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Police believe Sean Banks may have been involved in a fight with a group of youths near a tunnel that passes beneath the M74.
The teenager's body was found in North British Road just after midnight.
His family said they had suffered a "tragic loss". A post-mortem examination will be carried out and CCTV images are being reviewed.
Det Ch Insp Gary Boyd, from Police Scotland, appealed for anyone with information to get in touch.
He said: "Around 22:40 hours last night there were a number of youths who were near the entrance to St John the Baptist Primary School in North British Road and we believe that Sean may have been involved in an altercation with someone from this group.
"We are studying CCTV from the surrounding area and would appeal to anyone near the school or in North British Road at this time to contact us.
"A local man has been murdered and I'm sure that local residents will be shocked by that news.
"However, I am sure they hold the key and I am appealing to them to contact us with any information, no matter how trivial it may seem, please pass it on to police."
Sean's family said in a statement: "We have suffered a tragic loss. Sean will be sadly missed and we would ask that everyone respects our privacy at this time."
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A murder inquiry has been launched following the death of an 18-year-old in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire.
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Andrew Bow, 36, was found dead at a house in the city 10 days ago.
A call about his wellbeing was handled by Bilston Glen - the same centre that dealt with a call about the M9 crash in July.
The police response is being examined by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc).
An investigation will look at how officers responded to initial concerns about the occupant of the house, who was understood to be vulnerable.
A Pirc spokesman said in a statement on Friday: "The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner has been instructed by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to carry out an independent investigation after the body of Andrew Bow, 36, was discovered at a residential address in Edinburgh on 23 March 2016.
"The investigation will focus on the initial police response leading up to the incident, which included a report of concern about the welfare of the occupant of the property.
"A report on the commissioner's findings will be submitted to the COPFS in due course."
Staffing shortages at Bilston Glen were highlighted after an HM Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC) report into the M9 crash near Stirling in July in which Lamara Bell and John Yuill died.
Ms Bell, who was discovered critically injured in the crashed car, had been in the vehicle next to her dead partner Mr Yuill for three days. She died later in hospital.
Police Scotland admitted they did not investigate a report they had received about the crash until three days after it happened.
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Police were alerted to concerns about a man who died in his Edinburgh home at least two days before his body was discovered, it has emerged.
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The force said the new approach would allow local teams to focus on patrols, and issues like anti-social behaviour.
A spokesperson confirmed most investigations would be dealt with by a "default" team, but said that did not rule out local officers being involved.
Critics have raised concerns that fewer officers will be investigating crimes.
The changes are part of Leicestershire Police's bid to reduce spending by £30m.
Under the plans, the force is also reducing the number of local units from 15 to eight and will cut 300 of its 2,200 officer posts over the next two years.
Beat officers will now be known as dedicated neighbourhood officers to reflect the changes, which came into effect earlier, bosses said.
Half of the 68 officers in the new East County team, which includes Rutland, Melton and Harborough area, will be PCSOs.
Shadow policing minister Jack Dromey said the public should be concerned about the changes.
He said: "Because there will be far fewer officers investigating crime - more criminals are going to get away with it."
Rutland County Council leader Roger Begy said he feared the changes would also lead to longer response times.
"We are a very low crime area [in Rutland] but we want to keep it that way," he said.
However, Chief Constable Simon Cole said the force was "putting officers where the problems are".
"This transformation is the latest in a series of on-going changes in response to reducing budgets and changing public expectation and demand," he said.
"This new way of working will allow the teams based in our communities to dedicate their time to working closely with neighbourhoods and partners to resolve issues at a local level."
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Police investigations in Leicestershire are being carried out by a dedicated unit rather than beat officers, as part of changes to working practices.
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The right-back, 27, has joined until the end of the season, after leaving Greek outfit PAS Giannina, Hearts confirmed.
Struna made his Slovenia debut in 2012 and has earned 25 caps for his country.
"I'm an attacking full-back and I think I'll be a good fit based on the ideas presented to me by the club and the head coach," he said.
"I like possession football and I understand that is the way Hearts want to play, so I am optimistic."
Head coach Ian Cathro has been seeking to add to his defence after Igor Rossi left Hearts to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Faisaly Harmah.
Hearts also lost Alim Ozturk to Turkish club Boluspor, while full-back Callum Paterson is out for the rest of the season with knee ligament damage and Faycal Rherras will be at the Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco.
Meanwhile, Paterson has undergone surgery on the knee injury he sustained in the 4-0 win over Kilmarnock on 27 December.
Scotland cap Paterson, 22, will be out of contract in the summer and scored 10 goals in 24 appearances this season.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Hearts have bolstered their defensive options by signing Slovenian international Andraz Struna.
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Richard Hilary, 66, is accused of committing 15 offences while he was a teacher at the Wavell School in Farnborough.
The alleged victims were under the age of 16 at the time.
Mr Hilary, of Northend Lane, Droxford, has been bailed to appear before Basingstoke magistrates on 2 May.
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A man has been charged with sexually attacking girls while he worked at a secondary school in Hampshire in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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The home of Swiss club FC Basel will become the second smallest venue to host the competition's final when Liverpool face Sevilla there on 18 May.
The executive committee of European football's governing body made its decision in September 2014.
"Of course, it is impossible to predict in advance which clubs will reach the final," Uefa said on its website.
"Europe's largest stadiums are usually selected to host the Champions League final, and Uefa tends to select slightly smaller, top-quality venues for the Europa League final.
"This means Uefa can give more of its national associations an opportunity to host a club final, and gives fans across Europe the chance to experience a major final in their home nation."
Liverpool have been allocated 10,236 tickets for the final, with Sevilla given a similar amount.
An additional 8,000 went on general sale, with the remainder taken by the local organising committee, national associations, commercial partners, broadcasters and the corporate hospitality programme.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, whose side overturned a first-leg deficit to beat Villarreal in the semi-finals, said he could find "30 million people who want to see the game".
"It is a wonderful opportunity for all of us to play this final but we cannot change the stadium so we cannot think about this," he said.
"I have been to Basel one or two times, it is a wonderful stadium and a wonderful city.
"It is even worth going there without having a ticket for the game to be around the stadium and enjoy yourself and enjoy life as a Liverpool supporter."
However, the club has urged supporters who do not have a ticket not to travel to the Swiss city for the final.
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Uefa has defended its decision to host the Europa League final at St Jakob-Park, which has a capacity of 35,000.
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Set in 1970s New York, The Get Down traces how the city gave birth to disco, new wave and hip-hop.
It will follow a group of teenagers from downtrodden, crime-ridden South Bronx who find solace in each other and their own musical abilities.
Luhrmann will direct the first two episodes, echoing David Fincher's input to Netflix's hit series House Of Cards.
Casting has yet to take place and no footage has been shot, but Netflix has posted a teaser trailer on YouTube, giving a hint of the series' tone.
Scored by the Apache - the song that begat hundreds of hip-hop samples - it contrasts archive footage of deprived, destitute 1970s New York with the explosive energy of block parties, breakdancing and graffiti art.
"In this golden era of TV, the Netflix culture puts no constraint on creative possibilities," said Luhrmann, "so it is a natural home for The Get Down, a project I have been contemplating and working on now for over 10 years."
"Throughout, I've been obsessed with the idea of how a city in its lowest moment, forgotten and half destroyed, could give birth to such creativity and originality in music, art and culture."
Luhrmann, whose most recent film was The Great Gatsby, has teamed up with The Shield creator Shawn Ryan to develop the series.
His wife, Catherine Martin, will establish the show's visual style, as she did on both Gatsby and Moulin Rouge.
The Get Down is expected to premiere in 2016.
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Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann is to make a 13-part musical series for streaming service Netflix.
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The Help for Heroes gig H4H Valiant was built at the National Maritime Museum's dedicated workshop, supervised by boat builder Andrew Nancarrow.
The veterans left Sennen at 07:00 BST and completed the crossing to Tresco in eight hours and eight minutes.
The Great Big Cornish Gig Project was the brainchild of amputee Al Henderson.
The former Royal Marine, who was injured on a tour of duty in Afghanistan with 40 Commando in 2010, said the project had been a huge success.
"It's brilliant working with a great group of like-minded guys and people have got some good stuff out of it," he told BBC News.
"We've got people going on boat building courses and wood turning courses, so it's been a huge success,"
Describing the gig as "a gorgeous boat with a light and lovely glide", Mr Henderson said Valiant has been painted in Help for Heroes colours.
"You've got the Royal Air Force blue, then the Army red and the Royal Navy blue, then a strip of gold to simulate the medal on the badge," he said.
The gig will take part in the World Pilot Gig Championships on the Isles of Scilly at the end of the month.
Project manager Mike Selwood said the aim of the project was to open up new opportunities for wounded military personnel as well as showcasing the heritage behind Cornish gigs.
All modern Cornish pilot gigs are based on drawings of a boat built in 1838 by William Peters of St Mawes. They must be made from Elm and be 32ft (9.8 m) long and 4ft 10in (1.5m).
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A traditional Cornish pilot gig, built of Cornish elm and crewed by injured veterans, has rowed from Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly.
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The money was raised in a funding round led by the Royal Mail Group and backed by investors, including the Scottish Investment Bank, Par Equity and technology entrepreneurs.
Mallzee said the cash would allow it to "scale its global offering".
The company was founded in 2013 by 27-year-old Edinburgh-based entrepreneur Cally Russell.
Mr Russell pressed ahead with developing the app after turning down an offer of investment on the BBC's Dragons' Den programme.
Mallzee is a personalised shopping app, which allows users access to more than 100 fashion stores at one go.
It also lets shoppers build their own "style feeds".
Mr Russell said: "This round of investment is going to allow us to become the leading fashion shopping app in the world and the mix of investors is going to be vital to allowing us to achieve this.
"With Royal Mail Group we have a partner that plays a vital part in the online shopping environment and one which is well positioned to enable us to access new retailers."
Earlier this year, Mallzee secured an exclusive promotional link-up with tech giant Samsung.
In a separate development, daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel announced it had acquired Edinburgh-based mobile app developer Kotikan.
FanDuel said the firm had designed and developed its mobile offering and it was "logical" to bring the Kotikan team in-house to further innovate and develop FanDuel's mobile products.
FanDuel reported last week it was set for major expansion after raising $275m (£176m) in a funding round,
It was founded in Edinburgh in 2009 and only operates in North America.
The business focuses on US sports such as basketball, baseball and American football.
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Fashion shopping app developer Mallzee is set to expand after securing £2.5m from investors.
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"I have concerns about the takedown," Commissioner William Bratton said of the mistaken arrest.
Mr Blake has alleged that the officers used improper force when they slammed him to the ground on Wednesday.
The police say an eye witness had identified him as a suspect in a fraudulent mobile phone racket.
Commissioner Bratton said on Thursday police were investigating whether the officers used excessive force and that he would like to speak to Mr Blake.
The officer who tackled him had been put on desk duty amid the inquiry, Commissioner Bratton said.
Mr Blake told the New York Daily News that he was detained and held for 15 minutes as he waited for a car to take him to the US Open.
Once it was determined that police had the wrong man, Mr Blake was released.
Commissioner Bratton had said that the arrest was not racially motivated. Mr Blake is mixed race; the officers are white.
"If you take a look at the photograph of the suspect, it looks like the twin brother of Mr Blake," the police commissioner told CNN. And a witness identified Mr Blake as the suspect.
Mr Blake, 35, said he suffered a cut on his arm and bruises on his legs, and wants an apology. He said the officers did not speak to him before they pushed him to the ground.
"You'd think they could say: 'Hey, we want to talk to you. We are looking into something'," Mr Blake told the NY Daily News.
Once the fourth-ranked player in the world, Mr Blake was set to make an appearance at the US Open for the Time-Warner Cable company.
He retired following his US Open exit in 2013 after winning 10 singles titles in a career in which he also became the number one US player.
Police said a "co-operating witness" mistakenly identified Mr Blake as being involved in "a ring dealing in fraudulently purchased cell phones".
The department has recently been involved in a number of high-profile cases involving accusations of police brutality.
In the most prominent case, a man selling illegal cigarettes died in July 2014 after being subdued by several police officers. Eric Garner's violent arrest was filmed by a bystander.
A decision not to criminally charge the officers led to widespread protests across the city.
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The New York Police Commissioner has apologised to James Blake after a group of plain-clothed officers tackled and detained the former top tennis player.
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They join BBC presenters Susanna Reid and Vanessa Feltz, Countdown's Rachel Riley and golfer Tony Jacklin, who had already been announced.
Others taking part include singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Hollyoaks actor Ashley Taylor Dawson, actress Fiona Fullerton and rugby star Ben Cohen.
The series returns on 7 September.
The 15-strong line-up is completed by Hairy Biker Dave Myers, former Casualty actor Patrick Robinson, Waterloo Road star Mark Benton and former Coronation Street actress Natalie Gumede.
The first episode will pair up the celebrities with their professional dancing partners, with the live shows beginning after a few weeks' rehearsal.
Five new professional dancers have joined for the 11th series: Anya Garnis, Iveta Lukosiute, Janette Manrara, Kevin Clifton and Aljaz Skorjanec.
Reid told BBC Breakfast she was "really excited" about taking part in the show but was worried about the competition from the other celebrities.
"When I saw them in rehearsals they already looked like pros," she said.
She added she was already feeling the strain of training and was "aching in places I've never ached before".
Designer Macdonald said he was looking forward to the wearing the costumes.
"I like the fact I can have the sparkles and the crystals, and the glamour that I've spent my life putting on other people," he said.
"I'm loving the rhinestones and lace, and the crystals. I just want more and more. I'll probably look like a Christmas tree by the end of it!"
Riley admitted the only dancing experience she had was an hour's lesson before her wedding.
"As my friends know, I'm really clumsy and I have never been graceful in my life so maybe now is the time to start."
Hairy Biker Myers admitted his ambition on the series was to be able to get far enough to dance in the live show from Blackpool.
"I can remember going to Blackpool Tower Ballroom with my mum and dad when I was a child and have such great memories so it would be fantastic to go back there," he said.
This year as well as voting for their favourites by phone, viewers will be able to vote online for free via the Strictly website.
Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly will return to host the series on BBC One on Saturday at 18:50 BST.
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Designer Julien Macdonald, Dragons' Den star Deborah Meaden and model Abbey Clancy will take to the dance floor in this year's Strictly Come Dancing.
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Alexander Duncan, 59, was found in a flat in Primrose Street on Sunday.
Police Scotland is appealing for witnesses who may have seen anything "unusual or suspicious".
Det Insp Martin MacLean, of Police Scotland, said: " I am keen to speak to anyone who was in the Primrose Street area from Thursday 16th April onwards or who knew Alexander Duncan."
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The death of a man whose body was found in a Leith house is being treated as murder.
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Joyon, 60, and team-mates took 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds - Frenchman Loick Peyron held the previous record set in 2012.
Find out how to get into sailing with our special guide.
