In a documentary aired on BBC Radio 4, the Smack the Pony star claims stories about "brutalised women" have become "entertainment fodder".
Dramas like The Fall, she suggests, are part of an "industry" built on "rape and the ritualistic murder of women".
The show features an interview with a young actress who says she now regrets playing a rape victim on screen.
'Sophie' said her character's rape in the unnamed drama was used as "a shock device" she now feels was gratuitous "titillation".
In an interview for Radio 4's Seriously... podcast, Mackichan said recording the interview had left both her and 'Sophie' "in floods of tears".
The actress also admits that re-watching BBC Two's The Fall in preparation for the programme "had given her nightmares".
The Fall, now in its third series, tells of a serial killer, played by Jamie Dornan, who torments and rapes his victims before murdering them.
Screenwriter Allan Cubitt is heard justifying the violence in Mackichan's documentary, saying he wished to neither "sensationalise" or "sanitise" it.
Mackichan admits The Fall - also starring Gillian Anderson - is "exciting television", but says it is nevertheless "irresponsible" for perpetuating overused stereotypes.
"We do have a lot of what I call crime porn," she continued. "I'd like there to be a real sea change... because it bleeds into our culture.
"The onus is with commissioners who commission these programmes, and with screenwriters... who are pandering to the appetite that has been created."
Alison Graham of the Radio Times is another to have spoken out recently against "graphic portrayals of brutality towards women".
"Using a savage murder of a woman as an attention-grabbing plot device... is too much," she wrote in reference to ITV drama Paranoid.
Body Count Rising can currently be heard on the BBC iPlayer. The next edition of Radio 4's Seriously... podcast is available on Tuesday.
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Summary: Comedian Caroline Mackichan has called for a "sea change" in the way violence against women is portrayed on TV.

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Lagmar Barking, a joint venture between MAR Properties and the Lagan Developments (Holdings), owned the Vicarage Field shopping centre in Barking.
It has been bought by Benson Elliot, a UK-based private equity property fund manager.
The last accounts for Lagmar Barking showed it owed its lenders £70m.
The loan secured on the centre was bought by the US investment fund Cerberus as part of its purchase of the National Asset Management Agency's (Nama) Northern Ireland loan book in 2014.
Peter Cornforth, director of retail at Benson Elliot, said the deal was "an exciting purchase for Benson Elliot".
He added that it provided the firm with "a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the regeneration of a key east London metropolitan centre".
Cerberus is continuing to rapidly work through the former Nama portfolio with a combination of asset sales, refinancings and enforcements.

Summary: A shopping centre in east London that was at the centre of a multi-million pound loan default has been sold.

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The victim was queuing for food at the branch in St George's Street, Canterbury at about 02:15 GMT on Friday when the assault occurred.
Investigating officers said three men entered the restaurant and began being noisy and bumping into people.
It is believed one of the group then set light to the woman's hair.
Officers have released CCTV images of three men they are keen to speak to regarding the attack.
Det Sgt Barry Carr said: "Fortunately the fire was put out quickly and the victim was not seriously hurt, but things could clearly have turned out much worse.
"This was a nasty and extremely dangerous thing to do, and I urge anyone who recognises the men in the CCTV images to contact me as soon as possible."

Summary: A woman's hair was set alight in a suspected arson attack at a McDonald's.

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Earlier this month, a series of character posters and the film's trailer provoked uproar on social media for their predominantly white cast.
Last week both the film's director, Alex Proyas, and studio, Lionsgate, apologised for the offence.
Proyas said it was clear "casting choices should have been more diverse".
The action movie - due to be released early next year - sees white actors such as Gerard Butler, Rufus Sewell and Geoffrey Rush take centre stage in a film about warring Egyptian gods.
The publicity material prompted actress Bette Midler to tweet: "Movie, #GodsOfEgypt in which everyone is white?  Egyptians, in history and today, have NEVER been white. BRING BACK GEOGRAPHY!! It's Africa!"
'Failure'
"We recognise that it is our responsibility to help ensure that casting decisions reflect the diversity and culture of the time periods portrayed," wrote Lionsgate in an official statement, released on Friday.
"In this instance we failed to live up to our own standards of sensitivity and diversity, for which we sincerely apologise.
"Lionsgate is deeply committed to making films that reflect the diversity of our audiences. We have, can and will continue to do better.â€‹â€‹"
A statement released by I, Robot director Proyas read: "The process of casting a movie has many complicated variables, but it is clear that our casting choices should have been more diverse. I sincerely apologise to those who are offended by the decisions we made."
DuVernay, who became the first black female director to receive a Golden Globe nomination for the civil rights movie Selma in 2014, applauded the film-makers' honesty.
"This kind of apology never happens - for something that happens all the time. An unusual occurrence worth noting," she tweeted.
"GODS OF EGYPT makes me value [JJ] Abrams' STAR WARS choices more. Makes me cheer more for [Ryan] Coogler's CREED. We all deserve icons in our own image," she added, in a further tweet.
The criticism follows similar complaints about Ridley Scott's 2014 movie Exodus: Gods and Kings, which saw Christian Bale cast as Moses - and more recently, Joe Wright's casting of Rooney Mara as Tiger Lilly in Pan.
Gods of Egypt has a reported budget of $140m (Â£92m). It is scheduled for release on 26 February.

Summary: Award-winning film-maker Ava DuVernay has praised the makers of Gods of Egypt for apologising for their casting.

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Malorie Bantala, 21, was 32-weeks pregnant when she was assaulted by two people in Peckham on 15 June.
A boy, 17, was charged on Tuesday with child destruction and grievous bodily harm. He is due to appear at Barkingside Magistrates' Court later.
Kevin Wilson, 20, was charged in June with child destruction and causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
The teaching assistant, of Longfield Estate in Bermondsey, who is believed to be the baby's father, denies the charge and will face a trial in November.

Summary: A second teenager has been charged in connection with an attack on a pregnant woman in east London.

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The Italian authorities concluded Claire Martin killed herself after suffering from post-natal depression.
Her parents, from Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, believe she was murdered because "things don't add up".
Ashfield MP Gloria De Piero said there are "anomalies to explore".
Ms Martin, 30, lived with son and her in-laws in Grottaminarda, near Naples, while her partner worked in Germany.
In March 2012, Ms Martin suffered multiple stab wounds to her neck, struggled upstairs and died.
A murder investigation was launched, but 15 months later the Italian authority closed the case after it ruled she had committed suicide.
Following a recent Guardian newspaper article on her death, her father Ray Martin said: "Things don't add up.
"It's impossible to stab yourself multiple times in the neck and climb up stairs after wiping the blood clean off the knife."
Her mother Pat Martin said: "It's a continuing nightmare, nobody gives a damn."
Ms De Piero said forensic reports have been translated into English, but there are witness statements and other evidence only available in Italian.
The MP has asked for a meeting in October with the Italian government to "get the answers the Martin's need".
Mr Martin said: "We hope to meet with the magistrate, but I honestly don't know why they won't speak with us."
The Foreign Office said it would not comment on individual cases, but has provided consular assistance to the family.
It added: "We will continue to assist in any way we can, although we cannot interfere in the legal system of another country."

Summary: The parents of a woman who was found stabbed to death in a flat in Naples in 2012 have said they want answers from the Italian government.

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The Office for National Statistics said industrial output fell 0.7% compared with January, when it dropped 0.3%.
Unexpectedly warm weather drove the change, because it led to a fall in electricity and gas demand, the ONS said.
Construction output fell by 1.7% in February, down from a revised January reading of zero growth.
The construction figure, the biggest drop in nearly a year, was mainly the result of a 2.6% fall in the housebuilding sector.
Meanwhile, the UK's deficit in goods and services widened to Â£3.7bn in February, from a revised figure of Â£3bn in January.
According to the ONS, the deficit was fuelled by what it called "erratic items", such as imports of gold and aircraft.
"The overall trade deficit worsened, but excluding erratic items, the picture improved, as imports fell more than exports," said ONS senior statistician Kate Davies.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Markit, called the figures "a disappointing package of data for the UK economy which fuels suspicion that GDP growth slowed markedly, largely due to consumers becoming more cautious".
He added: "We suspect UK GDP growth in the first quarter of 2017 slowed to 0.4% quarter-on-quarter from 0.7% quarter-on-quarter in the fourth quarter of 2016 - this would be the weakest growth rate since the first quarter of 2016."

Summary: UK industrial output fell for the second month in a row in February, official figures have shown.

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The author whose Sea of Poppies was shortlisted for the Booker prize in 2008, is being hosted as a writer-in-residence at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
He has been posting regular tweets and pictures, including the dining table Nelson Mandela ate at and guest rooms foreign dignitaries have stayed in.
His latest book is on climate change.
The Twitter tour was not limited to just the interiors of the official residence.
Ghosh pointed out aspects of the famed gardens, and also drew attention to a sewage treatment plant on the premises.
The Mughal gardens are hugely popular in India, and are opened to the public once a year.
Ghosh also took the time to meet members of the president's security detail including Vikrant, the horse that leads all the ceremonial parades the president participates in.
Many social media users have thanked the author for giving them an "unseen glimpse" into the President's house, while others have been offering their own insights- and even criticisms- of the residence..
One user suggested that some of the rooms could "use more light", while others said that "heavy dusty carpeting" could "smother the will to live".

Summary: Indian author Pankaj Ghosh has been giving social media users a tour of the official residence of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.

