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The DJ was midway through his act when Scott Woodward produced the lit flare causing people to run away.
The 22-year-old, of Ashgrove, Dumfries, admitted having the flare at the festival in Balado on 10 July.
A sheriff told him he had "reached the custodial threshold" with the offence.
Perth Sheriff Court was told that Woodward had the lit flare - normally used to alert coastguards - while sitting on another man's shoulders less than 20 yards from the stage.
The court heard that a number of people moved away from the area around the flare, which was pumping out red smoke, as it took three minutes to burn out.
He admitted placing other people in a large crowd at risk of injury if he fell from his friend's shoulders or dropped the lit flare on the ground.
Fiscal depute John Malpass said there had been clear warnings about such actions at the festival.
"A message was put on the large screens to say anyone lighting flares would be liable to be prosecuted," he said.
"The organisers even took the step of putting it on their Facebook page to say flares were banned from any part of the venue."
The court was told how members of security became aware of a flare in the crowd and then saw Woodward on another person's shoulders carrying it.
Mr Malpass added: "It was in a heavily congested area of the crowd. He was approximately 50 feet from the stage.
"It caused numerous persons directly in front of the accused to move away."
The court heard the incident had been recorded on CCTV and security staff entered the crowd and managed to trace Woodward.
Solicitor Billy Somerville, defending, said: "It is the type of flare which is used when persons are in distress at sea and can be purchased without any licence.
"He accepts he was there and someone, one of his friends, handed him the flare.
"It was lit for around three minutes - obviously if it was dropped there is a high temperature involved and people could be injured."
Sheriff Robert McCreadie said there was a wider issue of crowd control which had "potentially serious consequences".
"That was in the mind of the organisers when they explicitly banned the use of such items," he said.
"A crowd can be very frightening indeed if it moves in an unexpected way.
"It is not simply a stupid man holding up a flare in direct defiance of what he was told.
"It is an offence against public order and has reached the custodial threshold."
He deferred sentence on Woodward until next month for the preparation of reports and to enable him to view footage of the incident from the CCTV. | A festival-goer has been told he could be jailed for endangering fans by waving a flare during a set by Deadmau5 at this year's T in the Park. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "14595229"} | 599 | 46 | 0.453995 | 1.200994 | -0.764105 | 0.787879 | 16.393939 | 0.606061 |
Both Smith and Berki scored 16.066 but the Hungarian was awarded the Olympic gold for a higher execution score.
GB team-mate Max Whitlock scored a superb 15.600 on his Olympic debut, handing the 19-year-old bronze.
Smith, 23, adds silver to the bronze medal he won at Beijing 2008.
That medal, achieved at the age of 19, made him the first Briton in a century to win an individual gymnastics medal.
There, his score tied with that of Croatia's Filip Ude and Smith came off worse, missing out on silver.
Four years later, with Smith the favourite for Olympic gold and the last to compete in the North Greenwich Arena, the same happened again. This time, arch-rival Berki took the spoils.
"Louis was under huge amounts of pressure and he had to deliver the goods. In fairness to him he increased the difficulty and to get the same score as the Olympic champion is just fantastic. We've come so far in the sport. We are now the strongest team in the world on the pommel horse. I cannot believe it. This is terrific for British gymnastics."
"It was tough. It's happened twice now, at two Olympic Games, being bumped down," he told BBC Sport.
"I guess I'm used to it now. But to come second against one of the best pommel-horse workers the world has ever seen? I'm a happy guy."
He could not have done more, losing out by a fraction in a battle between two greats of the discipline.
When scores are level in gymnastics, the mark awarded for execution - as opposed to difficulty, which is the other half - is counted first to break the tie.
Berki had a difficulty score of 6.9 and an execution score of 9.166, to Smith's higher difficulty of 7.0 but lower execution of 9.066.
The Hungarian's victory means he has still to lose to Smith in a major final, but Smith's relief at getting through his routine was palpable, having fallen in the same arena at the 2009 World Championships.
Smith did not watch Berki's routine, instead opting to continue his warm-up in the depths of the arena. When a rehearsal of his hardest routine did not go to plan, he opted for a slightly safer set of moves and was happy with his decision.
"I can't sit here with my face screwed up when I've got a silver at an Olympic Games. It's such a journey, not just for me but for every Olympic athlete," said Smith.
"To perform one of my hardest routines cleanly knowing all my friends and family have come to watch, regardless of what medal it won, was an amazing feeling.
"I said this final would be a clash of the titans if we both went through our routines, and getting the same score shows how close it was."
Whitlock kept his composure remarkably and went through a clean, strong routine in his first Olympic individual final. Not only did it pick up a medal, it hinted at a brighter future in four years' time.
"I'm so happy with how my first Olympics has gone, I couldn't ask for more," Whitlock said.
"To come second to Louis Smith, to start with, is really good. He was so close to that gold. He's upped his medal from bronze to silver and he should be really happy with it. He's done well."
Kristian Thomas and Beth Tweddle are Britain's remaining gymnastics hopes in the men's vault and women's uneven bars respectively. Both finals take place on Monday. | Louis Smith won a dramatic gymnastics silver medal on the pommel horse, missing out on gold by the narrowest margin after his overall score tied with Krisztian Berki. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "18907323"} | 806 | 38 | 0.460737 | 1.299084 | 0.837352 | 1.866667 | 24.2 | 0.8 |
The number of inquiries questioning GCSE and A-level grades rose even more sharply, up by 48% to 450,500, according to exam watchdog Ofqual.
"Every such change has a big impact on the individuals affected," said education minister Nick Gibb.
"There is a growing lack of confidence in the exam system," said head teachers' leader Brian Lightman.
School leaders have voiced concerns about the quality of marking this summer - and the figures from Ofqual, for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, show a big increase in inquiries to the "review of marking service", up by 56% to almost 444,000.
There were warnings that mistakes in marking could mean that young people missed out on university places or being able to stay on to take A-levels.
Overall, about one in every 33 scripts marked this year resulted in an inquiry about marking or grades.
If schools and parents are not satisfied by the response to this inquiry, they can make a further appeal, and about one in five of these challenges resulted in a grade being changed.
This meant 45,500 grades have been corrected - up by 15% compared with the results of summer 2013. It represents a much bigger increase over the last few years - about 50% more grade changes than 2011.
"We're not surprised to hear that there has been a significant increase in requests for re-marks. Many schools have told us of a worrying number of results which simply did not reflect how well students should have done," said Mr Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders.
"Schools need to be able to trust the marks given to students. They need to know that examinations will be marked accurately, fairly and in a timely manner."
Mr Lightman said it remained unclear whether the increase in appeals is due to a "fundamental weaknesses in marking".
But he warned that the "lack of confidence in the exam system which has been exacerbated by frequent and ad hoc changes to qualifications".
The overall proportion of exam grades being changed remains low, but has increased for both A-levels and GCSEs. This year, 0.52% of GCSE grades and 0.65% of A-level grades have been changed.
Richard Harman, chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference of independent schools, said: "We have been concerned about the accuracy of exam marking for many years, and so it is extremely worrying to see a new leap in the figures for re-grades this year."
"The college or university places of tens of thousands of students have been needlessly jeopardised this autumn and the exam boards must be made to do much better."
Education Minister Nick Gibb said: "It is essential that students can be confident that their hard work will be accurately assessed and the exams they sit properly marked.
"Parents, pupils and schools must have faith in exam marking and we are working closely with Ofqual and the exam boards to ensure this is the case." | More than 45,000 exam grades from this summer have been changed after schools challenged the results, up by 15%. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29704020"} | 655 | 23 | 0.549293 | 1.409528 | 0.714368 | 1.772727 | 27.045455 | 0.863636 |
The tycoon's refusal to rule out a third-party run drew boos from the audience on Thursday night.
And he stood by offensive comments he has made in the past about women.
The 10 candidates in Cleveland, selected by Fox News on the basis of recent national polls, provided a frank and bruising exchange of views.
Facing some tough questions from the debate moderators, the candidates tried to stand out in a crowded Republican field.
Key moments included:
Mr Trump stumbled on his past support for a national healthcare system but his most uncomfortable moment came when moderator Megyn Kelly challenged him on his views about women.
"You've called women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals," she said.
He answered by joking that he only said that about actress Rosie O'Donnell and stating that political correctness was one of the country's biggest problems.
The crowd became hostile when Mr Trump said he would run as an independent, an admission that enraged Mr Paul. "He buys and sells politicians of all stripes," said the senator.
One of the loudest rounds of applause was for Mr Rubio when he mocked Hillary Clinton, who leads the Democratic field.
"First let me say, I think God has blessed us. He's blessed the Republican Party with some very good candidates. The Democrats can't even find one."
On Thursday, the Democratic Party announced it would hold its first debate in Nevada in October, hosted by CNN.
By next summer, each party will have a presidential nominee who will do battle in the race for the White House. Votes will finally be cast in November 2016.
About 1,000 grassroots activists packed a ballroom in an Atlanta hotel to watch the Republican debate, and they went home thrilled with the performance.
The verdict from the crowd wasn't difficult to pick up. Moderates like John Kasich and Jeb Bush didn't do anything to win them over - even eliciting boos on occasion - while conservative darlings like Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio garnered positive reviews, even if they had limited opportunities to really shine.
Donald Trump was generally seen as an amusing sideshow. "He's not a real Republican," said Tarya O'Neill from Madison, Wisconsin. "I hope people know that now". Sandy Rabe of Cincinnati, Ohio, said she liked some of the things he said, "but I hope he doesn't become president".
Rabe added that she wished Carly Fiorina, the former business executive, had got a chance to show her stuff on the stage. She is roundly considered to have dominated the earlier debate among lower-tier candidates.
There will be considerable pontificating and prognosticating after the debate, but the one thing this campaign has shown so far is that conventional wisdom and educated predictions are more often wrong than right.
Meet all the 2016 hopefuls
The Republican field is one of the largest in recent years. Seven other candidates took part in an earlier debate that featured several attacks on Mr Trump.
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry said the former reality show presenter was running a campaign based on celebrity, while former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina mocked him over his Clinton ties.
While the debates were going on, Ms Clinton was in Los Angeles for a campaign fundraising event attended by several celebrities, including reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her husband, musician Kanye West.
Ms Kardashian tweeted a picture of her and her husband posing with Mrs Clinton, saying: "I got my selfie!!!" | Donald Trump continued to dominate the Republican race for US president by causing further controversies in the first debate. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33814280"} | 800 | 25 | 0.328433 | 0.924077 | 0.108383 | 1.25 | 34.65 | 0.75 |
Nicholson has remained hopeful of agreeing a new deal with the 31-year-old, who scored three goals in 18 league games last season.
"Funds are very low at the moment," Nicholson told BBC Sport.
"Shaun, as is his right, needs a certain amount to be able to carry on playing for us."
Nicholson says a lot of work is being done to generate extra money for the National League club - which is still the subject of an ongoing takeover bid - to enable him to sign the former Northampton, Notts County and Bury forward.
"We're trying to raise as many funds as we can through sponsorships and through the players' fund so that maybe I can go back to Shaun and offer him something that can get him to come back," Nicholson added.
"But at the moment we're stuck in a little bit of a stalemate as I haven't got enough money to offer him, but I don't want him to leave.
"So until I take the deal away or until he signs a with somebody else, I've still got hope on that one.
"I get on really well with Shaun, so we both know exactly where we stand, but I'm having to put some work in to try and raise some money." | Torquay United manger Kevin Nicholson says the club may lose out on the chance to re-sign striker Shaun Harrad due to a lack of finances. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36671819"} | 292 | 38 | 0.466719 | 1.13293 | -0.087633 | 0.571429 | 9.25 | 0.5 |
"It played a big part in taking the role," she says after a performance of The Armour at the Langham Hotel in the West End of London.
In Ben Ellis's play, Spearritt plays a global pop star with "more Twitter followers than the population of Venezuela" on a comeback tour after a period of self-destruction.
Relaxing in one of the hotel bars after a performance, Spearritt is keen to point out that there is not too much of a similarity between her and stroppy pop diva Poppy.
"I thought it would be great fun to play someone so edgy and off the wall. I could relate in some ways with my background and my history."
Spearritt, now 33, made her name as a teenager in S Club 7 who enjoyed 11 UK top 10 hits, including three number ones.
The group formed in 1998 and rose to fame in their own children's TV series, Miami 7, on BBC One. After the departure of member Paul Cattermole in 2002 the remaining six members continued as S Club, but they split in 2003.
Spearritt pursued an acting career, finding success in ITV drama Primeval and in the West End stage production of farce One Man, Two Guvnors.
Last November, S Club 7 reunited for the first time in 12 years for BBC Children in Need. They performed a medley of hits - including Reach, Don't Stop Movin' and Bring It All Back - and caused a frenzy of social media nostalgia.
"I was completely overwhelmed," says Spearritt. "It was really positive. There was a surge of love coming from Twitter."
Days later, S Club 7 announced they were embarking on a reunion UK arena tour. Rehearsals start soon, while Spearritt is still appearing in The Armour.
She admits she is keen to "go down memory lane" after so many years away from music touring.
"We'll bring out some old tunes, the Zimmer frames and the WD-40," she jokes.
"What we have learnt from Children in Need is that it's important to keep the majority of the dance moves because we're doing it for the fans who were fans when we were in our prime."
There will not be any new songs, she confirms. It is all about nostalgia.
"S Club was a massive part of my life for five or six years. I'm really proud of that and never want to forget it. I feel lucky to be able to celebrate it again and do it for a little period of time.
"Now we have Twitter, people are so vocal about what they do want to see. So it seems like the right thing to do, not take it too seriously and celebrate it."
She is not sure what the future holds for S Club 7 after the tour in May.
"We know when the end is, whereas before it was consuming our lives. I think it will be a lot more fun, not that it wasn't fun.
"I felt like a baby back then. When I started, that was half of my life ago. It's kind of crazy to come back to do something that's such a young thing. Hopefully we don't look too old.
"All the kids that were fans are in their twenties now - so hopefully they'll get the chance to relive their youth."
The Armour runs at the Langham until 4 April. The S Club 7 Bring It All Back tour begins on 7 May at Birmingham LG Arena. | In a case of art imitating life, Hannah Spearritt is playing a pop star making a comeback in a new play - as she prepares for S Club 7's reunion tour. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31839681"} | 776 | 47 | 0.43318 | 1.285818 | -0.10561 | 1.382353 | 20.617647 | 0.794118 |
The supermarket said it was beginning a consultation about a "simplified management structure" at its West Yorkshire base, which currently employs 2,300 people.
Morrisons said it had also begun recruiting 5,000 shop floor staff for its stores across the country.
Chief Executive David Potts said the business had made "tough but necessary decisions".
The supermarket said it would be offering opportunities for voluntary redundancy and staff would be offered a role in Morrisons stores, with some redeployed in other parts of the business.
Morrisons said it would not "rule in or out" the possibility that head office managers would offered new roles on checkouts or stacking shelves.
"They could be made redundant but they will certainly be made the offer of a job within the business," said a spokesman.
By Danni Hewson, Business Correspondent, BBC Yorkshire
It's almost unheard of for a new chief executive to come into a business and not make changes. David Potts jumped into the hot seat last month and has already created waves.
The biggest loser in this latest shake-up must be Bradford. The head office on Gain Lane employs 2,300 people. The cuts announced today will cut that by almost a third.
Although affected staff are being offered the chance to find alternate positions within the company, the reality is many are unlikely to take up that offer. Geographically many of the stores may be too distant without relocation and the positions on offer there and across the rest of the business may be unsuitable.
In recent months Bradford's unemployment rate has been falling but it is still well above the national average of 2.1% and the loss of such a large number of jobs can't fail to register.
It was a tough decision says the company, an even tougher decision is likely to face those staff who've been given the bad news today.
Mr Potts added: "We are focusing on the things that matter to our customers.
"That means having more of our staff in our stores, improving product availability and helping customers at our checkouts.
"To support this, we need a simpler, faster and cost-conscious head office and that requires some tough but necessary decisions."
In March Morrisons reported profits down by 52% to £345m, its worst results in eight years.
Mr Potts joined the business in March to replace Dalton Philips who left after five years at the helm of the firm.
Meanwhile, the company has started on the closure programme of the M local stores that it has earmarked for the axe.
Last month it announced that it would close 23 M local stores during the year, resulting in the loss of 380 jobs.
It said four stores have been closed, with the remaining 19 to shut over the next few months. | A total of 720 jobs are set to be lost at Morrisons' head office in Bradford. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32334991"} | 594 | 22 | 0.477348 | 1.307919 | -0.87943 | 0.944444 | 30.222222 | 0.722222 |
The Fresher's Don't was published in 1893 for Cambridge University students.
It is on display at an exhibition at St John's College, which was then an all-male establishment.
The guide includes advice on the opposite sex, including "not to get too familiar" with the landlady's daughter - and a reminder not to "speak to girls without introduction". | Undergraduates were encouraged to smoke but told not to use tea cosies in a Victorian guide to student life. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37309362"} | 86 | 26 | 0.45675 | 1.043024 | -0.94228 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 0.4 |
Rosco, an eight-month-old Border Terrier, was taken from outside "devastated" 82-year-old owner Leonard Ormond's Napier Drive home on Monday.
Police have issued an appeal to trace two men in a grey Ford Transit van.
A Help Find Rosco Facebook page has now been set up in a bid to trace the stolen dog.
Mr Ormond's son Gordon said: "My dad was sitting in the living room and he saw a grey van pull up.
"Two guys got out and my dad thought it was some sort of charity van.
"Before he even got up, the two guys are in the gate, picked the dog up, back in the van and gone.
"He's devastated and is blaming himself."
Mr Ormond said the response on social media to help find Rosco, who is microchipped, had been "incredible".
A Tayside Division spokeswoman said: "Police Scotland is making enquiries following a report that a brown-coloured male Border Terrier dog was stolen from an address in Napier Drive, Dundee between 09:00 and 09:30 on Monday.
"Officers are keen to trace a grey Ford Transit van with a blue or possibly brown logo that was seen in the area at the time.
"The man driving the van was wearing a wearing high visibility vest and was accompanied by another man." | An appeal to trace a dog stolen from a Dundee pensioner's garden has been shared more than 420,000 times on social media. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37097900"} | 311 | 32 | 0.513889 | 1.248972 | 0.019589 | 1.541667 | 11.291667 | 0.708333 |
Butcher finished calmly from inside the box at the end of a first half delayed by an injury to Spireites defender Liam O'Neil at the Pirelli Stadium.
The home side had the best of the chances, with forward Stuart Beavon denied by goalkeeper Tommy Lee.
Defeat leaves Chesterfield just a point above Fleetwood and the bottom four. | Calum Butcher scored the only goal of the game as League One leaders Burton Albion move seven points clear at the top with victory over Chesterfield. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35499304"} | 82 | 33 | 0.708576 | 1.387076 | 0.760394 | 0.481481 | 2.333333 | 0.333333 |
The items, which also included watches and cameras, were owned by photographer and retailer Robert White, who died of cancer last year, aged 62.
He was treated in Dorset and proceeds from the auction will help fund new facilities in the county, and support a number of staff training bursaries.
A 1930 Bentley four-and-a-half litre Le Mans-style tourer fetched £315,100.
The cash will pay for new scanners at Poole Hospital and new radiotherapy facilities at Dorset County Hospital.
Mr White's oncologist, Dr Mike Bayne, described the donation as a "lasting legacy".
Mr White, from Poole, started his collection after setting up a photography business in the town in 1982.
Other highlights from the sale, which had more than 600 lots, included a 1921 Megola 640cc touring motorcycle, which sold for £82,140, and a gold limited series Daniels wristwatch, which made £224,500.
He previously sold a collection of Brough Superior motorcycles to his friend, the US talk show host Jay Leno.
Funds raised from that sale are currently helping to build a new £7m cancer treatment centre at Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, and diagnostic facilities at Poole Hospital.
The sale at Bonhams in London had been expected to raise a total of £2m. | A collection of vintage and classic motorcycles and cars has raised more than £3.5m to help cancer patients. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37405891"} | 297 | 23 | 0.575718 | 1.337442 | -0.379243 | 1.095238 | 12.142857 | 0.714286 |
Sampson used all 20 outfield players in England's three group games and switched formations for each match.
After losing to France, England beat Mexico and Colombia to set up a clash against Norway on Monday.
"Mark's trusting us to play different formations depending on the opposition and it's working well," Houghton said.
Sampson says he has had to manage the workload of his players because of the quick turnaround between games in Canada and the hard artificial pitches.
But former England striker Karen Walker told BBC Radio 5 live that some of Sampson's changes were "very surprising".
"I am sure he is nervous, like the players are, and wants to show he can do well at major competition with his tactics and changes, but it is working," said Walker.
Sampson believes his side have the "weapons" to take on Norway, who were World Cup winners in 1995.
"Whatever we face in the latter stages, we know we have something to throw back," said the Welshman.
England played Norway in Sampson's first game in charge, the contest in January 2014 ending in a 1-1 draw.
"Norway will be tough," added Houghton, one of only three players, including goalkeeper Karen Bardsley and midfielder Fara Williams, to have started all three group games.
"They've got physical, strong players who've experienced big tournaments, but right now I'm just delighted we've gone through."
The goalkeeper was at fault for Mexico's consolation goal in England's 2-1 victory, but she made a crucial save before half-time against Colombia to keep her side 2-0 in front.
"In my position, I'm always going to get a bit of flak." said Bardsley.
"I take it with a grain of salt. They can say what they want. It's their opinion. We forget what we don't need to take with us."
On the save from Carolina Arias, the 30-year-old added: "If they'd scored, it would have become a different game.
"I'm really pleased with the save and the fact it gave my team momentum going into the second half. It helped set the tone." | England captain Steph Houghton has praised the tactics of manager Mark Sampson after the Lionesses reached the last 16 of the Women's World Cup. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33193525"} | 489 | 37 | 0.469128 | 1.139658 | -0.121004 | 0.807692 | 17.230769 | 0.653846 |
The scare followed Monday's bomb attack at Manchester Arena in which 22 people died and 116 were injured.
Several roads were closed during the incident. Cordons have now been lifted.
Meanwhile the threat level "will remain at critical and the public should remain vigilant", Prime Minister Theresa May has said.
She was speaking after a meeting of the government's emergency committee, Cobra.
Suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a homemade device at Manchester Arena on Monday. | A possible suspicious package has been declared safe after army bomb disposal experts were called to a street in Hulme, near Manchester city centre. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40043864"} | 107 | 30 | 0.52923 | 1.005725 | 0.072099 | 0.423077 | 3.5 | 0.423077 |
David Tennant will host a BBC Two celebration on Saturday night live from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Performers will include Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Helen Mirren and Benedict Cumberbatch.
The event will be attended by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall.
Other names on the bill include Rory Kinnear, Meera Syal, Joseph Fiennes, David Suchet, Simon Russell Beale, Roger Allam, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Harriet Walter, John Lithgow, Anne-Marie Duff and the cast of Horrible Histories.
As well as theatrical performances, the show - which begins on BBC Two at 20:30 BST - will feature hip-hop, blues, jazz, opera and classical music that has been inspired by Shakespeare's plays.
In London, Shakespeare's Globe will be screening short films of every one of Shakespeare's 37 plays on giant screens along the banks of the Thames, between Tower Bridge and Westminster.
