The interior of the Saab 340 that flies to and from Orkney was stripped out and renewed and the exterior repainted at a cost of almost £270,000.
Loganair, a franchise partner of Flybe, will spend £3.5m having the same work done to the rest of its fleet.
The first stage in the three-year project follows criticism about the reliability of Loganair services.
The airline's business includes operating lifeline routes to and from the Scottish islands, including Lewis in the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland.
Last year, members of the public and MSPs raised concerns about the reliability of some of these services.
In January this year, the company announced that it was investing £15m in a programme of improvements and upgrades.
As well as being given a revamp, each plane is to undergo a specialist check every 36 months.
Loganair said this "intensive process" would involve stripping back the aircraft to the basic airframe structure for an examination using X-ray machines.
Both engines and the flight control surfaces would also be removed to give access to the aircraft's structure and internal systems.
Loganair chairman David Harrison said he was "extremely pleased" the first plane had been refurbished
He said: "Our engineers and support teams put an incredible amount of time and effort into the project, and I'm certain our customers will appreciate their endeavour and enjoy the comfort benefits the renewal project brings to the Saab 340 fleet.
"This Saab 340 renewal programme again underlines the commitment made by Loganair at the beginning of the year to embark on a significant investment programme to enhance the fleet and ultimately improve customer experience."

Summary: Loganair has completed the first stage of a multi-million pound refurbishment programme on one of its planes.

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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 seen by hospital staff.

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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 annual results as it continues to grapple with 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 ended their Hockey World League Semi-Final campaign 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: The Confederation of African Football's (Caf) secretary general, Mustapha El Amrani, has resigned less than a week after Issa Hayatou was ousted as the body's president.

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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: Australia have named batsman Steve Smith as Michael Clarke's successor as Test captain.

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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: Former Home Secretary David Blunkett has called for Yorkshire to have its own "White Rose Parliament".

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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 George Robinson and Fulham defender Ryan Pringle.

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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: Consumer goods giant Unilever has reported a fall in sales for the last three months of 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: Islamic State militants have used chemical weapons against Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq, Kurdish officials say.

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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: A searchable database of care homes in England has been launched on the NHS website.

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The program - called Vital - will vote on whether to invest in a specific company or not.
The firm it will be working for - Deep Knowledge Ventures -  focuses on drugs for age-related diseases.
It said that Vital would make its recommendations by sifting through large amounts of data.
The algorithm looks at a range of data when making decisions - including financial information, clinical trials for particular drugs, intellectual property owned by the firm and previous funding.
"On first sight, it looks like a futuristic idea but on reflection it is really a little bit of publicity hype," said Prof Noel Sharkey of the University of Sheffield.
"A lot of companies use large data search to access what is happening on the market, then the board or trusted workers can decide on the advice.
"With financial markets, algorithms are delegated with decisions. The idea of the algorithm voting is a gimmick. It is not different from the algorithm making a suggestion and the board voting on it."
According to Deep Knowledge Ventures, Vital has already approved two investment decisions.
The software was developed by UK-based Aging Analytics.

Summary: An algorithm that can make investment decisions has been developed by a UK-based start-up.

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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 robber over the head with a bacon sandwich.

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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 three-month-old girl found unconscious on a 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: Danish shipping giant Maersk says the crew of a container ship seized by the Iranian navy on Tuesday are "safe and under the circumstances in good spirits".

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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 opposing plans for a third wind farm in Lincolnshire have held a protest march ahead of a public inquiry.

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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: More than 1,000 people in the South Eastern Trust area are waiting up to a year for their first urgent consultant-led appointment at the Ulster Hospital.

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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 was dropped through the doorway of a shop in north Belfast.

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They started arriving at Poldhu Cove on the Lizard on Sunday, and National Trust volunteers have been clearing them away as they are said to pose a risk to wildlife.
The bottles are sealed, but witnesses say some have leaked.
The National Trust said it believed a container had gone overboard from a ship, during the stormy weather.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: "While it is fact that the MV Blue Ocean lost a container containing bottles of 'Vanish', there is no currently available evidence that the bottles washed up on the Cornish coast are from this container; all evidence is currently circumstantial."
It is thought the vessel lost the container near Land's End in May.
The BBC has contacted Vanish, but the company is yet to comment.
Other nearby coves including Gunwalloe, Polurrian, Church Cove and Marazion have also been affected, conservationists said.
Cornwall Wildlife Trust said it was "highly concerned" about the impact on "sensitive marine life".
Justin Whitehouse, from the National Trust, said: "The main worry is all that detergent going into our beautiful marine environment, but thankfully most are full.
"We think it's a container that has gone overboard from a container ship, during stormy seas."
Cornwall Council said the authority and partners, including the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Natural England, would be monitoring beaches in the area.
It said: "The National Trust who own the beach at Poldhu have arranged for the bottles to be cleared away.
"In the meantime the public are advised to keep children and dogs at a safe distance from the bottles should any more be washed up.
"No attempt should be made to recover the bottles."

Summary: Thousands of detergent bottles have washed up on beaches in Cornwall.

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Premier had suspended its shares on 13 January after agreeing to buy E.On's North Sea assets for a net $120m (Â£84m) plus working capital adjustments.
The deal was amended during the suspension so that it no longer constituted a reverse takeover.
By close of trading, Premier's share price was up by nearly 90% to 36p.
London-based Premier said the cost of the deal would now come to $135m, including completion adjustments.
Premier added that this was a result of an increase of the dividend paid to E.On before completion of the deal.
In a statement, it said: "On the basis of this lower aggregate consideration, the acquisition has been classified as a Class 1 transaction."
The proposed acquisition is still subject to approval by Premier's shareholders and lenders.
The assets Premier is buying are located in the Central North Sea, West of Shetlands and the Southern Gas Basin.
E.On's UK oil and gas upstream portfolio includes stakes in 40 licenses, including a 5.2% interest in the Elgin-Franklin field, a 47% interest in the Babbage field and a 50% stake in the Tolmount discovery.
The deal will add about 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day to Premier's production totals in 2016, according to the company.

Summary: Shares in oil and gas explorer Premier Oil have soared after the company said its proposed acquisition of German energy giant E.On would now be completed.

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Tatiana Duva-Rodriguez, 46, is licensed to carry a concealed weapon, but police said she should not have opened fire because her life was not in danger.
Pursued by security guards, a shopflifter ran from a Home Depot hardware store on 6 October to a vehicle driven by an accomplice.
Ms Rodriguez fired several shots with a 9mm handgun as they drove away.
No-one was hurt outside the store in Auburn Hills, Michigan, about 35 miles (56km) north of Detroit. Police said Ms Rodriguez had hit the back tyre of the getaway vehicle.
"I find it very disturbing that someone would take out their gun in a busy parking lot and shoot at the tyres of a passing car," prosecutor Jessica Cooper said in a statement. "Once fired, the bullet could have easily ricocheted or fragmented and injured or killed someone else."
The thieves escaped with $1,000 (Â£652) worth of merchandise. Police arrested two people few days later and charged them with retail fraud.
If convicted, Ms Rodriguez faces up to 90 days in jail and a possible fine of up to $500.

Summary: A Detroit-area woman has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon for shooting at the tyres of a getaway car.

