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A total of 2,488 medals, each weighing 500g, have been produced - with 812 gold, 812 silver and 864 bronze.
They were made with "sustainability at their heart", say organisers.
The gold medals are free from mercury, the silver and bronze medals are made from 30% recycled materials, and half of the plastic in their ribbons is from recycled plastic bottles.
The designs feature laurel leaves - a symbol of victory in ancient Greece - surrounding the Rio 2016 logo, and organisers say they celebrate "the relationship between the strengths of Olympic heroes and the forces of nature".
In line with the ecological theme of the Games, the podiums on which the athletes will receive the medals are made from organic materials and have been designed to be reused as furniture after the Games.
There are 2,642 Paralympic medals: 877 gold, 876 silver and 889 bronze and each has a device inside that uses tiny steel balls to make a sound when they are shaken, allowing visually impaired athletes to identify the colour by increasing in volume from bronze to gold.
The bronze medals have 16 steel balls and make the lowest sound, the silver medals have 20 balls and the golds have 28, producing the loudest noise.
All of the medals also have the words 'Rio 2016 Paralympic Games' written on them in Braille.
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Rio 2016 organisers have revealed the medals that will be competed for at this summer's Olympics.
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The 19-year-old centre-back, who has captained the Championship club's development squad, has made one first-team appearance for the Tractor Boys.
He came off the bench as Ipswich lost 2-1 to Portsmouth in their third-round FA Cup replay last month.
Robinson, who will be with the Cards until 28 March, could make his debut against Grimsby on Tuesday.
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National League side Woking have signed Ipswich Town youngster Joe Robinson on a one-month loan deal.
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The presenter succeeded Jonathan Ross as host of the revamped weekly show and said leaving "wasn't an easy decision".
Winkleman, who also co-hosts Saturday night show Strictly Come Dancing, said the show "simply deserves someone who can give it their all".
A new series will return this autumn with the new presenter to be announced "in due course", the BBC said.
Winkleman, who lists The Godfather and The Shawshank Redemption as her favourite films, said: "I'm incredibly sad about leaving the film show and it wasn't an easy decision.
"At this time of year I juggle all kinds of things for TV and radio and the show simply deserves someone who can give it their all."
She added that she would miss film critic Danny Leigh, who presents the show alongside her, and the team behind the show.
Mark Bell, BBC head of arts commissioning, said: "We've loved having Claudia on Film 2016 and I'd like to thank her for all her hard work and commitment to the show."
The long-running film show, first broadcast 45 years ago, was fronted by film critic Barry Norman for 26 years. He was succeeded by Ross in 1999, who stayed at the helm for 11 years.
Winkleman will still present the BBC's The Great British Sewing Bee and host a Radio 2 show.
After landing the job on Strictly in 2014 when Sir Bruce Forsyth left, the mother-of-three said of her TV and radio commitments, she would "make it work".
The 14th series of Strictly gets under way on Saturday evening, with Olympians, actors and singers competing for the glitterball trophy.
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Claudia Winkleman has quit the BBC's movie review show, Film 2016, after six years of fronting the programme.
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Senegal have reportedly complained to Fifa after Sakho missed the Africa Cup of Nations with a back injury, but then played for his club.
Fifa rules say a player cannot play for a club if he was meant to be on international duty.
But Allardyce said: "We've stuck to every rule and regulation in the book."
He added: "I'm not worried at all that he could be facing a ban whatsoever. We have not breached any rules and regulations whatsoever and I have to say I'm extremely disappointed by Senegal's reaction."
Sakho, 25, withdrew from the squad before the tournament and Senegal were told he could not fly to them for assessment because of his injury.
He then played - and scored the only goal - in Sunday's 1-0 FA Cup win over Bristol City which led to Senegal boss Alain Giresse claiming that West Ham had "set a dangerous precedent".
Senegal have since been knocked out of the tournament, and Allardyce is also not happy with the handling of midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate, who was with the squad and is now free to return to West Ham.
"Kouyate has been difficult to find over the last 48 hours," Allardyce said.
"We know where he is but we have had trouble finding him. We are expecting him back today after chasing him down for the last 48 hours. He could play against Liverpool on Saturday."
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West Ham boss Sam Allardyce is confident striker Diafra Sakho will not be banned from playing for the club despite a row with Senegal.
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The 29-year-old's third album went straight to the top of the chart - which saw last week's number one artist, Paolo Nutini, fall to three.
Gary Barlow's Since I Saw You Last leapt 36 places to number two following the recent broadcast of his BBC documentary with James Corden.
Take That's greatest hits collection also re-entered the album chart at 21.
The Gary Barlow-effect was also seen in the singles chart, where the singer's track, Let Me Go, rocketed from 74 to 22.
Other new entries in the album chart's top 10 included Black Stone Cherry at five, with Magic Mountain, and Horrors' Luminous at six.
Anastacia's sixth studio album, Resurrection, also entered the chart at number nine.
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In the singles chart, Dutch hip hop star Mr Probz returned to the top spot with his track Waves, after being knocked down last week to number two by Calvin Harris.
The Official Chart Company said the 29-year-old outsold Harris by more than 25,000.
Former chart topper Kiesza held firm at number three, with John Legend ballad All Of Me at four and Sigma's Nobody To Love at five.
There was only one new entry in the top 10 - Wild Wild Love by Pitbull featuring Grl.
UK Eurovision entrant Molly Smitten-Downes climbed up the chart from 48 to 33 with her track Children of the Universe.
The song, which finished 17th in the competition on Saturday, is the first UK Eurovision entry to enter the top 40 since Blue's I Can in 2011.
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Singer Lily Allen has scored her second number one album with her latest record, Sheezus.
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The blue cloth-covered 1935 edition bears the Nazi dictator's signature on the front fly leaf.
It was presented to former BBC and Oxford Mail journalist Peter Cadogan during a visit to Munich in the late 1930s.
It will be sold at Silverwoods auction house in Clitheroe, Lancashire, and is expected to raise more than £1,000.
Auctioneer James Thompson said some people "wouldn't touch anything Nazi with a bargepole", but others believe the book should be preserved, despite Hitler's appalling reign.
"In a way, it's a way to touch a monster," he said.
Mein Kampf, which translates as My Struggle, was first published in 1925 and sets out Hitler's political ideology and plans for Germany.
The example being sold is thought to be especially rare because Hitler was known to resist signing documents of any kind.
Journalist Mr Cadogan had been acquainted with Unity Mitford, a member of Hitler's inner circle of devotees. It was she who asked Hitler to sign it for him.
"Hitler didn't sign books. It wasn't something he did. He did it this time on the request of Unity Mitford. You can almost see him putting his eyes to the ceiling," Mr Thompson added.
The book is now being sold at the request of Mr Cadogan's family.
The Rev Dr Stuart Jennings, a historian at the University of Warwick, said: "It's very interesting because it was very difficult to get Hitler to sign anything at all.
"There is nothing to connect him in writing to the final solution.
"There's an interesting social history behind how the book came to be here. After the war and the Nuremberg trials there was a great effort to destroy anything connected to the Third Reich.
"There was a concerted effort to make sure there could be nothing there for idol worship. Even Hitler's bunker was bulldozed over."
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An "extremely rare" signed copy of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf is to be sold at auction.
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Argentina said dialogue and diplomacy were the only ways to promote democracy in Venezuela.
Venezuela's foreign minister said Mr Trump's words had been hostile and disrespectful and risked destablising Latin America.
Violent demonstrations since April have left more than 120 people dead.
President Nicolas Maduro's new constituent assembly - which can rewrite the constitution and could override the opposition-controlled parliament - has been widely criticised as anti-democratic.
Mercosur - which includes the region's largest economies Argentina and Brazil as well as Paraguay and Uruguay - indefinitely suspended Venezuela's membership last week.
Other Latin American countries also condemned Mr Trump's comments, including Mexico, Colombia and Peru, which said Mr Trump's threat was against UN principles.
Peru has been a fierce critic of Mr Maduro's government. On Friday Peru expelled Venezuela's ambassador after Caracas sent an "unacceptable" response to regional condemnation of its new constituent assembly.
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has urged Mr Maduro to resign and called him a dictator.
On Friday evening Mr Trump told reporters the US had "many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option if necessary".
"The people are suffering and they're dying," he added.
The US recently imposed sanctions on President Maduro, branding him a dictator.
The White House later said that Mr Maduro had requested a phone call with the American president.
In response, the White House said Mr Trump would gladly speak to his Venezuelan counterpart, when democracy had been restored in the country.
The Venezuelan opposition accuses Mr Maduro of trying to cling on to power, but he says the new assembly will bring peace to the country.
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The South American trading bloc Mercosur has condemned President Trump for saying he was considering military action in the Venezuela crisis.
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The European bronze medallist from Portaferry clocked 4:11.51 to come in behind Ethiopia's world record holder Genzebe Dibaba (4:10.61).
Mageean, 24, stayed close to the lead throughout the race and moved into second place as Dibaba sprinted clear.
The Irish athlete was able to ease up close to the line in a confident run.
Those behind Mageean in the remaining four qualifying places included highly-rated America Brenda Martinez and Poland's Angelika Cichocka, who won gold at this year's European Championships when the Irishwoman took the bronze.
Non-qualifiers from the heat included Dutchwoman Maureen Koster, Morocco's Siham Hilali and Kenya's Nancy Chepkwemoi who all have faster personal bests than Mageean.
"If I didn't think I'd qualify, I wouldn't be here," said the county Down woman.
Mageean said that she had drawn inspiration from Ireland's silver medal-winning rowing brothers Paul and Gary O'Donovan.
"It was great to see them medal and gives more motivation to perform at this level. I ran my own race and I just need to stay focused for the semi-finals."
Earlier in the day Alex Wright (Leevale) battled to a 46th place finish in the 20km race walk in 1:25:25.
"I was slightly disappointed with that but my training is geared towards the 50km and there were positives," said Wright, who will also compete in the 50km event on Friday.
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Ciara Mageean finished an impressive second in her 1,500m heat at the Olympic Games to comfortably qualify for Sunday's semi-finals in Rio.
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Ms Munt said it was "with regret" she had quit, but she would not compromise on her opposition to fracking.
The Wells MP defied the party whip to support a rebel amendment seeking a moratorium on shale gas extraction.
She had initially said she would remain in her role despite breaching collective ministerial responsibility.
However a spokesman for Mr Cable later confirmed that she had quit as his aide.
Ms Munt said it was clear her views "cannot be reconciled with the government on this matter" and she would "continue to campaign vocally" against fracking.
Mr Cable's spokesman said: "Both the secretary of state for business [Mr Cable] and the deputy prime minister [Nick Clegg] thank Tessa for the work she has done in government but understand her strength of feeling on this issue and have, therefore, accepted her resignation."
The rebel amendment, which attracted cross-party support, was put forward during a debate on the government's Infrastructure Bill on Monday.
The Commons Environmental Audit Committee had warned there were "huge uncertainties" about the environmental impact of the controversial shale gas extraction technique.
However, MPs overwhelmingly defeated the bid to suspend fracking while an assessment is carried out, by 308 votes to 52 - although the government did agree to 13 new conditions, proposed by Labour, to be met before fracking can take place.
These included the completion of an environmental assessment and the need to consult residents on an individual basis.
A ban on drilling in national parks was another of the suggestions in the Environmental Audit Committee's report.
Ms Munt said she backed the amendment "on principle".
In her initial statement, she said she remained as an aide to Mr Cable, and would continue to campaign against fracking.
A PPS would normally be expected to resign, or face the sack, for voting against the government, as it breaches collective ministerial responsibility.
However, in a statement on Tuesday evening, the Wells MPs said: "I am unwilling to compromise and cannot change my opposition to fracking.
"I will continue to campaign vocally against fracking and as result it is clear that my views cannot be reconciled with the government on this matter."
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Lib Dem MP Tessa Munt has resigned as a parliamentary aide to Business Secretary Vince Cable after voting against the government on fracking.
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The victim is thought to have been saved from serious injury by his glasses in the attack in Great Barr, Birmingham.
Up to six youths reportedly restrained the schoolboy during a confrontation in the street.
West Midlands Police said the boy was not seriously hurt in last Friday's attack in Birdbrook Road at 15:50 BST.
Officers, who appealed for witnesses, are checking CCTV from the area.
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A 12-year-old boy had bleach thrown at his eyes by bullies as he walked home from school, it has been alleged.
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Jason Roy, Joe Root, Jos Buttler and David Willey's selection means runners-up England are the best represented side in the XI.
Andre Russell and Samuel Badree are the only players to feature from the triumphant West Indies team.
England captain Charlotte Edwards and seamer Anya Shrubsole were included in the women's XI.
West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor was named player of the women's tournament and India batsman Virat Kohli player of the men's tournament.
Only Kohli scored more runs than Roy, Root and wicketkeeper-batsman Buttler from the Super 10 stage onwards, while left-arm seamer Willey was the joint-leading wicket-taker with 10.
South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock, Australia all-rounder Shane Watson, who announced his retirement from international cricket during the tournament, India seamer Ashish Nehra and New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner also made the team.
West Indies beat England by four wickets in Sunday's final in Kolkata, after West Indies women beat Australia in the women's final.
ICC men's team of the tournament: Jason Roy (England), Quinton de Kock (South Africa, wicketkeeper), Virat Kohli (India, captain), Joe Root (England), Jos Buttler (England), Shane Watson (Australia), Andre Russell (West Indies), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand), David Willey (England), Samuel Badree (West Indies), Ashish Nehra (India). 12th man: Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh).
ICC women's team of the tournament: Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Charlotte Edwards (England), Meg Lanning (Australia), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies, captain), Sophie Devine (New Zealand), Rachel Priest (New Zealand, wicketkeeper), Deandra Dottin (West Indies), Megan Schutt (Australia), Sune Luus (South Africa), Leigh Kasperek (New Zealand), Anya Shrubsole (England); 12th player: Anam Amin (Pakistan).
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Four England players have been named in the International Cricket Council's World Twenty20 team of the tournament.
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Durham County Council has designated six areas in Teesdale along traditional routes to Cumbria.
The sites, which will include toilets, refuse collections and, in some cases, water supplies for animals, will be open between 26 May and 23 June.
The council said it hoped they would reduce unauthorised encampments.
The fair will be staged from 8-14 June.
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Final preparations are being made to temporary stopover sites for travellers heading to next month's Appleby Horse Fair.
