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The dataset generation failed because of a cast error
Error code: DatasetGenerationCastError
Exception: DatasetGenerationCastError
Message: An error occurred while generating the dataset
All the data files must have the same columns, but at some point there are 3 new columns ({'text', 'summary', 'dataset'}) and 3 missing columns ({'input', 'output', 'instruction'}).
This happened while the json dataset builder was generating data using
hf://datasets/sauravpanda/summarization-dataset-2k/train_raw.json (at revision 94aeaa731ca0436f45cc1a83c56011badda7651d)
Please either edit the data files to have matching columns, or separate them into different configurations (see docs at https://hf.co/docs/hub/datasets-manual-configuration#multiple-configurations)
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1870, in _prepare_split_single
writer.write_table(table)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/arrow_writer.py", line 622, in write_table
pa_table = table_cast(pa_table, self._schema)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2292, in table_cast
return cast_table_to_schema(table, schema)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2240, in cast_table_to_schema
raise CastError(
datasets.table.CastError: Couldn't cast
dataset: string
text: string
summary: string
-- schema metadata --
pandas: '{"index_columns": [], "column_indexes": [], "columns": [{"name":' + 438
to
{'instruction': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'input': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'output': Value(dtype='string', id=None)}
because column names don't match
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1438, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1050, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 924, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1000, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1741, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1872, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationCastError.from_cast_error(
datasets.exceptions.DatasetGenerationCastError: An error occurred while generating the dataset
All the data files must have the same columns, but at some point there are 3 new columns ({'text', 'summary', 'dataset'}) and 3 missing columns ({'input', 'output', 'instruction'}).
This happened while the json dataset builder was generating data using
hf://datasets/sauravpanda/summarization-dataset-2k/train_raw.json (at revision 94aeaa731ca0436f45cc1a83c56011badda7651d)
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Summarize the following text: | Four died after their vehicle was reportedly fired on by pro-Russian separatists in Schastye, close to the separatist stronghold of Lugansk.
Two others were killed when their vehicle hit an anti-tank mine near the government-held port city of Mariupol.
A fragile ceasefire has been in force in eastern Ukraine since February.
There have been isolated violations of the ceasefire, which was agreed by leaders from Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France.
In the Schastye incident, the four Ukrainian government troops are said to have died when their vehicle was hit as it drove across a bridge .
Initial reports said rebels "had fired an anti-tank missile", the interior ministry said in a statement.
In the mine explosion near Mariupol, two soldiers died at the scene while a third was wounded and taken to hospital, the army said.
On Saturday, the government reported the deaths of three soldiers in a mine explosion near Donetsk, another separatist stronghold.
Some 6,000 people have been killed since fighting broke out in eastern Ukraine between pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government a year ago.
The Ukrainian government, Western leaders and Nato say there is clear evidence that Russia has helped the rebels with heavy weapons and soldiers. Independent experts echo that accusation.
Moscow denies it, insisting that any Russians serving with the rebels are "volunteers". | Six Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in two separate incidents in the east of the country, government officials say. |
Summarize the following text: | Newcastle fought back from 3-1 down to win with two goals in stoppage time.
"They worked as hard as you could possibly ask them to and it was honest when they tried to win the header and they've not won it," said Neil.
"I can't say anything negative about them other than the fact we just didn't defend our box well enough."
Neil believed Newcastle "didn't do anything out of the ordinary" in the early part of injury time, with the Canaries having gone for a back three late on in the game by bringing on Ryan Bennett.
But Yoan Gouffran equalised in the 95th minute before Dwight Gayle took down a "straight ball" forward to score the winner and his hat-trick goal.
Norwich would have returned to the top of the Championship with a victory, but remain second and the Magpies moved up to third.
"I just think at times when we need to see important games out, for whatever reason, we don't make good decisions or win crucial headers," Neil told BBC Radio Norfolk.
"There's about 100 headers all over the pitch and maybe only five or six are critical headers, and at the moment we aren't winning the critical ones." | Norwich manager Alex Neil says his side need to win "more headers" after Wednesday's dramatic 4-3 defeat at Newcastle United in the Championship. |
Summarize the following text: | The blaze broke out at the Earth's Crust Bakery in Laurieston, near Castle Douglas, in the early hours of Monday morning.
Owners said an "unexplained electric fault" had caused the fire which ripped through the building.
The business - which started three years ago and is estimated to have produced 12,000 loaves - has been forced to close for the time being.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said it had receive a call shortly after 06:00 reporting the fire and had sent crews from Dalbeattie and Kirkcudbright.
"They arrived to find a fire within a brick building approximately four by six metres in size and a team of four firefighters in breathing apparatus used two high pressure jets to extinguish the flames," he said.
"Our crews then conducted dampening down operations and cleared debris that would have posed a danger to the public had it been left in place.
"Both our appliances left the scene around 8:15am." | A small artisan bakery in the south of Scotland has been destroyed by fire. |
Summarize the following text: | The 27-year-old Welshman, who arrived in late March, scored 32 points in the last four Pro 12 games.
Tovey said: "Having the opportunity to come up to Edinburgh and play some rugby was definitely the right move for me and I'm loving it here.
"I couldn't have asked for more from the boys over the last six weeks."
After a winning debut against Zebre, Tovey was unable to prevent Edinburgh slipping to defeat in their final three matches against Munster, Leinster and Cardiff Blues to finish ninth, one place lower than the last two seasons.
Head coach Alan Solomons has instilled a structured style of rugby in the capital, spearheaded by a fearsome pack, a robust set-piece and a strong defence but without a great deal of attacking flair.
Edinburgh only managed to claim a try bonus-point - for scoring four or more in a game - twice this season, crossing the whitewash on a total of 41 occasions.
"That's something we've got to look to bring into our game and start scoring a lot more tries," Tovey said.
"I think the last couple of weeks of the season we tried to change a bit, tried to play a different brand of rugby.
"But there's certain times where we've got to go back to that style and use our big heavy pack and I'm sure pre-season will come and we'll try and mix it up a bit more.
"That comes down to nine and 10 - they're the ones controlling it."
Tovey will compete for the number 10 jersey with Scotland fly-half Duncan Weir, who is joining from Glasgow Warriors.
Weir could be absent for chunks of the season on international duty and there is likely to be a preference in the Scotland camp for the native man to start.
However, Tovey says he's comfortable playing at full-back if required but will face competition there from impressive youngster Blair Kinghorn and Glenn Bryce, another new signing from Glasgow.
"He's a Scottish international, so it's always nice to have two 10s," Tovey said of Weir. "Hopefully both playing well at the same time, creating competition and getting the best out of each other.
"I'm not too sure about playing 12. I started off my career at full-back, so there'd be no dramas there, but Blair Kinghorn this season's been great and we've got Glenn Bryce coming in as well - two quality full-backs." | Fly-half Jason Tovey has signed a two-year contract with Edinburgh until May 2018 after a loan spell from Newport Gwent Dragons. |
Summarize the following text: | It is the first European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) to reach that stage, the European Commission says.
There are strict rules for such mass initiatives - and the EU is not obliged to enshrine such a proposal in law, even if it clears all the hurdles.
An ECI requires more than one million signatures in at least seven countries.
The water campaign, called Right2Water, was given a hearing with the European Commission and European Parliament on Monday, so that the organisers could present their case.
Right2Water was set up by a European trade union federation, EPSU, which claims to represent the interests of eight million public service workers across Europe.
On its website the campaign says the management of water resources should "not be subject to 'internal market rules'" and should be "excluded from liberalisation".
Right2Water collected nearly 1.9 million signatures of support.
Stephen Tindale, an analyst at an EU-focused think-tank, the Centre for European Reform, said the ECI mechanism was a useful way to put an issue on the EU's agenda.
The mechanism was launched in April 2012, as an effort to empower European citizens and encourage direct democracy.
"It requires the Commission to meet groups, consider the issue and give a response, but it won't necessarily lead to a change in policy," Mr Tindale told the BBC.
He said Right2Water's desire to exempt water supplies from liberalisation "won't go anywhere, because the Commission regards it as its primary function to promote the single market".
The Commission, which drafts EU laws, has to give a full, formal response to the initiative by 20 March, Commission spokesman Antonio Gravili told the BBC.
Right2Water "is the first to come to us with enough signatures validated by member states," he said.
The Commission's response will require the approval of all 28 commissioners. There were various options, Mr Gravili said. For example, "it could be yes to parts of the proposal, or yes but not by legislative means".
Two other ECIs are likely to be considered by the Commission soon. One is called One of Us, which is a campaign urging the EU to ban "the destruction of human embryos, in particular in the areas of research, development aid and public health". Such a ban would have a big impact on stem cell research in Europe.
The other initiative, called Stop Vivisection, aims to stop EU funding for animal experimentation.
Ordinary EU citizens can also raise issues directly with the European Parliament through petitions, but Mr Tindale said ECIs could have a bigger impact on the EU agenda.
"Just having a debate in the European Parliament doesn't achieve much, but getting something considered by the Commission has potential," he said.
Mr Gravili called the ECI a successful tool to encourage bottom-up initiatives - "citizens telling us what's important to them, getting it on to the agenda at European level".
He called it a form of "transnational participatory democracy which has never been done before at such a level".
Even rejected ECIs were important, he said, because "they encourage people to organise across borders, on things they are passionate about". | A grassroots initiative to protect the quality of Europe's drinking water and stop it being privatised has got on to the agenda of EU lawmakers in Brussels. |
Summarize the following text: | In a statement, the BNP accused him of trying to "destabilise" the party and "harassing" party members.
In a tweet, Mr Griffin took issue with the decision, accusing the party leadership of "plastic gangster games".
Mr Griffin stepped down as party leader in July after 15 years at the top. The party saw its vote collapse in May's elections, in which Mr Griffin lost his seat in the European Parliament.
The BNP said the decision to expel Mr Griffin had been taken by its conduct committee following an investigation after he stepped down as leader.
It accused him of seeking to "destabilise" the party and "embroil it in factionalism".
Specifically, it claimed Mr Griffin prepared and leaked "damaging and defamatory" allegations about senior members of the party and its finances.
It also accused him of "harassing members of BNP staff and in at least one case making physical threats" as well as publishing e-mails giving a false account of his own financial affairs after he was declared bankrupt in January.
It also suggested that he had ignored warnings from Adam Walker, the party's chairman, that he was bringing the BNP into disrepute.
"Although we all appreciate that Nick has achieved a lot for our party in the past, we must also remember that the party is bigger than any individual," Clive Jefferson, a member of the conduct committee, said in a statement.
"Nick did not adjust well to being given the honorary title of president and it soon became obvious that he was unable to work as an equal member of the team and alarmingly his behaviour became more erratic and disruptive."
Analysis: Iain Watson, BBC political correspondent
Why the fuss over the internal machinations of a party which has no MPs, no MEPs - and which polls suggest commands the support of about one per cent of voters?
Well, for many people Nick Griffin was the BNP, and his personal - and his party's - fortunes appeared intertwined. But 2014 hasn't been a good year for him.
He lost his seat in the European Parliament, was declared bankrupt, replaced as party leader and has now been expelled from the party.
He says he will not '"resort to the BBC gutter" to air his grievances - the members will sort it all out, he says. But a political comeback looks like a very tall order.
Read more from Iain Watson
In response, Mr Griffin said he had been "expelled without a trial".
He accused the party of "operating outside the constitution", adding that he would "ignore their plastic gangster games".
Mr Griffin has been the public face of the BNP for more than a decade, during which time the party increased its popular support despite being dogged by allegations of racism, which it has always rejected.
But the BNP's fortunes have slumped in recent years amid internal divisions and questions over the party's future direction.
While it won more than 6% of the vote in the 2009 European elections, when Mr Griffin and one other colleague were elected, it garnered just over 1% of the vote in May.
The party has also lost the majority of its council representatives.
Mr Griffin told political correspondent Ross Hawkins that he would not speak to the BBC about the dispute but insisted he would "sort it out" with party members.
The party's divisions, he added, were linked to its slump in electoral support since 2009 but observers also claimed that there had been arguments over the party's financial affairs. | The British National Party says it has expelled its ex-leader Nick Griffin. |
Summarize the following text: | The unnamed Slovakian national, who was being sought for multiple serious sexual offences in his native country, was found in Girlington on Saturday.
Officers searched three different homes before he was found at a fourth address.
He has been arrested and taken to a detention centre before being deported, West Yorkshire Police said.
In a Facebook posting, the force said it was "feeling accomplished" and several officers had "conducted enquiries" in that part of Bradford, looking for the man who they said had links to the area.
It added: "After speaking with members of the local community four different addresses in Girlington were searched by the above officers. The male was located at the fourth address hiding behind a wardrobe.
"Good mornings work!" | One of the UK's "most wanted" men has been found hiding behind a wardrobe in Bradford, police have said. |
Summarize the following text: | In five areas of the country, more than half the adult population has savings below that level.
Those areas are Northern Ireland, the West Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber, North East England and Wales.
The MAS said the findings were worrying and presented a particular challenge for low earners.
"These figures show the millions put at risk by the saving gaps in the UK," said Nick Hill, money expert at the service.
"For some on low incomes, saving is a real challenge as they may simply lack the income needed to save at all."
The research was carried out for MAS by the consumer data company CACI which has a database of 48m UK adults.
However, the research also showed that some people on low incomes do save money.
Roughly a quarter of adults with household incomes below £13,500 have more than £1,000 in savings.
And 40% of people in that income bracket manage to save something every month.
Martyn Alonzo is 53 and from the West Midlands. He earns £13,000 a year delivering stationery and installing furniture.
Six months ago he was not managing to save anything.
"I just seemed to be working to eat and survive," he says. "I couldn't get any money behind me."
But after getting involved with a Money Advice Service project to learn about saving, he has now managed to save £800.
He and his in-laws now pool their shopping bills by cooking for four people rather than two.
"I'll buy a packet of mince for £3, and make two meals out of it: lasagne and spaghetti bolognaise. I'm totally de-stressed with it all."
The MAS says saving small amounts on a regular basis is achievable for most people.
"Regular saving is key to building up that buffer against those life surprises," said Mr Hill.
"If you earn enough to set even a little aside each month that's great - a direct debit into a savings account might be an easy way to do this, even if you start small and increase the amount with time."
Since April, basic-rate taxpayers have been allowed to earn up to £1,000 a year in a savings account, and pay no income tax.
The Personal Savings Allowance, as it is known, is £500 a year for higher-rate taxpayers, while there is no allowance for those paying the top rate of tax. | More than 16m people in the UK have savings of less than £100, a study by the Money Advice Service (MAS) has found. |
Summarize the following text: | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said phytoplankton has washed up on the shores at Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, West Angle in Pembrokeshire, and Pendine in Carmarthenshire.
Despite looking like pollution, NRW said the seaweed-smelling foam is harmless.
Phytoplankton is eaten by marine life. | A runny green slurry which has appeared on some beaches around the Welsh coast is algae, not sewage, an environment watchdog has said. |
Summarize the following text: | Sixers, who lost their first six group games and are now on a nine-game winning streak, will meet city rivals Sydney Thunder in Sunday's final.
Hurricanes, led by England's Heather Knight, made 86-8 from 14 overs.
Set 55 from eight overs to win, Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry helped Sixers to a 10-wicket win with 10 balls to spare.
The Duckworth-Lewis-adjusted target proved too easy for Australia stars Healy (32 not out) and Perry (22 not out), who raced to their target without loss.
Sixers were also indebted to veteran ex-Australia spinner Lisa Sthalekar, who came out of retirement for this tournament and took 3-9 from her three overs.
She captured the key wickets of captain Knight (16), Erin Burns (26) and New Zealand left-hander Amy Satterthwaite (24) - the only three Hurricanes players to make double figures.
It leaves Sixers all-rounder Laura Marsh as the only England player left in the WBBL, although she did not play in the semi-final and has only featured in six of their 15 games.
Also at the MCG on Friday, Melbourne Stars beat Perth Scorchers by seven wickets in the second men's Big Bash League semi-final, joining Sydney Thunder in Sunday's final. | Sydney Sixers cruised into the inaugural Women's Big Bash League final after beating Hobart Hurricanes in a rain-affected semi-final in Melbourne. |
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Sharapova, 28, revealed on Monday that she tested positive for the banned substance meldonium in January.
A number of sponsors have already distanced themselves from the Russian.
Pound cannot understand how Sharapova found herself in this situation, given the high stakes involved, both professionally and financially.
"Running a $30m business depends on you staying eligible to play tennis," he told BBC Sport.
Sharapova has been the highest-earning female athlete in the world in each of the past 11 years, according to the Forbes list.
However, sportswear giant Nike has suspended its relationship with the five-time Grand Slam winner, while watch manufacturer Tag Heuer has cut its ties.
German carmaker Porsche said it was "postponing planned activities" with Sharapova until the situation became clearer.
Sharapova says she has taken meldonium since 2006 for health reasons.
However, it became a banned substance on 1 January after Wada deemed it had performance-enhancing properties.
Pound, who was head of Wada from 1999 to 2007, said Sharapova had made a "big mistake" and "should have known" the consequences of using it.
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"Anytime there is a change to the list, notice is given on 30 September prior to the change," he said.
"You have October, November, December to get off what you are doing.
"All the tennis players were given notification of it and she has a medical team somewhere. That is reckless beyond description."
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Meldonium could have a positive effect on stamina and endurance because it has the ability to increase oxygen movement to muscles.
Pound said it was eventually added to the banned list because a lot of people began taking it for performance-enhancing reasons.
He added that most of the drugs of choice for dopers were "built for therapeutic reasons", like EPO, but that they all had side-effects that could be put to use by those seeking to gain an advantage over their rivals.
Grindeks, the Latvian company that manufactures meldonium, said a typical course of treatment should only run to a few weeks.
"Depending on the patient's health condition, treatment course of meldonium preparations may vary from four to six weeks," its statement read.
"Treatment can be repeated twice or thrice a year. Only physicians can follow and evaluate patient's health condition and state whether the patient should use meldonium for a longer period of time."
In response, Sharapova's lawyer, John Haggerty, said she had not been taking the drug every day for 10 years.
"That's simply not the case," he said, adding that she took meldonium "in accordance with the recommendations of her doctor".
The International Tennis Federation said Sharapova will be provisionally suspended from 12 March.
She faces up to a four-year ban, but Pound, 73, says suspensions can be reduced if "there is absolutely zero fault on the part of the athlete".
He said it was the ITF's responsibility to "propose" any ban and warned that Wada could appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for an increase if it did not think the punishment was sufficient.
Sharapova's announcement, made at a hotel in Los Angeles on Monday, has polarised opinions.
World number one Serena Williams, who had beaten Sharapova at the Australian Open on 26 January before she tested positive, said the Russian has shown "a lot of courage" for accepting responsibility.
However, British sprinter Jeanette Kwakye, who was a 100m finalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, criticised Sharapova and felt her high public profile might mean she escapes with a light sentence.
