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It was a second win of the campaign for Pete McGrath's Erne men who had lost three in a row and they move off the foot of the table.
Fermanagh's top scorer Tomas Corrigan limped off early on but Sean Quigley bagged eight points for the hosts with five frees, two 45s and one from play.
Derry are now bottom following their 5-15 to 2-15 defeat away to Galway.
Goals from Benny Heron and Emmett McGuckin helped Derry to a 2-10 to 2-7 lead at the break in Tuam Stadium, with Danny Cummins and Tom Flynn netting for the hosts.
Galway, with the wind in their favour, surged clear in the second half with Johnny Heaney netting before a Eamonn Brannigan penalty and Shane Walsh goal.
Fermanagh's last two matches are Meath away next week and a home match against Derry.
McGrath's men were 0-8 to 0-7 up at half-time and extended that lead with Aidan Breen scoring three points from play.
However, Keelan Sexton palmed in a 46th-minute goal for Clare against the run of play which proved a wake-up call for the hosts.
Fermanagh rattled off five points in a row to seal the valuable victory.
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Fermanagh dug deep for a 0-18 to 1-10 win over Clare to boost their chances of survival in Division Two.
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A 56-year-old local man died when the blue Ford Ka he was travelling in collided with a green Ford Explorer.
Police said the crash happened just after midnight on 28 November on Ash Road at the North Ash Road junction.
Ross Bryant, 27, of James Road in Dartford, has been charged with causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving while uninsured and unlicensed.
He is also charged with failing to stop at the scene of a collision and failing to report a collision to police.
He will appear before Dartford Magistrates Court on 28 April.
Bryant was arrested on 29 November last year along with two teenage boys who have since been released without charge.
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A man has been charged in connection with a fatal crash in New Ash Green last November.
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The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is one of the first councils in England to launch a PledgeBank.
The pledges, from cleaning graffiti to organising a street party, can only be undertaken if other residents commit to the idea.
The Conservative council said the scheme helps it save money but also "results in a better social outcome".
Once a pledge is made, the council will check it fits the set criteria and then publish it online.
It comes after a failed Big Society scheme to get residents to donate savings in their council tax, which the council has cut for the past four years.
George Bathurst, cabinet member for policy and performance, said other schemes such as Green Redeem recycling rewards were a success.
He said: "No one wants to just hand over a cheque but everybody would like to do something for their community."
Mr Bathurst will make the first pledge to donate five Christmas food items to FoodBank if 10 other local people will do the same by 18 December.
Fiona Dent, Windsor's Labour candidate, said: "Volunteering creates strong bonds between people, reinforces their ideals and can provide the help people need in difficult times.
"However, we are living through difficult times now. Most people in the middle and lower incomes are a lot worse off than they were five years ago and they may well have more than one job to help pay the bills, leaving less time for volunteer activities."
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People in part of Berkshire are being encouraged to make pledges to help their community.
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Selling animals under 8 weeks old has also been stopped under the new rule
Katy Tang, one of the politicians who helped to bring in the ban, said that she did it because she doesn't think some pet stores spend enough time thinking about animals' health or well-being.
She says sometimes puppies and kittens are not treated as well as they should be and animals can also be sold when they are very young - before they are ready to leave their parents.
San Francisco isn't the first place in America to bring a rule like this in.
A number of other cities in America - like Phoenix in Arizona and Montgomery County in Maryland - also have laws which mean cats and dogs being sold in pet shops must come from rescue centres.
In the UK, pet shops can't sell cats or dogs that are under 8 weeks old and the pet shops have to be given a license by the authorities in their area.
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San Francisco has brought in a new law saying that pet shops can only sell cats and dogs that come from rescue centres.
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Walker is facing a two-match ban for simulation following the penalty he was awarded and converted against Celtic.
Visiting captain Scott Brown called Walker "a cheat" after Sunday's match at Tynecastle, with Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers saying referee John Beaton had admitted he made a mistake.
Hearts will make their case for Walker at a Scottish FA judicial panel hearing set for Thursday.
Walker, 23, is now free to play in Wednesday's League Cup visit to St Johnstone.
He scored from the spot to draw Hearts level in the first half before Celtic won the game with a late winner from Scott Sinclair.
Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson said on Tuesday morning that he was disappointed by Brown's "cheat" comment.
"I don't think you should be saying that about fellow professionals," Neilson told BBC Scotland.
"If you have got an opinion on anything you are better just keeping it to yourself."
Neilson did speak to Brown at full time but the penalty incident was not discussed.
"I spoke with Scott after the game but just about coaching as he is doing some coaching with the under 20s.
"What happens on the football park happens on the football park. We move on, he is a good guy and he speaks well and he is into his coaching so there are no issues there at all."
"Disciplinary Rule 201 - At the above match you committed an act of simulation in that you did pretend that you were fouled by a player on the opposing team, namely Kieran Tierney, and did thereafter dive in the penalty box of the opposing team. That this act of simulation caused a match official to make an incorrect decision, namely the incorrect awarding of a penalty to Heart of Midlothian FC."
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Hearts are to contest a diving charge against winger Jamie Walker.
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The royal visit on 7 June will include a look at Europe's most powerful brain scanner, of which there is only one other in the world at Harvard University in the United States.
It will allow scientists to look at how brains work in minute detail.
The Maindy Park building, finished a year ago, will bring together four hi-tech scanners under one roof.
The centre will concentrate on research to hopefully understand more about the causes of conditions like dementia, multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia.
The Connectom scanner is six times more powerful than a conventional hospital MRI scanner and has been described as the "Hubble space telescope of neuroscience".
It will allow researchers to study brain cells only 1000th of a millimetre across.
Using a conventional scanner has been described as looking at a galaxy through a telescope and seeing a blur.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Colin Riordan said the university was "honoured" to welcome The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to open the centre.
"This will be a fitting occasion for a facility that is not only significant for the university but for Wales, the UK and Europe," he said.
"The research here has the potential to unlock some of the secrets of the brain and significantly contribute towards treatments for neurological and psychiatric conditions."
Prof Derek Jones, centre director, said: "This is the culmination of a huge amount of hard work by many people over several years and I would like to thank everyone who played their part in creating this remarkable facility.
"The combination of the very best staff in their field and some of the most powerful scanners in the world has the potential for breakthroughs that could make a real difference to people's lives around the world."
The royal couple will be invited to view brain imaging procedures and pupils from a local school will take part in activities to illustrate the power of the brain.
A specially-commissioned sculpture created by PhD student Gemma Williams from the University's School of Psychology will also be unveiled.
Cubric will be four times larger than the university's existing brain research imaging facilities.
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The Queen is to open the new £44m Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (Cubric) next month.
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Boxing on the undercard of Carl Frampton's loss to Leo Santa Cruz, the 26-year-old from Prestonpans went the distance for the first time.
The Commonwealth super-lightweight champion now has eight wins since turning professional.
Despite being deducted a point for low punches he won by 78-73 on two cards and 79-72 according to the third judge.
Taylor described the experience of fighting in Las Vegas as "brilliant", but felt he did not hit top gear in the ring.
"It was far from my best performance," the Scottish fighter said. "I was a little bit too eager to impress on the big stage.
"I felt a little bit tight and tense. I couldn't get my footwork going, couldn't get flowing. I never felt like I was in any danger, I felt very comfortable in the fight. I felt like I never got out of second gear.
"He was very awkward, very hard to nail clean. When I did catch him he was very good at spoiling me. It was a good learning fight for me and to good get the eight rounds in."
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Josh Taylor remains unbeaten after a comfortable points victory over Alfonso Olvera on his Las Vegas debut.
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County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue crews were called to Beech Close, Brasside, on Monday evening. The street is in the Framwellgate Moor area of the city.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
A joint investigation between the fire service and Durham Police has been launched, a fire service spokesman said.
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A man has died in a house fire in County Durham.
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Hogg, 28, suffered the injury in a collision with a team-mate in a 4-0 defeat at Bristol City in March and was initially ruled out for the season.
However, after further scans, he was allowed to return for Wednesday's 3-0 win over Norwich.
"It felt worrying - I'd never felt pain like it," he told BBC Radio Leeds.
"I'm a lucky boy to be out there because when the doctors said it was a fracture in my spine I feared the worst.
"I'm so glad I'm able to help the boys out for the rest of the season."
The former Watford man played his part as the Terriers ended a run of successive defeats against the Canaries to go back up to third in the Championship table.
David Wagner's side are nine points off second-placed Brighton with seven games to play - one more than the Seagulls.
Hogg believes Town could still break into the automatic promotion places.
"We're just thinking about the next game. Strange things have happened this season and we are not a million miles off the top two," he added.
"If we can get three points at Nottingham Forest on Saturday it will put real pressure on the top two and pressure can do strange things to people."
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Huddersfield Town midfielder Jonathan Hogg said he feels fortunate to be back playing after fears he had fractured his neck.
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It collided with a cargo boat crossing the Padma river, about 40km (25 miles) north-west of the capital Dhaka.
Most of those who drowned were on the ferry's lower decks - 40 or 50 people were rescued or swam ashore.
Witnesses said the ferry may have been overcrowded, with up to 150 people reportedly on board.
Accidents are common on Bangladesh's river network, with overcrowding and poor boat quality often to blame.
The ferry was raised to the surface and brought ashore on Monday.
The exact number of people aboard the boat is not known, as Bangladeshi ferries do not usually have formal passenger lists.
Police have arrested three people, including at least one person responsible for steering the cargo vessel.
Hafizur Rahman Sheikh, who survived the crash, told Bangladesh's Prothom Alo newspaper that many passengers were trapped on the lower decks when the ferry sank.
A similar accident earlier this month killed at least seven passengers in southern Bangladesh.
In August 2014 more than 100 people died when a ferry with a capacity of 85 capsized with more than 200 people aboard.
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At least 70 people are known to have died in a ferry accident in Bangladesh, after authorities managed to reach the vessel which capsized on Sunday.
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South Korea's new President Moon Jae-in backed proposals for a collaboration after it was suggested by sports minister Do Jong-hwan.
But North Korean International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Chang Un has dismissed the idea - saying there was not time to negotiate a deal.
The Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, will take place from 9-25 February.
The two sides have played in the same team before - at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships.
However, Mr Chang told local media: "It took us 22 rounds of talks to set up that joint [table tennis] team... it took us five months.
"That's the reality we face."
South Korea's sports minister had suggested a joint ice hockey team - even going as far as to suggest they might allow the north to host skiing events - to help make the 2018 games a "peace Olympics".
President Moon, who advocates greater dialogue with South Korea's neighbours, then put forward the idea of a wider unified Olympic squad.
