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The sisters-in-law have been named as Sharon Dodd-Archibald, 46, and Mary Archibald, 51, both from Glasgow.
They were found at the flat in Dalserf Court in the Gallowgate area on Sunday.
Their deaths are not being treated as suspicious. Police are awaiting the results of toxicology tests and post mortem examinations.
Following the discovery of the women's bodies at about 12:00 on Sunday, police said that one line of inquiry was possible carbon monoxide poisoning.
Although police will not formally rule that out until a cause of death has been established, it has emerged that no faults were found with the boiler during tests carried out by the Health and Safety Executive and Scottish Gas.
There are no other gas appliances within the flat. | The deaths of two women at a flat in Glasgow may not be due to gas poisoning after a boiler was found to be in working order with no faults. | [
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The changes come as part of what the police force has called the "biggest shake-up" in policing in years.
The PSNI said the teams will "deal with community problems" and give "advice".
The first LPTs to launch will be based in Lurgan and Armagh city police stations in County Armagh. They will be supported by four mobile neighbourhood policing teams (NPTs).
The roll-out of all 26 LPTs is expected to be completed by 1 October.
Assistant Chief Constable Stephen Martin said policing in Northern Ireland is in a process of "transformation" due to "significant budget pressures" and new council structures.
He said "normal policing will carry on" and the new teams will respond to calls, conduct investigations, and "deal with community problems".
"They will provide advice and reassurance and spend time learning about what most affects communities in order to work with them to improve safety and quality of life," he said.
The 34 NPTs, which will be based in areas with higher levels of crime and deprivation, are to be set up with the aim of providing "an additional dedicated policing presence, reassurance and commitment to communities where it is most needed".
ACC Martin said restructuring means the number of police stations currently in existence is under review.
"The reality is that nearly all policing services are delivered outside of stations," he added.
"Policing isn't about buildings it is about officers working with the community in the community." | The Police Service of Northern Ireland has started to phase in local policing teams (LPTs). | [
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In return Venezuela accused Chile of "inadmissible interventionism" and a "lack of diplomatic circumspection".
Braulio Jatar was taken into custody on 3 September after publishing videos of a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Mr Jatar was born in Chile and also has Venezuelan nationality.
He is an open supporter of the opposition and runs a news website on Margarita island in Venezuela.
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based pressure group, called on Venezuela to "allow all journalists to report freely".
On Monday. Brazil's foreign minister also criticised the Venezuelan government's actions, saying the country had seen an increase in what he called "arbitrary detentions".
Jose Serra told a local newspaper such detentions "make it even more difficult to have the dialogue between government and opposition that is indispensable for overcoming the dramatic political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis that is affecting Venezuela".
At the start of September, Mr Jatar released videos of a protest when island residents jeered the president.
Protests have been a regular occurrence in Venezuela as the opposition calls for President Maduro to be removed from power. They blame him for the country's economic crisis and accuse the electoral commission of delaying a referendum that could shorten his rule.
President Maduro accuses the opposition of trying to stage a coup.
Mr Jatar was arrested with about 30 other people on Margarita island. The others have since been released but Mr Jatar is still in detention and his family believe he is not on the island any more.
Some reports said the authorities claimed he had tens of thousands of dollars in cash, which was to be used to attack an international summit starting on Margarita island on Tuesday.
Venezuelan prosecutors have not commented on the detention but the foreign ministry said he was suspected of extortion and fraud.
Chile demanded at the weekend that Venezuela make the journalist's whereabouts known.
The Venezuelan government said it "rejected" the demand and accused the Chilean foreign minister of "bowing to pressure from the most reactionary sections of the bourgeoisie" who still support General Pinochet, the country's former right-wing dictator.
Chile's response was to say that "the promotion and defence of human rights do not have borders" and Mr Jatar had not had access to his lawyer in a week. | The government of Chile has demanded that Venezuela "immediately" disclose the location of a journalist who was detained earlier this month. | [
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Aker Solutions said employees had been told about 650 positions, mainly in the UK, Norway and India, may be affected.
A more specific breakdown for Aberdeen and London jobs has not been announced.
A spokesperson said: "The adjustments are being made because of the continued market slowdown and as part of a global reorganization that will strengthen the company's competitiveness."
Aker employs about 15,000 people, of which more than 2,000 are in the UK, the majority of them in Aberdeen and offshore. | Hundreds of jobs are set to go at oil services firm Aker Solutions with about 100 at risk in Aberdeen and London. | [
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The camera on a 30mph limit junction of Newport Road is catching an average of 71 speeding drivers every day.
A survey last year found a camera on the M60 in Greater Manchester caught about 26 speeding drivers per day.
The GoSafe partnership, which runs the Cardiff camera, said 99.5% of drivers at the site met the speed limit.
It said: "Motorists should comply with the relevant speed limit, which is there for a reason."
The body also insisted that placing cameras at a location was always "a last resort".
"The revenue from speeding fines is returned back to the government and not the partnership," said Chris Hume from GoSafe.
"There is a simple message - cameras are in place to save lives not to make money."
The camera was installed in 2012, but only went into fully commissioned operation earlier this year.
It has now notched up a staggering 13,624 penalty notices for speeding - and a further 146 drivers were caught for red-light offences. | A speed camera in Cardiff is the busiest in Britain - catching almost three times as many drivers each day as one on a busy Manchester motorway. | [
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Vonn finished 0.70 seconds clear of Switzerland's Lara Gut, with Austrian Cornelia Huetter a further 0.55 seconds back in Altenmarkt Zauchensee.
The American also won Saturday's downhill event.
That equalled Annemarie Moser-Proll's record tally of 36 World Cup downhill wins.
The 31-year-old now has 73 overall World Cup wins - 13 short of Ingemar Stenmark's record.
Vonn leads the World Cup super-G standings by 80 points over Hutter, and is now within 38 points of Lara Gut in the overall standings.
"It's a perfect start to the new year," she said. "Hopefully I can just continue on in this direction and keep winning."
Media playback is not supported on this device | Lindsey Vonn claimed her second win in two days at the Alpine Skiing World Cup event in Austria with victory in the super-G event. | [
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Steven Dunne, 42, failed to return to Southview Low Secure Unit, Hellingly, at 17:00 BST on Wednesday.
After a police appeal on Saturday, Dunne later went into Bootle Street police station in Manchester, where he is in custody.
Dunne will return to hospital under a higher level of security.
Earlier, in their appeal, Sussex Police had said they believed he had gone to Manchester because he had family links in the city.
In November 2010, Dunne admitted the manslaughter of Gordon Stalker, 51, on the grounds of diminished responsibility and was detained indefinitely.
Sussex Police said the level of security he was originally detained under was approved by the Ministry of Justice.
After Dunne handed himself in, Lisa Rodrigues, chief executive of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We were concerned for Mr Dunne's welfare and we worked closely with Sussex Police throughout their investigation."
The NHS trust had said Dunne posed a "low risk" after he was reported missing.
During the court case, Dunne, formerly of Chates Farm Court, Brighton, told Lewes Crown Court he believed Mr Stalker was controlling his mind and he could only be freed by killing him.
The pair were neighbours in a shared house in Elm Grove, Brighton, where they were friends and often socialised together.
But Dunne's mental health deteriorated and he began to believe that Mr Stalker was a witch who had captured his soul.
He stabbed Mr Stalker repeatedly in their communal hallway.
The judge ordered him to be detained under the Mental Health Act. | A paranoid schizophrenic who killed a former neighbour and went missing from his secure unit in Sussex has handed himself in to police. | [
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Bemba, 53, was accused of failing to stop his rebels from killing and raping people in neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) in 2002 and 2003.
He had sent more than 1,000 fighters to help put down an attempted coup.
Bemba, once vice-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, will remain in custody until sentencing.
The court in The Hague found him guilty of several charges including rape and murder. He is expected to appeal.
It is the first time the ICC has focused on rape as a weapon of war, and the first time a suspect has been convicted over crimes committed by others under his command.
The fact that Bemba was convicted for sexual violence is significant. Many Congolese suspects have been accused of such crimes, but this is the first guilty verdict.
His conviction was for crimes committed in the Central African Republic, but it will send the message to high-ranking soldiers and militiamen in DR Congo, where sexual violence is rife, that they are responsible for preventing it.
But in Congo, despite his murky record, Jean-Pierre Bemba still enjoys significant popularity.
Members of his opposition party had hoped he would be released in time to run in the next presidential election, which is scheduled for the end of this year.
Welcoming the verdict, ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said: "While the reality of the crimes is appalling, the significance of this decision is to be celebrated.
"What this decision affirms is that commanders are responsible for the acts of the forces under their control."
Carrie Comer, from the International Federation for Human Rights, said the verdict was "a historic moment for victims of such unspeakable atrocities".
It was "a strong message from ICC judges that commanders must prevent and punish war crimes," she wrote on Twitter.
It is alleged that for a period of five months Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) rebel fighters killed hundred of civilians, raped women and looted.
The court heard horrific accounts, including how a man, his wife, his daughters and his granddaughter were all gang-raped by militiamen.
Who is Jean-Pierre Bemba?
Profile: Jean-Pierre Bemba
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Bemba's lawyers argued that once the troops had crossed the border they were no longer under his command, but under the then-CAR President Ange-Felix Patasse.
But the presiding judge ruled that Bemba had effective control over the troops and was therefore "criminally responsible".
Mr Bemba led the MLC during DR Congo's brutal civil war. He is the son of a prominent businessman and a former assistant to ex-Congolese President Mobutu Sese Seko.
After a peace deal in DR Congo in 2003, he laid down his arms and joined an interim government.
Bemba is the most senior figure to face judgement at the court and only the third person to be convicted since the court's founding in 2002.
Germain Katanga and Thomas Lubanga, both Congolese former warlords, have previously been found guilty of offences.
What does this verdict mean for the ICC?
This is a rare success for a beleaguered institution. It is the court's first conviction for rape as a war crime and establishes the principle that commanders are responsible for the actions of their subordinates.
Why have there been so few convictions?
The cases are often complex and so it takes a long time to go through the evidence. There are also logistical problems such as bringing witnesses from remote areas and organising translators. However, some cases have collapsed, most notably that of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Why are most of its cases in Africa?
This is a question African leaders have often asked - they say the many African cases are evidence of discrimination. Critics say leaders such as Mr Kenyatta and Sudan's Omar al-Bashir have used accusations of bias as a smokescreen to evade justice. One former president, Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo, is on trial accused of war crimes. And the ICC is investigating non-African cases.
What is the International Criminal Court? | Former Congolese rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba has been found guilty of war crimes in a landmark trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). | [
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Two Diarmuid Murtagh goals helped Connacht lead 2-3 to 0-3 before Aidan Breen replied with an Ulster goal.
Damien Comer hit a third Connacht goal as they led 3-6 to 1-10 at half-time before Ulster took control.
Despite losing Chrissy McKaigue to a black card, Ulster hit 1-4 without reply, with Charlie Vernon netting.
McKaigue was joined in the Ulster squad at Carrick-on-Shannon by his Slaughtneil team-mate Brendan Rogers, despite their upcoming All-Ireland club championship duties.
Connacht started strongly with their scorer in chief Murtagh firing their opening goal after 7 minutes and again finding the net two minutes later.
Ulster responded well with Fermanagh's Breen finding the net for his provincial for the second time in a week with a 18th-minute goal.
Pete McGrath's charges cut the gap to two points twice over the next six minutes, and left the minimum between the sides for the first time, after a Tomas Corrigan score.
However, Connacht were causing the Ulster defence problems, with Galway's Comer cutting in for a 28th minute goal, as the hosts led by two at the break.
Ulster came fired up on the restart, and despite losing substitute McKaigue to a black card, kept motoring well.
Peter Harte and Corrigan added point before Vernon cut through for a goal in a spell which saw Ulster score 1-4 without reply.
Connacht could only manage two points from frees in the closing quarter, with Emyln Mulligan and Paul Conroy on target.
After the game Ulster captain Eoin Donnelly accepted the cup from GAA President Aogan O Fearghail. | Ulster clinched a 32nd Interprovincial football title as they produced a strong second half to earn a 2-16 to 3-10 comeback win over holders Connacht. | [
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Despite calling it a "gimmick", Labour backed the Charter for Budget Responsibility, saying it was "fully consistent" with its approach.
But as the parties clashed over spending plans, Chancellor George Osborne said Labour would create "a tax bombshell or a borrowing bombshell".
Earlier, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said voters faced a "stark choice" between the parties.
When the charter was unveiled by the government in December, it prompted a row between the Tories and Labour over their spending plans, with both sides accusing each other of shifting their deficit reduction targets.
It commits the government to a goal of balancing day-to-day spending - the structural current deficit - by 2017-18.
It would also ensure that debt is falling as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2016-17.
The Treasury says that to meet these targets a new government would have to make additional tax rises or spending cuts of around £30bn - more than Labour plans.
But Labour says the targets match its plans to eradicate the current deficit "as soon as possible" in the next parliament.
In the Commons, Mr Osborne said the government had neither gone faster nor slower than it said it would on deficit reduction, and said Labour would borrow more than the Conservatives after 2015.
But Mr Balls said Mr Osborne had "flat lined" the economy and missed his target to balance the books in 2015-16.
Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander criticised Labour's record but added that the Conservative Party's plan to eliminate the deficit with spending cuts alone was "grossly unfair".
"Taxes on the wealthy should, and must, play a significant part," he added.
Mr Osborne referred to comments by the IFS that a future Labour government could add £170bn to the national debt by 2030 based on its spending plans.
IFS director Paul Johnson said Labour's plan to ease spending cuts could require borrowing of up to £50bn a year more by 2020 than the Conservatives.
This could hamper the UK's ability to cope with a future recession, he said.
The Conservatives have pledged to balance the government's overall spending, covering current and capital spending, while Labour has promised to balance day-to-day spending but borrow for investment.
In an analysis of the parties' plans for government, Mr Johnson said voters faced a stark choice between the two parties.
He said the Tories planned to scale back public spending by at least £33bn, while Labour planned cuts of £7bn.
"Lest there be any doubt, there is a big difference between £7bn of cuts and £33bn of cuts," he said.
"If you take the plans set out in the autumn statement at face value, spending cuts of more than £50bn could be required after 2015-16."
And the economist sounded a warning about the long-term risks of adding to the nation's debt.
"The problem is that another recession will strike one day. Going into a new recession with debt still high - and it is higher now than at any time since the late 1960s - could leave less room for manoeuvre.
"The sort of additional borrowing that we are able to support as we made our way through the recent period might not be as easily financed."
Mr Johnson said that even if Labour kept cuts to a minimum in the next Parliament, further tax rises or spending cuts "might prove necessary down the line to reduce risks with the long-term state of the public finances further".
Labour dismissed the IFS's prediction as being based on a "ludicrous assumption" about what it would do beyond 2020.
A spokesman said: "Labour will cut the deficit every year and get the current budget into surplus, and national debt as a share of GDP falling, as soon as possible in the next parliament."
Mr Johnson, director of the economic think-tank, also warned that the spending cuts proposed by the Conservatives would be tough to deliver.
David Cameron has committed his party to running an overall budget surplus by the end of the next Parliament through a combination of cutting spending and waste, rather than tax rises.
In a speech on Monday, Mr Cameron warned against passing on a "legacy of debt" to future generations.
Mr Johnson said: "Under the Autumn Statement plans, Conservatives could be cutting unprotected budgets by 26% after 2015-16 - or an extraordinary 41% over the period from 2010.
"Even just to meet their more modest fiscal target, these budgets would need to be cut by more than 15% after 2015/16.
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Earlier this week, he refused to answer the question of whether he believed homosexual sex was a sin.
But he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show he was "passionate about LGBT-plus rights" and defending equal marriage would be "at the top of my agenda".
He also said he wanted to extend the marital rights of transgender people.
Appearing on Channel 4 News on Friday, Mr Farron, who beat Norman Lamb to the leadership, was asked three times if he believed homosexual sex was a sin.
Each time, he refused to give a direct answer, instead choosing to say "my firm belief is we are all sinners".
Mr Farron was asked by Andrew Marr why he voted against the Equality Bill in 2007 - a law which would have made it harder for businesses to discriminate against gay people.
"Let me be crystal clear, I'm a liberal and I absolutely support equality," he replied.
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"Not just defending the law on equal marriage, but also saying there are areas where it needs to be extended."
Mr Farron said transgender people currently did not have equal access to marriage due to something known as the spousal veto - which means the husband or wife of someone who has changed gender must give their consent in order for the marriage to continue.
He said the Lib Dems tabled an amendment to the Equality Bill because of concerns about "protection of individual liberties" and when that was defeated he voted against the bill.
He did not answer directly when asked what those concerns were, but said: "I am absolutely in favour of equal access under law for all people whatever their sexuality." | New Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron says he "absolutely supports equality" amid questions over his Christian faith and politics. | [
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Ospreys players Olly Cracknell, De Kock Steenkamp, Dan Baker, Dafydd Howells and Sam Parry joined collectors in Baglan Moors on Tuesday.
The players said it was to show their commitment to the "Ospreylian community".
Last week they took part in collections in Swansea and Bridgend.
Cracknell said: "It was an early start but a great work-out for us this morning.
"A huge thanks to the recycling teams for showing us the ropes, they do a great job every day and we've enjoyed getting involved and giving a hand." | They are more familiar with recycling the ball than rubbish but five rugby players took a break from the pitch to collect refuse in Neath Port Talbot. | [
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Conservative-run Bath and North East Somerset Council is holding a presentation of initial concept pictures of the redevelopment.
Banes recently agreed it had to save £2.6m from its £351m budget in 2010-11.
It also approved plans to spend £200m over five years in projects, including £33m in Keynsham town centre.
The presentation is being held on 22 February at the Key Centre in Keynsham.
A council spokesman asked that people who want to attend give the authority notice in advance. | A council which wants to spend £33m on development including new offices, retail space and a library near Bath is inviting local people to see its plans. | [
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The finding deals a significant blow to the theory of physics known as supersymmetry.
Many researchers had hoped the LHC would have confirmed this by now.
Supersymmetry, or Susy, has gained popularity as a way to explain some of the inconsistencies in the traditional theory of subatomic physics known as the Standard Model.
The new observation, reported at the Hadron Collider Physics conference in Kyoto and outlined in an as-yet unpublished paper, is not consistent with many of the most likely models of Susy.
Prof Chris Parkes, who is the spokesperson for the UK participation in the LHCb experiment, told BBC News: "Supersymmetry may not be dead but these latest results have certainly put it into hospital."
Supersymmetry theorises the existence of more massive versions of particles that have already been detected.
If found, they might help explain the phenomenon known as dark matter. Galaxies appear to rotate faster at their edges than the matter we see can account for, and one set of candidates for this missing dark matter is supersymmetric particles.
However, researchers at the LHCb detector have dealt a serious blow to hopes of finding them.
They have measured the decay between a particle known as a Bs meson into two particles known as muons. It is the first time that this decay has ever been observed, and the team has calculated that for every billion times that the Bs meson decays it only decays in this way three times.
If superparticles were to exist, the decay would happen far more often. This experiment is one of the "golden" tests for supersymmetry, and it would appear that this hugely popular theory among physicists has failed.
The result is at a statistical level of "3.5 sigma" - meaning that there is a one-in-4300 chance that the team would see the same "bump" in their data if the decay were not happening. This level makes the find worth further investigation, but falls well short of the 5-sigma level of certainty required for a formal discovery.
Prof Val Gibson, leader of the Cambridge University LHCb team, said that the new result was "putting our supersymmetry theory colleagues in a spin".
The results are in fact completely in line with what one would expect from the Standard Model. There is already concern that the LHCb's sister detectors might have expected to have detected superparticles by now, yet none has been found so far.
If supersymmetry is not an explanation for dark matter, then theorists will have to find alternative ideas to explain those inconsistencies in the Standard Model. So far researchers who are racing to find evidence of so called "new physics" have run into a series of dead ends.
"If new physics exists, then it is hiding very well behind the Standard Model," commented Cambridge physicist Dr Marc-Olivier Bettler, a member of the analysis team.
The result does not rule out the possibility that super particles exist. But according to Prof Parkes, "they are running out of places to hide".
Supporters of supersymmetry, however, such as Prof John Ellis of King's College London, said that the observation is "quite consistent with supersymmetry".
"In fact," he said, "(it) was actually expected in (some) supersymmetric models. I certainly won't lose any sleep over the result."
• The Standard Model is the simplest set of ingredients - elementary particles - needed to make up the world we see in the heavens and in the laboratory
• Quarks combine together to make, for example, the proton and neutron - which make up the nuclei of atoms today - though more exotic combinations were around in the Universe's early days
• Leptons come in charged and uncharged versions; electrons - the most familiar charged lepton - together with quarks make up all the matter we can see; the uncharged leptons are neutrinos, which rarely interact with matter
• The "force carriers" are particles whose movements are observed as familiar forces such as those behind electricity and light (electromagnetism) and radioactive decay (the weak nuclear force)
• The Higgs boson came about because although the Standard Model holds together neatly, nothing requires the particles to have mass; for a fuller theory, the Higgs - or something else - must fill in that gap
Follow Pallab on Twitter | Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider have detected one of the rarest particle decays seen in nature. | [
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However, researchers at the University of Bristol believe the shape of beer glasses affects the speed people drink.
Their study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, suggests people drink more quickly out of curved glasses than straight ones.
They argue that the curvy glassware makes pacing yourself a much greater challenge.
A group of 159 men and women were filmed drinking either soft drinks or beer as part of the study. The glasses all contained around half a pint of liquid, but some of the glasses were straight while others were very curved.
There was no difference in the drinking time for soft drinks. People drinking from both straight and curved glasses finished after around seven minutes.
However, for the beer drinkers there was a large difference between the two groups. While it took around seven minutes for people drinking from a curved glass to polish off their half pint, it took 11 minutes for those drinking from a straight glass.
The report said: "Drinking time is slowed by almost 60% when an alcoholic beverage is presented in a straight glass compared with a curved glass."
The researchers thought that curvy glasses made it harder to pace drinking because judging how much was in the glass became more difficult owing to its curved shape.
The group of drinkers was shown a variety of pictures of partially-filled beer glasses and asked to say whether they were more or less than half full.
The team said people were more likely to get the answer wrong when assessing the amount of liquid in curved glasses.
