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At least two senior officials and nine attackers are reported dead but the security minister told the BBC the situation was "under control".
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has told the UN envoy to Somalia he was not harmed, envoy Nick Kay has tweeted.
The al-Qaeda-linked group al-Shabab has said it carried out the attack.
BBC Somalia analyst Mohamed Mohamed says this is the first time that al-Shabab fighters have entered the presidential palace, known as Villa Somalia.
The heavily guarded complex is home to the president, prime minister, speaker of parliament, other ministers and a mosque, which was hit during the attack.
The president was preparing for Friday prayers at the mosque, senior police officer Abdikadir Ahmed told Reuters news agency.
Some of the attackers were wearing suicide vests, police sources have told the BBC.
Another police officer, Hussein Farah, told Reuters there were about 10 assailants, wearing uniforms similar to that of the presidential guards.
"All the Shabab fighters perished, some blew up themselves while others were shot dead. Several government guards also died," he said.
"Now the fighting is over, and scattered on the scene is human flesh and blood."
Security Minister Abdi Karim Hussein told the BBC Somali service that all of the country's leaders were safe.
Senior officials in the prime minister's office and security services are said to have been killed.
Al-Shabab military spokesman Sheikh Abdul Aziz Abu Musab said militants were still in control of some buildings inside the presidential compound.
"Our commandos have attacked the so-called presidential palace in order to kill or arrest those who who are inside," he told the AFP news agency.
Mr Kay said the attack on Villa Somalia had "failed".
"Sadly some lives lost. I condemn strongly this terrorism," he said.
Al-Shabab was driven out of Mogadishu in 2011 but it still controls many smaller towns and rural areas of the country and stages periodic attacks in Mogadishu.
Some 22,000 African Union troops are helping the government battle al-Shabab.
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A huge car bomb has exploded at the gate of Somalia's presidential palace, followed by a fierce gun battle inside, officials say.
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Kuba Moczyk, 22, died in hospital after he was knocked out in an unlicensed fight at the Tower Complex, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 19 November.
A memorial mass has been held at St Mary's Church in the town.
Father Philip Shryane told the congregation Mr Moczyk' was a "good man" whose "life was boxing".
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He said Mr Moczyk was "a young man with a good heart, with so much to give and so much to look forward to... but always a gentle smile".
His uncle, Marcin Smigaj gave a tribute, in Polish, on behalf of the family. Mr Moczyk was due to be cremated.
Mr Moczyk, originally from Poland, worked at a chicken factory and lived in the town.
His trainer Scott Osinski said earlier that Mr Moczyk was winning the fight when he took the fatal blow.
His opponent is believed to be aged 17.
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Friends and family of a boxer with a "gentle smile", who died after being knocked out in his first fight, have attended a memorial mass.
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Twelve government soldiers and 20 IS fighters were killed, said the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
At least two civilians were also killed in IS rocket fire on government-controlled parts of the city, it added.
The jihadists have besieged government-held parts of the city, which borders Iraq, since early 2015.
IS already controls half of the city as well as most of the surrounding province, which shares the same name.
Deir al-Zour connects the militant group's de facto "capital" in Syria, Raqqa, to territory it controls in Iraq.
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The latest offensive comes amid a continuing ceasefire, brokered by Russia and Turkey last month, between government and rebel forces.
But the truce does not cover IS nor rival jihadist group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which was known as al-Nusra Front until it broke off formal ties with al-Qaeda in July.
There are hopes the truce - which has mainly held despite some clashes - will lay the groundwork for peace talks planned for later this month in the Kazakh capital of Astana.
The umbrella group representing Syria's political and opposition factions, the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), voiced its support for the talks on Saturday.
"Concerning the forthcoming meeting in Astana, the (High Negotiations) Committee stresses its support to the military delegation... and expresses hope, that the meeting would reinforce the truce," it said in a statement.
Official invitations have yet to be issued for the Astana talks, but Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said Washington will be asked to attend.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the city of Deir al-Zour had been hit by at least six explosions since Saturday morning.
Syrian government war planes hit back against IS positions, the state-run Sana news agency reported.
Rami Abdel Rahman, who runs the monitoring group, said Saturday's attack by IS was the "most violent" on the city in more than a year.
The jihadists are reportedly trying to cut off the main road linking the airport and the city in a bid to stop the government's supply lines.
Syrian and Russian aircraft have been carrying out regular air drops on the besieged area, where about 200,000 people live.
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Islamic State militants have launched a fierce assault on government-held areas in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour, with dozens reportedly killed.
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The court said that same-sex couples could only adopt a child if it was the offspring of one of the partners.
Discussion about whether to lift the current restrictions had dominated social media in the hours before the ruling.
It comes almost two years after the country's Congress voted against allowing gay marriages.
Colombian media said the ruling showed great wisdom, arguing that it took the middle road between allowing same-sex couples to freely adopt children and banning same-sex adoption outright.
But lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups expressed their disappointment, saying the ruling did not go far enough.
Senator Armando Benedetti, a supporter of LGBT rights, called the judges "cowards".
The president of Colombia's Conference of Bishops, the Right Reverend Monsignor Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, said he would continue fighting for "the right of children to have a father and a mother".
"Two mums don't make a dad," he said.
The decision by the court does not prevent Congress from legislating on the issue in the future.
In fact, the court suggested Congress should debate the "legislative vacuum" LGBT couples face in Colombia.
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Colombia's constitutional court ruled on Wednesday to keep the current limits on same-sex adoption.
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But the regulator said spending on market research and "unsolicited material" for voters went up.
It said the changes might be down to a move away from traditional campaigning to a more targeted, online approach.
General levels of spending were similar to the 2010 general election.
In its campaign spending report for the 2015 general election, the commission said spending on advertising was £6.9m, compared with £9.2m in 2010, with the amount spent on campaign broadcasts down from £1.5m to £806,000.
At the same time, market research spending went up from £1.8m to £7.6m with unsolicited material up from £12.4m to £15m.
The commission also called for new powers to regulate spending at elections.
Its director of party and election finance Bob Posner said: "The law currently stops short of giving the commission the power to enforce candidates' spending rules and only the police can investigate if there's a problem.
"It's time to end that anomaly and give us the power to investigate and sanction."
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The amount spent on advertising by political parties went down in May's general election campaign compared with previous years, the Electoral Commission says.
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The damage in the graveyard of St Mary's cemetery on Chapel Hill occurred sometime overnight on Saturday.
Ch Insp Bernard O'Connor said officers were working to establish a motive for the attack and appealed for anyone with information to contact police.
The Sinn Féin MP for Newry & Armagh described it as a "despicable act".
"Graveyards are places that should be respected and unfortunately in this case these people came in the dead of night, they hadn't the courage to do it in daylight," he said.
"I would utterly condemn this as something that is reprehensible and ask them to desist absolutely from doing this in any way in the future."
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Red paint has been sprayed on a republican memorial in Newry, County Down.
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LuaLua, 26, previously joined QPR on loan in January 2017 and played 11 times during his initial loan spell, contributing one goal.
"It's good to be back. I know the boys here, I know the manager, this was an easy decision for me," said LuaLua.
LuaLua is eligible for QPR's next Championship fixture at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.
"I am absolutely delighted to have Kaz back," said QPR manager Ian Holloway. "This is a great opportunity for us.
"He had such a good pre-season with Brighton and it was touch-and-go whether they were going to let him go out again."
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Brighton winger Kazenga LuaLua has returned to Championship side QPR on loan until January 2018.
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Jersey marked 71 years since its liberation from Nazi occupation on 9 May with a service and re-enactment in Liberation Square.
Bailiff, William Bailhache, gave his speech twice as the power cut hit just before he was due to speak.
Heavy rain also caused a number of people in the audience to leave early.
Hundreds still turned up to mark the event, seen as the island's national day including ex-servicemen and occupation survivors.
Organisers had planned a change to the traditional order of service, moving the Bailiff's speech to before the religious portion of the programme.
As the power cut hit just before the Bailiff was due to speak he was asked to give his speech again, with amplification, during the religious portion, returning to the normal order.
Jersey Electricity say the power was off in both islands but did not say why. The power cut lasted about 20 minutes.
In his speech, William Bailhache urged people to be tolerant of other people's religion, describing Jersey as a tolerant society.
He said: "In this Island today let us be beacons of tolerance, respecting those of different backgrounds, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or religion."
A traditional part of the service is the singing of Jersey's unofficial anthem, Beautiful Jersey.
For decades it has been sung by Sadie Rennard, but for the first time student Rachel Hayden performed the song.
The re-enactment saw Jersey's army cadet force replicate the original liberating forces journey through a packed Liberation Square in 1946.
This was then followed by a parade of the Jersey Field Squadron, bands, cadet forces and classic vehicles.
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Jersey's Liberation Day celebrations were hit by an island-wide power cut, causing the big screens and public address system to fail.
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Mr Trump promised a 35% tax on products sold in the US by any business that fired American workers, and built a factory elsewhere.
Firms should be "forewarned prior to making a very expensive mistake", he said.
Mr Trump has promised to help blue-collar workers, reduce taxes and regulations on businesses.
"The US is going to substantially reduce taxes and regulations on businesses, but any business that leaves our country for another country, fires its employees, builds a new factory or plant in the other country, and then thinks it will sell its product back into the US without retribution or consequence, is WRONG!" [sic], the Republican tweeted.
"There will be a tax on our soon to be strong border of 35% for these companies wanting to sell their product, cars, A.C. units etc., back across the border," he went on.
"This tax will make leaving financially difficult, but these companies are able to move between all 50 states, with no tax or tariff being charged.
"Please be forewarned prior to making a very expensive mistake! THE UNITED STATES IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS."
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Last week Mr Trump tweeted a warning to Rexnord Corp, an industrial supplier based in Milwaukee that plans to move a bearings plant and its 300 jobs from Indiana to Mexico.
"Rexnord of Indiana is moving to Mexico and rather viciously firing all of its 300 workers. This is happening all over the country. No more!" he fumed.
Experts have warned that the president-elect will face legal challenges if he tries to impose tariffs on specific companies without congressional approval.
Gary Hufbauer, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, predicted that the US courts would block such a move.
Mr Trump, who defeated Hillary Clinton in the poll, is due to be sworn in on 20 January.
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US President-elect Donald Trump says he will impose punitive taxes on US firms that move manufacturing overseas.
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Its latest survey shows household spending dipped for the first time in four years last month with families "starting to feel the squeeze" as higher living costs eat into pay.
"Let's face it, we are skint," says commentator Justin Urquart-Stewart.
"Our card's maxed out, nothing in the savings account, pockets emptied out and nothing down the back of the sofa."
Visa said physical stores saw sales drop at their fastest pace for over five years in May, with sales down 5.3% year-on-year.
In contrast, spending at hotels and restaurants rose at an annual rate of 3.3%.
But even though so-called "experiences" spending rose, the figures suggest people are still being careful.
Josh Beer, from the Illustrious Pub Company, in Cambridgeshire, said: "More of our customers gravitated towards deals and offers in the past month, it feels as though they were biding their time, and cutting back until they became more confident in the economy."
The Visa figures show overall spending was 08% lower than in 2016, the first fall since September 2013.
The findings chime with official data from the Office for National Statistics, which shows that wage growth is falling back while inflation is rising, causing a squeeze on household incomes as they fail to keep pace with shop prices.
The latest official figures showed wage growth behind inflation for the first time since mid-2014, and the Bank of England has said it expects this to get worse.
Average weekly earnings excluding bonuses increased by 2.1% in the three months to March, while inflation rose by 2.3% in the year to March 2017.
"Now is starts to hurt, with inflation above lower pay levels we will all start to feel poorer. As the consumer we have been the driver of the UK economic engine - and now you can hear it start to splutter," adds Mr Urquart-Stewart, co-founder of fund manager Seven Investment Management.
One of the chief reasons for inflation's rise is the steep fall in sterling since the UK voted to leave the European Union.
It is now worth between 11-15% less against the euro and the dollar, making anything we buy with our weaker currency more expensive.
That leaves shops with a dilemma, shred their often already paper-thin profit margins or raise prices.
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We're buying fewer clothes and pairs of shoes, although we're eating out more, according to credit card firm Visa.
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But one man has made it his life's work to transform the unloved and discarded into sculptures of some of Wales' most breathtaking creatures.
Artist Chris Crane's works incorporate spanners, bike chains, agricultural machinery and even lorry wheels.
The results are models of the animals he sees while walking near his home in Drefach, Carmarthenshire, including a tawny owl, otters, a raven and a seal.
They are to go on show at Fishguard's Workshop Wales Gallery from Sunday.
"I love the juxtaposition of turning the functional and mechanical into something natural and beautiful," he said.
"A load of junk welded together oughtn't to be able to represent wildlife, but there's something in the engineering of machinery which can convey the kinetic energy of life."
Mr Crane is given scrap by friends, family, and even strangers who learn of his unusual work.
However his main source of material comes from Tools For Self Reliance, a charity which repairs used tools for use in poorer countries.
"Tools For Self Reliance only give me the items which are beyond repair," he said.
"I love the sense that even the seemingly useless can be made into something which can give pleasure; it's the ultimate recycling really.
"Similarly I'm given things people have been keeping in the garage for years, because they thought it might come in handy for something one day, but were never sure what. I'm just pleased to prove them right."
Mr Crane said his inspiration comes as much from the tools he is given as the wildlife he spots.
"I was moved to create my sand eel after seeing how they writhed under the water while I was snorkelling with my daughter," he added.
"But on the other hand my raven came to me when I was given a small bit of agricultural equipment by a friend of mine in sustainable energy installation, and it just leapt out at me straight away that this was a raven's beak."
He added that this collection differs from his usual sculptures, in that he began working on all the exhibits simultaneously, in order to give them a sense of interconnection.
The show will also include the paintings and drawings that led to the creation of each piece.
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A shed full of old and broken tools and machinery may seem a world removed from the beauty of Carmarthenshire wildlife.
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The former England international, 34, has signed on a free transfer after winning friends on and off the field in his three months at the Ricoh Arena.
"He's great to have around the dressing room," said City manager Tony Mowbray.
"The rest of the squad feed off his experience. I'm sure it'll have a positive impact on our young players."