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The bridge, over the River Wharfe at Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, collapsed in December 2015, affecting 79 homes and businesses.
The report, for North Yorkshire County Council, said improved defences should be a "priority".
The Environment Agency said it was preparing a funding bid for improved defences.
Read more about this and other stories from across Yorkshire
The report said heavy rain over the Christmas period fell on ground already saturated following heavy rain throughout November and December.
The level of the River Wharfe rose rapidly and overtopped the town's existing defences.
It states: "An improved system of flood defences in Tadcaster is a priority for the town.
"The current level of protection [for a one-in-25 year flood event] is low and whilst the rainfall preceding the flood was unusual, the risk of a repeat event remains."
Don Mackenzie, executive member on North Yorkshire County Council, said: "Clearly we want to see the basic defences built up higher so that we have more than the current 25 year protection. Ideally we would like to see a 100 year protection."
Nicola Eades, from Tadcaster Flood Action Group, welcomed the report.
"We are working closely with the organisations [on plans for defences] but it will be about what will be acceptable to the public."
She also said it would be dependent on what funding would be available nationally and regionally.
The report praises the Tadcaster Flood Action Group (TFAG) for its work in improving flood awareness and resilience in the town since 2015.
It concludes: "It is undoubtedly true that Tadcaster is better prepared for flooding through the actions and activities of TFAG."

Summary: The risk of a repeat of last year's flooding that caused the collapse of a bridge remains high, a report has said.

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Moore, who is 6ft 5ins, scored 10 goals in 21 league appearances this season for Rovers and Torquay, where he had a brief loan spell earlier this term.
The 24-year-old has penned an 18-month deal at Portman Road.
Spence, 26, has signed to the end of the season having been without a club since leaving MK Dons in the summer.
The former West Ham defender played 80 times for the Dons after joining on a full-time contract, following two separate loan spells.
Both are unavailable for Ipswich's FA Cup third-round replay at Lincoln on Tuesday as they were not registered before the original tie.
Ipswich Town boss Mick McCarthy confirmed on Saturday to BBC Radio Suffolk he was still searching for another striker despite signing Moore, having previously had an approach turned down by Preston for Jordan Hugill.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.

Summary: Ipswich Town have signed Bristol Rovers striker Ryan Moore and ex-MK Dons defender Lee Spence for undisclosed fees.

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Their 196-run first-innings lead came mainly thanks to Tom Kohler-Cadmore (102) and Ed Barnard (59).
Further contributions down the order allowed the visitors to reach 403 all out for five batting bonus points.
Glamorgan started well with Jacques Rudolph and Nick Selman putting on 74 for the first wicket, but they ended 141-3 at the close, 55 runs behind.
Worcestershire claimed three wickets for 34 runs to reduce Glamorgan to 108-3, but Colin Ingram (41 not out) and Aneurin Donald saw out the rest of the day.
Glamorgan bowler Michael Hogan told BBC Wales Sport: "It seemed to go through different stages at different times. It was a little trickier at times and then got easier as ball got softer. The boys toiled hard but it could have been a bit better.
"It was good to see Lukas Carey doing well. He has done a lot of work in pre-season and he has worked really hard on his fitness and his technique, so it is good to see him being given a chance and taking it with both hands.
"I'm fitter after a winter off, probably lacked a bit of bowling conditioning. I've had a few weeks off with injury so probably I got bit tired towards the end.
"We thought with the sun out after about 35 or 40 overs it got a bit easier, but they have got a good attack so we will have to absorb a bit of pressure. I think the boys can do the job and if the boys can build a good total we can hopefully bowl them out."

Summary: Worcestershire made a solid start to their reply to Glamorgan's first innings total on day one of the County Championship match at Chelmsford.

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The district council-owned building has been upgraded for the first time in more than three decades.
It includes a new 33m pool, a shallow training pool, sauna and steam room.
The sports hall has been revamped and a £250,000 climbing wall has been built at the Bridgefoot centre.
The double Olympic gold medallist said: "It's an amazing venue for these guys so that they can learn a life skill as well as having fun.
"So many pools nowadays through this whole country have been knocked down and it's incredible that they've invested the money back to make a safe place."
It is the second time Adlington has visited the centre after she opened the temporary pool provided as part of the British Gas 'Pools for Schools Programme' earlier this year.
Other athletes who joined the celebrations included water polo player, Rosie Morris, who competed as the GB goalkeeper at the London Olympics in 2012.
Zoe Reeve, former member of the GB Synchro Squad and triple Commonwealth Gold Medallist and three-time Olympian James Goddard also attended the event.

Summary: Olympic gold medallist Jo Adlington has opened a new £2.5m swimming and diving centre in Wirral.

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The old Victoria Ground, next to the A500, shut in 1997 when the club moved to the Britannia Stadium and has remained vacant ever since.
Plans for the 16-acre site include 130 homes being built initially, followed by a further 70.
David Sidaway, from the council, said he was proud to have secured investment for the "very important site".
A plan to build offices there was shelved in 2004 and in 2007 St Modwen said the recession had affected development opportunities.
Further plans for housing were announced in 2013 but never happened.
Dave Smith, from developer St Modwen Homes, said: "We understand that the Victoria Ground is an important site for both the people of Stoke-on-Trent and the city council.
"Having taken the comments from the public consultation on board, particularly for the second phase of development, we are looking forward to turning our plans for the Victoria Ground site into reality and breathing new life into the community and surrounding area."
After working with the Environment Agency over potential flooding issues, a nearby primary school to include sports pitches in the development and holding a public consultation, plans will be submitted by the end of the month, the council said.

Summary: Stoke-on-Trent City Council has announced plans to build up to 200 homes on the site of the city's former football ground.

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A colony has been roosting in St Hilda's Church at Ellerburn, close to the North York Moors.
But despite the church's best efforts the bats are not moving and are soiling the altar and church furniture, leaving the church with an "appalling smell".
The creatures are protected by law and cannot be wilfully disturbed.
Volunteers at the church have been working for the past decade to keep the altar, stonework and woodwork clean.
But the bats, roosting in the higher areas of the church continually soil the interior of the building with urine and faeces.
Church warden Liz Cowley said keeping the 11th Century building in good shape was difficult.
She said: "You can see the urine marks (on the altar), they won't go away.
"If people were coming in here damaging an ancient building like this, you would say it was criminal damage.
"The smell is appalling, it's a combination of ammonia from the urine and a musty smell from the droppings that catches at the back of the throat."
Members of the church had spent Â£10,000 trying to get the bats to move and had paid for specially-built lofts nearby.
The Rev Paul Mothersdale, the Rector of St Hilda's Church, said a lot of money had been invested in trying to persuade the bats to move out of the church.
The Rev Mothersdale said: "We've tried to do everything that English Nature, or Natural England, have wanted us to do.
"Money has been spent, not only by the congregation, not only out of church funds, but local people have mucked in and helped.
"And yet we're no further forward, we're still as we were 10 years ago."
Lucy Bellini, of Natural England, said the bats had to be carefully monitored.
Ms Bellini said: "It is a really regionally important roost.
"Because of that we need to be sure that there are replacement roosts that are suitable and that the bats have found and are aware of and can move to before we allow the church to seal up access points and move the bats out of the church."

Summary: A church in North Yorkshire has spent thousands of pounds trying to get a colony of bats to move out.

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WBC cruiserweight champion Bellew, 34, produced an upset to stop David Haye in a heavyweight contest last month.
But when asked if he would fight WBA and IBF champion Joshua, Bellew said: "Absolutely not. I don't need that kind of fight. He's far too good for me."
His promoter Eddie Hearn said he could fight WBO champion Joseph Parker next.
New Zealand's Parker, 25, will defend his title against Romanian Razvan Cojanu in Auckland next weekend.
Speaking after Joshua's 11th-round stoppage of Wladimir Klitschko, Bellew said: "I'm still dreaming about winning the heavyweight world title but a different portion to the one AJ has."
The Liverpudlian said he was considering retirement following his surprise victory over Haye last month on his heavyweight debut.
But on fighting Parker, he added: "I say Eddie knows what he's doing."
Promoter Hearn confirmed that an all-British Bellew-Joshua fight was not on the cards.
"Tony and Joshua are good friends," he told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme on Sunday morning.
"Tony Bellew has got his eye on some of the smaller guys. Fighters like Joshua are giants and Bellew isn't, but he's in the mix we talk about for challenging for world heavyweight titles."
Bellew is not a natural heavyweight, having stepped up from the cruiserweight division to fight David Haye in March.
He weighed in at 96.6kg for that fight, while Joshua was at a career heaviest of 113 kg against Klitschko on Saturday - a difference of almost 20kg.
But also in the mix for Bellew is WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder - and the American wants a unification fight against Joshua, should he take the WBO belt off Parker.
"My plans are to get the WBO belt and once I get that, if I'm given a mandatory challenger, get that out of the way and set up a mega fight early in 2018," said Wilder.

Summary: Tony Bellew has ruled out a world heavyweight title fight with Anthony Joshua, saying he is "far too good" for the Briton.

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Watkins has been banned for four years after he tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone and the stimulant methylhexaneamine.
He joins team-mate Shaun Cleary, who has been banned for two years as benzoylecgonine, a cocaine metabolite, was found in his system.
Both players tested positive before a friendly against Bridgend Ravens RFC.
UKAD Director of Legal, Graham Arthur said: "Ryan Watkins deliberately ingested nandrolone and methylhexaneamine without any consideration for his responsibilities as an athlete.
"By making this conscious choice to dope, Watkins has chosen to cheat his team-mates, the opposition and his sport.
"I hope this case will act as strong deterrent to other young amateur players - the risks to your playing career, your reputation and more importantly to your health, just aren't worth it."
Speaking about Cleary, Mr Arthur said:  "Although Mr Cleary used cocaine three days before playing, cocaine was still in his system when he played.
"Cocaine is banned from sport and athletes are solely responsible for what is in their system, regardless of whether there is an intention to cheat or not."
Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Martyn Phillips said about Cleary: "This case serves as a strong warning to everyone in the game that non-compliance with anti-doping rules carries grave consequences.
"Whether intentional, or inadvertent, players have a responsibility to themselves, to each other, to their clubs and to the sport to act within the rules and spirit of the game.
"We work closely with UK Anti-Doping and fully adhere to the World Anti-Doping Code. There is no room in the code for carelessness or not knowing.
"We will be relentless in working with UKAD to follow up leads that out players who dope in Welsh rugby."
Maesteg Harlequins are mid-table in Welsh National League Division One West Central and Cleary has been banned until 10 October, 2017. Watkins is banned until 11 September 2019.