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As a teenager he tried three times, unsuccessfully, to defect from Cuba, once spending a month in Cuban jail. He finally escaped to Mexico on his fourth attempt, saving his mother from drowning on their boat trip over.
He and his mother were then reunited with his father in Tampa, Florida where he had fled two years earlier.
But Fernandez's transition from his life in Cuba was difficult. Baseball helped him acclimate to his new American life.
After starting at Alonso High School in Tampa, speaking almost no English, Fernandez steered the baseball team to two state championships.
He was drafted by the Marlins in 2011 at 20 years old and named National League Rookie of the Year in 2013.
The Miami Herald reported his grandmother, a loyal supporter, often stood on her roof in Cuba during his games to listen to the sports radio broadcast as her grandson played.
Players and fans described him as enthusiastic, energetic and charismatic. Many Cubans from Miami's Latin community, felt that the player embodied their own struggles.
Miguel Garay, 78, a Miamian who came from Cuba's Pinar del Rio said: "His story was our story.
"There's such a great tradition of baseball in Cuba and he embodied it better than anyone."
After undergoing surgery in 2014 for a torn elbow ligament Fernandez became a US citizen in 2015, where he gave the keynote speech at his citizenship ceremony.
He said: "This is one of my important accomplishments. I'm an American citizen now - I'm one of them. I consider myself now to be free."
Fernandez was described as an "avid fisherman" and was aboard a friend's boat when the vessel hit a jetty, causing it to capsize.
He had revealed recently that his girlfriend was pregnant.
Marlins President David Samson said at a news conference: "When you talk about tragedy like this there are no words that come to mind.
"There is prayer and thought toward his family and his soon to be born daughter. You recognize how precious life is."

Summary: Jose Fernandez, who has died in a boating accident at the age of 24, was a baseball star with the Miami Marlins.

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Government sources told the BBC that the tribal fighters set fire to a building used by the militants.
The source said 10 IS militants and five tribesmen had died in the clashes that followed.
Issa al-Issawi, the exiled mayor of Fallujah, said that more tribesmen were joining the fight against IS.
Reports said the violence involved men from multiple tribes and IS members known as al-Hisba, who are responsible for enforcing religious strictures in the city.
"Clashes took place between sons of the al-Mahamda and al-Juraisat tribes against the al-Hisba group," Mr Issawi told AFP news agency.
He said the violence stemmed from tensions over increasingly difficult living conditions while Fallujah is besieged by Iraqi security forces.
Sheikh Majeed al-Juraisi, a leader in the al-Juraisat tribe, told AFP the clashes were part of an uprising against IS fighters in the city and called on the government and security forces to help.
Reports suggested the tribesmen had seized parts of the north of the city, but later ceded the ground back to IS jihadists.
Fallujah, which is about 50km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, has been held by anti-government forces since the beginning of 2014 and is now one of two Iraqi cities still under the IS group's control.
IS militants launched a sweeping offensive in June 2014 that overran large areas north and west of Baghdad, but security forces and allied fighters have pushed the jihadists back with support from US-led air strikes.

Summary: Clashes have broken out in the Iraqi city of Fallujah between tribesmen and Islamic State (IS) militants.

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The details emerged during the sentencing of Arshid, Bannaras and Basharat Hussain at Sheffield Crown Court.
Arshid, 40, and Basharat, 39, were found guilty by a jury of 50 offences.
Bannaras, 36, pleaded guilty to 10 offences before the trial started.
Michelle Colborne QC said Bannaras Hussain met one victim when she was 12 or 13 and she performed sex acts on him.
"He was indifferent to whether she consented or not," she said.
"When her brothers found out, they were furious with her and would physically assault her because she was involved sexually with an Asian man."
She said Bannaras abused one victim in a car park next to Rotherham Police Station, and told the court how the sister of another of his victims described her sister as a "broken human being".
Ms Colborne said one woman had described the Hussain brothers as "a pack of animals".
Summing up the contents of a number of statements from the women abused by the brothers, she said: "They describe from their teenage years a life in the main of feeling dirty, ashamed and guilty.
"Between them, a plethora of emotional conditions - eating disorders, self-harm, agoraphobia, self-loathing and terminations for many of them from the age of 14 - events they have never been able to put behind them."
She said many of the victims have had relationship problems throughout their lives and have found themselves subjected to domestic violence.
Three associates of the Hussain brothers, their uncle Qurban Ali, 53, Karen MacGregor, 58, and Shelley Davies, 40, will also be sentenced.
Ali was found guilty of conspiracy to rape, while MacGregor and Davies were convicted of false imprisonment and conspiracy to procure a woman under 21 to become a common prostitute. MacGregor was also convicted of two counts of conspiracy to rape.

Summary: Three brothers who sexually abused women in Rotherham were "furious" when one of their victims was involved in a relationship with an Asian man, a court has heard.

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Bielik, 17, who underwent his medical at Arsenal last week, signed for Legia from their Polish rivals Lech Poznan in July and has made six appearances in all competitions this season.
Arsenal say the deal "is subject to the completion of regulatory processes".
The Poland Under-17 international can play in both a holding midfield role and at centre-back.
He said: "I've decided to move to Arsenal and although I cannot be sure of what's to come in the future, I'm going to London to fulfil my dreams.
"I'm grateful to my team-mates and manager Henning Berg for trusting such a young player and giving me a chance to play for the first team. It's mostly thanks to him that I'm able to move to Arsenal."
Berg said: "Krystian is a very talented player, who is going to achieve big success in football in the future."
For each position, select whether you think Arsenal are sorted, or if a player is needed.

Summary: Arsenal have signed teenage midfielder Krystian Bielik on loan from Legia Warsaw until the end of the season.

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The 19-year-old was held in Barking on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
Police said six other suspects remain in custody and searches are ongoing.
Eight people were killed when three men drove at pedestrians on the bridge and stabbed people in Borough Market.
The man arrested on Sunday is being held at a police station in south London.
The six men still in custody, all aged between 27 and 30, were also arrested in east London - four in Ilford, one in Newham and one in Barking.
Thirteen people arrested as part of the investigation have been released without charge, while a 33-year-old man held in Ilford on 8 June has been bailed.
Over the weekend, police released images of fake explosive belts worn by the three attackers, named as Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba.
Borough Market is hoping to re-open "later this week", managing director Darren Henaghan has said.
Traders were officially given access to the market on Monday - for the first time since the terror attack - to allow them to start clearing up and prepare to resume business.
On Saturday night, bars and restaurants across the capital donated money to a British Red Cross UK fund for victims of terror attacks and their families, as Londoners were encouraged to show "unity and resilience" a week after the attack.
The fund has raised more than Â£700,000 since it started on 4 June.
And on Sunday, Southwark Cathedral - which had been cordoned off in the days after the attack - re-opened its doors for the first time.

Summary: A man has been arrested by police investigating the London Bridge terror attack a week ago.

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He and his son Gorka were arrested earlier this month as part of a corruption investigation.
Villar, who denied all the allegations, has been suspended for one year by the Spanish football federation.
"Villar will no longer have any official functions at our organisation," Uefa said on Thursday.
"In view of the ongoing court proceedings in Spain, we have no further comments to make on this matter."
Uefa said its president, Aleksander Ceferin, had accepted Villar's resignation and had thanked him for his years of service to European football.
Villar, a former Athletic Bilbao and Spain midfielder, had headed the Spanish football federation for 29 years. Juan Luis Larrea has been named as interim president.

Summary: The president of the Spanish football federation, Angel Maria Villar, has resigned from Uefa.

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The man named as Abdalfatah HA is suspected of being part of a unit with an al-Qaeda-linked group formerly known as al-Nusra Front, which killed 36 Syrian government employees in 2013.
The federal prosecutors' office said the man, arrested in Duesseldorf, had carried out death sentences.
A second suspected al-Nusra fighter was arrested in the town of Giessen.
Abdulrahman AA is accused of breaking international weapons laws.
Both are thought to have been part of the same combat unit for al-Nusra, which was al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria at the time.
The group formally severed its ties to the global jihadist network last year, renaming itself Jabhat Fateh al-Sham.
In January, JFS merged with four smaller groups to form Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
German prosecutors allege Abdulrahman AA, 26, and Abdalfatah HA, 35, took part in an armed battle against Syrian government troops including taking over a big arms depot near Mahin, central Syria, in November 2013, eight months after the murders of the government employees.
Some local reports have claimed one of the men was an asylum seeker, but a spokeswoman for the prosecutors' office refused to confirm this.

Summary: German police have arrested a suspected jihadist fighter in Syria.