The films feature actors delivering their lines in the locations where the plays are set - such as Cleopatra in Egypt, Julius Caesar in the Roman Forum and Hamlet at Elsinore.
Among the star names involved in the project, entitled The Complete Walk, are Gemma Arterton, Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, James Norton, Zawe Ashton and Peter Capaldi.
Dominic Dromgoole, the Globe's artistic director, who will stand down on Sunday, revealed on Friday that the short films had just all been given a "U" classification apart from one film, Pericles, which is a PG.
"That astonished us, we thought some of the others might be closer to the margins, so we'll have to put up signs around that saying it needs parental guidance," Mr Dromgoole said.
The weekend will also see the return of the Globe's worldwide tour of Hamlet, which has spent the last two years travelling to almost every country in the world.
US President Barack Obama, who is currently in the UK, is planning to visit London's Globe Theatre during the morning as part of the anniversary celebrations.
Later in the day, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will be in Stratford-upon-Avon, where the playwright was born.
They will visit the site of the playwright's adult home for 19 years - now being transformed into a tourist attraction called Shakespeare's New Place, and due to open to the public in July. They will also go to see his grave, situated at Holy Trinity Church.
And in the evening the royal couple will attend Shakespeare Live, which is being broadcast from Stratford-upon-Avon.
BBC Radio 3 will also be broadcasting a weekend of Shakespeare-inspired music and performance live from the Bard's hometown.
And some of Shakespeare's best known characters - including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and King Lear - will be featuring along a stretch of the River Thames in London.
Elsewhere, leading arts organisations across the UK will make available performances, analysis and talks.
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The historic event occurred after he defeated English forces at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
A ceremony took place in front of gathered nobles and clergy in the Kirk o' the Forest in Selkirk.
A geophysics survey in the ruins of the town's 18th Century Auld Kirk has revealed remains of a medieval chapel.
The investigation was expected to find traces of its 16th Century predecessor but instead it showed remains which could pinpoint the spot where Wallace was honoured.
It is a scene which was depicted in Mel Gibson's Braveheart.
The church itself was demolished and later churches built on the site.
We hope to work with the community to make the most of this fascinating discovery and the tourism potential it has.
Dr Chris Bowles, Scottish Borders Council's archaeologist, said: "The association between William Wallace and this area is quite well documented, with Wallace using guerrilla tactics to fight the English from the Ettrick Forest.
"We knew vaguely that this site was associated with Wallace, and that the Scottish nobles made him Guardian of Scotland at the Kirk o' the Forest in recognition of his military successes.
"We had been expecting the geophysics survey to uncover a 16th Century church that we know to have existed and which was a replacement to the medieval church, but the only evidence in the survey is in relation to the medieval church."
He said they found the "foundation footprint of a medieval chapel" within the footprint of the 18th Century church.
"There are certainly wall lines forming an east-west aligned rectangle," he said.
"The measurements are similar to St Margaret's Chapel in Edinburgh Castle and point to it possibly being a Romanesque chapel.
"If it is the Kirk o' the Forest, it is where Wallace was honoured. He went on to become the legendary figure he remains today."
Dr Bowles, who commissioned the survey by the University of Durham in conjunction with the Selkirk Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (Cars), said the site could now become a visitor attraction.
"While these geophysics results suggest a medieval chapel beneath the later church, we are very restricted by the burials in the area to allow any excavation," he said.
"But in the future it may be possible to conduct limited investigations in areas where there is no evidence of burial."
Gary Stewart, convenor of the Society of William Wallace, hailed the discovery as "a rare physical link to the hero".
He added: "This is a fantastic discovery, and another piece in the jigsaw of Wallace's life.
"It lets us know the exact place where Wallace was appointed as Guardian."
Colin Gilmour, Selkirk Cars project manager, said the discovery could draw tourism to the town.
He said: "There is nothing currently signposting people to the Auld Kirk site, but with this latest discovery it could become a major attraction and assist with the regeneration of the town centre.
"We hope to work with the community to make the most of this fascinating discovery and the tourism potential it has."
Scottish Borders councillor Ron Smith said the discovery strengthened the links between William Wallace and Selkirk.
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Forensic experts are investigating the deaths, thought to have occurred last month.
The graves are located just off the 11th June highway, in the Souk al-Jumua area to the east of the capital.
Separately, the charred remains of two bodies were uncovered on airport road in Tripoli.
The corpses were found near the oil tanks of a site known as the Hadba Project, a witness has told the BBC. Local residents in the area said the men were killed on the 22 August.
Libyan rebels captured Tripoli about three weeks ago. Areas of pro-Gaddafi resistance to the rebels remain, notably in Sirte and Bani Walid.
Anti-Gaddafi forces have resumed their attack on Bani Walid, supported by Nato air strikes. Rebel officials says their forces are now within reach of the centre of the town.
The whereabouts of Col Gaddafi and several of his sons remain unknown, though some of his family have fled to Algeria.
Several convoys of former Gaddafi loyalists are also said to have recently streamed over Libya's southern border with Niger.
Local people said there were around 15 bodies buried at one grave site.
By Peter BilesBBC News, Tripoli
A mechanical digger was brought in to clear the area initially, then workers with picks and shovels set to work. Many wore surgical masks and gowns.
We saw mobile phone video from a local man who said it showed people in the neighbourhood burying the bodies because of the smell. The smell today was extreme as the bodies were exhumed.
The four bodies at the site down the road had been exhumed and placed in plastic body bags. Locals said one site contained approximately 15 bodies - one Libyan, and others African mercenaries.
It is not clear who killed them or how they died.
They were said to be mostly the remains of African mercenaries who had been fighting for Col Gaddafi.
A few hundred metres away, at a separate site, another four bodies had already been dug up.
Daily, the search goes on for thousands of Libyans still unaccounted for as a result of the conflict, says the BBC's Peter Biles in Tripoli.
But speaking in Tripoli this weekend the head of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, said this was not the time for retribution.
On Saturday, Mr Jalil was greeted by hundreds of cheering, flag-waving supporters when he arrived in the capital for the first time since rebels took over the city.
Until now he had remained in the eastern city of Benghazi. His presence in the capital is aimed at sending a message about his authority.
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Domingo's owners Paola Albertazzi and Richard Haggerty of Eryrys, near Mold, regularly carry out local litter picks and bring their pet llama along to help out.
He has a bespoke harness to carry rubbish more easily.
Now Domingo is now the official mascot for Keep Wales Tidy's Spring Clean Cymru campaign.
The pair got Domingo in 2009 to be a companion for one of their horses - and said he is now part of the furniture.
"I have always gone out litter picking and I noticed that having Domingo with me makes people take a bit more notice," Paola told the BBC's Post Cyntaf programme.
"And of course, he loves the attention."
Community groups, schools and businesses are being encouraged to take part in the campaign, which runs from 1 to 5 March. | An anti-rubbish campaign has been launched, fronted by a litter-picking llama. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39067846"} | 194 | 27 | 0.49503 | 1.255993 | -0.956499 | 0.647059 | 9.352941 | 0.647059 |
Owen Farrell slotted a late penalty to level the scores at 15-15 and share the three-Test series with New Zealand.
Lions captain Sam Warburton said Saturday's draw was "a bit of an anticlimax for the players".
But head coach Warren Gatland said: "It is a great achievement coming here and drawing the series."
Having been outplayed in the first Test before securing a memorable victory in the second, the Lions were chasing only their second series win in New Zealand.
But neither side could find a knockout blow in Auckland and Farrell's late kick, plus referee Romain Poite's much-debated decision to change his mind and award a scrum rather than a penalty to New Zealand a minute later, meant captains Kieran Read and Sam Warburton lifted the trophy together.
"I don't think we played that brilliantly tonight but I think it is a fair result in the end," Gatland added.
"I'm really proud of the boys, no-one gave us a hope in hell at the start. They should be really proud of what they have achieved.
Lions skipper Warburton joked he was "getting ready for extra time" but a draw was "better than losing".
"Both teams are going to be gutted they didn't take a series win," he added. "I guess it's a little bit of an anticlimax from the players' point of view."
New Zealand, who had not lost at Eden Park since 1994, had a chance after Farrell's late leveller to win the match and take the series.
The All Blacks were initially awarded a penalty by Romain Poite from the re-start when replacement hooker Ken Owens caught the ball in an offside position, but the French official then reviewed it and called it instead as an accidental offside.
"We all know what happened and we all know probably what should have happened," Hansen said of Poite's decision.
"We're accepting of whatever decisions were made and whether we agree with them or not it's something we'll do our talking to the referees about."
Gatland, meanwhile, believed the penalty should have been given to the Lions.
"I thought it was a penalty to us, Kieran Read jumped in and he's hit the player [Liam Williams] in the air," he said.
"[Warburton] has been quite smart and astute in being able to talk the referee from a penalty into an accidental offside."
New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen said he felt "hollow" after Saturday's game and described the draw as "a bit like kissing your sister and no-one wants that".
But the 58-year-old added that "maybe a drawn series was fair".
"It's not a World Cup final, so if you're good enough to get a draw then maybe it's right that both teams get recognised," he said.
All Blacks skipper Read, playing his 100th Test for New Zealand, said he did not know what to feel.
"To walk away with a draw doesn't mean much," he said. "In the future I will look back at this with pride.
"Maybe it's the right result for the series. Both teams played well in patches and tonight we just couldn't be split."
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Gatland entered his post-match news conference wearing a red nose - a little jibe at the New Zealand press who have mocked and criticised the Hamilton-born coach throughout the tour.
The 53-year-old had the last laugh as he is now undefeated on two Lions tours.
Gatland will now return to his role as Wales head coach and turn his attention to the 2019 World Cup in Japan. | The British and Irish Lions left Eden Park with a mixture of frustration and pride after becoming only the second Lions side to draw a Test series. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40543506"} | 877 | 33 | 0.411438 | 0.959081 | 0.266691 | 1.071429 | 26.892857 | 0.785714 |
It has been estimated the project could be worth nearly £750,000-a-year to the local economy.
Dumfries and Galloway Council also endorsed a bid for Heritage Lottery Fund support.
The overall cost of transforming Kirkcudbright Town Hall into an art gallery would be just over £3.1m.
The local authority has been asked to commit a little more than half the funding, with an application set to be made to the HLF to complete the financial package.
If funding is secured, work on the new gallery is earmarked to begin early next year with the opening in time for the 2017 visitor season.
It is hoped the building could also house one of the most important hoards of Viking treasure ever found in Scotland. | Councillors have approved the business case for plans for a gallery of "national significance" in Kirkcudbright. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33140173"} | 160 | 27 | 0.646343 | 1.590914 | -0.359957 | 0.473684 | 7.421053 | 0.473684 |
There are special effects and stunt doubles all right. But the ageing hero fishes a gun quicker than you can say Kabali; smashes furniture and sends villains flying across the air with lethal kicks, gives chase and hunts down the baddies with characteristic flair.
The thalaivar (the boss, as his fans call him) shows no signs of slowing down. The 150-film veteran even gives chase to the villain, played by Taiwanese actor Winston Chao, against the Petronas Towers, one of the world's tallest buildings, in Malaysia.
Kabali has all the ingredients of a Rajinikanth entertainer: heroics, smoking guns, bloody fight sequences, Malay and Tamil hip hop and rap music, lots of Tamil regional pride and romance. It also has the angry superstar delivering truisms in his trademark mocking style.
How Rajinikanth and Kabali mania swept India
Sporting a grey beard, Rajinikanth plays Kabali, a rubber plantation worker who walks out of prison in Malaysia after a 25-year term. He then turns against a group of gangsters who framed him to put him in prison in the first place.
Kabali battles the group, led by Chao, who plays a drug lord, and Tamil gangsters who run drug and prostitution rackets in the country.
He speaks for the rights of the Tamil migrants in Malaysia. He sets up a foundation to offer education and livelihood for the Tamil youth. His love interest is his strong and independent wife, played by the talented Bollywood actress Radhika Apte.
Director Pa Ranjith gets Rajinikanth to address issues of caste, class and race: the superstar is shown reading an English book written by a Dalit (formerly known as untouchables) writer; and he is attired in tuxedos and suits, a nod to the western sartorial style of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar.
"Black is power", states Kabali with characteristic swag in the film. "The dark-skinned Tamil is equal to all races; he is no longer a slave in the plantations of Malaysia but one who asks for equal opportunities with education and hard work."
But all critics are not impressed. There is very little in Kabali, says one, which sets it apart in tone and tenor from the star's recent outings. And the pace does slacken a little, and sometimes the actor actually looks tired.
"Rajinikanth's achievement, as always, is that he manages to hold the audience in thrall even when the film threatens to flag - this despite the fact that he is only peddling time-worn tricks," writes Saibal Chatterjee.
But fans are flocking to the film, and Kabali appears to be on its way to becoming another box office hit for the superstar. Even before its release - the film has been dubbed in Telugu, Hindi, Malay and Mandarin - it had mopped up $30m (£20m) in rights sales.
Because, in the end, Rajinikanth remains a larger-than-life superstar and a one-man cult.
"A lot of fans refer to him as God, or as someone who is beyond human desires. So many fans treat the star in ways that are not unlike how people in India treat gurus or spiritual leaders," says Rinku Kalsy, who made a documentary on his fans. | At 65, Tamil cinema superstar and a grandfather in real life, Rajinikanth, packs a mean punch in his new film Kabali, an action-packed gangster drama, which opened on Friday. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36852789"} | 804 | 47 | 0.410424 | 1.147887 | 0.457657 | 0.972973 | 17.108108 | 0.594595 |
Yn y flwyddyn ariannol bresennol mae S4C wedi derbyn £6.7m. Roedd y gyllideb wedi'i gosod ar gyfer y flwyddyn i ddod ar £6.1m, ond fe gafodd hynny ei benderfynu pan oedd disgwyl y byddai adolygiad i ddyfodol a chyllid S4C wedi'i gwblhau.
Mae Aelodau Seneddol wedi mynegi pryder y bydd cyfraniad llywodraeth Prydain yn disgyn er gwaethaf addewid y llynedd i rewi'r gyllideb ar gyfer 2016/17 hyd nes bod yr adolygiad ar ben.
Fe gafodd yr adolygiad ei gyhoeddi fis Chwefror diwethaf, ond mae yna oedi wedi bod ac mae Swyddfa Cymru yn dweud nad oes disgwyl iddo gael ei gwblhau tan ddiwedd 2017.
Yn ystod dadl ar y pwnc yn San Steffan ddydd Mercher, dywedodd gweinidog yn yr adran ddiwylliant, Matt Hancock AS eu bod yn ymwybodol o'r pryderon:
"Rydym yn ymwybodol o ymrwymiad ein rhagflaenydd ynglŷn ag amseru, ac mae hwn yn fater mae'r ysgrifennydd gwladol yn ei ystyried," meddai Mr Hancock.
Ond doedd yna ddim sicrwydd gan Mr Hancock na fydden nhw'n bwrw ymlaen gyda'r toriad.
Fe gafodd y ddadl ei galw gan Aelod Seneddol Ceredigion, Mark Williams ac fe ddywedodd bod yna ryddhad y llynedd o glywed bod cyllideb S4C wedi'i rewi, ond ei fod yn nawr yn poeni y bydd yn cael ei dorri cyn i'r adolygiad gael ei gwblhau.
"Mae'n hollol gywir bod yr adolygiad yn cael ei gynnal er mwyn sicrhau'r gyllideb sydd ei hangen i gwblhau ei gylch gorchwyl a'i strategaeth dros y tymor hir.
"Roedd yna groeso i'r tro pedol yn y toriad cyn y byddai'r adolygiad yn cael ei gwblhau, ond rydym ni nawr yn 2017 ac yn dal i aros am yr adolygiad gafodd ei addo ac mae 'na bryder trawsbleidiol ynglŷn â'r oedi.
"Mae S4C yn sefydliad rhy bwysig... i gael unrhyw oedi pellach ar y materion hyn."
Dywedodd Mr Hancock y byddai yna gyhoeddiad ynglŷn â'r adolygiad "yn fuan" gydag ymrwymiad y bydd gan y cadeirydd "ddealltwriaeth lawn o Gymru a diddordeb yn yr iaith Gymraeg".
Mae Cymdeithas yr Iaith yn mynnu bod angen datganoli'r cyfrifoldeb dros ddarlledu yn sgil sylwadau'r gweinidog.
Dywedodd Heledd Gwyndaf, Cadeirydd Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg: "Os yw'n wir y bydd toriadau pellach, byddai'n destun pryder mawr, nid yn unig i S4C a'i gweithwyr, ond i gyflwr y Gymraeg hefyd.
"Rwy'n methu credu bod y Ceidwadwyr yn bwriadu torri eu maniffesto i ddiogelu cyllideb S4C, yn enwedig ar ôl ceisio gwneud yr un peth y llynedd.
"Mae hyn ar ben y toriadau arswydus a wnaed ers 2010... mae fel bod y Llywodraeth yn Llundain yn ceisio mygu ein hunig sianel deledu Gymraeg i farwolaeth.
"Mae'n fater o frys bellach bod y cyfrifoldeb dros ddarlledu yn cael ei ddatganoli i Gymru, nid yn unig achos y newyddion diweddaraf hyn."
Meddai Huw Jones, Cadeirydd Awdurdod S4C: "Rydym yn croesawu'r drafodaeth fu yn San Steffan heddiw a sylwadau cefnogol y Gweinidog yn yr Adran Diwylliant, Cyfryngau a Chwaraeon.
"Rydym yn edrych ymlaen at gyhoeddiad pellach ynglŷn ag amseriad adolygiad y Llywodraeth, cyllido tymor byr a phwerau benthyg." | Mae Llywodraeth San Steffan wedi gwrthod rhoi unrhyw sicrwydd na fydd cyllideb S4C yn cael ei thorri eleni, sef y flwyddyn ariannol 2017-18. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38664339"} | 1,987 | 94 | 0.648476 | 1.606499 | 0.191086 | 1.296296 | 21.518519 | 0.703704 |
Barca were banned from signing players in 2015 after being found guilty of breaching Fifa's rules on the transfer of players aged under 18.
They have signed 25-year-old Vidal on a five-year deal now but he will not be able to play until January 2016.
Vidal is set to replace Dani Alves at right-back, with Alves out of contract.
Catalan Vidal started his career with Barca's rivals Espanyol but left without making an appearance and was part of the Sevilla side who won the Europa League last month.
Barca, who won their fourth Champions League trophy in the last nine years on Saturday by beating Juventus 3-1 in Berlin, were given the ban for two transfer windows for breaking transfer rules.
Fifa rules state that international transfers are only permitted for players over the age of 18 - unless the player in question meets one of three qualifying criteria. | Champions League winners Barcelona have signed Sevilla defender Aleix Vidal for an initial fee of £13m, rising to £16m, despite their transfer ban. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33044583"} | 197 | 36 | 0.659273 | 1.299603 | -0.186206 | 0.666667 | 5.833333 | 0.533333 |
William Miller, from Balfron, Stirling, had last been seen in Jamestown, Alexandria at about 00:20 on 7 January.
His body was recovered from the River Leven, near the Vale of Leven Industrial Estate in Dumbarton last Thursday.
Police Scotland said there did not appear to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.
Members of Mr Miller's family had appeared at a press conference and appealed for anyone with information to contact police. | A 62-year-old man who has been missing since January has been found dead in a river. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35877783"} | 99 | 24 | 0.535514 | 1.003179 | -1.663051 | 0.380952 | 4.047619 | 0.380952 |
The IOC's ruling executive board met after fresh claims by
the Sunday Times
involving more than 50 countries.
Tickets for top events were said to be priced at up to 10 times face value.
A UK member of the board, Sir Craig Reedie, said the IOC would consider improvements to ticket sales systems.
"We will see what improvements we can build in to a more modern system, because it's very important that we protect the integrity of the ticket distribution system for Olympic games," he told the BBC.
The IOC has also referred the allegations to its independent ethics commission.
Former LibDem leader Sir Menzies Campbell, a member of the Olympic Board, called for offending countries to lose future allocations of tickets.
He said it was the responsibility of the IOC to regulate ticket allocations to member countries and was "not at the discretion of the London organisers".
The UK's Olympics organiser, Locog, denied claims its chairman, Lord Coe, was persuaded to hand over extra tickets to an IOC national representative.
The Sunday Times has submitted a dossier of evidence detailing claims that Olympic officials and agents had been caught selling thousands of tickets on the black market for up to 10 times their face value, says BBC Sports News correspondent James Pearce.
The IOC could also review how Olympic tickets are distributed among member countries - more than one million were distributed to those taking part in the Games.
Sir Menzies Campbell, a former Liberal Democrat leader who is on the
Olympic Board
, - which helps oversee London 2012 - told the BBC it was a "thorough disgrace".
"The sanctions [for offending countries] should be not just that the tickets get cancelled for this Olympic Games but that tickets are not awarded on future occasions," he added.
The Sunday Times alleges, during a two-month investigation in which reporters posed as Middle Eastern ticket touts, it found corruption involving people representing 54 separate countries.
Accusations include an allegation a member of the Greek Olympics Committee said he had "persuaded" Lord Coe, chairman of the London organising committee, Locog, to give Greece more tickets on the pretext demand had outstripped supply.
Locog denies the claim.
A spokeswoman said: "With regard to 'boasts' by the Greek Olympic Committee' (HOC) that discussions on tickets took place with Sebastian Coe, we can confirm this is untrue.
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"Seb received a letter from the HOC (as he did from other NOCs) and responded saying that tickets had been allocated in accordance with the IOC's ticketing policy. There was no further contact - either formal or informal - on this subject."
More than one million London 2012 tickets were distributed abroad among all the nations taking part in the Games, but the IOC has strict rules to try to combat touts.
National Olympic committees must ensure that their allocation is only sold within their own region.
Last month a senior Ukrainian Olympic official resigned after being filmed by the BBC offering tickets for cash.
The IOC said in a statement on the latest claims: "The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has moved quickly to deal with allegations that some National Olympic Committees (NOC) and Authorised Ticket Resellers (ATR) have broken rules relating to the sale of Olympic tickets.
"The IOC takes these allegations very seriously and has immediately taken the first steps to investigate.
"Should any irregularities be proven, the organisation will deal with those involved in an appropriate manner.
"The NOCs are autonomous organisations, but if any of the cases are confirmed the IOC will not hesitate to impose the strongest sanctions.
"The IOC has also determined that it will take on board any recommendations coming out of the inquiry to improve the way that tickets are allocated and sold internationally in the future."
London 2012 organising committee Locog said: "Rules and regulations for selling London 2012 tickets to international fans are clear and unambiguous.
"National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and their Authorised Ticket Sellers (ATRs) sign a contract with Locog agreeing to specific terms and conditions.
"The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) has launched an investigation in to the allegations and we will support them in any way we can. None of the tickets in question came from the allocation to the British public.
No tickets intended for the British market were involved, it added. | The International Olympic Committee has begun an investigation into claims Olympics representatives were willing to sell thousands of tickets for the London Games on the black market. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "18475110"} | 992 | 29 | 0.498816 | 1.216064 | 0.289107 | 2.035714 | 31.392857 | 0.821429 |
Jane Bell got into difficulty at the Dalmeny Hotel in St Annes, Lancashire, in August 2014.