"What we have in Maria Sharapova is a media darling," said Kwakye.
"She knows how to work the world of media, she knows how to spin and put things in her favour by breaking her own news.
"For somebody like her, it may be a lenient slap on the wrist." | Maria Sharapova's failed drugs test was "reckless beyond description", according to former World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound. |
Summarize the following text: | In the ad, a man dressed in tradesman's clothing criticises the opposition Labor Party for its stance on banks, enterprise and tax concessions.
The man's delivery was lampooned as unconvincing and the hashtag #faketradie trended on social media.
But a Liberal Party spokesman insisted a genuine tradesman was used in the ad.
"We are very pleased that people are talking about this ad which highlights the risks of [Labor leader] Bill Shorten's war on business. The tradie is real," a statement said.
The ad received a relentless battering on Twitter for its heavy-handed use of Australian slang and its plea for voters to "stick with the current mob for a while".
Some wags pointed out the odd placement of the man's saw equipment on a road outside of the construction site. Others noted that the man in the ad appeared to be wearing an expensive watch.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten jumped on the #faketradie bandwagon, saying: "The problem with the Liberal ad is exactly the same problem with [Prime Minister Malcolm] Turnbull - Australians can spot a fake when they see one".
The Australian Council of Trade Unions claimed that the man in the ad was an actor named Andrew MacRae.
But Mr MacRae told the Daily Mail he had nothing to do with the ad. Although he has not yet been named, it appears the #faketradie is in fact a #realtradie.
The marathon election campaign entered its seventh week on Monday, with the Labor opposition attacking the government over what it says are plans to privatise the public health system, Medicare.
The government dismissed the claims as a scare campaign and guaranteed that no part of Medicare would be privatised. | An army of amateur internet critics has turned on the latest Australian election campaign ad from Australia's conservative Coalition government. |
Summarize the following text: | In the run-up to Sunday's British Grand Prix, the world champion told us what he enjoys about racing at home, his dream team-mate, favourite grand prix and the other Formula 1 team he would like to drive for.
What is your favourite thing about racing at Silverstone? - Laurence Taylor
"Getting to see the fans. Home crowd."
If you could go back and relive one grand prix, which would it be? - Simon Lee Harrop
"It will always be Abu Dhabi 2014, when I won my second world championship."
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Why did you change your helmet colour to white? - Cosmos
"I changed it because my team-mate Nico Rosberg had a yellow helmet at the time and because yellow just did not go with Petronas green on the car."
What is your greatest ever overtake? - Dani Lissoni
"Buckmore Park [a kart circuit in Kent] in 1996. I went into the last corner fourth and came out first, having gone around the outside."
Time in the car is limited so why did you skip testing last week, giving your main rival extra car time? - Trina S
"I had doctors' appointments, just some personal things I had to get checked out."
Have you cleared the clutch problem that affected you in Austria? Your starts were great before they changed. - Sabine
"A lot of investigation has gone into it. There was a problem with the car and they have worked hard to fix it."
Which era would you have like to have driven in most in F1 and who would you have as a team-mate? - James
"I would have had Ayrton Senna as a team-mate but I would race in this era."
What is the main thing you learnt from Senna's driving that you use in your driving today? - Bruton
"Just his aggressive style, I guess."
Who's your favourite guitar player and/or biggest influence on guitar? - Brian Basara
"Probably Jimi Hendrix."
What's it like being close friends with the Kardashians? - Mike Johnno
"It's like having normal friends. They are great fun, really down-to-earth, loving people, which people probably don't get to truly see."
What advice would you have for aspiring F1 drivers? - Duke
"Just never give up. Don't let anyone tell you, you can't do it until proven otherwise. And that goes for any walk of life."
Do you agree with Niki Lauda that technology has ruined the job of the driver? - Gerard V.P.
"That is a personal opinion of his and it's not for me to judge. The situation is what it is, but it was better when there was less technology, for sure."
If you were Bernie Ecclestone for the day what would you do/change? - Grant Harvey
"Nothing in F1 gets changed in a day. It takes months and months."
As a driver for the last eight-and-a-half years, are you still able to view F1 as a fan, or only as a driver? - Alex Whitworth
"Yes, but of course I don't see it like a fan. Obviously I see it from behind closed doors and on my laptop, so I don't get to see it as a fan."
What's the one item you couldn't travel without? - Helen
"My headphones. I love music."
How do you feel about the current form of your former team McLaren? Do you think they will recover? - Mark Jones
"It's sad to see them where they are and I hope they will find their way back."
If you had to race for any team other than Mercedes, who would it be? - Dani Lissoni
"Ferrari."
What is your physical training program? - Ant
"During the season, an hour to an hour and a half of running in the morning and then gym for an hour in the afternoon, which is weights and core. In the winter, I go to the mountains and do a lot of cross-country skiing."
Would you ever be tempted to try out Formula E or the World Endurance Championship? - Topher Smith
"No. I have no desires to do so."
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Lewis Hamilton was talking to BBC Sport's Andrew Benson | After a busy week which featured a guest appearance on The Graham Norton Show and a trip to Glastonbury, Lewis Hamilton has answered the best of the #AskLewis questions you sent to the BBC Sport website. |
Summarize the following text: | The tycoon told the BBC he would probably join a club for party donors called the Leader's Group.
This club requires an annual membership fee of £50,000.
Lord Ashcroft - also a former party treasurer - donated millions of pounds to the Conservatives, often targeted at marginal seats, but fell out with ex-prime minister David Cameron in 2010.
Speaking to BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg, the peer praised Mr Cameron's replacement, Theresa May, for her speech on Brexit to the Conservative conference on Sunday.
Asked whether he would be prepared to donate again, he said: "I think, probably, I might join the Leader's Group again but that's a small sum compared to historically what I have given to the party."
The Leader's Group is described as the Conservative Party's "premier supporter group".
Members are invited to join the prime minister and other senior figures at dinners, drinks receptions and other events, in exchange for their annual £50,000 donation.
Lord Ashcroft, who was ranked 74 in the 2015 Sunday Times Rich List, said he hoped that under Mrs May the party would have "significantly broadened" its funding base so it was not dependent on individuals giving "seven-figure sums".
Asked whether he would be prepared to donate smaller sums, he replied: "Under the appropriate circumstances and the direction in which it's heading, it's very nice to be back."
Lord Ashcroft was deputy chairman of the Conservative Party during Mr Cameron's period as Leader of the Opposition.
In July 2010, he gave up his non-domiciled tax status after a law was passed requiring peers and MPs to be tax resident and domiciled in order to remain in Parliament.
His tax status had long been criticised by his opponents.
When he co-authored a book on Mr Cameron last year, he admitted to having personal "beef" with the prime minister after not being offered a major job in the coalition government following the 2010 general election.
He has been credited with helping to rescue the party's finances in the past, once stepping in to personally guarantee its overdraft when it was reportedly £3m in the red. | Ex-Conservative Party deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft says he will start donating to the party again. |
Summarize the following text: | A report by the trust, which provides security for Britain's Jewish community and monitors anti-Semitism, said the number of incidents had more than doubled to 1,168 in 2014.
It is the highest figure since the trust began monitoring in 1984.
"Anti-Semitic reactions to the conflict in Israel and Gaza" were the biggest factor behind the rise, the trust said.
It recorded 314 incidents in July - the highest ever recorded in a single month.
It said almost half the offenders made reference to Gaza or Palestinians.
However, it said the number of incidents had already risen significantly in the first six months of the year, before the summer's conflict.
The report said the increase was most marked in London - where the number of incidents rose by 137% to 583 - and in Greater Manchester, where the number rose by 79% to 309.
It said there were 81 violent anti-Semitic assaults across the UK in 2014.
One, in London last September, was classified as "extreme".
The victim was subjected to verbal abuse and was hit with a glass and a baseball bat, the report said.
Most assaults were random attacks on Jewish people in public places, it added.
It said 19 involved objects - usually eggs - being thrown at "visibly Jewish" people from cars.
Eight were assaults on synagogue congregants going to or from prayers, the report said, and four targeted Jewish schoolchildren on their way to or from school.
In addition, there were more than 300 reported incidents of verbal abuse - apparently randomly directed at Jewish people in public.
For instance, in Manchester in November a 12-year-old girl was walking along the street when someone in a passing car shouted anti-Semitic abuse at her.
The report noted 233 cases of abuse or threats on social media last year, compared to 88 in 2013.
An image of Hitler, with the caption "Yes man, you were right" was widely shared over the summer.
Social media is also being used to spread anti-Semitic messages, along with graffiti on the homes of Jewish people.
Several cemeteries have also been desecrated - including one in Manchester in February: "Jewish slag" was daubed on gravestones.
The report showed an increase in the number of incidents involving schools, Jewish schoolchildren or staff: 66 in 2014, compared with 32 the year before.
Children at one Jewish primary in north London told the BBC last month they had experienced anti-Semitism while travelling to school and on school trips.
They had also begun to practice what to do in case armed intruders attacked their school.
The most visible Jewish communities in Britain are the ultra-Orthodox, the Haredim: they wear traditional clothes, with men bearded and wearing skullcaps.
Britain's biggest Haredi community is in Stamford Hill, east London.
Last week one far-right activist said he was planning a protest there next month - against "Jewification", according to a poster he put on Facebook.
A leading figure in the Haredi community, Rabbi Avraham Pinter, said some in the community feared it might inflame tensions.
But he said they had been "overwhelmed" by support from all quarters, especially other faith groups.
David Delew, chief executive of the trust, said the increase in recorded incidents "shows just how easily anti-Semitic attitudes can erupt into race hate abuse, threats and attacks".
Home Secretary Theresa May said the new figures were "deeply concerning", and she was committed to working with Jewish leaders and police to tackle anti-Semitism.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said this was "an important report" which "must serve as a warning to everyone".
The Metropolitan Police said hate crime "remains largely under reported" and urged victims to come forward.
In a statement, it said recent events had made Jewish communities "anxious" and said it was providing more patrols in "key areas" and was "closely monitoring the situation". | Anti-Semitic incidents reached a record level in the UK last year, according to the Community Security Trust. |
Summarize the following text: | The 45-year-old was placed under formal investigation on 6 March, but magistrates are deciding whether to remand him in custody.
Several alleged victims attended the morning hearing.
The suspect denies the charges, with his lawyer saying there are "real weaknesses" in the case against him.
He is accused of carrying out the premeditated poisonings over a nine-year period from 2008 at two clinics - the Franche-Comté and Saint-Vicente - in Besançon, a city in eastern France.
The suspect is said to have been well-regarded in his field.
According to the investigation, "lethal doses of potassium and anaesthetic" were administered to seven patients, aged from 37 to 53.
They all suffered cardiac arrest, said French news provider Europe1, quoting a judge.
A 53-year-old man died in 2008 during a kidney operation, and a 51-year-old woman died in 2016 during an operation on a fracture.
About 40 other poisoning cases dating from the last 20 years are also being investigated, reported AFP news agency. They account for about 20 additional fatalities.
The agency quoted the suspect's lawyer, Randall Schwerdorffer, as arguing for him to remain at liberty on €60,000 (£52,000; $64,000) bail and barred from medical practice.
Prosecutors are pressing for him to be placed in custody, underlining the gravity of the charges and arguing it is necessary for the investigation to proceed "without pressure". | An anaesthetist suspected of poisoning seven patients - two of whom died - appeared in court in France on Wednesday. |
Summarize the following text: | The attack on a police convoy last Friday is thought to be one of the deadliest single episodes of violence in Kasai since unrest broke out in August 2016.
Reports say up to 400 people have been killed in total.
Six policemen who spoke the local Tshiluba language were freed in Friday's incident, but the rest were killed, Kasai Assembly President Francois Kalamba said.
The Kamwina Nsapu group was believed to be behind the attack. It has been fighting DR Congo forces since its leader was killed by the security forces last year.
The attack came days after the UN Human Rights Council said 10 mass graves had been found in Kasai, with limbs sticking out of the soil at some of the sites.
At least 99 people, including 18 children, were killed between 1 January and 23 February this year, the UN body said after a visit to the area by a team of investigators.
In one attack on 10 February, government troops killed at least 40 alleged militiamen and buried them in two mass graves that its investigators had seen, the UN body added in a report.
The militia is also alleged to have committed atrocities, including killing about 30 people, among them children, following an incursion into the neighbouring Lomami region on 9 March.
In another instance, the militia allegedly "decapitated two policemen and took away their heads", the UN report said.
Followers of Kamwina Nsapu, a traditional chief whose real name was Jean-Pierre Pandi, wanted his chiefdom to be officially recognised by the authorities.
There were communal clashes after Kamwina Nsapu called for a popular uprising in June 2016 with the aim of removing all state institutions and security forces from the region.
He was killed two months later when the police raided his house.
His followers vowed to avenge his killing.
They also demanded the exhumation of the late leader's body, saying he had not been buried in accordance with traditional rites.
The conflict has since escalated, tapping into long-held grievances over marginalisation in this opposition bastion blighted by poor infrastructure.
The Kamwina Nsapu fighters - largely made up of child soldiers - have targeted state institutions, looting and burning local and national government offices.
However, the UN has condemned the army for using disproportionate force against fighters equipped with traditional weapons such as machetes, homemade rifles or even just sticks.
The violence has now spread to neighbouring provinces, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
It is a new layer of instability in a country mired in a political crisis sparked by President Joseph Kabila's refusal to step down when his constitutional mandate expired in December.
An agreement was found between the opposition and the presidential coalition on New Year's Eve which were supposed to lead to new elections.
But talks, under the mediation of the Catholic Church, over its implementation have since stalled.
In the meantime, a graphic seven-minute video circulated in February that appeared to show soldiers shooting civilians, including women and children, dead. They were assumed to be supporters of the Kamwina Nsapu militia.
On 12 March, two UN officials - from the US and Sweden - went missing in an apparent abduction.
They were investigating the alleged killing of more than 100 members and supporters of the militia by security forces in February.
It is not yet clear who kidnapped them and there are growing concerns over their fate.
Seven soldiers have been arrested in connection with the video and charged with war crimes.
But more videos of alleged extrajudicial killings have emerged and a number of mass graves have also been discovered.
The UN says that security forces have prevented its teams from accessing the sites.
The authorities have pledged to investigate all allegations.
Deputy Prime Minister Ramazani Shadari held talks with the family of the late traditional leader and the two sides reportedly agreed to exhume the body of Kamwina Nsapu to allow a proper burial and the installation of a new chief.
A week later, about 60 militiamen surrendered to the provincial authorities.
But clashes broke out near the airport in Kananga the day after and the situation remains volatile.
Kasai is also a stronghold of DR Congo's main opposition party, the United People's Democratic Solidarity (UDPS).
There are fears that the unrest in Kasai could take on a more political aspect.
The attention last year was very much focused on the political impasse that reached its climax in December when President Kabila refused to step down at the end of his second term.
Planned elections had not been held, which sparked civil unrest in the capital Kinshasa.
The security forces crushed all demonstrations.
At the time, only a few media reported the on-going clashes in the Kasai province but the scale of the violence only emerged recently as videos started to circulate on social media. | Militia fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have decapitated about 40 police officers in an ambush in the central province of Kasai, local officials say. |
Summarize the following text: | The Home Office said the move would allow a "radical transformation" of how the police, fire and rescue co-operate.
The services were previously the responsibility of the Department for Communities and Local Government.
MP Mike Penning will take over the portfolio as minister for policing, fire, criminal justice and victims.
The Home Office said the response across the country to recent flooding showed "how well the police and fire service already worked together".
Under government plans consulted on last year, police and crime commissioners (PCCs) will be able to take control of fire services in their area.
The elected officials will be able to put in place a single "employer", led by a senior officer in charge of hiring all local fire and police personnel.
The new strategy could lead to arrangements such as sharing back office functions - although the government insists they will remain operationally independent.
However, unions have attacked the proposals, with the Fire Brigades Union calling them "dangerous".
FBU general secretary Matt Wrack described the proposal as a "half-baked suggestion" and accused "one or two" PCCs supporting the plan of "empire building".
There was no support for the plans among firefighters, police officers or local communities, "and yet the government seems to be intent on forcing it though", he said.
Mr Penning, a former firefighter, said closer collaboration between the police, fire and rescue services would deliver "significant savings and benefits for the public".
"This is about smarter working, reducing the cost of back office functions and freeing up the time of frontline staff," he said.
"This move will have benefits for both services. Fire authorities can learn from the journey that police forces have undertaken on reform over the last five years. Equally, the success of fire and rescue services in prevention holds important lessons for the police." | The Home Office has taken control of fire and rescue policy in England ahead of planned closer working with the police, the government has said. |
Summarize the following text: | The independent commission, set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), is set to report its findings on Monday.
McLaren said: "This is going to be a real game-changer for sport."
Meanwhile, the son of ex-IAAF chief Lamine Diack is among four men charged by the body over ethics code breaches.
Papa Massata Diack is a former consultant to the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations), the sport's world governing body.
The charges relate to covering up Russian athlete Liliya Shobukhova's doping violations, the IAAF ethics commission chairman said.
They came in the week that former IAAF president Lamine Diack was placed under investigation by French police, over allegations the 82-year-old took payments for deferring sanctions against Russian drugs cheats.
McLaren, who was appointed by Wada in December 2014 to investigate allegations made in a German TV documentary of systematic doping and cover-ups in Russia, said ahead of Monday's report his team had "found evidence to support what was said in the documentary".
He told the BBC World Service: "We were given a very narrow mandate and asked to look at that documentary and determine the accuracy of it, to what extent it was correct.
"The contents of our report speak for itself, I think."
McLaren, an international sports lawyer who is one of three Wada independent commissioners to have co-authored the document, added they had "absolutely no power" to implement changes, only to make recommendations.
"I'd like to see all of the recommendations adopted and acted on and I'm sure the press will vigilant to seeing that that occurs," he added.
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Along with Papa Massata Diack, the other three men charged by the IAAF are: the former head of the IAAF anti-doping department Gabriel Dolle, the former president of the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) Alexei Melnikov and Valentin Balakhnichev, a former chief ARAF coach for long distance walkers and runners.
The charges were issued in September and announced after new IAAF president Lord Coe won approval to amend the code. Their cases will be heard in London on 16-18 December.
IAAF ethics commission chairman Michael Beloff QC said an investigation was "also ongoing in respect of an additional person".
McLaren added: "You potentially have a bunch of old men who put a whole lot of extra money in their pockets - through extortion and bribes - but also caused significant changes to actual results and final standings of international athletics competitions."
The investigations into the accused officials came about after the independent Wada commission passed on information during their inquiries. | A report into claims of doping cover-ups, extortion and money-laundering in athletics will show "a whole different scale of corruption" even compared to Fifa, says co-author Richard McLaren. |
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Matt tells his story about his love of gymnastics and why he was unstoppable, growing up on a farm in County Durham with his family.