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Three officers were shot dead by an eastern European gang in a bungled east London burglary in December 1910.
The murders led to the famous Siege of Sidney Street, in Stepney, east London, in January 1911.
City of London Police unveiled the first memorial to Sgt Bentley, Sgt Tucker and Pc Choat at a ceremony at the scene of the tragedy.
On 16 December 1910, a gang of Latvian revolutionaries tried to rob a jeweller's shop in Houndsditch.
The gang fired on unarmed officers, killing three and seriously injuring two.
Two of the gang members escaped and hid out in rooms at 100 Sidney Street.
Winston Churchill watched events unfold
Sidney St: The siege that shook Britain
The police were tipped off by an informant and in the early hours of 3 January 1911, hundreds of officers surrounded the house and evacuated homes in the area.
Winston Churchill, the then home secretary, was in a crowd of thousands watching from the sidelines as hundreds of police officers and a company of Scots Guards engaged in a gun battle with the gang members.
During the siege, the two suspects were killed and a firefighter suffered fatal injuries.
A plaque in memory of the firefighter, Superintendent Charles Pearson, will be unveiled on 6 January, on the building that stands on the former site of 100 Sidney Street.
Donald Rumbelow, a former City of London Police officer, and author of The Houndsditch Murders and The Siege Of Sidney Street, said the memorial to the three murdered policemen was "long overdue".
"A lot of people know about the siege but don't know about the Houndsditch murders," he said.
Thursday's event was due to be attended by Lord Mayor of London Michael Bear and City of London Police Commissioner Mike Bowron, as well as descendants of the three officers.
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The victims of one of Britain's worst police killings have been honoured with a memorial, 100 years after the event.
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The girl was forced into a vehicle in Bishop's Stortford at about 20:30 GMT on 16 February and dropped off near the town's railway station the following morning.
An E-fit image of the attacker has now been released.
Police said the attack had caused "concern within the community".
The girl was forced into a dark-coloured vehicle, thought to be a Land Rover, and taken to an unknown location, believed to be outside the county of Hertfordshire, where she was sexually assaulted.
Ch Insp Gerry McDonald of Hertfordshire Police said: "I believe local people hold the key to our investigation.
"This is an extremely serious matter and one which, understandably, has caused concern within the community.
"We have conducted a number of inquiries in the local area but would ask anyone who was around between the times mentioned and who has not yet spoken to police to contact us if you have any information which may assist our investigation.
"I would like to reiterate that this is an unusual incident and would reassure everyone that investigations into this incident are a priority."
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Police are hunting for a man who raped a 14-year-old girl from Hertfordshire while holding her prisoner for nearly 12 hours overnight.
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The previous Labour government intended it to be one of nine regional bases to replace 46 control rooms in England, but plans were scrapped in 2010.
It is owned by the Department of Communities and Local Government and costs the taxpayer £137,000 per month.
Computer issues meant it was never opened and the plan was eventually scrapped by the coalition government.
The government has the lease for the building at Blackbrook Business Park for another 15 years.
It has now instructed property management company GVA to rent the building for some £450,000 a year.
Ben O'Connor, from GVA, described the building as an "oven-ready solution for a wide range of potential occupiers looking for a high specification finish, in-built technology and a resilient, extremely secure environment."
Last year Devon and Somerset Fire Authority had enquired about taking over the building but talks with the government broke down after failing to agree an acceptable rate.
In July, Conservative minister Baroness Hanham wrote an update on the situation on behalf of the Department of Communities and Local Government.
She said that public sector tenants had been sought but the net was now being widened to attract tenants from a wider range of organisations including those from the private sector.
"We have taken firm steps to reduce the costs of the unused control centres. For example, the facilities management bill has been reduced by 25% and the utilities bill by 35%," she added.
"While we will continue to seek to drive down these costs to make savings for the taxpayer, the largest saving will come from finding suitable tenants to take over the buildings."
The 30,000sq ft empty fire centre was intended to serve the South West from Gloucestershire to Cornwall.
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A fire control centre in Taunton that has stood empty since being built in 2007 has been put up for rent.
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Tara Hudson, 26, from Bath, was initially jailed for 12 weeks and placed in the all-male HMP Bristol after admitting assault.
More than 150,000 people signed petitions calling for her to be moved.
BBC correspondent Jon Kay said Ms Hudson was seen leaving HMP Eastwood Park just before 10:30 GMT.
It is believed she was crouching inside a relative's car as it pulled away from the jail, he said.
The make-up artist, who has had reconstructive surgery and lived as a woman all her adult life, was jailed at the end of October after she admitted head-butting a barman in Bath, causing damage to his teeth.
Magistrates said the assault, which came three weeks after Hudson had been given a conditional discharge, was so serious that only custody could be justified.
Supporters claimed Ms Hudson, who is still legally a man, had been placed in "extreme danger" of sexual violence by being sent to a male prison.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said he was unable to comment on specific cases.
Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust, said the prison service was under pressure and was struggling to "treat everybody as an individual."
She added: "In most prisons I visit, there will be maybe one or two people who are in similar circumstances. Far too often people are held in segregation or some form of isolation because it's considered too risky for them to mix with other prisoners.
"That is almost bound to affect their mental health."
As Hudson was released, the funeral of Vikki Thompson, another transgender woman held at a male prison, took place in Yorkshire.
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A transgender woman who was transferred to a female jail after thousands signed a petition to move her has been released from prison.
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To qualify for an auto-enrolment pension, workers have to earn at least £10,000 a year.
But more than 100,000 people - most of them women - do not reach that threshold, because they work for several employers.
The government said that it is planning to review the issue later this year.
A separate study shows that women still receive far smaller pensions than men.
According to the insurance company Zurich, the average woman will have £47,000 less in her pension pot than a man by the time she retires.
Citizens Advice said that 72,000 women were missing out on auto-enrolment pensions, which require employers to pay a pension automatically, unless a worker deliberately opts out.
The charity said too many people were being shut out of the opportunity to be paid a pension.
"Many people - particularly women - work several part time jobs, which helps them manage commitments like childcare or study," said Gillian Guy, the chief executive of Citizens Advice.
"But while in many cases they earn over £10,000, and pay tax on this combined income, they don't have access to a workplace pension and miss out on the opportunity to save for their retirement."
The government said in December that it would examine the issue of workers with multiple jobs when it reviews the auto-enrolment programme later this year.
"There's more to do - especially for people with more than one job - and we're currently reviewing the policy to see how it can be improved," a spokesperson for the Department of Work and Pensions said.
The Zurich analysis found that between 2013 and 2016 men received 7.8% of their salary in pension contributions on average, compared to women receiving 7%.
It said men tend to work in sectors with more established or generous pension schemes.
In addition, women are more likely to take career breaks.
"This difference in the contributions that they receive from their employer presents a serious - and growing - problem," said Rose St Louis, Zurich's head of partnership development.
"The triple effect of smaller salaries, career breaks for women and lower contribution rates needs to be addressed: we can't ignore a £47,000 shortfall," she said.
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Tens of thousands of women are missing out on workplace pensions as a result of having more than one job, according to Citizens Advice.
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On-loan striker Holman opened his account on his home debut with a fine half-volley before doubling his tally with a 12-yard finish.
Danny Wright then matched Holman's feat, heading home from James Rowe's corner before striking from six yards for a second-half double of his own.
Alex Wall snatched a consolation goal but the Robins secured their seventh win in eight in the National League.
Cheltenham remain second in the table, one point behind Forest Green Rovers, while Bromley slip to 14th having won just once in their last 11 games.
Cheltenham Town boss Gary Johnson told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
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"It's the best we've played for a little while. We've still been getting the results, but I enjoyed the way we played today - we created lots of chances.
"I was really pleased with our performance and hopefully our supporters can go home nice and happy.
"Our passing had a bit of an end product to it without going long. All in all the boys have put it together."
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Dan Holman's brace helped Cheltenham to an easy win over out-of-form Bromley.
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Dibble worked with Bluebirds boss Neil Warnock at Rotherham in 2015-16 and he is leaving the Millers to join Cardiff.
BBC Wales Sport has learned Margetson had been told by Cardiff his contract would not be renewed.
Margetson, 44, is joining Sam Allardyce, for whom he worked at West Ham United.
Allardyce also had Margetson on his England staff during his brief reign.
Having been appointed by the late Gary Speed in 2011, he helped Chris Coleman's backroom staff guide Wales into the 2016 European Championships where they reached the last four.
Palace say he will continue in his England capacity.
Cwmbran-born Dibble's career began at Cardiff in 1982
In a statement the Bluebirds said: "We'd like to welcome back Andy to the Bluebirds and thank Martyn for his contribution."
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Cardiff City have brought in former goalkeeper Andy Dibble as goalkeeping coach after Martyn Margetson joined Crystal Palace.
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Francis Carolan, 42, was found fatally injured on the landing of flats where he lived in Dundasvale Court, Cowcaddens, at 21:10 on Monday.
Two people were reported to have been involved in a disturbance before Mr Carolan was found. He was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.
Police have appealed for witnesses to get in touch.
Det Insp Mark Henderson said: "It would appear that there was a disturbance in a flat on the fifth floor of 8 Dundasvale Court involving two people which spilled on to the landing. It's there that the man sustained a fatal injury.
"Officers are still at the scene and carrying out door-to-door inquiries in the area.
"I would ask anyone who has information that will help the police investigation to contact Stewart Street Police Office."
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Police have released the name of a man whose death at a block of flats in Glasgow is being treated as suspicious.
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1 December 2015 Last updated at 15:25 GMT
Professor Mike Lean says children should be prevented from buying these drinks in the same way as alcohol.
There are worries that caffeine - which can be found in coffee, fizzy drinks and energy drinks - can have a bad affect on young people's brains.
Too much of it can increase a person's heart rate, make it harder to concentrate and harder to sleep.
The British Soft Drinks Association, who represent manufacturers of these types of drinks, already advise that high-caffeine drinks shouldn't be sold to or drunk by children.
However Professor Mike Lean doesn't feel enough is being done to enforce this and obstacles should be put in the way of children getting the drinks.
Joe's got more on the story...
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Children should be banned from buying high-caffeine energy drinks, according to a nutrition expert from the University of Glasgow.
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Certainly, the prime minister did not want to find herself in the position of having to ask MPs for permission to start our divorce from the European Union.
Today's verdict from the justices doesn't take away from the reality that having to go to Parliament before triggering Article 50 is a political inconvenience Theresa May very much wanted to avoid.
Nor does it change the sentiment among opposition MPs, some of whom are determined to try to amend whatever legislation the government puts forward to include guarantees of this or that, to try to force a vote on staying in the single market, or to push for final binding votes on the process when negotiations are complete.
However, the sighs of relief are real in Whitehall this morning for two reasons.
The justices held back from insisting that the devolved administrations would have a vote or a say on the process. That was, as described by a member of Team May, the "nightmare scenario".
The Scottish National Party has said it would not try to veto Brexit, but there is no question that having a vote on Article 50 in the Holyrood Parliament could have been politically troublesome for the government. After the judgement it seems like an unexploded bomb.
And second, the Supreme Court also held back from telling the government explicitly what it has to do next. The judgement is clear that it was not for the courts but for politicians to decide how to proceed next.
That means, possibly as early as tomorrow, ministers will put forward what is expected to be an extremely short piece of legislation in the hope of getting MPs to approve it, perhaps within a fortnight.
Nightmare number two for the government would have been explicit instructions from the court about the kind of legislation they had to introduce.
That wouldn't just have made ministers' lives very difficult when they want, above all else, to produce something that gives their opponents minimal room for manoeuvre.
But it would have raised spiky questions about the power of the courts versus our politicians and parliaments - a fight few had the appetite to have.
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"Phew", a government minister exhaled after this morning's court ruling.
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Bedfordshire PCs Christopher Thomas and Christopher Pitts have denied misconduct in a public office by chasing Faruk Ali, 33, in a police car.
Mr Thomas, 33, of Welwyn Garden City, has denied racially aggravated assault.
But judge Francis Sheridan has cleared them of making false and misleading statements to senior officers.
Prosecutors have told Aylesbury Crown Court Mr Thomas and his colleague Mr Pitts, 39, were recorded laughing as they drove after Mr Ali, who was walking in the street near his home in Luton, Bedfordshire at 08:20 GMT on 20 February.
Mr Thomas, from Welwyn Garden City, is said to have got out of the car and grabbed Mr Ali, knocking over bins outside the family home in Whitby Road, before punching him in the face.
As Mr Ali tried to get into his house, Mr Thomas is said to have bundled him into the hallway and punched him again.
The prosecution said the officers followed Mr Ali for "fun" and "their own amusement" rather than any "legitimate policing reason".
The trial continues.
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Two police officers accused of pursuing an autistic man before one beat him have been cleared of perverting the course of justice.
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David Lord, from Westerham, is charged with causing Valerie Deakin's death by dangerous driving in the Kent town on Christmas Eve.
Ms Deakin, 74, of Udimore, East Sussex, died when Mr Lord's Audi crashed into the town centre branch of Costa.
He was bailed to appear at Maidstone Crown Court on 2 August.
Mr Lord had trouble hearing chairman of the bench Jackie Hamilton during his three-minute appearance at Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court.
Asked if he could hear proceedings, having gestured to family members in the public gallery, he said: "Not really."
Two men and two women were also taken to hospital after the crash. Another woman was treated for minor injuries.
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An 86-year-old man accused of killing a woman who died when his car ploughed into a Kent coffee shop has made his first appearance in court.
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Ben Osborn struck the left-hand post for Forest before Robert Tesche saw his 25-yard strike hit the bar.
The R's went close when keeper Dorus de Vries pushed Alejandro Faurlin's curling free-kick on to the woodwork.
Chances were at a premium in the second half, with Forest's Oliver Burke wasting the best of them when released by fellow substitute Jamie Ward.
Both goalkeepers were the main factor in a lively contest.
De Vries twice thwarted Junior Hoilett in the opening period, the first of which saw him dive full stretch to tip an angled drive around the right-hand post.
But QPR goalkeeper Alex Smithies was not to be outdone, touching over Michael Mancienne's far-post header following Tesche's right-wing corner. He also kept out a low drive from Nelson Oliveira, who had scored in six of his previous seven games at the City Ground.
