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Haag, 47, was appointed to succeed Glenn Delaney in July 2012 and led the Green & Whites to second place in the second tier the following year.
The ex-England lock previously played 315 games for Bath and later became forwards coach at the Rec.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Nottingham," Haag said.
His first task at Twickenham will be to guide the Under-20s through the World Rugby Championship in June.
"Martin is held in high esteem in the rugby world," said the Rugby Football Union's head of international player development Joe Lydon.
"We were impressed with his vision for both player and coach development and his philosophies and values align with those that are in place for the programme."
Nottingham are currently fifth in the second-tier, nine points behind Yorkshire Carnegie and Bedford above them.
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Head coach Martin Haag will leave Nottingham at the end of the current Championship campaign to take up the same role with England's Under-20 side.
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The NatCen British Social Attitudes Report found 48% of the 2,878 people it surveyed were in favour of capital punishment.
It is the lowest figure since the survey began in 1983, when around 75% of people were in favour.
The death penalty was legally abolished under the Human Rights Act in 1998.
Capital punishment has long been an issue over which Parliament and the public were at odds.
In 1965, a year after the last executions in the UK, MPs voted 200 to 98 to suspend the death penalty for murder, even though opinion polls suggested the vast majority of electors wanted it kept on the statute books.
It was last debated in Parliament in 1998 during the passage of the Human Rights Act. On that occasion, a provision of the Act outlawing capital punishment for murder except "in times of war or imminent threat of war" was backed by 294 votes to 136.
In the same year, the Criminal Justice Bill removed the death penalty from the sentencing options for high treason and piracy with violence, the last two crimes remaining on the statute books that were punishable by death.
The British Social Attitudes survey has been carried out every year since 1983, with questions repeated periodically to assess how opinions change over time.
For this year's report, NatCen interviewed a representative, random sample of 2,878 adults in the UK between August and November 2014.
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Support for the death penalty in Britain has dropped below 50% for the first time on record, an annual opinion survey says.
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The England manager brought on strikers Daniel Sturridge and Jamie Vardy in Lens - and both had an impact.
Vardy scored shortly after the break and Sturridge struck a late clincher as England won 2-1 to move top of Group B.
Manchester United youngster Marcus Rashford came off the bench to good effect as well, replacing Adam Lallana.
All of which leaves the England manager with some tricky decisions to make before his team's final group game against Slovakia on Monday.
Do Sturridge and Vardy start? Will Harry Kane have to settle for a place on the bench? Former England captain Alan Shearer certainly thinks so.
And did Rashford to enough to force himself into the starting line-up?
Furthermore, after going gung-ho, all-out attack to turn around a 1-0 deficit against the Welsh, what sort of formation should Hodgson pick?
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Brave and bold are just two of the words that could be used to describe Roy Hodgson's substitutions against Wales on Thursday.
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John Watson, 35, ambushed Pte James Dicks outside his ex-wife's home in Windsor because he believed they were in a relationship.
He then tied Pte Dicks up, bundled him into a car and stabbed him before he was stopped by police.
Judge Angela Morris said Watson was a "danger to the public" as she sentenced him at Reading Crown Court.
She said there were "two John Watsons" and that while one was "a devoted family man who served his country with honour", the other was "one of anger, jealousy and murderous intent".
The court had heard the two men became friends while stationed together at Combermere Barracks, near Windsor.
However, their friendship broke down after 28-year-old Pte Dicks was accused by Watson of starting a relationship with his former wife.
On 4 May last year Watson "hog-tied" his victim after lying in wait for him outside his ex-wife's house and forcing him into his car.
He then tried to kill the Household Cavalry trooper by wrapping cling film round his face and attacking him with a jab saw.
The assault was stopped when two police officers armed with Tasers arrived at the scene, but Pte Dicks was left with stab and slash wounds.
Judge Morris told Watson: "You are the one who tried to wrap his head in cling film when he fought back in the second car park in an effort to escape and ultimately you are the one who was continuing to attack when the police eventually arrived on the scene."
She said but for members of the public calling police, Mr Dicks would have been dead.
Watson had already been found guilty of one count of kidnap in relation to the attack, and pleaded guilty to one count of possession of an offensive weapon.
He was convicted by a jury of attempted murder on 19 January.
Watson was sentenced to 19 years for attempted murder, four years for kidnap and six months for possession of an offensive weapon to run concurrently.
He was told he will have to serve 16 years before he is eligible for parole.
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A soldier who abducted and stabbed his love rival has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years.
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The newly crowned champions resumed on 82-4, 318 runs in arrears after Hampshire's 400-9 declared.
Only 7.4 overs were bowled, however, before the teams left the field for bad light and rain later arrived to end play for the day.
Yorkshire opener Alex Lees was 37 not out, with partner Tim Bresnan on 12.
Unless Hampshire can bowl the White Rose county out cheaply on the final day, they will have to settle for a draw, which will probably ensure they go into next week's final game away at Nottinghamshire in one of the Division One relegation places.
However, if they can pick up maximum bowling points, they could slightly close the 11-point gap on Sussex and Somerset, whose game at Hove was also rain-affected on the third day.
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Hampshire's chances of a victory over Yorkshire to boost their hopes of avoiding relegation faded in bad weather on day three at the Ageas Bowl.
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"The Olympics are a business and they want to attract those younger viewers for all these big television deals," said Lorenzo Fertitta.
"Where we're going with UFC, eventually we (MMA) will be part of the Olympics."
Fertitta claimed that the appeal of snowboarding and half pipe shows that sports like MMA have an Olympic future.
"That's what the kids want to watch - and that's where we are going," he said.
The UFC returns to London on Saturday for the first major event in the capital since 2014.
Britain's Michael Bisping is due to take on Brazilian former middleweight champion Anderson Silva.
BBC Three is covering the contest with a live text commentary page, which will include some clips from the fights.
The event at the O2 Arena features nine British athletes, with the live text commentary starting at 1930 GMT.
Conor McGregor, the sport's biggest star right now. is also preparing to enter the octagon again.
Ireland's featherweight world champion fights American Nate Diaz in Las Vegas on 5 March.
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Mixed martial arts will eventually become an Olympic sport, the co-owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship has told BBC World Service.
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Despite the low figure, it is a 4% increase from 2011's numbers, the Centre for the Study of Women in Television and Film said.
The research found women comprised 18% of all directors, executive producers, writers, cinematographers and editors.
It also showed women were more likely to work in the documentary, drama and animated film genres.
The Centre has been conducting the industry survey for more than a decade to track trends.
The number of female producers has held steady at 25% for the past two years, while female writers rose to 15%, up from a low of 10% in 2006.
The number of female editors between 1998-2012 has remained fairly constant in the 20%-21% range. Cinematographers have fluctuated between 2%-4%, although figures for 2012 were on the low end of the range.
No women have made it onto the shortlist for best director at this year's Oscars, while Zero Dark Thirty is the only best picture nominee to have been directed by a woman - Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow.
A separate study by the Sundance Institute and Women in Film showed women fared better in the independent film sector.
Looking at films shown at the Sundance Film Festival over the past decade - and accounting for 820 narrative and documentary films - researchers found women represented 29.8% of some 11,000 filmmakers.
There are more women working in documentary films than narrative films, but study director Stacy Smith said her research found that "as commerce moves in, females move out".
Women In Film president Cathy Schulman added: "This data shows us that there is a higher representation of female filmmakers in independent film as compared to Hollywood - but it also highlights the work that is still to be done for women to achieve equal footing in the field."
The study also found that films directed by women employ greater numbers of women behind the camera than those made by men.
The organisers of last year's Cannes Film Festival were criticised when the list of 22 films nominated for its top prize, the Palme d'Or, was entirely made up of male directors.
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Only 9% of directors of the top 250 grossing Hollywood films in 2012 were women, a study has found.
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The newborn baby, whose body was found in Ox Hey Lane in Lostock, was given the name Alia - meaning beautiful
In a bid to find Alia's parents, officers identified her mother's DNA and the partial DNA of her father.
Police have so far contacted nine of the men whose DNA records were found on "available databases".
The search focused on approaching potential matches in the Lancashire and Greater Manchester areas.
Detectives previously found a number of potential DNA matches to Alia's mother's family and officers will again be revisiting those.
During an update with the coroner in preparation for an inquest, police said Alia was found in a shirt which is part of Tesco's Florence and Fred clothing range.
Officers discovered 51 of the shirts were sold in the area, but have eliminated 50 people from the inquiry.
The pre-inquest hearing was adjourned until June to allow police more time to trace Alia's parents.
Alia, who was wrapped in clothing and placed inside a plastic bag, lived for up to two hours before she died.
Since she was found on 14 March 2013, police have not identified Alia's ethnicity or established the cause of her death.
She was discovered by dog walkers with a message written on a Tesco carrier bag requesting an Islamic burial.
Det Sgt Aaron Duggan said: "Although it is probably very difficult to talk about what happened, I remain hopeful that... her mother or father may feel the time is right to come and talk and let me know what happened to their baby."
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Police have found 11 partial genetic matches to the father of a baby girl discovered dead in a country lane in Greater Manchester a year ago.
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The phone, which has a two megapixel camera and relies on 2.5G connectivity to offer only limited internet access, is being sold for £49.99.
The battery is claimed to offer up to 22 hours of talk time, and up to a month in standby mode.
One expert said its success depended on how much people would be willing to pay for a device that "oozes nostalgia".
"For someone like me, it's an exciting day," commented Ben Wood, from technology consultancy CCS Insight.
"If you put this in the hands of a millennial who's addicted to Snapchat, of course it's the wrong phone.
"But with over 20 million mobile phones in the UK, approximately one million are feature phones, or 'dumb phones' if you want to call them that. This is still a sizeable market.
"This is a premium version, so the question is how much are people willing to pay for that?"
Youtube technology vlogger Safwan Ahmedia was one of the first to buy one.
"The interest shown for this reimagined classic has been backed up by incredibly strong levels of pre-registration, and we have already sold out of very limited stock online", Carphone Warehouse's Andrew Wilson said.
And a spokesperson for Vodafone told the BBC: "We are delighted to be stocking the phone as demand has been really high".
EE is registering levels of interest in the device, but O2 and Three said they had no plans to sell the handset.
The new device was announced at February's Mobile World Congress technology show in Barcelona.
It is being built under licence by the Finnish start-up company HMD Global, which also makes several Nokia-branded Android smartphones.
Nokia produced more than 126 million of the original 3310 handsets between 2000 and 2005, when they were phased out.
But it has not made mobile phones since 2013, when it sold its handset business to Microsoft.
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The rebooted Nokia 3310 has gone on sale, nearly 17 years after the original made its debut.
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The fish were found dead in the water at the weekend. It is thought that there have been two separate kills in the river.
In 2013, almost 5,000 fish were found dead after the river was polluted in a farm incident.
Ian Kittle, secretary of the Inler Angling Club, said it was devastating news.
"We are devastated, especially after the last fish kill in 2013," he said.
"The river was starting to recover and we had been busy restocking it. This incident is not as bad.
"But at the same time, we have lost juvenile fish and more. Our resident brown trout are dead and we also found a large sea trout that had been coming up from the lough to spawn."
Mr Kittle said he was first made aware of the fish kill on Friday evening.
There appeared to have been two separate kills, he said. One is upstream parallel to the Belfast Road, Comber. A lot of the dead fish are at the lower end of the river, under the new Comber bypass bridge.
A government department is investigating.
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Up to 300 brown and sea trout have died after a fish kill at the River Enler in County Down.
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The new world was found beyond our Solar System, 100 light-years away.
It's been named 51 Eridani b and is only 20 million years old - very young by astronomical standards.
The alien world could give us more information about the formation of our Solar System.
The find was made by the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), which looks for young planets orbiting bright nearby stars.
Our own Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system - it's so big you could fit over 1,300 Earths inside it!
It's also the fastest rotating planet too, with 1 day only lasting 10 hours - but a year on Jupiter lasts for 12 Earth years.
Jupiter doesn't have a solid surface and is made up of gas, giving it the name 'gas giant'.
The baby Jupiter has the strongest methane gas signature ever found on an alien planet.
The astronomers also detected water using the GPI's spectrometer instrument.
Scientists hope that by studying far away worlds, they can learn more about how common the structure of our Solar System is.
Astronomers believe the gas giants in our Solar System formed slowly - by building up a large core over a few million years and then pulling in a huge amount of hydrogen and other gases to form an atmosphere. This is known as a "cold-start".
But the Jupiter-like planets that have been discovered so far are much hotter than scientists have predicted. Which could mean they formed quickly - as gas collapses to make a scorching planet in what is known as a 'hot-start'.
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Astronomers have discovered a baby planet which looks like a young version of Jupiter.
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Six Nations organisers had ruled Marler would not be punished for the comment, made during the first half of England's 25-21 win over Wales on 12 March.
But World Rugby, which governs the international game, says the prop's remark "amounts to misconduct and/or a breach" of its code of conduct.
Marler apologised to Lee, who is from the Traveller community, at half-time.
The Harlequins player was reprimanded by England head coach Eddie Jones, but the Welsh Rugby Union was disappointed he was not suspended.
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England's Joe Marler will face a World Rugby misconduct hearing on 5 April for calling Wales' Samson Lee "Gypsy boy".
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Sibusiso Ndebele is accused of accepting more than $665,000 (£440,000) to facilitate tenders worth $133m while transport minister, local media reports.
The court did not ask him to plead and he was freed on bail.