Cole scored a cracking free-kick in a 4-3 win over Barnsley after arriving on 19 October, but has only made seven appearances in total because of injury niggles.
"Our staff have worked hard to build up his fitness and physicality, and we've seen Joe really buy into what we're trying to do here," added Mowbray.
"I only see his performances for the club getting better. He is a fantastic option to have from now until the end of the season."
Cole began his career at West Ham before moving in 2003 to Chelsea, for whom he made 183 league appearances, scoring 28 goals.
After seven years at Stamford Bridge and two Premier League titles, he moved to Liverpool, but had a loan spell with French Ligue 1 side Lille before returning to boyhood club West Ham in 2013.
He made 31 appearances in a one-year spell at Upton Park, scoring five goals, before switching to Villa, for whom he made four starts.
Cole scored 10 goals in 56 international appearances for England.
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Coventry City's on-loan Aston Villa midfielder Joe Cole has completed a move to the Ricoh Arena on a deal until the end of the season.
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From nightclubs to sports grounds to television studios, it seems almost everyone's had a dip at doing the dab.
But in a surprising new development, it has worked its way into the stuffy world of Irish politics.
In an attempt to get down with the kids, Richard Boyd Barrett brought the dab to the Dáil - the Irish parliament.
The left-wing Anti-Austerity Alliance People Before Profit politician pulled the move during a debate on the Irish government's Misuse of Drugs Bill on Thursday.
In his speech he said politicians "need to start to listen to young people", adding that some in his Dún Laoghaire constituency in County Dublin had asked him: "Do you have any idea what's going on?"
And he said they asked him to dish out a "bit of street language, from the street" to his fellow parliamentarians in the Dáil.
"When kids are trying to make a positive statement on the street they do a thing called a dab," he said.
"I don't know if you've ever seen it.
"I don't know what it means.
"But we need to learn what it means, learn what young people are talking about, what matters to them, what they consider positive activity."
Speaking to The Ryan Tubridy Show on RTÉ Radio 1, Mr Boyd Barrett said "we need more" hip-hop in the Dublin parliament.
"I don't pretend to be an expert on these things, but it's more from my own kids and young people that I've kind of learnt about these things," he said.
"Hip-hop, for a lot of teenagers these days, is the language they speak - it's the cultural language of teenagers."
He added that it's "very obvious" that many young people "are completely alienated from politics".
"In any election, it's clear that the biggest demographic that don't vote and don't engage with politics are young people.
"I think it's our responsibility to engage with young people."
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It's a global dance craze born out of US hip-hop culture that's swept the world over the last year.
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Williamson capitalised on Frazer Shaw's tame back pass to round O's keeper Alex Cisak and slot the ball home.
The visitors struck again through Williamson's low drive before Orient pulled one back through substitute Armand Gnanduillet's neat finish.
Jimmy Spencer buried Williamson's cross on his debut to seal victory for the U's, who climb to 11th in League Two.
Nolan had started with two victories for the O's after being appointed on 21 January. His side drop three places back to ninth, two points above Cambridge.
Leyton Orient player-manager Kevin Nolan told BBC Radio London:
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"We were very sloppy. You don't want to gift a side who've come to your turf a goal and that's what we did.
"I've said to the lads, when you're playing at this level you can't afford to make mistake after mistake after mistake because if you do that you're going to get punished and we did.
"I don't think it was through Cambridge's great play, I think it was through us not doing what we've done over the last two games."
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Ben Williamson bagged a brace as Cambridge inflicted a first defeat on new Leyton Orient manager Kevin Nolan.
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Chris Hope-Smith, from Leeds, posted on Twitter asking if people could send positive messages to his son, Ollie.
He wrote: "The bully keeps saying to him that everything O has, he has bigger/better/more often.
"I would love someone to tell him he does mean something and bullying is not ok, ever."
Ollie will celebrate his ninth birthday on 5 July.
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Responding to the appeal, Stormzy wrote: "Happy birthday Ollie! You're a lil legend. â
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A host of celebrities, including British grime and hip hop artist Stormzy, have sent birthday greetings to a young boy who is being bullied.
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James Messer, 40, was asleep in a room directly below the roof space when he heard a loud bang and realised his loft was ablaze.
He said the noise of the strike was "like a bomb going off".
The entire building in The Street, Bradwell - which contains four one-bedroom houses - had to be evacuated.
Essex Fire Service was called to the scene at about 03:50 BST on Wednesday.
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Mr Messer, who works for Network Rail, told the BBC he quickly realised his TV aerial had been struck and his loft was on fire. He said he was "lucky to be alive".
He praised the actions of the fire service who he said arrived "within 10 to 15 minutes".
The fire broke out during an intense thunderstorm which brought heavy rain and frequent lightning bursts during the early hours.
The Street was cordoned off for much of the night while crews worked to dampen hotspots in the building roof.
"When crews arrived at the property they found the fire was affecting the roof spaces of two properties," the fire service confirmed.
It added a Red Cross unit also attended to provide the occupants with immediate welfare support.
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A railway worker says he is "lucky to be alive" after his Essex home was struck by lightning during overnight storms.
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The pedestrian was struck by a car on Main Street on Tuesday, 31 March.
Police have said they want to speak to the driver of a white van that was in the area at the time of the incident.
Anyone with information can contact police on the non-emergency number 101.
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An 83-year-old woman who was hit by a car in Portglenone, County Antrim, in March has died from her injuries in hospital.
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Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen tried to block the appointment to the justice committee following newspaper claims that Mr Vaz paid for the services of two male sex workers.
But his attempt was rejected in a Commons vote by 203 to seven.
Mr Vaz quit as chairman of the influential home affairs committee in September.
Electing MPs to vacancies on committees is usually uncontentious, with each party given a set allocation of places.
Labour put forward Mr Vaz and Kate Green for the two vacant places on the justice committee, which is chaired by Conservative Robert Neill.
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Labour MP Keith Vaz has comfortably survived a bid to prevent him getting a seat on a House of Commons committee.
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Groups of 15 ordinary women and men are selected at random to uphold justice in their local community. It is a civic duty they are obliged to perform.
Potential jurors must be at least 18 years old and they should be listed on the electoral roll.
They must also have lived in the UK for more than five years since they were 13 years old.
However people in some jobs - for example solicitors and police constables - cannot be cited to appear on a jury.
Others who have committed crimes and served time in prison are likely to be disqualified.
MPs, MSPs, religious ministers, full-time serving members of the armed forces and people who are over 70 can legitimately apply to be excused.
There is a full list of exemptions here.
BBC Radio 4's More or Less asked Deirdre Toher, a statistics lecturer at the University of the West of England, to calculate the probability of an eligible person being asked to serve on a jury.
She used figures obtained from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.
She told the programme: "The chance of being called for jury service, as in receiving a citation for jury service, in Scotland is approximately 95% across the 53 years of typical eligibility."
Although many people will receive a letter asking them to serve on a jury, far fewer will actually be selected to sit on the jurors' benches.
About 30 men and women will be invited to court and 15 will be selected to be part of a jury.
In fact, the chance of actually serving on a Scottish jury is about 30%, according to Ms Toher.
The probability of being asked to be part of a jury more than once is about 40%, she added.
South of the border, juries are made up of 12 people, and the odds of being selected for the job are far lower than in Scotland.
According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Justice, there is about a 35% chance of people in England and Wales being summoned for jury service over the course of their lifetime.
Only about half of those cited spend any time in court.
Listen to the analysis on BBC Radio 4's More or Less on the BBC Radio iPlayer here.
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Juries are the backbone of the Scottish criminal justice system but what is the likelihood of being selected to do your civic duty in a Scottish court?
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Shares in Kohl's dived 18% and Macy's was down 12% as the two retailers cut their profit forecasts for 2016.
Macy's also announced plans to shed more than 10,000 jobs through shutting stores and cutting middle management positions.
The Dow Jones dipped 1.71 points to 19,940.45 in early trade.
The S&P 500 index also lost ground, dropping 0.59 points to 2,270.16, while the tech-focused Nasdaq rose 13.29 points to 5,490.29.
Another struggling retailer, Sears, saw its shares rise nearly 6% after it said it would sell its Craftsman tools business to Stanley Black & Decker for $900m.
However, Sears also reported weak holiday trading, with same-store sales in November and December down by 12-13%, and announced plans to close 150 stores.
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Stocks on Wall Street opened lower, with department stores Kohl's and Macy's down sharply after they reported weak holiday sales.
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Antonio Boparan, 28, of Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield and son of the head of the 2 Sisters Food Group, pleaded guilty to violent disorder and assault.
The 22-year-old victim was injured at the Nuovo Bar, Birmingham, last April.
Theodore Mullings-Fairweather, 25, of Dawlish Road, Selly Oak, was jailed for eight years, after pleading guilty at Birmingham Crown Court.
Edward Ansah, 24, of Westwood Road, Sutton Coldfield and Nathan Pringle, 32, of Welshman's Hill, were both jailed for 18 months, after also pleading guilty to the same offence.
The Boparan family issued a statement after the hearing saying the altercation was something their son "deeply regrets" and that he "sincerely apologises for his actions".
Boparan was jailed for dangerous driving in April 2008 after he rammed into a car in Sutton Coldfield in November 2006.
A baby in the car when the crash happened was left paralysed and Boparan, then 19, spent six months in prison.
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The son of a food tycoon has been jailed for a year over a bar brawl which left a man blind in one eye.
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The Vatican says the Pope's eight-day trip will begin on 12 February.
Pope Francis is expected to address issues such as poverty, organised crime and discrimination against migrants who look for a better life in their own country or abroad.
He drew millions of people to the streets of four other Latin American countries earlier this year.
Pope Francis is expected to get a warm reception in Mexico, where more than 80% of the population are Catholics.
The Archbishop of Mexico City, Norberto Rivera Carrera, said the Pope would renew his calls for forgiveness and solidarity.
"He will surely address the issues of dignity, human rights and duties and the care we owe to the most vulnerable people in society, such as migrants," said Archbishop Rivera.
Details of the Pope's full schedule in the visit to Mexico have not yet been released.
Archbishop Rivera has confirmed, however, that he would have a meeting with President Enrique Pena Nieto and also visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the national shrine of Mexico.
In July Pope Francis visited Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay.
The Vatican said that his choice of three of the poorest countries in South America reflected his "interest in the peripheries".
He made an official visit to Cuba and the United States in September.
During his address to the US Congress, the Pope said immigrants should be treated "with the same passion and compassion with which we want to be treated".
Pope Francis has not been back to his native Argentina since being elected pontiff in 2013.
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Pope Francis has announced that he will make his first official visit to Mexico early next year.
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The award was given for the show's coverage of the death of former Northern Irish first minister, Ian Paisley.
BBC Newsline editor, Damien Magee, said receiving the award was an 'honour' for the team.
The programme was up against RTÉ Six One News, TG4 Nuacht, TV3 530 News and UTV Ireland Live.
Mr Magee said: "It was very important that BBC Newsline reflected the significance of the death of Ian Paisley. That we did that, I think, is recognised by this award, and it's a real tribute and a real honour for our team."
The ceremony was held in Dublin on Thursday night.
The Irish Film and Television Academy is an all-Ireland organisation whose mission is to encourage excellence in Irish film and television by providing a platform for creative development and collaboration across the industry.
The academy's annual awards honour and celebrate "excellence in outstanding Irish creativity".
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BBC Newsline has been named 'Best News Programme' at the Irish Film and Television Awards.
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At midday, there was a 21-gun salute at Hillsborough Castle in County Down.
Beacons were later lit up in areas including Belfast, Londonderry, Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Carrickfergus in County Antrim. They were among more than 900 beacons lit in the Queen's honour around the world.
In Enniskillen, a thanksgiving service was held at St Macartin's Cathedral.
Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster attended the service.
Beam of light from St Macartin's Cathedral and St Michael's Church crossed in the sky above the town symbolising the Queen's visit when she crossed the street to visit the two churches in 2012.
Prior to that, the Royal couple visited Northern Ireland in 2012 as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
During that visit, the Queen and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland's deputy first minister and a former IRA leader, shook hands for the first time.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh last visited Northern Ireland in June 2014 when the Royal couple carried out a series of engagements during a three-day visit.
The Royal couple have visited Northern Ireland 21 times.
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Events have been held in Northern Ireland to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Queen.
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In a statement sent to journalists, the group said it "announces to the world, especially the French government, that it was responsible for the abduction".
The engineer was named as Francis Colump, 63, of French firm Vergnet. Nigerian officials have not commented on Ansaru's claim.
Mr Colump was snatched from a guarded compound in Katsina state last week.
About 30 gunmen took part in the attack in which a security guard and a neighbour were killed.
Vergnet, which has a wind power project in Katsina, has confirmed the kidnapping.
French President Francois Hollande said on Friday that a group allied to al-Qaeda was probably responsible, but did not name any specific organisation.
"The reason for [Francis Colump's] kidnap is the stance of the French government and the French people on Islam and Muslims," Ansaru said in its statement.
The group singled out "the law the government created which prohibits the wearing of niqab (veil) by French Muslim women".
"This is a denial of their religious rights," it said.
Ansaru also mentioned "France's major role in the [planned] attack on the Islamic state in northern Mali", referring to Paris' backing for an African-led military force to try to oust Islamists from Mali.
"We inform the French government that this group will continue launching attacks on the French government and French citizens... as long as it does not change its stance on these two issues," the statement went on to say.
Last month, the British government officially declared Ansaru to be a "Nigeria-based terrorist organisation" aligned with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim).
It is suspected to be an off-shoot of Boko Haram, which has carried out a series of deadly attacks in northern Nigeria in its bid to impose Islamic law in the country.
President Hollande told Europe 1 radio in France that the kidnappers were "probably linked to Aqim or the groups which are today in Mali".
Islamist groups seized control of the whole of northern Mali, including the historic city of Timbuktu, in April.
"We have to be firm when it comes to terrorism, while at the same time maintaining contacts to free" French nationals, Mr Hollande said.
Groups linked to Aqim are also believed to be holding several other French nationals kidnapped in Niger and Mali.
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The Islamist group Ansaru has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of a French engineer in Nigeria.
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During its biennial overhaul in Merseyside the ship was given a technical service whilst the passenger lounges received a makeover.
The 12,500 tonne Ben-my-Chree has served the island for 18 years.