No trained lifeguard was on duty when the Scottish girl drowned while on holiday, her inquest was told.
The hotel's owners pleaded guilty at Preston Crown Court to a health and safety offence and were ordered to pay costs of £19,715.
They admitted failing to protect the safety of guests under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
The child, from Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, had been on holiday with her parents and six-year-old sister.
She was swimming in the hotel's main pool when she got into difficulty in the 7ft (2m) deep end.
Jane had been in the water for almost two minutes when former lifeguard and hotel guest Carole Greenwood dived in and brought her onto the poolside.
She later died in Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.
At the inquest into her death in March, the coroner Alan Wilson said he had concerns about the "risk of future deaths" and called for greater safety measures at the hotel.
The hearing was told that emergency response training for hotel staff began two months after the drowning.
The hotel said staff had "always sought guidance and advice from health and safety experts". | The owners of hotel where a three-year-old girl drowned in a swimming pool have been fined £100,000. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37258367"} | 274 | 29 | 0.573899 | 1.344115 | -1.176192 | 1.391304 | 10.956522 | 0.782609 |
Four goals in 19 second-half minutes saw the U's take total command to record their third League Two win in a row.
For the hapless hosts this was their second heavy defeat in a week, after they lost 4-0 at Port Vale in the FA Cup to pile the pressure on boss Craig Hignett.
Home defender Toto Nsiala bundled over Luke Berry in the area, but his penalty was superbly saved by Trevor Carson on 43 minutes.
Carson made another fine save to deny Luke Berry, but Pools failed to clear and James Dunne smashed in a fine shot from 15 yards on 51 minutes.
Ten minutes later the lead was doubled as Berry knocked in from close range after being teed up from a powerful run by Uche Ikpeazu on the right.
On 67 minutes, a deep Berry corner was powerfully headed in at the far post by defender Leon Legge.
There was only a four-minute wait for the fourth, Ikpeazu getting a deserved goal with a tap-in.
And on 88 minutes substitute Max Clark's shot was deflected in.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Hartlepool United 0, Cambridge United 5.
Second Half ends, Hartlepool United 0, Cambridge United 5.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by James Dunne.
Attempt missed. Rhys Oates (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Lewis Hawkins (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Goal! Hartlepool United 0, Cambridge United 5. Max Clark (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harrison Dunk.
Attempt blocked. Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Billy Paynter (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Leon Legge (Cambridge United).
Rhys Oates (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Luke Berry (Cambridge United).
James Martin (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luke Berry (Cambridge United).
Substitution, Cambridge United. Ben Williamson replaces Piero Mingoia.
Attempt missed. Rhys Oates (Hartlepool United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Michael Woods replaces Nicky Featherstone.
Attempt missed. Leon Legge (Cambridge United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Matthew Bates.
Attempt saved. Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Rhys Oates (Hartlepool United).
Greg Taylor (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Max Clark replaces Conor Newton.
Attempt missed. Piero Mingoia (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Rhys Oates replaces Aristote Nsiala.
Goal! Hartlepool United 0, Cambridge United 4. Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luke Berry.
Attempt blocked. Leon Legge (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Lewis Hawkins (Hartlepool United).
Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Hartlepool United 0, Cambridge United 3. Leon Legge (Cambridge United) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harrison Dunk with a cross following a set piece situation.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Billy Paynter.
Attempt blocked. Luke Berry (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by James Martin (Hartlepool United).
Luke Berry (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Padraig Amond (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Goal! Hartlepool United 0, Cambridge United 2. Luke Berry (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Uche Ikpeazu.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Lewis Alessandra replaces Nicky Deverdics.
Attempt missed. Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Leon Legge.
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A man wearing Afghan army uniform was said to have opened fire on them in Paktika province, close to the border with Pakistan,
Isaf forces have taken a series of measures to try to halt such attacks.
An Italian soldier died in a separate attack in Farah province in the west of the country, Italian officials said.
There was a spate of insider attacks on foreign troops last year but the last was more than a month ago, the BBC's David Loyn reports from Kabul.
Coalition forces train, mentor and fight alongside Afghan soldiers and that makes them vulnerable, our correspondent says.
"An individual wearing ANA (Afghan National Army) uniform turned his weapon against the Isaf service members," an Isaf statement said.
Three other Americans were wounded in the shooting, which appeared to start after an argument, Paktika's governor said. Isaf troops returned fire, killing the Afghan soldier, he added.
"Today was a very difficult day for Isaf," said spokesman Brig Gen Guenter Katz. He said they were conducting investigations, but it was too soon to give more details.
Meanwhile, the Nato-led coalition said the soldier killed in western Afghanistan had died "during an attack by an enemy of Afghanistan".
It was an "insurgent attack", Isaf said, rather than an insider incident as initially thought.
One soldier was killed by "hostile elements" and three more were wounded, the Italian defence ministry said.
A Lynx vehicle was attacked at 10:30 local time (05:00 GMT) as it returned to base as part of a Military Adviser Team convoy after training Afghan security forces, a statement said.
Details of the attack are still being investigated but initial reports say a grenade was thrown at the vehicle by a man wearing an Afghan army uniform, Ansa news agency says.
The Taliban later said an 11-year-old boy had carried out the attack.
The dead soldier was later named as Giuseppe La Rosa, a 31-year-old member of the Third Bersaglieri Regiment.
Last September, Nato announced it was limiting joint patrols with Afghan forces. Only large operations would be conducted jointly, with joint patrols evaluated on a case-by-case basis, Nato said.
Isaf forces have also been using "guardian angels" - Nato soldiers who provide a round-the-clock armed guard for their colleagues while they are training their Afghan counterparts.
About 7,000 new recruits a month join the Afghan army alone. Correspondents say it is a huge challenge to ensure Taliban militants do not slip through the net. | Two US soldiers and an American civilian have been killed in a possible insider attack in eastern Afghanistan, the Nato-led force says. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "22825640"} | 587 | 30 | 0.478932 | 1.175396 | 0.05888 | 1.807692 | 19.461538 | 0.730769 |
He has joined the League One club until January 2017 and is the 12th new signing for the Cod Army this summer.
The 21-year-old joined City's academy at the age of five and has represented England at under-17 level, but is yet to play a professional game.
Glendon joins a day after Burnley striker Chris Long agreed a season-long loan deal.
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BBC News takes a closer look at the new leader of the Latin American country.
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's father, Maxime Hans Kuczynski, was born in Poznan, in Poland. He later became a doctor in Berlin.
He left Berlin after Adolf Hitler came to power and arrived in Peru with his Swiss wife in 1936.
Pedro Pablo was born in 1938 in Lima, but his family soon moved to Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, where his father worked as a doctor fighting leprosy and yellow fever.
He also spent part of his childhood in Puno and Cusco.
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski says that seeing his father working in some of the poorest parts of the country instilled in him a desire to strive for more equality in Peru.
He says that his mother, who taught literature, was his inspiration to get a first-class education.
He won a scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he studied philosophy, politics and economics.
He also got a master's degree from the prestigious Princeton University in the US.
At the age of 23, he was hired by the World Bank. He later returned to Peru to work for Peru's Central Bank.
In 1980, he was named energy and mining minister by then-President Fernando Belaund.
He also served as economy and mining minister twice, from 2001 to 2002 and again from 2004 to 2005.
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is a centre-right politician who believes in the free market. He says he wants to create a more equal country and fight corruption.
Asked before the election where he stood politically, he said: "Peru does not want extremism. We are the centre. What does it mean being at the centre? Very simple: great economic growth to finance social investments."
He wants to lower the tax rate for small businesses and make it easier for them to get credit.
Mr Kuczynski campaigned on a promise of creating more equality for Peruvians.
He says he wants to improve education by raising teachers' salaries and investing in schools.
He has also promised to improve access to drinking water and give more support to Peru's farmers.
On an international level, he says he aims to improve relations with neighbouring Chile, which have at times been tense due to a dispute over their maritime border.
Peru's Congress is dominated by his rival's Popular Force party, which won 73 seats in legislative elections in April.
Mr Kuczynski's party only holds 13 seats in the 130-seat Congress.
It will therefore not be easy for Mr Kuczynski to push his proposed plans through Congress.
Some of the left-wing groups who threw their support behind Mr Kuczynski to ensure the defeat of his rival, Keiko Fujimori, have already said they will not back his economic policies.
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The money is to be used for health, education, cross-border trade and hydroelectricity projects, it said.
The announcement comes as World Bank head Jim Yong Kim and UN chief Ban Ki-moon start a tour of the region.
One person was killed when a mortar landed in Goma, a UN spokesman said.
Government and M23 rebel forces have been involved in heavy fighting near Goma since Monday, killing 19 people.
The clashes are the first since the M23 pulled out of the city last year under diplomatic pressure.
The UN says it will speed up efforts to deploy a 3,000-strong intervention force to eastern DR Congo to end the latest conflict.
Some 800,000 people have fled their homes since the M23 launched its rebellion last May.
The World Bank aid package is to support a peace deal signed in February between DR Congo and its neighbours, some of whom are accused of backing the rebels.
"This funding will help revitalize economic development, create jobs, and improve the lives of people who have suffered for far too long," Mr Kim in a statement.
The largest tranche of the aid - $340m - will go towards an 80-megawatt hydroelectric project in Rusumo Falls, providing electricity to Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania.
Despite its vast mineral wealth, decades of conflict and mismanagement mean most Congolese remain stuck in poverty.
The mortar fell in the Goma neighbourhood of Ndosho, killing one person and injuring four, said UN peacekeeping mission spokesman Madnodje Mounoubai, Associated Press news agency reports.
He said he did not know who fired the mortar.
Campaign group Human Rights Watch researcher Ida Sawyer told Reuters news agency that a two-year-old girl died and three members of her family, including a boy and girl, were wounded.
The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in Goma says government and rebel forces have clashed in Mutaho, 10km (6 miles) east of the city for a third day.
Shells and rockets have been fired, he says.
Four government soldiers and 15 rebels were killed in the clashes on Monday, government spokesperson Lambert Mende told the BBC.
Mr Ban is due to visit Goma on Thursday.
The renewed fighting showed the need to speed up the deployment of the intervention brigade so that it would be "fully responsible as soon as possible", Mr Ban said.
The UN approved the creation of the force - made up of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi - in March to "neutralise" rebels in DR Congo.
The troops will have the most robust mandate ever given to UN peacekeepers to end conflict, officials say.
Mr Ban and Mr Kim are also due to visit Rwanda and Uganda.
Last year, a UN report accused the two countries of backing the M23, an allegation they denied.
On Monday, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told the BBC that UN troops had "in some cases" made the situation in DR Congo worse.
He said any military effort to bring peace to DR Congo needed to be "properly co-ordinated" with political efforts. | The World Bank has unveiled a $1bn (£660m) aid package to help the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbours, as fighting continues near the eastern city of Goma. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "22626481"} | 690 | 43 | 0.5093 | 1.31424 | 0.285267 | 1.555556 | 16.833333 | 0.777778 |
The Ipsos MORI survey of nearly 1,800 people for the Health Foundation think tank found 85% thought the NHS should be protected from cuts - significantly more than other public services.
When presented with a range of options setting out how that could be achieved, 59% said they supported tax rises.
There was also some support for fining people for missing appointments.
But only 16% were in favour of charging for services, such as a £10 fee for GP appointments.
Funding of the NHS is already proving to be a major theme of the election campaign. The Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, UKIP and Greens have all promised extra funds for the health service.
This issue includes NHS funding, GP access and social care, particularly of older people.
Policy guide: Where the parties stand
Richard Taunt, the Health Foundation's director of policy, said: "It's clear the public think the government should continue to support the principles of our NHS and want to see it protected from spending cuts."
But he said that would "inevitably involve some difficult decisions".
This was reflected by the fact that, while 85% said the NHS should be tax-funded, free at the point of use and providing comprehensive care, only 63% thought it would continue to be free by 2020.
Nearly one in three thought care had got worse in the past six months, but 51% said it had not really changed and 11% thought it had got better.
Opinion was divided over the use of the private sector, with 30% saying private sector involvement would make the health service better, 33% worse and 34% stay the same.
Katherine Murphy, chief executive of the Patients Association, said: "The underlying message is that the public want the NHS to continue to be protected by government, remain tax-funded and free for everyone - and with this the Patients Association agrees."
Separately, Dr Mark Porter, head of the British Medical Association, t told the Guardian whichever new government is formed after the general election will face a temptation to introduce charges and may not be deterred by the unpopularity of such a move.
"I think they will be tempted. They said in 1950 that a Labour government wouldn't introduce charging and it did," he said.
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He is said to have been affected by injuries he saw at the Walter Reed Medical Army Center, where he worked until recently as a psychiatrist treating troops returning from combat.
But he also received poor ratings from supervisors and medical school faculty, with documents suggesting military officials overlooked signs he was not fit to be an army doctor.
Maj Hasan, 40, was born and raised in Virginia. His parents moved to the US from a Palestinian town near Jerusalem, according to his cousin.
After high school he joined the US Army, which put him through medical school.
He has been described as devout and discreet. A local imam told the Washington Post that he attended daily prayers at a mosque when he worked at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC.
"We hardly ever got to discussing politics," Faizul Khan said. "Mostly we were discussing religious matters, nothing too controversial, nothing like an extremist."
In other comments Mr Khan said that Maj Hasan had tried, but failed, to find an equally religious woman to marry.
On a form for those looking for spouses through the mosque he listed his birthplace as Arlington, Virginia, but his nationality as Palestinian, Mr Khan said.
Reports suggested in recent years he had become unhappy in the military. He had recently been transferred to Fort Hood.
His cousin said he had faced harassment over his "Middle Eastern ethnicity" and had been trying to leave the army.
His aunt, Noel Hasan, also blamed his desire to be discharged on harassment.
"Some people can take it, and some cannot," she told the Washington Post.
"He had listened to all of that, and he wanted out of the military, and they would not let him leave, even after he offered to repay."
Ms Hasan said her nephew had been upset by the injuries he saw at Walter Reed. "He must have snapped," she added.
She said Maj Hasan had spent holidays and free time at her house, and that he "did not make many friends".
He had joined the military over the wishes of his parents, who have since died, his aunt said. Despite his recent attempts to leave, "he would tell us the military was his life".
Several reports said Maj Hasan was about to be deployed overseas against his wishes.
"We've known over the last five years that was probably his worst nightmare," his cousin, Nader Hasan, told Fox News.
The Associated Press cited an unnamed official as saying that Maj Hasan had received a poor performance evaluation from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center before transferring to Fort Hood in July.
Dr Thomas Grieger, who was training director at the centre while Maj Hasan was an intern there, said told AP that he had had "difficulties" that required counselling and extra supervision.
And in 2007. Maj Hasan was cited for unprofessional behavior, including inappropriately discussing religion. One instructor, Lt Col Donald Lundy, thought Maj Hasan risked developing a psychosis, the Associated Press reported.
However, Maj Hasan was "mostly very quiet", and never spoke ill of the military or his country, Dr Grieger added.
"He swore an oath of loyalty to the military," he said. "I didn't hear anything contrary to those oaths."
Col Terry Lee, who is retired but said he had worked with Hasan, told Fox that Maj Hasan had often got into arguments with military colleagues who supported the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Maj Hasan had hoped that US President Barack Obama would pull troops out, Col Lee said.
One official was quoted by the New York Times as saying that the FBI had become aware of internet postings by a man calling himself Nidal Hasan.
In one such posting, the act of a suicide bomber who kills himself to protect Muslims was compared to a soldier throwing himself on a grenade to protect other soldiers.
However, officials said they had not confirmed that Maj Hasan was the author of the postings.
Maj Hasan is charged with 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder. | Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who has been charged with the murders of 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas, has been described as a devout Muslim whose commitment to the army may have been broken by his opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - and by plans to deploy him to a war zone. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "11525580"} | 895 | 72 | 0.437742 | 1.273606 | -0.224133 | 1.627119 | 13.847458 | 0.745763 |
Murray Geddes, 37, from Aberlour in Moray, admitted causing the death of passenger Graeme McKenzie, also 37, by driving dangerously on the A941 Craigellachie to Rothes road in May.
Mr McKenzie, an offshore worker from Rothes, was thrown from the vehicle.
Sentence at the High Court in Edinburgh was deferred.
The court heard offshore driller Geddes had a speeding conviction from March for driving at 93mph in a 60mph zone on the A96 near Huntly.
Geddes told police after the fatal crash that he had taken his Audi S3 from the pub because he was fed up waiting for a taxi.
Advocate depute Andrew Brown QC said: "The accused and the deceased were close friends who grew up together in the Speyside area."
A motorist who was overtaken by Geddes later said: "I would say it was like a speed demon."
The prosecutor said a witness saw the car fail to negotiate a bend and leave the road, it became airborne and spun three times.
Mr Brown told Lord Glennie: "The death of Graeme McKenzie has of course had a profound impact on his family."
The judge deferred sentence on Geddes for the preparation of a background report and he was remanded in custody. | A drink-driver who got behind the wheel because he was "fed up waiting for a taxi" crashed and killed his friend, a court has heard. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30212514"} | 308 | 36 | 0.506875 | 1.235666 | -0.574549 | 1.870968 | 7.806452 | 0.709677 |
The service, provided by the Terrence Higgins Trust for the past 16 years, faces not having its £150,000 contract renewed on 31 March.
The county council said it needed to deliver a possible £340m cuts package by 2018.
One campaigner said stopping the service would be "absurd".
Ruari, who has been HIV positive for 15 years, said it had been "a lifeline" when he discovered he had the virus and when his partner died.
He added the NHS could not provide the same level of service in a 15-minute patient slot and that he himself had had to wait three months for help via a normal GP referral.
Jointly funded by the county council and Oxfordshire clinical commissioning group (CCG), the service offers face-to-face support, as well as therapy, prevention resources and respite care.
A petition calling for the potential "dangerous and regressive decision" to be overturned has been signed by nearly 400 people.
The county council, which provides £50,000 of the contract, said it was in the process of saving £290m from 2010 to 2018, and might have to save up to £50m on top of that.
The Oxfordshire CCG said it was "reviewing its options" regarding its £100,000 funding to the trust.
A county council spokesman said: "More people are living longer healthier lives with HIV and there is less stigma attached to the condition.
"As a result the funding of £50,000 was considered no longer appropriate as service users could avail of other support services provided locally by the county council and their health needs are met by the NHS."
He added no decision had yet been made.
The Terrence Higgins Trust said it was "very concerned" by the proposals as it would leave "over 200 people living with HIV with no support services in their area". | An HIV support service in Oxfordshire could be closed as the county council and the local clinical commissioning group consider withdrawing funding. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34976735"} | 393 | 27 | 0.564789 | 1.48425 | 0.553659 | 1.652174 | 16.043478 | 0.782609 |
Work to bring down the building on Kingsway started in October 2015 and was due to take six months.
But the outer structure of the building is still standing as there was more asbestos than first thought.
The council bought the site as part of plans to transform Kingsway into a business district.
All internal works at the building have now been completed, with scaffolding in place to support the exterior's demolition.
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First things first.
As long ago as last October, the Bank's chief economist, Andy Haldane, acknowledged that immigration depresses pay.
He noted that one respected study, by Dustmann, Frattini and Preston, found that each 1% increase in the share of migrants in the working age population leads to a 0.6% decline in the wages of the 5% lowest paid workers.
And to be clear, the general point that an influx of workers from abroad represents a weight on the pay of the indigenous population is a statement of the overwhelmingly obvious: it is simply a version of the law of supply and demand, that the price of anything falls when supply rises relative to demand.
So there is nothing terribly revelatory in Mark Carney saying, at the Bank's three-monthly news conference on its Inflation Report, that immigration had held down the rise in wages and living standards.
Perhaps more interesting is that the Bank acknowledged that it - like the government - had underestimated how much immigration there would be in recent years.
This is what its Inflation Report says: "Net inward migration was close to a historical high of just under 300,000, around 0.5% of the population, in the four quarters to 2014 Q3.
"That is well above the 165,000 per year assumed in the ONS's population projections, which were last updated in 2012, and upon which the Labour Force Survey is based.
"Bank staff have revised up their assumptions about population growth from 2013 onwards on the basis of higher net migration."
So that would imply, on the Dustmann formula, that over two years, immigration had depressed the pay of the poorest by around 0.6% - which is neither devastating nor trivial.
Which is broadly consistent with what Mark Carney said on the Today programme this morning - though not completely.
The governor wanted - in his words - "to dampen down" the idea that net migration was a big negative factor on productivity and wage growth.
And to prove his point, he said that net migration over the past two years was just 50,000 - which he regards as relatively inconsequential, compared with a net increase in the effective size of the labour force of more than 500,000 due to people retiring later and wanting to work longer hours.
But I am not sure of the source of his 50,000. It is a sixth of the net inward migration statistic cited by the Bank itself for the year to the end of October 2014. And the Office for National Statistics yesterday said that the total number of UK non-nationals working in the UK rose by 294,000 in the year to the end of March (to a total of 3.1 million).
I hesitate to say the governor got it wrong. But the official statistics don't tell his story.
Now there are two other issues here.
First is whether the influx of migrant workers depresses productivity as well as wages.
That looks very unlikely at first blanche. As the Bank points out, the Poles and Romanians who take service sector jobs tend to be overqualified for the work they do in the UK. Often they have degrees. So it is very unlikely that their output would be less than the equivalent indigenous Brit.
However, if the availability of this relatively talented pool of foreign workers is persuading British companies to take on labour to increase output rather than investing in expensive new kit, then that would have a negative impact on productivity - because this failure to invest would means that the output per hour of the workforce would be lower than it would otherwise be.
That said, it would be slightly bonkers to blame immigrants for companies' low investment: that is surely much more to do with their confidence and their culture.
The second important question is whether pulling up the drawbridge and shrinking the numbers of migrants to the UK would be so wonderful for those living and working here.
Well, if the labour market were to tighten, that would probably lead to a welcome increase in wages.
But the Bank of England does not believe there is massive slack in the labour market any longer. And how can there be huge spare capacity, with employment at record levels and unemployment more or less back at pre-Crash levels?
So if wage increases suddenly accelerated, at a time when productivity growth remains trivial, they would probably be passed on by companies in the form of higher prices. Or to put it another way, inflation would take off.
What you will already have deduced, of course, is that as soon as the Bank were to see a tightening in the labour market, it would pre-emptively increase interest rates, to choke off demand and any serious rise in inflation.
So if living standards were to rise thanks to a rise in wages, they would almost certainly be simultaneously depressed by a rise in mortgage and other interest rates on households' record debts.
In other words, when the Bank of England talks about the uncertainties and risks built into its forecasts stemming from the uncertain outlook for immigration, its big concern is that interest rates would probably rise faster and more, if the number of workers arriving from abroad suddenly dried up (and if they kept on coming in such large numbers, interest rates would stay lower for longer).
So here is something to chew on: the corollary of the Bank of England admitting that wages would be higher if immigration were a lot lower is that it is also signalling that interest rates would probably be higher too. | There seems to be a bit of confusion about what the Bank of England and its governor said about the economic impact of migration. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32739852"} | 1,171 | 27 | 0.420206 | 1.173504 | -0.183018 | 1.56 | 42.92 | 0.84 |
Sunday's event saw 25,000 riders tackle either a 100-mile or 46-mile course beginning at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and ending at The Mall.