Mr Ndebele is the latest in a string of senior South African officials to face corruption charges.
Mr Ndebele was freed on $670 bail by a magistrate at the commercial crimes court in KwaZulu-Natal province, National Prosecution Authority (NPA) spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku told the BBC.
The case had been postponed to July 2016 so that police investigations could continue, he added.
The diplomat was investigated by the Hawks, a police unit which focuses mainly on organised crime.
Mr Ndebele was transport minister from 2009 to 2011, and was also involved in South Africa's bid for the 2010 football World Cup.
He became ambassador to Australia in May - a post he still holds.
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South Africa's ambassador to Australia has appeared in court in South Africa on corruption charges.
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Former Arsenal trainee Aneke joined the Dons in August following his release by Belgian top-flight club Zulte Waregem.
The 23-year-old has scored four goals in 18 games this season, but has not featured since suffering a hamstring injury against Bradford in February.
"When he's been fit and playing, he's been one of our main players," manager Robbie Neilson told the club website.
"It's been a difficult period for him but he's shown tremendous attitude and he's working hard to be ready for next season."
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MK Dons forward Chuks Aneke has signed a new contract to stay with the League One club until the end of next season.
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The Obama-era measures prohibit broadband providers from giving or selling access to certain internet services over others.
Those who fought to get the rules passed said his proposal would set off a fierce political battle.
Mr Pai announced the plan to roll back net neutrality measures in Washington.
"Do we want the government to control the internet? Or do we want to embrace the light-touch approach" in place from 1996 until 2015, he said.
Mr Pai was named as Federal Communications Commission chair by President Donald Trump.
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He said the current framework discourages the spread of high-speed internet to poor and rural communities.
"Title II has kept countless consumers from getting better internet access or getting access, period. It is widening the digital divide in our country."
The commission plans to seek comment on new rules - including how to address questions such as paid prioritization for some traffic - in the coming months.
Mr Pai was first appointed to the FCC by former US president Barack Obama and voted against the rules in 2015.
His plan for a roll back places him on the side of internet providers such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon, which have opposed the rules.
In the 2015 debate, many people - galvanised in part by firms such as Netflix - wrote in support of net neutrality provisions.
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Top US communications regulator Ajit Pai has proposed reversing net neutrality rules for internet service providers.
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Radio 1's audience fell by 3.2% in the last three months of 2016 compared with the previous quarter, while Radio 1Xtra fell 11.4% over the same period.
Capital saw its listenership drop by 3.1%, while the Kiss network saw its share fall by 3.5%,
Yet Kiss still has reason to be happy, as its breakfast show is now London's most popular commercial breakfast show.
The audience research body's figures also show Radio 4's Today programme recorded its highest ever audience.
The BBC station's flagship show went from 7 million weekly listeners in the last quarter of 2015 to 7.4 million in the last three months of 2016.
"In an era of fake news, echo chambers and significant shifts in global politics, the role of Radio 4's Today as the trusted guide to the world around us is more important than ever," said Bob Shennan, director of BBC radio and music.
Radio 3's breakfast show also did well, with an audience of 647,000 in the last quarter of 2016 signalling a 20% rise on the same period in 2015.
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Most UK radio stations aimed at a young audience have seen their listeners fall, Rajar figures suggest.
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The protesters moved into the Wessex Tales restaurant on 7 December. The restaurant closed earlier this year and has been on sale for six months.
Its elderly owners, who live in an adjoining property at weekends, are now taking legal action to evict them.
A court hearing is due to be heard on Thursday.
The restaurant's owners, who are based in Hampshire and are both in their 70s, said they had been locked out of their weekend home because of the squatters.
Kris Hall, the sales manager at Taylor Viscount which is handling the sale of the restaurant and its two adjourning properties, said the 77-year-old man, who has a heart condition and his 72-year-old wife had struggled to keep the restaurant open due to difficult economic circumstances.
Mr Hall said that along with the £1,500 court costs, the couple would have to pay for the damage done to locks and cellar doors.
He added that the couple had asked to remain anonymous.
Mr Hall said: "I spoke to the gentleman who owns the building and he's concerned he's going to drop down dead from it.
"I don't have a problem with people protesting, but why don't they squat in a bank?"
Police were called to the property, on the corner of Ashley Road and Haviland Road, on Wednesday but said the situation was a "civil matter".
However, on 8 December police arrested a woman in her 40s at the restaurant on suspicion of possessing controlled drugs. A number of people were also removed from the occupied building.
The woman has been since released with a warning.
No-one from Occupy Boscombe was available to comment.
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Legal moves are being taken to evict protesters who have been squatting as part of the Occupy movement in a former vegetarian restaurant in Bournemouth.
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The woman was found dead at a property in Park Lane at about 22:30 BST on Wednesday, West Yorkshire Police said.
Officers were called by ambulance staff. A post-mortem examination took place on Thursday and the results are yet to be released.
The 54-year-old man has been bailed pending further investigation, the force said.
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A man arrested on suspicion of murder after an 84-year-old woman was found dead in Pontefract has been bailed.
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Police Scotland said the class A drug was recovered from an address in Mains Loan on 2 December.
A 44-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman were arrested in connection with the seizure.
A report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal and the pair are expected to appear at Dundee Sheriff Court.
Ch Insp Gary Ogilvie, of Police Scotland, said: "We will act on information that you provide regarding illegal drugs in our community and we are focused on reducing harm in Dundee."
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Two people have been charged with drugs offences after heroin worth £48,000 was found in Dundee.
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The Giants got a short-handed opener through player-coach Derrick Walser but Jeff Dimmen pulled the Panthers level.
In the second period Mike Forney's powerplay breakaway goal make it 2-1 with Andy Bohmback equalising.
Mike Radja scored from an acute angle and James Desmarais made it 4-2 before Nottingham's David Ling got one back.
The teams meet again on Saturday night in the second match of their double-header.
Nottingham lead the league on 28 points, with Sheffield Steelers on 27 and Belfast 25.
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The Belfast Giants shaded a 4-3 win over Nottingham Panthers on Friday night to close the gap on the Elite League leaders to three points.
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A consortium of farmers wanted to use carrots, maize and manure to produce gas for the National Grid.
But residents in Farnsfield, as well as owners of nearby tourist attractions, had voiced concerns over potential smells, prompting 650 objections.
County council planners confirmed a request had been made to take the scheme out of immediate consideration.
Fresh Growers, the farmers' consortium, hoped it would produce enough electricity for 1,200 homes and enough gas for 2,400 homes, roughly the size of nearby Farnsfield village.
They had insisted most of the process would be sealed and the fertilizer-like by-product would be similar to other "country smells".
But the owners of amusement park Wheelgate Park and animal attraction White Post Farm, as well as those living nearby, feared odours could affect their lives and income.
A campaign group - Stop the Stink - was formed and a spokesman said: "We would also like to thank everyone who has supported the Stop The Stink campaign.
"But (the plans are) currently only suspended and not stopped so we all need to see what happens next with that."
Chair of the consortium, Bill Eastwood, told the Chad newspaper he needed to review recent changes to government policy on alternative energy and their effect on the project's viability.
He said he hoped to make a decision in September.
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Plans for an organic power plant in Nottinghamshire that faced local opposition have been suspended.
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Elizabeth Mulcahy, of Llandaff, Cardiff, has been charged with six counts of indecent assault against a female under 13.
The offences are alleged to have happened in the 1970s and 1980s.
Cardiff Crown Court heard the incidents left the girl feeling "scared" and "dirty".
The court heard Mrs Mulcahy first touched the girl inappropriately when she was under 10.
"I was too frightened to tell anyone," the woman said in the video of her initial statement to police, which was played to jurors.
"I feel responsible because I feel like I should have said something."
She said the sexual abuse stopped when she was 13 after she started to "show resistance".
The trial continues.
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An 82-year-old woman accused of sexually abusing a young girl left her alleged victim "frightened to sleep at night", a court has heard.
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The film, which reportedly cost around $100m (£77m) to make, took just $11.4m (£8.7m) on its opening weekend.
Suicide Squad held the number one spot, taking $20.7m (£15.8m) on its third weekend of release, despite a lukewarm response from critics.
Animated comedy Sausage Party was also a non-mover, taking $15.3m (£11.7m) to retain its number two position.
War Dogs, the first film Todd Philips has directed since he completed The Hangover trilogy, debuted at three with $14.3m (£10.9m).
Jonah Hill and Miles Teller star in the comedy, which is based on the true story of two young men who won a contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Another new entry - Kubo and the Two Strings - landed at number four after taking $12.6m (£9.7m).
The animated children's film features the voices of Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes and Rooney Mara.
Ben-Hur is the fifth film adaption of Lew Wallace's novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, which was published in 1880.
It was first made as a silent film in 1907, and again in 1925.
The first big screen adaptation to include spoken dialogue was released in 1959, with Charlton Heston playing the lead role.
The actor also lent his voice to an animated children's adaption of the story which was released in 2003.
The new film stars Jack Huston as Judah Ben-Hur, alongside Morgan Freeman and Rodrigo Santoro, who plays Jesus Christ.
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A big-budget remake of Ben-Hur has had a disappointing start at the US box office, debuting at number five.
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Pools recorded back-to-back wins for the first time since August 2015.
Billy Paynter put them ahead from the penalty spot early on, and Jake Carroll headed a second soon after from Nathan Thomas' free-kick.
Matthew Cash pulled one back from 30-yards but Pools' Jake Gray fired in from 20 yards out to seal the victory.
The home side are now seven points above the drop zone with three games in hand on their rivals, while the Daggers are bottom.
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Dagenham manager John Still told BBC Radio London: "We started slowly, but once we got that out of the way I thought in the first half we were the dominant team.
"It's about both boxes. We didn't defend our box well enough in the early part of the game and found ourselves 2-0 down.
"I was delighted with our response, we got the goal back and I thought finished the second half in the ascendancy."
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Hartlepool United boosted their League Two survival hopes with victory against fellow strugglers Dagenham & Redbridge at Victoria Park.
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Richard Bell said the scorpion fell from the overhead bin and onto his head during lunch on a trip from Houston, Texas to Calgary in Canada.
After putting it on his plate, he was stung. United has offered compensation.
It happened on Sunday, the same day a United passenger was violently dragged from a plane after refusing to give his seat to a staff member.
Video of the incident has been watched by millions of people online.
Dr David Dao, a 69-year-old Vietnamese-American, lost two front teeth and suffered a broken nose and a "significant" concussion in the incident.
Mr Bell, who was travelling with his wife, Linda, told CBC: "While I was eating, something fell in my hair from the overhead above me.
"I picked it up, and it was a scorpion. And I was holding it out by the tail, so it couldn't really sting me then."
A fellow passenger, he said, warned him that the creature was a scorpion and could be dangerous.
"So I dropped it on my plate and then I went to pick it up again, and that's when it stung me. It got my nail, mostly," he said
Mr Bell flicked the scorpion on to the floor and a flight attendant covered it with a cup before throwing it away in the bathroom.
A nurse who happened to be on board gave him a painkiller as a precaution, he said.
When the plane landed in Calgary he was taken to a hospital, and later released after being cleared of any medical issue.
Mr Bell said he had no plans to launch a lawsuit. United Airlines has offered the couple flying credit as compensation, CBC reports.
In the incident with Dr Dao, law enforcement officials were called after he refused to leave the overbooked plane travelling from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, saying he needed to get home to see his patients.
Dr Dao's lawyers have filed an emergency court request for the airline to preserve evidence ahead of a hearing on Monday.
He was released on Wednesday night from a Chicago hospital, his lawyer said, adding that he planned to have reconstructive surgery.
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A Canadian man says he was stung by a scorpion while travelling in business class on a United Airlines flight.
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A High Court dismissed Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's application and ordered her to pay all legal costs.
She argued that the house in Qunu village belonged to her under customary law.
Mr Mandela, who became South Africa's first black president in 1994, bequeathed the property to his family when he died in 2013 aged 95.
The government opposed Ms Madikizela-Mandela's bid to inherit the home after she launched court action in 2014.
Mr Mandela divorced Ms Madikizela-Mandela in 1996 after a 38-year marriage, and left her out of his will.
They were South Africa's most celebrated political couple until their marriage collapsed unexpectedly, some six years after his release from 27 years in prison for fighting apartheid, which legalised discrimination against black people in the country.
Mr Mandela stepped down as president after one term in 1999.
South Africans regarded him as the "father of the nation", and his death, following a series of hospital visits, led to an outpouring of emotions.
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Nelson Mandela's ex-wife has lost her legal bid for ownership of the former president's rural home in South Africa.
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Hoey carded three birdies, five bogeys and a double bogey to lie nine under, seven behind leader Alvaro Quiros.
Spaniard Quiros fired a 70 as he aims for his seventh European Tour victory.
Zander Lombard is second on 11 under, followed by Pep Angles - who shot the lowest round of the day with a 68 - and Renato Paratore, both on 10 under.
Hoey, along with English duo Lee Slattery and David Horsey, will be part of a group of six players who will start nine under in Sunday's final round at Verdura in Sicily.
The players struggled in the wind, with an average score of 74.1 compared to the opening round's 68.9 and 69.3 on the second day.
Hoey recorded two birdies and two bogeys on his outward nine, but then dropped shots at the 10th, 16th and 17th and took a double bogey at the 13th and made his sole birdie coming home at the 12th.
Sweden's Sebastian Soderberg went into round three level with Hoey in second place but a 77 saw him fall back to seven under.
