of the safety and happiness of the people… We are thankful for the contribution of soldiers."
However, three crashes involving the J-10 fighter jets took place last year, and some people were dissatisfied with the way state media reported her death.
"It is more important to investigate the causes of the accident. Was it a design problem? Was it a problem with the procedures? Was it because of inadequate training?"
"[The reports] shouldn't just be about arousing emotions. We will only be able to avoid similar accidents if the causes of the accident are found," said one Weibo user. | China is mourning the death of Yu Xu, the country's first female J-10 jet pilot who was killed during an aerobatic training session on Saturday. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37970927"} | 486 | 36 | 0.533307 | 1.356876 | 0.416992 | 1 | 15.107143 | 0.714286 |
John Wishart 39, fired the weapon towards one officer as another hid behind a car for safety outside a bar in Leven.
CS spray was used to try and stop Wishart, who at one point jumped into the driver's seat of the police car.
He was eventually detained by the officers. The incident happened in May.
Wishart pled guilty to four charges - including assault and possessing the stun gun - at the High Court in Glasgow.
After being arrested, police also discovered Wishart was in possession of two knives.
Lord Boyd told Wishart: "Police officers who serve the community are entitled to the protection of the courts.
"You tried to threaten or intimidate them in a bid to prevent them carrying out their duty.
"I accept you did not intend to do any harm with the Taser - you were intent on using it to escape from the police." | A man who confronted police while armed with a 29,000-volt stun gun in Fife has been jailed for five years and three months. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37199507"} | 194 | 37 | 0.517251 | 1.213223 | -0.430196 | 0.538462 | 6.730769 | 0.461538 |
Bydd y cwmni'n dylunio'r genhedlaeth nesaf o system gyfathrebu ar gyfer y lluoedd arfog.
Fe fydd y system yn disodli'r un bresennol sydd yn cael ei defnyddio, sef system Bowman, oedd hefyd wedi ei datblygu gan General Dynamics yn Oakdale.
Ynghyd â chreu 125 o swyddi newydd, fe fydd y cytundeb hefyd yn galluogi 125 o beirianwyr ychwanegol i symud o weithio ar Bowman i'r system newydd, fydd yn cael ei galw'n EvO (Evolve to Open).
Bydd yn cael ei defnyddio ar gyfer fflyd newydd General Dynamics o gerbydau arfog AJAX y lluoedd arfog, sydd yn cael eu gosod a'u profi ym Merthyr.
Fe fydd y system newydd yn cydlynu cerbydau ar y ddaear gyda'r pencadlys a chyfleu gwybodaeth i beilotiaid yr Awyrlu.
Mae'r diwydiant amddiffyn yn cyflogi 5,000 o bobl yng Nghymru, gyda'r mwyafrif yn swyddi o safon a chyflogau uchel.
Cytundeb EvO yw'r rhan gyntaf yn rhaglen newydd MORPHEUS y Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn ac mae'n adlewyrchu newid cyfeiriad gan y Weinyddiaeth, wrth roi cytundebau mawr i gwmnïau o Brydain.
Mae rhai cytundebau'r Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn wedi eu beirniadu yn y gorffenol am yr oedi cyn eu cwblhau, ac am y gost.
Mae'r newidiadau hyn yn golygu y gall gwahanol gwmnïau wneud cynnig am waith ar wahanol rannau o raglen MORPHEUS, gan ddatblygu gwaith sydd wedi ei gwblhau'n barod gan fusnesau eraill.
Gallai hyn olygu fod y lluoedd arfog yn llai dibynnol yn y dyfodol ar un cwmni'n unig i gwblhau cynllun ar amser ac o fewn y pris disgwyliedig.
Dywedodd Ysgrifennydd yr Economi, Ken Skates fod y buddsoddiad yn "newyddion gwych".
"Mae General Dynamics yn gwmni angori gan Lywodraeth Cymru ac rydyn ni wedi gweithio mewn partneriaeth am flynyddoedd lawer i gefnogi eu twf yn ne Cymru.
"Rydyn ni wedi buddsoddi swm sylweddol mewn prosiectau ymchwil a datblygu yn General Dynamics sydd wedi galluogi'r rhaglen Esblygu i Agor, i helpu i sicrhau'r contract gwerth £330m yma, gan greu 125 o swyddi newydd a diogelu 125 yn rhagor o swyddi yn Oakdale." | Mae cwmni General Dynamics wedi cael cytundeb gwerth £330m gan y Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn, fydd yn creu 125 o swyddi yn ei safle yn Oakdale, Sir Caerffili. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39507376"} | 1,271 | 95 | 0.597114 | 1.680095 | 0.290448 | 1.935484 | 12.16129 | 0.83871 |
Lewis Kerr, 25, from Snettisham in Norfolk, collided with another rider at the event on Sunday before crashing into a fence.
He was flown to hospital by helicopter and the meeting was abandoned.
Team manager George English said the rider's family was at his bedside at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
Mr English added: "It was not a good looking crash and it instantly became apparent that Lewis needed major attention.
"The paramedic team were superb and gave Lewis the very best of attention on the track, but also realised that it was important to get him to hospital as soon as possible."
A spokesman for the British Speedway Promotion Agency (BSPA) said: "Lewis is in a stable condition and is in the very best place for care and attention.
"There was no alternative but to abandon the meeting. All of the riders were in no state to continue after seeing what had happened.
"Our thoughts are with Lewis and his family, and we wish him a full, successful and speedy recovery.
"Our information at this stage is that he is in an induced coma and as and when any further updates are available we will issue further bulletins.
"Everyone within British Speedway sends our best wishes to Lewis and his family, and we hope for good news soon."
Mr Kerr joined the Newcastle Diamonds on loan from King's Lynn at the start of 2013. | A Newcastle Diamonds speedway rider is in an induced coma after a crash during a race meeting in Peterborough. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33755504"} | 309 | 30 | 0.534602 | 1.1773 | -0.221708 | 1.95 | 13.95 | 0.85 |
A coastguard rescue helicopter from Caernarfon was called to the scene at Porth Ceiriad, Abersoch at about 15:00 BST.
A Holyhead coastguard spokeswoman said the man had climbed up about 30ft (9m) to get the frisbee when he got stuck.
She said he was winched to the safety of the beach "a little embarrassed".
North Wales Police and the Abersoch rescue team also attended the rescue. | A man who became "well and truly stuck" after climbing a cliff to retrieve a frisbee had to be winched to safety in Gwynedd on Monday. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40253097"} | 102 | 41 | 0.693877 | 1.444786 | 0.245524 | 0.62069 | 2.758621 | 0.551724 |
The peace activist and educational campaigner remained in Somalia throughout the 21-year civil war unlike many other Somali intellectuals.
He defeated former President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in a run-off with a convincing majority of Somali MPs.
Both men hail from the Hawiye clan - one of the country's main groups based in the capital, Mogadishu. But, unlike his predecessor, clan - which influences all walks of life in Somalia - was not the driving force behind Mr Mohamud's victory.
Analysts say it is the fact that the academic had not dirtied himself with politics or clan conflicts that set him out from the rest.
Instead, he has won respect for his work in civil society and education, being one of the founders of Mogadishu's Simad university, where he was a lecturer and served as its first dean for 10 years until he resigned to enter politics.
One of his former students who graduated in 2004 told the BBC he was an easy-going tutor, not quick to anger and an impressive orator.
"He could entertain us for two hours during lectures on management, making jokes and people laugh," he told the BBC Somali service.
Born in central Hiran province in 1955, he grew up in a middle-class neighbourhood of Mogadishu and graduated from the Somali National University with a technical engineering degree in 1981.
His contemporaries say he was quiet and unassuming and went on to become a teacher before doing a post-graduate degree in Bhopal University, India.
On his return, he joined the Ministry of Education to oversee a teach-training scheme funded by Unesco.
When the central government collapsed in 1991, he joined Unicef as an education officer, travelling around south and central Somalia, which he said enabled him to see "the magnitude of the collapse in education sector".
Three years later, he established one of the first primary schools in Mogadishu since the war broke out.
He also has links with al-Islah, the Somali branch of the Muslim brotherhood which was vital in rebuilding the education system in the wake of the clan conflicts.
It set up many schools with Muslim curriculums similar to those in Sudan and Egypt but is strongly opposed to al-Shabab.
Described as a moderate Islamist, Mr Mohamud is also said to have been close to the Union of Islamist Courts (UIC).
His followers say he simply supported any activity aiming to restore peace and stability.
The UIC was a grouping of local Islamic courts, initially set up by businessmen to establish some form of order in the lawless state, which brought relative peace to the country in 2006, before Ethiopia invaded and overthrew them - frightened by the al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab militia that was gaining power in the courts.
During the 1990s, Mr Mohamud became very involved in civil society groups and people close to him say he is known for resolving clan disputes.
His first real success on this score was his participation in negotiations in 1997 that oversaw the removal of the infamous "Green Line" which divided Mogadishu into two sections controlled by rival clan warlords.
Described by some in the early 1990s as the "cancer of Mogadishu", the division made life difficult for city residents and politicians alike.
In 2001, he joined the Centre for Research and Dialogue as a researcher in post-conflict reconstruction - a body sometimes criticised as being too closely affiliated to the West - and has worked as a consultant to various UN bodies and the transitional government.
As a regular participant on the influential weekly BBC Somali service debating programme, he underlined the importance of including civil society groups in the "roadmap to peace" which eventually led to his election.
Married to two wives and with several children, some of whom live in Somalia and others abroad, his motivation seems to come from wanting to build a future for the younger generation.
Last year, he set up the Peace and Development Party (PDP), which he made clear was above clan politics.
The BBC's Daud Aweis in Mogadishu says Mr Mohamud is a man who likes to consult others.
"In the various Somali conferences I met him, he showed the attitude of being able and willing to talk to everyone," he said. | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's dogged determination not to give up on Somalia despite years of conflict, warlordism, piracy and Islamist insurgency has finally paid off. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "19556383"} | 980 | 48 | 0.379103 | 1.057248 | 0.606064 | 0.714286 | 29.678571 | 0.642857 |
The visitors led from their first attack, former Hatters defender Luke Wilkinson heading home from a corner after just three minutes.
Luton almost equalised after 10 minutes, but Pelly Ruddock's header was cleared off the line by Jack King.
Ben Kennedy almost took advantage of a poor free-kick from goalkeeper Matt Macey, chipping over the top.
Chris Day denied Isaac Vassell and the Stevenage stopper then tipped over Dan Potts' deflected effort, while Charlie Lee put a good chance over.
Steven Schumacher cleared Danny Hylton's header off the line, and Vassell's attempt in the 66th minute went just wide.
Day made a superb stop from Ollie Palmer's close-range header late on, and Stevenage clinched victory when Kennedy smashed an effort into the top corner.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Luton Town 0, Stevenage 2.
Second Half ends, Luton Town 0, Stevenage 2.
Foul by Jonathan Smith (Luton Town).
Luke Wilkinson (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Jonathan Smith (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matt Godden (Stevenage).
Substitution, Stevenage. Henry Cowans replaces Jobi McAnuff.
Attempt saved. Ollie Palmer (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Jobi McAnuff (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt missed. Michael Tonge (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt saved. Ollie Palmer (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Chris Day.
Attempt saved. Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Stephen O'Donnell (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Michael Tonge (Stevenage).
Substitution, Stevenage. Michael Tonge replaces Steven Schumacher.
Attempt missed. Danny Hylton (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Luton Town 0, Stevenage 2. Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by James Justin.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Connor Ogilvie.
Foul by James Justin (Luton Town).
Matt Godden (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Ollie Palmer (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Ollie Palmer (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Isaac Vassell (Luton Town).
Tom Pett (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Luton Town. Ollie Palmer replaces Jordan Cook.
Foul by Luke Gambin (Luton Town).
Luke Wilkinson (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Jonathan Smith (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Luton Town. James Justin replaces Scott Cuthbert.
Attempt blocked. Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Dan Potts (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steven Schumacher (Stevenage).
Attempt missed. Dale Gorman (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Stephen O'Donnell.
Foul by Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town).
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But he has ended up paying for their accommodation in the capital himself.
Peter Dreier, mayor of the district of Landshut, said he wanted to "send a signal" that Germany's asylum policies could not continue as before.
The bus arrived in Berlin on Thursday evening. All those on board volunteered to make the journey, the council said.
Germany took in 1.1 million asylum seekers in 2015.
Mr Dreier said he had informed Mrs Merkel of his bus plan in a phone call in October.
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German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement that in Germany the state and local authorities were responsible for accommodating refugees, and they were provided with comprehensive support from the federal government.
"Berlin [meaning the state authority there] has agreed in this case to provide the refugees with the first night's accommodation," he said.
However, after at least an hour-and-a-half parked outside Mrs Merkel's official residence, and with some uncertainty for those on board, the bus headed off.
Mr Dreier told Die Welt newspaper that he was not happy with the emergency accommodation offered by Berlin, so he was paying for one night's stay at a guesthouse.
"What happens after that, we'll see," he said.
German reporters on board said the travellers had been unaware that the trip was a political statement - and some have criticised the mayor's move.
"It is outrageous that he is exploiting those seeking protection," said Bavarian Green Party co-leader Sigi Hagl. "Completely wrong," she tweeted.
Mrs Merkel's welcoming approach to Syrians fleeing the war in their homeland made her a heroine to many migrants making the arduous journey through Europe.
The men on the bus have refugee status, which means they are free to live anywhere in Germany. Finding accommodation is hard in Landshut, the local council said.
The mayor, who waved the bus off from Landshut, followed in a car after a meeting and was surrounded by media on arrival outside the chancellery.
"An end to the wave of refugees in not in sight, the country's capacity of accommodation fit for human habitation is rapidly running low and I see no sign that new dwellings for immigrants are being built," Mr Dreier, who represents the Independent Voters grouping, said in a statement.
Mrs Merkel had said she understood his concerns when they spoke by phone, and said he should give her office one day's notice of the bus's departure, the council said.
Ellmar Stoettner, a spokesman for the local council who travelled on the bus with the refugees, told the BBC that they would be offered a return journey to Bavaria if they so wished.
They were all happy to be on board and had made the journey having been fully informed of their options, he said. Fifty-one refugees had originally expressed interest in the trip.
The Landshut district has to house 2,100 asylum seekers, and that number continues to grow, he said. The population of the district - largely small market towns and villages - is 152,000.
The men making the journey to Berlin are so-called Fehlbeleger - people with recognised refugee status who continue to occupy asylum-seeker accommodation as they cannot find a place of their own to rent.
Mr Stoettner told the BBC that accommodation in his area was so in demand that the rental market had become a bit like London - and landlords could choose the tenants they preferred.
Of the 2,100 asylum seekers in Landshut district, 450 were in this situation, he said. | A Bavarian mayor angry about Germany's asylum policy has sent a busload of Syrian migrants to Chancellor Angela Merkel's office in Berlin. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35316913"} | 810 | 34 | 0.510688 | 1.265206 | 0.119502 | 1.08 | 28.72 | 0.68 |
The 24-year-old centre-back had surgery on cartilage damage in February, but had another operation last week.
He has not played for the Shakers since the 0-0 draw at Coventry on 16 August.
Cameron recently signed a two-year contract extension with the League One side after reaching 100 appearances for the club at the end of last season. | Bury defender Nathan Cameron is expected to be out for at least six months after a recurrence of a serious knee injury. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37428341"} | 76 | 32 | 0.598305 | 1.191164 | -1.119268 | 0.347826 | 3.173913 | 0.347826 |
The project is being developed at Google X, the company's clandestine tech research arm, which is also responsible for its self-driving car.
Project Wing has been running for two years, but was a secret until now.
Google said that its long-term goal was to develop drones that could be used for disaster relief by delivering aid to isolated areas.
They could be used after earthquakes, floods, or extreme weather events, the company suggested, to take small items such as medicines or batteries to people in areas that conventional vehicles cannot reach.
"Even just a few of these, being able to shuttle nearly continuously could service a very large number of people in an emergency situation," explained Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots - Google X's name for big-thinking projects.
Google's self-flying vehicle project was first conceived of as a way to deliver defibrillator kits to people suspected of having heart attacks. The idea was that the drones would transport the equipment faster than an ambulance could.
"When you have a tool like this you can really allow the operators of those emergency services to add an entirely new dimension to the set of tools and solutions that they can think of," said Dave Voss, incoming leader of Project Wing.
The prototype vehicles that the company has built have successfully been tested by delivering packages to remote farms in Queensland, Australia, from neighbouring properties.
Australia was selected as a test site due to what Google calls "progressive" rules about the use of drones, which are more tightly controlled in other parts of the world.
Project Wing's aircraft have a wingspan of approximately 1.5m (4.9ft) and have four electrically driven propellers.
The total weight, including the package to be delivered, is approximately 10kg (22lb). The aircraft itself accounts for the bulk of that at 8.5kg (18.7lb).
The small, white glossy machine has a "blended wing" design where the entire body of the aircraft provides lift.
The vehicle is known as a "tail sitter" - since it rests on the ground with its propellers pointed straight up, but then transitions into a horizontal flight pattern.
This dual mode operation gives the self-flying vehicle some of the benefits of both planes and helicopters.
It can take off or land without a runway, and can hold its position hovering in one spot. It can also fly quickly and efficiently, allowing it to cover larger distances than the more traditional quadcopter vehicles available commercially.
The vehicles are pre-programmed with a destination, but then left to fly themselves there automatically.
This differs from many military drone aircraft, which are often remotely controlled by a pilot on the ground, sometimes on the other side of the world.
Eventually Google said it could use unmanned flying vehicles to deliver shopping items to consumers at home. That's a use that retail giant Amazon has already stated an interest in, with its proposed Prime Air service - the announcement of which generated headlines at the end of last year:
Amazon has asked the US Federal Aviation Administration for permission to conduct outdoor tests.
"The things we would do there are not unlike what is traditionally done in aerospace," said Mr Voss.
"It will be clear for us what level of redundancy we need in the controls and sensors, the computers that are onboard, and the motors, and how they are able to fail gracefully such that you don't have catastrophic problems occurring."
Other unusual vehicles have been investigated for humanitarian aid, including flying cars and hoverbikes, with the same aims of reaching cut-off areas quickly.
"We will have to see what kind of specific technology works best within the aid landscape, and if the new technology can integrate positively in the local context," said Lou Del Bello from news site SciDev.net, speaking about the category in general.
"It will need to demonstrate it can be cost effective, and respond to actual needs of local people."
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The flock was found by a landowner in the Hambleton area. Officers said stolen animals were often hidden in plain view.
Police believe the animals were destined for the illegal meat trade.
A 54-year-old man from Middlesbrough was arrested on suspicion of theft and possession of cannabis. He was later released on bail.
Insp Jon Grainge, of North Yorkshire Police, said sheep were being stolen in a covert operation "often in ones and twos, sometimes in trailer-loads".
He said there had been a rise in the number of reports of stolen sheep.
"Some will be destined almost immediately for the illegal meat trade, while others are hidden in open view in fields and barns across a wide geographic area.
"The difficulty with the nature of this crime is that it is not necessarily immediately obvious to farmers, who may only be able to identify their shortfall at the time of bringing sheep in to scan or to worm, which often gives a very wide timeframe for us to work with."
Insp Grainge appealed for anyone who had seen "suspicious movements of animals, or animals appearing in fields unexpectedly" to contact the force. | Sixty five stolen sheep and goats were found "hidden" in a field in North Yorkshire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38922179"} | 261 | 24 | 0.614124 | 1.529249 | -0.861351 | 1.111111 | 12.722222 | 0.777778 |
Jonathan Joseph, Elliot Daly, Semesa Rokoduguni, Teimana Harrison and Joe Launchbury gave England a big lead.
Fiji hit back as Nemani Nadolo, Leone Nakarawa and Metuisela Talebula scored either side of the break.
But further scores from Joe Launchbury (two), Joseph, Alex Goode and Rokoduguni saw England secure their biggest winning margin against Fiji.
England head coach Eddie Jones had promised "fish and chip" rugby - namely that the hosts would produce a traditional, structured game to play to their strengths and not let things get loose, which would benefit Fiji.
But, although they duly used the power of their driving line-out to score three first-half tries, they also showed plenty of ambition, with the 10-12 axis of George Ford and Owen Farrell combining well to release the backs.
The skilful and explosive Fijians finally came to life near the break, scoring three quick tries as England slipped below the standards they had set initially.
But in the end the hosts - who made five changes to their starting XV and brought on several youngsters from the bench in the second half - equalled their highest ever total against the visitors.
"It was good fish and chips," Jones told BBC Sport. "It doesn't mean fish and chips is basic. I thought we played some sparkling rugby, really good stuff. The ball movement, crispness of passing was fantastic."
Recalled centre Joseph opened the scoring inside the first few minutes, skipping over from Owen Farrell's nicely delayed pass, and Daly was next to cross, latching on to to Ford's long pass and leaving the Fiji defenders tripping over each other as he cruised over.
Rokoduguni then scored his first Test try, against the land of his birth, and two tries from driven line-outs, for Harrison and Launchbury, meant England were still scoring at better than a point a minute at the half-hour mark.
