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The players do not have money to travel to Kuwait for next week's International Ice Hockey Federation Challenge Cup.
The 25-member-squad hopes to raise 2 million rupees ($32,112; ??21,589) for the week-long tournament.
India's cricket stars can earn millions of dollars, but when it comes to other sports, players can struggle to raise enough funds to compete.
Ice Hockey Association of India launched the campaign last week using a Twitter hashtag ##SupportIceHockey and setting up a website to gather funds.
Akshay Kumar, director of the association, told the BBC that they had collected some 600,000 rupees by Wednesday, which includes a substantial contribution from a business group based in southern India.
The players have been promised another 500,000 rupees from the leading business group Mahindra, whose owner Anand Mahindra tweeted that he had "decided to support these passionate athletes".
"Lots of people have been calling up and are interested in donating. The response has been good," Mr Kumar said.
India's ice hockey team has been playing in international tournaments since 2009.
"But it has always been a stretch. We have always paid out of our pockets to keep the team going, but it cannot be done on a sustained basis," Mr Kumar said.
"The government tells us 'win us a medal, then we will give you funds'. It's a chicken and egg situation."
Although ice hockey is relatively unknown in the largely tropical sub-continent, the sport was introduced by the British in the hill town of Simla in northern India nearly a century ago.
It was later revived by the Indian army in the 1970s in the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir, and has grown in popularity ever since.
There are some 2,500 registered ice hockey players in India today, up from 300 in 2002, when the sport association was set up.
India has a number of natural surface rinks in Ladakh but only one ice rink that meets international standards, in the city of Dehradun.
"But the Dehradun rink has been shut since 2012 because of lack of commitment," Mr Kumar said.
The players mainly practice in four smaller rinks in the cities of Mumbai, Gurgaon, Cochin and Bangalore.
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India's ice hockey players have turned to crowdfunding to take part in an upcoming international tournament.
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A blowout at the well on Tuesday morning forced the evacuation of 44 workers from the platform.
US Coast Guard and federal safety officials are still trying to assess the potential hazards.
The area was hit by the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded in 2010, leaking millions of gallons of oil.
Eleven oil rig workers were killed in what was the worst US offshore disaster.
The latest blowout was not of that magnitude, officials told the Associated Press news agency.
On Wednesday morning the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said the fire was damaging the rig structure.
"As the rig fire continues, the beams supporting the derrick and rig floor have folded and have collapsed over the rig structure," the agency said in a statement.
But after an aerial tour of the rig, no gas sheen was visible on the water surface.
One Coast Guard cutter, Pompano, is near the scene and another, Cypress, is travelling to the area.
In addition, "a third vessel equipped with fire-fighting capability and improved monitoring system is enroute," the BSEE added.
The portable drilling rig - which operates in shallow waters of 154ft (47m) - is owned by Hercules, a contractor for the exploration and production company Walter Oil & Gas Corporation.
The BSEE said the fire broke out while workers were completing construction of a "sidetrack well". The purpose of the sidetrack well was not immediately clear, but industry analysts say they are sometimes used if there is a problem with the main well.
The BSEE said it was investigating the cause of the fire, along with the Coast Guard.
Industry experts are at the scene to try to work out how to bring the well fire under control.
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A fire has broken out on a rig drilling for gas in the Gulf of Mexico, 55 miles (85km) off the Louisiana coast, US officials say.
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"She did not say anything when she left. She just gave me a sweet smile."
Born in Sri Lanka in 1974, Shyanuja Parathasangary was brought to the UK in the 1970s at the age of one, when her father, Sangary, was given the chance to study in Britain.
She and her older sister Sindhu quickly adapted to their adopted country.
Shyanuja - or Shyanu - attended primary school in Queen's Park, west London, and later John Kelly High School in north London, showing a love of sport and talent for singing.
She followed her mother's religion, Christianity, rather than her father's, Hinduism, and worshipped at the Fernhead Road Methodist Church in Paddington, west London.
After graduating from London's South Bank University in business and administration, Shyanuja joined the Royal Mail in 1997 and was working at the Old Street office as an assistant purchasing officer at the time of the bombings.
One of her closest friends was Nell Raut, a friend since childhood.
They would meet up often to go shopping, watch a film or go swimming. On Thursday evenings, they could often be found at Chiquito, a Mexican restaurant in Staples Corner, north-west London.
At the time of her death, the 30-year-old was living in the family home in Kensal Green, north-west London, but was just about to move out.
She and her sister were in the throes of refurbishing a house they had bought a couple of doors away from their parents.
At her inquest, her mother and father said: "To know that this desire did not reach fruition and was cut short, just like her life, is tantamount to depriving her of what she could have achieved, not having asked much from life itself."
Ruth and Sangary Parathasangary went on to describe their daughter as a "tower of strength" to the family who would champion the causes of those who were downtrodden.
"One of Shyanu's remarkable characteristics is that she never had a harsh word for anyone. Even if she did not agree with someone, she would accept what they said with a smile.
"She was kind and generous and had an outgoing personality.
"The grief... is insurmountable - the youth, the innocence, the pride, the joy, all taken away in a moment."
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The last memory Ruth Parathasangary has of her daughter was as she left home on the morning of 7 July 2005, heading for work.
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Environment body Natural Resources Wales said about 500 fish, including juvenile salmon and adult brown trout, were found in the River Cain near Llansantffraid-ym-Mechan on Friday.
Water samples and tests of the affected fish have been taken to establish the cause.
Jess Poole, of NRW, said there was no obvious signs of pollution and the water appeared clear.
She added it could take several years for fish populations in the river to recover.
Officers are already investigating the cause of a separate incident which killed about 100 fish on Anglesey.
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Hundreds of fish have died following a pollution incident in a Powys river.
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Keates, 38, had an eventful night and not just because they conceded a late goal in their 2-2 draw with Barrow.
"I punched [assistant manager] Andy Davies in the face for our first goal and the second he dislocated my finger," Keates said.
"We had to get the doctor to pop my finger back in."
The former Walsall and Peterborough United midfielder was appointed Gary Mills' successor after three games in charge of Wrexham as caretaker manager.
John Rooney's 78th-minute strike looked to have sealed a second successive win for Keates' side but Ryan Yates levelled in the 88th minute to rescue a point for Barrow.
"It's been [a day of] highs and lows but I'm proud of the lads," Keates told BBC Radio Wales.
"Obviously we're disappointed with the result but there's something there to work with and we'll go forward."
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A new job in the afternoon and the first game as the newly-appointed manager in the evening, it was quite a day for Wrexham's Dean Keates.
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Armed police were called to the incident on Frieston Road in Boston just before 09:30 GMT.
The area was sealed off and a man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
Police said it was an "unusual situation" and an armed response was a necessary precaution.
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Two men and a woman were injured when they were shot with an air rifle in Lincolnshire on Sunday.
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The force said paedophile hunter activities can hinder investigations and lead to offenders walking free.
Det Ch Supt Tom Richards of Kent Police said it also diverts resources away from cases involving real children.
Kent group The Hunted One said: "Police should concern themselves more with tackling paedophiles than us."
But Mr Richards said: "There have been zero cases in Kent where a vigilante paedophile hunter group has identified an individual who has at that stage presented a real risk to a real child.
"In the last two financial years, vigilante groups in Kent have contributed to 20 individuals being arrested but my resources alone in the same period have arrested 299 people."
Professor Martin Gill, a criminologist working for Perpetuity Research, said: "There is nothing worse than a police investigation to get to its crescendo and then be undermined by an often well-intentioned but disastrous intervention."
The Hunted One claims to have caught 57 people, leading to 27 convictions.
In October last year, Mark McKenna from Northfleet was jailed for five years after he was snared by The Hunted One.
The 38 year-old thought he was meeting an 11-year-old girl for sex at Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent.
But instead of talking to a vulnerable child online, he was speaking to the group of concerned parents.
Ben Bleach of The Hunted One said he could not understand why "a child has to be raped" before action is taken.
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Vigilante groups seeking to expose paedophiles should stop taking the law into their own hands, Kent Police has said.
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A park in Beijing in China say that it's a real problem for them, and they're using technology to stop people taking more than their fair share.
They've installed facial recognition machines, so that the loo roll dispenser can recognise visitors' faces, and stop them from getting extra.
The park say it's because some visitors have been taking more paper than they need, and stuffing it into their bags to take home.
They've tried putting posters up and making announcements asking people to stop, but nothing worked... so they say it's time to go high tech !
The machine works by scanning visitors faces when they want to take loo roll, and then remembering their face, so it won't give them any more for the next 9 minutes.
That means if you wanted to stock up for your own bathroom you'd have to stand around for quite a long time!
Some people have said that they won't get enough, but the park says that anyone in desperate need (like if they have diarrhoea) can ask staff for extra.
This machine gives each visitor just one strip of loo role, about 70cm long.
The average piece of toilet paper is about 11cm long, so that's just under six sheets per person per trip to the loo.
The use of paper for hygiene purposes has been recorded in China as far back as the 6th century AD.
Specifically manufactured toilet paper started being mass-produced in China during the 14th century.
Modern toilet paper originated in the 19th century, with a the first roll-based version dispensers being made in 1883.
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Have you ever been told you're too greedy with loo roll?
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After the Bears were all out for 373, Lumb accelerated to a half-century from 48 balls, striking 20 fours in his 108.
Lumb was eventually caught by Rikki Clarke off Jeetan Patel, while opener Steven Mullaney made 56.
Keith Barker (2-57) was the most economical of the Warwickshire bowlers as Notts made it to 316-7 at stumps.
Warwickshire added just one run in 12 deliveries in the morning before Patel lifted Harry Gurney (2-64) to third man.
Nottinghamshire opener Greg Smith (26) was dropped by Jonathan Trott on 10 but failed to capitalise on the chance as he nicked Barker to Clarke in the slips.
Lumb's 98-run stand with Mullaney took Notts to 139-1, the England man hitting Bears captain Chris Woakes (2-89) for three boundaries in five balls.
Mullaney tickled Woakes down the leg-side before Brendan Taylor edged behind off Barker and Riki Wessels was trapped lbw.
Despite the middle-order wobble, Lumb remained patient, scoring just two runs in an hour before moving to his eighth first-class century after tea.
Following on from his 78 at Lord's last week, he eventually edged Patel to slip, leaving the lower order to guide Notts through to the close.
Nottinghamshire's Michael Lumb told BBC Radio Nottingham:
"I felt pretty good last week at Lord's and it was nice to get a few on the board but to come back here and get three figures means a lot. Hopefully it can contribute to a win.
"It's been a long time since my last one. It's been a strange couple of years, last year with injury and I struggled the year before, so it's been a long time coming, with a lot of hard work.
"It's a tough game and you need a little bit of luck. There was an early edge. There was a scratch on the bat that wasn't held but that's the way it goes.
Warwickshire director of cricket Dougie Brown told BBC WM:
"The day ebbed and flowed. There were really good passages of play from both teams and we've come out pretty evenly balanced.
"The pitch was better to bat on. It didn't seam around as much but maybe that's to be expected and I do think it will deteriorate.
"There was some up and down movement, which isn't going to get easier to bat on and certainly there's some spin to keep Jeetan Patel interested."
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Michael Lumb made his first first-class century since September 2013 for Nottinghamshire as Warwickshire's bowlers toiled at Trent Bridge.
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The one-tonne cow was grazing on a hill behind the small house, in the town of Caratinga, when it stepped onto the asbestos roof, which collapsed under its weight.
Joao Maria de Souza, 45, was lying in bed when the animal fell on him.
He was taken to hospital and died the day after, reportedly of internal bleeding.
Mr Souza was conscious and appeared to be in a good condition, but he had to wait too long to be seen by a doctor, relatives said.
Local media says this is the third such incident in the region in the past three years.
There were no casualties in the two previous incidents.
In the first occasion, there was no one inside the house when the cow fell through the roof.
In the second incident, a baby and a small child were sleeping next to the spot where the animal fell, in what was described at time as a miraculous escape.
Caratinga is in a hilly area of Minas Gerais, a Brazilian state traditionally known as a cattle raising and dairy producing region.
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A cow has fallen through the roof of a house in south-eastern Brazil killing a man and narrowly missing his wife.
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Ysgol y Llys' film Gwlan (Wool) clinched best documentary category in Spanish international youth film festival Plasencia Encorto.
The Welsh-language project was scripted, edited and shot by four Year five pupils at the Prestatyn school.
Deputy head Rhys Griffith said they were "overjoyed" to have won.
Funded by a £5,000 grant, the film was made with the help of local filmmaker Michael Kitchin, who travelled to Spain to accept the award on their behalf.
"It was pretty exciting when we found out we were in the final - but when we found out we won we were overjoyed," Mr Griffith said.
He said the film's success lay in its subject matter.
"It was the treatment of it," he said. "It depicts local sheep shearers, wearing their traditional shoes, carrying out their jobs.
"And we also have the school choir singing in Welsh throughout in the background."
Mr Griffith said the project was initially launched to improve pupils' digital skills.
"We also have a lot of kids who are interested in acting and the creative arts so we thought we'd give it a go," he added.
"They worked really hard. It's given them skills - but it's also given them real confidence in themselves.
"There's been a real buzz about it. They were all really disappointed when the project finished."
The film has also been entered in competitions in London, Dublin, Australia and Slovakia - with judges in Australia praising its use of Welsh.
Since its success, the budding directors have gone on to make an anti-bullying film, now being used by Talacre-based education activity centre DangerPoint.
The group were even invited to judge a category at Prestatyn's Wales International Youth Film Festival Wicked:16 last year - and saw their film screened at the local independent Scala Cinema.
"It looked fantastic," said Mr Griffith.
And, he added, the project has now encouraged pupils to produce more films, with some eager to pursue creative careers.
"One of the group is really keen on acting, and has joined his local amateur dramatic group. And the others want to do more projects.