Former Masters champion Mike Weir is level thanks to a third-round 76, having made his first halfway cut since November 2014 on Friday.
Weir, who has slumped to 1,907th in the rankings, has struggled for form since undergoing elbow surgery in 2011 and announced in July 2015 that he was taking an indefinite leave of absence from golf for family reasons.
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Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey posted a disappointing four-over-par 75 in the third round of the Rocco Forte Open to drop down to a tie for fifth position.
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The freight vessels Hellier and Hildasay are operated by Seatruck, which is contracted to run the service by Serco Northlink.
The RMT union said some workers were being paid less than £4 an hour.
Transport Minister John Hayes told Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael the law would be reviewed.
Mr Carmichael had described the current situation for a service operating between Aberdeen and the Northern Isles as "nonsense".
Mr Hayes said: "I am committed to review that legislation to ensure that it applies to the offshore sector."
Mr Carmichael said the intervention of the minister was a positive sign.
He said afterwards: "I am pleased that at last the government seems to be taking the situation with seafarers pay and conditions seriously.
"I shall keep engaged with them to make sure that this review is followed with action."
Seatruck has previously said the national minimum wage was not applicable to the crew, many of whom are non-UK residents.
Northlink has said it has repeatedly offered to bridge the pay gap and backdate it.
A union protest was held in Aberdeen earlier this month.
Serco Northlink was awarded the six-year £243m Northern Isles contract in 2012.
It operates three ferries and two cargo boats to the Northern Isles.
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The UK government has vowed to review legislation designed to protect minimum wages amid a wrangle over pay on Northern Isles cargo boats.
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Professor of medicinal chemistry at Cardiff University's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chris McGuigan, had been a drug developer.
He was also chairman of the Welsh Government's Life Sciences Hub.
A university spokesman said the "exceptionally gifted inventor and chemist" died on Friday.
He added Prof McGuigan had "been at the heart of scientific research for more than 30 years" and his loss would be felt "across the university and the wider scientific community".
Prof McGuigan's research expertise was in discovering and developing new drugs for cancer, HIV, hepatitis B and C, shingles, measles, influenza and central nervous system (CNS) disease.
He invented four new experimental drugs that have entered human clinical trials.
As chairman of the Life Sciences Hub, he helped nurture home-grown companies and attract top international talent to Wales to develop new medicines and technology.
He also directed Life Sciences Research Network Wales, a £15m initiative aimed at funding 100 new drug discovery projects.
The university spokesman added: "He had a strong drive to use his scientific ideas for social good, working tirelessly to address medical needs where they were unmet.
"Our thoughts are with his family, friends and close colleagues at this very sad time."
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One of the UK's leading scientists in the field of anti-cancer drug discovery has died following his own battle with the disease.
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The hosts began their second innings with an 18-point lead as Raine (5-66) made Derbyshire's batsmen toil.
Callum Parkinson's fine debut continued as he hit an unbeaten 48 to put on 73 for the last wicket with Tony Palladino (46) as Derbyshire finished on 362.
Leicestershire struggled to get going and were reduced to 30-3 off 14 overs before ending the day on 109-5.
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Leicestershire took control as they seized the initiative against Derbyshire on day three at Grace Road.
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The Empowering Young People programme will support young people across Northern Ireland.
It will help include, young carers, young people with a learning disability and young people who face barriers to education, training or employment.
Grants of between £100,000 and £600,000 are available.
They money will go to projects that will empower young people to transform their lives by increasing their health and well being, getting them ready for education, work or training and building stronger relationships in their communities.
Any voluntary or community sector group that receives funding will be expected to involve young people in their project.
The funding programme, which will support young people aged between eight and 25, will remain open for applications for six years.
The Big Lottery Fund's NI chair, Frank Hewitt, said: "I am delighted to launch the new Empowering Young People programme, which builds on our previous investment and work with young people across Northern Ireland.
"We have used our experience and talked to stakeholders about how best to support young people.
"From this, we believe that young carers, young people with a learning disability and young people at risk of falling out of education or work should be supported initially through this programme.
"We want to fund great projects that increase their skills and confidence, and support them to have stronger relationships so they can cope better with the challenges they face and reach their full potential."
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Projects that support young people to cope with challenges in their lives are to benefit from a £50m grant from the Big Lottery Fund.
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He was attacked on Catherine Street at about 01:30 BST. The victim is being treated in hospital.
The arrested man, 36, has been released on bail pending further inquiries.
Det Sgt Brian Reid appealed to anyone with information about the attack to contact police in Limavady on the non-emergency number 101.
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A man was arrested after a 27-year-old man sustained a serious head injury in an overnight assault in Limavady, County Londonderry.
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A number of opinion polls published over the weekend and on Monday put the Leave campaign ahead of Remain.
Sterling hit a three-week low against the dollar in early trade, before recovering.
At approximately 1700 BST it was down 0.41% at $1.4456. Against the euro, it fell 0.26% to €1.2731.
"The polls are likely to make people rather uneasy and we can see that quite clearly today in the pound," said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at Oanda.
On the stock market, the FTSE 100 index rose 63.77 points, or 1%, to 6,273.4, with the gains driven mainly by the mining sector. Shares in Anglo American jumped 11% and Glencore was 6.2% higher.
Mining shares were lifted by rising metal prices, which were boosted by the fall in the value of the dollar following Friday's weaker-than-expected US jobs figures.
The weak data has pushed back expectations of when the Federal Reserve will raise US interest rates.
Shares in Easyjet fell 1% after the airline released passenger figures for May. The airline said its load factor - a measure of how full its aircraft are - fell slightly to 91.5% from 91.6% a year earlier.
Easyjet said 173 flights were cancelled last month when services were disrupted by French air traffic control strikes.
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(Close): The pound fell after opinion polls suggested support for the UK leaving the EU was growing, but rising mining stocks lifted the FTSE.
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New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton says the man, David Baril swung a hammer at an officer near Madison Square Garden and was shot twice by the officer's colleague.
He remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Mr Baril is accused of wounding three women and one man with a hammer in four separate ambushes on Monday.
Commissioner Bratton said that a police video camera had captured the latest attack, against the officer, on Wednesday.
It shows Mr Baril removing a hammer from his bag and swinging it claw end first towards a female officer.
He was then shot twice by the officer's partner.
Police say the black and silver hammer recovered at the scene matches the description of the one used against four others on Monday.
Anthony O'Grady, 26, who witnessed the police shooting, says that there was a chase before the suspect turned around and was shot.
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A man suspected of attacking four strangers in Manhattan within hours on Monday has been shot by police.
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The World Health Organization said they uncovered a "grim scene" in the eastern district of Kono.
A WHO response team had been sent to Kono to investigate a sharp rise in Ebola cases.
Ebola has killed 6,346 people in West Africa, with more than 17,800 infected.
Sierra Leone has the highest number of Ebola cases in West Africa, with 7,897 cases since the beginning of the outbreak.
10,460
Deaths - probable, confirmed and suspected
(Includes one in the US and six in Mali)
4,332 Liberia
3,799 Sierra Leone
2,314 Guinea
8 Nigeria
The WHO said in a statement on Wednesday that over 11 days in Kono, "two teams buried 87 bodies, including a nurse, an ambulance driver, and a janitor drafted into removing bodies as they piled up".
Bodies of Ebola victims are highly infectious and safe burials are crucial in preventing the transmission of the disease.
The response team also found 25 people who had died in the past five days piled up in a cordoned section of the local hospital.
Dr Olu Olushayo, a member of the WHO's Ebola response team, said:
"Our team met heroic doctors and nurses at their wits' end, exhausted burial teams and lab techs, all doing the best they could but they simply ran out of resources and were overrun with gravely ill people."
Health officials are worried that many of the Ebola cases in Kono have gone unreported until now.
"We are only seeing the ears of the hippo," said Dr Amara Jambai, Sierra Leone's Director of Disease Prevention and Control.
The district of more than 350,000 inhabitants had reported 119 cases up to 9 December.
Authorities in Sierra Leone have decided to put Kono district on "lockdown" from 10 to 23 December to try and contain the outbreak.
During the lockdown, no-one will be able to enter or leave the district but they can move around freely within it.
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Health officials in Sierra Leone have discovered scores of bodies in a remote diamond-mining area, raising fears that the scale of the Ebola outbreak may have been underreported.
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The 26-year-old former York and Macclesfield man made 32 appearances for the Welsh side last term.
Moke won promotion out of non-league's top flight with York in 2012, but revealed that he later struggled with depression after Halifax decided not to offer him a new deal in 2013.
"He's a great talent and I like the way he plays," said Wood boss Luke Garrard.
"He's spent most of his life up north but with his mother now living in north London that has helped us enormously to secure his signature and I look forward to working with him."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Winger Adriano Moke has joined Boreham Wood from National League rivals Wrexham on a one-year contract.
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Developers intend to site the large turbine structures close to Mr Trump's golfing development on the Aberdeenshire coast.
The US businessman has taken on the Scottish government, which approved the plan.
Mr Trump began his challenge to the decision to grant planning permission more than two years ago.
He was furious when the Scottish government approved plans for the renewable energy development within sight of his multi-million pound golf development on the Menie Estate in the north-east of Scotland.
He said the 11 turbines would spoil the view.
Mr Trump made a series of legal challenges in the Scottish courts and has now taken the fight to the UK's Supreme Court in London.
He has argued that planning consent for the wind farm was so imprecise as to make it legally invalid.
Following Mr Trump's earlier unsuccessful actions in the Scottish courts, the Scottish government said its decision-making process had been vindicated and that the "painstaking work" of Marine Scotland staff who advised it was both fair and reasonable.
The Supreme Court judges are expected to deliver their verdict later.
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Donald Trump's challenge to a planned offshore wind farm is being heard at the UK's Supreme Court.
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Germany's biggest lender did not give any details about the legal bill.
However, the bank is expected to be hit with fines resulting from a number of investigations by regulators in the US and the UK.
It added that it expects to be profitable in the quarter and will report near record quarterly revenues on 29 April.
Deutsche Bank set aside €3.2bn at the end of 2014 in litigation reserves.
At the same time it outlined another €1.9bn in potential risks and indicated it faced an additional €4.8bn in mortgage repurchase claims.
Regulators are looking into allegations that the bank was involved in the rigging of benchmark interest rates, including Libor.
It has also been probed over alleged attempts at manipulation of the foreign exchange market and over alleged violations of US sanctions on Iran.
US and UK regulators may announce a settlement with Deutsche Bank as soon as Thursday, Reuters reported.
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Deutsche Bank said it expects litigation costs of €1.5bn in the first quarter.
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The free event, which is the biggest festival of its kind ever held in the capital, runs from 18:30 GMT to 22:30 GMT until 17 January.
Thirty locations will be illuminated around Piccadilly, Mayfair, King's Cross, Trafalgar Square and Westminster.
On Regent Street, a life-size animated elephant will appear from a dust cloud.
Visitors to Oxford Circus will see the multicoloured cloud of artist Janet Echelman's 1.8 London floating above them.
Patrice Warrener's The Light of the Spirit projects coloured light onto statues at Westminster Abbey.
And ethereal figures seem to fall through the air in St James's Square, where Cedric Le Borgne is showing Les Voyageurs (The Travellers).
Transport for London (TfL) have warned that roads will be closed and Tube stations will be busier than usual in the areas where the festival is being held.
A number of buses will be diverted or terminate early.
It has been created by producers Artichoke, who held a similar event in Durham.
As well as a "huge" production crew, the company has recruited volunteers from Team London, which supported the London Olympics, to help guide people around the installations.
"The arts should be free and available to everyone," Artichoke's director Helen Marriage told BBC London.
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Some of London's most famous locations will be transformed by light installations for the Lumiere festival.
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The spinner missed the chance to make his England debut in 2015 after dislocating his left thumb and injured the same finger in May this year.
Ansari, 24, has claimed 22 wickets at 31 apiece in the Championship in 2016.
"They've shown a lot of trust in me," he told BBC Sport. "I'm really grateful to them for that."
"After a tough 12 months with injury and missing out, it's really nice to be back in there," added Ansari, who joins Lancashire's Haseeb Hameed and Northamptonshire's Ben Duckett as three uncapped players for the October tour.
"England have looked after me well, they kept me positive. Hopefully I can repay that."
England play three one-day internationals in Bangladesh, starting on 7 October, followed by a two-Test series from 20 October.
Ansari will have the familiar face of Surrey captain Gareth Batty on tour with him in Bangladesh, with his fellow spinner set for an England return 11 years after his last Test.
Batty, 38, said of Ansari: "I've gone on record before and I don't change my stance. I think he's the best young spinner in the country.
"It was bitterly disappointing last year for the lad to break his thumb as he did and it continued being a problem for a while.
"Hopefully this is a sustained period where he can hold his fitness and forge a career with England and Surrey."
The most recent of Batty's seven Tests came against Bangladesh in 2005, while his last international game was a one-day match in March 2009 against West Indies in Barbados.
He has 41 championship wickets this season and, alongside Ansari, is one of four England spinners in the Test squad - Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid are the other two.
Batty, who turns 39 in October, said: "It's a wonderful honour. Your country comes calling, you say 'where, when, I'm there'. It doesn't matter if you're 15 or 16 on your first tour or you're knocking on the door at 40 like me."
Before he can add to his 11 Test wickets, though, Batty will lead Surrey out at Lord's on Saturday for the One-Day Cup final against Warwickshire.
