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The names Cateryn, Jane and Amee Maddyngley and the date were inscribed on stonework in Kingston parish church.
It was found by Norfolk and Suffolk Medieval Graffiti Survey volunteers.
Archaeologist Matt Champion said the project had shown church plague graffiti was "far more common than previously realised".
"The most heartbreaking inscriptions are those that refer to long-dead children," he said.
The Maddyngley graffiti is hidden under limewash near the door in All Saints' and St Andrew's church.
The family lived in Kingston, seven miles from Cambridge, and were tenant farmers who "rarely turn up in parish records", he said.
Mr Champion believes Cateryn, Jane and Amee must have been children because their names are not found as adults in any of the records.
In 1515, there was an outbreak of bubonic plague in London which spread across south east England.
Mr Champion said Cambridge University suspended its classes and large gatherings of people were banned, "just as we see today with the Ebola outbreaks in Africa".
Children were particularly hard-hit and usually hastily buried in unmarked graves.
The graffiti survey was set up in 2010 and is the first attempt to survey pre-Reformation graffiti in churches since the late 1960s.
Volunteers use digital cameras and powerful lamps to reveal previously hidden or faded markings.
At least 60% of the 650 churches surveyed in Norfolk, Suffolk and north Essex have "significant amounts" of graffiti and volunteers have recorded up to 500 pieces in many of them.
The project has confirmed more graffiti is found to have been created during times of pestilence such as the Black Death of 1349 and subsequent outbreaks of plagues.
"It was a votive offering at a time where prayer counted," Mr Champion said. | "Heartbreaking" graffiti uncovered in a Cambridgeshire church has revealed how three sisters from one family died in a plague outbreak in 1515. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31459761"} | 393 | 33 | 0.539493 | 1.486166 | 0.077358 | 0.76 | 13.88 | 0.68 |
Lyndhurst starred as a time-travelling TV repairman who had a second life in 1940s London in the popular 1990s show.
Writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran said his character Gary Sparrow had been "trying for the last 17 years to find a way back to the present".
The one-off special will be part of a season marking the 60th anniversary of Hancock's Half Hour's first broadcast.
The season will also include new episodes of Are You Being Served?, Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, Porridge, Keeping Up Appearances and Up Pompeii!.
Goodnight Sweetheart was first broadcast on BBC One on 18 November 1993.
The initial cast included Michelle Holmes as Gary's wife Yvonne Sparrow, Victor McGuire as his best friend Ron Wheatcroft, while his war-time companions were Christopher Ettridge as bumbling PC Reg Deadman and Dervla Kirwan as Phoebe.
The writing duo said the new episode would feature "much-loved old Goodnight Sweetheart friends and one or two new ones".
BBC Comedy Commissioning controller Shane Allen said the whole season was "geared towards giving comedy royalty their due recognition".
"In Goodnight Sweetheart, we have heavyweight writing and performing talents reunited in this hugely popular and fondly remembered show," he said.
"The conceptual update is sublime and it was heart-skipping stuff to read - it's an absolute belter."
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or email [email protected]. | Actor Nicholas Lyndhurst is to take a step back in time in a revival of the BBC sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36715695"} | 371 | 31 | 0.475373 | 1.323669 | -1.000676 | 0.809524 | 13.666667 | 0.714286 |
"The conflict between Israel and Palestine can only be solved with a two-state solution," he said during his inaugural address in parliament.
It should be "negotiated in accordance with international law", he said.
Sweden last month voted out the centre-right Alliance coalition of Fredrik Reinfeldt after eight years.
That allowed the Social Democrats led by Mr Lofven to form a government with other parties on the left including the Greens.
"A two-state solution requires mutual recognition and a will to peaceful co-existence. Sweden will therefore recognise the state of Palestine," Mr Lofven said on Friday, without giving a timeline for the recognition.
Sweden will join more than 130 other countries that recognise a Palestinian state.
Most of the EU's 28 member states have refrained from recognising Palestinian statehood and those that do - such as Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - did so before joining the bloc.
The Palestinians have long sought to establish an independent, sovereign state in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem as its capital, and the Gaza Strip - occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six Day War.
Correspondents say Sweden's move is likely to be strongly criticised by Israel and the US, who argue that an independent Palestinian state should only emerge through negotiations.
In 1988, the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat unilaterally declared a Palestinian state within the pre-June 1967 lines.
This won recognition from about 100 countries, mainly Arab, Communist and non-aligned states - several of them in Latin America.
The 1993 Oslo Accord between the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Israel led to mutual recognition. However, two decades of on-off peace talks have since failed to produce a permanent settlement.
In 2012, the UN General Assembly voted to upgrade the status of the Palestinians to that of a "non-member observer state".
It followed a failed bid to join the international body as a full member state in 2011 because of a lack of support in the UN Security Council. | Sweden is to "recognise the state of Palestine", Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has said, the first long-term EU member country to do so. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29479418"} | 438 | 36 | 0.599602 | 1.525604 | -0.637905 | 1.566667 | 13.233333 | 0.766667 |
The England international has been ever-present for the Super League leaders so far this season, scoring five tries in nine games.
The 27-year-old is the second Rhinos winger to be sidelined in recent weeks after Tom Briscoe was ruled out with a shoulder injury.
"It's a massive shame for Ryan and a big blow to us," Leeds coach Brian McDermott said. | Leeds Rhinos winger Ryan Hall is facing a month out with a fractured hand. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32233146"} | 94 | 23 | 0.681785 | 1.258612 | -0.704774 | 1.2 | 5.133333 | 0.666667 |
In a written answer to Alliance's Stewart Dickson, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said he wants the assembly to legislate on the matter as soon as possible.
Mr Ó Muilleoir acknowledged he has "a little way to go" in securing the necessary support from other MLAs.
But he said he feels legislation can be passed during this assembly term.
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where same-sex marriage is not legal.
Previously, the Democratic Unionist Party has used cross-community 'petitions of concern' to veto motions in favour of same sex marriage.
In its last manifesto, the DUP said it had "stood by its commitment to family values and marriage and will continue to do so".
On Wednesday, Mr Ó Muilleoir also expressed a belief that MLAs are likely to choose to legislate rather than "be forced to legislate on foot of an adverse judgment" in the courts.
He said he wants his officials to "do the groundwork now" so that his department - which has responsibility for the registration of marriages - is "able to move swiftly towards introduction".
Besides preparing a draft bill, the finance minister has asked his officials to initiate discussions with other departments, given that a civil marriage equality bill may touch on matters not within his remit. | Northern Ireland's finance minister has asked his officials to work on a draft bill to introduce same sex marriage in Northern Ireland. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36599370"} | 308 | 29 | 0.62924 | 1.389804 | 0.649758 | 3.333333 | 10.541667 | 0.916667 |
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Farah established a new British record of seven minutes 32.62 seconds, with Butchart, 24, running 7:45:00.
Butchart ran the fastest Scottish 5,000m last month in what was a second Olympic qualifying standard.
He also managed a personal best over 10,000m in May, with the Olympic trials to come in Birmingham on 24-26 June.
Eilidh Doyle continued her fine start to the season with a second place in the 400m hurdles, finishing with the same time [54.57 secs] as USA's Cassandra Tate but missing out on the photo finish.
Doyle, 29, had won the Diamond League opener in Doha and then taken third in Rome, and she led to the line here before Tate's late surge and dip.
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"It's a brilliant class of athletes out there, so to be that close, I can't complain," Doyle told BBC Sport.
Lynsey Sharp ran under two minutes for the 800m but that was only good enough for fourth place, with Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi clocking an impressive 1:56.92 to win. | Andrew Butchart set a new Scottish record over 3,000m, finishing fourth behind Mo Farah at the Diamond League meeting in Birmingham. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36456177"} | 265 | 31 | 0.515932 | 1.36909 | 0.343149 | 1.208333 | 9.291667 | 0.708333 |
The picture also spells out "2017", if one takes stands a certain distance away and stares at it for a while.
Mr Corbyn's minimalist selection contrasts with cards sent by Prime Minister Theresa May and Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, who both opted for pictures by children in their constituencies.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon went for cartoon character Oor Wullie.
Mr Corbyn's card bears the message "With warmest wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year", the dove often being used as a symbol of purity and peace.
The Labour leader's offering last year showed snow-covered bicycles chained to a rack next to a red telephone box. The traffic light in the photograph was also on red.
This year, her first as prime minister, Theresa May has sent three different Christmas cards, bearing pictures of Downing Street by children in her Maidenhead constituency.
Mr Farron also featured a drawing by a youngster from his Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency, in which a dog lies asleep on a crescent moon (also sleeping), both wearing Santa hats.
Wales' First Minister Carwyn Jones chose a design by a schoolboy, showing a red dragon pulling Santa's sleigh over a Christmas tree, with a mountain range in the background.
And Ms Sturgeon's features Oor Wullie - the comic-book character celebrating his 80th anniversary this year - whom she described as a "much-loved national treasure adored by both children and adults across Scotland". | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has chosen a white dove on a red background as the design for his official Christmas card. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38286790"} | 361 | 29 | 0.556528 | 1.415415 | -0.062937 | 1 | 13.045455 | 0.818182 |
The 28-year-old Kenyan said on Twitter it was "sad and disappointing" to miss out on the event, which runs from 4 to 13 August in London.
He is the only person to ever run under one minute 41 seconds for the event.
He won gold in London at the 2012 Olympics and again in Rio last year.
Rudisha said earlier this week he was "excited" to return to London, where he set the 800m world record of one minute 40.91 seconds five years ago.
He is ranked only 19th in the world this year, but would have been bidding for a third successive gold medal at the World Athletics Championships.
Fellow Kenyan Emmanuel Korir and Botswana's Nijel Amos are expected to battle for the gold in Rudisha's absence. | Defending champion and 800m world record holder David Rudisha has pulled out of next month's World Athletics Championships with a quad muscle strain. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40781379"} | 179 | 36 | 0.632784 | 1.304815 | 0.336856 | 1.230769 | 5.884615 | 0.538462 |
The alert on the Brians Well Road has now ended.
PSNI officers have been searching the area since a suspicious object was reported on Saturday evening.
On Sunday, army bomb disposal experts declared the object to be a viable explosive device.
It has now been made safe and has been taken away for forensic examination.
In a statement, Ch Supt Chris Noble said he believed the device was "designed to kill or seriously injure officers serving the local community in west Belfast".
He added: "It was also left in a position where there is every possibility that it could have killed or maimed members of the public.
"Those who left it have shown callous disregard for the safety of the local community and the police officers serving this community. We are extremely fortunate that no one was killed or seriously injured."
Praising the local community for their patience during the operation, Ch Supt Noble said: "The security operation caused significant disruption to the people of the area, but was required in order to keep people safe."
He also condemned the "reckless individuals" who planted the bomb, saying: "The overwhelming number of people in the community do not want this type of activity and we as a police service will continue to work to bring those responsible before the courts.
"We have had officers in the area since yesterday evening. These officers have worked hard to keep people safe during the security operation.
"However, these same officers could have been better used in meeting areas of community concern. Arresting drug dealers, drink drivers or working with victims of domestic abuse, for example." | The PSNI have said an explosive device discovered during a security operation in Poleglass, west Belfast, was "designed to kill or seriously injure police officers". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38629910"} | 330 | 35 | 0.549181 | 1.22729 | 0.400367 | 3.1 | 10.633333 | 0.9 |
A Bronx Tale, which began its life as a one-man stage play before being filmed, will run at the Longacre Theatre in New York from 3 November.
The show was first staged at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey last year.
De Niro, 72, said he was "very excited" to "bring this special story to new audiences".
"A Bronx Tale has always had a very special meaning to me and I always thought it had great potential to be a musical," he said.
Co-directed by Jerry Zaks, the show tells of an Italian-American teenager who finds himself torn between the contrasting examples set by his father and a mob-boss father figure.
Zaks, whose Broadway credits include Guys and Dolls and La Cage aux Folles, previously directed Chazz Palminteri's one-man show when it ran on Broadway in 2007.
De Niro, who played the "good" father role in the 1993 film, described Zaks as "a great person" from whom he had "already learned a lot".
The musical features a score by Aladdin composer Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, who previously worked together on Disney's Tangled and the stage version of The Little Mermaid.
A Bronx Tale is one of two films De Niro has directed to date, the other being 2006 espionage drama The Good Shepherd. | A musical version of the 1993 film that marked Robert De Niro's directorial debut is to come to Broadway later this year, with De Niro as its co-director. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36546901"} | 321 | 40 | 0.565221 | 1.343645 | 0.021747 | 1.212121 | 8.121212 | 0.727273 |
The North Korean women's team walked off after a video introducing their players showed the South Korean flag. They later returned to play the match.
BBC Scotland understands the video package was sent from London and Hampden organisers had no input.
Prime Minister David Cameron said it was "an honest mistake".
In a news conference on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Games, he told assembled journalists: "This was an honest mistake, honestly made.
"An apology has been made and I'm sure every step has been taken to ensure these things don't happen again.
"We shouldn't over-inflate this episode - it was unfortunate, it shouldn't have happened and I think we can leave it at that."
BBC Scotland's Olympics correspondent Kheredine Idessane said: "These video packages are sent centrally from London, out to the other venues, so, this isn't a Glasgow problem.
"There were the correct North Korean flags flying in the top tier of the stadium where they have all the flags displayed from countries who are competing in the tournament."
The North Korean team could only be persuaded to return for their match against Colombia after the error was corrected.
As yet the London games organisers have been unable to clarify who made the video.
The blunder had the impact it did because of the situation which exists between both Koreas.
Both countries are still technically at war after the 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice.
Speaking after the match, North Korea's coach Sin Ui Gun said: "Our team was not going to participate unless the problem was solved properly."
A statement released by London 2012 organisers said: "Ahead of the women's football match at Hampden Park, the Republic of Korea flag was shown on a big screen video package instead of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea flag.
"Clearly that is a mistake, we will apologise to the team and the National Olympic Committee and steps will be taken to ensure this does not happen again."
The incident made headlines around the world - except in communist controlled North Korea.
State news agency KCNA reported the women's Olympic football team beating Colombia 2-0 but made no mention of the flag row.
Meanwhile, Hampden Stadium will host two more Olympic football games on Thursday.
In the men's preliminaries, Honduras play Morocco at 12:00, followed by Spain v Japan at 14:45. | Olympic officials in London are to blame for a flag row which jeopardised a women's football game at Hampden Stadium in Glasgow, it has emerged. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "18995657"} | 539 | 38 | 0.479096 | 1.171028 | 0.265691 | 1.25 | 17.142857 | 0.821429 |
Families left the Indian Ocean islands in the 1960s and 70s to make way for a US Air Force base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the group of islands.
An Immigration Order preventing anyone from going back was issued in 1971.
The Supreme Court - UK's highest court - upheld a 2008 House of Lords ruling that the exiles could not return.
Olivier Bancoult, the Chagossian leader who has been fighting in the courts on behalf of the islanders, had argued that decision should be set aside.
In the latest challenge, justices were told it relied heavily on a 2002 feasibility study into resettlement, which concluded that the costs of long-term inhabitation of the outer islands would be prohibitive and life there precarious.
Information about the feasibility study was not disclosed before the decision was made, the islanders said.
But the five justices dismissed the islanders' appeal by a majority of three to two - the same numerical split as the Law Lords in 2008.
Sabrina Jean from Crawley, West Sussex, chairs the Chagos Refugees UK group. Her father was originally from Chagos Island and is one of the 3,000-strong Chagossian community who live in the town, which is near Gatwick Airport.
She told BBC Sussex: "We are disappointed about the result but we will never give up. We will continue our fight to find justice for the Chagossian community. All the people have the right to live on the islands."
At Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Henry Smith, MP for Crawley asked David Cameron if it would be a good legacy to allow the islanders to return.
Mr Cameron said the National Security Council was considering the case and had looked at the alternative options and costs.
"We will be making an announcement in the coming months," he said.
Stefan Donnelly, of the UK Chagos Support Association, said the decision was "disappointing" after decades of "peaceful and powerful" campaigning but "justice is still within reach though".
"It is ministers' responsibility to conclude their long-running policy review on the resettlement of the Chagos Islands," he said.
"Chagossians are our fellow citizens and we need to stand together and demand ministers get started on a fair return programme now."
TV presenter Ben Fogle has supported the campaign.
He said it was "hard to accept the ruling", but added: "The government's own policy review has already concluded that return is feasible, costs are modest and plenty of Chagossians are ready to go.
"So this fight for justice will continue - and grow."
UKIP's Commonwealth spokesman James Carver MEP said he was "dismayed" by the ruling, saying: "This moral injustice continues to be a stain on our history."
The Supreme Court case was the latest in a long legal battle over the right of the islanders to return.
In 2000, High Court judges ruled that Chagossians could return to 65 of the islands, but not to Diego Garcia.
In 2004, the government used the royal prerogative - exercised by ministers in the Queen's name - to effectively nullify the decision.
Then in 2007, the court overturned that order and rejected the government's argument that the royal prerogative was immune from scrutiny.
However, the following year the government won an appeal, with the House of Lords ruling the exiles could not return.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been a long-standing supporter of their campaign to go back. | Former residents of the Chagos Islands who were forcibly removed from their homeland more than 40 years ago have lost their legal challenge to return. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36659976"} | 788 | 31 | 0.535475 | 1.376735 | 0.161228 | 1.269231 | 26.230769 | 0.576923 |
The Friday slot makes Muse the first band to have headlined every night of the festival - they played on Saturday night in 2010, and Sunday in 2004.
Muse posted a video on Friday titled "Playing a little show at home…" showing clips from their previous Glastonbury performances.
The Devon three-piece won a Grammy for best rock album earlier this month.
Their seventh studio album, Drones, was released last June.
Coldplay revealed last week they would headline the Pyramid Stage on Sunday.
The Saturday headliners are yet to be announced - but Jeff Lynne's ELO have been confirmed for the Sunday teatime slot.
The 2016 festival runs from 23 to 26 June. | Muse have been announced as the Friday night headliners on the Pyramid Stage at this year's Glastonbury Festival. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35670052"} | 150 | 26 | 0.707804 | 1.527479 | -0.247947 | 1.4 | 6.7 | 0.9 |
The internet giant said it would open the 310,000-sq-ft Dunstable site in the autumn.
Central Bedfordshire councillor Nigel Young said it was an "important milestone" in the area's regeneration.
The centre, at Prologis Park in Boscombe Road, will be the company's ninth in the UK, and the second in the East of England.
Councillor Young said the new centre would benefit from local transport improvements which form part of the Conservative-led authority's wider regeneration efforts.
Amazon's UK operations director John Tagawa said the firm looked forward to the new site playing an "integral role" in the business.
"Over the last two years, we have added well in excess of 2,000 new employees to our UK workforce and we are delighted to be able to create a further 500 permanent jobs at our new Dunstable centre." | Five hundred permanent jobs are to be created at a new Amazon distribution centre in Bedfordshire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32703047"} | 186 | 20 | 0.528613 | 1.254559 | -0.178806 | 1 | 9.764706 | 0.764706 |
As 2017 gets underway, here's a rundown of the MPs and peers who are going to be making the political weather in the coming 12 months.
As Chairman of Ways and Means, the senior deputy speaker, Lindsay Hoyle will have a key role in the Brexit legislation coming down the track.
The promised Great Repeal Bill and the possible bill to give parliamentary authorisation to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty (which will surface if required by a Supreme Court ruling, due in January) and begin the formal process of leaving the EU will both be constitutional measures which will have to be considered by a Committee of the Whole House - and guess who gets to rule on the amendments to be considered.
The government is promising to make both as "amendment proof" as possible, thus repelling any attempts by pro-EU MPs to attach terms and conditions to Brexit - and Labour is determined to attach riders on issues like employment rights.
As Chairman of Ways and Means, Mr Hoyle decides on selection of amendments in a Committee of the Whole House - the Speaker, by ancient tradition, is not allowed to be involved in committees (in the 17th Century, one of the reasons the House spent so much of its time in committee was because they wanted to minimise the time the King's toady in the form of the Speaker was in the Chair, ready to grass them up).
Mr Hoyle could find himself taking some highly-charged decisions, potentially setting up some very awkward Commons votes - although he will do so on the basis of the expert advice of the Commons clerks. This could be a severe test of both the chairman himself, and of the hidden wiring of the House, its unseen system of behind-the-scenes deal-making, involving the clerks, the whips and the Chair.
The formidable former permanent secretary to HM Treasury is to chair a Lords Committee to find a way to reduce the number of peers thronging the red benches.
Peers know the burgeoning size of their House is now a severe embarrassment, but as elsewhere in Parliament the Turkeys-Early Christmas principle operates, and while a few might be ready to hang up their ermine robes, the numbers are nowhere near enough to bring the size of the Lords close to parity with the Commons.
The key issue is whether any change is made on a pro-rata basis, or whether it changes the political balance of the House, perhaps to reflect the result of the last general election - if the latter, then the Lib Dem peers will face a cull.
I know, that's two parliamentarians, but hear me out.
As chairs of the Health Select Committee and the Public Accounts Committee, Sarah Wollaston and Meg Hillier have formed an important cross-party axis to press for action on the financial sustainability of the NHS (they both questioned the PM on this at the Commons Liaison Committee) and they will be in a good position to keep up the pressure on ministers, with regular hearings to highlight the problems.
In fact, this kind of cross-committee cooperation is the hot new trend on the committee corridor, with considerable collaboration between different chairs on cross-cutting issues.
Also known as "Rebel Commander", the Tory MP for Wycombe may well be the most influential backbencher you have never heard of.