"It has lit a fire in their bellies."
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A Denbighshire primary school has won an international film festival award for their documentary about Wales' traditional wool industry.
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In a post on her Twitter account, the Sheffield star said she was "so happy" at the news.
Ennis-Hill, 31, who won a gold medal at the London games in 2012 and a silver in Rio de Janeiro, already has a two-year-old son named Reggie.
Following her retirement from athletics last year she was made a dame in the New Year Honours list.
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She married her long-term partner Andy Hill in a ceremony at Hathersage, Derbyshire in May 2013.
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Former Olympic heptathlon champion Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill has announced she is expecting a second child.
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McKenzie, 38, will take on Jahmaine Smyle at York Hall on 12 November for the English super-middleweight championship.
The ex-Norwich and Peterborough man became a professional boxer in 2013 having quit football two years previously.
He has a record of eight wins and one draw from his nine fights.
McKenzie is the son of former British and European champion Clinton and is trained by his uncle, former three-time world champion Duke McKenzie.
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Former Premier League striker Leon McKenzie is to fight for a national boxing title.
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Its shares fell as much as 17%. On the broader Tokyo exchange, the Nikkei 225 index rose by 0.24%, to 16,914.41.
Earlier, official figures showed that Japanese exports had fallen 6.8% compared with a year earlier.
Imports in turn dropped even more sharply, by 14.9% leaving the country with the highest trade surplus in five years.
In other Asian markets:
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Shares in Asia are mixed but Mitsubishi Motors tumble after the carmaker warns of misconduct in fuel economy tests.
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The court overturned the ruling of a lower court which had said Breivik was being kept in inhumane conditions.
He had argued that being kept away from other prisoners for 22 to 23 hours a day breached his human rights.
The right-wing extremist killed 77 people in July 2011. Breivik's lawyer said he would appeal the verdict.
"Breivik is not, and has not, been subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment," the appeals court wrote in its verdict.
Breivik set off a car bomb in the capital Oslo, killing eight people, before murdering 69 people at a summer camp for young centre-left political activists on the island of Utoeya.
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Just how cushy are Norwegian prisons?
The 38-year-old has been kept in solitary confinement since he was sentenced in 2012 to 21 years in Skien prison.
The state argued that his detention was fair as he posed a danger, adding that it was compensating for his strict detention by providing him with three well-equipped cells.
In April 2016, a Norwegian court upheld part of his claim, although it dismissed his argument that his right to respect for private and family life was violated by restrictions on contact with other right-wing extremists.
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Norwegian authorities have not violated the rights of mass murderer Anders Bering Breivik, an appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
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Damien Midgley, 39, was tried for child sex offences in 2014 but did not attend the hearing.
He was convicted in his absence and jailed for six years.
Midgley, formerly of Becca Lane, Aberford, Leeds, was sentenced at York Crown Court to an additional eight months for not surrendering to custody.
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A convicted sex offender who fled the UK and spent two years on the run has been jailed after being deported from Cambodia.
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An official in eastern Kasur district made the decision after objections were filed, including charges of violating the constitution and his oath as army chief.
Gen Musharraf has the right to appeal and has also filed nomination papers in three other constituencies.
But this may affect those decisions.
Six objections were brought against Gen Musharraf by a local lawyer in Kasur. Election tribunals will begin to hear appeals next week.
In a parallel development, the PML-N party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif - ousted by Gen Musharraf when he took power in a coup in 1999 - has challenged Mr Musharraf's eligibility to contest elections.
The former military ruler faces a string of charges dating from his final months in office - but he has been granted protective bail in these cases, which means he cannot be immediately arrested.
He is accused of failing to provide adequate security for former PM Benazir Bhutto ahead of her assassination in 2007.
He is also wanted in connection with the murder of a Baloch tribal leader, Nawab Akbar Bugti, and for sacking the entire higher judiciary in November 2007.
The former president has described the cases against him as "baseless" and politically motivated.
His supporters were defeated in parliamentary elections in February 2008, and Gen Musharraf resigned in August that year under threat of impeachment, living in London and Dubai until his return last month.
In a separate development, a court in Pakistan sentenced a former provincial minister to two years in prison for falsely declaring that he was a graduate.
Mir Ali Jattak, a former minister of Balochistan province, is the seventh politician to be jailed in recent days for fraudulently claiming to hold a degree.
These lawmakers are believed to have submitted "fake" degrees because of a 2002 law that required members of parliament to be college graduates - the law has since been abolished.
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Officials have rejected nomination papers for Pakistan's ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf to stand as a candidate in forthcoming polls.
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From July 2, American will operate only 10 flights per week instead of the current 48.
The move comes as part of a continuing dispute over the repatriation of revenue due to tight currency controls in the oil-rich country.
A number of airlines have already suspended or reduced the number of flights to Venezuela.
"Since we are owed a substantial outstanding amount ($750m, £442m to March 2014) and have been unable to reach resolution on the debt, we will significantly reduce our flights to the country after 1 July," the airline said in a statement.
American said it would only fly to Venezuela from Miami, suspending its flights from New York, Dallas and Puerto Rico.
Tight foreign currency controls make it difficult for foreign airlines to repatriate money from ticket sales in Venezuela.
The authorities have restricted access to dollars and want to make them more expensive to purchase, which may lead to losses for companies that are still waiting for cash from as far back as 2012.
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) estimates Venezuela is delaying payment of $4bn.
American Airlines is the largest foreign carrier serving Venezuela.
Air Canada has suspended service citing security concerns, while others like Lufthansa and Copa Airlines have reduced the number of tickets made available in local currency.
In January, Ecuadorean airline Tame also suspended flights to Venezuela, demanding $43m (£26m) in overdue payments for tickets.
President Nicolas Maduro said at the time that airlines that reduced their operations in Venezuela would face "severe measures".
"The company that leaves the country will not return while we hold power," said Mr Maduro.
Last month, the Venezuelan government announced a deal with six Latin American airlines that would allow them to repatriate revenue from sales in 2012 and 2013.
Strict controls over foreign exchange were first imposed in 2003, following a troubled year which saw a coup against then-President Hugo Chavez.
The government hoped to avoid capital flight, but the economic crisis of the past year has led to a shortage of foreign currency.
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American Airlines says it is cutting almost 80% of its flights to Venezuela from next month.
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The two men worked for the American University of Afghanistan, and were on their way to their guesthouse when gunmen attacked their vehicle.
Afghanistan is in the grip of an ongoing insurgency by the Taliban Islamist militant group.
Several foreigners have been kidnapped in recent times.
Gunmen wearing uniforms of the Afghan security forces had smashed the vehicle used by the professors, and forced them out of the car, reports said.
The two men were abducted early on Sunday evening.
Australia's foreign ministry said it was seeking to "verify reports of the kidnapping".
"We continue to advise Australians not to travel to Afghanistan because of the extremely dangerous security situation," it said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the US state department said it was aware of reports that a US citizen had been seized, but did not comment further.
Several foreigners have been attacked or kidnapped in Afghanistan this year.
Earlier this week, militants attacked a convoy of a dozen foreign tourists in the western city of Herat, injuring six of them and their Afghan driver.
The tourists comprised eight Britons, three US citizens and one German.
A spokesman for the Taliban militant group said it had carried out the attack.
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Two foreign professors, one from the US and one from Australia, have been kidnapped in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials have told the BBC.
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But it's been a far from smooth ride for a region that often feels it is the UK's poor relation.
Eleven years ago John Prescott offered the North East a regional assembly as its answer to the Welsh Assembly or Scottish Parliament.
But voters took one look at the meagre powers on offer and delivered a huge electoral raspberry. Almost four in five people voted no in a referendum.
Now though, it is a Conservative Chancellor offering powers - and mayors instead of an assembly. Mind you, this time the public weren't given much of a say on the deal.
And it has been no secret that the council leaders who've signed up to it - all Labour - have been nervous about the idea of elected mayors.
After all, a previous mayoral revolution under the Blair government did not go according to plan.
Middlesbrough chose to elect controversial "Robocop" policeman Ray Mallon rather than the Labour candidate, while Hartlepool infamously chose the local football mascot H'angus the Monkey (in real life local man Stuart Drummond). Perhaps even more alarmingly for Labour, North Tyneside chose a Conservative.
But in the end they have signed up to the deals, tempted by the powers and nervous about being left behind.
The mayors will face huge challenges though. The North East's will cover an area from Berwick on the Scottish border to Barnard Castle on the edge of North Yorkshire. They will have to balance up the needs of some of the most isolated communities in England with those of big cities like Newcastle and Sunderland.
And although Tees Valley's mayor will cover a more compact geographical area, the recent closure of the Redcar steelworks is an example of the economic shocks they might have to deal with.
It is a giant electoral experiment. And actually rather bold. But it will only be judged a success if it can boost the North East economy, and help create the Northern Powerhouse George Osborne is so keen to talk about.
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The announcement of two devolution deals with two mayors will mark a big change for the north-east of England.
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The Welsh-qualified second-row has already linked up with Blues and is available for their Pro12 clash in Glasgow on 7 January.
Blues head coach, Danny Wilson, said 22-year-old Edwards would provide essential cover.
"BJ is a promising, Welsh qualified player and has represented Bristol in the Premiership A-League," said Wilson.
"With George Earle's suspension and the injuries we have in the back-five of the pack it was important we brought in another player.
"He will provide much needed cover for a few weeks while the likes of Josh Turnbull and Seb Davies are side-lined."
Edwards joined Bristol from from Eastern Suburbs in Australia in the summer.
Regarded as a physical and athletic second-row, Edwards previously represented Queensland County before coming through the Eastern Suburbs ranks.
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Cardiff Blues have brought in lock BJ Edwards on a short-term loan from Premiership club Bristol.
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The West Somerset Council-run facility closed in 2008 after attempts to find a buyer for the pool failed.
A meeting of the council's planning committee voted to approve Lidl's blueprint for the 2,264 sq m site with 100 parking spaces.
The supermarket said the single-storey Seaward Way complex would provide up to 32 new jobs for the town.
Those against had argued the town "did not need another supermarket" and the Lidl store would have a "significant adverse impact" on other shops in the area.
At present the site is a mix of hard standing and grassed areas.
Previously it had been used as a temporary coach park.
Also approved at Thursday night's meeting were plans for eight semi-detached homes and nine "affordable" flats at Ellicombe Meadow, Minehead.
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Plans for a supermarket on the site of the former Aquasplash pool in Minehead have been given the go-ahead.
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Aiden Connolly stabbed home with four minutes left to secure victory.
The Minstermen had led twice already, with goals from Jon Parkin and Vadaine Oliver cancelled out by Macclesfield pair Rhys Browne and Danny Whitaker.
Earlier on Non-League Finals Day, South Shields beat fellow ninth-tier side Cleethorpes 4-0 to win the FA Vase.
The Northern League Division One club beat Cleethorpes, of the Northern Counties East Premier Division, thanks to David Foley's brace and further goals from Carl Finnigan and Dillon Morse.
A crowd of 38,224 was in attendance to witness the two finals at Wembley.
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York City bounced back from the disappointment of their relegation from National League to beat Macclesfield Town and win the FA Trophy at Wembley.
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The Portadown driver retired from race one in his BMW after clashing with Matt Neal as the cars left the grid.
In race two, Turkington carved his way through the field to climb from 32nd to 10th by the chequered flag.
Turkington continued to make progress in race three, starting ninth and moving up the order to finish second.
He barely made it off the line in race one, being eliminated when Neal's Honda clattered into Turkington before reaching turn one.
In race two, Turkington moved his way up the order to 10th, before being promoted to ninth after Rob Austin was excluded for overtaking under yellow flags.
Turkington just lost out to team-mate Andrew Jordan on the final lap in race three after another charging drive.
Carrickfergus man Chris Smiley had a luckless weekend on his return to the championship.
Smiley, 24, missed out on setting a quick time in qualifying as rain spoiled his fastest lap, before a technical issue dropped Smiley out of race two when he was running in the points.
Turkington lies seventh in the championship after the opening round, 22 points behind early leader Gordon Shedden.
Belfast driver Charlie Eastwood picked up two podiums in the BTCC supporting Porsche Carrera Cup, while Daniel Harper grabbed a podium in race two of the Ginetta Junior series.
In Formula E, Portadown's Adam Carroll picked up his first Formula E points as he brought his Jaguar home eighth with an impressive drive in the Mexico City ePrix.
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Colin Turkington recovered from a poor start at Brands Hatch to secure a podium finish in the opening round of the British Touring Car Championship.
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The 5 June game was cancelled despite a vote in favour of it going ahead.
Out of nearly 12,000 fans, 52% were in favour and 48% against the idea, a fundraiser for the Ladies' team said.
The club said it was responding to supporters' comments and fan feedback on social media.
The Hammers are moving to the Olympic Stadium after 112 years at Upton Park.
The club said in a statement: "West Ham Ladies played under the lights at the Boleyn Ground back in March when they faced Tottenham Ladies and dialogue remains open between West Ham Ladies and the club with regards to the hosting of future fixtures."
The match, between West Ham Ladies and a West Ham 'All Stars' team, was the brainchild of Jack Sullivan, the son of West Ham co-chairman David.
West Ham Ladies Joint-Chairman Stephen Hunt said: "Obviously the Ladies are disappointed but myself and Jack Sullivan will get together over the summer to see what else we can do in the future."
West Ham beat Manchester United 3-2 on Tuesday, 10 May and then held a 45-minute celebration after full-time, involving fireworks and former players.
Eastenders actor Danny-Boy Hatchard, who plays Lee Carter in the BBC One soap opera, was among those backing the Ladies' game.
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A West Ham Ladies' match has been called off so that the men's win over Manchester United can remain as the last public fixture played at Upton Park.
