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Westminster City Council told developer CTLX, which owns Carlton Tavern, it must rebuild the pub "brick by brick", after it was unexpectedly demolished.
CTLX had refused to do this and appealed the council's decision.
But a five-day inquiry by the Planning Inspectorate found in favour of the council.
Westminster councillor Robert Davis said he was looking forward to the Carlton Tavern being turned back into a "thriving community pub".
"This sends a clear message to developers across the country that they cannot ride roughshod over the views of local communities," he said.
The Carlton Tavern was demolished in April 2015, in breach of planning laws and in spite of the fact it was being considered for Grade II listing.
The council was given no prior warning of the demolition, which was not approved, and was done without proper health and safety procedures in place.
The Planning Inspector agreed that it was "highly likely that it would have been listed had it not been demolished", calling it a "rare public house", with "considerable importance for the community".
Historic England said they "intended to recommend the site for listing" because it was "remarkably well-preserved" from its interwar days.
Westminster council had rejected an application for redevelopment on the site in January of the same year, which was also upheld by the inspector.
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Developers who knocked down a 1920s west London pub shortly before it was to be given listed status must rebuild it, an inquiry has ruled.
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The number of people leaving was estimated at 21,500 - down by 5.6% compared to 2014.
The number of people coming to live in Northern Ireland in 2015 was estimated at 23,600.
During Northern Ireland's economic boom years, annual net immigration peaked at almost 11,000.
The overall Northern Ireland population was estimated to be just over 1.85 million in June 2015, an increase of 11,100 on the previous year.
The figures, from the the NI Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra), also show a continuing trend towards an aging population.
The number of people aged 65 and over in Northern Ireland increased by 2.1% in 2015 to reach 291,800 people, almost 16% of the population.
Within that group, the population aged 85 and over increased by 2.9% to reach 35,500 people or 1.9% of the population.
By contrast, the number of children aged 0 to 15 increased by just 0.4% to reach 385,200 or 20.8% of the population.
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Emigration from Northern Ireland fell to its lowest level in nine years in the year ending mid-2015, according to official estimates.
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The firm said it planned to pull out of more than 10 countries, including its regional headquarters in Germany.
Shares plunged to close 12% lower.
In the industry's biggest bankruptcy to date, Hanjin Shipping filed for receivership in August after creditors refused a restructuring plan for the firm's $5.4bn (£4.4bn) debt.
The company has since been granted legal protection preventing its ships from seizure in various ports including South Korea, the US and Japan.
Hanjin Shipping expects to start the closure process in Europe later this week after obtaining approval from the Seoul Central District Court.
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Earlier this month, the company got approval to auction its major assets, including its Asia-US route network, in order to pay back creditors.
Hanjin's bankruptcy is the largest to hit the shipping industry and affected global supply chains.
Before the bankruptcy, Hanjin was the world's seventh-largest container company and had been unprofitable for four of the past five years.
The global economic downturn in recent years has affected profits across the cargo shipping industry.
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Shares in embattled South Korean shipper Hanjin have tumbled on Monday after the company said it would close its European business.
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Kevin Wilson, who was previously mayor of Tiverton, admitted illegally obtaining benefits totalling almost £4,000.
The 55-year-old was given a 10-week suspended jail sentence at Exeter Crown Court.
Councillors are only disqualified from serving if they receive a three-month sentence or longer.
Wilson's lawyer said it was an "issue for his constituents" whether he remained as a councillor.
The former Liberal Democrat councillor - who is now an independent - admitted two charges of making false representations to obtain £3,866.81 in housing and council tax benefits.
Wilson, of Besley Close, Tiverton, had told the court he ran into serious financial problems after he split up from his wife.
He received a 10-week sentence, suspended for two years, and was ordered to pay £260 costs and carry out 200 hours of unpaid community work.
Sentencing Wilson, the judge told him the offences were "significantly aggravated" because he had held a public role as a councillor and was a former employee of Devon County Council.
Financial pressure was "absolutely no excuse for dishonesty", the judge said.
Prosecutor Martin Meeke said that, under the Local Government Act, Wilson could only be forced out of office if he received a sentence of more than three months.
Lee Bremridge, defending, said Wilson's £398 monthly allowance as a councillor was his only income other than benefits.
Mr Bremridge said: "He maintains his position as a councillor by reason of his constituents and is due for re-election in 2015."
The council confirmed that Wilson could remain a councillor for now and said it was "his prerogative to remain on the council unless he chooses to resign".
A spokesman said: "It is up to the electorate to decide if they want to vote for him again."
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A former mayor who admitted benefit fraud is to remain a Mid Devon district councillor, a court has heard.
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Licence fee payers and audience groups will be given a chance to respond to the plans, which will be published in full on the Trust website.
A timetable for the process will also be unveiled.
Plans to make the channel an online-only proposition were announced by BBC director general Tony Hall in March.
Making the service only available on iPlayer from autumn 2015 will see the channel's budget slashed by £60m.
The move will also make way for the creation of a BBC One+1 service and an extension of CBBC's evening schedule.
The Trust has said that this represents a significant change to UK public services, so will be subject to a public value test, enabling viewers to have their say on the proposals.
Media watchdog Ofcom will also conduct a market impact assessment of the planned changes.
The Trust has said that its "priority throughout will be to listen to the views of audiences and stakeholders".
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The BBC Trust is to launch a full public consultation over the proposed closure of BBC Three in the New Year, it has been announced.
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O'Flanagan put Ireland ahead but Germany equalised in the third quarter.
Mullan scored the winner by diverting in a long ball from Hannah Matthews in the final quarter and Ireland now face China on Friday and Korea on Sunday.
Ireland will next meet Germany in the pool stages of this year's World League semi-finals in Johannesburg in July.
The World League 3 tournament in South Africa will be followed by the Eurohockey Championships in August.
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Anna O'Flanagan and Katie Mullan scored as Ireland beat 2016 Olympic bronze medallists Germany 2-1 in their opening game of the Berlin Four Nations Cup.
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The blueprint included traffic lights at the junction of Pleasance Avenue and New Abbey Road and re-alignment of part of Dalbeattie Road onto Park Road.
Dumfries and Galloway Council officials have been asked to go back over the plans to look at alternative options.
Further consultation will also be carried out with residents in the area over the project.
Abbey councillor Ian Blake said there was one part of the proposals which was clearly the most unpopular.
"The realignment of Dalbeattie Road and Park Road and the traffic congestion on Park Road undoubtedly has been the biggest issue," he said.
"There are certainly some concerns on Pleasance Avenue/New Abbey Road and the introduction of traffic lights where the initial proposal was to look at a roundabout.
"It may not be possible to place a roundabout there but I think they still have to have that option on the table and they really need to examine it and explain why that couldn't take place."
Council leader Ronnie Nicholson, who proposed the re-examination of the traffic management plans, agreed that the road realignment proposal stood out as a major sticking point.
He said there was a need to look again at all the proposals and the thinking behind them.
"We have got plenty of time to go back out, have a look at the plans and rejig them if necessary - and I think it is necessary on a couple of aspects of it," he said.
He said the reason for roundabout plans at the "pinch point" on Pleasance Avenue being replaced by traffic lights needed to be made clearer.
"If there is a reasonable explanation and people are informed about it then they can make their mind up whether that is an appropriate way to go," he added.
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Public concern has forced a rethink of traffic management plans for roads leading to a new hospital in Dumfries.
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The $50bn (£32bn) scheme, being built by a Chinese firm, will be longer, deeper and wider than the Panama Canal.
But the demonstrators fear it will have huge environmental costs and force thousands off their land.
Nicaragua's government says the canal will bring vital investment to one of Central America's poorest countries.
Some among the protesters, who were mostly farmers, accused President Daniel Ortega of selling Nicaragua to the Chinese.
Initial site work began last December, with completion due in five years.
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Thousands of Nicaraguans have held a protest against the planned construction of a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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The CES tech show - a giant showcase of consumer technologies - is dedicating a bigger area to droids than ever before.
One of the attendees is Buddy - a robot from France designed to help around the home.
It can recognise family members, make video calls and even detect fire, flood and intruders. But will people be persuaded to buy a bot when there are less expensive ways to control a smart home?
BBC technology reporter Chris Foxx quizzed the company's chief, Rodolphe Hasselvander.
Read more coverage from CES
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Las Vegas is playing host to all kinds of robots.
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Dental decay has reduced by 12% in that age group since 2008, the Cardiff University study found.
There has also been a reduction in the average number of teeth affected when children have tooth decay.
The Welsh Government said its Designed to Smile scheme had helped improve dental health.
Launched seven years ago, it supervises tooth brushing at schools and nurseries in disadvantaged areas.
The report, which showed the results of a NHS dental survey of year one school pupils, said: "Dental disease levels in children in Wales continue to improve across all social groups.
"There is no evidence of widening inequalities here.
"This is in contrast with surveys prior to 2007 when improved decay levels were normally associated with widening inequality."
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said: "Levels of dental disease are reducing across all social groups - we are closing the dental health gap between the poorest and the most advantaged children in Wales."
More than 91,000 children in 1,439 schools and nurseries are taking part in the Designed to Smile supervision scheme.
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Children's oral health in Wales has experienced the most significant improvement since records began, a survey of five-year-olds has shown.
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The 1980s band will perform on the festival's Floating Stage on the Sunday followed by fireworks.
The five-day festival, which features music, comedy, and dance, will be held from 8-12 July at Henley-on-Thames.
In a statement, the band said: "Summer by the Thames at Henley sounds like an offer not to be refused. We can't wait to see everyone there."
Lionel Richie will open the festival, other acts include Jessie J and a philharmonic celebration of American composer and pianist George Gershwin.
About 25,000 people are expected to attend the festival, which started in 1983.
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Spandau Ballet will close this year's Henley Festival, organisers have confirmed.
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The British astronaut, who is about to blast off to the orbiting platform, will complete 26.2 miles on a treadmill - at the same time as athletes are pounding the streets of the UK capital.
Running is routine on the station, as the astronauts look to maintain body condition in the weightless environment 250 miles above Earth.
Nasa's Sunita Williams ran the Boston Marathon on the ISS in 2007.
Mr Peake has run the London event before - in 1999, finishing with a time of 3 hours and 18 minutes.
But the exertion is not his main concern this time. Rather, it is the contraption he must wear to hold him down.
"One of the biggest challenges I'll be facing is the harness system," he said.
"In microgravity I would float if I didn't strap myself down to the treadmill, so I have to wear a harness system that's a bit similar to a rucksack.
"I don't think I'll be setting any personal bests. I've set myself a goal of anywhere between 3:30 to 4 hours.
"I am running in space to raise awareness of The Prince's Trust, which has a team running on the ground - Team Astronaut - while I'm running on the ISS."
Tim Peake goes to the space station on a Soyuz rocket on 15 December. He is due currently to stay on the platform until June.
The Digital Virgin Money London Marathon takes place on Sunday 24 April.
The former British Army helicopter pilot will start his run at 10:00 GMT, the same time that 37,000-plus runners set off from Greenwich to cover the famous Earth-bound course.
Mr Peake will have a digital video of London's streets in front of him, so he can get a better feel for what is happening down below.
"The London Marathon is a worldwide event. Let's take it out of this world," he said.
"The thing I'm most looking forward to is that I can still interact with everybody down on Earth. I'll be running it with the iPad and watching myself running through the streets of London whilst orbiting the Earth at 400km above the surface and going 27,000km per hour."
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Tim Peake is going to run the London Marathon in space.
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Popeyes, whose fans include pop singer Beyonce, began 45 years ago as a Southern-fried "Chicken on the Run" restaurant in a New Orleans suburb.
The chain now has more that 2,600 outlets, mainly in the US.
Restaurant Brands, which includes the Tim Hortons chain, has more than 20,000 outlets in more than 100 countries.
The $1.8bn deal will see Popeyes shareholders get $79 for each share they hold. Media speculation about the sale began on 10 February, Restaurant Brands said in a statement.
Daniel Schwartz, the chief executive of Restaurant Brands, said: "We look forward to taking an already very strong brand and accelerating its pace of growth and opening new restaurants in the US and around the world."
Restaurant Brands was formed in 2014, when 3G Capital-backed Burger King acquired Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons for $11bn.
The fast food giant said it would pay for the Popeyes deal with "cash in hand" and financing from JP Morgan and Wells Fargo.
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Burger King owner Restaurant Brands is to expand its fast food empire by buying chicken chain Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen for $1.8bn (£1.45bn) in cash.
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Sharp rose more than 13% after Foxconn said China's anti-monopoly authorities had approved the deal.
The Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo rose by 0.9% to 16,890.85 on a weaker yen helping exporters, as well as a strong performance on US markets.
Wall Street had hit a record high on strong oil and retail stocks.
Elsewhere in Asia, the ASX 200 in Australia also traded higher, up 0.2% to 5,520.5 points.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng was up 0.9% to 22,791.3 points, while the mainland Shanghai Composite remained flat at 3,004.9 points.
In South Korea, the benchmark Kospi index was 0.5% higher at 2,058.4 points.
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Shares in Sharp have jumped rise after Chinese regulators approved a takeover of the Japanese electronics firm by Taiwan's Foxconn.
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The girl, then 14, told Leeds Crown Court she punched and kicked Angela Wrightson, 39, while the second girl, then 13, repeatedly asked: "Why is she not knocked out yet?"
Ms Wrightson was found dead in her Hartlepool home in December 2014 with more than 103 injuries.
The girl, who cannot be named because of her age, has admitted manslaughter.
The younger girl, also accused of murder, denies harming Ms Wrightson.
The older girl told the court via videolink: "I always do what people tell me to, I don't know why. I do it if I want to, but I also do it if I don't want to".