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RTL claims Baysilone, normally associated with the oil or rubber industries, was found in a breakdown of the implant, made by Poly Implant Prothese (PIP).
A lawyer acting for PIP strongly denied the report, telling RTL that the product was not industrial but a food product used in lipstick.
The company was shut down in 2010.
RTL had the implant examined by a chemistry and toxicology researcher who alleged that the materials used, which also included Silopren and Rhodorsil, had caused the high rupture rate from the silicone gel implants.
Although the French health safety agency was already aware the defective implants contained industrial rather than medical grade silicone, no mention has been made of additives from the petrol industry.
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The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons said earlier that the silicone was believed to have been made for mattresses but a lawyer acting for French implant-wearers said the composition of the implant varied.
French authorities have advised 30,000 women in France to have the PIP implants removed as a precaution because of an estimated 5% rupture rate.
The French health safety agency says it has registered 1,143 ruptures and 495 inflammatory reactions from the implants.
An estimated 300-400,000 women were given the implants, mainly in Latin America and elsewhere in Europe.
In the UK, 40,000 women have been advised by the government not to have them removed although ministers have ordered a review of data used to assess the risk of the implant leaking.
A surgeon advising the British government, Tim Goodacre, told the BBC on Monday that the failure rate was "quite out of the ordinary" and he said they should be removed on "a staged basis".
No link has been made between ruptured implants and cancer.
PIP's lawyer, Yves Haddad, has insisted the fuel additive allegations are completely unfounded.
"This isn't an industrial product but a food product of the same type that goes, for example, into the making of lipstick," he told RTL.
He also promised that PIP's founder Jean-Claude Mas would emerge later this week to give an explanation.  Mr Mas, 72, is believed to be in southern France.

Summary: A French TV channel has claimed that a fuel additive used in petrol stations may have contributed to the high rupture rate of breast implants.

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Nia Griffith said her party offers "investment in Wales, versus cuts from Westminster" by the Tories.
She urged people to "imagine the price" if there was a Conservative government in Wales as well.
"Labour changes peoples' lives when we are in government", Ms Griffith added.
She reinforced the message of First Minister Carwyn Jones, who told delegates on Saturday that the assembly election in May would be a straight fight between Labour and the Conservatives.
"Together we are fighting for Wales in Westminster and taking on the Tories' appalling treatment of our nation," Ms Griffith said.
"We need to tell families up and down the country about what our Welsh Labour government is delivering.
"Investment in Wales, versus cuts from Westminster - jobs for our young people, not leaving a generation behind.
"That's the difference that a Labour government makes. Labour policies promised then delivered because we are in government.
"So don't listen to those who say we should be happy just shouting from the sidelines, that principled opposition is better than political power.
"If we take that attitude we may as well shut up shop."
Ms Griffith pointed to Labour's establishment of the NHS, introduction of the minimum wage, and delivering devolution with the creation of the National Assembly.
Meanwhile Mr Jones has said income tax rates in Wales would stay the same as those in England under a Labour Welsh government.
He told the Sunday Supplement programme on BBC Radio Wales he would not use new powers to increase income taxes if Labour won the assembly election.
"People have a real squeeze on their personal finances and the last thing I want to do is add to that pressure," he said,
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has proposed an increase of 1p in the pound for taxpayers in Scotland.

Summary: Labour may as well "shut up shop" and fight the Conservatives "from the sidelines", the party's leader in Wales has told its spring conference.

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Molinari stormed into contention with two eagles in the last seven holes to set a clubhouse target of nine under par, which Dunne was able to match thanks to a birdie on the last.
The players then returned to the 18th hole for a sudden death play-off.
A scrappy par proved to be enough for Molinari to secure the title.
Dunne, who had enjoyed a two-shot lead going into the final round, found trouble off the tee and failed to get up and down from a greenside bunker.
The 24-year-old's second place finish was his best ever on the European Tour however.
"I felt like there were just so many shots that slipped away from me. It's just one of those days," said Dunne.
"I felt like I was really close to shooting four or five under and stuck with one under in the end. I'm happy with my form and looking forward to next week.
"I'm just a bit disappointed not to come out with the result we wanted but it's a step in the right direction."
For the Italian, it was his first European Tour success since 2010.

Summary: Italy's Francesco Molinari beat Ireland's Paul Dunne in a play-off to win the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

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The RSPB said 2,270 black-tailed godwits spent time on the island this spring, almost double the previous record of 1,320 in 2013.
The majority of the birds this year were found in a tiny field in Kilmoluaig.
Godwits often stop off in the Hebrides to refuel during their migration to Iceland, where they breed.
Spotters identified some of the birds as having come from France, Portugal and Spain due to the rings fitted on their legs.
John Bowler, Tiree officer for RSPB Scotland, said: "Black-tailed godwits are known to stop off here for food on their way to Iceland, particularly when adverse northerly winds hamper their progress across the North Atlantic.
"So, with huge numbers of golden plover already noted on Tiree during pretty windy conditions, it wasn't a huge surprise when black-tailed godwits started turning up, too. However, to see flocks of this size is just incredible.
"Hopefully they will enjoy a good breeding season this year and I'm already looking forward to seeing them pass back through Tiree in the autumn."

Summary: A record number of birds have been spotted on Tiree in the Western Isles.

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It was first spotted at Montevrain, 38km (23 miles) east of Paris.
Sightings of the animal sparked a search involving hundreds of emergency services workers, animal-trackers and a helicopter.
But experts now say the animal is most likely a much less dangerous animal, such as a lynx or large domestic cat.
They made their conclusions based on inspecting animal tracks.
It remains unclear where the animal came from, though there is a big cat park near Montevrain.
A source told AFP that the search had been scaled back for the moment and the helicopter grounded, although forces remained "mobilised" in case of a fresh alert.
The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris says police had suggested there was probably not too much to worry about, but the authorities still sent out officers with guns and tranquilisers.
The hunt has focused on areas near the Disneyland Paris theme park.
There was a fresh alert on Friday morning after paw prints were discovered near a service station east of Paris.
To reach there, the animal had apparently crossed the A4 motorway.
Police guarded the entrances to schools in the Montevrain area in case the cat turned up, as a helicopter with thermal imaging hovered.
Local residents were asked to stay indoors and parents urged to take their children to and from school by car.
A dozen or so soldiers from a nearby army base joined police and fire officials combing the countryside outside Montevrain.
A huntsman, officially designated as a "wolf catcher", who has a specially trained dog, was also part of the search team.
The owner of the lntermarche supermarket in Montevrain said on Thursday that his wife had spotted the animal at about 08:30 (07:30 GMT).
"She didn't get out of the car and called me to say 'I think I saw a lynx'," he was quoted as saying. The woman took a photograph that appears to show a large cat.
Le Parisien newspaper said several local residents had sighted the animal.
The Montevrain mayor's office dismissed the idea that the big cat could have escaped from a circus that was in the town until Saturday, Le Parisien reported.

Summary: French police have scaled back their search for a big cat that has been on the loose since Thursday morning.

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My Brother is a Superhero is focused on Luke - named after Solomons' own son - whose brother Zack is given special powers to help save two universes.
Winning Solomons Â£5,000, the book sees Luke miss out on the powers because he went to the toilet at the wrong time.
Solomons previously adapted E Nesbit's Five Children and It for the 2004 film.
Eddie Izzard and Kenneth Branagh both appeared in the big screen version.
The winners of the best illustrated book and best older fiction categories were also first-time authors.
David Litchfield's The Bear and the Piano was named the best illustrated book, while writer and actress Lisa Williamson's The Art of Being Normal won in the best older fiction category.
Solomons had been named as the winner of the best younger fiction book before being named as the overall winner of the prize, voted for by booksellers, at a ceremony at Waterstones' Piccadilly bookshop in London.
Waterstones children's buyer Florentyna Martin said: "My Brother is a Superhero is that rare thing - a hugely funny book for young readers that is also rip-roaringly exciting.
"It is infused with the spirit of larger than life heroes and colourful comic book trivia that enthrals younger readers and delights superhero fans of all ages, yet at its heart is a touching relationship between siblings.
"Given the author's background it's no surprise it is hugely cinematic, but it is also full of wonderful writing and so brilliantly plotted that one never knows what to expect next."
The book chain's managing director James Daunt added: "The quality of the books on the shortlists this year was exceptional, reflecting the vibrant health of the children's book market.
"That our winners were all first books, and each from a flourishing independent publisher, reflects how blessed we are currently by the breadth of creative talent in this country."
Litchfield's book is about a bear who teaches himself to play the piano, while Williamson's is focused on LGBT issues and tells the story of two teenagers and their struggle with identity.