Summary: Maesteg Harlequins' Ryan Watkins has become another Welsh rugby player to be suspended by UK Anti-Doping.

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Watkins has been banned for four years after he tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone and the stimulant methylhexaneamine.
He joins team-mate Shaun Cleary, who has been banned for two years as benzoylecgonine, a cocaine metabolite, was found in his system.
Both players tested positive before a friendly against Bridgend Ravens RFC.
UKAD Director of Legal, Graham Arthur said: "Ryan Watkins deliberately ingested nandrolone and methylhexaneamine without any consideration for his responsibilities as an athlete.
"By making this conscious choice to dope, Watkins has chosen to cheat his team-mates, the opposition and his sport.
"I hope this case will act as strong deterrent to other young amateur players - the risks to your playing career, your reputation and more importantly to your health, just aren't worth it."
Speaking about Cleary, Mr Arthur said:  "Although Mr Cleary used cocaine three days before playing, cocaine was still in his system when he played.
"Cocaine is banned from sport and athletes are solely responsible for what is in their system, regardless of whether there is an intention to cheat or not."
Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Martyn Phillips said about Cleary: "This case serves as a strong warning to everyone in the game that non-compliance with anti-doping rules carries grave consequences.
"Whether intentional, or inadvertent, players have a responsibility to themselves, to each other, to their clubs and to the sport to act within the rules and spirit of the game.
"We work closely with UK Anti-Doping and fully adhere to the World Anti-Doping Code. There is no room in the code for carelessness or not knowing.
"We will be relentless in working with UKAD to follow up leads that out players who dope in Welsh rugby."
Maesteg Harlequins are mid-table in Welsh National League Division One West Central and Cleary has been banned until 10 October, 2017. Watkins is banned until 11 September 2019.

Summary: Maesteg Harlequins rugby player Ryan Watkins has been banned by UK Anti-Doping for doping.

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The site - which is owned by Google - is launching a competition for teenagers to create an experiment that could be carried out in space.
Two winning ideas will be tested by the crew of the International Space Station.
Google chairman Eric Schmidt recently criticised science and technology education in the UK.
Delivering the annual McTaggart lecture in Edinburgh, Mr Schmidt said the country needed to reignite children's passion for subjects such as engineering and maths.
In addition to having their experiment run in space, the winners will get to experience weightlessness on a zero-g airplane flight, and have the option to either undergo astronaut training in Russia, or to watch the rocket launch in Japan which takes their idea into space.
When the experiments are eventually run, the results will be streamed live on YouTube.
The competition is divided into two age groups. 14-16 years, and 17-18 years.
Alongside Prof Hawking, the judging panel consists of former Astronauts Leland Melvin, Frank De Winne, Akihiko Hoshide and noted "space tourist" Guy LalibertÃ©.

Summary: Stephen Hawking has joined a judging panel for a science experiment competition run by the internet search giant, Nasa.

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Strikes planned for Christmas were suspended after the new offer was made but members rejected it by 7-1.
The strike affects "mixed fleet" staff who joined after 2010 and account for 15% of the total cabin crew.
BA said it planned to "ensure that all our customers travel to their destinations".
It said further details for customers would be published on Friday 6 January, once it had finalised contingency plans.
"We are extremely disappointed that Unite has once again chosen to target our customers," the company said.
"We are now focused on protecting our customers from this unnecessary and completely unjustified action."
The dispute concerns about 4,000 staff who have joined the airline since 2010 on "mixed fleet" contracts, who do not feel they are paid enough. About 2,500 of them are Unite members.
Earnings were advertised between £21,000 and £25,000 but, in reality, start at just over £12,000 plus £3 an hour flying pay, Unite said.
The union said its members rejected the new offer by 7-1.
"British Airways is needlessly provoking strike action by refusing to extend the mandate of the strike ballot and allow meaningful talks to take place," Unite's national office Oliver Richardson said.
"Instead of listening to why its mixed fleet cabin crew rejected the offer negotiated at Acas, British Airways has sought instead to try and bully a workforce of young men and women who are trying to eke out a living on poverty pay."
However, he added that the union was "hopeful that a negotiated settlement which meets our members' aspirations can be achieved" and urged BA to "engage constructively".

Summary: British Airways cabin crew have voted to go on strike in a dispute over pay, the Unite union has said.

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However, the government has insisted there is a link between the attack and Syrian Kurdish fighters.
Prosecutors and security officials said DNA tests had identified the bomber as Abdulbaki Somer, born in the eastern Turkish city of Van.
Last week's bombing killed 29 people, at least 20 of them military personnel.
"The bomber's DNA matches that of Abdulbaki's father," a senior Turkish security official told Reuters news agency.
Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency quoted prosecutors confirming the report.
It said that Abdulbaki Somer was believed to have joined the Kurdish militant PKK group in 2005 at the age of 16 and was based in the Qandil mountains in northern Iraq until 2014.
The agency said that Somer's father had told police that his son was behind the attack.
Following the blast in Ankara, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu named the bomber as Salih Necar, a Syrian national and member of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).
"Whatever the judicial inquiry concludes over the identity of the bomber, it is clear that the bomber came from Rojava, the area of the PYD," Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told reporters on Tuesday, referring to another Syrian Kurd-controlled northern Syria.
He said the bomber had entered Turkey from the region in the summer of 2014.
Turkish newspaper the Hurriyet suggested that Abdulbaki Somer may have re-entered Turkey with false papers under the name Salih Necar.
The PKK, which has been fighting for Kurdish self-determination since 1984, is considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey and its Western allies.
Turkey has also designated the YPG a terrorist group, but its allies, including the United States, back the YPG in its fight against so-called Islamic State (IS).

Summary: A suicide bomber who killed dozens of people in the Turkish capital Ankara last week was the son of a Kurdish militant, officials say.

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RWE Innogy UK had applied for a permit to divert water from the River Conwy to supply a new hydroelectric scheme near Betws-y-Coed.
Campaigners had feared the scheme would reduce the waterfall to a "trickle".
Natural Resources Wales refused permission saying it could harm the local environment.
RWE Innogy UK had said its Conwy Falls hydro power station plans, in Conwy Valley, could provide more than 3,200 households with power.
The plans, which had faced opposition from environmentalists, anglers, canoeists and businesses, would have seen a new hydro power scheme built 400 metres (1,312ft) upstream from the falls.
But on Thursday, NRW turned down the application for a permit to build and operate the plant saying the company wanted to abstract too much water at times from the river.
Sian Williams, head of operations north for NRW, said: "The Conwy is an important natural asset for the area and we've conducted a detailed assessment of the proposals before reaching this decision.
"We support sustainable developments in the right places.
"But the evidence we've scrutinised shows that the proposal submitted could harm the local environment. As such, we can't grant it a permit."
In March, Snowdonia National Park Authority's planning committee rejected the scheme.
RWE Innogy UK has been contacted for comment.

Summary: Controversial plans for an energy scheme at a waterfall beauty spot in Snowdonia National Park have been refused.

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RWE Innogy UK had applied for a permit to divert water from the River Conwy to supply a new hydroelectric scheme near Betws-y-Coed.
Campaigners had feared the scheme would reduce the waterfall to a "trickle".
Natural Resources Wales refused permission saying it could harm the local environment.
RWE Innogy UK had said its Conwy Falls hydro power station plans, in Conwy Valley, could provide more than 3,200 households with power.
The plans, which had faced opposition from environmentalists, anglers, canoeists and businesses, would have seen a new hydro power scheme built 400 metres (1,312ft) upstream from the falls.
But on Thursday, NRW turned down the application for a permit to build and operate the plant saying the company wanted to abstract too much water at times from the river.
Sian Williams, head of operations north for NRW, said: "The Conwy is an important natural asset for the area and we've conducted a detailed assessment of the proposals before reaching this decision.
"We support sustainable developments in the right places.
"But the evidence we've scrutinised shows that the proposal submitted could harm the local environment. As such, we can't grant it a permit."
In March, Snowdonia National Park Authority's planning committee rejected the scheme.
RWE Innogy UK has been contacted for comment.

Summary: Plans to build a hydro power station near Conwy Falls in Snowdonia have been refused by Natural Resources Wales.

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The character with a huge papier mache head was the alter-ego of musician and comedian Chris Sievey, who died in 2010.
Fans raised Â£60,000 for the tribute which was made in a Czech foundry.
Hundreds of people attended an unveiling ceremony earlier, many in fancy dress for the occasion.
Neil Taylor, who helped raise the donations for the statue, said its installation would mean that "Frank will gaze on the Timperley sunset forever".
He said: "You either got the humour or you didn't get the humour.
"Frank Sidebottom created a whole world, he was just magical. He just made a very modest living entertaining people and that's what he's enjoying doing."
Sievey set his character's life in the village, where he lived himself, and, as Frank, hosted tours of the area for fans.
He often referenced Timperley in his TV and music work, notably on his 1987 release, The Timperley EP, which featured a version of The Kinks' 1967 song Waterloo Sunset with altered lyrics that referred extensively to the village.
He also covered Sex Pistols' Anarchy in the UK, changing its title to Anarchy in Timperley.
Although best known for Frank Sidebottom, Sievey also had success in the late 1970s with his punk band The Freshies, who had a hit with I'm In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk.
His TV fame peaked in the early 1990s with his own series Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show.
Next year Michael Fassbender will play Frank Sidebottom in Frank, a movie inspired by the character.

Summary: A statue of Frank Sidebottom has been unveiled in the Derbyshire village of Timperley.

