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The council has struggled to fill a number of vacant posts despite repeated advertising.
It teamed up with local developer Springfield to provide 10 new two-bedroom properties for new recruits.
Now Gillian Elliot, 23, will take up a post at Milne's High School in Fochabers after two years of teaching in Glasgow.
She said of the accommodation offer: "It was what drew me to the post.
"Starting a new job is daunting enough in itself without the additional pressure of finding somewhere to live. It is a great opportunity to get teachers to come to the area."
Moray Council's director of education and social care, Laurence Findlay, said there had been a significant increase in the number of applicants for teaching posts.
He said: "Previously we were getting just a handful of applications for some posts - now we are typically getting well into double figures.
"Although Gillian is the first to take up the offer of accommodation, there has certainly been a very encouraging rise in the number of teachers applying for posts in Moray and that seems to have coincided with Springfield's very generous offer of free accommodation for six months."
Springfield chairman Sandy Adam said: "We are delighted to welcome Gillian to Moray and to her new home. It's good to hear that the number of teachers applying for posts in Moray is rising.
"Moray is a great place to live and work and we have extended the offer until Christmas with the intention of helping more teachers to make the move."
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A first teacher has taken advantage of an offer of free accommodation for six months to teach in Moray.
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More than 1,900 people responded to a survey on the proposed Tees Valley Combined Authority, with 65% in support.
Councils in Darlington, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Stockton and Redcar say the authority would allow Tees Valley to gain greater power and national influence.
It could be set up by the autumn.
The combined authority would see the councils unite to work on major projects such as infrastructure or transport as well as being in place to accept any powers devolved from central government.
They would still operate their own local services, however.
Each council will now have to approve going ahead with the project before it is submitted for government approval.
Middlesbrough Mayor Ray Mallon said: "A strong single voice is essential if we are to advance the Tees area agenda on key strategic issues such as transport, employment and in the skills agenda, which are crucial to economic growth."
Seven councils in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham formed the North East Combined Authority last year.
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Five councils will consider plans to form a combined authority after a consultation found in their favour.
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The Money Advice Trust (MAT), which carried out the study, said that amounted to a 16% increase over the last two years.
It said that sending in bailiffs was likely to make debt problems worse.
Local authorities blamed cuts in government funding, and said bailiffs were only ever used as a last resort.
Enforcement agents, as they are officially known, were mainly used to collect Council Tax debts.
Such debts are one of the fastest growing issues being handled by National Debtline, which is run by the MAT.
"Something is seriously wrong here," said Joanna Elson, the chief executive of the MAT.
"On the front line of debt advice we know that sending the bailiffs in can deepen debt problems, rather than solve them - and it can also have a severe impact on the wellbeing of people who are often already in a vulnerable situation."
For its research the MAT made freedom of information requests to all 375 councils in England and Wales, and received replies from 95% of them.
National Debtline for England and Wales 0808 808 4000
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But local authorities say they have been given little choice, given the reduction in government support to councils.
Overall authorities have had to cope with a 40% cut in core government funding over the last five years, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).
In particular, they have had to find £1bn to try and stop those on low incomes having to pay full Council Tax.
But many of those on low incomes have still ended up having to pay more, and have fallen into debt as a result.
"Councils have a duty to their residents to collect taxes so important services like caring for the elderly, collecting bins and fixing roads are not affected," said Cllr Claire Kober, the chair of the LGA's Resources Board.
"But we realise that times are tough and will always seek to take a sympathetic and constructive approach."
She also said that bailiffs were only used as a last resort. Before they were sent in, she said that householders would have received several warning letters, and would have been encouraged to apply for financial support.
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Local authorities in England and Wales used bailiffs to collect debts more than 2 million times last year, according to new research.
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Labour, the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru, the Liberal Democrats, UKIP and the Greens are the parties featured.
The two-hour debate, moderated by ITV Wales political editor Adrian Masters from 20:00 BST, will also be broadcast live on BBC Radio Wales.
The six leaders meet again for a second debate on BBC One Wales next Wednesday.
Taking part will be:
BBC Wales political editor Nick Servini said it would be "fascinating".
"We've seen the leaders operate at an individual level and we have seen so many of the policies with all the manifestos published," he said.
"Tonight will be all about how they interchange with each other and the points of agreement and points of disagreement."
He added: "It is important for the party leaders as they are really wrestling for the attention of voters with the EU referendum and this is an opportunity on prime time TV to get the message across."
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The leaders of the six main parties go head to head for the first time in the 2016 Welsh assembly election campaign tonight in a live ITV Wales debate.
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Moonlight tells the story of a boy growing up gay, black and poor in Miami and stars Andre Holland and Naomie Harris.
Its nominations include film of the year, director of the year and best supporting actress for Harris.
Love & Friendship is an 18th Century romance drama starring Kate Beckinsale.
Moonlight: Small budget, big impact
She is nominated in the actress of the year and British or Irish actress categories, while the film itself is also nominated for British or Irish film of the year.
Moonlight and Love & Friendship face competition from eight other movies in the film of the year category, including La La Land and Manchester by the Sea.
American Honey, Fire at Sea, Nocturnal Animals, Son of Saul, Toni Erdmann and I, Daniel Blake are also nominated.
I, Daniel Blake, which is directed by Ken Loach, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
It has picked up four London Critics' Circle nominations, including acting nods for Hayley Squires and Dave Johns.
Manchester By The Sea's five nominations follows the movie's naming as the National Board of Review's best film of 2016.
La La Land, which has also picked up five nominations, leads the pack for next month's Golden Globes.
The Critics' Circle's Film section membership is made up of more than 145 broadcasters, critics and writers.
The ceremony takes place on 22 January in London and will be hosted by Alice Lowe and Steve Oram.
The full list of nominations is available on the London Critics' Circle website.
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Moonlight and Love & Friendship lead the nominations at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards, earning seven nods apiece from UK film reviewers.
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American teenager Christian Pulisic drilled in from a tight angle, before Adrian Ramos scored the second.
Hamburg keeper Rene Adler was sent off shortly after half-time for bringing down Shinji Kagawa.
Ramos added a late third as Dortmund moved seven points behind leaders Bayern Munich with four games left.
Thomas Tuchel's side are already assured of Champions League qualification, but look unlikely to stop Bayern winning a fourth consecutive Bundesliga title.
Pep Guardiola's men, who beat Schalke 3-0 on Saturday, could be crowned champions next weekend if they beat fourth-placed Hertha Berlin and Dortmund lose at lowly Stuttgart.
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Borussia Dortmund bounced back from their Europa League exit against Liverpool with a comfortable home win against mid-table Hamburg.
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6 February 2017 Last updated at 09:46 GMT
British player Kyle Edmund was beating Denis Shapovalov from Canada, when frustration got the better of him.
The 17-year-old Canadian whacked the tennis ball in anger, only to hit the umpire in the eye!
As a result the match could no longer continue, meaning Great Britain won by default.
Kyle will now go on to face off against France in April.
Shapovalov apologised to the umpire after the match, and his coach hopes he will learn a lesson from it.
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Great Britain are through to the Davis Cup quarter-finals, after a Canadian player accidentally hit the umpire with a tennis ball.
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The 25-year-old forward put the hosts ahead at the County Ground on the stroke of half-time, tapping in following a swift counter-attack.
With 20 remaining the Robins doubled their lead as Obika was sent clear by Fabien Robert and calmly slotted home.
Doncaster midfielder Richard Chaplow was then sent off for two yellow cards.
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Jon Obika scored twice as Swindon Town defeated relegation-threatened Doncaster Rovers to win their fourth consecutive league game.
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Henry Iddon clambered up some of England's highest mountains to capture images of the landscape and climbers using a Victorian glass plate camera.
The large camera originally belonged to the pioneers of landscape and climbing photography, George and Ashley Abraham.
The Lake District images are on display at Keswick Museum and Art Gallery until 12 May.
Mr Iddon said: "With mobile phone cameras and Instagram, photography has become something very immediate, something that is easy to do with little thought.
"Professional photographers can take thousands of photos on a shoot and later edit the best ones to make them perfect.
"That sort of technology wasn't available to the Abraham brothers.
"Firstly, the camera and equipment were much, much bulkier and heavier than their modern-day counterparts. They had to be carried up some of England's biggest mountains to get the necessary shots.
"When they had climbed the mountain, they then had to be very careful with the way they prepared the shot.
"They were extremely limited with the number of photographs they could take - the glass plates the camera used were heavy so they could only take a handful with them on each expedition."
He added: "It is amazing to think that over 100 years ago rock-climbing was in its infancy, yet with this camera, the Abraham brothers were instigating a whole new genre of photography.
"It's a real privilege to take that process full circle and shoot the extreme sports of today with a camera that was doing the same thing in the late 1890s."
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A photographer has followed in the footsteps of a pair of pioneers from the 1900s - almost literally.
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There were 284 complaints submitted to Kick It Out last season, compared with 77 the previous year.
The increase follows the launch of a mobile app with a reporting function in July 2013.
Racism (66%), faith-based abuse (20.5%) and homophobia (8%) were most commonly reported in 2013-14, Kick It Out said.
Of the faith-based abuse complaints, all but one were related to anti-semitism.
The majority of complaints submitted related to social media abuse (50%), then incidents attached to the professional game (26%), grassroots (22%) and professional players (2%).
A spokesman said: "Just over a year on, the app has made an immediate impact as it has become Kick It Out's most-used reporting mechanism relating to incidents within professional football - responsible for 38% of complaints registered with the organisation at this level of the game."
There were 142 incidents of football-related hate crime on social media reported to Kick It Out and passed on to police to investigate.
"One case led to a 21-year-old man from London being convicted and fined £150 having posted a derogatory remark on Kick It Out's official Facebook page in January 2014. A number of cases have seen individuals issued with cautions, and undertaking further education delivered by Kick It Out," the spokesman added.
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Complaints of discrimination made by football fans to anti-racism group Kick It Out have risen by 269% in the past year, the organisation has revealed.
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Sanford Wallace, who is known as the "Spam King", faces a maximum prison sentence of three years and a fine of $250,000 (£160,000).
Wallace tricked people into revealing their login details which he then used to access half a million accounts.
He then used those accounts to send spam to other Facebook users.
The charges against Wallace included fraud and criminal contempt in connection with misusing electronic mail, according to a statement from the district attorney.
One of Wallace's strategies for distributing spam involved targeting Facebook users with bogus "friend requests", which were in fact disguised advertisements.
As part of the guilty plea, he admitted to knowingly violating an order not to access Facebook's computer network.
The move to prosecute Wallace relates to a complaint filed in 2011, which was the result of an FBI investigation.
He will be sentenced on 2 December.
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A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to fraud and criminal contempt after he sent more than 27 million spam messages through Facebook.
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The Glasgow clubs will meet at Celtic Park in a league fixture for the first time in four years.
A crowd of nearly 60,000 is expected, with hundreds of thousands more watching the game in pubs and at home.
Ch Supt Brian McInulty said officers would take "all reasonable steps" to keep people safe.
Launching a national policing operation, Ch Supt McInulty said: "Officers will be in attendance in and around the stadium at Celtic Park, but also there will be a licensing plan which will operate across the country.
"We'll also have local plans in each of the national local policing divisions throughout Scotland making sure that we're taking all reasonable steps to protect people and to keep people safe.
"Part of that will be a domestic abuse action plan that will be very much delivered at a local level."
Ch Supt McInulty said he expected "a fantastic atmosphere" at the game and appealed to supporters to contribute in a positive manner.
He said: "If anybody has any other intentions such as causing any disorder, engaging in any level of sectarianism or indeed involving themselves in any violence, then they will be dealt with by the officers in attendance.
"We will have an absolutely robust policing approach but it doesn't mean you'll be arrested at the time necessarily.
"Don't think that if you don't get arrested at the time that you're not going to be dealt with by the police. We will follow up and it may well mean that you are dealt with retrospectively."
He also urged supporters: "We are at the start of the football season. Don't make this your last game.
"Don't let yourselves down. Let's enjoy the game and respect each other and let's respect local communities."
The match kicks off at 12:00 and police have advised fans to get to the stadium early to avoid travel disruption.
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Police Scotland has said "maximising public safety" is its main focus for Saturday's Old Firm clash between Celtic and Rangers.
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Amnesty International condemned the sentence, handed down by a judge in Khartoum, as "appalling and abhorrent".
Local media report the sentence on the woman, who is pregnant, would not be carried out for two years after she had given birth.
Sudan has a majority Muslim population, which is governed by Islamic law.
"We gave you three days to recant but you insist on not returning to Islam. I sentence you to be hanged to death," the judge told the woman, AFP reports.
Western embassies and rights groups had urged Sudan to respect the right of the pregnant woman to choose her religion.