"It's the result of long years of work," Joyon said after arriving at the Channel island of Ushant.
The Jules Verne Trophy is open to any type of boats without restriction.
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French skipper Francis Joyon broke the record for the fastest sail around the world by more than four days when he won the Jules Verne Trophy on Thursday.
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Hazel Wilson Briant, 27, and Olumide Orimoloye, 42, were found when police were called to the home in Turners Hill, Cheshunt, on Sunday afternoon.
Ms Wilson Briant was found dead while Mr Orimoloye was fatally injured and died shortly afterwards. Both had suffered knife wounds, police said.
Officers are not looking for anybody else in connection with the incident.
The case has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which has launched an independent investigation.
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A man and a woman who died following a stabbing at a maisonette in Hertfordshire have been identified.
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Sheriff Mbye, 18, died in hospital from multiple stab wounds sustained in a "scuffle" which left another man with serious knife injuries, police said.
It happened on Bristol Road South in the Northfield area of the city at 17:00 BST on Friday.
An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and police officers are seeking "a small number of other men".
Officers called to the scene found a 19-year-old in a barber shop being looked after by customers.
While they were there, reports were received from the Queen Elizabeth hospital that Mr Mbye, from Lee Bank, had been dropped off in a white coloured Audi, which then drove away.
The car was later found by police abandoned in Hickman Gardens, Ladywood.
Part of Bristol Road South remains sealed off for forensic examination.
Det Insp Harry Harrison, from West Midlands Police, said: "My condolences go to the family of Sheriff who are heartbroken at losing their loved one.
"I would like to reassure them that many people who were in the area at the time responded admirably to the terrible situation which confronted them.
"Both victims were tended to, details of possible people or vehicles involved were relayed to police and vital clues were guarded."
Door-to-door inquiries continue and murder detectives will be examining CCTV footage.
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A teenager has been stabbed to death in a street in Birmingham.
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The 26-year-old former Birmingham City trainee has made 60 appearances for the Glovers since signing from Exeter City in June 2014.
"He's been superb between the sticks," said Yeovil manager Darren Way. "He's kept us in many games with his bravery.
"He is a quality goalkeeper and I see him playing a major role in us becoming a force in League Two next season."
Poland-born Krysiak had loans spells with then Scottish Premier side Gretna, York City, Swansea City, Motherwell and Burton Albion, before leaving St Andrew's for Exeter in 2010.
Along with Omar Sowunmi, Ben Tozer, Nathan Smith, Ryan Dickson and Francois Zoko, Krysiak was one of six players offered a new deal.
Yeovil let 10 players go, including fellow keeper Chris Weale, following their 19th-place finish in League Two, 14 points above the relegation zone.
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Yeovil Town goalkeeper Artur Krysiak has signed a new two-year contract with the League Two club.
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The Scottish Premiership club issued the statement after discussing the matter at a Monday board meeting.
But it did not shed any further light than her own social media statement.
Mitchell is United chairman Stephen Thompson's sister and the news broke 24 hours after United lost Saturday's Scottish Cup semi-final to Hibernian.
The Tannadice outfit are favourites for relegation as they are currently bottom of the Premiership, eight points adrift of Kilmarnock with five games remaining.
Mitchell had said on Twitter: "I have resigned as director of Dundee Utd. I remain a shareholder, fan & am committed to my work with the community and DUWFC (Dundee United Women's Football Club)."
United said on Sunday: "The board of directors confirms it has received notification of intent to resign from Justine Mitchell.
"This matter will be discussed at a previously arranged board meeting on Monday 18 April."
Following that meeting, the club added: "Dundee United can today confirm the resignation of Justine Mitchell as a director of Dundee United Football Company Limited.
"Justine has informed the board that she wishes to focus her efforts on the development of Dundee United Women's team and the club's community involvement."
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Dundee United say that Justine Mitchell has stepped down as a director as she wants to concentrate on the club's women's team and community involvement.
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Two men, pilot Grant Jordan and Al Ryan, both in their 50s, are in a serious but stable condition in hospital after the light aircraft crashed in Vinoy Park, St Petersburg.
A 17-year-old girl and another man had minor injuries, according to the St Petersburg Police Department.
The group from the Ulster Flying Club were on a trip to the US.
They were flying to Key West in a hired Piper PA28 Cherokee plane.
The plane reportedly lost power on approach to an airport. It is thought the engine failed and the undercarriage clipped a tree, according to John Hughes, the chairman of Ulster Flying Club.
The pilot's wife, Susan Clarke from County Down, is preparing to fly to the US. She told the BBC she had spoken to her husband on the phone and his injuries were not life-threatening.
Ms Clarke said Mr Jordan had several broken bones, none of which required surgery.
Chairman of Ulster Flying Club, John Hughes had been in contact with all four following the crash.
"Allegedly what happened is the engine stopped on the approach over the town and he [Mr Jordan] did an excellent job and got the aircraft into a small park just on the line of the approach to the main airfield," he said.
"He appears to have done an excellent job, but on the last part of the approach into the field from the witness statements that I've heard, the aircraft clipped a couple of trees which upset his final attempt to get into this park, but he still got in.
"The aircraft was substantially in one piece which explains why one of the passengers was able to walk away.
"They've been lucky in that if this had happened and they hadn't had the competence to do it [land] then things could have turned out worse."
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Three people from Northern Ireland and one from the Republic have been hurt in a Florida plane crash on Monday.
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The company said there were indications that the discovery, in a subsea prospect named Bagpuss, was "heavy oil".
Heavy oil is more viscous than other oil, and more difficult to extract from rock.
The well has been plugged and abandoned while further analysis is carried out.
Premier Oil's director of exploration and North Sea, Robin Allan, said: "The Bagpuss well has proven a significant volume of oil in place.
"We will now work with our partners to carry out a full analysis of the hydrocarbons and reservoir encountered to ascertain whether commerciality can be established."
The find comes a month after oil firm EnQuest reported a new discovery in the Central North Sea.
The company announced the "encouraging" find after completing drilling at an Eagle exploration well in the Greater Kittiwake Area (GKA).
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Premier Oil has announced a "significant" oil find in the Outer Moray Firth, following a drilling operation.
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Notts County Ladies were put into liquidation on Friday, two days before their first match of the Women's Super League Spring Series against Arsenal.
"It's been a very difficult week for everyone connected with Notts County players, staff and fans," chairman and owner Alan Hardy said.
"I don't think it's right that we go ahead with an event of this nature."
The club's awards will now be presented at Saturday's men's home game with Blackpool.
County ladies' players were told the WSL 1 club would be wound-up just 15 minutes before the announcement was made to the public.
Local businessman Hardy purchased Notts County's men's and women's clubs in December, aiming to clear debts owed to HM Revenue and Customs by both outfits.
In a statement the club said Hardy had "reluctantly admitted defeat in his bid to save Notts County Ladies Football Club after facing a near-£1m bill to keep the club afloat this season".
Previously known as Lincoln Ladies before relocating in 2014, the Notts squad included England's Carly Telford, Laura Bassett, Jade Moore and Jo Potter.
They finished sixth in WSL 1 in 2016 after reaching the 2015 FA Cup final.
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Notts County have cancelled their end-of-season awards night after their women's team folded.
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The money was awarded as the region's hospitals were granted Biomedical Research Centre status, in what has been described as a "landmark moment".
It will be used to drive forward research into cancer, respiratory disease and other serious conditions.
Millions of people will benefit, the region's NHS trusts said.
In April, Greater Manchester became the first English region to gain control of its health spending as part of an extension of devolved powers.
Jon Rouse, chief officer of Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, the body overseeing the devolution of the region's £6bn health and social care budget, said the funding was "hugely welcome".
"The new partnership approach under devolution means that we have both the opportunity - and the means - to combine the talents of people from a whole range of areas to benefit our population," he said.
He added that the grant was "recognition" that Greater Manchester can combine clinical skills with the best research and academic talent "to take huge steps in improving the health and wellbeing of our people".
The grant was awarded by the National Institute for Health Research following a joint bid from Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, in partnership with The University of Manchester, The Christie NHS Trust, Salford Royal NHS Trust, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Trust.
Sir Mike Deegan, chief executive of the central Manchester trust, said the £28.5m award would help find "new ways of preventing, predicting and treating some of the major causes of premature death and disability".
"Bringing together our research expertise has only been made possible by the unique connectivity which devolution provides."
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A grant of more than £28m has been awarded to Greater Manchester's devolved health service to pay for research into new tests and treatments.
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Lieutenant Peter Coughlin, 34, had been drinking with the woman at a hotel before going back to the Musannah base.
The woman fell asleep in his cabin but woke to find she was being sexually assaulted.
Coughlin was convicted at a court martial at Portsmouth Naval Base and will be sentenced on 28 April.
Describing the incident which took place in March 2015, she said: "I couldn't really understand what had just occurred, I just burst into tears.
"I went to have a shower, I tried to process it. I should never, never have gone into his cabin."
The court was told Coughlin, who is based at the Air Warfare Centre in Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, had apologised to the woman but she told the hearing "there was no form of consent" and that "he thought he could just get away with it."
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A married Royal Navy officer has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman who fell asleep on his bed after a night out while stationed in Oman.
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29 December 2016 Last updated at 11:42 GMT
Uluru, which is also known as Ayers Rock, is a huge sandstone rock formation in central Australia.
Waterfalls appeared all over the landmark, causing the famous national park to be shut temporarily.
It hardly ever rains in that area and weather experts have described the freak storm as something that happens only once in 50 years.
People living in towns nearby to the national park, were forced to leave their homes and seek shelter because of the flash floods.
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Heavy rain has turned an Australian national park into waterfalls.
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Actor Dean Gaffney is reprising his role in the BBC One soap for six episodes later this year.
"All they've told me is that Robbie, as always, is hapless in love and business, so I think this trend is continuing," said Gaffney.
"And I believe he comes back with a son," he added. The actor, who was last seen on the show in 2010, returns as part of his mum, Carol Jackson's, exit.
Actress Lindsey Coulson will leave the show later this year, five years after making a comeback - although she has appeared on the soap, on and off, since 1993.
"I would actually surrender me coming back for Lindsey to stay," said Gaffney who could not reveal any details about her departure from the show.
"I think it's a shame for the show she's leaving, but I think she'll go on to bigger and better things."
Executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins said: "EastEnders has always been so lucky to have an actress of Lindsey's calibre in the company - but we always knew that it wasn't indefinitely.
"Lindsey's nuanced, brave and utterly real performance rightfully won her an award and praise from viewers, charities and women who have been through similar experiences to Carol.
"The door will always be open for Carol's return."
Gaffney's character Robbie was last seen walking his sister Bianca down the aisle, before heading off to India to be with his pregnant wife, Nita.
He revealed he was with his friend, Coronation Street's Ryan Thomas, when he learnt he was to return to the square. He added that the first person he phoned with the news was former co-star Natalie Cassidy, who plays Sonia Fowler.
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EastEnders' Robbie Jackson is returning to Albert Square.
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Newcastle Diamonds rider Lewis Kerr, 25, from Snettisham in Norfolk, was in collision with another rider before hitting a fence at an event on Sunday.
He was airlifted from the stadium in Peterborough to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge and the event cancelled.
Mr Kerr's wife Jessie posted on her Twitter account that the rider was now awake and breathing for himself.
Mrs Kerr, who is five months pregnant, said: "Lewi is out of induced coma and is breathing for himself now and remains in critical care.
"This is amazing and although it's early days and we are not out of the woods by any means, it's a positive.
"Myself and family can't begin to explain what the support has meant these last few days.
"Every message, picture and donation has given us strength during the worst time of our lives."
A spokesman for the Newcastle Diamonds added: "In response to the overwhelming support received by Jessie and the Kerr family, they wish to let everyone know that Lewi is now breathing unaided after being taken off the ventilator.
"Doctors, however, have stressed that this does not mean that Lewi is out of the dark yet, and this is still a "very serious situation".
"Though he could not be in better hands than those of the magnificent staff of Addenbrooke's Hospital."
Mr Kerr joined the Newcastle Diamonds on loan from King's Lynn at the start of 2013.
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A speedway rider who was seriously injured in a crash has woken from an induced coma, his wife has said.
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The Chinese model eHang 184 has already had test flights, said Matt al-Tayer.
The drone can carry one passenger weighing up to 100 kg (220 pounds) and has a 30 minute flight time.
The passenger uses a touch screen to select a destination. There are no other controls inside the craft.
It is "auto-piloted" by a command centre, according to a video released by the government agency.
It has reported speeds of up to 100 miles per hour (160 kilometres per hour) and can fly 31 miles (50km) on a single battery charge.
"This is not only a model," Mr al-Tayer, according to a report by the Associated Press.
"We have actually experimented with this vehicle flying in Dubai's skies."
The device was also approved for testing in Nevada in June 2016.
Dr Steve Wright, senior lecturer in avionics and aircraft systems at the University of the West of England, told the BBC that safety would have to be paramount.
"The way these systems work, making them work normally is easy. The tricky bit is making systems that are resilient to failure," he said.
"I would like to see the drone flying for at least 1000 hours before I saw a human in it."
Dr Wright added that he would not be volunteering for an early flight.
"I'd have to be taken on board kicking and screaming."
Last month Israeli firm Urban Aeronautics announced that its Cormorant passenger drone - designed for military use - could be in use by 2020.
The $14m (£11m) drone can carry 500kg (1,100lb) at 185km/h (115mph).
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A drone that can carry people will begin "regular operations" in Dubai from July, the head of the city's Roads and Transportation Agency has announced at the World Government Summit.
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The Met Office has a yellow "be aware" warning in place covering most of the country for Sunday, with winds expected to increase in some parts.
Forecasters said gusts of 50 to 60mph were expected over the far north and north-west and could reach between 40 and 50mph in other areas.
On higher ground, a gust of 103mph was recorded on the top of the Cairngorms.
On South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, a gust of 56mph was recorded, with 55mph recorded in Aultbea in the north-west Highlands.
Wind speeds have reached 53mph in Loch Glascarnoch, near Garve in the Highlands, and 46mph in Leuchars, Fife.
Wind warnings or restrictions have been put in place on bridges, including the A90 Forth Road Bridge, A87 Skye Bridge and A92 Tay Road Bridge.
The weather has also disrupted CalMac ferry sailings on the west coast, with some services cancelled or suspended.
The unseasonably windy weather also resulted in a historic boat, which was due to show at the Johnshaven Fish Festival in Aberdeenshire, being blown over.
The Reaper, which is one of the few of its kind to remain seagoing, was left partially submerged at Johnshaven Harbour.
Forecasters had said that while the expected gusts were not exceptional for some areas of the country, increased outdoor activity at this time of year meant there was a greater risk of disruption.
They said that the windy conditions were due to a relatively deep area of low pressure moving slowly eastwards between Scotland and Iceland.
The Met Office said: "The strongest winds are expected to be across northern and north-western Scotland, but some locally strong gusts are still possible even across south-eastern Scotland, particularly over and to the lee of hills.