He's the key strategist who ring-mastered the backbench manoeuvres which cornered David Cameron into conceding a referendum, which involved high level diplomatic skills to keep the principalities and powers on the Tories' Leave wing working together.
He's now marshalling the same forces to argue against any form of Brexit which amounts to EU membership-lite. Media-shy, but utterly determined, he will seldom break cover, but will undoubtedly shape events.
The smartest guy in the room in most Labour Party meetings, Tony Blair's former political secretary now sits on the Brexit Committee, where his interventions are few, but pointed. Since the referendum he has repeatedly told Tory Brexiteers that they must be held responsible for the consequences of the policy they persuaded the voters to back: "You broke it, you own it," is his refrain.
His calculation seems to be that a hard Brexit is on the way and that the political responsibility for any resulting economic pain must be pinned firmly to the government.
The Conservative MP and former soldier who's chairing an inquiry into the treatment of troops accused of war crimes in Iraq gave the Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, and his supporting cast a very tough time at the most recent hearing of his special defence sub-committee - far tougher than Conservative MPs usually hand out to their leadership in a public forum.
The committee reports in January and on this showing the government will not be spared the lash - and with a parallel issue surfacing in Northern Ireland, there could be major implications to their conclusions there.
The SNP's Westminster leader is the class act in PMQs at a time when the two main protagonists are struggling to cope with this most demanding of Westminster occasions.
He uses his modest quota of questions to some effect - and could offer lessons to less effective interrogators. Expect his to be an effective advocate for the SNP's carefully-honed message on Brexit.
The stand-out orator of the 2015 intake (only the SNP's Mhairi Black comes close), she's the antithesis of the office-seeking Westminster clone and already has a resignation under her belt, from the lowly office of bag carrier to the former shadow education secretary, Lucy Powell.
She's such a confident speaker she may even find it too easy to busk - which could one day get her into trouble.
The crossbench super-lawyer's main impact on UK politics this year was as counsel for the legal action to force a parliamentary decision on the triggering of Article 50.
A few years ago I wrote that he was probably the most influential backbench peer in the Lords, because when he spoke in favour of some amendment to government legislation, other peers from all parties and none tended to follow his lead. I suspect that when Brexit legislation arrives before Their Lordships, his voice will be heard again.
If the ex-Chancellor thought he had no future in politics, I suspect some smart young man from a high-powered Tory think-tank would, by now, have delivered a maiden speech as the new MP for Tatton.
Certainly, Leave campaigners suspect that he and his network are organising a soft Brexit strategy - an impression that pictures of him carousing with his coalition colleague, Nick Clegg, do nothing to dispel. He has recently broken his post-departure silence, both in the Commons and in the media; expect to hear more of him.
As leader of his party's 103 peers he is arguably the most powerful Lib Dem in the land...and if anyone in the Lords is going to attempt to derail Brexit legislation it would be them.
As a former chief whip, Lord Newby can work out the numbers, but his prospects of success or even making a decent showing, depend on his ability to lure peers from elsewhere, particularly Labour.
The senior Conservative backbencher has put himself at the head of a counter-revolution against plans to move Parliament out of the Victorian palace of Westminster to make way for a multi-billion pound refurbishment scheme.
When, late in January, MPs are asked to vote on the plan, which would see them decamp to a temporary chamber in, perhaps, 2021, he plans to propose an alternative scheme, which would ensure they remain in the building, with the Commons sitting in the Lords chamber, while peers are bumped to the Royal Gallery, next door. (Something similar happened when the Commons chamber was bombed out during World War II.)
He argues that the parliamentary authorities are pushing for an unnecessarily elaborate and unjustifiably expensive makeover. He won loud applause for attacking current plans at the Conservative 1922 Committee and he claims cross-party support for his alternative.
One obvious omission from this list is Hilary Benn - the chair of the new Brexit Select Committee; this is not because he is unimpressive or because his committee is not full of interesting folk.
I hesitated over including him because I still wonder if the Brexit Committee can deliver useful reports that bridge the chasm between its Leave and Remain members. Mr Benn has proved a tactful and effective chair of its hearings, so far.
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The plan, which must still be ratified next year, abolishes the two-term limit for presidents.
The United States has criticised the proposal, and a crowd protested outside parliament in the capital, Managua.
Mr Ortega first came to power during the Sandinista revolution, in 1979.
He served initially as president until 1990, and then won elections again in 2006.
The Sandinista-controlled National Assembly approved the constitutional reform bill by 64 votes to 26.
The National Assembly will have to vote again on the plan in 2014.
But members of the opposition said the changes were "illegitimate" and only designed to perpetuate Mr Ortega's power.
Dozens of people protested against the reform and criticised the members of the Parliament for approving it.
Besides scrapping term limits on the presidency, the proposed changes would allow the appointment of active duty police and military officials to government offices currently set aside for civilians.
When the Sandinistas came to power in 1979, they redistributed property and made huge progress in the spheres of health and education.
However, their pro-Cuban orientation alarmed the United States, which launched a sustained campaign of embargo and armed subversion.
In 1990, the Sandinistas were defeated in elections. But Mr Ortega made a come-back at the polls in 2006 and was sworn in as president the following year.
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The petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Alfred Street Place at about 03:45 BST on Friday.
A window in the house was smashed and scorch damage caused to an exterior wall.
"This attack has caused a great deal of shock to the family involved and the wider community of Ballymena," DUP MLA Paul Frew said.
"Thankfully nobody was injured in this attack, but we could have a very different story emerging from this area today."
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Ronnie Coulter, 48, from Wishaw, was originally cleared of stabbing the 32-year-old in Overtown, North Lanarkshire, following a trial in 1999.
The Crown was given permission to bring a second prosecution following changes to Scotland's double jeopardy laws.
Coulter was convicted at the second trial at the High Court in Glasgow. He now faces a mandatory life term.
His conviction is only the second time in Scottish legal history that an accused has been tried twice for the same crime. The other saw Angus Sinclair convicted of the World's End murders after a second trial.
Coulter was convicted by a majority verdict following a four-week trial.
Judge Lord Matthews deferred sentence until 31 October for background reports.
The judge told Coulter: "There is only one sentence I can pass of life imprisonment. The only question for me is how long you should serve before being eligible for parole."
Lord Matthews said he was calling for background reports given the relatively minor nature of Coulter's previous convictions and his mental health issues.
Lawyer Aamer Anwar, who began campaigning for the Chhokar family when he was a final year law student at Strathclyde University, said: "Today's verdict is not a cause for celebration but relief that finally justice has been done after nearly 18 years.
"No-one can imagine the devastating toll on a family who were forced to campaign for justice.
"In 2000, I stood on the steps of this court, accusing our justice system of acting like a gentleman's colonial club - of being arrogant, unaccountable and institutionally racist.
"But the Chhokar family want to thank today's prosecutors, Crown Office and Police Scotland for their unwavering commitment to justice."
Mr Anwar said the Chhokar family's campaign for justice had "placed victim's rights at the heart of a modern criminal justice system" and would "be their legacy for generations to come".
He added: "Their is real sorrow that Mr Darshan Singh Chhokar is not here to see justice, but I hope that both he and Surjit are finally at peace."
Two official inquiries were ordered after the original trial of Mr Coulter and the subsequent acquittal of his nephew Andrew and David Montgomery over Mr Chhokar's death.
One of the reports made allegations of "institutional racism" and the other said that all three men should have stood trial together.
Following the publication of the reports in 2001, the then Lord Advocate, Colin Boyd QC, said the Chhokar family had been failed by the police and prosecution services.
In his last interview before his death in November 2015, Mr Chhokar's father said his only wish was that those responsible for his son's death "face justice".
After the verdict a spokesman for the Crown Office said: "We welcome the decision of the jury and the fact that this means someone has now been convicted for the appalling murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar in 1998.
"We would like to pay tribute to his family who have behaved with great courage and dignity throughout their long wait to see someone found guilty of his murder.
"As a result of this case, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has transformed the way it deals with allegations of racial crimes including a complete review of how we manage High Court business and significant improvements to the way we communicate with relatives."
Det Ch Supt Clark Cuzen, who led the investigation, said: "Coulter has been cowardly for showing absolutely no remorse for his crimes and the fact that he has actively and deliberately tried to evade justice for years speaks volume about the individual."
The detective paid tribute to Mr Chhokar's father, Darshan Singh Chhokar, who died last year.
He described the case as "a complex and challenging two-year investigation" that "ultimately...pointed the finger firmly at Ronnie Coulter".
Det Ch Supt Cuzen added: "Whilst we were unable to find evidence of racial motivation at the time of the murder, there was evidence to support the fact that Ronnie Coulter described Surjit using racist terms when confessing to the murder."
The trial heard that Ronnie Coulter, his nephew Andrew Coulter and another man, David Montgomery, went to see Mr Chhokar on 4 November 1998 following a row over a stolen £100 Giro cheque.
After an altercation, Mr Chhokar collapsed in front of his partner Liz Bryce.
He was stabbed three times in the chest and one of the blows pierced his heart, resulting in his death from massive blood loss.
The court also heard how Ronnie Coulter was previously tried for Mr Chhokar's murder in 1999, but cleared of the charge.
Andrew Coulter, who was convicted of stabbing and killing another man in 1999, and Mr Montgomery, were also cleared of Mr Chhokar's murder at another trial in 2000.
In 2011, changes were made to the double jeopardy law which prevented an accused person from being tried for the same offence twice.
In January 2013, the Crown Office ordered a new investigation into the Chhokar case.
The following year, three high court judges granted prosecutors permission to retry Ronnie Coulter.
He denied the charge and lodged a special defence blaming his nephew Andrew and Mr Montgomery.
Both men gave evidence during the trial and admitted being there on the night Mr Chhokar died, but they denied murder.
A jury has now decided Ronnie Coulter committed the murder and convicted him following a second trial.
November 4, 1998: Surjit Singh Chhokar murdered
9 March 1999: Ronnie Coulter acquitted of murder, but convicted of assaulting Mr Chhokar. He was not sentenced because of the time he had already spent in custody. In a Special Defence of Incrimination he had blamed his nephew Andrew Coulter and David Montgomery for the murder. Trial judge Lord McCluskey fiercely attacked the Crown for having failed to indict all three men together. He said: "For reasons that I cannot begin to understand, one, and only one of those persons was placed in the dock and charged with the crime. That is a matter which, to me, as a judge of considerable experience, passes my understanding altogether, I cannot begin to understand how it happened and I shall be taking steps to see if I can discover what the reason was for the course that was taken. Unfortunately I know no more than you do about that particular background."
The then Lord Advocate, Lord Hardie replied in a statement: "It is a matter of regret that a judge of such experience should make such public pronouncements in ignorance of the background to the case. Such uninformed and ill-advised remarks do not serve the interests of justice and fail to appreciate the respective roles of the Lord Advocate and the Judiciary. Prosecution decisions fall within the independent exercise of the discretion of the Lord Advocate, who is not accountable to the High Court of Justiciary, or any of its judges, for such decisions. From the preliminary report given to me I am satisfied that the action taken in this case was the most appropriate in the circumstances and the reasons for it are sound."
2 July 1999: Andrew Coulter and David Montgomery indicted for Mr Chhokar's murder. They lodged a "plea in bar of trial" at the High Court, claiming the case should not be allowed to go ahead because pre-trial publicity meant they wouldn't get a fair hearing.
14 September 1999: Appeal Court in Edinburgh rejects plea. The men appealed to the Privy Council.
28 November 2000: Andrew Coulter and David Montgomery acquitted of murder. They had named Ronnie Coulter as the killer in their own Special Defences.
24 October 2001: Report of Sir Anthony Campbell QC into the way prosecution decisions were made in the Surjit Singh Chhokar case. He said all three men should have been indicted together, and recommended a review of Crown Office procedures.
24 October 2001: Report of Dr. Raj Jandoo into allegations of institutional racism on the case. Among his findings: institutional racism was evident in the police and the procurator fiscal system, and police failed to appreciate the impact which a major crime has on members of a vulnerable minority community.
21 January 2015: Crown Office indicts Ronnie Coulter for Mr Chhokar's murder. This follows an application to the High Court seeking permission to raise a prosecution under Double Jeopardy laws. Coulter's case will be only the second such prosecution. The only other was that of Angus Sinclair in the World's End murder case.
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I note that a Nigerian court recently cleared a man who had been charged with conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace for naming his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari.
The man said he did it out of love: "I named my beloved pet dog, Buhari, who is my hero... My admiration for Buhari started far back when he was a military head of state."
Regardless of my love or otherwise for a head of state I am unlikely to ever face the kind of problem that led to this man's entanglement with the law.
I do not own a dog, have never owned one, have never been tempted to own one, and will never own a dog. Dogs just do not feature in my world.
My story, or to be accurate, my non-story about dogs has to do with the place I call my hometown, Abutia, which is a little village in the Volta Region of Ghana.
I lived with my grandmother in Abutia, between the ages of five and nine, and I never saw a dog.
I suspect that the first time was after I left Abutia as dogs are not allowed in the village, neither at that time or now.
And it was only when I left Abutia that it dawned on me that dogs can play a major role in people's lives.
I went to San Francisco and was taken to a pet cemetery which was far, far more beautiful than any cemetery I had seen for human beings.
I met someone laying a bunch of beautiful flowers on the grave of his dog which had died five years previously. I decided I would let people have their dogs and I will keep out of their way.
Then I went to live in the United Kingdom and I discovered dogs occupied an elevated place in the lives of the natives there.
I saw dogs being cuddled and being kissed, I saw dogs licking the faces and mouths of their owners. I saw dogs lying on sofas and beds and I saw dogs being groomed in very fancy and expensive salons.
I noted that every news report about famine and unrest anywhere contained a line about a hungry dog.
I noted the frequency with which Queen Elizabeth's corgis got mentioned.
I came close to changing my position on dogs when I got mesmerised by the guide dog of visually-impaired cabinet minister David Blunkett.
I decided I should make an effort to learn the ways of my hosts and learn about dogs.
I went to the greyhound races in Oxford with friends. It was a great outing but it did nothing for me in raising the status of dogs in my estimation.
In 1987, I became very excited when the dog belonging to someone with a Ghanaian sounding name - Chris Amoo - won the top prize at Britain's premier canine show, Crufts, with his Afghan hound.
The next year I surreptitiously went to the Crufts show and saw dogs at their most exotic.
I tried, but I am afraid after living in the UK for 19 years I stuck firmly to my Abutia upbringing: No dogs.
Elizabeth Ohene:
Dogs just do not feature in my world.
I should state that my position and the attitude in Abutia is not universal in Ghana.
Increasingly, we have ferocious guard dogs. And there are some people here who do have pet dogs; we once had a first lady who attested to having dogs that she named Candy and Sweetie Pie.
Indeed, there are parts of Ghana where dogs are a delicacy. I make no comments about that.
But in the place where I come from, no-one has to think about a name for a dog as they do not exist there. So there is no danger I will be caught naming a dog after friend or foe.
More from Elizabeth Ohene:
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There have been ongoing industrial problems at the school over the past few months.
Mr O'Dowd had previously been reluctant to sanction an investigation.
However he says new information received from parents and other sources has led to his decision.
The investigation will look at staff relationships, the role of senior leadership, governance of the school and the impact of the ongoing disputes there on pupils.
"Following a recent meeting with the Concerned Parents of De La Salle Group, further information being provided to me earlier this week, and other important issues that have come to light in recent days from official sources, I have decided to take forward an investigation regarding the current situation at the school," he said.
"My priority remains the education of these young people, in particular those due to sit examinations soon."
"Work continues to be undertaken by the relevant authorities and Associate Principal Imelda Jordan to address the immediate concerns within the school and this investigation will not impede that important work," he said.
"However, it is important to independently review all the circumstances that gave rise to this serious situation in the school and to come up with recommendations that will ensure the school's success going forward."
No-one has been appointed to carry out the probe yet, but the minister wants it to be completed by early summer.
The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) have said they will "carefully study" the Minister's announcement.
In a statement INTO said they will ensure that, "if and when we decide to engage with this independent inquiry it will be for the benefit of INTO members in De La Salle College and the education of pupils which they have responsibility for.
"In the meantime, INTO will continue to work with the groups established under the agreed process to find a way forward in De La Salle College." | The Education Minister John O'Dowd has ordered an independent investigation into events at De La Salle College in Belfast. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36099191"} | 377 | 25 | 0.575123 | 1.425315 | 0.05407 | 1.5 | 18.25 | 0.8 |
Dr Nihal Weerasena was accused of various failures in the care of six children and one adult while employed by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust between 2008 and 2012.
The surgeon had claimed he was made "a scapegoat" for shortcomings at the unit.
The tribunal will now decide whether his fitness to practise is impaired.
The trust referred the doctor to the General Medical Council (GMC) in 2014 after a review of paediatric care services, which included looking at clinical outcomes.
A report later concluded the unit did not have excessive mortality rates.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service found the surgeon had shown "substandard practice" in his treatment of a seven-year-old patient in 2012 in a "complex" surgery.
However, he was cleared of missing a key event during the operation in his typed report which had appeared in his handwritten note.
He also failed to keep an accurate record of surgery on a six-year-old patient in November 2010, the panel found.
Failings also occurred in an operation on an eight-year-old patient in September 2010 to repair narrowing of the arteries into the heart.
Dr Weerasena was cleared of failing to seek senior surgical help during another procedure and not explaining in his typed operation report why the patient had died.
His treatment of two other children was also found to be substandard. An allegation involving his care of a sixth child was not proved.
Another charge that he failed to obtain informed consent from a male patient to repair an aortic valve, when the patient was "100% certain" he was supposed to have a replacement, was proved.
The surgeon did not attend the hearing in Manchester but explained his absence in writing and alleged he had been the victim of a "cover-up". | A surgeon has been found guilty of misconduct after a number of errors at a hospital's child heart unit. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38650594"} | 386 | 25 | 0.480422 | 1.211218 | -0.630389 | 0.857143 | 16.666667 | 0.666667 |
Roger Pion crushed the county sheriff's cruisers on Thursday before making his getaway on the farm vehicle.
The 34-year-old was stopped by police in Newport city, northern Vermont, not far from the crime scene.
Sheriff's deputies were unaware of the destruction in their department car park until a resident called 911.
Orleans County Sheriff Kirk Martin said they were initially unable to give chase as their cars had been wrecked.
No-one was injured in the incident.
Rene Morris, who saw the crash, told a local news station: "I felt like I was in a monster jam rally or something.
"I just couldn't believe it, just backing up going over it, turns around makes his way to the other vehicles smashes those up."
Mr Pion was detained last month accused of resisting arrest and marijuana possession, said police.
He was in custody on Thursday evening, facing a number of additional charges. | A farmer in the US state of Vermont who was facing a minor drugs charge is now in more serious trouble after driving a tractor over seven police cars. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "19112837"} | 202 | 33 | 0.467226 | 1.201853 | -1.224841 | 0.633333 | 6.266667 | 0.5 |
The England Under-23 international scored 14 goals last season as Doncaster finished second in WSL 2 and were promoted back to the top flight.
England, 21, said: "I feel I am at the stage in my career to test myself at a higher level.
"There is no doubt that will happen at Chelsea, not just during games but in every training session."
Her arrival is Chelsea's fourth signing of the close season. They have also brought in midfielders Karen Carney and Jade Bailey and goalkeeper Becky Spencer.
England will be reunited with Chelsea assistant manager Paul Green, who signed her during his time at Doncaster.
"Beth is a great character and a young player who is hungry to develop and improve her game," said Green. | Women's Super League champions Chelsea Ladies have signed forward Bethany England from Doncaster Belles. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35364826"} | 160 | 22 | 0.504303 | 1.146075 | 0.106026 | 0.4375 | 9.3125 | 0.4375 |
The Swiss insurer announced in July that it was considering buying its British counterpart for £5.6bn.
RSA said that the approach had been unsolicited but that Zurich's decision not to proceed had not been a result of anything unexpected in the due diligence process.
Zurich warned profits in its general insurance arm would miss forecasts.
"Given the deterioration in profitability in certain parts of the General Insurance business, and following his appointment as General Insurance CEO, Kristof Terryn is conducting an in-depth review of the business," Zurich said in an update on third quarter trading.
It estimated that it would lose about $275m (£177m) as a result of the explosions at a container storage station in the Port of Tianjin in China in mid-August.
Overall, it expects an operating loss of about $200m from the general insurance business.
RSA shares closed 20.8% lower, as some banks and investment houses advised clients to be less enthusiastic about the stock.
The falls came despite the company announcing that its trading results for July and August had been "positive and ahead of our expectations". | Zurich Insurance has announced that it has finished its discussions with RSA and does not plan to make a bid. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34311822"} | 245 | 25 | 0.587019 | 1.389214 | -0.842037 | 0.666667 | 10.380952 | 0.571429 |
Rachel Miller has paid "brokers" up to £7,500 a time to free sex slaves.
She travelled to parts of southern Turkey this summer that the Foreign Office had declared no-go zones.
But the recent coup attempt in Turkey means she cannot work "under the radar" any longer, she said.
Ms Miller, 40, a mother-of-three from Cinderhill in Nottingham, said her Kurdish husband supported her work but she did not always tell him the full story until after she had returned.
"I don't deal directly with the slavers - but I deal with a broker who has contacted a family that wants to free their child from slavery," she said.
"He says I can get your daughter but it will cost - it can cost up to $10,000."
Her husband often stays in Britain with their two young children, who are seven and eight years old, while she makes her trips abroad.