The lead researcher Dr Angela Attwood told the BBC: "They are unable to judge how quickly they are drinking so cannot pace themselves."
She suggested that people were not concerned about pacing themselves with soft drinks, which could explain why glass shape had no effect on them.
However, the study looked only at the time taken to finish one drink in a laboratory setting. So it is not certain what happens on an evening out if multiple drinks are consumed.
She said altering the glasses used in pubs could "nudge" people to drink more healthily by "giving control back".
The shape of a glass has already been shown to affect how much alcohol people pour. A study in 2005 showed people were more likely to pour extra alcohol into short, wide glasses than tall, narrow ones. | The shape of your glass is probably the last thing on your mind when you are down the pub. | [
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Spain's Veronica Boquete, Germany's Nadine Kessler and Scotland's Kim Little are joined by Brazilian forward Marta and Liverpool and Nigerian youngster Asisat Oshoala.
The winner will be revealed on BBC World Service on 26 May after being decided by a public vote.
Voting is open now and closes on 11 May at 10:00 BST.
A panel of experts - including administrators, journalists, coaches and former players - decided the shortlist.
Fans can vote online through the BBC website or by SMS.
To vote for BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2015 by SMS, text the number of the player you wish to vote for to +44 7786 20 20 04.
Text 1 for Veronica Boquete, 2 for Nadine Kessler, 3 for Kim Little, 4 for Marta and 5 for Asisat Oshoala.
Mary Hockaday, Controller of BBC World Service English, said: "With anticipation building ahead of the Women's World Cup in Canada in June we're thrilled to announce the shortlist for the first BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award.
"The five shortlisted players represent the creme de la creme of female footballers from across the globe."
Spanish midfielder Boquetetold the BBC: "I'm really, really happy to be shortlisted. To have all the media talking about this award is really important to help our sport grow."
2013 European Championship winner Kessleradded: "I am very honoured to be nominated for the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year Award. It is a special award because this time the fans are given the opportunity to vote for the players."
Little, who plays for Seattle Reign in the United States, said: "Considering the competitiveness and the amount of great players there are worldwide, it's extremely nice to be recognised."
Marta, a World Cup runner-up, said: "I feel very happy to be nominated and already feel victorious just for being in the final five. It's very special because you are being judged by the public, the people who follow you."
And Oshoalasaid: "I worked hard last year but I am surprised to be nominated and I feel very appreciated. This award is a very good thing for women's football. It can really help us by encouraging other countries to support their ladies more and treat them the same way they treat the men."
Listen to the nominees announced on Canada Calling. | BBC World Service has revealed the five names in contention for its inaugural Women's Footballer of the Year award. | [
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Firefighters were called to a home in Marlborough Road just after 22:00 GMT on Saturday after a fire developed in the first floor and roof.
A man was removed from the home by firefighters, but later died in hospital.
The cause of the fire is being investigated by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service and Thames Valley Police. | A man has been killed in a fire in Oxford. | [
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According to a statement released by the other two members of the band, the singer and guitarist had left "indefinitely".
In an interview with Rolling Stone, drummer Travis Barker and bassist Mark Hoppus described complications with writing and recording a new album.
However, DeLonge posted "to all the fans, I never quit the band" on Instagram.
He continued: "I was actually on a phone call about a Blink 182 event for New York City when all these weird press releases started coming in.
"Apparently those reports were 'sanctioned' from the band. Are we dysfunctional - yes. But, Christ. #Awkward."
A poster for an upcoming Blink 182 show at an event organised by Travis Barker suggests the guitarist would be replaced by Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba.
Many of DeLonge's recent posts on Twitter consist of promotion for his other band, Angels & Airwaves, with several links to their the latest album The Dream Walker.
Last summer he performed with Blink 182 in their headline set at Reading and Leeds Festivals.
According to his bandmates, the guitarist's manager sent an e-mail which said: "Tom. Is. Out."
Mark Hoppus claimed this is identical to a message they received in 2005 when DeLonge went on hiatus before reforming in 2009 ahead of the release of the band's sixth studio album Neighborhoods in 2011.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Tom DeLonge has denied that he is leaving Blink 182. | [
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The government has "called in" proposals to shut St Joseph's Primary in Milngavie near Glasgow.
The council plans to build a new denominational primary in nearby Bearsden - replacing both St Joseph's and the school on the site at present.
Parents at St Joseph's and the Catholic Church have been fighting the plan.
East Dunbartonshire Council plans to merge St Joseph's Primary with St Andrew's Primary in neighbouring Bearsden.
The merged school would be sited in a new building on the current St Andrew's Primary School site.
When the Scottish government calls in any proposal to close a school, it examines the process followed by the council and the information used to reach the decision.
But it cannot simply overturn a decision because it disagrees with it.
A letter informing the council of the government's decision said ministers were concerned by allegations the council's consultation document contained inaccurate information.
It also said concerns raised by Education Scotland may not have been fully addressed by the council in the consultation.
A spokesman for the parents at St Joseph's said: "Parents are delighted that the Scottish government has decided to call this process in.
"It is now clear that the way East Dunbartonshire Council has conducted this process has more holes than a colander.
"We believe and ministers appear to agree that our children will receive the best possible education in their own community."
Council leader Rhonda Gheekie said: "This is a complex process and it's understandable that the Scottish government wants to investigate the proposal further.
"We welcome the same opportunity to explain in greater detail the educational benefits that we believe will come from our proposal to build a new £9m denominational primary school for Bearsden and Milngavie.
"We understand the significance of any new school build for the local community and what we all have in common is that we want to get it right to ensure the best possible future education for the young people in the area."
The council said its proposals were part of its Primary School Improvement Programme to modernise the primary school estate. This aims to deliver state of the art primary schools which are better for pupils and cheaper to run and maintain.
Ms Geekie added: "The council must save a further £20m from its budget over the next three years. On top of the £40m we have already saved, doing nothing in terms of our school estate to help address this was never an option.
"We have to ensure that our school buildings are as cost-effective as they can possibly be to ensure that we are getting value for money from our budget spending."
Meanwhile, the council's plan to close two primary schools in Kirkintilloch and establish a new £7m school to replace them are to go ahead.
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The male in his early 30s was found with critical injuries in North Woolwich Road, Silvertown, at about 13:30 GMT.
He was pronounced dead at the scene and inquiries are under way to locate his next-of-kin, the Met said. No arrests have been made.
Two other cyclists were killed in the capital within hours of each other on Monday.
Anita Szucs, 30, died after an apparent hit-and-run on Bounces Road, Enfield, while Karla Roman, 32, was killed in a crash with a coach on Whitechapel High Street, Tower Hamlets. | A cyclist has died in a crash with an HGV in east London. | [
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She quit the role accusing the UK party leadership of treating Scotland like a "branch office".
Jack McConnell, who was Labour first minister from 2001 to 2007, said he was "very, very angry".
While his predecessor Henry McLeish said Labour faced a problem of "historic, epic proportions".
Ms Lamont announced her resignation in an interview with the Daily Record.
She said: "Just as the SNP must embrace that devolution is the settled will of the Scottish people, the Labour Party must recognise that the Scottish party has to be autonomous and not just a branch office of a party based in London."
Ms Lamont also attacked those who had attempted to undermine her position as she sought to reform the party in Scotland.
Mr McLeish, a former Westminster MP who returned to Scotland and led Labour at the Scottish Parliament from 2000 to 2001, said: "Labour in Westminster, Labour in London has not a clue about the realities of Scottish politics.
"Joanne has been badly advised. The influences on Ed Miliband have not been helpful."
Mr McLeish said Ms Lamont had been unable to lead the party in Scotland amid "constant sniping" from MPs.
"It's interesting to know that while we've had devolution of government from Westminster over the last 20 years, we've had no devolution of political power from the Labour Party," he added.
Former Scottish Labour leader Jack McConnell tweeted: "This is a truly astonishing development. Johann leaves with head held high. Outrageous treatment of Scottish Labour Party Leader."
Lord McConnell later told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme he was "very angry".
He said Ms Lamont, who was given more power than previous Scottish Labour leaders when she was elected three years ago, must share some of the blame for failing to set out "a positive vision for the 21st century".
Lord McConnell added: "But to undermine her position in this way, when the position of the Scottish Labour Party leader was clarified so clearly three years ago, is in my view entirely the wrong way to go.
"I think there are serious questions that need to be asked about what has happened in these past two weeks, but also that this issue has to be resolved in advance of the election of the next leader of the Scottish Labour Party."
Lord McConnell said Ms Lamont's move to publicly blame Mr Miliband and "those around him" was a "very serious accusation" that required answers from him and those closest to him. | Two former first ministers of Scotland have hit out at Labour's treatment of Johann Lamont who has resigned from the post of Scottish party leader. | [
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Cafodd siopwyr eu hebrwng o Ganolfan Siopa Quadrant toc wedi 14:00, ac mae'r digwyddiad hefyd wedi cau gorsaf fysus a marchnad y ddinas.
Dywedodd Heddlu De Cymru eu bod wedi derbyn adroddiad o "becyn amheus", ond fe ddaeth i'r amlwg fod y pecyn yn ffug ac fe gafodd dyn ei arestio.
Mae lefel y bygythiad terfysgol ym Mhrydain wedi cael ei godi i'r categori uchaf posib ers yr ymosodiad terfysgol ym Manceinion nos Lun.
Dywedodd yr heddlu mewn datganiad: "Roedd digwyddiad am 14:05 yng nghanolfan siopa'r Quadrant, Abertawe, lle cafodd pecyn amheus ei osod. Fe ddaeth i'r amlwg bod y pecyn yn ffug.
"Fe gafodd y ganolfan ei gwagio gyda chymorth ein partneriaid, ac fe gafodd un dyn ei arestio - mae ymchwiliad yr heddlu'n parhau." | Fe gafodd canolfan siopa yn Abertawe ei gwagio brynhawn dydd Mercher am gyfnod yn dilyn pryderon am ddiogelwch. | [
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Thomas Orchard, 32, died in October 2012 after being arrested in Exeter.
But Bristol Crown Court heard custody sergeant Jan Kingshott, 44, "did his best" despite the outcome.
Mr Kingshott and civilian detention officers Simon Tansley, 38, and Michael Marsden, 55, all deny manslaughter.
Patrick Gibbs, for the defence, said: "What Mr Kingshott did was straightforward and professional and, in almost every respect, standard procedure.
"You will not find any anger, any sudden movement or over-reaction at Mr Orchard's behaviour, or any brutality.
"What you will find is force. We need to be straight with ourselves about the practical realities of force."
Mr Gibbs described Mr Orchard - who had schizophrenia - as "angry and aggressive" when he arrived at the custody centre.
Mr Gibbs said: "It was not Mr Orchard's fault that he was behaving the way he was behaving. Mr Orchard was not at fault but it doesn't mean force was unnecessary.
"It was not obviously unnecessary to look to the equipment which they had been given and had been trained to use."
Church caretaker Mr Orchard was handcuffed, held down and had an emergency response belt put across his face to restrain him, the court previously heard.
Mr Gibbs said: "Mr Kingshott does not pretend that everything was perfect or there is nothing that could have been improved.
"But he is not a computer. What he did not know was how this would turn out."
He told the court Mr Kingshott "did his best" and "he was a good custody sergeant, a decent person and a good witness".
Mr Orchard was pronounced dead seven days after the incident in hospital.
The trial continues. | A custody sergeant who dealt with a man who died after having a heart attack in a police cell followed procedures "in almost every respect", a court has heard. | [
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Michael Hoolickin, 27, suffered multiple stab wounds in a fracas between a group of men and women on 14 October in Middleton, Greater Manchester.
Timothy Deakin, 21, of Lever Street, Heywood, denied murder but was found guilty by a jury at Bolton Crown Court.
He was ordered to serve a minimum of 27 years.
Deakin was also sentenced to three years for wounding and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, which he had also denied, and 12 months for assault, which are to be served concurrently.
The 21-year-old admitted the assault charge.
After sentencing Mr Hoolickin's family said: "Michael was much loved by all his family and friends and had his whole life ahead of him."
The family said he was taken away in "completely unnecessary circumstances".
"We cannot express how devastated we are that his life has been stolen from him.
"Today his killer has been sentenced and justice has been served."
His family added: "We can try to repair our heartache although no matter how long the sentence is, it will not bring Michael back or make our loss any easier." | A man has been given life imprisonment for murdering a man in a mass street brawl. | [
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Walker was a passenger in a Porsche a friend was driving when it hit a pole and burst into flames in November 2013.
US media report that a wrongful death case has now been filed by Walker's daughter Meadow, who is 16, alleging the carmaker took safety shortcuts.
Porsche has not yet publicly responded to the claims.
After a four-month investigation, police said the Porsche Carrera GT, driven by Walker's friend Roger Rodas, was travelling at 94mph (151kph) in a 45mph zone when it hit a lamp post.
The lawsuit contends that the car was travelling much slower when it went out of control, according to TMZ.
The website, quoting legal documents, says his seatbelt "snapped Walker's torso back with thousands of pounds of force, thereby breaking his ribs and pelvis," and trapping him when the vehicle caught fire.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the document claims the car lacked "features that could have prevented the accident or, at a minimum, allowed Paul Walker to survive the crash".
Meadow Walker has not commented.
Mr Rodas' widow filed a similar case last year, but Porsche said the crash was his fault, rather than down to design flaws. | The daughter of the late Fast and Furious actor Paul Walker is to sue carmaker Porsche over the crash in which he died, US reports say. | [
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These are the close-up views provided by academics from Mosul, who have maintained covert contacts linking the city with the outside world.
They claim that foreign fighters, once visible in Mosul, have disappeared from the city.
"The frontline foreign fighters are rarely there. They've vanished. The houses they occupied are vacant," said one source, speaking anonymously.
"They're leaving it to the local fighters, who will become the scapegoats."
The IS leadership in the city is also described as "melting away".
"It's a lost cause. It's the end of days for them," says one of the scholars from Mosul, who have been supported by the New York-based Institute of International Education, which once rescued academics in Europe from the Nazis.
They also talk of "changed tactics", with IS fighters trimming their beards and changing the way they dress to look more like the civilian population - with Mosul residents assuming this is to make them less distinguishable if the city is overrun.
Cars in the city have been forced to switch to Islamic State number plates, says one of the academics. The fear from civilians is that this could make all cars vulnerable to an air strike or put them at risk of being attacked in the battle for the city.
So far, air strikes have been carefully targeted at government buildings and military sites, according to this view from the city. Another says that this accuracy might seem "impossible" but so far the attacks have been on "confirmed" targets.
Mosul University, once one of the biggest universities in the Middle East, had been kept open by the IS authorities when they seized the city in 2014.
It had raised questions about whether its laboratories were being used to develop weapons, including for chemical warfare, which could be used in battle or against civilians.
But sources now say that this is "no longer an issue" as the university has been pulverised by air strikes.
"The university is completely inoperative and air strikes have made it a difficult place to go. Most of the buildings have been brought down, it's virtually gone. The laboratories are destroyed."
It is expected there will be "chlorine rockets", but doubts about anything more sophisticated.
Another source says that "Daesh used the university to store some weapons" and had blocked access to some sections of laboratories.
"It is believed that they used laboratories for terrorist purposes, but it is almost impossible to confirm such claims."
But it's assumed that the laboratories would have had chemicals - and that the IS forces might have carried out experiments, such as adding chemicals to explosives.
But the destruction of the university is claimed to have stopped any further weapons development.
Although there is a claim that "Daesh insurgents are still inside the university to 'protect' it from any emergency situation".
As the Iraqi government forces, militias and Kurdish Peshmerga close in on the city, there are signs of deepening tensions between the IS regime and the local population, according to sources.
The city's people are said to be in a "state of fear and terror". As IS has been targeted by the coalition forces, they in turn have "put their anger on the people" claiming that Mosul's residents are communicating with "hostile parties to Daesh".
At Friday prayers last week, a pro-IS preacher talked of how local people were "hypocrites" who had let down the "caliphate".
The religious police are also trying to assert their authority and show that nothing has changed in their control - and there have been more gruesome public executions of people claimed to be opponents or informants.
"They are trying to show they are in control of everything."
There is a culture of "false accusations" and another Mosul academic says: "Daesh continues to hunt 'offenders' and punish them heavily," which often means the death penalty.
The IS authorities have tried to clamp down on communications - but this doesn't seem to be effective.
There had been highly-monitored public points for internet access, but these too have been shut down.
But as the Iraqi forces advance on the city, internet providers have been boosting access in Mosul.
It means that in some parts of the city it has been possible to make contact, but this is being carried out in elaborate and extremely cautious ways to keep such links secret.
Such communication is described as being immensely dangerous, but there is a great hunger for news. A source says there is a "great risk of punishment", which would be execution.
There is said to be a huge amount of excitement about the approaching forces.
"People in Mosul are jubilant at the prospect of the city being liberated," says another local source.
This optimism, at the early stages of the battle, is said to outweigh fears of the loss of civilian lives and the destruction of buildings.
Tactics being used by the IS forces, such as digging tunnels, are seen as likely to be ineffective - and there is an expectation that they will be defeated.
Then there will be questions about reconstruction and rebuilding - and there are questions about whether professionals who have fled the city will really want to come back.
There are deep concerns about how the battle for Mosul might become a proxy for other sectarian disputes and score-settling, with so many opposing forces under the banner of the coalition attacking IS.
There are also fears that politicians, with their own militias, could exploit the battle for their own advantage.
Arguments also exist that this is a city exhausted by bloodshed and desperate for peace and moderation.
For two years of the IS occupation and for a decade before, there has been so much conflict, destruction and extremism.
Mosul has been "saturated with violence" and this long "trauma" must end. | The forces of so-called Islamic State, now besieged in Mosul, are in a state of "frenzy" inside the city, increasingly blaming and terrorising the local population and preparing to conceal themselves if defeated. | [
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The proposals, which are subject to parliamentary approval, allow farmers to clear drainage ditches and streams without asking permission.
Farmers had complained that the Environment Agency was micro-managing flood control.
But academics told BBC News that diverting water off farmland could increase floods where people live.
The policy change was announced Environment Minister Liz Truss at the Oxford Farming Conference after what the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said were two successful pilot schemes.
She said: "We will allow farmers across the country to maintain their own ditches up to 1.5km in length from April, so they can clear debris and manage the land."
The decision was welcomed by the National Farmers' Union (NFU).
Its president, Meurig Raymond, said: "The NFU has pressed Defra and the Environment Agency to enable farmers to undertake minor works for many years."
But Professor Alan Jenkins from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology said he feared the policy could backfire.
"Waterlogged fields are no use to farmers," he said. "They can't maintain their productivity on waterlogged soil so it makes sense for them to manage their fields accordingly.
"There is a potential downside however, in that if we increase drainage in fields during heavy rainfall it's possible there will be increased and faster transmission of water in the river system with a possible increase in flood risk downstream."
Katherine Pygott from the consultancy firm Peter Brett agreed.
"If you are a landowner you may want to maximise productivity on a grouse moor by making it drier - but if you are trying to protect a town you want to keep water back on the uplands.
"It very much depends on local conditions - sometimes it would be unhelpful to speed drainage, sometimes it would not.
"There is a risk of making a free-for-all on drainage. It would be more sensible to make the existing system work."
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Three first-half goals in the space of 10 minutes sentenced the O's to a fourth successive defeat as Crawley tasted victory for the first time in seven matches.
Orient edged the opening exchanges but lost defender Tom Parkes through injury before Steven Alzate was denied on the edge of the area by keeper Glenn Morris.
Crawley had failed to score in their previous three home games but leading marksman James Collins swooped to give them the lead with his 20th goal of the season midway through the half.
The former Shrewsbury striker struck by heading in a free-kick from Josh Payne and, although keeper Sam Sargeant got a hand to the ball, it flew into the corner of the net.
Crawley took a firm grip of the game by scoring twice in the space of four minutes before the interval.
Defender Joe McNerney rose unchallenged to head home a Payne free-kick from 12 yards on 29 minutes and then, from an Andre Blackman set-piece, Dutch midfielder Enzio Boldewijn forced the ball home.
Crawley, who had won only two of their previous 13 games, threatened again when a header from skipper Jimmy Smith was saved by Sargeant shortly after the break.
Boldewijn, after earlier firing wide from 25 yards, should have increased the lead when putting the ball wastefully wide from a pass by Collins.
Match support supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Crawley Town 3, Leyton Orient 0.
Second Half ends, Crawley Town 3, Leyton Orient 0.
James Collins (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town) because of an injury.
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Lewis Young.
Foul by Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town).
Liam Kelly (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Billy Clifford (Crawley Town).
Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Billy Clifford (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town).
Callum Kennedy (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Henry Ochieng replaces Nigel Atangana.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Dean Cox replaces Enzio Boldewijn.
Attempt missed. Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. James Collins (Crawley Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Josh Payne (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Josh Lelan replaces Andre Blackman because of an injury.
Delay in match Andre Blackman (Crawley Town) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Gavin Massey (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Joe McNerney.
Foul by Josh Payne (Crawley Town).
Liam Kelly (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Lewis Young.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Rowan Liburd replaces Josh Koroma.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Nicky Hunt.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Billy Clifford replaces Kaby because of an injury.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Myles Judd.
Attempt saved. Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Hand ball by Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient).
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Second Half begins Crawley Town 3, Leyton Orient 0.
First Half ends, Crawley Town 3, Leyton Orient 0.
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In May, Mr Joyce vowed to press charges against a man who struck him with a pie over his support for same-sex marriage, which is not legal in Australia.
Mr Joyce has also faced criticism from some politicians who say he should not take a political stance on behalf of the airline.
However, he said his company "would be active out there" in campaigning.
"I believe we have to get behind it and make sure that we have a 'yes' vote and certainly I will be out there strongly campaigning for a 'yes' vote," he said.
"We believe the social issues are very important of all of your [company] stakeholders and are very important for this country."
Australians will be asked their views on same-sex marriage through a voluntary, non-binding ballot to begin next month.
If it shows support for changing Australia's Marriage Act, it is expected that a vote in parliament will follow. However, MPs would not be bound to vote in line with the public.
Mr Joyce was one of 20 company chief executives who signed a petition in March calling on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to legalise same-sex marriage.
It led to criticism by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, who said it was "unacceptable that people would use companies and the money of publicly-listed companies to throw their weight around".