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The 53-year-old Scot replaced Paul Lambert at Ewood Park on a two-year deal after he left his role with Major League Soccer side Houston Dynamo.
There has been some negative reaction to the ex-Burnley manager's arrival, with a petition set up against him.
"I'm not naive in any respect. I understand opinion, people will have an opinion about me," said Coyle.
He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "I would suggest if Jose Mourinho came in here there would have been some fans that were not happy about him, so that's not making light of it.
"I certainly understand that local rivalry and everything that goes with it, then it might be a bit more dividing of people. All I would say is when you come along, come and support your team, get behind your team because that is the key.
"I've been in the game long enough to understand those opinions."
The Lancashire "Cotton Mill" derby between Blackburn and Burnley is considered to be one of the most passionate in England, with just 14 miles separating the two founder members of the Football League.
Coyle won promotion to the Premier League in 2009 with the Clarets before his move to Bolton halfway through the following season.
"Of course there's that rivalry, I understand that, I get that," added Coyle. "But this is an unbelievable job at a fantastic club.
"People will have their opinion but that doesn't alter the fact that it has got an outstanding supporter base and it's up to us to give those fans something to shout about on the field.
"Of course you weigh up everything, but it's a great opportunity to move forward."
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Owen Coyle has asked for Blackburn fans to get behind the team after his appointment as Rovers manager.
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The study, led by researchers at Edinburgh University, is said to be offering clues about how the mutation increases the risk of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression.
Experts said the findings could help in the hunt for new treatments.
The study is published in the Nature partner journal Schizophrenia.
As part of the project, the team scanned the brains of people who have a specific genetic mutation that causes part of one chromosome to swap places with another.
The mutation results in disruption of a gene called DISC1, which is associated with recurrent major depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Experts found those with the mutation had changes in the structure of their brains, changes which were ultimately linked with the severity of their symptoms of mental ill-health.
The study also showed carriers of the mutation had lower levels of the chemical glutamate in parts of their brain.
Previous studies have pointed to a strong link between reduced glutamate levels and schizophrenia.
Researchers said their findings confirm that the DISC1 mutation is associated with a "significantly increased risk" of psychiatric illness.
The mutation was first identified in a Scottish family that showed unusually high rates of major psychiatric disorders.
Scientists have been studying generations of the family for four decades but this was the first time they have scanned their brains.
Prof Stephen Lawrie, head Edinburgh University's division of psychiatry, said: "This study confirms and extends the genetics of DISC1 and shows how that and similar genetic effects can increase the risk of major mental illnesses."
The study is funded by the Translational Medicine Research Collaboration.
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Brain scans are being used to shed light on how a genetic mutation linked to major psychiatric disorders affects the brain's structure and function.
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The Patterdale Mountain Rescue team was called out after she suffered head and neck injuries while walking on St Sunday Crag, Ullswater, on Saturday.
She was treated at the scene before being flown by Great North Air Ambulance to the major trauma centre at the Royal Preston Hospital.
The condition of the woman, from Preston, has been described as stable.
Mountain rescue volunteers thanked members of the local football team, which allowed the final few minutes of its home game to be disrupted so the helicopter could land outside the Patterdale base.
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A 70-year-old woman had to be airlifted to hospital after she was seriously hurt in a fall in the Lake District.
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The 33-year-old has featured only twice for the Foxes this term, having signed a new one-year deal with the Premier League newcomers in the summer.
Former Blackpool forward Taylor-Fletcher scored three goals in 23 games for his parent club last season.
He joined the 13th-placed Owls prior to Saturday's Championship game against Norwich City.
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Leicester City striker Gary Taylor-Fletcher has joined Sheffield Wednesday on an initial month-long loan.
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The 29-year-old, who plays his club football in England for Newcastle, appeared 36 times for the Teranga Lions and played at the 2012 Olympics.
He said: "I believe that there are now 23 Senegalese players in better shape.
"After much thought and consideration I feel that now is the appropriate time to focus fully on my club career."
Diame has been mainly used as a substitute by Senegal since Aliou Cisse took charge of the team in March 2015.
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Mohamed Diame has retired from international football, saying he believes he is no longer among the best Senegalese players.
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The 33-year-old Coatbridge fighter dominated the bout and was in command when Di Rocco crumpled under a barrage of punches in the eighth round.
Burns is the first Scot to win a world title at a third weight and the first Briton since Duke McKenzie in 1992.
It was the Italian's first loss since September 2007.
Burns, who had been world champion at super-featherweight and lightweight, had Di Rocco reeling from three heavy right hands in the first round, surely stirred by the noise of his supporters prior to the opening bell sounding.
The exchanges were less dramatic in the second, with the 34-year-old former European champion trying unsuccessfully to pin the Scot against the ropes. Burns, though, managed to evade punishment by using good footwork.
In only his third bout outside Italy, Di Rocco was clearly rattled by Burns' opening, plus a low blow and a standing eight count after going down from a combination of punches and a shove in the third round.
With 40 wins and a draw from his 42 prior contests, the Umbrian boxer posed a threat but his punches from a crouched position did not appear to have the will-sapping ferocity of Burns'.
Ahead of the bout Essex-based Burns spoke respectfully of his opponent's record of going almost a decade without defeat.
However, by the midway point the Coatbridge fighter was ahead and must have sensed he could win world title number three.
His beautifully delivered straight right in the sixth round, which sent Di Rocco's head snapping back, would have boosted him further.
The Assisi battler had not truly troubled the dominant home fighter, who was relishing the occasion and was the sharper of the two.
Round eight signalled a new world champion for Scotland and the return of Burns to a level from which he dropped when Terence Crawford out-boxed him for his WBO World Lightweight title in March 2014.
Burns nailed Di Rocco in the corner and when he did emerge it was only to stumble at the referee's feet. He failed to make the count and the 8,000 fans acclaimed their history-making hero.
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Ricky Burns overpowered Italian opponent Michele Di Rocco to win the vacant WBA World Super-Lightweight title in Glasgow.
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Irfon Williams, 44, from Bangor, Gwynedd, was told last year he had two years to live because of bowel cancer.
He needed the drug Cetuximab but Betsi Cadwaladr health board refused to fund it, so he moved across the border.
After being told this week his tumours have now shrunk, Carwyn Jones has agreed to meet and called his recovery "highly unusual".
Mr Williams was told in June tumours in his liver had shrunk enough for doctors to be able to operate and he could be free of the disease by September.
Leader of the Welsh Conservatives Andrew RT Davies said it was a "national disgrace" patients must go to England to receive some cancer drugs.
Betsi Cadwaladr said at the time decisions of that kind were "highly sensitive", and the Welsh government said all patients had access to "proven" treatments.
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A cancer patient who moved to England to receive a drug not available in Wales will meet the first minister.
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Edward Hughes, known locally at Iori, was hit by a black Vauxhall Insignia on the junction of Wian Street and London Road in Holyhead on 3 June.
He was taken to a hospital in Stoke but later died from his injuries.
He was described as a "popular local character who will be "sorely missed".
North Wales Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses to the incident.
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The family of a 92-year-old man who died after being hit by a car on Anglesey have paid tribute to a "loving father and grandfather".
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Age Cymru has been given the money by Arts Council of Wales and The Baring Foundation.
Artists will go into care homes to teach people new skills as part of cARTrefu, which launched in April 2015.
Nick Capaldi of Arts Council of Wales said: "Taking part in the arts adds to the everyday quality of life and the wellbeing of our nation."
The money, which covers 2017 to 2019, was announced on the eve of BBC Wales' Get Creative weekend, a partnership with Arts Council of Wales.
It begins with people forming an outline map of Wales on the side of Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons on Friday.
Get Creative will give people the chance to try their hand at a range of cultural activities with a number of taster events.
cARTrefu, meaning to reside in Welsh, is a programme aimed at introducing older people to the arts. In its two years, it has held more than 1,000 workshops at 120 care homes.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said: "Art can play an integral part in tackling social isolation for older people and improving the wellbeing of communities across Wales."
A Baring Foundation report in 2011 stated the arts in care homes were "integral to the definition of excellence in social care".
It also found art programmes could also help boost people's confidence and self-esteem.
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People in care homes across Wales will get access to arts projects as part of a £350,000 scheme.
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Lundy was found guilty in 2002 of killing Christine and seven-year-old Amber in 2000, and was jailed for life.
But the conviction was overturned in 2013 by Britain's Privy Council after new evidence emerged.
The jury at the High Court in Wellington unanimously returned a new guilty verdict on Wednesday, and Lundy was sentenced again to life in prison.
New Zealand media reported that Lundy stood open-mouthed in the dock as the verdict was delivered.
His brother, Craig, told reporters the ruling "brings some form of closure" for the family.
"For the past few months we have had to relive the moment we were told a despicable human being took the lives of our much cherished sister-in-law Christine, and our beautiful niece, Amber," the New Zealand Herald quoted him as saying.
Justice Simon France said time already served in prison would be taken into account in Lundy's sentence.
Christine and Amber Lundy were found dead at their home in Palmerston North in August 2000. They had been killed by multiple blows to the head from an axe or tomahawk.
Lundy was accused of staging a burglary to killed them for insurance money. Police believe Amber was killed as she tried to run away after witnessing her mother's murder.
Lundy, who was charged in February 2000, has always denied the murders, saying he was on a business trip in Wellington at the time and with a prostitute that evening.
Following his first conviction, a group of supporters compiled a lengthy dossier questioning the evidence presented in court, including DNA samples found on his shirt which the prosecution said were Mrs Lundy's brain tissue.
The appeal was lodged in Britain because New Zealand did not have a Supreme Court at the time.
The Privy Council ordered a retrial and Lundy released on bail in 2013.
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A New Zealand court has found Mark Lundy guilty for a second time of murdering his wife and daughter.
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Following on from their 23-10 Challenge Cup win in April, they again restricted Leigh to two tries, from Daniel Mortimer and Atelea Vea.
But Rovers ran in three themselves from the experienced Shaun Lunt, who got two, and winger Ryan Shaw.
Jamie Ellis kicked four goals for Rovers, as did Leigh's Josh Drinkwater.
Both sides had won their opening game in The Qualifiers, but only Rovers and Warrington, who beat Catalans Dragons, now have 100 per cent records.
Leigh coach Neil Jukes:
"Ultimately it was a game of inches - both teams competed high and kicked pretty well. Nobody gave each other an inch.
"There was a clear knock-on in the build-up to Lunt's second try and even though it went to the screen they (the video ref) didn't even look at it.
"In a game of that magnitude, you can't get those things wrong. It's a tough competition. Losing has not made it impossible. It has just added pressure on the next few games."
Hull KR coach Tim Sheens:
"To win two out of two and one against a Super League side certainly helps, there's no doubt about that. Leigh completed at a very high rate and they battered us in the middle.
"We got lucky on the play the ball for Lunt's try on the try-line. And we hung in right till the end. We were not as clever as them with our kicking options but we managed to keep turning their fellahs around.
"We will enjoy the win but it means nothing if we don't come out with the right attitude next week. London at home will be a tough game again."
Leigh: McNally; Dawson, Fleming, Langi, Higson; Mortimer, Drinkwater; Hansen, Higham, Maria, Vea, Paterson, Burr.
Replacements: Hood, Richards, Tickle, Stewart.
Hull KR: Moss; Carney, Blair, Hefernan, Shaw; Marsh, Ellis; Scruton, Lawler, Jewitt, Addy, Clarkson, Kavanagh.
Replacements: Lunt, Greenwood, Atkin, Masoe.
Referee: Jack Smith (RFL).
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Hull KR recorded a second straight victory in The Qualifiers as they won at Leigh Sports Village for the second time this season.
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The 35-year old, who previously announced his retirement, penned a short-term deal to return to the Welsh capital with Cardiff Blues in November.
Robinson says helping on the training paddock with the Blues has opened his eyes to future opportunities.
"It is working well for me and is a nice opportunity working here," he told BBC Radio Wales Sport. "But I am not retired yet, I am still going."
Robinson, who won 13 Wales caps, said he has not necessarily considered a career in coaching before rejoining the Blues, actually deciding it probably was not for him.
"I am helping out a bit with the coaching side; it has opened up a little bit of an opportunity for me to help out with kicking stuff," he explained.
"Especially with Jarrod Evans and Gareth [Anscombe] to see if they want/need my input.
"And if there are any injuries like there were earlier in the season. I am there and raring to go. '
"I thought about it previously and felt I didn't want to do it.
"I felt my experiences of working with coaches and how stressful that can be and obviously when you're a fly-half you have quite a bit of input both on and off the pitch.
"But it wasn't something I really wanted to pursue as I haven't done a huge amount of coaching.
"This just worked nicely as a nice opportunity to gain experience and see if it was something that I wanted to pursue long-term or not."
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Former Wales fly-half Nicky Robinson is eyeing a career in coaching.
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Bivsi Rana, 15, was born in Germany to Nepalese parents. In May she was deported with the rest of her family.
Her classmates protested and lobbied on her behalf against the deportation, drawing hundreds of people to rally under the slogan "Bring Bivsi back".
Officials called it a "unique case" and said Bivsi was "de facto German".
Mayor of Duisburg Sören Link said: "The fact that we have managed to resolve this difficult situation lifts a burden from my shoulders."
Bivsi's parents moved to Germany in 1998, fleeing civil conflict in their native Nepal, but their applications for asylum were denied. Their repeated appeals were rejected. Fearing political repercussions at home Bivsi's father, Mr Rana, initially applied for asylum under a false name and has since called this "the worst mistake" of his life.
But Bivsi herself was born and brought up in Germany.
On the last Monday in May, Bivsi was in class at school in Duisburg, in north west Germany, when she was told she had to pack her things and leave. That same day she and her family were deported to Nepal, a country Bivsi had never visited before.
Class teacher Sascha Thamm told German media afterwards that all the girls in the class cried and Bivsi's best friend broke down to the extent that an emergency doctor had to be called.