She also said the younger girl would tell her to do things "like give her my Facebook password" and "would sometimes make me go out at night when I didn't want to".
The girl, who told the court she did not know her own birthday, said she and her mother "had a row" on the evening of the attack on Ms Wrightson, which ended in her mother telling her "to go kill yourself".
She said she and the younger girl had gone to Ms Wrightson's house on Stephen Street to drink alcohol.
The pair had already drunk strong cider together and were "a bit tipsy", the girl said, and she had also taken tramadol and codeine given to her by her mother.
She told the court had been taking drugs and drinking alcohol since she was 11 or 12.
She told the jury the younger girl and Ms Wrightson had an argument which escalated before the younger girl demanded the older one "knock Angie out".
"She [the younger girl] was just sitting on the sofa, and looking at her phone. And then she said 'why is she not knocked out yet?'
"I pushed Angie over, but she got back up. So I smacked Angie in the face with my fists about four times. And [the younger girl] was just shouting at me and telling me to do it."
The court was also shown a picture drawn by the older defendant two weeks before Ms Wrightson was killed which depicts a female figure stabbing another person.
The girl said she drew it when she was "really really angry" and that she had been advised by her carers to use drawing as a way to manage her feelings.
The court heard it had been "a successful strategy" on previous occasions.
The trial continues.
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A girl accused of murdering a vulnerable woman said she attacked her because her friend "told her to".
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She said delaying the long-awaited move would pose risks to the economy.
The US economy is likely to recover from a slow start to this year and if it does, rates could go up, she said.
However, she added that the economy still showed some room for improvement, with some unemployment not factored into the 5.5% jobless rate.
In spite of this, a rate rise would take time to affect the economy, and raising rates this year would still allow some recovery in jobs, she said in speech at the Providence Chamber of Commerce, Rhode Island.
A majority of Fed officials viewed a rate rise in June as "unlikely" according to minutes from their April meeting released on Wednesday.
But a "few" policymakers thought economic data may support a hike in interest rates, that statement said.
Rates have been at record lows since December 2008.
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The chair of the US Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, said she expects the central bank to begin raising interest rates "at some point this year".
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A new analysis of data shows the plane is probably in the southern end of the Indian Ocean search zone, where the operation will now be focused.
MH370 was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people on board.
Deputy PM Warren Truss said officials were "optimistic" it would be found.
But he said the search operation was likely to end by June 2016.
Meanwhile, Assistant Minister for Defence Darren Chester told reporters: "We have a high level of confidence that we are searching in the right area."
The Australian-led search has been combing a 120,000 sq km area of seabed about 2,000km off the coast of Perth, using underwater drones and sonar equipment deployed from specialist ships.
Read more:
The relatives still searching for answers
Reunion's remarkable find
The tenacious deep-sea hunt
Could it have been suicide?
The Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC), which is in charge of the search, says more than 75,000 sq km have been searched so far with no trace seen of the plane.
Part of an aircraft wing, known as a flaperon, was found on Reunion Island in July, roughly 4,000km from the search zone.
Although tests in France confirmed it had come from MH370, officials said it had been carried there by the ocean currents so did not affect their search plans.
In its technical report issued on Thursday, the Australian Defence Science and Technology Group said a "comprehensive analysis of the available data" showed that as previously thought, MH370 had almost certainly gone down in the southern stretch of the existing search area.
The JACC said the report "affirms the focus of search efforts to date", and that it was now focusing on a shortened but slightly widened section of ocean.
At a press conference in Canberra, Mr Truss said he remained "hopeful, indeed optimistic, that we will still locate the aircraft" and that the report gave "real encouragement".
The entire operation is expected to cost approximately A$180m ($131m; £88m).
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Australian officials say they are confident they are searching the right area for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
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The teenager came second on America's Got Talent in 2010 and has gone on to score two top 10 albums in the US.
Evancho told Good Morning Britain: "My reason for doing this is nothing to do with politics, it's all about the honour of performing for my country."
Mr Trump will be sworn in as the 45th US president at a ceremony later.
Evancho has previously sung for current president Barack Obama.
"I don't really see much of a difference [between Mr Trump and President Obama] because either way it's a huge honour," the singer said.
She has received a backlash from some fans - particularly those in the LGBT community - for being seen to support Mr Trump, who ran a divisive presidential campaign last year.
The 16-year-old said: "I've had all sorts of reactions, I've had negative and positive and most of the time I can't really think about the negative.
"All I need is the support from my family and friends and I'm good."
Evancho said it was "a little overwhelming" performing at Mr Trump's inauguration, but added: "It's something I kind of have to ignore, and keep my mind set on my job which is performing."
Presenter Kate Garraway asked Evancho whether she had discussed her decision to perform with her sister Juliet, who is transgender.
The singer replied: "Of course, my sister and I are best friends and we talk to each other about everything, and she supports me because she knows my reason for doing this is nothing to do with politics, it's all about the honour of performing for my country."
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Jackie Evancho has said she feels "honoured" to perform at the inauguration of Donald Trump, despite criticism from some fans.
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James Don took covert photographs and video recordings of two women at various locations in Dundee.
The 60-year-old recorded footage in one of his victim's homes, including her bedroom, and repeatedly followed her.
A sheriff told Don his actions were "particularly horrifying".
Don was found guilty of three charges by a jury at Dundee Sheriff Court.
One of the women told the trial that she felt "terrified, violated and in shock" following the incident.
She said: "I can't believe somebody had been in my house.
"I don't feel safe, even now.
"The thought that he was in there, in my living room, in my bedroom, I just don't know how he got in."
Defence solicitor Ian Houston said: "He is hoping that the period of imprisonment won't be so long to end his marriage."
Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC imposed a four-year extended sentence on Don, with three years to be served in jail and a year on licence.
He was also placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely.
Sheriff Drummond said: "You went to the lengths of entering the privacy of one woman's home uninvited and videoed her bedroom and took photos of her underwear.
"That is particularly horrifying, that you invaded the sanctity of her home.
"It is clear to me that your behaviour has had a devastating impact on these women."
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A serial stalker who left one of his victims "terrified and violated" after entering her home and taking pictures of her underwear has been jailed for three years.
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Phil Gormley was commander of the Metropolitan Police's Special Branch in 2006, which until 2008 included the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS).
Some of its officers entered into long-term sexual relationships with women while infiltrating protest groups.
Mr Gormley has told BBC Scotland he knew "nothing at all" at the time.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "We can confirm that Mr Gormley was the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) commander responsible for Special Branch in the MPS during 2006."
Mr Gormley was sworn in as the new chief constable of Police Scotland earlier this month after it had been announced in December he would take over the job from Sir Stephen House.
Scotland Yard last year apologised to and agreed substantial pay-outs for several women who had entered into "abusive, deceitful and manipulative" relationships with undercover officers.
One of the five officers involved fathered children.
The officers had been working undercover for the SDS and the separate National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU).
Both teams deployed officers on long-term undercover operations to infiltrate radical political or social causes, such as environmental campaigns, anarchy and animal rights.
Home Secretary Theresa May has announced an inquiry into undercover policing in England and Wales - though calls for this to be extended to Scotland have so far been unsuccessful.
It has been claimed that some of the officers spied on activists ahead of the G8 summit at Gleneagles in 2005.
The Police Scotland spokesman said further enquiries on the issue were a matter for the Metropolitan Police Service "who are preparing to support the Pitchford Inquiry, which of course Mr Gormley will co-operate with in every way possible".
In an interview with BBC Scotland, Mr Gormley said he knew "nothing at all" about the actions of officers in the 1980s when he took over in 2006.
He said: "I will be as transparent as I'm allowed to be, but I have to respect that there's a public inquiry - I will cooperate fully with that."
Undercover: The allegations made to date
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The new chief constable of Police Scotland previously had responsibility for a controversial team of undercover officers, the force has confirmed.
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The forward, the brother of former U's player and Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson, made 394 appearances in 12 years at the club.
In a statement Oxford United paid tribute to what it described as one of its "all-time greatest players".
Atkinson holds the club's all-time scoring record with 107 goals, and only five players have more appearances.
Friend and former teammate Ken Skeen said: "He was a great man and a great footballer who I was proud to call my best mate, even after all these years.
"I am glad I came to Oxford and got the chance to know him. He was a true gentleman who was at the heart of Oxford United for many years and he will be missed by everyone."
Atkinson started out at Aston Villa but joined his brother Ron at Oxford United during the 1959/60 season before he turned 17.
He scored the club's first ever goal in the Football League, and his 77 league goals remain a club record.
A minute's silence will be held at a forthcoming game.
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Oxford United's all-time top goal scorer Graham Atkinson has died of cancer at the age of 73.
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Fortunately for the Wallace Park team CSNI also lost and are only four points above them with an extra game played.
CIYMS V CSNI
CIYMS 205-8 C Dougherty 60 M K McGillivray 52 no
CSNI 155 (46.1 overs)
CIYMS won by 50 runs
North Down v Lisburn
North Down 210 Nathan Burns 84, R Pretorius 37
Lisburn 202-9 R Rankin 69, G Koopman 40, P Eakin 3-51
North Down won by eight runs
Waringstown v Muckamore
Muckamore 123 (39.1 overs) I Hussain 45, J Magowan 24, S Shah 3-16
Waringstown 124-4 J McCollum 37
Waringstown won by five wickets
Instonians v Carrickfergus postponed.
Coleraine's unexpected defeat by Eglinton makes Donemana firmer favourites to retain the Long's SuperValu Premier League title, even though the holders could only tie with Brigade.
Coleraine and Brigade have now lost twice while Donemana are still undefeated. At the other end Fox Lodge won only their second game of the competition, again against Drummond, so the Limavady team look destined for relegation.
Fox Lodge v Drummond
Fox Lodge 350-6 C Tshhiki 162 (16 4s and 11 6s)
Drummond 100
Fox Lodge won by 250 runs
Ardmore v Bready
Bready 221
Ardmore 152
Bready won by 69 runs
Donemana v Brigade
Brigade 228 N McDonnell 123 no
Donemana (D/L target 222) 221 I Butt 123
Match tied after James McBrine hit a six off final delivery
Coleraine v Eglinton
Eglinton 79 S Thompson 19, Varun Chopra 5-19, G Hume 3-15
Coleraine 73 S Lazars 25, R Allen 3-20
Eglinton won by six runs
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Waringstown still have a four point-lead over North Down in the NCU Premier League but bottom side Lisburn came close to causing an upset at Comber, where the home team managed an eight runs victory.
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Police said the 55-year-old died when she plunged from the bridge on the M602 near Eccles, Greater Manchester, on 17 April.
A man was seen talking to her on the bridge and her handbag was taken a short time after she fell, said police.
The 27-year-old, from Eccles, is due to appear before Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on 18 June.
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A man has been charged with stealing a woman's handbag moments after she fell to her death from a motorway bridge.
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Former Motherwell man O'Brien, 26, was available after turning down a new contract with Barnsley.
Swanson, 27, played 47 times for Peterborough last season but rejected a new deal with the Posh.
On Swanson boss Steven Pressley told the club website: "We weren't the only club looking to sign him so to get a deal done is great news."
Pressley added of O'Brien: "He is a player of proven Championship quality and his energy, work rate and team ethic along with that quality makes him a perfect fit for us."
The Scottish duo are the first players to join the Sky Blues this summer.
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Coventry City have signed free agent midfielders Jim O'Brien and Danny Swanson on two-year deals.
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After a series of pitch inspections, the decision to call off the game was eventually taken only 64 minutes before the scheduled throw-in.
Referee David Gough confirmed the Division One game was off shortly after inspecting the pitch following his arrival at Omagh.
By that stage, the Cavan team and fans from both counties had already arrived.
Heavy rain, which fell between 10:00 GMT and noon, left pools of water on the surface, and it was clear long before the official pitch inspection that there would be no action.
The NHL Division 3A tie between Tyrone and Donegal which was to have been the curtain-raiser was switched to Carrickmore, but that too was called off due to an unplayable pitch.
"There are at least seven visible puddles on it but about 40% of the pitch is under water. It's what you can't see is just as dangerous as what is there, so it would be unsafe for any of the players to be playing on it," said referee Gough.
"The safety of the players is paramount, so we just call it off and leave it for Croke Park to make the decision on when they will play the game."
Tyrone PRO Eunan Lindsay said both games had looked likely to proceed prior to the downpour.
"Up as far as 10 this morning, it looked to all systems go, and the club here were confident that they could have taken two games," said Lindsay.
"But the strength and the length of the shower left puddles on the pitch in several places and, in the interest of player safety, David Gough made the right decision."
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Tyrone's Division One Football League game with Cavan has been postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.
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The 27-year-old beat eighth seed Parsons 21-9 21-8 in 28 minutes.
Defending champion Sarah Walker also retained her title, with an 18-21 21-9 21-17 win over Jersey's Elizabeth Cann.
Chris Adcock and wife Gabby both took two titles, their mixed doubles triumph courtesy of a 21-18 21-16 victory over Chris Langridge and Heather Olver.
Gabby joined Lauren Smith to win the women's doubles, while Chris teamed up with Andy Ellis to win the men's doubles.
Londoner Ouseph looked in imperious form as he triumphed against England Under-19 champion Parsons to move closer to Darren Hall's record of 10 titles.
Ouseph said: "I would like to carry on to the Rio Olympics, which would mean I could get to nine, but I'll just take it a year at a time."
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Top seed Rajiv Ouseph clinched his seventh successive English National Championships title with a comfortable win over Sam Parsons in Milton Keynes.
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Its latest forecast says the UK economy will grow by just 1.5% this year and by 1.2% in 2018, compared to 2% last year.