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The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) accused ministers of offering an "unworkable" guarantee to protect firefighters aged over 55 who fail fitness tests "through no fault of their own".
The government said it had been "clear" that the staff would get full pensions.
It said "robust" plans were in place to protect the public during the strike.
In December, MPs approved plans to make firefighters in England work until they are 60 and to increase their pension contributions.
Fire minister Penny Mordaunt said no firefighter over 55 would lose their job for losing fitness if it was not their fault.
But the FBU says it has contacted fire authorities and "a number" said they would not uphold the guarantee.
FBU general secretary Matt Wrack claimed: "It is clear that when Penny Mordaunt gave the guarantee in Parliament she would have been aware that no fire authority ever planned to implement the 'guarantee'."
He said Ms Mordaunt had "misled" fire service staff and Parliament, and firefighters were "unbelievably angry with the disgraceful actions of this government".
A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said firefighters who "fail a fitness test through no fault of their own and cannot regain fitness with remedial help" would get an "unreduced pension".
The FBU said its members in Northern Ireland had ended their dispute following a "revised and improved offer with a lower pension age".
It said members in Scotland and Wales would not strike because "genuine negotiations" had taken place.

Summary: The government has been accused of "misleading" fire service staff ahead of a 24-hour strike in England over pensions.

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Dyfed-Powys Police took to social media on Tuesday to ask for help in tracing Rebecca, saying officers were "very concerned for her".
The force said the mother and child were found in the early hours of Wednesday.
A spokesman said it was thanks to the public response on Facebook.
"Our communities' response to this appeal was significant, with over 1,000 Facebook shares achieved in the first hour and with all parts of Pembrokeshire covered according to the comments posted by our concerned followers," he added.

Summary: A three-year-old girl who went missing in Pembrokeshire has been found safe and well, police have said.

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The inaugural event - which is running until 5 November - features scores of local, national and international comedians, with Tom Stade among the headliners for the opening night.
Created by Aberdeen Inspired and Breakneck Comedy, the festival is using more than 20 city centre venues.
There will also be events aimed at children, and comedy workshops.
It is hoped it will help put the Aberdeen comedy circuit on the map.
Organiser Naz Hussain told BBC Scotland: "People are really looking forward to the festival.
"It's something that will potentially grow into something really big."

Summary: Aberdeen's first ever comedy festival is getting under way.

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Sharing revenge-porn images and videos became a crime in England and Wales in February, but the law currently gives victims no right to hide identities.
The move was jointly started by Keeley Richards-Shaw, whose ex-boyfriend was the first sentenced under the new law.
The Ministry of Justice said judges had discretionary powers to withhold names.
Speaking on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme earlier in December, Ms Richards-Shaw said media coverage had increased her distress and a change in the law was crucial to help victims "keep their personal life personal".
North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Julia Mulligan, who is also behind the petition, has written to the government with Ms Richards-Shaw about the issue.
A loophole existed, the PCC said, because revenge porn was classed as a domestic abuse offence rather than a sexual offence.
She said: "It's wrong that victims of this very personal and distressing crime are being violated all over again by their stories being played out online and in the media.
"Any victim of revenge porn should have full confidence that their identity will be protected by law and this matter deserves to be far higher up the political agenda."

Summary: More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for revenge porn victims to be given the right to anonymity.

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Sharing revenge-porn images and videos became a crime in England and Wales in February, but the law currently gives victims no right to hide identities.
The move was jointly started by Keeley Richards-Shaw, whose ex-boyfriend was the first sentenced under the new law.
The Ministry of Justice said judges had discretionary powers to withhold names.
Speaking on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme earlier in December, Ms Richards-Shaw said media coverage had increased her distress and a change in the law was crucial to help victims "keep their personal life personal".
North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Julia Mulligan, who is also behind the petition, has written to the government with Ms Richards-Shaw about the issue.
A loophole existed, the PCC said, because revenge porn was classed as a domestic abuse offence rather than a sexual offence.
She said: "It's wrong that victims of this very personal and distressing crime are being violated all over again by their stories being played out online and in the media.
"Any victim of revenge porn should have full confidence that their identity will be protected by law and this matter deserves to be far higher up the political agenda."

Summary: A petition calling for revenge porn victims to be given the same anonymity as other victims of sexual offences has gained support.

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The presenter succeeded Jonathan Ross as host of the revamped weekly show and said leaving "wasn't an easy decision".
Winkleman, who also co-hosts Saturday night show Strictly Come Dancing, said the show "simply deserves someone who can give it their all".
A new series will return this autumn with the new presenter to be announced "in due course", the BBC said.
Winkleman, who lists The Godfather and The Shawshank Redemption as her favourite films, said: "I'm incredibly sad about leaving the film show and it wasn't an easy decision.
"At this time of year I juggle all kinds of things for TV and radio and the show simply deserves someone who can give it their all."
She added that she would miss film critic Danny Leigh, who presents the show alongside her, and the team behind the show.
Mark Bell, BBC head of arts commissioning, said: "We've loved having Claudia on Film 2016 and I'd like to thank her for all her hard work and commitment to the show."
The long-running film show, first broadcast 45 years ago, was fronted by film critic Barry Norman for 26 years. He was succeeded by Ross in 1999, who stayed at the helm for 11 years.
Winkleman will still present the BBC's The Great British Sewing Bee and host a Radio 2 show.
After landing the job on Strictly in 2014 when Sir Bruce Forsyth left, the mother-of-three said of her TV and radio commitments, she would "make it work".
The 14th series of Strictly gets under way on Saturday evening, with Olympians, actors and singers competing for the glitterball trophy.

Summary: Claudia Winkleman has quit the BBC show, Film 2016, after fronting the programme.

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The presenter succeeded Jonathan Ross as host of the revamped weekly show and said leaving "wasn't an easy decision".
Winkleman, who also co-hosts Saturday night show Strictly Come Dancing, said the show "simply deserves someone who can give it their all".
A new series will return this autumn with the new presenter to be announced "in due course", the BBC said.
Winkleman, who lists The Godfather and The Shawshank Redemption as her favourite films, said: "I'm incredibly sad about leaving the film show and it wasn't an easy decision.
"At this time of year I juggle all kinds of things for TV and radio and the show simply deserves someone who can give it their all."
She added that she would miss film critic Danny Leigh, who presents the show alongside her, and the team behind the show.
Mark Bell, BBC head of arts commissioning, said: "We've loved having Claudia on Film 2016 and I'd like to thank her for all her hard work and commitment to the show."
The long-running film show, first broadcast 45 years ago, was fronted by film critic Barry Norman for 26 years. He was succeeded by Ross in 1999, who stayed at the helm for 11 years.
Winkleman will still present the BBC's The Great British Sewing Bee and host a Radio 2 show.
After landing the job on Strictly in 2014 when Sir Bruce Forsyth left, the mother-of-three said of her TV and radio commitments, she would "make it work".
The 14th series of Strictly gets under way on Saturday evening, with Olympians, actors and singers competing for the glitterball trophy.

Summary: Claudia Winkleman is to leave the BBC's film show Claudia on Film after two years.

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The value of the deal has not been not disclosed.
The acquisition will add more than 60 employees and more than 6,000 fleet assets to Aggreko's Rental Solutions business.
Glasgow-based Aggreko said it planned to fully integrate Dryco into its North America business.
It also intends to develop "expansion plans to enter additional sectors and global markets".
Dryco specialises in moisture control, drying, heating, and cooling applications for a number of industries, including shipping, manufacturing, food processing and construction.
The company, which operates 10 full-service locations in North America, posted revenues last year of $19m (Â£14.6m).
Aggreko chief executive Chris Weston said: "This acquisition combines the deep technical strength of two highly respected market leaders and provides our customers with an unparalleled range of solutions that can address their HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) and moisture control needs.
"It also gives Aggreko an opportunity to further support our rapidly expanding customer base within the shipping, food and beverage and painting and coatings industries."

Summary: Scottish energy firm Aggreko has agreed to buy US-based moisture control company Dryco.

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The Chesterfield striker was cleared of rape at a retrial in 2016. He had been charged with attacking the woman in a hotel room in Rhyl, Denbighshire.
Following the retrial, North Wales Police investigated after the woman's name was revealed on social media.
Anyone who reports being a victim of a sex offence is guaranteed lifelong anonymity.
North Wales Police's temporary Supt Jason Devonport said the publishing of her name was a "serious" offence.
The men, aged between 16 and 23, were from the Sheffield, Derbyshire and Birmingham areas.
All were cautioned after admitting publishing the name of the woman - who has lifelong anonymity under the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 - after the retrial verdict.
Supt Devonport said: "This type of offence is fortunately rare, however, I'd like to emphasise all police forces take offences of this nature very seriously.
"We will vigorously pursue and prosecute those who don't respect victims' anonymity."
In November 2012 - following the initial trial - nine people were made to pay compensation to the woman after they admitted naming her on Twitter and Facebook.
Mr Evans, 28, was originally found guilty of rape at Caernarfon Crown Court in 2012, but that conviction was quashed in April 2016. A retrial jury found him not guilty of the offence six months later.
The Chesterfield striker had been charged with attacking her at a hotel on 30 May 2011.
He was found not guilty of the same charge, after a retrial at Cardiff Crown Court, in October 2016.
Mr Evans' former club Sheffield United announced this week it was to re-sign him.

Summary: Four men have been cautioned by police after publishing the name of a woman who was raped by footballer Ched Evans in 2011.