They were then followed by 150 of the world's top pro cyclists who raced the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic.
Thousands of spectators lined the streets to cheer on the riders.
Friday and Saturday saw other cycling events take place including a family-friendly mass bike ride through central London.
Saturday also saw US cyclist Coryn Rivera win the Prudential RideLondon Classique women's race. | Thousands of amateur and professional cyclists have hit the roads of London and Surrey for the third day of the Prudential RideLondon festival. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40768777"} | 125 | 30 | 0.654851 | 1.369363 | 0.165998 | 0.875 | 4.375 | 0.625 |
England picked up where they left off from Monday's 276-run win in the first game by dismissing Ireland for just 106, with Beth Langston take 3-14.
They made light work of their 240-run nominal target, with Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont putting on 120 for the first wicket before Fran Wilson's 50.
Sarah Taylor and Natalie Sciver both scored 26 to see them home three down.
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A typically energetic start to the game brought an excellent early breakthrough from Callum McGregor on three minutes.
But Ajax drew level as carelessness led to Arkadiusz Milik converting acrobatically from close range.
As Celtic pressed hard in the closing stages, Leigh Griffiths and Charlie Mulgrew spurned chances and Vaclav Cerny broke away to score.
Celtic's third group defeat leaves them out of Europe and bottom of Group A with just two points.
Manager Ronny Deila has continually spoken of encouraging signs, despite the lack of positive results in Europe.
And although they matched the Dutch league leaders for spells on Thursday, the bare facts are that Celtic are regressing in European terms.
In 25 European matches with Celtic, Deila has managed just eight wins, with four of those coming against part-time Icelandic sides.
Supporters seeking solace can point to an impressive cameo from Scott Allan and another solid display by Kieran Tierney against Ajax, but the normally reliable Leigh Griffiths misfired and he was not the only under-performer.
Nonetheless, spurred on by a noisy support, Celtic came out of the traps sharply and gave the bulk of the crowd reason to get to their feet.
Despite an unfamiliar midfield set-up, with just Tom Rogic acting as the pivot between defence and the attacking players, Celtic immediately looked comfortable.
A confident flick by Stuart Armstrong found Rogic, who in turn fed Gary Mackay-Steven. He threaded a beautiful pass for McGregor, who belied his recent lack of first-team action as he strode confidently forward before curling a perfectly-placed shot beyond the diving Jasper Cillessen.
Just as they had in previous European ties this season against Malmo, Fenerbahce and Molde, they had made the ideal start.
Unfortunately, another recurring theme was soon to emerge.
Ajax served notice of their own desperation for the points as Viktor Fischer slammed the ball into the net, only for Amin Younes to be wrongly flagged offside.
The equaliser was not delayed much longer, though, and this time a lack of match sharpness may have hampered McGregor as his heavy touch ceded possession.
The Dutch got the break of the ball as Schone's shot was deflected into the path of Fischer, who was able to head the rebound from his own effort across goal where Milik hitch-kicked the ball into the net.
As the game wore on, the reality of the situation seemed to spur Celtic on as they pressed for a winning goal and McGregor struck the bar while Griffiths was foiled on more than one occasion.
And with time running out, Allan, who had made such a positive impression as a substitute, was caught in possession and the Dutch broke, culminating in a clinical finish by Cerny.
The full-time whistle was greeted with boos as the Celtic support came to terms with an early European exit.
Ajax retain hopes of progressing, but they need to beat group leaders Molde, who have already qualified for the last 32, and hope Celtic can beat Fenerbahce in Istanbul, though on current form that appears a forlorn hope.
Match ends, Celtic 1, Ajax 2.
Second Half ends, Celtic 1, Ajax 2.
Attempt missed. Yaya Sanogo (Ajax) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Vaclav Cerny.
Attempt saved. Vaclav Cerny (Ajax) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the top left corner.
Attempt blocked. Yaya Sanogo (Ajax) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Arkadiusz Milik.
Offside, Ajax. Nemanja Gudelj tries a through ball, but Yaya Sanogo is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Offside, Ajax. Arkadiusz Milik tries a through ball, but Yaya Sanogo is caught offside.
Foul by Arkadiusz Milik (Ajax).
Mikael Lustig (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Celtic 1, Ajax 2. Vaclav Cerny (Ajax) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arkadiusz Milik following a fast break.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Kenny Tete.
Attempt blocked. Amin Younes (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nemanja Gudelj.
Attempt blocked. Nemanja Gudelj (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Donny van de Beek.
Amin Younes (Ajax) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Vaclav Cerny.
Attempt blocked. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott Allan with a cross.
Attempt missed. Amin Younes (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Arkadiusz Milik.
Donny van de Beek (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Allan (Celtic).
Foul by Nemanja Gudelj (Ajax).
Scott Allan (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Ajax. Yaya Sanogo replaces Mike van der Hoorn.
Scott Allan (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Vaclav Cerny (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Davy Klaassen.
Foul by Davy Klaassen (Ajax).
Callum McGregor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic) header from very close range is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong with a cross following a set piece situation.
Substitution, Celtic. Emilio Izaguirre replaces Kieran Tierney.
Kenny Tete (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Kenny Tete (Ajax).
James Forrest (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Forrest.
Attempt missed. Jozo Simunovic (Celtic) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Callum McGregor with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Jasper Cillessen.
Attempt saved. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Allan.
Substitution, Ajax. Donny van de Beek replaces Lasse Schöne.
Substitution, Celtic. Scott Allan replaces Gary Mackay-Steven.
Foul by Vaclav Cerny (Ajax).
Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Swinton surprised visitors on Saturday with an unannounced appearance in the art installation titled The Maybe.
She will take part in the one-person piece about six more times on different dates in different locations around the gallery before the end of the year.
The actress first took part in the artwork in London in 1995.
At that time, 22,000 people saw her at the Serpentine Gallery in the installation, a collaboration with Turner Prize-nominated artist Cornelia Parker.
Swinton won an Oscar for Michael Clayton in 2008 and her other films include Moonrise Kingdom and We Need to Talk About Kevin.
She was recently seen in the video for David Bowie's latest single The Stars (Are Out Tonight). | Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton has revealed her latest role - sleeping in a glass box for eight hours at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "21917085"} | 153 | 38 | 0.560863 | 1.284091 | -0.615155 | 0.6 | 4.566667 | 0.533333 |
The goal is to develop such "skin" to monitor oxygen levels in organs during surgery, say researchers in Japan.
Tests on volunteers found the "skin" provided stable measurements of oxygen concentration in blood.
The device contains micro-electronic components that light up in red, blue and green on the surface of the body.
Scientists at the University of Tokyo are working on ways to display numbers and letters on the skin for health monitoring purposes.
Wearable electronics are a future growth area in research, with interest in medical applications such as contact lenses that monitor glucose levels, or smart glasses.
The latest findings are revealed in Science Advances.
"The device unobtrusively measures the oxygen concentration of blood when laminated on a finger," said lead researcher Tomoyuki Yokota and colleagues.
He added: "Ultimately, flexible organic optical sensors may be directly laminated on organs to monitor the blood oxygen level during and after surgery." | Scientists say they have developed ultra-thin electronic "skin" that can measure oxygen levels when stuck to the body. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36055501"} | 201 | 27 | 0.651007 | 1.481028 | 0.376418 | 1.26087 | 7.956522 | 0.652174 |
Remzi Akguc is accused of killing Hidir Aksakal, 53, who was found dead in Epping Forest, north-east London.
Mr Akguc, aged 40 and of Margery Street, Finsbury, is due before Redbridge magistrates on Saturday.
Turkish national Mr Aksakal lived in Margate, Kent, but had close links to the Green Lanes area of Haringey, north London, where he previously lived.
Also known as Boxer Cetin and Musa Yakut, he was last seen in Green Lanes in the early hours of 17 August.
A post-mortem examination showed Mr Aksakal, whose body was found on 9 September, died from gunshot wounds.
A 22-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder has been released on police bail. | A man has been charged with murder after a decomposing body was discovered at a woodland beauty spot. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34365809"} | 179 | 23 | 0.505552 | 1.077309 | -0.518462 | 0.736842 | 7.578947 | 0.526316 |
This is the full statement to the inquests from his daughter, Lynsey Hankin:
I am the daughter of Eric Hankin, who was killed in the disaster at Hillsborough football stadium on 15 April ,1989. My father was a victim of the crush which occurred in pen 3 on the Leppings Lane terrace. He was 33.
I make this statement at the request of the coroner with a view to providing some personal background about my father. This statement is made on behalf of my family, including my mother, Karen, and my brother, David. I was 12 when my Dad died and David was seven.
Dad was born on 26 October, 1955. Dad was born in Walton, Liverpool. Shortly after leaving school, Dad became a male nurse at Moss Side Hospital in Maghull, where he was to become a staff nurse.
Mum met Dad when she was 14 and Dad was 18. They met on a blind date. The date was part of a plan to separate Dad from his friend, Billy. Mum's friend, Christine wanted Billy to herself. One date was all it was supposed to be!
They married on 19 October, 1976. Mum was 16 and Dad was 20. They had two children: me, on 7 March 1977, and David Eric on 1 July 1981.
Mum and Dad had to adapt to a whole new way of life and it was turbulent - but they did it! Dad strived to move the family from accommodation provided by his employer in the Moss Side Special Hospital into a home of our own.
Mum and Dad achieved in owning their own home, a car and what seemed at the time like a pretty good life with David and I.
Mum says Dad was an ordinary man. He was a son, a brother, a grandson, a son-in-law, uncle and brother-in-law. To Mum, he was the father of her children, her friend, her confidant, her lover and on occasion her sparring partner. He was like every one of us - yet none of us.
My Mum says that Dad wasn't perfect, but who of us here today could stand up and say they are? It was those imperfections, those quirks, those things we still laugh about as a family today that personifies the man he was.
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It was these things that helped Mum and Dad learn about each other, taught them to make allowances and for them to grow together as a couple. Their quirks helped make them the couple they were.
They learnt to own up to their shortcomings, and agree to disagree. They could shout and scream at each other or cuddle and comfort each other in equal measure.
My Dad was dedicated to his job as a staff nurse. He strived at his job to achieve promotion. He worked every hour of overtime to provide for his family.
Dad refused to pay for anything weekly. He would always wait until he had saved up the cash. It used to infuriate Mum, but she would wait, because she knew if it was within my Dad's power, we would have it, and nine times out of 10 we would eventually get what we needed.
Dad tried his best to make us all happy. He would give us his all one minute and then moan about the price of a loaf for an hour. The standing family joke was that Dad could peel an orange in his pocket wearing a boxing glove.
To me, my Dad was like a giant when I was growing up, a big friendly giant.
He made everyone laugh. He never sat down at the table to eat without making the teapot yawn!
He spent hours teaching me how to ride my first bike. He took me to Crosby baths every Sunday to teach me how to swim.
When I was little, he would take me out on the crossbar of his bike, although we did come off a few times as his coordination was as bad as mine! Obviously, it's where I get it from.
We went on holidays every year, both abroad and in caravans, with my Nan and Granddad, my Auntie Gill and Uncle Mark. Our family was full of love and laughter.
One of my earliest memories is when I must have been five years old, standing on a chair in my Great-Nan's bungalow singing his beloved Liverpool songs.
I remember listening to stories of his times on the Kop, watching his favourites, Ian Rush and 'King' Kenny Dalglish.
When David and I were in the car with my Dad, we had to hold our noses every time we drove past Goodison Park, and when we went past Anfield we had to salute! This is something I still do with my kids now.
My favourite days were when it was hot and my Mum and Dad would pick us up from school together. They would have a picnic in the car and we would go to Formby beach for our tea. Every time Dad would say, 'I'll bring you here when you're 17 and I'll teach you how to drive'. He never got the chance to.
He was a good Dad. He loved me and I loved him, although if you saw him chewing his moustache, you knew to run for cover! He was annoyed about something and he had a giant voice as well.
As I got older, our relationship changed. I was not his little girl anymore. I didn't want to sit next to him on the bus into town any more. I sat at the back on my own pretending I was so grown up, even holding my own ticket.
Then came the time I asked could I go to the under-14s night at Fallows nightclub. He went white and said 'no' at first. After some persuasion, he said 'yes', but he was taking me and picking me up, so I agreed and he did collect me, although, when he picked me up, the car wouldn't start and all the other kids gave us a push.
I was dying with embarrassment and he thought it was really funny. I never asked to go again. And I swear there was nothing wrong with that car!
Now I have my own children, Jack-Shankly, Michael Eric and Libby Anne. They know all about their Granddad Eric. I only wish he was here to enjoy them in the way that we do.
As I have said, I loved my Dad and he loved me unconditionally. A big giant-shaped hole has been left in my heart since the day he died.
I've learnt how to live with it, but I don't think the pain will ever leave me. Mum and Dad enjoyed watching a TV programme and one of the quotes from it was, 'I am not a number, I am a free man.'
Describing someone you love is extremely difficult. How do you describe someone in a way only you knew them? How do you put down on paper what someone did, still does and always will mean to you?
This statement is a tiny part of a picture of a man, not a faceless fact or a figure. My family and I hope that this procedure allows us and our loved ones the freedom to finally rest in peace." | A father-of-two and staff nurse at Moss Side hospital in Maghull, Eric Hankin travelled with a number of friends, who all survived. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "26942692"} | 1,593 | 35 | 0.407843 | 1.22847 | -0.514927 | 2.62069 | 50 | 0.896552 |
Microbeads are tiny pieces of plastic found in things like toothpaste and body washes.
The environment secretary Michael Gove said that the tiny beads have 'a devastating effect on marine life".
The government have said that companies have to stop uses the beads in products they make by January 1st 2018, and by June it will be against the law to sell products with microbeads.
Manufacturers use them because they can help make products abrasive - meaning, for example, they help wash off dry skin. However, a single shower can result in 100,000 beads entering the ocean.
Water pipes have filters in them to catch waste that shouldn't go into the ocean, but microbeads are too small to be caught by them. This means they end up in the sea.
Professor Richard Thompson from the University of Plymouth explained to the BBC in 2016 how big a problem microbeads are.
"Over 680 tonnes of microbeads are used in the UK alone every year," he said. | The government are going to ban microbeads from cosmetics. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40686414"} | 220 | 16 | 0.582944 | 1.324802 | -0.710799 | 0.9 | 19.1 | 0.7 |
The defendants attacked seven victims, aged 13 to 15, in cars, woods or at the defendants' homes in Banbury.
Oxford Crown Court heard they lured victims to parties organised on social media and were found guilty in March.
At the same court, each of the men were handed sentences of between three and nine years.
Ahmed Hassan-Sule, 21, of Glyndebourne Gardens, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment, with a further five years on licence; Mohamed Saleh, 22, of Orchard Way, was jailed for four years and nine months; Said Saleh, 20, of Orchard Way, was jailed for four years; Takudzwa Hova, 21, of Broughton Road, was sentenced to six years with a further four years on licence; and Kagiso Manase, 21, of Warwick Road, received five years.
Zsolt Szaltoni, 18, of Portway, was sentenced to three years in a young offenders institution.
Speaking after the sentencing, one of the gang's victims, who was 14 at the time, said she was attacked in a car after attending a party organised on Facebook.
"I got in the car because the others left and I was on my own and I didn't know what to do, so I just went with them," she told the BBC.
"I was in the back of the car but I was in the middle... I was just scared. I didn't know what to do, but they'd planned it beforehand.
"They would talk their language... and I didn't understand it."
The girl said, after the party, the abuse continued.
"It gradually started to become more people. He asked me if I would work for him and I said 'No' and I just laughed it off but, as I realise now, I did it without even knowing - [I did] sex work.
"I thought it was okay, because I was brainwashed. They made me think it was my decision but it wasn't."
The abuse was uncovered after a member of the Kingfisher team - a multi-agency operation tackling child exploitation in Oxfordshire - came to see the victim at school.
She said: "I know there's more girls so it's quite disappointing that they don't have the courage to come forward.
"I just think I'm so lucky because there are lots of other girls who aren't lucky."
The girl said it was her ambition to work in the Kingfisher team and help others who have been in her situation.
She said: "It's important for me to do that. It's closure isn't it?"
The verdicts were - | A gang of five men and a teenager who subjected underage girls to sexual abuse in Oxfordshire after grooming them have been jailed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32332946"} | 603 | 34 | 0.391826 | 1.032875 | 0.375247 | 0.958333 | 22.166667 | 0.791667 |
Wales have conceded two set-piece goals in four days as Ukraine's winner in Kiev on Monday came from a free-kick.
The loss followed a draw with Northern Ireland when they scored from a corner.
"One loss of concentration from a set-piece has cost us. To concede from a set-piece is disappointing," said Tottenham Hotspur defender Davies.
"We have had plenty of meetings to sort it out. It was not the result we were looking for, but a lot about the performance was pretty good."
Fellow full-back Taylor was also not happy with Wales' potential Achilles heel as the Swansea defender added: "We didn't look troubled all night, but set-pieces were a problem."
Both Davies and Taylor, however, felt the positives outweighed the disappointment of defeat.
"It is not really about technical problems," said Davies. "It is about focus and concentration and not being able to switch off in these situations. We did tonight and it cost us."
Taylor agreed: "We are pleased with the performance, but not the goal we conceded. We've let ourselves down with that.
"We were in complete control of the game almost from start to finish, so we are disappointed not to score. Other than that, I thought we did very well.
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"On another day we might have scored a couple. The way we conducted ourselves, we are happy with. But not the result."
Taylor feels plenty of the Wales fringe players have aided their bid to be part of Chris Coleman's 23-man squad that will head to France for their first European Championship finals.
"Quite a few players have staked their claims," he told BBC Radio Wales. "They are pushing for the Euro squad and no-one has done themselves any harm." | Defenders Ben Davies and Neil Taylor admit Wales need to address their set-piece vulnerability ahead of this summer's Euro 2016 finals. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35913828"} | 397 | 29 | 0.523539 | 1.234677 | 0.359924 | 1 | 15.16 | 0.6 |
The incidents took place in separate incidents in 2009 and 2012 in Wollongong, New South Wales when the girls were each about seven years old.
A man, Shabbir Mohammedbhai Vaziri, was found guilty of covering up the acts.
FGM is when a girl's genitals are partly or wholly removed for non-medical reasons.
It usually carried out for a number of cultural, religious and social reasons, and is associated with ideals of femininity and modesty in some societies.
The women, who cannot been named, belong to a Muslim sect. One is the girls' mother, the other a 72-year-old former nurse.
The court heard they had cut the genitals of the two young girls in ceremonies known as "khatna".
Vaziri, a leader of the sect, was accused of ordering members to tell police they did not practice FGM.
The three were released ahead of sentencing in February. They could face up to seven years in jail.
FGM has been illegal in Australia for 20 years, but the case marked the first time such offences had come to trial, according to the Australian Associated Press. | An Australian court has found two women guilty of carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM) on two young girls, in the country's first such conviction. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34795203"} | 258 | 38 | 0.63455 | 1.499346 | 0.097391 | 0.933333 | 7.466667 | 0.666667 |
Trautman died in Spain on Friday at the age of 89. He was famous for playing on in the 1956 FA Cup final despite breaking his neck.
A Tanzania FA statement said he would be remembered for his work that set the foundation for the development of the sport in the country.
Trautmann arrived in the East African nation in 1974 as part of West Germany's sports assistance programme.
He reorganised the country's league and developed the skills of local coaches.
"The league system we have now is a brainchild of Trautmann," Atillion Tagalile, a former sports reporter, told BBC Sport.
Before Trautmann's arrival, Tanzania had a 20-team league played in a two-legged home and away knockout format.
However, he reduced the number of teams to 12 and introduced a league system of playing home and away.
In addition, the German held coaching clinics for local coaches and formed an association known as Tanzania Football Coaches Association (Tafca) to oversee skill development for the coaches.
"He conducted coaching courses throughout the country," said Simba SC coach Abdallah Kibaden.
"I attended one of his courses in Arusha in 1975 soon after retiring from the national team.
"Before his arrival, there was no training system for the coaches."
Trautmann also sent Tanzanian coaches to Cologne in Germany to acquire advanced coaching skills.
Joel Bendera, is one of the coaches who benefited from the scheme, he spend nine months in Germany along with two other Tanzanians.
When Bendera returned, he was appointed head coach of Tanzania's national team and guided their only ever Africa Cup of Nations finals in 1980.
Former international Kibaden believes that Trautmann also contributed to Tanzania's qualification through his youth development programme.
"He put emphasis on youth development as well, he toured the country in search of talents and we were able to get a strong team that went on to play the Nations Cup in Nigeria," added Kibaden.
Trautmann helped restructure the FA as well as designing an administrative procedure for the association.
"He reorganised our operation structure and also worked with administrators on football development," Said El Maamry, who was chairman of the Football Association of Tanzania (Fat) at the time, said.
"TFF has sent condolences to his family as well as the German and English FA's, and wished them to be strong in these difficult time," the statement added. | Former Manchester City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, who died on Friday, is not just being mourned in England and Germany but also in Tanzania. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "23389122"} | 545 | 33 | 0.504448 | 1.505815 | -0.998981 | 0.846154 | 18.307692 | 0.615385 |
The firms colluded to set minimum commission rates for residential property sales at 1.5%, denying vendors the chance of a better deal.
Abbott and Frost, Gary Berryman Estate Agents, Greenslade Taylor Hunt and West Coast Property Services (UK) Ltd all admitted breaking competition law.
They were fined following a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) probe.
The firms were working in the Burnham-on-Sea area.
The CMA's Stephen Blake said: "Moving home is expensive and this shouldn't be made worse by estate agents conspiring to deny their customers the best possible deal, by agreeing not to compete on fees.
"Price-fixing cheats customers, and we are committed to tackling it regardless of the size of the businesses involved. We have taken action against estate agents before, and will do so again if firms break the law."
A spokesman for Garry Berryman Estate Agents said the company has "fully co-operated with the CMA in respect of its investigation relating to matters three years ago".
"The issues raised occurred entirely outside of company policy," he added.
Martin Crees of West Coast Properties said the company co-operated with the CMA "to a satisfactory resolution".
The BBC has contacted Abbott and Frost and Greenslade Taylor Hunt for comment.
The CMA said another company, Annagram Estate Agents Limited, which trades as C J Hole, will not be fined as it was the first company to confess its participation in the cartel. | A price-fixing cartel of estate agents in Somerset has been fined more than £370,000. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39142793"} | 331 | 22 | 0.512313 | 1.258718 | -0.642466 | 1.111111 | 16.222222 | 0.666667 |
Strikes hit a building used as a prison in the al-Zaydiya security headquarters in the western port of Hudaydah, security and medical officials say.
The city is under the control of Houthi rebels, who have been battling the government since 2014.
Rebels and inmates were among more than 33 dead, officials said. Houthi media put the death toll at 43.
The prison was holding 84 inmates when it was hit three times late on Saturday, reports said. Pictures from the scene showed badly wounded people being rushed to hospital.
The coalition, which backs Yemen's exiled President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, has been criticised for the number of civilians killed in its air strikes.
Earlier this month, at least 140 people were killed, most of them civilians, when planes bombed a funeral hall in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
The coalition later blamed the attack on "bad information".