The judge also sentenced the woman to 100 lashes after convicting her of adultery - because her marriage to a Christian man was not valid under Islamic law.
This will reportedly be carried out when she has recovered from giving birth.
Earlier in the hearing, an Islamic cleric spoke with her in a caged dock for about 30 minutes, AFP reports.
Then she calmly told the judge: "I am a Christian and I never committed apostasy."
Amnesty International said the woman, Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag, was raised as an Orthodox Christian, her mother's religion, because her father, a Muslim, was reportedly absent during her childhood.
In court, the judge addressed her by her Muslim name, Adraf Al-Hadi Mohammed Abdullah.
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A Sudanese court has sentenced a woman to hang for apostasy - the abandonment of her religious faith - after she married a Christian man.
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Rikki Neave's naked body was found about five minutes' walk from his home on the Welland Estate in Peterborough in November 1994.
An investigation into his murder was reopened in June last year and a fresh appeal was launched.
A man in his 30s from Peterborough was arrested on Tuesday morning.
Rikki was last seen leaving for school on the morning of 28 November.
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Post-mortem tests found he had died as a result of compression to the neck.
His mother, Ruth Neave, was cleared of his murder at a trial in 1996. She later admitted child neglect and cruelty and was jailed for seven years.
Despite extensive investigations at the time, no-one was ever convicted of Rikki's murder.
A BBC Crimewatch television appeal in November resulted in 17 calls to investigators.
Information from the public led officers to release an e-fit of two teenage boys they wanted to talk to in connection with the case.
They had been seem walking out of the woods where Rikki's body was found on the morning of 29 November.
Cambridgeshire Police said it was unable to comment on whether the arrested man was one of the two teenagers pictured.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a six-year-old boy who was found strangled in woodland more than 20 years ago.
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Olly Hicks and George Bullard took 66 days to complete the paddle.
The adventure was to show that Inuit could have made the same journey in kayaks made of sealskin and driftwood in the 17th and early 18th centuries.
Mr Hicks was inspired by a story of what is said to be an Inuit man who came ashore at Belhelvie in the 1700s.
The man, who was found exhausted on the shore near Aberdeen, died a few days later.
The kayak he was found with is in the care of the University of Aberdeen.
There are also historical accounts of Inuit, known at the time as Finnmen paddling to the Orkney Islands.
Starting out from Greenland on 1 July, Mr Hicks and Mr Bullard paddled to Iceland and then crossed a stretch of open ocean known as The Devil's Dance Floor to the Faroe Islands.
The first part of Scotland they reached was the small island of North Rona off the north Highland coast.
On Sunday, Mr Hicks, from Thorpeness, Suffolk, and Mr Bullard, of Gressenhall in Norfolk, completed their paddle when they came ashore at Balnakeil Bay near Durness in Sutherland.
Mr Hicks said: "Overall the expedition was like the curates egg - good in parts.
"It was a really tough trip physically and perhaps more so mentally, but we're both delighted to have pulled it off against improbable odds - and hopefully reawakened the legend of the Finnmen."
He added: "We are delighted to have successfully completed this original adventure that's been over five years in the planning and not only by George and I, who only had to paddle, but to the dozens of people who supported and backed the project in one way and another.
"It's testament to the goodwill and magic generated by feats of human endeavour.''
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Two adventurers have kayaked from Greenland to Scotland, a journey of about 1,200 miles (1,931 km).
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Several hours of torrential rain brought trains to a standstill and rendered roads impassable in the Black Sea resort.
Sochi international airport had to be closed and a Formula 1 circuit in the nearby Adler district was flooded.
A state of emergency was declared but there were no reports of casualties.
"There's no water, no gas, no electricity. They say it could be back tonight or maybe tomorrow," Alla Atakyan, a resident of Adler, told Reuters news agency.
Footage showed residents with water up to their knees, one attempting to clear her property with a broom. In one village, a snake could be seen swimming through the floodwater.
Anatoly Pakhomov, the mayor of Sochi, told Russia's Interfax news agency that a state of emergency had been declared.
Sochi saw more than three weeks' worth of rain in an hour, environmental officials told Interfax, flooding the Hosta, Kudepsta, and Herota rivers.
Local authorities have reportedly warned that tornados may form off the coast and move inland.
The flash flooding follows a similar but worse episode last week, further south in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
Severe flooding in the Georgian capital Tbilisi killed at least 19 people and caused extensive damage. Dozens of animals escaped from Tbilisi zoo, including a tiger which killed a man before being shot dead.
A zoo near Sochi was spared flooding on Thursday. Jeanne Zazina, Deputy Director of the Sochi zoo, said: "We are closer to the central area, not in the Adler. We are fine, no one swam away."
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Residents have been evacuated from Sochi in Russia after flash flooding submerged part of the city that staged the Winter Olympics in 2014.
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A grey Seat and a blue Mitsubishi were involved in the collision on Falkirk Road in Bannockburn.
The incident took place at around 08:25 on Friday.
The road was closed for more than three hours while police investigators examined the scene of the crash for clues.
The man and two children in the Seat and the four occupants of the Mitsubishi - three men and a woman - were taken to Forth Valley Royal Hospital for treatment to their injuries.
Any witnesses to the crash are urged to contact Police Scotland on the non-emergency number 101.
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Five adults and two children have been taken to hospital following a two-car crash.
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David Cameron announced on Monday the UK would accept up to 20,000 people from camps surrounding Syria with priority given to vulnerable children.
First Minister Carwyn Jones will hold a Wales summit on the refugee crisis next week.
The WRC is happy to take its share, but it wants it to happen more quickly.
Hannah Wharf, policy manager for the WRC, said: "We welcome the UK government's commitment and this rapid change in political and social support for the resettlement and relocation of refugees from Syria.
"But 20,000 over five years isn't fast enough and we can't wait until 2020 for this to happen. This needs to happen in the next year or so.
"At the moment Wales takes 8% of refugees who seek asylum across the UK.
"We don't know the details of how that will pan out with this new scheme unfolding but we do know that Wales is ready to take its fair share of 8% of 20,000 - that's just about 1,600 refugees to be taken across Wales.
"Local authorities have been having ongoing conversations across Wales about how best to support people who come into local communities.
"We know there's a huge surge of support."
Local authorities in Wales have said they are willing to "play their part" but asked for help to meet the costs.
The Welsh government has said the UK government should pay as the matter is not devolved.
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Wales could take 1,600 Syrian refugees over the next five years as part of Britain's response to the crisis, the Welsh Refugee Council (WRC) said.
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In a statement the League One club says its legal advisors are 'dealing with' the petition, which is due to be heard in London on Monday.
"The liability on which the petition is based was paid in full last month," the club added on their website.
Last December the club had difficulty paying their players with the Oldham squad being paid late for three months.
Oldham finished 17th in League One last season and are currently looking for a new manager.
Former boss John Sheridan left SportsDirect.com last month to take over League Two side Notts County.
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Oldham Athletic are to face a winding-up petition brought by HM Revenue and Customs.
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12 May 2016 Last updated at 07:12 BST
A conservation group is taking the school kids on safari.
With rhino poaching a big problem in many parts of Africa the species has become endangered and could face extinction.
It's hoped that by taking part in school trips into the wild, students will learn about why the country's animals are important and should be respected.
Watch the video for the lowdown from Ayshah.
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South Africa is home to some amazing wildlife, and now kids who live in the cities there are getting a chance to see the country's wild animals for the first time.
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Sukvinder Mannan, 33, ploughed his car in to a bus shelter near Bearwood in Birmingham in May 2014.
The crash killed 21-year-old Rebecca McManus, who was waiting to go to a hen party, and badly injured her friend.
Inderjit Singh, 31, who was racing Mannan, has been sentenced to 12 months for dangerous driving.
Mannan, of Roundhills Road, Halesowen, reached speeds of more than of 100mph in a 40mph zone, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.
He lost control of his Mitsubishi Evolution on a bend, causing it to crash into the bus stop where Miss McManus and her friend were standing.
During an earlier hearing, he admitted causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving, plus failing to provide a blood sample.
Singh, of Cranbourne Avenue, Wolverhampton, had been racing Mannan on Hagley Road West on the evening of 31 May. He was cleared of causing death by dangerous driving.
Miss McManus, who had just finished a three-year English Literature and Creative Writing degree at the University of East Anglia, died at the scene.
Her friend, who was also standing at the bus stop, is still recovering in hospital.
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A man has been jailed for eight years after he fatally crashed his car into a student at a bus stop while racing at speeds of more than 100mph.
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The team say they will know for certain on Thursday, but a decision to take the extra engine parts Hamilton needs would mean a drop of at least 20 grid places.
A series of failures early in the season meant that Hamilton used up more engine components than planned.
He heads into the race 19 championship points ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg.
Six wins in the past seven races for Hamilton have turned around what had been a 43-point advantage for the German after the first four races of the season.
A spokesman said the team were still working through the requirements and consequences related to any decision to take the penalty in Belgium.
The other option is to wait until the Italian Grand Prix the following weekend.
Drivers are allowed to use a maximum of five of each of the six parts of an engine before a grid penalty is incurred.
Hamilton has already used the maximum permitted five items of two elements of the complicated turbo hybrid engine - the turbocharger and the MGU-H, the electric motor that recovers energy from the turbo.
Teams are given a 10-place grid penalty each time they use a sixth example of any component, so using one new of each of these means a 20-place grid penalty for Hamilton.
There are only 22 cars on the grid and a driver can only go to the back no matter how many theoretical grid penalties he suffers for using additional engine components.
So Mercedes may choose to take two new examples of each of these parts to bring them into line with the number of the other parts of the engine he has used.
Hamilton has so far used three each of the internal combustion engine, MGU-K, energy store and control electronics.
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Mercedes say Lewis Hamilton is "likely" to suffer a grid penalty for using too many engine parts at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.
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Christopher Meli, 20, was found dead near houses at Glasvey Close. Detectives said he had suffered a sustained and vicious assault.
The youths were detained on Tuesday evening.
On Tuesday, three teenagers, two aged 18 and a 16-year-old youth, appeared in court charged with Mr Meli's murder.
Two teenagers aged 18 and 17, who were arrested by detectives on Sunday, have been released on bail pending further inquiries.
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Five more teenagers - two males and three females - have been arrested over the murder of a man in west Belfast's Twinbrook estate at the weekend.
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She says she fears the "economic implications" if Mr Bashir attends the African Union meeting in Malawi.
Her predecessor, Bingu wa Mutharika, who died last month, last year defied calls to apprehend Mr Bashir.
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's leader, over the Darfur conflict.
Mrs Banda is trying to improve relations with donors, who had cut aid to Mr Mutharika's government, accusing him of political repression and economic mismanagement.
The African Union has urged its members to ignore the warrant issued by the ICC, accusing it of only targeting African leaders.
After Mr Bashir visited Malawi in October 2011, the ICC referred the country to the UN Security Council.
Mrs Banda said she had asked the AU to urge Mr Bashir not to attend the July summit.
"Let the AU decide on his position. He [Bashir] should forgive us this time as we are struggling to fix the economy," the Reuters news agency quotes her as saying.
Mr Bashir was the first head of state to be indicted by the ICC, which accused him of genocide and war crimes in Darfur.
He denies the charges, saying they are politically motivated.
Chad, Kenya and Djibouti have also been referred to the UN Security Council for refusing to arrest Mr Bashir, even though they recognise the ICC.
Some 2.7 million people have fled their homes since the conflict began in Darfur in 2003, and the UN says about 300,000 have died - mostly from disease.
Sudan's government says the conflict has killed about 12,000 people and the number of dead has been exaggerated for political reasons.
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Malawi's new President Joyce Banda has said she does not want Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, accused of war crimes, to attend a summit in July.
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The Met Office has said the showers will be scattered and are likely to develop through the afternoon with thunder, lightning, hail, with localised flooding possible.
The heaviest showers could bring 20-25 mm of rain within an hour in a few places.
A yellow "be aware" warning is in place for south Wales and Ceredigion.
It runs from 12:00 to 21:00 BST.
On Friday, fire crews dealt with flash flooding in parts of mid and west Wales.
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A warning has been issued for heavy rain across south and parts of mid Wales on Saturday.
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Jemma Beale claimed she had been sexually assaulted by six men and raped by nine, in four different encounters.
One allegation led to the conviction of a man who was jailed for seven years.
The 25-year-old from Hounslow was found guilty following a six-week trial at Southwark Crown Court. She is due to be sentenced on 24 August.
Kevin Lynott, who led the investigation by the Metropolitan Police into the false allegations, said Beale had "been exposed as a serial liar".
"I can only think that she was motivated partly by financial reward, but mainly the attention and control over her partners and family at the time she made the allegations," he added.
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A "serial liar" who made a series of false rape allegations has been convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice.