A company spokesman said the ferry was back in Douglas and will return to full service on Wednesday.
During its overhaul, the Manannan covered all passenger and car services whilst the MV Arrow covered freight.
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The Ben-my-Chree ferry has returned to Manx waters after spending three weeks in dry dock, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company has confirmed.
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EE, O2, Three and Vodafone have agreed to invest £5bn and guarantee coverage across 90% of the UK by 2017.
The move should reduce the number of "not-spots", areas of patchy coverage.
The firms had rejected the government's preferred option of a system allowing customers of one network to use another if their supplier wasn't available.
"I am pleased to have secured a legally binding deal with the four mobile networks," said Culture Secretary Sajid Javid.
"Too many parts of the UK regularly suffer from poor mobile coverage leaving them unable to make calls or send texts," he said.
The agreement should reduce total "not-spots", where there is no mobile coverage, by two-thirds, the government said.
Partial "not-spots", areas where there is some coverage but not from all four networks, should be reduced by half, and full coverage from all four operators will increase by 69% to 85% by 2017.
Telecoms regulator Ofcom will enforce the deal.
Olaf Swantee, chief executive of EE, said: "This agreement ensures that our customers are able to stay connected in even more places up and down the country."
A Vodafone UK spokesman said it supported the government's objective of delivering better coverage to rural areas including partial not-spots.
"The voluntary industry commitment we have agreed with the government today will deliver 90% of the UK's land mass with voice services and a major improvement in mobile internet coverage as well.
"It is a great result for UK consumers and businesses and it will make the UK a leader across Europe in terms of the reach of mobile coverage," the spokesman said.
No cash payments will be made by the government to the mobile networks as part of the agreement.
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An agreement has been reached between the government and the country's biggest mobile networks to improve mobile coverage across the UK.
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Wildschut, 23, has made 12 Championship appearances for the Teesiders since signing from Heerenveen in 2014.
The former Netherlands Under-21 international will be available for Saturday's home match with Walsall.
"He is technically very comfortable and has had 12 months to get used to the English game," Wigan boss Gary Caldwell told the club website.
Wildschut is a product of the Ajax academy and has played for other Dutch sides FC Zwolle, VVV Venlo and ADO Den Haag.
Wigan are ninth in League One after 10 games, two points outside the play-off places.
Caldwell added: "We've lacked that bit of creativity from the flanks and we were interested as soon as we found out he may be available."
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League One side Wigan Athletic have signed Middlesbrough winger Yanic Wildschut on a three-month loan deal.
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Skinner, 26, recovered from a poor start to beat New Zealand's Natalie Rooney 12-11 in the final.
Corey Cogdell won bronze in a shoot-off for the USA against Spain's Fatima Galvez after tying their match 13-13.
Skinner missed three early shots in the 15-game final, but took advantage after Rooney missed two in a row to win Australia's third gold of the Games.
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Australian Catherine Skinner secured gold in the women's trap shooting at her first Olympic games in Rio.
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Centre-back Giorgio Chiellini and midfielder Claudio Marchisio are both doubtful for the Italian champions.
Porto are looking to become the first team to progress in a Champions League tie after a 2-0 first-leg home defeat.
Left-back Alex Telles is suspended after being sent off in Portugal.
Juventus are heavy favourites to reach only their second quarter-final in four years after goals from Marko Pjaca and Dani Alves in Porto.
The Serie A leaders are on course to win a sixth successive Scudetto but have struggled to replicate that domination on the European stage.
The 1996 winners last reached the last eight in 2015 on their way to a 3-1 defeat by Barcelona in the final.
"I'm aware of the importance the Champions League has for the Bianconeri family and for the history of the club," Brazil right-back Alves said.
"I too, like all Juventus fans, want to dream and I'm convinced that if we continue down our path calmly, with personality, and without fear of making a mistake then we can get right to the end."
Porto face a Juve side that has not lost at home since August 2015, a run spanning 46 matches.
The Portuguese leaders, who have won their past nine league matches, have won only one of their previous nine Champions League second-leg matches away from home.
"We know it's going to be difficult for us after the result in the first leg. But a lot of things happen in football - we've seen it all," said Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who appeared to be referring to Barcelona's comeback against Paris St-Germain last week.
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Juventus welcome back striker Mario Mandzukic (illness) and winger Juan Cuadrado (suspension) as they take a 2-0 lead into the second leg of the last-16 Champions League tie with Porto.
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Protesters set out from Brighton earlier to ride to the Horse Hill site near Gatwick Airport where a march was taking place at midday.
Duncan Blinkhorn, chair of Brighton Climate Action Network, said about 40 cyclists were on the ride and about a hundred people joined the march.
UK Oil and Gas Investments (UKOG) has not commented on the protest.
The company has previously said it does not intend to use the controversial fracking technique to extract oil from the site.
But campaigners have told the BBC they oppose any kind of fossil fuel extraction, not just fracking.
The protest group said some campaigners took a coach from Brighton and others cycled to the site from the city.
Other cyclists were riding from Horley station.
Protesters gathered outside the test drilling site on Friday to try to obstruct vehicles entering and leaving.
Earlier this month, anti-fracking protesters set up camp close to the site for a second time.
UKOG has said there could be up to 124 billion barrels of oil under the Weald Basin.
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Climate campaigners have cycled to a site in Surrey where an energy firm is starting to test drill for oil.
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The announcement follows a report by the National Audit Office last week saying the government could have achieved better value for money for taxpayers through the sell-off.
Mr Cable will be questioned for a second time on 29 April by the House of Commons Business Committee.
Business minister Michael Fallon will appear alongside him.
Royal Mail shares are more than 70% higher than their 2013 sale price.
Labour has called the privatisation a "first-class disaster", but Liberal Democrat Mr Cable has insisted the government was "right to take a cautious approach" to price-setting to ensure that it went smoothly.
He refused to apologise and said the sale had raised £2bn for the taxpayer, with a further £1.5bn from the 30% stake in Royal Mail which it had retained.
The privatisation of Royal Mail took place amid huge public interest and the shares rose by 38% from 330p to 455p on their first day of trading, meaning taxpayers had lost out on at least £750m in the sale.
In last week's report, the National Audit Office was critical of the government's approach.
Its head, Amyas Morse, said: "The [business] department was very keen to achieve its objective of selling Royal Mail, and was successful in getting the company listed on the FTSE 100.
"Its approach, however, was marked by deep caution, the price of which was borne by the taxpayer."
Demand for Royal Mail shares was 24 times the maximum number available to investors, the NAO said, but the banks overseeing the sale had advised there was not sufficient demand to justify a significantly higher figure.
The Business Select Committee is compiling its own report on the privatisation.
The controversy over the Royal Mail sell-off prompted angry exchanges between Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband in Parliament last week.
Mr Miliband said Mr Cameron was "not so much the 'Wolf of Wall Street' as the 'dunce of Downing Street'".
The prime minister likened the Labour leader and shadow chancellor Ed Balls to "two Muppets".
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Business Secretary Vince Cable is being recalled by MPs to give more evidence over the privatisation of Royal Mail.
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Tony Kane scored the first with a penalty after a Steven Douglas foul on Cathair Friel was adjudged to have been just inside the area.
Coleraine then felt they should have had a penalty when the ball bounced up and struck the hand of Allan Jenkins.
Cathair Friel and Darren Henderson made sure of Ballymena's victory.
Bannsiders boss Oran Kearney was sent off for disputing the decision not to award his team a spot-kick for the hand ball incident.
Ballymena, who have never won the League Cup, will play Carrick Rangers in the final on 18 February.
Carrick, one from bottom of the Premiership, beat Glenavon 1-0 in the other semi-final at Mourneview Park.
The match burst into life in extra time when referee Evan Boyce pointed to the spot when Douglas fouled Friel. It was a tight call as to whether the incident was inside the box.
But Kane converted from the spot, then Friel forced in number two and Henderson headed in a superb third from Kane's delivery.
Ballymena United manager David Jeffrey: "I am very pleased but we have won nothing yet so I am not getting carried away.
"But to get to a final is fantastic and I am delighted for the board, staff and supporters but particularly for the players.
"It was not a three-goal game. It was extremely tight and it was going to take something like a penalty or a piece of brilliance.
"We scored the penalty and then the final two goals were phenomenal.
"I have to pay special tribute to Darren Henderson because he has had a challenging time this year. We have tried to support and help him and he has worked so hard."
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Ballymena United scored three goals in extra-time to beat derby rivals Coleraine in the semi-finals of the Northern Ireland League Cup.
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The call came after "significant human remains" were found at the site of a former home in the Republic of Ireland.
The home was run by the Bon Secours order of nuns in Tuam, County Galway.
The bodies ranged from premature babies to three year olds.
The discovery was made as part of an investigation into claims by a local historian that up to 800 babies and young children died at the home and were buried in unmarked graves.
Amnesty International has said that archaeological surveys should be carried out at all former mother-and-baby homes in Northern Ireland.
Archbishop Martin said many in the church and society were "ashamed" of what had emerged at the home in Tuam.
He added that "families are owed an apology" and that the church had repeated an apology it made in 2014 when the claims "first came to light".
"It makes me feel awful. I feel incredibly sad in recent days. We as a church do not want to repeat the awful mistakes of the past."
He added: "It's an appalling time for us and everyone in society.
"We're opening up a whole chapter in the society in Ireland and the rest of the world where there was a terrible stigma against unwed mothers.
"There was a terrible time, we in society and in the church isolated and stigmatised them."
Meanwhile, the Irish children's minister Katherine Zappone has said that 474 "unclaimed infant remains" from mother-and-baby homes were transferred to medical schools between 1940 and 1965.
Irish national broadcaster RTÉ made claims about the transfer of remains in a 2011 documentary.
Ms Zappone told the Dáil (Irish parliament) that the transfer of remains was "part of a tapestry of oppression, abuse and systematic human rights violations that took place all over this country for decades".
She also said an interim report into the home in Tuam would be published by the end of March, a move Archbishop Martin said the Catholic Church supported.
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The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has backed a call by Amnesty International for an inquiry into mother-and-baby homes in Northern Ireland.
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If it wins power, the party has vowed to back community-owned power schemes and an energy efficiency drive.
Energy spokesman Llyr Gruffydd said Wales generated twice as much electricity as it uses but only 10% came from renewable sources like wind.
Dr Ian Masters from Swansea University said the policy would be expensive but achievable and could create jobs.
Mr Gruffydd was launching the policy with a visit to the proposed £1bn Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project, which he hailed as "innovative".
"Wales is an energy rich nation. We generate almost twice the electricity we use but too much of that currently relies on burning fossil fuels," he said.
"We are well placed to take advantage of the global shift towards renewables and enjoy the economic benefits that comes with it - but at the moment we are not realising our potential."
On cutting energy use, he said Plaid Cymru would update building regulations as a way of ensuring better efficiency.
"We'll lead by example by doing more to ensure public buildings help with generating and saving energy too," he added.
Dr Masters, a lecturer in renewable energy, said he thought the policy was realistic.
"Wales has the natural resources. We have wind, we have tide, we have space to build solar farms as well, so we have all the opportunities in terms of our natural resources and with the right political will I think it is perfectly possible.
"It would be expensive, but remember we export half the electricity we generate to the rest of the UK so we will get the jobs benefit here in Wales and we will export green electricity."
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Wales could meet its electricity needs from renewable energy sources within 20 years, Plaid Cymru has said.
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Renald Luzier told the French newspaper Liberation that his job had become "too much to bear" following the deaths of his colleagues.
Twelve people were murdered when two Islamist gunmen burst into the Charlie Hebdo offices on 7 January.
"Each issue is torture because the others are gone," said Luz.
He joined the publication in 1992 and said his resignation was "a very personal choice". He will leave in September.
"Spending sleepless nights summoning the dead, wondering what Charb, Cabu, Honore, Tignous would have done is exhausting," he added.
Within days of the attack, the satirical magazine's surviving staff produced an edition with the headline "All is forgiven" above Luz's cartoon of Muhammad holding a sign saying "Je suis Charlie".
Pictorial depictions of Muhammad are considered forbidden by most Muslims.
Stephane Charbonnier - "Charb"
Jean Cabut - "Cabu"
Bernard Verlhac - "Tignous"
Georges Wolinski - "Wolin"
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Last month, Luz announced he would stop drawing images of the Prophet, as it no longer interested him.
He announced his plans to leave on Monday, but said many people were urging him to stay.
"They forget that the worry is finding inspiration," he added.
The magazine, which regularly struggled to make ends meet, is now backed up by tens of millions of euros of funding.
But Luz said in a previous interview that financial security had posed questions about its future editorial direction.
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Charlie Hebdo cartoonist "Luz" who designed the magazine's cover image of Muhammad after the Paris attacks has said he is leaving the publication.
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The state of the Queensland was this week shocked by the deaths of two women, allegedly by former partners, and a vicious attack on a third.
Sporting identity Darren Lockyer said the violence had to stop.
He has joined the state premier and other prominent Queenslanders in speaking out.
"It is not the society we want to live in nor should we accept it," said the former Australian Rugby League captain, who is now a TV sports commentator.
"Behaviours don't change overnight but we need to draw a line in the sand and get serious about the way we treat other human beings with respect, especially our women and children," he told local media.
In the wake of the two deaths, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she would fast track sweeping new domestic violence legislation.
"What we've just seen over the last few days is atrocious, it's horrific... it's had horrible consequences," Premier Palaszczuk said.
On Tuesday, Queensland woman Tara Brown, 24, was allegedly bashed with a brick by her ex-partner after he drove her off the road, trapping her inside her wrecked car.
She died in hospital, a week after being turned away by police when she sought help to escape the violent relationship.
Two days later, mother-of-three Karina Lock, 49, was shot in the head by her estranged husband in front of shocked diners at a popular fast food outlet.
In a separate incident on the same day, a 51-year-old man was arrested for allegedly driving his partner's car off the road and chasing her down the street with a machete. She survived the attack.
The three cases have shaken emergency workers and prompted an outpouring of grief on social media.
It comes as the Council of Australian Governments, the peak inter-governmental forum, is working to better coordinate police and legal action on domestic violence across state and territory borders.
Announcing the plan earlier this year, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the scheme would mean a domestic violence court order against an alleged perpetrator in one jurisdiction would hold in another.