With just under half an hour to go, transfer-window signing Conor Washington was brought on as the Londoners continue to adjust to life without striker Charlie Austin.
Both sides pushed for a winner, but Burke dragged an effort wide after cutting in from the right and the visitors' Leroy Fer headed well over.
The draw means the R's have won just once in 11 attempts since the appointment of manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and they have still never won at Forest in 32 attempts.
Forest manager Dougie Freedman's frustration will be drawn from the fact their long unbeaten run in all competitions has contained seven draws.
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Nottingham Forest extended their unbeaten run to 13 matches, but they were shut out by QPR.
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The image, which was daubed onto a London shop 15 years ago, was chosen above the likes of Constable's Hay Wain and Jack Vettriano's Singing Butler.
Some 2,000 people chose their favourite artwork from a shortlist of 20 works drawn up by arts editors and writers.
The Fighting Temeraire, by JMW Turner, and Antony Gormley's The Angel Of The North sculpture completed the top five.
Banksy, an anonymous street artist from Bristol, painted the Balloon Girl onto the wall of a printing shop in Shoreditch in 2002.
A decade later a version of the image, painted onto cardboard, sold at auction for £73,250.
Then in 2014 the original stencil mural was removed from the wall of the shop to be exhibited and then sold.
The poll, carried out by Samsung, results in full:
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Banksy's mural of a girl letting go of a heart-shaped balloon has been voted the nation's favourite artwork.
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In contrast, they were pleased that Jeremy Corbyn had shown his face. For him, that decision seems to have been a tactical win. If elections really are a game, he took the points today.
But whether his performance will have the same impact on a wider audience, particularly undecided voters, is a different matter.
In the spin room tonight where the press were watching and senior politicians were trying to claim victory for their competitor, it didn't feel like a wake or a celebration for any party in particular.
None of the participants achieved a big breakthrough moment.
But nor, crucially, did any of them have a cringing disaster.
By polling day, tonight's event may be remembered more for the day that Mrs May didn't show, than anything that was actually said on the platform.
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At the end of the debate, some of the audience I spoke to were clearly pretty fed up that Theresa May hadn't turned up.
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Dennis, ousted as chief executive officer last November in a boardroom coup, has sold his 25% shareholding.
The 70-year-old has also resigned from his position on the board.
Dennis has sold to the two main shareholders - Mumtalakat, the Bahrain sovereign investment fund, and Mansour Ojjeh.
It was the souring of Dennis' relationship with Ojjeh that led to his removal.
The two were long-time friends and business partners but fell out for both personal and business reasons a few years ago.
Dennis arrived at McLaren in September 1980, taking control in 1981 and building it into one of the dominant teams of the next 20 years.
He built it through three eras - with TAG-Porsche engines from 1984-87, winning one world drivers' title with Niki Lauda and two with Alain Prost; with Honda engines from 1988-92, winning one world title with Prost and three with Ayrton Senna; and then into a relationship with Mercedes from 1995, which saw world titles for Mika Hakkinen in 1998 and 1999 and Lewis Hamilton in 2008.
Dennis was also instrumental in McLaren's current engine partnership with Honda, which has so far proven to be a huge disappointment. The team languish in last place in the championship this season, owing to the lack of power and reliability of the Honda engine.
McLaren are seeking a way out of their deal with Honda for next season, aiming to switch to a supply of customer Mercedes power-units.
Dennis' eye for detail, and refusal to compromise on many fronts, set new standards for F1 teams which all others had to follow.
Dennis' departure is part of a restructure that cements Mumtalakat and its representative Sheikh Mohammed bin Essa Al Khalifa as the dominant force in McLaren.
It merges the McLaren Technology Group - made up of McLaren Racing, McLaren Applied Technologies and McLaren Marketing - with McLaren Automotive, which produces a range of successful high-performance sports cars for the road, under the control of a new company called the McLaren Group.
Sheikh Mohammed is the executive chairman of the McLaren Group and Mumtalakat the majority shareholder.
Ojjeh is a significant minority shareholder, with sundry other individual parties holding small stakes.
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Ron Dennis has formally ended his role at McLaren, the company he made into one of the most successful Formula 1 teams of all time.
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Hove MP Peter Kyle (Labour) told a Commons debate how Jane Clough's killer Jonathan Vass was able to cross-examined her family.
Vass was jailed for life for stabbing nurse Ms Clough in Blackpool in July 2010 on her way to work.
He was arrested outside her parents' house the day after the murder.
Mr Kyle said Vass was on his way to either murder his baby child, Jane's parents, or both.
The killer had started demanding parental rights over his child from behind bars, he said.
"The child he would have, by all likelihood, murdered himself if only he had had the opportunity," the MP added.
The MP told a Commons debate how several of his constituents who suffered domestic violence found abusers were using the family court system to continue their torment.
But he added: "If there is one example that sums up the sheer horror of abuse and its continuation in the family court, it is that of Jane Clough."
A family member started adoption proceedings in 2011 to break the link with Vass.
But the MP, who has spoken with Ms Clough's family as part of his research, said they experienced a legal system "stacked" in favour of the killer.
The would have had to sell their house to cover the costs without free help from a law firm.
Vass represented himself at the hearing, Mr Kyle said, adding: "The man who brutally murdered their sister, their daughter, would be cross-examining them.
"Jane's sister told me that she simply cannot find the words to do justice to the brutalising effect this had as the court date approached.
They were "stunned" to discover the hearing was by video-link due to concerns for his safety.
Vass asked personal questions and asked Jane's sister what would she tell the child about him.
"To her husband, he asked 'what makes you think you can be a dad to my daughter'?
"The trauma meted out by the family court process is simply inhuman. This family had suffered enough."
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An MP has said it was "inhuman" that a murderer who killed his former partner tried to use the family courts to gain access to their baby.
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The city council pays for school buses or taxis for those eligible through disability or distance from school.
It is proposing some children with disabilities could be trained to use public transport instead, to save about £420,000.
Legal advice is being sought to assess whether the idea complies with legislation.
Earlier this week, Coventry City Council outlined more than £15m of savings, saying its government grant had been reduced from £214m in 2010 to £135m for 2015.
The councillor for education, David Kershaw, said taxi services were "very expensive".
He said the eligibility of all school age children would be re-assessed and those 16 and older would have "to make their own way [to school or college] because at that point the money runs out".
"Let's try and help those young people be trained, be supported, so they can use public transport in preparation for their adult life," he said.
The proposal, which would come in effect next September, would affect about 270 children with special needs or disabilities, but not those with disabilities too severe for training to be appropriate, he added.
One of those is Jack McGovern, 7, who has autism. His mother said: "At the moment I can't see that he'd be able to get a bus by himself.
"I'm not confident at all about this change or about other changes they might want to bring in the future."
Jane McConnell, chief executive of the Independent Parental Special Education Advice charity, said the proposal needed to be checked against legislation.
By law local authorities have to provide assisted transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Ms McConnell said: "We're talking about children with complex needs who often don't go to the closest school and may have to travel a long way to go to a school that suits their needs."
She said other local authorities had abandoned similar proposals after legal research and consultation.
The council's consultation and an online survey will run until 23 January.
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Children with disabilities or special needs in Coventry could have their school transport cut.
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In a study published in Stroke, they were found to have a 39% greater risk of stroke compared with those with a lower level of education,
This could be because their early defences against cognitive decline have been eroded.
Around 9,000 people in Rotterdam were tracked over 20 years.
They were all healthy and aged 55 and over. In a questionnaire, participants were asked if they had any issues with their memory.
By 2012, 1,134 strokes had occurred among the study group.
After analysing the results, researchers from Erasmus University Rotterdam found an increased risk of stroke in people who had earlier complained of memory lapses.
But the risk of stroke was even higher if participants had a high level of education, defined as higher vocational education or university training.
Arfan Ikram, associate professor of neuroepidemiology at Erasmus University, said that education was a good indicator of the brain's ability to fight against cognitive damage, such as dementia.
This ability, known as cognitive reserve, is usually built up during childhood and early adulthood, and is thought to protect against damage to the brain.
He said: "In people with a high level of education, it takes longer for the brain to be damaged and for dementia to occur.
"But if these people start complaining about their memory, then the mechanism is gone.
"This can be an indicator they have reached an advanced stage, when the cognitive reserve is not compensating any more."
As a result, Prof Ikram said, memory problems can be an important warning sign in this sub-group, "telling you to keep a watch on this person".
A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain either becomes blocked by a clot or bursts.
When that happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood and oxygen it needs and so brain cells die.
The Stroke Association says medical problems like diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol can increase the risk of having a stroke.
Leading a healthy lifestyle, keeping physically active and stopping smoking can all help to reduce the major risks.
In addition, Prof Ikram says people should start early to maintain brain health in later life - something which is as important as physical health, in the fight against stroke and dementia.
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People with memory problems who have a university education could be at greater risk of a stroke, suggests research from the Netherlands.
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Sheffield had been angered after Friday's scheduled game in Belfast was postponed to accommodate a rescheduled concert by pop band One Direction.
But on Saturday, Mitch Ganzak and Mark Garside netted early Giants goals.
Mathiue Roy replied for Sheffield before Colin Shields and Jonathan Boxill completed the scoring.
With their travel arrangements having already been made, both the Sheffield squad and the club's band of supporters were upset at having unexpected time on their hands in Belfast evening as opposed to the scheduled Elite League match.
And the unexpected midweek developments after the rescheduling of Tuesday's One Direction gig to Friday at the SSE Arena only increased an already strong rivalry between the two ice hockey clubs.
Ganzak put Belfast ahead after only two minutes and Garside quickly doubled the home team's advantage.
A lively opening period continued as Roy pulled a goal back for the Steelers but Shields restored Belfast's two-goal advantage after being set up by James Desmarais.
After a goal-less second period, Boxill extended Belfast's lead to 4-1 after two Sheffield players had been left sprawled on the ice.
Belfast will be back in action on Sunday evening when they are away to Dundee Stars.
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Belfast Giants moved level on points with Elite League leaders Cardiff after earning a 4-1 win in Saturday's grudge match against Sheffield Steelers.
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Mr Corbyn had imposed a three-line whip on his MPs to vote to back Brexit.
But 52 Labour MPs rebelled in Wednesday's vote, including 11 junior shadow ministers, and three whips whose job it is to impose party discipline.
Convention dictates that members of the leader's shadow team should resign or be sacked if they defy such an order.
Some did resign, including shadow business secretary Clive Lewis, who was replaced by Rebecca Long-Bailey.
But, after a meeting between Mr Corbyn and his chief whip Nick Brown, the remaining rebels will receive only a letter insisting that they must "comply with the whip" in the future.
When the government brought its Brexit Bill to the Commons, Mr Corbyn said Labour would not seek to obstruct the EU referendum result.
To ensure as many of his MPs supported him as possible, he imposed a three-line whip, the strictest instruction to vote with the party.
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BBC political correspondent Chris Mason says the formal warnings leave the prospect, unless they are moved, of three whips trying to persuade their colleagues to vote with a leader who himself rebelled against Labour more than 400 times in government - and when they themselves have also defied him.
There are still a "couple of vacancies" to be filled in Mr Corbyn's shadow team but it is not expected there will be any further announcements until next week.
It has been announced that Ian Lavery and Andrew Gwynne have been appointed joint national elections and campaign coordinators for Labour.
Jon Trickett has become shadow minister for the Cabinet Office and will remain shadow Lord President of the Council.
In Wednesday's vote, the draft legislation was approved by 494 votes to 122, and now moves to the House of Lords.
Prime Minister Theresa May wants to trigger formal Brexit talks by the end of March.
She will do this by invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty but requires Parliament's permission before doing so.
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Labour frontbenchers who defied Jeremy Corbyn in the Commons Brexit vote will be sent a formal written warning over their behaviour but will not be sacked.
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The 36-year-old Lazio striker helped his country win the World Cup in the summer, becoming the record scorer in the tournament's history with 16.
Klose, who totalled 71 goals in 137 internationals, became the third player to score at four World Cup finals.
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"I am happy and proud to have contributed to this big success for German football," said Klose.
Poland-born Klose, who scored twice in the tournament in Brazil to surpass Brazilian Ronaldo's competition record of 15 goals, said the time was right to end a 13-year career with the German national team.
He is the second member of the German team to quit after the tournament following captain Philipp Lahm last month.
"Winning the title in Brazil was a childhood dream come true," added Klose in a statement released by the German Football Association.
Klose made the first of his 137 international appearances in 2001 and broke Gerd Muller's 40-year-old record of 68 goals in June.
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Germany manager Joachim Low said he was proud to have worked with former Bayern Munich forward Klose.
"When I met up with Miro last week he told he me he had thought long about it and talked to his family," said Low.
"I immediately sensed that his decision was irreversible and that I cannot convince him otherwise.
"You can always count on Miro to keep his word and that was the case in Brazil as well.
"I have a lot of respect for Miro's decision as well as for his unbelievable national team career that is all but impossible to trump."
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Germany's all-time leading goalscorer Miroslav Klose has announced his retirement from international football.
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Despite the defeat, Edmund, currently ranked 102nd, will better his career-high ranking of 99 when the new standings are released next week.
Berdych will play Novak Djokovic - against whom he has won two of 23 meetings - in the last four.
World number five Rafael Nadal also advanced with a 6-3 5-7 6-4 win over Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov.
Nadal was made to work for his victory by the world number 79, but prevailed in just over two hours.
He will next face Ukrainian world number 94 Illya Marchenko, who upset Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-3 7-6 (3).
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British number three Kyle Edmund is out of the Qatar Open after losing 6-3 6-2 to world number six Tomas Berdych.
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The entertainment giant reported a 9% rise in revenue to $14.2bn (£10.9bn) - slightly higher than Wall Street predictions.
Profit for the quarter to 2 July was $120m higher at $2.6bn.
Disney also said it had bought a 33% stake in a video streaming company, BAMTech, for $1bn.
Movies including The Jungle Book and Marvel's Captain America: Civil War helped propel revenues at its studio divis
Finding Dory had the most successful launch for an animated film in US box office history when it opened in June, making $136.2m in its first weekend.
Disney's parks and resorts division reported a 6% rise in revenue despite increased cost from the launch of its first park in China and a slowdown in visitor numbers in France.
In June the company opened Shanghai Disney and is already planning an expansion to handle more visitors by 2021.
