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The fire, which is being treated as deliberate, was first reported at about 11:00 BST on Sunday. Eight fire appliances and 45 fire fighters are at the scene, including crew members from the Irish Fire Service. The blaze has spread across a 5 kilometre area, crossing the border. It is the latest of 435 reported wildfires since the beginning of May. Group Commander Brian Stanfield said: "We believe this fire has been started deliberately and we believe there are still people in the area qho are starting fires. "We'd like to appeal to members of the public. This is reckless behaviour, this is not just endangering the countryside, but it is putting people's lives and property at risk."

The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) is attending a gorse fire in Alderwood Road near Clogher and Fivemiletown in County Tyrone.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Pakistan were bowled out for 234 after Alastair Cook (76 not out) and Joe Root (71 not out) helped England declare on 173-1 to set a target of 565. James Anderson and Chris Woakes took 3-41 and Moeen Ali 3-88 as Pakistan lost their last six wickets for 89 runs to lose on the fourth day. Victory was England's second-biggest against Pakistan in terms of runs. However, all-rounder Ben Stokes will have a scan on Tuesday after injuring a calf while bowling in the afternoon session. Pakistan's highest stand was the 58 Mohammad Hafeez and Younus Khan put on for the third wicket, but both fell to Moeen in the space of six overs. Mohammad Amir was last man out, removed by Woakes for 29. The third Test at Edgbaston begins on 3 August. England, who opted against enforcing the follow-on on Sunday, added 75 runs in nine overs in the morning after resuming on 98-1. Root hit 10 fours in his 48-ball 71 to go with his first-innings 254, while Cook - 49 overnight - brought up his fastest Test half-century, off 55 deliveries. Anderson, on his home ground, made early inroads as he had Shan Masood caught in the slips for the second time in the match before trapping Azhar Ali lbw, but Hafeez and Younus resisted for 15.1 overs. With Stokes, who was injured during his follow-through, off the field, Moeen struck twice. He had Hafeez caught at short leg for 42 and Younus at long-on for 28. Woakes then bowled Misbah-ul-Haq for 35, the skipper having put on 43 with Asad Shafiq. After Sarfraz Ahmed became Woakes' second victim, Anderson and Moeen completed their three-wicket hauls by trapping Shafiq and Yasir Shah lbw respectively. Part-time spinner Root then took a wicket with just his second ball, having Wahab Riaz caught at short fine leg. Amir struck five fours in his 43-ball resistance, but Woakes finished things off by having him caught at mid-off when trying to drive. Man of the match Joe Root on Test Match Special: "It's a great feeling. It's about contributing to wins. It's the most controlled I've played. "The bowlers grafted really hard today and last night. It was a really good effort from all of the team. It sets it up nicely for the series." England captain Alastair Cook: "I was surprised the decision not to follow-on caused such a stir. To me it was a bit of a no-brainer. I think everyone else wanted a day off." Former England captain Michael Vaughan: "It's an absolute hammering. It's been very similar to the Sri Lanka series, where England dominated with this kind of performance." Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq: "We have to improve in every department. We could not build pressure and let them score a massive total in the first innings. "If we had restricted them to 350, we had a chance. But it was difficult to come back from 600."

England thrashed Pakistan by 330 runs in the second Test at Old Trafford to level the four-match series at 1-1.

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The list is a countdown of the year's most popular songs voted for by listeners of the alternative music station. Triple J said there were "a whole range of reasons" behind the decision. The main one is a social media campaign, originally instigated by Buzzfeed Australia's Mark Di Stefano, to get Shake It Off on the list. Readers were encouraged to tweet #Tay4Hottest100 to get the song to appear on the countdown, which was thought to be too much of an influence. Some thought Swift's track was too commercial for the alternative music station, while others said banning the song would be seen as elitism. The list was topped by Chet Faker's Talk Is Cheap, with Peking Duk's High and Cosby Sweater by Hilltop Hoods completing the top three. Mark Ronson's Uptown Funk finished sixth on the poll, while alt-J have three songs in the top 30. Triple J pointed out that Taylor Swift wasn't played at all on the station in 2014 but would have finished ahead of all alt-J's tracks if it wasn't disqualified. Vance Joy's Riptide won the 2013 poll, which saw a more commercial top three include Lorde's Royals and Get Lucky by Daft Punk. Triple J presenter Lewis McKirdy, who made the announcement that Taylor Swift's track wouldn't be allowed in the list, directed listeners to a Buzzfeed parody titled 8 Hilarious But Totally True Reasons You Didn't Hear Shake It Off In The Hottest 100, for more information about the decision. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Triple J have confirmed Taylor Swift was disqualified from this year's Hottest 100.

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Operated for the HM Coastguard by Bristow Helicopters Limited, the crews took over a role previously carried out by the RAF and Royal Navy. The 500 missions include rescues of hillwalkers and climbers and searches for missing people. The Inverness base is one of the UK's busiest search and rescue units.

Search and rescue helicopter crews based at Inverness Airport have completed 500 missions since the start of their duties in April last year.

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Police were alerted to the stabbing in Harehills Lane, Harehills, at about 15:40 GMT. The wounded teenager was taken to hospital for treatment, but died a short time later. A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder, West Yorkshire Police said. He remains in custody for questioning. Det Supt Pat Twiggs, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "This tragic incident happened in a busy area at a busy time of day with large numbers of people going about their daily business. "I am appealing directly to anyone who witnessed the incident or has information that could help our inquiries to come forward." The force is hoping to speak to anyone who saw a person running in the area or those who have mobile phone footage. The scene remains cordoned off, with police forensic examinations expected to continue over the weekend.

A 16-year-old boy has died after he was stabbed in a busy Leeds street, prompting a murder inquiry.

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Judges scored four restaurants selected to represent each town or city, assessing hygiene ratings and public votes. The West Yorkshire city was praised for holding several curry-themed events, including a poppadom-eating challenge. Glasgow finished second and Brighton came in third in the competition, which marks the end of National Curry Week. Leicester and Birmingham finished fourth and fifth respectively. The restaurants selected to represent Bradford were Aakash, Kiplings, Shimla Spice and Akbar's. Patricia Tillotson, of Visit Bradford, said: "Winning the hotly-contested competition this many times in a row has never been done before. "Our entry has created a real sense of community cohesion, which ultimately is what the Curry Capital of Britain competition is all about." Our love affair with curry See: BBC Food - Curry recipes The curry capital title was first awarded in 2001. It was won by Bradford in 2004 in addition to 2011-2014.

Bradford has been named Curry Capital of Britain for a record-breaking fifth year in a row.

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The German car giant reported pre-tax profits of 3bn euros (£2.5bn), a 27% jump from the same period in 2016. BMW said the value of the stake in Here had risen by 183m euros. The car manufacturer also cited improved earnings from its Chinese joint venture, BMW Brilliance Automotive, for its higher profits. The US chip giant Intel said in January it would buy 15% of Here, which is co-owned by Audi, BMW and Daimler. Here develops technology that feeds mapping information to autonomous and semi-autonomous cars. It also makes digital products that provide information on the location of upcoming hazards, traffic, road signs and charging points for electric vehicles, as well as an alternative positioning system to GPS. BMW is due to publish its detailed first-quarter results on 4 May.

BMW's first quarter profits rose more than expected after the value of its stake in the mapping service Here was boosted by an investment by Intel.

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Dr Ben Clark, 40, was one of three air ambulance staff to be honoured at the Pride of Britain awards for treating victims of the Alton Towers Smiler crash in June. Former England captain Beckham decided to join in when Dr Clark was photographed at Monday's ceremony. The Midlands Air Ambulance Service later tweeted the photo. Beckham was among celebrities attending the event at London's Grosvenor House, which honours brave members of the public. Dr Clark and his colleagues previously said they "broke every rule in the book" to rescue those stuck on the ride after it crashed. Speaking about the rescue, Dr Clark, a volunteer with North Staffordshire BASICS emergency doctors, said: "I didn't know if it was going to work and if they were going to stay alive. "When you see people dying in front of your eyes and you know you can't do anything any quicker - it was very difficult."

A medic has been "photobombed" by David Beckham at an awards show while tucking into a sausage roll backstage.

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The Russian foreign ministry acted against Waclaw Radziwinowicz because Poland expelled a Russian journalist. In a message on Facebook, the ministry addressed the cat, Marusia, saying: "Don't worry... we'll look after you". But Radziwinowicz, who works for the Gazeta Wyborcza daily, appeared unamused by the joke, saying: "Marusia is going with me to Poland". Speaking to the BBC by phone from Moscow, he said: "I don't understand the [ministry's] message." He complained of "a kind of paranoia" surrounding his expulsion. Sounding upset, he declined to give any further comment. The ministry's message said Radziwinowicz had asked the ministry "to look after my cat, who is staying here". It said he had given various interviews about his imminent expulsion, but "for some reason" had not mentioned that request about his cat. "A final request is sacred - that's why we got concerned [about his cat] right away," it said. "Masya, don't worry, if after all he abandons you or, God forbid, if something worse happens, we'll look after you. We promised Waclaw that we wouldn't abandon his cat." On Friday the ministry ordered Radziwinowicz to leave Russia within 30 days. It was a "reciprocal measure", it said, because of Poland's expulsion of Leonid Sviridov, a reporter with RIA Novosti, part of the Kremlin-backed Rossiya Segodnya media group. Sviridov left Poland on 12 December, after the authorities described him as a "danger to the Polish state". The expulsion followed an investigation by Poland's Internal Security Agency. In a statement to the BBC, Gazeta Wyborcza's managing editor Roman Imielski said he did not understand Russia's "game" over Radziwinowicz, who has been the paper's Moscow correspondent for 20 years. Imielski said the foreign ministry had not given Radziwinowicz any written notification - "only the words from an official of the Russian MFA [foreign ministry]". "Waclaw will take the cat with him. In my opinion, the Facebook statement about Marusia is a kind of Russian humour," he added. He called the expulsion "pure revenge on the best-known Polish journalist in Russia". "Sviridov worked for a state news agency, Radziwinowicz - for a private newspaper. Waclaw for years was particularly disliked by the Kremlin. Not only for his critical articles about Putin and his people," Imielski said. Radziwinowicz had exposed "corruption, state capture by a narrow group of oligarchs, intrusive propaganda and an attempt to rebuild the Soviet empire", he said. "Waclaw is a real institution - his Moscow flat was always full of opposition people, human rights activists and NGOs." A new Russian foreign ministry statement says it would be "justified to blame the previous Polish government for the deterioration of relations [with Russia]". "But the representatives of the country's new government are criticising Russia even more sharply," it complained.

Russia is expelling a veteran Polish correspondent - and has joked that it will look after his cat for him.

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It is not the done thing to interfere in the internal affairs of a member state after all and Britain is still a member state - just about. EU Council President Donald Tusk has already offered a lesson in what to say when you know you can't say much. He wrote: "It was Hitchcock who directed Brexit - first an earthquake and the tension rises." That suggests that Mr Tusk has only a hazy knowledge of the works of Hitchcock - but it also hints at an expectation in Brussels that the Brexit debate is about to heat up. In domestic terms, Mrs May is hoping for a strong, clear and personal mandate to lead the Brexit negotiations on her own terms. And if the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wins he would also claim endorsement for placing his own political priorities at the centre of the talks to come. But in European terms, that's something of a secondary issue. The EU Commission's lead negotiator, Michel Barnier, is going to have to deal with whoever is in residence in 10 Downing Street and the strength of the occupant's mandate won't be his concern. His team have already said that while the announcement doesn't change anything, there's a hope that it will produce a strong leader with strong backing from the people of the UK. And we can be sure this British election will be watched with even closer attention than usual - not just in Brussels but in the other European capitals where Brexit is going to be a huge issue in the years to come. First, both Theresa May and all her rivals will have to set out their visions for Brexit in much more detail than we've heard so far. British voters will demand nothing less. But in the process, the Barnier team and the governments of France, Germany and the rest will get a feeling for where the British red lines in negotiations really lie. Any British candidate worth his or her salt will try to leave room for manoeuvre in the talks to come after the election, but it will surely be impossible to campaign without giving away at least some detail. And of course there are romantics across Europe who hope that the voice of the Remainers will be heard loud and clear in the British debate to come. The hope that Brexit might be quickly reversed has pretty much faded from the European debate now, but plenty of politicians across the continent will be hoping to hear candidates putting forward the argument for a soft Brexit with the closest possible links to the EU and its single market. That may be wishful thinking, but there'll be strong support for such voices from many quarters in Europe. Europe was taken by surprise by Theresa May's announcement, but not taken aback. The EU negotiators have been working hard behind the scenes to prepare their position and their message is that they're ready to negotiate with Britain, no matter who occupies 10 Downing Street. This was already a busy year for European democracy - the Netherlands has already voted, while France votes for a president at the weekend and will hold National Assembly elections in June. Germany goes to the polls in September. But there's an awareness that the UK election will be different precisely because it will play a huge part in shaping the British negotiating position on Brexit. And, of course, there's also the fascination of the pure political theatre of it all.

The EU has to be measured in its response to Theresa May's election announcement.

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The research was carried out by scientists from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University College Dublin, the University of Edinburgh and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. They say it shows the divergence may have began 360 years ago. It also suggests Travellers are closely connected to Irish settled people. The researchers found that any genetic disparities between Travellers and settled people in the Republic are largely due to them remaining genetically isolated for several centuries and their numbers decreasing. It is thought there are about 30,000 people living in the Republic of Ireland who are members of the Travelling community, representing 0.6% of the total population. Previously it had been thought that Travellers had become displaced between 1845 and 1852 as a result of the Great Famine. "The findings confirm that the Irish Traveller population has an Irish ancestry and this comes at a time where the ethnicity of Travellers is being considered by the Irish state," the Royal College of Surgeons' Prof Gianpiero Cavalleri said. "It is important to emphasise that although Irish Travellers show clear features of a genetic isolate, they are genetically very close to settled people in Ireland. "It is also interesting to observe that the isolation of Travellers from settled people predates the Great Famine. "However it's important to emphasise that our research estimates the beginning of the social divergence of the Travelling community, rather than their origin." DNA samples from 42 Irish Travellers were compared with that of 143 European Roma, 2,232 settled Irish, 2,039 British, 5,964 European and 931 individuals from the rest of the world for the study. Several genetic dating methods were also used to estimate the period when the travelling community began to split genetically from the settled population in Ireland.

A study of Irish Traveller genetics has suggested that they split socially from the settled population much earlier than thought.

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Fife, 25, won the last of his six caps at the end of the 2015 Six Nations but has largely figured for the Scotland Sevens side this year. Toolis ends his partnership with twin brother Ben to return to Australia. Backs Jack Cuthbert, Otulea Katoa, Nick McLennan and Jade Te Rure, plus prop Grant Shiells, are also moving on. They join Matt Scott, Sam Beard, Mike Coman and John Andress, whose departures had already been announced, in leaving the capital club. Head coach Alan Solomons said: "Everyone associated with the club, on and off the field, would like to wish all the players the very best for the future and thank them for their loyalty and commitment to the black and red over the years." Edinburgh play Cardiff Blues at Murrayfield on Saturday in their final Pro 12 game of the season, needing a bonus-point win and other results to go their way to secure a top-six finish.

Scotland wing Dougie Fife, lock Alex Toolis and centre Andries Strauss are among a host of players who will leave Edinburgh at the end of the season.

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The miner said it would sell 27 billion shares at 1p per share. That compares with a share price of 16.25p on Friday. Its shares have already tumbled 90% this year as it has also struggled to cope with strikes and rising costs. Lonmin had already stated that its shares would be issued at a "significant discount". Shares in the platinum miner rose nearly 10% to 17.75p in early trade on the London Stock Exchange. Lonmin will use the cash raised to help secure $370m (£246m) in bank loans which will mature in 2020. Those loans will replace an existing $543m of loans, which are due to be repaid next year. The company urged shareholders to approve the cash call, saying the injection was crucial to its survival. It said if shareholders did not approve the rights issue, its lenders would not allow it to refinance its debt. Platinum prices have fallen by about 22% in the last year. "The rights issue has been fully underwritten and we hope shareholders vote positively. We firmly believe that the rights issue is in the best interest of our shareholders," Lonmin chief executive Ben Magara said in a statement. The rights issue came as Lonmin reported an annual loss of $2.2bn, compared with a loss of $326m a year earlier. The majority of its losses came from a $1.5bn impairment charge at its Marikana mine in South Africa, where 34 miners were killed by police during strikes and unrest in 2010. Miners have been suffering heavily in recent months as a result of lower commodity prices. But Lonmin was also hit hard by another miners' strike in South Africa in 2014. In July, it announced plans to close or mothball several mine shafts, putting 6,000 jobs at risk. It said on Monday that about 3,100 people had since left the company. Last month, Glencore announced the sale of two of its copper mines in Australia and Chile, in an effort to reduce a debt pile of £19.5bn created by its 2013 takeover of Xstrata. The share sale is the second in three years at the embattled platinum minter. Lonmin issued an $800m rights issue to shore up its balance sheet in November 2012.

Platinum producer Lonmin has priced its £270m share sale at a discount of 94% as it fights for survival after a near-collapse in the commodity's price.

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One of the 11 children described how the trailer went "really fast down the hill" at the farm in Nottinghamshire before it "launched us off". Two members of teaching staff from Halam Primary and a farmer were also injured in the accident on 11 March. The acting head teacher of the school has apologised. One of the children, Ben, said he was frightened and the other children were crying. "The trailer gone like really fast down the hill and it gone sideways and it launched us off," said Ben. When asked how it made him feel, Ben said: "It feels like sad." Ben's mother, Sheree Cockayne, said he has been struggling to sleep since it happened and has been having nightmares and flashbacks. Mrs Cockayne, who was told about the accident by a school nurse, said: "I rushed to the QMC (Queen's Medical Centre) and Ben was brought in. He had blood all over his face. "He just laid there really shocked. He had to stay in [hospital] overnight for observation every four hours because he had concussion and felt really sick. "He's still got bruises to his head, his ribs and his chest, so he still has a few pains." Nottinghamshire County Council said another child was discharged from hospital after a check-up and one was brought into hospital later in the day for a scan, then released. A teaching assistant sustained a broken wrist, a teaching student sustained a head wound requiring stitches and the farmer, who was also in the trailer, dislocated his shoulder. The assistant will be off work for four weeks. The children were on a trip at Hills Farm in Edingley and the accident happened on Carver's Hollow. Nottinghamshire Police is investigating the incident, rather then the Health and Safety Executive, because the area where it happened is a highway. The force has asked anyone with information to contact them. Hills Farm in Edingley, where it happened, said it would not comment while an investigation is ongoing. The school's acting head teacher, Paul Nolan, said: "We are very sorry this unfortunate incident happened and we wish the children and adults who were injured a speedy recovery. "This incident has affected the whole community and everyone is supporting each other as a result." Marion Clay, the council's acting service director for education standards, said: "This is an established trip for reception pupils and as far as we know at this time all the appropriate procedures were carried out."

A group of primary school children were injured on a trip to a farm when the trailer they were in became detached from the tractor pulling it.

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The 28-year-old has signed a four-year contract after passing a medical and becomes Spurs' third summer signing. Soldado has 11 caps for Spain and scored 30 goals in 46 appearances for Valencia last season. Soldado helped Spain reach the final of the Confederations Cup last month, scoring in the group win over Uruguay. He was an unused substitute in the final as Spain lost 3-0 to hosts Brazil. A Spurs statement said: "We are delighted to confirm the signing of Roberto Soldado from Valencia after he successfully completed his medical." Soldado is expected to be available for Tottenham's final pre-season friendly, which is against Espanyol at White Hart Lane on Saturday. The club's previous transfer record was the signing of midfielder Paulinho from Corinthians for nearly £17m earlier this summer. Spurs have also added winger Nacer Chadli from FC Twente for a fee thought to be around £7m. Soldado was born in Valencia but began his career at Real Madrid, scoring 63 goals in 120 league appearances for their B side, Real Madrid Castilla. He joined his hometown club three years ago after a spell at Getafe and went on to score 80 goals in 146 appearances for Valencia. Soldado has also become an established member of the Spanish national squad and helped his country to the runners-up spot at this summer's Confederations Cup. His arrival will boost an attack that has only Jermain Defoe and Emmanuel Adebayor as recognised first-team centre-forwards.

Tottenham Hotspur have completed the £26m club-record signing of striker Roberto Soldado from Valencia.

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They say the arrests happened when protesters refused to leave land owned by the pipeline company. A spokesman said the latest arrests brought the number detained since August to almost 700. They came after the US Army was ordered to allow the construction of the final section of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Native Americans and their supporters have protested against the project for months, and have vowed to fight on. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe say the final section - under Lake Oahe, a reservoir on the Missouri River - would contaminate drinking water on their land and damage sacred burial sites. Morton County Sheriff's Office spokesman Rob Keller said the latest arrests were made after demonstrators moved from their existing camp on flood-prone ground to land owned by the pipeline company, Energy Transfer Partners. He said no injuries had been reported during the operation. Protest leaders could not be reached for comment. The $3.7bn (£2.8bn) pipeline is designed to transport about 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day across four states, from North Dakota to a terminal in Illinois, where it can be shipped to refineries. The US Army Corps of Engineers, which has approval authority, decided last year to explore other routes for the pipeline amid huge protests by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. But earlier this week, acting Secretary of the Army Robert Speer ordered the corps to allow the work to go ahead. President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order signalling his support for the pipeline.

Police in the US state of North Dakota say they have arrested 76 people protesting against a controversial oil pipeline.