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The crash happened at about 14:15 BST on the B1191 at Thornton, near Woodhall Spa.
Lincolnshire Police said the motorcyclist killed in the collision lived locally, but has not released any further details. The tractor driver was not injured.
The force has appealed for witnesses to the collision to come forward.
The B1191 was closed in both directions between the B1192 Tattershall Road junction in Woodhall Spa and the A158 Jubilee Way junction in Horncastle
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A man has died in a collision between a tractor and a motorcycle in Lincolnshire.
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The error on the Ministry of Justice website had been present since April 2014 but has only just been uncovered.
The issue with the form, which records couples' financial details, could mean thousands of financial settlements are based on incorrect calculations.
The Ministry of Justice said it was trying to identify those affected.
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An urgent investigation has been launched after a software error was discovered in an online form used by divorcing couples in England and Wales.
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Sese Bau (25) and Charles Amini (24) helped Papua New Guinea post 116-8 in Tuesday's dead-rubber while Tim Murtagh picked up three wickets.
Niall O'Brien top-scored with 27 in Ireland's disappointing response and captain Gary Wilson hit 15 on his 200th appearance.
Ireland slipped from 49-2 to 105 all out on a sluggish pitch.
Papua New Guinea managed just three fours and two sixes in their innings, giving an indication of the difficult conditions.
Murtagh (3-23) was the best of the Irish attack while spinner George Dockrell (2-15) picked up two wickets.
Chad Soper (3-13) removed openers Paul Stirling (eight) and Andrew Balbirnie (five), but a steady stand of 31 between Niall O'Brien and Wilson looked to be steering Ireland towards victory.
However, Wilson's dismissal was followed by Kevin O'Brien's first ball, and Ireland were on the slide.
Despite brief cameos from Stuart Thompson (10) and Andrew McBrine (10no), the visitors were dismissed in the last over for 105.
Ireland travel to the United Arab Emirates to play a warm-up against a club side on Saturday before taking on the hosts in two T20s on Sunday and Tuesday.
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Ireland lost by 11 runs to Papua New Guinea in Townsville but finished as 2-1 winners in the three-game T20 series.
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The 24-year-old made 29 appearances in his first full season with the Welsh region after signing from Worcester Warriors on a two-year deal in January 2014.
Matavesi's new contract will see him stay at the Liberty Stadium until the summer of 2018.
"It was an easy decision" said Matavesi, who was born in England.
"I feel that I've grown in this environment, which is geared to improving players, and I think that I can continue to develop here."
Matavesi, who has also played for Exeter Chiefs and Racing Metro, has been an unused replacement in Fiji's opening two World Cup matches.
He is part of the squad preparing for Thursday's Pool A game against Wales at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
Ospreys rugby general manager Andrew Millward said Matavesi had made an impression during his first season with the region.
"When he gets back from the World Cup we'll be expecting him to pick up where he left off last season and continue to be a key figure for us," Millward said.
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Fiji World Cup centre Josh Matavesi has signed a new three-year contract with Ospreys.
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The world number 324 lost 6-3 6-4 in one hour, 13 minutes to the Portuguese world number 44 on Wednesday.
He fired five aces and twice broke Sousa's serve, but was unable to take a set off the fellow 27-year-old.
Qualifier Klein had reached the second round thanks to a 6-1 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-3) win over Argentina's Facundo Bagnis - ranked 269 places above him.
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Britain's Brydan Klein has been knocked out in the second round of the Auckland Open in straight sets by Joao Sousa.
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Researchers have found that our understanding of the anatomy of the first four-legged animals is wrong.
New 3D models of fossil remains show that previous renderings of the position of the beasts' backbones were actually back-to-front.
The findings, published in the journal Nature, may even change our thinking on how the spine evolved.
The scientists looked at a group of animals called the tetrapods, examining three creatures called Ichthyostega, Acanthostega and Pederpes.
These primitive four-legged animals are of great interest to palaeontologists: they were the first creatures to haul themselves out of the oceans, paving the way for all future vertebrate life on land.
Studying how these animals are put together is key to understanding how they made this transition.
The researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) used the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) to bombard the 360-million-year old fossils with high energy X-rays.
This enabled them to create detailed computer reconstructions of the prehistoric animals.
RVC's Prof John Hutchinson said: "Their vertebrae are actually structurally completely different from what everyone for the last 150 or so years has pictured. The textbook examples turn out to be wrong."
The scientists found that parts of the spine thought to face the front of the animal, in fact faced the back - and vice versa.
They also discovered the earliest known evidence of a breastbone in Ichthyostega.
Prof Hutchinson said the findings provided more clues about how the early animals physically moved out of the water and on to land.
An earlier paper by the same team suggested that the tetrapods dragged themselves out of the sea, using their front legs to haul the rest of their body along the ground. The new anatomical findings backed this up, Prof Hutchinson said.
The study also shed more light on how the modern backbone evolved.
He explained: "All of that anatomy [from these early land animals ] was handed down to later animals.
"It influenced the future evolution of the spine in everything on land. It tells us about our own development and why our own backbones developed they way they did."
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Textbooks might have to be re-written when it comes to some of the earliest land creatures, a study suggests.
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The nearby town of Karma, the first line of IS defence, is now in the army's hands, a BBC correspondent says.
Large numbers of elite combat troops have also been deployed near Falluja, about 45km (28 miles) west of Baghdad.
But IS hit back north of Falluja, killing and injuring some Iraqi forces in a suicide car bomb attack.
A counter-attack south of the city was repelled with the help of helicopter gunships, the BBC's Jim Muir in Karma reports.
This comes just days after the IS commander in Falluja, Maher al-Bilawi, was killed along with dozens militants in US-led coalition air strikes, according to Washington.
How tough will it be to take Falluja?
Islamic State: The full story
Karma is now firmly under control of government forces, including rapid reaction troops and federal police, our correspondent says.
Iran-backed Shia militias, which also took part in the fighting, have left graffiti on the walls of buildings in the town, including one saying: "Thank you, Iran."
But Karma is now a ghost town, with not a single civilian to be seen and with rows of shops battered and burnt out and some bigger buildings badly damaged, our correspondent adds.
Large number of the elite Counter-Terrorism Force have been brought up in preparation for an assault on the city itself.
However, it is not clear when the attack will begin.
Some 50,000 civilians remain trapped in the city and have been told via leaflet drops to avoid IS areas and put white sheets on their roofs, the US military says.
The UN says it has reports of people dying of starvation and being killed for refusing to fight for IS.
Falluja fell to IS in 2014, a key moment in its rise that saw it declare a caliphate across swathes of Iraq and Syria.
The other major Iraqi city still controlled by IS is Mosul.
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Iraqi government forces have made gains in their offensive to drive Islamic State militants from Falluja - one the country's two major cities in IS hands.
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Kaufhof, currently owned by Metro, owns 120 stores across Germany.
Hudson's Bay (HBC), based in Toronto, bought high-end retailer Saks Fifth Avenue in 2013 for $2.14bn (£1.38bn).
The deal would give Hudson's Bay more than 450 stores across four countries. HBC's Richard Baker said it been hoping to expand in Europe for some time.
Mr Baker said: "We have been carefully surveying the European retail landscape for many years for a potential expansion opportunity and have watched Kaufhof build on its exceptional real estate to become the #1 department store in Germany."
Retail experts say the deal could be tricky. "It's difficult for any foreigner to penetrate any developed market," Thomas Roeb, retail consultant, says. "Whenever you look, entering a mature retail market is always a risky venture."
Mr Roeb also points out that department stores have been in steady decline since the early 1980s.
The world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, moved into the German market in 1998, only to retreat in 2006, selling its 85 German stores to Metro
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The owner of US stores chain Saks Fifth Avenue, Hudson's Bay, is buying Germany's biggest department store chain, Kaufhof, for €2.8bn (£2.03bn).
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Emlyn Culverwell‚ 29, and Iryna Nohai, 27, were reportedly arrested after a doctor discovered Ms Nohai, who had stomach cramps, was pregnant.
They were arrested for sex outside of marriage, which is illegal in the UAE.
Mr Culverwell's mother has pleaded for their release, saying "the only thing they did wrong was fall in love".
South Africa's foreign ministry has said that it is not able to help the couple as this is a matter of domestic UAE law, News24 reports.
The South African government has advised the couple to get legal assistance, the BBC's Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg says.
There was no immediate comment from the UAE government.
Mr Culverwell and Ms Nohai have reportedly been held since January, but news of their detention has only emerged now.
Mr Culverwell has been working in the UAE for the past five years.
His mother Linda told News24 that the family is "trying to get messages to the two to say we love them and that they shouldn't be worried".
The couple have not yet been charged as the authorities are still carrying out tests, Mrs Culverwell added.
If found guilty, they could face a long jail sentence.
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A South African man and his Ukrainian fiancee have been detained in the United Arab Emirates for unlawful sex, a relative says.
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The 24-year-old Egypt international spent last season on loan at the Serie A club, making 34 league appearances.
Salah signed for Chelsea from Basel in January 2014 for £11m on a five-and-a-half year deal, and made his debut a month later against Newcastle.
After playing 13 Premier League games, he was loaned to Fiorentina at the end of the 2014-15 season and has remained in Italy since then.
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Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah has signed for Roma on a permanent deal.
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The man, in his 30s, regularly slept in the doorway in Donegall Place where he was found dead on Saturday evening.
Donna Connor, from the charity Hope Outreach For The Homeless, said they looked after him on a nightly basis.
"He was a loveable rogue and we treated him as we would treat our own sons," she said.
"It's horrendous to think that this has happened, that he died where he sleeps on a nightly basis.
"Even this morning coming in, it was hard to go past the spot without being upset."
She said the last time she saw the man was on Friday night.
"I hadn't seen him for a few nights and I asked where he was - he'd been in hospital - and he asked me for a hug and that was something that he'd never done before," she said.
"I told him I loved him."
Police have said the man's death is not being treated as suspicious.
Ms Connor said the problem of homelessness was getting worse in Belfast.
She said there would be 27 regular rough sleepers in the city centre at the minute, though the figure tends to drop during particularly bad weather.
Their ages range from 17 to the late 50s and they are both male and female, she added.
"There's a range of issues and reasons as to why they're there, ranging from relationship breakdowns, be it parent-child, husband-wife; there's a lot of mental health issues as well, job losses," Ms Connor added.
"There's no one specific reason as to why these people are where they are - they certainly don't choose to be there.
"The saying is 'everybody's just a paycheque away from losing everything'."
She gave this advice to people walking by someone who is homeless: "Just give them a smile - it's not a lot and it costs nothing."
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A homeless man found dead in the doorway of a disused shop in Belfast city centre has been described as "a loveable rogue".
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Unite union members had warned of strikes over bonus pay, but it has now been agreed that interim bonuses will be paid out until the end of August.
A long-term settlement will also be considered by union officials and EDF Energy, which is behind the scheme.
Hinkley Point C is expected to be operational in 2025.
Unite officer, Jerry Swain, said the interim agreement was "crucial" in providing a "breathing space" and "creating the opportunity for a long-term solution".
"I am pleased that following consultation with our stewards and members that we have been able to agree a clear path forward," he said.
"And that the prospect of industrial action, which is always a last resort, can be taken off the agenda in order to allow the panel to deliberate."
Nigel Cann, of EDF, said it has created a "very competitive reward structure" for its workforce.
"We are pleased that these interim arrangements allow constructive dialogue to continue to finalise this important agreement," he said.
"Unite has been a constructive partner in the discussions to date and I look forward to this continuing throughout the construction of the Hinkley Point C power station."
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The threat of industrial action by workers building the Hinkley Point nuclear power station has been averted due to an interim pay deal.
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The army and other pro-government forces were reported to have entered deep into the city after IS pulled out.
It ends the second occupation of Palmyra by the jihadists.
The first time they controlled the area, the militants destroyed some of its most celebrated monuments.
IS fighters were driven out in March last year, but managed to retake the city, its world famous ruins and the surrounding area in December.
Syria's Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Jaafari confirmed the recapture on Thursday. He said the city had been "liberated from the hands of the terrorist organisation" and that President Bashar al-Assad had kept his promise to drive them out.
In Russia, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was reported by local media to have told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Palmyra had been fully retaken by the Syrian army with help from the Russian air force.
There were clashes and heavy shelling across the historic city as the offensive unfolded on Wednesday, UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
IS militants planted mines in several areas of the city before withdrawing, it said.
IS held the ruins and the nearby city, known locally as Tadmur, for 10 months after seizing it for the first time in May 2015. It blew up temples, burial towers and the Arch of Triumph, believing the shrines and statues to be idolatrous.
The jihadists also destroyed the 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel, the great sanctuary of the Palmyrene gods.
The militants were then forced out by a Russian-backed government offensive in March 2016, but regained control while pro-government forces where focused on the battle for the city of Aleppo late last year.