Fancy seeing life from a different angle and giving gymnastics a go? Here's all you need to know in our handy guide. | Matt Baker now makes a living charming the nation on The One Show, but in his youth he was a British gymnastic and sport acrobatics champion. |
Summarize the following text: | The girl, whose case was being considered by the Supreme Court, was 24 weeks pregnant.
Current laws allow abortion only at up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The 44-year-old law allows abortion for women not as a right but only if doctors are of the opinion, taken in "good faith", continuing the pregnancy involves substantial risks for the physical and mental health of the mother or of foetal abnormalities developing.
Two qualified doctors must agree for an abortion at between 12 and 20 weeks of pregnancy.
And a woman can have an abortion after 20 weeks only if her life is at immediate risk.
The issue came to the fore in 2008, when a Mumbai couple, Niketa and Haresh Mehta, asked the Bombay High Court to allow them to abort their 26-week-old foetus, which had been diagnosed with a heart defect.
It rejected the plea, and Mrs Mehta suffered a miscarriage a few weeks later.
The Mehtas' doctor, Nikhil Datar, then filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking reconsideration of the 20-weeks limit.
This petition was joined by two other women whose foetuses had been discovered to have abnormalities.
Countries such as the UK and Spain allow abortion after 20 weeks, if certain criteria are met.
"Many women come for ultrasound check-ups for anomalies late, which is common in our society that has a large rural or poor population," says Dr Datar, a practicing gynaecologist and obstetrician in Mumbai.
"In many cases foetal abnormalities can only be detected or confirmed after 20 weeks, after which doors of legal abortion are closed to the woman."
Following these petitions, in 2014, India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare prepared a draft amendment to the law, which provided for abortion at up to 24 weeks.
Significantly, it also allowed a woman to seek and undergo abortion "on request" in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
As researcher Shweta Krishnan wrote, the draft bill recognised a woman's right to self-determination and autonomy and represented a shift in the focus of the law from the healthcare provider to the woman undergoing abortion.
In another change, the earlier act allowed for abortion, at up to 20 weeks, in case of failure of contraception on the part of the "married woman or husband" for the purpose of "limiting" the family - but the draft bill omitted the word "married", recognising the reality of pregnancy outside marriage among young women or widows.
It also mandated maintaining the patient's confidentiality.
"Women may take time for various reasons," said Vinoj Manning, executive director, Ipas India, a non-profit organisation that advocates for women's rights in this area.
"Some are raped at home and are too scared to talk about it.
"If the amendment takes place, the vulnerable women, including survivors of rape, can benefit, and not go through the trauma of going to courts.
Many women in such situations would rather have an illegal abortion after 20 weeks, entailing a serious risk to their life, than have the child.
The provision in the draft bill that caused a stir in the medical community was that it allowed practitioners of alternative medicine, as well as nurses or midwives, to conduct abortions.
The Indian Medical Association opposed this provision, arguing such practitioners would not be able to handle emergencies or complications that might arise during abortion procedures.
The World Health Organization has said involving health workers can help reduce the number of deaths arising out of unsafe abortions, which it estimates account for 9% of all maternal deaths in India.
"Like allopathic [mainstream] doctors undergo training and certification for abortion, similarly non-allopaths and nurses and midwives can undergo training and certification to conduct first-trimester [at up to 12 weeks] abortions," said Ravi Duggal, author of the Abortion Assessment Project.
Other opposition to the draft bill comes from activists against sex-selective abortions.
The 2011 census showed the child sex ratio had dropped to 914 girls to 1,000 boys from 927 girls to 1,000 boys in 2001.
Activists believe there would be significantly more sex-selective abortions if the amendment comes into force.
Dr Neelam Singh, who runs Vatsalya, a non-profit group based in Lucknow, suggests in pregnancies over 20 weeks, a district or state-level committee or board of experts should decide on abortion based on the merits of each case.
But other doctors say such committees would only increase bureaucracy and trauma for the vulnerable woman.
In the case of the 14-year-old rape survivor, the Supreme Court issued a "flexible" order, deciding if a team of doctors and psychologists were of the view an abortion would save "her life", including her mental wellbeing, the procedure could go ahead.
The 2014 amendment may help strike the balance between safe abortion and acknowledging the vulnerability of a pregnant woman.
Menaka Rao is a Mumbai-based freelance journalist. | Last month, the plight of a 14-year-old rape survivor seeking to terminate her pregnancy renewed the debate surrounding India's abortion laws. |
Summarize the following text: | The FTSE 100 started the day higher, but by the close, the index was down 63.79 points at 6,890.42.
The fall came despite oil majors BP and Royal Dutch Shell both rising by about 1.5% after crude prices surged.
Oil prices jumped more than 4% after non-Opec oil producing nations agreed to cut output in a deal designed to reduce oversupply and boost prices.
Opec announced last month that it would be cutting its own production.
Outside the energy sector, shares in Marks and Spencer rose 1.4% after Bank of America-Merrill Lynch upgraded its rating on the retailer to "buy".
Shares in Sky slipped 2.8% after having surged on Friday, when it emerged that 21st Century Fox had made a takeover approach for the company.
Fox offered £10.75 a share for the 61% of the business it does not already own, valuing Sky at about £18.5bn.
But Sky's shares fell 28p to 972p on Monday. Reports at the weekend suggested that some major shareholders were unhappy with the level of the offer.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.78% against the dollar to $1.2673 and gained 0.32% against the euro at €1.1947. | The London market slid despite shares in oil companies being boosted by a jump in oil prices. |
Summarize the following text: | The data, published in the Lancet medical journal, showed the chance of a stroke increased beyond the traditional 9am to 5pm.
The link is uncertain, but theories include a stressful job and the damaging impact on lifestyle.
Experts said people working long hours should monitor their blood pressure
The study showed that in comparison to a 35-40 hour week, doing up to 48 hours increased the risk by 10%, up to 54 hours by 27% and over 55 hours by 33%.
Dr Mika Kivimaki, from University College London, said that in the 35-40 hour group there were fewer than five strokes per 1,000 employees per decade.
And that increased to six strokes per 1,000 employees per decade in those working 55 hours or more.
Dr Kivimaki admitted researchers were still at the "early stages" of understanding what was going on.
Ideas include the extra stress of working long hours or that sitting down for long periods is bad for health and may increase the risk of a stroke.
However, it could just be a marker for poor health with those chained to the office not having enough time to prepare healthy meals or exercise.
Dr Kivimaki told the BBC News website: "People need to be extra careful that they still maintain a healthy lifestyle and ensure their blood pressure does not increase."
The Stroke Association's Dr Shamim Quadir commented: "Working long hours can involve sitting for long periods of time, experiencing stress and leads to less time available to look after yourself.
"We advise that you have regular blood pressure checks, if you're at all concerned about your stroke risk you should make an appointment with your GP or health professional."
Dr Tim Chico, a consultant cardiologist based at the University of Sheffield, said: "Most of us could reduce the amount of time we spend sitting down, increase our physical activity and improve our diet while working and this might be more important the more time we spend at work." | People working long hours are more likely to have a stroke, according to analysis of more than half a million people. |
Summarize the following text: | The 23-year-old spent time on loan at Charlton earlier this season and has had previous stints at Cardiff, Brentford and Scunthorpe.
Toffees academy product McAleny has made three appearances for the Merseysiders.
"Conor is someone we were looking at last summer," boss Gary Caldwell told the club website.
He is the Latics seventh signing in the January transfer window.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One side Wigan have signed Everton striker Conor McAleny on loan for the rest of the season. |
Summarize the following text: | Becky's step-brother, Nathan Matthews, 28, was convicted of her murder and his girlfriend Shauna Hoare was convicted of manslaughter. They were each jailed.
Both have applied for leave to appeal.
Matthews suffocated the teenager at her home in the St George area of Bristol on 19 February while trying to kidnap her. Hoare, 21, who was pregnant at the time, was at the address.
Hoare's paperwork has been received by the Court of Appeal, while Bristol Crown Court said it had received Matthews' application to appeal on Thursday.
A spokeswoman for the court said this had now been passed on to the Court of Appeal.
Becky's body was dismembered and hidden in a shed while a huge manhunt in Bristol attempted to track down the 16-year-old.
A jury took less than four hours last month to convict the pair of her killing.
Hoare was convicted of manslaughter because she had participated in a kidnap where any "sober and reasonable person" would have known some harm would come to Becky.
Matthews was given a life sentence and told he would serve at least 33 years. Hoare was jailed for 17 years.
Judge Mr Justice Dingemans said both Matthews and Hoare had given "obviously dishonest" accounts of what happened.
Matthews had claimed he was trying to scare Becky into changing what he believed was poor behaviour while Hoare said she knew nothing about any of it.
"The evidence proves, and I am sure, that Nathan Matthews had developed a fixation with having sex with petite teenage girls and Shauna Hoare had been persuaded to participate in this fixation," said the judge.
Judge Dingemans added during sentencing that he was sure the planned kidnap "was for a sexual purpose". | The couple convicted of killing Becky Watts say they will appeal against their convictions and sentences. |
Summarize the following text: | Sam Allardyce left his post as England boss after the newspaper investigation claimed he offered advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers.
He had been in charge of England for one game before his exit.
But police said Allardyce "is not part of the investigation".
In a statement, 62-year-old Allardyce said he welcomed the confirmation, adding: "I was always confident that this would be the case as there was no evidence against me. I now ask that the Football Association deals with this matter as quickly as possible.
"While I am sad that my tenure came to an end early, I am nonetheless proud to have been chosen to manage the England football team and hope that today's confirmation from the police will give me the opportunity to move on."
The FA, English Football League and Premier League have all been waiting for the City of London Police to complete its review of the Telegraph's evidence so they can proceed with their own inquiries. | Police have opened a criminal investigation into an allegation of bribery after reviewing material from the Daily Telegraph's investigation into suspected corruption in football. |
Summarize the following text: | Broadhurst, 50, who won the Scottish Senior Open last year, started four shots behind overnight leader Jimenez.
But he led the Spaniard by a shot heading down the 18th and parred it for a round of 68 as Jimenez had a double bogey which dropped him to joint-third.
American Scott McCarron surged into a one-shot lead but ended up in second.
Broadhurst, whose best Open finish is a tie for 12th in both 1990, when he shot a joint-Open record of 63 at St Andrews, and 2007 at Carnoustie, now qualifies for next year's 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.
He has also secured an exemption for next year's lucrative Champions Tour, where he has already won a tournament to accompany six previous wins on the European Tour and two on the European Seniors Tour.
"It's incredible to be honest. I never dreamed this would ever happen," the former Ryder Cup player from Atherstone, Warwickshire, told BBC Scotland.
"It is seriously beyond my wildest dreams. It hasn't really sunk in yet."
Broadhurst's last events on the main European Tour were in 2012. He has spent the last few years playing PGA Midlands tournaments, mostly Pro-Ams.
"I had a decision to make; either stop playing and perhaps go into teaching or find a job - I was only 45-46," he explained.
"But I decided I wanted to carry on playing. I was working with Tim Rouse, the pro at Northants County Golf Club, and he has turned my game around really.
"That was my remit when we first met - 'I want to be playing well when I get to 50 - we have got three years to sort my game out'. So a massive thank-you to him. Without his help, this wouldn't have happened."
The cigar-smoking Jimenez, 52, who finished 18th at The Open last week, had led by four shots overnight after a sparkling seven-under 65 on Saturday.
But hoping to land a first career major of any kind after 21 wins on the European Tour and three on the Champions Tour, he could only manage a three-over-par 75. Jimenez's best major finish is runner-up in the 2000 US Open.
"It looks like I was not the same guy who played yesterday," he said. "At the beginning I was not loose enough you know. I didn't have the confidence. Any time I missed a shot I got a bogey.
"You feel tense of course. It's important for you. But I didn't feel comfortable. But that's golf, that's the game. Anything that happens like this is very disappointing and this is very disappointing."
Swede Magnus P Atlevi closed with a 67 to join Jimenez in a tie for third on eight under, ahead of a quartet of Americans in Brandt Jobe and Tom Byrum (seven under), and Joe Durant and Wes Short Jr (six under).
German veteran Bernard Langer, who won the Senior Open at Carnoustie in 2010, carded a fourth successive 71 to finish on four under, seven shots back, in a tie for ninth.
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We've launched a new BBC Sport newsletter, bringing all the best stories, features and video right to your inbox. You can sign up here. | England's Paul Broadhurst won his first major title at the Senior Open at Carnoustie as Miguel Angel Jimenez's form collapsed in Sunday's final round. |
Summarize the following text: | Wayne Stirrups, 30, from Canterbury in Kent, told his family he was going to Cardiff to visit his sons, but had not been seen since 17 November.
Jason Stirrups said his brother returned to his mother's house in Canterbury on Monday night.
"Words can't express how I feel. For him to turn up is such a relief," he added.
Family and friends of Mr Stirrups travelled to Cardiff on Sunday to raise awareness of his disappearance and put up more than 1,200 posters in Cardiff, Bristol and London over the weekend.
Jason Stirrups travelled to London on Monday after a phone call from the police saying his brother had been spotted.
While he was in the capital, his brother turned up at their mother's house.
"He's completely fine - now it's trying to work out what went wrong," said Jason Stirrups.
"We're so grateful to all the people who helped, it meant so much to me and my family." | A father of two who went missing for 10 days has been found safe, his brother has said. |
Summarize the following text: | Blake Donnellan, 31, was serving part of a 15-year sentence at HMP Sudbury for conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
He was released on temporary licence on Christmas Day but failed to return.
Donnellan, who has links to Manchester, Plymouth and Cornwall, was jailed in 2011 for his part in the operation which saw 30 people convicted.
In 2009 and 2010, drugs with an estimated street value of £1m and nearly £100,000 in cash were seized by police Devon and Cornwall Police.
The haul included 11,000 ecstasy tablets, 14kg of cocaine, 330g of heroin, 2kg of amphetamine and 11kg of BZP (Benzylpiperazine).
The Crown Prosecution Service said Donnellan was the "mover and shaker" in the network and the link between the drugs coming down from Manchester to the Plymouth area and onwards to Cornwall.
He is described as white, 6ft (1.8m) tall and of medium build. He has brown eyes, short dark hair and speaks with a Manchester accent.
Donnellan's last known address was in Bude in Cornwall. | A man once described as the linchpin in a massive drug-dealing network has absconded from an open prison in Derbyshire. |
Summarize the following text: | Andras Lakatos and Jenone Orgona duped three women into travelling to the UK with the promise of legitimate jobs.
Their identity documents taken and were forced into sex work. One escaped and was offered help by Laszlo Petrovics, who forced her back into prostitution.
They admitted human trafficking and forcing prostitution offences and were jailed at Manchester Crown Court.
The victims, who were aged between 19 and 24, came from poor backgrounds and spoke little or no English, the court heard.
Lakatos and Orgona trafficked the women who were tricked into travelling to the north of England in December 2015.
Two of the women had up to 10 customers every day, while a third was ordered to have sex with men at car washes.
When one of the women managed to escape, she was later offered of a place of safety by Laszlo Petrovics, only to be forced straight back into prostitution.
The women saw none of the money themselves, while Lakatos and Petrovics spent cash on alcohol, gambling and drugs.
Karen Tonge, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said the victims were "degraded and dehumanised" and regularly threatened with violence.
"Lakatos convinced two of the women that he was in a romantic relationship with them in order to manipulate them," she said.
"The impact upon these victims cannot be underestimated. All three have shown immense courage."
Det Con Adam Cronshaw of Greater Manchester Police, said: "These young women were dehumanised by these narcissistic and controlling offenders who were only interested in greed.
"However, now they are behind bars these brave women can enjoy their lives again." | Three people who forced a group of Hungarian women to work as prostitutes in Greater Manchester have been jailed. |
Summarize the following text: | Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced the number of troops in Wiltshire would be increased by about 3,000 in a shake-up of army bases.
The move is part of the gradual withdrawal of troops from Germany.
It is seen as good news for the local economy but is expected to place extra demand on services in the area.
Wiltshire has a long history with the Army, with Tidworth, Bulford, Larkhill and Warminster barracks based on Salisbury Plain.
New homes are expected to be built and bases refurbished as troops and Ministry of Defence staff return to the country.
Tidworth Mayor Chris Franklin said: "This is good news for businesses and good news for the local community.
"My only concern is it needs to remain a garrison within a town and not a town within a garrison, and I think this is something the MoD need to take on board."
Wiltshire councillor Mark Connolly said he welcomed the move but was concerned land earmarked for civilian housing would now be used for troops coming into the area.
"For Tidworth, a large influx of more service personnel will be a double-edged sword," he said.
By Dave HarveyBusiness Correspondent, BBC West
It is often jokingly said the British Army has two homes - one on Salisbury Plain, the other on the banks of the Rhine in Germany.
But now, the Army is selling up its German houses and moving back to the UK, and Salisbury Plain is central to this plan.
Builders will be spending £1bn building houses across the UK for these soldiers and their families and it is good news for pubs, taxis and for hairdressers.
That is because garrison towns have a younger average age than your normal town.
There is some concern about the character of the towns - if you get even more soldiers and their families moving into Wiltshire there could be concern about places in schools and hospitals, so it is a bit of a balancing act.
"It will be good that Tidworth is seen as an expanded garrison town and has a long term future with the Army, but the downside is that the 20 years work of trying to redress the balance is going to be undone as the military will take over a large portion of new housing that was to have been civilian housing.
"If the MoD are going to use this land, more needs to be released for civilian housing to rebalance the situation."
He added, with higher numbers of people in the town they would also need better infrastructure and facilities to support the increased population.
More than 12,000 members of the armed forces are housed across Tidworth and Bulford barracks, which are the largest in the South West and within 20 miles of Salisbury.
This is expected to increase to 15,000.
Devizes MP Claire Perry, whose constituency includes Tidworth and Bulford barracks, welcomed the announcement.
"I am delighted that our local towns and villages will be welcoming new soldiers which will give a real boost to the local economy," Ms Perry said.
"The Salisbury Plain training area is the only place in the country where the Army can carry out the complex and demanding training they need to undertake and it makes perfect sense to concentrate units that work together around the Plain"
Salisbury Mayor John Collier said: "We welcome the relocation, we've known it was coming for a while.
"If there is a net increase of personnel into the area, that's going to be very good news for the local economy.
"Salisbury is very well placed to serve those coming back."
Bulford parish councillor John Clee said: "We are aware there is going to be an influx and that that is going to bring with it a requirement for more family quarters in the parish, but this is not causing the council any concern."
He said the move could place pressure on infrastructure and medical services but added that civilian housing developments do just the same.
Salisbury MP John Glen added: "I think this is extremely positive news for Salisbury and the surrounding area.
"Wiltshire is more than capable of coping with the extra influx. The towns are set up for military families and the challenges they face, as is Wiltshire Council." | An influx of service personnel to Salisbury Plain would be a "double-edged sword" for the local area, a Wiltshire councillor said. |
Summarize the following text: | The 33-year-old was injured on day two at Edgbaston with the hosts going on to beat Australia by eight wickets.