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BBC News analysis of voting patterns in 2,500 council wards since 2012 shows wide disparities. Most of the areas where the fewest people voted in recent elections are in the North. The Electoral Reform Society said it was vital people turned out to vote. Campaigners are concerned there will be a low turnout again on Thursday 5 May if voters continue to see local authority elections as "less important" than a General Election. According to data from the commission covering the 2012, 2014 and 2015 council elections: 41 wards saw fewer than 20% of the electorate vote in 2012 368,594 were eligible to vote 65,221 returned a ballot that year 4 wards had under 1/5 turnout in 2014, alongside European elections 43% was lowest turnout in 2015, when General Election took place too Katie Ghose, chief executive of the Electoral Reform Society, said: "These figures show that there is a serious democratic deficit in local elections in England. "Local authorities are central to running so many services - from adult social care, to waste, schools and transport - and with many getting more powers, it's vital people turn out, hold them to account and have their say." A spokeswoman for the Electoral Commission said: "Our research shows that recent home movers, young people, people from some black and minority ethnic communities, and people in rented accommodation are less likely to be registered to vote." The commission ran a public awareness campaign encouraging people from these groups to go online and register, with more than 1.6 million applications made since 1 February. Despite the North having some of the least engaged voters, it also contained those at the top end. The ward with the best turnout overall was Old Laund Booth in Pendle, Lancashire, where 85% of registered voters used their ballot in 2015. However, the ward has only one councillor and therefore elections only take place every four years. Of those wards that held elections three years out of four, it was Bastwell in Blackburn that had the highest average turnout, 66%. Simon Woolley, director of Operation Black Vote, said the Bastwell turnout was encouraging and showed trends such as those seen in Liverpool Central could be reversed. He said: "When we were in Liverpool there was real, entrenched cynicism among too many individuals. They believe that these civic institutions barely look like the people they are representing and they say it has nothing to do with them, which then makes it a self-fulfilling prophecy as they do not use their vote to change it. "Bastwell shows things can be turned around and offers us hope. But it has to be bottom up, diverse-led change. Change cannot be from community leaders herding people blindly into the polling booths." A Liverpool City Council spokesman said the Central ward had a "very large student population", which suggested "a lot of voter apathy among them for local elections". It worked with the National Union of Students, visiting halls of residence and hired campaign group Operation Black Vote's bus to encourage people to register before the deadline on 18 April. In the 2012 council elections the national average turnout was 31%. Two years later, when the vote coincided with the European Parliament elections, it was 36%. And when the vote coincided with the General Election in 2015, average turnout rose to 65%. The lowest turnout in the country last year was Chalvey ward in Slough, where just under 43% voted. 66% Average turnout over 3 elections 75% Asian/Asian British residents Bottom 14% for deprivation Bottom 12% for employment Bottom 7% for education Ingrid Koehler, senior policy researcher at think tank the Local Government Information Unit (LGiU), said: "It's disappointing, but not surprising, that some wards across the country appear disengaged based on voter turnout. It's important to remember that many people, including those who don't vote, have regular interactions with local government - far more so than with central government. "Still, there are many systemic reasons why turnout in local elections is low. For too long, local government has been treated as the delivery arm of national government. As local devolution progresses, hopefully people will see more reason to make the effort to decide who represents them locally."

Fewer than one in five eligible voters in some parts of England previously chose anyone to represent them in local elections, raising fears of a democratic deficit.

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Born in Bradford, Appleyard did not make his first-class debut until he was 27, but took 200 wickets in his first season in 1951. He made his Test debut in 1954 and had match figures of 7-123 in a victory over Pakistan at Trent Bridge. Appleyard retired from playing in 1958 and went on to serve a two-year term as club president between 2006 and 2008. During his career, he took 642 wickets at an average of 15.42 for Yorkshire, and 31 in nine Tests for England. Appleyard was named as one of Wisden's cricketers of the year in 1952 and appointed an MBE in 2007.

Former Yorkshire and England off-spinner Bob Appleyard MBE has died at the age of 90.

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Firefighters were called to the set in the BBC's Elstree studios in Hertfordshire just after 23:00 GMT on Tuesday. Flames were reported in parts of a building on Albert Square. A firework is believed to have caused the fire, which did not lead to serious damage. The blaze, which was in the first floor and roof space of the building, was soon "contained and extinguished" by crews, said Ian Parkhouse from Hertfordshire fire and rescue service. "We're pleased that we were able to deal with this incident quickly, so it shouldn't affect the 30-year celebrations taking place this week," he said. A spokeswoman for the soap said: "There was a very small fire on set on Tuesday night after rehearsals had finished. "It has not affected any #EELive week plans and nobody was harmed," she added. The show is broadcasting live inserts in all its episodes this week, and will screen a fully live episode on Friday to celebrate its anniversary.

A fire broke out on the set of EastEnders a few hours after the BBC soap broadcast "live inserts" as part of 30th anniversary celebrations.

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The Argentine-born film-maker died in hospital in Sao Paulo on 13 July after a heart attack, Denise Winther of Babenco's HB Films said. Kiss of the Spider Woman, a surreal prison drama, was also nominated for best picture at the Oscars, while William Hurt won best actor. Babenco also directed 1987's Ironweed with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. Both Nicholson and Streep were nominated for best actor and actress Oscars in the film about an alcoholic drifter. Babenco's most recent film was last year's My Hindu Friend, a film about a film director very close to death, starring Willem Dafoe. Babenco leaves his wife Barbara and daughter Janka.

Hector Babenco, the Brazilian director nominated for an Oscar for 1985's Kiss of the Spider Woman, has died aged 70.

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Gruelling fitness sessions, learning new songs and the prospect of battling the best of British and Irish rugby for a Test shirt. The 23-year-old Gloucester and Wales back row was part of an advanced guard of 14 players who met in the Vale of Glamorgan to start preparing for next month's daunting tour of New Zealand, which kicks off on 3 June. The rest of the 41-man squad are still involved in English Premiership, Pro12 or French play-offs, so coach Warren Gatland and his backroom staff have been putting the players who are available through their paces. For the 14 that boils down to exercise bikes at breakfast time; hard fitness, skills and organisation either side of lunch and community singing at supper time. Nobody said life with the Lions would be champagne and roses. Asked how his introduction to Lions rugby has been, Moriarty laughs: "Is this on the record?" Then he puts his game face on, or at least the one players wear when facing the media. "It's been good. The fitness is obviously a big element of this week," he said. Media playback is not supported on this device "We start on the bikes at 7.30, which isn't fun, but hard work pays off in the end and the training sessions have been intense with a lot of running fitness and skills and combined with some more organisational stuff, so it's been a good mixture. "It's a step up. Everybody steps up a level whatever they are doing. Everyone's going to be pushing harder than in the past. "The Lions comes around every four years and some people only get one chance and no one is going to be holding anything back, that's for sure. "It's tough. You get to know new systems and line-outs and that's got to happen pretty quickly. "We're playing in a couple of weeks' time and we're going to be hitting the ground running when we get to the first game. "You push yourself to the very edge and then you make rugby easier." Moriarty was one of the surprise selections when Gatland's squad was announced in April after his emergence for Wales and impressive form for Gloucester. He described hearing his name called out as overwhelming, but having played in all three Tests for Wales against the All Blacks in June 2016 knows exactly what to expect in New Zealand. "It's going to be a huge challenge," he added. "It's 10 games with three Tests in there and we know every single game is going to be as big as the next. "Leading up to those Tests everybody's going to be laying everything out and putting the best foot forward and everyone's going to be fighting each other for that Test shirt." The inevitable competition for places has to be contained within a team built from four countries and players used to battling against each other on the international field. So the fledgling Lions have been learning to sing from the same song sheet - literally. Moriarty has had a familiar room-mate in the shape of Gloucester and Scotland scrum-half Greig Laidlaw, who has been setting the standard in the vocal stakes. "I'm not too good at singing, but I'll have a go, as in all things," said Moriarty. "Greig's enjoying himself singing the Scottish songs, and everyone's getting into it and it's good fun. "In the evenings we have a get together and we have our song sheets and you'll get to hear it in the next few weeks, but we'll do our best on them as well." What will they sing? Well, for the moment that's as secret as the line-out calls they have been learning. "You'll find out when we go away," says Moriarty.

Ross Moriarty's introduction to life with the Lions can be summed up by three things.

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The 28-year-old former Manchester City defender joined the club, initially on loan, from Brentford in January 2014. And he has been a regular in Derek McInnes's side over the past two-and-a-half seasons. "I was always confident we could try and get there and get a deal done," McInnes told the Aberdeen website. "It is absolutely brilliant news."

Defender Shay Logan has signed a new two-year deal with Aberdeen, keeping him at Pittodrie until 2018.

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Community union said 250 jobs are to go, mainly at Llanwern, which employs 1,500 workers. Tata said it needed to "reduce costs and focus on manufacturing higher-value products". The Welsh government said it would look at how it could help Tata, calling the news "extremely disappointing". A spokesman added: "We have repeatedly lobbied the UK government for urgent action to address issues such as high energy costs that are disadvantaging the steel industry across the UK against our overseas competitors." Tata would not confirm the exact number of job losses but said they were mainly agency and contract workers. The GMB union called it "more bad news for the steel industry" while Unite said job losses were "very disappointing". This is the third time in six years that parts of the Llanwern steel processing plant have been mothballed because of market conditions. On the previous occasions, work was stopped for between nine and 10 months. Community union, which has the most members at Llanwern, acknowledged Tata was under "huge pressure to reduce costs" but said laying off employees was "extremely regretful". The job losses will involve fixed-term contract and agency workers although the union said these included people who had been working at the plant for a number of years. Sue Lewis, regional organiser, said: "We saw these mainly younger employees as the future of Llanwern and the steel industry in Newport so we're devastated at these job losses. "We also have to remember that for every worker employed at Tata, three jobs outside also depend on those workers, so it's the ripple effect throughout the community." It comes a year after the company announced 400 jobs were to go at its steelmaking plant in Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot. Tata has confirmed some of its coil processing facilities, including the hot strip mill, will "come out of production" but added that they would be retained so they can be "restarted in more favourable market conditions". The company also said employees at Llanwern would be redeployed within the business. Tata currently employs 6,950 workers at five plants in Wales. Analysis by Brian Meechan, BBC Wales business correspondent Steelmaking is a tough business. It faces two main issues. Firstly, domestically there is the cost of producing steel in the UK which is driven in no small part by energy costs, which are higher than other parts of Europe. We also need to look at the price of steel from around the world. We've seen with the Chinese economy slowing down that more steel is available from China as it's not needed as much there. That steel is making its way here and being bought because it is cheaper, although not the same quality. This is having an impact not just on steel manufacturers in the UK but across Europe. Tata has made a huge amount of investment including a new blast furnace in Port Talbot which makes it cheaper to produce steel. A lot of the staff - as opposed to the fixed term workers - from Llanwern have been moving there. Processing work will remain at Llanwern. WHAT HAPPENS AT LLANWERN? Hot strip mill - this reheats semi-finished slabs of steel to near melting point and then rolls them thinner and longer and then they are sold as coils. This is being mothballed. Pickle line - this removes oxide scale which forms when the steel is rolled. It is also rinsed and dried before finishing. One of Llanwern's two lines will close. Cold strip mill - this process compresses and squeezes steel at room temperature, reducing its thickness and improving its surface and strength. This is being mothballed. Galvanising line - a coating of zinc is applied for steel for the car market and products ranging from washing machines to DVD players. Llanwern invested £3.6m on its Zodiac line a couple of years ago. This is staying open. UK Business Minister Anna Soubry MP said: "There is no doubt that the steel industry is facing very challenging market conditions, with global overcapacity, steep falls in prices and currency devaluations. "However the government continues to work closely with the sector to provide help where we can." Welsh Conservatives have labelled reports of huge job losses at Tata's site in Llanwern "shocking" and "devastating". Newport East assembly member John Griffiths said he hoped the announcement was a temporary measure. "We want investment from Tata and a long-term view on expansion and growth here," he said. "I'm hoping it is indeed mothballed rather than removed all together."

Tata Steel is to mothball part of its plant in Newport for the third time in six years with the loss of hundreds of jobs.

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Citizens Advice said that hidden charges such as line rental and delivery costs could add £20 a month to the advertised price. It highlighted one case in which a customer would pay £465 more than the amount advertised during a contract. The trade body for internet service providers, ISPA, said broadband prices were "clearly presented". Nicholas Lansman, ISPA secretary-general, said: "It is important that customers look at the full terms of an offer when choosing a provider. "Ofcom recently concluded that the UK has one of the most competitive broadband markets among major European economies, as the average price of a fixed broadband package has fallen by 40% and speeds have greatly increased." Gillian Guy, chief executive of Citizens Advice, said confusing teaser rates and hidden costs made it difficult for consumers to work out whether they were getting a good deal. "Internet providers need to be upfront about broadband costs, ensuring adverts are transparent and people know what they are signing up to," she said. "Some broadband firms are starting to accept that prices need to be clearer. Now the whole industry needs to up its game." The charity said that line rental was the most expensive additional cost. The ISPA said that service providers using the BT network were required to levy a line rental charge, which went toward maintaining the network used by most of the UK for both phone calls and broadband. The report comes as Virgin Media was criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for one of its broadband adverts. Two customers complained that they had signed up to the operator's 12-month broadband contracts only to be told that their monthly charges would be increasing during the minimum term. They said this was misleading. The company argued that it could not predict price rises at the start of a contract and so was unable to advertise potential increases.

Teaser deals in adverts are masking the long-term cost of broadband packages, a charity has claimed.

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Caerleon-born Machen, who died in 1947, is known for his story The Bowmen, set in World War One, which gave rise to the legend of the Angels of Mons. Newport council is consulting on budget plans that could see the library shut. A spokesman said it would relocate the reference library if the building shut but no decisions have been made. The Friends of Arthur Machen literary society said its members, who include comedian Stewart Lee, actor Barry Humphries and writer Alan Moore, are writing to the local authority. Friends' founding member Godrey Brangham said: "This obviously is of great concern regarding the Machen collection in the reference library." Friends' chairman Ray Russell said: "Newport holds the finest public Machen collection in the UK. "We'd like them to preserve it, develop it, and keep access to it open. "Arthur Machen was a local son of Gwent who won worldwide literary fame, and it is hoped that Newport will continue to honour his work." Arthur Machen 1863-1947 •Born 150 years ago in Caerleon, south Wales •Fantasy and horror writer •Works include early self-published book Eleusina, The Great God Pan and The Three Imposters •Fans include Stephen King, Mick Jagger and Rowan Williams •His portrait is in the National Museum Wales More about the first modern horror writer The leader of the council has met with the group, and a spokesman said: "If the proposal to close the central library building did go ahead then the council would consider where the best possible place to relocate the reference library would be." The consultation on the council's budget savings proposals continues until 16 January 2015.

Fans of horror writer Arthur Machen have called on Newport council to protect the collection of his books and papers at the city's central library.

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The total number of fans attending Scottish Professional Football League games, including play-offs, was up to 4,267,467 from 3,804,342 in 2015-16. It is the first time attendances have topped the four million mark since the 2008-09 campaign (4,252,212). "These figures are hugely encouraging," said SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster. "It is testament both to the hard work of clubs in attracting people to games as well as the commitment and passion of supporters of all 42 clubs. "There is already a great level of excitement ahead of SPFL season 2017-18 with many of our clubs executing some very creative season ticket marketing campaigns to help attract even more fans to attend matches regularly. "All of this sends out a very positive message and provides a great platform to improve the overall profile and health of Scottish football."

Scottish football enjoyed an increase in attendances at league matches of over 12% last season.

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It is seen as a response to the growing threat from Russian submarines which have stepped up their own patrols in these very same waters. It has also highlighted a gaping hole in Britain's own defences. For now though it is the hunt for U33, not Red October. The German U-boat is acting as the unseen enemy below the waves. U33's commander Kai Nicklesdorf and his 28 crew, who live in cramped conditions, are trying to avoid detection by 10 Nato warships. Their task, for this exercise, is to try to take out the command ship, the USS Vicksburg, and an oil tanker. When they dive the only visible sign of their presence will be the brief sight of a periscope breaking the waves for a matter of seconds. Up on the bridge of the USS Vicksburg, Rear Admiral Brad Williamson prepares his fleet of 10 warships, including the Royal Navy Frigate HMS Portland, to begin the search. He says this is important training and that his crews are all aware of Russian submarine activity. There have been recent reports of Russian submarines off the coast of Sweden, Finland and the UK. He says the training "focuses our minds and for the guys in combat it's not theoretical that we might have to do anti-submarine warfare". For the surface ships the task of locating an invisible enemy under vast stretches of ocean is not that easy. It has been likened to looking for a needle in a haystack. Up on the bridge of the USS Vicksburg, the crew scan the horizon looking out for a periscope. Down below, in a darkened room in the bowels of the ship, sailors listen in and monitor the results from the ships sonar and sensors. Lieutenant Colin Ryan, Vicksburg's anti-submarine warfare officer, admits that it is much easier for a submarine to hide than a surface ship. He says there have been incidents on this deployment when they have identified submarines. But when I ask whether they have been Russian, he replies nervously: "I wouldn't want to comment on that," before adding: "In general, we're always on the lookout." Nato members rarely comment on the activities of their own submarines, let alone the movements of any potential enemy. But this exercise is proof there is growing concern about Russia's increasing military strength. While many European nations have been cutting their defence budgets and the capabilities, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been heavily investing in his. Russia now has a fleet of around 60 submarines - the larger nuclear powered ones and smaller diesel electric submarines which can operate in shallow waters. Earlier this month Russia launched what it claims is the "quietest submarine in the world". Peter Roberts, a former Royal Navy officer, and now a senior fellow at the defence think tank RUSI, says it now leads the world in submarine development. He describes them as technologically advanced and their crews as highly skilled. They are, he says, the "quietest and most challenging adversary in the world". When out on patrol they can go undetected for months at a time. Often the first time a Nato warship will be aware of their presence is when a periscope briefly pops above the waves. They lie silent and stationary at the bottom of the ocean listening to and "fingerprinting" other nations' submarines and warships. For this exercise, curiously named "Dynamic Mongoose", as well as the warships there are anti-submarine warfare helicopters helping in the search. For the first time, a Nato research vessel has also deployed underwater unmanned vehicles or drones to help track the ocean. Scientists on board listen to the familiar pings as the two robots shaped like torpedoes scan the seabed. It is not always easy to distinguish between the shipwrecks, whales, fish shoals and rocky outcrops in the sea. Ryan Goldhahn, scientist-in-charge at Nato's Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, says the underwater robots, which appear on their monitors as Harpo and Groucho, have several advantages to the warships and aircraft involved in the exercise. They are cheaper to operate, take the person out of harm's way and can offer persistent surveillance. Underwater drones are for the future. But for now one of the most important assets in any nation's armoury to conduct anti-submarine warfare is the long-range maritime patrol aircraft. These are able to fly long distances while scanning hundreds of miles beneath the ocean. For this exercise, the top cover is being provided by a French Atlantique maritime patrol aircraft. Inside in a darkened cabin, half a dozen crew stare at the monitors that can help pinpoint submarines below. Britain no longer has any of its own maritime patrol aircraft and this exercise is a reminder of a significant gap in the UK's defences. Several times over the past year Britain has had to call on its Nato allies to provide eyes in the sky when there have been reported Russian submarines in or near Britain's waters. RUSI's Mr Roberts says it is a "key vulnerability". He says the lack of any maritime patrol aircraft, that used to be provided by the Nimrod, means a Russian submarine could sit off the UK and track the nuclear deterrent as it leaves Faslane naval base in Scotland. Britain, he says, should be "exceptionally worried" that it is seen as a "soft touch", because Russia will continue to test its defences, just as they have by flying long range bombers near UK airspace. The purpose of this exercise is to ensure Nato is ready to conduct anti-submarine warfare. But it is also a reminder that some nations - including Britain - cannot do it alone. The lack of any UK maritime patrol aircraft will have to be addressed in the government's forthcoming defence and security review. The search for Russian submarines will not be as easy as the hunt for U33.

In the North Sea, off the coast of Norway, Nato has been conducting its largest ever anti-submarine warfare exercise.

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He was trying out a 45m (150ft) high zip wire at Victoria Park, where the Games are being shown on big screens. The wire then lost momentum, leaving him suspended "like an odd Christmas decoration" above a crowd of people. As onlookers snapped photos, he joked: "This is great fun but it needs to go faster." Highwire act Boris defies political gravity Lee Medcalf, who was at the event, said: "When Boris came down the zip wire, it was very James Bond-esque with him shouting 'Team GB'. "However, he seemed to lose momentum and was left hanging there like an odd Christmas decoration for about five to 10 minutes. "He spoke to the crowd, which had gathered beneath him, saying 'this is what it's all about; this is great, this is fantastic, this is Team GB'. "I was thinking 'Yeah it's good, but you're still just hanging there'." A spokesman for the mayor said: "The mayor has survived his first zip wire experience relatively unscathed. "Clearly the judges are likely to have marked the mayor down for artistic impression, and unlike team GB, the mayor may not be winning too many Gold medals today. "He does however remain unbowed." Prime Minister David Cameron said London was "lucky to have" Boris Johnson as mayor. Mr Cameron said: "If any other politician got stuck on a zip wire it would be disastrous. "With Boris it's a triumph... London is lucky to have him."

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson was left dangling on a zip wire for several minutes when it stopped working at an Olympic live screen event.

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Former party leader Nick Clegg called her comments "utter cheek". "It is Theresa May's extreme version of Brexit which will cause real damage to the NHS," he added. The prime minister gave a speech earlier on Tuesday in which she stressed that she was the best person to lead talks on leaving the EU. She also told the audience in Wolverhampton: "If we don't make a success of Brexit, we won't have the financial means to fund the public services on which we all rely. "Our National Health Service - the institution which is there for us at the most difficult times - needs us to make a success of Brexit to ensure we can afford to provide it with the resources it needs for the future." Mr Clegg responded: "By insisting on dragging the UK out of the single market, she has chosen a UKIP-style version of Brexit which is already causing a squeeze on public services." "It's time she came clean that the risks are all of her own making. It is her choice to take this country in a dangerous and damaging direction." The Conservatives have promised increases in NHS spending in real terms reaching £8bn extra per year by 2022-23, while Labour has pledged £30bn in extra funding over the next parliament. The Lib Dems have committed to adding 1p in the pound on income tax to raise £6bn for NHS and social care services. They are also arguing for a referendum on the eventual Brexit deal, unlike Labour or the Conservatives.

The Liberal Democrats have reacted angrily to Theresa May's claim that a badly managed Brexit would mean fewer resources for public services.

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The vehicle was taken from a farm in Tilney St Lawrence, near King's Lynn, Norfolk shortly before 20:00 GMT on Saturday. It was abandoned in Oakroyd Crescent in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, after it was driven in to a dead end. A man in his 20s from Wisbech has been arrested in connection with the incident. Norfolk and Cambridgeshire Police forces were involved in the pursuit.

Police chased a tractor between two counties in a pursuit involving six patrol cars and a force helicopter.

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The victim suffered a serious head injury in the attack at an address on School Road in Heysham, on Thursday. She was taken to hospital where she remains in a critical but stable condition, Lancashire Police said. A 57-year-old man from Heysham, who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, is now in a secure unit.

A man who was arrested after an 85-year-old woman was assaulted with a paving stone has been detained under the Mental Health Act.