Revenue at Disney's cable TV networks rose 1.4% to $4.2bn in the quarter, with a modest gain for sports network ESPN.
ESPN has been a weak point for Disney in past quarters. As some viewers shun expensive cable TV subscriptions in favour of streaming services, investors have worried about the prospects of a network that has traditionally been a cash-cow for the company.
The stake in BAMTech, which was once part of Major League Baseball's media business, reflects Disney's attempt to reflect viewers' changing habits.
It will develop a multi-sport subscription streaming service with BAMTech.
However, Disney said that content from ESPN's cable networks would not be carried by the new streaming service. That reflects the company's attempt not to cannibalise cable subscribers - and the lucrative fees it earned from cable companies in return for carrying ESPN.
Disney chief executive Bob Iger said the firm would work with BAMTech to "explore new ways to deliver the unmatched content of the Walt Disney Company across a variety of platforms".
Disney will have the option to buy a majority stake in the future.
BAMTech's platforms serve nearly 7.5 million paid subscribers for customers including HBO's streaming platform.
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The popularity of films such as Finding Dory has helped Walt Disney post better-than-expected quarterly results.
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Incumbent party candidate Mr Moreno won 51.16% of the vote, the country's electoral council announced.
Conservative Guillermo Lasso, whom three exit polls predicted would win after the vote on Sunday, got 48.8%.
Mr Lasso has already indicated he will challenge the vote, having earlier alleged fraud.
But with 99.65% of ballots counted, the National Electoral Council's Pablo Pozo said these were the "irreversible official results".
"We congratulate the Ecuadoran people, who have legally and legitimately elected their president," he said.
"Ecuador has spoken freely at the ballot box and it is our ethical duty to respect its vote and its voice."
After the announcement, Mr Moreno tweeted: "Many thanks to all Ecuadorians, who voted for us and who did not, and democracy is strengthened."
Correspondents say his win bucks the trend across Latin America of people turning their backs on the left in favour of the right.
He succeeds his close ally Rafael Correa after three terms of what Mr Correa and his administration dubbed "21st-Century socialism".
On Sunday, when it first emerged he looked likely to lose, Mr Lasso called for people to "peacefully defend their votes".
It resulted in hundreds of Mr Lasso's supporters gathering in front of the electoral commission offices shouting "No to fraud".
The Organization of American States, which acted as an observer during the election, said it had seen "no discrepancies" between polling station and official results.
Mr Lasso has until 12 April to challenge the result officially, the electoral council said.
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Socialist Lenin Moreno has been declared the winner of Ecuador's closely contested presidential election.
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The starlings have been flying over the town centre during the early evening for a number of weeks.
Stuart Dobson, of Wiltshire Ornithological Society, said starlings gathered where there was "an extra few degrees of warmth".
Resident Kevin Grant said it was "more Hitchcock than Disney".
Mr Grant, who lives near Great Western Way, said: "Not one tile is un-pocked by this bird mess and every evening, about an hour before dusk, the first squadron explores and runs across.
"Then, within about a minute, every part of the sky is filled with these cutting and swirling birds.
"It's beautiful to watch although actually quite frightening."
Mr Dobson said that while "murmurations" of starlings were not a familiar site in Swindon they were common in some other cities.
"This could be a once in a lifetime, once in a decade, thing for people to see," he said.
"It will all be cleaned up when the birds return to Scandinavia in about a month's time.
"They gather in the evening because they're safer from predators in numbers.
"The flight is immensely well-co-ordinated. Each of those birds is keeping an eye on the newest five and then, in a flash of an instant, they come down to the ground to roost.
"The purpose of the roosting is for them to share warmth. Just to be a few degrees warmer than the surrounding area and to survive the night.
"I think this phenomena in Swindon this year is just because of one of those colder winters."
Ali Sari, of the newly-opened hand car wash on Corporation Street, said he was thankful for the birds' mess giving him extra business.
He said: "The last three months I couldn't pay my bill, but this month I [can] pay my bill because of the birds. Thank you for the birds."
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The long cold winter is the most likely explanation for thousands of birds flocking over Swindon each evening, according to a bird expert.
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The free agent, who has 68 caps for Uruguay, left Serie A giants Juventus in the summer.
"I am very happy to have signed for what is an important club in English football," said the 29-year-old, who has not played a game for over a year.
"Of all of the options that I had, I think that the best option for me was to come to Southampton."
Caceres also played for Spanish clubs Barcelona and Sevilla, winning La Liga and the Champions League during his time at the Nou Camp.
He made 77 appearances for Italian champions Juve across three spells, winning the Serie A title four times.
However, he has not made a competitive appearance since last February after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon.
He will provide cover for Southampton centre-back Virgil van Dijk, who was ruled out for up to three months with an ankle injury.
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Southampton have signed former Juventus and Barcelona defender Martin Caceres until the end of the season.
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Ward 14 is the latest to be shut to admissions and transfers and is subject to visitor restrictions.
General medical wards nine and 10 were shut for much of last week. Ward 10 remains closed, but ward nine was expected to partially reopen at 17:00 on Monday after a deep clean.
Ward 12 was shut on Thursday but reopened on Friday.
Duty manager Graham Gault said 43 patients currently have the bug. They have experienced symptoms of sickness and diarrhoea.
Eleven members of staff have reported experiencing similar symptoms.
Mr Gault said the norovirus has a 72-hour incubation period so people could be unaware they are carrying the infection.
He urged visitors to stay away from wards 10 and 14, which have been affected by the bug.
"However if people are deeply concerned the key message is phone the ward and ask for the charge nurse," he added.
Elaine Ross, infection control manager, said: "This is an unpleasant virus which is circulating in the community and is spread easier wherever people are together.
"In this outbreak, vomiting is more of a feature and this makes it much more easy to transmit, which is why we are seeing higher numbers affected in hospital.
"We regret having to take such measures as restricting visiting, particularly over a holiday period, but thank the public and our staff for their continued support and patience as we endeavour to minimise the impact of this horrible bug."
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A fourth ward has closed at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary in a major outbreak of norovirus.
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The pair climbed over locked gates to take control of the theme park's Blue Flyer ride shortly after 04:00 BST.
They flicked the switch and took a trip on the 82-year-old ride before they also raided a cafe, the Blackpool Gazette reported.
A 15-year-old boy was given a community resolution order following Friday's break-in.
A statement from Blackpool Pleasure Beach said: "They managed to operate the ride some time before security patrols discovered them at 04:50.
"From CCTV footage we understand the intruders were at the ride for up to 30 minutes.
"During this time two youths can be seen on the ride."
The statement added: "Following the break-in, the ride has been fully inspected and is operational and open to the public."
The Blue Flyer, based in the Nikelodeon Land section of the theme park, is a wooden rollercoaster designed for children.
Built in 1934, the ride lasts for 90 seconds and travels at a top speed of 15mph.
Community resolution orders are a way of dealing with low level crimes which do not result in the offender going to court or receiving a criminal record, Lancashire Police said.
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Two teenagers took an early-hours rollercoaster joyride after breaking in to Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
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Manchester City midfielder Toure, who suffered racist abuse at CSKA Moscow last season, was speaking as Fifa launched a system where match observers will monitor discrimination incidents.
"I have been in the situation where there have been monkey chants and it's difficult to deal with that," he said.
"When you hear something like that it hurts you and breaks you."
The Ivory Coast international, who turns 32 on Wednesday, said existing punishments do not go far enough.
"You need to give them a radical sanction - paying a £20,000 fine is not enough, you need to do more," said Toure, who was also subjected to racist abuse on social media in November.
The new system will identify, and send observers to, high-risk matches among the 900-plus qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup. All 64 games at the finals will also be monitored.
The system is being overseen by European anti-discrimination body Fare, whose executive director Piara Powar said: "If there is evidence of discrimination this will be passed to Fifa and there will be associations who will be banned or play behind closed doors.
"There will be some pain as a result of this process but without that pain people will not really understand how they should be tackling these issues."
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Yaya Toure says racist abuse has the power to "break" players and wants to see tougher sanctions brought in.
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A new system that automatically enrols workers into a pension scheme has been introduced gradually since 2012.
More than five million people have been enrolled as a result, receiving pension contributions from their employer.
But a report by the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) shows that almost as many are ineligible to join.
A total of 4.8 million people are ineligible and not saving in a pension scheme.
The majority of them - 3.5 million people - do not earn the £10,000 a year minimum required to be included in the scheme.
Automatic enrolment started in October 2012. It is being introduced in stages. In June this year, firms employing fewer than 50 staff started the enrolment scheme.
A slice of an employee's pay packet is automatically diverted to a savings pot for their pension, assuming they are aged 22 or over and earning at least £10,000 a year.
Employers are obliged to pay in as well, with the government adding a little extra through tax relief.
Many pensions analysts have said that these savings, together with the state pension, will still be insufficient for an adequate pension income. The government has encouraged people to go further themselves when saving for their retirement.
The auto-enrolment system has widely been considered a success, owing to the large number of people being enrolled into a pension scheme compared with similar schemes around the world.
The PPI report suggested that 32% of employed women were ineligible to be enrolled automatically compared with 16% of male workers.
It also found employees from some ethnic minority groups were more likely to be below the earnings threshold required, most notably Bangladeshi workers.
Other findings included:
"The likelihood of meeting the automatic enrolment qualifying criteria is not evenly spread across the workforce," the PPI said.
"This should be a matter of concern to policymakers. The policy community will need to closely watch whether certain groups are in danger of being excluded from automatic enrolment, and discussions should be held about whether there are potential policy levers which need to be put in place to ensure greater equality of coverage."
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Women, ethnic minority workers and employees in the service sector are less likely to qualify for automatic pension savings, a report has found.
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Lydia Wilkinson said she did not know at first whether her father Peter was going to survive the stabbing at their home in Stourbridge on 30 March.
She said looking after him was a "massive relief and an opportunity I didn't think I was going to have".
"I will miss them both so much," the 18-year-old added.
Aaron Barley, 23, of no fixed address, has been charged with their murders and with the attempted murder of Mr Wilkinson.
Lydia, who was at university at the time 50-year-old Tracey and 13-year-old Pierce were stabbed, spoke of her devastation.
Mrs Wilkinson was pronounced dead at the scene. Pierce died in hospital after paramedics battled to save him.
"For me especially it is a case of taking every day as it comes and counting your blessings and using the support around, definitely."
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She paid tribute to staff at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth hospital who saved her father.
Lydia had been planning to collect Pierce from school the next day.
"I still can't believe that I will never see him again or pick him up from school on that Friday like I promised to do," she said.
"He was just so bubbly and full of life and he really did light up a room with his mannerisms and impressions."
Mr Wilkinson, who spent six days in intensive care, said he was "on the mend".
He suffered facial lacerations, "dozens of deep stab wounds and almost 100 stitches".
"It will take some time but obviously the emotional pain will take forever," he said.
Mr Wilkinson said: "I didn't find out until I woke up in intensive care that Pierce had not made it. It was devastating. Absolutely devastating."
He added his wife had been a "fantastic mum" and a compassionate, kind person."
"She was just beautiful, she was our angel," he said.
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A student whose mother and teenage brother were stabbed to death is focusing on caring for her father who was also injured in the attack.
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Nikki Collingbourne, 26, was found dead at her flat in Ivel Court, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, in May.
Yvonne Caylor, 53, is on trial at Luton Crown Court where she denies murder.
The court was played a police video of an interview with Ms Collingbourne who was questioned after Ms Caylor had complained she had been assaulted.
Six months later, Ms Caylor, of Grove Road, Hitchin, is said to have disguised herself as a man before going to Ms Collingbourne's flat and killing her.
The prosecution alleges the motive for the murder goes back to 3 October 2015 when Ms Collingbourne evicted Ms Caylor from the flat in Ivel Court.
Ms Caylor claimed Ms Collingbourne had assaulted her and, while the younger woman was in the custody of Hertfordshire Police, it is alleged Ms Caylor burgled the flat.
No action was taken against Ms Collingbourne, but Ms Caylor was charged and was due to stand trial accused of burglary and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
The case was in a "warned list" at Cambridge Crown Court starting on 23 May, the day of the alleged murder.
In the police interview on 4 October 2015, Ms Collingbourne said Ms Caylor had been staying with her, but was due to leave. On 3 October she said there was a confrontation in which Ms Caylor threw her iPad with force, smashing it to the floor.
Ms Collingbourne told an officer: "I was trying to keep calm. It became worse and worse. She was pinning me against a wall saying 'I am going to... kill you.'
"I took her stuff to the front door. She got a mop. She said, 'I am going to ram this down your throat'. It fell on the floor."
Ms Collingbourne denied to the officers in the interview striking out at Ms Caylor or grabbing her by the neck.
The case continues.
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A woman accused of murdering her half-sister with a casserole dish had previously threatened to ram a mop down her throat, a court has been told.
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The farmers are suing the company in a civil court in The Hague, claiming oil spills ruined their livelihoods.
Shell denies any wrongdoing, saying that the leaks were caused by sabotage and theft and that it does try to clean up oil spills.
A defeat for the company could pave the way for multinationals to face thousands of other compensation claims.
The case is being brought against Shell by the four farmers and the Dutch arm of the environmental group Friends of the Earth.
It is the first time a Dutch multinational has been taken to a civil court in the Netherlands in connection with damage caused abroad.
The case is linked to spills in Goi, Ogoniland; Oruma in Bayelsa State and a third in Ikot Ada Udo, Akwa Ibom State.
The prosecution asked the judges to force Shell to do three things: clean up the mess created by oil leaks in the three villages, repair and maintain the defective pipelines and pay compensation.
But Shell has previously blamed "widespread and continual criminal activity, including sabotage, theft and illegal refining, that causes the vast majority of oil spills".
It has said it does try to clean up regardless but is hampered by insecurity in the region.
It is the potential implications of this case which makes it so compelling, says the BBC's Anna Holligan in The Hague.
If the judges find Shell guilty, other multinationals may be held accountable at home for damage done overseas, our correspondent says.
In a key 2009 ruling, a district court in the Netherlands declared itself "competent" to handle claims for alleged damage caused by the oil company's activities in the Niger Delta, contrary to Shell's argument that the court did not have the jurisdiction to rule on its Nigerian subsidiary.
A report by the United Nations Environment Programme in 2011 said that more than half a century of oil operation in the region, by firms including Shell, had caused deeper damage to the Ogoniland area of the Niger Delta than earlier estimated.
