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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you're given four sentences of a story written in natural language, and one last sentence (Sentence5). Your job is to classify whether the last sentence completes the rest of the story coherently or not by providing 'Yes' or 'No'.
See one example below:
Problem: Sentence1: Rick grew up in a troubled household. Sentence2: He never found good support in family, and turned to gangs. Sentence3: It wasn't long before Rick got shot in a robbery. Sentence4: The incident caused him to turn a new leaf.
Sentence5: He is happy now.
Solution: Yes
Explanation: As mentioned in fourth sentence, the incident turned a new leaf to Rick's life; so, he must be happy now.
Problem: Sentence1: Thomas had been feeling under the radar lately. Sentence2: He went to his doctor to get a checkup. Sentence3: His doctor told him that his cholesterol levels were a little bit high. Sentence4: Thomas started eating healthier and going on walks.
Sentence5: He was diagnosed with diabetes after gaining forty pounds.
Solution: | No | task298_storycloze_correct_end_classification |
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In this task, you're given four sentences of a story written in natural language, and one last sentence (Sentence5). Your job is to classify whether the last sentence completes the rest of the story coherently or not by providing 'Yes' or 'No'.
Q: Sentence1: Mike was sitting at his desk. Sentence2: But suddenly, he felt a strange itching sensation on his arm. Sentence3: He felt his legs become itchy too. Sentence4: And then his face.
Sentence5: Mike had a stroke.
A: Yes
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Q: Sentence1: John was driving down the highway. Sentence2: A Mustang pulled up next to him and kept speed. Sentence3: He was driving his new Camaro. Sentence4: They decided to race.
Sentence5: John pulled over to buy a Mustang.
A: No
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Q: Sentence1: Thomas had been feeling under the radar lately. Sentence2: He went to his doctor to get a checkup. Sentence3: His doctor told him that his cholesterol levels were a little bit high. Sentence4: Thomas started eating healthier and going on walks.
Sentence5: He was diagnosed with diabetes after gaining forty pounds.
A: | No
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In this task, you're given four sentences of a story written in natural language, and one last sentence (Sentence5). Your job is to classify whether the last sentence completes the rest of the story coherently or not by providing 'Yes' or 'No'.
Q: Sentence1: Thomas had been feeling under the radar lately. Sentence2: He went to his doctor to get a checkup. Sentence3: His doctor told him that his cholesterol levels were a little bit high. Sentence4: Thomas started eating healthier and going on walks.
Sentence5: He was diagnosed with diabetes after gaining forty pounds.
A: | No | task298_storycloze_correct_end_classification |
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Instructions: In this task, you are given two phrases: Head and Tail, separated with <sep>. The Head and the Tail events are short phrases possibly involving participants. The names of specific people have been replaced by generic words (e.g., PersonX, PersonY, PersonZ). PersonX is always the subject of the event. You have to determine whether the Head is a part, portion, or makeup of the Tail or not. Classify your answers into "Yes" and "No". The phrase may also contain "___", a placeholder that can be an object, a person, and/or an action.
Input: Head: PersonX always ate<sep>Tail: personx gets diabetes
Output: | No | task1210_atomic_classification_madeupof |
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In this task, you are given two phrases: Head and Tail, separated with <sep>. The Head and the Tail events are short phrases possibly involving participants. The names of specific people have been replaced by generic words (e.g., PersonX, PersonY, PersonZ). PersonX is always the subject of the event. You have to determine whether the Head is a part, portion, or makeup of the Tail or not. Classify your answers into "Yes" and "No". The phrase may also contain "___", a placeholder that can be an object, a person, and/or an action.
Example Input: Head: PersonX accepts happily<sep>Tail: to take the opportunity
Example Output: No
Example Input: Head: PersonX arrives home that ___<sep>Tail: determined
Example Output: No
Example Input: Head: PersonX always ate<sep>Tail: personx gets diabetes
Example Output: | No
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In this task, you are given two phrases: Head and Tail, separated with <sep>. The Head and the Tail events are short phrases possibly involving participants. The names of specific people have been replaced by generic words (e.g., PersonX, PersonY, PersonZ). PersonX is always the subject of the event. You have to determine whether the Head is a part, portion, or makeup of the Tail or not. Classify your answers into "Yes" and "No". The phrase may also contain "___", a placeholder that can be an object, a person, and/or an action.
Example input: Head: bed<sep>Tail: mattress
Example output: Yes
Example explanation: This is a good example. The Head is made of the Tail.
Q: Head: PersonX always ate<sep>Tail: personx gets diabetes
A: | No | task1210_atomic_classification_madeupof |
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Problem: Write an article based on this "Asif Ali Zardari is one of Pakistan's most controversial political figures who survived a series of personal and political setbacks to gain the presidency."
Article:
A: His is the first elected government in Pakistan to serve a full term.
But since taking the helm in September 2008, Mr Zardari has presided over an increasingly fragile country, a growing militant threat, a turbulent relationship with the US, an uneasy relationship with the military and nationwide flooding.
Furthermore a separatist insurgency in the south-west has not eased, and both the economy and the energy situation have worsened.
In May 2011 he had to cope with the fall-out in Pakistan of the killing by US special forces of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in the town of Abbottabad.
Recriminations over the killings reflected the traditionally poor relations between his Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the army as well as tenser relations with Washington, already strained because of continued US drone strikes against militant targets in the north-west of his country.
The fall-out from Bin Laden's death exposed the uneasy relationship between the PPP and Pakistan's military and intelligence services in the governance of the country.
During his period in power, Pakistan was hit by numerous suicide bombings - some directed against military and political targets and some more sectarian in nature. Because of militant attacks, the PPP has been all but unable to campaign for the general elections due on 11 May.
Among the many opponents ranged against him are some of the country's most popular politicians, including former PM Nawaz Sharif and more recently former cricketer and Movement for Justice party leader Imran Khan.
Both have been critical of President Zardari's support for the US and Nato in the battle against Taliban militants in Afghanistan.
Yet in spite of the wide array of problems he faces, President Zardari has remained doggedly in position - outlasting Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who in 2012 was forced out of office after the Supreme Court convicted him of contempt for failing to pursue a corruption case against the president.
Mr Zardari's mercurial career has taken many a dramatic turn since his marriage in December 1987 to the charismatic former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
He was thrust into the centre of politics when Ms Bhutto was assassinated 20 years later.
Since then and now his career has veered from being imprisoned for corruption - complaining that he was tortured when behind bars - to taking the country's top job by leading the PPP to victory in general elections after his wife's death.
Perhaps the high point of his political life came in 2008 when he played a pivotal role with former political enemies to force President Pervez Musharraf to resign.
But he has also been the subject of unfavourable scrutiny - in 2010 he was widely criticised for visiting Europe at the height of some of the worst floods to hit Pakistan in recent years.
In November 2011 he was dealt another blow by the resignation of Pakistan's ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani.
Both Mr Haqqani and the president were accused of drafting a controversial memo in which they allegedly sought US military help against a possible military coup in Pakistan. They denied the charges.
But his political struggles today are still a far cry from the period before Ms Bhutto's death, when Mr Zardari's public image was so bad that the PPP kept him out of the public eye as much as possible during the campaigning for national elections in February 2008.
Mr Zardari was seen then as a political liability.
He spent several years in jail on charges of corruption. He was labelled "Mr 10%" for all the kick-backs he is alleged to have received.
He found himself in major trouble in 1990 when he was accused, among other things, of tying a remote-controlled bomb to the leg of a businessman and sending him into a bank to withdraw money from his account as a pay-off.
Those charges were never proved. The PPP had then accused the country's powerful intelligence apparatus of maligning Mr Zardari to damage Ms Bhutto's image.
In 1993, when then President Ghulam Ishaq Khan sacked the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Mr Zardari was escorted from the prison straight to the presidency where he was sworn in as a minister in the interim government.
Later, when the PPP won the 1993 elections, Mr Zardari moved with his wife to the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad where he lived for the next three years.
In 1996, when another president sacked the PPP government, he was arrested and charged with a number of offences including the murder of Mir Murtaza Bhutto, his wife's brother.
He was later charged, along with his wife, and convicted in a kickbacks scam involving a Swiss company, SGS.
But a mistrial was declared by Pakistan's Supreme Court following a major scandal involving the accountability bureau and the judge who had issued the verdict.
His last prison sentence lasted eight years until 2004, during which time he says he was tortured.
It ended as the then General Musharraf was engaged in protracted negotiations with Benazir Bhutto, then in self-imposed exile, for some form of political reconciliation.
Mr Zardari resolutely stood by his party as well as his wife - although at times he disagreed with the politics of both.
His friends say this was entirely in character and that no-one can deny his personal courage.
A close friend recounts an incident in the 1980s when as a horse-riding bachelor he personally rescued the daughter of a German diplomat who had fallen into a bog with her horse.
Asif Ali Zardari was born in Karachi to Hakim Ali Zardari, head of one of the "lesser" Sindhi tribes, who chose the urban life over rustic surroundings.
He grew up in Karachi and was educated at St Patrick's School - also the alma mater of Pervez Musharraf.
The young Zardari's main claim to fame was that he had a private disco at home, helping him gain the reputation as a "playboy".
After his release from prison in 2004, Mr Zardari kept a low profile, undergoing medical treatment in the US.
In addition to his heart problems he is reported to suffer from diabetes and a spinal ailment - which sometimes prevent him from easily moving around.
Ms Bhutto appreciated her husband's loyalty, saying that "despite his failings, he always stood by his family no matter what".
Problem: Write an article based on this "Middlesex batsman Nick Gubbins has signed a new contract with the county champions, which will keep him at Lord's until the end of 2019."
Article:
A: The 22-year-old hit 1,409 first-class runs at an average of 61.26 as the north London side won the Championship title for the first time in 23 years.
"Watching him perform was one of the highlights of the summer," managing director of cricket Angus Fraser said.
"He has the game and temperament to thrive at the highest level."
Left-hander Gubbins joined Middlesex aged 14, made his debut in 2014 and has scored hit 2,052 first-class runs at 45.60 in 28 games for the club.
He made four centuries and nine half-centuries as Middlesex won the title this summer, with his highest score of 201 not out coming against Lancashire in June.
The Richmond-born player's form led to him being named in the England Lions squad for matches against the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan over the winter.
Problem: Write an article based on this "Official notification of the UK's intention to leave the EU should be sent to Brussels as soon as possible, First Minister Carwyn Jones has said."
Article:
A: | The move - known as Article 50 - is important as it starts a strict two-year timetable for withdrawal.
David Cameron, who announced his resignation after the referendum, has said his successor should trigger the formal process to leave the union.
On Tuesday Mr Jones told AMs a delayed process was not in Wales' interest.
In other developments on Tuesday:
"My view is that Article 50 should be triggered sooner rather than later," Mr Jones said.
"I think waiting months and months and months for it just adds to that uncertainty.
"Better that people know where they stand rather than not knowing what's going to happen for many months and many years."
Uncertainty was "never going to be helpful" to investment, Mr Jones added, saying that Brexit process should conclude "as quickly as possible".
Newsbeat: What is Article 50?
Neil Hamilton, UKIP's leader in the assembly, said "in the spirit of cooperation" both he and Welsh Conservative leader, Andrew RT Davies, should be involved in the Welsh Government's Brexit talks with UK ministers.
Mr Hamilton said "making the case for Wales" would be "strengthened with the added voices of those who were actually in favour of the result which the people of Wales voted for".
Mr Jones said he had written to the prime minister and was waiting for a reply but that "the people of Wales have voted for a Welsh Government to take forward that response".
He added there would be involvement with all parties as discussions continued.
On Tuesday evening, there was a pro-EU rally held in Cardiff city centre, which attracted almost 1,000 people.
One of the organisers, Sioned James, said: "This is not a protest against the results. This is an opportunity to show our appreciation of the European Union and everything it has offered Wales."
Cardiff was one of five Welsh local authority areas which voted to Remain in last week's referendum.
Among those addressing the crowd were Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and Gruff Rhys, the frontman of Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals.
Remain campaigner Shazia Awan told the crowd that she had been the victim of "shocking" racist messages since the vote. | huggingface_xsum |
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Problem: Write an article based on this "A handgun has been recovered by police in a garden of an Edinburgh house."
Article:
A: Police Scotland said it was "keeping an open mind" as to whether the gun was linked to the crime groups involved in September's Gilmerton shootings.
The gun was found in Juniper Green on Monday.
Det Ch Insp Kenny Gray said: "The recovery of this handgun is a great result and demonstrates Police Scotland's commitment to tackling organised crime in the city."
He added: "Inquiries are ongoing to identify the owners of the handgun and the gun has examined for any forensic opportunities.
"The owning of illegal firearms will not be tolerated and we will act on every piece of information we receive in order to crack down on this illegal activity."
Problem: Write an article based on this "More than 250 new jobs are being created in south Wales, the first in a series of announcements this week."
Article:
A: The jobs at four firms include 100 at BT's call centre in Swansea and 50 posts at a healthcare firm in Crumlin.
They come just days after Wales failed to secure a large defence investment from Boeing UK for a centre of excellence and up to 1,500 jobs.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said it was "disappointing" Cardiff Airport missed out on Boeing's hub.
The 256 new jobs involve:
It is the first in a series of job announcements being made this week by Mr Skates.
He said it was an indication of the "hard work going on behind the scenes" by the Welsh Government.
Mr Skates said: "It's particularly important to recognise that every part of Wales needs to benefit from economic growth so I'm keen to announce through this themed week, job creation packages in every area of the country."
BBI Group began in 1986 as a Cardiff University spin-out company and now has a £60m turnover.
It produces enzymes and assays for use in diagnostics for a wide range of diseases.
SPC operations director Paul Hallas said its new facility was "the latest phase of our expansion plans for the growing business".
What they produce is sold across the world to firms which make diagnostic kits for anything from hospital blood tests, to home kits for people with diabetes.
It is a growing sector and one company they supply make 6bn diagnostics strips a year.
The company took over a site in Blaenavon which has been operating since 1974 and some of the staff have been there for more than 30 years.
They are skilled jobs, many have science degrees and all are paid above average for Wales.
The news comes as it emerged Wales had failed to secure a large investment from Boeing UK.
Instead, the US aerospace giant confirmed to BBC Wales that the jobs and investment are going to Wiltshire and that a site at Cardiff Airport came second.
Aerospace is an industry which the Welsh Government has called a priority sector.
There are already 160 aerospace companies in Wales employing 23,000 people, many of whom will earn wages above average.
"We got down to the final two," said Mr Skates.
"We're in a strong position should opportunities emerge from Boeing. However, the fact we reached that point demonstrates we're ahead of most of the competition in most of the sectors."
He said the Ministry of Defence presence in that area was an attraction to Boeing, and Wales had beaten off a huge number of investment areas across Britain to get close to winning the deal.
Many more people are working in Wales than recent years and Welsh unemployment levels have been below the UK average for many months.
The ONS figures published in January show there were 24,000 more people working in Wales than a year earlier but 18,000 fewer than the previous three months.
Clearly it is good news for the extra individuals who are now in work and good for the wider economy that unemployment in Wales is now below the UK rate.
The weakness in the Welsh economy is low productivity and low wages.
The most recent official Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings figures from ONS for April 2016 show middle income workers (median earnings) in Wales earn £492.40 a week compared with £538.70 for the UK as a whole.
That is the second lowest average earnings of all the 12 nations and regions of the UK.
Mr Skates said it was about focusing on priority jobs and sectors such as financial and professional services - which were bringing "incredible results" - and advanced manufacturing.
He told BBC Wales he also wants people, once in work, to develop their skill levels to "rise up the escalator of economic activity" to become more prosperous.
Problem: Write an article based on this "A care home in Shropshire where inspectors found ants on a dining table and a soiled mattress has been told it must improve or face possible closure."
Article:
A: | Inspectors rated Meadowbrook care home, near Oswestry, "inadequate" after it failed to improve from a 2016 report.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said it was not kept clean and hazard free and residents' dignity was compromised.
Improvements have now been made, including the recruitment of two new managers, the care home said.
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Meadowbrook was found to be neither caring nor well-led, with a high staff turnover and low morale. Personal information was not kept confidential, the report found.
There will be another inspection within six months and, if improvements have not been met, the home will be closed.
The unannounced CQC inspection took place on 4 and 5 April at the care home in Gobowen, which houses 50 people.
The home was found to have a high staff turnover and dependence on agency staff who are not always sufficiently trained.
Inspectors reported a lack of stimulation, with people often ignored by staff.
One person told inspectors: "I like it here but I wish people would talk to me. I feel so lonely."
At lunch time a person was seen "struggling to feed themselves in full view of staff".
The report also found dirty conditions including a soiled mattress and ants on a dining table.
Confidential files were left on a laundry trolley, outside bedrooms and being used to wedge a door open.
Meadowbrook said in a statement: "We are sorry that Meadowbrook Care Home has fallen well below the standards that we expect all of our homes to provide.
"Since the inspection we have been treating this as a priority and carrying out a comprehensive programme of improvements." | huggingface_xsum |
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input: Article: In Belfast on Thursday, the appeal court upheld the 2009 ruling against McKevitt and Liam Campbell.
The judge upheld the appeals of Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly. Mr Murphy faces a civil retrial.
In 2009, a judge found the four men liable, awarding 12 relatives a total of £1.6m damages.
Twenty-nine people and unborn twins died in the bomb.
Lawyers for the families had also appealed against the compensation awarded. They said it should have been more because of the scale of the outrage.
In court on Thursday, the 12 relatives who took the 2009 case, were told that the £1.6m figure awarded to them would not be increased.
Lord Justice Malachy Higgins directed a retrial of the claims against Murphy and will hear arguments on a retrial of Daly.
He questioned evidence surrounding emails from a US undercover agent while overturning the judgment on Murphy.
"The paucity of the email evidence, the lack of consistency in the emails or at least ambiguity, the possibility of initials referring to someone other than Murphy and the fact that they refer on occasions to double hearsay considerably weakened the emails as evidence," he said.
"The judge's conclusion that it was cogent evidence is not sustainable."
On Daly, he said the appeal judges were not convinced that the trial judge would inevitably have reached the same conclusion about liability if a misdirection had not been heard.
"Accordingly, his appeal will be allowed."
No-one has ever been convicted in a criminal court of causing the deaths of the Omagh victims.
The only man to face criminal charges over the Omagh killings, Sean Hoey from Jonesborough in south Armagh, was acquitted in 2007.
None of the men being sued has the capacity to pay out any kind of large-scale payment.
From the start, the families made clear the civil action was a vehicle for putting as much information as possible into the public domain about the bombing and the men they claim were involved.
In his ruling in 2009, Mr Justice Morgan also found the dissident republican organisation the Real IRA liable for the bomb.
He said it was clear that the bombers' primary objective was to ensure that the bomb exploded without detection, and the safety of those members of the public in Omagh town centre was at best a secondary consideration.
He said he was "satisfied that those involved in the planning, preparation, planting and detonation of the bomb recognised the likelihood of serious injury or death from its detonation but decided to take that risk".
Michael Gallagher, whose son Aidan was killed in the Omagh bombing, said: "We are disappointed, we have to accept the ruling of the court, which we do, but we are disappointed.
"It has been a long struggle for the families, almost 10 years, it looks like this work will continue for a number of years forward.
"It is not something that we look forward to, but if we feel it is the right thing to do we will continue to do that."
Summarize.
output: Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt has lost his appeal against a landmark civil court ruling which held him liable for the 1998 Omagh bombing.
input: Article: He died close to his childhood home in Gladstone, Oregon, on Saturday due to complications from diabetes.
James was best known for appearing alongside Sir Roger Moore in the Bond films Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun during the 1970s.
His daughter Lynn said: "He was the most outgoing person, beloved by everybody."
She added: "I don't think the man had an enemy. We were incredibly blessed to have had him in our lives."
In 1973 James played Louisiana sheriff JW Pepper in Live and Let Die, in which he made a memorable appearance in a chaotic boat chase sequence.
His character proved so popular he was asked to reprise the role in 1974's The Man with the Golden Gun, involving another car chase, in Thailand, and a scene where he gets pushed into water by a baby elephant.
Paying tribute on Twitter, Sir Roger wrote: "Terribly sad to hear Clifton James has left us. As JW Pepper he gave my first two Bond films a great, fun character."
While many James Bond characters either feature once or have recurring roles in the series, Sherriff Pepper is among a select few characters to have featured in just two different titles.
Here are four others:
Sylvia Trench: A love interest of Bond played by Eunice Gayson. She appeared alongside Sir Sean Connery in the 1962 film Dr No, as well as 1963's From Russia with Love.
Jaws: One of Bond's most famous villains, Jaws was played by the late Richard Kiel. The character appeared with Sir Roger Moore in the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me and later in 1979's Moonraker.
Valentin Zukovsky: An ex-KGB agent turned Russian mafia head who was portrayed by Robbie Coltrane. He featured with Pierce Brosnan in the 1995 film GoldenEye and 1999's The World is Not Enough.
Rene Mathis: A French intelligence operative played by Giancarlo Giannini. He appeared alongside Daniel Craig in the 2006 film Casino Royale and 2008's Quantum of Solace.
James grew up just outside Portland during the heart of the Great Depression, in which his family lost all their money.
He served as a soldier with the US Army in the South Pacific during World War Two, for which he was awarded two Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze star.
His acting career spanned five decades and included stints on stage, TV and film.
Other credits include appearing in the TV series Dallas and films Superman II and The Bonfire of the Vanities.
His last film credit was a 2006 comedy, Raising Flagg but he had also been cast to star in an upcoming independent film called Old Soldiers, according to IMDB.
Summarize.
output: | Actor Clifton James, who appeared as Sheriff JW Pepper in two James Bond films, has died at the age of 96. | huggingface_xsum |
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The new ministerial team at the Department of Health is in place - now its time to face up to what David Cameron called "down-to-earth, bread-and-butter issues" which he said his Government should focus on.
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A: One of those is the state of the NHS and its direction of travel over the next five years.
The immediate signal from the Department is that there will be no radical change of course. Major reorganisations similar to the upheaval seen in the last parliament are not on the agenda.
The Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt has let it be known that his focus will be on "out of hospital" care. He used his first two years in the post to concentrate on what he saw as the urgent need to improve safety and transparency inside hospitals in the wake of the Mid Staffs scandal. He now says there should be a push for higher standards of care for the elderly and most vulnerable patients provided by GP surgeries, community and social care.
Tackling dementia was a priority for the last Government. That is still the case. But ministers are also aware of the increasing obesity challenge to the NHS. The costs associated with treating diabetes are mounting - on one estimate around 10% of the NHS budget. Those who are overweight or obese are more at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. A new initiative in this area by the Department of Health seems likely.
While Jane Ellison remains in her post as public health minister, there are intriguing changes elsewhere in the department.
As Dan Poulter departs, Ben Gummer arrives as a new minister. He made a name for himself campaigning on behalf of Ipswich Hospital to secure a heart centre. He also pushed the Treasury successfully for taxpayers to be sent itemised statements setting out how their money is spent. Might he take a close interest in NHS spending?
The new Minister of State Alistair Burt is an old Whitehall hand, having served in John Major's Government and at the Foreign Office after the 2010 election. He has campaigned on behalf of victims of the tainted blood scandal. One of Mr Hunt's final statements in the last parliament followed the Penrose inquiry in Scotland into the use by the NHS of contaminated blood products. He said a new and broader compensation scheme for victims would be drawn up. It may well fall to Mr Burt to see that through.
As for the opposition, its too early to say what angles will be pursued. Andy Burnham's position is well known and he will probably continue to highlight the use of private provision in the NHS. He may be distracted for a while by a Labour leadership bid - as would shadow care minister Liz Kendall - though that could itself involve a campaign around health.
Hovering over the Department of Health is a financial shadow. The new ministers will quickly be brought up to speed by their colleagues on the short- and medium-term challenges to the NHS budget.
Health trusts have been warning in recent weeks that there is a danger of a significant deficit in the current financial year, perhaps running to £2 billion. They claim to be under massive strain and that a new cash injection from Government will be required.
For now, ministers are making clear that everything the head of NHS England Simon Stevens asked for to cover the current financial year was provided. They are in no mood to pull out the cheque book just yet and don't want to be seen to be caving in to the demands of the leading hospitals.
Summer will give way to autumn. By the time the leaves are falling from the trees, the readiness of the NHS for winter will again be high on the agenda. Claims that the service is creaking at the seams and that the money is running out will be made again. Ministers at the Department of Health will have to start thinking now how they are going to tackle that.
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Swansea council's leader is confident a £1.3bn city deal is ready to sign off with the UK government.
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A: Councillor Rob Stewart believed they "could not be in a better position" to agree the deal which could be worth millions over the next 15 years.
But a transatlantic cable, described as a "game changer" in bringing ultrafast broadband to the Swansea Bay region, is not part of the deal.
It would be separate but complementary, said Mr Stewart.
Swansea Bay City Region's chairman Sir Terry Matthews, interviewed a year ago, had described the importance of the communication channel from New York to London via the south west Wales region.
He added at the time that the cable would make the Swansea Bay City Deal, unlike those put forward by other areas, deliver for the whole of the UK rather than the region alone.
But Mr Stewart said the Project Jupiter cable was a separate project - and like Tidal Lagoon's relationship with the city deal's energy projects - would be "aligned" and "complementary" rather than directly part of the city deal.
BBC Wales has seen a copy of the latest plan put to the UK government.
What is on the table involves 11 different projects ranging from investments of £50m in the Swansea City and Waterfront Digital District and £5m for the Yr Egin creative hub project.
Mr Stewart denied that the focus on buildings could lead to a return of the failed Technium project.
He added that the Swansea Techniums had been a success story.
The city deal aims to support "next generation industries" and to apply internet technologies for the region's energy sector.
It also aims for the four council areas stretching from Neath Port Talbot to Pembrokeshire to become a magnet for hi-tech and cloud data firms.
Life science firms would work alongside local hospitals, including an eye-catching £225m "wellness village" planned for near Llanelli.
But Mr Stewart strongly denied the focus had shifted away from the "internet coast" vision to a more traditional focus of bricks and mortar developments.
"In order to deliver the sorts of economic change we want in this region we have to take forward the fifth generation technologies - the establishment of the test bed," he said.
"We've been very clear about that and Sir Terry Matthews and his business partner from Wesley Clover, Simon Gibson, have been integral in bringing that together.
"They can demonstrate though the model they've successfully rolled out in Canada, they've created 22,000 jobs there and we believe we can make that sort of economic impact here.
"Whilst there are several projects which will have construction as part of it, the real golden thread through the deal are still those new technologies and new industries."
City deals exist to give financial support for councils to work more regionally on big projects - which will stimulate private investment and have a real transformational impact.
There are hopes the Swansea Bay deal could be mentioned in Wednesday's Budget from Chancellor Philip Hammond.
Mr Stewart said very positive meetings had been held with the Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns and Swansea-born Lord Heseltine, adviser to the communities and local government secretary.
"As far as we're concerned we've answered all the questions posed to us by Treasury officials and others and feel we're at the point when we're ready to sign," Mr Stewart told BBC Wales.
He said £673m of private investment was ready to come into the region and the bid had "substantial support" from a wide range from within the private sector.
"It's still a unique deal and still a very class-leading deal in terms of what it tries to do," said Mr Stewart.
"Some of the comments back from the secretary of state and others is that it's a very innovative deal, it does lots of things individually that others are doing but nobody is doing those in the way we are putting this together.
"The biggest vote of confidence is if you look at the UK's industrial strategy, recently released by Theresa May, you map that against what our city deal is doing and the two are indivisible. People have caught up with the thinking that our city deal provides."
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China's economic growth slowed further in the three months to March this year, expanding 7% compared to a year earlier, its slowest pace since the global financial crisis in 2009.
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A: | The rate was lower than the 7.3% posted for the three months to December.
Last year, China's economy, which is the world's second largest, grew at its slowest pace since 1990.
It expanded by 7.4% in 2014, missing its annual growth target of 7.5% for the first time in 15 years.
Despite the slowdown, the Chinese economy was still one of the world's fastest-growing and analysts have said it was proving to be more resilient than expected.
However, they have also said that slower growth, together with the country's cooling property market - a key economic driver - was likely to mean further easing by China's central bank this year, including further rate cuts among other measures.
In February the People's Bank of China unexpectedly cut interest rates for the second time since last November.
Interest rate cuts together with injections of liquidity are some of the tools Beijing uses to fine tune its economic growth.
The latest growth numbers were by no means a hard landing - which some had feared - and were in line with the latest government target, analysts said.
"Still, it represents a slowdown from the previous read of 7.3%," Nicholas Teo from CMC Markets told the BBC, "and is one of the weakest numbers reported in quite a few years."
In the first three months of 2009, amid the financial crisis, China's economy expanded 6.6% from a year earlier.
China also released industrial production (IP) figures on Wednesday which fell to 5.9% month-on-month in March, down from forecasts for an expansion of 6.9% and the lowest since 2008.
Analysts said these figures were more glaring than the growth data. Mr Teo described the latest IP numbers as "unfavourable".
"Together with the slower trade numbers reported earlier this week, the industrial production number may just set the tone for a quickening pace with regards further easing measures," he said.
"And this may come in the form of further interest rate cuts."
Evan Lucas from IG Markets told the BBC the IP numbers highlighted "the real issue facing China" as exports declined "and falls in work done were being felt across the board".
Markets were lacklustre following the numbers however, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng index up 0.7% and the benchmark Shanghai Composite flat, up just 0.01% at 4,135.91. | huggingface_xsum |
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Problem: Write an article based on this "Northern Ireland produced a heroic display to secure a shock point against Portugal in their World Cup qualifier."
Article:
A: Niall McGinn gave the visitors the lead when he chipped the ball over goalkeeper Rui Patricio after good work by Jonny Evans and Kyle Lafferty.
The Portuguese dominated the game but Northern Ireland defended stoutly until Helder Postiga turned and struck home the equaliser after 79 minutes.
The result will rank as one of Northern Ireland's best-ever away performances.
Portugal, who are ranked third in the world, had several chances to level but Michael O'Neill's side held on to earn a deserved draw.
Northern Ireland came into the game with a poor record of just one win in their last 18 matches and two victories in their last 29, but had the backing of almost 1,200 supporters in the Dragao Stadium in Porto.
O'Neill made four changes from the side that drew 1-1 with Luxembourg last month, with Craig Cathcart, Oliver Norwood, Corry Evans and Niall McGinn coming into the team.
Three of the changes were enforced as Gareth McAuley was suspended and Chris Brunt and Shane Ferguson injured, while Dean Shiels dropped to the bench.
Portugal boasted six points from their opening three qualifying fixtures, but were keen to return to winning ways after suffering a 1-0 defeat to Russia in Moscow on Friday.
The Portuguse started the match brightly and Postiga just failed to get a touch after Miguel Lopes fired the ball into the penalty area.
Cristiano Ronaldo, winning his 100th cap, fired a right-foot effort just wide soon after.
Northern Ireland came more into the game and Norwood's low, 25-yard free-kick went into the arms of Rui Patricio.
The visitors took a shock, yet deserved lead, on the half hour when Evans played the ball forward to Lafferty, who found McGinn.
The Aberdeen winger took one touch before chipping the ball over the advancing home goalkeeper for his first international goal.
Norwood then attempted a cheeky lob over the head of Rui Patricio, but the keeper managed to retreat just in time to collect the ball.
At the other end, Cathcart almost scored an own-goal as the ball ricocheted off his leg on to the bar, while Joao Pereira shot wide as the Euro 2012 semi-finalists began to pile on the pressure.
Some heroic defending saw O'Neill's side go in ahead at half-time, but Portugal came close at the start of the second period when Ruben Micael's long-range strike went narrowly over the bar.
Postiga forced Northern Ireland keeper Roy Carroll into a save, but the flag was already up for offside, and then Ronaldo met Nani's cross but Carroll was equal to the task as he saved the Real Madrid forward's shot with his legs.
The Olympiakos goalkeeper was again called into action to palm away a fierce drive from substitute Ruben Amorim, while Steven Davis skewed the ball over his own bar as the desperate rearguard action continued.
Ronaldo closed in on goal again but Aaron Hughes made a crucial block to deny the striker a 38th international goal.
Carroll twice denied Postiga, but the striker found the net 11 minutes from time when the ball fell to him in the area and he whipped the ball into the back of the net from close range.
In the closing minutes, Carroll made yet another fine stop from Silvestre Varela, Nani fired inches wide and the outstanding Evans made a vital intervention to clear Eder's dangerous cross into the area.
Northern Ireland have two points from their opening three fixtures and face Azerbaijan in their next qualifying game in Belfast on 14 November.
Problem: Write an article based on this "One in three cases of Alzheimer's disease worldwide is preventable, according to research from the University of Cambridge."
Article:
A: The main risk factors for the disease are a lack of exercise, smoking, depression and poor education, it says.
Previous research from 2011 put the estimate at one in two cases, but this new study takes into account overlapping risk factors.
Alzheimer's Research UK said age was still the biggest risk factor.
Writing in The Lancet Neurology, the Cambridge team analysed population-based data to work out the main seven risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.
These are:
They worked out that a third of Alzheimer's cases could be linked to lifestyle factors that could be modified, such as lack of exercise and smoking.
The researchers then looked at how reducing these factors could affect the number of future Alzheimer's cases.
They found that by reducing each risk factor by 10%, nearly nine million cases of the disease could be prevented by 2050.
In the UK, a 10% reduction in risk factors would reduce cases by 8.8%, or 200,000, by 2050, they calculated.
Current estimates suggest that more than 106 million people worldwide will be living with Alzheimer's by 2050 - more than three times the number affected in 2010.
Prof Carol Brayne, from the Institute of Public Health at the University of Cambridge, said: "Although there is no single way to treat dementia, we may be able to take steps to reduce our risk of developing dementia at older ages.
"We know what many of these factors are, and that they are often linked.
"Simply tackling physical inactivity, for example, will reduce levels of obesity, hypertension and diabetes, and prevent some people from developing dementia.
"As well as being healthier in old age in general, it's a win-win situation."
Dr Simon Ridley, head of research at charity Alzheimer's Research UK, said there was still much to discover about the disease.
"While age is the biggest risk factor for most cases of Alzheimer's, there are a number of lifestyle and general health factors that could increase or decrease a person's chances of developing the disease.
"However, we still do not fully understand the mechanisms behind how these factors are related to the onset of Alzheimer's."
Dr Ridley said there were more than 820,000 people in the UK living with dementia, and an ageing population would lead to spiralling numbers being affected.
"As there is still no certain way to prevent Alzheimer's, research must continue to build the strongest evidence around health and environmental factors to help individuals reduce their risk."
He added: "This new study also highlights that many cases are not due to modifiable risk factors which underlines the need to drive investment into new treatment research."
Of the seven risk factors, the largest proportion of cases of Alzheimer's in the US, UK and the rest of Europe can be attributed to physical inactivity.
The study says about a third of the adult population in these countries are physically inactive.
Physical inactivity is also linked to increased risks of other health problems, such as cancers and cardiovascular diseases.
Problem: Write an article based on this "The AA has fired its executive chairman, Bob Mackenzie, for "gross misconduct", with immediate effect."
Article:
A: | Its statement gave no further details as to the reasons for his departure, but an AA spokeswoman said it was "a personal conduct matter".
But Mr Mackenzie's son said his father had "tendered his resignation this morning... due to acute ill health".
Peter Mackenzie said: "This is an extremely distressing mental health issue."
He said his father had been suffering symptoms of the ill health "for some time".
"A consultant clinical psychologist advised him last week that he needed to take at least six months leave. He is very unwell and has been admitted to hospital."
Shares in the AA closed 14% lower after the roadside recovery firm also said trading had been affected by "erratic workload patterns".
Mr Mackenzie had been the AA's executive chairman since June 2014.
The company said he would be replaced by non-executive chairman John Leach, while Simon Breakwell - who was a founder of Expedia - has been named as acting chief executive.
Mr Mackenzie had led the AA since overseeing a management buy-in of the company in June 2014, which led to its shares being listed on the stock market.
Before that, the company had been owned by private equity firms Permira, Charterhouse and CVC.
The AA's share price plummeted after the announcement was made:
Mr Mackenzie's departure had "created some concern and a lot of uncertainty. Sellers/shorters are seeing this as a potential opportunity to put more pressure on the shares," said Berenberg analyst, Ned Hammond.
"Obviously the circumstance of his departure is particularly bizarre and unforeseeable," he said.
Shareholders and people who were thinking of buying AA shares didn't really know what to make of the development, he added.
The AA said it would release its half-year results at the end of September.
It said these would be hit by the "erratic workload" issue, particularly in June and July, when the company had not had enough patrol vehicles to meet demand and had had to buy in last-minute cover.
The company has also made changes to the way it accounts for certain products.
One example is that the commission paid on the sale of breakdown cover is paid upfront to third parties, whereas the benefit to the AA is booked later.
The company said its full-year performance would now be broadly in line with last year's. It added: "We remain confident in the resilience and long-term prospects of the AA." | huggingface_xsum |
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Article: The legendary comedy was blocked by councillors in 1980, who slapped it with an X rating.
But the 19-seat Bournemouth Colosseum has screened the film after the authority recently relaxed its stance.
Cinema boss Paul Whitehouse described the historic showing as "a bit of fun".
Mr Whitehouse, who runs the cinema underneath a cafe, laid on a three-course meal as part of the special event.
It is thought to be the first time the Life of Brian has been shown in public in the town since the row over its certificate.
"The council has relaxed its attitude now but in the early 1980s there was a very different view and they felt empowered to judge what the residents should watch," Mr Whitehouse said.
"I remember at the time when it came out people just went to Southampton to see it.
"It doesn't get better for a film than when phrases from it become part of British language."
Dave Harvey, who was at the screening, said: "It is one of my favourite films.
"Monty Python films are iconic comedy from the 60s and 70s and I am looking forward to watching it at the first screening in Bournemouth.
"I didn't realise tonight that I was going to be making local history."
Life of Brian - the story of a man born in a stable next door to Jesus Christ and subsequently mistaken for the Messiah - sparked accusations of blasphemy when it was released.
Bournemouth council's environmental services committee saw the film and decided to raise the certificate from an AA to an X, meaning only those over 18 could see it.
The distributors had said it could only be shown in areas where it had an AA rating.
Train driver Adrian Cox asked the council recently to change its stance so he could put on a private screening for his birthday.
It was only after licensing officers agreed that it could be shown.
Colin Robinson gave the film 9.5 out of 10 and said: "I couldn't understand why they banned such an amusing film.
"It is like reliving my student days.
"It is the freedom that the Monty Python squad gave to life, without any care at all."
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Summarize: Monty Python's Life of Brian has received its "first-ever" public screening in Bournemouth, 35 years after a battle with censors saw it banned from the seaside town.
Problem: Patricia Smith, 37, said she felt the call had served little purpose.
On Tuesday Rachel Fee and her partner Nyomi were found guilty of murdering Rachel's two-year-old son Liam in Fife.
The couple were convicted of assaulting and killing the young child at his home in Thornton in March 2014.
They had blamed another boy for the murder.
Ms Smith, an office administrator, was one of several witnesses who raised concerns about two-year-old Liam before he was murdered.
Speaking to Good Morning Scotland she described how she contacted social services after getting a "gut wrenching" feeling that something was wrong.
She described how she had never seen anything like it before and knew she had to raise her concerns.
Ms Smith explained said: "I had passed them in the street. I noticed he [Liam] was lying flat in the buggy. He had a blanket over his head and the mother told me he wasn't sleeping, he was actually awake.
"At that point that's when alarm bells started ringing. She then went on to state he had autism, again this was something that couldn't be right because I knew the little boy.
"It was then that I got this gut-wrenching feeling and decided to speak to my line manager [at work] and call child protection services."
She went on to say that she thought she had known what a gut wrenching feeling felt like "until that day".
Ms Smith added: "That's the only way I can explain how bad I felt at the time."
However, after contacting social services she felt she should not have bothered as they had suggested everyone had different parenting skills.
Mrs Smith said: "They told me that they would send a health visitor round, but the feeling I got after that call was that I shouldn't have bothered.
"I personally felt like they were maybe getting quite a few calls about them and this one was just another one on the list that was creating them more work.
"I know obviously that social workers do a great job, but I came away from that call thinking that I shouldn't have bothered."
A significant case review has begun.
What was that article about?
A: A woman who lived near the family of murdered toddler Liam Fee has told how she contacted social services after getting a "gut wrenching" feeling something was wrong with the boy.
Problem: The committee has voiced serious concerns over the financial stability of the health trusts.
The criticisms are made in its general report on the health sector.
It also raised concern over breaches in hospital waiting time targets, especially for cancer patients.
Some of the recommendations are targeted at helping the trusts break even.
The report found that despite only the Western Trust failing to break even in 2014-15, with a deficit of £6.6m, this masks an underlying funding gap for trusts from that year.
The funding gap is reckoned to be over £131m. This will be carried forward to 2015-16.
The report makes now familiar criticisms associated with high levels of spending on locum doctors as well as what it described as the "mediocre" implementation of Transforming Your Care.
The report suggests that Northern Ireland could follow Scotland's lead and benefit from a three-year budget, instead of the constraints of an annual budget in which money cannot be carried over.
The chairperson of the committee, Michaela Boyle, said the health and social care bodies are facing an unprecedented financial squeeze.
"Although the health and social care sector has been more generously funded than other areas of public spending over recent years, it faces an ever increasing demand for its services," she said.
"This is partially as a result of an ageing population as well as increasing chronic conditions such as diabetes.
"Putting the health and social care trusts on a sustainable footing is a major challenge, unless there is a significant change in funding or transformation of services.
"One significant problem that the health and social care trusts face is that they are unable to carry forward unused funds from one year to the next, impeding their ability to undertake longer-term financial planning."
Among the other recommendations in the report is a call for the health department to provide a detailed explanation of how it will tackle the issue of consultant shortages.
It also calls on the health service to redesign the way it provides services. Failing to do so will mean trusts will find it difficult to operate within their budgets.
The report also highlights Northern Ireland's heavy reliance on locum doctors.
It repeats previous criticism that the practice adds to the trusts' increasing spend, particularly within the Western Trust where difficulties in recruiting and keeping permanent consultants continues to put pressure on budgets.
What was that article about?
A: | Northern Ireland's Public Accounts Committee has said it is hard to see how the local health and social care model can be sustained as financial savings start to dry up. | huggingface_xsum |
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Article:Officials at Public Health England said the amount of activity people did started to tail off from the age of 40.
They are urging those between the ages of 40 and 60 to start doing regular brisk walks.
Just 10 minutes a day could have a major impact, reducing the risk of early death by 15%, they say.
But PHE estimates four out of every 10 40- to 60-year-olds do not even manage a brisk 10-minute walk each month.
41%
Do not manage one brisk 10 min walk per month
1 in 6
Deaths linked to inactivity
15% Reduction in risk of early death from at least one brisk 10 min walk per day
20% Less active than we were in the 1960s
15 miles Less walked a year on average than two decades ago
To help, the government agency is promoting a free app - Active 10 - which can monitor the amount of brisk walking an individual does and provide tips on how to incorporate more into the daily routine.
PHE deputy medical director Dr Jenny Harries said: "I know first hand that juggling priorities of everyday life often means exercise takes a back seat.
"But walking to the shops instead of driving, or going for a brisk 10-minute walk on your lunch break each day, can add many healthy years to your life."
Maureen Ejimofor, 44, started taking regular walks three years ago in a bid to improve her health.
At the time, she weighed 18 stone and wanted to make a change. Within seven months, she had lost nearly five stone.
She joined a local organised walking group in Kent and loved it so much she ended up becoming a walk leader in charge of taking groups of people out at the weekend.
She has been using the Active 10 app and encourages others to do the same, describing it as "really useful" in persuading users to get a "burst" of brisk walking into their day.
Another walking fan is Liam Quigley, who has just turned 60.
"My parents used to take us out walking all the time," he says.
"But unfortunately as I got older, I got a taste for the finer things in life, so I used to drink quite a bit, eat some of the wrong stuff. I actually put a lot of weight on.
"I like walking, and I decided to do something about it."
Mr Quigley joined Stockport Walkers and now takes 10-mile hikes.
"Since I joined, I've lost two stone. It's had a good effect on me," he says.
GPs are also being encouraged to get their patients walking faster - defined as a walk of at least 3mph that leaves you breathing faster and increases your heart rate.
Dr Zoe Williams, of the Royal College of GPs, said: "Every GP should talk to their patients about the benefits of brisk walking and recommend the Active 10 app."
PHE is focusing on those in middle age, because of the drop in activity levels.
It is recommended that people do 150 minutes of activity a week, but nearly half of those aged 40 to 60 fail to achieve that and one in five does less than 30 minutes.
While a daily 10-minute brisk walk will not get them to the recommended level, it will be enough to start making a difference to high blood pressure, diabetes, weight issues, depression and anxiety and musculoskeletal problems such as lower back pain.
PHE also hopes by getting this age group active it will have a knock-on effect among those who have children.
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Summarize the main points of that article.
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Middle-aged people are being urged to walk faster to help stay healthy, amid concern high levels of inactivity may be harming their health.
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Article:In a report, the Wales Audit Office urged councils to be more ambitious about outsourcing work and allowing people to pay online or by phone.
But auditors admitted there were legal complexities and questions over whether people could afford the charges.
A spokesman for the councils said asking "hard-pressed residents" to pay more was "not always appropriate".