She said she would not be returning to Turkey in the near future as "the police presence and road blocks have increased".
"I could feel the tension and I was worried I might be arrested," she explained.
She has raised almost £40,000 in crowd funding to take supplies to the refugees and has travelled to camps in France and to the island of Kos in Greece.
"A lot of people say 'you are funding Isis' but you have to got to remember these are children," she said.
"You can't change the world, but you can change a life."
Ms Miller, who has even sold some of her own gold wedding jewellery to fund freeing the girls, said she would continue working to help refugees and was planning to travel next to northern Iraq.
She is setting up a charity shop called Mesopotamia in a former bank in Nottingham to raise more money.
"You sell what you've got - I've sold at car boots and on eBay and on internet sites and begged and borrowed," she said. | A British woman who has spent years helping refugees by taking supplies to Turkey and Greece has said she will stop her mercy missions because they are "too dangerous". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37266436"} | 426 | 33 | 0.483921 | 1.29616 | 0.160455 | 0.84375 | 12.53125 | 0.59375 |
The ceremony, a 255-year-old tradition, sees buns thrown from the roof of the county hall to crowds below to mark royal occasions.
Each of the 4,500 currant buns fired into the crowd on Saturday evening was marked with a 90.
Organised by Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council, the last bun-throw was in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee.
The buns were thrown by council members into the crowds below who tried to catch them.
The Mayor, Councillor Alice Badcock, who started the event of by throwing the first bun, said: "Bun throwing is a major event for Abingdon.
"It does not take place every year and therefore people very much look forward to taking part when there is a royal event to celebrate."
Buns marked with the letters 'C' and 'W' were also thrown in 2011 to celebrate the Royal Wedding. | Thousands of people turned out to watch a bun throwing event in Abingdon to mark the Queen's 90th birthday. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36510593"} | 205 | 28 | 0.71839 | 1.76084 | 0.036459 | 1 | 8.380952 | 0.619048 |
The Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) sees it join foods such as Arbroath smokies and Stornoway black pudding in the assurance that consumers are buying a genuine product.
The company said it was "delighted".
Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said: "It's superb news that Orkney Scottish Island Cheddar now holds this protected status."
General manager Tim Deakin said Orkney Cheddar was produced with locally-sourced milk, and using a traditional recipe and process.
He said the techniques of those who created the cheese in 1946 had been passed down through the generations.
"The accreditation communicates to our consumers the uniqueness and heritage of Orkney Scottish Island Cheddar, which differs from other traditional cheddars," he said.
The Secretary of State for Scotland, Alistair Carmichael, said: "Orkney's cheese making industry has a long history and is regarded as a symbol of excellence. This news provides valuable protection for one of the island's most loved products." | Orkney Scottish Island Cheddar has been granted protected status by the European Union. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "25053082"} | 233 | 19 | 0.602941 | 1.336362 | -0.423289 | 1.714286 | 13.428571 | 0.714286 |
Its foreign affairs ministry spokesman Hua Chunying was responding to a BBC report which documented China's construction work in disputed waters.
The Philippines has accused China of illegal building in the area.
China is locked in a dispute with several countries over maritime claims in the South China Sea.
The BBC report by Rupert Wingfield-Hayes said China was building new islands on five different reefs.
He and his team documented Chinese work to dredge tonnes of rock and sand from the sea floor to pump into Johnson South reef in the Spratly islands, which are also claimed by Manila.
At a daily press briefing on Tuesday, Ms Hua was asked by the BBC why China was reclaiming land.
She responded: "We have answered this question many times before, and I suppose you must be fully aware of China's position."
Using the Chinese name for the Spratly islands, she added: "China asserts indisputable sovereignty over the Nansha Islands and the adjacent waters, and China's activities on relevant islands and reefs of the Nansha Islands fall entirely within China's sovereignty and are totally justifiable."
Asked whether the reclamation was for commercial or military use, Ms Hua replied that it was "mainly for the purpose of improving the working and living conditions of people stationed on these islands".
When the BBC pointed out that the land masses were new, Ms Hua declined to elaborate further, saying: "I have already answered your question."
The works appear to have been going on for months.
In May the Philippines released photos appearing to show Chinese land reclamation on Johnson South reef, saying China appeared to be building an airstrip.
Aside from the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan also have competing claims with China over various islands, reefs and shoals in the region.
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Malik is working on the NBC show, titled Boys, with TV producer Dick Wolf, the Hollywood Reporter said.
"Zayn certainly brings an authentic point of view to this world where kids are catapulted into fame at a dizzying speed," NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke said.
Malik, 23, left the globally successful boy band last year to go solo.
Boys will focus on the formation of a boy band which goes on to huge success, but also looks at the pressures it puts on the members.
It may draw on the experiences of One Direction, who formed on X Factor in 2010 and went on to achieve mass popularity and success plus a cluster of awards including six Brits.
Since going solo, Malik has had hits including Pillow Talk and Like I Would but has struggled with performing live, pulling out of a Dubai concert on Tuesday because of what he calls "extreme anxiety".
The singer, who will be one of the show's executive producers, said: "Dick Wolf is a legend and the opportunity to work with him and NBC to create a compelling drama series is awesome."
Writer and producer Wolf is most famous for the hugely successful and Emmy-winning Law & Order TV series.
However Simon Cowell, who signed One Direction after The X Factor, said he was disappointed Malik did not approach him with the idea first.
"I think he should have come to me with it, if I'm being honest with you," Cowell told Entertainment Tonight.
"I do actually believe that when they've got these ideas, bearing in mind where we started, they should actually come to me."
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Barrie McKay's superb 25-yard strike after 30 minutes opened the scoring but the hosts missed a string of chances.
Martyn Waghorn, Lee Wallace and debutant Lee Hodson all went close before Barton curled a free-kick just wide moments after his entrance.
Waghorn eventually made it 2-0 after 74 minutes from Hodson's through ball.
Kenny Miller then headed over late on from fellow substitute Harry Forrester's cross.
After opening their campaign with victory at Motherwell on Saturday, Rangers' win puts them top of Group F on goal difference, with Stranraer snatching two late goals to beat East Stirling 3-1 after winning at Annan in their opener.
As well as Barton, the Ibrox fans also got a first glimpse of fellow summer signings Matt Gilks, Clint Hill and the lively Hodson, while Josh Windass and Niko Kranjcar also started following their debuts at Fir Park.
Kranjcar's quality in midfield was obvious, but despite his probing the hosts had to wait half an hour to find the breakthrough.
It was worth the wait though as McKay cut in from the left and bent an unstoppable strike past a helpless Blair Currie.
The Annan goalkeeper had done better with two efforts from Hodson though, parrying the former Kilmarnock full-back's header from point-blank range before pushing away a long-range shot.
A slick combination move involving McKay, Waghorn and Lee Wallace should have produced a second goal early in the second half but the Ibrox skipper prodded his shot wide, while Kranjcar was denied by Currie's finger-tip save.
That was the Croatian's last involvement as Barton was introduced on the hour to huge cheers from a crowd of 31,628.
The 33-year-old almost made himself an instant hero with just his second touch, whipping a 20-yard free-kick just wide of the target.
Miller was foiled by another Currie save soon after but Waghorn, Rangers' top scorer last season with 28, bagged his second of the new campaign with a composed finish.
Rangers boss Mark Warburton: "It was a warm night and a good, physical work-out for us.
"We dominated possession but it's hard to play against teams who have 10 players behind the ball. What we have to do better is penetrate more."
Annan boss Jim Chapman: "We can't complain. It was a fantastic learning experience for my guys against such quality players."
Rangers: Gilks, Hodson, Hill, Kiernan, Wallace, Halliday, Windass, Kranjcar, O'Halloran, Waghorn, McKay. Subs: Foderingham, Tavernier, Wilson, Barton (for Windass, 60), Holt, Forrester (for Kranjcar, 60) Miller (for McKay, 60)
Annan: Currie, Black, Lucas, Krissian, Swinglehurst, Cuddihy, Omar, Robertson, McKenna, Wright, Ribeiro. Subs: Mitchell, Norman, Park, Watson, Dachnowicz, Asghar, Liddell.
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Photographer Richard Nicholson took a look inside that box, capturing those who have helped bring the silver screen to life.
"When I first stepped into a projection box, I was struck by the claustrophobic atmosphere," says Nicholson.
"It was a dark, cramped space, and, as the projector whirred into motion, it became increasingly hot and noisy.
"As I watched the projectionist wrestle with a giant spool of film, the scene reminded me of a railwayman shovelling coal into a locomotive."
Working with The Projection Project, Nicholson's pictures are accompanied by the thoughts of the projectionists, many of whom are experts on the history of cinema.
Nicholson usually works on a large-format film camera - but, paradoxically, for this project, he shot the images on a digital camera.
Following a test shoot, he realised he would require a vast amount of lighting to work on film, whereas a digital approach allowed him to use smaller flashguns to light the projection boxes.
With cinemas across the country still under threat from redevelopment and closure, it is perhaps the perfect time for this project.
"I think it's a wasted opportunity if you go to a cinema and it's just a blank screen, and no curtains, with some feeble lighting, and it just sort of starts," said projectionist Peter Howden.
"I remember going to the cinema and the lights would change colour and the organist would come up out of the floor. It's simple and it's effective and it would be a pity to lose that.
"I think it's part of the magic of going to the cinema. Putting on a show rather than just showing a film."
The projectionist is the final step between the film and the public. And, for many, that flickering light that pierces the darkness of the cinema is still magical.
"When I used to go to the cinema with my mother, I was never looking at the film, I was always looking to see where it came from," said projectionist Rachel Dukes.
"In those days everybody used to smoke. And so when the beam of light was coming down, you'd have these pretty patterns of the smoke in the light.
"I'd be looking at these patterns and my mother would tell me off because she's paid for the tickets to watch the film and I'm not watching it.
"I'm looking to see where it's coming from."
Thankfully, the smoky cinema is no more, but it will be a sad day if the remaining sites capable of projecting film shut the gates once and for all.
The Projectionists is part of the Flatpack Film Festival and can be seen at The Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 20-24 April 2016. | At the start of the decade, many of Britain's cinemas made the switch from analogue projection to digital, changing forever the role of those inside the projection box, with many films now projected by a computer. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36071726"} | 630 | 47 | 0.429741 | 1.224713 | 0.925254 | 1.02439 | 13.487805 | 0.682927 |
The 26-year-old has agreed a deal to the end of the season with the Silkmen.
Haworth joined Barrow in the summer of 2015 following a loan spell and made 16 appearances this season, including the 1-1 draw with Macclesfield in October.
The deal was not completed in time for Saturday's FA Trophy tie against Forest Green, but he could make his debut at Torquay United on 11 February. | Macclesfield Town have signed winger Andy Haworth following his release by National League rivals Barrow. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38858930"} | 93 | 25 | 0.626678 | 1.263435 | -0.672404 | 0.375 | 5.125 | 0.375 |
The bizarre plan was revealed in files published by the National Archives.
The novel idea came from a lecturer who warned that the British colony's 5.5 million inhabitants would need a home when it was returned to China in 1997.
It sparked some debate among officials, with one saying there were "real advantages" in taking it seriously.
Prof Christie Davies, an expert in the sociology of morality, censorship and humour at the University of Reading, suggested a new "city state" could be created in Magilligan, between Coleraine and Londonderry.
The move could revitalise the stagnant Northern Ireland economy, he said.
When details of his idea first appeared in the Belfast News Letter in October 1983, they caught the eye of George Fergusson, a junior official in the Northern Ireland Office.
He sent a memorandum to David Snoxell, a colleague in the Republic of Ireland Department of the Foreign Office, saying: "At this stage we see real advantages in taking the proposal seriously."
Among the benefits, he suggested, was that it would help convince the unionist population that the government in Westminster was truly committed to retaining Northern Ireland in the UK.
Mr Snoxell's reply suggested the conversation was not entirely serious.
"My initial reaction... is that the proposal could be useful to the extent that the arrival of 5.5 million Chinese in Northern Ireland may induce the indigenous peoples to forsake their homeland for a future elsewhere," he wrote.
"We should not underestimate the danger of this taking the form of a mass exodus of boat refugees in the direction of South East Asia."
A second Foreign Office official commented: "My mind will be boggling for the rest of the day."
But Mr Snoxell, now retired, revealed the exchange "was a spoof between colleagues who had a sense of humour".
"You can see it wasn't intended seriously," he said.
"Sadly, it's impossible to make jokes like this any more, the Diplomatic Service has lost its sense of humour.
"I think that's a shame because it's through humour that you build relationships, with other departments, with other diplomats at home and abroad."
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The pair have been given one-year contracts after trials at Sixfields.
Manager Aidy Boothroyd believes 6ft 1in Hooper, 19, has a lot to learn but does have genuine potential.
"JJ is a very talented individual, I expect him to be challenging for a first team place towards the end of the season," he told the club's website.
"We are giving him an opportunity to make a name for himself and to get his career going."
Deegan, 25, began his career in the Republic of Ireland playing for Shelbourne, Longford, Galway and Bohemians before joining Coventry City in 2010.
He scored five times in 43 appearances for the Sky Blues, but moved on to Hibernian in the summer of 2012, where he played 23 times before being released at the end of last season.
"Gary is a player with a good pedigree and I am pleased to have signed him," added Boothroyd.
"He will give us bite and aggression in the midfield and he is a good blend with the midfielders we already have here." | Northampton Town have signed former Newcastle United striker JJ Hooper and ex-Coventry City and Hibernian midfielder Gary Deegan. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "23449468"} | 243 | 36 | 0.444183 | 1.053213 | 0.457029 | 0.809524 | 10.142857 | 0.619048 |
The appeal has again been ruled "not admissible" by the court.
Liberia had requested the suspension and cancellation of the governing body's changes.
Cas once again said that it accepted Caf's contention that its own appeals procedure must be followed first.
The latest decision follows the ruling by Cas in November that Liberia had submitted their case too early.
At the time Liberia Football Association chief, Musa Bility said his body had chosen not to appeal to Caf, despite the court's instructions.
Cas has always maintained it is unable to get involved because it recognises Caf's own internal appeals procedure.
Liberia's concern is that any appeal would not be heard until Caf's General Assembly in March, the same meeting at which the presidential elections are due to be held.
The new amendment determined that only voting members of the Caf executive committee can run for the presidency - which prevented Jacques Anouma and Danny Jordaan from bidding for the role.
It effectively left the current president, Issa Hayatou, unchallenged for the job.
The Cameroonian, who is bidding for a new term that will keep him in power until 2017, has been in charge of African football's ruling body since 1987. | Liberia have failed in a second appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) over the Confederation of African Football's decision to change its rules on presidential elections. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "20959165"} | 285 | 43 | 0.674493 | 1.558636 | 0.066887 | 1.181818 | 7.121212 | 0.636364 |
The Prison Officers' Association (POA) said the move comes after recent assaults on staff, and said the jail was "flooded with drugs, mobile phones and weapons".
A recent inspection report sparked claims of "Dickensian squalor".
The Prison Service said all inmates would remain in their cells and there was "no danger to the wider public".
Mike Rolfe, of the Prison Officers' Association (POA), said about 50 staff were outside the prison.
Wormwood Scrubs, located in Hammersmith and Fulham, was built between 1875 and 1891. It is a Category B prison and holds around 1,200 men. | Staff at Wormwood Scrubs prison have walked out in a row over health and safety. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36225714"} | 144 | 23 | 0.610564 | 1.391874 | -0.310379 | 0.625 | 7.6875 | 0.5 |
Seonaid (Shona) Bacon was reported missing after she was last seen at about 12:20 in the Skelmanae area, near the A98 Fraserburgh to Banff road.
People living in the area have been asked to check garages and sheds.
She is described as 5ft 6in, with short, white hair. She was last seen wearing a white dressing gown, slippers and grey tracksuit bottoms.
Insp Kevin Goldie, of Police Scotland, said: "It is out of character for Seonaid to not be in touch with family or friends and as time goes by we are increasingly concerned for her well-being.
"We are asking residents in the local area to please check any outbuildings, garages or sheds for signs that someone may have sought shelter there.
"Searches are being carried out in the local area including the use of a search dog and the Police Scotland helicopter." | A police helicopter and search dog team have been involved in a search for a 52-year-old woman in Aberdeenshire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39482841"} | 205 | 28 | 0.578483 | 1.24449 | -0.587405 | 0.958333 | 7.208333 | 0.708333 |
Michael McDermott, 68, from Waterford, Ireland, was found guilty of trying to import over a tonne of cocaine, with a street value of about £80m.
Two other men, David Pleasants, 57, from Grimsby, and Gerald Van de Kooij, 27, from Amersfoort, Netherlands, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.
All three will be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court next month.
More on the cocaine court case and other news from Devon and Cornwall
Thirty-eight bales of cocaine were found hidden under bags of sand and gravel in the boat's fish hold, in what is believed to be the third biggest-ever haul of the drug in British waters.
The trawler was intercepted as it entered UK territorial waters off the coast of Cornwall and brought into Falmouth on 18 August 2016.
The Border Force had tracked the vessel for more than 24 hours, acting on intelligence from the National Crime Agency (NCA).
It is believed to have taken the drugs on board from another boat south of Ireland before turning back to the UK.
Both Pleasants and Van de Kooij admitted drug importing offences, but McDermott denied the charge, claiming he had been forced into shipping them.
Mark Harding, senior investigating officer from the NCA's border investigation team, described McDermott as "a crucial link in a chain that leads from cocaine manufacturers in South America to drug dealers in the UK".
"In stopping this consignment we have prevented further criminality by the gangs who bring violence and exploitation to our streets," he said.
Mike Stepney, director National Operations Border Force, said the prosecution of "this crooked captain and his criminal crew" underlined how close partnership work with the NCA was helping to keep UK communities safe. | The skipper of a fishing boat has been convicted of one of Britain's biggest-ever cocaine smuggling operations. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39285237"} | 405 | 30 | 0.519178 | 1.251026 | -0.255525 | 0.952381 | 16.285714 | 0.666667 |
The bill was drawn up by DUP MLA Paul Givan, after a Christian-run bakery faced legal action for refusing to bake a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan.
The clause would allow businesses to refuse to provide some services if they clash with their religious convictions.
A delegation led by the Bishop of Down and Connor met the DUP for talks.
After meeting Mr Givan and the DUP leader Peter Robinson at Stormont, the Catholic delegation said that any change to the law would have to be carefully defined, to prevent it from leading to spurious claims of religious conscience.
However, Bishop of Down and Connor Noel Treanor said politicians must accept there was a real problem that needs to be addressed.
He said it would be wrong to swap one form of discrimination for another.
The Catholic Church has concerns about the impact of anti-discrimination law on its adoption agency and, potentially, its marriage guidance service.
The row over the pro-gay marriage cake began last year, when Northern Ireland's Equality Commission said it would take legal action against Ashers bakery for refusing to accept a customer's order.
The family-run firm said fulfilling the order would have contravened the owners' strongly held Christian beliefs that marriage should be between a man and a woman.
Mr Givan is currently carrying out a consultation into a Private Member's Bill, but opponents have pledged to block the conscience clause bill if it ever gets to the Stormont chamber.
Sinn Féin said it had gathered enough support for a petition of concern, which means that the bill would need cross-community support and, therefore, would not pass into law.
Sinn Féin's 28 MLAs have pledged to sign the petition, as have the Green MLA Steven Agnew and NI21 MLA Basil McCrea.
This brought the potential petition to 30 signatures, which is the number needed to make it valid.
SDLP MLA Alex Attwood said that if the bill was ever tabled in the assembly, his party would also take part in a petition of concern.
An Alliance Party spokesperson said: "When the bill is tabled, Alliance MLAs will vote against the so-called 'conscience clause', due to the flawed nature of the proposal and we believe there is a very good chance it could be defeated on a straight vote, without any special measures such as a petition of concern."
Mr Givan said that "Christians do not feel there is space being made for their religious beliefs".
"The issue at stake is when you're asked to produce a particular service," he said.
"It's about the message you're being asked to endorse, not the messenger who's asking for it. Say someone comes in and asks for a cake saying 'I support gay marriage' - that's a direct form of communication you're asking this Christian-owned company to produce and they don't want to be forced to do that.
"I don't think that's unreasonable, I think that's tolerant and if we live in a pluralist, liberal society we need to make space for difference."
Mr Givan's bill aims to create a legal exemption on grounds of strongly held religious beliefs.
Last month, more than 1,000 people gathered at Belfast's City Hall to protest against the bill.
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A future Labour government would introduce a three-year cap on structural spending, including housing benefits, from 2015-6, its leader said.
He also said those in work for under five years may not be eligible for some jobless benefits while those who had worked for longer should get more help.
The Conservatives said the "vacuous" plan would not bring down costs.
In a speech in east London, Mr Miliband announced a series of changes to Labour policy:
The Labour leader said the government's "short-term" approach was failing and history showed that cutting individual benefits alone would not reduce the overall cost of social security.
Instead, Labour would tackle the "underlying causes" of rising welfare costs, such as unemployment, low pay and high rents.
By Nick RobinsonPolitical editor
"The next Labour government will have less money to spend. If we are going to turn our economy around, protect our NHS, and build a stronger country we will have to be laser focused on how we spend every single pound.
"Social security spending, vital as it is, cannot be exempt from that discipline."
He said Labour, if elected, would introduce a cap on "structural spending" - such as housing benefit and disability allowances - for three years from 2015-16 to deal with the long-term pressures on welfare budgets.