The violence should not be allowed to follow women from state to state, he said.
On average, one woman is killed every week as a result of intimate partner violence in Australia, according to government statistics.
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High-profile Australians, including a leading sportsman, have spoken out against domestic violence after a string of attacks against women.
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Newport council officers were called to Gibbs Road in the Beechwood area of the city after a large sewer collapsed at 04:30 BST on Wednesday.
The road is closed and Welsh Water is investigating.
It said: "We're doing all we can so that the local highways authority can reopen the road as soon as possible."
The sewer is part of its network that takes waste water away from homes and local businesses.
"We are ensuring that this work is not impacting on the waste water service we provide but we apologise for the inconvenience and disruption caused by this essential repair work," a Welsh Water spokesman said.
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An investigation has been launched after a sink hole swallowed part of a Newport road.
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The suspect, reportedly a 13-year-old boy, has been arrested but may not face charges because of his age.
The teacher killed was protecting a colleague during the incident at the Instituto Joan Fuster, reports say.
Four other people were wounded. Police have not confirmed the weapon used and there is no indication of his motive.
The boy was said to have arrived late for a class on Monday morning and wounded a Spanish language teacher and her daughter, who was also a student.
Hearing screams, a male teacher covering as a substitute for a colleague entered the classroom and was fatally wounded when the boy attacked him.
A police spokesman could not confirm whether he had been fatally wounded by the boy's knife or his makeshift crossbow.
The man had only begun working at the school in recent weeks.
Students at the school said the crossbow had been fashioned out of wood and ballpoint pens and that the boy had thrown it into a rubbish bin before running off.
According to Spanish media, the pupil had spoken of killing all his teachers last week, and had a list of 25 names, but his schoolmates had dismissed his comments as a joke.
Spain's ANPE teachers union says it is the first documented case of a pupil killing a teacher in the country.
If the attacker is confirmed as a 13-year-old, he would not face charges as the age of criminal responsibility in Spain is 14.
The Mayor of Barcelona, Xavier Trias, tweeted that he was appalled by the incident and has pledged his support for those affected.
The four people wounded in the attack, two teachers and two teenagers, were not badly hurt.
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A teacher at a school in the Spanish city of Barcelona has been killed by a pupil armed with a home-made crossbow and a knife.
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Chase, 30, had started both of Castleford's opening two Super League games this season.
The former England international is in his second spell with the Tigers after stints with Salford and Leigh.
Castleford chief executive Steve Gill said: "Rangi was part of an investigation that has been dealt with internally by the club."
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Castleford have dropped half-back Rangi Chase for Thursday's game against Leeds Rhinos after an internal investigation.
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Ashutosh Maharaj, founder of the sect Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan (Divine Light Awakening Mission), died of a suspected heart attack in January 2014.
But his followers insist he is only meditating deeply, and will one day return to life.
They have kept his body in a commercial freezer at his vast ashram in Punjab.
The judgement by Punjab and Haryana High Court ends a three-year-old dispute between the guru's disciples and Dalip Kumar Jha, who claims to be his son.
Mr Jha had sought permission to cremate the guru's body, in line with Hindu rituals.
In rejecting his plea, the court set aside a 2014 judgement that had ordered the guru's cremation after doctors confirmed him clinically dead.
Mr Jha's lawyer told AFP it was unclear whether the court had agreed with the sect's argument that its founder was alive.
Mr Maharaj first established his sect in Jalandhar, Punjab, in 1983, to promote "self-awakening and global peace".
Over years, it attracted millions of followers across the world and amassed properties worth an estimated $120m (£92m) in India, the US, South America, Australia, the Middle East, and Europe.
The heavily-guarded 100-acre ashram in Punjab where the guru has been kept is just one sign of his vast financial assets.
Mr Jha has accused the guru's disciples of retaining his body as a ploy to keep control of his wealth.
Shortly after his death in 2014, the guru's spokesman Swami Vishalanand told the BBC: "He is not dead. Medical science does not understand things like yogic science. We will wait and watch. We are confident that he will come back."
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An Indian court has granted permission for the followers of a long-dead spiritual guru to preserve his body in a freezer.
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Zakaria Bulhan, 19 stabbed retired teacher Darlene Horton, 64, to death as he roamed through Russell Square.
He pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and charges of wounding at the Old Bailey on Monday .
His other victims all recovered well from their physical injuries.
Mrs Horton was among many tourists on their way back to their hotels that evening on 3 August, 2016.
Initially police feared it was the work of a terrorist, amid reports of indiscriminate violence close to the scene of the 7/7 bombings, but the court heard Bulhan had been suffering an "acute" episode of paranoid schizophrenia.
Sentencing Bulhan, Mr Justice Spencer described the killing as "a tragic waste of life" and said the psychological effects on the survivors of the attack would never leave them.
He told Bulhan: "It is quite clear that when you committed these dreadful crimes you were not in your right mind. You were in the grip of mental illness."
He added: "These were crimes which caused enormous public concern because, from their timing, it was feared initially that they might be the work of a terrorist fanatic.
"As it turned out they were not, although that is no consolation to your victims."
Previously one of the arresting officers told the court how he came "very close" to shooting Bulhan before he could injure any more people.
He said he was overcome by relief that he had not needed to use lethal force, but then had the "wind knocked out of his sails" on discovering that a member of the public had died in the attacks.
Bulhan was handed a hospital order without limit of time.
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A man who admitted killing a US tourist and wounding five others in a rampage in central London last year has been handed an unlimited hospital order.
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The incident happened during a candle-lighting ceremony to mark the Jewish festival of Hannukah at Mr Netanyahu's residence.
MP Sharren Haskel and the husband of Tzipi Hotovely, the deputy foreign minister, were not seriously hurt.
Mr Netanyahu's son took the dog in from a rescue home earlier this year.
Prime Minister Netanyahu tweeted a picture of himself with the 10-year-old mixed breed in August.
"If you want a canine, find an adult dog to rescue. You won't regret it," he wrote.
Kaiya has met several high profile visitors including US Secretary of State John Kerry.
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A dog recently adopted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Kaiya, bit two visitors, one a lawmaker, during a religious event.
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The Bluebirds could receive up to £5m for the Scotland goalkeeper.
But Giles says the 31-year-old is worth at least £8m, underlining Cardiff's malaise in the Championship.
"They are going to get £3.5m and they're selling him on the cheap. And that tells me where the club is going: nowhere," said Giles.
Marshall agreed personal terms with Hull after being omitted from Saturday's Championship defeat by Reading.
The 31-year-old has made more than 280 appearances for Cardiff since arriving from Norwich City for free in 2009.
Cardiff are 17th in the 24-strong division with one win, two draws and two defeats.
Marshall is widely regarded as their star player and Giles, who had two playing stints with the club lasting a combined total of six years, is unhappy at the player leaving.
"I think it's a joke. Personally I think David Marshall is worth £8m, probably more than that to any club," said Giles before Marshall's move was finalised.
"Football today, I hate it, all these stats - they keep going on with stats, but if you look at Marshall's stats, they would without a doubt be better than anyone in the Championship and be a lot better than goalkeepers in the Premier League and they've let him go.
"Probably if Hull win the Premier League they'll get £5m."
"They are going to get £3.5m and they're selling him on the cheap. And that tells me where the club is going: nowhere."
Giles agrees that Cardiff City need a proven goalscorer, but does not believe one will be signed.
"Without a doubt Cardiff need a striker and talking to fans, they're looking for someone to score 15-20 goals a season," he told Radio Wales Sport.
"Well that's not going to happen this year and unfortunately we're looking at a season where if they finish half way, they've done well.
"Is that going to bring your fans back? You'll always get your diehards going, but is that going to get enthusiastic people coming down to Cardiff City Stadium?
"It's a poor Cardiff City when they're watching second-rate football."
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The sale by Cardiff City of captain David Marshall to Hull City has been described as "a joke" by former midfielder David Giles.
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City councillors said animals go through a great deal of suffering for the production of the pate.
Animal rights campaigners have hailed the move, but some of Sao Paulo's best-known chefs have voiced concern.
Foie gras, originally a French delicacy, is produced worldwide.
Several countries, including Britain, Germany, Italy and Argentina, have banned its production. But the sale of the pate is still allowed in most of them.
The Sao Paulo city council has set a fine of 5,000 reais (£1,000) for restaurants and bars that break the new law - which will take effect in 45 days.
"Foie gras is an appetiser for the wealthy," said the law's author, city councillor Laercio Benko.
"It does not benefit human health and to make it, the birds are submitted to a lot of suffering,'' said Mr Benko.
However Sao Paulo-based chef Alex Atala told the UOL news portal: "How can a city regulate what a person eats? Where will it all end?''
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Legislators in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, have banned the production and sale of foie gras, a delicacy made from the fatty liver of force-fed ducks and geese.
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After a level-par 72, six off the lead, in the foursomes on day one, the pair shot a six-under 66 in the fourballs but it was one too many for the cut.
World number three Jason Day and world number nine Rickie Fowler carded a 68 but missed the cut by two shots.
Sweden's Jonas Blixt and Cameron Smith of Australia lead by one at 15 under.
The tournament returns to foursomes for the third round, with the halfway cut reducing the 80-team field to 42 for the weekend.
It is the first official team event on the PGA Tour since 1981.
Englishman Rose, the 2013 US Open champion, and Open champion Stenson of Sweden needed to birdie the final hole at TPC Louisiana but the Ryder Cup partners both found the water at the par five.
The partnership set a Ryder Cup record of 12 birdies in 16 holes at Gleneagles in 2014, but Stenson said of their showing in Louisiana: "You want to be in the hole with two chances as much as possible. At times we didn't live up to that. We left each other hanging on a few occasions."
England's Ian Poulter and Australia's former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy had eight birdies in their 66 and are six shots off the pace.
Andrew "Beef" Johnston made the cut on the number at seven under in partnership with American Kyle Reiffers, but Luke Donald, Greg Owen, Jamie Donaldson, Tyrrell Hatton and Russell Knox were other British players who failed to qualify.
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Major-winning partnership Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson were among some big names to miss the cut at the revamped New Orleans Classic team event.
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The gang, armed with knives and an axe, targeted the luxury store in Piccadilly, west London on 3 August.
But police intercepted the gang at 11:25 BST following a tip-off to the Met's flying squad, Blackfriars Crown Court heard.
The gang caused more than £100,000 of damage to the shop.
Four Met officers were injured.
The court heard the men drove stolen mopeds dangerously, mounting pavements and going up one way streets on their way to the shop.
"Terrified" members of the public saw visible weapons sticking out from their clothing and called the police, the court was told.
All four men were wearing balaclavas and full faced motorbike helmets.
Sentencing, judge Sally Cahill QC said: "In my view this was a professionally-planned commercial robbery."
Charlie Kavanagh 26, from Islington, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 13-and-a-half years.
He will have to serve a minimum of six years and nine months before he can be considered for parole. He was also disqualified from driving for 10 years.
Kavanagh's life sentence took into consideration his 17 previous criminal convictions and the fact he drove his moped at a police officer, leaving him with potentially life-changing injuries.
Stephen Hopkins 30, of no fixed address, and Stephen Hopkins 29, from Islington, were each jailed for 14 years and six months.
Johnny Kyriacou, 25, from Islington, was sentenced to 10 years and six months.
All four men had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob at an earlier hearing.
Kavanagh also pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving and Hopkins admitted an additional charge of unlawful wounding.
Det Con Mike Bunn, who was one of the officers hurt during the foiled robbery, told BBC London: "I feel the sentences were very fair considering the danger posed to the public and the injuries sustained by my colleagues."
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Four members of an armed moped gang intercepted during the attempted robbery of a watch shop have been jailed.
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Forest owner Fawaz Al Hasawi said last week that the chance of a deal with the group led by John Jay Moores was over and he wants to remain in charge.
But Trevor Watkins, the lawyer who represents the prospective buyers, said the collapse of the deal was a mystery.
"Sometimes relationships break down and there is no way back, but sometimes there is," Watkins told BBC Sport.
"The fact somebody says they don't want to sell does not mean you fall out of love, throw your toys out of the pram and don't want to speak to somebody again."
Al Hasawi has claimed he has spent £122m since buying Forest in 2012, but has been widely criticised after the second collapsed takeover of the Championship club in six months.
Former Bournemouth chairman Watkins said the deal between the group, led by Moores and Charles Noell, and Al Hasawi seemed to be a matter of hours away before it fell through.
He said the discussions were "amicable" and "positive" and his clients were left bemused by the breakdown.
"We were just about there and it was all systems go," he added. "We honestly do not know what happened but something happened that knocked it off course.
"If we knew why it keeled over at the last minute we would have tried to put it right."
However, Watkins said the two sides had not fallen out and the US group had "fallen in love with the club and city".
"Forest is a big club, a big name and iconic," he said. "Who wouldn't want to be involved? It's a club with a great history. There is huge frustration and sadness.
"They feel they have an opportunity to add value and build for the long term."
Forest supporters have become increasingly angry and disillusioned with the Al Hasawi reign, which has seen the club fail to pay bills on time, be placed under a transfer embargo and part company with seven managers.
Academy director Gary Brazil is in interim charge following the sacking of Philippe Montanier last month, but the club are still without a chief executive, and fans have staged protests at the City Ground in recent weeks.
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The United States consortium which tried to buy Nottingham Forest is still keen to take over the club.
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The ex-England footballer, 55, and Danielle Bux, 36, have decided to end their six-year marriage and a decree nisi will be issued.
The ex-model and mother-of-one, from Ely, wed the presenter in Italy in 2009.
Lineker confirmed the news on Twitter on Wednesday.
He said: "Thank you all for your kind words. @DanielleBux and I had many wonderful years together.
"We remain very close and the greatest of friends."
Ms Bux tweeted she will "cherish" the years the pair had together and they remained "best" friends.
A spokesman for the couple also confirmed to The Sun: "Gary and Danielle have decided to end their marriage."
He added: "They remain the greatest of friends and wish each other every happiness."
The paper quoted a source as saying the break-up was "friendly" and the pair filled out forms on a UK government website together.
The online site costs around £400, meaning the couple saved tens of thousands of pounds in legal fees.
When the couple married in Ravello they had been dating for two years.
Lineker had previously been married to Michelle, mother of his four sons, for 20 years.