The company has accepted responsibility for two specific spills in the region in 2008, saying it would settle the case under Nigerian law.
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Four Nigerian farmers are due to hear whether their case against Dutch oil giant Shell has been successful.
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The 20-year-old former England Under-20 international had been on trial at Wolves where he scored four tries in a reserve game against Hull FC.
"He's shown on the training park that he's able to pick up our game," head coach Tony Smith said.
"Which is a big ask for someone who's played another sport."
Prell was out of contract at the rugby union Championship side Yorkshire this summer and his new deal runs until November 2018.
"I've always liked rugby league and enjoyed watching it and I thought it was an opportunity to have a switch of codes," he said.
"Ultimately, I'd love to reach the top as everyone wants to play for England and represent their country - that would be my highest aim - but I'd love to get a run-out for the first team this season too."
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Super League side Warrington Wolves have completed the cross-code signing of Yorkshire Carnegie winger Taylor Prell on an 18-month contract.
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A BBC local radio survey suggests it is getting more difficult to persuade newcomers to take the practice up.
Three-quarters of delegates to the annual conference of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers said it had got harder in the past 10 years to attract new members.
About eight out of 10 delegates said it was difficult to recruit under 21s.
Tower captain at St James Garlickhythe in London Dickon Love said bell-ringing tended to get bracketed with Morris dancing as a pursuit for old men with beards, but that was misleading.
"Bell-ringing is exciting for the mind," he said.
"It's the best of form of heavy metal; it's a big loud noise, it keeps you fit, there's a competitive element as well. And it's a very social thing to do - after each practice without fail you can find us down the local pub."
They have been able to lure in some new recruits and have a new set of eight bells, installed four years ago, and a newly-recruited band of ringers, including a professor of astrophysics and the art director of a well-known magazine.
Pete McCoy, the tower captain at St Mary's Church in Walkley in Sheffield - who met his wife Judith bell-ringing - said teenagers today have more distractions than when he was young.
He said: "There weren't so many things for a teenager or young person to do as there are today.
"And is it cool to ring bells? I think it is. But does everyone else?"
Although there are nearly 40,000 ringers in the UK, just over half of the 180 delegates questioned at the conference in May in Portsmouth said they thought declining church attendances have made it harder to recruit.
54%
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Kate Flavell, of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers, says the 66 affiliated societies need to do more to promote their hobby.
They have teamed up with the Heritage Open Days initiative to ring bells for the public at 500 sites including at St Peter Mancroft in Norwich, where the first "full peal" was staged in May 1715.
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The centuries-old tradition of church bell-ringing is under threat because of a shortage of new recruits.
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Witness Justin Knock captured images of the base jump and said the "dangerous" move was "skilfully" done with the jumper landing on his feet.
The base jumper landed at St Thomas's Street at about 10:18 GMT, police said, adding that no-one has been arrested.
A spokesperson for The Shard said: "We are investigating an incident involving a member of the public this morning."
The 87-storey building at London Bridge stands at 1,016ft (310m).
Eyewitness Mr Knock, said: "I was buying some cheese from the store opposite St Thomas's Street and looked up and this guy was coming down with his parachute.
"It was obviously a dangerous thing to do but he pulled it off skilfully. He was coming down at speed and if he caught a draft and hit the building it would be game over really."
He and another man bundled up the parachute within seconds of landing and left the scene. Police and staff from the building arrived at the scene soon after, Mr Knock said.
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A man jumped off The Shard with a parachute on Saturday morning and landed on a south London street.
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Michael Lever, 46, attacked one woman in Ayr and another victim at locations in the Borders, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard the women were compelled to take part in acts which judge Lord Uist described as "unpleasant and indeed...disgusting".
The judge asked for psychiatric reports on Lever, who is being held at the State Hospital at Carstairs.
Lord Uist also placed the doctor on the sex offenders' register.
The judge told jurors on Wednesday: "It is most unfortunate you have had to deal with a case of this nature."
He said it was an "unpleasant and indeed, in many ways, disgusting case".
During the trial, one of Lever's victims told the court she had been told to consume a drink containing the drug GHB, sometimes known as liquid ecstasy.
The next day she woke up naked, covered in sick and saw "pornographic material" playing on a DVD.
She said from her physical symptoms it was obvious that sexual contact had taken place.
The victim also told the court that Lever had engaged in a type of sexual activity she had not wanted and that "there was blood everywhere".
Another woman said that Lever told her he was head of the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad.
She said he told her that if she did not do what he wanted he would have to kill her.
She said Lever was "deadly serious" when he made the threat.
The 45-year-old said: "Looking back now it was like I was being groomed like a teenage girl."
She said that "having fun" for Lever was taking drugs and playing with her sexually.
The court also heard details of the victims being tied up and forced to perform sex acts in front of a webcam and Lever ignoring their distress.
One witness told the trial that she found one of the victims in a wardrobe naked with her arms tied, looking badly bruised and crying.
Lever had denied raping and sexually assaulting the women but was unanimously convicted of the offences.
The court heard that he was a qualified doctor but had not practised since 2004.
He was in the process of taking up a post at a hospital in Ayr when he was detained in 2013.
Lord Uist said he would have to seek psychiatric reports before deciding on how to deal with Lever.
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A doctor has been convicted of carrying out a catalogue of rape and abuse against two women.
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The two MLAs left the Ulster Unionist Party over a decision to field a joint by-election candidate with the DUP.
The new party is to be officially launched on Thursday when the new name is to be unveiled.
But the BBC has discovered that Lagan Valley MLA Basil McCrea has already registered the name as a website.
Documents seen by the BBC show that Lagan Valley MLA Mr McCrea registered the name ni21.org. When you go to that internet address, it states that a new party website is launching soon.
BBC NI Political Reporter Stephen Walker said: "The name is presumably a reference to new politics in Northern Ireland in the 21st century.
"Other research by the BBC shows that one of Mr McCrea's supporters tried to get in contact with the Taiwanese owner of a Twitter account with the same name."
Mr McCrea would neither confirm nor deny the name and said such talk was speculation.
The name and logo of the new party will be unveiled on Thursday.
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The new political party formed by former Ulster Unionists Basil McCrea and John McCallister is to be called NI21, the BBC understands.
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The former Chelsea midfielder and France international was appointed in January, having worked with Swans head coach Paul Clement at Paris St-Germain.
Makelele's current deal with the Swans, who are 16th in the Premier League, expires at the end of this season.
"We haven't had any discussions but I don't think those discussions will be too far away," said Clement.
He continued: "Claude's very focused on his job and helping me, helping the players and helping the team be successful.
"He comes in every day with a lot of energy, positive attitude, smile on his face - they're the kind of characters and personalities we need around us at the moment."
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Clement took charge of Swansea on 3 January and appointed Makelele as his assistant eight days later.
The Swans were four points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League table when Clement arrived, but four wins from seven league games since then have seen them climb out of the relegation zone.
The former Bayern Munich and Real Madrid assistant boss was named the Premier League's manager of the month for January, and his side host Burnley on Saturday.
Winger Jefferson Montero has returned to full training but will not feature at the Liberty Stadium, while midfielder Ki Sung-yueng remains sidelined.
Clement says two of his January signings, winger Luciano Narsingh and forward Jordan Ayew, could earn their first starts for Swansea against Burnley.
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Swansea City are planning to open negotiations about a new contract for assistant manager Claude Makelele.
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SHS Integrated Services Ltd has been operating for 19 years and is based at Atlantic Trading Estate, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.
It provides scaffolding, access platforms and cladding for customers in a number of industries and also has offices in Port Talbot and Doncaster.
The administrator Deloitte said it will issue a statement on Thursday.
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An engineering company has gone into administration with 150 jobs thought to be at risk.
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The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop), part of the National Crime Agency, took a year to alert police to information provided by Canadian authorities in July 2012.
The tip-offs about video purchases led to a number of investigations.
The referral to the Independent Police Complaints Commission was made in 2014.
The IPCC will examine how Ceop received and dealt with the intelligence. It will also look at why the NCA took until last September to refer the case.
The intelligence about 2,345 UK individuals provided by Toronto Police under an operation called Project Spade has resulted in the jailing of Cambridge doctor Myles Bradbury, who abused young cancer patients, and Cardiff deputy head teacher Gareth Williams, who secretly filmed pupils.
Another person named was Essex deputy head teacher teacher Martin Goldberg, was found dead a day after police questioned him.
The watchdog says it is separately probing how Essex, North Yorkshire and North Wales police acted on Project Spade intelligence sent to them by the NCA.
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The police complaints watchdog has said it will investigate child protection staff's handling of intelligence about potential paedophiles in the UK.
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They reveal a 230% increase in patients from the county sent to out-of-area beds between 2013-14 and 2014-15.
A carers group has expressed concern a local shortage of resources means some patients are being sent as far away as Yorkshire and Manchester.
The local mental health trust said it was improving its management of beds.
Following a Freedom of Information request, Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust revealed the number of patients sent out-of-area increased from 29 in 2013-14 to 98 in 2014-15, with 83 of these placements due to "bed pressures locally".
The cost of out-of-area placements has risen over the same period from £601,000 to £2m.
Patients have been sent to units as far afield as Manchester, Leeds and Harrogate.
Roma Mills, involvement manager for Carers in Hertfordshire, said the shortage of beds was partly due to the national underfunding of mental health.
She said when patients are sent miles away from their homes and friends and families "it is not a good experience for vulnerable and ill people".
A spokeswoman for the trust said it was trying to "minimise the out of area bed spend" through "strengthening clinical leadership" and having more consultants in evening and weekend shifts to minimise delays in discharging patients.
She added that the trust may also "buy specialist beds where it is not economic to provide ourselves" such as female-only psychiatric intensive care beds, which are not provided by the trust.
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Mental health patients in Hertfordshire had to travel up to 180 miles (290 km) for a bed because of a shortage of local accommodation, new figures show.
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Earlier, the Unite union said its members who work at Belfast Metropolitan College have been told to expect between 83 and 113 redundancies.
The college has said that number of positions are at risk.
It said that equated to a budget reduction of £2.6m for 2015/16.
"We have been regularly and proactively updating staff and trade unions on the challenging but nonetheless unavoidable implications of the public sector budget cuts," the college said.
"Initial modelling would indicate that a £2.6m budget cut equates to a reduction of between 83 and 113 full-time equivalent staff. Detailed work is ongoing and we cannot as yet provide final numbers.
"We will be contacting staff over the next few weeks to gauge the level of interest in a voluntary exit scheme and will, of course, continue to work alongside the trade unions and keep staff updated as and when more information becomes available."
Earlier, Unite said there were "very real fears that this scale of job losses will undermine the quality of educational provision at the college".
"This is only the latest in a series of brutal blows to our education sector," it said.
"Over the last few weeks, not a day has gone by without our union receiving notice of potential redundancies from some school or other."
Belfast Met has 34,000 students - almost a quarter of all Northern Ireland's college enrolments.
It also accounts for almost a quarter of the total college spending.
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Belfast Metropolitan College has said it may have to cut its workforce by more than 100, to cope with a budget reduction by the assembly.
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Ball missed Scarlets' win over Munster in the Pro12 final in Dublin.
Team-mate Samson Lee hurt his knee in Saturday's 46-22 victory but the region's head coach Wayne Pivac said it is too early to know the full extent of the prop's injury.
Wales face Tonga in Auckland on 16 June, then Samoa in Apia on 24 June.
Uncapped full-back Phil Dollman is also a concern for the tour after suffering an injury in Exeter's Premiership final win over Wasps.
Scarlets captain Ken Owens, who missed the Pro12 final and semi-finals with an ankle injury, says he is fit for the British and Irish Lions' tour of New Zealand.
"I'm as good as gold," the hooker told the BBC's Scrum V.
"I'm glad to be going on the tour after an injury scare a fortnight ago."
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Scarlets second row Jake Ball has been ruled out of Wales' two Tests against Tonga and Samoa in June because of a shoulder injury.
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Stewart Rexter, 38, was found in Victoria Place in Airdrie at 17:30 on Thursday.
Detectives believe he was attacked by a man described as being between 25-35 years old, 5ft 8in, of slim build with short dark hair and dark clothing.
They are also keen to trace the occupants of a dark Transit-type van seen nearby.
Mr Rexter, who was from Coatbridge, was taken to Monklands Hospital and then later transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow where he died on Saturday.
Det Ch Insp Paul Livingstone of Police Scotland's major investigation team said: "Officers have been carrying out extensive inquiries into this incident including carrying out house-to-house inquiries and studying CCTV footage gathered from the local area.
"We believe that Stewart was attacked by a man around 17:10 hours in Victoria Place between Craig Street and Devonview Street.
"Inquiries are ongoing to trace the man who is described as white, 25 -35 years old, approximately 5ft 8 inches in height and of slim build with short dark-coloured hair and wearing dark-coloured clothing.
"In particular, we are keen to trace the occupants of a dark-coloured Transit-type van that was parked on Victoria Place opposite the entrance to Airdrie train station.
"I believe that the occupants of the van may have vital information that would assist this inquiry and I would urge them to come forward."
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A murder investigation is under way after a man found injured in a street in North Lanarkshire died in hospital.
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The Airports Commission will make a recommendation to the government about the UK's future air capacity. It is likely to be published in the summer.
It has shortlisted three options: a third runway at Heathrow, lengthening an existing runway at Heathrow or building a second runway at Gatwick.
The public consultation will end at 23:25 GMT.
The commission has already concluded there is a need for one additional runway in the South East of England by 2030.
Boris Johnson had supported the idea of an island airport in the Thames estuary - dubbed Boris Island - but the commission declared the idea would not be shortlisted.
It cited the huge price tag and environmental concerns.
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A commission looking at whether Gatwick or Heathrow should expand will conclude its public consultation later.
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Gunmen believed to be from the Boko Haram group killed several residents and burnt down Izghe over the weekend.
A week earlier, 106 people were killed by gunmen in a raid on Izghe.
Borno state Senator Ali Ndume told the BBC it was clear that a state of emergency imposed by the government to end the insurgency was not working.
More than 500 people had been killed in Borno in the last two months, he said.
The state government has pledged to spend up to $2m (£1.2m) to help rebuild areas affected by the violence.
President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three north-eastern states - Borno, Yobe and Adamawa - last year, giving the security forces extra-ordinary powers to fight Boko Haram.