"If Alan Joyce and any other CEO wants to campaign on this or any other issue in their own time and on their own dime, good luck to them," Mr Dutton said at the time.
Two months later, Mr Joyce was giving a speech in Perth when an intruder shoved him in the face with a meringue pie.
"From my reading, it would appear that Alan Joyce is very much part of a network trying to subvert the federal parliamentary process around the issue of marriage equality," the intruder, Tony Overheu, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Mr Joyce later said he would press charges against Mr Overheu.
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He is among the hundreds of boys who collect coins thrown into the river by visitors and devotees during the annual month-long Sonepur fair, which is said to be Asia's biggest cattle fair.
Armed with heavy magnetic rings tied with colourful plastic ropes, Rohit is at work every day from 5am to 5pm. For a month, he is missing school.
"I fish out around 100 rupees [$1.83; £1.14] to 110 rupees every day and my mother is happy with my efforts," says Rohit.
His father, Shatrughan Singh, is a day labourer who earns a similar amount on the days he can find work.
Rohit hands over the money he collects to his parents and it goes a long way in helping feed their family of six.
Rohit first started going to the river bank two years ago after he saw other village boys going every morning with their fishing lines.
"I was curious, so one day I went along with them and learned the tricks of the trade," he said.
He borrowed 10 rupees ($0.18; £0.11) from his mother, promising to return double the money in the evening.
At the beginning of the cattle fair, hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees bathe at the confluence of the Gandak and Ganges rivers in Sonepur, in Saran district, 35km (21 miles) north of the state capital, Patna.
The devout also throw coins in the river as a mark of their devotion and reverence.
As soon as a coin is thrown into the water, the hawk-eyed little boys throw their magnets in the same direction, much like the fishermen throwing their nets into the sea.
"I generally collect coins worth 150 rupees ($2.70; £1.70) a day and most of the time my family buys food with this money," said Rakesh Kumar, another coin collector.
Rakesh's father, Suresh Rai, runs a tea stall at the fair ground and has a large family of nine members.
Rakesh and his sibling Bittu Kumar come to the river bank every morning at the crack of dawn and leave only after at 5pm.
"My rope has just a single magnet which is not very effective. I'll buy a bigger one soon so that I can collect more coins," Rakesh said.
Gruelling poverty
His friend Krishna Kumar, who also collects coins worth 100-150 rupees a day, says their work is not easy.
"I spend almost 10 hours a day on the river bank, with my eyes fixed on the coins thrown into the water. Sometimes I get them, sometime I lose to other friends," he said as he displayed a coin he had just fished out of water.
Krishna says he keeps a part of the money he makes "to buy some sweets at the fair".
"When the fair begins, one can see hundreds of young coin collectors here. See how they have used local technology to fish out coins from water," Radheshyam Panda, who performs religious rituals on the river bank, said.
"These young coin collectors may use different magnet sizes or different colours of plastic ropes but one thing which they have in common is their gruelling poverty," said Mahendra Babu who sells ingredients for religious ceremonies on the river bank. | Every day since 28 November, 10-year-old Rohit Kumar has sat from dawn to dusk on the banks of the Gandak river in the eastern Indian state of Bihar with a magnetic fishing line trying to fish out coins from the water. | [
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The Welsh county won three of 16 games in the County Championship Division Two last season and failed to make progress in the limited overs competitions.
Mott is in the third and final year of contract as Glamorgan's head of elite performance.
"You do feel in the third year that you should see the fruits of your labour," said Mott.
"We have built a squad over the last couple of years and this is the year where we should be looking to improve a helluva lot.
"Last year, we made some improvements towards the back end, but it was too little, too late.
"This month of April is very important for everyone at the club and in Wales. We have to start to show what we have got."
Glamorgan lost James Harris, who is one of four uncapped players in England's ICC Champions Trophy provisional squad, after he agreed to join Middlesex on a three-year contract at the end of last season.
Veteran Robert Croft also retired after 23 seasons with the Welsh county.
Seam bowler Harris triggered a clause in his contract that allowed him to leave Glamorgan, who gave him his first-class debut as a 16-year-old in 2007, if the Welsh county were not in the top tier.
Mott has returned from a 10-day pre-season tour of South Africa with Glamorgan and is convinced his squad are ready to learn the lessons of last seasons's disappointing campaign.
"We need to improve across the board," said Mott.
"A realistic goal is to win more games than we lose and we didn't get close to that last year.
"If we get close to that, just like any side in this division, it can come down to the last couple of games and you are challenging, but we have to start the season better.
"We finished well last season but our start really killed us and our promotion aspirations."
Glamorgan have added Australian bowler Michael Hogan and Zimbabwean batsman Murray Goodwin to their squad this year.
Australian Marcus North is to lead the one-day side, while his countryman, pace bowler Dirk Nannes, has been signed to play in the Friends Life T20.
On Friday, Glamorgan play their final pre-season friendly with a three-day match against Cardiff MCCU.
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"I'm feeling the joints for any kind of heat or swelling."
Veterinary surgeon Dr Sandra Corr puts Daisy the sheep through a very hands-on physical examination.
"I'm looking for any signs of crepitus or lameness," she says, "Anything that might indicate the onset of disease or osteoarthritis."
But Daisy is not just any sheep. She's a clone. One of a flock of 13 cloned sheep currently living out their lives on a farm owned by the University of Nottingham, and one of only four (the others are Debbie, Denise and Diane) cloned from the same adult ewe as Dolly the sheep - the first cloned mammal born in 1996.
This, despite the passage of a couple of generations in sheep-years, says Kevin Sinclair, professor of developmental biology at Nottingham and lead author on the study, makes them Dolly's - and that original ewe's - identical twin sisters.
"Where there was one Dolly, with these four girls, now there are five," he says.
We're standing in a straw-lined pen in a barn on the university's Sutton Bonington Campus and one-by-one all 13 sheep are put through the same set of exacting, methodical tests.
As far as I can tell it's a process the sheep seem well used to. If not exactly enthusiastic, they stoically endure the joint manipulations with something approaching world weary resignation.
But if the sheep seem unfazed by all the attention, that may be because they are among the most closely monitored and studied animals anywhere in the world.
According to Prof Sinclair, the fate of the whole science of cloning may hang on the results.
He tells me: "One of the big questions that surrounded the creation of Dolly, and all the cloning work that has gone on since, is: do these animals age in a normal way and how healthy are they?"
Underpinning this question is a fundamental concern about the cloning process. Because it involves extracting DNA from the cell of an adult animal - a cell that is fully differentiated and has been through multiple cell divisions - some "age-memory" might be transferred into the next generation.
"That would mean that the cloned animal was somehow much older that you might expect," says Prof Sinclair.
"A new born clone might look like a lamb, but in terms of cellular senescence it would be much older, and the animal would start to develop diseases associated with aging at a much younger age."
The original Dolly died at the relatively modest age for a sheep of six-and-a-half. Along with several other members of her flock she had contracted a virus that caused lesions to develop in her lungs and she had to be put down.
But by then Dolly was already suffering from osteoarthritis which, although not unheard of in a sheep of her age, did raise concerns about premature aging. The decision was taken to go back to the original cell line and to produce more clones.
"We wanted to know if Dolly's untimely death was just unlucky", recalled Prof Sinclair, "or if it was something to do with the cloning process itself. If illnesses like arthritis that are associated with old age were more common in cloned animals."
Getting the answers to those questions has involved putting the dollies, and nine other sheep cloned from different cell lines, through an exhaustive battery of tests and assessments including regular joint X-rays and a series of full-body fMRI scans.
Prof Sinclair said: "We focused on three co-morbidities: cardiovascular disease, diabetes and osteoarthritis - the three co-morbidities most associated with aging. Were these animals any different from the wider population of sheep with regard to these particular co-morbidities."
The results of the study, which could have profound implications for the future of cloning, will be published next week. But for now, the dollies, which are approaching their ninth and tenth birthdays, seem to be in rude health.
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She had come prepared to own up to her mistakes, apologising to the gathered throng just as a few hours earlier she had apologised to the cabinet.
It had been her decision to call the election, and her leadership of the campaign that faltered and in what was described as the most human performance they had seen for quite some time, Theresa May said sorry, time and again.
"We saw the human being, not the Maybot"; "it was the first time in seven weeks she didn't say strong and stable"; more poignantly for the Tories MPs who commiserated with each other, "if she'd campaigned like that, we'd have won".
They were cheered, relieved perhaps, that she had, tonight, managed to pull it off, to show regret at the calamity her decision to go to the country had unleashed, relieved too that she rose to this particular occasion that seems likely to settle nerves enough to avoid the possibility of the party plunging into another leadership election and potentially therefore, another general election that they might lose.
The sense of immediate danger to her leadership has faded. But while her enemies are not breathing down her neck, they are still in the room.
One MP told me she wasn't asked any hard questions but deliberately took the time to take all of them, to show willing, "her strategy has been to take as many questions as exist".
It's like that episode of the West Wing where the Presidential Candidate Vinick was in deep trouble, so he took endless questions until the press finally got tired and went home - apologies if the American series isn't your thing, but it's an obsession of rather a lot of Westminster types.
While publicly it is tonight the done thing for Tories to be fulsomely on the record praising the prime minister, privately it's hard to find a single MP who believes that she will take the party into the next general election. PM survives first bout of battle for control
It is, however, also very hard to find a single MP who wants to unleash even more potential chaos by triggering an election contest, let alone a general election.
But it's the circumstances, rather than newly discovered rapture, for the PM that have saved her.
One former cabinet minister told me "having a Tory prime minister is much more important than our own wound licking". Another minister told me in the medium term it is "hard to see how" the PM can stay.
Theresa May has survived the first bout of what will be a fight to stay in control. The election has redressed the balance, not just between the two main parties, but also between the Tory leader and her party.
And the PM knows it, most tellingly also saying to her MPs tonight, "I'll serve as long as you want me". Hardly a bold statement of a leader who feels they are in charge, but an acknowledgement that others will decide when their time is up. | In the slightly sweaty committee corridor outside the meeting of Tory MPs tonight, MPs were queuing to praise the prime minister. | [
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Aweys Faqey, from North London, was arrested at the airport, north-east of London, on 23 May.
He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday afternoon.
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The Spaniard became the only man to win three times so far this season.
He drove a controlled race and stayed just far enough ahead of his pursuers to maintain the lead.
Great strategy calls from the team to keep me ahead through the pit stops. I knew it would be a long race to the end
Button climbed up from sixth on the grid to pass Vettel at the second pit stops but was re-passed with two laps to go.
However, the Englishman was promoted to second place after race stewards gave Vettel a 20-second penalty for his overtake of Button on the penultimate lap.
Lewis Hamilton retired with gearbox damage after running well down the field following an early puncture. But he will not incur any penalty for a gearbox change because of his retirement.
The result extends Alonso's championship lead to 34 points ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber who had a low-key race to eighth place, never showing any real pace.
Alonso said: "It was tough, not an easy race. Maybe we were not the quickest in dry conditions but we were competitive and it was enough to maintain the lead.
"Great strategy calls from the team to keep me ahead through the pit stops. I knew it would be a long race to the end, with Jenson putting pressure.
"But the car was feeling good on top speed and traction and that was enough to keep the lead into Turn 6, and after that overtaking is not so easy."
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The only consolation for Hamilton on the occasion of his 100th grand prix was that the McLaren showed encouraging pace following a major performance upgrade.
At one stage, Hamilton unlapped himself on Vettel - although not Alonso - as he attempted vainly to recover from his early set-back. A move which angered the double world champion.
Alonso was never very far in front but was always able to stay just far enough ahead of first Vettel and then Button to ensure they could not use their DRS overtaking aids to pass him into the hairpin at Turn 6.
It led to a tense grand prix in which the identity of the winner was always in doubt until Alonso took the chequered flag.
The Ferrari made a lightning start from pole position and although Vettel quickly closed up the initial gap Alonso had built on the first lap, the Spaniard was able to pull clear before their first pit stops to ensure he held the lead into the second stint.
Meanwhile, Button was fighting past Hulkenberg and then Schumacher, to move quietly into third place.
Vettel emerged from his first pit stop five seconds ahead of Button but the McLaren closed remorselessly on the Red Bull and passed the German by making his second stop a lap earlier.
Vettel emerged from the pits to find Button on his outside on the run to Turn 2, and the McLaren easily took the position.
Button was rarely more than a second behind Alonso from then until the end of the race but the Ferrari driver was always in control and in the closing laps he stretched away as Button began to lose grip in his rear tyres.
Rather than try to take the lead, Button had to spend the closing laps fighting off a late challenge from Vettel, who passed him at the Turn 6 hairpin on the penultimate lap.
Vettel said: "The pace was there but it was extremely difficult when I was close to Fernando and Jenson we seemed to lose a lot and not be able to stay close enough to try to something under braking.
"I am not entirely happy, it could have been a bit better if it was clean air most of the race but that was not the case. Second place was the best we could get today and I am happy with that."
Button said: "It was a close race and I couldn't quite get Fernando at the end.
"When you are in the middle of three you really have to fight and I was pushing a little bit more in the early part of the stint, whereas when you're in front you can coast a bit in the bits where you don't need to push.
"It was close but Fernando knows as we all do where to use Kers to keep someone behind you. I ran out of steam at the end of the straight and the gap was a little bit too big to get back.
"But it was a fun race and it's nice to be on the podium again. I've had my feeling back the last two races but the pace hasn't been there [in the car], but today it was. We're there or thereabouts at the front, still a little way to go."
Raikkonen provided some exciting racing as he moved up from 10th on the grid.
On the way, Raikkonen engaged in top-class racing with Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher and the Force Indias of Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta.
Schumacher finished seventh behind Sauber drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez. Hulkenberg and Di Resta took the final points positions in ninth and 10th. | Ferrari's Fernando Alonso beat Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and McLaren's Jenson Button in a close fight to win the German Grand Prix. | [
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Carbon is the key ingredient for all life on our planet.
But how Earth acquired its "volatile elements" - which have low boiling points - such as carbon and sulphur remains a subject of some debate.
A team now argues that a collision between Earth and an embryonic planet like Mercury could provide the answer.
Details of the work appear in the journal Nature Geoscience.
"The challenge is to explain the origin of the volatile elements like carbon that remain outside the core in the mantle portion of our planet," said Rajdeep Dasgupta, a co-author of the study from Rice University in Houston, Texas.
According to a widely accepted idea called the Late Veneer Hypothesis, Earth formed from material that was largely devoid of volatiles. These elements, such as carbon, sulphur, nitrogen and hydrogen, were added later on by space rocks after Earth's core had finished forming.
"Any of those elements that fell to Earth in meteorites and comets more than about 100 million years after the Solar System formed could have avoided the intense heat of the magma ocean that covered Earth up to that point," said Yuan Li, from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
"The problem with that idea is that while it can account for the abundance of many of these elements, there are no known meteorites that would produce the ratio of volatile elements in the silicate portion of our planet."
The group had previously published papers showing that if even if carbon had not vaporised into space when the planet was largely molten, it would have ended up in the metallic core of our planet - because the iron-rich alloys there have a strong affinity for carbon.
But if this is the case, where did the carbon in the mantle and biosphere come from?
The team used laboratory experiments that can recreate the high-pressure and high-temperature conditions that exist deep inside Earth and other rocky planets.
The found that one scenario that could reconcile the discrepancies in the carbon-to-sulphur ratio and carbon abundance was an embryonic planet like Mercury colliding with and being absorbed by Earth, early in its history.
"Because it's a massive body, the dynamics could work in a way that the core of that planet would go directly to the core of our planet, and the carbon-rich mantle would mix with Earth's mantle," said Dr Dasgupta. | Much of Earth's life-giving carbon could have been delivered in a planetary collision about 4.4 billion years ago, a theory suggests. | [
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Last week's news that Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, wants all new recruits to the country's police force to undergo a lie detector test cannot have been an April fool's joke as it's now the end of August.
A police statement stated clearly that the "polygraph test is aimed at ensuring that candidates are not of questionable character", and that new police officers should "conform to acceptable standards necessary for an ideal police officer the Nigerian people deserve".
Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe's former finance minister:
"Whenever I see a policeman, I run away because he sees me as an ATM"
Just what sort of questions would be set for the future cops is not clear, but the move is innovative and opens up all manner of possibilities on the African political landscape in our search for the kind of public officials the continent deserves.
And why stop at just police recruits? Journalists could be asked: "Have you ever taken money to write or ignore a story?"
Football players in the Under-17 World Cup could break out in a sweat at the simple inquiry: "How old are you?"
Politicians and presidents, meanwhile, may find the truth-telling exercise a challenge too far.
The search for honest police officers who fulfil the "acceptable standards" sought by Nigeria's police chief could be extended to most African states.
Back in July, citizens in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, vented their anger over phony police roadblocks, which crop up every few miles "to check the roadworthiness" of vehicles, but more importantly provide a pretext to spot-fine drivers and extract money from impoverished commuters.
And since the state is struggling to pay public workers, it is entirely credible that such fines exist to supplement the officers' meagre and late salaries.
"Whenever I see a policeman, I run away because he sees me as an ATM," declared Tendai Biti, former finance minister.
Encounters with African police forces can also be deadly.
Ethiopian police clashed with demonstrators demanding answers to human rights abuses in the north-west of the country, and several people lost their lives in the city of Bahir Dar in the Amhara region.
Farai Sevenzo:
"Following orders, history has sometimes instructed us, is not a credible excuse"
Force is the default setting for African police, with officers deployed on the streets willing to unleash tear gas in Nairobi, Harare, Lusaka, Addis Ababa or any other African capital.
Anti-government demonstrations in Harare last week saw water-cannon and yet more tear gas as the government blamed unknown "foreign elements" for trying to incite rebellion.
In the age of instant news and social media sharing, the evidence of African police brutality is a click away and all over the web.
So, would a polygraph test for new recruits lessen such incidents?
What kind of questions would the recruits have to answer?
Would there be questions about their sympathy for the beaten citizens?
Or would they be about their loyalty to entrenched police chiefs who have had jobs for life, much like the men who appointed them?
As governments face dissent, citizens are promoting the idea that those police officers firing live bullets into groups of demonstrators, or starring in their own brutality videos as they rain down truncheon blows on fleeing citizens, should be recorded, identified and have their details stored for future prosecutions.
Following orders, history has sometimes instructed us, is not a credible excuse.
Whatever becomes of the Nigerian inspector general's intriguing idea to introduce lie-detector tests, he should remember the double-edged nature of such an exercise.
The polygraph reveals the truth-tellers and may show him honest cops who pass the test, but it will also give him the best liars who will bluff their way through anything.
More from Farai Sevenzo: | In our series of letters from African journalists, film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo questions whether lie detectors could help promote honest law enforcement. | [
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Andrew Bickel, 39, was fixing a light at the Catwel shop in Cardiff two weeks ago when he nipped out to his van and returned to find his tools were gone.
He said he had a call from a lady in the cat charity shop to say his tools were there to collect, but with "no explanation of how, why or when".
Mr Bickel's original Facebook post about the mistake went viral.
He said he had enjoyed his five minutes of fame afterwards.
"I couldn't believe it," he said, "the phone just didn't stop ringing."
"The Sun newspaper came down to where I was working and took photographs, television crews wanted to film me and I even had an offer to appear on Judge Rinder," he added.
"I'm just waiting for the call to go into the jungle."
Mr Bickel said he had been offered £100 by a magazine for his story and, if it happened, he would donate £50 to the cat charity shop and £50 to a dog charity shop, after admitting he was "more of a dog person".
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Mohammed Ali, of Prescot Road, Liverpool, is accused of attempting to possess a chemical weapon.
The father of two, 31, has denied the charge at the Old Bailey in London.
Using an online alias, Ali allegedly tried to order 500mg of the deadly toxin, the jury was told, which would have been enough to kill 1,400 people.
As "Weirdos 0000", Ali contacted a man on the black market and placed an order for the ricin, the court heard.
He went on to negotiate the deal in encrypted exchanges unaware the United States-based 'dealer' was actually an FBI agent who alerted the British authorities.
On 10 February, he took delivery of a toy car with "special batteries" at the home he shared with his wife and two young sons.
But instead of ricin, the five concealed packets contained a harmless powder and Ali was arrested.
The court has been told that the Bolton-born computer software programmer has displayed many traits of Asperger's syndrome.
Under cross-examination, defence clinical psychologist Alison Beck said: "I think that so far as I understand it, Mr Ali was motivated with pushing the boundaries of what was possible with the technology.
"The relevance of the dark net was to procure ricin and that idea was implanted in his brain having watched the series Breaking Bad."
Ali denies a charge of attempting to possess a chemical weapon between 10 January and 12 February.
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He made the pledge in a Ramadan message to Muslims, who have been worst affected by the ban.
The government shut 13 Somalia-linked firms in April, saying it wanted to prevent militant Islamists from using them to finance attacks.
Kenyans Somalis accused the government of blanket punishment.
Somalis around the world rely heavily on the firms to do business and send cash to relatives in Somalia, where the banking sector is almost non-existent.
Mr Kenyatta, in his message to mark the Islamic holy month, said he had noted proposals to lift the ban on the firms.
He had therefore directed the central bank to "immediately issue comprehensive regulations" for the activities of the firms, "upon which their suspension would be lifted".
The ban was imposed after Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab killed 148 people in an attack on Garissa University College in north-eastern Kenya.
There has been a similar crackdown on the companies in the UK and US where the governments have adopted strict money-laundering laws making it difficult for banks to deal with them.
The United Nations estimates that Somalis in the diaspora, almost all of whom are Muslim, send home about $1.6bn (£1.1bn) annually, significantly more than foreign aid.
More than 40% of Somalis receive remittances, the bulk of which are used for basic needs, including food, clothes, medicine and education, according to a UN survey.
Somalia has not had a functioning government since the fall of Siad Barre's government in 1991, and has been beset by religious and clan conflicts. | Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that money transfer firms will be unbanned, once the central bank unveils new guidelines for their activities. | [
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29 July 2016 Last updated at 08:38 BST
It's now reached the Pacific Ocean and video filmed from a helicopter shows the hot liquid rock from the Kilauea volcano falling off the cliffs.
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The art of Kremlinology has moved on since then. And I'm proud to say I've come up with my own 21st Century method for keeping up to date with the current thinking in the corridors of Russian power: it involves walking to the train station opposite the BBC Moscow office, going up to the souvenir stand and looking at the fridge magnets on sale.