They divorced in 2006.
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Match of the Day host Gary Lineker and his Cardiff-born wife have filed for divorce.
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Stars were on course for a win with the ex-England batsman hitting five fours and six sixes as his side chased 178.
But Pietersen was dismissed by Clint McKay as Stars lost by one run.
Pietersen helped Dolphins to the final of the South Africa Ram Slam T20 event earlier this month but they ended up losing the game to Titans.
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Kevin Pietersen hit 76 from 42 balls but could not steer Melbourne Stars to victory over Sydney Thunder in Australia's Big Bash Twenty20 league.
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John Smith said he found it dumped outside his mother's home in Meopham, Kent, where he once lived.
The wheelchair was stolen from his van at nearby West Kingsdown on Tuesday night.
Mr Smith told the BBC it was "a bit strange" as the chair "appeared out of nowhere" on Friday afternoon.
Its steering bar had been damaged but he said he was confident it could be repaired in time for him to compete.
It is understood three people have been arrested over the break-in.
The para-athlete, who competes in the T54 classification, had feared his dreams of racing at the Games were over.
The chair is custom-built for him and there would not have been enough time to make a replacement.
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A para-athlete who feared he would miss the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games after his custom-built wheelchair was stolen, has had it returned.
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The building in the Nottinghamshire village - historically connected to the fictional Gotham City - closed amid financial problems and is up for sale.
Campaigners are raising money to buy it and hope Batman fans will aid them.
"We all need a superhero around occasionally, don't we?," said John Anderson, who is leading fundraising.
"We are likely to be up against the big bidders, but this is worth fighting for," continued Mr Anderson, chairman of the Gotham & District Community Venture committee.
"It would be fantastic to hear from any American friends of Gotham who might also invest in this exciting venture."
Updates on this story and more from Nottinghamshire.
Read more about the historical connection between the village of Gotham and Batman.
The building was built for the Royal British Legion in 1966, but closed in January.
Rushcliffe Borough Council designated the site as an Asset of Community Value in July, allowing villagers extra time to find money for their venture.
They have already attracted more than £100,000 in pledges from residents, but are now looking for investment from beyond Gotham.
"It went on the market for £210,000 but we think we need to raise a bit more than that because it's a popular site to buy," said Mr Anderson.
Their plan, dubbed Destination Gotham, would see the creation of an expanded shop on the site, as well as a community-run café and visitor hub where the village archives can be stored and displayed.
Steve Smith, from the Gotham Geeks Podcast, thinks the appeal could work.
"I think that comic fans take their community seriously and I think if they have the opportunity to help the town that gave such an important piece of the Batman universe its name, especially with all the press about Bill Finger lately, they'd absolutely be willing to help," he said.
"The power of social media is incredible and if fans heard about something like this, they'd be willing to help out."
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It may not look as grand as Wayne Manor, but villagers hope Batman fans might be able to help them save a community building in the real Gotham.
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CCTV footage was released showing a succession of vehicles, including a coach, making the manoeuvres near Crick, Northamptonshire in July.
Police were unable to trace the vehicles but said the footage had highlighted "selfish" driving.
Road safety charity Brake said the drivers "seemed to have got away" with their "risky behaviour".
More on this story and others from Northamptonshire
Motorists drove the wrong way down a slip road to get off the M1, near Crick, to avoid a queue further ahead caused by a serious accident at Junction 19.
A coach driver was spoken to by police following the incident and resigned.
Brake spokesman Dave Nichols said the "selfish drivers" put their lives and other people's at risk.
"They seemed to have got away with their risky behaviour, despite it being caught on film," he said.
PC Dave Lee, of Northamptonshire Police Safer Roads Team, said in July the drivers had been "behaving ridiculously" and "risking lives".
After a Freedom of Information Act request by the BBC revealed no drivers would be prosecuted, Mr Lee said: "Although the CCTV footage clearly shows the motorists committing offences, it is not clear enough to read the number plates of most of the vehicles involved and so we have been unable to trace the owners and take the action we would like to.
"We released the footage to show how some motorists do put themselves and others in danger by acting selfishly and to remind people that the rules of the road are there for a reason, to keep all road users as safe as possible."
Wigton-based coach company Reays confirmed their driver who performed an illegal U-turn had resigned, but did not want to comment further.
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Drivers filmed performing "ridiculous" U-turns on the M1 will not be prosecuted, police have said.
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Officers investigated a robbery at a community hall in Wodonga, in south-east Australia, at the weekend.
Instead of fingerprints, police found the offenders had left a bare bottom mark on a glass door.
Sergeant Shane Martin, from Victoria Police, told The Age newspaper he had never seen anything like it.
"They're having a joke, or they're actually trying to lean up against the door to break in, but I don't know why they'd do it pantsless," he said.
The intruders set off a fire extinguisher before stealing a television.
Police are looking for three people spotted in a black car near the scene.
Wodonga is a town about 300km (180 miles) north-east of Melbourne.
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Police dusting for crime scene fingerprints rarely encounter so much cheek.
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Arrests between 06:00 and 08:00 rose from 350 in 2011 to 363 in 2012 - an increase of 4%, the data shows.
The figures from 22 of England and Wales' 45 police forces were obtained by a Freedom of Information Act and published by car insurers LV.
A separate survey by LV showed 46% of drivers did not realise how long it took for alcohol to leave the body.
One in five drivers surveyed thought they were "ok" to drive the morning after they had been drinking.
According to LV, "morning-after" drink-drivers are on average five hours away from being sober enough to drive when they get behind the wheel.
In the survey of 1,688 drivers:
It takes about an hour for the body to break down one unit of alcohol, NHS guidelines state. However this can vary depending on factors such as weight, age and sex.
With drink-driving arrests due to peak across the UK in the run up to Christmas, LV car insurance managing director John O'Roarke said: "It's easy to assume that after a good night's sleep you will be sober enough to drive the next day but, depending on how many units you've had, you may not be fit to drive.
"The key to enjoying the festive season is to plan ahead and don't drive if you are not within the legal alcohol limits."
The police data showed the most drunk person arrested so far this year was a motorist stopped by Bedfordshire police who was eight times over the limit.
It also showed that Thames Valley police made the highest number of arrests - 4,783 - for drink-driving between 2011 and 2012.
According to NHS figures, 230 people were killed as a result of drink-driving in 2011.
People convicted of drink-driving can be fined up to £5,000, be banned from driving for at least a year and even be given a prison sentence.
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The number of motorists arrested for drink-driving the "morning after" has risen, police figures suggest.
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Simon Brown, 45, was reported missing at 17:00 yesterday after he failed to return to HMP Castle Huntly near Dundee.
He is described as being 5ft 11in tall, bald, of slight build and has brown eyes. He walks with a stoop and a limp.
Brown was last seen in the King Street area of Dundee wearing a black jacket and trousers and a white T-shirt.
He was also carrying a black and grey holdall with a white Puma emblem.
Police Scotland said Brown should not be approached and have urged the public to contact them with any information.
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Police are appealing for information on a prisoner who is missing following a period of home release.
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The assembly commission - which runs the institution and is made up of AMs from all assembly parties - has already backed the case for more members.
It is now likely to appoint a body to examine how best to make the change.
Prof Laura McAllister of the Wales Governance Centre has been suggested as a possible chair of the panel.
Under the Wales Bill - which is passing through Parliament - the assembly will have responsibility for its own electoral arrangements, including how AMs are elected and how many of them there are.
Minutes of a meeting of the assembly commission in December said it wanted to appoint an "expert panel on electoral reform" of "diverse, appropriately experienced individuals", suggesting Prof McAllister as a suitable chair.
There have been longstanding calls from some political parties for an increase in the current total of 60 members to deal with the assembly's workload, particularly as new powers over taxation and other issues are devolved.
However Rachel Banner, who led the 2011 referendum campaign against increased law-making powers for the assembly, has said any increase in AMs should be put to a public vote.
The expert panel is likely to be set up if and when a motion on whether AMs back the finalised Wales Bill is passed in the assembly, according to an assembly source.
The vote - which is known as a legislative consent motion - is expected to be tabled in January.
An earlier academic report said there would need to be changes to the electoral system if the number of AMs was to be increased.
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The size of the Welsh Assembly and how it is elected looks set to be considered by a panel of experts, under plans from a group of senior AMs.
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The reunion, comprising a series of meetings over a week, will be held in a Mount Kumgang resort, near the border.
Thousands of families have been separated with little or no contact since the war ended in 1953.
Reunions have been held sporadically since 1988 and depend on the state of relations between the two countries.
The last reunion was held in February 2014.
This year's meeting comes after an agreement in August that de-escalated tensions sparked by a border explosion that injured South Korean soldiers.
The meetings, organised by the Red Cross, are hugely popular with tens of thousands signing up, but few on each side get chosen and they tend to be elderly.
It is hard to imagine a more bitter-sweet event. The reunion of Korean families who have not seen each other for six decades will be a tumultuous mix of emotions.
There will probably be both tears and laughter as old people divided from those they have not seen for most of their lifetimes get a brief and final meeting.
More than 65,000 South Koreans were eligible for reunions with relatives in the North but only 100 were chosen. Of those hundred, 10 have since died or become too ill to travel.
Read more: The human drama of Korean family reunions
In South Korea participants are picked at random by a computer which takes into account their age and family background.
They also have to sit for interviews and take medical examinations to determine if they are fit to travel.
The first group of about 400 South Koreans, comprising of chosen participants and their accompanying family members, are heading for the first round of meetings running from Tuesday to Thursday, reported Yonhap news agency.
Another 250 will attend the second round of meetings from Saturday to next Monday. Each round comprises of six two-hour sessions.
Many of those attending from South Korea are bringing gifts for their North Korean relatives such as clothes, food, toothpaste, and cash.
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Hundreds of South Koreans are travelling to the North for a rare reunion with family members whom they were separated from by the Korean War.
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An island council report had said there was a "real risk" that unless promoters Solo reduce costs or increase ticket sales the event may be cancelled.
But, the authority said after "incorrect media inferences" Solo had withdrawn the request.
Solo said its priority had been to keep ticket prices down.
The promoters currently pay £55,000 a year for the hire of Seaclose Park in Newport.
The council report, which had been due to be discussed on Thursday, said the costs of staging the festival are increasing and Solo faced either reducing its running costs or raising ticket prices.
"If the council decides not to vary or waive the annual payment for the use of Seaclose Park there is a risk that Solo may decide it is unable to stage the Isle of Wight Festival in 2017" it said.
The council had proposed cutting the hire fee for Seaclose Park by £42,000, with Solo taking on responsibilities such as traffic management at Halberry Lane estate and additional public toilets.
A council statement released on Monday said Solo had withdrawn the request and it would now work with the council to look at alternative ways to reduce the costs of the festival.
Solo's John Giddings said he "hoped" the festival had a future.
"It depends on a number of factors being in place, but that is always the case," he said.
"The priority is keeping tickets down to a reasonable price and I don't intend cutting the quality of the show. I'm not going to debate money in the public domain."
The Isle of Wight Festival, re-established in 2002, is thought to generate about £10m a year for the local economy, the council said.
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Organisers of the Isle of Wight Festival have dropped a request to waive the fee for hiring the venue, the council has said.
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His spokesman said it was "a sure sign" the PM was "rattled" by Labour.
In his speech to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, the prime minister launched his most outspoken attack on Mr Corbyn to date.
"We cannot let that man inflict his security-threatening, terrorist-sympathising, Britain-hating ideology on the country we love," the PM said.
The speech is being seen as an attempt to reclaim the centre ground from Labour after it elected left-wing MP Mr Corbyn as its leader.
He referred to the Labour Party 14 times and devoted a whole section of speech to Mr Corbyn, who has called for a "kinder politics" free of personal attacks.
The PM attacked comments his opposite number made in 2011 about the death of Osama Bin Laden, when he said it was a "tragedy" the al-Qaeda chief was killed rather than being put on trial.
Mr Corbyn had gone on to describe the attack on the World Trade Centre, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the death of Bin Laden as tragedies, arguing "the solution has got to be law not war".
Mr Cameron also said he was "angry" at the "self righteous" way Labour made its arguments and said the Tories were "keeping our head as Labour lose theirs".
In response, a spokesman for Mr Corbyn - who travelled to Manchester during the Conservative conference to address a protest rally - said: "The fact that David Cameron used his speech to make personal attacks on Jeremy Corbyn are a sure sign that he is rattled by the re-energisation of the Labour Party.
"With cuts to tax credits and a continued failure on housing, his claim that the Conservatives are the party of working people is being exposed."
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has hit back after David Cameron accused him of a "Britain-hating ideology".
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Apperley Bridge, between Leeds and Bradford, will start running on Sunday 13 December, subject to final approval by the Office of Rail and Road.
The original station was shut down 50 years ago and its replacement has cost about £8m to complete.
Two trains between Leeds and Bradford Forster Square or Skipton will run per hour Monday to Saturday.
Councillor Val Slater, Bradford Council deputy leader, said the station would make a "vital contribution to the economy of the region and improvements to the environment".
It is one of three new stations in the region with stations in Kirkstall Forge and Low Moor set to open next year.
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The first new railway station to be built in West Yorkshire in 10 years is to open to passengers next month.
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Their study of more than 7,000 people suggests exposure to bleach and other chemicals is a factor in one in six cases of adult-onset asthma among British people in their mid-50s .
The study, in Thorax, identified 18 high-risk jobs - four of which involved cleaning.
Top of the list were farmers, followed by aircraft mechanics and typesetters.
General cleaners, office cleaners, domestic helpers and care workers all featured on the list.
So too did hairdressers and laundry workers.
Experts say a person's working environment is to blame rather than their occupation per se.
Hundreds of occupational agents have been linked to asthma. This includes flour and grain as well as detergents.
Fine particles can be inhaled into the airways and cause irritation.
Lead researcher Dr Rebecca Ghosh said cleaning products were starting to be recognised as a potential cause of asthma.
She said there were specific Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) guidelines relating to cleaning products.
Employers are expected to control exposures to hazardous substances and report any cases of occupational asthma.
"Occupational asthma is widely under-recognised by employers, employees and healthcare professionals. Raising awareness that this is an almost entirely preventable disease would be a major step in reducing its incidence," Dr Ghosh said.