The Commission says the slowdown is prompted by uncertainty following last June's Brexit vote in the UK.
By contrast, the eurozone of 19 countries is predicted to grow faster than the UK, by 1.6% this year and 1.8% the next.
However the latest forecasts by the Commission, for both the UK and the eurozone, represent an improvement on its previous one made last November, which suggested that the UK would grow by just 1% this year.
Explaining its view, the Commission said: "Business investment is likely to be adversely affected by persisting uncertainty while private consumption growth is projected to weaken as growth in real disposable income declines."
Inflation is also predicted to rise this year in the eurozone, reaching an annual rate of 1.%, up from just 0.2% in 2016.
The view of the Commission on the UK was shared recently by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).
Earlier this month it also predicted an economic slowdown in the UK, with the country growing by 1.7% this year and 1.9% in 2018.
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The UK economy will slow down sharply over the next couple of years says the European Commission.
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Nine-month-old Millie Thompson died after she was given lunch at a nursery in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester.
An inquest at Oldham Magistrates' Court heard the main airway of her lung became blocked, leading to her death last October.
An expert witness told the hearing she suffered an uncommon complication.
Dr Ian Maconochie said air became trapped between the lung and chest wall as she choked at Ramillies Private Day Nursery.
He said the only effective treatment was to put a needle in the chest to release the pressure.
Paramedics were trained to carry out the procedure, but it would have been difficult to diagnose in a child of Millie's age and in the circumstances.
Another specialist said the situation would have been "exacerbated" by air in her lungs.
Robert Downes, a specialist in sudden child deaths, said it would have been "very difficult" to diagnose the developing situation "unless one had access to X-ray."
Mr Downes said paramedics "receive training, but they are not doctors".
The hearing was told a paramedic used a bag and mask to breathe air into her lungs after staff carried out first aid, including back slaps.
He said paediatric first aid training would not cover the level of expertise needed to spot the deterioration in what was "a rare event."
Pathologist Melanie Newbould said Millie had died of cardiac arrest as a result of choking.
Two members of staff at the nursery gave first aid before an ambulance arrived.
A police investigation took place but no criminal offences were committed, the inquest was told.
The inquest continues.
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Paramedics and nursery staff could not have been expected to assess the worsening condition of a choking baby, an inquest has heard.
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Counsellor of The Russian Embassy, Sergey Nalobin, presented Ushakov medals to the men of the Arctic Convoys at a special ceremony in Exeter.
The medal is awarded to sailors who have displayed courage in the course of defending Russia or its interests.
Winston Churchill said the trip was the "worst journey in the world".
Created by the Allied powers, the Arctic Convoys sailed through blinding snow storms and darkness under attack from German U-boats and fighter planes to deliver vital supplies to the Soviet Union in northern Russia.
More than 3,000 men died during the maritime campaign and by May 1945, the Arctic route had claimed 104 merchant and 16 military vessels.
Arctic Convoys veteran Leonard Fergus, aged 89, from Plymouth said: "I'm quite honoured. It's the last medal I'll receive now.
"I've got the Arctic Star but this one is a very nice one."
Sir Eric Dancer, Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Devon, said the medal was "an award of the highest honour".
He said: "It is a medal for outstanding, distinguished and heroic service and I think it's absolutely marvellous this is being awarded on the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, who has decreed you will receive this medal in recognition of the outstanding service you gave 70 years ago."
The Foreign Office initially did not allow Russia to honour the veterans as it broke rules that do not allow British soldiers to receive a foreign medal if the act happened more than five years ago.
Following a concerted campaign last year, it allowed an exception to the rule and President Putin presented the first medals during his visit to London on June 16 2013.
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Fifty World War Two veterans have been honoured by the Russian Embassy for their part in transporting crucial supplies to Russia.
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It will be the second rugby international to be held at the home of Kilmarnock Football Club
The Scots defeated Tonga 37-12 in Ayrshire in November 2014.
Vern Cotter's men kick-off their Autumn Test Series against Australia at BT Murrayfield on Saturday 12 November, followed by Argentina, also at Murrayfield, the following Saturday.
The 2014 victory over Tonga was the first international to take place on a fully artificial surface.
Glasgow Warriors played at Rugby Park twice last season as a result of flooding to their Scotstoun pitch.
Ayrshire-born Glasgow and Scotland prop Gordon Reid said: "Rugby Park is a fantastic sporting venue. Having played there both for Scotland and Glasgow Warriors, I know there's always a great buzz and atmosphere around the ground on game day.
"Personally, I really enjoy playing on the artificial surfaces which is another bonus of playing at Rugby Park. It makes for a quick game and the skill level is usually higher, so it should prove an exciting game for the fans.
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Rugby Park will play host to Scotland's Autumn Test match against Georgia on Saturday 26 November.
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Peers voted by 286 to 219 to delay the cuts, pending an assessment of the impact on claimants.
In January the Lords voted to remove the cuts from the Welfare Reform Bill altogether, but they were later reinstated by MPs in a Commons vote.
Ministers may try to overturn the fresh defeat at a later date.
A Department for Work and Pensions spokesman said: "The vote in the House of Lords is a routine part of the legislative process and next steps will be announced in due course."
This stage in a bill's journey is known as "parliamentary ping pong", when legislation is batted between the two Houses until agreement is reached on its contents.
The government wants to cut Employment Support Allowance by £30 a week to encourage some new claimants to return to work.
In a bid to stave off another defeat over the plans, Work and Pensions Minister Lord Freud offered several concessions and warned peers against supporting the "wrecking amendment" which he said "undermines conventional parliamentary process".
But crossbench peer Lord Low - who put forward the successful amendment - said the cut in support to disability benefit claimants was "drastic" - and the concessions were "just not enough".
He said the government had not been able to provide evidence for its argument that the cuts "incentivised" people back to work and insisted his "moderate" amendment would give ministers time to justify the policy.
The decision by peers to inflict defeat on the government sets up another showdown between the Commons and the Lords, coming not long after last year's clash over tax credits, which led to moves by ministers to limit the powers of the Lords.
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The government has been defeated in the House of Lords for a second time over plans to cut some disabled people's benefits by £30 a week.
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Yale Howarth, 15, was found at his Chirk home after staff at Ysgol Dinas Bran, Llangollen, quizzed him about a sexual encounter with another pupil.
An inquest said the teen was probably suffering from "extreme anxiety".
Mark Howarth, Yale's father, said schools should give better protection and support to pupils.
"The way our son was treated seems so heavy handed," said Mr Howarth.
"We should have been made aware of the situation so that we had some warning of Yale's state of mind on that day - at the very least we would have been able to check up on him."
The inquest at Ruthin heard evidence over three days about how the student was questioned when a girl pupil told staff that she may have had sex at a party, but had been too drunk to remember.
Council social services later reviewed the information and said no further action was required.
However, by this time, Yale had died in hospital.
Katie Carroll, from Irwin Mitchell solicitors, who represented the family, said: "It is crucial that lessons are learned from this to ensure that school children, who are clearly vulnerable and impressionable, are properly supported so as to eliminate the risk of similar incidents in the future."
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Schools need to look again at how they tackle sensitive issues with pupils, says the family of a Denbighshire teenager who hanged himself.
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A message sent on Twitter by a freelance sports journalist, Fraser Paterson, said Ms Sturgeon should be hanged from a tree in Charlotte Square Gardens in Edinburgh.
The gardens are outside Bute House, the first minister's official residence.
Mr Paterson has since tweeted that he had crossed a line.
He said his comment was unprofessional and he meant no harm to Ms Sturgeon.
His original tweet had said: "..Save Bute House, but hang Sturgeon. A tree in Chltte Sq Gardens will do #SNPout".
He subsequently tweeted: "My 'hang Sturgeon' comment was over the white line and unprofessional of me. I mean no harm to her".
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said they had received a complaint about the original tweet and were looking into it.
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Police are investigating a comment on social media suggesting that the Scottish first minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon should be hanged.
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Two weeks ago he said that the chances of a second election were "remote" and "very unlikely".
He said that the new rules on fixed-term Parliaments made unseating a government harder, and that the public did not want an "endless cycle" of elections.
Mr Clegg appears now to have changed his mind.
Why? Well, he says that the hardening position of Labour and the Conservatives on coalition deals means that a minority government after the next election would now be more unstable.
Senior Liberal Democrat sources pointed out that Labour leader Ed Miliband had said on the BBC's Question Time last week that he wanted to push through "100%" of his manifesto.
That would make coalition difficult, the Lib Dems say.
One Lib Dem figure also argued that the Conservatives' claim that they were still pushing for a majority of MPs on 7 May was a "laughable denial of reality".
The Lib Dems claim that the Scottish Nationalists would demand an end to austerity and would want full fiscal autonomy for Scotland in return for their support for a minority Labour government.
Mr Clegg said that UKIP would want to cut overseas aid and would want a referendum on Britain leaving the European Union this year as the price for supporting a Conservative government.
He claimed that such "controversial" policies would cause a minority government to fall.
"Everybody knows that no-one will win this election - even if David Cameron and Ed Miliband won't admit it publicly," Mr Clegg said during a campaign visit to Cardiff Central where the Lib Dems are fighting off a Labour challenge for the seat.
"That means that politicians will have to work together to put the country first.
"The Liberal Democrats have shown that coalitions can be strong and stable. But instead of creating stability, Labour and the Conservatives will create a shambles.
"If they try to stagger through with a messy and unstable minority government instead of putting the country first then they will risk all the hard work and sacrifices people have made over the last five years.
"The last thing Britain needs is a second election before Christmas.
"But that is exactly what will happen if Ed Miliband and David Cameron put their own political interest ahead of the national interest."
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Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has significantly changed his position on the risk of a second election this year.
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The 55-year-old replaces Mark Yates, who was sacked on Monday following a run of six successive defeats.
Drummy has signed a two-year contract with the option of a further year, and will be assisted by former Aldershot Town coach Matt Gray.
"I look forward to giving our fans winning football that will also entertain them," Drummy said.
Crawley were bought by Ziya Eren last month and the Turkish businessman has targeted reaching the Championship in eight to 10 years.
The Reds sit 18th in the table, 14 points clear of the relegation zone with two games of the campaign remaining.
After spending the bulk of his playing career in non-league, Drummy became a coach in Arsenal's youth set-up before moving to Chelsea in 2007.
He was in charge of the Blues' Under-21 side and then had a spell as the Premier League club's international coach.
Eren said the Londoner would bring "top-level experience and vital recruitment knowledge" to the club.
"We wish him all the best for a long and successful tenure," he told the club website. "We look forward to an exciting new chapter in the history of Crawley Town."
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League Two side Crawley Town have appointed former Chelsea youth coach Dermot Drummy as their new head coach.
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Back-to-back home losses had left the Cubs on the brink of defeat in the best-of-seven series, but Sunday's win means they trail 3-2 as they return to Cleveland for Tuesday's Game Six.
Kris Bryant's fourth-inning home run proved decisive as the Cubs claimed a first home World Series win since 1945.
The Cubs have gone 108 years without winning baseball's biggest prize.
The Indians last won in 1948 and can end that drought - the second longest in baseball behind the Cubs - with victory on Tuesday.
Game Seven, if required, will also be played in Cleveland, on Wednesday.
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The Chicago Cubs kept their World Series hopes alive with a 3-2 win over the Cleveland Indians at Wrigley Field.
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It was shut at 22:00 GMT on Wednesday, leading to delays for motorists as traffic queues built up on both sides of the Dartford Crossing on Thursday.
Clockwise traffic used the east bore of the Dartford Tunnel with anti-clockwise traffic diverted to the west bore.
Delays were still being reported for drivers on Thursday evening.
Earlier, ferry services from Dover were also delayed because of rough seas.
The Port of Dover said all P&O services to Calais and DFDS ferries to Dunkirk were affected, with passengers being advised to contact the operators for further information.
Southern and Southeastern railways both said a number of services in Kent had been disrupted because of trees and obstructions on the line.
On Tuesday, the QEII Bridge was also closed for several hours because of high winds, which caused widespread disruption across south-east England.
Van driver Christopher Hayes, 51, died as a beech tree fell on his cab in high winds in Tunbridge Wells.
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The QEII Bridge, which links the M25 between Essex and Kent, has reopened after gale-force winds closed it for the second time this week.
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The 65.8 hours of sunshine recorded by the Met Office was in contrast to the 30-year average of 45.8 hours.
The previous record November was in 1989, when 60.6 hours of sunshine was recorded.
November was also unusually dry in Scotland, with only 68% of the normal rainfall recorded.
The Scottish rainfall figure of 113.1mm was significantly below the 116.3mm average.
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Scotland experienced its sunniest November since records began, as everywhere in the UK except southern England enjoyed a bright autumn.
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The Serb came back from two sets to one down to win 5-7 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-1.
Djokovic, 30, finished strongly despite making 55 unforced errors and arguing with umpire Carlos Ramos over a conduct warning.
The second seed goes on to face Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who beat France's Lucas Pouille.
The presence of new coach Andre Agassi has yet to inspire Djokovic to rediscover the form that made him a seemingly untouchable world number one this time last year.
An erratic performance saw the 12-time Grand Slam champion hit 21 errors in relinquishing a 4-1 lead in the first set.
However, Agassi's unexpected arrival midway through the second set apparently inspired Djokovic to a break of serve.
"I was focused on the screen and I saw obviously people reacting when he arrived," said the Serb.
"He was not supposed to be here today, because we have finished yesterday with our in-person collaboration here in Paris.
"I appreciate that. I respect that very much that he managed to do things and move his commitments around so he could come and watch."