However, soldiers were in a "pathetic situation", and there was no sign of the army having taken extra-ordinary measures to end the violence, Mr Ndume said.
"The Nigerian army can deploy more troops, more equipment and be more committed to the execution of this emergency rule," he told the BBC.
The army had failed to deploy troops to Izghe after the first attack, opening the way for Boko Haram to re-enter the town, Mr Ndume said.
Many people had fled after the first attack, but some elderly residents were still staying there.
A resident in Izghe told the BBC that three women and a man were killed in the raid.
"They [the gunmen] came to the to the town and burnt everything. They burnt all the houses," he said, on condition of anonymity.
The government has repeatedly said it is winning the war against the militants, who are fighting to establish a strict Islamic state across northern Nigeria.
Boko Haram has killed thousands, including many Muslims and Christians, since it began its uprising in 2009.
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A Nigerian senator has expressed outrage over the security forces' failure to prevent a second attack on a town by suspected Islamist militants.
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Cornwall Council has suspended placements to Bowden Derra Park in Launceston while it looks into the claims.
The home provides accommodation and services for up to 46 people with mental health needs, learning or physical disabilities.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said it inspected the facility on Monday.
It said a report detailing the findings of the inspection would be published in due course.
Cornwall Council said it was investigating "a number of allegations" about the care people receive at Bowden Derra Park.
"NHS Kernow and Cornwall Council are working closely with other commissioners to ensure people remain safe and will be meeting with residents and their families very soon to keep them updated with any developments," it said.
It added no concerns had been raised about anyone being at immediate risk of harm.
A spokesperson for Bowden Derra Park said the "health, safety and wellbeing" of its clients were its top priorities.
It said that a "positive" meeting had been held with Cornwall Council and it was confident the investigation would "conclude swiftly".
Scott Mann, MP for North Cornwall, said he has been contacted by a number of families who have loved ones at Bowden Derra Park.
"Some have been there for many years and others are new residents. One common theme is that they are all extremely happy with the care they receive from Bowden Derra Park," he said.
The report into the last CQC inspection of Bowden Derra Park, in January 2016, gave the service a 'good' rating.
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A care home is being investigated over a "number of allegations" about its services.
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Wrexham council is incorporating an arts centre into the market.
Some traders have temporarily moved to the Butchers Market, with contractors expected to finish the project by 2018.
The initial plan was for contractors to work around traders but a senior councillor said so few decided to remain that it was no longer viable to remain open.
The building refurbishment involves adding two galleries, performance areas, a gallery shop and market stalls.
The present gallery, Oriel Wrecsam, is situated next to the market.
Hugh Jones, Wrexham's lead member for communities and partnerships, said a number of traders had "decided voluntarily that they wanted to relocate to the Butchers Market".
He added: "We supported them in that move and that left a critical mass in the People's Market that was too small to support the footfall needed to keep them in business.
"It's a temporary move. All the people [traders] who want to come into the exciting new arts, cultural market project will be located."
Janette Partington, who ran a baby and children's clothing stall in the People's Market, said traders were told the work could be completed eight weeks early if they all moved out.
Four other traders, including a confectionery shop, a haberdashery and a bric-a-brac stall, are now trading from the Butchers Market.
The south mall at the People's Market, including a cafe and newsagents, will remain open during the construction.
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Stallholders at Wrexham's People's Market have relocated to allow work to get under way on a £4.5m redevelopment.
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Construction workers moved fast to fill the hole, which spanned a five-lane street, stretching 30 metres (98 feet) wide and 15 metres deep.
The chasm first appeared on Tuesday, 8 November, in a business district of the south-west city of Fukuoka.
No one was hurt in the collapse, but local media reported disruptions to electricity, gas and water services.
The street reopened at 05:00 Tuesday (20:00 GMT Monday), in time for rush hour.
The city's Mayor Soichiro Takashima released a statement apologising for the "great trouble", thanking workers for their efforts, and insisting that an investigation into the incident's causes would continue.
City officials have said it could have been caused by underground construction nearby.
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A busy Japanese road reopened on Tuesday, just one week after it was wrecked by a gigantic sinkhole.
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Stephen Cahoon, of Harvey Street in the city, had denied murdering 30-year-old mother-of-four Jean Teresa Quigley.
But a jury at Dublin's Central Criminal Court found Cahoon, 43, guilty of the murder at Cornshell Fields in Derry on 26 July 2008 by unanimous verdict.
He had previously been convicted of the murder in 2012, but that was quashed earlier this year.
Cahoon had admitted strangling his Ms Quigley, who was 10 weeks pregnant with his child at the time of her death, but had denied it was murder.
The jury heard that Ms Quigley's naked and bruised body was discovered at her home by her mother.
Cahoon had told the court he handcuffed Ms Quigley to her bed before having sex.
He said he saw "red" when Ms Quigley told him the baby was not his, and he "grabbed and pushed" her and put his hand on her throat.
But a prosecutor told the court there was evidence of "violence from beginning to end" at the scene.
He said there was evidence that the victim's door had been broken and there were defensive injuries and bruising to her arms, scalp and head.
Those injuries were "utterly inconsistent" with Cahoon's version of event, the court heard.
The prosecution lawyer said Cahoon had made a "conscious decision to leave a woman who was unwell and needed assistance and lock her in the house".
"There was no loss of self-control that was temporary and overwhelming to give rise to a defence of provocation," he said.
The trial was Cahoon's third over the murder and he has served almost 10 years in prison.
A hung jury failed to reach a verdict in his first trial in 2009.
In April 2012, another jury found him guilty of murder and he was sentenced to life in prison.
But in March of this year, Dublin's Court of Appeal quashed his conviction due to an error in the judge's instructions to the jury.
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A Londonderry man has been found guilty for the second time of murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend seven years ago.
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Mr Peake and his two colleagues, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American Tim Kopra, were welcomed with hugs from the ISS's existing crew members after successfully docking their Russian Soyuz spacecraft,
The former Army major and helicopter pilot has not stopped smiling all day. Here's his amazing journey - in pictures:
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British astronaut Tim Peake is on board the International Space Station, six-and-a-half hours after blasting off from a base in Kazakhstan.
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Banks closed, shops shut and revellers took over the streets of Suva dancing, singing and cheering.
Fiji claimed the gold medal after defeating Great Britain 43-7 in the rugby sevens final at Deodoro Stadium.
Thousands of people across the island nation had stopped what they were doing to watch the history-making match.
Many supporters dressed in Fiji colours and rugby jerseys, carrying the national flag to cheer on the team.
At the final whistle blew, excited revellers took to the streets cheering and dancing.
"Some people even stopped their vehicles on the busy streets of Suva and got out with Fiji flags to join the celebrations, not paying much heed to the slight traffic jam they cause," the Fiji Times reported.
"The celebrations will definitely continue into the weekend and the week ahead."
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Extraordinary scenes of celebration have erupted after Fiji won its first-ever Olympic medal.
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Fifty people were on the First Great Western rail replacement service from Oxford to Didcot when it was hit at Drayton, at 00:30 GMT.
One of the three people taken to hospital sustained serious but non life-threatening injuries, police said.
The southbound carriageway has been reopened but investigations are continuing.
The remaining passengers, who did not require hospital treatment, were taken to Abingdon police station.
Passenger Rebecca Crow posted a picture of her injuries on Twitter and wrote: "I was on the bus, it was insane. Very thankful for no fatalities; just a bust up face!"
The bus was a replacement for the 00:05 First Great Western service from Oxford to Didcot.
Bus passenger Adam Graves said on Twitter: "One moment the bus power failed, a minute or 2 later the lorry hit us. Bus ended up part down the embankment. #a34"
He later told BBC News: "It sort of jumped forward. There were people screaming inside.
"Then you suddenly noticed you're falling out of your seat - everyone was flying everywhere.
"Once that initial shock had passed people were quite calm.
"A lot of people on the bus had been coming back from a gig in Oxford, that's where I'd been, that kept people calm as a few recognised each other."
In a statement, a First Great Western spokesman said the firm was "keen" to offer support to all of the bus passengers and their families.
He said initial reports from its own contractor "suggest the driver followed correct safety procedures", but added police were investigating.
"We are offering them any assistance we can to understand the full details of the incident," he said.
The A34 was shut between the Botley and Milton interchanges.
It had been due to reopen at 11:00 but was delayed due to difficulties in recovering the vehicles, police said.
Officers on site were having problems earlier with drivers ignoring the closure and driving through, according to BBC Radio Oxford travel reporter Sara Dumbell.
She said diversions had also led to lengthy traffic delays in the area.
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Three people were injured when a broken-down bus was hit by a lorry on the A34 in Oxfordshire.
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The Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF) met the UK environment secretary and fishing minister in London.
Talks with the Scottish government's Brexit minister Michael Russell were also held at Holyrood.
The SFF campaigned for a Leave vote in June's referendum, and argue Brexit could present an opportunity.
The organisation said control over British waters would bring huge potential benefits to Scottish fishing.
Research by the North Atlantic Fisheries College said only 42% of fish caught in these waters between 2012 and 2014 were landed by British fishermen.
The other 650,000 tonnes were caught by vessels from elsewhere in the EU.
The SFF's chief executive, Bertie Armstrong, said the UK's exit from the EU represented a ''sea of opportunity'' for the industry.
He told BBC Scotland: "When we joined the EU, our waters were turned over to common grazing.
"The end result after 43 years is that more than half the fish from our EEZ [Exclusive Economic Zone] is removed not in UK beneficial hands.
"No other coastal state would dream of doing that, so the chance to restore some equilibrium there to the big advantage and benefit of the UK industry will present itself."
Scottish Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing and Scotland's Brexit Minister Michael Russell met the Scottish Fishermen's Federation at Holyrood.
Mr Ewing said that he had "reiterated" that Scotland must be treated as an equal partner in EU discussions.
He said: "I want to be the champion of the Scottish fishing industry which is why we are engaging closely with them and listening to their particular needs and concerns.
"It is important that we recognise the value of the EU as a market of fish products as well as providing vital funding through the European and Maritime Fisheries Fund."
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Scottish fishing leaders have said they are "encouraged" by talks with the UK and Scottish governments about Brexit.
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At the end of that period tenants could find themselves having to pay at least 25% more than they do now, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).
Simon Rubinsohn, Rics chief economist, blamed government moves to discourage buy-to-let landlords.
"In the long run I'm concerned that rents might increase rapidly," he said.
However, he predicted that house prices would continue to rise faster than rents in 2016.
According to Rics estimates, house prices will increase by 6% next year, and rents by 3%.
Over the longer term, the Rics survey suggests rents could rise by an average of 5% each year for the next five years. House prices, it predicts, could rise by 4.7% a year.
The government has announced a series of measures to promote home ownership, but is introducing tax changes that will make life harder for landlords.
From 2017, they will be able to claim less tax relief on their profits. And from April 2016, they will have to pay a higher rate of stamp duty.
"Critically our principal concern with the measures announced by the government is that they are overly focused on promoting home ownership, at the expense of other tenures," said Mr Rubinsohn.
"Discouraging buy-to-let could see private rents take even more of the strain."
However, he welcomed the government plans to build more homes for sale, saying that could help ease house price growth.
Rics predicts that East Anglia is the region likely to see the fastest growth in house prices in 2016, at 8%, while the West Midlands and the South East will also outperform the market.
However, the North East of England is expected to see the slowest growth, at 3%.
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The cost of renting in the UK could rise faster than house prices over the next five years, surveyors have warned.
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The attack took place near the city's 14th Century Grand Mosque, a symbol of the city, reports said.
The governor of Bursa said the attacker was a suspected female suicide bomber.
Turkey has been hit by a wave of suicide bombings blamed on both Islamist and Kurdish militants. Earlier reports said one person had been killed in the blast.
However, Reuters news agency later quoted Turkey's health minister as saying 13 people had been wounded, none seriously.
No-one has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing.
On Tuesday the US warned of "credible indications" of terrorist threats at tourist areas in the country.
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A suicide bomber has struck in the western Turkish city of Bursa, injuring 13 people, officials say.
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Bushell, from Telford, is aiming to repeat his 100m T53 triumph at the London Paralympics in September 2012.
But he missed seven months of training last year after suffering a chlamydia trachomatis infection (CTI).
"I saw a specialist, who said I was 12 hours from death," said Bushell.
"Everything is ticking over nicely now, but I hope this year will be a real turning point after last year," he told BBC Radio Shropshire.
"I did one race before the illness. But then I had a CTI infection around April and May which took me out for seven months. I nearly died.
"Coming back from that was tough. It took me a long time to get there, but I'm back now, training hard and looking forward to Rio.
"It will be an interesting year but we'll get through it and hopefully I'll win again."
Bushell, who received the freedom of his home town in 2014, also won the T53 class at the European Championships in Swansea in 2014 prior to his illness.
Mickey Bushell was speaking to BBC Radio Shropshire's Nick Southall.
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Shropshire's gold medal-winning Paralympian Mickey Bushell has revealed that he nearly died last year from a urine infection - but is now on course to defend his title in Rio in August.
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Curran joined England's limited-overs tour of the West Indies in February after an injury to Nottinghamshire's Jake Ball, but did not make his debut.
The 21-year-old also featured for England Lions in their winter tours of Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.
"Obviously I was disappointed not to play, but I wasn't expecting it to be easy," he told BBC Radio London.
"Getting an international debut is not easy and it's definitely just made me more hungry."
Curran, the son of former Zimbabwe all-rounder Kevin Curran and brother of Surrey and England Lions teammate Sam, averaged 27.66 with the ball in 50-over cricket last season, but 42.29 in first-class games.
"I see myself as an all three-formats cricketer," he continued.
"But obviously if one-day cricket for England comes first, then that's my way in."
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Surrey seamer Tom Curran says he is "more hungry" for success this season after his first senior England call-up.
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The Daggers took the lead against the run of play on 34 minutes through Ashley Hemmings' looping overhead kick.
But the visitors struck twice in nine second-half minutes through Michael Doyle and a Christian Burgess header.
Sub Gareth Evans headed in a free-kick from Kyle Bennett, who then sealed victory on 88 minutes after a mazy run.
Portsmouth stay sixth, five points behind third-placed Accrington, while Dagenham remain bottom of the table, 11 points adrift of safety with five games left.
Dagenham & Redbridge manager John Still told BBC Radio London:
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"We played very well first half and we started the second half alright. We made three massive errors.