Malayka Rahman, of Asthma UK, said: "We advise anyone who works in the industries highlighted in this study and who have experienced breathing problems to discuss this with their GP, and we urge healthcare professionals to make sure they consider possible occupational causes in adult-onset asthma and tailor their advice to people with asthma accordingly."
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People who work with cleaning products risk developing asthma, believe UK experts who have explored the link.
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Blatter announced on 2 June that he would step down at an extraordinary congress between December and March.
However, on Thursday the 79-year-old said he had not resigned and was thought to be considering re-election.
"The times of flirting with the power are definitely gone," said Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of Fifa's audit and compliance committee.
"I call on all concerned - including Mr Blatter - to endorse in the interest of the reforms unequivocally the announced changing of the guard at the top of Fifa."
Two criminal investigations into alleged Fifa corruption began in the week that Blatter was elected for a fifth term, with seven Fifa officials arrested on charges of receiving bribes.
Four days after his re-election, Blatter - who is reportedly under investigation in the United States - said: "While I have a mandate from the membership of Fifa, I do not feel that I have a mandate from the entire world of football.
"Therefore, I have decided to lay down my mandate at an extraordinary elective congress. I will continue to exercise my functions as Fifa president until that election."
However, Blatter did not use the words 'resign' or 'resignation'. He did add, however, that the election would be for his "successor" and said: "I shall not be a candidate."
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Sepp Blatter has been urged to stick by his decision to quit as president of world football's governing body, Fifa.
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The 30-year-old Spaniard has made six appearances for the Black Cats this season but is yet to feature in 2016.
Gomez joined Sunderland in 2014 after his Wigan contract expired and has also played for Espanyol and Swansea.
Rovers have also announced that midfielder Sacha Petshi has signed for French side US Creteil-Lusitanos on a free transfer.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Championship side Blackburn have signed Sunderland midfielder Jordi Gomez on loan until the end of the season.
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The university said staff are assisting the police in every possible way in looking at a "support department".
An internal inquiry has also been ordered by the university.
Police Scotland confirmed the investigation is under way, and that it involves a former employee of the university.
A statement from the university said: "The University of Edinburgh alerted the police to an issue relating to potential financial irregularities within a support department.
"This is now the subject of an internal inquiry at the University and a Police Scotland investigation.
"The university will be assisting the police in every way possible with their inquiries. It would not be appropriate to comment further at this time."
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "We have received a complaint regarding concerns over the management of finances at Edinburgh University by a former employee.
"The Economic Crime Unit has a positive line of inquiry and while our investigation is ongoing it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time."
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Officers from Police Scotland have started an investigation into apparent financial irregularities at Edinburgh University.
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Mr Torres, better known as Fritanga (Fry-up), was detained minutes after getting married in a lavish ceremony on a Caribbean island on Sunday.
Police say he is an influential member of the Urabenos gang, which controls much of the drug trafficking in northern Colombia.
A US court has asked for Mr Torres to be extradited on drugs charges.
Police said they surprised Fritanga on the Caribbean island of Mucura moments after he had married his girlfriend and as he was preparing to host a party for 150 guests.
Police said Fritanga had spared no expense, inviting soap-opera stars and entertainers to the festivities, scheduled to last for a week.
They estimated the cost of the party at $1.41m (£900,000).
Alive and kicking
A video released by the police shows Fritanga's wife, a model, hugging him and sobbing as officers lead him away.
Police are heard telling guests to lie on the floor and keep their heads down as the arrest is made.
The video also shows Fritanga being shown a photocopy of his ID card by police and jokingly saying that he has trouble recognising it as he has not used it for a few years.
Official documents later showed Mr Torres was listed as deceased.
His death certificate said he had died of natural causes in the capital, Bogota, on 2 December 2010.
Police are investigating the notary who asked for the death certificate to be issued.
Prosecutors accuse Fritanga of being a leading member of the Urabenos, a criminal gang made up of former paramilitaries which controls much of the drug- and arms-trafficking in northern Colombia.
Earlier this year, the gang offered a reward for the killing of police officers in revenge for the arrest of their leader, Juan de Dios Usuga.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has made the fight against gangs such as the Urabenos one of his government's priorities.
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Colombian police have released further details of the arrest of Camilo Torres on suspicion of drug trafficking.
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Police said Kayla, an American bald-eagle, was targeted after violence broke out at a Palace home game against Charlton Athletic in September.
A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and attempted criminal damage.
Six other men were also arrested on Wednesday in connection with the violence, Scotland Yard said.
Kayla has been Crystal Palace's mascot since 2010 and flies around the stadium at every home game.
The 19-year-old female is based at Eagle Heights sanctuary in Eynsford, Kent.
She is from Canada but was brought to the UK after she became too aggressive to remain at her previous home, according to her owners.
Kayla also appeared on the front cover of US rockers King's Of Leon's album, Only By The Night.
She has continued to perform her match day duties since the Capital One Cup game against Charlton.
The side, known as The Eagles, won the match at Selhurst Park 4-1.
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A football fan has been arrested for allegedly trying to punch Crystal Palace's eagle mascot.
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Two recent books claimed officials get huge payments for investigating candidates for sainthood, with little control over how they spend the money.
The new rules mean external oversight of the bank accounts concerned.
Pope Francis has made reform of the Vatican a priority of his papacy, including perceived corruption.
The new rules set out the mechanism by which donors supporting a candidate for sainthood pay for the services of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Vatican office responsible for reviewing candidates for sainthood.
How does someone become a saint?
The rules call for an administrator to be named for each prospective saint, and they must "scrupulously respect'' the intention of each donation.
The administrator must keep a running tab on expenditures and donations, prepare an annual budget and be subject to the oversight of the local bishop or religious superior.
However, the rules do not specify how much money should be given by donors.
The costs to the Vatican of investigating candidates can be high, if lots of travel is necessary to collect testimony and conduct research about the candidate's life, including establishing whether they performed miracles.
However, recent books by Italian journalists alleged that there was no oversight over how some donations were spent and that candidates supported by wealthier donors were likely to have cases resolved more quickly.
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Pope Francis has brought in new regulations for the Vatican's process of making saints after allegations of abuses in the system.
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The striker, who missed the 3-1 win at Woking last weekend because of a back injury, tapped in to open his account.
Poor defending allowed the 24-year-old to head home a corner midway through the half, before converting a penalty in added time after Hamza Bencherif had fouled Luke Guttridge.
Dagenham & Redbridge have now won four in a row in the National League.
Wrexham manager Gary Mills said: "[It was] very poor, the game was over at half-time.
"[We were] second best all over the park today and deserved what we got.
"They looked a lot sharper than us, we didn't win enough balls to get us playing. When we had the ball we gave it away, which is totally not what we are about.
"We have to overcome this very, very quickly."
Match ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 3, Wrexham 0.
Second Half ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 3, Wrexham 0.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Frankie Raymond replaces Jordan Maguire-Drew.
Substitution, Wrexham. Callum Powell replaces Martin Riley.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Corey Whitely replaces Luke Guttridge.
Substitution, Wrexham. Shaun Harrad replaces Bradley Reid.
Substitution, Wrexham. Tyler Harvey replaces Gerry McDonagh.
Second Half begins Dagenham and Redbridge 3, Wrexham 0.
First Half ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 3, Wrexham 0.
Goal! Dagenham and Redbridge 3, Wrexham 0. Oliver Hawkins (Dagenham and Redbridge) converts the penalty with a.
Joe Widdowson (Dagenham and Redbridge) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Dagenham and Redbridge 2, Wrexham 0. Oliver Hawkins (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Goal! Dagenham and Redbridge 1, Wrexham 0. Oliver Hawkins (Dagenham and Redbridge).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Oliver Hawkins scored a first-half hat-trick as Dagenham & Redbridge swept aside Wrexham in the National League.
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Butler, 24, joined the Iron for an undisclosed fee from National League South side Hemel Hempstead in June.
He kept two clean sheets in six appearances for the club, but was sent off in their defeat by Macclesfield.
Fellow keeper Sam Beasant joined the club last week after his release by Cambridge United and made his debut against Guiseley last Saturday.
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Braintree Town have agreed to release goalkeeper Jamie Butler just 72 days after he signed for the club.
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Alafoti Faosiliva, 30, who plays for Samoa and Bath, admitted assaulting Nissi Kyeremeh on 6 February.
Bath Magistrates' Court heard the university student was punched after checking on the player, who seemed upset.
Faosiliva received an eight week sentence suspended for 12 months.
He was also ordered to pay Mr Kyeremeh £1,500 in compensation.
The court was told Faosiliva, of Mascroft Road in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, had "expressed remorse" for the assault.
Mark Haslem, representing the rugby player, said his client, who had been drinking in the SouthGate area of Bath, had "come to his senses" following the attack and tried to apologise.
"There was no premeditation. The defendant had completely lost the plot," Mr Haslem said.
After the attack Mr Kyeremeh told police: "He had no reason to behave in this way. My only action was to check on his welfare."
In a victim impact statement read to the court, Mr Kyeremeh said: "Since the incident I have suffered with dizziness, blurry vision and the inability to sleep.
"The incident has had a dramatic impact on my studies. I am unable to concentrate and unable to retain information."
Faosiliva, who joined Bath in 2013, has been suspended by the club and faces disciplinary proceedings.
Speaking outside court, Faosiliva said: "I want to apologise to my club, to my team, for what happened.
"I want to say thank you for the support."
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An international rugby player who knocked a student unconscious in an "unprovoked" attack has been given a suspended prison sentence.
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They appealed to those involved in setting wild fires to "consider the possible consequences" for communities.
The PSNI warning was issued after a deliberate gorse fire threatened houses in Newry, County Down, overnight.
On Saturday, there were a number of fires near Florencecourt, County Fermanagh.
Fire crews were called to Gortalughany Viewpoint, near the Marble Arch Caves at around midnight, and they were called out again to the same area on Saturday afternoon.
Smoke could be seen billowing over Cuilcagh Mountain at the time.
The cause of the latest incidents has not yet been confirmed, but fire crews said on Friday night that more than 90% of the gorse fires they have been dealing with since Monday were deliberate.
PSNI Supt Emma Bond said: "Gorse fires have the potential to cause widespread damage to the environment and harm to wildlife, as well as threatening homes, farms and the people living in those areas.
"The unpredictability of fire can also mean that those setting them may be putting their own lives at risk as well as the lives of the fire service personnel and other emergency services tasked to deal with them.
"There can also be untold consequences to tying up crucial emergency resources that may be needed elsewhere."
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The police have warned that lives are being put at risk after a spate of more than 200 deliberate gorse fires across Northern Ireland since Monday.
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Northumbria University told Newcastle Crown Court it was "deeply, genuinely sorry" as it was fined £400,000.
Sports science students Alex Rossetta and Luke Parkin were each given the equivalent of 300 cups of coffee.
They were admitted to intensive care for dialysis after the calculation error led to violent side-effects.
Prosecutor Adam Farrer told the court the overdose "could easily have been fatal".
Peter Smith, defending, said the university wished to "emphasise that they take the welfare of their students and staff seriously".
The students had volunteered to take part in a test in March 2015 aimed at measuring the effect of caffeine on exercise.
They were given 30g of caffeine instead of 0.3g, Mr Farrer said.
Death had previously been reported after consumption of just 18g, he told the court.
The university had switched from using caffeine tablets to powder, he said.
"The staff were not experienced or competent enough and they had never done it on their own before," he said.
"The university took no steps to make sure the staff knew how to do it."
The calculation had been done on a mobile phone, with the decimal point in the wrong place, and there was no risk assessment.
Both men have made a full physical recovery, though Mr Rossetta had reported short-term memory loss, the court heard.
The university admitted the health and safety breach at a hearing last month.
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A university has been fined after two students suffered "life-threatening" effects when they were given 100 times too much caffeine in an experiment.
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Caitlin White, 15, died in Craigavon Hospital after being found unconscious in woodland near Portadown's Corcrain estate on Saturday evening.
The exact cause of her death is not yet known.
Police have said a possible link to drugs is one line of inquiry into the Craigavon Senior High School pupil's death.
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Police investigating the death of a Portadown schoolgirl have arrested a 19-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy.
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The free 'urban beach' will be opened in the city's John Frost Square, next to the Friars Walk shopping centre, on Saturday.
It has 13 tonnes of sand, 50 deck chairs, 50 bucket and spades and 'I Love Newport' sticks of rock.
The 'Life's A Beach' event will include buskers and a football freestyler.
Shoppers can visit the beach, organised by Newport Now Business Improvement District (BID), between 10:00 and 17:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
"Part of the business improvement district's remit is to stage events that draw more people into the city centre," said Newport Now BID manager Kevin Ward.
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Its port was once one of the world's busiest and the river has been its lifeblood, but Newport has never boasted a beach - until this weekend.
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The animal welfare charity hopes Wales will join 15 European countries which have implemented a ban.
Last year, it received more calls about primates in Wales than in any of the previous 11 years.
RSPCA's senior scientific officer, Ros Clubb said: "All primates, hand-reared or not, are wild animals.
"It doesn't matter how well intentioned the owner is, primates are not suitable pets."
"We fear there are hundreds more that are suffering behind closed doors because people do not know how to look after these animals properly."
It is estimated that there are around 120 privately-kept primates in Wales, with marmosets, capuchins and squirrel monkeys being the most common.
In a survey, RSPCA Cymru found that 72% of those polled in Wales support a ban of keeping primates as pets.
Former Assembly Member Lorraine Barrett re-homed a monkey from a pet shop in the 1980s after feeling "desperately sorry for him."
"The minute I walked in the house with the monkey I realised how out of my depth I was," she said.
"One time he was on the top of the cupboard and jumped on my son's head. I went to grab him and he bit me all around my arm. We were all just screaming."
"The only advice people need is that primates should never be kept as pets."
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RSPCA Cymru is calling for a ban on keeping primates as pets, saying hundreds may be "suffering behind closed doors".
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The figure was calculated by how much an individual is paid per hour, so takes account of part-time workers.
The DfE is the first government department to publish the difference between the pay of men and women.
The national gap is 18.1%, but the DfE uses a different methodology so cannot be compared directly to the Office for National Statistics figure.
Education Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Justine Greening said her department was setting an example on promoting gender equality.