Summary: Author Simon Solomons has won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for his first novel.

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NHS managers have proposed a temporary downgrade of the hospital's maternity and paediatric services to cope with staffing shortages.
The board of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust will make a decision on Friday.
One paediatric nurse, who asked not to be named, said staff were devastated for their patients.
She said: "It's going to mean that many more children will have to make journeys across to Hastings at a time when they are particularly vulnerable.
"They're sick. Their families are vulnerable. And I think it's going to have massive implications for children who are sick and for children who are long-term disabled."
The NHS trust said the changes were being brought in for safety reasons because it was unable to recruit suitable specialist doctors which had led to an over-reliance on temporary and agency staff.
Several options are being considered, but the trust has said its preferred plan is to have consultant-led obstetric services, neonatal services including the special care baby unit, in-patient paediatric services and emergency gynaecology services at the Conquest Hospital in Hastings.
Eastbourne hospital would have a stand-alone midwifery-led maternity unit and enhanced paediatric care.
Paediatrician Dr David Scott said: "They [patients] will get a better service if they go to Hastings because they will get staff who will be better trained.
"There will be greater consultant availability so they will see more senior better trained staff. It will also allow us to increase the levels of nursing care available on the ward."
Liz Walke, from the campaign group Save the DGH, which opposes the changes at Eastbourne, said: "We would like an independent body coming in and looking at the whole organisation to see if they can do something better and actually reorganise the services so that both hospitals keep their core services."

Summary: Plans to downgrade services at Eastbourne District General Hospital could have "massive implications", a nurse has warned.

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About 568,000 people have backed a petition calling on the tycoon to be barred for comments he made about banning Muslims from the US.
Labour MP Paul Flynn will lead a debate in Westminster Hall on 18 January.
David Cameron has condemned Mr Trump, who has major business interests in the UK, but said he should be allowed in.
The Commons petitions committee decided to hold a debate on the issue after considering the matter at a meeting on Tuesday. Under the current rules, MPs have to consider any petition with 100,000 signatures for discussion in Parliament.
The debate will be held in the Commons' secondary debating chamber rather than the full chamber and there will be no vote at the end of it.
Helen Jones, the Labour MP who chairs the committee, said it would allow for "a range of views" to be expressed.
"By scheduling a debate on these petitions, the committee is not expressing a view on whether or not the government should exclude Donald Trump from the UK," she said.
"As with any decision to schedule a petition for debate, it simply means that the committee has decided that the subject should be debated."
But Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron questioned the decision to allocate parliamentary time to discussing Mr Trump.
He tweeted: "Trump is a bloviating billionaire with downright offensive views. But I'd rather we debated inequality or the NHS."
Mr Trump is currently the frontrunner, in some opinion polls, for the Republican nomination but he has been roundly criticised for comments he made about Muslims in the wake of December's fatal San Bernardino shootings - remarks which critics said were offensive and inflammatory.
Home Secretary Theresa May, who makes decisions on banning orders, has said she cannot comment on the case.
A rival petition opposing a ban on Mr Trump as illogical has been signed by nearly 40,000 people. This will also be debated by MPs.

Summary: MPs are to debate a petition calling for US presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be banned from entering the UK.

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The Procession to Calvary, completed in 1602, will remain on show at Nostell Priory in West Yorkshire.
The painting had been put up for sale for £2.7m. A campaign by The Art Fund and National Trust raised £1.7m.
The National Heritage Memorial Fund, which aims to save key historic items, has now stepped in with the final £1m.
The painting depicts Christ carrying the cross on his way to crucifixion and has hung at Nostell Priory, a stately home near Wakefield, for 200 years.
The priory is the family home of Lord St Oswald, who put it up for sale to pay for the restoration of the estate.
He had said he would put it up for auction if the target was not reached by Christmas.
Members of the public donated £680,000 to the campaign, with almost £510,000 coming from trusts and foundations, while The Art Fund gave a further £500,000.
Art Fund director Dr Stephen Deuchar said: "Considering the economic climate, this has been a hugely challenging campaign and we are enormously grateful to all our members and supporters who have given so generously.
"Working with the National Trust has been a very fruitful experience, pooling our resources to pull out all the stops and save this remarkable painting for Nostell Priory and its visitors."
Dame Jenny Abramsky, chair of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, said:  "The overwhelming public support to help secure this stunning painting has been an inspiration.
"Individual giving combined with ongoing support from government funds such as the National Heritage Memorial Fund will play an increasingly important role in securing our most precious heritage."
The fund's money comes from the Treasury and is intended to be the last resort for saving items of importance to the UK's national heritage.
It has received £10m a year since 2007, but its grant will be halved from this year as a result of government cuts.

Summary: One of the last remaining examples of a Michelangelo masterpiece has been saved after a campaign to save it reached its fundraising target.

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The crash happened outside Castle Bytham, south of Grantham, on Wednesday afternoon.
The 73-year-old pilot, from Thurnby, Leicestershire, is being treated for back and leg injuries.
A 52-year-old tanker driver was treated for minor injuries and the 61-year-old occupant of the property was unhurt.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has said it is aware of the incident and is making inquiries.
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said the man who lives in the bungalow was in the garden and pushed the tanker driver out of the way, to prevent them both being hit.
The pilot became stuck in the plane, which was embedded in the building, and the aircraft's landing gear broke off and landed on a bed.
A police guard remains in place at the bungalow while recovery work is carried out.
Pete Wiles, from the fire service, said: "If they hadn't moved... they would have been hit.
"It's a fairly miraculous escape... there's an overhead power line nearby which it missed as well."

Summary: A pilot and a tanker driver have been injured after a light aircraft crashed into a bungalow in Lincolnshire.

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McCall said he and some of his players were goaded by supporters following their 1-0 loss to the Lions at Wembley.
He questioned why stewards had not prevented the invasion.
"We're absolutely distraught, we wanted to clap our own fans, the last thing we need is people running around us and giving us verbals," said McCall.
"I think it's nonsense," he told BBC Radio Leeds. "Ten minutes later an army of stewards comes on when they should have been on straight after the final whistle and stood on the halfway line.
"I don't understand why people feel they need to come over to players, intimidate us and wind us up. I was close to clocking a couple.
"I'm not necessarily blaming the people who did it but where was the stewarding? Why march them out 10 minutes afterwards?
"They should have got to the halfway line straight away and stopped anyone from coming over."
Millwall boss Neil Harris encouraged his side's fans to leave the pitch to allow the team to enjoy their celebrations, while match-winner Steve Morison claimed they had "ruined" the moment.
"It's not ideal, it's not quite the place for a pitch invasion, I've got to be honest," Harris told BBC Radio London.
"I don't condone it whatsoever. I'm just hoping there was no disrespect towards Stuart and his team.
"For me, I wanted to get them off because I wanted to see my players enjoy it and I wanted to see my players take the admiration of the whole fan base, which happened in the end.
"I think it was overzealous, a lot of people wanting selfies and jumping about. I certainly don't condone it, but I'm hoping it was lighthearted."

Summary: Leeds United manager Stuart McCall says he is "distraught" after Millwall fans invaded the pitch following Saturday's League One play-off final.