The latest air strikes came as President Hadi rejected a new peace proposal submitted by UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.
President Hadi, who lives in exile in the Saudi capital Riyadh, said the plan "rewards the coup leaders and punishes the Yemeni people at the same time".
Details of the peace "roadmap" have not been made public but are believed to give the rebels a share in any future government.
The plan is also believed to involve reducing some presidential powers in exchange for Houthis withdrawing from major cities.
The Shia Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, in 2014. Much of the internationally-recognised government is now based in Yemen's second city of Aden.
The conflict escalated in March 2015 when the Saudi-led coalition launched an air campaign to try to push the rebels back. | Dozens of people have been killed at a Yemeni prison complex in air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition, reports say. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37813569"} | 410 | 29 | 0.576518 | 1.236642 | 0.140073 | 2.083333 | 13.958333 | 0.916667 |
Mr Barrow took the oath of office at the Gambian embassy in Senegal's capital, Dakar, and his legitimacy has been recognised internationally.
The West African regional bloc Ecowas has now given Yahya Jammeh until noon on Friday to leave office.
Ecowas has threatened to remove Mr Jammeh by force.
The 15-member UN Security Council has given them its backing, while stressing that a political solution should be attempted first.
Mr Jammeh's refusal to leave office is supported by Gambia's parliament.
New mediation talks ahead of Friday's deadline will be led by Guinea's President Alpha Conde, after talks between Mr Jammeh and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz failed to break the deadlock late on Thursday.
Mr Barrow, who remains in Senegal, has said that he will not return to Gambia's capital, Banjul, until the military operation comes to an end.
Nigeria deployed reconnaissance aircraft over The Gambia on Thursday as part of the mission, warning that it was ready to strike militarily.
The tiny country, a popular destination for European holidaymakers attracted by its beaches, has been clouded by uncertainty for weeks.
Thousands of Gambians have sought refuge in Senegal while tourists broke off their holidays to return home.
At the scene - Thomas Fessy, BBC News, Banjul, The Gambia
People have been following the inauguration of Adama Barrow live on Senegalese TV, which many receive here in The Gambia.
Few people have come out to celebrate, timidly chanting the name of Mr Barrow or waving at the cars driving by. Tension is still running high, as people are very much aware that the political crisis is not over.
Banjul feels like a ghost town. Even the usually busy thoroughfares of Serekunda, on the outskirt of the capital, are deserted. Many say the military remain - like Yayha Jammeh - unpredictable.
But in a sign that parts of the security forces may switch sides, I have met five police officers standing outside their station, relaxed and visibly happy. I asked how things were going, and one of them replied with a smile "everything is alright, change is good".
A convoy of heavily armed Senegalese soldiers, in full battle dress, could be seen heading for the Gambian border.
They are backed by Nigerian air and naval power, as well as other troops from Ghana.
A Senegalese army spokesman, Col Abdou Ndiaye, told the BBC that the troops had encountered no resistance and were heading for Banjul.
He warned: "It is already war. If we find any resistance, we will fight it. If there are people who are fighting for the former president, we will fight them. The main goal is to restore democracy and to allow the new elected president to take over."
But Gambian army chief Ousman Badjie said his troops would not fight Senegalese forces because the dispute was "political".
"I am not going to involve my soldiers in a stupid fight," he said. "I love my men."
In his inaugural speech, President Barrow ordered all members of The Gambia's armed forces to remain in their barracks.
Any found found illegally bearing arms would be considered "rebels", he said.
After first accepting defeat he reversed his position and said he would not step down. He declared a 90-day state of emergency, blaming irregularities in the electoral process.
The electoral commission accepted that some of its early results had contained errors but said they would not have affected Mr Barrow's win.
Mr Jammeh has said he will stay in office until new elections are held.
Remaining in power would also give him protection against prosecution for alleged abuses committed during his rule.
The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) mandated Senegal to take the lead in outside intervention because it almost surrounds The Gambia.
The Ecowas strategy was approved by the UN Security Council which unanimously approved a resolution expressing "full support" for President Barrow and calling on Mr Jammeh to step down.
"I think events will move quickly now," Alex Vines, head of the Africa programme at Chatham House in London, told the Associated Press.
"Jammeh will not last 90 days remaining in power. He may cling on to power for a few more days, increasingly isolated. After the inauguration of Adama Barrow, the trickle of power flowing to him will become more of a flood." | Senegalese troops have entered The Gambia in support of Adama Barrow, who was sworn in as president on Thursday after winning last month's election. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38682184"} | 1,025 | 38 | 0.545063 | 1.358092 | -0.24378 | 1.407407 | 31.925926 | 0.814815 |
Faith Spear was chairman of Hollesley Bay prison's Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) when she wrote an article for the 2016 Prisons Handbook.
Writing under the name Daisy Mallet, she raised concerns about the way monitoring boards operated.
Identified as the author during an IMB meeting last April, Mrs Spear, of Ipswich, was initially suspended.
She has now received a letter from prisons minister Sam Gyimah informing her that her role as IMB chairman has been "terminated" and she has been banned from sitting on any IMB for five years.
In her article, she claimed members of IMBs were effectively "gagged" from raising concerns about the prisons they were responsible for monitoring.
The letter said she had "repeatedly disclosed official, classified and other information" and said she had "failed to comply with the standards expected of public appointees".
Mrs Spear said the letter was a "shock and upsetting", but added: "It is not going to stop me, the issues are still there."
She said while she was suspended there had been issues in a number of prisons, including a riot at HMP Birmingham and disturbances at HMP Swaleside and HMP Bedford in the past three months.
"The IMBs have to change," she said. "It has to be part of the reform process.
"If people monitoring are not allowed to speak out about what they see, but are effectively shut down, then I think that is very dangerous.
The Ministry of Justice has yet to formally comment on the case. | The chairman of a watchdog has been sacked after voicing concerns over prison reform under a pseudonym. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38574395"} | 345 | 28 | 0.445721 | 1.105573 | 0.028385 | 0.888889 | 16.777778 | 0.666667 |
Edinburgh Printmakers is revamping Castle Mill Works in Fountainbridge.
There will be galleries, a learning studio, a state-of-the-art printmaking workshop, creative studios and a cafe.
Scottish architects, Page/Park have been appointed to work on the Grade C listed building.
Sarah Price, Edinburgh Printmakers chief executive, said: "We're delighted to be in a position to formally begin construction on Edinburgh Printmakers' new Centre for Excellence.
"Coinciding with our 50th birthday, this marks a new chapter in our journey to improve facilities for artists and makers in the city and for our ever expanding and diverse audience to enjoy printmaking at its best." | The home of the former North British Rubber factory in Edinburgh is set to be transformed into a £12.3m creative hub hosting a new centre of excellence for printmaking. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40332773"} | 146 | 39 | 0.705528 | 1.563526 | 0.543292 | 0.709677 | 4.225806 | 0.580645 |
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Farah, who claimed his sixth successive global title when he won 10,000m gold at the weekend, recovered to finish second in 13 minutes 19.44 seconds.
The defending champion, 32, was touched on the back by Canada's Mohammed Ahmed but just managed to stay on his feet.
Fellow Briton Tom Farrell came fourth in his heat to reach the final.
Ahmed finished third but was initially disqualified by officials, only to be reinstated after a protest.
Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha, who has the world leading time this year, finished ahead of Farah in 13:19.38.
"I'm lucky I stayed up. I almost went down again," Farah, who also nearly fell midway through the race, told BBC Sport.
"At that point you have to stay on your feet, concentrate and relax."
Farah added he had been suffering from a sore right foot, but said "it's nothing to worry about".
He had endured agony in the same stadium seven years ago, crashing out of the Olympics after failing to qualify from the heats of the 5,000m.
But he is now one race away from securing a third consecutive double, after taking 5,000m and 10,000m gold at London 2012 and the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.
He looked to have recovered well from Saturday's victory in humid conditions, when he also survived a near-fall, as he was forced to work hard amid a packed bunch of runners in the final 150m of a quick heat.
Carlisle's Farrell, 24, progressed to the 15-man final with a time of 13:45.29 in a much slower-paced first heat.
"I think I did what I'm capable of doing - it's another thing coming here and doing it. I'm really happy to make the final," he said.
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Britain's Sophie Hitchon will be in Thursday's hammer throw final, qualifying in fifth position with a throw of 71.07m.
In the women's 800m heats, Britons Lynsey Sharp, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke and Jenny Meadows all successfully progressed to Thursday's semi-finals.
Sharp, who registered a season's best of 1:58.98, and Oskan-Clarke both qualified automatically, while Meadows required a fastest loser slot.
Lawrence Clarke completed a clean sweep of British qualifications in the morning session, as his time of 13.61 seconds in the 110m hurdles was enough to put him through to Thursday's semi-finals as one of the four quickest losers. | Britain's Mo Farah was almost pushed over on the final bend of his 5,000m heat but qualified for Saturday's World Championships final in Beijing. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34059583"} | 607 | 36 | 0.518491 | 1.216261 | 0.196805 | 1.142857 | 18 | 0.785714 |
This signalled the end of the Diamond Jubilee pageant in London, but other events did not survive in the wet weather - namely the cannons primed to explode confetti and a helicopter flypast, which was cancelled because of visibility.
The fine, yet unrelenting, rain did not show mercy either to the soaked singers who gamely sang the national anthem in the closing stages.
These events were the dying embers of a day that had seen fun, food, celebrations, dressing up and several renditions of the national anthem, as well as a protest against the monarchy - all stubbornly carried out despite the rain.
At the start of the day, some revellers heading to the capital had their plans disrupted by overcrowding on the train network, with reports of passengers left behind on platforms because carriages were full.
Others stayed at home to celebrate, with almost 9,500 roads shut across England and Wales for parties.
Those in the capital threw themselves into the celebrations, none more so than those who attended the Big Jubilee Lunch in Piccadilly, made up of a long line of tables in this usually traffic-choked street.
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Wandering down Piccadilly, resplendent in their tiaras and red, white and blue outfits, were three friends - Jodie Merrylees, 27, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Charlotte Symonds, 30, from Brighouse, West Yorkshire, and Jodie Cosgrove, 27, from Leeds.
Ms Symonds said: "I really like the Royal Family and the tradition it represents. I was at the royal wedding too and that was brilliant. We wanted to dress up for the Jubilee and get involved with the atmosphere to feel part of the celebrations."
It became an even more grand event when the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall arrived, walking down the line of tables and even stopping to sit down on a potentially soggy seat to chat to some of those munching their food.
Street parties were definitely popular on the day, particularly in Bristol, which had more applications for road closures than in other city outside London.
Revellers there gathered in a red, white and blue-bedecked Millennium Square, which boasted its own "make your own corgi" attraction.
Inspired by the Thames pageant, Andrew Southerden, a landlord in Kibworth, Leicestershire, transformed his pub into HMS Coach & Horses, affixing portholes, liferafts, funnels and a bow to the building.
Party-goers in Richmond Park, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, were able to snap up food at 1950s prices. Hot dogs were 7p, bacon sandwiches 9p and a cup of tea just 2p.
In Belfast, Samuel and Margaret Sloan, 80, were celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary as well as the Jubilee at a tea party thrown by the city's Lord Mayor. "It is a great honour," said Mr Sloan, a retired motor mechanic. "She is a very gracious Queen and she does care for the people."
More than 300 official street parties took place across Wales. Cardiff's St Mary's Street hosted a Big Lunch celebration while hundreds attended a similar event in Swansea.
A beach party was rained off in Rhosneigr, close to the Anglesey home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, but the party went ahead regardless - a picnic was held in the village hall instead, attended by hundreds of people.
Ten street parties took place in Edinburgh, with the Scottish capital understood to have made a third of all of Scotland's street party applications.
But not everyone taking part supported the royal family's constitutional role.
Abigail Burnyeat, who attended a street party in Edinburgh's Stockbridge, told the BBC she enjoyed herself but did not see the event as an endorsement of the monarchy.
"It's a celebration of community," she said, adding: "I wouldn't examine it too closely."
As the Diamond Jubilee pageant began, its 1,000 vessels were greeted along the route by 1.2 million spectators, according to the organisers.
Crowds lined the banks of the Thames, some climbing up onto window ledges of nearby buildings to try to get a better view, all thankful that by now the skies were holding onto their raindrops.
On Lambeth Bridge, a carefully controlled number of the public were allowed on, each choosing a side to stand on, to either watch the pageant arrive or see it pass off into the distance.
As it approached, the smaller boats before the bigger ones, great cheers rose up, as did the crackling of plastic flags. That sound reached a crescendo when the royal barge approached, prompting many hands to raise mobile phones and cameras, like electronic meerkats desperate for a view.
Among those on the bridge was Marilyn Griffiths, 59, from Ledbury, Herefordshire, decked out in a union jack hat, earrings and carrying a flag.
She described the pageant as "spectacular", adding: "I just love the Royal Family and admire them all for what they do. They all work so hard. I wanted to come here to show my support."
By the end of the pageant the rain had become almost torrential, with everyone wet through.
And yet the good humour of the crowd survived, with one man even enjoying a rather soggy ice cream.
The last of the steam boats sailed by sounding their horns together and drawing cheers from the flag-wavers along Tower Bridge.
"I saw the Queen," shouted one small child to his mother. It was certainly an achievement for all.
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But the ex-Fifa executive-turned-whistleblower was also known for leading an eccentric, and often lavish, lifestyle, with reports he had a separate Manhattan flat for his cats and a parrot frequently seen on his shoulder.
He died at the age of 72 in July 2017.
For a man whose career has come to epitomise sleaze in football, it may be surprising - or perhaps fitting - that Blazer never actually played the sport himself.
"Chuck is extraordinarily knowledgeable about soccer, but I never detected in him any real passion for the sport," Doug Logan, another prominent figure in the development of football in the US in the 1990s, told Buzzfeed in an extensive piece in June 2014. "He's what I'd affectionately call a suit."
His involvement with football began when he coached his son's team in the town of New Rochelle, New York state, in the late 1970s.
Blazer's skills as a salesman and his knowledge of the business side of football saw him rise through regional football organisations in the US, and then on to the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf).
There he teamed up with Trinidadian football administrator Jack Warner to engineer Mr Warner's election as president of Concacaf in 1990. Mr Warner immediately named Blazer general secretary and put him in charge of the organisation's operations.
The two moved Concacaf's headquarters from Guatemala City to the US; it was at this time that Blazer signed a contract with Concacaf that entitled him to 10% commissions on all sponsorship and TV rights deals through his company Sportvertising, giving rise to his nickname of "Mr Ten Percent".
From 1996 to 2013 he was on Fifa's Executive Committee. Blazer was not shy about publicising the lifestyle he enjoyed while at Fifa's upper echelons.
A blog recording his travels documented, amongst other things, his meetings with world leaders and Miss Universe 2011, watching the 2012 Super Bowl in a special suite and his enthusiasm for fancy dress.
He also introduced readers to his pet parrot, a blue-and-gold macaw named Max. Blazer even uploaded a video of the bird dancing on the basket of his mobility scooter in New York's Central Park.
According to one Sunday Times report, the famous parrot was trained by Blazer's ex-wife to verbally abuse him after the couple had split up.
He was also rumoured to have kept an apartment just for his cats in New York's famous Trump Tower skyscraper, as well as one for himself that Mr Warner accused him of paying for with Concacaf funds.
According to a 2013 report by Concacaf's integrity committee, he also used $48,500 of the organisation's money to buy a Hummer, which then cost $600 a month to park near his New York office.
Mr Warner left Concacaf in 2011 after allegations of corruption and bribery, and Blazer left later that year after learning the new leadership wanted rid of him.
After resigning, he was reported to have said: "This has been the best job in the world, but I need some action. People should seriously consider me for a top CEO."
His lavish lifestyle began to unravel when it came to light that US investigators were probing confidential payments to offshore accounts operated by Blazer.
A report on the investigation by the New York Daily News in November 2011 said Blazer was stopped while making his way to a pricey Manhattan restaurant in a mobility scooter by federal agents who had been tracking tax evasion.
"We can take you away in handcuffs now - or you can co-operate," one of the agents allegedly told Blazer.
He is then said to have agreed to record his colleagues using a microphone hidden in a keychain.
In 2013, he pleaded guilty to bribery, money laundering and tax evasion but agreed to help investigators expose corruption in Fifa. He was banned from all football activities for life in 2015.
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Reham Saeed was sentenced to a year in jail for the interview, in which she suggested a sexual harassment victim deserved her fate.
Her guest had uploaded footage to Facebook of an assault by her harasser after police failed to prosecute him.
But Saeed aired private pictures of her guest in what she called "revealing clothes", including a bikini.
The assault on the victim in a shopping mall last October was captured on closed-circuit television.
In the footage, a man and woman walk into frame and appear to argue. The man then reaches out and slaps the woman, before being restrained by mall security and onlookers. The woman in the footage complained to the police that the man was sexually harassing her.
The video was then viewed hundreds of thousands of times online.
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In one of many television appearances, the woman spoke to Saeed on her show on the private al-Nahar network.
Saeed asked her: "Do you think you were dressed appropriately?" before launching a monologue blaming the victim. On the day of the assault, the victim had been wearing jeans and a sleeveless top.
The guest then filed a legal complaint against the the network, and Saeed's show Sabaya al-Khair (Charity Girls) was briefly suspended.
Saeed was then the target of a hate campaign on social media. Tens of thousands of tweets including a hashtag that translates as "Die Reham" were posted, many showing depictions of Saeed dying.
As well as handing out a jail sentence on Monday, a court in Giza fined Saeed 10,000 Egyptian pounds ($1,277; £917), but she retains the right to appeal.
Al-Ahram reported that the guest's attacker was eventually sentenced to one month in jail, but that the sentence was reduced to two weeks on appeal in February.
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Tim Swiel's late penalty was the difference for Quins after the lead changed hands several times.
Quins' Tim Visser and Bath's Kane Palma-Newport scored first-half tries as the hosts led 11-10 at the break.
Karl Dickson extended Quins' lead before Nathan Catt bundled over to put Bath back in front, but Swiel's third penalty secured the win.
Swiel replaced regular kicker Nick Evans after just 14 minutes - the veteran New Zealander going off with an injury on his 200th club appearance.
The 23-year-old proved to be no less accurate with the boot than Quins' all-time leading Premiership points scorer Evans, slotting the winning kick from 40 metres.
Bath, Premiership finalists in 2015, have been resurgent under new director of rugby Todd Blackadder this season, after finishing a disappointing ninth in 2015-16.
However, they went behind early when returning Scotland international Visser crossed in the corner, before big prop Palma-Newport crashed over just before half-time.
The game continued to switch from end to end after the break, Quins' Dickson flying over after a fine break from Marland Yarde, and Catt's converted try making it 20-18 to Bath 15 minutes from time.
But Swiel kept his cool to give Harlequins their fifth victory of the season and Bath slipped to third in the table.
Harlequins: Morris; Yarde, Alofa, Marchant, Visser; Evans (capt), Dickson; Lambert, Buchanan, Collier, Merrick, Matthews, Chisholm, Wallace, Clifford.
Replacements: Ward, Murphy, Jones, South, Naoupu, Mulchrone, Swiel, Walker.
Bath: Homer; Rokoduguni, Clark, Tapuai, Brew; Bowden, Allinson; Catt, Dunn, Palma-Newport, Garvey (capt), Attwood, Ellis, G. Mercer, Z. Mercer.
Replacements: Batty, Obano, Lahiff, Grant, Douglas, Homer, Hastings, Banahan.
Referee: Dean Richards.
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Hancox's cross gave Anthony Dudley a simple finish to put the visitors in front, and by the end of the first period the defender had ended the match as a contest.
David Stephens smashed home to put the hosts back on level terms, but Hancox made it 2-1 when he knocked in a rebound.
Hancox netted his second from Rhys Browne's cut-back in stoppage time, and there was still time for him to complete his hat-trick before the half-time whistle with a low shot in off a post.
Bruno Andrade pulled one back for Boreham Wood, but it was no more than a consolation.
Match report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Boreham Wood 2, Macclesfield Town 4.
Second Half ends, Boreham Wood 2, Macclesfield Town 4.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Dan Cowan replaces Ollie Norburn.
Morgan Ferrier (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Angelo Balanta replaces Ben Nunn.
Goal! Boreham Wood 2, Macclesfield Town 4. Bruno Andrade (Boreham Wood).
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Jack Mackreth replaces Rhys Browne.
John McCombe (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Luke Summerfield replaces Kingsley James.
Jai Reason (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Morgan Ferrier replaces Kenny Davis.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Mark Ricketts replaces Joe Devera.
Second Half begins Boreham Wood 1, Macclesfield Town 4.
First Half ends, Boreham Wood 1, Macclesfield Town 4.
Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Macclesfield Town 4. Mitch Hancox (Macclesfield Town).
Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Macclesfield Town 3. Mitch Hancox (Macclesfield Town).
Neill Byrne (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Macclesfield Town 2. Mitch Hancox (Macclesfield Town).
Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Macclesfield Town 1. David Stephens (Boreham Wood).
Andy Halls (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Boreham Wood 0, Macclesfield Town 1. Anthony Dudley (Macclesfield Town).
First Half begins.
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The Colombian Agency for Reintegration (ACR) director said the body could look after double the number of demobilised rebels it currently mentored.
Director Alejandro Eder told the BBC it had an "emergency reaction plan".
According to Mr Eder, the ACR is ready to receive up to 40,000 ex-combatants.
The government estimates there are just 7,800 active Farc rebels, with approximately another 10,000 people on the margins of the group.
The National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia's second-largest rebel group, is estimated to have just under 1,500 fighters.
The government has been holding peace talks with the Farc since November 2012 and recently signalled its willingness to engage in negotiations with the ELN to end five decades of armed conflict.
Opponents of the talks have argued that a demobilisation of so many rebels at one time, most of whom have little experience of civilian life, would not be feasible.
But Mr Eder said "the Colombian government is ready" and had the experience and funds to deal with a mass demobilisation.
He pointed to his agency's expertise, gained over the past 10 years rehabilitating 56,000 former right-wing paramilitaries and left-wing guerrillas.
According to Mr Eder, the main challenge was to get the support of wider Colombian society and to make people realise the process would take time.
Reintegrating ex-combatants into society normally takes seven years, during which they receive extensive psychological support as well as educational and vocational training.
The length of the programme depends on the background of each individual, 70% of whom are either completely illiterate or just barely able to read or write their names.
Their average age at the time of recruitment is 16, so few have had much formal schooling.
"They're coming from a completely different society and you essentially have to train them about everything," Mr Eder explained.
"You have to teach them how to cross the road, literally.
"You have to teach people how to stand in line at the bank, and how to pay [in a shop] because when you have an AK-47 slung over your shoulder, nobody wants to charge you," he says.
Apart from offering psychological help to overcome the trauma of years of jungle warfare, the programme offers educational support.
The main aim is to get all the participants through elementary school education, so they can go on to vocational training and take up jobs.
Mr Eder is particularly proud of one young former female Farc rebel who has made it to university, where she is studying medicine.
"She was forcibly recruited by the Farc when she was eight. She came out of the group at 17, illiterate, with all sorts of psychological problems, no family connections whatsoever," he recalls.