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Witnesses said after the attack, at Forest Hill station at about 13:20 GMT, a man then chased other people outside the station. People said they saw a man attack another on the train then run out of the station shouting "he wanted to kill Muslims". A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and remains in police custody. Train services were temporarily stopped on the line. Police said they were not treating the attack as terrorism, but as a hate crime. Ambulance officials said the victim, who is in his 40s, was treated at the scene for a stab injury and taken to a south London hospital. He remains in hospital in a serious, but not life-threatening, condition. Emma Pinder, who was at the station, said a man had "chased other people outside the station with a knife". Shellby Curry, 24, from Forest Hill, said she saw a man "waving what looked to be a knife in his hand" near the station and screaming words like "Muslims... kill them all". She described the attacker as a black man with short hair, who she thought appeared to be in his late 30s or early 40s. Several people phoned the police, who arrived about 10 minutes later and restrained him, Miss Curry said. "I was walking along and someone stopped and said, 'be careful, he's got a knife'. As I looked around there he was. "I just grabbed my baby and ran across the road. Looking back I saw him marching up and down waving his arm about." Appealing for witnesses senior investigating officer Det Ch Insp, Paul Langley, said: "This was a serious assault on a man in broad daylight and we are aware that other passengers may have seen what happened or been threatened themselves. "We have spoken with many witnesses from the train but if you saw what happened and haven't yet contacted police, please do so as soon as you can." Services were stopped on the rail line but have since reopened with severe delays, London Overground said. Roads around the station were also shut for a while.

A man has been stabbed on an Overground train in south-east London.

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The huts, and the luxury items inside, belong to Dairo Antonio Usuga David, better known as Otoniel, one of the most wanted men in Colombia. Currently some 1,200 members of the security forces are chasing the elusive gang leader. That is more than double the 500 who hunted Pablo Escobar, the drug lord who controlled the infamous cocaine cartel of the same name. Otoniel runs the Usuga clan, a drug gang that has its powerbase in the Uraba region of Colombia, but whose network extends across the country and beyond. Members of the gang have been arrested as far away as Argentina, Brazil, Honduras, Peru and Spain. The US Department of State describes it as a "heavily armed, extremely violent criminal organisation". It is offering up to $5m (£3.4m) for information leading to Otoniel's arrest. Otoniel has been in charge since his brother, Juan de Dios, was killed on 1 January 2012 when police raided his New Year's Eve party. The gang is first and foremost engaged in drug trafficking, but it has also been accused of extortion, illegal mining, forced disappearances and murder. It is very much a family business. Otoniel's partner, Blanca Senobia Madrid Benjumea, was in charge of the group's finances until her capture last month. His nephew, Harlison Usuga, looked after the drug traffic routes north to Central America and liaised with Mexican drug cartels until he, too, was captured in February. Over the past five years, the security forces have captured a whopping 6,700 members of the group. But its leader has evaded them so far. Last month, they launched a massive and costly operation to catch the elusive gang leader. Sources linked to the operation say $225,000 was spent on tracking down Otoniel in the first 25 days of the hunt. The people tasked with arresting him have been given clear orders from President Juan Manuel Santos and Defence Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon: Do not leave Uraba until you have caught Otoniel and have dismantled the whole clan. So far, the security forces have seized 5.5 tonnes of cocaine, and destroyed a number of coca crops and laboratories that turn leaves into cocaine. But they have yet to find Otoniel. His uncanny ability to dodge the security forces is partly due to his family's close ties to the region. Otoniel was born in Uraba and knows the region like the back of his hand. Most importantly, through threats and intimidation he has gained almost total control over the local community. When he called on locals to down tools to mark his brother's death at the hand of the police, the region came to a standstill for several days. When people in the region hear Otoniel's name mentioned, they react with fear. It is hard for the security forces to gain people's trust here, and it is something they have not yet fully managed. Moreover, Otoniel uses a variety of tricks to evade the police. He has trained dogs to alert him to anyone approaching his hide-outs. Police recently managed to catch one of his guard dogs and have trained him to go after Otoniel's. Oto, as police have called the poacher turned hunter, is well acquainted with his former master's smell and is considered a superb addition to the team tracking him down. The police have come close to Otoniel several times, finding in a number of hide-outs the distinctive orthopaedic mattresses he uses to ease back pain from a herniated disk. They hope their search will soon yield results and that they will be able to send Otoniel to the confines of a high-security jail where he is unlikely to enjoy such comforts.

Widescreen TV sets hooked up to satellite dishes, expensive drinks and perfumes - these are just some of the luxury items Colombian police have found in huts in the otherwise poor rural area of Uraba, in western Colombia.

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Grace Taylor, who was backpacking, had been uncontactable since 16 February, her mother Sam Taylor said on Facebook. The family filed a missing person report to Dorset Police on 21 February. Then on 22 February, Ms Taylor contacted her family, who booked her a flight home, although her mother said she did not board the flight. Sam Taylor said her daughter had called from Ao Nang in Krabi province. Mrs Taylor said Grace Taylor was "very stressed and frightened saying that people were trying to hurt her and were following her and she wanted to come home". She added that "all previous backpacker sightings have reported that she is disorientated and not in a good mental state". She appealed to the backpacker community to help locate her daughter. A member of the family is flying to Thailand to search for Ms Taylor and bring her home, she said.

A 21-year-old woman from Swanage, Dorset is missing in south Thailand, according to her family, who have posted an online appeal for help.

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The 31-year-old, Fulham's top scorer in 2013-14, will join the Potters on a two-year deal on 1 July. "Steve was much in demand and we are delighted to have won the race to secure his signature," said Stoke chief executive Tony Scholes. I'm sure he will prove to be an excellent addition The former Chelsea player is the club's second signing of the summer following the capture of Phil Bardsley. They are "hopeful" of landing ex-Manchester United striker Mame Biram Diouf from Hannover 96 as Mark Hughes seeks to strengthen a squad that achieved the club's record Premier League points tally last season. Hughes signed Sidwell, who has made more than 180 appearances in the Premier League, while working as Fulham manager in 2011. The former Arsenal trainee played in all 38 of the Cottagers' top-flight fixtures in 2013-14, scoring seven goals. "Like Phil Bardsley, Steve brings great experience to our squad and I'm sure he will prove to be an excellent addition to our squad," said Scholes. Sidwell, who has also played for Reading and Aston Villa, wrote on Twitter he was "saddened" his time at Craven Cottage had ended.

Stoke City have signed midfielder Steve Sidwell on a free transfer following his release by relegated Fulham.

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Electricity North West said about 680 customers in Bury and 480 in Rochdale were still cut off. The company has reconnected more than 24,750 customers in the past two days. Thanking people for their "goodwill", incident manager Steve Cox said the "focus today is to ensure power is restored for the remaining customers". Further updates about this and other flooding stories on the BBC live page Elsewhere in the area, a major clean-up is continuing following the floods on Saturday. In Rochdale, dozens of town centre businesses were underwater, after the River Roch burst its banks, while in nearby Littleborough, about 100 properties and two care homes had to be evacuated. Rochdale Labour MP Simon Danczuk said more needed to be done to prevent flooding, including the diverting of overseas aid funds. "Why do we spend money in Bangladesh when it needs spending in Great Britain?" he said. "What we need to do is to sort out the problems which are occurring here and not focus so much on developing countries. That has to be our priority." The Environment Agency have said flood defences across the UK need a "complete rethink" following the recent flooding. The clearing-up operation in Bury has seen a housing association praise the "instinctive community spirit" of those hit by the floods. Irwell Valley Housing Association's Cath Mustafa said about 100 of their residents had been hit and the "resilience of everyone affected and the instinctive community spirit to pull together at such a difficult time is truly astonishing". Central Salford suffered its worst flooding for nearly 70 years as homes in Kersal, Lower Broughton and Trinity were evacuated. A Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said they had received more than 300 flood-related calls. She said it was believed crews had "rescued up to 1,000 people in less than 24 hours when water levels rose so rapidly yesterday that whole towns were cut off".

More than 1,100 homes in Greater Manchester remain without power following flooding in the area across the weekend.

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The finding deals a significant blow to the theory of physics known as supersymmetry. Many researchers had hoped the LHC would have confirmed this by now. Supersymmetry, or Susy, has gained popularity as a way to explain some of the inconsistencies in the traditional theory of subatomic physics known as the Standard Model. The new observation, reported at the Hadron Collider Physics conference in Kyoto and outlined in an as-yet unpublished paper, is not consistent with many of the most likely models of Susy. Prof Chris Parkes, who is the spokesperson for the UK participation in the LHCb experiment, told BBC News: "Supersymmetry may not be dead but these latest results have certainly put it into hospital." Supersymmetry theorises the existence of more massive versions of particles that have already been detected. If found, they might help explain the phenomenon known as dark matter. Galaxies appear to rotate faster at their edges than the matter we see can account for, and one set of candidates for this missing dark matter is supersymmetric particles. However, researchers at the LHCb detector have dealt a serious blow to hopes of finding them. They have measured the decay between a particle known as a Bs meson into two particles known as muons. It is the first time that this decay has ever been observed, and the team has calculated that for every billion times that the Bs meson decays it only decays in this way three times. If superparticles were to exist, the decay would happen far more often. This experiment is one of the "golden" tests for supersymmetry, and it would appear that this hugely popular theory among physicists has failed. The result is at a statistical level of "3.5 sigma" - meaning that there is a one-in-4300 chance that the team would see the same "bump" in their data if the decay were not happening. This level makes the find worth further investigation, but falls well short of the 5-sigma level of certainty required for a formal discovery. Prof Val Gibson, leader of the Cambridge University LHCb team, said that the new result was "putting our supersymmetry theory colleagues in a spin". The results are in fact completely in line with what one would expect from the Standard Model. There is already concern that the LHCb's sister detectors might have expected to have detected superparticles by now, yet none has been found so far. If supersymmetry is not an explanation for dark matter, then theorists will have to find alternative ideas to explain those inconsistencies in the Standard Model. So far researchers who are racing to find evidence of so called "new physics" have run into a series of dead ends. "If new physics exists, then it is hiding very well behind the Standard Model," commented Cambridge physicist Dr Marc-Olivier Bettler, a member of the analysis team. The result does not rule out the possibility that super particles exist. But according to Prof Parkes, "they are running out of places to hide". Supporters of supersymmetry, however, such as Prof John Ellis of King's College London, said that the observation is "quite consistent with supersymmetry". "In fact," he said, "(it) was actually expected in (some) supersymmetric models. I certainly won't lose any sleep over the result." • The Standard Model is the simplest set of ingredients - elementary particles - needed to make up the world we see in the heavens and in the laboratory • Quarks combine together to make, for example, the proton and neutron - which make up the nuclei of atoms today - though more exotic combinations were around in the Universe's early days • Leptons come in charged and uncharged versions; electrons - the most familiar charged lepton - together with quarks make up all the matter we can see; the uncharged leptons are neutrinos, which rarely interact with matter • The "force carriers" are particles whose movements are observed as familiar forces such as those behind electricity and light (electromagnetism) and radioactive decay (the weak nuclear force) • The Higgs boson came about because although the Standard Model holds together neatly, nothing requires the particles to have mass; for a fuller theory, the Higgs - or something else - must fill in that gap Follow Pallab on Twitter

Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider have detected one of the rarest particle decays seen in nature.

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The first minister said images of Aylan Kurdi being carried from the sea had "touched our hearts". Ms Sturgeon is to convene a migrant crisis summit on Friday with councils and humanitarian agencies. Prime Minister David Cameron has come under increasing pressure for Britain to accept more refugees. Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson is among those who have urged Mr Cameron to do more to tackle the refugee crisis in Europe. But Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said accepting more refugees was not the answer. Speaking at First Minister's Questions, Ms Sturgeon said: "As first minister I pledge that I will ensure Scotland will do everything possible to help in this refugee crisis. "I will be far from the only person reduced to tears last night at the picture of a little boy washed up on a beach. "That wee boy has touched our hearts but his is not an isolated tragedy. "He and thousands like him whose lives are at risk is not someone else's responsibly; they are the responsibility of all of us. "So yes I am angry, I am very angry at the walk-on-by attitude of the UK government and I implore David Cameron to change his position and change it today. "I pledge as first minister of this country that we stand ready to offer sanctuary to refugees that need our help." Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale also criticised Mr Cameron's response to the crisis. She urged the first minister to "convene an urgent meeting with Scotland's council leaders, party leaders and people in this parliament and other relevant government agencies so that Scotland can speak with one voice and match our compassion with the action we are all willing to take". Ms Sturgeon said she had already set up a summit, which will bring together humanitarian organisations, including the Scottish Refugee Council, leaders of councils, civic organisations and religious leaders. Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said he would accept the invitation to attend the summit. Ms Davidson said the UK government must act "closer to home" and go beyond donating aid to Syria, adding: "This is not an immigration issue - it's a humanitarian crisis." She added: "I call on David Cameron to lead our government's response and accept more refugees."

Nicola Sturgeon has told how she was reduced to tears by photos of a dead Syrian boy washed up on a Turkish beach.

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Thousands of people gather in Edinburgh, in Scotland, every year for a big parade, food and fireworks. They are celebrating Hogmanay - which is a Scottish word that means 'new year'. Hogmanay celebrations take place all over Scotland and lasts for three days, beginning at the end of December and ending on January 2nd. There are lots of different stores as to how Hogmanay began, but many people think that some of the traditional Hogmanay celebrations were brought to Scotland by the Vikings in the 8th and 9th Centauries. Fires were lit to ward off 'evil spirits' and celebrate the arrival of Winter Solstice. The first written mentions of "Hogmanay" come from 1604, although many of the traditions come from before that. Around 450 years ago, there were many arguments about the Christian religion in a period called the 'Reformation'. Celebrating Christmas was discouraged, and as a result celebrations around the New Year became more popular in Scotland. Despite the fact that celebrating Christmas became popular in Scotland again, many people continued to celebrate Hogmanay as well. There are lots of traditions which people take part in to celebrate Hogmanay. One of the first is to clean the house and remove any old ashes in the fire - this is to symbolise clearing out the old year to welcome in the new one. 'First-footing' is also a tradition celebrated at Hogmanay. To bring good luck to their homes, the first person through the door on Hogmanay should bring things like coal, shortbread or cake. Fire and fireworks are a big part of Hogmanay celebrations, which link back to the idea of warding off 'evil spirits'. A huge fiery parade usually takes place to mark the start of Hogmanay, where some people dress up in Viking clothing. When the clock strikes midnight on New Year's eve it is tradition for people to hold hands and sing 'Auld Lang Syne', the words to which were written by famous Scottish poet Robert Burns.

Scotland gets ready to welcome the new year with Hogmanay celebrations.

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The Boeing 767 bound for Miami experienced an "uncontained engine failure", officials involved in the investigation said. The pilot aborted the take-off and evacuated everyone on board via emergency chutes as black smoke billowed from the plane. Twenty people suffered minor injuries, the fire department said. Nine crew members and 161 passengers were on board. A federal official quoted by the Associated Press news agency said the plane appeared to have suffered a rare and serious type of engine failure in which parts break off and are spewed outside the engine. Passengers reported an explosion followed by flames and black smoke as the plane was speeding down the runway. Sarah Ahmed said everyone on the right side of the plane rushed from their seats and moved to the left side. "People are yelling, 'Open the door! Open the door!' Everyone's screaming and jumping on top of each other to open the door," she told WLS-TV. "Within that time, I think it was seven seconds, there was smoke in the plane and the fire is right up against the windows, and it's melting the windows." The incident took place at 14:35 local time (19:35 GMT). An initial statement by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the plane had burst a tyre, but that information was later deleted from the statement. Why do people grab their bags after a plane crash? American Airlines said passengers who still wanted to travel had been put on another flight to Miami. Elsewhere, a FedEx plane caught fire at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, airport after its landing gear collapsed on landing, the FAA said.

An American Airlines plane has caught fire on the runway of Chicago's O'Hare airport while taking off.

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The environment department said anyone who injures, kills or disturbs Arctic Terns could face prosecution. A spokesman said three walkers with dogs were seen "attacking" the birds with sticks and stones last weekend. Biodiversity Officer Dr Richard Selman said: "Arctic terns will defend their nests and this can be painful." He added: "Unfortunately, terns abandon their nests when the pressure from people or predators gets too great. "They nest in a limited area and I hope people will respect the controls provided in order to give them the best chance of raising their young". Arctic terns, which have the scientific name of Sterna paradisaea, have an average wingspan of 75-85cm. The birds, which mate for life, lay one or two eggs in a small space of ground.

An attack on nesting birds in a breeding colony in the north of the Isle of Man has prompted a warning from wildlife officials.

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Administrators' reports suggest around £7m of £10.25m lent to Northampton Town by the local borough Council was passed to 1st Land Limited. A total of £2.65m was then given to David Cardoza and his father, Anthony. David Cardoza declined to comment, saying: "I'm under confidentiality so can't speak." A report from March this year showed a dispute arose between the Cardozas and 1st Land, which has since gone into administration, over the money. The Cardozas called it a "Joint Venture Fee" - money paid to one party to help carry out a jointly-run project - but 1st Land said it was a loan. It is unclear what has since happened to the money. The £10.25m loan was originally paid to the League Two club for the redevelopment of the new East Stand at Sixfields Stadium, along with a hotel and conference centre - none of which have been completed. Contractors Buckingham Group were appointed to carry out the works, with 1st Land appointed to oversee the development. When the company went into administration, it owed Northampton Town £7.3m and Buckingham Group more than £2m. The Cardozas and fellow businessmen, Howard Grossman, his son Marcus Grossman and Simon Patnick, feature as directors of several firms with business links to 1st Land and a second company appointed to oversee the development - County Developments (Northampton) Limited or CDNL. Many of these companies have gone into liquidation. Howard Grossman is listed as the only director of 1st Land; which is owned by another Grossman firm, County Group. The administrators' report also lists payments of £314,000 to Howard Grossman for his salary; £1.475m to County Homes (Herts) Ltd and £233,000 to County Cemetery Services Limited. The director of County Homes is also Howard Grossman. County Cemetery Services lists two current directors: Marcus Grossman and Simon Patnick. David Cardoza was a director of the company until August last year. It has also gone into administration - but not before a sale agreement was made with a company called Centurion Infinity Limited; whose directors are Marcus Grossman and Simon Patnick. After the collapse of 1st Land, CDNL took over the job of facilitating the Sixfields development. Its current directors are listed as David and Anthony Cardoza, while Marcus Grossman and Simon Patnick resigned directorships in January. That company has now also entered liquidation. The club faces a winding-up petition, due to be heard on 16 November, from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

A football club chairman and his father were given a "loan" of more than £2.5m by a company set up to oversee the development of its stadium.

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It was three tries apiece in the first half, Wade scoring either side of Will Rowlands' try, with Josh Adams going over twice after Bryce Heem's score. After Heem saw red for a tackle on Willie le Roux, Wasps' Alapati Leiua, Josh Bassett and Brendan Macken scored. However, Biyi Alo and Jackson Willison crossed as Warriors gained two points. The hosts also finished the match with 14 men, as ex-Warriors man Matt Mullan was sent to the sin-bin. Second-bottom Worcester led on two occasions in the first half and were good value for their two bonus points. New Zealander Heem was dismissed on 45 minutes for a mistimed challenge on airborne Wasps full-back Le Roux, who was replaced by Bassett after receiving treatment on the pitch. Dai Young's side are now guaranteed a place in the end-of-season play-offs, while Warriors are nine points clear of Bristol and only four adrift of 10th-placed Sale. Wasps director of rugby Dai Young: "It's a win and five points but there were very few areas of our game that pleased me. "Worcester won nearly all the 50-50s and were first to react in terms of mind and our performance didn't match the five points. "Christian was probably the difference, but I always thought that we could respond if we needed to as we probably had that extra bit of quality. "It was a big message to us as we will have to be better against Leinster next week as they will match us for quality so we'll have to prove that we've got the belly for the fight." Worcester director of rugby Gary Gold: "We knew we had to put in an incredibly strong performance and we showed huge character in an absolutely outstanding effort. "We are a good team and improving but we want to keep our feet on the ground, although I believe we've turned the corner. "We defended very well but we conceded two tries to Wade, who is a world class finisher. If you don't get him first time, you end up chasing shadows." "Bryce was unfortunate but the referee had no choice. Luke is a good ref, he let the game flow and it was fun to watch." Wasps: Beale; Wade, Leiua, Gopperth, Le Roux; Cipriani, Robson; McIntyre, Johnson (capt), Moore, Rowlands, Myall, Haskell, Young, Rieder. Replacements: Cruse, Mullan, Cooper-Woolley, Symons, Thompson, Simpson, Macken, Bassett. Worcester: Pennell; Heem, Olivier, Willison, Adams; Mills, Hougaard; Rapava Ruskin, Taufete'e, Schonert, O'Callaghan (capt), Spencer, Vui, Lewis, Mama. Replacements: Bregvadze, Bower, Alo, Dowson, Potgieter, Baldwin, Humphreys, Hammond. For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.

The Premiership's top try scorer Christian Wade scored two tries as leaders Wasps moved five points clear with a bonus-point win over Worcester.

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Carl Frampton suffered the first defeat of his professional career as Leo Santa Cruz won on points to regain the WBA featherweight title in Las Vegas.

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That scenario once seemed beyond the reach of clubs that were being weighed down by the heedless spending of the past and drastic changes in the financial landscape of the game. What has brought about this shift, though? And what does it mean to the individual clubs and the state of Scottish football itself? There are a number of questions to ask about how the debt has been shed and what the impact might be. In terms of bank debt, essentially all are free of long-term liabilities now that Aberdeen have reached a deal with Lloyds Bank. Dundee United and Kilmarnock reached similar agreements last season, while Motherwell and St Mirren have been operating at more or less break even for a number of years. That said, the former often need the financial support of major shareholder John Boyle at points in the season and have been operating at a loss. Celtic have no bank debt and their interim results for the financial year to 31 December showed a surplus in the bank, while, through long-term planning, St Johnstone, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Hamilton Academical are all free of bank debt. Dundee received investment from a US consortium and are now managed carefully financially, as are Partick Thistle, while Ross County's progress has been enabled by the largesse of the owner Roy MacGregor. Essentially, because Lloyds Bank had already written off the debts and there was no prospect of clubs ever being able to pay it back in full. Clubs have been fortunate that when Lloyds took over HBoS in January 2009 it provided a window of opportunity for the new owners to review all the debt on the bank's books. Any that was declared bad could then be written off in the accounts. With Scottish football unable to generate rising income streams - indeed, the league is still currently operating without a title sponsor - clubs saddled with large debts were ultimately able only to service them. Kilmarnock, for instance, owed £9.4m, having invested in the building of the Park Hotel next to Rugby Park. Last season, with the hotel valued at around £2.5m, it was sold to a company owned by Billy Bowie, with the businessman then converting the balance of the bank debt into equity. As a result of the restructuring, chairman Michael Johnston's 87% stake was reduced to below 50% and he was joined on the club board by Bowie and three new investors: Jim Mann, David Moran and Russell Smith. Yes, the bank's debt is being bought by Willie and Elaine Donald, who own the Stonehaven-based engineering company, WM Donald. Whatever sum the bank receives towards the approximately £9m debt is more than they expected, since in accountancy terms it was written off five years ago. The Donalds will likely convert the debt to equity at some stage and join the Aberdeen board. By wiping out the bank debt, Aberdeen have a little more financial freedom and can direct more resources to investing in the football side of the business. To an extent. The club will still have to operate at break even, since banks are no longer lending to clubs. They have to live within their means now that sources of credit have reduced or, as with the case of some clubs, disappeared completely. There will be more money available to Aberdeen since they will not have to service the debt any more, but it will not mean a drastic increase in available finance. Manager Derek McInnes won't be about to embark upon a spending spree. Dundee United will feel less constrained now, since selling assets was part of their agreed strategy with the bank to meet repayments. There is no essential need to accept offers for young players each summer, so the club can hold out for higher fees. The bank will have protected itself to an extent so that the debt reduction deal wasn't agreed only for the club to suddenly sell a batch of players and raise millions of pounds; percentages of future transfer fees will, until the end of next August, still go to the bank. Similarly, other clubs will not suddenly be able to sell their stadium having just agreed to a debt reduction deal. The bank was in a position to do these deals out of necessity but also desire, since there is no wish to be involved in football any more. There are also community and social benefits to striking the deals. It is too early to tell, but the best case scenario is that clubs are no longer on the brink of financial collapse. Also, there should be more leeway to try to hold on to their better young talents, although there must always be a recognition that English clubs will lure them south eventually. It is also often good for the players' career to move to a higher level, but they can move too early and become lost in the reserve squads of clubs when staying for longer in Scottish football will help them develop and boost the game in Scotland.

