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After three years of losses, Barclays is back in the black, it will have sold off all its non-essential businesses by June, its capital levels are very close to the point where the banking authorities will let it start paying higher dividends, and interest rates could head upward - a good thing for banks' profit margins. Its shares rose 3% on the news - happy days.
However, a huge upheaval of the European banking system is on the horizon as the UK prepares to trigger Article 50, taking the financial heart of Europe out of the EU, and out of the single market.
Today we got a little more detail on Barclays' contingency planning. It seems Dublin may become the headquarters of its European business, requiring hundreds of additional staff there and in its offices in Frankfurt and Milan, which may become branches of the Dublin bank rather than the UK bank.
Despite this structural sleight of hand, Mr Staley is confident London will remain the financial centre of Europe long after Brexit.
But he also issued an important warning. What happens to a 10-year loan, or agreement with a customer in the EU, struck in the next two years before the UK formally leaves? How can the parties be sure that the terms of the contract between them are still valid in the years after Brexit, before the terms of trade have been agreed?
According to Mr Staley, honouring deals like this into the future - or "grandfathering" them - is crucial to maintain confidence in this coming period of uncertainty.
He also had a warning for Donald Trump. Don't mess with US bank regulation.
Promised cuts to tax and banking regulation in the US have seen shares in the likes of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan rocket. But, according to Mr Staley, dismantling the controls put in place after the financial crisis would undo a lot of good work done to make the financial system safer.
"Higher capital levels and lower risk taking by banks has been a good thing, and I don't think (regulation) should be rolled back," he said.
If the stock market is right, and the big investment banks will be able to generate higher returns by taking more risk, Barclays' sizeable US operations may have a tough choice to make: keep up with your Wall Street neighbours, or look safer (and more boring) to investors.
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Barclays chief executive Jes Staley was in a good mood this morning - and why not?
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The fire happened at the Rosehill Court block of flats in Aberdeen in the early hours of Sunday 22 January.
Firefighers extinguished it quickly and no-one was injured.
Police Scotland said the man was white, between 5ft 8in and 6ft tall, of average build and was wearing a grey hooded top with black down the left-hand side, blue jeans and black shoes.
Det Insp Allen Shaw, who is leading the inquiry, said: "I would urge anyone who has any information relating to the man depicted in the CCTV image to make contact with police."
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A CCTV image has been released of a man police want to speak to after a fire at a block of flats in Aberdeen.
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The Families for Justice group represents people whose loved ones have died in violent or unsolved circumstances.
They believe Irish police failed to investigate the deaths properly.
They have already lobbied MEPs in Europe and spoken to MLAs in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
On Tuesday, they took their campaign to Westminster with the support of Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Jeffrey Donaldson.
All the families have lost loved ones in violent circumstances.
They believe the Irish police (An Garda SÃochána) failed to investigate the deaths properly and that their fundamental right to justice has been breached.
The London delegation included Lucia O'Farrell, mother of Shane, 23, who was killed in 2011 in County Monaghan by a hit-and-run driver who should not have been on the road; Ann Doherty, twin sister of six-year-old Mary Boyle, who was murdered in Donegal in 1977; and Anne-Marie Cullen, mother of four-year-old Clodagh, who was killed in a mysterious car crash in Kilkenny in 2007.
Shane O'Farrell was out cycling near his home in Monaghan when he was knocked down and left to die on the road.
The driver was a Lithuanian national who had more than 40 convictions, including some in Northern Ireland.
He had received an eight-month jail sentence that was suspended on condition that he left the country.
"We live 10 minutes' drive from the border, and this man came and went across with no consequence or deterrent for him - he came into Ireland six years before as a criminal who was known to Interpol," Shane's mother, Lucia, said.
"He continued until he killed - the judicial system failed us hugely and this was avoidable."
She has travelled to Brussels, Belfast and now is heading for Westminster in her battle for justice for her son.
In December, she met Northern Ireland Justice Minister David Ford.
Mrs O'Farrell has accused the Irish government of "putting loyalty over honesty".
"We are hoping to put the spotlight on these cases and to discuss cross-border policing. Our fellow Europeans need to be aware of human rights breaches in Ireland. Families have nowhere else to turn," she said.
"Shane deserves justice and we deserve peace. We cannot have that peace until we get justice for Shane."
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Families from the Republic of Ireland seeking justice for their dead relatives have travelled to London to lobby MPs at Westminster.
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The PCS Union had balloted its members over an improved offer to stop the continuous strikes that have affected its sites since April.
NMW has been attempting to end "premium payments" paid to many frontline staff for working weekend shifts.
Other ad-hoc strikes had taken place over the past two years over the issue.
It will see some of NMW's lowest paid staff having their take-home pay reduced.
Earlier this month, workers were offered a buy-out equivalent to five years' worth of weekend payments, and a 4% pay rise. The lump sum was double the museum's previous best offer.
Depending on how many Saturdays and Sundays they work, the payments for affected staff will range from £163 to £20,000.
The Welsh Government is providing all of the extra money being offered as part of the new deal.
Ministers' support is significant as NMW has previously blamed government cuts to its budget for forcing it to cut the wages of some of its lowest paid staff.
David Anderson, director general, said he hoped all would now move forward together.
"I am very pleased that we have reached an agreement with PCS, and therefore all our recognised trade unions, on the cessation of Premium Payments, and the dispute has come to an end," he said.
"I would personally like to thank visitors for their patience during this time and look forward to offering them - the people of Wales and beyond - a high-quality museum experience."
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Workers at National Museum Wales (NMW) have accepted a deal to resolve a long-running dispute over plans to end extra payments for weekend shifts.
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Mourinho added appointing Taylor for the 17 October match had put "pressure" on the Manchester-based official.
Managers are not supposed to speak about referees prior to matches.
Mourinho has until 31 October to respond to a charge of improper conduct and bringing the game into disrepute.
Taylor issued four yellow cards - all to Manchester United - in the 0-0 draw.
Former referees' chief Keith Hackett was among those to question the Professional Game Match Officials Limited's (PGMOL) decision to assign the match to Altrincham season-ticket holder Taylor, claiming it would be "intolerable" if he got a big decision wrong.
PGMOL stood down Leicester fan Kevin Friend in April when he was due to take charge of the Foxes' title rivals Tottenham in their game against Stoke.
Mourinho foresaw the potential for the FA to take action against him when he spoke before the game, claiming that he "did not really want to say too much more on the matter. I have learned a lesson... by being punished so many times for my words about referees".
Managers were banned from talking about officials in the run-up to matches in 2009 in an attempt to prevent their comment from influencing decisions.
The Portuguese was given a one-match stadium ban and fined £40,000 in November after the FA backed referee Jon Moss' claims that the then-Chelsea manager refused to leave the officials' changing room and verbally abused him and his colleagues at half-time of a defeat at West Ham.
Mourinho was also fined £50,000 for claiming that referees were afraid to award penalties against his side last season after the Blues were beaten 3-1 by Southampton in October.
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Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has been charged by the Football Association for claiming it would be "difficult" for referee Anthony Taylor to officiate their game with Liverpool.
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Gerard Magee, 34, and Ashley Fleming, 23, received prison terms of five months and four months respectively for separate assaults.
A district judge hit out at those who subject medical staff to abuse and violent threats.
Judge Fiona Bagnall said hospital staff had to endure this type of behaviour "as a matter of course".
Fleming, of Brown Street, Belfast, struck a nurse in the ribs and spat on a curtain partition in a ward after she arrived at casualty on 3 June. She also threw resuscitation equipment and a defibrillator to the floor, although neither device was damaged.
At Belfast Magistrates Court on Monday, she admitted charges of assault, criminal damage and attempted criminal damage.
Her defence lawyer said her life had "spiralled out of control" since losing custody of her child. He said his client was "completely off her head" and could not remember what happened.
Magee, of North Queen Street in the city, attended the RVH for treatment to his ear on 19 May.
Prosecutors said he appeared drunk and started shouting abuse at staff. Security staff were called and one nurse was said to be afraid of Magee.
He also claimed he was "going to sue the hospital and everyone in it", the court was told. He was convicted of common assault and disorderly behaviour.
Magee's defence lawyer said he was dealing with bereavement following the deaths of "two key people in his life". However, the judge said hospital workers faced unfair and inappropriate disrespect "far too often".
She also ordered that Magee serve an extra month behind bars for a separate breach of a probation order.
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A man and a woman have been jailed for behaving aggressively in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital.
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Mortimer said: "I'm really proud that Jim and I have always written our own guff. It's great to have that recognised."
Cuba Gooding Jr, Louis Smith and Joan Collins will be handing out awards.
It will also be revealed who has won the outstanding achievement award, voted for by fans.
Alan Carr, Sarah Millican, Lee Mack, Graham Norton, Jack Whitehall and David Mitchell have all been nominated.
Comedy pair Reeves and Mortimer have written and starred in several programmes together on TV since 1990, including The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer and quiz show Shooting Stars, which aired intermittently between 1993 and 2011.
Reeves said on hearing the news: "I am most cock-a-hoop over being awarded this most prestigious of trophies."
The ceremony will be broadcast on Channel 4 from 21:00 GMT.
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Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer will be awarded The Writer's Guild of Great Britain Award at The British Comedy Awards later.
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Eighteen-month-old Harry Studley, who was shot on 1 July, is being treated at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
His father Edward Studley said there were positive signs, however, and that Harry was "recovering really well".
He said: "It's going to be a long road to recovery but he's getting there, back to the little boy he was before."
Mr Studley and Harry's mother Amy Allen said they wanted to thank the hospital and air ambulance teams who helped their son.
Miss Allen said: "It's been a hard and emotional time for the family and everyone that's been supporting us."
Jordan Walters, 24, of Bishport Avenue, has admitted causing grievous bodily harm in connection with the shooting in a high-rise block of flats in Hartcliffe, Bristol.
His 23-year-old partner, Emma Horseman, has been charged with aiding or abetting him to inflict GBH and is next due to appear in court in September.
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The father of a toddler who was shot in the head with an airgun says he has been warned by doctors his son could be in hospital for months or even years.
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The two met in Washington despite Chinese objections.
China has denounced meetings between foreign leaders and the exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, whom the country considers a separatist.
The pair, who have met several times before, talked behind closed doors in the White House Map Room.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman condemned Wednesday's meeting.
"If the United States plans this meeting, it will send the wrong signal to Tibet independence and separatist forces and harm China-US mutual trust and cooperation," said Lu Kang.
Mr Obama encouraged direct dialogue between the Dalai Lama and China, the White House said.
"Tibet, per US policy, is considered part of the People's Republic of China, and the United States has not articulated our support for Tibetan independence,'' said White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest.
"Both the Dalai Lama and President Obama value the importance of a constructive and productive relationship between the United States and China.
"All of those were policy positions of the United States before the meeting occurred. Our policy hasn't changed after the meeting.''
Mr Obama has previously described the Tibetan Buddhist leader as a "good friend".
The Dalai Lama fled to India after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959.
The Buddhist leader has pushed for more Tibetan autonomy while China accuses him of encouraging outright independence.
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US President Barack Obama has met the Dalai Lama in private and told him he encourages dialogue with China, the White House has said.
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More than 2,100 gaming accounts were closed as part of Operation: Game Over run by New York's attorney general.
It was able to target the accounts because registered sex offenders are required to surrender details of their online aliases.
Blizzard, Microsoft, Sony, NCSoft and many other game firms are backing the purge, aimed at protecting children.
"The internet is the crime scene of the 21st Century, and we must ensure that online video game platforms do not become a digital playground for dangerous predators," said New York's attorney general Eric Schneiderman in a statement.
Mr Schneiderman said the action would make online gaming communities a safer place for children. Many parents did not know, he said, that online gaming platforms and services let players communicate anonymously. However, he added, offenders had used this capability in the past to contact and "groom" children they later went on to abuse.
New York's Electronic Securing and Targeting of Online Predators Act, known as the e-STOP law, requires convicted sex offenders to tell the state which email addresses, login names, screen identities and other online aliases they use. These are then passed on to game and web firms that have signed up to help the programme.
Gaming accounts on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, Gaia Online and many others have been deleted as a result of the law.
This action builds on the first stage of the e-STOP programme that saw more than 3,500 online accounts used by sex offenders shut down.
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Hundreds of accounts for online games used by registered sex offenders have been shut down in the US.
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Welsh language use and housing quality would also feed into an annual report, to help achieve the goals of the Well-being of Future Generations Act.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said the aim was to achieve a "more rounded picture" of how Wales was advancing.
He invited people to give their views on 40 planned "national indicators".
Mr Jones called the consultation a "fantastic opportunity for public bodies, individuals and organisations to have their say on how we continue to develop and build the Wales we want".
"The Well-being of Future Generations Act places a duty on us all to work together to ensure that decisions taken today are made with future generations at their heart," he added.
During its passage through the assembly, some opposition members had criticised the proposed law to improve the nation's social and economic prospects as a "bureaucratic monster" with no "clear purpose".
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Life expectancy, employment, school leaver skill levels and air quality are among the measures ministers plan to use to judge Wales' national progress.
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Plaid Cymru's Arfon MP Hywel Williams made his calls ahead of the second reading of the EU Referendum Bill in the House of Commons on 9 June.
Mr Williams said contingencies must be put in place for common agricultural policy and structural funds payments in the event of a vote to leave.