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The polls would have been the first electoral contest between the rival Fatah and Hamas movements for 10 years.
Their delay was ordered after lists of candidates for Fatah, which dominates the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, were cancelled in parts of the Gaza Strip, which is run by Hamas.
Hamas has protested at the court's ruling, describing it as "political".
Fatah said it held Hamas fully responsible.
Thursday's ruling by the high court in the West Bank city of Ramallah came after a Hamas-controlled court in Gaza disqualified several candidate lists drawn up by Fatah on technical grounds.
A challenge was also lodged by a lawyer over the inability to hold the vote in East Jerusalem, which Israel annexed after seizing it in the 1967 war but Palestinians want to be the capital of a future state.
"Elections can't take place in one place and not the other," said the presiding judge.
"The elections can't take place in Jerusalem and its neighbourhoods. Also, there are problems with the formation of courts in Gaza... Therefore, the court decides to stop the elections."
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri blamed Fatah for the delay.
"The high court decision is politically motivated and it came in order to rescue Fatah after its lists of candidates collapsed in a number of areas," he told the Reuters news agency.
But Osama al-Qawasmi of Fatah rejected the allegation, saying: "We hold Hamas fully responsible for foiling the election, starting with the unjustified petitions it filed."
The election would have been the first involving Hamas and Fatah since the 2006 poll for the Palestinian Legislative Council, in which Hamas won a majority.
A violent rift with Fatah saw the Islamist movement take control of Gaza the following year.
Although Fatah and Hamas formally agreed a unity deal and a technocratic government in 2014, deep divisions remain, resulting in political paralysis.

Summary: A Palestinian court has postponed parliamentary elections due to be held next month.

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Mr Dasuki is accused of awarding phantom contracts to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets and ammunition. He denies the allegations.
The equipment was meant for the fight against Boko Haram Islamist militants.
Mr Dasuki was picked up early in the morning by security agents, a PR firm representing him said.
Two weeks ago, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered Mr Dasuki's arrest after he was indicted by a panel investigating the procurement of arm under the last administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
PRNigeria said he was picked up by intelligence agents from his home in the capital, Abuja, where he was already under house arrest facing separate charges.
Later on Tuesday, the former governor of Sokoto state, Attahiru Bafarawa and owner of a Lagos-based private TV station, Raymond Dokpesi, were detained separately by Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in connection with the alleged fraud.
Both men, who are political allies of the former president, have denied any involvement in the arms deal.
Their arrest follows those of some of Mr Dasuki's associates by EFCC on Monday.
The anti-corruption body said they included former Minister of State for Finance Bashir Yuguda and the sons of some prominent politicians of the former ruling party over allegations of impropriety in relation to the arm deal.
Earlier, Mr Dasuki said he had not been given a chance to defend himself before the investigative panel and described its recommendation as "politically motivated".
The former army colonel is already facing a trial for allegedly possessing illegal firearms.
He is the first senior official of the former government to be charged under the rule of President Muhammadu Buhari, who took in office in May.
The BBC's Martin Patience in Lagos says Mr Dasuki's arrest will reinforce President Buhari's message that he will not tolerate corruption no matter how senior the official.
The president was elected partly on a promise to clean up Nigeria's notoriously corrupt politics, our correspondent says.
Boko Haram has killed thousands in north-eastern Nigeria in its six-year campaign to create an Islamic state.

Summary: Nigeria's former national security adviser, Sam Dasuki, has been arrested over an alleged $8bn (£5.4bn) arms deal.

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He suffered a stroke two weeks ago and his condition improved before a sudden deterioration on Tuesday.
Mr Peres, who was one of the last of a generation of Israeli politicians present at the new nation's birth in 1948, served twice as the country's prime minister and once as president.
He won the Nobel Peace prize in 1994 for his role negotiating peace accords with the Palestinians a year earlier.
He once said the Palestinians were Israel's "closest neighbours" and might become its "closest friends".
Obituary: Shimon Peres, Israeli founding father
Long legacy of Israel's elder statesman
Mr Peres died in a hospital near Tel Aviv early on Wednesday, with his family at his bedside.
He had been in the intensive care unit of the Sheba Medical Centre after suffering a major stroke on 13 September.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his "deep personal grief on the passing of the beloved of the nation".
Meanwhile US President Barack Obama called Mr Peres his "dear friend" in a statement, and said: "He was guided by a vision of the human dignity and progress that he knew people of goodwill could advance together."
Mr Peres shared his Nobel Peace Prize with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was later assassinated, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
At the start of his long political career, he was put in charge of personnel and arms purchases for the Haganah, the predecessor of the Israel Defense Forces.
He secured a deal with France to supply the new Israeli nation with Mirage jet fighters. He also set up Israel's secret nuclear facility.
He was the defence minister in 1976, when Palestinian hijackers diverted a plane from Israel to Entebbe in Uganda. He oversaw the successful rescue of more than 100 hostages.
Once an advocate of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Mr Peres later became a leading political dove. He often spoke of the need for compromise over territorial demands in Palestinian areas.
He maintained an active public schedule into old age, mostly through his non-governmental Peres Centre for Peace, which promotes closer ties between Israel and the Palestinians.
In 2013 he said: "There is no alternative to peace. There is no sense to go to war."
He retired from his role as president in 2014.

Summary: Shimon Peres, Israel's former president and prime minister, has died aged 93.

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Born at Alltnacaillich, Strathmore in 1714, Rob Donn could not read or write and dictated his poetry from memory in later life.
A wall hanging depicting scenes from his life and work is to be created in a project led by Strathnaver Museum and Mackay Country Community Trust.
People living in and around Strathnaver are to be invited to help make the piece of craftwork.
Donn's poetry continues to be celebrated and studied today.
Some of his work has turned into music and performed at Glasgow's Celtic Connections Festival.
Strathnaver Museum has been awarded Â£5,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund's Stories, Stones and Bones programme towards the project.

Summary: A project to mark the life and work of a Scottish poet is to be launched.

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PC James Burns was found not guilty of common assault and two counts of assault causing actual bodily harm against Michael Stanley, 28, in Penrhyndeudraeth, on 10 April 2016.
He was also cleared of giving a false statement about what happened.
He had denied all the charges at Caernarfon Crown Court.
The case against another officer, PC Robin Humphreys, who had been accused of perverting the course of justice, was thrown out earlier in the month.
Judge Huw Rees said there was insufficient evidence to prove he had colluded with PC Burns by giving false statements about the incident.

Summary: A North Wales Police officer has been cleared of assaulting a man in Gwynedd.

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The young girl was injured by the drug patrol dog in Belmarsh Prison, Woolwich, on 31 March.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said the incident had been reported to police and the dog withdrawn from service.
In 2015, the MoJ said there were more than 530 dogs deployed in prisons in England and Wales.
The Mirror reported the attack had taken place during a routine drugs test and the girl needed to undergo plastic surgery because of her injuries.
The MoJ said it could not release more details because of "purdah" rules in the run up to the general election.

Summary: An 11-year-old girl has been bitten by a prison dog in south-east London.

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Jersey-based collector David Gainsborough-Roberts, 73, spent his life collecting a variety of memorabilia from famous people.
Last year he sold his entire Marilyn Monroe collection, making Â£1.5m which he said would go to charity.
Mr Gainsborough-Roberts was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, and died in Jersey on Saturday.
His collection focused on popular history of the 19th and 20th Century, and included keys and coats from the Titanic; Winston Churchill's Stetson hat; and guns owned by Billy the Kid. He even had a pair of Queen Victoria's knickers.
He would tell friends and family that making money from his collection was never the point. He told his friend Murray Norton that "the point is they have a story attached to them".
Mr Norton said his fame stretched far and wide but he would always make time for people.
"If you went to America people would know David Gainsborough-Roberts because he was a regular on the Joan Rivers Show.
"He was known throughout the world. He would give talks in far flung places from Germany to California," Mr Norton said.
Friends have described him as a kind and generous man with a lot of character and enthusiasm.

