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Paul Treacy took possession of more than 50,000 marbles after his friend Russell Nixon was killed in an alleged attack in Chippenham in May. Mr Treacy said: "He always said he wanted it to go to a children's charity, but he was a hoarder and didn't like letting go of things." He is now appealing for a charity or a hospice to take on the marble hoard. The collection includes a wheelie bin and several 5ft 6in (1.7m) tubes stuffed with thousands of multi-coloured marbles. "He had these tubes - 25 or 30 of them - all around his bungalow and these 1ft tall, large, chunky jars all over the place filled with marbles," said Mr Treacy. "It's very hard to estimate, but I would say there is at least 50,000." Mr Treacy said his friend turned to marble collecting "as a way of coping" with his "troubled childhood". "He started collecting marbles, just a few hundred at a time, and over the years he just kept on collecting and collecting until it was in the tens of thousands," he said. "Maybe a children's charity or someone could really benefit from this - then it will all be worth it as far as I'm concerned." Mr Nixon died following an alleged assault in London Road, Chippenham, in the early hours of 10 May. A 22-year-old has been charged with his murder and is due to appear in court again in October.

A Wiltshire man who inherited tens of thousands of marbles is trying to find a new home for the vast collection.

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Liechtenstein international Buchel, 27, has arrived at the League Two club on an emergency loan. He has made 31 appearances for Oxford, and went straight into the Bees starting line-up for Saturday's game at Accrington Stanley. Akinde, 23, is the younger brother of Bees striker John and he has agreed a one-year contract. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Barnet have signed Oxford United goalkeeper Benjamin Buchel and St Albans striker Sam Akinde.

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Media playback is not supported on this device City moved second in the table as they beat Hull City 3-0 on Boxing Day to trail Chelsea by seven points. Antonio Conte's side earlier set a club record of 12 straight Premier League wins with a 3-0 win over Bournemouth. "We have played seven more than [Chelsea], which is why it will be tough," said Guardiola. "Liverpool went so close [to the title] one year because they had one game a week and last year, for Leicester, it happened the same. "This time Chelsea and Liverpool are the ones." Both Liverpool and Chelsea failed to qualify for European competition this campaign after finishing eighth and 10th respectively in the Premier League last year. Manchester City face Monaco in the last 16 of this year's Champions League, with the first leg on 21 February. In their last season without European football, Liverpool narrowly missed out on the 2013/14 Premier League title to Manchester City, while Leicester won last year's title only playing domestically. Liverpool will move ahead of Manchester City in the table if they beat Stoke at Anfield on Tuesday. "Sometimes you play before Chelsea, sometimes later - but it doesn't matter when one team has won 12 in a row," added Guardiola. "It's like a final for us if you want to be there until the end of the season. "But football is unpredictable. We have to do absolutely everything to be there. Sometimes when you believe something is done it isn't. "What we have to do is win every game and analyse and see if that is enough." Media playback is not supported on this device

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says it will be difficult for his side to keep up with Premier League leaders Chelsea in the title race.

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The Swans have set an asking price of £50m for the midfielder after rejecting a £40m bid from Leicester. Sigurdsson has three years left on his contract but, having sold Jack Cork to Burnley, Clement says he cannot guarantee the Icelandic playmaker will remain at the Liberty Stadium. "I've made it very clear I want him to stay here," said Clement. "The fans want that, the owners would like that but, ultimately, there's a business side to football as well. "We had that situation with Jack Cork. In the summer there was no thought of moving Jack on but it got to a point when another club came in with a really good offer. "That might end up being the case with Gylfi. We don't know yet." Sigurdsson captained Swansea in the second half of their 1-0 friendly defeat at Barnet on Wednesday. Goalkeeper Erwin Mulder and midfielder Roque Mesa made their Swans debuts as their League Two opponents won thanks to a first-half goal from John Akinde. But all eyes were on Sigurdsson, whose future Clement wants to be resolved as soon as possible. "You don't want to be in a situation where it's dragging on through July and all through August, when the season's started, with the situation not being resolved. The sooner the better," the former Bayern Munich assitant manager added. "I don't know how people are going to behave in the future. I know the kind of character I worked with last year - someone who's very professional. "He's come back, he's got his head down and he's doing his work, so I hope that continues. "He's one of our most valuable players. He showed that last season with his goals and his assists, and he was instrumental in us maintaining our Premier League status."

Swansea boss Paul Clement admits the "business side to football" means the club may have to sell Gylfi Sigurdsson.

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If he does become the next Premier League manager to lose his job, it would not just be unfair, it would be absolutely ridiculous. I cleaned Tim's boots when I was an apprentice at Norwich in the late 1980s, and he was the captain at Blackburn Rovers when we won the Premier League together in 1995. Of course I am not just backing him to succeed at Villa because I used to play with him - the reason is that, since the earliest days of my career, I have always seen him as manager material. When I was a teenager I looked up to him because I liked the way he went about things and how he dealt with me and other people. Even though he was a young man then too, the other players all thought the same. Character is a bit of a buzzword these days, but as a player I looked around for team-mates who had the ability to handle pressure and Tim was always one of them. At 46, he is a relatively young manager now, certainly in terms of experience, but you have to remember he was quite a young captain at Blackburn too - he was 26 when we were champions. We had some pretty big-hitters in terms of personalities in that dressing room, the likes of Alan Shearer, David Batty, Tim Flowers and Colin Hendry. They were never afraid to have their say but, if you speak to them, they will all tell you they admired Tim not just for what he brought to the team as a player but also his contribution to the club's success as captain. For Tim to be skipper ahead of, say, Shearer shows you what the Blackburn boss Kenny Dalglish thought of him too. He always had the leadership qualities you need as a manager and, on top of that, I always thought he was extremely knowledgeable about the game. He comes across as confident or even cocky in some respects, but in the dressing room it doesn't matter whether you are an introvert or an extrovert as long as what you are saying makes sense. Tim always did. So it does not surprise me that, as a manager, he has got the best out of players who had been under-performing - like Emmanuel Adebayor at Spurs or Christian Benteke and Fabian Delph at Villa last season - because he has always had the ability to get people playing for him. At times he might say things that players don't like - because he tells the truth. That ruffles a few feathers but I don't mind it, in fact he should be commended for it. These days I hear a lot of people in football say things with no substance behind them, but Tim certainly is not like that - he can always back his opinions up. Tim earned his right to have a proper crack at being Villa boss with the incredible job he did to keep them up after taking charge in February, when they were in desperate trouble with a dreadful scoring record. Villa have been fighting relegation for a few years now under several different managers so this season was never going to be any different. But, just eight games into the new campaign and at the first sign of adversity, Sherwood already appears to be under massive pressure. You have to take into consideration that he lost his two best players over the summer in striker Benteke and midfielder Delph, who were both inspirational for him last season, and realise he is trying to build a new team with all the signings that Villa have made. Villa's net spend over the summer was under £10m - and a lot of that went on young players with little or no Premier League experience. They have plenty of potential, and also plenty of sell-on value which seems to be a big part of the club's thinking, but it is a gamble whether they work out for Villa now and that is Sherwood's problem. I don't know who had the final say on each deal but from what I understand, Villa's head of recruitment Paddy Reilly and sporting director Hendrik Almstadt play a big part in the process. You cannot blame Tim for the squad not being strong enough if it is not just down to him, but he is the one who is being criticised because Villa have not won since the opening day. I get why the club's owner Randy Lerner might be getting twitchy because of the amount of money at stake if they go down, but the logical thing to do is to give Sherwood more time because he is an intelligent man who has already shown he can improve players - which is exactly what Villa need now. Sherwood has chopped and changed his team and formation a lot so far, but that is only because he is trying to find the right balance between attack and defence while he beds those new signings in and finds a system that works with the players he has got. The choices he has to make with his current forwards is an example of how difficult that is. Like Benteke, Rudy Gestede has tremendous physical attributes and is as good as there is in the air in the Premier League. In an effort to make the most of that, Sherwood has tried to get his full-backs forward to get crosses into the box - Jordan Amavi and Alan Hutton or Leandro Bacuna have all done that far more than any of Villa's midfielders. But what Gestede doesn't have is the ability to link up play, or the pace to get behind defences. In that way, Benteke was much more of an all-round striker. Sherwood can leave out Gestede and play Gabriel Agbonlahor or Jordan Ayew if he wants pace, but then he does not have that same physical presence up front, or any aerial threat. Whoever he picks, he is missing something that Benteke provided on his own. Because he is trying to find that balance between attack and defence, he cannot always play two up front to solve that problem, especially because he is also trying to fit Jack Grealish into his team as an attacking midfielder. Grealish is a young player who has a lot of talent but picking him creates a different issue because winning games is not just down to what happens when you have got the ball. However good Grealish is going forward, he does not always put in a shift going back the other way. When you lose possession, you need to be compact and tight defensively and Villa have lacked that in the games I have seen, notably in their defeat by Leicester when they were hit on the counter-attack time and time again. You really need defensive responsibility when you are in Villa's position near the bottom of the table. That might be one of the reasons why Sherwood has apparently used this international break to try to get Grealish fitter. After trying so many formations and line-ups, maybe we will see Sherwood sticking with just one in the next five or six games. A settled system and some continuity is what Villa need at the moment. Tim knows that and, if he is given the chance, I am confident he will get it right. Chris Sutton was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

There is a lot of talk that Tim Sherwood is close to being sacked by Aston Villa but I cannot understand why they would even contemplate getting rid of him at this stage of the season.

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Morgan Ackerman, 16, was struck by a white Skoda Octavia taxi after knocking on doors and running away in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, on 3 January. Morgan, described as "always joking" by his family, died from his injuries in hospital the next day. Cardiff coroner Phillip Spinney concluded his death was accidental. An inquest heard the college student knocked a window at about 22.30 GMT before running into the road where he was hit, resulting in "devastating" head injuries. His friend Ethan, 16, said: "I shouted to him to stop because I could see the headlights of the car turning into the road. "But he didn't stop and ran out between two parked cars. He was hit and landed heavily on the road. The side of his head banged on the road." Another friend Bradley, 16, said Morgan put his hands out to protect himself but it was too late. The taxi, driven by Anthony Hewlett, was travelling at about 20mph when it hit Morgan. He told the inquest: "All of a sudden a person shot out. I braked hard but had no chance of avoiding him." Morgan's mother Leanne Sweet, who received a text message from her son saying he was on his way minutes before he died, said he was "streetwise and knew the road well". "To run out into the road would be completely out of character," she said. Recording a conclusion of accidental death, Cardiff coroner Phillip Spinney said the taxi driver was unable to avoid the collision, adding "it was clearly a tragic accident".

A teenager died after being hit by a taxi while playing a game of "rat-a-tat" on people's front doors, an inquest has heard.

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Meera Dalal died aged 25 at her home in Leicestershire on 15 February 2016. Daksha Dalal, Meera's mother, wants police to disclose any evidence they hold so her family can consider a private prosecution. The BBC asked Miss Dalal's ex-boyfriend for a response through his solicitors but they declined to comment. Police said a 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assisting suicide on the day Miss Dalal died but was released with no further action. "I seriously felt as if I would get some justice from the police but I didn't," said Mrs Dalal. "A loss of a child is an intense grief that you will never, ever be able to overcome. "If I could help one girl, one child or somebody's daughter, that would make me happy." A report from Miss Dalal's GP was read out as evidence at the inquest into her death. Assistant coroner Carolyn Hull said: "She was seen by one of the doctors and told the doctor she had recently ended her three-year relationship, during which she suffered emotional and physical abuse." The GP report said she was given treatment in hospital on one occasion, "having been the subject of domestic violence". Mrs Dalal is trying to obtain copies of her daughter's medical records, along with other evidence held by police. Daksha Dalal has written to Leicestershire Police asking for evidence and information, including the following: Ms Hull, who led the documentary inquest into Miss Dalal's death, concluded that she died as a result of suicide. Miss Dalal's former partner had been reported to police several times during and after their relationship. Following Miss Dalal's suicide, her mother asked the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to investigate. The 50-page investigation report, seen by the BBC, contains a catalogue of police incidents involving Miss Dalal and her boyfriend dating back to December 2013. The IPCC investigated the conduct of four particular police officers, but the investigator found there was no case to answer for misconduct. Leicestershire Police said: "Following a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Meera Dalal who died on 15 February 2016, police found no evidence to warrant a prosecution being brought by the CPS. "As a result of her death, and previous contact between Leicestershire Police and Meera, an inquiry was conducted by the IPCC, which concluded there was insufficient evidence to consider misconduct proceedings and there was no case to answer for the officers involved." The IPCC said: "On the basis of the evidence available, and at the conclusion of the investigation, the investigator formed the opinion that there was insufficient evidence upon which a reasonable misconduct meeting could find that any of the officers had breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour, Duties and Responsibilities." Miss Dalal killed herself at her family home in Syston, so her family moved to a different area of Leicestershire after her death. Mrs Dalal has been raising awareness of domestic abuse since her daughter's death through a Facebook page in her memory, and says many victims have contacted her. "I got a message saying 'thank you for raising awareness, I got away from him'," said Mrs Dalal. One woman left her husband and stayed with Miss Dalal's parents for two months while she found somewhere else to live. "If it's one person that I can help, that's good," said Mrs Dalal. If you are affected by any of the topics in this article, the Samaritans can be contacted free on 116 123 or through their website.

A grieving mother wants to take action against her daughter's ex-boyfriend - after an inquest heard she killed herself after being abused by him.

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The old glass Coke bottle, originally sent from New Hampshire, was discovered more than 1,000 miles away in Turks and Caicos in 2011 by Clint Buffington. The message read: "Return to 419 Ocean Boulevard and receive a reward of $150 from Tina, the owner of Beachcomber." Mr Buffington returned the message on Monday to the daughter of the man who sent it. "I've never given one back to someone," Mr Buffington, who has collected bottles with messages since 2007, told ABC News. "But in this case I knew it was the right thing to do. Just imagine it was a letter from your parents." He first wrote about the discovery on his blog in the hope of crowd-sourcing help in locating the sender. After speaking to a county clerk and tax assessor, Mr Buffington found the property to be the Beachcomber Motel in Hampton, New Hampshire. The accommodation was owned by Paul and Tina Tsiatsios, but the couple had since passed away. Mr Buffington was able to locate their daughter, Paula Pierce, to whom he returned the letter. Ms Pierce said she never knew about the letter, but her husband did. "My father secretly told my husband, who I have known since 1969. He told my husband that he did this soon after he bought the motel, which they did in 1960," Ms Pierce told ABC News. "It was a very sweet gesture, he was trying to tease her (his wife)." Ms Pierce said the joke was that room rates ran at about $15 (£12) or $20, so $150 would have been a lot of money at the time. But she insisted on fulfilling her father's wishes and gave Mr Buffington his rightful reward of $150. "It is like completing the circle," she said.

A Utah man has returned a message in a bottle from 50 years ago that he found while on holiday.

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People with severe arthritis often take the drugs, which also calm inflammation, to go about daily life. The researchers said some patients would deem the risk acceptable, but they should be given the choice. A study, published in the Lancet, showed the drugs posed even greater risks for smokers and the overweight. The risks have been reported before, but a team of researchers at the University of Oxford analysed the issue in unprecedented detail in order to help patients make an informed choice. The group investigated more than 353,000 patient records from 639 separate clinical trials to assess the impact of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. They looked at high-dose prescriptions levels, rather than over-the-counter pain relief, of 150mg diclofenac or 2,400mg ibuprofen each day. They showed that for every 1,000 people taking the drugs there would be three additional heart attacks, four more cases of heart failure and one death as well cases of stomach bleeding - every year as a result of taking the drugs. So the number of heart attacks would increase from eight per 1,000 people per year normally, to 11 per 1,000 people per year with the drugs. "Three per thousand per year sounds like it is quite a low risk, but the judgement has to be made by patients," said lead researcher Prof Colin Baigent. He added: "So if you're a patient and you go and sit in front of your doctor and discuss it, you are the one who should be making the judgement about whether three per thousand per year is worth it to allow you, potentially, to go about your daily life." He said this should not concern people taking a short course of these drugs, for example for headaches. However, he did warn that those already at risk of heart problems would be at even greater risk as a result of the high-dose drugs. High blood pressure, cholesterol and smoking all increase the risk of heart problems. Prof Baigent said: "The higher your risk of heart disease, the higher your risk of a complication. Roughly speaking, if you've got double the risk of heart disease, then the risk of having a heart attack is roughly doubled." He said patients should consider ways to reduce their risk, which could include statins for some patients. A similar drug called rofecoxib (known as Vioxx), was voluntarily taken off the market by its manufacturer in 2004 after similar concerns were raised. There are more than 17 million prescriptions of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the UK each year. Two thirds are either ibuprofen or diclofenac. A third drug, naproxen, had lower risks of heart complications in the study and some doctors are prescribing this to higher-risk patients. The drug does a similar job to aspirin by stopping the blood from clotting although this also increases the odds of a stomach bleed. Prof Alan Silman, medical director of Arthritis Research UK, said the drugs were a "lifeline" for millions of people with arthritis and were "extremely effective in relieving pain". He added: "However, because of their potential side-effects, in particular the increased risk of cardiovascular complications which has been known for a number of years, there is an urgent need to find alternatives that are as effective, but safer." Prof Donald Singer, member of the British Pharmacological Society and from the University of Warwick, said: "The findings underscore a key point for patients and prescribers - powerful drugs may have serious harmful effects. "It is therefore important for prescribers to take into account these risks and ensure patients are fully informed about the medicines they are taking."

Two common painkillers, ibuprofen and diclofenac, can slightly increase the risk of heart problems if taken in high doses for a long time, data suggests.

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Mr Bhatti, 57, was travelling from Moga to Jalandhar to promote his new film Power Cut when his car hit a tree early on Thursday, reports said. The comedian was hugely popular in the 1980s and 1990s when he did hit television shows like the Flop Show and Ulta Pulta (Upside Down). He had also acted in several Hindi and Punjabi films. Bhatti's son Jasraj, who was driving the car, and the film's heroine, Surili Gautam, were also injured in the accident, Press Trust of India reported. They have been taken to a hospital in Jalandhar, it said. Mr Bhatti will be cremated later on Thursday, reports said. The comedian used humour and satire to highlight serious issues like corruption, inflation and female foeticide. He also did street theatre and addressed what he called "mock press conferences" where he mocked the authorities for their failures.

One of India's most popular comedians Jaspal Bhatti has died in a road crash in Jalandhar city in Punjab state.

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Paul Greengrass is best known for The Bourne Supremacy, the 9/11 film United 93 and the Oscar-nominated pirate drama Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks. He also made films in Northern Ireland about Bloody Sunday and the Omagh bomb. He spoke out against a proposed 50% cut to Northern Ireland Screen's funding, which will affect creative education. NI Screen is a government agency that oversees Northern Ireland's growing film and television industry. It currently provides funding for three Creative Learning Centres (CLCs) - the Nerve Centre in Londonderry, Nerve Belfast and the AMMA Centre in Armagh. Mr Greengrass directed Jimmy Nesbitt in the Bloody Sunday drama in 2002 but returned to Derry last year as part of its UK City of Culture celebrations. "The vibrancy, creativity, commitment, inventiveness, and sheer scale of the cultural activity taking place in Derry - particularly amongst young people - was to me breathtaking and inspiring," Mr Greengrass said in a statement to the Nerve Centre. He added: "Those of us who have had the privilege to be welcomed to Derry and have seen this wonderful city emerge from dark days to stand as a beacon of hope not just for our country but for Europe and far beyond, can only register the strongest protest at the extent of the proposed cuts to the education and film sector in Northern Ireland." Northern Ireland's power-sharing government is facing very tough financial choices on public spending after the block grant it receives from Westminister was reduced by 1.6%, a cut of about £160m. Some Stormont departments have been asked to make savings of up to 11%. Last month, the Department of Culture, Art and Leisure warned the cuts could be severe enough to force the closure of some bodies, as it attempts to save £10m from its £100m budget. The proposed 50% budget cuts will not only affect the three centres but also the Belfast Film Festival, the Foyle Film Festival, the Queen's Film Theatre and the Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People. Mr Greengrass said he was concerned not just about the affect on Derry's creative industry but Northern Ireland as a whole. "Northern Ireland is now an established fixture in the international movie landscape - a place to come and make films, sustained by boundless local talent and ingenuity," he said. "But we are only at the beginning of the journey to what can be achieved here in terms of jobs and creative opportunities for the next generation. "We must protect what has been built. And we must continue to develop it," he added.

A leading Hollywood film director has criticised government cuts to education programmes that help young people get into the film and creative industries.

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The old year went out with a bang as Edinburgh's fireworks display welcomed 2017.

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The 30-year-old flanker was sent off during the European Champions Cup play-off win over Stade Francais on Friday after an incident with Djibril Camara. An independent committee concluded Wood's stamp resulted in reckless contact with Camara's head. Eddie Jones' England side are due to play Argentina on 10 and 17 June. Wood was part of the 31-man squad to travel to South America and now joins the injured Joe Marchant, Denny Solomona and Saints team-mate Paul Hill in being unable to play. The committee initially imposed a 12-week ban, but after taking into account Wood's guilty plea, expression of remorse and good disciplinary record, it was reduced to six weeks. Meanwhile, Saints team-mate Rory Hutchinson has been banned for two weeks for tackling Stade Francais' Australian scrum-half Will Genia in the air.

Tom Wood will miss England's two-Test tour of Argentina after being banned for six weeks for stamping while playing for Northampton Saints.