You can tell a lot from Russian fridge magnets. This week's selection includes several different "Vladimir Putin in military camouflage" magnets, complete with patriotic slogans, like: "Together we are a force to be reckoned with!" and "We will always look out for our guys!"
Kremlin policy in a nutshell.
One fridge magnet in particular caught my eye. It looks just like a $100 bill but, in place of the American founding father Benjamin Franklin, there is a portrait of Vladimir Putin.
I know. It's only a fridge magnet. But it encapsulates the whole Putin-Trump/Russia-America saga. After six months of Donald Trump in the White House, Russians are beginning to feel that their country enjoys considerable influence over America.
And who could blame them for thinking that? Particularly in light of allegations of the Kremlin hacking a US election and putting a Russian puppet in the White House, and with all the rumours of Russian lawyers, Russian lobbyists and Russian oligarchs conspiring with the Trump team and the Trump family.
It will be up to official investigations to establish whether there was, indeed, collusion. But even the suggestion that there may have been has got the whole world talking about the power of Putin's Russia and the weakness of Trump's America.
There are times when Vladimir Putin seems to be basking in the infamy of running a cyber superpower.
There is just one problem for President Putin. It's the problem of all fridge magnets, really. They look so pretty when you buy them in the shop. But they don't stick to every fridge.
When it began, Donald Trump's presidency looked very pretty to Moscow. The Russians expected that America's new leader would herald a new era in US-Russian cooperation.
At the time, a news anchor on Russian State TV described Trump as "an Alpha male... a real man." The day after America's presidential election, one Russian state official told me that she had celebrated Trump's victory with a cigar and a bottle of champagne.
But, after six months of President Trump, US sanctions against Russia remain in place.
The two Russian diplomatic compounds, closed by President Obama last December, remain shut. And the idea of a "Grand Deal" with America, much hoped for here at the start of the Trump presidency, has disappeared from the pages of the Russian dailies.
Moscow is not blaming Donald Trump directly for this. One Russian newspaper, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, explained recently that, in the current atmosphere, "Trump doesn't have the slightest possibility to improve Russian-US relations, since any step, any glance even in the direction of Russia is met with suspicion back home and even viewed as treason."
A few days ago I was chatting to a Russian senator. He complained that the intense pressure President Trump was facing over the Russia question was complicating US-Russian diplomacy.
"Trump is like a prisoner," he told me, "And how can you talk to a prisoner?"
But Russia and America are talking. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have now met, on the sidelines of the G20 summit. And, although progress is slower than Moscow would like, there is cautious talk of cooperation: in Syria, for example, and in the area of cyber security.
Mr Trump continues to argue there is nothing wrong in seeking a closer relationship with Russia. He insists it is in America's interest to do so.
And, while America's president and America's Western allies often appear poles apart on a variety of issues, Donald Trump seems drawn like a magnet to Vladimir Putin.
Indeed, he has openly praised the Kremlin leader. Yet Russia is casting a shadow over the US administration. For Donald Trump, could this prove to be a fatal attraction? | There was a time when to work out what was happening in Moscow you needed to read between the lines in Pravda, or look at the line-up of Soviet officials at a Red Square parade and study who was standing next to whom. | [
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Chris Packham, who is in Malta, said rare species were being targeted, and hunters were even shooting Montagu's harrier birds on the ground at night.
"It's a desperate situation," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
A Maltese wildlife official insisted that patrols to stop illegal hunting had been stepped up.
Malta has an exemption from the EU Birds Directive, allowing its hunters to shoot turtle doves and quail during the spring migration, a crucial stage in the birds' life cycle. But according to Mr Packham, turtle doves were vulnerable, with their numbers down by 95% in the UK.
Malta is the only EU country to have a recreational spring hunting season allowing birds to be shot.
Mr Packham, a presenter of TV documentaries on wildlife, said Maltese hunters were ignoring restrictions under the exemption, or "derogation" in EU jargon. He said they were killing many other birds which are supposed to be protected.
He is in Malta with the conservation group Birdlife Malta to draw attention to the annual spring shoot, which has been criticised by environmentalists for years.
"Yesterday I'm afraid to say I had a dead swift in my hand that had been illegally shot and also a dead little bittern," Mr Packham told Today.
Sergei Golovkin, head of Malta's Wild Birds Regulation Unit, insisted that the authorities were controlling the hunters.
He said enforcement of the restrictions had "improved dramatically in the last few years". Malta has "the highest ratio in Europe" of enforcement staff deployed against illegal hunting, he told Today.
Thirty-three MEPs have jointly lobbied the European Commission to put pressure on Malta over the hunting exemption. A British Liberal Democrat MEP, Catherine Bearder, says the EU must "stop Malta from breaking EU rules, by systematically failing to apply the derogation correctly". | A leading British naturalist has accused the Maltese authorities of failing to prevent large-scale illegal shooting of migratory birds by hunters. | [
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The shooting occurred at a hostel attached to the private Pragati Residential School in Bangalore city.
Police say the alleged gunman, identified as Mahesh, was working as an office assistant in the school.
Incidents of gun crime at schools and colleges in India are very rare. It is not clear what prompted the shooting.
Police said on Thursday that Mahesh had been remanded until 12 April.
Mahesh is alleged to have barged into the room of 18-year-old Gautami and shot her in the head with a pistol on on Tuesday evening.
He then shot another student, Sirisha, who suffered severe injuries but is believed to be out of danger, say police.
He was arrested on Wednesday after a manhunt.
India has strict control laws, although a large number of feuds are settled with firearms.
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The 21-year-old had been at Hednesford Town on loan this season, but has experience in the fifth tier with Southport and Wrexham.
Adam Lockwood's Guiseley are currently five points from safety.
"Joel's a rapidly developing talent and we've been watching him for some time. We're excited to have signed him," said football secretary Adie Towers. | National League's bottom side Guiseley have signed former Rochdale winger Joel Logan on an undisclosed deal. | [
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Mr Kasyanov, a former prime minister, is a high-profile critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the opposition RPR-Parnas party.
Recently Mr Kadyrov called Mr Putin's critics "enemies" and "traitors".
Russian opposition politicians have described the posting as a murder threat.
The Chechen leader said Mr Kasyanov was seeking cash in Strasbourg for the opposition. "Whoever doesn't get it will get it!" he warned.
Last March Mr Kadyrov spoke out on Instagram about the assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow. That message defended one of the Chechens charged over the shooting.
A day later President Putin gave Mr Kadyrov a top award.
Mr Nemtsov was among several well-known opponents of Mr Putin murdered in the past decade.
Putin loyalist Kadyrov unleashed on Russian 'traitors'
Ramzan Kadyrov: Putin's key Chechen ally
Mr Kadyrov runs Chechnya with an iron fist - his private militia has been accused of widespread human rights abuses, including torture and assassination.
He has close ties to Mr Putin, who encouraged him to stamp out a separatist insurgency in Chechnya. Thousands of civilians died in the North Caucasus republic when Russian troops fought the rebels there in the 1990s.
The new video is the latest in a series of threatening messages from Mr Kadyrov against Kremlin critics, whom he accuses of working for the West.
It shows Mr Kasyanov talking to Vladimir Kara-Murza, a journalist who runs the pro-democracy opposition movement Open Russia. The movement was launched by exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
The video was posted late on Sunday and has more than 16,000 "likes".
Mr Kasyanov says he sees it as a direct death threat and will demand a criminal investigation.
Ilya Yashin, who co-chairs RPR-Parnas with Mr Kasyanov, called the video "an open threat to murder Kasyanov".
Another opposition leader, anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, echoed that view. On Facebook, Mr Navalny said (in Russian) "there is no longer any doubt that all such statements in recent weeks and specifically this one were approved by Putin and the Kremlin, and quite probably were inspired by them too".
The BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow says they key question now is whether Mr Kadyrov is acting on his own initiative.
One theory discussed on Russian social media is that he is being used by the Kremlin to intimidate its critics - particularly as growing economic problems raise the potential for protest.
Others suggest that Mr Kadyrov is becoming a dangerous loose cannon - a regional leader who believes he is untouchable, our correspondent reports.
The phrase "Whoever doesn't get it will get it!" is the title of a thriller that Mr Kadyrov says he has filmed, starring himself as a machine gun-toting all-action hero.
Kadyrov the Instagram fan - by Stephen Ennis, BBC Monitoring:
Ramzan Kadyrov is one of Russia's most popular and controversial Instagram users. Since launching his account in 2013, he has made over 6,000 posts and amassed 1.6m followers.
He promotes himself on the site as a devout Muslim and a strong leader. One recent post featured him grappling with a crocodile.
This is not the first time he has used Instagram to lash out at the Russian opposition. In May 2015, hours after the premiere of an Open Russia film about him, he posted a clip of himself firing a machine gun, with the slogan "Whoever doesn't get it will get it soon!"
The following day Open Russia co-ordinator Vladimir Kara-Murza was taken seriously ill with poisoning.
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Former world player of the year Messi, 27, has inspired Argentina in Brazil.
The Barcelona forward has scored in all three games and is one goal shy of Maradona's 1986 five-goal haul, but Mehmedi says it is not all about Messi.
"With all due respect for his qualities and class, I think too much is talked about just Messi," said Mehmedi, 23.
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"He is exceptional, no question, but that is not all, he has very good players around him. We will not neglect the preparation nor in the game itself," the Freiburg striker said ahead of their last-16 clash.
Argentina are unbeaten in their six previous games against Switzerland but Mehmedi says his side are not heading into the game at Corinthians Arena just to make up the numbers against one of the pre-tournament favourites.
"Swap jerseys with Messi? I'm not here as a tourist," he said. "Switzerland is in the second round of a World Cup."
Mehmedi knows if his side can defeat Argentina in Sao Paulo they will cause one of the biggest shocks of the 2014 tournament in Brazil.
"I know the quality and potential of this team," he continued.
"If we defeat Argentina, we write a piece of World Cup history and many people in Switzerland will be proud of the team.
"I even think such success would see the world take notice, but we are not naive.
"It will take an absolutely top performance of each one of us. And I assure you, everyone will do everything we can to provide these and tearing for Switzerland." | Lionel Messi is not the only threat in the Argentina team, according to Switzerland's Admir Mehmedi ahead of Tuesday's last-16 World Cup clash. | [
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The announcement was made on Sunday before the final round of this year's tournament at Portstewart.
Keith Pelley, the European Tour's chief executive, said that the tournament's host Rory McIlroy had strongly endorsed the Inishowen peninsula venue.
"Rory absolutely loves Ballyliffin," said Pelley, who described the venue as "stunning".
"Some months ago, Rory and I spoke about the possibility of the Irish Open coming to Ballyliffin.
"I have worked with athletes for 25 years and have never seen anybody who is more giving of his time than Rory. Having his name associated with the tournament is something we are proud of, and we do not take it for granted."
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Next year's Irish Open will be held from 5-8 July - two weeks before the Open at Carnoustie.
Ballyliffin's bid for the tournament was framed as a cross-border initiative with strong backing being provided by both the local councils from Donegal and Derry & Strabane.
The Donegal venue's Old Course staged the 2008 Irish Senior Open but next year's tournament will be staged on the 22-year-old Pat Ruddy-designed Glashedy links which will be lengthened to more than 7,400 yards for the event.
With Sport Ireland also confirming Irish Government backing for the tournament in 2019 and 2020, the event seems certain to be played in the Republic of Ireland over the next three years although Ballyliffin is only a 35-minute drive from the city of Londonderry. | Ballyliffin in County Donegal will host the Irish Open for the first time in 2018. | [
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It was taken by ex-students and staff from UWC Atlantic College in the Vale of Glamorgan who also stayed to help.
The boat will be used to try to ensure the safe landing of boats from Turkey.
A narrow stretch of water has become a crossing point for people from Syria and other countries which has claimed many lives.
College alumni Robin Jenkins and Lily Eckersley-Jones helped transfer the rescue boat to Lesbos with college tutor Michel Creber where another former student, Dr Annegret Berne, had been volunteering.
Mr Jenkins, originally from Llantwit Major and a lecturer at University of the Arts London, said: "The faces of the people on board when we come alongside is something that I cannot put in to words.
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Mr Jenkins set up a help group called the Atlantic Pacific Rescue Boat Project to deliver a boat to Japan to assist lifeguards and now others are being made to help rescuers in Lesbos.
He said college students working with tutor Michel Creber have already began work on a second RIB and he had also received a donation on Tuesday to cover the cost of making a third. | A Welsh lifeboat has been sent to Lesbos to help people trying to ensure the safety of refugees and migrants arriving by boats on the Greek island. | [
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Dickson carried his bat for 207 not out, as Shiv Thakor's maiden five-wicket haul saw Kent all out for 412.
Derbyshire's Billy Godleman retired hurt without facing a ball after he was hit by a throw, before Chesney Hughes was bowled by James Tredwell for one.
Matt Coles then dismissed Tom Taylor and Hamish Rutherford for ducks.
Dickson resumed batting without Joe Denly, who retired overnight after the birth of his child, but remained unfazed throughout the day as he reached his century off 243 balls.
The 24-year-old accelerated after going past three figures and made his second 100 runs off only 107 balls.
Despite a first-innings deficit of 80, Coles trapped Taylor in front and had Rutherford caught behind to gives the visitors hope of claiming an unlikely victory on day four.
Kent batsman Sean Dickson told BBC Radio Kent:
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"I came up with a game plan that anything straight I would look to defend and hit it back straight, then anything slightly wider to attack.
"Luckily I had Colesy and Mitch Claydon with me there at the end and it was a lovely experience to put up 200.
"The boys are very positive - we mentioned Leicestershire getting bowled out for 40 by Worcestershire in the changing room - so, anything can happen." | Sean Dickson scored a career-best double century for Kent before Derbyshire slipped to 9-3 at the close on day three, leading by 89 runs. | [
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Thirteen people were killed when British paratroopers opened fire on a civil rights march through the city in January 1972. A fourteenth died later.
The 66-year-old former paratrooper was arrested in County Antrim on Tuesday.
It is understood he is being questioned over the deaths of William Nash, Michael McDaid and John Young.
He is soldier J, who was one of the soldiers who appeared before the Saville Inquiry.
Leo Young, whose brother John was killed aged 17 on Bloody Sunday, told BBC Radio Foyle that he welcomed the news.
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"A prosecution has to happen soon. We waited for over 40 years and this is a big step.
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"I was 24 at the time and going through those inquires was a real battle.
"This is a giant step and I feel for all the families involved."
John Kelly, whose brother Michael was among those killed on Bloody Sunday, said the arrest "gives fresh hope".
"This is a massive moment for the families and the city," said Mr Kelly.
"My brother's death is no different to any other death on that day. This is major development and I hope there is an arrest in relation to my brother soon.
"Hopefully there will be prosecutions soon."
Sir Gerald Howarth, a Conservative MP and former defence minister who represents former soldiers on duty at the time of Bloody Sunday, said there are hundreds of families dealing with murder across Northern Ireland.
"We cannot forget that a lot of families haven't had justice yet," said Sir Howarth.
"It would be good if we could just close this chapter.
"I'm not excusing what happened but I do not think it is in the public interest for former soldiers to be prosecuted.
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Grant Clarke was left in urine-soaked sheets and had his emergency buzzer taken away from him, the Nursing and Midwifery Council tribunal heard.
The NHS trust responsible said it "remains appalled" by the events and apologised to Mr Clarke and his family.
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Secret camera
Ms Moore said: "It sends a message to staff that choose to abuse patients in their care that it is fine, it's just a slap on the wrist - you can carry on doing what you are doing."
In May 2012, 43-year-old Mr Clarke, of West Kingsdown, Kent, suffered a devastating brain haemorrhage, leaving him paralysed down his left side, doubly incontinent and unable to swallow or communicate.
He was admitted to the West Kent Neuro Rehabilitation unit, run by the Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.
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Footage showing Mr Clarke's mistreatment was subsequently broadcast by the BBC.
It showed his feeding tube being cleaned with a ballpoint pen and his emergency buzzer being taken away.
'Doesn't care'
The Nursing and Midwifery Council suspended staff nurse Vanessa Kennard from practice for 12 months.
In its last communication with Ms Kennard, the tribunal heard she was not interested in the case and "doesn't care what happens".
The case against her on 10 counts, including the removal of Mr Clarke's buzzer, continued in her absence.
Deputy ward manager Marie Banwell received a caution order for 18 months. She had admitted 13 charges but denied nine others.
Ward manager Sarah Coulter admitted 13 charges but denied four others. She has been given a caution order for 12 months.
The order will not restrict Ms Banwell or Ms Coulter from practice.
The trust said both two had undergone extensive training and performance management and had shown genuine remorse for what happened.
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One woman was indecently assaulted and the other was assaulted.
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David Mackintosh was the leader of Northampton Borough Council when the authority authorised the loan to Northampton Town in 2013.
The money has never been paid and the council is in the process of trying to get it back.
Mr Mackintosh said "due diligence was carried out" before the loan was granted.
The Conservative MP for Northampton South said he felt "angry, frustrated and upset" about the ongoing financial problems at the Cobblers.
The club currently faces a winding-up petition from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) over £166,000. This is due to be heard on 16 November.
The £10.25m loan was originally given to the club for the re-development of its Sixfields stadium.
Mr Mackintosh said all decisions over the loan were taken at the borough council's cabinet and followed "a lot of work" by officers.
He said safeguards were put in place and were now being deployed by the council to recover the money.
Mr Mackintosh said: "Clearly as leader I have to take some responsibility for what happened.
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The U's led at half-time through Piero Mingoia but the game was transformed by goals from Shrimps pair Jack Dunn and Paul Mullin in the space of three minutes after the hour.
Winger Mingoia opened the scoring nine minutes before the break, firing across Morecambe goalkeeper Barry Roche after the ball fell to him when Ben Williamson was unable to get a shot away.
The visitors levelled in the 62nd minute when Dunn converted from the penalty spot after being brought down by Luke Berry.
Dunn was involved again two minutes later, robbing Conor Newton and freeing Mullin down the middle, who rounded keeper Will Norris and fired beyond a man on the line.
Medy Elito and Berry both fired wide as the hosts failed to find an equaliser, leaving them without a win in their opening eight league fixtures.
Cambridge United manager Shaun Derry told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire:
"Until I'm told otherwise I'll be doing my job exactly the same as what I've been doing for the last 10 months.
"It's been a job that I'm very proud to have. I've enjoyed some wonderful times here and I expect to enjoy some future wonderful times.
"I'm a fighter. I feel like I'm in a little war at this moment in time, a war with myself as well as I hate seeing us at the bottom of the league. But I'm fighting."
Report supplied by Press Association.
Match ends, Cambridge United 1, Morecambe 2.
Second Half ends, Cambridge United 1, Morecambe 2.
Attempt missed. Adam McGurk (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Jack Dunn (Morecambe) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Michael Rose (Morecambe).
Ryan Edwards (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Harrison Dunk (Cambridge United).
Attempt saved. Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Morecambe. Aaron McGowan replaces Paul Mullin.
Brad Halliday (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Rose (Morecambe).
Substitution, Cambridge United. Greg Taylor replaces Medy Elito.
Attempt missed. Luke Berry (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Dean Winnard (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dean Winnard (Morecambe).
Foul by Medy Elito (Cambridge United).
Paul Mullin (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Morecambe. Ntumba Massanka replaces Cole Stockton.
Substitution, Morecambe. Peter Murphy replaces Andrew Fleming.
Brad Halliday (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cole Stockton (Morecambe).
Harrison Dunk (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cole Stockton (Morecambe).
Attempt missed. Medy Elito (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Max Clark (Cambridge United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Jack Dunn (Morecambe) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Leon Legge.
Foul by Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United).
Dean Winnard (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Max Clark replaces Conor Newton.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Uche Ikpeazu replaces Ben Williamson.
Goal! Cambridge United 1, Morecambe 2. Paul Mullin (Morecambe) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jack Dunn.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Dean Winnard.
Goal! Cambridge United 1, Morecambe 1. Jack Dunn (Morecambe) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Luke Berry (Cambridge United) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Morecambe. Jack Dunn draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Cole Stockton (Morecambe) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high. | Cambridge's dismal start to the League Two season continued as they surrendered the lead to lose 2-1 at home to Morecambe. | [
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Pools, who were relegated from the English Football League last season, lost their opening game at home to Dover on Saturday but started well at Moss Rose, with Cassidy and Jack Munns both firing inches wide.
Macclesfield hit back, with Danny Whitaker's volleyed effort superbly tipped away by goalkeeper Scott Loach.
The home side took the lead in the 38th minute when Elliott Durrell's ball into the box was headed home by Whitaker.
There was a let-off for Hartlepool at the start of the second half when a mistake from defender Scott Harrison set Tyrone Marsh clear but he shot straight at Loach.
Pools levelled after 58 minutes when Cassidy nodded in a cross from Ryan Donaldson and came closest to winning it when the striker's flicked header was saved.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Macclesfield Town 1, Hartlepool United 1.
Second Half ends, Macclesfield Town 1, Hartlepool United 1.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Koby Arthur replaces Elliott Durrell.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Scott Wilson replaces Scott Burgess.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Blair Adams replaces Jack Munns.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Kieran Kennedy replaces George Pilkington.
Goal! Macclesfield Town 1, Hartlepool United 1. Jake Cassidy (Hartlepool United).
Second Half begins Macclesfield Town 1, Hartlepool United 0.
First Half ends, Macclesfield Town 1, Hartlepool United 0.
Jack Munns (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Macclesfield Town 1, Hartlepool United 0. Danny Whitaker (Macclesfield Town).
Tyrone Marsh (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card.
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Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Jake Cassidy's second-half equaliser earned Hartlepool their first point in the Vanarama National League as they drew against Macclesfield. | [
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The girl band was due to play a matinee and evening show at the SSE Arena on Thursday.
The cancellation was announced just minutes after the doors opened for the afternoon performance.
Fans were later informed by text message that the show would not be going ahead as scheduled.
Michael Green was in Belfast for the concert with his daughters, aged five and six.
He said the family had been among fans who were disappointed when One Direction re-scheduled their Belfast concert last October.
Mr Green told the BBC he felt "physically gutted and a little bit sick" when he was told the kids were to be let down again.