The report urged councils to take advantage of new opportunities to generate income under the 2003 Local Government Act.
As well as charges, it highlighted a range of money-making ideas authorities in Wales and England had introduced, including:
Cashless payments and other ways of making it simpler for people to pay charges were also praised.
"The use of technology is beginning to increase, but not universally," the report said.
"Its roll out is often dependent on the new system not costing more than traditional methods of collecting income."
However, the ability of residents to pay extra or increased charges was also an important factor, the watchdog said, with median gross weekly pay for 2014/15 ranging from £403 in Blaenau Gwent to £610 in Monmouthshire.
The report added some council cabinet members were "reluctant to deal with potentially controversial issues and will not approve increasing or introducing charges, even where the evidence for the increase or introduction is compelling".
It said the potential impact of charges on council policy should also be considered.
Examples included the setting of car park charges which could deter shoppers and tourists from visiting town centres, and rent increases for sports fields which could damage efforts to promote healthy living.
The Welsh Local Government Association warned on Wednesday that councils will need to cover extra costs totalling £750m by 2019-20.
"All councils will be faced with difficult choices about prioritising and further cutting services that have seen substantial reductions already," a spokesman said in response to the auditors' report on Thursday.
"The impression given by this report from the Wales Audit Office is that hard-pressed residents can be asked to pay further increased contributions, which is not always appropriate."
The spokesman added: "Many charges are capped by government regulations, and councils in Wales currently lack the powers that exist elsewhere in the UK so the 'options to generate income' are limited."
The Welsh Conservatives' local government spokesperson Janet Finch-Saunders said the recommendations "couldn't come at a worse time".
"In the last five years the average council tax bill has risen by a staggering £800, and I fail to see where families will find the extra cash," she said.
"Clearly local authorities face tough financial decisions ahead, but we can't simply pass the responsibility on to ratepayers."
Summarize the main points of that article.
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Councils could do more to raise money by charging for more services, the public spending watchdog has said.
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Article:Bannan is into its third series on BBC Alba and it is hoped that it could also make it onto BBC2 or BBC Four.
The deal with the international distributors DRG will help showcase the island abroad.
Bannan, which is based around the fictional village of Camus, is filmed in Tarskavaig in the south west of Skye.
It has emerged as BBC Alba's most popular series since the channel launched on Freeview in 2011.
Summarize the main points of that article.
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| A Gaelic TV drama filmed on the Isle of Skye is set to be shown worldwide. | huggingface_xsum |
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Problem: Write an article based on this "An amateur cyclist from London has died in a crash during a race in France."
Article:
A: Ian Bashford, 60, from Bromley, died when he hit a support vehicle during the 35th Duo Normand race, French media have reported.
Police are said to be investigating why the vehicle had swerved into his path 200m (650ft) from the finish line.
His cycling club, Old Portlians, confirmed his death in a statement, saying it happened during the final descent to the finish.
Club secretary Julian Hutchings said that a van swerved into the path of Mr Bashford and his cycling partner Peter Gray. He added: "They were travelling at about 34mph to 40 mph. They were going downhill or into the flat.
"I saw an ambulance and police car and recognised the Old Portlians shirt. They worked on him for about 30 to 40 minutes to try to revive him but he died."
Secretary of the West Wickham-based club Julian Hutchings said: "He had been in the club about 20 years. He was passionate about cycling and the club. Everybody loved him and he always helped people out."
The Foreign Office said it was in contact with local authorities and was ready to provide assistance to the father-of-two's family.
The Duo Nomand is a time-trial race on a 54km (33 miles) road circuit in Normandy.
Britain's Chris Boardman has the most wins with three victories.
Problem: Write an article based on this "Sport Wales has been told to take immediate action to improve the way it manages its performance and develops skills within the organisation."
Article:
A: An independent review said staff skills had failed to keep pace with change outside of the publicly-funded body.
Welsh sports organisations claimed the quango offered them "little insight".
The report was ordered by Sport Wales chair Paul Thomas, sacked by ministers in March for an "irretrievable breakdown in relationships".
Published by the Welsh Government, the study reviews the purpose of Sport Wales, which promotes elite and grassroots sport and has an annual budget of £22m.
In 2016, the activities of the board were suspended by the Welsh Government at around the same time that early extracts of the report were leaked to BBC Wales.
It was commissioned by Mr Thomas, who was sacked along with vice chair Adele Baumgardt, and continued after his departure.
According to the study, a range of organisations that worked with Sport Wales reported that "they are provided with little insight or innovation they are not already aware of".
It also urged the Welsh Government to clarify the roles of a range of organisations, including Sport Wales, to increase physical activity levels.
In a statement on Wednesday, Public Health Minister Rebecca Evans said the report "affirms that partners value the work of Sport Wales".
She said she had asked her officials to work with Sport Wales to lead the development of a new long-term strategy for sport and physical recreation in Wales, including a new model for community sport.
The report said it would be unwise to separate the functions of elite and grassroots sport "despite the claim that there was, until recently, very little joint working between the two teams who lead on these areas in Sport Wales".
It continued: "Fundamentally, the view of Sport Wales' partners was that the organisation should be seen to be adding value; to be experts in their field, a critical friend, a source of advice, evidence and insight, and influential as a conduit to other sectors and policy departments in government or to external experts who could provide insight and added value.
"Instead, the perception was it was a grant-funder, or investor, who was quite prescriptive and inflexible in its funding decisions, did not take account of the wider priorities of the funding recipient, and who prioritised competitive, performance and elite sport over community sport."
The report broadly praised many aspects of Sport Wales' relationship with other organisations at an elite level, although there was a perception that it took too much credit for success at the top.
It said it was "unfair to lay the blame solely" on Sport Wales for some of the criticism in relation to health and education, because of a lack of clarification on the roles of different organisations.
Local authorities "valued the relationship they had with Sport Wales but felt they were being distanced more and more from decisions on programmes they were expected to deliver".
The role of consultants was also criticised. One recommendation was for greater in-house training.
There were also questions about a number of investment priorities saying: "It was noted that some programmes had been evaluated but the results were not made public and the learning from the evaluations was not shared widely."
Sport Wales has been approached for comment.
Problem: Write an article based on this "A chronology of key events:"
Article:
A: | 550BC - First inhabited by Melanesian people
1606 - European explorer Pedro Fernandez de Quiros leads an expedition to the islands naming them Terra Austrialis del Espiritu Santo.
1768 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville names the islands Les Grandes Cyclades.
1774 - British explorer Captain Cook charts the islands calling them the New Hebrides.
1800s - Thousands of ni-Vanuatu are kidnapped and forced to work on sugar and cotton plantations in Fiji and Queensland, Australia. The practice, known as "blackbirding", continues until the early 20th century.
1865 - European settlers begin to arrive on the islands.
1887 - Britain and France establish a Joint Naval Commission on the islands to protect their citizens.
1906 - Britain and France make the country a Condominium, under joint administration. Each power is responsible for its own citizens but indigenous New Hebrideans are looked after by both countries. Non-New Hebrideans choose which country they want to be governed by.
Vanuatu is home to a ritualistic cult religion which developed when US troops arrived with plentiful military supplies, or cargo
Cargo cult lives on in South Pacific
1938 - Emergence of the John Frum cargo cult. Believers say goods owned by American and European visitors to the island are really meant for them but are intercepted by the foreigners. They believe that their ancestors will one day return with goods or "cargo" for them. The British jail the leaders of the movement and outlaw any mention of John Frum.
1956 - John Frum is recognised as a religion by the Anglo-French Condominium.
1963 - The NaGriamel political movement emerges on Espiritu Santo. Followers advocate the return of land to the ni-Vanuatu people and a return to traditional ways.
1971 - NaGriamel, anxious that more than 36% of the New Hebrides is now owned by foreign missionaries, planters and traders, petitions the UN to prevent further land sales to non-indigenous people
1977 - Representatives of the New Hebrides and the governments of Britain and France agree an independence plan for the islands in 1980 following a referendum and elections.
1978 - A measure of self-government introduced.
1980 June - Jimmy Stevens, the leader of NaGriamel, declares Espiritu Santo independent of the rest of the New Hebrides renaming the island the Independent State of Vemarana. Papua New Guinea troops, backed by the Australians, put down the insurrection.
1980 30 July - New Hebrides attains independence within the Commonwealth under the name of Vanuatu. Father Walter Lini is first prime minister.
1996 - President Jean-Marie Leye and former deputy prime minister Barak Sope are briefly abducted by the Vanuatu Mobile Force as part of a long-standing pay dispute with the government.
Vanuatu's first ombudsman, Marie-Noelle Ferrieux-Patterson, releases reports harshly critical of the government's financial dealings including the sale of ni-Vanuatu passports to foreign nationals.
2001 April - Edward Natapei becomes prime minister.
2002 July - Myriam Abel, Vanuatu's Public Health Director, becomes the first female Pacific Islander to be elected to the executive of the World Health Organisation.
2002 July - Barak Sope is sentenced to three years for abuse of office as a prime minister. He had forged government guarantees worth 46 million Australian dollars. He is pardoned and released after three months, reportedly suffering from diabetes.
2003 May - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, impressed by Vanuatu's reforms, removes Vanuatu from a list of uncooperative tax havens.
2004 April-May - Alfred Masing Nalo elected as president but removed from office after Supreme Court invalidates result.
2004 May - Prime minister's coalition loses its majority, fresh elections called.
2004 July-August - Serge Vohor elected as prime minister; Kalkot Mataskelekele elected as president.
2004 November-December - Controversy over Prime Minister Vohor's attempt to forge diplomatic relations with Taiwan. The PM is ousted after a vote of no confidence and is replaced by Ham Lini.
2005 December - Thousands of people are evacuated as Mount Manaro, an active volcano on Ambae, begins to spew ash and steam.
2007 March - State of emergency declared after islanders from Ambrym and Tanna clash in the capital, reportedly over allegations of witchcraft. The violence leaves three people dead.
2008 September - Edward Natapei elected prime minister after his party wins the largest number of seats in parliament.
2009 September - Parliament chooses Iolu Abil to succeed Kalkot Mataskelekele as president.
2009 November - Prime Minister Edward Natapei is stripped of his position after missing three consecutive parliamentary sittings without submitting a written explanation. He continues in a caretaker capacity while a successor is decided.
2010 February - The Asian Development Bank says Vanuatu is one of the fastest growing economies in the Pacific, with growth of almost four percent last year in an unprecedented seventh consecutive year of growth.
2010 November - PM Edward Natapei ousted in no-confidence vote, replaced by Deputy PM Sato Kilman.
2011 June - Mr Natapei becomes caretaker premier after court rules appointment of Sato Kilman unconstitutional. A fresh election at the end of the month returns Mr Kilman to office.
2012 May - Diplomatic row with Australia over the arrest of Prime Minister Kilman's secretary on fraud charges. Vanuatu expels an Australian police liaison group in response.
2012 November - Following October's parliamentary election, Sato Kilman forms a new 11-party coalition that allows him to retain the premiership and keep his rival Edward Natapei from power.
2013 March - Prime Minister Sato Kilman resigns, is replaced by Moana Carcasses Kalosil.
2014 May - Veteran politician Joe Natuman is elected prime minister, after Moana Carcasses Kalosil loses a vote of confidence in parliament.
2014 September - Baldwin Lonsdale is chosen as president by Vanuatu's electoral college, succeeding Iolu Abil when his five-year term in office expired.
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That is despite many people in the age group having at least one chronic disease.
Participants were asked to rate how confident, cheerful, relaxed and useful they felt in their early 60s and then again aged 68 to 69.
The Medical Research Council survey has tracked the health and wellbeing of 1,700 people since their birth.
When the responses of those aged 60 to 64 were compared to their feelings towards the end of their seventh decade, the survey found there was an overall average improvement in all aspects of wellbeing.
This mirrors the results of previous studies which found that people in their 60s and 70s were more content than those in their 50s.
And a recent large survey of UK adults found those aged 65 to 79 to be the happiest age group.
Those aged 45 to 59 reported the lowest levels of life satisfaction.
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Dr Mai Stafford, the programme leader at the MRC's unit for lifelong health and ageing at University College London, said it was not yet clear what was behind the rise in wellbeing during people's 60s.
"We found that one in five experienced a substantial increase in wellbeing in later life, although we also found a smaller group who experienced a substantial decline," she said.
"The benefit of using a cohort study like this is that we can look at how individuals change over time.
"We hope this will allow us to pinpoint which common experiences may be linked to an improvement in wellbeing in later life."
In their 60s and 70s, people are more likely to prioritise social relationships and look after their mental health, she explained.
"By that time you've worked out what makes you feel better and what doesn't."
Although people are living longer, poor health in old age is still a concern.
Most survey participants reported having at least one common chronic disease such as arthritis, diabetes or hypertension.
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Write an article based on this "It was when Vic Gundotra's father suffered serious heart problems and nearly died that the former Google executive decided to move into healthcare tech."
Article: | He now runs a firm called AliveCor that has developed a heart-monitoring device causing excitement in medical circles.
AliveCor's recently launched Kardia Band, which integrates with Apple's smart watch, takes an electrocardiogram (ECG) of your heart, measuring its electrical activity as it pumps away.
Medical experts believe it could potentially save thousands of lives.
It can spot atrial fibrillation (AF) - one of the most common forms of abnormal heart rhythm and a major cause of stroke.
You place your thumb on the metal sensor in the watchband to complete an electrical circuit and it can take a reading in 30 seconds, sending the data to the watch over high-frequency audio rather than Bluetooth or wi-fi.
Kardia Band can spot other problems, too, but currently only has regulatory approval for AF. If it spots anything else unusual it suggests you go and see your doctor.
"The problem with atrial fibrillation is that it's asymptomatic, which means it can come and go and often isn't diagnosed," says Mr Gundotra.
For example, Ron Grant, 70, told the BBC: "At the age of 55, I had a massive heart attack - flatlined - had a bypass. It was some years after that we discovered I had AF - a funny heart rhythm to put it simply - which could lead to stroke".
Mr Grant now uses the smartphone compatible version of the AliveCor device to keep tabs on his ticker.
"People start modifying their behaviour once they begin monitoring their own health," says Mr Gundotra.
"No-one's more interested in heart health than the owner of the heart."
Heart disease and stroke are the biggest killers in the world, accounting for about 14 million deaths a year.
If technology can give us a warning that things are going wrong before it's too late, many lives could be saved. And health budgets could be applied more effectively elsewhere.
In the US, around 130,000 people die a year directly or indirectly from AF, while more than 750,000 have to go to hospital, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
And it costs about $6bn (£4.8bn) a year to treat the condition in the US.
In the UK, around 100,000 people suffer sudden cardiac death each year, to which AF is a contributor.
According to NHS England, AF is responsible for a third of all strokes and costs the NHS more than £2.2bn a year to treat.
So it's easy to see why health authorities are interested in simple wearable devices that could significantly increase early diagnosis of such heart problems before they become life-threatening - and more costly to treat.
In the summer, Simon Stevens, head of NHS England, said such innovations would be "fast-tracked" so they can be adopted within the English health system much more quickly.
There are scores of fitness trackers on the market these days, most of them wristbands, and while they may be useful motivational tools, most of them don't yet have regulatory approval.
"Fitness trackers are all very well, but doctors want clinically proven products whose data they can use to make clinical decisions," says Mr Gundotra.
But going through the rigorous testing process required for a health product to receive regulatory approval can take years, so it's no wonder most consumer tech companies don't bother.
Confusingly, AliveCor's smartphone compatible sensor, Kardia Mobile, has received regulatory approval in the US and Europe, whereas the Kardia Band smart watch version is currently approved only for Europe.
"We hope to get US approval soon," says Mr Gundotra.
Collating and studying millions of ECGs AliveCor's sensors have taken, and applying machine learning to the data, is also promising to reap rewards - although these are early days for the research.
AliveCor is collaborating with the Mayo Clinic in the US to see if other useful indicators can be discerned from the electrical pulse patterns generated by our hearts.
For example, they may be able to detect whether you have too much or too little potassium in your system, a mineral that plays a key role in keeping your heart beating in a normal rhythm.
Potassium also helps your nerves to function, your muscles to work, and your kidneys to filter blood. At the moment we can only find out potassium levels from a blood test, so if this information could be gleaned from a quick ECG instead, the medical benefits could be huge.
So what other clinically proven apps and gadgets are causing a stir?
Remote monitoring is a big area of research, with companies like Preventice Solutions and Biotricity offering heart monitoring kit that records and sends ECG data wirelessly to a smartphone app or to the cloud, allowing doctors to be alerted immediately of any heart abnormalities in their patients.
Preventice's BodyGuardian has received approval by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), but just the software element of Biotricity's Bioflux product has so far been approved.
"Remote monitoring could save a lot of money - hundreds of thousands of dollars a year - because people have to go into hospital much less often," says Annette Zimmermann, research director at Gartner.
And Dexcom has recently had its continuous glucose monitoring system approved by the FDA, enabling people with Type 1 or 2 diabetes to measure their blood sugar levels automatically every five minutes and see the trends displayed on a smartphone.
A growing number of advice apps are winning approval, too, from myCOPD, which enables patients to manage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD), to BlueStar, an app helping people with Type 2 diabetes manage their condition.
Fitness wearables may be more fashionable, but it's the clinically proven gadgets and apps that could end up saving the most lives.
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Diabetes UK says that up to 80% of foot amputations could be avoided if better care was in place.
Patients are suffering because many areas do not have services in place to quickly deal with foot ulcers and infections.
By 2015, the number of diabetes-related amputations is expected to rise to 7,000 a year.
When diabetes, both Types 1 and Type 2, is present for many years, especially if it is poorly controlled, it can cause complications such as reducing blood flow to vessels in the feet and nerve damage which reduces sensation.
This increases the risk of ulcers and infections that may lead to amputation.
A report produced in collaboration with the Society for Chiropodists and Podiatrists and NHS Diabetes points out that people with diabetes are more than 20 times more likely to have an amputation than the rest of the population.
It recommends that all hospitals have a multi-disciplinary footcare team as recommended in national guidelines.
Figures suggest that 40% of hospitals currently do not have such teams in place.
Every hospital also needs to be able to guarantee that people with urgent foot problems can be assessed by the right professionals within 24 hours, the report urges.
This is because ulcers can deteriorate extremely quickly and a matter of hours can make the difference between keeping a foot and losing it.
In addition people with diabetes who are at high risk for foot problems need to know what to look out for and what to do when a problem develops.
Barbara Young, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said it is unacceptable that every week people with diabetes who have treatable foot problems are having feet or toes amputated because they are not being treated quickly enough.
"It is not as if this is a problem we don't know how to solve.
"If every hospital had a multi-disciplinary footcare team and ensured access to that team within 24 hours, then that would make a huge difference to the amputation rates."
She added that some prevention work was so poor that people were not even asked to take their shoes off when attending their annual foot check.
"This is not something that requires more money," she continued.
"In fact, putting these kind of systems in place can actually save money because the amputations that they prevent are so expensive.
Matthew Fitzpatrick, spokesman for the College of Podiatry, said they strongly welcomed the recommendations.
"The most important aspect is that patients appreciate how to check themselves and are seeking appropriate advice when they need it.
"If they're worried then their local podiatrist should be the first port of call." | Thousands of diabetes patients end up having a foot amputation because of slow treatment, a charity warns. | huggingface_xsum |
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Al Habsi will be in goal against the Latics on Saturday, who must win their last two games to avoid the drop.
Reading need a draw themselves to secure a play-off place in manager Jaap Stam's first season in charge.
"Wigan are fighting to stay up and any team you face in their position at this stage are difficult," Al Habsi said.
The Oman international, 35, admitted he will be in "a difficult position" as he lines-up against his former employers.
"To see my former club where they are is hard," he told BBC Radio Berkshire. "I had a fantastic five years there and really enjoyed it.
"But for us, we know we need to do the job.
"Last weekend against Nottingham Forest, another team in a similar position, we didn't show ourselves for 90 minutes and got punished for our mistakes.
"We've been in the top six for most of the season and we can't let it drop know."
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Summarize: Reading goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi expects his former side Wigan Athletic to pose a threat despite being on the verge of Championship relegation.
Article: The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize, launched last year, challenges anyone to develop a wireless device capable of detecting a range of diseases.
The technology employs sensors and imaging to measure vital signs and diagnose conditions non-invasively.
X Prize officials said the technology was now "fact, not science fiction".
The 10 finalists come from a range of backgrounds, including universities, medical device manufacturers and tech start-ups.
One research team is backed by Nasa and the Bill Gates Foundation, while another is made up of engineering students at Johns Hopkins University in the US.
They now have until the middle of next year to develop workable prototypes of their devices in the hope of winning the prize.
It is not clear what any of the devices will look like yet, but Dr Erik Viirre, technical and medical director for X Prize, told the BBC that they ranged from conventional smartphones with attachments to more "utilitarian-looking" devices that "get the job done".
One of the finalists, the Silicon Valley-based start-up Scanadu, showcased a handheld scanner at the CES conference this year.
It works with smartphone software to monitor vital signs such as heart rate and blood pressure, but it is not clear how such a device would address the more complicated task of diagnosing disease.
To win the $10m, the device is expected to be able to monitor vital signs as well as accurately diagnose 16 different conditions, including anaemia, tuberculosis and diabetes.
The technology must be presented in a portable device that can deliver the information in a user-friendly way, so that patients can self-diagnose without the help of doctors.
Anil Vaidya, founder of SCANurse, one of two UK-based finalists, told the BBC his device would not look exactly like the Star Trek device.
It "won't have electrodes sticking out that you will have to touch", he said, but would have a wearable and a handheld component.
He said the device would employ a range of sensors to take readings from a patient's skin and even their breath, alongside cameras to take visual readings.
Health professionals and medical engineers point out that much of the relevant technology is already available.
For example, it is already possible to use light sensors to gather information about blood flow and oxygen levels without taking a blood sample.
Sensors are also able to pick up gases in breath that may indicate certain diseases, while electrocardiogram (ECG) readings are regularly used to assess heart health.
Mr Vaidya also said his design would use cameras to take visual samples of symptoms to aid diagnosis.
The challenge, he said, was to bring the technology together in one portable device.
"Opinions on whether it can be done or not depend on who you're talking to," he told the BBC.
"Among many physicians the feeling is it can't be done. I come from a medical engineering background, which is quite different."
Dr Viirre, of the X Prize, said the winning device could have a role in the developing world, in areas where people have little or no access to medical services.
But Dr Richard Seabrook, head of business development at the Wellcome Trust health charity, said there was "a debate to be had" on whether such devices should be placed in the hands of patients, stressing the need for training and education.
But he said doctors may welcome the opportunity to offload simpler cases to computers.
"If it creates time for them to spend on more complex cases, then that would be a good thing," he told the BBC.
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Q: Police said the incident happened on the Staffordstown Road, at its junction with Greenan Road, near Randalstown at about 16:40 GMT on Tuesday.
The two children were struck by a car that remained at the scene.
SDLP councillor Roisin Lynch said she understood the children were "brother and sister".
"This is a horrific experience for any family to go through. Local people are shocked.
"It it my understanding that they had just got off their school bus," she said.
Staffordstown Road has been closed in both directions between its junctions with Cranfield Road and Derrygowan Road.
Diversions are in place while police continue their enquiries. The PSNI have appealed for witnesses.
A: A boy and a girl are in a critical condition in hospital after being struck by a car in County Antrim.
Q: However, two brave souls are wearing only swimsuits and woolly hats, about to dip their toes - and more - in the water.
Jenny Latto and Anna Neubert-Wood are part of a recently-formed sea swimming group, which goes out regularly in all weathers.
So why open water, and not a pool?
Mrs Neubert-Wood said: "You're out in the elements, you're connecting to nature. There's always a chance that a fish might jump up at you or a seal might swim alongside you."
Mrs Latto said she gets nervous before taking the plunge.
However, she said: "Once you're submerged and your body's under, it's fine. It's the coldness in the water which I find invigorating, and you don't get that in a swimming pool."
According to Scottish Swimming, more people are taking to the open water.
The organisation runs a number of courses to prepare people for the hazards of wild swimming.
Kirsten Philips, Scottish Swimming spokeswoman, said: "The popularity of these events have grown and grown. And many people are taking part with the view to do open water swimming in 2016.
"There's always been a love of the great outdoors and this is an extension of this.
"The mass participation events such as the Great Swim series have captured the imagination and people realise you don't have to be an elite swimmer to take part in these."
However, she warns that swimmers need to be prepared.
"The coldness of the water can really take people by surprise. The body can go into shock and while the surface of the water may look calm, you don't see the undercurrents.
"And the sense of direction is often more difficult swimming in the open, and with the currents and weather conditions you can swim off track."
The Portobello pair follow safety guidelines and never swim alone. They also look out for each other in the water.
Emerging from the sea after their morning splash, Mrs Latto and Mrs Neubert-Wood said they felt refreshed and ready to face the day.
Despite numb fingers and toes Mrs Neubert-Wood said: "That was amazing. Now the sun's out and if you close your eyes you can imagine you're somewhere warm."
Mrs Latto said it was addictive.
She said: "I just feel completely refreshed. It gives you a boost of energy, and your mood is completely lifted and you just feel brilliant."
Luckily, there are Turkish Baths nearby where they can warm up.
A: The temperature on Edinburgh's Portobello beach reads 3C (37F), and most people taking the sea air are still dressed in their winter coats and cosy clothes.
Q: It lists nine key risk factors including lack of education, hearing loss, smoking and physical inactivity.
The study is being presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in London.
By 2050, 131 million people could be living with dementia globally.
There are estimated to be 47 million people with the condition at the moment.
"Although dementia is diagnosed in later life, the brain changes usually begin to develop years before," said lead author Prof Gill Livingston, from University College London.
"Acting now will vastly improve life for people with dementia and their families and, in doing so, will transform the future of society."
The report, which combines the work of 24 international experts, says lifestyle factors can play a major role in increasing or reducing an individual's dementia risk.
These - which are thought to be modifiable risk factors - add up to 35%. The other 65% of dementia risk is beyond the individual's control.
Source: Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention and care
It examines the benefits of building a "cognitive reserve", which means strengthening the brain's networks so it can continue to function in later life despite damage.
Failure to complete secondary education was a major risk factor, and the authors suggest that individuals who continue to learn throughout life are likely to build additional brain reserves.
Another major risk factor is hearing loss in middle age - the researchers say this can deny people a cognitively rich environment and lead to social isolation and depression, which are among other modifiable risk factors for dementia.
Another key message from the report is that what is good for the heart is good for the brain.
Not smoking, doing exercise, keeping a healthy weight, treating high blood pressure and diabetes can all reduce the risk of dementia, as well as cardiovascular disease, and cancer.
The researchers say they did not have enough data to include dietary factors or alcohol in their calculations but believe both could be important.
Dr Doug Brown, director of research at Alzheimer's Society, said: "Though it's not inevitable, dementia is currently set to be the 21st Century's biggest killer. We all need to be aware of the risks and start making positive lifestyle changes."
Dr David Reynolds, chief scientific officer at Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "Alongside prevention research, we must continue to invest in research to find a life-changing treatment for people with this devastating condition."
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A: One in three cases of dementia could be prevented if more people looked after their brain health throughout life, according to an international study in the Lancet.
Q: The 26-year-old Guinea international kicked the ball into the crowd and left the pitch in the 34th minute.
Milan sent on a substitute, and an announcement warned the game would be stopped if further incidents occurred.
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has announced an immediate inquiry.
A statement from FIGC read: "The Federal Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation to ascertain the extent of the racist incident that took place at the Stadio del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia during the Milan-Sassuolo match, which saw AC Milan player Kevin Constant the subject of chants from some supporters in the stands."
Constant's actions emulate
The Ghana international sparked a walk-off during AC Milan's match against Italian lower division club Pro Patria by picking up the ball midway through the first half and kicking it into the crowd before removing his shirt - he was then followed off by both sets of players and officials.
While Boateng had plenty of backing, it appears that Milan are less supportive of Constant's decision to leave the field.
The club said in a statement: "This was not a decision he should have taken upon himself to make.
"Despite his more than understandable reasons and the anger he must have felt, AC Milan would like to remind everyone that the only people responsible for intervening against any manifestations that offend the human dignity, which includes racial discrimination, are the referee in charge of the match and the head of public safety."
However, the statement added that racism deserves "zero tolerance".
In May, Fifa announced new measures to tackle racism, declaring that teams could be relegated or expelled from competitions for serious incidents of racism as a result of tough new powers.
A: | AC Milan midfielder Kevin Constant walked off the pitch during a pre-season tournament match against fellow Serie A side Sassuolo on Tuesday in response to alleged racist abuse. | huggingface_xsum |
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input: Article: Ms Abbott had to temporarily step down as shadow home secretary just days before the general election after a series of uncomfortable interviews.
She told BBC Breakfast she had not been managing her type 2 diabetes.
Now back on the Labour frontbench, she said: "Stress wasn't an issue, my blood sugar level was. I am back to fighting fitness."
During the election campaign, Ms Abbott faced criticism for her performance after she stumbled several times during interviews and appeared unable to give detailed answers.
In one interview with LBC Radio, she mistakenly said plans to boost police numbers by 10,000 would cost £300,000. It led to a barrage of criticism from the Conservatives who said she could not "add up".
She also pulled out of an interview with BBC's Woman's Hour with just a few minutes' notice.
Just 48 hours before polling day, Labour said Ms Abbott was taking a period of sick leave and would be replaced "indefinitely" by Lyn Brown.
After the election Ms Abbott revealed in an interview with the the Guardian that she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes two years earlier and her condition was "out of control" during the campaign.
The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP, who increased her majority in the 8 June election, said she struggled after facing six or seven interviews in a row without eating enough food - vital to managing her blood sugar levels.
Now back in the shadow cabinet, Ms Abbott told BBC Breakfast, in her first interview since returning to work, her type 2 diabetes had been "an issue at certain points" during the election campaign.
But she said: "I'm feeling a lot better," adding: "It took my brother to ring me up and tell me off and tell me about the importance of eating properly and glucose tablets."
Urging others to get themselves tested for type 2 diabetes, she said she was now taking "all my brother's good advice".
Questioned as to whether her illness was stress related and if so would she be capable of being home secretary, she said: "Stress wasn't an issue, my blood sugar levels was. I am back to fighting fitness."
Asked if she was subjected to racism and misogyny in the campaign, she said: "I think politicians complaining about the media is like sailors complaining about the weather."
She said resigning because of her ill health was "never a consideration". "Everyone who has type 2 diabetes knows it is a perfectly manageable condition," she added.
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output: Diane Abbott says it took her brother to tell her off before she realised she needed to address her diabetes.
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Article:Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.
The relatives of those who died attended candle-lit vigils at several churches, including at Slavutych, a town built to re-house workers who lived near the nuclear plant. A series of events are being held throughout the day.
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko attended a ceremony in Kiev, and laid a wreath at a memorial to the victims of the disaster before observing a minute's silence.
He is heading north to the site of the plant itself, not far from the border with Belarus, for a ceremony there.
Vasyl Markin, who had been working in Chernobyl at the time of the disaster, attended the service in Slavutych.
"This tragedy will stay with us till the end of our lives. I won't be able to forget it anyway," he said.
Some former residents returned to the area, now derelict and overgrown, ahead of the anniversary.
Zoya Perevozchenko, 66, lived in Pripyat, the town inhabited by Chernobyl workers which was abandoned in the wake of the accident.
She told Reuters news agency: "I barely found my apartment, I mean it's a forest now - trees growing through the pavement, on the roofs. All the rooms are empty, the glass is gone from the windows and everything's destroyed.
Levels of radioactivity remain high in the surrounding area. A charity, Bridges to Belarus, is warning that a number of babies in a region close to Ukraine's border are still being born with serious deformities, while an unusually high rate of people have rare forms of cancer.
Donors around the world pledged €87.5m (£68m; $99m) on Monday towards a new underground nuclear waste facility in the region. Ukraine will need to commit a further €10m in order to complete the new storage site.
Work began in 2010 on a 25,000-tonne, €2.1bn sarcophagus to seal the uranium left in the damaged reactor, thought to be about 200 tonnes.
Experts fear that if parts of the aging reactor collapse, further radioactive material could be spewed into the atmosphere.
The number of people killed by the disaster remains disputed. A report in 2005 by the UN-backed Chernobyl Forum concluded that fewer than 50 people died as a result of exposure to radiation, most of them workers killed immediately after the disaster, but some survived until as late as 2004.
The forum estimated up to 9,000 people could eventually die from radiation exposure, although Greenpeace claims the figure could be as high as 93,000.
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Write an article based on this "You don't have to be diagnosed as obese to be at risk of dying from illnesses related to excess weight, a global study suggests."
Article: | Of the 4 million deaths attributed to being overweight in 2015, nearly 40% were not considered clinically obese.
The study found more than 2 billion children and adults suffered from health problems linked to being overweight.
These include type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.
But an increasing percentage had a body mass index (BMI) of less than 30, the threshold for obesity.
The paper, published in the the New England Journal of Medicine, said the findings highlighted "a growing and disturbing global public health crisis".
"People who shrug off weight gain do so at their own risk - risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and other life-threatening conditions," said Dr Christopher Murray, author of the study and director of the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.
"Those half-serious New Year's resolutions to lose weight should become year-round commitments to lose weight and prevent future weight gain."
The study, which looked at 195 countries and territories over a period of 35 years, from 1980 to 2015, has revealed that 30% of the world's population - 2.2 billion children and adults - are affected by excess weight.
This includes nearly 108 million children and more than 600 million adults who are categorised as a having a BMI of higher than 30 and therefore medically defined as obese.
Obesity has been increasing around the globe since 1980, doubling in more than 70 countries.
The United States has the highest level of obesity among adults and children, at nearly 13% of the population.
Egypt topped the list for adult obesity, at about 35%.
Speaking to the Guardian's Ruth Michaelson last year about the issue of obesity in Egypt, Dr Randa Abou el Naga of the World Health Organization, blamed a lack of "vigorous physical exercise", while dietitian Dr Sherine el Shimi cited the typical Egyptian's "love of sugar".
The report also found that the rate of obesity is increasing faster among children than adults.
China, with 15.3 million, and India, with 14.4 million, had the highest numbers of obese children.
"The problem is not simply a function of income or wealth," cites the report. "Increased availability, accessibility and affordability of energy-dense foods, along with intense marketing... could explain weight gain in different populations."
The lowest rates of obesity were in Bangladesh and Vietnam at 1%.
"Excess body weight is one of the most challenging public health problems of our time, affecting one in every three people," said Dr Ashkan Afshin, lead author of the study and an assistant professor of Global Health at IHME.
The authors stressed the need for intervention to reduce the prevalence of high BMI and its consequences.
Tam Fry, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, said: "Governments throughout the world, caught like rabbits in car headlights, become petrified in the face of escalating obesity. Year after year, mega-statistics like these are published confirming that administrations appear powerless to avoid being crushed by them."
Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said urgent action was needed in every country the global obesity epidemic was to be addressed.
"Our work to tackle obesity in England is world leading and we want to see other countries following our example.
"We have set clear guidelines for the food industry to reduce sugar in the foods children eat the most of and will openly and transparently monitor and report on their progress." | huggingface_xsum |
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Article: John Leathem, 32, was jailed in October for a minimum of 27 years.
He had admitted stabbing the 15-year-old in a "savage and frenzied" attack at his deli in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, on 19 March.
Pamela Munro told BBC Radio Scotland that she wanted to sit in front of Leathem and ask him why he acted in the way he did.
Leathem had claimed he murdered Paige because she threatened to report him for sexual assault after she applied for a job at his deli.
Speaking on the Kaye Adams programme, Ms Munro said she wanted to hear Leathem admit he had made up the story.
Paige's mother said: "I'd like to sit with him in front of me and ask him why.
"And I'd also like to ask him why he's made his excuse or reason as to why he's done it.
"Paige isn't here to clear her name and I know as Paige's mum that she never said that.
"And I know everybody that knows her knows she never said what he's saying."
Mrs Munro added: "I want him to say for the few people that do believe it, I want him to say and clear Paige's name because she can't clear her name herself, so it's my job as her mum to do that."
When asked by the radio presenter if she would be able to cope with sitting in front of Leathem, Mrs Munro added: "For Paige's sake I could do anything.
"If I thought there was a tiny bit of hope that he might say 'I made that up' then I could sit there in front of him."
Mrs Munro said sitting through the trial in close proximity to Leathem was the "worst thing" she had done.
She told the programme: "With him standing there, I was metres from him. He was really, really close beside myself and Andrew. It was worse than even identifying her [Paige].
"It was kind of like 'this is the man that killed my daughter'. I wasn't sure how I'd feel. I thought, am I going to lash out, am I going to do something daft?
"But with my husband by my side and my dad and all our family, it kind of held us together."
Mrs Munro said she tried to catch the eye of Leathem during the court case.
She added: "I tried. We all stared at him but he never made eye contact with us. He just looked to the ground he never looked once."
Following his 27-year minimum sentence for the killing, Leathem lodged an appeal against the length of time he must spend in prison.
Mrs Munro said she was braced for Leathem's appeal. However, she urged him to accept his fate.
She added: "I was ready for it. I think he's got a cheek. He should accept the sentence that's he's been given and just be grateful that it isn't longer. It's a big thing the sentence and I also think that he should be given longer."
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Summarize: The mother of murdered teenager Paige Doherty has said she wants to meet the man convicted of killing her daughter.
Article: That is despite many people in the age group having at least one chronic disease.
Participants were asked to rate how confident, cheerful, relaxed and useful they felt in their early 60s and then again aged 68 to 69.
The Medical Research Council survey has tracked the health and wellbeing of 1,700 people since their birth.
When the responses of those aged 60 to 64 were compared to their feelings towards the end of their seventh decade, the survey found there was an overall average improvement in all aspects of wellbeing.
This mirrors the results of previous studies which found that people in their 60s and 70s were more content than those in their 50s.
And a recent large survey of UK adults found those aged 65 to 79 to be the happiest age group.
Those aged 45 to 59 reported the lowest levels of life satisfaction.
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Dr Mai Stafford, the programme leader at the MRC's unit for lifelong health and ageing at University College London, said it was not yet clear what was behind the rise in wellbeing during people's 60s.
"We found that one in five experienced a substantial increase in wellbeing in later life, although we also found a smaller group who experienced a substantial decline," she said.
"The benefit of using a cohort study like this is that we can look at how individuals change over time.
"We hope this will allow us to pinpoint which common experiences may be linked to an improvement in wellbeing in later life."
In their 60s and 70s, people are more likely to prioritise social relationships and look after their mental health, she explained.
"By that time you've worked out what makes you feel better and what doesn't."
Although people are living longer, poor health in old age is still a concern.
Most survey participants reported having at least one common chronic disease such as arthritis, diabetes or hypertension.
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Article:Leicester East MP Keith Vaz has written to the city council asking it to become the first in the country to run sugar-free canteens.
Mr Vaz said: "I think it is very important people understand that sugar is not good for their health."
Assistant mayor Vi Dempster said there was "always more that can be done" to reduce sugar in school meals.
Mr Vaz, a Labour MP and chairman of the Home Affairs committee, said: "We have sugar available quite freely in drinks and food in our schools and with the obesity rates that we have got it is very important that we act immediately.
"In the average vending machine, you will see hundreds of teaspoons of sugar masquerading as cans of drinks and sweets."
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Mr Vaz, who has diabetes, said it made "economic sense" to ban sugar as it would "save a lot of money" treating people with obesity and type two diabetes.
Ms Dempster added: "I agree with Keith. It is an incredibly important issue, not just in terms of obesity and diabetes but also children's behaviour in the classroom and dental decay.
"I think it is reasonable to ban fizzy drinks and sweets but there is a lot of work already being done in schools and there is a lot more that can be done."
In 2010, a Surrey school banned students from drinking high-caffeine energy drinks.
Mr Vaz asked David Cameron during Prime Minister's questions earlier in January to join him in the "war on sugar" by giving up sugar and sugary drinks for one day.
Mr Cameron said he would accept the challenge, adding: "If I possibly can".
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And charities say this leaves "great concern" for their future health - some patients show early markers of eye, heart and kidney disease.
Data from England and Wales suggests more than 1,000 new cases were recorded in people under-25 last year.
But overall blood sugar control in this group has improved, the study shows.
Type 1 diabetes often appears in childhood. It is caused by the immune system destroying cells in the pancreas, leaving patients unable to control their blood sugar.
This is different to the far more common type 2 diabetes, which is largely due to an unhealthy lifestyle.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) looked at figures from young people's diabetes units across England and Wales in 2013-14.
Its analysis shows that 26,867 children and young people with diabetes were recorded last year, compared with 25,221 in 2012/13.
But just 16% underwent all seven annual health checks that are recommended to monitor their blood sugar control and any complications.
Persistently high blood sugar levels can lead to serious problems, including heart disease and kidney disorders.
The figures suggest:
Barbara Young, Diabetes UK chief executive, said there was evidence that children were experiencing problems with their eyesight or kidneys before they reached their 18th birthday.
She said: "This is tragic and we have great concerns for their future health if they are already showing signs of complications at such a young age.
"There is an urgent need for the NHS to make the pace of improvement quicker."
Dr Justin Warner, of the RCPCH, said: "This is the first time we have been able to collect and analyse the data on early warning signs and levels are higher than we would expect.
"There is some good news though - we can see from the audit that blood sugar control is getting better across England and Wales.
"We hope this will have a knock-on effect, reducing these early warning signs too."
The study also looked at type 2 diabetes, which accounts for 5% of all cases of diabetes in children and young people.
Many young people with this form of diabetes live in deprived areas of England and Wales.
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A vigil has been held in Belfast city centre to pay tribute to the MP Jo Cox who was killed on Thursday.
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A: The event outside Belfast City Hall was organised by members of the Labour Party in Northern Ireland to express their "shock, outrage and sadness".
The SDLP MP for South Belfast Alasdair McDonnell was among those who signed a book of condolence.
Thomas Mair, 52, has appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with the murder of Mrs Cox.
A memorial fund set up in her name has topped £600,000.
The funds raised in the memorial fund will support three causes her husband, Brendan Cox, said were close to her heart, including the The Royal Voluntary Service, HOPE not hate and The White Helmets.
Parliament will be recalled on Monday to allow MPs to pay further tributes to Mrs Cox.
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The Champions League semi-finals start on Tuesday night.
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Real Madrid are taking on Atlético Madrid, before Monaco face Juventus on Wednesday.
There's one player everyone's talking about ahead of the Madrid showdown - the mighty Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ricky has been finding out why.
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A giant rabbit called Atlas is searching for a new home after he grew too big for his owner to look after.
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A: The seven month old continental giant rabbit is being looked after at a rescue centre in Scotland.
He's already the size of a small dog but because he's still young he could grow even bigger.
Scottish SPCA centre manager Anna O'Donnell said "He is a very friendly rabbit who loves attention and getting cuddles."
Source: Pets4Homes
"Atlas is also an inquisitive boy who makes everyone laugh with his mischievous character."
The charity says the new owner will have to have experience of looking after this type of rabbit and lots of space so he can run around.
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People who wake at night with an urge to go to the loo may need to cut back on salt in their diets, doctors from Japan are suggesting.
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A: | The problem - called nocturia - which mainly affects the over-60s, leads to disrupted sleep and can significantly affect people's lives.
In a study of more than 300 volunteers, researchers found that reduced salt intake led people to urinate less.
Advice to follow a sensible diet could help improve symptoms, UK doctors said.
The researchers, from Nagasaki University, presented their findings at the European Society of Urology congress in London.
They followed patients who had a high salt intake and sleeping problems for three months, after giving them advice to cut back on salt in their diet.
On average, trips to the loo fell from more than twice a night to just one.
This happened at night as well as during the day, and their quality of life also improved.
Conversely, 98 people in the study ended up eating more salt than normal and found they went to the loo more often at night-time.
Study author Dr Matsuo Tomohiro said larger studies were needed to confirm the link but the results could offer help for older people.
"This work holds out the possibility that a simply dietary modification might significantly improve the quality of life for many people," he said.
Prof Marcus Drake, a nocturia expert from the University of Bristol, said the amount of salt people ate was not generally considered to be a cause of nocturia.
Usually, doctors tended to focus on the volume of water patients drank before bedtime and on bladder and prostate problems (in men), he said.
"Here we have a useful study showing how we need to consider all influences to get the best chance of improving the symptom."
The need to wake up at night to empty the bladder affects more than half of men and women over the age of 50.
It is particularly common in elderly people, many of whom get up at least twice a night.
When you start to need to make two or more trips to the bathroom at night, sleep is being disturbed - which can lead to stress, tiredness and irritability.
Hormonal changes do happen as we age, making us produce more urine at night.
Men's prostate glands also often start growing with age.
An enlarged prostate can press on the tube that urine passes through before leaving the body, increasing the need to pass urine.
But this isn't the whole story.
Nocturia can be a sign of an underlying health problem, such as diabetes, heart problems or sleep-related conditions, such as sleep apnoea.
Adults in the UK are recommended to eat no more than 6g of salt a day, equal to 2.4g of sodium.
Children should eat less - only 2g of salt for ages one to three, rising to 5g for seven to 10-year-olds.
After age 11, children can have up to 6g.
Bread and breakfast cereals can contain more salt than you think.
Bacon, ham, cheese, crisps and pasta sauces are also high in salt.
When buying food, look at the figure for salt per 100g on the packaging.