But Mr Chang said the games should not be used for political purposes, adding: "As an expert of the Olympics, it is a little late to be talking about co-hosting. It's easy to talk about co-hosting, but it is never easy to solve practical problems for that. It's the same for forming a joint team for ice hockey."
South Korean officials have said they continue to be open to the idea.
The two sides remain technically at war as the fighting at the end of the Korean War in 1953 did not end with a peace treaty. Tensions have risen recently following repeated missiles tests carried out by Pyongyang.
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North Korea has rejected an offer from the South to form a unified team for next year's Winter Olympics.
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The award being given to Prof Stephen Sparks, of the University of Bristol, is considered the "Nobel Prize of the earth sciences".
Prof Sparks headed monitoring efforts when Montserrat's Soufrière Hills volcano came to life in the 1990s.
He will be awarded a medal and $250,000 at a ceremony in New York in June.
Elected to the Royal Society at the age of 38, Prof Sparks is among the world's mostly highly-cited geologists.
He is credited with being one of the first to apply maths and physics to the interpretation of volcanic processes and deposits in the field, bringing volcanology into the modern era.
He pioneered methods for assessing the danger posed by active volcanic eruptions, helping governments to improve decisions about evacuations and rebuilding.
Prof Sparks, who was born in London and raised in Chester, is a father-of two who now lives in Bristol with his wife Ann.
Barry Voight, a volcanologist at Pennsylvania State University, said: "Everyone has an egotism that drives their research, but Steve never lets it get in the way of working with others.
"You know he's not going to pick your brain and run off with your ideas. Instead, he will often improve on them."
The Vetlesen Prize is supported by the G Unger Vetlesen Foundation and administered by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University.
Prof Stephen Sparks' career
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A British geologist whose work has improved the ability to forecast deadly volcanic eruptions is to receive the 2015 Vetlesen Prize.
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Mr Osborne is seen as one of the frontrunners to replace David Cameron, who has said he will not seek a third term as prime minister.
He did not deny being a contender during an interview with BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg in Berlin.
But he said he was "very focused" on the UK's EU renegotiations.
This involves "delivering the best possible deal for Britain, the best possible economic plan for Britain, and getting all those decisions right", he added.
Asked "what's wrong with being ambitious", the chancellor said he was "ambitious for Britain", listing his current roles and adding: "That is a huge task. I'm extremely honoured that I've been asked to undertake it, but it's all-consuming."
Mr Osborne was one of three possible replacements tipped by Mr Cameron when he announced he would not seek a third term, along with Home Secretary Theresa May and London Mayor Boris Johnson.
He is in Berlin to set out the UK's economic demands ahead of a planned in/out referendum on membership of the European Union.
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Chancellor George Osborne avoided questions on his Conservative Party leadership ambitions, saying his current job was "all-consuming".
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Leah Washington had her leg amputated after two carriages on the Smiler ride collided on 2 June. Three others suffered severe injuries.
Merlin Entertainment said it had contacted those injured and all 16 on board would receive compensation.
Lawyer Paul Paxton, representing three of the families, welcomed the decision.
Ms Washington's boyfriend, 18-year-old Joe Pugh, from Barnsley, is being treated for two broken knees and "extensive" hand injuries at the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
The couple were in the front row of the Smiler ride, alongside Daniel Thorpe and Vicky Balch, when it hit an empty carriage.
Twenty-year-old Ms Balch, from Leyland in Lancashire, has undergone surgery in Stoke and is said to be in a serious, but stable condition.
Mr Thorpe, 27, from Buxton, Derbyshire, is being treated for a collapsed lung and fractured leg at a hospital in Coventry.
Chanda Chauhan, 49, from Wednesbury, who was sitting in the second row of the Smiler, was also admitted to Walsall Manor Hospital with internal injuries.
Merlin Entertainment, which owns Alton Towers, said it had hand-delivered letters to all of those affected.
Last week, chief executive Nick Varney promised there would be no problems with compensation and that those injured would "want for nothing".
Alton Towers reopened to the public on Monday, but the X-Sector area, including the Smiler, remains closed.
The two carriages that collided have been removed by the Health and Safety Executive to be examined in a laboratory and investigations are continuing at the theme park itself.
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Lawyers representing the families of those injured in a rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers have welcomed a promise of compensation.
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The 36-year-old former US Open champion has fallen to 85th in the world rankings after only one top-10 finish in 25 events this year.
But he had nine birdies to reach 12 under, one ahead of Derek Fathauer.
Scot Russell Knox, who sealed his first Tour win in Shanghai last week, had six birdies in a 65 and is five shots back.
It is an impressive recovery from McDowell, who made a double bogey at the first hole on Thursday after sending his opening tee shot out of bounds and was within a fraction of doing the same with his next attempt.
"I hit my second ball further right than I hit my first - I figured I could be going home very, very soon. Thankfully, my second ball kicked in-bounds," said the Ryder Cup player, who also bogeyed the first hole in his second round, which he began from the 10th.
McDowell birdied four successive holes at the El Camaleon Golf Club after making his solitary bogey of the day.
"I drove the ball much, much better today than yesterday and putted just as good, really seeing these greens well, putting decisively and making a few," he said.
"It's been a frustrating year but that's the game of golf we know and love and you've got to take the rough with the smooth and keep trying."
Justin Leonard, the 1997 Open champion, shares fifth after mixing six birdies with three bogeys in a 68, but Englishman Greg Owen's 70 left him at one under, which was one too many for the halfway cut.
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Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell carded a 63 to take a one-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the PGA Tour's OHL Classic in Mayakoba, Mexico.
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Darren Jones brought down Jobi McAnuff in the penalty area and O's top-scorer Simpson took his season's tally to 22.
The win means the hosts rise two places to sixth in the League Two table as new player-manager Kevin Nolan enjoyed a second successive victory.
Newport produced a battling performance, but remain 20th after a night of few chances.
Nolan sent in the telling cross towards McAnuff for the game's deciding moment and referee Andy Davies awarded a spot-kick for the challenge by Jones.
Newport manager Warren Feeney told BBC Radio Wales: "That's possibly one of the worst decisions I've seen in the game.
"People say players have bad performances, but you've got to watch what you say about these people (referees).
"I wouldn't mind if he's consistent, but through the whole game, I thought he was poor from the start.
"I'm gutted for the players because I don't think they deserved that."
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A contentious Jay Simpson penalty was enough to earn promotion-chasing Leyton Orient victory over Newport County.
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It is the second ATP Tour semi-final of the 22-year-old Briton's career and the fifth seed will face Ryan Harrison for a place in Sunday's final.
The world number 45 was a break down in the first set when play was interrupted to give a fan medical help, but hit back to win nine of the last 10 games.
Harrison thrashed Christopher Eubanks 6-1 6-2 in their quarter-final.
American fourth seed Harrison said: "Kyle's been coming out. He was playing some amazing tennis at the end of last year and has shown some highlights of that throughout this year as well."
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Kyle Edmund defeated top seed Jack Sock 6-4 6-1 to reach the last four of the 2017 Atlanta Open.
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The Post Office said the changes would help to keep branches where customers wanted and needed them to be.
But the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said the move was "evidence that the Post Office is in crisis".
The union added that the number of post office jobs lost since the beginning of last year was 2,000.
The CWU held a five-day strike before Christmas at Crown post offices in a dispute partly about branch closures. The union is also concerned about job losses and pension provision.
Crown post offices are the larger branches usually found on High Streets.
In a statement, the Post Office said: "With consumer habits changing, and the high cost of maintaining premises in prime high street locations, franchising helps us to keep services where our customers want and need them."
It said it would take time to identify the right partners over the coming months and all proposals would be subject to local consultation. It promised to keep staff "fully informed".
CWU general secretary Dave Ward said: "The latest round of closures is further evidence that the Post Office is in crisis and that the board of the company, backed by the government, is simply pursuing a strategy of slash and burn.
"Today's announcement comes less than three weeks after the closure of a major government consultation on the future of the Post Office and sticks two fingers up to everyone who took part in this."
The union said that 75,000 postcards had been sent by members of the public to the government calling for an end to the closure and franchise programme of the Post Office.
It added that the Post Office network has been reduced by more than 50% over the past 30 years.
In April 2016, the Post Office announced plans to transfer up to 61 branches into WH Smith stores over the following year.
It said the move was part of a 10-year plan to cut costs and save cash, and would act as a way of "safeguarding the future of the network".
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The Post Office is planning to close and franchise 37 Crown offices, with, the union says, the loss of 300 jobs and 127 specialist roles.
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Son, 24, landed awkwardly during a challenge on Tuesday and will undergo surgery on his right forearm on Friday.
Neither the club nor the Korean FA indicated how long Son will be out for.
Spurs play Paris St-Germain in a pre-season friendly on 23 July and open their Premier League campaign at Newcastle on 12 August.
Son scored 21 goals in 47 games for the north London club last season, as they finished runners-up behind Chelsea in the league.
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Tottenham forward Son Heung-min could miss the start of the new season after fracturing his arm in South Korea's World Cup qualifier against Qatar.
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The Georgian burial ground is said to be the best preserved of its kind in the UK.
The custodians of the cemetery hope the Grade 2 site will be expanded for community and educational projects.
Penzance town council and other donors also contributed towards the restoration of the site.
The cemetery was established in around the 1740s according to the town council, and contains about 50 headstones with Jewish and English inscriptions said to be of "an exceptional quality".
Keith Pearce, who looks after the Penzance cemetery on behalf of the Board of Deputies of British Jews said it was "a unique historic site."
"It's part of Penzance's exotic past. In the 18th Century, Penzance, Falmouth and Truro were very cosmopolitan ports.
"The Jews who arrived here would have arrived alongside French people, Spanish people and people from the West Indies - and they were welcomed because they were helping an expanding economy to survive."
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A "unique" Jewish cemetery in Penzance has been restored thanks to a £25,000 lottery grant.
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Kent County Council (KCC) is expected to put up its Young Persons' Travel Pass from £200 to £250 in September - a year after the price doubled from £100.
"We have just set up an e-petition and we will be emailing all the schools and hoping people will sign," said Staplehurst campaigner Katya Thornton.
KCC said it could not provide a cheaper pass because of government cuts.
The travel pass gives unlimited access to Kent's buses for 11 to 16 year-olds on weekdays between 06:00 and 19:00 from the start of the academic year until 31 July.
"Some people will say the increase is only £50 but that's a 25% rise and its coming on top of last year's rise," said Ms Thornton.
"For some people like me this has a real impact.
"It's very unfair for those of us who live in rural communities because I don't have the right kinds of schools on the doorstep.
"I would prefer to send my children to a school five of 10 minutes away where they could walk but I can't do that."