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Twenty thousand properties in Lancashire were left without power after a high voltage fault. The Metrolink suspended all tram lines due to lightning strikes and Manchester Airport had to divert incoming flights. Surface water caused delays on the roads and to trains in the region. Electricity North West said homes in Colne, Burnley and Nelson have been affected by the power cut. The Environment Agency issued a number of flood warnings for south Manchester, with Fallowfield, Chorlton-cum-Hardy and Rusholme among the areas affected. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) reported "high numbers" of 999 calls made after the storms hit. GMFRS said it received 106 calls between 18:30 and 20:00 from people reporting flooding and weather related issues. They included a woman and children trapped inside a car in flood water under a railway bridge in Stockport and electrical faults caused by flooding water. Manchester Airport was unable to accept any incoming flights during the height of the storm and had to divert a number of planes to other airports. Manchester City's Champions League group clash at home to German side Borussia Mönchengladbach was postponed less than half an hour before kick off due to a flooded Etihad Stadium pitch. It has been rearranged for 19:45 BST on Wednesday. The cosmetics counters at Manchester's Harvey Nichols department store were flooded as well. Meteorologist Mark Wilson said there was a lot of rain in a "very short space of time" in the region and "a lot" of thunder and lightning. Mr Wilson said: "Prestbury had 32.4mm of rain in an hour - which is pretty exceptional." He added the band of rain and thunderstorms looks set to push eastwards into Yorkshire and up to Scotland over the course of the night.

Torrential storms have struck the north west of England's transport system and caused the postponement of Manchester City's Champions League game.

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The woman suddenly accelerated and smashed into the rows of parked cars, police added. Vehicles were even pushed away from their original positions. Her car and some others were so badly damaged that they had to be towed away, police said. The driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries. Her condition was unknown.

A 75-year-old driver crashed into 14 cars in a car park in the German town of Dueren, causing damage estimated at €25,000 ($28,000, £21,000), police said.

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Marcell Seeley, 34, was found dead in his ground floor flat at Dingwell Park in Taghnaven, at about lunchtime on Tuesday. A 24-year-old man was arrested in Craigavon on Wednesday. It is understood Mr Seeley's body had been in the flat for a number of days and that his mother discovered him. Police have appealed for anyone who saw anything unusual in the Dingwell Park area in recent days to contact them.

The death of a man in Craigavon, County Armagh, is now being treated as murder, police have said.

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As with other oil firms, the rise in net profit came thanks to its oil refinery business, which saw a 96% increase to $4.9bn in the year. But profits from Total's oil exploration business plunged more than 50% in the year to $4.8bn. Total hailed its results as the "best performance among the oil majors". Oil prices have fallen some 30% in the last year alone, forcing major oil firms to cut back on investment in exploration and denting profits from oil extraction. "This resilience in a degraded environment demonstrates the effectiveness of the group integrated model and the full mobilisation of its teams," said chairman and chief executive Patrick Pouyanne. Total has also bought its first spot cargo from Iran since Western sanctions were lifted, said chief financial officer Patrick de la Chevardiere. The oil major signed an agreement in late January to purchase up 200,000 barrels per day of Iranian crude. Total estimated that its cash break-even in terms of oil was $45 a barrel. Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil prices, is currently trading at about $30 a barrel. The oil firm plans to cut capital spending to about $19bn in 2016 and said it was targeting asset sales worth around $4bn. Total said it planned to pay an annual dividend of €2.44 a share. Shareholders will have the option of receiving the fourth-quarter dividend payment of €0.61 per share in cash or new discounted shares.

French oil major Total has reported a 20% increase in annual net profit to $5.1bn, compared with $4.2bn a year earlier.

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The decision means only one Welsh region, Cardiff Blues, still carries its original name. British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland will help out with pre-season coaching on his return to Wales. WRU head of rugby Geraint John is helping with player recruitment, targeting "Welsh exiles and young Welsh talent". Dragons, Scarlets, Ospreys and Blues were formed along with Celtic Warriors as Welsh rugby's top echelon was reduced to five teams in 2003. A year later the Warriors, made up of a combined Bridgend-Pontypridd team, folded. Ospreys dropped Neath-Swansea from their title in 2005 and Scarlets did likewise when Llanelli was removed from their moniker in 2008. The WRU takeover, including the Rodney Parade ground, takes effect on 1 July, 2017. But the name change takes immediate effect and with it comes a set of targets laid down by the governing body's chief executive Martyn Phillips and his Dragons counterpart Stuart Davies. In year one those targets include: Beyond that, the targets include: A statement read: "The overriding message within the detailed plans is that rugby should thrive at all levels in the Dragons region, with the amateur and professional game aligned at every turn with men's, women's, boys' and girls' rugby given equal status in Gwent."

Newport Gwent Dragons' name has been changed to Dragons following their takeover by the Welsh Rugby Union.

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More than 260 people were also injured, with many losing limbs. A police officer was killed and another seriously injured during the operation to catch the suspects, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Here we look at the victims. The eight-year-old was standing with his family, cheering the runners as they completed the race. The prime position near the finish line put him in the path of one of the bombs. He was the first person killed in the attacks to be publicly named. He was described as "kind, caring and loving" by staff at his former school. His younger sister Jane, six, suffered a serious injury to her leg, while his mother, Denise, sustained a head injury and required emergency surgery. In an emailed statement, Martin's father, Bill, wrote: "My dear son Martin has died from injuries sustained in the attack on Boston. My wife and daughter are both recovering from serious injuries. We thank our family and friends, those we know and those we have never met, for their thoughts and prayers." Blood and panic at finish line The restaurant manager, 29, had gone to watch a friend complete the race. Her mother, Patty, shaking with emotion, told reporters: "You couldn't ask for a better daughter... I can't believe this has happened. She was such a hard worker in everything she did." She had lived with and cared for her grandmother for almost two years after a medical procedure, according to the New York Times. "My daughter was the most lovable girl," her father told Yahoo. "She helped everybody, and I'm just so shocked right now." The Chinese graduate student was 23. Old friends and Chinese state media said she was from the north-eastern city of Shenyang. Her Linked-in profile said she had studied economics at Beijing Institute of Technology before coming to study statistics at Boston University. She was an eager cook who liked to blog about her meals and share new recipes. Boston University's website said she was one of three friends who watched the race near the finishing line. One of her friends, named as Zhou Danling by Chinese TV, was wounded. A statement from the university said: "Our hearts and thoughts go out to the family and friends of both victims." Chinese victim mourned On the Thursday after the bombings, with Boston on high alert, Sean Collier, a police officer at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was found by colleagues dead in his car. The 26-year-old had been shot multiple times, allegedly by Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev as they tried to evade arrest. Police ordered Boston into lockdown, eventually tracking the suspects down, killing the elder brother and wounding the other. Paying tribute to Mr Collier, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said he believed "his murder led to our apprehension of these individuals". MIT Police Chief John DiFava said in a statement that Mr Collier was "one of these guys who really looked at police work as a calling". "He was born to be a police officer," he said. Students at the university said he had always made an effort to get to know them, so he "knew which students he was protecting every day when he came to work". A second policeman, transport officer Richard Donohue, was shot in the thigh in a fire fight with the suspects when they were cornered later on that Thursday.

Three spectators, including an eight-year-old boy, were killed when two pressure cooker bombs packed with nails, ball bearings and other shrapnel detonated at the 2013 Boston Marathon.

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The 1-1 draw is the top story on Russian online media, with the last-minute equaliser by the national team being celebrated as a virtual victory. But Russia's press largely deflected blame for post-match scuffles on to English supporters or the organisers, glossing over the Russian fans' charge at the English seats after the game. French media resigned itself to the fact that violence between the two sets of supporters was perhaps inevitable, swinging the spotlight onto organised gangs of Russian fans. UK press: "Not like ordinary fans" The Sun on Sunday lays blame for post-match fighting on Russian fans. The paper quotes England supporters as saying Russians involved in the clashes "weren't like ordinary fans - they were all like bodybuilders and meant to cause us serious harm". Daily Star Sunday says English supporters were "ambushed by Russian hooligans", but does not ignore English involvement in pre-match violence. It quotes a local politician as saying: "I hope that when the bill for damage has been completed their country will contribute to the cost." The Mail on Sunday asks "Back in the dark ages?" after the violence. "Memories of a draw they snatched from the jaws of victory against Russia will mingle with recollections of chairs flying through the air, hooligans scattering around the Vieux Port and snarling faces," Oliver Holt writes. Russia: "They came to fight" Russian media was split on whom to blame for the brawls. While most held the English fans largely at fault, others pointed the finger at their Russian counterparts and the French organisers. Popular Russian news website Gazeta.ru called the result "Russia's miraculous rescue". However, the main headline was: "These people are not fans. They came to fight" which, according to the site, was "provoked by English fans". "Such behaviour is typical of English fans," a correspondent for state-owned channel Rossiya 24 said. Gazprom-owned NTV built on that idea further, saying that it was "no accident that both 'football' and 'hooligan' are English words". Venerable Russian sports news site Sovetsky Sport said: "What to do on a Saturday morning? Drink beer, get a tan, then go and fight with police, throw chairs and glass bottles. What could be better for English fans?" Pro-Kremlin news portal Life.ru was almost jubilant in its coverage of the fighting at Marseille port during the day, noting that it "began with many provocations by the English fans" and "ended with the latter making a cowardly retreat from the field of battle". Curiously, Russian sports news portal Sport Express reported that the Marseille port brawl had involved only "England fans and local Arabs" with no Russian presence. Moscow daily free newspaper Vechernyaya Moskva, in an article headlined "No-holds-barred fighting at the Velodrome", noted that fans exchanged insults throughout the match, while at full-time "around 30 Russian fans broke into the English sector and started a fight… Yes, of course, the English are to blame. Why did they shout insults at Russia, Putin and, for some reason, Sharapova? And ours, you could say, answered them." The paper went on to blame the organisers. "We have all heard about the unprecedented security measures taken by France in response to the raised terror threat. Well, where are they?" However, the BBC's Russian service speculates that the Sharapova insults, picked up widely in the Russian press, were sourced from a since discredited fake news account. France: Organised violence Some French newspapers noted that the post-match violence appeared pre-planned by organised gangs of Russian hooligans. In sports newspaper L'Equipe, Ronan Evian wrote: "The term 'hooligan' is not inappropriate to describe the Russians who fought yesterday. These are real, die-hard types." Well-trained and well-organised, "they gathered to do what they do not do at home: fight in the city streets," Evian wrote. Le Monde daily largely agreed. Among Russian fans, the paper said, were "small, well-organised gangs, such as about 30 fans of FC Lokomotiv Moscow, wearing the colours of Orel Butchers, a well-known group in the country, who repeatedly charged at English fans with extreme violence". But as Liberation pointed out, both sides were responsible for violent scenes in the city. "Before going to Stade Velodrome to attend the match, fans from the two sides played cat and mouse with riot police in the streets near the Old Port," the paper said. Le Parisien thought that violence was inevitable. "England-Russia, a high-risk match we knew about", the daily said. BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

The violence before and after Saturday's Euro 2016 match between England and Russia has led newspapers in Britain to worry that football is "headed back to the dark ages", with blame split between Russian and English troublemakers.

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The Irish Paralympic star ran 10.42 in his heat before going marginally faster in the C final. Smyth, 28, has ambitions of competing at this year's Olympics before defending his Paralympic titles in Rio. The Northern Irishman will need to run 10.16 seconds to book an Olympic 100m spot. The Europeans take place in early July, a month before the Olympics, and Smyth looks capable of running the qualifying time for the Amsterdam championships. Judging by his early season performances in America, Olympic qualification looks more problematic, although Smyth's time on Saturday was his fastest in three years. The Eglinton man sustained a knee injury four months after defending his Paralympic sprint titles in 2012 and his last three seasons were affected by the ailment. Smyth was joined in his opening heat by former training partner Tyson Gay who clocked a time of 10.03 in both the qualifier and later A final. Also running in the Elite Invitational meeting at Clermont, Amy Foster ran a season's best of 11.42 seconds as she won the women's 100m B final. Foster, 27, equalled her Northern Ireland record of 11.40 in her earlier heat but that time was wind-assisted. Also at Clermont, County Londonderry long jumper Adam McMullen achieved a new personal best as he won the event in 7.84m. McMullen's distance added 0.01m to the mark he set indoors in Belgium earlier this year. The 25-year-old's previous outdoor best was 7.77m, which he produced last year. McMullen, who like Foster will now return home after his Florida stint, is edging towards the European Championship standard of 7.95m.

Jason Smyth missed out on qualifying for the European Championships 100m by just 0.01 seconds as he clocked 10.39 in Florida on Saturday.

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Heather Foggo, 48, became unwell during the Mighty Deerstalker event in the Scottish Borders on Saturday evening. She was taken to Borders General Hospital in Melrose by emergency crews but did not survive. A spokesman for Rat Race Adventure Sports, which organised the event, said they were "extremely saddened". "The participant became unwell at 17:56, approximately one mile into the event, close to our event control station and at the location of one of our safety marshals," he added. "A member of our medical team was on the scene within three minutes as we implemented our response protocols. "They were assisted by an off-duty paramedic until the arrival of the Scottish Ambulance Service." The spokesman said the company would offer its "full assistance" to the authorities. The 10-mile (16km) event, billed as the UK's biggest night race, was being held near Traquair House, at Innerleithen in Tweeddale. Two thousand people took part in Saturday's event, which began at 17:30. Police Scotland said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death and a report would be sent to the procurator fiscal.

A woman who died after falling ill during a nighttime cross country race was a nurse from Morpeth in Northumberland.

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The Hare and Hounds pub in Maidstone - close to the Royal Engineers barracks - was a known target, but then landlord Brian Wooster never thought anything would happen. However, on 25 September 1975, a bomb was placed outside the pub. Only by chance did 19-year-old Sapper David Campbell see the device enabling him to raise the alarm. In the minutes before the explosion, police were called, the pub was cleared, nearby homes were evacuated and roads were sealed off. Residents then heard "an almighty boom". Seconds later, Mr Wooster saw glass, wood and debris everywhere, with his destroyed car against the neighbouring prison wall. He remembers a scene of "absolute devastation". But, despite a series of false alarms in the months beforehand, Mr Wooster was not unduly alarmed. "We were scared, of course we were scared. But, being a little pub we only had one door open and we knew all the customers," he said. "So, if anyone came in we would be on them straight away, especially if they were carrying a bag or anything. "We felt quite happy that no-one was going to come in here and do anything, but as it turned out they didn't have to." Because of Mr Campbell's actions, no-one was killed, but two police officers were injured. One of them, Mick Gray, was going to warn a driver and a pedestrian when the bomb went off. "I just had this voice in my head say 'run'," he explained. "I was facing that way and I just ran and I'd only gone a few yards when I was picked up and blown over and all this stuff came at me at the same time." The uniform he wore that night is covered in holes where shrapnel penetrated his body. A notebook in his top pocket was the only thing that stopped a shard of metal entering his chest. There were about 20 people in the pub that night. Mr Campbell said it was pure chance he spotted the device, having gone outside to look for someone who had left their coat in the pub. Having served in Northern Ireland, his suspicions were immediately raised on seeing a bag next to the landlord's car. As the area was cleared, police officers shone torches through the gap at the end of the holdall zip and saw batteries, a clock and wires. The bombers were eventually caught after a tip-off, which led to an armed siege in Balcombe Street, London. They served more than 20 years in prison before being released under the Good Friday agreement. The Hare and Hounds still stands on the same site in Maidstone. Watch a full report on BBC Inside Out South East - BBC One on Monday 28 September 19:30 GMT.

When the IRA bombed a Kent pub - a local for the military - 40 years ago, it was only the quick thinking of one soldier that prevented any deaths.

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The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention said the 43-year-old was diagnosed on Tuesday and was being treated in Gwangju city. Zika, a mosquito-borne virus, has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. It has spread rapidly in Brazil and the Americas, and is suspected of causing birth defects. But WHO experts caution the link between the virus and microcephaly - in which babies are born with underdeveloped heads - is not yet proven. Isolated Zika infections have been reported in a handful of countries in Asia. South Korea said the infected man had been quarantined and his movements tracked since returning home, according to the Yonhap news agency.

South Korea has confirmed its first case of the Zika virus, in a man who had recently returned from Brazil.

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The News Corp co-chairman is leading a consortium to buy the struggling broadcaster. Australia's media laws would need to be changed for the takeover to proceed. The government has moved to relax the rules which put limits on media ownership. In a statement on Thursday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said the proposed buyout of Channel Ten would not harm competition. "While this transaction will result in some reduction in diversity across the Australian media landscape, we have concluded it would not substantially lessen competition," it said. Proposed changes to media law in Australia would remove the so-called "two out of three" rule, which prevents a single party owning print, radio and television assets in the same market. The laws, which have passed the lower house of parliament but face opposition in the senate, must be changed for the Ten deal to go through. Mr Murdoch owns a radio station and News Corp publishes about two-thirds of the country's newspapers. His buyout partner Bruce Gordon owns regional television licences across Australia. Mr Murdoch is already a shareholder of Ten, which was placed into administration earlier this year. Media owners in the country argue current laws are outdated and hurt their ability to compete for advertising revenues from newer, online players like Facebook and Google.

Lachlan Murdoch has moved one step closer to buying television network Channel Ten after Australia's competition regulator gave the green light to the potential acquisition.

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Striker Walker, 19, made his Forest debut in March 2015 and has gone on to make 21 Championship appearances, his only goal coming against Brentford. Defender Ntlhe, 22, played 89 times for Posh, has one South Africa cap and signed a deal of undisclosed length. Forward McKirdy, 19, has yet to make a first-team appearance for Villa. Meanwhile, defender Shaun Donnellan has returned to parent club West Bromwich Albion after having his Stevenage loan cancelled. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Stevenage have signed Peterborough's Kgosi Ntlhe on undisclosed terms and Nottingham Forest's Tyler Walker and Aston Villa's Harry McKirdy on loan.

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As well as being head of the army, he was vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission and held top posts in the ruling Workers' Party. In a short statement, the party said Mr Ri had been removed from his posts "because of illness". The BBC's Seoul correspondent Lucy Williamson says there is widespread scepticism about that explanation. The decision to relieve Mr Ri of his duties came at a meeting of the Workers' Party Central Committee politburo on Sunday, state-run news agency KCNA said. The brief report made no mention of a successor. In Seoul, a spokesman for the Unification Ministry told reporters that the move was "very unusual". "It's quite a rare case that the North promptly and publicly announced early this morning the outcome of a meeting yesterday, on 15 July. We will keep monitoring closely," Kim Hyung-suk said. By Lucy WilliamsonBBC News, Seoul Ri Yong-ho's removal from office has taken many people outside North Korea by surprise. He was seen as having a key role in the recent transition of power in North Korea, from Kim Jong-il to his son, Kim Jong-un. Few people here are taking the regime's explanation of "illness" at face value. The statement posted on North Korea's state news agency was short and sparse, giving no details of his condition or any indication of his successor as head of the army. Instead, some analysts are reading his removal as a possible political purge - in order to cement Kim Jong-un's grip on the military, or perhaps signalling a rift in the team of senior figures which has encircled the young heir during his six months in power. Analysis: A diplomatic illness? Mr Ri was made army chief three years ago under Kim Jong-il, the current leader's father who died in December 2011 after ruling North Korea for almost two decades. The army chief regularly appeared at state occasions beside Kim Jong-il. He was also one of seven top officials to accompany the younger Kim as he followed the hearse containing his father's body at his state funeral. Mr Ri was widely thought to be a figure in the inner circle of the new leader and instrumental in helping him cement his position. His removal is now being scrutinised by analysts for signs of the direction in which Kim Jong-un, seen as young and inexperienced, will take the country. The army and Workers' Party are the two primary institutions that bolstered the Kim family dynasty, Robert Kelly, a professor at the Pusan National University in South Korea told the BBC. Powers behind new leader Kim Jong-un did not serve in either of those two institutions which are ''traditional proving grounds and grooming grounds... for the leadership in the system''. ''So his position is very vulnerable because he does not know the generals and colonels who prop up the state,'' said Dr Kelly. In April North Korea defied international warnings to launch a rocket - an action its neighbours called a long-range missile test that contravened UN resolutions. The rocket launch failed, and analysts warned that it was not clear whether this would lead to more efforts to demonstrate military might - such as another nuclear test - or strengthen the position of reformers seeking to focus on the economy. South Korea warned earlier this year that Pyongyang appeared to be in the late stages of preparing for a third nuclear test - a claim North Korea has denied. International talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions have been stalled since 2009.

North Korean military chief Ri Yong-ho has been removed from all official posts, according to state media.