The loss of these funds would be "catastrophic", he said.
Mr Williams, Plaid's foreign affairs spokesman at Westminster, said the government must "urgently" set out their intentions.
"To suddenly cut off vital funds to our farming communities would also potentially decimate the agricultural industry here - a cornerstone of the Welsh economy," he added.
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An MP has called on the UK government to set out contingency plans on "vital" EU farm funding to Wales.
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An 18-month analysis by the National Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters, which helps develop police policy, found the technology could be "transformative".
Privacy campaigners said they were concerned about the plans.
Police are also to take over investigations into drone misuse.
Following a successful trial at Gatwick airport over the past year, drones will be given to units guarding Heathrow, Stansted, Luton and City airports.
Selected airports in other parts of the UK will also use the technology.
The equipment will be rolled out over the next 18 months.
BBC London has also learned police will take responsibility from for investigating the irresponsible or illegal use of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
There are now estimated to be more than 50,000 drones in the UK and the move reflects growing concern over the damage they could cause in the wrong hands.
Counter-terrorism officers are also concerned about the publicity extremists could gain if they flew a flag or banner over a prominent central London location.
On Wednesday a drone carrying radioactive material landed on the roof of the Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's residence. No-one was injured.
George Trebess from the National Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters said it was also possible that drones could be used during major incidents, including sieges or standoffs involving firearms.
Speaking to security experts at the Counter Terror Expo in London, he said: "The technology is transformative.
"With the new system we will be able to carry out missions around seven times faster than ground-based activity and at around 10% of the cost. We estimate £1.2m would be saved in three years."
It is thought the savings would come through having fewer officers patrolling airports on foot.
Emma Carr of Big Brother Watch, which campaigns over state surveillance, called for clear information about how police planned to use the drones.
She called for a "better understanding of how they're used and who they're being used by".
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Police guarding London airports will start using drones for surveillance following a review by counter-terrorism officers.
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The 31-year-old from Devon has previously won bronze and silver medals on both the Intercontinental Cup and Europa Cup circuits.
But his success in Switzerland was his first in more than 80 senior races.
"It's taken a long time, but it's such a nice feeling hearing your national anthem blaring out," said Swift.
"I had fairly high expectations, but there's a big difference between performing well in training and racing. That's something I've struggled with historically."
Swift has slid on both the World Cup and Intercontinental Cup circuits so far this season and will hope to be in the GB World Championship team when it is announced in early February.
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David Swift won for the first time in a nine-year Great Britain career as he took gold in the penultimate race of the Europa Cup season in St Moritz.
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About 25 people battled driving rain for the Santa Splash event, organised by the Canal and River Trust along the Leeds Liverpool Canal.
It marked the end of the first year of a project which aims to map a 150-mile stretch of canal from east to west.
A similar event is being staged in Burscough, Lancashire, on Sunday.
The Coast to Coast trail, which has been funded by a £1.3m charity grant, will stretch between Liverpool on the west and Goole on the east coast.
The Santa Splash canoeists tackled a two-mile stretch of the canal for the fun event.
Project manager Greg Brookes said: "I want to say a big thank you to everyone who joined a tremendous effort to bring some festive cheer to the canal."
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Canoeists dressed as Father Christmas took to the canal to celebrate a project linking some of Britain's waterways.
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It says the missile was launched in waters east of the Korean peninsula - the latest in a recent series of tests.
It comes less than three months after a previous attempt to launch a missile from a submarine failed.
North Korea, believed to be developing nuclear weapons, is banned by the UN from any use of ballistic missiles.
"The SLBM (submarine-launched ballistic missile) was ejected from the submarine normally, but is estimated the initial flight was unsuccessful," the South Korean military said in a statement.
"Our military strongly denounces such provocative acts by North Korea," it added.
The missile had been launched at about 11:30 local time (02:30 GMT) off North Korea's port of Sinpo.
The US and South Korea on Friday agreed to deploy a missile defence system to counter threats from Pyongyang.
It remains unclear exactly where the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system will be sited and who will have final control.
Earlier this week, the US imposed sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un - a move Pyongyang described as an "open declaration of war".
This was the first time sanctions have been used against Mr Kim by the US, as it declared him directly responsible for human rights abuses in his country.
Pyongyang has reportedly warned that it will close down all diplomatic channels with the US unless the blacklisting is revoked.
In January, North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test, claiming it to be its first using a hydrogen bomb.
Shortly after that Pyongyang launched a satellite, widely seen as a test of long-range missile technology.
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North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine but it failed in its initial flight stage, South Korea's military says.
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She had been in hospital in Nashville, where she suffered a heart attack on Thursday.
Other US hits included You're My Man, How Can I Unlove You? and Top of the World, also recorded by the Carpenters.
Singer Dolly Parton said, "Lynn is blooming in God's Rose Garden now. We will miss her and remember her fondly."
Born in North Dakota and raised in Sacramento, California, Anderson was the daughter of two country songwriters and started performing at the age of six.
In 1967, she began a two-year television engagement on The Lawrence Welk Show, which led to a contract with Columbia Records in Nashville, the capital of country music.
"He was absolutely wholesome,'' she later said of Welk in an Associated Press interview.
"He felt country music was coming into its own and deserved to be on national TV."
She won a Grammy award for Rose Garden and was the Country Music Association's female vocalist of the year in 1971.
"It was popular because it touched on emotions,'' she told AP.
"It was perfectly timed. It was out just as we came out of the Vietnam years and a lot of people were trying to recover. This song stated that you can make something out of nothing. You take it and go ahead."
Alongside her singing career, she made a number of television appearances with stars including Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby and John Wayne.
She also appeared in episodes of the cop show Starsky and Hutch and in the 1990 BBC drama The Wreck on the Highway.
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US country singer Lynn Anderson, best known for her worldwide 1971 hit (I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden, has died, aged 67.
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The 32-year-old former Dundee United and Rangers forward joined the Kirkcaldy club this summer.
Director of football Craig Levein said he and Hearts' head coach thought it was an "exciting" appointment.
"Jon is somebody that both myself and Robbie Neilson know from our respective times at Dundee United," he said.
"We believe he has all the attributes to develop into a great coach."
Daly is a replacement for Jack Ross, who left his player development manager post in October.
No reason has yet been revealed by the club or the former Clyde, Falkirk and St Mirren defender for the 39-year-old's exit.
Dublin-born Daly began his career with Stockport County and had spells with Bury, Grimsby Town and Hartlepool United before moving to Scotland to join the Terrors in 2007.
He signed for Rovers in August after being released by Championship rivals Rangers at the end of last season.
Daly, who also played for Republic of Ireland at youth level, has made 11 appearances, nine of them starts, and scored once, for the Kirkcaldy outfit, who lie fourth in the table.
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Raith Rovers striker Jon Daly is to become Hearts' new Under-20s coach when his playing contract with the Scottish Championship club expires in January.
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The national park authorities of Pembrokeshire, Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons have each received a share of £600,000 Welsh Government funding for a variety of projects.
They include improving accessibility to Cadair Idris, Snowdon's Miners Track and in the east Beacons.
Wheelchair access will also be installed at Freshwater East, Abereiddy and St Davids in Pembrokeshire.
The remainder of the funding will be spent on improvements to the 870 mile Wales Coast Path.
Work will be carried out at:
There is also an allocation to Natural Resources Wales to help it repair winter storm damage on the coast path, preserving it for years to come.
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Public access is set to be improved at some of Wales' beauty spots.
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Raja Ali's car was rammed and then blocked in at the side by two vehicles in Dagenham on 25 September.
The 33-year-old initially escaped but was chased and stabbed to death.
Abubakar Bana, from Hornchurch, Essex, was jailed for 15 years. Jordon Archambie, 20, of Stratford, east London, was sentenced to 12 years in a young offenders institution.
Three other men, Daniel Welch, 34, of Winstead Gardens, Dagenham, Zakar Yunas, 22, of Rokeby Steret, Stratford, and Mussa Jalo, 21, from Norfolk Road, Dagenham, were jailed for violent disorder.
Jalo - who pleaded guilty to violent disorder at the start of the Old Bailey trial - and Welch were each sentenced to three years in prison. Yunas was jailed for four years
Bana, and Archambie were also both sentenced to three years each for violent disorder to run concurrently with their sentences for manslaughter.
Jurors in the trial heard that Mr Ali was sitting in his car along with two friends waiting for what they thought was a drugs deal.
A Mitsubishi Shogun 4x4 then rammed into Mr Ali's car, shunting it forward, while a red Renault Megane pulled up alongside and the occupants got out armed with weapons.
Mr Ali and two other men ran away but they were chased and the 33-year-old was stabbed to death in Braintree Road.
Det Ch Insp Dave Whellams called it a "pre-planned and orchestrated murder".
"Regardless of what Raja's intentions were that night, when he arranged to meet these men he should not have lost his life.
"I hope Raja's grieving family are able to move forward knowing his attackers have now been brought to justice."
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Two men have been jailed for the manslaughter of a drug dealer who was stabbed to death after being ambushed.
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Mitchell Ogston was on his bike outside his family home in the Oldmixon area of Weston-super-Mare on 7 March when a driver hit him and drove away.
Neighbour Linda Dalrymple said she wanted the speed limit cut from 30mph to 20mph and speed bumps installed.
Avon and Somerset Police said investigations are continuing.
North Somerset Council said it is currently waiting for a police report on the accident, which will be added to its database to record all injury accidents.
It said: "The database is used to direct our casualty reduction programme, which includes highway engineering, enforcement (in conjunction with the police) and road safety education, training and publicity.
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A petition has been launched to reduce the speed limit in an area where a 14-year-old boy was injured in a hit-and-run collision.
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The Education Authority (EA) had proposed that children receive 2.5 hours a day in schools that offer pre-school provision rather than 4.5 hours.
The plans were due to come into effect from September 2016.
The review was requested by Education Minister John O'Dowd who described the decision as "flawed".
Officials from the EA appeared before Stormont's Education Committee on Wednesday.
Dr Claire Mangan said that the review would be completed within a short period of time.
"Obviously, until the EA board has the information that they will require, we are not moving forward with part-time," she said.
UUP MLA Sandra Overend said she could not understand how the minister did not know of the proposed cuts.
"Do you know how he didn't know?" she asked Dr Mangan.
"I can't answer that," Dr Mangan replied.
The EA's proposed cut in hours would have affected 29 special schools in Northern Ireland.
The EA had said that the move was "designed to increase the opportunity for children to access special schools places".
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Plans to cut the hours of children who attend nursery in special schools have been suspended pending a review, a Stormont committee has heard.
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Speaking after talks with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara, the UK prime minister said Islamic State (IS) was a "common enemy" that must be confronted.
He hailed the countries' existing intelligence co-operation and said this would be stepped up further.
The US and EU want Turkey to take a more active role in tackling IS.
At a press conference in the capital, Turkey's prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the two countries shared a "strong and common political will" to address the threat posed by foreign fighters travelling to and from conflict zones in Syria and Iraq.
Mr Cameron said that British jihadists had "sometimes" passed through Turkey and the two men had had "productive discussions" over how they could be detained and, if possible, prosecuted.
The UK government is seeking greater powers to confiscate the passports of people returning to the UK from Iraq and Syria who are thought to pose a threat to national security, with Parliament currently debating changes to the law.
Asked whether Turkey could be doing more to identify and stop suspects at its borders, Mr Cameron said the two countries were already working "as closely as we possibly can" to tackle the threat.
He said: "Whether it is about stopping people coming through Turkey to Syria or Iraq to fight for Islamic State, whether it's about making sure we deal with people when they return, whether it is the highest levels of intelligence co-operation that we can possibly achieve between our countries, this is all about making sure people are safer in Turkey and making sure people are safer back home in the UK."
As well as addressing the "extremist ideology" that fuels Islamic State, he reiterated his calls for a transition to a more democratic and representative government in Syria and more efforts towards reconciliation by the new government in Baghdad.
Mr Cameron also hailed a growth in economic links between the UK and Turkey, saying bilateral trade had increased by 60% since 2010.
Making his first visit to Turkey since 2010, Mr Cameron will later be hosted at a dinner by president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Mr Cameron will not return to the UK in time for Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, with Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg expected to step in for him.
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David Cameron has said the UK and Turkey are working "hand in glove" to prevent British jihadists returning home after fighting in Iraq and Syria.
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Today, the Conservative government has decided to scrap Wednesday's vote to relax the hunting ban in England and Wales after the SNP said its 56 MPs would vote against a government move to bring the law in line with the law in Scotland.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said one of the reasons why her MPs would vote on a law that doesn't apply in Scotland was because the prime minister was making Scottish MPs "second-class citizens" in the House of Commons through his "English votes for English laws" (EVEL) proposal.
It's been suggested the government may now tighten up restrictions on Scottish MPs voting on matters in England and Wales before holding a vote on hunting regulations.
But as my colleague Mark D'Arcy explains, the current EVEL proposals would still allow the SNP to vote on changes to hunting laws if they are enacted by secondary legislation.
So either the EVEL proposals will have to re-drafted (again) or primary legislation will have to be used if the government wants to change the law.
Wednesday's vote would have thrown up some interesting alliances. In the last parliament, Plaid Cymru and the SNP were treated as a single parliamentary group at Westminster, but Plaid's three MPs were expected to vote with Tory MPs to relax the ban.