Leader of the UKIP opposition on the council Roger Latchford, said he was appalled at the increase and would oppose it when it was debated by the council's cabinet on Monday.
Tory-run KCC said buying a bus card directly from the operator could cost more than £800 a year.
It said government cuts meant the council had to save £209m over the next three years and subsidising bus passes currently cost the council about £15m a year.
"It is a discretionary scheme - we don't have to do it," said Conservative Matthew Balfour.
"Our subsidy is being reduced but that still leaves a cost to the taxpayer of £338 per pass."
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Parents have vowed to fight a £50 increase in the cost of bus passes for Kent secondary school students.
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The 31-year-old lock has made 62 international Test appearances, playing at both the 2011 and 2015 World Cups.
Nemsadze has also played for Montauban and Valence d'Agen among others.
Bristol director of rugby Andy Robinson said Nemsadze, at 6ft 5ins and weighing more than 120kg, "fits the bill for a Premiership lock".
Robinson continued: "He's heavy, abrasive and he's been a key part of a Georgia forward pack that has enjoyed considerable success at international level.
"We recruit players that fit the mould of the standards and culture we expect at Bristol Rugby. Giorgi not only brings with him the knowledge of playing in France for nearly 10 years, but also that physical intensity we are striving for."
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Premiership newcomers Bristol have signed Georgia international lock Giorgi Nemsadze from French second-tier side Tarbes.
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The incident happened shortly after 19:00 on the A9 Inverness to Thurso road, on the outskirts of Thurso.
The driver of a Ford Fiesta was pronounced dead at the scene. The female driver of a Nissan Qashqai was unhurt.
The road was closed in both directions at the crash site for a police investigation.
Sgt Donnie MacKinnon, from the Road Policing Unit, said: "Tragically this collision has resulted in the driver of the Fiesta sustaining fatal injuries and we are currently trying to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident.
"Anyone who was on the A9 just outside Thurso at around 7pm on Thursday evening and witnessed what happened should contact police immediately."
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A male driver has died after he was involved in a two-car collision in the Highlands.
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A KPMG report, leaked to the Northern Echo, revealed the figures included £750,000 of unsold merchandise.
Welcome to Yorkshire's Sir Gary Verity said the shortfall was outweighed by the "£102m economic benefit" to the region.
He said he regarded the loss as an "investment" in Yorkshire's economy.
Speaking after London turned down the chance to host the 2017 event, Mr Verity added he would "love" the race to return to the county by 2020.
It was too soon for Yorkshire to bid for the 2017 Grand Depart, Sir Gary said, but he was "very excited" by the prospect of it returning soon.
"The Tour de France, in its 112-year history, has never gone back to anywhere as quickly as that," he said.
"They do return to places but normally it's six, seven, eight or nine or 10 years...so three years would be way too fast."
Welcome to Yorkshire said it was back on track to deliver a "modest surplus" after the report by the accountancy firm last November revealed the losses.
Mr Verity said: "We had a loss that we made on it which we regard as an investment for the wider benefit of the Yorkshire economy, that's our job."
He added: "It was a multimillion-pound investment and we think that the payback from that for the wider benefit across Yorkshire will continue, not just from last summer to this summer, but for many years to come."
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The tourism chief who helped bring the Tour de France to Yorkshire has defended the £1m loss his organisation incurred from hosting the event.
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The 25-year-old was on the periphery of Newcastle's 2011 Championship-winning squad, and sees comparisons with the promotion-chasing Devon side.
"When teams beat us they celebrate like they've won the league, which is a bit similar," he told BBC Sport.
"It's the same - people up their game against us, which you've got to deal with when you're a big club like us."
On Saturday, Donaldson will make his first return to his last club Cambridge, for whom he scored the goal which won them promotion back into the Football League in 2014.
Argyle are second in the fourth tier, but were beaten by Yeovil on Tuesday, only their seventh league defeat in 27 games.
"Yeovil the other night, you should've heard them when they won, " Donaldson added.
"It's not annoying, it just feels better when you beat them because we should beat teams like that, but sometimes it happens and you've just got to move on and get on with it.
"We've got so many good players here - I've not played in a squad this good since I made the step up into men's football, so I think we all push each other on."
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Plymouth Argyle midfielder Ryan Donaldson says League Two teams see the Pilgrims as a major scalp.
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Resuming on 43-1 after there was no play in the first session, debutant Eddie Byrom (43) and Adam Hose (48) put on 77 to take the score to 102-1.
But Holland then dismissed Byrom, James Hildreth, Tom Abell and Steven Davies in a remarkable four-over spell of 4-8.
He ran out Lewis Gregory before Gareth Berg (3-26) claimed two wickets, then rain forced an early close at 135-8.
Somerset came into the day in a commanding position, having triggered a similar collapse from Hampshire with the pink ball under the floodlights in their first innings.
However, the poor middle-order batting that has undermined their County Championship season came back to haunt them, meaning a first win of the season is now very unlikely.
Opener Byrom, who had looked otherwise solid, chipped USA-born Australian Holland to mid-on and Hildreth went lbw for two before Abell and Davies feathered edges to Lewis McManus, both without scoring.
Gregory was run out by Holland when he slipped trying to run a quick single, leaving Berg to pin Hose lbw and have Craig Overton caught at mid-wicket before rain prevented any play in the final session.
Ian Holland told BBC Radio Solent:
"It was a strange session of cricket. Obviously they had the momentum early and they got a decent partnership but we got a load of wickets in a hurry, so it's a decent end for us.
"It puts us in a strong position. You never know. There are still 96 overs, maybe more, left in the game.
"It is nice to contribute and come in and do well. I don't want to come in and be deadweight. The pink ball has been good to me. It seems to do bits in periods of the game and then flatten out. You are never out of the game."
Somerset director of cricket Matt Maynard told BBC Radio Bristol:
"It was so good to see Adam Hose and Eddie Byrom batting well and getting into a good position, then Holland came on and nipped it around under the lights and caused problems.
"It was nibbling a little bit more. When you come in under those conditions it is tricky. He had a couple of decent balls out there. None of our boys gave their wicket away.
"Eddie Byrom has impressed full stop. I liked the look of him in the academy and he is now getting his game. He knows his strengths in this form of the game and he showed that with the balls he left. I feel chuffed for the lad."
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Rangers trailed at the break, through ex-Ibrox striker Kris Boyd's shot but recovered in the second half with James Tavernier's free-kick to draw 1-1.
"It's the worst display in the last 14 or 15 months," said manager Warburton.
"We move quickly and with quality on the training field and we didn't do that. We chose to go long and I don't know why."
Warburton's side, who won last season's Championship, have yet to keep a clean sheet in the Scottish Premiership this term, posting two 1-1 draws and two 2-1 wins.
"We draw with Hamilton in the first game and the end of the world is nigh," said Warburton of the expectations on his side.
"There is no shortage of desire and commitment. What we have to do is take it from the training pitch on to the match pitch.
"We have had passages of good play, Dundee second half and today second half. But we have to be better for longer.
"We have to play with a bit more belief. We looked hesitant at times in terms of our decision-making. That is very unlike us and we didn't get the ball moving.
"We have new players coming and there is maybe some gelling still going on."
Killie's Greg Taylor was dismissed for a second-half tackle on Joey Barton and Warburton said: "Joey is okay.
"I saw the challenge. We don't want to see anyone sent off, but it was a poor challenge.
"I was conscious the atmosphere was rising. He was on a yellow card, so I took him off as a precaution."
Meanwhile, striker Joe Dodoo was sent for an x-ray on his ankle after landing awkwardly early on.
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This trio provides a tour of their company and explain the principles that have guided their business as part of the African Dream series.
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Definition Africa is a Ugandan fashion label founded by Nadia Bhegani, Olga Mugyenyi and Nahida Bhegani, which tries to source all of its raw materials on the continent.
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More tough negotiation and reforms lie ahead if it is ever to join the EU. Its neighbour Croatia joined in 2013.
Bosnia's move comes more than two decades after it emerged from a three-year conflict that cost about 100,000 lives, when Yugoslavia fragmented.
The EU foreign policy chief saw the bid as a step towards European unity.
"At a time when the union is questioned from within, seeing that with our immediate neighbours there is such an energy and willingness to join and work hard to adapt their countries, society, economy, institutions, systems to the European standards, gives us the sense of responsibility we have also towards our European Union citizenship," Federica Mogherini told journalists.
Integration with Europe is seen as a way to help Bosnia's ailing economy and overcome its reputation for corruption that scares off investors.
Last March, EU foreign ministers and Bosnia signed a Stabilisation and Association Agreement that had been on hold since 2008, paving the way for the application.
Dragan Covic, the chairman of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, said there would be "years of many challenges ahead", the AFP news agency reports.
He submitted the application to Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders, whose country currently holds the six-month EU rotating presidency.
The EU was happy to see "Bosnia back on the reform path", AFP quoted Mr Koenders as saying.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina has formally applied to join the 28-nation European Union - a milestone in its efforts to overcome political and ethnic divisions.
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They will be published by Esquire magazine on Friday and submitted to a scientific journal.
Froome, 30, chose to share the data because he wants to prove that people can "trust" his achievements.
The Briton was spat at by some spectators during this year's Tour following media claims of doping.
Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline performed the tests in its human performance laboratory.
Froome, who won the Tour this year and in 2013, wanted to determine the characteristics which make him an exceptional athlete.
Team Sky manager Sir Dave Brailsford said: "There are opportunities to do what we can to make the unbelievable believable.
"I think the independence thing is a good thing. And why not? I can't see the negative in it.
"There's a lot of talk about transparency these days, trying to have a leadership role. He's won the Tour twice, we should make the effort."
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The photographer, who has visited India more than 60 times, once said the country had taught him to watch and wait on life.
"If you wait, people would forget your camera and the soul world drifts into view," he told an interviewer.
McCurry, whose picture of a young orphaned Afghan girl with green eyes became an iconic image of war and the most recognised picture in the history of National Geographic magazine, has now published a book of his pictures of India.
"These magnificent pictures, some justly famous, many new and revelatory - reveal the beauty of the country and highlights its extraordinary contradictions," writes author William Dalrymple in his introduction.
"This is a very different India indeed, and it is here, in the places suspended between modernity and tradition, that most of the pictures in the book were made."
Here is a selection from Steve McCurry: India published by Phaidon/Roli Books.
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Celebrated American photographer Steve McCurry has been coming to India for more than three decades.
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Manager Roberto Martinez wants greater attacking options after selling Steven Naismith to Norwich and Aiden McGeady also possibly going out on loan.
Everton's top target was Dynamo Kiev forward Andriy Yarmolenko but they have been frustrated in that pursuit.
Senegal striker Niasse has 12 goals in 21 games for his club this season.