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Engineers are about to complete the assembly of the primary mirror surface on the James Webb Space Telescope. They are also winding up the final deep-chill calibration tests on the observatory's four instruments. The US space agency-led project is now on track to make rapid progress in the coming months. The major components of JWST, which have been years in the design and fabrication phase, will at last be integrated into their flight configuration. With margin still in the programme to cope with any unexpected problems, everything currently remains on course for an October 2018 lift-off atop a European Ariane rocket. "We keep our fingers crossed, but things have been going tremendously well," said Nasa's JWST deputy project manager John Durning. "We have eight months of reserve; we've consumed about a month with various activities," he told BBC News. "But I think we've really befitted from the 'pathfinder' work we've done in the last year or so where we practised activities, and that's allowed us to run like a well-oiled machine." Webb is a joint venture between Nasa and its European and Canadian counterparts. It will go in search of the very first stars to shine in the Universe. To achieve this ambition, it will deploy a 6.5m-wide mirror, giving the observatory roughly seven times the light-collecting area of Hubble. And allied to instruments that are sensitive in the infrared, Webb will be tuned to detect the faint, "stretched" glow of objects that originally shone more than 13.5 billion years ago. Recent weeks have seen engineers gluing the beryllium segments of the main mirror into their supporting backplane structure. In the next few days, the last two of 18 hexagons will be lowered into position for secure attachment. Meanwhile, down the corridor from the Webb cleanroom at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the instruments are about to emerge from their latest "cryo-vac" campaign. Since October, the quartet - NIRCam from the US, NIRSpec and MIRI from Europe, and the Canadian FGS/NIRISS - have been sealed in an airless chamber and taken down to the temperatures at which they must operate in space. This is in the realm of 40 kelvins, or -233C. US, European and Canadian teams have been working around the clock, putting the instruments through their paces, presenting them with "artificial stars" that simulate the kinds of objects they will eventually get to probe on the sky. The oversight continued through the blizzard that hit the American East Coast over the weekend. Calibration data has been acquired that will be critical to the proper operation of JWST when it starts peering deep into space for real in two-and-a-half-years' time. The cryo-vac session has also permitted a number of modifications made to underperforming parts of instruments to be thoroughly checked out. Before going into the chamber, some degraded detectors and electronics were replaced; so too was a troublesome micro-shutter array in NIRSpec intended to help tease apart the colours of stars and galaxies. Some of the array's 250,000 tiny "doors" had the annoying habit of sticking open or closed when subjected to the simulated noise of an Ariane launch. The replacement hardware also suffers from this behaviour when put in an extreme acoustic environment, but the overall performance is much improved and well within the threshold demanded. And, certainly, the situation has not worsened during the cryo-vac testing. The European Space Agency's JWST project scientist Pierre Ferruit explained: "One of the strong points of NIRSpec is to be able to view multiple objects at the same time, and, of course, the more operable shutters we have, the more objects we can observe at once. And right now we can meet our scientific objectives. Right now, we have just under 90% operable shutters, and that's OK." If sticky shutters are no longer the issue of concern they once were, there remains some anxiety over a cryocooler needed to take MIRI to even lower temperatures than its three siblings. This active chilling system is late and threatens to eat into those eight months of margin that project managers must defend or risk missing the 2018 launch date. The latest iteration of the cryocooler is in test at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in California, and is reported to be doing well. The good news from the Goddard cryo-vac campaign is that the forward "plumbing" of this system works exactly to its specification. "The piece of the cooler that attaches to MIRI and makes us cold was in this latest cryo-vac campaign, and that was an important step forward for us," said Gillian Wright, MIRI's British principal investigator. "So part of the flight cooler is now integrated with MIRI. But, yes, some of the flight cooler has to be integrated with the spacecraft part of JWST, and so the two halves won't actually get connected until just before launch. That's a risk that will have to be managed. "But the JPL tests are going well, so I don't think we're quite the concern we once were." Engineers and scientists agreed on Friday that there was no need to extend the cryo-vac campaign any further. They will not immediately lift the lid on Goddard's vacuum chamber; they will bring it up slowly to ambient temperature, a process that will take until the second week of February. The instruments can then be wheeled back down the corridor to begin the complex task of being joined to the mirror and its support system. This should happen around May. Optical, vibration and acoustic tests will follow. The whole train - mirror and instruments - will then ship to Nasa's Johnson Space Center for a further cryo-vac campaign in the chamber built to test the 1960s Apollo hardware. This is likely to start in a year from now. And at some point beyond that, the attachment will take place of the spacecraft bus, which incorporates elements such as the flight computers and communications system, as well as the main part of MIRI's cryocooler. Finally, Webb will get its giant deployable visor - the structure that will shield its delicate observations from the Sun's light and heat. October 2018 is really not that far away.

The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is reaching some key milestones in its preparation for launch in 2018.

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The 27-year-old from Kirkcaldy was under the cosh in the first five-minute round but then edged ahead with his superior striking against his tiring opponent to win 28-27, 29-27, 28-28. Ray has won 21 of his 27 fights. "I want to 'main-event' Glasgow. UFC is coming, I've earned my spot," he said. "I'm the number one fighter from Scotland and it would be a dream come true to headline there. I'll take anybody. I want that headline spot." Ray beat the UK's top-ranked lightweight Ross Pearson at UFC Fight Night Belfast last November and with this win over the 32-year-old New Englander Lauzon, tied with Nate Diaz for the most post-fight bonuses, he has further boosted his standing. Ray told the UFC website: "I thought it was close so I wanted to finish out the third round strong. "I knew his takedowns and top control during some of the fight could be held against me - even though I was being very active from the bottom - so I wanted to put it all on the table at the end. "I expected this kind of fight from the beginning. Joe has all of those bonuses and that's because he fights like a warrior. I knew he would be tough and that I'd have to be tougher."

Fife lightweight Stevie Ray is already looking forward to the UFC event in Glasgow this summer after beating Massachusetts' Joe Lauzon in Nashville on Saturday night.

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Seven people are in custody after appearing in court, charged with trying to sell the 18-inch shell. Police say the conch might have fetched $70,000 (£60,000). Its sale is banned under an international convention. It is feared that Sri Lanka is emerging as a hub for the illegal export of rare seashells. The conch is in the custody of Sri Lanka's wildlife department. Dr AK Kumaraguru, an expert on marine and coastal studies, told BBC Tamil that "right-twisted conches are extremely rare and could be one in 10 million". The shells are fished for their commercial value, but are also of huge significance in the Hindu religion, he says. Genetic mutations are cited as an important reason for right-handed shells. Variations in their colour and pattern occur naturally. Pure white right-handed conches are considered very sacred by Hindus and are highly sought after in the Indian Ocean, particularly off south India and Sri Lanka. The illegal trade in sea shells is said to be worth millions of dollars. "There is little data on trade levels both legal and illegal; most available information is based on casual observations, incomplete figures, reports from shell collectors or fishermen and brief studies carried out by scientists," the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) secretariat in Geneva told the BBC. Seashells are protected by law in Sri Lanka, but marine life experts say that lack of strict implementation has allowed the illegal export trade to thrive. Marine life activists say finding seashells on Sri Lanka's beaches is becoming increasingly difficult.

Police in eastern Sri Lanka have seized a rare right-handed conch shell which they suspect was going to be sold illegally.

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Sir Ed Davey said there was growing evidence that platforms provided a natural reef for marine life. He argued there was "growing concern" that the "clean seabed principle" might harm the marine environment. WWF Scotland said oil firms should not be allowed to dodge their obligations. The UK government said the decommissioning process was "already flexible" but "in the vast majority of cases" installations must be fully removed. Under existing rules - which include the Petroleum Act 1998 and the Ospar convention governing the North Sea - operators are obliged, under most circumstances, to leave no trace of their operations after installations have reached the end of their lives. But in an article in the Times, Sir Ed Davey - a Liberal Democrat minister in the former coalition government - and environmentalist Jonathon Porritt argued that environmental science "now questions this legal framework". They wrote: "The evidence is that the foundations of oil and gas platforms and wind turbines, rather like shipwrecks, can provide important habitats for valuable marine species. "From hard surfaces acting like a natural reef to de facto marine conservation areas, helping to replenish some fish stocks, many offshore installations have helped to nurture marine eco-systems as biodiverse as natural reefs. "There isn't yet consensus on a 'new best decommissioning practice' to take account of this science. "But before we spend billions removing potentially valuable habitats, we should find out." Sir Ed and Mr Porritt also suggested money for removing platforms should instead be spent on environmental measures. They said a new "North Sea Environment Fund" could be capitalised over the next two decades through savings made from "a more flexible approach to decommissioning". They added: "The exact formula would be for analysis and debate, but it would be reasonable to expect a fund of at least £5bn over this period. "And while the uses of such a fund must also be debated, strong contenders would be restoration of natural reefs in the North Sea; North Sea renewables, like offshore wind and wave power; the re-booting of Britain's carbon, capture and storage policy; and support for those communities that are going to be seriously affected as we transition out of the era of fossil fuels." A spokesman for the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said: "UK decommissioning is already flexible so that alternatives to completely removing installations can be considered for larger structures, and for pipelines where there is no significant impact on the environment, other sea users, safety implications and cost. "In the vast majority of cases installations must be fully removed." WWF Scotland director Lang Banks said: "Having made hundreds of millions of pounds in profit over the years, oil and gas companies should not be allowed to dodge their obligations to clean up their mess and protect the marine environment. Give the fossil fuel industry an inch on this and they'll take a mile. "The Ospar agreement already allows, in certain circumstances such as protecting worker safety or preventing serious risk to the environment, for companies to request permission to leave some stuff behind on the seabed. This is something we support. "It should be remembered that it's only because of these Ospar rules that every rig placed in the North Sea for the past two decades has had to be built in a way that allows it to be removed. "Any moves to unwind Ospar's rules on this issue would not be in the interests of protecting the marine environment or maintaining the 'polluter pays' principle." He added: "The idea that the oil and gas industry would gladly spend all the money they'd save, from not having to clean up their hazardous legacy, into other environmental projects instead is pie in the sky."

A former UK energy secretary has called for a review of rules that require most infrastructure from North Sea installations to be removed at the end of their life.

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The 24-year-old averages 40 in first-class cricket and made his maiden one-day century in last seasons one-run win over Leicestershire in the One-Day Cup. Although born in South Africa, he is a British passport holder and will become eligible through residency for England selection in 2019. "I have a great rapport with the coaches," he told the club website. "I believe they can help me develop further and of course, that was a factor in me staying. "To be batting at the top of the order and to be the only gloveman on staff at the minute is a responsibility I enjoy and it's a challenge I'm looking forward to."

Wicketkeeper/batsman Gareth Roderick has signed a new three-year contract with Gloucestershire to run until 2018.

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Andrew Saunders, 21, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 23 years on 28 February for the murders of Zoe Morgan, 21, and Lee Simmons, 33. The couple were stabbed near the Queen Street Matalan store where they worked on 28 September, 2016. The AG will decide whether to refer the sentence to the Court of Appeal. A spokesman for the office said: "We have received a request for the case of Andrew Patrick Saunders to be considered under the unduly lenient sentence scheme. The law officers have 28 days from sentencing to consider this case. "The threshold to refer cases to the Court of Appeal is very high. "A sentence can only be regarded as unduly lenient if there has been a gross error and it is significantly below the level that any judge could have reasonably imposed after considering the facts of the case." After he pleaded guilty to both murders, Cardiff Crown Court was told Saunders and Miss Morgan had been in a relationship, but split up before she and Mr Simmons began a relationship in July 2016. Saunders had been unhappy that his relationship with Miss Morgan had ended and made threats against her and Mr Simmons when he found out they were together. Days before he murdered the pair, Saunders searched the internet for the best methods to kill people. After the attack, Saunders phoned his mother and told her he had killed the pair. He also sent a text to his father saying "thanks for being a pathetic, useless father. Just killed two people, cheers". Police later arrested Saunders at his family home, where he told officers: "I'm sorry, you know sometimes, you just snap."

The jail term of a murderer who stabbed a couple to death in Cardiff city centre has been referred to the Attorney General's Office.

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The Asian hornet was found near Tetbury, Gloucestershire. Work is under way to find and destroy its nests. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has set up a three-mile (5km) surveillance zone. Defra said it had been anticipating the hornets' arrival "for some years" and had a "well-established protocol in place to eradicate them". The Asian hornet (Vespa velutina), which is up to 2.5cm (1in) long, is now common across Europe after being accidentally introduced to France in 2004 in a shipment of pottery from China. In the summer, the non-native species was discovered in the Channel Islands of Jersey and Alderney for the first time. Nicola Spence, from Defra, said: "It is important to remember they pose no greater risk to human health than a bee, though we recognise the damage they can cause to honey bee colonies. "That's why we are taking swift and robust action to identify and destroy any nests." A Defra spokesman said, the hornet found in the Tetbury area had been killed and was undergoing DNA testing to establish how it arrived in the UK. Meanwhile, bee inspectors are using infrared cameras and traps in a bid to locate and destroy any nests in a three-mile area radius around the initial sighting. Identifying an Asian hornet Source: National Bee Unit

An invasive hornet that kills honey bees has been spotted in Britain for the first time, experts have confirmed.

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The State Darwin Museum in Moscow is honouring the North Yorkshire vet and author whose real name was Alf Wight. His books and the TV series about his veterinary work continue to be popular in Russia where he also has a fan club. Staff at the World of James Herriot Museum in Thirsk have travelled to meet Russian museum officials and fans. Live updates and more from Yorkshire The James Herriot books were loosely based on Mr Wight's own experiences as a young vet working in rural North Yorkshire. His first book, If Only They Could Talk, was published in 1970 and despite a small initial print run of 3,000 went on to be published in 26 languages. The long-running BBC series All Creatures Great and Small and several feature films followed. But Mr Wight, who had first arrived in Thirsk in 1939, remained a vet and considered himself a part-time author. He died in 1995. A real visit by Mr Wight to Russia accompanying a boatload of sheep in 1961 was fictionalised in one of his books. Rosie Page, the author's daughter, said: "Dad knew how popular he was all over the world before he died but still these new things are happening. It's an amazing legacy he's left." Ian Ashton of the Herriot museum said: "We are extremely honoured that this exhibition has been staged and delighted to have been invited to visit."

The work of the vet James Herriot, as featured in the TV series All Creatures Great and Small, is being celebrated in a new exhibition - in Russia.

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The inquest in Douglas was told Joan Terry, 87, fell face first from her bed at Noble's Hospital last January. She suffered face injuries, hypothermia, fractured ribs and internal bleeding, dying from her injuries a day later. The Coroner of Inquests Alistair Montgomerie recorded a verdict of accidental death. Mrs Terry, a resident at Elder Grange Nursing Home, Onchan, was admitted to Noble's Hospital, Braddan, on 11 January 2010 for dehydration and suffered from a history of falls and self neglect. Her condition improved with treatment and the hospital were planning her discharge when she first fell on 25 January. She had attempted to climb over the bed rails and fell, but suffered no injuries. But Mrs Terry fell again on 26 January and died from her injuries the next day. The inquest heard Noble's Hospital had carried out a full review into her death and found that "early opportunities for intervention by staff were missed and a more thorough assessment of Mrs Terry's needs could have resulted in a different outcome". Noble's staff were criticised for not re-assessing the fall risk of the patient after the first incident. Elaine Hayes, falls prevention nurse at Noble's Hospital, said Mrs Terry had been at significant risk because of her history of falls and refusal to co-operate with staff. "No remedial measures were put in place after her first fall and a full review of the fall risk was not completed," she said. Anthony Wareham, patient safety and clinical governance manager at Noble's Hospital, told the inquest that the use of bed rails was a major factor of the fall. "There was an inadequate assessment of Mrs Terry's needs and no review of the use of bed rails after the patient's first fall." "Lessons had been learnt by the hospital in improving standards of care to patients and a full review of the use of bed rails has been conducted." Mr Montgomerie expressed his "deepest sympathies" for Mrs Terry's friends and family.

An Onchan pensioner died from "multiple injuries" caused by falling out of her hospital bed, an inquest was told.

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The 24-year-old, who is a product of Ospreys' development system, will now remain with the region until 2018. He has played 54 times for Ospreys, including 12 matches this term, having made his senior debut in February 2010. "This is my home so I wanted to stay and progress my rugby here," John said. "I just want to be out on the pitch in an Ospreys shirt as often as I can."

Former Wales Under-20 centre Ben John has signed a new two-year contract with the Ospreys.

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Media playback is unsupported on your device 30 September 2015 Last updated at 13:53 BST The committee's clerk asked whether members required the use of a mini-bus to get to a meeting with the Irish parliament's Public Accounts Committee. Sinn Féin's Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said he would prefer to catch the train. Ulster Unionist Leslie Cree thought the members should travel together in a bus to save money.

Members of the assembly's finance committee have been discussing suitable songs to sing on a bus trip to Dublin.

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The club who were once so penniless they required a bucket collection to survive now find themselves mixing it in the billionaires' playground of English football's top flight. Just seven years ago they were five minutes from liquidation, a year later they were a game away from going out of the Football League. Now, after a 3-0 win against Bolton which means only a loss, a Middlesbrough win and a 20-goal swing on the final day can deny them, they are celebrating a different piece of club history - playing in the Premier League for the first time. Bournemouth's place in the elite of English football is a far cry from the financial problems the club has experienced over the past two decades. In January 1997, the club were so penniless a bucket collection was arranged at the Winter Gardens in Bournemouth town centre. Players attended, money was raised and under the guidance of former chairman Trevor Watkins, Europe's first community club was formed as they came out of administration. "I don't think many of us Bournemouth fans could have dreamt this was a possibility," Watkins told BBC Sport. Media playback is not supported on this device "We were down on our knees and collecting money in buckets. Current manager Eddie Howe was a player when the fans led the rescue. Our assistant manager Jason Tindall was one of the first signings the supporters' trust made at the end of the first season. Steve Fletcher was a player and they are all still together with that passion, spirit and togetherness." That rescue act did not signal the end of the club's financial troubles, though. Problems continued and in 2008 the Cherries were placed in administration for the second time in just over 10 years. Gerald Krasner of Begbies Traynor was appointed as the man tasked with saving the south coast club - who had debts of around £4m at the time. Krasner recalls one particular occasion when he came within five minutes of closing them down. "There was one press conference at 12 o'clock when, at five to 12, I didn't know if I had the money to continue trading," Krasner told BBC Sport. "I came within five minutes of liquidating the club. "It was only through the good grace of its current chairman Jeff Mostyn, who came up with the money for the next month, that the club came through that ordeal and successfully out of administration." Krasner revealed Mostyn paid out sums running into "hundreds of thousands" and never imagined they would be in the Premier League during those dark days. "I can't honestly say I ever envisaged a time when Bournemouth would be in the Premier League in such a short time," he added. "When I see them on Match of the Day next season I'll just have a big smile on my face." While the club survived administration they did not survive relegation and began the 2008-09 League Two season with a 17-point deduction and a transfer embargo. Things looked grim for the Cherries and when Jimmy Quinn was sacked on 31 December, the club appointed Howe as manager. He led them to a remarkable escape, with Fletcher's goal 10 minutes from time against Grimsby in their last home game of the season confirming survival. "I vaguely remember the commentary 'It's Fletcher…Legend!' as he smashed home a loose ball in the box," recalls BBC Radio Solent commentator Laurence Herdman. "The big man ripped off his shirt during the goal celebration in front of the main stand revealing a muscular physique and rippling bodybuilder biceps. The goal kept AFC Bournemouth in the Football League and the Great Escape was complete." All those struggles will now seem a world away as they prepare for life in the most popular - and most financially rewarding - league in world football. "The reach of the Premier League is extraordinary," said Trevor Birch of business advisory firm BDO. "It's now in over 200 countries and it reaches four billion people, so Bournemouth are going to be catapulted into the world's view." Howe, 37, has only been a manager for six years but has already achieved enough to be named as the first Football League manager of the decade. He first arrived at the club as a shy 13-year-old defender and went on to break into the first team, establishing himself as a key player. Injury forced his early retirement from the game in 2007 but the lessons he learned as a player from various coaches were soon put into practice as a manager. He was just 31 when he first took charge of the Cherries in January 2009, becoming the youngest boss in the Football League in the process. Meticulous in his preparation, Bournemouth's style as they have gone through the leagues has never altered, with Howe sticking to his philosophy of free-flowing, passing football. In two spells he has guided them to Football League safety, promotion into League One the following season and - after a brief spell as manager of Burnley - a rise from the foot of League One to promotions to the Championship and, now, the Premier League. Harry Redknapp has always been considered Bournemouth's greatest manager - but even Redknapp accepts his status has gone. "I had 10 years at Bournemouth and I was the most successful manager in their 100-year history. Eddie Howe has come along and blown me out of the water. He is fantastic - I love watching them play. "If I wasn't involved next year, I'd buy a couple of season tickets and watch them every week." So little is known of Bournemouth's mystery Russian millionaire owner, Maxim Demin, he could wander through the town centre and not be recognised. He was introduced to the club by former chairman and owner Eddie Mitchell, who had been building Demin's house in Sandbanks. As time passed his influence grew, he became co-owner in 2011 and bought out Mitchell in 2013. Demin is based in Switzerland and is said to have been too superstitious to attend games during their run-in this season. He has made his money in petrochemicals and transformed the club both on and off the pitch. He is yet to give an official interview but Krasner is in no doubt how big his influence has been. "He's made the difference between Bournemouth being just another Championship club fighting for survival and now having Premier League status," he said. "The manager and the owner seem to work very well. If the owners and manager work well together you've got a much better chance of success." The Cherries began the campaign with a 4-0 victory at Huddersfield, which sent them to the top of the Championship. It set the tone for the rest of the season. Six weeks of indifferent form followed before a 2-1 victory over Bolton sparked a six-game winning run that sent them back to the summit. From 4 November onwards, the club did not drop out of the top six as they held off the challenge of former Premier League clubs Middlesbrough and Norwich. Their 8-0 win over Birmingham in October was the first time they had scored eight in a league game, barring a 10-0 win in 1939 which was expunged after World War Two broke out the next day. More club records would tumble: most league goals in a campaign, most away league wins, most away league goals, highest points total, best league finish and the ultimate record: first time in the Premier League. All this was achieved on a relatively small budget, with the arrival of Callum Wilson for around £3m their big summer outlay. The majority of the squad were the players that helped achieve promotion from League One. "This is the best Bournemouth side I have seen going back to 1986," former Cherries defender John Williams told BBC Sport. "I speak to fans of 50 and 60 years and they say they have never seen such dynamic football." The Cherries recorded an annual turnover of £5.1m in their last official financial results. The figure is about to be dwarfed by the riches awaiting them in the Premier League. The club lost £15.3m in the financial year ending July 2013 and in total, their net debt is just over £15.5m. They only just passed Financial Fair Play regulations earlier this season. "A prudent estimate for a newly-promoted club is upwards of £120m," Sheffield Hallam University football finance expert Rob Wilson told BBC Sport. "We are looking at a figure of anywhere between £100-£120m in terms of the value of promotion and the lion's share of that will come from television broadcasting. Depending on how well the club can leverage commercial and sponsorship opportunities you are talking about another £20m." Making the most of such opportunities might be a challenge for the Cherries, particularly since no club has ever been in the Premier League with a smaller stadium. And if they are to survive in the top flight, Howe may want to break the club's transfer record. That was set last summer when Wilson, who has gone on to score 23 times this season, joined from Coventry. A busy summer awaits on the south coast.

Bournemouth - home to pensioners, piers, pantos and, from next season, Premier League football.