"George [Ford] and Owen [Farrell] were clever, they read the game well, read their defence well, which created opportunities for the outside guys," added Jones.
"Rokoduguni has definitely got a smile on his face. I'm really pleased for him because he worked hard to get this chance. He got a lot of reward for the hard work he's done."
Fiji had yet to make it into England's 22, denying the world class Nadolo and sevens star Nakarawa the chance to show what they could do.
And, when they did finally get down the other end of the pitch, the pair featured prominently before the former crashed over in the corner for their first try.
On the stroke of half-time it was Nakarawa showing his power and skill to stretch over despite the attention of a pack of England defenders.
And early in the second half full-back Talebula beat three men on his way to their third score.
But Jones was not too disheartened by the Fijians' fight back.
"We are a young team, in terms of only being together 11 games. We are not going to get everything absolutely right," he said.
England had been knocked out of their stride but they managed to regroup and pull away convincingly.
Goode scored his first Test try, courtesy of prop Mako Vunipola's perfect take-and-give pass, before Joseph picked off a speculative pass from Fiji's Cornwall-born fly-half Josh Matavesi to score an interception try to complete his brace.
And there was still time for Rokoduguni and Launchbury - the latter becoming only the second England second row to score two tries in a Test - to complete doubles of their own.
"Our control was pretty good, at certain times we wanted to join the party but our discipline was pretty good. We can't be too disappointed with that result," added Jones.
England welcome Argentina - who lost to a last-gasp Scotland penalty on Saturday - to Twickenham on 26 November.
England: Goode, Rokoduguni, Joseph, Farrell, Daly, Ford, Youngs; M Vunipola, Hartley (capt), Cole, Launchbury, Lawes, Robshaw, Harrison, B Vunipola.
Replacements: George, Marler, Sinckler, Ewels, Hughes, Care, Te'o, Slade.
Fiji: Talebula, Masilevu, Tikoirotuma, Vulivuli, Nadolo, Matavesi, Vularika; Ma'afu, Koto, Saulo, Ratuniyawara, Nakarawa, Waqaniburotu, Yato, Qera.
Replacements: Talemaitoga, Ravai, Atalifo, Soqeta, Dawai, Radrodro, Matawalu, Murimurivalu. | England stretched their winning run to 12 matches as they ran in nine tries against Fiji at Twickenham. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38015102"} | 1,118 | 24 | 0.362371 | 0.941178 | -0.249151 | 0.842105 | 46.736842 | 0.736842 |
2 December 2014 Last updated at 09:34 GMT
It aims to build on the so-called Northern Powerhouse project by improving connections between cities.
The money will be spent widening motorways and there has been talk of a £6 billion Trans-Pennine tunnel. | A £2.3 billion scheme to upgrade roads and motorways in Yorkshire and the North East has been announced by the government. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30287100"} | 60 | 25 | 0.623761 | 1.177748 | -0.359837 | 0.73913 | 2.173913 | 0.565217 |
The average annual comprehensive policy cost £462 in the last three months of 2016, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
Previously the highest figure was £443 in the spring of 2012.
The rise comes in spite of government attempts to limit compensation payments and cut court costs.
One reason for the increase is a rise in the cost of repairing cars that have been in accidents, because of their increasingly sophisticated electronics.
Buying in spare parts is also getting more expensive, due to the weakness of sterling.
The average repair bill has risen by 32% over the last three years to £1,678, the ABI said.
The ABI warned that premiums were likely to increase further, if the government went ahead with plans to review the so-called discount rate.
When accident victims are given a lump sum in compensation, the sum is discounted to make up for the extra investment return they are likely to receive.
Since 2001 the discount rate has been 2.5% - based on investment returns from government bonds.
If that rate is reduced, insurance companies will have to pay out more - thus increasing premiums.
"The sudden decision to review the discount rate has the potential to turn a drama into a crisis, with a significant cut throwing fuel on the fire in terms of premiums," said Rob Cummings, the ABI's head of motor and liability.
The government said it would make an announcement as soon as possible.
"The Lord Chancellor has decided to review the discount rate to ensure personal injury claimants are fairly compensated," said a spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice.
"Due to ongoing consultation it is not yet possible to announce the review's outcome."
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The cost of insurance has also risen because of a series of increases to Insurance Premium Tax (IPT).
IPT went up from 6% to 9.5% in 2015, to 10% in 2016, and will rise to 12% in June 2017.
Personal injury claims, such as whiplash, have also become more expensive, rising by 2.3% over the last year, the ABI said.
However, the government is currently consulting on plans to cap compensation payments to accident victims, which it says could reduce annual premiums by £40 a year.
It also wants more disputes settled in the small claims courts, which would reduce costs for insurance companies. | Car insurance premiums in the UK have hit a record high, partly because cars' increasingly complex electronics have made repairs more expensive. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38841837"} | 514 | 28 | 0.501486 | 1.197467 | 0.416961 | 0.92 | 19.88 | 0.68 |
A painter, Lucia lives in Corleone and gave birth earlier this month.
Salvatore "Toto" Riina, former boss of the notorious Cosa Nostra, was jailed in 1993 and now has terminal cancer.
Italy's top court ruled this month that he had a right to "die with dignity" under house arrest but there were protests and he may not be let out.
A parole board will have to decide in the northern city of Bologna, where 86-year-old Riina is in jail for his role in dozens of Cosa Nostra murders.
Two anti-Mafia judges - Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino - were killed in 1992, in Riina's "war against the state".
Corleone was the hometown of the fictional "Godfather" in Francis Ford Coppola's blockbuster films.
Lucia and her mother are the only Riina family members still living in the town, which is run by special commissioners because the previous administration was found to have Mafia connections.
The baby bonus is an allowance paid to poor families in Italy - €160 (£140; $180) a month for those with income not exceeding €7,000 a year, and €80 a month for those earning no more than €25,000.
The Corleone authorities said Lucia had put in an incomplete claim for the bonus. Her husband Vincenzo Bellomo had submitted a new claim, but the deadline had expired.
The monthly allowance covers a baby's first three years.
Toto Riina has another daughter, Maria, who lives in the southern Puglia region.
His son Giovanni is doing a life sentence in jail, and his other son, Salvo, is confined by law to Padua. Salvo wrote a controversial book, called Riina Family Life.
Some Italians expressed outrage at the court ruling on Toto Riina, which could move him to house arrest, like any other terminally ill prisoner.
Salvatore Borsellino, brother of the murdered judge, said: "The court should have remembered that the person before them is the same one who blew to bits servants of the state..." | Sicilian authorities have refused to pay Italy's "baby bonus" to the youngest daughter of jailed Mafia boss Toto Riina, 36-year-old Lucia. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40326094"} | 493 | 44 | 0.572905 | 1.464085 | -0.564518 | 1.566667 | 13.4 | 0.833333 |
The problem appears to have begun earlier in the day.
Users had complained that they had experienced the bug on both the firm's mobile devices and its Mac computers.
Apple recently updated its iOS and OS X operating systems, but users who had not installed the new versions had also reported the fault.
This would suggest that the immediate cause was a process happening at Apple's data centres. However, some experts have suggested that an additional flaw in Safari itself may have led to the program crashing as it was unable to handle the invalid input.
Apple has not provided a comment about the fault.
But the BBC understands that the fix may take some time to go through for everyone.
Users can, however, speed up the process by clicking on the "clear history and website data" in Safari's preferences.
The issue only impacted people whose "suggestions cache" had updated while they were using the phone between 09:00 GMT and 12:00 GMT.
As a result, Europe-based device owners were more likely to have been affected than those in Asia or the US.
Earlier in the week, it emerged that a web link had gone viral that forced Safari to crash.
The page the browser was sent to used JavaScript to put the software into a loop forcing it to fail.
However, the more recent problem appears to have been much more widespread, and was replicated by the BBC.
Apple revealed on Tuesday that there are about one billion of its core devices in use.
The vast majority of those may have been affected, although the number also includes its set-top TV boxes and smartwatches, which do not use the browser. | Apple believes it has fixed a problem that caused its Safari web browser to crash when users carried out a search via its address bar. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35420573"} | 344 | 29 | 0.553559 | 1.22278 | 0.515773 | 0.692308 | 12.653846 | 0.615385 |
There had been calls for the players and manager Chris Coleman to be honoured by Gorsedd y Beirdd after they reached the tournament's semi finals.
But Gorsedd boss Archdruid Geraint Lloyd Owen rejected it.
He said it was because some do not speak Welsh and standards must be kept.
"If they can't speak Welsh I don't see how we can welcome them in [Gorsedd], because Welsh is the biggest, strongest weapon we have as a nation and without it, we have nothing," the former Caernarfon Town FC chairman added.
He said he could not think of any non-Welsh speaker other than the Queen to have received the honour.
"I'm not an inflammatory sort of person, and I don't thrive on controversy," he said.
"I'm just going to take the role of being Archdruid as it comes. I'll try to be myself, but you'll never please everyone."
He also raised questions over the Gorsedd, which is a separate organisation to the Eisteddfod, honouring people for their performance in jobs they are paid to do.
"It would be much better to reward those quiet people who work for their rural communities or wherever, and taken the burden to make sure things go on, and Welsh is used in the community."
An Eisteddfod spokeswoman said they were "very proud" of the Wales team, and had invited them to come to this year's event.
She added that the Gorsedd is a separate organisation to the Eisteddfod, although the two share a close relationship.
The spokeswoman said: "Like everyone and everything else, the Gorsedd has its rules and only Gorsedd members have the right to nominate or second individuals to be honoured, and of course, it is essential that the person nominated speaks Welsh.
"The process for this year's nominations closed at the end of February.
"No member of the Welsh football team were nominated for the Gorsedd and no member of the team was refused the honour."
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The wicketkeeper-batsman decided to put himself forward for the IPL, which runs from 9 April to 29 May, after losing his Test place to Jonny Bairstow.
Ex-England batsman Kevin Pietersen was the first player sold as Rising Pune Supergiants bought him for £350,000.
Shane Watson attracted the highest bid as Royal Challengers Bangalore paid more than £950,000 for the Australian.
In contrast, Kent wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings, who has five one-day international caps and five Twenty20 caps for England, was picked up by Delhi Daredevils for just £30,000.
England seamer Chris Jordan and Essex's new limited-overs captain Ravi Bopara failed to attract a bid.
England limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan is under contract at Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Lancashire's Buttler has scored back-to-back ODI hundreds, the latest coming off 73 balls in the series opener against South Africa in Bloemfontein on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old is taking part in the second ODI in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. | England's Jos Buttler has been bought for £385,000 by Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35511544"} | 249 | 30 | 0.593234 | 1.356491 | -0.289937 | 0.782609 | 8.608696 | 0.521739 |
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that the move "could seriously destabilise the situation" in Ukraine.
He said the US military presence "is a long way from helping towards a settlement of the conflict", Russia's RIA Novosti news agency reported.
The US and its Nato allies accuse Russia of sending soldiers and weapons to the separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin again dismissed the Western charges on Thursday, telling millions of Russians that "there are no Russian troops in Ukraine".
The rebels in the east signed a ceasefire agreement with the Ukrainian government in February, but recently the number of violations has escalated.
There has been further shelling on the outskirts of rebel-held Donetsk and in the village of Shyrokyne, near the southern port city of Mariupol.
Ukraine's national guard has been involved in the fighting. It includes various volunteer units who are now being integrated with the Ukrainian regular army.
The US Army said the US paratroopers were part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
The training will take place at Yavoriv, near Lviv in western Ukraine. The US forces will begin training three battalions of Ukrainian troops over the next six months, the statement said.
The brigade trained with Ukrainian forces in international exercises in Ukraine last September. | About 300 US paratroopers have come to western Ukraine to train with Ukrainian national guard units, the US Army says. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32349308"} | 297 | 27 | 0.643169 | 1.370913 | 0.398554 | 1.272727 | 11.227273 | 0.727273 |
A rib injury meant Ball only featured off the bench against Japan.
The 25-year-old impressed during the Scarlets' 15-10 Pro12 win over Welsh rivals Cardiff Blues on New Year's Day.
"He's very keen to make a mark and over the past few weeks he's done that against some quality opposition," said New Zealander Pivac.
"I'm very pleased for Jake. He is a man on a mission.
"He picked up the injury just before the autumn series and that slowed him down and he only got the one opportunity off the bench."
Pivac said Ball was "colossal" against Blues - a match watched by Wales interim coach Rob Howley.
He is due to name his Six Nations squad later this month, with Wales' first match against Italy on 5 February.
Ball's appearance in the 33-30 win over Japan brought him his 21st cap, but he has not started since the 2015 Rugby World Cup. | Lock Jake Ball is a "man on a mission" after making just one appearance during Wales' autumn international series, says Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38492575"} | 214 | 34 | 0.726907 | 1.75523 | 0.295532 | 1.413793 | 6.689655 | 0.793103 |
The Gentlemans Retreat in Bawtry can also host poker nights and show 18-rated films.
Doncaster Council granted permission but has imposed a restriction on under-18s being on the premises.
But owner James Herrington said the ban on children was unfair and he is appealing against the decision.
He said: "They won't allow under 18s into the building whatsoever - that includes some of my staff, my daughter and younger clients.
"We have said it is hugely inappropriate what they have done, especially as in other bars and restaurants you can take under 18s in as long as they don't go to the bar area.
"Our bar is completely separate and private."
He said the bar would be members only and the tattoo parlour appointments only.
"You can take children into other bars and restaurants where they can watch their parents drink until they are under the table," he said.
"We are trying to create an experience which is about socialising and relaxing in a comfortable environment - it's not about getting drunk."
He said poker nights, burlesque and whisky evenings were all in keeping with the theme of his business, aimed at a "particular sort of gentleman".
Mr Herrington said he was now torn about whether to proceed with the plans, which he said would hit his existing trade as a result of the restriction.
David Kirkham, from Bawtry Town Council, said he welcomed the decision to exclude children from the premises.
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Last month, police investigated thefts from six vehicles in the Castle Heather area of the city after they were left unlocked overnight.
Since then, Police Scotland said there had been similar incidents in the Westhill and Hilton areas.
Also, overnight on Thursday and Friday last week, thieves stole from vehicles in Scorguie and Dalneigh.
Police said belongings were also thrown out from the vehicles.
Ch Imps Ian Graham, Police Scotland's Inverness area commander, said: "People don't think it will happen to them, but the sad truth is that you are far more likely to become a victim if you don't take basic steps to ensure your valuables are secure.
"We've received reports of thefts from right across Inverness so there is no safe place from opportunistic criminals.
"Generally we live in a very safe part of the country, but I would urge people not to be complacent and lock their cars whenever they're left unattended - even for short periods of time." | Thieves have stolen money and other items from vehicles that were left unlocked across Inverness. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38967534"} | 223 | 23 | 0.640742 | 1.478637 | -0.134996 | 1.3125 | 12.0625 | 0.6875 |
Louise McGowan, 27, received the message from "Kate" the day before her death from an iPhone owned by Katy McAllister, a jury was told.
The medic is accused of causing Mrs McGowan's death by allegedly giving her drugs.
Ms McAllister denies the charge.
Det Con Stewart Woodhouse, 29, told the High Court in Edinburgh that he examined mobile phones which belonged to the two women.
Mr Woodhouse said a message found on Ms McAllister's phone referred to a tattoo which Mrs McGowan was receiving from a man called Sean, who jurors heard earlier was Mrs McGowan's husband.
It said: "Well I got violin 'til half one so if you want to wander down for about one or quarter past one, let yourself in and take all the medicines on top of the cooker that I've left out.
"It'll look like a lot but at least four of them are different types - anti sickness - rest will be paracetamol, brufin, codeine, tramadol, which are ones I tried with you already.
"They're just the ones that take an hour to work so take them nearer one so Sean can actually start tattooing at two."
The message continued: "Tell him to get everything set up while you're out.
"Cosy up on the couch and watch my telly for a bit. Just let yourself get more and more relaxed and sleepy - don't fight it.
"Just cosy up on the couch. By the time I get back you'll feel like you've had a few G&Ts.
"I'll top up with the faster acting ones when I get back and we'll get you staggering up to the shop to get tattooed by two at the latest.
"How does that sound? Kate x"
Mr Woodhouse said texts found on Ms McAllister's phone showed that other messages were sent to Mrs McGowan, who also replied to them.
One message sent to Ms McAllister's handset said: "Okey dokey. I'll try and be a good patient though he he xxx".
Later in the evening, a message sent from the medic's iPhone asked how Mrs McGowan was.
Her husband replied: "Hey Katy. This is Sean on Louise's phone. Got her home.
"Walking was a bad idea. She's sleeping now. Snoring away."
Mr Woodhouse agreed with a suggestion made by prosecutor Tim Niven Smith that just because a text message was sent from a person's phone, it did not necessarily mean that the phone's owner had composed the text.
Prosecutors allege that on 9 May, 2015, at her home address, and Voodoo Tattoo in the city's Perth Road, Ms McAllister "did recklessly and unlawfully" supply controlled and "potentially lethal" drugs to Mrs McGowan.
The Crown alleges that the drugs supplied to Mrs McGowan were tramadol, diazepam and temazepam.
Ms McAllister is also alleged to have supplied Mrs McGowan with codeine, diphenhydramine and cyclizine.
The indictment states Mrs McGowan, of Dundee, "ingested" the drugs and died a day later.
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The 150-year-old tree on Vernon Road, Dore, called "Vernon" by supporters, is causing disruption to the pavement.
Ann Anderson, a campaigner, said: "To consider taking down a tree of this importance and bio-diversity is absolute madness".
The felling is part of city-wide maintenance project Streets Ahead to upgrade roads, pavements and bridges.
Councillor Bryan Lodge said: "The Streets Ahead tree programme affects less than 1% of the city's tree stock."
Campaigners gathered round the threatened tree which has been adorned with ribbons and slogans to sing protest songs.
Protests as other trees were felled in the city have resulted in a number of arrests.
Mr Lodge said: " A tree is only replaced if it's dead, dying, diseased, dangerous, damaging footpaths or roads or discriminatory by obstructing pavements.
"Every tree is replaced on a one for one basis and during the initial five-year investment period of the contract, around 6,000 trees will be replaced out of the city's 4,000,000 trees."
Ms Anderson, of Save Dore, Totley and Bradway Trees, said: "We don't contest the felling of dead or diseased trees but this tree is healthy, and they're the ones we contest."
The Independent Tree Panel, set up to review the felling decisions, has said: "It is a very fine specimen, in excellent condition, with a further 150 years life expectancy."
The panel also said there was a "strong arboricultural case for retaining this tree".
Despite some disruption to the pavement and kerb, a solution could be found, the panel added.
In 2016 a High Court judge dismissed a bid for a judicial review into the tree-felling programme. | About 100 campaigners have been celebrating the life of an oak tree earmarked for felling in Sheffield. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39020120"} | 407 | 23 | 0.466004 | 1.259231 | -0.066834 | 0.611111 | 19.444444 | 0.611111 |
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The National Hurricane Center in Miami has said the storm is weakening now that it has moved inland.
Because the Texas soil remains saturated from last month's historic rainfall, flooding problems are still possible.
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In St Martin Carolyn Marquis, Gordon Snell and Colin Pickard were successfully elected as douzeniers.
Michael Keirle, Barbara Herve, Paul Langlois and Suzanne Pickard were elected to the St Martins primary school committee.
In St Saviours Edward Higgins, Martyn Tanguy and Andrew Courtney were elected as douzeniers.
It meant only 10 of the 85 Guernsey parish roles up for election were contested.
The elections were held at parish meetings in St Martin and St Saviour parish halls on Wednesday.
St Martin douzeniers: Carolyn Marquis, Colin Pickard and Gordon Snell.
St Saviour douzeniers: Andrew Courtney, Edward Higgins and Martyn Tanguy.
St Martin school committee: Barbara Herve, Michael Keirle, Paul Langlois and Suzanne Pickard.
Castel constable Kevin Walsh and douzeniers Rhiannon Cook, Nick Dorey and David Ozanne.
Forest douzeniers Richard Breban, Frank Brouard, Andrea Dodd, Vincent Helmot and Alan Le Cheminant.
Sarah Brouard and Anne Shakerley as members of the Forest School and La Mare de Carteret School Committees respectively.
St Andrew constable Martin Thwaite and douzeniers David Harry, Andrew Howat and Mike O'Hara.
St Martin constable Gerald Tattersall, procureur Paul Steer and Les Beaucamps School Committee members Kenneth Brehaut and Raymond Corbin.
St Peter Port constable Barry Cash and douzeniers Barry Cash, Neil Forman, Richard Harding, Patrick Johnson, Katina Jones and Rhoderick Matthews.
Christine Goodlass, Katina Jones, Anthony Granby and Diane Rabey as members of the Amherst Infants and Junior and Vauvert Infants and Junior Schools Committee.
Rhoderick Matthews and Jenny Tasker as members of the St Sampson's High School Committee and Dennis Le Moignan and Jenny Tasker as members of La Mare de Carteret High School Committee.
St Pierre du Bois douzeniers David De Lisle, Julian Parker and Matthieu Le Poidevin and Frances Elliott and Anne Thomas as members of La Houguette Primary School Committee.