"We get Saturday out of the way and for a brief period I'll turn my attention to making sure I'm right for a trip away with England," he added.
"If I can help England in any way shape or form, I'm all over it."
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Surrey's Zafar Ansari wants to repay England's faith in him after getting a Test call-up for the Bangladesh tour despite an injury-hit 12 months.
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Adm Thad Allen made the announcement after engineers replaced a damaged valve on the sea bed.
The failure of a similar blowout preventer is thought to have caused the oil spill, the worst in modern times.
That faulty device has been brought to the surface and will be examined as part of an enquiry into the leak.
Engineers plan to pump concrete from a second relief well to seal the ruptured well for good.
That operation is expected to begin some time in the coming week.
The flow of oil was stopped more than a month ago, but there had been fears the well could start leaking again under pressure.
BP has pledged $20bn to compensate Gulf residents harmed by the spill, and has pledged millions more to study the spill's environmental impact and to promote tourism in the Gulf Coast states affected.
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The BP well which spilled 206m gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico poses no further risk to the environment, says the US official leading the clean-up.
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Calum MacRae's team went down to tries from Werner Kok, Dylan Sage and captain Philip Snyman at Stade Jean Bouin.
The Scots had beaten South Africa in their opening fixture, going on to top Pool A with wins over Japan and Canada.
They saw off defending series champions Fiji and England in the quarter and semi-finals on Sunday.
That meant Scotland, who have only won one series leg - the London event last year - in their history, had beaten the three highest-ranked sides in world sevens en route to the showpiece.
But despite Scott Wight's second-half touchdown, a power-laden South African team prevailed to seal the series for the first time since 2009.
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Scotland Sevens were beaten 15-5 by South Africa in the final of the Paris leg, as the Blitzbokke clinched the World Series title.
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Swiss Xhaka, 24, is believed to have been with a friend who had visited him in London and was returning home.
The man is understood to have arrived late for his flight back to Germany and was not allowed to board.
It is at this point that the racial abuse is alleged to have occurred.
Arsenal have declined to comment other than to say it is a private matter that is now in the hands of the police.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told the BBC: "Police were called at 19:29 GMT on Monday, 23 January following an allegation that a member of staff had been racially abused at Heathrow Airport, Terminal Five.
"The allegation was made by a third party. Officers attended and spoke with a man in his 20s. He was not arrested. He voluntarily attended a west London police station where he was interviewed under caution. Enquires continue."
The incident occurred just over 24 hours after Xhaka was sent off during his team's 2-1 victory over Burnley in the Premier League.
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Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka has been interviewed under caution by police following an allegation he racially abused an airline staff member at Heathrow on Monday night.
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Adjourning the case until March means the British number two will not be eligible to represent Great Britain in next week's final in Belgium.
"I can understand from his side why you would be very frustrated," said Murray.
Bedene, 26, played in the competition for Slovenia three times before gaining UK citizenship in March.
A Davis Cup rule change now prevents players representing a second country, but Bedene - who has lived in the UK since 2008 - has appealed on the grounds his passport application was lodged before the rule changed at the start of 2015.
The world number 45 travelled to Prague for the hearing with the Lawn Tennis Association's legal director, Stephen Farrow, and his agent Allon Khakshouri.
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The British number one said Bedene should have been told a decision would not be made before he had gone to the Czech capital.
"The fact that he had to go all the way over to Prague just to be told that they hadn't made a decision is a bit disrespectful towards him," Murray told BBC Sport.
"If they hadn't made a decision, they could have just said 'we haven't made a decision yet - we're going to decide in March' and he could have stayed at home."
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the International Tennis Federation said the hearing would be adjourned until the next board meeting on 20-21 March, 2016, to "ensure the rights of all parties are to be considered".
World number two Murray will lead Britain's bid for a first Davis Cup title since 1936 when Britain take on Belgium in Ghent on 27-29 November.
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Andy Murray has described the tennis governing body's decision to postpone Aljaz Bedene's appeal against his Davis Cup ineligibility as "disrespectful".
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Ports such as Hull and Tilbury are being used following tighter security through routes to Dover and Folkestone.
People smugglers have also used rigid-hulled inflatable boats to get people across to "shallow beaches", including Whitstable in Kent.
The agency said "hundreds" of criminals in Britain were involved in smuggling.
The details were revealed by the National Crime Agency (NCA) which is leading a task force, known as Project Invigor, to combat the criminal gangs behind illegal immigration.
Migrants paid as little as 130 euros (£100) for a "single attempt through unsophisticated means" from France to the UK.
It cost at least 8,000 euros (£6,400) for a "guaranteed" journey in a "high-quality" concealment.
The taskforce - set up by Prime Minister David Cameron last June - is said by the NCA to be the biggest of its kind in Europe.
It has a staff of 90, which is expected to grow to more than 100 this year, and includes police officers, officials from the Crown Prosecution Service and immigration and border officials from the Home Office.
The NCA's Border Policing Command deputy director Tom Dowdall said there were "regular" reports each week involving people smuggling at ports that were less commonly associated with illegal immigration.
He suggested it was caused by the "displacement" effect of tighter security in northern France, together with juxtaposed controls, leading gangs to use routes from Belgium and Holland.
"We're seeing evidence of criminals using less busy ports within the UK.
"We've seen on the east coast evidence from Tilbury and Purfleet, up as far as Hull and Immingham, and on the south coast from Newhaven to Portsmouth, and in some instances beyond that as well."
Two years ago, 35 Afghan Sikhs were discovered in a shipping container at Tilbury Docks - one of the migrants had died in the overnight crossing from Belgium.
The NCA said there had also been a "small number" of attempts since last August of rigid-hulled inflatable boats being used to get people to the UK, including two "interdictions" near Jersey.
Ian Cruxton, director of the NCA's Organised Crime Command, said: "We do see them [criminal gangs] making their own assessment of what our capabilities are, and sometimes tailoring their activities accordingly."
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Crime gangs are attempting to smuggle migrants into the UK at "less busy" ports after a clampdown at major ports, the National Crime Agency has warned.
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The areas have been identified as having "high wildness" and include islands, mountain ranges, moorlands and blanket bogs, said the agency.
Among the 42 sites are parts of Jura and also Hoy in Orkney, Breadalbane-Schiehallion in Perth and Kinross, Lochnagar and Skye's Cuillin Hills.
Public comments have been sought on draft guidance on protecting the areas.
Other sites include Talla-Hart Fells north of Moffat, Causeymire-Knockfin Fells in Caithness and Ronas Hill and North Roe in Shetland.
SNH said descriptions were based on extensive field study work and illustrated with photographs and maps.
Peter Hutchinson, SNH's planning and renewables manager, said: "Our Wild Land Areas have a distinct and special character.
"They are part of Scotland's identity and bring broad and significant benefits. For example, they attract many thousands of visitors each year and provide important havens for Scotland's wildlife."
The public consultation on the draft guidance, which is designed to protect the areas from new developments, runs until 7 April.
Landscape conservation charity, the John Muir Trust, has welcomed the publication of the descriptions and draft guidance.
Stuart Brooks, the trust's chief executive, said: "We would applaud the work that SNH has carried out to create vivid and detailed descriptions of each individual wild land area, which examine landscape, ecology, geology, archaeology and current human activity.
"They will help bring to life Scotland's most beautiful, wild and remote places - turning lines on maps into real places."
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Descriptions of 42 Wild Land Areas of Scotland have been published by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).
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The Drovers and Quins were level at 6-6 at the break, but three tries after the break brought them victory.
Rhodri Davies sprinted clear for the first before Quins replied with a penalty try.
Wyn Jones went over and Craig Woodall crossed before Iolo Evans gave Quins late hope at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
Llandovery have also reached the Welsh Premiership play-offs.
In the day's earlier finals Burry Port beat Taffs Well 20-18 to take the Swalec Bowl.
Bedlinog then beat Penallta 12-10 to take the Plate thanks to full-back Liam Jones' dramatic added-time drop-goal.
Llandovery: Will Thomas; Sam Soul, Matthew Jacobs, Rhodri Jones, Aaron Warren; Jack Maynard , Rhodri Davies; Wyn Jones, Luke Lewis (capt), Greg Cunniffe, Bryn Griffiths, Matthew Harbut, Phil Day, Stuart Worrall, Richard Brooks.
Replacements: Berian Watkins, Dean Howells, Richard Rees, Shaun Miles, Dafydd Hughes, Craig Woodall, Mike Evans, Lee Rees.
Carmarthen Quins: Dale Ford; Lee Williams, Dylan Morgans, Rhys Williams, Gavin Thomas; Craig Evans, Kieran Hardy; Gethin Robinson, Rhodri Clancy, Ian Jones (capt), Josh Helps, Haydn Pugh, Shaun Evans, Will Boyde, Lee Taylor.
Replacements: Nathan Williams, Ryan Elias, Will Taylor, Shaun Jones, Ellis Lloyd, Gareth George, Dan Jones, Iolo Evans.
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Llandovery beat west Wales rivals Carmarthen Quins to keep their double dream alive.
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The victims were between 14 and 18 years old, police said. Six were burned to death.
Police used tear gas to control the riot in Caruaru, in Pernambuco state. Part of the building was set on fire by the inmates.
There are 205 inmates currently in the prison, which has capacity for only up to 90, reports say.
Police say they are still investigating the causes of the riot, but local media reported that the incident was sparked by clashes between rival gangs.
Many Brazilian prisons are poorly resourced and overcrowded and riots are frequent.
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A riot at a youth prison in north-eastern Brazil has left seven inmates dead, officials say.
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Sir Stuart, who left M&S in early 2011, will join in March as non-executive director, and take up the chairmanship on 10 May.
He will replace current chairman Lord Michael Grade, who joined the Ocado board in 2006.
Lord Grade, previously chairman of the BBC and executive chairman at ITV, said he was retiring.
"It has been a privilege to be a part of their story," Lord Grade said of his six years as chairman.
The hiring of Sir Stuart comes as Ocado, which mainly delivers Waitrose groceries, embarks on expansion plans. "We are looking forward to benefiting from his extensive retail experience and counsel," the company said in a statement.
Sir Stuart said he expected Ocado to become "a powerful online player" as retail shifted towards a digital world.
He has taken on a number of part-time roles since leaving M&S, including acting as an adviser to Bridgepoint, the private equity firm, and as a non-executive director of Woolworths Holdings, the South African retailer.
Ocado, which floated on the stock exchange in July 2010, has yet to make an annual profit. It saw a £2.2m loss in 2011 and a £12.2m loss in 2010.
Its most recent results for the 53 weeks to 2 December 2012 showed sales up 13.9% year-on-year.
Shares in the group closed up 9.25% on Monday - boosted by market speculation of a potential takeover by M&S, and rose a further 6.3% on Tuesday to a six-month high of 101p
However, the shares remain just over half the 180p per share price they listed at in 2010.
Despite the timing of the announcement, which follows Monday's market speculation and reports in 2010 that Sir Stuart had considered an acquisition of the online grocer, analysts cautioned that there was no connection between the two events.
Oriel Securities analyst Jonathan Pritchard said any such bid was "highly unlikely" given the high valuation of Ocado.
"The material investment required would be very high and it is still questionable whether M&S could generate a large enough basket of online retail orders to justify that," he said.
"We think a deal at current prices is very unlikely. Its multichannel competitors are growing faster and profitability seems to be nowhere in sight," added Panmure Gordon analyst Philip Dorgan.
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Online grocer Ocado has appointed former Marks and Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose as chairman.
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The words of Theresa May who has just executed an enormous political reversal.
For months she and her team have played down the prospect of an early poll.
The reasons were simple. They didn't want to cause instability during Brexit negotiations.
They didn't want to go through the technical process of getting round the Fixed Term Parliaments Act.
They didn't want the unpredictability of an election race.
And many in the Conservative Party believed there is so little chance of the Labour Party getting its act together before 2020 that they could carry on until then and still expect a sizeable majority.
There was also, for Theresa May, the desire to show that she will be a prime minister who sticks to her word.
But the relentless political logic proved too tempting to hold to all of that.
Dealing day-to-day with a small majority has given Conservative backbenchers significant power to force the government to back down on a variety of issues.
Election campaigns can be deeply unpredictable but opinion polls suggest a Tory majority that would make that problem disappear.
And while prime ministers are not directly elected, as she approaches the Brexit negotiations, the PM's hand in negotiations in Brussels - as well as in Westminster - would be fundamentally strengthened with an election mandate she believes she can win.
There are plenty of risks.
If the last few years have shown anything it's the politics of this era is extremely hard to predict.
With ministers in the dark until this morning, what is certain is that Theresa May is hard to read.
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"The next General Election should be in 2020."
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The nine-year-old tabby cat has lived at 10 Downing Street, the official home of the British prime minister, since 2011.
And the "chief mouser" will stay when Theresa May replaces Mr Cameron as the UK government's new leader.
He was adopted from Battersea Dogs and Cats home to help scare mice and rats away from Downing Street.
However, he seems to prefer sleeping and lounging around to catching mice!
He is well loved by lots of people, including US President Barack Obama, and he even has his own social media page.
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Larry the cat will get to keep his job - and home - when David Cameron quits as prime minister today.
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McGeady, 31, scored once in 43 Toffees games after moving from Spartak Moscow in January 2014, but netted eight in 35 under new Sunderland boss Simon Grayson on loan at Preston last season.