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Research conducted by Recycle for Wales shows 43% of 18-24-year-olds and 34% of 25-34-year-olds put leftover food in the rubbish bin. In contrast, 95% of over-65s claim to recycle their food waste. The group, which is funded by the Welsh Government, said the most common reason for not recycling food was that it was "too messy or smelly". Around 350,000 tonnes of food waste from Wales ends up in landfill annually. The research also reveals that single people in Wales are the most likely to put food in the waste bin - with 18% of single households admitting they rarely recycle food, compared to 7% of couples. Angela Spiteri, from Recycle for Wales, said: "People who are put off food recycling because they think it may smell don't realise that recycling it rather than putting it in the bin can create less smells. "Food waste gets collected weekly and in-home food caddies are recommended to be emptied more often than regular bins."

Young people are the least likely to recycle food waste, a campaign group has said.

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The budget airline has banned alcohol on this route following various drunken incidents. This includes alcohol bought in duty free which will have to be put into the hold. In September a flight was diverted apparently due to passengers causing trouble while drunk. The footage was filmed and uploaded to YouTube. A spokesperson for Ryanair told Newsbeat: "Having consulted with our customers and the airport, passengers flying from Glasgow Prestwick to Ibiza will no longer be permitted to bring duty free alcohol on board the aircraft." "Those who have purchased duty free alcohol will be asked to either place their purchases in their cabin baggage and into the hold at the boarding gate, or leave their purchases behind." "The comfort and safety of our customers and crew is our number one priority and we will not tolerate unruly behaviour at any time." Overall, alcohol-related incidents on flights have risen in the past five years, according to the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). "There is no excuse for rude or aggressive conduct by passengers towards cabin crew or fellow passengers on board aircraft," a CAA spokesman explained to Newsbeat. "It is actually a specific criminal offence to be drunk on board an aircraft, and also to refuse to comply with instructions from the captain. "We support UK airlines' efforts to deal with disruptive passengers to ensure the safety of all those on board, and welcome criminal prosecutions where appropriate." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

You can no longer enjoy a pre-holiday drink if you are travelling from Glasgow to Ibiza with Ryanair.

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The 29-year-old has been discussing his decade at the top level, how rugby league has changed, and where the sport needs to improve, with BBC Radio Merseyside's Phil Kinsella. "I've got vivid recollections of my first game. We played Huddersfield away. I came off the bench for the grand total of eight minutes. Super League: 2006 League Leaders' Shield: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Challenge Cup: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 (pictured above with James Roby) "It wasn't a particularly memorable day because we lost a game that we were expected to win quite comfortably. "My only disappointment was that we played in a black kit with yellow sponsorship on it. I didn't get to pull on the red 'V' in my first game, but not long afterwards we played London and I managed to do that. "I grew up in rural Yorkshire, about 30 minutes outside Hull. I played all my rugby in east Hull and then for Hull Kingston Rovers. "I suppose it was like going away to university but, instead of being eased in with about 2,000 of your peers, Ade Gardner and Paul Wellens were the only lads like myself. "It wasn't so much moving and being in new surroundings - it was more the day-to-day stuff like cooking and living like an athlete. Getting to grips with that was a challenge. "I'm really grateful to Ade and Paul. They were integral to me feeling comfortable in those three or four months." "The game is unrecognisable to the game I played 10 years ago. "The ruck speed is slower. The play-the-balls were much more unstructured back then. The likes of Keiron Cunningham were given a free rein to dominate games. I want to see the game do well and I'm confident the World Cup can help "In my time, we've come full circle a few times. We tried to speed it up, but I think we're in a bit of a slow patch at the moment. "Also, 10 years ago, you could point to every team and say they were trying to do something different. At the moment, there's an argument that quite a number of teams are doing the same kinds of things. "I love the game, so I'll watch Batley against Whitehaven in the rain and I'll enjoy it. But as a wider spectacle, I don't think the last few years have been fantastic. "Parts of it have been great and there are always stand-out moments but, as a whole, we need to be conscious that it's an entertainment industry we're in and we need to entertain people." "We have quite a tight grip on the game and a lot of people are reluctant to release the game to the next level. "There are so many people doing great things in the sport. I think it's a mentality switch that needs to change. "If we can execute the World Cup well - if it looks good on TV, if the coverage is good and we can inspire the next group of young players to play the game - it has done its job. "What we need to do, on the field and off the field, is come up with something that works and stick with it for a period of time. "I want to see the game do well and "As a game, we need to get together - schools, amateur clubs and professional clubs - sort out what we want to achieve and move on from there." "I'm very excited about "He's really at the cutting edge in terms of his mentality and the way that he's looking to prepare us to play. "I'm confident that, under his leadership,

St Helens and England forward Jon Wilkin will celebrate 10 years in Super League when he plays in his testimonial match against Wakefield at Langtree Park on Sunday.

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The current Guinness record for a hide-and-seek game involved 1,437 people. The record-breaking attempt at Milton Country Park near Cambridge was organised by Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue (CamSAR). It is understood the total turnout, while "close", was just short of the world record-breaking target. The exact number has yet to be confirmed. The search group hosted a hide and seek competition in 2014 which attracted 400 people and another last year which drew in 1,100. A spokesman for CamSAR said: "If all (those) who had pre-registered had come then we would have just beaten the record. "Still, probably more importantly, those who spoke to me said they were having a great time at least." CamSAR is expected to consider another record-attempt next year. The current record was set on 1 January 2014 in Chengdu, China.

More than 1,000 people have turned out at a country park in a bid to break the world record for the the biggest ever game of hide-and-seek.

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Reports that a woman in her 40s had been attacked were received by police just after 01:30 BST on Sunday. The incident was said to have happened on the outskirts of the music festival at Hylands Park in Chelmsford. Inquiries are "ongoing", said a police spokeswoman. It is one of 41 arrests made so far at the event.

A man, 21, is being questioned by detectives after being arrested on suspicion of rape at the V Festival in Essex.

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"Being against cops killing is not equal to being for killing cops. We need peace in our streets," he tweeted. Legend won the only Oscar for Martin Luther King film Selma, for co-writing its song Glory. Stars including Beyonce and Jay-Z have reacted to the shootings. Legend added: "These Dallas shootings are horrific. Killing these officers is morally reprehensible and completely counterproductive to keeping us safe." Gunfire broke out at around 20:45 local time on Thursday (01:45 GMT Friday) as demonstrators marched through Dallas in one of several protests in the US over the police use of lethal force against African Americans. Philando Castile was shot dead at a traffic stop in St Paul, Minnesota, on Wednesday, while Alton Sterling was killed by police a day earlier in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Both incidents were captured on video, reigniting what has become a national debate. Oscar-winning actress Patricia Arquette added her voice, saying: "Just heard about shootings in Dallas Please everyone stop killing each other- no more guns. No more violence. No more murder. Horrible." Michael Moore, who directed the Oscar-winning Bowling For Columbine, a documentary about the 1999 Columbine High School massacre which explores US gun culture, tweeted that US President Obama's presence was needed. Cynthia Erivo, who won a Tony for her portrayal of Celie in Broadway's The Color Purple, tweeted a prayer: "Dear Lord I ask you to take this world in your arms and brush it with love and peace and understanding. It's gone too far." US actor and comic Kevin Hart added: "Peace is the message... An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind." Before recent events in Dallas, music power couple Jay Z and Beyonce reacted to the police shootings of black men in America, with Jay Z releasing a new song, Spiritual, on his streaming service Tidal on Friday. He also released a statement, saying: "I'm saddened and disappointed in THIS America - we should be further along. WE ARE NOT." He also sent blessings to the families of those who "lost loved ones to police brutality". Singer Beyonce held a minute's silence at her gig in Glasgow on Thursday night for the two shooting victims. She also put Alton Sterling and Philando Castile's names on a big screen while pleading for an end to the "war on minorities" in the US. Canadian rapper Drake said, on Instagram, it was "impossible to ignore that the relationship between black and brown communities and law enforcement remains as strained as it was decades ago". He added: "No one begins their life as a hashtag. Yet the trend of being reduced to one continues." Musician Justin Timberlake added his voice, tweeting: "This IS systemic. We MUST DO BETTER. My heart goes out to the families of #AltonSterling and #PhilandoCastile May they both Rest In Peace." Katy Perry linked to video of Alton Sterling being shot, saying: "You can't just go on with your day, you must watch this & we must face this continual outrageousness #ALTONSTERLING." Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email [email protected].

Oscar-winning singer John Legend has called for "peace" after five Dallas police officers were killed and six wounded by sniper fire, during protests against police shooting of black men.

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With third-placed Walsall thumping Port Vale, Burton needed a draw to guarantee their second consecutive promotion. The Brewers' best chance fell to Calum Butcher, who was denied when one-on-one, but they held on to remain second. Doncaster had needed a win, plus defeat for Fleetwood and an improbable 13-goal swing, to avoid relegation. Burton, who won promotion to England's third tier for the first time last season as League Two champions under Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, reappointed Nigel Clough for a second spell in charge after Hasselbaink's switch to Queens Park Rangers in December. Since Clough's return, when Burton were top of League One, they have won 12, drawn eight and lost six of their 26 matches, failing to win in six games between 26 March and 19 April to set up a nervous finale to the season. With Walsall winning 5-0 at Vale Park, Burton knew that a Doncaster winner would have denied them promotion, but Jon McLaughlin's goal was rarely threatened. Their clean sheet ensured the club that was playing non-league football for its entire history until 2009 will face two former European Cup winners - Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest - in the Championship next season. Doncaster, who spent five seasons in the Championship between 2008 and 2014, will return to the fourth tier for the first time since 2004. Relegated from the second tier on the final day of the season by a last-gasp Birmingham goal two years ago, Rovers' drop to League Two was made more likely by a dismal 17-match winless run between 9 January and 9 April. Media playback is not supported on this device Burton manager Nigel Clough told BBC Radio Derby: "I think it's an emotional time for everybody. It is truly, truly remarkable. "We don't spend money we haven't got, there's no big investors, nobody puts any money in. You just run it sensibly, make good decisions, try to get good characters in the club and on the pitch and you've got a chance. "I think it's fitting we get promoted with a clean sheet. It was a good solid performance."

Burton Albion secured promotion to the Championship for the first time with a nervy draw at Doncaster that confirmed Rovers' relegation to League Two.

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It has two rival governments, based in different cities 1,000 miles apart, each insisting it deserves international recognition. So how do you set about investigating the murder of a US ambassador here - or the destruction of a passenger aircraft with massive loss of life? The short answer is that you don't. Unless, that is, you are prepared to compromise your principles and deal with the realities on the ground. The self-styled National Salvation Government (NSG) is based in the capital, Tripoli, and controls large amounts of territory in Libya. It pays - or at least is responsible for paying - the salaries of policemen, soldiers, teachers and civil servants right across the country. But the international community refuses to recognise the NSG because it lost the most recent election, in June 2014. The group which won a parliamentary majority is based in the eastern town of Tobruk and is known as the House of Representatives (HoR). Its area of control is small, and its reach extremely limited. But it has received the recognition of the United Nations. So when the Scottish government made the first moves to interrogate the two men it (like the US government) believes were behind the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, it applied to the internationally accepted HoR. But Mohammed Abouajela Masud, an explosives expert, and Abdullah al-Senussi, Colonel Gaddafi's brother-in-law and intelligence chief, aren't under the control of the government in Tobruk. They are being held far away to the west, in al-Hadba gaol in Tripoli. Like everything else here, al-Hadba is controlled by the NSG. So while applying to the Tobruk government for access to the two men may be the right thing to do in terms of international law, it is totally useless in practice. When I met the justice minister in the Tripoli government, Mustapha al-Glaib, he spoke with the precision he had learned during his years as a judge. "We consider ourselves to be the legal government of Libya," he says. "We try to co-operate with the international community, but it doesn't want to deal with us." He is right about that. The complex, violent, faction-ridden situation in Libya means that the outside world, and particularly Europe and the US, is reluctant to get too deeply involved here. Almost all the foreign embassies in Tripoli are closed. So are all the big international hotels. The smaller one where my team and I are staying is almost entirely empty. You never see a Western face in the streets here. The international airport has been comprehensively destroyed in the fighting. Several dozen passenger aircraft, all previously in regular use, are now lying around wrecked or burned out. Timeline: Lockerbie bombing Getting to Tripoli is a difficult and complex logistical exercise. For the outside world, it is almost as though the city has ceased to exist. And yet events have combined to give it considerable importance at the moment. Ignoring Tripoli and the government here simply makes everything to do with Libya much harder. Operating here certainly isn't easy. The economy seems to be close to collapse and crime is rising. In particular, there has recently been a spate of violent kidnappings - particularly of businessmen and shopkeepers. Yet the NSG continues. Everything still works after a fashion, though there are frequent power cuts. Plenty of shops and cafés are closed in the city, yet people still turn up for work. The streets are always blocked with cars at rush hour. The policy of appealing to the two rival governments to come together and sort out the situation has so far failed. Last Tuesday was the time the UN had set for the HoR and the NSG to form a united government. The deadline came and went, with no change. As the former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton found in the aftermath of the murder of the US ambassador in Benghazi, the lack of US officials on the ground made any kind of investigation much harder and less reliable. Now the US and Scottish authorities want to investigate the Lockerbie bombing further. Officials of the NSG have made it clear that they will co-operate with any new enquiries. But they are adamant that it has to be done according to Libyan law. Perhaps the Tripoli government sees all this as a way to persuade the international community to give the NSG some degree of recognition. It wouldn't solve the wider problem of who governs the country, but it might make life a little easier.

Today, Libya is a deeply divided, war-torn country which is apparently in a state of near-collapse.

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An investigation by watchdog Ofcom found that the ISP broke a fundamental billing rule by continuing to charge a group of customers for landline and broadband after they had cancelled services. In total, customers were overcharged by more than £500,000. Plusnet has apologised for the error. Lindsey Fussell, Ofcom's consumer group director, said: "There can be no margin for error, and no excuses, when it comes to billing customers correctly. "This fine should serve as a reminder to telecoms companies that they must adhere to Ofcom's billing rules at all times, or face the consequences." A spokeswoman for the ISP said: "We are very sorry and would like to apologise to the 1,025 customers affected. We reported this ourselves to Ofcom and made every effort to contact these customers to arrange a full refund before the investigation started. "We would also like to reassure all customers this was an isolated historic issue and we have implemented a number of new robust measures to make sure this doesn't happen again." Plusnet has made repeated attempts to refund all affected ex-customers by letter and phone. It has refunded 356 people a total of £212,140, which included interest at a rate of 4% for each of them. The remaining funds, for customers whom it could not contact, have been donated to various charities. The fine, which will be passed on to the Treasury, must be paid within 20 working days.

Plusnet, an internet service provider owned by BT, has been fined £880,000 for wrongly billing more than 1,000 former customers.

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The trackers will allow officials and traders to monitor trucks travelling to and from the Kenyan port of Mombasa. A device will be attached to vehicles and is intended to help prevent hijacks and goods being tampered with. Uganda, which pioneered the project, says journey times could be cut from three-and-a-half days to just 36 hours. The geo-mapping, known as the Regional Electronic Cargo Tracking (RECT), will apply to the main road stretching from Mombasa port to the Rwandan capital, Kigali, known as the "Northern Corridor". Officials will be able to monitor journeys on a map and be able to immediately detect any detours. About 90% of goods through the region are transported by road with the risk of cargo being targeted by criminals. Customs officials say drivers have also been known to take diversions and siphon off freight, for example offloading coffee and adding stones to make up the missing weight. "There has always been that unpredictable aspect of not knowing whether your goods will reach or they won't reach and that in itself is a very serious discomfort, now this will resolve that problem," Kassim Omar, chairman of the Association of Clearing and Forwarding Agents in Uganda, told the BBC at the launch in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. "The level of assurance guarantees the buyer abroad or the supplier from this end that what was sent will be what is contained in that particular container," he added. The system will also mean that all appropriate tax is properly declared. The amount of time spent clearing goods at Mombasa ports will also be significantly reduced, according to Bernard Kibiti, from the Kenya Revenue Authority. He told the BBC the whole process would be more efficient and would result in less paperwork. From Mombasa to Rwanda's capital, Kigali, a truck spends about 80 hours stuck at border posts. A lorry is stopped at either side of the Kenya-Uganda border, taking an estimated 40 hours to clear both, and the same time at the Uganda-Rwanda border. With the electronic tagging a driver will be checked and present their papers once at each border. The BBC's Patience Atuhaire in Kampala says the three East African Community countries hope the seamless movement of goods enabled by the electronic cargo tracking system will attract even more investment to the region.

East African customs authorities have adopted an electronic system to track lorries travelling between Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda to speed up journeys.

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North Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called at 06:27 BST to Rhostrehwfa, near Llangefni, on Tuesday. The first strike hit a shed which caused a small fire and the second struck the chimney which then collapsed. The Welsh Ambulance Service said the woman and boy were taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd with minor injuries.

A woman and boy have been taken to hospital following lightning strikes at a house on Anglesey.

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Michael Brown gave the party ??2.4m in the run up to the 2005 election - its biggest ever gift from an individual. The party was allowed to keep the cash in 2009 after an investigation by the commission. The Parliamentary Ombudsman said the commission "did not make adequate inquiries of the party". Conservative MP John Stevenson said he had asked the ombudsman to investigate the Electoral Commission's handling of the affair after a complaint from a constituent. The Ombudsman reported: "The Commission failed to seek relevant evidence at the outset, failed to give an informed view on the matter and failed to review the position on the receipt of new evidence." Initial checks "fell significantly short of what was required" about donations in cash and also flights, the Ombudsman said. "It failed to ask for relevant information without good reason and so failed adequately to discharge its monitoring function," the Ombudsman continued. "That was maladministration. "The commission did not follow up the concerns that it had about the robustness of the checks the party had made as it had said it would. "That was maladministration." But the commission has refused to agree to the Ombudsman's demand for an apology. It disputes the findings and has agreed only to set out the lessons that have been learned from the case and to review the adequacy of subsequently-published guidance on what constitutes "carrying on a business" and what checks a party should carry out. Labour's shadow Cabinet Office minister Michael Dugher called on Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg to "come clean" and pay back the money. He said: "Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats have justified their inaction against the convicted fraudster Michael Brown by hiding behind a report which has now been totally discredited. "For years Clegg has dodged questions on when the Lib Dems will pay back the donations. Clegg has nowhere now to hide. He should do the decent thing and pay back this money straight away." UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who claims his party has been "hounded" by the Electoral Commission "on matters of no substantive basis", called for it to be scrapped and replaced "with an organisation that is fit for purpose". Brown, 46, donated ??2.4m to the Lib Dems before the 2005 general election, through his company 5th Avenue Partners Ltd. He was convicted in his absence in November 2008 of stealing $8.5m (??5.2m) after posing as a highly successful bond dealer, who claimed connections with royalty. Brown went on the run to the Dominican Republic in 2008, sparking an international manhunt, after stealing millions from clients including former Manchester United chairman Martin Edwards. He was arrested and then jailed in 2012. John Stevenson, the Conservative MP for Carlisle, whose constituent took the case to the Ombudsman, said Electoral Commission bosses should be hauled before MPs to explain why they appeared to approve a donation they knew to be made up of money stolen from investors. He said: "My constituent is rightly outraged at the conduct of the Commission and I believe that the Chair of the Electoral Commission and Chief Executive have serious questions to answer. "I will certainly recommend that they explain themselves to the Public Administration Select Committee. I will be writing to the Chair of the Committee to make this recommendation. "Now that the Liberal Democrats know from the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report that they inadvertently benefited from the proceeds of crime, I call on them to voluntarily surrender the money and not be seen to be benefiting from crime."

The Electoral Commission is refusing to apologise after a watchdog ruled it had failed to properly investigate a Lib Dem donor later convicted of fraud.

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Traders have taken some confidence from a pledge by the Japanese government to stabilise the financial markets. The Nikkei closed 2.4% up at 15,309.21 after losing almost 8% on Friday. The yen, though, remains strong at 101.8 to the dollar. This hurts Japan's exporting firms by making their goods more expensive on world markets. Follow the latest developments on our live page The yen has gained ground because it is considered a haven currency, a status which has been bolstered by the continued decline of the pound. The pound continued to slide in trading in Asia on Monday, adding to Friday's record one-day decline. In a response to the currency moves and the risk it poses to Japan's crucial export sector, the government held an emergency meeting with the central bank. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Finance Minister Taro Aso to watch currency movements "ever more closely" and take steps if necessary. "Risks and uncertainty remain in financial markets," Mr Abe said. "We need to continue to work toward market stability." It is difficult to guess if investors are bargain hunting or if the prime minister's repeated promise to intervene if necessary have calmed the market. The yen, which surged to the highest level since 2013 on Friday, has stabilised for now, which helps shares in Japanese exporters. But analysts say the volatility in the Japanese yen will continue and the government might still have to intervene. Shoppers that I spoke to in Ginza on Sunday all expressed concerns. "It is disappointment for Japan," one woman said. "In terms of exports and especially when we think about those Japanese companies in UK. I hear Brexit may have a longer effect than the financial crisis so I am worried." Others were concerned about the direct impact on Japanese companies with their overseas investments being affected. "I am worried because my company has business with UK so I am concerned about the future," one shopper told me. Brexit: Asian powers warnings over global stability Pound slump continues in Asian trading George Osborne statement seeks to calm fears There was mixed picture in other Asian markets. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed down 0.2% at 20,227.30 points, while China's benchmark Shanghai Composite finished up 1.5% at 2,895.70. Over the weekend, China's Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said the consequences of the UK leaving the EU were still unclear, but that they would be felt for years to come. The country's central bank weakened the yuan fix by 0.9%, on Monday, the biggest daily move since August 2015. South Korea's benchmark Kospi index finished flat at 1,926.85. Australia's ASX/200 in Sydney closed 0.5% higher at 5,137.20. Both the Kospi and the ASX/200 had lost more than 3% on Friday in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the EU.

Japanese shares have managed to recover some ground after their historic plunge last Friday following the UK's vote to leave the European Union.