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Everton have made an approach for Lokomotiv Moscow forward Oumar Niasse and hope to tie up a £13.5m deal before Monday's transfer deadline.
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The company set up an office in Northern Ireland three years ago.
The new jobs aimed at legal graduates will be created over the next five years, taking its Belfast workforce to almost 500.
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said the announcement reflected the company's "very positive experience" in Northern Ireland.
She said the salaries would contribute almost £3m a year to the local economy.
Invest NI is offering grants of £860,000.
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The international law firm, Allen and Overy, is creating 100 new jobs in Belfast.
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The two men could not be separated after completing the 31.8-mile (50 km) race in five hours, two minutes and 47 seconds on Sunday.
James Quirk completed the top three, finishing 10 minutes behind the leaders, with Karen Chiarello the leading lady, in fifth.
The course shadows the Parish Walk from Peel to Bride and on to Ramsey.
The event was renamed in 2016 with all proceeds going to the Firefighters Charity, which provides assistance to serving firefighters, retired firefighters and their families.
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Samuel Fletcher and David Walker finished joint first in the island's FireFighters Memorial Walk.
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Hussain, who won 2015's Great British Bake Off, will judge alongside chef and food writer Allegra McEvedy.
CBBC's Junior Bake Off sees 40 youngsters aged nine to 12 competing for the title.
Hussain said: "This time last year I was in the Bake Off tent and now I get to go back and help encourage the next generation to get their bake on."
The contestants will each complete two bakes over 10 heats, including a technical bake and showstopper challenge, with four youngsters in the grand final.
The CBBC show's previous judges have included Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood, James Martin and Graham Hornigold.
Hussain, 31, has built a career since winning Bake Off which includes her first cook book, a column for The Times and a request from Buckingham Palace to make a cake for the Queen's 90th birthday. She will also present The Chronicles of Nadiya, a TV show tracing her culinary roots in Bangladesh.
She won last year's final on BBC One after baking a "big fat British wedding cake" adorned with jewels from her own wedding day as the showstopper.
It became the most-watched TV programme of the year with an average audience of 15.1 million people, according to consolidated figures, which include catch-up viewing.
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Dozens of soldiers seized the parliament compound in the administrative capital Garowe and blocked nearby streets.
However one of the region's most respected clan elders, Islan Issa Islan Mohamed, told them to return to their barracks.
He told the BBC that the "drama" was now over.
It had been reported that the soldiers were protesting about a delay in the payment of salaries as well as poor working conditions.
Last September soldiers took control of the central bank in Garowe in protest at lack of payments, Garowe Online reported.
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Puntland, an arid region of north-east Somalia, declared itself an autonomous state in August 1998, in part to avoid the clan warfare engulfing southern Somalia.
Unlike its neighbour, breakaway Somaliland, Puntland says it does not seek recognition as an independent entity, wishing instead to be part of a federal Somalia.
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Troops in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland have briefly staged a mutiny.
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People regularly playing sport stands at 15.74 million over 12 months, a rise of 1.65 million since 2005/06.
Bucking the normal trend, the number of women playing sport and being active is increasing faster than men.
Swimming remains the top sport overall but continues to decline, with athletics a close second and rising.
Sport England's Active People Survey began in 2005/06 and measures the number of people taking part in sport across the nation, with findings published every six months.
There was good news for tennis, cricket, boxing and rugby union, with increases in the numbers taking part but football and cycling experienced falls.
Participation figures for lower socio-economic groups and disabled people were low and remain static.
"It's good news that more women are playing sport, and driving an overall increase in the numbers," said Jennie Price, Sport England's chief executive.
"It's particularly great to see This Girl Can is making a real difference. That's because we've really focused on what drives women's attitudes and behaviours.
"If we're to see a further step change in the total number of people playing sport, we need to take a similar, consumer-focused approach in areas where the figures are stubbornly low, like disability and lower socio-economic groups."
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Adrian Brown made the "unscheduled landing" between Bassingbourn Primary School and the village college at about 08:40 GMT on Tuesday.
Unable to reach Royston Heath because of light winds, and not wanting to "disturb sheep" in a nearby field, he chose the playground.
Primary head Sue Brown said the unexpected visitor "made their day".
Mr Brown, from Litlington in Cambridgeshire, arrived on his single-person "hopper" balloon - one that does not have a basket - "just as the bell was ringing", Mrs Brown said.
Read more on this and other stories from Cambridgeshire
He said he had set off 30 minutes earlier from a field north of Bassingbourn and was aware the wind conditions were light and variable.
"Ideally we like to land close to a road or track to enable easy access for the retrieve crew to come and collect us," Mr Brown said.
"With such light winds I didn't think we would be able to reach the heath at Royston.
"The Royston Road from Litlington has the complication of power lines and sheep in the fields which I did not want to disturb."
When he landed, Mr Brown was greeted by a familiar face - his daughter, who is a pupil at Bassingbourn Village College.
"[She] came across and said hello, which was lovely," Mr Brown said.
The engineering company boss has been ballooning for 25 years.
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The wooden panelling, ceiling beams and fireplace from the Oak Parlour at Gwydir Castle, near Llanrwst, were sold to an American newspaper owner in 1921.
They were shipped to New York but have not been seen since the 1930s.
It is now hoped they can be retraced and brought back to Wales.
Judy Corbett, who owns Gwydir Castle with her husband, Peter Welford, said it was bought by William Randolph Hearst, an American newspaper tycoon in 1921.
The 16th Century linen-fold panelling, the fireplace overmantel and the carved and moulded ceiling beams were dismantled, crated up and sent to America.
"He ended up assembling it in his billiard room in his apartment in New York," she said.
The apartment was known as the Clarendon, said to be the largest apartment in the world.
It was partly demolished in the 1930s, but the couple know the panelled rooms were taken out and stored.
"This is where we lose track of it," they said.
"Where did our room go?
"Did the Hearst family hold on to it? Was it sold? Was it donated to an American museum?
"We have spent years looking through archives and records but can find no trace of it anywhere."
Numerous items of furniture, along with another whole room, were also sold off in 1921.
The panelling from the dining room was also bought by Mr Hearst.
But it was later discovered in a warehouse belonging to the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and was brought back to Wales and reinstalled at Gwydir in 1996.
Ms Corbett added: "The story of the dining room shows that miracles can happen. We would love to find our second missing room."
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He posted three different photos along with the message: "Today's exhilarating spacewalk will be etched in my memory forever - quite an incredible feeling!"
He later sent a second tweet which said: "Wrapping up today's spacewalk activities. Huge thanks to the ground teams who make it all possible & keep us safe out there - you guys rock!"
Tim Peake made history on Friday when he became the first British person ever to walk in space.
He and fellow astronaut Tim Kopra were outside the space station, carrying out repairs, for four hours and 43 minutes.
However, they were forced to finish the walk early, when Tim Kopra found water in his helmet.
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The 26-year-old, who has played rugby league for Salford, will join from Rotherham in the summer.
Prop Mark Tampin and back row forward Max Argyle will also leave the Yorkshire side for Jersey.
George Eastwell has signed from Loughborough Students while Jake Armstrong will arrive from Doncaster.
Jersey are fifth and could still make the Championship play-offs, but will not go up to the Premiership if they are successful as they do not have a suitable ground.
Head coach Harvey Biljon had previously said he was three players away from finalising his squad for next season.
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Striker Emmanuel, 27, scored 19 goals in the National League for Bromley last season and played for the Whites between 2012 and 2014.
Centre-back Howlett-Mundle, 19, has previously had spells at Crystal Palace and Scottish sides Hearts and Montrose.
Forward Jackson Jr, 19, had stints at Whitstable Town and Worthing last season and has agreed a two-year deal.
Meanwhile, 32-year-old former Welling player-manager Loui Fazakerley, who is a fitness coach at Crabble, has been registered as a player for the coming campaign.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Dover Athletic have re-signed Moses Emmanuel and brought in Jahmal Howlett-Mundle and Ira Jackson Jr.
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The party, which was the third biggest group after the last local election, took four seats from Labour, one from the Tories and one from an independent.
The final result at the Little Thurrock Blackshots ward was won by the Conservatives by one vote over the UKIP candidate after three recounts.
UKIP and the Conservatives have 17 seats each, and Labour 14.
There is one independent. The parties are now in discussion about whether a coalition can run the authority. Thurrock Tory group leader Rob Gledhill and UKIP leader Graham Snell said they believed they could work together.
Basildon - where UKIP took two seats, one from Labour and one from the Lib Dems - and Southend-on-Sea councils remained with no one party in overall control.
Harlow Council was held by Labour, and Castle Point and Brentwood councils were held by the Conservatives.
Colchester City Council remains with no party in overall control. The counts for Rochford Council and Epping Forest are taking place on Friday.
The tensions at the Backstage Centre in Purfleet were palpable. Just when the final declaration seemed imminent it went to a third recount and became even more nail-biting.
Thurrock was a top target for UKIP on a national basis, and in the end they fell agonisingly short in coming out level with the Conservatives. Nonetheless, they're jubilant at having picked up six seats, which the leader Graham Snell puts down to his colleagues' hard work on local issues such as housing, jobs and the environment.
Thurrock is now in an unprecedented situation with joint council leaders. Graham Snell and Robert Gledhill agree that there is common ground on about 70% of issues. In particular, they're united in their opposition to any new Thames river crossing coming through Thurrock.
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In a rain-reduced game of 46 overs per side, a 93-ball unbeaten 101 from Adam Hose and Jim Allenby's 90 off 110 balls helped Somerset post 294-6.
Chasing a revised target of 297, the hosts slipped to 62-4 with Craig Overton (2-39) amongst the wickets.
Jack Taylor's explosive 68 stemmed the flow of wickets, but Gloucestershire fell short and were all out for 215.
Gloucestershire have won only two of their six matches and their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages are hanging by a thread.
Somerset's total owed much to the fourth-wicket partnership of 123 between Hose and Allenby.
The home side never got going in reply and lost Phil Mustard to the first ball of the second over.
Taylor's 50-ball knock gave Gloucestershire some momentum and contained three sixes and eight fours, but once he fell to Jamie Overton (3-53), the innings fell away.
Max Waller finished with 3-37 as Somerset moved onto 10 points from their six matches.
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Seleka rebels were said to be fighting running battles with government troops.
The fighters, who have been involved in an on-off rebellion since December, accuse President Francois Bozize of failing to honour a peace deal.
Former colonial power France has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, and reportedly sent troops to secure the airport.
French officials warned French nationals in the country should stay at home.
Rebel spokesman Nelson Ndjadder said they had shot down a government military helicopter and were now heading for the presidential palace.
However, there were no further reports of fighting as darkness fell.