In January, satellite images revealed that the group destroyed the tetrapylon - a group of four pillared structures which were mainly modern replicas - and part of the Roman Theatre.
The head of Unesco, Irinia Bokova, described the destruction as "a new war crime".
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Syrian government forces and their Russian backers have completely recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from so-called Islamic State (IS) militants, the two allies say.
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All matches will be played in Jamaica, with the first two in Montego Bay on 8 and 10 October.
The other three games - in Kingston on 14, 16 and 19 October - will double up as a round of fixtures in England's ICC Women's Championship campaign.
England, sixth in the championship, will qualify for next year's Women's World Cup by finishing in the top four.
The World Cup will be held in England in June and July 2017, with matches to be played at Lord's, Derby, Bristol, Leicester and Taunton.
"We all saw during the ICC Women's World T20 what a talented side they are, and they will be especially dangerous in home conditions," said England head coach Mark Robinson of West Indies, who won the World Twenty20 in April.
"It should be a really exciting tour and a challenge that we will relish."
England, who have won six and lost five of their 12 Women's Championship matches to date, face three home fixtures in the competition against Pakistan in June - at Leicester, Worcester and Taunton - before the West Indies trip.
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England women will travel to the West Indies in October for a five-match one-day series.
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Applications from members must be submitted by 16 September, with interviews held ahead of the selection of a shortlist.
A hustings event will take place on 23 September, with the by-election expected to be held on 20 October.
Mrs Cox was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire on 16 June.
Last month, former television soap star Tracy Brabin told the BBC she was considering putting her name forward to become the Labour candidate.
The ex-Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale actress' Twitter handle has now been changed to @Tracy4MP.
The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and UKIP have all said they will not be fielding a candidate in the by-election.
However, Liberty GB and English Democrats have both announced plans to contest the seat.
Thomas Mair, 52, was charged with murder in relation to the death of Mrs Cox and is due to go on trial in November.
He was also charged with grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of an offensive weapon.
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The Labour Party has begun the process of selecting a candidate to stand in the by-election triggered by the death of Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox.
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Ceremonies were held in areas hit by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake, which devastated whole towns and badly damaged a nuclear power plant.
At a service in Tokyo, Emperor Akihito said that the situation for many survivors remained "severe".
Earlier, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a new rebuilding plan.
At 2.46pm local time - the moment the earthquake struck underwater near the eastern Miyagi prefecture in 2011- tsunami warning alarms rang out again. A national minute's silence followed.
According to Japan's National Police Agency, 15,891 people died in the tragedy, and another 2,584 remain missing. Many were lost when a large tsunami swept the eastern coast after the earthquake.
Some 230,000 people have yet to return to their home towns since the disaster.
At a ceremony in Tokyo, Emperor Akihito said the situation remained "severe" for many survivors.
"Many of the people who were affected by the disasters are still living under a difficult environment today," he said.
"I'm especially concerned about the health of the people who are getting older every year. It is important for all Japanese to put their hearts together and stay close by."
A rebuilding programme initiated by Japan's government expires next March.
On Tuesday, Mr Abe said much work remained to be done, and that many towns were still unable to offer permanent housing or jobs to their residents.
Mr Abe said a new five-year rebuilding programme will be announced by the summer, but he did not indicate how much money was being allocated for reconstruction.
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Cities across Japan have marked the fourth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that left more than 18,000 people dead or missing.
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Gross mortgage lending hit £18.6bn in August, down 5% on July but 13% higher than a year earlier, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said.
It added that the seasonally-adjusted figure had been relatively flat since the start of the year, suggesting activity was at a plateau.
It is predicting a "gentle slowing" in the UK housing market from now.
This was partly the result of a deceleration in London, which has witnessed frantic activity and double-digit price rises at times in the last year.
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that house prices in London rose by 19.1% in the year to the end of July.
Overall, UK property prices were up 11.7% over the same period.
Other surveys have suggested a slight slowdown over August.
Richard Sexton, director of e.surv chartered surveyors, said: "The mortgage market may have paused for breath in August, but the recovery is still in full swing. However, it is patchy at best. Some areas of the country are operating on fast-forward, but other areas are still at a standstill."
A number of lenders have reduced the interest rate on some of their fixed rate mortgage deals in recent weeks, with little indication of an imminent rise in the Bank rate set by the Bank of England which is still at a historic low of 0.5%.
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Borrowers' appetite for home loans is "starting to wane" despite an annual rise in mortgage lending, say lenders.
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Francis Paul, the secretary-general of the National Olympics Committee of Kenya (Nock), Pius Ochieng, Nock's vice chairman, and a third man, Stephen Soi, are being investigated for theft, abuse of office and neglect of duty.
The officials are blamed for a series of problems facing Kenya's athletes.
They have made no comment.
Bail for Mr Paul and Mr Ochieng was set at $2,000 (£1,530). Mr Soi had already been released from police custody for medical reasons and his bail will be set on Wednesday.
The charges against them have not been finalised and the police have a further 21 days to investigate before the men next appear in court.
The BBC's Ferdinand Omondi in the capital, Nairobi, says that athletes have complained about kit going missing, as well as poor travel and accommodation arrangements for the Olympics.
There have also been complaints that officials took friends to Rio de Janeiro at the expense of coaches being able to travel.
Team captain Wesley Korir, who is also an independent MP, has been outspoken about the problems.
He said that the athletes had been put through "hell" while staying in poor accommodation after the Olympic village was closed.
Our correspondent says that the situation has become known as "the Rio fiasco".
President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for an investigation into what went wrong.
Kenya came 15th in the Olympic medal table, winning 13 medals overall, including six golds.
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Two Kenyan Olympic officials have been granted bail after appearing in court over alleged mismanagement of the national team at the Rio Olympics.
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"The terrorists are on the run and no longer have a place to hide," Mr Buhari said in a statement.
The Islamists' camp fell at 13:35 local time (12:35 GMT) on Friday, he added.
The army has been engaged for the last few weeks in a major offensive in the forest, a huge former colonial game reserve in north-eastern Borno state.
There has been speculation that some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 were being held in the forest, after it was named by a small number of girls who escaped.
Mr Buhari said in his statement that efforts to find the remaining girls would be intensified.
He went on to congratulate the armed forces on the Sambisa operation, calling the apparent success "long-awaited and most gratifying".
"I want to use this opportunity to commend the determination, courage and resilience of troops of Operation Lafiya Dole at finally entering and crushing the remnants of the Boko Haram insurgents," he said.
The army has recaptured significant areas of territory previously controlled by Boko Haram since an offensive began in February.
The militant group still stages suicide bombings in the northeast of Nigeria and in neighbouring Niger and Cameroon.
Its fighters are thought to have killed more than 15,000 people and displaced more than two million during a seven-year insurgency in the region.
Leader Abubakar Shekau, who has pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State, promotes a version of Islam that forbids Muslims from taking part in any political or social activity associated with Western society.
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The Nigerian army has driven Boko Haram militants from the last camp in their Sambisa forest stronghold, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
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The Russian-born 43-year-old is the third Welsh competitor to be selected for the Games, following triathlete Non Stanford and sailor Hannah Mills.
Allen, who lives in Blackwood, was part of the British skeet team that won gold at the 2014 World Championships.
She also won individual silver in 2014 to go with a bronze claimed at the 2013 event in Peru.
Allen will be competing at her second Olympic Games, having failed to qualify for the skeet final at London 2012 when she admitted the applause of the crowd had put her off.
Previously, Allen was a bronze medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games when she competed for England and in 2014 won silver at the Glasgow Games after qualifying for Wales through residency.
"In shooting you have to win your quota place... but you win the quota for the country and I did that at the World Championships in Spain in 2014," Allen told BBC Wales Sport.
"But the [individual] place is never guaranteed, so you have to wait and see and you have to do your best, carry on competing at the best level you can.
"So you can never count your chickens until they're hatched!"
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Welsh shooter Elena Allen has been named in the Great Britain team for the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
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Italy and Juventus goalkeeper Buffon, Argentina and Barcelona striker Messi and Portugal and Real Madrid forward Ronaldo were chosen by a jury of 80 coaches and 55 journalists.
Messi and Ronaldo have won the award twice - Ronaldo winning last season.
The award will be presented at the 2017/18 Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday 24 August.
Pernille Harder (Denmark, Linkoping and Wolfsburg), Dzsenifer Marozsán (Germany, Lyon) and Lieke Martens (Netherlands, Rosengard and Barcelona) are the three nominees for the women's award.
The players who make up the rest of the top 10 are:
4: Luka Modric (Croatia, Real Madrid)
5: Toni Kroos (Germany, Real Madrid)
6: Paulo Dybala (Argentina, Juventus)
7: Sergio Ramos (Spain, Real Madrid)
8: Kylian Mbappe (France, Monaco)
9: Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Bayern Munich)
10: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, Manchester United)
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Gianluigi Buffon, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been shortlisted for the Uefa men's player of the year.
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After putting on 113 for the first wicket with skipper Daryl Mitchell (43), D'Oliveira was out to a loose shot, cutting, after being stuck on 99.
But Joe Clarke continued the assault with 82 to help the hosts to 382-4.
Ross Whiteley (54*) and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (43*) were there at the close, having so far put on a stand of 101.
D'Oliveira's effort followed scores of 128 against Essex and 202 not out against Glamorgan.
This time last year, D'Oliveira was batting number eight for the county second XI, before taking his chance over the second half of the season.
His current hot streak even spilled into Birmingham League cricket on Saturday, when the 24-year-old converted opener made 150 for his local club Ombersley.
Worcestershire director of cricket Steve Rhodes:
"It's a good wicket. We know that this one goes through a little bit so it came on quite nicely for the batters. They still needed to bat well, because there are balls in it that can get you out.
"I was really pleased with the team batting effort. Daryl Mitchell and Brett D'Oliveira put in a good foundation.
"Dolly again played wonderfully, as did all the players - Joe Clarke coming in as he did, Tom Kohler Cadmore's contribution and then Ross Whiteley at the end. It was just a general good team effort."
Sussex head coach Mark Davis:
"It's been their day. They batted well. That said, I think they have given us a couple of wickets as well and that kept us going.
"Steve Magoffin was outstanding with the ball and Luke Wells showed he's ever improving as a leg spinner.
"Stuart Whittingham ran in and bowled quick as well, so there are a lot of good things to take."
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Worcestershire opener Brett D'Oliveira missed out on a third straight century, but runs still flowed for the hosts as they enjoyed a good day against Sussex.
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The result is expected to be evenly poised between the Yes and No camps.
Denmark's centre-right government, backed by the opposition, wants to abandon some Danish opt-outs from EU home affairs legislation which were secured in 1993.
They say a No vote will mean losing membership of the Europol crime agency.
But the anti-immigration Danish People's Party (DPP), which props up Liberal Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen's government in parliament, was calling on voters to reject the proposals, to avoid giving away further sovereignty to Brussels.
The referendum is being seen as a test of whether the Danes will accept or reject greater integration within a 28-member bloc that is being tested more than ever by the migrant crisis, the BBC's Gavin Lee reports from Copenhagen.
Although a Yes vote would not affect Denmark's opt-out on immigration, the DPP argues that it could eventually lead to immigration policies being dictated by the EU. The No campaign's logo is "More EU - No Thanks!"
Thursday's vote comes less than three weeks after jihadist gunmen launched co-ordinated attacks on Paris, murdering 130 people.
Yes campaigners say that cross-border terrorism and the refugee crisis cannot be solved without EU co-operation.
The government believes that without scrapping 22 exemptions on cyber crime, human trafficking and child sexual abuse, Denmark would have to leave Europol because the agency's legal basis changes in 2016.
Unlike Denmark, the UK and Ireland have opt-ins on justice and home affairs legislation, which enable them to choose whether to accept or reject legislation on a case-by-case basis.
Danes voted in 1992 to reject the Maastricht Treaty expanding the EU's powers. The Danish government then negotiated a series of exemptions from EU legislation. In 2000, Denmark also voted not to adopt the euro.
In August, Mr Rasmussen brought the vote forward to December to prevent it becoming caught up in the debate surrounding the UK's referendum which will decide whether it stays in or leaves the EU.
Days after the Danish referendum date was announced, the influx of migrants into northern Europe began, with hundreds crossing from Germany into Denmark.
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Danes are going to the polls in a referendum on whether to adopt EU justice and policing laws, in a vote overshadowed by the Paris attacks.
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The midfielder, 27, was detained on Sunday after police received reports a cyclist had been struck by a car which then hit a pump at a petrol station.
Mr Gibson is accused of driving with excess alcohol, after the crashes in Altrincham, Greater Manchester.
He is due before Trafford Magistrates' Court on 1 September.
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said the cyclist was unhurt.