That late break in the second appeared to have settled the world number two, but Schwartzman - playing his first ever third-round match at a Grand Slam - was his equal throughout the third.
The 5ft 7in Argentine then broke serve for a 5-3 lead and remarkably recovered from 0-40 to serve out the set.
With the crowd now excited by the prospect of an upset, Djokovic finally took a firm grip on the match by quickening the pace and shortening the rallies.
It was not plain sailing, however, and despite racing into a 4-0 lead in the fourth set, Djokovic became embroiled in a row with umpire Ramos after receiving two warnings in a game - one of slow play, the second for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Clearly annoyed, the champion retained his focus on the job in hand and reeled off 12 of the last 14 games as dark clouds above threatened to delay his progress.
"Playing a five-setter at this stage is good," added Djokovic.
"I enjoyed playing, really, even though of course at times I was not playing my best, especially for first three sets, but fourth and fifth sets went completely my way."
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Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived a third-round scare at the French Open to beat unseeded Argentine Diego Schwartzman in five sets.
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Falcons have handed debuts to a number of players including Callum Chick and Brett Connon across the different competitions so far this season.
Injuries to key personnel such as Sonatane Takulua and Sinoti Sinoti have given opportunities to fringe players.
"We're not afraid to drop them in if need be," Richards told BBC Newcastle.
"We've said all along we want to give guys the exposure, although sometimes it's difficult to find that opportunity."
The return of winger Vereniki Goneva from a hamstring injury has been a boost for the Falcons, notably in Friday's 22-16 win against Northampton Saints.
Fijian winger Goneva picked off a pass, racing the length of the field to score and seal the points for Richards' side.
"It's no wonder people regard him as one of the best finishers in the world," Richards said.
"The way he took the try at the end, he didn't break step when Ben Foden came across, he stepped inside him on a half tackle at the same speed and finished off he's an outstanding finisher and a really good player."
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Newcastle director of rugby Dean Richards says the growing number of academy talent at first-team level is proof players have chances to impress.
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They were travelling from the West Bank to Saudi Arabia when the bus overturned in a remote area. Two children are reported to be among the dead.
The driver lost control about 320 km (200 miles) south of the Jordanian capital, Amman.
Dozens of passengers were injured and several are said to be in a critical condition.
Most of the victims were from the West Bank city of Jenin.
One of the casualties, Azzah Ibrahim, said passengers were hurled around by the impact.
"Some of us were beneath the bus, and some of us were inside the bus, between the chairs," he told the Associated Press news agency.
The Palestinian Authority declared a day of national mourning in the wake of the crash.
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At least 16 Palestinian pilgrims have been killed in a bus crash in southern Jordan.
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The ex-taxi driver from Swindon was convicted of the murder of Becky Godden, 20, on Monday.
He is already serving life for the murder of Sian O'Callaghan in 2011.
Det Supt Sean Memory, who led the Godden case, believes Halliwell may have killed others.
Halliwell will be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Friday.
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Det Supt Memory, of Wiltshire Police, said: "It is fair to say that there may be other victims as there is an eight-year gap, however I am not linking him to any other investigation at this time."
A spokeswoman for Wiltshire Police said the detective would be contacting police forces across the UK to widen the scope of the investigation.
Miss O'Callaghan's mother Elaine Pickford, 54, believes the former ground worker would have killed other women.
"I don't think a man started killing at the age he killed Becky and I don't think he'd have gone the length of time between Becky and Sian without needing his fix," she said.
Jane Monckton Smith, a senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Gloucestershire, said Halliwell appeared to have a personality disorder and it was probable he had other victims.
She said his decision to deny the killing and defend himself in court was evidence of him craving attention.
Dr Monckton Smith, an independent domestic homicide reviewer for the Home Office, said: "This is all about his ego, which is not uncommon with narcissistic psychopaths.
"It is extreme psychopathic behaviour.
"Most serial killers are psychopaths - he has got two murders to his name now and the police think there are more because his stories are inconsistent.
"The eight-year gap - although it is possible for somebody who is as extreme in his narcissism as he is, I think it is more probable than possible."
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A senior detective has confirmed he will be liaising with other police forces about unsolved crimes and missing people following the conviction of Christopher Halliwell.
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A promotional photo of tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko showed him looking, according to the Hyperallergic website, "like he'd had a bronzer malfunction".
The company has used dark make-up for Verdi's opera since its first production of Otello in 1891.
But Met general manager Peter Gelb said it "makes sense" to end that practice.
He told Hyperallergic: "We recently came to the conclusion that it would make sense, that this production should not employ any [dark] make-up. I realise it's a sensitive issue.
"We feel that it's the appropriate direction for this production and we're happy with that decision."
The decision was reached with the production's director Bartlett Sher, he said.
"Quite frankly, Bart and I have talked about this for some time, how [Otello] should look in this production, so it's a decision that has evolved over time."
The brochure photograph of the Latvian tenor was achieved "mostly through shadowy lighting", he said, adding: "It was meant to be very moody and atmospheric."
Verdi's Otello, first performed in 1887, is based on Shakespeare's Othello. The title character is described as a Moor, a term that referred to people from north Africa.
In 2014 The English National Opera staged a production of Otello by David Alden, in which the lead performer also did not wear dark make-up.
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New York's Metropolitan Opera has said it is to break with operatic tradition and not use skin-darkening make-up on the star of its new version of Otello.
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Chair of Belfast's Tall Ships board, Dr Gerard O'Hare, said the Irish government would part-fund the project.
"We have a project under way, it's a cross-border project, for a new sail training tall ship for Ireland," he told the Good Morning Ulster programme.
"We hope at least part of the ship will be built at Harland and Wolff in Belfast."
Mr O'Hare added: "Since the loss of the Asgard and the Lord Rank, in theory Ireland doesn't have a sail training ship for young people.
"A new project is under way and we hope that over the next few years, Ireland will have its own sail training tall ship.
"It's being funded partly by the Irish government and we are hoping for public and private sector investment."
Mr O'Hare said the project would need a £12m (16m euro) budget.
"We hope to take part of the ship - maybe the finishing out of the ship - back to Belfast, to make sure it's a Belfast-built tall ship," he added.
Meanwhile, the Tall Ships festival is in its second day in Belfast.
The organisers estimate 500,000 people will attend the four-day festival.
Belfast is the home port for the start of the Tall Ships Races this year.
About 50 vessels will be on show from 15 different countries until Sunday.
BBC Northern Ireland is bringing you full coverage of the tall ships across TV, radio and online.
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Ireland is hoping to get its own tall ship, thanks to a £12m (16m euro) cross-border project.
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The force of 1,500 guards would be able to deploy even if a member state did not ask for its help.
The European Commission said the force would work as a "safety net".
The proposal was approved a day after 4,500 people were rescued from boats in the Mediterranean near Italy.
National border guards in EU member states will be supported by the new European Border and Coast Guard in "exceptional situations", according to the European Commission.
The new force will "build" on Frontex, an existing EU agency that helps to coordinate national border forces, it said.
Plans for the new agency had faced criticism from some EU governments for allowing intervention even if member states did not request help in managing their borders.
Under the approved proposal, the EU Commission would propose an intervention and the European Council would make the decision.
"There should no longer be shortages of staff or equipment for operations at our external borders," First Vice President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said in a statement.
"The external border of one Member State is the external border of all Member States."
The proposal will be sent to the European Council for final approval.
More than 231,000 migrants have arrived in Europe by sea this year, the UN says, compared to just over one million in total last year.
Monthly arrivals in April, May and June of this year were significantly lower than the same months in 2015.
A controversial deal between the EU and Turkey to tackle Europe's worst migration crisis since the Second World War came into effect in late March.
Several countries in the Balkans also sealed their borders amid the crisis, cutting off routes used by migrants to travel to northern European countries.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.
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The European Parliament has approved a proposal to set up a new border and coast guard agency to help countries cope with unusually high levels of migration.
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The service will be held on 27 September - the 50th anniversary of the presenter's first BBC radio broadcast.
It will be accompanied by a series of tribute shows on the station and a BBC One programme looking back at his life.
Sir Terry, who died in January, hosted the Radio 2 breakfast show from 1972-1984 and 1993-2009, and fronted TV shows like Wogan and Blankety Blank.
BBC director general Tony Hall said: "He had a unique and welcoming style combined with a mischievous sense of humour and his personality will shine through in these programmes."
Two hundred and fifty tickets for the Westminster Abbey service will be available in a ballot via the BBC Radio 2 website. The ballot is open now and will close at 19:00 BST on Thursday.
The lunchtime service will be part of a special edition of Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show, during which Vine will also speak to listeners about their memories of Sir Terry.
A two-part special, titled Thank You For Being My Friend - A Tribute to Terry Wogan, will feature interviews with his friends and colleagues and will be aired on Radio 2 from 22:00 BST on 26 and 27 September.
The BBC One tribute has the working title Sir Terry Wogan Remembered: Fifty Years at the BBC.
In January, Sir Terry's family said the 77-year-old had died "after a short but brave battle with cancer".
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A memorial service for Sir Terry Wogan at Westminster Abbey is to be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2.
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Between them, the two firms employ more than 20,000 staff worldwide with combined annual sales of £15bn (£10bn).
Avago, based in both the US and Singapore, said the deal was a "landmark" transaction.
It is using a combination of cash and shares to pay for Broadcom.
"The combination of Avago and Broadcom creates a global diversified leader in wired and wireless communication semiconductors," said Hock Tan, Avago's chief executive.
Broadcom makes semiconductors for set-top boxes, mobile phones and network equipment, and its chips are used in smartphones made by Apple and Samsung.
Avago has been expanding rapidly. Broadcom is the sixth company to be bought by Avago since the start of 2013.
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Avago Technologies, one of the world's biggest manufacturers of semiconductors, is buying its California-based rival Broadcom for $37bn (£24bn).
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Mr Hunt spoke at a memorial service for William Mead, from Cornwall.
William, from Penryn, died in 2014, after an NHS 111 call did not lead to him being admitted to hospital.
Speaking at the private service in Truro, Mr Hunt said: "I as health secretary, the government, and the NHS let down William."
He also accepted he had let down William's parents Paul and Melissa, who had organised the service at Truro Cathedral as a "thank you" to the local community for their support after their son's death.
William's death raised doubts about how able NHS 111 staff were to identify serious medical conditions.
Addressing the congregation, Mr Hunt said: "I've come here to say sorry.
"This weekend William should have been enjoying beautiful Cornish sunshine with his parents.
"We didn't spot his sepsis before it was too late."
An inquest heard William's death could have been avoided if he had been admitted to hospital.
His death also raised fresh concerns the condition was not being spotted or treated early enough.
Mrs Mead, who was involved in creating an awareness campaign for the condition said: "There has been so many people involved in the campaign and they've been pivotal.
"Without the government support, without the support of all the organisations we wouldn't be here where we are today and have made the changes we've made".
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A boy who died aged one after NHS staff failed to identify he had septicaemia was "let down", Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt admitted.
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The University of Duesseldorf's philosophy faculty decided on Tuesday that she had carried out "a deliberate deception through plagiarism".
The minister has denied the claims and said she will appeal.
An earlier plagiarism row brought an end to the political career of Germany's defence minister in 2011.
Large parts of Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's 2006 legal dissertations were found by Bayreuth University to have been copied and he stood down before it issued its damning verdict in May 2011.
Using the same words as Duesseldorf's Heinrich Heine University, it concluded that he had "deliberately deceived".
When Ms Schavan became the second minister in Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to be accused of copying her doctorate, in this case by an anonymous blogger, she insisted she had never "knowingly falsely cited any sources" and promised to respond to the accusations.
But the faculty committee concluded that her work, which dealt with the formation of conscience, included a "substantial number of unaccredited direct quotes from other texts".
In a statement declaring the doctorate invalid and withdrawing it from Ms Schavan, the faculty head Bruno Bleckmann said they had "decided by secret ballot, by 12 votes to two, with one abstention".
The minister herself, 57, was said to be on a five-day education and science co-operation trip to South Africa.. Education minister since 2005, she is described as a close colleague of Chancellor Merkel.
Her lawyers reportedly rejected the university's ruling and said Ms Schavan would appeal.
When the university announced its inquiry, she said she had no intention of standing down.
But the investigation into one of Chancellor Merkel's closest allies is seen as potentially awkward months before Germans vote in federal elections.
The popular German newspaper Bild said the news was a bitter blow to the chancellor, and wondered whether she would need to find a new education minister at the start of her election campaign.
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A German university has voted to strip Education Minister Annette Schavan of her doctorate after an investigation into plagiarism allegations.
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Officers issued the image of a hooded man wanted in connection with a knife incident in Little Wratting.
One person wrote: "A man with eyes... Not too many of them around." Another said police were hunting "Darth Vader".
The police said e-fits were "helpful" and the victim gave a detailed description of the man's eyes and hood.
The artist's impression was released on Monday after a man was threatened with a knife in the town on Saturday morning.
The suspect is described as a white man, aged in his late 30s to early 40s, around 5ft 10in tall, of skinny build with blonde hair.
A Suffolk Police spokesman said: "The victim was able to describe in detail the offender's eyes, style of cap, hooded top and scarf worn across his face."
He added some people have "come forward" since the e-fit appeal.
But some, posting on the force's social networking site Facebook page, thought the picture was "a wind-up".
Dozens of people commented, including one who wrote: "You'll never catch a ninja" and a number of people suggested it was "a waste" of the artist's time.
Dr Samantha Lundrigan, senior lecturer in criminology at Anglia Ruskin University, in Cambridge, defended the e-fit.
"Assuming that the facial features that are portrayed are accurate, then this man may well be recognisable to those that know him," she said.