Debt has become a rarity in Scottish football.

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"Hope made a poor decision that has resulted in a negative impact on US Soccer and her team-mates," head coach Jill Ellis said. Solo, 33, will now miss matches on 8 February against France and 13 February against England. This month, domestic violence charges against Solo were dropped. In 2012, Solo, tested positive for a banned substance a month before winning a second Olympic gold medal. She maintained she was not aware the pre-menstrual medication she had been prescribed contained a banned substance and she was cleared of any wrongdoing. The US are preparing for the Women's World Cup in Canada in June when they will aim to win their third title following victories in 1991 and 1999. The latest incident surrounding Solo concerns a training camp being held by the team in Carson, California. Solo's husband, former Seattle Seahawks NFL player Jerramy Stevens, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Los Angeles in the early hours of Monday morning. Media reports claimed Solo was in the car but she was not cited in the incident by Manhattan Beach police officials. Solo tweeted: "I think it's best for me to take a break, decompress from the stress of the last several months and come back mentally and physically ready to positively contribute to the team."

The United States women's team goalkeeper Hope Solo has been suspended for 30 days by US Soccer following an incident during a training camp.

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Ethnically it is highly diverse, with more than 300 local languages. The people range from rural hunter-gatherers to a modern urban elite. Sophisticated kingdoms existed before the arrival of the Dutch, who consolidated their hold over two centuries, eventually uniting the archipelago in around 1900. After Japan's wartime occupation ended, independence was proclaimed in 1945 by Sukarno, the independence movement's leader. The Dutch transferred sovereignty in 1949 after an armed struggle. Indonesia profile - home Read more country profiles Profiles compiled by BBC Monitoring Long-term leader General Suharto came to power in the wake of an abortive coup in 1965. He imposed authoritarian rule while allowing technocrats to run the economy with considerable success. But his policy of allowing army involvement in all levels of government, down to village level, fostered corruption. His "transmigration" programmes - which moved large numbers of landless farmers from Java to other parts of the country - fanned ethnic conflict. Suharto fell from power after riots in 1998 and escaped efforts to bring him to justice for decades of dictatorship. Post-Suharto Indonesia has made the transition to democracy. Power has been devolved away from the central government and the first direct presidential elections were held in 2004. Indonesia has undergone a resurgence since the 1997 Asian financial crisis, becoming one of the world's major emerging economies. Investors are attracted by a large consumer base, rich natural resources and political stability, but often equally deterred by poor infrastructure, rampant corruption and growing calls for economic protectionism. The country faces demands for independence in several provinces, where secessionists have been encouraged by East Timor's 1999 success in breaking away after a traumatic 25 years of occupation. Militant Islamic groups have flexed their muscles over the past few years. Some have been accused of having links with al-Qaeda, including the group blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, and others more recently with Islamic State. Lying near the intersection of shifting tectonic plates, Indonesia is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. A powerful undersea quake in late 2004 sent massive waves crashing into coastal areas of Sumatra, and into coastal communities across south and east Asia. The disaster left more than 220,000 Indonesians dead or missing. Demand for palm oil and other agricultural products has led to high rates of deforestation.

Spread across a chain of thousands of islands between Asia and Australia, Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population and Southeast Asia's biggest economy.

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In 2013 a working group, set up by the Scottish government, recommended eligible couples should be offered up to three treatments. But that would only be after health boards had reduced IVF waiting times. Infertility Network UK said it was a "no-brainer" there should now be three cycles as waiting times have fallen. New IVF criteria was introduced in July 2013, following recommendations by the National Infertility Working Group. The changes were designed to standardise fertility treatment across Scotland to prevent a "postcode lottery". Giving evidence to Holyrood's health committee, the charity's chief executive Susan Seenan said: "The group recommended three cycles and said that once the waiting times were down to below 12 months, at the latest early 2015, they would consider moving to three cycles. "It just doesn't seem to be happening as fast as we would like it to. "We just think now that the waiting times are down, that it is a no-brainer - we should move to offering everybody who is eligible three cycles." Susan Seenan added: "Everybody in the group was agreed that...three cycles was the best possible way to move forward for patients. "Why anybody would not want to move forward with that, I have no idea, unless it is finance related." A spokeswoman for the Scottish government said Scotland was "leading the way" in the provision of NHS IVF treatment, with £12m of investment over the last three years. She said the number of IVF cycles that couples were entitled to was under review. The spokeswoman added: "The reconvened expert group has met twice and its review will consider a range of issues, including the number of IVF cycles, to ensure access to IVF treatments remains fair, reliable and timely. "The views of patients and our stakeholders, including Infertility Network Scotland who are part of the Infertility Group, will be instrumental to this process, along with data collection and modelling." Fertility treatment is currently available to those under 40, and is not offered to women who are obese. In addition, couples need to have been in a stable relationship for two years and neither partner can smoke for three months before treatment begins. Both partners also need to be methadone-free for a year before IVF starts. Women aged between 40 and 42 are eligible for one cycle of fertility treatment if they have never previously undergone the procedure.

A charity is calling for couples in Scotland who need help conceiving to have access to three cycles of IVF instead of two.

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After a dour first period, James Constable's driven effort gave the out-of-form away side a surprise lead. The advantage only lasted three minutes though as Parkin fired home from the centre of the area. With time running out, Parkin scrambled home the winner before the visitors' Ben Strevens was sent off in injury time for spitting. Forest Green assistant Jamie Day told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: Media playback is not supported on this device "It's exciting, it keeps everyone on their toes. I thought we played well, I'm disappointed that we went behind again, like we have done in recent weeks." "We showed character to come back into the game and to then get a winner was first class from the boys." "There's two teams I think fighting it out at the top, so credit to Cheltenham that they've done really well to go to Tranmere and get a result and we've just got to keep going and worry about ourselves."

Jon Parkin netted a late winner as National League promotion-chasers Forest Green beat 10-man Eastleigh.

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Melissa Morton, 12, was among 34 pupils at Brentwood School in Essex aboard a coach that crashed into a motorway bridge near Middelkerke, West Flanders. Her father Keith Morton said she had been "very disturbed by it all". The school said some staff still needed hospital treatment, but all pupils were due back in school next week. The coach, which was heading to Cologne in Germany for a languages trip, hit a bridge on the A18 (E40) near Middelkerke during the morning of 28 June. Driver James Chance, who worked for a coach firm in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, was killed. A second driver was also injured. Two boys who were badly hurt, with one receiving head injuries and another having a broken leg, have both been back to the independent school to meet their friends, a spokesman said. He said some injured teachers, including one who suffered a broken collarbone, had continued to receive hospital treatment and were due to continue recovering for a number of weeks until they could return to work. Some pupils and staff are also receiving counselling. Keith Morton, whose daughter Melissa escaped unhurt, told BBC Essex she was still "emotionally not quite right". "There's been some teary situations and sleepless nights and it's still quite a shock for her," he said. "There was one occasion when she had to get into a coach and was very disturbed by it all." The school's second master David Taylor said he had spoken to police in Belgium and it was "going to be a long process" to find out what caused the crash, but he said he would still like trips to continue.

A school pupil involved in a coach crash in Belgium in which the driver died is still having "sleepless nights" two months on, her father has said.

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Andrew Salina was found seriously injured at his home in Roystonhill at about 03:30 after emergency services were alerted to a disturbance. He was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. DCI Paul Livingstone said it appeared a weapon had been used in the "violent incident" and appealed for information about three men seen in the area. Detectives from Police Scotland's major investigation team are treating the death as a murder. Officers were conducting door-to-door inquiries, with specialist forensic teams at the scene and additional patrols in the area. Mr Livingstone said: "I am asking for the assistance of the local community to come forward with any information you may have. It is possible you witnessed or heard a disturbance in Roystonhill at the junction with Millburn Street at around 03:30 hours. "We also understand that three men were seen entering the area in a small light coloured car and were seen leaving the area in the same vehicle following the alleged incident. "I want to reassure the local community that we are doing everything we can to find out what took place and determine who is responsible for the death of Andrew Salina. Additional officers are patrolling Royston and I would ask anyone with any information or concerns to speak with them today."

Police have launched a murder inquiry after a 51-year-old man was killed in his home in Glasgow.

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"Donor fatigue" had led to funding for SW Radio Africa drying up, its manager Gerry Jackson told the BBC. The station was launched when President Robert Mugabe faced strong opposition to his rule from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party. After four years in coalition with the MDC, Mr Mugabe fended off his rivals and was re-elected to office last year. Ms Jackson said the long crisis in Zimbabwe, and the "massive disarray" in the ranks of the MDC, had contributed to "donor fatigue". Seizing radios The European Union (EU) had also decided to "re-engage with Mugabe and the ruling Zanu-PF party, which may have influenced some donors who do not want a critical voice out there", she added. BBC World Service Africa editor Richard Hamilton says SW Radio Africa's final news bulletin, from an office outside London, was tinged with sadness. Although the Zimbabwean government jammed some of its short wave broadcasts, SW Radio Africa still had its loyal listeners - estimated at one point at around one million, he says. "We are gone so our voice is completely gone," Ms Jackson told the BBC.

A radio station opposed to Zimbabwe's government has shut down after 13 years of broadcasting from the UK.

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But that requires a very patient man or woman to select the most important periods of play. Now scientists in Spain are trying to make that work easier by getting a computer to do it. The technology is being designed to automatically edit a whole game down to the key moments. The people behind it at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia have been working on it for a few years and have just published 18 pages of exactly how it works. Arnau Raventos is the lead professor on the project. He tells Newsbeat they have "been working with the local television companies in Spain in order to try to make the job easier for the person who manually does the summaries currently." Without having to read the full report (we did that for you) - in short - it analyses what are known as key-frames. So, every part of the match is looked over by the computer to spot tell-tale signs of when something interesting is happening. That might be lots of players grouped together, lots of zoomed-in action, extra noise from the crowd or the sound of the referee's whistle. Arnau calls them "occasions". "We want to find specific combinations of moments in a football match. A goal is an occasion." We thought of an example: if a defender goes down in the penalty box, everyone groups around them, you'll hear a whistle, there's lots of faces in the shot and a penalty happens. In theory, the technology should capture that. There is a long way to go though. The technology could frustrate even the most lukewarm of football fans because it hasn't quite nailed exactly the magic moment - when the goal goes in. In a test on five matches, the technology detected 70 per cent of the total goals. "We need to be sincere," says Arnau. "We need to say that at the moment it's not possible to perform a complete automatic summary just yet. It's difficult to detect all the goals." "However, we think it's very easy to discard those moments that are not important. For example, the panoramic views. They are easy to detect and to discard them so that already makes the job of the editor easier." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

For years Match of the Day has satisfied impatient football fans by condensing a 90 minute match into a handy chunk of highlights.

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Top-flight sides Birmingham City and Manchester City will meet at the national stadium on Saturday, 13 May. The attendance is now set to surpass the 32,912 that saw Arsenal Ladies beat Chelsea 1-0 in the 2016 final. Wembley staged the event for the first time in 2015 and is set to continue doing so for the foreseeable future. Birmingham - who won the trophy at Ashton Gate in 2012, in front of fewer than 9,000 people - are in their second final, while Women's Champions League semi-finalists Manchester City are yet to win the competition. The 2016 Women's Super League One champions beat Liverpool in this year's semi-finals, while Birmingham knocked out 2015 winners Chelsea on penalties.

The Women's FA Cup Final is set for a new competition-record crowd at Wembley, with 34,500 tickets already sold eight days before the 2017 final.

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The 6ft 5in star had been diagnosed with brain cancer and was in intensive care in New York before his death on Wednesday. His son Rory said in a statement: "He was full of knowledge and kindness and goodness. "He always wanted to share the great and beautiful things in life." Herrmann played the beloved grandfather Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls, a waspish family drama set in a storybook Connecticut town. Lauren Graham, who played Herrmann's on-screen daughter Lorelai Gilmore during the show's seven series, remembered the actor as the "kindest, classiest, most talented man" and said it was a "devastating blow to lose him". "Ed Herrmann's combination of pure charisma plus his distinctive voice lit up any room he entered," she added. "He had a gentlemanly manner, a wicked sense of humour, and a sharp wit. He was well-read, interesting, and just plain fun to be around." Kelly Bishop, who played his wife Emily Gilmore, said she was "somewhat stunned" by his death, having only found out he was ill a few weeks ago. "I think everyone who knew or worked with Ed found him to be absolutely delightful," she said in a statement. "Everything looks a little dim, as if the lights went down." The actor, who trained at London's Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, was singled out for praise when Entertainment Weekly picked Gilmore Girls as one of its "new TV classics" in 2009. Describing him as an "on-screen pro", it said he could "advise, hector, and soothe with debonair slyness". But his son, Rory, said his father's favourite role had been US President Franklin D Roosevelt, whom he played in the TV movies Eleanor and Franklin and Eleanor and Franklin: The Whitehouse Years in 1976 and 1977. The actor reprised the role in the 1982 movie musical Annie, and provided the voice for FDR in Ken Burns' documentary series The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, last year. Herrmann also starred in Joel Schumacher's teen vampire film, The Lost Boys, alongside Kiefer Sutherland, where he played Max; and won a primetime Emmy in 1999 for his guest role in the Boston-based legal series The Practice. His Broadway credits included the original run of Love Letters in 1989, The Deep Blue Sea with Blythe Danner in 1998 and George Bernard Shaw's Mrs Warren's Profession, for which he won a Tony Award in 1976. He often appeared on the big screen in major films including The Wolf of Wall Street, The Aviator and Reds, and recently appeared on shows such as Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother and The Good Wife. His manager Robbie Kass said in a statement: "Besides being an accomplished actor, [Herrmann] was also a true gentleman and a scholar, as well as being incredibly kind and decent man. He will be sorely missed." Herrmann was surrounded by his family including his wife, Star, and three children when he died.

Actor Edward Herrmann, best known for his roles in TV show Gilmore Girls and vampire movie The Lost Boys, has died aged 71.

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Paula Palmer said jewellery given to her by husband Dennis on their wedding day was among the items stolen from the house in Barnett Road, Brighton. "It's devastating to think people can do that," she said. "I am numb." Mrs Palmer said she believed the thieves knew where the occupants of the house were when the break-in happened on Friday evening. "We were waiting outside for the hearse to come for a good 20 minutes," she said. "It doesn't take long for people to know what you are doing." She said she knew something was wrong when she returned home with a group of people. "By the time I reached the top of the stairs I could see the devastation in the main bedroom," she said. "My husband's jewellery box was broken open, the wardrobe doors were open and all drawers tipped out. "I was numb anyway from burying my husband - but to come back, to that I was speechless." The stolen jewellery included gold earrings, necklaces and bracelets. The thieves also took the keys to Mrs Palmer's grey Kia Ce'ed car, registration BJ09 YBK, and drove it away from the front of the house. "It is quite brazen and quite unusual for people to walk out of the front door, get in the car and drive off," said Det Con Richard Valder-Davies. "This is an awful crime. This lady was at her husband's funeral. It doesn't get much worse than that." Sussex Police have appealed to anyone with information, or who is offered jewellery in suspicious circumstances, to come forward.

Thieves ransacked a widow's home and stole jewellery, cash and her car while she was at her husband's funeral.

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City council leader Lib Dem Simon Cook will tell a conference an arena on the site of the old diesel depot site is a crucial part of the zone. He stressed although it was early days potential operators believe its size would attract many good quality shows. Mr Cook said there was a risk a larger version would be built in Cardiff if the Bristol arena did not go ahead. "We've fallen behind Cardiff too often in the past. It is really time to grab the opportunity and go for it. "There is a very big interest in an arena for Bristol... we're absolutely determined to deliver it," he added. It is believed the arena would cost up to £80m to build, some of which will come from the government's City Deal fund. Several plans for an entertainment arena have been put forward since 2003 but the idea was dropped in 2007 when costs rose to £86m. Then in 2009, plans for a 15,000-seater music and sport venue were proposed with a second site at Ashton Vale close to where Bristol City Football Club wants to build a new stadium. The city's biggest music venue is the famous Colston Hall, which can hold about 2,000 people.

A 12,000-seater music venue on the Temple Meads Enterprise Zone in Bristol is possible by 2016, the council says.

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Instead she came out swinging against Donald Trump in a scathing speech that made clear she's looking to appeal to a broad centre in the general election. Billed as a national security speech, her address lacked any new proposals. Instead it was a forceful, often mocking, rebuke of the presumptive Republican nominee, as she framed her pitch in patriotic terms that could also resonate with Republicans. Mrs. Clinton presented herself as the real defender of American values and a commander-in-chief with a steady hand who believed in America as an exceptional country. Mr Trump on the other hand, "believes America is weak. An embarrassment. He called our military a disaster. He said we are, and I quote, a third-world country," said Mrs Clinton, speaking in San Diego, a city with 95,000 military personnel. Mrs Clinton was introduced by the spouse of an active duty naval officer and spoke with 20 US flags prominently displayed behind her. Although still fighting a primary, Mrs. Clinton is clearly making a play for independent and Republican voters who are concerned about Mr Trump's erratic foreign policy pronouncements but also his statements on women, Mexican immigrants and Muslims. On Thursday, the head of Hispanic media relations for the Republican National Committee, Ruth Guerra, resigned. Mrs Clinton has always had the potential to appeal to moderate Republicans turned off by their party's stance on social issues such as gay marriage, abortion and even guns, but who feel she is tough enough on foreign policy. In late April, during her speech after her victory in the Pennsylvania primary, Mrs Clinton appealed to "thoughtful" Republicans, independents and Democrats to stand together against divisive candidates on the Republican side. Although House speaker Paul Ryan finally endorsed Donald Trump on Thursday after weeks of hesitation, prominent Republicans are not rushing actively to back the presumptive Republican nominee just yet. At least nine Republican governors, and a number of senators, are steering clear from their party convention in July. There has also been a trickle of lifelong, prominent Republicans who openly say they will vote for a Democrat for the first time in their life in November. Mrs Clinton's message on American global leadership may not resonate widely with the GOP (Grand Old Party; Republican) base which is turning more isolationist - but it is finding an audience with many moderates and foreign policy thinkers. On Twitter, the hashtag #RepublicansforHillary was trending for a day this week, after an interview on US cable TV with a former Reagan administration official, Doug Elmets, who said that "four years of Hillary Clinton is better than one day with Donald Trump as president". Widely quoted in the US media as well was retired army colonel Peter Mansoor, a former aide to General David Petraeus during the Iraq war. Mr Mansoor said he would be voting for Mrs Clinton not because he had converted to being a Democrat, but because Mr Trump was dangerous. Elections are not won on Twitter and a handful of Republicans won't tip the balance in November, but the chatter on social media is bringing out voices from the Republican party silent during the raucous days of the Republican primaries and raising questions about a ripple effect. Mr Trump has been criticised by leading names such as former secretary of defence Robert Gates, former CIA director Michael Hayden, former Bush administration spokesperson Tony Fratto, historian Max Boot and commentator David Frum, a former speechwriter for George W Bush. Clinton campaign aides were not willing to discuss their strategy to appeal to moderate Republicans, especially while the Democratic primary is still under way. But they acknowledged there were Republicans, particularly those concerned with foreign policy issues, who could support her. Vin Weber, a Republican strategist and former congressman who supported Jeb Bush in the primaries, said Mrs Clinton should enlist Republican advisors. "If she were campaigning like her husband, she would move to the centre, and try to get votes that are not locked up by the Republican Party," said Mr Weber, who said he was still doing some hard thinking about how to vote in November. Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg says a recent poll shows moderate Republicans represent a "stunning 31% of the GOP base", what he describes the alienated third of the party. "They are disproportionately college graduates in a white, working-class party, and they are socially liberal." On marriage equality, climate change or abortion rights, those GOP moderates are more in sync with the Democratic party. The poll, conducted in February when all the Republican candidates were still in the race, showed that 10% of Republican moderates would vote for Clinton. Kori Schake, a fellow at the conservative Hoover Institution, said that Clinton's challenge would be to convince anti-Trump Republicans they actually need to vote for her - not simply refrain from voting for Mr Trump. "Republican refuseniks are not enough to make a difference," she said. Ms Schake said presenting Mr Trump as dangerous was an effective strategy, but it was also key for Mrs Clinton to frame her pitch in economic terms. She had to press home the damage she believed a Trump presidency would cause to the economy - but to do so would require moving decisively to the right of Mr Sanders, and risk alienating many in her own party. "I've just come back from Cuba, and I've seen what a Sanders economy looks like," said Ms Schake. Mrs Clinton will seek to unify the Democratic party ahead of the convention, She will not undo the positions she has taken during the drawn-out primaries to appeal to the Democratic base. But to win those moderates Republicans, she will now need to present herself not just as the candidate of her party's middle but of America's centre.

Some may have expected Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton to swing further left to woo supporters of her Democratic rival Bernie Sanders ahead of the California primary on Tuesday.