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Each team had an early chance before Dover captain Jamie Grimes' looping header put the visitors ahead in the eighth minute.
Macclesfield keeper Scott Flinders, making his first appearance after signing from York, misjudged a free-kick, allowing Grimes to nod in.
Flinders saved a curling James Hurst effort and Dover had a goal ruled out just after half-time.
Those missed opportunities came back to haunt Athletic when Holroyd got on the end of Danny Whitaker's shot to level in the 69th minute before bursting through and scoring again soon after.
Flinders atoned for his early error by brilliantly keeping out Moses Emmanuel's late volley as Macclesfield held on for a victory that moves them to within six points of promotion-chasing Dover.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Macclesfield Town 2, Dover Athletic 1.
Second Half ends, Macclesfield Town 2, Dover Athletic 1.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Laurie Bell replaces Chris Holroyd.
Substitution, Dover Athletic. Tyrone Marsh replaces Ricky Miller.
Ricky Miller (Dover Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
Richard Orlu (Dover Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!  Macclesfield Town 2, Dover Athletic 1. Chris Holroyd (Macclesfield Town).
Substitution, Dover Athletic. Jim Stevenson replaces Ricky Modeste.
Goal!  Macclesfield Town 1, Dover Athletic 1. Chris Holroyd (Macclesfield Town).
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Anthony Dudley replaces Jack Sampson.
Substitution, Dover Athletic. Chris Kinnear replaces James Hurst.
Second Half begins Macclesfield Town 0, Dover Athletic 1.
First Half ends, Macclesfield Town 0, Dover Athletic 1.
James Hurst (Dover Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!  Macclesfield Town 0, Dover Athletic 1. Jamie Grimes (Dover Athletic).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Summary: Chris Holroyd scored twice as Macclesfield came from behind to beat Dover at Moss Rose.

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Rumours of a tour to celebrate the band's golden anniversary have been circulating for a number of years.
However, Richards would not go so far as to say when the quartet would be performing in public again.
"There's things in the works - I think it's definitely happening," he told the BBC. "But when? I can't say yet."
"We're playing around with the idea and had a couple of rehearsals - we've got together and it feels so good."
Richards was speaking to BBC arts editor Will Gompertz the day before the band turns 50.
They played their first gig at London's Marquee Club on 12 July, 1962; and had their first hit, a cover of Chuck Berry's Come On, 12 months later.
A photography exhibition marking the band's long career will be launched at London's Somerset House on Thursday.
Talking about the pictures, which include reportage, live concert and studio images, the guitarist said he felt "weird" looking back at the group's early days.
"It's amazing - most of these pictures I think, 'where was the cameraman?' I don't remember them being there," he said.
He added he would like the band to continue for as long as possible, saying: "There might be life in the old dog yet - we'll die gracefully, elegantly wasted.
"Sometimes its hard work and you wonder why you're doing it, but apart from those few moments it's been an incredible adventure."
The Stones last world tour, A Bigger Bang, played to 4.5m people in 32 countries over two years before it finished in London in 2007.
With ticket sales of $558m (Â£360m), it was the most profitable tour of all time, until it was eclipsed by U2's 360 tour last year.

Summary: The Rolling Stones are "playing around" with the idea of a world tour, guitarist Keith Richards has said.

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Chelsey Lee, 26, played for Bucheon KEB Hana Bank in the Women's Korean Basketball League (WKBL), whose teams are allowed only two foreign players.
Prosecutors were asked to investigate after the Korean Olympic Committee pushed for Lee's naturalisation.
The WKBL says Lee will be suspended for life and her records annulled.
The Miami-born centre won the league's rookie of the year award in the 2015-16 season after helping her team reach the championship series.
However, Lee and her two agents are suspected of fabricating her and her father's birth certificates to show she had a South Korean grandmother.
Bucheon KEB Hana Bank issued a public apology, vowing to take legal action against Lee and her agents.
The club's owner and head coach will step down.
WKBL commissioner Shin Sun-woo said the team's records and ranking will be nullified and the league will scrap the extra quota for international players with a Korean parent or grandparent.

Summary: A US women's basketball player has been banned from playing in South Korea after being accused of fabricating her birth certificate.

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Council officials will meet on Tuesday to start the process of identifying where the Maes will be.
A cabinet report said 140 acres were needed, along with good mobile phone signal and, if possible, fibre broadband.
Town and community councils will be contacted, asking for suggestions to be sent to Ceredigion council by March.
Once these have been received, they will be forwarded to the National Eisteddfod board, which is responsible for choosing the host site.
The county hosted the first known eisteddfod, when Lord Rhys, prince of Deheubarth, gathered poets and musicians at his castle in Cardigan in AD 1176.

Summary: The site of the 2017 National Eisteddfod in Ceredigion is set to be revealed.

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Hot lava and ash spewed from the top into a valley nearby on the Italian island of Sicily.
The eruption happened on Sunday morning at 4am local time for more than an hour and a half.
Although the area around the volcano was covered by ash, it didn't affect planes travelling near it.
Air traffic can be seriously affected when ash from volcanic eruptions is in the air.
In 2010, the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland erupted and flights in Europe and across the Atlantic were cancelled because the ash particles in the air made it unsafe to fly.
Check out the video above to see Mount Etna's latest eruption in all its glory.

Summary: Mount Etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has erupted for the second time in a week.

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Fellow scrum-half Greig Laidlaw was Scotland's man of the match in their opening Pool B win over Japan.
But Pyrgos takes over as skipper as head coach Vern Cotter rotates his squad against the USA on Sunday.
"Greig had a great game on Wednesday, but I'll focus on my role and do it to the best of my ability," said the Glasgow Warriors 26-year-old.
"I just look at it like it's a great opportunity.
"Hopefully, we get the right result."
Pyrgos led Scotland in a World Cup warm-up defeat by Ireland last month and will be determined to retain his place.
However, Laidlaw is almost certain to return for the potentially decisive meeting with South Africa in Newcastle a week on Saturday.
"I knew coming in that was how it was going to go," added Pyrgos.
"It was amazing to lead the team out against Ireland and again it's a huge honour to captain Scotland at a World Cup.
"I know how much it means to the country and I'm really excited.
"I'm not sure how I'll feel when I get out there, but it'll be a big moment for myself and my family."

Summary: Scotland scrum-half Alex Pyrgos says it will be a "huge honour" to captain the team at the World Cup.

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On Tuesday Mr Obama cancelled planned talks after the firebrand Mr Duterte called him the "son of a whore".
Wednesday's informal meeting took place before an Asean summit gala dinner.
While a Philippine spokesman said he was "very happy" it happened, the US side said they had a "brief discussion" in a pre-meal "hold space" for leaders.
Mr Obama and Mr Duterte are said to have entered the dinner venue separately at the summit in Laos and did not interact with each other during the event, which lasted one hour and 20 minutes.
"They were the last people to leave the holding room. I can't say how long they met," Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay, travelling with Mr Duterte, told reporters shortly afterwards.
"I'm very happy that it happened."
A White House official said the pair exchanged "pleasantries" in a "brief discussion" before dinner.
War on drugs
Mr Duterte's outburst came after at a press conference where he told reporters he would not accept Mr Obama raising any concerns about the war on drugs in the Philippines.
"You must be respectful. Do not just throw away questions and statements. Son of a whore, I will curse you in that forum," Mr Duterte said, apparently in reference to the US president.
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The  Filipino leader later expressed regret over the remarks, but not before Mr Obama had cancelled a planned meeting.
Mr Duterte won the presidency with his hard-line policy to eradicate drugs and some 2,400 people have died in anti-drug operations since he took office in June.
He had previously urged citizens to shoot to kill drug dealers who resisted arrest, and threatened to "separate" from the UN after it called his war on drugs a crime under international law.
President Duterte, known for his controversial remarks, had previously called US Secretary of State John Kerry "crazy" and referred to Pope Francis as the "son of a whore".
But the president also has staunch support at home for his hardline position on drugs.

Summary: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and US President Barack Obama have met for the first time at an Asean summit in Laos.

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The Dow climbed 0.28% to 21,891.12, lifted by increases at Boeing, ExxonMobil and Chevron.
Declines at Discovery Communications, Amazon and Facebook reined in the Nasdaq, which dropped 0.42% to 6,348.12.
The wider S&P 500 was little changed, falling less than 0.1% to 2,470.30.
Markets are in the middle of earnings season, as companies reveal their quarterly performance to investors.
Discovery Communication shares fell more than 8% after the firm's quarterly revenues disappointed and a deal to buy Scripps Networks Interactive failed to reassure investors' concerns about the challenges facing traditional television companies.
Discovery's channels include Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel, while Scripps owns TV channels such as the Travel Channel and Food Network.
Snap fell 1% to $13.67 as a lock-up ended that has prevented early investors and employees from selling shares since the social media company's IPO.
The shares remain well below the price of $17 at which they went on sale in March this year.
Bigger technology companies also fell on Monday. Amazon shares dropped more than 3%, while Facebook shares dropped by more than 1.8%.
Some analysts believe that investors are cashing out after the strong increase in share prices earlier this year.

Summary: The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq closed higher on Monday, despite falls in shares of technology companies.

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The limb was found in a garden in Cranwells Park on Wednesday and has been sent for forensic analysis, Avon and Somerset Police said.
A force spokesman said detectives were "keeping an open mind" as to whether it was linked to two similar incidents in the city.
All three feet have been found within a few hundred yards of each other.
Tests showed the first foot found in Weston Park East in February was  "probably" a medical teaching aid. The second foot, found last month in the same area, is still undergoing tests.
"The same officers are looking into the latest discoveries and will look to confirm beyond all reasonable doubt that they are linked and if there are any new lines of inquiry which can be taken forward," the spokesman added.

Summary: A human foot has been found in a Bristol park, police have said.

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Three Victorian hotels will go to make way for a six-storey, four star hotel and two assisted-living apartment blocks, at East Cliff in Bournemouth.
English Heritage strongly objected to the scale of the development in what is a designated conservation area.
But, councillors voted seven to three in favour saying it would help tourism.
Chair of the planning board and Conservative ward councillor David Kelsey, said the buildings earmarked for demolition were nice but no longer "necessarily functional".
"They've come to the end of their working lives, we need to preserve the tourism aspect while improving living for older people in the town," he said.
"The loss of buildings and trees are always regrettable but we can't stand still, we need to move forward."
The site on Grove Road and East Overcliff Drive will get a 90-room hotel along with a nine-storey and seven-storey building, comprising 122 assisted-living apartments.
Applicants The East Cliff Project LLP will demolish Bay View Court, The Cottonwood and the Ocean View hotels.
The council received 246 letters supporting the plans.
Forty-nine residents and the Ancient Monuments Society wrote to object to the demolition, stating that despite being altered, they still "give a sense of the historic character of the area".
English Heritage said the scale of the development would cause "severe harm" to the conservation area.

