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Darren Rodgers, who was 24 and from Ballymena, died after he fell about 26ft (8m) from a promenade onto a rocky beach in Nice.
Hundreds attended the service at St Patrick's Church in Ballymena.
The funeral took place hours before Northern Ireland's Euro clash with Wales.
The accident happened in the early hours of Monday 13 June, shortly after Northern Ireland played its first match of the Euro 2016 finals against Poland in the city.
Supt Nigel Goddard, who is leading the PSNI team in France, said he was told it was an accident and not in any way disorder related.
Tributes have been paid to Mr Rodgers by his friends, fellow fans, and by the Irish Football Association (IFA).
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The funeral of a Northern Ireland football fan who died in an accident in France has taken place.
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The labour market statistics showed there were 216,000 unemployed people.
This represented 8.1% of the workforce - higher than the UK average unemployment rate of 7.8%.
Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore said the figures showed the "scale of the challenge we face in getting the economy back to health".
The International Labour Organisation data showed there were 35,000 more unemployed people in the three months from March to May than during the same period last year.
The claimant count in Scotland, based on the seasonally adjusted number of people claiming Job Seeker's Allowance, fell by 600 to 133,200 between May and June.
However, this represented an increase of 5,500 compared to June 2009.
Mr Moore said it was crucial the Scottish and UK governments worked together to help those who had lost their jobs get back into work as quickly as possible.
He added: "These figures show the real human cost of the economic legacy the government has inherited.
"Our budget will tackle the record deficit and help us achieve balanced economic growth across the UK.
Unemployment in graphics
"These measures will keep interest rates lower for longer and encourage investment, both of which are important for the creation of new jobs."
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney said the figures demonstrated both the legacy of the previous UK government's handling of the public finances and the dangers of the new coalition's cuts, which he claimed were "too deep, too quick".
"Scotland is continuing to see fragile signs of recovery. Today's figures highlight a fifth consecutive monthly fall in the number of people claiming Job Seeker's Allowance, and our unemployment rate remains below many other parts of the UK such as London, Wales, the North East of England, North West, and Yorkshire and the Humber," he said.
"But today's figures again demonstrate that recovery is in its early stages - which is why the UK government is wrong to risk jobs and recovery through spending cuts that are too quick and too deep, and come on top of those already imposed on Scotland by the previous Westminster administration."
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Unemployment in Scotland rose by 9,000 over the past three months, according to official statistics.
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Pietersen, who is hoping to resurrect his England Test career this summer, came to the wicket with his side on 111-2 against Glamorgan at Cardiff.
He struck four boundaries, but was then caught off Craig Meschede for 19.
Sangakkara, however, made an unbeaten 112 and Steven Davies weighed in with 109 not out as they closed on 363-3.
The pair collected 30 boundaries between them, plus a six by Sangakkara off spinner Dean Cosker, in an unbroken partnership of 213, as the Welsh side's attack toiled in vain to contain them.
Surrey began the game confidently with Rory Burns (50) and Zafar Ansari (48) opening up with a stand of 104.
The latter's dismissal, lbw to Andy Carter, brought in Pietersen for his first Championship innings since making 177 not out against Yorkshire in June 2013.
The South Africa-born batsman has not played for England since the 2013-14 Ashes series in Australia.
But recent changes within the England and Wales Cricket Board, including the departure of managing director Paul Downton, have rekindled his international ambitions.
He was slightly fortunate to escape when he top-edged a hook off Graeme Wagg, but then pushed at a delivery by Meschede and was caught by Colin Ingram at first slip.
It proved to be their final success as Sangakkara and Davies, both left-handers, made the most of batsman-friendly conditions.
Sangakkara, making his Championship debut for the county, was first to his century with a boundary off Carter, but Davies lost nothing by comparison in reaching the 17th first-class hundred five overs before the close.
Glamorgan bowler Craig Meschede told BBC Wales Sport:
"My first first-class wicket was Sachin Tendulkar, so it's nice to add him [Pietersen] to my numbers. He'll be my number two!
"It's nice to get a big scalp to my name and he had a lot to prove today. I'm sure he'll bounce back, but hopefully not in this game.
"It's been a tough day on a pretty flat wicket, Kumar is a fantastic player and a world-class cricketer but as a youngster I can learn a lot from it.
"We've got to hit our lengths, bowl to our fields and pick up a few wickets - then we need to get our mindset right and bat big."
Surrey wicketkeeper/batsman Steven Davies:
"Kevin missed out here but I've no doubt in my mind he will get the runs he needs to play for England again.
"He's been great at Surrey. I've never had any problems with him, and he looked great last week on a tough wicket at Oxford.
"Sangakkara was unbelievable. He's a hero of mine and to play alongside him is a great honour.
"To get that partnership with him was a special day for me."
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Kevin Pietersen was upstaged by Sri Lanka star Kumar Sangakkara in his first Championship appearance for Surrey for almost two years.
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Despite dismissing Kumar Sangakkara for 120 at the start of play, reigning champions Middlesex were kept at bay by Ben Foakes (67 not out) and Sam Curran.
When Curran fell for 51, the visitors lost 5-46 to be bowled out for 339.
But two early Middlesex wickets ended any chance of a late run chase, and they were 92-2 when a draw was agreed.
Having added just four to his overnight score, Sangakkara nibbled James Franklin behind to be well taken by wicketkeeper John Simpson.
Surrey had a lead of just 112 at that point with only five second-innings wickets remaining, and the away side looked in danger of being bowled out cheaply before Foakes and Curran shared a vital 83-run sixth-wicket partnership.
The hosts continued to push for wickets, as they searched for their first Championship victory of the season, and spinner Ollie Rayner returned to dismiss both Curran brothers.
Foakes finished unbeaten, while Dawid Malan's spin accounted for Surrey's tail.
Middlesex's final-innings chase never looked likely after Nick Gubbins edged Sam Curran behind for five before tea.
The prized scalp of Nick Compton came off Mark Footitt's first ball but, with runs hard to come by and no further loss of wickets, the London derby ended in a draw.
Surrey ended the happier of the two sides, despite slipping to second in Division One and one point behind leaders Essex, who they face at Chelmsford on Friday.
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Middlesex and Surrey settled for a draw on the final day at Lord's as the hosts' fourth-innings chase of 242 off 39 overs petered out.
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It was LaMia's only operational plane, and had been part-owned by the pilot.
The aircraft carrying Brazil's Chapecoense football team went down near Medellin, Colombia. There were only six survivors.
Colombian authorities say evidence is growing that the plane crashed because it ran out of fuel as it tried to land.
LaMia was only set up last year, and has three aircraft - two of which are being repaired.
The British-made BAE 146 Avro RJ85 aircraft had no fuel when it plunged into a mountainside near Medellin, Colombian aviation chief Alfredo Bocanegra said, corroborating audio of the pilot asking to land because of a fuel shortage and electric failure.
"Having been able to do an inspection of all of the remains and parts of the plane, we can affirm clearly that the aircraft did not have fuel at the moment of impact," Mr Bocanegra said.
Freddy Bonilla, another aviation official, said regulations stipulated that aircraft must have 30 minutes of fuel in reserve to reach an alternative airport in an emergency, but "in this case the plane did not have" it.
"The engines are the electrical source... but without fuel, obviously the electrical source would have been completely lost," he added.
In a leaked tape, the pilot, Miguel Quiroga, can be heard warning of a "total electric failure" and "lack of fuel". Just before the tape ends, he says he is flying at an altitude of 9,000ft (2,745m).
The plane was carrying Chapecoense, who had been due to play a football cup final against Atletico Nacional in Medellin on Wednesday.
The team flew from Sao Paulo to Santa Cruz on a commercial flight, then switched to the chartered aircraft.
Brazil's O Globo reported that because of a delayed departure, a refuelling stop in Cobija - on the border between Brazil and Bolivia - was abandoned because the airport did not operate at night.
The pilot had the option to refuel in Bogota, but headed straight to Medellin.
"The pilot was the one who took the decision," Gustavo Vargas, a representative of Lamia, was quoted as saying in Bolivian newspaper Pagina Siete. "He thought the fuel would last."
Approaching Medellin, the pilot asked for permission to land because of fuel problems, without making a formal distress call.
But another plane from airline VivaColombia had priority because it had already suffered a fuel leak, the co-pilot of another plane in the air at the time said.
The pilot of the crashed plane is heard asking urgently for directions to the airport before the audio recording ends.
Unconfirmed media reports say that a Bolivian official at Santa Cruz airport checked the paperwork for the LaMia plane and pointed out to the company that the amount of fuel they had was not enough.
Officials say the plane's "black boxes", which record flight details, will be sent to the UK to be opened by investigators. A full investigation into the crash is expected to take months.
There are some critical questions investigators need to answer.
If the plane did indeed run out of fuel, why didn't the crew fill up en route, as was reportedly planned?
And why wasn't it carrying the required 30-minute fuel reserve? Or maybe it was, and there was a fuel leak somewhere.
Also, why was the aircraft told to circle while another flight with a problem was given priority to land? Did the crew make it clear to the ground that they had a crisis on their hands?
Looking at the radar track, it appears to circle for around 13 minutes. Yet it was only around three or four minutes flying time from the airport.
Accidents normally come down to a series of problems and decisions that add up to catastrophe. There are often moments, with hindsight, where a tragedy could have been averted.
We still don't have an official explanation yet. So, there may be facts or problems yet to come out that put a totally different complexion on what happened.
On Wednesday night, when the match had been due to take place, tens of thousands of fans gathered at the Medellin stadium - and at Chapecoense's home ground in Chapeco - to pay tearful tributes.
Many wore white and carried candles as a mark of respect. Chapecoense lost 19 players in the crash. Twenty journalists were also killed.
Of the survivors, Chapecoense said two players remained in a critical but stable condition, while the club's goalkeeper had had one leg amputated and might still lose his other foot.
An injured journalist also remained in critical condition, the club said.
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Bolivia's aviation authority has suspended the operating licence of LaMia, the charter airline whose plane crashed on Monday killing 71 people.
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More than half of these weapons were shotguns.
The data was released following a Freedom of Information request to the Home Office.
The Gun Control Network, a group which raises awareness of the dangers of guns, called the figures "horrendous and frightening".
A Home Office spokesman said firearms legislation protects public safety while ensuring controls are practical and proportionate.
The data, which was published for the first time on Wednesday, revealed that 1,448 shotguns and 294 rifles have been stolen since 2007.
The guns lost during the period included 730 shotguns, 86 rifles and 14 revolvers.
Two muskets and a cannon had also been mislaid by their owners.
Chrissie Hall, spokesperson for the Gun Control Network, said public safety was being compromised "by individuals who have shown themselves to be irresponsible".
"These figures are probably the tip of the iceberg. If gun owners lose their weapons and are in breach of their registration and conditions, their licence should be revoked," she told BBC News.
"But whether this happens is at the discretion of the chief constable and the firearms department. It's not always rigorously applied."
She added: "People lose their glasses and they lose their umbrella but to lose their gun is unbelievably irresponsible.
"It's part of their conditions that the shotgun is safely stored at all times... obviously if it's lost it isn't safely stored, they're in breach of their licence, they're putting members of the public at risk."
Overall, gun crime in England and Wales is falling. There was a 19% drop in annual firearm offences according to the latest figures.
Bill Harriman, director of firearms for the British Association for Shooting and Conservation - Britain's largest shooting organisation - said that while there should never be complacency about firearms, the figures needed to be put into perspective.
"There are nearly two million licensed firearms in the UK and 3,000 represents a tiny 0.15% of that figure," said Mr Harriman, who is also a forensic firearms examiner.
"People don't tend to lose their firearms and they are required by law to store them in a police-approved steel cabinet when they are not in use.
"Generally my experience of people who shoot in the UK is that they are very careful and very responsible people.
"We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that rural crime is rising and that is doubtless going to have an effect as opportunist criminals target lonely houses, farmhouses where they suspect there may well be firearms and look for them there."
Firearms holders are required to keep their weapons in a secure box bolted to a wall in a place which is not easy to find.
The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) says lost or stolen weapons should be reported to the police, who would automatically launch a licence review.
Deputy Chief Constable Andy Marsh, Acpo's lead officer on firearms licensing, said he wanted to reassure the public that the police are "extremely tough around making sure that people do make their weapons secure".
"If someone has been negligent in the security of their weapon, whether it's stolen or lost, or whether we turn up for a visit to check the security and they haven't secured it properly, then my predisposition would be to revoke it.
"The problem with shotguns is they don't leave unique rounds like firearms do. But each quarter, we probably recover about 150 shotguns notwithstanding the other firearms material."
"We make the UK an extremely tough environment to operate with unlawfully held firearms - and actually there is very little evidence that lawfully held weapons are used in crime."
A Home Office spokesperson said: "The UK has some of the toughest firearms controls in the world and comparatively low levels of gun crime.
"Our laws and the mandatory minimum sentences for many firearms offences makes clear that our society will not tolerate this type of crime.
"Our firearms legislation protects public safety while ensuring controls are practical and proportionate."
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Nearly 3,000 guns were lost by or stolen from people registered to hold them in the past five years, according to figures obtained by the BBC.
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Russian Paralympic Committee president Vladimir Lukin said he is considering an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
The Rio Paralympics begin in a month's time, on 7 September, but 267 Russian competitors across 18 sports will now miss the Games.
The country's doping scandal was exposed by the McLaren report.
"The vast majority of our sportsmen are absolutely clean," Lukin told a news conference in Moscow on Monday. "I'm used to a dose of absurdity in life, but this dose is now off the scale."
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) confirmed the ban on Sunday.
The decision was in contrast to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which chose not to hand Russia a blanket ban from the Olympic Games.
Announcing the decision, IPC president Sir Philip Craven said Russia's anti-doping system is "broken, corrupted and entirely compromised".
In response, Lukin said his committee was "not even mentioned" in the McLaren report and this action would mean "lives are broken".
"Inevitably, suspicions arise that this is provoked by something unsportsmanlike, something else," he added.
"We absolutely do not want to quarrel, get carried away with emotions. Only the weak get carried away with emotions.
"We will stand our ground in a civilised way."
Richard McLaren, a Canadian law professor, published a report that found Russia's sports ministry manipulated urine samples provided by its athletes between 2011 and 2015.
The report identified 27 samples relating to eight Para-sports, five of which are summer sports, including some governed by the IPC.
The IPC also found evidence that samples were swapped during the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games, adding that it planned to reanalyse every Russian sample given at the event
The IPC allowed the Russian Paralympic Committee to present its case before it decided on the ban.
The IOC was widely criticised for ignoring the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) recommendation to ban Russia from the Rio Olympics.
Instead, each individual sporting federation was given the power to decide if Russian competitors were clean to compete.
A three-person IOC panel then had the final say.
In the end, more than 270 Russian athletes were cleared to compete at the Olympics, which started on 5 August.
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Russia will decide later on Monday whether to appeal against its total ban from the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
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Warriors lost a third match in a row on Saturday in a 34-10 European Champions Cup loss to Racing 92 that leaves them on the brink of elimination.
But the 22-year-old believes Glasgow have the quality to turn things around.
"I wouldn't say it's worrying," Price told BBC Scotland.
"We know how to win games, we've proved that in the past. It's just putting an 80 minute performance together.
"It's just little system errors and lack of accuracy that's costing us at the moment. I wouldn't say we are in a rut. We are a winning team."
The defeat in Paris was Warriors' seventh of the season in all competitions. Gregor Townsend's men have already lost five times in the league, the same number as they did in the whole of last season's victorious campaign.
However, scrum-half Price feels the problem has been identified.
"I think we're just forcing things a little bit," he said. "We're putting in so much effort."
When asked if the players need to relax on the pitch, Price agreed.
"Yeah, we just have to play our style and keep switched on."
Despite being outgunned by four tries to one by the French Top 14 leaders, Price dismisses talk of a gulf in class between his side and Racing, and feels the scoreline is not a fair reflection of the match.
"They played well," he said. "But we showed a hell of a lot of effort so in that respect so no, I don't think it does (show a gulf).
"The scoreline doesn't reflect what happened on the pitch. We just lost a bit of accuracy at times and that's what cost us ultimately."
Warriors now need to win their remaining two matches to stand any chance of progressing to the quarter-finals for the first time.
They travel to face Northampton Saints next weekend before welcoming Racing to Scotstoun the following week.
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Nobody at Glasgow Warriors are worrying about their present form and the players will rediscover their "winning team" mentality according to scrum-half Ali Price.
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Around 24 firefighters were called to the Snow White Laundries on Clarence Road at 05:50 GMT on Wednesday.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said no-one has been hurt in the blaze, no chemicals are involved and it was believed to be accidental.
Crews from New Inn, Cwmbran, Abersychan, Aberbargoed and Cwmbran were in attendance at the single-storey industrial premises.
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Crews have tackled a fire at an industrial laundry in Pontypool.
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The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) arrived on 19 October, putting itself in a highly elliptical parking orbit.
This must be circularised over the coming year before the mission can begin full science operations.
But scientists have taken the opportunity of some close passes to the planet in recent days to check out the TGO's instrumentation.
There is delight at the quality of the pictures returned from camera system, CaSSIS (the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System).
TGO passed over a region called Hebes Chasma at its closest approach, just 250km from the Martian terrain.
"We saw Hebes Chasma at 2.8 metres per pixel," said Nicolas Thomas, the camera's principal investigator from the University of Bern, Switzerland.
"That's a bit like flying over Bern at 15,000km/h and simultaneously getting sharp pictures of cars in Zurich."
TGO sensors NOMAD and ACS also came through their early tests successfully.
These are the sensors that will make a detailed inventory of Mars' atmospheric gases.
In particular, they will go after the components that constitute less than 1% of the planet's air - chemical species such as methane, water vapour, nitrogen dioxide, and sulphur dioxide.
Methane is the main focus. From previous measurements, its concentration is seen to be low and sporadic in nature. But the mere fact that it is detected at all is really fascinating.
The simple organic molecule should be destroyed easily in the harsh Martian environment, so its persistence - and the occasional spikes in its signal - indicate a replenishing source of the gas.
The speculation is that it could be coming from microbial life somewhere on the planet.
It will be CaSSIS's job to look for possible geological forms on the surface that might tie into methane sources. A fourth instrument, FREND (successfully tested in recent days, too), will sense hydrogen in the near-surface. This data can be used as a proxy for the presence of water or hydrated minerals.
This again is information that could yield answers to the methane question.
TGO was the unspoken success on the day Esa's Schiaparelli lander crashed into Mars.
The surface probe had been dropped off at the Red Planet by TGO and was making its ill-fated descent just as the satellite took up its parking orbit.
The successful insertion almost went unnoticed in the fuss over Schiaparelli.
TGO is the first phase in a joint venture at Mars that Europe is undertaking with Russia.
The second step in this project known as ExoMars is to put a robot rover on the planet in 2021.
It needs a large injection of cash on the European side to go forward, however - just over €400m.
Research ministers from Esa member states are meeting this week in Lucerne, Switzerland, to try to resolve this budget problem.
Seeing TGO perform so well should at the very least give the politicians a warm feeling as they push through their difficult discussions.
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Europe's and Russia's new satellite at Mars has sent back its first images of the planet.
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Lord Rothermere told Paul Dacre the prime minister urged him to rein in his pro-Brexit editor, then suggested he sack him, a source told the BBC.
The Mail mounted a vociferous campaign for Brexit in the run up to the vote.
A spokesman for Mr Cameron said he "did not believe he could determine who edits the Daily Mail".
The disclosure casts fresh light on one of the most bitter personal enmities of the Brexit campaign.
Newsnight understands the prime minister personally tried to persuade Mr Dacre to "cut him some slack" in a private meeting in his No 10 Downing Street flat on 2 February, the day European Council President Donald Tusk unveiled details of the deal negotiated by Mr Cameron for the UK.
Mr Dacre told Mr Cameron he would not temper his editorial line on Brexit because he had been a committed Eurosceptic for more than 25 years and believed his readers were too.
In early March, Mr Dacre was told by a Westminster source that the prime minister had tried to persuade Lord Rothermere, a strong supporter of the UK remaining in the EU, to sack him.
The Daily Mail editor was said to be "incandescent" and his resolve to campaign for Brexit "stiffened".
Only after the referendum, in July, did Lord Rothermere tell his editor of the pressure he said the prime minister had applied.
The Daily Mail's sustained and strident campaign for Brexit is regarded by some observers as a significant factor contributing to June's historic vote to leave the EU.
Though the Mail backed Mr Cameron in the 2015 election campaign, Mr Dacre and the prime minister had enjoyed a frosty relationship since Mr Cameron ordered the Leveson inquiry into media ethics in 2011.
According to one source, Mr Dacre refused to take Mr Cameron's calls for months following the launch of the inquiry.
A spokesman for Lord Rothermere refused to confirm or deny whether Mr Cameron had sought Mr Dacre's dismissal.
He said: "Over the years, Lord Rothermere has been leant on by more than one prime minister to remove Associated Newspapers' editors but, as he told Lord Justice Leveson on oath, he does not interfere with the editorial policies of his papers."
Mr Dacre declined to comment on whether Mr Cameron had sought his dismissal.
In a statement he said: "For 25 years, I have been given the freedom to edit the Mail on behalf of its readers without interference from Jonathan Rothermere or his father. It has been a great joy and privilege."
A spokesman for Mr Cameron said: "It is wrong to suggest that David Cameron believed he could determine who edits the Daily Mail.
"It is a matter of public record that he made the case that it was wrong for newspapers to argue that we give up our membership of the EU.
"He made this argument privately to the editor of the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre, and its proprietor, Lord Rothermere."
Watch Emily Maitlis' report for BBC Newsnight
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The proprietor of the Daily Mail told its editor that David Cameron pressed for him to be sacked during the EU referendum, BBC Newsnight has learned.
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A survey found 28.5% of Scottish practices had at least one GP vacancy as of 1 June, up 2.5% in three months.
The BMA said vacancies were putting more strain on remaining GPs who have to cover staffing gaps as well as facing increased service demands.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said the Scottish government was already taking steps to improve GP recruitment.
Dr Alan McDevitt, chairman of the BMA Scottish GP Committee, said: "The fact that over 28% of GP practices in Scotland had a vacant position in this snapshot survey is extremely concerning.
"It shows that the recruitment and retention problems in general practice that we have been warning of are continuing to get worse.
"The Scottish government can no longer talk about record numbers of GPs in Scotland. The vacancy rate shows that there are simply not enough doctors to meet the demands being put upon general practice.
"Every unfilled vacancy puts more and more strain on remaining GPs who must struggle to cover the gaps in their practice while also coping with increasing demands on GP services.
"The Scottish government urgently needs to commit to improving recruitment and retention, as well as to increased funding to general practice."
Health Secretary Shona Robison said the government was already taking steps to address the shortage of GPs.
She said: "We are committed to supporting and developing local GP and primary care services, and working with stakeholders, including the BMA to do so.
"We have pledged to increase the number of GPs working in our NHS. Last year we confirmed an extra 100 GP training places to encourage more medical students into the profession, and an increase in our support for return to practice schemes that bring experienced GPs back into the health service."
Ms Robison said Scotland continued to have the highest number of GPs per patient in the UK but said the way care was provided would need to be redesigned to make it sustainable.
"That means transforming primary care and GP services - increasing the role that other health professionals play in delivering care and making it much more of a team approach, allowing GPs to focus on those patients specifically in need of their expertise," she said.
"We have also allocated £20m over the next year to ease some of the immediate challenges facing the GP workforce. We will also continue our work with the profession to negotiate a new GP contract for 2017, which will be instrumental in delivering our shared vision for the future of GP services."
The Scottish Conservatives called on the government to "get to grips with" the issue of GP staffing.
Health spokesman Donald Cameron said: "With almost a third of GP practices reporting at least one vacancy, this is yet more evidence of the ongoing crisis in recruiting and retaining our family doctors.
"GPs are at the forefront of family healthcare and the SNP must get to grips with what is clearly a worsening situation.
"The SNP have run the health service since 2007 and should have foreseen the general crisis in NHS staffing a long time ago. It must be addressed at once as a matter of urgency."
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The lack of GPs in Scotland has been described as "extremely concerning" by the British Medical Association (BMA).
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Clare Haslam, 44, and Deborah Clifton, 49, from Chorlton, were hit by a Ford Focus outside Withington Hospital in south Manchester on Tuesday.
A man, 89, was arrested on suspicion of causing two deaths by dangerous driving and has been bailed, police said.
The couple, who had a child, "were made for each other", their families said.
"Clare was popular and well-liked by many, she was so full of life, but as a young lady she was really lacking in self-confidence until she met Debbie.
"Her and Debbie became inseparable and did practically everything together including raising their adorable little girl.
The families said Debbie was "so excited about the news of a new grandchild on the way" and her "large, loving family will miss her very much".
Clare was a "much-loved daughter, sister and auntie" and "we are all so heartbroken", they said.
"Clare and Debbie were like an old married couple, they would fight like cat and dog, bicker at the slightest thing but ultimately they were made for each other, so blissfully happy and without doubt soulmates."