It is alleged he was behind the wheel of his black Nissan Skyline GT-R Nismo car when the crashes happened close to his home.
Greater Manchester Police said Mr Gibson was charged with driving without due care and attention, driving with excess alcohol and failing to stop after a road traffic collision.
"This is in relation to an incident on Sunday August 16 where police were called to reports that a car had collided with a cyclist on Park Road, Trafford, and failed to stop before pulling into a petrol station on nearby Dunham Road and colliding with a pump," a spokesman said.
Londonderry-born Gibson began his career at Manchester United before joining Everton in 2012 for a fee of about £1m. He is currently recovering from a groin injury.
An Everton FC spokesman declined to comment.
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Everton and Republic of Ireland star Darron Gibson has been charged in connection with an alleged hit-and-run crash with a cyclist.
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Mr Sanders, now the Lib Dem MP for Torbay, said his party would challenge the result in the High Court. It is believed many voters had opted for Literal Democrat candidate Richard Huggett in error.
Although the court case failed, Mr Huggett's tactics led to the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998, which outlawed the use of names in elections designed to cause confusion with more established parties.
Clip taken from BBC News, first broadcast 13 June 1994
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A party named the Literal Democrats won 10,000 votes in the 1994 European elections, as the Liberal Democrat candidate Adrian Sanders lost the Devon and East Plymouth constituency to the Conservatives by just 700 votes.
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Police said 15 arrests were made at the island's ports last year and a number of "notable seizures" of heroin, cocaine and cannabis were made.
Chief Constable Gary Roberts said "stopping the evil trade in Class A drugs remains a top priority".
There were six drug-related deaths in the island in 2015.
Home Affairs Minister Juan Watterson said the deaths "highlight the devastating impact that drugs can have on a community."
"The Isle of Man takes a robust stance against drug crime and those involved in trafficking can expect lengthy prison sentences."
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Drugs with an estimated street value of more than £215,000 have been seized in the Isle of Man over the past three months, police have revealed.
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Ginnelly, 18, made three substitute appearances for Shrewsbury last term, following his debut against Luton Town.
After starting his career with Aston Villa's academy, Ginnelly joined Shrewsbury in 2013.
"I hope he goes on to be a huge success and shows the potential that he has," said Town boss Micky Mellon.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Shrewsbury Town's teenage midfielder Josh Ginnelly has joined Championship side Burnley on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
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The Inter Milan winger has been linked with a £48m switch to Old Trafford.
United representatives have visited Milan in an effort to negotiate a deal, but the 28-year-old will be in the Inter squad when they leave for their Far East tour on Tuesday.
Asked for an update after United's 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake, Mourinho said: "No idea. No idea my friend. No idea."
There are some suggestions Inter wanted to include 21-year-old France forward Anthony Martial as part of the deal.
Perisic has been named in the Inter squad to travel to Shanghai, China.
They have matches against French side Lyon and German champions Bayern Munich before facing Premier League champions Chelsea in Singapore on 29 July.
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has "no idea" what is happening with a mooted move for Ivan Perisic.
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Scott Wilson gave the hosts a reward for their early dominance by firing in from close range after nine minutes as Bromley failed to clear their lines.
The hosts continued to force the issue, with Craig McAllister looking dangerous, and Bromley had to wait until the 36th minute to register their first shot as they deservedly went in 1-0 down at the break.
Sam Matthews made it 2-0 to the hosts with eight minutes remaining and that was enough to clinch the win, although 60 seconds later Jordan Higgs set up a nervy finish with a Bromley consolation.
Match report supplied by Press Association.
Match ends, Eastleigh 2, Bromley 1.
Second Half ends, Eastleigh 2, Bromley 1.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Ayo Obileye replaces Sam Matthews.
Blair Turgott (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Michael Green (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Eastleigh 2, Bromley 1. Jordan Higgs (Bromley).
Goal! Eastleigh 2, Bromley 0. Sam Matthews (Eastleigh).
Substitution, Bromley. Alan Dunne replaces Shane McLoughlin.
Substitution, Bromley. Shabazz Omofe replaces Connor Dymond.
Substitution, Eastleigh. James Constable replaces Scott Wilson.
Lee Minshull (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bromley. Bradley Goldberg replaces George Porter.
Paul Reid (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card.
Gavin Hoyte (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card.
Adam Dugdale (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Eastleigh 1, Bromley 0.
First Half ends, Eastleigh 1, Bromley 0.
Goal! Eastleigh 1, Bromley 0. Scott Wilson (Eastleigh).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Eastleigh edged Bromley 2-1 to end their four-match winless run in the National League.
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Alloa - now third - lost 2-1 at home to Airdrieonians, while Livingston moved up to second with a 2-1 win at Peterhead.
Peterhead slip to bottom with Stenhousemuir's 1-0 win away to East Fife taking them up to ninth.
And Albion Rovers were 2-0 winners over Queen's Park, who are a point ahead of Stenny.
At Stair Park, it was goalless until Jackson struck in the 75th minute.
Livi went behind to Peterhead early on, Fiacre Kelleher heading the hosts ahead.
However, strikes by Danny Mullen - one either side of half-time - turned the match in Livi's favour.
Andy Ryan's shot and one from Ryan Conroy put Airdrie in control away to Alloa, who replied through Greig Spence's strike.
The only goal at Bayview was a Colin McMenamin penalty, awarded for a hand-ball by the Fifers' player-manager, Gary Naysmith.
And, in Coatbridge, Ryan Wallace's late strike added to Steven Boyd's long-range first-half effort as Rovers ran out comfortable winners.
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Brechin City replaced Alloa Athletic at the top of Scottish League One after beating Stranraer by a single goal, Andy Jackson getting the winner.
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Sue Sim, chief constable of Northumbria, admitted raising her voice out of "frustration" at "significant challenges" faced by the force.
Recorder Joel Bennathan QC investigated Ms Sim's conduct after officers complained to Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird about rudeness.
But, he concluded said there had been no breach of standards.
Sue Sim, who led the manhunt for Raoul Moat in 2010, has previously said she will retire in June after 30 years' service.
Ms Baird said if she were not retiring, Ms Sim would have been sent on a management training course to "moderate" her style.
The commissioner also said she had directed Ms Sim to apologise to two particular officers.
Ms Sim said: "I have always accepted that there have been times when I have raised my voice. This has always been about work-related issues and, as a result of the significant challenges we faced, my frustration at the speed of progress.
"It was never my intention to cause any upset and, if I did, then obviously I apologise wholeheartedly.
"I am saddened that some senior members of the organisation chose to act in this manner and have also raised my concerns with the commissioner in respect of the motivations and intent of some of those involved in making complaints against me."
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A police chief, cleared of misconduct, has apologised for upsetting officers after being told to by investigators.
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Chelsea are in pot one alongside fellow seeds Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Juventus, Paris St Germain, Zenit St Petersburg and PSV Eindhoven.
Arsenal, City and United are in pot two, along with Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Porto and Valencia.
The 32 teams in the draw will be put into eight groups of four.
In a change to previous seasons, pot one will be made up of holders Barcelona and league winners of the top seven European leagues - Spain, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, France and Russia - rather than being based on club co-efficients.
As Spanish side Barcelona won last season's competition, Dutch champions PSV go into the top pot as Netherlands are the eighth-ranked association.
A team from each of the four pots will be drawn into the eight groups, with no more than one team from any one country in each group.
Spain are the first nation to have five teams qualify for the Champions League group stages this season.
Valencia beat Monaco in a Champions League qualifying play-off to reach the last 32 and they joined Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Sevilla, who qualified as Europa League winners.
Spanish teams have won four of the last seven Champions League, with Barcelona defeating Juventus in May's final.
Spain also lead Uefa's club coefficient rankings - the system used to decide which leagues get most qualifying spots for its competitions - by a considerable margin.
Manchester United have returned to the group stages following a one-season absence from the Champions League.
The Old Trafford club thrashed Club Brugge 7-1 in their qualifier but manager Louis Van Gaal is set to give the draw a miss.
"I think I shall watch the second team against Ajax because I think that is more important and I cannot do anything to impact on the draw," Van Gaal said.
One: Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Chelsea, Juventus, Paris St. Germain, Zenit, PSV Eindhoven
Two: Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Porto, Valencia
Three: CSKA Moscow, Dynamo Kiev, Lyon, Olympiakos, Galatasaray, Roma, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sevilla
Four: Astana, BATE Borisov, Borussia Monchengladbach, Wolfsburg, Dinamo Zagreb, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Gent, Malmo
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Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United will find out their Champions League group stage rivals when the draw is made on Thursday.
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Westley (93) and Alastair Cook (39) put on 102 runs together before Liam Dawson (2-40) bowled Cook to leave them 103-2.
Varun Chopra (26) and Adam Wheater (30) made contributions before Ashar Zaidi smashed 72 not out off 40 balls to give Essex a competitive score of 304-7.
James Vince (68) and George Bailey (63) gave Hampshire a chance, but they lost regular wickets to end on 279.
Hampshire beat Kent to open their One-Day Cup campaign with a win on Thursday and started perfectly when Reece Topley bowled Nick Browne with his third ball, but Essex made progress through former England Test captain Cook and Westley.
The duo gave them a platform but the away side fought back to reduce Essex to 195-6, when Gareth Berg ran out captain Ryan ten Doeschate for just two runs.
That brought Zaidi to the crease and the all-rounder counter-attacked to great effect, hitting four sixes and six fours to push Essex's total beyond 300.
Essex top scorer Tom Westley told BBC Radio Essex:
"That's the beauty of Ash. It was a game-changing innings. He is made for those situations.
"Him and Tendo (ten Doeschate) coming in with 15-20 overs to go is very dangerous for the opposition but brilliant for us.
"The wicket of Bailey was crucial and Ravi getting Vince out was key as well because they had a nice partnership going."
Hampshire captain James Vince told BBC Solent:
"We weren't at our best. The main difference was we didn't have someone to go on and get a big score. Ideally you go on and get 80 or 100.
"I don't think 305 was a lot to chase. The way the boundaries are here, and it was a pretty good pitch, at the halfway stage we would have taken that.
"With the boundaries as small as they are, a few were leading edges went for six. That can happen. e'll take this one on the chin and hopefully bounce back against Middlesex on Wednesday."
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Tom Westley starred as Essex clinched a first One-Day Cup win of the season by beating Hampshire by 25 runs.
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Assistant Chief Constable Gordon Fraser, 48, and his wife Teresa, 42, also a serving officer, appeared at St Albans Magistrates' Court.
They are accused of falsely claiming she was the driver of a speeding car in Scotland in September, when it is alleged her husband was at the wheel.
Both were bailed until 22 October.
The speeding is alleged to have happened in Strathclyde, but the couple live in Ansley in Warwickshire.
Mrs Fraser works for West Midlands Police but has been suspended from duty.
Mr Fraser worked for West Midlands Police for 22 years before moving to Leicestershire in 2010.
Leicestershire Police said he had been suspended from duty over a separate matter.
The couple were asked to stand outside the dock at the court as the charge was read out.
Neither of them spoke during the hearing.
The next hearing will be at St Albans Crown Court.
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A senior Leicestershire Police officer and his wife have appeared in court charged with perverting the course of justice over a speeding incident.
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The 13-year-old has been rescued and taken to a state-run shelter home.
She has told counsellors that her parents would solicit customers and force her to have sex with the men.
Her mother has told a news channel that she would charge 3,000 rupees (£30; $47) from a customer for her daughter.
Police said they had identified 25 of the 40 customers who had allegedly paid for sex with the teenager.
Ten others, including a broker, have also been arrested in connection with the case.
The 37-year-old mother has seven children - the oldest is 24 years old and the youngest is aged four.
Her 55-year-old husband worked as a driver and would solicit customers showing the girl's photograph, police said.
The family lived in a rented house in the town of Kottakal in Malappuram district in the north of the state.
In 2011, police in Kerala arrested the father of a 17-year-old girl for forcing her to have sex for money with up to 200 men.
Twenty-nine others were arrested in connection with the case.
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Police in the southern Indian state of Kerala have arrested the mother and stepfather of a teenage girl for allegedly forcing her into the sex trade for two years.
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The firm had previously called back about 500,000 units because they posed a safety risk. At least one person suffered burns after a device exploded.
The extension covers about a further million copies of the kit.
"We are taking this action because we are aware of a very small number of further incidents where Power Bars have overheated," EE said.
The firm began offering the devices to its customers in April. Users were able to exchange depleted ones for fully-charged units in its shops, but could also recharge them via a USB connection.
Although consumers did not have to pay for the Power Bars, the firm is offering a £20 voucher to those who return the devices.
"Keeping our customers safe is extremely important to us, and that's why we're taking this voluntary and precautionary action," EE added.
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Mobile network EE is expanding its Power Bar recall to include all copies of its smartphone charger.