St Sampson constable Robert Broome and douzeniers David Hugo, Ian Le Page and Christopher Pattimore.
Members of School Committees; David Corson and Paul Le Pelley for Hautes Capelles Infants and Juniors, Sheila Elmy and MacArthur Hamlet for St Sampson's Secondary, Thomas Oliver for Vale Infants and Juniors and St Sampson's Infants and Allan Harris for La Mare de Carteret Secondary.
St Saviour constables Andrew Courtney and Darrel Bertrand and Linda Falla as a member of La Houguette Schools Committee.
Torteval constable Peter Perrio and douzeniers David Inglis, Jean Lenfestey, Robin McGhee and Peter Pannett.
Mary Singer as a member of the Forest School Committee and Arrun Wilkie as a member of La Mare de Carteret Secondary School Committee.
Vale constable John Granger and douzeniers William Cohu, Noel Duquemin, Richard Leale and Laurie Queripel.
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The incident happened at Roslin Stores in Urquhart Road at about 19:20 on 19 January.
Police Scotland had appealed for information about a man wearing a superhero mask in relation to the incident.
A spokesperson said a 23-year-old man was expected to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Wednesday. | A man has been charged after an attempted armed robbery at an Aberdeen shop. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35471317"} | 69 | 20 | 0.675259 | 1.197163 | -1.431678 | 0.466667 | 3.866667 | 0.333333 |
He assaulted patients in bed, and claimed to have abused corpses, reviews into his conduct on NHS premises found.
The reports cover 28 hospitals including Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor psychiatric hospital.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt apologised to victims, saying Savile's actions "will shake our country to the core".
Savile, a Radio 1 DJ who also presented the BBC's Top Of The Pops and Jim'll Fix It, died aged 84 in October 2011 - a year before allegations that he had sexually abused children were broadcast in an ITV documentary.
The reports on Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor are detailed and, at times, graphic.
They explain how Savile was allowed unsupervised access to vulnerable patients, with a failure to question the risks of his unconventional and promiscuous lifestyle.
The Leeds investigation found:
Mr Hunt told the Commons one victim being treated at Leeds General Infirmary feared she was pregnant after being abused.
There were also reports that Savile made jewellery out of glass eyes taken from dead bodies from the hospital mortuary, he told MPs.
Sixty people have recounted how they were abused by Savile at Leeds General Infirmary, many were young people and teenagers.
One victim "Jane" - who was 16 when she was assaulted - told the BBC Savile took her to a local shop to buy sweets and magazine, but soon afterwards sexually assaulted her in a hospital basement.
"He pulled me in immediately and started to kiss me with his tongue", she said.
"At the same time his left hand went on to my right thigh under my dress."
"There was no conversation up until that point. I couldn't have said anything even if I'd wanted to, because he had his tongue in my mouth, which wasn't pleasant".
After the assault she said she felt "dirty and ridiculously stupid". She said she began to tell nurses about the incident but when they laughed felt she couldn't finish.
"All the staff accepted it, patients accepted it, clearly the porters accepted it as well."
Mr Hunt apologised on behalf of the government and the NHS, saying of the victims: "We let them down badly."
The health secretary said there was a "deep sense of revulsion" over the findings.
By Nick TriggleHealth correspondent
Why the NHS must heed the lessons of Savile
He added: "As a nation, at that time we held Savile in our affection as a somewhat eccentric national treasure with a strong commitment to charitable causes.
"Today's report shows that in reality he was a sickening and prolific sexual abuser who repeatedly exploited the trust of a nation for his own vile purposes."
Mr Hunt is writing to all NHS trusts asking them to ensure they are confident about patient safety.
A spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "deeply shocked", adding it was "important lessons are learned".
The Leeds report was clear that no one person is to blame for what happened at the hospital other than Savile. But it did describe a lack of curiosity about his activities.
Lesley McLean, Victim Support manager for West Yorkshire, said: "The parents of the children [Savile] abused in Leeds hospitals were already anxious about their child's health.
"What they thought was a treat for their loved one was actually their worst nightmare."
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust issued a statement apologising to "each and every one of Savile's victims".
"There should have been far more scrutiny of him and what he was doing at our hospitals over the years, and more robust safeguards and internal controls in place to protect our staff and patients in our care," chief executive Julian Hartley said.
In 1988, Savile was appointed by the Department of Health as the head of a taskforce overseeing Broadmoor.
The report describes an inappropriate culture at Broadmoor that allowed sexual liaisons between staff and patients and discouraged reporting of concerns.
The Broadmoor report found:
The report said the numbers were very likely to be an underestimate of the true picture because so many former patients simply wished to forget their time at Broadmoor.
Noami Stanley, a psychiatric nurse who treated patients who told her they had been abused by Savile at Broadmoor, said police and senior medical staff dismissed her concerns as an "irritation".
She told BBC Radio 4's World at One: "I explained what I heard and what I believed was going on in Broadmoor.
"There was a pair of police officers who appeared surprised and looked immediately to my superiors as if to say 'do something about this woman, she's nuts'."
She said of the senior nursing officer present: "He gave me quite a severe ticking office and said if I ever ever spoke out of turn like that again I would receive a disciplinary and might get sacked."
Marjorie Wallace - now chief executive of the charity Sane - also visited the hospital regularly in the 1980s when she was researching a book.
She said there was "obviously something sinister" about the DJ and attempted to raise the alarm after witnessing his treatment of two female patients: "I went to the Department of Health and said 'What is Jimmy Savile doing here?"
But she says she was told Savile was bringing Broadmoor out of the "dark ages" and that he was a "good person, liberating this closed institution".
Labour's Andy Burnham said giving Savile "gold-plated keys" to the hospital was "one of the greatest failures in public protection and patient safety we've ever seen".
The shadow health secretary called for an over-arching, independent inquiry into the scandal.
"It would appear Savile was appointed to this role without any background checks at all," he told the BBC. "There needs to be more independent scrutiny of how the government of the day handled this."
Reports have been issued on: St Catherine's Hospital (Birkenhead); Saxondale Mental Health Hospital; Portsmouth Royal Hospital; Dewsbury and District Hospital (including Pinderfields Hospital); High Royds Psychiatric Hospital; Cardiff Royal Infirmary; Great Ormond Street Hospital; Exeter Hospital; Ashworth Hospital; Barnet General Hospital; Booth Hall; De La Pole Hospital; Dryburn Hospital; Hammersmith Hospital; Leavesden Secure Mental Health Hospital; Marsden Hospital; Maudsley Hospital; Odstock Hospital; Prestwich Psychiatric Hospital; Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead; Royal Victoria Infirmary; Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton; Whitby Memorial Hospital; Wythenshawe Hospital, and Woodhouse Eaves Children's Convalescent Homes in Leicester.
A report about Wheatfield's Hospice, which is run by the Sue Ryder charity, has also been released.
Leicestershire Police has launched an investigation after one victim of Savile, who was abused as a young boy at a children's convalescent home in Woodhouse Eaves, told an enquiry team the entertainer was involved in the death of another child.
However, no reference to a child's death could be found in the records of the home, Roecliffe Manor, which closed in 1969.
Since the allegations about Jimmy Savile came to light, the police have looked into how many victims there may have been. A review of why he was never prosecuted has also been carried out.
But this is the most comprehensive account of how he was able to offend and get away with it for so long.
Reviews into his behaviour at the BBC and care homes are expected later this year - and will no doubt shed even more light on the scandal.
But for now the failings of the NHS - an institution that is there to care for the vulnerable - are in the spotlight.
He enjoyed unsupervised access, particularly at two sites, Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor psychiatric hospital, and was able to use his fame to intimidate junior staff.
What is more, senior management were too unquestioning.
The reports are loathe to blame individuals.
But with cases of abuse and improper conduct being reported up until 2009 - albeit much less frequently than in the 1960s and 1970s - the NHS has a lot of soul-searching to do.
A key report into Savile's activities at Stoke Mandeville Hospital has been delayed after new information recently came to light.
Savile had a bedroom at Stoke Mandeville, where his now-defunct charitable trust was based, as well as an office and living quarters at Broadmoor.
Reports concerning two other hospitals - Rampton and Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust - have also been delayed.
There are also new investigations at Springfield Hospital and Crawley Hospital.
It is understood investigations at two hospitals - the Royal Free Hospital in London and Pennine Acute NHS hospitals Trust - found nothing to report.
The revelations made in a 2012 ITV documentary about Savile prompted more than 100 people to come forward, giving accounts of how they were sexually assaulted by Savile on NHS premises and in other places.
A report by the NSPCC said Savile abused at least 500 victims, including some as young as two.
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The incident happened on a footpath between Crimon Place at St Mary's Cathedral and Huntly Street on Monday afternoon.
Laura Crookston, 22, of Aberdeen, was charged with assault and robbery at the city's sheriff court.
She made no plea and was released on bail. | A woman has appeared in court after a 75-year-old woman was robbed in Aberdeen. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38933166"} | 64 | 23 | 0.637499 | 1.164097 | -1.280952 | 0.315789 | 2.842105 | 0.315789 |
United were back at home seven weeks after Storm Desmond flooded Brunton Park, forcing them to play three games at neutral grounds.
Jason Kennedy put the hosts in front with a low finish before leading scorer Jabo Ibehre headed a great chance wide.
And two minutes from time York's Luke Summerfield drilled home after Bradley Fewster's shot hit the woodwork.
York City manager Jackie McNamara told BBC Radio York:
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"We're delighted with the draw, but disappointed with our ball retention.
"The difference in the first half was that everything was sticking with their centre forwards, where it was breaking off ours.
"I was delighted with the point in the end. I thought our subs made a real difference and brought energy. If it had gone on a bit longer we might have got the three points." | League Two's bottom club York spoiled Carlisle United's homecoming celebration with a late equaliser. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35330876"} | 190 | 26 | 0.42841 | 0.963986 | -0.313268 | 0.588235 | 10 | 0.470588 |
Dominic Raab, who backs EU exit, said EU nationals whose activities are of concern but about whom there is no clear intelligence have a "free pass" into the UK due to free movement rules.
Debate on security within the EU has intensified since the Brussels attacks.
Pro-EU campaigners say the UK will lose access to key information by leaving.
Prime Minister David Cameron has insisted co-operation among 28 states makes the UK safer while former security service officials have expressed contrasting views about the importance of EU membership with regard to intelligence sharing arrangements with the US and other allies.
Mr Raab's intervention, in a speech in London, marks a continued focus by Leave campaigners on the issue of security and what they argue are the risks of EU membership.
On Tuesday, those calling for an Out vote in the 23 June referendum released a list of 50 foreign criminals they say have been allowed into the UK because of freedom of movement rules giving EU nationals visa-free entry.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme ahead of his speech, Mr Raab said the UK had been able to stop only 6,000 EU citizens from entering the UK, compared to "67,000" from outside the EU.
He said this was because EU rules meant EU nationals could only be barred if they presented "a genuine, serious and current threat". Criminal convictions alone were not enough to block entry, he said.
Mr Raab said this was "a very serious chink in our security apparatus and it is a direct result of EU".
In his speech the justice minister argued that the sheer number of people who could legally come to the UK from the EU made it "exponentially harder" for those presenting a "credible and current danger" to be monitored and stopped.
Although the UK is not a member of the Schengen borderless travel zone and carries out passport checks, Mr Raab said the current system reduces the capacity for effective surveillance and leaves the UK effectively "importing risk".
"Crucially, for UK intelligence agencies, we cannot bar individuals on whom we have sketchy intelligence but reason to believe may be linked to terrorist related or other serious criminal activity. Or who may have done something which gives rise to questions, such as visiting Syria, without a clear or credible reason," he said.
He added: "EU rules set the bar for taking meaningful action impossibly high, which means we effectively have to give a free pass into Britain to those coming from the EU."
UKIP leader Nigel Farage caused controversy in the immediate aftermath of the Brussels attacks by claiming the city had become the "jihadi capital of Europe" and EU border rules led to "the free movement of terrorists, of criminal gangs and of Kalashnikovs".
Mr Raab stopped short of saying this, arguing it was "too early" to tell to what extent Schengen rules helped those behind the attacks, but he insisted "regaining control over our borders would be a valuable defensive tool in protecting Britain from future terrorist attacks".
Former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, part of the pro-EU campaign group Britain Stronger in Europe, said it was "desperate, false and irresponsible stuff" from the leave campaign.
She said the UK was outside Schengen and "can operate full borders and security checks", while the home secretary had the power to bar any foreign national considered "a threat".
Leaving the EU would make cross-border co-operation to fight crime and terrorism "so much harder", she added.
Meanwhile, Mr Cameron, who will return to the EU campaign trail next week after the Easter recess, has been warned that he will only win the referendum by putting forward a "positive and inclusive" vision of the benefits of the EU membership.
A group of peers has said the PM must focus on articulating the shared values that different European countries have in common.
The House of Lords EU committee said relying on "narrow national economic self-interest, alongside fear of the alternatives" would not be enough to ensure an In vote in three months' time.
"It needs to try and capture the spirit we saw in Wembley last year when England football fans sang the Marseillaise after the attacks in Paris," said Lord Boswell, the former Tory MP who chairs the committee. | Being in the EU makes it harder to stop serious criminals and those with suspected terror links entering the UK, a government minister says. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35921608"} | 938 | 29 | 0.486508 | 1.236158 | 0.654007 | 1.384615 | 32.653846 | 0.769231 |
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Dumbarton 3-1 Alloa Athletic
Raith Rovers 2-0 Queen of the South
League One
Airdrieonians 1-1 Forfar Athletic
Ayr United 4-1 Stenhousemuir
Dunfermline Athletic 1-1 Albion Rovers
League Two
Berwick Rangers 3-0 Arbroath
East Stirlingshire 0-3 Clyde
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The 12-1 winner was running in his first race for trainer Alan King after being moved from Martin Keighley.
Annacotty held on from the fast-finishing Buywise, with Sound Investment third and Double Ross fourth.
Popham, who has endured an injury-plagued career, was congratulated afterwards by Keighley.
"That was the most incredible feeling. I thought my career was on its backside," said Popham.
King added: "Ian has been riding him at home and reckoned he was in good form and the change of scenery has probably helped freshen him up a little."
Favourite Kings Palace, trained by David Pipe, finished down the field in 11th place.
Jockeys wore black armbands with tricolours as a mark of respect for the victims of the Paris attacks in which at least 128 people were killed. A minute's silence was observed before racing.
1 Annacotty (Alan King) Ian Popham 12-1
2 Buywise (Evan Williams) Paul Moloney 10-1
3 Sound Investment (Paul Nicholls) Sam Twiston-Davies 20-1
4 Double Ross (Nigel Twiston-Davies) Ryan Hatch 16-1
5 Irish Cavalier (Rebecca Curtis) Paul Townend 8-1
20 ran. Distances: ½ length, ¾ length, 3¼ lengths
"Racing is a sentimental old thing and loves to celebrate a fairytale win for an underdog, and Ian Popham's victory on Annacotty was just that.
"While injury is part and parcel of being a jump jockey, Popham's had more than his fair share.
"So a great day for him against better-fancied, better-known rivals, and little wonder he was emotional about it afterwards. The horse has recently moved stables and is clearly on good terms with himself; a return to Cheltenham for the big steeplechase in mid-December seems likely." | Annacotty won the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham as jockey Ian Popham held on in a thrilling finish. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34821580"} | 446 | 30 | 0.4608 | 1.304995 | 0.403901 | 0.85 | 18.2 | 0.65 |
A 56-year-old man was seriously wounded at Leytonstone in east London at 19:06 GMT on Saturday.
The knifeman reportedly shouted "this is for Syria".
A man, 29, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and a residential address in London is being searched.
The 56-year-old is believed to be in a stable condition in hospital. A second man received minor injuries in the attack and a woman was threatened but unhurt.
Police used a Taser on the suspect, who remains in police custody. The stabbing is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Service's counter terrorism officers.
British Transport Police said in the wake of the attack it had increased its patrols and visibility around stations.
More uniformed and plain clothes officers have also been deployed, supported by armed officers, CCTV cameras and police dogs, it said.
Frankie McCamley, BBC News, reporting from the scene on Sunday:
Walking through the station the mood was somewhat different to the mayhem the evening before.
Police officers were on hand answering questions from people who had heard about the attack.
Many were on edge, shocked at what had happened. Others said this kind of terror was something they almost expected. One local shopkeeper arriving into work this morning said: "I'm devastated, I don't want to live in fear, but now I feel vulnerable".
Local residents explained how they felt anxious about using the Tube today and considered other routes. But, they said they wanted to stand defiant against terrorism and get back to normal daily life as quickly as possible.
Downing Street said it was monitoring the situation closely.
Fellow passengers reportedly shouted at the man to drop his weapon and one person shouted "You ain't no Muslim bruv," a sentiment that has been picked up on social media by people trying to disown and sideline the attacker.
Commander Richard Walton, of the counter terrorism unit said: "I am aware that there were a number of members of the public in the underground station who filmed the suspect on their mobile phones during and after the attack and I would urge them to come forward and speak to us and share with us the filming that they carried out.
"I would continue to urge the public to remain calm, but alert and vigilant. The threat from terrorism remains at severe, which means that a terrorist attack is highly likely."
A witness told the BBC he saw a man holding a knife, about 3in (7.5cm) long, standing over another man who was lying on the ground, and people running out of the Central Line station.
Michael Garcia, 24, a financial analyst from Leytonstone, said he was walking along an underground passage that runs through the station when he saw people running outside.
"I realised it wasn't a fight but something more sinister," he said.
He said he saw "a guy, an adult, lying on the floor with a guy standing next to him brandishing a knife of about three inches... maybe a hobby knife".
"It had a thin blade, but looked fairly long," Mr Garcia said.
Roy Ramm, a former Met Police commander, said the attack appeared to be "random" and was "not like the Lee Rigby attack on a soldier".
He said the knifeman did not appear to have an exit strategy.
Leytonstone Islamic Association released a statement in which it strongly condemned any sort of violence. | Police investigating a "terrorist incident" at an east London Tube station have urged witnesses who filmed the stabbing to share their footage with detectives. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35021094"} | 740 | 35 | 0.555904 | 1.322818 | 0.771337 | 1.074074 | 25.333333 | 0.777778 |
David Cameron said an international dementia institute would be established in England over the next five years in a bid to make the UK a world leader for research and medical trials.
Some 1.3 million NHS workers will also receive additional training in how to care for people with dementia.
The PM said dementia was "one of the greatest challenges of our lifetime".
There are approximately 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK, with the number expected to hit a million within the next 10 years.
The government said a separate multimillion-pound fund would be launched within weeks to help establish an international investment scheme to discover new drugs and treatments that could slow the onset of dementia, or even deliver a cure, by 2025.
It hopes the global fund will bring together investment from the private, public and philanthropic sectors under a single scheme to pay for research projects into the disease.
Faster assessments by GPs are also included in the prime minister's challenge on dementia 2020 plans.
The prime minister first launched the dementia challenge for England in March 2012, building on the previous government's national dementia strategy.
Mr Cameron visited High Wycombe to meet people with dementia and dementia friends – people who are able to spot signs of the illness and help sufferers.
He said: "What today's announcement is about is a very simple but bold ambition, and that is to make the United Kingdom the best place on the planet in terms of researching into dementia, in terms of diagnosing people with dementia and then in terms of treating, helping and caring for them."
The NHS workers receiving extra training on how to provide best standards of care for people with dementia will range from surgeons to hospital porters, the government said.
There are also plans to give three million more "dementia friends" training in how to support those with the condition.
Other pledges include having the majority of people in England living in "dementia-friendly communities" in five years' time by making shops, transport and other public places more accessible to people with the condition.
Labour's shadow health secretary Andy Burnham welcomed the announcement but said more needed to be done to support dementia sufferers now.
He said: "Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable older people have lost social care support since David Cameron entered Downing Street. Social care in England is close to collapse but this government is in denial about it."
Professor Simon Lovestone, from Oxford University, said recent trials for new drugs had failed.
"We now need to do better clinical trials, we need to do them earlier in the disease process, and for that we need tests for early diagnosis and we need better drugs," he said.
"And I think that the announcement that's been made today, together with the investment that's already been made in the UK, puts the UK at the leading front of a truly international effort that will actually deliver on this."
Professor Nigel Hooper, dementia researcher at the University of Manchester, told BBC Breakfast £300m was "a great investment" but said cancer research received five times as much funding globally as dementia.
Initial dementia assessments will take place in an average of six weeks and will be followed by support such as informing sufferers of local services that can help them, as well as advice for their carers. | More than £300m is to be spent by the government on research into dementia, the prime minister has announced. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31566064"} | 683 | 24 | 0.51926 | 1.296054 | -0.43722 | 1.782609 | 28.391304 | 0.826087 |
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it is not clear who carried out the attack against the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham group, formerly known as Nusra Front.
Russia and Turkey say the group is not included in a ceasefire deal in Syria.
Meanwhile, rebel groups say they are halting preparations for peace talks.
A statement signed by a number of groups cited "many big breaches" by the Syrian government and its allies as a reason.
The ceasefire was brokered by Turkey and Russia last Thursday and has mostly held since then. Peace talks were planned for later this month in Astana, Kazakhstan.