Greater Manchester Police said an investigation is under way and thanked the public for their help.
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The families of two women who were run over and killed in a hospital car park have paid tribute to the "blissfully happy soulmates".
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Salford are third in Super League but only 3,128 were at their last match.
Koukash said there were "no plans" to leave the AJ Bell Stadium but they are "looking to explore all opportunities".
The club say they will speak to fans through "face-to-face interviews, focus groups and a mass digital survey".
Former Salford player Robbie Hunter-Paul has been brought in by the club to "consult and drive this project ahead".
"We have by far the lowest home support and we need to see why that is," Koukash said.
"We fully deserve to be in the top four, but against Widnes (on Sunday) the home support level was just above 2,200 which is not enough to sustain a Super League club.
"The level of support is less than when I came in four years ago so something is not right and we need to find out why and what we can do to reverse the trend."
Salford's ground - which they share with rugby union side Sale Sharks - is just three miles from Manchester United's Old Trafford home and seven from Manchester City's Etihad Stadium.
Chief executive Ian Blease said to fans on social media he was "disappointed" with ticket sales and that the team "deserves better".
Speaking to BBC Radio Manchester before the research project was announced, he added: "I am not a politician, I won't spin it. It was a rally cry to get behind this team.
"I was voicing disappointment. Whether people took it as a negative, that is up to them. This city of Salford needs to get behind this team."
BBC Radio Manchester's Jack Dearden
Nobody is criticising the supporters Salford have got. They are having a great season, are entertaining and having the best season for a long time.
I can understand the project. Salford wouldn't be doing this right if they didn't explore opportunities to increase the support base. It might mean a really big decision being made in the future.
I would never dispute the support they get from genuine Salford fans.
But Salford are right in the middle of the M62 corridor. It is not necessarily the fans that support the club, it is those on the periphery that they need to entice.
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Salford owner Marwan Koukash says it would be "a dream" to hold one-off games at Old Trafford or the Etihad Stadium as they begin a "research project" to try to grow the Red Devils.
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The import of foods containing animal lungs is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Lord McColl of Dulwich told peers that 24 million American Scots were being denied "this wholesome food".
He claimed haggis "satisfied hunger very much more than the junk food which Americans consume".
The surgeon and former shadow health minister, who was also a parliamentary aide to former Prime Minister Sir John Major, claimed that haggis consumption would help deal with the "obesity epidemic" in the US.
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But the Labour peer and professor, Lord Winston, disagreed and said he was "surprised" by Lord McColl's remarks "given the questionable issue about haggis" - which he said he found "revolting".
Lord Winston also suggested that if haggis could deal with obesity then "maybe we should be promoting it a little bit in Glasgow".
The comments come as Prime Minister David Cameron begins two days of talks with President Obama in Washington. Peers urged the prime minister to put haggis on the menu for discussion.
The Liberal Democrat Lord Purvis described the ban as "ridiculous" and urged Mr Cameron to have "a private word with the president to make sure this ban is now lifted".
The food minister, Lord de Mauley, said he could not guarantee a rapid resolution, but said the EU and UK government were working to get import bans lifted by the US.
Tory peer Lord Forsyth suggested that the UK government could send a special envoy to the US - and joked that the former First Minister Alex Salmond was looking for a job.
Authentic Scottish haggis has been banned in the US since 1971, when the US Department of Agriculture first took a dim view of one of its key ingredients - sheep's lung.
The ban means those in the US who want to celebrate Scotland's national bard Robert Burns in the traditional manner on 25 January are compelled to improvise.
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A Conservative peer has called for the US import ban on haggis to be lifted by suggesting that it may help America tackle its obesity problem.
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Ministers in Scotland believe that funding should also be heading north of the border in light of the agreement of extra money for Northern Ireland.
Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has written to Treasury chief Liz Truss asking for an "urgent" meeting.
The UK government insists the deal is not subject to Barnett formula rules.
Speaking for the first time since the deal was signed, Scottish Secretary David Mundell has defended the UK government's "transparent" approach.
A Scottish government spokesman said the deal was a "gross breach of the established principles of devolution".
The confidence and supply agreement sealed between the Conservatives and the Democratic Unionist Party on Monday will see £1bn of extra funding for Northern Ireland over the next two years, targeted at areas including health, education and infrastructure.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland was "missing out on an estimated £2.9bn" because of the London government "ignoring the Barnett formula".
However, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said this was an "absurd" argument, pointing out that Scotland had benefited in the past from "the exact same" kind of deals.
Ms Sturgeon's cabinet discussed the deal at their weekly meeting, with a spokesman saying they voiced "displeasure".
During topical questions at Holyrood, Mr Mackay said he had written to Treasury chief Liz Truss "seeking an urgent meeting", adding that the deal was "ripping off Scotland to the tune of £2.9bn" and "undermining devolution".
In the letter, he said the deal had "not been properly considered" under funding policy that states that funding programmes should be "considered by Treasury ministers and their counterparts in the devolved administrations to ensure all viewpoints are understood before final decisions are taken".
Asking for an "urgent meeting" alongside the Welsh finance minister, he said he hoped that a "satisfactory resolution" could be reached with "a funding allocation across Scotland, Wales and the rest of the UK that is fair and reasonable for us all".
However he said if this did not happen, he said "we will look to pursue a more formal mechanism to resolve the situation by invoking the formal dispute resolution mechanism".
Also at cabinet, Ms Sturgeon called on Scottish Secretary David Mundell to explain comments he had made before the deal was announced, where he said he would not back any deal which "deliberately sought to subvert the Barnett rules".
The SNP's Westminster group leader Ian Blackford said that if Mr Mundell could not answer questions about the deal, his position would "quite simply be untenable".
Mr Mundell later told BBC Scotland the deal between the UK government and the DUP was "transparent" and did nothing to undermine the Barnett formula.
He said: "I was very clear that any arrangement had to be absolutely transparent - it is.
"I was clear that it had to be subject to the Barnett rules - it is. I was also clear there should be no subversion of the Barnett rules, and that hasn't happened."
Mr Mundell added: "I always argue for resources and funds for Scotland and the most important argument that I've made consistently over the years is that the Barnett formula should continue, and that's the difference between myself and the SNP.
"Only a year ago the SNP were arguing that we should give up the Barnett formula and that we should have full fiscal autonomy which would've cost Scotland billions."
Downing Street has insisted the Barnett formula does not apply to the new money as it is provided as an addition to the Northern Ireland executive's block grant.
The Barnett system concerns any additional spend by the UK government in England on matters devolved to other parliaments, and the Conservatives insist this is not triggered by the deal.
A spokesman for the UK government said: "We are clear this is about delivering for the whole of the UK - so we can get on with our plan to get the best Brexit deal for our country and create an economy that works for everyone.
"Like previous Northern Ireland support packages, and city deals in Scotland and Wales, this funding is a targeted intervention to address a specific set of unique challenges. It is not unprecedented, the UK government has always been able to provide funding outside of Barnett."
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The Scottish government is "likely" to trigger formal dispute resolution talks over the £1bn Conservative deal with the DUP at Westminster.
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Killers Jeremy Bamber, Peter Moore and Douglas Vinter had asked the court to rule on whole life sentences.
The murderers said condemning them to die in prison amounts to "inhuman or degrading treatment". They argued all sentences should be regularly reviewed.
The Ministry of Justice said the government welcomed this decision.
Bamber was jailed for shooting five members of his family dead in Essex in 1986.
He has always protested his innocence, claiming his schizophrenic sister shot the victims before turning the gun on herself at their farmhouse at Tolleshunt D'Arcy.
Peter Moore, from Kinmel Bay in Conwy county, was convicted of murdering four men for his sexual gratification and Douglas Vinter, of Normanby, Teesside, killed both his wife and a work colleague.
The trio's legal team had argued that any sentence under which the offender's rehabilitation cannot lead to a review of release breaches articles three, five and seven of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The men lost their appeal to the court that whole life tariffs condemning prisoners to die in jail amounted to "inhuman or degrading treatment".
The judges ruled that the whole life tariff is not "grossly disproportionate" and in each case London's High Court had "decided that an all-life tariff was required, relatively recently and following a fair and detailed consideration".
Lawyers representing Vinter plan to appeal against the ruling on his case.
In a statement released by his supporters, Bamber said: "If the state wishes to have a death penalty, then they should be honest and re-introduce hanging.
"Instead, this political decision that I must die in jail is the death penalty using old age or infirmity as the method.
"It is a method whereby I'm locked in a cell until I'm dead - no matter if it should take 70 or 80 years to happen. I shall be dead the next time I leave jail."
'Quite extraordinary'
Bamber said both the trial judge and the Lord Chief Justice set his minimum tariff as 25 years.
"Quite why the home secretary felt that I should die in jail when the judges felt otherwise is a mystery," he said, adding that it was "quite extraordinary" that the European Court felt it was "reasonable" for him to die in jail.
Following the ruling, a Ministry of Justice spokesman said the government "strongly welcomes this decision".
He said: "We argued vigorously that there are certain prisoners whose crimes are so appalling that they should never become eligible for parole.
"We are pleased that the European court has upheld the whole life tariff as a legitimate sentence in British courts."
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Britain's most dangerous criminals can be kept behind bars for the rest of their lives, judges at the European Court of Human Rights have ruled.
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The 41-year-old former Ross County boss took Argyle to May's play-off final in his first season in charge, but they lost to AFC Wimbledon.
The Pilgrims spent much of the last campaign in the automatic promotion places, but finished in fifth place after a drop in form.
Adams' previous deal was scheduled to expire at the end of this season.
"Derek has already made a major contribution to Plymouth Argyle and the board believes he has much more to offer," chairman James Brent said.
"Much of what football clubs do is focused on the current season and yet, to achieve sustainable success, we believe that plans need to be implemented for the medium-term, as well."
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Plymouth Argyle manager Derek Adams has signed a new four-year contract with the League Two club.
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East of England Ambulance Service bosses must also take more responsibility and be "accountable for their actions", their report said.
Among 25 recommendations, it also said the process of handing over patients to hospitals is not "sufficiently robust".
The ambulance service said it would review the findings of the independent report and submit a formal response.
Chairman Dr Geoff Harris, said many of the issues raised were being tackled in the "turnaround plan", which was published in April.
"The Trust's turnaround plan has recognised many of the issues we need to address and we are focussed on implementing this, together with recommendations from the governance review to improve services for our patients," Dr Harris said.
The document was commissioned by NHS managers after major concerns were raised about the East of England Ambulance Trust.
Dr Anthony Marsh, who wrote the report, said the trust's board and senior management team had "developed a sense of helplessness".
The management structure is "overly layered" and there is a feeling the board does not listen, Dr Marsh said.
The ambulance service started in 2006 when three trusts merged and has since been criticised for response times and the quality of care of patients.
Dr Marsh criticised internal and external communications and disparate plans to improve the service, saying "it still feels like three trusts".
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Sickness levels are too high among ambulance staff in the east of England, inspectors have said.
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Chuanfang Zheng was babysitting seven-month-old Phoebe Guo in March 2015 as her parents worked at a nearby takeaway in Lutterworth, Leicestershire.
The baby became unconscious and died four days later.
Zheng, 31, of Mortlock Close, Southwark, London, was found guilty of manslaughter at Leicester Crown Court.
During the trial, the court heard Phoebe suffered "significant bleeding" on the brain and behind the eye within half an hour of being left with Zheng.
With the unconscious baby in her arms, Zheng ran to the Chinese takeaway next door where the baby's parents worked.
Phoebe was then taken by car to hospital where '"extensive" medical efforts were made to save her, the court was told.
However, she died four days later from her injuries, having never regained consciousness.
Passing sentence, Judge Nicholas Dean QC said: "Experts agree this was an extreme example of abusive head trauma".
He added Zheng's defence, that Phoebe's mother had shaken the child, was an aggravating factor.
"Ms Zheng's actions have devastated her family and caused immense distress," he said.
"The pain of loss for Ling Ling was clear when she gave evidence. That pain must have been intensified by the knowledge Ms Zheng was falsely blaming her for Phoebe's death."
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An aunt who "repeatedly, vigorously and aggressively" shook her baby niece has been jailed for six years for the girl's manslaughter.
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The body, not yet formally identified, is believed to be that of Dawn Rhodes, 38, and her next-of-kin have been informed, Surrey Police said.
Officers discovered the body when called to a property in Wimborne Avenue at 19:30 BST on Thursday.
A man in his 40s was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and is being held on suspicion of murder.
Chief Insp Paul Rymarz said: "This is a tragic incident and our thoughts are with the woman's family and friends.
"Officers will continue to be visible in the area over the weekend while the investigation continues into what we believe to be an isolated incident."
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A woman who is thought to have been murdered at a house in Earlswood has been named by police.
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One promising-looking listing, posted by some bloke named Sebastian, offered a neat studio apartment near the wonderful Golden Gate Park. I dropped Sebastian a line.
A day later, he replied, apologising. The flat hadn't been rented out, he told me, but they'd decided to turn it into an AirBnB instead - meaning they can list the room on the room-sharing website for tourists to stay in.
And that, in a nutshell, is what the "Yes on Prop F" campaign is unhappy about. In a city suffering from a serious housing crisis, having liveable spaces being made into profitable mini-hotels isn't helping.
And who can blame landlords - even small rooms in San Francisco are being offered on AirBnB for hundreds of dollars a night. It's a great earner.
On Tuesday, San Franciscans head to the polls to cast their view on a number of things, but what everyone is paying special attention to is Proposition F.
Prop F - or "oh, that ban AirBnB thing?", as locals refer to it - seeks to put in place tougher rules on home-sharing. So tough, actually, that it will essentially ruin AirBnB's business model in the city.
People would only be able to rent out their homes for a maximum of 75 days a year - or be liable for hefty fines.
That's why the "No on Prop F" campaign is being funded by more than $8m (£5.2m) of AirBnB's cash.
Its campaign headquarters is packed with volunteers - some of them AirBnB hosts - and, well, technology. The office, which spans two floors of an old Radioshack store, has the feel of a grassroots political movement. But the reality is AirBnB's money has paid for a highly-sophisticated operation to maximize the vote.
No on Prop F supporters are armed with smartphones giving them access to reams of data on the voters they are trying to target, a level of political intelligence that means every door-knock is worthwhile.
Patrick Hannan, the campaign's spokesman, showed me rooms with people hitting the phones, in four different languages, to get people voting. They're not trying to change opinions, Mr Hannan told me, but instead going after people they know are likely to be against Prop F and make sure they bother to vote.
While I visited, I observed a role-play of a typical door knock. The argument the No on Prop F team (so, AirBnB) is bringing to the city is that Prop F will encourage people to spy on their neighbours. Why? Because Prop F allows residents to sue their neighbours if they think they are running an AirBnB illegally.
They also argue that, contrary to many people's understanding, AirBnB hosts already pay the same taxes levied against hotels in the city.
Yes on F counters this by saying that the many AirBnB hosts ignore this requirement, and don't notify the city when they are offering rooms.
As I was leaving the No on Prop F office, Mr Hannan offered a more romantic view of why he felt the proposition wasn't fair, one that speaks to San Francisco's free spirit - an attitude to life that you can quite literally smell in the air (if you hang out in certain parks, that is).
"The San Francisco that I'm raising my children in is a place of inclusion, not exclusion. We welcome people who are different from ourselves. We welcome communities that may not fit neatly into our cultural fabric.
"To the people who are now deciding that some people aren't welcome in San Francisco, I have one word for them - malarkey!"
The Yes on F campaign expects to lose. Its funding, of around $1m, has been partly helped by the hotel trade.
When I met Dale Carlson - the campaign's spokesman - he cut a fairly solemn figure of someone who had resigned to getting beat, but still felt obliged to do media interviews.
"If we lose, OK," he said. "This is a long fight.
"AirBnb isn't the cause of our housing crisis. But it's a piece of it, a significant piece."
I offered him Mr Hannan's "malarkey!" perspective.
"Corporations like AirBnB don't spend $10m on political campaigns because they're worried about neighbourhood harmony," he said.
"They're not worried about neighbours spying on each other, or suing each other. They're worried about neighbours suing AirBnB."
I approached AirBnB to talk about the vote, but I was not offered any spokespeople to interview.
But last week, the company invited a handful of technology and business journalists to dinner - where they shared a few plans for its future, which included offering more "offline" services beyond room listings.
The AirBnB employees at the dinner (a mixture of product team and PR) didn't want to be drawn on what would happen to if Prop F was to pass.
San Francisco isn't the firm's biggest city in terms of hosts - that's Paris - but some of the fightback here is symbolic in that this is where it all began.
Other cities around the US are also looking and assessing what impact AirBnB (and others like it) are having on the make-up of their communities.
But AirBnB's financial commitment to this battle, one it may face in all of its markets, shows it is a company that is powering ahead with its aims and is prepared to spend heavily to remove any chance of regulatory constraints.
Like that other great disrupting start-up, taxi service Uber, AirBnB's strategy appears to be to become so beloved by its users - both hosts and guests - that any political attempt to kill it off would be very unpopular indeed.
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When I first arrived in San Francisco, I went through what every newcomer has to endure - clicking through endless Craigslist entries in the hope of finding somewhere to live.
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United looked on course to get some consolation for their midweek Champions League exit against Real Madrid as early goals from Javier Hernandez and the recalled Wayne Rooney put them in complete control.
A place in the semi-final looked a formality as Chelsea struggled to make any impression - only for the second half to see a complete transformation in fortunes.
"Benitez has been on a starvation diet when it comes to getting credit from Chelsea's supporters since he arrived in succession to sacked Roberto Di Matteo. They must find it in their hearts to afford him some here"
Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez once again felt the full fury of his own supporters when he replaced Frank Lampard and Victor Moses with Eden Hazard and Jon Obi Mikel not long after the restart.
The taunts were silenced by Hazard's superb strike just before the hour and another fine finish from Ramires soon after as Chelsea were revived in the most dramatic fashion.
And, as an enthralling tie reached its conclusion, Chelsea looked far more likely to secure a place in the FA Cup semi-finals and it took a save with his feet from United keeper David de Gea from Juan Mata a minute from time to deprive Benitez's side of victory.
Chelsea's fans celebrated the draw at the final whistle and Benitez will have been delighted by the spirit, resilience and quality shown by his side, who can now approach the replay at Stamford Bridge with optimism as Manchester City await the winners at Wembley in the last four.
Rooney was restored to United's starting line-up after being dropped against Real Madrid with Van Persie moving down to the role of substitute - and it was almost inevitable he would have an impact on the early events that saw United take command.
United were ahead after five minutes with a goal that owed almost as much to its creator Michael Carrick as goalscorer Hernandez.
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The England midfielder showed wonderful vision with a long, angled pass into the area that left Chelsea keeper Petr Cech in two minds, but it still required clever movement and a fine header from Hernandez to score.
It was exactly what Benitez did not want and things got worse for Chelsea seven minutes later as United doubled their lead when Rooney's floated free-kick evaded all the bodies inside the area and Cech to drift in at the far post.
As Chelsea suffered this nightmare opening phase, captain John Terry could only watch from the sidelines as Benitez once again chose to leave him on the bench.
Chelsea, understandably, were pushed on to the back foot by the speed of United's start and almost fell further behind only for Cech to block Rooney from 10 yards and then produce great athleticism to save David Luiz's header from the rebound as it looked bound for the top corner.
As the half progressed, Chelsea settled and enjoyed more possession but failed to make the most of promising positions with either poor delivery or wayward finishing.
Chelsea made no impression on United early in the second half, prompting Benitez to remove Lampard and Moses for Hazard and Mikel.
"Chelsea looked vulnerable at the back in the first half but the problem was in their midfield, not in their defence. That changed in the second half. For starters Chelsea were a lot more compact in the middle of the pitch and they did not allow United the same amount of space.
"Eden Hazard was the key to their comeback, though. His pace and penetration meant he contributed more on his own than Chelsea's three attacking midfielders had managed between them before he came on."
Chelsea changes turned Man Utd FA Cup tie, says Robbie Savage
The changes were greeted with jeers from Chelsea's supporters as they chanted "You don't know what you're doing" and "We want our Chelsea back" in the direction of Benitez.
And yet it was Hazard who brought Chelsea back into the game with a wonderful goal on the hour, using Rafael as a shield before curling a finish beyond United keeper De Gea.
The shift in momentum was enough to prompt Ferguson to replace Hernandez with Van Persie but Chelsea were really back in business after 67 minutes as they completed the turnaround.
Chelsea found space as they broke on United and when Oscar found Ramires, his Brazilian compatriot showed great composure to turn inside and send a precise left-foot finish into De Gea's bottom corner.
The emphasis had shifted completely with Chelsea looking the more likely winners and it was only a vital touch from De Gea's right-foot that stopped Mata giving Benitez's side the victory.
The Spaniard then saved again from Hazard as United end looking ragged and hanging on.
Full Time The referee blows his whistle to end the game.
Emboaba Oscar takes a inswinging corner from the left by-line to the near post.
Shot from 20 yards from Eden Hazard. Save by David De Gea.
Fernando Torres takes a shot. Save by David De Gea.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Michael Carrick by Juan Mata. Rio Ferdinand takes the direct free kick.
Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Eden Hazard from the left by-line, Jonny Evans makes a clearance.
Juan Mata takes a shot. David De Gea makes a save.
Antonio Valencia delivers the ball.
Corner taken by Juan Mata, Antonio Valencia makes a clearance.
Fernando Torres takes a shot. Blocked by Jonny Evans.
Shot by Juan Mata. David De Gea makes a save.
Foul by Robin van Persie on Gary Cahill, free kick awarded. Free kick taken by David Luiz.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Robin van Persie on David Luiz. Free kick taken by Petr Cech.
Robin van Persie has a drilled shot. Blocked by Cesar Azpilicueta.
Substitution Fernando Torres on for Demba Ba.
Shot by Tom Cleverley from just outside the area goes over the net.
Corner taken right-footed by Wayne Rooney from the left by-line, clearance by Gary Cahill.
Wayne Rooney delivers the ball from the free kick right-footed from left channel, clearance made by David Luiz. Robin van Persie takes a shot. Blocked by Gary Cahill.
Substitution Danny Welbeck on for Shinji Kagawa.
Booking Booking for Eden Hazard for unsporting behaviour.
Tom Cleverley fouled by Eden Hazard, the ref awards a free kick.
Foul by Mikel on Tom Cleverley, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by Michael Carrick.
The ball is sent over by Shinji Kagawa, Gary Cahill makes a clearance.
Rafael Da Silva fouled by Eden Hazard, the ref awards a free kick. Rafael Da Silva takes the free kick.
The ball is crossed by Patrice Evra, Gary Cahill gets a block in.
Free kick awarded for a foul by David Luiz on Tom Cleverley. Direct free kick taken by Michael Carrick.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Tom Cleverley on Nascimento Ramires. Free kick taken by David Luiz.
The assist for the goal came from Emboaba Oscar.
Goal! - Nascimento Ramires - Man Utd 2 - 2 Chelsea Nascimento Ramires gets on the score sheet with a goal from the edge of the penalty box to the bottom left corner of the goal. Man Utd 2-2 Chelsea.
Antonio Valencia delivers the ball, clearance by Cesar Azpilicueta.
Substitution (Man Utd) makes a substitution, with Robin van Persie coming on for Javier Hernandez.
The ball is crossed by Eden Hazard, David De Gea makes a comfortable save.
Juan Mata provided the assist for the goal.
Goal! - Eden Hazard - Man Utd 2 - 1 Chelsea A goal is scored by Eden Hazard from just inside the area to the top right corner of the goal. Man Utd 2-1 Chelsea.
David Luiz takes a shot. Save by David De Gea.
The ball is crossed by Cesar Azpilicueta.
Rafael Da Silva takes the direct free kick.
Booking David Luiz shown a yellow card.
David Luiz challenges Rafael Da Silva unfairly and gives away a free kick.
Eden Hazard sends in a cross, clearance made by Jonny Evans.
The ball is delivered by Rafael Da Silva, clearance by Cesar Azpilicueta.
Substitution Eden Hazard on for Victor Moses.
Substitution (Chelsea) makes a substitution, with Mikel coming on for Frank Lampard.
Nascimento Ramires has an effort at goal from just inside the box that misses to the left of the goal.
The ball is swung over by Antonio Valencia, David Luiz manages to make a clearance.
Juan Mata produces a cross, Rio Ferdinand makes a clearance.
The second half begins.
Half Time The referee blows for half time.
Wayne Rooney produces a right-footed shot from just outside the penalty area that goes harmlessly over the target.
Substitution Antonio Valencia replaces Luis Nani.
The ball is swung over by Javier Hernandez, Gary Cahill makes a clearance.
Tom Cleverley takes a shot. Gary Cahill gets a block in.
Patrice Evra restarts play with the free kick.
Booking Cesar Azpilicueta goes into the book for unsporting behaviour.
Cesar Azpilicueta concedes a free kick for a foul on Javier Hernandez.