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If you wanted to know what was what in the on-going shambles at Dundee United then get yourself to the Phoenix in Nethergate, that was the message. The oracle would be there in his usual spot, left-hand side of the bar, stick, maybe a dog. You'll hear him before you see him; gushing with insight and invective on the downfall of his beloved Arabs. On Thursday lunchtime we arrived at the Phoenix; a Derek-free zone. "He's not about," says the barman, who neither knows nor cares about the travails at Tannadice. All of it goes in one ear and out the other when Del is in full flight. "He's away in Iceland," says a regular. "That's where he had his accident. Skied into a tree while dressed as Santa." There's black comedy in the tale of the mysterious Blind Derek and that's fitting given why we're in town. United fans are beleaguered as never before, but they're not beyond a bit of dark humour. Theirs is a miserable plight, but they can laugh at it, too. Walking down Nethergate there's a man who turns out to be a United fan waiting to cross the road. Is he going to Dens Park on Monday night to witness the possible humiliation of his team by their city rivals? "No," he says, deadpan. "I'm going into jail for the evening. I'll get more peace in there." Thursday was a dank day in Dundee; rain and a touch of sleet. Outside St Mary's parish church, there's a man herding people into his drop-in centre. A Dundee fan, as it turns out. A grandson of John Petrie who, as an 18-year-old, scored 13 goals in Arbroath's historic 36-0 Scottish Cup victory over Bon Accord in 1885. "United could do with him," he smiles. "I'm half expecting to see some of them coming in for divine intervention. Maybe it's too late for them now. Ah, you don't like to see it. I mean that. I don't want United to be relegated." The fatalism is everywhere. There are no dreamers knocking around in the Tannadice support. Nobody has even the faintest hope of a great escape for Mixu Paatelainen's side, who will be relegated if they do not win on Monday. Fans talk about the past, which was not always glorious, that's true, but it was better than the dreadful place the club is in now. There was a connection, a feeling of togetherness, but the bond has been lost. As you go about the city and talk to the supporters the message of the shattered link between the club and its fans repeats over and over again. There's refuge from the rain in the back of Groucho's Record Shop, owned by Alastair Brodie and managed by Frank Mills - a pair of United fans since they were kids. Frank is just back in the door from Tannadice. He went to buy his early-bird season ticket and did so with a heavy heart. He's going on Monday, too. He fears he'll see his team relegated, but he's going anyway. He remembers his grandfather bringing him to watch United play back in 1962 and since the 1970s he reckons he's missed half-a-dozen home games, tops. "When you think about it; 54 years a fan," he says. "What do I feel now? I felt real anger on Sunday when we lost to Hamilton. Today, it's just resignation. So many mistakes have been made, so many disgraceful performances. "We were relegated in 1995, but it wasn't like this. That team was 10 times the side this lot are. I look at them and it's baffling. No tactics, no heart. "Jackie McNamara had to go and Mixu's been a disaster after him. I've sat in the stand and thought, 'If only we'd paid the money for Tommy Wright'. Tommy Wright would have kept us up." United fans can pin-point the moment it all started to go wrong - February 2015, when Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven were sold to Celtic. Their last game for United was a 2-1 victory over Aberdeen in the League Cup semi-final. They were sitting fourth in the Premiership at the time, three points behind Inverness but with a game in hand. They'd put 10 goals on Dundee in two games. No side, Celtic included, had scored as many in the league as United had at that point - 46 in 23 games then as opposed to 34 in 34 games now. Everything unravelled quickly. "From the minute the two boys walked out the door you could see it go down the way," says Frank in Groucho's. "Other players in that team raised their game when those two were in the side and when they weren't there anymore they just went back to being ordinary." Jim Spence has been a beat reporter in Dundee for a quarter of a century and he agrees with the timeline. "Absolutely, that was the moment, that was the killer," he says. "When those two went, it ripped the heart out of the side." United sell, as most clubs sell. John Souttar and Nadir Ciftci; Ryan Gauld and Andrew Robertson; Armstrong and Mackay-Steven; Johnny Russell, Scott Allan and David Goodwillie. There comes a time, though, when you've got little left to sell, when you burgle your bank of youth once too often. The more people you talk to about United's demise the more one name pops up. It's not McNamara or any of his players. It's not Paatelainen or any of his. It's not the failed, almost slapstick, signings of recent times, though many of them come in for heavy flak, not so much for their lack of ability but their lack of spirit. No. Stephen Thompson, the chairman, is very much at the centre of the cross-hairs. We have to be balanced about Thompson, but you'll struggle to find anybody in Dundee who'll provide it. There's been some heady times on his watch, some wonderful football, some footballers that were the envy of the country, some cup finals. Thompson reduced the debt from around £7m to just a shade over £1m now - a soft loan. He has done good work, but perception is reality and the perception of the United fans is that Thompson has fallen asleep at the wheel and has to go. There's unanimity on this. Whether it's fair or unfair is a moot point, but the United fans see no future with him. Thompson has been in America this week, looking for investors, maybe even a buyer. He's prepared to sell up, but here again there is cynicism among the support. "Up to now I've been sat on the fence a wee bit on Thompson," says Frank at Groucho's. "But the last few weeks have been so dire that you have to question everything. We need change now. The impression we get is that he's lost interest in the club. He wants to sell? He'll not get the money he's looking for. No chance." Frank says a trip to Tannadice is in order. Go to the club shop, he says. A disabled fan called Andy arrives in the shop, hands over his £150 for his season book and starts talking. "Stephen doesn't communicate with us," says Andy. "The board of the club don't know us. The link that was there is broken. It was never like this before." Mike Barile, of the ArabTRUST, is also in the shop, collecting tickets for Monday night. Barile says his mates are reluctant to go to the game for fear of witnessing the ultimate embarrassment. He'll be there, though, and, with a laugh, he says he'll be singing the anniversary song, the ditty about the Dens Park massacre of 1965 - the 5-0 drubbing that United inflicted on their city rivals when Mike was only a kid. Barile is one of Thompson's biggest critics. He, and many others, want the entire board to go. "It's totally beyond redemption," he says. "I'm critical of him because I helped get Stephen's father [Eddie] in the door and I know what a decent man his father was. The support was split then between Eddie and wee Jim McLean, but they're not split now. Nobody is backing Stephen or [director] Mike Martin or any of them. "Look at the wall there. That's a picture of Finn Dossing. He scored the hat-trick when we beat Dundee 5-0. September 11, 1965. I was only eight. That was a lifetime ago. I've never known an atmosphere as bad as we have now. Even when we didn't have a particularly good team we still had a spirit. "Everybody was in it together back then and that spirit took us through the 1960s and into the 1970s when we had wee Jim's ambition and he made us believe that we could take anybody on. And that's gone now. Gone in the last couple of years under Stephen's custodianship. Since the Celtic two went, it's been one mistake after another." Barile picks his phone out of his pocket and dials a number, hands over the mobile and tells me to talk to the woman at the other end. It's a lady called Sundie Cabrelli, wife of the late Peter Cabrelli, a one-time United player of the 1940s. Sundie is 93 years young and is still a season-ticket holder. She's going on Monday. "Oh yes, you have to go," she says. She was a fan of Eddie Thompson - "a gentleman" - but not a supporter of Stephen - "I just find him distant". Sundie doesn't like to say a bad word about anybody, but she thinks that Stephen should move on for the good of the club. "It's as bad as it's been in my time," says Jim Spence. "You have a chairman who has lost the faith of the fans and you have directors who are now coming under scrutiny and they don't like it. "I know the chairman well, I knew his father well. I told Stephen what I'm telling you. He's got a war on his hands with the fans. A deep dark hole exists. "There are constant rumours about people who are interested in buying the club, but there's always a Walter Mitty-type living in a caravan in Penicuik who claims to be putting together a consortium. "Stephen wants money to get out, but I can't imagine that any big hitter will give it to him. The club has operating losses of nearly £1m and probably more than £1m next season. Where does it go from there?" It's a question that occupies the mind of every United fan. They know how it all went wrong. What they don't know is how and when - and if - it's all going to come right again. In the meantime, for some of them, there's the slow walk to Dens, like folk heading to the footballing gallows.

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The 14-year-old from Blackpool disappeared on 1 November 2003. Her body has never been found. Karen Downes said she is taking legal action over a 13-year gap in releasing CCTV images of the teenager's last day alive. Lancashire Police has declined to comment. She said the footage that detectives released in 2016, 13 years after she went missing, could have helped solve the case had it been available earlier. "They had [the CCTV] for 13 years," said Mrs Downes. "It shows Charlene in the town that afternoon in the same clothes she disappeared in. "If they'd have shown it before... who knows? "We have suffered all these years not knowing where she is." She said police "need teaching a lesson". "It is not about the money. I want to force the police to do their job," she said. "If I got money I would get something for Charlene like a memorial." Charlene is shown in the CCTV with her sister Rebecca on Bank Hey Street walking towards the Coral Island amusement arcade. She went home but returned to Blackpool town centre later that evening - the last time she was seen. A judge cleared a man of Charlene's murder in 2008 after "grave doubts" were raised about evidence during his second trial. The jury in his first trial failed to reach a verdict. In 2009, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said police evidence-gathering errors contributed to the retrial's collapse. The IPCC found strategic and tactical failure in the management of the material and several officers were disciplined, one forced to resign in 2011. But this resignation order was overturned by a 2012 Police Arbitration Tribunal.

The mother of missing teenager Charlene Downes said she is going to sue police over mishandling her murder case.

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Rockstar have announced the game's release has been delayed until 24 March. The latest version of the open world adventure was due to go on sale on 27 January. A statement from Rockstar said: "The game requires a few extra weeks of testing and polish to make it as good as can be." "Moving a release date is never a decision we take lightly and is a choice we make only when we know it is in the best interests of the game and our fans. "Thanks everyone for your understanding and we assure you these few extra weeks will be worth it when the game does arrive in March." It's not all bad news though. The company announced that eagerly-awaited online heists are coming to consoles before the PC release date. Screenshots from the PC version of GTA V have been released, with Rockstar promising "even greater levels of detail". Los Santos and Blaine County will be visible in 1080p at 60fps, with up to 4K resolution and support for up to triple monitor configurations. While you're waiting for the game to be released you can make sure your PC is up to scratch. Minimum specifications required to run GTA V have also been published. Grand Theft Auto V became the fastest-selling entertainment product ever when it was released on 17 September 2013, taking just three days to generate $1bn (£620m) in revenue. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

PC gamers will have to wait a little bit longer if they want to play Grand Theft Auto V.

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It proposes the line between Edinburgh and Tweedbank should be improved and extended via Hawick to Carlisle. The report, produced by the Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR), said that could provide a "new strategic link" in the national network. Extending the line is already being examined as part of a wider study of transport issues in southern Scotland. "We believe that the Borders needs a through route to the south to maximise the region's economic potential," the CBR report states. "For Hawick, a rail link is vital." The Summary Case for a New Cross-Border Rail Link adds: "CBR is committed to making the case for further rail-led economic and social regeneration of the Borders and a transformative new cross-border rail link." Now it is time for Hawick and other communities in the southern Borders to benefit directly. The briefing sees the vision for an extended Borders Railway as an "exciting opportunity". "This document will help inform the debate on preparing for the proposed railway through the Scottish Borders to Carlisle and beyond," said Allan McLean, chairman of the CBR. "The economies of Edinburgh, Midlothian and the northern Borders have all gained demonstrably from the opening of the Borders Railway. "Now it is time for Hawick and other communities in the southern Borders to benefit directly." The briefing document sets out the CBR's commercial, social and economic cases for a new railway linking the existing Tweedbank terminus to the West Coast Main Line at Mossband, just north of Carlisle. "The completed railway would allow through trains between Edinburgh and Carlisle, serving intermediate settlements including Hawick," the report states. "Communities not directly served would benefit from access by connecting bus services and park and ride stations." The report claimed that extending the railway was the "only realistic proposal" to adequately address economic and social problems faced by the Scottish Borders and release the route's full potential. It said detailed studies indicated benefits for passengers and freight that could be realised by the investment. The report has been presented to Transport Minister Humza Yousaf. Earlier this year it was announced a new study would look at the possibility of extending the Borders Railway. The findings will feed into the Scottish government's nationwide strategic transport projects review.

A new report has been published detailing the advantages of enhancing and extending the Borders Railway.

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Anna Jacobs read the description by Tecomak Environmental Services in an email inviting her for interview. Attached seemingly by accident, the comments suggested Ms Jacobs, of Horsmonden in Kent, was "worth an interview if only for a laugh". The company said it was investigating thoroughly but added the comments had been taken out of context. Ms Jacobs told BBC South East Today she was initially excited to be invited for the interview for a position of office administrator. But then she saw the "absolutely awful summary" and said she was "furious". Below the formal invitation, the e-mail from Tecomak read: "Home educated oddball. Can't get a job since leaving uni. Forages for mushrooms. "Difficult to assess from her CV - might be very good but equally could be a biscuit short of a packet or a left-wing loon tree hugger. "Worth an interview if only for a laugh." Ms Jacobs said she had a lot to offer and could not believe the firm was considering wasting her time for "a laugh". So far, she said she has received no apology or explanation from Tecomak. Employment lawyer Richard Atkins, said all jobseekers are entitled to equal treatment when applying for positions. "On the face of it, this e-mail does not show that she has been treated with fairness and respect," he said.

A graduate jobseeker has spoken of her horror at being called a "home-educated oddball" by a prospective employer.

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The man claims he had sex with Julie Wadsworth up to 15 times, between the ages of 14 and 18, including once when her husband Tony joined in. He told the jury he sent messages to Mrs Wadsworth years after the alleged abuse when "drunk, depressed, or down". Julie, 60, and Tony Wadsworth, 69, deny assaulting seven boys in the 1990s. For more on this story and other Birmingham news The Wadsworths, from Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, who have worked for BBC Radio Leicester and BBC WM, deny five counts of outraging public decency between July 1992 and June 1996. Mrs Wadsworth has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges of indecent assault and Mr Wadsworth denies 10 counts of the same offence. The complainant, now in his 30s, told Warwick Crown Court: "I kept going back when the abuse was happening. "I didn't really want to do that. Afterwards I felt guilty, it was terrible." Mrs Wadsworth's barrister David Hislop claimed the accuser became angry because the radio star "rejected" his advances when he contacted her on Facebook and by email years later. The complainant replied: "Yeah, I was probably too old." The man also denied the barrister's claims he had become "wholly obsessed" with Mrs Wadsworth and that he reported the couple to police only after his "heartfelt" messages were ignored. The man replied: "I had occasionally [become obsessed] - when I was drunk, depressed, or down. "When I looked back on it and would crave it [sex]." "It's probably why you're meant to have sex with underage kids isn't it, because that is what it does to them." He has told the jury he reported his allegations to police after receiving professional child protection training. In a Facebook message he sent to Mrs Wadsworth in 2015, he said he wanted to meet her. It read: "Been years - I still look back very fondly on fun times xx." Another said: "I hope you don't see me as a stalker or a nuisance or anything like that - I'm a genuine guy and do really look back fondly on our time. "I learnt a hell of a lot during our friendly chats." The man said he deleted the messages, hoping they were unread. The trial continues.

An alleged victim of two ex-BBC radio presenters accused of child sex crimes told a court they later rejected him as he was "probably too old".

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Monet's later years saw him obsessively paint the lilies in his garden at Giverny, in northern France. But his artistic legacy could have looked very different had Monet's rural neighbours had their way. Local farmers wrote to the town hall to object to his plans to extend his garden in 1893. The original documents about the case were unearthed by Ann Dumas, co-curator of the Royal Academy's Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse exhibition. "There was a protest from local farmers who were very suspicious of these strange aquatic plants that Monet wanted to plant because they they would poison their water and kill their cattle," she said. Monet, who moved to Giverny in 1883, had been able to buy land on the other side of a railway line that bordered his house. It was here he wanted to create his water garden by diverting the river Epte, a tributary of the Seine. Dumas said Monet acquired planning permission for his garden "after a lot of difficulty". "The farmers were suspicious of Monet anyway," she added. "He kept himself to himself so they saw him as an outsider. When they got wind that he wanted to make a water garden they complained." The Royal Academy show, which opens next year, looks at the role of gardens in the paintings of Monet and his contemporaries. Its 120 works span the early 1860s to the 1920s. Alongside 35 paintings by Monet will be works by Paul Klee, Emil Nolde, Gustav Klimt and Wassily Kandinsky. "It will be a show that will be both popular and scholarly," said Tim Marlow, the RA's artistic director. "It isn't just a Monet show - though he is a central figure - and it isn't just an Impressionist show. It involves a whole range of late 19th Century and early 20th-Century artists." One of the highlights will be Monet's water lily Agapanthus Triptych of 1916 - 1919 - the first time the monumental triptych has been seen in the UK. "Monet thought of himself as a better gardener then he was a painter," said Dumas. "Not everybody knows what a serious and knowledgeable gardener and horticulturalist Monet was." Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse will run at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, US from 11 October 2015 - 5 January 2016 and then at the Royal Academy of Arts, London 30 January - 20 April 2016.

A new garden-themed art exhibition will tell the intriguing story about Claude Monet and the famous water lily pond that inspired his best-known works.

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So for the one tasked with replacing Karl Robinson as MK Dons manager, changing the mark of a man who had been in charge for more than half of the club's entire existence will be quite a renovation. Robinson, once the third-longest serving boss in England's top four divisions, oversaw the development of England international Dele Alli and led Dons to the Championship for the first time. So, having been engrained in the fundamental DNA of a club only founded in 2004, which prides itself on the football it plays and the development of youngsters, can this carry on under someone else? "What we are talking about is playing modern football," chairman Pete Winkelman said. "We're a young football club and we want to play football like the big boys play, we might not play it at the same speed or accuracy but I want our supporters to recognise that football. "The way that we play can be interpreted in many different ways. Karl's interpreted one way, and there's a massive spectrum for other people to interpret it differently. "You look at the difference between how Chelsea and Tottenham are playing, Bournemouth and Liverpool. They're all playing a similar kind of football but all doing it completely differently." This club needs to be a Premier League club one day Robinson was aged just 29 in May 2010 when Winkelman promoted him from Paul Ince's assistant to full-time boss after former England midfielder Ince left Stadium:MK. Failures in successive League One play-off campaigns in his first two seasons in charge showed signs of things to come, and Robinson finally delivered promotion to the Championship in 2015 thanks in no small part to the goals of on-loan Will Grigg and Benik Afobe. But after a dismal Championship season in which they got relegated with only four wins from January onwards, Robinson left on Sunday with the Dons 19th in League One. "Ironically it's that promotion that changes the whole nature of club and we came back to League One with this burden of expectation that we need to be a Championship club," said Winkelman. "To be honest, this club needs to be a Premier League club one day. I've built a Premier League stadium, Milton Keynes is going to be a top-10 city in the country and we need to have a top-10 ambition. "It's one thing thinking it, it's another thing delivering it. But where we cannot be is 19th in League One. It's the lowest position we've been in since this stadium. We're going backwards, not forwards." It was during that promotion-winning campaign that one of the club's greatest nights to date came - when they defeated Louis van Gaal's Manchester United 4-0 in the League Cup. And Robinson, despite the club finding itself in one of its worst positions since he took over, said his overriding feeling after leaving the club is pride. Why? "The people of Milton Keynes, the identity, the growth of youth in Milton Keynes and the net profit in transfer fees in six years, the development of young players," he told BBC Three Counties Radio. "The dream was to fill the stadium - (I was the) first person to do that, the first person to beat AFC Wimbledon. "50% of the squad is home-grown, which is phenomenal in modern-day football I think." Instead of dissecting Saturday's 3-0 defeat by Southend United, a solitary Robinson pitched up at a golf course on Monday, trying to take a step back from what had happened. "I still believed they'd finish in the play-offs. I said that to the chairman on Sunday," he continued. "But I have no arguments with the decisions that were made. I have no problems with anybody." Also left working out what has gone wrong are Dons fans, some of whom are unhappy with the recruitment strategy, overseen by the chairman's son Bobby. The club use a recruitment database first set up by Paul Mitchell, who went on to work with Mauricio Pochettino at Southampton and Tottenham, to help make a list of potential signings. But fan questions have arisen after players such as Matthew Upson, Dale Jennings and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas failed to make an impact in the club's Championship season. "We've made mistakes when we haven't signed to the (recruitment) list: 85% of the players last year weren't on our recruitment list," said Pete Winkelman. "It's something we've put more right this year, but again, not all of them were on the list. "There are successes and failures in that recruitment list, but the successes hugely outweigh the failures. "I want to get rid of this thing that we make decisions. I've never picked the team, other than the amount of money people can spend on somebody. I've never had any other influence in the football, and nor has Bob. "People trying to get at me will get at Bob. It's an easy hit but what I can rely on is one of the strongest databases in football." Winkelman now has to sift through "around 200" names and is even considering creating a technical director role to work alongside the new manager. Meanwhile, Robinson wants to get back into management as soon as possible and has already been asked whether he would ever want to return to MK Dons. "It was a very strange question to be asked 24 hours after leaving. But, do you know what, my answer to that was '100%'," he said. "I would love to manage the club again someday. That's the emotional ties we have with the football club."

From builders and bakers to door handle makers, the replacement for any longstanding member of staff will sometimes sneeringly be told "that's not how they used to do it".