"I don't think they won it. I actually think we lost it.
"Everything about what we were doing was fine. You've got to play with your head."
Portsmouth manager Paul Cook told BBC Radio Solent:
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"I think the most important thing to speak about is the end result. It was a great performance today by the lads in general.
"We've got to keep going, we've got to keep believing in what we're doing. It's important we believe in the run we're putting together now.
"I don't think this team's character will ever be in question; the consistency, yeah.
"We're on 69 points. There's a lot of points for us to play for and, as I say, it's a benchmark for where we want to go in the future."
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Portsmouth struck four second-half goals to stun Dagenham & Redbridge and maintain their League Two promotion charge with a third straight win.
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Shakespeare, 53, has been in charge since the Premier League champions sacked Claudio Ranieri on 23 February.
The Foxes host Hull City in the league on Saturday at 15:00 GMT, after which they will take a training break.
Shakespeare then expects to sit down with the club's owners once the squad returns on Wednesday.
He previously met with vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha and director of football Jon Rudkin on Wednesday but says the possibility of him taking over full time "never came up".
"I'm there to listen to what their wishes are at the moment and I'm very comfortable with how things have gone and what they've told me so far," he said.
"There hasn't been a lot of dialogue, but I don't expect there to be because I'm trying to prepare the team for the next match."
When asked if he would stay on in a support role if the club hire someone else as manager, Shakespeare said he "wouldn't rule anything out".
Leicester have spoken to other potential candidates to replace Ranieri, including former England boss Roy Hodgson.
Having been assistant to both Nigel Pearson and Ranieri, Shakespeare said he relished the opportunity to take charge during their 3-1 victory over Liverpool on Monday.
Shakespeare added that he would be "shattered emotionally" if he was appointed Leicester boss but welcomed the onus being on his decision making.
"I've had input in team selections before but the difference is standing in the touchline area when on you're own, having to make those decisions," he said.
"As a football coach, it's the game that really makes you alive and it's decision making in those games that is crucial and it's something I do enjoy.
"When you play, you become physically tired after games but as a coach and a manager it's definitely more of a mental thing.
"You have to get your head on to talk to the media after the game, you want to address players, so there's a lot going on."
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Leicester caretaker manager Craig Shakespeare says he will not know until "the middle of next week" if he will get the job on a permanent basis.
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He had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
John was Blue Peter's longest-serving presenter, appearing on the show from 1965 to 1978, and often seen with dog Shep by his side.
Blue Peter presenters always get up to lots of adventures on the show and John was no different.
He threw himself into various challenges including white water rafting, a record-breaking free fall parachute drop and even travelling up the Amazon in South America.
But one of the his most famous moments on Blue Peter was when a baby elephant was in the studio. The animal couldn't control its peeing and just wouldn't behave!
The head of the BBC, Tony Hall, said: "John Noakes was one of the BBC's most loved children's presenters. He was a warm and engaging presenter who appealed to all ages and provided children's TV with some of its most memorable moments. He will be missed by his many friends and family."
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Former Blue Peter presenter John Noakes, who used to host the show during the 1960s and 1970s, has died at the age of 83.
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The Chosun dynasty artefacts, dating from the 16th and 17th Centuries, are believed to be worth a combined $1.5m (£1.15m).
The royal seals, depicting turtles, were presented to President Moon Jae-in during his visit to Washington on Friday.
The US has returned some 8,000 items to more than 30 countries since 2007.
The older of the South Korean artefacts, a gilt-bronze seal made in 1547 to honour Queen Munjeong, the third wife of the Chosun Dynasty's eleventh king, is thought to have been stolen during the Korean War.
The other - a jade block made for King Hyeonjong in 1651 - is believed to have been taken during the Japanese occupation of Korea, between 1910 and 1945.
Investigations began after Queen Munjeong's seal was discovered in a Los Angeles museum in 2013. King Hyeonjong's seal was found in a private collection.
Both will arrive in South Korea on Sunday with President Moon.
They will go on public display from August.
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The US has returned two ancient royal seals to South Korea, looted from the country more than 60 years ago.
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The proposed £2m development has been earmarked for the site of the demolished Dounreay Sports and Social Club.
The power station is also in the process of being knocked down.
A four-lane running track and indoor sports hall equivalent in size to four badminton courts has been proposed.
Subject to planning permission and successful funding applications, the sports complex could be open by the end of 2016.
It would form part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy programme.
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A sports complex could be built in Thurso with support from Cavendish Nuclear, the parent company at the nearby Dounreay power station.
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Instagram said the video had "violated the requirement to respect other members" of the social network.
In a new Instagram post Mr Kadyrov said he had been punished for saying "a few words about the USA's guard dogs".
His video showed former Russian PM Mikhail Kasyanov as a sniper's target.
Mr Kasyanov is a high-profile critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the opposition RPR-Parnas party.
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The Chechen leader has recently called Mr Putin's critics "enemies" and "traitors".
In his latest post on Instagram, Mr Kadyrov said: "Here it is, the much-acclaimed freedom of speech, American style!
"You can write anything you want, but do not touch America's dogs, friends of the Department of State and Congress. You know very well whom I am talking about!"
Mr Kasyanov and other Russian opposition politicians described the sniper video as a murder threat.
Last March Mr Kadyrov spoke out on Instagram about the assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, defending one of the Chechens charged over the shooting.
A day later President Putin gave Mr Kadyrov a top award.
Mr Nemtsov is among several well-known opponents of Mr Putin who have been murdered in the past decade.
Mr Kadyrov runs Chechnya with an iron fist - his private militia has been accused of widespread human rights abuses, including torture and assassination.
He has close ties to Mr Putin, who encouraged him to stamp out a separatist insurgency in Chechnya.
Thousands of civilians died in the North Caucasus republic when Russian troops fought the rebels there in the 1990s.
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Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov has accused Instagram of bowing to US pressure, after it removed a video he posted showing a Russian opposition leader in a sniper's gunsights.
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More than 40 college students used his original writings to show what life was like in 1930s Port Talbot through the eyes of a global icon.
They learned about Burton's rags to riches story, and how he had to sell manure to afford to go to the cinema.
The project received £34,000 National Lottery funding and the film will be shown at Nidum Arts Centre in Neath.
Burton was a prolific diarist, and wrote more than 400,000 words in pocketbooks and desk diaries until just before his death aged 58 in 1984.
As part of their research, the students visited landmarks that were important to the young Burton and watched films which were showing in cinemas at the time.
They learned that in order to have enough money to go to the cinema, Burton had to collect newspaper wrappings for his fishmonger aunt and sell dung for fertiliser.
The students also interviewed people who knew Burton, and those who were inspired by him, including Port Talbot actor and Hollywood star Michael Sheen.
It is hoped their film will not only become a lasting resource for the community, but may also lead to a regular celebratory event to promote the area's creative talent - past and present.
Dominic, 16, who took part in the project, said: "There are so many episodes in Richard Burton's life that became turning points, each taking him in a different direction.
"It has made us think about the turning points in our own lives, and how we deal with them."
Eirwen Hopkins of Swansea University, who leads the Burton@14 project, said: "The young people quickly realised that some people in Port Talbot have little idea of the real man, despite hailing from the same streets as he walked.
"Burton's stardom left a huge legacy for the town, but the town also impacted strongly on him.
"His private diaries have reconnected local young people with the history of personal, social and artistic change that is right on their doorsteps and rekindled their own creativity in the process."
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A film based on the diary entries of the late Welsh actor Richard Burton will get its premiere on Tuesday.
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The law, which has been given Royal Assent, establishes a new land transaction tax, which will replace stamp duty from April 2018.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said the act was a "significant step" for devolution.
Rates of the new tax are due to be announced by October this year.
Assembly members approved the Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Bill earlier in the year.
Stamp duty is paid when property or land is bought over a certain price.
Officials previously said that the document was the longest piece of legislation Welsh ministers have produced.
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Legislation on the Welsh replacement for stamp duty land tax - the first new Welsh tax law for almost 800 years - has entered the statute books.
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The 76-year-old was given the honour for his services to football and charity.
Aberdeen-born Law, who scored 237 goals during his time at United, said the royal recognition was unexpected.
The player rounded off his career by representing Scotland at the 1974 World Cup in West Germany.
Speaking after the ceremony he said: "I just think this is the type of honour that goes to other people. You do not expect to get something like this. It's fantastic."
He said he enjoyed some brief football-related banter with the Duke of Cambridge, who is an Aston Villa supporter.
The footballer said: "The conversation was a bit short because they (Aston Villa) are bottom of the league and things are not going well but the thing is, when you're a supporter you will support your team wherever they are. So I was glad that he supports them, because that's his team."
Law was one third of what became known as Manchester United's Holy Trinity, when he played alongside George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton during his 11-year stint with the Red Devils.
He left Manchester United in 1973 to return to Manchester City, where his 81st-minute back-heeled goal confirmed United's relegation from the top flight.
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Former Manchester United and Scotland footballer Denis Law has described being awarded a CBE at Buckingham Palace as "fantastic".
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The benchmark FTSE 100 index closed up 48.29 points, or 0.7%, to 6,914.71.
Tui shares rose 2.8% to 1041p as it reaffirmed profit forecasts despite a difficult year for the travel industry.
It said third-quarter revenues fell 5.7% due to falling bookings to North Africa and Turkey, and the impact of terror attacks in Europe.
However, the company said there had been "no apparent slowdown" in UK bookings following the Brexit vote.
Tui said underlying earnings grew 1% in the quarter, and it still expected underlying profits for the full year to grow by at least 10%.
The top riser on the FTSE 100 was the bottling firm Coca-Cola HBC after it reported better than expected results. Profit rose 4.8% to €229.6m (£197m) in the first half of the year and it forecast stronger sales growth for the year ahead.
Shares closed up 7% to 1681p.
In the FTSE 250, furniture chain DFS rose 15% after it said full-year revenues rose 7% and added it expected "a record performance for the full year with results towards the upper end of market expectations".
But shares in Card Factory fell 6.7% after its latest trading update. The retailer said the retail environment in the first half of the year had been "challenging", but said it was "confident" of meeting analysts' expectations for full-year profits.
On the currency markets, the pound lost 0.35% against the dollar to $1.2964 but and fell 0.3% against the euro to €1.1606.
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(Close): The London market shrugged off early losses to close higher, helped by gains in bottling firm Coca-Cola HBC and travel firm Tui.
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18 January 2016 Last updated at 23:26 GMT
But it's also hitting workers in China, which releases its latest economic growth figures on Tuesday. Many are speculating they'll be the slowest in years.
China's economy has been hit by shrinking foreign and domestic demand, weak investment, factory overcapacity and and oversupply in the property market.
The country's central bank has already cut interest rates six times since November 2014, and the currency has depreciated too.
Stephen Evans reports on how the country's slowdown is being felt in the steel industry.
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We've been hearing this week about how oversupply in the steel industry is costing jobs in the UK.
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Restaurant staff told the BBC they did not know who had removed the letters.
The NKVD was the forerunner of the Soviet KGB secret police. In the 1930s and 1940s the NKVD arrested millions of people and many were executed.
The restaurant sports a big portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
Stalin's image also featured on the restaurant's menus, but when the BBC visited on Tuesday the barman said the management had told the staff to remove the menus "for now until we get the sign back".
"Look at the wall, the sign was just ripped off," he said, without giving his name.
The restaurant is not far from the Kremlin and the old secret police headquarters, on Ostozhenka Street.
The controversy over the "NKVD" name featured in Russian Vesti TV news - one of the main broadcasts on the state-controlled Rossiya 24 channel.
Restaurant staff told the BBC that the letters stood for "national cuisine of a great power" in Russian - not for Stalin's secret police.
The barman strongly defended the "NKVD" name.
"I really hope we put it back. Why not? People ask us why NKVD, but why not? It's NKVD and not Gestapo," he said.
But some Russians voiced alarm at what appeared to be more whitewashing of history and an insult to Stalin's many victims.
Public displays of Stalin portraits were taboo in the last decades of the Soviet Union - but they have reappeared in President Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Mr Putin has emphasised the sacrifices made by the USSR in World War Two. But he has also acknowledged that Stalin's security apparatus committed terrible crimes.
The NKVD name was possibly an ill-conceived publicity stunt, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow.
The sign caused a stir when human rights lawyer Mark Feygin tweeted a photo of it on 9 December.
Leonid Gozman, of the Russian civil society organisation, Perspektiva Foundation, said "it's a rehabilitation of our country's most tragic episodes.
"I can't imagine a 'Gestapo' restaurant in Munich or Berlin... A lot of our people consider the NKVD to have been a criminal organisation. Many people's relatives suffered or died [in that period]."
One Russian Facebook user, called Therese Philosophe, gave details of four Soviet terror victims who had lived at the address where the restaurant now stands.
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A Moscow restaurant calling itself "NKVD" - a chilling echo of the Stalin-era communist terror - drew social media protests and the big sign outside has now been taken down.
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Glasgow's Emirates Arena is now expected to stage Team GB's meeting with Australia from 18-20 September.
The LTA also looked into holding the tie at the Hydro in Glasgow but found the roof would not be high enough.
Andy Murray helped Team GB beat France in the quarter-final at Queen's Club.
The LTA's chief executive Michael Downey has had "several conversations" with Florence's agent, but was told her gig at Manchester Arena - which has a capacity of over 20,000 - on the Friday of Britain's Davis Cup semi-final must go ahead as planned.
The LTA has been granted an extra five days to nominate a venue for the tie, with Glasgow now expected to be confirmed before next Wednesday's deadline.
The Emirates staged Britain's first-round victory over the United States, and a plan is in place to expand the capacity of the arena to 9,000 in time for the semi-final.
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The Lawn Tennis Association has failed to persuade Florence and the Machine to change the date of their show at the Manchester Arena so the venue could host Britain's Davis Cup semi-final.
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New M&S boss Steve Rowe is making the cuts amid pressure to improve results at the struggling retailer.
Mr Rowe, who took over in April, said the job losses were "necessary" to build a different type of M&S.
Many of the affected roles will be across its three London offices. It also plans to move 400 jobs in IT and logistics outside the capital.
Of the 525 job losses, about 260 will be permanent roles and the rest contractors, the company said.