The Syrian Observatory said it could not determine if the strikes, in the countryside of Idlib province, were carried out by the US-led coalition or Russia.
Among the dead were leading members of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which was holding a meeting there, the Observatory added, without identifying them. Many others were wounded, it said.
Abu Anas al-Shami, a Jabhat Fateh al-Sham spokesman, said in a statement the attacks were carried out by the US-led coalition.
"The headquarters targeted by the international coalition a short time ago are a main headquarters for that area and contains a number branch offices, leading to the killing of the brothers," he said in a statement quoted by Reuters news agency.
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham changed its name last July and announced it was splitting from al-Qaeda.
Members of the group are currently operating as part of a rebel alliance that controls Idlib province, the main rebel stronghold after eastern Aleppo was retaken by Syrian government forces last month.
As well as the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the ceasefire deal excludes so-called Islamic State (IS) and the Syrian Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) militia, according to the Syrian army, but the exclusion is disputed by the rebels. | Air strikes in northern Syria have killed at least 25 members of a prominent jihadist group, including senior figures, monitors say. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38501887"} | 443 | 29 | 0.460213 | 1.094306 | 0.281323 | 0.625 | 15.666667 | 0.458333 |
Children's charity Barnardo's Cymru is raising awareness to mark International Missing Children's Day on Thursday.
Its report with Glyndŵr University last year said 80% of children deemed at significant risk of sexual exploitation had previously gone missing overnight.
The charity said it is a "hidden form of abuse".
Barnardo's Cymru's Missing Service in south Wales has four child sexual exploitation (CSE) and missing practitioners across the police force area.
They work with children and young people who have gone missing from home, even if they have only been away a few hours.
Together with the police they work to identify and help vulnerable children at risk of being targeted for child sexual exploitation through gangs and individual perpetrators.
Practitioner Sarah-Jane Davies said: "This is a particularly hidden form of abuse which can often happen within the context of relationships.
"Young people can be targeted online, at a party or elsewhere in the community.
"Often adults will target young people due to their vulnerabilities and look to employ grooming tactics which are designed to build a trusting relationship with the child for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
"Social media can compound the risks to young people. Many are unaware of the risks associated with sharing images and personal information online."
Ms Davies added: "Every young person has a different story and often it is difficult for them to tell it, particularly if they don't trust those around them.
"Many young people are unable to recognise that they have been groomed or exploited."
Awareness events have been held for Police Community Support Officers to be better equipped at identifying young people who are vulnerable or a victim of CSE.
NSPCC Cymru urged people to sign up to the Child Rescue Alert scheme to help find missing children as soon as possible. | Twenty one children in Wales were considered to be potential victims of exploitation last year, according to National Crime Agency figures. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40030503"} | 403 | 25 | 0.493217 | 1.14935 | 0.191798 | 0.695652 | 15.347826 | 0.521739 |
The Scotland lock has been forced to have further surgery for the broken forearm he picked up in October's European Challenge Cup game with Lyon.
Edinburgh said in a statement: "Grant has, unfortunately, fallen into a percentage of people who can have a delayed healing response."
Gilchrist picked up his injury shortly after being named Scotland captain.
New national coach Vern Cotter had earmarked the 24-year-old to lead the squad in the autumn Tests against Argentina, New Zealand and Tonga.
But Gilchrist did not feature in any of the games because of his injury.
The decision for revision surgery was taken after consultation with upper limb specialist Mr Doug Campbell at Spire Hospital Leeds," added Edinburgh's statement.
"Following a period of rest, Grant will continue his rehabilitation under the care of the Edinburgh Rugby and Scotland medical teams." | Edinburgh vice-captain Grant Gilchrist has been ruled out for the rest of the season through injury. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31638708"} | 184 | 25 | 0.622005 | 1.336584 | -0.449886 | 1.157895 | 8.842105 | 0.736842 |
On the agenda will be choosing a replacement for chief executive Martin Winterkorn, who resigned on Wednesday.
Reports have said that the front-runner for the top job is Porsche chief executive Matthias Mueller.
VW is also expected to dismiss executives tainted by the scandal over the rigging of emissions tests by software in its diesel cars in the US.
Some investors have suggested that appointing a new chief executive only two days after the old one resigned might be rushing things.
Sasja Beslick from Nordea, which is one of Volkswagen's biggest investors, told the BBC: "I think this is just a panic reaction from the board of the company."
But he added that there could be benefits from a quick appointment.
"They really need to reinstate the trust of the markets and one of the potential best ways of doing that is to appoint a new head and try to tie all the bad or irresponsible things to the old one."
It is also being reported that VW may be discussing changes to its corporate structure.
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Also on Friday, further details of the brands and locations of the 11 million cars involved in the scandal are due to be set out.
US authorities found that software in a particular diesel engine used by Volkswagen could detect when it was being tested and reduce the emissions produced.
It meant that the emissions in actual driving were considerably higher than those found during testing.
German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced on Friday that the rigging of emissions tests involved light vans and not just cars.
On Thursday, the UK regulator announced that it would be launching its own investigation into emissions testing.
The Vehicle Certification Agency plans to re-run lab tests where necessary and then compare the results with emissions from "real-world" testing conditions.
The European Commission has already agreed a Real Driving Emission (RDE) test procedure, which it will introduce next year, but it has not yet decided what to do if there is a significant different between lab tests and RDE tests.
The VW board is meeting. So what can we expect? A new chief executive for a start, and the name on everyone's lips is that of Matthias Mueller, the Porsche CEO.
There are others in the frame, but Mr Mueller is the clear favourite.
On the other side of the coin, more heads will roll. Four names are being bandied around in the German press and they are all very senior people. Following the resignation of Martin Winterkorn earlier this week, it's looking like a major bloodletting exercise.
And VW tell us we should get more precise details about which brands and models carried the so-called "defeat switch" designed to get cars through emissions tests, while allowing them to spew out illegal levels of pollution.
So yes, it could be quite a day here in Wolfsburg.
Matthias Mueller comes from an engineering background and certainly knows the brands involved, having joined VW-owned Audi in 1977. He was put in charge of all vehicle projects for Volkswagen in 2003.
He is seen as a likely successor because he is popular with the families that control VW. He was already being cited as a likely successor to Mr Winterkorn in April, during the power struggle with then-chairman Ferdinand Piech.
Porsche is owned by Volkswagen, but confusingly, VW itself is controlled by Porsche SE, the holding company, which Mr Mueller is already on the board of.
Another potential successor is Herbert Diess, the current head of the Volkswagen brand.
Mr Diess only joined VW from BMW in July, so will not be tainted by the scandal.
He had a reputation for cost-cutting at BMW, having worked across the group, including a spell at BMW's Mini plant in Oxford.
Given the losses already expected as a result of the emissions scandal, cost-cutting is likely to be a priority.
If the board decides to look outside Volkswagen it may consider Elmar Degenhart, chairman and chief executive of the tyremaker Continental.
Being head of a supplier to the car industry means he would be safe even if the investigations sparked by the emissions scandal were to extend to other car companies.
Hans Dieter Potsch, who began his career at BMW, is chief financial officer of both Volkswagen and the controlling Porsche SE.
He was tipped earlier this month to become the new chairman of VW, replacing Ferdinand Piech, although he could not do so until he had been elected onto the supervisory board by shareholders in November.
His reported board-level support for the post suggests he could also be brought in as chief executive.
Rupert Stadler heads up VW's Audi brand, and is the third of the big brand-bosses in the frame to potentially be the next overall chief executive.
Being in charge of Audi also puts him in control of Ducati, Lamborghini and a chunk of Bayern Munich football club.
Before the emissions scandal he was being tipped as a possible replacement for Hans Dieter Potsch as chief financial officer.
He is unusual among the frontrunners because he comes from a finance background instead of engineering. | The board of scandal-hit Volkswagen meets on Friday to shake up its management. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34345010"} | 1,168 | 17 | 0.501183 | 1.209671 | -0.062849 | 1.25 | 66.5 | 0.75 |
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Carmel Bloom, 54, from Ilford, Essex, died after surgery at the privately-run Bupa Roding Hospital, where she worked.
A coroner ruled she was not unlawfully killed, but failure to perform certain actions contributed to her death.
Bupa offered condolences but said, as it no longer owns the hospital, could not comment further.
Ms Bloom died on 8 September 2002, after undergoing surgery to remove a kidney stone on 28 August.
Coroner Karon Monaghan QC, sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice, said a series of "absences" had contributed to her death.
Her "vital signs were not consistently recorded", the coroner said, despite instructions from a consultant urological surgeon they should be checked every 30 minutes, the coroner said.
Ms Bloom's blood pressure continued to fall and by 02:00 BST on 29 August she was septic, the coroner said.
The consultant urologist was not called until 02.55 and arrived 20 minutes later while the consultant anaesthetist was not called until 04.29, by which time Ms Bloom was suffering from pulmonary oedema, the coroner said.
The first inquest in 2003 found Ms Bloom died of natural causes, but that verdict was quashed by the High Court in December 2004.
A second inquest in 2005 at West London Coroner's Court found lack of post-operative care contributed to her death.
That finding, deemed inadequate by the Bloom family, was also quashed.
The family has said fresh evidence, including an expert report and a 999 call where the night sister at the private hospital described the seriousness of Carmel's condition to emergency services, should give a full picture of how she came to die.
She was rushed to Whipps Cross intensive therapy unit (ITU), Ms Monaghan QC said, but the anaesthetist did not intubate and ventilate Ms Bloom, or attach equipment which would have allowed for monitoring during the transfer.
"Shortly after arrival at ITU Carmel Bloom went into cardiac arrest. She experienced severe hypoxic brain injury and did not regain consciousness", she said.
Ms Bloom remained on life support until September 8 when the decision was taken to turn the machine off.
She died after her blood pressure fell and she had another cardiac arrest.
After the hearing, Ms Bloom's brother Bernard said: "Carmel was let down and the system has badly let down the family."
He said: "This has taken over 14 years. I could not have done this any quicker.
"It was bad enough what happened to Carmel, but what happened to the family, it is a disgrace. It is the system that needs to be amended."
A spokeswoman for Bupa, which owned Roding Hospital in 2002, said: "We sympathise with Carmel Bloom's family for their loss.
"Her colleagues at the hospital were all deeply affected by this tragic incident.
"As we no longer own the hospital, it's not appropriate for us to comment any further." | Medics could have done more to save the life of a woman who died after a routine kidney stone operation, a third inquest into her death has ruled. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37543308"} | 682 | 38 | 0.413672 | 1.141459 | -0.046054 | 1 | 19.4 | 0.733333 |
Peter Scotter, 55, is accused of walking up to the woman in the Bridges shopping mall in Sunderland, and ripping the niqab from her face before throwing it on the floor.
Mr Scotter, of Beach Street, Sunderland, pleaded not guilty to racially or religiously aggravated common assault.
He was bailed to reappear at Newcastle Crown Court on 13 March.
Prosecutors have said Mr Scotter walked up to the woman, who was with her nine-year-old child, on 3 July, while she was waiting with her husband.
He is further alleged to have shouted racist abuse at PC Deborah Chayton, who attended the incident.
Mr Scotter also denies a charge of causing the police officer alarm, harassment or distress, which was racially or religiously aggravated. | A man has denied ripping a off a Muslim woman's veil. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37093093"} | 192 | 19 | 0.442445 | 0.918433 | -1.520716 | 0.461538 | 11.538462 | 0.461538 |
Officers are carrying out "extensive inquiries" into the incident, which occurred between 21:45 and 22:05 on Sunday near a garage on Dundee Street.
They are keen to trace a slim white man in his 20s, who at the time was wearing a dark coloured long-sleeved top and blue jeans.
Officers have appealed to the public for information.
Det Insp Andy Patrick said: "This is a particularly distressing assault on a young girl and we are appealing for anyone who may have seen this man in the area of Dundee Street on Sunday to come forward and assist us with our investigation.
"We would reassure the public that we are using all available means of inquiry to identify the person responsible and we would urge anyone who has any information that may assist with our inquiries to contact us." | Police are investigating after a 13-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Carnoustie. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32339016"} | 184 | 26 | 0.533121 | 1.101886 | -1.283548 | 0.470588 | 9.235294 | 0.470588 |
In January, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) granted Cuba the trademark rights to Havana Club.
The decision would allow Cuba to sell rum with a Havana Club label in the US when the embargo is lifted.
Bermuda-based Bacardi has been selling rum under the Havana Club label in the US since the 1990s.
In a statement Bacardi's general counsel Eduardo Sánchez said: "OFAC has acted in violation of well-settled US law and Congressional intent in a covert action that is unjustified in law."
Bacardi has been fighting for decades with Cuba and spirits distributor Pernod Ricard, which has a joint venture with the Cuban government to sell Havana Club label rum worldwide except in the US.
In 2006 OFAC rejected the Cuban government's application to renew its trademark of the Havana Club label, citing a law that prevents trademark registration for labels that have been expropriated.
In January, OFAC changed course and allowed Cuba to renew its trademark on Havana Club.
The battle for the label has intensified since diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba were restored in 2015.
The Bacardi family left Cuba in 1960 when Fidel Castro came to power and claims to have purchased the Havana Club label from its original makers - the Arechabala family - before the communist government seized the distillery.
Bacardi's Havana Club rum is made in Puerto Rico. | Rum-maker Bacardi has called for US authorities to reverse a decision granting the Cuban government rights to the Havana Club label. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35589963"} | 330 | 31 | 0.742405 | 1.678685 | -0.024679 | 1.708333 | 11.083333 | 0.791667 |
Det Con Michael Stokes and ex-colleague Det Sgt Stephen Phillips deny taking cash found in a Swansea safe in 2011.
Det Con Stokes told Cardiff Crown Court he was "wind-up merchant".
Earlier on Monday, the jury was directed to find a third officer, Det Con Christopher Evans, 38, from Llangennech, not guilty of theft.
The trial has previously heard from a colleague who told the court Det Con Stokes admitted taking cash from a drug dealer.
But taking to the witness stand for the first time on Monday, Det Con Stokes said the admission was "not serious".
"I'd been branded a thief. My reputation had gone. My name had gone and I didn't understand why anyone was taking it seriously," he said.
He told the jury: "I'm extremely childish and I'm a wind-up merchant."
The court heard his pranks included persuading a colleague to eat pot pourri, tricking another officer into thinking he was sending messages to a long-standing crush, and giving another a fake £20,000 lottery scratchcard.
Earlier the jury heard his co-defendant Mr Phillips was dismissed from the force after pleading guilty to a £250 theft.
The court was told he was caught after an "integrity test", in which a staged raid was carried out.
He was seen taking £240 from a coat and £10 from a bedside cabinet.
The trial continues. | A South Wales Police detective who denies stealing £30,000 in a raid has told a jury he was not serious when he told a colleague he had taken money. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34900623"} | 342 | 40 | 0.567805 | 1.412973 | -0.109173 | 1 | 9.290323 | 0.677419 |
Scottish Water has operated the plant at Ardersier for years but said improvements were needed because of new housing and to protect sealife.
Residents of the Moray Firth village oppose the expansion and want other sites to be considered for a new plant.
Mirren has issued a statement supporting their campaign.
The star of movies The Queen and RED married her husband, American film director Taylor Hackford, in a ceremony in Ardersier Parish Church in 1997.
They had been staying at nearby Castle Stuart at the time.
In her statement, she said: "It is with absolute horror that I heard about the proposed sewage plant at Ardersier.
"This is a small and authentic community, rooted in the landscape and the sea. The people of Ardersier have lived there for generations, quietly getting on with their lives, working within the environment.
"Ardersier is not one of the famed beauty spots of Scotland; if it were, there would rightly be a huge outcry against this plan.
"However, Ardersier is as important to the history and beauty of Scotland as Loch Lomond or Fort William or any of the great tourist attractions, because Ardesier is quietly where the real Scotland is."
Locals opposed to the project have concerns about smell from the plant and believe that there are more suitable sites for it.
Scottish Water said it was investing more than £11m in "a package of essential improvement projects", which includes the upgrading and enhancement of the current waste water treatment works at Ardersier.
Director of strategic customer service planning Simon Parsons said: "We are required to carry out some upgrades to protect and enhance the environment of the Moray Firth, particularly for the benefits of dolphins in the water.
"There is also expected to be significant housing and economic growth in the area served by the facility in the years ahead."
He added: "These improvements were planned thoroughly and in discussion with different agencies, prior to community engagement activity which took place before planning permission was obtained in 2011 for the treatment works upgrade.
"The economic situation has changed - and we now need to make sure the required waste water infrastructure is in place to meet the demands of new development, as well as to protect and enhance the environment."
Mr Parsons said that before going ahead with the upgrade Scottish Water was "talking to the community, listening to their views". | Actress Dame Helen Mirren is backing a campaign opposing plans for an upgraded waste water treatment plant in the Scots village where she was married. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36433523"} | 500 | 34 | 0.471114 | 1.268297 | 0.127171 | 0.961538 | 17.923077 | 0.653846 |
Bobby Madden, and his assistants, are preparing for Saturday's Scottish Cup final between Celtic and Aberdeen at Hampden.
BBC Sport Scotland caught up with the whistler ahead of the game at the National Stadium to ask him about life on and off the pitch.
Has this been your best year as a referee?
Absolutely. We get independent observers who watch us in every match. My marks would dictate that it's been my most successful season. It's gone very well and I think that's partly down to the fact that I'm totally focused on refereeing.
How do you prepare for a cup final?
I'm training as normal and going through the same training programme that I would for every match. Before every match, I also look at teams' tactics: how they set up at set-pieces and corner kicks. I think 28% of goals are scored from set-pieces so it's important that referees are aware of any potential tactics or scenarios teams may run through to try to gain any advantage. So, I'm putting a lot of attention into the way both teams are set up in recent matches and matches against each other this season.
Do you identify players from both sides who can help you manage the game?
We're under pressure but so are the players. Some players deal with that differently but some who you deal with are always the same and you can talk to them. There are players in both teams that I know I can talk to on Saturday if there's anything I want to address or get a message to a particular player, who I think is under more pressure.
How do you get on with both managers?
Great, I think both of them are good guys. First and foremost, they're very good coaches and I have had several discussions with Derek over the years. Brendan's come in this year and I've been involved in [Celtic] matches and as a fourth official, so, the managers are definitely good for our game.
Additional assistants at the game. How do you feel about that?
We only operate with them in Scotland in the semi-finals and final of the Scottish Cup, but in Europe we use them in the group stages of the Europa League and Champions League. So, I've got a lot of experience [with them], and the additional assistants we're using on Saturday - Steven McLean and Nick Walsh - have also got good experience. So, they obviously help deal with those important key match incidents in and around the penalty area. That extra bit of support gives me confidence to referee other areas of the field of play.
Should video technology be used more?
Additional [assistants] are a major benefit and I think video assistant refereeing could be another benefit. It's been trialled in other countries and at the Under-20 World Cup; we're seeing good results through that. Anything that can see the referee team reach the correct decision on the field of play would be accepted readily by officials, players, spectators and everyone.
Any nerves before a final?
I'm okay just now. The only difference is coming to Hampden today [Thursday] to do media, which I wouldn't do for any other match; other than that I'll prepare as normal and try to stay as calm as possible. It ramps up every time you put the TV on and read the newspapers, so it's probably trying to remove yourself from that a little and treat it as best you can as a normal match. The cup final is about the stories, the players, the managers, the tactics and the goals. I think every referee and official hopes that, the evening after the cup final, that the talking point isn't the referee.
Pre-match ritual?
I don't have any rituals as such. Every evening before a match I'll have pasta for dinner - it's fairly standard. It's the referee's meal of choice. In the changing room, everyone has their own music that they put on. I'll have a playlist and probably add some songs in the coming days. You usually add songs that mean something to you or are more uplifting.
Towards kick-off you start putting on some of the old skool dance tunes that I would've listened to growing up in about 1992/93. I've invited songs from the [referee] team but I'll have the final say as to what gets played. There are a few shocking suggestions, someone, who I won't identify, mentioned Adele. But I think I'll stick mostly to my music.
Last thing you will say to assistants before heading on to pitch?
Try to relax. First and foremost: enjoy walking out and take in the occasion. Then it's relax as much as you can and ensure we communicate as a team. Really focus on getting those big decisions correct…
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The council has been given £85,000 to improve links between the B5129 at Queensferry and Deeside Industrial Park.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said the Welsh Government investment will help link communities with jobs.
He added £50m in total is earmarked for the metro in its budget. | Bus and transport schemes will be developed in Flintshire ahead of the proposed £50m north Wales metro project. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38768567"} | 64 | 23 | 0.657445 | 1.17173 | -0.216061 | 0.714286 | 2.571429 | 0.428571 |
17 June 2015 Last updated at 14:31 BST
It's the second chick from mum, Cora and dad, Bigglesworth who is now 23 and the oldest penguin at Chessington.
He's been keeping a constant watch to try to protect the nest.
The colony of penguins moved into a new enclosure in March.
Keeper Nick Tulley said: ''The transition into the new enclosure was so smooth and the penguin couples all settled back into their original nests.