The idea of a cap - which would not affect parts of the welfare budget affected by changes in unemployment - was suggested by Conservative Chancellor George Osborne in March's Budget.
Mr Miliband did not give an overall figure for the cap, saying it would have to be set at a "sensible" level, but argued that it would help "to control costs" and introduce "greater discipline".
He said the country could not afford to continue paying billions on housing benefit when there was a chronic shortage of new homes being built.
A future Labour government would give councils the power to negotiate with landlords on tenants' behalf over rents and keep any savings they make to invest in building new homes.
"This government talks a lot about getting housing benefit under control," he said. "But let me be clear: any attempt to control housing benefit costs which fails to build more homes is destined to fail."
Mr Miliband also outlined plans to cut long-term unemployment and encourage employers to pay a "living wage", keeping the costs of in-work benefits down, as well as increasing opportunities for disabled people.
Welfare could not be "a substitute for good jobs and decent employment", he said.
The Labour leader said people's faith in the welfare system has been "shaken" by the appearance that a minority of people were getting "something for nothing and other people nothing for something."
He pledged to restore the "contributory principle" to jobseeker's allowance, so that only people who have paid in "for significantly longer" than the current minimum of two years will be eligible.
The party, he said, will look at whether to give more than the current £71-a-week rate to those who have contributed longest, as this was not "a proper recognition of how much somebody who has worked for many decades has paid into the system".
The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said Labour believed they could reduce the benefits bill by getting more people into work, getting employers to pay higher wages and reforming the private rental market.
In that sense, he added, it did not mark a fundamental change in approach since Labour were not yet spelling out what benefits they would cut and who would get less.
Earlier this week, shadow chancellor Ed Balls said the party would end winter fuel payments for pensioners on high and top-level income tax rates, but this is only likely to raise £100m.
Labour MP Frank Field, a critic of the party's welfare policies in the past, said the speech was a move in the right direction but more must be done to allay public perceptions there was a "something for nothing" culture in the system.
"There's a difference between putting a cash ceiling, which will be difficult to operate in some areas of welfare expenditure, and dealing with what is the main criticism of voters," he said.
But speaking on his weekly phone-in on LBC 97.3 FM, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said Labour had spent the last three years "vilifying" coalition benefit changes but had now "flip-flopped" to support them.
And Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps called the speech "completely empty".
He added: "Ed Miliband is too weak to deliver the tough decisions on welfare hard working people rightly want to see. His plans would actually increase welfare spending, and mean more borrowing and more debt."
The government is introducing a £26,000 annual cap on total benefits that can be paid to a single family, which it says means no-one on state support will get more than the average annual income.
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Audience Council Wales said there had been "no improvement" after its concern in 2014 at the "diminishing budget" for programmes reflecting Welsh life.
The comments appear in the the BBC Trust's Wales annual review.
BBC Cymru Wales director Rhodri Talfan Davies said a public debate during charter renewal was important.
About 900,000 people tuned into BBC Wales TV for at least 15 minutes each week.
This was a fall of 70,000 on the previous year, according to BBC Wales' management review for 2014/15, which was also published.
Despite the overall decline in audience figures, more than 800,000 viewers and listeners tuned into the BBC's coverage of the Dylan Thomas centenary.
BBC Wales Today remained the most popular English language programme, with an average of 293,000 viewers at 6.30pm, while Pobol y Cwm was the BBC's most popular programme on S4C with an average of 58,000 viewers
There was a fall in the BBC's audiences on S4C, with a weekly 15-minute reach of 131,000 viewers. The figure for 2013/14 was 155,000.
Digital growth in its Welsh language output saw its online services attract 89,000 weekly browsers during 2014/15, compared to 40,000 in 2013/14.
But there was a fall in the number of online visitors to its English language pages, with 3.48m weekly unique browsers in 2014/15 compared to 3.65m in 2013/14.
ACW scrutinises output on behalf of the corporation's governing body, the BBC Trust.
Mr Talfan Davies said it was "important" there was a public debate about the BBC's programming during the forthcoming review of the BBC's charter.
He identified four priorities as the process of charter review begins:
Reflecting on the past year, he added: "More than 800,000 people in Wales - and many millions across the UK - turned to BBC Wales for an extraordinary celebration of Dylan Thomas' life and work.
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They were described as "virtual incendiary" devices which were a danger to people, farm animals, wildlife and property.
After agreeing the ban, the council's cabinet expressed a desire for lanterns to be banned across Wales.
Powys is the 14th Welsh local authority to ban their use on its property.
Cabinet member for environment and sustainability John Powell said there is "widespread concern" about the impact of Chinese lanterns.
"They are a virtual incendiary device consisting of a candle or a fuel cell filled with paraffin wax suspended inside a frame, capable of reaching heights of 1,000 metres (3,280 ft) and drifting for miles," he said.
Mr Powell added they are a fire hazard. | Releasing sky lanterns from all council-owned and managed property in Powys has been banned. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34593151"} | 171 | 24 | 0.61149 | 1.381223 | -0.095284 | 0.411765 | 8.117647 | 0.411765 |
Prof Dame Sally Davies says in her annual report that the NHS must deliver her "genomic dream" within five years.
Over 31,000 NHS patients, including some with cancer, have already had their entire genetic code sequenced.
Dame Sally wants whole genome sequencing (WGS) to become as standard as blood tests and biopsies.
Humans have about 20,000 genes - bits of DNA code or instructions that control how our bodies works.
Tiny errors in this code can lead to cancer and other illnesses.
Sometimes these mistakes are inherited from a parent, but most of the time they happen in previously healthy cells.
WGS - which costs about £700 - can reveal these errors by comparing tumour and normal DNA samples from the patient.
Dame Sally says that in about two-thirds of cases, this information can then improve their diagnosis and care.
Doctors can tailor treatments to the individual, picking the drugs mostly likely to be effective.
And WGS can also show which patients are unlikely to benefit, so they can avoid having unnecessary drugs and unpleasant side-effects.
Dame Sally wants DNA testing to become standard across cancer care, as well as some other areas of medicine, including rare diseases and infections.
"I want the NHS across the whole breadth to be offering genomic medicine - that means diagnosis of our genes - to patients where they can possibly benefit," her report says.
People with rare diseases could benefit from having greater access to the technology, speeding up diagnosis.
Doctors are already using genetic tests to identify and better treat different strains of the infectious disease tuberculosis.
Dame Sally said patients could be assured that their genetic data would be stored securely and "de-identified" so that their privacy would be protected.
Over 10 years ago, international scientists reached a breakthrough in DNA work - sequencing the entire genetic blueprint of man. The Human Genome Project meant experts now had a catalogue of DNA code to explore and refer to.
They began to understand which genes controlled which processes in the body and how these could go wrong.
Doctors then started to "read" a patient's DNA to get a better idea of what might be causing their symptoms and how best to treat their illness.
Genomic medicine - tailoring care based on an individual's unique genetic code - is now transforming the way people are cared for by the NHS.
Genes can predict if a woman with breast cancer might respond to certain drugs, or whether radiotherapy is likely to shrink a tumour, for example.
Currently, genetic testing of NHS patients in England is done at 25 regional laboratories, as well as some other small centres.
Dame Sally wants to centralise the service and set up a national network to ensure equal access to the testing across the country.
A new National Genomics Board would be set up, chaired by a minister, to oversee the expansion and development of genomic services.
Dame Sally told BBC Breakfast that a lot of money was being spent because it was currently operating like a "cottage industry".
By having centralised laboratories, more could be done with the money, including keeping up with the latest technology, she said.
She said one hurdle could be doctors themselves, who "don't like change", and she urged cancer service patients to press their doctors to move from a local to a national service.
She also said patients must understand they needed to allow use of their data, alongside other data, in order to get the best diagnosis, and therefore the best treatment.
Phil Booth, from campaigning organisation, MedConfidential, said this move had "huge potential" for patients and the NHS, but there were "great risks with large collections of sensitive data".
"Every single use of patient data must be consensual, safe and transparent," he told BBC Radio Four's Today programme, and patients should be able to opt-out if they so wish.
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Naweed Ali, Khobaib Hussain and Mohibur Rahman pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in 2012.
They and a fourth man, Tahir Aziz, deny preparing for acts of terrorism between 25 May and 27 August 2016.
The judge warned the Old Bailey jury not to let last Wednesday's Westminster terror attack influence their decision.
Naweed Ali, 29, Khobaib Hussain, 25, both of Birmingham, Mohibur Rahman, 32 and Tahir Aziz, 38, both of Stoke-on-Trent were arrested last August in the West Midlands.
Police seized a meat cleaver, a long sword and a partly-built pipe bomb.
The Arabic word for "infidel" was scratched onto the blade of the cleaver.
The court heard how in 2012, Mr Ali and Mr Hussain had travelled to Pakistan intending to train for terrorism and Mr Rahman had admitted possessing copies of a terrorist article.
In both of the cases the men had been under surveillance.
Mr Justice Globe said "no one is suggesting that these defendants on trial before you are in any way connected to any of the events of last Wednesday or the person responsible or to any of his associates."
The men were arrested as part of an operation involving the security services and undercover police officers.
The court heard that on 26 August 2016, Mr Ali arrived for his first shift at a company called Heroes Couriers in Birmingham, not knowing that his new boss Vincent was actually an undercover police officer.
Mr Hussain had already started working for Vincent a few week earlier.
When Mr Ali went out on a delivery, officers searched the Seat Leon in which he had arrived for work and found the partly constructed pipe bomb and machete.
He said the weapons were nothing to do with him and denied conversations with his co-accused were about planning an attack.
Mr Aziz's Ford Fiesta was also searched on the same day and a Samurai sword was found by the driver's seat, the jury heard.
Police examined the defendants' phones and computers allegedly revealed they held extremist views.
They found Mr Rahman had made computer searches for "liquid bomb plot" and Mr Aziz's phone contained partly deleted files with instructions on how to make home-made poisons and bombs.
Gareth Patterson, prosecuting, told jurors the evidence showed that the planned attack in the UK was "imminent".
He told the court it was not necessary to identify which people were to be attacked or when or where it was to happen, "although clearly it would be in the UK".
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The figure is worked out by assessing the value of agricultural output and subsidies and subtracting the cost of production and finance.
The profit was less than the total value of subsidies, which were £236m.
Total turnover fell 9% to £1.74bn while input costs were down by 4% to £1.39bn.
The output value of the dairy sector was down by 27% to £480m, reflecting persistently low milk prices.
The output value of cattle was marginally higher at £394m.
While the number of animals slaughtered fell by 2%, this was more than offset by a 9kg increase in the average carcase weight.
Output values for sheep meat, pork and poultry were all down due to lower farm-gate prices.
The only bright spots were in the increased output values of eggs, mushrooms and flowers
The Department for Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has forecast that at the individual farm level profits are likely to be down by 46% in 2015/16.
The average farm profit was £24,942 in 2014/15 and is expected to drop to an average of £13,451 in 2015/16.
A spokesperson for the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said: "Without subsidies in 2015 market receipts would not have covered all costs (including consumption of fixed capital and depreciation costs).
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Gabe McGeown, from the Glenavy Conservation and District Angling Club, said he received a report that slurry had been dumped in the river on Thursday.
He said the club had restocked the river with 900 fish in April.
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The inside right from Treorchy in south Wales won seven caps for his country and played professionally for Norwich City, Birmingham City and Port Vale.
Kinsey scored in the 1956 FA Cup final for Birmingham as the Blues lost 3-1 to Manchester City.
The match is best remembered for the bravery of Manchester City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, who played on with a broken neck suffered in a collision.
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Ms Villiers said it would be a legal requirement.
She said she remained "hopeful" that the political parties could "resolve this issue".
The Alliance Party have been offered the justice ministry but have yet to decide whether to join the executive.
The party's ruling council is due to meet on Thursday to decide whether or not to do so.
Ms Villiers said she "very much" hoped that the Alliance Party would form part of the executive.
"I think David Ford has done an excellent job as justice minister and I'm sure one of his party colleagues would carry on with that excellent record if the Alliance chose to go into government," she said.
"I think they've played a very positive role in the executive over many years.
"I think it would be a pity if they were not part of the government, not least because it would make the executive less inclusive, so, certainly, when I saw the Alliance a couple of days ago I was warmly encouraging them to get involved.
"Yes, it's often tough on smaller parties in coalitions, but I believe that they will play a really positive influence as part of the executive if they take up the justice minister post."
Earlier, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said the ministers of the new Northern Ireland Executive would be appointed next Wednesday.
The SDLP has yet to say whether it will join the executive.
The Ulster Unionists have already said they will enter opposition.
The majority of the posts in the executive will be filled by ministers from the DUP and Sinn Féin.
In 5 May's election, the DUP maintained the 38 seats it held in the last assembly, while Sinn Féin lost one and now holds 28.
The Ulster Unionists have 16 seats, while the SDLP have 12.
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Some have staged sit-ins, gone on hunger strike or even threatened to kill themselves if they are not allowed to cross the Channel.
An estimated 2.1 million people have so far fled the fighting in Syria.
The UN says more than 100,000 people have died so far in the civil war, which has been raging for more than two and a half years.
Ahmed and Ali told BBC Radio 5 live why they wanted to come to Britain: "Britain would provide us with shelter. France gives us nothing.
"Britain will give you a house straight away."
When asked how he knew that, Ahmed said: "We know. Our friend is there, lives there, we get phone calls."
Did he know people who have done that already?
"Yeah, a lot of people - they've crossed that border by the lorry."
The deputy mayor of Calais, Philippe Mignonet, speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire programme, said Britain was a target for Syrian refugees because it was regarded as a "paradise" for people trying to start new lives.
"The only thing they want is not to stay in France but to go to England - it's because of the mafia.
"In their original countries those people are saying if you go to England you will have everything - you will have a house, you will have money, you will have a job, your family will be able to join you. Right or wrong, it is what is said.
"We have now in Europe to understand that and to fight against those mafias."
He says mafia gangs are operating in his town and charge more than £10,000 (11,800 euros) per person to smuggle someone into Europe.
Mr Mignonet called for more support from the EU in dealing with the problem.
Richard Ashworth, the leader of Conservative MEPs, told 5 live: "If the mayor of Calais has evidence of such criminal gangs operating in his jurisdiction he should ensure they are investigated, rooted out and prosecuted will the full force of the law.
"Criminality is criminality wherever it happens."
( Source UNHCR)
He added: "What he should not seek to do is pass his problem on to the UK by seeking financial help just because some immigrants in Calais happen to say their intention was to head for Britain."
France is one of 12 countries in Europe that have agreed to offer a limited number of Syrians the right to resettle.
The group in Calais have been told by French officials they would be able to claim asylum in France, with a 95% chance of success. Most, though, still seem determined to cross the Channel and are angry at how they have been treated in France.
Last week, two men threatened to jump from the roof of the Port of Calais departure lounge unless a representative from the British government went to speak to them and granted them refuge in the UK.
They were eventually talked down. They remain in the town and line up daily for food near the port exit.
The European Commission says it expects the number of refugees to increase. About 50,000 have so far asked for protection from European countries, the majority in Germany and Sweden.
Michele Cercone, the commission's home affairs spokesman, has called for other countries to help.
He said: "With a crisis of this magnitude, and the possibility of a prolonged refugee situation, we need to face the situation in the spirit of solidarity. When the pressure is too high on the reception systems of some of our member states, those countries less exposed should be able to step in and support."
A Home Office spokesman told 5 live there were no plans to resettle or provide temporary protection to Syrians entering the UK, and added: "Legal and illegal migration in France is the responsibility of the French authorities."
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There was plenty of talk from the leader and his supporters ahead of the result of "coming together" after a second bruising campaign.
He even provided proof on BBC TV that he was growing a diminutive olive tree outside his office - the presumed purpose of which is to break off a branch and proffer it to his internal opponents.
But some of the MPs who voted for a motion of no confidence in him believe that those around the leader will only sue for peace on their terms.
Jeremy Corbyn - with a strong interest in the politics of the Middle East - will be familiar with the speech of the late PLO leader Yasser Arafaf to the UN general assembly in 1974 when he said he came bearing an olive branch in one hand and a freedom fighter's gun in the other.
Arafat beseeched the UN "don't let the olive branch fall from my hand".
One former frontbencher welcomed Jeremy Corbyn's pledge to "wipe the slate clean" following his re-election but said that if he continued to criticise the leadership then he fully expected them to "unleash the dogs of war".
And he is not the only one expecting to be mauled.
He believes Momentum - the group set up by veteran leftwinger Jon Lansman - is likely to pursue a strategy of deselection of anti-Corbyn MPs.
"Jeremy will stay above it all, of course, adopting his 'see no evil' approach. He will say it's just a matter of local Labour parties taking individual democratic decisions. The boundary changes will unlock the whole process."
Of course, motivated by loyalty to their party - or in some cases by personal ambition - some of the 172 MPs who voted for no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn at the start of the summer will - as the sun sets on Owen Smith's challenge - sue for peace and signal their willingness to serve on the frontbench.
But just how many will do so depends on what decision Labour's ruling national executive comes to on holding elections to the shadow cabinet - discussions were set to resume within hours of the leadership election result.
If MPs were to be permitted to elect most of the members of the top team rather than the leader choosing the whole lot, then some who are still sceptical of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership could return - arguing they are putting party before personalities, and are answerable to their parliamentary peers.
If Jeremy Corbyn doesn't go along with this and allows instead the increasingly left-wing membership to choose many of his frontbenchers, then he might find it difficult to put together a broad-based team.
But I have been told that some who have been vocally critical of their leader would return even if appointed rather than via shadow cabinet elections. However some want more freedom to question their leader and guarantees they won't be deselected.
Informal soundings have taken place and if a concordat is reached, this may be enough to ensure there is a functioning shadow cabinet. But some of the more junior shadow roles may remain unoccupied.
It is a measure of how deep divisions run in Labour that one MP denounced colleagues considering a return to the front rank as "collaborators".
As for the other Corbyn-sceptics, they are likely to fall in to three broad - and not mutually exclusive - categories.
One group are worried about what is being termed the "Corbyn cushion". Although Labour's record in local government by-elections suggest that the party is holding on to most of its seats, there have been ten losses since May - and three of the most recent to the Lib Dems.
This, along with Labour's deficit in the national polls, has lead some MPs to believe that only big majorities will cushion them for what they believe will be Corbyn's continued unpopularity.
So those with marginal seats will spend more time there than at Westminster and certainly won't take on the distraction of a front bench job.
"It's not like it would lead to a ministerial job anyway so what's the point," one confided - and those fearing deselection will also be spending more time in their constituencies.
Then there is a group who are already thinking about standing down, or expect to be defeated and will be putting out feelers for a post-politics career.
But there are also those who are bloody minded and will stay and openly fight Jeremy Corbyn. One of them said "we will be just like the Campaign group" - the left-wing faction to which Jeremy Corbyn belonged under Tony Blair - slagging off the leader.
"But as I won't vote with the Tories, I think I will be hard pressed to be able to rebel against my own party the hundreds of times that Jeremy Corbyn did," they said.
Some in this group have even been subtly sounded out as to whether they would continue to take the Labour whip in the event of Jeremy Corbyn's re-election.
The answer, so far, is yes because while tensions in Labour will stretch unity to the verge of breaking point the party - for now at least - is unlikely to split.
Both sides see that as mutually assured destruction and even Labour MPs who - unlike the leader - back Trident, aren't ready to press the nuclear button when it comes to their own party.
The former frontbencher Chris Bryant set out at length on Facebook why he wouldn't return to the shadow cabinet but he also pointed out that the British electoral system "punishes" parties which split.
Progress, the modernising - or 'Blairite' depending on your point of view - group is also calling on its activists to remain within the Labour Party.
It's possible this will embolden Jeremy Corbyn to further change his party and its policies.
When I spoke to him just before his first leadership victory last year I asked him what lessons he had learned from his election to Parliament in 1983, when Labour went down to a disastrous defeat under Michael Foot.
He told me: "It taught me the formation of the SDP was catastrophic to the election chances of Labour.
'The Conservative so-called triumph in 1983 owed more to the division of the opposition vote than a move to the left."
He certainly didn't share Gerald Kaufman's analysis that the anti-nuclear weapons and anti-EU manifesto was "the longest suicide note in history".
His close political ally Tony Benn hailed Labour's 1983 performance as achieving "eight million votes for socialism".
So - free from the threat of another SDP-style split - it is possible that Jeremy Corbyn will resurrect Labour's defence review and while unilateral disarmament isn't on the agenda at this year's conference it could feature next year.
A review of Labour Party democracy is also promised - and it is possible that Jeremy Corbyn could leave an important legacy for those on the left of the party.
If he reduces MPs' role in nominating the next leader - for example requiring them to have just 5% support before going to a members' ballot - he may feel he has made the leadership safe for a left-wing successor.
He is likely to reject his deputy Tom Watson's suggestion of a "electoral college" giving more say to MPs and the abolition of the cut-price registered supporters' scheme. Many of those supporters backed him.
And he is almost certainly going to open up more policy proposals to online consultation with the burgeoning membership. But he is likely to receive competing advice over how far and how fast he should change his party.
Even Tony Blair's close friend and former shadow justice secretary Lord Falconer accepts that Labour is now 'an anti-austerity party' and some of Jeremy Corbyn's allies want him to bank this and consolidate.
As one leading supporter said "he was only supposed to blow the doors off".
This week in Liverpool, Momentum are holding their own series of events under the slogan "the world transformed".
Jeremy Corbyn will be urged to continue to transform Labour too from a conventional parliamentary party to a genuine social movement battling for change at Westminster but also beyond it.