The ball is swung over by Cesar Azpilicueta, save by David De Gea.
The ball is sent over by Ashley Cole.
Victor Moses has an effort at goal from deep inside the area missing to the left of the goal.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Nascimento Ramires on Shinji Kagawa. Free kick taken by Wayne Rooney.
The assistant referee signals for offside against Cesar Azpilicueta. David De Gea takes the free kick.
The ball is sent over by Victor Moses, Michael Carrick gets a block in.
Centre by Victor Moses, clearance by Rio Ferdinand.
The ball is sent over by Emboaba Oscar, blocked by Rafael Da Silva.
A cross is delivered by Emboaba Oscar, clearance made by Jonny Evans.
Demba Ba takes a shot. Save by David De Gea.
Shot from outside the box by Gary Cahill goes wide right of the target.
Inswinging corner taken from the left by-line by Wayne Rooney. Tom Cleverley takes a shot. Save by Petr Cech.
Wayne Rooney takes a shot. Save by Petr Cech.
Luis Nani sends in a cross, Javier Hernandez has an effort at goal from close range which goes wide right of the goal.
Demba Ba gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Tom Cleverley. David De Gea takes the direct free kick.
Frank Lampard takes a shot. Save by David De Gea.
Luis Nani delivers the ball, comfortable save by Petr Cech.
Cesar Azpilicueta delivers the ball, Michael Carrick manages to make a clearance.
Victor Moses takes a shot. Jonny Evans gets a block in.
Rafael Da Silva concedes a free kick for a foul on Ashley Cole. David Luiz takes the free kick.
Ashley Cole sends in a cross, Rio Ferdinand gets a block in.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Cesar Azpilicueta on Rio Ferdinand. David De Gea restarts play with the free kick.
Tom Cleverley is penalised for handball and concedes a free kick. The free kick is swung in left-footed by Juan Mata, clearance by Rio Ferdinand.
Shinji Kagawa concedes a free kick for a foul on Nascimento Ramires. David Luiz takes the direct free kick.
Assist on the goal came from Luis Nani.
Goal! - Wayne Rooney - Man Utd 2 - 0 Chelsea Goal scored by Wayne Rooney from just outside the area to the top right corner of the goal. Man Utd 2-0 Chelsea.
Victor Moses concedes a free kick for a foul on Luis Nani. Wayne Rooney crosses the ball in from the free kick,
Inswinging corner taken from the left by-line by Emboaba Oscar, Jonny Evans manages to make a clearance.
Frank Lampard takes a shot. Blocked by Rafael Da Silva.
Assist on the goal came from Michael Carrick.
Goal! - Javier Hernandez - Man Utd 1 - 0 Chelsea Javier Hernandez finds the net with a headed goal from inside the six-yard box. Man Utd 1-0 Chelsea.
Rio Ferdinand fouled by Demba Ba, the ref awards a free kick. Rio Ferdinand takes the direct free kick.
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Chelsea earned a fully deserved FA Cup quarter-final replay with an outstanding second-half comeback against Manchester United at Old Trafford.
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Home captain Taylor made 85 as West Indies posted 223-6, helped by four dropped catches and a missed stumping.
The tourists were well placed at 133-1 in Kingston after half-centuries from Tammy Beaumont and Lauren Winfield.
But five run-outs and three wickets from Taylor saw England bowled out for 181 and the series levelled at 2-2.
The fifth and deciding match will be at the same Sabina Park ground on Wednesday.
West Indies' win not only keeps the series alive, but also means England cannot secure World Cup qualification in the Caribbean, having lost the second of the ICC Women's Championship fixtures.
Though the tourists were disadvantaged by losing the toss - all four matches in the series have been won by the side batting first - they were hampered by their own mistakes in the field and running between the wickets.
But that is to take nothing away from Taylor, whose 129-ball knock was both imperious and chanceless.
No team had ever overhauled a score of more than 222 to win a women's ODI in the Caribbean but, for some time, that record looked under threat.
England openers Beaumont (57) and Winfield (51) shared 95, with Beaumont in particular showing power down the ground in a 52-ball half-century.
After she was caught and bowled by Taylor, Heather Knight joined Winfield in a stand of 38 until England imploded in spectacular fashion.
Winfield was run out in a mix-up with Knight, Danni Wyatt fell in the same fashion, Georgia Elwiss was short of her ground after a poor call and Brunt was stranded in another breakdown in communication.
By the time Taylor had Knight caught and bowled for 36, England had lost four wickets for four runs and the game was as good as gone.
Fittingly it was a fifth run out that ended the match, Taylor - who took 3-22 - was involved yet again with a direct hit that accounted for Laura Marsh.
Taylor's superb bowling and fielding display followed a second half-century of the series that anchored the Windies on a sluggish Sabina Park surface.
After the hosts collapsed to 108 all out in losing the third ODI, Taylor displayed a new approach of careful accumulation with occasional shows of aggression, initially in a partnership of 69 with Shaquana Quintyne.
England's first dropped catch - Hayley Matthews put down by Marsh - cost them only one run, but it was only when Quintyne was brilliantly caught in the deep by Wyatt off Knight that the errors began to creep in.
Alex Hartley did not get hand on a skier off Deandra Dottin - reprieved on two before going on to make 18 - while Merissa Aguilleira could have been stumped by Amy Jones on nought and was then dropped on three and 11, both times by Jenny Gunn. She went on to make 32.
Aguilleira added 45 with Taylor, who missed out a century when she miscued Knight's off-spin to extra cover.
There was still time for the swift running of Stacy-Ann King and Shemaine Campbelle to visibly frustrate England, but that was nothing compared to the disappointment that was to come.
England opener Tammy Beaumont told BBC Sport: "We played 90% of the game how we want to play, but the 10% has let us down - poor decisions for the run-outs and a few dropped catches in the field.
"Being 90-0 and all out for 181 is not ideal. We know how hard it is to come in on these wickets, so myself and Lauren Winfield have to go on in the way that Stafanie Taylor did.
"It was nice to get off to a quick start, but I was very annoyed when I got out. I wanted to go on and bring the game home for the team, so that is something I have to look at in the next game."
West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor: "I wasn't nervous, they actually got a brilliant start that the openers gave them but we just needed a breakthrough.
"We actually watched a movie last night, one of those movies where you never give up and I think it actually came true today."
Ex-England batter Lydia Greenway on BBC Test Match Special:
Lauren Winfield and Tammy Beaumont gave England a great platform but mistakes, which they know shouldn't have happened, let West Indies back into the game.
England are a team with a huge amount of character. They've got two days, and they'll look to come back fighting.
You have to address what's happened, whether that's chatting with team-mates or coaches, but don't dwell on it too much. They have to hit training hard, and make sure they're mentally prepared going into the last match.
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Stafanie Taylor put in a fine all-round performance as West Indies defeated an incredibly sloppy England by 42 runs in the fourth one-day international.
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This is one of the conclusions of the first detailed re-evaluation of the relationships between dinosaurs for 130 years.
It shows that the current theory of how dinosaurs evolved and where they came from may well be wrong.
This major shake-up of dinosaur theory is published in this weeks's edition of the journal Nature.
The reassessment shows that the meat eating beasts, such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor, have been wrongly classified in the dinosaur family tree.
One of the implications is that dinosaurs first emerged 15 million years earlier than previously believed.
And the fossil evidence suggests that this origin may have occurred further north than current thinking suggests - possibly in an area that is now the UK, according to the new study's lead author, Matthew Baron of Cambridge University.
"The northern continents certainly played a much bigger role in dinosaur evolution than we previously thought and dinosaurs may have originated in the UK," he told BBC News.
The previous version of the dinosaur family tree was developed 130 years ago by Harry Govier Seeley, a palaeontologist also working at Kings College, London.
By comparing the size, shapes and arrangements of fossilised bones of different species of dinosaurs and how they changed over time, he devised a theory of how they were related and how they evolved.
He concluded that there were two main groups of dinosaurs: those whose hip bones were like those of modern-day birds, which Seeley called Ornithischia, and those whose hip bones were more reptile-like, which he named Saurischia.
The bird-hipped group were all exclusively plant-eaters and included familiar creatures such as Stegosaurus and Triceratops.
The lizard-hipped group had two branches: the plant-eaters, such as Brontosaurus, and the meat-eaters, such as T. rex.
This organisation has been unchallenged until now.
In redrawing the relationships, researchers studied many more bones and included more species, quite a few of which have been discovered only in the past 30 years.
The team's analysis suggests that Seeley got it wrong.
The new approach argues for the meat-eaters, a group known as theropods, to be moved into the same classification as the bird-hipped dinosaurs.
Cambridge's Prof David Norman, who supervised the study, said it represented a major departure from past thinking.
"All the major textbooks covering the topic of the evolution of the vertebrates will now need to be re-written if this suggestion survives academic scrutiny and becomes accepted more widely," he explained.
"It seems that the dinosaur family tree is being shaken quite firmly. It will be interesting to see what drops from its branches in years to come."
The reason that the Northern Hemisphere, and the UK in particular, has become more likely to be the place for the emergence of the first dinosaurs is the fact that two crucial fossils were found in Scotland and England.
For decades they were dismissed as unimportant species, but following the redrawing of the dinosaur tree they are now placed close to its base.
The Scottish and English finds suggest that it is now more likely that the first dinosaurs emerged 245 million years ago in the northern part of the planet on a land mass called Laurasia, rather than 230 million years ago on a more southerly unit called Gondwana.
Matthew Baron said the results came as a "shock".
"A British scientist, Sir Richard Owen, gave the word dinosaur to the world. Now we may be looking at the possibility that the very earliest dinosaurs were roaming an area that has become Britain and the group itself could have originated on these shores."
The researchers involved cautioned, though, that the fossil record for early dinosaurs is so sparse that it would be difficult to make any firm claims at this stage for their origins. But the team hopes that its findings will spur palaeontologists to search for more fossil evidence to back up the new ideas.
A challenge to one of main theories of dinosaur evolution is bound to be controversial.
Prof Hans Sues of the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC, US, said that the findings had to be tested and corroborated.
"I am sceptical as none of the other recent analyses obtained similar results - but I keep an open mind," he told BBC News.
Prof Paul Barrett of London's Natural History Museum, who was involved in the study and came up with the idea of testing Seeley's old theory, said that the new family tree seemed more logical than the previous one.
"Now we have our evolutionary tree, we can use it as a foundation to understand how dinosaur features evolved over time, and it is already beginning to help us explain some questions that have puzzled us," he added.
Among those questions is the fact that birds are thought to have evolved from meat-eating dinosaurs. But under the old scheme, they were not in the bird-hipped group.
The new tree fits more neatly with the observation that many meat-eating species and bird-hipped dinosaurs had feathers. The fact that previously they were in separate groups led some to speculate that all dinosaurs, including the long-necked sauropods were feathered. But there has been no fossil evidence for this, and it is a suggestion that never really took hold.
The latest work also indicates that dinosaurs evolved into meat-eaters on two separate occasions during their evolution and it even implies that the very first dinosaur was omnivorous and therefore ate both plants and meat.
There was, however, one potentially disastrous consequence of the new scheme.
It could have meant that the long-necked dinosaurs such Brontosaurus and Diplodocus would not strictly speaking be classed as dinosaurs. But anxious not to be known as the people who expelled the Natural History Museum's emblematic Dippy the Diplodocus skeleton from the status of dinosaur, Matt Baron and his fellow researchers carefully reworded the definition.
"I didn't want to make Dippy not a dinosaur. That would have created a lot of upset. They are a very well known group and everyone has recognised them to be dinosaurs. To be truthful, I didn't want to be chased out of every conference I went to for the rest of my career."
Mr Baron's new family tree has similarities to ideas developed by the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley in 1870. He believed, correctly as it turns out, that birds descended from meat-eating dinosaurs and he included them then with the bird-hipped dinosaurs in a group he named Ornithoscelida, or bird-limbed.
At the time Huxley's ideas were roundly dismissed and eclipsed by Seeley's.
As an acknowledgement of Huxley's contribution, the team has revived the name of Ornithoscelida for his new combined group.
As well as being a remarkable piece of research in itself, the work is a vignette of the scientific process itself - how challenging old, well-established ideas with a fresh eye is always worthwhile and can often bring new insights.
"We've proved Huxley right," said Mr Baron. "We didn't pay any attention to any of the dogma of the past 130 years. We tried to incorporate no prior assumption and so we have pulled apart the tree and reassembled it and have come up with solutions to questions that have been troubling scientists for a very long time."
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The first dinosaurs may have originated in the Northern Hemisphere, possibly in an area that is now Britain.
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Britain's quartet of Nigel Levine, Delano Williams, Matthew Hudson-Smith and Rooney won their semi-final in two minutes 58.88 seconds.
However, Hudson-Smith, who ran the third leg, was ruled to have had part of his foot out of the takeover zone when he began running.
Team GB's appeal was rejected because video evidence was inconclusive, meaning the decision of the referee must be upheld.
"It's a track judge's opinion," said Rooney. "Unfortunately, there wasn't a Hawk-Eye on the line.
"In other sports, like tennis and football, they have Hawk-Eeye. We've basically got a track judge who has decided that that's what he has seen and there's no conclusive evidence to prove it either way.
"I've just seen it now and I'm even angrier. Matt has been very badly treated."
After the race, British Athletics said it was "hugely disappointed" and confident the team would have won a medal in the final.
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Martyn Rooney tells BBC Sport he is even angrier after seeing a replay of Great Britain's controversial disqualification from the 4x400m relay for the first time on BBC television.
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The 20-year-old striker has yet to make a first-team start for the Hatters, but did come off the bench four times towards the end of last season.
"Zane is a hard-working player and caught my eye in training as soon as I arrived," said Luton boss Nathan Jones.
"I have always said that young players have to earn their place in my squad and Zane did exactly that last season."
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Luton Town striker Zane Banton has signed a new one-year contract, with a 12-month option.
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Cat Carr hit 24 points to lead Sevenoaks while Anne Pedersen and Gabi Nikitinaite added 21 and 13 points respectively for the Suns.
Riders held an early lead but struggled to stay in touch once the Suns established a 10-point lead in the third quarter.
Erika Livermore was Leicester's top scorer with 19 points.
"It was a great win for us, we deserved it," Pedersen, named MVP for the final, told BBC Sport.
"We came out a bit slow, but we got into our rhythm and started to play our game. Once we got going, I thought we played very well."
Leicester Riders coach Matt Harber said: "The game played out perfectly for them. We turned the ball over 25 times and they're a very dangerous team in transition."
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Sevenoaks Suns won their first WBBL title when they beat the Leicester Riders 82-67 in the Trophy final.
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Cory Baptiste, 24, was apprehended in Barcelona on a European Arrest Warrant on Thursday and police are now seeking to bring him back to the UK.
He was due to attend Basildon Crown Court in August, charged with five offences against children.
The National Crime Agency said: "He appeared at a Spanish court and extradition proceedings are under way."
Mr Baptiste has been charged with five offences of abusing a position of trust: One for causing or inciting sexual activity with a boy aged 13-17; one of causing or inciting sexual activity with a girl aged 13-17; one of causing a child under 13 to watch a sexual act; and two of causing a child aged 13-17 to watch a sexual act.
Essex Police said Mr Baptiste previously lived in Fanns Rise, Purfleet, and was working as a teacher at the time of the alleged offences.
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A teacher accused of sex offences has been held by police in Spain, after failing to appear at a court in Essex.
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The Systems Engineering building could close owing to low enrolment, an almost £2m deficit and "disappointing" academic research results.
Some subjects will be moved to other departments, but degrees including BScs in Robotics and IT will cease in 2016.
Students currently enrolled in the more than ten subjects under threat will have their degrees honoured.
Up to 15 academic and 20 support posts will be lost if the recommendations go ahead, the university said.
Vice-Chancellor Sir David Bell said: "We believe these recommendations are in the best long-term interests of the whole institution.
"We have not made these recommendations at all lightly, but our proposals strike the right balance between building on existing strengths and taking robust action on weaker areas."
The degrees recommended to be axed are:
The existing BSc Computer Science, which accounts for nearly 60% of all SSE undergraduates, and MSc Advanced Computer Science would continue under a new Department of Computer Science, created within the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
New divisions will also be created to retain research expertise in certain subjects.
The university's council will decide on the recommendations, made by a review group, on 13 July.
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A department looks set to shut down at the University of Reading with degree courses axed and job losses expected.
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He got pretty upset when his fish and chip dish didn't go swimmingly.
But it wasn't all bad news for Oscar, who speaks Spanish after moving with his family to live in the country.
After being on the show, he was invited to cook for the British ambassador to Spain!
Check out the video to see his kitchen nightmare.
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Nine-year-old British boy Oscar was competing in the Spanish version of Junior Masterchef when it started to go wrong...
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The body of Margaret Mayer, 85, was found at an address in Fairfax Road, Heath, on Thursday.
On the same day Angus Mayer, 86, was hurt after being struck by a train at Cardiff Central at about 12:30 BST.
South Wales Police confirmed it has arrested the man who is in hospital receiving treatment for his injuries.
Officers discovered Mrs Mayer's body after the train incident.
Neighbour Brian Parry, 79, said: "They were a very nice couple, very much in love", adding that Mrs Mayer had been treated for dementia.
"I am absolutely shocked and this is very sad for everyone that knew them."
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An 86-year-old man who was injured after being struck by a train in Cardiff has been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of his wife.
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Tareq, whose mother is Scottish, finished last in 41.13 seconds, the slowest of all 64 swimmers in Kazan.
Her goal is to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
"I was a bit nervous walking out there, I have never swum in front of so many spectators," said Tareq, who got a photo with her idol Sarah Sjostrom.
"The other swimmers are often surprised, they ask me my name and how old I am and then they are like, 'Are you swimming here?'
"I feel so happy. I want to learn the techniques and how they swim."
The 10-year-old caused quite a stir in the media zone - and among the other competitors.
"I don't know what to make of it - she's dinky," said Britain's Fran Halsall, who was fifth fastest in qualifying for Friday evening's semi-finals.
"Good on her for having a go."
American star Missy Franklin said: "She is the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life. I got in her warm down lane the other day because I wanted to be friends with her, but I didn't get a chance to talk to her.
"Every time she sees me she gives me the biggest smile."
On day five of the eight-day meeting, Great Britain's men's 4x200m freestyle relay made it through to Friday's final with the third fastest time.
Ben Proud reached the semi-finals of the 50m freestyle, while Lizzie Simmonds also progressed from the 200 backstroke heats.
Jazz Carlin qualified for Saturday's 800m final in 5th place.
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Ten-year-old Alzain Tareq from Bahrain became the youngest swimmer to compete at a World Championships when she took part in the 50m butterfly heats.
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If approved, the £20m plant will be built next to an existing research centre founded in 2001 by Boeing and the University of Sheffield.
The company said the factory, at Catcliffe in Rotherham, could also lead to new jobs in the supply industry.
The plant will manufacture hi-tech aircraft components.
President of Boeing Europe, Sir Michael Arthur, said they chose South Yorkshire for the factory because of a skilled workforce in the area and the firm's links with Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).
He said: "The area has very high skills, particular in advanced manufacturing technology, which we think is world class."
"We, as a company, want to start making these very sophisticated components - actuation systems, the gearing systems on wings, and Sheffield is a good place to come," he added.
The factory, which will produce actuators for 737, 737 MAX and 777 aircraft, will be next to the AMRC centre.
Boeing said it would also increase its commitment to research at the site.
If planning permission is granted, the site could up and running by late-2018.
The news comes shortly after luxury supercar manufacturer McLaren announced it is planning to build a £50m chassis factory on the site, creating 200 jobs.
Professor Keith Ridgway, of the AMRC, said the investment takes the region on from its coal and steel heritage to manufacturing high performance components for the automotive and aerospace sector.
Rolls Royce already has a jet engine factory on the site.
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US firm Boeing has announced plans to open its first European commercial factory in South Yorkshire, creating at least 30 jobs.
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People working at the Ferrybridge C power station were called to a meeting with managers on Tuesday afternoon and told the news.
The BBC has seen a letter given to staff confirming the news.
About 180 people work at the plant, along with an unspecified number of contractors.
The power station's owner SSE is expected to make a formal announcement about the plant's future on Wednesday.
BBC News has been told Unit 4 at the plant, that suffered a serious fire in July 2014, would not reopen and Unit 3 would be closed down in March 2016, bringing power production to a close.
A new multifuel "waste to energy" plant being built alongside the existing Ferrybridge site is not affected by the closure, the BBC has been told.
SSE was not available for comment on Tuesday evening.
But Phil Whitehurst, national officer of the General, Municipal and Boilermakers' Union (GMB) said the closure would be "devastating news".
He said: "The power station has years of life left to supply electricity at a fraction of the price of other energy suppliers.
"As things stand the only thing consumers will get from some of these suppliers are higher bills.
"Unlike Ferrybridge, none of the components and little of the labour will be sourced from the UK."
On the SSE website the firm says: "Ferrybridge is the third coal-fired power station to be built on the site since 1924. The power station, often referred to as 'Ferrybridge C', first fed electricity into the national grid in February of 1966."
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Staff at a major power station on the West and North Yorkshire border have been told the plant will stop generating and close in March 2016.
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The bodies were found by police and paramedics after they were called to the house on Station Road in Shirebrook at about 22:10 GMT on Friday.
A man has been arrested. He is aged 20 and from Sheffield. He remains in police custody.
Police are investigating the cause of what they say are "suspicious" deaths and have asked anyone with information to contact them.
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Two women have been found dead inside a house in Derbyshire.
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The Greek government has requested a new bailout deal from the eurozone.
Greece is now just hours away from a deadline to repay €1.6bn (£1.1bn) to the International Monetary Fund.
After seeing sharp falls on Monday, the Dow Jones rose 23 points, or 0.1%, to 17,619. The S&P 500 index gained five points, or 0.3%, to 2,063.
The tech-focused Nasdaq index climbed 28 points, or 0.6%, to 4,986.
Among individual stocks, shares in ConAgra Foods rose 0.67% after company said it would exit its private label foods business.
General Electric shares fell 0.26% after it sold its European private equity financing business to a unit of Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp for about $2.2bn.
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(Close): Stocks on Wall Street closed up slightly as investors followed talks between Greece and its creditors.
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One song, Moonbeam Levels, was recorded during sessions for the album 1999 but was not included on the final LP.
A pretty, piano-led track, it touches on writers' block and an impending apocalypse. It will feature on the hits compilation Prince 4Ever next month.
The re-release of Purple Rain will feature an entire disc of outtakes.
According to Warner Bros and Prince's NPG Records, plans for the album "were agreed with Prince before he passed away" in April.
Details of the deluxe edition will be released at a later date, but they raise the prospect of an official release for songs like Electric Intercourse, Father's Song, All Day, All Night and Possessed, which have appeared on bootlegs from that era.
Longer versions of several Purple Rain album tracks also exist - including the title track, which contained an extra verse in the original recording.
Several full concerts from the Purple Rain tour were professionally recorded, including a March 1985 show that was released on a now-deleted home video.
Full details will be revealed "early next year", a press release said.
The greatest hits collection will be the first new Prince release since his death from an overdose of painkillers.
Among its 40 tracks are some of the star's best-loved hits including When Doves Cry, Raspberry Beret, Little Red Corvette and Kiss.
However it does not include any material released outside the star's contract with Warner Bros, which expired in 1996.
That means his sole UK number one, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World, and later hits such as Black Sweat and Musicology, are missing.
The advisers to Prince's estate, Charles Koppelman and L Londell McMillan, are currently considering proposals to license more material from Prince's legendary "vault", which is said to contain thousands of unreleased songs.
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A new greatest hits album and a deluxe edition of Purple Rain will feature unreleased songs from Prince's "vault", Warner Bros Records has announced.
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Betsi Cadwaladr health board is consulting on plans which include possibly make one a midwife-led unit until staffing issues are resolved.
Its preferred option is to temporarily downgrade care at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire.
It would mean some having to travel to hospitals in Wrexham and Bangor.
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A 10,000-name petition has been handed to officials calling for consultant-led maternity care to continue at three district hospitals in north Wales.
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The crash happened between Templepatrick and Sandyknowes on Monday night shortly before 20:40 GMT.
Police said the man was the driver of one of the cars involved in the crash.
Two other men were hurt in the incident but their injuries are not life threatening. The M2 was closed overnight between Templepatrick and Sandyknowes, but has now re-opened.
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A man in his 30s has died in a multi-vehicle road crash on the M2 in County Antrim.
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According to his publicist, he died of heart failure on Monday at his home in Santa Barbara, California.
Weintraub started his career in the music industry, promoting tours for Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra, before moving into film production.
Ocean's Eleven star Clooney and former US President George HW Bush are among those who have paid tribute.
"In the coming days there will be tributes," said Clooney in a statement. "We'll laugh at his great stories, and applaud his accomplishments.
"And in the years to come, the stories and accomplishments will get better with age, just as Jerry would have wanted it. But not today. Today our friend died."