Vaughan, 29 on Friday, scored a career-best 24 goals for Bury last season.
He too previously worked with Grayson, at Huddersfield in the 2012-13 season.
The fees paid for both players are undisclosed, although the sum for Vaughan's transfer was a reported £900,000.
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Sunderland have signed Bury striker James Vaughan and Everton winger Aiden McGeady on two-year and three-year deals respectively.
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Andreas Christopheros, 29, was left blind in one eye after the attack in December 2014.
David Phillips, 49, from Hastings, Sussex, was jailed for life last October for assaulting Mr Christopheros at his home in Truro.
Mr Christopheros was at home with his wife and son when he was attacked.
He told BBC Five Live: "I knew instantly and I screamed to my wife upstairs. I ran through the house (to the kitchen) and started dousing myself with water.
"The pain was inexplicable, out of this world pain. It's like nothing I've ever felt before, it's a very dark pain."
His attacker said it had been a case of mistaken identity.
Mr Christopheros has been left partially sighted, with severe burns to his face and body.
He kept his 18-month-old son away from his bedside for two months to protect the little boy.
"For him his world should have been full of happiness, joy and toys, which he had," he said.
Acknowledging it was "insanely tough" to be away from his child, he recalled the moment he saw his young son for the first time after the attack.
"The moment he saw me... he put his arms out and held on to me for three quarters of an hour," he said.
It was an experience which he described as "the best feeling I think I've ever had... truly amazing".
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A man who had sulphuric acid thrown over him by a stranger who knocked on his front door said the attack left him in "very dark pain".
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Kamil Gryszkiewicz, 27, unemployed and of no fixed address, was found not guilty of one count of rape following a trial at Brighton Crown Court.
He had always denied attacking the 18-year-old woman as she walked along a path off Haslett Avenue East, in Three Bridges, Crawley, on 9 May.
At the time, Sussex Police said she was found "staggering" along the road by a passer-by shortly before 23:30 BST.
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A man has been cleared of raping a teenager in West Sussex.
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The Seattle Aquarium in the US state of Washington said the sea otter Mishka started having trouble breathing when wildfires moved closer to the aquarium.
A veterinarian diagnosed Mishka with asthma after determining she was struggling to breathe by listening to her chest and taking her blood work.
Now Mishka is learning to use an inhaler and responding well.
One-year-old Mishka is the first sea otter to have asthma, the aquarium has said, and is receiving the same medication given to humans.
Aquarium biologist Sara Perry is using food to train Mishka to push her nose on the inhaler and then take a breath.
"We try to make it as fun as possible," she said in a news release from the aquarium.
Mishka, who has been at the aquarium since January, is reportedly responding well.
Washington sea otters became extinct in 1910 due to hunting and did not return to the state until the late 1960s when some otters were moved in from Alaska.
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A wheezy sea otter in Seattle has been diagnosed with asthma and is receiving a breathing boost from an inhaler.
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The pre-dawn fight broke out in the maximum security wing of Las Cruces prison in the city of Acapulco.
The victims were stabbed and beaten to death, with some decapitated. The governor has ordered an investigation.
Acapulco is the largest city in Guerrero state, one of Mexico's most violent areas and a big centre for drug production.
Bodies were discovered throughout the unit, including inside the kitchen and in an area for conjugal visits, said Roberto Ã
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A fight between rival gangs in a prison in south-western Mexico has left at least 28 inmates dead, officials say.
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Joy Hewer, 52, was sexually assaulted and stabbed in her flat in Walthamstow, north east London, in 1995.
Her younger sister, Penny Barnes, said the family couldn't face "another 20 years of unanswered questions."
There were no signs of forced entry at the flat and Ms Hewer may have known her killer, police said.
Her body was found in her bedroom with multiple stab wounds after two fires were deliberately started in her sixth-floor flat.
An enhanced CCTV image of a man seen entering Ms Hewer's flat in St David's Court at around 22:30 BST on the night she died has been issued.
He is white, with short hair and wearing a light-coloured jacket. He would now be aged between 50 and 60 years old.
Officers believe that those close to the man would still be able to recognise him.
Ms Barnes said her sister was "absolutely no harm to anyone" and "would go out of her way to help others".
She added: "We've never forgotten the moment we were told she'd been murdered. It will never make any sense to us.
"She lived a quiet and peaceful life which was totally at odds with her last terrifying moments."
Police are also searching for a man who called the fire service on the night of Ms Hewer's death from a public phone on Fulbourne Road and a person waiting at the bus stop who he spoke to during the call.
Lead investigator Det Insp Susan Stansfield urged witnesses who may not previously have come forward to break their silence.
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The family of a primary school teacher killed at her home have made a fresh appeal for information, 20 years after her murder.
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Administrative Law Judge Geoffrey Carter found the workers had suffered discrimination.
In a statement, Walmart said it felt the "actions were legal and justified" and that it would pursue other options to defend the company.
A group supporting the employees called the decision a "huge victory".
Most of the allegations filed by employees related to protests in 2013, when Walmart workers - backed by labour groups - travelled to the company's headquarters to protest at a shareholder meeting.
Walmart had said the employees were fired due to unexcused absences not protected by labour law.
The judge disagreed and ordered Walmart to compensate the workers for "loss of earnings and other benefits suffered as a result of the discrimination against them".
He also ordered Wal-Mart to hold a meeting in 29 stores throughout the country to inform employees of their right to strike, and to promise not to threaten or discipline employees for doing so.
Walmart has faced mounting protests over the last several years targeting its employee pay, the ability of workers to organise into a union and working conditions.
The company announced on Wednesday that it will raise the pay of 1.2 million workers, lifting its average hourly wage to $13.38 (£9.36) per hour.
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Walmart must offer to give jobs back to 16 workers it fired for missing shifts to take part in a strike, a judge has said.
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About 50 bikers caused chaos on 31 October when they brought a major route into Leeds to a standstill and rode dangerously through the city centre.
Two men, aged 27, and one, aged 23, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause public nuisance.
Nine men and a woman who were previously arrested remain on police bail.
Meanwhile, Leeds City Council has been granted a five-year extension to its county court injunction banning similar events.
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The injunction allowed officers to stop ride outs planned to take place before Christmas and on New Year's Eve, police said.
Labour councillor Debra Coupar, executive member for communities at Leeds City Council, said the injunction allowed the authority to "take action against people behaving irresponsibly", but would "not affect people who ride in groups in a law-abiding and sensible fashion".
The order bans more than one motor vehicle meeting in a public place in the Leeds district to drive anti-socially. It also forbids people from promoting or organising any such meet-ups.
In October witnesses posted videos online showing bikers in convoy, with some pulling wheelies and others riding on the pavement.
The scene was described as "utter chaos" by one passer-by and compared with the Mel Gibson film Mad Max.
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More arrests have been made in connection with a bikers' Halloween "ride out" in Leeds.
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Owner Yorkshire Water has been looking for someone to tend to Humberstone Bank Farm, near Blubberhouses, after the previous tenant retired.
Along with the land, Jonathan Grayshon will maintain a cottage, several barns and about 400 ewes.
Mr Grayshon, from Dacre in Nidderdale, said: "Like a lot of young farmers trying to get on the farming ladder it is difficult to get hold of any land, and almost impossible within a ring fence or near where you live.
"Getting my own farm will be like living the dream."
Yorkshire Water said the new tenant will need to focus on "sustainable farming that protects water quality, wildlife biodiversity, peatland and carbon storage".
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A 28-year-old farmer who has been selected to look after a 900-hectare (2,250-acre) farm in North Yorkshire says his "dream has now become a reality".
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Compton was caught top-edging a pull for nine on day one of the second Test against Sri Lanka and has gone seven innings without passing 30 for England.
"If the selectors are picking him to play a certain way, that's the way he should play," Boycott said after England finished day one on 310-6.
"Somebody needs to have a word."
Compton has a Test strike rate of 35.47 and has faced criticism for his slow scoring, but Boycott says he should be allowed to stick to his natural approach.
"If you don't want him to play that anchor role, then don't pick him," the 75-year-old former England captain said.
"That's how he makes runs in county cricket, that's how he played in [England's first Test against South Africa in] Durban and helped win the Test.
"England have tried to play more positively in the last couple of years, but if he tries to get sucked in like that, he'll lose his wicket."
Middlesex's Compton, 32, himself has admitted that other batsmen in the England line-up are more entertaining, saying: "The way that I play doesn't always look that pretty.
"If I was sitting on the couch I'd rather watch [Ben] Stokes [hit] 200. I'm by no means unaware of that."
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Under-pressure England batsman Nick Compton must play his own game and not get "sucked in" to reckless shots, says ex-England opener Geoffrey Boycott.
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Evidence of "mice activity" was found at two stores in Birmingham, the city's crown court heard on Friday.
Poundland had previously admitted eight offences relating to two of its outlets on Corporation Street.
Judge Mary Stacey, who said she had shopped at both stores, said it showed a failure to monitor and supervise at a senior corporate level.
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The firm's barrister, Ian Thomas, said the company was "sorry it's let its very loyal customer base down".
Judge Stacey said: "In both stores in the periods with which we are concerned there had been mouse activity which had been proven to exist over a three-month period prior to the environmental health officers going in."
Lee Bennett, prosecuting on behalf of Birmingham City Council, told the court inspectors visited the two stores in February and September 2015 after complaints from members of the public.
The court heard conditions said to pose an imminent risk to health at the shops included a partially-eaten Easter egg.
Pictures of chocolate Father Christmas figures, including one with part of its head nibbled through, were also presented in court.
At earlier hearings, the firm pleaded guilty to breaching food hygiene laws, admitting a total of eight offences relating to the shops.
Mr Thomas said the gnawed Santas had been in a stockroom and there had been "zero chance" of the products being consumed.
"The company takes this matter very, very seriously," he added.
The company was also ordered to pay costs of £18,162.
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Poundland has been fined £134,000 for food hygiene breaches including rodent-gnawed chocolate Santas.
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The Hillhead Jordanhill Ladies team were returning to Glasgow after a Scottish Cup quarter final match in Dumfries against Stewartry Sirens.
Their vehicle left the A701 Dumfries to Moffat road on a bend at Blackacre near Parkgate.
Everyone was able to walk away from the bus relatively uninjured and the team have all arrived in Glasgow.
Police said four people had been taken to hospital after the crash and the bus driver was kept in overnight for observation.
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Members of a women's rugby team have escaped serious injury after their bus crashed down an embankment.
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The Bosnia-Herzegovina midfielder, 26, had been linked with Premier League clubs Manchester United and Chelsea.
Pjanic, who passed a medical on Monday, joined Roma from French club Lyon in the summer of 2011.
He scored 10 goals and set up 12 more in 33 league appearances to help Roma finish third in Serie A last season, 11 points behind champions Juve.
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Juventus have signed Miralem Pjanic from Serie A rivals Roma for £25.4m on a five-year contract.
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The open air museum, near Durham City, attracted 654,357 visitors in 2014 - an 11% increase on the previous 12 months.
Director Richard Evans said more than half of visitors to the site were from outside the region.
Ivor Stolliday, chairman of Visit County Durham, said the increase was a "tremendous achievement in a year of general economic uncertainty."
The museum, which features an Edwardian town, a colliery village and a farm, opened in 1971 and employs more than 350 people.
Mr Evans said: "We're over the moon about our results for 2014 and are very proud to say that it has been the best year Beamish has ever had.
"Thanks to the income we earn ourselves, we are now able to employ more than 350 people in a diverse range of jobs from engineers to cooks."
Sarah Stewart, chief executive of the NewcastleGateshead Initiative, added: "More than half of those visiting Beamish travel from other parts of the UK and from overseas.
"As a result, the increase in visitor numbers will have contributed to the growth in overnight stays seen across the region, providing a very welcome boost to the local economy."
The museum recently announced a £16m expansion plan for which it has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The museum's founder Frank Atkinson died in December, aged 90.
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Beamish Museum in County Durham has reported a second record year for visitor numbers.
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Wallasea Island is being transformed from farmland into a 670-hectare (1,500-acre) wetland.
The site is using 4.5 million tonnes of earth excavated from the Crossrail project, for which a 21km (13 mile) tunnel is being bored through London.
The land will be transformed into marshes, lagoons and mudflats to attract birds and other wildlife.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) reserve is due to be completed by 2020, and will cost about £50m in total.
It is making good use of the excess earth being generated from the separate £14.8bn Crossrail project. The twin-bore tunnels being dug out to link east and west London would have seen six million tonnes of earth in need of a new home - but three-quarters of this will head to Wallasea Island via freight trains and ships to create the new reserve.
A new jetty has been constructed to allow the material to be unloaded on the island, which is nine miles (14km) north-east of Southend.
The extra earth will be used to raise the site, which is currently about 2m (7ft) below sea level.
For hundreds of years, ancient sea walls held back the tides to allow this land to be used as farmland. But in 2006, small sections of sea wall were breached to let the waters flood back in, and more will be breached from 2015 onwards.
The RSPB hopes the wetland will attract species such as the spoonbill and Kentish plover, as well as boost numbers of geese, wigeon and curlew.
It also says saltwater fish such as bass, herring and flounder should thrive in the coastal waters.
Paul Forecast, the RSPB's director for Eastern England, said: "The Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project is a landmark engineering and conservation project for the 21st Century.
"It sees partnerships coming together to recreate vital habitat along the Essex coast that was once lost."