Mr Thamm said Bivsi was a kind, engaged student who was good at German and science and helped teach swimming lessons.
Bivsi has been living in Nepal with her family and, according to reports, has been unable to find a new school there due to language issues.
She has now been given a study visa enabling her to return Germany while she finishes her education. Her parents can return with her.
North-Rhine Westphalia state's integration minister Joachim Stamp said: "This is a unique case and generalisations cannot be drawn from it.
"The right of the child stood in the foreground in this decision.
"Bivsi was born in Germany and grew up here - she is de facto a German child."
Bivsi is reported to be "totally happy" with the decision, and her parents are reported to be "overjoyed".
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A teenager who was removed from her classroom and deported to Nepal has been allowed to return to Germany on a study visa.
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Johnny Black, 19, from Ballycastle and Robin William Lamont Wilson, 26, from Armoy, died after a head on collision between two cars on the Cushendall Road near Ballycastle.
A woman remains in a critical condition in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, following the crash.
Elsewhere, a motorcyclist was killed in a road accident in west Belfast.
David Anderson, 42, from the Coleraine area, died after a collision on the Tornagrough Road on Sunday afternoon.
The total number of road deaths in Northern Ireland this year is now 15.
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Two men have died following an early morning road accident in Ballycastle, County Antrim.
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The prank involves people dressing up as clowns to deliberately scare or intimidate members of the public.
It is thought that the fad began in America and has now spread to the UK.
But police in Northern Ireland have said that encouraging behaviour which deliberately "generates fear" or posting threatening messages can lead to a criminal record.
Clowns have been spotted in Belfast and there are reports that a school in Coleraine closed its doors for a short time on Friday because of fears that people dressed as clowns were on their way.
Police say they have received several reports of posts on social media from individuals who have suggested dressing in clown costumes and going to schools to scare students and teachers.
Ass Chief Const Stephen Martin said: "I would advise anyone who may be considering posting information on social media platforms to consider what they're saying.
"Crime is crime, whether in the virtual world or the real world and there are consequences. Please don't get caught up in something that could jeopardise your future."
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Police have issued a warning to anyone considering taking part in the so-called 'killer clown' craze.
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"People are celebrating on the streets," a resident said.
Fighters loyal to anti-Islamist Gen Khalifa Haftar are reported to have taken over the port, a hospital and have cut off a key weapons supply line.
Thousands have fled more than a year of fighting in Benghazi, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising.
Once in the Libyan army, Gen Haftar fought with revolutionaries to overthrow long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Libya has since fragmented and has rival parliaments backed by various militias and brigades spawned by the uprising.
The chaos has allowed Islamic State fighters to gain a foothold in the country, and some are believed to be fighting with other Islamist militias in Benghazi.
In January, the UN brokered a deal between rival lawmakers to form a unity government, but this has not yet happened.
Analysis: Rana Jawad, BBC North Africa correspondent
The controversial Gen Haftar's gains give him a stronger hand in Libya's volatile political landscape, and puts military actors in eastern and western Libya on a near equal-footing in terms of territorial control.
The general and his political backers will now be emboldened to demand a greater say in who leads the army under the proposed unity government.
But the already faltering peace process could go back to square one as politicians and militiamen in the west, who are vehemently opposed to the general, harden their attitude.
One MP in the west, who played a key role in getting the big Misrata brigades to support the peace process, has already launched a scathing attack on Gen Haftar, calling him a "dictatorial coup leader".
Last year, Gen Haftar was appointed as the head of armed forces for the parliament based in the eastern port city of Tobruk.
Some of the Islamist militias he has been battling in his hometown of Benghazi are backed by political factions in the west, where the Tripoli administration is based.
Profile: General Khalifa Haftar
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Islamist militias in Libya have lost two major areas in the eastern city of Benghazi, military sources and residents have told the BBC.
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Mark Arries, 26, from Blyth, and Edward Ide, 21, from Amble, died on the boat in Whitby harbour in January 2014.
The pair were using the grill of a gas cooker for heating as they slept.
Timothy Bowman-Davies, 44, from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, has admitted failing to ensure the boat was operated safely.
A trial of issue before a judge is being held at Leeds Crown Court to decide if he knew the crew were using the cooker as a heating source.
Read more about this and other stories from across Yorkshire
Mr Bowman-Davies told the hearing he was unaware of the risk of carbon monoxide on boats.
He also said he did not realise he needed to have the cooker serviced.
The boat, the Eshcol, had been inspected 11 weeks before the men's death by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), Mr Bowman-Davies said.
"I didn't know it [servicing the cooker] needed to be done," he told the hearing.
"I had the MCA inspector on the boat, I would have thought he would have told me."
Mr Arries and Mr Ide had joined the Eshcol to fish for scallops on 8 January 2014 and returned to Whitby harbour in the early hours of 15 January.
They were found dead in their bunks with the gas cooker grill switched on by Mr Bowman-Davies' 15-year-old son later.
Mr Bowman-Davies told the hearing he was "devastated" by the deaths.
He added: "I don't blame anybody. It's something that happened that shouldn't have happened, a tragic accident."
Mr Bowman-Davies' son has denied telling police at the time that he and his father were aware the cooker was being used as a heat source.
The hearing continues.
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An owner of a boat on which two men died from carbon monoxide poisoning has said he was not aware of safety guidelines.
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Barkley, 22, was left out of the Everton team for the first time under Dutchman Koeman as the Toffees drew 1-1 at Manchester City on Saturday.
Koeman said the decision was "tactical" as he wanted to field a side "with more pressing than normal".
But he added that he hoped Barkley's omission was "a good wake-up call".
"He is already playing four years in the first team. You are not any more a talent, that means you need to show you have improved," Koeman said.
"I still believe in his qualities, but if I am not totally happy or it is a tactical question, he does not start. His reaction was positive. He was very disappointed, which you need to be."
Barkley has made 119 Everton appearances since making his debut in August 2011, when he was 17.
But former Toffees team-mate Leon Osman has questioned his consistency this season and although he was in England's squad for Euro 2016 he has not been called up since.
Koeman said he expected his side to have "more possession than normal" in Saturday's 15:00 BST kick-off at Burnley, and suggested Barkley would return to the starting XI.
"[Against City] we played a little bit different than normal so I did not start with him, but that might change in the weekend," he said.
"You like to have the best team for the each game, and the weekend is a different game."
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Ronald Koeman said Ross Barkley "is no longer a young talent" as the Everton boss revealed he expects better performances from the midfielder.
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Brownhill made only six appearances for North End last season, but scored three goals in 27 games on loan at League One play-off winners Barnsley.
The 20-year-old rejected a new contract offer from Preston, who will be owed compensation for the move.
"As well as being a good footballer he's also a fantastic character," said City head coach Lee Johnson.
"He is a young, hungry, sought-after player who is experienced beyond his years in modern day football, and we've beaten off competition from other clubs to get him."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Bristol City will sign midfielder Josh Brownhill from Preston at the end of his current contract on 30 June.
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He urged China to act in order to reduce tensions, the White House said.
The US has in the past accused China of being involved in hacking government and commercial computer systems.
Earlier this month, the Chinese were blamed for a security breach involving the records of four million past and present US federal employees.
Speaking in Washington at the end of the talks, US Secretary of State John Kerry said the two countries would now work together to come up with a code of cyber conduct.
"There was an honest discussion, without accusations, without any finger-pointing, about the problem of cyber theft and whether or not it was sanctioned by government or whether it was hackers and individuals that the government has the ability to prosecute."
The US made it "crystal clear" that this was not acceptable, Mr Kerry added.
"We need to work through how all countries are going to behave, but particularly how we're going to work this out in terms of the bilateral relationship."
China has denied being behind the huge security breach at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) three weeks ago.
State Councillor Yang Jiechi said in Washington the US must "respect the facts".
He added that China was cracking down on hacking and was ready to co-operate with the US on cybersecurity issues.
Earlier in the year, China also denied accusations it was behind an attack that stole data from US health insurer Anthem.
The White House said President Obama also expressed concerns about the growing Chinese presence in the South China Sea.
But the two sides were keen to emphasise areas of agreement, including on ocean preservation, illegal fishing and climate change.
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President Barack Obama has raised continuing US concerns over China's cyber activities, as two days of talks between the two nations came to an end.
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Prices rose in all council areas and across all property types, but there were wide variations.
In Derry City and Strabane prices were up by 11% but by less than 2% in Fermanagh and Omagh.
The figures are from the NI Residential Property Price Index, which analyses almost all sales, including cash deals.
The average standardised price, across all property types, is now £125,480.
That compares to £97,428 at the bottom of the market in 2012, but is still far below the bubble-era peak of £224,670.
Over the year the largest rise was in the apartment sector with prices up by 11%.
For all other property types, the increase was about 5%.
The council area with the highest average price is Lisburn and Castlereagh (£149,600) and the lowest is Derry City and Strabane (£108,464).
The number of properties sold in 2016 was 21,669, down slightly on the 2015 figure.
Northern Ireland experienced a huge house price bubble in the years leading up to 2007 before the market crashed.
Prices more than halved between 2007 and early 2013 but have been increasing gradually since then.
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House prices in Northern Ireland rose by almost 6% in 2016, according to official figures.
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"I didn't want them to see me being bullied and not stand up for myself," she tells Radio 1 Stories.
"It wasn't just for me. It was for people who listen to my music and feel how I was feeling at that time."
In September she received online abuse after she was pictured holding hands with Robert Pattinson.
The 27-year-old says: "I didn't want them to see me being bullied and not stand up for myself because ultimately I'm ten times stronger than somebody hiding behind a weird name on Twitter.
"I wanted to show that I can stand up for myself so then hopefully another person will see that and want to stand up for themselves."
She says she tries not to let online comments affect what she does creatively but admits tabloid stories can be difficult for her.
"It doesn't affect me at all or what I create. Sometimes it's just frustrating because those sorts of tabloids are just looking for a headline," she says.
"That headline is often so far from the truth."
She admits to reading what people are saying about her.
"I remember at the height when things were really bad for me. I remember lying in bed at 3 o'clock in the morning and it's embarrassing but I was just reading through everything, reading every single comment.
"I just couldn't believe the world was like that. I guess I'm quite naive for someone who's come through the internet, I don't engage with it that much. I just couldn't believe people think like that or say things like that.
"It was morbidly fascinating."
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FKA twigs says she responded to racist abuse on Twitter because she hoped it would encourage her fans to stand up for themselves.
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Ms Sturgeon plans to hold a series of bilateral meetings at the Paris event.
The first minister said Scotland can be seen as a "model for climate action".
The Scottish government has failed to meet its interim targets on greenhouse gas emissions for the past four years, although it insists it will achieve its long-term goals.
Ms Sturgeon said: "Scotland punches well above its weight in the international effort to tackle climate change.
"Our world-leading targets set the benchmark the international community needs to match in the years ahead if we are to stand a good chance of limiting global warming to less than two degrees Celsius.
"It is no exaggeration to say that our future, and that of generations to come, depends on a successful outcome and so the stakes could not be higher."
She added: "Scotland offers a message and model for climate action and in the countdown to these negotiations the Scottish government has been promoting Scotland's actions on climate change to the international community."
Figures released in June showed Scotland had failed to meet its climate change target for the fourth year in a row.
Scottish greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.6% between 2012 and 2013 to 53 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (MtCO2e).
The Climate Change (Scotland) Act requires a minimum 42% cut in emissions by 2020 and 80% by 2050.
The Scottish government said it was on track to achieving this target and announced measures to reduce emissions.
Patrick Harvie MSP, co-convener of the Scottish Greens, welcomed the news that the first minister was to attend the Paris summit but said more action was needed.
"The Scottish government has presided over four years of missed carbon emissions targets so it needs to rebuild credibility," he said.
"Scotland can cut its emissions, generate clean power and create new jobs but merely congratulating ourselves for setting world-beating targets won't cut it; we need action on the ground if we're to lead the way."
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed she will represent Scotland at the UN global climate change summit in France.
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William Kerr, 53, absconded from a probation hostel in Hull following his release on 23 January.
He was handed a life sentence in 1998 for killing Maureen Comfort, whose body was found in a Leeds bedroom cupboard.
The charity Crimestoppers has offered up to £5,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
Police have warned people not to approach Kerr, who they have described as "dangerous".
A spokesperson for Crimestoppers said it was "urgent that he is returned to prison".
"We understand that it might be someone that knows him personally who is aware of where he is, and for that reason, I would urge you to contact Crimestoppers, completely anonymously, safe in the knowledge nobody will ever know you spoke to us.
"Do the right thing and tell us where Kerr is," the spokesperson added.
North Yorkshire Police, who are leading the hunt for Kerr, believe he is now in the London area but said he also had links to Humber and West Yorkshire.
Ms Comfort, 43, was strangled at her flat in Cromwell Heights, Burmantofts, where she had lived alone, in 1996.
Her body was found in a cupboard in her bedroom by her family after they became concerned they had not heard from her.
Two years later Kerr was found guilty of her murder at Leeds Crown Court.
Senga Bailey, who found her aunt's body, said she was "frightened of what he's going to do next".
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A reward has been offered for information to find a "dangerous" convicted murderer who breached his prison release licence.
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The quartet each completed the 400m swim, 6km cycle, and 1.6km run course in a total time of one hour 13 minutes 24 seconds.
South Africa took silver, 49 seconds back, with Australia third.
"I love the relay. You can see people's weaknesses and strengths," said Alistair Brownlee.
It was a second gold medal of Glasgow for both Alistair Brownlee and Stimpson after their individual successes, while Jonathan Brownlee and Holland won their second medals after their individual silver and bronzes.
"I thought it was a good race," said Jonathan Brownlee. "The relay is always close but Vicky gave us a good start and I knew I had to just keep it safe and then run as fast as I could, Jodie destroyed it and Alistair finished it off."