It is rare to see a successful birth happen so quickly.'' | Take a look at this newborn Humboldt Penguin. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33166509"} | 127 | 14 | 0.449493 | 0.987189 | -1.422292 | 0.444444 | 11.444444 | 0.444444 |
Although the format has changed over the years, and the number of participants have sky-rocketed, the principle has remained the same: Every country submits a song, then battles it out to be crowned the most popular.
With the 2015 edition nearly upon us, we take a trip down memory lane and speak to some of the former winners and runners-up to find out how Eurovision changed their lives.
Germany scored its first victory 33 years ago, when 17-year-old Nicole won by a clear 61 votes as the UK hosted Eurovision in Harrogate, Yorkshire.
A Little Peace went on to become a big hit in many countries including the UK, where it became the 500th number one single in the charts.
"I remember '82 very well, it was a great day for me," says Nicole. "I was the last one who went on stage. It was wonderful.
"But the most important victory (was) that a German girl gets 12 points from Israel with a song about peace. I got an invitation from the Israeli government to go to Tel Aviv to sing in front of the soldiers. So I went. I was sitting on a chair outside the barracks [when] suddenly they came out, very young people with their weapons, and sat down in front of me on the hill. And when I started singing A Little Peace, something happened I will never forget in my life. They put down their weapons, took each other by the hand and listened to me for three minutes. It was such a great moment.
"The weirdest question I get asked is how many times have you sung this song? And I say, not often enough. Look around the world, what's going on, in Syria, Ukraine. I won't get tired of singing this song as long as I know deep in the hearts of all mankind is the wish for peace."
Canadian Natasha St-Pier wasn't even aware of the Eurovision Song Contest when she was asked to represent France in 2001. She scored a very respectable 142 points in Copenhagen.
"I remember how stressed and nervous I was... My awful red dress and an awful hair-do!" she laughs.
"I was really young at that time, people could do whatever they wanted to with my image.
"I sang in half French, half English. Whose decision was it? I don't know, I was 18, I couldn't even decide if my make-up was going to be red or pink.
"I always thought to have an international career you had to sing in English but after Eurovision, I could sing in French in as many countries as I wanted.
"I have good memories of Copenhagen, the energy - but the three minutes my performance lasted? I have no memories at all!"
The famous four-piece brought home the Eurovision crown 39 years ago and went on to score a number one hit in 33 different countries.
Nicky Stevens recalls: "The one thing that really sticks in my mind is how we constantly rehearsed because of our dance routine. When we opened that song, we all had our backs to the audience and Martin had to turn round first and sing his lead and I'm always so grateful I didn't have to sing that lead!
"In the early days we went through checkpoint Charlie. We've been to Czechoslovakia, Berlin, it was very exciting. And we thoroughly enjoyed it. The one lovely thing about the success of the Eurovision is the countries then invite you to come and perform.
Martin Lee adds: "There are 40 countries this year, all together in harmony. Where are the politicians? They should be doing that."
Loreen stormed to Eurovision victory in Azerbaijan with 372 points for her upbeat dance track Euphoria.
"I didn't realise I'd won until much later. I said to my producer: 'When do we get the people's votes?' and he said: 'You already won, get up there!'
"The whole experience was so wonderful, the people of Azerbaijan, too.
"I'm a huge fan (of Eurovision). It's so accepting of minorities, of different types of music and people. It's serious to me - it's disrespectful to say it's a joke. We're all creators."
Conchita, the self-styled 'bearded lady', took top spot in last year's contest in Copenhagen, and will be hosting the green room this year in Vienna.
"Two weeks after the win, my dad called me up - [my parents] have a little hotel in Austria - and said 'thank you'. Because of me, there were so many tourists in their hotel!
"I get lots of messages. From gay teenagers saying 'now I've got the strength to come out of the closet', to a lady who's been in an office for years, she watched Eurovision and decided to be a bearded lady so she could quit her job and do something she really loved.
"If she'd asked me before, I'd have said, 'Don't quit your job, get a great hobby!' But she wrote to me after [she'd quit] and said she was very happy.
"I'm just representing myself. I am what I am. If this is inspiring for anyone, that's a huge honour."
At their 40th attempt, Finland finally took top honours at Eurovision when Lordi stomped to victory with Hard Rock, Hallelujah.
"Eurovision is not a heavy metal competition, we were the wrong band in the wrong place at the right time," says their frontman, who still goes by the name of Mr Lordi.
"I don't have a competitive nature at all. Whenever we hit the stage, we own it, whether it's three minutes in Eurovision or 90 minutes for our own show.
"My life didn't change at all, I'm still the same dude, the band are still doing the same thing before Eurovision and after.
"The only change was the awareness of the band. One night we got such huge media exposure. That is really special and uncommon for any band in our genre. There are not many heavy metal bands that are known around Europe. In our genre, that's quite special."
Johnny became the first person to win twice at Eurovision - but after struggling to be taken seriously in the UK, he moved to Germany.
"The Eurovision I grew up with was a gateway... the way for someone like myself to land a career that spans outside of Ireland.
"When I went into it, it really wasn't about fame. But I didn't think about winning, what I thought about was making the people proud.
"[Shay] Healy [who wrote What's another Year?] said to me: 'Well, you can't have sung it better than you've sung it now', and that made me happy. Then I knew I could go home.
"But you weren't taken seriously by the UK - the establishment, not the people. In '87, there were ads on the underground with artists they wouldn't play, and they included Whitney Houston, Michael Bolton, myself… Why bang your head against a wall? Germany welcomed me with with open arms. I've sold something in the region of 16m records.
"I never got that involved [in Eurovision afterwards]. I've always found it a bit embarrassing, it's as if people think I'm a fountain of knowledge on Eurovision.
"The night of Eurovision is not about the old farts like me, it's about the winner and Conchita handing over the crown. To be seen hanging on the coat tails of Eurovision would be embarrassing for me as an artist. I think it would be the wrong thing for me to do."
Sonia was a well-known act from the Stock, Aitken and Waterman stable prior to her Eurovision adventure 22 years ago. She is presenting a show on Radio 2's Eurovision pop-up station this year called The Winner Isn't.
"I had a ball. I went with my boyfriend [now husband] and my sister [who sang backing vocals]. A real family affair. I was signed to Simon Cowell at the time, so he came out for a few days. I felt so proud to be asked.
"Every single year I do the festivals around Eurovision... I got Sandy in the West End in Grease after Eurovision. My gay following is unbelievable since the contest.
"But I was completely and utterly devastated [at coming second]. I was saying, 'don't drink the champagne, we'll have to get up and sing again', I was so convinced! We came so, so close.
"Everyone else was out celebrating and I was in my own room with a bowl of soup consoling myself!"
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Edwin McLaren, from Quarriers Village in Renfrewshire, was found guilty of property fraud totalling about £1.6m.
The 52-year-old, who was said to be the "brains behind the scheme", was convicted of 29 charges and his wife Lorraine of two.
The trial at the High Court in Glasgow began in September 2015 and heard evidence for 320 days.
It is thought to have cost about £7.5m, with more than £2.4m in legal aid paid for defence lawyers.
A spokesperson for the Scottish Legal Aid Board said the amount of evidence in the case meant that it took Crown prosecutors more than a year to present their case to the court, which is "unprecedented".
Over the course of the past 20 months, the jury has reduced from the original 15 for a Scottish criminal trial to 12, the lowest number it can operate on.
During the trial the court had to halt for three weeks after one juror got married, while others were off sick or took holidays.
It is also the first time in Scotland that evidence was led from the house of a witness who was too ill to attend court.
The house was set up as a court with all the legal trappings needed for her to give evidence.
In an unusual step, judge Lord Stewart used a computer slideshow presentation to sum up the case for the jury.
The judge officially retired from the bench on his 70th birthday in December 2016 but was able to continue hearing the case under the provisions of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993.
Lord Stewart deferred sentence on the McLarens until next month for background reports.
Edwin McLaren was remanded in custody after he was found guilty of 29 charges.
His wife Lorraine, 52, was convicted of being involved in the scam to the extent of £128,000 and one charge of mortgage fraud.
She was released on bail.
Her 75-year-old uncle Arthur Horsey was found not guilty of any involvement in the scam.
2005 - London Underground Jubilee Line case - Another fraud case. It took place over a slightly longer period than the Glasgow case but only heard about half as many days of evidence before it collapsed. Six men were accused of conspiring to corrupt public officials and gain insider information on a £2bn extension to the underground. The trial, costing £60m and lasting 21 months, collapsed at London's Old Bailey after a juror "went on strike" claiming loss of earnings threatened his ability to pay Oxford university fees for a course he was due to start. It had already lost two jurors when one became pregnant and another was arrested for benefit fraud. The case led to calls for serious and complex fraud trials to be held without a jury.
1992: The Appeal Court described the marathon Blue Arrow fraud trial, which cost the taxpayer £40m, as a "costly disaster" which must never be repeated. The year-long trial at a purpose-built court off Chancery Lane, resulted in the conviction of four high profile bankers - but the prosecution's joy turned out to be short-lived. The convictions were overturned a few months later when the Appeal Court ruled that due to the length of the trial and the complexity of the subject matter the jury could not have reached a fair verdict.
1996: The trial of brothers Ian and Kevin Maxwell in 1996 was another key case that prompted proposals to change how fraud cases are tried. The sons of late tycoon Robert Maxwell were found not guilty of fraud charges after a trial which lasted eight months and cost taxpayers more than £25m. The jurors in the case spent 11 nights in a hotel before reaching their verdict.
The frauds came to light when a woman in Fife claimed she had not been paid the full amount that she was promised for the sale of her house in Cowdenbeath.
During a two-year police inquiry, 48 properties were investigated under a property fraud scheme where the owner's title deeds were transferred without their knowledge. Twenty-nine cases made it on to the indictment in court, involving properties throughout Scotland.
The frauds were said to have taken place between April 2008 and November 2012.
The case was described by police "one of the largest, most complicated property fraud investigations ever carried out in Scotland".
More than 200 officers were involved in piecing together the crimes which involved mortgage fraud, property fraud and money laundering.
The operation was run by Edwin McLaren who targeted people under financial pressure, often after placing adverts in newspapers for two companies - Property Solutions and Homesale Solutions.
McLaren, who would often use a false name, would tell his victims he would sort out their financial difficulties, usually in the form of a loan or leaseback agreement.
They thought they were releasing equity from their homes but McLaren had them sign paperwork which transferred full ownership of their property.
Police said his clients were usually completely unaware they had signed away their houses until they were approached by officers.
The property was never transferred to him - instead he used family members and friends.
He also raised mortgages against the properties.
Some witnesses said they were not only in financial difficulty but also unwell or bereaved.
In the case of one couple McLaren turned up at the Beatson Cancer Centre in Glasgow to get a document signed.
The homeowner said he was so weakened by his cancer treatment he did not even know what the document was.
It turned out that he and his wife were signing over their house.
However, one witness said he had thought McLaren was the best thing that had happened to him.
But all along McLaren was using false names and deceiving them.
Lorraine McLaren said it was her husband who ran that side of their property business and that she signed the documents when he asked her to.
No lawyers who were involved in the transactions were prosecuted as they were used as witnesses in the trial.
The 52-year-old lived an extravagant lifestyle in the upmarket enclave of Quarriers Village.
He would holiday in Dubai and had a yellow Bentley. His house was worth more than £700,000.
McLaren had worked as a financial adviser and had the background knowledge to put the scheme together.
His assets have been restrained under the proceeds of crime act.
He was said to have shown no sign of remorse.
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Mourinho, 53, regularly clashed with the Frenchman while managing Chelsea.
The Portuguese is the subject of a new biography in which he is quoted as saying he would break Wenger's face.
Asked if it is true that he made the comment, Mourinho said: "No, I met Arsene Wenger a couple of weeks ago and like civilised people we shook hands, we sat on the same table."
Mourinho described Wenger, 66, as a "voyeur" in 2005, after his rival questioned Chelsea's transfer policy.
The former Real Madrid boss referred to Wenger as a "specialist in failure" in February 2014 after the Frenchman said other Premier League managers were playing down their title chances because they "fear to fail".
In the aftermath, Mourinho is quoted - in a book serialised in the Daily Mail - as saying: "I will find him one day outside a football pitch and I will break his face."
Mourinho played down the contents of the book, which details alleged conversations with a football journalist, adding: "I don't think it will be in the gallery of the Shakespeares and so on and I prefer just to not comment.
"It is my last word about it and again I repeat, he is making his money. That's fine by me."
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Wenger, who apologised for pushing Mourinho during a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea in October 2014, said: "I have no personal problem with anybody. I respect everybody in our game.
"What is amazing is that this has nothing to do with our game. I am just focusing on doing my job well and respecting everybody else.
"Maybe I will make a book one day but I am not ready for that yet."
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The country's currency, the rand, has lost ground, bonds and banking shares have fallen and there is a general air of impending doom.
Of the big three ratings agencies, only Standard & Poors has lowered South Africa's sovereign debt to below investment grade.
Should Moody's or Fitch follow suit, big international investors like pension funds would be forced, under their own rules, to sell their South African government debt. Those rules require two of the three to move to junk status.
South Africa's major banks have been quick to point out that they are financially sound and well-positioned to withstand the impact of sovereign rating downgrades.
Nonetheless, banking shares are taking a significant battering.
But the turmoil on the currency, bond and equity markets will spread to the wider economy soon enough.
As the rand falls, inflation will increase. This is because the price of imported goods rises in local currency terms. The flip side of this is that exports become cheaper and more competitive.
As inflation increases, the central bank, the Reserve Bank, will have to increase interest rates as a counter measure. This makes the cost of mortgages, home loans and any other borrowing ordinary South Africans want to do more expensive.
It also makes the cost of borrowing for companies more expensive and, as such, plays a role in slowing economic growth.
Higher borrowing costs and slowing economic growth can lead to job losses. South Africa's economy grew by just 0.3% last year and is not expected to top 1% this year.
In fact, some economists are saying the downgrade to junk has the potential to trigger another recession.
Getting out of junk status is difficult. According to Bloomberg, over the past 30 years only six of the 20 countries that have fallen into junk status have managed to claw their way out of it.
And the time taken for those who re-acquired an investment grade rating ranges from 13 months to 11 years. The average time is around seven years.
So, has the mirror cracked? Are South Africans in line for seven years of bad luck?
The initial signs are not good. But up until now the ratings agencies have been pretty patient with South Africa.
They warned that political infighting and slow economic growth were the main factors that could lead to a downgrade.
And they have been saying that for over a year.
What kept the finger off the junk status button was confidence in former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, but also a knowledge that South Africa has strong institutions and a working democracy.
It also has a number of sectors which are among some of the best in the world, particularly mining and financial services.
If a good degree of political stability can be achieved quickly and sustained going forward, the chances of South Africa pulling itself out of junk status in less than seven years improve dramatically.
If not, the country risks falling off the radar of the international investment community. If that happens, times could get tough, and stay tough for millions of South Africans. | The immediate impact of South Africa's ratings downgrade by Standard & Poors is largely seen on the screens of financial traders. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39489571"} | 636 | 29 | 0.486275 | 1.312968 | 0.561158 | 1.478261 | 26.130435 | 0.782609 |
A witness said the woman was stuck beneath the double-decker when it left the road and hit a building in Ladbroke Grove, shortly before midday.
The woman was freed and taken to hospital with minor injuries.
None of the other injured people, including the bus driver, suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash, police said.
Matt Kyp, who runs a gym opposite where the crash happened, said the bus driver was trying to avoid another crash when he "ploughed off the road".
He said the "bus went from one side [of the road] to the other and picked up pace".
He said it was a "big operation to remove the woman" but said she had been "talking to the ambulance crew" from under the bus.
The number 52 bus was had been travelling along Ladbroke Grove towards Victoria when it mounted the pavement near to the junction with Canal Way.
London Ambulance Service (LAS) said it had sent "multiple resources to the scene" including four ambulance crews and the Air Ambulance.
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Mr Fillon has denied allegations that members of his family were paid taxpayers' money for fictitious jobs.
But he has lost support within the party and in opinion polls ahead of the first round of the election next month.
Alain Juppe, seen as the most likely replacement if he withdraws, is due to make a statement at 10:30 (09:30 GMT).
Until now he has insisted he will not be the party's Plan B, but polls suggest he would have a far greater chance than Mr Fillon of reaching the final round of the presidential vote in May.
Mr Fillon told French TV on Sunday evening that "no-one today can prevent me being a candidate". But pressure on him is mounting and the battle between Mr Fillon and his party may be entering the end game, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Paris.
At Monday night's party meeting, Republican heavyweights will seek a way forward to bridge the growing cracks between their candidate and his former rivals.
Key members of the Fillon campaign team have abandoned him and several leading Republicans have wavered in their support.
At a mass rally in Paris on Sunday, a defiant Mr Fillon told tens of thousands of supporters that he would fight on.
He rejected the idea of being replaced by Mr Juppe, his rival in the primaries last year.
"If they had wanted Alain Juppe's project, then they would have voted for Alain Juppe in that election," Mr Fillon said.
He said he would be exonerated when an impending criminal investigation got under way, and it would be the turn of his accusers to feel ashamed.
For weeks he has fought allegations that his wife, Penelope, was paid for a number of years for work that she did not do as his parliamentary assistant.
However Mrs Fillon, who insists she did work for her husband, told French magazine Journal du Dimanche on Saturday that "everything was legal and declared".
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The victim, 51, was stabbed in the stomach in a house in Vere Foster Walk in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The teenager is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Monday.
He faces a number of charges, including possession of an offensive weapon and grievous bodily harm.
Two other men, aged 19 and 26, who were arrested in connection with the attack remain in custody. | A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with a stabbing in west Belfast which left a man critically ill in hospital. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36070004"} | 87 | 32 | 0.744065 | 1.285148 | -0.796746 | 0.62963 | 3 | 0.407407 |
George Magraw, 21 and from Ellesmere Port, was taken to hospital on Wednesday after jumping from a 13ft (4m) high platform at Flip Out Chester.
The University of Leeds student is understood to have undergone a lengthy operation on his injuries.
Cheshire West and Chester Council has launched an investigation into the park, which has closed the tower.
The council said two other people were also injured on the same day as Mr Magraw.
Councillor Karen Shore, Cheshire West and Chester's cabinet member for environment, said: "We are investigating reports of accidents which led to three people being injured at Flip Out Chester.
"The company has voluntarily closed its tower jump while investigations are ongoing."
Flip Out Chester, located on Chester Gates Business Park, opened in December 2016 and houses 200 trampolines and an obstacle course.
A spokesman said there had been "a number of incidents" on Wednesday, but the park had had "an excellent safety record" since it opened and hosted 150,000 visitors.
"Safety is our number one priority and we strive to ensure that everyone who visits can enjoy all of the activities in a safe environment," he added. | A student has fractured his spine at a trampoline park after leaping from a jump tower into a foam pit. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38882314"} | 246 | 29 | 0.478948 | 1.093678 | -0.331583 | 0.809524 | 11.047619 | 0.714286 |
Members of the party will meet next week for their final conference before the Scottish election on 5 May.
But the UK party leader will not appear, with a spokesman telling BBC Scotland they want the focus to be on Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale.
Mr Corbyn did speak at the Scottish Labour conference in October.
Last week, Prime Minister David Cameron addressed the Scottish Conservative conference in Edinburgh.
And the week before, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron appeared at his party's Scottish conference .
Earlier this week, Former MSP Lord Foulkes wrote to Mr Corbyn alleging speakers at a "Jeremy Corbyn for PM" event in Edinburgh praised the SNP and failed to mention Ms Dugdale.
In the letter, Lord Foulkes wrote: "For those of us fighting hard in the Scottish Parliament election campaign it is enough to make us burst into tears that such clowns are undermining our campaign in your name."
He called for the Labour leader to give assurances he will raise concerns with those involved.
A spokesman for Mr Corbyn said the event was nothing to do with the party. | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will not address the Scottish Labour one-day conference in Glasgow, BBC Scotland has learned. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35790152"} | 245 | 26 | 0.621681 | 1.334254 | 0.122339 | 1.409091 | 9.590909 | 0.681818 |
The software offers advice on how development projects, in the guise of noise levels and other disturbances, can affect birds' behaviour.
Researchers from the University of Hull, UK, developed the app that built on a study carried out on behalf of the Environment Agency.
The team hopes it will minimise the disruption from flood prevention work.
Researchers say the app is designed to help planners assess the possible effects of proposed work before they consent to a development going ahead.
It also will allow contractors to measure noise levels on the site and offer advice on the degree of disturbance the work will have on bird species.
"There is relatively little information on the impacts from disturbance events on waterbirds, in particular from noise," explained Nick Cutts, deputy director of the university's Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies (IECS).
"While such events will not normally lead to a direct mortality of birds, cumulative and/or prolonged disturbance events may effectively exclude resource use and could lead to carrying-capacity reduction in estuaries, and thus starvation or movement to other areas by some species.
"As such, when plans and projects are submitted, they are often subject to conditions relating to disturbance management, including restrictions on works timings and noise levels."
Noise impacts
The data collected by the team of researchers at IECS originally formed part of a study for the Environment Agency that aimed to provide a "real-time" characterisation of likely noise impacts.