"I thought this couldn't happen again, what are the chances?"
Michael had surprised his daughters with the tickets on Christmas morning and travelled from Coleraine to see the girl band.
He said he was worried the band would re-schedule for an afternoon when the children were back at school.
"I'm really, really annoyed. Once again they've waited until we got here to tell us it was cancelled."
Mother Geraldine McLaughlin had brought her stepdaughter, Stacey, to the concert for her birthday.
She said the 16-year-old's birthday had been ruined by the news.
"We came down to Belfast and booked into the Ramada to make a day of it," she said.
"Stacey was so excited about this, I don't know what we'll do for the rest of the day.
"We're just going to go back to the hotel now to get away from this chaos."
Thousands of young people were gathered at the SSE Arena at lunchtime on Thursday when the announcement was made via speakerphone.
Ms McLaughlin said many of them were in tears.
"It's not been handled very well," she said. "There's absolute bedlam down here now.
"Surely they could have informed us before we all landed at the place? This was minutes before the show was due to begin."
A statement from gig promoter Aikens said: "We regret to announce that both Little Mix shows at the SSE Arena will not take place today due to Jesy being unwell and not able to perform.
"Please hold on to your tickets - we hope to be able to make a further announcement on possible rescheduling later today."
Ms McLaughlin pointed out that if the concert is rescheduled for next week, children will be back at school.
"You can't just take a day off school and time off work for a concert," she said.
Mother Sarah-Louise Murray had tickets for her and her three-year-old daughter, Scarlett, to see the band on Thursday afternoon.
She said Scarlett had been in tears when she was told the concert was not going ahead.
"We had special matching T-shirts made for the day and she was so looking forward to it.
"We arrived after 13:00 when the doors were due to open because I wanted to avoid the crowds, but when we got to the arena the queues of people were still waiting outside.
"When we heard from others that it was cancelled I put Scarlett back in the pram and told her we had to go home and come back another day."
It is the second major cancellation to disappoint young music fans in the city in recent times.
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He told Fox News: "I think President Obama's behind it because his people are certainly behind it", but added: "I also think it's just politics."
Mr Trump offered no evidence for his claims and his predecessor in the White House has not commented.
The president also spoke about his budget plans and other issues.
President Trump's interview was broadcast hours before he is due to give his first address to a joint session of Congress.
A senior White House official told the BBC the president would talk about a "renewal of the American spirit", offering an "optimistic vision".
In the speech he is expected to set out in greater detail his plans to cut spending and boost the economy.
Mr Trump has said his proposal to increase the defence budget by $54bn (£43bn) would be paid for by a "revved up economy".
The foreign aid purse and the environmental department face a squeeze to pay for it, but analysts are doubtful the spending promises can be kept without increasing the deficit.
The president said he would get "more product for our buck" in terms of buying military hardware and would ask for a "form of reimbursement" from countries making use of the US military.
In other developments:
In the Fox News interview, Mr Trump was asked about the protests faced by some Republican politicians at town hall meetings across the country.
He said he was certain Obama loyalists were behind both those protests and White House leaks.
"In terms of him being behind things, that's politics. And it will probably continue," he added.
He was asked for more detail on how he would find the money for the 10% increase in military spending he has proposed for 2018. Proposed cuts elsewhere are unlikely to cover the proposed increase.
An address to Congress is a different kind of presidential speech. Will the American public see a different Donald Trump?
If history is any guide, that seems unlikely. Every time there has been talk of a pivot or shift of focus for candidate Trump, or president-elect Trump, or President Trump, the end result has been the same Donald Trump as always - blustering and belligerent, unvarnished and unapologetic.
Mr Trump would be well-served to take a different tack tonight, however. While he's spent his first month in office in a blizzard of activity, issuing executive orders and squelching controversies, there's been little progress with his agenda in Congress.
Top-line items like tax cuts and healthcare reform will be heavy legislative lifts with a balky conservative caucus in the House and a narrow Republican majority in the Senate, requiring presidential leadership of a kind not yet demonstrated by Mr Trump.
Recent opinion polls have shown the president's standing with the public improving after a dismal first few weeks, but any progress can quickly evaporate if his "man of action" bravado runs headfirst into congressional obstinance.
Tuesday night's speech is the president's first major opportunity to avoid that outcome.
The White House sent Mr Trump's 2018 budget blueprint, which begins on 1 October, to federal agencies on Monday.
The agencies will then review the plan and propose changes to the cuts as the White House prepares for negotiations with Congress.
The Republican-controlled Congress must approve any federal spending.
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We already know Bridesmaids director Paul Feig is rebooting the franchise, with Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy leading a female-fronted cast.
But the director of the original movie has suggested it will only be the start of a whole new franchise.
Ivan Reitman has told Deadline.com that he wants to "expand the Ghostbusters universe".
According to him, that will include "different films, TV shows, merchandise... all things that are part of modern filmed entertainment".
Nothing is confirmed but Channing Tatum is one of the names rumoured to be up for a role.
Paul Feig's Ghostbusters reboot is due out in 2016 with Saturday Night Live's Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon joining Wiig and McCarthy.
Now, Sony Pictures, along with Reitman and original star Dan Aykroyd, are thought to be setting up a Ghost Corps production company which would oversee the output.
Reitman suggests that the Russo Brothers, who directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier, would direct what would then be a fourth Ghostbusters film.
The writer would be Drew Pearce, who wrote Iron Man 3 and Mission Impossible 5.
Quoted by film website Deadline, Reitman said: "Paul Feig's film will be the first version of that. He's got four of the funniest women in the world, and there will be other surprises to come.
"Drew (Pearce) will start writing and the hope is to be ready for the Russo Brothers' next window next summer to shoot, with the movie coming out the following year. It's just the beginning of what I hope will be a lot of wonderful movies."
If Ghostbusters does go down that route, then it would be similar to the way Marvel has set out a whole schedule of interconnecting films.
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Lorna Waddell, 41, of Kelso, previously admitted obtaining nearly £4,000 by fraud while working for Provident Financial Management Services Ltd.
She was given unpaid work as an alternative to custody.
Jedburgh Sheriff Court was told she had breached her payback order. Sentence was deferred until 11 July for reports.
Waddell got five clients to sign loan applications, saying she would receive the capital and repay the loan instalments, in Kelso between February 2012 and February 2013.
However, after receiving the cash no payments were made.
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Action on Hearing Loss Cymru said its south east Wales support service is one-of-a-kind with nothing similar elsewhere in Wales.
It said "demand outweighs supply" for its two advisers and the referral process is "problematic".
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said it had a number of relevant "tailored" services and funded others for those who need extra help.
Action on Hearing Loss estimates 4% of the Welsh workforce - about 84,000 people - are deaf or wear hearing aids.
The charity's employment service, which is funded by the DWP, has run for two years and received 29 referrals.
It has now been extended until December.
The charity told the Eye on Wales programme it had been "overwhelmed with demand" and, without it, there would be "no support for deaf people looking for work in Wales".
Richard Williams, director of the charity in Wales, said: "Demand is far outweighing supply and our two advisors are currently only able to support clients in the south east Wales area.
"No support is available throughout the rest of Wales for deaf clients.
"The referral process is also problematic; jobseekers must be referred by their Disability Employment Advisor (DEA) on the first Monday of every month by telephone call, which creates a further barrier for those people looking for work."
Of the 29 people referred so far, six have gone into long-term employment and several more are still on the programme.
Construction worker Jack Griffiths, 25, of Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, who was born profoundly deaf, found his confidence "ebbing away" when he struggled to find work.
"Nobody was keener to get into work than me. And when you hear 'no' all the time, constant disappointment - it becomes a hard struggle to keep on applying," he said.
But he managed to get a job at Willis Construction in Cardiff after getting help from the charity.
"I feel better about myself. I am learning," he said. "When you're not working, you're not learning or progressing."
The charity's research suggests people who are deaf or hard of hearing are four times more likely to be unemployed than a hearing person.
"Every month our advisors are approached by deaf people desperate for support in finding employment but did not make it through the referral system and will have to wait another month," Mr Williams said.
The DWP said it was "committed to helping disabled people" to find and stay in work.
"As well as tailored help available through the Personal Support Package and Access to Work, our Jobcentre Plus disability employment advisors are working with thousands of people every day to provide the extra support that they need," a spokeswoman said.
"We recognise there will be some people who need even more specialist help. That's exactly why we fund organisations such as Action on Hearing Loss in Wales through the Specialist Employability Support programme and we're currently considering how to extend this support in the future."
The Welsh Government said it was in the process of refreshing its Framework for Action on Independent Living, a programme designed to help remove barriers for people with disabilities, including on employment.
"We are working with the DWP to raise awareness amongst employers and disabled people of the Access to Work scheme, which provides equipment and other support, including communication support, so deaf and disabled people can access the same employment opportunities as everyone else," a spokeswoman added.
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He was speaking after crowds in Tehran cheered negotiators who had agreed to curb some of Iran's nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief.
The six-month interim deal agreed in Geneva prompted a fall in oil prices on markets on Monday.
But Israel's prime minister has warned the agreement is a "historic mistake".
On Monday Benjamin Netanyahu announced that an Israeli team led by national security adviser Yossi Cohen would travel to Washington for talks on the deal.
"This accord must bring about one outcome: the dismantling of Iran's military nuclear capability," he said.
On Sunday, US President Barack Obama told Mr Netanyahu in a phone call that the US understood Israel "has good reason to be sceptical about Iran's intentions" and promised to consult its ally closely, the White House said.
Mr Netanyahu has warned that Israel "will not allow a regime that calls for the destruction of Israel to obtain the means to achieve this goal."
Saudi Arabia - Iran's regional rival - cautiously welcomed the deal on Monday.
"This agreement could be a first step towards a comprehensive solution for Iran's nuclear programme, if there are good intentions," a statement said.
However, a London-based Saudi official earlier told the BBC his country had been lied to.
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomed the Geneva accord, but said it was only a "first step".
"We are right to test to the full Iran's readiness to act in good faith," he told the House of Commons.
Mr Fabius told French radio that "Iran is committed to giving up the prospect of nuclear weapons. It's perfectly clear".
However, he insisted the temporary deal could be reversed if its terms were not adhered to.
Asked when sanctions could start to be lifted, he said it could begin "in December."
France, the UK, Germany, the US, Russia and China took part in the talks with Iran, hosted by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
Baroness Ashton's spokesman Michael Mann said the timing would be co-ordinated with Iran.
"It could be in December, it could be in January, it depends how long the legislative process takes," he told reporters.
Under the deal which will last six months, Iran would receive some $7bn (£4.3bn) in "limited, temporary, targeted, and reversible [sanctions] relief" while a permanent agreement is sought.
In return, Tehran has agreed to a series of measures.
Key points of the deal include:
Arriving at Tehran's Mehrabad airport, Iran's negotiators were welcomed by hundreds of cheering supporters carrying flowers and flags.
Addressing state TV, Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said Iran was prepared to take the necessary steps to keep the deal on track.
World powers have suspected Iran of secretly trying to develop a nuclear bomb - a charge Iran strongly denies.
A raft of sanctions has been imposed on Iran by the UN, US and the European Union.
President Obama welcomed the deal, saying it would "help prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon".
It has also been revealed that the US and Iran held a series of face-to-face talks in recent months that paved the way for the agreement but were kept secret even from their allies.
The interim agreement with Iran - the world's fourth-largest oil producer - prompted a fall in oil prices in early Asian trading with Brent crude falling by more than 2%.
By Mark MardellNorth America editor
Although Iran will not be allowed to increase its oil sales for six months, analysts say the deal is perceived by the markets as reducing risk in the Middle East.
Earlier, US Secretary of State John Kerry told ABC's This Week programme that he hoped Congress would not pass new sanctions on Iran.
Some senators have expressed concerns about the deal and say more sanctions are possible.
In a nationwide broadcast on Sunday, President Rouhani repeated that his country would never seek nuclear weapons.
"No matter what interpretations are given, Iran's right to enrichment has been recognised," he said.
The deal comes just over three months since Mr Rouhani - regarded as a relative moderate - took office replacing the hardline Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
It has also been backed by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in nuclear matters. | French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says some EU sanctions on Iran could be lifted as early as next month, as part of a nuclear deal with world powers. | [
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The Dons have planning permission for a site at Loirston Loch.
However, the move was put on hold when plans for an adjacent training academy were turned down.
Speaking after the club's AGM on Monday, Mr Milne said the new stadium remained on the agenda.
The AGM heard an annual report which showed a £1.4m loss for the year to June, a drop in turnover, and rising wages.
Mr Mile said: "I think we have the club in a fairly sound position.
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As a French overseas territory, it has the same political status as other departments in mainland France.
Densely-populated and ethnically diverse, the island's capital of Saint-Denis is home to one-fifth of the population.
Reunion has traditionally prospered from the cultivation of sugar cane but tourism and financial aid from Paris help underpin the economy.
A large wealth gap had fuelled social tensions in more recent times. Unemployment is high, particularly among the young and emigration is common.
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Population 865,000
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Major languages French (official), Creole
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 74 years (men), 82 years (women)
Currency euro
Head of state: French president, represented by an appointed prefect
Reunion is one of four French overseas departments. It is also one of France's 18 regions and as such shares the same status as those on mainland France.
It has two elected legislative bodies - the General Council and the Regional Council. Members are elected by universal suffrage. The territory sends seven deputies to the French National Assembly and three representatives to the Senate.
TV and radio services are provided by the French public overseas broadcaster, RFO.
The press
Television
Radio
Some key dates in the history or Reunion:
1512 - Portuguese discover the archipelago of Mauritius, Rodrigues and Reunion - they are collectively named the Mascarenes after the explorer Pedro de Mascarenhas.
1600s - French colonialists claim the island, naming it Bourbon. At first a penal colony, slaves from East Africa are brought in to work on coffee plantations.
1794 - Island comes under the French crown and is renamed Reunion.
1810-15 - During the Napoleonic Wars, the island is lost to the British, who introduce sugarcane plantations.
1815 - Territory returns to the French under the Treaty of Paris.
1848 - With the abolition of slavery, indentured labourers are imported from Southeast Asia, India and East Africa.
1946 - Reunion changes from a colony to an overseas department of France.
1974 - The island gains the status of French region. Headquarters of the French military in the Indian Ocean are established.
1990s - Wealth inequality and high unemployment trigger demonstrations and violence as islanders seek more political autonomy and better wages and working conditions.
2000 - French government proposal to split the island into two departments is rejected by the French Senate. | The remote Indian Ocean island of Reunion lies between Madagascar and Mauritius. | [
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The south of Scotland facility shut last year despite a local campaign for its retention.
A report to Dumfries and Galloway Council said the new service was proving of a "high standard".
However, it said changes to IT systems meant "direct performance comparisons" were not possible.
The Dumfries site was the first of a number of control centres across Scotland to be shut as part of plans to modernise the service.
The union Unison described it as a "sad day" for the town and more than 30 staff involved.
A review of its impact has claimed that many figures could not be directly compared between the old service and the new one.
It did find satisfaction levels were "consistently above 90%".
The report also revealed that just nine out of the 34 staff affected now remained with Police Scotland.
It concluded that the public and police officers in Dumfries and Galloway had benefited from the larger operating model and more modern IT systems.
Although it had been a "significant change", the report's verdict was that it had performed "to the satisfaction of the public".
What do you think? Have you phoned the police control room service since the Dumfries site was closed? Has it performed well? Email your thoughts [email protected] | A report has found the police control room service has "performed well" after closing its Dumfries site and moving provision to Glasgow and Motherwell. | [
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The medal - won as a teenager at his first World Cup - was estimated to be worth between £70,000 and £140,000.
The three-time World Cup winner is selling all three of his winner's medals at auction, along with more than 2,000 items of personal memorabilia.
His winning medal from the 1962 World Cup in Chile was sold for £140,800.
The memorabilia, which includes shirts and trophies, is being sold over three days and his winner's medal from the 1970 World Cup, where he was part of the Brazilian team regarded as one of the greatest in history, has yet to go under the hammer.
A one-off Jules Rimet trophy made for the former striker after Brazil's triumph in Mexico in 1970 is the most expensive item being auctioned, with an estimated price tag of £281,000 to £420,000.
On the first day of auction, the boots worn by Pele in the classic football film Escape to Victory sold for £8,025.
Other items sold include L'Equipe athlete of the century trophy with book (£20,480), his 2007 Fifa presidential award (£30,720) and a 1,000th goal tribute crown with book (£162,500).
Pele is the only player to have won the World Cup three times and is regarded by many as being the greatest footballer in history, scoring 1,281 goals in 1,363 matches and appearing 91 times for Brazil. | Pele's 1958 World Cup winner's medal has been sold at auction in London for £200,000 - at least £60,000 more than its estimated price tag. | [
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has had to halt deliveries to the Red Sea port of Hudaydah.
It said this was partly because it had not received security guarantees.
The port has also been targeted by warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition which is backing Yemen's government in its war with the rebel Houthi movement.
UN attempts to bring in five cranes to replace those damaged in the attacks have not been successful.
The ICRC's Middle East regional director Robert Mardini warned that Yemen, which depends on imports for 90% of its food supplies, was now living on its "reserves" and that the "day will come very soon" when they run out.
He said that despite the focus on the damage and casualties caused by the fighting, thousands of people were dying "silently" of complications due to malnutrition, or of minor illnesses or injuries which were not being treated at the 45% of health facilities that are still functioning.
The conflict, which escalated in March 2015, has left at least 7,500 people dead and 40,000 injured, according to the United Nations.
But almost 19 million people are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance.
Seven million people do not know where their next meal is coming from and more than three million, including 2.1 million children, are suffering from acute malnutrition.
The UN's emergency relief co-ordinator, Stephen O'Brien, called on the warring parties to guarantee more access to ports to let in food, fuel and medicine imports on Monday.
He told the BBC the situation was "very desperate", and that he had seen children so "severely malnourished" that he feared they would not survive another day.
Earlier this month, the UN appealed for $2.1bn (£1.7bn) to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in Yemen over the next year. But it has so far received only $43m.
On Tuesday, Mr O'Brien was forced to cancel a visit to the city of Taiz, which is besieged by rebel fighters, reportedly after his convoy came under fire.
In a separate development on Tuesday, UN human rights officials said they had evidence of the recruitment of child soldiers in Yemen, mostly by groups affiliated with the Houthis.
In all, the UN managed to verify the recruitment of 1,476 children, all boys, between March 2015 and the end of January 2017. However, it said the numbers were likely to be much higher. | Aid workers say fighting in Yemen has made it virtually impossible to ship humanitarian supplies to a key harbour when the country is at risk of famine. | [
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Karam Chand was born in a small rural village in the Punjab in northern India in 1905.
His family worked in farming and, in keeping with the custom of the time, he married at a young age.
His bride Kartari was born in the same district in 1912. According to their passports, that currently makes Mr Chand 106 and his wife 99 years old.
They wed in a typical Sikh ceremony in December 1925 and have just celebrated their 86th year together as a married couple, which they think may qualify them as the UK's longest married husband and wife.
Mr Chand, who came with his family to Bradford in 1965, said there was no real secret to living a long married life.
"Eat and drink what you want but in moderation. I have never held back from enjoying my life," he said.
Mr Chand smokes one cigarette a day before his evening meal and also drinks a tot of whiskey or brandy three or four times a week.
His daughter-in-law Rani said it was something he looked forward to.
The couple have eight children, 27 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Many Asian people in the UK live within traditional extended families and the Chands are no exception.
They live with their youngest son Satpal, together with his wife and two of their four children.
"We really feel blessed that our parents are still here with us and every day is a bonus," Satpal said.
"I think that keeping the minds of older people active is the key to them staying alert and healthy.
"If you have been given the privilege to look after your parents you must involve them fully in family life and never get angry with them, keep them happy and they will then look forward to getting up the next morning."
Kartari Chand is looking forward to getting a letter from The Queen later this year when she celebrates her 100th birthday, but is more cautious about staying fit and healthy.
"We have always eaten good wholesome food, there's nothing artificial in our diet but things like ghee (clarified butter), milk and fresh yogurt are what we like.
"We know that being married for 86 years is a blessing, but equally we will be ready to go when it's time, it's all up to the will of God, but we really have lived a good life."
Mrs Chand said that she and her husband enjoyed doing many things, such as eating meals together and going to the temple.
However, she said some aspects of old age were difficult.
"My eldest son died and that was hard for us because you don't expect to outlive your own children.
"We have seen many other close family members depart and that's something we just have to live with."
Mr Chand is now unable to walk any distance without assistance and needs a lot more care than his wife, who remains active and still has her own teeth.
She said: "When you get so old your eyesight and hearing starts to get weaker and you ache more when moving about.
"But considering our age and the hard work we have undertaken during our lives, we're not doing so bad."
Satpal Chand said he was not sure if his parents were the longest married couple in the UK, but would like to think that they are.
"Breaking records is not so important to us, it's all about living together as one family and respecting each other's values.
"if my mother and father are record breakers then they've made us even more proud of them than we already are."
"They're such lovely people."
You can hear more on Asian Network Reports on the BBC Asian Network. | A couple from Bradford who tied the knot in 1925 could be the UK's longest married husband and wife. | [
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Research by The Local Data Company (LDC) and the University of Stirling found the average retail vacancy rate dropped from 14.5% to 13.7%.
East Kilbride has the highest rate of all Scottish towns, at 33%, while Inverurie has the lowest, at 1%.
The study found that 40% of Scotland's empty shops have remained vacant for more than three years.
It also suggested that town vacancy rates have improved at twice the rate of Scotland's cities.
The most improved towns were Anstruther, Clydebank, Dumfries, Inverkeithing, Lochgelly, Peterhead and Pitlochry.
Five towns have maintained vacancy rates at less than 6% for the last three years - Inverurie, Ellon, North Berwick, Dunbar and Biggar.
At the other end of the scale, rates in five towns have remained above 22% over the last three years - Banff, Dumbarton, Cumbernauld, East Kilbride and Ardrossan.
Dundee had the highest proportion of persistent vacancy, at 11%.
Anstruther was found to have the highest proportion of independent shops (86%), while Gretna had the lowest (5%).
Leisure is an increasingly significant presence in cities and towns, accounting for 39% of total stock in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Leisure businesses also account for more than 30% of shops in Renfrew, St Andrews, Lochgelly and Fort William.