He added: "We are really excited to be embarking upon a project of this scale, bringing together a UK major civil engineering project and Europe's largest conservation organisation to secure the future of this magnificent place for people and wildlife for many generations to come."
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Construction work has begun on Europe's largest man-made nature reserve, located in Essex.
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The 24-year-old winger, whose current deal ends at the end of 2016, has turned down a four-year contract offer.
"He should be a regular fixture in the starting line-up every single week," Bonner told BBC Scotland.
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"I would love him to stay at Celtic because there is no better place if you are playing really well."
Forrest came through the youth ranks at Celtic, making his debut in 2010.
The Scotland midfielder has scored twice in 32 appearances this season.
Norwich and Queens Park Rangers are interested in the player but Bonner, who made over 640 Celtic appearances, thinks Forrest should remain where he is and prove himself.
"James is a wonderful talent," said the former Republic of Ireland keeper, who spent his entire club career at Celtic Park. "He has great ability on the ball.
"The problem with James is inconsistency. He's had his injuries, but for me it looks like a mental thing.
"As soon as you walk on to the pitch you've got to make things happen, especially if you're playing at home for Celtic, especially if you're playing out on the wing - because some great players have played in that position over the years.
"There are times when I'm surprised he's not in the team and there are times when he is that I'm surprised he's not effective enough.
"When he is effective, there's nobody better at getting the fans up out of their seats.
"But it's up to him, no one can do it for him."
Forrest has made 13 Scotland appearances, starting on seven occasions.
"He is still a young man and he also has an international career to think about," added Bonner, who won 80 caps.
"The only way you're going to progress yourself for Scotland is to be playing every week and being successful and he can do that with Celtic.
"Sometimes, going away for more money might not be the right decision.
"Maybe he feels a wee bit stagnated and thinks he needs a change of scenery just to kick on. That can happen, of course."
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James Forrest has been urged to stick with Celtic and "become a main player" at the Scottish champions by the club's former goalkeeper Pat Bonner.
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Avril and Clive Mumford had newspapers brought in by helicopter until the service ended in October amid rising costs.
Daily newspaper deliveries by Skybus planes from Land's End airport have been affected by a waterlogged runway.
Skybus owner, Isles of Scilly Steamship Company, said it was planning to put a hard surface on the grass runway.
Mr Mumford said: "It's pretty disastrous, we are selling day old papers and losing money hand over fist."
The business, which counts newspapers as a "core" part of its income, has been in the same family for 108 years.
Mrs Mumford said: "Without newsprint I am redundant. It will be very tight if this weather goes on."
The couple said the end of the helicopter flights after nearly 50 years had hit other businesses.
Nick Sanders, from the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company, said: "Our business was set up by the islanders for the islanders, so we do sympathise."
He said an announcement on giving the grass runway at Land's End airport a hard covering would be made "soon".
He said: "We are doing what we can to mitigate the situation."
However, Skybus added it was temporarily transferring all flights to Newquay Cornwall Airport until 6 December in light of further heavy rain being forecast for the weekend.
Managers said the move would allow time for the grass runway to dry out during better weather forecast for the middle of next week.
The islands, which have a population of 2,200, have plane flights six days a week in good weather and a ferry, the Scillonian, which only runs in the summer. A freight ferry runs to the islands every other day.
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Isles of Scilly newsagents say bad weather and the axing of a helicopter link has hit their business.
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The teenager, named locally as Alex Masterton, died during a trip to Barcelona with friends.
Mr Masterton was a pupil at King Edward VI Grammar School in Louth, near Grimsby, where he had recently completed his A-levels,
A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesperson said: "Our staff are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Barcelona."
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A 19-year-old man has collapsed and died while on holiday in Spain.
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Engineering and manufacturing employers' organisation EEF found that pay rose by 2.6% over the past year while wages have been stagnant or falling in other industries.
EEF said business confidence in the sector was improving.
The study came as the Bank of England said low wage increases could become the norm over the next few years.
EEF, which represents a quarter of Britain's manufacturers, said wage inflation in its sector had risen from 2.4% last year.
This estimate compared favourably with the latest official figures which showed wages in the wider economy had fallen by 0.2% over the past three months.
Manufacturing, which represents about 10% of the UK economy, is one of the few sectors which has seen wages rise by more than inflation.
Salaries in the construction, banking and services sectors have all fallen recently.
EEF chief economist Lee Hopley said: "Manufacturing pay continues to run ahead of the wider economy with signs that the pressure on household budgets, at least for employees in industry, is starting to unwind.
"After many challenging years, manufacturers are also now literally paying their employees back for their support to keep jobs and businesses going.
"Business across the sector has clearly been on the up, but affordability will remain a key consideration in future pay deals as manufacturers grow in confidence that the recovery is secure."
The study was based on 331 companies, employing 68,000 workers. The latest RPI inflation figure is 2.5%.
The deputy governor of the Bank of England, Ben Broadbent, said over the weekend that low wage growth could remain a fixture over the coming years.
He said productivity had stagnated and overall growth had shifted downwards as a result of the deep recession.
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Wages in the manufacturing sector are rising faster than most other parts of the economy, a survey has suggested.
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Souleymane Sylla was prevented from boarding the Metro last year as fans chanted "we're racist and that's the way we like it".
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, he said: "My wounds... after one year are still present and very much open."
He was invited to the Champions League tie in Paris by the French side.
Chelsea has not commented.
Mr Sylla became a target of racism as violence flared ahead of the teams' league tie on 17 February 2015.
"I was affected by it, but [although they weren't with me] my family were affected by what happened more," he said.
"My young children were traumatised by it all... It's taken one year for me to be able to take the Metro again.
"Paris Saint-Germain have supported me enormously after what happened.
"But, I have not heard any news from Chelsea since last year. I think that's the only bad thing in all of this. It was Chelsea supporters who attacked me it should be Chelsea who are supporting me."
Mr Sylla said the game would be the second match he has attended since the incident and he said he is prepared to speak to Chelsea fans if they spoke to him.
Of the people who abused him, he said they "don't represent football".
"I want to be present in the sporting arena in order to eradicate racism because there is lots of racism in football," he said.
Richard Barklie, from Carrickfergus, County Antrim, and Joshua Parsons and William Simpson, both from Surrey, were banned for five years from attending football matches while Jordan Munday, of Sidcup, south-east London was banned for three years.
Dean Callis, 32, of Liverpool Road, Islington, London received a five-year banning order for a number of incidents, including the one in Paris.
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A black commuter who was pushed off the Paris Metro by Chelsea fans ahead of a match against Paris Saint-Germain will watch the clubs play later.
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The petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Alfred Street Place at about 03:45 BST on Friday.
A window in the house was smashed and scorch damage caused to an exterior wall.
"This attack has caused a great deal of shock to the family involved and the wider community of Ballymena," DUP MLA Paul Frew said.
"Thankfully nobody was injured in this attack, but we could have a very different story emerging from this area today."
Police have appealed for anyone with any information about the attack to contact them.
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Four people, including an 11-year-old boy, have escaped injury after a petrol bomb attack in Ballymena.
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Governor Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday set the execution dates for eight men.
On 21 October, two inmates are scheduled to die by the state's lethal three-drug cocktail, which includes the controversial drug midazolam.
Executions in the US have been delayed recently amid problems buying drugs as many firms have refused to sell them.
Twenty-seven people have been executed in Arkansas since 1976 when the US Supreme Court reintroduced the death penalty.
The dates were set following the request last week of Attorney General Leslie Rutledge.
She sent letters to the governor telling him that the condemned inmates had run out of appeals options and that state officials had acquired enough of the needed drugs to carry out the punishments.
The state still faces one lawsuit that challenges a new law that allows the state to conceal how it obtains the lethal drugs needed to perform the execution procedure.
However, the US Supreme Court and other federal courts have rejected similar challenges in other states.
Lawyer Jeff Rosenzweig represents the eight condemned inmates as well as a ninth individual whose case is still in the appeals process.
Mr Rosenzweig has said that he plans to file for the executions to be delayed.
On 1 July, the state's Department of Correction said it had enough of the lethal drugs it needed to perform the executions.
Its stockpiles include a sufficient supply of midazolam, which has been criticized since executions last year in Arizona, Ohio and Oklahoma did not go as planned.
In June, the US Supreme court approved the drug for continued use when it rejected a challenge from three Oklahoma death-row inmates.
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The US state of Arkansas is set to resume executing death row inmates after a 10-year hiatus brought on by legal concerns and drug shortages.
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The 28-year-old centre-back was released by City earlier this summer, having spent most of last season on loan at AFC Wimbledon.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Luke McCormick, 32, has agreed a new undisclosed-length contract with Argyle.
McCormick has made 287 appearances across two spells with Plymouth, including 48 last season as they reached the League Two play-off final.
Osborne replaces Peter Hartley, who left for Bristol Rovers earlier this month, while the club are still awaiting a decision from Curtis Nelson on whether he will sign a new deal.
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Plymouth Argyle have signed former Bristol City defender Karleigh Osborne.
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The 25-year-old was a free agent after making seven appearances for the Accies last season.
Adams began his career with Sunderland, before spells with Coventry City, Notts County and Cambridge United.
His arrival follows the signings of Jake Cassidy, Ryan Donaldson, Luke George, Scott Loach and Jack Munns.
The length of Adams' contract with Pools has not been disclosed.
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Hartlepool United have made former Hamilton Academical full-back Blair Adams their sixth summer signing after relegation to the National League.
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The Tucson Roadrunners said captain Craig Cunningham had suffered a "medical emergency" before Saturday's home match against the Manitoba Moose.
The 26-year-old was treated by medical staff on the ice before being taken to hospital. The game was postponed.
The Roadrunners also called off their games on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Canadian Cunningham, who is under contract with NHL side the Arizona Coyotes, was skating around after the national anthem when he collapsed.
He is being treated in Banner University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona.
Roadrunners head coach Mark Lamb said: "It's been a very emotional time for everybody, but I think everything's on the up and up, Cunny's in stable condition, and he's getting great help."
Vice-captain Eric Selleck added: "It was pretty scary for all of us to see first hand, so it's just been an emotional rollercoaster for us."
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A professional ice hockey player is in a critical but stable condition after collapsing on the ice, moments before a game in the American Hockey League.
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Nadal, seeded fourth, beat the Belgian ninth seed 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 after Djokovic earlier had a walkover when Kei Nishikori withdrew with a wrist injury.
In the other half of the draw, Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas will play Dominic Thiem.
Third seed Simona Halep beat Anastasija Sevastova 6-2 6-3 in the women's semis.
The Romanian defending champion goes on to face France's Kristina Mladenovic - who saw off Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4 7-6 (7-3) - in the final.
Nine-time French Open champion Nadal has lost his past seven matches against Djokovic stretching back to 2014, and trails the head-to-head 26-23 in their 49 meetings.
However, the Spaniard will go into Saturday's semi-final as the form player after taking his record on clay this year to 13-0 with an impressive win over Goffin.
Nadal, 30, broke the Belgian's resolve in the first-set tie-break and could have won more comfortably had he converted more than just two of 13 break points.
Djokovic is into his first semi-final since he won his opening tournament of the year in Doha, while Nishikori is struggling to be fit for next week's Rome Masters and the French Open in 10 days' time.
"I will plan to play Rome, but we'll see," said the Japanese player.
"I cannot promise to play or pull out right now. The French is more important."
Unseeded Cuevas is through to his first Masters 1000 semi-final following a 3-6 6-0 6-4 win over Germany's Alexander Zverev.
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Four-time champion Rafael Nadal will take on two-time winner Novak Djokovic in the Madrid Open semi-finals after the Spaniard saw off David Goffin.
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Pirates were beaten 17-16 in the British and Irish Cup, their third defeat by the same opponents in the space of five weeks.
"I know we can produce a lot better than that," Cattle said.
"To run them close is good, but when you reflect on that performance and what we could have controlled, we could have come away with a win."
London Irish, who have won all their matches since being relegated from the Premiership last season, lead second-placed Pirates by nine points in their cup pool with only 10 still to play for.
But Cattle says there is no reason his side cannot secure one of the three places in the quarter-finals for the best runners-up.
"If we get two bonus point wins from Connacht and Ospreys we'll be in with a shout of a runners-up spot," he told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"We're at the midpoint of the season in the Championship, we're five points off third, two points off the top four, so for us we're in a good place.
"Just because results have gone against us in recent weeks doesn't make us a bad team overnight."
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Cornish Pirates coach Gavin Cattle says his side wasted the chance for a first win over London Irish this season.
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The move by Land Energy Girvan Ltd includes increasing the capacity of its combined heat and power plant and upgrading its pellet line in Girvan.
The company said at least 10 new full-time jobs would be created.
The drive to increase capacity and boost productivity has been backed by a £250,000 Scottish Enterprise grant.
The business plans to increase its output of premium grade wood pellets from 60,000 tonnes to 90,000 tonnes per year.
Scottish Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse said: "This welcome investment is projected to create 10 new jobs and safeguard 28 existing jobs in the Scottish supply-chain supporting generation of renewable, biomass energy, and will reduce biomass customers' reliance on imported wood pellet supplies."
Land Energy Girvan Ltd managing director John Westmacott, said: "The UK premium wood pellet market has grown rapidly in the last five years and is now worth £100m per annum.
"The new investment in the Girvan plant will ensure that Land Energy continues to be a leading player in this market as it continues to grow."
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A producer of wood pellets for the renewable energy market is to invest £6.4m in expanding its site in South Ayrshire.