Summary: Plans to demolish four buildings to make way for a £100m hotel have been approved by councillors.

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The judge cited a possible conflict of interest in the case of Asia Bibi.
Hundreds of riot police had been deployed around the Supreme Court in the capital, Islamabad.
Blasphemy is a highly sensitive issue in Pakistan - critics argue laws are frequently misused to settle personal scores, often targeting minorities.
Last year the Supreme Court suspended Asia Bibi's death sentence and gave her leave to appeal.
A new date for the hearing has yet to be set.
Judge Iqbal Hameed ur Rehman, one of three set to hear the appeal, recused himself from the case on Thursday.
"I was a part of the bench that was hearing the case of Salmaan Taseer, and this case is related to that," he told the court, AFP reports.
Mr Taseer was the liberal governor of Punjab province. He was killed by his own bodyguard in Islamabad in 2011 after speaking out for Asia Bibi.
Family in hiding
Asia Bibi was the first woman to be sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws and her case is one of the most controversial.
She was sentenced to hang in 2010 for insulting the Prophet Muhammad during an argument with Muslim women which began over a cup of water. She denies the charge.
Thousands have protested against her and said they would kill her if she were ever released - including the imam in her own village. Her husband and four daughters live in hiding and say they have received many death threats.
Asia Bibi's death sentence had been confirmed by the High Court in Punjab province in October, although no date was set.
Correspondents said the granting of leave to appeal by the Supreme Court was the first glimmer of hope for her family.
Her lawyers say the trial and subsequent appeal in the Punjab high court were flawed.
Pakistan has never executed anyone for blasphemy but some people accused of the offence have been lynched by crowds. Lawyers, judges and those seeking to reform the blasphemy laws have also been threatened, attacked or even killed.
Since the 1990s, scores of Christians have been convicted for desecrating the Koran or for blasphemy.
While most of them have been sentenced to death by the lower courts, many sentences have been overturned due to lack of evidence.
Muslims constitute a majority of those prosecuted, followed by minority Ahmadis.

Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court has postponed the hearing of an appeal by a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy.

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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."
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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.
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Summary: Former England all-rounder Gareth Lewis says he wants to help young cricketers avoid the pitfalls of a professional career.

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Mosimane said they could only blame themselves for not capitalising on a quick start in Atteridgeville, just outside Pretoria, where they were 2-0 up after just six minutes as their Ugandan visitors seemed to suffer from stage fright.
We have ourselves to blame for putting ourselves in this position so we need to take ourselves out of this position
Sundowns had the lion's share of possession in the first leg of their last 32-tie after that, but still allowed KCCA to get back into the game and net a potentially vital away goal in the 69th minute.
"We have ourselves to blame for putting ourselves in this position so we need to take ourselves out of this position. So we have to fight for it. We have the experience, we have the game, we have the personnel.," said Mosimane, voted Africa's Coach of the Year for 2016.
It means a tenuous lead for the return leg of the second round tie in the Ugandan capital where KCCA need win only 1-0 to go through on the away goals rule.
Mosimane says Sundowns will have to defend well in the return but also pointed out his own team's good away record in winning last year's crown. He said KCCA would be forced to leave gaps at the back as they went in search of victory in front of their own supporters
"It won't be an easy game for them either because they have to push everybody upfront to go score And then we can play on the break also because we've got that ability."
KCCA surprised Mosimane with their work ethic and their recovery after conceding goals to centre backs Bangaly Soumahoro and Ricardo Nascimento so early in the game
"They worked hard. They are a hard working team, they really worked off the ball, they fight, they run, they don't give up, they have the hope," he said of the Ugandan champions, who are also current league leaders in their domestic competition.
Sundowns now face the possibility of joining the likes of recent champions who have come unstuck in embarrassingly early fashion in defence of their crown.
Last year it was TP Mazembe who went out before the group phase and two years before that Egypt's Al Ahly were handed a shock second round defeat by their namesakes from Benghazi in Libya.

Summary: Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane says his team will have to fight for their African Champions League title after being held to a 2-2 draw by Ugandan side KCCA.

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Machinery that used to be "the heart" of Poldark Mine is to be restored by Cornwall College engineering students.
The tin mine, which is open to the public, is one of the oldest industrial structures in the UK, its owner said.
It is believed that the renovation project on the mine at Wendron near Helston could take several years to complete.
David Edwards, who bought it last year, said the machinery on site "has suffered after 14 years of little or no investment" but that the recent BBC television series has prompted the need for it to be rejuvenated.
"Poldark definitely had an impact for us, it brought more people in buying bookmarks and taking a tour of the mine," he said.
"The challenge now is to restore the machinery we have on display and get it back in order so that it is more interesting to the public.
"This has been a place of industry since the 1400s, one of the oldest industrial structures in the UK, so keeping it going is vital for Cornwall's heritage."
Luke Bazeley, an engineering lecturer at Cornwall College, said: "We always try to give the students work experience and this is the perfect live project to work on - they've loved visiting the site and finding out more about Cornwall's heritage."
He added the students will need to do some research to find replacement parts for the machinery.

Summary: A Cornish tin mine used in the BBC drama Poldark is to undergo a £1.5m revamp.

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Mr Trump pointed to the fact that during the caucus the Cruz campaign told voters rival Ben Carson planned to quit the race, which was not true.
The Cruz campaign apologised to Carson's camp, saying it was a misunderstanding.
Mr Trump also cited Cruz leaflets that accused Iowans of "voting violations".
Paul Pate, the top election official in Iowa, condemned the mailers on Saturday, saying the state does not track or grade individual voters.
Mr Pate said Mr Cruz's mailers "misrepresent Iowa election law" and that they were "not in keeping in the spirit of the Iowa Caucuses," but he stopped short of any official action.
"Ted Cruz didn't win Iowa, he stole it. That is why all of the polls were so wrong and why he got far more votes than anticipated. Bad!" Mr Trump said.
Earlier, he wrote on Twitter that Mr Cruz "illegally" won the caucus, but later deleted the tweet.
The reaction contrasts with his concession speech on Monday night, which was seen as a humble departure from his usual bombastic style.
Mr Trump placed second in Monday's contest, which he called "a long-shot great finish" in an earlier tweet.
Mr Cruz's camp is not taking the accusations too seriously.
"Reality just hit the reality star - he lost Iowa and now nobody is talking about him, so he's popping off on Twitter," Mr Cruz's communications director Rick Tyler told Politico in an email.
"There are support groups for Twitter addiction, perhaps he should find his local chapter."
There is no precedent for re-doing a caucus.
The remaining candidates are now in New Hampshire, the next state to hold a primary vote, where Mr Trump is leading in the polls.
Rand Paul, a Republican who represents the Libertarian wing on the party, dropped out of the race on Wednesday after finishing fifth in Iowa.

Summary: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused rival Ted Cruz of "stealing" the Iowa caucuses.

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The two-page note, addressed to Mrs Ellis and dated 19 August 1945, finds him dealing with the subject of joy.
It was found by its owner in a copy of Lewis's book, A Problem of Pain, bought years before.
Auctioneer Chris Albury said "keen interest worldwide" had boosted the guide price from £1,500.
Dominic Winter Auctioneers in South Cerney said the letter had been bought by a private buyer from California.
"It's a wonderful, thoughtful letter by one of the most highly regarded English writers of the 20th Century," Mr Albury said.
"Any original and unpublished letter that gives new insights into a collectable writer's ideas is going to have an appeal, and this one has literary, autobiographical, philosophical and theological content, so ticks every box.
"The letter was written just days after Japan's surrender at the end of the Second World War and perhaps the idea of joy, which he thought very unlike pleasure, was once again on his mind."
In the letter, which is in "very good" condition, Lewis writes: "Real joy...  jumps under one's ribs and tickles down one's back and makes one forget meals and keeps one (delightedly) sleepless o' nights.
"It shocks one awake when the other (security and prosperity) puts one to sleep.
"My private table is one second of joy is worth 12 hours of pleasure."
Mr Albury said the subject of joy was a "continual theme" throughout Lewis's life.
"Interesting, too, is the fact that he was to meet and marry a woman called Joy a few years later," he said.

Summary: A letter written by Cressida Lewis to his future wife has sold at auction for £3,500.

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The girl was with her parents and a younger brother when she attended St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, at about 17:40 BST on Sunday.
But the family left two hours later before the girl, who police believe is diabetic, could receive treatment.
Police said the girl could fall into a coma if not treated immediately.
A Scotland Yard statement said: "The girl was initially seen by medical staff and her parents informed them that their child's name was Mashael Aldosari.
"Detectives are unsure if this is the child's real name as the family provided a false address to staff."
The family told medical staff they travelled to the UK in order for their son to receive hospital treatment.
Police said they have "established that this is may not be the case".
Mashael is described as being less than 5ft tall with long straight black hair. She was last seen wearing a grey top, leggings and light-coloured shoes.
Detectives believe the family could be from Kuwait.

Summary: Police are searching for a four-year-old girl who went missing after being taken to hospital by her family.

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The company was due to release results on 10 March and hold its shareholders' meeting towards the end of April.
It has not said by how much these events will be delayed.
It says results will be about the same as in 2014, although the cost of the crisis will eat into those.
It said it was working on "valuation calculations".
Sales in VW-branded cars dipped last year after the scandal - which affected 11 million cars - came to light in September. Deliveries fell 5.3% in October, 2.4% in November and 7.9% in December compared with those months in 2014.
It was its first drop in VW-branded sales in 11 years as the company continues to cope with the emissions scandal.
VW has promised it will have a fix in the coming weeks for the millions of US cars with defeat devices that disguised emission levels in diesel cars.
Sales of VW-brand cars fell 4.8% in 2015 to 5.82 million cars from 6.12 million a year earlier.
The US Environmental Protection Agency is suing the company over what it says were 600,000 affected vehicles and a US law firm is conducting an investigation into who made the decisions to cheat.
Volkswagen says it is sticking to its plan to publish the findings of its investigation into the scandal in the second half of April.
Results from Porsche, which is owned by Volkswagen, are also being delayed.