"As the e-fit clearly shows the suspect's eyes and some of his eyebrows, it is possibly not quite as useless as it first appears."
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A Suffolk police e-fit showing only the eyes of a suspect has been described as "a ninja" and "a joke" on the force's Facebook page.
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The club announced on Twitter on Tuesday morning: "Manchester United announces that David Moyes has left the club.
"The club would like to place on record its thanks for the hard work, honesty and integrity he brought to the role."
It comes after several newspaper reports that Moyes' time at the club was over, following a poor season.
United previously said on Monday that Moyes had not been sacked, but they refused to comment on his longer-term future.
The news comes after Sunday's 2-0 defeat to Everton - Moyes' former club. It means United cannot qualify for the Champions League next season.
Moyes was chosen by Sir Alex Ferguson for the job when he stepped down after 26 years in charge last summer.
The 50 year-old was handed a six-year deal to leave Everton for the Premier League champions.
United, who are currently in seventh place in the table with four games remaining, will finish this Premier League season with their lowest ever points tally.
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Manchester United have sacked their manager David Moyes after just 10 months in charge.
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Mr Cameron fielded questions from 103 MPs in a mammoth session that lasted over two-and-a-half hours.
Here is a pick of some of the contributions:
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Prime Minister David Cameron has set out his case in the House of Commons for air strikes targeting so-called Islamic State militants in Syria.
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Imrich Joni, 19, is accused of killing 68-year-old Gordon Bolam in the city's Pollokshields area between 29 June and 14 July 2016 and then hiding the body.
Prosecutors claim Mr Joni used a knife and ligature to kill Mr Bolam. He also stands accused of attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
Mr Joni denies the charges against him. At the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lady Scott set a trial date for April.
Prosecutors stated that Mr Bolam was struck on the head, neck and body with a knife and a mug or similar items.
Mr Joni is further said to have inflicted blunt force injuries by "means unknown".
The allegation claims the teenager then placed a ligature around Mr Bolam's neck.
Mr Joni faces a separate accusation of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by hiding Mr Bolam's remains in a wardrobe and piling clothes and bags on top of his body.
He is also alleged to have cleaned the flat to try and remove blood as well as getting rid of clothes, trainers and a knife.
Mr Joni is further accused of breaching a bail order imposed by a sheriff on 20 June. A condition was said to be he did not enter Glasgow other than for the "purpose of attending court".
He also faces final charges of breaking into Edinburgh's Festival Theatre on 30 or 31 July and having bladed items in a public place.
Mr Joni's trial is due to get under way at the High Court in Edinburgh on 11 April.
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A teenager is to stand trial accused of murdering an OAP in his Glasgow home.
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The 23-year striker has been prolific for the second-tier title challengers, amassing 74 goals since the start of last season.
McLellan played in the Blues and Preston North End youth teams before joining Portadown in 2012.
A spell with Ballymena United was followed by his switch to the Welders in 2014.
McLellan will provide competition in the Blues attack for Andrew Waterworth, Paul Smyth and Guy Bates.
He is the second transfer window arrival at Windsor Park following the loan signing of Swansea City winger Stephen Fallon.
"I am delighted that Michael has chosen to join Linfield as there were a few other clubs interested in him," said Linfield manager David Healy.
"I have seen him play and am encouraged by what he wants to achieve, while the scouts also speak very highly of him," Healy told the Linfield FC website.
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Linfield have completed the signing of former youth player Michael McLellan from Championship One side H&W Welders.
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Redrow Homes was granted permission for the development which will include four schools, shops, health and sports facilities on fields near St Fagans.
Plasdwr will be developed over 20 years and will also see new roads, bus and cycle routes built.
But some had objected to the plans over traffic and environmental concerns.
Permission for the first phase of 1,000 homes near Pentrebane Road and Llantrisant Road has already been granted.
But the committee heard the latest application was the biggest the council had ever had to consider.
Along with schools and homes, the 368 hectare site (900 acres) on fields bordering Fairwater, St Fagans, Danescourt and Radyr, will include food stores, a GP surgery, allotments, restaurants and pubs.
Plasdŵr is expected to create more than 30,000 jobs over 20 years, mainly in the construction phase but also permanent jobs through the on-site facilities.
Work on the first phase of homes is due to start next month.
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The latest plans for a new £2bn "garden village" with almost 6,000 homes on the outskirts of Cardiff have been passed by planners.
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The business lobby group now expects 2.4% growth this year and 2.5% next year, down from February's forecast of 2.7% and 2.6% respectively.
It blamed weaker-than-expected growth in the first quarter for the downgrade.
The 0.3% expansion marked the UK's weakest growth since the end of 2012.
The CBI described this as a "temporary blip" and said it now believed the UK economy was on a "firm footing".
But it said a "still sluggish eurozone", renewed uncertainty over Greece's economic future, and the in/out referendum on the UK's EU membership - which Prime Minister David Cameron has said will take place by the end of 2017 - were all potential threats to the UK's recovery.
"Risks to UK growth are tilted to the downside. A messy resolution of the Greek crisis could spark financial market and exchange rate volatility which could spill over into the real economy," the CBI said in its forecast.
It also warned that uncertainty over the EU referendum's outcome meant investment spending could be delayed.
The CBI said continued weak productivity - which, as measured by output per hour worked, has been exceptionally weak since 2008 - also posed a threat to the UK economy.
"While we are seeing a strong domestic picture, cracking the productivity conundrum would really help cement the recovery," said CBI director of economics Rain Newton-Smith.
The CBI forecast came as accountancy firm and services group BDO said UK manufacturing firms' confidence had seen its sharpest drop in two years.
It said its monthly manufacturing optimism index, based on the UK's main business surveys, had seen a four-point drop - its biggest since March 2013.
BDO said a combination of the strong pound and a weak eurozone economy had hit exports, while low oil and gas prices had curbed investment in the sector and slowed orders for manufacturing firms.
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The CBI has cut its UK growth forecasts and warned of further risks to the economy posed by a possible "messy" end to the Greek crisis and uncertainty over the EU referendum.
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More than 1,000 schools, both primary and secondary, have already signed up.
A few pupils will be able to question Maj Peake directly, others will send questions via social media.
Organisers described the Times Educational Supplement and European Space Agency link-up as a "once in a lifetime opportunity".
Maj Peake will devote 20 minutes of his time on board the International Space Station (ISS) to the event, early in February.
The organisers are inviting every UK school to register and send in questions and ideas from pupils in advance.
The link-up, dubbed the Cosmic Classroom, aims to be "world's largest schools and space science event".
Separately, three Norfolk schools and the University of East Anglia will hold a 10-minute radio-link conversation with the astronaut.
Millions of people worldwide, including the prime minister, tuned in to watch Maj Peake's blast-off from Kazakhstan on the Principia mission.
The UK's first ESA astronaut is expected to inspire new interest in space travel, in schools.
Jeremy Curtis, head of education at the UK Space Agency (UKSA) said Maj Peake was "very keen to make sure that young people across the UK can play their part in his mission".
"We're sure pupils will suggest some interesting things for Tim to do to help him share his experience of living and working in space," said Mr Curtis.
TES Global's chief education adviser, Lord Knight urged every teacher in the country "to sign up now, to make it the world's largest schools and space science event".
"The countdown to the Cosmic Classroom begins now, and I await with anticipation the creative, insightful and entertaining ideas our teachers and their classes come up with." said Lord Knight.
Earlier this year, York University researchers began a three-year project looking at the influence of human space travel in popularising science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects.
In particular, the researchers are assessing how the views of primary and secondary pupils are affected by Maj Peake's ISS mission.
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UK pupils are being offered the chance to speak to astronaut Maj Tim Peake by video-link next year, during his six-month mission around the Earth.
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The 40-year-old, who will take charge officially on Sunday, will remain part of the England coaching set-up.
Peter Lim, Valencia's Singaporean owner, has a stake in Salford City, the non-league club co-owned by Neville.
His brother Phil, who joined the Spanish club as assistant manager in July, will stay on the coaching staff.
"I am absolutely thrilled to be given this opportunity with Valencia," the new head coach said.
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"Valencia are a huge football club of immense standing - and I know from my time as a player the passion and dedication of the Valencia fans."
Neville, who has stepped down from his position as a Sky Sports pundit with immediate effect, will attend a news conference with club president Layhoon Chan on Thursday.
Chan said of Neville: "He is hugely respected in English football and it was his personal qualities which persuaded us that he was the right choice to lead Valencia until the end of the season."
Neville's brother Phil will assist interim head coach Voro for Valencia's next two matches, away to third-tier side Barakaldo in the Copa Del Rey on Wednesday and at home to Barcelona in La Liga on Saturday.
Next Wednesday's Champions League home match against Lyon will be Neville's first match in charge.
England head coach Roy Hodgson said: "As far as I'm concerned, this will be an extra string to his bow and the experience he will gain working in the Spanish league can only be beneficial to our work together with the England team.
"Gary's commitment to the FA's preparations for Euro 2016 will not be in any way affected by the fact that he will be coaching abroad during the next five months."
Neville replaces Nuno Espirito Santo, who resigned after Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Sevilla, a result that left Valencia ninth in the Spanish league.
The club finished fourth last season, but have won only five of their opening 13 league matches this term.
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Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville has been named as Valencia's head coach until the end of the season.
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The Texas Department of Public Safety and Waller County Jail have agreed the payout to relatives of Sandra Bland, says their attorney, Cannon Lambert.
But the defendants' legal team said the settlement had not yet been finalised.
Ms Bland killed herself in July 2015 three days after her arrest for a minor traffic offence, authorities said.
The family lawyer said that under the settlement the county jail will step up staff training and inmate monitoring.
"This is the beginning, not the end," he said, adding that Ms Bland's mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, had insisted jail reform be included in the settlement.
"It's awesome," Ms Bland's mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, told the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.
"It's a victory for mothers across the country."
Ms Reed-Veal said that as part of the settlement Waller County Jail will be required to have a 24-hour nurse on duty.
Ms Bland died by asphyxiation after using a plastic bag to hang herself in her cell, authorities said. Her death was officially ruled a suicide.
She was about to begin a new job in the Houston area when she was pulled over by a state trooper for failing to change lanes without signalling.
A dashboard camera filmed the officer, Brian Encinia, arguing with Ms Bland, and threatening her with a stun gun.
"I will light you up!" shouts Mr Encinia, who was later fired and charged for lying to authorities about the arrest.
The death led to nationwide protests by activists from Black Lives Matter.
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The family of a black motorist found hanged in her Texas jail cell has reached a $1.9m (£1.4m) settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit, a lawyer says.
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Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, she said she was "rather surprised" by the news, which came on Wednesday.
The increased threat level means an attack in England, Scotland or Wales is "a strong possibility".
The level for Northern Ireland-related terrorism in Northern Ireland remains severe.
Mrs Foster said Stormont would have to "work even harder" to fight the threat of terrorism and work "with our neighbours in the Republic".
She said terrorists "use the cover of republicanism to engage in criminality.
"They seek to move us backwards.
"We need to bring stability to Northern Ireland in a way they really don't want to see happening."
When asked about her own experiences during the Troubles, Mrs Foster said she knew "very well what terrorism was all about."
She told Andrew Marr that republican terrorists had "capabilities". She said: "They've shown that by the murder of Adrian Ismay earlier this year."
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First Minister Arlene Foster has said the increased threat level from Northern Ireland-related terrorism in great Britain is "alarming".
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A police official told AFP that a search operation for the 43 missing people was under way, but he saw little chance of finding any of them alive.
Three Ukrainian tourists trekking in the area are among the missing.
At least 13 people died when the floods surged down the Seti river on Saturday.
Eight people have been rescued from the surge of water. The area is popular with tourists.
"We have a list of another 43 people who have gone missing. Their chances of survival are almost zero. The three Ukrainians are still missing," district police superintendent Sailesh Thapa told AFP.
Earlier reports said the three missing foreigners were Russians.
Mr Thapa said earth-moving equipment had reached the worst-affected area in an effort to find any bodies buried in the mud.
Fast-flowing floodwaters from the swollen Seti smashed into two buildings and a number of shacks in the village of Kharapani, in Kaski district.
One eyewitness, Uddha Bahadur Gurung, described the moment the surge hit:
"There was nothing unusual. People were enjoying picnics, some were relaxing in the hot spring pools by the river and others working," he told the Kathmandu Post.
"Out of nowhere came this swelling dark murky water with debris, sweeping away many people."
One local woman said she was collecting fire when the flood hit. "We haven't seen such a flash flood in years," she said.
"I saw floods 60 years ago but it was not as severe as now. This time they say everything across the river has been swept away."
The floodwaters also swept into the city of Pokhara, where several people were swept away along with their houses and livestock.
May is the end of the trekking season, but before the monsoon.
The floods are thought to have been caused by waters of the Seti building near its source, high above the snowline, during days of rain and then suddenly bursting free, army spokesman Ramindra Chhetri told AFP.
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Dozens of people are still missing in Nepal after a mountain river burst its banks near Mount Annapurna, in the west of the country, causing flash flooding, police say.
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Police Scotland said it was made aware of concerns about the chimney, at 105 Byres Road, above the Countrywide estate agents shop, at about 09:30.
Byres Road was shut between Lawrence Street and White Street and the flats below and estate agents evacuated.
Glasgow City Council said building control officers were attending and the chimney would be taken down.
A council spokesman said: "Byres Road is completely closed at the moment due to a dangerous chimneyhead at 105 Byres Road - the chimneyhead had partially collapsed.
"The residents of the top two floors and the estate agents on the ground floor have been evacuated.