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They will make it harder for firms to hide money in tax havens or play one country's tax authority against another. Firms such as Google, Amazon and Facebook must now pay tax in the country where the profits are made. The move follows public anger at the tax practices of some multinationals. Google's deal to pay £130m to the UK's HM Revenue and Customs in back taxes for the past decade has seen it widely criticised for not paying its fair share of corporate tax. The agreement between 31 nations, including France and the UK, is about sharing information rather than a new law or tax. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said the agreement would have "an immediate impact in boosting international co-operation on tax issues, by enhancing the transparency of multinational enterprises' operations". The agreement was hammered out at a meeting of the G20 last year, after growing anger at the ways in which large multinationals were minimising tax. The new rules mean that international companies will have to tell the country they operate in what they make in that nation and how much tax they pay. That information will be available to every other country that has signed up to the agreement. The row over Google's £130m payment has lead to European MPs calling on the Chancellor, George Osborne, to explain the "very bad deal" that UK tax authorities have struck with search giant. The French finance minister, Michel Sapin expressed his concern. 'It's great that Google resolves its problems in the UK, but Google also has to sort out its problems in France," he said. "French law applies in France and that's what we are looking at with Google. However we do not want to reach a one-off agreement, agree on a lump sum. We are looking at what activity a particular company has in France, so that we can request a fair amount of tax. Not more nor less than other companies." Members of the European Parliament have also voiced concern about the UK deal with Google. It is understood they will ask Mr Osborne to come to Brussels to explain the settlement.

Rules to stop companies using complex tax arrangements to avoid paying corporate tax have been agreed by 31 OECD members.

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Lord Warner was named by the government 12 months ago after years of the department being rated inadequate. In 2013, it was branded a "national disgrace", but last year the council pledged £9.2m to improve practices. Lord Warner said there had been "significant improvements", but more was needed. Since 2006 there have been 24 serious case reviews in the area. "I think they're safer than they were 12 months ago and certainly Birmingham City Council has put a lot more money into those services, not before time I might add, but they're not as safe as they could be," he said. "The issue is around have they got enough social workers, particularly enough experienced social workers, and is the social work practice good enough? And the answer to both those questions is it's not good enough yet. "They've made children's services the top priority for the council and at a time of great financial hardship they've committed to big increases in the funding for children's services all the way up to 2017 and 18." He said changes meant the council, the local NHS and police were all working much better together and there were about a third more children being referred than a year ago. Despite offering increased salaries, the council said earlier this month it was still struggling to appoint enough experienced staff. "What's happened since last year, when I arrived, is certainly Birmingham has improved the front door - the people who receive the referrals and the contacts of which children are at risk," Lord Warner said. In August, Bernadette McNally was appointed to take over running children's services in Birmingham, but in October she said she was no longer interested in the role. An interim boss was found and in February Alastair Gibbons took over as executive director, the fourth since 2009. Despite the "hiccup" surrounding Ms McNally's appointment, Lord Warner said improvements had also been made in management. However, he said changing the culture would "take time". The peer is due to finish his time as commissioner to Birmingham's children's services at the end of May.

More work is needed to protect children in Birmingham, according to the commissioner appointed to oversee the children's services department.

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Jonathon Braybrook, 26, of Chesterton Close in Wandsworth, south west London, is accused of encouraging people to invest in or sell wine via an online company, Le Bordeaux Wines Limited. A Staffordshire Police investigation, which was prompted by a complaint from a Staffordshire company, suggested the wines did not exist. Mr Braybrook is due to appear before Newcastle magistrates on 27 May.

A man has been charged with defrauding wine investors of up to £1m.

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The future of schemes has been in sharp focus during the year in cases such as the collapse of BHS and the future of steelworkers' retirement deals. The Pension Protection Fund (PPF), the sector's lifeboat scheme, said the collective deficit was little changed. But fluctuations since the Brexit vote and the economy would create problems. "When we look back at what progress schemes have made over the last decade, it appears that many schemes are just treading water," said Andrew McKinnon, chief financial officer for the PPF. "The average recovery plan length, at around eight years, has barely improved, which brings home the challenge we now face. "The current economic backdrop, as well as scrutiny faced by the entire industry, suggests conditions will remain tough in 2017." The PPF said that the collective deficit of the UK's 5,794 final salary schemes was £222bn at the end of March, little changed from a year earlier. However, there had been significant fluctuation since the UK referendum on membership of the EU in June, owing to the effect on investments and the value of the pound. There are two major concerns for final-salary pension schemes, experts agree. The first is that people are living for longer. That makes pensions more expensive for companies, because they are paying pensioners for longer. The second is the uncertain economic outlook. Pension schemes rely on the contributions from employees being successfully invested. Pension funds had attempted to diversify and lower the risk of these investments, the PPF said, by buying government bonds. They had also increasingly bought assets from outside of the UK. "Pension schemes used to be owners of UK companies as well as being funded by them," said Tom McPhail, head of retirement policy at Hargreaves Lansdown. "Pensions being used to help finance the growth in British companies is becoming a thing of the past; instead our savings are either being lent to the government or invested abroad."

Conditions for final-salary pension schemes will be "tough" in 2017, a review of the sector suggests, with many simply "treading water".

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Media playback is not supported on this device to capture a record 17th Grand Slam triumph - his first since January 2010. But he said the modern era meant players were under more pressure to chase records. "I don't feel better than anyone, because we need past champions to pave the way for our generation and we have become very professional," he said. "They have led the way and inspired myself and other players to chase the big records out there. "Back in the day they weren't doing that, they were just playing to play tennis. Things have changed dramatically with the press reminding us 'you should do this and win that and you'll be considered the greatest of all time'. "And anyway I don't think you can compare different eras in tennis." Victory means Federer has emulated Pete Sampras and William Renshaw by capturing seven men's singles titles at the All England Club. And it took the 30-year-old back to the top of the world rankings, defying critics who had suggested he was past his best. "I knew how close I was for the last few years but some people didn't quite see that," he said. "I think the belief got me to victory today, and almost two other ones in the last couple of years as well." Federer had endured a 30-month wait for his 17th Grand Slam title, having last won a major at the 2010 Australian Open, where he beat Murray in straight sets. "I think it was a time where I just had to believe that things were going to turn around for me," he said. "I think I'm playing some of the best tennis of my life right now." Last year's showing at the All England Club was a low point for Federer, going out in the quarter-finals to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Murray, having had a shot at sporting immortality, will be haunted by this one for a while. But while it will be of little comfort to him now, another rather different battle might finally have been won. Read Tom's latest blog by clicking here But he admitted his winning return, and record-equalling seventh SW19 triumph, had come as a relief. "When it all happened I was just so happy that it was all over and that the pressure was gone, basically," he said. "I guess that came due to the tough loss I had here last year. There were a couple of tough moments for me over the last couple years." And Federer had words of comfort for his beaten opponent Murray, who is still striving for an elusive first Grand Slam title despite reaching four finals. "I really do believe he will win Grand Slams, not just one," he said. "I do wish him all the best. This is genuine. He works extremely hard. He's as professional as you can be. "Things just didn't quite turn out for him in the finals liked he hoped for. But today I'm sure he got another step closer to a Grand Slam title."

Roger Federer says he does not feel like the greatest player ever despite winning his seventh Wimbledon title.

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The decision follows a complaint by a Department of Transport official that the use of her tweets by newspapers constituted an invasion of privacy. Sarah Baskerville complained to the PCC about articles in the Daily Mail and Independent on Sunday. The messages included remarks about being hungover at work. She complained that this information was private and was only meant to be seen by her 700 followers. Ms Baskerville said she had a clear disclaimer that the views expressed by her on Twitter were personal and not representative of her employer. The disclaimer currently reads: "Scottish & Sober-ish.. Civil Servant. This is my personal account, personal views. Nothing to do with my employers. What I retweet I may or may not agree with." Ms Baskerville complained to the press regulator, arguing that she could have a "reasonable expectation" of privacy and that the reporting was misleading. But the PCC said the potential audience for Ms Baskerville's tweets was much wider than her followers, because each message could be forwarded by others, known as retweeting. It also agreed with the newspapers' argument that Twitter was publicly accessible and that the complainant had not taken steps to restrict access to her messages and was not publishing material anonymously. As a result, the commission ruled that the articles did not constitute a breach of privacy. "This is an important ruling by the commission," said PCC director Stephen Abell. "As more and more people make use of such social media to publish material related to their lives, the commission is increasingly being asked to make judgements about what can legitimately be described as private information. "In this case, the commission decided that republication of material by national newspapers, even though it was originally intended for a smaller audience, did not constitute a privacy intrusion."

Material that is published on Twitter should be considered public and can be published, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled.

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Gunn joins up with fellow England players Becky Grundy and Amy Jones, to play in the One-Day Cup and for the Birmingham Bears in T20 matches. The 29-year-old will turn out for Yorkshire Diamonds when the new Women's Super League starts on 30 July. "Warwickshire have made good progress in the women's game. They have a base of young, talented players," said Gunn. England players are required to play division one cricket and, in the wake of Notts' relegation last summer, Gunn follows the lead of Danni Wyatt, who also left Trent Bridge to sign for Sussex. The pair will meet at the Bears' new second home at Portland Road on 1 May when Warwickshire start their Women's One-Day Cup campaign at home to Sussex. Gunn's signing follows the arrival last week at Edgbaston of Australian all-rounder Anna Lanning. Gunn is the daughter of former Nottingham Forest footballer Bryn Gunn. "Jenny has been one of the leading cricketers in the women's game for several years," said Darren Franklin, Warwickshire's head of women's cricket. Since making her England debut against New Zealand in 2004, she has gone on to play 129 one-day internationals, making 1,460 runs and taking 120 wickets, 92 T20s and has won 11 Test caps. She was also part of the England teams that won the Women's Cricket World Cup and World T20 in 2009 and has played in five Ashes series wins.

Warwickshire have signed England all-rounder Jenny Gunn from Nottinghamshire for the 2016 domestic season.

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Noujain Mustaffa is a disabled 16-year-old Syrian migrant who travelled to Europe in her wheelchair. A character played by James Scott "returned from the dead" to film the scene in Days of Our Lives after Noujain said she learned English by watching the show. In a video, Noujain said she was "so grateful" and it was "her lucky day". Noujain also used the video uploaded to YouTube to send a message to other victims of war around the world. "You are stronger and braver than you think. Fight for what you want and I am sure you will get it," she said, speaking from a room she is sharing with her sister in Germany. She has applied for asylum in Dortmund. Noujain was one of hundreds of thousands of Syrians who have undertaken the arduous 4,000-mile (6,400km) journey to Europe in recent months. But her courage in attempting the journey in her wheelchair - and her unshakeable optimism - captured the attention of the world's media, initially the BBC's Fergal Keane. Noujain revealed that her accomplished English was down to watching her favourite TV show, the long-running US daytime drama Days of Our Lives, back in her home town of Kobane. "I was waking up at 08:00 some days to watch it. That's a great show," she told BBC partner ABC. "But they killed the main character that I loved!" That lament came to the attention of comedian John Oliver, who picked up on Noujain's story at the end of a segment examining Europe's treatment of the migrants on the latest edition of his late-night show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He introduced a specially filmed spoof scene in which Noujain's favourite character, EJ DiMera, played by Scott, returns from the dead to be reunited with his former lover, Sami. "Coming back from the dead, that's not hard," EJ tells Sami - played by Alison Sweeney - during the scene. "You know what's hard? Getting from Syria to Germany." "Have you seen what those migrants are going through?" Sami responds. Later, EJ says: "I read about this incredible 16-year-old girl from Kobane called Noujain Mustaffa. Yes, Noujain Mustaffa," he says, looking into the camera with a smile.

A teenage refugee has expressed her delight after a US soap opera filmed a special scene in her honour.

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Scientists first described the Hero Shrew, nicknamed for its extraordinary strength, over a century ago. Now for the first time, a team has found a new, smaller-skulled species of the Hero Shrew which they have called Scutisorex thori. The authors propose in Royal Society journal: Biology Letters that its unique interlocking vertebrae give it the strength to move large objects. The new species has fewer lower vertebrae and more robust and flattened ribs than its relative. Bill Stanley, from the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, US, said: "The expanded backbone and the strength of this animal has fascinated biologists for over 100 years. Until now there has been only one species known with this bizarre vertebral column. "We hypothesise that this shrew - with its expanded backbone and associated musculature - can crawl in-between the trunk and leaf bases of trees to allow access to concentrated food resources that would normally be protected from predation. "The same mechanism could be used for getting under logs or rocks which they could lift out of the way." The unique Hero Shrew has twice the number of lower vertebrae humans do and a spine four times more robust relative to its body size. Its strength has received legendary status in the African Congo, where parts of the animal are worn as a talisman in battle. The wearers believe it could make them invincible to spears or bullets. As no other forms of its expanded back bone have previously been discovered, many zoologists believed the Hero Shrew was an example of punctuated equilibrium - which is where dramatic evolutionary changes take place very quickly. But Mr Stanley explained that there are aspects of S. thori's vertebral column that "suggest it's a transition between the regular shrew and the original species of Hero Shrew", which could shed light on how quickly it evolved. He told BBC News it had the potential to be a "missing link" to how the Hero relates to other shrews. "The age of discovery is not over. People think we have everything sussed out but the collections contained within institutions [such as the Field Museum] allow us to figure out what makes this planet tick. "This is just one example of a new mammal but there's still a lot more to this planet we have to learn about." Kristofer Helgen, of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, who was not involved with the study, said it was an "outstanding find". "The anatomy of this new species gives important clues about the evolution of the unusually strong spine in this group of shrews, and the authors of the paper provide the first compelling explanation for the adaptive significance of the unusual spine."

A new species of the mysterious "Hero Shrew" has been discovered in Africa.

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The toothpick perforated her gullet and lodged in a lobe of her liver. The patient, who is not being identified, has now recovered after having the toothpick removed. Such cases are rare, but the report, published by the British Medical Journal group, says doctors need to look out for signs of "foreign bodies", as detection can be challenging. It is one of thousands of cases being logged at BMJ Case Reports, an online resource to allow doctors to share information about the treatment of difficult or unusual cases. Swallowing foreign bodies is relatively common, particularly among children. But the subsequent development of a liver abscess was rare, the authors, from Bristol's Frenchay Hospital and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, said. The condition has mostly been associated with inadvertently swallowing pins, nails, fish and chicken bones, rather than toothpicks. But the authors said toothpicks could be "difficult to deal with effectively, because they don't show up on conventional X-rays and symptoms are often non-specific and remote". In this particular case, the woman was admitted to hospital with generalised gut pain and fever, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and low blood pressure. An abdominal ultrasound scan revealed a liver abscess and the presence of a toothpick lodged in her liver. She subsequently developed breathing difficulties and an infection as a result of blood poisoning and had to be admitted to intensive care. After treatment with antibiotics, she recovered and the toothpick was removed using keyhole surgery, after which all her symptoms cleared. In another case on a similar theme in BMJ Case Reports, a surgical swab left inside the abdomen after surgery only came to light when the patient experienced persistent changes in her normal bowel habit. The swab was clearly visible on a computerised tomography (CT) scan. Removal of the swab resolved her symptoms.

A woman developed severe blood poisoning and a liver abscess after inadvertently swallowing a toothpick.

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Brandywell is the home ground of Derry City Football Club. Derry City FC Chairman Philip O'Doherty has blamed a council consultation project which has affected the start of the tendering process. Work on a new pitch and dog track was due to begin at the end of October. Mr O'Doherty said if work does not begin soon "it may be delayed until October 2016". "Two weeks ago, Derry and Strabane Council received the final letter of offer, allowing work on the Brandywell project to begin," said Mr O'Doherty. "We immediately met with council to request a programme of work so that we could discuss options with the FAI (Football Association of Ireland) to reschedule early home games in the 2016 season to later in the year to facilitate work on the pitch. "Unfortunately, we have been informed that the tender process can't begin due to continued consultation on the project. "We are concerned that should the work not begin this month, the start of this long overdue project would be delayed until October 2016 - a full 12 months. "Derry City, other local football clubs, and the people of the Brandywell area, in particular, should not have to wait yet another year for this project to start." He said the facility would be "highly beneficial to the community" due to the 3G pitch being able to be used almost continuously throughout the year. Mr O'Doherty told BBC Radio Foyle that there are concerns that a one-year delay may result in some or all of the money being returned to Stormont. "That would be disastrous," he said. "Derry City FC will be left out of pocket if games are to be played, possibly in Ballybofey, with lower numbers attending our games. This will affect the budget for next season which will not help our challenging for European football. "We are happy to pay the market price for use of this facility, along with the other users in the city, and we would urge council to start the work urgently." A spokesperson for Derry City and Strabane District Council said: "Elected members of the Health and Community Committee unanimously agreed to defer a decision to progress with the tender for the football stadium and 3G element of the council-owned Brandywell and Daisyfield Masterplan project. "This is to allow for further consultation with the greyhound fraternity on proposals to ensure a new greyhound track is included in the plan. "The matter will now come before members at next months meeting for consideration and decision."

The chairman of Derry City Football Club has said he has "serious concerns" that the redevelopment of the Brandywell stadium could be delayed by up to a year.

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According to a report from the Reuters news agency, BAE made the discovery after investigating the theft of $81 million (£56m) from the Bangladesh central bank in February. Swift has released a software update to assist customers with security. The group said its network and core messaging services were not affected. BAE has published a blog on its findings. The hackers were discovered - thanks to a spelling mistake in one transfer order - before they could transfer $1bn (£690m) as they had planned. A cheap internet router with no firewall has been blamed for the thieves being able to gain access to the Bangladesh bank's computers. Using this access, the thieves allegedly transferred funds from Bangladesh's account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York into other bank accounts. Now, BAE says it believes part of the hack involved gaining access to the Bangladesh central bank's Swift payment system. Swift, or the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, is used by 11,000 banks and other institutions. In its blog, BAE described some of the features of tools that it believes were used during the attack on the Bangladesh central bank. The blog adds: "This malware appears to be just part of a wider attack toolkit and would have been used to cover the attackers' tracks as they sent forged payment instructions to make the transfers." Such an approach would target Swift's Alliance Access software specifically. In a statement, Swift said: "This malware has no impact on Swift's network or core messaging services. "We understand that the malware is designed to hide the traces of fraudulent payments from customers' local database applications and can only be installed on users' local systems by attackers that have successfully identified and exploited weaknesses in their local security." Natasha Deteran, a spokeswoman for Swift, told Reuters the software update was intended "to assist customers in enhancing their security and to spot inconsistencies in their local database records".

British defence contractor BAE Systems has claimed bank hackers in Bangladesh targeted software from Swift, a key part of the global financial system.

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Croatian border police are stopping all Serbian vehicles from entering the country in protest at Serbia's decision to transport migrants to the border. But Croatia's interior minister said the ban did not apply to Serbian people. The Serbian authorities have responded by banning cargo traffic from Croatia. Amid escalating tension, Serbia's foreign ministry said the measures were "discriminatory" and "can only be compared with measures taken in the past, during the fascist Independent Croatia", referring to the Nazi puppet state proclaimed in Croatia in 1941, which sided with Berlin. Croatia's Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, speaking in Brussels where EU leaders have been discussing a response to the migrant crisis, said Serbia's behaviour was "not normal". Some Serbian nationals were not let into Croatia early on Thursday, but the Croatian government blamed this on a computer glitch. Croatia has blocked cargo transport from Serbia since last week, shutting all but one of its crossings in order to prevent more migrants entering the country after a surge of almost 45,000 people arrived in a week. The Croatian authorities are angry that Serbia has been bussing migrants straight to its border after Hungary sealed its southern border with a metal fence. Croatia in turn sends them north across its own border with Hungary, which passes them on to Austria, but Zagreb says it cannot cope with the pace of the influx. The border closures have damaged the economy in Serbia, which is a conduit for cargo to western and central Europe.

Serbia has compared Croatian border restrictions to racial laws enforced by a Nazi puppet state during World War Two, in a deepening row over migrants.

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The body was found on Sunday night on what police said was an inaccessible area of waste ground next to the M6. Zahid Mirza's car crashed on the southbound carriageway between junctions 4A and 5 near Coleshill, Warwickshire, on 15 January. The car was empty and Mr Mirza, 40, has not been seen by his family since. The body was found after two days of intensive searching, police said. Mr Mirza is from Chelmsley Wood, near Solihull. More stories from Birmingham and the Black Country Det Supt Tom Chisholm said the area had been searched at the time of the crash but the driver was not found. "Following enquiries, we discovered that Mr Mirza's family have had no contact with him since then, so specialist officers have been in the area over the past two days carrying out searches," he said. "Yesterday evening (Sunday) the search team discovered the body of a man in an inaccessible area of waste ground. The body has not been formally identified but family liaison officers have notified Mr Mirza's family and are supporting them."

A body has been found by police searching for a motorist who has been missing since his car smashed through a motorway barrier three weeks ago.

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A Toulouse father found footage of his two-year-old daughter being shaken, having her hair pulled and a spoon forced into her mouth at home. A doctor's examination revealed facial bruising, La Depeche reports (French). The 49-year-old nanny has been taken into custody and police say they are investigating to see if there are other victims. Her lawyer is quoted as saying that life had got "on top of her" and that "difficulties had built up". The nanny, held on suspicion of violence against a minor under the age of 15, was from an agency that specialises in domestic help.

A nanny in France has been caught by a tiny camera under a Christmas tree allegedly abusing a child in her care.

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The 19-year-old midfielder has made one appearance for the Addicks this season in an EFL Trophy game against Southampton's Under-21 side. He is the younger brother of Coventry goalkeeper Reice Charles-Cook. "Regan's an athlete, technically good and versatile, so he will give us options and creativity in the final third," said Moors boss Liam McDonald. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Solihull Moors have signed Regan Charles-Cook on loan from Charlton Athletic for the rest of the season.