Summary: Volkswagen has delayed the release of its 2015 results and shareholders' meeting because of the emissions scandal.

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GB finished bottom of the Pool stage in London with no wins and only three goals scored, but produced their best performance in an enthralling fifth/sixth place play-off.
Alex Danson scored a match-winning hat-trick, with Lily Owsley also on target.
"We didn't lose belief and we are delighted," Danson told BBC Sport.
"Obviously I'm delighted [with the three goals] but not just for me, from a whole team perspective because we can build on that performance leading into the summer."
Head coach Danny Kerry admitted "harsh words" were spoken after Britain's 4-1 defeat by Australia on Saturday, but was please with how his team responded.
"We've had a tough tournament and they know that yesterday wasn't good enough, but today they really committed," he told BBC Sport.
Danson struck her first goal of the tournament in the 10th minute, but Anita McLaren drew New Zealand level in the second period.
Owsley and Danson struck either side of half-time to take GB clear, but back came the Kiwis with goals from Olivia Merry and Kelsey Smith made the score 3-3.
Danson needed time out after being struck in the head by the ball, but recovered to deliver a composed lofted finish over New Zealand keeper Sally Rutherford to win Britain the match.
"Although we conceded a few today, which we need to work on, overall that was much better," captain Kate Richardson-Walsh told BBC Sport.
"We have a lot to learn, huge amounts, but it's good we're doing that now and can take that forward to Rio."
British selectors will reveal the 16 women and 16 men who have been chosen to represent Team GB at this summer's Rio Olympics on Tuesday.

Summary: Great Britain's women produced their best performance of the EuroHockey Championships with a 4-3 win over New Zealand.

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El Amrani, in a letter to African football associations, said he would be departing on Monday, but gave no reason for his decision.
The 37-year-old Moroccan had served as secretary general for the last six years.
Hayatou was deposed as Caf president 10 days ago at elections in Ethiopia, where six of his allies on the body's executive committee also lost their positions.
The 70-year-old Hayatou had served as president for 29 years.
Caf's new president, Ahmad, chaired a meeting with his staff at the African football body's headquarters in Cairo later on Sunday.
During the meeting, the new president announced he had accepted the resignation of El Amrani.

Summary: Mohamed El Amrani has resigned as secretary general of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), days after the body's former president Issa Hayatou was ousted.

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Smith, 26, already leads the one-day side and will also captain the Twenty20 team in the absence of the injured Aaron Finch.
Fellow batsman David Warner, 28, has been named as Smith's vice-captain.
"At 26, Steve is a fine young man with extraordinary talent," said national selector Rod Marsh.
"He is highly regarded by the selectors and we congratulate him on being appointed to the role on an ongoing basis. He should be incredibly proud."
Clarke, 34, confirmed his decision to retire after his side surrendered the Ashes with a heavy defeat by England at Trent Bridge, which gave the hosts a 3-1 lead.
Smith had already captained the side in three Tests against India last summer, when Clarke was recovering from hamstring surgery and back issues.
The New South Welshman has played in 32 Tests for his country, scoring 2,952 runs at an average of 54.66.
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"When Michael made his decision to retire last week it was a very straightforward decision for us to nominate Steve as his successor," added Marsh.
"He has big shoes to fill but everything about him suggests he is the right man for the job."
Warner has earned the vice-captain's role despite a history of disciplinary problems, and Marsh said of the opener: "David has matured and developed into an important senior figure in the Australian team. He has come a long way.
"We believe that he will respond well to the added responsibility of leadership."
Smith and Warner will lead Australia in the limited-overs matches that follow the final Ashes Test at the Oval, which starts on 20 August.

Summary: Steve Smith will become Australia's Test captain after the Ashes following Clarke's decision to retire.

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Smith, 26, already leads the one-day side and will also captain the Twenty20 team in the absence of the injured Aaron Finch.
Fellow batsman David Warner, 28, has been named as Smith's vice-captain.
"At 26, Steve is a fine young man with extraordinary talent," said national selector Rod Marsh.
"He is highly regarded by the selectors and we congratulate him on being appointed to the role on an ongoing basis. He should be incredibly proud."
Clarke, 34, confirmed his decision to retire after his side surrendered the Ashes with a heavy defeat by England at Trent Bridge, which gave the hosts a 3-1 lead.
Smith had already captained the side in three Tests against India last summer, when Clarke was recovering from hamstring surgery and back issues.
The New South Welshman has played in 32 Tests for his country, scoring 2,952 runs at an average of 54.66.
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"When Michael made his decision to retire last week it was a very straightforward decision for us to nominate Steve as his successor," added Marsh.
"He has big shoes to fill but everything about him suggests he is the right man for the job."
Warner has earned the vice-captain's role despite a history of disciplinary problems, and Marsh said of the opener: "David has matured and developed into an important senior figure in the Australian team. He has come a long way.
"We believe that he will respond well to the added responsibility of leadership."
Smith and Warner will lead Australia in the limited-overs matches that follow the final Ashes Test at the Oval, which starts on 20 August.

Summary: Batsman Steve Smith has been named as Australia's Test captain following the retirement of Michael Clarke.

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The 25-year-old joined the Blues from Reading in August 2015 but has yet to make his debut for the Premier League champions.
He was loaned back to the Royals in 2015-16 before spending last season with German side Eintracht Frankfurt.
Hector has also had spells with five non-league sides, as well as spells in Republic of Ireland and Scotland.
The Jamaica international has played for Bracknell Town, Didcot Town, Havant and Waterlooville, Oxford City, Horsham, Dundalk, Barnet, Shrewsbury, Aldershot, Cheltenham, Aberdeen, Reading and Frankfurt.
He could make his Tigers debut against Aston Villa on Saturday, 6 August.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Championship side Leicester City have signed Birmingham City midfielder Alex Hector on a season-long loan deal.

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Mr Blunkett said using the same funding formula applied to Wales - which has a devolved budget - Yorkshire would be entitled to a Â£24bn budget.
"You put great store by devolving decision-making to ordinary people," he told Prime Minister David Cameron.
Mr Cameron said the government had already got rid of a "centralised" approach that Mr Blunkett was part of.
Mr Blunkett, a Labour former Cabinet minister and the MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, made the suggestion during prime minister's questions in the House of Commons.
He said: "Can you think of one single reason why the people of Yorkshire shouldn't determine their own priorities?
"And, mischievously, one reason why the people of Yorkshire shouldn't have their own White Rose Parliament?"
Mr Cameron said: "What we are doing is we are saying to councils in Yorkshire, as up and down the country, 'We are getting rid of the ring fences, we are giving you the power to spend your money in the way that you choose'."
He added: "We have got rid of the bossy, centralised interfering approach that I'm afraid you were rather part of."

Summary: Yorkshire should have its own "White Rose Parliament", former cabinet minister David Blunkett has said.

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Robinson, 21, who previously had two loan spells at the Lilywhites, turned down a new deal with Villa and joins for an undisclosed compensation fee.
Newcastle-born former Rotherham man Pringle, 26, signs for an undisclosed fee after one year with the Cottagers.
Pringle made nine league starts during a short loan spell at Ipswich in 2016.
Robinson told the club's website: "It was obviously a big decision for me leaving Aston Villa, I've been there since I was eight-years-old.
"But, if there was ever a club for me to settle down with and sign permanently with, it would be Preston North End."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Preston North End have signed Aston Villa midfielder Callum Robinson and Fulham midfielder Luke Pringle on two-year deals.

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The firm, which makes a vast array of consumer products including Ben & Jerry's ice-cream, Lipton tea and Dove soap, said sales fell 2.7% to €48.4bn ($56.1bn; £37.1bn).
Excluding the effect of acquisitions and unfavourable exchange rates, underlying sales rose 2.9%,
Analysts had expected a 3.1% rise.
Despite the weaker-than-expected sales, Unilever reported a 7% rise in pre-tax profit to €7.6bn for the full year.
Unilever chief executive Paul Polman said it had been a "challenging year for our industry", and warned he did not expect a "significant improvement" in market conditions in 2015.
"We expect our full-year performance to be similar to 2014 with the first quarter being softer but growth improving during the year".
Unilever said underlying sales growth in emerging markets, where it makes more than half its sales, slowed to 5.7%.
The firm has been hit hard by a combination of slowing growth in China, a recession in Brazil as well as western sanctions on Russia.
Unilever cut 1,400 jobs last year and Mr Polman said due to the "low growth environment" it would continue to cut costs and simplify the business.
The firm has recently sold a number of its products, including its Slim-Fast brand and Ragu and Bertolli pasta sauces.

Summary: Unilever, the world's biggest household goods maker, has reported a fall in sales for 2014.

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The Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs said blood samples from about 35 fighters revealed traces of sulphur mustard.
It did not say if any of the peshmerga had died as a result of the attack, or how severely they had been wounded.
Mustard gas can burn skin and cause severe respiratory problems, and is banned under international law.
The exposure took place along the front lines near the northern Iraqi towns of Makhmour and Gwer, the ministry said in a statement.
Roughly 37 mortars were fired in the attack, the statement added, "releasing white smoke and a black liquid".
The ministry called on countries fighting IS to give peshmerga fighters equipment for protection against chemical attacks. Several countries including the United States are already giving military assistance to the Kurdish fighters.
This is not the first time IS has been accused of using chemical weapons. In March, Kurdish authorities in Iraq said they had evidence that IS had used chlorine gas.
That allegation, by the Kurdistan Region Security Council, followed similar claims that the group had used low-grade chemical weapons against Iraqi security forces.
The director of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons expressed "serious concern" in August over the possibility IS was using prohibited chemical weapons.
The UN recently adopted a resolution aimed at identifying those behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
IS already has a large arsenal of conventional weapons and military vehicles seized from the Iraqi army, much of it produced by the United States.
Iraq Kurds were the victim of a major chemical weapons attack by the Iraqi military under Saddam Hussein in 1988, which left thousands dead in the city of Halabja.