The rebels are also said to have cut off electrical power to parts of the city, having taken control of three power plants in the neighbouring town of Boali.
A local UN official in southern Bangui said people were in a state of panic but could not confirm the rebels had entered the city.
The rebels joined a power-sharing government in January after talks brokered by regional leaders to end a rebellion they launched last year.
But the deal quickly collapsed, with the rebels saying their demands, including the release of political prisoners, had not been met.
On Friday it was reported that they had taken a checkpoint in the town of Damara, about an hour's drive from Bangui, where regional Fomac peacekeepers are based.
BBC Africa editor Richard Hamilton says government soldiers have been unable to fend off the rebels because Mr Bozize fears being overthrown in a coup and is therefore wary of having a strong army.
He came to power himself in a military coup in 2003.
CAR has been hit by a series of rebellions since independence from France in 1960.
It is one of the poorest countries in Africa, despite its considerable mineral resources.
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But the critics have had a chance to see Channel 4's eagerly anticipated cake-over and have already given their verdicts.
We thought of serving up their reviews in full but decided instead to give you a slice of each - just to give you a taste.
We'll let them make the puns from now on, so knead on at your own whisk (sorry).
According to The Guardian's Mark Lawson, both Channel 4 and programme maker Love Productions are "having their cake and eating it".
"The eighth series of the extreme patisserie challenge manages to seem exactly the same but also just different enough," he writes.
Mel and Sue's replacements, comedian Noel Fielding and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig, "set their own distinctive flavour in the kitchen," Lawson goes on.
"To me the first episode for Channel 4 is as strong - in terms of both bakers and the cakes they attempt - as any previously made."
Writing in the Daily Mail, reviewer Sarah Rainey says that the show "hasn't changed a bit" in its move from the BBC to Channel 4.
"Sure, the people - with the exception of steely-eyed Paul Hollywood - are different," she writes.
"But if you squint a little, they could be the same old familiar faces, making the same innuendo-laden jokes."
While expressing admiration for Fielding's "ridiculous bird-print shirt", though, Rainey suggests his "dippy comedy act" may "quickly start to grate".
According to The Telegraph's Michael Hogan, the first instalment of the Channel 4 series gives viewers "the same flavoursome confection" - with "extra spice".
"There was tension, there were tears and one nervous hopeful forgot to turn her oven on," he goes on.
"Mary, Mel and Sue might be gone, but the show's recipe remains as winning as ever."
"The moment that Mary, Mel and Sue requested their P45s, we knew that Bake Off would never be what it was," writes Frances Taylor of the Radio Times.
According to her online review, however, Channel 4 "have done the best they can with the ingredients they were given".
"We'll always mourn the BBC era of the baking behemoth, but this is what we've got now," Taylor concludes.
"It's a bit rough around the edges, a little burnt on the outside. But it's still our Bake Off."
The Great British Bake Off begins on Channel 4 at 20:00 BST on 29 August.
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The Frenchman was speaking after the Gunners' defence of the FA Cup was ended by a 2-1 quarter-final defeat at home to Watford on Sunday.
The loss means Arsenal have won just one game in their last seven.
"The next game is always a big challenge and you are always in the middle of a drama. It is becoming a farce," said Wenger.
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Arsenal's faltering recent run has seen them lose 2-0 at home to Barcelona in the first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie.
The second leg is on Wednesday and unless Wenger's players stage an unlikely comeback, they will exit the tournament at the last 16 stage for the sixth successive season.
The Gunners have also gained just one point from their last three top-flight games and now trail leaders Leicester by eight points.
They did win at Championship side Hull in an FA Cup fifth round replay but some Gunners fans held up a banner reading 'Arsene, thanks for the memories but it's time to say goodbye' at the game.
"What is going on at the moment is very, very difficult to take for the players but judge us at the end of the season," said Wenger.
"We have come to the end of a very, very long run in the FA Cup, so it is very sad, but we want now to focus on the next game."
He added: "We have lost a game. We are sad and we want to focus on the next game.
"Arsenal has lost games before in history and we will lose again in the future. We will stick together and cope with it and prepare for the next one with complete belief.
"Supporters stand behind the club and we want to fight until the end of the season for every single game."
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Fazakerley, who has played international cricket for Guernsey, has been part of the county's academy.
"Will has had a really good season with the academy and the Second XI," chief executive Wasim Khan said.
"He has impressed us greatly with the progress he has made and it is great he is signing his first professional contract with Leicestershire."
Fazakerley's last international match was the annual clash between his home island of Guernsey and their Channel Island rivals Jersey, which they lost by 49 runs.
"I've only been there for two months and I didn't think I'd made a big enough impression there, but obviously they seem pretty happy," Fazakerly told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"I was planning to have another year in the academy, which is why I was so surprised when they offered me this deal, but obviously I won't complain.
"This is just the start, I want to have a long and successful career in cricket. I want to play as much first-class cricket as possible."
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The work at Haymarket bus station will include 11 new bus stands at the Charles Street facility.
The city council also is bidding for an additional £3.5m in funding from the Department of Transport.
"The Charles Street station is a disgrace - it is not good enough because it's cramped and inconvenient," Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said.
"It is just not good enough a modern city like Leicester.
"We have to make sure that travelling by bus to and from Leicester is a realistic and attractive choice."
A council spokesman said the project would "help ease bus congestion and queuing" at the station.
Several commercial buildings will be demolished to increase the size of the revamped station and public access will be improved.
The bus station is a base for 25 local bus services and is used by 20,000 people a day.
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The Emirates Arena was to host the event from 9-12 April but the EJU changed its mind in a sponsorship row.
It objected to the partnership British Judo had with Ultimate Fighting Championships to promote the event.
The championships will now be held in Baku, Azerbaijan as part of the inaugural multi-sport European Games.
British Judo chairman Kerrith Brown said: "British Judo believes that throughout its partnership with the EJU, it has consistently acted in a professional and diligent manner, based on what we feel is in the best interests of the sport and the athletes competing at the European Championships.
"It is with great reluctance and disappointment that I have to confirm the cancellation, following the EJU's decision to withdraw the hosting rights."
Scotland enjoyed enormous success in judo during last year's Commonwealth Games, landing 11 medals, with team flag bearer Euan Burton and the Renicks sisters, Kimberley and Louise, among six gold medal winners.
Earlier this month, the Renicks sisters spoke to BBC Scotland about how important home backing would be in April as they seek vital Olympic qualification points.
In a statement published on its website, the EJU said: "The European Judo Union has come to the realisation that the British Judo Association does not fit the EJU criteria to host the EJU flagship event.
"The BJA had entered into a sponsorship agreement which did not meet the EJU values. BJA persisted in this, notwithstanding that it had been warned on a number of occasions that this arrangement was unacceptable to the EJU, which has a right under the event contract to approve or disapprove any sponsorships of EJU events."
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Eilish Herron, of Paisley, was fuelling her Renault Clio at the forecourt in Linwood, at about 14:30 on Wednesday, when it was hit by a Ford Focus.
The 17-year-old died at the scene. The male Ford car driver was uninjured.
Eilish's former school, St Andrew's Academy, have also said she was "very popular" and "a wonderful young adult".
In a statement, Eilish's family said: "We are absolutely devastated by the loss of our beautiful daughter Eilish.
"We just cannot believe that we will not see her again. She was a lovely girl, a good daughter, sister, granddaughter and a great friend to those who knew her. She had so much to live for and we will miss her terribly.
"We are very gratefully for the thoughts and kind words already given, however, we would ask that we be allowed to have the time to grieve as a family at this very, very sad and difficult time."
Kevin Henry, head teacher at Eilish's former school in Paisley, said: "Eilish enjoyed six very successful and happy years in St Andrew's Academy and had left at the summer. She had been accepted to study nursing at Robert Gordon University.
"Eilish was a wonderful young adult and was very popular with both her peers and the staff of the school.
"She was a talented sportswoman and had been recognised in 2013 as Renfrewshire Young Sportsperson of the Year."
Mr Henry said Eilish had given "much of her own time to coaching younger students in the school".
"Eilish was a great role model for our pupils, her death is a tragic loss," he said.
"Staff and the school chaplain will be available to students who require any support. Eilish and her family will be in the thoughts and prayers of all in the school."
Meanwhile, police have asked anyone with information about the incident in which Eilish died to contact them.
A report on the circumstances will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.
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The family of a Renfrewshire teenager who died after a collision between two cars at an Asda petrol station have said they are "devastated" by her loss.
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The Bank of Scotland facility has been secured against the company's inventory of whisky stocks.
Thai-owned Inver House said the new facility would help the business improve its margins over the next five years.
It will also provide "increased headroom" to support overseas expansion in India, Kazakhstan and Poland.
Inver House's brand portfolio includes Old Pulteney, Balblair, anCnoc and Speyburn single malts.
A year ago, the Airdrie-based distiller announced it had completed a £10m investment programme which included boosting production capacity at its Speyburn distillery in Moray.
Inver House financial director Roger Hall said: "The new facility is significantly better value for us. It gives us access to the most cost-effective borrowing, which is crucial to our business.
"It also helps us to continue investment in our whisky stocks, which will see our brands grow over the next 12 years and beyond."
Inver House, which is owned by ThaiBev, currently employs 210 people across its six sites in Scotland.
In October, it reported a sharp fall in revenue and profits for 2015. The firm largely attributed the results to a reduction in sales of bulk whiskies and other "value-for-money" products.
It also cited a major reorganisation of distribution arrangements in its key US market.
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Scotch whisky producer Inver House Distillers has secured a £45m bank lending deal to support growth plans.
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The team of Fiona Pennie, Lizzie Neave and Kimberley Woods produced a controlled effort to beat Germany into second place by over four seconds.
"The team event was a nice consolation prize after not doing as well as we'd have liked to in the individual event," said Neave.
"We all had a really good run and it's always nice to come away with a medal."
Mallory Franklin won bronze in the women's C1 in Liptovsky on Saturday, while there was also a gold for the women's C1 team and a bronze for their male counterparts.
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Great Britain women's K1 trio won gold as GB ended the European Championships in Slovakia with four medals.
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Mark Francis, 44, of Resolven near Neath, had been told he would lose his vehicle later this month as he had been reassessed as no longer eligible.
David Cameron promised to look into it after Neath MP Peter Hain raised the issue at prime minister's questions.
The Department for Work and Pensions said it had received "new evidence".
Mr Francis told BBC Wales his hereditary spastic paraplegia had worsened, but he had been reassessed to a lower level of benefits in which he was no longer eligible for a car under the Motability scheme.
He said he had phone calls from Motability and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on Thursday to tell him his case had been reassessed again - in his favour - after it was raised in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
"It's great that I can keep the car - too bad I only got it by getting Peter Hain to ask questions in Parliament," he said.