Summary: Tributes have been paid to one of the world's most famous antique dealers who has died.

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GB were beaten 24-18 by Israel, 37-14 by Hungary and 46-14 by Netherlands.
The men's and women's teams had their £2.92m funding to support elite athletes removed after London 2012.
"Although we did not make the finals, there are some great young handball players in this country," said British Handball director David Meli.
"Our aim now is to find a way of bringing additional funding into the association to allow us to run other teams in both male and female competitions."
Netherlands won all three games to secure their place at the finals in Rio, which take place from 19 July to 2 August.

Summary: Great Britain's men's and women's handball teams have failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics.

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The film star and his lawyer wife Amal, want to put up eight cameras on poles in the grounds, up to five metres (16ft) high.
They also wish to attach a further 10 cameras to the property.
The Eye and Dunsden Parish Council has concerns over privacy and the CCTV system's visual impact on the village.
David Woodward, chair of the council, said: "When you are strolling next to a pretty riverbank, it's a visual intrusion close to where people are walking."
Mr Woodward said the CCTV could also cause privacy concerns for Mr Clooney's neighbours.
The property at Sonning Eye is located on an island in the River Thames on the county line between Oxfordshire and Berkshire.
South Oxfordshire District Council's conservation officer recommends approval as long as the cameras can easily be removed from the building.
The district councillor has until Friday to decide whether to put the application before a planning committee.

Summary: George Clooney's plans to install CCTV cameras at his Oxfordshire home have been opposed by a parish council.

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George Hamilton was speaking to MPs on the Northern Ireland affairs committee.
It is investigating how a UK exit from the EU could affect Northern Ireland.
Mr Hamilton said the PSNI would "not take a position on exit or not" and would work with whatever circumstances are in place after the EU referendum.
Voters will go to the polls in June to decide whether the UK should remain a member of the EU.
Asked on whether an exit from the EU would affect policing, Mr Hamilton said: "I think all of this is probably doable with an exit, but it will be slower, complicated and more costly is the view we would take from a practical policing perspective."
But he said the PSNI had a "very good working relationship" with a number of police forces in non-EU countries, "most notably America".
Mr Hamilton, who appeared before the committee with Assistant Chief Constable Will Kerr, also said he did not think the PSNI's link with the Irish police would suffer in the case of an exit from the EU.
He said "the relationships are secure".
He added that if a so-called Brexit - a shorthand term for a UK exit from the EU - took place he was "absolutely sure the quality of the relationship and the professionalism of both organisations would not be diminished".
The committee is examining areas like the economy and the border with the Republic of Ireland.
It has already heard evidence from a wide range of politicians and business leaders.

Summary: The chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said an exit from the European Union (EU) is "probably doable".

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Bloemfontein joins Beijing and Lisbon in being suspended from carrying out any Wada-related anti-doping activities, while Moscow's lab had its accreditation revoked in April.
The decision leaves 31 Wada-accredited labs in the world, but none in Africa.
Wada said the laboratory may apply for reinstatement before 30 September.
The body did not disclose the reasons for the South Africa facility's suspension, which can be appealed against at the Court of Arbitration for Sport within 21 days of Bloemfontein being notified.

Summary: South Africa's anti-doping laboratory has been suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).

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Volunteers at St Helier Lifeboat Station in Jersey have walked out amid claims Andy Hibbs was "bullied" by senior management at the RNLI.
The RNLI said it asked Mr Hibbs to stand down "due to serious breaches of the RNLI's Volunteer Code of Conduct".
Claims of bullying are taken "very seriously" and are being investigated, the RNLI said.
Mr Hibbs said he thought the organisation was breaking Jersey's laws and said he is "humbled" by the support of his crew.
Officials from the RNLI met the crew on Thursday evening after complaints were made against Mr Hibbs, the BBC understands.
More on St Helier lifeboat crew resigning, and other Jersey news
Mr Hibbs said: "I was sacked pretty much. The whole thing was just a joke.
"I was being bullied by senior management in the RNLI and I refused to accept it."
A statement from the RNLI said the situation was "incredibly complex" and a "confidential process".
It said: "The RNLI has asked one volunteer at St Helier lifeboat station to stand down with immediate effect.
"We have worked closely with the volunteer for some time but have been unable to resolve a serious breakdown in the relationship between the individual and the charity.
"Unfortunately this impacted on the RNLI's ability to effectively deliver a safe and effective rescue service from St Helier.
"Other volunteers have chosen to step down, which has forced the RNLI to declare the St Helier lifeboats off service temporarily.
"We understand the impact of standing down volunteers and we do not take such decisions lightly."
The St Helier lifeboat should be back in service in a few days, the RNLI said.
A former member of Jersey's RNLI has said there will be a protest held on Sunday.
Paul Battrick said there would be a "silent gathering" at 10:00 BST to support the volunteer crew members.
He said he hoped the protest will get the RNLI "to see sense".
Jersey will have lifeboat cover from the other Channel Islands stations - St Catherine's, St Peter Port and Alderney.

Summary: A lifeboat crew member has said he was sacked by the RNLI after refusing to stand down.

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Simon Marsh, 55, of St Michael and All Angels Church of England church in Bramhall, Stockport, was the subject of an investigation lasting 15 months.
Allegations were made between 2011 to 2013 when the woman was aged 16 to 19.
Mr Marsh had been on bail and was suspended from his parish duties while the investigation took place.
A spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said: "Following receipt of a file from Greater Manchester Police, the CPS have conducted a thorough review of the evidence in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.
"We have reached a decision that there is insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction and therefore consider that no further action should be taken in this case."
A spokesman for the Church of England Diocese of Chester said: "The Revd Simon Marsh has agreed not to conduct services or be actively engaged in parish ministry in Bramhall for the time being.
"Now that we've been informed that the criminal investigation has finished, with no charges being brought, an internal investigation by the Diocese of Chester is under way.
"In the meantime, alternative pastoral care will continue to be provided for the people of Bramhall."

Summary: No charges will be brought against a vicar accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl, prosecutors have said.

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Both 48-hour and 24-hour strikes have already been held on seven Shell-operated platforms.
Further action was planned but was put on hold for fresh talks.
Wood Group and the Unite and RMT unions said in a statement they had held two full days of constructive discussions which would continue next week.
The statement said: "These collaborative discussions have demonstrated a clear, shared understanding of the issues being raised by all parties, plus the challenges facing the North Sea.
"We remain focused on reaching a mutually-acceptable outcome, which demonstrates collective leadership in shaping the future of the North Sea."
The initial 24-hour strike on 26 July was the first industrial action of its kind in the North Sea in nearly 30 years and was followed by a 48-hour stoppage the following week.
The platforms involved are the Curlew, Brent Alpha, Brent Bravo, Brent Charlie, Nelson, Gannet and Shearwater.
Aberdeen-based Wood Group provides maintenance and construction to Shell and signed a three-year extension to its contract earlier this year.

Summary: Talks aimed at ending a dispute over pay and conditions on North Sea oil platforms have ended without agreement.

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Shahid Tarafdar, 45, was hit by a Peugeot 307 on Stockport Road at about 15:45 GMT on 7 February. He was taken to hospital but later died.
Michael Joyce, 21, from Reabrook Avenue, Manchester has been charged with perverting the course of justice.
Both have been remanded to appear at Manchester Magistrates' Court later.
The teenager has also been charged with a number of other driving offences including driving whilst disqualified, failing to stop and report a collision and using a motor vehicle without insurance.

Summary: A 16-year-old boy has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a pedestrian was hit by a car in Stockport.