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Media playback is not supported on this device Last year's final was won by Ronnie O'Sullivan after a thrilling 9-5 comeback victory against Australia's Neil Robertson. The schedule of play and scores will appear below, with detailed BBC coverage information available here. All times GMT. Final (best of 17 frames) Stuart Bingham (Eng) 9-8 Judd Trump (Eng) 69-45 (69), 65-64 (Trump 64, Bingham 65), 74-1 (74), 61-21, 35-63, 0-130 (68 & 58), 87-0 (87), 50-61, 1-91, 63-48 (63), 0-69, 36-74, 62-52, 31-66, 46-64, 71-57, 79-25 (55) Semi-finals (best of 11 frames) Judd Trump (Eng) 6-3 Scott Donaldson (Sco) 131-8 (131), 71-26 (55), 57-47, 1-75 (75), 69-7 (65), 0-82, 50-74 (74), 105-5 (82),74-14 (60) Stuart Bingham (Eng) 6-0 Robert Milkins (Eng) 127-0 (127), 81-19 (67), 58-55 (Milkins 55), 71-33 (71), 81-6 (61), 101-4 (101) Quarter-finals (best of nine frames) Scott Donaldson (Sco) 5-0 Zhou Yuelong (Chn) Judd Trump (Eng) 5-4 Barry Hawkins (Eng) Stuart Bingham (Eng) 5-3 Stuart Carrington (Eng) Kurt Maflin (Nor) 2-5 Robert Milkins (Eng) Fourth round (best of seven frames) Mark Davis (Eng) 3-4 Scott Donaldson (Sco) Zhou Yuelong (Chn) 4-0 Lee Walker (Wal) Barry Hawkins (Eng) 4-0 Craig Steadman (Eng) Igor Figueiredo (Brz) 1-4 Stuart Carrington (Eng) Judd Trump (Eng) 4-1 Hossein Vafaei (Irn) Stuart Bingham (Eng) 4-0 Robbie Williams (Eng) Robert Milkins (Eng) 4-2 Mei Xiwen (Chn) Kurt Maflin (Nor) 4-1 Yan Bingtao (Chn) Third round (best of seven frames) Mark Davis (Eng) 4-2 Fergal O'Brien (Ire) Jimmy Robertson (Eng) 0-4 Scott Donaldson (Sco) Zhou Yuelong (Chn) 4-1 Ross Muir (Sco) Graeme Dott (Sco) 2-4 Lee Walker (Wal) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Tha) 1-4 Barry Hawkins (Eng) Anthony Hamilton (Eng) 2-4 Craig Steadman (Eng) Dominic Dale (Wal) 1-4 Igor Figuiredo (Bra) Stuart Carrington (Eng) 4-0 Robin Hull (Fin) Judd Trump (Eng) 4-0 Jackson Page (Wal) Allister Carter (Eng) 1-4 Hossein Vafaei (Irn) Stuart Bingham (Eng) 4-0 Ian Burns (Eng) Michael White (Wal) 2-4 Robbie Williams (Eng) Josh Boileau (Ire) 0-4 Robert Milkins (Eng) Mark Allen (Nir) 2-4 Mei Xiwen (Chn) Kurt Maflin (Nor) 4-2 Mitchell Mann (Eng) Yan Bingtao (Chn) 4-1 Mark Selby (Eng) Second round (best of seven frames) Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) 3-4 Mark Davis (Eng) Stuart Bingham (Eng) 4-2 Rory McLeod (Eng) Kurt Maflin (Nor) 4-3 James Wattana (Tha) Mike Dunn (Eng) 2-4 Mark Selby (Eng) Judd Trump (Eng) 4-2 Alex Borg (Mal) Mark Allen (NI) 4-1 Boonyarit Kaettikun (Tha) Peter Ebdon (Eng) 0-4 Mei Xiwen (Chn) Thor Chuan Leong (Mas) 3-4 Yan Bingtao (Chn) Fergal O'Brien (Ire) 4-2 Chris Wakelin (Eng) Zhou Yuelong (Chn) 4-1 Paul Davison (Eng) Graeme Dott (Sco) 4-1 Adam Stefanow (Pol) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Tha) 4-1 Ryan Day (Wal) Jamie Cope (Eng) 1-4 Anthony Hamilton (Eng) Craig Steadman (Eng) 4-1 Sam Baird (Eng) Stephen Maguire (Sco) 3-4 Ian Burns (Eng) Jamie Jones (Wal) 2-4 Dominic Dale (Wal) Mark King (Eng) 2-4 Scott Donaldson (Sco) Ross Muir (Sco) 4-0 Marco Fu (Hk) Lee Walker (Wal) 4-3 Neil Robertson (Aus) Jackson Page (Wal) 4-3 John Astley (Eng) Hossein Vafaei (Irn) 4-2 ChristopherKeogan (Eng) Andy Hicks (Eng) 3-4 Robbie Williams (Eng) Igor Figueiredo (Bra) 4-2 Anthony McGill (Sco) Stuart Carrington (Eng) 4-2 Wang Yuchen (Chn) Elliot Slessor (Eng) 2-4 Jimmy Robertson (Eng) Liang Wenbo (Chn) 3-4 Michael White (Wal) Shaun Murphy (Eng) 2-4 Josh Boileau (Ire) Robert Milkins (Eng) 4-1 Eden Sharav (Sco) Ali Carter (Eng) 4-1 Darryl Hill (Iom) Tian Pengfei (Chn) 0-4 Barry Hawkins (Eng) Allan Taylor (Eng) 1-4 Robin Hull (Fin) Mitchell Mann (Eng) 4-2 Sean O'Sullivan (Eng) First round (best of seven frames) David John (Wal) 2-4 Mark King (Eng) David Grace (Eng) 2-4 Robbie Williams (Eng) Alfie Burden (Eng) 0-4 Igor Figueiredo (Bra) Stuart Carrington (Eng) 4-2 Sam Craigie (Eng) Marco Fu (Hk) 4-2 Martin Gould (Eng) Alan McManus (Sco) 2-4 Christopher Keogan (Eng) Duane Jones (Wal) 1-4 Michael White (Wal) Andy Hicks (Eng) 4-2 Martin O'Donnell (Eng) Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) 4-1 Tom Ford (Eng) Gary Wilson (Eng) 3-4 Rory McLeod (Eng) Liang Wenbo (Chn) 4-2 Rod Lawler (Eng) Tyler Rees (Wal) 1-4 Jamie Jones (Wal) Joe Perry (Eng) 3-4 Anthony McGill (Sco) Gareth Allen (Wal) 4-3 Wang Yuchen (Chn) Hammad Miah (Eng) 1-4 Josh Boileau (Ire) Oliver Lines (Eng) 1-4 Eden Sharav (Sco) Mark Williams (Wal) 3-4 Elliot Slessor (Eng) Mark Allen (Nir) 4-0 Sydney Wilson (Eng) Boonyarit Kaettikun (Tha) 4-1 Ken Doherty (Ire) Hamza Akbar (Pak) 2-4 Peter Ebdon (Eng) Ali Carter (Eng) 4-2 Zhao Xintong (Chn) Ding Junhui (Chn) 2-4 Robin Hull (Fin) Yu Delu (Chn) 0-4 Robert Milkins (Eng) Matthew Selt (Eng) 3-4 Mei Xiwen (Chn) Judd Trump (Eng) 4-1 Andrew Higginson (Eng) Barry Hawkins (Eng) 4-1 Fraser Patrick (Sco) Yan Bingtao (Chn) 4-1 Daniel Wells (Wal) Mike Dunn (Eng) 4-1 Kurt Dunham (Aus) James Wattana (Tha) 4-3 Xiao Guodong (Chn) Michael Holt (Eng) v Mitchell Mann (Eng) Adam Duffy (Eng) 3-4 Thor Chuan Leong (Mas) Mark Selby (Eng) 4-0 Liam Highfield (Eng) First round (best of seven frames) Li Hang (Chn) 2-4 Mark Davis (Eng) Akani Songsermsawad (Tha) 2-4 Chris Wakelin (Eng) Scott Donaldson (Sco) 4-1 Jack Lisowski (Eng) Paul Davison (Eng) 4-0 Joe Swail (NI) Mark Joyce (Eng) 3-4 Ross Muir (Sco) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Tha) 4-0 Ben Woollaston (Eng) Jamie Cope (Eng) 4-0 Nigel Bond (Eng) Dominic Dale (Wal) 4-0 Zhang Anda (Chn) Fergal 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The 2017 Welsh Open takes place at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff from Monday, 13 February to Sunday, 19 February, with live television coverage of every day's play on BBC Two Wales and the BBC Sport website.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Seven players remain from last season, including Kieron Assiratti, Shane Lewis-Hughes, Morgan Sienawski, Rhun Williams (all Cardiff Blues), Reuben Morgan-Williams, Kieran Williams (both Ospreys) and Declan Smith (Scarlets). "The players are excited to defend the trophy and work towards going beyond the achievement of previous years," said coach Jason Strange. Forwards: Kieron Assiratti (Cardiff Blues), Callum Bradbury (Cardiff Blues), Rhys Carre (Cardiff Blues), Chris Coleman (Newport Gwent Dragons), Max Davies (Newcastle Falcons), Alex Dombrandt (Cardiff Met), Will Jones (Ospreys), Shane Lewis-Hughes (Cardiff Blues), Tom Mably (Cardiff Blues), Morgan Morris (Gloucester), James Ratti (Ospreys), Morgan Sienawski (Cardiff Blues), Corrie Tarrant (Cardiff Blues), Steff Thomas (Scarlets), Ellis Shipp (Newport Gwent Dragons), Aled Ward (Cardiff Blues). Backs: Corey Baldwin (Scarlets), Dane Blacker (Cardiff Blues), Ryan Conbeer (Scarlets), Connor Edwards (Newport Gwent Dragons), Joe Goodchild (Newport Gwent Dragons), Ben Jones (Cardiff Blues), Phil Jones (Ospreys), Cameron Lewis (Cardiff Blues), Ioan Nicholas (Scarlets), Arwel Robson (Newport Gwent Dragons), Jared Rosser (Newport Gwent Dragons), Declan Smith (Scarlets), Will Talbot-Davies (Newport Gwent Dragons), Kieran Williams (Ospreys), Rhun Williams (Cardiff Blues), Reuben Morgan-Williams (Ospreys).

Wales U20s have named their 32-man squad for the Six Nations as they bid to impress following their Grand Slam campaign last year.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Long's 170kg lift with his last attempt in the clean and jerk saw him grab gold from London 2012 champion Om Yun-Chol of North Korea, who lifted 303kg. Thailand's Sinphet Kruaithong took the bronze medal at the Riocentro Pavilion 2 with 289kg. In the snatch segment, Beijing 2008 winner Long matched the 16-year-old Olympic record of 137kg. Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

China's Long Qingquan lifted a combined world record of 307kg to win Olympic gold in the men's 56kg weightlifting.

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Sky Mobile will offer flexible monthly payment plans and the ability to roll over unused data each month for up to three years. Sky will become a "quad play" provider, offering broadband, television fixed-line telephone and a mobile service. And existing Sky TV customers will not have to pay for calls or texts and can compile playlists of their favourite shows to watch on their mobiles. According to Sky, some 46,000 have pre-registered for the service. The service comes with three data plans: Non-Sky TV customers can add on unlimited calls and texts for £10 per month, or pay for calls and texts on a pay-as-you-use (PAYU) basis. According to Sky, UK consumers use less than half of the mobile data they buy from mobile network operators, adding up to an annual £2bn of wasted data. Stephen van Rooyen, UK and Ireland Sky chief executive, said: "We felt it was time to shake up the mobile market and give customers a completely new way to manage their mobile plan. "We've designed it based on what people told us they want - it's easy, flexible and transparent and it puts the customer in control." Ewan Taylor-Gibson, a telecoms expert at uSwitch said: "Sky's first mobile offering is very competitive, as long as you're already a Sky TV customer." He compared Sky's Sim-only deal with that already offered by giffgaff, another service that piggybacks on O2's network and allows customers to alter their package depending on their usage. "The key differences between the two are that Sky ties you in for 12 months, while giffgaff users can cancel anytime, and giffgaff also offers unlimited everything for £20 a month, beating Sky's top package, which delivers 5GB," said Mr Taylor-Gibson. Sky's decision to let people roll over data and store it for three years was "both unique and compelling", he said, but it may have to offer bigger data bundles.

Broadcaster Sky is launching its own mobile phone service.

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Speaking to the BBC, Thomas Thabane said he would return from South Africa, which surrounds Lesotho, "as soon as I know I am not going to get killed". Reports say the capital, Maseru, is now calm after soldiers seized buildings. The army denied staging a coup. Lesotho has seen a series of military coups since independence in 1966. Mr Thabane has headed a unity government since elections in May 2012, but suspended parliament sessions in June amid feuding in his coalition. He denied accusations that his actions had undermined his government. Mr Thabane said the army had rendered the government "dysfunctional", an action that amounted to a coup. "I have been removed from control not by the people but by the armed forces, and that is illegal," he told the BBC's Newshour programme. "I came into South Africa this morning and I will return as soon as my life is not in danger. I will not go back to Lesotho to get killed." South Africa's government described the situation as "worrying", with spokesman Clayson Monyela saying the country would not tolerate "unconstitutional change of government". At the scene: Basildon Peta, Maseru, Lesotho This whole thing started around 03:00. There were gunshots since early morning. The city is currently calm. People are playing it safe within their homes, but there is basically a media blackout. To all intents and purposes it is a military coup with the aim of ousting the prime minister. There can be no other reason of soldiers behaving the way they have been behaving other than to seize power. So far we have no reports of killings. It would be correct to call it a bloodless coup attempt. But I am not going to stick around. The chances are the situation may deteriorate. One does not know what is going to happen. Basildon Peta is the publisher of the Lesotho Times The army is understood to have acted after the prime minister attempted to remove its chief, Lt Gen Kennedy Tlai Kamoli. The army said the general was still in charge, saying the military "supports the democratically elected government of the day," Reuters news agency reported. A spokesman, Maj Ntlele Ntoi, denied staging a coup, saying: "There is nothing like that, the situation has returned to normalcy... the military has returned to their barracks." Earlier, troops were seen on the streets of Maseru and there were reports of gunfire. Radio stations were taken off air and phone lines were cut, although later reports suggested they were working again. Sports Minister Thesele Maseribane told the AFP news agency that troops had surrounded State House, a key government building.

The prime minister of the southern African kingdom of Lesotho has fled to South Africa, alleging a coup by the army and saying his life is in danger.

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Lewis, 48, was released from prison in 2015 after serving less than half of a 13-year sentence for drug smuggling. "I've been through the experience - a lot has happened," he told BBC Sport. "I could help young players to avoid some of the pitfalls that you may face in a professional career in modern-day sport." Lewis, who played 32 Tests for England between 1990 and 1996, added: "There are pressures of being a top sportsman, but we're in a very privileged position. After all, you're doing the thing that you love. "But there's not necessarily enough thought going into the planning because of all the money that can be around you, because of a feeling that you can be invincible." Media playback is not supported on this device Lewis was convicted in 2009 after being caught smuggling liquid cocaine into Britain from St Lucia. He has struggled to make ends meet since he left prison in June 2015, but earns some income through office work. His tour of the 18 first-class counties has been organised by the Professional Cricketers' Association and the only payment Lewis will receive is his travel expenses. ''One decision, or a couple of decisions, made over a lifetime for me shouldn't necessarily define who you are," added Lewis, who will begin his tour at his old county Leicestershire on Monday. "You look at that decision you say, 'You know what? I went the wrong way there.' "With that experience I can do this and I can do that and you keep on moving. Once you've recognised you've made the wrong choice, you keep moving." The County Championship season starts on 10 April. Have you added the new Top Story alerts in the BBC Sport app? Simply head to the menu in the app - and don't forget you can also add alerts for the Six Nations, cricket scores, your football team and more.

Former England all-rounder Chris Lewis will visit every first-class county before the season to try to ensure no player follows his path into crime.

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At least 80 people were killed during the attack on the 1,500-seat venue during a sell-out gig by US rock group Eagles of Death Metal. University of Nottingham student Hanna Corbett said there was blood all around and people lying on top of each other. The student, originally from St Albans, said she thought she and her friend were about to die. She said people inside did not realise straight away what was happening. "It sounded like fireworks or firecrackers and it wasn't until people started screaming and the lead singer ran off stage [that people knew something was wrong]. "The lights went on and everyone just dropped to the floor," the 21-year-old history student said. "There was blood all around and people were hugging each other." Describing laying on the floor, with the gunmen on the balcony, Ms Corbett said: "It felt like ages but it could have been just five to 10 minutes - there was this banging which seemed like a real gun - I'd never heard one before. "[People were] crawling over each other, just trying to climb out of fire exits. It was pretty inhumane - a nightmare. "I thought it was like that heroic thing on the train," when a suspected radical Islamist was overcome by six passengers. "I thought someone would just stop them - but the guns kept going and I thought 'this is the end'." Ms Corbett said luckily she and her friend Jack Konda, 21, also a student in Nottingham, managed to get out. He said: "We were dealt a pretty lucky hand to have been so close to it and get out pretty much unscathed." A French journalist captured the horror of people fleeing from gunmen who stormed the venue. Le Monde newspaper reporter Daniel Psenny was himself shot as he tried to help a man who collapsed on the pavement outside.

A student has spoken of the "nightmare" of being caught up in the attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.

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"If I'd been in her shoes, I would have sacked me too," he told the BBC. Mr Gove said he regretted standing for the Tory leadership, saying he made "mistakes" in the way he withdrew his support from Boris Johnson. He now had to take the consequences of his decision, including the fact that an act of treachery has become widely known as "doing a Gove", he said. The 49-year-old former justice secretary made the comments during an interview with Fern Britton, to be broadcast on BBC One on Sunday. He appeared to suggest he had not given up on a return to front-line politics, saying he hoped to "make a contribution" in the future. Mr Gove said his decision to back Leave in the EU referendum had placed a "significant strain" on his relationship with his long-term friend David Cameron. He and his wife, Daily Mail journalist Sarah Vine, had been close friends with Mr Cameron and his wife Samantha - but the two couples have not had a "proper conversation" since the 23 June poll, he said. Mr Cameron quit as prime minister after he lost the EU referendum, sparking a leadership campaign which saw Mr Gove back Boris Johnson. He then changed his mind and decided to run himself, publicly questioning Mr Johnson's ability to do the job. Mr Gove would not reveal what Mr Johnson said to him when they spoke after he withdrew his support, but he conceded that "the way in which I declared my stand for the leadership, I shouldn't have done it that way". "As I look back on that time, I think that there were mistakes that I made... "I also think that my initial instinct that I was not the best person to put themselves forward as a potential prime minister, well most of my colleagues agreed." After Mrs May entered Downing Street, Mr Johnson entered the cabinet as foreign secretary, while Mr Gove remains on the Conservative backbenches. "When Theresa May became prime minister she said that she no longer had a place for me in the cabinet and, to be honest, if I'd been in her shoes I would have sacked me too," said Mr Gove. "So I entirely accept that sacking me at the time was the right thing to do. "I had six years when I was a government minister. I had a chance to make a difference - I hope that I did." But he conceded that "nothing is forever in politics". "I have to accept that the way in which I spent the final week or so of my ministerial life involved my making mistakes and having made mistakes you have to take the consequences." Mr Gove said he is now focusing on his work on the Commons committee on exiting the EU and wanted to campaign for children at risk of abuse or neglect. Fern Britton meets Michael Gove can be seen on BBC One at 10:00 GMT on Sunday, 11 December.

Former cabinet minister Michael Gove says Theresa May was right to sack him after she became prime minister.

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Nick Warren, 57, got into difficulties as he tried to reach his black Labrador in stormy conditions off Wellington Parade in Kingsdown, on Sunday. He was rescued by lifeboat crews but died at Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, Margate, later. Lisa Rogers described her father as "my mate" and said she wished he had thought of his own safety. Mr Warren's former wife, Heather, said he was her "best friend" and his death would be a "big loss".

Tributes have been paid to a man who died after he went into the sea off the Kent coast to try to rescue his dog.

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From April 2016, those in England and Wales will have to pay a 3% surcharge on each stamp duty band. George Osborne said the new surcharge would raise £1bn extra for the Treasury by 2021. Landlords reacted angrily to the change, saying it would "choke off" investment in rented properties. Other changes announced by the chancellor included an extended Help to Buy scheme in London, and more money for the Starter Homes programme. The stamp duty surcharge will lift each band by 3%. That means that for properties worth between £125,000 and £250,000, where the stamp duty is 2%, buy-to-let landlords will pay 5%. For the average buy-to-let purchase of £184,000, that means they will pay an extra £5,520 from April 2016. Commercial property investors, with more than 15 properties, are expected to be exempt from the new charges. Buy-to-let landlords will also be hit by a change to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rules. From April 2019, they will have to pay any CGT due within 30 days of selling a property, rather than waiting till the end of the tax year, as at present. Landlords are already due to get a lower rate of tax relief on mortgage payments. In his summer Budget, the chancellor said that landlords would only receive the basic rate of tax relief - 20% - on mortgage payments, a change being phased in from 2017. Responding to the latest changes, Richard Lambert, chief executive of the National Landlords Association said: "The chancellor's political intention is crystal clear; he wants to choke off future investment in private properties to rent. "If it's the chancellor's intention to completely eradicate buy-to-let in the UK then it's a mystery to us why he doesn't just come out and say so". Up to £60m of the money raised from the stamp duty surcharge will go to help home-buyers in England in places where holiday homes have forced up local prices. The Help to Buy (equity loan) scheme in England will also be extended to 2021, one year longer than planned. An extension to the scheme in London will see buyers who can find a 5% deposit given a loan worth up to 40% of the property. The loan will be interest free for five years. Elsewhere the existing maximum loan is for 20% of the property's value. In total, the government will put an extra £6.9bn into housing. This includes an extra £2.3bn in loans for the government's starter homes programme, and £4bn lent to housing associations and local authorities to build more homes for shared ownership. Another £200m will be used to build homes for rent, which will allow tenants to save for a deposit. There will also be a pilot scheme to trial the government's Right to Buy programme for housing association tenants. Five housing associations will take part, to help design the final scheme. Presented by Chancellor George Osborne, the Spending Review sets out what government spending will be over the next four years, while the Autumn Statement is an annual update of government plans for the economy. Special report: Full in-depth coverage of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement Documents: Link to full Autumn Statement and Spending Review documents via HM Treasury What it means for you: How the Autumn Statement and Spending Review will affect your finances Watch: The BBC's TV coverage begins on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel at 11:30 GMT, with BBC Radio 5 Live coverage from 11:55 GMT

Buy-to-let landlords and people buying second homes will soon have to pay more in stamp duty, the chancellor has announced.