"How many other disabled people haven't done that?"
Mr Hain is trying to find out the reason for the change as he believes other people on disability benefits may be affected by changes to the regulations.
A DWP spokesman said: "If claimants disagree with a decision then they can seek to have it reviewed and submit new evidence.
"Mr Francis followed this process and when the new evidence was taken into account was awarded a higher rate of benefit.
"This enables him to retain his Motability car."
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A disabled driver who faced losing his car under benefit changes said he was "elated" to have won his case after it was raised with the prime minister.
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Three houses were searched in Lisburn, Belfast and Antrim in connection with the seizure.
A man interviewed by police was later released, pending further enquiries.
Detectives worked alongside officers from the National Crime Agency in the operation.
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Police say they have seized herbal cannabis worth £100,000 that was destined for Northern Ireland.
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Former Chelsea defender David Stride had been in charge of Southern League Bashley for just 40 days.
The New Forest club's newly appointed board have named former manager Steve Riley as Stride's replacement.
"It's absolute codswallop. The club already had someone in mind to replace me, but waited two weeks before telling me," Stride told BBC Sport.
Bashley have lost all four of their pre-season friendlies so far, failing to score a goal and conceding eight.
Stride, 57, had only been in charge for two of those matches.
"We made a tough decision to change things around now rather than the possibility of having more upheaval during the season," chairman Tim Allan said.
Stride made 35 appearances for Chelsea between 1978 and 1980 and also played for Leyton Orient and Millwall in the 1980s.
He was appointed by Bashley on 17 June, but five and a half weeks later and after a change of club chairman, he is out of work.
"I've got no hard feelings, but sadly the club weren't man enough to tell me earlier," Stride added.
"I was given the guarantee I'd be left alone for a season to take sole charge of football matters, but I'm gone after just two games."
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A non-league manager has been sacked for "a run of poor pre-season results and lack of player signings".
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Council leader Jim Logue said he ordered the move after receiving an anonymous letter relating to the council's procurement processes.
He said police had been informed and the council's audit team would now carry out a detailed investigation.
The council said that if anything was found which substantiated the claims, it would be handed over to police.
Mr Logue said: "These allegations, which are detailed, concern some of the council's procurement processes. If true, they are extremely serious.
"I immediately instructed Paul Jukes, the chief executive, to launch an investigation.
"That investigation, led by the council's internal audit team, is already under way."
The council leader said that the internal audit team would be able to access all files held by any part of the council and all IT systems.
He added: "It is essential that the people of North Lanarkshire are able to have full confidence in the way the council conducts its business and I am determined that we are transparent at all times.
"Although these are currently unsubstantiated, anonymous allegations I believe that it is right to carry out a full investigation and share any evidence which comes to light with the police.
"As that investigation is now under way, it would be inappropriate for the council to comment further."
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North Lanarkshire Council has launched an investigation "into serious allegations of corruption".
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Olding made his debut in December 2011 but has only made 39 appearances because of two lengthy spells out with serious knee injuries.
He returned to action against Treviso in January, scoring a bonus point try.
Ulster boss Les Kiss described Olding as one of the most talented players he had worked with.
"This is a huge boost to us. Stuart has worked incredibly hard to come back from injury and is starting to recapture some of his best form," added the club's Director of Rugby.
"The determination he has shown in returning from his most recent injury speaks volumes about him and he is exactly the type of person we need in the squad."
Kiss was interim Ireland coach when Olding made his international debut during the North American tour in 2013.
Olding earned a second cap the following year, against Georgia, and marked the occasion with his first international try.
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Ulster centre Stuart Olding has signed a contract extension which will keep him at the Kingspan Stadium until the end of the 2018/19 season.
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Workshops are being held at the the city's Royal Cornhill Hospital using specially modified goggles, gloves and other equipment to simulate symptoms.
It is aimed at carers and those who have friends or relatives affected by the condition.
Staff say the equipment frequently leaves people with a completely new understanding of the disease.
Participants are asked to fulfil basic tasks such as getting into bed, writing their name or buttoning up clothing.
Julia Wells, an older adults mental health nurse consultant with NHS Grampian, said: "With the number of people living with the disease expected to double over the next 10 years, it's vital that we do everything we can to raise awareness of dementia.
"Dementia Awareness Week in general and workshops offer a great platform to do just that.
"It also helps to reduce some of the stigma that still exists around the disease."
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A kit which allows people to experience what it is like to have dementia has been introduced in Aberdeen.
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Allen, 25, who joins the Royals on what the club describe as a long-term deal, could make her debut against Arsenal in the Continental Cup on Saturday.
Her Blues debut also came against Arsenal in 2013 in what was an all-English Champions League semi-final.
Allen's arrival comes after Bonnie Harwood left Reading to join Millwall.
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Reading have signed midfielder Remi Allen from Women's Super League One rivals Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee.
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Malcolm William David Tinsley, 26, from St Helens, Merseyside, fell from the mountain's Pyg track on Monday evening.
His body was recovered by Llanberis mountain rescue volunteers.
The coroner for north west Wales launched an investigation into his death on Friday.
Mr Tinsley was the second person in three days to have died on the Snowdonia mountain range after a man fell to his death on nearby Tryfan.
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Onlookers described how they were eating their meals when the lights suddenly went out and they heard a loud crash.
Tests are going to take place to find out why the ground opened up swallowing 12 cars.
The large hole measured 120m long and 11m wide.
Luckily no one was hurt.
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Cars were swallowed up when a large sinkhole opened up in a restaurant car park, in Mississippi in America
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Something Father Simon Lokodo, the country's ethics minister, intends to stop.
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The legendary South African jazz trumpeter, who is on tour with his friend of 53 years pianist Larry Willis, tells the BBC about his early music days.
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The Indomitable lioness helped Cameroon thrash Ecuador 6-0 at the women's tournament in Canada on Tuesday.
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Their tipple of choice is naturally fermented palm wine, produced by raffia palm trees.
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He was seen teeing-off at a golfing event on Friday ahead of the African Union heads of state meeting.
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Some of the quirkier snippets from the news in Africa that we did not know last week:
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The 32-year-old, formerly with Watford and Cardiff, has agreed a deal until May 2018.
Cowie played with Ross County and Inverness Caledonian Thistle and has 10 international caps.
"He'll bring experience to the table, which is invaluable when you're trying to blood younger players into the first team," said Hearts boss Robbie Neilson.
Speaking to the club website, Neilson added: "He's played in the Scottish top flight before so knows our game, and he's played at the highest level down south and won a Championship, so I know he's a winner.
"Having played in England, he'll show the players here the level they'll have to get to if they have aspirations to play there themselves."
Cowie has made more than 450 senior club appearances, scoring 52 times.
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Scotland midfielder Don Cowie has signed for Hearts following his release from Wigan.
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Warnock, 68, has a meeting with chairman Mehmet Dalman next week to discuss his future.
But having steered Cardiff away from the Championship relegation zone during his five-month reign, Warnock says he feels "refreshed".
"I might even do a couple [of years] whatever the situation," he said.
After back-to-back wins on the road against Leeds and Derby, on Saturday Warnock will cross swords with Rotherham, who he saved from relegation last season during a 16-game spell from February until June.
The Millers were keen to keep Warnock last summer and he admits he was close to staying with them.
"Rotherham actually gave me that zest back," he said.
"If I am honest I might have let my heart rule my head at times. If we had agreed terms straight away I think I might have stayed."
Now Warnock feels similarly revitalised having taken over at Cardiff in October.
"It's given me the belief in what I do really. I have been a manager 37 years, that is a long time - more than a lot of my lads have ever been born," he said.
"To still have that enthusiasm and that desire to want to put one over people or managers or clubs. That is what I thrive on.
"The biggest thing is for Cardiff fans to go home having seen a performance or effort of their team and to be talking about the club again in the good sense rather than a negative sense."
Warnock said Cardiff chairman Dalman would provide him with financial details on what funds could be available this summer at a meeting in the next few days.
"We need to know what we can do to be able to bring the three or four players in because we don't have that many players out of contract really, so it is not as straightforward to thin my squad or to do things," Warnock added.
"So its going to be difficult in the next few months to put things in place.
"It is nice to be wanted. The biggest thing coming here was the reaction of the Cardiff fans to me taking over, it was fantastic.
"It would have to be something extreme I have not thought about to take me away from that."
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Manager Neil Warnock has delivered the strongest indication yet he is keen to stay at Cardiff City and mount a promotion challenge next season.
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City are four points above the Premier League relegation zone and they want to sign a striker in January.
Paloschi, 26, has scored eight goals in 21 league games for Chievo this season.
Starting his career at AC Milan, the Italian also played for Parma and Genoa. He joined Chievo in 2011 and has scored 42 goals in 144 Serie A appearances.
Paloschi has represented Italy at Under-21 level, scoring in their 2-1 defeat to Wales at Swansea's Liberty Stadium in 2009.
He lined up alongside the likes of Milan and former Liverpool forward Mario Balotelli in a game won by Aaron Ramsey's spectacular strike.
Paloschi could now be about to link up with compatriot Francesco Guidolin, who was appointed Swansea's head coach earlier this month.
Former Udinese manager Guidolin guided the Swans to a 2-1 win at Everton in his first game in charge, the Welsh club securing back-to-back victories for the first time this season having previously beaten Watford.
Despite the encouraging start to Guidolin's reign, Swansea are still 15th in the Premier League table, with only bottom side Aston Villa scoring fewer goals so far in this campaign.
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Swansea City are in talks with Chievo about signing striker Alberto Paloschi for a fee of around £8m.
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Fly swarms from the Shows Waste Management site in Slack Lane, Derby, have left residents facing difficulties cooking and cleaning for weeks.
The Environment Agency said 2,200 tonnes of waste has now been moved and "the fly issue...has been resolved".
The site has been ordered by the agency to move all waste by 7 July.
The agency had started a criminal probe into the fly infestation, and a spokesman added they would "seek to take the appropriate level of enforcement action against relevant parties" once their investigation into the cause of the plague is over.
"We can confirm that the fly issue on the site has been resolved with no reported issues from the community since early June," an agency spokesman said.
"We will continue to monitor and assess the situation until our requirements have been fully met."
About 3,000 households and businesses are in the affected areas.
One resident, Melissa Marriott, previously told the BBC she has been unable to have a bath without flies getting into the water, and had to resort to buying an electric fly killer which "gets 50 flies a day".
Another resident, Jenny Warren, said the flies had been "all over the food and you can't open windows".
On 17 May, Shows Waste Management was given a suspension order by the agency and told no further waste would be accepted on site.
The waste company has said it was in the current situation because of a dispute with another firm.