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Betsi Cadwaladr health board has suggested downgrading services at one of the area's three district hospitals due to a staffing shortage.
A legal challenge blocked the plan to downgrade maternity care at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire.
That prompted the consultation, which includes a series of public meetings.
Residents are unhappy with the plans, suggesting removing the service at hospitals like Wrexham Maelor and Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor will mean women having to travel further for care.
However, bosses said any changes would be temporary and are needed to ensure the safety of mothers and babies.
A dedicated health board website was launched on Monday to collate public reaction to the options, which also includes retaining all services.
Several public meetings are due to take place in September.

Summary: A consultation on the future of maternity services in north Wales has been launched.

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The incident occurred in the 84th minute of Wednesday's Confederation Cup match between Sudan's Al Merreikh and Kawkab Marrakech of Morocco.
Caf is reviewing the incident and awaiting the match officials' report.
Kawkab won the match 2-0 - with two penalties - for a 2-1 aggregate win.
Caf director of communications Junior Binyam told BBC Sport: "Investigations are being carried out and the the case will be submitted to the disciplinary jury."
Kawkab were 1-0 up in Wednesday's second leg of the play-offs tie - with the score 1-1 on aggregate - when a number of Merreikh club officials entered the field.
In the ensuing melee, Al Merreikh's director football Hatim lashed out with his left arm and seemed to strike Otogo-Castane on the right side of his head.
After play resumed, Kawkab went on to win an 89th-minute penalty which they converted to earn their place in the group stage of Africa's second tier club competition.

Summary: The Confederation of African Football (Caf) is investigating an incident in which a club official appeared to strike an opposing player in the head with his arm.

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The UK government gave Northern Ireland the power to reduce the level of the tax because it said it had a special economic case.
That prompted calls from Scottish and Welsh airports for similar treatment.
The UK Treasury said it had not ruled out devolving APD to Scotland and Wales in the future.
A report published following a consultation on reform of APD said the government at Westminster would "continue to explore the feasibility and likely effects of devolution to Scotland and Wales".
Earlier this year Chancellor George Osborne announced the duty would be cut for direct long-haul routes from Northern Ireland airports, and he would devolve control over the tax to the Northern Irish Assembly.
The move came in response to fears that some routes could be scrapped due to competition from Irish airports where APD is much lower.
Commenting on the UK Government's decision not to grant the Scottish government similar powers for now, Jim O'Sullivan, managing director of Edinburgh Airport, said: "APD is already costing Scotland passengers and having an impact on tourism revenues.
"We know from discussions with our airline partners that it is a major factor in their decision to connect further routes to Scotland.
"We would urge the Westminster Government to see Scotland as it does Northern Ireland and understand the need to both reduce and devolve this unfair and damaging tax."
Amanda McMillan, managing director of Glasgow Airport, said: "On the question of devolution of APD, Glasgow Airport has always been supportive of this proposal given the Scottish government's more progressive approach to aviation and its greater appreciation of the role the industry plays in supporting the growth of the Scottish economy."
Scottish Transport Minister, Keith Brown said the case for devolving APD was "compelling" and had been backed by all four of Scotland's biggest airports, and recommended by the Calman Commission.
He added: "We need to be able to deal with the competitive and connectivity disadvantages that Scotland faces and if APD were devolved now we could provide the means to incentivise airlines to provide new direct international connections to Scotland, benefiting our aviation industry and our passengers and supporting the growth of the Scottish economy.
"The UK government needs to listen to the many voices in Scotland who clearly want to see full devolution of the policy on APD."

Summary: Edinburgh and Glasgow airports have called on the UK government to devolve control over air passenger duty (APD) to Scotland.

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Head coach Warren Gatland is leading the British and Irish Lions in New Zealand and has named interim coach Rob Howley as part of his backroom team.
Forwards coach McBryde assumes head coach responsibilities for the third time after leading Wales on tours in 2009 and 2013.
"It is an honour to represent your country and to do so overseas carries extra responsibility," said McBryde.
"For me it is another exciting opportunity to lead the team.  It is something I have thoroughly enjoyed in the past and I'm really looking forward to doing it again at the end of the season."
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) will appoint assistant coaches for the summer tour to assist McBryde.
"We are also at an advanced stage in discussions with a number of other individuals about the summer tour and hope to be in a position to confirm the full make-up of the management team next week," said WRU chief executive Martyn Phillips.
Union chairman Gareth Davies, who is also on the Lions' selection panel, believes the involvement of Welsh coaches will benefit the national team.
"2017 is a real summer of opportunity for Welsh coaches and should benefit the whole of Welsh rugby in the years ahead," he said.
"It is not often that you get the opportunity to develop coaches in different environments.
"Our coaches and players have been invigorated by their Lions experiences on previous campaigns and there is little doubt that a tour of New Zealand will provide the ultimate test and so once again both mentally stimulate and inspire each individual."

Summary: Robin McBryde will take charge of Wales on the 2017 Lions tour.

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says GSK made more than £50m of payments to companies making generic versions of its anti-depressant Seroxat to delay them coming to market.
GSK has been fined £37,606,275 and the generic firms have to pay £7.4m.
But GSK says its actions actually saved the NHS money and brought the generic drugs to the market sooner.
The other companies fined were Generics UK, Merck, Alpharma, Activis UK and Xellia Pharmaceuticals.
The CMA found that between 2002 and 2004, GSK had made agreements to pay cash to its competitors to prevent them bringing the generic version of Seroxat, called paroxetine, to market.
In addition to the cash payments, the CMA said the deals allowed the competitors to bring small amounts of paroxetine to market instead of GSK, transferring some of the profits to the generic manufacturers without increasing competition.
Michael Grenfell from the CMA said: "Today's decision sends out a strong message that we will tackle illegal behaviour that is designed to stifle competition at the expense of customers - in this case, the NHS and, ultimately, taxpayers."
But GSK said it disagreed with the ruling and was considering appealing.
"GSK and the generics companies entered into these agreements at the time in order to settle costly, complex and uncertain patent disputes," its spokesperson said.
"The agreements allowed the generics companies to enter the market early with a paroxetine product and ultimately enabled a saving of over £15m to the NHS."
The CMA pointed out that after generic paroxetine entered the market properly at the end of 2013, average prices for the drug fell more than 70% in two years.

Summary: Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and six other companies have been fined for fixing the price of a drug.

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The UK's chief veterinary officer said H5N8 avian flu has been discovered at a farm with 1,000 birds in Wyre.
Graeme Cooke said it has a "business link" to nearby farm Hy-Fly Game Hatcheries Limited in Preesall where the infection was confirmed on Tuesday.
Public Health England (PHE) said the risk to humans was "very low".
A 1.8 mile (3km) protection zone has been set up around the farm.
Defra said: "This case was proactively identified as part of a routine investigation of premises traced as a result of confirmation of the disease in Lancashire earlier this week.
"There is a business link between the two premises."
It said a number of birds have died with the remaining birds at the premises to be culled.
Defra said a full investigation is under way to determine the source of the infection.
Other related premises have been placed under restrictions which will remain in place until all investigations are complete.
The Food Standards Agency said bird flu does not pose a food safety risk for UK consumers.
There have been a number of other outbreaks of the virus including on a farm with 19,500 turkeys in Boston on Friday which was the third case of the H5N8 strain of avian flu in Lincolnshire in about four weeks.
The same strain has been discovered in birds in Settle, North Yorkshire, a swannery in Dorset and flocks in Carmarthenshire, south west Wales.
In December, the government introduced an avian influenza prevention zone, which lasts until 28 February, to help protect poultry and captive birds from avian flu after the strain was found in 14 European countries including Germany and France.

Summary: Bird flu has been found at a farm in Lincolnshire, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said.

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The men were believed to have been working on the northbound carriageway of the A361 at Gornhay Cross, Tiverton, when they were hit.
One was flown to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital, while a second Devon Air Ambulance flew the other man to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
The van driver has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.
The condition of the two injured men, who are both in their 40s, is not known.
Devon and Cornwall Police said a third man was hurt in the incident, but he is described as the "walking wounded".
The Barnstaple-bound carriageway is expected to remain closed for several hours and diversions have been put in place.