"We started working with her, [giving her] psychological attention, education, we found her family, rebuilt the family relationship and to cut a long story short, 10 years later she is studying in her third year of medicine!"
Mr Eder admitted the young woman was an exception but said it showed that the programme, which costs the Colombian government $90m (£55m) a year, was working.
But there are also those who relapse.
Ten percent of those who have gone through the programme have been tried and convicted of crimes committed after they demobilised, according to ACR figures.
And Mr Eder puts the total number of those who have gone back into illegality at between 20% to 25%.
While rejecting allegations that Colombia's powerful criminal gangs such as the Urabenos and the Rastrojos are largely made up of demobilised right-wing paramilitaries as "a myth", he conceded that many of the top leaders of these gangs were former paramilitaries.
"In 2010, we identified 60 of the people who set up these groups. Half of them were former AUC [United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia] commanders."
According to Mr Eder, the lure of Colombia's most lucrative illegal export is hard to resist.
"You have to take into account that we're trying to end a conflict in Colombia that's fuelled by a highly illegal natural resource that is cocaine," he explained.
"When you pull people out of the conflict, there are going to be some people who say, 'Hey, shall I go into this reintegration programme, and go to the psychologist, and learn how to be a baker, or shall I manage this $20m-a-year drug route?'," he said.
"And unfortunately some of them opt for the $20m-a-year drug route.
"That's also why the Colombian police and the Colombian armed forces still have their work cut out for them, even once we demobilise all these people." | Colombia has said it is ready to reintegrate thousands of demobilised rebels into society, as peace talks between Farc rebels and government negotiators enter their 15th round. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "24331741"} | 1,051 | 43 | 0.439237 | 1.191785 | 0.341329 | 1.482759 | 32.517241 | 0.793103 |
Research by the BBC found the shortfall facing 22 hospital trusts in the region had risen by 63% compared to 2013-14.
NHS Providers, a lobby group representing NHS organisations, said the level of debt represented about a quarter of the UK's total NHS debt.
The government said it had managed to increase the NHS budget by £2bn.
Of the 22 trusts, only four - Luton and Dunstable, Bucks Healthcare, Papworth and James Paget - predict surpluses in 2014-15.
Ipswich Hospital forecasts a £12m deficit, while the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, Norfolk, predicts a £14.9m deficit. Northampton Hospital predicts a £16.7m deficit.
NHS Providers said "sustainable" funding solutions were needed.
Saffron Cordery, its director of policy and strategy, said the whole NHS faced a £1bn deficit.
"We've reached a point where we're at genuine risk of damaging quality of care for patients," she said.
Allyson Pollock, a University of London professor of public health research and policy, said it was likely hospitals would look to generate cash through providing "non-NHS services, such as more private patients".
Political blogger Iain Dale said: "I don't think there is a short-term solution. Any future government will at some point have to write-off debts."
Richard Murray, director of policy at the King's Fund think tank, called for less "premium agency nursing" to be used and more care in the community.
Both Ipswich and Bedford hospitals said their deficits were linked to increased demand from patients, with people living longer.
Nick Hulme, chief executive of Ipswich Hospital, said there was a "systemic problem" with NHS funding, in that there were "more sicker patients and patients living longer".
The Luton and Dunstable Hospital, which expects a £19,000 surplus, said it had not "sacrificed quality" and was meeting targets.
A Department of Health spokesman said: "We've been able to increase the NHS budget by an extra £2bn for the next financial year, and NHS England's own chief executive Simon Stevens acknowledged we had 'listened and responded with the funding [needed] for next year to sustain frontline NHS services and kick-start transformation'." | The £259m deficit facing East of England hospitals poses a "genuine risk of damaging quality of care", it has been warned. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32024303"} | 530 | 30 | 0.541215 | 1.317995 | 0.394908 | 2.518519 | 16.814815 | 0.814815 |
Thomas Minito's body was found floating in a river in Machakos, 50km (30 miles) from the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi.
Police say he was also being investigated for possible involvement in the shooting of Italian-born conservationist Kuki Gallman.
The army has been deployed to the region to quell months of unrest.
A biting drought in the Laikipia region had forced herders to invade private farms to get fresh grass for their animals.
However, some analysts say local politicians incited pastoralists communities to invade private farms.
Minito was a member of the Baringo county assembly in the Rift Valley and had been reported missing earlier this week, according to media reports.
After examining the body, police said they suspect that he was murdered because he had a head wound.
His family is however yet to verify his identity.
Security forces have been conducting an operation in Laikipia county in central Kenya after a series of attacks on private lodges.
Tristan Voorspuy, an ex-British army officer, was killed in March when he went to inspect his lodge.
Pastoralists have accused police of killing hundreds of their animals in an attempt to drive them out of the farms.
The privately-owned Star newspaper reports that Minito was arrested last month and freed on bond for allegedly planning violence in Laikipia and neighbouring Baringo county in which several people were killed or injured and livestock were either stolen or killed. | A Kenyan politician being investigated for the raids in private farms in the Laikipia region has been found dead. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39972856"} | 326 | 27 | 0.599077 | 1.383538 | -0.151234 | 1.9 | 13.8 | 0.8 |
Kingston Police tweeted the note addressed to Tracey Dyke, who is suspected of multiple burglaries, accusing her of "blanking" them.
Some users applauded the "novel" social media appeal, while others accused the Met of "public shaming".
Police said Ms Dyke was a suspect in crimes involving "vulnerable victims".
Officers posted the appeal, featuring a photograph of Ms Dyke, and the caption: "Please stop ignoring us Tracey".
In a two-page letter appealing for her to contact detectives, they wrote: "We have come round to see you a number of times recently but it looks like you'd rather not speak to us, which is very disappointing.
"We have a slight suspicion that you might be blanking us #Awkward. You don't text, you don't call back and haven't accepted our friend request."
They added: "We won't stand for this and want to have a discussion with you at our custody suite."
Met Police borough commander Nick Downing congratulated Kingston Police on its "very innovative" appeal.
"Sure the brilliant communities of #Kingston will help track this suspect down," he wrote.
But others were less impressed with the tone of the letter, and accused the force of being "unprofessional" by using hashtags and emoji.
Christina wrote: "This reads like what a school teacher types up on a newsletter to try and be hip and cool but just comes across as awkward". | A police force's open letter to a suspected burglar - which included emojis and hashtags - has met with a mixed response online. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38522326"} | 338 | 36 | 0.503913 | 1.278788 | 0.542874 | 0.64 | 11.76 | 0.64 |
Costa, 28, has reportedly been the subject of an offer to move to China.
Shearer said: "It depends how bad an apple he becomes. If it affects the dressing room, you have to get rid."
The former England captain added that Dimitri Payet was in the wrong if he is refusing to play for West Ham.
The Hammers recently turned down a £19.1m bid for attacking midfielder Payet from his former side Marseille, and his current boss Slaven Bilic revealed this week that the France international wants to leave the club.
"I have not got a problem with players wanting to leave football clubs," added former Newcastle and Blackburn striker Shearer. "You are allowed to do that, but there is a way and means to do it.
"Refusing to play is not correct."
Brazil-born Spain international Costa has been integral to the Premier League leaders this season, scoring 14 goals and providing five assists.
However, this week he became embroiled in a dispute with a coach over his fitness, which led to him being dropped for Saturday's 3-0 win at Leicester - although manager Antonio Conte said the player had a back injury.
His absence came amid reports of interest from the Chinese Super League in a deal that would be worth £30m a year.
Shearer said: "Chelsea will miss Diego Costa. He has scored goals, provided assists and been the best player this season. It will be a huge uphill struggle to win the league without him.
"He will dictate the situation. The players have the vast majority of the power. If the player does not want to be there, he will go."
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Ex-Blues goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer added: "He is a big character, he is always joking in training and if he throws his toys out of the pram, he will be a big disruption. Knowing what Antonio Conte wants, they will not want him around the team.
"On the pitch, he is as fighter, he wants to scrap for everything. Off the pitch, he is a real character among the players. He loves that position in the squad. Who knows? He may come back next week saying he had a back injury and it had all been blown out of proportion."
Telegraph football correspondent Jason Burt added that he does not think Costa will be sold in January.
"I'm not sure [Blues owner] Roman Abramovich will want to be pushed around by the Chinese market. He has spent a lot of money," said Burt.
"Sometimes an owner like this may put his foot down. He will not be pushed around. If Costa is going to go, it will be in the summer."
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Payet joined West Ham in June 2015 for £10.7m but has regularly been linked with a move away from London Stadium - despite being under contract until 2021.
He was on the bench in their 5-0 FA Cup third-round defeat by Manchester City, and was left out of the squad for Saturday's 3-0 win over Crystal Palace.
"If it is quite clear Dimitri Payet is refusing to play for the club, you have to get as much as you can and sell him. The dressing room is far more important," said Shearer.
"For manager Slaven Bilic to come out and say what he did, that was the last straw. He had nowhere else to go. When he put Payet on the bench in the FA Cup and put him on at 4-0 down, he was saying 'I am the boss, don't mess me around'."
Schwarzer added: "Payet is a commodity, you have to get as much money for him.
"The players said they had a close-knit unit and they showed against Crystal Palace they are together and can win games without him. Then they can bring in players to improve the team."
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The flag was taken from an 80ft (24m) post at Trump International Golf Links on the Menie Estate between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning.
Police are keen to trace a white van seen in the area shortly before 22:00 on Monday.
The flag and its pole were the subject of a planning wrangle after being erected without council permission.
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Sadly four people have died and around 40 people are injured.
The attacker was shot dead by armed police,
Lots of you have been in touch with us to ask questions about the attack, so we asked our reporter Leah to help answer some of them...
If you're upset by anything in the news take a look at the advice here.
Leah: I grew up in London and I was in the capital after the 7/7 bombings - I quickly realised that the capital and its people are resilient. Today, adults will have gone back to work as normal - using the usual transport network they always did. And children will be back at school. There's also a huge Police presence not just around London but across the UK.
Leah: There's an on-going Police investigation and security forces will be working really hard to find out everything they can about the attacker and why he carried this out. police say he was British born and influenced by international terrorism.
Leah: London is the capital of the UK and Westminster is a really important place and sometimes a target for attacks. But London has some of the best security in place to try to stop things like this happening.
Leah: The attacker tried to get into the Houses of Parliament and the police were trying to protect the people who work there.
Leah: It's perfectly normal to feel upset or even worried when something like this happens. It's really important to talk to friends, teachers or family members about how you're feeling. Always remember that attacks like this are rare and the people who were affected will be getting all the help they need to recover from what's happened. If you are worried about anything in the news, check out our guide
Leah: Police were very quick to arrive on the scene and many different officers have been involved from transport police to counter-terrorism officers. The Metropolitan police say that there are police officers on duty 24 hours a day around the Palace of Westminster, and the area around that is also patrolled by police at all times. | On Wednesday an attack took place outside the Houses of Parliament in London. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39364235"} | 439 | 16 | 0.436942 | 1.09605 | -0.391638 | 1.785714 | 29.142857 | 0.785714 |
This is the first time he has explicitly confirmed the bank is making plans for different outcomes that could impact financial stablity.
Mr Carney's comments came ahead of the 18 September independence referendum.
Scottish and UK ministers are in dispute over plans for Scotland to keep the pound under a currency union.
The Scottish government set out the scenario in the event of a "Yes" vote, but the leaders of the main UK parties have said they would not support a deal to share Sterling on a formal basis.
In a speech given in January in Edinburgh, Mr Carney outlined the criteria for a currency union.
He described his own speech as a "technocratic assessment of what makes an effective currency union between independent nations", rather than an assessment of Scotland's future economic options.
During a news conference in London on Wednesday, Mr Carney stressed the decision about whether or not an independent Scotland would form a currency union with the rest of the UK would be made by politicians.
In a carefully neutral comment, Mr Carney said it was the role of the Bank of England to implement whatever decision was made, and to ensure the financial stability of the whole of the UK.
Sources in the financial world have told me that the plans are likely to focus on two issues - currency uncertainty and what is known as "deposit flight".
I asked the Governor directly about both, and specifically fears raised in a recent report by UBS that in the event of a yes vote on independence, customers of financial institutions based north of the border may decide to move their money southwards.
Some leading executives in the financial world are so concerned they had been hoping for a message of reassurance from the Bank.
Mr Carney suggested he was across the issue, which I have been told by senior banking figures is of concern to at least four major financial institutions which are based in Scotland.
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To that end, he said that, as people would expect, the Bank had contingency plans for various possibilities.
"It's never good to talk about contingency plans in public other than to assure that we have contingency plans," he said, adding: "In terms of our responsibilities for financial stability - we have a wide range of tools and plans."
A key part of the role of governor is to provide reassurance both for the UK financial system and for markets. Mr Carney's latest comments were framed in that context.
If Scotland does vote for independence, it would still be the role of the Bank of England to ensure financial stability for the whole of the UK - including Scotland - until an official date for Scottish independence is reached.
The governor therefore repeated assurances that the institution would continue to act to ensure financial responsibility for the whole of the UK, whatever the outcome of the vote.
He said: "I will reiterate that we will implement whatever we're asked to implement and I'll add further, if I may, that we also have responsibilities, as you know, for financial stability in the United Kingdom and we will continue to discharge those responsibilities until they change.
"We will continue to discharge those responsibilities regardless of the outcome of the vote on the 18th September."
Mr Carney's comments strike a different tone to the UK government, which has repeatedly said it was not putting contingency plans in place for the possibility of Scotland voting for independence.
His remarks were welcomed by Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond who described them as "very helpful".
In an interview on the BBC's Reporting Scotland, he said: "It shows that he is seeking to ensure financial stablity and that the Bank of England remains in the charge for that transition period. What a contrast with the views of the Westminster parties.
"Secondly he has corrected once again the idea that he was against a currency union. He's said yet again he'll implement whatever is agreed."
The first minister was asked about a BBC report that four major financial institutions in Scotland are worried that a "Yes" vote could result in customers moving their investments south of the border.
Mr Salmond responded: "The fear of deposit flight is caused by a denomination risk. That is to say, you would use a currency other than sterling.
"What we've been saying is exactly to prevent a fear of deposit flight, helped now by the governor of the Bank of England who makes it clear they would be in charge of financial stability."
But Alistair Darling, the head of the Better Together campaign, said Mr Carney had undermined Mr Salmond's arguments.
Mr Darling added: "The governor has confirmed that a currency union would not work without shared taxation and spending, the very things that Alex Salmond wants to dismantle with a Yes vote.
"Mark Carney also confirmed that he will implement the decisions of the UK parties who have ruled out a currency union.
"The money we would use if we vote for independence isn't an academic matter, it is critical to everyone in Scotland. Alex Salmond has got to come clean and tell us what Plan B is." | Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has said the institution has drawn up currency contingency plans, whatever the outcome of the Scottish referendum. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "28773893"} | 1,095 | 29 | 0.593844 | 1.567509 | 0.51155 | 2.44 | 40.36 | 0.92 |
Matthew Wooby, from Trimley St Martin, was discovered in February by his parents with a ligature round his neck.
His father David Wooby told the inquest he believed his son had been in a "spiral" of depression and had purposely taken his own life.
But assistant coroner Nigel Parsley described it as a "truly tragic" case and recorded a verdict of misadventure.
He said he was unable to record a verdict of suicide as it was not clear Matthew, who was mildly autistic, knew he could die as a result of his actions.
Matthew's school, Felixstowe Academy, said there was one reported incident of bullying which was "dealt with swiftly" in line with its policies.
The inquest heard Matthew's parents had left him with babysitters on the night of 12 February, who had looked after him many times before.
They watched a film and he went to bed, asking if he was all right after they heard him shuffling around upstairs.
But next morning when his mother went to wake him, he was found unresponsive and was taken to hospital.
A week earlier, Matthew had watched a film that featured a scene with a child who had been saved after attempting to hang himself, the hearing was told.
Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful, and a post-mortem test revealed the cause of death was recorded as suspension by ligature.
Mr Parsley said Matthew came from a "loving, close" family and attended Felixstowe Academy where there had been "bullying issues".
He said he was aware Matthew had been bullied at school but he was also aware that he may have reacted to the film he saw.
Mr Wooby told the hearing: "It's my personal conclusion that he was so unhappy because he was being bullied...and he went into a spiral of depression which I didn't notice at the time.
"And I think he took his own life on purpose because he was so depressed."
A statement from Matthew's parents, issued after the inquest, said: "We are devastated and heartbroken at the loss of our kind, loving, funny, beautiful and amazing son Matthew.
"We hope that by raising awareness of bullying that no other family will have to suffer what we have to cope with every day."
Felixstowe Academy's principal, Anthony Williams, said Matthew was a "lovely student" whose "sudden death was an unforeseen loss to the school community".
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Fletcher, 42, who is from the town, was made a Doctor of Letters in a ceremony at the university's Great Hall.
The actor, best known as clumsy clown Mr Tumble on the CBeebies channel, said: "I'm thrilled to be honoured and enjoyed the day immensely."
In 2008 Fletcher was appointed MBE for his services to children's television and the charity sector.
Fletcher added: "The London Road campus is a hidden gem and the Great Hall is magnificent.
"To be presented with the honorary degree from Professor Andy Kempe, who was my drama teacher at Theale Green School in Reading, was extra special as he really encouraged and supported me when I was 15."
Fletcher has been a children's television presenter and voice-over artist for the past 15 years.
"I'm a big lover of slapstick comedy and I like to try and make my slapstick minimalist in speech so any child in the world can enjoy it," he said.
"When I'm presenting I always think of the children and imagine them sitting at home and really try to engage them and get them believing in my performance and the show."
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The trio were stabbed after the licensed event at the Lyndeans Industrial Estate, off Felixstowe Road in Abbey Wood.
The 26-year-old was found by police at about 05:00 BST after they had been called to reports of a fight. He died in hospital.
The two other men, aged 24 and 26, have since been discharged from hospital.
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It means Wales will be the first UK nation to introduce a system where people are presumed to have consented to become donors unless they opt out.
It could come into force by 2015.
Mark Drakeford said he was proud about Tuesday's vote but his thoughts were with those waiting for organs.
The vote took place just before 22:00 BST and 43 of the 60 assembly members backed the bill. Eight Conservatives voted against and Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies did not vote. Plaid Cymru AM Jocelyn Davies abstained.
Mr Drakeford told BBC Wales the vote followed an "epic" five-hour discussion, adding: "I'm very relieved to see the bill safely on to the statute books but very proud as well - proud of achieving this in Wales, proud of the job that the assembly has done in scrutinising and improving the bill."
He said that "most of all, my feelings are with those people waiting for donation whose lives depend upon having an organ through transplantation".
The current system, which operates across the UK, relies on people signing up to a voluntary scheme and carrying a donor card.
But the Welsh government wants to drive up low transplant rates by 25% and say the new scheme will save countless lives.
As currently happens, organs could go to recipients anywhere in the UK, not just in Wales.
According to the NHS Blood and Transplant service, there are around 250 people on a waiting list for a transplant at any one time, and 33 people in Wales died in 2012/13 while waiting.
Evidence from other countries with an opt-out system indicates that the rise in organ donors is small with around 15 additional donors provided each year and approximately 45 extra organs.
There has been opposition to the scheme but ministers insist it will be implemented sensitively and they will launch a two-year, £8m publicity drive to inform people about their choices.
The British Medical Association (BMA), welcomed the result of the vote.
Dr Richard Lewis, BMA Wales secretary, said: "A few years ago, Wales was ready to lead the UK on banning smoking in public places but we didn't have the necessary legal powers.
"This time we are delighted that our National Assembly has shown the rest of the UK the way forward and fully support its implementation.
"Patients across the country will now benefit directly or indirectly from this bill."
Roy J Thomas, chief executive of Kidney Wales Foundation (KWF) said: "Deemed consent has a positive and sizeable effect on organ donation rates of some 25% to 35% higher on average in presumed consent countries.
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"One person dies every week in Wales waiting for an organ transplant.
"Three people die a day in the UK. The current system has failed those waiting."
There had been opposition to the changes from Christian churches and from within the Muslim and Jewish communities, who wanted a "soft opt-out scheme" to give deceased patients' families a say on donation if their relative had neither opted in or out. | A vote in favour of a system where people are presumed to have consented for their organs to be donated after death has been hailed as a "historic day" by Wales' health minister. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "23157446"} | 661 | 46 | 0.555835 | 1.52981 | 0.10213 | 2.837838 | 16.459459 | 0.783784 |
Saturday's 24-17 semi-final defeat by Saracens leaves Wasps with only the Premiership to concentrate on.
A top-four finish looks highly likely for Wasps, who can all but seal second place with victory at Sandy Park.
"We've got a shot at another title," Young told BBC Sport.
"It's a sobering thought that we've got to go to Sandy Park next week, but things just roll on.
"We're disappointed with Saturday's result and that we could not go at least one step further, but we've come a long way in a relatively short space of time.
"We were a little bit short. Sarries were the better team. Experience counted. They've been there a couple of times before, but we pushed them right to the edge. And I'm really proud."
"I'd be surprised if Sarries didn't go on and win it now," said Wasps joint-captain James Haskell.
"We gave it everything we had but Saracens are a team that plays that strangling rugby and it is very difficult to make inroads.
"It all comes down to inches in the end. It's all about little margins. But we've still got a very good side, we've got to pick up the pieces and, in the Premiership, it's all still to play for."
Sunday's sell-out at Sandy Park is the fifth time this season that Exeter Chiefs have sold out a top-flight game.
Wasps will start the day in second place, four points behind Premiership leaders Saracens, whose final two games both look relative formalities against two of the bottom three - Newcastle and Worcester.
Young's side are two points clear of Exeter, knowing that a bonus-point win on Sunday would guarantee a top-two place and home advantage in the play-offs.
That would be through having most wins (15 to Exeter's 13) - no matter how many bonus points the Chiefs pick up or how they get on in their final game at Harlequins the following week.
Wasps will have to wait to see if they are without prop forward Simon McIntyre.
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One in six of those who earn more than £40,000 a year now work fewer than five days a week, the study said.
That represents a rise of 12% over the past two years.
The trend towards job sharing is also increasing, with senior staff at the Ministry of Defence, the Guardian and Lloyds Bank all benefitting.
The study includes a Power Part Time list, which details the 50 most senior workers in the UK who work part-time.
Nine of those people work in job shares, the highest number to date.
"The dramatic increase in job shares on this year's Power Part Time List, offers us a glimpse into how jobs will be designed in the future," said Karen Mattison, one of the joint co-founders of Timewise.
"All it takes is an open minded employer who is prepared to try something new in a bid to hire or keep the best people, and an innovative solution is born."
In the UK as a whole, 8.5 million people work in part-time jobs, equating to one in four workers, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Timewise said its research indicated that 86% of those actually wanted to work part-time, to fit in with something else in their life, such as caring for a child or relative.
However, those who analyse employment figures have previously suggested that many of those working part-time are doing so only because they cannot find a full-time job.
Two senior employees from Lloyds Bank are on Timewise's list for the first time: Alix Ainsley and Charlotte Cherry are joint HR directors at the bank, leading a team of 30 staff, and they each work three days a week.