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Residents whose homes have been filled with hundreds of flies from a Derbyshire recycling site have been told their misery is over.
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Proposals could see Cilcennin, Ciliau Parc, Dihewyd and Felinfach schools shut and a new area school opened on the Felinfach theatre campus.
But some parents fear the proposed site has pollution from nearby factories and is "not safe" for children.
Councillors deferred a decision on the plans during a meeting on Tuesday.
Ceredigion council want more details on funding available from the Welsh Government before they decide on whether to close the schools.
An informal consultation with parents, governors and carers highlighted concerns about the safety of the potential new school site at Felinfach Professional Education Centre.
Fears included:
Fears were also raised that closing village schools could damage communities, according to the council report.
Cabinet member for education Hag Harris said he appreciated parents' concerns, but that the new area building would not be a "second rate school".
He said: "This will be a really first class school as we have built previously in Ceredigion."
Options before the council had been to continue with the current situation of 10 schools; to close Cilcennin School; or to build a new area school for pupils of Ciliau Parc, Cilcennin, Dihewyd and Felinfach.
The preferred option would be to develop an area school in existing buildings on the Felinfach theatre campus.
The council is restructuring education, saying there are 1,000 fewer children in Ceredigion than a decade ago.
The four schools under threat have a total of 171 pupils.
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A decision on controversial plans to close four primary schools in Ceredigion has been put on hold while funding is explored.
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Glasgow Warriors head coach Townsend, 43, previously worked with Scotland as part of Andy Robinson's backroom staff.
The former Scotland fly-half, who won 82 caps - plus two for the Lions - led Warriors to the Pro12 title in 2015.
"I am incredibly proud. It is a real honour to be given the responsibility of coaching the national team," said Townsend.
"My focus is firmly on the season ahead with Glasgow and I will be doing all I can to help the club continue to progress this year."
New Zealander Cotter, 54, has been in charge of the Scots since 2014 and led them to the World Cup quarter-finals last year.
Shortly before that tournament, the former Clermont Auvergne head coach had extended his contract until 2017.
Scotland lost all five Tests in his first Six Nations but they improved this year with wins over Italy and France, scoring a best-ever 11 tries in a single campaign.
"I believe we have moved forward by working to execute the simple things well," said Cotter, who has now coached in Europe for a decade after an eight-year spell in France with Clermont Auvergne.
"The focus has been to respect tradition but also perform in the present, be adaptive and innovative. I have been really pleased with the progress that has been made."
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Scottish Rugby chief executive Mark Dodson thanked Cotter for his "considerable impact" but said the time was right to promote "one of the most sought after coaches in the game", two years out from the next World Cup in 2019.
"The time is right to take the development of the national team forward with Gregor," said Dodson.
"Gregor's playing record showed he is a man of vision and great professionalism, which he has since successfully transferred into his coaching roles.
"It is these factors which I feel will enable Scotland to continue its forward momentum, building on the strong foundations laid by Vern, with the current group of players and future Scotland internationals."
Dodson has now launched a recruitment process to find Townsend's replacement at Glasgow for next season.
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Gregor Townsend is to replace Vern Cotter as Scotland head coach in June 2017, Scottish Rugby has announced.
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Tom Donilon - who spent three years as the most senior voice on foreign policy in the Obama administration - was clear. On issues where America dealt directly with the EU, issues like the nuclear deal with Iran, immigration and aid spending, not being present at the EU table would lessen Britain's importance for the US.
But Mr Donilon's overriding concern was not one of specific foreign policy issues it was a broader question of focus. Voting leave, he fears, would lead to a Britain that is more inward looking and more distracted from global affairs.
That, he added, would be a less powerful partner for the US. On a string of critical issues, Britain would be less important to the White House if it were not part of the European Union.
I sat down with Mr Donilon, President Barack Obama's previous National Security Adviser, after he and a group of senior American foreign policy officials signed an open letter urging Brits to vote to stay in the EU on June 23rd. He acknowledged that it was unusual for American officials, from the president down, to weigh in on a British political issue. However Mr Donilon felt the stakes are so high for Britain, the EU and the US that it was important to do so.
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How would the relationship between the White House and the UK change if Britain were no longer part of the EU?
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The 46-year-old Portugeuse will attend Sunday's Old Firm match against Celtic before starting work on Monday.
Under-20s coach Graeme Murty will remain in interim charge for a sixth game since Mark Warburton's departure.
"It is a great honour to join Rangers Football Club," said Caixinha after being released by his Qatari club Al-Gharafa on Friday.
"This club has a great history and tradition and I am proud to follow in the footsteps of legendary Rangers managers like Walter Smith, Graeme Souness and Jock Wallace.
"Rangers is a name that is known worldwide and I am looking forward to forging a positive relationship with supporters and meeting the playing squad and staff at the club.
"I know there is a lot of hard work ahead and I assure all our fans that I will do all I can to provide a winning and entertaining Rangers team."
Caixinha previously managed Uniao Leiria and Nacional in Portugal, and led Mexican side Santos Laguna to the 2014 Copa MX Apertura trophy, the 2015 Liga MX Clausura title and the 2015 Campeon de Campeones trophy, as well as the 2013 Concacaf Champions League final.
Before moving into management, he spent six years as assistant to Jose Peseiro at Sporting Lisbon, Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal, Greek outfit Panathinaikos, Rapid Bucharest in Romania and the Saudi Arabia national team.
Caixinha, who speaks fluent English, earned some of his coaching qualifications at the Scottish Football Association's coach education centre at Largs.
"We are delighted to welcome Pedro to Rangers," said managing director Stewart Robertson. "We compiled a shortlist of high-quality candidates for the position but we knew after our initial meeting with Pedro that he was the right man to take this club forward.
"He is a man of great experience and authority and the board has no doubt he will help us achieve our long-term goals. I would like to thank the Rangers supporters for their patience throughout the process but we were determined to appoint the best candidate possible.
"I would also like to thank Graeme Murty for taking control of the first team. He will complete his duties at Celtic Park on Sunday before returning to his role with the Under-20s and Pedro will begin his work on Monday morning."
Murty has overseen Scottish Cup wins against Greenock Morton and Hamilton Academical, and a Premiership victory over St Johnstone, but league defeats by Dundee and Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
The Ibrox side are third in Scotland's top flight, six points behind Aberdeen and 33 off runaway leaders Celtic, who can clinch a sixth straight title this month.
Warburton, who led Rangers to promotion by winning last season's Scottish Championship, parted company with the club at the same time as assistant David Weir and head of recruitment Frank McParland.
McParland has since become director of football at Nottingham Forest.
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But there have been many such agreements in the past and the omens for peace in the region are not good.
Russian-backed fighters and the Ukrainian army have clashed almost daily for the last 30 months.
At the beginning of January there was a serious escalation in the violence.
Ukraine said two of its soldiers had been killed and 16 injured in fighting over the weekend.
In theory the two sides will this week pull back heavy weaponry from areas near the front line.
But a source at the Munich talks over the weekend told the BBC that no progress had been made in reaching a political solution.
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A ceasefire is due to come into effect in eastern Ukraine following a deal in Munich over the weekend to halt fighting and withdraw heavy weapons from the front line.
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It is designed to help diagnose different types and stages of ovarian cancer.
The developers, in Belgium and the UK, said many women with cancer were not getting the right treatment.
The charity Ovarian Cancer Action welcomed the test, saying early identification was "much-needed".
The test is designed to distinguish accurately between benign cysts and malignant tumours as well as identify how aggressive tumours are.
It was developed by University of Leuven and Imperial College London scientists to help the patient get the right surgical treatment.
"It's very important to get the pre-operative diagnosis right," said Prof Tom Bourne of Imperial College London.
"If it isn't right, the patient might have a more extensive operation than they need, for example having an ovary removed unnecessarily."
Prof Bourne told the BBC that ovary removal could be "a critical issue for young women in terms of fertility".
The test uses a combination of patient information, blood test results and ultrasound scans to predict the malignancy, type and stage of the cancer.
The researchers used data from 3,506 patients in 10 European countries between 1999 and 2007 to develop the test.
The team, reporting their findings in the British Medical Journal, then trialled the test with a further 2,403 patients between 2009 and 2012.
Prof Bourne said their test was better than current practice in the UK.
Ovarian cancer can be difficult to diagnose early, because symptoms such as bloating and abdominal pain can be put down to other common illnesses.
It is the most aggressive gynaecological cancer, with only about 40% of patients still alive five years after being diagnosed, according to the research paper.
One of the main factors in survival is how early the cancer is diagnosed. There is currently no screening available, so patients have to rely on seeing a doctor and being correctly diagnosed in time.
Another important factor in the survival rate is whether surgery is carried out by a specialist surgeon, the researchers said.
Many women were currently operated on by general surgeons, possibly because the true nature of the illness came to light only during surgery.
Cancer charity Ovarian Cancer Action said the new test could be useful.
"Anything that makes a diagnosis of ovarian cancer easier, earlier and quicker - like this tumour blood marker test - that gets women tailored treatment sooner, is very much needed," said chief executive Katherine Taylor.
If women were diagnosed in the early stages of ovarian cancer they had a 90% chance of surviving the next five years, but if the cancer was found at a later stage, the five-year survival rate reduced to 22%, she said.
"Awareness of this disease among women and GPs is key," she added. "Ovarian cancer is the UK's most deadly gynaecological disease, with over 7,000 cases diagnosed every year."
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A new test can help doctors identify ovarian cancer more accurately and cut down on instances of unnecessary surgery, claim scientists.
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Researchers say the huge predator had scales much like modern reptiles rather than feathers or fluff.
The dinosaur may have ditched its feathers because it no longer needed insulation when it reached gigantic proportions, they propose.
But the findings are unlikely to end the long-running debate about the physical appearance of T. rex.
We don't need to throw out the image of a big fluffy T. rex quite yet, argued one palaeontologist.
Whether T.rex was clad in scales, feathers or both, has long been a mystery, largely due to a lack of fossil evidence.
Primitive feathers have been identified in some members of the Tyrannosaur group, leading to speculation that the king of reptiles also sported feathers.
In the latest twist, researchers analysed skin impressions from a T.rex skeleton known as Wyrex, unearthed in Montana.
They also looked at relatives that roamed during the Late Cretaceous in Asia and other parts of North America, including Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus.
Skin patches from the neck, pelvis and tail of Wyrex show scaly, reptilian-like skin, says a team led by Dr Phil Bell of the University of New England, Australia.
Writing in the journal, Biology Letters, they say fossil integument (outer covering) from T.rex and other members of the group confirm that "these large-bodied forms possessed scaly reptilian-like skin.'
The researchers think the giant tyrannosaurs lost their feathers over time because they no longer needed them as insulation.