Plaid parliamentary leader, Jonathan Edwards, told me: "It is a free vote for Plaid Cymru MPs and I have to make a decision when votes are presented to the House of Commons how I believe it would be better for me to represent my constituents in those circumstances.
"With this particular issue my position my position is that it would improve livestock protection for the farming community and the farming community is obviously a key stakeholder in my constituency."
The free vote may owe something to hunting being an issue of conscience, although it may owe something to party management too: several Plaid Cymru AMs are prominent opponents of fox hunting.
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Who can remember those far gone days of the general election campaign when the Conservatives warned that putting Ed Miliband in Downing Street would see the SNP calling the shots?
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said investors had lost £5m, but the losses could have been greater.
The fine is one of the largest of its type ever imposed.
Invesco Perpetual said the funds involved had been "fully reimbursed", but admitted it had fallen short of its usual standards.
The FCA said that over a four year period, between 2008 and 2012, the company had failed to comply with investment limits, which are designed to protect consumers from undue exposure to risk.
The rules were broken on 33 separate occasions.
The firm also failed to explain the use of derivatives - complex financial instruments - to its investors.
Two of the funds involved - the Invesco Perpetual High Income Fund, and the Invesco Perpetual Income Fund - were managed by Neil Woodford, one of the UK's star fund managers.
After a long and successful career at Invesco Perpetual, Mr Woodford left the company earlier this month.
"Investors of all sizes trusted Invesco Perpetual to manage their money," said Tracey McDermott, the FCA's director of enforcement and financial crime.
"They signed up for a certain level of risk, but we found Invesco Perpetual's actions were at odds with investors' reasonable expectations," she said.
The company said it was confident that its systems and controls had now been improved.
"The small number of impacted funds were fully reimbursed," said Mark Armour, the chief executive of Invesco Perpetual.
"In this instance, we clearly fell short of the high standards we consistently strive to deliver," he said.
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The UK's largest retail investment manager, Invesco Perpetual, has been fined £18.6m by the city watchdog for exposing investors to unnecessary risk.
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Migration Watch said given that figures for the 10-year period to 2011 were proved unreliable, it feared current estimates may be wrong.
The Office for National Statistics said it was reviewing the quality of data but could not alter the past estimates.
It has already accepted it undercounted the number of immigrants from countries which joined the EU after 2004.
In December the ONS said its figures on net migration - the number of people moving to the UK minus the number leaving - for the 10 years up to 2011 had proved to be inaccurate.
This came after information from the 2011 Census showed the population of England and Wales grew by 464,000 more than the ONS estimated - mostly due to migration.
As Britain prepares to lift labour market restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians next year, Sir Andrew Green - chairman of Migration Watch - says the same mistake on statistics could still be being made.
He has written to the UK Statistics Authority watchdog calling for a revision of previous immigration estimates.
"There is no point in burying bad news in obscure documents," Sir Andrew said. "That simply destroys trust.
"It is hard to think of set of statistics that is more important to the public."
But ONS head of population outputs Paul Vickers said: "It is simply not true to suggest that ONS has 'refused' to revise migration estimates."
An ONS spokesman told the BBC the past figures, based on surveys at ports of entry to the UK, could not be updated based on the Census statistics as the two datasets were not comparable.
Mr Vickers said improvements had been made to the ONS's data and it had already announced plans to publish a report "analysing the quality of the long-term international migration data since 2001" in the autumn.
The government has so far refused to put a figure on the number of Romanians and Bulgarians who could come to the UK when restrictions are lifted in January.
Campaigners have said as many as 250,000 people could arrive for work in the next five years.
The coalition government vowed net migration would fall to under 100,000 per year by 2015.
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Campaigners for reduced immigration to the UK have warned officials could be underestimating net migration.
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The 22-year-old, who is currently sidelined with a serious knee injury, will remain with the west London club until the summer of 2019.
Injuries have restricted the Scot to just 14 appearances since he arrived from Rangers in January 2015.
"Prior to his injury he was beginning to show the undoubted potential he possesses," head coach Dean Smith said.
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Brentford midfielder Lewis Macleod has signed a one-year extension to his contract with the Championship club.
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He said he had agreed to suspending the right-to-buy scheme "to ensure homes are available to those who need them".
Swansea and Carmarthenshire have already been granted the power to halt sales to protect their housing stock.
Ministers are planning to introduce a law to abolish right-to-buy across Wales over the next year.
Ending the flagship policy of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was one of the most eye catching pledges in Welsh Labour's assembly election manifesto.
Since 1980, more than 130,000 houses in Wales have been bought under right-to-buy, for council tenants, and right-to-acquire, for housing association tenants.
Anglesey council says nearly half its housing stock has been sold under the scheme - leaving it with fewer than 4,000 properties.
Mr Sargeant said he had agreed to the council's application to suspend right-to-buy to "help them deal with the pressure their social housing is facing and to ensure that homes are available to those who need them".
He said the Welsh Government was also abolishing right-to-buy altogether, because the scheme was "further increasing the pressure on our social housing supply and is forcing many vulnerable people to wait longer for a home".
"Legislating to end the right-to-buy is the only sure way to prevent this and give social landlords the confidence to invest in building more of the affordable homes Wales needs," Mr Sargeant added.
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Anglesey has become the latest Welsh local authority to stop tenants buying their own council houses, Communities Secretary Carl Sargeant has confirmed.
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Bryan Hunsaker from America held the 733lbs (332kg) boulders at Potarch in Aberdeenshire for 33.9 seconds - beating the record of 31 seconds.
Mr Hunsaker, a 6ft 8in tall, 22-stone amateur weightlifter, travelled to the area while on holiday in the UK to take on the challenge.
The 36-year-old's family watched as he lifted the granite boulders challenge, dressed in a kilt.
The smaller of the stones weighs more than 144kg (318lbs) and the larger is more than 188kg (414lbs).
Iron rings were attached to them in the 1830s so they could act as counterweights for scaffolding during the maintenance of Potarch Bridge.
In 1860, Donald Dinnie carried them across the width of Potarch Bridge and back.
Mr Hunsaker had learned of the stones via the weightlifting community.
The vitamin exporter told the BBC Scotland news website: "I had known about them for about a year, and started training seriously for it about two months ago.
"We were coming to the UK anyway so decided to try.
"I realised I could hang on to them for a while - to beat Mark Felix's record is quite something."
Ballogie Estate marketing co-ordinator Helen Knowles said of the new record: "We timed it with a stopwatch. He was very determined - and absolutely delighted."
Attempts to lift the stones have to be made by arrangement, to protect the stones.
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A tourist has broken the record for lifting the famous Dinnie Stones.
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It's now followed in the footsteps of selfie after being named 2014's international word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries.
They chose it to reflect the huge rise and popularity of electronic cigarettes over the past few years.
Other words shortlisted for word included "bae" - a term of endearment, "indyref" and "contactless".
Oxford Dictionaries claims we are now 30 times more likely to come across the word "vape" than we were two years ago.
It can be used to describe both the device and the action.
Judy Pearsall, editorial director for Oxford Dictionaries, said: "As vaping has gone mainstream and with growing public debate on the public dangers and the need for regulation, the language usage of the word vape and related terms in 2014 has shown a marked increase."
The earliest known use of the word "vape" was seen in an article called Why Do People Smoke? from 1983.
The author, Rob Stepney, wrote about "an inhaler or non-combustible cigarette, looking much like the real thing, but...delivering a metered dose of nicotine vapour. The new habit, if it catches on, would be known as vaping".
In March 2014, the UK's first vape cafe opened in London while protests were held in New York against the banning of indoor vaping.
Controversy over e-cigarettes was raised again last week when fire bosses said that safety messages should be put on the kits because of a rise in incidents linked to the devices.
Previous words of the year have included "selfie", "omnishambles" and "simples".
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The definition of vape: to inhale and exhale the vapour produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device.
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Jeffrey Davies, 44, of Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff, is alleged to have committed the offences in 2002 and 2003.
He was a detective constable at that time, but is no longer in the force.
Mr Davies did not enter a plea at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on Monday and will appear at the city's crown court on 7 December.
An investigation was carried out by South Wales Police, managed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Mr Davies was released on bail.
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A former South Wales Police officer has appeared in court charged with two counts of rape.
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The Bluebirds beat Preston North End 2-0 in one of seven Tuesday night games.
There were also seven Premier League games as the window drew to a close.
"It's a nightmare, it's a disgrace. You can't tell me the Football Association couldn't plan it where there isn't a game," said Warnock.
The deadline was 23:00 GMT for Football League and Premier League clubs - a little over an hour after the final whistle in the matches.
"I am disappointed that we haven't brought anyone in," said 68-year-old Warnock.
"In the afternoon I should have been resting and I went to have a kip for half an hour and my phone went 20 times.
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"It's typical of the FA that they haven't got the time or the inclination to try and help clubs or managers.
"They obviously have never been in our situation, don't know the phone is ringing every five or 10 minutes -agents, clubs.
"They haven't got a clue."
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Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock has strongly criticised the Football Association for scheduling Championship matches on the last day of the January transfer window.
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Posh, beaten 5-1 at Bury in their previous away game, were defeated 2-0 by a side that only had 13 League One goals all season prior to the match.
"We were poor from minute one. The Bury result was a 5-1 defeat, but we never folded like (against Oldham)," he said.
"That's probably the worst I've seen us under my management. I'm disgusted with the performance to be honest."
Second-half goals from Paul Green and Ryan McLaughlin, their first for the Latics, gave the second-from-bottom hosts victory over a Posh side currently just four points outside the play-off places.
McCann, who became manager in May, continued to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "Without me being too critical, because I'll take responsibility, I'm the manager, on the whole the character this season has been good. It wasn't against Oldham.
"We lacked energy, tempo, anything about us. We were launching hopeless balls into their box into centre-halves like Anthony Gerrard and Peter Clarke who've been around this league and just head things away.
"I toyed with making changes to freshen it up, but I gave them another shot because they won the game. I'm possibly regretting that decision now."
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Peterborough United manager Grant McCann has said "everything" went wrong in the defeat by Oldham on Tuesday.
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Patchell, 22, will leave the Blues at the end of the current season after rejecting a new contract.
He will join Wales centre Jonathan Davies at Scarlets next term after Davies' switch from Clermont Auvergne.
"Rhys is an exciting young player who will bring a new dimension to our game next season," head coach Wayne Pivac said.
"He's been playing particularly well for the Blues in recent weeks. He will be joining what is shaping up to be a very exciting backline."
Patchell made his regional debut for the Blues in September 2012 and his international debut for Wales in the summer tour to Japan in 2013.
"I'd like to thank Cardiff Blues for giving me an opportunity and supporting my development over the last few seasons," he added.
"As a Cardiff boy it has been a really difficult decision to have to make, and one that I have deliberated over for quite some time.
"I will continue to give my all to the Blues as we look to build on recent victories in both the Pro12 and Challenge Cup. I will leave the region with fond memories and having made lifelong friends."
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Cardiff Blues fly-half Rhys Patchell will join Welsh rivals Scarlets on a two-year deal from next summer.
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The decision followed the chaos due to an update to RBS computer systems, which left many customers unable to access their accounts or move money.
He confirmed that RBS is one of the banks being investigated about attempts to manipulate Libor interest rates, for which Barclays has already been fined.
He told the BBC it was a time of "high emotion around financial services".
Barclays has already accepted a fine following an investigation by the Financial Services Authority.
Mr Hester said he could not comment on the situation because the investigation was still ongoing.
The RBS boss had previously turned down the £963,000 bonus in RBS shares that he had been awarded for last year. He said at the time that the decision was due to "enormous political pressure".
As for this year's award, he said: "I don't deserve one and wouldn't take one." His salary last year was £1.2m.
Mr Hester agreed that there needed to be a cultural change in banking. "[Bankers] thought they were masters of the universe, when they should have been servants of the customer."
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Stephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, has decided not to take a bonus for this year.
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The Maidstone-born 26-year-old made 90 appearances during a three-year spell at Ashton Gate.
But he started only one league match for the Robins last season.
"I'm delighted to sign for Gillingham. I've got a lot of friends and family this way, which adds to my excitement about joining," Wagstaff told the Gills' website.
Wagstaff began his career at Charlton, and played 120 league games for the south London club.
He has also had spells on loan at Bournemouth, Leyton Orient and Northwich.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Gillingham have signed midfielder Scott Wagstaff on a two-year contract after his recent released by Bristol City.
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As Britain struggles to solve its housing shortage crisis, experts have been looking at the best solutions to building new homes.
Professor Philip Oldfield and the Sustainable Tall Buildings Design Lab at the University of Nottingham have been trying to predict what new houses will look like in 2050.
A specially-commissioned animated film for BBC Inside Out shows a variety of approaches to how our homes might look in 40 years' time.
The homes of tomorrow could range from sky-high apartments in vertical villages to flat-pack, pre-fabricated housing and eco homes.
Inside Out is broadcast on BBC One on Monday, 21 September at 19:30 BST and nationwide for 30 days thereafter on the iPlayer.
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What will the house of the future look like?
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Blanch Mortimer, who died in 1347, was the daughter of Sir Roger Mortimer, who overthrew King Edward II and ruled England for three years.
Work to restore Blanch's tomb at St Bartholomew's Church in Much Marcle uncovered the remains in October.