"These strong winds will also generate very rough sea conditions near north and north-west Scotland."
Yellow "be aware" warnings from the Met Office are expected to remain in force until 23:55 on Sunday.
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High winds have caused disruption in parts of Scotland, with gusts reaching nearly 60mph in the Outer Hebrides.
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26 January 2015 Last updated at 16:22 GMT
Pluto is about three billion miles away from Earth and has not been photographed up close before.
Nasa's probe is still about 125 million miles away from Pluto so the first photo will only show a speck of light among the stars.
But the photo will help the spacecraft get into the right position to fly past Pluto on 14 July.
The New Horizons probe is travelling so fast that it won't be able to go into orbit and stay near Pluto.
Instead it will fly straight past, a few thousand miles above the surface of the icy planet, and take as many photos as it can.
It's the first time a robotic probe has been to Pluto. Space probes have already visited the biggest planets in our solar system.
The first photo of Pluto from the New Horizons probe will be revealed on Tuesday.
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A space probe is about to start taking photos of Pluto, after a nine year journey to the dwarf planet.
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Some 3,000 people have left the north-western villages of Foah and Kefraya, which have been surrounded by rebels.
Meanwhile, buses have moved dozens of others from Zabadani, near Damascus, under siege by pro-government forces.
Security has been tight after Saturday's attack near Aleppo.
The evacuations resumed early on Wednesday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
At the Rashidin checkpoint, where the handover of evacuees was due to take place, buses were being carefully searched after the bombing there, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported.
Several dozen armed rebel fighters stood guard near the convoy.
Um Joud, 55, was part of those being evacuated from Foah. "I'm not afraid, because everything is in God's hands," she told AFP.
"Of course I would have preferred to stay in my home, but I left for the sake of my children and their lives and futures."
Last week's attack was caused by a vehicle filled with explosives which targeted a convoy of buses at the checkpoint.
Most of the killed were evacuees from government-held towns, including at least 68 children. No group has said it was behind the attack.
Wednesday's evacuations mark the end of the first stage of the deal, with a second phase due to begin in June, AFP reports.
Opposition-controlled Zabadani and Madaya were now "empty" of militants, said Mayyada al-Aswad, a member of the co-ordinating committee on the government side.
More than 30,000 people are expected to be moved under the deal to end a grave humanitarian crisis.
Last month, the UN described the situation in the four towns as "catastrophic", with more than 64,000 civilians "trapped in a cycle of daily violence and deprivation".
Many people are reported to have died as a result of shortages of food or medicine.
Some 4.7 million people live in hard-to-reach and besieged areas in Syria, including 644,000 in UN-declared besieged locations.
Meanwhile, a bomb explosion killed at least six people and injured 32 others in Aleppo's Salah al-Din district, state TV reported, without providing details.
The area was under rebel control before pro-government forces took the entire city last December.
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Evacuations from two government-held areas of Syria have resumed, monitors and reports say, days after an attack on a convoy carrying evacuees killed 126 people, many of them children.
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Tony Wood, the head of aerospace, will depart, and Lawrie Haynes, who runs the land and sea division, will step down next year.
The change in structure is part of a plan to save up to £200m a year from 2017, it said.
Removing the top layer of management is a bid to simplify decision-making.
Rolls-Royce has issued a series of profit warnings that have battered its share price, leaving it down 38% this year.
Mr East, who joined in July, admitted last month that the engineering group had developed an "accounting fog" that had left investors unclear about its direction.
He wants to "simplify" Rolls-Royce to make it a more responsive business.
From January, the company will operate as five businesses, with the presidents of civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine, nuclear and power systems reporting to Mr East.
Currently, the firm has two divisions: aerospace, and land and sea.
"The changes we are announcing today are the first important steps in driving operational excellence and returning Rolls-Royce to its long-term trend of profitable growth," said Mr East.
Rolls-Royce employs more than 21,000 people in the UK, with more than 12,000 employed at its Derby aerospace engines and submarines division.
Earlier this year, the company announced 3,600 job cuts and warned that some of its 2,000 senior managers would depart.
The crisis claimed the scalp of John Rishton, who Rolls-Royce said in April would step down after four years as chief executive.
The company makes engines for the UK nuclear submarine fleet. It was reported this week that the government had drawn up contingency plans, should Rolls-Royce's problems become so acute that it faced being broken up.
Business minister Anna Soubry told the House of Commons that the government was "monitoring the situation carefully" but did not elaborate.
The next generation of nuclear submarines, due to be deployed by 2030, is being planned by the government.
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Rolls-Royce will revamp its management structure and recruit a chief operating officer as Warren East strives to revive the ailing company.
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Dublin side Bohemians visit Brandywell Stadium on Friday night in the first home game since Dundalk supporters were attacked earlier this month.
Fans, residents and club officials marched from Lecky Road to Brandywell.
Club director Denis Bradley said it was a symbolic gesture to prevent further trouble and 500 people took part.
"This is a battle we will win, this is a battle we have to win, maybe not immediately but we are very resolved," he said.
Derry City's FAI Cup semi-final defeat by Dundalk FC was marred by trouble outside the ground.
A teenager suffered head injuries and a Dundalk supporters' bus was vandalised.
Police said they have been liaising closely with the local community and the club in preparation for Friday night's match.
Ch Insp Alan Hutton said: "There will be an appropriate policing operation to ensure the safety of all supporters attending, as well as minimising any impact on local communities.
"I would encourage all supporters to come and enjoy the game and respect the local community.
"I would also like to acknowledge the excellent work carried out by the local community and Derry City football club in preparation for tonight's match."
Derry City added that the trouble by a "group of youths" was not typical.
"There is a group of youngsters, we don't know where they are from or who they are, who appear to be using these occasions to misbehave," Mr Bradley said.
"Derry City are saying tonight: "Not in our name" and the local residents are joining us to say: "Not in our area" are you doing these things."
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Derry City Football Club has held what it describes as "a public act of defiance" to show disapproval at attacks on visiting fans this season.
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They found the courts, dating back some 1,000 years, at the Tajin World Heritage site by using laser scanners.
They believe the fields would have been used to play pelota, a game in which players used their hips to propel a rubber ball through stone hoops.
The sport was widely played by Mayan and other pre-Columbian people.
Experts from the National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH) said the use of aerial photography, remote sensors and laser scanners had made it possible to find the ancient structures, hidden by layers of soil and dense vegetation.
Clue to the past
Guadalupe Zetina of the Tajin archaeological site said they would now proceed to excavate parts of the site to further investigate the find.
As well as the three playing fields, the archaeologists found remains of "balconies", platforms between 10m (33ft) and 12m high that would have provided a panoramic view of the surrounding area.
Ms Zetina said so far they had found two balconies but that they suspected there may be more.
"At the moment, we're studying their characteristics and making 3-D digital models, but we'll need to carry out excavations to determine how they were used, but we're sure they were viewing platforms," Ms Zetina said.
Ms Zetina's team also found traces of living quarters in the western part of the archaeological site, which could have housed large families.
The archaeologists hope this last find may provide them with clues as to how the inhabitants of the Tajin site lived.
Tajin is thought to have had its heyday between the early 9th and early 13th Century, at which point it became the most important centre in north-east Mesoamerica.
The discovery of the three playing fields brings the number of pelota courts uncovered in Tajin to 20. Tajin is therefore also known as the "city of pelota".
It is not known who the original inhabitants of Tajin were.
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Archaeologists in Mexico say they have uncovered three ancient playing fields at a pre-Hispanic site in the eastern state of Veracruz.
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A tendering process under way will see the successful bidder awarded the Calais-Boulogne ports concession to run the ports for 50 years.
Rival operator P&O Ferries said the move could raise competition issues.
Dover MP Charlie Elphicke said he was deeply concerned that increased competition would affect British ferry firms and put a squeeze on local jobs.
The port is currently run by the Calais chamber of commerce, Cote d'Opale.
Groupe Eurotunnel confirmed a bid would be submitted in the coming months.
Eurotunnel spokesman John Keefe said the cross-Channel rail firm's parent company, Groupe Eurotunnel, would make the bid.
He said the firm currently ran the cross-Channel shuttle service and also operated transport services and other port infrastructure around France.
The Calais-Boulogne bid was "entirely in keeping with the group strategy" and the company had background and experience in the field, he added.
He said: "This is not us competing with P&O or with anybody on the [Dover-Calais ferry route] short strait. This is port infrastructure management and a completely different issue."
But Brian Rees, P&O spokesman, said the Office of Fair Trading had already referred Eurotunnel's recent purchase of former SeaFrance ships, which are now run as MyFerryLink Ferries, to the Competition Commission.
He said: "Given the tunnel's scale in the market as the biggest cross-Channel carrier and the fact they own ferries now, it raises questions about competition and regulation."
And he added that "we [P&O] would be talking to our biggest competitor about our arrangements to use the port", if the Eurotunnel bid was successful.
Conservative MP for Dover and Deal Mr Elphicke, said: "Eurotunnel effectively own the [former] Seafrance ferry company. Now they want to own the French ports of Calais and Boulogne."
He said: "I am deeply concerned that this is too much control of the cross-Channel freight market in the hands of one operator."
He said the situation should be investigated by the Competition Commission and the European Competition Authorities.
Mr Elphicke said the move could have an impact on ferry lines P&O and DFDS, which were predominantly British employers, and put a squeeze on British jobs.
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Eurotunnel is to submit a bid to run the French ferry ports of Calais and Boulogne, the company has confirmed.
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The 19-year-old has cost a reported £7.5m and has signed a five-year deal with the top-flight champions.
Kapustka impressed for his country at Euro 2016 and played in four of their five games at the tournament.
He has joined the Foxes in Stockholm before they play Barcelona in a friendly on Wednesday.
Kapustka is City manager Claudio Ranieri's fifth summer signing following the arrivals of keeper Ron-Robert Zieler, defender Luis Hernandez, midfielder Nampalys Mendy and forward Ahmed Musa.
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Leicester have signed Poland winger Bartosz Kapustka from Cracovia, subject to Football Association, Premier League and international clearance.
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The emergency services were called out at about 10:00, and the CHC helicopter landed at about 10:15.
A CHC spokesperson said: "In accordance with operating procedures, the crew requested priority landing from air traffic control.
"This is normal procedure, a light illuminated in the cockpit."
The spokesperson added: "The aircraft will now be inspected fully by engineers."
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An offshore helicopter has landed safely at Aberdeen International Airport after a warning light activated.
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Gloucester Services, Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital and Stanbrook Abbey near York were three of 46 projects named on the 2016 Riba National Awards list.
The eclectic list includes a London museum and an Essex housing estate.
A "shimmering stainless steel library" in Oxford, designed by the late Dame Zaha Hadid's firm, also made the list.
The Sir John Soane Museum in Holborn, central London, is one of several cultural spaces honoured, alongside York Art Gallery, Manchester's HOME and the Portland Collection in Nottinghamshire.
Eleven higher and further education buildings and four schools received the accolade, including the Bob Champion Research and Education Building in Norwich, Poole's Drawing Studio, Davenies School in Buckinghamshire and the City of Glasgow College.
The Scottish college was one of only four non-English projects honoured, the other being a house in Edinburgh, a research building in Glasgow and a health centre in County Down.
Riba president Jane Duncan said huge investment in education was this year's "stand-out trend".
"It is encouraging to see so much emphasis placed on the power of architecture to help institutions to attract students and stand out from the mediocre," she said.
She also praised the "strong selection of new housing developments" on the list.
"Too often we see projects which have cut corners in quality, which fails the people these new homes are meant to serve.
"I hope these achievements in housing inspire other developers."
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A grass-roofed children's hospital, an abbey, and a "tranquil" motorway services have been honoured by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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Chris May, 28, was last seen at his home in Kelvedon, Essex, on 25 May.
His Volkswagen Golf was found abandoned in the village of Fairstead, according to Essex Police.
Mother Lorraine said it was out-of-character for her son not to remain in contact with family and friends "all the time".
They first feared something was wrong was when a friend posted on Facebook asking whether anybody had seen him, Mrs May said.
The post was made about seven hours after he was last seen.
Mrs May said: "I thought that was strange. That was what started us thinking, where is he?"
By the following day the family had become increasingly concerned and called the police.
Mrs May said: "It is really hard. I am trying to hold it together for the rest of the family because everyone comes to Mum and Mum can normally put it right but this is something I can't fix.
"He's never done anything like this before. He is normally in contact with family and friends all the time."
His sister, Charlene, said Mr May seemed to be in good spirits and was looking forward to starting a new job.
"All we want is to know he is safe," she said.
If there had been an argument or if he needed to go away for a few months he would have told them, she added.
Police said Mr May's car was found in Fairstead, near a popular area for geocaching, a treasure hunt where participants use GPS devices to search for hidden boxes.
The force wants to speak to geocachers who were in the area on 25 May.
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The mother of a man who went missing more than a fortnight ago has told how she first heard about his disappearance on Facebook.
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The charity said the terrapins, which staff have named Jingle and Bell, were dumped near Muirton Place in Dundee on 17 December.
The turtles are being cared for at the charity's centre in the city.
Centre Assistant manager Dale Christie said: "Both Jingle and Bell are quite small and can be handled.
"They appear to be in relatively good nick, apart from some knocks to their shell.
"They're lovely little guys and we'd love for them to find a loving home after coming to us after being through such an ordeal."
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Two terrapins found abandoned before Christmas in a Tupperware container are looking for a new home after spending a month with the Scottish SPCA.
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Mr Trudeau spoke with the president-elect on Wednesday.
He extended what has become a traditional invitation to newly elected US leaders to visit Canada after the inauguration.
Mr Trump reciprocated the invite.
"It was a brief call but a strong beginning to what is going to be a constructive relationship," Mr Trudeau said on Thursday.
Although his own policy goals contradict many of Mr Trump's, the prime minister said he looks forward to developing a constructive working relationship with his new US counterpart.
Mr Trudeau also said Canada is open to re-examining the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) between Canada, the US and Mexico.
Mr Trump has called Nafta the worst trade deal the United States has ever signed.
Canada's ambassador to the US, David MacNaughton, also struck a diplomatic tone on the incoming Trump administration.
Mr MacNaughton said that while Canada believes Nafta has benefited the economies of all three countries "every agreement can be improved".
Thirty-four US states rely on trade with Canada, which supports nine million American jobs, while exports to the United States represents 20% of Canada's GDP.
"It is in our mutual interest to work together to build a stronger economy and I think that reality has already dawned on them," Mr MacNaughton said of the incoming administration.
The ambassador also underscored the working relationship Canada already has in place with US business and labour groups, and with individual lawmakers at all levels of government.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his relationship with Donald Trump is off to a good start, and indicated a willingness to revisit the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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But it is understood welfare reform will be dealt with via a legislative consent motion.
That means MLAs will vote to allow Westminster to implement welfare changes in Northern Ireland.
Previously, Sinn Féin indicated its opposition to Westminster legislating directly for welfare reform.