"Jerry was an American original, who earned his success by the sheer force of his instinct, drive, and larger-than-life personality," said Bush.
"He had a passion for life. And throughout the ups and downs of his prolific career it was clear just how much he loved show business."
"So sad at loss of Jerry Weintraub, you were 1 of a kind, my friend," tweeted Ralph Macchio, who starred in the first three Karate Kid films.
The actor, now 53, described the producer as being the "last of a breed," adding: "So glad I got to be 'that kid.'''
Others to tweet tributes include actress Goldie Hawn, who described Weintraub as "a friend [and] a powerhouse of light that graced our lives with spirit and joy."
"So sad and shocked that a creative spirit like Jerry Weintraub's could EVER be silenced," tweeted Rob Lowe, who worked with the producer on Emmy and Golden Globe-winning TV movie Behind the Candelabra.
The producer's most recent credits include HBO comedy series The Brink and a new version of the Tarzan story, due out next year.
Jerome Charles Weintraub, a native New Yorker, was born in Brooklyn in 1937 and raised in the Bronx. As a teenager he served in the Air Force as a radio operator.
He went on to work in the mailroom at MCA Records and rose through the ranks before leaving to form his own management company.
Moving into films, he quickly enjoyed success as the executive producer of Robert Altman's 1975 film Nashville.
Yet not all his films were hits, Weintraub suffering a notable flop in 1998 with the film version of TV show The Avengers.
"The secret to my success is the people that I associate myself with and work with,'' Weintraub said in 2010. ''I work with the greatest artists and I respect them."
He is survived by his four children and his longtime partner, Susan Ekins.
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Jerry Weintraub, the Hollywood producer of the Karate Kid and Ocean's Eleven films, has died at the age of 77.
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The 45-year-old worked in the private sector before joining the first cohort of AMs in the 1990s in his 20s, switching to Westminster at the start of this decade.
Brought up in Clydach, near Swansea, his father was a Port Talbot steelworker and his mother a shopkeeper.
It was here that his political awareness developed.
According to the Tory website, he saw that "a close family member, who ran her own small grocery shop worked all hours possible for almost 50 years, ended up worse off than many of our neighbours who hadn't bothered working, in spite of being able to do so".
Mr Cairns was a pupil at the Welsh-speaking comprehensive school of Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera, and worked as a petrol pump attendant before joining the Lloyd's Bank.
At the age of 28, when he was elected for the Conservatives in the regional seat of South Wales West in the first Welsh Assembly. It was his first job as an elected politician.
During his time as an AM, Mr Cairns was his party's economy spokesman and it was in this role that he had the job of scrutinising Rhodri Morgan in the early days of the assembly.
It once led Morgan to joke that he looked like "a Victorian undertaker looking forward to winter" - a line Mr Cairns later used himself to mock then Labour leader Ed Miliband.
In 2008 he resigned from his post as the party's education spokesman after likening Italians to "greasy wops". He apologised for the remarks as soon as he made them on BBC Radio Cymru.
The gaffe did not derail his political career, however, and Mr Cairns was elected as the MP for the Vale of Glamorgan in 2010, standing down from the assembly the following year.
He became a junior minister in the Wales Office in July 2014, under the previous Tory/Lib Dem coalition, and kept his job after the Conservatives won their first majority since the 1990s in 2015.
Mr Cairns lives in the Vale with his wife Emma, who runs her own business, and their son Henri.
He has completed four London Marathons in aid of local charities and was the fastest MP to complete the 26-mile course last year.
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Much like his former boss Stephen Crabb, Alun Cairns has gone from modest beginnings to one of the most important jobs in Welsh politics - secretary of state for Wales.
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But after a call from Ms Ismail's father, the two set out on on a trip which they say involved death threats, escape across international borders, and a spell in a Turkish jail where, Ms Ismail says, the treatment was "unexpected, inhumane and horrible".
Safe in Ms Rico's Spanish hometown of Torrox, the couple faced the cameras to reveal a nightmarish three-week ordeal which, according to Ms Rico, began after her partner's family in Dubai had tried to separate them by force.
"I really want to tell our story because I think it could help many people who live in a situation of repression for being homosexual," Ms Rico told reporters who had gathered in the room to hear their story.
It had all started innocently enough. According to the 28-year-old, the couple flew from London to Dubai on 14 April because Ms Ismail's father had said that her mother was ill in hospital.
"But it was a trick," said Jimena Rico. "He threatened to kill us and said we could go to jail for being lesbians."
According to her partner, 21-year-old Ms Ismail was locked up by her family. But the couple managed to escape and flew to Tbilisi, Georgia, from where they were hoping to catch a connecting flight to London.
But even putting more than 2,000 miles between them and Ms Ismail's family had not guaranteed their safety.
Ms Ismail's father appeared at the airport and the Egyptian woman's papers, including the visa she needed to return to the UK, were torn up in the altercation.
Ms Rico explained that at this point the Georgian authorities escorted the couple to the Turkish border. Spain's foreign ministry says the couple were then arrested in Samsun, northern Turkey, and taken to Istanbul.
There, they were arrested on a charge "apparently to do with terrorism", says Ms Rico, adding that they signed papers they did not understand.
Ms Rico got word to her family, who reported the situation to the Spanish police.
After three days in a Turkish jail, the Spanish foreign ministry managed to secure their release - allowing them to fly home to Spain, where Ms Rico's relieved family welcomed them with open arms.
"I thought we were not going to get out of [prison]," Ms Rico said. "They told me I could leave but she had to stay, and I said I wasn't going without her."
Ms Ismail's father, however, tells a different version of events, although he admits travelling to Tbilisi airport and forcibly attempting to retain his daughter.
"When she arrived in Dubai, I embraced her," the unnamed father told Spain's Antena 3 television station.
"She said she wanted to stay in London and I asked her to come home and talk about her being a lesbian because she told us via text message. She came out of the closet like that, sending her mother a text message."
Ms Ismail's father said that he offered to take his daughter to a psychologist and that she had agreed to stay in Dubai and study there. Then, he claimed, his daughter vanished from the family home.
"I went to the police after she had disappeared. A friend told me Shaza was in Georgia and I reported that she had run away or been kidnapped."
He explained that he had gone to Tbilisi with a lawyer, but insisted the only papers he had torn up were part of an old passport belonging to his daughter.
Jimena Rico accepts her partner's father is doing what he thinks is best: "I know that [Ms Ismail's] father loves her. But his mind is so closed that he can't understand."
She is now hoping to marry Shaza Ismail, currently staying with her on a temporary visa after the Spanish government secured the couple's release.
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Less than a month ago, Spaniard Jimena Rico, and Egyptian-born Shaza Ismail were just like any other young, gay couple in London, the city where their romance blossomed.
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The 23-year-old, who started his career at Celtic, has signed a three-year deal with the Championship club.
"He's perfect in the fact that he wants to try and find his way in his career. He is a determined lad," said Neil.
"He has come through Celtic's ranks, so he's used to high standards."
Fisher told the club website: "I spoke to the manager and he really sold me on the club. Everything he said to me about the club was positive.
"He has said he's going to make me a better player. It was all very quick, I got the call yesterday and we have managed to get it done by today."
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New Preston manager Alex Neil has made his first signing by bringing in full-back Darnell Fisher from relegated League One club Rotherham United for an undisclosed fee.
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Micah Johnson, 25, was angry with the recent killings of black men by police and wanted to kill white officers, police say.
Police chief David Brown said he was "convinced" Johnson had wider plans.
He told CNN that Johnson, a military veteran, appeared to have practised detonating explosives.
Meanwhile, Delphine Johnson, the gunman's mother, told US site TheBlaze.com that he had been "disappointed" by his experience in the US military.
"The military was not what Micah thought it would be," she said. "He was very disappointed."
Mr Brown also said police were trying to find the significance of the letters "RB" that Johnson had written in his own blood, near where he was killed by a remote detonation by police.
Officers were also reading a journal found in Johnson's house that Mr Brown said was proving "hard to decipher".
Mr Brown also revealed that during two hours of negotiations last Thursday, the attacker taunted police.
"He just basically lied to us - playing games, laughing at us, singing, asking how many [police officers] did he get and that he wanted to kill some more and that there were bombs there."
"So there was no progress on the negotiation... I began to feel that it was only at a split second he would charge us and take out many more before we could kill him," Mr Brown added.
Johnson launched his attack in Dallas as a protest was taking place against the deaths of black men at the hands of police.
The deaths of Philando Castile in St Paul, Minnesota, and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, last week led to more protests across US cities.
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In Baton Rouge, up to 40 people were arrested on Sunday during a protest rally.
Some of the demonstrators chanted "No justice, no peace!" during a stand-off with police in riot gear.
In Virginia, protesters briefly shut down an interstate motorway in Portsmouth. They were marching in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
In Detroit, Michigan, police arrested four men for posting threats against police officers on Facebook, urging people to kill white officers.
In contrast to protesters in other parts of the country, the people of Dallas are uniting behind their police officers.
A makeshift shrine in memory of the five officers gunned down on Thursday night sprang up outside police headquarters in the Cedars district of the city within hours of the attack, and it is now a mass of flowers, balloons, stuffed toys and messages of sympathy.
Throughout the day, a constant stream of visitors have come here - black, white, Hispanic; young couples, elderly folk, little girls in sun dresses - to pay their respects, say a prayer or simply shed a tear.
An impromptu prayer session on the steps of police headquarters ended with hugs and a police officer breaking down in tears.
Earlier, a mother was overheard telling her son it was up to his generation to make things better: "This generation tried, but soon it will be up to you," she said.
Demonstrations have continued despite an effort by President Barack Obama to soothe the tension.
On a visit to Spain on Sunday, he demanded an end to anti-police violence.
"Whenever those of us who are concerned about fairness in the criminal justice system attack police officers, you are doing a disservice to the cause," he said.
Also on Sunday, the White House said Mr Obama would travel to Dallas on Tuesday. He will speak at an interfaith memorial service.
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The man who shot dead five police officers in Dallas and wounded seven more was planning an even larger attack, the city's police chief says.
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Leaders of Aslef, the RMT union and Unite will meet with Transport for London for talks chaired by conciliation service Acas.
Three 24-hour strikes are due to be held in the coming weeks in the long running dispute over pay and plans for an all night Tube service.
The RMT is planning further industrial action in a separate row over jobs.
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Finn Brennan, Aslef's organiser on London Underground, said the union "hoped to do a deal", but said London Underground "needs to stop bullying and start negotiating".
An RMT spokesman said the union would attend the fresh talks in the hope of breaking the deadlock.
If negotiations fail, the strikes by members will start on the evenings of 26 January, 15 February and 17 February.
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Talks aimed at averting a series of 24-hour strikes by London Underground workers are to be held on Friday.
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Mae denu lleoliadau pellach wedi bod yn un o amcanion y maes awyr fel rhan o'i strategaeth i dyfu.
Mae awyrennau eisoes yn hedfan o Gaerdydd i Orlando, a bydd Qatar Airways yn hedfan i brifddinas Qatar, Doha o 2018.
Fe wnaeth dros 1.3 miliwn o bobl ddefnyddio'r maes awyr ym Mro Morgannwg yn 2016 - cynnydd o 16% yn nifer y teithwyr.
Mae Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Hamad yn Doha yn ganolfan i Qatar Airways, gyda chysylltiadau yno i leoliadau fel Awstralia a China.
Dywedodd prif weithredwr Maes Awyr Caerdydd, Deb Barber ei bod wedi bod yn "daith hir i gyrraedd y man yma" a bod y trafodaethau wedi cymryd "blynyddoedd".
"Dros y misoedd nesaf byddwn yn gweithio gyda Qatar Airways i gadarnhau manylion y gwasanaeth, a ry'n ni'n edrych ymlaen i'r daith fod ar werth yn fuan," meddai.
Mae'r maes awyr, gafodd ei brynu gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn 2013 am £52m, eisoes yn hedfan i 50 o leoliadau.
Dywedodd Prif Weinidog Cymru, Carwyn Jones bod y cyhoeddiad yn "newyddion gwych i Faes Awyr Caerdydd ac i Gymru".
"Bydd y llwybr newydd, a'r berthynas rhwng Maes Awyr Caerdydd a Qatar Airways, yn agor cysylltiadau i Gymru â gweddill y byd a darparu cyfleoedd teithio, economaidd, ac hamdden newydd i fusnesau a phobl Cymru," meddai.
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Mae cwmni hedfan Qatar Airways wedi cyhoeddi eu bod yn lansio teithiau o Faes Awyr Caerdydd i'r Dwyrain Canol.
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Cotterill took over in 2013 and won the League One title and the Johnstone's Paint Trophy in his second season.
The 51-year-old has previously managed Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Notts County, Burnley, Stoke, Cheltenham Town and Sligo Rovers.
He leaves City, who host leaders Middlesbrough on Saturday, in 22nd position, two points from safety.
The team have failed to win in seven matches.
Assistant manager John Pemberton and Wade Elliott, boss of the club's under-21 side, will take interim charge.
It is only 256 days since Cotterill led Bristol City to their first league title since 1955.
Club chairman Keith Dawe said last season's success "will live in the memory for a long time" but added: "Sadly, since the highs of last March and May things have not gone our way on the pitch.
"The club's aspiration is to ultimately become a Premier League club and this decision has been made to achieve our overall strategy for growth and player development."
Cotterill had held a news conference earlier on Thursday to look ahead to Saturday's game against Boro.
He had discussed the club missing out on the signing of Bolton striker Zach Clough.
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Steve Cotterill has been sacked as manager of Championship strugglers Bristol City.
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The expansion of agriculture is deemed to be one of the main drivers for global habitat and biodiversity loss.
Researchers from the UK and Brazil say that boosting yields could help - but only if policies such as incentives or land-zoning are implemented as well.
Their findings have been published in the journal Science.
"The least bad way we can reconcile the rising demand for food production over the next 50 years with the need to protect the environment... is through this notion of land-sparing, which is pursuing sustainable but high-yield farming on farmland," said co-author Andrew Balmford, professor of conservation science at the University of Cambridge.
"By doing that, we can meet our needs but on a relatively smaller footprint of land and spare intact or restored natural habitat for other creatures or for the benefits we get from nature that we rely upon."
He told BBC News that it was probably the "least bad" option in terms of of a policy approach for food security and environmental protection - if it was possible to deliver.
"The problem is that if we leave it to market forces alone, increasing yields will not provide enough incentive for farmers to restrict their footprint," Prof Balmford explained.
"Prices might come down, which would increase demand. On the other hand, profits might go up and this might increase the incentive to expand farming rather than restrict it."
In their policy briefing, the team of scientists from the UK and Brazil identified four categories of land-sparing mechanisms that were currently being used in some parts of the world.
The four categories were:
Prof Balmford said that extra policy mechanisms were needed to couple high-yield farming to safeguarding or restoring natural habitats.
"This paper is a first attempt really to try to consider what those mechanisms might look like," he explained.
"We have looked around at what, in principle, might be possible, and trying to find a few examples of what is happening already in different parts of the world.
"This is not a complete set of all the opportunities that might be pursued - some of these ideas might work in some places but not in others, and there will be other ideas that we have not thought about at all."
He added: "This paper is a stimulus to talk about how high-yield farming might be most effectively coupled, through policy, to land sparing."
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Increasing crop yields could help meet the rising global demand for more food while sparing land to protect biodiversity, a study has suggested.
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Gabon will host January's finals, with the capital Libreville and Port Gentil set to stage fan parks, which were first introduced by Fifa for the 2006 World Cup.
Fan parks are areas where thousands of football supporters gather in an enclosed area to follow matches on big screens.
"We believe that Libreville and Port Gentil will be hosting," Caf General Secretary Hicham El Amrani told BBC Sport.
"In terms of population numbers, these cities make sense. We want the festival atmosphere to be established there."
African football's ruling body had hoped to introduce fan parks for the 2015 finals.
But Caf scrapped the plans after Morocco was replaced as the host nation, because of fears over the potential spread of Ebola, just 64 days before the start of the finals.
A total of four Gabonese cities will be used for the 16-team competition, with Franceville and Oyem also scheduled to host matches.
But with local populations under 100,000, they will not stage fan zones as it is feared this could affect the number of spectators at the actual stadiums.
When Gabon, which has a population of just 1.5 million, co-hosted the Nations Cup in 2012, matches that didn't involve the host nation in Franceville's newly-built stadium struggled to attract fans.
When local organisers resorted to giving out free tickets for the quarter-final in the city between Ghana and Tunisia, the stadium still failed to fill up.
"We could have (fan zones in Franceville and Oyem) but actually the main priority is to ensure that the stadium is filled," said Amrani.
"We are not sure it makes sense (to have fan zones in these cities) at this stage."
Oyem is one of two new stadiums, with a stadium in Port Gentil also under construction.
"The completion - if all goes well - will be around October or November," explained El Amrani, who has been in his post since 2011.
"We are of course pushing to make it as early as possible so that we have the relevant matches to test the facilities.
"But based on what we have seen, because we are doing regular inspection visits, it looks pretty good in terms of the time line and that it will be ready on time."
"The good news is that a lot of the elements working with the Organising Committee worked on 2012, so they have a good understanding of the needs of a Nations Cup."
"But we are also trying to get an even higher standard than what we had in 2012 - in terms of infrastructure, fan zones, ticketing requirements and logistics."
Given Gabon's co-hosting with Equatorial Guinea in 2012, two stadiums are already ready.
Libreville itself is set to use two stadiums during the finals, meaning that a total of five arenas will be used at the tournament.
These include the Stade de l'Amitie, which hosted the 2012 Nations Cup final, and the Stade Omnisports Omar Bongo, which had been earmarked to stage that match only to miss out because of slow work on its reconstruction.
However, the stadium bearing the name of the former president, who ruled from 1967-2009, could well host the final some five years on.
"Probably the Omar Bongo, with the larger capacity, will be used for the opening match and the final, but those are discussions we are having - nothing is yet finalised," said El Amrani.
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The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations will feature fan parks for the first time, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has confirmed.
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Byron Davies asked if a message from William Graham supporting the so-called "black route" for a £1bn Newport relief road came from a "spoof" account, as party policy was to review the options.
Antoinette Sandbach accused Mr Graham of "not willing to put his vote where his principles allegedly are".
Group leader Andrew RT Davies said the online row would "not be repeated".
Mr Graham backed a Conservative motion in the Senedd in January calling for a review of the possible routes for an M4 relief road.
But following the debate he tweeted: "I am confident that when the public inquiry is held the 'black route' will be chosen", referring to the Welsh government's preferred option.
Some critics have claimed other routes would cause less environmental damage.
It prompted responses from two of Mr Graham's colleagues asking whether he supported or disagreed with Conservative policy to review the alternatives.
Group leader Andrew RT Davies told journalists on Tuesday he had "spoken to" each of the members who were "all signed up to the group position".
"If people want to go on to Twitter to have a tittle-tattle that's neither here nor there," he said.
"The people involved know my views on it and I'm confident it won't be repeated."
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Three Welsh Conservative AMs have been "spoken to" by their leader for arguing about the party's M4 policy on Twitter.
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The closure of the A38(M) Aston Expressway caused long delays for drivers, cancelled rail services and led to the evacuation of hundreds of homes.
Residents slept in a gym overnight as a police cordon was put in place.
Thirteen lorry loads of sand created an "igloo" around the 250kg device before it was detonated at about 15:30 BST.
Exit and entry slip roads of the M6 at junction six, Spaghetti Junction, were closed on Monday morning after the discovery at a construction site.
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Traffic police also shut the motorway between junction four, near Coleshill, and seven at Great Barr - a distance of about 14 miles - while the detonation was carried out.
Both the M6 and the A38 Aston Expressway have since reopened.
A 500m-cordon was set up by police after the device was discovered in Priory Road, Aston, at about 09:45 BST on Monday.
Homes and businesses were evacuated and London Midland rail services on the Cross City Line between Lichfield and Birmingham New Street were suspended.
Rail services "may" resume on Wednesday, Network Rail said.
About 80 people were forced to spend the night in a temporary rest centre, the Red Cross said.
Mike Luedicke, deputy commander of the Army's UK bomb disposal unit who co-ordinated the operation, said the team was "very confident it was a classic Second World War German air drop bomb".
He said it had been a particularly "complex" case because the fuses were "on the underside and pressed into the earth and so our process of identification and diagnostics has been a real challenge".
After the explosion, people started using social media to say they heard the blast from several miles away.
Police thanked residents and motorists for their patience and praised the bravery of the bomb disposal experts who had been at the site overnight making the device safe.
About 250 tonnes of sand were put around the device, described as an SC2 50, with 139kg of high explosives.
Residents said they had been told by police they could be out of their homes until about 18:00.
Paige Collins, of Aston, and her 10-month-old daughter, were among those who spent the night at Alexander Stadium in Perry Barr.
She slept for about "an hour" on a mat and sheet in a "dusty gym" after putting her daughter to sleep in her pushchair.
Birmingham was a major munitions centre, as were Manchester and Coventry, and on 19 November 1940, the Germans attacked the city very heavily. At the time, Aston and Tyseley were very industrial areas.
The raid carried on for nine hours on 19 November, but it could have been the next night when this device was dropped.
On 20 November, nearby Queens Road was absolutely destroyed by a big bomb. Queens Road is right next to where this bomb was found.
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A large World War Two bomb that forced a major route in Birmingham to close for almost two days has been detonated.
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Mr Ghosh, 49, was suffering from pancreatitis for the last couple of weeks and died on Thursday morning.
Debuting with his 1994 film Heerer Angti (The diamond ring), he made many critically acclaimed films like Unishe April (19 April), Chokher Bali (Sand in the eye) and Abohoman (The eternal).
He won several national and international awards for his work.
Mr Ghosh was well known for his realistic depictions of interpersonal relationships and urban-educated middle class angst.
The director worked with several big stars of Bengali cinema and Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai.
Mr Ghosh also acted in some of his films, including in Aar Ekti Premer Golpo (Just another love story) and Chitrangada.
By Amitabha BhattasaliBBC News, Calcutta
Rituparno Ghosh loved dressing as a woman - his sexuality made him stand out from the crowd in largely conservative India.
Initially he wore men's clothes, but in the last few years he completely switched over to women's dresses.
Film analysts say that through his films, writings and acting roles, Mr Ghosh gave a voice to disempowered sexual minorities.
Though mocked by many, he lived life on his own terms and never shied from taking up verbal fights with those who mocked him.
In an industry where women often complain about the sexism of the "casting couch", actresses often spoke about how "safe" and "comfortable" they felt with him.
An extremely well-read and socially active man, Mr Ghosh was popular on social media too.
His 2003 film Chokher Bali was awarded the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival and his last film, Chitrangada, won a special jury award in the 2012 national film awards.
Two days ago, Ghosh wrote on the micro-blogging site Twitter that he had finished shooting his latest film Satyaneshi - based on the legendary Bengali detective fictional character, Byomkesh Bakshi.
As news of his death spread, several actors and actresses arrived at his home to pay their respects.
"I cannot believe that Rituparno is no more. It is very difficult to accept this news. We lost a very promising film director at a very early age," the Press Trust of India quoted veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee as saying.
Many Indian film personalities and fans took to Twitter to express their grief.
"Shocked by passing of Rituparno Ghosh. He was dreaming of getting into what he called his 'next phase'. Hugely creative explorer on film," tweeted director Shekhar Kapur.
"Rituparno Ghosh had great sense of humour. He had a brilliant understanding of human behaviour. Will miss him and his cinema. RIP my Friend," wrote Bollywood actor Anupam Kher.
Noted film critic Rajeev Masand tweeted: "Deeply saddened by passing of Rituparno Ghosh. He understood the human condition with all its complexities and conveyed them with such sensitivity."
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Award-winning Indian film director Rituparno Ghosh has died from a heart attack in the city of Calcutta.
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The university said it would accept all nine transgender applicants who had enrolled for postgraduate programmes, The Times of India reported.
Earlier in April, India's Supreme Court recognised transgender people as a third gender, in a landmark ruling.
Activists have praised the move calling it a step in the right direction.
Prior to this transgender students were forced to register as either male or female.
A university official said the policy would be extended to undergraduate courses in the next academic year.
"We had planned to start transgender admissions in undergraduate courses from this year but could not do so due to administrative reasons. From 2015-16 academic session, we will be introducing the third gender option in centralised admission forms and also make necessary policies for their admission," The Times of India quoted Delhi University registrar Alka Sharma as saying.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists have welcomed the move and said it would help integrate the community into the mainstream.
"It a step in the right direction. It really empowers people and makes them feel they are part of mainstream life. But there has to be a sustained campaign to understand transgenders, their issues and sensitise the society," said Anjali Gopalan of the Naz Foundation.
According to one estimate, India has about two million transgender people, but campaigners say they live on the fringes of society, often in poverty, ostracised because of their gender identity. Most make a living by singing and dancing or by begging and prostitution.
Rights groups say they often face huge discrimination and so far have been forced to choose either male or female as their gender in most public spheres.
In 2009, India's Election Commission took a first step by allowing transgenders to choose their gender as "other" on ballot forms.