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Whether or not he is on the formal menu, Mr Snowden will certainly colour their conversation and the press conference that follows. Ms Merkel's trip to the US is markedly different in tone and substance from her last visit to Washington in June 2011. Back then, there was a state dinner during which Mr Obama presented her the Medal of Freedom. He talked of a productive partnership with Ms Merkel, one of the few world leaders with whom he has established a warm connection. She referred to him more than once as "dear Barack". This week's meeting is much shorter and will be all business. Three years ago, the leaders spent considerable time talking about the Arab Spring in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria, and G8 efforts to support those democratic transitions. They reiterated the desire to achieve negotiated settlements to the vexing challenges of the Iranian nuclear programme. They discussed the pending change in military strategy in Afghanistan and the need to overcome trade barriers and accelerate economic growth. Three years later, the policy outlook is vastly different, although thankfully not all bad. For example, not only are negotiations with Iran under way, there is a decent chance they will be successful. The war in Afghanistan is winding down. The Afghan presidential election is going surprisingly well. Whoever replaces President Hamid Karzai is likely to agree to a follow-on Nato mission there. The most urgent regional transformation is not the Middle East, where an Arab Spring has, with the exception of Tunisia, become a humanitarian nightmare, but Ukraine, where Russian President Vladimir Putin has already overseen the redrawing of the European map and may be agitating for more. There is no longer a G8, but a G7, trying to co-ordinate sanctions that impose costs on Mr Putin while minimising the impact on the European economy, not as easy a task as some suggest. The costs to Mr Putin are increasing, even if the ramp is not as steep as pundits and even some government officials on this side of the Atlantic would prefer. This week the US imposed a new round of sanctions on Russia's high tech sector and the EU quickly followed suit. Such co-ordination is important since the lift over time will be much heavier in Europe. Its level of integration with Russia exceeds that of the US. Mr Obama is right to be patient while maintaining firm pressure on Europe to move beyond its comfort zone. Ms Merkel is not only crucial to meaningful European action, she is the only Western leader with real potential to influence Mr Putin. The Obama-Putin relationship has hit a brick wall. She arrives in Washington undoubtedly stung that a German-led European monitoring team is being held by separatists in Sloviansk, Ukraine. She has every right to expect Russia to use its influence to gain their release. The fact they have not is a clear indication of its intent to further escalate the crisis. While in Washington, Ms Merkel will also meet the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde. As much as the crisis is about getting Mr Putin to stand down, it is about the need for Kiev to stand up, and for the West to redeem Ukraine's decision to integrate with the West. A vital step in resolving the crisis is enabling Ukraine to conduct a free, fair and legitimate election on 25 May. This is the object of Mr Putin's agitation, to manipulate conditions in ways that favour Russia's interests and undermine Kiev's. The West needs a comparable game plan to help Ukraine stand up a new government that Russia is unable to discredit. The meeting should touch on the long-term strategic implications of the crisis. The US has done an effective job of reassuring Nato allies regarding their mutual security interests. The presence of Nato forces in Poland and the Baltic states is a welcome manifestation of that commitment. Mr Obama and Ms Merkel will discuss the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which faces headwinds in both Europe and the US. It would be useful to make energy a centrepiece of these trade negotiations. Several European countries, including Germany, rely heavily on Russian energy, which gives Mr Putin important leverage in the current crisis. As US Secretary of State John Kerry told an Atlantic Council conference this week, the US has a new energy card in its policy arsenal. The Ukraine crisis presents a perfect opportunity to diversify Europe's energy sources over the next decade. While Russia and Ukraine will dominate the discussion, Ms Merkel cannot afford to ignore the Snowden issue and neither should Mr Obama. This is the first formal meeting between the two leaders since revelations that the US National Security Agency was monitoring her mobile phone. Americans should not underestimate the impact that the issue has had in Europe. Europeans have welcomed the reforms that Mr Obama and Congress are considering. Even if the issue has receded from the headlines, Washington needs to follow through. Ms Merkel herself has suggested it will take more than one meeting to repair the damage Edward Snowden's revelations have generated. This meeting is a necessary step in that process. PJ Crowley is a former US assistant secretary of state and now a professor of practice and fellow at The George Washington University Institute of Public Diplomacy & Global Communication

When German Chancellor Angela Merkel sits down for lunch on Friday with US President Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and Ukraine will be the main course, and Edward Snowden the centrepiece.

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It made an operating income of almost $4.2bn (£3.4bn) for the year to 2 October, up 16% on the previous year. That was mainly down to a strong showing for its biggest market, the Americas, where net sales rose 11%. However, in the fourth quarter of its financial year, global sales at existing stores rose by only 4%. That was lower than the 4.9% rise analysts had expected. The fastest growth was in the China and Asia Pacific region, which recorded growth of 23% for the year. Starbucks boss Howard Schultz said its Chinese stores were the most efficient and lucrative. While Starbucks still makes most of its profit in the US, Mr Schultz has said expansion in China will secure its future for "decades to come". Last month, Starbucks announced plans to more than double its stores in China to 5,000 by 2021. Mr Schultz said the company was facing "ongoing economic, consumer and geopolitical headwinds". Mr Schultz, who has been warning of a "seismic shift in consumer traffic" for years, said the popularity of online shopping was keeping people at home and away from main shopping streets or malls. In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, sales dropped by 1% during the fourth quarter, while in China and Asia Pacific, sales were up by 1%. Starbucks operates 25,085 stores in 75 countries worldwide, with 690 new ones having opened in the last quarter.

Starbucks may be complaining of "global headwinds" but that did not stop the world's biggest coffee chain from reporting record annual profits.

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Media playback is unsupported on your device 3 July 2015 Last updated at 06:56 BST It is part of a research project run by campaigning charity WWF and local organisations. The charity says the turtle was followed during the filming and the camera collected at the end. It says the animal was not harmed in any way. It says hundreds of turtles have been found dead near the reef over the last four years, and it hopes the project may help find out why. Courtesy Dr Ian Bell, QLD Dept of Environment and Heritage Protection and Christine Hof, WWF.

A small high-quality camera has been attached to the shell of a turtle giving an amazing view of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

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After 25 years, the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen closed its doors in Eyemouth in 2012. Now the former granary building is being turned into an arts centre, run by a community interest company. Once the ground floor alterations are complete, it is hoped the venue - the brainchild of artist Paula Tod, and her husband Ian - will open in June. The first theatre performance - A Cinema in South Georgia - will tell the story of Eyemouth's whaling pioneers in the South Atlantic. The Hippodrome will also contain a cafe selling local whole foods and was last week granted an alcohol licence. All of the programme details should soon be available on a website and Facebook.

A former fishermen's mission in the Scottish Borders is being converted into an arts and performance centre.

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"The EU needs a complete overhaul," says Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung. "The remaining union has to learn from the Brexit vote and carry out the most fundamental examination of its policies" since its creation in 1957, the paper argues. Der Tagesspiegel agrees, and tells the EU to "reform or be destroyed". But it also warns that there is a "shocking gulf" between remedies offered by the political elites - closer integration, especially in economic terms - and the expectations of ordinary Europeans. The answer, it concludes, is "more openness, more transparency", as well as a stronger focus on welfare. Under a picture of French and Dutch far right leaders Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders, an article in Der Spiegel voices alarm at the rise of the "great simplifiers", saying they threaten democracy by appealing to the irrational. "The populists are on the loose, and not just in Great Britain," it warns. "They are dragging Western Europe towards its downfall." "Populism is tearing Europe apart," a commentary in Spain's El Pais agrees, but warns that any changes to the EU should not try to appease their "anti-establishment" discourse. "Populist parties have grown by exploiting the idea that the EU is to blame for an economic crisis caused by the whims of the markets," it argues Instead, it calls for policies that "promote stability" and "reject blaming Europe for our ills when it is part of the solution". An article entitled "the dictatorship of democracy" in El Mundo voices the fear that other countries could follow Britain's example. "What is disturbing is that, after Brexit, fools can say with greater strength and certainty: 'Yes you can.'" In Italy's La Repubblica, a commentary says the vote for Brexit reflects rising general discontent by the "excluded" that is driving the rise of the likes of Donald Trump in the US, as well as of Italy's own populist Five Star Movement. On the website of Polish news magazine Polityka, commentator Andrzej Celinski warns against "giving in to the wave of nationalism", and appeals to Poles to end what it calls their hesitant approach to the EU project. "In the face of a real threat to the [European] Union, Poland's political leaders must stand together to fight for European unity," he urges. "Do not follow the British. Build Europe". An article in Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza agrees, saying that the anger felt by many EU citizens must be channelled into a desire for a "stronger Europe and better democracy, not nationalist phantoms". BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

Digesting the UK's vote to leave the EU, papers across Europe call for radical change to counter what they see as a rising tide of populism and nationalism on the continent.

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Sea Watch said men from the speedboat boarded the dinghy and beat migrants with sticks, causing a "mass panic". At least four of the 150 people on board the dinghy fell into the water and drowned, Sea Watch said. A spokesman for Libya's naval forces in Tripoli said he had not heard about the incident. The motive for the attack was not clear, but Ruben Neugebauer, a spokesman for Sea Watch, said the attackers were attempting to steal the dinghy's engine. Mr Neugebauer said that 25 people remained missing. Sea Watch, a German organisation, said in a statement: "The violent intervention of the Libyan Coast Guard caused a situation of mass panic on board the rubber boat in distress. "One tube of the rubber boat collapsed, causing the majority of the 150 people to slip into the water." About 120 people were rescued and brought aboard the Sea Watch 2 ship. Four were unconscious and receiving treatment. Italy's coast guard confirmed that Sea Watch had been involved in some of the nine rescue operations taking place on Friday. Both the Libyan and Italian coast guards said they had received no information about the attack yet. Italy has taken in more than 146,000 boat migrants so far this year and is on track to see more arrivals than last year, when 153,000 arrived. In August, the Doctors Without Borders humanitarian group, which operates rescue ships off the coast of Libya, said it was attacked by armed men on a Libyan navy boat. The Libyan navy said it thought the vessel was involved in people smuggling.

At least four migrants have died after a speedboat labelled "Libyan Coast Guard" attacked a dinghy, according to a migrant rescue organisation.

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The 71-year-old was crushed under the vehicle as she crossed Princes Street opposite the Waverley Steps and beside the Balmoral Hotel on Thursday. The crash happened at about 12:15 and the road was closed for two hours. Sgt Iain Blain, of Police Scotland, said: "This collision has left a woman with serious injuries and we are keen to hear from anyone who witnessed it."

A woman who was knocked down by a taxi in Edinburgh city centre is in hospital with multiple serious injuries.

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The three-month tests of 137 island homes, 73 in Guernsey and 64 in Jersey, measured the level of gas in the walls. Radon occurs naturally in areas with a large amount of granite and 99 of the homes tested were below target levels. Fourteen island homes were above the target level and owners have been told to ensure there is good ventilation. The survey was carried by the islands' authorities with the UK Health Protection Agency. The 137 properties were selected to cover a range of geological conditions and population areas. The aim was to find out more about radon and its distribution. Val Cameron, the Channel Islands strategic lead for environmental health, said: "The recent survey updates and confirms the information from previous surveys; this is that radon is associated with the granite geology of the island, and not the construction material of an individual building." International research has found exposure to radon gas can increase the chances of contracting lung cancer for people who smoke. Dr Susan Turnbull, medical officer of health for Jersey, said: "To help put the main risk factors for the commonest form of lung cancer into perspective, for every 100 cases of lung cancer around 95 will have been caused by smoking alone, about four will be due to the combined effects of smoking and radon exposure. "Only one will be due to radon exposure alone. So it is a real risk, albeit a low one. The most sensible thing anyone can do to reduce their risk of getting lung cancer is to stop smoking." Mrs Cameron said: "Of the homes surveyed, some were identified as being above the action level. Advice has been given to those householders about measures to remedy the problem." Previously radon surveys were carried out in Jersey in 1987, 1992 and 1997, and in Guernsey in 1985. In 2012, tests were also carried out in Herm, Alderney and Sark. In 1984 the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution and the International Commission on Radiological Protection reported on the need for a reduction of radon exposures in homes.

The amount of radon gas found in the Channel Islands is associated with the geology of the island and not construction materials, a survey finds.

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The Rhinos have been training across the city of Leeds since the river Aire burst its banks at Christmas. Chief executive Gary Hetherington told BBC Radio Leeds: "It is looking like £1m in total. It has caused massive disruption. "But sport throws up all sorts of challenges and this is another one." All seven training pitches and the main building at the Kirkstall site the Rhinos share with rugby union side Yorkshire Carnegie were contaminated by flood water at the end of December. The Rhinos, who begin the defence of their Super League title against Warrington on 4 February, say that 80 members of staff based at the site, plus 120 players, have been kept out for the last month. "We couldn't get anywhere near the site," said Hetherington. "When we were able to access it, the reality hit everybody. The whole site was under water. The changing rooms, medical rooms and gymnasium, and all the equipment was completely destroyed. "All the pitches are contaminated so they need to be dug up and reseeded. The 3G pitch needs to be replaced. The buildings need to be replastered, all the floors need to come up. "It will be the best part of six months before we can use the grass pitches and gymnasium."

Leeds Rhinos rugby league team face a £1m bill for flood damage that could keep them out of their training ground for a further six months.

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Annie Woodland, 24, who lived in Essex, suffered brain damage in the incident at Gloucester Park Pool in Basildon. A teacher and a pool life guard both failed to realise she was in trouble. The family has successfully sued Essex County Council who said it did not comment on individual cases but had noted the High Court judgement. The tragedy happened in July 2000 when Ms Woodland was a pupil at Whitmore Primary School in Basildon. At an earlier hearing, judges ruled a victory against the county council would risk a "chilling effect" on the willingness of schools to take pupils on educational trips. A Supreme Court judgement in 2013 overturned this ruling and opened the way for a High Court hearing. Mr Justice Blake has now ruled lifeguard Debbie Maxwell and swimming teacher Paula Burlinson should have noticed Ms Woodland was drowning sooner than they did. He concluded Essex County Council was liable for their negligence although neither woman was employed directly by the council. Ms Burlinson's failure to notice Annie in distress "fell far below the standard of care reasonably to be expected of a teacher", he said. Ms Maxwell was also negligent as "she was not paying sufficient attention to users in the water". The amount of compensation to Ms Woodland, who now lives in Blackpool, will be assessed at a later date. A spokesman said: "Essex County Council notes the judgement of Mr Justice Blake following a trial on liability. "The authority cannot comment specifically on individual cases and it would be inappropriate to comment further therefore in respect of this claim."

A woman who nearly drowned during a school swimming lesson when she was 10 years old has won a compensation battle at the High Court.

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One Met Police officer received an overtime payment of £45,000 last year, a Freedom of Information request found. The overtime bill for officers and staff in England and Wales totalled almost £1bn over three years and went up by £6m last year. The Home Office said the government had "already taken steps to reduce unnecessary overtime payments". "We have asked the independent Police Remuneration Review Body to consider whether more can be done on this issue," said a spokesman. "Police officers' pay should reflect the difficult work they do - but the public rightly expects that this is not abused." The National Police Chiefs' Council said it was "only right" that officers should be compensated for overtime. By Danny Shaw, BBC home affairs correspondent "Overtime does not go sick or take leave." That pithy phrase, from Tim Godwin, the former Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner, sums up the usefulness of overtime to a service that has to cope with sudden and unexpected events. Whether it's the surveillance officer monitoring a terrorism suspect, the detective constable deployed on a murder investigation, or the civilian staff employee answering calls after hours because a colleague has gone home ill - overtime has a valuable part to play. Sir Tom Winsor's review recognised that, while also recommending changes designed to reduce the overall bill. The year-on-year increase, identified by 5 live's research, does not mean that work has stalled. But it's interesting to note that some overtime payments appear to be connected to staff shortages. As the police workforce shrinks further, it may well be that existing officers and staff are increasingly asked to plug the gaps. Figures for 39 forces in England and Wales show the overtime bill rose from £307.1m in 2013/14 to £313.2m in 2014/15. The Metropolitan Police accounted for about a third of the overall bill, while in two other forces, Bedfordshire and Cleveland, the overtime bill went up by 50% - explained in part by gaps in recruitment. The Met said officers earning the highest amounts were in specialist roles, where working time was determined by the operational circumstances. An officer at West Midlands Police earned £32,702 in overtime working in a contact centre. Inspector Tony Morris from that force said "recruitment in this business area has been on hold" due to a reorganisation. "This means the department has been carrying a significant number of vacancies, resulting in an increased need for planned overtime." Sergeants and constables are eligible to claim overtime for working extra days, for staying on at the end of a shift, or for being recalled between shifts. On four days each week, officers are expected to give the first 30 minutes of unplanned overtime for free, traditionally referred to as "half an hour for the Queen". Three years ago, Sir Tom Winsor's review of policing in England and Wales called for "cultural change" to reduce the cost of overtime. He suggested that in future, the police pay review body may consider a "buy out" for sergeants which would see them give up overtime pay in return for an increased salary. Overtime for inspectors was "bought out" in 1994. South Wales Police reported the biggest percentage increase for overtime spending in the last year, from £5.2m in 2013/14 to £8.4m in 2014/15. The force said the majority of that increase was due to the Nato summit in September 2014, which involved 9,500 officers from across the UK, including 1,500 from South Wales. But in Scotland and Northern Ireland the figures were down on the previous year. Police Scotland spent £18.2m on overtime in 2014/15, a reduction of £6m on the previous year. The Police Service of Northern Ireland also spent less, down by £11.5m from £59.2m in 2013/14 to £47.7m in 2014/15. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "Overtime is called upon when it is essential to maintain operational effectiveness and, in the context of capital city policing and national responsibilities, there are times when there is a genuine need to call on officers to work beyond their scheduled hours to police unforeseen events, to provide security, or public reassurance." The force said the London Olympic and Paralympic Games had a particular impact on its overtime bill for 2012/13 - when forces in England and Wales spent a total of £354.9m. Chief Constable Francis Habgood from the National Police Chiefs' Council said: "Overtime is a very flexible - and can be a very cost-effective - way of managing unexpected demand and it is only right that officers whose lives are disrupted by a last-minute order to work an extended tour of duty or work on a rest day are compensated for that disruption. "With the current cuts regime, we are doing all we can to ensure that the police service offers the best value for taxpayers' money and all forces have reduced overtime spend in recent years."

Some UK police forces are using overtime to cover gaps caused by staff shortages, BBC Radio 5 live has found.

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The hosts lost opener Chris Dent for a duck in the fourth over and Gareth Roderick (23) shortly after. Will Tavare (20) and Michael Klinger (10) continued a steady fall of wickets until Hamish Marshall (58) and Phil Mustard (38) led the hosts' recovery. However, Viljoen swept through the tail to end with impressive figures of 5-55.

South Africa fast bowler Hardus Viljoen took five wickets on his Kent debut as they bowled Gloucestershire out for 221 on day one in Bristol.

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Aberdeenshire-based Harbro Group saw pre-tax profit increase by £800,000, to £3.5m, in the year to the end of June 2016. This was despite turnover falling by £1m to just over £100m. Harbro said international sales grew over the year, both in Europe and in new markets further afield. The Turriff-based company manufactures and supplies feeds for the beef, sheep, dairy, pig and poultry sectors. It also has a network of 19 shops across Scotland, operating under the Country Store brand. The stores cater for farming and rural communities with a range of products, including fireside supplies, country clothing and footwear. In accounts filed with Companies House, the company said: "As always, the outlook for agriculture is difficult to predict. "We have certainly been experiencing challenging times over the last 12-18 months but the industry is a robust one. "The impact of Brexit is still to be fully understood, although the board are confident that the group will be well positioned for whatever business challenges this may bring about."

One of Scotland's largest animal feed producers has posted a rise in profits, despite reporting a "challenging" year for the industry.

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Wednesday's matinee was curtailed before that evening's show was called off completely. Ticket holders for both shows will be offered refunds, a show representative has confirmed. Thursday's performance will go ahead as scheduled at London's Cambridge Theatre, it has since been announced. An audience member at Wednesday's matinee told the BBC the show was stopped after approximately 30 minutes. A representative for the theatre then came on stage and said the actress playing Matilda was unable to sing the rest of the songs, so would speak the lyrics instead. The show's interval was then extended by around 15 minutes. At the end of the interval, the theatre representative returned and said the actress's voice had deteriorated further and that the performance would be cut short. The rest of the cast then performed three songs from the second half of the show while a member of the production team narrated the story. One audience member who was at Wednesday's matinee said the afternoon had left her "genuinely gutted". She continued: "£75 a ticket is not cheap, and not having a healthy understudy for that price is unacceptable." "Obviously we were disappointed not to see the whole show," tweeted Debbie Stoddart, another member of the audience. "But it was evident from the first song that Matilda wasn't well so it was the right thing to stop the show. "The most important thing is the well-being of the cast, specifically the younger ones." The Royal Shakespeare Company's production is based on Roald Dahl's popular children's novel. It was adapted for the stage by playwright Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin. The show became a huge box office success when it opened in London's West End in 2011. The following year the production won seven Oliviers, a record at the time. It later transferred to Broadway. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

One performance of West End musical Matilda was cancelled and another cut short after several members of its cast and their understudies became ill.

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The White House and state department said plans for up to 300 new homes and an industrial zone were diminishing prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel insisted fewer than 100 homes had been approved. Its foreign ministry said the new homes would be built within the area of an existing settlement. Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) secretary general Saeb Erekat said while Palestinians welcomed Washington's criticism, they expected it "to take real action". "After almost 50 years of systematic Israeli colonisation and belligerent military occupation of the State of Palestine, the US must implement the necessary tools to end Israeli settlements, including through the UN Security Council, end funding to Israel, and stop funding settlements through US-based organisations fuelling violence and discrimination against Palestinians," he said. About 570,000 Israelis live in more than 100 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this. In July, world powers warned of "perpetual occupation and conflict" between Israelis and Palestinians. "The actions of the Israeli government in announcing this settlement undermine the pursuit of peace," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. State department spokesman Mark Toner said the new settlement would be "another step towards cementing a reality of perpetual occupation" that would "further call into question Israel's commitment to achieving a negotiated peace". It was "deeply troubling", Mr Toner said, because Israel had announced it so soon after the US agreed last month to a 10-year $38bn (£30bn) military aid package for the country. However, Israel's foreign ministry said the new units did not constitute a "new settlement". "This housing will be built on state land in the existing settlement of Shilo and will not change its municipal boundary or geographic footprint," a statement said. "The real obstacle to peace is not the settlements - a final-status issue that can and must be resolved in negotiations between the parties - but the persistent Palestinian rejection of a Jewish state in any boundaries," it added. Palestinians want an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza with East Jerusalem as its capital, and say settlements make this impossible.

The US has "strongly condemned" Israel for approving plans for new settlement construction in the occupied West Bank.