However, republican sources say a better financial package has now been negotiated to help vulnerable people who will lose out as a result of the welfare changes.
The same sources concede that the additional cuts to benefits and tax credits introduced by the Conservative government since the last election make it impossible for Sinn Féin to achieve its previous pledge that no-one would lose out as a result of the welfare changes.
The sums involved in any new welfare mitigation schemes have not yet been confirmed, but sources say the package may have been compressed - which means it will be initially more short lived than the six-year plan set out in the previous Stormont Castle Agreement.
Informed sources say extra resources over and above those contained in last Christmas's Stormont House Agreement have been obtained for the Executive budget.
It is thought these sums may relate to areas like mental health and security where local parties have made the argument that Northern Ireland has unique circumstances.
It is believed there will be a strategy to deal with paramilitarism, but there will not be a body with powers to recommend the exclusion of parties from the assembly, like the old Independent Monitoring Commission.
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Sources predict that a deal will be done later on Tuesday to resolve the political deadlock in Northern Ireland.
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PCC David Jamieson said it would cost West Midlands Police about £500,000 a time when the Tories meet in Birmingham in October and return in 2018 and 2020,
He has written to Home Secretary Amber Rudd to ask for a discussion about a "fairer arrangement".
The Home Office said the funding had been reviewed as "fairer" than before.
A government grant will pay for policing of the events, a spokesman said.
Previously forces were reimbursed 85% of the operational costs plus planning costs, he added.
"This was deemed a fairer way of compensating police forces who should plan for a political party conference in the same way that they plan for other large-scale events for which they do not receive additional funding," a spokesman added.
In his letter to the home secretary, Mr Jamieson said: "It must be highlighted that making these events as safe as possible requires meticulous, extensive planning by West Midlands Police.
"It is therefore troubling that the dedicated planning team, who began work for this year's conference last autumn, is costing approximately £460,000, which will not be recouped.
"Significantly, in 2014 when Birmingham last hosted the conference, the cost of this planning team reached £520,000.
"The next four years could cost the force £1.5m if this issue is not resolved."
Birmingham's International Convention Centre played host to the conference for the fourth time in September 2014.
At its peak, the Conservative Party conference police planning team will consist of three chief inspectors, five inspectors, eight sergeants, four PCs and four police staff, Mr Jamieson said.
There will be 24 police employees working in the planning team in total - 12 full time and 12 part time, he added.
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A police force is facing a £1.5m bill to plan safety operations for the next three Conservative Party conferences, its crime commissioner has said.
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Dianne Spragg, 48, of Caerphilly, forged 65 cheques from "mentally incapacitated" customers at Cardiff law firm Geldards.
Cardiff Crown Court heard she spent the money on shoes, clothes and furniture.
Spragg admitted charges of fraud and possessing criminal property.
Tony Trigg, prosecuting, told the court she targeted the accounts of injured and mentally incapacitated clients after she "developed the habit of shopping online for more than she could afford".
"She said she stole to ensure she never went without anything she fancied buying," he added.
One man, 76, who had a mental disorder, had £11,102 taken, while a scaffolder, who had suffered a serious head injury at work lost £37,945.
The court was also told she also took money she had collected on behalf of cancer charity Macmillan Cancer Support.
Adam Sharp, defending, said Spragg felt an overwhelming sense of shame over her actions.
Sentencing her, Judge Tom Crowther QC said: "This was a gross breach of trust. You depleted the accounts of people who, through age, accident or injury were unable to administer their own affairs.
"This money was not being used to feed hungry children but to see you never had to deny yourself anything you wanted."
All Spragg's victims have been reimbursed by her law firm.
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A legal secretary who stole nearly £79,000 from vulnerable clients and spent it on shopping sprees has been jailed for two and a half years.
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Parents will have to show birth certificates to prove eligibility for the new two-weekly scheme on Anglesey.
It comes into place in October, when general waste collections - which usually dispose of nappies - switch to every three weeks.
A parent said he will struggle and "not a lot of thought has gone into it".
A council spokesman said there was a separate service for older disabled children.
The local authority cited sources, including the NHS, which says 90% of children are dry most days by the age of three.
With general waste (black bin) collections switching from two to three weeks, the aim of the new service is to allow parents to dispose of nappies more quickly.
"Evidence collated by our waste management team suggests that most children are potty trained between the ages of two and three," the spokesman said.
"It has therefore been agreed to offer this new nappy collection service up until a child's third birthday."
He said requesting birth certificates will allow the council to gauge how many people were using the scheme - which will only be available from homes and not nurseries or creches.
Parents will have to get an application form from council offices and submit it along with a copy of the birth certificate.
The council currently recycles 59% of its waste, and said it will gauge the impact of the new scheme over the coming months.
Parents of children with medical conditions who are over three can apply to use a separate disposal service.
However, Ian Cheney, whose five-year-old daughter Olivia has Down's syndrome, said he just about manages with black bag collections every fortnightly.
He said when it changes to every three weeks he will "not manage" and said there was confusion over whether he was able to use a separate scheme, as the council suggested.
"For people out there in my position, what do we do?" he said.
"It is not just disabled children over three who are still in nappies. There a quite a lot of children out there.
"Not a lot of thought has gone into it."
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A council will not offer a used-nappy collection service for children over three, saying most should be potty trained by that age.
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It will report live from Scotland's 32 counts after polls close at 22:00 on 7 May.
There will then be analysis, background, reaction and debate as we find out the results from each of Scotland's 59 constituencies.
Headlines from a UK-wide exit poll will be projected onto the exterior of BBC Scotland's studios at Pacific Quay.
And the results of the ballot will also appear on the side of the building, which sits on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow.
Based on when the results were called at the 2010 General Election, here is an estimate of the declaration times of Scotland's 59 seats.
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BBC Scotland will be delivering extensive coverage of the election results across online, TV and radio.
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Saints have won four of their five games to lie fourth in Super League.
"We've scored over 100 points in our last three games. To tell me that we aren't attacking well, I challenge them to prove we aren't," he said.
"I don't understand how it started. It's like people are jumping on backs of things that don't need jumping on."
Cunningham added: "I am more than happy with where we are at. If the fans aren't happy with that then I can't change that. The most I can do is pick up results and get my team playing well."
St Helens thrashed Wakefield 44-4 on 11 March, but have conceded 104 points in their previous four Super League matches this season, as well as 38 points in their World Club Series match against Sydney Roosters.
"I understand defensively we've not been as good as we can be, but we kept a side to four points at the weekend and we threw [Wakefield] an intercept pass which should have been a try," Cunningham told BBC Radio Merseyside.
"For me it's almost you get into this mindset and moan about something that doesn't even need it.
"I think we are playing well. Can we play better? Everyone can play better but for where we are in the competition, we've still got a long way to go, as has everybody."
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St Helens coach Keiron Cunningham says he is happy with his side, despite being criticised by a minority of fans for aspects of recent displays.
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Frampton, 30, has not fought since his loss to Leo Santa Cruz in their WBA featherweight title fight in January.
Gutierrez, 24, has lost one of his 35 bouts and has earned 24 knockout wins.
"What happens if I lose this fight? There is no future," said Frampton, also a previous IBF world super-bantamweight champion.
Santa Cruz's victory over the Northern Irishman in Las Vegas six months ago avenged Frampton's triumph in New York last July.
Despite that first career defeat, Frampton believes he can re-establish himself as the planet's best featherweight.
"I lost a close fight with an under-par performance to a three-weight world champion.
"If I'm performing, I still believe I'm the best featherweight in the world and I believe I can beat guys like Leo Santa Cruz.
"But I don't want to overlook this guy Gutierrez. He is a very good fighter. He's had as many knockout wins as I've had fights."
Frampton had hoped to fight Santa Cruz for a third time this summer but with the WBA champion refusing to travel to Northern Ireland and a mooted contest with IBF champion Lee Selby also not materialising, he is instead fighting Gutierrez in his home city's SSE Arena.
"The most important thing for me was to come back and fight at home," added Frampton.
"But I need to look good. I need to be impressive and show the rest of the featherweights that the last fight was just a blip."
While Frampton has insisted he will not under-estimate Gutierrez, ranked eighth by the WBC, the Belfast man believes the home town crowd could help him clinch a knockout triumph.
"The noise, the atmosphere in the arena inspires me and the Chris Avalos fight (February 2015), the last time I fought in Belfast, I think that was my best performance even though some people say that was my first fight against Santa Cruz.
"If I'm performing, and with the way the last couple of weeks in sparring have gone, if I can carry that into the ring on Saturday night then I think I will get rid of this guy (knock him out)."
Both fighters attended a public workout with Gutierrez noticeably slimmer than when he attended the fight announcement in Belfast six weeks ago.
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Carl Frampton has said defeat by Mexican Andres Gutierrez in Saturday's WBC world featherweight title eliminator could prove "career-ending".
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The 23-year-old clocked his sixth sub-10 second time of the season as he came home in 9.99, ahead of Asafa Powell.
Gatlin was fourth in 10.14, behind Femi Ogunode (10.13) and ahead of De Grasse, who was fifth in 10.21.
Jamaica's Olympic champion Elaine Thompson beat the Netherlands' Dafne Schippers in the 200m.
The pair were separated by only a tenth of a second in last year's Olympic final, and Thompson triumphed in Doha by 0.26 seconds in a time of 22.19.
Britain's Robbie Grabarz, who took silver in the European Indoors in March, claimed second place in the high jump, clearing 2.31m in his first outdoor event of the season.
Olympic champion Caster Semenya claimed a commanding victory in the 800m, coming home in a world-leading time of one minute 56.61 seconds.
Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba, who won silver behind the South African in Rio, was the only other woman to better that time in the whole of 2016.
Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba - who broke a 22-year-old 1500m world record in 2015 and won silver over the distance in Rio - was fifth in her first 800m outing.
Olympic champion Thomas Rohler threw 93.90m to win the javelin competition by more than four metres.
The German's throw moves him to second in the all-time list, with only Czech great Jan Zelezny having thrown further.
Desiree Henry was well short of the 22.69 she clocked earlier this year in California as the 21-year-old finished seventh in the 200m.
Holly Bradshaw, who missed the indoor season with injury, finished fourth in the pole vault with a best of 4.55m.
Cindy Ofili finished down in seventh as American world record-holder Kendra Harrison won the 100m hurdles in 12.59, while Andrew Butchart came eighth in the 3,000m and Chris Baker finished seventh in the high jump.
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South Africa's Akani Simbine continued his impressive start to 2017 by beating Justin Gatlin and Andre de Grasse in the 100m at the Doha Diamond League.
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The 32-year-old and Ed Joyce shared an opening stand of 188 before Joyce was caught behind off Ryan ten Doeschate.
Sussex faltered as Nash fell lbw to Ten Doeschate for 119, including 21 fours, and Ross Taylor feathered one behind the stumps off Graham Napier.
Ollie Robinson hit 51, just his second first-class half-century, to propel Sussex to 355-8 at the close of play.
Sussex paid tribute to their former fast bowler Matthew Hobden before the match, with a tree planted in memory of the player, while team-mates wore shirts with the number 19 and Hobden on the back in his honour.
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Chris Nash's quickfire century gave Sussex the edge against Essex on day one of their Championship game at Hove.
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Edward Mallen, 18, took his own life at Meldreth rail crossing near Cambridge on 9 February 2015.
An inquest in Huntingdon heard how the teenager, who had been offered a place at Cambridge University, had seen a GP two weeks before his death.
Although Mr Mallen had given consent for his parents to be told about his thoughts, they were not informed.
Mental health worker Duncan Maxwell told the inquest into Mr Mallen's death that, in retrospect, such a conversation might have been beneficial.
The medical director of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Chess Denman, admitted there were things it "could have done better".
"The Trust has held an internal enquiry and also commissioned an independent report and it is implementing the recommendations of the report and enquiry," Dr Chessman said.
The doctor who treated Mr Mallen told the inquest the teenager was depressed and had experienced suicidal thoughts - something the GP said was "alarming".
The GP contacted Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust crisis intervention team, the inquest was told, recommending Mr Mallen was seen within 24 hours.
But a triage mental health nurse who spoke to Mr Mallen on the phone said a five day wait was appropriate as he did not think there was a significant risk.
Following a two-day inquest in Huntingdon, a coroner returned a verdict of suicide.
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The parents of a teenager were not told of the suicidal thoughts he expressed to medical staff, an inquest heard.
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O'Sullivan, 39, faces world number 123 Hamza Akbar at the Robin Park Sports Centre between 17 and 19 December.
He will need to win two matches to reach the final stages of the event, which is held in Berlin in February.
O'Sullivan has not played since a World Championship quarter-final loss to Stuart Bingham in April.
The five-time world champion, nicknamed 'the Rocket', last week confirmed he will play in the Masters in January,
He has won 27 ranking events in his career, including five Masters titles.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan will play his first competitive match since April when he takes part in the German Masters qualifying event in Wigan this month.
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Beren and Lúthien has been described as a "very personal story" that the Oxford professor thought up after returning from the Battle of the Somme.
It was edited by his son Christopher Tolkien and contains versions of a tale that became part of The Silmarillion.
The book features illustrations by Alan Lee, who won an Academy Award for his work on Peter Jackson's film trilogy.
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It is being published on Thursday by HarperCollins on the 10th anniversary of the last Middle Earth book, The Children of Húrin.
Tolkien specialist John Garth, who wrote Tolkien And The Great War, said the Hobbit author used his writing like an "exorcism" of the horrors he witnessed in World War One.
He said: "When he came back from the trenches, with trench fever, he spent the winter [of 1916-1917] convalescing.
"He'd lost two of his dearest friends on the Somme and you can imagine he must have been inside as much of a wreck as he was physically."
Mr Garth said on a walk in an East Yorkshire wood Tolkien's wife Edith danced in a glade filled with white flowers, which became the key scene in Beren and Lúthien.
He said: "Mr Tolkien felt the kind of joy he must have felt at times he would never feel again."
The names Beren and Lúthien are carved on the gravestone Tolkien and his wife share in Wolvercote cemetery in Oxford.
The story is about the fate of lovers Beren and Lúthien, a mortal man and an immortal elf who together try to steal from the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor.
For the new book Christopher Tolkien, now aged 92, has kept his father's story in the original form in which it was written and has also shown how the narrative changed to become part of The Silmarillion.
Published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings was the sequel to The Hobbit and is one of the most successful novels ever written, having sold more than 150 million copies.
The film adaptation, released from 2001 to 2003, is one of the highest-grossing series of all time, with the final movie also winning 11 Academy Awards, tied for the most ever with Ben Hur.
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A new book by Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien is going on sale - 100 years after it was first conceived.
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Tipp led 0-14 to 0-12 at the break but Kilkenny moved ahead when Kevin Kelly netted early in the second half.
That sparked a powerful Tipperary response and they hit back with goals from John O'Dwyer and John McGrath.
Tipperary surged clear and maintained control after Richie Hogan scored Kilkenny's second goal.