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Vettel's first win since the Singapore GP in September 2015 was final proof Mercedes' domination is over after the introduction of faster cars.
Hamilton started in pole but Vettel had an advantage on pace and tyre wear.
The German pressured Mercedes into an early pit stop and benefited when Hamilton was held up by Max Verstappen.
Ferrari were simply quicker in Melbourne and the world champions were forced into a position where they had to make a decision that did not work out.
Mercedes were telling Hamilton he needed to up his pace to build a gap before his pit stop. The Briton was complaining his tyres were going off and he had no more pace.
Mercedes had the choice of leaving him out and risking Vettel passing him by and stopping earlier, or bringing him in and hoping Red Bull's Verstappen would stop soon afterwards or that Hamilton could pass him.
Hamilton returned to the track 1.7 seconds behind Verstappen. He soon caught him and was told by his engineer Peter Bonnington: "This is race-critical - you need to pass Verstappen."
Hamilton replied: "I don't know how you expect me to do that."
Sure enough, Hamilton was quickly on Verstappen's tail but could not pass for four laps.
Vettel stopped on lap 23 and rejoined right in front of the Red Bull and Hamilton, fended off Verstappen's challenge into Turn Three and disappeared off into the distance.
By the time Verstappen stopped himself on lap 25, Vettel was nearly six seconds up the road.
Hamilton could keep pace but no more, and found himself being caught by team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who had struggled in the first stint, dropping back 10 seconds in 17 laps, but closed in on the former world champion in the second stint to finish just 1.2 seconds behind. This was because Mercedes had turned down Hamilton's engine once they realised he was not going to catch Vettel.
Ferrari's pace was not exactly unexpected - the red cars had looked competitive in pre-season testing and Vettel qualified less than 0.3 seconds behind Hamilton.
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff said on Saturday evening that his team faced "a hell of a fight" this season - and they are right in it following Vettel's imposing victory.
Mercedes accepted that the Ferrari was simply a faster race car on Sunday - something that was clear from Vettel's ability to stick close to Hamilton in the opening laps despite the turbulent air from the Mercedes costing him aerodynamic downforce.
The leaders might have made only one pit stop, which some might not like, but the intensity of the fights created by cars that test drivers to their limits for the first time in years made for a compelling afternoon.
However, the suggestion from this race is that a corollary of the quicker cars may well be that racing is harder.
As FIA president Jean Todt said before the race in a media briefing, this may have been a price the sport had to pay to return it to a position closer to its essence than the tyre-managing era of the previous six years.
Home hero Daniel Ricciardo had a turbulent afternoon. The Australian's Red Bull stopped on the way to the grid.
It was returned and Red Bull were able to get it going again, but not before the race was two laps old.
Ricciardo was sent back out and told "to have some fun" but the car stopped for good after about 30 laps.
Britain's Jolyon Palmer also had a difficult weekend, starting from the back after a troubled qualifying and suffering brake problems before an early retirement.
Fernando Alonso looked poised to rescue a surprise point for a McLaren-Honda team that came to the race in disarray after reliability and performance problems with the Japanese company's engine.
But while running in 10th place and holding off Force India's Esteban Ocon, which had been behind for a long period, the Spaniard's car suffered what he suspected was a suspension problem.
He was passed by Ocon and Renault's Nico Hulkenberg in one go and then was told to retire the car.
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15 March 2016 Last updated at 16:32 GMT
Researchers have been working on the Tugbots for months, but have just recently focused on making them work as a team to maximise the power they can exert.
Six of the bots - weighing less than 100g (0.22lb) in total - exerted a force of 200 Newtons, which was enough to pull the 1,800kg (220lb) vehicle. | A team of tiny robot ants that can work together to pull thousands of times its own weight has been developed at Stanford University. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35810224"} | 95 | 27 | 0.483043 | 1.042072 | -0.017781 | 0.6 | 3.12 | 0.44 |
The point to extend the Robins' unbeaten run to four games leaves them 22nd in the table, but moves them to within two points of safety after Bury were beaten by Rochdale on Thursday.
Wimbledon's Tom Soares could have seen red in the 24th minute after his high boot forced John Goddard off the pitch with blood pouring from his head.
The Dons should have taken the lead in the 30th minute when Tyrone Barnett was gifted a chance but he scuffed his effort into the hands of Lawrence Vigouroux.
Goddard returned shortly afterwards and almost gave the home side the lead when his curling shot from outside the area forced Joe McDonnell into a fingertip save.
Swindon's Bradley Barry tried his luck from long range in the 77th minute, but his stinging shot went just over the crossbar.
Jake Reeves almost won it in the final moments for the Dons when he broke free on goal but he fired his effort straight at Vigouroux.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Swindon Town 0, AFC Wimbledon 0.
Second Half ends, Swindon Town 0, AFC Wimbledon 0.
Jonathan Obika (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dannie Bulman (AFC Wimbledon).
Bradley Barry (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sean Kelly (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt missed. Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Lawrence Vigouroux.
Attempt saved. Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Alfie Egan replaces George Francomb.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Bradley Barry.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Paul Robinson.
Jonathan Obika (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Dean Parrett replaces Tom Soares.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Andy Barcham replaces Tyrone Barnett.
Attempt blocked. Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Fankaty Dabo (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt missed. Bradley Barry (Swindon Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Raphael Rossi Branco (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Sean Kelly (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, Swindon Town. Luke Norris replaces Charlie Colkett.
Foul by Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town).
Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Hand ball by Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town).
Bradley Barry (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Foul by Rohan Ince (Swindon Town).
Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Ben Gladwin.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Dion Conroy.
Attempt blocked. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Dion Conroy.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Swindon Town. Ben Gladwin replaces John Goddard.
Delay in match Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) because of an injury.
Foul by Rohan Ince (Swindon Town).
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It shows that acorns are ripening 13 days earlier, while rowan berries are ready to eat nearly a month earlier.
Experts warn that one consequence could be that animals' food reserves would become depleted earlier in the winter.
The findings were published by Nature's Calendar, a data collection network co-ordinated by the Woodland Trust.
"Some of the changes are really quite big and quite surprising," explained Tim Sparks, the trust's nature adviser.
"This caused me to go back and look at the data again to make sure it was valid because even I did not believe it initially."
Prof Sparks said Nature's Calendar, formerly known as the UK Phenology Network, was established in 1998 to collect spring-time information.
"But the gap in data was in the autumn So, since about 2000, the scheme has also been collecting data on things such as fruit ripening dates, leaf colour change and fall dates, and the last birds seen," he told BBC News.
"We now have 10 years worth of data that can look at and identify changes.
"In terms of looking at the fruit-ripening dates and the thing that came out was that they all seem to have steadily advanced over the past decade."
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Prof Sparks, from Coventry University, observed: "Rowan was the big one as it seemed to have advanced by nearly a month over the course of a decade."
He added that it was still uncertain what the ecological consequences of the advances would mean.
"Anything that changes out of synchronicity is likely to cause disruption," he said.
"What the actual consequences will be is slightly harder to work out. In this particular case, if all of this fruit is ripe earlier, and if all the mammals and birds are eating it earlier, what are they going to be feeding on during the rest of the winter?
"In terms of feeding birds, you have big flocks of thrushes coming down from Scandinavia and feeding on berry crops in Britain, and they tend to do that after they have exhausted the supply of berries in Scandinavia.
"You get these periods when hedges are being stripped bare, but the birds are going to have to do that earlier because that is when the fruit is ripe."
Although phenological records have shown that the arrival of spring is also advancing, Prof Sparks said it was "still a bit of a mystery" why the ripe-fruit dates had advanced over the past decade.
He suggested: "There is a very strong correlation between these ripening dates and April temperatures, and that might be a result of flowering dates - it might just be that warmer springs result in earlier flowering dates, and subsequently result in earlier ripening.
"But it might be a result of more sunshine; longer, warmer summers and therefore earlier ripening.
"So the exact mechanisms really are still a bit of a mystery. We know it is happening, but we are uncertain why."
Nature's Calendar is a web-based observations network and is a partnership between the Woodland Trust and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
To date, it has more than 60,000 registered recorders across the UK that observe signs of seasonal changes in the natural environment.
The trust is calling on the public to plant a million native trees in gardens as part of its "Jubilee Woods" project.
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Calls for extra money for the service are intensifying after the latest figures showed the deficit growing as performance deteriorates.
Halfway through the 2014-15 financial year the service's deficit had reached £630m - up from £500m a few months ago.
It comes as targets are being breached for A&E, hospital operations and cancer treatment.
In a briefing document, the King's Fund said the levels of deficits - revealed in official NHS board papers - were "unprecedented" and showed financial distress had become "endemic".
It follows an indication by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg that he expected extra money for the health service to be part of next week's autumn statement from Chancellor George Osborne.
The NHS budget, which currently stands at £113bn, has been increasing in real terms over the course of this parliament by an average 0.7% a year. Next year it will rise to £115bn - but the think-tank said it still needed another £2bn.
But the King's Fund said increasing demand combined with the need to invest in extra staff after the Stafford Hospital scandal had pushed many parts of the NHS - particularly hospitals - into the red.
It comes after almost a decade of surpluses in the health service was brought to a halt in 2013-14 by a £100m deficit.
But that now looks set to be dwarfed by the debts mounting this year.
While the second half of the financial year tends to be better than the first, most forecasts are not predicting a significant improvement in fortunes.
King's Fund chief executive Chris Ham said: "There is scope to improve productivity in the NHS, but this will not be enough to respond to unprecedented pressures on budgets and meet rising demand for services.
"Unless more money is found a financial crisis is inevitable next year and patients will bear the cost as waiting times rise and quality of care deteriorates."
The warning comes just weeks after the government announced a total of £700m will be pumped into the system to help it cope this winter.
The four-hour waiting time target has been missed almost on a weekly basis since the summer with performance at its lowest level for this time of year for a decade.
Howard Catton, of the Royal College of Nursing, said one of the key issues to tackle was the "runaway spending on agency staff".
The board papers issued by the two regulators in the health service - Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority - highlighted this as a problem.
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He was held in connection with an incident at William Perkin Church of England High School in Greenford, west London, which happened on 28 June.
The teenager was released on bail until late July, police said.
Karanbir Cheema died on Sunday, almost two weeks after collapsing.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place on Wednesday.
Alice Hudson, executive head teacher of Twyford Academy Trust, said: "Karanbir Cheema (known as Karan) was a popular Year 8 student at the school. He had many friends who are devastated at his death, as are the staff.
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This figure has risen by 2.5m from the 6.8m total the UN gave in September.
The Syria crisis "continues to deteriorate rapidly and inexorably", Ms Amos told the UN Security Council.
Meanwhile, UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is due to hold talks with US and Russian diplomats aimed at paving the way for a Syria peace conference.
In Geneva, Mr Brahimi will also meet representatives from the rest of the UN Security Council and Syria's neighbours ahead of the conference planned for later this month.
The Syrian government and opposition groups disagree over how the formal negotiations should be structured: the opposition demands that President Bashar al-Assad should resign, while Damascus says there should be no pre-conditions.
In a separate development, Damascus announced a nationwide vaccination campaign to immunise every Syrian child against polio, measles, mumps and rubella, even in rebel-held territories.
This comes weeks after cases of polio were confirmed in the country for the first time in 14 years.
Baroness Amos said the UN Security Council "should put its full political weight with both the regime and opposition parties" to ensure access for humanitarian workers.
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The baroness "continues to press the council for their help and influence over those parties who can ensure the protection of civilians and civilian facilities; the safe passage of medical personnel and supplies; the safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance," her spokeswoman Amanda Pitt said.
More than half of those in need are people living in Syria displaced by conflict, a total of 6.5m, up from 4.25m internally displaced people in June.
Last month, the UN Security Council expressed alarm at the "rapid deterioration" of the humanitarian situation in Syria and demanded immediate access for aid.
It followed a resolution on eliminating Syria's chemical weapons.
The UN says the number of those needing help has risen by more than 30% from 6.8 million in September. Syria has a population of 23 million.
There are more than 2.5 million people in isolated or besieged areas of Syria, many of whom are living without adequate food or electricity or access to medical supplies.
Source: UNHCR/AFAD - Oct-Nov 2013
Aid agencies complain that the Syrian government has hindered access to visas and tried to limit the number of foreign groups operating in the country.
Neighbouring countries such as Jordan are warning that they cannot cope with the influx of refugees crossing from Syria.
The UN estimates that more than 2m people have fled Syria since the unrest began in March 2011 resulting in a humanitarian crisis.
Most have sought refuge in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt.
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The 25-year-old beat Jana Cepelova at the Topshelf Open in 's-Hertogenbosch before boyfriend Martin Emmrich joined her on court to propose.
Krajicek met Emmrich, a 29-year-old German doubles player, at the Netherlands venue a year ago.
Krajicek said: "It was a huge surprise. It's such a special place to do it."
Krajicek, the half-sister of 1996 Wimbledon men's singles champion Richard Krajicek, added: "I'm really happy and I feel so lucky he did it like this.
"For the first 10 or 15 seconds when he came on the court I thought, 'OK, it's nice to see him, but this is strange'. But then I saw he had tears in his eyes, and I realised what was going to happen.
"I was so focused on him the whole time I didn't hear anything he was saying.
"I just knew I was for sure going to say 'yes'." | Dutch tennis player Michaella Krajicek accepted an on-court marriage proposal after her WTA Tour event first-round victory. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "27879099"} | 250 | 28 | 0.490695 | 1.263076 | 0.412132 | 0.409091 | 9.454545 | 0.409091 |
The station passes the UK twice on Tuesday, first late in the afternoon and then again in the evening.
BBC Weather said north west Scotland could potentially have skies clear enough to catch glimpses of it.
US space agency Nasa provides timings on when ISS comes into view from Earth.
The station appears as a bright star-like object.
On Tuesday, Mr Peake will head off on his six-month mission on-board the station.
He is set to launch aboard a Russian rocket with fellow crew members Tim Kopra and Yuri Malenchenko. | Parts of Scotland could offer the best views of the International Space Station (ISS) following UK astronaut Tim Peake's arrival on it, weather forecasters have said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35091451"} | 117 | 36 | 0.697576 | 1.596864 | 0.658681 | 0.677419 | 3.516129 | 0.612903 |
Insurgents who carried out the attack did so on pick-up trucks and motorbikes, waving black flags.
The soldiers were in the area to guard Burkina Faso's long and porous border with Mali, where a number of Islamist groups are active.
No group is reported to have claimed responsibility for the attack.
However al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is based in the Sahara Desert between Mali, Niger and Algeria and has attacked west African countries.
In January AQIM claimed to have killed 29 people - many of them foreigners - in a hotel attack in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
Soum Province High Commissioner Mohamed Dah told the AFP news agency that Friday morning's attack - about 260km (160 miles) from Ouagadougou - was "the biggest jihadist attack ever perpetrated" against the army.
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"They [the attackers] were heavily armed with Kalashnikovs and rocket-launchers. They opened fire at the depots, the tents and set fire to some of the vehicles," he said.
The "murderous" attack on "the army's anti-terrorist force" has been denounced by President Rock Marc Christian Kabore in an address to the nation.
"I strongly condemn this horrible attack which shows the cruelty of these perpetrators," he said.
Authorities have not revealed how many troops were injured.
The army says it has sent reinforcements to the Mali border, an area where attacks and abductions are regularly reported. | Twelve soldiers have been killed and two are missing after an attack by Islamist militants near Burkina Faso's border with Mali, the army has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38345220"} | 404 | 37 | 0.590972 | 1.41043 | -0.044458 | 1.571429 | 11.5 | 0.785714 |
Nicola Park was performing in The Real Hoosewives Fae Glesga: Wee Fat Glesga Wedding in the Pavilion Theatre when the outage happened on Friday night.
She stayed on stage and joked with the crowd, who could not see her, until all 1,389 theatregoers were evacuated.
Police believe a fire at an electricity substation, which caused the power cut, was started deliberately.
Ms Park was playing a character in the comedy show who is getting married. She is left on stage on her own after waving off her friends, who have left for America in search of stardom.
The lights went down as planned as Ms Park prepared to sing All By Myself.
She told the BBC Scotland news website: "I was standing there in the dark and nothing happened with the spotlight. Then I realised there was no microphone.
"I said to the audience 'I'm still here by the way' and I told them 'this is not part of the show'.
"I continued to talk to them. I said I was doing a wee dance and they couldn't see me. Then I started a wee jingle bells. Everyone was laughing. I was there for five to 10 minutes before we all left.
"I've worked on the stage for 20 years and I've never known anything like it."
Iain Gordon, manager of the theatre, said: "Around 35 minutes into the show, the lights went down when they were supposed to.
"Then we realised it was a problem and we had to evacuate the theatre. Once we talked to Scottish Power, we discovered it would be several hours until the power was back on."
The theatre has added an extra performance for Sunday after they were forced to cancel Friday's show.
Scottish Power said the fire at the electricity substation in Renfield Street, near the Herald newspaper building, left 200 properties without power.
About 20 firefighters attended the blaze just after 20:00.
A man and a woman were trapped for about 30 minutes in a lift in the Apex Hotel in Bath Street as a result of the power cut.
The fire was extinguished by 21:30 and firefighters remained in the area until midnight.
A spokesman for Scottish Power said the substation was completely destroyed and engineers have worked through the night to reconnect all properties.
He said: "By 21:30 we had reconnected approximately 150 properties, and the remaining 50 properties were all restored by 09:00 this morning (Saturday).
"We will work with Police Scotland to assist with their investigations."
A spokeswoman from Police Scotland said it is believed the fire was started deliberately and that officers were following a positive line of inquiry. | A Glasgow theatre production had to be cancelled after a power cut plunged the theatre into darkness. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34559919"} | 586 | 21 | 0.408952 | 1.105201 | 0.175477 | 1.055556 | 29.222222 | 0.722222 |
Ministers have announced £3m will be spent on continuing flood protection work in 2016-17 in St Asaph.
A further £3m will also go on improving coastal defences in north Wales.
But the final cost for defences in the Denbighshire city will be £7m and former mayor John Roberts said residents want to know where that money will come from - and when.
"In all probability it will be six years before the work is complete," Mr Roberts told BBC Radio Wales.
"Now six years from 2012 is far too long for this work to be completed because people do live on their nerves.
"People are on tenterhooks because we were on flood alert a few weeks ago and people were moving their possessions in preparation. People can't go on living like that."
Ongoing work in St Asaph will be carried out along the River Elwy in the city and is expected to help protect more than 400 homes that suffered flooding in 2012.
This includes improvements to St Asaph old bridge and the restoration of a small stream.
Natural Resources minister Carl Sargeant said: "Minimising the effects of flooding and keeping our communities safe are key priorities for this government."
Natural Resources Wales, which is carrying out the work in Denbighshire, said the project would be funded over two financial years.
Keith Ivens, the operations manager for flood risk, added: "We are delighted that funding for 2016-17 has been allocated and the Welsh government are aware of the need for the remaining funding to complete the scheme." | A former mayor of a north Wales city devastated by floods has criticised funding for flood defences. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35115253"} | 326 | 23 | 0.509677 | 1.224962 | 0.452921 | 1.222222 | 17.055556 | 0.777778 |
A 24-year old man was shot dead in Luton by a firearms officer who was responding to reports a woman had been attacked in a flat.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has begun an investigation into the incident.
Bedfordshire Police chief constable Jon Boutcher said the force will "co-operate fully" with the investigation.
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He said: "I have met all the officers directly involved in the incident in Luton and I am incredibly grateful to them, and all of my officers who do such a difficult job in often extremely challenging circumstances in order to protect the communities we serve.
"The officers involved in the tragic death yesterday know they have my full support.
"The force will co-operate fully with the IPCC investigation to establish the exact circumstances of what took place."
He said the force's thoughts are with the family of the man who died, and all those involved.
Officers were called to Tracey Court, a block of flats off Hibbert Street in the town, at about 13:30 GMT on Wednesday.
Neighbours said they saw officers trying to save the man in the street outside the block of flats where it is believed the woman lived.
At the same time a blonde-haired woman was seen being escorted from the building, neighbours said.
The man, who was described as white and British, was initially treated at the scene by officers and paramedics.
His family has been informed.
In a statement, the IPCC said: "The investigation is in its early stages and no further information is available at this time." | A police chief said he is giving his "full support" to officers involved in a fatal shooting. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37938645"} | 356 | 24 | 0.523485 | 1.234748 | -0.72309 | 1.35 | 16.15 | 0.85 |
Thomas Willcox was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, near West Land Cottages on Alnwick Moor, at about 19:20 GMT on Tuesday.
Mr Willcox, who was from the Alnwick area, was in a Rover which was in a collision with a VW Passat.
The 31-year-old man driving the Passat was taken to Wansbeck General Hospital with minor injuries.
The road was closed for five hours. | An 82-year-old man who was killed in a two-car crash in Northumberland has been named. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31530685"} | 100 | 28 | 0.530113 | 1.054268 | -1.29144 | 1.681818 | 3.727273 | 0.590909 |
Last year NHS Kernow, in Cornwall, was put under special measures because of a £14m deficit.
Health Initiative Cornwall said it was a "shame" that NHS England had "forced" the new turnaround director Keith Pringle on NHS Kernow.
NHS England said it was "encouraged to see the early progress being made".
Graham Webster, vice chair of Health Initiative Cornwall, said: "The governing body of NHS Kernow already has quite a number of senior executives and all these people are being paid huge amounts of money."
One of the conditions of the special measures imposed by NHS England was that NHS Kernow had to appoint a turnaround director.