"It's not as serious as we thought at first. I'll be aiming to get myself ready in three weeks for the Oval," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
The fourth Test starts on 6 August with the fifth Test on 20 August.
An England and Wales Cricket Board statement said Anderson's availability for the final Test at The Oval would be "determined in due course".
After two compelling bowling displays by England, Anderson's omission from the fourth Test will come as a severe blow to the hosts.
The Lancashire bowler took six wickets as Australia were all out for 136 in their first innings, before taking another as the tourists were reduced to 168-7 on day two. The home side wrapped up victory on day three to take a 2-1 series lead.
He was injured on his birthday after taking 10 scalps in the Ashes series so far, and will now miss the Trent Bridge Test which has been a happy hunting ground in previous years.
Anderson has taken 53 wickets in Nottingham, with Lord's the only Test venue where he has been more deadly with 75.
"It's a bit sore, I felt something on one of the deliveries," he added.
"It could be a number of things. It was on my 33rd birthday, after 12 years of professional cricket - that might have something to do with it.
"Injuries happen to fast bowlers. I've been very fortunate in the last few years that I've not had many so you've just got to take it on the chin. Hopefully I can come back stronger."
He joked: "I'll be trying to referee the football warm-ups in the morning, I spoke to Alastair Cook earlier and he said he'd like me to stick around."
England team-mate Stuart Broad says bowling alongside Anderson at The Oval would be a boost.
"It is a big loss but Jimmy is more positive than when he left the field on Thursday," he told Sky Sports.
"He thought he had gone in the side but got back from the scan and was confident he would be OK for The Oval. That will be a big bonus."
The development has echoes of the injury suffered by Australian bowler Glenn McGrath, who hurt his ankle in the warm-up of the Edgbaston Test during the 2005 series in England.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan said: "There is always a twist in an Ashes series. Is Jimmy Anderson's injury that moment?"
Listen to Anderson's interview with BBC Radio 5 live. | England bowler James Anderson will miss the the fourth Test at Trent Bridge because of a side strain but is "hopeful" of returning for the fifth. |
Summarize the following text: | The proposal, known as the "Enforcement Initiative", has been put forward by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP).
It is not the first such vote: in 2010, the Swiss backed proposals to deport foreigners convicted of murder or sexual violence. That policy has come into force, but the Swiss People's Party, believing it does not go far enough, now wants to strengthen it.
The new plan would also deport those who commit two minor offences, such as speeding, or arguing with a police officer, within 10 years. There would be no right of appeal: conviction would lead to deportation in every case, regardless of individual circumstances.
Supporters of the proposals say it will make Switzerland a safer place, and point to statistics indicating that foreigners take up more than their fair share of prison cells.
Opponents argue that those statistics reflect only a partial reality, because many of those in prison are illegal migrants awaiting deportation anyway, while the proposed new law would target the 25% of the population who are foreign, but permanently and legally resident in Switzerland.
The campaign has been emotional and divisive. An infamous black sheep poster, widely criticised as racist when it was first used by the People's Party several years ago, has reappeared.
Opponents of the new law have responded with blunt posters of their own, showing jackboots stamping on the Swiss parliament, and the figure of justice being smashed by a wrecking ball.
What seems to worry some voters most is not the idea that the Swiss government should be tougher on crime, which is in fact low by European standards, but that the new proposal would create a two-tier justice system, one for the Swiss, and one for foreigners.
Getting Swiss nationality remains a long, complicated, and relatively expensive process. Being born in Switzerland does not confer citizenship, so hundreds of thousands of Swiss residents may not have a Swiss passport, but have never actually lived anywhere else.
Hypothetical cases are being offered to try to give voters a picture of how the new law would work.
Take, for example, two young men born in the same village, who attended the same school, and have lived all their lives in Switzerland. But only one is Swiss, the other is third-generation Portuguese.
Both are convicted of petty offences, possession of cannabis perhaps, or being drunk and disorderly outside a nightclub. After they get their driving licences, both are booked for speeding.
Under the new law, the Portuguese would be automatically deported, irrespective of whether he had ever lived in Portugal, could speak the language, or whether he had dependants in Switzerland.
This prospect has struck real fear into Switzerland's foreign community, with some families even approaching their Swiss neighbours and quietly pleading with them to reject the proposal.
Others have lashed out, bitterly condemning the Swiss People's Party as dangerously discriminatory.
"How long before foreigners are forced to wear a sign so that the law-abiding Swiss know to steer clear of them? Maybe a big red A for Auslander (foreigner)?", wrote one.
A leading Swiss columnist has even described (in German) Sunday's vote as Switzerland's "Nazi moment", suggesting that the imagery and the language of the Yes campaign bear comparison with Germany in the 1930s.
The Swiss People's Party angrily rejects such comparisons, arguing that getting tough with foreign criminals will protect other law-abiding foreign residents who, the party line goes, currently risk guilt by association simply because they are foreign.
But the People's Party is well known for campaigning on one single issue: immigration.
Many political analysts see this vote as the latest in a clever strategy to keep that topic at the forefront of voters' minds, so that when parliamentary elections come around again, the Swiss People's Party can, it hopes, gain yet more seats. | Swiss voters are going to the polls on Sunday to decide on a proposal to automatically deport foreigners who commit minor crimes. |
Summarize the following text: | Council workers Charles Owenson, 62, and James Costello, 44, helped award contracts to Edinburgh Action Building Contracts Ltd (ABC Ltd).
In return, ABC directors Kevin Balmer, 52, and Brendan Cantwell, 44, gave them tens of thousands of pounds, trips to lap dancing clubs and football tickets.
The charges related to the maintenance of council buildings from 2006 to 2010.
Owenson was sentenced to more than four years in prison, Costello received more than three years and Cantwell and Balmer were both jailed for more than two years.
Cantwell and Balmer were also disqualified from serving as company directors for five years. | Four men who admitted corruption charges over Edinburgh council building repairs have been jailed. |
Summarize the following text: | Glasgow's Queen Street Station handles 20 million passengers a year but this is predicted to grow to 28 million passengers by 2030.
The work will see the main entrance at George Square replaced by a huge glass facade. Platforms will also be extended to accommodate longer trains.
The redevelopment is expected to be completed by 2019.
Although the tender is being issued by Network Rail, the project will be overseen by ScotRail Alliance - a management team created from senior Abellio ScotRail and Network Rail staff for the purposes over overseeing major projects in Scotland.
Phil Verster, managing director of ScotRail Alliance, said: "Today we are confirming that one of our busiest and most important stations will also be transformed, making it larger and with much better facilities for our growing number of customers.
"The changes we are making in the coming years will make sure that we have a modern fleet, running on improved infrastructure to and from world-class stations. That is a rail network we can all be proud of."
Network Rail confirmed that the £112m Queen Street Station development would include:
The project is part of the Scottish government's £742m Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP), which aims to reduce journey times and increase capacity on Scotland's main rail routes.
EGIP programme director, Rodger Querns, said the issuing of the tender was "further good progress in the delivery of EGIP".
"We have already successfully completed a number of key elements of EGIP," he said.
"We look forward to delivering this challenging, but exciting project that will realise huge improvements for passengers." | Network Rail has invited tenders for the £112m contract to rebuild Scotland's third busiest rail station. |
Summarize the following text: | Mr Fillon's spokesman, Thierry Solere, is being investigated for alleged tax evasion, reported the Canard Enchaine.
Mr Solere denied any wrongdoing and has announced his intention to sue the satirical newspaper for libel.
But it is another distraction for Mr Fillon as he clings to the centre-right candidacy nine weeks before elections.
Mr Fillon and his family are the subject of a preliminary investigation into claims, which also originated in the Canard Enchaine, that his wife and two of his children were paid hundreds of thousands of euros for non-existent parliamentary work.
Before the claims surfaced, Mr Fillon was the favourite to win the presidency, but polls now show him running third behind the National Front's Marine Le Pen and independent centrist Emmanuel Macron.
On Tuesday, Mr Fillon once again faced down demands to stand aside in favour of another candidate - this time from 20 lawmakers within his own Republicans Party.
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The Canard Enchaine reported that Mr Solere was the target of a preliminary tax fraud investigation by the public prosecutor in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
The prosecutor confirmed the preliminary investigation but would not comment further.
Among other claims are questions about whether Mr Solere failed to pay a portion of his income taxes from 2010 to 2013.
But later on BFMTV, Mr Solere denied any fraud allegations and said he would sue the weekly for libel for "recycling" old claims which had been dealt with. He said he had "always declared my income" and was currently "up to date with my taxes".
Meanwhile, an aide to Mr Macron has accused Russia of trying to derail his campaign.
Last week, Mr Macron was forced to deny suggestions he had had a gay affair.
Benjamin Griveaux accused the Kremlin of mounting a "smear campaign" against Mr Macron, who is a supporter of the European Union, via media organisations such as Russia Today and Sputnik.
"The Kremlin has chosen its candidates: Francois Fillon and Marine Le Pen," Mr Griveaux told the broadcaster i-Tele, according to AFP news agency.
That was "for a very simple reason: they do not want a strong Europe, they want a weak Europe," he said.
The Kremlin, RT and Sputnik have all staunchly denied the claims. | The scandal-hit campaign of French presidential candidate Francois Fillon has been hit by new allegations in the media. |
Summarize the following text: | The body of Nadia Jones, 38, was found in her flat in Tremorfa on Friday.
Five men, two aged 36 and ones aged 27,30 and 32, were arrested in connection with her murder and were being questioned at Cardiff Bay police station on Saturday.
A post mortem examination has been carried out and police are waiting for further tests.
Ms Jones's next of kin have been informed.
Police officers were conducting house to house inquiries on Saturday and studying CCTV from the area.
Det Supt Chris Parsons of South Wales Police said: "This incident has no doubt shocked the local community, but police action has been swift and we have five people currently in custody." | Five men have been arrested in a murder investigation which was launched after a woman's body was found in Cardiff. |
Summarize the following text: | The video shows the bird briefly lifting the child in a Montreal park before dropping him unharmed.
Nearly 17 million people have watched the video on YouTube in three days.
But a digital training centre in Montreal later told the BBC that the clip was made by its students as part of a degree course.
Suzanne Guevremont, director of the Centre NAD, said the clip had been produced by four students who "had an idea of making something believable".
The students - who were doing a degree in 3D animation and digital design - had come up with the idea after a brainstorming session, completing the project in seven weeks, she said.
"It's a challenge... they wanted to test their skills," Ms Guevremont said.
She added that the bird and the child seen being snatched were all computer generated imagery (CGI), and the only real things in the video were the park, the boy (after being dropped on the ground) and his father comforting him.
The CGI was dropped into real footage to create the effect.
Some YouTube and Twitter users expressed doubts about the authenticity of the clip soon after it was posted online on 18 December. | A video of a golden eagle snatching a child in Canada that has gone viral online was an elaborate hoax aimed at testing the skills of the clipmakers. |
Summarize the following text: | Around 150 gifts, worth about £3,000, were taken from a disused ward at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, central London.
The presents were due to be given out at a Christmas party on 11 December.
Details emerged earlier as Cosmic - the Children of St Mary's Intensive Care charity - launched an appeal to replace the stolen items.
Also taken during the theft were Christmas decorations and a Santa suit that has been used to entertain children at the hospital for more than a decade.
The paediatric intensive care unit at St Mary's treats children for conditions including meningitis, sepsis or trauma.
Tina Halton, lead play specialist St Mary's, said: "It's really sad that something like this could happen. It's hard being in hospital at Christmas and it's hard to have a sick child. That's why we tried to fill it the hospital with nice things.
"I was so sad when I heard that we may not have our Santa suit this year. The children just love it, it's magical."
"A lot of families haven't been out to an event since their child was diagnosed as ill. Most people don't realise how tough it is to go to a party with a sick child," she added.
The Christmas party and a carol concert are due to go ahead, but the head of fundraising at Cosmic, Vicky Rees, said the stolen items will be difficult to replace.
"All the gifts have been specially selected for the children, as they may have special needs or requirements," she said.
Det Sgt Tom Hirst, from the Met Police, said: "This is an awful crime at this time of year and hard to imagine what kind of person would steal gifts so clearly destined for sick children to make their lives a little brighter this festive season.
"We are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with information to please contact us as soon as possible." | Christmas presents intended for critically ill children have been stolen from a hospital. |
Summarize the following text: | The Biomass mission's novel space radar will make 3D maps of forests, improving our understanding of how carbon is cycled through the Earth system.
Its data will be important for climate research, and will create a baseline for treaties that seek to monitor the status of global forest resources.
The spacecraft is to be assembled by the UK arm of Airbus Defence and Space.
It signed a contract with the European Space Agency (Esa) on Friday last week valued at €229m (£179m).
The mission, which will launch on a Vega rocket in 2021, is part of Esa's Earth Explorer programme.
This operates a fleet of satellites that deploy innovative sensor technology to address big, outstanding environmental questions.
The newness in Biomass is its P-band radar: a type of instrument that only recently has begun to be exploited in orbit.
By pulsing with a wavelength of 70cm, the radar can look through the leaf canopy of forests to the woody parts below.
Using an approach akin to tomography, it will scan slices through the trees on repeat passes to build up a picture of how much woody material is present.
Global maps should be produced every six months. The plan is for Biomass to gather at least five years' worth of data.
"Effectively, we'll be weighing the forests," said Prof Shaun Quegan, who was one of the key proposers of the mission.
"We'll know their weight and their height at a scale of 200m, and we'll see how they are changing over time.
"This will give us unprecedented information on deforestation - on how much carbon is going into the atmosphere from this source. At the same time, we'll also see how much carbon is being taken up in regrowth," the Sheffield University scientist told BBC News.
Biomass Earth Explorer
Biomass will be permitted under international telecommunications rules to operate everywhere except the far north of the Americas and northern Europe.
Military priority for the detection of missiles means the satellite will have to turn off its radar in these regions.
Scientists are not unduly concerned about this, however, because forest statistics in those areas are already reasonably robust. The major regions of uncertainty are in the tropics, where Biomass can wield its instrument without restriction.
The capture of the satellite contract from Esa is a further boost to the British space sector. After some lean years, it is now the industrial lead on a number of the agency's missions:
"This is further proof of the confidence Esa has in UK industry to deliver," said Airbus executive Andy Stroomer. "It also affirms our approach to re-use proven systems to reduce cost.
"So, although Biomass with its big antenna looks quite different from Sentinel-5p, they actually share many of the same components, particularly the electronics."
All missions have a primary objective, but then enterprising researchers will find secondary applications for a satellite's data. Biomass promises some fascinating alternative uses.
Its P-band radar, for example, will see tens of metres into the ground.
"The penetration depth of the radio wave is very high compared to any other radar," explained Volker Liebig, Esa's director of Earth observation.
"This means in deserts we can look under the sand for archaeology, for the foundations of old buildings. It may be possible to see old impact structures from meteorites as well."
UK science minister Jo Johnson, who witnessed the contract signing between Mr Stroomer and Prof Liebig, said: "Biomass is a revolutionary mission, helping us better understand our planet's carbon cycle to help tackle climate change.
"Satellites are the only way for us to get this unique perspective on our planet. It is our membership of Esa and our reputation for science and innovation that enables UK industry to win major satellite manufacturing contracts such as this one, creating jobs around the country."
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | British industry is to lead the construction of a satellite that will weigh the world's trees. |
Summarize the following text: | United Utilities needs to stop taking supplies from Ennerdale Water in the Lake District, which is a protected wildlife habitat.
Instead it wants a new 62-mile (100km) pipeline from Thirlmere reservoir to provide water to about 150,000 people.
Allerdale Council is the final local authority in the county to approve the company's planning application.
United Utilities estimates the project, which also includes new treatment works and pumping stations, will create about 400 jobs.
Areas around Whitehaven, Egremont, Workington, Maryport, Cockermouth and Wigton will receive their water via the new pipeline when it is completed in 2022.
The route will roughly follow the A591 from Thirlmere to a planned new treatment works near Cockermouth.
The plan was approved by Allerdale Council despite objections from several groups including Friends of the Lake District and the Ramblers, who claimed it would significantly damage the landscape.
United Utilities said water extraction from Ennerdale had to stop to meet EU environmental regulations and to prevent predicted shortages to supplies.
A spokesman added: "This is the culmination of several years of detailed planning and consultation.
"We've worked to develop a scheme which delivers major long-term benefits for west Cumbria, while seeking to minimise traffic inconvenience and safeguarding the environment during construction.
"The new scheme will ease the pressure on sensitive local water sources and provide a more secure supply for homes and businesses for the decades to come."
Work on the new pipeline is due to begin in March 2017. | Plans for a £300m pipeline to safeguard demand for drinking water in west Cumbria have been approved. |
Summarize the following text: | Kyle Vaughan, from Newbridge, Caerphilly county, vanished on 30 December 2012.
Gwent Police has searched extensively for him, made several arrests, but all without success.
But the 24-year-old's mother, Mary Lucas, who has been battling cancer, has made a last appeal after being given just weeks to live.
She said she wants to bury her son before she, too, dies.
Mr Vaughan disappeared three years ago. His damaged silver Peugeot 306 was found abandoned on the A467 between Risca and Cross Keys.
It had been in a collision, but it is not known whether he was driving it at the time.
Police believe Mr Vaughan, known to his friends as Jabbers, walked away from his car but it remains a mystery what happened to him after that.
A missing person's inquiry was launched, which rapidly become a murder investigation.
"I know he's dead," Ms Lucas said.
"Somebody has done something to him. I would just like them to come forward and say.
"Put yourself in my shoes - what would they feel like if they were going to die and their son or daughter was dead and they didn't know where they were?"
Ms Lucas said she had been living from day to day since her son disappeared.
"You don't come to terms with it, not until you find them and lay them to rest," she said.
"When he went out that evening he said 'ta-ra Mam, I'll see you in the morning, if you want me just give me a phone' - and that was it."
Eight people aged between 15 and 62 have been arrested, as part of the inquiry, on suspicion of offences including perverting the course of justice, assisting an offender and murder.
All of them have been released without charge.
Ms Lucas' sister, Katherine Beddis, said: "All of Mary's life disappeared that night, along with Kyle. It's been a constant battle with the cancer and the battle of trying to find Kyle, and that has been her life for three years.
"I just want someone to give her a little bit of peace for what little time she's got left."
So far, officers have:
Det Ch Insp Bill Davies stressed witnesses should not fear coming forward.
"I would ask - and implore - anyone with information to stop, think about the current situation, and then pick up the phone," he said.
"Confidentiality can be agreed, totally agreed.
"I think there may be a group of individuals with direct knowledge of what happened."
Anyone with information should ring Crimestoppers on 0800 555111. | A terminally ill mother has made a final plea to her son's killers to tell her where his remains are buried. |
Summarize the following text: | Russian Aleksandr Andreevich Panin has been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in jail. His accomplice, Algerian Hamza Bendelladj, will serve 15 years.