English Heritage described the find as "astonishing".
The Reverend Howard Mayell, vicar for the parish, said the £500,000 work to restore the church had begun in 2006.
"However, it wasn't until autumn we discovered there was a lead-lined coffin in the tomb, which was a real surprise," he said.
"We kept the discovery under wraps until we had carried out tests and made her secure again.
"There wasn't much left in the coffin, so we can't be absolutely certain it is Blanch but we believe the remains are hers.
"We are quite overwhelmed by the idea Blanch is still in the church."
Blanch's tomb, which is located within the chancel, includes an effigy that has been described by experts as "strikingly beautiful".
Mr Mayell said the monument had been removed for preservation and it was only then the tomb had been discovered.
The king overthrown by his wife in favour of his son
Michael Eastham, the conservator of sculpture, who was working on the church, said: "We could not work out what it was when we first took the stone panels from the front of the memorial.
"We thought it might be a layer of slate but as we explored further we realised it was a lead coffin."
A spokesman for English Heritage said it was "astonishing" to find a coffin within a tomb, adding: "Usually the tomb chest is empty, with the body buried beneath."
He said: "The coffin is complete, irregular in shape like a lead shroud, and has a number of small holes in it."
The remains underwent an endoscopic examination.
The spokesman added: "The decision was eventually taken that the coffin should not be opened, both on grounds of best archaeological practice and the Church of England policy that human remains should be disturbed as little as possible."
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The remains of the daughter of a 14th Century traitor are believed to have been discovered in a church tomb in Herefordshire.
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The 31-year-old is the Premiership club's first recruit of the summer.
He has played in his homeland and in Greece and Israel before his move to the Swiss top flight in January.
Accies say Tomas is the first player they have paid a fee for since goalkeeper Tomas Cerny arrived from Sigma Olomouc in 2009.
Gramoz Kurtaj, Alex D'Acol and Ioannis Skondras left Hamilton at the end of last season, while goalkeeper Remi Matthews has returned to Norwich City after his loan.
Tomas joined Lausanne-Sport from Israeli Premier League outfit Bnei Yehuda in January and made three appearances for the side who finished ninth in the Swiss Super League.
He started his career at Gueugnon and moved on to Tours before spells with Olympiacos Volou and Levadiakos in Greece.
Tomas joined Maccabi Petah Tikva in Israel before half a season with Bnei Yehuda, for whom he played 17 times.
His move is still subject to international clearance, meaning he will not feature for his new side when they kick-off their League Cup campaign away to Lowland League outfit East Kilbride at K-Park on Saturday.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Hamilton Academical have signed French central defender Xavier Tomas for an undisclosed fee from Swiss club Lausanne-Sport.
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The GB athletes will miss the rest of 2017 and Ellington posted a picture to his Instagram account saying he is "truly blessed" to be alive.
The 31-year-old has a suspected broken leg in two places and both men have a suspected broken pelvis.
Ellington said he is "overwhelmed" by the public's support.
He added: "I truly am blessed as I do not know how me or my training partner Nigel are still alive.
"Me and him are both strong characters and will be looking to bounce back from this horrific accident."
British Athletics says its staff are with the athletes and are liaising with doctors over treatment.
However, they are still waiting to find out the severity of their injuries from specialists. There will be no definitive update from doctors until the weekend or next week.
Ellington and Levine say they were riding a motorbike when they were struck head on by a car travelling on the wrong side of the road.
The incident happened on Tuesday evening, with Ellington and Levene part of a British Athletics group taking part in a warm-weather training camp.
Any pelvic injuries to sprinters are potentially career-threatening and both athletes will need significant rehabilitation.
"We will not be releasing further information on the severity of their injuries at the present time," a British Athletes statement read.
"Both athletes are receiving medical treatment and are conscious and stable."
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Ellington, 31, is a 100m and 200m specialist and a two-time Olympian who was part of the gold medal-winning 4x100m relay teams at the 2014 and 2016 European Championships.
Levine, 27, is a 400m runner who was born in Trinidad and raised in Northamptonshire.
He won a European outdoor relay gold in 2014 and an indoor relay gold in 2013.
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British sprinter James Ellington says he does not know how he or team-mate Nigel Levine survived a motorbike accident in Spain.
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The Scot is seeded second behind Novak Djokovic for next week's event at Flushing Meadows.
But former British number one Rusedski believes the Serb's form does not live up to his ranking.
"I would say he is slightly the second favourite," he said. "If you look at his form, he lost in the third round of Wimbledon and Olympics first round."
Murray won his second Wimbledon title and went on to win a second successive Olympic gold in the singles in Rio.
Rusedski also believes the return of Ivan Lendl as the British number one's coach is having an effect on Djokovic.
"It's just a bit of doubt creeping possibly into his mind," he told BBC Scotland.
"If you look at Murray when Lendl is in his corner, he seems to win majors. Before Lendl, there was no majors. After Lendl, there was no majors.
"All of a sudden, when Ivan comes back, Murray wins Wimbledon again."
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Andy Murray should be favourite for the final tennis major of the year, the US Open, according to Greg Rusedski.
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Earlier this summer, the actress said she was "appalled and angry" about a billboard advert for her movie Red Shoes & the 7 Dwarfs, which suggested being overweight made you less beautiful.
And now, she's spoken for the first time about a time she was fat-shamed on set by one of her male co-stars.
She told Variety: "This guy that was my love interest was like, 'I'd never date you in real life,' and I was like, 'what?'. And he was like, 'yeah, you're too big for me' - as in my size.
"It was one of the only actors that ever made me cry on set."
Chloe didn't reveal who it was, but said the actor was in his mid 20s - while she was 15 at the time.
"I went bawling to my brother and he was like, 'what happened?'. And I was like, 'he told me I was too big'. My brother was so angry.
"I had to pick it up and go back on set and pretend he was a love interest, and it was really hard. It just makes you realise that there are some really bad people out there and for some reason, he felt the need to say that to me.
"You have to kind of forgive and not forget really, but it was just like wow. It was jarring. I look back on it and I was 15, which is really, really dark."
Chloe Grace Moretz isn't the first star to highlight the issue of body shaming.
From Kate Winslet and Jennifer Lawrence (pictured) to Meghan Trainor and Amy Schumer - more and more stars are refusing to feel guilty about their appearance.
"I heard my body is a topic of conversation so I wanted to say, I'm proud of my body and you should be proud of yours too," Lady Gaga said earlier this year.
Lena Dunham, meanwhile, has said: "I've accepted that my body is an ever changing organism, not a fixed entity - what goes up must come down and vice versa."
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Chloe Grace Moretz is not a fan of body shaming.
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He said voting for Mrs Clinton is the "only path forward... to stop the dangerous candidacy of Donald Trump".
Mrs Clinton's lead in the Democratic race is insurmountable, he said, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has no chance to win.
His endorsement is a setback to Mr Sanders' campaign ahead of the California primary.
"Hillary Clinton, with her long experience, especially as Secretary of State, has a firm grasp of the issues and will be prepared to lead our country on day one," Mr Brown wrote on his website.
"Next January, I want to be sure that it is Hillary Clinton who takes the oath of office, not Donald Trump."
Mr Brown said he has been "deeply impressed" by Mr Sanders' campaign and message of fighting wealth disparity, but Mrs Clinton knows how to push the Democratic agenda forward.
In 1992, Mr Brown sought the Democratic nomination for president against Bill Clinton, not giving up until the Democratic convention.
He never formally endorsed Mr Clinton, drawing some comparisons to Mr Sanders' campaign strategy.
California goes to the polls on 7 June, with 546 Democratic delegates and 172 Republican delegates up for grabs.
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has clinched the Republican nomination.
Mrs Clinton is currently leading in polls in California.
Mr Sanders has said he will not accept defeat until the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia in July, no matter what happens in California or at the New Jersey primary, also on 7 June.
"I think you know there's been some discussion that some of the media is going to say the campaign is over, she is the nominee on Tuesday night after the votes come in from New Jersey - that's not accurate," said Mr Sanders while campaigning in California.
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California Governor Jerry Brown is endorsing Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton for president.
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For one week, 164 healthy volunteers were asked to wear a wrist sensor that tracked their normal sleep habits.
They were then given nasal drops containing rhinovirus and quarantined in a hotel for five days under close observation to see how many got a cold.
The findings support the theory that poor sleep blunts immunity.
The US study, published in the journal Sleep, looked only at sleep duration, not sleep quality.
Getting broken sleep did not appear to make any difference - just quantity of sleep per night.
The results suggest that people who get little sleep each night are more likely to catch a cold than those who clock up more than seven hours a night.
Lead researcher Dr Aric Prather, from the University of California San Francisco, said: "Short sleep was more important than any other factor in predicting subjects' likelihood of catching cold.
"It didn't matter how old people were, their stress levels, their race, education or income. It didn't matter if they were a smoker. With all those things taken into account, statistically sleep still carried the day."
Poor sleep has been linked to other illnesses and obesity.
Dr Prather has previously said that sleep may limit the effectiveness of vaccines.
Experts say most people need about eight hours of good-quality sleep a night to function properly - but some need more and some less.
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People who sleep six hours a night or less are more likely to catch a cold when exposed to the virus, a novel human experiment has found.
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Residents reported "horrific" scenes when the dogs came into Penningtons Lane, Macclesfield, on Saturday.
Police are investigating a claim that the animals were chasing a fox which was later found dead in a back garden.
A spokesman for Cheshire Forest Hunt said they "apologised" for what had happened.
Resident Julie Clarke, 47, who witnessed the hunt said it was "horrific" and had left locals "scared and outraged".
"I saw two quad bikes [and] about 20 hounds that came screaming down the road and a man dressed in his regalia," she said.
"Those dogs were out of control.
"I am upset, furious and appalled that people are getting away with this.
"There are a lot of older residents around here and a lot of them have been traumatised."
Other residents said the dogs had been running through nearby fields at about 12:45 GMT before they ran into the lane.
They said hunt members on the quad bikes had retrieved the dead fox from the garden before police arrived.
Images of the dead animal were later posted on social media by animal rights campaign group Stop The Cull.
A spokesman for the RSPCA said the charity had been "made aware of an incident where hunt hounds allegedly pursued a fox in a residential street in Macclesfield".
"We are assisting the police with this matter," he added.
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A hunt which saw "out of control" foxhounds fill a suburban street and allegedly kill a fox left people "traumatised", a resident has said.
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The 2014 winner Pineau De Re - which, like Many Clouds, was ridden to victory by Leighton Aspell - features in the largest list of entries since 2008.
Five of the top six horses from last year's race have been entered - but Monbeg Dude, who finished third, will not have recovered from injury in time.
A maximum field of 40 will be selected to start the Liverpool race.
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Last year's victor Many Clouds is among 126 entries for the 2016 Grand National at Aintree on 9 April.
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Stephen Bollard, 25, had been freed early from prison for a similar offence when he raided a newsagent and grocery shop in Cockenzie, East Lothian.
The court was told the shopkeeper, Mohammad Ramzan was shaken but physically unharmed by the incident, in which Bollard brandished a screwdriver.
Bollard's lawyer said he felt "remorse" for the attack on 16 August last year.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Uist told Bollard: "When you committed this offence you were under the influence of drugs and alcohol."
Lord Uist said it was clear from a background report and his previous convictions that he had "a long-standing drug misuse problem".
He jailed Bollard for three years and two months, but ordered that he first serve 183 days imprisonment, which was outstanding from his previous sentence for armed robbery with a knife.
The judge also ordered that he should be kept under supervision for a further two years.
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A man has been jailed for more than three years for a robbery in which he took a single £10 note.
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Officers will be able to take swabs from drivers' mouths to test for any of eight prescription or eight illegal drugs after a change in regulations.
The new rules run alongside the existing law where it is an offence to drive when impaired by any drug.
Drivers face prosecution if they exceed limits set for the tests.
The existing penalties mean drug drivers already face a fine up to £5,000, up to six months in prison and a minimum one-year driving ban.
Those using prescription drugs within recommended amounts will not be penalised.
The All Wales Summer Anti-Drink and Drug Drive Campaign begins on Monday and runs for a month.
North Wales Police is leading the new campaign.
Sgt Alun Davies said: "This summer will be the first campaign with the new drug testing kits to help detect cannabis and cocaine as well as standard kits for alcohol testing, so we are better equipped than ever to detect and penalise those who take this very dangerous risk."
New legislation came into force in March 2015 which measures how much of a substance - both illegal drugs and prescription medications - motorists have in their system while driving.
In north Wales, police have conducted their own drugs tests with 18 out of 61 proving positive between March and May.
During last summer's drink-drive campaign across Wales, 15,485 breath tests were carried out with 358 being positive.
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Motorists will be tested for cannabis and cocaine for the first time during an anti-drink and drugs campaign by the four Welsh police forces.
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The film star and his lawyer wife Amal want to erect the cameras on poles up to 5m (16ft) high in the grounds of their manor house in Sonning Eye, on the Oxfordshire-Berkshire border.
Eye and Dunsden Parish Council initially raised concerns over privacy and the CCTV system's visual impact.
But the planned height of the poles was reduced and the complaint was dropped.
South Oxfordshire District Council says planning permission has now been granted as the CCTV system will not be detrimental to the special architectural and historical interest of the listed building.