NHS England said Mr Pringle's appointment was a "crucial element in strengthening" NHS Kernow's "capacity to recover its position while safeguarding standards of care".
NHS Kernow said in a statement: "The actual cost to be incurred will depend how long the legal direction requiring a turnaround director remains in force."
Mr Pringle, a former chief restructuring officer with Sherwood Forest NHS, declined to comment. | Campaigners have criticised the appointment of a new £400,000-a-year director to a cash-strapped health commissioning body. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36919628"} | 241 | 32 | 0.52722 | 1.177116 | 0.026297 | 0.666667 | 8.833333 | 0.583333 |
Mongo, aged 22, had suffered alopecia and was undergoing a routine health check at Twycross Zoo, but failed to come round from the anaesthetic.
The film of the "fight" was viewed more than a million times online, fuelled in part by Mongo's appearance.
Twycross Zoo said it was "displaying" rather than fighting and was perfectly normal behaviour for chimpanzees.
In a statement, Twycross Zoo said his death was unexpected.
"Mongo was undergoing a routine health check to investigate his enlarged air sac," said the statement.
"Although Mongo showed no other outward signs of ill health, the health check revealed that he had an infection and regrettably, he failed to recover from the anaesthetic."
Despite being hairless - inherited from his equally smooth father Jambo - Mongo was a hit in his group.
Early in life he had to work hard to be accepted but was recently an integral part of the strict hierarchy, headed by his father.
He was also popular with the ladies, particularly Noddy, who was usually close by.
A spokeswoman said: "A good natured and playful chimp, Mongo was often seen interacting with others - Tuli being a favourite playmate - and was just as popular with the keepers and other staff here at Twycross."
Hundreds took to the zoo's Facebook page to offer their condolences.
Marie Cross wrote: "Aw no so very sorry to hear this , RIP Mongo love and thoughts to his carers we will miss you lad x"
Staff at the zoo will carry out a full post-mortem examination after early checks revealed he also had some signs of heart disease.
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The firm, which has been plagued by falling sales, high debts and several management crises, said it had agreed a deal to restructure its finances.
The Los Angeles-based company has been involved in a drawn-out legal battle with its founder Dov Charney.
American Apparel runs 260 shops and concessions in 19 countries. It expects the restructuring to take six months.
The company, which has been trying to turnaround its business, recorded a loss of $19.4m (£12.8m) in the second quarter.
Chief executive Paula Schneider said: "This restructuring will enable American Apparel to become a stronger, more vibrant company."
Under the restructuring agreement, American Apparel's secured lenders will provide about $90m in financing, the company said.
It expects to cut its debt to $135m from $300m through the restructuring, with the programme set to be completed within six months.
The firm said it would continue to operate its retail stores, and its wholesale and US manufacturing operations throughout the process.
It has 18 stores and concessions in the UK including locations in London, Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester and Brighton.
The Los Angeles-based retailer, known for making its products in the US, has not turned a profit since 2009.
In August, the company flagged up problems with its finances, saying it might not have enough capital to keep operations going for the next 12 months as losses widened and cash flows turned negative.
American Apparel was founded in 1989 by Dov Charney. The firm fired him in December over misconduct claims, and Mr Charney is suing the company for defamation and fraud. In June, the company was granted a corporate restraining order against him.
The combination of the firm's debts, falling sales and management crises have "finally proven too much for the iconic teen retailer", said Neil Saunders of retail analysis firm Conlumino.
"Bankruptcy protection is, in our view, the only viable option for American Apparel which is crippled by $311m of debt and is subject to a number of corporate lawsuits, including those brought by its founder Dov Charney," he said.
"Arguably, the big loser will be... Dov Charney, who will not only see his legal proceedings delayed but will also find, along with other shareholders, his holding in the company - currently worth some $8.2m - wiped out," he added. | Troubled clothes retailer American Apparel has filed for US bankruptcy protection. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34441143"} | 532 | 16 | 0.501598 | 1.239432 | -0.352749 | 1.083333 | 39.583333 | 0.75 |
The Football League wants to create an extra division with 20 teams in each from 2019-20, increasing the number of clubs from 92 to 100.
Both the Football Association and Premier League back the proposal "in principle".
"The National League is very concerned about the potential consequences of any potential adoption," said Barwick.
"We strongly feel its attempt to re-shape the existing professional game structure has failed to take into consideration the effects of any change on football played below its proposed five divisions.
"We seriously believe it could be very damaging to the National League and its member clubs and will be determined to make that point very clear when we meet up with Football League officials to discuss their proposals.
"The National League is an ambitious and forward-thinking organisation as well as a well-established and well-loved competition and we will do everything possible to protect both its integrity and its commercial value."
BBC Sport has contacted the 18 clubs that were neither promoted nor relegated from the top-tier of English non-league football this season about the idea, with the responses ranging from "simply awful" to "long overdue".
However, many of the clubs want to know more before making a decision.
Here are the responses:
Aldershot: Yet to respond.
Barrow: "Simply awful. This is clearly the proposal of someone completely out of touch with grassroots English football and in thrall of the elite clubs. A reduction of potential revenue through less games, a further diminution of the FA Cup to a midweek competition, and absolutely no perceived benefit to any club below the top half of the Championship. I had to check it wasn't 1 April,", said chairman Paul Casson.
Braintree Town: "It introduces another tier between the Premier League and non-league football, effectively relegating all but the eight clubs that are invited to join the re-organised Football League. A better structure would be a reorganised Football League with the existing Championship and League One tiers fed by a League Two North and League Two South," said chairman Lee Harding.
Boreham Wood: No-one available for comment.
Bromley: Yet to respond.
Chester: "Until it is clear how the change in the structure of the Football League will impact upon the ability to generate revenue, i.e. reduced number of home games, potential lack of FA Cup replay revenue, introduction of Premier League B teams, it is not possible to make a decision one way or the other," said chairman Simon Olorenshaw.
Dover Athletic: "It needs careful consideration. We foresee some issues but the devil will be in the detail," said chairman Jim Parmenter.
Eastleigh: No-one available for comment.
Forest Green: "The proposal sounds like a good idea - 20 teams per league, ending Tuesday night games. It makes perfect sense that the top eight teams from our league should be incorporated into the Football League if this goes ahead. In fact, given that below the National League all competitions become regional, the Football League should really think about adopting the National League now. They should also standardise the number of teams that are promoted and relegated between divisions," said chairman Dale Vince.
Gateshead: "Every National League club aspires to be in the Football League, and secondly, football needs to change and it's a good time for us. Everybody needs to understand the detail a bit more, but in principle it's a good idea," said chairman Richard Bennett.
Guiseley: "We need a lot more information about the involvement of Scottish or Premier League clubs in the proposals," said chairman Phil Rogerson.
Lincoln: "From our perspective, we feel it's a positive move by the Football League and is an exciting opportunity for clubs at our level," said manager Danny Cowley.
Macclesfield: Yet to respond.
Southport: "There's been no consultation with the National League board from the Football League. There's a lack of understanding of how the pyramid system will change - what happens to the others when the eight clubs go up?," said a club spokesperson.
Tranmere: No comment to make at this time.
Torquay United: "I believe the lower leagues should be regionalised. Travelling the length of the country, like to Gateshead in front of paltry crowds is farcical," said chairman Dave Phillips.
Woking: "I personally think it is a fantastic proposal and long overdue, I am definitely in favour. The National League standards have been improving year on year, one only has to ask the relegated clubs from League Two how difficult it is to get back where they came from. Furthermore there is, in my opinion, little difference between the two leagues," said Woking football director Geoff Chapple.
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"I'll do anything I can if Hillary's elected to help her, but I don't want to remain in the administration," he told a Minnesota TV station.
Politico reported Mr Biden was "at the top of the internal short list" should the Clinton team win the White House.
With 11 days to go, she leads Republican Donald Trump in the polls.
Mr Biden told KBJR that Mrs Clinton had not approached him about a potential role in any administration she may lead.
"I have no intention of staying involved. I have a lot of things to do, but I'll help her if I can in any way I can," he said.
Mr Biden, 73, was a senator for 36 years and chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
He has the foreign affairs pedigree for secretary of state, which is America's top diplomat, despite a reputation for being gaffe-prone.
Mr Biden pondered a run at the presidency himself last year but said the recent death of his son Beau meant he would not have been able to focus fully on a campaign.
The BBC's Anthony Zucker in Washington says that it would be unusual for a vice-president to hop down a rung in the ladder to secretary of state, and Mr Biden may follow through on his promise to fade from the stage, perhaps to write a book.
Recently he has been very critical of Mr Trump for being too close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
He also said he wished he was still at high school so he could take the billionaire "behind the gym" to fight him.
The vice-president has a close relationship with the president despite raising eyebrows early on by referring to the then-Senator Obama as "the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean".
In the summer, he went to Latvia and assured the Baltic states that the US would defend Nato countries against possible Russian aggression.
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Louis, 37, established himself with Oxford United from 2002 before spells with Bristol Rovers, Stevenage, Mansfield and Wrexham among others.
The Dominica international joins Oxford City after two seasons with Wealdstone.
"He's certainly collected a few clubs and appearances along the way," City boss Justin Merritt said.
"Although he's had many clubs, he hasn't been with Oxford City before," Merritt joked to BBC Radio Oxford.
"We're hoping to have him involved in Saturday's game against Poole Town."
Louis' career has involved several returns to a number of clubs either on loan or permanent deals, with his sole international cap coming in a World Cup qualifier against Barbados in Match 2008, which Dominica lost 1-0. | Striker Jefferson Louis has made the 37th move of his 20-year playing career by joining Oxford City of National League South, his 26th different club. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37655311"} | 176 | 33 | 0.600475 | 1.332904 | -0.246182 | 0.517241 | 5.103448 | 0.448276 |
The 50-year-old, who played heart surgeon Preston Burke during the first three seasons, was axed after he used a homophobic slur during an on-set altercation.
Washington will make a guest appearance to coincide with the departure of series regular Sandra Oh, his former on-screen love interest.
It will be screened in the US in May.
Washington was last seen on the series leaving Oh's character, Cristina Yang, at the altar on their wedding day.
Series creator Shonda Rhimes said his return was integral to Yang's storyline.
"It's important to me that Cristina's journey unfolds exactly as it should," she said.
"Burke is vital to that journey - he gives her story that full-circle moment we need to properly say goodbye to our beloved Cristina Yang."
Washington was one of the original stars of Grey's Anatomy, but his contract was not renewed after he used the anti-gay slur during an argument with co-star Patrick Dempsey.
Soon after, fellow cast member TR Knight revealed he was gay and said he was offended by what the actor had said.
Washington then further angered network bosses by repeating the slur backstage at the Golden Globes while denying he had said it.
The actor later apologised for his comments, saying it was "unacceptable in any context or circumstance". He received counselling and met with gay rights groups to discuss ways to address homophobia.
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has praised Washington's return to the series, telling The Hollywood Reporter: "His PSA (public service announcement) and his statements promoting marriage equality in recent years have sent a strong message of support for LGBT people."
"We look forward to seeing him return to one of our favourite shows, as well as in Patrik-Ian Polk's moving film Blackbird about a young man coming out in a small Southern town."
After his controversial exit from Grey's Anatomy, Washington struggled to find continuous work and mainly landed bit parts in television shows including Law & Order: LA and the re-make of Bionic Woman which was cancelled mid-way through its first series.
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A cub escapes deep snow by hitching a ride on its mother's backside in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada.
Taken by Daisy Gilardini, from Switzerland, the photo is one of 25 shortlisted for the People's Choice Award in the latest Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition - on show now at the Natural History Museum in London.
Scroll down to see all 25 images, pre-selected by the museum from almost 50,000 submissions from 95 countries.
A mother's hand
Alain Mafart Renodier, France
Alain Mafart Renodier was on a winter visit to Japan's Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park when he took this photograph of a sleeping baby Japanese macaque, its mother's hand covering its head protectively.
Opportunistic croc
Bence Mate, Hungary
Although this shot was taken from a safe hide, Bence Mate says it was chilling to see the killing eyes of this 4m (13ft) Nile crocodile. This one had been baited with natural carcasses on an island in the Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa, but crocodiles also come here just to bask in the Sun.
The stare of death
Johan Kloppers, South Africa
Johan Kloppers saw this little wildebeest shortly after it was born in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. Little did he know that he would witness its death later that same day. The small herd of wildebeest walked right past a pride of lions, and the calf was caught by a lioness and then taken by this male lion.
Monkey ball
Thomas Kokta, Germany
Cold temperatures on Shodoshima Island, Japan, sometimes lead to monkey balls, where a group of five or more snow monkeys huddle together to keep warm. Thomas Kokta climbed a tree to get this image.
Facing the storm
Gunther Riehle, Germany
Gunther Riehle arrived at the sea-ice in Antarctica in sunshine, but by the evening a storm had picked up - and then came snow. He concentrated on taking images of the emperor penguin chicks huddled together to shield themselves.
Ghostly snow geese
Gordon Illg, US
These snow geese almost seemed like ghosts in the pink early morning light as they landed among sandhill cranes in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, US.
Sisters
Bernd Wasiolka, Germany
Bernd Wasiolka encountered a large lion pride at a waterhole in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. One of the two males spray-marked the branches of a nearby tree. Later two females sniffed the markings and for a brief moment both adopted the same posture.
Into the fray
Stephen Belcher, New Zealand
Stephen Belcher spent a week photographing golden snub-nosed monkeys in a valley in the Zhouzhi Nature Reserve in the Qinling Mountains, China. The monkeys have very thick fur, which they need to withstand the freezing nights in winter. This image shows two males about to fight, one already up on a rock, the other bounding in with a young male.
Head-on
Tapio Kaisla, Finland
Tapio Kaisla took a trip to Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjell National Park, Norway, to find these oxen in their natural habitat. Even though spring is not rutting season for these animals, they were already seriously testing their strength against each other. The air rang out with the loud bang of the head-on collision.
Colorado red
Annie Katz, US
It was a crisp, clear day in January when Annie Katz saw this Colorado red fox hunting in her neighbour's field in Aspen, Colorado, US. The light was perfect, and she took the photo as the fox approached her, looking right into the lens of her camera.
The couple
Sergio Sarta, Italy
During a dive off the coast of Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, Sergio Sarta saw a bright-coloured organism - a fire urchin with an elegant couple of little Coleman shrimps. The fire urchin has quills that are very toxic to humans - the shrimps avoid this danger by seeking out safe areas between the quills.
Jelly starburst
Andrea Marshall, US
Andrea Marshall was snorkelling off the coast of Mozambique when she came across hundreds of large jelly-fish. Many were covered with brittle stars - opportunistic riders, taking advantage of this transport system to disperse along the coast. Delicate lighting makes the jelly glow, so the viewer can focus on the subtle colours and textures.
The stand-off
Michael Lambie, Canada
It was breeding season and all the male turkeys were putting on a show for the females, but a number of birds seemed a little confused. This one was more concerned with the potential suitor in front of it, not realising it was its own reflection.
Into the night
Karine Aigner, US
During the summer months, 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats arrive at Bracken Cave in San Antonio, Texas, US, to give birth and raise their young. Each evening at dusk, the hungry mothers emerge into the night in a vortex, circling out through the entrance and rising into the sky to feed on insects.
Willow up close
David Maitland, UK
David Maitland photographed the crystallised chemical salicin, which comes from willow tree bark. Salicin forms the basis of the analgesic Aspirin - no doubt this is why some animals seek out willow bark to chew on.
The blue trail
Mario Cea, Spain
The kingfisher frequented this natural pond every day, and Mario Cea used a high shutter speed with artificial light to photograph it. He used several units of flash for the kingfisher and a continuous light to capture the wake as the bird dived down towards the water.
Eye in focus
Ally McDowell, US/UK
Ally McDowell often focuses on colours and patterns underwater - and this is the eye of a parrotfish during a night dive.
Spiral
Marco Gargiulo, Italy
Sabella spallanzanii is a species of marine polychaete, also known as a bristle worm. The worm secretes mucus that hardens to form a stiff, sandy tube that protrudes from the sand. It has two layers of feeding tentacles that can be retracted into the tube, and one of the layers forms a distinct spiral.
Eye contact
Guy Edwardes, UK
The Dalmatian pelican, seen here on Lake Kerkini, Greece, is the largest species of pelican in the world. It is native to eastern Europe, Russia and Asia. However, its population is currently threatened in some areas from hunting, water pollution and habitat loss, particularly a decline in wetlands.
Confusion
Rudi Hulshof, South Africa
Rudi Hulshof wanted to capture the uncertainty of the future of the southern white rhino in the Welgevonden Game Reserve, South Africa, because of poaching. He anticipated the moment when these two rhinos would walk past each other, creating this silhouette effect and the illusion of a two-headed rhino.
Tasty delicacy
Cristobal Serrano, Spain
The natural world provides countless magical moments, none more so than the delicate moment a tiny, elegant hummingbird softly inserts its slender bill into the corolla of a flower to drink nectar. Cristobal Serrano was lucky enough to capture that exact moment in Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica.
Breakfast time
Cari Hill, New Zealand
Shortly after purchasing the Giraffe Manor in Nairobi, Kenya, the owners learned that the only remaining Rothschild's giraffes in the country were at risk, as their sole habitat was being subdivided into smallholdings. So they began a breeding programme to reintroduce the Rothschild's giraffe into the wild. Today, guests can enjoy visits from resident giraffes in search of a treat.
Caterpillar curl
Reinhold Schrank, Austria
Reinhold Schrank was at Lake Kerkini, Greece, taking pictures of birds, but the conditions were not ideal, so he looked for other options. He saw this caterpillar on a flower and encouraged it on to a piece of rolled dry straw. He had to work fast because the caterpillar was constantly moving.
Rainbow wings
Victor Tyakht, Russia
The bird's wing acts as a diffraction grating - a surface structure with a repeating pattern of ridges or slits. The structure causes the incoming light rays to spread out, bend and split into spectral colours, producing this shimmering rainbow effect.
Vote for the People's Choice Award here before 10 January 2017.
The exhibition runs until 10 September 2017.
Top image: Hitching a ride - by Daisy Gilardini, Switzerland.
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George Chertofilis, the president of the Kos Solidarity Group, said a win would "give meaning to the work we do".
Kos Solidarity is one of 16 volunteer groups from the Aegean Islands nominated on Sunday for the award.
They were nominated by more than 230 academics from universities including Oxford, Harvard, and Princeton.
In a private letter to the Nobel committee, shared with the BBC, the academics praised the islanders for responding to the crisis "with overwhelming empathy and self-sacrifice".
"They fundraised; opened their homes; dove into treacherous waters to save lives; took care of the sick and the injured; shared a meal or their garments with new arrivals," the letter reads.
It adds: "Despite persistent constraints and the continuous institutional inability to respond to this challenge in a respectful and efficient way, the nominees provide an example of possibility for action in the darkest of times and with the most limited of means."
Mr Chertofilis, a physics teacher on Kos, said the prize would be "a nice thing for individuals of course, but more importantly for the ideal of peace and solidarity".
"Ultimately we are not doing this for a prize, we are doing it because we are human beings and we must do everything we can to help each other," he said.
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According to the nomination letter, the prize money in the event of a win would be used to fund healthcare on the islands. Three unnamed volunteers have been chosen who would travel to Norway to collect the award.
In order to make the volunteer groups eligible for the prize, which states that only individuals or organisations can be nominated, they were joined in an umbrella network called the Aegean Solidarity Movement.
The network was pieced together by Avaaz, a grassroots campaign group that coordinated the nomination. More than 630,000 people have signed a petition on the Avaaz website to show their support.
Sam Barratt, a spokesman for Avaaz, said the campaign group worked closely with the Nobel committee to ensure that the network complied with the prize rules. He was keen to stress that the 16 groups included in the nomination represent many smaller groups and individuals who have given up their time to offer support to refugees and migrants.
Among the signatories of the nomination are Nobel Laureate Economist Sir Christopher Pisaridis, Professor Margaret MacMillan from Oxford University, and Professor Anthony Giddens from the London School of Economics.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has also lent his name to the cause. He said: "Just imagine 900,000 visitors in desperate need arriving at the door of your reasonably modest establishment. Hungry, exhausted and in a state of acute emotional distress.
"They don't speak the same language as you or ascribe to the same cultural or religious beliefs. What do you do? You open the door. Incredible!"
More than 800,000 refugees and migrants arrived in Greece last year via the Aegean Sea - over 80% of all those who arrived in Europe by sea - but authorities on the small Greek islands where many landed were not equipped to help.
Volunteers have stepped in to fill the gap, pulling stricken families from the sea, clothing, feeding and in some cases opening their homes to those in need.
Mr Chertofilis continues to volunteer several days a week, patrolling the beaches at night in shifts, armed with warm clothes, shoes, and snacks.
"The prize would be a nice thing for the people of these islands, many of whom have helped," he said. "But we are doing this because we don't like to see people suffer." | The leader of a volunteer group on the Greek island of Kos has welcomed news that islanders have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35460012"} | 837 | 32 | 0.432361 | 1.18833 | 0.08476 | 1.153846 | 27.884615 | 0.846154 |
A group of at least four whales were seen north of Hunstanton during the afternoon, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said.
An RNLI spokeswoman said its hovercraft had taken marine life experts to assess the whale which was still stuck in water with a depth of about 6ft (2m).
She said: "It looks quite injured and is in difficulty."
Gary Pearson, who lives in Dersingham, saw the whales at about 16:00 GMT and said he was told they had been there for a couple of hours.