High salt content is more than 1.5g salt (0.6g sodium) per 100g. These foods may be colour-coded red. | huggingface_xsum |
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And being active without managing 150 minutes of moderate activity a week was still enough to reduce the risk of an early death by a third.
The findings are based on a survey of about 64,000 adults aged over 40 in England and Scotland.
Health experts said purposeful exercise was key to better health.
Researchers from Loughborough University and the University of Sydney analysed data on the time people spent doing exercise and their health over 18 years.
They found that no matter how often people exercised in a week or for how long, the health benefits were similar as long as they met the activity guidelines.
This was good news for people with a busy lifestyle who turned into "weekend warriors" in order to fit in all their recommended physical activity, they said.
Compared with those who didn't exercise at all, people who did some kind of physical activity - whether regularly or irregularly - showed a lower risk of dying from cancer and from cardiovascular disease (CVD), which can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
"Weekend warriors", who did all their exercise on one or two days of the week, were found to lower their risk of dying from CVD by 41% and cancer by 18%, compared with the inactive.
Those who exercised regularly on three or more days per week reduced their risks by 41% and 21%.
Even the "insufficiently active" lowered their risk by a significant amount - 37% and 14%, the researchers said, writing in an article published online in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Dr Gary O'Donovan, study author and expert in physical activity and health, from Loughborough University, said the key was doing exercise that was "purposeful, and done with the intention of improving health".
"You are not going to fidget or stand your way to health," he said.
He added that a commitment to an active lifestyle was usually accompanied by other healthy lifestyle options, which made a positive difference regardless of body mass index (BMI).
But Dr O'Donovan said no-one yet knew the best way of meeting the weekly recommended exercise total.
The study cannot show a direct link between physical activity and a reduction in health risks in individuals.
But extensive research has shown that exercise and a healthy diet can reduce the risk of a range of diseases - such as cancer, heart disease and type-2 diabetes - as well as helping to control weight, blood pressure and reduce symptoms of depression.
Justin Varney, national lead for adult health and wellbeing at Public Health England (PHE), said: "The maximum health benefits are achieved from 150 minutes of moderate activity per week.
"However, every little counts and just 10 minutes of physical activity will provide health benefits."
PHE's How Are You quiz gives you a health score and links to free local information, apps and tools to improve that score.
Sum: Cramming all your recommended weekly exercise into one or two weekend sessions is enough to produce important health benefits, a study suggests.
The main political parties have spent the past three weeks talking to each other, as well as the UK and Irish governments, in an attempt to break the deadlock that threatens devolution.
But now that Monday's 16:00 deadline to reach a power-sharing agreement has passed, the threat of another snap Northern Ireland Assembly election looms large.
So, where does each party stand in the talks and what are their demands?
Just as it has been a sticking point at political talks tables down through the years, the legacy of Northern Ireland's Troubles is again one of the biggest issues facing the parties.
The DUP believes investigations into Troubles killings have an undue focus on the Army rather than loyalist and republican paramilitaries, even though the police say the figures suggest otherwise.
Party leader Arlene Foster says she wants to see a "proportionate, fair and balanced system" in dealing with murder cases from the conflict.
A spotlight is also on Mrs Foster's position as first minister after Sinn Féin said she could not hold the role, at least until the public inquiry into the controversial Renewable Heat Incentive scheme is over.
But she had warned that if Sinn Féin sticks to that stance, then she will have something to say about who it puts forward as deputy first minister.
Under the stewardship of Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Féin was the big winner in this month's snap assembly election, closing the gap on the DUP from 10 seats to a solitary one.
Mrs O'Neill has made it clear that her party will not enter an executive with Arlene Foster in the first minister's post.
But Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said the DUP leader's position at Stormont will only be discussed once overall agreement has been reached on broader issues that divide the parties.
Among the top priorities for Sinn Féin are a guarantee of legislation to give official status to the Irish language, a bill of rights, and an agreement with the UK government releasing funding for and information to inquests into Troubles deaths.
The government, however, has shown little willingness to budge on the legacy inquest funding, Mrs O'Neill has claimed.
Colum Eastwood's party appears more willing to return to the executive after spending the previous mandate in opposition with the Ulster Unionists.
But Brexit is the primary issue for the SDLP, and Mr Eastwood has said he and his colleagues will only consider joining an executive that has agreed on the "challenges" that the UK's withdrawal from the EU will present to Northern Ireland.
With leader Mike Nesbitt stepping down shortly after the Ulster Unionists' capitulation at the polls, the MP Tom Elliott has taken on the role of the party's chief negotiator in the talks.
Troubles legacy matters are high on the agenda for the party, and it has taken issue with the Irish government.
The Ulster Unionists believe it must do more to fulfil its responsibilities on the matter.
Mr Elliott said during talks that it needs to provide "full disclosure" of sensitive information linked to Troubles murders, to allow progress on long-awaited inquests.
"Unless they are going to bring us more information and bring those victims more information then I feel they are failing in their duties," Mr Elliott said.
An unwillingness by the DUP to reform the assembly's petition of concern was one reason why the Alliance Party did not enter the executive after last year's election, and that remains a major issue.
The petition of concern effectively allows MLAs to veto any proposal or legislative change in the assembly, but 30 members are required to sign it before it become effective.
Brexit is also a sticking point for the Alliance Party - the previous DUP and Sinn Féin executive failed to form a strategy for how Northern Ireland would handle the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
Deputy leader Stephen Farry said there now needs to be an agreed way forward between those parties.
Sum: Tick, tock, tick, tock...
Jones, 29, collapsed during a League One game at London Skolars on Sunday and was later pronounced dead in hospital.
The Rugby Football League said the problem was not revealed when Jones underwent an ECG scan in late 2014.
His wife Lizzie will attend the Cougars' home match on Sunday.
Jones won 12 Wales caps and scored over 1,000 points in 150 games over two spells with the West Yorkshire club.
"Whilst the findings of the post-mortem do provide an explanation for why he died, they allow for little comfort for Danny's family or all those who knew him," said Gary Fawcett, Keighley Cougars chief executive.
Jones was father to five-month-old twins Bobby and Phoebe, and a fund set up for Jones' family has already raised £77,000.
"His tragically premature death is still very painful for everyone, not least because his heart condition could not even be detected by the ECG," Fawcett added.
"All we can do now is mourn his passing, celebrate his life and do everything we can for Lizzie, their children and their wider family."
Sum: | Keighley Cougars and Wales rugby league player Danny Jones died from a cardiac arrest triggered by hereditary heart disease, a post-mortem has revealed. | huggingface_xsum |
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Archaeologists working with communities along Scotland's west coast have documented more than 100 shipwrecks and maritime artefacts.
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A: The remains of lost World War Two flying boats and anchors from the 18th Century were also investigated and recorded.
The finds were made during the newly-completed three-year Project Samphire.
It involved archaeologists from Scotland and Australia and was funded by the Crown Estate.
Communities from Cape Wrath in the far north to the Solway Firth in the south of Scotland were involved.
A team of maritime archaeologists based in Edinburgh, at WA Coastal & Marine, and also Flinders University of South Australia, led the survey work.
Among the project's highlights were the recording of a group of previously unreported WW2 flying boats in the Firth of Lorn in Argyll.
Divers and fishermen also guided the project team to the locations of 18th, 19th and 20th century shipwrecks.
Wreck sites recorded included that of the Hersilia, an armed iron naval yacht lost in Loch Torridon in 1916, and the Yemassee, an American cargo ship that got into difficulty in Skye's Loch Bharcasaig in 1859.
Also recorded in Loch Torridon were the sites of the Sheila, a ferry that sank in 1927, and another vessel sent to recover it. The Mafeking was lost during the attempted salvage operation.
Near Iona, the archaeologists documented the wreck site of Cathcartpark, a steamship loaded with salt that ran aground on 15 April 1912, the same day the Titanic sank.
The probable remains of Wigtown-based schooner Monreith at Kirkcudbright, and ships' cannons at Shieldaig in the Highlands were also examined.
The project also made 3D scans of ancient grave slabs at Keil in Argyll. Among the carvings on the stones are representations of medieval ships known as Highland galleys.
John McCarthy, of WA Coastal & Marine, thanked scallop divers, beach combers, dive clubs and also scientists at the Scottish Association of Marine Science, near Oban, for their help with the research.
He said: "This project reveals the wealth of knowledge of maritime archaeological sites held within local communities.
"The knowledge gained during the project will help to enrich our knowledge of Scotland's maritime heritage and this will help us to manage and protect this resource for future generations."
The Crown Estate's asset manager, Paul Bancks, added: "What has made the Samphire project special is the way it has harnessed local knowledge to inform how and where investigations took place.
"It's been fascinating to see the discoveries the marine archaeologists have uncovered, with many finds reminding us that leisure, trade, and even conflict have all been played out on the waters around Scotland for many hundreds of years."
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Giwa FC have been expelled from Nigeria's top division for failing to honour fixtures.
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A: The club is owned by businessman Chris Giwa, who is involved in a power struggle with the Nigerian Football Federation having declared himself its elected president.
The League Management Company (LMC), which runs the Nigeria Premier League said the club had failed to play three consecutive matches "without acceptable reason".
The club had been forced to play home games at a neutral venue in the southwestern city of Ilorin after recent crowd trouble in Jos against Enugu Rangers that forced the game to be abandoned.
Giwa has since August 2014 insisted he was elected president of the NFF in a disputed vote that saw Fifa threaten to ban the country from international competition. He has taken the NFF to court challenge their legitimacy.
Last week the NFF banned him and several of his supporters for five years for impersonation and taking football matters to a civil court, in breach of Fifa regulations.
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George the Poet says people who joke about autism are "ignorant".
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A: The spoken word poet, who came fifth in the BBC's Sound Of 2015, has a brother who was diagnosed with the condition at the age of seven.
"Sometimes people think they might be being clever," says George who's full name is George Mpanga. "Knowing what I know I can't sit there and pretend it's funny or it's not ignorant."
The 24-year-old believes "people need to change how they think about autism".
He says: "It's not something that should be cured or fixed. It's a point of difference which should be appreciated and understood.
"One way to understand autism is to think about the things you take for granted.
"An awareness of body language, to know when someone is happy or angry. Or realising when someone is being sarcastic or telling a joke."
He explains what life was like growing up for him and his brother Kenny in a BBC Radio 1 documentary being broadcast tonight.
"For many people with autism, it's almost impossible to interpret or understand these kind of things," says George.
"The rest of my brothers and I had to realise that the way we tease each other might not be fair for Kenny."
Kenny, who's now 15, says he struggled at school.
"I think when they heard the word autism they thought disabled instantly," he says.
"I used to hear, 'Oh yeah, you stupid autistic guy. You're not an able student, you're just a worthless autistic guy.'
"When I was younger I wasn't very confident. Hearing all those comments just used to make me burst into tears and just not want to talk to anyone."
The NHS describes autism as a condition that affects social interaction, communication, interests and behaviour.
It is called a spectrum disorder because the symptoms can vary greatly between people.
Source: The National Autistic Society
Kenny says: "I always think about numbers. They fascinate me a lot. Whenever I learn a new square number it's very rewarding."
He has a skill where if given any date in history, he can work out what day of the week it was.
"No-one really knows why there is a link between autism and different types of skills or gifts," says George.
"It already feels like I've given myself a head start in maths," says Kenny. "The sky's the limit."
In the documentary Joely Colmer shares her story of living with autism as well.
"Everything I have to have a routine for," says the 22-year-old from Bournemouth.
When she brushes her teeth she brushes "50 times up, 50 times down. It sounds really silly but I need those routines or nothing in the world makes sense".
She says when her parents told her she had Asperger syndrome, "they gently said there's this little thing you've got. It makes you really clever, it makes you really special and it makes you unique. It makes you a little bit different.
"I just researched it, and I loved it. I read through all the lists of the symptoms and it just screamed at me. And I was like my life finally makes sense."
When Joely went to Glastonbury, her older sister Corinna says it was like she was "going home. Because everyone was weird and wonderful [Joely] didn't feel like the odd one out."
Joely says: "Everyone was wearing really cool, multi-coloured clothes, and everyone was just so happy and relaxed. I remember saying to my mum, 'I love it. Everyone is so wacky and different. I feel normal.'
"I'm really positive about my disability. I love my disability.
"Like I look at something as if its like having a pair of binoculars. I can zoom in on the detail and remember everything I see. I think that's quite a rare gift."
George the Poet's Stories From the Spectrum will be broadcast on Tuesday night at 21:00 GMT on Radio 1.
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More than 250 new jobs are being created in south Wales, the first in a series of announcements this week.
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A: | The jobs at four firms include 100 at BT's call centre in Swansea and 50 posts at a healthcare firm in Crumlin.
They come just days after Wales failed to secure a large defence investment from Boeing UK for a centre of excellence and up to 1,500 jobs.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said it was "disappointing" Cardiff Airport missed out on Boeing's hub.
The 256 new jobs involve:
It is the first in a series of job announcements being made this week by Mr Skates.
He said it was an indication of the "hard work going on behind the scenes" by the Welsh Government.
Mr Skates said: "It's particularly important to recognise that every part of Wales needs to benefit from economic growth so I'm keen to announce through this themed week, job creation packages in every area of the country."
BBI Group began in 1986 as a Cardiff University spin-out company and now has a £60m turnover.
It produces enzymes and assays for use in diagnostics for a wide range of diseases.
SPC operations director Paul Hallas said its new facility was "the latest phase of our expansion plans for the growing business".
What they produce is sold across the world to firms which make diagnostic kits for anything from hospital blood tests, to home kits for people with diabetes.
It is a growing sector and one company they supply make 6bn diagnostics strips a year.
The company took over a site in Blaenavon which has been operating since 1974 and some of the staff have been there for more than 30 years.
They are skilled jobs, many have science degrees and all are paid above average for Wales.
The news comes as it emerged Wales had failed to secure a large investment from Boeing UK.
Instead, the US aerospace giant confirmed to BBC Wales that the jobs and investment are going to Wiltshire and that a site at Cardiff Airport came second.
Aerospace is an industry which the Welsh Government has called a priority sector.
There are already 160 aerospace companies in Wales employing 23,000 people, many of whom will earn wages above average.
"We got down to the final two," said Mr Skates.
"We're in a strong position should opportunities emerge from Boeing. However, the fact we reached that point demonstrates we're ahead of most of the competition in most of the sectors."
He said the Ministry of Defence presence in that area was an attraction to Boeing, and Wales had beaten off a huge number of investment areas across Britain to get close to winning the deal.
Many more people are working in Wales than recent years and Welsh unemployment levels have been below the UK average for many months.
The ONS figures published in January show there were 24,000 more people working in Wales than a year earlier but 18,000 fewer than the previous three months.
Clearly it is good news for the extra individuals who are now in work and good for the wider economy that unemployment in Wales is now below the UK rate.
The weakness in the Welsh economy is low productivity and low wages.
The most recent official Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings figures from ONS for April 2016 show middle income workers (median earnings) in Wales earn £492.40 a week compared with £538.70 for the UK as a whole.
That is the second lowest average earnings of all the 12 nations and regions of the UK.
Mr Skates said it was about focusing on priority jobs and sectors such as financial and professional services - which were bringing "incredible results" - and advanced manufacturing.
He told BBC Wales he also wants people, once in work, to develop their skill levels to "rise up the escalator of economic activity" to become more prosperous. | huggingface_xsum |
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The analysis of data from more than a million people is part of a study of physical activity published in the Lancet to coincide with the Olympics.
Watching TV was found to be worse than sitting at a desk, probably because of associated habits like snacking.
Current NHS guidelines recommend 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week.
Being inactive is known to increase the risk of conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and some cancers.
It has been linked to 5.3 million deaths globally a year - compared with 5.1 million linked to smoking.
A cheat's guide to staying active
The Lancet research says the global cost, for healthcare and lost productivity, is estimated at $67.5bn per year.
To look at the the impact of activity and inactivity, researchers went back to the authors of 13 existing papers and asked all of them to reanalyse their data.
People were classed depending on how active they were - from the least active who did less than five minutes a day, up to 60-75 minutes a day for the most active.
Researchers then looked at how many people died during the follow-up period - between two and 14 years.
Those who sat for eight hours a day, but were physically active, had a much lower risk of premature death compared with people who sat for fewer hours a day, but were not active.
Sitting for a long time as well as being inactive carried the greatest risk.
Prof Ulf Ekelund, of the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences and the University of Cambridge, led the study.
He said: "For many people who commute to work and have office-based jobs, there is no way to escape sitting for prolonged periods of time.
"For these people in particular, we cannot stress enough the importance of getting exercise, whether it's getting out for a walk at lunchtime, going for a run in the morning or cycling to work.
"An hour of physical activity per day is the ideal, but if this is unmanageable, then at least doing some exercise each day can help reduce the risk."
But he admitted: "One hour's moderate activity is substantially higher than current recommendations."
Watching TV for more than three hours was associated with an increased risk of premature death for all but the most active.
The researchers suggest this is likely to be because people might snack while they watch, or because they are more likely to watch TV after eating their evening meal which might affect their metabolism.
It could, they say, also be a sign of a more unhealthy lifestyle in general.
Dr Pedro Hallal of Brazil's Federal University of Pelotas looked at the effect of the Olympics on the general public's activity levels.
He said that, despite a blip around the Games where people temporarily take up a sport, there is no long-term legacy.
"There's been no health legacy of the Olympics reported ever, but it's the perfect time to talk about human movement."
The scientists said governments should ensure their policies encouraged physical activity - citing the example of a bus scheme where stops are placed further apart to encourage walking - and employers should make it easier for staff to be active during their working day - such as flexible lunch breaks and the provision of showering facilities.
Lisa Young, a physical activity specialist at the British Heart Foundation said: "Although we recognise the link between sedentary behaviour and poor health, we do advocate further research in this area to establish categorical statistics in relation to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality."
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Dr Mike Loosemore, from the English Institute of Sport, said: "An hour of brisk walking is hard work this is essentially moderate exercise, I suspect not many people would be able to manage that amount of moderate activity a day.
"So if you change the guidelines then it puts them even further out of reach of the people who would benefit most from increasing their physical activity, which are those that do very little.
"For the vast majority of people while the best way to stay healthy would be to do an hour of moderate activity a day, realistically the best place to start is reducing your sedentary behaviour at work by sitting less and try to increase whatever physical activity you are doing." | An hour's "brisk exercise" each day offsets the risks of early death linked to a desk-bound working life, scientists suggest. | huggingface_xsum |
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Problem: The study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine followed 3,500 healthy people at or around retirement age.
Those who took up exercise were three times more likely to remain healthy over the next eight years than their sedentary peers.
Exercise cut the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and depression.
People who took up exercise in their 60s were also less likely to struggle with day-to-day activities such as washing and dressing.
After eight years of follow-up, a fifth of the participants were defined as healthy - not suffering from any major chronic mental or physical illness.
This group was largely made up of people who always exercised and relative newcomers to exercise. Few were people who did no exercise at all.
Doing regular exercise throughout your life is ideal, say the researchers, but there are health benefits to be had even if you are a late starter.
Lead investigator Dr Mark Hamer, from University College London, said: "The take-home message really is to keep moving when you are elderly.
"It's [a] cliche, but it's a case of use it or lose it. You do lose the benefits if you don't remain active."
In the study, those who had regularly indulged in moderate or vigorous physical activity at least once a week were three to four times more likely to be healthy agers than those who had remained inactive, even after taking into account factors such as smoking.
Dr Hamer says physical activity does not necessarily mean going to the gym or going for a run - gardening or walking to the shops also counts.
The Department of Health recommends all adults, including those over 65, do 150 minutes of physical activity a week.
Doireann Maddock, of the British Heart Foundation, said: "It's well worth getting into the habit of keeping active, as we know it can help reduce the risk of heart disease along with many other conditions.
"Every 10 minutes counts, so even hopping off the bus a couple of stops early or taking a brisk walk on your lunch break will help."
What was that article about?
A: Taking up exercise in your 60s will still help stave off major ill health and dementia, research suggests.
Problem: Fabbrini, 25, has been on loan at Championship leaders Middlesbrough, for whom he scored six times in 24 matches.
The Italian spent two months with Birmingham last season, playing five Championship games, since when Blues boss Gary Rowett has been keen to arrange a more permanent deal.
He is now contracted to the club until the summer of 2019.
Fabbrini, who has one cap for Italy, began his career in his home country with Empoli and Udinese before coming to England to join Watford in 2013.
He is Rowett's third new signing of the January window following Sunderland winger Will Buckley, on an initial month's loan, and teenage midfielder Luke Maxwell, 18, from Kidderminster Harriers for £75,000.
In addition, Blues have extended striker James Vaughan's loan from fellow Championship side Huddersfield Town until the end of the season.
"I think Fabbrini is the last permanent signing we'll see in this window, which is why we've done it," said Rowett. "Now it's a case of trying to find a loan option. We've still got room for one full-back/centre-back/ defender who can play in a couple of position."
Blues remain up for sale, but had their bank balance boosted earlier this month by the sale of Demarai Gray, who joined Premier League side Leicester City for £3.75m.
After a run of 13 points out of a possible 15 since Boxing Day, Rowett's men are seventh in the table, below the play-off zone on goal difference.
Birmingham City have cancelled the contract of Shane Lowry, by mutual consent, to allow the 26-year-old former Aston Villa defender to sign for Perth Glory in his native Australia.
The Australia international, who also played for Plymouth Argyle, Leeds United, Sheffield United, Millwall and Leyton Orient, initially arrived in September on a deal until the end of the season following a successful pre-season trial at St Andrew's.
He made just one start, in the 1-0 Championship win at home to Cardiff City, just before Christmas, also appearing as a half-time substitute in the 2-1 FA Cup third round home defeat by Bournemouth.
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What was that article about?
A: Birmingham City have signed midfielder Diego Fabbrini from Watford for £1.5m on a three-and-a-half-year contract.
Problem: Prof Brian Bellhouse was reportedly walking in a field in Guestling, East Sussex, on Monday.
Sussex Police said paramedics and police performed CPR on an 80-year-old man after being called at 11:02 BST, but he was pronounced dead at 11:46.
A spokesman said the death was not being treated as suspicious and had been passed to the coroner's office.
Prof Bellhouse, who lived in Winchelsea, was an Emeritus Fellow at Magdalen College.
In a statement, the University of Oxford said it was sad to announce the death of Prof Bellhouse, who arrived in 1957 to read for a degree in mathematics.
It said: "He obtained his DPhil in Engineering Science in 1964 and was then made a Fellow by Examination. He was elected an Official Fellow in Engineering Science in 1966.
"On his retirement in 2004 he was elected an Emeritus Fellow."
The statement added that he "co-founded the company PowderJect in 1993, which became one of the first companies to be spun out successfully from the University of Oxford and was based at our Oxford Science Park.
"Brian was a major donor to the college and endowed the Oxford-Bellhouse Graduate Scholarship at Magdalen in biomedical engineering."
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A: | A former don at Oxford University is understood to have been trampled to death by a herd of cows. | huggingface_xsum |
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Article:Authorities in the tourist town of Eilat said Julie Pearson died after collapsing in a guest house.
But her family believe she was beaten to death by a former boyfriend.
The hotel worker, from Kinross, collapsed and died on 27 November last year after visiting the Dolphin guest house in Eilat.
She had moved to the town in September 2014 as she had family connections there.
The police report claimed that Miss Pearson's death was from natural causes.
However, it also acknowledged that she appeared to have been beaten by her ex-boyfriend the day before she died.
Her family in Scotland have been demanding answers as they believe the authorities did not carry out a thorough investigation at the time.
It has taken the family eight months to obtain a post-mortem report.
It was released to them last week in Hebrew, and it does not rule out the possibility that the beating Miss Pearson received played a role in her death.
Although the family has not had an official translation of the report, their Israeli lawyer has read it. He told them the findings suggest there could be doubts over the cause of Miss Pearson's death.
Her aunt, Deborah Pearson, who lives in Blackburn in West Lothian, said she wanted the case re-examined and Miss Pearson's former partner investigated.
Mrs Pearson said: "I've spoken to the doctor at the Forensic Institute in Israel and he told me there is a possibility that the beatings contributed to her death so when it is fully translated [the report] then I do want it to go back to court and I want this man punished for what he has done.
"I believe that he is responsible and I want justice for Julie and I won't stop until I get justice for Julie."
Hannah Bardell, MP for Livingston, said: "It always makes me sad when we have cases such as these when someone has been killed or died in unknown circumstances and we have to get so heavily involved.
"It should be the case that the systems and processes are in place to support a family but unfortunately it doesn't appear in this case that they have been so we have to keep fighting to get justice for Julie."
Summarize the main points of that article.
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The family of a woman who died in Israel have said a post-mortem report into her death casts doubt over claims she died of natural causes.
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Article:"Of course I was scared," Pol Van Hessche says as he recounts coming face to face with members of Isis, the radical jihadist group, in Syria.
The 50-year-old care home manager from Menen, Belgium, went there last week to find his son.
"There were five to six guards," he says. "All armed with rifles and wearing masks. They brought the two boys out to see us."
The two boys Pol speaks about are his 18-year-old son Lucas and his best friend, 19-year-old Abdelmalek Boutalliss.
The pair went missing on 11 June. It later emerged that they had travelled to Syria and joined up with Isis near to their stronghold of Raqqa.
"The boys are staying in the desert, in an international house, with other Europeans, Indonesian and Chinese as well," Mr Van Hessche says. "They are learning Sharia [Islamic law]."
"What did you say to your son?" I ask.
"It was not easy to speak," Mr Van Hessche replies. "Guardians [Isis] were looking at us. It was dangerous. My son looked scared as well."
Mr Van Hessche and the father of Abdelmalek, Idriss Boutalliss, made the dangerous three-day journey to see their sons, across the desert of northern Syria last week. Their two sons refused to leave.
The trip was set up by another Belgian father, Dimitri Bontinck, a former soldier who managed to rescue his own son, Jejoen Bontinck, from Syria last year.
"They heard about me, about my story in the past, that I had succeeded with my son," Mr Bontinck says. "So they contacted me and asked for my help. I said yes."
From his previous trips to Syria, Mr Bontinck has built up a network of contacts. He is reluctant to reveal too many details, but he organised meetings with people high up in different Syrian groups and got permission for the fathers to see their sons.
"Everybody said don't go there, they're going to kill you, it is very dangerous," Mr Bontinck says, "but the Amir from Isis gave them permission to see the children. They were protected."
Missing persons leaflets of Lucas Van Hessche and Abdelmalek Boutalliss have been handed out to people in the Syrian-Turkish border town of Kilis.
Lucas is a metal worker and kick-boxer. Originally from Haiti, he was adopted when he was four and brought up a Christian. He converted to Islam three years ago.
Abdelmalek Boutalliss is from Kortrijk and was brought up as a Muslim. He has diabetes. His father brought him his medication and has remained in Syria to try and convince them to leave.
Mr Van Hessche says the teenagers must have had help to go to Syria and does not know why they went. He fears they will next be taken to a weapons training camp: "After a few months I think it is to do jihad, but jihad is not only fighting, it is also helping people. I asked Lucas, why not help people in Haiti?"
The two teenagers are among an estimated 2,000 Europeans who have travelled to Syria since the conflict began.
Mr Van Hessche says the two friends are worried about returning to Belgium because they might be arrested.
"The Belgian government must see Lucas as a victim, not a criminal - he has done nothing wrong," he says. "If Lucas stays I will respect it. But I think he doesn't remember all the old things, his friends, his family, because he is in another situation."
Before leaving his son in Syria last week, Mr Van Hessche passed him a note with a message his 15-year-old brother Christopher had written on Facebook.
"Crying every day, sleeping only two hours, walking into your room without your presence, living without your smile," the note said. "Come back, brother, you'd make my life complete again. Do it for us, come back. Life is nothing without you."
At the time of writing there had been no further contact with Lucas, Abdelmalek or his father Idriss in Syria. Pol Van Hessche and Dimitri Bontinck continue to make trips across the border to try and find out information.
Summarize the main points of that article.
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The BBC's Duncan Crawford on the border of Turkey and Syria has met a Belgian father who made a dangerous three-day journey to northern Syria in a bid to persuade his son to leave the ranks of Isis militants.
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Article:24 August 2016 Last updated at 12:22 BST
Ecstasy is getting stronger and experts are worried the negative effects the drug has on people are getting worse.
Professor Philip Murphy, who's been researching the drug for nearly 20 years, says the he's worried about the supply currently on the market.
Users have told Newsbeat's Jim Connolly about the effects taking the drug has taken on them.
Summarize the main points of that article.
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| There's a warning that increasingly strong ecstasy and MDMA is causing the biggest risk to users' mental health in decades. | huggingface_xsum |
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This is reflected by the fact that the opening weeks of this government have been dominated by initiatives to get the health service back on an even keel by driving down costs by targeting areas such as spending on agency staff.
But dig a little deeper and there is a fascinating parallel debate going on about just how ambitious and radical the health service should be.
It centres on this: to what extent should the NHS think outside the box as a way of preventing ill-health?
There was a sense of this during last week's annual conference of the NHS Confederation, the body which represents health service managers.
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens spoke about the need to focus on health as well as ill-health. He cited the example of child obesity to make his point, saying if this was not tackled it would lead to a tide of new cases of cancer, heart disease and diabetes. He urged the NHS to "rattle the cage and try something different".
But he could have chosen a range of other issues from smoking to drinking. The theme cropped up again in a separate debate on the devolution of public spending in Greater Manchester. Philip Blond, director of ResPublica, a think tank which has been looking into the case for change in the region, spoke about his desire to see the health service intervening early to prevent people developing health problems in the first place.
He floated the idea of GPs being able to refer patients for home insulation as a way of keeping their homes warm.
It may sound fanciful, but consider this: research shows cold, damp and dangerous homes cost the NHS £2.5bn a year. Not only do they increase the risk of respiratory problems, but hazards in the home are the most common reasons for falls among the elderly.
Some areas have already looked at these things. In Liverpool the council and the NHS have been working together on a Healthy Homes Programme since 2009.
Last year in Sunderland, doctors began offering help with insulation, double-glazing and boilers and started seeing some falls in demand.
There is also growing interest in social prescribing, whereby GPs refer patients on to knitting clubs and fishing groups, as a way of tackling problems such as depression.
Offering befriending services is another novel idea that is growing in popularity as a way of tackling social isolation among the elderly, which is increasingly been recognised as a risk factor for ill-health and death.
In health circles, it all comes under the umbrella of what is called "upstream" intervention. That is to say supporting people before their conditions worsen and they end up in hospital or a care home, which are the two most expensive ends of the health and care sectors.
This agenda requires the NHS to work with local partners, particularly councils. The big unknown though - as the pressure on the service intensifies in the coming years - is whether there will be the breathing space for it to do so.
Sum: With mounting deficits, an ageing population and £22bn of "efficiency savings" to find in the next five years, the NHS is facing a monumental task.
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The 25-year-old, who returned in February after 10 months out, limped off during his team's 2-2 draw at City.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger said he was "worried" about the injury, adding that Welbeck would have a scan on Monday.
England coach Roy Hodgson will name his 23-man squad for this summer's tournament in France on 12 May.
Welbeck sustained a left knee injury in April 2015. He eventually had surgery on it in September.
"The first signs look like lateral meniscus," said Wenger after Sunday's match, which saw the Gunners twice come back from a goal down to claim a draw that strengthens their hopes of securing a top-four spot at City's expense.
"He looks down, and he's not a guy who likes to go off. I'm a bit worried. I don't want to say about the Euros - let's be a bit more optimistic."
England will already be without one Arsenal player this summer after midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain suffering his second knee injury of the season this week.
However, another England international, Jack Wilshere, made his second appearance of the campaign at the Etihad, coming on in place of Welbeck to continue his comeback after undergoing surgery on his fibula in September.
"I feel good. That was just what I needed, a game of that intensity with the pressure," said the 24-year-old.
"I don't want the season to end - I'm just getting started, I feel fresh, hopefully I can get more minutes next week and then we'll see what happens."
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Sum: Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck is a doubt for England's Euro 2016 squad after injuring his right knee playing against Manchester City on Sunday.
During their three-day trip they will also visit the set of the TV series Game of Thrones in the Titanic Quarter.
The visit gets under way on Monday 23 June and will finish on Wednesday 25 June.
The royal couple will also attend a Royal British Legion reception in Coleraine, County Londonderry.
City Hall will play host to the Queen and Price Philip where they will be guests at a lunch celebrating the 'Best of Belfast' hosted by Lord Mayor Nichola Mallon. Guests will include representatives of communities and groups across the city.
The royal couple will stay at Hillsborough Castle during their visit and will meet with Secretary of State Theresa Villiers and First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness at the castle in their first engagement.
It will be their 21st visit to Northern Ireland.
Their last was in June 2012, as part of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
During that visit, the Queen and Mr McGuinness, a former IRA leader, shook hands for the first time.
In April, Mr McGuinness toasted the Queen during a banquet at Windsor Castle as part of the state visit of Irish president Michael D Higgins.
Sum: The Queen and Prince Philip will take a tour of Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast during a visit to Northern Ireland next week.
Kayden Culp is in an induced coma with serious burns after the attack on Sunday afternoon in Kerrville, 70 miles northwest of San Antonio.
Kerrville's Fire Marshal said the accused, who has not been named, is "responsible for causing the victim's severe burns".
Kayden's mother said burns cover 20% of his body, from his ears to his belly.
His condition deteriorated on Wednesday, according to his family. His organs were failing and he remained on life support.
Kayden was playing in a field with two other children when he was doused with petrol and set alight, family members told local media.
His mother, Tristyn Hatchett, told the San Antonio Express-News: "The other boys who were there have been telling kids at school that it was not an accident, that it was intentional."
Kayden has a speech impediment and exhibits autistic behaviour, but has not been diagnosed, say family members.
His aunt, Alike Richardson, told the Express-News: "They make fun of him. He gets beat up in Carver Park every time he's goes up there.
"That's just the way it is. The kids are really mean."
Sum: | A juvenile has been charged with first-degree arson on a 10-year-old Texas boy with special needs. | huggingface_xsum |
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Current drugs help manage the symptoms, but do not prevent brain cells dying.
The trial on 62 patients, published in the Lancet, hints the medicine halted the progression of the disease.
The University College London (UCL) team is "excited", but it urges caution as any long-term benefit is uncertain and the drug needs more testing.
"There's absolutely no doubt the most important unmet need in Parkinson's is a drug to slow down disease progression, it's unarguable," Prof Tom Foltynie, one of the researchers, told the BBC.
In Parkinson's, the brain is progressively damaged and the cells that produce the hormone dopamine are lost.
It leads to a tremor, difficulty moving and eventually memory problems.
Therapies help manage symptoms by boosting dopamine levels, but the death of the brain continues and the disease gets worse.
No drug stops that happening.
In the trial, half of patients were given the diabetes drug exenatide and the rest were given a placebo (dummy treatment). All the patients stayed on their usual medication.
As expected, those on just their usual medication declined over 48 weeks of treatment. But those given exenatide were stable.
And three months after the experimental treatment stopped, those who had been taking exenatide were still better off.
Prof Foltynie told the BBC News website: "This is the first clinical trial in actual patients with Parkinson's where there has been anything like this size of effect.
"It gives us confidence exenatide is not just masking symptoms, it's doing something to the underlying disease.
"We have to be excited and encouraged, but also cautious as we need to replicate these findings."
They also need to trial the drug for much longer periods of time.
An effective drug would need to hold back the disease for years in order to make a significant difference to patients.
Parkinson's progresses slowly and the difference in this 60-week trial was definitely there, but was "trivial" in terms of the impact on day-to-day life, say the researchers.
The drug helps control blood sugar levels in diabetes by acting on a hormone sensor called GLP-1.
Those sensors are found in brain cells too. It is thought the drug makes those cells work more efficiently or helps them to survive.
It is why the drug is being tested in other neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's.
David Dexter, the deputy director of research at Parkinson's UK, said: "The findings offer hope that drugs like exenatide can slow the course of Parkinson's -  something no current treatment can do.
"Because Parkinson's can progress quite gradually, this study was probably too small and short to tell us whether exenatide can halt the progression of the condition, but it's certainly encouraging and warrants further investigation."
Dr Brian Fiske, from the The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, said: "The results from the exenatide studies justify continued testing, but clinicians and patients are urged not to add exenatide to their regimens until more is known about their safety and impact on Parkinson's."
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Problem: Instead she is mourning the loss of her partner of 45 years, the father of her two sons.
Stefanos Vavalidis died in London in January 2016, aged 69.
He had fallen ill while on holiday abroad in May 2015, and spent the last eight months of his life in hospital.
His widow is suing Dr Peter Wheeler, a private GP who was the family's trusted doctor for more than 30 years, alleging he was poisoned through negligence.
Mrs Vavalidis's lawyer from Leigh Day solicitors said it was one of the worst cases he had known in more than 30 years.
Dr Wheeler was the doctor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was the man who identified her body after she died in a car crash 20 years ago.
In his defence to Mrs Vavalidis's civil claim, due to be heard at the High Court next year, Dr Wheeler has admitted he was in breach of his duty by failing to properly monitor his patient by arranging the full blood tests, recommended in the standard medicines reference book for all doctors.
BBC News has established that Dr Wheeler is under investigation by the General Medical Council (GMC), which regulates the UK's doctors.
And the Metropolitan Police has confirmed it is looking into a complaint received about the case.
Dr Wheeler continues to practise medicine at Sloane Street Surgery in west London without any conditions.
An inquest last November found Mr Vavalidis died from liver failure and this was "most probably associated with toxicity" from methotrexate, a drug prescribed for his psoriasis.
Mrs Vavalidis, 66, told me: "My husband took methotrexate once a week without fail. But he suffered an almost insidious build-up of health problems like colds and poor sleep.
"That was the nature of being poisoned - drip by drip by drip - over this very long period.
"It's heartbreaking enough to lose your partner of 45 years - but a complete shock and horror when we found it had been totally avoidable.
"We would caution people to think carefully about their choices of medical care and who is giving it to them."
The family had to have Mr Vavalidis flown back by air ambulance from Greece to University College London Hospital in July 2015. They have praised his NHS care.
Mrs Vavalidis added: "He was a very intelligent person and had been a great reader.
"But by that time it was clear his brain function had slowed considerably."
She and her elder son Alex accused Dr Wheeler of "arrogance, prolonged carelessness and negligence".
Alex, 32, said: "The duty of a doctor is to protect patients from harm. That's not what we got.
"It begs the question of whether the regulators are doing their job. This was not just a one-off - it happened over a considerable period of time.
"That last period of his life was horrifying. We'd like to prevent this happening to other people."
The Medical Defence Union, which is representing Dr Wheeler, said he was unable to comment "due to his duty of patient confidentiality and the ongoing legal proceedings".
Mr Vavalidis was first prescribed the drug by another doctor in 1999 and in 2003 Dr Wheeler took over prescribing it from him.
Dr Wheeler states that Mr Vavalidis, who was obese and diabetic, would still have died of liver failure.
But Dr Wheeler admits that if the full tests had been carried out, his patient could have lived up to two years longer.
The papers also acknowledge that Dr Wheeler and the surgery did not have any system for flagging up the need for these regular tests.
His defence states that Mr Vavalidis, who was a successful banker, had wanted to reduce the number of clinicians involved in his care "given the nature of his professional lifestyle".
Dr Wheeler's defence states that when he took over prescribing the methotrexate, he was aware that Mr Vavalidis was established as stable on a dosage which was effective in controlling his psoriasis without side-effects.
Leigh Day's head of clinical negligence, Russell Levy, told BBC News: "I've been specialising in healthcare since 1985, and I'm clear that this is the worst case of repeated, persistent, negligent care that I've ever come across.
"This case also demonstrates the GMC should proceed much more quickly.
"It's quite wrong that 18 months after the death, the family still don't know whether any fitness to practise proceedings will be brought against Dr Wheeler."
Sloane Street Surgery was deemed to meet all five essential standards when it was last inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) four years ago.
The CQC said: "To date, we have not received direct notifications from the GMC, the practice, its patients, or others that give cause for concern about the safety and quality of care within the surgery as a whole.
"We have contacted the GMC regarding Dr Wheeler.
"Also, we have contacted the practice for assurance of how it monitors patients who are on high risk medication.
"We will ascertain whether the practice should have notified us of the unexpected death of the patient, in line with their duties as a regulated body."
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A: Barbara Vavalidis had been planning a carefree retirement after decades of hard work and a busy family life.
Problem: The index recovered much of the ground it lost on Tuesday when the mainland benchmark index lost 3.5%.
In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng index also ended the day higher, up 2.38% at 21,966.66.
Investors shrugged off news that shares in China's largest brokerage, Citic Securities, had fallen as much as 4%.
The share fall came after it was announced three of the firm's executives, including its president, were under police investigation for suspected insider trading and "leaking" inside information.
Elsewhere, investors continued to remain cautious ahead of a decision by the Federal Reserve on whether or not it will raise US interest rates rates for the first time in nearly a decade.
Bernard Aw, market strategist at trading firm IG, said the market was positioning itself for a rate rise this week.
"[Stock] futures indicated a higher implied probability of a rate move this Thursday," he said in a note.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index ended up 0.8% at 18,171.60.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 index closed 1.6% higher at 5,098.90, also recovering from Tuesday's losses.
South Korean shares were up despite tensions in the region. On Tuesday, North Korea said that its main nuclear complex was operating and that it was working to improve weapons that could be used against the US at any time.
However, the benchmark Kospi index finished 2% higher at 1,975.45.
What was that article about?
A: Mainland Chinese shares led gains across Asia on Wednesday, with the Shanghai Composite closing up 4.89% at 3,152.26.
Problem: Officers forced entry into a flat in Adelphi Place, Portobello, on Sunday where they found the body of 88-year-old Douglas Iggulden.
His wife Elizabeth, 89, was found collapsed and remains in hospital.
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner will look at the initial response by Police Scotland to a report of concern about the couple's welfare.
BBC Scotland understands the investigation concerns the timing of the police response.
The commissioner is also reviewing a separate incident where a possible sighting of an elderly woman who had gone missing from her home in Glasgow, was not passed onto the police inquiry team.
Janet McKay's body was later discovered in Clydebank, more than a week after her disappearance.
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A: | An inquiry has been ordered into how police responded to a pensioner's death in Edinburgh. | huggingface_xsum |
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Text: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) found staff at Deneside Court in Jarrow were not adequately skilled and medicines were not administered properly.
The commission said its management of "challenging" patient behaviour "was not safe".
The home has been approached for comment.
The 40-bed facility, which cares for adults with learning, physical and neurological disabilities, had "not sufficiently improved to protect people", the CQC said.
Head of adult social care in the region, Ros Sanderson, said staff were not always properly trained to meet the specific needs of residents with diabetes and learning and mental health difficulties.
Some staff reported not feeling safe and inspectors found staff and residents "were not protected from potential harm".
"Some of the care staff told us they were frightened by the behaviour of some of the people who used the service and this led to them not attempting to de-escalate behaviour and thus leaving situations to deteriorate to the point the police needed to be called," the report said.
The home relied on temporary agency staff but failed to check they had the required skills, it said.
Risk assessments were not made and reviewed correctly and necessary improvements not always acted upon.
"This is not good enough," Ms Sanderson said.
Inspectors were "so concerned with the medicines management" at the home they returned to look specifically into the pharmacy.
They found some emergency medicines not available and others being given past their use by date.
The CQC decision can be challenged.
summary: A care home is in special measures after being rated inadequate following concerns reported by police and care professionals.
Text: Dominic Elliott, 23, died after drinking household drain cleaner at the artist's home in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, in March.
A two-day inquest in Hull heard he drank the liquid after "partying" with his partner John Fitzherbert, 48.
Humberside Police confirmed it was investigating possible drugs offences.
After the verdict, a police spokesman said a 48-year-old man and a 23-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of drugs offences and remained on bail as inquiries continued.
He said no one had been charged.
Mr Fitzherbert was Mr Hockney's partner for 20 years and still lives at the artist's home and runs his domestic affairs.
The court was told Mr Elliott drank the acid, which caused serious damage to his mouth and throat before perforating his stomach, after taking cocaine and ecstasy. He had also consumed alcohol and cannabis before drinking the liquid, the inquest heard.
Bradford-born artist Mr Hockney was in bed asleep at the time and was "completely unaware" of what had happened, the inquest heard.
The coroner, Professor Paul Marks said there was "not a shred of evidence Dominic intended to take his own life".
He said there were no suspicious circumstances or any "third party" involvement in the death.
The coroner said he recorded a verdict of misadventure on the basis that Mr Elliott took the substances he did in the expectation that there was a risk involved.
Hull Coroners Court heard Mr Elliott died in the early hours of 17 March after Mr Fitzherbert took him to hospital in Scarborough.
The coroner said it was one of the "enigmas" of the case that Mr Elliott appeared not to be showing any signs of pain despite a pathologist saying the ingestion of the acid would have caused extreme agony.
He said it was possible the drugs Mr Elliott had taken lessened the pain.
By the time he arrived at Scarborough Hospital he was completely unresponsive.
Det Sgt Thomas Napier, who compiled the file on the death for Humberside Police, told the coroner: "It does remain a mystery - for an intelligent young man to drink such a noxious substance."
Mr Hockney's chief assistant, Jean Pierre Goncalves De Lima, told the inquest he received a phone call from Mr Fitzherbert after Mr Elliott's death, asking him to clear his room of "any evidence of drug use".