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Delhi University has acknowledged transgender students for the first time by introducing a column for a third gender in its application forms.
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While London lays claim to being the birthplace of "alternative" comedy in the 1980s, it was the Scottish capital where the new generation of comics received their education before transforming British humour.
Comedy talent such as Steve Coogan, Lee Evans, Bill Bailey, Alan Davies, Harry Hill, Jo Brand and Al Murray all got their big breaks in Edinburgh.
According to comedy impresario Nica Burns the "golden year" was 1991 when Frank Skinner won the Perrier Award, beating Eddie Izzard, Jack Dee and Paul O'Grady's character Lily Savage.
Some found fame quickly while others such as Graham Norton and Michael McIntyre slogged away in Edinburgh for years before getting their big break.
Despite constant claims of its imminent demise, the Edinburgh Fringe has continued to be a unique showcase for comedy talent over more than 30 years.
In more recent times John Bishop, Sarah Millican, Kevin Bridges, Ross Noble, Russell Kane and many others have seen successful Edinburgh runs springboard them to TV fame and arena tours.
This year's Fringe features more than 3,000 shows and more than a third are comedy.
That means more than 1,000 comedy acts from all over the world will be in the city during August.
Nica Burns, who took over the Perrier's, the awards that became synonymous with Edinburgh comedy, says: "When I started with the awards in 1984 I used to personally go and see all the shows. You could not start to do that now."
These days she employs a judging panel to go around the 700 eligible comedy acts and make a shortlist for the award, now sponsored by lastminute.com but still coveted by comedians.
Richard Herring, who has appeared in Edinburgh for most of the past 30 years, does not qualify for the comedy award because it does not include people who have already had a TV series.
He broke into TV in the mid-90s with Stewart Lee in Fist of Fun but even though he is a 50-year-old Fringe veteran he says: "Sometimes I'll be annoyed I've not been nominated - then I remember that no judge has seen my show because I'm not eligible."
Herring says that the Fringe is still the "best arts festival in the world" but it has changed beyond recognition since he first performed in a student revue in 1987.
He says that sketch shows by Oxbridge students such as him were coming in for a lot of stick from the new wave of comedy stand-ups who were starting to see the Fringe as their domain.
They saw it as a place to come for three weeks, hang out with other performers and hone their material.
Herring says one of the major changes that Edinburgh developed was the one-hour comedy show.
Even in the late 1980s it was rare for stand-up comedians to do a full hour-long show on their own and they would often partner up with other performers to fill the Edinburgh hour.
Nica Burns says: "The Edinburgh Fringe became the learning ground because in the clubs you could only do part of the show.
"You started with a five-minute guest spot, if you were any good you could do 10 minutes and work up to 20 or 30 minutes for the headline act.
"For that jump to a whole show, to be able to play in a larger theatre, to be able to go on the road, you need to develop your material live.
"Comedians suddenly realised that Edinburgh was a fantastic place to come and book yourself a hall.
"That's the great thing about the Fringe, it's not curated, so anybody can do it."
Comedian Simon Munnery, who has also been performing in Edinburgh for 30 years, says: "The hour-long slot gives you more space to experiment. For most comedians it's a big step to go from 20 minutes to an hour.
"When you are doing that sort of time there is more pressure to have some sort of theme or to have something to say."
Fred MacAulay first appeared at the Fringe in 1989 as part of a collective of Scottish comedians called the Funny Farm.
For his first four Fringes he was part of a composite show with other comedians, taking a bigger time slot each year.
He says: "It is always there very much on the horizon for you as a new stand-up that the target is to do an Edinburgh hour."
"I always thought it was very much like a skiier," he says.
"You are skiing on the blue runs but out of the corner of your eye you can seeing a red or a black run and you know 'I'm going to have to tackle that one day'."
MacAulay says that a few festivals around the world, such as Melbourne in Australia, have followed Edinburgh's comedy model but the Fringe remains unique in its scale and scope.
Karen Koren was there at the start of Edinburgh's comedy boom.
She founded the Gilded Balloon venue in 1986, which along with The Pleasance and The Assembly led the 1980s comedy boom.
"I was certainly there at the beginning of the stand-up comedy surge," says Koren, who set up her first comedy club because her friends were looking for a place to perform "alternative" comedy.
"I blame Margaret Thatcher myself," she says.
"It was really satirical and political back then.
"Nowadays anything goes but then it was quite serious comedy, with the likes of Mark Thomas and Mark Steel, Jeremy Hardy and Kevin Day. Although there have always been silly performers as well."
Nica Burns agrees that the Edinburgh comedy boom was fuelled by acts who were reacting to the politics of the time and Prime Minister Thatcher.
But she says they were also seeking to overthrow the old comedy establishment.
Burns says: "It was a really exciting time because alternative comedy was a political movement.
"For the original comics, such as Alexi Sayle, it was about changing what comedy stood for - no more homophobic, racist or sexist jokes.
"Within a very short time they had run off all the old comics and TV moved into the new era."
Burns says that the new comedy movement may have begun in London but Edinburgh was the "school for clowns", where they learned to how to perform.
Koren quickly went from running one studio theatre with 150 seats to 14 venues of various sizes dotted around the Cowgate.
To maximise use of her spaces Koren wanted comedians to perform day and night.
She says: "I remember that stand-up was always considered to be for the evening.
"No performers wanted to go on before 7pm and they didn't want to go against each other.
"I had to push that concept to them all. The more the merrier. Think about your own show and what you are doing."
As well as getting to perform your own show there was another factor that attracted comedians to Edinburgh - the camaraderie.
Munnery says: "It's wonderful to be in the same place at the same time as all these other people who are in the same sinking boat."
For Herring his early appearances are as memorable for the nights out with fellow comedians as they are for his shows.
Koren says: "I started a show called Late 'n' Live. It ran from midnight to four in the morning.
"We had the latest licence on the Fringe. It became a place where people came to see other comics die.
"It was where all the comics got drunk and had a great time together. That type of camaraderie that was around then really enhanced it and pushed it forward.
"There was lots of young kids going 'I want to be like that guy up on stage'."
And it was usually a guy.
Despite Burns and Koren being a strong female presence on the comedy scene they both agree that it was very much a "boy's club" in the early days.
Burns says: "The number of women doing shows was so small you could count them on one hand at the beginning.
"When it started it was much harder for women.
"There was a real feeling that when a woman came on there was a collective folding of the arms by the audience, and they were saying 'OK, show us you are funny'.
"The audiences was very male because it involved smoking and drinking as well and quite a lot were above pubs.
"There was nowhere to get changed back stage, certainly nowhere for women, they had to get changed in the toilet. It was a tough environment and a tough way to learn your craft. They had to overcome a lot of hurdles."
The first women to win the Perrier Award was Jenny Eclair in 1995 and it was another decade before the next, Laura Solon.
However, Burns feels that recent years have seen a breakthrough and women, who still only make up less than a third of comedy performers, do not have to persuade audiences they can be funny any more.
Female comedy performers, just like their male counterparts, are cashing in on a comedy boom that has seen more and more of them touring large venues.
As comedy has become big business, festivals have sprung up all over the UK but Edinburgh has maintained its position as the number one place for comedians.
Ed Bartlam, who founded the Underbelly venues in 2000, says: "Edinburgh has been a platform for alternative comedy and that is still the case.
"The Edinburgh audience and the Edinburgh critics are adventurous and they like to see something different. Edinburgh is a great example of a festival that manages to fit both the mainstream and the alternative very nicely."
Underbelly runs comedy venues on the South Bank in London but it is Edinburgh that acts as a feeder for new talent.
Bartlam says: "In Edinburgh we have got 17 venues ranging in size from 50 seats to 400 seats, therefore we can show lots of different acts at different levels.
"In London we have got two tents and they have both got 400 seats.
"Inevitably it means we are programming shows we think can sell that amount of tickets.
"In Edinburgh we've got this broad range of venues so we can programme interesting new material which might only sell 50 seats.
"Edinburgh is so important because it allows those at the beginning of their career to play in small spaces."
Another factor in Edinburgh's reinvention has been the rise in the Free Fringe over the past decade.
Free Fringe shows, which are predominantly comedy acts in the spare rooms of pubs, allow the audience to watch for free and they are invited to make a contribution at the end.
It is a cheap way of getting to perform on the Fringe and has led to comedy careers for a number of new comedians such as Imran Yusuf and John Kearns.
Herring says his generation of comedians often wonder if they would have made it if there had been the same amount of competition when he was starting out.
He says the current crop of comedians are much more polished and professional than the acts of the 1980s.
"In 1992 I came up with shows I was still writing," he says.
"By the end of Edinburgh I hoped to have a good show but now you can't really behave like that. You need top be good on day one."
He says many comedians these days keep themselves fit and don't drink.
"The performers from the 1980s and 90s would find that very strange," he says.
Another major change has been the costs involved.
"It was bit cheaper for everyone in those days - for the punters and for the acts," Herring says.
He says he has lost thousands of pounds on Edinburgh shows but always hoped to win enough work to make up for it later.
For Fringe veterans such as Koren, whose Gilded Balloon venues were forced to move to the Teviot after a devastating fire in 2002, the peak was in the late 80s and early 90s.
"Now everybody wants to be a star and not everybody is going to become a star," she says.
Munnery says some aspiring comedians go to extreme lengths to get noticed.
He says: "There are some ridiculous things like huge twice-human size posters for a show and then venue is some portable cabin.
"They are spending more on advertising than they can possibly make back at the box office.
"I used to be with an agent like that," he says.
"They tell you that you are investing in your future and at some point you have to ask 'when is my future going to start?'.
Munnery adds: "You basically go to Edinburgh, lose thousands of pounds, spend a year paying it off and then go and do it again.
"It would probably be illegal to be employed on that basis but because you are employing yourself it's alright. It's the gig economy, literally."
Despite the skyrocketing costs of Edinburgh rents and they increased competition for audiences, performers keep coming back year after year.
Herring says: "Even when I'm negative I've never said it's not amazing.
"It's the best festival in the world and it is an amazing thing to be a part of.
"I've spent two years of my adult life in Edinburgh just by coming to the Fringe.
"It's a phenomenal festival and it's breath-taking how good the shows are."
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Comedy did not feature at all when the Edinburgh Fringe began but over the past three decades it has become the "spiritual home" of Britain's funny folk.
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She's just been in the studio with Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw, trying to make him giggle while he goes about some serious radio presenting business; and she's daydreaming about her favourite UK delicacy - a sandwich from Pret.
When she discovers she's in the same building as the BBC newsroom, the star politely asks for a guided tour.
"I never get to do stuff like this," marvels the singer, as she walks wide-eyed past the studios and satellite feeds.
In this context, Del Rey is oddly anonymous. Jane Hill, who is preparing to read the lunchtime news on BBC One, doesn't even look up when the superstar squeezes past her desk.
It's a rare luxury for someone who's followed by paparazzi and the all-seeing cameras of TMZ when she's at home in California.
She addresses the lack of privacy on her new album, Lust For Life, where a song called 13 Beaches finds Del Rey searching for a spot "past Ventura and lenses plenty" where she can enjoy a romantic moment in seclusion.
When we sit down to chat, she reveals those same concerns stopped her attending the women's marches in Los Angeles, earlier this year.
"I drove my sister and her girlfriends to the marches," she says. "I thought about [joining in] but I felt, like, not really sure how it would go.
"I didn't really want to be a distraction to that group of 10 girls who were going. I wanted them to think about the actual march and not about me standing right next to them."
But the star is making her contribution in other ways. A new song, God Bless America And All The Beautiful Women In It, is an ode to womankind ("may you stand proud and strong"); while Coachella - Woodstock In My Mind, mines the contradictions of dancing at a festival "whilst watching tensions with North Korea mount".
It's a new dimension for Del Rey's lyrics - which have traditionally concerned themselves with "looking for love in all the wrong places".
"I kind of got jolted into the real world again," she says.
"Just being in California, it's such a liberal state, I was bombarded with the news every day. So my studio became like a think tank - during the elections it was a constant conversation with my producer and engineers and assistant engineers.
"And then obviously during Coachella, that news broke about North Korea and pointing missiles at each other. That was a bit of a rude awakening."
Del Rey's work rate is astonishing. Lust For Life is her fifth album in six years - and it bursts at the seams, with 16 tracks all co-written with her longtime producer Rick Nowels.
They record everything at his studio in Santa Monica, just blocks away from the beach, so it "never feels like work," she says.
"Just walking in every day and having a coffee together and taking a walk, and then we start.
"So it doesn't ever feel like I'm pumping them [the songs] out. Although it's definitely a blessing that I've been able to put out so much music."
On Lust For Life, the singer has opened up musically, as well as lyrically. The title track is a pulse-raising duet with The Weeknd, while Summer Bummer almost self-destructs, dissolving into digital noise and blacked-out beats, with Lana's vocals barely holding the song together.
She's also welcomed collaborators into her world for the first time - absorbing them into her aesthetic, rather than capitalising on chart trends.
"It was really fun!" she says of working with A$AP Rocky and The Weeknd. "I wanted those guys to add a little fire, a little energy to the record."
More daunting was inviting rock legend Stevie Nicks to duet on Beautiful People, Beautiful Problems.
"I was definitely nervous," says Del Rey of the recording session.
"She got off the plane at 10:30, so she didn't get to the studio until midnight - and she just breezed in, black on black, gold everywhere. She was kind of a vision.
"When she started singing, she told me she wanted to hear me sing something, too. And then I really freaked out!
"I said to her over the mic, 'I just sound so quiet compared to you.' And she was like, 'That's ok, you can be my little echo!'
"I thought that was so cool. I'm not as loud as her. My voice isn't as low as hers. But she loves it for what it is.
"That, as it was happening, was a career-defining moment for me."
Other songs on the album had a more troubled gestation. Del Rey says the closing track, Get Free, originally had a different title, and much more personal lyrics.
"That song started out really revealing," she says. "I wanted to summarise my whole experience over the last six years; and then I realised, I don't want to reveal everything."
Once the initial version was "out of my system", she says, the recording was "deleted completely then started from scratch".
The lyrics became more vague and more hopeful; and the re-recorded version ends with Del Rey referencing Neil Young: "I want to move out of the black, into the blue".
"I think it would have been hard for me to do interviews if I'd said a couple of particular things that I was thinking of," she says of the original.
"Kind of the way Ultraviolence did. It was harder to promote that record."
She's referring to the title track of her second album, which depicted Del Rey in a destructive, abusive relationship. Del Rey has previously hinted the song refers to her association with an "underground sect" in New York, which was controlled by a charismatic guru.
In concert, she has recently stopped singing the song's key line, "he hit me and it felt like a kiss".
"I don't feel comfortable with that lyric any more," she says now. "Whatever my concept of affection was at the time, it does not serve me any more. Obviously. Hopefully."
On Lust For Life she seems happier, more outward-looking than before. On stage, she's more confident, too.
Launching the album at a one-off gig in London, she's forced to abandon her performance of the opening track, Love.
Earlier in her career, she might have frozen. Now, she just sings it a capella, with the crowd stepping in as her own personal choir.
"I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I think my keyboard player was playing the wrong chords," she explains. "I was leaning in to him and saying, 'That's not it, that's not it' and he was like, 'That is it, trust me'.
"I listened for 10 seconds and I was like, 'Damn, I definitely can't get it'. I couldn't get it in rehearsal, either. So I just told him to stop. I feel bad - I was kind of abrasive.
"But that song is at the heart of the record and I thought it'd be weird if I didn't do it. So, luckily the people who were at the show knew the words and they sang along with me."
She listens with glee to a recording of the song - explaining how, because she wears in-ear headphones, she hadn't realised how loud the crowd had been.
"I'm so glad," she says. "Being in the audience, did you feel that, too?"
I tell her it was like being in church. "Oh, stop!" she beams, and bursts into laughter.
That good mood isn't going anywhere soon.
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Lana Del Rey is in a good mood.
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That month I met Dr Sue Black outside one of the dilapidated huts where Alan Turing and thousands of others had worked to break German codes.
Dr Black, then a lecturer at the University of Westminster, had got a hundred fellow computing academics to sign a letter to the Times lamenting the neglect of Bletchley Park.
That helped to start a hugely successful campaign to restore the site, and now her contribution has been recognised with the award of an OBE in the New Year Honours list.
Today, many of the huts at Bletchley have been refurbished and the museum, which tells the story of a place which Churchill said had shortened the war by at least two years, has attracted nearly 300,000 visitors in 2015.
Sue Black had launched her campaign after a visit to the site had left her upset by what she saw, describing Bletchley Park as a "gem" whose condition was a "national disgrace".
Others had been battling for years to make the same case without much success, but in 2008 social media was just beginning to play an important role in campaigning, and Dr Black made full use of it.
Twitter luminaries including Stephen Fry added their voices to the call for action, and Google was among a number of technology companies to put both money and influence behind the campaign.
The Bletchley Park Trust congratulated Dr Black on the award and said: "Thousands of people, including Sue Black, contributed to the saving of Bletchley Park over more than two decades. Without their collective work, the site would have been lost forever."
Sue Black told me the award of the OBE for services to technology was a "wonderful surprise", and she describes the Bletchley Park campaign as "my proudest achievement."
But she has also been an inspiration to women wanting to get involved in the technology world.
Having left school at 16, she only began her university education at the age of 25 as a single mother with three children, and went on to found the UK's first online network for women in tech.
And another woman who has been an inspirational figure in technology is also recognised in the New Year Honours.
The co-founder of Code Club, Clare Sutcliffe, receives an MBE for services to technology education.
The organisation, which uses volunteers to teach children how to program computers, was launched in 2012 and now runs clubs in schools right across the UK.
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It is one of Britain's most important historical landmarks, but in July 2008 the wartime codebreaking centre at Bletchley Park was in a sorry state.
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Ian Ruddock denies compressing baby Olivia's chest and rib cage, shaking her repeatedly and inflicting blunt force trauma to her head.
The attacks are alleged to have taken place at the family home in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, before the infant died in March 2011.
Mr Ruddock also denies assaulting two other children and a charge that he attempted to murder one of them.
The trial before Lord Bannatyne at the High Court in Edinburgh continues.
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A man has gone on trial accused of murdering his five-week-old daughter.
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The former secretary of state says he believes direct rule will return to NI and that would be an "absolute tragedy" at a "very dangerous time".
He said NI "deserves better than this".
Talks between the two main parties - the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin - to restore devolution at Stormont have been unsuccessful.
Speaking on the Sunday Politics programme, Lord Hain said there was "nobody at the helm" and there was a "sense of drift".
Northern Ireland has been without a functioning devolved government since January, when the coalition led by the DUP and Sinn Féin collapsed over a green energy scandal.
The negotiations involve the five main Northern Ireland parties and the UK and Irish governments, although a deal is dependent on whether the DUP and Sinn Féin can resolve their differences.
The main sticking points are an Irish language act, same-sex marriage and measures to deal with the legacy of Northern Ireland's Troubles.
Several deadlines had been and gone but last week it was announced that the talks had failed.
Secretary of State James Brokenshire said the issues dividing the parties "cannot be resolved quickly enough to enable an executive to be formed" soon.
He added that the government would "not forget our responsibilities to uphold political stability and good governance".
Lord Hain accused Mr Brokenshire of "making noises for months" about how a deal could be done, when last week nobody believed it was possible.
He said he and his successor as secretary of state, Paul Murphy, had been calling for a high-level summit involving the Irish and UK prime ministers for months.
"I don't believe that the whole problem in Northern Ireland has been properly gripped either by London or Dublin for years and especially the past year," he said.
He believes direct rule, whereby the UK Parliament would govern Northern Ireland instead of Stormont, will be introduced.
"I don't see where else we are going," he said. "I thought I was the last direct rule secretary of state in 2007 when we got self-government up and running, and that has been successful more or less," he added.
"It would be an absolute tragedy at a terribly dangerous time for Northern Ireland with Brexit having enormous consequences."
Watch the full Sunday Politics interview with Peter Hain on iPlayer.
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There has been a "shocking dereliction of responsibility" by the British and Irish governments in Northern Ireland, Lord Peter Hain has said.
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The chips are designed to help people with brain and spinal injuries, and will sit inside the skull.
The aim is to develop a system that not only allows people to carry out tasks, but to receive sensory feedback.
But it will be some time before we start to see the benefits of the 10-year project.
ARM is providing the processors for the implants being developed at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE), at the University of Washington.
The researchers have already developed an early version of the technology.
"They have some early prototype devices," ARM's director of healthcare technologies, Peter Ferguson, told the BBC.
"The challenge is power consumption and the heat that generates. They needed something ultra-small, ultra-low power."
The first stage is to design a "system on a chip" that can transmit signals from the brain to a stimulator implanted in the spinal cord, allowing those with spinal or neurological conditions to control their movements.
A team including researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, recently became the first to restore brain-controlled hand and arm motion in a person with complete paralysis.
But CSNE also wants the device to be able to receive information sent back in the other direction, providing sensory information to the brain.
"Not only are they trying to read the signals from the brain, but to feed something back into it", Mr Ferguson explained.
This would allow people to gauge how tightly they are holding an object, or get a sense of its temperature, for example.
Research suggests that this feedback may also help the brain rewire itself, which could help the recovery of people with certain conditions - such as those who have suffered a stroke.
"When you think about people with spinal cord injuries, the ability to use technology to bridge the spinal cord to get muscles groups to move again and more - that's the far vision," Mr Ferguson said.
In the meantime, he said, the technology could be used to help treat stroke patients, those with Parkinson's, and possibly Alzheimer's.
ARM Holdings, which is based in Cambridge, was sold to Japanese firm Softbank last year for £24bn.
In March this year, Softbank was reported to be considering selling a 25% stake in ARM to a Saudi-backed investment group.
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Chip design giant ARM has teamed up with US researchers on a project to develop chips that can be implanted in the human brain.
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The boy was given an overdose of anaesthetic during the operation at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011.
His mother said her son's life was "turned upside down" by what happened.
Liability was admitted by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and an apology was made on its behalf at the High Court in London.
The Leicestershire teenager, who cannot be identified, suffers from severe physical and mental difficulties as a result of the injury.
He also needs a wheelchair and is unable to feed himself independently.
An internal investigation by the trust revealed there was a failure to flush a tube used during the surgery with saline solution.
This resulted in an overdose of anaesthetic causing him to suffer a cardio-respiratory arrest, cutting off oxygen to the brain.
He had to be resuscitated but there was a delay before an attempt was made, the family's lawyers said.
The teenager was transferred to intensive care and given artificial breathing support and ventilation.
He was then put into an induced coma for several days.
His mother said: "My son's life and ours have been turned upside down impacting heavily on him and on us as a family."
She said the money will support his needs for the rest of his life and added that the case was a chance to highlight the error so "lessons can be learned".
Mr Justice Goss said the financial settlement, which remains confidential, was "appropriate and just" and would provide financial security for the family and allow the teenager to have the "best possible life".
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A teenager who suffered a severe brain injury during an operation to remove his appendix is set to receive a seven-figure sum in damages from the NHS.
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Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan said he was suspending the acceptance of new arrivals until after a review.
Alabama, Texas and several other states issued similar statements but a State Department spokesman said the legality of this action was still unclear.
President Barack Obama has urged the US to "step up and do its part" to help those fleeing the civil war.
"Slamming the door in their faces would be a betrayal of our values," he said.
"Our nations can welcome refugees who are desperately seeking safety and ensure our own security. We can and must do both."
The governors' decisions come in the wake of the attacks in Paris which killed 129 people on Friday evening.
Seven of the perpetrators died in the attacks, and one of them is thought to have been a Syrian who entered Europe via Greece with migrants.
Millions of Syrians have fled to neighbouring countries and to Europe, and the US has promised to take about 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next 12 months.
While the state of Alabama has not accepted any Syrian refugees so far, the southern state's governor has said that he "will not place Alabamians at even the slightest possible risk of an attack on our people".
In Michigan, where it has been reported that 200 Syrians have been resettled in the past year, Governor Snyder has said he will suspend the acceptance of new refugees until the US Department of Homeland Security "completes a full review of security clearances and procedures".
US State Department lawyers are investigating whether governors can legally block Syrian refugees from being settled in their states.
While the final ruling has not been made, officials say it appears they can't actually block refugees who come into the country through the resettlement program, but they can make it difficult for the non-profit organisations doing the legwork.
A state can tell an NGO handling a file that they don't want to work with them and the NGO would simply go elsewhere. But uneasiness about the vetting process and fear of a similar attack in the US is growing, especially on Capitol Hill.
The decision to suspend the acceptance of refugees has drawn the ire of some working to resettle them.
"It's vital to keep in mind those who are refugees are fleeing persecution," said Michael Mitchell, with the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, an organisation working to resettle refugees in the US.
But several Republican presidential candidates have said it would be wrong to accept any more. Business mogul Donald Trump described it as "insane".
The three top Democratic candidates have said they want the US to take more than 10,000 Syrian refugees but only after extensive vetting.