Aberdeen has the highest proportion of charity shops for a city, at 4.2%, while Penicuik in Midlothian has the greatest proportion of charity shops for a town, at 8.9%.
Matthew Hopkinson, director at the Local Data Company, said: "The report identifies important trends as well as quashes common perceptions that deprived towns can't succeed.
"Of particular significance is that in many Scottish towns almost 40% of the vacant units have been vacant for more than three years.
"Such a stark figure implies obsolescence and a major barrier to healthy and sustainable places and communities."
The study looked into the health of high streets in more than 100 cities and towns north of the border. | The number of empty shops on Scotland's high streets has fallen in the past year, according to a new report. | [
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Kenneth David Dickie, 64, was found with a serious head injury at the Rockley Park site in Poole on Sunday 8 May.
A 34-year-old man from Poole appeared before magistrates on 10 May charged with causing grievous bodily harm.
A woman, aged 57, arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent and perverting the course of justice, has been bailed until July.
Dorset Police said Mr Dickie died from his injuries on Saturday at Southampton General Hospital. | A man injured in an alleged assault at a Dorset holiday park has died. | [
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He was 86 years old. He is best remembered for his broadcasts in both Irish and English.
He was born in Cork and is the former head of Irish language programmes, controller of programmes and deputy director general at Irish state broadcaster, RTÉ.
But he is probably best known for presenting a bilingual variety show, Trom agus Éadrom.
He was also involved in politics - standing as a Fianna Fáil candidate in Cork North Central in 1982.
Mr Ó Murchú left RTÉ in 1988 to set up his own production company, but still worked occasionally as a broadcaster.
He wrote a number of books and a column for the magazine Ireland's Own.
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The experimental aircraft, which has a wingspan bigger than a jumbo but weighs little more than a large car, left Nanjing at 02:39 (18:39 GMT).
It is likely to take Mr Borschberg five to six days of continuous flight to reach his central Pacific destination.
He will try to stay awake for much of that time, taking only short catnaps.
His progress will be monitored the entire way from a control room in Monaco.
Meteorologists and flight strategists will constantly update him on the best route to follow.
The journey is the seventh leg in the single-seat, propeller-driven aircraft's quest to circumnavigate the globe using just the energy of the Sun.
The project made steady progress after starting out from Abu Dhabi in March, but was held up for more than a month on China's east coast waiting for the right weather conditions over the ocean.
Solar Impulse needs not only favourable winds to help push it forward, but also clear skies to enable its 17,000 wing-mounted photovoltaic cells to achieve peak performance.
These cells must have the vehicle's lithium-ion batteries fully topped up at dusk to sustain flying through to dawn the next day.
Mr Borschberg is a highly experienced pilot, and as a trained engineer is completely familiar with the plane's systems.
Nonetheless, he is in no doubt how tough the mission will be.
"It's more in the end about myself; it's going to be an inner-voyage," he told the BBC before departure.
"It's going to be a discovery about how I feel and how I sustain myself during these five or six days in the air."
And Bertrand Piccard - who has flown Solar Impulse on other stages of the voyage - told the BBC: "There's one pilot at a time, so the pilot needs to do everything on his own. And it's a very large aeroplane, big wingspans, sensitive to turbulence, flying quite slow.
"So sometimes it's difficult to handle when the air moves. But we have an auto-pilot, we have toilets on board, we have food for days, water reserves and everything, and we are well trained."
The distance to Kalaeloa airport on Hawaii's O'ahu island is more than 8,000km (5,000 miles).
If, early on in the flight, the weather turns bad or he encounters a major technical problem, Mr Borschberg can always choose to turn around and head back to China or Japan.
But there will come a point where that option is denied to him, and Mr Borschberg and his support team have had to prepare for the possibility of ditching in the Pacific if something goes seriously wrong.
The pilot himself would not go down with the plane because of the risk of electrocution once in the water. Instead, he would bail out with a dinghy and wait for a ship to come and pick him up.
If he succeeds in reaching Kalaeloa airport, he will set several aviation records - not least the longest-duration journey for a single-seater plane.
The purpose of the Solar Impulse project is not really to showcase a particular kind of future for aviation, but rather to demonstrate the potential of clean technologies more generally.
LEG 1: 9 March. Abu Dhabi (UAE) to Muscat (Oman) - 441km; in 13 hours and 1 minute
LEG 2: 10 March. Muscat (Oman) to Ahmedabad (India) - 1,468km; in 15 hours and 20 minutes
LEG 3: 18 March. Ahmedabad (India) to Varanasi (India) - 1,215km; in 13 hours and 15 minutes
LEG 4: 19 March. Varanasi (India) to Mandalay (Myanmar) - 1,398km; in 13 hours and 29 minutes
LEG 5: 29 March. Mandalay (Myanmar) to Chongqing (China) - 1,459km; in 20 hours and 29 minutes
LEG 6: 21 April. Chongqing (China) to Nanjing China - 1,241km; in 17 hours and 22 minutes | Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg has begun his bid to cross the Pacific, from China to Hawaii, in the zero-fuel Solar Impulse aeroplane. | [
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Military officials said 50m naira ($317,000; £197,709) was offered for help in tracking down the group's suspected leader Abubakar Shekau.
Other alleged commanders have around 10m naira on their head.
Boko Haram has been waging an insurgency since 2009 to impose strict Sharia law across Nigeria.
The group has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks against churches and other establishments since 2009. More than 640 people have died so far this year in attacks blamed on the group.
"They are wanted in connection with terrorist activities particularly in the north-east zone of Nigeria that led to the killings, bombings and assassination of some civilians, religious leaders, traditional rulers, businessmen, politicians, civil servants and security personnel amongst others," a military statement said.
"They are also wanted for arson and destruction of properties worth millions of naira."
Abubakar Shekau was one of three Boko Haram leaders designated terrorists by the United States in June. The other two, Abubakar Adam Kambar and Khalid al-Barnawi, are thought to have ties with a branch of al-Qaeda.
A reward was offered by the Nigerian military for Khalid Barnawi on Friday but not Abubakar Kambar, AFP news agency reports.
Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is a sacrilege" in the Hausa language, is based in the dominantly Muslim north of Nigeria.
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Schalk Burger and JP Pietersen crashed over in a first half dominated by the powerful Springboks.
The Scots struggled to make inroads until a Duncan Weir interception led to a thrilling Tommy Seymour try.
But the cool kicking of Handre Pollard kept South Africa at a safe distance and Bryan Habana added a late score to reflect the gulf in quality.
Listen to the best of the action on BBC Radio 5 live
The Springboks, twice World Cup winners, signalled that their campaign is back on track with a bludgeoning display of brute force after their shock opening loss to Japan.
Scotland now look ahead to next weekend's clash with Samoa, knowing victory will see them through to the quarter-finals.
The first score came after 13 minutes when a combination of Burger, Bismarck du Plessis and Duane Vermeulen smashed their way through the Scottish defence, with Burger credited with the final touch in a muddle of hands.
Scotland were warned and here was the Springbok maul in all its ferocity. At times the Scots were mauled off the park, never more so than at the end of a one-sided first half when a devastating rumble paved the way for JP Pietersen to touch down.
It was textbook. It came with Jannie du Plessis in the sin-bin. Scotland were in a mightily deep hole.
At the break, such was South Africa's upper hand that you felt Scotland were set for a pummelling, with Heyneke Meyer's team leading by a handsome 17 points.
The revival from Scotland might have been brief but it was heartening.
Weir's epic breakaway and the support from Tim Visser created a try from the blue from Seymour to cut the game to a seven-point margin.
It was a score that rocked the Bokke but just when Scotland needed to consolidate, they blundered.
They made a frightful hash of the restart, then had Greig Laidlaw sent to the bin for a cynical grab at Habana.
Their bravery never let up one for second, though. A sure sign of South Africa's concerned mindset came when Pollard opted for a drop goal to re-establish their cushion.
In the end, the Boks had too much ball and too much power. The physical toll was massive. South Africa did not play cosmic rugby but they played with an intensity that Scotland could not live with.
A do-or-die meeting with the Samoans, who suffered a major loss to Japan. Samoa are out of the World Cup. if Scotland beat them, they make the quarter-finals. Next Saturday back at St James' Park will be huge for the Scots.
Vern Cotter has some decisions to make. Blair Cowan was magnificent and made a mockery of the decision to leave him out of the original 31. If John Hardie is fit, who plays seven next week?
Cotter will be encouraged by some of what he saw. The courage was there in spades against South Africa.
Richie Gray was wonderful. His younger brother, Jonny, was not far behind. Josh Strauss showed up well.
This was a beaten Scotland but a Scotland that is improving and will be considered hot favourites in the must-win game on Saturday - their biggest test in four years.
Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw: "We were disappointed with our performance. It was a poor first half, probably wasn't a great second half either, we just didn't really get out the blocks and paid the price for it.
"We knew [the South African physicality] was coming, we just didn't stop it. We were letting them get that momentum we spoke about. Once they did that it was a nightmare to try and attack.
"The breakdown was a melee; we let them get on the front foot when they were attacking so it was hard to defend.
"That was all nonsense [about Scotland fielding a weakened side] before the game; we're just disappointed with our performance."
South Africa: le Roux, Pietersen, Kriel, de Allende, Habana, Pollard, du Preez, Mtawarira, B. du Plessis, J. du Plessis, Etzebeth, de Jager, Louw, Burger, Vermeulen.
Replacements: Lambie for Pietersen (70), Serfontein for de Allende (75), Pienaar for du Preez (80), Nyakane for Mtawarira (67), Strauss for B. du Plessis (57), Malherbe for J. du Plessis (50), du Toit for de Jager (76), Alberts for Burger (70).
Sin Bin: J. du Plessis (34).
Scotland: Hogg, Seymour, Vernon, Scott, Visser, Weir, Laidlaw, Reid, Brown, Nel, R. Gray, J. Gray, Strauss, Cowan, Denton.
Replacements: Lamont for Hogg (63), Horne for Vernon (65), Hidalgo-Clyne for Laidlaw (70), Dickinson for Reid (51), Ford for Brown (61), Welsh for Nel (64), Swinson for J. Gray (69), Wilson for Strauss (55).
Sin Bin: Laidlaw (53).
Att: 50,900
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales).
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Cardinals held prayers and swore oaths of secrecy at their first meeting, held by the College of Cardinals.
There will be a series of daily meetings leading up to a conclave, expected to begin next week, in which a new Pope will be chosen.
The election process comes after Pope Benedict XVI stepped down last week.
He was the first pontiff to resign in 600 years, after nearly eight years in office leading the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.
The first pre-conclave meeting on Monday morning was headed by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano.
The Vatican said 101 of the 115 cardinals involved in the conclave have arrived in Rome. A further 12 are due to arrive either today or tomorrow, while two are not attending.
They are the UK's Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who is standing down amid allegations of improper behaviour, and Indonesia's Julius Darmaatmadja, who is ill.
At the pre-conclave meetings, cardinals - known as the "princes" of the Church - will discuss future challenges and discreetly weigh up possible papal candidates.
The conclave - to be held in the Sistine Chapel - is expected to take place next week, though the exact date will be agreed on in the coming days.
Correspondents say the cardinal electors, those under the age of 80 who will take part in the conclave, will want the new Pope to be officially installed in time to preside over Holy Week.
Ceremonies start with Palm Sunday on 24 March and culminate in Easter the following Sunday.
Last year's "Vatileaks" scandal is expected to be high on the agenda during the meetings.
Corruption and infighting in the Vatican were exposed through a series of leaked documents, and the cardinals are expected this week to be briefed on a confidential report into the scandal seen by Pope Benedict.
The BBC's David Willey in Rome says strict precautions against leaks of unauthorised information will be in operation at the Vatican until the next Pope has been chosen.
Technicians will debug the cardinals' lodgings and mobile phones will be banned altogether during the conclave.
But some cardinals have suggested the internal workings and possible failings of the Vatican's bureaucracy will not be a major factor in the decision to elect the next pope.
"I think the real priority in the conclave is to choose the pope who is going to deal with these great, global issues," said Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, speaking to the Associated Press in Rome, before the meetings began.
"If there are some internal problems in the Vatican, administrative problems in the Vatican, that'll eventually be dealt with. But it certainly isn't going to condition how I am going to be looking at who is going to guide and lead the church in the next years."
The church's handling of allegations of sexual abuse is another recurring issue.
Cardinal Keith O'Brien, formerly Britain's former most senior Roman Catholic cleric, has said he will not take part in the conclave after standing down amid allegations of improper behaviour.
On Sunday, he admitted his sexual conduct had at times "fallen beneath the standards expected of me".
He apologised and asked forgiveness from those whom he had "offended".
Cardinal O'Brien resigned as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh last Monday after three priests and a former priest made allegations against him dating back to the 1980s.
Benedict, 85, officially ceased to be the Pope at 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on Thursday.
He left the Vatican by helicopter, flying to the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome.
He has vowed "unconditional obedience and reverence" to his successor.
The German pontiff, who was born Joseph Ratzinger, will continue to be known as Benedict XVI, with the new title of "pope emeritus".
The theologian is expected to retire to a monastery on a hill inside Vatican City. Officials say he will not be able to intervene publicly in the next papacy although he may offer advice. | Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world have gathered in Rome to begin the process of electing the next Pope. | [
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Researchers funded by the charity found that by looking at a specific group of genes they were able to reliably detect underlying problems.
It follows the death of Sir David Frost's son Miles, who died suddenly from a condition thought to have been inherited from his father.
His family aims to raise £1.5m to make genetic testing available in the UK.
The eldest son of the late presenter and broadcaster died last year, aged 31, when he was out jogging near his family's home in Oxfordshire.
He was suffering from an undiagnosed heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Previous genetic tests looked at a small number of genes and were only able to identify specific conditions, leading to higher costs and longer diagnosis time - a major barrier to rolling the test out across the NHS.
But researchers from Imperial College London and the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre say the new test, which looks at 174 genes, is quicker and more reliable.
It has already been rolled out at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust in London , with around 40 patients per month being successfully tested.
Dr James Ware, a consultant cardiologist specialising in inherited heart conditions, said: "Without a genetic test we often have to keep the whole family under regular surveillance for many years. This is hugely costly for both the families and the health system.
"By contrast, when a genetic test reveals the precise genetic abnormality causing the condition in one member of the family, it becomes simple to test other family members. Those who do not carry the faulty gene copy can be reassured and spared countless hospital visits."
The research has been funded by the British Heart Foundation and the findings published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. | A new blood test could help diagnose people with inherited heart conditions, the British Heart Foundation has said. | [
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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean said the SNP election result was a "revolution" and could not be overlooked.
Meanwhile, former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling said Mr Cameron had the chance of "building a constitution for the 21st century".
The SNP won 56 of the 59 Scottish seats at Westminster last week.
Mr Darling added that in his opinion the rising success of the SNP had "completely overtaken" any agreements made in the Smith Commission - which outlined increased devolution proposals in the wake of the independence referendum last year.
Lord Forsyth, a Conservative peer, told the BBC that the big advantage of giving Scotland more powers was that it would prevent SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon producing "fantasy manifestos" without raising the cash to pay for it.
He said: "I think we have to recognise what happened in Scotland last Thursday was a revolution.
"The Conservative in me was full of joy for what David Cameron had achieved but the unionist is greatly dismayed.
"We used to say if the SNP won a majority in seats in Scotland then they could have independence.
"They got 50% of the vote and 95% of the seats and the reality is you have to respond to that and I think what the government needs to do is produce a White Paper which sets out how fiscal autonomy, devo-max, call it what you will, would work in practice so people are aware of the advantages and the disadvantages."
The Conservatives have outlined in their manifesto an "English votes for English laws" proposal, which would give MPs for English seats a veto on issues which affect only England, including on income tax.
Mr Cameron promised firm proposals within 100 days of forming a government, which would be "fully implemented" by the time of the Budget in March of the following year.
But Mr Darling warned that such a law could break up the union.
He told the BBC: "...by saying that essentially English MPs will decide tax and spending, you are well on the way to breaking up the Union."
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has previously said if there were matters that were genuinely English only, and had no impact in Scotland, there would be "a strong case" for Scottish MPs not voting on them.
"The problem is there's a lot of issues characterised as English-only issues that are anything but - matters relating to the English health service for example.
"Decisions taken on that have a direct impact on Scotland's budget," she said.
Ms Sturgeon is referring to the system used to allocate funds to devolved governments. These sums are dictated - via the Barnett formula - by the figure allocated to services such as health and education in England. | The government needs to set out how it will devolve further fiscal powers to Scotland following the rise of the SNP, a former Scottish secretary has said. | [
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Walter Palmer from the state of Minnesota is believed to have paid about ??32,000 to hunt lions in the wild.
Cecil, the lion he shot, was a massive tourist attraction and famous in Africa for being relaxed around humans.
Mr Palmer said he thought the hunt was legal and didn't know the lion was protected.
Cecil's death has prompted a huge reaction from many on social media, with tens of thousands of people signing a petition asking for Cecil's killer to be punished for what he did.
Hunting lions is not illegal in Zimbabwe, and in many other countries in Africa, but hunters have to have special permits from the government allowing them to kill certain animals.
Some people in Zimbabwe also argue hunting can have a positive impact.
They say the money paid by tourists can be used for conservation and to create jobs for local people.
I don't think people should hunt animals for sport, it's wrong and what did Cecil do to Walter in the first place? Nothing! It's not fair, money can't buy what that lion gave to us, love. If Walter can't see that he should open his eyes and see what really is important in life - money or love?
Daisy, Monmouthshire, Wales
I believe that it is a cruel sport that shouldn't be done anywhere because the killing of animals will increase extinction. Even though the killing of animals is still done in certain countries I believe it is a cruel and unforgiving sport. From what has happened I believe that if anyone spends money to slay an animal they should still be arrested. In my opinion if anyone would want to pay to kill an animal I would consider them 'sick in the head'.
Ellie, Leeds, England
I think it's wrong to hunt animals for sport because the hunter doesn't benefit from it and it's strange that someone gets a buzz from taking an animal's life. I know people that hunt deer but they do it for food and appreciate the fact that they've had to kill an animal to get the meat.
Jake, Essex, England
It's not right to kill animals or hunt them for sport as they have a conscience and mind. They didn't do anything to harm you, so why should you harm them?
Jonnie, Buckinghamshire, England
Sport is about feeling good about yourself but killing the eco-system is not a sport especially when a vital animal is killed.
Honor, London, England
It is certainly not right to hunt animals for sport. How would the hunters feel if a lion chased after them with a weapon (or, of course, without - those teeth can be deadly anyway)? They'd be scared, stressed, and worried. These animals all have a family to go back to, just like us humans do. We can't keep thinking we're the only living things on Earth that matter.
Amy, United Kingdom | A US dentist has killed a lion in Zimbabwe, Africa. | [
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Pre-tax profit fell 49.7% to £27.7m in the first half of the year ending 30th June,
The firm said its focus for the period had been operational improvements, which meant its "financial performance would inevitably lag behind".
Ladbrokes boss Richard Glynn said it was now "well positioned for growth".
"We have made substantial progress. We now have the products, the platforms, the people and the brand in place to deliver," he added.
Ladbrokes formed a tie-up with software developer Playtech last year and as a result switched its gaming products to a new system.
The firm admitted the switch over had caused more disruption than expected, but said it was now complete.
Ladbrokes said it had also completed the replacement of 9,000 of its gaming machines with more sophisticated models.
It also closed 46 of its "under performing" shops in the first half, nearing its target of 50 for the year. It said further shop closures beyond this were "inevitable", but it was too early to specify the number.
The firm said its performance in the UK was hit by "industry-wide customer friendly results" in both the January football and horse racing in June.
And it said its adherence to the The Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) voluntary industry code of conduct had also had "a clear impact on revenues".
The code, which enables players to set spend and time limits on gaming machines, aims to promote responsible gambling.
However, it said its World Cup performance had been "strong" with bets on mobiles up 1,100%.
"The board remains confident of the outlook for the business and in delivering a result in line with its expectations for the current year," it added.
Shares in Ladbrokes rose 3% in early trading. Peel Hunt analyst Nick Batram said the fall in profit was in line with expectations.
"The results are unquestionably poor but they are in line with forecasts. It's also a positive narrative from Ladbrokes in that it has focused on all the things it is implementing to put it right," he added. | Bookmaker Ladbrokes has reported a sharp fall in profit, despite saying it had had a "good World Cup" performance. | [
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Joel Warwick also twice tried to kiss her and asked her to "bend over" a photocopier machine, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) said.
He denied misconduct and said it was mutual flirting at an East Midlands Ambulance Service base in Lincolnshire.
The panel said his actions in 2015 were so serious it had to suspend him.
The tribunal hearing on 4 April was told that Mr Warwick had removed a pen from the 'V' of his colleague's blouse and squeezed her breast when he placed the pen back into her blouse.
On another occasion Mr Warwick told the complainant he "needed a hug".
He started working at the Spalding station in August 2014 and claimed both he and his colleague had "engaged in flirtatious behaviour".
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It also accepted that he had apologised to the complainant shortly afterwards.
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The Bench was written in English, but the script was changed to Polish and actors with no experience enlisted from the town of Legnica.
Green Valley Films' Kevin Phillips had said it would be a "miracle" if it triumphed at the London International Filmmaker Festival.
But it won best original screenplay of a foreign language film on Saturday.
The film was written by a group of friends from Blaenau Gwent - and was their first attempt at writing a movie.
But after encountering logistical problems with closing streets in the valleys to film, they decided to shoot in the town of Legnica - where Mr Phillips had filmed a documentary.
They changed the script to Polish and enlisted children from a local special school and orphanage, with pupils from two Blaenau Gwent schools flying out to be extras.
Filmed for just £4,000, with all involved giving their time for free, it had been listed in the best original screenplay of a foreign language film and talented new filmmakers categories.
Looking at the budgets of the other films, from countries such as Japan, the US and Germany, Mr Phillips said it would be "a miracle" if it won.
He said they had just gone to the awards "for the experience", adding: "It was our first movie, shot totally independently, nobody had ever acted.
"It brought so many people together with everyone working for free. It was a terrific project."
With about 30 children from Pen y Cwm special school and Deighton Primary, Blaenau Gwent, flown out to be extras, he said it was a good "concept film", an example of how communities could establish bonds through film.