Mr Goncalves De Lima said he did clear Mr Fitzherbert's room but later told police what he had done.
Asked why, he said Mr Hockney had suffered a mini-stroke last year and he was worried about the effect of this kind of "exposure" on his boss's health.
He also said Mr Hockney was 99% deaf without his hearing aids.
Mr Goncalves De Lima said he was aware of some drug use in the house but added that Mr Hockney was not aware of this.
The coroner said he believed Mr Hockney, who shares his house with three other men including Mr Fitzherbert, was unaware some of the occupants of his home were abusing illegal drugs.
The court was told that Mr Elliott suffered bouts of depression and was deeply affected by the death of his twin sister at birth and his father, when he was 11.
Mr Fitzherbert went missing two days after Mr Elliott's death, but was later found at a Bridlington beauty spot and taken to hospital. He later booked himself into the Priory Hospital in London, the inquest heard.
summary: | David Hockney's assistant died as a result of misadventure when he drank acid after taking a range of drugs, a coroner has ruled. | huggingface_xsum |
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Daloni Carlisle, from Kent, is passionate about encouraging women to talk about their bodies so that they recognise the symptoms of a cancer which is affecting more and more women, particularly the over-50s.
She says it's all about using the right vocabulary and being open with friends.
"In 2013, before I was diagnosed, I would not have had a conversation about my periods. I just didn't talk about them.
"But we need to know what's normal and what's not normal with our bodies and that should start with conversations among women."
Daloni was diagnosed when she'd just turned 50 after experiencing prolonged bleeding.
"I'd never heard of womb cancer, it was simply not discussed. Most women have heard of ovarian and breast cancer but there was nobody talking about womb cancer."
She assumed it was the menopause starting and by the time she was referred to a gynaecologist, the cancer was already advanced. Massive surgery was required, followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
It was a brutal, horrendous experience which took a year to recover from, she says.
Womb cancer is just one of five gynaecological cancers that start in the female reproductive system, but it is the most common - and rates are expected to rise by 56% by 2030.
There is a clear link between rising levels of obesity and womb cancer in the UK, driven by fat cells which trigger the growth of the lining of the womb. Being over 50 years old and having diabetes and hypertension are also known risk factors.
As a result, the Eve Appeal charity has set up a dedicated phone line to provide advice and information on women's cancers.
Tracie Miles, a gynaecological cancer nurse specialist, is delivering the new service, called Ask Eve, and she says making women more aware of the symptoms to look out for is her most important task.
But many years of working with women from diagnosis through treatment to follow-up has taught her that embarrassment prevents many women talking about changes to their patterns of bleeding.
And that often means they are good at ignoring signs of abnormal vaginal bleeding - after the menopause or between periods.
Most womb cancers occur in women who have gone through the menopause, around their 50s, so they will have seen their periods tail off, Tracie says.
"Women are used to having periods, then not having them, so a bit of bleeding or discharge and they tend to shrug their shoulders and say, 'It's probably nothing.'"
She tells the story of a woman who only went to see her GP after noticing specks of blood on her white knickers.
"Usually she wore black ones, and would never have noticed if she hadn't treated herself to some white ones after going through the menopause," she says.
Source: Cancer Research UK
Tracie's wish is that women become a little more aware because womb cancer is eminently treatable and curable.
"Just look when you pull your knickers down. It is something we do every day."
The standard treatment for womb cancer is surgery to remove the womb (hysterectomy). If it is picked up early enough, there is no need for radiotherapy or chemotherapy.
Prof Martin Widschwendter, head of the department for women's cancer and consultant gynaecological oncology surgeon at UCL's Institute for Women's Health, says spotting those signs is easy compared with ovarian cancer, for example.
"Bleeding in post-menopausal women is very unusual and a very early sign of womb cancer so GPs will refer straight away. With a clear diagnosis at stage 1 there is a very good prognosis."
Daloni's tumour returned towards the end of 2015 and she has since had more internal radiotherapy treatment.
Fit and healthy with a full head of hair, she is enjoying life again - but she is also realistic.
"The reality is it's going to be back, but I can either live in a catastrophic future that hasn't happened yet or live for today."
In the meantime, she feels very strongly about encouraging younger and older women to talk about their gynaecological health so that they are aware of what's happening with their bodies.
"It's not easy to talk about - and it's good to know that there's someone out there who will help you talk about it." | Womb cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women in the UK, with around 9,000 cases diagnosed each year, but it is rarely mentioned or talked about - even among women. | huggingface_xsum |
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Text: The Northern Ireland Office said this week it would not be setting up a panel to examine a parade dispute in north Belfast.
A panel was announced in October.
It was to look at ways of resolving deadlock over a contentious Orange Order march along part of the Crumlin Road.
An Orange Order spokesperson said that "Grand Lodge is extremely concerned and will be meeting with unionist political representatives at the earliest opportunity after the Christmas holidays to discuss the seriousness of the situation, created by a weak Secretary of State".
In its statement, the Northern Ireland Office said it remained "fully committed" to seeking a resolution to the situation in north Belfast.
"When we announced the terms of reference for a panel on parading in north Belfast, we stated that a key principle was that it must command cross community support," it said.
"The aim of the panel was mediation and dialogue, but effective mediation cannot take place without meaningful engagement from both sides.
"It has become apparent that there is insufficient support for the proposed panel among some of those most closely involved in the dispute. This is reflected, to varying degrees, on both sides of the community. We have therefore decided, on balance, not to go ahead with setting up the panel."
summary: The Orange Order has accused the Secretary of State Theresa Villiers of showing contempt towards it and unionist parties over a parading issue.
Text: Registration on the internet and by SMS was temporarily suspended following a "pirate attack", it added.
The commission, known as Isie, did not say who was behind the hacking.
The elections in October and November will be the second in Tunisia since long-serving ruler Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted in 2011.
The country has been hit by turmoil since then, with the moderate Islamist Ennahda party - which won the first poll - battling to assert its authority.
Tunisia is heavily polarised between Islamists and secular liberals.
Isie had for the first time allowed registration to take place online and by SMS in order to boost registration.
However, only a little more than 100,000 people had been added to the electoral list since the month-long registration process opened on 22 June, AFP news agency reports.
Journalist Naveena Kottoor told the BBC that the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when most Tunisians fast between dawn and dusk, could be one factor in the sluggish pace of registration. It began on 29 June.
The internet has also been extremely slow in recent days, which she says could be an indication that a sophisticated hack attack is underway.
The Isie statement said that despite the constant attacks that it was facing and questions about its integrity it will press ahead with organising the election.
About four million Tunisians registered to vote in the first election after the popular uprising against Mr Ben Ali's rule.
Parliamentary elections are due to take place on 26 October and presidential elections on 23 November.
Under Ben Ali, Tunisia was said to have some of the world's toughest internet controls but these have now been dismantled.
summary: Hackers have briefly disrupted online voter registration for elections in Tunisia later this year, the election commission has said.
Text: Being unfit at the age of 40 is linked with a smaller brain volume at 60, according to a US study.
Fitness in middle age may be particularly important for people with early signs of heart disease, say researchers at Boston University.
The study adds to growing evidence that heart health can affect brain health in later life.
The study, published in the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, followed 1,583 people with an average age of 40.
The participants, who did not have dementia or heart disease, took a treadmill test, followed by another two decades later, along with MRI brain scans.
"We found a direct correlation in our study between poor fitness and brain volume decades later, which indicates accelerated brain ageing," said lead researcher Dr Nicole Spartano, of the Boston University School of Medicine.
"While not yet studied on a large scale, these results suggest that fitness in middle age may be particularly important for the many millions of people around the world who already have evidence of heart disease," she added.
Dr Laura Phipps, of Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "While it's hard to conclude from these kinds of studies whether one factor definitely caused the other, the findings add to a growing body of evidence that poor cardiovascular health throughout life could have a negative effect on the brain.
"Current evidence suggests the best way to maintain a healthy brain is to keep physically and mentally active, eat a balanced diet, not smoke, drink only within recommended limits and keep diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol in check."
summary: | Lack of exercise in mid-life ages the brain as well as the body, research suggests. | huggingface_xsum |
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Article:The team at Yale School of Medicine, in the US, showed diet could change the structure of mice brains.
They argue this could explain why the children of obese parents are more likely to become grossly overweight.
Experts said the study had merit, but brain changes in humans were unproven.
Obesity can run in families and shared eating habits are a major factor.
However, there is evidence that diet during pregnancy can also influence a child's future waistline, such as through changes to DNA.
The latest foray into the field, published in the journal Cell, shows the structure of the brain itself may be changed.
The experiments on mice showed that mothers on a high-fat diet had pups with an altered hypothalamus, a part of the brain important for regulating metabolism.
These mouse pups were more likely to become overweight and develop type 2 diabetes than the pups of mothers given a normal diet.
One of the researchers, Prof Tamas Horvath, from Yale, told the BBC: "It could be a signal to the pup that it can grow bigger as the environment is plentiful in food.
"We definitely believe these are fundamental biological processes also affecting humans and influencing how children may eventually become obese.
"It seems, at least, that this could have a major impact and we need to explore it further in both animal and human studies."
He says a healthy diet during pregnancy may help to break the cycle of obese parents having obese children.
Commenting on the findings, Dr Graham Burdge, from the University of Southampton, told the BBC: "Twenty years of research shows nutrition in early life has lasting effects on cardiovascular disease, obesity, osteoporosis and some cancers. It's extremely well established.
"This is an intriguing technical advance showing neurological circuits are being changed, which hasn't been shown before."
He said the "concept fits in well with the data" but pointed out there were key differences in the way mice and people process fat, so the same might not be happening in pregnant women.
He added: "Much of what we know about the process comes from animals. The next big thing is to establish the same mechanisms operate in humans and if we can modify that."
For now he advises parents to "have a healthy balanced diet and ensure the diet of your child is balanced as well".
Summarize the main points of that article.
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A high-fat diet during pregnancy has the potential to alter a baby's developing brain and increase its chances of obesity later in life, animal studies suggest.
input: Article: Koichi Hagiuda did not give a reason as to why the gift had been rejected.
Japan gave Mr Putin a female Akita called Yume in 2012. This dog was intended as a companion for her.
Mr Hagiuda wrote in a blog post: "Unfortunately, we heard from our counterparts, and our hope to present a bridegroom was dashed."
If accepted, the gift would have been presented to the Russian president at a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Japan next week.
Akitas originate from northern Japan.
Mr Putin also owns a male Bulgarian Shepherd called Buffy, which was given to him by the Bulgarian prime minister in 2010.
His Labrador, Konni, given to him as a gift by Sergey Shoigu, currently Russian defence minister, died in 2014.
Mr Putin once brought Konni to a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is scared of dogs. Some press reports at the time said he had done so to intimidate her. But earlier this year, Mr Putin told a German newspaper that he did not know about her fear.
He said: "When I learned that she does not like dogs, I apologised, of course."
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output: Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned down the offer of a dog as a gift from the Japanese government, according to a Japanese MP.
Article: People trying to get into Winchester's Boomtown Fair complained of sunstroke, dehydration, fainting, and a lack of toilets or water while stuck.
Organisers blamed the queues on increased searches and delays opening the site gates caused by bad weather.
But many people expressed their anger on social media and described the situation as "dangerous".
Charlie Hadley tweeted: "We have been queuing for THREE hours. My best friend just recovered from chemo and is flagging. What's going on????"
Richard Evans posted: "Boomtown festival is now a serious safety concern. People are fainting. My daughter has been queuing for nearly 6 hours."
Tommy Palmer said: "Boomtown queue currently expected to take 5 hours. Blinding sunlight with no water. This is just as dangerous as the security risk."
Acts headlining Boomtown this year include The Specials, M.IA. and Cypress Hill.
Organisers describe the event on its posters as "the most fully theatrical and immersive festival experience on Earth".
A festival spokeswoman said: "We were delayed in opening our gates early this afternoon due to the recent wet weather conditions.
"This delay in opening, along with the large-scale searching operation we are running this year have affected the time for people spent in the queues.
"The welfare of our attendees is absolute importance, we have been, and will continue to, send additional provisions and distributing water to those in the queues.
"Security, event management, medical and welfare teams are in position at all the gates and we are actively looking at ways to speed up the queues and get people into the festival."
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Summarize: Festivalgoers say they have had to queue for up to six hours to get into an event site.
In a unanimous ruling, the court ruled three appointments made by Barack Obama during 2012 were illegal, as the Congress was technically in session.
The White House had argued the Senate was holding three-day sham sessions during a holiday break specifically to block appointments.
Recess appointments can last no more than two years.
Many appointees - including two Supreme Court justices and a Federal Reserve chairman - have won confirmation from the Senate after their initial appointments.
The court case, known as Noel Canning v National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), was filed by a Washington state bottling company that argued an NLRB decision against it was not valid because the board members were among those appointed in the 2012 holiday break.
Thursday's decision could invalidate some of the NLRB decisions made since those appointments.
The ruling also effectively means political opponents in the Senate have the ability to block the confirmation of judges and the leaders of independent agencies like the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Presidents of both parties have used the recess power to circumvent lawmakers who refuse to vote on potential nominees.
A separate federal law gives the president the power to appoint acting heads of Cabinet-level departments to keep the government running.
Sum: | The US Supreme Court has ruled on how the president can make appointments while Congress is in recess. | huggingface_xsum |
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input: Article: Leader of Rugby Borough Council, Craig Humphrey, said Sir Peter was offered the position for 12 months.
Mr Humphrey said Sir Peter, who owns Coventry Airport, would "take the LEP forward".
But concern has been raised about a possible conflict of interest when it comes to development of the airport.
The role has become available following Denys Shortt's recent resignation.
The LEP hopes to create 14,000 jobs by developing the land around the aerodrome and nearby Whitley as part of their Gateway project.
The former leader of Coventry City Council, Conservative councillor Ken Taylor, said the "well-connected" businessman would have to declare an interest.
Mr Taylor said: "We've failed already on this particular project once when we put it to government.
"I don't want that to happen again on the basis that they feel the chairman has got some interest in it."
Conservative Councillor Humphrey said: "There is of course a conflict of interest but I don't think that should preclude Sir Peter from taking the reins of the LEP.
"Taking to one side the Gateway and the airport site, Sir Peter Rigby heads up an organisation that collectively is the fifth largest privately-owned business in the UK.
"He's got a wealth of experience and I think he's the right person to take the LEP forward."
Mr Humphrey added that Sir Peter had asked for two weeks to consider his decision.
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output: Sir Peter Rigby has been asked to be the chair of Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), a fellow board member has said.
input: Article: The data suggests the high economic impact of chemicals in pesticides, plastics and flame retardants.
The team, led by New York University, said the estimates were conservative.
However, experts cautioned the findings were "informed speculation" and called for more detailed research.
The data was presented at the annual meeting of the Endocrinology Society.
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can be physically similar to the hormones that naturally control our body's physiology so mimic their function. They can also block the function of hormones.
They have been linked with declining sperm counts, some cancers, impaired intelligence, obesity and diabetes. The main concern surrounds their impact during early development.
The authors of the study argued that limiting exposure would have significant benefits.
In the EU, one of the most famous disrupting chemicals, bisphenol A (BPA), has been banned in baby bottles and children's toys.
Yet the European Commission says the relationship between EDCs and health is not clear and has called for more detailed studies.
Many of the conditions linked to EDCs are also influenced by a wide range of other environmental influences. And some scientists contest the levels in the environment are not high enough to influence health.
The international research team acknowledge "there is uncertainty" and adapted techniques used by the International Panel on Climate Change to balance the uncertainty with the potential scale of the impact.
Their mathematical models suggested that across the 27 members of the EU, the most likely cost was €157bn ($173bn; £113.6bn) a year, but could be much higher. That equates to 1.2% of Europe's GDP.
This included healthcare costs as well as lost economic potential.
Their calculations said it was more than 99% certain that at least one of the chemicals was indeed having an impact on health.
• Male reproductive disorders cost €4bn ($4.4bn; £2.9bn) per year
• Premature deaths, including through cardiovascular disease, cost €6bn ($6.6bn; £4.3bn) per year
• Obesity and diabetes cost €15bn ($16.5bn; £10.9bn per year)
• Neurological impact, including reduced intelligence, cost €132bn (£145.6bn; £95.5bn) per year
The major economic impact was from pesticides (€120bn; $132.3bn; £86.8bn), followed by chemicals found in plastics (€26bn; $28.7bn; £18.8bn) and flame retardants (€9bn; $9.9bn; £6.5bn).
Dr Leonardo Trasande, a paediatrician at the New York University school of medicine, told the BBC: "These results suggest that regulating endocrine disrupting chemicals could produce substantial economic benefit that would be less than the cost of implementing safer alternatives and produce net economic benefits.
"Clearly we need further research, but there is a greater than 99% probability that these chemicals contribute to disease."
The overwhelming majority of the reported costs were from "lost cognitive potential". The studies claimed around 13m IQ points were being lost across Europe and 59,300 cases of intellectual disability could be attributed to EDCs.
Dr Trasande argued: "If one child comes back from school with one less IQ point, the parent might not notice, the neuropsychologist might not notice, but if 100,000 children come back with one less IQ point then the economy notices."
The studies looked at less than 5% of suspected EDCs and did not look at conditions such as cancer and female reproductive diseases. Hence the scientific team argue that these are conservative estimates.
Prof Richard Sharpe, from the UK Medical Research Council's Human Reproductive Sciences Unit based in Edinburgh, told the BBC he agreed with the authors that more research was needed in this area.
But he cautioned: "Most of the content of these publications is interpretation and informed speculation and none of us should lose sight of this.
"What worries me about this approach is that whilst this may help to focus attention on the need for further research to clarify the huge number of uncertainties in these areas, these highly presumptive estimations inevitably become viewed and presented as being far more solid than they actually are."
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output: | Common chemicals that disrupt human hormones could be costing more than €150bn ($165.4bn; £108.5bn) a year in damage to human health in Europe, a series of studies claims. | huggingface_xsum |
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A lack of exercise is now causing as many deaths as smoking across the world, a study suggests.
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A: The report, published in the Lancet to coincide with the build-up to the Olympics, estimates that about a third of adults are not doing enough physical activity, causing 5.3m deaths a year.
That equates to about one in 10 deaths from diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and breast and colon cancer.
Researchers said the problem was now so bad it should be treated as a pandemic.
And they said tackling it required a new way of thinking, suggesting the public needed to be warned about the dangers of inactivity rather than just reminded of the benefits of being active.
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How to make your lifestyle more healthy
The team of 33 researchers drawn from centres across the world also said governments needed to look at ways to make physical activity more convenient, affordable and safer.
It is recommended that adults do 150 minutes of moderate exercise, such as brisk walking, cycling or gardening, each week.
The Lancet study found people in higher income countries were the least active with those in the UK among the worst, as nearly two-thirds of adults were judged not to be doing enough.
From Monday to Saturday, the streets of the Colombian capital of Bogota are packed with cars.
The city - one of the largest in South America - is a teeming metropolis, home to more than seven million people.
But on a Sunday vehicles are nowhere to be seen. Instead, the streets are taken over by pedestrians and cyclists, thanks to Ciclovia, a traffic-free streets initiative run by the city authorities.
The scheme, backed by successive mayors, has been running in one guise or another since the mid-1970s.
It now covers nearly 100km of roads in the centre of the city on Sundays and public holidays.
But as well as making Bogota a quieter place to roam, the ban on cars also has a health benefit.
Research has shown about a million residents regularly walk around on a Sunday, a fifth of whom say they would be inactive if it were not for the ban on vehicles.
Dr Michael Pratt, who was involved in the Lancet research on physical inactivity, said the Bogota scheme was a "wonderful example" of how governments could be encouraging more exercise.
Sedentary lifestyle can kill
The researchers admitted comparisons between countries were difficult because the way activity was estimated may have differed from place to place.
Nonetheless, they said they remained confident that their overall conclusion was valid.
Pedro Hallal, one of the lead researchers, said: "With the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games, sport and physical activity will attract tremendous worldwide attention.
"Although the world will be watching elite athletes from many countries compete in sporting events... most spectators will be quite inactive.
"The global challenge is clear - make physical activity a public health priority throughout the world to improve health and reduce the burden of disease."
Prof Lindsey Davies, president of the UK Faculty of Public Health, agreed.
"We need to do all we can to make it easy for people to look after their health and get active as part of their daily lives," she said.
"Our environment has a significant part to play. For example, people who feel unsafe in their local park will be less likely to use it."
But others questioned equating smoking with inactivity.
While smoking and inactivity kill a similar number of people, smoking rates are much lower than the number of inactive people, making smoking more risky to the individual.
Dr Claire Knight, of Cancer Research UK, said: "When it comes to preventing cancer, stopping smoking is by far the most important thing you can do."
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Aberdeen have made a bid for Preston North End striker Stevie May.
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A: | The 25-year-old, however, continues to train with the English Championship club, who lost manager Simon Grayson to Sunderland on Thursday.
May played under Dons boss Derek McInnes when he came through the youth ranks with St Johnstone.
Preston bought May, who earned his only Scotland cap in a 2014 friendly with England, from Sheffield Wednesday for an undisclosed fee in September 2015.
The striker suffered a serious knee ligament injury that December and did not make his return to action until this February.
He went on to make 10 appearances, scoring once, as his side finished 11th in England's second tier.
May had previously spent a season with Wednesday after being signed from St Johnstone, scoring seven goals in 41 games.
The striker, who spent time on loan to Alloa Athletic and Hamilton Academical before breaking into Saints' first-team under McInnes, has a year left on his Preston contract.
Grayson had bolstered Preston's striking options this summer by paying compensation fees to Manchester United for 21-year-old Josh Harrop and to Cork City for Sean Maguire.
Veteran forward Jermaine Beckford was among the players released.
Aberdeen have added striker Greg Stewart on loan from Birmingham City and agreed a deal to sign attacking midfielder Shaun Maloney from Hull City after Jonny Hayes was sold to Celtic and forward Niall McGinn rejected a new contract. | huggingface_xsum |
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Article: At the moment, prices are rising 2.6% while wages are rising just 2%. That gap is expected to widen later this year.
Inflation is expected to peak at around 3% in October, as the surge in import prices caused by the post-Brexit-referendum drop in the pound continues to feed through to shop prices.
When prices rise faster than wages, we get poorer on average every day.
This explains why the Bank cut its forecast for economic growth for this year and next.
It is also the main reason why the Bank of England has decided - for the 120th month in a row - not to raise interest rates.
The Bank of England is faced with a delicate balancing act: keeping inflation under control - that means near its target of 2% - while trying not to damage the economy.
Under normal circumstances, faced with inflation above target and rising while unemployment is at its lowest level in over 40 years, the bank would already be raising interest rates.
But the consumers that power three-quarters of the economic growth are already under pressure as their incomes are eroded by inflation.
To put further pressure on them by increasing the cost of borrowing is seen as too much of a risk - for six of the eight rate setters.
Of course, one way to keep up living standards while your spending power is dwindling is to borrow money to top it up.
Consumers have been doing exactly that - piling on extra debt at a rate the Bank of England thinks is worrying.
Consumer credit (personal loans, credit cards, overdrafts, etc) has risen by 10% in the last year alone - far outstripping the growth in wages or the economy.
Just last week, one of the bank's top officials accused lenders of a "spiral of complacency" in dishing out this credit.
The irony is that some of this money has come courtesy of the Bank of England, which lent the High Street banks £100bn in super-cheap money last August to combat the perceived risks to the economy of the EU referendum vote.
The Bank confirmed today they had authorisation from the chancellor to increase that pot to £115bn.
That flow of money will be shut down in February next year - as originally planned - but the increase to the pot sends mixed messages.
On the one hand, the Bank is worried that consumers are getting deeper into debt while at the same time increasing High Street banks' ability to offer irresistibly low borrowing rates.
It's a contradiction that perhaps shows just how tough this delicate this balancing act can be.
The good news is the big squeeze won't last forever.
According to the Bank, wages will begin to rise faster than inflation in the second half of next year.
The bad news for borrowers - and good for savers - is that is the moment when rates finally begin to rise.
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Summarize: The big squeeze on incomes will get tighter from here and will last longer than previously thought.
Article: 24 March 2015 Last updated at 06:43 GMT
But food expert Doctor Radha Modgil has been explaining what effect junk food can have by taking Newsround reporter Ricky inside the human body.
It's all part of Newsround's big food week where a survey of more than 1,400 children showed one out of three eat unhealthy foods like chocolate, crisps and take away more than three times a week.
You can find out more about the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes on the Newsround website and send in any questions you have about food for Doctor Radha to answer.
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Summarize: With so many different foods out there it can be hard to know what's healthy and what's not.
Article: Mr Farage challenged David Cameron and Ed Miliband to commit to opt out of any common asylum policy.
EU leaders met to discuss the crisis last week.
The UK said it would provide naval support, but it would not accept more asylum seekers.
Main pledges
In a break from domestic campaigning for the UK general election, the UKIP leader travelled to Strasbourg for a debate in the European Parliament, following the meeting of the European Council on 23 April.
European leaders agreed to triple funding for rescue operations aimed at migrant boats in the Mediterranean, and to look at ways to capture and destroy smugglers' boats and deploy immigration officers to non-EU countries, officials said.
But many MEPs demanded bolder action, passing a resolution calling on the Commission to set a "binding quota" for the distribution of asylum seekers among EU states, amid concerns that southern European countries are bearing the brunt of the crisis.
The resolution, which was backed by four of the European Parliament's major political groups, also called for expanded search and rescue operations, bigger contributions to resettlement programmes, better cooperation with non-EU states and tougher measures against people smugglers.
The resolution is not binding on the Commission but Mr Farage alleged that a common asylum policy had been "agreed already" - and further claimed that extremist group Islamic State - also known as Isis - had threatened to send extremists to Europe through the Mediterranean route.
Mr Farage, who is an MEP for the South East region, told the European Parliament: "When Isis say they want to flood our continent with half a million extremists they mean it."
He added: "If the message is that anybody that comes will be accepted we are headed for disaster."
It's shock and awe part two from Nigel Farage.
As the final week of the election campaign approaches the UKIP leader has deployed the tactic that he is convinced worked so well for him and his party in the TV debates.
A few weeks back it was foreigners with HIV getting free treatment on the NHS. Tonight it's the threat of IS inspired extremists coming to the UK on boats across the Med.
He claims half a million could arrive in Europe.
Nigel Farage is breaking off from the campaign on Wednesday to fly to Strasbourg to speak against plans for what he says is an EU common migration policy. Something he believes could pose "a direct threat to our civilisation".
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told the same debate that there was a need for member states to "share refugees geographically".
Arguing that allowing a certain measure of legal migration could reduce the number trying to enter Europe illegally, he called for the door to Europe to be left "partly ajar".
Speaking to journalists ahead of the debate, Mr Farage claimed: "The principle [of common asylum] has been accepted. All we're now talking about is the detail.
"If people in Britain see what I'm doing today and understand the significance of what is going on, I think they will be very, very angry indeed and they would want to know from the two potential prime ministers: do they intend to opt us out of this or will they stick with the legal agreements that we agreed back in 2013?
"We've got to a point here with this where, unless we stand up and say something, we will be opening up our doors not just to many more people but to the Islamic extremist threat."
Also speaking in the Strasbourg debate was Dutch MEP Sophia in 't Veld from the Liberal ALDE group, who called the UKIP leader's words "populist and despicable".
She claimed the idea of a "flood of jihadists" had been "invented by Mr Farage to get himself elected on 7 May".
An EU directive in 2013 reaffirmed the aim of a common asylum policy. However, EU leaders have not agreed a common asylum and immigration policy within the EU.
An emergency meeting of EU leaders was convened last week after more than 750 people died on a boat crossing from Libya on 19 April.
Whereas the total number of deaths in 2014 was 3,279, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says it fears the figure for this year could top 30,000, based on the current death rate.
The UK - in the past a leading advocate of reducing naval patrols - said it would contribute helicopter carrier HMS Bulwark, two patrol boats and three helicopters. Germany, France and Belgium also offered ships.
Prime Minister David Cameron did not commit the UK to accepting more refugees.
Mr Farage also told the European Parliament that "we are guilty for this crisis", echoing earlier comments that the bombing of Libya has "directly caused" migrant disasters in the Mediterranean Sea.
The UKIP leader has also said he has "not got a problem with us offering refugee status to some Christians" from the Middle East and North Africa.
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Summarize: | Islamist extremists could cross the Mediterranean and gain access to the UK as a result of EU policies to address the migrant boat crisis, UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said. | huggingface_xsum |
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They represent a cross-section of 16 to 25-year-olds in Scotland, and will be involved in debates and discussions in BBC coverage of the election.
These youngsters are from a diverse range of backgrounds and communities.
They'll appear across BBC output to talk about issues that affect them, or more broadly about their lives in 2016.
Here you'll find the whole group, introducing themselves to the nation in their own words.
Join the conversation with @BBCGen2016 and find out more at bbc.co.uk/generation2016.
I'm studying sociology and politics at university where I am the women's officer. I have a form of mental ill health called a personality disorder. I am a lesbian, and I live with my girlfriend. I am a feminist, and I do my best to support women. I am also involved with anarchist-communist organising as I believe that direct action achieves more than marches, and that reforms within capitalism will never end poverty as the class system is inherent within capitalism.
I've been really interested in politics since an early age. My parents taught me about the importance about what is going on in the political world as it affects everything we do. At the moment I am volunteering as an advocate with a mental health charity based in a local psychiatric hospital after having to drop out of university due to my mental health. It's interesting hearing about patients' views on politics as although they don't have a loud voice, they are often the ones affected most by politics.
My main concerns are about NHS funding, specifically mental health funding as many of the parties have jumped on the mental health bandwagon so it will be interesting to see what actually happens.
I have always been interested in politics, brought up with frequent debates over the dinner table. I work with young people, teaching music, and I hope to go to university to study social anthropology. I am a campaigner for equality. I pushed for the creation of an LGBT+ group in my school and I'm being trained to deliver workshops to school about the LGBT+ community. There needs to be a broader education within schools - specifically with sex education in relation to LGBT+ students.
In my opinion, the current government needs a shakeup. Younger people have become disengaged from politics and are drastically underrepresented. I feel that the country needs a politician that everyday people can relate to, who knows the struggles people go through and can inspire people to become engaged not only in politics but in their communities.
I am studying film and media at the University of Stirling and hope to work in the creative industries one day. I like to keep busy being involved in lots of activities such as Scouts, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and Haggeye, a campaign project for blind and partially sighted young people. I enjoy getting involved in and having my say on changes which affect me and think it is important for everyone to have a voice.
I am studying physiology at the University of Aberdeen. My main political interests revolve around issues surrounding working class matters and general perceived social inequalities. These form my background and are what shape my opinions and core beliefs.
I'm a first year at the University of St Andrews reading economics and international relations. Outside of university and politics, I play the bagpipes for Denny and Dunipace Pipe Band. I also have a great interest in sports, especially football.
I am in my first year at the University of Edinburgh, studying a joint honours degree in history and Celtic. Growing up in Ross-Shire in the Highlands of Scotland, and as a fiddle player, a highland dancer and a Gaelic speaker, I am keen to keep hold of Scottish culture, particularly the Gaelic language. Having gone through Gaelic-medium education, I feel I have benefitted greatly from this style of education that is available to all in Scotland. I wish people throughout the UK could receive similar opportunities that are so easy to make use of. By giving more people the chance to get ahead in life, I believe we can create a fairer and a more equal society that would be of benefit to all.
I've been interested in politics above virtually all else for several years now. I've managed to do a lot of things to pursue my interest already - I managed to attend Prime Minister's Questions a few years back, and more recently I did work experience in the House of Commons. I find that politics seeps into my various other interests as well - for example, I've been trying to figure out for months how to create a Holyrood parliamentary seat calculator.
Looking at various documentaries and mulling over people's thoughts on Twitter has likely impacted my political opinions most, but with much of my family being doctors, I've been hugely influenced on health policy as well.
I am a newly qualified midwife. I love hill walking, dogs, craft beer, and Taylor Swift. I have recently concluded that I am not actually that political, more just highly opinionated. One day I hope to work more closely with empowering women and improving their lives all over the world. After spending some time in Africa, my goal is promote equality, education and safe health care to women were opportunities are limited.
I am studying for my highers and in May I will sit exams in English, maths, German, modern studies and graphic communications. I am planning to stay on in school to complete a sixth year and afterwards I hope to go to university to study law and politics or mathematics. Growing up in a deprived area has had significant influence on my opinions both politically and non-politically. I can see the downward spiral and the breakdown of communities caused by lack of job opportunity and prosperity in the area and I feel this is caused by regeneration projects being concentrated in large urban areas rather than smaller towns facing real deprivation. I hope the next government puts the social welfare of the population first.
I study social sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University but would like to have an influence in politics at some stage in life. Throughout the UK we see poverty and corruption on a mass scale, and not a lot seems to be done about it. This is why I think voters are becoming disengaged with politics completely. Voters young and old are turning away from decision-making that overwhelmingly influences their lives. Over the past year or so we have seen referendums and elections that have attracted many millions as I believe people are tired with establishment politics and politicians. I would love to see democracy continue to thrive in the way it has in the past few months.
I'm in my final year at secondary school, and am going on to university in September to study politics, international relations and French. My hobbies include listening to music (a wide variety of genres), playing the violin, cinema and I am fascinated by aviation! Politics has always interested me because I see it as a way by which people's lives and larger society can be improved. However, I don't believe that this is happening at the moment.
My opinions and thoughts are to a certain extent shaped by what I see and hear on television news and current affairs programmes, and also by healthy debate with my peers. I have also had first-hand experience of local, national and international politics through work experience in a local constituency office.
I was born in DR Congo but moved to Glasgow at the age of three as an asylum-seeker and now call Scotland my home. I am a very bubbly and happy person who loves to interact and socialise with people. My family have been involved in international politics and my father has many strong opinions on political matters. His views and political interests have, in a way, rubbed off on me as I have grown up - however, I still having my own opinions and views. Living in Glasgow, where there are so many different races and religions, also gives me an open mind. The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, is my school's local MSP, which means I have met her a few times.
I was born in Worcester and moved to Scotland when I was nine. I have also lived for some time in the USA. At present I am a bar manager in an eco community in Scotland called Findhorn. I have a great interest in politics and I consider myself to be rather left wing.
I have type 1 diabetes, which I don't let hold be back but which has shaped my personality and given me a lot of opportunities. I am aspiring to be an adult nurse so I can help people the way my nurses have helped me. I am passionate about music. I play classical guitar, am part of a choir and my school's show, and love listening to classical music. I also play netball for my local ladies team, which is very rewarding.
I'm a floating voter and on the run up to elections I try to research the different parties and their policies as much as possible. Recently, it's mainly the parties' economic policies that sway my opinion on them, as I believe it to be one of the most important things.
I'm a first year English literature student at Glasgow University. I have developed my political philosophy by being involved in Glasgow University Union Debating and arguing with other debaters. I have come to the conclusion that above all else I value choice. However, what makes me not a libertarian is that I believe the state has a role to play in helping people make the most of the freedoms they have. I am ecstatic about being able to vote in this election, because voting to stay part of a country and then being told you're not old enough to vote for that country's government is infuriating.
I live in Govan, my interests are going to the cinema, going out for dinner, visiting family and friends and going to college where I study social sciences. My favourite part of it is psychology.
I am from one of the most rural places to live in Scotland. I am in S4 in Anderson High School and it will be my first time voting in an election. I started to become more interested in politics between the ages of 12 and 14 and I tried to learn more about it. Ever since the Scottish independence referendum I have been hooked into politics. I believe that Scotland should be an independent country that has the right to self-determination but I do always look at political matters from a level perspective while listening to all of the different parties' views.
I am studying music at West College Scotland in Greenock. I'm looking forward to starting first year at Aberdeen University in September. Although my main focus is my music I have a strong passion for politics and enjoy debating current issues and events. I've been fortunate to live a fairly settled home life but have had experience of social injustices and have seen firsthand how lack of employment and a lack of compassion can very quickly affect a person's wellbeing and sense of importance.
I believe that we all have an important part to play in society and issues close to my heart include: the NHS, the plight of the Syrian people, lack of funding in education and the inequality of the sexes.
I like making short films and taking pictures. My hobbies are going out with friends and going to the cinema. I want to become a director in the future. I live on my own. I love movies and like meeting new people.
I'm a politics and sociology student from the Scottish Highlands. I've been all over the political spectrum, however my previous political allegiances had been for the wrong reasons. Life events have strongly shaped my views, whether it be starting my own business or becoming a wheelchair user. Having proven my views wrong to myself, I came to realise there is no room for idealism any more and frequently decisions have to be made because they are the least worst option available at the time as populist polices often cause unseen harm. It was at this point where I realised that despite opinions of others, having the facts behind you is the only way politics can work.
I'm a Polish-American, non-UK citizen, and have lived my entire life in this beautiful country. Scotland is my home.
I've been studying geology at St Andrews for three and a half years. Reading about past climate change events, and low oil price, leads me to believe Scotland should be a world leader in green technologies. I unfortunately suffer from anxiety and depression, and support for mental health is a great issue to me, something Scotland could do better. I find modern history fascinating; learning of Poland's struggle over the past 200 years to gain autonomy and rekindle its democracy made me interested in politics. Everyone - absolutely everyone - should have a say in how their country is run. I can't vote in general elections or in the forthcoming EU referendum: it is an unjust inequality, and I believe modern society is rife with inequality, a problem that must be tackled.
I'm a political activist from Fife, Scotland. I first got involved in politics in late 2014 when I stood for the Scottish Youth Parliament. I campaigned hard in my home constituency throughout the general election campaign. When not talking about politics (which is hardly ever), I'm taking part in my roles as a director of our local Youth Arts Hub, and a member of Kirkcaldy Youth Action.
I live with my mother, who I care for, and my younger sister. I am currently studying for my HNC in care and administrative practice and I thoroughly enjoy my work placement. My sister is soon to sit her exams and I take a keen interest in her education. I am looking to progress on to a university to study midwifery in September, to further my education and lead to a career in the health care sector. I moved house a year ago and have worked very hard to get to where I am. I studied modern studies so thoroughly enjoy debates and have done public speaking with Fife Young Carers Focus Group.
I'm in sixth year at school and in September I'll be going to university to study international relations and politics. In 2015 I became a member of the Scottish Youth Parliament as one of the first representatives for Scouts Scotland, an organisation I have been part of for over 10 years. So far the experience has been great and I love representing Scouts. Being part of such a huge international organisation brings lots of opportunities. In 2015 I went to Japan for three weeks for the 23rd World Scout Jamboree. For part of the trip, I lived with a Japanese family in the city of Yokohama which was an unforgettable experience.
Mental health services and youth work are important to me and my main political influences are my family, current events and the media.
When I was seven years old my family sailed over from the Netherlands and we decided to stay in Scotland. I play several instruments: piano, guitar, bass guitar, double bass and cello. I am a member of Na Seudan Ùr, a folk band that performs both Gaelic and Scots music in a funky, jazzy way. We began performing and entering contests in 2009, when I was nine. Na Seudan Ùr has been very successful, winning the National Mod and producing a CD that has sold worldwide.
My other interests are writing, filming and photography. This started when I was very young; I used to make short films with my dogs as the main characters. I work for Argyll Youth Arts as a channel manager, producing films promoting and showcasing youth arts in my area, with support from a group of volunteer filmmakersFh. I'm also busy with my Highers.
I hail from the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland. I currently study Gaelic media in the Isle of Skye. I am fortunate to be a native Gaelic speaker, and Gaelic culture has always been important to me. Politically, I value the importance of education and more investment into young people, in particular apprenticeship and traineeship schemes. I also have concerns about the environment, and believe in gender equality.
I'm a 19-year-old bi guy, who lives in Perth, is from Dunfermline but was born in England. I'd like to say I was apolitical, but I have voted a similar way in the elections I've voted in. My views have been influenced a lot by my parents, my Green-supporting mother and socialist father, but I wouldn't say I agree necessarily with either. I'm also interested in our political relations with China, down to my involvement with SCEN, an organisation which promotes learning about China in schools.
I am a history, politics and professional education student teacher at Stirling University. I'm very active in the political world, a believer in grassroots politics and a young trade unionist. My passion is rooted in my personal experiences, which include homelessness, poverty, living with family members who suffer from mental illness and addiction and how education has transformed and saved my life.
I am passionate about young people; education; ending stigmas towards mental health and homelessness; challenging sexist attitudes and bullying; and about my community. I've been on a very active, unusual and emotional political journey at just 18, with being surrounded by many known politicians and leaving a party to join another just this year. I always believe that you should stand up for your values, even if that means standing alone.
I spent four years studying economic and social history at Glasgow Uni which I loved and which gave me a good basis of understanding about the history of British politics and the formation of the European Union etc. However I have never been particularly politically active and certainly don't spend my free time researching different arguments and canvassing my local neighbourhood! I'm most passionate about equality between the genders and ages, and fairness in the world of work.
I am a member of the Scottish Youth Parliament though in this capacity I am non-party political. My interest in politics first began two years ago when I joined the Aberdeenshire Youth Council and I realised that young people have the power to make a difference in their future. I think we should encourage investment in renewable energy and ensure that the future of the north east is not reliant on the oil price. I believe we should scrap the trident programme and use the money to invest in the infrastructure of Scotland's cities and schools.
I applied for BBC Generation as I felt that my community was not acknowledged very much in any political affairs. By applying and being accepted I feel now that I can be apart of the beginning of publicising my community's opinion. My personal opinions on different topics vary depending on the relevance today and how it is affecting the world. I take everyone into account in my opinion and how it would benefit everyone including myself. I also believe the way my parents raised me to be the mature and educated individual that I am really is a factor in how I think of certain topics and I sometimes agree or disagree with what my parents think.
As a young carer (my brother has autism), I'm passionate about ensuring that options and services are provided for those with disabilities and their families. The lack of services available in Scotland has greatly affected my family. I volunteer with a community organisation that helps young adults with PMLD (profound and multiple learning disabilities). I care about education and I think it is very important, so I'm in favour of free university tuition. I hope to study history at university, but I also love politics, philosophy and music. My views tend to be left wing.
Although I was against an independent Scotland, I have begun to reconsider as I'm frustrated with the current government. I sometimes find that it is difficult to find information on current issues, such as the EU and the NHS, and I think that more awareness should be raised among young voters.
I am a second year sport and exercise student at Edinburgh Napier University. I am an MSYP for Edinburgh Pentlands. I stood for this post not because I am big on politics but because I am interested in representing the view of others and influencing policies. In the Scottish Youth Parliament I am also the convenor for the sport and leisure committee. This allows me to work closely with like-minded people who are passionate about sport.
I have been given the amazing opportunity to be one of the young ambassadors for the 2018 European Championships which I am very excited about. I enjoy the competitive and social aspect of sport. I have been playing basketball and rugby for the women's Napier team. I am also a member of Edinburgh Judo Club. Just as much as I love playing I also enjoy coaching.
I'm studying towards an undergraduate MA in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. I regularly work with young people from areas of the city with typically high amounts of social and economic inequality as part of the Children's Holiday Venture. I also work part-time at White Stuff in the city centre. Having a younger brother with Down Syndrome, I have always been involved with different inclusion initiatives in various different capacities.
Growing up, I've had a strong connection with music. I've played as part of ensembles as well as working for various different arts groups. I write a music blog that discusses live music of all descriptions. As a Christian, my faith has deeply impacted my understanding of the world around me and has encouraged me to take on challenges such as humanitarian aid trips to Honduras.
I was born in Poland but moved to Scotland when I was six. I got into politics during the 2014 independence referendum. My top political issues in this election are education and housing, as they are two sections of society which have been neglected under the current governments. I am in high school, and will finish my Highers next year.
I'm a fifth year high school student from Dundee. I'm a floating voter and like many other young people I support parties depending on specific policies, although I avoid the far-right, always. The international side of things fascinates me. I can't help but love debating and discussing current foreign affairs. This doesn't mean I'm not interested in UK and local politics, I really do like to see how who we support affects us on a daily basis. I'm influenced by family, but I'm always ready to argue against them, and what I learn at school and from the news, but not so much that it will drastically change my own opinions without good reason. Aside from politics I'm a very chatty person who loves to play sports and run.
I am currently in S5 at Preston Lodge High School and I am a first-time voter. I have always been interested in politics and particularly the impact it has on people's lives. In recent years I have become very interested in the impact of education on young people and their future opportunities. Coming from a state school that has recently improved but still needs work, I have experienced many changes. This has led me become passionate about the matters of widening participation and equal opportunities for all. Due to recent circumstances I have had many dealings with the NHS; this has led me to strongly support the NHS and keeping it in public hands. Furthermore, my Christian faith helps shape my opinions on these matters.
I am in my final year at Edinburgh University studying computer science and electronics, and when I graduate I hope to become a digital hardware engineer. I have a keen interest in technology, and how it can improve the lives of people. In my free time I enjoy football, reading, and keeping up with current affairs.
I became interested in politics accidentally, pulled in by the Scottish independence referendum. I have always considered myself to be a liberal, believing that freedom is the most important value for individuals and society to hold. I believe that a liberal society is the most desirable for young people, as it allows us to choose our own path in life and not be shackled by the circumstances of our birth. My hope is that the next Scottish Parliament will be about fixing our country's problems and not continuing our obsession with the constitution.