On Monday it was reported that a new video released by the so-called Islamic State celebrates the attacks and threatens Washington, DC.
Flags on many public buildings across the US are flying at half-mast as an expression of solidarity with France.
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More than a dozen US states say Syrian refugees are no longer welcome due to security fears after the Paris attacks.
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The operations are among businesses being offloaded by conglomerate Dalian Wanda in one of China's biggest ever property deals.
Developer Sunac is paying $9.3bn (£7.2bn) for the assets, including the theme parks and 76 hotels.
Dalian Wanda has not explained its thinking behind the sale, but the firm is heavily in debt.
Some analysts believe that, having delisted from the Hong Kong market last year, a smaller debt pile will strengthen the argument for relisting in mainland China.
Dalian Wanda said it was selling 91% of 13 tourism projects, which are typically made up of theme parks and leisure complexes.
The sale, which is China's second biggest property deal ever according to Reuters data, also includes at least nine other theme parks and tourist attractions which are yet to be built.
Sunac's shares were suspended from trading ahead of what it said would be a "very substantial acquisition" announcement. It did not comment further on the deal.
Last year Disney opened a theme park in Shanghai, its fourth outside the United States after Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
To compete, Dalian Wanda had adopted a strategy of going for a smaller, cheaper parks in many more places.
When its first venture opened last May, owner Wang Jianlin, said he wanted to move away from western imports and to establish a global brand based on Chinese culture
He told local media that "this craze for Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck is over, the period when we would blindly follow where Disney led has been gone for years".
The sale represents a sharp pull back from the theme park business for the conglomerate, which has also invested heavily in the film and cinema industries.
It controls the AMC cinema chain, as well as Legendary Entertainment, co-producer of hit films including Godzilla and The Dark Knight Rises.
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Three Chinese theme parks, intended to compete with US giant Disney's ventures in the country, are being sold.
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Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at both universities are taking part in the action.
The UCU say the UK-wide strike is in response to a 1.1% pay rise offered by the Universities and Colleges Employer Association (UCEA).
In response, the UCEA said that they had made a "fair and final offer" on pay.
From Wednesday, union members will also refuse to work overtime, set additional work, or undertake any voluntary duties like covering timetabled classes for absent colleagues.
The UCU are planning further strike action in June and July.
They also say that they are beginning preparations for a boycott of the setting and marking of students' work, to begin in the autumn, if an acceptable pay offer has not been made by then.
UCU Northern Ireland official Katharine Clarke said that university staff income had been reduced in real terms for a number of years.
"A 1.1% pay offer is particularly insulting when we know vice-chancellors have just had over 5%," she said.
"After six years of pay cuts and constant demands to do more for less, staff have said enough is enough."
Two-thirds of UCU members who voted backed strike action and three-quarters voted for action short of a strike.
In a statement, the UCEA said that they were "dismayed" by the strike and the potential disruption to students.
"This final pay offer represents a significant investment, showing the high value that employers place in their staff in the face of an exceptionally challenging year of turbulence and increasing costs from other sources," they said.
As most teaching and exams have concluded at both Queen's University and Ulster University for this academic year, the industrial action is not expected to cause major disruption.
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Some staff at Queen's University and Ulster University are going on a two-day strike over pay.
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Police were called to the Penlan area at about 01:45 BST on Saturday and a local man, 41, has been taken to Morriston Hospital to be treated.
South Wales Police said the suspect was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and had been taken to Swansea Central police station.
Police officers are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.
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A 42-year-old man has been arrested after an alleged assault in Swansea.
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The Latics had won three games in a row before they were knocked out of the FA Cup by Manchester United on Sunday.
Sheffield Wednesday may give a debut to new signing Jordan Rhodes after he joined on loan from Middlesbrough, as Steven Fletcher is still suspended.
Owls boss Carlos Carvalhal could make changes to the team that drew 2-2 at Bristol City.
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Wigan could give debuts to eight new signings made on transfer deadline day, including striker Omar Bogle.
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Medical discharge papers show 12-year-old Luana Gomes was treated for the effects of the highly toxic gas, which may have been released by burning of insulation or plastics during the fire.
Her sister and mother were also treated for risk of cyanide poisoning.
Mrs Gomes was seven months pregnant at the time of the blaze and lost her unborn baby.
It has previously been reported that three Grenfell survivors were treated with a cyanide antidote but this is the first confirmation of a cyanide poisoning diagnosis.
Andreia Gomes and her daughters were placed in medically induced comas when they were admitted to Kings College Hospital.
Mrs Gomes was unconscious for four days, Luana for six days and her sister Megan was kept in a coma for a week.
Luana's discharge record states that she was diagnosed with "smoke inhalation injury" and "cyanide poisoning".
It also records that she received two doses of hydroxycobalamine "for cyanide poisoning".
All three women were treated with a cyanide antidote though only Luana was diagnosed as having been poisoned.
Victims of cyanide are effectively choked by the toxic gas. Symptoms include headaches, dizziness, confusion, vomiting and convulsions. At high concentrations it can cause rapid death.
"The effects are really quick... you could die within seconds depending on the level of exposure," says clinical toxicologist and emergency medicine and critical care consultant Dr Johann Grundlingh.
"When you breathe in oxygen normally, your cells produce energy. Cyanide blocks your capability to produce energy from oxygen."
Mrs Gomes feels deep anger towards whoever was responsible for deciding to place cheaper, less fire retardant cladding on Grenfell Tower.
"You just killed my son," she said. "If it was in a normal situation, I could have gone out. And he was seven months. He could have survived... But because of the conditions, he passed away."
Her husband Marcio Gomes told BBC Newsnight he decided to make a run for it with his family at around 04:00 when flames began to engulf his bedroom in their 21st floor flat.
He described how he and his family had to step over a number of bodies as they groped their way, gasping for breath, down the smoke-filled staircase.
"What I didn't account for was the amount of bodies we had to trip over or step on. We were stepping on people's arms or legs."
The family was taken together to Kings College Hospital. Only Mr Gomes, who was also treated for smoke inhalation, remained conscious.
He said he realised, even though he was not told explicitly, that their unborn child, who the couple had already named Logan, had died.
"Andreia didn't know what was going on because she was in an induced coma. My daughters were all in intensive care in induced comas as well.
"I knew something was wrong straight away when they told me in these scenarios they take the mother as a priority. So I broke down, because I knew what they were saying, without saying it. Then later on, they said the baby had passed away."
Most cases of cyanide poisoning are diagnosed in victims of residential fires. It is produced in the combustion of some plastic products.
It is not known what produced cyanide in the Grenfell fire. It may, however, be related to the foam insulation installed on the exterior of the tower, which is known to produce the gas when burned.
The cladding system added to Grenfell Tower in a recent £10m refurbishment has been the subject of scrutiny and speculation since it emerged that its outer layer was a less fire retardant product containing plastic between layers of aluminium. The aluminium and plastic panels covered a layer of foam insulation installed to improve the buildings energy efficiency.
"Plastic foam insulation is effectively made from crude oil and so it's going to combust in more or less the same way as any other petrochemical," says Richard Hull, Professor of chemistry and fire science at the University of Central Lancashire.
"It's got a lot of nitrogen in it and therefore when it burns it produces both carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide."
A spokesman for the British Rigid Urethane Foam Manufacturer's Association (BRUFMA) - the trade body which represents makers of insulation of the kind used at Grenfell Tower - said no assumptions should be made about what materials created toxic gases in the fire.
"Gases given off by any burning material are toxic. The greatest toxic hazard in almost all fires is due to carbon monoxide," he said,
"There is no evidence to suggest that PIR (rigid polyisocyanurate) presents any special hazard in terms of toxicity.
"In tests on buildings with PIR panels, carried out by the UK Fire Research Station, no additional hazard from smoke or toxic gases was noted compared to those due to the burning of other buildings."
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At least one survivor of the Grenfell Tower fire was diagnosed with cyanide poisoning, BBC Newsnight has learned.
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For the Department of Health and NHS England that means the start of a challenging journey for the health service over the next five years.
This week's high level gathering for NHS chiefs in Liverpool has given a taste of things to come.
The NHS Confederation conference brought together the great and the good from the service and they heard the first major speeches of this parliament from the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and the head of NHS England Simon Stevens.
Mr Hunt got his key message across to the NHS leadership the day before the conference when he said in interviews that the time for asking for more money was over.
The Chancellor allocated £2 billion more for the NHS for the current financial year in his last autumn statement, and £8 billion more above inflation was promised for 2020.
In effect Mr Hunt was saying we have given you the funding you asked for and now its time for you to get on with the job within agreed budgets.
He conceded that the efficiency savings required by 2020 would require a huge effort, but the Department of Health would do its bit to help.
The latest government plan to cap spending on agency nurses and doctors, he indicated, should save the NHS in England £400m this year.
In his speech to the confederation, Mr Hunt repeated his conviction that better procurement by the NHS could cut spending significantly.
He pointed to a review by Lord Patrick Carter for his department on ideas for further savings which was due out in the autumn. Implementation of these ideas could, he said, start in January.
It was hardly surprising that Simon Stevens' speech to the conference did not depart from the Health Secretary's message.
Early on in a parliament with a newly elected majority government is not the time to rock the boat.
Mr Stevens told his audience there would be no extra money this year and it was time to press ahead with efforts to save cash and make better use of NHS resources.
So how did all that square up with health trust chiefs and others running front-line services at a time of increasing financial pressures?
They kept their peace, all too aware that causing trouble with a new administration and moaning about money would not do them any favours.
But talk of a looming deficit of £2 billion or more in the current financial year, more than double what was racked up in 2014/15, has not gone away.
Increasing demand for care continues to squeeze budgets and push hospitals into the red.
There was scepticism around the margins of the conference about the ability of the NHS in England to find anything like £2 billion of efficiency savings to cover the projected deficit.
Action on agency costs was welcomed, but there were doubts about whether £400m worth of savings could be found this year.
The regulators, Monitor and the Trust Development Authority, will continue to press hard for cost reductions.
There is an understandable view in Whitehall that hospital chiefs will always paint a gloomy picture about their finances. But there are warnings that cash buffers held by trusts have run low.
Rainy day money which was covered over-spends in the past is in short supply.
The stakes are high. The Chancellor George Osborne who has demanded £3 billion of savings across government this year will be in no mood to write new cheques for the NHS.
But the parlous financial state of some parts of the service was highlighted by the decision to parachute new top management into struggling health economies in Essex, Devon and Cumbria.
Things may stay quiet for a month or so, but as attention turns to autumn and how the demands of winter will be financed the noises off will get louder.
The long term future of the NHS has its challenges, but for policymakers and managers the short term is what matters most.
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The election is out of the way and campaign rhetoric has given way to real life back in Whitehall.
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Saturday
Premiership
Inverness CT 2-1 Hamilton Academical
Celtic 4-1 St Johnstone
Kilmarnock 0-1 Dundee
Motherwell 0-1 Ross County
Championship
Dumbarton 0-1 Falkirk
Greenock Morton 1-1 Dundee United
Hibernian 1-1 St Mirren
Queen of the South 0-1 Dunfermline Athletic
Raith Rovers 2-1 Ayr United
Sunday's Premiership previews
Partick Thistle v Rangers (12:15)
Hearts v Aberdeen (15:00)
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Match reports from Saturday's Scottish Premiership and Championship games.
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The bill was given accelerated passage through the House of Commons on Monday night despite objections from Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MPs.
It is due to complete its consideration in the House of Lords on Tuesday.
MLAs voted last week to hand powers over the welfare system to Westminster.
That followed a new agreement between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin, Stormont's two largest parties, and the British and Irish governments.
The deal included a four-year package to soften the blow of the welfare reform and tax credits cuts, with a value of £585m.
Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers told the House of Commons the lack of resolution on welfare reforms had been "undermining the political process in Northern Ireland".
She said the new benefits system in Northern Ireland, with top-ups funded by Northern Ireland's ruling executive, would be the most generous in the UK.
Vernon Coaker, the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, said Labour would support the bill despite being opposed to much of the government's welfare reforms.
Attempts by the SDLP to amend the bill were rejected.
Mark Durkan, one of the party's MPs, accused the government of adopting a "kangaroo parliamentary procedure" to stifle debate and "fast-track" the bill.
"We would have liked to have more time just as our colleagues in the assembly when the debate arose there last week wanted to take more time - not just members of the SDLP, but members of other parties," he said.
"It is wrong that we are circumscribed on time. It is wrong that we are being muzzled."
But the DUP's Sammy Wilson said was "important that we have some urgency about this issue".
"It's taken long enough to strike the deal," he added.
Danny Kinahan, of the UUP, said the legislation was "most extraordinary".
He added: "It's actually a worse deal than what was on offer in the original Stormont House discussions."
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MPs have passed a bill giving the government the power to introduce its UK-wide welfare reforms in Northern Ireland.
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Researchers from the British Trust for Ornithology used data from a 12-year garden bird survey in their study.
This revealed that many blackcaps from Central Europe had shifted their winter migration, partly because of the supply of garden food in Britain.
The findings are published in the journal Global Change Biology.
"This is the first time that we've shown that feeding birds actually influences the distribution of a bird species across a whole country," lead researcher Dr Kate Plummer told BBC News.
The northern nightingale
Source: RSPB
Until the 1950s, there were hardly any records of blackcaps being in Britain in the winter, but in the past 60 years, researchers say, the number has increased "dramatically".
"We saw that both [climate change and garden feeding] were driving this shift in migration [from the Mediterranean to Britain]," Dr Plummer said.
"Where there was a reliable supply of food, blackcaps were more likely to be seen."
Throughout the 12 year period during which the observations were gathered - by more than 14,000 volunteers submitting a weekly record of the birds in their gardens - blackcaps became more strongly associated with garden food supply.
"So it looks like like they're evolving to adapt to using this big supply of winter food," said Dr Plummer.
Graham Madge, from the RSPB, told BBC News that it was only because "people take such a keen interest" and "monitor birds in these surveys, that we're able to understand the impacts we're having on birds and wildlife".
"It's positive news that blackcap numbers are increasing here, but when it comes to house sparrows and starlings, unfortunately [in these same surveys] we're seeing massive declines," he added.
As for the blackcap's preferred variety of feed - the birds appear to particularly like fats and sunflower hearts.
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Putting out birdfeed in Britain's gardens is shifting the migration of one particular winter visitor, the blackcap, scientists say.
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Experts are worried that the virus is spreading far and fast, with devastating consequences.
The infection has been linked to cases of microcephaly, in which babies are born with underdeveloped brains.
The WHO alert puts Zika in the same category of concern as Ebola.
It means research and aid will be fast-tracked to tackle the infection.
There have been around 4,000 reported cases of microcephaly in Brazil alone since October.
WHO director general, Margaret Chan called Zika an "extraordinary event" that needed a co-ordinated response.
"I am now declaring that the recent cluster of microcephaly and other neurological abnormalities reported in Latin America following a similar cluster in French Polynesia in 2014 constitutes a public health emergency of international concern."
She said the priorities were to protect pregnant women and their babies from harm and to control the mosquitoes that are spreading the virus.
She advised pregnant women:
Dr Chan justified declaring an emergency even amid uncertainties about the disease, saying it was time to take action.
The WHO faced heavy criticism for waiting too long to declare the Ebola outbreak a public emergency.
Currently, there is no vaccine or medication to stop Zika. The only way to avoid catching it is to avoid getting bitten by the Aedes mosquitoes that transmit the infection.
The WHO has already warned that Zika is likely to "spread explosively" across nearly all of the Americas. More than 20 countries, including Brazil, are reporting cases.
Most infections are mild and cause few or no symptoms, although there have been some reported cases of a rare paralysis disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome.
The bigger health threat though is believed to be in pregnancy, to the unborn child.
Dr Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust, said: "There is a long road ahead. As with Ebola, Zika has once again exposed the world's vulnerability to emerging infectious diseases and the devastation they can unleash. Alongside the emergency response that Zika necessitates, we must put in place the permanent reforms, health systems strengthening and proactive research agenda that are needed to make the global health system more resilient to the threat of future pandemics."
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A disease linked to the Zika virus in Latin America poses a global public health emergency requiring a united response, says the World Health Organization.
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Mr Macri was among the names mentioned in the Panama Papers, files leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
According to Argentine newspaper La Nacion, Mr Macri was listed as director of an offshore company in the Bahamas.
But Mr Macri's office said that he had no shares in the company and that he had never received any income from it.
Argentina's national tax authority and anti-corruption office will be asked to provide information to the inquiry.
Prosecutor Federico Delgado said he wanted to determine if Mr Macri had "omitted, with malicious intent" mentioning his reported role in the Bahamas-registered offshore company Fleg Trading.
La Nacion, one of the newspapers examining some of the leaked documents, reported that Mr Macri was listed as a director of Fleg Trading from 1998 until 2009.
Mr Macri did not list the company in his 2007 financial declaration, when he became mayor of Buenos Aires, or in his 2015 declaration when he became president.
On Tuesday, Mr Macri's office confirmed that a business group owned by the president's family had set up an offshore company through the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal.
But his office argued that because he had never received any income from it there had been no reason to mention it in the financial declarations.
Mr Macri himself has denied any wrongdoing.
He campaigned on a promise to combat corruption.
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A federal prosecutor in Argentina has opened an investigation into the financial dealings of President Mauricio Macri.
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Kelly Mahon, 41, was arrested with another woman after the baby disappeared on Wednesday afternoon.
He was located safe and well about three hours later.
Ms Mahon, of John Broad Avenue, Arleston, was remanded in custody at Telford magistrates on Friday.
She will appear at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Friday 25 March.
A 53-year-old woman was released without charge.
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A woman has appeared in court charged with kidnap after a nine-week-old boy was reported missing from his home in Telford.
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Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison officially rejected the bid by the two firms to buy a 50.4% stake in Ausgrid.
The sale had already been put on hold last week, a decision which had drawn much criticism from China.
On Friday, Mr Morrison said selling the grid to foreign investors would be against the national interest.
"After due consideration of responses from bidders to my preliminary view of 11 August 2016, I have decided that the acquisition by foreign investors under the current proposed structure of the lease of 50.4% of Ausgrid, the New South Wales electricity distribution network, would be contrary to the national interest," he said in a statement.
"This is consistent with the recommendation from the Foreign Investment Review Board."
Blocking the sale is expected to widen the rift between the two countries, with China accusing Australia of bowing to protectionist sentiment.
After the sale had been put on hold last week, China Commerce Ministry spokesman Shen Danyang had said: "This kind of decision is protectionist and seriously impacts the willingness of Chinese companies to invest in Australia."
This rejection by the Australians will only serve to convince the Chinese that they are being messed about.
China is Australia's biggest trading partner, and this will almost certainly strain ties between the two.
But the decision should hardly come as a surprise as Mr Morrison had initially raised concerns about the Chinese investment. He said very clearly that he didn't believe it was in the national interest, and the two companies needed to address security concerns.
Now he says those concerns haven't been addressed, and that's why he's shut the deal down.
That seems - on the surface at least - perfectly logical. But the Chinese, who have already expressed their dissatisfaction with the way they are being treated, are unlikely to see this as more protectionism from Australia.
Earlier this year, Australia blocked the sale of Kidman & Co - the world's biggest cattle farm - to a Chinese investor.
However, Mr Morrison said that the plans to privatise Ausgrid remained in place, aimed at helping the New South Wales state government to raise capital for local infrastructure projects.
Australia's decision comes in the wake of the UK government's decision, under new Prime Minister Theresa May, to review the building of a nuclear plant partly funded by China.
"In their quest for global reach, Chinese firms have been acquiring significant stakes in international energy companies especially in emerging and developing countries," said Prof Kamel Mellahi of Warwick Business School.
"But in the future firms may ask themselves the question whether the deal would go through just because the investor is from China. That said, such decisions will have little or no effects on Chinese investment in non-critical sectors."
China's ambassador to the UK warned that the delay to approving the plant had brought the two countries to a "crucial historical juncture".
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Australia has blocked the sale of Ausgrid, the country's biggest energy grid, to two Chinese companies over security concerns.
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The National Secular Society says the beverage made at Buckfast Abbey in Devon is harmful.
Buckfast Abbey Trust does not pay tax on the income because it is a charity, which the society claims is an "abuse of the charitable system".
The trust said it was surprised at the complaint.
More on the calls for charitable status to be stripped, and other Devon news
The trust made a record £8.8m last year from sales of the caffeine-fuelled Buckfast wine.
The society has called on the Charity Commission to remove the abbey trust's charitable status "unless they change their activities".
43.4%
of young offenders drank Buckfast before committing their offence
42% drank any kind of spirits
31% drank any kind of beer
21% drank any kind of cider
9% drank any other drinks
Its vice president Alistair McBay said: "The monks should be setting an example as a religious organisation but the opposite is happening."
"The question needs to be asked 'Are they serving God or Mamon?"
Last year the abbey said it supported alcohol education charities like Drinkaware, a fact disputed by the charity.
It has made about £88m since 2004 from royalties made on each bottle of Buckfast sold, according to the Charity Commission.
The trust justifies its existence as a charity in its annual report, stating its aim is the "advancement of the Roman Catholic religion".
In a statement, it said it would contact the Charity Commission.
A Scottish sheriff said last year there was a "very definite association between Buckfast and violence".
In 2007, the Scottish Prison Service found 43.4% of inmates had consumed Buckfast before their last offence, despite it accounting for less than 1% of total alcohol sales nationally.
The Charity Commission said it took "all complaints about registered charities seriously" and would "assess the information about the Buckfast Abbey Trust to determine if there is a regulatory role for the Commission".
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Monks who make Buckfast tonic wine linked to violent crime in Scotland should be stripped of charitable status, say campaigners.
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Scotland against England. Young versus old. Class against class.
If this was simply a vote against Westminster, you wouldn't know it from the behaviour of the political classes.
They are fighting their own internal battles, and where there might be policy, a roadmap towards Brexit, there is silence, a vacuum, an absence.
I suspect the next few months will be chaotic, and both sides of the great divide will be sniffing the air and scenting betrayal.
This is more than simply about membership of the European Union.
It is about how we see ourselves as a nation.
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A less than united Kingdom
Brexit: The story of an island apart
"I want my country back," is a familiar refrain, and not just here.
It was the cry of the Tea Party in the United States and is now trumpeted by Donald Trump's supporters.
The words are a code.
They could simply be a plea for a stronger, fitter America.
They could mean favouring rural values over metropolitan ones.
And, for some, it is a yearning for a time there was a white man in the White House, and official signs weren't in Spanish.
We heard the same slogan in the referendum too.
Work out the British meaning yourself.
But there is an ironic twist on the phrase after the big vote.
Now, it is another lot who feel they have lost their country and had the future snatched away.
To describe these people as "bad losers" is to miss the point.
Neither side regard this as a game of cricket, a bit of fun, where you can shake hands afterwards and go into the pavilion for tea.
For both sides, it is about how we see ourselves and what sort of country we are.
For many on the Remain side, this sense of history going against them, is a new feeling, closer to a bereavement than a political reverse.
Their new-found insecurity and unexpected anger is hot and heartfelt.
It has been sharpened by the apparent increase in assaults on people assumed to be foreign or immigrants.
Many who voted Remain may suspect Prime Minister David Cameron was right when he warned of a narrower, less tolerant country.
People are thrashing for ways not to be part of "Project Leave".
Scotland may go it alone, and Gibraltar might either do that or simply join Spain.
A London city state is fanciful, but the petition calling for it is getting signatures.
I know two families talking seriously of moving to Scotland so they can stay in the EU.
All this adds up to a message from many who voted Remain: "We ain't going to take it. No way."
The same would have been true if the vote had gone the other way.
Leave supporters would have been furious, and, I assume, pressing for another vote as soon as possible.
In desperation, Remainers are looking at ways of stopping Brexit, and trying to interpret "leave" as "stay".
We could end up in a situation where everybody feels betrayed, everybody feels "left behind".
We have heard a lot about the group who feel left behind by a both a more global economy and the demise of heavy industry.
It is a big part of the story, but it is not the only story - 52% of the UK is clearly not made up of elderly unskilled workers.
It might be useful to look through the lens of the Labour Party's huge English problem.
Social democratic parties all over the world tend to be a coalition of a highly educated often metropolitan middle class, often working in the public sector, and more working-class, often unionised, voters who tend to be more socially conservative and patriotic.
This latter group have long been a key prize. Think Reagan Democrats or Margaret Thatcher's working-class supporters.
In Labour's case, this alliance has been under strain for many years - as groups such as Blue Labour have long been saying.
Immigration is right at the heart of the divide.
For Labour, it is hard to crack in policy terms. But it is also a hugely important symbol.
Many in the first group think a liberal immigration policy, like membership of the the European Union, makes for the sort of society they celebrate - they are not simply "tolerant" but enthusiastic about diversity, be it in terms of sexuality or a multicultural society.
The second group feels immigration causes them economic pain and in some case culture shock: it is an affront to their sense of a homogeneous country.
Many will be less worried about the future of Brexit - their children won't be going to European universities, and they won't be planning to work in Germany.