"The council's building control team will continue to assess the situation. What's remaining of the chimneyhead will be taken down by contractors as soon as possible, and this is likely to be completed tomorrow."
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One of the busiest roads in Glasgow's west end has been closed to traffic amid concerns about an unsafe chimney.
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Rebecca Louise Hellens, 22, from Chatteris, was fatally injured at South Lake Ski School near St Neots when the scooter she was on collided with another at about 11:45 BST on 26 July.
She died a short while later in hospital, Cambridgeshire Police said.
The district council is considering whether to investigate the incident.
The collision happened at the water sports centre which has three lakes.
One of these is an 8.5 acre lake solely for use by people with their own sea scooter machines, its website says.
Cambridgeshire Police were initially alerted to the incident by the ambulance service which had been called to a young woman reported to be in cardiac arrest after a collision.
Miss Hellens was taken to Bedford hospital where she died.
A spokesman for Huntingdonshire District Council said they were "liaising with the management of the club, Cambridgeshire Police and the Health and Safety Executive to determine the need for an investigation under the Health and Safety at Work Act".
An inquest into Miss Hellens' death was opened by the Cambridgeshire coroner and adjourned until 7 January.
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A woman whose sea scooter collided with another on a Cambridgeshire lake died as a result of chest injuries, an inquest heard.
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The Argentine, 44, was appointed in May 2014 on a five-year deal and guided Spurs to a fifth-place finish in the Premier League and a League Cup final in his first season in charge.
With one game to go, Spurs are guaranteed a top-three Premier League finish this season.
"We believe this is just the beginning," said Pochettino.
Spurs were challenging for the Premier League title until a bad-tempered 2-2 draw at Chelsea last week ensured Leicester City were crowned champions of England.
Pochettino has created a fast and powerful side with a backbone of young English players such as striker Harry Kane, defender Eric Dier and midfielder Dele Alli, who have all received their first international caps during the Argentine's tenure.
He was photographed having lunch with former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson this week, prompting rumours he could be a target for the Old Trafford team this summer.
However, the former Paris St-Germain player believes he can bring trophies to Spurs.
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"We have a long-term project and huge belief that we can achieve something big here for the future," added Pochettino.
"This club has all the ingredients to continue to challenge at the very top in both the Premier League and in Europe.
"We want to be here to be a part of what I believe will be a special period in the club's history."
Assistant head coach Jesus Perez, first team coach Miguel D'Agostino and first team goalkeeping coach Toni Jimenez have also agreed extensions to their contracts.
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Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has signed a contract extension which commits him to the club until 2021.
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The hosts looked well set at 96-0 in reply to England's 147-7, but openers Dane van Niekerk and Trisha Chetty's slow scoring put pressure on the tail.
Shrubsole removed Van Niekerk, before dismissing Lizelle Lee and Mignon du Preez as the hosts stumbled to 132-6.
Sarah Taylor earlier made 74 not out for England in Paarl.
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"Our bowling performance in the last 10 overs was fantastic," Taylor told BBC Sport. "We limited what South Africa could do and were really smart with what we did."
The tourists made a slow start and were stuttering at 41-3 after the cheap dismissals of captain Charlotte Edwards, Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones.
However, they were boosted by wicketkeeper Taylor's 51-ball effort, in which she struck 11 fours, with Shrubsole arriving to help take 18 from Shabnim Ismail's final over.
Van Niekerk and Chetty made 52 and 46 respectively, but struggled to keep pace with the run rate on a playing area with long boundaries.
Once they were dismissed within four balls of each other, South Africa's middle order found themselves with too much to do.
England play another two Twenty20 internationals against South Africa - in Cape Town on Friday and Johannesburg on Sunday - before travelling to India to prepare for the World Twenty20.
You can follow both matches live on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and the BBC Sport website.
Earlier in the tour, England won the one-day series 2-1.
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Anya Shrubsole took three late wickets as England women fought back to beat South Africa by 15 runs in the first Twenty20.
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The 22-year-old former Chelsea and Leeds trainee spent two seasons with the Latics where he scored 11 goals.
Poleon, who can also play on the wing, becomes the fifth new arrival for the Dons this summer after their promotion last season.
"Oldham wanted to strike a deal with him, but he is a London boy," boss Neal Ardley told the club website.
"We tried to pull on the old heart strings to get him some home cooking back with his Mum."
Poleon added: "It was the best decision for me and my family. I believe that the manager here can get the best out of me."
Wimbledon have not disclosed the length of Poleon's deal.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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League One side AFC Wimbledon have signed striker Dominic Poleon after his exit from Oldham Athletic.
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Police were called to Glanmor Crescent, Barry, at about 21:15 BST on Thursday.
A 54-year-old woman was taken to hospital with burns where she remains in a serious condition.
A South Wales Police spokesman said the arrested man from Penarth was believed to be known to the victim.
"A crime scene is being preserved at the address and a police cordon has been set up," he added.
The investigation is ongoing and an appeal has been made for witnesses.
A fire crew from Barry and an ambulance were also in attendance.
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called at about 21:35 BST on Thursday, 4 August to reports of a fire at an address in Barry.
"A crew in an emergency ambulance attended the scene and a woman was taken to the University Hospital of Wales."
She was later transferred to Morrison Hospital.
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A 63-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a serious assault in the Vale of Glamorgan which left a woman with severe burns.
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The 22-year-old scored twice in 12 games during a recent loan spell with Grimsby Town this season and now joins the Iron on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
Townsend, who spent time on loan with Scunthorpe last term, will not be able to play against Chelsea in the FA Cup on Sunday as he is Cup-tied.
He is the second defender to join the Iron this month after Huddersfield's Murray Wallace made his loan permanent.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Scunthorpe have signed Hull City full-back Conor Townsend on a free transfer.
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The 57-year-old will co-chair the Sports Business Council with sports minister Tracey Crouch.
The newly established group will aim to support growth for the sports sector and improve access to finance.
Scudamore oversaw a record £5.136bn deal for Premier League TV rights in 2015.
He was chief executive of the Premier League between 1999 and 2014 before becoming its executive chairman.
"I am looking forward to helping shape policies that will cement and further enhance the UK's reputation for sporting excellence, as well as attracting the investment that makes this all possible," Scudamore said.
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Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore has been recruited by the government to help improve Britain's sporting economy.
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Manager Mark Hughes said the 30-year-old Netherlands international twisted a knee in training on Friday.
"It's unfortunate. He'll come back stronger with our support," Hughes told Sky Sports before Saturday's Premier League match at Manchester City.
Afellay, who joined on a free transfer in July 2015, has played 31 of Stoke's 35 league games this season.
BBC Radio Stoke reported that the former Barcelona and Olympiakos player is not expected back until Christmas.
His absence adds to Hughes' injury problems, with goalkeeper Jack Butland out for the rest of the season with a broken ankle.
Xherdan Shaqiri is sidelined by a hamstring problem, while Jon Walters, Glen Johnson and Marc Wilson have knee issues.
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Stoke City midfielder Ibrahim Afellay has suffered a knee ligament injury and could be out for eight months.
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The offers will now be put to secured creditors for consideration, but the level of interest will raise hopes that some of the 164 shops and almost 11,000 jobs currently at risk can be saved.
Potential buyers had until 5pm Tuesday to submit a firm offer for BHS.
The High Street chain collapsed into administration two weeks ago with debts of £1.3bn.
"It's understood that there have been multiple firm offers for some or potentially all of the business," said BBC business correspondent Emma Simpson.
Those reported to be interested in buying all of BHS include Sports Direct, Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Preston-based millionaire property owner Yousuf Bhailok.
Firms including Swedish furniture chain Ikea and discount chain B&M are reported to be interested in buying parts of the group.
The stores, currently in the hands of administrator Duff & Phelps, will continue to trade as the sales process continues.
BHS was sold for £1 by Sir Philip Green, the owner of Arcadia, 13 months ago.
BHS effectively ran out of cash after its new owners, a consortium called Retail Acquisitions, failed to secure more than £100m of funding for a turnaround plan. It also had a huge pension deficit to service.
Earlier, research indicated the retailer could have saved more than £15m last year if there had not been a delay in the revaluation of business rates.
Colliers International, the commercial real estate agency and consultancy, says business rates at 90% of BHS stores would have been cut, had the last revaluation gone ahead as planned.
In a Commons select committee session on the BHS failure on Monday it emerged that the pensions watchdog was first in discussions with BHS in 2009 about its pension fund deficit.
As soon as the sale of BHS by Sir Philip Green was announced, the Pensions Regulator said it had opened an anti-avoidance case to determine whether the previous owners should be pursued to make up the fund's shortfall.
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BHS' administrators have received "multiple offers" to buy some or all of the business, the BBC understands.
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The production has been playing at London's Shakespeare's Globe but will move to the Apollo in February.
The play charts the rise of the 17th-Century actress from the slums to the stage - and into the heart of the king.
Arterton, best known for screen work, has proved herself in plays such as the Globe's The Duchess of Malfi.
Most recently, Arterton starred as Rita O'Grady in the West End musical Made in Dagenham, for which she won the Evening Standard best newcomer in a musical award.
Her other theatre credits include The Little Dog Laughed, The Master Builder and Love's Labour's Lost, again at the Globe.
She takes over the Nell Gwynn role from Gugu Mbatha-Raw whose Globe performance earned her a best actress nomination at the Evening Standard awards.
On screen, Arterton most recently starred in the romantic comedy Gemma Bovery, in which she plays a young bride who becomes the fixation of the male residents when she and her husband try to establish themselves in a rural French village.
Prior to that, Arterton made her name in the 2007 St Trinian's movie, for which she won Empire and National Movie Awards.
She went on to become a Bond girl in Daniel Craig's second outing as 007 in Quantum of Solace.
She has since starred in The Boat that Rocked and as Thomas Hardy's tragic heroine Tess of the D'Ubervilles in a BBC drama TV adaptation.
The story of the real-life Nell Gwynn is one of an unlikely heroine who pulled herself up from her impoverished roots in London's Coal Yard Alley to become Britain's most celebrated actress, and the mistress of King Charles II.
Jessica Swale's story has been described as "blissfully entertaining" by the Globe and focuses on how Nell has to keep her wits about her and play to her charms in order to survive at Court at a time when women were seen as second-class citizens.
Swale directed playwright Nell Leyshon's Bedlam at The Globe in 2010, while her first play, Blue Stockings, was performed in 2013.
The Globe theatre has a tradition of championing new writing and seeing works that began life on its stage make successful transfers to the West End.
It most recently saw Farinelli and the King starring Mark Rylance make such a move, to great critical acclaim.
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Gemma Arterton will take the lead role in Nell Gwynn when the critically acclaimed new play by Jessica Swale transfers to the West End.
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Haydn Harwood, 33, says the black spiders are in "every nook and cranny" of the outside walls of his house and garage in Llanedeyrn.
He said his wife, Kayleigh, and any family members who visit are afraid of venturing into the garden.
Tube spiders are one of the UK's largest, with bodies up 2.2cm (0.9in), with green iridescence on their jaws.
Mr Harwood first spotted the colony at his end-of-terrace home a year ago.
He said: "They are nocturnal creatures so I hadn't seen them until one night when I was outside having a cigarette because I am not allowed to smoke in the house.
"I saw something move, went in and got a flashlight and saw them all in the cracks of the walls. They were in the eaves, all along the back wall, down the side of the house and under the kitchen window.
"It is a bit of worry for our pets.
"We have two cats and a Chihuahua and it would be terrible if they got bitten by them.
Tube web spiders - Segestria florentina
He asked a friend for help to exterminate them but within three months the colony had returned.
Mr Harwood said he has asked Cardiff council for help.
Experts say the spiders originated in the Mediterranean and north Africa and made their way to Britain on cargo ships.
They believe the spiders are now able survive and spread because of the UK's increasingly mild climate.
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Hundreds of green-fanged tube web spiders have taken over the back garden of a family home in Cardiff.
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Charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said the attack on the al-Quds hospital left more than 50 people dead, including at least six medical staff.
But it was Dr Moaz's death in particular that has struck a nerve.
This emotional Facebook tribute posted by a colleague has now been shared more than 23,000 times.
In it, Dr Hatem, the director of the Children's Hospital in Aleppo, praised Dr Moaz's "humanity and bravery".
He said that Dr Moaz, 36, used to work at the Children's Hospital during the day and then attend al-Quds hospital for emergencies in the evening.
"Dr Moaz and I used to spend six hours a day together.
"He was friendly, kind and he used to joke a lot with the whole staff," he said.
"He was the loveliest doctor in our hospital."
Another colleague of Dr Moaz told the BBC's World Tonight programme that they had worked together for five years.
"He was one of my best friends. He was 36 years old, unmarried up until now, waiting for this bloody war to stop to be married", he said.
"He loved his country, he loved his city. He had to stay close to those babies. Who would treat those babies if everybody left?"
Medecins Sans Frontieres, which ran the al-Quds hospital, said Dr Moaz was "one of the last paediatricians in Aleppo". He had worked at the hospital since 2013.
"He kept it going, was always there and always worried about the needs of the people. He was honest and very committed. He worked in conditions you cannot even begin to imagine," MSF representative Aitor Zabalgogeazkoa told the BBC.
MSF said that the hospital was well-known locally. It was hit by a direct air strike on Wednesday.
Aleppo's hospitals are already under extreme strain. Earlier this month Dr Zahed Katurji told the BBC that there were no more than 25 doctors operating in Aleppo.
Local sources blamed Syrian or Russian war planes. The Syrian military has denied targeting the hospital.
MSF said that seven of the hospitals it supports have been bombed since the start of 2016, leaving at least 16 medical staff dead.