I love films and music more than anything else, with my favourite director being Martin Scorsese. I play piano and I like to build computers in my spare time (when I have the cash!). When I finish school, I'd like to go on to study software engineering. I am in my fifth year at Calderhead High School in Shotts, where I am a "violence reduction mentor". This means I talk to pupils in lower years, to give them advice and support about bullying, issues around consent, and other sensitive subjects.
I live in a tiny village in the Scottish Borders, and I lived in England until I was three. I'm currently taking a gap year before going to study psychology, sociology and politics at university. I spent January travelling in New Zealand and I am planning to go to America to travel and work at a summer camp. I feel very passionately about feminism and human and animal rights. I have always enjoyed singing and acting - music is a big influence for me, as are my family and friends.
I am considering a few career choices, including psychologist, but what I would most like to do is be a personal and social education teacher/guidance teacher. I think it is important that children have a positive role model and are taught about topics such as mental illness, drugs, sex and bullying.
I am studying multimedia journalism at university and I am thoroughly enjoying my course even though it requires a lot of hard work. I became interested in politics through modern studies at school. It was one of my favourite subjects and I feel it is what pushed me to look at journalism as a career. I work part-time at the gym on my university campus. I enjoy working there and am one of those strange people who like to be kept busy.
After training in martial arts for 11 years I spend my Saturday mornings coaching children aged four to 14 and, despite how stressful it can be, it is also extremely rewarding. Music is another passion; nothing beats the rush of seeing one of your favourite bands live.
I am taking my A levels and hoping to study chemistry or teaching. I enjoy gaming and I am open to trying new things. I have always been interested in science and politics. This is mainly due to both of the subjects having such large fields of study and each can be looked into in such depth. My opinions in politics are very free-form and gathered from mainly the internet and newspapers, which I read daily. Overall, I would say I am a floating voter who votes on the facts, not the emotion.
I'm a final year undergraduate student at Aberdeen University studying international relations and Hispanic studies. I call home Dunblane where I went to school and my family still live, however I've been fortunate enough to travel the world a bit and I like to think I have made a few other homes (including Honduras, El Salvador and Sevilla).
I am very interested in domestic and international politics, international development and aid, patterns of migration, and issues in Central America. Personally I would identify as somewhere on the left of the political spectrum, though currently a bit disenfranchised from the parties and leaders on offer.
There are so many things which shape and influence my opinions, but right now I'd rank environmental change and humanitarian issues as the two areas of policy I care most about.
I'm a student at the University of Edinburgh, studying geography and social anthropology. A large part of my free time is spent volunteering with Girlguiding (I lead a Brownie group) and getting angry about social injustice. My views are wholly shaped by the activism and research I've done with Girlguiding, on gender-related inequality issues, and also from my own life - I grew up in a single-parent household in Glasgow. I proudly identify as a feminist and have done for a number of years, and this has really shaped my worldview and politics.
I live on a small island called Gigha, situated off the west coast of Scotland. My involvement in politics before now is limited and I am trying to understand as much as I can, particularly with the Holyrood elections and European referendum looming. I think people my age felt their voices weren't heard, and there is an excitement that we have been given this opportunity to vote at 16. However, there still seems to be a real lack of information regarding politics within the curriculum. Votes of younger people are important; they will help to shape the future of Scotland, and Great Britain.
I am particularly passionate about education within Scotland; it is evident that many children are held back due to lack of choices. This is important, these children could potentially change Scotland, given the opportunity.
I'm a third year philosophy and literature student at the University of Edinburgh. I'm young, female, Scottish and Christian, which I think have really influenced my political and social views, having voted yes in the referendum. When not studying, my "job" (which does require quotation marks, jobs are usually supposed to pay more!) is that I work as a performance poet, both organising and performing at events across Scotland. I help organise Soapbox, the University of Edinburgh's fortnightly open mic, the most regular slam in the country. I'm also one of the core organisers behind the spoken word collective Loud Poets. Recently I was part of the winning team from Edinburgh University at the national competition UniSlam.
I'm a frequent chess player, a passionate chemist, a steadfast libertarian thinker and an unwavering Eurosceptic. I live in the small, traditional fishing village of Port Seton, East Lothian: nothing is more delightful than than the sight of Scottish sand and sea.
I'm deeply interested in American political history, through which I discovered my political role-model: Barry Goldwater, the shoot from the hip conservative of Arizona. I am a collector of World War II military relics, taking particular interest in artefacts connected to the rise and fall of the Third Reich. I received a certificate for my essay on the EU - The Rape of Europa - in the Scottish Schools' Young Writer of the Year 2016. Whether playing chess, studying chemistry, reading, skating, walking or thinking, freedom guides my conscience.
I recently moved out of my parents' house and into a nice wee house with my boyfriend. I left school when I was 15 and now I work in a call centre for a bank, which is pretty good because I like talking, a lot. I've no idea what I want to do in the future though. I'd like to work with young carers but I can't seem to stick in at college to get there!
I've been a carer for my mum and my brother for my whole life, and I want to raise awareness of carers - in particular young adult carers - as I feel that the government doesn't do nearly enough for us.
Summary: | Fifty young people have been selected to take part the BBC Generation 2016 project ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections on 5 May. | huggingface_xsum |
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One of those is the state of the NHS and its direction of travel over the next five years.
The immediate signal from the Department is that there will be no radical change of course. Major reorganisations similar to the upheaval seen in the last parliament are not on the agenda.
The Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt has let it be known that his focus will be on "out of hospital" care. He used his first two years in the post to concentrate on what he saw as the urgent need to improve safety and transparency inside hospitals in the wake of the Mid Staffs scandal. He now says there should be a push for higher standards of care for the elderly and most vulnerable patients provided by GP surgeries, community and social care.
Tackling dementia was a priority for the last Government. That is still the case. But ministers are also aware of the increasing obesity challenge to the NHS. The costs associated with treating diabetes are mounting - on one estimate around 10% of the NHS budget. Those who are overweight or obese are more at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. A new initiative in this area by the Department of Health seems likely.
While Jane Ellison remains in her post as public health minister, there are intriguing changes elsewhere in the department.
As Dan Poulter departs, Ben Gummer arrives as a new minister. He made a name for himself campaigning on behalf of Ipswich Hospital to secure a heart centre. He also pushed the Treasury successfully for taxpayers to be sent itemised statements setting out how their money is spent. Might he take a close interest in NHS spending?
The new Minister of State Alistair Burt is an old Whitehall hand, having served in John Major's Government and at the Foreign Office after the 2010 election. He has campaigned on behalf of victims of the tainted blood scandal. One of Mr Hunt's final statements in the last parliament followed the Penrose inquiry in Scotland into the use by the NHS of contaminated blood products. He said a new and broader compensation scheme for victims would be drawn up. It may well fall to Mr Burt to see that through.
As for the opposition, its too early to say what angles will be pursued. Andy Burnham's position is well known and he will probably continue to highlight the use of private provision in the NHS. He may be distracted for a while by a Labour leadership bid - as would shadow care minister Liz Kendall - though that could itself involve a campaign around health.
Hovering over the Department of Health is a financial shadow. The new ministers will quickly be brought up to speed by their colleagues on the short- and medium-term challenges to the NHS budget.
Health trusts have been warning in recent weeks that there is a danger of a significant deficit in the current financial year, perhaps running to £2 billion. They claim to be under massive strain and that a new cash injection from Government will be required.
For now, ministers are making clear that everything the head of NHS England Simon Stevens asked for to cover the current financial year was provided. They are in no mood to pull out the cheque book just yet and don't want to be seen to be caving in to the demands of the leading hospitals.
Summer will give way to autumn. By the time the leaves are falling from the trees, the readiness of the NHS for winter will again be high on the agenda. Claims that the service is creaking at the seams and that the money is running out will be made again. Ministers at the Department of Health will have to start thinking now how they are going to tackle that.
Summary: | The new ministerial team at the Department of Health is in place - now its time to face up to what David Cameron called "down-to-earth, bread-and-butter issues" which he said his Government should focus on. | huggingface_xsum |
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Problem: Article: About 1,800 people in Wales die every year from sepsis which can start from something as mundane and ordinary as a simple cut on a finger, a cough or even a urinary tract infection.
BBC Wales forecaster Derek Brockway's life was turned upside down when his dad Cliff died from sepsis in February 2015.
After making a programme called Understanding Why My Dad Died, he was invited to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff to meet a team of scientists trying to stop the condition in its tracks.
In the laboratories not far from the wards, a team of almost 200 scientists are working on finding ways of preventing, fighting and treating inflammation and infection - so patients like Derek's dad have a chance to survive.
The team at Cardiff University's Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIRU), headed by Prof Valerie O'Donnell and Paul Morgan, is undertaking research to understand the causes of inflammatory diseases like sepsis, and why some people can die while others are fine.
The scientists are looking at everything from preventing infection to the global problem of antibiotic resistance and how to stop inflammation taking hold in the first place.
Prof O'Donnell, who co-directs the initiative funded by about £90m of grants, said she hoped the research they were doing would lead to fewer people getting serious infections like sepsis in the first place.
"We live with millions of bugs in our bodies all the time, when they get into the blood stream they are not meant to be there, and you get this massive inflammation that causes all the organ damage," she said.
"If we can understand better how infection and all the underlying process of inflammation interact in the early stages, we can design better ways to prevent it becoming sepsis.
"Once it gets that far, it's very difficult to stop."
ICU consultant Dr Matt Morgan joined the research team 10 years ago after he faced parents whose son had just died from pneumonia which turned to sepsis.
He wanted to learn more about the condition and now feels he could have told those grieving parents more about why their son died.
"He was fit and well, in his mid-20s, I was in the room when his parents were being told. Being a new parent at the time, it affected me," he said.
"Even with the best treatment, given antibiotics within an hour, one in five people will die - that's not good enough."
"It was interesting to see the work going on behind the scenes that you are not really aware of.
"I had heard of inflammation but not in that context. It's an eye opener, the fact our bodies can't deal with these infections and they go into shut down. Our immune system can't seem to handle it, it's a flaw in our design.
"It was really good for me to meet these doctors and scientists, to find out more about the important research they are doing which will try and help to save more lives."
Dr Morgan said that while sepsis claims more lives than cancer in the UK every year, the advances in treatment are a long way behind.
"If you walk into intensive care here today and you are critically ill, the test we will do is very similar to what was done at the dawn of the germ theory in the 1880s.
"We will take some blood, we will put it into a bottle of broth, wait a few days, look down a microscope.
"It's amazing the advances that have been made in cancer treatment, where it can be tailored to individuals, but similar advances in diagnosing and treating infection are only now emerging."
According to figures from the Sepsis Trust, for every hour someone does not get the right treatment their chance of survival reduces by 5-10%.
But current blood tests to find out if someone has an infection, when they get to hospital, can take up to three days as the bacteria needs to be grown in a lab.
"Even when they do come back, the tests are not always conclusive and as every patient is unique there is no guarantee they will react to the treatment in the right way," head of infection, Dr Ian Humphreys, explained.
"With some bacteria, around 70%, it is not possible to grow them in a lab, meaning there is a lot of guess work involved which leads to an over prescription of antibiotics - sometimes when they aren't even needed."
Dr Matthias Eberl heads a team which is working on ways to speed up this process, by understanding the body's own immune system to create personalised responses.
This includes developing a strip test - similar to a pregnancy test - to check urine. It could tell them whether someone has an infection or not, within five or 10 minutes.
"We talk about infections all the time in terms of bugs but it is extremely difficult to pin down whether the patient in front of you actually has an infection or which kind," he said.
"As a way to pinpoint the bug, we try to understand the inflammatory response and develop biomarkers - every type of bug is different and they interact separately with our immune system activating distinct components.
"If we better understand how the immune system responds [to inflammation] we can develop ways to harness its good effects while trying to prevent it attacking our bodies and causing harm."
While the research being done in the Cardiff laboratories is pioneering and paving the way for better treatment, it is still a long way away from being used on the hospital ward and even further from a cure.
Prof O'Donnell said: "It's still many years before a patient will be able to come in and within a couple of hours we will be able to say not only that it's a particular bug, sensitive to a specific antibiotic, but importantly it's activating certain arms of inflammation that we can then dampen down to stop the organ damage.
"If you die of cardio vascular disease, diabetes, maybe even of dementia, it's inflammation that's killing you - so nearly everyone is dying of inflammation, including sepsis, which is a sobering thought."
Answer: [[From the moment a patient comes through the door of an A&E department with signs of sepsis, time is already rapidly running out to save their lives.]]
Problem: Article: The Ballymoney rider, 29, sustained extensive bruising and a broken rib when he came off his BMW Superstock machine at Laurel Bank.
His Tyco BMW team initially reported the rider was "a bit banged up" but were hopeful he would be fit enough to race later in the week.
They have now confirmed his injury is more serious than first thought.
Michael Dunlop is set to compete in Monday's Supersport race despite admitting to being "battered and bruised" after a crash in the closing stages of Sunday's rescheduled Superbike race.
The younger of the Dunlop brothers also went out on the practice lap on Monday, but stopped to see how his brother was, before completing his lap.
Whether Michael will be fit enough to challenge for the win remains to be seen.
The Superstock race had been scheduled to take place on Monday morning but will now take place on Tuesday (12:15 BST) after being postponed as police dealt with a serious road traffic accident on the Ballacrye section of the Mountain Course.
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Scotland flanker Blair Cowan and winger Sean Maitland will both miss Saturday's Six Nations visit to Italy.
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A: Cowan was concussed in the 27-23 defeat by Wales, while Maitland has a thigh injury that forced him to miss the match in Cardiff.
Alex Allan, Chris Fusaro and Pat MacArthur are also injury withdrawals from Vern Cotter's squad.
But winger Tim Visser and centre Peter Horne are in contention for selection after resuming full training this week.
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Five new players have been called up to training - Glasgow Warriors scrum-half Grayson Hart and forwards Rob Harley and Ryan Wilson, along with the Edinburgh pair of uncapped hooker, George Turner, and back-row Hamish Watson.
Sean Lamont was a late replacement for Maitland in Cardiff, winning his 102nd cap.
Maitland's London Irish team-mate Cowan was a second-half replacement for John Barclay against Wales and in the opening loss to England.
Scotland's last Six Nations victory came in Rome, with Duncan Weir kicking a last-gasp drop-goal for a 21-20 success in 2014.
Scotland squad:
Forwards: Ross Ford, Stuart McInally, George Turner, Alasdair Dickinson (all Edinburgh Rugby), Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Moray Low (Exeter Chiefs), Willem Nel (Edinburgh Rugby), Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors), Rory Sutherland (Edinburgh Rugby) Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors), Richie Gray (Castres), Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors), Ben Toolis (Edinburgh Rugby). John Barclay (Scarlets), David Denton (Bath), John Hardie (Edinburgh Rugby), Rob Harley, Josh Strauss, Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors), Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby).
Backs: Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Edinburgh Rugby), Grayson Hart (Glasgow Warriors), Greig Laidlaw (Gloucester), Finn Russell, Duncan Weir, Mark Bennett, Peter Horne (all Glasgow Warriors), Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby), Duncan Taylor (Saracens), Sean Lamont, Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors), Tim Visser (Harlequins), Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors), Ruaridh Jackson (Wasps).
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Heart disease is normally considered to be a man's problem.
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A: High blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress, smoking and drinking too much are all common health issues for men of a certain age - but the reality is that women suffer more.
Heart and circulatory disease kills more than 82,000 women in the UK each year - compared with 79,000 men.
So why are women at risk and how can they protect themselves from the biggest killer of women in the UK?
Dr Jane Flint, a consultant cardiologist, has been caring for women with heart disease for more than 20 years.
She says women tended to get coronary disease five to 10 years later than men, but now it's younger women who are increasingly at risk from "vascular events".
In fact, women under 50 with heart problems are faring worse then older women, Dr Flint says.
"Young patients don't recognise they have a problem. They are not recognising they are at risk - and other people aren't recognising it either.
"All women should be aware of the risks and accept they are vulnerable."
There are a number of risk factors for coronary heart disease and stroke. The main ones centre on lifestyle and how we look after our bodies.
Being overweight, eating unhealthily, smoking, drinking and stress can all contribute to an unhealthy heart.
Equally important is a family history of cardiovascular disease, which means an increased risk of developing the condition.
Dr Flint is concerned that younger women are now smoking more than they used to and are also putting on weight, which is leading to more cases of diabetes during pregnancy.
Rachel Boothroyd was working as a lawyer in London, at the age of 37, when she started to get breathing problems which gradually worsened. Before long, she was experiencing pain in her chest, neck and down her arms.
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But it didn't occur to anyone - least of all herself - that she could have heart problems.
"I had classic symptoms. It was so obvious, but even a doctor friend dismissed it. He said I just wasn't as fit as I used to be.
"I was living in an illusion. The pain was so horrendous I used to go swimming so nobody would see me crying."
When she did eventually go to her GP, she was referred to a cardiologist, but even then heart issues were thought unlikely because she was fit and healthy.
"Because I was a woman, no one thought of it. They kept saying, 'I'm sure there won't be anything in it.'
In fact, Rachel had a 99% blockage in the main artery of the heart. She was extremely close to having a major heart attack - one from which she was told she would not have survived.
Rachel puts her heart problems down to the stress of working long hours in the City. Now 45, she has moved to York for a calmer existence, and now has a four-year old son.
Like many young women, her near-heart attack was a wake-up call which prompted lifestyle changes but there are still too many who refuse to believe it could happen to them.
In response, the British Heart Foundation have set up a Woman's Room where women can share experiences and ask questions of experts.
While genes have a large part to play in the health of women's hearts, there are also lots of factors which can be controlled ourselves in our day-to-day living.
Professor Anna Dominiczak, head of the college of medical, veterinary and life sciences at Glasgow University, one of the UK cities most affected by heart disease, says women must look after themselves better.
"All of us should know what our blood pressure and our cholesterol is - but many women don't."
Most importantly, she adds, there are always some factors which are easier to control than others.
"Smoking is first on my list. It's a risk factor everyone can do without."
Women - you have been warned.
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The science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov wrote about controlling intelligent machines with the three laws of robotics:
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A: | As so often is the case, science fiction has become science fact. A report published by the Royal Society and the British Academy suggests that there should not be three but just one overarching principle to govern the intelligent machines that we will soon be living alongside: "Humans should flourish."
According to Prof Dame Ottoline Leyser, who co-chairs the Royal Society's science policy advisory group, human flourishing should be the key to how intelligent systems governed.
"This was the term that really encapsulated what we wanted to say," she told BBC News.
"The thriving of people and communities needs to be put first, and we think Asimov's principles can be subsumed into that."
The report calls for a new body to ensure intelligent machines serve people rather than control them.
It says that a system of democratic supervision is essential to regulate the development of self-learning systems.
Without it they have the potential to cause great harm, the report says.
It is not warning of machines enslaving humanity, at least not yet.
But when systems that learn and make decisions independently are used in the home and across a range of commercial and public services, there is scope for plenty of bad things to happen.
The report calls for safeguards to prioritise the interests of humans over machines.
The development of such systems cannot by governed solely by technical standards. They also have to be imbued with ethical and democratic values, according to Antony Walker, who is deputy chief executive of the lobby group TechUK and another of the report's authors.
"There are many benefits that will come out of these technologies, but the public has to have the trust and confidence that these systems are being thought through and governed properly," he said.
The report calls for a completely new approach. It suggests a "stewardship body" of experts and interested parties should build an ethical framework for the development of artificial intelligence technologies.
It recommends four high-level principles to promote human flourishing:
And the need for a new way to govern machines is urgent. The age of Asimov is already here.
The development of autonomous vehicles, for example, raises questions about how human safety should be prioritised.
What happens in a situation where the machine has to choose between the safety of those in the vehicle and pedestrians?
There is also the issue of determining liability if there is an accident. Was it the fault of the vehicle owner or the machine?
Another example is the emergence of intelligent systems for personalised tuition.
These identify a student's strengths and weaknesses and teach accordingly.
Should such a self-learning system be able to teach without proper guidelines?
How do we make sure that we are comfortable with the way in which the machine is directing the child, just as we are concerned about the way in which a tutor teaches a child?
These issues are not for the technology companies that develop the systems to resolve, they are for all of us.
It is for this reason that the report argues that details of intelligent systems cannot be kept secret for commercial reasons.
They have to be publicly available so that if something starts to goes wrong it can be spotted and put right.
Current regulations focus on personal data.
But they have nothing to say about the data we give away on a daily basis, through tracking of our mobile phones, our purchasing preferences, electricity smart meters and online "likes".
There are systems that can piece together this public data and build up a personality profile that could potentially be used by insurance companies to set premiums, or by employers to assess suitability for certain jobs.
Such systems can offer huge benefits, but if unchecked we could find our life chances determined by machines.
The key, according to Prof Leyser, is that regulation has to be on a case-by-case basis.
"An algorithm to predict what books you should be recommended on Amazon is a very different thing from using an algorithm to diagnose your disease in a medical situation," she told the BBC.
"So, it is not sensible to regulate algorithms as a whole without taking into account what it is being used for."
The Conservative Party promised a digital charter in its manifesto, and the creation of a data use and ethics commission.
While most of the rhetoric by ministers has been about stopping the internet from being used to incite terrorism and violence, some believe that the charter and commission might also adopt some of the ideas put forward in the data governance report.
The UK's Minister for Digital, Matt Hancock, told the BBC that it was "critical" to get the rules right on how we used data as a society.
"Data governance, and the effective and ethical use of data, are vital for the future of our economy and society," he said.
"We are committed to continuing to work closely with industry to get this right."
Fundamentally, intelligent systems will take off only if people trust them and how they are regulated.
Without that, the enormous potential these systems have for human flourishing will never be fully realised.
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Q: The staging of the 23 August event has been opposed by unionist parties and some city councillors called for a review of it.
Mr Galloway had said he would not withdraw from the event, billed as Saturday Night with George Galloway.
The Ulster Hall is owned by the city council.
On Friday, the council said: "Following a request for a review of the decision to grant the use of the Ulster Hall for an event involving George Galloway, Belfast City Council has received legal advice confirming that any decision to terminate the contract in question is likely to lead to a claim for breach of contract and/or a challenge by way of judicial review in respect of freedom of expression.
"The event will, therefore, proceed as planned."
West Yorkshire Police are investigating recent comments by the Respect MP urging people in Bradford to reject all Israeli goods, services, academics and tourists.
One of those opposed to the event, Democratic Unionist (DUP) councillor Brian Kingston, said the booking should be reviewed in light of the comments and due to tensions in Northern Ireland relating to the the situation in Gaza.
"He goes far beyond calling for a boycott, he is rejecting and demonising an entire country and its people," Mr Kingston said.
Ulster Unionist councillor Jim Rodgers also wrote to the council calling for a review.
In response, Mr Galloway said: "To be lectured on good relations by the DUP is a bit like being told to sit up straight by the Hunchback of Notre Dame."
"It's a commercial contract with the Ulster Hall, signed, sealed and will be delivered, except on terms of very severe compensation."
On Tuesday, it emerged that a plaque erected to former Israeli president president Chaim Herzog at his former home in north Belfast had to be removed after a number of recent attacks.
Last month windows were smashed at a synagogue on north Belfast's Somerton Road.
A: A public speaking event at the Ulster Hall featuring Respect MP George Galloway will go ahead, Belfast City Council has said.
Q: At 24, Carl Forster has only been playing as a professional for seven years, but he was given the job as head coach when Whitehaven were relegated to England's third tier in 2016.
And now he is hoping to draw on the fountain of youth when his League 1 side aim to cause an upset against Championship team Halifax in the fifth round of the Challenge Cup.
The tie, to be played at Whitehaven's Recreation Ground, has been chosen to be streamed live on the BBC Sport website on Sunday, 23 April (15:00 BST).
It is part of a commitment by BBC Get Inspired to, in the early rounds, put the focus on clubs who do not often get the chance to share the limelight with some of the game's giants.
"We can't wait for this tie," said former Salford and St Helens prop Forster. "It'll be a real chance to see how far we have come in the last few months."
Whitehaven turned heads when they appointed Forster as player-coach after last season's relegation campaign.
He is one of the youngest players in his own squad.
But the Cumbrian side have a strong start in 2017, beating Oxford in round four and South Wales in the league, while they also pushed high-flying Toronto Wolfpack close in their most recent league outing.
Forster continued: "My age has created a bit of publicity. There are a lot of people talking about it. But for me it's not an issue. Nobody within our group talks about it.
"The job has been good. It's come with its struggles, especially in pre-season. But as soon as the competitive games have started, it's been going well."
Now Forster's aim is to add to the collection of magical Challenge Cup memories that began with the 2002 final when he was just nine years old.
"My first memory was, as a St Helens fan, watching us in the final at Murrayfield when we got beaten by Wigan," he said.
"Then I was at the first game back at the new Wembley in 2007 when James Roby scored the first try there.
"Later I was in a St Helens squad that had a good cup run, playing in the early rounds. But now I'm just concentrating on doing a good job here."
A: One of British sport's youngest professional head coaches is hoping to make his mark in rugby league's oldest cup competition.
Q: Kirov region governor Nikita Belykh was held in a Moscow restaurant.
Investigators posted a picture which purports to show the governor of the central region at a table with cash from a bribe.
Mr Belykh has been a Kremlin critic, but the investigators say there is no political subtext to the case.
On Friday, the Russian investigative committee (SKR) published a photograph on its website, saying it showed Mr Belykh and piles of 100-euro notes laid out before him.
They say he is suspected of accepting the money, personally and through an intermediary, in return for protecting dodgy investment business in the region.
Mr Belykh, who once led the opposition Union of Right Forces, has made no public comment on the issue.
SKR spokesman Vladimir Markin pointed out that - "anticipating hysteria" from Mr Belykh's supporters - there was no political background to his arrest.
Mr Belykh becomes the third Russian governor to be arrested on suspicion of corruption in just over a year.
A: Russian investigators have arrested a regional governor, saying they caught him red-handed taking a €400,000 (£325,000; $444,500) bribe.
Q: A small study of middle-aged men living in New Zealand found children born first into their family were about one stone (7kg) heavier and had a bigger BMI than second-borns.
They also had more insulin resistance, which can lead to health problems.
Birth order may affect the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, say researchers.
Larger studies are needed to fully evaluate this link, they add.
There is some evidence to suggest birth order may influence the body's fat make-up and metabolism, from infancy to the teenage years.
However, the potential impact in mid-life is unknown.
Prof Wayne Cutfield and colleagues at the University of Auckland studied 50 overweight but otherwise healthy men between the ages of 40 and 50.
"First-born men were heavier and had lower insulin sensitivity than second-borns," they report in the journal, Scientific Reports.
"Thus, first-born adults may be at a greater risk of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases."
Prof Cutfield said the risk of developing obesity or diabetes occurs when enough risk factors come together.
"Being first born is one such risk factor, it does not mean first-borns will become overweight or diabetic, being first-born simply increases the risk."
The researchers say the study needs to be repeated in pairs of siblings and with more subjects.
Christopher Allen, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said carrying extra weight can not only increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, but also affect how sensitive the body is to insulin.
"By having lower insulin sensitivity, this increases your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
"It's also important to note where you carry your weight.
"People who carry more fat around their middle are more likely to be resistant to the insulin their body is producing."
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Q: Marathon runners Wilson Loyanae Erupe and Nixon Kiplagat Cherutich face two-year bans while Moses Kiptoo Kurgat has been suspended for a year.
As soon as we establish any athlete has doped, we shall expose them
Erupe tested positive for EPO in an out-of-competition test last year and Cherutich failed a test for anabolic steroid Nandrolone.
"We are taking doping seriously," said AK Secretary General David Okeyo.
A fourth athlete, Francis Kibiwott, was cleared after his case was reviewed by the medical commission of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Moses Kiptanui, one of most successful runners in Kenyan history, recently claimed that doping is rife among athletes in the country.
Although Okeyo said: "Those are the athletes we have banned in the past two months. But that still does not mean doping is widespread among our athletes."
"We have nothing to hide. As soon as we establish any athlete has doped, we shall expose them."
A: Three Kenyan athletes have tested positive for banned substances and have been suspended by Athletics Kenya.
Q: Last week, it was supervised gym sessions for people at risk of type-2 diabetes.
The week before, Chancellor George Osborne unveiled a sugar tax, while at the start of March, there was the launch of the £3m advertising campaign One You to get people to become healthier.
And that followed the tough new guidelines on alcohol consumption which were unveiled at the start of the year.
For a Conservative government that has traditionally rallied against the so-called nanny state, it represents a remarkable change in tack.
In the early years of the coalition, there was a much more hands-off approach. The government launched its responsibility deal to try to get industry to take small steps such as reducing the sugar and fat content of foods, but apart from further crackdowns on smoking (a ban on tobacco displays in shops and the introduction of plain packaging to name just two), ministers were much quieter on the public-health front.
That, of course, has now changed. Completely. The sugar tax - to be introduced in two years' time - is really quite a radical step. It has been tried in only a handful of countries. The situation is similar for a minimum price for alcohol, which is still being actively considered here.
In the summer, ministers are expected to announce a wide-ranging childhood-obesity strategy that could see tough restrictions placed on marketing and promotion of unhealthy foods. Those two-for-one offers that prove so tempting in the cake and biscuit aisles could certainly be one victim of the crackdown.
40%
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3/4 men and 2/3 women aged 45-64 are overweight or obese
5% of the heaviest drinkers consume 30% of all alcohol
8 million adults - almost one in five - smoke
So why suddenly such gusto to get us to live healthier lives? When announcing the sugar tax in the Budget, the chancellor made it clear he was doing it for the good of the nation, saying: "I am not prepared to look back at my time here in this Parliament, doing this job and say to my children's generation, 'I'm sorry - we knew there was a problem with sugary drinks. We knew it caused disease. But we ducked the difficult decisions and we did nothing.'"
Other ministers have been saying similar things. And certainly the mounting evidence on sugar has played its part in convincing them to act.
But there's also a more hard-headed calculation here. The lifestyles we lead are costing the nation and, in particular, the NHS money. Some £11bn a year, to be precise.
And cutting back on the burden is critical to the future of the health service.
Evidence suggests by 2020 there will be a black hole of £30bn. That is massive when you consider the NHS budget is currently just over £100bn.
The government has promised an extra £8.4bn this Parliament. Another £5bn is to come from increased productivity from steps such as tackling sickness absence and saving money through better procurement.
Ministers will also undoubtedly look to save on the wage bill by limiting salary increases. There is also hope money can be saved by transforming services (by which the government means keeping people out of hospital).
But that will still leave the NHS short - and this is where, it hopes, tackling unhealthy lifestyles come in.
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A: The government certainly seems to be on a mission to get people in England healthier, if the recent flurry of announcements is anything to go by.
Q: The vote - along with another by-election in Copeland taking place the same day - is being seen as a key electoral test for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, whose party is defending both seats.
It was triggered by the resignation of former Labour MP Tristram Hunt, who left Parliament to become the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Labour has chosen councillor Gareth Snell to defend a seat it has never lost since its creation. Mr Snell is a member and former leader of Newcastle-under-Lyme Council, who campaigned for a Remain vote in the EU referendum.
UKIP, which narrowly beat the Conservatives into second place in the 2015 general election, is fielding its leader, Paul Nuttall, as its candidate. The MEP was born in Bootle, where he has stood in the last three general elections.
The Tories have chosen 25-year-old city councillor Jack Brereton. He is the deputy leader of the Conservative Group in the council's ruling coalition, where he is also the Cabinet member for Regeneration, Transport and Heritage.
The Green Party has picked Adam Colclough as their candidate, with Zulfiqar Ali standing for the Liberal Democrats.
See below for a full list of candidates.
The successful Liberal Democrat by-election campaign in Richmond Park in December was seen as a result of the party making Brexit a key issue in what was a very Remain constituency.
The wider Stoke area (which includes Stoke Central) voted strongly to Leave in June's referendum so the question is how much of an impact Brexit is likely to have.
Since being created for the 1950 general election, Stoke Central has always returned Labour MPs.
It has traditionally been seen as rock solid Labour territory and Mr Hunt won in 2015 by a 5,179 margin.
Labour's majority has been decreasing sharply in recent years, from 49.5% in 1997 to 16.7% in 2015.
Stoke-on-Trent Central covers the administrative centre of the six Potteries towns: Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent and Tunstall.
As BBC Midlands political editor Patrick Burns notes, this may be the last time the seat is contested.
"For all its rich history and industrial heritage, it's set to be scrapped under proposed Parliamentary boundary changes which would reduce Stoke's present three seats to two," he says.
"And with (Labour MPs) Ruth Smeeth and Rob Flello apparently in no mood to relinquish their neighbouring seats, it's no wonder that this is being unofficially dubbed as a job for three years."
Mr Nuttall has admitted a previous claim that he lost "close personal friends" in the Hillsborough disaster was wrong.
The UKIP candidate apologised and said the quotes on his website from 2011 were "wrong" and had been taken down.
There was also a clash with Labour over whether Mr Nuttall was actually living in the Stoke house registered as his address on nomination papers. UKIP later said he had to leave the house for safety reasons after the address was circulated on social media.
Mr Snell, meanwhile, has apologised after some of his old tweets about people appearing on TV shows have re-emerged, including a description of panellists on ITV's Loose Women as "squabbling sour-faced ladies" and remarks about Janet Street-Porter and a woman on the BBC's The Apprentice.
The Labour candidate also previously posted disparaging remarks about his party's current leader Jeremy Corbyn and Brexit.
Here is a list of the candidates, in alphabetical order by surname:
Polls open at 07:00 GMT on 23 February and close at 22:00 GMT.
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That's when his sons decided they needed to do something, dug his bicycle out of the shed and started getting him on the move.
Geoff went on to complete the Ride London 100-mile ride and says to anyone "just set a goal and you can achieve most things".
WATCH MORE: Fixing Dad in the coverage of Ride London 2016 and on the BBC Sport website, on 30-31 July.
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Sum: Geoff Whitington was 20 stone, on crutches with type 2 diabetes and in danger of losing his foot through Charcot foot - a serious complication of diabetes.
Q: Theresa May began the contest with the most number of MPs declaring support.
But energy minister Andrea Leadsom, who won Boris Johnson's backing on Monday, Michael Gove, Stephen Crabb and Liam Fox also hope to succeed David Cameron.
Party members will choose from the two backed by most Tory MPs, with the winner due to be named on 9 September.
The Conservative Party's 330 MPs had between 11:00 and 18:00 BST to cast their votes.
The results are expected within the hour, when the poorest performing candidate will be eliminated.
The vote took place behind closed doors in Parliament's Committee Corridor, with senior Conservative MP Charles Walker overseeing proceedings.
Further rounds of voting will take place on Thursday and the following Tuesday until two candidates remain.
On Monday the candidates were given the chance to make their cases to be the next Conservative leader during a parliamentary hustings.
During the meeting, Mrs May is understood to have repeated her view that the status of EU nationals currently in Britain would form part of negotiations ahead of Britain's withdrawal from the EU.
Mr Gove, Mr Fox, Mrs Leadsom and Mr Crabb, have said EU citizens should have their right to stay in the UK protected.
After the meeting, one Tory MP opposed to Mrs Leadsom's bid to become leader described an attempt to distance herself from UKIP support as a "car crash".
But Boris Johnson insisted she had drive and described her as "kind and trustworthy" as he backed her campaign.
The contest has been sparked by Mr Cameron's decision to step down as prime minster after the UK voted by 52% to 48% to leave the EU, in the June referendum.
The PM, who had campaigned strongly for a Remain victory, said "fresh leadership" was required as the UK negotiated its exit from the European Union.
Mr Johnson, the former mayor of London and a leading figure in the Brexit campaign, had been expected to run for the Tory leadership.
But his leadership hopes were dashed after Mr Gove launched his own bid for the job, with a stinging attack on his fellow Leave campaigner.
Mrs May and Mr Fox were the first two leadership candidates to take part in the vote, with Mr Crabb and Mr Gove later posing for separate photos outside the room before entering to cast their votes.
By Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor
As MPs prepare to vote in the first leadership ballot, Tory minds are starting to focus on what life, post-David Cameron will look like.
The expectation is that the two names on the ballot that goes to Tory party members for the final decision will be Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom.
But despite their victory 10 days ago that will change the country, the Outers are struggling to find a stand-out candidate.
Michael Gove's standing after last week's Machiavellian moves has suffered. Andrea Leadsom has a long way to go to convince MPs and members that she is ready for the job.
Right now it's someone who was on the losing side in the referendum, Theresa May, that is well in front.
But given how quickly things have changed in Westminster in just a few short days, making any predictions is a risky game.
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The latest tally of public declarations for each of the leadership contenders shows Mrs May, the home secretary who campaigned to stay in the EU, out in the lead among her colleagues, with 132 MPs' backing.
Among her supporters are former backers of Mr Johnson, including cabinet minister Liz Truss and former shadow home secretary David Davis.
Mrs Leadsom has 42 declared supporters - including Mr Johnson and Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers.
Mrs May and Mrs Leadsom are followed by Mr Gove, the justice secretary, with 27, Mr Crabb, the work and pensions secretary, on 23 and Mr Fox, a former defence secretary, on nine.
Mr Crabb told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he would not use EU citizens living in the UK as "negotiating chips" when forging a new post-Brexit deal with the EU, assuring them that they would be allowed to remain - even if other EU countries threatened to remove UK citizens.
He said: "The idea that we will be some kind of Checkpoint Charlie scenario where we're arguing over trading people living in each other's countries - that is not going to happen.
"The new PM needs to be very clear that it's a mark of a decent society that we're not going to make EU citizens who are resident in the UK bring them in as negotiating chips into what will be a very, very tough negotiation."
He said he would not trigger Article 50, the formal mechanism that takes Britain out of the EU, straight away, saying the "dust hasn't really even begun to settle on the kind of political choices that need to get made now following the outcome of the referendum".
Asked about his views on gay marriage Mr Crabb, who had links in the past with a Christian charity that is reported to have advocated psychological therapy for gay people, said it was a complete falsehood to say that he backed "gay cure therapy".
He said despite voting against gay marriage in Parliament he was pleased with the outcome of the vote. He added that he did not believe being gay was a "sin" saying the "idea that being gay is something to be cured that is reprehensible" and "certainly not part of my Christian outlook".
A: Tory MPs' voting has closed in the first round of the contest to replace David Cameron as leader and UK prime minister - with the result due shortly.
Text: Convicts could cut 30 days off their jail terms if they published a work of literature or science.
Justice Minister Raluca Pruna said abuse of the system had spiralled out of control, and the law was being changed by emergency decree.
Last year, convicts published more than 300 books - some churned out several books in record time.
"According to prison administration figures, the number of books published by detainees went from one a year between 2007 and 2010, to 90 in 2014, and 340 last year," Ms Pruna told a news conference.
"Given that the phenomenon has spiralled out of control, I have proposed that the government repeal this arrangement via emergency decree," she added.
Romania's anti-corruption prosecutors are investigating whether prisoners had ghost writers, the AP news agency reports.
A statement cited the case of a 212-page book written by an unidentified prisoner in under seven hours.
Prisoners have no access to the internet or books.
The law was originally passed in 2006.
summary: Romania says it is changing a law that allowed prisoners to reduce their sentences by writing books.
Article: Wales' Moore and England's McNeill only began competing together this winter but have already won four medals, including two silvers and a bronze on the North American Cup circuit.
The British duo won in Winterberg in a time of one minute 53.96 seconds.
Germany's Anna Koehler and Franziska Fritz were second, with compatriots Kim Kalicki and Lisa-Sophie Gericke third.
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Prior to taking up bobsleigh, Moore competed for Wales as a sprinter at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and had a 100m personal best of 11.65 seconds.
Victory was Great Britain's first world junior win since Paula Walker and Rebeka Wilson triumphed in February 2011.
"It's a massive result for Great Britain Bobsleigh and the women's programme and it's one that these athletes should be very proud of," said Lee Johnston, lead coach for GB Bobsleigh.
"Both Micas performed when it really mattered and to beat the Germans in their own backyard is a real boost."
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input: Article: Resuming on 39-3, Durham slipped to 63-6, with Ryan Sidebottom (4-34) taking the wickets of Graham Onions, Scott Borthwick and Paul Collingwood.
Ryan Pringle (57 not out), Michael Richardson (33) and Graham Clark (25) delayed the hosts into the afternoon.
But Jack Brooks (3-55) took the final wicket of Chris Rushworth as Durham were all out for 192.
Second-placed Yorkshire are a point behind leaders Middlesex, who beat Nottinghamshire by five wickets on Friday to relegate the East Midlands county.
Durham's target of 421 always looked out of reach, especially after losing three wickets in 16 overs before close on Thursday.
Sidebottom finished with season-best bowling figures and he struck in his first and second over of the day to rip the heart of the Durham middle-order.
Clarke and Richardson put on 49 for the seventh wicket to make sure the game went behind lunch, while Pringle hit a spritely half-century and brought up his 50 with a six off Tim Bresnan.
But Durham slipped to their third Championship defeat of the season and remain in relegation trouble.
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output: Yorkshire beat Durham by 228 runs to remain in the hunt for a third successive County Championship title.
input: Article: Desmond O'Reilly, 53, died in hospital the day after he was found collapsed in Hulme, Manchester, on 5 December.
Detectives believe he was attacked before he was found by a passer-by in St Georges Avenue.
Greater Manchester Police said officers had "received very little information about what may have happened to him".
The reward is being offered to anyone with any information leading to the arrest and conviction of anybody connected to Mr O'Reilly's death.
Det Ch Insp Sarah Jones said: "We are particularly interested in speaking to anyone who may have seen Desmond on the evening of Monday 5 December.
"I hope this reward demonstrates our dedication to finding the truth about Desmond's death and I would encourage anyone with any information to come forward."
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output: Police investigating the suspected murder of a man found lying in a street with head injuries have offered a £20,000 reward for information.
input: Article: The NHS seems under increasing pressure, from GP surgeries to accident and emergency rooms. It feels as if the healthcare system is in desperate need of CPR - the question is will technology be the thing that brings it back to life?
Daniel Kraft is a trained doctor who heads up the medicine school at the Singularity University, a Silicon Valley-based organisation that runs graduate and business courses on how technology is going to disrupt the status quo in a variety of industries.
When I interview him he is carrying a device that looks suspiciously like a Tricorder, the scanners that were standard issue in Star Trek.
"This is a mock-up of a medical tricorder that can scan you and get information. I can hold it to my forehead and it will pick up my heart rate, my oxygen saturation, my temperature, my blood pressure and communicate it to my smartphone," he explains.
In future, Dr Kraft predicts, such devices will be linked to artificial intelligence agents on smartphones, which in turn will be connected to super-computers such as IBM's Watson, to give people instant and accurate diagnoses.
"It may say, 'Daniel, this is looking bad - you need to go to the emergency room', or it might say this is probably just the flu because there is a lot in the neighbourhood and your symptoms are consistent with that."
No such device is yet on the market but in the US there is currently a $10m (£6m) prize on offer to design one that is suitable for use in the home; 300 teams are competing.
Wearable devices such as Nike's FuelBand or Jawbone's Up are making people ever more aware of their health.
These days it seems as if there is an app for every medical condition. Diabetics can monitor their blood sugar levels via their smartphones, there are apps to track diet, pregnancy and menstrual cycles. It is even possible to get smartphone-enabled blood pressure cuffs.
Dr Kraft is wearing four wristbands, monitoring a range of things including his heart rate, his sleep pattern and how many steps he takes each day.
Such devices, he says, make him the "CEO of his own health" and he thinks that doctors will increasingly be prescribing such tools instead of handing out pills.
"I might prescribe you exercise. I might say, 'Here's a band and I want you to wear this and I want to see that you are improving your exercise.'"
Last year, the UK's Department of Health said that it was looking at the possibility of doctors prescribing apps, although they are currently unregulated, leading some medical experts to question what role they should play in healthcare.
In September the US Food and Drug Administration said that it would regulate only the small number of apps that act like medical instruments.
"Such tools can be valuable but there are privacy issues about whether patients want to share their data with their doctor as well as how accurate such data is," said Mary Hamilton, managing director of consultancy Accenture's technology labs.
Accenture and Philips recently conducted a proof-of-concept demo in which a surgeon wore Google Glass, allowing him to simultaneously monitor a patient's vital signs and react to surgical procedural developments without having to turn away from the patient.
Such devices could also be used to instantly bring up patient data when a doctor conducted his ward rounds, says Ms Hamilton.
If wearable technology and the data it generates does get integrated into the health service, GPs will know exactly whether a patient is following doctor's orders.
"If you do a good job your healthcare premiums might get lowered or the NHS might give you an incentive like tickets to a concert," says Dr Kraft.
Insurance firms such as PruHealth are already offering lower premiums for those who can prove they have healthy lifestyles.
Last year, speaking at a health conference, tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Sun Microsystems Vinod Khosla made the extraordinary claim that in the future 80% of what doctors do will be replaced by technology.
He likened current healthcare to "witchcraft" and argued that machine learning would be a much more efficient, accurate and cheaper diagnosis tool.
The shift is already happening, says Dr Kraft. "There are robotic anaesthesiologists coming online and applications to take pictures of a skin lesion that can do a better job than dermatologists."
Meanwhile IBM's Watson is giving human doctors a run for their money when it comes to diagnosing cancer.
In February the super-computer was made available to rent to any hospital or clinic that wanted to get its opinion on oncology-related matters - and with its ability to take in and analyse vast quantities of data, it may just be just the extra medical mind that doctors need.
But it isn't just machines changing the way medicine is conducted.