"Two had already got out to deeper water, but two were still in trouble and one got away when I was there," he said.
"The remaining one was thrashing around and in distress. It looks like an adult sperm whale to me and I wouldn't be surprised if it was 40ft [12m] long.
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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust is "one of the best hospital trusts in England", chief inspector of hospitals Prof Sir Mike Richards said.
The Care Quality Commission said it was "caring, effective and well-led".
The trust's new Cramlington A&E hospital has faced criticism over long queues and the distance some seriously ill patients must travel to get there.
The £75m centre was the first in England purpose built to treat only emergency cases, with consultants on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
But the plan for its opening also included the downgrading of A&E at the trust's North Tyneside General, Wansbeck General and Hexham General hospitals, which now offer a walk-in service for less serious conditions.
Sir Mike said, however, there was a "consistency of the outstanding ratings across all four hospital locations and across community services".
"To achieve this across so many sites is truly remarkable and is a first," he said.
Trust chief executive David Evans said it was a "wonderful achievement" so soon after the trust "brought about a huge clinical change with our new emergency care centre".
A&E at Cramlington was rated good overall with some areas of improvement needed.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) had highlighted areas the trust "already knew about and were already working on", Mr Evans said.
The trust said it had seen A&E patient numbers "far in excess" of those predicted, including walk-in patients which it had not intended to use the acute unit.
CQC regional head of hospital inspections Amanda Stanford said the trust had "struggled" with emergency waiting times.
But she said patient feedback overall had been "extremely positive" despite a number of criticisms on the NHS Choices website.
Many related to A&E and waiting times but the CQC had confidence in the trust's ability to deal with, and learn from, complaints, Ms Stanford said.
Announced and unannounced inspections of the trust were carried out at the end of last year.
The CQC found leadership was inspirational and recent changes in services had been managed effectively.
Hospital and community services were strongly integrated and support for young people with complex needs was "excellent", inspectors found.
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They say the method should help with donor shortages since it does not require a perfect cell match.
Mohammed Ahmed, who is nearly five years old, was among the first three children in the world to try out the new treatment.
He has severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome and had been waiting for a suitable donor for years.
Mohammed, who lives in Milton Keynes, was referred to Great Ormond Street Hospital when he was a year old.
His condition - a weak immune system - makes him more susceptible to infections than most, and a bone marrow transplant is the only known treatment.
While Mohammed was on the transplant waiting list, he became extremely sick with swine flu.
At that time, his doctors decided Mohammed's only real hope was to have a mismatched bone-marrow transplant, with his father acting as the donor.
Mohammed's dad, Jamil, agreed to give the experimental therapy a go.
Before giving his donation, Jamil was first vaccinated against swine flu so that his own bone-marrow cells would know how to fight the infection.
Mohammed's doctors then modified these donated immune cells, called "T-cells", in the lab to engineer a safety switch - a self-destruct message that could be activated if Mohammed's body should start to reject them once transplanted.
Rejection or graft-v-host disease is a serious complication of bone-marrow transplants, particularly where tissue matching between donor and recipient is not perfect, and is one of the most difficult challenges faced by patients and their doctors.
Mismatched transplants in children - where the donor is not a close match for the child - are usually depleted of T-cells to prevent graft-v-host disease, but this causes problems in terms of virus infections and leukaemia relapse.
The safety switch gets round this - plenty of T-cells to be transfused and later killed off if problems do arise.
Thankfully, the transplant carried out in 2011 was a success - Mohammed's doctors did not need to use the safety switch.
Although Mohammed still has to take a number of medicines to ward off future infections, his immune system is now in better shape.
Jamil said: "We waited for a full match but it did not come. By the grace of God, we took the decision to have the treatment.
"Now he is all right. Sometimes we forget what he has been through. We are just so grateful."
He said Mohammed would still need close monitoring and regular health checks over the coming years, but his outlook was good.
Dr Waseem Qasim, ‎consultant in paediatric immunology at Great Ormond Street Hospital and lead author for the study, said the new approach should hopefully mean children who received a mismatched transplant could enjoy the same chance of success as those given a fully matched transplant.
"We think Mohammed is cured of his disorder. He should be able to lead a fairly normal life now."
A full report about Mohammed's therapy and the research by Great Ormond Street Hospital, King's College London and the Institute of Child Health has just been published in PLoS One journal.
There are currently about 1,600 people in the UK waiting for a bone-marrow transplant and 37,000 worldwide.
Just 30% of people will find a matching donor from within their families.
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The ATM was taken from the Co-operative store on Northway Lane in Tewkesbury, at about 03:45 BST on Thursday.
A 41-year-old and a 31-year-old, both from Worcestershire, were arrested on suspicion of burglary.
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First Minister Carwyn Jones said he supported the idea of a Wales one-day cricket team provided there was no "financial hit" on Glamorgan.
But Morris believes the prospect would be hugely detrimental.
"It would have a fundamental and catastrophic impact on the finances of cricket in Wales," said Morris.
Jones had said it was "odd" Ireland and Scotland had teams while Wales did not.
His response came to a question in the Senedd from Conservative AM, Mohammad Asghar, who supports the idea of a Wales cricket team.
In 2013, an assembly committee called for "an intelligent discussion on the feasibility" of establishing such a team.
But Morris opposes the establishment of a Wales team, saying Glamorgan would consequently lose its status as a member of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Additionally, Wales would no longer be part of the ECB and would rather be classed as an associate member of the International Cricket Council.
As a result, England internationals would no longer be played in Cardiff, which would have serious financial repercussions for the club and cricket in Wales according to Morris.
"I can understand the philosophical argument being a proud Welshman myself," said Morris.
"The thing the First Minister said in the Assembly was that he was in favour of it as long as it did not impact on the finances of Glamorgan cricket and cricket in Wales.
"Fundamentally it would. The reality and impact is we [Glamorgan] would host no international matches in Cardiff, we wouldn't be playing in domestic first-class cricket in ECB competitions.
"We wouldn't have any fee payments from the England and Wales Cricket Board.
"Our income at the moment for cricket in Wales, between us and Cricket Wales, is £8m per annum.
"If we were to join the ICC as an associate member we would get five per cent of that income from grassroots to professional level."
From 2002 to 2004, a Wales team played against England in a one-day challenge match each June, scoring a shock eight-wicket victory in 2002.
Morris says Wales would need to start at the bottom tier should they leave the ECB and become an associate member of the ICC, joining 93 other nations, such as Scotland and Jersey.
Ireland and Afghanistan were granted full membership in June, joining the 10 other nations with full test status.
"It has been one or the other so far," Morris told the Jason Mohammad show on BBC Radio Wales.
"Either we are a member of the England and Wales Cricket Board or an ICC associate member like Scotland.
"Ireland has just done really well in getting Test status of the ICC, but it has taken them 30 years to get to that position.
"If we were to join the ICC now we would be starting in the bottom league against the likes of Guernsey, Jersey and Germany.
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Iran spoke of "serious issues" that must be resolved, while one Western diplomat cited "considerable gaps".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has arrived to join the talks, and reports say the discussions could extend into the weekend.
The deal could see Iran curb uranium enrichment for some sanctions relief.
However, US politicians have indicated they will push forward with a bill proposing more sanctions against Iran next month if the talks fail.
US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would support "broadening the scope" of current oil and trade sanctions.
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Both Republican and Democrat congressmen say the threat of sanctions will bolster the negotiating position of the world powers.
President Barack Obama had earlier urged Congress not to promote the bill while talks were going on.
Iran insists its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes, but some world powers suspect it is seeking a nuclear weapons capability.
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EU foreign policy chief Baroness Catherine Ashton is leading the talks for the world powers.
She has begun a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif.
The Geneva talks, which are currently scheduled to conclude on Friday, involve Iran and representatives of the so-called P5+1 - UN Security Council permanent members US, UK, France, China and Russia, plus Germany.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday that negotiations were "positive", but said meetings were likely to continue into Saturday.
US Secretary of State John Kerry may join later.
After Thursday's talks, Mr Araqchi was quoted by the Mehr news agency as saying "serious issues remain a source of difference".
One senior Western diplomat told Reuters: "Considerable gaps remain, and we have to narrow the gaps. Some issues really need to be clarified.
"I sensed a real commitment... from both sides. Will it happen? We will see. But, as always, the devil is in the details."
One US source said simply: "It is very hard."
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told France 2 television: "This deal will only be possible if it has a firm base."
However, one diplomat told Reuters there was still a "very high probability" that foreign ministers would join the talks at some point.
The Geneva meeting follows a previous round of talks earlier this month.
The US has said any interim agreement would see the bulk of international and US sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear programme remain in place.
Mr Obama said sanctions relief would be worth between $6bn and $7bn.
The essence of the deal would involve Iran making no more advances in its nuclear programme and agreeing to "more vigorous inspections", he said.
Analysts say a major sticking point is Iran's insistence on its right to enrich uranium - a process that yields material used to manufacture fuel for power stations, but can also be used for weapons.
Western diplomats are also concerned about a reactor Iran is building at Arak, which disrupted the first round of talks.
Before the talks opened, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran would not step back "one iota" from its nuclear rights.
He also referred to Israel as a "rabid dog".
Israel has vehemently opposed the proposed deal and says it will not be obliged to honour it.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is in Moscow, said the ayatollah's speech represented the "real Iran".
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When the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was formed in 1988, about 350,000 children were getting infected with wild polio virus every year worldwide.
The disease leaves many children paralysed for life.
About one in every 10 paralysed children dies from breathing complications.
The number of infections is now down 99%, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
In Africa, the last case of wild polio diagnosis was in the Puntland region of Somalia, on 11 August 2014.
But the continent must still stay a full year without new cases to be declared polio-free.
Two years without a case is a significant milestone.
It gives hope to millions of volunteers, community mobilisers, health workers, religious and community leaders who have helped deliver vaccines to some of the most remote villages that their effort has been worthwhile.
In difficult to reach areas, volunteers have used donkeys, canoes or helicopters to deliver vaccines.
It has been described as the largest public health campaign in history.
In some countries, like northern Nigeria, volunteers were attacked during immunisation campaigns.
Source: World Health Organisation
The history of polio
Similar - if not worse - attacks have been witnessed outside the continent, in Pakistan and Afghanistan, where Taliban issued a religious declaration - fatwa - against polio vaccination.
The two countries are the last known places where wild polio virus transmission is still active.
The virus is transmitted person-to-person through infected faecal matter.
It has no cure, and mainly affects children under five.
Wild polio virus cannot survive for long outside the human body.
In the absence of unvaccinated hosts, the virus dies out.
That's what experts hope will happen to the virus - to be driven into extinction.
WHO will now review data from all over the continent to confirm if no cases of polio were identified on the continent. This process often takes two to three weeks.
As the countdown to a polio-free Africa begins, Rotary International, one of the organisations that formed part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has called for renewed international effort to step up immunisation and improve surveillance.
The organisation says that effort will need funding from governments and other donors.
Only two diseases have ever been eradicated in the world: Smallpox and rinderpest.
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French investigators think they have heard locator-beacon signals from at least one of the "black box" flight recorders, and now salvage experts are heading to the site to take a closer look.
Hearing the beacons is one thing, but they won't know for sure what they have found until they send down a robotic submarine armed with bright lights and cameras.
"Black boxes" are, in fact, bright orange and have reflective strips, so they show up pretty well when you shine lights on them.
The robotic submarine is on a special salvage ship, called the John Lethbridge.
The sub has claws (manipulator arms) that can pick things up and bring them to the surface.
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I have spoken to a marine salvage expert, David Mearns, who has decades of experience looking for shipwrecks and lost aircraft.
It had a different name then, but he used the John Lethbridge in 2001 to photograph the wrecks of the warships Bismarck and HMS Hood.
This is also a man who once ran an operation to pick up every single piece of a crashed aircraft that had sunk 3,800m (12,500ft) to the sea bed on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea (actually the Tyrrhenian Sea off western Italy).
It took his team two years to recover all the debris.
Mr Mearns is not involved in this search, but he knows crew members on the John Lethbridge, and ocean recovery is a small, specialised world.
His best guess, and it's just that because he doesn't know all the details, is that, with a fair wind, the team with the robot sub could be on site within three or four days.
They have to stock up in port first.
"If they're really lucky, they could find the black boxes on their first dive," he told me, "but it all depends."
"It is not unusual for the underwater locater beacons, or pingers, to have been knocked off the black boxes during the crash."
In the meantime, Mr Mearns thinks that the ship, Lalplace, that initially heard the pingers, will have remained on site to sweep back and forth, listening out for more locator-beacon signals.
They go in set patterns, figure of eights or clover leaves, "to get the best possible range and bearings from which they can calculate a more accurate position of the black boxes on the seabed".
If they have found the plane, he says, investigators are faced with a choice.
"This is potentially a crime scene," he said.
"So, they could decide to sonar map and photograph the entire debris field before touching anything.
"That may be an area as small as 1km [0.6 miles] by 1km depending on how the plane broke up.
"Or they may choose to bring the boxes up quickly, because that could give them an early answer."
Recovering aircraft from under the sea is time consuming and complex.
The robot subs, operated by experts on the surface, can bring up small pieces weighing maybe 100kg (15st) in their claws.
You can also strap bigger parts, weighing about 500kg, to the subs.
But the really big pieces, such as the engines or tail for example, require specialist heavy lifting equipment.
There is one piece of positive news.
The depth isn't an issue for this kind of kit.
But all of this is jumping ahead.
First, they have to confirm they have heard a "black box".
Then, they have to find it, recover it, dry the circuits out - that takes a day or two - and download the data.
There are two boxes on board.
The cockpit voice recorder should reveal what the crew thought was happening.
You would hear what they said to each other, plus all the alarms in the background.
The flight data recorder should reveal what the plane's computers thought was happening.
The limited evidence so far points to an on-board fire.
But the "black boxes" might not be able to tell us whether it was started deliberately or not.
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In Balochistan - Quetta is the provincial capital - markets and schools have been closed.
The bomber targeted crowds who had gathered outside a hospital to mourn prominent lawyer Bilal Kasi who had been murdered earlier on Monday.
Taliban faction Jamaat-ul-Ahrar says it was behind both the attack and murder.
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The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) said its lawyers would be boycotting court proceedings, and observing a week of mourning.
Many lawyers are expected to take part in rallies across Pakistan on Tuesday.
"We [lawyers] have been targeted because we always raise our voice for people's rights and for democracy," SCBA President Ali Zafar told reporters in Lahore.
"Lawyers will not just protest this attack, but also prepare a long-term plan of action."
Monday's bombing targeted lawyers and journalists who had crammed into the emergency department of Quetta's Civil Hospital where the body of Mr Kasi had been brought.
Former provincial bar president Baz Muhammad Kakar was one of at least 25 lawyers killed. TV news cameramen Shahzad Khan and Mehmood Khan were also among the dead.
At least 120 people were injured.
Bilal Kasi, who was head of the Balochistan province bar association, had earlier been shot while on his way to the court complex in Quetta.
He had strongly condemned the recent murders - including those of fellow lawyers - in Quetta in recent weeks, and had announced a two-day boycott of court sessions in protest at the killing of a colleague last week.
Balochistan, Pakistan's poorest province, has long been plagued by insurgency.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar [The Party of Freedom Fighters] split from the Pakistani Taliban two years ago.
It has claimed a number of major attacks, including a suicide bombing that killed more than 70 people, including many children, at a park during Easter celebrations this year.
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The area around the Houses of Parliament was closed off after the incident to keep people safe, and many people were told to stay in their buildings until the police said it was safe for them to go home.
Five people were killed in what the police have described as a terrorist attack.
They include a police officer who was stabbed outside Parliament and a woman who was hit by a car on Westminster Bridge. The attacker was shot dead by armed police.
The head of counter terrorism at the Metropolitan Police, Mark Rowley, said they think they know who the attacker was but the police have not given any more details yet.
The BBC's Security Correspondent Frank Gardner told Newsround: "This is the most serious terrorist attack on London since the 7/7 bombings in 2005."
"The police reacted extremely quickly, ending this attack before any more people were hurt. A friend of mine actually gave first aid to the stabbed policeman before the helicopter arrived."
"This is very rare, although the Government has been warning for some time to expect something like this. The chances of any of you, as an individual, getting caught up in a terrorist attack are microscopically small."
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People living in Pentre-bach, near Lampeter, have been without signal and internet since 20 December. About 40 houses and businesses are affected.
BT Openreach said it could not replace the pole until it obtained permission from the utility company.
Resident Clive Mills told BBC Radio Cymru the situation was "awful".
"Businesses are losing money because of this, and for disabled people in the area their emergency buttons aren't working because of needing phone signal," he told Taro'r Post.
"There is a garage selling petrol which has to only accept cash now because card machines don't work without the telephone and people can't pay, they must be losing business."
A spokesman for BT Openreach said: "This pole will need to be replaced but our engineers are currently unable to carry out this work safely until we've gained permission from the utility company that also run their high-voltage cables within the same vicinity.
"We'd like to reassure those residents that have been affected that this matter has been escalated and we're working hard to get the fault fixed as quickly as possible."
In a separate incident, BT recently apologised to Arfon Gwilym from Saron, near Caernarfon in Gwynedd, who has been without signal or internet for 25 days.
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16 January 2017 Last updated at 13:56 GMT
Moments after she accepted the nomination, Sinn Féin refused to put forward an individual for deputy first minister.
When nominating Mrs Foster, DUP MLA Maurice Morrow said no one would dictate who led the DUP and that in last year's assembly elections she received "the highest personal vote of any member of this house". | Stormont faces collapse despite the DUP's Arlene Foster accepting her party's nomination as first minister. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38639610"} | 82 | 25 | 0.522945 | 1.180528 | 0.03882 | 0.944444 | 4.055556 | 0.5 |
The error was the result of a faulty gas line which was dispensing nitrous oxide at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital.
A doctor discovered the problem after the baby died unexpectedly.
New South Wales Health Minister Jillian Skinner said she felt "profound sorrow" at the "tragic mistake" and ordered an investigation.
"I deeply regret these families have suffered through such a devastating error. NSW Health will do all it can to support them," she said.
Sonya Ghanem, the mother of the newborn who died, told Australian broadcaster Channel 9: "I said, 'I want to see him.' Just looking at him, shaking. 'My son, wake up,' I would tell him. 'Wake up, wake up. What did they do to you?' "
Ms Skinner said the gas lines were checked and certified by the gas company, BOC Ltd and the hospital. The legal counsel for New South Wales has demanded an explanation from BOC Ltd.
In a statement, the company said: "We deeply regret that these families are suffering pain and sorrow."
BOC Ltd is carrying out an internal inquiry.
Ms Skinner has ordered all medical gas lines to be checked. "Mothers can feel confident that we have checked every operating theatre, every [resuscitation] bay where babies are treated and there are no other examples of this, " she said.
Media in Australia criticised Ms Skinner for attending a performance awards ceremony as news of the gas incident emerged.
The opposition party has called for her resignation, but Ms Skinner says she will not stand down. | A baby has died and another is in critical condition after both were administered "laughing gas" instead of oxygen at a hospital in Sydney. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36891897"} | 350 | 31 | 0.493264 | 1.32322 | -1.031684 | 0.666667 | 11.592593 | 0.666667 |
Dutch electricity network administrator TenneT said a significant part of North Holland province, home to some 2.7 million people, was affected.
The operator later said power had been restored.
But incoming flights were still being diverted from Schiphol airport - one of Europe's busiest terminals.
The hub was forced to run on emergency power, as the cut caused widespread disruption.
It was triggered by a "technical fault" at a substation in the Amsterdam suburb of Diemen, TenneT said on Twitter.
It said its engineers were working hard to fix the problem.
Public transport across the Netherlands was affected, with trains cancelled and passengers stuck in lifts, trams and subways, according to reports.
Hospitals were operating on backup power, NOS public television said. | A major power cut hit Amsterdam and surrounding towns, causing all flights to and from the city's Schiphol airport to be temporarily cancelled. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32086164"} | 169 | 31 | 0.628941 | 1.288008 | 0.292548 | 0.730769 | 5.692308 | 0.653846 |
Horse Rheidol Petra, ridden by Iola Evans, won the Llanwrtyd Wells event on Saturday in two hours and 30 minutes.
The first runner, Owen Beilby, finished the course 20 minutes later.
In 37 years of the Whole Earth Man V Horse race, only two runners have ever emerged victorious - Huw Lobb in 2004 and Florian Holginger in 2007.
The idea for the annual race was born from a bet in the back room of the Neaudd Arms in 1980 after an argument over whether a man could ever beat a horse in a long-distance race.
The pub is still the starting point for the race. | Hundreds of people have gathered in a Powys town to cheer on competitors in a 21-mile race that saw 650 runners pitted against 60 horses and riders. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40237844"} | 155 | 40 | 0.472872 | 1.102708 | -0.404177 | 0.533333 | 4.1 | 0.4 |
Figures show about 1,160,000 fines - worth about £81m - have been passed to a European debt recovery agency since the Dart Charge began in 2014.
Mr Freeman - known as "Mr Loophole" - said it sent out a bad message.
Highways England said non-payment was being followed up in the UK and abroad.
Figures for how many fines went on to be paid by foreign drivers have not been released by Highways England, which said this could prejudice the effective operation of Dart Charge.
Mr Freeman said: "That means it's complete nonsense and they've recovered nothing."
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The figures showed there had been more than 120 million chargeable crossings since Dart Charge began. Of the five million of those by foreign vehicles, more than a million drivers did not pay.