They created the SpyEye virus package that is believed to have infected more than 50 million computers.
The sophisticated malware could steal sensitive data or let hackers use infected machines to send spam.
The pair used SpyEye themselves but also offered it as a malware "kit" to anyone willing to pay for it, said the US Department of Justice (DoJ). The most sophisticated version of SpyEye cost about $10,000.
Once large numbers of PCs were infected with SpyEye, the pair ran tools that siphoned off cash and also helped the malware spread further.
Cleaning up the damage caused by SpyEye from 2010 to 2012 is believed to have cost banks around the world more than $1bn, said the DoJ.
"It is difficult to overstate the significance of this case, not only in terms of bringing two prolific computer hackers to justice, but also in disrupting and preventing immeasurable financial losses to individuals and the financial industry around the world," said US attorney John Horn in a statement.
"The sentences that were imposed reflect the magnitude of the harm," said Mr Horn.
Panin, known as "Gribodemon" and "Harderman" online, pleaded guilty to bank and wire fraud charges in January 2014 after reaching a deal with prosecutors.
"I want everyone in this courtroom to understand my actions were inexcusable and inexplicable," said Panin at the sentencing hearing. Panin was arrested in 2013 as he passed through Atlanta, Georgia on an international flight.
Bendelladj, known as Bx1 online, also pleaded guilty but has not reached a deal with prosecutors. His lawyer said he planned to appeal.
Bendelladj was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand in early 2013 while changing planes and was extradited to the US shortly afterwards.
Tackling SpyEye helped law enforcement officers shut down a notorious malware marketplace called Darkode.com, said prosecutor Steven Grimberg.
Panin and Bendelladj were "legends" in the criminal underworld, said Mr Grimberg, adding that the sentences would send a message to other cybercriminals. | Computer hackers who created malware that stole about $100m (£70m) have been given long jail sentences in the US. |
Summarize the following text: | The 21-year-old Belgium striker was substituted in the second half of Wednesday's 4-0 win at Anfield after a challenge by Ramiro Funes Mori, who was then sent off.
Liverpool, in seventh, trail fifth-place Manchester United by five points with five games remaining.
"We'll try everything," said Klopp.
Origi had to be taken off on a stretcher but it was confirmed shortly after the game that he had not broken his ankle.
"The season is not over," added Klopp. "We are all different. We don't have to make any general comments. We only have to work with him and see what happens.
"Why should we say the season is over now when it is still a few games away?" | Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says Divock Origi could play again this season despite suffering a "serious injury" against Everton. |
Summarize the following text: | The US singer rattled through a medley of hits during a 12-minute concert that also included a guest appearance from rapper Missy Elliott.
It ended with Perry singing Firework as actual pyrotechnics exploded above her.
According to The Guardian, the result was a "high-octane show [as] notable for its surreal camp as for its tunes".
The New York Times said she "held her own, navigating a handful of her smashes and three wardrobe changes in a performance that resisted bad mood".
"Even if you weren't a fan of Perry's music, you had to be impressed with her spectacle," agreed USA Today.
Britney Spears, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg were among the celebrities on hand to watch the New England Patriots narrowly beat the Seattle Seahawks 28-24.
Earlier, Frozen star Idina Menzel kicked off proceedings at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona with the traditional rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner.
Perry followed such other high-profile half-time performers as Madonna, Beyonce and last year's interval act, Bruno Mars.
The 30-year-old avoided the controversy that dogged such previous performers as Janet Jackson, whose infamous "wardrobe malfunction" made headlines around the world in 2004.
The California Gurls singer marked the occasion by having XLIX - the Roman numerals for 49, marking the 49th Super Bowl - tattooed on one of the fingers of her right hand.
"I thought it would be appropriate to draw blood tonight," tweeted the singer, who also sang excerpts from I Kissed a Girl and Teenage Dream during her set.
Viewers in the US were also treated to new trailers for Jurassic World, Pitch Perfect 2 and other upcoming films during the ad breaks that punctuated the American Football action.
Other highlights included actor Bryan Cranston reviving his Walter White character from Breaking Bad for a car insurance commercial. | Katy Perry used a giant tiger, Lenny Kravitz and backing dancers dressed as sharks to wow the crowds with her Super Bowl half-time performance. |
Summarize the following text: | The Office for National Statistics' (ONS) second estimate of GDP growth for the quarter was unrevised.
The growth estimate for 2015 was also unchanged at 2.2%, which was the slowest annual pace since 2012.
However, the UK economy remains one of the fastest growing of the developed nations.
The ONS noted that the fourth quarter of 2015 was the 12th consecutive quarter of growth, compared with the erratic pattern of behaviour between 2009 and 2012.
ONS chief economist Joe Grice said: "Once again, the buoyancy of the services sector has offset the relative sluggishness of the rest of the UK economy."
Output in UK's services sector grew 0.7% in the three months to the end of December. Household spending slowed slightly in the quarter, but still rose by 0.7%.
However, the production sector and net trade dragged on growth in the final three months of 2015.
Production output, which includes heavy industry, energy and manufacturing, contracted by 0.5% in the fourth quarter compared with the previous three months.
Vicky Redwood, economist at Capital Economics, warned "the recovery remains entirely dependent on consumer spending".
Chris Williamson, economist at research firm Markit, said the ONS data painted "a picture of an unbalanced economy that is once again reliant on consumer spending to drive growth as business shows increased signs of risk aversion".
"Growth is being supported by firms increasing the wages paid to workers alongside low inflation, which is clearly good for household incomes in the short term. But for a sustainable recovery, which involves improvements in productivity and profits, we also need to see business investment revive, something which will only happen when business confidence lifts higher again."
Last month, Chancellor George Osborne warned that the economy was facing a "dangerous cocktail" of risks in 2016, ranging from slowing global economic growth to volatile stock markets and the continuing slump in oil prices.
On Wednesday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the UK economy's recent performance had been "strong", but added that the referendum on EU membership was a "risk and uncertainty".
The IMF also said that the global economy had weakened further and warned it was "highly vulnerable to adverse shocks".
It said the weakening had come "amid increasing financial turbulence and falling asset prices".
The IMF's report comes before the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Shanghai later this week.
It said China's slowdown was adding to global economic growth concerns.
China's economy, the second-biggest in the world, is growing at the slowest rate in 25 years.
"Growth in advanced economies is modest already under the baseline, as low demand in some countries and a broad-based weakening of potential growth continue to hold back the recovery," the Washington-based IMF said. | UK economic growth in the last three months of 2015 has been confirmed at 0.5%, figures show, supported by steady growth in the services sector. |
Summarize the following text: | Instead viewers enjoy its no-holds barred episodes, covering everything from celebrity gossip to politics, online or on pirated DVDs.
Like much of Taiwanese programming, the show would not get past Chinese censors because of content considered inappropriate.
In one of the most-watched episodes last year, for example, Taiwanese singer FanFan shared with audiences in great detail the jokes her TV host husband Hei Ren plays on her. This includes snapping pictures of her after he passes gas.
That's certainly something not normally seen on Chinese TV.
But it's not just a reluctance to embrace a different kind of TV humour. Chinese regulations forbid all types of Taiwanese talk shows from being aired in their original state.
These are just some of many obstacles that reflect the unease with which the Chinese government still views Taiwan's cultural influences, despite much improved relations in recent years and the island being one of the biggest outside sources of cultural sway on China
But Taiwan is now trying to ease its former political rival's worries.
On the surface, Taiwanese culture seems widely visible in China. Many songs played on Chinese radio are Taiwanese. Major TV performances, such as the recent New Year's Eve show, would not be complete without Taiwanese performers.
This is not surprising. Though tiny compared to mainland China, Taiwan has long been a sort of Hollywood of pop culture for Chinese speakers around the world, even in China during previous decades of tense relations.
Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng was so popular in the 1980s that a Chinese government ban of her music could not stop it from being played everywhere.
The infatuation with Taiwanese pop culture continues today. But Taiwan still faces many hurdles entering the Chinese market, because of protectionism and fears of too much influence.
Few Taiwanese films are allowed in China's cinemas - only seven made it in the past two years despite a landmark trade agreement in 2010 lifting quota restrictions.
Taiwan's TV shows, meanwhile, are categorised as foreign, even though they are in Mandarin.
As a result, they face quotas and cannot be aired on prime time. Or they undergo such long approval periods that the pirated versions are widely sold by the time they make it on air.
Chinese TV hosts meanwhile have been told to avoid speaking with the Taiwanese accent.
Taiwanese publishers and authors also struggle to sell or print their books in China, partly because of content deemed sensitive.
Much of Taiwanese culture seen on the mainland have never received official approval. This all amounts to a lot of money that Taiwan could be making, but isn't.
For example, while Taiwan's singers are popular in China, they do not make money except during concerts because much of their music in the mainland is pirated or downloaded.
This is partly why Taiwan's new cultural minister, Lung Ying-tai, recently said that she wanted to see more cultural exchanges between both sides, and that culture was not a weapon.
She estimates that more than one million copies of her own bestseller Big River, Big Sea - which tells the stories of Chinese people who fled the mainland to Taiwan in 1949 - were sold on the black market in China.
But Ms Lung sees this issue as being more than just making money for Taiwan - it is also about making peace, she says.
"If you look at an example of what countries like Germany, Poland or France have done after World War II, they had done so much in promoting cultural exchanges with countries that were enemies before," she said.
"What's the purpose of that? It's to reach peace, and in order to reach peace, what would be better than cultural exchanges? And that I believe is what we really have to strive for across the stage," Ms Lung said.
At the same time, Taiwan also restricts the import of Chinese culture, allowing only 10 Chinese films to be shown each year.
It also limits Chinese ads in local media and bans Chinese TV programmes because of politically-sensitive content.
For example, a film about the Xinhai Revolution - which helped overthrow the last emperor - was not allowed.
"To put it simply, China is worried about the sovereignty issue being mentioned [in films and TV shows]. Taiwan actually has the same concerns," said Jay Huang, a spokesman for CTI TV, which owns rights to the popular talk show Kang Xi Lai Le.
China still considers Taiwan its province, while the Taiwanese see the island as an independent country.
Since relations began improving in 2008, with the coming to power of a Taiwanese president eager to promote China ties, exchanges have been stepped up, including among students, scholars and artists.
It was only last year that Taiwan began to allow Chinese students to study for academic degrees.
Taiwan also asked Chinese celebrities to host the popular Golden Horse awards ceremony - known as the Oscars for Chinese-language films - for the first time in November despite concerns.
Ms Lung said more exchanges needed to be done.
"After six decades of hostilities and the possibility of war still there, it's never enough. We really have to do more for mutual understanding, to reduce the level of suspicion and distrust," she said.
Culture brings people closer together, she added.
Relying only on politicians to reach agreements without the basis of real cultural understanding among people means any negotiation could be overturned there is a change in power.
"Therefore the cultural understanding and mutual trust among the people themselves is the foundation of any political talks," Ms Lung said.
"To reach authentic, genuine and lasting peace across the [Taiwan] Strait, I think cultural exchanges are even more important than political negotiations." | Millions in China watch the Taiwanese variety talk show Kang Xi Lai Le - but not on television. |
Summarize the following text: | 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.
He will next appear in US post-apocalyptic drama The 100 - his first regular series role since Grey's Anatomy. | Actor Isaiah Washington is to return to US medical drama Grey's Anatomy, seven years after he was fired from the show. |
Summarize the following text: | Recent data collected from air quality monitoring stations in five places across the country show Lumbini is highly polluted.
The warnings have come amid expanding industrialisation near the sacred site.
It is already located in a pollution hotspot on the Gangetic plains.
For the month of January, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Lumbini, in southwest Nepal, was measured at 173.035 micrograms per cubic metre.
The reading for the neighbouring town of Chitwan was 113.32 and the capital, Kathmandu, which is known for its high pollution levels, was at 109.82.
The World Health Organization (WHO) safe limit for the pollutant is 25 micrograms per cubic metre and the Nepal government has set the national standard at 40.
Scientific studies have also highlighted the increasing levels of pollution in and around the historic site.
"The combined effect of trans-boundary transport from the pollution rich Indo-Gangetic Plain region and trapped local industrial pollution due to temperature inversion is responsible for severe winter pollution," says a study done by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in collaboration with the WHO.
"For other seasons, local emissions are largely responsible for bad air quality."
It found that levels of PM 2.5 fine particles, which can enter human blood vessels, were more than 10 times above the WHO safe limit.
Another study conducted by the IUCN and UNESCO found that the pollution had begun to threaten the Lumbini World Heritage site.
"The expansion of the carbon emission industries within the Lumbini Protected Zone has caused several problems such as threats to biodiversity, health hazards to local residents, archaeological properties, social and cultural values."
A IUCN study on three monuments of the historic site concluded that the sacred garden - the core place - was polluted by air dispersed gaseous and solid compounds.
"On the samples of the Ashoka pillar (that was established in 249 BC by Emperor Ashoka to mark the birthplace of Buddha) gypsum, calcite, dolomite and magnesite are present in the form of fine powder that deposits on the surface," says the report authored by Italian archaeologist Constantino Meucci of the University of Rome, Italy.
"All compounds are part of the cement production cycle."
A government body had designated 15km aerial distance from the north east and west boundary of the historic site as the Lumbini Protected Zone.
Adjoining the LPZ is an expanding industrial corridor that has cement, steel, paper and noodle factories and brick kilns.
Several of these factories are well within the LPZ and environmentalists say that is in clear violation of the government regulation.
Tourists and monks visiting the site have told the BBC they felt uneasy while breathing in the air.
"At times I have difficulty in breathing properly and I have to cough," said Monk Vivekananda who runs an international meditation centre in Lumbini.
He and a few others were meditating with their face masks on nearby the Mayadevi temple that marks the exact spot where Gautam Buddha was born more than 2,600 years ago.
"We had at our meditation centre certain [people] who have had asthma conditions and during their stay here in Lumbini, it has badly affected them," he told the BBC.
"In at least three cases, [they] had to cut their retreat short and go back because they could not tolerate the conditions here anymore."
Health workers in the area said the conditions were getting worse.
"When the wind brings more pollution, we see many monks meditating here with their masks on," said Shankar Gautam, who has just retired after working as a health official for 30 years.
"Studies have shown that in the past 10 years the number of people with lung related diseases has gone up.
"The dust coming in here has also led to a huge increase in skin-related diseases."
A major pilgrimage for Buddhists, Lumbini is also a major tourist destination.
Last year it saw one million visitors and the government plans to develop it as a global tourism destination.
"My feeling at this time is that it is more polluted than seven or eight years ago," said Nguyen Duy Nhan, a Vietnamese tourist.
"I can see a lot of dust on the leaves and trees on the way we were coming in here."
His friend Victor Vlodovych nodded in agreement and said: "Maybe if I stay longer it will affect [me] a lot, I can feel that there is a lot of construction and manufacturing around [this place]."
Factory operators say they are reasonably far away from the sacred site.
"Yes certainly this is very near to the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha," admitted Ajay Ajad, a manager with the biggest cement factory in the area.
"Obviously cement factories emit some dust but we are at a reasonably safe distance and therefore the deposition of our dust particles on the sacred site is minimised.
He says dust is not a problem confined to Lumbini: "It is all over Nepal and even at places where there are no cement factories."
Government officials are aware of the problem.
"Based on recent data, we know that Lumbini is more polluted than Kathmandu," said Shankar Prasad Poudel, chief of the air pollution measurement section at the environment department.
"We plan to detect the sources of the pollution using a drone in the near future and hopefully this will help minimise the problem." | The historic site of Buddha's birthplace in Nepal faces a serious threat from air pollution, scientists and officials have warned. |
Summarize the following text: | Even a phone has a decent enough camera to get some nice looking nature shots these days.
But it's not just still photography where the technology is changing fast.
Amazingly the sort of wildlife camera set-up that was once the preserve of a big budget show like Springwatch is now within the reach of many people.
I've been out to meet Dave Walker, a man who has more than 25 video cameras scattered throughout his Worcestershire garden - inside nest boxes, trained on badger setts, even operated by remote control and scanning the whole garden.
All that information pours into a central hub, with three large monitors for all the various video feeds. The best images can be found on their website.
The woman responsible for the technical side of things is Kate MacRae, (or Wildlife Kate as Springwatch viewers may know her).
She's wired her own Lichfield garden up with lots of cameras too. However, with Dave's garden she was able to start from scratch and the results are amazing. Some of the best footage is included in this blogpost.
As these cameras improve in quality and drop in price Kate has top tips for getting the best out of them.
She says you can use a portable, motion-controlled, "trail camera" to find the best spot for recording wildlife. Then you can hardwire a better camera into that position which allows you to record the action round the clock, rather than in short bursts.
The amazing otter and kingfisher footage are my favourite clips, but have a look and let us know what you think.
And don't forget to email us any clips or pictures you gather yourselves - we'd love to see them. | As this gallery of your nature photos shows getting a great wildlife picture is no longer solely the preserve of the professional. |
Summarize the following text: | The occupants of the car had been wearing fake suicide vests and had knives and an axe, officials said.
Seven people were injured in the attack, one of whom later died.
It came hours after a van was driven into crowds in Barcelona, leaving 13 people dead and scores injured.
Police say the van driver, who fled the scene, could be among those killed in Cambrils, but this has not yet been confirmed.
"The investigation points in this direction," said Catalonian police official Josep Lluis Trapero, but there was no "concrete proof".
He added that, despite police training, it was "not easy" for the officer who had shot dead four of the five suspects.
The attack in Cambrils unfolded when an Audi A3 was driven at people walking along the seafront in the early hours of Friday.
The car overturned and those inside then attacked people with knives. Police said four were shot dead at the scene and the fifth was killed a few hundred metres away.
Waiter Joan Marc Serra Salinas heard the shots that rang out on Cambrils promenade.
"It was bang, bang, bang. Shouting, more shouting. I threw myself on to the ground on the beach," he said.
The Mayor of Cambrils, Cami Mendoza, praised the "speed and efficiency" of the police response. | A lone police officer shot dead four of the five suspects who were in a car that was driven into pedestrians in the Spanish seaside town of Cambrils, it has emerged. |
Summarize the following text: | Roedd yr eglwys yn llawn, gyda channoedd hefyd yn gwylio ar sgrin y tu allan.
Bu farw Mr Williams yn 46 oed fis diwethaf. Mae'n gadael ei wraig, Becky, a phump o blant.
Roedd Mr Williams, sylfaenydd ymgyrch Hawl I Fyw, yn wyneb a llais cyfarwydd yng Nghymru ers iddo gael diagnosis o ganser y coluddyn ym mis Ionawr 2014.
Fe gafodd ei achos sylw yn ystod un o sesiynau holi'r Prif Weinidog yn San Steffan, wrth i wleidyddion drafod yr hawl i gleifion dderbyn y cyffur Cetuximab yng Nghymru.