It was Tipperary's 27th Liam McCarthy Cup triumph with boss Michael Ryan tasting All-Ireland success in his first season in charge.
A tight first half, with the sides level 10 times, was followed by a more open second period.
Kelly's goal seven minutes after the restart gave the Cats a two-point lead but it was swiftly wiped out by a determined Tipp team.
O'Dwyer rattled a shot into the bottom corner as Tipperary put on 1-4 without reply.
McGrath fired high into the net with nine minutes left and Hogan's three-pointer proved to be a consolation goal.
Tipp forward Seam Callanan slotted over 13 points in a superb display of clinical finishing.
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Tipperary won their first All-Ireland SHC title since 2010 thanks to a 2-29 to 2-20 victory over holders Kilkenny in the Croke Park final.
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Dragons led 16-14 at the break, with Broughton, Myler, Morgan Escare and Vincent Duport grabbing tries, while Gareth O'Brien, Justin Carney and Junior Sa'u went over in response.
Sa'u completed his hat-trick and Niall Evalds scored to keep Salford in touch.
But tries from Brougton and Myler and Pat Richards' effort sealed victory.
Richards' late try and penalty to ensure victory took his tally to 16 points for the game, while Thomas Bosc marked his 200th appearance by converting Richards' try.
Catalans moved to second in the table behind Warrington Wolves and ahead of Wigan Warriors on points difference, with Super League's top three sides equal on 18 points after 12 games.
The defeat leaves Salford eighth in the table.
Catalans Dragons: Escare; Broughton, Inu, Duport, Richards; T Carney, Myler; Taylor, Da Costa, Anderson, Stewart, Horo, Baitieri.
Replacements: Casty, Bousquet, Bosc, Mason.
Salford Red Devils: O'Brien; J Carney, J Griffin, Sa'u, Evalds; Lui, Dobson; Kopczak, Tomkins, G Griffin, Murdoch-Masila, Jones, Flanagan.
Replacements: Hauraki, A. Walne, Krasniqi, Wood.
Attendance: 9,686
Referee: Gareth Hewer (RFL)
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Jodie Broughton and Richie Myler scored two tries each against Salford to help ensure Catalans Dragons maintain leadership pace in the Super League.
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It follows the appointment by McGill's of former Arriva chief executive David Martin as a non-executive director.
In announcing the move, McGill's said Mr Martin's "experience of managing flotations" would "prove to be invaluable."
McGill's declined to expand when approached by BBC Scotland.
Greenock-based McGill's Bus Service Ltd is owned by Arranglen, the investment vehicle of the Easdale family.
It runs buses in Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde, as well as North and South Lanarkshire.
In its most recent financial results, the firm reported turnover of £40m, along with a 12.5% rise in pre-tax profits.
In announcing Mr Martin's appointment, McGill's chairman James Easdale said: "McGill's is entering a new phase with this appointment.
"David will be invaluable when it comes to new acquisitions, both here in the UK and abroad.
"His experience of managing flotations will also prove to be invaluable."
McGill's managing director Ralph Roberts added: "David Martin is one of the leading figures in the transport industry and he oversaw the international development of Arriva across Europe and facilitated its acquisition by Deutsche Bahn in 2010.
"He brings with him decades of experience and a vast expertise that will help us as we continue to expand."
Mr Martin continues to advise the boards of Arriva and DB Group, having stepped down from the chief executive role at Arriva in December last year.
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Speculation is mounting that one of Scotland's largest independent bus firms is preparing to float on the stock market.
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Mr Trudeau and his family were guests at the Aga Khan's home in the Bahamas at the new year.
The federal ethics commissioner must now determine if the visit violated conflict of interest rules.
Mr Trudeau has said he is "more than happy" to answer any questions.
After a preliminary inquiry last week, Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson said she would formally investigate whether Mr Trudeau had breached ethics laws.
When news of his winter getaway was made public, Mr Trudeau went on the record about the vacation.
He has also admitted to using the private helicopter of the Aga Khan.
Questions about the vacation have followed the prime minister, who is on a cross-country "listening" tour, hosting town halls and stopping into coffee shops to meet with Canadians.
On Tuesday, he said he is working with the ethics commissioner on the investigation and that his staff is setting up a meeting with her office to answer questions about the Bahamas trip.
Mr Trudeau has said that the stay over the new year was a "personal family vacation".
He was accompanied on the trip by Liberal MP Seamus O'Reagan and Liberal Party President Anna Gainey, and their respective partners.
Prince Karim Aga Khan is a close family friend of the Trudeaus and was an honorary pallbearer at the funeral of Mr Trudeau's father, Pierre.
The Aga Khan Foundation has received hundreds of millions from the federal government over the past several decades, from both the Liberal and Conservative parties.
Canadian conflict of interest laws prohibit ministers from accepting gifts, including free travel.
If the commissioner finds Mr Trudeau broke the rules, he faces a fine of up to C$500 (US$380/£315) per penalty.
No Canadian prime minister has yet been found in breach of a federal statute. But the fallout could hurt Mr Trudeau, who became popular with the voting public because of his accessible style, analysts say.
Prince Karim Aga Khan is the 49th hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims. They trace his lineage directly to the Prophet Muhammad.
He his Swiss-born, lives in France, has a British passport, graduated from Harvard University and is among the top 15 of the world's wealthiest royals, according to Forbes magazine.
They say he has an estimated wealth of $1bn (£640m) in 2008.
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Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, is under investigation over a holiday he took on the private island of billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader Aga Khan.
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Briton Farah, 34, will retire from the track this month to concentrate on marathons, while Jamaican legend Bolt's last event will be the 4x100m relay.
"Those boys are coming for me - they are hungry," said Farah, who is aiming to defend his 5,000m title after winning 10,000m gold at the World Championships in London.
"You could see in the heat, they wanted to prove a point and show me."
Bolt, the 30-year-old eight-time Olympic champion, finished third in Saturday's 100m final as Justin Gatlin took gold and fellow American Christian Coleman silver.
It was the first time Bolt had lost a World Championships 100m final he had started, having been disqualified for a false start in Daegu in 2011.
The 4x100m relay takes place at 21:50 BST on Saturday.
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Farah's triumph in the 10,000m last Friday - the opening night of the competition - remains Britain's only medal at London 2017.
"It would be pretty amazing," he said of his bid to win a fourth world 5,000m gold following victories in 2011, 2013 and 2015. The race starts at 20:20 on Saturday.
He added: "No-one has ever done it. It would mean the world to me but at the same time I don't take it for granted.
"You've seen it with Usain Bolt. It would have been nice to see him win but it didn't happen and no-one is going to give it to you, no matter who you are, even Usain Bolt."
Farah, a four-time Olympic champion, suffered a knee injury and a cut leg when he was spiked in Saturday's 10,000m final.
He finished second in Thursday's 5,000m heat in 13 minutes 30.18 seconds, behind Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha.
"The 10k did take a lot out of me and I'm a little beaten up, but I'm OK," Farah said.
He will end his track career in the 5,000m at the Zurich Diamond League on 24 August.
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Mo Farah says he will take "nothing for granted" following Usain Bolt's failure to win the world 100m gold medal as the pair prepare for their final major championship appearances on Saturday.
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Figures from the British Bankers Association (BBA) show that 38,751 house-purchase mortgages were offered in March, up from 37,453 in February.
That is the highest number for 6 months, but 14% lower than a year ago.
The BBA said that one reason for the improving picture was the low mortgage rates on offer.
Lenders have continued to cut rates, as the prospect of the Bank of England raising interest rates has receded.
Five-year fixed rates are now available for less than 2% a year.
"The third successive modest rise in mortgage approvals ties in with our belief that housing market activity is now gradually turning around," said Howard Archer, chief European and UK economist with IHS Global Insight.
Last week the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) - which represents building societies as well - reported a similar picture of gradually improving lending.
The BBA said more people were also borrowing money from banks in the form of loans or overdrafts.
Consumer borrowing rose by £400m in March, compared to February.
The BBA said that reflected improved consumer confidence.
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After a slow start to the year, the number of mortgages being approved is now "trending upwards", according to the UK's High Street banks.
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The ex-Scotland player pleaded not guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to assaulting a man in the Black Bull pub in The Grassmarket on 6 December 2014.
His defence solicitor, Kathleen More, said he also denied gesticulating in a threatening manner and struggling with Stewart Sugden, a member of staff.
Trial was set for May.
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Footballer Derek Riordan has appeared in court charged with assault and breach of the peace in Edinburgh.
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Alina, 41, and 11-year-old Emilia Kordaszewski died in the fire in South Street, Braintree, on Wednesday.
Rafal Kordaszewski paid tribute to his wife of 20 years and daughter and said they were "very much loved".
Essex Fire Service said the candle was in the lounge on the ground floor. A spokesman urged "everyone to take extra care when using candles".
He added: "It is also vital you do not leave any candles unattended and they are fully extinguished before you leave the room."
A crowdfunding page has raised nearly £20,000 for the family in two days.
Mr Kordaszewski said he was "overwhelmed" by the generosity of friends and the community.
He added: "We would like to thank everyone for their support and everything they have done for us.
"We have had so much support from our friends and the community, we are overwhelmed by their generosity.
"Friends have also brought us clothes and food and have helped us with housing."
The blaze broke out at about 22:30 GMT on Wednesday, trapping the pair inside.
Post-mortem examinations gave a provisional cause of death as smoke inhalation.
Acting chief fire officer, Adam Eckley said: "This is a tragic incident, and to fall so close to Christmas has made it even more heart-breaking."
Friends of Mrs Kordaszewska's eldest daughter, Milena, who survived the fire, set up the fundraising page which has smashed its original target of £5,000.
Sophie King, who set up the appeal, wrote: "The sole purpose of this page is to help financially towards them rebuilding their lives and not having to worry financially about finding accommodation and eating.
"Please contribute anything that you can and let's hope that as a community we can make our love and support heard for Milena and her family."
Milena is thought to have escaped the blaze along with her aunt. Dozens of floral tributes have been left outside the family home.
More than 100 people gathered at the town's Catholic church on Thursday night for a special mass in their memory.
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A house blaze that killed a mother and daughter was accidentally started by a candle.
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Jordan Renwick, 24, was accused of assaulting an employee and stealing money from the Gala Park Post Office in Balmoral Place, Galashiels, on Sunday.
He was also charged with robbing a customer and being concerned in the supply of a controlled drug.
He made no plea or declaration at Selkirk Sheriff Court and the case was continued for further examination.
Mr Renwick was remanded in custody and is expected to appear in court again next Friday.
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A Galashiels man has made a private court appearance in connection with a post office robbery in the Borders.
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The former MSP won a defamation case against the now defunct News of The World in 2006.
The paper's owner, News Group, wanted that ruling "struck down" following Mr Sheridan's 2010 conviction for perjury.
However, the Supreme Court said they had failed to "raise an arguable point of law of general public importance".
It follows a case heard at the Court of Session in Edinburgh last year, where News Group attempted to seek permission to have the original trial rerun. That was rejected in November.
The company then appealed to the Supreme Court, which has also declined to hear the case, meaning the Edinburgh judgement stands.
In a statement, the court said: "The Court ordered that permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance, which ought to be considered at this time, bearing in mind that the case has already been the subject of judicial decision and reviewed on appeal".
The judgement finally brings to an end an 11-year legal process, which began when the newspaper published articles about Mr Sheridan's private life.
Mr Sheridan, a former leader of the Scottish Socialist Party and Glasgow MSP, was awarded compensation after winning the defamation trial in 2006.
It is understood that Mr Sheridan was not paid the money at the time of the original defamation judgement.
In 2010, he was found guilty of perjury while giving evidence during the earlier case and jailed for three years.
He was freed from prison after serving just over a year of his sentence.
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The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a newspaper group trying to overturn the verdict that saw Tommy Sheridan awarded £200,000 in damages.
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Chancellor Philip Hammond announced the "Midlands Engine", which sets out £392m government investment in skills, connectivity and local growth.
Projects include a global hub for space technology in Leicester and £25m to tackle congestion and improve major employment sites in the Black Country.
However, Labour MPs said the Midlands region was still being "left behind".
The strategy, which outlined investment of £392m across the Midlands through the Local Growth Fund, was announced by Mr Hammond during a visit to Dudley on Thursday.
Mr Hammond described it as an "an important milestone".
Highlights include:
The announcement is part of plans to make the Midlands an engine for economic growth for the whole country.
The region is home to more than 10 million people with an economy worth £217.7bn - 13% of the UK's annual output - and the government believes there are opportunities to build on this.
Mr Hammond said: "The Midlands Engine Strategy is an important milestone, setting out the concrete actions we are taking, where we are not only investing in what it does well but also tackling some of the long-standing productivity barriers in the region including skills and connectivity.
"It is a vital part of the government's work to create an economy that works for everyone, and all parts of the country."
Jack Dromey, Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, said: "We have secured £392m for our region but London has been awarded near 10 times that amount for housing alone.
"Neither does the fresh investment begin to compensate for the huge cuts to council budgets. Birmingham alone has lost £700m.
"This pales into insignificance compared to the commitment made to London. Once again, Birmingham and the Midlands are in danger of being left behind."
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A strategy outlining plans to maximise the economic potential of the Midlands has been unveiled.
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The sales process will start later this year but bidding will not begin until early 2013, which Ofcom said was in line with its previous timetable.
The regulator says it expects consumers to start getting services in late 2013.
It wants to see "at least four credible national wholesalers of 4G mobile services" to promote competition.
The auction will sell chunks of radio spectrum to support future 4G mobile services, which will allow users to download data such as music and videos at much faster speeds.
The regulator has previously said that the spectrum to support 4G services will not be available to use until 2013.
It says its plans should see mobile broadband rolled out to at least 98% of people in rural areas across the UK.
By Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent
The auction will offer the equivalent of three-quarters of the mobile spectrum currently in use - some 80% more than released in the 3G auction which took place in 2000,
Ofcom said.
It now wants to see at least four wholesalers of 4G mobile services so that consumers will benefit from better services at lower prices.
"In the interests of competition, Ofcom has decided to reserve a minimum amount of spectrum in the auction for a fourth operator. This could be either Hutchinson 3G or a new entrant altogether," Ofcom said.
Everything Everywhere - the merged operator of Orange and T-Mobile - Vodafone and Telefonica, which owns O2, are the other three operators.
A spokesperson for Everything Everywhere said: "While there are still some elements of today's proposal which we don't think are in the interests of competition or consumers, we are pleased that Ofcom is moving in the right direction and we recognise that we need to get this process moving now before the UK falls further behind the rest of the world."
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Telecoms regulator Ofcom has unveiled plans for the auction of fourth generation (4G) bandwidth for mobile phone services.
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A truck is said to have exploded as it was off-loading butane cooking gas in the town of Nnewi in Anambra State.
Reports of casualties vary from 35 to more than 100 people killed, including factory workers and neighbours.
Local police have confirmed the incident but have yet to provide further details. A huge fire reportedly followed the blast.