Mr Freeman, who has defended Sir Alex Ferguson, Jeremy Clarkson and David Beckham among a string of high-profile clients, is calling for an app to be developed to notify foreign non-payers about unpaid fines at UK borders.
He claimed it could be sorted without too much difficulty.
"The government need to grasp this because the amount of money is exorbitant and it's totally unfair," he added.
"The point is there are millions and millions of foreign drivers who come over to this country and they pay nothing to use our roads. We go abroad, we have to pay."
A Highways England spokesman said: "The vast majority of drivers are paying their Dart Charge correctly, and the number of foreign drivers not paying on time makes up less than 1% of total crossings.
"Non-payment is being followed up fairly and appropriately, using all legal means, both in the UK and abroad." | The UK is being "soft and stupid" over the unpaid fines of more than a million foreign drivers who have used the Dartford Crossing, according to celebrity motoring lawyer Nick Freeman. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40996859"} | 400 | 44 | 0.644151 | 1.726035 | 0.252419 | 1.628571 | 10.314286 | 0.771429 |
Imports also fell for the month by 16.1% in yuan terms, compared with forecasts for a fall of about 12%.
That means the country's trade surplus has risen to 210.2 billion yuan (£21bn; $32.4bn) from 18.6bn yuan in March.
Recent economic data from the mainland has shown further signs that China's slowdown is continuing.
"[The surplus rise] was mainly due to further import weakness," said Moody's analyst Alistair Chan in a note.
"Imports have slowed on account of the housing slump and reduced demand for commodities, while exports have been softened on account of the uneven global recovery," he said.
Economist Tony Nash of Delta Economics said there was clearly pressure on China's trade environment.
"But the environment is improving and will continue through the second quarter," he said. "We see some difficulties in the third quarter, with recovery late in the year."
In US dollar terms, China's exports for the month fell 6.4%, while imports fell 16.2%, and the trade surplus rose to $34.13bn.
Some official numbers from the mainland are now reported by media in both currencies, because of currency conversion factors based on US dollar and Chinese yuan movements over the last year.
China's economy grew by 7.4% in 2014, its weakest for almost 25 years. | China's monthly trade data has shown exports fell in April from a year ago by 6.2% in yuan terms compared to expectations for a rise of about 1.5%. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32639974"} | 313 | 41 | 0.635897 | 1.350446 | 0.350136 | 1.5 | 8.3125 | 0.8125 |
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) said a top black advocate had lodged a complaint against Judge Mabel Jansen.
The justice minister has been asked to put her on special leave, while the complaint is dealt with, the JSC added.
Judge Jansen was widely condemned after her purported comments went viral on social media at the weekend.
She said, in posts attributed to her, that the gang-rape of babies, girls and women was seen as a "pleasurable" pastime by black men.
The judge said the comments had been made in a private Facebook exchange with South African activist Gillian Schutte, and had been taken out of context.
Ms Schutte said she made the comments public to expose the "deep racism and colonial thinking" prevalent in South Africa.
The JSC said it was confident that the complaint lodged by lawyer Vuyani Ngalwana would be dealt with in a "just and proper" way by its conduct committee.
After discussions with Judge Jansen, a proposal had been made to Justice Minister Michael Masutha to give her special leave, it added in a statement.
In the posts attributed to her, the judge said: "In their culture a woman is there to pleasure them. Period. It is seen as an absolute right and a woman's consent is not required."
In another post, she purportedly said that "murder is also not a biggy" for black men and "gang rapes of baby, daughter, and mother [were] a pleasurable pass [sic] time".
Judge Jansen added, according to the post, that the "true facts are most definitely not that espoused by the liberals".
Mr Ngalwana said her "outburst, effectively tarring all black men with the 'rapist' broad brush" was "shocking beyond belief", South Africa's Business Day newspaper reported on Monday.
A spokesman for the governing African National Congress (ANC) said he suspected there were other judges who engaged in "racist stereotypes", while the party's influential women's wing said her comments were "purely racist" and misrepresented the "facts about black culture".
The opposition Democratic Alliance said Judge Jansen's comments were "not only hurtful and demeaning", but undermined "the dignity of our people," the AFP news agency reports.
The judge told local media that the posts were from last May, when she was in a private inbox exchange with Ms Schutte in an attempt to get help for victims of rape and assault.
"I was referring to specific cases," the judge was quoted by South Africa's News24 website as saying.
"It is very bad when you are attacked on this basis, when you know it is the opposite. I don't know what she [Ms Schutte] is trying to do."
Last month, Mr Masutha said he planned to toughen anti-racism and hate speech legislation following a spate of controversial comments on social media.
White minority ruled ended in South Africa in 1994.
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Hugh James Rodley, 69, from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, was sentenced to eight years in jail in 2009 for trying to steal £229m from a Japanese bank.
In 2012, he was given an additional seven years after being convicted of conning 741 pensioners out of £6m.
He was sentenced at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
Rodley was ordered to handover £1,236,737 or face an additional seven years in jail in November 2014.
The money had been identified by National Crime Agency (NCA) and City of London Police financial investigators as profits he had made from both criminal enterprises.
Among the assets were luxury cars and his manor house in Gloucestershire. He bought his title at an auction in 1986.
Acting Det Sgt Melonie Moody, from City of London Police, said his sentence was "one of the biggest" they had seen in recent times.
He said the force hoped to reunite the 741 victims with money they lost to Rodley.
Stephanie Jeavons, from the NCA, said the sentence showed the "seriousness of his failure to pay". | A self-appointed lord convicted of two multimillion-pound frauds has been jailed for a further seven years after he failed to pay back more than £1m. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36546348"} | 248 | 41 | 0.469082 | 1.075842 | 0.036814 | 0.774194 | 6.83871 | 0.451613 |
He'll never play here again, not as a Caley Thistle player.
When next he comes he will have given up his captain's armband and donned the jersey of the enemy - his new club, Aberdeen.
It's hard for a 23-year-old to be wistful about anything, but in Shinnie's case it's understandable. He remembers his first match for Inverness, an under-17 contest against, coincidentally, the very team he will play his last one against on Saturday - Falkirk.
At the time, he thought professional football might have passed him by. He was getting ready for a different life.
He changed tyres, refitted batteries and got to thinking that maybe a mechanic's lot wasn't so bad, even if his father laughed when he came home every evening looking like he'd been swimming in diesel.
That game was the breakthrough. He played centre-midfield and was dominant. On the way home his father said that he knew that young Graeme was good, just like his older brother Andrew, but it was only now that he realised how good.
Those words meant a lot, especially when they were endorsed by the club by a way of a contract.
The Cup final awaits. The last stand - and more reason for reflection. Just over four years ago Inverness played a Scottish Cup tie against Morton.
"I couldn't move," he recalls. "I don't know how I got through the game. Beforehand, I was saying to the boys, 'I'm not feeling great, I'm really struggling here,' and I went into hospital and they told me it was Crohn's disease.
"I'd had it when I was much younger but it was a pretty mild version. Now it was a lot worse. It's a swelling in the digestive system. You're knackered all the time, you can't eat, you lose weight.
"It was a career-threatener. I had a seven-hour operation and when they were in they found a few abscesses. I was in Raigmore hospital for a month and a bit. I lost a lot of weight, I was weak, I couldn't eat because of the pain in my stomach and I had part of my bowel removed.
"I was thinking, 'Will I ever get back to football, will my life change because of this? Terry Butcher was the manager and he was fantastic. He popped into hospital nearly every day. He was really good to me.
"I was only saying this to my family the other day. Back then, when I was lying in the bed, I couldn't see things working out the way they have.
"I've just become a dad, I've got this Cup final to look forward to and I'm about to make a very exciting move to Aberdeen, where I come from. I owe Inverness so much. It's been a brilliant place to be for the last seven years. Such a positive club, full of good people."
This will be his second Cup final, of course. The first was unforgettable for the fans of the team he is about to join but something altogether different for Inverness. The League Cup final loss to Aberdeen is something he looks back on with particular regret - about the loss, of course, but also because he didn't find it in himself to step up and take a penalty in the shoot-out in those frenetic moments at Celtic Park.
"It felt like nobody wanted to win it on the day," he says. "Neither of us were prepared to take a gamble and go and do something special. It was like we were both afraid to concede a goal and it was boring for the fans to watch.
"All the pressure was on Aberdeen and they didn't want to let the fans down. It goes to penalties and it's horrible.
"We know what it's like to lose and we don't want that feeling again on Saturday. We've got to go in saying, 'I'm going to grab this game by the scruff of the neck.' We have players who can do that.
"I kick myself every time I think about that shoot-out. I wanted to take one, but I was exhausted. I'd run myself into the ground and I'd taken a few heavy tackles. I should have dug deeper and stepped up.
"From that day on I've regretted not finding the energy to do it. If it goes to penalties against Falkirk then I'm definitely taking one."
Life has been interesting under John Hughes. He calls his soon-to-be-former manager a "madman" but says it with affection. He says he's different from Butcher in the style he wants the game played but that the thing that unites them both is that they won a lot of matches and raised the bar.
"Terry's way was a more hard-working, chasing-lost-balls kind of philosophy and John is the opposite. He wants us to make the ball do the work; keep it, pass it, make the other team do the chasing.
"I hope the fans will agree that we're playing better stuff under Yogi but under Terry we were winning as well and as long as we were winning we were enjoying ourselves.
"Derek McInnes has a similar way of looking at it as Yogi. When I met him I was really impressed with his vision for the club and, in my heart, it feels like the right move. I had a few options to go to England but I felt that Aberdeen was the club where I would progress best.
"I spoke to my girlfriend, Jodie, and my family and her family and had a real good think about it. I could have had more money down in England.
"Money is a lot of things in life, but being happy and enjoying my football is more important. The money's good here anyway. You're doing something you love, you're working until midday and you've got plenty of time with your family. It's a great life.
"People get a bit hung up on my money. If you're playing then you're happy and your family is happy. When I was weighing it up, I decided I'd take less money and play rather than go south and take more money and maybe not play.
"If you're not playing then you're unhappy and you take it home with you and that's not a good situation to be in - away from home and frustrated.
"Things that you normally don't get upset about suddenly bother you because you're not in the team and you're on a downer.
"I've seen players who went to England just for the sake of saying they've done it. I've signed a three-year deal and after that if anybody comes calling and it's the right move, then maybe. I'll be 26 or 27. Hopefully, I have plenty of time."
None of that matters now, of course. Not yet. The Cup final is all that he can see. Saturday and Falkirk and a chance to make history on his final day. Inverness are favourites and he accepts it. There's no mind games, no attempt to duck and dive. If they play to their maximum they should win, that's the bottom line.
"We know we have the squad to beat any team. We've beaten Celtic, the best team in the country, twice this season including in the semi-final, which was the most enjoyable day of my career.
"We can't be reserved and be sitting back and hoping for something to happen. We need to go out and do it. That's the lesson I hope we've learned from our last final. You have to seize the moment."
He's only 23, but he has a wise head to go with all the talent and he knows that days like these don't come around all that often - at his current club or his future one. | Graeme Shinnie is sitting in a room in the Caledonian Stadium, looking out of a window on to the pitch that has been his place of work since he was 16 years old. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32908290"} | 1,812 | 46 | 0.343322 | 1.012178 | -1.277689 | 1.085714 | 46.057143 | 0.8 |
Police were called to Blaeloch Drive at about 02:45 on Saturday.
The victim was taken to Hairmyres Hospital where he was treated for a serious injury to his face but was later released.
Officers said it was a particularly violent attack and have asked anyone who was there and saw what happened to contact them. | A 23- year-old man has been seriously assaulted after a disturbance in the Castlemilk area of Glasgow. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37397763"} | 70 | 26 | 0.625296 | 1.123692 | -0.848325 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.2 |
Joshua Dobby, 23, was out of jail on licence when he knocked over Makayah McDermott, 10, and Rozanne Cooper, 34, in Penge, south London, last August.
Dobby had previously denied manslaughter but changed his plea last month at the Old Bailey.
He was jailed for 12 years for two counts of manslaughter with a further three to serve on licence.
Dobby, of no fixed address, was being pursued by police as he drove a stolen black Ford Focus at three times the speed limit down one-way roads and through red lights, before losing control.
The court heard he hit a bollard before ploughing into Makayah and Ms Cooper, and three other members of the family, two aged 13 and one aged eight.
After the fatal crash, he jumped out of the car and stepped over 13-year-old Yahla McDermott who had suffered serious injuries, and ran from the scene.
At the time, on 31 August, the family had been on their way to get ice creams and play on the swings in a park, the court heard.
Yahla described lying trapped under the car when she saw Dobby flee.
In a victim impact statement, she said: "I couldn't feel my legs. An ugly man's foot stepped over me and ran."
Ms McDermott, who told the court she was ashamed of her scarring, said "I feel like my life is over... because there is nothing to live for."
Following the hearing, they said said they were "disappointed" in the length of Dobby's sentence.
"We came here today to see justice done and in the hope that Joshua Dobby would show remorse and sorry for killing our beautiful Rosie and our wonderful Makayah. But he has shown none," they said in a statement.
Earlier, Makayah's grandfather accused the killer of treating the lives of his family as "worthless" and "expendable".
In a pre-sentence statement, Martin Cooper told how he watched helplessly as Dobby lost control and drove the car at his family.
"I watched as the driver of the car made no attempt to stop or apply the brakes and no attempt to swerve," he said.
Giving evidence, Dobby admitted he had been coming down from smoking crack cocaine and heroin when he killed Ms Cooper and Makayah.
He was on his way to sell the car for £300 to buy more drugs at the time, the court heard.
The defendant had 53 previous convictions dating back to the age of 13, including a conviction for aggravated vehicle taking, having crashed a car into railings with police in pursuit, aged 16.
Just five days before the crash police had abandoned a pursuit of the same Focus because it was too dangerous, the court heard.
Dobby, who never has never been able to drive legally, was on licence from an 18-week prison sentence for handling stolen goods at the time of the crash.
Mitigating, Tyrone Smith QC told how Dobby had a "fractured upbringing", estranged from his father with time in care and a "principal family member" who was also an addict. | A drug addict who killed an aspiring child actor and his aunt during a police chase has been jailed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39234086"} | 732 | 25 | 0.291592 | 0.806877 | -0.5455 | 0.65 | 31.1 | 0.65 |
This week in Washington, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will sit down with President Barack Obama and tell him the US-Japan military alliance is stronger than ever.
In many ways this peculiar love affair between the US and Japan, which began after one country dropped atom bombs on the other, does look pretty solid.
But while Japanese people may like the protection that the US alliance brings, they don't much like the US bases and tens of thousands of personnel that come with it.
Most will never get to see the 50,000 US military personnel stationed in their country. That's because most of the Americans are far away on the island of Okinawa.
Okinawa makes up just 0.6% of Japan's land mass but, as the locals will never tire of telling you, it hosts over 70% of the US bases in Japan.
The people of Okinawa are weary of the 70 years of "semi-occupation". They have long complained of the noise and danger from US planes and helicopters flying day and night.
Most of all they complain of the young men of the US Marine Corps, who are seen as drunken, violent and a threat to Okinawan women.
In fact the statistics speak otherwise - the incidence of rape, murder and other crimes by American personnel in Okinawa is low.
But a small number of horrific cases have done huge harm - in particular the 1995 gang rape of a 13-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl by four US Marines changed attitudes here dramatically.
It's a big reason why the US government wants to move Futenma, the largest Marine base in Okinawa, out of the densely populated south of the island to a remote spot 60km away.
It sounds like a good idea. The city of Ginowan will get a big chunk of land back. Its people will get to sleep at night and its daughters will no longer have to fear.
But for most Okinawans, 60km is not nearly far enough. They want to see the US Marines moved much further - say Guam for instance, or even better, Australia.
As plans for building the new base at Camp Schwab have moved forward, attitudes here have hardened. Tokyo insists there is no other choice.
Okinawans have responded by kicking out the pro-Tokyo governor and electing a new one who has promised to block any construction. Tokyo has simply over-ruled him.
It is, say many in Okinawa, the behaviour of a colonial regime, and it is making people here mad.
At 6:30 on a chilly morning I find myself outside the gates of Camp Schwab with around 100 elderly, but determined, protesters.
At first it is noisy but pretty docile. But then as the construction crews start to arrive the elderly protesters roll in to action.
En masse they rush out in to the road and lie down in front of one of the vehicles. The police struggle to pull them away, four policemen for each protester. They kick and scream.
"Why are you betraying your own people?", they shout. "Why are you helping the Americans?"
Through it all, blaring away on his megaphone, is protest leader Satoru Oshiro.
"It is 70 years since the end of the war, but still we have to bear the overwhelming burden of US bases here in Okinawa."
"In a democratic country that is not right," he says. "Now they want to build a new base here, we cannot allow that to happen."
The emotions here are complex. Okinawans feel semi-occupied by the US military, but their feelings towards Tokyo are also deeply ambivalent.
There is deep bitterness here, in particular about how their overlords from the "mainland" sacrificed them at the end of World War 2.
"Okinawa is the only place in Japan that experienced battle on the ground," says Satoru Oshiro "We cannot forget the tragedy, the horrible past."
And it was unspeakably horrible.
On a hilltop just outside the capital Naha, I find Takamatsu Gushiken digging for human remains.
He and a small team of volunteers have been doing this for over 30 years. All they have is some old trowels, a few buckets and one yellow metal detector. Each year they uncover the remains of around 100 people - most are civilians, many are women and children.
"When I find the bones of child and woman together, I cannot help but think that must be a mother and child and think about which died first," Gushiken says.
"I heard of lots of babies sucking their mother's breast after she has died. Was it like that or did the child go first and the mother hung on to the baby? It makes it very hard for us to see sights like that."
All the more so when you realise that many of the victims he unearths did not die in battle but killed themselves on the orders of Japanese military commanders.
"The Japanese military was the only military that ordered soldiers and people to take their own lives, rather than surrender.
"People were taught that killing themselves was a noble act. When I see those remains, it is very hard for me to forgive teaching in Japan at that time."
The carnage wrought by this policy is terrible to think about.
Perhaps a quarter of a million people died here in three months of slaughter from April to June 1945. No-one has ever apologised to the people of Okinawa for what they were put through, not the US, certainly not Tokyo.
Back at Camp Schwab the protesters have now taken to the water.
Much of the new marine base will be built by landfilling a pristine reef with millions of tonnes of rock and soil and building two long runways in Henoko Bay.
The protesters are now in small sea kayaks. They can slip in to the shallowest water and dodge between rocks.
For an hour there is a game of cat and mouse as the tiny kayaks try to slip into the construction zone. But the coastguards, in their powerful speedboats, outflank them and round them up like a dog herding wayward sheep.
It is an unequal contest - but the sentiment of people here in Okinawa is clear. They don't want the new base.
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Scotland Under-21 international Hyam has yet to play for the Royals' senior side, but featured in one EFL Trophy game in January.
The 21-year-old made his professional debut on loan at Dagenham last season, playing in 16 League Two games.
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The 45-year-old racer from Morecambe broke four vertebrae, three ribs and fractured his leg in a crash at the North West 200 last month.
He travelled to the island ahead of Sunday's opening race with fans on the ferry from Lancashire.
"It was amazing," he said. Everyone stood up and clapped."
The Honda racer is the second most successful racer in the event's history and his 23 wins place him just three behind all-time record holder Joey Dunlop.
"The fans' reaction means a lot. I've been in tears a few times in the last couple of weeks and it's things like that make me feel emotional."
The Honda Racing team have not replaced McGuinness at the event but Guy Martin will represent the team.
A Honda spokesman said: "Out of respect for McGuinness' long-standing relationship with Honda, the team has made the decision not to replace him aboard the Fireblade at the Isle of Man TT.
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Having restricted the Netherlands to a modest 90-6 from their 20 overs, the Irish reached their victory target with more than eight overs to spare.
Openers Cecelia Joyce (39) and Clare Shillington (33) added 74 for the first wicket in the opening eight overs.
Earlier, Dutch wicketkeeper Miranda Veringmeier made 53 but lacked support.
Joyce's twin sister Isobel, the Irish captain, was their most successful bowler, taking 3-18 after conceding 10 runs in her opening over.
Ciara Metcalfe took 2-19 and Kim Garth 1-14 while 16-year-old seamer Lucy O'Reilly, although wicketless, conceded only eight runs from her four overs.
Ireland play China in their second Group B match on Sunday, and then face Zimbabwe on Tuesday.
In Saturday's other Group B game, Zimbabwe beat China by 10 wickets, while in Group A, Scotland and Bangladesh saw off Papua New Guinea and hosts Thailand respectively.
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The fire in a yard run by WH Orchard and Son in Dobwalls, Cornwall, caused an estimated £10,000 of damage.
Owner Graham Orchard said the fire started because a gas canister was left in a car they were crushing.
Cornwall Fire service confirmed a gas canister was the "likely cause" of the fire.
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Multiple appliances from across the county were called to the scene at on Thursday afternoon. Relief crews stayed overnight.
Reflecting on the cause of the fire, Mr Orchard said he was angry about the canister being left in the vehicle.
"Somebody brought in the shell of a car and we asked them if there was anything hazardous in it, they said 'no', and we took their word for it," said Mr Orchard.
"There was a gas cylinder placed under one of the seats. Crushing it must have caused a spark, which caused a great fireball to go over my head
"Because people are being charged now to get rid of different types of waste, they try and mix it in with the general scrap, to hide it, and then this is what happens.
"We need to get the message across that it's dangerous to mix scrap metal, people don't understand the risk.
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