Clywodd y dorf bod Mr Williams am i'r digwyddiad fod yn ddathliad o'i fywyd, ac roedd perfformiadau gan Gôr Glanaethwy a'r tenor Rhys Meirion.
Fe wnaeth cyfaill i Mr Williams, y chwaraewr rygbi Robin McBryde, ddarllen yn y gwasanaeth.
Wrth arwain y gwasanaeth, dywedodd Deon Bangor, y Tra Pharchedicaf Kathy Jones nad oedd Mr Williams wedi "bwriadu bod yn arwr... ond dyna oedd o".
Ychwanegodd ei gyfaill, Gary: "Roedd Irfon yn un o'r bobl mwyaf doniol oeddwn i'n 'nabod.
"Hyd yn oed pan oedd yn sal iawn roedd yn dal i wneud i mi chwerthin." | Mae angladd yr ymgyrchydd canser Irfon Williams wedi ei gynnal yn Eglwys Gadeiriol Bangor ddydd Mercher. |
Summarize the following text: | Mr Alda, 81, was made a Doctor of Law at a graduation ceremony in the city's Caird Hall.
He helped found the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University.
Last year Mr Alda supported Dundee University's new £10m forensic science research centre in a video message.
He said: "I feel great, it's wonderful. I don't quite understand the doctorate of law, I haven't broken many so maybe that's it."
The Alan Alda Center is an international partner of Dundee University's Leverhulme Centre, which is co-led by Professor Dame Sue Black, who proposed the actor for the honour.
Mr Alda said greater understanding of science was "more important now than ever."
He said: "I did a science programme on television where I interviewed hundreds of scientists for eleven years.
"The University of Dundee are planning to have a partnership with a really important area, which is science in the courtrooms and the justice system with regard to forensic science.
"It's very important the public understand about science to ask important questions.
"We're entitled to be heard with our questions and our objections but we need to have a language that is common.
"It doesn't do much good for scientists to tell us something we don't understand or for us to ask questions based on misunderstanding."
The university's graduation ceremonies continue until Friday.
Other recipients of honorary degrees include Olympian Dame Katherine Grainger and Turner Prize-winning artist Susan Philipsz. | M*A*S*H actor Alan Alda has received an honorary degree from Dundee University for his work promoting the communication of science. |
Summarize the following text: | The visitors stayed fifth, three points clear of Eastleigh and Tranmere after Rovers won at the Spitfires.
Michael Cheek scored Braintree's opener before Simon Heslop levelled and Lee Fowler put the hosts ahead.
Cheek added a second before the break and Brundle struck to keep Braintree's promotion hopes alive.
Wrexham manager Gary Mills told BBC Radio Wales: "We always knew we were rank outsiders to do it (make the play-offs), but it's disappointing to not win the game and go into it with a chance next week.
"When we went 2-1 up we started to dominate the game a little bit, but then we go and give away a stupid goal again and it changes the whole mental state of the players.
"It was a tough afternoon. We've given away some sloppy goals, which I've said too many times this season.
"You can't give away three goals at home - and sloppy goals at that - and it's cost us." | Mitch Brundle put Braintree on the brink of the National League play-offs with a late winner that ended Wrexham's promotion hopes. |
Summarize the following text: | Lord Judge lambasted measures in the Wales Bill which he said could allow UK ministers to change assembly legislation without Parliament's say.
The independent peer called including the a "constitutional aberration".
A Wales Office spokesman said the power was simply to "fine tune" the new devolution settlement.
The proposed Wales Bill - which devolves new powers to the Welsh assembly including over fracking and changes the way it makes laws - is being considered in its final stages in the House of Lords.
The row erupted as the Lords discussed amendments to the bill, including giving the Welsh Government the powers to ban high-stakes gambling machines and scrapping a clause allowing UK ministers to block some laws made in Wales about water.
Lord Judge, the most senior judge in England and Wales between 2008 and 2013, was critical of measures - known as the Henry VIII clauses - contained in the bill which he said would allow laws passed by the Welsh assembly to be changed by ministers in London without Parliament's consent.
Lord Judge said: "This is the malevolent ghost of King Henry VIII wandering through the Valleys of Wales."
"Actually it is an insult to the democratic process which this Parliament created when the National Assembly of Wales was created," he added.
Lord Judge said the House of Lords should be "embarrassed" that it had allowed such a measure to be put in place in Scotland.
Plaid Cymru peer Lord Wigley, also criticised the clauses, describing them as "arcane and undemocratic".
This is not the first time a row has broken out during the passage of the bill, last year First Minister Carwyn Jones said measures in it amounted to an "English veto on Welsh laws".
But the Wales Office denied the clauses gave UK ministers any more power than Welsh ministers, insisting they were "simply a power to do the fine tuning needed to implement the new devolution settlement for Wales set out in the Wales Bill".
A spokesman said: "A significant number of assembly acts give Welsh ministers reciprocal powers to change parliamentary legislation without Parliament's approval in order to implement assembly legislation.
"This power is part and parcel of the consequential powers held both by UK ministers and Welsh ministers."
The spokesman added that Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns had written to First Minister Carwyn Jones and Presiding Officer Elin Jones committing himself to working closely with the Welsh Government and the assembly "on any regulations that need to be made which modify assembly legislation".
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "It is clear that the former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, shares our concerns about provisions he describes as a 'constitutional aberration'.
"It is disappointing that the UK government has not felt able so far to respond effectively to our, and his, arguments."
The UK government also faced calls to guarantee Welsh communities would never again be sacrificed to provide water for England.
In 1965, the village of Capel Celyn was flooded to create the Tryweryn reservoir to provide Liverpool with water, under a law passed in 1956.
Last month Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said he would scrap his ability to block some laws made in the assembly about water under changes to the Wales Bill.
But Lord Wigley said the amendments failed to deliver on the promise, instead stating a protocol may be put in place to protect English consumers and Wales.
Labour peer and assembly member Baroness Morgan of Ely called for the UK government to clarify exactly what was in the protocol.
But Lord Bourne said Tryweryn could not happen again and the issue was unaffected by the Wales Bill.
The bill is scheduled to be discussed in the House of Lords again on 10 January. | Powers allowing the UK government to overturn laws made in Wales have been criticised by a former lord chief justice as an "insult" to democracy. |
Summarize the following text: | British-born Wintour, 67, has been the editor of American Vogue for almost 30 years.
With her trademark bob and dark glasses, she has earned a reputation as one of fashion's most influential, and formidable, commentators.
Wintour, named in the New Year Honours list, spoke briefly to the Queen at the ceremony, smiling broadly.
The Queen struggled to attach the insignia to the editor's pink belted Chanel outfit: "She couldn't find where to put the brooch," said Wintour.
"I congratulated her on Prince Philip's service because obviously that's so remarkable and such an inspiration to us all," the fashion editor told reporters.
The ceremony at Buckingham Palace also saw James Jones, the former bishop of Liverpool, knighted for his work with the families of the Hillsborough victims.
The 68-year-old, who is now assistant bishop in the Diocese of York, chaired the panel which saw the eventual release of files relating to the 1989 disaster.
The Times political cartoonist Peter Brookes, 73, received a CBE for services to the media and singer Marty Wilde - a rock'n'roll star who rose to fame alongside Sir Cliff Richard in the 1950s - received an MBE for services to popular music.
Wintour, who was raised in London to a British father and an American mother, was formerly editor of British Vogue, before taking the helm at its US sister publication in 1988.
She is credited with having turned American Vogue into one of the world's top fashion publications, where her no-nonsense style of micro-management earned her the nickname 'Nuclear Wintour'.
She is widely assumed to have been the inspiration for the character of Miranda (played by Meryl Streep) in the hit film The Devil Wears Prada, which was based on a book written by her former personal assistant, Lauren Weisberger.
In 2013, she was also named artistic director of publisher Conde Nast.
Earlier this week, Wintour attended the Met Gala in New York, the annual society fund-raiser which Wintour herself organises to raise money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. The event is hailed as one of the key events in the fashion calendar.
Over the years, she has raised around $150m (£116m) for that institute, which was named in her honour in 2014. The 2016 gala raised around $13.5m, and tickets for this year's event were reportedly $30,000 (£23,000) a head.
Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning | Vogue editor Anna Wintour has been made a dame at Buckingham Palace for services to fashion and journalism. |
Summarize the following text: | Defeat came three days after they suffered a record 5-0 Nottinghamshire derby loss at Mansfield Town.
Cooper is in charge until the end of the season and has been set a points target to earn an extended contract.
"I said to them 'you have got two managers the sack already and you are not getting me out'," Cooper said.
After losing his first game in charge 4-0 at Portsmouth, Cooper's Notts took eight points from a possible 12 before their defeat at Mansfield.
Asked by BBC Radio Nottingham if he saw defeat coming at 1-0 up, the former Swindon boss said: "I did because I know what is in the changing room.
"What you know is with the group of players that we have got, if any real pressure comes they will cave in."
Barnet manager and former Notts boss Martin Allen said it was a "comfortable win" against a side that "offered nothing" in the second half.
"They turned their back on their club," Allen said of the Magpies players.
"They let their supporters, their manager and everyone down from the way they played.
"I have interest in that club as I worked there, I have fond memories of my time there, and whoever brought those players in needs to take a long, hard look at themselves."
Notts, relegated from League One last season, are 17th in the League Two table after 43 games. | Notts County manager Mark Cooper told his players that they will not cost him his job after slumping to a 3-1 defeat at Barnet on Tuesday. |
Summarize the following text: | The amount lost to online ticket fraud rose to £5.2m in the year to the end of October compared with £3.35m a year earlier, police said.
Major events, such as the Rugby Union World Cup, which was hosted by England, led to the rise in cases, they said.
Fans aged in their 20s are most likely to buy fake or bogus tickets online.
Police raised concerns that the "tech-savvy" generation were the hardest hit by ticket fraud, although those aged in their 20s are also likely to be financially-pressed and looking for a bargain.
"If this group is falling victim, it suggests that the fraudulent ticket sellers are very convincing and have the ability to exploit just about every type of internet user," said Chris Greany, of the City of London Police.
The figures, from the City of London Police National Fraud Intelligence Bureau and awareness group Get Safe Online, suggest that fans of the Rugby Union World Cup and Premier League football were targeted in more than a quarter of ticket scam cases.
Ticket scams relating to gigs and music festivals were next on the list, accounting for 15% of cases.
Tony Neate, of Get Safe Online, urged sports fans and festival goers to do their homework before buying tickets to popular events online.
"Criminals are clever and often use pre-existing websites or fan forums to help them appear legitimate, or in fact mimic genuine websites to help them dupe their victims into handing over money," he said. | Online ticket fraud revenue rose by 55% in a year - driven by scams targeting fans of Premier League football and the Rugby Union World Cup. |
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Catch-up on every session with BBC iPlayer | BBC Sport will bring you live coverage of the 2016 World Snooker Championship from Saturday, 16 April across BBC TV, Red Button, connected TVs, online, tablets and smartphones. |
Summarize the following text: | Protesters blocked the entrance to the London embassy on Thursday with 800 mannequin limbs which they said was in response to the killing of civilians in Syrian city Aleppo.
Two people also chained themselves to the gates.
Campaigners said the limbs represented the injuries suffered by people.
Activists began their protest at about 14:00 BST.
Syrian forces have been besieging rebel-held parts of Aleppo with backing from Russian air strikes.
In a statement, the Russian embassy said it was "deeply concerned" about the unwillingness of the UK government to "ensure security and unhindered operation of the Russian diplomatic mission in London".
It added: "An unauthorised protest action by a group of unidentified people interrupted the work of the embassy as the entrance to the consular section was blocked up with a heap of mannequin body parts while the protestors handcuffed themselves to the gate.
"As a result, the mission staff and visitors were unable to enter the premises of the embassy. Police officers remained indifferent in the face of the openly provocative and disorderly conduct of the 'demonstrators'.
"Moreover, nuisance callers blocked the embassy telephone line rendering it impossible to contact the mission for genuine callers."
The Russian embassy statement accused the "so-called protest action" of being "carefully and thoroughly planned".
It also accused the government of waging an anti-Russian campaign in the media backed by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson who in the House of Commons recently encouraged people to protest outside the Russian embassy.
More than 250,000 trapped residents have been enduring food shortages, price hikes and bombing in Aleppo.
Bissan Fakih from the Syria Campaign said campaigners wanted to highlight that Russian warplanes "are killing so many families" and that the bombing "needs to stop".
"Our message to the people of (the embassy) is that the people of the world are watching," she said.
The Russian embassy appeared to suggest Boris Johnson was partly to blame by tweeting that the demonstration came "after the call of @BorisJohnson".
Russia and Syria have told the rebel forces to leave eastern Aleppo by Friday evening but the rebels have rejected the offer.
It is estimated that there have been more than 800 civilian deaths since the end of the last ceasefire in September. | The Russian embassy has expressed concern about the security of its diplomats after a protest against Russia's bombing of Syria. |
Summarize the following text: | Belgium international Dembele appeared to eye-gouge forward Costa during Spurs' 2-2 draw with Chelsea on Monday.
Referee Mark Clattenburg did not punish the 28-year-old during the game.
Dembele chose not to contest the charge, and will now be unavailable to manager Mauricio Pochettino until Spurs' fifth game of next season.
He has made 29 appearances in the league this season, scoring three goals.
Dembele was one of nine Spurs players booked in the draw at Stamford Bridge - a Premier League record for one team.
Monday's result ended Tottenham's hopes of winning the Premier League. Pochettino's side have two games remaining this season, against Southampton and Newcastle, with three points almost certain to secure second place.
Stoke and former Republic of Ireland keeper Shay Given told BBC Radio 5 live that he thought the punishment was "way too high".
"Looking at the incident, did he stick his finger in his eye and actually gouge his eye?" he said.
"I've seen worse tackles on the field which don't get a suspension or a maximum of three matches. If someone is going to go in two-footed, lunging, and their opponent are out for six to nine months with a broken leg and they don't get a ban - I don't understand that.
"Dembele's fingers weren't right in his eye. He scraped a bit of his face. I think it is harsh. I know the FA are trying to send a message that this isn't acceptable, but I've seen worse things on a football pitch."
Former West Brom striker Jason Roberts agreed, saying: "Things happen on the pitch that can genuinely hurt somebody - like Fellaini's elbow on Huth. That in my opinion was much more dangerous and more of an issue than what Dembele did."
LISTEN: Given tells BBC Radio 5 live he had "seen worse tackles" | Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Mousa Dembele has been banned for six games by the Football Association for violent conduct against Chelsea's Diego Costa. |
Summarize the following text: | Ministry of Cake employs 400 people at its Taunton and Torquay factories. It evolved from Maynards Sweets in Yeovil which was established in 1865.
Managing director Chris Ormrod, said: "This deal secures jobs and investment in a company which is firmly rooted in the West Country."
The buyer, Mademoiselle Desserts, has other sites in Maidenhead and Corby.
"We ultimately were owned by a private equity house - we borrowed £11m two years ago and wrote a four-year plan.
"We've achieved that plan in two years and pretty much all of last year we had people knocking on our door asking if we would be up for sale," said Mr Ormrod.
'Brexit uncertainty'
Ministry of Cake had a turnover of £30m last year. It supplies desserts to major pub and restaurant chains including JD Wetherspoon and TGI Friday.
Mademoiselle Desserts employs more than 1,400 in eight production sites in France, the UK and the Netherlands.
Its customers in the UK include Marks and Spencer Food.
Mr Ormrod said management and staff jobs were safe and having a new owner would open up new career opportunities in France for staff.
"We've had a really good year this year and we've grown ourselves by 10%. We've won some big contracts. This is more about looking to the future.
"We're in that perfect storm of not knowing quite where Brexit is going to take us and what it means to tariff barriers, so this was about securing the business as it is and giving ourselves some real room to grow with a very supportive parent," he said. | A Somerset-based dessert-making firm has been sold to a French food company for an undisclosed sum. |
Summarize the following text: | The 24-year-old German left-back previously tasted life in the English Premier League and the Bundesliga but has joined Accies until January.
"A lot of people who play at that level and come down the way have trouble adjusting and still see themselves as a big player," Canning told BBC Scotland.
"But Lennard's a good boy and his attitude is a different class."
Sowah, whose parents are from Ghana, made his full Portsmouth debut in 2010 and in doing so became the first player born after the launch of English Premier League in 1992 to start a match in it.
Since leaving Portsmouth the former Arsenal youth player has spent most of his time in Hamburg's first and second teams.
"He is a talented player and you don't play at the level he's played at if you don't have talent," said Canning.
"The most important thing for me with guys like Lennard that are coming from those types of clubs is that their attitude is right. That they don't see themselves as a big player, they see themselves as where they are now and work hard to get back to that level.
"He gets forward well and reads the game very well. He's very quick; a good athlete and strong with good use of the ball."
Hamilton, in ninth place, visit bottom side Partick Thistle - who are two points behind them - on Saturday, with both sides looking for their second league victory of the season.
Accies beat Ross County 1-0 on 27 August and Thistle got the better of Inverness on the opening day of the season.
"Every game is a hard game," added Canning. "There is so little between six, seven or maybe eight teams with such fine margins.
"We know that if we approach it properly and perform the way we can, we know we can get the three points and it's something we've got to start doing.
"I read a statistic the other day that we've lost 14 points from a winning position this season, which is a lot of points. Games like Kilmarnock here, Dundee away and Inverness here we were 1-0 up with good opportunities to score a second and have not taken it.
"There's not a whole lot wrong with what we're doing on the pitch, but maybe just being a little bit more ruthless to go and get the second goal that puts the game to bed." | Hamilton Academical boss Martin Canning believes Lennard Sowah's humility helps make him a "good fit" for club. |
Summarize the following text: | PwC's latest UK Economic Outlook report projects GDP growth of 1.8% for Scotland in 2016.
The equivalent figure for Wales is 1.7%, and for Northern Ireland it is 1.4%. North-east England is predicted to see 1.7% growth.
The average UK growth figure is predicted to be stronger, at 2.2%.
PwC Scotland regional chairman Lindsay Gardiner said: "It is not only promising to see Scotland continuing to grow but also to look ahead and see education and health set to be large employment sectors.
Mr Gardiner added: "In general the growth rate has been slow - in part due to weak consumer growth thanks to reduced spending - but exports and investment are holding their own for now."
The report identified danger areas for the Scottish economy. These included:
Mr Gardiner picked out the relative lack of investment in research and development as a key concern.
He said: "This in part reflects the decline of manufacturing, where there has traditionally been high spending in R&D, but as we transition to a more digital and flexible economy, we need to accept that spending in R&D must be far higher in all sectors to encourage growth." | A leading accountancy firm has said Scotland's economy is set to outperform Wales, Northern Ireland and the north-east of England. |
Summarize the following text: | Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the second-half winner with his first goal in five matches, nodding in substitute Wayne Rooney's mis-hit shot at the far post.