But there is another, more ideological way, of looking at this, examined in the work of Cardiff University's Professor Richard Wyn Jones.
Leavers tend to believe in a strong unitary state, based at Westminster, ruling over the whole of the UK.
They dislike devolution and the EU in equal measure, and believe not so much in the old British Empire, but in what some have called the English Empire.
Those in the "Remain" camp tend to be more relaxed about more diffused sovereignty and identity, and with power either devolved down to the nations that make up our country, or up to supra-national organisations such as the EU.
It is not too much of a stretch to suggest those beliefs are reflected in cultural differences too.
If you want a solid state, as it were, you are more likely to believe in solid identities.
Two nations indeed.
It is hard to say what this would mean for party politics as it fragments before our eyes.
But don't underestimate the anger in the Remain camp with those who make up the "left behind".
In the words of Lily Allen, "we hate what you do... we hate your whole crew... please don't stay in touch".
Perhaps, most simply, it will fracture Labour's old class alliance, and lead to some deal with those who like the Lib Dems and those Tories who value the single market over curbing immigration.
Referendums tend to be a device to keep divided parties together.
This one has not only torn the parties asunder but divided the people.
It is hard to see how the political process over the next few months and years will serve to heal it.
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The referendum has carved our country into two camps, sharpened existing divisions, and created some new ones.
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Canada's Competition Bureau penalised the company following a two-year investigation in to its pricing practices.
The bureau is in charge of enforcing many of Canada's consumer laws.
"Consumers are naturally attracted to claims that they will save money," said commissioner John Pecman.
Following the investigation, Amazon agreed to change its pricing practices and pay a fee, which includes a $1m penalty and $100,000 to help cover the cost of the investigation.
"We're pleased that Amazon has put procedures in place to validate list prices received from its suppliers. This ensures that consumers are provided with accurate information and not misled by savings claims," Mr Pecman wrote in a news release.
The investigation found that Amazon routinely advertised consumer savings by comparing its prices to list prices at other retailers. However, it didn't verify these "list prices", which meant that the savings could be exaggerated, the bureau found.
Amazon had already begun to fix its pricing practices before the investigation, according to the bureau.
Amazon says the policies now in place will effect not just the Canadian website, but savings claims made on Amazon.com as well.
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Amazon Canada has been fined 1.1m Canadian dollars (£689,000, or $837,000) over misleading savings claims.
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More than 35 firefighters worked for two hours on Saturday night to keep the fire near Chobham Street from spreading to nearby family homes and buildings.
The pastor of a church situated about 100 yards away said fire crews feared the church roof would catch fire.
But some local residents defended the bonfire as part of unionist culture.
Bonfires are traditionally lit in unionist areas after dark on 11 July, as part of the annual Twelfth of July celebrations.
The public holiday commemorates the victory of the Protestant King William of Orange over the Catholic James II at the Battle of Boyne in 1690.
However, at some bonfire sites, concerns have been raised about public safety in built-up areas, as well as the burning of some political and religious symbols.
Pastor Lucas Parks, whose church is close to the site of the Chobham Street bonfire, said fire crews had to hose his building down on Saturday night to protect it from the heat of the flames.
Speaking through tears to BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday News programme, the pastor said he was "saddened" by what he saw during the Eleventh Night celebrations.
"There are flags being burned and effigies being burned and... I was struggling to see how that could be a positive celebration of anything really," Mr Parks said.
"I mean, there's a statue of Mary on there [the bonfire] and I'm not Catholic but that's offensive to me."
He also criticised the burning of the Irish tricolour and political posters.
"In any other place people would think that would be some kind of a hate crime," he said.
The pastor objected to some residents having to move out of their homes, as the bonfire was set about 30 yards from their houses.
However, one elderly man in the street told the same programme: "It mightn't be the right place, but its the only place the kids have."
The resident said he understood there were safety concerns, but claimed the majority of his neighbours enjoyed holding bonfire celebrations in their area.
He also praised the response of firefighters in keeping the bonfire under control.
"They were needed - the fire brigade - here because I think a couple of the roofs nearly went on fire, but I'm for the kids," he told the Sunday News.
"Sixty years ago, I would have been along with the boys, because I was collecting wood 60 years ago myself, the same as the young lads now."
The man said the local community was "running out of places" to hold Eleventh Night celebrations.
"We grew up with bonfires, but every bit of spare ground now they are putting houses on it and we're running out of grounds.
"It's sad but years ago, you had six, seven, eight bonfires just in this avenue alone, and the same in the other avenue down below.
"Now we have one, but that's modern times I suppose."
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A large bonfire just yards from homes in east Belfast has reignited a debate about the practice of setting bonfires in built-up areas.
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The incident happened on the Burn Road in the early hours of Sunday morning.
It is understood the man, who is in his 50s, was a pedestrian who was hit by a car.
In a separate accident on Sunday, a woman in her 30s suffered serious but non life-threatening injuries after a crash in County Armagh.
The one-vehicle crash happened on the Cullaville Road near Crossmaglen. The road has now reopened.
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A man remains in a critical condition in hospital following a road traffic collision near Doagh, County Antrim.
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A storytelling app, Traces, has been launched at St Fagans National History Museum.
The bilingual app focuses on characters who might "have lived and experienced" the castle and grounds in the early 20th Century.
The project hopes to offer visitors to the museum "something different".
Traces is a partnership between Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff University, and Cardiff Bay-based company Yello Brick.
Dafydd James, head of digital media at National Museum Wales, said: "We hope it captures the visitors' imaginations."
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Technology is helping to bring history to life at an open-air museum in Cardiff.
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The General Court of the European Union said there were "internal inconsistencies" in the Commission's 2010 decision.
Of the firms, Air France was fined the largest amount - €182.9m - while KLM was fined €127.2m.
The two carriers merged to form Air France-KLM in 2004.
Other carriers involved were Air Canada, Martinair, British Airways, Cargolux, Cathay Pacific Airways, Japan Airlines, LAN Chile, Qantas, SAS and Singapore Airlines.
Lufthansa escaped a sanction after providing information to the Commission.
The court said that the European Commission had not been clear enough in demonstrating an unambiguous "single and continuous infringement" by the carriers.
Instead, the Commission had found four infringements which it had attributed directly to the carriers on particular routes, the court said.
"Internal inconsistencies" in the decision could infringe the airline's rights of defence, the court added.
Some of the carriers had said that the decision "did not allow them to determine the nature and scope of the infringement or infringements that they were alleged to have committed".
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Europe's second-highest court has backed a challenge by 11 airlines against an €800m (£583m) European Commission freight cartel fine.
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David Penney, 50, pleaded not guilty at Southend Magistrates' Court. He also denies charges of assault and criminal damage in Eastern Esplanade on 24 May.
The alleged incident occurred at 03:00 BST in Southend after the team had returned to the town to celebrate.
They won their play-off final against Wycombe Wanderers the previous day.
Mr Penney, of Castleford, West Yorkshire, will return to Basildon Magistrates' Court on 26 October.
The first-team squad continued celebrations into Monday 25 May when an open top bus parade took them around the town accompanied by cheering fans.
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Southend United's assistant manager has appeared in court charged with assaulting a police officer following the club's promotion to League One.
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West Brom midfielder Chris Brunt has won 48 caps for Northern Ireland and played in eight of their 10 qualifying games for Euro 2016, but missed out on their squad for the finals through injury after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in March. He is in France as a pundit for BBC Sport.
When he had delivered his piece to the whole squad, our goalkeeper Michael McGovern put some music on. I cannot remember exactly what it was, but it was very loud and quite bad, old-school dance music. I don't think you would hear it in too many other places these days, let's put it that way.
Quite a few of the lads were dead on their feet after the effort they had put in during the game but the place was absolutely buzzing and it was a very different scene to the aftermath of our opening defeat by Poland.
I was so happy for them. We have worked so hard to get to France and a lot of the lads have been part of the squad for a long time and never experienced anything like this before.
I was especially pleased for Aaron Hughes, who is a mate of mine and a fantastic lad who has been there for everyone throughout the whole qualifying campaign and has probably not played as much as he liked.
He got on the field against Ukraine and did a great job at right-back, so a special mention to him, although the whole team did brilliantly.
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I have been around our base in Lyon all week and I could see that things were being mixed about on the training ground but I certainly don't think anyone expected Michael to make five changes for the Ukraine game.
It was a big call because it involved some big players - striker Kyle Lafferty and midfielder Chris Baird, for example, have been mainstays in our team for the last couple of seasons.
But he is the manager and it is his job to make those big decisions. I am delighted for everyone that they paid off.
Once everybody knew who was playing and who wasn't, they really started to focus. I could sense on the bus on the way to the game and in the dressing room beforehand that the lads were determined to show what a good team we actually are and they didn't half do that.
I said after the Poland game that we wanted to prove something because that was not a reflection of what we can do as a team - and you could tell things were going to be different against Ukraine from the first minute because we were a lot more like our usual selves.
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Up front, in particular, we looked a lot more dangerous than in the first match. We had to be.
With Conor Washington's pace up top and Jamie Ward and Stuart Dallas so direct down the wings we caused them problems every time we got the ball. The stats will tell you that they had more of the ball - 64% possession in the first half and 75% after the break - but we were a lot more effective with it when we got it.
Our set-pieces were back to their normal standard too, as shown by our first goal. Ollie Norwood was disappointed with his deliveries against Poland but he was right on the money to set up Gareth McAuley.
I was right in line with Gareth's header when it went in and it was a fantastic moment for the lads and obviously the fans, too. I was in the stands again and I am finding watching a lot worse for my nerves than playing is, but I enjoyed celebrating that.
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Getting a second goal in stoppage time was a big bonus for us, even though we were all screaming at Josh Magennis to take it into the corner to use up time. I still cannot believe he crossed instead.
Michael O'Neill was especially pleased about it afterwards because, if we finish third in Group C, then our goal difference might come into deciding whether we are one of the four third-placed teams who go through.
He and the players will watch the Ukraine game back and then start preparing for our final group game, against Germany in Paris on Tuesday.
They are the world champions but if we can play anywhere near how we did on Thursday then we are capable of taking something out of that game too.
I will be back in France and working for the BBC again at that match at Parc des Princes and I cannot wait but before then I have another big day.
My youngest brother Aaron is getting married on Saturday, so instead of heading back to the training base after the Ukraine game, I went to Lyon airport.
I am at West Brom on Friday for a bit of a catch-up and to do some more rehab on my knee, then I am flying to Belfast on Friday night.
I am back in Paris on Monday evening so it is a busy time for me but I am loving every moment of it - and hopefully there's even more to come.
Chris Brunt was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
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When Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill got back to our dressing room after we had beaten Ukraine he went round every player to speak to them personally and congratulate them.
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Aodhan Woods was just 17 when he was tied up, locked in a cupboard and subjected to several sexual assaults.
Now 19, he has waived his right to anonymity as his attackers were jailed.
Darren Fu, of Drumart Walk in Belfast, will spend half of his 11-year sentence in jail. His co-accused who cannot be named got six years, half on licence.
The unnamed abuser was 17 at the time of the offence and a reporting restriction is in place which prevents his identity from being made public.
The attack took place on 30 May, 2014 when Mr Woods called to Fu's flat in the Stranmillis area of Belfast.
A previous hearing in the case was told Fu had ordered him to sell drugs and he was worried before entering the flat because he had not sold enough.
The attack began almost immediately and the court heard the pair subjected him to "exceptional degradation", holding him at knifepoint, burning him with cigarettes, and seriously sexually assaulting him.
The ordeal lasted a number of hours before they released the teenager, who then contacted police.
Speaking outside court, Mr Woods said: "I thought I was going to die that night. I will never forget what happened."
He described it as the "worst experience of his life".
"I didn't know what was going to happen and what they were going to do. The whole ordeal was just terrifying."
He was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after the attack but said he did not see himself "as a victim".
"I am speaking out to show other people that it's okay to go and tell the police if you have been sexually assaulted. I want people to find the courage to come forward and get the support that they need."
Mr Woods thanked his family and friends and the police for supporting him through the criminal justice process.
"I would say to anyone else who has been sexually assaulted, don't be afraid, don't hide it. The only way to move forward is to tell someone and you'll soon realise there is so much support. Don't be afraid to speak out."
The teenager welcomed the sentences given to his attackers.
Fu had pleaded guilty to four charges - namely false imprisonment, two counts of sexual assault, and rape.
His co-accused admitted six counts including false imprisonment, two counts of sexual assault and attempted rape.
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A man who was tortured and raped during an attack by two of his former friends in a Belfast flat has said he thought he was "going to die that night".
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Live in New York! explores 40 years of the comedy sketch show and its impact on US culture.
The festival, founded by actor Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, has now been running for 14 years.
It closes on 26 April with a remastered print of Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, marking the film's 25th anniversary.
De Niro, who starred in the original 1990 film, will be joined by fellow cast members at the screening.
Other festival highlights include a screening of Harold Lloyd's New York-set silent classic Speedy, with a live soundtrack provided by DJ Z-Trip; Arnold Schwarzenegger in the premiere of zombie drama Maggie - described by the Terminator star as "the most human role you've ever seen me take on"; and Britain's Simon Pegg in the screwball romantic comedy Man Up.
There will also be documentaries on the National Lampoon films (Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon) and the international premiere of Michael Winterbottom's The Emperor's New Clothes, made in conjunction with Russell Brand.
There will also be talks with filmmakers including George Lucas, Christopher Nolan and Bennett Miller.
On Thursday, Mary J Blige will follow the screening of music documentary The London Sessions with a live performance.
"You're always nervous. It's putting on a show; it's having all these people into your house. We work for a year on it," Rosenthal told the Hollywood Reporter at Vanity Fair's annual Tribeca Film Festival party.
"I think being a little nervous is always good. You can never be too confident about anything."
Rosenthal said she was most looking forward to Monty Python's 40th anniversary celebration, which will see screenings of classic Python films and bring together, once again, the five surviving members of the comedy troupe.
"I'm actually really excited about seeing all the Pythons together, having just loved those movies," said Rosenthal. "So I'm excited to see what they're going to do after their film."
For his part, De Niro told reporters he just had fun..."showing up".
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New York's Tribeca Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday with the world premiere of a documentary about Saturday Night Live.
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The 30-year-old has played 12 times for Orient since joining in October.
"There were one or two alternative options that came up but having been here for three months and got a feel for the place, I am happy to be staying," he told the club website.
Orient, who are 21st in League Two, face Mansfield on Saturday.
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Leyton Orient midfielder Michael Collins has signed a new contract which will keep him with the League Two club until the end of the season.
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The storm caused many schools to close.
People were told to stay in their homes as the roads were covered in snow.
So what are kids in New York doing with their snow day?
Six year old Markie sent us this...
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A huge snow storm called Storm Stella has hit the East coast of America.
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France's Aurelie Muller had won silver but was disqualified at the finish line on Rio's Copacabana Beach.
A replay showed the world champion forcibly holding Italy's Rachele Bruni down with her right arm while trying to touch the finishing board.
Brazil's Poliana Okimoto was upgraded to a bronze medal, with Payne seventh.
Van Rouwendaal, 22, broke away shortly after the halfway mark and led for the remainder, finishing in one hour 56 minutes 32 seconds.
Payne, who finished in 1:57:23, said: "I was hoping for rough, choppy conditions, but it was the perfect race for pool swimmers which I think is why you saw Sharon become the Olympic champion.
"I won't be dramatic so I won't hang up my goggles just yet, but I am taking a break - I need to catch up with family and friends and have some time for my business."
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Netherlands' Sharon van Rouwendaal won Olympic gold in the women's 10,000m open water swim, with Briton Keri-Anne Payne missing out on a medal.
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The bars appear to be thriving, the restaurants full and there seems no shortage of the tourists that flock to this Caribbean sun spot.
But behind the facades, things are bad.
Porfiro is 22. Tall, lanky, and slightly balding, he is the new generation of businessmen. He is following in the footsteps of his grandfather, running the harbour brewery. The business specialises in craft beers, all brewed on the premises.
"It's tough," he says. "Sometimes we get good business, sometimes we don't."
He says the customers are unpredictable. Some Fridays the bar can be full, others it is completely empty.
And that can only get worse, he says, when the sales tax is raised by 4.5% on 1 July - one of the measures the government here has introduced to try to get a grip on its debts.
The scale of the problem is shocking.
Puerto Rico has $72bn (£46bn) of public debt. That makes it by far the most indebted territory or state per capita in the United States.
Not only that, but unemployment here - at almost 14% - is more than double the national average.
Add to all that a decade of little or no growth and you have an economy that has deep structural problems, teetering on the edge of oblivion.
The government's response has been to spook the bond markets by suggesting that it could default on its debt payments.
When the governor, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, dropped that bombshell at the beginning of the week, the island got a new nickname: the Greece of the Caribbean.
That threat seems to have brought the New York money men to the table to start negotiating how Puerto Rico can begin to dig itself out of the hole it is in.
A couple of big payments have been made - $600m worth of general debt servicing on Wednesday, and the island's power company has found a few hundred million to keep its creditors at bay.
But none of this addresses the long-term issue.
Alex, owner of Pinky's Restaurant in the Carolina district, rails against the bureaucracy that is stifling growth.
He has been trying to expand his outlets, wanting to set up a food cart in another part of town. Because the developer failed to pay for a permit to tarmac the area, the government, he says, is preventing his and other businesses from moving in and creating 30 jobs. He has been ready to open up for six months.
Others choose simply to leave.
The island has been losing 1% (around 30,000 people) a year to Florida and other parts of the US. And it is mainly the economically active young who are leaving.
"I think there's no future for me here," says Jose, a nursing student. "In like one or two years, I think I will move out to the States. Because here for me in Puerto Rico there's no future."
Luis, who's training to be a pharmacist, agrees. "My personal opinion would be that professionals in Puerto Rico have almost no future."
Melba Acosta, head of the development bank which controls public finances, tells me that the administration has cut spending and raised taxes and will do so again.
But with a damning report from several former International Monetary Fund (IMF) economists on her desk, she accepts that a restructuring of the debt will be necessary.
"Come to the table and talk," is her message to the hedge funds that have allowed Puerto Rico to finance years of deficit with debt.
"We understand that the first option for the creditors is to have their money now," Acosta says. "But we don't have access to the market now, so we can't keep borrowing to pay our debts."
The government is rejecting some recommendations from the IMF economists, notably the idea of allowing employers to pay less than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. There is also resistance to cutting the bloated public sector, which accounts for almost 20% of the workforce.
Puerto Rico has also been lobbying to be allowed to file for bankruptcy, much as Detroit did in 2013. That would give it a breathing space and certain rights to restructure the debt. But that option is not open to the island legally, and thus the creditors have the government here over a barrel.
The federal government has hinted that it might be a good idea for Congress to consider changing the law to give Puerto Rico bankruptcy rights, but has itself ruled out any kind of bailout.
And the island's status as a territory, with no voting members in Congress, gives it little political clout.
Pedro Pierluisi is the island's sole representative in the nation's capital, and he has no voting rights at all. He says this lack of clout means Puerto Rico also does not get its fair share of federal funding for other programmes.
"It's pretty embarrassing to be a citizen of a nation where you cannot vote for the president…The same goes for Congress," he says. "And lastly to be treated unfairly, not to say discriminatorily, in key federal programmes like Medicare and Medicaid."
For the time being Puerto Rico has avoided defaulting on its debts, but only just. The problems here run deep and they will take years to sort out.
By the time that happens, young Porfiro may have already left - heading for a medical degree in Florida - leaving the lovers of craft beer to fend for themselves.
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Take a walk around the old town in San Juan, and you would be hard pressed to find evidence of the abominable situation Puerto Rico is in with its public finances.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made the statement during a meeting with top security officials, state media said.
The reports did not give details of what the measures might entail.
North Korea has issued a series of warnings since the UN tightened sanctions against the country this week over a recent rocket test.
On Thursday, the North said it would proceed with a "high-level" nuclear test in a move aimed at the US, its "arch-enemy".
A day later, it promised "physical counter-measures" against South Korea if it participated in the UN sanctions regime.
North Korea's nuclear tests
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North Korean state media reported on Sunday that Mr Kim had "advanced specific tasks to the officials concerned".
The latest warning came after Rodong Sinmun, a state newspaper, carried an essay on Saturday saying that a nuclear test was "the demand of the people".
"It is the people's demand that we should do something, not just a nuclear test, but something even greater. The UN Security Council has left us no room for choice."
North Korea has conducted two nuclear tests in the past, in 2006 and 2009. It has given no time-frame for its third test.
The UN resolution, passed on Tuesday, was proposed by the US and backed by China, North Korea's closest ally and biggest trading partner.
It was a response to a rocket launch in December that the US, Japan and South Korea say was a test of banned long-range missile technology.
The three-stage rocket put a satellite into space in what was Pyongyang's first successful test of such technology.
The UN resolution pledged "significant action" if North Korea carried out a third nuclear test.
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North Korea has warned of "substantial and high-profile important state measures", days after announcing plans for a third nuclear test.
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Fekitoa was sin-binned by referee Jaco Peyper for the offence during the All-Blacks' 21-9 victory in Dublin.
The centre has been suspended for one week and misses his country's final autumn Test against France on Saturday.
Flanker Sam Cane, who will miss the match in Paris with an injury, was cited but not suspended.
Cane was reported for the high tackle which ended Robbie Henshaw's game. However, the disciplinary committee ruled Cane's actions had been accidental and he had not therefore committed an act of foul play.
Flanker Cane's shoulder appeared to connect with Henshaw's neck region, and led to the Ireland centre being taken off after only 10 minutes.
Peyper opted to award only a penalty, while Cane had to leave the field shortly afterwards with an ankle injury which will rule him out of the Stade de France contest.
Fekitoa was sin-binned for his high challenge on Zebo early in the second half, but returned to score New Zealand's third try - his second of the match.
In a statement, World Rugby said a three-man independent disciplinary hearing had found Fekitoa's tackle had been reckless rather than intentional, but would have merited a red card.
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New Zealand centre Malakai Fekitoa should have been sent off for his high tackle on Ireland's Simon Zebo last Saturday, World Rugby said.
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Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita ran a British record of 41.77 seconds in Rio's Olympic Stadium.
The US, who only qualified for Friday's final at the second attempt after dropping their baton, won in 41.01, the second-fastest time in history.
Silver medallists Jamaica ran 41.36.
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson narrowly missed out on matching compatriot Usain Bolt's sprint treble after her victories in the 100m and 200m.
"Wonderful experience. My first Olympics. Two golds, a silver, I can't complain," she said.
GB's first medal in the event since winning bronze at Moscow 1984 capped a remarkable reversal in fortunes after they failed to reach the final at London 2012.
Philip, the oldest member of the quartet at 25, said: "We came here to get a medal and we delivered. We had a lot of pressure to get this, but we had so much trust and faith in these girls."
Henry, 20, said: "I cannot believe it. This was my first Olympics and I wanted to go out and enjoy it but also to get a medal. To do it I had tears in my eyes. Thank you to everyone who has made this happen."
Asher-Smith, also 20, said: "We have worked unbelievably hard. Out of all the teams I think we worked the hardest. This is for the entire nation."
Daryll Nieta, 19, said: "I am speechless. I am so proud of our team. We absolutely smashed it."
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Fabulous from the GB quartet. Having spent the day with them as they trained at Loughborough, there was no missing that this is the tightest of teams - true friends, proper racers. Philip in the mother role, Asher-Smith as head girl, Henry the loud one, Neita the kid. Together history makers.
Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, English Gardner and Tori Bowie were allowed to compete in the final after running again - on their own - following Thursday's semi-final.
The baton was accidentally knocked out of Felix's hand by Brazil's Kauiza Venancio as she prepared to hand over to Gardner for the third leg.
The US successfully appealed, and ran only two tenths of a second short of the world record at the second attempt.
Bartoletta and Felix were part of the US team that clocked 40.82 to win at London 2012, and Felix has become the first woman to collect five athletics gold medals.
"It's very special. It was great to join these women tonight. It's just a very unique experience," Felix said of her milestone.
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Great Britain won an Olympic medal in the women's 4x100m relay for the first time since 1984, claiming bronze as the United States retained their title.
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In 2003, Aberew Jemma Negussie was convicted of the abduction and rape of a 13-year-old girl.
This was overturned on appeal as the prosecutor said only a virgin could be raped, and the victim could not prove she had been a virgin.
Rights groups said this was a violation of local and international law.
In 2007, Equality Now took the case to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights as "local avenues to justice were exhausted".
Nine years later the commission, based in The Gambia, has ruled that Ethiopia had violated the girl's rights to equality, dignity and a fair trial, among others.
It said the money would be "compensation for the non-material damage she suffered as a result [of] the violations".
Equality Now described this as an "unprecedented ruling" that should send a message to "all levels of society".
The girl was abducted and raped in 2001, and after the incident was reported to the police she was rescued and the perpetrator was arrested.
But, after being released on bail, Aberew abducted her again.
She was held for a month before escaping, but while captive was forced to write her name on a piece of paper that would later be used as evidence of marriage.