The "toolbox included background on disturbances and waterbird ecology with guidance for mitigation, etc. for estuary planners and developers to use," Mr Cutts added.
The data was processed, as part of the EU-funded TIDE project, to develop the app, created by Mr Cutts and colleagues Krystal Hemingway and Chris Baulcomb.
It uses on-phone noise and GPS facilities to allow real-time characterisation of likely noise effects, Mr Cutts adds.
He said: "It can be used 'in office' by project planners, consenting bodies and others in order to identify a range of potential disturbance sources, and through the manual input of noise level and location data to identify a disturbance radius." | A smartphone app has been released that can measure the impact of construction work on waterbirds in protected areas. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "22843289"} | 471 | 23 | 0.472152 | 1.257909 | 0.256777 | 0.75 | 21.2 | 0.65 |
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan hopes the concessions will meet the demands of Tory rebels opposed to compelling high-performing schools to convert.
This was about the government listening, she said, adding ministers understood top schools should retain the choice on whether to convert.
The move comes days after threats of industrial action by head teachers.
Academies are independently run - but state-funded - schools, overseen by a not-for-profit business, known as an academy trust. They are often part of a chain.
The controversial plans to require all schools to convert to academy status, or have plans to do so, by 2022 were announced in the Budget, but details followed in a white paper.
It was not long before opposition to the idea was heard from teachers and head teachers, education experts and MPs and councillors - both Conservative and opposition.
Mrs Morgan told the BBC in an interview with Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys: "This is about being a listening government and I would consider myself to be a listening secretary of state.
"Better to have reforms than have none at all.
"We absolutely support those strong local authorities where schools are good and outstanding - they can make the choice to convert.
"I hope that they will, because we are convinced that becoming academies does lift standards but they can do the right thing for them and I think that reflects the concerns and the conversations that we have had."
Conservatives have been voicing opposition to the plans in recent weeks, particularly because all schools - even highly performing ones - were to be forced into the new arrangements.
Melinda Tilley, an Oxfordshire county councillor, complained of "diktats from above" and expressed concerns about small village schools closing.
Labour had argued that the academies programme was already hitting problems, with a number of large-scale trusts being sanctioned for failing to improve results fast enough.
Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell said: "It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardless."
However, the government said it would push forward with compelling academy conversions in two areas:
•Where it is clear that the local authority can no longer viably support its remaining schools because too many schools have already become academies.
•Where the local education authority consistently fails to meet a minimum performance threshold across its schools.
The government also announced a package of measures to protect small rural schools including extra financial support and a requirement that any closure would have to be agreed by the local authority and the regional schools commissioner.
Chairman of the largely Conservative County Councils Network Paul Carter said Mrs Morgan had "rightly listened to the concerns of councils, teachers, governors and parents in taking this important decision".
"This decision is also vital for the preservation of rural schools which are at the heart of their local communities," he said.
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers said: "We are pleased the government has listened to the profession.
"We stand ready to engage in further discussions about how the government can meet its vision in co-operation with the education sector. This move gives us hope that such dialogue can now be constructive."
The Local Government Association said its recent analysis of the grades achieved by all schools proved that 81% of council-maintained schools are rated as "good" or "outstanding", compared to 73% of academies and 79% of free schools.
"It is right that these schools should not be forced down the academy route unless they make that decision themselves," it added.
Plans to require all schools, good or bad, to become academies have been greeted with increasing disquiet and derision since they were somewhat incongruously announced in the Budget.
George Osborne described the move as freeing schools from the "shackles of local bureaucracy".
Teachers and heads were bemused by the idea of forcing change on high-performing schools. "If it ain't broke, why fix it?" they chorused.
When fury exploded from the usually loyal Conservative MPs and councillors, the education secretary began to look very uncomfortable.
During an opposition day debate, it was the Tories who made the most effective arguments against the plan.
The divisions within the party were exploited by Labour at PMQs with David Cameron having to mount a robust defence two weeks in a row.
And embarrassment grew further when Nicky Morgan was greeted by head teachers heckling: "You're not listening."
With splits over the European referendum to contend with, Mr Cameron may simply have decided it was not worth a fierce fight with the backbenches.
Ministers had argued that the new landscape would provide a high level of autonomy to schools and help drive up standards through greater innovation and competition in the system.
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Fraser Carrington, 32, from the Fife area, was night fishing at Tangleha, north of St Cyrus, when he disappeared from rocks in the early hours of Sunday in what were described as "exceedingly rough" conditions.
Another angler raised the alarm at about 03:00.
Search teams scoured the water and shoreline, but no trace was found.
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The Disley papers are records of the Military Service Tribunals in the Cheshire town. Here men who wanted to be exempt from military service after the introduction of conscription in 1916 pleaded their case.
When conscription was brought in, a national registration scheme identified about two million men of military age who had not signed up.
Some 2,000 tribunals were set up across the country, but few records of them remain.
Indeed, the National Archives say only two full sets of papers remain, one for the Middlesex Appeal Tribunal and another for Lothian and Peebles in Scotland, which were kept as "a benchmark for possible future use".
Manchester Library's heritage collections manager David Govier says, though incomplete, the Disley papers debunk a misconception about those who did not fight - that they were all conscientious objectors.
"I haven't found any conscientious objectors amongst the papers," he says.
"There are dozens of individual applications for exemption from service from farmers and millworkers and people in reserved occupations.
"There were also lots of people who were caring for family members, volunteering in hospitals or growing food on their allotments."
That, says Imperial War Museum historian Matt Brosnan, is the reality of what the Military Service Tribunals dealt with.
"Most of those who went to tribunals were for economic or work reasons. Men could be exempt if they were in work seen as essential to the war effort - such as specialist manufacturing, mining or farming.
"They could also be exempt because of economic reasons, such as having a large family to support.
"Of course, the most famous category of exemption was conscientious objection - because of political, humanitarian or religious beliefs."
The Military Service Act 1916 allowed Great Britain to use conscription for the first time.
It gave rise to the conscientious objector, something which Mr Brosnan says was "an alien concept".
"The phenomenon was an unknown thing, but they were in a real numerical minority.
"During the war, there were about 16,000 registered conscientious objectors, which sounds like a lot, but there was something in the region of eight million men in the armed forces."
Those who did not want to fight had to go before the tribunals, though Matt Brosnan says the process was not always fair, due to the prevailing public opinion.
"They were supposed to be made up of members who were impartial, but the system didn't always achieve that because by 1916, the war effort is in full throw and there was a huge wave of patriotic fervour.
"The majority were supportive of the war and felt it was a necessary thing, so the members of these tribunals tended to reflect that."
He says the panels were usually made up of eight or nine local dignitaries, "mostly men who did not have that much in the way of legal experience" and someone from the military.
Source: The UK Parliament
The hearings were, he says, "usually quite brief and didn't last more than about 10 minutes".
"The person appealing was represented by a solicitor or maybe just a friend who could help defend them.
"Their case was assessed and it was accepted or not. Both the applicant and the military representative had the right of appeal, so it could go to a tribunal after that, made up of members appointed by the Crown.
"It was quite a large system."
According to the National Archives, the majority of appeals were dismissed and many people did go on to see war service.
However, some exemptions were granted, as the Middlesex Tribunals records reveal.
John Shallis, for example, appealed on the grounds of domestic hardship, having lost four of his brothers during the war.
His mother was described as a "cripple" on his appeal form, having broken her leg, and his father was away carrying out Home Defence duties with the Territorial Force.
It was his work in munitions which tipped the balance though and he was granted exemption.
Leslie Turner, from Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society, says anyone had the right to ask for an exemption, though "whether it was granted or not was another story".
She says that in the Disley papers, one case stood out to her, that of print hand Clifford Carrington.
"Against his name was the notation 'Or brother to go'.
"His younger brother Harold must have drawn the short straw as he was sent to the front as part of the Prince of Wales' Volunteers (South Lancashire) Regiment 2nd Battalion.
"Clifford's hearing was dated 25 October 1917. By 17 November 1918, records state that Harold Carrington had died of wounds.
"I thought how awful it must have been for Clifford.
"A colleague has since found a medal card for a Clifford Carrington - who joined the Cheshire Regiment. So it is likely he ended up joining the military anyway."
Mr Brosnan says Carrington may not have had a choice, as even if men were granted exemption, it was often only temporary and as the toll of the war became heavier and heavier, the parameters of conscription changed.
"In 1918, when manpower was even more of an issue, the age range was extended so soldiers who were 18 could serve overseas because of the dwindling numbers available.
"Also, there were categories of war work that were essential that were reassessed. For example, some men that were working in mining in 1916 might be in the Army by 1918."
Those who applied for exemption were also reassessed and if their situation changed, they might have found their argument for exemption rejected at a subsequent hearing.
Conscientious objection was more likely to result in a permanent exemption, though Mr Brosnan says this came at a price.
"The majority of people were pretty hostile towards them and pretty unimpressed by that kind of attitude. It was such an unusual thing and was going against the general view at the time.
"They and their families and friends were poorly treated by wider society."
However, he says men "who objected for political or religious reasons often came from communities of people of the same persuasion".
"It wasn't just one or two that were conscientious objectors, there were several, so in their immediate surroundings, they would be more accepted than in the wider community."
Source: The UK Parliament
That was certainly true of cotton worker Euclid Thursby, who features in the Imperial War Museum North's Street to Trench exhibition.
Mr Brosnan says Thursby came from Nelson in Lancashire, "a hot bed for conscientious objectors because of a left wing political community with strong links with the Independent Labour Party".
"So within in his town, his actions would have been much more accepted and understood."
Not everyone was so lucky and even those making economic cases could be vilified.
The Middlesex records detail the case of Charles Busby, who asked to be exempt to carry on running his butcher's shop.
An anonymous letter, sent directly to the tribunal, is attached to his case paper and questions why he was exempt while "married men have had to shut up their shop and go".
It goes on to describe the butcher as "a proper rotter of a man" and a "rotten shirker".
Nevertheless, he was granted exemption, though he did later serve with the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force between 1917 and 1918.
It is estimated that by the end of the war, about one and a half million men had been exempt from compulsory service, either temporarily or completely.
The exact number is not known, due to most records being destroyed in the 1920s.
"I think the destruction of the tribunal papers was ordered as there was a stigma attached to those that did not serve," says Ms Turner.
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Iran, which has the greatest number of people travelling to America, said it would keep a retaliatory ban on US citizens announced in January in response.
The story also made the top of most news agendas and trended on social media there, though reaction this time round has not been as pronounced as when the original ban was announced.
"White House adjusts its racism" was one pointed headline in a hard-line conservative newspaper, though other media outlets reported the story more factually.
Iraq's removal from the list was cause for some comment as well in Iran.
"Trump's new order says that Iraqis have co-operated with America on the issue but it says that Iran has not co-operated," Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said.
"It is obvious that Iran has not co-operated with the American government, and it is not right to compare Iran and Iraq on the issue. The two countries are in different conditions."
An influential conservative MP, Hossein Naqavi-Hosseini, went further, alleging that removing Iraq from the list was part of an "evil" plan to cause discord among the countries in the region.
Somalia and Sudan both criticised the ban as well, saying their nationals added to America's community rather than detracted from it.
"We have to talk about what the Somali people have contributed rather than a few people who may cause a problem," Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said.
Mr Mohamed, who has dual Somali and US citizenship, said he would have preferred the ban to have been lifted but acknowledged his country had to address the issue of extremists and groups like al-Shabab as well.
Sudan's foreign ministry called it a harsh decision and expressed its "disapproval and deep regret", urging the US to remove it from its list of countries supporting terrorism.
A ministry statement said Sudanese citizens had never been involved in terrorism in the US and that Sudan played a big role as a partner in fighting terrorism.
Responses from Libya, Yemen and Syria have been muted, as was the case when the original ban was first announced.
It was only in Iraq that there appeared to be any joy. The country's foreign ministry voiced its "deep satisfaction" over the decision and said the move would strengthen its co-operation with Washington, including fighting against terrorism.
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Andrew Brown, 23, and Dean Melnyk, 20, deny murdering Kevin MacKay by punching, kicking and knifing him at Peacock Place in Ecclefechan.
It is also alleged that they tried to set fire to items of furniture in an attempt to burn Mr MacKay's body.
Co-accused Jennifer Melnyk, 60, also denied a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
She is alleged to have burned bloodstained clothing and instructed two people to provide false information to the police.
Advocate depute Shanti Maguire, prosecuting, showed the jury at the High Court in Glasgow photographs taken by scenes of crime examiner Nicola Brunt.
Ms Maguire warned the jury beforehand that the photographs might be disturbing.
One of the images showed the bloodstained living room of 3 Peacock Place, Ecclefechan, with Mr MacKay's body lying on the floor.
He was covered in blood and there was blood on the sofa and doors and walls.
Mr MacKay's ex-wife Melissa, 36, who had two children with him, told the court that he was a drug dealer and revealed that their marriage ended for that reason.
She said they broke up in 2008 and at the time of his death he was staying at a friend's home in Peacock Place.
Ms MacKay told defence QC Ronnie Watson, representing Mr Brown, that her ex-husband was involved with drugs.
She added that he was selling cannabis, cocaine and sometimes ecstasy to friends.
When questioned she also confirmed that she had known Mr MacKay was a drug dealer during their marriage.
Ms MacKay was then asked if she knew of 19-year-old Jamie Abba who died after taking fake ecstasy tablets in the summer of 2013 and she said she did.
She denied ever telling the police that Mr MacKay had sold Mr Abba - nicknamed Jabba - the drug.
However, she said she knew of rumours that had swept through the south of Scotland village alleging that he had.
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Storm Abigail will mainly impact Scotland but parts of the north and west coast of Ireland are being hit with heavy rain and strong winds.
The storm is bringing colder air, so after a recent mild spell Friday is likely to be quite chilly.
Abigail will move away, but ex-hurricane Kate will hit on Saturday bringing wet, windy weather.
Driving conditions are being affected by the storm conditions, and in the Republic of Ireland flights at Dublin airport have been disrupted due to the strong winds.
Passengers on one flight from Rome to Dublin were kept on a holding pattern above the airport before being diverted to Shannon airport in the west of the country.
One couple, George and Gwen, said: "It's caused a bit of disruption because we're from Kilkenny and can't get to our car.
"But we're quite philosophical. It's a lot worse for those on connecting flights who don't know what's happening."
Karen Griffin and her family from Boston in the United States were planning to stop in Dublin on their way home from a holiday in Italy.
She said a lack of communication had been a problem for them.
"We were on the runway for quite some time and then told buses would take us to Dublin," she said.
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Yousif Badri, 29, denies being involved in conduct "with the intention of committing acts of terrorism".
Mr Badri's flat in Aberdeen's Ashgrove Road was raided by police on 6 June 2013 - the day after he sat and passed his final medical exams.
The Aberdeen University student denies two charges under the Terrorism Act.
During the raid on Mr Badri's flat, his computer and an external hard drive were seized and hundreds of thousands of files were found.
They included dozens which featured troops being killed by snipers and an Al Qaeda training manual and magazines which included articles about bomb making.
Mr Badri claims he was researching the material in order to refute the ways it used the Koran to advocate violence.
At the High Court in Glasgow he was asked by defence QC Murdo Macleod: "What are your plans for the future?" and replied: "I'm here to explain my position and hopefully clear my name and I want to become what I've trained for eight years to be - a doctor."
Mr Badri was also asked how his arrest and trial had affected his family and said: "We are normally quite a happy family. This has been very difficult for my parents and for my sisters. It's been two years since I was arrested."
Under cross-examination by advocate depute Richard Goddard, prosecuting, he denied that he had tried to keep the files found by police secret.
He said: "It was on my computer. It was free for anyone to access. There was no password. I used Google to access all the material."
The court has heard that Mr Badri was arrested before he was able to graduate as a doctor.
The offences are said to have been carried out at two places in Aberdeen - Mr Badri's former flat in Ashgrove Road and in Berryden Retail Park.
His current address in Halifax, West Yorkshire, also features in the alleged offences.
Prosecutors claim that between 2007 and 2013 Mr Badri collected or made a record of information likely to be useful to a person "committing or preparing an act of terrorism".
This allegedly included footage of terror attacks as well as instructions on "urban assassinations" and "guerrilla tactics".
A second charge alleges that Mr Badri "with the intention of committing acts of terrorism" engaged in various actions between 2006 and 2013.
Accusations listed in the indictment include a claim he had an "equipment list" for attending a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan.
He is also said to have possessed "advice for those involved in conducting terrorist attack planning operations".
The charge further alleges that he had documents, recordings and files containing "extreme ideology".
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Joel Grant headed the visitors in front but Jordan Moore-Taylor turned a cross into his own net as Carlisle levelled.
Goals either side of the break had Exeter in control, Ryan Harley stroking home and David Wheeler finding the net.
But John O'Sullivan's overhit cross floated in and sub Shaun Miller nodded in as the hosts dramatically came back.
Exeter had two goals disallowed for borderline offside calls, and hit the post through Jake Taylor with the final action of the match.
Keith Curle's Carlisle have trailed in all three games between the sides this season but are yet to be beaten by the Devon club.
Jamaica international Grant was influential with two assists to add to his goal, but Exeter are still yet to beat any of their play-off rivals this season.
Carlisle had a penalty appeal waved away in stoppage time after Pierce Sweeney controlled Nicky Adams' cross onto his arm.
Only Plymouth had a better away record in the regular-season than Paul Tisdale's Exeter, who will feel frustrated by the offside flag denying both Ollie Watkins and Reuben Reid when they appeared to be level with the last defender.
The second leg takes place at St James Park on Thursday at 19:45 BST.
Carlisle boss Keith Curle:
"The players deserve a lot of credit for the character they have shown. They were challenged today, they were challenged at 3-1 down and a goal having just been disallowed as well.
"As soon as we got that goal, the supporters were absolutely phenomenal and then with that little bit of rub of the green that we get, we get something out of this game.
"To be honest at 3-3, I looked at the clock and there were eight, nine minutes to go and thought we could walk out of here 4-3 up."
Exeter manager Paul Tisdale told BBC Radio Devon:
"It was the type of game we wanted. It went to plan in terms of the way the game flowed, and I think we were rather unfortunate.
"I don't think we've had our fair share of fortune during the season, so why should it change now?
"We played so well and we weren't here to hold on and grab a draw - we tried to win that game and probably deserved to do so."
Match ends, Carlisle United 3, Exeter City 3.
Second Half ends, Carlisle United 3, Exeter City 3.
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Reuben Reid.
Attempt saved. Tom Miller (Carlisle United) header from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Nicky Adams with a cross.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Pierce Sweeney.
Attempt saved. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Reuben Reid.
Attempt missed. Reggie Lambe (Carlisle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Foul by Lee Holmes (Exeter City).
Shaun Miller (Carlisle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, Exeter City. Ollie Watkins tries a through ball, but Reuben Reid is caught offside.
Foul by Jake Taylor (Exeter City).
Nicky Adams (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Shaun Miller (Carlisle United).
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by George Waring.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Mark Gillespie.
Attempt saved. Reuben Reid (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
Reuben Reid (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Danny Grainger (Carlisle United).
Attempt missed. Reggie Lambe (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Jake Taylor.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Pierce Sweeney.
Attempt blocked. Jamie Proctor (Carlisle United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by George Waring with a headed pass.
Offside, Exeter City. Jordan Moore-Taylor tries a through ball, but Lee Holmes is caught offside.
Substitution, Exeter City. Lee Holmes replaces Joel Grant.
Substitution, Exeter City. Jack Stacey replaces David Wheeler.
Robert Olejnik (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by George Waring (Carlisle United).
Attempt blocked. Nicky Adams (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamie Proctor.
Attempt blocked. Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Miller (Carlisle United).
Goal! Carlisle United 3, Exeter City 3. Shaun Miller (Carlisle United) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nicky Adams with a cross.
Goal! Carlisle United 2, Exeter City 3. John O'Sullivan (Carlisle United) right footed shot from long range on the right to the top left corner. Assisted by Luke Joyce.
Foul by David Wheeler (Exeter City).
Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamie Proctor.
Hand ball by Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City).
Substitution, Exeter City. Reuben Reid replaces Craig Woodman.
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The poll for driving safety charity Brake found 49% of 17-24 year olds had been in work calls while on the road, compared with 17% for all age groups.
About 35% of young people said they had spoken to family, and 21% with friends - compared with 23% and 15% overall.
Brake asked about hand-held and hands-free calls. They are both a distraction "risking devastating crashes", it said.
"It is a sobering thought that a significant number of these life-threatening distractions come from drivers' own friends and family," said Julie Townsend from the charity.
The survey questioned 1,000 drivers from across the UK on whether they had spoken on the phone while driving, hand-held or hands-free, in the last 12 months. If so, they were asked who they were talking to.
Using a hand-held phone while driving was made illegal in 2003. Using a hands-free kit is allowed but a driver can still be stopped if police believe they are being distracted.
Brake says that making calls hands-free is still a cause of distraction and are campaigning for it be banned.
The charity is advising drivers to put their phones on silent while driving, with their phone away from them. The safest way to make a call is to stop, they say.