When 14-year-old Jack Andraka discovered a new way of testing for pancreatic cancer just by searching Google and borrowing some lab space from nearby Johns Hopkins University, it was an indication that the old way of doing things might be over.
Prof Raymond McCauley runs the US's first ever bio-hack lab, where members of the public are invited to come in and "play around with DNA" and conduct other experiments.
"Things that were major government and academic projects a few years ago are now things that junior high school students are doing in their basements," he says.
Whatever the future for healthcare there is little question that the system is in desperate need of an overhaul.
"Healthcare today in many ways is broken," says Dr Kraft.
"There are lots of challenges with costs, ageing populations, fragmented big data but we have the opportunity with many of these new and exponential technologies... to help reinvent elements of health and medicine.
"Then we can actually do healthcare rather than what we are doing today, which is sickcare."
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output: | If you have ever sat in a doctor's waiting room, next to someone with a hacking cough and with only a pile of out-of-date Reader's Digests for company, then you may have asked whether the system was fit for 21st Century living. | huggingface_xsum |
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Article: The tie was Kosovo's first home fixture but, because of a lack of facilities in the country, was played in neighbouring Albania, where Croatia won 6-0.
Kosovo's membership of Fifa was opposed by Serbia, from which it declared independence in 2008.
World governing body Fifa has not said when the hearings will take place.
Earlier this year, Fifa ordered Croatia to play two World Cup qualifying games behind closed doors because of "discriminatory chants" during friendly matches against Israel and Hungary.
The first game of that punishment was against Turkey in September and the second will be when they host Iceland in November.
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Summarize: Croatia and Kosovo both face Fifa disciplinary hearings over anti-Serbian chanting by fans during their 2018 World Cup qualifier on 6 October.
Article: The Royal Bank of Scotland has identified barriers which starter farmers are struggling with, including the physical size of modern farms.
Bigger farms are often unaffordable when they come on the market and are being bought up by neighbours.
RBS wants more joined-up action to help unlock the potential it says young farmers can bring.
New farmer John Matheson has a hundred suckler cows in a twisting, steep sided glen on the River Deveron in Aberdeenshire.
He has been there for just eighteen months, despite wanting his own farm since the age of eight. He is now in his 50s.
John previously had livestock on rented grass but the locations were spread far and wide meaning a drive of almost 30 miles each day to tend them.
He said: "I can now get up in the morning at seven o'clock and I'm finished feeding and have seen everything by nine in the morning.
"It makes a tremendous difference. I can manage the cattle better because obviously they're here so if there's something ill or sick it can be treated on the spot there and then.
"The management's just so much easier."
The report from the Royal Bank of Scotland - Harvesting the Future for Young Farmers - surveyed 500 new entrants, about of half of them in Scotland.
It identified three key challenges:
Duncan Morrison, vice-chairman of the Scottish Association of Young Farmers, has held his tenancy near Torphins since November but has been building up his stock of beef cows for several years.
Without stock, he does not think he would have secured the tenancy and considers himself one of the lucky ones.
The report's findings come as no surprise and he wants to see solutions.
He said: "The more young people you've got in an industry, it's always a positive, because you've got young people bringing in new ideas and fresh enthusiasm.
"The average age of a farmer is 58 now, I think, and it's not really good. You need younger people coming in and taking the pressure off the older guys."
The report accepts that young farmers can improve innovation. They're also taking advantage of new opportunities like crowdfunding, it says.
The head of agriculture at the Royal Bank of Scotland, Ian Burrow, is calling for a summit involving industry, governments and the banking sector.
He said: "It's getting better, yes. We're actually undertaking lots of business planning workshops and we're identifying, through the network of agricultural specialists we've got, a willingness to learn and understand.
"The quality of business reports and business cases we're seeing is improving on a week-by-week basis."
But there are many potential farmers who are not getting the opportunity to farm.
RBS says a summit could bring governments, the industry and the banking sector together to try to address some of the issues its report has highlighted.
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Summarize: A bank has called for a summit to address the problems faced by young people trying to get into farming.
Article: Derek Sheerin, 24, was found dead in the east end of Glasgow in September 1994.
Officers from Police Scotland and the PSNI detained the man in Derry on Tuesday morning.
The suspect has been taken to Glasgow for questioning.
Det Ch Insp Michael Harvey has appealed to people in Derry who have any information about the death to contact detectives at Maydown using the non-emergency number 101, or by calling Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Summarize: A 39-year-old man has been arrested in Londonderry as part of an investigation into the death of a man in Scotland 21 years ago.
Article: University College London researchers looked at data from more than 56,000 people born in Britain between 1946 and 2001.
They found a clear shift over time, with obesity becoming more common and starting earlier in life.
The latest data, however, suggests childhood obesity may now be stabilising among the under-10s.
But it is too early to say if this will continue. Public health officials have said they are concerned.
Obese children often go on to be obese adults, carrying with them an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes.
Prof Rebecca Hardy and colleagues looked at five generations of Britons and reported their findings in the journal PLOS Medicine.
The first, post-War male babies, did not become overweight until they hit the age of 40, on average - the report said.
But the next two generations of men got fatter younger - at a median age of 33 and 30, respectively.
The trend was the same for women. By the third generation - babies born in the 1970s - the median age for becoming overweight was 41, compared with 48 for those born in 1946 and 44 for those born in 1958.
By the fourth generation, obesity was becoming common in childhood.
Children born since the 1980s were up to three times more likely than older generations to be overweight or obese by the age of 10.
Latest figures for England suggest a fifth of children joining primary school are now obese or overweight.
Prof Hardy said: "Our work shows this coincided with the onset of an obesogenic environment in the 1980s, where there was easy access to high-calorie food.
"The onset of obesity has been getting earlier and earlier and this does have implications if people are not losing that weight.
"Being overweight over a lifetime means you accumulate risks for things like heart disease and diabetes."
Eustace De Sousa, national lead for children, young people and families, at Public Health England, said: "Evidence shows that children of obese parents are much more likely to have weight problems, which is a major concern when almost two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese.
"Almost one in 10 children in Reception are obese - but what's even more shocking is that by the time they leave primary school, this doubles to nearly one in five."
The government has already launched a number of initiatives to help people eat more healthily and be more active.
It estimates that health problems associated with being overweight or obese cost the NHS more than £5bn every year.
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One in 40 people in the UK is affected, according to analysis of 15 years of results, in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases journal.
The disease, which particularly affects the overweight, can be countered by lifestyle changes.
But researchers say not enough people are getting access to medication.
Gout is a type of arthritis, caused by a build-up of uric acid in the blood.
Crystals of sodium urate produced by the body can form inside joints and can cause sudden and severe pain, together with swelling and redness.
Being diagnosed with gout is - to judge by the responses of those who don't have it - one of the few bona fide comedy conditions that a human can still develop.
Read Richard Warry's Magazine story on being diagnosed with gout
It usually affects the big toe but can develop in any joint.
And even though it was traditionally linked to "good living" among the wealthy, it can affect anyone.
However, it is more common in people who are overweight or obese and in those who have high blood pressure or diabetes.
Drinking too much beer or spirits can also increase the risk, but the condition can be managed through changes in lifestyle, like losing weight.
There is also medication available which lowers levels of uric acid.
In this study, researchers used the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) to look at the number of existing and new cases of gout in the UK between 1997 and 2012.
Among more than 4.5 million eligible people on the database in 2012, almost 116,000 already had gout. More than 7,000 new diagnoses were identified.
Between 1997 and 2012, the prevalence of gout rose by 64%, increasing by around 4% every year.
Rates were around four times higher in men than women across the entire period, and the highest rates were in Wales and north-east England.
Researchers from City Hospital in Nottingham, who carried out the study, said access to effective medication remained a problem.
In 2012, fewer than one in five patients was prescribed medication within six months of their diagnosis, and only around one in four was on this treatment a year after diagnosis.
The UK Gout Society said: "The increase in gout is a result of a combination of factors - primarily an ageing population and a growing obesity problem in the UK.
"People who suspect they have gout should seek help from their GP as the first port of call who will then refer them to a rheumatologist should they continue to suffer from repeated gout attacks."
Prof Alan Silman, the medical director of Arthritis Research UK, echoed the concern about obesity and identified foods such as red meat, shell fish and dairy, and red wine and beer as potential contributors.
He said: "A severe attack of gout is probably the most painful form of severe arthritis there is - worse than rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis.
"It is not a trivial condition, yet its reputation as a 'joke' disease that only affects florid-faced country squires has meant that over the years it's not always taken as seriously as it should be.
"People can reduce their chances of getting gout by changing their lifestyle."
Sum: The prevalence of gout - traditionally associated with too much port and an unhealthy lifestyle - is soaring in the UK, according to a study.
Timothy Smith, 45, from Staffordshire was discovered in the vehicle in Shepshed on Thursday evening.
Mark Law, 20, from Sandringham Rise, Shepshed, and a 17-year-old man, who cannot be named, were charged by police and will appear in court on Monday.
A man and a woman, both aged 53, who were arrested and questioned earlier have been released.
Mr Smith's father Derek, from Oxfordshire, said his son was "kind, thoughtful and caring".
"He was a thoroughly good-hearted person," he added.
Police found Mr Smith in a silver Ford Fiesta that had crashed into a wall near an industrial estate off Gelders Hall Road.
Sum: Two people have been charged with murder after a man was found with a stab wound in a crashed car.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the two-seater plane was involved in the crash at 11:05 GMT on Saturday.
Two people were in the aircraft, but neither was injured and they were not taken to hospital.
The fire service sent crews from Swansea West, Swansea Central and Gorseinon to the airport, at Fairwood Common, Gower.
The incident comes a week after two people escaped unharmed when a light aircraft made an emergency landing in a field near the airport.
Just after 13:30 GMT last Saturday a twin-seater single-engine Piper aircraft ended up in a hedge at Manor Farm.
The people in that plane were members of a flying club based at Swansea.
A report into the earlier incident will be prepared by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the Department of Transport.
Sum: A light aircraft has crashed on the runway at Swansea Airport.
The constitutional committee wants ministers from the four UK nations to work more closely together in the run-up to Brexit.
Chairman Bernard Jenkin said Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland should not be a Whitehall "afterthought".
UK ministers have pledged to seek stronger relations between governments.
MPs were told by Wales' First Minister Carwyn Jones that "the level of formalised bilateral machinery" between the UK and Welsh governments was "fairly non-existent".
Mr Jones said there were examples with Downing Street "when letters have not been responded to or been responded to very late, sometimes many months down the line".
The committee said "starkly different evidence" from the Scottish Government indicated it had "a well-developed network of informal and formal bilateral relations" with UK ministers.
The report said leaving the EU "offers both risk and a fresh opportunity, and, therefore, an incentive, to develop more effective intergovernmental relations in the UK".
MPs said the emphasis should be on the UK government to nurture relationships with the devolved administrations in Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast.
Mr Jenkin, a Conservative MP who campaigned for Brexit in June's referendum, said the "time pressure" of negotiations to leave the EU "now forces the machinery of intergovernmental relations in the UK to be imbued with a sense of purpose".
"We cannot go on with the notion that the devolved administrations are treated as an afterthought by Whitehall, particularly as all the devolved administrations are run by different political parties," he said.
"It is, therefore, vital that the UK government's commitment to engage with the devolved administrations is meaningful and not simply a tool to allay the concerns of the Scottish and Welsh Governments and the Northern Ireland Executive," Mr Jenkin added.
In October, Theresa May promised to strengthen relations with ministers in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland ahead of a meeting of the UK's top politicians.
Mrs May said at the time she hoped it would be the start of a "new grown-up relationship".
Responding to the MPs report on Thursday, a Welsh Government spokesman said: "We very much agree with the central conclusion, that our inter-governmental machinery needs significant further development if the UK is to meet the challenges of Brexit effectively."
"We need to see a wholehearted commitment on the part of all the UK administrations to redrawing the relationship between the component parts of the United Kingdom in the post-European Union period, including both the distribution of responsibilities and the machinery of government between the four nations."
A spokeswoman for UK ministers said they were "committed to the strength of the Union and determined to make a success of Brexit".
"That means striking a deal which works for all parts of the UK," she said.
"We are working closely with the devolved administrations through the Joint Ministerial Committee process so they're fully engaged as we form our negotiating position."
Sum: | The Scottish Government enjoys a "more effective" relationship with UK ministers than its Welsh counterpart, MPs have said. | huggingface_xsum |
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Article: 21 October 2015 Last updated at 18:17 BST
Since having the operation, she has lost over four stone in weight and her symptoms of type 2 diabetes have gone into remission.
Leading surgeons say the surgery not only drastically reduces a person's weight, but it can have a side-effect on the gut, which causes dangerous sugar levels to return to normal.
Last year the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said people with recent type 2 diabetes diagnoses should be assessed for surgery as soon as possible.
Speaking to Adrian Goldberg for Radio 4's The Report, Jenni Murray says we need to stop moralising about weight-loss surgery, and that a salad and exercise approach to treating obesity does not work for everyone.
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Summarize: In June of this year presenter of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Jenni Murray, underwent a sleeve gastrectomy - a form of weight-loss surgery - which removed a large section of her stomach.
Article: Harley Medical Group and Transform said European regulators' failures over breast implants manufactured by French company Poly Implant Prothese had caused financial and operating issues.
The UK's regulator had acted appropriately, but lessons should be learned, the Department of Health said.
The PIP implants had been filled with industrial silicon.
Spot checks in 2010 revealed the silicon had not been medical-grade.
Last December the French government announced it was advising all PIP patients to have their implants removed as a precaution and UK clinics were deluged with calls from worried women.
The Harley Medical Group in London had used nearly 14,000 PIP implants and initially offered free replacements, but it is now charging patients £2,500 because of spiralling costs.
Managing director Pierre Guillot told BBC Radio 4's The Report programme: "We have a duty of care to our patients and to date we have performed over 1,000 replacement surgeries, in the majority of cases at no cost to the patient."
However, Mr Guillot said the PIP implant scandal had taken his company from a "reasonable profit" to one that has made a loss for two consecutive years.
"We have operating and financial capacity issues," he added.
"We cannot finance the failures of the European regulatory system to have spotted a faulty implant for 12 consecutive years.
"You have to remember that these implants were CE marked. The CE marking means that the implants are not only safe but that the medical devices are efficacious."
Organisations across Europe award the mandatory CE marks to products in the European Economic Area (EEA).
Once a product has a CE mark in one EEA country, it can be exported to all the others - individual countries do not then make their own additional checks.
So, after a CE mark was awarded to PIP implants in Germany, the UK regulator along with others in Europe accepted them as safe to use - when in fact they had rupture rates twice to six times as high as others on the market.
The EU is looking at tightening up the system of CE marks and enhancing co-operation between the different regulatory bodies in Europe.
Earlier this year, the final report into the PIP breast implants scandal concluded the gel material they contained did not pose a long-term threat to health.
The British government has now ordered a review of the cosmetic surgery industry, led by NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh.
He will examine whether there needs to be more regulation, how complaints are dealt with, and whether better clinical governance is needed.
But a report carried out by Lord Howe in May this year said there was no evidence the UK regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), had acted inappropriately or could have uncovered the fraud earlier.
Hear more on this story on BBC Radio 4's The Report on Thursday, 6 September at 20:00 BST
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The cosmetic surgery clinic Transform carried out some 5,000 PIP implant operations. Chief operating officer Pat Dunion told the BBC she would like the government to consider a compulsory register to record the details of all patients having breast implant operations.
"I'd be delighted if the MHRA would levy some sort of tax on implant manufacturers, and use that funding to come into facilities like Transform's, and other hospitals that provide cosmetic surgery, and take sample implants and check that they conform to the standards that they say they conform to," she said.
"I would welcome the government to start doing this now."
Sir Bruce is also considering a fund - like that offered by travel industry association Abta - that would pay out to patients in the event of anything going wrong.
Ms Dunion said: "It's a wonderful principle, but it would be difficult to see how such a scheme could be administered fairly - however, there might be different ways to do it.
"For example the government may levy some sort of charge on implant manufacturers and keep that fund set aside for some occurrence in the future."
Sir Bruce is expected to report back with the findings of his review in March 2013.
Hear more on this story on The Report on BBC Radio 4 on Thursday, 6 September 2012. You can listen again via the BBC Radio 4 website or The Report download.
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Summarize: Two of the UK's leading private providers of cosmetic surgery are calling for improved regulation.
Article: Jeronimo Yanez shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights last July, and the aftermath was live-streamed on Facebook by his girlfriend.
The shocking 10-minute video shows a calm, polite encounter between the two men that escalated quickly.
Mr Yanez says he feared for his life and Mr Castile did not follow orders.
The 29-year-old police officer was found not guilty on charges of second-degree manslaughter and two felony counts of intentional discharge of a dangerous weapon for endangering the safety of Mr Castile's girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, and her four-year-old daughter, who were both in the car at the time.
He has since been fired from the police force.
The case - one of a series of deaths of black men and boys at the hands of US police - has prompted widespread outrage.
The dashcam footage from Mr Yanez's patrol car, released by Ramsey County on Tuesday night, appeared to show a routine traffic stop.
Mr Yanez was seen approaching Mr Castile's white sedan while another officer stood near the passenger's side.
He told Mr Castile he pulled him over because a brake light was out before he asked for his driver's licence and insurance.
Mr Castile handed him a piece of paper and said: "Sir, I have to tell you, I do have a firearm on me."
"OK. Don't reach for it, then," Mr Yanez is heard saying while appearing to reach for his own weapon. "Don't pull it out."
Mr Yanez again repeated "don't pull it out" in a loud voice as he drew his own gun and fired inside the car multiple times.
The officer ordered Ms Reynolds, who is heard screaming, not to move and began shouting expletives.
After the shooting, the second officer escorted Ms Reynolds' daughter from the backseat of the vehicle.
Ms Reynolds is heard explaining that her boyfriend was reaching for his ID, to which Mr Yanez replied: "I told him not to reach for it."
The officer called for emergency responders and later is heard saying: "I don't know where the gun was."
The footage appeared to corroborate Ms Reynolds' account of the incident. which she filmed immediately following the shooting.
But the video, played for the jury during Mr Yanez's trial, did not show what was happening inside the car and what Mr Castile was reaching for just before he was shot.
A jury cleared Mr Yanez on Friday, sparking protests in the city of St Paul.
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Summarize: | A video showing the fatal shooting of a black Minnesota motorist by a police officer has been released days after the officer was acquitted. | huggingface_xsum |
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Article:Susan Lillian Townsend was born in Leicester in 1946, the city where she set her most famous work, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4.
The story of the pimply, pretentious teenager who painted his room black and obsessed about a girl called Pandora sold two million copies when it was released at the end of 1982.
Adored by fellow teenagers and adults alike, the book was followed by The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole in 1984 - making Townsend the best-selling novelist of the 1980s.
Townsend said she grew up "comic-poor - what the Americans now call trailer-trash", as the eldest of three daughters.
But there were always books in their home and, after discovering children's classics, she was soon reading one a day.
"I do think that books, good books, free you," she told writer Alan Clark, a friend and former creative writing student who interviewed her for Mediterranean Life magazine.
"They make you feel a citizen of the world and things like class, sex and age don't matter. They're the greatest leveller."
After leaving school, she worked as a petrol pump attendant, shop assistant and factory hand, before training as a community worker.
She married at 18 but hid her writing from her first husband, inside sofa cushions and under the stairs. He left her and she was soon juggling three jobs, writing at night while her three children were asleep.
"I became an insomniac, really, hardly slept at all, didn't even try to," she told The Guardian in 2009.
"And it's carried on. I hate to say I only need as much sleep as Mrs Thatcher, but I can cope really well on five hours."
It was not until she confessed all to her partner Colin Broadway - who she later married and had another child with - that she was encouraged to join a local writers' group at the Phoenix Theatre in Leicester, winning an award for her first play.
The Adrian Mole series first started life as a play on BBC Radio 4 - first broadcast with the title The Diary of Nigel Mole, Aged 13 1/4.
A publisher heard it and offered her a contract to turn it into a book. A name change and another seven instalments followed along with TV and theatre adaptations.
Townsend often said she identified with Adrian but she was amazed by the book's success, both in the UK and abroad.
"Now I realise that Adrian is simply a type of person who exists everywhere, regardless of nationality," she told Clark.
"Shy, thoughtful, oversensitive, repressed. In a hut in the Gambia at this moment, there's an Adrian Mole getting on people's tits."
She never allowed any of the books to carry an illustration of Mole though, as she wanted people to be able to visualise the character for themselves.
Townsend had a heart attack when she was just 40 and was registered blind in 2001, after a 15-year battle with diabetes.
She would lie on a sofa, dictating her final books to her writer son Sean, who - in 2009, donated one of his kidneys to his mother.
"It makes me sound like Barbara Cartland. But I'm never as well groomed as she was," she joked in a Big Issue interview in March 2012.
During a BBC interview later that month, at the new Mansfield Library where she was speaking to a visually-impaired reading group, Townsend said of losing her sight: "You can't underestimate what a devastating blow it is."
She added: "People would say, 'You're so good about it.' But inside... to me not being able to read, I still haven't come to terms with it yet."
She also had neuropathic arthropathy - Charcot's joint - which weakened the bones in her legs and feet and meant she had to use a wheelchair.
Before she lost her sight completely, Townsend would carry a large magnifying glass, which Stephen Mangan - who played Adrian in the BBC adaptation of The Cappuccino Years - remembers being trained on him.
"When I auditioned to play Adrian, I remember she told me that he couldn't be too good looking," he said.
"She pulled out a magnifying glass, came up right to my face - because her sight was just in the last stages of going, scanned me all over and said that I was indeed 'not good-looking enough to play the part'.
"She was very funny, there was a lot of laughter whenever you met Sue," added Mangan.
The Cappuccino Years was a satire on New Labour, with Pandora now an MP and Adrian a chef in London.
Townsend was a passionate socialist and politics also influenced Adrian Mole's teenage years, under Thatcher's government.
The eighth Mole instalment, Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years, was published in 2009.
However, Townsend suffered a stroke over Christmas 2012 and, at the Oxford Literary Festival a few months later, revealed she had to push back the release date of the ninth book as a result.
"It was on the way until the stroke interrupted me," she said.
Her other best-selling novels include The Queen and I - about the Royal Family being forced to move to a council estate after a revolution - and 2012's The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year, about a middle aged mum who refuses to get up from bed.
"Oh I'd love to [do that]," Townsend told The Big Issue.
"A month would be great. Just getting up now and again, you know, to take showers and stuff. I wouldn't get bored, I'd listen to the radio."
Townsend also published a more serious novel, Ghost Children, about the life-long effects of having an abortion, based on her own experiences - and often talked about writing "a masterpiece".
"I wanted to be Dostoevsky but my way of coping with the world has always been humour," she told Clark.
"In the playground I always made people laugh, I used to charge them three pence for an impression of a teacher. It kept me in toffees."
Writers and comedians including JK Rowling, David Walliams, Matt Lucas and Caitlin Moran were all quick to pay tribute to that humour on Twitter.
Having left school at 15, Townsend was awarded an honorary Masters of Arts from Leicester University and, in 2008, was made a Distinguished Honorary Fellow of the university.
She was also an Honorary Doctor of Letters at Loughborough University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
"I hate it when people call me a 'national treasure'," she told The Guardian in 2010, while promoting The Prostrate Years.
"It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a harmless old golden Labrador."
In 2009, Townsend was given the Honorary Freedom of Leicester.
She was surrounded by her family when she died at her home in the city on 10 April, following a short illness.
Summarize the main points of that article. | Sue Townsend failed her 11 plus, left school at 15 and wrote in secret, but she went on to become one of the UK's best-selling and beloved authors. | huggingface_xsum |
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Lee Solari said he dropped off and left his friend Sion Davies, 25, at a flat in Caia Park estate, Wrexham, last October to collect the cash.
But, later, the 26-year-old became concerned when Mr Davies did not answer his mobile, Mold Crown Court heard.
Anthony 'Charlie' Munkley, 53, and Lee Roberts, 33, both deny murder.
"We used to get cannabis off Charlie but we also sold cannabis to him, up to two ounces," Mr Solari said.
After leaving his friend at Mr Munkley's flat on 11 October 2014, Mr Solari became concerned when Mr Davies did not return.
He called his mobile repeatedly but got no answer.
Mr Solari said he then received a phone call in the early hours of the following morning to say his friend had been found dead.
The trial continues.
Sum: A murder victim was collecting drug money when he was shot with a crossbow before falling off a balcony, a jury has heard.
Adil Khan, 46, maintained there was a "big story" behind his conviction for a series of child sex offences in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Khan was jailed for eight years in 2012 alongside eight other men who exploited girls as young as 13.
He is appealing against a decision to strip him of UK citizenship.
Khan was convicted at Liverpool Crown Court of two counts of engaging a child in sexual activity and one of trafficking a girl for sex within the UK.
Now out of jail on licence, he appeared before a First Tier Immigration Tribunal, sitting at Manchester Crown Court.
The court heard he had got one 15-year-old pregnant then passed another girl of the same age on to other men for sex, using violence to coerce her.
But under questioning by Vinesh Mandalia, representing the Home Office, Khan maintained his innocence.
Speaking through a court interpreter, he claimed there was "a big story" behind his conviction.
He added: "We respect the jury but there's so many reasons behind that."
The tribunal heard Khan had previously launched an appeal against his conviction, but it had been rejected by the High Court.
Home Secretary Theresa May's decision to strip him of UK citizenship is the first stage in the deportation process.
Mr Mandalia said deportation would not render Khan stateless as he retains Pakistani nationality.
He described Khan's offending as "repugnant to society" and said it would be "entirely proportionate" for him to "face the consequences".
The court heard Khan had been granted British citizenship after marrying a Pakistani woman who had already been given the right to remain in the UK.
They have a seven-year-old son, and if his appeal fails he can lodge a further appeal against deportation on the grounds of a breach of his human rights, the right to a family life, under Article Eight of the Human Rights Act.
Three judges will decide on Khan's appeal, as well as on appeals by three other gang members, including ringleader Shabir Ahmed.
The appeal made by Abdul Aziz, another member of the Rochdale grooming gang, was adjourned until 23 March.
The tribunal judges have reserved their decision on the appeals of Khan, Shabir Ahmed and another man, Abdul Rauf.
A decision is expected next month.
Sum: A member of child sex grooming gang who got a 15-year-old girl pregnant has claimed he is innocent as he fights deportation from the UK.
Jack White, 23, will hear the song, which famously became the focus of an internet prank, 2,500 times on repeat.
He started at midday, and is set to finish 75 hours later at 15:00 BST on Monday.
"I'm not really much of a Rick Astley fan and I definitely won't be after Monday," said Mr White, of Southampton.
Mr White, who has vowed not to desert his task, has taken on the charity challenge in support of his nephew, who has type 1 diabetes.
The rules require the self-confessed chatty man to say goodbye to speaking and humming for the duration of the task.
He is living on a diet of porridge, rice and water and will not wash during the ordeal, which is being streamed live on YouTube.
Supporters of Mr White selected Astley's trademark hit via an online poll of the "three most annoying songs in the world" - the other contenders were Let It Go from the film Frozen and viral sensation Trololo by Eduard Khil.
The singer's 1987 opus was part the "Rickrolling" phenomenon, where millions of people were duped into clicking on a web link directing them to a video of the song.
Before starting the challenge, Mr White told BBC Radio 5 Live that the people who voted for Rick Astley were "quite cruel really".
He added: "All I get is basically rice and porridge and then water. The idea behind not washing is the fact that it'd give me something to look forward to, something to break up the day - have a bath, relax. There is no enjoyment. I've basically got to stare at the wall for four days."
Mr White, who is staying in a room at Highfield House hotel, is hoping to raise £2,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
He said: "I've worked really closely with a psychotherapist who donated her time and it has helped me to know how to be still, because I don't know how to do that - I'm always doing something and always talking."
"Rick Astley is probably not going to be my best friend by Monday afternoon," he added.
Sum: A choir-master is spending four days locked in a hotel room listening to nothing but Rick Astley's 1980s hit, Never Gonna Give You Up.
The application for 366 houses in Penrhosgarnedd - the biggest considered by Gwynedd Council - was refused using new planning rules designed to protect Welsh.
Developer Morbaine described the decision as "frustrating".
But the Welsh Language Society said housing developments should "put communities' interests first".
Planning officers had recommended the Pen y Ffridd development go ahead, on condition that Morbaine made 30% of the homes "affordable" and paid £1m for the development of local schools.
But Gwynedd Council's planning committee blocked the application on Tuesday using new Welsh Government rules introduced on 4 January.
Residents had organised a petition against building at the 35.36 acre (14.3 ha) site raising concerns about overdevelopment and lack of infrastructure.
Councillor Gareth Roberts, who was part of the campaign group, said: "As well as our concerns about the language, local schools are at breaking point and the roads are clogged up."
Bethan Ruth of the Welsh Language Society said the status of the Welsh language in the planning system has been strengthened adding: "Any housing developments should reflect local need, rather than the interests of developments," she added.
According to the 2011 census, 52.6% of residents in the Pen y Ffridd area speak Welsh, compared to 65.4% across Gwynedd.
A 245-home development is being constructed nearby and planners have said Bangor needs another 802 new homes.
Keith Nutter, planning director of Widnes-based Morbaine said he had not decided whether or not to appeal the decision.
He said: "We provided a report that said the development would have a positive impact on the language.
"A third of the development was designated as affordable homes, and the majority of affordable homes are sold to Welsh speakers."
He added that Morbaine had been prepared to install Welsh street signs and advertise the homes locally.
Sum: | Plans for hundreds of homes in Bangor have been refused because of concerns over the effect on the Welsh language. | huggingface_xsum |
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David Massey, 54, recorded the doctor, whom he had previously made a complaint about, saying: "What can I do to you? I can probably beat you up, I suppose."
After police were called, one officer suggested leaving him "on the Cat and Fiddle" A537 road in Cheshire. Cheshire Police said they "regret" the incident.
Mr Massey said he thought the incident, in March 2014, was "disgraceful".
The patient, who has diabetes and chronic back pain, went to an out-of-hours clinic at Macclesfield General Hospital.
He says he was in severe pain and needed another pain-relieving patch.
After a long discussion, the doctor refused to give him any medication but Mr Massey declined to leave and started secretly recording the conversation on his phone.
Speaking about how he could get Mr Massey to leave the room, the doctor can be heard saying: "I can probably beat you up I suppose."
Mr Massey then replies: "You're going to beat me up?", to which the doctor responds: "Yeah".
After police officers spent time trying to get Mr Massey to leave the hospital, a policewoman suggested leaving him on the remote rural road between Buxton and Macclesfield known as the Cat and Fiddle.
An East Cheshire NHS Trust spokesman said the doctor's behaviour was "isolated but not acceptable".
"Both the member of staff concerned and the trust chief executive John Wilbraham have given their apologies to Mr Massey," he added.
Mr Massey said: "I think it is disgraceful really that a doctor can say that to somebody and he's still practising."
A Cheshire Police spokeswoman said: "The constabulary regrets the way the comment by the officer made Mr Massey feel and the officer concerned has taken the learning from this incident." | A disabled man who secretly recorded verbal abuse by a hospital doctor has received an apology from an NHS trust. | huggingface_xsum |
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Experts from Queen Mary, University of London, mapped those they thought were most at risk of type 2 diabetes.
They said it was "startling" how similar the results were to Victorian reformist Charles Booth's poverty maps.
Type 2 diabetes is strongly linked with poverty and South Asian ethnicity, both of which are common in east London.
The project's aim was to help local authorities and NHS services tackle poor health by directing efforts where they are most needed.
Although the study examined the London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham, the same technique could be applied anywhere in the country, and to other diseases.
Unlike the Booth maps, which were based on observation, this study used the electronic records of more than half a million people taken from GP surgeries in the area.
About 10% of the adult population are categorised as at a high-risk of developing diabetes, however the map showed "hotspots" where up to 17% of adults were in this category.
Further analysis showed that these areas were associated with poverty and were the same areas highlighted in Booth's maps which were made in 1898-99.
Douglas Noble, a public health doctor and lecturer at Queen Mary who led the study, said: "It was no surprise to see that diabetes risk is high in areas where poverty was high.
"What was surprising was that some of these pockets of deprivation and ill-health have persisted for over 100 years.
"But unlike in Booth's time, we now know how diseases like diabetes can be prevented."
Trisha Greenhalgh, professor of primary health care at Queen Mary, said: "This study, which concentrates on three of the 'Olympic boroughs', highlights the dire need for a major and lasting Olympic legacy to improve health and longevity in east London."
What is a summary of this text? | Researchers aiming to improve the health of east Londoners have found poverty and ill health have persisted there for more than 100 years. | huggingface_xsum |
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Problem: Article: The 25-year-old made 30 league appearances for Villa after joining them from Middlesbrough in 2012.
He has only appeared once for Villa this season when he scored in their Capital One Cup victory over Notts County.
Bennett also made 42 appearances during a season-long loan spell at Brighton last year, scoring one goal.
He has not played any first-team football since August when he picked up an Achilles injury shortly after joining Bournemouth on loan.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
Answer: [[Sheffield Wednesday have signed Aston Villa left-back Joe Bennett on loan until the end of the season.]]
Problem: Article: The legend goes that in late 1944 or early 1945, as the Red Army advanced further westwards during the final days of World War II, the authorities in the Lower Silesian capital of Breslau (now Wroclaw) collected several tons of gold bullion from the city's residents and deposited it in police headquarters.
The gold was then loaded on to a train that was to take it deeper into the territory of the Third Reich.
But the train disappeared and when the war ended the Allies gave Lower Silesia to Poland in compensation for the larger chunk of territory it lost in the east to the Soviet Union.
One story has a train located in an underground siding near the 13th Century Ksiaz Castle, another locates it in the hills near Piechowice.
Now two men, a Pole and a German, have hired a lawyer and informed the local authorities in the town of Walbrzych, near Ksiaz Castle, that they have located a train in an underground tunnel that may in fact be mined.
The men are requesting 10% of the value of the discovery.
The intriguing aspect is that the Germans did build a complex system of tunnels in the area.
In 1943-45 the Nazis used forced labourers and POWs to build 9 km (5.5 miles) of tunnels below Ksiaz Castle and in the surrounding Owl mountains.
The surviving documentation is inconclusive, but some say the Nazis' Project Riese ("Giant"), which was never completed, was designed to construct a new headquarters for Hitler.
Others say that the tunnel complexes would also be used as underground factories. Some of the tunnels are now a tourist attraction.
The gold train legend appears to spring from two different Polish sources - one, a businessman named Mr Posibirski, who said he saw a document locating the train near Piechowice; the other, Tadeusz Slowikowski, a retired miner from Walbrzych, who said that just after the war a German living in the area told him about the train underneath Ksiaz Castle.
Explorers have been looking for the trains for decades. Some reports suggest the Polish authorities searched the area in the 1990s.
To date, nothing has been discovered, and there is no documentary evidence the trains ever existed, local journalist and writer Joanna Lamparska says.
"I do not know of any account confirming what is said, that the trains really existed. All the more, for many years, in Piechowice, as well as in Walbrzych, different exploration teams were trying to find these trains.
"Every five years the news appears that we are now close, we're at the entrance of the tunnel and we'll soon get inside," she told RMF FM radio.
Answer: [[The Silesian Nazi gold train legend has intrigued Poles for decades and caused many treasure hunts.]]
Problem: Article: The structure will be in place during the final phase of the wreck's conservation in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
The Tudor warship, which is being sprayed with a conserving solution inside a chamber, will begin a five-year drying process this year.
The walkway will give access to the chamber until the process is complete.
The chamber is due to be removed completely in 2016.
The ship sank while leading an attack on a French invasion fleet in 1545 and was raised from the sea bed in 1982.
The wreck has undergone 17 years of conservation treatment and is due to go on public display in 2012 when a dedicated museum will open in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard.
The existing Mary Rose Museum will remain open during the construction of the new attraction.
Answer: [[A walkway allowing visitors to see the hull of Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose, is due to open in 2012.]]
Problem: Article: Diabetes UK says that up to 80% of foot amputations could be avoided if better care was in place.
Patients are suffering because many areas do not have services in place to quickly deal with foot ulcers and infections.
By 2015, the number of diabetes-related amputations is expected to rise to 7,000 a year.
When diabetes, both Types 1 and Type 2, is present for many years, especially if it is poorly controlled, it can cause complications such as reducing blood flow to vessels in the feet and nerve damage which reduces sensation.
This increases the risk of ulcers and infections that may lead to amputation.
A report produced in collaboration with the Society for Chiropodists and Podiatrists and NHS Diabetes points out that people with diabetes are more than 20 times more likely to have an amputation than the rest of the population.
It recommends that all hospitals have a multi-disciplinary footcare team as recommended in national guidelines.
Figures suggest that 40% of hospitals currently do not have such teams in place.
Every hospital also needs to be able to guarantee that people with urgent foot problems can be assessed by the right professionals within 24 hours, the report urges.
This is because ulcers can deteriorate extremely quickly and a matter of hours can make the difference between keeping a foot and losing it.
In addition people with diabetes who are at high risk for foot problems need to know what to look out for and what to do when a problem develops.
Barbara Young, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said it is unacceptable that every week people with diabetes who have treatable foot problems are having feet or toes amputated because they are not being treated quickly enough.
"It is not as if this is a problem we don't know how to solve.
"If every hospital had a multi-disciplinary footcare team and ensured access to that team within 24 hours, then that would make a huge difference to the amputation rates."
She added that some prevention work was so poor that people were not even asked to take their shoes off when attending their annual foot check.
"This is not something that requires more money," she continued.
"In fact, putting these kind of systems in place can actually save money because the amputations that they prevent are so expensive.
Matthew Fitzpatrick, spokesman for the College of Podiatry, said they strongly welcomed the recommendations.
"The most important aspect is that patients appreciate how to check themselves and are seeking appropriate advice when they need it.
"If they're worried then their local podiatrist should be the first port of call."
Answer: | [[Thousands of diabetes patients end up having a foot amputation because of slow treatment, a charity warns.]] | huggingface_xsum |
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Q: Hamilton was 0.394 seconds adrift of the German after a messy lap simulating qualifying and 0.2secs clear of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in third.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo were fourth and fifth ahead of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari.
Jenson Button was eighth but was taken to hospital with an eye "irritation".
The 2009 world champion went to Mannheim hospital "to have a precautionary check-up", but later said on social media: "On my way back to Hockenheim from the Mannheim hospital for an eye examination, foreign body found & removed. All good for tomorrow."
Button had also complained of an overheating cockpit earlier in the session.
The Briton's team-mate Fernando Alonso, whose 35th birthday is on Friday, was 10th fastest, 0.138secs adrift of Button. The Spaniard also seemed to be unhappy with the car and had an untidy lap.
Hamilton appeared to be on the back foot throughout the day, lagging a couple of tenths of a second behind Rosberg in the first session, on the qualifying simulation runs and on both the super-soft and soft tyres on the race-simulation runs.
But it turned out that Mercedes had warned him to take it relatively easy through Turn One after he received some warnings from race control about exceeding track limits.
The team did not want him to risk receiving a reprimand because he has already had two this season and a third would mean an automatic 10-place grid penalty.
That means his lap times are not fully representative of his potential performance.
Hamilton took the lead for the first time with his victory in Hungary last weekend, his fifth in six races - a run which has turned a 43-point lead for Rosberg into a six-point lead for Hamilton.
Ferrari and Red Bull look set for another close fight for best of the rest, with Vettel and Raikkonen sandwiching the two Red Bulls, with Verstappen only 0.034secs quicker than Ricciardo.
Behind the Red Bulls, Force India and McLaren look closely matched, with Nico Hulkenberg setting seventh fastest time, ahead of Button and the German's team-mate Sergio Perez ahead of Alonso in ninth.
Williams had a disappointing day but can be expected to join that fight over the weekend.
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A: Lewis Hamilton trailed team-mate Nico Rosberg as Mercedes dominated the second practice session at the German Grand Prix.
Q: Projects include a tie-up with London Moorfields eye hospital, which will see it using one million eye scans to train its artificial intelligence system to diagnose potential sight issues, and development of an app to help doctors spot kidney disease.
Google's entry on to the healthcare scene has been welcomed by some, notably doctors who are desperate to apply some cutting-edge technology to antiquated NHS systems.
But less so by privacy groups and some patients, who have been surprised and concerned that their data - in some cases not anonymised - can be shared with the tech giant's AI division.
So what does Google want with our health data and should we be worried?
In May it was revealed that Google's DeepMind, had been given access to the healthcare data of up to 1.6 million patients from three hospitals run by London's Royal Free Trust in order to develop an app, called Streams, that would notify doctors should someone be at risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI).
The deal had been announced in February but at the time got little press attention.
The biggest question mark was over why so much data was being shared, especially as only a tiny percentage of people would actually benefit from the app.
Some were also bemused when it became apparent that the deal with Google's AI firm would not actually involve any artificial intelligence.
The reality, explained Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind co-founder, is that AI is simply not yet ready for direct patient care.
"Finding a fit between an algorithm and training data is difficult. People expect the algorithm to do too much," he said.
But, he added, DeepMind wanted to do the project because it wanted to try to make a difference in the NHS, particularly when it came to one of the most fundamental issues it faces - sharing and storing data.
"The system is crying out for more innovation and hopefully that is something we can pioneer," he said.
And, he noted, it was the hospital that sought out DeepMind rather than the other way round. Dr Chris Lang, a kidney doctor, approached the firm to see if a collaboration was possible.
"We went for coffee and ended up chatting for four hours."
Although it has got far more publicity than any others, in fact this deal is a pretty standard one in the NHS.
It emerged that the organisation has similar deals with 1,500 different third parties.
The NHS claims that it would not be practical to ask every patient to consent to every one of these arrangements.
In the tie-up with Moorfields, the data was anonymised and the rules here are that data can be shared for "ethically approved projects".
Patients can opt out of any data-sharing system by emailing their NHS Trust's data protection officer.
In the case of the Royal Free, the BBC understands that 148 people have withdrawn their consent, a tiny fraction of the patients involved.
Mr Suleyman stressed that none of the data would be shared with other parts of Google.
For DeepMind, yes but Google has been looking at healthcare for much longer.
From Calico, Alphabet's research and development company whose mission is to "tackle ageing", to Verily which is currently developing a smart contact lens that can help diabetics monitor glucose levels, the search giant is investing heavily in healthcare.
According to Mr Suleyman, "making the world a better place" has always been part of DeepMind's somewhat lofty ambition to "solve intelligence".
Two years ago he decided that it was a good time to "make good the second part of that mission" and set about looking for ways where the company could make a difference.
"We looked at nano-materials, synthetic biology, renewable energy, transport trying to figure out how tech could make a difference and I realised that healthcare - it we could get it right - then the margin for beneficial impact was enormous."
The firm seemed genuinely surprised when the announcement created some negative headlines and often reminded journalists that the point of the project was to help save lives.
On reflection, Mr Suleyman realises that there was bound to be a backlash.
"I can completely understand why there was surprise about what we were doing. We have learned a lot and there is a lot we can do to improve - we take that feedback," he said.
DeepMind had already been in the process of setting up a panel of independent reviewers, nine technical and clinical experts who have the right to scrutinise what the firm is doing and interview members of the team.
"We recognise there is still more that we can do," said Mr Suleyman and so the firm has decided to host a patient engagement forum.
It will be held on 20 September and will be streamed on YouTube with a Twitter Q&A. It plans to host four such meetings every year.
Although Google has always loved experimenting with projects that benefit humankind, it is ultimately in the business of making money and its healthcare work is no exception.
It is currently in discussion with the NHS about how to do that and will remain doing so for "several years", said Mr Suleyman.
"Right now it is about building the tools and systems that are useful and once users are engaged then we can figure out how to monetise them," he said.
The firm has some radical ideas about how it can shake up the commercial relationships between the NHS and third parties.
"The vast majority of payments made to suppliers in healthcare systems are not often as connected to outcomes as we would like.
"Ultimately we want to get paid when we deliver concrete clinical benefits. We want to get paid to change the system and improve patient outcomes."
A: | Google's DeepMind has moved on from playing Go to more serious matters - attempting to solve some of the world's biggest health problems. | huggingface_xsum |
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Roddy Riddle, who is from Inverness and has Type 1 diabetes, completed the 350 miles of the 6633 Ultra in just under seven days.
The event, held this year in Canada, is described as one of the world's coldest and toughest foot races.
To finish the race, competitors must complete the route in eight days or less.
In a post on Facebook, Riddle, who finished in second place, said: "350 brutal miles across the Arctic and I'm the first Scot to have ever finished the race."
He added: "But the most important thing is raising awareness for what can be achieved with Type 1 diabetes and to show it shouldn't stop you achieving your goals in life."
Riddle completed a marathon in the Sahara Desert in 2013.
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One of those is the state of the NHS and its direction of travel over the next five years.
The immediate signal from the Department is that there will be no radical change of course. Major reorganisations similar to the upheaval seen in the last parliament are not on the agenda.
The Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt has let it be known that his focus will be on "out of hospital" care. He used his first two years in the post to concentrate on what he saw as the urgent need to improve safety and transparency inside hospitals in the wake of the Mid Staffs scandal. He now says there should be a push for higher standards of care for the elderly and most vulnerable patients provided by GP surgeries, community and social care.