It was United's first effort on target, despite dominating at Old Trafford.
Zorya offered little threat, although Sergio Romero had to be alert to save Paulinho's shot just before the winner.
Relive how Manchester United edged past Zorya Luhansk
The Red Devils are among the favourites to win Europe's secondary club competition, but started the evening at the bottom of Group A following a 1-0 defeat at Dutch side Feyenoord in their opening match.
And for more than an hour it looked as though Jose Mourinho's men would stay there.
Despite hogging over 70% of possession, United were slow and ponderous in the final third as Zorya's well-drilled defence held firm.
But Zorya, making their debut in the Europa League group stage, were undone inside two minutes of Rooney's introduction.
United move up to third, level on three points with Feyenoord and one adrift of Turkish leaders Fenerbahce, who travel to Old Trafford on 20 October in the next round of games.
Rooney had been expected to be restored to the United starting XI after being dropped for the Premier League win against Leicester last weekend.
But Mourinho's plan to recall the England skipper was scuppered by a minor back injury.
The United manager decided that continuity was the policy in his absence, sticking with the attacking quartet - Ibrahimovic, Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata - that started Saturday's 4-1 win.
However, they offered little spark against a visiting side that finished fourth in the Ukrainian Premier League last season.
Rooney was summoned from the bench with 25 minutes left and inadvertently set up the winner, as the ball struck his knee and bounced up off the ground for Ibrahimovic to head in at the far post.
"Wayne gave us different positions and speed when the opposing team was getting tired," said Mourinho.
Mourinho, who replaced Louis van Gaal in the summer, questioned the character of his United side earlier this month after they suffered three straight defeats against Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford.
But they have bounced back with three successive wins, beating Zorya after victories against Northampton in the EFL Cup and Leicester in the Premier League.
"One week, three defeats. One week, three victories. But I was not depressed by the defeats and I am not over the moon with three wins," said the 53-year-old Portuguese.
"It was difficult. We had our chances in the first half, we could have scored and it would have been a different match. But we didn't.
"They kept organised and had plenty of players behind the ball but with players ready to do something on the counter-attack. It was difficult and we needed to win."
Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic:
"It was not an easy game. We played well, created chances, but this is a typical game. When you don't score in the beginning, the spaces get smaller and smaller. After the goal, we had more space but it was a decent game. We won and that is what counts after losing against Feyenoord.
"We could have done much more though, and I expect much more from the team. We did not score as we did against Leicester but it is good for confidence. If we continue this and step it up, we will do good."
Back to the Premier League and back to Old Trafford for Manchester United. The sixth-placed side host Stoke, who are second bottom and winless, on Sunday (12:00 BST).
Match ends, Manchester United 1, Zorya Luhansk 0.
Second Half ends, Manchester United 1, Zorya Luhansk 0.
Attempt missed. Ivan Petryak (Zorya Luhansk) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
Foul by Marcos Rojo (Manchester United).
Oleksandr Karavayev (Zorya Luhansk) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jaba Lipartia (Zorya Luhansk).
Mykyta Kamenyuka (Zorya Luhansk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Mykyta Kamenyuka (Zorya Luhansk).
Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rafael Forster (Zorya Luhansk).
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rafael Forster (Zorya Luhansk).
Attempt missed. Oleksandr Karavayev (Zorya Luhansk) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Paulinho with a cross.
Attempt missed. Paulinho (Zorya Luhansk) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mykyta Kamenyuka with a cross.
Attempt missed. Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Wayne Rooney with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Mikhail Sivakov.
Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) header from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wayne Rooney.
Substitution, Zorya Luhansk. Artem Gordienko replaces Igor Chaykovsky.
Attempt missed. Jaba Lipartia (Zorya Luhansk) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United).
Jaba Lipartia (Zorya Luhansk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Zorya Luhansk. Jaba Lipartia replaces Zeljko Ljubenovic.
Substitution, Manchester United. Anthony Martial replaces Timothy Fosu-Mensah.
Substitution, Manchester United. Ashley Young replaces Juan Mata.
Goal! Manchester United 1, Zorya Luhansk 0. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wayne Rooney.
Attempt missed. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Timothy Fosu-Mensah.
Substitution, Manchester United. Wayne Rooney replaces Jesse Lingard.
Corner, Zorya Luhansk. Conceded by Sergio Romero.
Attempt saved. Paulinho (Zorya Luhansk) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Igor Chaykovsky.
Hand ball by Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United).
Corner, Zorya Luhansk. Conceded by Timothy Fosu-Mensah.
Eric Bailly (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Eric Bailly (Manchester United).
Paulinho (Zorya Luhansk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Zorya Luhansk. Paulinho replaces Vladyslav Kulach.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. | Manchester United climbed off the bottom of their Europa League group with an uninspiring win over Ukrainian minnows Zorya Luhansk. |
Summarize the following text: | The most serious cases included the deaths of 26 newborns and 79 stillbirths. Three mothers also died.
Staff shortages, medicines given in error and treatment delays were also among the incidents logged.
The Scottish government pointed out that in 2015 the country had recorded its lowest level of stillbirths.
Health Secretary Shona Robison also said that there were fewer neonatal deaths and fewer maternal deaths.
The minister's comments came following a BBC Scotland Freedom of Information (FOI) request into the number of "adverse events" taking place in maternity units.
Across Scotland from the beginning of 2011 until the end of 2015 there were more than 285,000 births, including 1,247 stillbirths.
Health board detailed minor incidents including slips, trips, bumps and falls, but also more serious events including:
In reality the total figure may be far higher than 25,000, because some health boards - including Greater Glasgow and Clyde - provided only the most serious events rather than all adverse events.
The figures did reveal almost 500 incidents in relation to staff shortages, more than 440 referring to medicine given in error, and more than 100 delays in treatment.
The FOIs also showed evidence of a series of staffing problems at health boards in Fife, Grampian, Highland and Lanarkshire.
It has raised questions over how many of these adverse events could have been avoided.
On Monday, the Scottish government announced an independent investigation into baby deaths at a Kilmarnock hospital.
Ms Robison said Healthcare Improvement Scotland would review care at Crosshouse after BBC Scotland revealed six so-called "unnecessary" deaths of babies at the hospital since 2008.
Fraser Morton said NHS Ayrshire and Arran health board had refused to carry out a review following the death of his son Lucas in Crosshouse Hospital last year.
He believed a shortage of staff and a lack of training contributed to the death of his son.
Gillian Smith, the director of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), said there was a definite correlation between staff shortages and adverse events.
With new figures showing that more than 40% of Scotland's midwives were in their 50s and 60s, she warned that the country was facing a "demographic timebomb".
She added: "There are always going to be adverse events of some kind... mothers and babies will still die for reasons we don't know and couldn't avoid.
"However, what we want is to look at all the avoidable incidents and take the learning we can from that.
"Learning from avoidable incidents in the only way we will get better."
Ms Robison told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that she had full confidence in Healthcare Improvements Scotland to carry out the national review of maternity services, which will report in a few weeks' time.
She added: "Its remit will be to look into the questions being asked by families to make sure that the processes and procedures that should have been followed within Ayrshire and Arran were followed and to report to me after looking into all of those issues."
She acknowledged that she was ultimately accountable if future failures in the system were not addressed.
She said: "Accountability lies both with the board and ultimately the chief executive of that board and eventually, yes, with me. Which is why that we need to make sure that all of these adverse events are subject to review, that lessons are learned. "
A project by the Royal College of Gynaecologists (RCOG) aims to halve the number of "avoidable" stillbirths in the UK by 2020.
Its Each Baby Counts programme found 1,000 incidents of avoidable harm at birth in its first year of monitoring - with about 100 of them in Scotland.
Prof Alan Cameron, the principal investigator on the UK wide project, said: "Some of these events don't cause any harm but they are recordable as adverse events. But some can cause harm and what is key is that the service sits up to recognise that and do something about it.
"Some of the events we have looked at are staggering. Some of the reports we have read beggar belief.
"Labour is the most hazardous journey a baby makes. If something goes wrong health service staff have to act quickly. That can be alarming. This is such an acute and unpredictable specialty."
He said BBC Scotland's findings showed that health boards had different classifications for serious adverse events, and he called for consistency.
He added: "It is a concern that some areas are not doing as well as others in terms of outcomes from labour.
"I would certainly hope another Morecambe Bay would not happen again and that is why we need to put mechanisms in place to prevent it happening in future."
Filing Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to Scottish authorities is nearly always an exercise in frustration. If they are not late they are incomplete, if they don't give you what you ask for they don't give it to you at all.
My request to the country's health boards for adverse event information hit more snags than usual. The responses issued gave a patchwork quilt of data - a frustratingly blinkered view of the actual figures. The ensuing inconsistent mishmash of data ultimately boiled down to how boards had interpreted what I meant by "adverse event".
Some only returned data on "serious" adverse events - those incidents that resulted in actual loss of life. Others returned events classified as "minor", "major" or "significant" - they included anything from falls and staff shortages, to a pregnant woman involved in a "radiation incident".
The waters were muddied further by some overly enthusiastic redaction of internal adverse events reports, partial returns with some data missing, and some responses citing only annual totals without giving us an idea of the type of adverse event.
But even as a partial snapshot these figures are rather alarming. These varying returns mean we don't know exactly how many adverse events occurred, determined how they have been dealt with (to ensure that they could be avoided in future), and nor can we say with 100% certainty whether the number of adverse events in our hospitals is falling. | Scotland's maternity hospitals have recorded more than 25,000 adverse incidents since 2011, BBC Scotland has discovered. |
Summarize the following text: | Tom Harris, who is launching the Scottish Vote Leave campaign, said the new powers were part of a specific Scottish case for leaving the EU.
The former Labour MP will say fishing and agriculture would be left to Holyrood if the UK votes to quit.
But pro-EU campaigners believe life outside the bloc would be uncertain.
Scotland stronger in Europe has warned that none of the alternatives would offer Scots as much protection as membership of the EU.
Mr Harris said other inducements for Scots to vote against remaining part of Europe include a cash boost for Scottish higher education once EU students pay tuition fees and a £1.5bn windfall for the Scottish budget after contributions to EU institutions stop.
At the launch of the Scottish Vote Leave campaign, he will say: "Major new powers - particularly in fishing and agriculture - would automatically be devolved to Holyrood, not Westminster, in the event of the UK voting to leave the EU.
"Any repatriated power that isn't already explicitly denoted as "reserved" in the Scotland Act 1998 is assumed to be the remit of the Scottish Parliament."
He will also say: "Leaving the EU could also secure free university tuition for Scottish students, by significantly increasing the amount of money it can charge EU students attending Scottish universities.
Mr Harris claimed that the UK pays £350m a week to the EU for the "privilege of maintaining its membership".
He said Scotland's share of was £1.5bn a year.
This figure is disputed by opponents of leaving the EU as it does not include the UK's rebate or the money that it receives back from the EU.
Remain campaigners argue the true cost of EU membership is closer to £136m a week.
Mr Harris said: "We want potential MSPs to tell us what they would do with that extra money, or to explain why they think Scotland can afford to continue sending that money to Brussels."
Other leave campaign groups will also call for Scots to back Brexit later this week. | Scotland would get "major" new powers and a bigger budget if the UK votes to leave the European Union, according to one of the campaigners backing Brexit. |
Summarize the following text: | This is a place with fewer than 3,000 people, but here are a few facts:
But for the past decade, work has been going on to improve skills and raise ambitions.
ALEX NOTT, a single mother of two, claims employment support allowance, child benefit and child tax allowance.
She left school without qualifications but has done different jobs and has, recently, been taking courses. Ms Nott is unfit to work, but she starts a university degree course in police forensics in September.
"I think it's enough to live on," she said of her benefits.
"I manage and I run a car. I wouldn't say I live in poverty, I've a nice house, it's warm, as long as there's food in the cupboard and the kids have shoes on their feet.
"But I know with people on Jobseeker's Allowance - it's not a lot of money."
Her eldest daughter, 16, has been looking for work in shops, restaurants and cafes for the past five months.
DR SARAH LLOYD-JONES, director of the Cardiff-based education charity People and Work Unit, has been working with regeneration projects in Glyncoch for six years to combat poverty.
"When we first came in, well over 50% had no qualifications whatsoever, no-one was learning in a sixth form - environmentally, the community was very run down.
"But we found it's more mixed than you might expect. There are highly skilled people, those running their own businesses, professionals living here.
"We looked at drawing people together, looking at people as a strength, not just the problem. We worked with the Communities First team and regeneration programmes focusing on how people can get skills and what it takes to create a level playing field.
"We now have a lot of people in sixth form and pursuing qualifications. It's not all about what we've done but part of wider improvement with primary schools doing much, much better than they were."
KATIE GILLETT, leader of the Chance to Learn project, where Alex Nott and her daughter have been training.
"There's more participation now," she said of changing attitudes within the community.
"We're not working for them, we're working with them, there's a different take on it.
"It's had a massive impact on the value of life and quality of life. It's about the one-on-one support we give and money [we get] is an important part of that."
The community has benefited from work from the likes of Oxfam while education, health and skills programmes are delivered by Communities First.
Presenter Stephen Fry tweeted and helped back a successful crowd-funding campaign for a new community centre.
Projects in Glyncoch include Build It Together, which has helped 100 people gain practical skills to help them back into education, training and work.
Young people have been taught practical skills like woodworking and decorating to help them into education, training or employment and about 100 people have been involved as volunteers, trainees or apprentices.
Ms Gillett recognises that Glyncoch is still a poor area and its long-term recovery will also be determined by factors outside the community.
"It all depends on how Wales' economy goes and if we can find replacements for those industries that have gone in these areas.
"But it's not all about jobs; educational attainment is a massive thing towards that. And as long as we realise what skills are needed to meet the job market, it should grow and we should develop economically." | The Glyncoch estate, two miles north of Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, is a community long-associated with deprivation. |
Summarize the following text: | Actor Mark Ruffalo who played superhero The Incredible Hulk, has written to the authorities in support of protesters.
They are campaigning against an exploratory oil well at Woodburn Forest near Carrickfergus, County Antrim.
Mr Ruffalo, who founded an organisation called Water Defense had written to Environment Minister Mark H Durkan outlining his concerns.
Water Defense is a non-profit organisation dedicated to clean water.
Mr Ruffalo's letter has been copied to First Minister Arlene Foster and the planning authority, Mid & East Antrim Council.
Northern Ireland Water has also received a copy.
In it, Mr Ruffalo said there are many "concerning facts" about the case.
Protesters have objected to the well because they say it is part of the catchment for a reservoir that supplies water to thousands of homes in Belfast and Carrick.
They claim chemicals used in the drill process could leach into the water table.
Northern Ireland Water, which has leased the drill site to oil company Infrastrata, said the project would not compromise the water supply.
Infrastrata has outlined measures that it will take to protect groundwater.
These include collection of surface water at the site and protection of the drill shaft by encasing it in steel and concrete.
In his letter, Mr Ruffalo said the "small amount" of oil and gas that might be found "pales in comparison" to the importance of protecting the water supply.
Water Defense said it would be sending testing kits to local residents and will be monitoring the situation. | A Hollywood superstar has weighed into a dispute over a controversial oil well in Northern Ireland. |
Summarize the following text: | The 32-year-old made 263 appearances for the Dons in a six-year spell, but announced in April that he would leave at the end of the season.
Potter previously played for Sheffield Wednesday, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Southampton and Liverpool.
He is Rotherham's second summer signing after the arrival of Michael Ihiekwe from Tranmere.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Rotherham United have signed former MK Dons midfielder Darren Potter on a two-year deal. |
Summarize the following text: | Both historically - pioneering blues musicians like Albert King hail from this tiny town on the state's so-called "Cotton Highway" - and emotionally.
Hard hit by the financial crisis, as factory after factory shut and jobs moved away, the town's main street is mostly hollowed out, with century-old buildings standing vacant.
Cotton strands masquerading as cobwebs - blown over from the fields dotted with puffy white plants in the surrounding the area - lurk in every corner.
A sign advertising weekly bingo games creaks in the wind, as a handful of people mill in front of the town's municipal building at midday.
However, like most small towns around this state that were battered by the recession, things are slowly improving.
Statewide, the unemployment rate peaked at 8.1% in 2010, but has since fallen nearly to its pre-recession level of 6.2% - just above the national average.
But the problem for the Democrats - who are fighting hard to help Senator Mark Pryor keep his position and to ensure outgoing Governor Mike Beebe's seat stays in Democratic hands - is that those statistics haven't translated into sentiment.
As former President Bill Clinton said, in speeches supporting the Democratic candidate in his home state: "The economy is coming back, but nobody believes it because you don't feel it."
Perhaps nowhere is this thorny issue for Democrats more evident than in Osceola.
After years of negotiations, Big River Steel was persuaded to locate their billion-dollar steel factory on the banks of the Mississippi in the city, lured by incentives promoted by both local and state-wide Democratic officials.
Construction of the plant, which is situated on nearly 1,300 acres next to what was once a Fruit of the Loom plant - a nod to the area's cotton heritage - began in earnest over the summer.
Nearly 2,000 people will be hired to build the facility and once it is up and running, more than 525 will be employed at the plant, smelting steel and sending it off down the nearby Mississippi river to neighbouring states.
Those jobs will pay $75,000 - nearly triple the local average wage.
Mark Bula, the chief commercial officer of the company, says that while the main drivers of the decision to locate the plant in Osceola were the cost of power and proximity to the Mississippi, tax incentives - totalling over $100m - certainly did not hurt.
But, he adds, it was also a good deal for the local community.
"A lot of other companies, you can drive around this town or any town, there's a lot companies that have just picked up and moved," he says
"They can move their equipment to Mexico or some other place.
"For us it's actually very difficult to do. You don't pick up a steel mill and move it every day."
Yet despite the arrival of Big River Steel - helped by government incentives - most residents are hesitant to give anyone credit for a recovery that they say, frankly, they still don't really feel.
Outside of the local Wal-Mart - Arkansas is the home of the US's biggest retailer - most were gloomy about the state of the US economy.
Shopper Angela Reuther says things for her haven't really improved since the recession.
"On paper it might be better, but for me it's the same," she says.
That's why despite the numbers, she says she is reluctant to give either party - Democrat or Republican - credit for improving the economy.
Tamiko Allen echoes the sentiments of many when she says that its not just Democrats who have disappointed her, but President Barack Obama specifically.
"He's taking us down, not bringing us up," she says.
That apathy - and general frustration with the president, despite the fact that he has now overseen a US economy that is back growing at its pre-recession levels - seems to be mainly what is driving voters away from the Democrats.
Zettie Sanders sums up the plight of many here.
"My Daddy always taught me I was a Democrat from birth," she says.
"But I'd say he'd turn over in his grave now, because I can't say that I'm a Democrat anymore - but I don't know if I'm a Republican either."
This malaise - and the inability of those in Osceola and the surrounding areas to really feel the effects of the recovery - has translated into swelling support for the aptly named Republican candidate, Representative Tom Cotton.