According to an observational study by the Department for Transport last October, motorists who use phones are more likely to be texting or using social media than making calls.
Brake has also warned about the dangers of being tired while driving, saying that it is wise to break for at least 15 minutes every two hours.
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Valerie Amos said more people would die in Syria because charities feared prosecution if they worked in areas controlled by the jihadist group Isis.
Aid agencies say the complexity of laws banning support for designated terrorist groups had produced a "chill factor" that slows their operations.
Baroness Amos said the law must change.
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis), renamed the Islamic State on Sunday, has just been listed by the UK as a banned organisation. The group now controls large parts of northern Syria and neighbouring Iraq.
Baroness Amos told the BBC's File on 4: "A couple of the charities that are able to operate in those areas are now extremely fearful that the fact that they are having to engage with Isis will have an impact on their funding, not just for Syria, but for other places as well.
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"We have reports of people being on the brink of running out of food. People certainly have run out of medical supplies in many of these areas. So as the needs rise, we're having fewer people in the ground able to meet those needs and ultimately, people will die."
Many aid agencies depend on funding from the United States, the UK, and other states which ban even unintentional support for terrorists.
Charities fear individual aid workers could face prosecution if payments are made for access, or goods fall into the wrong hands.
A London-based charity, Human Care Syria, says it is unable to deliver water filters to Isis-controlled Deir al-Zour, in north-eastern Syria, where people have no clean water, until it can find "safe access which doesn't involve engaging with the proscribed groups".
Its programme development manager, Marwa Kuwaider, said: "This legislation is like an elephant walking through small plants. It's difficult for us as a small organisation, trying to work in a transparent and accountable way, to meet all the requirements in the UK."
Another charity, Hand-in-Hand for Syria, says it is being forced to close a hospital it runs near Aleppo, featured in the BBC Panorama documentary Saving Syria's Children, because it cannot find a well-established, mainstream partner agency through which foreign donors would be prepared to channel funding.
Omar Gabbar, a British doctor who has worked at the hospital in Atareb, said: "It will be devastating to the whole area, they will struggle to maintain care to about 500,000 people.
"There is something called a 'money trail' and this is where international NGOs are starting to get a bit worried. If you are giving salaries to doctors, and if one of those doctors is at some stage labelled as a terrorist, it can have an effect on them."
Hand-in-Hand for Syria's former partner decided not to seek further funding for the hospital because of security fears, including for its own staff. But the BBC understands it also had concerns about the proportion of fighters being treated at the hospital, though Dr Gabbar said these had not been raised directly with his charity.
He said: "If you deprive a whole area on the excuse that I'm worried about 10% of services going to this group, you're depriving 90% innocent people. They didn't ask for Isis to come into this area."
International humanitarian law requires anyone in medical need to be treated.
Fear that aid would fall into the hands of the Islamist group al-Shabab severely reduced help to Somalia during the famine there between 2010 and 2012.
The risk of engaging with banned groups has also limited relief and development work in Gaza, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Philippines, and other places.
Now, the British Bankers' Association (BBA) is preparing a report for the autumn meeting of the G20 group of major economies to work out ways to overcome banks' reluctance to work with charities in areas where designated terrorists are active.
Justine Walker of the BBA said: "We are incredibly concerned that banks are being put in a situation where we are not going to be able to facilitate money into some of the most fragile and needy areas of the world."
Listen to the full report on File on 4 on Tuesday 1 July at 20:00 BST on BBC Radio 4.
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Ponting will work alongside interim head coach Justin Langer and assistant Jason Gillespie for the three-match series, which begins on 17 February.
The trio will stand in for the usual coaching staff led by Darren Lehmann, as the series clashes with the Australia Test squad's tour of India.
Ponting, 42, said he looked forward to working with some "incredible talent".
"I always said when I retired that I wanted to get back involved and what better way to do it than alongside a couple of my best mates in cricket, Justin Langer and Jason Gillespie," added Ponting.
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Elsewhere in the UK, there is a one-year deferral period for men who have had sex with men (MSM) to donate.
Northern Ireland has an outright ban.
But a judge ruled that former health minister Edwin Poots did not have the power to retain that ban. His ruling will be appealed in court later.
In the Northern Ireland Appeal Court on Monday, the current on-off health minister, the Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) Simon Hamilton, is appealing the judgement, alongside Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
They shall be asking who is in charge of blood policy and whether or not this is a devolved issue. The appeal is expected to last four days.
Following a Freedom of Information request, BBC News NI has seen emails sent between Northern Ireland's Department of Health and the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (NIBTS), which is responsible for the collection, testing and distribution of blood.
The NIBTS also said it had stopped 30 men from donating blood at their clinics since 2011 after they informed staff that they had sexual contact with other men.
The BBC asked the NIBTS how confident it would be that its blood is screened correctly and that it would be safe for MSM to donate after the one-year deferral period.
It said: "All blood donations are subjected to the testing regimes required by the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005.
"As such, NIBTS is confident that all blood samples are screened correctly."
The BBC has also seen instructions sent to the NIBTS from Dr Elizabeth Mitchell, the deputy chief medical officer, instructing the organisation how to respond if approached by the media about the ban remaining in place.
Dr Kieran Morris, the former chief executive of the NIBTS, replied showing some concern about the process and how he would answer questions from his own staff.
"As chief executive officer and accountable officer for the NIBTS special agency service, I require from the Department of Health a written direction, giving me a clear line as to how we manage and control the situation," he said.
"There is no doubt in my mind that referring all matters to the Department of Health press office will not be sustainable for more than a few days."
A BBC investigation earlier this year found the Department of Health does not have any medical evidence of its own to support a permanent ban on gay men donating blood.
The ban was put in place across the UK during the Aids crisis of the 1980s, but was lifted in England, Scotland and Wales in November 2011.
New rules were introduced that allowed blood donations from men whose last sexual contact with another man was more than a year earlier.
But Northern Ireland did not follow suit.
A gay man, granted anonymity due to his perceived vulnerability, launched a judicial review challenge over then health minister Edwin Poots's decision not to adopt the same policy on this side of the Irish Sea.
A judge ruled that Mr Poots' decision was "irrational" and "infected with apparent bias".
Mr Poots said he had kept the ban on the basis of ensuring public safety.
In April, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that a lifetime ban may be justified in member states if no effective detection techniques exist within the country.
The ECJ said countries must establish if such donors were at high risk of acquiring infectious diseases like HIV.
Mr Hamilton said he would study the ruling.
A number of issues will be looked at in the Court of Appeal, including whether blood policy should be a devolved matter.
The appeal is expected to last for four days.
The NIBTS did not respond to the BBC to give an additional comment.
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The current talks process is due to resume after Easter.
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said at the weekend that if political talks do not produce a deal to restore Stormont then there must be another election.
Stormont's parties have yet to reach agreement on forming an executive six weeks after the assembly election.
Mr Donaldson, the MP for Lagan Valley, told BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster that Sinn Féin needed to change their attitude if a political deal was to be achieved.
"They are constantly making public statements and talking about negative outcomes," he said.
"We are not, we have focused on the issues.
"We are in the talks, we are negotiating, we are putting forward our positions we are talking to Sinn Féin, we are talking to the other political parties.
"But as things stand at the moment I have to be honest with you I think we are heading towards direct rule."
Mr Adams said it was the Irish government's responsibility to ensure direct rule was avoided and an election held if no deal emerged.
He was speaking at a republican Easter Rising commemoration in Carrickmore, County Tyrone.
The political deadlock began after a snap election on 2 March brought an end to Stormont's unionist majority.
Northern Ireland Secretary of State James Brokenshire warned that either direct rule or another election will be the result of no agreement being reached by early May.
However, Mr Adams told the commemoration the Irish government must ensure that an election took place.
"The current talks process has paused. But let me be very clear, it is the British government's intransigence on legacy issues and the DUP's rejection of the principles of equality, parity of esteem and rights that have made it more difficult to reach a deal," he said.
"Sinn Féin wants a deal. But if there is no deal then there has to be an election.
"The role and responsibility of the Irish government must be to assert that an election is the only legal course open to the British government, if the current talks fail to elect an executive."
He added that "progressive parties should not fear an election".
Mr Adams also said that "if what we have seen from the DUP in recent times continues, that will only guarantee that there will be no DUP first minister and no return to the status quo at Stormont".
Under Northern Ireland's power-sharing agreement, the executive must be jointly run by unionists and nationalists, with the largest party putting forward a candidate for first minister.
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness quit as deputy first minister in January in protest against the DUP's handling of a botched green energy scheme.
The party said it would not share power with Mrs Foster as first minister until the conclusion of a public inquiry into the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
Mr McGuinness died last month at the age of 66.
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His designs are regarded as "exacting" - but also an "acquired taste".
The buildings are scattered across Scotland - ranging from a football stadium in Galashiels, to an organ transplant unit in Edinburgh, to a boiler house at a former district asylum near Melrose.
The modernist structures, characterised by concrete construction and strong geometric shapes, have influenced architects across the globe - but he is largely unknown in Scotland outside architecture circles.
He also designed numerous houses in the Scottish Borders, most of which are still being used as private homes.
Shelley Klein - who lives in the house designed for her father, the textile designer Bernat Klein - said she was unaware of the building's significance when she was younger.
"I was rather annoyed that I didn't live in a Victorian house like all my friends did. They seemed far more interesting to me when I was little," she told BBC Scotland.
"It's only now that I really appreciate how beautiful this building is."
Womersley was born in 1923, studying architecture at the Architectural Association in London after being called up for service in World War Two. He was admitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1952.
His first commission was to build a house, Farnley Hey, for his brother John near Huddersfield, which won a RIBA medal in 1958.
Klein and his wife came across the house in the 1950s and were instantly impressed, commissioning Womersley to design their home, High Sunderland, near Selkirk. The architect also designed a studio for Klein nearby in 1972.
Klein's daughter said it was their subsequent friendship that brought Womersley up to the Borders frequently. He built a home for himself at Gattonside, near Tweedbank, after falling in love with the Borders landscape.
"He has not really been lauded at all for his work. He's almost forgotten outside a small set of architects who obviously appreciate his work. I'm rather pleased he's getting some recognition now - I think it's overdue," she said.
"We've got his wonderful cache of extraordinary buildings here in the Borders so we should celebrate and treasure them."
A few miles down the road in Galashiels is one of Womersley's best known works - the football stand he designed for Gala Fairydean FC in 1963.
The A-listed stand is built with concrete and has a cantilevered structure that creates the effect of a floating canopy. The club's match secretary, Robert Fairburn, said the terrace provoked a "mixed bag" of reactions - being either liked or loathed.
"Some people think it resembles something out of the Soviet Union in the 1960s. But then again we get visits from architects just spontaneously turning up at the ground and from football supporters the length and breadth of the country just wanting to see what is an iconic football grandstand," he said.
"There's nothing like it anywhere else in the world we think."
But the 52-year-old stand is starting to crumble and the club is working with Historic Environment Scotland on a programme of works that it is hoped will help preserve it for future generations of fans.
The structure, built by engineers Ove Arup and Tom Ridley, was upgraded to its A-list status in 2013.
Simon Green, an architectural historian for Historic Environment Scotland, said the stand was typical of the designs produced by Womersley, who died in 1993.
"It was a revolutionary idea, working closely with Ove Arup, and pushing engineering of concrete into its absolute highest possible abstraction.
"He pushes everybody and Tom Ridley writes very eloquently about being forced and contorted to design this very, very high-spec building - which in effect is a for a modest small football club in a small Borders town.
"But being Peter he pushed and pushed and created something unique."
Mr Green is leading a seminar and tour of Womersley's work in October, which he hopes will raise the profile of an architect almost unknown to the wider public in Scotland.
"Womersley was always fascinating because every building he built, he built with passion and integrity - to the infuriation of his clients and his friends and other architects. He was exacting," he said.
"His body of work is quite small but each one has its own particular character and style."
Mr Green said he accepted Womersley was an "acquired taste" who would never penetrate the mainstream like Charles Rennie Mackintosh has done.
"I don't think unfortunately it will ever reach the heights of Mackintosh devotion," he said.
Despite this, the historian believes it is crucial that Womersley's buildings are still used as they were intended by the architect.
"The idea that a building can still be used for its original purpose is really exciting - and I think that has to be encouraged and preserved as long as possible.
"That's the excitement of most of his houses as well, as they have stayed as residences. Particularly High Sunderland which Shelley Klein is preserving very much as her father lived in it."
For Ms Klein's part, she says she still loves living in a house designed by Womersley.
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi ratified the deal with his counterpart Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka.
Thousands of Bangladeshis inhabit more than 50 enclaves in India, while Indians live in around 100 areas within Bangladesh.
The countries will now swap territories and residents can choose where to live.
"We have resolved a question that has lingered since independence. Our two nations now have a settled boundary," Mr Modi said at a press conference.
"We are not just neighbours, but nations bound by the threads of history, religion, culture, language and kinship - as well as a passion for cricket."
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali described the agreement as "a historic milestone in the relationship between the two neighbouring countries".
Mr Modi and Sheikh Hasina have also agreed to inaugurate a bus service that will link the Indian cities of Kolkata (Calcutta), Agartala, Guwahati and Shillong with Dhaka.
The agreement is significant because it is the first step by Bangladesh to allow road transit to India, a long-running Indian demand which it hopes will eventually enable it to have better access to its north-eastern states.
Foreign Ministry officials in India have described Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh as one of his most significant since taking office a year ago. That's because of the historic Land Border Agreement that is to be signed between the two countries.
More than 50,000 people currently live in tiny enclaves - citizens of one country but located in the other. Under the agreement, both sides will swap the enclaves enabling their citizens to finally reside in their own countries.
It's a dispute that dates back to colonial times and has been a contentious issue since. Relations between Bangladesh and India have improved under the government of Sheikh Hasina, and Mr Modi has also made it a priority for his foreign policy.
The enclaves along the 4,000km border are a legacy of colonial times - the British departed India before the border was properly demarcated - and have been a contentious issue between the two nations for decades.
Inhabitants are in effect stateless and lack access to public services.
In some enclaves it is possible to find houses that straddle both countries.
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Botha signed a two-year deal in January and was due to move to Belfast at the end of the Bulls' Super Rugby campaign.
However, the 25-year-old flanker has suffered a series of injury setbacks and Ulster were informed there was an increased risk in the deal.
Botha sustained a knee injury playing in New Zealand in April.
Bryn Cunningham, Ulster's Operations Director, described their decision as unfortunate for the player and the club.
"We were looking forward to welcoming him to Kingspan Stadium. However, we have acted with the best interests of team performance in mind," Cunningham said.
"We have meticulous processes for player recruitment and, having commissioned an independent medical assessment in South Africa, it was recommended that the risk had increased following his most recent injury.
"This view was shared by our own medical team.
"Everyone associated with Ulster hopes that Arno will go on to have a long and successful career.
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The route between Belfast International Airport and Newark is the only direct link between Northern Ireland and the United States.
The service did not operate between 6 January and 11 March this year but will fly three times a week during that period in 2016.
Belfast International Airport said the decision was "wonderful news for Northern Ireland".
Graham Keddie, the airport's managing director, said: "United's commitment is both welcome and substantial.
"We have been working with stakeholders to achieve this outcome and we are delighted it is now being delivered."
Bob Schumacher, United's managing director of sales in the UK and Ireland, said: "We're pleased to offer our Northern Irish customers a year-round direct link to New York." | United Airlines is to restore its year-round service from Belfast to New York. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33757977"} | 155 | 17 | 0.641579 | 1.352632 | -0.444162 | 1.875 | 9.25 | 0.75 |
The FRC is an independent disciplinary body for UK accountants and actuaries.
The FRC's investigation will include business services giant PwC's auditing and preparation of Tesco's accounts. PwC remains as Tesco's auditor.
In September, Tesco said it had mis-stated its half-year profit guidance by £250m - a figure that was subsequently revised to £263m in October.
PwC said in a statement: "We take our responsibilities very seriously and remain committed to delivering work to the highest professional standards. We will cooperate fully with the FRC in its inquiries."
And Tesco said: "We will provide support to the FRC's investigation."
In December, Tesco said full-year profits would be well below market expectations.
Instead of the £1.8bn to £2.2bn expected by the markets, the supermarket chain said group trading profit for the full financial year "will not exceed £1.4bn".
The announcement by the Financial Reporting Council that it is investigating Tesco's accounts will heap pressure on the beleaguered retailer. The Serious Fraud Office is already investigating allegations of accounting irregularities following the admission in September that Tesco had over-stated its profits by £263m.
The FRC's inquiry will be into PwC's auditing of Tesco's accounts as well as the preparation of those accounts. The fact that the inquiry will investigate three years of accounts will concern investors as it could reveal further evidence that the problems go back further than initially thought.
The FRC's arsenal if any wrongdoing is found is formidable. It can impose unlimited fines on PWC; it can demand unlimited costs; and it can strike off any individual found to have behaved improperly.
The fact that the FRC's investigation is likely to take at least a year (and the SFO inquiry could take two years) means that Tesco will be dealing with its accounting problems until at least 2016.
In October, Tesco reported that underlying profits for the first half of its financial year slumped to £783m, down almost 47% on the previous year.
The company's share price has fallen nearly 45% over the last year as the accounting scandal and falling sales have disappointed investors.
The scandal, which is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office, saw eight executives suspended - one of whom has been reinstated while others have since left the company.
And chairman Sir Richard Broadbent has announced he is to step down.
An investigation by accountancy firm Deloitte found that rebates from suppliers had been moved to different periods on the company's balance sheet, and that this practice went at least as far back as Tesco's 2012/13 accounting period.
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In a gloomy assessment of the state of the world, Mark Carney said that collapsing oil prices and an "unforgiving" global environment meant that tighter monetary policy was not yet necessary.
Mr Carney's assessment comes six months after he suggested that a rise in interest rates would come into "sharper relief" at the beginning of 2016.
Many assessed that as a signal that rates would start rising early this year - a relief for savers who have struggled with historically low interest rates since the financial crisis.
Rate rises now seem a more remote prospect, with many economists predicting no change in interest rates until the second half of the year or even into 2017 - despite Mr Carney warning as long ago as the 2014 Mansion House speech that rate rises might be approaching.
That will come as good news for mortgage holders.
"Last summer I said that a decision as to when to start raising Bank rate would likely come into sharper relief around the turn of the year," Mr Carney said in a speech at Queen Mary University of London.
"Well, the year has turned and, in my view, the decision proved straightforward - now is not the time to raise interest rates."
He said that volatility in China - which earlier today announced its lowest growth rate for 25 years - as well as a collapse in oil prices and sluggish pay growth in the UK meant that any rate rise could be delayed.
The governor said that any increases in the future would be small and gradual.
"It is clear to me that since last summer, progress has been insufficient to warrant a tightening of monetary policy," Mr Carney said.
"The world is weaker and UK growth has slowed.
"Due to the oil price collapse, inflation has fallen further and will likely remain low for longer.
"It has always been the case that, because the economy is subject to unforeseen disturbances, the precise path for Bank rate rises cannot be pre-ordained."
Mr Carney said he would not be driven by the "calendar" on when to raise rates but on "economic prospects".
"We'll do the right thing at the right time," he argued.
Late last year, many believed that pressure on the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee to raise rates would increase after Janet Yellen, the chairwoman of the American Federal Reserve (the US central bank), announced a small increase in rates, the first since the financial crisis.
Mr Carney dismissed those suggestions, saying that "cost pressures" - inflation - was stronger in the US and the British economy was more exposed to the global slowdown in growth.
He also pointed out that the Fed's rate rise had only brought the US interest rate to the same "lofty level" as the Bank of England's.
The Governor said that three factors would be the strongest guide to when interest rates might rise.
First, that economic growth in the UK would be higher than the average trend. He said that growth at an average quarterly rate of 0.5% in 2015 had "disappointed".
Second, that wage growth strengthens and productivity improves.
And, third, that core inflation starts to approach the target rate of 2%.
"These three factors I have described are guides for monetary policy decisions, but there are no magic thresholds," Mr Carney warned.
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Konta was beaten by German Julia Goerges in the first round of the French Open but has risen to a best-ever ranking of 18.
The 25-year-old will play either fellow Briton Freya Christie or China's Zheng Saisai in the next round.
"I am very happy to come through. She started off very well so I had to dig deep," Konta told BBC Sport.
"It was my first match on grass so I am glad to get another opportunity to play this week."
Konta is seeded second for the grass-court event, behind the Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova.
There was also some British success earlier in the day as Tara Moore booked her place in the main draw with a 6-2 6-2 qualifying win over Shuko Aoyama.
British stars Heather Watson, Laura Robson and Naomi Broady are also all in the first-round draw, as is former world number one Caroline Wozniacki.
You can listen to BBC radio commentary of the event, which runs until 12 June, by clicking this link.
Meanwhile, British number two Aljaz Bedene beat American qualifier Ernesto Escobedo in the first round of the Ricoh Open in s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, 7-6 (7-5) 6-2.
It was the 26-year-old's first match since being knocked out of the French Open by eventual champion Novak Djokovic and the world number 58 will play second seed Bernard Tomic in the next round. | British number one Johanna Konta beat American Victoria Duval 6-3 6-0 in the first round of the Nottingham Open. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36461659"} | 340 | 27 | 0.546406 | 1.338475 | -0.048264 | 2.333333 | 12.041667 | 0.75 |
But there is no place for Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths, who scored his 40th goal of the season on Wednesday.