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Dr Muhammad Waseem Moaz, one of the last remaining paediatricians in rebel-held Aleppo, was killed in an air strike on Thursday.
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The "Herd About MK" scheme will see 50 new fibreglass cows placed across the town in one of the area's biggest-ever arts and charity projects.
Many of the life-size structures have been sponsored and decorated by local businesses.
Money is being raised for three local charities.
The cows will be on display at spots across Milton Keynes until November.
The project was launched at centre:MK but the statues will move around the city with a number of showcases planned at different landmarks.
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Milton Keynes, the new town synonymous with concrete cows, has welcomed a new herd of heifers as it celebrates its 50th birthday.
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Its survey of manufacturers, retailers and the services sector showed a balance of 6% reporting increased business, the lowest since May 2013.
The economy has had a "tough start to the year", said Rain Newton-Smith, the CBI's director of economics.
Official figures last week put UK growth at 0.5% in the last quarter of 2015, the slowest for three years.
Ms Newton-Smith said: "Manufacturing and business and professional services have struggled to make a mark, but a healthier picture can be seen in the household-focused consumer services and retail sectors."
Output from professional services firms - including telecoms, computing and legal services - slowed down the most, according to the CBI Growth Indicator.
The CBI figures signalled only "modest" growth in the next three months.
Reports have suggested the Bank of England will this week cut its UK economic growth forecasts to around 2.3% for 2016, compared with 2.5% in November.
The central bank will release its latest inflation report on Thursday, when it will also keep interest rates unchanged amid concerns about global economic volatility.
A Treasury spokesperson said: "Despite turbulence in the global economy, Britain is pushing ahead and continues to grow steadily."
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The UK economy grew at its slowest rate since mid-2013 in the three months to January, according to the CBI.
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Woods, 29, will officially sign from Scottish Premiership side Ross County on 1 July on a two-year deal when his
Woods had spent all of his career in English football prior to heading for the Highlands last summer.
Having started as a trainee at Leeds, he spent seven years at Doncaster.
He also briefly had a spell in the Premiership under Mick McCarthy at Sunderland, alongside Liam Lawrence, now Shrewsbury's captain.
Woods also played for Hartlepool (loan), Rotherham United, Yeovil Town, and Barnsley, where he first encountered Town boss Micky Mellon, who was assistant manager at Oakwell.
"I spoke to the manager a couple of weeks ago and he was quick to get things sorted," said Woods.
"He's very infectious and good to have around, and I also spoke to Liam Lawrence too. I played at both Sunderland and Barnsley with him.
"I really like playing in England. That was something I was after over the summer, although I've really enjoyed this season at Ross."
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Shrewsbury Town have made their second signing of the summer by agreeing to bring experienced Scottish midfielder Martin Woods to the club.
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A net post, pulley system for rain covers, and locker doors signed by John McEnroe, Pete Sampras and Bjorn Borg, are among the sale's highlights.
The vendor worked as a carpenter at the All-England Club and collected the items when the court was demolished.
They will be sold by Tennants auctioneers in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, on 21 July.
The original No. 1 Court, situated to the west of Centre Court, opened in 1924 and was knocked down and replaced by the current No. 1 Court in 1997.
The collector, who worked at Wimbledon between 1990-2008, took the items with the club's permission to prevent them being thrown away.
"I am very sorry to see my collection go, but I no longer have room to house it," said the vendor, who now lives in West Yorkshire.
"I just hope that these unique items find good homes with tennis enthusiasts, who will get as much enjoyment out of them as I have."
Other items to be sold include signs from the court, signed photographs and posters.
Kegan Harrison, who is overseeing the sale, said: "This collection is unique to the auction market, and therefore estimates are quite difficult to assess ahead of sale.
"We are hoping the sale will appeal to all tennis and sports fans, as there won't be another opportunity like this to buy a piece of Wimbledon history from this iconic court."
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A collection of tennis memorabilia connected to Wimbledon's old No. 1 Court is to be auctioned.
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A man, believed to be in his 30s was pronounced dead at about 06:00 BST in Birmingham City Centre.
Two others, thought to have been with the man in Fletchers Walk, were also taken to hospital.
West Midlands Police warned users of the drug they were "putting their lives at risk".
Black Mamba mimics the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive chemical in cannabis.
Synthetic forms of the drug are more potent than its naturally-occurring counterpart, increasing the risk of harmful side effects.
These can include psychotic episodes, convulsions and organ failure.
Black Mamba was among a raft of so-called legal highs which were outlawed when the Psychoactive Substances Act came into effect last year.
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The death of a homeless man after smoking Black Mamba has sparked fears of a potentially lethal batch of the former "legal high".
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Oxfordshire County Council made the decision on Monday to allow the vehicles to use the B4449 through Sutton.
Roadwork delays of up to 40 minutes have caused about £22,500 of concrete to be wasted, contractor Hanson said.
The route will now be used by up to 10 loaded mixing trucks daily.
Residents campaigned to stop the lorries passing through the village, claiming their homes were being "shaken" by the large vehicles using the narrow road.
The ready-mixed concrete company has also been criticised for using the route before permission had been given.
The authority said the agreement would be in place until the completion of the roadworks on the Cutteslowe and Wolvercote roundabouts, expected in November 2016.
County councillor for Eynsham, Charles Matthews, said it would be "to the considerable inconvenience of the local residents".
The shopping centre is scheduled to open in Autumn 2017.
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Concrete mixer lorries delivering to the site of a new shopping centre in Oxford have been given permission to take a shortcut through a village.
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David Henshall told the Manchester Evening News that he came home from work and "found they had barricaded my wife and daughter inside".
He emailed pictures of the work to Virgin Media chief executive Tom Mockridge.
The firm apologised for the inconvenience.
In a statement it said: "Virgin Media expects the very highest standards of work from all its contractors. We will be discussing the matter with the contractors as a matter of urgency."
The home in Bolton was completely surrounded by fencing which in turn protected a newly-dug trench.
"My wife informs me that the workmen left at 2pm with no thought to the fact she could not move her car from our drive and it is stuck now," he told the paper.
The incident does not appear to be an isolated one. On the Virgin Media community website, a member complained last month that workmen "have dug right across the driveway", blocking in a car and covering it in dust.
Another asked this week: "I am trying to find out who to speak to about Virgin laying cables and constantly digging up the road, then making a mess."
In February 2015, Virgin Media announced that it was to invest £3bn in improving its cable broadband service, increasing its network's reach from 13 million to 17 million homes.
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A home in the north-west of England has been cut off by roadworks carried out by Virgin Media as part of its super-fast broadband rollout.
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Alan Strong, 52, died after being hit by a car as he walked along Littleton Road, in Salford, in April last year.
Matthew Bravender, 27, of Deepdale Drive, Agecroft pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving while over the prescribed limit for a prescribed drug.
He was jailed for five years and four months at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on Tuesday.
Bravender was also disqualified from driving for seven years and eight months.
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A drug-driver who admitted killing a pedestrian has been jailed.
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The men were detained by police after deciding not to board their plane.
They are reported to have refused to go home despite the intervention of the Eritrean ambassador in Botswana.
There have been a number of mass defections by Eritrean athletes in recent years.
One of the most noticeable was in 2013, when Uganda granted asylum to 15 Eritrean players and their team doctor after they absconded at the end of a football tournament.
A senior official at the Botswana Football Association says it has yet to establish why the players refused to leave with their team-mates.
However a report in the Botswana newspaper The Voice said that the players were distressed about the prospect of joining the Eritrean army and wanted to seek asylum despite being persuaded not to by the ambassador.
The newspaper reported Botswana Football Association vice president Basadi Akoonyatse as saying that the Eritrean players were found missing from their hotel rooms early on Wednesday morning by team officials.
"A report was made to the police who spotted them loitering around Francistown, alleging that they were in search of a Red Cross centre where they could seek assistance to... be accorded asylum in Botswana," she said.
Players' representative Dick Bayford told the Reuters news agency that he had received reports of an attempt to remove the players forcibly from Botswana.
Eritrea is notorious for human rights abuses, with torture and slavery both reported by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry report to be commonplace.
The country has also been accused by the UN of forcing its citizens to indefinite national service and of killing people trying to escape abroad.
The Eritrean government dismissed the UN's findings as "totally unfounded and devoid of all merit".
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Ten players from the Eritrean football team have refused to return home after playing a World Cup qualifying match in Botswana and are now seeking asylum there, officials say.
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The 53-year-old man, identified as Ramu Chavan, was accosted by traffic police after they received multiple calls from people who saw him.
Police told BBC Hindi that Mr Chavan had confessed to beheading his wife but did not divulge a motive.
Police suspect he is mentally unstable and are seeking more information.
He worked as a watchman at a building currently under construction, police said.
Videos and images of Mr Chavan walking around the city with the severed head are being circulated on Indian social media.
Police told BBC Hindi that he appeared to be walking towards the police station even before he was accosted by officers.
Meanwhile the relatives of the murdered woman, identified as Sonubai, have arrived in the city, and police are trying to get more information about Chavan from them.
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A man in the western Indian city of Pune has been held after carrying his wife's severed head down a busy road, police say.
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Esso's South East pipeline runs from Fawley Refinery, in Hampshire, to Purfleet Fuel Terminal, in Essex.
The company said it discovered a section at Chevening, near Sevenoaks, had been tampered with.
The Sun reported 30,000 litres of fuel a day were stolen over seven months, with a value of £8.3m at the pumps.
Kent Police said thieves had used "highly specialist techniques" to siphon the fuel.
Chevening House Estate is shared by the Deputy Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond.
An Esso spokesman said: "We recently strengthened our pipeline security and monitoring procedures, and on Wednesday detected criminal damage at Chevening on the South East pipeline.
"The section of pipeline was temporarily shut down to make repairs, which have now been completed.
"We strongly condemn the highly dangerous criminal action by those involved and are working closely with the police in their criminal investigations."
A Kent Police spokesman added: "Initial indications are that this was a well-organised crime, employing highly specialist techniques to siphon fuel from pipelines which operate at very high pressure."
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Thieves have siphoned millions of pounds of fuel from a pipeline which runs under Deputy PM Nick Clegg's official country residence in Kent.
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The Navy said people had started falling ill at HMS Raleigh in Torpoint about 10 days ago.
Those affected were placed in quarantine in an attempt to stem the spread of the contagious virus.
A Royal Navy spokesman said control measures included "intense cleaning and isolating those with symptoms".
He added: "The virus started about 10 days ago. It peaked towards the end of last week at about 70 and numbers fell rapidly after that."
There is no treatment for the virus, which causes sickness and diarrhoea, but most people recover within a few days.
HMS Raleigh provides training for the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and the Royal Navy Reserve.
According to its website: "On a typical day there are around 2,200 people on site."
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About 70 people have been struck down by an outbreak of the vomiting bug norovirus at a Royal Navy training centre in Cornwall.
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Bonne, 21, has joined for an undisclosed fee, while Elokobi, 31, was out of contract with the U's.
Cameroon-born Elokobi has Premier League experience from his six-year spell with Wolves.
Bonne scored 16 goals in 84 games for Colchester, having first joined the club as a 14-year-old.
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Leyton Orient have signed defender George Elokobi and striker Macauley Bonne, both from League Two club Colchester on two-year contracts.
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Abdul Kader Mullah of the Jamaat-e-Islami party was found guilty of crimes against humanity during Bangladesh's independence war in 1971.
He could now be hanged at any time unless President Abdul Hamid or the Supreme Court intervenes.
Jamaat-e-Islami has called for a national strike on Monday in protest.
The special court has been trying Bangladeshis accused of collaborating with Pakistani forces and committing atrocities in 1971.
However, human rights groups say the war crimes tribunal falls short of international standards.
There are concerns that the execution of Mullah could trigger a fresh wave of violence across the country.
Mullah, who denied all the charges against him, was accused of being a member of the shadowy al-Badr force, which Jamaat is alleged to have created and which is accused of the kidnapping and murder of more than 200 Bengali intellectuals in the dying days of the war.
He was also accused of being behind a series of killings including massacres in the Mirpur area of Dhaka, which earned him the nickname of "koshai" or butcher of Mirpur and made him one of the more feared Jamaat leaders.
Mullah was convicted in February and jailed for life.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding the death penalty, a move that prompted parliament to amend a law allowing the state to appeal against any verdict reached by the war crimes tribunal.
In September the sentence was increased by the Supreme Court to the death penalty.
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A war crimes court in Bangladesh has ordered prison authorities to hang an Islamist leader, months after he was sentenced to death.
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The £2.6m station will be built at Craig-y-Don on the Victorian resort's North Shore.
It will house the latest £2m Shannon class all-weather lifeboat, which is expected to be delivered in 2017.
The current boathouse is landlocked on a busy street, with the lifeboat towed through the town to the sea by tractor.
"All the crew are delighted - it's been the culmination of over a 20-year search for a new lifeboat station," said Capt Marcus Elliot, the RNLI's volunteer operations manager in Llandudno.
"We operate from a very cramped station in the centre of the town, and the new lifeboats that are being put out would not fit in that lifeboat station.
"Had we not acquired this new site, the all-weather lifeboat service - which has been in Llandudno since 1861 - would have come to an end."
Plans for a new lifeboat house in the town have been under discussion since the 1990s, with original plans to site it near Llandudno Pier thrown out by planners back in 1998.
It left the volunteer crews stuck in their Lloyd Street station, which they describe as no longer fit for purpose.
In addition to the length of time it takes to drag their Mersey class lifeboat through the streets before it can be launched, there are inadequate changing, drying, training and meeting facilities at the boathouse.
"To get to this stage really is the realisation of a dream to everyone involved with Llandudno RNLI," added Capt Elliot.