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The NHS trust boards of Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals have voted to develop plans for a single combined organisation to care for patients.
The two hospitals already have a joint chief executive, Nick Hulme, and will decide on a full merger next year.
Mr Hulme said: "We now have the challenge of setting out how we will create a new trust."
In the coming months, the trusts say they will be asking the public, patients, staff and stakeholders to help define how they can improve services.
Mr Hulme said it was a "landmark opportunity" to create the future for healthcare in the area.
A final decision to form a single organisation, which would also require approval from health regulators, is expected to be made in June 2018.
The union Unison has been asked to comment on the plans.
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Two hospital trusts in the East of England have moved a step closer to integrating clinical services.
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4 November 2015 Last updated at 08:23 GMT
The dogs and their owners performed a variety of dance styles at the competition.
Alex Weber, the organiser of the event, explains how it works.
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The International Dog Dancing Championships have taken place in Freiburg in Germany.
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The incident occurred in the second half, as Barnsley won 3-1 to seal promotion back to the Championship.
"An altercation between a small number of fans occurred," New Scotland Yard said. "No arrests have been made at this stage and enquiries continue."
The Football Association and Millwall have both condemned those involved.
The London club said in a statement on their website: "Millwall Football Club deplores the actions of a small minority of its fans during the second half of Sunday's League One play-off final.
"Such behaviour is unacceptable and anyone found guilty of disorder will face life bans from the football club."
An FA statement said: "The FA condemns the disorder caused by a small number of fans. We will work closely with the clubs, the Football League and the Met Police to identify those involved and take appropriate action.
"We would like to take this opportunity to praise the actions of our stewards and the police, who responded responsibly under provocation."
The Police's statement added: "The Metropolitan Police Service will conduct a review and will liaise with the Football Association and the two clubs involved to identify those responsible and where necessary take the appropriate action."
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Police are to conduct a review after Millwall fans were involved in crowd trouble during the League One play-off final with Barnsley at Wembley.
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Wahab Riaz's fiery spell put the hosts in the ascendency before Mohammad Nawaz picked up his maiden Test wicket as he induced a Bravo inside edge behind.
West Indies closed on 315-6, needing 65 runs to avoid the follow-on after Pakistan's 579-3 declared.
Questions were raised again over the pink Kookaburra ball as it was replaced after 55 overs, having lost its shape.
Sohail Khan, the only bowler to swing the pink ball so far, trapped Marlon Samuels lbw for an attacking 76 to break the 35-year-old's 113-run third-wicket partnership with Bravo in the first Test of a three-match series.
Bravo's defiant innings, which included nines fours and a six, lasted 258 balls as he showed the resilience that has been missing from many of the visitors' batsmen since their arrival in the United Arab Emirates.
BBC Sport's Kalika Mehta in Dubai:
Darren Bravo's patient innings showed a maturity to gauge the match situation even on an extremely flat pitch.
After losing Kraigg Brathwaite so early on day three, Bravo remained watchful and solid as Marlon Samuels tried to take the attack to the Pakistani bowlers.
The best period of the day came in the night session as Wahab Riaz bowled a number of fuller and short-pitched deliveries in a hostile spell that had the batsman jumping all over the crease - and earned him the wickets of Jermaine Blackwood and Roston Chase.
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Darren Bravo's 87 helped West Indies fight back against Pakistan on day three of the day-night Test in Dubai.
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The 22-year-old has joined after Sandgrounders defender Chris Doyle was ruled out with a long-term knee injury.
Howe came through the youth system at Scunthorpe but he failed to make an appearance at the Iron and moved to Lincoln in 2015.
He is available for the game against Tranmere on Saturday.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Southport have signed defender Callum Howe on a one-month loan deal from fellow National League side Lincoln City.
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The 43-year-old ex-Scotland and Canaries midfielder returned to Carrow Road in 2014 after leaving his role as Falkirk boss to coach under Neil Adams.
He continued the role when Alex Neil took charge in January 2015, and has seen them promoted to and relegated from the top flight in 12 months.
Holt now intends to seek a head coach or managerial role.
"I've had some great and memorable times at Norwich City both as a player and as a member of the coaching staff," he told the club website.
"Now the time is right for me to seek a fresh challenge as a head coach or manager and I want to thank everyone at the club and the fans for their support for me over the years."
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Norwich City first-team coach Gary Holt has left the Championship club by mutual consent after two years.
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Infinis UK wants to put up nine turbines in the Windy Edge project north of Hermitage Castle.
The project has attracted more than 300 letters of opposition, along with more than 100 in support of the scheme.
Planning officials have recommended refusal, saying the wind farm would be "incongruous and anachronistic".
Supporters of the scheme claim the turbines would have less of an impact on the landscape than forestry, and that it would help combat climate change.
Opponents believe there would be adverse visual impacts on areas like Hermitage Castle and the wider landscape.
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Planning officers have advised councillors to refuse plans for a wind farm south of Hawick due to concerns over its adverse landscape impact.
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A bomb disposal team has been called to the Belmont Close area of Hassocks to make it safe.
The Middlewick House flats and surrounding area have been evacuated and a cordon is in place.
The man, 50, is being held on suspicion of making an explosive substance. Sussex Police said the incident was not terror-related.
Det Supt Carwyn Hughes said: "We are advising residents to avoid the area for the time being.
"I want to reassure those in the area and wider community that we are treating this as an isolated incident and [it] is not terrorist related."
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A man has been arrested after a suspicious device was found in a block of flats in West Sussex.
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The ground investigations will begin on 26 September and are expected to be completed by the end of November.
The investigations will affect the Tay Crossing to Ballinluig, and Pitlochry to Killiecrankie sections.
The work is being carried out as part of the A9 dualling programme.
The traffic management arrangements will include short, alternate single file sections controlled by temporary traffic lights.
A Transport Scotland spokeswoman said the traffic management measures will allow work beside the carriageway to be carried out safely.
She said: "This ground investigation is needed to get vital information on the existing ground conditions in the vicinity of the A9 carriageway between Tay Crossing and Ballinluig, and Pitlochry to Killiecrankie as we progress our plans to dual this section of the route.
"This is the latest in a series of ground investigations taking place along the route.
"No decision has been taken on the line of the route for the section between Dowally and Ballinluig at this time and so that section is not part of the contract that has been awarded.
"We apologise for any inconvenience these works will cause and would thank road users and local communities in advance for their patience over the next few months.
"The contractor will closely monitor the operation of the traffic management measures to ensure that delays are kept to a minimum."
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Traffic restrictions will be placed on two sections of the A9 for over two months for surrounding ground to be surveyed, Transport Scotland has confirmed.
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Up to 20,000 people are expected to attend the gig which is the first in the stadium since 1982.
Llandudno band and recent Brit Awards best breakthrough act, Catfish and the Bottlemen will support the Stereophonics.
Glyndwr University hopes it will be the first of many live shows at the stadium.
Lynda Powell, the university's director of operations, said it was a "major coup".
The last gig at the stadium, which is home of Wrexham FC, saw rock legends Motorhead perform along with Budgie, Tank, Raven, Orion and Twisted Sister.
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Stereophonics will headline a summer concert at Wrexham's Glyndwr University Racecourse Stadium on 2 July.
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The man, who wears a fisherman's black hat, has been linked to up to 450 burglaries in southwest London, including the home of Boris Becker.
He is said to enjoy "the notoriety of targeting the wealthy" and has stolen jewellery worth £10m over 12 years.
Premier League footballers have also been targeted.
Most of the stolen items have never been recovered, said police.
Three homes have been targeted in Wimbledon Village in the last two weeks by the suspect who often removes or destroys security equipment before breaking in.
Det Insp Dan O'Sullivan said: "This man has been linked to as many as 450 burglaries and related offences, making him the most prolific burglar in the UK over the past 12 years, and possibly in Europe.
"We are renewing appeals and asking for the public's help in identifying this man so that we can bring him to justice and bring his crime spree to an immediate halt.
"Someone must recognise this man and his distinctive clothing. He spends a lot of time away from home in the early hours, which cannot go unnoticed by his family and friends."
Officers said there have been two instances where CCTV systems at other residential properties in the area have been tampered with.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live the detective said the suspect, dubbed the Wimbledon Prowler by the press, always kept his hand over his mouth to protect his identity.
Mr O'Sullivan said money was not his main motive, rather, "the notoriety of targeting the wealthy," including premiership footballers and Boris Becker's family who have been targeted twice in the recent past.
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A burglar who targets the homes of the rich is being described by the Met Police as the most prolific in the UK and "possibly in Europe".
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The boy, who has not been identified, was travelling in the van with the driver and an eight-year-old girl when it left the road on Main Street in Hayton, police said.
The 44-year-old man and the girl were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The road was closed following the accident but has since reopened.
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A four-year-old boy has died after a van crashed in a Nottinghamshire village on Sunday afternoon.
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Prisoner distress, self-harm and suicide attempts are too often seen as signs of manipulation, rather than vulnerability, research by the Centre for Mental Health and the Howard League for Penal Reform found.
A record number of prisoners killed themselves in 2016, figures have shown.
The government said an internal inquiry into deaths in custody was under way.
The report by the two charities, which is based on interviews with healthcare staff working in prisons, found that the majority of prisoners have multiple and complex needs, including poor mental health.
But many do not get access to mental health support.
The report claims that staff shortages, a "toxic" working environment and a failure to recognise the impact of prison on both prisoners and staff, all contribute to an "unsafe environment".
It recommends three steps to help prisons shift away from a "primarily punitive approach" to a culture centred on wellbeing, recovery and rehabilitation:
Sarah Hughes, chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, said: "We need to bring about a culture change in prisons that puts safety top of the agenda, that understands the traumas both prisoners and staff too often live with, and that means people get the right help when they need it."
Last month, the Ministry of Justice said there were 119 self-inflicted deaths in prisons in England and Wales in 2016 - 29 more than the previous year and the highest number since records began in 1978.
Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said it was "time for action".
She added: "No-one should be so desperate while in the care of the state that they take their own life.
"Staff who work in prisons should never feel so under pressure that they cannot stop and listen."
A government spokeswoman said: "Increased support is now available to those at risk of self-harm or suicide, especially in the first 24 hours, and we have invested in mental health awareness training for staff.
"An internal inquiry is also under way looking at all deaths in custody in the last year, to further our understanding of why these events happen."
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Prisons in England and Wales need a "profound culture change" which focuses on inmate safety, a new report says.
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And students won't have to travel to a galaxy far, far away to take part in the short philosophy course.
The day-long open access course is being run by the University of Glasgow.
Star Wars and Philosophy: Destiny, Justice and the Metaphysics of the Force will be held on 4 May - the date recognised as Star Wars day by fans.
It will examine how far people can be responsible for their own actions when their destiny is governed by "the force".
Philosophy teacher John Donaldson will introduce concepts of free will and moral responsibility against the backdrop of the epic space drama.
The lifelong Star Wars fan said the course had been designed to broaden the appeal of philosophy.
It is part of a range of courses that are open to the general public but do not carry degree credits.
Dr Donaldson said: "It's a way of making philosophy more accessible. It's an unfortunate fact that philosophy tends to be hidden away in universities.
"You don't get programmes about philosophy on TV for example, which you do about other academic subjects.
"You don't tend to get books that deal with philosophical ideas. It's not that accessible.
"We hope it will engage people and encourage them to take philosophy further."
He said the university had previously ran courses exploring the philosophical questions raised by The Sopranos, The Wire and The Simpsons.
The first Star Wars film, starring Mark Hammill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford, was released in 1977.
The franchise has been a huge commercial success, with a combined worldwide box office revenue of $7.4bn (£5.9bn).
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Forget lightsabers and spaceships, a new university course has been set up to explore the deeper meanings of George Lucas's Star Wars films.
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Denis McAinsh, of Glasgow, will stand trial alongside Alexander Chaplin, 51; Barry Jeffrey, 32; and Michael Chaplin, 50, all of Dundee; and James McGing, 50, also of Glasgow.
All deny charges of supplying cannabis over a period of more than a year.
A warrant was issued for a sixth man - Dean Holmes, 46, of Dundee - after he failed to appear in court.
All six men face an allegation that they were concerned in the supply of cannabis between August 2013 and September 2014 at addresses in Dundee, Berwick railway station, the M90 near Glenfarg in Perthshire, and other locations unknown.
Alexander Chaplin and Dean Holmes face a further charge of producing cannabis at addresses in Dundee, while Barry Jeffrey is also accused of dealing cocaine in the city.
Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC continued the case to a further pre-trial hearing next week.
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A 75-year-old is one of six men set to stand trial in Dundee accused of dealing drugs in Scotland and England.
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Ms Conway is seen clutching her phone as US President Donald Trump poses with leaders of historically black colleges and universities.
Twitter users accused her of "disrespect".