Hearts right-back Callum Paterson has also been brought in while Hibernian midfielder John McGinn keeps his place, but Aberdeen's Kenny McLean drops out.
Scotland face Italy in Malta on 29 May before playing France on 4 June.
Uncapped McKay, 21, has scored nine goals this season from the flanks while left-back Wallace, 28, has been a model of consistency in leading Rangers to promotion and the Scottish Cup final.
"They've had a terrific season," manager Gordon Strachan noted. "As a partnership they work brilliantly together. It's as good a partnership as I've seen for a long time.
"Both appreciate each other's contribution and they both know what they're good at, and they both help each other all through the games. So I think it's worth the two of them coming together."
Strachan said he chose to leave players from Celtic and Aberdeen out of his squad so they can be rested before crucial European ties with their clubs at the start of next season.
Aberdeen face a Europa League qualifier on 30 June, while Celtic start their Champions League qualifiers on 12/13 July, but McLean and Griffiths had both declared themselves keen to be involved.
"I'm the Scotland manager. My job is to get the best for Scottish football," Strachan added. "I'm trying to give them as much rest as I can so they can be ready for their European ties.
"It might be a bit of a gamble, I could have done with some of them."
Craig Gordon, Kieran Tierney, James Forrest, Griffiths and Scott Brown - who has been playing through the pain of inflamed hamstrings - are all rested.
But Celtic defender Charlie Mulgrew is in the squad, with Strachan pointing out he may not be at Parkhead beyond the end of the season.
"He will maybe not be a Celtic player when we play the second game. His contract is up. So that's the reason Charlie is there. But Charlie has had a stop-start season and I don't think he needs as much of a rest."
Hearts will also face a Europa League qualifier at the end of June, but Strachan said Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson was keen for right-back Paterson, 21, to gain more international experience.
"He has also had a six-week break as well with his injury, so that's the reason Callum is in there," Strachan explained. "He is a goal threat, he can get forward and cross, he has a good physique about him, and he will get better and better because he is still a young fella."
Norwich striker Steven Naismith returns to the squad after pulling out of the friendly against the Czech Republic in late March, a 1-0 win Scotland repeated against Denmark five days later.
Nottingham Forest winger Oliver Burke keeps his place and Crystal Palace midfielder James McArthur is recalled after recovering from injury, while Fulham striker Ross McCormack - a late call-up for the previous friendlies - has earned another chance.
But Leeds duo Liam Cooper and Liam Bridcutt, Norwich defender Steven Whittaker, Wolves midfielder Kevin McDonald, Brighton forward Jamie Murphy and Blackburn striker Tony Watt all drop out.
Despite five goals in his last eight matches, Middlesbrough striker Jordan Rhodes has again been left out.
Goalkeepers
Scott Bain (Dundee), David Marshall (Cardiff), Allan McGregor (Hull)
Defenders
Christophe Berra (Ipswich), Gordon Greer (Brighton), Grant Hanley (Blackburn), Alan Hutton (Aston Villa), Russell Martin (Norwich), Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic), Callum Paterson (Hearts) Andrew Robertson (Hull), Lee Wallace (Rangers)
Midfielders
Ikechi Anya (Watford), Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday), Oliver Burke (Nottingham Forest), Darren Fletcher (West Brom), Shaun Maloney (Hull), James McArthur (Crystal Palace), John McGinn (Hibernian), Barry McKay (Rangers), Matt Phillips (QPR), Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth), Robert Snodgrass (Hull)
Forwards
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Investors were also digesting a wave of results from major US banks.
The Dow Jones index lost 138.61 points, or 0.67%, to 20,453.25 while the S&P 500 shed 15.98 points, or 0.68%, to 2,328.95.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 31.01 points or 0.53% to 5,805.15.
The Afghan attack followed days of mounting concerns about US relations with Russia and North Korea.
JJ Kinahan, a market strategist at TD Ameritrade, told AFP: "People are saying, 'Let's take some risk off the table.' With what's going on in geopolitics, who knows what can happen."
Shares in JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup fell 1.17% and 0.8% respectively, despite both lenders reporting a 17% hike in quarterly profits.
And Wells Fargo shares fell 3.3% after the bank reported a drop in mortgage banking revenue.
Oil-linked shares also slipped as investors appeared to cash in gains made earlier in the week.
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The sale was finalised at a meeting in Washington between US defence chief Jim Mattis and his Qatari counterpart.
It comes days after US President Donald Trump accused Qatar - a major US ally - of funding terrorism "at a very high level" - a charge Qatar denies.
Other Gulf countries recently cut ties with Doha, accusing it of destabilising the region through its alleged support of extremist groups and links to Iran.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May spoke to the kings of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, as well as the emir of Qatar, on Thursday, urging them to "urgently de-escalate the situation" and "engage meaningfully in dialogue", according to a statement from Downing Street.
Qatar is home to the biggest US air base in the Middle East, Al-Udeid. It houses around 10,000 troops and plays a key role in the US-led operations against the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Iraq.
Mr Trump's comments appeared at odds with the US Department of Defence, which had praised Qatar's "enduring commitment to regional security" just days earlier.
Saudi Arabia, another key US ally, has led moves to isolate the gas-rich emirate since earlier this month. Riyadh sealed its border, closed its air space to Qatari Airways and - along with Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt - severed diplomatic relations.
A Qatari official said the deal for the fighter planes was "proof that US institutions are with us but we have never doubted that," Reuters news agency reported.
"Our militaries are like brothers. America's support for Qatar is deep-rooted and not easily influenced by political changes," the unnamed official was quoted as saying.
A Qatari defence ministry source told Reuters Doha had bought 36 of the planes.
The deal comes just weeks after the US agreed to sell the Saudis more than $100bn-worth of weapons.
As tensions between Qatar and its neighbours escalate, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was due in Kuwait on Thursday as part of a shuttle mission to try to resolve the crisis.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly backed Qatar, calling the Saudi-led measures "inhumane and against Islamic values". Kuwait has also been mediating.
Last week, the Turkish parliament authorised the deployment of Turkish troops to Qatar in what was seen as a show of support for the embattled emirate. Ankara has also sent planeloads of food to Qatar, which had been dependant on imports from Saudi Arabia. | Qatar has signed a $12bn deal to buy F-15 fighters jets from the US. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40287570"} | 576 | 22 | 0.490565 | 1.181294 | -0.602449 | 0.75 | 30.5 | 0.625 |
Richard Clay, 50, and business partner Kathryn Clark, 52, operated a firm called Arck LLP, convincing investors to part with, in some cases, their pension funds and life savings.
The pair previously admitted six counts of fraud and two of forgery.
The "elaborate scam" was uncovered in 2012, according to the Serious Fraud Office.
The Nottingham-based company received £47.5m from "several hundred" investors hoping to benefit from property development, including in Cape Verde, police said.
It was only after civil proceedings were initiated that the fraud was uncovered and the defendants were arrested in March 2012.
Clark, of Edwalton, Nottinghamshire, helped to forge bank statements to appease anxious investors, providing "a veneer of credibility" as she was authorised under the Financial Services Act.
One statement was falsified to suggest there was more than £12m in the firm's bank account, when there was just £25, an earlier Insolvency Service hearing was told.
Serious Fraud Office director David Green described the pair's crime as a "pernicious fraud".
Clay, of Belper, Derbyshire, was described as the "directing force" behind Arck's financial schemes, and sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison at Southwark Crown Court and given a serious crime prevention order to last for five years.
Clark was handed a two-year suspended sentence and ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work.
At earlier hearings, Clay admitted three counts of fraud, while Clark pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud and two of forgery.
Both were disqualified from being a director of a company for 15 and 14 years respectively, by the Insolvency Service earlier this year.
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The benchmark index finished the day down 2.43% at 17,427.08 points.
Analysts said investors were concerned about China's economy following latest trade numbers released on Tuesday.
Investors also reacted to Japan's revised growth numbers released earlier which analysts said had not eased concerns about the state of the nation's economy.
Japan's economy contracted 0.3% during the quarter, compared with original calculations of a 0.4% contraction.
The revision beat market expectations, which were for a contraction of 0.5%, but did little to calm investors.
The world's third largest economy also revealed a revised fall in private consumption on Tuesday to 0.7% from a previous estimate of 0.8%.
Japan relies on domestic consumption for about 60% of its economy. However, it has been adjusting to the impact of a sales tax rise which has dampened spending.
Chinese shares rallied to close higher after a surge in late afternoon buying by bargain hunters helped reverse earlier losses.
The Shanghai Composite finished up 2.9% at 3,170.45, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was up 3.3% at 21,259.04.
"Valuation of some stocks are lower than even during the 2008 global financial crisis," said Qiu Zhi, strategist at Huatai Securities.
Investors ignored trade data that showed China's imports in August fell 14.3% in yuan-denominated terms from a year ago, while exports fell by 6.1%.
The steep fall in the value of imports, which was greater than expected, reflected lower commodity prices globally, particularly crude oil.
In Australia the S&P/ASX 200 closed up 1.69% at 5,115.2 points.
Energy stocks were boosted as investors reacted to news that Australian energy giant Woodside Petroleum had made an estimated $11.65bn Australian dollars ($8.1bn) bid for Oil Search as it looks towards Papua New Guinea's (PNG) market.
Australian-listed shares in Oil Search, which is an oil and gas exploration firm with most of its assets in PNG, rose as much as 17% on the news, though Woodside's slid more than 3%.
South Korea's Kospi benchmark index closed down 0.24% at 1,878.68 points.
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More than 215,000 fans from 194 countries took part in the survey, which ran for two weeks following the Monaco Grand Prix.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was the most popular driver, while 60% wanted refuelling to return.
GPDA chairman Alex Wurz said the most striking result was a lack of new fans.
"We know that refuelling is probably not the answer to increase the action on track," Wurz told BBC Sport, "because we have other data from the teams.
"But it is interesting that we have people who followed F1 for the first time in the 2000s, when there was refuelling, and they hark back to that era as the best - as all of us do for the times we first became interested in a sport - and there are no new fans to counter-balance their views."
F1's stakeholders have been considering reintroducing refuelling, which was banned at the end of 2009, but this is likely to be overturned at a key meeting on Wednesday because data proves it reduces the amount of on-track overtaking.
Other key findings of the survey were:
Wurz said the GPDA would now spend some time analysing the detail of the data before meeting to discuss the findings and the next steps at the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend on 24-26 July.
A total of 217,756 people took part across 194 countries, with the UK, France and the United States the top three respondent countries.
The respondents voted F1 websites as their number one source for fan information, with 55% picking that medium and only 50% television.
And more than 50% of respondents said they had stopped watching races live since the sport moved to pay television.
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International aid has started arriving but there is still a shortage of medical equipment, food and body bags.
The 7.8 magnitude quake hit Nepal on Saturday destroying buildings in Kathmandu and severely affecting rural areas across the region.
A government official said on Tuesday the death toll has now risen to 4,310.
Almost 8,000 people have been injured, ministry spokesperson Laxmi Prasad Dhakal said.
Nepal and surrounding areas have continued to experience aftershocks. Thousands in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, spent a third night outside, too afraid to go back into their houses.
Water, food and electricity are in short supply and there are fears of outbreaks of disease.
"According to initial estimations and based on the latest earthquake intensity mapping, eight million people in 39 districts have been affected, of which over two million people live in the 11 severely affected districts," said the most recent report from the UN Office of the Resident Co-ordinator.
This camp had been set up on a playground and even now there are quite a few children playing. But it no longer resembles a safe place. There's rubbish everywhere, paper plates, wrappers and plastic glasses are strewn all over.
"It's getting quite bad," says one man who is here with his wife and four daughters. "We've been here for three days and we've been living on instant noodles. There's nothing else to eat."
His house is not badly damaged, but he is adamant that he will not go home despite the challenging conditions in the camp.
"We've heard all these rumours about more earthquakes and aftershocks. We will not leave this place, not for a while."
Homeless and hungry survivors
How long can survivors last under rubble?
Quake 'was anticipated'
The country's most deadly earthquake in 81 years triggered avalanches that have killed 18 people on Mount Everest - the worst disaster in history on the world's highest peak.
More than 200 people were trapped on the mountain but helicopters are bringing them to safety with about 60 rescued on Monday, according to the tourism ministry.
Almost the entire Nepali army and police have joined the search and rescue operations, officials say.
People are still being pulled from the rubble more than 50 hours after the tragedy.
Nepal earthquake: Before and after
In pictures: Devastation after the quake
Hospitals are unable to cope with the huge numbers of people in need of medical attention and some Nepalis have complained of aid being slow to reach them.
The Nepal government has acknowledged that it needs help from overseas asking for everything from blankets and helicopters to doctors and drivers.
"We urge foreign countries to give us special relief materials and medical teams. We are really desperate for more foreign expertise to pull through this crisis," said Chief Secretary Leela Mani Paudel.
Many countries have sent aid including India, China the UK and US.
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The 23-year-old Uruguayan has made one appearance for the Premier League club, against Dagenham & Redbridge in the FA Cup, since joining them last August.
Rodriguez scored 19 goals in 71 games for River Plate Montevideo prior to his move to Goodison Park.
"Leandro is held in high regard at Everton and is a big prospect," Bees boss Dean Smith told BBC Radio London.
"He likes to get in the box and thrives on crosses. He stretches the line well and those are things we need."
Rodriguez is Smith's first signing as Brentford head coach following his appointment at the end of November.
"It's nice to finally bring someone in," Smith added. "We needed a new face around the place and we are thankful Everton are happy for him to come here.
"We have got a good track record with Everton players when they have come here and done well."
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The region near the Burmese border is home to many militant groups and has seen decades of separatist violence. But rights groups accuse the security forces of using the immunity given by The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to indulge in "fake encounters" or illegal extrajudicial killings.
Photographer Karen Dias has been meeting the families of those killed and documenting their stories.
Gangarani Kongkhang's husband Deban Kongkhang was killed after bullets were fired into his van allegedly by the Thoubal district police commandos at Patpan Lamkhai in Manipur's capital, Imphal. The government promised to punish the perpetrators and give her a government job and financial compensation, but six years later she has received nothing. Ms Kongkhang, 38, is visually impaired and lives on handouts and takes care of her two children aged seven and 12.
Wangkhem Chandrakala's husband, Namoijan Lukhoi, was shot dead by two unidentified men outside their home on 21 April 2008. She lodged a police complaint but later gave up the case because she feared "repercussions" and worried about the safety of her four school-going children. "Soon after my husband's death, I went into depression and began to lose my senses. I would wander off and find myself in the fields or in the crematorium. My family members and neighbours had to keep an eye on me," she said.
Roni lost her husband Mutum Herojit on 13 October 2008. She found out about his death while watching news on TV. "I want justice for my husband. No other woman's husband should die in the future. I want to tell the government that this killing should stop or else Manipur will become a state of widows," she says. Here, she is photographed with her nine-year-old son, Mutum Mir.
Neena Ningombam's husband Michael Nongmaithem was killed in 2008 by Manipuri police commandos who accused Michael of being a militant and said he was shot while trying to escape. After her husband's death, she joined hands with other widows and founded the Extrajudicial Execution Victims Families Association of Manipur.
The group has filed a petition in the Supreme Court listing 1,528 cases of alleged extra-judicial killings by security forces in Manipur.
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Anil Agarwal, who controls Vedanta, said on Wednesday he would make the investment through his family trust Volcan Holdings.
The statement from Volcan said neither the trust nor Vedanta intended to seek control of Anglo.
Buying a stake of about 12% in Anglo would diversify Mr Agarwal's holdings.
Vedanta focuses on commodities including zinc, lead, silver, copper, iron ore and aluminium, while Anglo's portfolio includes diamonds and platinum.
"This is an attractive investment for our family trust ... I am delighted to become a shareholder in Anglo American," Mr Agarwal said.
Anglo reported a huge pre-tax loss of $5.5bn (£3.8bn) for 2015 following the plunge in commodity prices.
However, its shares jumped nearly 300% last year and in February the company said it would resume paying dividends and slow down the pace of asset sales.
Anglo American shares jumped 8.5% to £12.96 in morning trading in London, while Vedanta also rose 5.2% to 878p.
Other mining companies including Antofagasta, Fresnillo, BHP Billiton and Randgold Resources also posted strong gains to help lead the London market to a new record high on Thursday.
Miners have been boosted by a fall in the dollar after the US Federal Reserve indicated a slower pace of interest rate rises than the market had been expecting.
A weaker greenback helps dollar-denominated commodities, as it makes them cheaper for customers paying in other currencies.
Mr Agarwal is using a "mandatory exchangeable bond" to finance the share purchase.
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They are not in charge of the city, the military forces of the UAE are. But in the last few days disturbing reports have emerged of the summary executions of prisoners by the jihadists, along with their black flags hoisted onto public buildings.
The war in Yemen, now in its sixth month, has effectively offered the jihadists a backdoor entry into the country's second most important city and a major Indian Ocean port.
"The jihadists have been taking advantage of the chaos in Aden to infiltrate the city," says Aimen Deen, a Dubai-based consultant and former jihadist himself.
Nigel Inkster, the director of transnational threats at the London think-tank IISS and a former director of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, concurs.
"AQAP are a very opportunistic organisation," he says.
"What has happened in Aden has created an opportunity and given them scope to expand there and in certain parts of the country."
So what exactly has happened in Aden? Very bad things in recent weeks is the answer.
For 128 years, the Indian Ocean port of Aden and the adjoining hinterland was a British protectorate and later a crown colony.
As recently as the 1960s, cruise ships were dropping off passengers to shop in its teeming markets as they refuelled on the long voyage between Southampton and the Far East. It was one of the busiest ports and harbours in the world.
After a violent independence campaign, Aden became the capital of the Marxist People's Democratic Republic of Yemen from 1967 to 1990. Russian sailors strolled around town, office women wore Western skirts and there was even a local brewery.
Then followed unification with North Yemen and a brief and ultimately unsuccessful attempt by the South to split away in 1994. When I interviewed the country's strongman, President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in 2000, he told me his greatest achievement had been uniting the two Yemens, North and South.
But today Yemen is in chaos.
Pushed out by the Arab Spring protests of 2011, President Saleh left office, but not Yemen. A sore loser, he conspired to wreck Yemen's transition to a peaceful democracy, forming an alliance in 2014 with the same Houthi rebels he had fought several wars against.
In September 2014, the rebels advanced on the capital, Sanaa, from their northern stronghold.
By January 2015, they had the president, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, under house arrest. By March, they had seized almost the whole of the western half of the country, driving the government into exile and capturing Aden.
Who is fighting whom in Yemen?
Houthis - The Zaidi Shia Muslim rebels from the north overran Sanaa last year and then expanded their control. They want to replace Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, whose government they say is corrupt. The US alleges Iran is providing military assistance to the rebels.
Ali Abdullah Saleh - Military units loyal to the former president - forced to hand over power in 2011 after mass protests - are fighting alongside the Houthis.
Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi - The president fled abroad in March as the rebels advanced on Aden, where he had taken refuge in February. Sunni Muslim tribesmen and Southern separatists have formed militia to fight the rebels.
Saudi-led coalition - A US-backed coalition of nine, mostly Sunni Arab states, says it is seeking to "defend the legitimate government" of Mr Hadi.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - AQAP opposes both the Houthis and President Hadi. A rival affiliate of Islamic State has also recently emerged.
Human Rights Watch report on Yemen
Yemen's giant neighbour, Saudi Arabia, suspected the hand of Iran was behind the rebels, who are Shia, and launched a devastating air war to push them back and force them to sue for peace.
It has largely worked, but at a cost. The rebels are now in full retreat, but over 4,000 people have been killed in the fighting, at least half of them civilians.
The once quiet, torpid streets of Aden have been battered by mortar fire, snipers and artillery. As part of the Saudi-led coalition, the UAE landed an entire armoured brigade there to reinforce the Yemeni loyalists fighting the rebels.
French-built Leclerc tanks of the UAE army have been in action north of the city.
But in Aden itself there has been something of a power vacuum with almost no effective policing or security - just the sort of situation the jihadists like to exploit.
As far back as February, when the Houthis were advancing into Aden, IS declared a new province, a "wilaya" of Aden and Lahej.
After launching an attack on Houthi rebels on 18 July, they reportedly executed seven of their captives in the district known as Crater.
Now, in a new report on the mistreatment of prisoners by both sides, Human Rights Watch cites reports that on 23 August, IS dressed a number of Houthi prisoners in orange jumpsuits, placed them in a boat which was then towed out into the harbour.
Reportedly watched by local residents of Aden, the boat carrying the prisoners was then blown up, killing those on board, the report says.
Yemen is no stranger to violence. In the last four years, it has witnessed some horrific suicide bombings, mostly in Sanaa.
For now, it seems that the jihadists of AQAP and IS have largely put aside their differences to fight their common enemy, the Shia Houthi rebels.
Ironically, they are being aided by air strikes from the very countries - Saudi Arabia and the UAE - who normally oppose them.
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