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Nancie Atwell, a US teacher who won the Global Teacher Prize earlier this year, was visiting a school in London. She also said that teachers could get more attention from pupils from talking quietly than shouting. Ms Atwell won a million-dollar prize - but immediately gave the money to her school in Maine. On her visit to Capital City Academy in Willesden, north-west London, she said part of the prize had been spent on fixing the school boilers. Ms Atwell was demonstrating her award-winning teaching skills in an English lesson to a class of 12 and 13-year-olds, with Schools Minister Nick Gibb watching. Softly spoken and fastidiously polite to the pupils, sitting in a circle around her, she taught a lesson about two poems. She also told them that her own pupils called her by her first name. "I've been teaching a long time and something I've learnt is, almost the softer you are, the more attentive they are." If there were behaviour problems, she said: "I would go to that student and say, 'What's the problem. You need to engage with this, stop talking.' I'm strict. I've also got what they call 'the look'... they fear it. "The answer to almost every issue in the classroom is to talk to the kids about what's going on." In terms of what made a great teacher, she said: "It's not my personality, it's not my intuition, it's what I know about professional methods." She emphasised the importance of applying the lessons of research about what worked in the classroom. Ms Atwell was awarded her prize at the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai, with former US President Bill Clinton on stage. But she said that as a teacher "committed to public service", she would donate the prize to her school. Speaking in London about her donation, she said: "I have everything I need. My car runs, my mortgage is paid, but my school and my students didn't have what they needed." Ms Atwell said the prize, funded by the Varkey Foundation, was an important recognition of the "life-changing" potential of teaching. But she warned against education systems moving to what she thought was an over-prescriptive curriculum. Such an approach would limit children's range of reading, she warned, so that they would spend too long focusing on a small number of texts in order to pass tests. "Parents are recognising that their children are being tested rather than taught," she said of US schools. She criticised the move in the United States towards a "common core" curriculum, which she said "inhibits teachers' creativity". For teachers, she said an excessive focus on testing and a curriculum based on passing a test was "de-professionalising" teaching. "It's done nothing but decimate morale," she said. "It takes away teachers' autonomy, their ability to respond to who their students are and what they see is going on in their classroom." But she emphasised how much could be achieved by teachers when they were able to engage with students and develop their creativity and writing skills. Mr Gibb, observing from the back of the class, said he supported Ms Atwell "in her drive to highlight the importance of literacy and to help spread the love of reading around the world". "Every child, no matter what their background, should read widely and read well, giving them the best opportunity to get on in life." And pupils in the class gave their own views on what made a great teacher - with a number of them saying they liked it when teachers were strict enough to let people learn. One, Keara, said she liked it when lessons were quiet and everyone could concentrate. "There's a time for laughing and a time for getting on with the work," she said.

The "world's best teacher" says that a culture of excessive testing can damage standards and "decimate morale" among teachers.

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Halloran Keeling - known as Hal - died in Newquay last August, aged 28. His sister Scarlett Keeling's body was found on Anjuna beach in 2008, during a six-month "trip of a lifetime". The Cornwall coroner said Mr Keeling's death was drug related, but it could not be proved if he meant to kill himself. Scarlett, from north Devon, had been left in the care of her 25-year-old tour guide boyfriend while the rest of her family went travelling. Goan police initially said Scarlett drowned accidently, but a second post-mortem examination revealed she had numerous injuries and had been drugged and raped before drowning in seawater. Two men were arrested within weeks and charged with culpable homicide and grievous sexual assault, but both were acquitted last year. Mr Keeling, the eldest of Fiona MacKeown's nine children, did not to go to India with the rest of the family and was told of his sister's death while he was in hospital in Plymouth recovering from serious injuries sustained when he was knocked down two days before Scarlett died. Ms MacKeown, 52, said her son could not go because he did not have his passport, and he felt directly responsible for Scarlett's death. She said he believed he could have protected her from harm if he had been on the trip. "He was very close to Scarlett - he couldn't have done anything and was not to blame at all, but he didn't accept that," she said. "He just never got over his sister's death." In a written statement to the inquest, she said: "He became depressed around the age of 15 and they prescribed anti-depressants and Valium. "A year later he was self-medicating with cannabis." The inquest also heard Mr Keeling took other illicit substances and had been hospitalised for overdosing unintentionally on prescription drugs. In a statement, psychiatric nurse Susie Theobald told the inquest Mr Keeling had been deeply affected by the death of his sister. "He had a significant life event trauma when his sister was sexually assaulted and murdered in 2008, she said, adding that he had experienced "physical abuse from his mother's partners from the age of four".

The brother of a 15-year-old girl raped and murdered on a beach in Goa in 2008 blamed himself for her death, an inquest has heard.

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Koen Norton, 10, is hoping to secure the International Gamefish Association record for largest tuna caught by a child 10 years old or younger. He was on his family's charter boat when he caught the massive fish on Sunday, using a fishing technique called "stand up" involving a harness. Norton has been fishing since he was about five. "He's talked about this record for quite a while," his father Greg Norton, who runs a fishing charter boat business, told the BBC. "We waited until he was 10 because it gave him the advantage of being as big as he could be. We go fishing every chance we get." Koen Norton said it took him an hour to reel in the massive tuna. "It was fun," Koen told the BBC. "It was just amazing how it felt when I was fighting it. When I hooked him, I could tell he was going to be a little bit of a fight."

A Canadian boy has caught a 486lb (220kg) tuna in Naufrage Harbour, off the coast of Prince Edward Island.

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East Dunbartonshire Council approved the move as part of wider measures to save just under £1.2m annually. Under the new arrangements, existing school crossing patrollers will not be replaced as they leave or retire. Instead, other staff working in schools will be trained to take on their duties as part of revised working conditions. Grace Irvine, director of East Dunbartonshire Council's neighbourhood services said: "There will be no job losses amongst our school crossing patrollers. "As we move forward, if a member of the team leaves, they will not be replaced by another school crossing patroller. "Other members of the school facilities management team, who will all be known to the pupils, will take over these roles. Full training will be given before employees are expected to take on any new responsibilities."

Dedicated lollipop men and woman in East Dunbartonshire are to be phased out and their roles taken on by school janitors, cleaners and dinner staff.

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In a speech in Paris, the National Front's candidate in the 2017 presidential race next spring said she had nothing against foreigners. "But I tell them: if you come to our country don't expect to be taken care of, to be looked after, that your children will be educated without charge," she said. "No more playtime," she added. Ms Le Pen is widely expected to be one of two candidates to reach the second and final round of the election in May. Latest opinion polls suggest she is running neck-and-neck in polling for the first round with the centre-right candidate Francois Fillon, who was selected in national primaries at the end of November. The Socialists will hold their own primaries next month. However, around two-thirds of voters would choose Mr Fillon over Ms Le Pen in the deciding round. Ms Le Pen had been widely reported as saying the education ban should apply to foreigners, but after her speech she clarified to the AFP that she was talking about illegal immigrants. However, she also said that foreigners using the state education system must be living in France legally and contributing to the tax system. Cutting immigration has long been a bedrock policy of the FN, and Ms Le Pen has campaigned hard to cut legal immigration dramatically to 10,000 people a year, and to halt the right to family reunions. Education has also been a central theme for the far-right leader. In 2014, she spoke out against providing substitute meals for pork dinners in schools for Muslims and Jews. However under French law dating back to 1881, free primary education is a basic right for all children. The right to education is also a fundamental tenet of the European Convention on Human Rights. French Education Secretary Najat Belkacem said in a blog entry that Ms Le Pen had not only demonstrated total indifference to the terrible plight of many migrant children, she showed the same level of ignorance of fundamental French values and laws. Since she took over the running of the FN from her father almost six years ago, Marine Le Pen has worked hard to detoxify the party's extremist image and attract mainstream voters. Her presidential campaign bears no trace of the party name and features a blue rose, borrowing imagery from both left and right. But Ms Le Pen has had to respond to Mr Fillon's election as candidate by setting out distinctive policies. On Wednesday, she accused him of being in hock to France's business organisation Medef, the European Commission, the banks and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. In a live interview on Wednesday on one of France's main TV channels, TF1, she suggested she would put France back together in five years. "I want to sort out the schools, France's diplomacy and the economy" she said, adding that she wanted a referendum on France's membership of the European Union.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has called for an end to free education for the children of illegal immigrants.

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Kevin Kampl gave Leverkusen an early lead but Julian Baumgartlinger's own goal levelled the score. Julian Brandt restored the hosts' lead but Hakan Calhanoglu had a penalty saved when he could have made it 3-1. Leipzig took advantage and Emil Forsberg ran from his own half to fire home an equaliser before Willi Orban headed a late winner. The controversial club, who have now won six league games in a row, have became the first promoted team to go 11 games unbeaten at the start of a Bundesliga season. RB Leipzig were founded in 2009 and, with the backing of Red Bull, won four promotions in seven seasons to reach the top flight for the first time this year. Bayern Munich will go back to the top if they beat Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker on Saturday (17:30 GMT). Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, RB Leipzig 3. Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, RB Leipzig 3. Hand ball by Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen). Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Oliver Burke (RB Leipzig). Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Stefan Ilsanker (RB Leipzig). Substitution, RB Leipzig. Dominik Kaiser replaces Emil Forsberg. Foul by Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen). Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Kai Havertz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Naby Keita (RB Leipzig). Attempt missed. Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin Volland with a cross following a corner. Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Naby Keita. Attempt blocked. Kevin Volland (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Brandt. Attempt missed. Willi Orban (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Emil Forsberg with a cross following a corner. Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Jonathan Tah. Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Diego Demme (RB Leipzig). Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Kai Havertz replaces Julian Baumgartlinger. Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, RB Leipzig 3. Willi Orban (RB Leipzig) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emil Forsberg with a cross following a corner. Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Jonathan Tah. Chicharito (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Naby Keita (RB Leipzig). Attempt saved. Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Benno Schmitz. Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Benno Schmitz. Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Chicharito replaces Admir Mehmedi. Ömer Toprak (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Ömer Toprak (Bayer 04 Leverkusen). Oliver Burke (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt saved. Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcel Sabitzer. Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig). Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Péter Gulácsi. Attempt saved. Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin Kampl. Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, RB Leipzig 2. Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Naby Keita following a fast break. Offside, RB Leipzig. Stefan Ilsanker tries a through ball, but Timo Werner is caught offside. Foul by Kevin Volland (Bayer 04 Leverkusen). Diego Demme (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, RB Leipzig. Oliver Burke replaces Yussuf Poulsen.

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The violence comes in the wake of alleged comments by the Zulu king telling migrants to go home - although the he says he was mistranslated. But Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has called on traditional leaders to stop making remarks that "could result in a loss of life". At least 62 people died in xenophobic attacks that swept the country in 2008. For the latest news, views and analysis see the BBC Africa Live page. Following the alleged comments by King Goodwill Zwelithini at the end of March, 250 people have been attacked, mostly from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and foreign-owned shops have been looted in the port city of Durban. More than 1,000 mainly African migrants have fled their homes, some going to police stations and other are being housed in tents on a sports field. South Africa's Business Day newspaper reports that at least three people have been killed and that a Somali shopkeeper is in a critical condition. Police spokesperson Maj Thulani Zwane told the BBC that the police do not know exactly how many people have been killed, but that some were South African nationals and some were foreigners. South African President Jacob Zuma's son, Edward, has come out in support of the Zulu king's alleged comments. "We need to be aware that as a country we are sitting on a ticking time bomb," he said, adding that foreigners were "taking over the country". Raphael Baheybwa-Kambambire, president of Congolese Solidarity campaign, told the BBC that religious leaders met with Zulu monarch on Thursday. King Zwelithini told them he was talking "only about those who don't have papers and documentation in South Africa". Mr Gigaba said on Thursday evening that it was important not to incite violence. "Africa in particular must not think that we hate fellow Africans so much that we are prepared to do the worst to cause them harm," he said. On Wednesday, hundreds of people marched in front of the Durban's City Hall in protest against the xenophobic violence. Durban-based journalist Jeff Wicks told the BBC's Newsday programme that it does not take much to stoke tensions. Xenophobic violence flares up in townships where living conditions are poor for all those living there, irrespective of where they come from, he says.

South African police have arrested 17 people and opened murder cases after attacks on foreign nationals in Durban.

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It highlights the need for multi-disciplinary teams working together at urgent care resource hubs across Scotland. The teams would include GPs, nurses, physiotherapists, community pharmacists, social care workers and other specialists. The review was commissioned by the Scottish government. It forms part of the government's plans to transform primary care services in light of the demands of Scotland's ageing population, and as health and social care services are integrated. The 28 recommendations, made by Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie in the Primary Care Out-of-Hours Review, have been welcomed by Health Secretary Shona Robison. The other recommendations include: The review found that the current arrangement for out-of hours services was "fragile, not sustainable and will worsen unless immediate and robust measures are taken to promote the recruitment and retention of sufficient numbers of GPs working in both daytime and out-of-hours services". The Scottish government said it had made £1m of initial funding immediately available to fast-track the testing of the new urgent care model. A detailed government response to the recommendations and a national implementation plan, including an outline of investment to support delivery, will follow next spring. Sir Lewis said: "The people of Scotland deserve a high-quality out-of-hours service which fully meets their needs and does so consistently and reliably throughout Scotland. "The Scottish government commissioned this review to ensure that person-centred, sustainable, high quality and safe primary care is delivered when GP practices are closed. "I hope the recommendations from this review help achieve that, but also look forward and begin to lay the foundations for consistent urgent and emergency care on a continuous 24/7 basis." Ms Robison said: "Our NHS is facing different demands from those of a decade ago and we need to ensure all parts of the system work as effectively as possible to support an ageing population and more people with more complex, multiple conditions. "This is why it was vital, more than 10 years since the current system was created, that we commissioned a review into out-of-hours primary care. "We are already taking a comprehensive range of actions across all areas of our health service in order to meet the changing demands and the recommendations in Sir Lewis' review will build on this, helping ensure a more effective and sustainable service for the future." She added: "There is still a lot of work to be done, but ultimately, by getting primary care right, both in and out-of-hours, we can ease the pressure in our hospitals and meet the demands of our patients, who should expect nothing less." Theresa Fyffe, director of Royal College of Nursing Scotland, said: "Overall, Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie's recommendations are a solid foundation on which we can build the future of round-the-clock primary care services." Dr Miles Mack, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland, said: "The profession will be glad of this recognition of the pressures general practice as a whole is under to meet the needs of Scotland's population. "We hope this report can provide lasting, meaningful solutions to patients looking for urgent, out of hours medical care." Dr Andrew Buist, deputy chairman of BMA Scotland's GP committee, said the recognition that the out-of-hours workforce needed to be multi-disciplinary was "a welcome reflection of the vision for the future of primary care that we are working towards". "Providing greater support to GPs working and training in the out-of- hours environment, improving IT provision in primary care and creating a national performers list are also all positive steps that will help to improve the provision of out-of-hours care," he said. "It is essential that patients who need urgent care are able to access it when it is needed."

A new blueprint is needed for out-of-hours medical services in Scotland, an independent review has concluded.

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Energy stocks boosted the index with BP closing up by 2.1% and Shell gaining 0.9%. Shares in Micro Focus International fell 3.5% after UBS cut its rating on the company to "neutral" from "buy". Reckitt Benckiser fell 0.9% after an Australian court tripled the company's fine for misleading customers over Nurofen. Australia's Federal Court ruled last year that products marketed as targeting specific pains, such as migraines, were actually identical. Outside the FTSE 100, shares in Trinity Mirror rose 9.5% after it said its full-year performance would be "marginally ahead of expectations". It predicted net debt would fall to about £35m, which was better than forecast. However, the newspaper publisher also said group revenues in the fourth quarter were set to fall by 8% on a like-for-like basis, with print advertising down 17%. Rentokil Initial shares jumped 4.1% after it announced it would merge parts of its workwear and hygiene units into a joint venture with Germany's Haniel. Rentokil said it would have an 18% stake in the joint venture and receive about €520m (£436m). On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.51% against the dollar to $1.2483. Sterling had fallen sharply against the dollar on Thursday as financial markets continued to react to this week's Federal Reserve meeting, which pointed to three rate rises next year, rather than two. Against the euro, the pound was little changed at €1.1931.

The FTSE 100 has closed above the 7,000 level, with the UK's benchmark index rising by 0.2% to 7,01164.

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The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) rescued the man after he capsized off the coast at Redcar on Saturday. The man, 35, from Middlesbrough, had bought the boat for £40. He had set out from the South Gare but was carried by the wind and tide towards the Teesside Wind Farm. He was spotted struggling by a member of the public who contacted UK Coastguard and taken to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough for treatment for hypothermia. Dave Cocks, lifeboat operations manager at Redcar RNLI, said: "This could so nearly have ended as another tragedy at sea. "While the craft may have been very inexpensive it could have cost the man his life. "The North Sea is a dangerous place, even when the weather is as fine as we have seen in the past few days. "The man was thrown into very cold water, he was only wearing a T-shirt and shorts and didn't have a lifejacket on. "At one point his body temperature was measured at less than 34C (93F). He was suffering from hypothermia and was becoming very weak. "If he'd got into difficulties and he hadn't been found he may not have been able to save himself."

A man has been hospitalised with hypothermia after going fishing in the North Sea on an inflatable kayak bought from a supermarket.

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Clayton Engineering in Knighton will supply the charity with the "launch and recovery system" vehicles. The 22-metre long vehicles can tow a 15-tonne lifeboat up steep shingle beaches. Economy Secretary Ken Skates said the contract was testament to Clayton's "manufacturing expertise, capability and highly skilled workforce". Manufacture of the vehicles is set to be completed by 2020. To meet demand, a £500,000 extension to the firm's factory will be built. The Welsh government is contributing £99,593. Clayton Engineering employs 42 people and the Welsh Government said the investment would safeguard eight jobs and see at least three new workshop workers trained.

Seven vehicles weighing 37 tonnes that can tow rescue boats up steep beaches will be made in Powys for the RNLI.

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Crouser, 23, threw 22.52m with his fifth throw to break East German Ulf Timmermann's record of 22.47m set in Seoul in 1988. Joe Kovacs, the 2015 world champion, made it a USA one-two with a best throw of 21.78m, as New Zealand's Tomas Walsh took bronze with 21.36m. Poland's Tomasz Majewski, who won gold in 2012, finished sixth with 20.72m. Find out how to get into athletics with our special guide. Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

Ryan Crouser broke a 28-year Olympic record to win gold for the United States in the men's shot put final.

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Anna Signeul's team have lined up home games with Romania and Republic of Ireland either side of a trip to meet fellow finalists Sweden. Euro 2017 runs from 16 July - 6 August, with the Scots making their debut at a major finals. Scotland open the competition against England on 19 July, with Spain and Portugal also in Group D. Friendly dates: Scotland v Romania (Falkirk, 9 June) Sweden v Scotland (Vaxjo, 13 June) Scotland v Republic of Ireland (TBC, 7 July)

Scotland Women will play three warm-up friendlies ahead of this summer's Euro 2017 tournament in the Netherlands.

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But he said he was not leaving the party and would remain a UKIP MEP. Mr Gill said he was leaving the UKIP Senedd group as "infighting" had become a "distraction" from its work. UKIP group leader Neil Hamilton said he did not think Mr Gill's decision would make "much difference", claiming: "We don't see him much in the assembly." Meanwhile, Lisa Duffy, one of the candidates considered to be a front runner in UKIP's leadership election, called for Mr Gill to resign from the party. A rift emerged between the two men when Mr Hamilton was chosen by a majority of UKIP's seven AMs to lead them in the Senedd following the election in May. Five of the group called on Mr Gill to honour his pledge to give up his seat in the European Parliament if elected to the assembly. However, Mr Gill has insisted he can carry out both roles. The North Wales AM had been threatened with expulsion from UKIP if he did not give up one of his two elected posts, with party bosses arranging for a vote of members in Wales to decide his future. "After much deliberation I have decided to break away from the UKIP group in the Welsh Assembly and sit as an independent," Mr Gill said in a statement on Wednesday. "Too much time has been wasted on infighting over issues that cannot be resolved and it has become a distraction to the work we were elected to do. "I remain UKIP leader in Wales and am committed to serving my constituents." Responding to the news, Mr Hamilton said: "I haven't been officially informed - his letter must have got lost in the post. "We'll have to do our best to survive without him - we don't see him much in the assembly so I don't think we'll notice much difference." UKIP Wales chairman Chris Smart called Mr Gill's departure from the party's assembly group "inevitable". "Nathan has played no part in the group and did not attend yesterday's group [meeting]," he said. "He should now resign from the assembly having been elected as a UKIP member." Assembly rules do not require AMs leaving a political group to resign and seek re-election. In 2009, Plaid Cymru AM Mohammad Asghar defected to the Conservatives, while a number of AMs have sat as independents - some temporarily - after disputes resulting in suspension from their party groups. Despite Mr Gill saying he is still UKIP Wales leader, a member of the the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) said that is not the case, with the post becoming vacant when Mr Gill was temporarily expelled. "The office of leader in Wales thus currently remains vacant," said Tomaz Slivnik. Leadership candidate Ms Duffy said Mr Gill does not have "much option" other than to resign from the party. Ms Duffy, a town and district councillor in Cambridgeshire, said: "From the party's point of view, if he was a councillor he would have been asked to leave the party today." Speaking ahead of a campaign hustings in Newport on Wednesday, she said the UKIP NEC made the right decision in balloting on whether it was acceptable for Mr Gill to hold an AM and MEP job. "Because they have been put there and elected as UKIP - if he had been elected as Nathan Gill, no - but he has been elected under the UKIP brand," she added. "So for me, you do the honourable thing and you resign and you allow the residents, the voters, to make the decision as to who they want," she said. This is a culmination of months of arguments between Nathan Gill, the face of UKIP's assembly election campaign, and Neil Hamilton, who beat Mr Gill in a vote to become the party's assembly group leader. There have been public disputes on several matters since then - Mr Gill's camp attacking Mr Hamilton for not living in Wales, while Mr Hamilton and his supporters criticise Mr Gill for serving as both an AM and an MEP. The two factions also represent a wider split in UKIP - in simplistic terms, wings of the party which are for and against outgoing leader Nigel Farage. I am told Mr Gill mulled this over while away on holiday last week and has decided enough is enough. The tone of Mr Hamilton's response illustrates how sour the relationship has become. So, just over three months since the assembly election, the UKIP group is down from seven to six - the breakdown all about personality rather than policy.

UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill has announced he is leaving the party's group in the Welsh Assembly to sit as an independent AM for North Wales.