Ms Conway was taking her own photos at the time.
"That's no way to act in the People's Oval Office," tweeted one user of the social media site.
"Think of all the great people who sat on that couch and put your feet down," wrote another.
The images led some to question Ms Conway's body language, suggesting that she was not taking the meeting on Monday seriously.
Others downplayed the excitement, indicating that it was all a bit of a storm in a teacup.
The images of Ms Conway also drew comparisons to a photograph taken in 2013 showing then President Barack Obama with a foot up on the Oval Office desk.
"What a story. Hope Obama never put his feet up on the furniture," writes Kevin.
Mr Trump was meeting leaders of historically black colleges and universities to discuss his administration's support for the schools, including contracts and grants.
Ms Conway is no stranger to controversy. Earlier this month she was criticised after citing a "massacre" which never happened while defending Mr Trump's controversial immigration ban.
Her recent promotion of products linked to Mr Trump's daughter, Ivanka, led to calls for an investigation into whether she had violated ethics rules.
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Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway has sparked a social media storm after pictures emerged of her kneeling on the sofa in the Oval Office with her shoes on.
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The outbreak started in the Ode-Irele town, Ondo state, and spread rapidly.
The disease - characterised by blurred vision, headache and loss of consciousness - killed the victims within 24 hours of falling ill.
Local health officials and World Health Organization experts are now in the town to try to identify the disease.
Laboratory tests have so far ruled out Ebola or any other virus, Ondo government spokesman Kayode Akinmade was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
He described the illness as "mysterious".
WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told AFP that all of those affected started showing symptoms between 13-15 April.
The unidentified disease appears to be attacking the central nervous system, state health commissioner Dayo Adeyanju told Nigeria's Premium Times.
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A "mysterious" disease has killed at least 18 people in the past several days in south-western Nigeria, local officials say.
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Bi Fujian said he felt deep remorse and sorrow for his remarks, which had had "a detrimental impact in society".
He was filmed singing a parody song in which he said Chinese people had suffered under Mao's leadership.
Mao, who led China through the Cultural Revolution and devastating famine, is the subject of much historical debate.
State broadcaster CCTV said Mr Bi's comments had had a "serious social impact", but many in China have defended him.
"I sincerely offer my deep apology to the public. As a public figure, I will learn from this, and exercise strict self-discipline," Mr Bi said in a statement.
Mr Bi hosts CCTV's annual New Year variety show, the most-watched television programme in the world.
In the video, filmed at a private banquet, he is seen singing a song from a Mao-era opera, Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy.
But he changes the lyrics to say "we've suffered enough" and calls Chairman Mao "that old son of a bitch", prompting fellow guests to laugh.
Mr Bi has been taken off air for four days, state media report.
Chairman Mao ruled China between 1945 and 1976, generating mass social upheaval to recreate China.
While China's leaders officially acknowledge there were faults in Mao and the personality cult which surrounded him - generally he is seen as 70% good and 30% bad - he remains hugely respected, and insulting him and other leaders is a taboo.
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A leading presenter on Chinese state TV has apologised after video emerged of him criticising Mao Zedong, the founder of modern China.
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McCulloch was appointed permanent manager on a three-year deal, having been interim boss since 19 February.
"Some players where saying, 'how can we take you seriously when you're not the manager?'" McCulloch told BBC Scotland.
"But now it's confirmed I'll be pushing on to try and get the right players in for the club and the fans."
McCulloch, who says he is "delighted" and "ready for the challenge ahead", took charge of the team after Lee Clark left for Bury, and guided Kilmarnock to eighth place and Premiership safety last season.
He says there is a pressing need to add to his squad, with only around 10 senior players currently on contract at the club.
"We've got the youngest team in Britain so we need to try and bring in a little bit more experience," McCulloch said. "But along with that, some more young and hungry players.
"Other teams are making signings and getting word out there that they want certain players."
However with three Kilmarnock players involved with the Scotland under 20's side that beat Brazil at the Toulon Tournament, including Greg Taylor who scored the winner, he has plenty of confidence that the young players will deliver for him.
McCulloch also revealed he spoke to some supporters groups about the prospect of him becoming the manger on a permanent basis, "wanting to make sure they were happy".
"It's important to get backing from supporters, it's important that everyone is together, because we need to try and get into the community to get people back in to the stadium," McCulloch added.
Encouraging more fans through the turnstile is a priority for the new Kilmarnock manager at a club he believes is "a sleeping giant".
"We've an 18,000 all-seater stadium here and we're averaging 3,000 people a game, so we need to try and get everyone together, start connecting with the community and getting winning displays on the pitch," McCulloch said.
"I've been here as assistant manager for the last two and a half years, now it's straight into management so it came quicker than what I expected, but it's a challenge that I'm really looking forward to taking on."
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Lee McCulloch admits Kilmarnock are "behind schedule" as they build for the new season.
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Ryan McKee, 25, is alleged to have "engaged in sexual activity" with the girls, who were 14 and 15 at the time.
Mr McKee, from Kinning Park in Glasgow, represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010.
He faces a total of six charges relating to a five-year period from March 2010 to August 2015. Mr McKee denies the charges.
He is due to stand trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court in August.
Court papers claim that in each of the charges he was "in the course of his employment as a gymnastics coach".
It is alleged he repeatedly kissed each of the girls.
In one of the charges, Mr McKee is accused of "coercing an older child" into looking at a sexual image and of "communicating indecently" with her by sending her naked pictures of him and requesting that she send him naked pictures of herself.
He is also charged with asking another girl to send a picture of her chest and asking the third girl if she wanted him to send her "sexual images" and asking for her to send the same to him.
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A former international gymnast has been charged with sexual offences against three teenage girls.
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Patricia Mountbatten married celebrated film producer Lord Brabourne in 1946, and the pair had seven children.
The couple were among a seven-strong boat party blown up by the IRA at County Sligo, Republic of Ireland, in 1979.
Their son Nicholas, 14, was killed in the attack, as was Lord Brabourne's mother, Dowager Lady Brabourne, and her father Lord Mountbatten.
The Countess, then known as Lady Brabourne, was badly injured but her husband survived as did Nicholas's twin, Timothy.
Paul Maxwell, a 15-year-old local boy, was also killed.
For more than 30 years she used her experience of her loss to help other bereaved parents, through her support of the charities Child Bereavement UK and Compassionate Friends.
A spokeswoman for the family said the countess died peacefully on Tuesday at her home in Mersham, Kent, surrounded by her children.
Lord Brabourne passed away 12 years ago.
She was godmother to the Prince of Wales who paid tribute to her in a statement. It reads: "I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of my very special godmother, Lady Mountbatten, whom I have known and loved ever since I can first remember.
"She played an extremely important part in my life and I shall miss her presence most dreadfully."
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: "The Queen and the Duke are aware and have privately passed on their condolences."
When the Countess married in 1946 the then Princess Elizabeth, her third cousin, was one of her bridesmaids.
The family lived at Broadlands in Romsey, Hampshire, near Southampton, which has a hospice named after Countess Mountbatten.
The arrangements for a funeral in London followed by a burial service in Mersham, are to be announced at a later date.
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Prince Philip's cousin, the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, has died aged 93.
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Foula in Shetland was found to be the only place in Great Britain not to be the feature of an OS Custom Made map.
Launched five years ago, the service allows people to create maps on locations of their choice and create the cover and title.
No-one has done this for Foula, so OS has made one for every islander. About 30 people live on the small isle.
Sheila Gear, Foula's Post Office manager who is distributing the maps to residents, said: "It was a pleasant surprise to receive the maps from OS, and to now be part of OS's story.
"Foula has a strong community, and it has many beautiful areas and an abundance of wildlife. I recommend a visit, but do bring a map."
OS said that about 111.5 million sq km of Custom Made maps have been ordered and printed through its online service.
It said this was enough maps to cover the surface of Great Britain 532 times.
While almost every inch of Great Britain has featured on a Custom Made map at some stage, the mapping agency said Foula was the only place not to be given the treatment.
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Every resident of a remote Scottish island is to receive a map as a gift from Ordnance Survey (OS).
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The bodies of Mr Espinosa and four women were found in a flat in the Narvarte district of Mexico City on Friday.
They had been tied up and shot dead.
Mexico City prosecutor Rodolfo Rios Garza said the three men were the prime suspects in the murder, which has shocked Mexico City residents.
The surveillance footage shows them leaving the flat at 15:02 local time, 50 minutes after Mr Espinosa sent a text message to a friend, his last known communication.
Investigators said one of the men was pulling a suitcase.
Another can be seen getting into a red Ford Mustang which belonged to one of the victims.
The car was found abandoned on the outskirts of Mexico City on Monday.
The bodies of the five victims were found by one of their friends in the flat on Friday evening.
Investigators said three of the four women had been raped and the body of Mr Espinosa showed signs of torture.
Mr Rios Garza said they were looking into all possible motives for the crime.
On Sunday, officials said the fact that one of the victims' cars had been taken pointed to a robbery.
But the theory was dismissed by the editor of news magazine Proceso, for which Mr Espinosa took photos.
The editor said that the brutality of the crime suggested it was not a simple robbery.
Mr Espinosa spent eight years working in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, where almost a dozen journalists have been killed in the past years.
He moved to Mexico City in June saying he had been harassed and threatened.
One of the female victims, Nadia Vera Perez, was a student activist in Veracruz and had worked there with Mr Espinosa.
She was highly critical of the Veracruz governor.
She had moved to Mexico City to work as a cultural promoter.
The three other victims were the cleaner and two women who shared the flat with Ms Vera Perez, one of whom is believed to be Colombian.
While the motive behind the crime remains unclear, rights group say it suggests that journalists who have come under threat in violence-ridden states are no longer safe in the capital.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 31 journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 1992 in connection with their work.
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Mexican police are searching for three men shown on surveillance video leaving the building where photojournalist Ruben Espinosa was killed.
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The e-borders scheme, launched in 2003, has been dogged by problems and in 2014 was "terminated" in its current form.
The Public Accounts Committee accused officials of complacency and said delays in implementing its successor risked undermining Britain's security.
The Home Office has so far not responded to the MPs' report.
The e-borders scheme is designed to enhance checks on people entering the country by air, rail and sea by gathering and processing data on passengers before they reach the border.
The cross-party committee said the new system was not expected to be in place until "at least" eight years later than planned and cost "significantly more than expected".
It found that repeated warnings about the original e-borders scheme and its successor had not been taken seriously, saying officials had been "worryingly dismissive".
"It is difficult to understand where this confidence comes from, given the lengthy delays and continual warnings of ongoing management issues, which gives us cause for concern about the future prospects for this programme which is vital to national security," its report said.
What are e-borders?
Seven warnings about the programme had been issued by the Major Projects Authority since 2010 and in 2015 the National Audit Office said checks remained "highly manual and inefficient" and the IT systems were outdated.
The report found that only 86% of those coming to Britain have their data checked ahead of travel, despite a pledge to carry this out on 95% of travellers by December 2010.
Committee chairwoman Meg Hillier said: "If the Home Office is to complete this project before the decade is out, then it must get its house in order now - starting by setting out exactly what it expects to achieve this year, and who will be held to account for it."
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The Home Office has been told by MPs to get a grip on a scheme to secure the UK's borders, which is set to be at least eight years late and cost £1bn.
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A plumber discovered the corpse on Thursday after being called to a property in Scartho Road, Grimsby.
A post-mortem examination proved inconclusive, but police said the baby "must have been placed there".
Det Insp Christine Calvert, of Humberside Police, said the coin which was found with the body was dated 2013.
The towel was from Marks & Spencer.
Ms Calvert said: "The baby's body must have been placed in the location where he was discovered, as the pipes either side are too narrow for him to have settled there."
Police are working to establish the significance of the towel, coin and hair bands.
Humberside Police is working with health and social services to identify the boy's parents.
Ms Calvert said: "Very little is known of the circumstances which led to the baby's death, but we are concerned that the baby's parents, in particular his mother, may need help and support following the loss of her child and as such she may be very vulnerable.
"We are urging anyone who can help identify the parents of this baby, or the parents themselves, to come forward in order for us to make sure they get any support or medical treatment that may be required."
The body is thought to have been there "post 2013" and appeared to have gone to full-term.
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A baby boy's body found in a garden drain was wrapped in a towel, along with a 10p coin and several elasticated hair bands, police have said.
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The ex-Germany captain, who has trained alone or with the Under-23s under new boss Jose Mourinho, was named in their 25-man Premier League squad on Friday.
The 32-year-old World Cup winner retired from international football this week after 24 goals and 121 caps.
Eighteen-year-old defender Axel Tuanzebe has been named in United's 27-man Europa League squad.
Only 21 non-"club trained" players - those who have spent three years at the club between the ages of 15 and 21 - can be named in squads for the European competition.