Summary: Kurdish authorities in Iraq say they have evidence that Islamic State (IS) militants have used mustard gas on Kurdish peshmerga fighters.

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Homes have been added to My NHS, part the NHS Choices site, allowing users to leave ratings and reviews to help other people assess services.
Each care home is scored on its level of safety, staff turnover and food hygiene, among other standards.
The National Care Association said if information was not up to date, it could be "unfair" to care providers.
On the website, a database can be searched using a postcode, region or home name to check on facilities with or without nursing.
People can access:
Health Minister Alistair Burt said:  "We know how difficult important decisions about care for a loved one can be - this is a victory for those who are worried about care - with a click of a button the public will be able to make an informed choice about care and make those difficult decisions easier.
"This data will show clearly the difference in quality across care homes and will help drive up standards by highlighting poor performers which will mean they have to shape up their services or lose out."
Nadra Ahmed, chair of the National Care Association, which represents independent care sector providers, said the move could help people "answer some of the questions" they may have about care.
But she warned that if the "snapshot" of the provider's rating or profile on the site was not regularly updated it could disadvantage those who improve their service.
"I don't know how [improvements] would be indicated... especially if that report is not going to be reviewed for a period of time, which would be unfair."
She added: "Nothing beats actually going to see a service for yourself. If you think that it's good [but the website] says there's something that's not quite right, don't let it put you off.
"When you look at the website you know that responsible services who may have an inadequate rating will be working towards making that better."

Summary: People in England can now check on the quality of care they receive at care homes on a government website.

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The woman had withdrawn her pension from a bank in Altrincham on Monday before heading into the Iceland store.
While shopping she was approached by a woman who grabbed her trolley and demanded her money.
Not willing to give up without a fight, however, the octogenarian hit the woman over the head with the bacon before the would-be thief fled empty-handed.
Greater Manchester Police said while the 86-year-old was "safe and well", she was "shook up about the incident".
Update 20 July 2016: A video of the incident obtained by Altrincham Today and released later revealed the incident was less dramatic than previously reported by Greater Manchester Police.

Summary: An 86-year-old woman hit a would-be thief over the head with a bacon slice as she tried to rob a supermarket in Greater Manchester.

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Imani Wiltshire was discovered on the lower deck of the bus in Stratford, east London, on 28 September.
She was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead. A post-mortem examination found she died from head injuries.
Rosalin Baker, 25, and Jeffrey Wiltshire, 52, of Manor Park, pleaded not guilty to murder at the Old Bailey.
They also denied charges of causing or allowing the death of their child.
A trial date has been set for 13 March at the same court.

Summary: The parents of a two-year-old girl found dead on a double decker bus have denied her murder.

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The 24 crew, mostly from Eastern Europe and Asia, are still on board the Maersk Tigris, anchored off Bandar Abbas.
Maersk said it still did not know the reason why the Marshall Islands-flagged vessel was seized, and noted it had been in an international shipping lane.
But Iranian authorities noted that it had been in the country's waters.
Iranian media cited an official as saying the ship was seized based on a court order in connection with a complaint made by a private Iranian company about debts.
On Wednesday, Maersk said it had been in contact with Singapore-based Rickmers Shipmanagement, from whom it charters the Maersk Tigris, and was "pleased to learn that the crew is safe and under the circumstances in good spirits".
The crew includes a British national, but no Americans, as initial reports suggested.
"We are continuing our efforts to obtain more information about the Iranian authorities' seizure - in international waters - of Maersk Tigris. We are not able at this point to establish or confirm the reason behind the seizure," Maersk added.
"We remain in close dialogue with the Danish ministry of foreign affairs."
A spokesman for Rickmers Shipmanagement said the vessel had been carrying commercial goods and no "special cargo" such as military equipment.
The incident has prompted the US Navy to dispatch a destroyer and a reconnaissance plane to the area to "monitor" the situation.
A general distress call sent out by the Maersk Tigris on Tuesday morning was picked up by US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT).
A Pentagon spokesman said Iranian Revolutionary Guards Navy patrol vessels had approached the ship while it was moving through Iranian territorial waters, but inside an area that under international agreement is open to foreign ships making an "innocent passage".
The patrol vessels ordered the container ship to go deeper into Iranian waters, but the master refused. Only when they fired warning shots across its bow, did he comply.
The Pentagon spokesman called the actions of the patrol vessels "inappropriate".

Summary: The Danish shipping giant Maersk has said it is "pleased" that the crew of a container ship seized in Iranian waters on Tuesday are safe.

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Stephen Doughty won the seat with 9,193 votes, a majority of 5,334 over the Conservatives. The Lib Dems were third, with Plaid Cymru fourth.
The turnout was 25.65% - down from more than 60% at the 2010 General Election.
Mr Doughty succeeds Alun Michael, who stood down after 25 years as an MP to stand in the police and crime commissioner elections.
The new MP beat seven other candidates to retain the seat for Labour.
Mr Doughty, a former head of Oxfam Cymru, said in his acceptance speech that his victory was a "condemnation" of the policies and priorities of the UK government, particularly in areas such as proposals for regional pay.
He called for stronger regulation of banks and a "greater sense of community and society", with more emphasis on fairness.
Mr Doughty also paid tribute to previous holders of the Cardiff South seat, including former Prime Minister Jim Callaghan and former Welsh First Secretary Alun Michael and promised to serve his constituents with humility.
Labour has held the seat since it was created in 1983 and the party's representation of southern Cardiff in Parliament has been unbroken since Mr Callaghan was first elected as an MP in 1945.
Cardiff South and Penarth includes inner-city neighbourhoods such as Grangetown and Butetown, the redeveloped waterfront around Cardiff Bay and the town of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Its 78,000 voters makes it the biggest seat in Wales in terms of electors.
Parliamentary by-elections also took place in the seats of Corby and Manchester Central on Thursday.
And elections were also held for the newly-created police and crime commissioners were held for all 41 forces in England and Wales outside London.

Summary: Labour has retained the Cardiff South and Penarth seat in a by-election.

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No Windfarm at Gayton (NOWAG) and East Lindsey District Council both oppose the planning application.
The protest march on Sunday morning raised money for legal costs as well as highlighting the campaign.
The developers say wind turbines contribute to renewable energy targets and help combat climate change.
But campaigner Melvin Grosvenor, who is working with NOWAG, questioned how efficiently the turbines would generate energy.
"It's a huge price for Lincolnshire to pay to host a suspect technology," he said.
"The developers say we need renewable energy, but at what cost to the landscape?"
Earlier this year Lincolnshire County Council issued a statement advising district councils not to grant planning permission if wind farms fail to meet strict criteria.
The council's leader, Martin Hill, said he did not want Lincolnshire to be "covered by a forest of the things".
Mr Grosvenor said wind turbines have more of a visual impact in Lincolnshire because the landscape is relatively flat.
"The issue we've got with Lincolnshire is because it's predominantly big open skies there are few visual detractors, and of course you've got the Lincolnshire Wolds [an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]," he said.
About 60 campaigners walked from near Theddlethorpe Church to Great Carlton, and many were sponsored.
They walked along a bridleway known as the Two Mile Bank, where the turbines would be erected.
The campaigners also flew a blimp at about 377ft (115m) to demonstrate the maximum height of the turbines.
There are already wind farms at Gayton le Marsh and Theddlethorpe, and Mr Grosvenor said the proposed turbines would "give the impression of a continuous line of turbines on the landscape."
The public inquiry is due to begin in January and the government will decide whether permission is granted or not.
Developer EnergieKontor said on its consultation website: "The UK is the windiest country in Europe and the deployment of wind farms could contribute significantly to renewable energy targets which aim to assist in combating climate change."

Summary: Campaigners have marched through the Lincolnshire Wolds to highlight their opposition to a planned wind farm at Gayton le Marsh.

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That compares with just 300 people in the largest trust area, Belfast.
It is thought that the problem in the South Eastern Trust is down to staffing issues in that area.
The trust - which covers Newtownards, County Down and Lisburn, said it has been unable to fill two consultant cardiologist posts.
There is also the added problem of staff sickness and increase in the number of referrals.
The South Eastern Trust serves a population of approximately 345,000 people with a budget of almost Â£500m.
The figures also show that 364 people are waiting up to a year for their first urgent consultant-led appointment at the Ulster Hospital, while in every other trust the waiting list for this type of appointment is zero.
In a statement, South Eastern Trust said:  "We have recently lost two consultant cardiologists who both required to relocate.
"Despite strenuous efforts, we have, so far, been unable to fill these vital posts and, combined with the constant increase in the number of cardiology referrals, this has led to an unfortunate increase in waiting times for appointments.
"We are taking every possible measure to address this."

Summary: The number of people waiting up to a year for an urgent consultant-led appointment at the Ulster Hospital is the highest in any health trust in Northern Ireland, according to new figures.

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Police said the firework was dropped through the doorway of a fish and chip shop by an "unknown male".
The incident happened at about 21:15 BST on Friday at the shop in Alliance Avenue.
The man was taken to hospital where he is described as being in a stable condition.
Condemning the incident, North Belfast SDLP assembly member Nichola Mallon said: "Fireworks aren't toys, they can cause serious injury and they can cause considerable damage to property and they need to be used responsibly.
"So I would send a very clear message to parents and to young people to realise the dangers of fireworks."
Sinn FÃ©in councillor JJ Magee said: "Hopefully the injured man will make a full and speedy recovery but it must have been a very traumatic experience."
Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.

Summary: A man has been injured after a firework exploded in his face in north Belfast.

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