Mr Rowe said: "It is never easy to propose changes that impact on our people, but I believe that the proposals outlined today are absolutely necessary and will help us build a different type of M&S - one that can take bolder, pacier decisions, be more profitable and ultimately better serve our customers."
Analysis: Emma Simpson, BBC business correspondent:
Steve Rowe has wasted no time as he tries to revive the fortunes of Marks and Spencer. The M&S veteran took over as chief executive in April and he quickly restructured his top team, with the loss of a number of directors.
He also set up a smaller, leaner, Operating Committee to run the 132 year old firm. Now it's the turn of head office.
Mr Rowe is also expected to reveal in November his strategy on Marks and Spencer's large portfolio of stores and whether there are too many of them.
Marks is a big, bureaucratic business. Mr Rowe wants to simplify things. For a man who was worked his way up from the shop floor, these are painful decisions to have to make.
M&S employs over 71,000 people in the UK, of which 3,500 are currently in its seven UK head offices.
Separately, the retailer announced on Friday that workers would receive a 14.7% pay rise after staff protested against plans by Mr Rowe to change the company's pay and pension scheme.
The retailer said shop floor staff would receive £8.50 an hour, and £9.65 in London, from next April.
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Marks and Spencer is planning to cut about 525 head office jobs as part of an estimated £30m in cost savings.
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Mr Ashley had been asked to give evidence about the treatment of his workers.
It follows a BBC investigation into the Derbyshire company's warehouse working practises.
Mr Ashley has until 21 March to respond after a letter from Hartlepool MP Iain Wright.
The letter reveals Mr Ashley had invited the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) select committee - which Mr Wright chairs - to a meeting at the company's base in Shirebrook.
"The treatment of low-paid workers and enforcement of the national minimum wage are issues that the committee will be keeping under review over the coming months," Mr Wright's letter states.
"In line with select committees' commitment to transparency, it is normal practice for the BIS Committee to meet in public at Westminster and we agreed to adhere to this practice on this occasion.
"A number of alternative dates have been offered to you by the Committee Clerk, but... you have not accepted any of them, nor agreed in principle to attend.
"Should you fail in your reply to agree to attend on one of the dates offered to you...the committee reserves the right to take the matter further, including seeking the support of the House of Commons in respect of any complaint of contempt."
Sports Direct has not responded to the BBC's request for a comment.
The company has previously pledged to review worker rights, with oversight by Mr Ashley, who also owns Newcastle United Football Club.
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Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has been threatened with being in contempt of Parliament after failing to appear in front of a committee of MPs.
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The 40-year-old made his first-class debut in 1993 and has made more than 800 appearances for the county.
Trescothick played 76 Tests, 123 one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches for England.
"I'm really enjoying my cricket and I still have the hunger to succeed," Trescothick told the club website.
"I have made no secret of my desire to carry on playing for Somerset for as long as I can.
"It's a really exciting time for the county at the moment with the talent that we have coming through and I can't wait to see what happens in the next 12 months."
The 2017 season will be the 25th that Trescothick has been involved with the first team.
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Former England opener Marcus Trescothick has signed a one-year contract to keep him at Somerset until the end of the 2017 season.
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27 March 2017 Last updated at 13:50 BST
We spoke to poet and author Michael Rosen, BBC Radio 1's Dr Radha and 14-year-old Josh, who has a mental health problem called obsessive compulsive disorder.
Here, they give their advice about why it's important to talk about how we're feeling.
To learn more about Josh's story - and to find out how talking about what he's going through has really helped him - watch Inside My Head: A Newsround Special here.
And to find out more about the reasons people can find it hard to talk about mental health issues, and to get advice if you feel like this is something that is affecting you, read Newsround's guide.
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This week, Newsround is talking about mental health problems - and why it's so important that people feel like they can open up about their feelings.
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One Moroccan UN soldier was killed and three others injured.
The attack took place in the southern diamond-mining town of Bangassou.
Christian militia have been attempting to seize a cathedral housing hundreds of displaced Muslims, who have been sheltering in the compound since a wave of ethnic killings in May.
The Red Cross said it found 115 bodies in the town after those attacks, when the rival religious groups clashed.
"They died in various ways: from knives, from clubs and bullet wounds," a Red Cross representative told Reuters news agency at the time.
The wider conflict has killed thousands of people.
It broke out when mainly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted President Francois Bozize four years ago, provoking a backlash from the Christian militias.
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Christian militia in the Central African Republic have attacked United Nations peacekeepers who were protecting a convoy of water trucks.
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Jemima, a 3ft (1m) corn snake, was spotted in a flat in Leighton Buzzard.
The RSPCA carried out a tricky rescue involving moving the machine. After Jemima bolted into the wall, they had to remove the skirting boards.
The snake belonged to a neighbour and had been missing for three months. It is thought she kept warm living inside the insulated wall of the flat.
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Kate Wright, from the RSPCA, was called to the Bedfordshire flat at about 04:00 BST on Thursday.
Having rescued the "healthy-looking" adult snake she knocked on nearby doors until she found Jemima's relieved owner, Colin Millar.
"Jemima went missing at Easter and I'd pretty much given up on ever finding her. I looked everywhere I could think of," he said.
"It is remarkable that Jemima has managed to survive and be returned reasonably healthy. She must have been insulated in the walls of the building."
"We're so pleased she's home," Mr Millar added.
Corn snakes, which are not venomous, are native to parts of North America and can grow up to 6ft (1.8m).
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A shocked man was left in a spin after discovering a snake slithering under his washing machine.
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Central Line services were suspended between Marble Arch and White City after masonry fell on the track outside Shepherd's Bush station.
The damage was repaired before the line reopened about 21:30 GMT.
Transport for London (TfL) said it was possible to see into the tunnel from a building site above.
It is understood contractors were working on an extension to the Westfield shopping centre when a small amount of loose concrete fell on to the westbound line below.
No damage was caused to trains or the track, but TfL said the risk that other debris might fall through the hole meant it had to be filled before trains could begin running again.
Operations director Peter McNaught apologised to passengers affected by the disruption.
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A section of a London Tube line had to be closed after contractors drilled a hole through the roof of an underground tunnel.
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The boy had shut himself in a first floor bathroom to escape the fire in Winklebury that was first reported at 19:54 BST on Wednesday.
He was rescued by ladder and taken to hospital after being treated for smoke inhalation at the scene, Hampshire Fire and Rescue said.
Hampshire Constabulary said it was investigating the cause of the fire.
Police said the boy was kept in Basingstoke hospital overnight for observation.
A five-year-old boy was also taken to the hospital "as a precaution" and a 26-year-old woman managed to escape the building, police said.
The blaze damaged the ground floor, kitchen, hall and storage area of the property in Watson Way.
Four crews from Basingstoke and Odiham attended the fire, which was put out at 21:40 BST.
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An eight-year-old boy was rescued after a blaze broke out in a two-storey maisonette in Basingstoke.
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Michael Voller was assaulted after his team's FA Cup semi-final defeat by Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday 22 April.
He was set upon after the match outside an Indian restaurant near the stadium.
The 23 year old was punched in the face and suffered a broken skull and damage to his cheekbone and eye-socket.
Michael's father, Chris, told the BBC the only reason he could think of for the attack was that "one of his friends had a navy blue jacket on".
Doctors feared he could be left with permanent damage to his eyesight following the attack.
The e-fit shows a white male in his early 20s.
Police said the suspect was approximately 5ft 10ins tall and was wearing a black hooded top or jacket at the time of the attack.
Det Con James Robb, of The Met, said: "This unprovoked and cowardly attack has resulted in injuries that could affect the rest of a young man's life.
"There is no place for this kind of violence in football or anywhere else.
"Someone knows who committed this unprovoked attack and I sincerely hope they do the right thing and help us place this violent individual before the courts."
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Detectives investigating an unprovoked attack on a Tottenham Hotspur fan who was mistaken for a Chelsea supporter have released an e-fit of the suspect.
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The commission rejected an application to grant charitable status to The Temple of the Jedi Order.
It said Jediism did not "promote moral or ethical improvement" for charity law purposes in England and Wales.
In the 2011 census, 177,000 people declared themselves Jedi under the religion section, making it the seventh most popular religion.
The following began as a tongue-in-cheek response from some atheists on the UK's 2001 census when a question on religious belief was asked for the first time.
But others took the message from the Star Wars films further, aiming to build a belief system and religious code inspired by the franchise.
In its ruling the Charity Commission said Jediism "lacked the necessary spiritual or non-secular element" it was looking for in a religion.
It said there was insufficient evidence that "moral improvement" was central to the beliefs and practices of Jediism and did not have the "cogency, cohesion, or seriousness" to truly be a belief system.
The commission said to be classed as a religion it must also have a positive beneficial impact on society in general and raised concerns that Jediism may, in part, have an "inward focus" on its members.
Read more:
How a Star Wars joke turned into a new 'religion'
Daniel Jones, leader of the Church of Jediism in the UK, said Jedi would continue to do charity work without any legal status and was convinced "Jediism's status will change in the next five years".
"It's not what anyone in the Jediism community wants to hear, when you have churches like Satan and Scientology with charitable religious statuses," he told the BBC.
Jediism has more adherents than Rastafarians and Jains, according to the 2011 census.
But the number of Jedi fell sharply from 2001, when 390,000 people said they were followers of The Force.
Kenneth Dibble, the chief legal adviser at the Charity Commission, said: "The law relating to what is and is not a charity evolves continuously and, as in this case, can be influenced by decisions in other areas. Our role is critical in interpreting and explaining the extent of what the law considers charitable."
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Jediism, the worship of the mythology of Star Wars, is not a religion, the Charity Commission has ruled.
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Stalls were placed in front of Andrea Welsher's craft shop Dragonflies in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, during a vintage vehicle event on Sunday.
She said stock was made specifically for the day but, because she could not open, she may now lose the business.
Organisers, the Erewash Partnership, said it "regretted" the incident.
A tearful Ms Welsher said she arrived at Dragonflies on Sunday to find stalls were blocking her entrance despite asking the organisers to avoid her shop front.
She said passers-by could not see the shop and it would have been a fire hazard to open.
"It's heartbreaking. I put my life and soul into this business and right now I don't know whether we have the funds to go forward through no fault of my own," she said.
"Erewash Partnership is supposed to help and support businesses... and they've left me with the possibility that we have to close."
No-one was available from the partnership but in an email to Ms Welsher, chief executive Ian Viles blamed private contractors.
"We very much regret that market stalls were erected in front of the Dragonflies shop on Sunday," he said.
"Although this did permit pedestrian passage to your shop door and windows, the situation was as unfortunate for you as it was unwanted by us."
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A shopkeeper has said she may have to close for good after an event to promote small businesses prevented her from opening.
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The delays are affecting blood delivery service Serv, whose managers have complained about a lack of information.
Alan Rogers, Serv Surrey controller, said bikers had been affected by the roadworks on the Coopers Hill Viaduct.
The Highways Agency said drivers should allow an extra 40 minutes for journeys, especially if heading for Gatwick.
In peak times about 4,500 vehicles an hour use the section of the M23 between junctions eight, which joins the M25, and nine, for the airport.
Night-time closures and a variable contraflow system, which started last month and will last until the end of November, have been causing tailbacks on both carriageways.
Mr Rogers said Serv's bikers collected blood at night from Tooting in south London for distribution to hospitals in Surrey.
They also meet riders on the A23 at Hooley to transfer blood for hospitals in Kent and Sussex.
"We don't know which parts of what roads are going to be closed on any particular night and that makes planning quite difficult," he said.
"The challenge is getting to the liaison with the Kent or Sussex guys for our pre-arranged rendezvous time."
Peter Phillips, Highways Agency manager for the M23, said: "If you are trying to get to Gatwick then please give yourself plenty of time or find yourself an alternative means of travel.
"There is a very good rail link but if you have got to come by car leave yourself plenty of time.
"Our website is the best source of information."
Separate roadworks to widen the A23 between Handcross and Warninglid in West Sussex are coming to an end.
The Highways Agency said a third lane would open to the public this week, with remaining resurfacing taking place at night.
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Repairs to a corroded bridge have been causing traffic tailbacks of up to seven miles (11km) on the M23 in Surrey and Sussex.
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The incident happened during the morning rush hour at the Francia station, in the city centre.
Reports said the train did not brake properly when entering the station, hitting the buffers at the platform.
Dozens of emergency personnel were sent to the station, with most of the injured being treated on the platform.
Emergency services said as well as the seriously wounded person, who does not have life-threatening injuries, 19 people were moderately hurt.
They are being treated in hospital. Among them is the driver, who is said to be in a state of shock.
The remainder were lightly injured.
"At the moment of impact I had the feeling of experiencing an earthquake," one passenger, Lidia, told La Vanguardia newspaper (in Spanish). She said she had been in the front carriage.
"People were swaying back and forth and colliding into each other. Many people fell to the ground because people were standing up and I saw several people with cuts to the head and face from the blows they suffered when they fell."
Among those hurt were three citizens from France and Romania, local authorities said. Their respective consulates have been informed.
The accident happened at 07:15 (05:15 GMT) after the train had travelled from the village of Sant Vicenç de Calders, some 60km (37 miles) to Barcelona's south-west.
Íñigo de la Serna, the minister for public works, has travelled to Barcelona, in the country's north-eastern Catalonia region, to oversee the rescue operation.
The state-run railway firm Adif said an investigation had been opened.
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At least 54 people have been injured, one seriously, after a train crashed at a station in the Spanish city of Barcelona, officials say.
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William Kerr, 53, absconded from a bail hostel in Hull in March and was wanted on emergency recall to prison.
North Yorkshire Police arrested him in the Waterloo area of London on Friday, following an appeal on BBC Crimewatch.
Kerr was jailed for life in June 1998 for the murder of Maureen Comfort in Leeds. Her body was found in a bedroom cupboard and she had been strangled.
He was released on license earlier this year.
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A convicted murder who sparked a nationwide hunt after breaking the terms of his license has been arrested.
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The Cemfjord - which was carrying cement - sank earlier this month.
The bodies of the eight men on board - seven Polish nationals and one Filipino - have never been found.
It is understood the ROV will survey the outside of the wreck at the weekend, if weather allows.
But it will not be looking for, or intending to recover bodies of the crew, which could still be on board.
A memorial service for those who died is take place in Wick this Sunday.
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Marine accident investigators are to attempt to send a remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) to survey the wreck of a cargo ship that capsized and sank in the Pentland Firth.
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