Just up a few miles north of the future home of Big River Steel, Mr Cotton met with a group of steelworkers at rival plant Nucor Steel.
Genial and approachable in a fleece vest, he made jokes - "It's like being in church, everyone's sitting in the back" - and shook hands - the typical political campaign fare.
Yet when he got up to address the group of 30 or so people, he stayed focused primarily on one topic: the economy.
"We've added three times as many people to food stamps as we have to the workforce - and wages have fallen by 5%," he said, as many in the room nodded.
"We need a healthy growing economy - taxes are too high and regulations are too costly," he added, in particular emphasising dysfunction in Washington and President Obama.
Noticeably, the name of his opponent - current Democratic Senator Mark Pryor - was never mentioned.
Representative Cotton even went so far as to single out another Democrat - former president Bill Clinton - for praise, noting with satisfaction his handling of the welfare system.
And that, in the end, seems to be the theme here in Arkansas and in many swing states across the US.
It is less about party politics, and more about the mid-term blues.
US voters seem desperate to cast a ballot more for change than for a political party - for anyone who can make the statistics about the US recovery translate into a local reality.
But for now, whatever recovery his happening here in Osceola feels much like the threads of cotton blowing in the air during the harvest.
They're all around - but barely felt. | Osceola, Arkansas is a town filled with the blues. |
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Clinton also credited Ali, who turned 70 on Tuesday, with helping pave the way for Barack Obama to become the country's first black president.
"He made millions of people believe. He was something unique," said Clinton.
Three-time world heavyweight champion Ali won 56 bouts over a 21-year career.
He was entertaining and when he was younger he was always mouthing off. But it was part of his schtick. He made [boxing] part theatre, part dance and all power
He also made plenty of headlines outside of the ring with his sharp words and refusal to take part in the Vietnam War.
But Clinton believes his fellow American's legacy will be the way he got the whole world talking about boxing again in the 1960s.
"People had moved away from boxing. It was a huge deal in America in the 1940s and 1950s and then they wrote it off," he told BBC Sport boxing commentator Mike Costello.
"Then here comes Muhammad Ali, first as Cassius Clay, looking like a ballerina in the boxing ring - reminding people it was a sport.
"He made it exciting and meaningful again. He was entertaining and when he was younger he was always mouthing off. But it was part of his schtick.
"He made it part theatre, part dance and all power."
Ali risked his glittering career, and his reputation, to oppose the Vietnam War. He refused to serve in the US Army when he was called up for service and was subsequently arrested for committing a felony.
Boxing authorities suspended his licence and stripped him of his titles before he was found guilty of the offence after a 1967 trial. The US Supreme Court reversed the conviction four years later.
"It could have destroyed him but it didn't - because people realised he had been very forthright and he was prepared to pay the price for his convictions," said Clinton. "On balance he won more admirers than detractors."
Ali's success helped break down racial barriers in the US and create the path which eventually led to President Obama's election in 2008, according to Clinton.
"All those people from the Civil Rights years and also every African-American who did everything that destroyed the old stereotypes have helped," said Clinton, 65.
"There was nothing inferior about Ali - he was superior on merit without regards to his race when it came to what he loved.
"All this stuff played a role. Society changes slowly, like icebergs turning in the ocean. Sometimes great symbolic events affect changes of consciousness of a whole country. Ali reflects a lot of that."
British broadcaster Sir David Frost, who famously verbally sparred with the boxer during television interviews at the height of his fame, believes Ali touched the hearts of millions with his words.
He said: "Over the years Muhammad Ali spoke with peace. Not just for boxing but peace in general.
Ali was the primary reason I took up boxing. I wonder how many more youngsters across the globe pushed open a gym door for the same reason
Mike Costello meets Bill Clinton
"Although he spoke in this war-like rhetoric, it was already clear that the man beyond that rhetoric was a warm and friendly and peaceable man.
"He became the most famous man in the world for a long time. He's not far off it now even."
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Former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Joe Bugner fought Ali in 1973 and 1975, losing on points on each occasion. He told BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast: "It was a great pleasure to fight him on both occasions.
"He was more of an athlete than a fighter. He was a highly intelligent athlete, who utilised every inch of the boxing room."
Frank Bruno insists the world will never see another boxer like Ali, whom he believes put "boxing on the map".
"He paved the way for boxers like myself to want to go into boxing and make a living for themselves," said Bruno.
"We're grateful we had Muhammad Ali to inspire us."
David Haye, who won the WBA heavyweight crown in 2009, added: "I believe he is the world's greatest ever athlete bar none."
Media playback is not supported on this device | Muhammad Ali's talent, charisma and strong principles were responsible for raising boxing's popularity across the world, according to former US president Bill Clinton. |
Summarize the following text: | The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry presented the Legacy Awards to children and teenagers for creating positive social change in their communities.
The recipients came from the UK, United States, Canada, India, Belize and the United Arab Emirates.
The Duke paid tribute to his mother, saying she still inspires "countless acts of compassion and bravery".
He and Prince Harry were making their first joint appearance at an event run by the Diana Award, established to promote their mother's belief in the positive power of young people.
Award winners included a teenager from North Yorkshire who set up a swimming club for young people with disabilities.
Jemima Browning, 16, who started Tadcaster Stingrays, was inspired by her brother Will, 14, who has Down's Syndrome.
She said he often experienced barriers to competing in sport due to his disabilities and the additional support he requires.
"It doesn't feel real, it feels really strange it feels like I don't deserve something amazing like this," she said.
"To be able to stand in front of two amazing people who are recognized across the world is just a massive honour and I can't believe it really."
The Duke of Cambridge said: "We are so glad our mothers name is being put to good use through The Diana Award."
The winners were selected from a poll of nominations by an independent judging panel chaired by Dame Julia Cleverdon, founder of Step Up To Serve.
The panel included Julia Samuel, Patron of Child Bereavement UK and friend of Princess Diana, and campaigner Baroness Lawrence OBE.
Those to receive awards (as well as Jemima) were: | Twenty young people have been given a new award set up in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales. |
Summarize the following text: | With a rucksack on his chest and wearing a surgical mask, the man was shot dead by officers while trying to escape after carrying out the attack.
One person suffered a "superficial" hatchet wound and three people were treated for exposure to pepper spray.
The man was later named as a 29-year-old local, Vincente David Montano.
Police spokesman Don Aaron said Montano had "significant" psychological issues and had been committed to psychiatric care four times.
He had also been arrested in 2004 for assault and resisting arrest.
Police had at first believed the attacker was 51. They also mistakenly said he had a firearm but later clarified it was a pellet gun.
Officers were called at 13:13 local time (17:13 GMT) on Wednesday to the Carmike Hickory 8 cinema in Antioch, where a screening of Mad Max: Fury Road 2D was just starting.
Witnesses were running out as the police arrived, and one officer entered the auditorium through the projection room, only to be shot at by the gunman.
The assailant tried to escape out of a rear door but was shot dead.
His rucksack, still strapped to him when he died, was detonated by authorities and "nothing of danger" was found, police said.
Nearby businesses were placed on temporary lockdown.
The latest attack comes about two weeks after a shooting at a cinema in Lafayette, Louisiana.
And jurors in Colorado are currently deciding whether the man who killed 12 and injured 70 during a Batman film in 2012 should receive the death penalty. | A man brandishing an axe and pepper spray has been killed by police after attacking people in a cinema in suburban Nashville, Tennessee. |
Summarize the following text: | After just 23 days on the job, Mr Flynn was forced out over revelations that he had discussed lifting US sanctions on Russia with their ambassador to Washington, and that he lied to the US vice-president about that conversation.
Since his departure, revelations have kept on coming.
Since Mr Flynn left the White House the Pentagon has launched an investigation into whether he failed to disclose payments from Russian and Turkish lobbyists that he was given for speeches and consulting work.
In March, he registered with the US government as a "foreign agent" due to his work for the Turkish government.
Former President Barack Obama warned Mr Trump against hiring the former general less than 48 hours after the November election during a conversation inside the Oval Office.
Mr Flynn has requested immunity from the congressional committees investigating alleged Russian meddling on the 2016 election in exchange for his testimony, but so far no committee has taken him up on the offer.
"As a former military officer, you simply cannot take money from Russia, Turkey or anybody else," said Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz.
"And it appears as if he did take that money. It was inappropriate, and there are repercussions for a violation of law."
Mr Flynn was all but written off two years ago when he was removed from his post as a Pentagon intelligence chief by Mr Obama.
But the retired US Army three-star lieutenant-general was one of Donald Trump's closest advisers and most ardent supporters during the 2016 campaign.
His importance was underlined just days before his resignation, when he was with the president at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida as he hosted his first foreign leader there, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
In the past, Mr Flynn has complained he was fired from the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in 2014 after just two years for telling hard truths about the war on Islamist extremism.
Mr Flynn said the US is losing a global war against Islamist extremism that could last for generations.
But insiders have suggested his exit at the DIA may have been related to his unpopular overhaul of the agency.
Former US officials who worked closely with him described him as extremely smart, though a poor manager.
Indeed, Mr Flynn, a father-of-two who married his high-school sweetheart, went on to become one of the Obama administration's most outspoken critics, all the more surprising as he was a life-long Democrat.
But the Rhode Islander said he no longer recognised the Democrats as the party he once supported.
He instead decided to align himself with Mr Trump, a man whom he rated as a hustler and outsider like himself, part of a larger fight against "the dishonesty and deceit of our government".
Mr Flynn was an almost evangelical supporter of Mr Trump.
"We just went through a revolution," he said after the businessman's shock election victory.
"This is probably the biggest election in our nation's history, since bringing on George Washington when he decided not to be a king. That's how important this is."
Mr Flynn and Mr Trump shared many views, including the advantages of closer ties with Russia, renegotiating the Iran deal and combating the threat from Islamic State militants.
Like Mr Trump, Mr Flynn called the 2003 invasion of Iraq a strategic blunder.
Even the areas where the two disagreed at first were quickly smoothed over.
Gen Flynn's declaration that he was pro-choice was quickly amended to pro-life in July, after it sparked outrage among Trump supporters.
And, like Mr Trump, he was no stranger to controversy.
Back during his days at the DIA, he apologised for a presentation which suggested make-up made women "more attractive" and encouraged people to dress for their body shape.
He later said neither he nor the agency "condone this briefing".
In 2016, his appearance at a banquet held in honour of the Russian government, where Gen Flynn sat two seats away from Vladimir Putin, raised eyebrows, with his apparent warmth towards Moscow concerning some national security experts.
More controversial yet have been his views on Islam.
In February 2016, he tweeted "fear of Muslims is RATIONAL".
In August, he spoke at an event in Dallas, Texas, for an anti-Islamist group Act for America, saying that Islam "is a political ideology" and that it "definitely hides behind being a religion".
Some expressed concern at how much influence Mr Flynn could wield over a president with little international experience.
But for all his critics, there were those who stood behind Mr Flynn, a man who built a reputation as an astute intelligence professional during his three decades in the US Army.
David Deptula, a retired air force lieutenant general who used to work with him, praised his willingness to "speak truth to power and not politicise his answers". | Michael Flynn's short tenure as Donald Trump's national security adviser ended in controversy when he resigned over contacts he had made with Russia before Mr Trump took office. |
Summarize the following text: | "I don't think anyone who has never had it can understand how much it affects you mentally," she told the Kaye Adams programme on BBC Radio Scotland.
Judith stopped going out because she did not want to be seen in public and she had trouble sleeping because of the pain it caused.
Colleagues at work asked if she had chicken pox because of the red spots all over her body.
It got so bad she started to take a prescription drug with side effects such as the risk of migraines, chronic fatigue and in some cases depression.
Judith, now 25, says: "I woke up one morning and I had bumps all over my chin and my forehead, then it just kept getting worse and worse - no amount of make-up would cover them.
"Eventually they developed into big cystic spots that would be really painful and take ages to go away.
"Going through puberty I had a few spots but it was nothing like this experience."
At first she thought it was an allergic reaction to something such as a make-up or face wash.
She says: "It escalated so that it was all over my cheeks, my forehead, my back, my shoulders and my chest. It was quite brutal."
Judith, from Glasgow, went to the doctors and got antibiotics and topical treatments but "nothing worked".
"It just got worse so I stopped going out, stopped going to the gym because I did not want anyone to see me without my make-up," she says.
Judith says she changed her diet and tried different skin cleansers but her dermatologist told her acne was related to genetics.
She says: "My brothers had acne when they were teenagers but nothing like I got."
Prof John Hawk, a specialist in dermatology, told BBC Radio Scotland it was the "tendency" to develop acne and not the severity that could be tracked through families.
He said it was difficult to say why the acne would come on so quickly for Judith in her 20s.
Prof Hawk says: "Obviously Judith had minor trouble before when she was a teenager so she had a tendency for it and the tendency is genetic. That's the basic problem. It has nothing to do with diet or washing your face enough.
"It's a genetic problem in which the pores get blocked by the production of too much oil.
"If they get blocked badly enough the oil-producing glands beneath surface swell up and fill with bacteria which love the stuff that is in the glands.
"Then the glands burst like a balloon and cause a major problem under the skin."
Prof Hawk says: "Acne is incredibly psychologically damaging for anyone who has it even mildly and it is treatable in 99% of cases, although it does take several months."
Judith says her dermatologist offered her the drug isotretinoin (often known by the brand name Roaccutane) in July last year.
She waited until November to decide to take it because of its stated side effects.
She says of taking the drug: "I had migraines for the first two months, tiredness for the first three, nosebleeds, dry eyes and dry lips that no amount of lip salve will solve.
"I also developed eczema on my hands.
"But apart from that I don't feel like I've had too bad a ride with it."
Judith says the tiredness was extreme.
She says she would have to sleep for two hours after work before she could get up for her dinner. She would sleep for 10 or 11 hours a day.
"All the side effects totally outweighed the way I was feeling with my acne," Judith says.
"I hated myself and hated being around other girls who had perfect skin."
Prof Hawk says he has treated thousands of people with isotretinoin and it is not renowned for causing migraines and chronic fatigue.
He says: "It definitely causes a number of things such as dryness of the skin and it definitely causes deformed babies if you get pregnant while taking it but normally it would not do anything more.
"It can occasionally cause slight liver irritation and it can push the cholesterol up but not enough to matter."
He says: "High doses can cause problems but I usually give low doses which tend to work pretty well."
Prof Hawk says that whereas Judith was on a dose of 60mg he might only have prescribed 20mg or 30mg for someone of her weight.
The drug was licensed in the UK in 1983 for the most severe forms of acne which have failed to respond to other treatments.
It must be prescribed by, or under supervision of, a consultant dermatologist.
Some campaigners have questioned whether it is overused.
Manufacturer Roche said 17 million people worldwide had used Roaccutane - a brand name for isotretinoin - and no causal link has been established between the medication and either depression or suicide.
Prof Hawk says: "Depression is something which has been renowned to have been caused by it since it was first introduced in about 1980 but people that have it are usually depressed because they have got acne and quite a few are teenagers and they get depressed because of social circumstances.
"The evidence is strong that it does not cause depression because equal percentages of people get depressed on it as off it. Lower doses would probably not cause as much annoyance.
"This drug has an aura of dreadfulness around it but that it is completely unjustified."
Prof Hawk says: "For mild acne - black heads and white heads - you can use topical things such as benzoyl peroxide which over two or three months tends to settle things.
"If you have red spots which are annoying but not big cysts then antibiotics - anti tetracycline or minocycline - work very well in most people over about three months.
"Isotretinoin is for more severe acne."
Judith has been on the acne drug for four months and has at least two months to go.
She says: "I'm much more confident. I go to the gym without my make-up.
"It's made a phenomenal amount of difference. It's completely changed my life." | When Judith Donald suddenly developed acne at the age of 23 it really knocked her confidence. |
Summarize the following text: | The 18-year-old is yet to make his first-team debut for the Hammers and had a spell on loan at Dagenham & Redbridge last season.
He made six appearances during a one-month stint with the Daggers.
Pask, who can play at centre-back or as a holding midfielder, becomes Gillingham's ninth signing of the summer transfer window.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One side Gillingham have signed West Ham defender Josh Pask on a season-long loan deal. |
Summarize the following text: | The studio says the JJ Abrams film earned enough on Wednesday to pass the £520 million taken by Avatar over its lifetime.
Avatar, however, still holds the global sales record, say AP news agency.
Last month, Star Wars: The Force Awakens became the fastest film to take £674 million at the global box office.
The film also scored the biggest US Christmas Day box office takings in history with $49.3 million.
And it also smashed the record for the biggest box office debut weekend globally, with ticket sales of $529 million.
The seventh instalment in the Star Wars series of movies is due to open in China on Saturday which, analysts say, will give the film another significant boost.
The latest film returns to "a galaxy far, far away" some 30 years on from the action of 1983's Return of the Jedi.
It sees original trilogy stars Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher back in action as Han Solo and Princess Leia. | Star Wars: The Force Awakens has beaten Avatar to become the top film of all time in North America, Disney says. |
Summarize the following text: | Nemesis, a heavily-modified Lotus Exige body, will be driven by estate agent Nick Ponting, 21, from Gloucester.
Dale Vince said he had built the car to "smash the stereotype of electric cars as something Noddy would drive - slow, boring, not cool".
The record attempt is due to be made at Elvington Airfield, near York, on 27 September.
Nemesis was designed and built in under two years by a team of British motorsport engineers in Norfolk.
It can travel from 100-150 miles between charges, depending on driving style, and can be charged from empty in about 30 minutes using a rapid-charger.
The team believes theoretically the motors are capable of about 200mph but "real world" constraints like aerodynamic lift have to be addressed before the attempt.
Mr Vince, who runs the electricity company Ecotricity, said he was quietly confident the team would break the record.
The current record of 137mph (220km/h) was set by Don Wales, from Addlestone, Surrey, in 2000.
A separate attempt to beat the record last August was thwarted after the vehicle's suspension was damaged by a pothole.
The Bluebird Electric was being driven along Pendine Sands in Carmarthenshire by Mr Wales's son Joe, who suffered mild whiplash as a result. | A battery-powered car will attempt to beat the UK land-speed record for electric vehicles later this month. |
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Summarization Fine-tuning Dataset
A dataset of 2000 examples for fine-tuning small language models on summarization tasks.
Statistics
- Total examples: 2000
- Train examples: 1600 (80.0%)
- Validation examples: 200 (10.0%)
- Test examples: 200 (10.0%)
Dataset Distribution
| Dataset | Count | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| xsum | 2000 | 100.0% |
Format
The dataset is provided in alpaca format.
Configuration
- Maximum tokens: 2000
- Tokenizer: gpt2
- Random seed: 42
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("YOUR_USERNAME/summarization-finetune-10k")
# Access the splits
train_data = dataset["train"]
val_data = dataset["validation"]
test_data = dataset["test"]
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