It is located on an island in the River Thames on the county border between Oxfordshire and Berkshire.
The Hollywood star bought the property in late 2014.
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George Clooney has been given permission to install 18 CCTV cameras at his £10m country home.
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The restrictions, brought in by NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), mean overweight patients will have to lose 10% of their weight before surgery.
Smokers face a six-month delay.
Clare Marx, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), said that "patients should be treated equally according to their symptoms".
The CCG said only elective surgery for non-life threatening procedures, such as hip and knee operations, would be affected.
The new rule will be introduced in January.
More on this and other North Yorkshire stories
Clinical lead Dr Shaun O'Connell denied reports the measures amounted to a ban on surgery.
He claimed the change would bring patients the "best possible health outcomes in the long term" while helping to protect finances.
"There is no ban and no blanket policy," said Dr O'Connell.
"People who do not wish to access the support services or fail to meet the criteria will not be denied their operation, decisions about what is in the best interests of their health, will be made on a case-by-case basis."
The CCG, which serves a population of more than 351,000 in areas including York, Selby and Tadcaster and parts of East Yorkshire proposed the surgery delay in September, but it was put on hold when NHS England and the RCS raised concerns.
NHS England has now approved the plan.
RCS president Clare Marx said she thought the CCG's decision was "financially motivated".
"We think all patients should be treated according to their clinical need," she said.
"We really do believe that everybody needs to eat healthy and if possible give up smoking, but that should not be the deciding factor on whether or not you eventually you get your operation in a timely manner."
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Health bosses have approved plans to delay routine surgery for smokers and obese people.
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Police were called to investigate the sudden death of Patrick Dowds, a man in his 60s, on the farm in Toulett, near Burt, in County Donegal on Wednesday.
It is understood he was attacked by the bull as he was inspecting fields.
His twin brother, George, who lived with him on the farm, was taken to Letterkenny General Hospital.
Charlie Doherty, a friend of the Dowds and a neighbouring farmer, said Patrick had gone out to feed the cattle as normal but had not returned home.
It was then that his brother George alerted some neighbours and they went to look for him.
"They seen the nuts used to feed the cattle and the bucket was still there, and not realising that the bull had killed Patrick they went into the field and the bull attacked George," said Charlie.
"The bull threw George into the air and had him on the ground.
"He rolled away from him and then the neighbours' shouting distracted the bull so George was able to get away to safety."
Mr Doherty said the whole community was in shock
"Patrick would be a very happy-go-lucky fella, he was always up for the craic and the banter," he said.
"It's really sad to hear it. It's just a real tragedy and I know the community will rally round and help the family but it's a real shock.
"Both of them lived together, they were single men living at the home farm.
"This is a real farming area and this just shows what a dangerous job it can be. Patrick went out like he went out every other day, thinking he'd come home."
The Donegal Chairman of the Irish Farmers Association, Michael Chance, who knows the family, said it was a tragic accident.
"The man went out yesterday to look at his cattle and, sadly, it appears the bull turned on him with tragic consequences," he said.
"Certain breeds of bulls are considered dangerous. This was a Charolais bull which would normally be considered one of the more docile breeds, but any bull can turn nasty.
"It's just very sad. He was a man who was very well liked by his neighbours and his life revolved around his farm."
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A man has been killed and his twin brother injured after an attack by a bull on a farm in the Republic of Ireland.
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The MPs also called on the government to bring in rules to slow down the speed at which the machines operate.
Bookmakers should employ more staff to help reduce crime linked to the terminals, they added.
But industry body the Association of British Bookmakers said the group of MPs was "a kangaroo court".
Shares in William Hill fell more than 7% and Ladbrokes Coral shares fell more than 6% after the MPs' announcement.
Fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) are gambling machines, normally located on bookmakers' premises, where players can stake large amounts of money on games such as roulette.
Given the potential for big losses due to the maximum £100 stakes and the speed of spin on the terminals, the government should take immediate action, said Labour MP Carolyn Harris.
"The government has a duty to protect the most vulnerable in our society and to act in the public interest.
"We therefore strongly urge them to properly regulate FOBTs and to do so with immediate effect," she said.
The all-party parliamentary group on fixed-odds betting terminals, which Ms Harris chairs, said it had received reports of increased crime due to the presence of the machines in bookmakers.
The government should consider not just "problem gambling" but also "wider gambling-related harm caused by FOBTs and the cumulative impact on families and communities that these machines can have".
However, the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) described the group of MPs as "a kangaroo court".
"It is a small group of anti-bookmaking MPs, funded by casinos and arcades that will benefit from undermining bookmakers," an ABB spokesman said.
"When a properly balanced and independent Select Committee of MPs investigated FOBTs, they came out strongly in favour of them.
"As opposed to that Select Committee report, this is a biased and highly misleading piece of work, with no material evidence to support their claims."
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is in the process of reviewing fixed-odds gambling machines.
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A cross-party group of MPs has said maximum stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals should be cut from £100 to £2 to reduce "societal harm".
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The collection - housed in the south of Glasgow - has been closed to allow work on a multi-million pound project.
When it opens to visitors in 2020, the basement of the building will become part of the exhibition space.
The Burrell collection consists of more than 8,000 artefacts but fewer than a fifth of them have been on show at any one time.
The treasures were donated to the city by collector Sir William Burrell in 1944.
It is estimated that the total cost of the refurbishment project will be between £60m and £66m.
Under the modernisation plans, a new roof and high performance glazing will make the museum more energy-efficient.
Two new floors of exhibition space will be created so that 90% of the 8,000 objects can be viewed by the public.
Sir Angus Grossart, the chairman of Burrell Renaissance said: "The designs will see the museum undergo the most comprehensive modernisation since opening to international acclaim in 1983.
"The proposals will deliver the high quality and innovative solutions for this exciting project.
"We expect to be able to show previously unseen works from this rich collection, and strengthen the reach of this extraordinary world-class museum."
Architects John McAslan and Partners will work on the project.
Director Hannah Lawson said: "The Burrell provides an inspiring setting for shipping magnate Sir William Burrell's vast collection of art and antiquities within a category A listed building of international significance.
"John McAslan and Partners are delighted to be leading a team dedicated to the comprehensive repair and refurbishment of this architectural masterpiece.
"By providing a new circulation core we can open up new parts of the gallery to visitors and greatly increase the display area for the collections."
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The first design images of the refurbished Burrell collection building in Glasgow have been made public.
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The supermarket withdrew all batch codes of the 360ml Bausch + Lomb "EasySept Hydro + Peroxide Solution".
Trading Standards said the "potential fault" means peroxide could remain in the lens case, which could cause a number of health issues.
The BBC has approached Bausch + Lomb for a comment.
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute said customers who have bought the product should not use it.
It said: "Residual peroxide could potentially remain in the lens case after neutralization.
"If the residual hydrogen peroxide is above product specification, the user could experience burning/stinging, irritation, red eye and, in rare circumstances, other more serious health consequences."
A Tesco spokesman said the solution was recalled "as a precautionary measure" as requested by the manufacturer.
He added the product is also on sale "across a number of retailers".
No other Bausch + Lomb products are known to be affected.
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Tesco has recalled a contact lens solution amid concerns it could burn people's eyes and cause other "serious health consequences".
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The India-owned Malaviya Twenty has been detained in Great Yarmouth docks since it arrived in June.
The crew has not been paid and port fees and running costs have seen debts soar to more than £300,000.
Now a transport union has stepped in to take charge of the vessel and will sell it in order to settle the arrears.
Under Border Force restrictions, the men are not allowed to leave Great Yarmouth until the issue is resolved.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) impounded the Malaviya Twenty when it discovered the crew was not receiving wages and port fees had not been paid.
The vessel's owners, GOL Offshore, had pushed to delay payments until February.
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) applied to the Admiralty Court in London to effectively arrest the ship and sell it, using the money raised to pay and repatriate the crew and settle its debts.
The owner of Great Yarmouth docks, Peel Ports, has also been unable to grant the ship permission to leave because of a debt of around £30,000 in unpaid fees.
Paul Keenan, an inspector with the ITF, visited the stricken vessel on Thursday and said the crew were coping well but were "mentally fatigued".
"One of the main concerns for us is that 80% of these men's wages go back to their families in India to pay rent and food," he said.
"Living for months without wages can make life very difficult indeed."
Great Yarmouth's port chaplain, the Reverend Peter Paine, paid tribute to local efforts to provide food and help to the crew, describing the response to an appeal as "absolutely fantastic".
The situation mirrors that of the Malaviya Twenty's sister ship - the Malaviya Seven - which currently languishes in Aberdeen harbour for the same reason.
Mr Keenan confirmed the ITF will now seek potential buyers for the Malaviya Twenty, a process that could take up to three months.
He said he was hopeful the crew will be paid and heading home by the middle of January.
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A long-running shipping wrangle which has left 12 seamen stranded on a ship in a Norfolk port for six months could be set to come to an end.
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Enterprise Minister Jonathan Bell has started a two-week consultation on the proposal.
He had previously said he would maintain the subsidy system until 2017.
However, he said that changes in UK policy now mean that keeping it until 2017 would impose extra costs on consumers.
The subsidy system for renewable energy is being radically scaled back by the Conservative government.
Energy policy is devolved to Stormont, but decisions taken at Westminster are having a knock-on effect.
Under the current UK system all onshore wind energy projects are guaranteed a subsidy.
That system is ending in 2016, to be replaced by one in which there is UK-wide competition for subsidy payments.
Renewable development will take place within the UK wherever it is most economic.
In June, Mr Bell said he wanted to "make it clear" that in Northern Ireland the current system would continue until 2017.
However, he said that position has changed following discussion with the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
He said it has become clear that if Northern Ireland went its own way the cost impact would be "borne solely by the relatively small number of NI consumers rather than by all consumers across the UK".
Small scale wind schemes can still qualify for the subsidy but only if they have planning permission, property agreements and grid connection agreements in place.
Larger "cluster connection" schemes have until 30 October to get all necessary agreements in place.
This means that any schemes which are at a preliminary stage have no guarantee of getting a subsidy and may not proceed.
The Ulster Farmers Union has criticised the decision to hold a two-week consultation on the proposal.
It said the time period was "inadequate in light of the implications for the small scale renewables sector in Northern Ireland".
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The current subsidy system for on-shore wind energy in Northern Ireland is set to end next April, a year earlier than planned.
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It was first spotted on Monday near Bermagui, protected by its mother, but bad weather prevented its rescue.
Teams used knives on hooks to cut through more than 150m of rope.
Ian Kerr, who led the operation, said the chances of the calf surviving had now "improved greatly".
"If the material had not been removed the chances of this whale surviving would not have been good," he said.
The crew attached buoys to the rope to slow the whale down and tire it, making it safer to rescue. They then pulled up alongside in small boats to cut or dislodge the ropes late on Tuesday.
It was the first operation of its kind this season for the NPWS.
"Increasing whale numbers and human use of the oceans mean there is a greater chance whales can be entangled in fishing gear, nets or ropes during their migration up and down the coast," Mr Kerr said.
He said it was "very satisfying" to see the calf continue its migration south with its mother.
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A young humpback whale that became entangled in rope off Australia's New South Wales coast has been freed by National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) rescuers, the organisation said.
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African champions Mazembe also won the prestigious annual fixture between the winners of the Champions League and the Confederation Cup in 2010 and 2011.
Etoile, who won the 2015 Confederation Cup, have also won the competition twice.
Ghanaian striker Daniel Nii Adjei scored twice to set up Mazembe's win.
He opened the scoring for Mazembe after 20 minutes when he powered his header off a Jean Kasusula cross from the left beyond goalkeeper Aymen Mathlouthi.
27-year-old Adjei doubled his tally in the 45th minute, when he acrobatically finished off a lovely attack after he was set up by strike partner Jonathan Bolingi.
The Tunisian 'Red Devils' pulled a goal back in first half stoppage time through Mohamed Msekni, who stabbed home from inside the box after a goalmouth scramble.
In a game played under hot and humid conditions, Msekni led Etoile to chase the game after Mazembe took the lead when he fired wide from the top of the box.
Tunisia international striker Ahmed Akaichi also came close minutes earlier, but Ivory Coast international goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo combined with his defenders to concede the first corner of the encounter.
In the 42nd minute, Bolingi saw his shot from outside the box narrowly miss the target.
Mazembe's towering central defender Salif Coulibaly crashed his header into the side netting in the 58th minute as his team piled on the pressure to increase their lead.
The African champions continued to fight to extend their advantage, bringing on Most Valuable Player from the recent African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda, Meschack Elia, to add some firepower to the attack.
In the 76th minute, goalkeeper Gbohouo produced the save of the day when he dived to block a goal-bound header by Alaya Brigui.
Mazembe held on to record another international triumph in front of their jubilant home fans.
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TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo clinched a third African Super Cup when they defeated Tunisia's Etoile du Sahel 2-1 in Lubumbashi on Saturday.
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The 18-year-old, who was Glasgow City's top goal scorer in 2016, will join the English side in January, when the WSL transfer window re-opens.
The former Rangers youngster made her senior international debut in June.
"This is a very exciting move for me which will benefit my career greatly," Cuthbert told Chelsea's club website.
"When Chelsea came knocking it felt like something I couldn't turn down. I know it is going to be a big step up but I believe in my ability."