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The Welsh digital economy is worth £8bn and employs 40,000 people. David Warrender, former director of Digital Wales, said it was vital firms could "trade in the same way" as other European nations. But other Welsh technology executives believe the market outside Europe is more important. Mr Warrender is now the CEO of Innovation Point, which matches digital businesses with investors. "Like the rest of the Brexit negotiations, we need to make sure that we are able to access that digital single market," he said. "I think it's pretty crucial, we need to be part of it. "If we're not we've got to get on with exporting elsewhere. In many ways for digital businesses, proximity is actually slightly less important than it is for some." Last year, a report said Wales had the fastest-growing digital economy outside London. In May 2015, the EU Commission announced a strategy for the EU digital single market, which will introduce laws on issues, such as cross border e-commerce and copyright. Economy Secretary Ken Skates said Wales was not far behind some of the world's most-developed digital nations, but agreed with Mr Warrender it was very important Welsh businesses had access to the EU's digital single market. However, Denise Powell, Open Innovation Manager at IQE which makes semi-conductors in Cardiff, said Brexit will not affect business, as many of its products are sold beyond the European Union. IQE is working with the Welsh Government to attract global businesses to create Europe's first compound semi-conductor cluster and Mrs Powell believes it could lead to thousands of jobs. "I suspect that Brexit will not have a strong impact on the cluster, because compound semi-conductor technologies are global," she said. "Some early figures suggest that we could certainly start to build a cluster that could attract in the region of 5,000 jobs," she added.

It is crucial Wales has access to the EU digital single market, a former Welsh Government technology boss has said

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The 17-year-old has made seven appearances for Liverpool this season and became their youngest scorer. The Nottingham-born forward qualifies for Wales through his maternal grandfather and has already played at under-16, under-18 and under-19 level. Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey are also included after returning from injury. Manager Chris Coleman's side are third in Group D, four points behind Martin O'Neill's Republic of Ireland, who are top. Forward Bale, 27, has featured in five games for Real after recovering from ankle injury which kept him out of action for three months. Midfielder Ramsey was sidelined for a month by a calf injury but has played in Arsenal's last two matches. Coleman has also included striker Tom Lawrence, who has scored 11 goals during a season-long loan at Ipswich Town from Leicester City. The only other uncapped player in Coleman's squad is Milton Keynes Dons defender Joe Walsh, though uncapped Barnsley winger Marley Watkins is named on a stand-by list as Wales have a couple of minor injury concerns. Coleman says Woodburn's inclusion is not a spur of the moment decision and is not about keeping him away from England. "Everyone got excited about Ben when he burst into the Liverpool side and said 'we should be looking at Ben Woodburn', but we've been excited about him since he was 13-years old," Coleman said. "He's been in our system for five years, so we know all about him, he's done well this season. We are looking forward to having him on board." Coleman entirely rejected suggestions England were a factor in the decision to pick Woodburn. "Absolutely not, that is not the case," he said. "If we want to put him on for tactical reasons, it would be for that, but not because we are worried about anyone else looking at him. "He has been part of the Welsh set-up since he was a young boy. There will be no knee-jerk reaction to cap him. "If Ben wanted to go and play for England, there is absolutely nothing we can do about it. None of our players belong to us. They aren't contracted to us. But he's earned this call up. "If I thought it was too early I wouldn't call him up because this game is massive for us. "It's not about what game is good to get him in, it's the best squad. He's a Welsh international, he's played for us since a young boy and this is a the natural progression for him." Wales squad: Wayne Hennessey, Danny Ward, Owain Fon Williams, Ben Davies, James Chester, James Collins, Joe Walsh, Chris Gunter, Jazz Richards, Neil Taylor, Ashley Williams, Joe Allen, David Edwards, Andy King, Tom Lawrence, Joe Ledley, Shaun MacDonald, Aaron Ramsey, Gareth Bale, Hal Robson-Kanu, Tom Bradshaw, Sam Vokes, Ben Woodburn

Teenager Ben Woodburn has received a first call up to Wales' squad for their World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland on 24 March.

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Military forces have been attempting to retake the city - the last major IS stronghold in Iraq - since October. Iraqi officials said the IS group had used laboratories in the university complex to make chemical weapons. The head of the country's counter-terrorism operations said retaking the area was a significant victory. "This great scientific and cultural building was liberated by the heroes," Lt Gen Talib Shaghati, said. "The liberation of the University of Mosul means much, given its cultural, social and human symbolism." Elite troops had entered the compound on Friday as part of a major push into new territory. Iraqi military officials claim they now control a large majority of the city's eastern half. They also control three of the five key bridges crossing the river Tigris, which divides Mosul in two. The bridges were targeted by coalition air strikes in October with the aim of limiting the ability of IS to resupply or reinforce their positions in the east. The campaign began in October, but got off to a slow start in the face of tough IS defence and counter-attacks. But significant gains along the river may open up western Mosul, which is still under IS control, to Iraqi forces seeking to advance.

Iraqi forces have seized full control of Mosul University in their battle with so-called Islamic State, Iraqi state television said.

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Tanveer Ahmed, from Bradford in Yorkshire, attacked Asad Shah outside his store in the Shawlands area on 24 March. Mr Shah later died in hospital. The 40-year-old was stabbed after publishing hundreds of videos about his spiritual beliefs online. Mr Shah was an Ahmadiyya, a group known for its peaceful interfaith concerns. Ahmed said he had "disrespected" Islam. He pled guilty to the murder at a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow. Sentence was deferred until 9 August and Ahmed was remanded in custody. The judge, Lady Rae, said he would face a very lengthy period of imprisonment. She told Ahmed: "This was a truly despicable crime, motivated, it seems, by your sense of offence at a man's expression of his religious beliefs, which differ from yours. "Let me be clear - there's no justification whatsoever for what you did." The court heard Ahmed, a cab driver, was in Glasgow a couple of days before the murder with a friend who knew Mr Shah and who showed Ahmed Mr Shah's Facebook page. The shopkeeper had uploaded hundreds of videos about his spiritual beliefs to Facebook and YouTube, most of which were filmed behind the counter of his shop. The court was told Mr Shah had posted some videos which could be seen as him claiming that he was a prophet. Advocate depute Iain McSporran, prosecuting, said: "The accused's consistent and repeated account as to his motivation for murdering Asad Shah was that Shah claimed to be a prophet, which so offended his feelings and his faith that he had to kill him." Ahmed, a Sunni Muslim, returned to Bradford but then drove to Glasgow on the day of the murder. On the journey, he watched online footage of Mr Shah and said: "Listen to this guy, something needs to be done, it needs nipped in the bud." He arrived at the shop at about 21:00 where Mr Shah was working with an assistant, Stephen McFadyen. After walking around the shop, Ahmed approached the counter and began speaking to Mr Shah. Mr McSporran said: "The accused having apparently not received the response he was looking for, reaches into the robes he is wearing and removes a knife which which he attacks Asad Shah, moving behind the counter to do so. "Stephen McFadyen, approaches and attempts to assist but the incident is fast moving and he is unable to prevent the attack, involving repeated stab wounds aimed at the head and upper body, continuing. "Asad Shah attempted to flee his assailant and moved outside the shop but the accused kept hold of him and continued striking him with the knife." Mr Shah was taken to hospital in Glasgow, but despite CPR and surgery he could not be saved and was pronounced dead at about 22:00. He suffered multiple broken bones and the base of his skull was fragmented in a way more commonly seen in victims of road traffic accidents, with "numerous powerful blows" to his head and back, the court heard. To many in Pakistan, Mumtaz Qadri was a cold-blooded murderer. But to the tens of thousands of his supporters he was a hero who defended Islam and its prophet. Mumtaz Qadri was hanged in February for killing the governor of Punjab Salman Taseer in 2011. Mr Taseer had spoken out against the country's blasphemy law. Riots broke out after Qadri's funeral with many vowing to carry on the cause. One banner said: "We're all Mumtaz Qadri". I met Qadri's brother, Dilpazeer Awan, in their family home in Rawalpindi. He said Tanveer Ahmed was one of his brother's biggest supporters. I asked him if he thought he killed Asad Shah because his brother inspired him. He told me: "Yes no doubt he was very much impressed by Mumtaz, he used to send him messages in jail. Let me tell you it's only Mumtaz Qadri's body which was hanged but his spirit still lives on." Blasphemy is a capital crime here in Pakistan and while no one has ever been executed for it, dozens have been killed before their cases even made it to court. Human rights groups have long called for a change of the law which they say is used mainly against religious minorities. But it's a very sensitive and often life threatening subject that many people especially politicians prefer to avoid. Mr McSporran said the nature of the attack was such that "only death could possibly have been the intended outcome". Ahmed then calmly walked to a bus shelter and sat "head bowed as if in prayer" and made no attempt to escape. He told the police officers who found him: "I respect what you do and I have nothing against you and so I am not going to hurt you. "I have broken the law and appreciate how you are treating me." Ahmadiyya Muslims are persecuted in many parts of the world and are banned by the constitution of Pakistan from referring to themselves as Muslims. Mr Shah was born in Rabwah, Pakistan, but moved to Scotland after he and his family were persecuted for their faith. They were granted asylum by the UK. On the day Mr Shah died, he had posted a message on Facebook which read: "Good Friday and a very happy Easter, especially to my beloved Christian nationx." However, Mr McSporran stressed this specific post had no bearing on the crime. After being arrested, Ahmed released a statement through his lawyer saying he had killed Mr Shah as he had falsely claimed to be a prophet. The statement was immediately condemned by Ahmadiyya Muslim leaders, who said killing for "blasphemy" was "completely against the teachings of Islam". "We must not let the same mindset of hate and violence take root here in Glasgow, and for that matter, the UK and anywhere in the world," they added. The court heard Ahmed was not motivated by malice towards Ahmadiyya Muslims as a group, but by his offence at Mr Shah's comments. However, a victim statement from the shopkeeper's family - his wife, parents and six siblings - said they could no longer live normal lives and some intended to leave Scotland. His parents said: "We brought our children to this country to seek refuge from Pakistan in 1991 fleeing persecution, religious hatred, discrimination and a danger to our lives because we were Ahmadis. "We never thought that we could be in danger here. We feel imprisoned by our pain and suffering and we have little hope of ever having a normal life again. "Most of the family, unable to live with this turmoil, pain and fear, has taken a decision to leave Scotland forever." The murder of Mr Shah, who was well-known in the area, shocked the local community, with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon among those to pay their respects to him. Asst Ch Con Steve Johnson, from Police Scotland, said Mr Shah had been a "peaceful family man" who was well-liked in the community. He added: "Mr Shah's murder was the result of an extreme act of violence; an attack which was concluded within the space of four minutes. It is clear that the actions of Tanveer Ahmed were motivated by his religious beliefs. "There is a consensus across all of our communities that there is no place in Scotland for religious or cultural intolerance which generates crimes of hatred, intimidation or violence. Religious or cultural beliefs, no matter how strongly held, do not entitle anyone to commit murder or acts of aggression."

A 32-year-old man has admitted murdering a Glasgow shopkeeper in a religiously motivated attack.

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The benchmark FTSE 100 share index was down 22.21 points or 0.33% at 6,730.72, with investors cautious ahead of Italy's referendum at the weekend. Rolls-Royce and BHP Billiton were among the biggest fallers. In the FTSE 250, shares in Berkeley rose 8.45% after the housebuilder posted a 34% rise in half-year profits. However, the company also said reservations were down 20% over the period, which it blamed on the higher stamp duty for buy-to-let landlords and uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote. The FTSE 250 itself closed 62.06 points or 0.35% lower at 17,435.28. On the FTSE 100 engine-maker Rolls-Royce lost 3.08% following the announcement that it is to cut about 800 jobs worldwide amid plans to reduce costs in its marine business. Mining company BHP Billiton was down by 2.61% off the back of a fall in the price of copper. The biggest risers were Land Securities, up 2.18% and Randgold Resources up 2.10%. On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.66% against the dollar to $1.2740, and was 0.6% higher against the euro at €1.1882. After falling earlier, the price of Brent crude rose 0.4% to $54.14 a barrel, while US crude rose 0.6% to $51.36.

(Close): The UK stock market closed down but shares in Berkeley Group ended the day higher after the housebuilder reported rising profits.

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A large team of ants does the heavy lifting but they lack direction, while a small number of "scouts" intervene and steer for short periods. They appear to have a mathematically perfect balance between individuality and conformism, the researchers said. The discovery was made by analysing videos of ants carrying oversized food items, including Cheerios. Published in the journal Nature Communications, the study used a very common species known as the longhorn crazy ant. The species' name refers to the way the little creatures dash about, frequently changing direction with apparently aimless abandon. But the new findings suggest that the level of aimlessness in these ants' behaviour is in fact very finely tuned. "The group is tuned to be maximally sensitive to the leader ants," said the paper's senior author Dr Ofer Feinerman, a physicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. He said the ants seem to have just the right amount of erratic individualism. About 90% of the time, they will "go with the flow" and pull in the same direction as everybody else; the other 10% of the time they live up to their name. That means that on the whole, each ant transport team works together and avoids a fruitless tug-of-war. But crucially, their erratic streak leaves a degree of instability - and this allows a single ant with new information to join in and change the direction. "This leader that comes along, she doesn't have to introduce herself, she doesn't have to be stronger than the rest - she just has to pull in the correct direction," Dr Feinerman told BBC News. "The only communication in the system is the forces that they feel through the object." So while it is the sheer number of ants on the team that determines how fast the tidbit gets transported, the navigation is supplied by these "scouts". To test out their model, Dr Feinerman and his colleagues tried the ants in some extreme situations - giving them objects much bigger than anything they would normally shift. "The prediction that the model gave us is that we can play with this mix of conformism and non-conformism," he said. "If you move something huge, you need many, many more ants. And then the force that each ant feels through the object is much stronger. So... all the ants feel a stronger urge to act as conformists." Sure enough, when the ants were presented with silicon discs 8cm or even 16cm across, they lost their erratic streak altogether and everybody pushed in the same direction. The discs moved in very smooth, straight lines - but navigating around obstacles became impossible. Their system works best, Dr Feinerman explained, for medium-sized objects (to an ant) of about 1cm, or "about what they can squeeze through the nest entrance". So the Cheerios used in the experiment were perfect. And oddly enough, so is cat food - which is how the whole project got started. "[One of my colleagues] moved to a new apartment at the same time as he joined the lab, and there were ants in his apartment. He saw the cat food moving - they were stealing the cat food. "He came back with a movie of it the next day. We watched it and we realised it was very interesting… We've been working on it for four years now." Prof Nigel Franks, who runs the Ant Lab at the University of Bristol, said the study was "a really exquisite piece of work" and a fine example of ideas from physics being applied to biological questions. "When ants are moving huge objects, one of the things that people have noticed… is how chaotic it can appear, with ants randomly joining a group and then leaving it again," Prof Franks told the BBC. "What this study shows really beautifully is that those ants that join in briefly can be the informed ones that know which way the object should be going - so they give a little bit of steerage periodically, and keep things more or less on track. "I think this very quantitative and beautiful approach illuminates a curious bit of natural history that we didn't previously understand." Follow Jonathan on Twitter

Scientists in Israel have discovered how ants co-operate to move big chunks of food back to their nests.

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As the summer draws to a close spiders often head indoors to escape the chilly weather. But experts say that this year, they might be even bigger than usual, because the recent mild weather has meant there are more insects for them to eat. But how well do you now our eight-legged friends? Check out these top facts from our spider expert, Simon Garrett, from Bristol Zoo. They include: But not everyone's a massive spider fan, and when there's a hairy arachnid poised above your bed when you're about to turn out the light, sometimes you've just got to send them packing! So if you've ever wondered what's the best way to get rid of the critters - without hurting them - Simon's got the top technique in the clip.

Spiders - love em or hate em, there's a good chance there's a few in your house this autumn.

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Philip Hammond said £2.3bn would be spent on infrastructure - such as roads - related to housing developments. The chancellor said the money would support the building of up to 100,000 new homes, and amounted to a "step-change" in help for the industry. The government has also agreed to spend an extra £1.4bn on affordable housing in England. Local authorities will be able to bid for the money under one of three existing schemes : Affordable Rent, Shared Ownership or Rent to Buy. The Treasury estimates that could lead to 40,000 more affordable homes being built. The money will top up the existing £4.7bn being spent on grants for affordable housing over the next five years. What the Autumn Statement means for you Ministers back Autumn Statement forecasts UK economy 'resilient' despite £122bn hit Autumn Statement latest updates Key points at-a-glance Your questions answered The National Housing Federation (NHF), which represents Housing Associations, said it was delighted with the announcement. "Increased flexibility and extra investment will give housing associations the freedom and confidence to build even more affordable homes, more quickly, across the country," said David Orr, chief executive of the NHF. Earlier this month, official figures indicated that the number of affordable homes being built in England had sunk to its lowest level in 24 years. In the year to March 2016, just 32,110 affordable homes were completed, a 52% fall on the previous year. However, recent figures suggest that the overall housing supply increased by 11% in the year to April 2016. The chancellor also announced a "large-scale" pilot of the right to buy scheme for housing association tenants. He said it would involve 3,000 tenants being allowed to buy the homes they currently rent. A white paper on house-building will follow "in due course". Where can I afford to live?

New spending on housing projects totalling £3.7bn in England has been announced by the chancellor.

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The Central Line was closed between White City and Marble Arch following the midnight derailment at Holland Park. The knock-on effects built up along the rest of the line and platforms became jam-packed. Eventually Wanstead and South Woodford stations had to be closed as well. The Rail Maritime and Transport union said four workers who suffered injuries including whiplash in the derailment were treated in hospital but were later released. Problems for frustrated passengers increased when they tried to switch to other lines only to find trains there overcrowded too. Vivan Jayant tweeted: "The ONE DAY I decide to take the @centralline...." He said: "The pavement was completely packed and people were climbing over the barriers and jumping down to walk along the road." Mr Jayant abandoned his journey at White City and took a bus after being unable to get onto the Circle Line at Wood Lane. Central Line operations director Peter McNaught apologised to travellers and said: "This is due to the part-suspension of the line which was caused by a derailed engineering train during the night. "Our engineers are working as quickly as possible to restore services on the line." The Rail Accident Investigation Branch is looking into the derailment.

Rush hour Tube passengers had to "climb over barriers" to escape overcrowding after a derailed engineering train caused delays to morning services.

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Lewandowski ended a four-game goalless run with two in 11 second-half minutes to make it 38 for the season, firing in on the turn and then heading home. Arturo Vidal then side-footed Bayern's third as Pep Guardiola's side secured a fifth successive league win. Second-placed Borussia Dortmund play at home to Hamburg on Sunday (14:30 BST). Bayern were rarely threatened by a Schalke side whose hopes of Europa League qualification are continuing to fade, with just one win from their last five games. Bayern, who overcame Benfica to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday night, are chasing a treble, with a German Cup semi-final to come at home to Werder Bremen next Tuesday night. Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola: "I was a footballer myself and I know how hard it is to play three days after a Champions League game. "But that is no excuse. In the first half we didn't play for long periods and the difference between the first and second half was huge. "I'm happy with the win and in the league we have taken a big step forward. "Now we want to reach the cup final and I hope this game was a lesson for our players for Tuesday against Bremen." Bayer Leverkusen moved into third place in the table with a 3-0 win over struggling Eintracht Frankfurt. They went above Hertha Berlin, who lost 2-1 at Hoffenheim as the home side boosted their survival hopes with a fourth win in five games. Augsburg helped their fight against relegation with a 1-0 win over Stuttgart to give them a second successive victory. And Werder Bremen, who are third from bottom, also kept in touch with the teams above them thanks to a first win in five matches against Wolfsburg.

Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Bayern Munich beat Schalke 3-0 to move within two more wins of a fourth successive Bundesliga title.

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Package holidays, for instance, were up 0.6% between April and May, compared with a fall of 0.4% a year ago. The fall in the pound since last year's Brexit vote is making itself felt. Imported goods, particularly, have become more expensive. The cost of games - especially computer games - toys and hobbies shot up by 2.7%. Prices are also on the rise for clothing, up 0.6% compared with a fall of 0.3% a year ago, with children's clothing seeing the biggest increase. The ONS also reported higher prices for furniture and household goods. Shoppers have been used to falling prices in the supermarket aisles in recent years but this trend is now at an end. Sugar, jams, chocolate, syrups and confectionary all contributed to the latest rise in this category. With inflation now at its highest rate in nearly four years, the impact of past falls in sterling continue to feed through to households, according to Richard Lim, chief executive of Retail Economics: "Food inflation rose by 2.5% according to the latest data, the fastest since 2013. Given the least affluent households spend around 17% of their expenditure on food and drink, rising prices will have a significant impact on their discretionary spending power going forward. "What's more, real earnings are already shrinking. With inflation expected to accelerate further in the coming months, the backdrop for retailers looks set to become even more challenging." Electricity bills jumped by 4% and gas bills were also slightly up, reflecting price hikes from some of the big six energy suppliers. But travel costs were down. Air fares usually go down after Easter, one of the peak holiday periods. Because Easter came later this year, air fares fell back in May, which was a big contributor to the downward effect. And the prices at the pump also dropped between April and May this year, bringing some relief, at least, to consumers.

The rising cost of foreign holidays, toys and computer games are the main drivers behind this month's jump in inflation.