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Mobile measurement firm RootMetrics conducted over 840,000 checks, ranking operators for reliability and speed of voice, data and text services. While EE dominated for speed, Three was a close second in terms of reliability during last year's six-month study. Vodafone said it could not "take the results of this report seriously and neither should our customers". Evidence suggested some tests were "carried out in an inconsistent manner", it added in a statement. O2 ranked second in the speed index, but its reliability score was lower than that of EE or Three in the tests. Each operator was rated out of 100 in a range of categories - overall performance, call performance, mobile internet, text, network reliability and network speed. EE performed best across all categories, with Three second in terms of mobile internet, text services and network reliability. Source: RootMetrics O2 came second in the call performance and network speed categories. Vodafone was last in all categories other than network speed, where it beat Three. Average speeds for networks were not given because they ranged so vastly from area to area, RootMetrics said. Neither did the study offer details about network coverage and mobile hotspots, although consumers can look at individual network performance at street level via its coverage map. EE said the results showed it gave "customers everywhere in the UK the best mobile experience", partly because of its investment in new 4G services, greater 3G capacity and upgrades to 2G networks. Three said the study was "carried out prior to our launch of 4G at no extra cost, so is not up to speed with our current performance". Rootmetric's tests saw data scientists cover a 23,000-mile area of the UK, including urban and rural locations, with 1,000 indoor tests. They used off-the-shelf Android devices, which had the testing software installed on them. Rootmetric's Bill Moore said the aim of the testing was to get as close to a consumer experience as possible, across a range of metrics. "It is all very well to test speeds, but if you can't get on the network then the speed becomes irrelevant," he told the BBC. Futhermore, he said that while all networks faced the issue of dropped calls, it was a much bigger problem in the UK than in the US, where the firm has also been conducting tests. "Networks here have a 2% failure rate compared to 0.5% in the US," he said. Matthew Howett, an analyst with research firm Ovum, said that EE's win in this particular study represented a return on huge recent investments in coverage. "Clearly, EE scores very well and this reflects both their strategy of wanting to continue to be one step ahead with their network and the money they have put behind it," he said. "While Vodafone doesn't score so well in comparison, they shouldn't be written off. "They too have ambitious plans for network upgrades which are being delivered through 'Project Spring'. However, for the rest of the industry to close the gap on EE in terms of network speeds and availability, it is not going to be without a struggle." Mr Howett added that consumers may want more detailed information from future surveys. "I suspect many will be looking for this specifically broken out for 4G network performance as they are being enticed to upgrade by their operators," he said. Communications regulator Ofcom is planning its own UK-wide mobile survey and will shortly publish quality of service information to help consumers compare the performance of mobile networks and to encourage providers to improve.

EE has come out on top and Vodafone last in one of the UK's most comprehensive tests of mobile networks.

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Tuition fees for 2017 are listed on Durham, Kent and Royal Holloway websites as £9,250. MPs will vote in the autumn on whether to allow an increase in tuition fees. The government will support an increase if universities can show they have high quality teaching. Announcing a higher level of fees of £9,250 was attacked as "disgraceful arrogance from some universities" by the Liberal Democrat education spokesman John Pugh. The proposal to raise fees is "not a done deal", says Mr Pugh. Sally Hunt, leader of the UCU lecturers' union, said: 'Those universities foolish enough to advertise higher fees will be doing nothing to quell concerns from students and parents that they are simply after as much cash as they can get." The higher level fees now being advertised are for undergraduate courses starting in autumn 2017. Students will start applying for these courses after the summer holidays. There are references on university websites to fees being "subject to government confirmation" and "inflationary changes", but this comes before MPs have voted on legislation which will link fee increases to standards of teaching. There will also be a separate vote by MPs in the autumn on whether to permit an increase in tuition fees above £9,000. Under the government's proposals, if universities meet a threshold of good-quality teaching, they will be able to increase fees with inflation, which for 2017 is calculated as allowing an extra £250. At this rate, tuition fees could be over £10,000 within the next four years. The plans in the Higher Education and Research Bill are before Parliament and in a debate on Tuesday, Labour's Gordon Marsden warned this inflation link meant there was no guarantee on how high fees could rise. The process that will be created to measure teaching quality in universities is called the "teaching excellence framework". This framework does not yet exist, but for its first year the government has said that almost all universities will be assessed as having reached a quality threshold, allowing them to push their fees above the £9,000 upper limit. It means that almost all universities will be able to charge £9,250 for their autumn 2017 intake, making it in effect the new upper limit. Labour's shadow education minister Gordon Marsden said it was a "back-door attempt to raise fees, without a proper and open debate in Parliament, by linking it to a teaching excellence framework which hasn't yet been defined". But the Liberal Democrats' Mr Pugh said "The real question is whether government is giving these institutions the green light to advertise higher fees. "They've not even shown their plans for linking fee rises to Parliament. So why are they giving universities the impression that they will pass their teaching quality assessment?" The University of Kent said the fee increase represented inflation of 2.8%, which could be applied "where higher education providers achieve a rating of 'meets expectations' under the teaching excellence framework". A statement said it had published the higher fee "to ensure that both potential students and existing students are provided with as much notice as possible" and to comply with consumer protection guidelines. Durham University issued a statement saying it was setting fees in line with what the government was going to allow and said "we are required to provide comprehensive and transparent information to applicants". Responding to MPs' concerns about tuition fee increases, Education Secretary Justine Greening told the House of Commons on Tuesday: "This will rightly continue to require the same level of parliamentary scrutiny as before and the Bill will allow the maximum fee cap to keep pace with inflation." The government argues that without an inflationary increase, the value of tuition fees, providing £11.6bn to universities, will be eroded. Other universities are still advertising fees at £9,000, but with a warning about a possible increase. Manchester Metropolitan University advertises fees of £9,000 for 2017, but with a note that says "these fees are regulated by the UK government, and so may increase each year in line with government policy". The University of Newcastle quotes a £9,000 fee but says it might increase with inflation for those entering in 2017. Other universities, such as University College London, have so far not published fees for 2017 on their websites. The increase in fees in England to £9,000 per year was introduced in 2012 by the coalition government and prompted angry protests from students. In Scottish universities, students from Scotland do not have to pay tuition fees. Northern Irish students at Northern Irish universities have fees of up to £3,925 and Welsh students have fees of £3,810. Sorana Vieru, vice president of the National Union of Students, warned of higher levels of debt for students. "A further fee rise will have a damaging impact on students and it is frustrating to learn universities were lobbying the minister for the fee rise before the reforms were published." A government spokeswoman said: "The teaching excellence framework will allow universities to maintain fees in line with inflation only if they meet a quality bar, as set out in the recent higher education White Paper."

Universities in England are already announcing a tuition fee increase above the £9,000 limit before Parliament has even finished debating plans which would pave the way to raise fees.

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He remains the world's richest person, despite giving away 64 million shares in Microsoft. The shares are equivalent to 5% of his total fortune, currently estimated to be $89.9bn. Since 1994 Mr Gates, 61, and his wife Melinda have given away a total of $35bn in cash and stocks to a range of charitable causes. The donation was made in June but became public on Monday following the filing of a document with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr Gates' share in Microsoft is now just 1.3%. Prior to this, Mr Gates gave away $16bn in Microsoft shares in 1999 and $5.1bn in 2000. The majority of all previous donations have been made to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is primarily focused on reducing world poverty, combating infectious diseases and providing universal access to computers. It is not known who the recipient of this latest donation is, however when federal documents are filed, it usually means new money is being given to a foundation, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. In 2010, Mr and Mrs Gates and the well-known investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett created the Giving Pledge, and as of May 2017, 158 individuals or couples have agreed to contribute at least half of their wealth to charity. This latest donation is the biggest charitable gift to have been made anywhere in the world so far this year. The second largest was made by Mr Buffett, who donated almost $3.2bn to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last month. And the third biggest came from Dell Computer Corporation founder Michael Dell and his wife Susan. In May the couple gave more than $1bn to their foundation, which focuses on children's issues and community initiatives.

Bill Gates has given away $4.6bn (£3.6bn) to charity in his largest donation since 2000.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Kerber, who reached last year's final, has struggled for form in 2017 and lost in the first round of the French Open. Though not at her best against world number 247 Falconi, the 29-year-old German came through 6-4 6-4. Kerber will play Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens for a place in round three. "The first round here is always tough," said Kerber. "It was a good match from both of us and it is always good to have a difficult match in the first round. She had nothing to lose; she came from through the qualifiers." Kerber won the Australian Open and US Open in 2016 and reached the final of Wimbledon, where she lost 7-5 6-3 to Serena Williams. She initially showed glimpses of her best form on her return to Centre Court on Tuesday, racing into a 3-0 lead in the first set. However, 15 unforced errors and an impressive display by Falconi meant Kerber had to work for her place in the second round. Nine-time Wimbledon singles champion Martina Navratilova Kerber said the memories of last year's final came back. She came out playing like she did last year in the finals. She needs to get into that mindset more if she wants to get into the final again. It was definitely a much better performance than we have seen so far this year. She still needs to be more aggressive but it was a step in the right direction. Media playback is not supported on this device Kerber will lose her number one ranking if she fails to reach the final and one of those who can take it from her, Karolina Pliskova, breezed into the second round. World number three Pliskova beat Caroline Wozniacki to win the Aegon International at Eastbourne last week and continued her good form with a 6-1 6-4 win against Evgeniya Rodina of Russia on Tuesday. Meanwhile, it took Wozniacki three sets to see off the challenge of Hungarian Tímea Babos. Former world number one Wozniacki, currently sixth in the rankings, won 6-4 4-6 6-1. Pliskova will play Slovakian world number 87 Magdalena Rybarikova in round two while Wozniacki takes on Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova for a place in round three. Media playback is not supported on this device Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the 16th seed, became the highest-ranked woman to be knocked out as she lost 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 9-7 against Australian qualifier Arina Rodionova. Victory for Rodionova, who is ranked 166th, was her first singles win at a Grand Slam. Agnieszka Radwanska, Wimbledon finalist in 2012, saw off the challenge of former world number one Jelena Jankovic to reach the second round. The ninth seed from Poland edged the first set on the tie-break before breezing through the second to win 7-6 (7-3) 6-0. France's Kristina Mladenovic, seeded 12th, defeated compatriot Pauline Parmentier 6-1 6-3 while Spain's 23-year-old Garbine Muguruza, seeded 14th, beat Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia 6-2 6-4 to progress. Former world number one Victoria Azarenka, who has recently become a mother, has complained about the "tough" schedule at Wimbledon after having to wait at the All England Club all day on Monday for her first-round match. Azarenka, who reached the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2011 and 2012, played on Monday for only the third time since giving birth to her son Leo in December. Her match was not scheduled for a specific court on the order of play, filed under 'to be announced'. "I had to be here the whole day, which, for a new mum, is a little tough," she said. "Hopefully I won't play like this again."

World number one Angelique Kerber avoided an early upset as she overcame spirited American qualifier Irina Falconi to reach the second round of Wimbledon.

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Norah Boyle, 85, suffered a head injury as Sabrina Duncan and Benter Ouma put her to bed at The Green Nursing Home in Kings Norton. She died 23 days later. The workers delayed calling 999 and pretended Mrs Boyle knocked her head on the head board. They must do 160 hours' unpaid work and pay £500 court costs each. The pair were not prosecuted for being responsible for the fall, but for being "grossly negligent in their response". Mrs Boyle died in hospital after developing pneumonia. In sentencing, judge Mark Wall said it was impossible to say whether reporting the incident any earlier would have made any difference to Mrs Boyle's eventual death. Her daughter, Ellen Boyle, said: "I'm appalled that that's what they got for what happened to my mum. "I'm appalled that my mother's life is only worth 12 months of a community order." Speaking after the court hearing Det Sgt Victoria Lee said the pair had delayed calling an ambulance while they came up with a cover story. "While [Duncan and Ouma] plotted, Mrs Boyle laid in bed with a serious head injury, her head bleeding onto the pillow," she said. "Most of us have relatives who are frail, disabled or vulnerable… we expect them to be cared for professionally and compassionately." Duncan, 40, of Shartlands Close, Cotteridge, and Ouma, 31, of Summerfield Crescent, Edgbaston, had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing at Birmingham Crown Court to neglect and ill-treatment.

Two care workers who admitted neglect after a pensioner fell from a hoist at a Birmingham care home have been sentenced to 12-month community orders.

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Wales in the 13th Century was a mixture of regional powers. By the middle of the previous century, most of the lowland areas, particularly in south Wales, were under English control, in the form of Anglo-Norman barons from the Marches and across Glamorganshire to Pembroke. Gwynedd and the north-west of Wales remained largely independent. Welsh princes acknowledged the ruler Llywelyn the Great and his successor Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as the overarching Prince of Wales. But as the century wore away, and Edward I of England came to power, the balance of power changed as Llywelyn refused to pay tribute to Edward. In 1276 Edward I led an invasion into Gwynedd and forced Llywelyn into the very top corner of the country, and set about his castle-building programme. An uprising in 1282 led to renewed fighting, and saw the death of Llywelyn. By the following year it was over, and English domination over Wales was entrenched. Edward's son, the future Edward II, was created Prince of Wales. At the start of the 1200s, Welsh was the language of the common people. It was how people did business, conducted family life and worshipped. By the end of the century, daily business was increasingly done in English. English settlers were encouraged to move to Wales by free land grants and the imposition of English law. As the settlers moved into the more fruitful lowlands, Welsh speakers were increasingly pushed to the higher ground, although there was crossover between the two. One of the main changes through the course of the 13th Century was the difference in the way people paid for things. According to Dr Mark Redknap, head of collections and research in the history department at the Museum of Welsh Life, the old system of "render" was starting to change. "It's fair to say that from about the end of the 13th Century the Welsh were more familiar with using money than they had been a century earlier," he said. "You had an increasing use of coinage whereas there is very much a barter economy with the pre-Norman period, and payment in kind." He said taxes to the English king were paid in cash. Coinage though was still more at the stage where the actual weight of the coins, in silver for example, was what provided the value rather than a nominal amount printed on the coin. As well as tithes paid to the church, Llywelyn had tried to levy tax on cattle and in lieu of military service. But it was Edward I who pushed formalised tax collection. By the time of his death in 1307, tax revenue from Wales had tripled. According to Gerald of Wales, the Welsh were a militaristic society, more concerned with learning to fight rather than ploughing their land more than necessary. But this only applied to free men: about a third of the population at the start of the century were bonded to a lord and worked for them on large estates. The common people wore simple clothes: a tunic and thin cloak. Although much of Wales was rural, with large forests being an important source of food and resources for many, fledgling towns had been established by the Normans in places like Carmarthen and Cardiff and by the end of the century there were around 90 small towns, although few had populations over 1,000. It is worth remembering that the population of Wales was tiny in comparison to now, with the whole population equivalent to modern-day Cardiff. Sources: BBC History; St Fagans National History Museum; The People of Wales ed Gareth Elwyn Jones and Dai Smith

As the Welsh government publishes plans to reintroduce Welsh taxes for the first time since the 13th century, BBC News looks at what life was like in Wales last time there was direct Welsh taxation.

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"Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication...and WOW, Comey is a leaker!" he tweeted early on Friday. Mr Comey told Congress under oath he believed he was fired to influence his investigation into the Trump campaign. The ex-FBI boss led one of several Russia inquiries before he was sacked. It is not clear what falsehoods Mr Trump is referring to but his lawyer has rejected as untrue several key parts of Mr Comey's testimony. Mr Comey, who testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, said the president pressured him to drop an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Mr Flynn was himself forced out after misleading the vice-president about conversations with Russia's ambassador before Mr Trump took office. Mr Comey also said the president defamed him and the FBI by claiming the agency was "poorly led", which Mr Comey called "lies, plain and simple". He said he began writing memos after his meetings with Mr Trump because he was "honestly worried he might lie". He leaked details of his memos after an account of it had already been published in the press. As a result of that episode, a special counsel was appointed to lead an independent investigation into the Trump campaign's potential ties to the Kremlin. But there is no known evidence of collusion between Russia and the US, and President Donald Trump has dismissed the story as "fake news". After the hearing, the president's personal lawyer issued a statement rejecting many of Mr Comey's allegations. Marc Kasowitz said on Thursday that the president never sought to impede the investigation into possible Russian interference in the US election and that Mr Comey's leaks should be investigated. He also said the testimony confirmed that Mr Trump was not under investigation as part of any probe into Russian political meddling. Hours later, Mr Trump ignored reporters when asked about whether Mr Comey was telling the truth.

US President Donald Trump has broken his Twitter silence after James Comey's explosive testimony to appear to accuse the former FBI chief of perjury.

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The English 16-time world champion beat the Belgian 4-2 at Alexandra Palace. Taylor will meet five-time world champion Van Barneveld for the fourth time at the tournament. Dutch top seed Michael van Gerwen beat England's Darren Webster 4-1 while Scottish third seed Peter Wright beat England's Ian White by the same score. Taylor battled back from behind in each of the opening three sets to lead 3-0, only to see 13th seed Huybrechts narrow the gap to 3-2. But the fourth seed survived the spirited comeback, sealing victory at the second opportunity in the sixth set to tee up the meeting with long-time rival Van Barneveld on Friday. Taylor has won two of their three previous encounters at the event, with Van Barneveld prevailing 7-6 in an epic 2007 final. Fellow Dutchman Van Gerwen was pushed by Webster - who was the lowest-ranked player left in the competition - in the first two sets, then took the third without dropping a leg. Webster, 46 from Norwich, arguably raised the biggest cheer of the night when he held off the Dutchman to win the fourth set. Both players came close to nine-dart checkouts in the fifth set, with Van Gerwen punishing his opponent's inability to complete the feat by sealing victory with his next throw. In Thursday's afternoon session, sixth seed James Wade twice fought back from two-set deficits to beat fellow Englishman Michael Smith 4-3. Smith raced into a 2-0 advantage and then led 3-1 before Wade clinched victory by winning seven straight legs. England's Dave Chisnall reached the quarter-finals for the first time as he held off Dutchman Jelle Klaasen to earn a 4-2 victory. Northern Ireland's Daryl Gurney also progressed to his maiden last-eight appearance after edging past Welshman Mark Webster in a thrilling 4-3 win. Daryl Gurney (NI) 4-3 Mark Webster (Wal) Dave Chisnall (Eng) 4-2 Jelle Klaasen (Ned) James Wade (Eng) 4-3 Michael Smith (Eng) Peter Wright (Sco) 4-1 Ian White (Eng) Phil Taylor (Eng) 4-2 Kim Huybrechts (Bel) Michael van Gerwen (Ned) 4-1 Darren Webster (Eng) Friday's afternoon session (13:00 GMT) James Wade (6) v Peter Wright (3) Gary Anderson (2) v Dave Chisnall (7) Friday's evening session (19:00 GMT) Daryl Gurney (24) v Michael Van Gerwen (1) Raymond van Barneveld (12) v Phil Taylor (4)

Phil Taylor set up a tantalising PDC World Darts Championship quarter-final against Raymond van Barneveld with a hard-fought win over Kim Huybrechts.

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The 49-year-old was convicted at the Old Bailey after backing the group in an oath of allegiance published online. Police say Choudary's followers carried out attacks in the UK and abroad. The judge, who described Choudary as calculating and dangerous, passed the same sentence on his confidant Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, 33. Both men were also sentenced to a notification order lasting 15 years, which requires them to tell police if details such as their address change. Choudary, of Ilford, east London, and Rahman, from Palmers Green, north London, were convicted last month of inviting support for IS - an offence contrary to section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 - between 29 June 2014 and 6 March 2015. The trial heard the pair also used speeches to urge support for IS, which is also known as Daesh, after it declared a caliphate in the summer of 2014. Counter-terrorism chiefs blame the preacher and the proscribed organisations which he helped to run, such as al-Muhajiroun, for radicalising young men and women including the killers of soldier Lee Rigby in 2013. But they said they had been unable to act for many years as Choudary - a former solicitor - had stayed "just within the law". By Dominic Casciani, BBC home affairs correspondent As he was sentenced, Choudary's supporters stood up in the public gallery and shouted: "Allahu Akbar" - Arabic for God is greatist. He smiled and disappeared down to the cells. For 20 years Choudary has been the police's headache - now he is the prison service's. He will start time in the high security unit - a prison within a prison - at HMP Belmarsh in south-east London. Only a few of the most dangerous individuals in the country are ever held there at one time - and the priority will be keeping him apart from the impressionable minds whom Mr Justice Holroyde said he did so much to influence. Whether the prison service will succeed is unclear. Only last month it published a report that raised serious questions about how well the UK manages violent extremists behind bars. So what happens to Choudary from now on may demonstrate whether jails can securely hold people like him and prevent them from doing further harm. Home Secretary Amber Rudd said: "This is a serious custodial sentence, and it's a tribute to the work of the police and security services. The country is safer. "All their evil words and dissent they've tried to sow throughout society is over. They're paying the price and they're going to jail." Sue Hemming, CPS head of counter terrorism said: "Both men were fully aware that Daesh is a proscribed terrorist group responsible for brutal activities and that what they themselves were doing was illegal. "Those who invite others to support such organisations will be prosecuted and jailed for their crimes." 'Gateway to terror' The head of the Metropolitan Police's counter terrorism command, Commander Dean Haydon, said the pair caused "frustration for both law enforcement agencies and communities as they spread hate". "We have watched Choudary developing a media career as spokesman for the extremists, saying the most distasteful of comments, but without crossing the criminal threshold," he said. "This has been a significant prosecution in our fight against terrorism, and we will now be working with communities to ensure that they are not replaced by others spreading hate." Kalsoom Bashir from counter-extremism organisation Inspire, said she was relieved the law had caught up with Choudary, saying he has been described as "the gateway to terror". "He has enticed those individuals who were on the fringes of society towards supporting violent extremism and giving them, behind closed doors, justification for committing acts of violence in the name of terror - those who heard him then went on to commit those acts of terror." Hannah Stuart, research fellow at The Henry Jackson Society - a think tank which aims to combat extremism - said Choudary and Rahman will continue to pose a threat even in prison, due to their "low likelihood of rehabilitation". "It is key that their internet access be restricted and that staff are able to identify their efforts to influence communal environments, such as Friday prayers or informal social settings," she said. In court, Choudary refused to stand up in the dock as his sentencing hearing began. Passing sentence, the judge, Mr Justice Holroyde, said the pair had "crossed the line between the legitimate expression of your own views and a criminal act". "A significant proportion of those listening to your words would be impressionable persons looking to you for guidance on how to act," he said. He told Choudary he had failed to condemn "any aspect" of what IS was doing, adding: "In that way you indirectly encouraged violent terrorist activity." The judge said that in one of Choudary's speeches he referred "happily to the prospect of the flag of Islam flying over 10 Downing Street and the White House", and in another set out his ambitions for Islam to "dominate the whole world". Choudary's supporters included the men who murdered Fusilier Lee Rigby - Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale. Mr Justice Holroyde went on to describe Rahman as a "hothead" while Choudary was more "calculating" and more experienced, adding that both men were dangerous and had shown no remorse. "You are both mature men and intelligent men who knew throughout exactly what you were doing. You are both fluent and persuasive speakers." Choudary's lawyer, Mark Summers QC, asked the judge to take into account the impact of solitary confinement on his client's mental welfare when deciding how long he must serve in jail. However, the judge refused to shorten the sentence and said it was a matter for the Prison Service. He added that he could not decide sentences based on "speculation" over whether Choudary would be held in solitary confinement "to minimise the risk that persons such as you two will radicalise other prisoners whilst serving your sentences". "I do not think it would be right to reduce your sentence because of the possibility that your own behaviour may cause the prison service to deal with you in a particular way," he said. Both Choudary and Rahman were previously convicted over a protest march held in London in 2006 over Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Choudary was fined £500 for failing to give notice of a public procession while Rahman was convicted of soliciting murder and jailed for six years.

Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting support for the so-called Islamic State group.

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