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A team of archaeologists and volunteers has spent five years investigating the origins of 17 altars found at Maryport Roman fort in 1870.
Now the final phase of the Maryport Roman Temples project is under way.
Project director, professor Ian Haynes, said "so much depends" on the "last crucial season" of the dig.
Built on the cliffs overlooking Solway Firth, it is believed the fort was founded in the First Century AD when the Roman army initially entered the region.
The civilian settlement, which lies north-east of the fort, is believed to be the largest currently known along the Hadrian's Wall frontier.
The altars are housed at the Senhouse Museum Trust in Maryport and form part of a significant collection of Roman sculpture and inscriptions at the museum.
Believed to be the biggest single find of Roman inscriptions ever made in Britain, the altars provide evidence that three regiments from as far away as Spain and Germany were stationed at the fort.
In 2012, the team found another complete altar at the site.
Dated to the 2nd or 3rd Century AD, it was inscribed on behalf of Titus Attius Tutor, commander of the First Cohort of Baetasian, which came to Maryport from what is now the Netherlands.
Prof Haynes said: "We believe that we have located the general area where the altars once stood; in 2015 we will close in on the part of the site where we think that they were originally erected.
"By the end of the season we hope to have a detailed understanding of one of the most important Roman cult complexes ever to have been explored in Britain."
The final excavation ends on 14 August.
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The final part of a Cumbrian excavation to unearth the history of what is believed to be the biggest ever find of Roman altars in Britain has begun.
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Horgan is best known for comedy series Pulling and Catastrophe, both of which she co-wrote and appeared in.
"Most of the TV I'm watching is either created by, starring or directed by women," Horgan told the Radio Times.
"At all the Emmy parties I went to, the people I was honing in on to tell I appreciated their work were ladies - Rachel Bloom, Tina Fey, Jill Soloway."
She added: "They were everywhere. So certainly in the comedy world, it's looking pretty sweet."
Bloom is best known for appearing in Crazy Ex Girlfriend, while Tina Fey wrote and starred in 30 Rock and Jill Soloway created, wrote and directed Transparent.
Horgan's work on Catastrophe was nominated for outstanding writing for a comedy series at the Emmy Awards, which took place in Los Angeles last month.
She is currently working on the third season of Catastrophe and recently wrote the pilot for Divorce, which starred Sarah Jessica Parker.
Horgan also wrote the pilot for the comedy Motherland, which was warmly received when it aired on BBC Two last month.
It has not yet been confirmed whether a full series will be commissioned, but Horgan said: "I think we'll know fairly soon."
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Actress and writer Sharon Horgan has praised the number of women currently involved in high-profile comedy shows.
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Horticulturalists from around the world are displaying their designs at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, London.
The launch of the show, opening to the public on Tuesday, comes as its organisers warn nearly a quarter of the UK's front gardens are now paved over.
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is urging householders to buck the trend by growing more plants.
Among the gardens being exhibited to special guests in Monday is one created for Sentebale, the charity co-founded by Prince Harry which helps children in Lesotho.
Designer Matt Keightley, who created a southern-African theme for the charity after designing a garden for Help the Heroes at last year's show, said: "It is such a privilege being part of the show.
"It was last year, and nothing has changed in that respect. I'm hoping the Queen will like it - that would be the icing on the cake."
Some 165,000 people are expected to visit the show over five days and for the first time they will be able to view the work of an amateur gardener.
Nurse Sean Murray, from Ashington, Northumberland, who won the BBC's Great Chelsea Garden Challenge, has designed a display for the main avenue at the show.
His front garden incorporates both plants and a parking space, to highlight the RHS's campaign, Greening Grey Britain.
It comes after a survey for the RHS showed that 24% of front gardens are now entirely paved, concreted or gravelled. More than a quarter, 28% of the 1,492 polled, said there was no greenery at all in their front gardens.
RHS principal horticultural advisor Leigh Hunt said: "All gardens are important - vegetation provides so many benefits, preventing flooding, providing homes for wildlife, keeping cities cool in summer, insulating homes in winter."
Joe Swift, BBC presenter of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, said: "We can all make our streets greener and better places to live and take action against this growing concrete jungle.
"We've made this conversion to grey one garden at a time and now, today, there are 7.24 million front gardens that are mostly paved.
"It's time to get gardening. We can all make a difference: from window boxes to tree planting, let's join the RHS and greening grey Britain."
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The Queen is set to be among the first to visit the gardens at this year's Chelsea Flower Show later.
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Forensics students will use the vacuum metal deposition system (VMD) chamber as part of their studies in "crime scene mark enhancement."
The university said it was the only place in Scotland where students could access the machine.
Similar devices are used by police forensics departments.
The chamber heats gold and zinc, evaporating the metals which are then re-deposited as a thin layer on a target surface, revealing any prints.
The machine can be used to extract a print from almost any material or object, including the new polymer £5 notes.
Dr Ben Jones, head of the university's science division, said: "This is all about making sure our students have access to the latest technology and, from a research point of view, expanding on our earlier work with the UK Home Office in understanding the processes involved at the micro level to further develop the use of the technique.
"Fingerprints are still used more than DNA when it comes to identification, so this piece of equipment places our students at the cutting edge of what is available in the industry."
West Technology, who produce the VMD chamber, have given a £4,500 scholarship to student Paul Sheriffs, who will be using the device as part of his PhD research project.
He said: "A big area of research just now centres around the new polymer £5 notes as they are very different from what we had before in terms of being able to extract a print.
"It is great that the university has been able to give me access to this resource."
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A machine which retrieves latent fingerprints in cold cases will be part of Abertay University's new £3.5m science laboratories.
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The work is preparing the 176-year-old line for new faster Hitachi trains that are due to come into service later this year.
Network Rail said the trains are capable of travelling at 140mph, but only after upgrade work is completed.
A £5.7bn contract was awarded in 2011 to the manufacturers of the new trains.
Over the next two weekends, there will only be two high-speed trains an hour from Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington with one calling at Swindon, Didcot and Reading. The other will call at Bath Spa and Reading.
During the week and on Saturday 15 July, there will be a similar level of service but there will only be one train an hour between Bristol Temple Meads and Chippenham.
Train services between Westbury and Swindon via Melksham will also be affected with trains starting and terminating in Chippenham.
Replacement buses services will be offered.
GWR operations director, Rob Mullen, said: "The work is helping GWR take full advantage of our new fleet and will be the greatest step-change in experience for our passengers in a generation."
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Commuters are being warned that major engineering work on the Great Western Railway mainline could disrupt travel for the next week.
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They are up against William Vanderpuye who voices Rastamouse, which is also up for best children's series.
Stick Man is also nominated in the best long form category up against Aardman's Shaun The Sheep Movie.
Also in that category is Children of the Holocaust, a film for BBC Learning.
The Clangers: I am the Eggbot, which won a Children's Bafta is up for best pre-school series, alongside CBeebies' Hey Duggee: The Omelette Badge and Nick Jr's Lily's Driftwood Bay: Goodbye.
Also nominated in the children's series category alongside Rastamouse: School of Rock is The Amazing World of Gumball: The Shell and Scream Street: Resus Rocks.
The public can join in and vote in some of the categories including favourite short film and music video.
The music videos nominated are James's Moving On, Amaro & Walden's Joyride, and Benjamin Scheuer: Cookie-tin Banjo.
It is the 20th year for the British Animation Awards, and director Jayne Pilling said "the calibre of this year's finalists prove that the animation industry is in better health than ever".
The awards themselves feature sheep and are individually created by leading animation artists. This year they include Oscar-winning animators Nick Park and Daniel Greaves and award-winning author/illustrator David Melling.
This year's ceremony will be held at the BFI on London's Southbank on 10 March.
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Martin Freeman and Chris O'Dowd have been nominated for best voice performance at the British Animation Awards for their work on Stick Man and Puffin Rock respectively.
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Joosten, who was 72, died in California of lung cancer, 11 years after she was first diagnosed with the disease.
The actress won two Emmy Awards for playing nosey neighbour Karen McCluskey in suburban drama Desperate Housewives.
She had previously portrayed Delores Landingham, the secretary to fictional US President Josiah Bartlet, played by Martin Sheen, on The West Wing.
Joosten's family said in a statement that the actress was "surrounded by love and humour 'til the end", adding: "We are laughing through our tears."
Joosten did not begin her acting career until the age of 42, having worked as a psychiatric nurse at a medium security hospital unit in Chicago.
But after getting divorced and hearing her mother's deathbed regrets at not having pursued her dreams, Joosten decided to revisit her childhood passion for acting and became involved with her local community theatre.
She then worked as a street performer at Disney World in Florida before moving to Hollywood in the mid-1990s and winning small roles in shows including Murphy Brown, Frasier and The Drew Carey Show.
The West Wing brought wider recognition. "Some people in Hollywood think of me as a model for dramatic mid-life transitions - from suburban housewife to Emmy-winning actress," she said.
"But I never plotted out a master plan for following my dreams."
Her other roles included one of the recurring Gods in Joan of Arcadia and Claire in Dharma and Greg.
Her part in Desperate Housewives earned her the Primetime Emmy Awards for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series in 2005 and 2008, and she was nominated again in 2010.
She encouraged the show's creator Marc Cherry to give her character lung cancer in order to raise awareness. The show ended in the US just three weeks ago after eight years on air.
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US TV actress Kathryn Joosten, best known for her roles in Desperate Housewives and The West Wing, has died.
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Mr Biden sent the letter to BuzzFeed, praising the young woman for sharing her account with the public.
The unnamed victim's impact statement was read by millions after it was published by BuzzFeed last week.
In a response to her message, Mr Biden wrote that he was "filled with furious anger" over what happened to her.
"You were failed by a culture on our college campuses where one in five women is sexually assaulted - year after year after year," Biden wrote in the letter, entitled, An Open Letter to a Courageous Young Woman.
"The millions who have been touched by your story will never forget you".
The victim, now 23, read her statement aloud to her assailant, 20-year-old former Stanford University student Brock Turner, after he was convicted of sexually assaulting her while she was unconscious.
Mr Turner, a former swimmer at Stanford, was found guilty in March of three felony charges.
Prosecutors said that in January 2015, two witnesses tackled Mr Turner to the ground after seeing him sexually assault a woman, who was lying unconscious.
But a judge expressed concern about the impact prison would have on Mr Turner, sentencing him to six months in county jail. He had faced up to 14 years in prison.
Mr Turner is also required to register as a convicted sex offender for the rest of his life.
Mr Turner's father issued a statement to the court before the sentencing, saying his son was paying a steep price for only "20 minutes of action" and did not deserve a long sentence as he had no prior criminal history.
Mr Turner's sentence and his father's letter sparked public outrage on social media, prompting calls for the judge to resign.
Nearly a million people have also signed a petition to recall the sentencing judge, Aaron Persky, for what they described as a "lenient sentence."
The cast of the TV show Girls have also made a video backing the woman and other victims of sexual assault.
Mr Biden, who is involved in the White House campaign against campus sexual assault, is the latest public figure to speak out on the case.
"It must have been wrenching - to relive what he did to you all over again. But you did it anyway, in the hope that your strength might prevent this crime from happening to someone else", Mr Biden added. "Your bravery is breathtaking."
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Vice President Joe Biden penned an open letter on Thursday to the Stanford University sexual assault victim whose message to her assailant went viral.
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The 33-year-old seam bowler, who has taken 420 Test wickets, is in the United Arab Emirates for his country's series against Pakistan.
This summer, he helped England regain the Ashes and took 7-77 for Lancashire against Essex, his best county figures.
"I consider it an honour and a privilege every time I wear the Red Rose," said the Burnley-born bowler.
"I am delighted to sign a new deal with the county I grew up supporting.
"Last season was a great year for Lancashire and I'm looking forward to seeing us progress under Ashley Giles back in Division One."
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England's all-time leading Test wicket taker James Anderson has signed a new two-year deal with Lancashire.
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Apple's annual revenue fell for the first time since 2001.
The Dow Jones closed up 30.06 points at 18,199.33.
The wider S&P 500 index fell 3.73 points to 2,139.43, while the Nasdaq index fell 33.13 points to 5,250.27.
Shares in aerospace giant Boeing rose 4.7% after it reported better-than-expected third-quarter profits.
The company earned $2.28bn in the quarter, compared with $1.70bn a year earlier, although revenues fell to $23.90bn from $25.85bn.
Coca-Cola shares fell 0.24% after third-quarter revenues fell for the sixth quarter in a row, down 7% from a year earlier to $10.63bn.
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(Close): US stocks on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq have closed lower, with shares in Apple down nearly 4% after it reported another quarter of falling iPhone sales and revenues.
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Dean Hartley struck Karl Swift with such a blow he suffered a broken jaw and was knocked unconscious in New Road, Halesowen on 8 September.
Mr Swift died in hospital two days later and Hartley, 30, initially denied manslaughter.
But he was found guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court and given an eight years and three-months jail term.
The pair, both from South Yorkshire, had been drinking at a pub in the town with other co-workers when the row broke out.
Hartley, of the Langsett Estate, Sheffield, "squared up" to Mr Swift, who then left the pub. The rest of the group was asked to leave just after 22:00 BST.
As they walked back to their accommodation Hartley attacked Mr Swift, leaving him with a fractured skull.
At first Hartley claimed Mr Swift, 33, had fallen.
However he was found guilty of manslaughter and perverting the cause of justice following a two-week trial.
The group had travelled to the West Midlands for work.