Chelsea boss Emma Hayes added: "I'm am so excited about this signing. She's one for the future but with the ability to make an impact in the here and now."
Norway captain Maren Mjelde and Switzerland forward Ramona Bachmann have also already signed for Chelsea ahead of next season.
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Women's Super League One club Chelsea Ladies have signed teenage Scotland midfielder Erin Cuthbert from Scottish champions Glasgow City until 2019.
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The 17-year-old has yet to make his first-team debut for the Tractor Boys, but scored twice for their under-23 side against Bristol City last Monday.
Morris has been capped by England at both Under-17 and Under-18 levels.
Woking, who are 20th in the National League table, just two points above the relegation places, have not disclosed the length of Morris' loan.
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Woking have signed teenage striker Ben Morris on loan from Championship club Ipswich Town.
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The blockage, caused by fats and grease mixing with waste such as baby wipes, had been causing strong smells of sewage on the upper Ormeau Road.
Des Nevin, of the water service, said the fatberg was a build-up of inappropriate materials put into the sewer network.
"You get a mixture of rags and fats, oils and greases," he said.
"The fats, oils and greases tend to coagulate then mix along with the baby wipes and the sanitary products that get put down the sewers, and this then forms a ball that causes your blockage."
In August, a fatberg the size of a double-decker bus was found under the streets of south-west London.
Mr Nevin said the one in south Belfast was much smaller.
"The one that we're talking about here is not particularly large, but it's very much to do with the diameter of the sewer and indicative of the type of problems we would find in this diameter of pipework," he said.
"This is where problems are caused by inappropriate materials being put down the sewer network.
"The sewers can't cope and the sewers aren't designed to cope with it.
"This is about educating our customers and I don't believe our customers do this deliberately. I think it's just lack of knowledge in terms of what should go down the sewer."
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A 'fatberg' clogging up a sewerage pipe under south Belfast's Ormeau Road has now been cleared.
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They are so well preserved that they give an insight into the "mother croc" that laid them 152 million years ago.
The prehistoric crocodile ancestor would have spanned two metres, based on the size of the larger eggs, say palaeontologists.
Crocodilians arose some 200 million years ago, when they prowled the land with early dinosaurs.
Today, they are found throughout the world and are successful predators.
"The fact that they are from the Late Jurassic makes these eggs the oldest crocodilian eggs known so far," said João Russo of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.
"This new discovery from Portugal extends the knowledge of this type of egg by approximately 40 million years."
The eggs were laid by close relatives of "true" crocodiles, a group called crocodylomorphs.
"The fossil record tells us that crocodiles and their relatives (forming the larger group of crocodylomorphs) were much more diverse in the past, with different feeding habits, ecological niche distribution or morphology," he added.
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Crocodile bones are fairly common in the fossil record. They include Sarcosuchus, the super-croc, which lived in the rivers of Africa, eating dinosaurs and fish.
Fossil eggs from the crocodile family are rarer and are often fragmented.
The eggs were found over a number of years during excavations of a dinosaur nest near the village of Lourinhã, north of Lisbon.
They were found in several clutches and appear to be of two different types. They are remarkably similar to the eggs of modern crocodiles, suggesting crocodile eggs have changed little in shape in the last 150 million years.
It is a mystery why some of the eggs of crocodiles were found in a dinosaur nest. Crocodiles are top predators today, but in the past large dinosaurs were at the top of the food chain.
The research is published in the journal, PLOS ONE.
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The oldest crocodilian eggs known to science have been discovered in the cliffs of western Portugal.
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Jamille Matt's strike put Argyle ahead and Reuben Reid added to the lead from the penalty spot after Matt was fouled.
Will Boyle's own goal should have put the game out of reach, but York's Russell Penn pulled one back with a drilled finish after the break.
Luke Summerfield's late penalty ensured a nervy finish, but Argyle held on to close the gap on Oxford to two points.
Plymouth also have a game in hand on second-placed Oxford, who drew with Cambridge United.
York have still not won away since 5 September and are seven points from safety with seven games to go.
York City manager Jackie McNamara told BBC Radio York:
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"I thought we played well, that's the frustrating thing.
"We started the game well with a few chances and a few blocks and came close.
"Three-nil at half time, obviously was a test of character and I thought in the second half we were fantastic.
"It's probably the best we've played for a while."
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Plymouth Argyle climbed back into the automatic promotion places with a win over relegation-threatened York City.
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Gosport Borough Council is considering new rules to reduce the number of dogs allowed per walker from six to four.
It is acting over complaints about dog mess and the animals being out of control.
The issue has split contributors to Facebook, with some dog owners questioning whether it is fair.
Dennis Brown wrote: "Who is to tell anyone that they can only have four dogs?
"This has no legs as it goes too far to interfere with people's rights to choices."
However, Jenny Brown posted: "I'm pleased this has come into focus. I've had so many problems when encountering larger groups of dogs."
Jackie Black also wrote in support of the plans, saying: "I agree, how do you poo-pick with six dogs? You only have one pair of hands."
The Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) could unleash a fine of £100 and would require dog owners to carry something to pick up dog mess.
Dogs would also be excluded from children's areas with fixed play equipment, and sports pitches while they were in use for organised events.
The council said it had received "many complaints" from residents about people leaving dog mess in public spaces and not controlling their dogs.
Councillor Graham Burgess, chairman of the community board, said: "In a densely-populated borough like Gosport, we do believe new rules are needed."
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Plans to limit the number of dogs that walkers can take out in a Hampshire town have triggered a row on social media.
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Public broadcaster Ceska Televize (CT) operates two TV networks and a 24-hour news channel. Public radio, Cesky Rozhlas (CRo), operates three national networks and local services.
Leading private TV channels Nova and Prima are foreign-owned and broadcast nationally. There are scores of privately-owned radio stations, including market leaders Impuls and Frekvence 1. BBC World Service is available on FM in many cities and towns.
The global recession in 2008 began a process of the media returning to Czech ownership. In early 2014, Forbes.cz noted that eight out of the ten most influential figures in the media were Czech or Slovak.
Most papers' paid-for circulations have practically halved over the last decade or so. Most titles have become 'prestige' projects for their owners, who have their own commercial and/or political agendas.
In its most recent Freedom of the Press report, watchdog Freedom House gave the country a better ranking than France and the UK. Some Czech commentators questioned this positive scoring in view of media ownership becoming more concentrated and media barons getting involved in politics.
Around 8.3 million Czechs were online by 2014 (internetlivestats.com). Around 30% of Czechs were using social media by 2013, with Facebook being the leading platform. Lide.cz is a domestic social media site. YouTube.cz is a popular entertainment source for younger Czechs. In June 2013 a study showed that those in the 15 - 34 age range watched it more than any domestic TV channel apart from Nova.
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Private radio and TV stations provide stiff competition for their public rivals.
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William Clark and Sons, based at Upperlands, outside Maghera, traces its history back to 1736.
Its website states the firm is home to "Ireland's oldest linen fabric mill".
While a 150-year old building in the complex was destroyed, management said the fire was confined to that building and the business is still intact.
The fire was spotted by a dog walker.
A Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) spokeswoman said they deployed three pumping appliances and three specialist appliances to the scene.
Firefighters pumped water from the linen processor's nearby dams to fight the flames.
Thirty-five people work at the plant.
The firm's managing director, Kevin Devlin, told BBC Newsline: "The building itself seems to be pretty extensively damaged and there is some machinery kept in there and some raw materials.
"But, it's been isolated to that particular unit, so I think we've been quite fortunate in that aspect."
Company director Robert Clark said: "It will affect one process but hopefully we'll be back to normal very soon."
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Thirty firefighters have tackled a major fire at a textile plant in County Londonderry which describes itself as one of the world's oldest companies.
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A metal detector enthusiast unearthed the 26 silver coins, which were issued between 154BC and AD37.
The precise location of the discovery is not being revealed in a bid to deter illegal treasure hunters.
Norwich Castle Museum expert Adrian Marsden said more coins could still be hidden at the site, where two previous hoards have been found.
He said about 100 other coins dating from the same period had been discovered in the area in two batches unearthed in September 2012 and August 2013.
The most recent find was made in the autumn of 2014.
Mr Marsden said these coins were "probably the property of a soldier, or at least a Roman citizen, soon after the invasion of Britain".
He estimated them to have been worth about six months of salary for a Roman soldier.
The latest find, which the museum hopes to acquire for its collection, will go before the coroner on 5 October.
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A hoard of silver coins dating back to Roman times has been found in a village near Norwich, it has been revealed.
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The 17-year-old boy was arrested after a 34-year-old man was shot in the shoulder outside the Jolly Roger pub in All Hallows Road, Easton on Saturday.
A 15-year-old boy and a man, 29, also arrested on suspicion of the same offence were bailed on Monday.
Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses to contact them.
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A third person arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a shooting outside a pub in Bristol, has been released on bail.
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Sixty animals died in the arson attack on Manchester Dogs' Home last September. More than 100 dogs were rescued from the fire by volunteers.
Staff have asked dog owners to post photos online using the hashtag #hugyourhound.
A spokeswoman said the idea was intended to be "a show of solidarity".
"It's celebrating the bond between people and dogs, because that's what moved so many people to help," she said.
Hundreds of volunteers helped the home's residents, arriving at the scene of the fire with blankets, toys and food.
Steve Mapley, the home's manager, said: "During our darkest time, we were buoyed and hugely encouraged by the incredible wave of love and support we received."
Well-wishers went on to raise more than £2m to help rebuild the facility, in Moss Brook Road, Harpurhey, which will partially reopen later this month.
A three-year-rebuild project is continuing at the site, where a small block will reopen for adoptions "imminently".
Greater Manchester Police has also issued a new appeal for information.
Ch Insp Neil Jones said: "On the first anniversary, we are hoping that the memories of that night may prompt people's thoughts.
"I am appealing to members of the community to search their consciences, and if they have any information about who was behind this deliberate attack, then please do the right thing and call us."
Two teenagers were held on suspicion of arson but released without charge.
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Dog owners are being urged to take selfies with their pets as part of a campaign to mark a year since a dogs' home was destroyed by fire.
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Police and firefighters were called to the fire, in Elgin Road at its junction with Inchbroom Road, at about 16:10 on Wednesday.
The body of the elderly man was found inside. His name has yet to be released. No-one else was injured.
Police said a joint fire investigation would take place but their initial inquiries suggested there were no suspicious circumstances.
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An 88-year-old man has died following a fire at a house in Lossiemouth.
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Mancini says he was "very close" to signing Van Persie, who has scored 14 goals in 20 games following a £24m move to Manchester United from Arsenal.
"Robin van Persie is a very important player for United," said Mancini, whose side trail United by seven points.
"He has changed their situation. He is the difference between us."
We were very close three or four months before he joined United
Van Persie, who scored 37 goals for Arsenal last season, was linked with City before deciding to sign for rivals United.
"We wanted Van Persie because we knew he could be an important player," added Mancini.
"He is totally different from our other strikers. We wanted him for the Champions League and for the Premier League.
"We were very close. We were sure he was for us but this did not happen and now we can do nothing. We were very close three or four months before he joined United."
Mancini said he knew why City failed in their bid to sign the Dutchman but would not elaborate. When asked if it related to money, the Italian said: "It is not the problem."
Mancini added he retained faith in his striker options of Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez, Edin Dzeko and Mario Balotelli despite the quartet struggling to find the back of the net recently.
"I am happy, very happy," he said. "Last year we were the team that scored the most goals in the Premier League.
"But when you can improve your team with another top player, this is important. With Van Persie we would play with three strikers sometimes."
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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says the club's failure to sign striker Robin van Persie in the summer could cost them the Premier League title.
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Tribute band, The Cornish Wurzells, released their song Drink Up Yer Scrumpy as an mp3 download in November.
Keyboard player Terry Pascoe, who also played in the Wurzels in the 1980s, said no-one had bought a copy.
The group wants to raise £40,000 for a statue to be erected in Mr Cutler's home town of Nailsea, North Somerset.
"We've not had a single download from either iTunes or Amazon," said Mr Pascoe.
"But we're not quitters, we'll let it run its course and review it in a year's time."
He said the idea for a life-sized bronze statue may have to be abandoned if not enough money is raised.
The Wurzels had hits with songs such as Combine Harvester and I Am A Cider Drinker in the 1970s.
"Without Adge there would be no Combine Harvester or Cider Drinker," said Mr Pascoe.
"He was a quality writer, there's alliteration in his songs - all the things you find in classic English language."
Adge Cutler died in a car crash at the age of 42 in 1974.
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A song released to raise money for a tribute statue to the late frontman of the Wurzels, Adge Cutler, has failed to sell a single copy.
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Waseem Hussain, 27, Nadeem Hussain, 29, and father Abid Hussain, 54, all of Mary Road in Stechford, and Shahid Mahmood, 44, of Heather Road, Small Heath, were convicted of fraud.
The terms ranged from 18 to 61 months.
The case was brought after "numerous" complaints to Birmingham City Council.
Barbara Dring from the council said she believed it to be the biggest investigation into car clocking Birmingham trading standards had carried out.
"The distance dishonestly taken off the cars sold by this family is almost 10 times the distance to the moon and back.
"Not only is the mileage wrong but it is misrepresented, and as such could also have major mechanical problems that could put passengers' safety at risk".
The four were caught after trading standards officers monitored the Auto Trader car sales website, and discovered the family used several business names to sell seemingly low mileage cars.