England were five seconds down on Canada after Holland's leg, but Jonathan Brownlee gave them the lead on his run.
Brownlee gradually pulled away from the rest of the field and gave Stimpson a 16-second lead at the start of her swim.
Although New Zealand's Nicky Samuels tried to challenge Stimpson, the Englishwoman was still nine seconds ahead of her rivals when handing over to Commonwealth and Olympic gold medallist Alistair.
The elder Brownlee put in a strong display and extended his time advantage with a more tactical battle going on behind him for the minor places.
Holland now hopes the event can be included in future Olympic Games.
"I really hope it will be in the Olympic programme in 2020," she said. "Look at the atmosphere it generates having such a tight racing circuit and the lead changing hands so often. It is a great spectator event and great to be part of it."
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England's Vicky Holland, Jonathan Brownlee, Jodie Stimpson and Alistair Brownlee won triathlon's mixed team relay at the Commonwealth Games.
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The BBC has launched an Ebola public health information service on WhatsApp, aimed at users of the service in West Africa.
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The men from Birkenhead were charged following an extensive investigation into child sexual exploitation.
Vinothan Rajenthiram, 26, has been charged with two counts of rape and nine counts of sexual activity with a girl under 16, Merseyside Police said.
Ilavarasan Rajenthiram, 25, has been charged with eight counts of sexual activity with a girl under 16 and two counts of sexual assault on a female.
Both men appeared at Wirral Magistrates' Court earlier.
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Two brothers have been charged with child sex offences in Merseyside.
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The company admitted water pollution and other offences at sewage facilities in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
One fisherman lost thousands and went out of business because the pollution killed his crayfish, Aylesbury Crown Court heard.
Fish and birds died following the spills in 2013 and 2014.
Aylesbury Crown Court heard on Friday that the spills resulted in hundreds of dead fish, fewer dragon flies, overflowing manholes and sewage spilling into nature reserves.
Environmental damage was caused in the riverside towns of Henley and Marlow.
There were also reports of nappies and other sewage debris spilling into the Thames.
The four Thames Water Utilities Ltd sewage treatment works where the spills occurred were Aylesbury, Didcot, Henley and Little Marlow.
The other site is a large sewage pumping system in Littlemore in Oxford.
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Thames Water will face its "biggest ever fine" after pumping millions of gallons of untreated sewage into the River Thames, a judge has warned.
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Brownlee, known as the 'Voice of the Boro', died last week, aged 56, after suffering from cancer.
Tributes are planned by the club and supporters at third-placed Boro's home game against Cardiff City on Tuesday.
"He will be looking down on us, he's an extra player and will always be supporting us," said Karanka.
Boro are currently just two points behind leaders Hull with a game in hand, with Burnley a point above them in second.
"I can't stop until we get to the Premier League. Ali was always saying and joking about how good we were in the Premier League [before the club were relegated in 2008-09], so I need to find out whether he was right," Karanka told BBC Tees.
The 42-year-old Spaniard built up a rapport with Brownlee through interviews, and appreciated the Teesside native's words of encouragement.
"I could feel how much he loved Boro, he was always joking and one of the few people who was always positive and supportive," he added.
For players such as local boy Jonathan Woodgate, Brownlee's affection for his local club was felt within the dressing room.
"Everyone loved him, his legacy will go on," defender Woodgate said.
"It was difficult, because the local lads have been brought up on Ali. The fans will give him the best send off and hopefully we'll get the three points we deserve."
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Middlesbrough are intensifying their Premier League ambitions in tribute to late BBC Tees commentator Ali Brownlee, according to coach Aitor Karanka.
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Shot put world champion Aled Sion Davies and F46 Javelin thrower Hollie Arnold were among 13 initially selected in June.
And seven more were added when the rest of the 54-strong team was announced on Tuesday, 26 July.
They are Kyron Duke, Sabrina Fortune, Jordan Howe, Rhys Jones, Steven Morris, Laura Sugar and Olivia Breen.
Sugar, who will compete in the T44 sprints, took up athletics after watching the 2012 Games in London having previously represented Wales at hockey.
Born with the foot condition Talipes, Sugar was left with no ankle movement in her left leg after surgical correction, but was determined to take part in sport in school.
"I grew up and kind of ignored the fact that I shouldn't be able to do sport and became a hockey player for Wales," she told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"But after watching London 2012 I was inspired by that and I never realised that my foot made me eligible for the paralympics and I signed up for a talent day and it all kicked off from there.
"That was three years ago and now I'm heading for my first paralympics."
Davies, won F42 discus gold at the London Games, but cannot defend his title because the event will not be held in Rio. He also took a bronze at the in the shot put in 2012.
Breen is the only other Welsh track and field athlete going to Rio who won a medal in London - a bronze in the T35-38 4x100m relay.
Aled Davies (F42 shot put), Hollie Arnold (F46 javelin), Kyron Duke (F40 shot put and javelin), Sabrina Fortune (F20 discus), Jordan Howe (T35/F35 sprints), Rhys Jones (T37 sprints), Steven Morris (T20 1500 metres), Laura Sugar (T44 100 metres), Olivia Breen (38 sprints).
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Great Britain's track and field team at the Rio Paralympics will include nine Welsh athletes.
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Officers have identified the girl, found at Orrell Water Park in Wigan early on Saturday, as Ellen Higginbottom.
She had been reported missing on Friday after she failed to return home from Winstanley College, where she studied.
Greater Manchester Police said some of Ellen's friends had told them she had been last seen at the nature reserve.
Police said a post-mortem test concluded her death was caused by "multiple wounds to the neck".
Her disappearance was "extremely out of character", police have said.
Det Supt Howard Millington appealed for information, saying: "We have a clearer picture of what may have happened to Ellen, but we are still piecing together her exact movements in the lead-up to her death.
"Someone out there knows who did this, or they know it was them, and we will not stop until we find them and bring them to justice."
Police previously said there was a report two young women were followed by two men in the area on Thursday.
"Attacks of this severity are thankfully incredibly rare, but that in itself makes this all the more shocking," said Det Supt Millington, adding that "things like this don't happen in Orrell".
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An 18-year-old student found dead at a beauty spot was killed by "multiple wounds to the neck", police said.
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Stephen Hunt, 38, from Bury, was among 60 firefighters called to Paul's Hair World in Oldham Street in July 2013.
Jurors concluded it was probable two 15-year-old girls deliberately started the fire after smoking cigarettes at the rear of the building.
The case is to be reviewed to determine if any further action should be taken, police said.
The inquest heard how the teenagers made a "selfie" video in which they admitted starting the fire, which developed at a fire door and close to a cardboard storage cage.
The girls - who are now aged 17 and cannot be named - both told the jury they had put out their cigarettes.
A witness claimed one of the girls had admitted pushing a lit piece of paper through the doorway.
In the video, one of the 15-year-old girls, identified as Girl A, said: "We're not very happy because we started a fire we actually didn't mean to, seriously".
Girl B then added: "I put a flyer under. I didn't know it would set on fire. I saw a flame and ignored it."
Girl B was charged with arson but prosecutors dropped the charge three days before the trial, citing accidental ignition could not be ruled out.
Mr Hunt and a colleague, Jeremy Jones, had entered the building equipped with breathing apparatus but visibility was virtually nil, the jury was told.
Mr Hunt was found collapsed and could not be resuscitated. He was pronounced dead later that evening.
A lack of communication at handovers and briefings, a breakdown in radio communication, the internal layout of the building, inadequate fire risk assessment and acts of vandalism and criminal damage had contributed to his death, jurors found.
Senior coroner for Manchester Nigel Meadows said he would report the jury's findings to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Det Supt Peter Marsh, from Greater Manchester Police, said: "Following the findings from the inquest, GMP will now review the case with the Crown Prosecution Service to determine if any further action is to be taken."
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A firefighter who died tackling a blaze in Manchester was unlawfully killed, a jury has concluded.
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Wedi'r cyfan enw'r Archdderwydd ydy Geraint Lli-fon. Ond tra bydd Meistres y Gwisgoedd yn brysur yn creu gwisgoedd nofio glas, gwyrdd a gwyn dyma brofi eich gwybodaeth o safloedd cerrig yr orsedd sydd ar dir sych!
Ers rhai blynyddoedd cerrig artiffisial symudol sy'n cael eu defnyddio yn y seremonïau. Ond ar un adeg roedd cylch o feini cerrig pwrpasol yn cael eu gosod ger lleoliad y Brifwyl y flwyddyn honno.
Mae'r cylchoedd cerrig a'u lleoliadau yn hynod debyg ond mae'r cliwiau yn unigryw! Felly dyma'ch cyfle i chi roi'ch trwyn ar y maen llôg...
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Mae 'na sôn y gallai cerrig yr Orsedd yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2018 gael eu gosod ar y dŵr ym Mae Caerdydd.
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It follows a Royal British Legion (RBL) campaign highlighting that some awards to veterans injured in service were being reduced to cover care costs.
It is hoped the move will benefit more than 6,000 veterans.
The money will be given to local authorities to make those pensions exempt from financial assessment.
The RBL welcomed the move, saying it addressed a "historic discrepancy".
Social Services Minister Rebecca Evans said: "We owe our armed forces veterans a significant debt of gratitude, which is why they deserve a fairer deal when it comes to social care.
"Pensions are an important source of compensation for many veterans and ensuring they receive the full amount they are rightfully entitled to will make their life that little bit easier."
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Veterans receiving social care in Wales will get the full value of their war disablement pensions after a £300,000 Welsh Government boost.
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A 48-year-old man suffered a serious facial injury during an altercation in the Allison Arms, on Pollokshaws Road, at about 21:30 on Saturday 21 May.
The man required hospital treatment.
Police said drinkers in the pub were "shocked at the level of violence". They believe the men in the image may be able to help with their inquiry.
The first man is described as white, in his 20s, of large build with short dark hair. He was wearing a red T-shirt.
The second man is described as white, in his 50s, with dark hair. He was wearing a blue polo shirt under a dark jacket.
Det Con Paul MacDonald, who is leading the investigation, said: "This incident has left a man seriously injured.
"Those drinking within the pub were also shocked at the level of violence displayed that evening. It is crucial we trace those responsible.
"We are appealing for anyone with information or for anyone who may recognise the men in the image to contact officers."
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Police have released a CCTV image of two men they want to trace in connection with a violent attack in a pub in the south side of Glasgow.
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The 28-year-old, gold medallist in 2012 and 2016, will take part in the race over the longer distance on 22 April.
"It's no secret that I am going to spend a couple of years racing some different distances," said Brownlee.
"I'm really looking forward to preparing for some longer distance races and competing at them."
While the Olympic triathlon distance involves swimming 1.5km, cycling 40km and running 10km, the race Brownlee will attempt includes swimming 1.9km, cycling 90km and running a half-marathon (13.1 miles or 21.09km).
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Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee will take part in a 70.3-mile Gran Canaria race as part of a move towards long-distance triathlons.
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Demi Wylie organised a small team to liaise with the couples and guests during industrial action that affected CalMac sailings in June last year.
Travel plans for more than 600 people were adjusted so they could reach the Western Isles weddings.
Ms Wylie, 23, was recognised at the 2016 Scottish Transport Awards.
She won the Frontline Employee of the Year category at a ceremony in Glasgow.
Ms Wylie is based in CalMac's contact centre in Gourock which handles calls across the company's services.
Ferries had been key to getting brides, grooms and many of their guests to ceremonies and venues for the weddings across the Hebridean islands chain.
Ms Wylie and her team identified services that were running, or running at different times, and rebooked the wedding parties on those ferries.
The industrial action came amid a row over tendering process for the Clyde and Hebrides Ferries Network.
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An employee at ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne has won an award for her efforts to help seven island weddings to go ahead.
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Bogus ads for shoes briefly appeared among the selection of banners displayed on DailyMail.com.
Instead of online shops, the advertisements linked to malware that can expose computers to "ransomware".
Ransomware encrypts files on a victim's computer and asks for a payment to decrypt them again.
The practice is known as "malvertising".
Security company Malwarebytes made the discovery last week and published a report about its findings online.
The report says Malwarebytes contacted the Daily Mail and relevant advertising networks about the issue on Friday.
By Monday morning, the security company was informed that the fake ads had been removed.
The banners, purporting to be for an online shoe retailer, were published via a bogus ad server.
From there, they were distributed via an advertising network that presents ads to readers on the Daily Mail's website.
If a user clicked on one of the ads, they would be redirected to a well known piece of malware called the Angler Exploit Kit, which attacks vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Flash.
There are various ways to protect yourself from ransomware, according to Tony Berning, senior manager at software company Opswat.
"To protect against ransomware, users must back up their data regularly," he said.
"In addition to this, an important defence against ransomware is the use of anti-virus engines to scan for threats.
"With over 450,000 new threats emerging daily, anti-malware engines need to detect new threats continuously, and will inevitably address different threats at different times," Mr Berning said.
The Daily Mail did not immediately provide a comment.
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Readers of the Daily Mail's website were shown fake advertisements that linked to malware, a security company has discovered.
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Ding became the first Asian man to reach the final, where he was beaten 18-14 by world number one Mark Selby.
The afternoon sessions of the final, which was played on Sunday and Monday, were watched by more than 45 million in China, the highest sports audiences for post-prime time programmes this year.
The total global audience for the tournament was over 300 million.
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Ding Junhui's run to the final of the World Championship boosted TV audiences in China to 210 million.
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It comes as advice on how to beef up security is being offered to all MPs in West Yorkshire following the death of the Batley and Spen Labour MP Jo Cox.
The 41-year-old was shot and stabbed in her constituency in Birstall in June.
In a survey of 58 Yorkshire MPs, 18 responded and 14 of those said they had received some sort of abuse.
That abuse was either in person, through a letter or on social media.