Judges said international exposure from winning could help promote it in the UK, Poland and other countries.
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Emily Slough launched a campaign after finding a photograph on Facebook of her feeding her daughter in Rugeley.
In a show of support, Swansea mother Jade Richards organised a breastfeeding protest in Castle Square on Saturday at midday.
Ms Slough staged her own event in Rugeley.
Ms Slough, 27, said she had "discreetly" stopped to feed her eight-month-old daughter Matilda during a shopping trip on 7 March.
Her campaign has attracted thousands of "likes" on Facebook and more than 1,000 people are expected to attend her mass breastfeeding protest.
Swansea mother Ms Richards, who is originally from Staffordshire, said she was inspired to launch her own event after hearing about Ms Slough's story.
"We had about 120 people join us to support Emily," said Ms Richards.
"Mothers, fathers and families came along. It was a great turn out and great weather.
"We handed out flyers explaining that we were here today in support of Emily and the flyers also contained information about feeding babies and why public feeding is necessary.
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"During the event, one lady came up to me and said it was the first time she had breastfed in public without covering her baby's head with a blanket to conceal what she was doing."
Ms Richards said it was hard to explain why Ms Slough had received such a harsh reaction while breastfeeding in public.
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She said people were used to seeing breasts as sexual objects and were "freaked out" when they saw them being used for what they were designed for.
"I think the breastfeeding protest in Swansea will serve as a confidence boost for mothers and it'll give them a chance to meet like-minded people," Ms Richards said.
"Perhaps this could become an annual event and then breastfeeding wouldn't be seen by some as a problem and would help normalise it."
In Staffordshire, up to 1,000 people turned up to the protest organised in Rugeley town centre on Saturday.
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The 61-38 vote on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities meant the treaty failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed.
Disabled former senator and Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, who uses a wheelchair, appeared on the floor of the Senate in support.
The treaty was signed by 155 nations and ratified by 126, including Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia.
It says all nations should work to ensure that disabled people enjoy the same rights and freedoms as other citizens.
The treaty was backed by Mr Dole, who was disabled in World War II, Arizona Senator John McCain, who sustained disabling injuries in the Vietnam War, Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, and former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh.
However, only eight Republican senators voted in favour of the treaty.
Others, like Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe, said they voted against the measure because of the extra regulation it would bring with it.
"I do not support the cumbersome regulations and potentially overzealous international organisations with anti-American biases that infringe upon American society," Mr Inhofe said.
The White House said it was "disappointed" that the "overwhelming majority" of Senate Republicans voted against the treaty.
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Massachusetts Democratic Senator John Kerry, who backed the treaty, said: "It really isn't controversial.
"What this treaty says is very simple. It just says that you can't discriminate against the disabled."
Supporters also said ratification of the treaty would not require any changes to US law.
The 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, which sought to protect equal rights for the disabled, became the basis of the UN treaty.
It was negotiated under former President George W Bush's administration and signed by President Barack Obama in 2009.
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Mal Meninga's team went through the tournament unbeaten - and in wrestling the title from the Kiwis reclaimed the world number one ranking.
With a quarter of the match gone, tries from Blake Ferguson, Josh Dugan and Trent Merrin plus a penalty from Johnathan Thurston gave the Kangaroos an unassailable 20-0 lead.
That was 24-0 by the break as the ruthless Australians added to their score when Dugan touched down a kick from Thurston.
Full-back Darius Boyd extinguished any hope of an unlikely comeback with a score shortly after the restart and although two tries from Jordan Kahu reduced the deficit, Australia's Boyd Cordner had the final word with a late score.
Australia coach Meninga is a Liverpool FC fan and must have been delighted with the ruthless performance from his team at Anfield.
Meninga had targeted reclaiming the world number one ranking during this tour and that never looked in doubt on a chilly Sunday afternoon when their opponents were simply unable to answer the questions asked of them.
The defending champions briefly rallied after Ferguson had touched down in the corner two minutes in and again for a period in the second half, but by and large Australia were utterly dominant.
Brilliantly marshalled by halves Thurston and Cooper Cronk and hooker Cameron Smith, they built pressure, dominated field position and looked a class above the only team to have come anywhere near them in this tournament, their group game at Coventry ending 14-8.
They targeted the defence of makeshift Kiwi half-back Tohu Harris, kicked penalties to extend their lead even when the game was surely already theirs and for most of the match showed a hunger and desire way beyond what the Kiwis possessed.
One year before the World Cup, it is difficult to see on the form they have shown in England how any other team can prevent them from retaining their title.
This competition was David Kidwell's first as coach of New Zealand - and aside from claiming his first win in their 17-16 victory over England, little has gone right for him or his team.
They were held to a draw by Scotland at Workington last week and at Anfield looked some way short of producing the sort of mercurial, against-the-odds performance that saw them win the Four Nations in 2014.
New Zealand have now lost four times to Australia in 2016 - once in Stephen Kearney's last game in charge and three times under Kidwell.
There has been some speculation in the Kiwi press that Kidwell would benefit from a coaching mentor and right now there is plenty for him to think about.
Shaun Johnson showed glimpses of the brilliance he possesses during the tournament but plus points were at a premium.
New Zealand's poor record in England continues - they lost a Test series against England in 2015 and have not won a Tri-Nations or Four Nations over here - and they will need to vastly improve if they want to threaten at the World Cup.
Australia: D. Boyd, Ferguson, Inglis, Dugan, Holmes, Thurston, Cronk, Scott, Smith, Woods, Cordner, Gillett, Merrin. Replacements: Morgan, Klemmer, Frizell, S. Boyd.
New Zealand: Kahu, Fusitu'a, Kata, Kenny-Dowall, Rapana, Harris, Johnson, J. Bromwich, Luke, Blair, Proctor, Ma'u, Taumalolo. Replacements: Brown, Taupau, Eastwood, Tapine.
Referee: Ben Cummins (Australia) | Australia produced a clinical display to blow New Zealand away 34-8 and deservedly win the Four Nations in front of 40,042 at Anfield. | [
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Photos on the internet appear to show Diouf in a nightclub, just hours before the match at Southampton on 24 March.
"I've made some inquiries and I've asked him about it and he denies he was there," Saunders told Radio Sheffield.
"It's still ongoing and I want to get to the bottom of it. It's something I can't comprehend if it is true."
Rovers lost the match at St Mary's 2-0, with Diouf playing the full game, and are currently six points adrift of safety with six matches to play.
Diouf has scored six goals in 22 games since joining the club in October. | Doncaster Rovers boss Dean Saunders says the club are continuing to investigate claims that forward El-Hadji Diouf breached club discipline. | [
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At a Buckingham Palace garden party in pouring rain on Tuesday, the Queen commented, "Oh, bad luck" when told a Metropolitan Police commander had led the police operation around the Chinese leader's visit.
The Queen's unguarded comments are atypical for her, but also pose some unanswered questions about the visit.
In short, we don't know. Police Commander Lucy D'Orsi was "seriously, seriously undermined by the Chinese", according to the Lord Chamberlain, who introduced her to the Queen.
Commander D'Orsi said it "was quite a testing time" and that "they walked out of Lancaster House and told me that the trip was off".
The Queen clearly knew all about the incident concerned and interjected: "They were very rude to the ambassador."
"They walked out on both of us," replied Ms D'Orsi.
Did Ms D'Orsi mean that Chinese officials threatened to cancel the whole state visit? Or just part of the itinerary?
Was any conflict to do with security arrangements (as Ms D'Orsi was clearly under pressure) or of wider diplomatic significance?
We simply do not know. The police have not issued any statement.
President Xi and his wife Madame Peng were guests of the Queen and Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace for the state visit so perhaps it is to be expected that the Queen would be aware of such details.
The Metropolitan Police had to defend itself from human rights groups' accusations that it dealt inappropriately with protesters during Mr Xi's visit in October 2015.
Commander D'Orsi issued a statement in the immediate aftermath of the visit saying she was disappointed at hearing the view expressed that the Met was "working to the bidding of the Chinese to suppress protest".
The Queen's comments were picked up by the microphone of the camera filming the garden party event, operated by Peter Wilkinson, the monarch's official cameraman
His footage was released to broadcasters under the "pool" arrangement which is standard procedure for royal events (to avoid all broadcasters sending their own crews to every engagement).
It was only then that the uncharacteristically undiplomatic comments were spotted.
Indeed. At the time Mr Xi said he believed his visit would lift UK-China relations to a "new height".
Buckingham Palace would not comment on a "private conversation" but said all parties worked closely to ensure the visit proceeded smoothly.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said the president's trip to the UK was very successful and "marked the start of the Golden Era between China and the UK".
We now know, thanks to the Queen's comments, that it was a testing time behind the scenes, at least for the police commander and the British ambassador to China. However, that does not mean that overall the trip was not a success.
Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies at King's College London, and a former senior British diplomat in Beijing, told the BBC that it was striking that even someone with the Queen's six decades of diplomatic experience still found dealing with the Chinese protocols and machinery tough:
"In terms of the atmospherics between diplomats in China and the UK, it's not an easy relationship and that comes through in the freight of emotion that was in her comments."
At the moment, there is no coverage whatsoever of this in mainland China, says BBC Monitoring's China Media Analyst Kerry Allen.
"This is not unusual. The comments the Queen made will be regarded as highly embarrassing by China's elite, as the concept of 'maintaining face' - one's sense of dignity or prestige - is incredibly important within the country," she says.
"Owing to the sensitivity of her comments, state media will be required to hold off covering this until the government decides what official response to give.
"Some users of popular microblogs like Sina Weibo though are commenting on it and quickly gaining responses. However, the censors are catching up and censoring comments to limit impact."
The BBC's World News TV channel goes temporarily to black in China whenever the story about Mr Xi's visit is mentioned.
Probably not. | The Queen has described Chinese officials as having been "very rude" during last October's state visit to the UK by President Xi Jinping. | [
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He spoke to the Pathe Gazette about his idea of the "national minimum".
Sir William explained that it meant no-one was to fall below a certain standard of living.
He said: "It preserves the maximum of individual freedom and responsibility which is consistent with the abolition of want."
The concepts which he developed laid the foundation for the welfare state.
But 73 years on, want has not been abolished.
Much discussion over welfare at Stormont has focused on the "most vulnerable" and how they would be affected by changes to benefits.
What policies would be for the best is a matter of debate.
But among people who currently receive benefits, the uncertainty is a common concern.
West Belfast has some of the highest levels of deprivation in the UK.
The Falls Women's Centre runs services aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty. These include education, advice, counselling and much else.
But staff and users say recent cuts have hit the centre hard, and the doubt over welfare is causing more anxiety in the community.
Aisling White is a single parent with three children.
"No-one knows what's coming in," she told the BBC's The View programme.
"It's 2015 - you feel like we're going back a number of years rather than moving back into the future."
She is training for counselling qualification at the centre, but funding cuts are threatening that.
"I want to have a good job for myself and my children," she said.
"But I'm struggling, and find it very hard to find the money to go and do the diploma."
Angie Creighton is also worried about the combined effect of cuts to grants to community organisation and the continuing uncertainty over welfare.
"It's frightening for people - the elderly, people with disabilities, people with children with learning difficulties."
"I feel the local representatives should go door-to-door and tell people what's happening."
"There are a lot of repercussions from the Troubles - the suicide rate is high among young men in particular."
Eilidh Fleming, who is 70, worries about the lack of jobs for young people.
"Companies come in to Northern Ireland, then all of a sudden they're away. We have to get proper jobs."
The pensioner said it was organisations like the women's centre that make all the difference to people in need.
"This place is why I get up in the morning and go out to face the world. Otherwise I'd stay in my flat and not come out."
Another backstop to the welfare state is the network of food banks.
The first in Northern Ireland was at Newtownards, County Down, in 2011.
Now there are more than a dozen, with several more in development.
In the last year, almost 17,500 food parcels were handed out to people to help them through a crisis in the short term.
The volunteers at Newtownards Foodbank told The View that there were a range of reasons why someone would not be able to afford food.
Debt, a delay in the payment of benefits and redundancy are three of the most common.
They see many people who are in a job, but who do not have enough money to put three meals a day on the table.
Foodbank manager Julieann Brownlee sais: "The food bill is elastic. If something in someone's family changes, and there's a crisis, food is the first to go.
"We see it week-in, week-out - heat or eat. Because it hasn't been warm recently, people are still making the choice as to whether to heat their home or buy food."
There is no shortage of demand for charity.
As of February this year, there were just over 250,000 people between 18 and 65 claiming what is called a 'key benefit': that includes jobseekers' allowance, employment and support allowance and income support.
The number receiving disability living allowance (DLA) was just over 200,000 people.
That is 11% of the population - twice the UK rate.
Michaela Hollywood has campaigned on disability issues.
She has muscular dystrophy, and is doing a masters degree.
She said there should be changes to the welfare system, but has some worries.
"I've seen every trick in the book, but not everyone is playing it.
"I know there are people who try to work the system, but at the same time there are many genuine cases who don't get what they deserve."
Welfare, work and wealth have become the defining issues of this Stormont administration.
As the questions over its future remain the questions of people affected by its decisions are increasing.
Chris Page's report will be broadcast on The View on BBC One Northern Ireland at 22:45 BST on Thursday 4 June. | In 1942, the economist Sir William Beveridge set out a vision which was to shape the times. | [
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Ancient cities around the shores of the Mediterranean and Adriatic are on the front line, their stone streets squeezed full of summer visitors as budget airlines and giant cruise ships unload ever-growing armies of tourists.
Take the Croatian city of Dubrovnik: a perfectly preserved historical miniature, carved from honey-coloured stone set in a sea of postcard blue.
Around 1,500 people live within the walls of its Old City, custodians of cultural treasures left by everyone from the Romans and the Ostrogoths to the Venetians and the Habsburgs.
On a busy day three modern cruise ships, each one the size of a floating apartment building, can disgorge five or six times that number of people into the city.
They join the throngs of tourists staying in local hotels and in rooms rented over the internet, in streets where almost every elegant stone house has been converted into a B&B.
The overall effect is Disneylandish - a sense that you meet no-one but other tourists or ice-cream sellers, tour guides, waiters, reception clerks and buskers who are there to keep the tourist wheels turning.
Mark Thomas, who edits The Dubrovnik Times, explains the phenomenon like this. "When I first got here, I'd stand back if I saw that people were taking photographs of each other. Now there are so many people that I know if I did that, I'd never get anywhere here."
Dubrovnik has a particular problem because its ancient appeal has now been bolstered by that most modern of phenomena - the HBO mini-series. The city, unchanged for centuries, provides the main locations for Game of Thrones.
Fans come on pilgrimages to visit the settings. One souvenir shop owner, who told me he doesn't watch the series himself, admitted he had Googled a couple of catchphrases to help attract customers.
"It does seem crazy," he admitted, "to stand here when it's 35 degrees, shouting that 'Winter is Coming'."
Dubrovnik is not alone in struggling to balance its need for tourists' money with the need to ensure that those tourists don't end up destroying the beauty they've come to see.
The tiny Italian island of Capri has warned that it could "explode" under the pressure of the trade that sees as many as 15,000 visitors a day travelling by boat from the mainland, to visit its once-idyllic streets and squares.
One local official told The Daily Telegraph: "You can't fit a litre-and-a-half into a litre pot."
Florence, Barcelona and some Greek islands like Santorini have suffered too, and it was perhaps Venice which experienced the problem first. Its population has been falling since the 1950s, effectively forced out by the hordes of cruise-ship visitors.
Tourism, of course, remains essentially a good thing and in the developed world we nearly all do it.
It means trade and cultural exchange and it's both a symbol of rising prosperity and a generator of future wealth.
Part of the "problem" is that travellers from traditional sources like the UK, Germany and the USA are increasingly being joined by the new middle classes of countries like Russia, China and India.
Add to that the issue of security, which means that many tourists feel safer in Europe than they do in alternative destinations like Tunisia, Turkey or Egypt, and it's hard to see the numbers falling any time soon.
It will fall to local governments in places like Dubrovnik and Capri and Venice to find a way of reducing those growing pressures.
For now, ideas like installing turnstiles on ancient squares and pedestrian traffic lights on crowded streets may sound rather fanciful.
But if that tourist tide keeps rising they might start to seem a little more tempting. | There are places where the surge of global tourism is starting to feel like a tidal wave. | [
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Wales led 13-12 at the break but Fourie du Preez's try with five minutes remaining edged it for the Springboks.
Backs Tyler Morgan and Dan Biggar plus hooker Scott Baldwin joined Wales' list of injured players during the game.
"We don't want to make any excuses. South Africa won... and we weren't good enough to win," said Gatland.
"At the end of the day South Africa did what South Africa do. They got one chance and they took it and that was the result."
Wales lost a trio of front-line stars in centre Jonathan Davies, full-back Leigh Halfpenny and scrum-half Rhys Webb to long-term injuries before the tournament began.
Two more centres - Cory Allen and Scott Williams - were then forced out of action in the opening two pool games against Uruguay and England, with wing Hallam Amos joining them.
Wales then lost the versatile Liam Williams - a full-back or wing - during their punishing final pool match against Australia.
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Fly-half Biggar went off the field after a knock to the head just before the scrum which led to South Africa's try.
The player remonstrated with WRU medical manager Prav Mathema and team doctor Geoff Davies, but Gatland backed the decision.
"That's a medical call," he said. "They took him off the field for a head injury assessment; it looked like he'd got a bit of a knock, he looked unsteady on his feet.
"He obviously felt that he was OK, but we support our medical team 100% so there's no issues on that from the coaching set-up."
'We knew it was going to come down to fine margins," said a "proud" skipper Sam Warburton, who lamented what he felt was a premature end to the campaign.
"It's a quiet changing room - it's hard to find the words, it's all so raw," he said. "It feels premature with two weeks of the competition left. We've been together since June and all those gruelling camps… it's over, done and dusted."
Warburton praised the players who had come in to replace the casualties, saying: "The guys who've stepped in have done a fantastic job. This could be the last World Cup for many of us, but we go out with no regrets."
Warburton was sent off in Wales' 9-8 World Cup semi-final defeat by France in 2011, and after this latest disappointment said: "Hopefully I will be around when one of these tight ones goes our way." | Head coach Warren Gatland said Wales' string of injuries were no defence for their 23-19 World Cup quarter-final defeat by South Africa. | [
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Ten-month-old Laith Atiga was crawling at his grandmother's home, in Berkshire, when he suddenly started coughing.
"I turned to check on him and found that he was struggling to breathe," his mother, Jude, said.
"He turned blue and started to froth.
"His eyes started to roll."
Emergency staff responded to Jude's 999 call, and gave Laith oxygen.
"Laith was doing well and even playing and laughing," his mother said.
"Ambulance staff asked me to give him a drink and he seemed to struggle with it, so they decided to take us to hospital because they suspected something was stuck."
The family was taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital, but an X-ray came back clear.
The following day, 1 August, Laith became unwell with a fever and no appetite, but by 3 August he had recovered.
Then, he took a turn for the worse.
"I tried to feed him, and that's when I realised something was still seriously wrong," Jude said.
"He chewed his food as usual but very quickly regurgitated it in chewed form."
Jude took Laith back to hospital, where he was diagnosed with tonsillitis.
"I was given a local anaesthetic to spray at the back of Laith's throat 20 minutes before meals, to help him swallow," she said.
"Although I wasn't convinced, I tried the spray and Laith still struggled to swallow.
"I thought it best to give him a break from solids and started only giving him pureed soups and milkshakes.
"I continued to do this for two more days."
But a few days later, after Laith regurgitated more food, Jude, who lives in New York, panicked.
"It happened shortly before bedtime," she said.
"And had he not regurgitated it then, it could have caused him to choke in his sleep.
"I decided to call his doctors in New York, as I had completely lost faith in the NHS.
"They told me to stop giving him solids completely as they are a serious choking hazard and only to give him liquids or stage-one pureed foods."
The family travelled back to the US and went to a hospital in New York, where Laith was again X-rayed and seen by an ear, nose and throat specialist.
But, once again, everything came back clear.
"They concluded that if there was something, it must be in the oesophagus," Jude said.
"We were admitted, and at 08:00 on Saturday, 13 August, Laith was operated on, and a plastic angel, measuring almost 2cm [0.7in], was found in his oesophagus."
Jude said: "I am still so traumatised by the whole experience.
"Ultimately, I shouldn't have had to chase after medical providers for answers.
"The duty of care given to children and babies should never be compromised.
"My child should not have had to suffer in such discomfort for as long as he did."
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"We have raised this issue and are investigating it - but, to progress it further, it would be helpful if the family made formal contact with our patient liaison team directly.
"This would help us to review the care given and let the family know of any outcomes."
Jude contacted the BBC via WhatsApp.
By the BBC's UGC and Social News team | A mother who called an ambulance when her baby suddenly started struggling to breathe tells BBC News how hospital X-rays came back clear and doctors diagnosed tonsillitis - but then, after two weeks, an operation uncovered a tiny plastic angel trapped in his oesophagus. | [
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The 34-year-old will sign a permanent deal until the end of the season in January when the transfer window opens.
He previously spent two years at Bootham Crescent, scoring 14 league goals in 64 league games between 2002 and 2004 before joining Macclesfield.
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Owens, Rhys Hanbury and Paddy Flynn all crossed before half-time as the hosts opened up a 16-point lead.
Cameron Phelps looked to have made the game safe, but quick tries from Ryan Atkins and Chris Bridge made it 24-10.
Owens grabbed his second of the game before Stefan Ratchford went over for Wolves, but Widnes held for the bragging rights in the local derby.
Warrington remain fifth in the Super League table, while eighth-placed Widnes are three points clear of Hull KR, in ninth, who have a game in hand.
Danny Tickle converted the first try of the night from Owens, who latched onto a cut-out pass on the left flank.
Hanbury exploited a massive gap in the Warrington defence to go over and Flynn scored the home side's third try, after Stef Marsh's flick pass out of the back door created the opportunity.
The Vikings' 16-0 half-time lead was extended when Phelps finished off Flynn's weaving run.
Atkins' special solo try was followed by Bridge going over to give Warrington a glimmer of hope, but Owens collected Kevin Brown's kick for his second try.
Ratchford grabbed the visitors' third try but it was too little too late.
Widnes coach Denis Betts:
"It's been coming the last couple of weeks. We've had a few solid performances but not getting the result.