Summary: Two road workers have been seriously injured after being hit by a van in Devon.

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Shwe Mann was sacked from the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) last week in a power struggle.
He has been rumoured to be discussing an alliance with Aung San Suu Kyi whose party is expected to win wide popular support in the 8 November elections.
They will be the first elections since democratic reforms began in 2011.
Rivalry between President Thein Sein and Shwe Mann came to a head last Wednesday night when trucks with security sealed off the headquarters of the party.
Shwe Mann, who had been seen as a likely successor to Thein Sein, remains speaker of parliament and a USDP member.
Ms Suu Kyi and Shwe Mann met for an hour on Monday in the country's capital, Naypyidaw.
They have often said that they have a mutual understanding for future co-operation, reports Moe Myint of the BBC Burmese service.
One likely area of collaboration might be amendment of the constitution, which prevents Ms Suu Kyi from running for the presidency.
Most expect Ms Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy to win the election, but the constitution bars her from becoming president because her children hold British passports.

Summary: Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met Shwe Mann, a former ally of President Thein Sein.

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Police probed reports hounds filled a street in Macclesfield, Cheshire, in February and allegedly killed a fox.
Lesley Martin from Cheshire Monitors said "the law needs to be strengthened" and loopholes must be tightened.
The CPS said there was not enough evidence to prove the animal's death was caused deliberately.
Ms Lesley, from the anti-hunting campaign group which monitors hunting groups in Cheshire, said the law is inadequate in its current form.
Resident Julie Clarke, 47, who witnessed the hunt in Penningtons Lane said it was "horrific" and the "dogs were out of control", leaving some locals "traumatised... scared and outraged".
A Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokeswoman said police referred two files to them relating to Cheshire Forest Hunt, one on 25 February and the other on 2 January.
"In both cases our prosecutor decided there was not enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect of a conviction", she said.
A spokesman for Cheshire Forest Hunt said at the time they had "apologised" for what had happened.
Ms Lesley said the law "really needs to be strengthened... plus we need to have stronger sentencing so it sends a really good message to have these people brought to account".
Legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg said: "I think the problem with the hunting act is that it wasn't very well drafted and it's really quite difficult to bring prosecutions".
"I think those who thought it was going to stop hunting as a sport have been disappointed".
A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs said they could not comment on individual cases, but whether an offence under the Hunting Act 2004 is taken to court would depend on whether there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction.
He said: "The government's manifesto includes a free vote on the Hunting Act. There are no plans for a vote in this session, as with the EU negotiations beginning, this is clearly not a top priority for the first session."

Summary: Anti-hunting campaigners have called for "stronger sentences" after a hunt was cleared of killing a fox.

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According to Radio-Canada, officials entered a hotel room where members of the travelling equestrian show Cavalia were staying on 14 July.
The public broadcaster said officials made a number of arrests and two Canadians remain in prison.
A spokesperson for Cavalia said they were trying to arrange for two employees to return to Canada.
"This is a private matter. All I can tell you is that recently, Chinese representatives have contacted us to ask if we were willing to buy airplane tickets to quickly repatriate them in Canada, and of course we are," spokesperson Eric Paquette told the BBC.
"At this point, our hope is that the repatriation process unfolds rapidly."
Global Affairs Canada said it is providing consular services to two citizens who were detained in Beijing.
"Consular services are being provided to two Canadians who were detained in Beijing, China, as well as to their families," said a spokesperson for the department.
"Consular officials are in contact with local authorities to gather additional information.
"Due to privacy considerations, we are unable to provide further information on this matter."
Cavalia was created in 2003 by one of the co-founders of Cirque de Soleil, and has been described as "equestrian ballet". It has been performing in Beijing since April and even planned to build a permanent theatre in Hangzhou.
China's drug laws are very strict, and trafficking large amounts of drugs can lead to a death sentence.
Even minor drug crimes can lead to an arrest or deportation.
In 2014, China banned several celebrities caught using drugs from performing on state media.

Summary: Two Canadians have been arrested in China on suspicion of drug trafficking.

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The adult comedy, starring Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell, took £1.47m in its first week, falling just behind the animated Pixar film.
Finding Dory took another £1.51m, bringing its total UK takings so far to £35.8m.
Suicide Squad dropped one place to third, with takings of £1.27m, followed by new entry War Dogs.
The comedy drama, starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller, is based on the true story of two men in their 20s who won a contract to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
The top 10 also saw a new entry for horror film The Purge: Election Year, which took £807,803 in its first week.
Mechanic: Resurrection, a thriller starring Jason Statham, debuted at number 10, with a total of £508,715.
Jason Bourne is in the charts for a sixth week, taking £732,632 and the number six spot this week, with The BFG following in seventh place with £658,840.
Lights Out - another horror film - took £558,167 in its second week of release and is in eighth place, with David Brent: Life on the Road at number nine with £508,762.
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Summary: Finding Dory has held on to the top spot at the UK and Ireland box office for a second week, with Zoolander 2 falling to number two.

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Cheshire East Council said the suspension of chief executive Mike Suarez after a disciplinary committee meeting on Monday was a "neutral act".
The Conservative-run authority will not reveal details of the allegations.
Councillor Howard Murray said the suspension was "a neutral act taken in the interests of both the council and chief executive".
The chair of the investigation and disciplinary committee added: "It is important that this investigation is undertaken objectively and therefore it would be inappropriate to make any further comment at this stage."

Summary: The chief executive of a Cheshire council has been suspended pending an investigation into allegations against him.

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Darren Heath, 45, from Taynton, was sentenced to three years and nine months after pleading guilty to five counts of misconduct in public office.
Bristol Crown Court had heard how Heath got one of his victims pregnant and convinced her to have an abortion.
Gloucestershire Police believe there may be more victims.
In sentencing, Judge Neil Ford QC described Heath's behaviour as "corrosive to the reputation of the police service generally".
The force said Heath used his position to identify women - "often victims of crime who were already extremely vulnerable" - whom he could offend against.
He was described as "manipulative and calculating" by the force, which suspended him last year following an investigation into a complaint made against him in 2012.
The offences took place between 2002 and 2012.
Previously, Bristol Crown Court had heard that Heath was first warned about his behaviour in 1996 - a year after joining Gloucestershire Police - following a complaint by a student.
He had asked her if she "fancied a bit of fun".
"She subsequently made a complaint which was dealt with by Pc Heath being given advice."
Heath met his first victim in 2002 after she was arrested for drinking and driving.
Six years later he met another victim who approached him in a police car after a man fell unconscious in the street.
He later visited her home where the pair had sex and then persisted with visits - up to four times a week - before the woman fell pregnant with twins.
Heath, who has two children of his own, then convinced her to have a termination.
He met another victim after arranging a restorative justice programme for her son.
The woman ended the relationship after realising Heath was "only interested in a sexual relationship", the court heard.

Summary: A former police community support officer (PCSO) has been jailed for having sex with women he met while on duty.

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Police said a boy on the bank saw his father's boat capsize on the River Wey in Guildford at about 13:10 BST on Monday.
Insp Claire Sutherland said the boy jumped into the fast-flowing river to try to save him but members of the public shouted to come back.
Divers are trawling the river in Millmead.
Members of the public have been urged not to go into the water if they spot the missing kayaker, but to call 999 immediately.
A flood warning is in place for parts of the River Wey, following heavy rain and storms over the weekend.
A police helicopter, firefighters and ambulance crews were all at the scene on Monday.
The river from Millmead to Stoke Lock is a popular with kayakers.
Wey Valley Kayak Club, which has about 400 members, is situated about about one mile down river from where the man capsized.
It tweeted on Monday morning the Wey from Godalming Wharf to Thames Lock was not safe.

Summary: A man is missing after his kayak capsized in a Surrey river.

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