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Companies that carry out computer repairs are legally required to report such images, but a warrant is required for actively searching for material. Defence lawyers argue that the FBI was directing the technician to look for illegal activity. Geek Squad's parent company, Best Buy, and the FBI have denied any wrongdoing. Defence lawyers claim that the FBI had had eight "confidential human sources" in the Geek Squad, according to the Washington Post, which first reported the story. The case has led online tech publication Network World - which declared the practice "unconstitutional" - to call for users to boycott Best Buy. The case stretches back to November 2011 when an image of a young naked girl was found on the hard drive of Californian doctor, Mark Rettenmaier. His lawyers want the case thrown out, arguing that the image was gleaned from an illegal search. The FBI claim that a later search of Dr Rettenmaier's iPhone found 800 images of naked girls. Defence lawyer James Riddet claimed in a court filing last month that "the FBI was dealing with a paid agent inside the Geek Squad who was used for the specific purpose of searching clients' computers for child pornography and other contraband or evidence of crimes". He wants to examine the relationship between the FBI and the technician - Justin Meade - in court, in a hearing scheduled for August. In a statement, Best Buy spokesman Jeff Shelman said: "Best Buy and Geek Squad have no relationship with the FBI. "From time to time, our repair agents discover material that may be child pornography and we have a legal and moral obligation to turn that material over to law enforcement. "We are proud of our policy and share it with our customers before we begin any repair." He added: "Any circumstances in which an employee received payment from the FBI is the result of extremely poor individual judgment, is not something we tolerate and is certainly not a part of our normal business behaviour." Court filings show the FBI also denies the claims. "I never asked or ordered Mr Meade or any Best Buy employee to search for child pornography or gather information on child pornography or any other crimes on my behalf or on behalf of the FBI," Tracey Riley, the FBI agent Mr Meade contacted, wrote in a declaration. The case began when Dr Rettenmaier took his computer to a Best Buy in November 2011 after it failed to boot up. The hard drive was later shipped to Geek Squad's maintenance centre and in January 2012, Mr Meade contacted Ms Riley to say a technician had found something suspicious. The Geek Squad had to use specialised tools to recover the photos because they were either damaged or had been deleted, according to court papers. Defence lawyers argue that it is impossible to tell when the files were placed on the hard drive or who accessed them. According to defence lawyers, an informant file they received from prosecutors suggested: They also alleged that the FBI had paid him $500 for work between October 2010 and September 2011. If it is proved that Mr Meade was working on behalf of the FBI, the case could be thrown out, according to law experts. "If the government wants to look at somebody's computer, they need to get a warrant," UC Irvine Law School dean Erwin Chemerinsky, told the LA Times.

Court documents suggest the FBI paid a Geek Squad technician who located images of child abuse on a customer's computer $500 (£412).

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She will sample the culinary histories of stately homes and create new recipes inspired by her visits in Mary Berry's Secrets From Britain's Great Houses. In September, she announced she would not remain as a judge on Bake Off when it moves from BBC One to Channel 4. In a statement, she said she was "so excited" to be doing the new six-part series with the BBC. "I have always had an enquiring mind so I know I will be inspired by the great houses we visit," she said. BBC director of content Charlotte Moore said: "This series will be a real treat for BBC One viewers to go behind the scenes with Mary Berry and explore Britain's great houses through her love of cooking." Berry will reveal the workings of the houses and visit the kitchens, gardens and private rooms - as well as meeting the current custodians - in each 30-minute episode. The 81-year-old made her name as a cookery writer and has judged The Great British Bake Off with Paul Hollywood since its launch in 2010. The most recent series, which finished last week, was the last series to be seen on BBC One. However Berry, Hollywood and hosts Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc will be seen in two Bake Off Christmas specials, which have already been filmed. Tanya Shaw, managing director at Shine TV, which is producing Berry's new series, said: "I can't think of anyone more perfect to tell the stories of these great households and to bring us such a unique insight into Britain's rich culinary past." Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected].

The BBC has announced details of Mary Berry's first show since leaving The Great British Bake Off.

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The CHC helicopter was landing on West Franklin on 28 December when it developed what has been described as a technical fault. A wheel of the helicopter came into contact with the platform. Those on board the aircraft - two crew and nine passengers - were uninjured. The helicopter has been moved to Aberdeen by boat for examination. Air accident investigators are being sent to Aberdeen to gather evidence about the incident. The S92 helicopter had been shuttling passenger from Total's Elgin platform to the nearby West Franklin wellhead installation which is normally unmanned. A statement from CHC said: "We can confirm that one of S92s operating from Aberdeen experienced unexpected control responses during the final stages of a landing at an offshore platform. "The crew responded immediately in accordance with their training and the aircraft was successfully landed and shut down; there were no reported injuries amongst the passengers or the crew. "We are in close contact with the aircraft manufacturer and we will be keeping customers and fellow operators informed of any significant factual information as it emerges." Platform operator Total added: "Safety is Total's core value. Following the helicopter incident on West Franklin we continue to work with our helicopter contractors, manufacturers and regulators to better understand its causes."

A helicopter left "significant gouge marks" on the deck of a North Sea platform, it has emerged.

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President Barack Obama said the US was pursuing "all the appropriate legal channels" in pursuit of him. US Secretary of State John Kerry has said it would be "disappointing" if Russia and China had helped him evade an attempt to extradite him. Mr Snowden, who has applied for asylum in Ecuador, is believed to still be in Russia having flown there on Sunday. White House spokesman Jay Carney said he did not believe Hong Kong's reasons for letting him leave. The US has revoked Mr Snowden's passport, and he is thought to have spent the night in an airside hotel at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. On Monday, a seat was booked in his name on a flight to Cuba, but he was not seen on board when it took off. By Jonathan MarcusBBC diplomatic correspondent Diplomatic fallout over Snowden The 30-year-old IT expert is wanted by the US for revealing to the media details of a secret government surveillance programme, which he obtained while working as a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA). He is charged with theft of government property, unauthorised communication of national defence information and wilful communication of classified communications intelligence. Mr Obama briefly mentioned the case at the White House on Monday, telling reporters: "What we know is that we are following all the appropriate legal channels and working with various other countries to make sure that the rule of law is observed." Speaking during a visit to India earlier, Mr Kerry said it would be "deeply troubling" if it became clear that China had "wilfully" allowed him to fly out of Hong Kong. "There would be without any question some effect and impact on the relationship and consequences," he said. He also called on Russia to "live by the standards of the law because that's in the interests of everybody". Later, Mr Carney said: "It is our understanding that he is still in Russia." In strongly worded comments at a news conference, he said Washington was "just not buying" Hong Kong's assertion that the US extradition papers were not in order so they had no reason to detain Mr Snowden. "This was a deliberate choice by the government to release a fugitive despite a valid arrest warrant, and that decision unquestionably has a negative impact on the US-China relationship," he said. What could 'they' know about me? Q&A: Prism surveillance Beware the humble contractor He added that senior US officials were briefing President Barack Obama regularly about all the developments, and called on Russia to use all options to expel the former US spy agency contractor. Meanwhile, Russia's Interfax state news agency quoted an informed source as saying Moscow was considering a US extradition request, but that Mr Snowden had not officially crossed the Russian border so could not be detained. Mr Snowden was in hiding in Hong Kong when his leaks were first published. During a visit to Vietnam earlier on Monday, Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino read out a letter Mr Snowden had sent to request asylum, in which he said he was "at risk of being persecuted by the US and its agents". Mr Patino confirmed that his country was processing an asylum request from Mr Snowden. Quito was in contact with Moscow who could "make the decision it feels is most convenient in accordance with its laws and politics and in accordance with the international laws and norms that could be applied to this case", he said. When asked whether he knew of Mr Snowden's current location, he declined to answer. "We will consider the position of the US government and we will take a decision in due course," he said, saying Ecuador put the protection of human rights "above any other interest". The US and Ecuador have a joint extradition treaty, but it is not applicable to "crimes or offences of a political character". Mr Snowden is being supported by the whistleblowing website Wikileaks, which said on Sunday that he was heading to Ecuador accompanied by some of its diplomats and legal advisers. Ecuador is already giving political asylum at its London embassy to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is wanted for questioning in Sweden over allegations of sexual assault - which he denies. On Monday, Mr Assange said Mr Snowden was "healthy and safe", and travelling to Ecuador "via a safe path through Russia and other states". Profile: Edward Snowden He said Mr Snowden had left Hong Kong on a refugee document of passage issued by Ecuador, and was not carrying any NSA secrets with him. Mr Snowden's leaks have led to revelations that the US is systematically seizing vast amounts of phone and web data under an NSA programme known as Prism. He earlier said he had decided to speak out after observing "a continuing litany of lies" from senior officials to Congress. US officials have defended the practice of gathering telephone and internet data from private users around the world. They say Prism cannot be used to intentionally target any Americans or anyone in the US, and that it is supervised by judges.

The US has criticised Russia and China after fugitive Edward Snowden left Hong Kong for Moscow.

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Alberto Salazar's response to BBC Panorama and ProPublica allegations about anti-doping violations ran to nearly 12,000 words and was beefed up with dozens of emails and statements. "I will never permit doping. Oregon Project athletes must fully comply with the Wada (World Anti-Doping Agency) code and IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) rules," said Salazar. He said the journalism behind the programme was false and hurtful, while launching personal attacks on the story's principal contributors. He said they were "haters" and were "at best, misinformed. At worst, they are lying." Salazar has demanded the BBC retracts its allegations. The BBC says it stands by the journalism in the programme. Within two hours of his open letter going online, it was reported that the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) had been investigating allegations that Salazar had skirted anti-doping rules. The reports suggested USADA had taken statements from more than 12 witnesses. The BBC now understands that at least six former Oregon Project members have been contacted by USADA in the past month, and that an inquiry into Salazar is being led by chief USADA investigator Bill Bock. USADA does not confirm investigations. It is worth taking the responses to the allegations made about Salazar and his star athlete Galen Rupp in turn. It is also worth looking at what the statement did not address. Salazar's former assistant coach Steve Magness raised a number of concerns, and produced a document from a lab report that suggested Galen Rupp was on "testosterone medication" aged 16. Four weeks ago, Salazar told the BBC the notation on the document had been a mistake, and that the legal nutritional supplement Testoboost had been incorrectly recorded as "testosterone medication". Mauro DiPasquale, owner of Testoboost, told ProPublica this week Salazar had recently contacted him in the hope that he would confirm Rupp was taking Testoboost in 2002. He said he had no records regarding Salazar and Testoboost prior to 2004, and had no way of knowing whether Rupp was taking it in 2002. In his response on Wednesday, Salazar said Rupp "does not recall exactly which supplement he took in 2002. It could have been Testoboost, Alpha Male, Tribex, or ZMA." The individual who made the notation in this detailed chart about Rupp's blood levels was Dr Loren Myhre, head physiologist at the Nike lab, for whom Salazar said he had the greatest respect. Salazar said the notation "is an error that cannot be explained as Dr Myhre is no longer alive" and that Rupp "likely made some comment about taking something related to a testosterone supplement" to Dr Myhre. No other mistakes were revealed in this extensive document. No other explanation is offered as to why a leading scientist who was working intensively with elite athletes would make such a basic and potentially damaging error in his notes. This wasn't the only time Dr Myhre was referred to in the BBC and ProPublica output. "Mike", a runner associated with the Oregon Project whose identity has been protected, told the BBC and ProPublica that in 2007 Dr Myhre advised him to see a specialist to get put on testosterone medication to get his levels "back to normal" because "this is what Alberto does". Salazar dismissed this claim as "completely false. It is not what I did then; it's not what I do now and it's not what I have ever done." Allegations had been made by Magness that Salazar had carried out experiments on his own adult son, Alex, to see how much testosterone gel would have to be rubbed on before it triggered a positive test. The BBC and ProPublica reported that the reason given by Salazar for this at the time was that he was guarding against his athletes being sabotaged by their enemies, though Magness dismissed this explanation as "ludicrous" and said it "was them trying to figure out how to cheat the tests". Salazar did not respond to this allegation when it was put to him seven weeks ago. Nor did his son. But in his response on Wednesday, Salazar confirmed the experiments with the banned steroid took place on both of his sons. He provided detailed email correspondence with endocrinologist Dr Jeffrey Brown, who Salazar said "set up the experiment". Salazar said his concerns were prompted by twice-banned sprinter Justin Gatlin's 2006 claim that his positive test for testosterone was caused by being sabotaged by a masseur. "If it was possible, we wanted to make sure our post-race protocol was structured to eliminate this risk," Salazar said. "I was a bit naive and let my paranoia get the best of me here but there was never intent to do anything illegal." Following the experiment, Salazar told Dr Brown in an email: "I'll sleep better now after drug tests at big meets knowing someone didn't sabotage us!" Testosterone is a controlled substance in the US and it is illegal to use it without a prescription. ProPublica have asked Dr Brown about his participation in the experiment and he appeared to contradict Salazar's claims that it was "set up" by him. He said he did not prescribe a controlled substance for Salazar's sons or other research subjects as part of an experiment. "No, absolutely not," Brown said. "I didn't do that, and would not do that. I would never do that." He said he was merely advising Salazar on how to conduct research on potential sabotage "in a hypothetical situation". There were no emails provided to show that Salazar had alerted USADA to his testosterone experiment. Both of Salazar's sons work with the Oregon Project. Wada rule 2.6.2 stipulates that possession by an "athlete support person" of any prohibited substance or prohibited method is banned without a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) or other acceptable justification. BBC Panorama and ProPublica published claims that testosterone gel was often carried by Salazar, and was seen by athletes and support staff around training venues. Two masseurs, John Stiner and Al Kupscak, claimed Salazar had told them it was for his heart. Salazar had suffered a serious cardiac arrest in 2007 and several cardiologists told the BBC and ProPublica that testosterone would rarely be prescribed for someone who had heart problems. Salazar had no comment to make on this when the allegation was first made to him a month before transmission. He denied telling anyone the gel was for his heart and produced a letter from Dr Kristina Harp, dated June 2015, who said he had been prescribed testosterone for hypogonadism (low testosterone) since 2005. He provided an additional letter from a cardiologist who said the "benefits of preserving his energy level… outweighed the small risk of continued Androgel use". Former Oregon Project star athlete Kara Goucher alleged that Salazar recommended she take the thyroid medication Cytomel that had not been prescribed for her - she was already prescribed a different thyroid hormone - in order to lose weight. Goucher showed the BBC a pill bottle with the pharmaceutical label ripped off and the word "Cytomel" handwritten on it - written by Salazar, she said. In his response, Salazar denied he was unhappy about her weight, and said he'd never given Goucher Cytomel to lose weight. He said he did once give Goucher Cytomel, but had done so on the instructions of Goucher's doctor, Dr Brown, in August 2011. For support, Salazar referred to an email from Dr Brown recommending that Salazar should give Cytomel to Goucher at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, in August 2011, following a cortisone injection for an injury. In response, Goucher and her husband Adam - also a former Oregon Project athlete - say their allegation refers to a completely separate incident, in March 2011 ahead of the Boston Marathon. This was six months after the birth of her child, and five months before Daegu. Goucher said Salazar was conflating two different incidents, adding: "His story is a different timeline. He's trying to use Daegu to cover up Boston." Allegations were made by the Gouchers that Salazar and Rupp had flouted anti-doping rules by trying to obtain medical exemptions for intravenous drips ahead of races. IV saline drips are banned under Wada rules and are only permissible with a TUE, which are given to athletes to allow the use of banned drugs or methods when medically necessary. The Gouchers said Salazar told them "they had it down" and that he had "coached" Rupp on what symptoms of dehydration to describe to a doctor in order to obtain a TUE. They claimed attempts were made to obtain IV drips in 2007 and 2011. Salazar and Rupp were presented with these allegations seven weeks ago, but did not respond to them until Wednesday, when Salazar said Rupp had never been awarded a TUE for an IV drip. He added: "Kara Goucher's claim that someone can make a couple of statements to a doctor and get a TUE is absurd." Salazar said he attempted to get an IV infusion for magnesium and B12 injections, but not an IV saline drip. In an email published by Salazar, the US team doctor at the World Championships in Daegu 2011 said: "I do not recall you requesting an IV saline drip or other IV for Galen in Daegu." Following Salazar's response, a former Nike employee spoke to ProPublica and the BBC, alleging that he too had heard Salazar attempting to obtain an IV infusion for Rupp. "Galen was always 'dehydrated' right before a big race," he said. He added that Salazar was "going crazy" when he was unable to obtain an IV for Rupp prior to a race in 2010. In addition, a former member of the USA track and field medical staff also contacted ProPublica and the BBC and said Salazar became angry in 2008 when Rupp wasn't given an IV at the Beijing Olympics in hot and humid conditions. Salazar details that Rupp only had two TUEs for asthma and allergies treatment since 2010. It is not clear how many TUEs Rupp had prior to 2010. Magness was Salazar's former assistant coach, and the witness for whom Salazar reserved his deepest and most personal criticism. Salazar said Magness was a "poor coach" who lacked personality and whom the top athletes would refuse to work with. He also heavily suggested Magness was involved in an inappropriate relationship with an athlete. "By early May 2012, I told Magness that I would not be renewing his contract for 2013," Salazar said. However, Magness has provided a number of documents in response. He produced an email from Salazar dated 7 May 2012 - a month before the official termination of his contract - in which Salazar told a colleague he had "complete confidence" in Magness to look after the team of athletes when on the road without him. On this occasion, the squad included Salazar's prized athlete, Galen Rupp. Salazar added: "…he'll [Magness] take care of all of them." On 8 May 2012, Salazar wrote to Magness, approving the idea of him coaching Oregon Project runner Lindsay Allen "Hi Steve, I just spoke with Lindsay and I think that's a great idea for you to take over her coaching…she needs to train with other top woman runners to fulfil her potential," he wrote. Magness also says claims about an inappropriate relationship are false. He said: "I did not have a relationship with any athlete during my time at the Nike Oregon Project. "I began a relationship with the individual he is referring to in 2013, when both of us, as adults of similar age and with no rules against it, entered a private relationship, long after either of us had been a part of the Oregon Project. "It's obvious this is being used after the fact to paint me as a bad employee." Magness said there was no mention of an inappropriate relationship in his exit interview, which he secretly recorded. He also provided his exit letter from Nike, signed by Stephen Vass, from Nike's legal team. In the letter, Vass describes the contract termination as "mutual" and writes: "As discussed, both you and Nike have decided to terminate your Nike contract..." Vass finishes: "Should an opportunity present itself to work together again in the future, Nike would welcome consideration of such opportunity." Salazar cited a number of positive comments made about him by Goucher at the point of her departure from the Oregon Project as evidence that her allegations are false, and said her husband Adam was responsible for the breakdown of their relationship. Goucher initially told the BBC she had been "fearful" about speaking negatively about her former coach. "I think especially when I first left Alberto, when I was still with Nike, I was afraid to say anything bad," she said. Adam Goucher said he found it "frustrating" that his wife used to say "we left him [Salazar] as friends and everything was great" when he knew that was not true. On Thursday, Kara Goucher said: "Alberto's false statements and one-sided, partial stories don't tell the truth. "Adam and I went to USADA in February 2013 when we had concerns about what we had experienced at the Oregon Project. "When BBC and ProPublica approached us with the story, we felt that it was time to tell the truth." Seven weeks ago, the BBC put to Salazar that he was coach to the US athlete Mary Decker Slaney when she tested positive for testosterone in 1996. He did not respond to that allegation, but it became a bigger issue when UK Athletics (UKA) was asked what due diligence had been done before Great Britain's Mo Farah was cleared to join the Oregon Project, and also before UKA appointed Salazar as a consultant to its endurance programme in 2013. In a heated press conference four days after the Panorama broadcast, Farah told the media he had specifically asked Salazar about Slaney before joining him in Oregon, and said Salazar had assured him he was not coaching Slaney at the time of her failed test. UK Athletics performance director Neil Black said a thorough due diligence process had been completed. However in the following days, the BBC produced a string of evidence strongly supporting claims that Salazar was indeed a coach of Slaney's when she tested positive. The evidence included contemporaneous pictures and interviews with the pair training together. Salazar's 12,000-word response made no mention of Mary Decker Slaney. UKA has appointed a commission to investigate whether its and Farah's association with Salazar should continue, and has promised to report by August. There is no suggestion that Farah himself has been involved in doping. The BBC understands USADA is also investigating allegations that Salazar skirted anti-doping.

It was long awaited and when it came it pulled no punches.

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The B-52 was in international airspace but close to the Russian border, and was escorted away, the ministry said. The Su-27 then returned to its Baltic Fleet airbase. A similar incident happened on 9 May over the Black Sea, involving a US P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane and a Russian Su-30 fighter. Separately on Tuesday, Russian media reported that a Russian fighter jet had been scrambled to intercept a Norwegian patrol plane over the Barents Sea. Russia and Nato have boosted their military forces in the Baltic region amid an escalation of tensions over Ukraine. Russia has based nuclear-capable Iskander missiles at its Kaliningrad exclave in the Baltic, and Nato says Russian air patrols have increased in the region. Russia has condemned Nato's military deployments near its Baltic borders, accusing the alliance of aggression. Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the conflict in eastern Ukraine led to the worst political chill in Europe since the Cold War.

Russia scrambled an Su-27 fighter on Tuesday to intercept a US B-52 bomber over the Baltic Sea, the Russian defence ministry said.

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Neil Urwin who suffers from obstructive sleep apnoea, "should not have been on the road" when he struck Andy Charlton in Northumberland on 9 August 2014. The experienced cyclist, 43, from North Shields, suffered "catastrophic brain injuries" and died in hospital. Newcastle Crown Court heard Mr Urwin's condition was interrupting his sleep. The 56-year-old fork lift truck driver, from East Acres, Barrasford, sought advice from his GP months before the collision due to his night-time breathing from his sleep apnoea waking him up. A specialist at the sleep clinic at Hexham General Hospital on 8 August, the day before the crash, told him he should not drive, the court heard. The jury heard Mr Urwin was driving his Ford Fiesta on a straight section of the A6079 near Chollerford at 50-55mph when he hit the back of Mr Charlton's bike, sending him onto the bonnet, hitting the windscreen and over the back of the car. Richard Bennett, prosecuting, said: "He should not have been on the road at all... the defendant was dangerously close for no good reason." The section of the road gave the driver a 327m unrestricted view before the point of impact, and there were no skid marks on the road or signs of emergency braking before the crash, the court heard. Mr Urwin told police he saw Mr Charlton two to three car lengths ahead of him. He could not explain why he had not spotted him before that moment, the court heard. Mr Urwin has admitted causing death by careless driving but denies a charge of causing death by dangerous driving. The trial continues.

A man with a sleep disorder who knocked over a cyclist causing him fatal injuries, was warned by a medic the day before not to drive, a court has heard.

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