Abducting girls to be forcibly married is a traditional practice in parts of Ethiopia.
Ethiopian girls fight child marriages
After being caught for a second time, Aberew, and four accomplices were convicted in 2003, and he received a 10-year sentence.
They were then released on appeal, but Equality Now argued that the law had not been correctly applied as "virginity is not a legal prerequisite for the offence of rape".
Following the acquittal, rights groups used the case to get a change in the law in Ethiopia to ensure better protection for rape victims.
Equality Now says that the victim, now in her late 20s, is living in "relative safety and pursuing her education".
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Africa's human rights court has ordered Ethiopia to pay $150,000 (£100,000) compensation to a rape victim for failing to protect her rights.
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On Tuesday ministers said a Welsh bid was not feasible after a study revealed costs of between £1.3bn and £1.5bn.
On Wednesday Plaid said ministers' estimates appeared to be "deliberately skewed" to appear more expensive.
Labour's Ken Skates said the figures were "based on a robust assessment".
The Commonwealth Games Federation had earlier said it was "surprised" by the figures provided by the Welsh Government.
In a letter to Economy Secretary Ken Skates, Shadow Sports Secretary Neil McEvoy said: "Given that the Commonwealth Games Federation has issued a statement seriously questioning your government's costing of £1.3bn to host the games, could you please issue your methodology and assumptions which underpin the feasibility study?
"The Glasgow games came in £32m under budget at £543m. Why would it cost more than double that figure to host the games in Wales?"
Speaking about the letter, Mr McEvoy called ministers' estimates "ambiguous at best" that seemed to have been "deliberately skewed to appear more expensive".
"That's why I want to see the detailed methodology behind these costs and proposals so that we can make an informed judgement of whether they are accurate - or whether we are being deliberately misled," he said.
But Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure Ken Skates said Plaid Cymru was not "comparing like with like", saying the figures were "based on a robust assessment of the total cost of delivery".
"They include the construction of necessary sporting facilities and additional infrastructure, the Games legacy, the delivery of all Wales benefits and the recommended contingency.
"Our understanding is that the Glasgow figure focuses solely on the operational delivery of the two week event."
The minister argued that a more accurate comparison would be the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, which he said had been widely quoted as being expected to cost more than $2bn in Australian dollars (£1.13bn).
Those games, he said, were "very much in line with our own projections".
Mr Skates added: "At the moment Plaid Cymru's economic strategy seems to consist of signing up to any project, regardless of cost or value for money and with no scrutiny of the long-term benefits to Wales.
"They need to get serious and develop a sense of responsibility."
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Plaid Cymru has demanded that the Welsh Government explain why it believes that holding the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Wales would cost twice as much as the 2014 event in Glasgow.
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The government motion was passed 397 to 223 after a 10-hour debate in the House of Commons. Below is the breakdown of how each MP voted.
Find out how your MP voted
Find out which constituency you live in
*The Commons is made up of 650 MPs but the Speaker and his three deputies cannot vote while Sinn Fein's four MPs do not take their seats and did not take part.
*There is also currently no MP for Oldham West and Royton, with a by-election taking place on Thursday.
Conservatives:
Adam Afriyie (Windsor)
Alan Mak (Havant)
Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire)
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell)
Alex Chalk (Cheltenham)
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire)
Alok Sharma (Reading West)
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan)
Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase)
Amanda Solloway (Derby North)
Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye)
Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood)
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire)
Andrew Bingham (High Peak)
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire)
Andrew Griffiths (Burton)
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough)
Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield)
Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire)
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole)
Andrew Rosindell (Romford)
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire)
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle)
Anna Soubry (Broxtowe)
Anne Main (St Albans)
Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot)
Anne Milton (Guildford)
Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury)
Ben Gummer (Ipswich)
Ben Howlett (Bath)
Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North)
Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex)
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire)
Bob Blackman (Harrow East)
Bob Stewart (Beckenham)
Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip)
Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth)
Byron Davies (Gower)
Caroline Ansell (Eastbourne)
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport)
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North)
Caroline Spelman (Meriden)
Charles Walker (Broxbourne)
Charlie Elphicke (Dover)
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West)
Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)
Chloe Smith (Norwich North)
Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire)
Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell)
Chris Green (Bolton West)
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry)
Chris Philp (Croydon South)
Chris Skidmore (Kingswood)
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington)
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth)
Claire Perry (Devizes)
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West)
Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet)
Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire)
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley)
Craig Williams (Cardiff North)
Crispin Blunt (Reigate)
Dame Angela Watkinson (Hornchurch and Upminster)
Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe)
Damian Green (Ashford)
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire)
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham)
Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
David Amess (Southend West)
David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate)
David Cameron (Witney)
David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford)
David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire)
David Jones (Clwyd West)
David Lidington (Aylesbury)
David Mackintosh (Northampton South)
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale)
David Mowat (Warrington South)
David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale)
David Nuttall (Bury North)
David Rutley (Macclesfield)
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth)
David Tredinnick (Bosworth)
David Warburton (Somerton and Frome)
Derek Thomas (St Ives)
Desmond Swayne (New Forest West)
Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)
Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton)
Edward Argar (Charnwood)
Edward Timpson (Crewe and Nantwich)
Edward Vaizey (Wantage)
Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk)
Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)
Fiona Bruce (Congleton)
Flick Drummond (Portsmouth South)
Gareth Johnson (Dartford)
Gary Streeter (South West Devon)
Gavin Barwell (Croydon Central)
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire)
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds)
Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon)
George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth)
George Freeman (Mid Norfolk)
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley)
George Osborne (Tatton)
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire)
Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West)
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale)
Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness)
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield)
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells)
Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham)
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy)
Guy Opperman (Hexham)
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire)
Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire)
Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire)
Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald)
Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent)
Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk)
Henry Smith (Crawley)
Hugo Swire (East Devon)
Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle)
Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South)
Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset)
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock)
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset)
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen)
James Berry (Kingston and Surbiton)
James Brokenshire (Old Bexley and Sidcup)
James Cartlidge (South Suffolk)
James Cleverly (Braintree)
James Davies (Vale of Clwyd)
James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East)
James Gray (North Wiltshire)
James Heappey (Wells)
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis)
James Wharton (Stockton South)
Jane Ellison (Battersea)
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley)
Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey)
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford)
Jeremy Quin (Horsham)
Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam)
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire)
Jo Churchill (Bury St Edmunds)
John Glen (Salisbury)
John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
John Howell (Henley)
John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare)
John Stevenson (Carlisle)
John Whittingdale (Maldon)
Johnny Mercer (Plymouth, Moor View)
Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon)
Jonathan Lord (Woking)
Joseph Johnson (Orpington)
Julian Brazier (Canterbury)
Julian Knight (Solihull)
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon)
Julian Sturdy (York Outer)
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon)
Justine Greening (Putney)
Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands)
Karen Lumley (Redditch)
Karl McCartney (Lincoln)
Keith Simpson (Broadland)
Kelly Tolhurst (Rochester and Strood)
Kevin Foster (Torbay)
Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton)
Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire)
Kris Hopkins (Keighley)
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne)
Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury)
Liam Fox (North Somerset)
Lucy Allan (Telford)
Lucy Frazer (South East Cambridgeshire)
Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate)
Maggie Throup (Erewash)
Marcus Fysh (Yeovil)
Marcus Jones (Nuneaton)
Margot James (Stourbridge)
Maria Caulfield (Lewes)
Maria Miller (Basingstoke)
Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster)
Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford)
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest)
Mark Harper (Forest of Dean)
Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North)
Mark Menzies (Fylde)
Mark Pawsey (Rugby)
Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford)
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin)
Mark Spencer (Sherwood)
Mary Robinson (Cheadle)
Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness)
Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk)
Matthew Offord (Hendon)
Mel Stride (Central Devon)
Michael Ellis (Northampton North)
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath)
Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Michelle Donelan (Chippenham)
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green)
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead)
Mike Wood (Dudley South)
Mims Davies (Eastleigh)
Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon)
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire)
Neil Carmichael (Stroud)
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton)
Nick Boles (Grantham and Stamford)
Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)
Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs)
Nick Hurd (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)
Nicky Morgan (Loughborough)
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon)
Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty)
Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)
Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire)
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley)
Nusrat Ghani (Wealden)
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere)
Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)
Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)
Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales)
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam)
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire)
Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North)
Peter Aldous (Waveney)
Peter Bone (Wellingborough)
Peter Heaton-Jones (North Devon)
Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)
Philip Davies (Shipley)
Philip Dunne (Ludlow)
Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge)
Phillip Lee (Bracknell)
Priti Patel (Witham)
Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire)
Rebecca Harris (Castle Point)
Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane)
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham)
Richard Bacon (South Norfolk)
Richard Benyon (Newbury)
Richard Drax (South Dorset)
Richard Fuller (Bedford)
Richard Graham (Gloucester)
Richard Harrington (Watford)
Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks))
Rob Wilson (Reading East)
Robert Buckland (South Swindon)
Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby)
Robert Halfon (Harlow)
Robert Jenrick (Newark)
Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Robert Syms (Poole)
Robin Walker (Worcester)
Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border)
Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen)
Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove)
Sam Gyimah (East Surrey)
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth)
Sarah Wollaston (Totnes)
Scott Mann (North Cornwall)
Seema Kennedy (South Ribble)
Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire)
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall)
Simon Burns (Chelmsford)
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
Simon Hoare (North Dorset)
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown)
Sir Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton)
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden)
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough)
Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire)
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex)
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire)
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley)
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West)
Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet)
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire)
Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon)
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock)
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Steve Baker (Wycombe)
Steve Brine (Winchester)
Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay)
Stewart Jackson (Peterborough)
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey)
Suella Fernandes (Fareham)
Tania Mathias (Twickenham)
Theresa May (Maidenhead)
Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet)
Therese Coffey (Suffolk Coastal)
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham)
Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East)
Tom Pursglove (Corby)
Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling)
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford)
Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle)
Victoria Borwick (Kensington)
Victoria Prentis (Banbury)
Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills)
Will Quince (Colchester)
William Cash (Stone)
William Wragg (Hazel Grove)
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park)
Labour:
Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West)
Alan Campbell (Tynemouth)
Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Alison McGovern (Wirral South)
Angela Eagle (Wallasey)
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge)
Ann Coffey (Stockport)
Anna Turley (Redcar)
Ben Bradshaw (Exeter)
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South)
Caroline Flint (Don Valley)
Chris Bryant (Rhondda)
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East)
Chuka Umunna (Streatham)
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East)
Conor McGinn (St Helens North)
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central)
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East)
Frank Field (Birkenhead)
Gareth Thomas (Harrow West)
Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West)
George Howarth (Knowsley)
Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston)
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield)
Graham Jones (Hyndburn)
Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham)
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East)
Helen Jones (Warrington North)
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central)
Holly Lynch (Halifax)
Ian Austin (Dudley North)
Jamie Reed (Copeland)
Jenny Chapman (Darlington)
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge)
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse)
Joan Ryan (Enfield North)
John Spellar (Warley)
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness)
Keith Vaz (Leicester East)
Kevan Jones (North Durham)
Kevin Barron (Rother Valley)
Liz Kendall (Leicester West)
Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree)
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central)
Margaret Beckett (Derby South)
Margaret Hodge (Barking)
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood)
Mary Creagh (Wakefield)
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East)
Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark)
Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East)
Peter Kyle (Hove)
Phil Wilson (Sedgefield)
Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North)
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale)
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden)
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow)
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth)
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South)
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East)
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Vernon Coaker (Gedling)
Wayne David (Caerphilly)
Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford)
DUP:
David Simpson (Upper Bann)
Gavin Robinson (Belfast East)
Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry)
Ian Paisley (North Antrim)
Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley)
Jim Shannon (Strangford)
Nigel Dodds (Belfast North)
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim)
Lib Dems:
Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland)
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West)
John Pugh (Southport)
Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam)
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington)
UUP:
Danny Kinahan (South Antrim)
Tom Elliott (Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
UKIP:
Douglas Carswell (Clacton)
Independents:
Lady Sylvia Hermon (North Down)
Labour:
Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)
Albert Owen (Ynys Mon)
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North)
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish)
Andrew Smith (Oxford East)
Andy Burnham (Leigh)
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough)
Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith)
Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne)
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South)
Barry Gardiner (Brent North)
Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central)
Carolyn Harris (Swansea East)
Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood)
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green)
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central)
Chris Evans (Islwyn)
Christian Matheson (City of Chester)
Christina Rees (Neath)
Clive Betts (Sheffield South East)
Clive Efford (Eltham)
Clive Lewis (Norwich South)
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge)
David Anderson (Blaydon)
David Crausby (Bolton North East)
David Hanson (Delyn)
David Lammy (Tottenham)
David Winnick (Walsall North)
Dawn Butler (Brent Central)
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)
Derek Twigg (Halton)
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North)
Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North)
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury)
Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields)
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East)
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)
Gavin Shuker (Luton South)
Geraint Davies (Swansea West)
Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South)
Graham Allen (Nottingham North)
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton)
Grahame Morris (Easington)
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough)
Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood)
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore)
Iain Wright (Hartlepool)
Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham)
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck)
Ian Mearns (Gateshead)
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South)
Imran Hussain (Bradford East)
Ivan Lewis (Bury South)
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington)
Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington)
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North)
Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley)
Jessica Morden (Newport East)
Jim Cunningham (Coventry South)
Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central)
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead)
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne)
John Mann (Bassetlaw)
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)
Jon Cruddas (Dagenham and Rainham)
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth)
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South)
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde)
Judith Cummins (Bradford South)
Julie Cooper (Burnley)
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central)
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Karen Buck (Westminster North)
Karin Smyth (Bristol South)
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East)
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston)
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall)
Kate Hollern (Blackburn)
Kate Osamor (Edmonton)
Keir Starmer (Holborn and St Pancras)
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North)
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West)
Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South)
Lisa Nandy (Wigan)
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton)
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley)
Lyn Brown (West Ham)
Madeleine Moon (Bridgend)
Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West)
Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston)
Mark Hendrick (Preston)
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside)
Mary Glindon (North Tyneside)
Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich)
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch)
Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby)
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Naz Shah (Bradford West)
Nia Griffith (Llanelli)
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe)
Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East)
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen)
Owen Smith (Pontypridd)
Pat Glass (North West Durham)
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central)
Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Paul Flynn (Newport West)
Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury)
Peter Dowd (Bootle)
Rachael Maskell (York Central)
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West)
Rebecca Long-Bailey (Salford and Eccles)
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield)
Richard Burgon (Leeds East)
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West)
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South)
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham)
Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green)
Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)
Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton)
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow)
Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth)
Sadiq Khan (Tooting)
Sarah Champion (Rotherham)
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston)
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood)
Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West)
Sir Alan Meale (Mansfield)
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)
Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow)
Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon)
Stephen Pound (Ealing North)
Stephen Timms (East Ham)
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby)
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton)
Sue Hayman (Workington)
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead)
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield)
Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn)
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South)
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford)
Wes Streeting (Ilford North)
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East)
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield)
SNP:
Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Alex Salmond (Gordon)
Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central)
Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East)
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
Angus Robertson (Moray)
Anne McLaughlin (Glasgow North East)
Brendan O'Hara (Argyll and Bute)
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South)
Calum Kerr (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West)
Chris Law (Dundee West)
Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West)
Corri Wilson (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith)
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife)
Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey)
Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan)
Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
George Kerevan (East Lothian)
Hannah Bardell (Livingston)
Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Joanna Cherry (Edinburgh South West)
John McNally (Falkirk)
John Nicolson (East Dunbartonshire)
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire)
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North)
Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw)
Martin John Docherty (West Dunbartonshire)
Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Mhairi Black (Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Mike Weir (Angus)
Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts)
Owen Thompson (Midlothian)
Patricia Gibson (North Ayrshire and Arran)
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North)
Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire)
Peter Grant (Glenrothes)
Philip Boswell (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill)
Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire)
Richard Arkless (Dumfries and Galloway)
Roger Mullin (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde)
Stephen Gethins (North East Fife)
Steven Paterson (Stirling)
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East)
Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South)
Stuart Blair Donaldson (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Ochil and South Perthshire)
Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East)
Conservatives:
Andrew Tyrie (Chichester)
David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey)
John Baron (Basildon and Billericay)
Julian Lewis (New Forest East)
Philip Hollobone (Kettering)
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage)
Plaid Cymru:
Hywel Williams (Arfon)
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
SDLP:
Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South)
Margaret Ritchie (South Down)
Mark Durkan (Foyle)
Lib Dems:
Mark Williams (Ceredigion)
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk)
Independents:
Michelle Thomson (Edinburgh West)
Natalie McGarry (Glasgow East)
Greens:
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion)
Conservatives:
Adam Holloway (Gravesham)
Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight)
Christopher Chope (Christchurch)
John Redwood (Wokingham)
Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe)
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes)
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
Labour:
Jo Cox (Batley and Spen)
Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr)
Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central)
Steve Reed (Croydon North)
Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall)
Conservatives:
John Bercow (Buckingham) - Speaker
Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest) - Deputy Speaker
Labour:
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) - Unable to attend
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) - Unable to attend
Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) - Deputy Speaker
Mike Gapes (Ilford South) - Unable to attend
Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) - Deputy Speaker
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) - Unable to attend
Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West) - Unable to attend
Sinn Fein:
Francie Molloy (Mid Ulster)
Mickey Brady (Newry and Armagh)
Pat Doherty (West Tyrone)
Paul Maskey (Belfast West)
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MPs voted on Wednesday night on whether the UK should join US-led coalition air strikes against so-called Islamic State militants in Syria.
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New York Times sports reporter Ben Shpigel was writing an article about the logistics of bringing the NFL team over and obtained the shipping list.
It recorded 350 rolls of toilet paper along with other items such as cereal.
Mr Shpigel told the BBC the toilet rolls were ordered for the players' use in the hotel and at Wembley Stadium.
He said the order had been included on the recommendation of an intern.
Mr Shpigel said this was how it was explained to him by the Jets' senior manager of team operations Aaron Degerness: "There was an intern who had been over to London numerous times.
"He noticed when he was there that - and I quote - 'the toilet paper was very thin because their plumbing isn't as good'.
"So, the intern informed the operations staff, and the Jets ordered 350 rolls of toilet paper for the hotel and the stadium."
Mr Shpigel said the players and coaches were "such creatures of habit" and the Jets' had wanted to replicate as best they could their operation in the US.
"More than anything I think it speaks to the level of detail to which the Jets approached the planning.
"Basically, if they could so something that they thought the travelling party would appreciate, then they would," he added.
The club declined to comment when the BBC contacted them earlier.
The Jets arrived in London earlier and play the Dolphins at Wembley on Sunday.
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The New York Jets shipped their own toilet paper to London for their clash with the Miami Dolphins, as they were warned British paper was "very thin".
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The 30-year-old was linked with a move to French side Pau but Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac said he was not expecting his captain to leave and Owens has confirmed he will be staying with the Welsh region.
"I signed with the Scarlets back in December and I am happy to be playing my rugby in Wales for the foreseeable future," said Owens.
Owens is preparing for the Six Nations match against England at the Principality Stadium on Saturday but wanted to address his club future.
"I want to put it to bed so I can concentrate on the rugby," Owens told BBC Wales Sport.
"I am not sure where the rumours have come from that I was possibly moving to France next season.
"I will be competing to keep my spot in the number two down in West Wales and doing the same with the Welsh squad as well."
He has played 46 times for Wales after making his Test debut in the 2011 World Cup against Namibia.
Jon Daniels, Scarlets General Manager of Rugby, said: "It is inevitable that players of Ken's quality get linked with other clubs - indeed, I am sure there are many clubs that would love to have him.
"However, he has been a loyal and committed Scarlet for many years and we are delighted to announce that he will remain with us into the foreseeable future.
"The experience and leadership Ken brings to the environment will not only be vital to our on field performances but also in bringing on the younger players in the group."
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Wales hooker Ken Owens has signed a new contract with the Scarlets.
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Justine Damond, originally from Sydney, was shot when she approached a police car after reporting a suspected rape.
A lawyer for Ms Damond's family has called it "ludicrous" to suggest the two officers inside feared an ambush.
Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau said the killing was the "the actions and judgement of one individual".
Officer Mohamed Noor, who shot Ms Damond in the abdomen in an upmarket neighbourhood of the city, has refused to be interviewed by investigators, as is his legal right.
"The actions in question go against who we are as a department, how we train and the expectations we have for our officers," Chief Harteau told reporters in Minneapolis.
"I want to assure Justine's family our community and those in Australia that I will do everything in my power to ensure due process is followed and justice is served."
Body cameras, which are worn by all Minneapolis police, had not been turned on at the time of the shooting and the squad car dashboard camera also failed to capture the incident.
Chief Harteau said the cameras worn by Officers Noor and Matthew Harrity "should have been activated".
"An officer should have them on and that is what we are trying to identify," Chief Harteau said.
"We want to do everything we can in training and in our policy to ensure that they are put on before an officer arrives at the scene."
Fred Bruno, the lawyer for Officer Harrity has said: "It is reasonable to assume an officer in that situation would be concerned about a possible ambush."
However Robert Bennett, who represents Ms Damond's family, said the yoga instructor was in her pyjamas when she approached the police and "was not a threat to anyone".
Mr Bennett told CBS News: "I think that [the ambush fear] is ludicrous. It's disinformation. It doesn't have any basis in fact."
He added: "She obviously wasn't armed, was not a threat to anyone, and nor could she have reasonably been perceived to be."
On Thursday, a statement from Ms Damond's family said: "All we want to do is bring Justine home to Australia to farewell her in her hometown among family and friends.
"We are still trying to come to terms with this tragedy and we are struggling to understand how and why this could happen."
On Wednesday, police released the transcript of two separate 911 calls Ms Damond made after hearing screams nearby.
"I'm not sure if she's having sex or being raped," she told the police operator, before giving her address.
"I think she just yelled out 'help', but it's difficult, the sound has been going on for a while," she continued.
Ms Damond called back eight minutes later to ensure police had the correct address.
Chief Harteau said she understood why the incident could make some people more reluctant to call 911.
"Although disheartening, I understand the fear and why it exists. This has had a negative impact on the community trust we have built," she said.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman has said he will decide whether to charge the police officer.
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The fatal shooting of an Australian woman by a Minneapolis police officer "should not have happened", the city's police chief has said.
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GB Taekwondo have overlooked the world number one three times in favour of Muhammad, ranked 59th in the world.
The move has been investigated by the BOA and, while they feel selectors acted properly, they were disappointed by the way the issue has been handled.
"There are two world-class athletes directly impacted by this nomination," read a statement issued by the BOA.
"Our panel would have preferred to see the selection process managed in a manner that would have been of much greater service to both athletes.
Overturning the selection made by a national federation would have been an unprecedented decision for the BOA. They asked GB Taekwondo to reconsider their choice of Lutalo Muhammad and the governing body returned with the same name, and, satisfied that proper selection procedures had been followed, the BOA didn't have much choice. That doesn't mean they're happy. They say they might revisit the matter should the international federation's investigation bring new issues to the fore. They're aware of the pressure this has put on both athletes and have criticised the apparent lack of transparency that has made GB Taekwondo's decision to leave out the world number one hard to understand.
"That said, after a thorough review, the panel is now sufficiently satisfied that the agreed selection procedures have been followed, and it is on that basis we are ratifying the nomination."
GB Taekwondo welcomed the BOA decision.
Performance director Gary Hall said: "This has been a long and difficult process for all involved, for the selection panel members and particularly for the two athletes concerned. Both are outstanding candidates and truly world class, both capable of winning medals in London. This has been the most difficult of selection decisions."
Cook's camp is now considering whether to launch legal action.
"Aaron is naturally incredibly disappointed with the BOA decision," said his agent Jamie Cunningham.
"He should be competing in the 2012 Games. It is an absolute disgrace that a British world number one has not been selected for the London Olympics by either his governing body or Olympic Association.
"He is world number one, European champion and has beaten 10 of the top 15 athletes in the Olympic rankings in his most recent fights. What more could Aaron have done?
"We urge the World Taekwondo Federation to consider the ramifications of this flawed decision. Aaron will be considering whether he wishes to pursue a legal route to contest this decision over the weekend."
Bob Mitchell, solicitor at Harbottle & Lewis representing Aaron Cook, added: "Everyone is extremely disappointed by the outcome today. We have retained a leading sports QC and will be deciding over the weekend what the best way is to proceed for Aaron from a legal and sports perspective. A further statement is likely to be issued early next week."
The BOA's Olympic Qualification Standards panel can only accept or reject athlete nominations - it is not within its remit to select individual athletes. However, the BOA noted the importance of working closer with national governing bodies over selection policies for future Games.
The panel added it reserves the right to reconsider the nomination subject to an ongoing inquiry by the World Taekwondo Federation.
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The British Olympic Association has ratified Lutalo Muhammad's nomination for London 2012 ahead of Aaron Cook.
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