The DfE reported a mean pay gap - the difference between average salaries for men and women - of 5.3% and a median pay gap of 5.9%.
Pay gap data will be published by all government departments and large private companies by April 2018.
The ONS national gender pay gap for full and part-time workers is the lowest since records began in 1997.
Ms Greening said: "I'm proud that the DfE has taken an important step in reporting its gender pay gap, setting an example to other employers as we build a stronger economy where success is defined by talent, not gender or circumstance.
"The UK's gender pay gap is at a record low, but we are committed to closing it.
"As one of the UK's largest employers, the public sector has a vital role to play in leading the way to tackle the gender pay gap which is why the DfE's step to publish our gender pay gap matters."
The department says it has introduced a range of initiatives to support women in the workplace, such as supporting women returning to work, monitoring pay and helping women progress in their careers.
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The pay gap between men and women working at the Department for Education (DfE) is 5.9%, new figures reveal.
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The image shows the Queen and Prince Charles with members of the Privy Council after a meeting at Buckingham Palace in 1981.
Both royals have signed it.
Auctioneers said it was bought by a member of the public for "about £20" but is expected to fetch up to £1,000 at auction.
The meeting on 27 March 1981 marked the Queen giving Prince Charles consent to marry Princess Diana, who is not pictured, under the Royal Marriages Act.
It will go under the hammer with Dominic Winter Auctioneers Ltd, of South Cerney, Gloucestershire, next month.
Chris Albury, auctioneer and senior valuer, said it was the first time he had seen something signed by more than one member of the royal family.
"A guy saw it in the window of the shop and wasn't entirely sure if the signatures were authentic," he said.
"I did a double take when I saw it, I thought I better not get too excited until I check it out properly."
Mr Albury initially thought the signatures might have been autopen - ink signatures made by a "robot", which the royals use to sign Christmas cards - but further tests showed they were "genuine".
"What I like about it is that, when it comes to royal autograph collecting, the key is to collect the monarchs, it is the gold standard," he added.
"With Prince Charles next in line, it could become an item that has not one, but two, monarch signatures.
"Whether it's a one-off, I don't yet know. The next part of my research is to find out exactly why they both signed it."
The frame of the photograph has also been signed by George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy, who is pictured second on the right in the front row.
It will go under the hammer on 5 April.
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An "exceedingly rare" photograph signed by two members of the royal family has been found in a Cardiff bric-a-brac store.
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Farrell, 25, is set to move past 500 international points this weekend against Fiji, and is second in the England all-time list behind Wilkinson.
Asked whether Farrell could one day beat his record of 1,179 points, Wilkinson said: "I have no doubt.
"I would be very surprised if Owen Farrell didn't go on to score way, way more," he told BBC Sport.
"500 points for a guy who is 25 years old, you don't have to do the maths but if he plays until he is 35, he will be in a good place."
Wilkinson has been involved in the England camp this year as a kicking and skills consultant, and says he can identify with the way Saracens fly-half Farrell approaches the game.
"Sometimes when we are discussing things, you hear something that you definitely correspond with," said Wilkinson, who on Thursday became one of 12 new inductees into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.
"[Working with England] is a really exciting opportunity," Wilkinson, who scored the winning drop goal in the 2003 World Cup final, continued.
"But there is no telling or teaching, it's kind of a sharing, and therefore there has to be room in all of us to keep growing. I am also there to learn."
Wilkinson has also compared the current midfield combination of Farrell, who has scored 497 points for England, and fly-half George Ford to his partnership with inside centres Will Greenwood or Mike Catt.
"Both those guys were phenomenally important to me in my career, in the way they supported me, got the best out of me, and helped me to uncover more about myself," Wilkinson explained.
"With Owen and George, they are both very, very open individuals, both very humble - but not because they have been taught what to say, but genuinely it's who they are.
"There is not a script being followed here. They are following enthusiasm, passion and serious devotion.
"It's very similar when you mention names like Mike Catt and Will Greenwood, it all makes perfect sense. It's just about having good people in there."
You can hear more from Jonny Wilkinson on the Matt Dawson Rugby Show on BBC Radio 5 live from 19:30 GMT on Thursday, 17 November.
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World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson has backed Owen Farrell to overtake his England points record.
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They were killed by security forces as protesters demanded political freedom and an end to corruption, eyewitnesses and activists told foreign media.
President Bashar al-Assad, whose Baath party has dominated politics for nearly 50 years, tolerates no dissent.
Washington strongly condemned the use of force against demonstrators.
White House national security council spokesman Tommy Vietor said the US was calling on the Syrian government to "allow demonstrations to take place peacefully".
"Those responsible for today's violence must be held accountable," he added.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the "use of lethal force against peaceful demonstrators and their arbitrary arrests" were "unacceptable", according to a spokesman.
"It is the responsibility of the government in Syria to listen to the legitimate aspirations of the people and address them through inclusive political dialogue and genuine reforms, not repression," he added.
Syria's state news agency Sana said violence and "acts of sabotage" had broken out at a demonstration in Deraa on Friday, prompting security forces to intervene.
It accused "infiltrators" of seeking to "provoke chaos through acts of violence which resulted in damage to private and public property".
Two of the dead people were named by witnesses as Hussam Abdel Wali Ayyash and Akram Jawabreh.
They had been among "several thousand" demonstrators chanting "God, Syria, Freedom" and anti-corruption slogans, accusing the president's family of corruption, a resident told Reuters news agency.
Security forces, the Reuters source added, were reinforced with troops flown in by helicopters.
An unnamed human rights activist in Deraa, who was contacted by AFP news agency, said security forces had fired live bullets at the protesters and "hundreds" of protesters had also been wounded.
He told AFP that "many" of the wounded had been "snatched by security forces" from hospital and moved to unknown locations.
Mazen Darwish, a prominent Syrian activist in Damascus, was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying that at least five people were shot and killed. He was citing eyewitnesses and hospital officials at the scene.
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At least three protesters have been shot dead in the south Syrian city of Deraa as security forces clamped down on a protest rally.
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Sister Clare Theresa Crockett, 33, who was from the Long Tower area of the city, died when a school collapsed in Playa Prieta.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed at least 480 people, and left more than 4,000 injured and 231 missing.
Her funeral Mass was held at Long Tower Church in Derry.
Fr Eamon Graham, who led the service, described Sr Clare as "a striking example of Derry womanhood".
"Clare asked herself what she could do to make the world a better place and how she could serve God and help the most vulnerable," said Fr Graham.
"To do that, she went to the far end of the earth and she took her goodness with her."
Some members of Sr Clare's order - the Home of the Mother - were also in attendance.
The Bishop of Derry, Donal McKeown, told BBC Radio Foyle he has been comforting Sr Clare's family.
"They've lost a daughter, a beautiful daughter and the first born of their family as I understand. That's bound to be an awful loss particularly for any parent to see the burial of their child.
"On the other hand, they've been hearing stories about what she did and what a wonderful person she was," Bishop McKeown said.
"I'm sure the family have got some consolation simply from the wonderful member of their family that people are so proud of."
Sr Karen McMahon travelled to Derry with two other nuns from the Home of the Mother Order.
"She was our sister, she was a wonderful person," said Sr McMahon.
"She gave her whole life to God. When she discovered our Lord, he was the centre of her life and everything she did revolved around him.
"All the good she did, always her goal was to bring souls to heaven. For us it's a grace to be here today."
The three sisters paid tribute to their friend by singing hymns during the service.
In his homily, Fr Eamon Graham expressed his deepest sympathies to the Crockett family.
"Words are really not adequate because you're having to deal with an unimaginable cross. Its not the way things should be, that parents bury their children," he said.
"We've asked many questions about God and his ways. We've felt feeling of anger and bewilderment and we haven't had too many answers.
"But one thing has emerged in this past fortnight, we've received an insight into Clare's life and motivation."
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The funeral of a nun who was killed in the Ecuador earthquake has taken place in Londonderry.
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The cadets from the Australian Defence Force Academy are accused of secretly filming a female cadet having sex and broadcasting it on the internet.
They have been charged with misusing an electronic communications service. One has been charged with an indecent act.
The government has set up a number of inquiries in response to the scandal.
The 18-year old female cadet said that she had consensual sex with a fellow first-year cadet, which was then transmitted via webcam to six other cadets watching on a computer in another room.
Photographs of the encounter were also said to have been circulated around the academy.
The two men, aged 18 and 19, face possible jail terms if convicted.
The commander of the academy was ordered to take leave in the wake of the incident and at least two inquiries were initiated.
Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick was asked to conduct a review into the treatment of women both at the academy and in the wider military.
Reviews were also ordered into the use of alcohol and social media in the military.
The scandal followed another relating to the navy.
In February, the defence department released a report chronicling what it called a culture of predatory sexual behaviour on board the naval supply ship, HMAS Success.
It revealed a fiercely tribal culture in which women sailors were treated with disdain, alcohol was badly misused and discipline had broken down.
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Two men have been charged over a sex scandal at an Australian defence academy, in a row which led to a review of the military's treatment of women.
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Police say Ado Halliru Daukaka, who is currently recuperating in a hospital, was found unconscious and emaciated.
Daukaka told the BBC's Isa Sanusi that he was tricked into a car on Friday morning by kidnappers.
He had released a song mocking politicians who don't keep their promises and he says this is why he was targeted.
One of his wives told police unknown people had visited his home the day he disappeared.
He told our correspondent that the kidnappers had driven him out of Yola city and then played his new song, and began asking him why he had recorded a track mocking politicians.
"They threatened me and said they would take my life and repeatedly asked why I was criticising politicians and warned me to stop or lose my life," Daukaka said.
He said they kept him without food for two days during his captivity.
On Wednesday morning, the kidnappers blindfolded him and let him go in a forest, Daukaka said.
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A Nigerian singer known for singing about corrupt politicians has been found five days after he was kidnapped.
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The protesters accuse the government of trying to brainwash students with pro-China education and want the programme to be scrapped.
But the government says it is about building national pride and identity.
Protests have been rumbling for months, but built over the weekend before the start of the new school year.
A small number of activists have been taking part in hunger strikes.
The government wants schools to introduce the programme now and plans to make it compulsory by 2016.
But protesters - who comprise parents, students and teachers - say its core aim is to bolster support for China's communist rulers.
They have highlighted a government booklet that they say glorifies Communist Party rule in China while ignoring sensitive issues.
Some 8,000 people joined Monday night's protest, reports said.
On Tuesday Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung said it was premature to withdraw the programme, Hong Kong's RTHK reported
He said opponents of the programme should join a government-appointed committee on the subject and air their concerns there, the broadcaster said.
Deputy leader Carrie Lam said on Monday that more dialogue was needed on the issue.
"The important thing is to ensure that the public concern or the parents' and the students' worry about the so-called brainwashing will not happen," Reuters news agency quoted her as saying.
"But that will only be achievable by more communication between the various stakeholders and by putting the trust in the school sponsoring authorities and the individual schools."
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Thousands protested outside government headquarters in Hong Kong on Monday, amid a row over a controversial national education programme.
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Minister Edwina Hart made the commitment in a letter to supporters backing the plans for Blaencwm tunnel, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
The Rhondda Tunnel Society wants to reopen it for cyclists and walkers. It runs for 3km (1.8 miles) to Blaengwynfi, Neath Port Talbot.
The minister said it could bring "significant economic" benefits.
The tunnel was buried during the Beeching cutbacks of the UK railway network in the 1960s.
Last month, engineers visited the tunnel for the first time in 40 years to start assessing whether reopening the tunnel is feasible.
Local AM Leighton Andrews, who received the letter, said: "I want to commend the hard work of the Rhondda Tunnel Society in getting the project to this stage."
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The Welsh government is to commission a study to look at reopening Wales' longest railway tunnel for tourists.
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The attack took place at 04:00 BST on Saturday in the Ferensway area.
The 34-year-old woman suffered facial injuries in the attack, Humberside Police said.
Officers said they wanted to trace two men who were seen drinking in the Yorkshireman pub earlier in the evening. The pair were also seen getting into a taxi at 04:30 BST.
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Police are hunting for two men in connection with a serious sexual assault on a woman in Hull city centre.
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The five main party leaders, Arlene Foster, Michelle O'Neill, Naomi Long, Colum Eastwood and Mike Nesbitt all took part in the debate on UTV.
They clashed over the decision by the Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt to give his number two preference vote to the SDLP.
The leaders also disagreed on Brexit.
The Alliance leader Naomi Long labelled the Ulster Unionist party "the Lothario of Northern Ireland politics as it's hopped in and out of bed with almost every other political party".
Colum Eastwood later said: "We have waited a long time for cross community voting, it doesn't make me any less of a nationalist and it doesn't make Mike Nesbitt any less of a unionist."
The DUP leader Arlene Foster was accused of using the politics of fear after she warned voters about "Gerry Adams' Sinn Fein" returning with most seats.
"This election will be very close and there is a real chance Gerry Adams' Sinn Féin could have most seats.
"Then they could push ahead with their radical agenda and imagine what that would mean for Northern Ireland," she said.
Standing beside the DUP leader, Sinn Fein's northern leader, Michelle O'Neill, accused Arlene Foster's party of showing "arrogance and contempt" for the institutions.
"Sinn Féin didn't seek this election but it is needed because of DUP arrogance, contempt and serious allegations of corruption surrounding their RHI scandal," she added.
The Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said: "This election should be a referendum on how the two parties of the executive have handled the ongoing crisis over renewable heat and their leadership over the past ten years."
"With £85,000 a day still needlessly going up in smoke I don't think voters can afford another DUP/Sinn Fein executive."
The Alliance leader Naomi Long said it was time to transform "broken politics".
"It is time to take a stand against scandal, to say enough is enough to orange and green.
"No more corruption, no more cronyism, no more incompetence, just good government," she added.
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The fallout from the botched Renewable Heating Scheme (RHI) has dominated the first televised leaders' debate in the assembly election campaign.
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Pearson has been hit by falling enrolments in education in the US and changes to education policy in the UK.
The firm employs about 5,000 people in the UK and about 10% of those jobs are expected to be affected by the cuts.
The majority of the cuts are expected to be completed by the middle of this year. Pearson also warned that profits would be lower next year.
Pearson said it expected underlying operating profits for 2015 of about £720m, but warned its profits in 2016 were expected to drop to between £580m and £620m, before the costs of the restructuring are taken into account.