The dead and injured are being taken to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital in Nnewi.
A witness told the Vanguard newspaper that the blast was triggered when a truck began discharging cooking gas without waiting for the mandatory cooling time.
People who had come to fill up their gas cylinders were caught up in the explosion as well as passersby, the newspaper reported.
Witnesses say the explosion caused a huge fire that firefighters and residents took several hours to put out.
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Scores of people are reported killed in an explosion at an industrial gas plant in southern Nigeria.
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Clinicians, designers and technology experts will work together to create the "healthy new towns".
Plans include homes with virtual access to GP services, safe green spaces to play and fast-food-free zones around schools.
The money to build the developments will come from council budgets and private partners rather than the NHS.
The places earmarked to test the ideas include existing villages in the South West, London and the North West and two new developments in Cambridgeshire and Darlington.
Some of the developments are already being built, but others will not be completed until 2030.
Simon Stevens, the head of NHS England, said a much-needed push to kick-start affordable housing across England had created a "golden opportunity" for the NHS to help town planners promote health and keep people living independently.
"As these new neighbourhoods and towns are built, we'll kick ourselves if in 10 years' time we look back having missed the opportunity to 'design out' the obesogenic environment, and 'design in' health and wellbeing," he said.
"We want children to have places where they want to play with friends and can safely walk or cycle to school - rather than just exercising their fingers on video games."
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Ten new housing developments in England are to be built with healthy living in mind, under an NHS scheme.
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Myron Yarde, 17, aka Mdot, was stabbed five times in the leg in New Cross, south-east London, on 3 April.
Fauz Richards, 19, known as Mags or Maggie, and two youths both aged 16, were found guilty following an Old Bailey trial.
Judge Nicholas Cooke said "the evil" of knife crime had "to stop".
"Too many young men lose their lives in this way," he said.
The court heard Myron had lent his bike to 16-year-old Leoandro Osemeke, another promising rapper who was known as Showkey.
He would have been a witness at the trial but he too was fatally stabbed in an unrelated attack at a party in Peckham, south-east London, in August.
The court heard he had ridden the bike to buy pizza in the rival Monson neighbourhood where it was snatched.
When Myron - who was said to have been armed with a machete - went to get it back, he was attacked in Camplin Street after being cornered.
On hearing on Snapchat that Myron had been seriously injured, the 15-year-old defendant allegedly asked why Myron had come to Monson, followed by: "I think I've killed him".
When he was arrested four days later, he told officers: "Some people deserve to die, I just mean not everyone is innocent, including that boy that died."
The court heard that a kitchen knife found in Richards' back garden had Myron's blood on it.
All three defendants were initially on trial for murder.
Charlotte Edmonds, 32, and Jamie Kennedy, 31, of New Cross, were convicted of perverting the course of justice.
They will be sentenced on 13 January.
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Three teenagers have been found guilty of the manslaughter of a young rapper who was stabbed to death in a fight over a stolen bicycle.
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The council began a 12-month trial of monthly collections in September, to encourage residents to recycle more.
Councillor Bill Darwin, who represents Kinmel Bay, said the new arrangement was a "potential health time-bomb".
Conwy council said it is half way through the trial period and there is no evidence of an increase in vermin.
Mr Darwin said there had been an increase in fly-tipping in the Towyn and Kinmel Bay areas as people struggle to fit four weeks' worth of waste into one wheelie bin.
"It's not too bad if there's just one couple living in a house but it's a big problem for families," he said.
"People are resorting to taking household rubbish, including dog excrement and cat litter, to public litter bins and this is causing an increase in rats and seagulls.
"The smell is terrible and it's only going to get worse as the warmer weather comes."
More than 10,000 Conwy residents are taking part in the trial, while the council has brought in three-weekly bin collections for the rest of the county.
Clwyd West AM Darren Millar said complaints had "increased dramatically" since it had started.
"The situation is totally unacceptable and unless these changes are scrapped, it will have a detrimental impact on our tourism industry and local wildlife," he said.
The council's recycling and waste policy states that properties with fewer than six residents are restricted to one wheelie bin for household waste and that overflowing or open bins will not be collected.
There are weekly collections for recycling and food waste.
Mr Darwin is asking for more feedback from local residents as he writes a report to present to the council.
A council spokeswoman said there was "no evidence of an increase in vermin" and that "the vast majority of residents are disposing of their food waste correctly in their food waste bin".
She added the four-weekly trial was introduced after the council found half of rubbish thrown away to landfill could have been recycled, wasting £1.6m each year.
Since September, the trial has seen residents throw 507 tonnes less into their wheelie bins compared to the same period last year.
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Four-weekly bin collections in Conwy county are causing an increase in rats, seagulls and flies, a councillor has claimed.
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Mae Heddlu'r Gogledd yn ymchwilio wedi i faban newydd-anedig gael ei ganfod mewn safle bws yn Sir Conwy fore Mawrth.
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The left-hander will remain available for Sussex as injury cover for the remainder of the season.
"County cricket has been a huge part of my life for the last 18 years," the 38-year-old former Middlesex player said.
"It is with a tinge of sadness that I've decided not to play on for Sussex this season or beyond."
Joyce, a former captain of Sussex, joined from Middlesex in 2009 and has scored more than 8,000 first-class runs for the county.
"I fully intended on playing at least some cricket for Sussex in 2017," he added. "But the realities of my various injuries, alongside my playing commitments here in Ireland have meant that this isn't possible."
Joyce will play for provincial side Leinster as well as Ireland, having recently appeared for them in the one-day international series against England.
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Sussex batsman Ed Joyce has decided to retire from county cricket to focus on his career with Ireland and their bid to gain Test status in 2018.
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Mr Bell, 79, from Ramoan Gardens in west Belfast is charged with two counts of soliciting the murder of Mrs McConville in 1972.
The IRA kidnapped 37-year-old Mrs McConville in front of her children at her home in the Divis flats.
When asked if he had any reply to the two charges he said "no".
He was asked if he wanted to call witnesses, and again he said "no".
The district judge said that following a two-day preliminary hearing last week she was satisfied that the standard proof had been met and there was sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to trial.
Six of Jean McConville's children were in the court to hear the decision. None of them wanted to speak after the hearing.
Ivor Bell was released on continuing bail. His bail conditions were amended, and he must now report to police once a week rather than twice.
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Veteran republican Ivor Bell is to stand trial for involvement in the murder of Jean McConville.
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Protesters say the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will lower European standards on food and environmental protection, and could lead to outsourcing and job-losses.
Supporters of the deal say it promises to lower tariffs and promote growth.
The demonstrators were also protesting against a similar deal with Canada.
There were large crowds carrying flags and banners in seven German cities, including Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Frankfurt, all braving cool and wet weather.
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"I want us to get rid of TTIP and for European social and environmental standards to be respected, maintained and improved," said Peter Clausing in Berlin.
Many demonstrators said the deal would lead to exploitation of people by businesses on both sides of the Atlantic.
"It will be the enterprises and banks that will have power over people worldwide", said Tobias Kuhn. "That is a no-go. People need to know that and we will protest until there's no chance of that happening anymore."
The EU and the US began negotiating the trade deal in 2013, aiming to create the world's biggest free trade market with 850 million consumers.
A new round of talks is due to start in October, and President Obama says he wants the deal to be concluded before he leaves office in January.
A similar but smaller trade deal between the EU and Canada, called the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), is due to be signed in October.
The objective of the proposed TTIP deal is to remove or reduce barriers to commerce between the US and the EU. Negotiators are working towards eliminating most tariffs.
But the plans face opposition in Europe from citizens as well as some governments.
The French government has strongly opposed it, with President Francois Hollande casting doubt on when the deal would be reached.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel backs TTIP, but Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel last month said the talks on TTIP had "de facto failed".
Mr Gabriel, who is the chairman of the CDU's junior coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) does support the CETA deal with Canada, which he sees as a counterweight to China's increasing economic power.
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Tens of thousands of people have protested in cities across Germany against a proposed transatlantic trade deal between the EU and the US.
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Work on the controversial 15-mile (25km) Thames Tideway Tunnel, which has been proposed by Thames Water, will start in 2016 and finish in 2023.
The company says it is needed because the city's current Victorian drainage system cannot cope.
Opponents say the work will cause major disruption near tunnelling sites and insist there are better options.
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The tunnel will run from Acton Storm Tanks in west London to the Abbey Mills pumping station, in east London, and have a storage capacity of 1.25 million cubic metres.
It would eventually add up to £80 a year to Thames Water customers' bills.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said: "This is a challenging infrastructure project, but it is clear that the Thames Tunnel will help modernise London's ageing Victorian sewerage system, and make the River Thames cleaner and safer."
Thames Water has said the current systems overflow on a weekly basis, flushing 39 million tonnes of raw sewage straight into the Thames each year. The company said in 2013, 55 million tonnes of sewage polluted the river.
"If the tunnel had been in operation last year, it would have captured 97% of the sewage that poured into London's river," Thames Water's Andy Mitchell said.
"Hardly a week goes by when untreated sewage isn't pouring in to London's river and we are pleased that we can now start to tackle this archaic problem.
"This is a huge project but it's a huge problem, and we can now get on with tackling it."
But several London councils and environmental groups have criticised the project.
Southwark Council leader Peter John described it as a "ludicrous and evil decision".
And Christian Sarrasin, from the environmental group, Clean Thames Now and Always, said much of the building work would take place around the clock, causing "mayhem" for people who lived near the tunnelling sites.
"We've concreted over all the cities and that's why we've got this issue with the Thames Tunnel," he said.
He said there were cheaper, greener alternatives to it that involved preventing stormwater flooding into the sewers in the first place, such as green roofs and porous asphalt roads that soaked up or stored water.
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Plans for a £4.2bn "super sewer" under London have been given the go-ahead by the government.
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Matilda Rusby's family posted pictures of the young eco-warrior picking up rubbish in their street to social media.
Councillor Karen Bolger described the photos as a "wake-up call", and spoke with North Tyneside Council.
She said the council had arranged for extra bins and signs as a result.
Frankie Rusby, Matilda's mother, said her daughter describes litter in their street, in North Shields, as "naughty" whenever she sees it.
"It's a stark reminder of how bad things are when it takes a three-year-old to tell adults that this is wrong," she said.
"When I saw her with gloves on picking up other people's litter and putting it into her black bag I just thought 'this isn't right, my daughter should be playing on this street, not cleaning it' and so it went from there."
Ms Bolger said Matilda had shown people the need to be "proactive and proud of our area".
"Since getting in contact with the Rusby family I have enlisted the help of North Tyneside Council," she said.
"They checked the street bins and confirmed regular bin collection, they stencilled "pick up after your dog" on the pavement and they checked and confirmed road sweeping schedules."
She said she would be working with the family to encourage further clean-up efforts.
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A three-year-old girl's anti-litter campaign has prompted a council to increase the number of bins on its streets.
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The promoters of the annual Coachella festival are reportedly behind the three-day event in the US this October.
"What a great weekend it will be," Daltrey told BBC 6 Music. "They're all going to be there, on the one spot, at the one time."
"It's amazing really. It's amazing we're still here."
The historic festival was initially reported by the Los Angeles Times over the weekend, but neither the acts nor the promoters had confirmed the event.
It is expected to take place on the weekend of 7 - 9 October at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California, where the Coachella Festival took place last weekend.
The line-up is also expected to include The Rolling Stones and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd.
It will be the first, and possibly last, time the artists - all Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees - have shared the same bill.
"We have to face it, we are [at] the end of an era," Daltrey told 6 Music's Matt Everitt. "We're the last of our generation."
"You can see from reading the obituaries lately that we [rock stars] don't make old bones very well, do we?"
The LA Times said Dylan and the Stones were expected to open the festival with back-to-back performances on Friday, 7 October, with McCartney and Young playing the following night, and Waters and the Who concluding proceedings on 9 October.
"I don't think any of us cares who goes on first," said Daltrey. "We've never worried about that. The music is all so different, that's not going to matter at all."
Gary Bongiovanni, editor of Pollstar said: "If you just look at it at face value, a bill like this doesn't exist anywhere else on the concert landscape."
"There are a lot of festivals, but nothing quite like what's being planned there. I expect it will resonate nationally - and internationally."
The Who are currently in the middle of their 50th anniversary world tour, which hits the Isle of Wight Festival in the UK on 11 June.
Dozens of dates were postponed last year when Daltrey contracted viral meningitis.
"I got terrible headaches, then I fell over. It was touch and go there for a few days," Daltrey said.
"I'm doing alright. I don't think I'm 100% but I'm singing better than I've ever sung in my life, so that's a good result."
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The Who's Roger Daltrey has confirmed a much-rumoured "megafestival" featuring his band alongside Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and Neil Young.
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The detective, who works in a firearms unit dealing with gang crime, was shot in the shoulder on Thursday afternoon in Hackney.
Sir Bernard said he had shown "great bravery" and that colleagues had described him as "exceptional".
He remains in a stable condition in hospital.
A 31-year-old man was arrested at the scene and a non-police firearm has been recovered.
Sir Bernard commented: "This officer has shown great bravery. His colleagues have described him as 'exceptional' and 'professional'. He has been that and more.
"Our officers confront danger every day. I am proud of all of them and the courage that they show."
A specialist firearms unit and officers from Trident Area Crime Command, which is responsible for tackling gang crime, were conducting an operation in Scriven Street at the time of the shooting.
No-one else was injured.
Witnesses reported seeing police dogs and helicopters and hearing gunfire as police entered Stonebridge Park estate.
Commander Duncan Ball said for operational reasons he could not reveal whether police had fired any shots, but said: "This incident reveals the very real risks our police officers face on a day-to-day basis while protecting the safety of Londoners."
Steve White, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said: "So soon after the tragic death of an officer on Merseyside, this incident once again reminds us of the dangers faced by officers policing in 2015."
Witness David Silvester, 28, who owns an import business, said "The whole road was filled with undercover police. They all burst out of their cars (when the shots went off)."
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Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has paid tribute to an officer shot during a police operation in east London.
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Foreign Minister Taieb Bakouch said the consulate had now been closed and urged all Tunisians to leave the country.
He denied reports that the workers were freed in exchange for a Libyan militia commander.
Walid Kalib, who leads a brigade in the "Libya Dawn" alliance which controls Tripoli, was recently arrested in Tunisia on terrorism charges.
Libya Dawn official Jamal Zubia on Wednesday wrote on his Facebook page:
"The page of the Tunisian consulate will be turned and they will return to their families and the revolutionary hero Walid Kalib returns to his family,'' reports AP news agency.
Analysis: Rana Jawad, BBC News, Tunis
Tunisian officials have occasionally advised their nationals to leave Libya in times of crisis there in recent years.
More often than not, these calls are not heeded - this is partly why officials here decided to re-open their consulate in Tripoli in recent months.
Tunisia has very high unemployment and the livelihoods of a large number of its nationals depend on Libya for both skilled and menial jobs, as well as trade.