United could only count forwards Wayne Rooney and Jesse Lingard as "club trained" so a maximum squad of 23 could be named, along with four Under-21 players in Marcus Rashford, Luke Shaw, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Tuanzebe.
Schweinsteiger signed a three-year deal in July 2015 but was told by Mourinho last month that it would be "very difficult" for him to play again for the club.
United begin their Europa League campaign away to Dutch club Feyenoord on 15 September. They are in Group A along with Turkey's Fenerbahce and Zorya of Ukraine.
Manchester United's Europa League squad for the 2016/2017 group stage: David de Gea, Sergio Romero, Sam Johnstone, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo, Chris Smalling, Luke Shaw, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Antonio Valencia, Matteo Darmian, Axel Tuanzebe, Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Michael Carrick, Daley Blind, Ashley Young, Ander Herrera, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Marouane Fellaini, Morgan Schneiderlin, Memphis Depay, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Wayne Rooney, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford.
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Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has been left out of Manchester United's Europa League squad.
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Moore, 33, was picked by captain Davis Love III after losing to Rory McIlroy in a play-off at the Tour Championship.
Love III, who skippered the US team beaten in 2012, named Rickie Fowler, Matt Kuchar and JB Holmes as his other wildcard choices on 12 September.
This year's Ryder Cup will take place at Hazeltine National in Minnesota from 30 September to 2 October.
Love III made the announcement during the half-time break of Sunday night's televised NFL match between Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys.
The selection of rookie Moore, who is the world number 42, means there is no place in the US Ryder Cup team for two-time Masters champion and world number seven Bubba Watson, 37.
"Ryan fits so well with what we have in place. He's an easy-going, thoughtful guy, but don't be fooled. Ryan's a great match-play player with an incredible match-play record," said Love.
"He has guts and determination and everyone saw that on Sunday. We are thrilled to have him with us."
Brooks Koepka is the only other rookie in the US team.
Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, Jimmy Walker, Brooks Koepka, Brandt Snedeker and Zach Johnson qualified automatically by making the top eight of the money list.
US wildcard picks
European captain Darren Clarke has named Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and rookie Thomas Pieters as his three wildcards.
BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter
Two years ago the American team travelled to Scotland in the knowledge that they would not be fielding their strongest possible line-up.
At the time, the most in-form US player was Billy Horschel. He had not been selected because the team was picked before his late surge through the PGA Tour play-offs, culminating in Tour Championship victory at East Lake.
Chris Kirk was similarly inspired, winning the Deutsche Bank Championship, finishing fourth at the season finale and second to Horschel in the play-off standings. He too was absent from the American team.
The US have ensured they don't suffer a similar fate this time by introducing what is unofficially known as the "Horschel rule".
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Ryan Moore has been named as the final wildcard pick for the United States Ryder Cup team.
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Malmo winger Tobias Sana, 26, was warming up at the Gamla Ullevi stadium when the device bounced under his feet.
Former Gothenburg player Sana reacted by throwing a corner flag at home fans.
Players from both teams were taken off the pitch by the referee with the score 0-0 with 12 minutes remaining on Wednesday in the Allsvenskan fixture.
A decision to abandon the game was made after security in the ground could not be guaranteed.
"Now that I've gotten over the shock, I feel it was the stupidest decision of my life," Sana said on Thursday about his actions.
"There are many young people who look up to me so I really want to apologise."
Gothenburg posted an apology on their website directed at Malmo, match officials and the spectators.
The club could face sanctions from the Swedish football association's disciplinary committee.
"I heard the banger, I looked over and saw Tobias Sana bend down," said referee Jonas Eriksson.
"After that it went quickly, I blew the whistle and got the players in directly."
Gothenburg are seventh in the league with Malmo in sixth.
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IFK Gothenburg's home match with Malmo in Sweden's top flight was abandoned when a firework exploded under the feet of a substitute.
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The company said earlier it had to withdraw one of its contractors in west Belfast after they were threatened.
Sinn Féin's Carál Ní Chuilín said workmen were threatened again on Wednesday, this time in Rosapenna Street in the north of the city.
She said the threats should be lifted immediately.
"The contractor in this case has been working with the local community to minimise disruption during work to improve water pressure and the quality of the water supply," she said.
"This work is part of a much-needed investment in the water infrastructure.
"NI Water has made it crystal clear that this work isn't about installing water meters.
"The workers involved should be allowed to get on with their work to improve the area's water system and do so free of threats and intimidation."
Earlier on Wednesday, Northern Ireland Water said it had to halt work on a £10m watermains scheme in west Belfast after one of its contractors received death threats.
The firm said workmen carrying out an upgrade to watermains in Glen Crescent were told to leave the site on Tuesday or they would be blown up.
A spokesman said they had been forced to withdraw the workers.
He condemned the threats as "unwarranted, unprovoked and unnecessary".
"Any misconception or misreporting that our work is linked to forthcoming water charges puts our workers and their equipment at risk of serious harm," he said.
"We do not want a situation where the local community will suffer because of the mindless destruction and misinformed actions of a few.
"NI Water would ask all political and community representatives to unite with us in ensuring the safety of our staff and their equipment while they carry out this vital work."
The police said they had spoken to the contractors on Tuesday.
SDLP councillor Tim Attwood condemned what he called "thuggish intimidation".
He said Northern Ireland Water staff were left "shaken and distressed after masked men approached them and issued cavalier threats".
"No one should feel harassed or intimidated in this city.
"I understand that there are concerns within communities across the city, and across the north, that water charges are imminent.
"NI Water have confirmed that this is not the case and the work that they are carrying out is in no way related to water meters."
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A north Belfast assembly member has said that Northern Ireland Water workers have been threatened for a second time in 24 hours.
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It is being recommended that the Woodhill House headquarters in Aberdeen and Gordon House in Inverurie are relocated to a brand new headquarters at Harlaw Park in Inverurie.
The aim is smaller, more flexible and cheaper offices.
Aberdeenshire is the only local authority authority in Scotland to have its headquarters outside its boundary.
Councillors will be told that maintaining the existing offices in Aberdeen and Inverurie would require major investment, and would leave the council with more office space than is needed.
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Plans to merge two of Aberdeenshire Council's main offices are to go before councillors next week.
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The 28-year-old English midfielder looked to be on his way to Pittodrie in January 2016, but the deal fell through as the clubs fell out over a fee.
But he signed a pre-contract in March to join the Dons on a three-year deal.
"I always wanted to come here and I'm just delighted it has eventually been done," he told the Dons website.
"What's happened in the past has happened in the past, but it's been a long wait."
Tansey had returned to the Caledonian Stadium for a second spell at the club after leaving Stevenage in 2014.
He scored nine goals in 44 appearances this season but was unable to prevent Caley Thistle being relegated.
Tansey becomes the latest Caley Thistle player to have ended up at the other end of the A96.
Dons striker Adam Rooney and midfielders Jonny Hayes and Graeme Shinnie all moved to the Granite City having previously played for Inverness.
"I always had it in my mind to come here because of the set-up and from what the lads I know have said about the place," added Tansey. "It spoke volumes about the place.
"It was pretty much a no-brainer to come here.
"I've spoken to a few of the boys here - Graeme Shinnie, Jonny Hayes, Miles Storey, Adam Rooney and I've played against them over the years.
"They're all great lads and top players and it is exciting to play with players like that.
"That's what you want to do. It brings you on as a player and puts pressure on you to deliver for them as well as yourself."
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Greg Tansey is relieved to have ended his long wait to sign for Aberdeen after leaving relegated Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
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The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland has placed male bear Arktos in an enclosure next to female Victoria's at its Highland Wildlife Park.
The society said Victoria was showing signs she might be ready to breed, but it would not be until later this month before the pair shared an enclosure.
Polar bear cubs were last born in the UK almost 25 years ago.
Arktos is one of two male bears at the park at Kincraig, near Aviemore.
He was deemed to be more suited genetically than younger male bear Walker for the breeding attempt.
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Polar bears involved in a Scottish captive breeding project have come face to face for the first time.
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Hugh Lowe Farms, in Mereworth, Kent, supply two million strawberries to the tennis championships.
Marion Regan, who works on the farm, said the cool wet weather has meant a slower start to the growing season, which has been timed perfectly for Wimbledon.
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One of the main suppliers of strawberries to Wimbledon has said the recent weather has provided perfect conditions for growing the fruit.
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In April last year Mr Reckless was less than impressed when the Home Secretary Theresa May cracked a joke at his expense at the Home Affairs Select Committee telling him that to break the law would be - "dare I say it" - a "reckless" move.
Some might describe his decision as somewhat "reckless" - defecting from the Conservatives to join UKIP.
In recent weeks, I have suspected it was a move he was pondering.
He is a close friend of Douglas Carswell - the first Tory MP to defect to UKIP.
They share the same views on Europe and both support Britain leaving the EU.
I've asked him several times recently if he was contemplating following in Mr Carswell's footsteps.
He told me a week or two ago he was unlikely to stand for UKIP unless they put a UKIP candidate up in his ward to stand against him.
Like many Conservative MPs he was nervous of UKIP in his backyard.
They didn't stand in Rochester and Strood at the last election.
Mr Farage has spoken warmly of Mr Reckless - often saying he's "a fine fellow" and if he wanted to join UKIP he'd be very welcome.
He has now decided to take that leap, becoming the second Tory MP to join UKIP in the past month, and on the eve of the Conservative Party conference the timing could hardly be more damaging.
He says he wants action on a European referendum, tax and immigration.
The Conservatives have branded his decision to join UKIP completely illogical and say the only way to get action on those issues is to vote Conservative.
But there's no doubt they'll be rattled by his decision.
Mr Reckless triggered a by-election with his announcement and he invited UKIP delegates to come to his constituency and campaign with him.
He has a comfortable majority of almost 10,000.
Within a matter of weeks UKIP could have their first MPs at Westminster.
David Cameron must be asking himself will any more follow?
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Mark Reckless has always been a bit of a maverick - not someone who toes the party line.
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The 21-year-old victim suffered leg, arm and head injuries when he was hit in Guildford by the van driven by Raymond Harms.
Harms pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm, damaging property and dangerous driving at an earlier Guildford Crown Court hearing.
He was jailed for a total of six years and four months.
Harms, of Yew Tree Drive, Guildford, was also banned from driving for eight years and two months.
Two other men from Guildford were also sentenced for their involvement in the attack in Bowers Farm Drive, Burpham on 12 May.
Ian Vase, 29, of Pond Meadow, who pleaded guilty to affray, was jailed for six months.
Shaun Ritson, 31, of Lime Grove, who admitted threatening behaviour, was given a 12-month community order including 120 hours' unpaid work.
The charges also related to incidents that took place in Lawrence Close the same evening.
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A 25-year-old man has been jailed after he ran another man over in his van, causing him serious injuries.
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Teesport owner PD Ports said the agreement, with Redcar steelmaker SSI, could also create a further 30 posts.
It will mean an estimated 2m tonnes a year of slab steel being processed for export through the port.
SSI, which employs 2,000 people, took over the former Corus steel plant three years ago.
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Up to 100 port jobs on Teesside have been safeguarded after a seven-year deal was secured to handle millions of tonnes of steel for export.
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The 59-year-old was elected as the body's first independent chairman on a two-year term in May last year.
Manohar, a two-time president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said the decision was because of personal reasons.
"I hope the ICC achieves greater heights in future," the Indian added.
The ICC confirmed it had received Manohar's resignation on Wednesday, adding that it would "assess the situation" before making any further announcements.
Manohar had previously sought to reduce the power of England, Australia and India - the so-called Big Three - on the ICC's decision-making executive committee.
Speaking in February 2016, he stated: "No member of the ICC is bigger than the other."
A final decision on a new governance structure was due to be taken at a meeting in April.
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Shashank Manohar, the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), has stepped down after eight months in the role.
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Sixteen people were injured, four seriously, after the crash that happened on Tuesday last week.
However several rides, including the Smiler and Oblivion are still closed to the public.
See Martin 'Live at Alton Towers' - he spoke to children on the first day it reopened.
Merlin Entertainments, who own the park, had also closed three other rollercoasters at other theme parks for safety reasons.
Dragon's Fury and Rattlesnake rides at Chessington World of Adventures are still closed.
A Chessington spokeswoman said its two rides were safe, but staff working on them needed further training before they could be reopened.
Merlin Entertainments said Alton Towers is now open again.
It's been carrying out checks to make sure that the rides and park were safe for everyone.
Are rollercoasters safe?
Accidents on rollercoasters are extremely rare - the chance of being injured whilst on a ride is one in 24 million.
The company say they have added safety procedures to "reinforce the safe operation of our multi-car rollercoasters" which were "effective immediately".
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Alton Towers is now open again for the first time since a rollercoaster crash on its Smiler ride.
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