Tackling dementia was a priority for the last Government. That is still the case. But ministers are also aware of the increasing obesity challenge to the NHS. The costs associated with treating diabetes are mounting - on one estimate around 10% of the NHS budget. Those who are overweight or obese are more at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. A new initiative in this area by the Department of Health seems likely.
While Jane Ellison remains in her post as public health minister, there are intriguing changes elsewhere in the department.
As Dan Poulter departs, Ben Gummer arrives as a new minister. He made a name for himself campaigning on behalf of Ipswich Hospital to secure a heart centre. He also pushed the Treasury successfully for taxpayers to be sent itemised statements setting out how their money is spent. Might he take a close interest in NHS spending?
The new Minister of State Alistair Burt is an old Whitehall hand, having served in John Major's Government and at the Foreign Office after the 2010 election. He has campaigned on behalf of victims of the tainted blood scandal. One of Mr Hunt's final statements in the last parliament followed the Penrose inquiry in Scotland into the use by the NHS of contaminated blood products. He said a new and broader compensation scheme for victims would be drawn up. It may well fall to Mr Burt to see that through.
As for the opposition, its too early to say what angles will be pursued. Andy Burnham's position is well known and he will probably continue to highlight the use of private provision in the NHS. He may be distracted for a while by a Labour leadership bid - as would shadow care minister Liz Kendall - though that could itself involve a campaign around health.
Hovering over the Department of Health is a financial shadow. The new ministers will quickly be brought up to speed by their colleagues on the short- and medium-term challenges to the NHS budget.
Health trusts have been warning in recent weeks that there is a danger of a significant deficit in the current financial year, perhaps running to £2 billion. They claim to be under massive strain and that a new cash injection from Government will be required.
For now, ministers are making clear that everything the head of NHS England Simon Stevens asked for to cover the current financial year was provided. They are in no mood to pull out the cheque book just yet and don't want to be seen to be caving in to the demands of the leading hospitals.
Summer will give way to autumn. By the time the leaves are falling from the trees, the readiness of the NHS for winter will again be high on the agenda. Claims that the service is creaking at the seams and that the money is running out will be made again. Ministers at the Department of Health will have to start thinking now how they are going to tackle that. | The new ministerial team at the Department of Health is in place - now its time to face up to what David Cameron called "down-to-earth, bread-and-butter issues" which he said his Government should focus on. | huggingface_xsum |
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Problem: Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster, who held the finance job, became first minister on Monday after Peter Robinson stepped down.
She is expected to name a replacement rather than carry out a full ministerial reshuffle.
One reason is that the Northern Ireland Assembly will break up in March to allow an election campaign to begin.
Mrs Foster could look to experienced DUP backbenchers to head the finance department.
BBC News NI's political editor Mark Devenport said Alastair Ross or Peter Weir could be options for Mrs Foster to turn to.
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A: A new finance minister for Northern Ireland is expected to be appointed at Stormont later on Tuesday.
Tosief Ahmed, 21, and Asad Majeed, 22, died at the scene of the crash near junction 21 at about 06:00 on Sunday.
The road was closed southbound for several hours after the accident.
Police said the two men's relatives had been informed. They appealed for witnesses to the incident to contact them.
Sum: Police have identified two men from Oldham who were killed after their car hit a bridge on the A74(M) motorway near Gretna at the weekend.
Q: "We have agreed terms with Middlesbrough," said Redknapp.
"But he will not be leaving until we have a replacement as we should have four central defenders on the books."
Shotton, 28, made his first appearance of the season as a substitute in Tuesday's goalless draw with Bolton.
He replaced the injured Michael Morrison from the bench, while Cheikh Ndoye also limped off to add to Blues' injury problems.
Morrison, 29, cut his nose while Ndoye, 31, is to have a scan on his foot.
Redknapp could have a selection issue for Friday's game at Burton, with Shotton not expected to feature, although he does have the option of veteran Paul Robinson, who has been on the bench for the past two matches after missing the start of the season through suspension.
"We now have five players out injured," added Redknapp. "And we go to Burton with Ryan Shotton's wife expecting a baby.
"We could have only one [available] centre-half on our books, which is not a good position to be in at this stage of the season.
"This is why we need to get in some quality players if we are going to be a team challenging for promotion."
A: Birmingham City manager Harry Redknapp has confirmed Middlesbrough have agreed a deal to sign Ryan Shotton, but the transfer will not go through until cover has been brought to St Andrew's.
Text: It estimates poor diets are causing around 70,000 premature deaths each year.
In a major report on unhealthy diets, the body called for the extra money raised to be used to subsidise fresh fruit and vegetables.
The Food and Drink Federation said the measure would not change diets.
There has been growing concern about the damaging impact of sugar on health - from the state of people's teeth to type 2 diabetes and obesity.
In its Food for Thought report, the BMA warns that a 330ml can of pop is likely to contain up to nine teaspoons of sugar that are simply "empty calories".
The report said taxing specific food groups - such as the sugar drinks tax introduced in Mexico - were shown to cut consumption.
Doctors said a tax of at least 20% would be needed to deter customers. It would mean a 65p can of fizzy drink would cost at least 78p and a two-litre bottle would shoot up from £1.85 to £2.22.
The report says the extra revenue should be used to make fruit and vegetables cheaper so that we "create an environment where dietary choices default to healthy options".
Dr Shree Datta, from the British Medical Association, told the BBC: "I think it is a massive problem illustrated by the fact obesity is creeping up.
"We're looking at 30% of the UK population being obese by the year 2030, a large extent of that is due to the amount of sugar we're actually consuming without realising.
"The biggest problem is a lot of us are unaware of the amount of sugar we are consuming on a day-to-day basis."
The government's main approach to obesity has to been to work with the food industry to get it to voluntarily reduce calorie content.
A spokeswoman said obesity was of "great concern to this government".
She added: "There is no silver bullet but we do want to see industry go further to cut the amount of sugar in food and drinks so that people can make healthier choices."
The BMA's report is timely. Later this week, the UK's official Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition will publish its final advice on the amount of sugar we should be eating.
Its draft report said sugar added to food or naturally present in fruit juice and honey should account for 5% of energy intake.
The current recommended level is 10% and many people fail to meet that.
Ian Wright, director-general of the Food and Drink Federation, said: "We share the BMA's concerns about the health of young people in the UK."
However, it said many foods were already taxed at 20% through VAT such as soft drinks and confectionery.
He added: "Where additional taxes have been introduced they've not proven effective at driving long-term, lasting change to diets.
"In recent years, calories in household foods and drinks have been gradually lowered through recipe reformulations, including sugar reductions, and changes to portion sizes."
summary: An extra 20% tax on sugary drinks should be introduced to tackle the obesity crisis, the British Medical Association says.
Text: The eurozone central bank's 25-member governing council left its benchmark borrowing rate at zero.
The rate on deposits from commercial banks was also unchanged at minus 0.4%.
The ECB decided against extending the duration of its two-year bond-buying stimulus scheme under which it has been making purchases of €80bn a month.
The central bank faces stubbornly low annual inflation of just 0.2% despite pumping €1 trillion in newly printed money into the banking system through bond purchases since March 2015.
Mario Draghi, president of the ECB, said he expected inflation rates to remain low for the next few months, adding: "We are monitoring developments in inflation expectations very closely and stand ready to act."
He said inflation would take a little longer than previously forecast to get to a level just below 2%, "but not much longer".
The Bank anticipates annual inflation at 0.2% in 2016, 1.2% in 2017 and 1.6% in 2018, which it said remained broadly unchanged from previous projections.
Mr Draghi revealed that the governing council did not discuss extending its stimulus scheme, but analysts suggested the Bank would have to act sooner rather than later to support the eurozone.
Jennifer McKeown, senior European economist at Capital Economics, said it "will need to announce further policy stimulus before long".
Nick Kounis, head of macro and financial markets research at ABN Amro, said: "If the ECB waits too long, markets could get nervous."
summary: | The European Central Bank has kept its main interest rate on hold at zero for another month. | huggingface_xsum |
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As of next term, a Football Association panel will review footage each Monday looking for cases and any player found unanimously guilty would be banned.
Webb says that the football authorities "need to shift the balance" on diving.
"The risk/reward for players to dive is not in the right place," he said.
"If a player is thinking 'if I hit the deck I can get away with it and get a penalty and if I get caught I get a yellow card' that is not much of a deterrent. This new measure will be hopefully."
The FA says it will act "where there is clear and overwhelming evidence to suggest a match official has been deceived by an act of simulation".
But only incidents that result in a player winning a penalty or lead to an opponent being sent off - through either a direct red card or two yellow cards - will be punished.
The panel will consist of one former match official, one ex-manager and one ex-player.
Webb, who is overseeing the introduction of video refereeing in Major League Soccer, explained that retrospective suspensions for simulation already occur in the US.
He told BBC Radio 5 live's Friday Football Social: "On a Monday morning, the disciplinary committee look at all the controversial plays from the weekend.
"If they involve simulation then - providing the five-man panel are unanimous - that player will then get suspended.
"It works. Players come here knowing that if they dive and got away with it on the day they will pay the price later down the road."
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summary: Former Premier League referee Howard Webb has backed the introduction of retrospective bans for simulation - saying the reward for diving currently outweighs the risk of punishment.
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Article:The report calls for a move away from current guidelines which recommend pills only be prescribed if blood pressure is above a certain threshold.
But experts acknowledge lifestyle factors also have an important role to play in bringing blood pressures down.
The study appears in the Lancet.
High blood pressure has long been linked to a higher risk of heart disease and stroke.
Current guidelines - issued by England's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence - suggest patients should only take medication when their blood pressure levels reach 140 mmHg.
Until this point even those at highest risk, for example people who have had strokes, are offered monitoring but not pills.
Now a global team of experts are calling for doctors to focus on an individual's risks rather than rigid and "arbitrary" blood pressure thresholds.
Experts analysed the results of more than 100 large-scale trials involving some 600,000 people between 1966 and 2015.
They found those patients at highest risk - including smokers with high cholesterol levels and people over 65s with diabetes - would benefit most from treatment, lowering their chance of heart attacks and strokes.
In addition the report suggests once on treatment, blood pressure levels could be reduced even further than the targets currently used.
The study also adds to growing evidence that patients may benefit from lowering their blood pressure whatever their baseline levels - either through lifestyle changes or drugs.
But it shows the lower the person's blood pressure to start with, the lower the benefit they gain from reducing it.
The authors do not go as far as to suggest everyone should be given pills and caution side-effects of medication must be weighed up.
Prof Liam Smeeth, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, agreed the findings were important for those at highest risk.
But he warned: "One important caveat is that not everyone will be able to tolerate having their blood pressure reduced to low levels, and there is a need to balance possible drug side effects and likely benefits."
Heart specialist Dr Tim Chico, of the University of Sheffield, said medication need not be the only way to tackle the issue.
He added: "We can all reduce our blood pressure.
"We can do this safely, cheaply and as effectively as tablets by eating healthily, taking more physical activity, reducing alcohol intake, and maintaining a healthy weight."
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More lives could be saved if doctors considered giving blood pressure drugs to all patients at high risk of heart disease - even if their blood pressures are normal, a study suggests.
input: Article: UK Open champion Wright holds a one-point lead over world number one Michael van Gerwen.
Home favourite Van Gerwen came from 3-0 down to beat Phil Taylor and maintain his unbeaten start.
Meanwhile, fellow Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld fired in five maximums in a 7-2 thumping of Scotland's Gary Anderson.
The evening's other matches in front of a 10,000 capacity crowd in Holland saw bottom two Jelle Klaasen and Kim Huybrechts beaten by James Wade and Adrian Lewis respectively.
Reigning Premier League champion Van Gerwen will play twice next week in Manchester because of the round he missed due to a back injury earlier this month.
Jelle Klaasen (Ned) 3-7 James Wade (Eng)
Peter Wright (Sco) 7-4 Dave Chisnall (Eng)
Gary Anderson (Sco) 2-7 Raymond van Barneveld (Ned)
Kim Huybrechts (Bel) 3-7 Adrian Lewis (Eng)
Phil Taylor (Eng) 4-7 Michael van Gerwen (Ned)
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output: | Premier League leader Peter Wright kept up his fine recent form with a 7-4 win over Dave Chisnall in Rotterdam. | huggingface_xsum |
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Q: The GMB union has warned that "someone could die" as kidney patients were missing vital dialysis appointments.
It said a new phone-app despatch system left some ambulance staff "sat around" and sent others to areas without phone coverage.
New contractor Coperforma said it was using "all resources at its disposal" to overcome "shortfalls".
Complaints of missed appointments emerged four days after it took over patient transport services in Sussex on 1 April.
Coperforma admitted it was "still not operating optimally" and said pressure would ease as more staff were registered on its system.
Paul Webb from Bexhill told the BBC he had to call 999 for his father Eric, who needs kidney dialysis, when hospital transport failed to arrive.
Mr Webb said: "It's horrendous, people are missing appointments and waiting for hours. Not everyone has got someone chasing bookings for them."
Gary Palmer of the GMB union said it was "dangerous" for patients to miss renal appointments, as "deadly toxics build up in the body".
He said his members were "struggling" with the new dispatch system knowing "regular patients will be sat at home or in hospital waiting for them to arrive".
Coperforma said more than 700 "call booking journeys" were completed in its system on Thursday, and by mid-afternoon it "logged 50 crews using the mobile app".
The GMB union has called a strike ballot because a sub-contractor Thames Ambulance is using single base at Sheffield Park and many staff travel further for work.
A: A union has warned that ongoing hospital transport delays in Sussex are putting patients' lives at risk.
Q: The review by the National Audit Office said last year this cost nearly £500m - almost a fifth of all spending on maternity.
Public Accounts Committee chairwoman Margaret Hodge said the figure was "absolutely scandalous".
The Department of Health said the NHS is one of the safest places in the world to have a baby.
Having a baby is the most common reason for admission to hospital in England.
The number of births has increased by almost a quarter in the last decade, reaching nearly 700,000 live births.
The public spending watchdog said maternity services were generally good for women and babies, but there was still a lot of scope for improvement.
Its report highlighted "wide unexplained variations" between trusts in rates of complications such as readmissions, injuries and infections.
Laura Blackwell, director of health value for money studies at the National Audit Office, told the BBC the number of maternity claims had risen significantly in recent years.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, she said: "There has been an increase in claims and we don't cover exactly why. It is the same across the NHS.
"I think it's a complicated picture... further complicated by the fact it takes an average of four years for a claim to be settled... so it's quite hard to draw conclusions about the current state of care."
The NAO also pointed to a shortage of midwives and consultants on labour wards. The report concluded that a further 2,300 midwives are required, though their distribution across England varies substantially.
And although it said the level of consultant presence has improved, more than half of units are not meeting the standard recommended by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
The report noted that between April and September last year more than a quarter of maternity units were closed to admissions for at least half a day because demand outstripped capacity.
Clinical negligence claims for maternity have risen by 80% in the last five years. The cost of cover last year was £482m, and the average payment per claim was £277,000.
Figures from the NHS Litigation Authority released last year showed the health service in England paid out more than £3bn in compensation claims linked to maternity care between 2000 and 2010.
Ms Hodge said: "I find it absolutely scandalous that one fifth of all funding for maternity services, equivalent to around £700 per birth, is spent on clinical negligence cover."
She said the NAO report had shown an urgent need to improve maternity services.
"The department needs to buck up and take responsibility for this. It needs to review its monitoring and reporting process to ensure that all relevant bodies can work effectively together to deliver maternity services that are value for money and fit for purpose."
James (not his real name), a recipient of medical negligence money, told the Today programme the money had helped give his son a better quality of life.
He and his wife did not claim for negligence until six months after the birth of their son, when they realised the costs involved in his care. Their son had been starved of oxygen during birth and now suffers from quadriplegic cerebral palsy, severe brain damage, visual impairment and epilepsy.
Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter said the health service should always learn from any mistakes to improve patient care in the future.
"The NHS remains one of the safest places in the world to have a baby, but on rare occasions care falls below acceptable standards and unsafe care should never be tolerated."
He said the service was making progress.
"This report shows that most women have good outcomes and positive experiences of maternity care. We know 84% of women now say they have good care, which has gone up from 75% six years ago. But we are determined to improve further."
Royal College of Midwives chief executive Cathy Warwick said the report backed up what the college had been saying for a long time.
"We are many thousands of midwives short of the number needed to deliver safe, high quality care. Births are at a 40-year high and other figures out this week show that this is set to continue. As the report states, births are also becoming increasingly complex putting even more demands on midwives and maternity services."
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists president Dr David Richmond said the NAO report raised valid concerns.
"Although the UK is generally a safe place for women to give birth, we have known for some time that pressure on maternity services is growing in some areas, particularly inner city conurbations, placing stress on clinicians, managers and patients alike."
A: The NHS spends nearly £700 on clinical negligence cover for every live birth in England, a report says.
Q: Mabbutt, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a teenager, underwent a five-hour operation to replace the main artery in his left leg in 2013.
The 53-year-old's diabetes triggered peripheral arterial disease, which blocked the blood vessels in his leg.
"I can no longer do any sport or go running, and my life is now a lot more sedentary," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"It is frustrating that I cannot kick a ball ever again, but I still have my leg, which is the most important thing."
The former England international, who played for Tottenham for 16 years between 1982 and 1998, says he sought treatment after he woke in the middle of the night with leg pain.
"I was getting terrible pains in my left leg, which was freezing cold. I stayed up all night and called the specialist at 6 o'clock in the morning, and I was rushed to King's College Hospital in London," he said.
Mabbutt, who needed 112 staples in the leg to heal the 30-inch wound, says he is speaking about his situation to raise awareness for Diabetes UK's "Putting Feet First" campaign.
"In this country, there are 120 amputations on diabetics every week, of which 80% are avoidable if there is early identification and treatment is given," he said.
A: | Ex-Tottenham captain Gary Mabbutt has revealed he cannot kick a ball or run again after surgery to save his leg. | huggingface_xsum |
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A high-fat diet during pregnancy has the potential to alter a baby's developing brain and increase its chances of obesity later in life, animal studies suggest.
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A: The team at Yale School of Medicine, in the US, showed diet could change the structure of mice brains.
They argue this could explain why the children of obese parents are more likely to become grossly overweight.
Experts said the study had merit, but brain changes in humans were unproven.
Obesity can run in families and shared eating habits are a major factor.
However, there is evidence that diet during pregnancy can also influence a child's future waistline, such as through changes to DNA.
The latest foray into the field, published in the journal Cell, shows the structure of the brain itself may be changed.
The experiments on mice showed that mothers on a high-fat diet had pups with an altered hypothalamus, a part of the brain important for regulating metabolism.
These mouse pups were more likely to become overweight and develop type 2 diabetes than the pups of mothers given a normal diet.
One of the researchers, Prof Tamas Horvath, from Yale, told the BBC: "It could be a signal to the pup that it can grow bigger as the environment is plentiful in food.
"We definitely believe these are fundamental biological processes also affecting humans and influencing how children may eventually become obese.
"It seems, at least, that this could have a major impact and we need to explore it further in both animal and human studies."
He says a healthy diet during pregnancy may help to break the cycle of obese parents having obese children.
Commenting on the findings, Dr Graham Burdge, from the University of Southampton, told the BBC: "Twenty years of research shows nutrition in early life has lasting effects on cardiovascular disease, obesity, osteoporosis and some cancers. It's extremely well established.
"This is an intriguing technical advance showing neurological circuits are being changed, which hasn't been shown before."
He said the "concept fits in well with the data" but pointed out there were key differences in the way mice and people process fat, so the same might not be happening in pregnant women.
He added: "Much of what we know about the process comes from animals. The next big thing is to establish the same mechanisms operate in humans and if we can modify that."
For now he advises parents to "have a healthy balanced diet and ensure the diet of your child is balanced as well".
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A runaway pet skunk found by wildlife rangers at an Ipswich park has been reunited with its owner.
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A: | The three-year-old skunk, named Rufus, had disappeared from its home in Whitworth Close.
Ipswich Borough Council had received a number calls from members of the public who had spotted the creature in Stonelodge Park off Hawthorn Drive.
Vets were able to scan its microchip to reunite it with its owner.
Wildlife and education officer Joe Underwood said when they first received the reports, they were "sceptical".
"We've had eagle owls and exotic snakes but this one is completely different," he said.
"The first thing you think is, is it a badger maybe, but we went over to have a look and there we go, there it was hiding in Stonelodge Park."
Mr Underwood said the gland which produces the renowned skunk's spray had been removed.
He added: "Yes he's a pet, but he's not my pet, and he's not particularly tame.
"When his owner was at the vet, he was quite happy, but he wasn't so happy with me and my friend Dave earlier." | huggingface_xsum |
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Type-2 diabetes is closely linked to diet and obesity and affects about 3.2 million people across the UK.
The NHS says diabetes causes 22,000 early deaths and costs the health service more than £8bn each year.
But health experts believe more than a quarter of people can reduce the risk of developing the condition.
Diabetes arises when the body loses the ability to use or make insulin, a hormone that helps regulate the amount of sugar in blood.
Public Health England (PHE) says its latest analysis shows about five million adults in England are now pre-diabetic, also known as non-diabetic hyperglycaemia.
That means they are at risk of developing type-2 diabetes.
Public Health England says its calculations have produced the most accurate and robust estimate so far.
Last year, research published in the British Medical Journal suggested a much higher figure - one third of all adults in England - and the charity Diabetes UK quotes a UK-wide figure of about 18 million people at risk of developing diabetes.
But these calculations used a broader definition of pre-diabetes than that used in this latest analysis.
Some doctors have questioned the value of the pre-diabetic diagnosis, arguing that only a small number - perhaps one in 10 - will go on to develop diabetes.
But the NHS is preparing to roll out a diet, weight loss and exercise programme that has been shown to reduce the diabetes risk for a quarter of those who take it up.
PHE chief executive Duncan Selbie said people needed support if they were to combat the risk posed by type-2 diabetes.
"We know how to lower the risk of developing type-2 diabetes: lose weight, exercise and eat healthily, but it's hard to do it alone," he said.
"PHE's evidence review shows that supporting people along the way will help them protect their health, and that's what our prevention programme will do."
Diabetes UK chief executive Barbara Young said it was important to warn people about a condition that could have devastating complications such as blindness, amputations and early death.
"As well as helping to reduce the human cost of type-2 diabetes, this would also go a long way to helping to reduce costs to the NHS," she said.
"The NHS spends 10% of its entire budget managing diabetes And unless we get better at preventing type-2 diabetes, this figure will rise to unsustainable levels."
Sum: Up to five million people in England are at risk of developing type-2 diabetes, according to new data from Public Health England.
Hope's Castell Alun high school will be extended with a £4.6m art and design block while Bagillt's Glan Aber primary school will get a new hall and extra teaching spaces.
A £4m learning disability services facility will replace Queensferry's Glanrafon youth centre.
The council is also earmarking £900,000 in play areas and sports pitches.
Another £454,000 will be spent upgrading leisure centres and library buildings.
Aaron Shotton, cabinet member for finance, said: "Despite the council facing an unprecedented financial challenge, we have set out a clear and ambitious capital programme over the next four years for infrastructure and schools."
Sum: | Schools, leisure centres, and libraries in Flintshire have been awarded millions of pounds worth of grants. | huggingface_xsum |
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Article: A declaration made at a summit in Indonesia warns that the convergence of the two illnesses represents a "looming co-epidemic".
The statement calls for greater co-ordination in testing and treating diabetes and TB.
Experts say progress in this area has not been fast enough.
Six countries projected to have significant numbers of diabetes patients - China, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Pakistan and Russia - are also classed as having a high burden of TB.
Diabetes weakens the immune system and triples the risk of people developing TB.
Patients also respond less well to TB treatment and are more likely to have the infection recur.
Prof Anthony Harries, from the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union), said: "There's evidence that if we treat diabetes and TB, we reduce the risk of these poor outcomes.
"In India, for example, there's a national policy for TB patients to be screened for diabetes.
"But it's only been implemented in a couple of southern states.
"The TB world tends to have good monitoring systems - and they are already used to giving people blood tests for HIV.
"Many people with diabetes don't know they have it, so this is one small way of identifying some of them.
"We have more work to do to persuade diabetes doctors to screen for TB.
"They don't always perceive it as a huge issue, because they are more worried about eye problems and gangrene.
"The general situation is better than five years ago, when nothing was being done.
"But we still need more action. I'm confident and optimistic this will happen."
A document launched in 2011 by The Union and the World Health Organization says TB patients should be screened for diabetes.
It also calls for diabetics to be screened if they live in countries which have a high burden of TB.
This is defined as more than 100 cases of TB per 100,000 of the population - which is the case in some London boroughs.
Anders Dejgaard, who runs the World Diabetes Foundation which also signed the declaration, said: "Healthcare systems must prepare to deal with this challenge.
"It is most severe in low and middle-income countries.
"We need to ensure that healthcare professionals are equipped to diagnose and take care of these two diseases as they increasingly appear together in the same patients."
The declaration was made at a meeting in Bali which aims to highlight the dual threat, ahead of a conference about TB in Cape Town next month.
Data from an Indian initiative was presented, showing that out of 52,000 people screened in the past year, a quarter who had TB also tested positive for diabetes.
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Summarize: More needs to be done to tackle a dual threat of patients having both tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes, global health experts say.
Article: President Ernest Bai Koroma has declared seven days of mourning while pleading for "urgent support".
Nearly 400 people are confirmed dead after a mudslide in the Regent area and floods elsewhere in Freetown on Monday.
The Red Cross has warned it is a race against time to find survivors.
Presidential spokesman Abdulai Baraytay told the BBC that bodies were still being pulled from the mud and rubble.
However, a planned a mass burial of victims on Wednesday to free up space in mortuaries has been delayed, the BBC has learned.
The BBC's Martin Patience, who is in Freetown, said workers there say they have been overwhelmed by the scale of this disaster. He described the rescue effort so far as "chaotic".
Abu Bakarr Tarawallie, a Red Cross official, said rescuers were "racing against time, more flooding and the risk of disease to help these affected communities survive and cope with their loss".
The British International Development Secretary Priti Patel said the UK already had "pre-positioned vital aid supplies" in Sierra Leone, while the United Nations said its local teams had mobilised and were supporting rescue efforts.
"Contingency plans are being put in place to mitigate any potential outbreak of waterborne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and diarrhoea," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
By Umaru Fofana, BBC reporter, Freetown
The scene at Connaught mortuary was gut-wrenching. Bodies were lying on the floor because the mortuary had run out of space. There were hundreds of them, and I lost count of the number.
Expect more raw emotions when families go to identify the corpses.
My own emotions have reached a crescendo and I am finding it hard to sleep.
While at the scene of the disaster, even though the sun shone brightly, I was drenched in tears to the point that I went to the washroom.
The emergency workers thought it was for reasons of hygiene, but it was to wash away my tears.
Officially, a rescue operation is under way, but it is more like a recovery operation. Only corpses are being retrieved, and ambulances are taking them to the over-crowded mortuary.
Meanwhile, the community is still coming to terms with the scale of the horror.
Ben Munson, who works for the charity Street Child in Freetown, said the stories he was hearing on the ground were "horrific".
"One lady who our Street Child team was working with was inconsolable," he told the BBC. "She had injuries on her arms and her face and she was eating the food that we were handing out, but wasn't able to speak.
"My team later managed to sort of calm her down and she explained her story, and she was pulled out of the rubble after the disaster had happened and unfortunately she had lost all of her children and her husband."
Homes in the hilltop community of Regent were engulfed after part of Sugar Loaf mountain collapsed following heavy rain early on Monday. Many victims were asleep in bed when disaster struck.
President Koroma fought back tears as he toured Regent on Tuesday and said the devastation was "overwhelming us".
"Entire communities have been wiped out. We need urgent support now," he said.
He urged people to stay away from the affected areas.
"This tragedy of great magnitude has once again challenged us to come together, to stand by each other and to help one another," he said.
Flooding is not unusual in Sierra Leone, where unsafe housing in makeshift settlements can be swept away by heavy rains.
The rains often hit areas in and around Freetown, an overcrowded coastal city of more than one million people.
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Summarize: At least 600 people are still missing following a mudslide and flooding that devastated parts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a spokesman for the president has told the BBC.
Article: It generated plenty of debate - particularly around Tottenham's Dele Alli missing out on the senior nomination.
Here's your chance to add the debate by choosing your Premier League team of the year and sharing it.
Pick your Team of the Year from our list and share with your friends.
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Article:This nightcap could be a pint of beer, a glass of wine or a single measure of spirit, PLoS Medicine journal reports.
A study of 14,000 women concluded that those who drink in moderation were far more likely to reach 70 in good health than heavier drinkers or abstainers.
Spreading consumption over the week is better than saving it for the weekend, the researchers say.
Women who drank little and often fared better than occasional drinkers.
Compared with non-drinkers, women in their mid-50s who drank 15-30g of alcohol (one to two drinks) a day had a 28% greater likelihood of achieving what the US researchers call "successful ageing", meaning good general health free of conditions like cancer, diabetes and heart disease in their 70s and beyond.
And women who drank on 5-7 days of the week had almost double the chance of good overall health in old age compared with complete abstainers.
Experts are not sure whether it is the alcohol itself that is conferring the benefit or whether it simply goes hand in hand with other things in the lives of the women that makes them healthier.
The Harvard School of Public Health researchers said they tried to control for factors like smoking that might have affected the results.
Other studies have shown that moderate alcohol consumption - no more than the recommended two to three units a day for women in the UK - is linked with a lower risk of heart disease and some other health conditions.
And research has shown alcohol can have a positive impact in the body, reducing insulin resistance, inflammation, high cholesterol and other harmful processes.
However, drinking has been linked to other conditions, such as breast cancer.
Experts welcomed the findings, saying they supported current recommendations concerning alcohol limits.
Natasha Stewart of the British Heart Foundation said: "Moderate amounts of alcohol may offer some protection against heart disease, especially for women who have gone through the menopause, but it's very important not to go overboard.
"Drinking too much doesn't offer any heart health protection at all and may actually lead to heart muscle damage, stroke and high blood pressure. And if you don't already drink alcohol, there is certainly no need to start now.
"Clearly there are much better ways to look after your heart than drinking alcohol, like eating a healthy, balanced diet, getting active and by not smoking."
Summarize the main points of that article.
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Women who enjoy an alcoholic drink in the evening tend to be healthier as they move into old age, research shows.
input: Article: Film critic Mark Adams will replace Chris Fujiwara, who stepped down from the role this year.
Mr Adams, who writes reviews for the Sunday Mirror and trade magazine Screen International, said he would help the annual festival "develop and grow".
He was head of programming at the National Film Theatre in London and at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Next year marks the 69th Edinburgh Film Festival. The celebration of UK and world cinema has seen admissions increase by about a third in recent years.
Mr Adams, who will take up the role in March, said: "I'm thrilled to be helping the Edinburgh International Film Festival develop and grow, and am looking forward to bringing new, challenging, entertaining and exciting cinema to the city.
"This is a great festival that deserves its recognition and can only get better and better."
Ken Hay, EIFF chief executive, said: "We are delighted to have Mark joining the team.
"His passion for film, his fantastic experience as a programmer, journalist and critic, along with his reputation in the UK and internationally, make him the ideal choice to drive the future success of the festival."
Summarize.
output: The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has appointed a new artistic director.
Article: Video taken inside the Pedrinhas prison in Sao Luis also shows the torture of one inmate at the hands of others - and cases of beheadings.
The district judge who wrote the report said the video was the "most barbarous scene" he had ever witnessed.
Brazil has the world's fourth largest prison population with half a million inmates occupying spaces for 300,000.
The report contains details of sexual relations between prisoners taking place in open spaces, horrific scenes of torture and at least 59 deaths, including the beheading of three prisoners, in the last year.
Across the country, many poorly resourced jails are, in effect, run by powerful crime gangs and the government is looking again at a greater role for privately run prisons, says the BBC's Wyre Davies in Rio de Janeiro.
A judicial report into a prison in the northern Brazilian state of Maranhao has exposed some shocking conditions of torture, sexual abuse and murder.
The report, now handed over to Brazil's Supreme Court, describes a desperately overcrowded facility where the prison authorities have lost control and where punishment or retribution is handed-out on a daily basis by gangs. One video, obtained by a newspaper shows the slow torture of one inmate until he dies.
Pedrinhas, in the state of Maranhao, is notorious for its gang warfare; fighting between inmates in October left 13 dead and 30 injured.
Brazil's Minister of Justice, Jose Eduardo Cardozo, said last year that Brazil had "a medieval prison system, which not only violates human rights [but] does not allow for the most important element of a penal sanction, which is social reintegration".
Officials say that despite building new prisons they have not been able to keep pace with the increasing number of detainees, making it hard for them to improve conditions within the jails.
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Summarize: Fifty-nine inmates have been killed in a single northern Brazilian prison this year, according to a judicial report.
Christopher Keeling, 58, attacked Ann Robinson in December 2000.
Miss Robinson died in 2014 and a post-mortem examination found her death was directly linked to the assault.
Keeling, of Selby Road, Thorne, Doncaster, who was originally convicted of attempted murder in 2001, admitted murder at Sheffield Crown Court.
He was sentenced to life, and ordered to serve a minimum of 18 years in jail, less the time he had previously served.
Read more about this and other stories from across South Yorkshire
Ms Robinson was living with Keeling in their home in Truro Avenue, Wheatley, Doncaster, when he attacked her on 28 December.
She was taken to hospital with significant and life-threatening injuries, which resulted in her requiring 24-hour medical care.
In March 2014, Miss Robinson, 58, was admitted to hospital where she died.
Det Con Ian Honeybone said the force had worked closely with medical professionals and the Crown Prosecution Service to build a case to prosecute Keeling for murder.
He said: "This may seem like an unusual step, but extensive medical assessment concluded that the brutal and sustained attack on Ann in December 2000 significantly contributed to her death in March 2014.
"Her health was forever changed as a result of Keeling's actions that night. Ann survived extensive injuries but needed round-the-clock care and medical support."
He added he was pleased Keeling had accepted responsibility for his actions but his guilty plea was "small consolation" for her family after 17 years.
Sum: | A man who seriously assaulted his partner 16 years ago has been jailed for murder after the attack was linked to her death. | huggingface_xsum |
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With his rich baritone voice, and songs that drew from his experience of poverty, heartache and restlessness, Merle Haggard was one of country music's most influential artists.
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A: His style influenced a generation of modern singers such as George Strait, Randy Travis, Alan Jackson and Vince Gill to name but a few.
Though he never enjoyed the same pop success as such other country greats as Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard's success in the country charts was staggering.
Only country singers Conway Twitty and George Strait have had more number one hits.
Haggard's songs were the staple of honky-tonk juke boxes in the south. They echoed the aspirations and struggles of the blue-collar worker.
In the words of critic Bob Allen, Haggard, above all, succeeded in "capturing in metaphor the bleary-eyed angst and dark revelations of the soul that lie beyond the second six-pack".
In the 1970s, he was the scourge of liberal America with songs like Okie from Muskogee, which poked fun at hippies and the anti Vietnam war movement, and the deeply patriotic Fightin' Side of Me, a love-America-or leave-it anthem.
Haggard's early life is the stuff of legend. His family migrated from the dust-bowl of Oklahoma to Bakersfield, California where Merle was born in 1937.
His father died when Merle was nine, and his devout Christian mother was unable to control him. The young Merle became a teenage tearaway, hopping freight trains, working in orchards and oil fields, and getting mixed up in petty crime.
He was sent to, and escaped from, a variety of penal institutions. He wound up serving nearly three years in San Quentin for burglary and escape.
He was subsequently pardoned by the then governor of California, Ronald Reagan, whom he later befriended.
Haggard married a waitress, Leona Hobbs, at 17, with whom he had four children over a 10-year period. He was behind bars when the first two were born.
A love of singing and a concert by Johnny Cash, in 1958, inspired him to join the prison band. Songs from his experience inside include Sing Me Back Home, Branded Man and Mama Tried.
His first number one hit came with I'm a Lonesome Fugitive in 1966. He achieved great popularity with an album of love songs recorded with his second wife, Bonnie Owens.
In the late 1960s, Haggard enjoyed success with several country classics, including I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am, and Silver Wings. His song Today I Started Loving You Again has been recorded by more than 400 singers.
The bleakness of recession-hit America was perfectly expressed in If We Make It Through December which provided Haggard with his only significant pop hit.
Between 1973 and 1976, he achieved nine straight number one country singles. His struggle with alcohol inspired Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down. It also led to divorce, his second of three.
Haggard's voice, wide-ranging both dynamically and emotionally, lent itself well to interpreting other people's material too.
He recorded tributes to such giants as Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills and Elvis Presley. He was a fine guitarist and even played the fiddle well.
By 1990, Merle Haggard had notched up 95 country hits including 38 number ones. Yet, within three years, he declared himself bankrupt.
He continued to tour, though the venues became smaller as the advent of "new country" saw traditional singers like Haggard become passé.
But his final years saw a renaissance in his popularity, and his recent albums were well reviewed.
In 1996, Merle Haggard was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and in 2010 he was honoured at the White House's 33rd annual national celebration of the arts.
After making a full recovery from lung cancer he released another album, I am what I am in 2011.
His story is one of crime, punishment, alcoholism, and violence mixed with a love of music, religion and America.
He once said "There's the guy I'd love to be and the guy I am. I'm somewhere in between, in deep water, swimming to the other shore."
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The first two cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Liberia, after spreading from neighbouring Guinea, where the deadly virus has killed 78 people.
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A: The two Liberian cases are sisters, one of whom had recently returned from Guinea, officials say.
As concern grows over the outbreak, Senegal has closed its normally busy border with Guinea.
Ebola is spread by close contact and kills between 25% and 90% of its victims.
Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour cancelled Saturday's concert in Guinea's capital Conakry because of the outbreak.
Although he had already travelled to Conakry, he told the BBC it would not be a good idea to bring hundreds or thousands of people together in an enclosed area.
The outbreak began in Guinea's remote south-eastern Forest Region but last week spread to the capital, a sprawling city of two million.
Senegal's Health Minister Awa Marie Coll-Seck said the government decided to close its border with Guinea after confirmation the virus had reached Conakry.
"When it used to be only in the south of Guinea, we didn't do anything special. But now that it's reached Conakry, we believe it's safer to close our borders," she said.
"We have also closed all weekly markets, known as luma, in the south. And we're having some discussions with religious leaders regarding big religious events."
There have also been suspected cases of Ebola in neighbouring Sierra Leone but these have not been confirmed.
The outbreak is believed to have spread to humans from fruit bats, which are a delicacy in parts of south-eastern Guinea.
The government has now banned the sale and consumption of the bats.
It has also urged people to ensure they regularly wash their hands with soap to prevent the virus from spreading.
Discovered in 1976 after an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, then Zaire, Ebola causes a severe haemorrhagic fever where victims suffer vomiting, diarrhoea and both internal and external bleeding.
Scientists have yet to develop an effective drug or vaccine to fight it.
Outbreaks of Ebola occur primarily in remote villages in Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforests, the World Health Organization says.
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Women who enjoy an alcoholic drink in the evening tend to be healthier as they move into old age, research shows.
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A: | This nightcap could be a pint of beer, a glass of wine or a single measure of spirit, PLoS Medicine journal reports.
A study of 14,000 women concluded that those who drink in moderation were far more likely to reach 70 in good health than heavier drinkers or abstainers.
Spreading consumption over the week is better than saving it for the weekend, the researchers say.
Women who drank little and often fared better than occasional drinkers.
Compared with non-drinkers, women in their mid-50s who drank 15-30g of alcohol (one to two drinks) a day had a 28% greater likelihood of achieving what the US researchers call "successful ageing", meaning good general health free of conditions like cancer, diabetes and heart disease in their 70s and beyond.
And women who drank on 5-7 days of the week had almost double the chance of good overall health in old age compared with complete abstainers.
Experts are not sure whether it is the alcohol itself that is conferring the benefit or whether it simply goes hand in hand with other things in the lives of the women that makes them healthier.
The Harvard School of Public Health researchers said they tried to control for factors like smoking that might have affected the results.
Other studies have shown that moderate alcohol consumption - no more than the recommended two to three units a day for women in the UK - is linked with a lower risk of heart disease and some other health conditions.
And research has shown alcohol can have a positive impact in the body, reducing insulin resistance, inflammation, high cholesterol and other harmful processes.
However, drinking has been linked to other conditions, such as breast cancer.
Experts welcomed the findings, saying they supported current recommendations concerning alcohol limits.
Natasha Stewart of the British Heart Foundation said: "Moderate amounts of alcohol may offer some protection against heart disease, especially for women who have gone through the menopause, but it's very important not to go overboard.
"Drinking too much doesn't offer any heart health protection at all and may actually lead to heart muscle damage, stroke and high blood pressure. And if you don't already drink alcohol, there is certainly no need to start now.
"Clearly there are much better ways to look after your heart than drinking alcohol, like eating a healthy, balanced diet, getting active and by not smoking." | huggingface_xsum |
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Problem: Article: Government forces say they have made a tactical retreat from the centre of Sangin.
A spokesman for Helmand's governor confirmed the district police and governor's headquarters were now in militant hands.
Almost a quarter of British troops killed during the UK's combat mission in Afghanistan died defending Sangin.
Hundreds of members of the Afghan security forces died there in recent fighting.
Separately, at least nine local policemen were killed in an "insider" attack in Kunduz in the north early on Thursday.
A guard who officials say was linked to the Taliban reportedly gave access to insurgents at a security checkpoint located on the Kunduz-Kabul highway. The attackers took weapons and ammunition with them.
The Taliban already control large chunks of Helmand but the fall of Sangin underlines the security challenge facing the Afghan government and its Western allies.
Sangin's capture shows the Taliban's growing strength in the south and it has symbolic significance for the US and Nato, which lost more soldiers there than in any other district in Afghanistan.
Since security responsibility was handed from Nato-led troops to Afghan forces in 2013, hundreds of Afghan security forces have lost their lives defending the district.
There are now two possibilities. Afghan troops, with the help of US special forces and aerial bombing, might try to recapture Sangin, following a pattern seen elsewhere.
Or the government will leave the city to the Taliban - as they have done with a few other districts in Helmand, a centre of the insurgency - and focus on defending the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the insurgents had captured Sangin and "key outposts" overnight. Taliban forces had already surrounded the district headquarters.
A spokesman for the Afghan defence ministry said troops had been pulled back to their main garrison on the orders of the army chief of staff.
Reports say foreign forces have begun bombarding the area, which has been fiercely fought over for more than a decade.
On the road to the crucial Kajaki dam, Sangin was the scene of heavy British and US military casualties before Nato combat forces left Afghanistan in 2014.
Answer: [[The Taliban have captured the crucial south Afghan district of Sangin after a year-long battle, officials say.]]
Problem: Article: Head coach Simon Amor has said he is looking for 15-a-side players to reinforce his squad, but time is against them integrating in time.
Varndell previously played for Leicester and Wasps and was capped four times by England between 2005 and 2008.
"I would love a shot at the Olympics," the 30-year-old told BBC Radio Bristol.
"I am in talks with Simon Amor about doing some training and seeing where I am fitness-wise.
"The Olympics is a once in a lifetime opportunity and Rio is not a bad place to go to either," he added.
Bristol are currently vying for promotion to the Premiership, after losing to Worcester in last year's Championship play-off final.
And Varndell, whose try tally in the Premiership is only five short of Mark Cueto's record, admitted the stature of the club made them a major scalp for other teams.
"Everybody has been saying we will be the big team to be promoted," he added. "Bristol are the team to beat in the Championship and that makes our job a little bit harder every single time."
Answer: [[Bristol winger Tom Varndell has set his sights on playing for Great Britain when rugby sevens makes its Olympics debut in Rio this summer.]]
Problem: Article: And now the Commons Health Select Committee says a similar policy in England would help to cut sugar consumption at least in the short term.
The government has consistently been opposed to introducing such a tax, and the drinks industry say poorest families will be hit the hardest.
But Tory MP Dr Sarah Wollaston, who chairs the cross-party committee, says it could cut rates of child obesity.
Currently, one in three primary school leavers are overweight or obese.
In October, Public Health England recommended:
On social media, there has been overwhelming criticism of the idea. And this is reflected in emails received by the BBC.
Helen Attwood said: "I have had type-1 diabetes for 36 years.
"Type 1 is not linked to lifestyle choices and is an autoimmune disease.
"I have to buy sugar regularly, and sugary drinks in particular are great at treating hypo[glycemia]s - one of the issues associated with this disease.
"It doesn't seem fair that I have to pay more to treat a medical condition which I ended up with through no fault of my own. "
But there was also some cautious support for the proposed sugar tax.
One anonymous emailer to the BBC said: "I agree something must be done.
"The school attended by my grandchildren has machines selling cans of fizzy drinks, crisps et cetera.
"It would be a good start if that stopped.
"The answer is not just banning things, it is educating young people.
"The more you ban them, the more they will want them."
Answer: [[In Mexico, a 10% tax on sugar-sweetened drinks led to a 6% reduction in sales.]]
Problem: Article: The Crystal Place striker had not played for his country since June and rejected a call-up for Friday's match away to Tunisia, which Togo lost 1-0.
He returned for Tuesday's match in Lome but his side were held 0-0 by their Group A rivals.
Tunisia and Togo have seven points, Liberia have six and a game in hand.
Only the 13 group winners are guaranteed passage to the finals in Gabon next year, with the two best runners-up joining them.