"The cyclical and policy related challenges in our biggest markets have been more pronounced and persisted for longer than anticipated," says chief executive John Fallon.
"In combination, these factors have reduced Pearson's operating profit by approximately £230m from its peak. We over-estimated how quickly those markets would return to sustainable levels of revenues and profits from their peak".
Pearson said the restructuring is expected to cost it £320m. However, it said the shake-up of its business, combined with new product launches and the easing of pressure in the key US and UK markets, meant profits should be at or above £800m by 2018.
The restructuring will include merging all Pearson's businesses producing courseware material for teachers. Its assessment businesses in North America will also be integrated.
Its further education establishments in South Africa and the UK will shift focus to online rather than direct delivery, and there will be savings in areas such as technology, finance and HR.
Pearson got out of financial news and information last year when it sold the Financial Times Group and its stake in the Economist Group. It has also merged publisher Penguin with Random House.
Following the latest announcement, shares in Pearson rose by nearly 9%.
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Education publisher Pearson is to shed 4,000 jobs - 10% of its worldwide workforce - in an effort to cuts costs.
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The 28-year-old will appear before a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel on Tuesday, ahead of his side's final against Saracens on Saturday.
Exeter booked their spot at Twickenham with a 34-23 victory over Wasps.
The Chiefs are competing in the top-flight play-offs for the first time in their history.
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Exeter Chiefs scrum-half Will Chudley has been cited for an alleged kick on Wasps lock Joe Launchbury during Saturday's Premiership semi-final win.
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The body of Leonne, 16, was discovered off Lordens Hill, in Dinnington, South Yorkshire, on 16 January.
The funeral of the "loved and sadly missed" teenager was held at St Leonards church in Dinnington.
The service was relayed by speakers to people gathered outside. Leonne's family said they were grateful for people's support.
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In a statement, the family said: "She is loved and sadly missed by all her family.
"Leonne was a twin and was close to all of her brothers and sisters."
A pink coffin carved with her name and covered in hearts was carried into the church after arriving on a horse-drawn hearse.
Les Clarke, Salvation Army officer, said in the service: " She won't be forgotten but live on in our hearts and in our memories.
"Leonne was very strong in her own way. Standing up for what she thought was right".
She had "a big smile for people wandering past", he said.
The Reverend Hilary Jowett, vicar of St Leonard's Church, said local residents were "horrified and shocked" at Leonne's death.
"But I think we've now accepted this has happened, horrible and awful though it is, and we are grieving for a teenager who should be living her life", she said.
A post-mortem examination revealed Ms Weeks had died from multiple stab wounds.
Shea Peter Heeley, 18, of Doe Quarry Lane, Dinnington, is to appear at Sheffield Crown Court on 17 February on suspicion of murder.
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Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of teenager Leonne Weeks who was stabbed to death last month.
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It caps a remarkable turnaround for the iPhone maker, whose shares were once worth as little as $3.19 in 1997, when it faced the possibility of bankruptcy.
Apple is now worth $460bn.
The company's revival under Steve Jobs, who died last year, came about first in computers and then the iPod music player, which was followed by the iPhone and iPad.
Last month, Apple reported record-breaking net profits for the last three months of 2011, up 118% to $13.06bn from the same period a year earlier.
The profits were the fourth-biggest in US corporate history.
Mr Jobs co-founded Apple in Silicon Valley in 1976 but was fired a decade later.
He was asked to rejoin in 1997 and changed the company's product lines, culminating in the success of the iPhone and its tablet spin-off, the iPad.
Apple is in an escalating patent war with rivals Google and handset-makers such as Samsung and HTC over their operating systems.
It recently filed a motion in US court that would ban Samsung's Galaxy Nexus, which uses Google's Android.
Apple is poised to announce the third generation of its iPad next month, reports suggest.
Meanwhile, the working conditions in factories that produce Apple products are to be inspected, the computing giant announced.
The Fair Labor Association will audit several suppliers, including Foxconn in China, at Apple's request.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook said: "Workers everywhere have the right to a safe and fair work environment."
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Shares in technology giant Apple have crossed $500 (£317) a share for the first time.
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Gray wants to coach Scotland one day but is looking at other options.
"Scotland's got itself sorted out at the moment," said Gray, who worked under the Springboks' then-head coach Heyneke Meyer at the World Cup.
"All the coaches are in place. I think one more would muddy the waters slightly."
Gray, who helped South Africa reach the semi-finals, told BBC Scotland's Sportsound: "I'll make a decision into the new year what I'm going to do.
"I've got a big decision to make what I'm going to do next, but I'll definitely be coaching somewhere."
Gray joined the South African coaching staff in 2013 as breakdown coach, but with Meyer leaving, Gray is contemplating a future elsewhere.
"The head coach of South Africa resigned a couple of weeks ago," said Gray. "He decided not to put his name forward.
"They've obviously had a discussion about what I would like to do as well.
"I never really thought I'd stay longer than three years in South Africa.
"Going backwards and forwards, it's been quite a commitment, especially with my family still back in Scotland.
"There's two or three options on the table for me regarding clubs in England, France, there's also things in Japan going on.
"I just love coaching. I coach because I want to make players better and you want to remain in the game. That's the two key things."
Galashiels-born Gray has coached Scotland at youth level and admits he would like to be part of the international set-up at some point, but he says now is not the right time.
"One day you want to coach your own country - I'd like to think that might happen," he added.
"But, for me, I like to put myself into places that really challenge you, places where you're given no chance and you can come out and prove myself so I might continue to do that."
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South Africa coach Richie Gray admits he has a "big decision" make over his future but has ruled out an immediate return to his native Scotland.
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Islamabad offered its condolences to the families of US consultant Warren Weinstein and Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto.
The two men were accidentally killed in a counter-terrorism operation in January, the US has admitted.
The drone strike targeted an al-Qaeda hideout on the Afghan-Pakistan border.
They died along with al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Farouq.
Pakistan said in a statement that "having lost thousands of innocent civilians in the war against terrorism" it fully understood "this tragic loss and stands with" the families of the two hostages.
"The death of Mr Weinstein and Mr Lo Porto in a drone strike demonstrates the risk and unintended consequences of the use of this technology that Pakistan has been highlighting for a long time," the statement added.
American drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal belt are extremely unpopular with Pakistanis; many view them as violation of their country's sovereignty.
While Pakistani officials publicly condemn the drone strikes, correspondents say they have tacitly endorsed these strikes for years.
Mr Obama on Thursday said he took "full responsibility" for the operation, which was launched in the belief that the target was an al-Qaeda compound with no civilians present.
The White House announced that two other US citizens - thought to be al-Qaeda members - were also killed in drone strikes.
Ahmed Farouq was killed in the same raid that caused the deaths of Mr Weinstein and Mr Lo Porto, it said, and Adam Gadahn, once regarded as a spokesman for the militant group, was killed in a separate strike.
The BBC has been told that the attack which killed the hostages took place on 15 January in the Dabar Miami area, in the Shawal region of North Waziristan.
An al-Qaeda statement on 13 April confirmed Farouq's death but made no mention of the hostages, the BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad reports.
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The deaths of two Western hostages in a US drone strike shows the "risk and unintended consequences" of using such a tactic, Pakistan has said.
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The Easyjet service from Edinburgh was bound for Funchal in Madeira on Monday but had to make an emergency landing in Lisbon.
The flight was met by police in the Portuguese capital and then made its way to Madeira.
It was delayed by about two hours. The passenger was found not to have a gun.
The airline has apologised for any inconvenience caused to passengers but stressed it takes such incidents seriously.
An Easyjet spokeswoman said: "Easyjet can confirm that flight EZY6957 from Edinburgh to Funchal on 1 August diverted to Lisbon and was met by police due to a passenger behaving disruptively.
"Easyjet's cabin crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and to act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time.
"Whilst such incidents are rare we take them very seriously, do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour on board and always push for prosecution.
"We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused."
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A flight from Edinburgh was forced to make a 600-mile diversion due to a disruptive passenger who claimed to have a gun on board.
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The black-headed gull was unable to fly off after getting trapped about 20ft (6m) from the bank of the lake in Leicestershire.
Firefighters chipped him free from the icy water at Grove Park, Enderby, after being called by the RSPCA at about 16:50 GMT on Tuesday.
He was taken to a vet to warm up.
The gull was then taken to a nearby wildlife centre for further care before he will be released into the wild.
Firefighters used a rescue sled, which is like an inflatable raft, to reach the gull.
The RSPCA said in a statement: "He was about 20ft out on the lake and was stuck fast.
"Thankfully the the fire service came out to assist our officers and using an inflatable raft managed to reach the gull and chip him free from the ice."
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A bird that became stuck in a lake when the water froze around its feet is recovering after being rescued by firefighters.
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Tries from Jesse Mogg and Wiaan Liebenberg helped put Montpellier up 15-9 at the break, with Quins' points coming from the boot of Ben Botica.
Demetri Catrakilis kicked the French side further ahead after the break.
Quins Mat Luamanu was sin-binned before Nic White and Yvan Reilhac and Charles Geli tries sealed the bonus point win.
Victory sees Montpellier move into the last eight of the competition ahead of Cardiff Blues, whose big win over Italian side Calvisano was ultimately in vain.
Even before their trip to France for the final group game, Harlequins had done enough to top Pool Three and earn a home quarter-final.
Quins boss Connor O'Shea looked intent to make it six wins from six in the group stage of the competition, naming a side that included four of the six Harlequins players called up for the forthcoming Six Nations for the trip to Altrad Stadium.
Jack Clifford, Marland Yarde and Chris Robshaw started, while scrum-half Danny Care came off the bench with Quins 15-9 down, but failed to stop the hosts as they ran away with the game.
Montpellier: Mogg; Fall, Tuitavake, Ebersohn, O'Connor; Catrakilis, Paillaugue; Nariashvili, B. du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis, Tchale-Watchou, Willemse, Ouedraogo (capt), Liebenberg, Qera.
Replacements: Geli, Kubriashvili, Cilliers, Jacques du Plessis, Battut, White, Trinh-Duc, Reilhac.
Harlequins: Chisholm; Yarde, Hopper, Sloan, Walker; Botica, Dickson; Lambert, Gray, Collier, Merrick, Matthews, Robshaw, Wallace, Clifford (capt).
Replacements: Buchanan, Evans, Jones, Treadwell, Luamanu, Care, Swiel, Stanley.
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Harlequins' perfect European Challenge Cup start came to an end as Montpellier scored five unanswered tries to join them in the quarter-finals.
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Bristol's Lee Haskins defends his IBF world bantamweight title against Ivan Morales at Cardiff's new Ice Arena.
Selby, 27, is brother of current World IBF Featherweight champion Lee Selby.
Andrew Selby made a dazzling start to his professional career, beating Tanzanian Haji Juma in Newport on October, 2015.
Leicestershire's Norman, 22, has been beaten once in 13 bouts.
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The British Boxing Board of Control has sanctioned Andrew Selby to fight Louis Norman for the vacant British flyweight title on 14 May in Cardiff.
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Josh Earnest said the closure of the Cuban detention camp was a national security interest.
It was one of the first directives President Barack Obama ordered two months after he was elected in 2008.
Inmates have slowly been transferred out and at the start of the year, 122 men were left.
The peak population in 2003 was 684.
Mr Earnest said the administration was "in the final stages of drafting a plan to safely and responsibly (close) the prison at Guantanamo Bay and to present that to Congress".
He added: "That has been something that our national security officials have been working on for quite some time, primarily because it is a priority of the president."
In 2009, President Obama admitted the January 2010 deadline he had set for closing the counter-terrorism facility would be missed.
Since then, Congress bipartisan opposition has meant the transfer of prisoners to the US has been blocked.
Some have been considered too dangerous to be released, but the US holds no evidence that can be used in civilian or military trials against them.
The US has slowly been sending prisoners back to their home countries or to third countries, a process Mr Earnest said needs to continue if the facility is to shut.
The camp was established in 2002 by the Bush administration to detain the most dangerous suspects for interrogation and the prosecution of war crimes.
Controversy has centred around the period of time detainees have been held without charge and the use of interrogation techniques.
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The White House is in the "final stages" of drafting a plan to close the controversial US military prison Guantanamo Bay, a spokesman has said.
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The Wiltshire and Avon and Somerset forces funded the scheme with councils, Barnardo's and the Home Office.
Avon and Somerset police commissioner Sue Mountstevens said: "Sexually exploited children suffer adverse consequences that blight their lives."
The service has 15 full-time support workers to help the child victims.
The children's charity Barnado's is running the service and has also trained 350 professionals who work with children to spot the signs of child sexual exploitation (CSE).
Ms Mountstevens, added: "Preventing exploitation and responding quickly and effectively to stop exploitation will improve outcomes for vulnerable children and this partnership is helping with this vital work.
"By tackling the problem together, with different agencies working even more closely in partnership with each other, we can make a real difference."
CSE victims are defined as being manipulated or forced into sexual acts in return for attention, affection, money, drugs, alcohol or accommodation.
Dave McCallum, who leads the service, said: "Any child can be sexually exploited and we've seen examples with children with no overt vulnerabilities still being targeted.
"Children do tend to be vulnerable when they are approached by someone who's older who has more resources than their peers - every child might be vulnerable to that approach."
He added the affected children would get "long-term and consistent support" to help them recover from their experience.
The West of England CSE service will also mean both police forces can share data and intelligence about suspects more easily.
Mr McCallum said: "We're seeing more investigations, we're seeing more people being arrested and more disruption tactics being used.
"In the fullness of time, we will see more people in front of the courts and being convicted."
Mr McCallum is also the independent chair of the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Board which is a multi-agency body protecting children.
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A project run by two police forces has helped identify and support 142 youngsters at risk of sexual exploitation since its launch in April.
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Wembley was being rebuilt, so the match was played at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and was most notable for the stunning - and some would say unexpected - strike from Ray Parlour that sealed victory for Arsene Wenger's team.
Thierry Henry, Frank Lampard, Dennis Bergkamp, Marcel Desailly - there were plenty of big names on the pitch back then, but what are they up to now?
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Arsenal and Chelsea have only featured in one previous FA Cup final in 2002 - when the Gunners defeated their London rivals 2-0.
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