Other high profile part-time workers include Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley, who are joint leaders of the Green Party, and Sarah Ellis, the head of marketing strategy at Sainsbury's. | An increasing number of senior staff are working part-time, according to a study by Timewise, a group which campaigns for flexible working. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38796327"} | 404 | 31 | 0.531125 | 1.272386 | 0.243265 | 1.592593 | 14 | 0.851852 |
Liam Lyburd was sentenced to life in 2015 for planning killings at Newcastle College using pistols, pipe bombs and machetes.
Following a tip-off, forensic and bomb disposal officers searched the garden of his former home in the city's west end on Wednesday.
It was concluded after "nothing of concern" was unearthed.
Nearby homes had been evacuated during the search and residents were allowed to return by 22:00 GMT.
Ch Insp Alison Best, from Northumbria Police, said in a statement: "We want to thank local people for their support throughout this operation.
"We received information that there could have been potentially harmful objects in the garden of the property and given the circumstances it was appropriate that we called in the experts to carry out the search.
"We are now satisfied following assistance from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit and Tyne and Wear Fire Service that there is nothing of concern at the location." | Police have called off their search at the former home of a Newcastle man jailed for plotting a mass murder. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38916484"} | 210 | 27 | 0.54478 | 1.197058 | -0.70307 | 0.952381 | 8.571429 | 0.761905 |
The I-5 F4, which will service the voice, video and data needs of remote and on-the-move customers, was taken into orbit by a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket.
It is the first time the London company has used the American launch provider.
The rocket and its payload lifted away from Florida's Kennedy Space Center at 19:21 local time (00:21 BST, Tuesday).
The I-5 F4 was ejected from the upper-stage of the Falcon some 32 minutes later.
At 6 tonnes, the satellite was on the limit of the rocket's performance, meaning SpaceX had no spare propellant to follow its usual practice of landing the vehicle's first-stage back on Earth after the mission. The booster was allowed instead to fall back uncontrolled over the Atlantic.
Inmarsat has not made it clear precisely where or how it will use the new satellite.
The firm already has three Ka-band spacecraft delivering its Global Xpress broadband service to customers worldwide.
These clients include ships, oil and gas platforms, armed forces and the media - users who need telecommunications away from a fixed line.
CEO Rupert Pearce told BBC News that the new "bird" would act in the first instance as a quick-response spare to fill in behind the primary satellites, should one of them unexpectedly experience a failure.
But it was inevitable, he said, that with ever-increasing demand for capacity, the I-5 F4 would ultimately be deployed to exploit new market opportunities. "You could say it's something of a 'Swiss Army Knife' for us, and that's a nice position to be in," he added. "I expect we'll become clear on the early business applications of the satellite around the end of the summer."
Inmarsat owns a number of orbital slots in the geostationary arc some 36,000km above the equator and so is under no pressure to say now exactly where the satellite will be stationed.
This is a busy period for the London-based satellite operator.
Next month will see the launch of an S-band spacecraft which will work in tandem with ground antennas to provide wifi services onboard aeroplanes.
This project, which is a joint venture with Deutsche Telekom, will be the first hybrid space-terrestrial telecommunications network in Europe.
Providing in-flight services has become a key battleground for satellite operators and promises large growth opportunities in the years ahead.
Space analysts Euroconsult estimate that current revenues from in-flight connectivity of $1bn a year could top $6.5bn by 2026.
The industry leaders in this sector - such as Inmarsat, Gogo, Intelsat, SES, and ViaSat - are all investing heavily in systems that will allow passengers to use their mobile devices in the cabins of planes.
"There's a huge amount of effort going on at Inmarsat right now to make sure we take a meaningful bite out of this market because it's market share that will be determined in the next couple of years. So now is when you've got to participate," Mr Pearce said.
Inmarsat's S-band spacecraft was supposed to be being launched on a Falcon Heavy rocket, a beefed up version of the Falcon-9. But delays in the vehicle's development led to Inmarsat transferring the mission to a European Ariane-5 rocket instead.
Nonetheless, Mr Pearce said he was delighted to fly SpaceX for the first time, and looked forward to the occasion when an Inmarsat satellite would go up on one of the American provider's "second-hand" rockets.
"I'd like to see a longer track record of refurbished rockets being launched successfully without problems," the CEO told BBC News.
"At the moment, we don't put up satellites in sufficient numbers to be relatively sanguine about losing one. But I'm very encouraged by what I've seen in recent months, and once we feel that refurbished rockets are essentially the same as new rockets - we'll jump onboard and extend our relationship with SpaceX."
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Critics have said that the government is rushing the move, with one poll from newspaper Dagbladet suggesting 66% of Norwegians oppose it.
Experts argue that the change needs to happen because digital radio can carry more channels and has clearer sound.
Switzerland, Denmark and the UK are also considering a switch-off.
The shutdown of the FM (frequency modulation) network will start in the northern city of Bodo on 11 January. By the end of the year, all national FM broadcasts will end.
Cars will be the biggest challenge in Norway, where there are an estimated 2 million vehicles that are not equipped with digital audio broadcasting (DAB) receivers. Users are being told to buy adapters which cost 1,500 Norwegian kroner (£140).
"Norwegian politicians have decided to make 15 million FM radios in Norway completely useless," digital media expert Jan Thoresen wrote in Dagbladet earlier this year, adding: "That's a bad idea".
Norway's transition to DAB radio will be closely watched by others considering a similar move, including the UK.
What is the digital radio switchover?
Like the television switchover in 2012, the radio switch will see a change in the source from an analogue platform (AM and FM) to a digital one.
It means listeners will need a device that can pick up a digital signal.
In the UK, there are currently three national digital multiplexes (the platforms that hold stations) - one for the BBC and two commercial.
FM will probably still be used for local and community radio stations, although Ofcom has trialled some small-scale digital radio multiplexes to bring DAB to these places too.
DAB isn't the only way of listening to digital radio. Internet radio offers more stations, including ones that are in other areas and international stations. Some DAB radios can also stream internet radio so listeners can access podcasts and overseas radio stations.
The UK switchover won't happen until digital listening reaches 50% of all radio listening and national DAB coverage is comparable to FM, the government has said.
On the current trajectory, that critical mass may be reached in the UK in 2018, meaning switchover is unlikely to happen before 2020.
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The scheme, Fit in 5, was developed at Llwyn yr Eos school in Aberystwyth.
The council said it was inspired by the Daily Mile, which encourages children to run or walk a mile a day.
The exercise is in addition to breaks and physical education and can be taken at any point during the school day.
Alwyn Davies, from Ceredigion Actif, the council's service for sport and leisure provision, said the initiative involved no equipment, set up time, or changing time as children can take part in their uniform.
"We believe this is an effective and sustainable way of implementing a project similar to the Daily Mile but with increased benefits," he added. | Primary schools in Ceredigion have been asked to give their pupils a five-minute exercise break each day in a bid to improve fitness, mental wellbeing and concentration levels. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39845876"} | 153 | 38 | 0.606368 | 1.405375 | 0.243911 | 0.40625 | 4.21875 | 0.40625 |
They did not mourn the 95-year-old's death - instead they rejoiced that Madiba (Mandela's clan name) had saved them from a potential racial bloodbath.
Yet despite this sense of unity, there were many, especially white South Africans, who were visibly worried that the man they regarded as the insurer of a peaceful future had gone too soon and had left them exposed.
They feared his departure opened up a door for the angry poor black masses to destroy their comfortable lives.
However, 12 months have passed since he died and life continues as normal.
In an attempt to try and understand how the Mandela dynasty is feeling one year on, I spoke to Madiba's first grandchild from his eldest son Thembekile.
We met Ndileka Mandela in Soweto at her grandfather's old home now turned a museum.
As we walked around she told me that South Africa is at peace with itself.
When I said many people had thought that when Mandela went South Africa would go up in flames, she replied with a smile: "Even a year after he's gone peace still prevails.
"People are still upholding his legacy and what he stood for because he stood for peace and reconciliation."
Nelson Mandela: 1918-2013
This, of course, does not mean that all is well in the land of Nelson Mandela.
This week, a survey, appropriately named South African Reconciliation Barometer, showed that about 24% of those questioned felt apartheid was not a crime - with nearly half of white people surveyed agreeing with the statement.
When the survey was first conducted in 2003, 86% of South Africans agreed that apartheid was a crime.
Kim Wale, the barometer's project leader, says this is an indication of how history is taught.
"The danger of forgetting is that it encourages denial. The implication is that we are doomed to repeat the past," she told local media.
I also asked Ms Mandela about some of the family squabbles that have played out in public.
"Once we are around the table we celebrate more what brings us together than our differences," she said.
"In any family you disagree with your brother, with your own siblings from the same mother and the same father, we are no different from anybody."
As the nation enters its second year without Mandela, South Africa is coming of age.
It is going to learn to face the joy and pain of being without a father figure.
The rainbow nation, still celebrating 20 years of democracy, will have to rise to the occasion and follow his ideals of building rather than destroying - as we see the cancer of corruption eating away at the fabric of society.
If it doesn't, then South Africans must face the consequences of not walking in his footsteps. | It does not seem that it was a year ago that South Africans danced and sang in the streets all night to remember the life of Nelson Mandela, the man who liberated them from the scourge of racial oppression. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30335441"} | 633 | 55 | 0.381559 | 1.047468 | 0.320479 | 1.243902 | 13.560976 | 0.756098 |
The family, a dad and mum and their daughter, who sat in the open-to-the-elements West Stand at Inverness Caledonian Thistle's stadium in the pouring rain.
The rain chucked down from the start of the match against Motherwell until the final whistle.
The family had come prepared, dressed in waterproofs, and even refused a steward's offer made to the handful of fans who could only find tickets in the West Stand of the chance to take up empty seats in the roofed North Stand.
The family decided to sit out in the downpour because their seats offered a good vantage point across the whole field of play.
Myself, wife and youngest daughter gladly took up the offer of shelter in the North Stand.
For my daughter, it was her first experience of a professional football match.
And what a first game. She saw five goals. Three for Inverness and two for Motherwell.
All of the goals came in the second half.
Inverness Caley Thistle were three goals up within a short spell of time - scoring in front of a raucous North Stand crowd.
But like many other parents in the Inverness support - there was a large number of kids in the ground because U16s of both home and away fans got in for free - my wife and I had to explain that an Inverness win was not going to stop the club slipping out of the Premiership into the league below.
There was an element of the Inverness support shouting "sack the board" when the team was not scoring goals. Members from this same group, mostly young teenagers, also mounted a mini pitch invasion after the final whistle.
But there were mixed emotions around the ground. Some fans in the main stand gave the Inverness players a standing ovation.
A touching moment was veteran Caley Thistle player David Raven going over to a small group of supporters next to the West Stand to shake their hands.
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The court has been hearing from defence witnesses including Pistorius's agent, his psychologist, and a corrections officer. Ms Steenkamp's cousin and the acting correctional services commissioner have both appeared as prosecution witnesses.
Here are the key quotes from the hearings.
Summoned by the prosecution and questioned by the defence
"We have facilities that will cater for his disability. There should be no doubt in the minds of South Africans that Mr Pistorius or any other person with disabilities should be accommodated."
"I can assure the court that he will go to the hospital section. It is common knowledge that Mr Pistorius is a paraplegic."
Summoned by the prosecution and questioned by prosecutor Gerrie Nel
"Reeva was the first baby that I ever held... I was so nervous and I was scared that I would drop her... I held her in my arms and I remember she didn't even cry... There was a very strong bond from a young age."
"My husband and myself were driving to work... The radio DJ came on. And he said, 'breaking news, not confirmed'... And then he said 'Oscar Pistorius'... And I froze and the next words were 'Allegedly shot his girlfriend'. And I remember saying to my husband, 'I hope to God he is cheating on Reeva.'"
"They hadn't confirmed the name, they said his girlfriend... I was trying to phone [Reeva] and she wasn't answering and I was screaming at my husband."
"The doors opened and my mother was hysterical and that's when I knew it was true... That was for me the end of the world. Everything was just a blur from then onwards."
"Mr Pistorius needs to pay for what he has done, for taking Reeva's life, for what he's done to my uncle, to my aunt and the rest of my family. My family are not people who are seeking revenge, we just feel that to take someone's life, to shoot somebody behind a door, that is unarmed, that is harmless, needs sufficient punishment."
Called by the defence and questioned by prosecutor Gerrie Nel
"[Prison] will not assist [Pistorius] but will break him as a person. The exposure of the accused on his stumps to inmates will have a severe effect on him."
"There is also no facility to cater for the accused's disability. He cannot shower by walking and standing on the cement floors on his stumps."
"I've recently done a case for rape within the prison, gang-rape, how can we say that he won't be exposed to that?"
Called by the defence and questioned by prosecutor Gerrie Nel
"I think that a lot of sportsmen actually really want to make a difference and contribute..."
"The legacy that he's left behind is still relevant today."
Called by the defence and questioned by prosecutor Gerrie Nel
"The accused would benefit from correctional supervision as a sentence option. He will get an opportunity to restructure and modify his offending behaviour within the community context."
"Not only retribution is considered when sentencing, we are also looking at the issue of reforming the accused in the interest of society as well... for the wrong that he has done, he will be compensating society by doing community service."
Called by the defence and questioned by prosecutor Gerrie Nel
"[Pistorius] was very emotional.... we could not conduct some of the sessions. Some of the sessions were just him weeping and crying and me holding him."
"It is foreseen that Mr Pistorius will require intensive and ongoing psychotherapy. We are left with a broken man who has lost everything." | A court in South Africa is deciding what sentence to give the athlete Oscar Pistorius for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29611002"} | 855 | 32 | 0.394318 | 1.023889 | -0.546715 | 0.956522 | 32.086957 | 0.782609 |
The 27-year-old came through the youth ranks at Sixways and has made 173 first-team appearances.
"I have witnessed a lot of change but, under the current regime, we're in the perfect place to become the best we've ever been," Arr told the club website.
"I want to continue to be a part of developing Warriors into a successful top-tier side."
Arr, who has been with the club since he was 10 years old, made his first-team debut in 2007 and also helped England's Under-20 side win the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2008.
"Jonny epitomises everything we are trying to achieve at this club," added Warriors director of rugby Dean Ryan.
"He recognises the importance of competition for places to make a strong squad and continues to raise his game.
"His commitment, professionalism and experience are key attributes and he is a great role model for our younger players."
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The Grade-1 listed Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, is larger than Buckingham Palace.
Clifford Newbold, who bought it in 1999, died in April and his family has announced the "reluctant decision" to sell the property.
According to campaign group Save Britain's Heritage, an estimated £42m needs to be spent on repairs.
In a statement, the family said they wanted "someone to carry on our work and see the house in safe hands".
Restoration work was under way in the house but has been hampered by subsidence caused by mining, the statement added.
Wentworth Woodhouse is described as "one of the finest Georgian houses in England" by Savills, the agency handling the sale.
Save Britain's Heritage has previously said that English Heritage surveys showed £42m was needed to be spent on the house over the next 15 years for repairs and subsidence damage.
Wentworth Woodhouse, which is open to the public, sits in 82 acres of grounds and the earliest wing of the house was started in 1725.
The Palladian-style east wing has a front that extends for 606 ft (184m).
Mining in the area was a key source of income to help with running costs for the house's former owners.
The interiors of the house are the work of three patrons - the First and Second Marquess of Rockingham and the Fourth Earl Fitzwilliam.
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The visually impaired sprinter, 27, won gold medals in the 100m T11 and 200m T11 events at last year's Rio Paralympic Games.
She had previously competed in T12 events at World Championships.
"Really sad to announce that, due to injury, I won't be competing at the World Championships in London," Clegg said on Twitter.
Due to her deteriorating eye condition and consequent reclassification from T12 to T11, Clegg wore a blindfold while competing in Rio, where Chris Clarke was her guide.
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The man was caught on CCTV repeatedly lifting the exit barrier at Nottingham railway station up and down, causing "substantial damage".
British Transport Police officers are hoping to track down the man and have asked anyone who recognises him to come forward.
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Dunlop previously occupied the top step of the podium in 2011, 2012 and 2016 and rides the Bennett's Suzuki.
Dean Harrison, Dan Kneen, Ivan Lintin and William Dunlop are expected to be among his chief rivals for top honours.
Three-time Solo Championship winner Guy Martin is absent as further testing is still being carried out on his Honda.
The Lincolnshire rider crashed out of the Superbike race at the Isle of Man TT last month and opted to sit out the Senior event later in the week.
Bradford rider Harrison holds the lap record at 114.601mph from 2014 and will be on board Silicone Engineering Kawasaki machinery.
Lintin rides for the Dafabet RC Express Kawasaki outfit, while Manxman Kneen will hope to build on a successful TT as he competes for Penz13.com BMW.
Jamie Coward pilots BMW and Honda machines for the Radcliffe's Butchers team, with James Cowton on board a fleet of McAdoo Kawasakis in various classes.
Ryan Kneen, Adam McLean, Dan Hegarty, Dominic Herbertson and Daley Mathison should also be in the mix, while notable newcomers to the meeting near Castletown include Joe Thompson, Derek McGee and Sam West.
A total of 14 solo races and two sidecar outings make up a busy schedule, with racing getting underway with three races on Tuesday night, followed by four on Wednesday evening and nine on Thursday morning and afternoon.
A prize fund of £36,015 is on offer, including £3,400 for the winner of the feature Solo Championship.
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Part of a large family from Hackney, she studied jazz at the Guildhall School of Music before dreaming up her own style, which she calls "wonky funk".
"It's just a fusion of everything," she says. "I can't tell you what, really. It just is."
The 26-year-old has attracted attention for her two EPs - February 15 and So Good - and recently appeared on Disclosure's number one album Caracal, singing the track Superego.
Speaking to the BBC, the singer discussed her influences, her musical education and why she does not want to reveal her surname.
Were you surrounded by music growing up?
There were five children in my mum's house and we all shared rooms - so it was very tight circumstances, but we all loved music and we were all playing it every day, from morning 'til night.
Everyone was into different things. My brother was really big into US hip-hop, my other brother loved UK grime, pirate radio stations, jungle. So all of this was going on in the house and now, with hindsight, I can see all of it was a really big influence on me.
Did you have to fight for control of the stereo?
No - we all had our own devices. Walkmen, portable CD players. I had a karaoke machine so I could play tapes on that! And we had a piano as well, which I spent a lot of time on jamming and improvising.
Did you take lessons?
I had lessons in classical piano but I quickly realised that wasn't what I wanted to play, so I started teaching myself chords and harmony. I really loved gospel, so I ended up playing that.
What was the first time you thought, I don't have to play other people's songs - I can write something of my own?
I suppose I've always known that I could write - but I needed the confidence to actually step out of the shadows.
Before that, I'd always sung other people's music - from doing Aretha Franklin at functions and parties, to singing music my friends had written.
You studied jazz at Guildhall. What did that teach you?
It taught me loads but, funnily enough, I don't know if it taught me to be more creative. Jazz is an amazing language and musical form, but you need to study that, and only that, to get your head around it so I didn't spend much time writing my own music.
But it taught me discipline. I needed to wake up at 5am each morning to practice theory, harmony, singing... everything.
Was there a lot of competition between the students?
I think so. You feel guilty taking a break - because in every room around you, you can hear someone practising and aiming to get better. But I think it's a good thing. I became a better musician.
What happened after you graduated?
I was making my way as a professional singer - and that involved doing sessions or adverts or singing for other people.
I really loved it. I never thought I could make money just being a singer without being, like, a pop star.
How did you become a solo artist?
I happened to be singing for someone in a nightclub and my now-manager was there. He hit me up the next day and was like: "Have you ever thought about doing your own music?" So the stars aligned and I was able to put everything down and start writing.
The first song that got you attention was So Good - how long was it between that nightclub performance and writing that?
About four months.
Did you know it would take off the way it did?
No! I call that sort of music "wonky funk" and I didn't know if people were really going to get it. I remember I put it up online and went into a rehearsal and turned off my internet and my phone's 3G. When I turned my phone back on eight hours later, it literally exploded. I'd never seen so many messages.
Is wonky funk the dark side of Uptown Funk?
Haha! I've never thought about it that way - but I like that because Uptown Funk is so energetic and happy whereas Wonky Funk is a little bit left field, a little bit darker, even a little bit cooler... even if I do say so myself.
How well do you know your funk? Are you into George Clinton and Bootsy Collins and Donald Byrd?
Yeah, I am! I saw George Clinton this year in concert. It was absolutely crazy - about 100 people on stage. And I love Prince, I love Earth Wind and Fire, Sly and the Family Stone. All these bands.
You have a clear sense of your sound - but what sort of artist do you want to be?
I'm not sure if I'm the type of act who'll dress up and wear loads of make-up. I've only just sorted out how to be myself, so I'm going to stick with that.
That seems to be a theme with the artists on the Sound of 2016 list... I wonder why?
We're in an age where people have millions of followers on Instagram and they spend all their time taking selfies so they get that one perfect shot. But I think it's nice that we see normal people, just doing stuff that's good and cool without it being about the image.
And yet you maintain a certain sense of mystique. You don't tell anyone your second name, for instance.
Yeah! I've been a singer for a long time, so I just wanted to have a clean slate. I wouldn't say it's mysterious, it's just a way of keeping a clear line.
So there's early, embarrassing stuff online that you don't want people to find?
No! Everything I've done is fine… But there's a lot of it! I'm singing other people's music and fans could misconstrue that as my own stuff. So for me it was about starting again. And because I've got such a distinctive name, it's not hard for people to find me.
Except if you Google your name, you end up with a pages of results for the National Audit Office.
I know! People tweet me about the National Audit Office every day!
Your debut album is due in the summer. How close is it to being finished?
I wonder if an album is ever finished? If it was up to me, I'd keep writing.
You have a lyric on Golden: "Perfect is over-rated." Is that how you feel about writing?
I think so. There is no perfect sound because, hopefully, you'll keep growing and changing and learning. That's why I said perfect is over-rated and that's why I think an album can never really be finished. All you can do is capture the moment.
And presumably the music develops when you play it live.
Exactly. That's so true. The songs on my EPs are totally different when I play them live because the bass player is changing his line and the drummer is doing some extra kicks and snares. So it's always changing, it's really cool.
Every date on your UK tour sold out last month - how did that feel?
I could understand it in London because that's where I'm from and I could drag people along - but across the UK I didn't know people would know the songs and come to the show. It's really lovely.
The Sound of 2016 shortlist so far:
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Tries from Atelea Vea, Gareth Hock and Jamie Acton put Leigh 18-4 up at the break, with Saints' only first-half try an acrobatic effort from Adam Swift.
Second-half scores from James Roby and Alex Walmsley gave Saints hope of salvaging something.
But Micky Higham's try ensured Leigh's first Super League win over Saints.
For former Saints hooker Higham, his try came more than 11 years and five months after he scored for the Merseyside club when they thrashed the Centurions 78-4 in their one and only previous Super League campaign in 2005.
Roby, who also touched down for Saints in the same fixture more than a decade ago, gave the visitors hope of mounting a second-half comeback as his try helped close the gap to eight points early in the second half.
But Higham restored Leigh's 14-point lead with 13 minutes remaining, which proved more than enough as Walmsley went over for a third Saints try.
Leigh's first win in three games lifts them off the bottom and up to ninth following defeats for Wakefield Trinity, Widnes Vikings and Warrington Wolves on Friday.
Leigh head coach Neil Jukes:
"They have worked so hard and came so close last week. It was an incredible atmosphere and we got off to a great start.