Investigators arranged to buy a used Audi A8 advertised as having 125,000 miles on the clock - but checks revealed it had done more than 250,000 miles.
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Four members of a Birmingham family have been jailed for "clocking" four million miles off vehicle odometers in what was described in court as "a professional operation".
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The 19-year-old full-back, who made his one first-team appearance for Millwall in last season's EFL Trophy, is captain of the Lions' under-23s.
Brown could make his debut for the Cumbrians at Lincoln City in League Two on Saturday.
"James is someone we've known about for a while," Carlisle United boss Keith Curle told the club website.
"He is very highly thought of and he's at a point where he needs to develop a profile within the game."
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Championship side Millwall have loaned teenage defender James Brown to Carlisle United until 1 January.
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A woman in her 20s was pushed to the ground and assaulted by a man on a bike on Boundary Road near Bournemouth University's Talbot campus on Thursday.
Dorset Police said they believe it could be linked to two attempted sexual assaults on women in September.
Thursday's attacker is described as white and in his late 20s or early 30s.
Officers said he was approximately 5ft 7in (1.7m), of slight to medium build with short dark hair and wearing a black thigh-length coat and dark trousers.
The victim was walking down a footpath at about 21:40 GMT when the cyclist approached and then assaulted her.
The attacker was riding a dark-coloured mountain bike with silver handle bars and rode off towards Columbia Road after the assault.
Det Ch Insp Sarah Derbyshire said it could be linked to the attempted assaults of women on 13 and 14 September at Boundary Road and Slades Farm.
She is appealing for witnesses.
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A sex attack on woman near a university campus could be linked to two other attempted assaults, investigators have said.
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Among the Castle Howard lot are 62 Roman antiques, including sculptures and figures of god which were collected by Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle.
A total of 89 items have been allocated to National Museums Liverpool but will remain on display at the house.
They have been acquired through the government's Acceptance in Lieu Scheme.
It allows an inheritance tax bill to be paid by transferring important works of art and cultural objects to the nation.
Read more about this and other stories from across Yorkshire
Arts Council England said the Castle Howard collection was a "highly important group of Roman sculpture" and an "excellent example" of the collecting practices of British aristocrats of that time.
It includes a second century AD head of the satyr Silenus crowned with ivy leaves and berries and a Roman marble relief figure of a woman playing a tambourine.
Edward Harley, chairman of the Acceptance in Lieu Panel, said: "The collection has great art-historical and archaeological importance and its continued display at Castle Howard ensures that it will also be able to tell the story of two great eighteenth century collectors."
Castle Howard was designed in 1699 and was the setting for the 1981 TV series Brideshead Revisited.
The house sits in an 8,800-acre estate in the Howardian Hills, near Malton. The estate has more than 200 listed buildings and monuments.
In 2015, Roman antiques and Baroque painting were sold by Castle Howard to help secure the "long term future" of the estate.
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Important Roman artwork belonging to a North Yorkshire stately home has been donated to the nation in lieu of nearly £5.5m owed in inheritance tax.
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Wilson, who can play in defence or midfield, had two loan spells with the Cherries in 2007.
The 28-year-old spent six seasons at Stoke, making more than 150 appearances, and has been capped 24 times by his country.
He missed out on the Republic's Euro 2016 squad with a knee injury.
Stoke manager Mark Hughes said last week that Wilson was set to leave the club. "It's fair to say that Marc probably feels his future lies elsewhere and it's fair to say I probably agree with him," he said.
Wilson did not feature for Stoke in their 1-1 draw against Middlesbrough against Middlesbrough on the opening day of the Premier League season on Saturday.
"I enjoyed my years at Stoke but I spoke with the manager Mark Hughes and we both agreed it was time to move on - I am excited now to start a new chapter in my career," he told Bournemouth's official website.
"I didn't come to AFC Bournemouth to play in a team that's going to get relegated. I see a lot of positives in this team."
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Bournemouth have signed Republic of Ireland international Marc Wilson from Stoke City on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee reported to be £2m.
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On Wednesday Bloomberg reported the figure citing unnamed sources.
Takata has acknowledged some airbag inflators explode with too much force and spray metal shrapnel into the car.
The fault has been linked to the loss of ten lives globally, according the US traffic safety authority.
Takata's shares plunged 20% after the report which called it the "auto industry's biggest recall ever", but were in positive territory on Thursday.
"We have not announced anything to the effect of the report, and it is untrue that we have calculated the estimated costs (of the recall)," the Tokyo-based company said in a statement.
It also said that it was difficult to determine the recall cost given the investigation into the cause of the exploding airbag inflators was still underway.
In a worst-case scenario, Takata's recall would involve 287.5 million airbag inflators, Bloomberg reported.
The latest official figures provided on 22 January said the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) had recalled more than 5 million inflators, bringing the total recall to more than 28 million inflators in the US.
In November, Takata agreed to pay a $70m fine for safety violations and may face deferred penalties of up to $130m.
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Takata Corp has denied it has calculated the cost of the global recall of its faulty airbags, after a report alleged it could be as much as 2.7 trillion yen ($24bn; £16.7bn).
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The Federal Reserve said industrial production grew 0.2% in the month, having been unchanged in August.
Factory output grew for a third consecutive month, rising 0.4%, while utility output fell 1.8%.
Manufacturers cut 13,000 jobs in September, having cut 4,000 in August and the average working week for factory workers also declined.
Manufacturing had been among the first part of the economy to show recovery when the recession ended in 2009.
But in early 2011, higher prices for food and fuel depressed demand while the earthquake in the tsunami in Japan disrupted the supply of parts to the auto sector.
Car manufacturing is now recovering from that disruption, with auto output now having grown for the third month in a row.
There was gloomier news from the New York Federal Reserve, which said that its Empire State gauge of manufacturing in New York state had contracted for a fifth consecutive month in October.
"Today's industrial number continues the theme of situational economics, which has come up a lot lately. If you are in the right situation, you are doing OK. If you are not, you are not," said Robert Dye, chief economist at Comerica in Dallas.
"Auto and energy intensive parts of the countries are stable, but in other areas of the country, we are seeing some softness."
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US industrial production grew in September as rising factory output made up for falling output from utilities.
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The African sides were level at 1-1 on 88 minutes when a handful of fans broke onto the pitch, with one appearing to rugby tackle Senegal's Lamine Gassama.
Players ran from the pitch and referee Tony Chapron opted to end the fixture.
Liverpool's Sadio Mane had given Senegal a second-half lead from the penalty spot but Bi Gohi Cyriac levelled three minutes later.
L'Equipe journalist Herve Penot was in the ground and told BBC World Service the incident "could have been very serious".
He added: "I wouldn't say the people were violent, it was much more about trying to be with the players. But you never know what can happen, the organisation was a disaster, it was incredible.
"After 20-30 minutes a couple of people were on the pitch, then they couldn't start the second-half because they had people on the pitch and the referee said if it happens again he will stop the game. It was very messy."
Local media reported a group of supporters jumped over perimeter fencing at Charlety Stadium moments before the pitch invasion started.
It is the second time in five years that a game between the two countries has been called off because of crowd disturbances.
Senegal were disqualified from the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations when a riot led to a playoff between the sides being abandoned.
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A friendly match between Ivory Coast and Senegal was abandoned when fans invaded the pitch in Paris.
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Newport council is considering the plan ahead of a new shopping centre opening.
Councillor Matthew Evans said the committee also backed a ban on drinking alcohol in public but decided that leafleting should not be stopped.
The final decision now lies with the cabinet member for regulatory functions, Councillor Bob Poole.
Human rights organisation Liberty previously said a ban on begging and rough sleeping would "criminalise the most vulnerable in the city" and that the proposals "make a mockery of Newport's Chartist legacy".
However, Mr Evans said he and the other committee members backed the recommendation for the ban after 90% of people who responded to a public consultation were in favour.
"We want to make sure the message is sent out that the majority of people don't want to be approached by beggars or to see people rough sleeping," he said.
"This will make it easier for police to deal with the problem.
"We want to ensure the public and businesses are protected because they're the ones affected by anti-social behaviour."
Councillor Roger Jeavons, chairman of the committee, said they had listened to evidence from the police.
"We have looked at pages and pages of reports from police regarding, in particular, aggressive begging - that was the biggest issue," he said.
"People are feeling very intimidated by these sort of people who are sitting outside ATMs and car park paying machines."
The council wants to introduce a new Public Spaces Protection Order to tackle anti-social behaviour ahead of the opening of the new Friar's Walk shopping centre next month.
It consulted with members of the public about what they would like to see included, such as a ban on begging, rough sleeping, dogs who are not on leads and leafleting in the city centre.
Mr Evans added that the scrutiny committee did not back a recommendation to ban leafleting in the city centre because members did not want to damage small businesses.
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A ban on begging and rough sleeping in Newport city centre has moved a step closer after a council scrutiny committee backed the idea.
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World number 84 Edmund, 21, took the first set 7-5 against German Alexander Zverev but hurt his ankle and retired after losing the second set 7-5.
The French Open begins on Sunday.
British number two Heather Watson, 23, lost 6-3 0-6 6-1 to Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine in the first round at the Internationaux de Strasbourg.
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Great Britain's Kyle Edmund retired hurt from his first-round match at the Nice Open, casting doubt over his place at the French Open.
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A 52-year-old man was injured near a bus stop in Ferry Road at about 22:30 on Friday.
Police issued a further appeal for witnesses and were keen to hear from passengers on the number 21 Lothian Bus which was in the area at the time.
A 57-year-old man was due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday.
Det Inspector Alan O'Brien said: "A man received serious injuries in this incident and he remains in a serious condition in hospital.
"I am still keen to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident and who can help us piece together the events leading up to it."
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A man has been charged with attempted murder following an incident in Edinburgh which left another man in a serious condition in hospital.
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Seren Bernard, 14, was found dead in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, in April 2012.
She had lived with foster carers from December 2011 until her death.
During the fourth day of the Milford Haven hearing on Thursday, social worker Wendy Rodriques said Seren "engaged well" with professionals involved in her care.
She said the teenager had people caring for her that she could trust, that Seren's foster parents had formed a good relationship with her and she had an adult she could speak to at school.
The hearing was told on Tuesday that Seren said she had "no aspirations" in the weeks leading up to her death.
A serious case review last year found her death under the care of social services might not have been preventable and police ruled out crime.
The inquest will resume on 15 June.
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An inquest into the death of a teenager has been told she gave the impression of being a "happy, bright girl".
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Individual sport federations must rule on whether Russians can compete in Rio following the country's doping scandal.
Two of the eight-strong weightlifting team had already been banned for prior violations, and another four were named in the McLaren report into the issue.
Russia's Sports Minister said 272 of the original 387 athletes selected had been cleared to complete in Rio.
A final figure is expected on Saturday, with the federations of boxing, golf, gymnastics and taekwondo still to confirm their decisions.
The Games get under way on 5 August.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) had recommended all Russian athletes be banned from the Games, but weightlifting and athletics are the only sports to have imposed a blanket ban on Russian competitors.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) took the step following a series of suspicious test results at the Beijing and London Games.
"We would like to highlight the extremely shocking and disappointing statistics regarding the Russian weightlifters," said a statement by IWF.
"The integrity of the weightlifting sport has been seriously damaged on multiple times and levels by the Russians, therefore an appropriate sanction was applied in order to preserve the status of the sport."
Tommy Yule, team leader of GB weightlifting, said: "Initial reaction is that happy that a decision has been made so that we know what the situation is with the Russian team.
"Secondly I'm happy that to see the toughest possible sanctions have been put in place."
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Russia's weightlifting team has been banned from competing at the Rio Olympics because of doping offences.
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They fell behind by a double-digit deficit midway into the second quarter and only occasionally chipped that down to single figures in Kecskemet.
Dan Clark and Andrew Lawrence hit 22 points each to lead GB's scoring.
They now play three home qualifiers in a row at the Copper Box in London, against Macedonia and Luxembourg and the return leg against Hungary.
For a team that has lost all five games of the summer so far, coach Joe Prunty's team played a secure, competent first quarter, trailing just 25-22 after 10 minutes.
Hungary's 11-4 start to the second period - much of it coming on the fast break after GB handling errors - brought them their first 10-point lead of the night.
Clark had 14 points at half-time and was the team's only consistent scoring threat until Lawrence hit 12 points in a row in the third quarter.
Hungary, led by a stellar performance from Adam Hanga, with 32 points, never looked likely to let GB back into the game.
To reach the 2017 finals, GB need to either win the group or finish as one of the four best runners-up from the seven qualifying groups.
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Great Britain suffered a setback in their opening Eurobasket 2017 qualifier after being defeated 96-77 by Hungary.
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Shelley Saxton-Cooper, 45, and her husband Simon were found inside a bedroom at the home in Riddings, Derbyshire.
The building partly collapsed after the blast and subsequent fire on Sunday.
Post-mortem examinations have yet to take place but Mrs Saxton-Cooper was wounded before the blast, police said.
It is not believed anyone else was involved, Derbyshire police said.
The couple has not been formally identified but police said they believe the bodies are those of Mr and Mrs Saxton-Cooper.
Ch Supt Sunita Gamblin said: "We believe that Shelley was wounded before the explosion and fire and we are treating her death as murder.