The recent kidnappings of Tunisia's consular staff served as a reminder of why most embassies pulled out of Tripoli last summer. Militia allegiances shift as frequently as the sand dunes in the Libyan desert.
There is no central security structure that anyone can rely on - not even those who are in power.
In urging Tunisians to leave Libya, Mr Bakouch said "we cannot again be subject to any blackmail," according to the Reuters news agency.
However, he said that the decision to deport Mr Kalib had been taken by the courts, independently of his ministry.
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Libya descended into chaos after the uprising that led to the overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
There has been no central government since then, with different militia groups competing for power.
Most countries closed their embassies during the fighting that ensued, but Tunisia recently sent consular staff back to Tripoli.
The UN is trying to negotiate a political settlement to the crisis in Libya, after insecurity in the capital forced Libya's internationally recognised parliament and government to relocate to the eastern city of Tobruk.
Libya Dawn last year seized control of Tripoli and surrounding areas.
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Ten Tunisian diplomatic staff who were kidnapped in Libya a week ago have been freed and returned home.
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The 12-bed Bicester Community Hospital has facilities including a first aid unit and x-ray and physiotherapy suites.
In September the opening was delayed to rectify problems.
Chief operating officer at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Yvonne Taylor said it offered a "modern and safe environment" for patients.
Land on the site also has planning permission for 14 homes.
An official opening is planned for next year.
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A £5m community hospital has opened its doors to patients 18 months after building began on the site.
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To sum up the last 12 months, here are some of the best quotes:
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on the day of his historic inauguration in May
President Buhari said four months later on Nigeria's independence day
Can Nigerians stop being unruly?
South Africa's Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, who denied that his comments in March fuelled xenophobic violence
South Africa xenophobia: Africa reacts
US dentist Walter Palmer, who killed Zimbabwe's famous Cecil the lion in July
What Cecil the lion means to Zimbabwe
South Sudanese model Nykhor Paul, who got more than 20,000 likes on Instagram after she posted the comment in July
Ghana's President John Mahama, being dismissive in March of the protests against his government. The quote has earned him the nickname "The Goat"
South African comedian Trevor Noah as he made his debut hosting Comedy Central's satirical news show in September
Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe, mocking a US Supreme Court decision in June to legalise gay marriage
US President Barack Obama on his visit to Ethiopia in July
What's Obama visit done for Africa?
Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe in November, after her 91-year-old husband was caught on camera struggling to walk
Tanzania's newly elected President John Magufuli, telling parliament in November about his drive to root out corruption and lazy workers
Tanzania's 'Bulldozer' president
Togo football star Emmanuel Adebayor, denying in a Facebook post in May claims that he failed to support his family financially
Pope Francis on his visit to a mosque in the Central African Republic in November
Pope of the poor makes big impact in Africa
Kenya's Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o told the BBC
Being African: What does hair have to do with it?
Judge Dunstan Mlambo, who criticised the South African government for letting Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir leave the country in June despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant
Why South Africa let Sudan's Bashir escape justice
Undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, whose documentary this year exposed corruption in Ghana's judiciary
Ghana's anti-corruption blockbuster
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It has been a roller-coaster year of African news, from the historic elections in Nigeria to the momentous visits of the Pope and the US president.
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The new logo is made up of two white bars and an exclamation mark on a pink background.
It has been criticised on Twitter for the fact it seems to say BBC 2! in Roman numerals.
BBC Three's head of marketing, Nikki Carr, acknowledged the critics but added she was "not worried".
"Some people are resistant to change and we wanted to be bold and create something that looks forward and will be around for years to come," she said.
She added the logo needed to work both on TV and as an app icon, saying: "Look at Snapchat. They're doing okay without having Snapchat in their logo."
Ms Carr admitted following the BBC's satirical show W1A, "we're cursed at the BBC when it comes to marketing".
Many have pointed out the new logo looks similar to a sketch in W1A where the team came up with plans to replace the BBC logo with three bars.
But Ms Carr explained the three bars were chosen because the new channel is founded on three principles which underpin everything it does.
"The first is 'make me think'... The second is 'make me laugh'... The third, the exclamation mark, is 'give me a voice', which is what we will do for young people," she said.
Ms Carr said the BBC will make young people part of the decision making process at the channel and include them as content creators.
In the next few weeks it is launching a collaboration with 50 young creative people.
Content will range from short form films, blogs and animation, to picture-led stories and will be delivered daily via soon to be launched products.
In November the BBC Trust approved proposals to move BBC Three online as part of cost-cutting moves at the corporation.
It was agreed on the condition the channel's long-form programmes would be shown on BBC One and Two, which is likely to account for around two hours a week.
On 16 February BBC Three will become more of a promotional channel letting people know about content that can be found online.
The BBC Three TV channel will go dark in the weeks following.
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A new logo has been revealed for BBC Three ahead of its move online, with 16 February announced as the date for the channel's switchover.
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Four people were taken to hospital on Thursday after a three-vehicle accident in the early hours near the A40 turn for Oxford (junction 8).
On Saturday, a car ended up on its roof on a verge after a four-vehicle crash at junction 10 at 15:22 GMT.
John Callaway from Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was "remarkable" that no-one was killed.
He added it was the seventh road accident his Banbury team had been called to in under a week.
Mr Callaway said: "This was a high-speed collision on a fast road, it is remarkable that nobody lost their life.
"Out of the four casualties, two were transferred to hospital by ambulance and two were treated at the scene. Fortunately none of the injuries appear life-threatening.
"With the onset of winter and more difficult driving conditions, I urge drivers to allow more time for their journey and adjust their driving accordingly."
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Drivers are being urged to leave more time for their journeys after two crashes on the M40 in recent days.
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The Swans were bottom of the league when Clement arrived in January as replacement for Bob Bradley.
Clement has won 26 points from his 18 games in charge and has been nominated for manager of the season.
"I'm sure they will be much better off for it next year," Pulis said.
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Sport, Pulis continued: "Paul would have got a lot of experience from his time at Derby, although it didn't go that well for him there.
"The fact he's managed to come into Swansea, roll his sleeves up and pull them out of trouble, he'll become a better manager himself but I'm sure the club will do better next year under him."
Clement was assistant to Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea, Real Madrid, Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich, and Pulis says he has adapted well to working at a smaller club in Swansea.
He was sacked as Derby boss, his only managerial role before Swansea, after eight months in February 2016.
"I think the great thing is that you've got a smashing manager who's had wonderful experience as an assistant at top clubs," Pulis added.
"He's had a go at Derby himself so he's found the pitfalls there and come back and done a fantastic job at Swansea.
"He'll understand and recognise that when you are working with a smaller club, those small margins are even smaller than what you could imagine to get the results that you need."
Swansea host West Brom in their final Premier League game of the season on Sunday.
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Swansea City boss Paul Clement will have gained a lot as a manager from their battle against Premier League relegation, says West Brom head coach Tony Pulis.
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Mohammed Alhajali, who was reported to be 23, came to the UK in 2014 and was studying civil engineering while living in North Kensington.
Syria Solidarity Campaign said: "[He] undertook a dangerous journey to flee war and death in Syria, only to meet it here in the UK, in his own home."
At least 17 people died in the fire which started early on Wednesday.
The charity said he had been in a flat on the 14th floor with his brother, Omar, and the pair had tried to escape, but lost each other on the way downstairs.
Omar was rescued by firefighters, but Mohammed returned to his flat and tried to call family members back in Syria.
"Mohammed was on the phone for two hours with a friend in Syria, waiting to be rescued," said a statement from the charity.
"He was trying to reach his family... but he could not get connected to them due to the situation in Syria. He had not seen his family for four years.
"When the fire reached his flat... Mohammed bid his friend goodbye. He asked his friend to pass on the message to his family."
Both Mohammed and Omar had been due to join the charity with another brother on Saturday as part of The Great Get Together - celebrating the life of murdered MP Jo Cox - and Refugee Week.
Now the event will be used to pay tribute to Mohammed and the others who lost their lives in the fire.
The charity called for a "thorough investigation" into building regulations, adding: "Mohammed came to this country for safety and the UK failed to protect him."
Mohammed's family told the BBC that Omar was being treated in King's College Hospital and was improving.
They are trying to get UK visas for their parents so they can come from Damascus to see Mohammed's body.
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The first victim of the fire at Grenfell Tower in London has been named by a charity as a Syrian refugee.
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The avalanche struck near the community of McBride, north-east of Vancouver in the province of British Columbia.
A spokesman for the Avalanche Canada monitoring service said the "very large, significant" avalanche was triggered by human activity.
Reports from British Columbia say the avalanche struck three separate groups of snowmobilers.
They were helped by a search and rescue team that happened to be in the area at the time, The Province newspaper reported.
Karl Klaasen, of Avalanche Canada, said there was a high risk of more incidents in the region, after heavy snow and rainfall over the past few days.
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A "very large" avalanche in western Canada has left at least five people on snowmobiles dead, authorities say.
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Jake Wright broke the deadlock for the visitors after a quiet opening period, making the most of a defensive mix up to give Southport the lead after 22 minutes.
That only spurred the hosts into action, with Charlton loanee Brandon Hanlan notching a debut goal to make it 1-1 two minutes later.
Louis Dennis then gave Bromley the lead in the 49th minute and Hanlan helped himself to his second of the afternoon five minutes later to seal the win.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bromley 3, Southport 1.
Second Half ends, Bromley 3, Southport 1.
Substitution, Bromley. George Porter replaces Blair Turgott.
Substitution, Bromley. Daniel Johnson replaces Alan Dunne.
Declan Weeks (Southport) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Bromley 3, Southport 1. Brandon Hanlan (Bromley).
Substitution, Southport. Ben McKenna replaces Jake Wright.
Goal! Bromley 2, Southport 1. Louis Dennis (Bromley).
Second Half begins Bromley 1, Southport 1.
First Half ends, Bromley 1, Southport 1.
Jake Wright (Southport) is shown the yellow card.
Alan Dunne (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Bromley 1, Southport 1. Brandon Hanlan (Bromley).
Goal! Bromley 0, Southport 1. Jake Wright (Southport).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Bromley came from behind to crush Southport and bounce back from two straight defeats in the National League.
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The hosts finished on 174-4 despite the efforts off Joe Denly (68 off 50 balls) and Sam Northeast (60 off 34).
Glamorgan's 199-2 was given a blistering start by Aneurin Donald's 50 off 31 balls.
Captain Jacques Rudolph then played a range of inventive shots in his unbeaten 77 from 52 deliveries.
It was his third half-century in seven innings, while David Miller chipped in with 43 off 26 despite Kent's seamers trying plenty of variety in their efforts to drag back the scoring rate.
Denly and Northeast continued the batting dominance with a stand of 89 in 8.5 overs to put the home side in the hunt, but the middle order could not keep the run-rate going against the accurate bowling of Marchant de Lange (1-26 in four overs) and Craig Meschede (1-12 in two).
England batsman Sam Billings did not reach the wicket until the 19th over with the game already sliding away from Kent.
Glamorgan batsman Aneurin Donald told BBC Wales Sport:
"Kent have a pretty strong batting line-up so it was nice for our top four to get the job done. That's what you're looking for in T20 for the top four to get the bulk of the runs, and [for me] to pick up the slack when Colin Ingram fails for once in a blue moon is nice.
"At the top of the order it's your job to get the big scores. I'm the aggressor trying to get us off to a quick start.
"Credit to our bowlers holding their nerve, it shows what a quality outfit we are this year and, if you get to 200, you're going to win more often than not with the experience of our bowling line-up.
"The target's another home quarter-final and trying to get to that Finals Day. I think we're one of the stronger teams in the competition this year and if we play the way we are, we're going to be there or thereabouts."
Kent captain Sam Northeast told BBC Radio Kent:
"When Joe and me were going, we felt we were in the game, but a few overs where you lose a wicket or low overs put us right behind, and it's hard work when the guys come in needing 12 or 13 an over.
"It was never going to be easy chasing that score and we're going to have to be better with the ball. The coaches and bowlers will get together and come up with a plan. We're going to have to have better plans and execute a lot better."
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Glamorgan remain top of the T20 Blast Southern Group after they held their nerve to beat Kent by 25 runs in a high-scoring affair at Canterbury.
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The 25-year-old will miss next Sunday's European Challenge Cup match with Toulon and the Welsh derby games against Ospreys and Cardiff Blues.
The panel felt the offence was at the "low end of World Rugby's sanctions".
The player will now face a further disciplinary process at the Scarlets.
However, the region say the player's contract will not be terminated.
A statement by Scarlets general manager Jon Daniels said: "Whilst our internal disciplinary process may find further sanctions are appropriate, removing James from his rugby community through contract termination is not in anyone's interests."
Head coach Wayne Pivac had warned on Tuesday that "all sorts of things right up to dismissal" were possible punishments.
Davies, who won an Olympic silver medal as part of Team GB's sevens team in Rio, apologised for his actions before facing the independent disciplinary panel.
He was warned for swearing by referee Greg Garner during the first half of the match at Stade Felix Mayol and appeared to make a gesture.
The offence carries a range of bans from four weeks to a year depending on seriousness.
The summary of the adjudication issued by European Professional Club Rugby said the panel had taken into account "Davies' guilty plea and timely expression of remorse".
Scarlets issued a statement on Monday in which Davies said: "During the heat of battle I lost my composure and said and did things I deeply regret.
"I apologised to referee Mr Garner both during and after the game but would like to reiterate my sincerest apologies publically."
The region said Davies had volunteered to be an ambassador for a Welsh Regions initiative to support disaffected young people and had visited a children's ward at West Wales General Hospital with team-mates after attending the tribunal on Wednesday.
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Scarlets flanker James Davies has been suspended for three weeks by a disciplinary panel after admitting swearing and making an obscene gesture in the 31-20 loss at Toulon.
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The former joiner crashed his motorbike in 1936 and says he was in a coma so deep that doctors ordered his body to be taken away.
He was being taken to the mortuary when a hospital porter noticed his "corpse" move and returned him to the ward.
Mr Ledward, of Flintshire, puts his long life down to "sheer luck" - as his fortune all those years ago suggests.
As he celebrated turning 106, he said: "I'll be all right for a while yet. You don't get rid of me like that."
He said: "I was riding on a 500cc Triumph. I hadn't had it more than two months. I bought it off a farmer. One of his sons had come to grief on it.
"I just tuned it up and put a new rear tyre on it. I thought the front tyre would be okay but it wasn't. It bust."
He was thrown into the road and his coma was such that doctors concluded that he had died. So they gave the order for the body to be taken away.
Mr Ledward said: "They put me on a trolley and this chap saw something move and took me back. I came to five days later.
"My first recollection of anything was seeing someone stood round the bed and me knocking something out of someone's hand.
"I had knocked a feeding cup out of a nurse's hand."
He was carried back to the ward where he stayed unconscious for another five days. His head and face injuries took six months to heal.
"I've had a good life since," he added.