Of those who responded, 44% of them said they had received a death threat.
The results of the survey have been revealed in the week police are advising local MPs on their security.
Ass Ch Con Mark Milsom, from West Yorkshire Police, said: "We can give them some very simple advice in terms of how they conduct their business, where they go to, how they meet people.
"Things that can go a long way to make them feel more confident."
The training comes a few weeks after it was revealed MPs across the country could sign up for a free course in a form of self-defence called Krav Maga, which combines jiu jitsu, judo, boxing and street fighting.
Many MPs have expressed concern over their personal safety, including Labour MP for Halifax Holly Lynch.
She said she and her staff carry personal attack alarms to alert police if they are assaulted.
"Having been an activist for the Labour Party in Halifax, I'm very used to going out and talking to people, getting on their doorsteps, having those quite frank and robust conversations at times," she said.
"But... you have opened yourself up to an awful lot of quite serious criticisms, which ventures into abuse and threats, which certainly takes some getting used to."
Thomas Mair, 52, has been charged with Jo Cox's murder, grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of an offensive weapon.
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received abuse in person or online
44%
received death threats
89% made revisions to security
28% were harassed or stalked
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One in four Yorkshire MPs have received death threats or abuse in the past three years, a BBC investigation has found.
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Mr Mallon, a Dublin-based director of THG Sports, was granted bail after a Supreme Court ruling in Brasilia.
He was released from the maximum security Bangu 10 prison at about 22:00 local time (02:00 BST).
Mr Mallon and his legal team left the prison without making any comment.
Under his bail conditions, Mr Mallon must stay in Brazil and adhere to a 20:00 local time curfew.
He must also inform authorities as to his whereabouts and is banned from all Olympic and Paralympic venues.
Mr Mallon was also due to be electronically tagged.
A court in Rio ruled it was not necessary after his release was delayed because of a lack of electronic ankle bracelets.
The THG director was arrested on 5 August. Police said that more than 700 tickets, organised in envelopes and marked for sale, were found in a safe with him.
THG, a corporate and sports hospitality group based in London, said Mr Mallon did not sell or seek to sell the tickets but was holding them for collection by clients of Pro 10 Management.
Pro 10 are the authorised Irish ticket reseller.
On Saturday, THG said it welcomed the news of Mr Mallon's bail and would work to secure his full release.
It said it believes the company and its executives will be vindicated when all of the evidence is reviewed.
It is believed Mr Mallon has been sharing a cell with former OCI president Pat Hickey in Bangu 10 prison.
Mr Hickey, 71, has also been arrested in connection with illegal ticket sales. He denies any wrongdoing.
On Friday, Irish foreign minister Charlie Flanagan agreed to meet with the family of Mr Hickey after they said they were "gravely concerned" about his health and his continued detention.
The Olympic Council of Ireland has appointed accountants Grant Thornton to conduct an independent review of its handling of ticketing arrangements for the Rio games.
It says the review will be completed by 10 October and passed to Judge Carroll Moran to consider as part of the Irish government's inquiry deliberations.
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Irish man Kevin Mallon, who was arrested in Brazil earlier this month over alleged illegal ticket sales at Rio 2016, has been released on bail.
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Hassan Bal was arrested in the city on Thursday morning.
He is charged with attempting to provide funs to a terrorist organisation and providing funds to such an organisation.
The organisation was not named in court but its believed to be an overseas terrorist group.
The charges date from between 2 and 23 October 2015.
The court was told that when Mr Bal was charged by the Garda (Irish police) he made no reply.
It is understood he was born in the United Kingdom, but he been living in the Republic for over a decade.
Mr Bal was remanded in custody and will appear in court again next Tuesday.
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A 25-year-old man has appeared in court in Waterford accused of providing funds to a terrorist organisation.
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Around 300 people walked from the primary school to the harbour on Saturday afternoon.
An online petition against the proposed closure of the site has gathered more than 4,000 supporters to date.
The RNLI, which wants to provide lifeboat cover from nearby Eyemouth, has said it is about having the "right assets in the right place".
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A protest march has taken place through St Abbs against plans to close its lifeboat station.
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Liberal Democrat Sarah Olney ousted ex-Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith after campaigning on the issue of Brexit.
Welsh Lib Dem leader Mark Williams said voters were saying they did not want a so called "hard Brexit".
The Conservatives have said the result "doesn't change anything" and ministers remain committed to leaving the EU.
Mr Goldsmith resigned his seat and stood as an independent in the southwest London constituency after the government backed a third Heathrow runway.
Celebrating overturning a 23,015 Tory majority, Mr Williams said Welsh Liberal Democrats were "proud" to have worked hard on the campaign.
"This win is not just about Richmond Park, but it is an important statement from the electorate that the government cannot continue to take us down the road to a hard Brexit, which would see us far poorer outside of the single market," he said.
"That would be bad for people in Richmond Park, and it would be disastrous for people in Wales, whether in towns and cities, or in small rural communities."
He added: "Sarah's victory must be a wake up call for both the government and politicians of all parties."
The Conservative Party said in a statement: "This result doesn't change anything.
"The government remains committed to leaving the European Union and triggering Article 50 by the end of March next year.
"In addition, we will continue to take decisive action in the national interest to secure the UK's place in the world."
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The Liberal Democrat victory in the Richmond Park by-election is a "wake up call" for UK ministers and politicians, the party's Welsh leader has said.
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According to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday, Noor Salman "did knowingly aid and abet" her husband's efforts to support the Islamic State group.
She has also been accused of misleading police investigators and FBI agents on the day of the 12 June 2016 attack.
Her family say she is a victim herself and innocent of the charges.
Ms Salman is charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organisation and obstruction of justice.
"She knew he was going to conduct the attack," federal prosecutor Roger Handberg told the judge.
Al Salman, an uncle of the 30-year-old woman, said that his niece was "simple and innocent" and was physically and mentally abused by her husband, Omar Mateen.
He asserted that she knew nothing about her husband's plan to attack Orlando's Pulse nightclub.
Mateen was killed in a shootout with police after killing 49 people and injuring 53 others in the worst mass shooting in modern American history.
During the attack, Mateen called police to pledge support for the Islamic State group.
A lawyer for Ms Salman said in court that she had no advance knowledge of the tragedy and she should be released from jail pending trial.
She was arrested on Sunday in the San Francisco area after moving there from Florida following the attack.
As she was led back to jail, she looked sadly back at her uncle, according to reporters inside the courtroom.
Another hearing is schedule for Wednesday to discuss possibly transporting her to Florida where she may face the federal charges there.
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The widow of the man who killed 49 people at a Florida gay nightclub knew of the attack before it happened, a court in California has heard.
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Earlier this month, Park View Academy in Birmingham was one of five put in special measures.
Ofsted said it had not raised pupils' awareness of the risks of extremism, but vice-principal Lee Donaghy denied that when quizzed by MPs on Tuesday.
At a meeting on Sunday, many parents called on governors to resign.
Liam Byrne, Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, said there were about 200 parents at the meeting, and that they "overwhelmingly" voted in favour of governors stepping down.
He said they had called for fresh elections to let new governors have the chance to remedy problems.
"The message was that teaching is outstanding [at Park View] but there are problems with leadership, so let's change the management team," Mr Byrne said.
Park View vice-principal Mr Donaghy was one of several people to give evidence to the Home Office Select Committee on Tuesday.
Asked by its chair Keith Vaz if the position of the governing body was "untenable", he said it "would be a great shame, a great tragedy" if it were to go.
He also told the committee that he had heard differing accounts of the parents' meeting.
In a statement, governors at the Park View Education Trust said: "The governing body that helped drive the changes - that saw the school go from special measures to outstanding - is largely the same governing body that is here today."
The governors said they agreed that improvements needed to be made, but they also said that the inspection by Ofsted had been "prejudiced".
"In that climate it is unsurprising that parents might state that the governing body should resign, but as individuals we feel that we have been part of the solution, and are not the problem," they added.
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A senior leader at one of the schools involved in the "Trojan Horse" inquiry said it would be a "great tragedy" if governors stepped down.
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The 58-year-old, the sole nominee and elected unopposed, will begin his two-year term with the sport's governing body immediately.
Manohar had resigned as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday.
He said: "The ultimate objective is to grow our sport and engage a whole new generation of fans."
A lawyer by profession, Manohar was BCCI president from 2008-2011 and re-elected in October 2015 after the death of Jagmohan Dalmiya.
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed India's Shashank Manohar as its first independent chairman.
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The move follows a decision to award additional payments to prison officers but not to other staff.
The majority of officers are men and the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said that not extending the payments amounted to discrimination.
The PCS said "Our women members' jobs have been rated independently as equal, so pay should be equally rewarded."
Prison officers will receive an extra £1,000 this year and another £1,000 next year on top of annual pay awards.
The payments were sanctioned by senior Scottish government ministers, including finance secretary Derek Mackay and justice secretary Michael Matheson.
The move will cost the prison service £3.7m in each year.
Similar payments were made in 2015 at a cost of £7.4m.
The women who are claiming discrimination work for the prison service in areas including administration, psychological services, HR, payroll, IT and procurement.
PCS national officer for Scotland, Lynn Henderson, said "These payments have been made despite there being no change in the role of the prison officers.
"It is scandalous that the Scottish government has knowingly sanctioned discriminatory treatment of hard-working women workers in our prisons.
"It flies in the face of their own Fair Work Principles which include the need for equality."
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Almost 100 female workers have filed sex discrimination and equal pay claims against the Scottish Prison Service.
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Two other executives of the US's third largest airline also resigned.
According to US media reports, federal authorities are investigating whether Mr Smisek sanctioned a money-losing flight to benefit the head of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
United said that it was cooperating with investigators.
At the time the route operated from Newark, New Jersey, to Columbia, South Carolina, United Airlines was lobbying for improvements at Newark Liberty International Airport, which the Port Authority owns.
Former Port Authority Chairman David Samson owned a vacation home in Columbia at the time.
United launched the twice weekly, direct flight route shortly after Mr Samson was appointed and cancelled it after Mr Samson left the Port Authority.
Oscar Munoz, the chief operating officer CSX Corp, was named Mr Smisek's replacement as CEO.
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The chief executive and chairman of the board of United Airlines, Jeff Smisek, has quit amid a corruption investigation.
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Graham McCartney stabbed his estranged wife Jane in her chest and arm at their home in Dalwood, Devon, in May 2015, the inquest was told.
He also connected the exhaust pipe of his MG car to the window of their rural bungalow.
Police discovered their bodies in the locked sitting room.
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She had been wrapped in a duvet and the phones had been put out of her reach.
Assistant Devon coroner Luisa Nicholson concluded that Mrs McCartney was unlawfully killed by her husband who then killed himself.
She said "It is a double tragedy and heartbreaking and utterly incomprehensible, we will never know the full story that day."
Pathologist Dr Amanda Jeffery told the inquest that Mrs McCartney, 59, died from "the combined effect of the stab wounds to her chest and right arm and the carbon monoxide poisoning".
She concluded that Mr McCartney, 63, died from inhaling the fumes, and ruled out a suicide pact.
The inquest in Exeter heard evidence that Mrs McCartney, an accountant with Exeter University, was alive for 30 minutes after being stabbed.
Mr McCartney's son told the inquest his father had felt humiliated about the collapse of his marriage and hated the fact that people would know about the break-up.
Mr McCartney left his son a note reading, "I just cannot stand the humiliation anymore. Sorry, Dad."
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A retired soldier stabbed his wife with a serrated bread knife before fatally poisoning them both with carbon monoxide, an inquest has heard.
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Michael Hoolickin, 27, suffered multiple stab wounds in a fracas between a group of men and women on 14 October in Middleton, Greater Manchester.
Timothy Deakin, 21, of Lever Street, Heywood, denied murder but was found guilty by a jury at Bolton Crown Court.
He was ordered to serve a minimum of 27 years.
Deakin was also sentenced to three years for wounding and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, which he had also denied, and 12 months for assault, which are to be served concurrently.
The 21-year-old admitted the assault charge.
After sentencing Mr Hoolickin's family said: "Michael was much loved by all his family and friends and had his whole life ahead of him."
The family said he was taken away in "completely unnecessary circumstances".
"We cannot express how devastated we are that his life has been stolen from him.
"Today his killer has been sentenced and justice has been served."
His family added: "We can try to repair our heartache although no matter how long the sentence is, it will not bring Michael back or make our loss any easier."
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A man has been given life imprisonment for murdering a man in a mass street brawl.
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The fund appointed administrators to some of his firms in 2015 and he has been strongly contesting its right to do so.
In a statement, he said the legal proceedings "have been resolved to the full satisfaction of all parties".
His statement has been published as an advertisement in several newspapers.
He adds that he regrets any "inadvertent harm" which has been caused to the Cerberus brand as a result of the litigation.
Cerberus gained control of Mr Graham's loans when it bought the Northern Ireland portfolio of Nama in 2014, in a deal known as Project Eagle.
The fund's conduct was criticised during court hearings and Mr Graham also gave evidence to a Stormont committee which was examining Project Eagle.
He told the committee that Cerberus had behaved in a way which was "ruthless, unjust and unreasonable".
His statement said that as "certain matters have become clearer" it is now no longer possible to maintain his complaints about Cerberus in relation to Project Eagle.
It adds that he also wants to distance himself from "grave and serious allegations" made against Cerberus regarding payments to "fixers".
He said he is "content" that the fund is not and was not involved in any illegal conduct.
He has agreed to meet Cerberus' legal costs, which are likely to be substantial.
It is understood that the settlement was reached after a period of mediation.
It will now allow Mr Graham to regain control of his properties though it is not clear what the precise financial arrangements will be.
Cerberus borrowers have typically arranged finance from another lender to settle their debts or consensually sold off properties to make repayments.
Mr Graham said he looks forward to returning to his business interests and "putting this affair behind me".