"To hold a nil lead for Warrington, such a fantastic attacking team, was a great plus in the first half. And then to withstand it and score more points was a great performance for a lot of our players.
"Everyone did their job. Our pack was massive and there's not a player who didn't give us something."
Warrington coach Tony Smith:
"Widnes took their chances well. We didn't take our opportunities, we didn't create enough.
"We were boring and didn't ask enough questions. Our opponents were good and took their chances.
"I thought Widnes out-enthused us at crucial times and I think our team will respond and fix things up.
"We accept defeat and will work harder, improve and be stronger next week."
Widnes: Hanbury, Owens, Phelps, Marsh, Flynn, Brown, Mellor, Cahill, Clarke, Gerrard, Galea, Tickle, Leuluai.
Replacements: Allen, Kavanagh, Isa, Carberry.
Warrington: Russell, Ormsby, Ratchford, Atkins, R. Evans, C. Bridge, O'Brien, Hill, Higham, England, Currie, Westwood, Wood.
Replacements: Asotasi, Riley, Dwyer, Philbin.
Referee: Phil Bentham (RFL).
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Imran Khan, 33, is accused of taking the girl from Nairne Street in Burnley, Lancashire, at 16:00 GMT on Thursday.
Khan, of Pendle Street, Accrington, has also been charged with breaching a sexual offences prevention order and inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity.
He was remanded in custody by Burnley magistrates.
He is due to face the charges at the town's crown court on 23 April. | A man has been charged with the abduction of a six-year-old girl who was taken in a car. | [
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Energy firm Island Gas Limited (IGas) wants to carry out test drilling on Springs Road, in Misson, Bassetlaw.
Campaign group Bassetlaw Against Fracking said the drilling operation would be "devastating" for wildlife.
Nottinghamshire County Council said the application did not include proposals for hydraulic fracturing - better known as fracking.
IGas has applied to carry out test drilling to check the suitability of the rock for shale gas extraction, through fracking.
A separate application would have to be made to carry out fracking.
IGas plans to develop one vertical exploratory shale gas well, drilling for about 14 weeks, and possibly a second horizontal well, drilling for about 19 weeks.
During drilling, operations would take place 24 hours a day.
The authority said at the project's peak there would be an average of 18 heavy goods vehicles and 10 light vehicles visiting the site each day.
David Larder, campaign group chairman, said: "We object to the 24 hour a day drilling for several months. The noise of this operation and the vibration will have a devastating effect upon the wildlife."
Sally Gill, planning manager for the county council, said: "If permission is granted, the test drilling would allow IGas to evaluate the potential resource of shale gas trapped beneath the surface.
"Depending on the results of the test drilling, IGas may, or may not, seek permission to extract the shale gas using fracking, but that would require a separate planning application which would be subject to further consultation."
Before this stage of the exploration process, the company is required to monitor methane levels in groundwater for 12 months. A separate application has been submitted, which is yet to be considered. | The first application to explore for shale gas in the East Midlands has been submitted to a Nottinghamshire council. | [
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Reading Borough Council had said it would need to spend £700,000 to bring the Arthur Hill Memorial Baths up to standard.
The authority said it would sell the building to help pay for a new facility in the area in about four years.
However, campaigners have now set up a community interest group in a bid to reopen the pool.
Phil Vaughan, who has been a regular at the baths for 15 years, said he hoped the group would attract grants to fund a reopening.
He said the council had agreed not to drain the pool for a few months.
"We pay taxes, we are entitled to some community benefits," he added.
Alan Hardie, secretary of Reading Dolphin Swimming Club, which used the baths, said: "It's very sad we will all be separating and won't be meeting here on Sunday mornings as we have done for many, many years.
Dolphin member Margery Taylor, who has rheumatoid arthritis and has been using the baths for 20 years, said: "It's quite a social life for people who can't get about so easily - we don't want fancy wave machines, we just want a pool we can swim up and down."
The original 90ft (27m) pool - which six individual hot baths for people who did not have them at home - was opened on 29 November 1911.
During World War One the council agreed to let soldiers quartered in Reading use the baths free of charge.
The building was donated to the town by the Hill family, in memory of Arthur Hill JP who was mayor of Reading four times between 1883 and 1887. | A 104-year-old swimming pool has closed after a council said it could no longer afford to repair the building. | [
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Wayne Maycock, Paul Bromwich and Admi Headley were last seen at HMP Leyhill at about 16:45 GMT on Sunday.
Avon and Somerset Police has appealed for anyone who sees them, or knows of their whereabouts, to make contact.
HMP Leyhill in South Gloucestershire is the only minimum-security prison in the South West.
Headley was sentenced in 2006 for rape and robbery, Maycock was jailed in the same year for GBH, while Bromwich was sentenced in 2001 for rape.
Earlier, the police force suggested all three were convicted of rape but this information was later amended.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: "Public protection is our top priority. We take absconds from custody extremely seriously. We are working closely with the police and are urgently investigating this incident."
According to Avon and Somerset Police:
Leyhill, near Wotton-under-Edge, is a category D prison housing more than 500 inmates, including some on life sentences. | Two convicted rapists and a man convicted of assault - all considered to be a "risk to the public" - have absconded from an open prison. | [
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Netherlands striker Van Persie, 33, had scored the opening goal in the Turkish side's 3-1 win against Akhisar before the first-half injury.
Television pictures showed blood coming through a bandage on his left eye.
"After tests in the hospital this morning I can say my eye itself is undamaged so all good," he said.
He told followers on Instagram that he had torn his eyelid.
Club doctor Burak Kunduracioglu had earlier sought to play down fears the player had suffered a serious eye injury, saying: "He received a blow to the eye and suffered a torn eyelid and bleeding.
"After the investigations we learned that nothing important happened. His condition is good."
The former Arsenal and Manchester United forward joined Fenerbahce from the Old Trafford club in July 2015. | Fenerbahce's Robin van Persie has reassured supporters that his eye was not damaged after he was carried off the pitch bleeding on Sunday. | [
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Clubs could buy domestic players again once they had played their final game of the season. International deals can go through from 10 June.
Once the transfer window closes, teams can still sign free agents and clubs outside the Premier League can bring in loan players in the case of an emergency.
Under Football League rules, long-term loans can be also turned into permanent deals outside a transfer window.
Visit our manager ins and outs page for a list of all the current bosses in the top five leagues in England and the Scottish Premiership.
To read the day's transfer rumours, visit our gossip column.
Biggest British signing so far: Chelsea's reported £30m signing of Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
Busiest clubs this summer: Rotherham United have signed 11 players so far.
Busiest Premier League club this summer: Stoke City have signed four players so far.
Stuart Beavon [Preston - Burton] Loan
Trevor Carson [Bury - Cheltenham] Free
Brennan Dickenson [Brighton - Gillingham] Free
Andy Drury [Crawley - Luton] £100,000
Paul Green [Leeds - Rotherham] Free
[Luton - Stevenage] Free
Artur Krysiak [Exeter - Yeovil] Free
Ryan McGivern [Hibernian - Port Vale] Undisclosed
John-Joe O'Toole [Bristol Rovers - Northampton] Free
Robert Snodgrass [Norwich - Hull] Undisclosed (believed to be more than £6m)
Jakub Sokolik (Liverpool - Yeovil] Free
[Shrewsbury - York] Free
Lyle Taylor [Sheffield United - Scunthorpe] Undisclosed
Wallace [Chelsea - Vitesse Arnhem] Loan
[Hartlepool - Stevenage] Free
Chris Weale [Shrewsbury - Yeovil] Free
[Gillingham - Stevenage] Free
Nicky Wroe [Preston - Notts County] Free
[Manchester United - Dynamo Moscow] £4.4m (initial)
Oriol Riera [Osasuna - Wigan] Undisclosed
James Tavernier [Newcastle - Wigan] Undisclosed
Kris Boyd [Kilmarnock - Rangers] Free
Febian Brandy [Sheffield United - Rotherham] Free
Billy Clarke [Crawley - Bradford] Free*
Gary Dicker [Crawley - Carlisle] Free
Kelvin Etuhu [Barnsley - Bury] Free
Bafetimbi Gomis [Lyon - Swansea] Free
Andre Gray [Luton - Brentford] Undisclosed
Matt Harrold [Bristol Rovers - Crawley] Free
Alex Henshall [Manchester City - Ipswich] Free
Marcus Holness [Burton - Tranmere] Free
Liam Kelly [Bristol City - Oldham] Undisclosed
Michael Kightly [Stoke - Burnley] Undisclosed
Kyle Lafferty [Palermo - Norwich City] Undisclosed*
AJ Leitch-Smith [Crewe - Yeovil] Free
Moses Odubajo [Leyton Orient - Brentford] £1m
Billy Paynter [Doncaster - Carlisle] Free
Frazer Richardson [Middlesbrough - Rotherham] Free
Luke Shaw [Southampton - Manchester United] £27m (rising to £31m depending on success)
Korey Smith [Oldham - Bristol City] Undisclosed
Zak Whitbread [Leicester - Derby] Free
Luis Alberto [Liverpool - Malaga] Loan
Adebayo Azeez [Charlton - AFC Wimbledon] Free
Fernando [Porto - Manchester City] In region of £12m
Luke Freeman [Stevenage - Bristol City] Undisclosed
Ryan Hall [MK Dons - Rotherham] Free
Conor Henderson [Hull - Crawley] Free
Ander Herrera [Athletic Bilbao - Manchester United] £29m
James Marwood [Gateshead - St Mirren] Free
Kelvin Mellor [Crewe - Plymouth] Free
Kayode Odejayi [Rotherham - Tranmere] Free
[Middlesbrough - Hartlepool] Free
Sascha Riether [Fulham - SC Freiburg] Undisclosed
Junior Stanislas [Burnley - Bournemouth] Free
Matej Vydra [Udinese - Watford] Loan
Richard Wood [Charlton - Rotherham] Free
Clayton Donaldson [Brentford - Birmingham] Free*
Wade Elliott [Birmingham - Bristol City] Free
[Schalke - Fulham] Free
Mark Little [Peterborough - Bristol City] Free
Jake Livermore [Tottenham - Hull] £8m (reported)
Izale McLeod [MK Dons - Crawley] Free
Ricky Miller [Boston - Luton] Free
Liam Ridgewell [West Brom - Portland Timbers] Free
Marcos Tebar Ramiro [UD Almeria - Brentford] Free
Lee Barnard [Southampton - Southend] Free
Damian Batt [unattached - Dagenham & Redbridge]
Paul Black [Mansfield - Cheltenham] Free
Craig Cathcart [Blackpool - Watford] Free
David Cotterill [Doncaster - Birmingham] Free
James Dunne [Stevenage - Portsmouth] Free
Andy Haworth [Notts County - Cheltenham] Free
Paul McElroy [Hull - Sheffield Wednesday] Free*
Michael Poke [Torquay - Portsmouth] Free
Jamie Proctor [Crawley - Fleetwood] Free*
Kyel Reid [Bradford - Preston] Free*
Adam Taggart [Newcastle Jets - Fulham] Undisclosed
Igor Vetokele [FC Copenhagen - Charlton] Undisclosed
Byron Webster [Yeovil - Millwall] Free*
Tom Bradshaw [Shrewsbury - Walsall] Undisclosed
Chris Brown [Doncaster - Blackburn] Free
Daniel Carrico [Reading - Sevilla] Undisclosed
[Colchester - Dagenham & Redbridge] Free
[Tonbridge Angels - Dagenham & Redbridge] Undisclosed
Conor Hourihane [Plymouth - Barnsley] Undisclosed
Andy Little [Rangers - Preston] Free
Lee Peltier [Leeds - Huddersfield] Free
Mark Phillips [Southend - AFC Wimbledon] Free
Yoni Buyens [Standard Liege - Charlton] Loan
James O'Connor [Derby - Walsall] Free
Adebayo Akinfenwa [Gillingham - AFC Wimbledon] Free
[Dunfermline - Carlisle] Free
Louis Laing [Sunderland - Nottingham Forest] Free
Joleon Lescott [Manchester City - West Brom] Free
Kyle McFadzean [Crawley - MK Dons] Undisclosed
Peter Murphy [Accrington - Wycombe] Free*
Keil O'Brien [Chorley - Bury] Free
Tom Pett [Wealdstone - Stevenage] Undisclosed
Keith Southern [Huddersfield - Fleetwood] Free*
[Hartlepool - Carlisle] Free*
Dean Wells [Braintree - Stevenage] £25,000
Calvin Zola [Aberdeen - Stevenage] Free
Henri Anier [Motherwell - Erzgebirge Aue] Undisclosed
Nigel Atangana [Havant & Waterlooville - Portsmouth] Undisclosed
Neal Bishop [Blackpool - Scunthorpe] Free
Ashley Chambers [Cambridge - Dagenham] Free
Peter Hartley [Stevenage - Plymouth] Free
Kane Hemmings [Cowdenbeath - Barnsley] Free
Jordan Hugill [Port Vale - Preston] Undisclosed
Chris Kettings [Blackpool - Crystal Palace] Free
Alan Sheehan [Notts County - Bradford] Free
Lucas Akins [Stevenage - Burton] Undisclosed
James Caton [Blackpool - Shrewsbury] Free
Mark Duffy [Doncaster - Birmingham] Free
Michael Ihiekwe [Wolves - Tranmere] Free
Cheikhou Kouyate [Anderlecht - West Ham] Undisclosed
Gavin Tomlin [Port Vale - Crawley] Undisclosed
Scott Vernon [Aberdeen - Shrewsbury] Free
Sonny Bradley [Portsmouth - Crawley] Undisclosed
Lee Gregory [FC Halifax - Millwall] Undisclosed
Callum Morris [Dunfermline - Dundee United] Free
Joe Murphy [Coventry - Huddersfield] Free
Christian Nade [Dundee - Raith Rovers] Free
Josh Pritchard [Fulham - Gillingham] Free
Antonio Reguero [Kilmarnock - Ross County] Free
Mat Sadler [Crawley - Rotherham] Free
Shaun Hutchinson [Motherwell - Fulham] Free
Carl McHugh [Bradford - Plymouth] Free
[Manchester City - Sunderland] Free
Matt Tubbs [Bournemouth - AFC Wimbledon] Loan
Myles Weston [Gillingham - Southend] Free
Adam Davies [Sheffield Wednesday - Barnsley] Free
Adam Legzdins [Derby - Leyton Orient] Free
David Luiz [Chelsea - Paris St-Germain] £40m (reported)
Craig MacGillivray [Harrogate - Walsall] Undisclosed
Bacary Sagna [Arsenal - Manchester City] Free
James Wallace [Tranmere - Sheffield United] Free
Kagisho Dikgacoi [Crystal Palace - Cardiff] Free
Lloyd Dyer [Leicester - Watford] Free
David Edgar [Burnley - Birmingham] Free
Cesc Fabregas [Barcelona - Chelsea] £30m (reported)
Morgaro Gomis [Dundee United - Hearts] Free
[Dundee United - Birmingham] Free*
Liam Hearn [Grimsby - Mansfield] Free
Kaid Mohamed [Port Vale - Northampton] Loan
Blair Spittal [Queen's Park - Dundee United] Undisclosed
Anthony Straker [Southend - York] Free
Lars Veldwijk [Excelsior - Nottingham Forest] Undisclosed
Mame Biram Diouf [Hannover 96 - Stoke] Free*
Johnny Hunt [Wrexham - Cambridge] Compensation
Ross Lafayette [Welling - Luton] Free
Jayson Leutwiler [Middlesbrough - Shrewsbury] Free
Darren McGregor [St Mirren - Rangers] Free
Jennison Myrie-Williams [Port Vale - Scunthorpe] Free
Danny Redmond [Wigan - Hamilton] Free
Ryan Stevenson [Hearts - Partick Thistle] Free
Dionatan Teixeira [Banska Bystrica - Stoke] Undisclosed
Wes Thomas [Rotherham - Birmingham] Free
Jordan Bowery [Aston Villa - Rotherham] Undisclosed
Dannie Bulman [Crawley - AFC Wimbledon] Free
[Sevilla - Derby] Free
Joe Cole [West Ham - Aston Villa] Free
Damien Duff [Fulham - Melbourne City] Free
Mike Jones [Crawley - Oldham] Free
Doug Loft [Port Vale - Gillingham] Free
Rajiv van La Parra [Heerenveen - Wolves] Free*
Brian Wilson [Colchester - Oldham] Free
Kirk Broadfoot [Blackpool - Rotherham] Free
[Sunderland - Newcastle] Free
Ryan Croasdale [Preston - Sheffield Wednesday] Free
Ben Davies [Derby - Sheffield United] Free
[Hull - Nottingham Forest] Free*
Stephen Gleeson [MK Dons - Birmingham] Free
Gary Liddle [Notts County - Bradford] Free
Erhun Oztumer [Dulwich Hamlet - Peterborough] Undisclosed
Steve Sidwell [Fulham - Stoke City] Free*
[Leyton Orient - Cambridge United] Free
Calum Woods [Huddersfield - Preston] Free*
Gabriel Zakuani [Kalloni FC - Peterborough] Free
Sam Beasant [Woking - Stevenage] Free
Yossi Benayoun [QPR - Maccabi Haifa] Free
Andy Bond [Chester - Stevenage] Free
Luke Chadwick [MK Dons - Cambridge] Free
Simon Ferry [Portsmouth - Dundee] Free
Dougie Imrie [Greenock Morton - Hamilton] Free
Jake Jervis [Portsmouth - Ross County] Free
Harry Worley [Newport - Stevenage] Free
Zak Ansah [Arsenal - Charlton] Free
Grant Hall [Tottenham - Birmingham] Loan
Danny Hylton [Rotherham - Oxford] Free
Jamie Jones [Leyton Orient - Preston] Free*
John Mousinho [Preston - Burton] Free*
Ayoze Perez [Tenerife - Newcastle] Undisclosed
James Wesolowski [Oldham - Shrewsbury] Free
Chris Basham [Blackpool - Sheffield United] Free*
Andy Butler [Walsall - Sheffield United] Free*
Lewis Grabban [Bournemouth - Norwich] Undisclosed
Mark Halstead [Blackpool - Shrewsbury] Free
Shwan Jalal [Bournemouth - Bury] Free*
Seydou Keita [Valencia - Roma] Free
[Ipswich - Rotherham] Free
Hayden Mullins [Birmingham - Notts County] Free
Philippe Senderos [Valencia - Aston Villa] Free
David Villa [New York City - Melbourne City] Loan (from October)
Aaron Taylor-Sinclair [Partick Thistle - Wigan Athletic]
James Collins [Hibernian - Shrewsbury] Undisclosed
Ryan Dickson [Colchester - Crawley] Free
Alex Fisher [AC Monza - Mansfield] Free
Paul Jones [Crawley - Portsmouth] Free
Aaron Martin [Birmingham - Yeovil] Free*
Kenny Miller [Vancouver Whitecaps - Rangers] Free
[Burnley - Oldham] Free
Jonathan Mitchell [Newcastle - Derby] Free*
Lanre Oyebanjo [York - Crawley] Free
Jon Taylor [Shrewsbury - Peterborough] Undisclosed
Mickey Demetriou [Kidderminster - Shrewsbury] Free
Ciro Immobile [Torino - Borussia Dortmund] £15.5m (reported)*
Jermaine McGlashan [Cheltenham - Gillingham] Free
Liam Noble [Carlisle - Notts County] Free
Tommy Rowe [Peterborough - Wolves] Free*
Ed Sanders [Stoke - Sheffield Wednesday] Free
Andrew Taylor [Cardiff - Wigan] Free
Matt Young [Southampton - Sheffield Wednesday] Free
Colin Daniel [Mansfield - Port Vale] Free
Jonathan Grounds [Oldham - Birmingham] Free*
Jamie Hamill [Hearts - Kilmarnock] Free
Jake Hyde [Barnet - York] Undisclosed
Alan Judge [Blackburn - Brentford] Undisclosed
Rickie Lambert [Southampton - Liverpool] £4m
Charlie Telfer [Rangers - Dundee United] Compensation
David Villa [Atletico Madrid - New York City] Free
* Denotes deal will go through on 1 July. | The transfer window re-opened on the final day of the domestic season and will close at 23:00 BST on Monday, 1 September. | [
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Julia Knight, 56, had denied trying to kill Irene Robson, 81, but admitted administering the insulin at Horton Hospital in Banbury in October 2014.
During a trial at Oxford Crown Court, Knight said she did it so her mother would not be discharged from hospital.
Prosecutors said it was a "premeditated, cold-blooded attack".
The trial heard Knight forged a prescription for insulin, which she collected at a Sainsbury's store in Banbury.
Knight told jurors she had wanted to make her mother a "little bit poorly" and described it as "a stupid, stupid, thing to do".
Updates on this story and more from Oxfordshire
She also told the court she had attempted suicide in 2006 by injecting herself with insulin.
Det Insp Craig Kirby of Thames Valley Police said: "This is an incredibly sad case.
"It was only following a large scale police investigation, when the weight of evidence became overwhelming, that Julia Knight finally admitted injecting her mother with insulin, something she had repeatedly denied during a number of police interviews.
Adrian Foster, chief crown prosecutor for Thames and Chiltern Crown Prosecution Service said: "It is impossible to imagine a more vulnerable victim.
"Knight embarked on a premeditated, cold-blooded attack on her mother by illicitly injecting her with a potentially lethal dose of insulin while she was an inpatient on a ward after suffering a fall at home.
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"There is no doubt that as a qualified practising nurse and with her medical knowledge of the effects of unprescribed insulin that Knight intended to kill her mother."
Ms Robson died in September but the trial heard her death was not relevant to the case.
Knight is due to be sentenced on Friday. | A nurse who injected her mother with insulin as she lay in hospital after a fall has been found guilty of attempted murder. | [
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Fit-again midfielder Jimmy Ryan had instant impact, setting up Ash Hunter to lob in the opener early on.
Within minutes it was 2-0, with Bobby Grant nodding home Antoni Sarcevic's cross from the left.
In the second half, Scunthorpe's Paddy Madden scored from the spot when Tom Hooper was pushed over, but Fleetwood ended strongly for a deserved win.
Scunthorpe caretaker boss Nick Daws told BBC Radio Humberside:
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"I think the performance was probably a bit chalk and cheese in terms of the two halves of the game.
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