"It is a great result for everyone involved in the club.
"Effort wise we were incredible and we have smartened a few things up on the last two games."
St Helens head coach Keiron Cunningham:
"The start was really disappointing - especially after a couple of good weeks of training.
"But I don't want to take anything away from Leigh. They carried the ball in really hard and went straight through us.
"We've created enough chances to win three games but we weren't clinical enough."
Leigh: Brown; Higson, Crooks, Tonga, Dawson; Reynolds, Drinkwater; Hock, Higham, Green, Paterson, Vea, Hansen.
Replacements: Pelissier, Tickle, Hopkins, Acton.
St Helens: Lomax; Makinson, Morgan, Percival, Swift; Fages, Richardson; Amor, Lee, Douglas, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Peyroux, Wilkin.
Replacements: Walmsley, Roby, Thompson, Knowles.
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Bernardo Tercero was sentenced to death in 2000 for the 1997 murder of a school teacher in Texas.
A Texas court ruled on Tuesday that the execution be postponed until an appeal is resolved.
Lawyers for Tercero said that a witness for the prosecution had come forward to say she gave false testimony. A court will now review the claim.
Tercero, 39, was found guilty of shooting dead 38-year-old teacher Robert Berger in Houston, Texas.
Mr Berger was in a dry cleaning shop when Tercero came in to rob it and shot the teacher dead in front of his three-year old daughter.
Tercero said that the gun had gone off accidentally as he struggled with Mr Berger, who tried to thwart the robbery.
But an acquaintance of Tercero's told the court that he had given her various reasons for killing Mr Berger, including that he had seen his face and would be able to identify him.
Tercero denied saying this.
According to Tercero's lawyers the witness has signed a sworn statement saying that part of her evidence was false.
They argue that Tercero was denied his rights to a fair trial and due process when the prosecution unknowingly used the false testimony to secure his conviction.
They also say that he was denied his right to speak to the Nicaraguan consulate after his arrest.
Tercero has been on death row in Texas for the past 15 years.
He was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday at 23:00 GMT.
Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes wrote to Texas Governor Greg Abbott asking for clemency for Tercero.
A spokesman for the governor said that "when anyone commits a crime in Texas, they are subject to Texas law".
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Fighting on the Groves-Froch rematch undercard DeGale, 28, knocked down Gonzales with two quick hits.
Gonzales appeared to regain his composure, but after DeGale landed with another punch, the fight was stopped.
Fellow Britain Jamie McDonnell earlier won the WBA bantamweight title.
The 28-year-old knocked out Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat in the 10th round at Wembley with a sharp left hook.
McDonnell, who has won 24 of his 27 fights, held the IBF bantamweight title last year, but was stripped of the belt for a contractual breach.
Dagenham fighter Kevin Mitchell beat Ghislain Maduma with a late stoppage, but will not get the chance to fight Miguel Vasquez for the IBF world lightweight belt after breaching maximum weight rules.
Mitchell, 29, initially struggled with Maduma's speed but started to take control as the latter tired and scored two official knockdowns in the 11th round, the second of which prompted the referee to stop the fight.
British Olympic champion Anthony Joshua, 24, beat Matt Legg with a first-round knockout to take his professional record to six wins from six.
Joshua knocked down his 38-year-old compatriot with a right uppercut after just 83 seconds of their heavyweight fight. | Britain's James DeGale stopped Brandon Gonzales in the fourth round to win the IBF super-middleweight final eliminator and set up a potential world title fight with Carl Froch. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "27651622"} | 307 | 45 | 0.552631 | 1.329581 | 0.223284 | 0.75 | 7.4375 | 0.625 |
Concern about the Zika virus has led to many of the game's stars withdrawing from Rio.
Reed was previously unequivocal about representing his country, saying on Wednesday that if the call came then he would definitely play.
After Saturday's Scottish Open third round he said: "We have to weigh up our options and make the right decision."
World number two Dustin Johnson is the latest big name to opt out, announcing that he would not put himself and his family at risk to the Zika virus.
That meant Reed, 25, was immediately promoted to America's four-man team as the US Open champion's replacement.
Reed has now expressed newfound doubt about his own participation.
The Texan, America's best performer at the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in 2014, had previously said: "Any time I can wear the Stars and Stripes, I do it. If I get the call tomorrow, I'll be on the flight. It doesn't matter to me where it is, when it is. If I can play for my country, I'm going to play."
After his third round 67 at Castle Stuart, and having been woken in the middle of the night with word of Johnson's withdrawal, Reed was a little more circumspect about his commitment.
"My phone was blowing up at 3.30am, 4am," he said. "I didn't know what was going on. When the phone starts blowing up at that time I'm sitting there thinking 'All right, what's going on at home? Did something happen?'
"The news was that DJ withdrew and everyone has to respect that decision. We have to weigh our options and make the right decision. As far as I know, I'm going to go and play, but at the end of the day I need to go and talk to the whole family and talk to my team and make sure it's the right decision."
On Wednesday, Reid said he'd already spoken to his wife, Justine, a registered nurse, and that the decision had been made. If he was given the chance to play, he would.
"I've always dreamed about being able to play for a gold medal," he had stressed.
However, Reed pointed out on Saturday that there are certain things he still has to consider. "All the factors everyone else is (weighing up). You know, security, Zika, everything. Hopefully I can play."
Golf will return to the Olympics after a 112-year absence but Johnson's decision has come as another terrible blow to the credibility of the event in Rio.
Johnson has an 18-month son with his fiancée, Paulina Gretzky, and plans to have more children soon.
"I feel it would be irresponsible to put myself, her (his fiancée), or our family at risk," Johnson said in his statement. "I believe I am making the right decision for me and most important for my family."
Johnson joined a growing list of golf's players finest to pull out, among them Jason Day, the world number one, Rory McIlroy, world number three and Adam Scott, world number eight. The American became the sixth player from the game's top-20 to opt out of Rio.
Earlier in the week, Colin Montgomerie was critical of those players who have withdrawn from the Olympics, saying that by staying away they are putting in jeopardy the sport's future in the Games.
All Olympic golf teams - four-player squads - must be finalised by Monday.
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Treating Muslim-Americans differently will only make the country less safe by increasing division between the West and the Muslim world, he said.
On Monday Mr Trump extended his ban plan to people from all countries with a terror history against the US.
He said the deadly Orlando nightclub shootings justified such action.
Forty-nine people were killed when Omar Mateen, a US national with Afghan parents, opened fire in a gay club early on Sunday.
Mr Trump said his proposal could be implemented through unilateral executive action, given the president's power to "suspend entry into the country of any class of persons that the president deems detrimental to the interests or security of the United States".
But on Tuesday at the US Treasury in Washington, a visibly angry Mr Obama launched his strongest assault yet on the man who is expected to be confirmed as the Republican nominee next month.
Obama v Trump: The gloves are off
President Obama is often criticised for being emotionally aloof, for being too calm, deliberative. But today, after convening his national security council, his anger came to the fore as he delivered this presidential rebuttal, a general at his side, to Donald Trump and his demand for a ban on Muslims entering America.
Tellingly, he avoided uttering Donald Trump's name, but the billionaire's demand after the Orlando massacre that he should resign as president for refusing to use the term "radical Islam" has clearly enraged him.
Mr Trump's tough-worded response questioned the president's patriotism. While delighting many of his rusted-on supporters, who see Mr Obama as a weak commander-in-chief who has not done anywhere near enough to combat so-called Islamic State, it may lead more moderate Republicans to again question his temperament and judgment.
In modern-day America, traumatic events like the massacre in Orlando tend to expose the country's divisions as much as bringing it together. And that's especially so in this angry election season.
The president said the US had been founded on freedom of religion and having a "religious test" would be against the US Constitution.
He also noted that recent terror attacks in the US had been carried out by people born in the US.
Mateen was born in the same New York neighbourhood as Mr Trump.
The president also urged the US to reinstate the ban on assault weapons.
And he dismissed Mr Trump's suggestion that he resign because he refuses to use the word "radical Islamic terrorism".
"If we fall into the trap of painting all Muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion, then we are doing the terrorists' work for them," he said.
Mr Obama will visit the scene of the carnage in Orlando on Thursday.
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Mukhtar Hussain, defence counsel for Roger Cooper, told Birmingham Crown Court that prosecutors have deployed "imaginary and erroneous" speculation against his client.
Mr Cooper, 41, and his brother David, 38, deny murdering Sameena Imam, from Cardiff, on Christmas Eve last year.
Ms Imam's body was found buried on David Cooper's allotment in January.
Roger Cooper managed the Coventry warehouse of cash-and-carry firm Costco and was having an affair with Ms Imam, the company's marketing manager.
It is alleged that Mr Cooper, from Coventry, thought he would be sacked if their relationship was exposed.
Mr Hussain said Ms Imam was in a good mood after travelling from Coventry to Leicester with Roger Cooper to the home of his brother.
Jurors were told she suddenly went rigid after a comment made by David Cooper.
Mr Hussain added: "She was angry about the lack of trust and respect and told Roger Cooper that he had crossed the line.
"She was sobbing, crying, shouting, hysterical. She clearly thought, you may think, that her privacy had been invaded when he had asked his brother to go and spy on her."
The court heard Ms Imam demanded to be let out of the car so she could get a taxi.
"He stopped at a Tesco. She gathered up her things and stormed off. That was the last he saw of her," said Mr Hussain.
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Economic weakness "counsels prudence", said Lael Brainard, a member of the Fed's Open Market Committee, which decides interest rates.
Her comments come after several Fed officials recently suggested a rate rise this month should be considered.
Ms Brainard has consistently voted against an increase.
Speaking in Chigaco, Ms Brainard said the risk that higher rates would damage a fragile US economy exceeded the risk that higher rates would increase inflation.
Her caution follows comments by Boston Fed chief Eric Rosengren on Friday that there was a case for higher rates.
Earlier on Monday, Dennis Lockhart, Atlanta Federal Reserve president, said he still believed that economic conditions justified considering a rate rise this month.
The Fed raised interest rates in December for the first time since 2006, but has held back from increasing them further amid concerns over persistently low inflation.
However, last month Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said the case for a hike "had strengthened".
The speculation over the Fed's next move comes amid a claim from Donald Trump that the US central bank was keeping interest rates low to boost the popularity of President Barack Obama.
The US Republican presidential candidate said Ms Yellen was "obviously political" and had created a "false" stock market by keeping rates low.
Economists and commentators were quick to dismiss his comments, with academic and commentator Paul Krugman tweeting: "In ordinary times this combo of ignorance and paranoia would be shocking. In this election, who'll even notice."
Rates are unlikely to rise until there is a new president, according to Mr Trump. When that happens, the stock market is likely to go "way down", he told CNBC.
"[Ms Yellen] is obviously political and she's doing what Obama wants her to do," Mr Trump said.
Responding to his comments, Minneapolis Federal Reserve president Neel Kashkari told CNBC that at Federal Reserve meetings "politics simply does not come up".
"We look at the economic data," he said.
When asked about political pressure on the Federal Reserve, Mr Lockhart said: "I don't see the world that way."
Earlier this month, Ms Yellen said the case for raising US interest rates had "strengthened".
Speaking at an annual meeting of central bankers, Ms Yellen was cautiously upbeat about the US economy.
She said economic growth and a stronger jobs market meant "the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has strengthened in recent months".
Mr Trump said that while low interest rates had been good for his property business, savers had been hit.
"The ones that did it right, they saved their money. They cut down on their mortgages... now they're getting practically zero interest on the money that they worked so hard for." | There is no rush to raise interest rates, a Federal Reserve board member has said a week before the US central bank announces its latest decision. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37339620"} | 613 | 32 | 0.465483 | 1.165051 | -0.014062 | 1.357143 | 19.678571 | 0.642857 |
A total of 12 Thomas Cook flights were affected after staff had to switch to a manual check-in system, leading to delays. A number of other airlines also experienced problems.
Two flights at East Midlands Airport were also delayed.
Thomas Cook said all affected flights had now departed.
A spokesperson for Thomas Cook said: "We're very sorry for the frustration caused to our customers at Manchester Airport check-in this morning.
"Our system is back up and running and we're working hard to catch up and get our customers on holiday as soon as possible."
It appeared "an issue with overnight maintenance" was to blame, said the spokesperson.
Dannii Martin, from Manchester, queued for more than three hours to check-in with her husband and seven-month-old daughter. They were due to fly to Bourgas in Bulgaria at 05:40 BST.
She said: "At check-in we were told so many different things and no-one could agree. Passengers were shouting at each other and arguing, people pushing in.
"Such a nightmare. Sat in [the] plane now, and apparently everyone has checked in, but don't know when we will take off."
She earlier tweeted Thomas Cook: "All systems down, manual check in so taking 20 mins per party. Got through after over 3 hours of queuing...
"Get to gate, an hour and 20 after our flight is meant to take off and no-one is here....Half the plane is still trying to check in, no updates on screen, no staff anywhere. Nothing."
Another passenger said: "Absolute ridiculous situation with @ThomasCookUK at Manchester airport! Systems are down complete and utter mayhem!! #no backup"
"Crazy queues," another added.
Manchester Airport earlier apologised and said: "Due to a technical issue this morning several airlines are having to check in passengers manually, which can take longer than normal." | Hundreds of passengers had to wait for several hours at Manchester Airport because of a "technical failure" with the check-in system. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40258009"} | 418 | 31 | 0.580407 | 1.494884 | 0.256604 | 1.615385 | 15.038462 | 0.846154 |
The warning came as Italy's EU representative, Maurizio Massari, warned in a letter to the bloc the situation had become "unsustainable".
Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni has accused other European nations of "looking the other way".
An estimated 10,000 people are believed to have attempted the journey from North Africa in the past four days.
More than 73,000 migrants have landed in Italy this year, an increase of 14% on the same period last year.
Some 2,000 have died or are missing feared drowned, the UN's refugee agency says, the vast majority attempting the crossing from Libya.
Libya is a gateway to Europe for migrants from across sub-Saharan Africa and also from the Arabian peninsula, Egypt, Syria and Bangladesh. Many are fleeing war, poverty or persecution.
The Italian coastguard takes the lead in co-ordinating rescue operations but many of the vessels run by non-profit groups sail under the flags of other nations including EU countries like Germany and Malta.
An Italian government source told Reuters: "The idea of blocking humanitarian ships flying foreign flags from returning to Italian ports has been discussed. Italy has reached saturation point."
Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said the Italian public were "exasperated" with the issue and a new long-term strategy was needed.
Rules on disembarking are governed by international law and the EU office on migration said any changes to guidelines should give humanitarian groups time to prepare.
The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea dictates that any ship learning of distress at sea must assist regardless of circumstances, and that the country responsible for operations in that area has primary responsibility for taking them from the ship.
It also clearly states that the relevant government "shall arrange for such disembarkation to be effected as soon as reasonably practicable."
For boats departing from western Libya, Italy is likely to be the closest port.
The European Commissioner for Immigration, Dimitri Avramopoulos, met Italy's Mr Massari to discuss the crisis.
"Italy is right that the situation is untenable," he said, adding that the country's management of the crisis was "exemplary".
It was time for EU member states to "step up", he said, and contribute financial support to Italy if needed, along with aid to African nations like Libya to reduce the numbers of people leaving - a promise made in February.
"Now is the moment to deliver, and we will hold them to this," the commissioner said.
"In everything we do, we all have a humanitarian obligation to save lives... we cannot leave a handful of EU countries on their own to deal with this."
Medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres said it had been calling for more support from the EU for some time, urging that "all the states should take part", Ansa news agency reported.
Yes. In April, an Italian prosecutor claimed humanitarian charities were "colluding" with people smugglers in Libya, alleging that phone calls were made between the two parties.
Italy has seen more than 500,000 migrants arrive by boat since 2014.
The closure of a land route north through the Balkans has added to the pressure.
Libya has been in chaos since long-serving ruler Muammar Gaddafi was ousted in October 2011.
On Wednesday, seven UN staff who had been visiting a migrant detention centre in the western town of Surman were seized by gunmen as their convoy headed towards the capital, Tripoli.
They were later released unharmed to local security forces.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants. | Italy has threatened to stop vessels of other countries from bringing migrants to its ports. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40437917"} | 857 | 18 | 0.479559 | 1.128348 | -0.374172 | 1 | 47.875 | 0.75 |
Many of the pets have been killed in their own homes by meat, laced with rat poison or insecticide, that has been tossed over walls and gates.
Several stray animals are also thought to have been killed.
It is unclear if the police has the resources to investigate the deaths.
Hermosillo, an industrial city of some 800,000 people in northern Mexico, is plagued by violence and drug crime.
The poisonings came to light in mid-March.
According to the Associated Press news agency, the authorities were stunned when 10 dog deaths were reported in a single day - as many as the city usually registers in a month.
"Everyone here believes that it is only one person performing these actions," animal rights activist Carolina de la Torre told AP.
According to the agency, a Los Angeles-based actor, Raul Julia Levy, has offered a $10,000 (£6,700; €9,200) reward for information leading to an arrest.
Local media have nicknamed the person responsible, "mataperros" - "the dog killer". | More than 60 dogs - many of them pets - have been poisoned to death in the last few weeks in the Mexican city of Hermosillo, leading to demands for an inquiry from animal rights activists. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32172971"} | 238 | 46 | 0.651663 | 1.487961 | 0.486498 | 0.921053 | 5.394737 | 0.605263 |
Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 1.3% in early trade, but closed down 0.37% at 16,052.05.
Car parts maker Takata saw its shares lose 4.34% following reports that the firm may be hit with another recall.
Takata is one of the world's biggest airbag makers but has seen millions of car recalled due to airbag problems.
In Australia, the ASX 200 closed down 0.43% at 4,979.60 points as some of the country's big lenders weighed on the index.
Qantas shares lost 5% despite posting its best first half-year profit in its 95-year history.
Evan Lucas, an IG Markets analyst, said Qantas' share slide on Tuesday was partly due to an overnight rise in oil prices.
Mining giant BHP Billiton also posted results on Tuesday.
For the six months to December, it reported a huge half-year net loss of $5.67bn (£4bn) and warned that weak commodity prices will continue.
However, its Sydney-listed shares finished the trading day up 2.62% due in part to a rise in the price of iron ore.
In China, shares were divided in early trade, but were largely in negative territory by the afternoon.
The Hang Seng ended the session 0.25% lower at 19,414.78, while the Shanghai Composite index closed down 0.8% at 2,903.33.
Meanwhile, South Korea's Kospi index closed down 0.11% at 1,914.22 | Shares in Japan fell into negative territory on Tuesday as a stronger yen hits some of the the country's big exporters. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35638077"} | 322 | 30 | 0.557398 | 1.194776 | 0.310241 | 1.695652 | 11.826087 | 0.73913 |
A giant database, Care.data, is being set up with anonymised records to help aid medical research and the monitoring of performance.
But Healthwatch England said the way NHS England had tried to explain the system had been confusing.
NHS England said privacy concerns were misplaced.
The central database - to be launched after April - will enable experts to assess diseases, examine new drugs on the market and identify infection outbreaks as well as monitor the care patients get.
Information is already available about what happens in hospitals, but to date it has been difficult to link those records with the information that was available about what is happening to patients when they are under the care of GPs.
However, concerns have been raised about the prospect of keeping all of the information in one place, with campaigners saying that it could lead to privacy problems and data breaches.
There is a proposal - to be discussed next month - which could give access to non-NHS bodies, including private firms.
Healthwatch England chair Anna Bradley said nearly a quarter of the 148 local Healthwatch groups had been in contact to raise concerns about the scheme in recent days.
It comes after NHS England started last month a mass mail out to every household explaining the project and giving people the chance to opt out.
Not everyone has received the leaflets yet, but Ms Bradley said there had been reports of people throwing away the leaflets as they did not realise what they were, struggling to understand what they were about and cases where GPs have decided to opt out all their patients themselves.
Ms Bradley said: "Once again the NHS has decided it knows best and is ploughing ahead with plans to share this data whether we like it or not.
"To make matters worse, the communications around this have been so poor that we are now in the situation where all of us are about to be automatically opted in to a scheme we know little or nothing about.
"While we recognise that sharing the data could be of significant benefit to researchers, the NHS has a moral duty to consult with all of us and trust us to make our own decisions."
She said Healthwatch England has now written a letter to NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson asking him to put back the roll-out of the scheme so patients could be consulted more.
Dawn Monaghan, of the Information Commissioner's office, also said she had concerns.
"At the moment, we don't think it is clear enough on the website or in the information that has been sent out exactly what data is going to go and what is not going to go."
But Tim Kelsey, NHS England's national director for patients and information, said patients need not have concerns as the information would not be "identifiable".
"This data is stripped of all the identifiers so, for example, the name and address features nowhere on this data; postcode, numbers, the data is stripped of all the identifiers and in their place are substituted meaningless pseudonyms in order that this data can be linked with other data sets.
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Ex-serviceman, Robert McNamara, 24, of Scarborough, pleaded guilty at Chester Crown Court to attempting to enter as a trespasser with intent to steal.
The alarm at the footballer's £6m property in Prestbury, Cheshire was reportedly triggered on 3 August.
McNamara will be sentenced on 21 December.
Judge Nicholas Woodward said there were "very worrying features" in the case and ordered a pre-sentence report to be carried out by the probation service.
Rooney, his wife Coleen, and their three sons, Kai, Klay and Kit, were attending the charity tribute game against his first club, Everton, when the break-in bid took place.
McNamara of Newby Farm Crescent, Scalby, was arrested six days later.
The prosecution case was not outlined during the brief hearing but the court heard that McNamara had recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and that his family had sought help from Combat Stress, a veterans' mental health charity, earlier this year. | A man has admitted attempting to break in to Wayne Rooney's home while he was playing in his testimonial match at Old Trafford. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37790087"} | 233 | 32 | 0.506614 | 1.242342 | -0.505397 | 0.6 | 7.68 | 0.52 |
Gatland, who is also head coach of the British and Irish Lions, says he is happy with Wales' group after they were drawn against Australia and Georgia.
Williams played under Gatland and says he is the man to lead them in Japan.
"If he does want to come back then the hierarchy will look at his record in World Cups," Williams said.
He continued: "That's why I think he will definitely get to the 2019 World Cup regardless of what happens between now and then, because he does get the team right for a World Cup campaign."
Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Martyn Phillips expects Gatland to return to his Wales role after coaching this summer's Lions tour of New Zealand.
Phillips reinforced his belief Gatland will return, saying he "made it very clear his intention was to come back".
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Gatland, who succeeded Gareth Jenkins as head coach in 2007, is contracted to Wales until after the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
The former Ireland and Wasps coach said he rejected an approach from Super Rugby side Chiefs about leading them from 2018.
Wales finished fourth at the 2011 World Cup when they were beaten by France in the semi-final after captain Sam Warburton was sent-off.
Four years later, Gatland's Wales finished second in a pool containing Australia and hosts England to qualify for the quarter-finals where they narrowly lost 23-19 to South Africa.
Williams, who played in three World Cups, says Gatland's experience of previous tournaments will be invaluable to Wales.
"It would be his third World Cup," Williams told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"He's been very successful in the last two. Getting Wales out of the group of death [in 2015] was an achievement in itself and were very competitive in the quarter-finals against South Africa.
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