A spokesperson for Cerberus said: "Mr Graham's comments are self-explanatory and consistent with everything Cerberus Capital Management has said on these matters to date."
In the past the firm has said that it had been "fair and consistent" in its approach to borrowers.
It is understood the fund considers Mr Graham's statement to be highly significant as he has been its most active critic in relation to Project Eagle.
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The Belfast businessman Gareth Graham has settled his legal action with the Cerberus investment fund.
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Reports say an attack helicopter opened fire on the column of Seleka rebels as it approached the city.
Rebels earlier forced their way through a checkpoint 75km (45 miles) north.
The checkpoint, in Damara, was manned by a regional force which had designated it as a red line the rebels should not cross.
But the atmosphere in Bangui is very tense and all businesses, offices and schools have shut, a journalist in the capital told the BBC.
Seleka began their offensive this week, accusing President Francois Bozize of failing to honour a peace deal signed in January - a charge he denies.
The rebels joined a power-sharing government in January, in talks brokered by regional leaders, to end the rebellion they launched last year.
Journalist Junior Lingange in Bangui told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that the rebels said 2,000 of their fighters had taken the checkpoint in Damara, where some 500 troops from the regional Fomac force were based.
Damara is about an hour's drive from the capital, he says. In Bangui, government troops were driving around the capital, where some 400 South Africa troops are also based, said the journalist.
"The rebel column, which was headed south, was stopped by an aircraft... an attack helicopter," a senior regional military source told Reuters news agency.
"The helicopter opened fire on the column, forcing it to disperse ... The rebels have not reached Bangui."
CAR has been hit by a series of rebellions since independence from France in 1960.
It is one of the poorest countries in Africa, despite its considerable mineral resources.
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Government forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) say they have halted an advance by insurgents towards the capital, Bangui.
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The centre was closed on Friday after asbestos was found in hard-to-access areas, and further survey work is being carried out.
Alliance Party councillor Michael Long said people needed information as soon as possible.
"It's important that this is looked at intensively," Mr Long said.
"We have called for a special council meeting to be called to discuss the temporary closure of the Robinson centre.
"Some people yesterday evening had turned up at the facility and were actually standing outside unaware what had happened.
"It's obviously very difficult for the council to communicate exactly what had happened given the short notice, but I think it's now important that we have a full and open discussion to allow people to know exactly what is going on."
Earlier, the mayor of Castlereagh said he hoped the closure of the east Belfast centre was a temporary measure.
The mayor, the DUP's Jack Beattie, said he did not think people should be alarmed.
"The (council) officer from Belfast, who are taking over this facility, had come in and found a small area somewhere not open to the public and he said there was some of this asbestos showing," he said.
"Our officers, not wanting to do the wrong thing, had decided in the afternoon that they would close it and further investigate it.
"The health and safety people will come in and have a look at it and then a report will come out."
In a statement on its website on Friday, Castlereagh Council said asbestos had been found "in a previously unrecorded and difficult to access area".
The asbestos was discovered during a building management survey.
The council said further survey work was ongoing and the Health and Safety Executive NI (HSENI) was working with them.
"As a precautionary measure, the council has taken immediate action to close the centre until the full results of the survey is known," the statement said.
"It should be noted that materials containing asbestos are commonly found in buildings of a similar age, however with regular monitoring and management the risk is negligible."
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There has been a call for a special meeting of Castlereagh Borough Council to discuss the closure of the Robinson Leisure Centre due to asbestos.
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The Colombian, who earns £265,000 a week, has scored three goals in 13 appearances since signing from Monaco in a £6m season-long loan in September.
United have until May to activate a £40m buy-out clause.
"He will play in one of the very best clubs in the world next season, whether that is Manchester United or not," said the 28-year-old's agent Jorge Mendes.
Falcao's career at Old Trafford has been hampered by a calf injury and he has started only eight matches.
He was dropped from manager Louis van Gaal's 18-man squad for the 1-0 home defeat by Southampton on Sunday after starting the previous five games.
Afterwards Van Gaal said there was no injury problem and the decision was tactical.
"It is very difficult for Manchester United fans," Mendes told Sky Italia.
"They have an absolutely brilliant player, one of the very best in the world, who would without any doubt play 90 minutes of the match, every time, with any other club.
"The truth is, right now, we don't know what will happen."
Falcao has already decided he will not be returning to Monaco, who he joined for a reported £50m in May 2013 after prolific spells at Atletico Madrid and Porto.
United's Netherlands midfielder Daley Blind returned to play 90 minutes on Sunday after injuring a knee in November.
"The places in the team are expensive, and the manager has said that as well," he said. "So you have to train, every day, very hard to show yourself and show that you really want to play."
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Manchester United striker Radamel Falcao may not be at Old Trafford next season, according to his agent.
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Everton striker Rooney, 31, announced his international retirement this week, despite national boss Gareth Southgate asking him to be in his latest squad.
Southgate has since said the door remains open for the country's all-time leading goalscorer to return.
"Stranger things have happened in football," McClaren told Sportsweek.
"I think we should watch this space regarding his England future.
"If he gets his form back at Everton, scoring regularly, then selection might come again. It would not surprise me if he gets the call before the next World Cup and decides to come back.
"In this game you have ups and downs, but now he has a new start at Everton and as far as I'm concerned he still has a lot to contribute for England."
Rooney has scored 53 goals in 119 appearances for England.
He returned to hometown club Everton this summer following 13 years at Manchester United, who he joined from the Toffees for £27m in August 2004, scoring a club record 253 goals in 559 matches.
He has made a positive start to life back on Merseyside, scoring twice in two Premier League games - the second, at Manchester City, his 200th top-flight goal.
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Rooney made his England debut in February 2003, in a 3-1 defeat by Australia at Upton Park, and his last international appearance was as captain in last November's 3-0 victory over Scotland at Wembley.
He was overlooked by Southgate for matches against Scotland and France in June but offered a recall for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovakia.
"In 10 years we'll look back on Wayne Rooney for England as we do with Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Charlton - as a legend," added McClaren, who managed England from 2006 to 2007. "We'll see that what he's achieved has been remarkable."
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Former England boss Steve McClaren says he would not be surprised if Wayne Rooney plays for the national team at the World Cup in Russia next summer.
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A 22-year-old woman, and a man, 20, both from Cornwall, were detained after the baby suffered serious injuries and later died at the Royal Cornwall Hospital on Sunday.
A house in St Blazey near St Austell has been cordoned off for investigations.
Devon and Cornwall Police said the death was being treated as suspicious.
Police said they were waiting for the results of the post-mortem examination and a number of associated tests. The man and woman have been bailed until October pending further enquiries.
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Two people arrested on suspicion of murdering a four-week-old baby in Cornwall have been bailed.
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That compares with £23m a year earlier. The airport also reported a 1.3% rise in passengers to 35.5 million.
Revenue rose 5.9% to £1.3bn.
John Holland-Kaye said the expansion of the airport would deliver £211bn to the UK economy and 180,000 new jobs.
"We're into a new phase now where the focus is on making this happen, in the interests of the country as quickly as possible," Mr Holland-Kaye told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"This is now something that can be delivered and we need to get on with it as quickly as possible," he added.
Mr Holland-Kaye said Heathrow could get "shovels in the ground in 2019", which would allow "us to get the benefits of Heathrow expansion in 2025".
But he said "the key thing" was to get "an early decision from government that allows us to move with confidence and line up the supply chain, do the right thing for communities and get on and deliver the huge benefits".
He also warned the airport was at full capacity, adding that if Britain wanted to be a world exporter then the government needed to expand the airport.
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Heathrow Airport's chief executive urged the government to "get on" with expansion as it reported a pre-tax profit of £120m for the six months to end of June.
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The union Unite said the action at the Kilmalid site was in response to a pay offer from Chivas Regal.
Unite has accused the company of "ignoring the voice of its workforce" who rejected the offer of a four-year deal on pay.
An overtime ban is already in place at the bottling plant, which is being expanded as the company moves work there from Paisley.
The firm has offered the workforce a four-year pay deal, with a 1.5% increase in the first year. The increase in subsequent years would be an average of the CPIH official measure of inflation for 2017- 2019.
Chivas last year announced plans to invest £40m at the Dumbarton plant.
It will be part of a three-year programme which will see all operations moves from Paisley to Kilmalid.
Unite official Elaine Dougall said: "Our members are angry that this offer which was tabled on 18 July and was rejected overwhelmingly in a ballot by 86% fails to recognise the contribution our members make to the success of Chivas.
"We will continue to press hard for a settlement to this dispute until the eleventh hour but our members are clear: they want to see a significantly improved offer and harmonisation of terms and conditions on the table before they will consider withdrawing from industrial action.
"This dispute will only be settled if our members get a genuine commitment from the company which is an improvement on its recent offer."
She added: "Unite would urge Chivas to see sense and improve their offer and work with us to get this dispute settled."
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Workers at a whisky bottling plant in Dumbarton are to strike on 7 August.
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"First, I wouldn't feel embarrassed playing," said 2014 Ryder Cup player Stephen Gallacher.
"Golf is one of the best games because you've got a handicap. I can be six-under par playing a guy off 18 who's seven under his handicap and I'm beat.
"That's the beauty of golf."
Speaking to BBC Sportsound producer Paul Bradley, Stephen said the main thing was "to get the passion of the game back".
"The fitness stuff just comes once you get a love for it.
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"Go to the range, hit a few balls, maybe get a couple of lessons, then get back out on the turf, play nine holes."
Paul, who has just returned to the sport to improve his fitness, agreed.
He said: "My own fear I had was making a fool of myself - if I'm going out with three pals I don't want to hold them back.
"So I've found the lessons invaluable. At least I'm getting the ball off the tee."
Stephen suggested returning golfers "get back to the fundamentals".
"Get the set-up right, get the grip right, get your posture and your aim right," he said.
Paul admitted he hadn't played for about 10 years after family life had got in the way.
Stephen said: "Take the family out with you. There's not many sports you can go out and play with your kids and your wife and compete."
If you want to get back out on the green, take a look at Get Inspired's page on how to get into golf.
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Emergency services struggled to reach the Shah Noorani shrine in Kuzdar.
Worshippers were performing dhamal - a trance-like dance - when the bomb hit. So-called Islamic State says one of its suicide bombers carried it out.
Sufism, a tolerant, mystical practice of Islam, has millions of followers in Pakistan but is opposed by extremists.
The shrine attracts Sufi devotees from all over the country, as well as neighbouring Iran.
Officials say the bomb blast took place while hundreds of worshippers were present, taking part in the dhamal, which is staged every sunset.
Because the shrine is in rough, hilly terrain, rescue efforts are difficult.
A renowned charity, the Edhi Foundation, says it has sent 50 ambulances which are now carrying people to hospitals in Karachi, 100km (62 miles) away, but officials say they need helicopters to save more lives.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the attack and called for speedy rescue efforts.
Imran Khan, former cricketer and head of the Tehreek-e-Insaf party, said the attack had targeted the "core of our society".
The BBC's Charles Haviland says that because Sufism includes music and dance and reverence for saints, religious zealots often target its sites in Pakistan.
In June a famous Sufi singer, Amjad Sabri, was assassinated by two gunmen in Karachi.
Extremist groups in the province of Balochistan have frequently targeted civilians this year.
In October, dozens were killed in an attack on a police college in the city of Quetta and in August an attack on a hospital there killed 70 people.
But doubt has been cast over IS claims of previous attacks in the country.
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An explosion at a remote Sufi Muslim shrine in the Pakistani region of Balochistan has killed 52 people and injured more than 100, officials say.
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Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge said two wards were now shut after flu affected dozens of patients. Earlier three wards and four treatment areas had been closed by the outbreak.
Flu has also hit public areas and people are urged to stay away from A&E.
Routine operations are being delayed and care services are affected by flu, medical director Dr Jag Ahluwalia said.
"The hospital is full and we're struggling to cope. Some patients have had to be diverted to other hospitals," he added.
"We have high numbers of people with flu across the hospital.
"For coughs, colds and flu-like illnesses, people are better off at home, resting and drinking plenty of fluids.
"We need people to stay away from the hospital and ask themselves - do you need to be here?"
Influenza is a virus so cannot be treated with antibiotics and in most cases it will run its course, the hospital said.
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Urgent operations including surgery for cancer patients are being delayed by an outbreak of flu at a hospital.
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The message left some students confused and others worried about "racial stereotyping".
The London School of Economics, where some 25% of undergraduates are of east Asian origin, says the email was a due to "technical problem".
"The email was sent to all students and did not target students from any particular background."
The email confirms that Kung Fu Panda "has accepted an unconditional offer of admission" to the LSE.
The university says it was sent out to about 200 students before the mistake, due to a mail-merge error, was spotted.
"I thought it was some kind of racist joke at first, but it turned out to be some sort of test," Christy Pang, a history student, told the Tab student newspaper.
Another asked the LSE's freshers' website: "Am I the only one who the LSE confused for a certain 'Panda Tiger Aa-Kung Fu' studying social policy?"
One student said that at first he thought his application had been messed up: "However, I couldn't imagine anyone being named Mr Panda Tiger Test Test Aa-Kung Fu, so I ignored it."
However one student was on holiday in China when he received the email and said that while he could "certainly see the funny side", he was worried "by the flagrant racial stereotyping which the LSE have seemingly refused to apologise for in their vague follow-up email".
Others were disappointed that the university spotted the mistake and sent out a follow-up apology email within 20 minutes.
"Everyone needs a good laugh once in a while," said one, while another added: "Shame the apology came through so soon, they take themselves way too seriously."
An LSE spokeswoman said: "A welcoming email that LSE sent out to some successful applicants contained an error as a result of a technical problem with coding in the database used.
"This meant that the email did not pick up some of the fields correctly.