"We would like to thank the large number of people who so kindly took the trouble to show their support for the RNLI's planning application by calling, phoning, posting items on social media, writing letters and emailing - your support was invaluable and has been greatly appreciated by everyone at Llandudno Lifeboat Station."
The RNLI said it hoped to complete the new station in about 14 months, when it will become operational with the new Shannon boat.
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Work is finally beginning on a new RNLI lifeboat station for Llandudno, after two decades of delays and planning battles to find a site in the town.
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Hales, who struggled in his debut Test series in South Africa, has seen the likes of Sam Robson score heavily.
"I knew openers would inevitably score runs and put pressure on - that was one of the cons of the decision," he said.
"But if I turned up with half a tank, I wouldn't be giving myself the best chance to cement that England spot."
The 27-year-old, who has been opening at international level in all three forms of the game, averaged 17 in the Tests as England beat the Proteas 2-1.
While many of his England team-mates were cleared to play at the beginning of the Championship season, Hales opted to sit out until Sunday's game against Yorkshire at Trent Bridge.
He is likely to play only twice before England name their squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka, which begins on 19 May.
In his absence, fellow England opener Robson scored a double century and a century for Middlesex against Warwickshire and Durham's Mark Stoneman reached three figures for Durham against Middlesex, while the likes of Ian Bell, James Vince, Adam Lyth and Varun Chopra have also been in the runs.
"In the best part of 24 months I hadn't had more than three weeks off cricket," Hales told BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.
"I was pretty knackered to be honest, probably more mentally tired. It was nice to switch off from the game.
"The most important thing was coming back with a full tank and the desire to score as many runs as I can. The break has 100% done that, so I have no regrets."
Hales, who played limited-overs internationals for England some five years before his Test debut, was selected as captain Alastair Cook's eighth opening partner in three years for the series in South Africa.
Although he only made 136 runs in eight innings, he said he felt at home at the highest level.
"South Africa didn't go to plan, but I didn't feel out of my depth," he said. "It was me making errors rather than thinking that I wasn't good enough.
"If I do carry on at Test level, it's up to me eliminate those mistakes."
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England opener Alex Hales says he has no regrets over resting from Nottinghamshire's first two County Championship matches of the season.
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Longbow Finance has bought out the Sauber Holding Group, of which the Formula 1 team are a part.
The takeover ends a lot of the uncertainty over the future of the Swiss team, who have been struggling with financial issues for some years.
Founder Peter Sauber, who was chairman, has retired, but Monisha Kaltenborn remains chief executive officer. The team name will also stay.
"We are very pleased we can secure the future of Sauber at the pinnacle of motorsport," said Kaltenborn.
"We are convinced that Longbow Finance is the perfect partner to again make the team competitive and successful in F1."
Sauber entered F1 in 1993, in partnership with Mercedes, after a successful career in sportscars.
Mercedes decided two years later to join McLaren, starting a partnership that endured until 2014, following the founding of the car company's own F1 team.
Sauber, based in Hinwil, near Zurich, went it alone as a privateer until it was bought out by BMW in June 2005.
The German car giant subsequently quit F1 at the end of 2009.
Although founder Sauber stepped in to keep alive the team who bear his name, their existence since then has been precarious.
"I am very happy that my courageous investment to buy the team back, which I made six years ago with the intention to secure the base in Hinwil and the place in F1, has proved to be correct," he said.
In more than two decades in the sport, Sauber have won one grand prix, with Poland's Robert Kubica in Canada in 2008.
Sauber lie last of 11 teams in the constructors' championship this season, with a best result of 12th place - achieved three times.
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Struggling Sauber have been taken over by a Swiss finance group.
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Annie Besala Ekofo, 53, and Bervil Kalikaka-Ekofo, 21, were found dead in East Finchley on Thursday.
Scotland Yard said officers will explore whether anyone else linked to their address could have been a target.
It comes as their family released tributes to the pair.
Police were called to the flat in Elmshurst Crescent by the London Ambulance Service early on Thursday morning.
Four other people, including a child, were also at the property at the time of the incident but were not harmed.
Officers said they were keeping an open mind as to a motive for the shooting.
Launching a fresh appeal for witnesses, Det Ch Insp Andrew Partridge said: "We have already spoken to a number of people who have come forward and provided useful information.
"Whilst the murders took place early in the morning, I am confident that there would have been people up and about, getting ready for work and school.
"It is possible that someone may have noticed a stranger on the estate, or a vehicle that is not usually there."
He said specially trained detectives were providing support to the "devastated" family.
Mr Kalikaka-Ekofo, who was studying psychology at the University of West London, was described by his mother Maymie Botamba Chantelle as a "bright, intelligent young man... always caring for those around him".
"He was always making people laugh," she said.
"He was very creative and was in love with music, photography and art."
His father, Patrick Ekofo, said his son "never looked for trouble. He was always the peaceful one".
Mrs Besala was described by her family as a "wonderful and loving mother and wife, always smiling... a glue that kept everyone together".
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Detectives investigating the killing of a mother-of-nine and her nephew in a shooting at their north London flat say they have not found any evidence to suggest they were the intended victims.
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At closing, the FTSE 100 index was down 2.86 points, or 0.04%, at 6,568.33.
Shares in drink bottling company Coca-Cola HBC closed up 7.3% after its half-year results beat expectations.
In the six months to 3 July, net profits rose 32% to ???125.2m, and the company said it was upbeat about its prospects.
"We have become more optimistic as the year has progressed and remain confident that 2015 will be a year of volume growth and progress on margins," said chief executive Dimitris Lois.
Tui Group closed up 6.6% after the travel firm said annual profits were set to come in at the top end of expectations.
The company said strong demand for summer holidays had offset the impact of the beach attack in Tunisia, which it said would cost it ??20m.
Shares in security and outsourcing firm G4S closed down 5.3% after Goldman Sachs and Exane BNP Paribas both lowered their ratings for the company.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.08% against the dollar to $1.5601 and climbed 0.11% against the euro to ???1.406.
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(Close): The UK market managed to recover some of the ground lost over the past couple of days in the wake of the yuan's depreciation.
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Hethel Innovation Ltd will support 300 businesses and look to create 24 new ones at Hethel Engineering Centre, near Wymondham, Norfolk County Council said.
The authority said the firm, part of a ??7.8m innovation project, will focus on low carbon technologies and help ensure Norfolk's global competitiveness.
The company will be funded at the centre for three years.
It is being paid for by a European grant and county council loan.
Norfolk County Council said the firm's aim was to help businesses at the hi-tech centre create new products and services as well as encouraging new spin-off companies and jobs.
It said the company would "create opportunities for businesses to explore, engage, experiment, collaborate and cluster in order to be globally competitive and secure Norfolk as a county that is home to world class business, providing world class products and services".
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About 240 jobs will be created at a new firm helping Norfolk's engineering companies develop new ideas.
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The FDF announced in a statement that the squad and coaching staff have been disbanded as the focus shifts to promising youngsters.
The move comes after Djibouti lost 5-1 at home to Ethiopia in the first leg of their 2018 African Nations Championship qualifier on Saturday.
The FDF said there is no timeframe on the dissolution.
"As Team A has no result, we will focus on youth football," said technical director Omar Ali Mohamed.
"This is not about money problems. It is the new policy of the federation."
"Maybe we will participate in the next Under-15, Under-17 or Under-20 competitions."
An FDF statement said the decision was necessary due to 'the never-ending series of bad results' of the national team.
Ranked 185th in the latest Fifa's world rankings, Djibouti - nicknamed the Shoremen of the Red Sea - have never qualified for any major international tournaments.
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The Djibouti Football Federation (FDF) has dissolved the national football team in a bid to 'stop poor results'.
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Police stopped the Honda car in the Mourne Park area just before 23:00 GMT on Tuesday.
While police officers were speaking to the driver, he drove off.
The officer was dragged along the road before being thrown off the moving vehicle. He sustained cuts and bruises to his head and body.
A short time later, other police officers in the area stopped a car on the Old Castle Road and arrested a 17-year-old youth on suspicion of a number of motoring offences.
He remains in police custody.
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A police officer has been injured after being dragged along the road by a car in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone.
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She has been removed for allegedly bringing the party into disrepute.
Ms Patterson recently criticised the party's decision to overlook her for the South Belfast assembly seat vacated by Jimmy Spratt, and instead appointing former special adviser Emma Pengelly.
Mr Robinson said Ms Patterson has a right to appeal her expulsion.
He said party officers "unanimously decided to expel her earlier this week".
He added that he believed "there has been some correspondence" between the party and Ms Patterson since she was informed of the decision.
Ms Pengelly took her place in the Northern Ireland Assembly in September through the co-option system, which allows parties to replace departing MLAs with a party colleague without a by-election.
It has been used extensively by many of the parties in the assembly.
Within a month of her selection as an MLA for South Belfast, Ms Pengelly was appointed as a junior minister in the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister.
She had previously worked in the department as a special adviser to the first minister for almost nine years.
Last month, Ms Patterson, a former deputy lord mayor of Belfast, said she had been annoyed by Ms Pengelly's dual promotion.
"There is a principle, in my book, of giving someone who has earned something the chance, rather than someone who does not have one solitary vote, who has never stood for election, who has never run the gauntlet of an election," she said.
"It it not sour grapes. Anyone in my position would feel exactly the same - not surprised, but let down.
"I thought I was worth a little more."
Ms Patterson also said last month that her party's return to the Northern Ireland Executive after the publication of a report on paramilitaries had shocked her "to the core".
She said she had major difficulties with the move, and had been considering her position in the party.
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Belfast councillor Ruth Patterson has been expelled from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), its leader Peter Robinson has told the BBC.
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Crews were honoured for their work when one carriage of The Smiler ride collided with another on 2 June.
The carriages were eight metres up and the rescue took four and a half hours.
Daniel Thorpe, 27, who suffered a punctured lung and broken leg said: "Their presence was a huge comfort during a traumatic time."
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service crews from Leek, Stafford, Sandyford, Cheadle, Ipstones, Longton and Hanley received a Chief Fire Officer's certificate of commendation.
It is given to people who have placed their lives at reasonable risk whilst saving others or whose actions have saved lives.
Leah Washington, 18 from Barnsley, whose leg was amputated after the crash, said: "The crews have been amazing, they were really caring at the time and also visited me in hospital afterwards which was lovely of them."
She added: "They really deserve the award."
Mr Thorpe from Buxton and Ms Washington were joined at the ceremony by her boyfriend Joe Pugh, 18, also from Barnsley, and 20-year-old Vicky Balch from Leyland, Lancashire, who also had to have her leg amputated.
Chief Fire Officer Peter Dartford said: "The crews that dealt with the incident at Alton Towers did an absolutely amazing job in incredibly challenging circumstances."
He added: "I am extremely proud of the professionalism and sensitivity that our firefighters showed throughout the entire rescue operation and in the aftermath the incident."
Cheadle firefighter Helen Green, who was part of the rescue operation, said: "It is a real honour and it has been lovely to see the casualties again and to know that they are all doing so well."
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Victims of the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash have thanked firefighters who risked their own lives to rescue them.
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The public should mobilise against Israel so that it "does pay a price for the position that it is taking", Mr Mbeki said in the capital, Pretoria.
About 2,000 people, mostly Palestinians, have died in the conflict in Gaza since July.
Most South Africans have historically supported the Palestinians.
BBC South Africa analyst Farouk Chothia says they include the country's first black president - the late Nelson Mandela - Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu and prominent Jewish leaders such as Ronnie Kasrils and the late Joe Slovo.
They drew parallels between the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and the Palestinian campaign for independence, he says.
However, South Africa has a vocal minority which supports Israel and believe that it is unfairly maligned.
Meanwhile, a row has broken out after the Jewish deputy head boy of Johannesburg's King David Victory Park School, Joshua Broomberg, appeared in a photo posted on Facebook wearing a Palestinian scarf.
Hundreds of people signed an online petition demanding that he be stripped of his school honours.
Mr Kasrils described the petition as "disgraceful", and said Joshua Broomberg was made of "sterling stuff", South Africa's privately owned Eyewitness News reports.
The schoolboy appeared in a photo with two other students, and a counter petition has been launched to rally support for them, it reports.
Mr Mbeki, in an address to students at the University of South Africa, rejected calls for the government to recall its ambassador to Tel Aviv, saying South Africa needed to "engage" with Israel to find a "just solution" to the conflict.
At the same time, South Africa's political parties, trade unions and religious groups should mobilise for a boycott of Israeli goods and "divesting" from Israeli companies, he said.
"It is not the responsibility of government to mobilise people. We must mobilise ourselves."
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South Africa's ex-President Thabo Mbeki has called for a boycott of Israeli goods to show solidarity with Palestinians.
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The problem is exacerbated by a perception among young people that manufacturing is an unsecure, badly-paid career choice, according to the Engineering the Future group.
Adding to the negative reputation is the way courses are taught, it said.
It has called upon the government for help bolstering manufacturing.
"There are a lot of misconceptions about manufacturing among young people: that it is badly paid, has high redundancy rates and is dirty, physically demanding work," said Engineering the Future, which includes the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
"The lack of career advice and the national curriculum losing modules in design and technology at secondary level will have a negative impact on future manufacturing," it said. Engineering graduates are "taught to pass exams" rather than being given useful skills, it added.
It said the government ought to consider making the curriculum more relevant to "real world applications".
The group added that the changes should be taken soon, as experienced technical staff with 30 or more years behind them are nearing the ends of their careers "in large numbers".
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A large group of engineers in the UK nearing retirement age could constrain growth in the sector, according to a report.
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