"We're still unable to say how either she or her husband died as post mortem examinations haven't been completed."
Forensic experts remain on scene investigating the cause of the fire, she added.
Emergency services declared a major incident after neighbours reported hearing a loud bang at about 07:30 BST on Sunday.
But they had to wait for the building to be declared safe after the fire destroyed much of the roof.
Jayne Titchmarsh, who lives two doors away, said the blast was "like a loud thunder."
"I ran to the window and saw debris coming down across the window and there were flames on the front," she said.
"I just couldn't believe it. The fire really took off. Everyone was shouting 'get out, get out' and I just ran with my son because we thought it was going to catch light.
"It was just really frightening. I thought it might spread."
A pet dog which escaped the blast is being looked after by relatives of the couple.
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The death of a woman whose body was found after an explosion which destroyed a house is being treated as murder, police have said.
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27 September 2016 Last updated at 13:04 BST
Mr O'Flaherty presented and reported on a variety of BBC Radio Ulster programmes, including Good Morning Ulster and Evening Extra, as well as reading television and radio news bulletins for the corporation.
A life-long supporter of country music, he built up a huge following for his radio programmes, first on Downtown Radio and then on BBC Radio Ulster.
Mr O'Flaherty also presented Make Mine Country on BBC NI television.
Watch him close the show in style in this clip from 1978.
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The renowned BBC Northern Ireland broadcaster and journalist Paddy O'Flaherty has died at the age of 73, after a short illness.
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Theatre shows were cancelled and shops closed as tourists and shoppers tried to enjoy the capital's night life.
UK Power Networks said 2,300 properties had been affected by the blackout which began at 17:16 GMT.
The network operator said power had been restored shortly after 21:00 and apologised "for the disruption this caused to everyone's evening".
Aladdin the Musical at the Prince Edward Theatre was one of several shows where ticketholders were told they would be given refunds after the shows were called off.
Electricity was earlier restored at shows such as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child where audience members were advised the performance would start late.
Theatregoer Sarah Ellacott said there had been "rapturous applause" at the theatre when the power returned.
Kurt Pollington, 56, who works on nearby Bond Street said there was a "weird atmosphere" throughout Soho while a lack of working traffic lights had caused "gridlock" around Shaftesbury Avenue.
The power cut did not affect the Tube network, according to Transport for London (TfL).
UK Power Networks said: "An underground electricity cable has faulted on our high voltage network causing an area wide power cut."
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Black Friday took on another meaning in central London when a power cut plunged a large part of Soho into darkness.
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Donald Skene grappled with worshippers and headbutted prayers posted on the walls of the Taj Madina Mosque in Victoria Road last December.
Skene, 38, was ordered to complete 156 days of the unexpired portion of his jail term for breaching his licence.
He was also sentenced to a year's supervision following his release.
Dundee Sheriff Court was told Skene shouted: "I'm white but I'm one of you, brothers", to the Muslim congregation after being arrested.
In CCTV footage shown to the court, Skene was seen entering the mosque's wash room and wandering around crying, as members of the congregation prepared to enter the prayer room.
Depute fiscal Charmaine Gilmartin the court: "His behaviour is bizarre - attempts are made to try and calm him down."
Skene is then seen running in circles around the prayer room as worshippers speak to him.
Mrs Gilmartin said: "There are various religious texts in glass frames around the room.
"The accused punches some of them and latterly headbutts them.
"He had entered using Islamic greetings, and when he was arrested he refers to members of the congregation as brothers and shouts 'I'm white but I'm one of you'."
Ross Donnelly, defending, said: "He is very apologetic."
Skene admitted charges of breach of the peace and resisting arrest.
Allegations that the offence was religiously aggravated were deleted by the Crown.
The court was told Skene had already spent 10 weeks on remand for the offence.
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A man who rampaged through a Dundee mosque while on licence for seriously assaulting his sister has been returned to prison.
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Martese Johnson was filmed being arrested near the University of Virginia where he is a student.
The video shows him pinned to the ground with blood streaming from his face as he accuses the police of racism.
Prosecutors said "the interest of justice is best served" by dropping the charged of drinking underage.
Speaking at press conference on Friday, Mr Johnson said he was "ecstatic" that the charges had been dismissed, and that the incident invigorated a desire to work for social justice.
The Virginia governor called for an inquiry following the arrest of the 20 year-old Chicago native by agents of the Alcoholic Beverage Control department (ABC).
The arresting officers are on desk duty until the review of the ABC is complete.
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Police have dropped charges of under-aged drinking against a young black man whose violent arrest sparked protests.
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The Jesse Window conservation was completed in November following a three-year, £500,000 project.
Free guided tours are being offered for the first time on Saturday and Sunday as part of a weekend of celebrations.
The window is described as one the most remarkable examples of 14th Century stained glass in Europe
It depicts the genealogy of Jesus dating back to Abraham.
Lindsay Mann, from the cathedral, said: "It's the first time visitors are being invited to come in and have tours given by our specialist guides.
"It will focus on the story of the window and also its conservation. The window can now be seen as our mediaeval counterparts intended it to be seen.
"It escaped the reformation, in part due to the sheer scale of it and and its height in the cathedral."
Ms Mann said the free tours needed to be pre-booked via the cathedral's website.
A one-day conference looking at the significance of the window and the process of its conservation will also take place on Saturday.
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A recently restored medieval stained glass window at Wells Cathedral is to be shown off during an event to celebrate the project's completion.
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Mohammed Abdul Kadir remains on the run following the bludgeoning of Jalal Uddin in an attack in Rochdale.
On Friday, Mohammed Hussain Syeedy, 21, was convicted of murdering the 71-year-old after driving Mr Kadir to the scene of the killing. He was jailed for life.
An international warrant has been issued for the arrest of Mr Kadir.
Syeedy, of Ramsay Street, Rochdale, acted as a getaway driver but Manchester Crown Court heard Mr Kadir is thought to have used a hammer to deliver the fatal blows.
Det Ch Supt Tony Mole, of the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, said: "Mr Kadir left the country before he was declared a suspect.
"We are working very closely with all our international partners to trace him. If we can find him we will bring him lawfully back to the UK, where he will stand trial."
The trial heard Mr Uddin was "brutally" killed because he practised taweez faith healing, regarded by extremists as "black magic".
The prosecution said Mr Kadir, of Chamber Road, boarded a flight from Manchester to Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 February and from there flew to Istanbul.
His whereabouts are unknown although it is thought he may have travelled onwards to Syria, the jury was told.
Murder of an imam - the interpretation of 'magic'
Mr Uddin's son, Saleh Al-Arif, said he will be greatly missed.
"My father was the greatest man in our lives. His smile will never be replaced," he said.
"They say perfection cannot be achieved, but my father came close, as demonstrated by his principles, his mannerisms and his incredible love for his family and his religion."
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Police have vowed to hunt down a suspected Islamic extremist thought to have fled to Syria following the murder of an imam in Greater Manchester.
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There were 464,824 new car registrations, a rise of 17.7% on a year earlier.
The sales figure was also the second-highest on record since the introduction of twice-yearly car registrations in 1999.
In the three months to March car sales rose 13.7% to 688,122, the SMMT added.
March is typically the busiest month in the year - accounting for almost a fifth of all car sales annually.
The month also saw the biggest-ever rise in sales of alternatively-fuelled vehicles, with sales soaring 63.8% compared with a year earlier, to 8,713.
Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, said the "surprisingly strong level of growth" in sales was a reflection of intensifying consumer confidence.
"Given the past six years of subdued economic performance across the UK, there is still a substantial margin of pent-up demand that is contributing to a strong new and used car market," he added.
"We expect the market to continue to perform positively for the rest of the year, albeit at a more modest rate."
And Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight, said the March sales figures were "extremely good news for the car industry".
He said they gave a "significant boost" to the UK's overall economic growth prospects for the first three months of the year.
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Sales of new cars rose at their fastest pace for a decade, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has said.
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Weir said acquiring KOP Surface Products would extend its range of pressure control technologies.
KOP specialises in oil and gas-related equipment, including wellheads, valves and actuators.
It has an Indonesia-based manufacturing plant and sales and service offices in Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
Glasgow-based Weir is buying KOP from Akastor ASA, a Norwegian-listed investor in oilfield services.
KOP's current management team will continue to lead the business, reporting to Weir's oil and gas division.
Weir said it expected the acquisition to be completed in the third quarter of this year, subject to "certain conditions".
In the three years to the end of December 2016, KOP generated an average of $117m in annual revenues. This year, revenue is expected to drop to about $46m, which Weir said reflected "current international oil and gas market conditions".
Weir Group chief executive Jon Stanton said: "KOP is a great company with a strong management team that we have admired for some time.
"It is a natural fit for Weir and extends our range of wellhead and other pressure control solutions.
"KOP's position in Asia also complements Weir's leading presence in North America and the Middle East and means our group is in an even stronger position to benefit as oil and gas markets recover in the future."
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Scottish engineering firm Weir Group has announced it is buying a leading Singapore-based oil and gas technology provider for $114m (£89m) in cash.
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Some 22% of people questioned for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) said they had tossed a snail into their neighbour's garden, compared with 78% who said they had not.
Londoners were the worst culprits, with 30% admitting they had done it.
Gardeners in Scotland were least likely, where 14% admitted they had thrown a snail over a garden fence.
Snails and slugs and are regarded as the most common garden pest by gardeners, according to the RHS.
The survey of more than 1,500 people found that 80% will head into their gardens this Easter to tackle spring jobs.
It found 70% of men plan to mow the garden lawn, compared with 57% of women.
Guy Barter, head of advisory at the RHS, said gardeners have enjoyed a "great start" to spring following a "challenging" start to the season last year..
He said many gardeners have been busy improving their gardens after a wet and windy winter.
"In March at the RHS we had record calls to our advisory team and answered over 6,000 gardening questions," Mr Barter said.
"Most of the questions have been about pruning trees and shrubs, particularly those damaged by winter gales, and dealing with lawns rich in moss and with sparse grass, in this case a consequence of prolonged wet weather."
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A fifth of British gardeners have thrown snails over their neighbour's fence, according to a survey.
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West Midlands Police said the boy was attacked after accepting a lift from Birmingham city centre at about 22:00 GMT on 30 November after he had missed a train home.
On Friday, the force issued a CCTV appeal with images of a silver van in their efforts to trace the suspect.
The man is being questioned on suspicion of kidnap and sexual assault.
A silver van is being forensically examined.
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Police investigating the sexual assault of a 16-year-old schoolboy by a van driver have arrested a 55-year-old man.
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The Scottish SPCA was called out after the ducklings were spotted in Ellon.
Animal rescue officer Hannah Gorrara said: "Some lovely children were able to show me the drain where the ducklings were swimming about.
"I think their mother must have lost them. It is very sad that they are no longer with their mum but they are doing well in our care."
She added: "Thankfully, it wasn't too big a drop.
"Hopefully we'll be able to release them back into the wild in about six weeks time once they are fully fit and able to fend for themselves."
They were taken to the animal charity's National Wildlife Rescue Centre at Fishcross.
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Five ducklings have been rescued by an animal charity after falling down a drain in Aberdeenshire.
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The mining and trading firm had one-off charges including a $792m cost after it pared back oil operations in Chad.
Glencore said investment spending next year was expected to be lower than this year.
Chief executive Ivan Glasenberg said the firm was "well positioned" to take advantage of any rise in prices.
"We remain by far the most diversified commodity producer and marketer and are well positioned to benefit from any improvement in pricing when it finally and inevitably materialises," Mr Glasenberg said.
The firm's one-off charges of around $1.6bn, included a $377m of largely foreign exchange related income tax expense.
Glencore reported adjusted first half earnings of $6.46bn, a 29% fall from the same period last year.
Glencore's share price closed down 9.7% at 158.95p. The share price has fallen around 40% so far this year, compared with a 26% fall in the FTSE 350 mining index.
The firm makes about a quarter of its earnings from commodities trading, which had previously allowed it to withstand the steep fall in oil and metal prices slightly better than other large mining companies.
Oil prices are down because of a supply glut, and both Brent and US crude have lost more than half their value compared with a year ago.
The price of copper, Glencore's biggest earner, is at six-year lows after an economic slowdown in China. The country is one of the world's biggest consumers of metals and other raw materials.
Coal prices, another major commodity for Glencore, have also been weak and show no sign of reversing as a supply glut.
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Commodities giant Glencore has reported a first half loss of $676m (£431m) after being hit by falling oil and metal prices.
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Candles on the Cobb illuminated Lyme Regis harbour with more than 5,000 tea lights on five occasions since 2000.
Founder Phil Street said committee members were "burnt out" by planning the event but it had surpassed expectations.
It had raised money for local youth organisations and national charities.
Mr Street and friend came up with the idea while listening to Elton John's Candle in the Wind in 1998.
They first covered the Cobb, a long jetty which dates back to the 14th Century, with tea lights in 2000, raising £4,600. Subsequent events raised more than £130,000 for local and national charities.
"It's been a fantastic event but we've reached our pinnacle. As a spectacle it was unique - people were in awe looking at it. The emotions were just amazing," he said.
He added the amount of "effort, pre-planning and co-ordination needed" led the organising committee to make the decision not to stage another event after the last one in 2015.
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A group which raised more than £130,000 for charity by a staging candlelit events on the Dorset coast has announced it is ending its activities.
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