"For example, instead of inserting the applicant's name, the email included the name from a test record which is 'Kung Fu Panda'.
"The use of this 'name' merely reflects that a member of staff who set up the test record is a fan of the film.
"The email was sent to all students and did not target students from any particular background."
The university says that other test names used include Piglet, Paddington, Homer, Bob and Tinkerbell.
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A top London university has apologised to students after a welcome email addressed them as Kung Fu Panda.
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Former captain Croft, 45, was elevated to the top role after the December departure of Toby Radford.
"We're just weighing up our options at the moment," Morris said.
"But we're very lucky that we've got a number of really good coaches with ECB qualifications."
Last season former England spinner Croft acted as Radford's assistant, while former Glamorgan seamer David Harrison also worked with the first team.
Ex-Glamorgan and England fast bowler Steve Watkin spent most of his time in charge of the second eleven.
"Dave Harrison's a level-four coach, Steve Watkin's a level-four coach, and (wicketkeeper-batsman) Mark Wallace is on his level-four programme already," Morris added.
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"We've got a lot of options, and we've got two very experienced batters in Jacques Rudolph and Colin Ingram who will have an important role to play.
"Although he (Rudolph) has a lot more playing time ahead of him, he's a top class player and he's very much captain of the club."
Glamorgan are also looking to recruit a second overseas player for the T20 Blast, though Morris admits it is a difficult task given clashes with international matches and other T20 tournaments.
Last season South African fast bowler Wayne Parnell played in eight of Glamorgan's 14 matches, and could be under consideration if he is available for enough games.
"It would obviously bolster our squad to have a second player, but not only is the IPL at the beginning of our T20 tournament, the Caribbean Premier League is in June and July," Morris said.
"South Africa, West Indies and Australia are playing a Tri-Nations tournament as well, so the pool that we can choose from is not a massive one."
Glamorgan have signed Netherlands fast bowler Timm van der Gugten and young Australian batsman Nick Selman, as well as converting all-rounder Craig Meschede's loan spell into a three-year contract.
Any further additions to the Championship squad are unlikely.
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Glamorgan chief executive Hugh Morris says the club is still considering whether to add an extra coach to the staff after Robert Croft's promotion to head coach.
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"I'm a huge fan of both the book and the feature film, and a huge aficionado of the fashion world," the singer said.
"I can't wait to sink my musical teeth into this hunk of popular culture."
Lauren Weisberger's novel was inspired by her experiences working as an aide to Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
That character was reimagined as fearsome editor Miranda Priestly, a role that won Streep an Oscar nomination in 2007.
The producers of the show said Sir Elton had been approached, along with writer Paul Rudnick, because it needed "artists as inimitable as the characters in the story".
"We needed artists whose work has run the gamut from music and publishing to drama and fashion," Bob Cohen and Kevin McCollum continued.
Sir Elton's stage work includes the stage version of Billy Elliot and a musical based on Verdi's opera Aida.
Less successful was Lestat, a musical based on Anne Rice's vampire novels that closed on Broadway in 2006 after just 39 performances.
Casting details, location and production dates have yet to be announced.
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Sir Elton John is to write songs for a stage musical based on The Devil Wears Prada, the best-selling 2003 novel that became a hit Meryl Streep film.
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Birmingham-based Kings Heath Concorde's children's teams wear kits sponsored by a nightclub and tattoo parlour.
Birmingham County FA said the sponsors provided age-restricted services so advertising on children's kit was against the rules.
The club says it cannot afford to pay £400 to replace each team's kit.
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Manager Russell Jukes said he had sent 50 letters to local firms for sponsorship, with the Arena nightclub in Stourbridge and Warstones Body Art agreeing to sponsor the teams.
But following a complaint, he said the club was told by the FA that the teams were banned from playing in the kit and it must be changed.
A letter from Birmingham County FA to Mr Jukes said: "We consider that the advertising of a tattoo parlour and a nightclub on U10 and U8 team shirts would be in breach of Regulation A8.
"They are age-restricted products/services and therefore inappropriate given the age of the players in question, who are significantly younger than 18."
Mr Jukes said the club operated on a "shoestring" budget.
"I'm hoping that some firms will come forward and offer sponsorship. If we don't get sponsorship coming forward, we will have to fold the two teams," he said.
He said about 30 children who attend training and play for the teams would be left disappointed.
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Two children's football teams may fold after local FA officials banned them from playing in "inappropriately" sponsored kit, says their manager.
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Goswami is a household name, famous for his loud, fast-paced news show and habit of interrupting guests with the phrase, "the nation wants to know".
Many social media users are speculating on why he might leave his job, with his name the top Twitter trend in India.
Goswami has not given a reason and his employer has yet to confirm the news.
His signature style quickly propelled him to the status of national icon at Times Now, where he was editor-in-chief and also the host of the channel's popular Newshour programme.
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His show's style meant guests and host frequently talked over one another - prompting many tongue-in-cheek social media messages about his departure.
He was not, however, universally popular.
Reacting to the news on Tuesday, the Indian Express wrote that Goswami was "often criticised for being judgmental on his news show".
"Arnab has a dedicated viewer base of people who love his direct interrogative style of debates, and also those who hate him," the newspaper explained.
Speaking to the BBC, a source in Times Now confirmed local media reports that he had announced his resignation at a staff meeting earlier on Tuesday.
However, there has been no official confirmation from the company, who were running teasers on Tuesday about his return to the channel after several days' absence.
At 21:00 local time, when Newshour aired, Goswami appeared to his captive audience - but left little clue about his future at the end of the show.
Indian media, though, are widely reporting that the famous anchor is set to embark on his own news venture - possibly in conjunction with the Rupert Murdoch news empire, News UK.
Another report carried by outlet The Quint quoted Goswami, via a second-hand source, as saying his new project would be "formidable competition to the BBC and CNN".
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India's prime-time TV presenter Arnab Goswami has sparked a social media frenzy with the news he is leaving the country's top English-language channel.
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Magherafelt-born Jonathan Anderson won both best menswear and best womenswear designer in London.
"We're just delighted and it's lovely for Northern Ireland as well," said his father Willie Anderson.
"We rang him last night and he was just overwhelmed," he said.
"He thought he would have a chance at the women's wear but he didn't think he would get both.
"He's worked so hard, he kind of takes it in his stride."
Willie said he was aware of Jonathan's creative talent from a young age.
"He had always had a tendency when he was 11 or 12 he would have done little matchstick drawings and designed them," Willie said.
"We knew what he could do. Fashion design was his forte and he came to that decision, it wasn't us.
"We would have backed him in whatever he wanted and we backed him as all parents would do."
Willie said he knew that Jonathan would not be putting on rugby boots like his father.
"I knew pretty early on that he wouldn't," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, as long as he's healthy and happy, it didn't matter what he did.
"But he's certainly a global super star at the moment."
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The son of former Ireland rugby captain Willie Anderson has won an unprecedented double prize at the British Fashion Awards.
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The Canada-born former Germany right wing takes over from Ryan Finnerty, who left after Clan failed to reach the Elite League play-off semi-finals.
Clan director Gareth Chalmers said: "We wanted someone young, ambitious, well-connected, with the leadership to take us to the next level.
"In John, we believe we have that."
Tripp, who has signed a two-year contract, made more than 50 appearances for Germany, playing for his adopted country at the 2010 Olympic Games.
The ex-wing enjoyed a long playing career in Canada, the United States and Germany before taking over as head coach at Eispiraten Crimmitshau, where he finished his career, in December.
Tripp's team finished bottom of DEL2 but retained their place for next season via a play-off.
Chalmers stressed that the Glasgow club had taken advice from, among others, Eisbaren Berlin head coach Uwe Krupp and Lowen Frankfurt counterpart Paul Gardner before making the appointment.
"He has been recommended to us by Uwe Krupp, Paul Gardner and a number of other well-respected people throughout hockey," he added.
"I believe John will challenge the rest of the club to be better with the aim of challenging for silverware."
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John Tripp has been appointed Braehead Clan's new head coach, with the 40-year-old arriving from German second division club Eispiraten Crimmitshau.
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Shotton steelworks operates a steel galvanising line which colours steel and makes steel panels for buildings.
Community union official Keith Jordan said the works, which employs 800, was making money, unlike the Port Talbot plant which is said to lose £1m a day.
He said staff were stunned that Indian owner Tata Steel planned to sell its entire loss-making UK business.
"Shotton is one of if not the only site in Tata Steel UK that is profitable," said Mr Jordan.
"The prime minister needs to take some positive steps to help Tata keep us viable.
"We have two businesses based at Shotton and both of them are profitable," he said.
The company has said it would "explore all options", including "divestment" of its operations.
The Shotton site has had mixed fortunes over its long history with 6,500 made redundant in March 1980.
In 1967, 12,000 were employed at the works when the industry was nationalised.
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Tata Steel's Deeside plant is a profitable and viable business, a union official has said.
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Sheridan, 51, has lifted Newport from the bottom of the table up to 20th with five wins and seven draws from 17 games since taking charge on 2 October.
Reports tipped him to replace Ricardo Moniz who was sacked on 29 December.
"As far as we're concerned, John is still our manager. He's with us until the end of the season," said Foxall.
He told BBC Radio Wales: "We've not been approached by Notts County, and nor has John as far as we're aware.
"He's focused with us. He's done a great job since he's come in. We're watching some good football out there.
"There's a job to be done. We're not away from relegation trouble. He's come here to do a job and we're expecting him to do that."
Sheridan recently said he was only concentrating on Newport.
The Welsh club host Championship outfit Blackburn in the FA Cup third round on Saturday.
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Newport County have not received an approach from League Two rivals Notts County for manager John Sheridan, says Exiles director Gavin Foxall.
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It looked at the number of accidents recorded at each junction, then weighted the results according to the severity of injuries sustained and how many cyclists were active in the area.
The Arkleston Road/A761 junction in Paisley headed the list.
The charity, which promotes walking and cycling, said the results highlight the importance of better infrastructure.
The findings will be presented at the Scottish Transport Applications and Research conference this week.
Locations with dangerous junctions included Wallyford, Dundee, Tranent, Inverness and Stirling.
Roundabouts were featured in eight of the dangerous junctions, with seven others being T-junctions or staggered junctions.
Sustrans Scotland director John Lauder said: "Safety is often cited as the main reason why people don't cycle for more of the journeys they make every day.
"This research highlights the importance of having high-quality cycling infrastructure in place at junctions, so that collisions can be prevented.
"We know that better cycle infrastructure increases the feeling of safety and ultimately the number of people on bikes."
He added: "Put quite simply: the more people in a place who cycle, the safer it becomes for everyone."
Sustrans Scotland has been working with local authorities to address some of the specific concerns.
It contributed to a consultation on improving one of Edinburgh's busiest junctions, at Sheriffhall roundabout.
A Transport Scotland spokesman said: "The Scottish government remains committed to undertaking improvements at Sheriffhall roundabout having announced the preferred route option earlier this year.
"As part of the scheme, grade separation at Sheriffhall will improve access for pedestrians and cyclists compared to the existing arrangement.
"By allowing Edinburgh City Bypass traffic to pass over it will significantly reduce congestion and improve accessibility for all modes of transport including pedestrians and cyclists."
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A list of the country's top 20 cycling collision hotspots has been drawn up by the charity Sustrans Scotland.
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A fight reportedly broke out in Twickenham Road, Kingstanding, at about 13:00 BST on Saturday. A 23-year-old man suffered fatal stab injuries.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Birmingham Youth Court on Monday.
He has been remanded and is due to appear before Birmingham Crown Court on 12 July.
Police said two men, aged 20 and 24, who were arrested in connection with the investigation, had been bailed.
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A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a man was killed in a stabbing in Birmingham.
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Veron Antonio, 24, from Green Lane, Morden in south London, was convicted of supplying Class A drugs in May.
He was cleared of assisting Hassiem Baquir, who was found guilty of killing 37-year-old Steve Stannard.
Mr Stannard died of multiple stab wounds at his flat on Bowers Avenue in Norwich in November.
Baquir was jailed for life and told he must serve at least 20 years before being considered for release.
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A drug dealer has been jailed for three-and-a-half years at Norwich Crown Court after being tried alongside a murderer.
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The Jordanian embassy in Washington said the Jordanian assailant also wounded two Americans and two Jordanians, before being shot dead.
President Barack Obama said the US was taking the attack "very seriously".
The US-funded Jordan International Police Training Centre (JIPTC) hosts mainly Palestinian and Iraqi officers.
Civilian contractors from the US and elsewhere assist Jordanian police trainers at the facility in Muwaqqar, on the eastern outskirts of Amman.
Jordanian government spokesman Mohammed Momani told the Associated Press that an investigation had been launched into whether the motive for Monday's shooting attack at the JIPTC was personal or political.
The assailant was a senior trainer with the rank of captain, a Jordanian security source was quoted as saying by Reuters.
The US embassy in Amman confirmed that two US government employees were killed and two wounded in the incident.
"Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families of all of the victims. The investigation is ongoing and it is premature to speculate on motive at this point," a statement said. "We are working closely with the government of Jordan and local security services on a full and comprehensive investigation."
"We strongly condemn this incident and we deeply appreciate the co-operation and support received from our Jordanian partners."
BBC Middle East correspondent Kevin Connolly says the kingdom of Jordan steers a strongly pro-Western course in the turbulent waters of the Middle East.
It hosts joint military exercises with countries like the US and UK, and strongly supports the US-led coalition against Islamic State militants in Syria.
In the absence of any other obvious motive for the shooting it will be assumed that the killings were intended as an act of solidarity with militant groups in the Middle East, our correspondent adds.
The incident comes on the 10th anniversary of bombing attacks by al-Qaeda in Iraq on three hotels in Amman which killed more than 50 people.
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A policeman has opened fire at a police training centre in Jordan, killing two Americans, a South African and two Jordanians, officials say.
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