Det Insp Paul Joyce, of West Midlands Police, said: "Mr Swift was left with a broken jaw and unconscious before he even hit the floor which shows the severity of the blow he suffered.
"It became clear from our investigations [Mr Swift was] assaulted in an unprovoked attack and we set about getting justice.
"Hartley initially lied over what happened and then tried to cover his actions by claiming he acted in self-defence.
"I am pleased the jury saw through these lies and he now faces time behind bars."
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A man who killed his colleague with a single punch following an argument in a pub about football has been jailed.
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Phase one of the Saltdean Lido project will see the creation of a swimming pool, a children's paddling pool, and a temporary cafe and changing facilities.
It is hoped the pools will open this summer, with the restoration of the main lido building coming later.
Campaigners are still trying to raise funds for a new sub-station.
The Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company, which has a 60-year lease to operate the pool, has been selling bricks for a Wall of Fame.
Volunteer director Bridget Fishleigh said it was spending £2.8m on the swimming pool, and had already built a plant room for £700,000.
"Sadly that still isn't enough money. A couple of months ago we realised that there wasn't enough electricity left in Saltdean to actually run the swimming pools, and we're now fund raising for a new sub-station - so we have the electricity to clean the water and heat it."
She said there was still plenty of space left for people to sponsor a brick on the Wall of Fame.
"We're really hoping to open this summer, but it's down to the sub-station - we really need to raise the money," Ms Fishleigh said.
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Work has resumed on restoring a Grade II* listed lido after a delay last year when it was found an old electricity sub-station had been removed.
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Lawrence Kenwright says he intends to develop a total of five hotels in the city over the next few years.
Mr Kenwright owns four hotels in Liverpool, including one themed around legendary football manager Bill Shankly.
Manchester United and Northern Ireland star George Best already has an airport named after him in his native city.
He says he has agreed to buy two buildings in Belfast with the deals expected to be completed within months.
Neither of those buildings relates to the Best-themed hotel.
Mr Kenwright says he wants to have his first Belfast hotel open in just nine months and the other four delivered in two years.
If he can achieve that it would make him one of the biggest hoteliers in the city.
Belfast is undergoing a hotel building boom with six under construction and more with planning permission.
Mr Kenwright has arrived in Belfast with extremely ambitious plans.
If he can deliver five hotels that would put him on a par with the veteran Belfast hotelier Lord Rana.
However Lord Rana built that business over more than 20 years.
Mr Kenwright wants to get to the same level in just two years.
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A Liverpool-based developer has announced a plan to build a George Best-themed hotel in Belfast.
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In an interview on BBC Radio Scotland's Stark Talk programme, the MSP said she struggled to reconcile her religious beliefs with being a lesbian.
Ms Davidson, who went to school in Fife, had a Church of Scotland upbringing.
She said when she was younger she "didn't want to be gay" and it took her years to accept her sexuality.
The former BBC journalist said the biggest issue about her sexuality was with regard to her faith.
Ms Davidson said: "It's something I struggled with, I didn't want to be gay. I'm not sure how many people do. It's been amazing the difference, even in my lifetime, how things have changed.
"I struggled with it for a number of years actually before I would admit it to myself, never mind to anybody else.
"But there comes a point at which you make a decision and that decision is either that you're going to live a lie for the rest of your life, or you're going to trust yourself, and that's what I had to do."
The politician told presenter Edi Stark that she had found it "very difficult" to see how parts of the Bible referred to homosexuality.
Ms Davidson explained: "To read Paul's letter to various churches around the globe talking about 'homosexual offenders' - the phrase in the international version - and talking about idolaters and adulterers and thieves being ranked together was very, very difficult."
In the wide-ranging interview, the political leader also insisted she would never want Prime Minister David Cameron's job.
She said: "I'm incredibly lucky in that I get to regularly see behind the door of No. 10 and it was like the loneliest job, second only probably to being the president of the United States.
"Running a G7 country is not for the faint-hearted. I don't think I'm up to it and I don't want it. I don't want the impact that would have on my life and all of the people that I love."
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The leader of the Scottish Tories, Ruth Davidson, has spoken openly about her Christian faith and being gay.
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People who practised a basic movement to music showed "increased structural connectivity" between the regions of the brain that process sound and control movement.
The University of Edinburgh research showed brain wiring enables cells to communicate with each other.
The findings have been published in the medical journal Brain & Cognition.
Experts said the study could have positive implications for future research into rehabilitation for patients who have lost some degree of movement control.
Dr Katie Overy, who led the research team, said: "The study suggests that music makes a key difference. We have long known that music encourages people to move.
"This study provides the first experimental evidence that adding musical cues to learning new motor tasks can lead to changes in white matter structure in the brain."
Researchers divided right-handed volunteers into two groups and charged them with learning a new task involving sequences of finger movements with the non-dominant left hand.
One group learned the task with musical cues while the other group did so without music.
After four weeks, both groups of volunteers performed equally well at learning sequences, the researchers found.
Using MRI scans, the study found the music group showed "a significant increase" in structural connectivity on the right side of the brain while the non-music group showed no change.
The team hopes that future research will determine whether music can help with special kinds of motor rehabilitation programmes, such as after a stroke.
The project brought together researchers from the university's Institute for Music in Human and Social Development, Clinical Research Imaging Centre and Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, and from clinical neuropsychology at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
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Using music to learn a physical task develops an important part of the brain, according to a new study.
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The series will include three Tests, four one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals, with England arriving in the UAE on 30 September.
The first Test starts at Abu Dhabi's Zayed Cricket Stadium on 13 October.
Pakistan have not played Test cricket at home since a 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka team bus killed seven people.
In May, they hosted Zimbabwe in a five-match series comprising two Twenty20 games and three one-day internationals.
The second Test of the autumn tour will be at Dubai Cricket Stadium from 22-26 October with the third held at the Sharjah Cricket Club, where England have never played a Test.
England's last tour to the UAE in 2012 saw Pakistan win the Test series while England triumphed in the ODIs and T20S.
Tour dates
30 September: England team arrive
5-6 October: v Pakistan A, Sharjah CC
8-9 October: v Pakistan A, Sharjah CC
13-17 October: 1st Test, ZCS, Abu Dhabi
22-26 October: 2nd Test, Dubai Cricket Stadium
1-5 November: 3rd Test, Sharjah CC
8 November: One-day practice match, ZCS, Abu Dhabi
11 November: 1st ODI D/N, ZCS, Abu Dhabi
13 November: 2nd ODI D/N, ZCS, Abu Dhabi
17 November: 3rd ODI D/N, Sharjah CC
20 November: 4th ODI D/N, Dubai Cricket Stadium
23 November: T20 v UAE XI, ZCS, Abu Dhabi
26 November: 1st T20, Dubai Cricket Stadium
27 November: 2nd T20, Dubai Cricket Stadium
30 November: 3rd T20, Sharjah CC
1 December: England depart UAE
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England and Pakistan have arranged October and November dates for their two-month autumn tour in the United Arab Emirates.
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Laurie Seaborn, 71, from West Bergholt, Essex, who is 6ft 6in (1.98m) tall, cannot fit inside Colchester General Hospital's MRI scanner and instead has to travel to Croydon.
He is calling on Colchester's managers to get a "decent-sized" MRI scanner.
The hospital has apologised for the "inconvenience this causes".
Mr Seaborn said he damaged his knee, back, head and neck in a motorbike accident 43 years ago and has been receiving treatment ever since.
He is awaiting an MRI scan for a problem with his spine but says he is too "broad-shouldered" to fit in the scanner at Colchester or a mobile unit.
Mr Seaborn, who weighs about 20 stone, said the situation was "unacceptable".
"It was a proper emergency ambulance that had to take me there - there was a driver, his assistant and a chaperone to take me there and back," he said.
"I think the hospital ought to get their act together and get this thing sorted out as soon as possible, because everyone knows the NHS is in dire straits, and surely this is adding insult to injury."
A spokesman for Colchester General Hospital said: "As far as we are aware, there is not a single NHS hospital in Essex which currently has a wide-bore MRI scanner for scanning larger patients.
"Therefore, about 10 of our patients a year who are either too heavy for the table or too wide for the scanner have to travel further afield for their MRI scan. This is about half the number of patients who have to travel to be scanned in a wide-bore or open MRI scanner because they have claustrophobia.
"We will look at the needs of all patients requiring MRI scans when the current arrangement for providing this service expires."
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A hospital patient who is unable to fit inside an "outdated" MRI scanner has said he is forced to make a 150 mile (241km) round trip for treatment.
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A 24-year-old man suffered "serious but not life-threatening injuries" in the attack while shopping at the store in Mold at 13:39 GMT on Wednesday.
No-one else was injured during the incident.
A local man was arrested in the store, said North Wales Police.
Police said the store has been closed while crime scene investigators gather evidence and officers speak to witnesses.
The injured man is from Yorkshire.
Det Chief Insp Alun Oldfield said: "Initial indications are this is a racially motivated attack and as such management of the community impact will feature significantly in order to provide public reassurance."
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We responded with a rapid response vehicle and an emergency ambulance and a man with serious injuries was taken to hospital."
The supermarket said the store was likely to remain closed for the day.
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A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an attack at a Tesco supermarket in Flintshire which police say could be racially motivated.
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Six ex-military personnel have been walking for 72 days since starting the journey in Moray in August.
They have twice been joined by Prince Harry for different sections of the route, and by other wounded personnel.
The challenge was aimed at raising money for the Walking With the Wounded charity.
The charity supports injured members of the armed forces trying to regain their independence through employment.
The Walk of Britain has seen the veterans reach the summit of four peaks - Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, Snowdon and Pen Y Fan.
They walked along The Mall in London towards Buckingham Palace for the final leg of the journey, and were joined by their partners and children.
The veterans were greeted on the forecourt of the palace by the prince, who described the walk as "formidable" and "epic".
In September Harry joined the team of four Britons and two Americans for a 17-mile leg which took them through Shropshire.
Among the group are victims of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan, two of whom suffered traumatic brain injuries and another who lost an eye.
One of the group, Alec Robotham, is a 29-year-old former Royal Marine who was left with arm and leg injuries after being struck by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in 2010.
He welcomed Harry's presence on the walk and said the pair had enjoyed "everyday chat" about military life.
Harry has supported the charity since it was formed, taking part in a trek to the North Pole in 2011 and South Pole in 2013. He was also patron of its Everest expedition in 2012.
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A group of wounded Afghanistan veterans has been welcomed by Prince Harry at Buckingham Palace after completing a 1,000-mile UK trek for charity.
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The haul of 16th and 17th century paintings was worth €50,000 (£40,000; $56,000) when stolen from the Westfries Museum in the city of Hoorn in 2005.
The four recovered works had been "in the possession of criminal groups", Ukraine's foreign minister said.
Reports say they were recovered from Ukrainian ultra-nationalists.
The museum said in December that two men, reportedly from a Ukrainian nationalist militia, had presented a picture of one of the paintings to the Dutch embassy in Kiev.
At the time, Dutch media reported that the men had said they had found the entire stolen collection and demanded millions of euros for the haul's return.
Ukrainian authorities gave no more details on how the four paintings were recovered.
Vasyl Grytsak, the head of Ukraine's state security service, said the first painting was recovered in early March, followed by a second in early April and two more on Thursday.
"A preliminary examination has determined they are authentic," Mr Grytsak told a press conference.
Ultra-nationalist Ukrainian militia groups are fighting a pro-Russian insurgency in parts of eastern Ukraine.
The conflict is estimated to have killed more than 9,200 people since April 2014.
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Ukraine says it has recovered four paintings from a haul of 24 that was stolen from a gallery in the Netherlands more than a decade ago.
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The reigning Olympic -57kg champion is only a few points from guaranteeing her place at the 2016 Games in Brazil.
The Welsh athlete, 22, took gold at the inaugural European Championships in Baku last June to boost her Rio bid.
"I just need to use these Grands Prix more for improving and trying things... for Rio," Jones told BBC Sport Wales.
"Because I don't need the points as much as other people I'm in a lucky position to practise things.
"I got gold in Baku so I'm feeling good again and I'm in a super strong place for Rio, so I've just got to keep chipping away at the points.
"Apart from the Worlds I'm undefeated, that's why it was so frustrating because of how I lost, but I'm still in such a good place for Rio."
Jones was knocked out of the quarter-finals of the World Championships in Russia amid controversy when the electronic scoring system froze.
But she bounced back in Baku and after her success in Azerbaijan returns to Russia for the first of four Grands Prix events, which includes a leg in Manchester next October.
The level of competition will be high this weekend at the Dinamo Krylatskoye Gymnasium in Moscow, with 20 Olympic medallists among a high-quality field of 245 athletes.
"Every Grands Prix is like a World Championship," Jones added.
"The top 32 in the world are there and some people have to get these points to qualify for Rio, so everyone is wanting it, everyone is hungry for the points."
The top six athletes in each weight category will qualify for Rio 2016, with the Grand Prix Final in December 2015 the last chance to earn points.
Jones is currently second in the -57kg Olympic rankings on 400.36 points, just behind leader Eva Calvo Gomez of Spain (414.64) and well clear of France's Floriane Liborio in seventh (199.21).
Winning a major event such as the European Championships earns 40 points, with between 20 and 10 points on offer for first place in other competitions. Lesser placings receive lower points.
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Jade Jones begins the season's World Taekwondo Grand Prix campaign in Moscow this weekend with the luxury of being able to experiment with her style.
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