Answer: | [[Emmanuel Adebayor ended his self-imposed international exile but failed to fire Togo past Tunisia in their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.]] | huggingface_xsum |
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That is despite many people in the age group having at least one chronic disease.
Participants were asked to rate how confident, cheerful, relaxed and useful they felt in their early 60s and then again aged 68 to 69.
The Medical Research Council survey has tracked the health and wellbeing of 1,700 people since their birth.
When the responses of those aged 60 to 64 were compared to their feelings towards the end of their seventh decade, the survey found there was an overall average improvement in all aspects of wellbeing.
This mirrors the results of previous studies which found that people in their 60s and 70s were more content than those in their 50s.
And a recent large survey of UK adults found those aged 65 to 79 to be the happiest age group.
Those aged 45 to 59 reported the lowest levels of life satisfaction.
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Dr Mai Stafford, the programme leader at the MRC's unit for lifelong health and ageing at University College London, said it was not yet clear what was behind the rise in wellbeing during people's 60s.
"We found that one in five experienced a substantial increase in wellbeing in later life, although we also found a smaller group who experienced a substantial decline," she said.
"The benefit of using a cohort study like this is that we can look at how individuals change over time.
"We hope this will allow us to pinpoint which common experiences may be linked to an improvement in wellbeing in later life."
In their 60s and 70s, people are more likely to prioritise social relationships and look after their mental health, she explained.
"By that time you've worked out what makes you feel better and what doesn't."
Although people are living longer, poor health in old age is still a concern.
Most survey participants reported having at least one common chronic disease such as arthritis, diabetes or hypertension.
What was that article about? | The wellbeing of people in their 60s increases as they reach the age of 70, according to a national survey. | huggingface_xsum |
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Article:In future, the MP involved will be consulted and named only if there is an issue of "parliamentary privilege or constitutional significance" at stake.
The cross-party Procedure Committee said revealing names of arrested MPs was incompatible with a privacy right.
Chairman Charles Walker said he was not asking for special treatment for MPs but for the law to be applied equally.
The Commons approved changes to the existing rules, which require the police to notify the Speaker when an MP is arrested and for the Speaker in turn to tell the House, without a formal vote.
Mr Walker, the Tory MP for Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire, told the Commons that MPs should have the same rights to privacy as any other citizen, and in future their names should not be put in the public domain if they were arrested, unless this was directly connected to their role as an MP.
But objecting to the change, Labour MP John Mann argued that it would give MPs special rights in law that do not apply to everyone else.
Deputy Commons leader Therese Coffey said it was up to the Commons to decide although the government has indicated that the change brings MPs into line with the rest of the public.
The Procedure Committee's recent report revealed that in the last Parliament, Tory MPs Nigel Evans and David Ruffley were named after their arrests. Mr Evans was later acquitted of sexual offences and Mr Ruffley cautioned for assault.
Green MP Caroline Lucas was arrested during an anti-fracking protest and later acquitted of obstruction.
Meanwhile it has emerged that police have been involved in a total of five cases linked to MPs' expenses under the current system, with none of the politicians identified.
In December it emerged that the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), the MPs' expenses watchdog, had referred three potentially criminal cases to police in March without any public announcement, or identifying the individuals involved.
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Any arrested MP will not automatically be identified in the Commons after MPs backed changes to its procedures.
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Article:The 19-year-old made his debut for the Championship side in the 1-1 draw with QPR in April.
"It's a massive club and it's a great privilege to be a part of it moving forward," he told the club website.
"I was never in doubt about where I wanted to be or where my future lies. It was just about getting the final pieces sorted - now it's all done."
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Young Leeds United goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell has signed a new two-year contract.
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Article:The study, to be published in the journal Diabetes, showed that eating low levels of carbohydrate changed bits of DNA.
It then showed children with these changes were fatter.
The British Heart Foundation called for better nutritional and lifestyle support for women.
It is thought that a developing baby tries to predict the environment it will be born into, taking cues from its mother and adjusting its DNA.
Studies in animals have shown that changes in diet can alter the function of genes - known as epigenetic change.
It is a growing field trying to understand how the environment interacts with genes.
In this study, the researchers took samples from the umbilical cord and looked for "epigenetic markers".
They showed that mothers with early pregnancy diets low in carbohydrates, such as sugars and starch, had children with these markers.
They then showed a strong link between those same markers and a child's obesity at ages six and nine.
Professor Keith Godfrey, who is from the University of Southampton and led the international study, told the BBC: "What is surprising is that it explains a quarter of the difference in the fatness of children six to nine years later."
The report says the effect was "considerably greater" than that of birth weight and did not depend on how thin or fat the mother was.
The changes were noticed in the RXRA gene. This makes a receptor for vitamin A, which is involved in the way cells process fat.
Professor Godfrey said: "It is both a fascinating and potentially important piece of research.
"All women who become pregnant get advice about diet, but it is not always high up the agenda of health professionals.
"The research suggests women should follow the advice as it may have a long term influence on the baby's health after it is born."
Professor Mark Hanson, of the British Heart Foundation, said: "This study provides compelling evidence that epigenetic changes, at least in part, explain the link between a poor start to life and later disease risk.
"It strengthens the case for all women of reproductive age having greater access to nutritional, education and lifestyle support to improve the health of the next generation, and to reduce the risk of the conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, which often follow obesity."
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| A mother's diet during pregnancy can alter the DNA of her child and increase the risk of obesity, according to researchers. | huggingface_xsum |
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Q: The Unite union, which represents about 250 NIAS staff, is staging the stoppage because of a pay dispute. The day-long strike began at midnight.
The NIAS said its ability to deliver an emergency service would be affected.
It appealed to members of the public to call 999 only in "real emergencies" when they believe a life is at risk.
It said the emergency calls it receives during the strike will be prioritised and ambulances will be "sent to the most critically injured or clinically ill patients first".
"The public may, immediately, notice a delay in their call being answered by our control staff and there will be delays in ambulance response as the trust anticipates a reduced level of cover for the 24-hour period," its statement said.
Unite's NIAS membership includes paramedics, control room staff and some non-operational staff.
The union is staging the strike in a dispute over a pay rise that they say has already been given to health workers in all other parts of the UK except Northern Ireland.
A department of health spokesperson said: "In Northern Ireland despite our offers to negotiate, local trade unions had not been prepared to talk to us about options for a 2015/16 pay deal, dissatisfied with what their English colleagues accepted in 2014/15.
"The department wrote in early January and February inviting unions ‎to begin discussions, sought to engage with unions at the start of March, and recently issued a further invitation to seek to commence pay discussions as soon as trade union availability permits.
"While we would like to be in a position to have done more in 2014-15, it is important to recognise staff received a minimum of 1% extra with the average rise through incremental progression being 3.7% and some staff receiving 6.7% more. This was the same settlement as in England."
The spokesperson added that "no decisions" had yet been taken on pay increases for 2015-16 in Northern Ireland.
Unite's 24-hour stoppage will coincide with a work-to-rule action staged by other ambulance staff who are members of Unison.
Unite national officer Kevin McAdam said: "Unite members represent 25% of the NIAS workforce and their strike action, in conjunction with that of Unison members, is likely to result in significant service disruption."
He told BBC Radio Ulster that his union "would ask people to understand that this campaign is not aimed at harming them and we will ensure that's an absolute minimum".
"It's about making the people in Stormont realise that they have to hold to their promises and honour the pay review body payments," he said.
Mr McAdam said ambulance staff were "particularly aggrieved" after they were prevented from joining a wider public service strike earlier this year.
Paramedics were ruled out of strike action on 13 March when management declared a "major incident" due to critical ambulance staffing levels.
At the time, NIAS management said they had been forced to take the measure "to maintain a safe level of ambulance cover".
A: A 24-hour strike by ambulance staff may lead to delays in 999 response times, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) has warned.
Text: The men's and women's pair, the men's quad and four and the lightweight men's and women's double scull boats will all be heading to Brazil.
They booked their places by reaching their respective world finals.
Olympic champions Helen Glover and Heather Stanning were among those to win their semi-finals.
summary: Six Great Britain boats secured their place in next summer's Rio Olympics by progressing at the World Rowing Championships in France.
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Article:About 70,000 adults in the city are classed as obese according to the council, with the local NHS spending £50m a year on weight-related illness.
"Motivational" texts include: "Use the stairs more", "Eat fruit and veg" and "Keep a check on snacks and drinks".
The 10-week project will cost £10,000 and will be available to 500 people who sign up with the council.
Cabinet member for health Adrian Knapper said: "On average it costs the same amount [£10,000] to perform just one intervention operation to help people manage their weight.
"Our programme means people who already want to lose weight and have signed up with us to get support will receive a cheap and effective nudge to help keep them motivated."
But the leader of the opposition, Conservative councillor Abi Brown, said although she appreciated the sentiment behind the idea, she thought the money could be better spent elsewhere.
"I think we could get more for £10,000," she said.
"If the money went to community groups it could be used to support people losing weight but also for other projects.
"The money could just be used more fruitfully."
Nathan Troni, 55, from the Cheadle area of the city, said he had a body mass index (BMI) of 32, and would consider signing up for the scheme.
"It would be a reminder, I suppose, just to keep on track," he said.
"I don't know whether it would feel like nagging, though.
"I've already got my wife to do that."
Hope Chang, from Chell Heath in the city, said: "To be honest, I can't see it will make a difference.
"You need to have willpower, and if you don't have it, an automated text message won't help.
"If I needed a reminder when I was losing weight, I would look in the mirror," Mrs Chang added.
But fellow of Staffordshire University's health faculty Phil O'Connell said the project was "pioneering".
"This is a really cost-effective use of funds, helping people before they reach the stage of needing massively expensive treatment for a range of obesity-related problems including diabetes, cancer, heart disease and disability," he said.
"This is what public health action should be all about."
The budget of £10,000 includes the setting up of the project as well as the cost of text messaging.
A council spokeswoman said: "This is all about getting people on board and taking action before they need medical support, which is so expensive and personally upsetting.
"This saves both money and suffering."
Summarize the main points of that article.
Answer:
Obese people in Stoke-on-Trent will be sent text messages to encourage them to lose weight, the city council has said.
Q: Exports rose 2.1% in yuan-denominated terms compared with a year ago, up to 1.17tn yuan ($187bn; £121bn).
But imports fell for the eighth month in a row, down 6.7%, taking the trade surplus 45% higher to 284.2bn yuan.
China is the world's biggest trader of goods and a decline in exports has hampered its economic growth.
Last year, the economy expanded at the lowest rate in almost a quarter of a century, growing 7.4%, while 7% growth in the first quarter this year was the worst quarterly gain since the global financial crisis.
But exports also beat expectations in dollar denominated terms, rising 2.8% in the same period.
China's General Administration of Customs said the debt crisis in Greece was having an impact on trade, along with weak demand, rising labour costs and a stronger currency.
Authorities have rolled out a series of measures to boost activity in the economy such as cutting interest rates for the fourth time since November just last month.
The government is set to release growth figures for the second quarter on Wednesday and many economists have forecast that it could slip below 7% - which would be its weakest showing in six years.
A: | Exports in the world's second largest economy, China, have risen, ending three months of decline in June. | huggingface_xsum |
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Article:Swansea University research over eight years has now been published in the British Medical Journal.
New certifications for severe sight impairment have fallen from 31.3 to 15.8 per 100,000 people.
Diabetics aged over 12 are offered annual screening and health experts said the study shows a "clear benefit".
Retinopathy is damage to the retina in the back of the eye and is a complication which can affect people with diabetes. Persistent high levels of glucose can lead to eye damage.
The research shows:
However, 20% of those offered the screening - which began in 2003 and was rolled out across Wales by 2007 - do not take it up.
Dr Quentin Sandifer, medical director of Public Health Wales, said: "We would encourage people living with diabetes to take up the offer when they receive their invitation.
"This is a great example of the NHS working together to improve outcomes for our population and is especially impressive as sight loss has reduced even through the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in Wales has increased over this time."
WHAT IS DIABETES?
People with type 1 diabetes cannot produce insulin. No-one knows exactly what causes it, but it is not to do with being overweight and it is not currently preventable. It usually affects children or young adults, starting suddenly and getting worse quickly. Type 1 diabetes is treated by daily insulin doses, a healthy diet and regular physical activity.
People with type 2 diabetes do not produce enough insulin or the insulin they produce does not work properly (known as insulin resistance). They might get diabetes because of their family history, age and ethnic background. They are also more likely to get type 2 diabetes if they are overweight. Type 2 diabetes is treated with a healthy diet and increased physical activity.
How many have diabetes? Diabetes Wales estimates there are 183,000 people in Wales living with diabetes, while at least another 70,000 people could have it but are unaware or undiagnosed.
Diabetic retinopathy or "retinopathy" when it is spotted it can be treated and deterioration prevented, whether controlled through medication or laser treatment.
Robert Lee, 65, from Cardiff, has been having screenings since 2004 and runs a patient support group.
"I've seen people with serious eye problems and I've heard people say, if they'd known earlier it could have prevented these complications," he said.
"If by screening we can make sure we don't progress to that level, it's very important and it's a great service."
Prof David Owens, from the Diabetes Research Unit Cymru at Swansea University Medical School, said with the proportion of the population with diabetes expected to double in the next 25 years, the screening had already made a "major difference" and was the most dramatic seen anywhere in the UK.
"If you have long-term diabetes - high blood sugar for a very long time - you will have damage to the small blood vessels at the back of the eye which supply all the blood and nutrition to the retina, which is essential," he said.
"The essence of the screening is diagnosing it early before it has a huge impact on vision and it can be treated relatively simply and successfully."
Public Health Minister Rebecca Evans said the research showed the significance of earlier diagnosis, alongside improved diabetes management, referral and newer treatments.
A summary of the above article is? | The proportion of diabetics who go blind or suffer sight loss has almost halved since a new national retinopathy screening programme started in 2007. | huggingface_xsum |
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Article: Discussions are said to be at an early stage with a potential North American developer.
The plans would also include an adjacent golf course and "associated amenities".
A report to councillors said the development could be a "truly transformational" development for the region.
Meanwhile, plans have also been revealed to create a visitor centre in the crypt of the memorial church on the estate.
It is part of the latest investment and development strategy for the university and business complex.
The Crichton Trust and its associated development company have identified two priority projects for the next year.
One includes the creation of a visitor centre in the crypt of the church along with a proposed repair programme.
It is part of plans to increase the use of the building.
The other key project is the redevelopment of the south wing of the Easterbrook Hall which used to be a hydrotherapy suite.
It will involve the reinstatement of the pool as part of the development of a spa, bar and restaurant.
The combined cost of the two schemes is £809,000.
Permission is being sought to utilise £650,000 in capital funding previously committed by the council for the development of the campus.
The Crichton Trust said it will fund the shortfall and any future increase in project costs.
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Summarize: A 300-bed spa hotel could be created on the Crichton Estate in Dumfries with an investment of up to £60m.
Article: The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize, launched last year, challenges anyone to develop a wireless device capable of detecting a range of diseases.
The technology employs sensors and imaging to measure vital signs and diagnose conditions non-invasively.
X Prize officials said the technology was now "fact, not science fiction".
The 10 finalists come from a range of backgrounds, including universities, medical device manufacturers and tech start-ups.
One research team is backed by Nasa and the Bill Gates Foundation, while another is made up of engineering students at Johns Hopkins University in the US.
They now have until the middle of next year to develop workable prototypes of their devices in the hope of winning the prize.
It is not clear what any of the devices will look like yet, but Dr Erik Viirre, technical and medical director for X Prize, told the BBC that they ranged from conventional smartphones with attachments to more "utilitarian-looking" devices that "get the job done".
One of the finalists, the Silicon Valley-based start-up Scanadu, showcased a handheld scanner at the CES conference this year.
It works with smartphone software to monitor vital signs such as heart rate and blood pressure, but it is not clear how such a device would address the more complicated task of diagnosing disease.
To win the $10m, the device is expected to be able to monitor vital signs as well as accurately diagnose 16 different conditions, including anaemia, tuberculosis and diabetes.
The technology must be presented in a portable device that can deliver the information in a user-friendly way, so that patients can self-diagnose without the help of doctors.
Anil Vaidya, founder of SCANurse, one of two UK-based finalists, told the BBC his device would not look exactly like the Star Trek device.
It "won't have electrodes sticking out that you will have to touch", he said, but would have a wearable and a handheld component.
He said the device would employ a range of sensors to take readings from a patient's skin and even their breath, alongside cameras to take visual readings.
Health professionals and medical engineers point out that much of the relevant technology is already available.
For example, it is already possible to use light sensors to gather information about blood flow and oxygen levels without taking a blood sample.
Sensors are also able to pick up gases in breath that may indicate certain diseases, while electrocardiogram (ECG) readings are regularly used to assess heart health.
Mr Vaidya also said his design would use cameras to take visual samples of symptoms to aid diagnosis.
The challenge, he said, was to bring the technology together in one portable device.
"Opinions on whether it can be done or not depend on who you're talking to," he told the BBC.
"Among many physicians the feeling is it can't be done. I come from a medical engineering background, which is quite different."
Dr Viirre, of the X Prize, said the winning device could have a role in the developing world, in areas where people have little or no access to medical services.
But Dr Richard Seabrook, head of business development at the Wellcome Trust health charity, said there was "a debate to be had" on whether such devices should be placed in the hands of patients, stressing the need for training and education.
But he said doctors may welcome the opportunity to offload simpler cases to computers.
"If it creates time for them to spend on more complex cases, then that would be a good thing," he told the BBC.
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Summarize: | Ten finalists have been chosen in a $10m (£6m) competition to develop a real-life "tricorder" - the medical scanner used in the Star Trek series. | huggingface_xsum |
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Definition: Classify the given tweet into the three categories: (1) 'Hate Speech', (2) 'Offensive' and (3) 'Neither'. 'Hate Speech' is kind of a threating statement or sometimes include call for violence while 'offensive' statement just offensds someone. 'Neither' is when it doesn't fall into Hate Speech or Offensive category.
Input: Lmao RT @MoeMartin44 The in soles in Reebok Classics can't even handle the diabetic weight Rick Ross holds
Output: | Neither | task904_hate_speech_offensive_classification |
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Classify the given tweet into the three categories: (1) 'Hate Speech', (2) 'Offensive' and (3) 'Neither'. 'Hate Speech' is kind of a threating statement or sometimes include call for violence while 'offensive' statement just offensds someone. 'Neither' is when it doesn't fall into Hate Speech or Offensive category.
you're such a retard i hope you get type 2 diabetes and die from a sugar rush you fucking faggot @Dare_ILK | Hate Speech | task904_hate_speech_offensive_classification |
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Teacher: Classify the given tweet into the three categories: (1) 'Hate Speech', (2) 'Offensive' and (3) 'Neither'. 'Hate Speech' is kind of a threating statement or sometimes include call for violence while 'offensive' statement just offensds someone. 'Neither' is when it doesn't fall into Hate Speech or Offensive category.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
"@MarkRoundtreeJr: LMFAOOOO I HATE BLACK PEOPLE https://t.co/RNvD2nLCDR" This is why there's black people and niggers
Solution: Hate Speech
Reason: The writer mentions emotions like hating so it is clearly a hate speech.
Now, solve this instance: Lmao RT @MoeMartin44 The in soles in Reebok Classics can't even handle the diabetic weight Rick Ross holds
Student: | Neither | task904_hate_speech_offensive_classification |
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Classify the given tweet into the three categories: (1) 'Hate Speech', (2) 'Offensive' and (3) 'Neither'. 'Hate Speech' is kind of a threating statement or sometimes include call for violence while 'offensive' statement just offensds someone. 'Neither' is when it doesn't fall into Hate Speech or Offensive category.
Input: Consider Input: “@HighClassCapri: @what_evaittakes lmao definitely not 🍆”😩😩😩 I was bout to say don't front bitch that shit a freeway
Output: Offensive
Input: Consider Input: #Yankees #FireCashman I don't want Arod back.
Output: Neither
Input: Consider Input: Lmao RT @MoeMartin44 The in soles in Reebok Classics can't even handle the diabetic weight Rick Ross holds
| Output: Neither
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
Classify the given tweet into the three categories: (1) 'Hate Speech', (2) 'Offensive' and (3) 'Neither'. 'Hate Speech' is kind of a threating statement or sometimes include call for violence while 'offensive' statement just offensds someone. 'Neither' is when it doesn't fall into Hate Speech or Offensive category.
"@MarkRoundtreeJr: LMFAOOOO I HATE BLACK PEOPLE https://t.co/RNvD2nLCDR" This is why there's black people and niggers
Solution: Hate Speech
Why? The writer mentions emotions like hating so it is clearly a hate speech.
New input: you're such a retard i hope you get type 2 diabetes and die from a sugar rush you fucking faggot @Dare_ILK
Solution: | Hate Speech | task904_hate_speech_offensive_classification |
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instruction:
You are given a sentence in Arabic. Your job is to translate the Arabic sentence into Spanish.
question:
ومن المُسلَّم أنه من أجل تحقيق مثل هذا الهدف ، -خلق المعرفة- أن التفاعل بين الناس واللِّقاء وجها لوجه ، مُهمٌّ واتّفقنا على ذلك.
answer:
Es sabido que para tal fin, crear conocimiento, la relación y los encuentros en persona, son importantes, y estábamos de acuerdo.
question:
شكراً جزيلاً.
answer:
Muchas gracias.
question:
ووفقا لمركز السيطرة على الأمراض ، ثلث جميع الأطفال المولودين بعد عام 2000 سوف يصابون بمرض السكري.
answer:
| Según el Centro de Control de Enfermedades, un tercio completo de los niños nacidos después del 2000 tendrá diabetes.
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Detailed Instructions: You are given a sentence in Arabic. Your job is to translate the Arabic sentence into Spanish.
Q: ووفقا لمركز السيطرة على الأمراض ، ثلث جميع الأطفال المولودين بعد عام 2000 سوف يصابون بمرض السكري.
A: | Según el Centro de Control de Enfermedades, un tercio completo de los niños nacidos después del 2000 tendrá diabetes. | task1232_ted_translation_ar_es |
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Instructions: You are given a sentence in Arabic. Your job is to translate the Arabic sentence into Spanish.
Input: اليوم عندما نكتشف المرض عند المصاب ، ماذا نفعل ؟
Output: | Actualmente, con la diabetes ¿qué hacemos? | task1232_ted_translation_ar_es |
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Detailed Instructions: You are given a sentence in Arabic. Your job is to translate the Arabic sentence into Spanish.
Q: ستة في المئة للإصابة بأمراض القلب سبعة في المئة لمرض السكري من النوع 2 ، وهو النوع الذي توفي والدي منه.
A: | En un 6% para las enfermedades del corazón, 7% para la diabetes tipo 2, que es de lo que murió mi padre. | task1232_ted_translation_ar_es |
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In this task, you will be presented with a context from an academic paper and a question separated with a
. You have to answer the question based on the context.
Input: Consider Input: The test-set accuracies obtained by different learning methods, including the current state-of-the-art results, are presented in Table TABREF11 .
Question: what models did they compare to?
Output: High-order CNN, Tree-LSTM, DRNN, DCNN, CNN-MC, NBoW and SVM
Input: Consider Input: To discover topics from the collected tweets, we used a topic modeling approach that fuzzy clusters the semantically related words such as assigning “diabetes", “cancer", and “influenza" into a topic that has an overall “disease" theme BIBREF44 , BIBREF45 . Among topic models, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) BIBREF49 is the most popular effective model BIBREF50 , BIBREF19 as studies have shown that LDA is an effective computational linguistics model for discovering topics in a corpus BIBREF51 , BIBREF52 . We used the Mallet implementation of LDA BIBREF49 , BIBREF56 with its default settings to explore opinions in the tweets.
Question: How were topics of interest about DDEO identified?
Output: using topic modeling model Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)
Input: Consider Input: The improved performance of our attention models that actively select their optimal context, over a model with the complete thread as context, hLSTM, shows that the context inference improves intervention prediction over using the default full context.
Question: What aspects of discussion are relevant to instructor intervention, according to the attention mechanism?
| Output: context inference
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TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a context from an academic paper and a question separated with a
. You have to answer the question based on the context.
PROBLEM: In Table TABREF1, we summarize the quantitative results of the above previous studies. It includes the model basis, feature description, languages classified and the used dataset along with accuracy obtained. The table also lists the overall results of our proposed models (at the top). The languages used by various authors along with their acronyms are English (En), Spanish (Es), French (Fr), German (De), Russian (Ru), Italian (It), Bengali (Ben), Hindi (Hi) and Telegu (Tel).
Question: Is the performance compared against a baseline model?
SOLUTION: Yes
PROBLEM: Embedding: We developed different variations of our models with a simple lookup table embeddings learned from scratch and using high-performance contextual embeddings, which are ELMo BIBREF11, BERT BIBREF16 and ClinicalBERT BIBREF13 (trained and provided by the authors).
Question: What embeddings are used?
SOLUTION: simple lookup table embeddings learned from scratch using high-performance contextual embeddings, which are ELMo BIBREF11, BERT BIBREF16 and ClinicalBERT BIBREF13
PROBLEM: To discover topics from the collected tweets, we used a topic modeling approach that fuzzy clusters the semantically related words such as assigning “diabetes", “cancer", and “influenza" into a topic that has an overall “disease" theme BIBREF44 , BIBREF45 . Among topic models, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) BIBREF49 is the most popular effective model BIBREF50 , BIBREF19 as studies have shown that LDA is an effective computational linguistics model for discovering topics in a corpus BIBREF51 , BIBREF52 . We used the Mallet implementation of LDA BIBREF49 , BIBREF56 with its default settings to explore opinions in the tweets.
Question: How were topics of interest about DDEO identified?
SOLUTION: | using topic modeling model Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)
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In this task, you will be presented with a context from an academic paper and a question separated with a
. You have to answer the question based on the context.
Q: As explained in Section SECREF15 , the corruption introduced in Doc2VecC acts as a data-dependent regularization that suppresses the embeddings of frequent but uninformative words. In contrast, Doc2VecC manages to clamp down the representation of words frequently appear in the training set, but are uninformative, such as symbols and stop words.
Question: How do they determine which words are informative?
A: Informative are those that will not be suppressed by regularization performed.
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Q: To discover topics from the collected tweets, we used a topic modeling approach that fuzzy clusters the semantically related words such as assigning “diabetes", “cancer", and “influenza" into a topic that has an overall “disease" theme BIBREF44 , BIBREF45 . Among topic models, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) BIBREF49 is the most popular effective model BIBREF50 , BIBREF19 as studies have shown that LDA is an effective computational linguistics model for discovering topics in a corpus BIBREF51 , BIBREF52 . We used the Mallet implementation of LDA BIBREF49 , BIBREF56 with its default settings to explore opinions in the tweets.
Question: How were topics of interest about DDEO identified?
A: using topic modeling model Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)
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Q: We carried out two human evaluations using Mechanical Turk to compare the performance of our model and the baseline.
Question: Is there any human evaluation involved in evaluating this famework?
A: | Yes
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context from an academic paper and a question separated with a
. You have to answer the question based on the context.
Problem:To discover topics from the collected tweets, we used a topic modeling approach that fuzzy clusters the semantically related words such as assigning “diabetes", “cancer", and “influenza" into a topic that has an overall “disease" theme BIBREF44 , BIBREF45 . Among topic models, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) BIBREF49 is the most popular effective model BIBREF50 , BIBREF19 as studies have shown that LDA is an effective computational linguistics model for discovering topics in a corpus BIBREF51 , BIBREF52 . We used the Mallet implementation of LDA BIBREF49 , BIBREF56 with its default settings to explore opinions in the tweets.
Question: How were topics of interest about DDEO identified?
Solution: | using topic modeling model Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) | task460_qasper_answer_generation |
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In this task, you will be presented with a context from an academic paper and a question separated with a
. You have to answer the question based on the context.
Ex Input:
The annotator carried out all annotation.
Question: How many annotators tagged each tweet?
Ex Output:
One
Ex Input:
To discover topics from the collected tweets, we used a topic modeling approach that fuzzy clusters the semantically related words such as assigning “diabetes", “cancer", and “influenza" into a topic that has an overall “disease" theme BIBREF44 , BIBREF45 . Among topic models, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) BIBREF49 is the most popular effective model BIBREF50 , BIBREF19 as studies have shown that LDA is an effective computational linguistics model for discovering topics in a corpus BIBREF51 , BIBREF52 . We used the Mallet implementation of LDA BIBREF49 , BIBREF56 with its default settings to explore opinions in the tweets.
Question: How were topics of interest about DDEO identified?
Ex Output:
using topic modeling model Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)
Ex Input:
The Logoscope retrieves newspaper articles from several RSS feeds in French on a daily basis.
Question: How often are the newspaper websites crawled daily?
Ex Output:
| RSS feeds in French on a daily basis
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TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a context from an academic paper and a question separated with a
. You have to answer the question based on the context.
PROBLEM: As we only extracted references to other judicial decisions, we obtained 471,319 references from Supreme Court decisions, 167,237 references from Supreme Administrative Court decisions and 264,463 references from Constitutional Court Decisions. These are numbers of text spans identified as references prior the further processing described in Section SECREF3.
Question: How big is the dataset?
SOLUTION: 903019 references
PROBLEM: To discover topics from the collected tweets, we used a topic modeling approach that fuzzy clusters the semantically related words such as assigning “diabetes", “cancer", and “influenza" into a topic that has an overall “disease" theme BIBREF44 , BIBREF45 . Among topic models, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) BIBREF49 is the most popular effective model BIBREF50 , BIBREF19 as studies have shown that LDA is an effective computational linguistics model for discovering topics in a corpus BIBREF51 , BIBREF52 . We used the Mallet implementation of LDA BIBREF49 , BIBREF56 with its default settings to explore opinions in the tweets.
Question: How were topics of interest about DDEO identified?
SOLUTION: using topic modeling model Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)
PROBLEM: The encoder is a bidirectional Long-Short Term Memory(LSTM) cell BIBREF14 and the decoder a single LSTM cell with attention mechanism.
Question: How many attention layers are there in their model?
SOLUTION: | one
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In this task, you will be presented with a context from an academic paper and a question separated with a
. You have to answer the question based on the context.
Let me give you an example: We evaluate the proposed approach on the Chinese social media text summarization task, based on the sequence-to-sequence model. Large-Scale Chinese Short Text Summarization Dataset (LCSTS) is constructed by BIBREF1 . The dataset consists of more than 2.4 million text-summary pairs in total, constructed from a famous Chinese social media microblogging service Weibo.
Question: Are results reported only for English data?
The answer to this example can be: No
Here is why: Based on the context, the dataset is constructed from a famous Chinese social media microblogging service Weibo.
OK. solve this:
To discover topics from the collected tweets, we used a topic modeling approach that fuzzy clusters the semantically related words such as assigning “diabetes", “cancer", and “influenza" into a topic that has an overall “disease" theme BIBREF44 , BIBREF45 . Among topic models, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) BIBREF49 is the most popular effective model BIBREF50 , BIBREF19 as studies have shown that LDA is an effective computational linguistics model for discovering topics in a corpus BIBREF51 , BIBREF52 . We used the Mallet implementation of LDA BIBREF49 , BIBREF56 with its default settings to explore opinions in the tweets.
Question: How were topics of interest about DDEO identified?
Answer: | using topic modeling model Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) | task460_qasper_answer_generation |
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In this task, you will be presented with a context from an academic paper and a question separated with a
. You have to answer the question based on the context.
Input: Consider Input: Consequently, we investigate ways to detect suspicious accounts by considering their tweets in groups (chunks). Our hypothesis is that suspicious accounts have a unique pattern in posting tweet sequences. Since their intention is to mislead, the way they transition from one set of tweets to the next has a hidden signature, biased by their intentions. Given a news Twitter account, we read its tweets from the account's timeline. Then we sort the tweets by the posting date in ascending way and we split them into $N$ chunks. Each chunk consists of a sorted sequence of tweets labeled by the label of its corresponding account.
Question: How is a "chunk of posts" defined in this work?
Output: chunk consists of a sorted sequence of tweets labeled by the label of its corresponding account
Input: Consider Input: To discover topics from the collected tweets, we used a topic modeling approach that fuzzy clusters the semantically related words such as assigning “diabetes", “cancer", and “influenza" into a topic that has an overall “disease" theme BIBREF44 , BIBREF45 . Among topic models, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) BIBREF49 is the most popular effective model BIBREF50 , BIBREF19 as studies have shown that LDA is an effective computational linguistics model for discovering topics in a corpus BIBREF51 , BIBREF52 . We used the Mallet implementation of LDA BIBREF49 , BIBREF56 with its default settings to explore opinions in the tweets.
Question: How were topics of interest about DDEO identified?
Output: using topic modeling model Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)
Input: Consider Input: In particular, we aggregate documents from the CommonCrawl dataset that has the most overlapping n-grams with the questions. We name this dataset STORIES since most of the constituent documents take the form of a story with long chain of coherent events. Figure 5 -left and middle show that STORIES always yield the highest accuracy for both types of input processing.
Question: Which of their training domains improves performance the most?
| Output: documents from the CommonCrawl dataset that has the most overlapping n-grams with the question
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In this task, you will be presented with a context from an academic paper and a question separated with a
. You have to answer the question based on the context.
Q: To discover topics from the collected tweets, we used a topic modeling approach that fuzzy clusters the semantically related words such as assigning “diabetes", “cancer", and “influenza" into a topic that has an overall “disease" theme BIBREF44 , BIBREF45 . Among topic models, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) BIBREF49 is the most popular effective model BIBREF50 , BIBREF19 as studies have shown that LDA is an effective computational linguistics model for discovering topics in a corpus BIBREF51 , BIBREF52 . We used the Mallet implementation of LDA BIBREF49 , BIBREF56 with its default settings to explore opinions in the tweets.
Question: How were topics of interest about DDEO identified?
A: using topic modeling model Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)
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Q: The test-set accuracies obtained by different learning methods, including the current state-of-the-art results, are presented in Table TABREF11 .
Question: what models did they compare to?
A: High-order CNN, Tree-LSTM, DRNN, DCNN, CNN-MC, NBoW and SVM
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Q: Impact votes are provided by the users of the platform to evaluate how impactful a particular claim is. Users can pick one of 5 possible impact labels for a particular claim: no impact, low impact, medium impact, high impact and very high impact. While evaluating the impact of a claim, users have access to the full argument context and therefore, they can assess how impactful a claim is in the given context of an argument.
Question: What annotations are available in the dataset?
A: | 5 possible impact labels for a particular claim: no impact, low impact, medium impact, high impact and very high impact
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In this task, you're given a passage, further information available on a particular linked term from the statement, and a question. Your job is to generate the answer to the question by using the information provided. If there is no clear answer obtainable, output 'none'.
Passage: Wasson was born Isabel Deming Bassett in Brooklyn, NY on January 11, 1897, daughter of urban planner Edward Bassett and Annie Preston Bassett, and sister of inventor and engineer Preston Bassett. Wasson graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wellesley College in 1918, majoring in history so she could take a wide range of science courses. She took classes in geology after graduation at the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She met her future husband, petroleum geologist Theron Wasson, whom she married in 1920, while working towards a master's degree in geology at Columbia University, which she finished in 1934. They had three children: Elizabeth W. Bergstrom, a biologist; Edward B. Wasson, a petroleum geologist; and Anne Harney Gallagher, an art historian. Wasson worked as a petroleum geologist in her husband's office at the Pure Oil Company from the early 1920s until 1928. She published two scholarly articles on geology, one co-authored with her husband about an oil field discovered by Pure Oil in 1914, and another by herself about the ages of rock formations in Ohio and new terminology for them; the latter was cited in a number of other papers and a recent book. After 1928 she spent over 50 years in River Forest, IL, teaching science in the local public schools, lecturing, bird watching (ornithology), and mentoring generations of young naturalists. She was quoted in this 1986 Chicago Tribune article as an expert on local geology at age 89. She was honored for her contributions to local history in 1982 when the Wasson Room was named after her in a local school to hold local history resources. Her interests included archaeology; she discovered a Native American religious mound in Thatcher Woods, near her house in River Forest, in the 1930s. An article about her discovery called her "the one who started the environmental education movement in America back in the 1920s and '30s." Theron and Isabel divorced in 1953 and she did not remarry. From 1953-1954, Wasson served as President of the Chicago Ornithological Society. Wasson also taught classes at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. She died in La Grange Park, IL, in 1994.
Link Information: Theron Rhodes Wasson (1887-1970) Question: At what age did Theron Wasson marry Isabel Wasson?
Answer: 33
Passage: "Victory" is a song recorded by American hip hop recording artist Puff Daddy. The song was originally written by The Notorious B.I.G., Jason Phillips and Steven Jordan for his debut studio album No Way Out (1997). It features heavy use of mafioso-style lyrics, as was popular at the time. It features The Notorious B.I.G., who raps two verses, and Busta Rhymes, who raps the song's chorus. The song also heavily sampled the Bill Conti song "Going the Distance", which featured on the soundtrack to the movie Rocky making it a darker start to a rap album that featured many (at the time) club-standard singles. The song was released as a single in 1998, peaking at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100. This song featured the very last verses recorded by The Notorious B.I.G. before his 1997 death as these verses were recorded a day before his shooting. The song was used for the EA Sports video game, Fight Night 2004, and the 2K Sports video game, NBA 2K13 by Puff Daddy and the Family featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes. This was re-used for the soundtrack of NBA 2K18.
Link Information: (1997) Question: How old was Puff Daddy when he recorded Victory?
Answer: 28
Passage: The group spent a year recording their first album, Days Are Gone, in sessions between live shows. The group experimented with drum machines and the music program GarageBand, adding hip hop and R&B influences to their existing sound. Polydor recommended producers Ariel Rechtshaid and James Ford to help with the album, who suggested further use of synthesizers, bringing the album closer to a straightforward pop style. Several of the drum tracks were recorded with gated reverb, made famous by Phil Collins. In June 2013, the group performed at Glastonbury Festival, and in addition to their own set, the band appeared with Primal Scream performing background vocals on "It's Alright, It's OK", "Rocks" and "Come Together". The band later returned for a repeat performance at Glastonbury in 2014. After their set, Este nearly had a diabetic seizure. She has Type 1 diabetes and was diagnosed with it in 2000.
Link Information: none Question: Of the recommended producers to Haim, who is the oldest?
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you're given a passage, further information available on a particular linked term from the statement, and a question. Your job is to generate the answer to the question by using the information provided. If there is no clear answer obtainable, output 'none'.
Passage: The group spent a year recording their first album, Days Are Gone, in sessions between live shows. The group experimented with drum machines and the music program GarageBand, adding hip hop and R&B influences to their existing sound. Polydor recommended producers Ariel Rechtshaid and James Ford to help with the album, who suggested further use of synthesizers, bringing the album closer to a straightforward pop style. Several of the drum tracks were recorded with gated reverb, made famous by Phil Collins. In June 2013, the group performed at Glastonbury Festival, and in addition to their own set, the band appeared with Primal Scream performing background vocals on "It's Alright, It's OK", "Rocks" and "Come Together". The band later returned for a repeat performance at Glastonbury in 2014. After their set, Este nearly had a diabetic seizure. She has Type 1 diabetes and was diagnosed with it in 2000.
Link Information: Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) Question: When was the artist born who made famous gated reverb?
Output: | Answer: 30 January 1951 | task238_iirc_answer_from_passage_answer_generation |
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Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you're given a passage, further information available on a particular linked term from the statement, and a question. Your job is to generate the answer to the question by using the information provided. If there is no clear answer obtainable, output 'none'.
Passage: The group spent a year recording their first album, Days Are Gone, in sessions between live shows. The group experimented with drum machines and the music program GarageBand, adding hip hop and R&B influences to their existing sound. Polydor recommended producers Ariel Rechtshaid and James Ford to help with the album, who suggested further use of synthesizers, bringing the album closer to a straightforward pop style. Several of the drum tracks were recorded with gated reverb, made famous by Phil Collins. In June 2013, the group performed at Glastonbury Festival, and in addition to their own set, the band appeared with Primal Scream performing background vocals on "It's Alright, It's OK", "Rocks" and "Come Together". The band later returned for a repeat performance at Glastonbury in 2014. After their set, Este nearly had a diabetic seizure. She has Type 1 diabetes and was diagnosed with it in 2000.
Link Information: Days Are Gone is the debut studio album by American pop rock band Haim. It was released on September 27, 2013 Question: When was Haim's first album released?
| Answer: September 27, 2013 | task238_iirc_answer_from_passage_answer_generation |
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
In this task, you're given a passage, further information available on a particular linked term from the statement, and a question. Your job is to generate the answer to the question by using the information provided. If there is no clear answer obtainable, output 'none'.
Passage: The group was occasionally diverted from strategic missions to carry out air support and interdiction missions. It supported Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by attacking transportation targets, including bridges, along with airfields and strong points in France. On D Day, the squadron and the rest of the 446th Group led the first heavy bomber mission of the day. The 446th aided ground forces at Caen and Saint-Lô during July by hitting bridges, gun batteries, and enemy troops. During Operation Market Garden, the attempt to seize a bridgehead across the Rhine in the Netherlands, the 704th dropped supplies to allied troops near Nijmegen. It struck lines of communications during the Battle of the Bulge. During Operation Varsity in March 1945, it supplied ground and airborne troops near Wesel. The squadron flew its last combat mission on 25 April 1945 against Salzburg, Austria. The group had flown 273 missions and had lost 58 aircraft during the war,
. Link Information: Operation Market Garden was a failed World War II military operation fought in the Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Question: When did the operation during which the 704th dropped supplies to allied troops near Nijmegen begin?
Solution: from 17 to 25 September 1944
Why? The passage describes the 704th's actions during Operation Market Garden, and the answer specifies when the operation happened.
New input: Passage: The group spent a year recording their first album, Days Are Gone, in sessions between live shows. The group experimented with drum machines and the music program GarageBand, adding hip hop and R&B influences to their existing sound. Polydor recommended producers Ariel Rechtshaid and James Ford to help with the album, who suggested further use of synthesizers, bringing the album closer to a straightforward pop style. Several of the drum tracks were recorded with gated reverb, made famous by Phil Collins. In June 2013, the group performed at Glastonbury Festival, and in addition to their own set, the band appeared with Primal Scream performing background vocals on "It's Alright, It's OK", "Rocks" and "Come Together". The band later returned for a repeat performance at Glastonbury in 2014. After their set, Este nearly had a diabetic seizure. She has Type 1 diabetes and was diagnosed with it in 2000.
Link Information: none Question: Of the recommended producers to Haim, who is the oldest?
Solution: | Answer: none | task238_iirc_answer_from_passage_answer_generation |
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you're given a passage, further information available on a particular linked term from the statement, and a question. Your job is to generate the answer to the question by using the information provided. If there is no clear answer obtainable, output 'none'.
Passage: Walt Disney engaged O'Malley to provide voices for animated films such as the Cockney coster in the "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" sequence in Mary Poppins (1964); Cyril Proudbottom, Winkie, and a policeman in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949); and the role of Colonel Hathi and the vulture Buzzie in The Jungle Book (1967). His voice can be heard in Alice in Wonderland (1951), in which he performs all the character voices in "The Walrus and the Carpenter" segment (besides Alice), including Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Walrus, the Carpenter, and Mother Oyster. O'Malley also provided the voice of Br'er Fox in Song of the South (1946) when James Baskett was unavailable. Actor Dick Van Dyke has said that O'Malley was his dialect coach on Mary Poppins, attributing his infamous Cockney accent in that film to O'Malley.
Link Information: Baskett had been in poor health around 1946 during the filming of Song of the South due to diabetes and suffered a heart attack Question: Why was James Baskett unavailable to play Br'er Fox in Song of the South?
Output: | Answer: diabetes and suffered a heart attack | task238_iirc_answer_from_passage_answer_generation |
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Definition: You are given two sentences(Sentence1 and Sentence2). Answer "Yes" if these sentences are a paraphrase of one another, otherwise answer "No".
Input: Sentence1: Also at increased risk are those whose immune systems suppressed by medications or by diseases such as cancer , diabetes and AIDS ., Sentence2: Also at increased risk are those with suppressed immune systems due to illness or medicines .
Output: | Yes | task1288_glue_mrpc_paraphrasing |
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You are given two sentences(Sentence1 and Sentence2). Answer "Yes" if these sentences are a paraphrase of one another, otherwise answer "No".
Q: Sentence1: The condition is associated with heart disease , chronic kidney disease , blindness , and amputations ., Sentence2: Those with diabetes run the risk of severe complications , including heart disease , chronic kidney disease , blindness and amputations .
A: | Yes | task1288_glue_mrpc_paraphrasing |
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
You are given two sentences(Sentence1 and Sentence2). Answer "Yes" if these sentences are a paraphrase of one another, otherwise answer "No".
Sentence1: Drinking more coffee may reduce the risk of developing the most common form of diabetes , a study has found ., Sentence2: Drinking caffeinated coffee , you see , may significantly reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes , the most common form of the disease .
Output: | Yes | task1288_glue_mrpc_paraphrasing |
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
You are given two sentences(Sentence1 and Sentence2). Answer "Yes" if these sentences are a paraphrase of one another, otherwise answer "No".
Sentence1: Fasting glucose was 142 mg / dL on average for those given usual care , compared with 129 mg / dL in the group given specialized care ( P < .01 ) ., Sentence2: Fasting glucose , used to measure diabetes risk , was 142 on average for those given usual care compared to 129 in the group given special treatment .
Output: | Yes | task1288_glue_mrpc_paraphrasing |
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