Most days he catches a bus into town with his companion Millie Minshall, 90, the cousin of his late wife, from the house they share in Gwernaffield, near Mold.
Born and brought up in Cheshire, Mr Ledward and his late wife, Edith, lived in Blackpool. Mrs Ledward died in 1993 but not before telling her husband that her cousin would look after him.
He said: "She said 'go to our Millie,' I'm well treated every day.
"We're doing very well. We knock about together. We used to go abroad a lot but I think I'm too ancient for that now.
"But I'm not too bad for an old codger."
Mr Ledward celebrated his 106th birthday last Friday with Mrs Minshall and her daughter's family.
Mrs Minshall said: "He's not bad, not bad at all."
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Sam Ledward is more grateful than most to celebrate his 106th birthday given that he was declared dead 76 years ago.
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The Unite union was the party's biggest backer last year, donating £6.4m, although Labour's income also included public funding of nearly £8m.
The Conservatives received £41.9m, the Lib Dems £7.9m and the SNP £6m.
Parties must report donations of more than £7,500 to the Electoral Commission under party funding rules.
The latest figures mark a record year for the Labour Party, up on its 2014 income of £39.6m. It also spent £46,789,000 - the highest amount since the 2005 general election.
In its submission, the party said it had been a "hugely positive financial period" for Labour and said the "main driver" of the boost in its income was a "growth in donations from all sources: members, online supporters, affiliated unions and high value gifts".
While large sums were donated by unions including the GMB, Unison and USDAW, hundreds of thousands of pounds were also received in donations from individuals such as Hull City chairman Assem Allam and property developer Sir David Garrad.
The Conservatives spent nearly as much as they took during the 2015 general election year - £41,030,000.
Their largest donors included Addison Lee founder John Griffin, who gave large donations totalling more than £900,000 and Trailfinders founder Michael Gooley who gave £500,000.
The Lib Dems spent more than they earned last year - £9.5m on an income of 7.9m - as did UKIP, which raised £5.8m and spent £6.7m.
Thursday's publication is of figures from political parties which raised more than £250,000 for the year ending 31 December 2015.
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The Labour Party received an income of more than £51m in 2015, nearly £10m more than the Conservatives, according to the latest party funding figures.
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Steven King, 45, is accused of sending the email of "grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character" to Wallasey MP Angela Eagle.
Mr King, of Mirin Wynd, Paisley, Renfrewshire, was arrested in July and is charged under the Malicious Communications Act.
He is due before Wirral Magistrates' Court on 19 October, police said.
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A man has been charged in connection with an offensive email sent to a Merseyside MP.
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Police found the man, aged in his 50s, unconscious in Fairfax Street in the city at about 11:00 BST. He was taken to hospital where he died.
West Midlands Police said officers were called to reports of a street robbery.
An investigation has been opened and an area of the road, near to Pool Meadow bus station, and a part of Lady Herbert's Garden, has been cordoned off.
More updates on this and other stories in Coventry
Det Insp Warren Hines said: "We are in the very early stages of the investigation and following a number of lines of enquiry.
"I want to appeal to anyone who was in the area this morning and saw what happened to contact me as a matter of urgency."
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A man has died after a suspected robbery in Coventry.
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They include Hercules Unit Trust's plan to open three restaurants - a Frankie and Benny's, TGI Fridays and Nandos - at the Inverness Shopping Park.
Tulloch Homes have a proposal for 60 new homes on the site of the city's former Glebe Street swimming pool.
Tuesday's south planning applications committee also approved student flats at Rose Street.
However, councillors objected to another major scheme - 13-turbine Tom Nan Clach Wind Farm near Dava Moor and Lochindorb Castle.
The project could now go on to be considered by a public inquiry.
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Highland councillors have approved a number of major planning developments proposed for Inverness.
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The Jags had been accused of listing an ineligible player by naming Callum Murray as a substitute in last week's game against Formartine United.
But the league's management committee decided no action would be taken against the club.
However, it also decided that its rules would be reworded.
Murray, who did not play in the 0-0 draw with Formartine, had recently been recalled from a loan spell with Highland League rivals Deveronvale to cover for injuries.
In season 1992-1993, Elgin City won the Highland League but were later stripped of the title after having been found to have fielded ineligible players.
Buckie are likely to win the championship if they beat bottom side Strathspey Thistle on Saturday.
The Jags and Cove Rangers are two points behind Brora Rangers, but the present leaders have played all of their games.
Buckie have a superior goal difference over Cove, who face 12th-placed Lossiemouth, going into the final game of the season.
The title winners will have a chance to win promotion to League Two of the Scottish Professional Football League.
Victors of the Highland and Lowland Leagues will meet in a play-off to decide who should face League Two's bottom club in the play-off final.
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Highland League title challengers Buckie Thistle have avoided a points deduction that would have cost them the chance to win the title on Saturday.
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The supermarket's like-for-like sales, which strip out new stores, fell by 0.5% in the period to 11 March.
However, Argos sales rose 4.3%, resulting in a 0.3% increase excluding fuel across the Sainsbury's group.
Sainsbury's said the market remained "very competitive" and the impact of cost pressures "remains uncertain".
The supermarket's performance was worse than the 0.1% rise in like-for-like sales seen in the 15 weeks to 7 January.
Sainsbury's convenience stores saw total sales growth of almost 7%, with 10 new outlets opening in the quarter.
Chief executive Mike Coupe said customers had welcomed Sainsbury's "differentiated food offer", with new products including butternut squash waffles and sweet potato tagliatelle.
General merchandise sales were down 4%, which Sainsbury's said was due to Easter and Mother's Day falling later this year.
Sainsbury's bought catalogue retailer Argos last year as part of its £1.4bn takeover of Home Retail Group.
The retailer has opened another 11 Argos Digital stores in Sainsbury's supermarkets since the start of the year, bringing the total to 41, while there are now eight Mini Habitat stores.
Shares fell almost 1% to 268.9p in morning trading and are down 4% over the past 12 months.
Neil Wilson of ETX Capital said Sainsbury's was being squeezed from all sides.
"Sainsbury's did very well when Tesco and others were struggling but is now facing its own challenges. It must contend with all the sector-wide problems like falling margins and the sterling squeeze from suppliers," he said.
"Falling margins and profits don't look great when the market is growing."
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Sales have fallen at Sainsbury's in the first nine weeks of the year, but the newly-acquired Argos reported strong growth.
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The toothpick perforated her gullet and lodged in a lobe of her liver.
The patient, who is not being identified, has now recovered after having the toothpick removed.
Such cases are rare, but the report, published by the British Medical Journal group, says doctors need to look out for signs of "foreign bodies", as detection can be challenging.
It is one of thousands of cases being logged at BMJ Case Reports, an online resource to allow doctors to share information about the treatment of difficult or unusual cases.
Swallowing foreign bodies is relatively common, particularly among children.
But the subsequent development of a liver abscess was rare, the authors, from Bristol's Frenchay Hospital and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, said.
The condition has mostly been associated with inadvertently swallowing pins, nails, fish and chicken bones, rather than toothpicks.
But the authors said toothpicks could be "difficult to deal with effectively, because they don't show up on conventional X-rays and symptoms are often non-specific and remote".
In this particular case, the woman was admitted to hospital with generalised gut pain and fever, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and low blood pressure.
An abdominal ultrasound scan revealed a liver abscess and the presence of a toothpick lodged in her liver. She subsequently developed breathing difficulties and an infection as a result of blood poisoning and had to be admitted to intensive care.
After treatment with antibiotics, she recovered and the toothpick was removed using keyhole surgery, after which all her symptoms cleared.
In another case on a similar theme in BMJ Case Reports, a surgical swab left inside the abdomen after surgery only came to light when the patient experienced persistent changes in her normal bowel habit.
The swab was clearly visible on a computerised tomography (CT) scan. Removal of the swab resolved her symptoms.
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A woman developed severe blood poisoning and a liver abscess after inadvertently swallowing a toothpick.
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Monteiro, 22, joins on a free after leaving Welsh side Airbus UK, while Meikle, 28, moves on loan from Barrow.
Frenchman Monteiro could feature in Saturday's trip to Woking, subject to international clearance.
Former Mansfield and York player Meikle is yet to score in 20 appearances for Barrow this season.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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National League side Southport have signed midfielder Kevin Da Veiga Monteiro and winger Lindon Meikle on deals until the end of the season.
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It falls on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar.
It is marked by Muslims with a voluntary day of fasting which commemorates the day Noah left the Ark, and the day that Moses was saved from the Egyptians by God.
For Shia Muslims, Ashura is a solemn day of mourning the martyrdom of Hussein in 680 AD at Karbala in modern-day Iraq.
It is marked with mourning rituals and passion plays re-enacting the martyrdom.
Shia men and women dressed in black also parade through the streets slapping their chests and chanting.
Some Shia men seek to emulate the suffering of Hussein by flagellating themselves with chains or cutting their foreheads until blood streams from their bodies.
Some Shia leaders and groups discourage the bloodletting, saying it creates a backward and negative image of Shia Muslims. Such leaders encourage people to donate blood.
The killing of Hussein was an event that led to the split in Islam into two main sects - Sunnis and Shias.
In early Islamic history the Shia were a political faction (known as the "party of Ali") that supported Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed and the fourth caliph (temporal and spiritual ruler) of the Muslim community.
The great schism between Sunnis and Shias occurred when Imam Ali did not succeed as leader of the Islamic community at the death of the Prophet.
Ali was murdered in AD 661 and his chief opponent Muawiya became caliph.
Caliph Muawiya was later succeeded by his son Yazid, but Ali's son Hussein refused to accept his legitimacy and fighting between the two resulted.
Hussein and his followers were massacred in battle at Karbala.
Both Ali's and Hussein's deaths gave rise to the Shia cult of martyrdom and to their sense of betrayal and struggle against injustice, oppression and tyranny.
Today, Shias comprise about 15% of the total worldwide Muslim population.
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The day of Ashura is marked by Muslims as a whole, but for Shia Muslims it is a major religious commemoration of the martyrdom at Karbala of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
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The woman - a 45-year-old mother of two - was convicted in August along with an unmarried Sri Lankan man.
She was sentenced to death by stoning, while the man was sentenced to 100 lashes.
Saudi Arabia's decision to stone the woman was condemned in Sri Lanka, where protests were held.
Sri Lankan embassy officials visited the woman in a Saudi jail on Sunday, Deputy Foreign Minister Harsha de Silva said.
The country had appealed to Saudi Arabia's government to pardon the couple.
"Through our intervention, they have agreed to reopen the case," Mr de Silva said.
"This is a big victory. We will provide her with legal help."
Deputy minister Ranjan Ramanayake added that the Sri Lankan government was informed about the woman's case only after she had been convicted in August 2015 - despite the fact she was arrested in April 2014.
"Islamic Sharia law says four respected Muslims need to be eyewitnesses for this type of case, but this has not been possible in this case," he said.
"Unfortunately, not knowing the law, she has confessed under pressure without any legal help."
Protests were held outside the UN compound and the Saudi embassy in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo - with some calling for a ban on sending Sri Lankan workers to Saudi Arabia.
The Sri Lankan government says it is gradually reducing the number of women sent to work in the Middle East.
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Saudi Arabia has agreed to reopen the case of a Sri Lankan maid sentenced to death for adultery, Sri Lanka's deputy foreign minister said.
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Yahoo is in the process of selling its email, websites, mobile apps and advertising tools to Verizon.
What is left after that sale will be owned by a holding company to be named Altaba.
Its main assets will be a 15% stake in Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba and a 35.5% stake in Yahoo Japan.
Five other current members of the Yahoo board also won't be on the board of the new firm.
Ms Mayer is expected to remain with Yahoo's core business.
Verizon's deal for Yahoo's core internet assets came under renewed scrutiny last month after the Yahoo disclosed one of the largest known data breaches in history.
Verizon is examining the impact of the data breach and there is speculation that the deal may not go through.
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Yahoo says its chief executive Marissa Mayer will not be on the board of a company that emerges from the $4.83bn (£4bn) takeover deal by Verizon.
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There is also a 160-seat theatre named after actor Richard Burton, along with studio, teaching, rehearsal and foyer spaces.
The concert hall is named after Dora Stoutzker, a major donor's mother who used to teach music in south Wales.
A gala opening is due to take place later this month.
College principal Hilary Boulding said: "Offering world class facilities in such a stunning location will allow us to continue to attract leading international arts practitioners to work here, and to increase national and international recognition for Cardiff as a home of world class artistic training.
"They will also significantly enhance opportunities for audiences in the city and region of Cardiff, and for the many professional and community groups that contribute to Cardiff's vibrant cultural life."
The college, which opened in the grounds of Cardiff Castle in 1949, hosts more than 300 public events a year including theatre, opera, musicals and orchestral concerts and fashion shows.
Celebrated former students include actors and entertainers including Sir Anthony Hopkins, Rob Brydon and Ruth Jones.
The construction firm behind the project, Willmott Dixon, has now completed the work and handed it over to the college.
"These high-profile facilities will attract attention from across the world so it was important for the college that the development was striking, effective and able to provide the perfect acoustic environment for the many performances that it presents annually," said Neal Stephens, managing director of Willmott Dixon.
"It will not only attract students from across the world but will be a popular visitor destination, further enhancing Cardiff's offering."
The Dora Stoutzker concert hall was named after the musical mother of Ian Stoutzker, a merchant banker who has donated £500,000.
Born in 1897, Dora Cohen spent her first 25 years in Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, where she taught piano and singing until she married and left for London.
Mr Stoutzker was evacuated to his mother's birthplace when the family home was bombed during World War II.
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A £22.5m development of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, including a 450-seat concert hall, has been unveiled.
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The UK's biggest supermarket chain already allows customers in London and the South East to order groceries for same-day delivery.
Now it says it will extend the service across most of the rest of the UK by the end of August.
Customers who order online by 1pm will be able to receive their groceries sometime after 7pm on the same day.
Shoppers in London and the South East will be able to access the same-day service seven days a week. Elsewhere it will be available from Monday to Saturday.
The firm says the extended service will give it the "biggest reach of any retailer in the UK, stretching from the Shetland Islands in Scotland to Cornwall in south-west England".
It says it will cover more than 99% of UK households, as opposed to 99% of the UK.
Tesco recently extended its same-day click and collect service to 300 UK locations. Last month it also launched Tesco Now, a one-hour delivery service for central London customers.
Amazon - in conjunction with Morrisons - allows some of its prime customers to receive a food delivery within one hour of ordering it.
At the moment Amazon's service is only available in parts of London and Hertfordshire, but it too is planning on rolling out the service nationwide.
Amazon is also buying Whole Foods in a $13.7bn (£10.7bn) deal that marks its biggest push into traditional retailing yet.
Tesco and other major grocers, such as Sainsbury's, have faced stiff price competition from the likes of Aldi and Lidl, and have been looking for ways to freshen up their shopping offer.
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Tesco is launching a same-day delivery service across the UK to compete with online retail giant Amazon.
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