But not all researchers are convinced.
Dr Steve Brusatte of the University of Edinburgh said he wouldn't be surprised if T. rex lost or reduced its feathers, as it was a very big animal, just like elephants reduce their hair.
Asian elephants are hairier than African elephants because they are smaller and live in dense forests in dim sunlight.
"But I don't think we can assume that T. rex lacked feathers just because some fossil skeletons have skin impressions that are scaly," he added.
"It takes inconceivable good luck to preserve feathers in fossils. Just because we don't see them doesn't mean they weren't there. So I don't think we need to throw out the image of a big fluffy T. rex quite yet."
The Tyrannosaurs were fearsome predators during the last part of the Cretaceous, 85 to 65 million years ago.
They were known for their sharp teeth, small beady eyes and tiny forelimbs (arms).
The group included Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus, as well as the iconic T. rex.
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The Irishman, who turns 21 on Saturday, will remain at Craven Cottage until the summer of 2018.
Kavanagh, who can also play at left-back, has made a total of 11 appearances since his debut for the west London club last August.
He scored his first goal for the Whites in the 1-0 win at home to Norwich City in October.
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Fulham midfielder Sean Kavanagh has signed a new contract with the Championship club.
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Scottish Borders Council and Stirling-based Ramoyle Developments have concluded missives for the former Burgh Yard.
It will be used for a "mixed use" commercial scheme including some flats and possibly a pub/restaurant.
It used to house a petrol station, garages and workshops.
Council leader David Parker said: "There has been a great deal of interest surrounding the former Burgh Yard site, and I am delighted that the sale has now been agreed.
"If it goes ahead as planned, this development should bring a significant benefit to Galashiels at an exciting time, with the Borders Railway opening in less than one month.
"I look forward to seeing it enhance the facilities in the town for visitors and the local community."
Councillor Stuart Bell said the move could bring the site near the recently-opened transport interchange back into use.
"If the scheme comes to fruition, it will bring investment in our region, create new jobs and provide improved facilities for tourists, tying into the key aims of the Borders Railway Blueprint programme," he said.
Jim Turnbull, of Ramoyle Developments, added: "We are very pleased to be able to add this prestigious project to our currently expanding development programme.
"Several operators have approached us with regards to the various commercial uses we have in mind for Galashiels and we expect to be able to reveal our preferred line-up soon."
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A chain is in talks over plans for a new 50-bed hotel in Galashiels after the sale of a prominent site in the town has been agreed.
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He told Radio 4's Front Row: "I think it's important that the Proms continues to reach out to different audiences and the younger demographic to keep the whole idea of the Proms alive."
He added: "To the audience that go to Ibiza... these are our classics."
The late night Prom will be aired live from the Royal Albert Hall on 29 July.
Tong - who has been presenting regular dance music shows on Radio 1 since the 1990s - said it was important to be open-minded, "whatever area of music you're in".
"Just to stay stuck in the past or stay stuck within rigid guidelines, whatever you're doing, you'll struggle over a longer period of time," he said.
Billed as "less concert and more dance-party", the event will help mark the 20th anniversary of Radio 1 in Ibiza. Special guests including Ella Eyre and John Newman will perform with Jules Buckley and his Heritage Orchestra.
"It's going to be an entertaining evening," said Tong, "hopefully it's going to be a bit of a riotous evening. That's not necessarily a first at the proms."
He said he'd worked closely with the orchestra to come up with "an interpretation of the Ibiza classics".
"I started out by getting together with some of the music team of Radio 1 and some of my fellow DJs and also some faces on the island.
"We got into a bit of a debate to discuss what music should be represented. It was a constant trimming down process, but we've ended up with probably about 20 tracks which will be presented on the night."
Earlier this month Radio 3 presenter Suzy Klein branded critics of the event "snobs and scaremongers".
Last week Proms host Katie Derham also defended the event, calling it a "celebration of electronic dance music".
"There'll always be the odd raised eyebrow," she told BBC Breakfast, "but ever since the Proms began 120 years ago, the idea was to bring good music to as many people as possible, for it to be accessible, for it to be a celebration of great tunes.
"So the fact that we're pushing the boundaries and bringing in new audiences in this way, I don't think should upset anybody."
She added: "When they get down to it there is the most amazing classical music being celebrated with the most fantastic musicians from all over the world - all the greats are going to be there."
The First Night of the Proms kicked off the eight week event on 17 July. It runs until the Last Night of the Proms on 12 September.
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Brig Gen Tlas, said to be in his mid-40s, is a member of Syria's most powerful Sunni family, which has given its support to the Assad's Alawite clan for decades.
The general's father, Mustafa Tlas, was Syria's longest serving defence minister, who helped to ensure Mr Assad's succession to the presidency in 2000 following the death of his father.
As a young man, Gen Tlas also attended military training with President Assad.
So, naturally, he was a member of Mr Assad's so-called inner circle, serving as commander of an elite Republican Guard unit.
The general - together with his wife - was also seen as a leading figure on the Damascus social scene, entertaining foreign envoys, artists and the media.
But sources say he has become increasingly frustrated in recent months over the violent crackdown by the security forces on protesters.
He was reportedly under a form of home arrest since May 2011, following his meeting with the opposition to try to start a political dialogue and also because of his opposition to the clampdown.
The current regime, he once reportedly said, was taking the country to hell.
Most of Syria's leaders are Alawite, but Gen Tlas is a Sunni Muslim, and his desertion may encourage other Sunni officers to consider their allegiances.
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Laurent Blanc's side failed to win for only the second time in 22 games.
Paris were without top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic and rested a number of other players ahead of their midweek Champions League tie with Chelsea.
They lacked a cutting edge as Lille became the second team to avoid a league defeat in Paris this season.
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Paris St-Germain saw their 16-match winning run end in a 0-0 draw with struggling Lille but still remain unbeaten in Ligue 1 this season.
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Jonathan James Mathew, 35, Stylianos Contogoulas, 44, Jay Vijay Merchant, 45, Alex Pabon, 37, and Ryan Reich, 34, are accused of manipulating the rate between 1 June 2005 and 31 August 2007.
The prosecution told the court that "they were driven by money... to make more profit on their trading".
The five defendants deny one count of conspiracy to defraud.
The court also heard that the financial position of every company, every government, perhaps every household was directly or indirectly sensitive to Libor in one way or another.
The trial at Southwark Crown Court, which began on Tuesday, is expected to last 12 weeks.
Prosecution counsel James Hines QC said that to maximise their profits, the defendants agreed to manipulate or rig the US dollar Libor rate to the advantage of their trades and to the disadvantage of the people who they were doing trades with.
Submitters, who contributed to the setting of the Libor rate by revealing the interest rates at which their banks were willing to lend at, were told if the traders wanted the rate to go up or down, the prosecution alleged.
Libor - the London interbank offered rate - is an interest rate used by banks around the world to set the price of financial products worth trillions of pounds.
The ability to organise even minor movements in the rate had the potential to generate bumper profits for a trader.
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Five former Barclays employees have been accused of conspiring to defraud, by fixing the Libor interest rate.
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A car bomb exploded as his convoy was passing, killing at least one body guard. The so-called Islamic State (IS) group says it carried out the attack.
The city's last governor, Jaafar Mohammed Saad, was killed in a similar attack in early December.
IS intensified operations in Yemen when civil war broke out in March 2015.
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Witnesses to the attack described hearing "a loud explosion". One local man, Attef Hassan, told Reuters: "I thought it was an explosive device. I turned round and saw the governor and his companions getting out of the governor's car, and, thank God, they were not injured."
Yemen has been rocked by fighting, mainly between forces loyal to UN-recognised President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi - who fled into exile in Saudi Arabia - and those allied to Zaidi Shia rebels known as Houthis. IS opposes both groups.
A Saudi-led coalition made up of nine nations began airstrikes in March, hoping to defeat the Houthi rebels.
On Tuesday, warplanes carried out fresh strikes on the capital, Sanaa, which is under Houthi rebel control. Residents say a care centre for blind people and a chamber of commerce building were hit.
The UN says almost 2,800 civilians have been killed since fighting began.
"The ongoing armed conflict in Yemen continues to take a terrible toll on civilians, with at least 81 civilians reportedly killed and 109 injured in December," UN spokesperson Rupert Colville said in a statement on Tuesday.
"This raises the number of civilian casualties recorded between 26 March and 31 December to 8,119 people, including 2,795 killed and 5,324 wounded."
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The first session for the event, which includes the Classic TT and Manx Grand Prix, opened with a speed-controlled lap for newcomers on the TT course.
Saiger's opening lap of 117.18mph on his Greenall Racing Kawasaki was the quickest of the evening session.
The second practice session will be held on Tuesday.
Monday's scheduled second qualifying session has been cancelled due to rain and low-lying mist on the Mountain.
Double Manx Grand Prix race winner Andrew Dudgeon was second fastest on the night with 115.39mph, with Australian David Johnson and Lee Johnston both averaging more than 114mph.
Fifteen-time TT winner Michael Dunlop missed the session to compete in the Ulster Rally, whilst Kiwi Bruce Anstey topped the Lightweight timesheets.
Thirty-eight Manx Grand Prix newcomers completed their compulsory speed-controlled lap under the guidance of experienced TT racers.
Santon-based Michael Evans topped the qualifying board on his Senior Martin Bullock Motorsport Suzuki with 114.518mph.
Meanwhile, Brendan Fargher (114.236) Tom Robinson (113.988) and Glenn Harrison (113.828) all posted competitive times on their 600 machines.
Six newcomers slid off on their opening laps with Lief Williams and David McConnachy taken by ambulance to Noble's for check-ups.
All have been reported as okay.
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The party said it would consult on the change if it wins May's assembly election.
Powers to change speed limits are to be handed to the Welsh Government, although it is not clear exactly when.
But road safety charity Brake said the proposals were "disappointing" and suggested a change would lead to more deaths on the roads.
In 2015, UK ministers suggested limits could be raised in some areas of England and Wales.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said: "The M4 and A55 are vital arteries in the Welsh economy with thousands of commuters relying on their use every day.
"Welsh Conservatives believe that raising the speed limit from 70mph to 80mph [112km/h to 128km/h] could play a vital role in getting our economy moving and offering invaluable support to hard-pressed motorists, commuters and businesses.
"Consultation would be key - ensuring the views of all stakeholders are considered, so any change on the M4 and A55 is delivered with safety paramount."
But Brake spokesman Jack Kushner said: "We urge the government to reject needless proposals to increase speed limits to 80mph. We're disappointed it is being considered.
"Evidence from previous consultations made it clear that an increase would not only be dangerous - potentially 25 more deaths and 100 more serious injuries each year - but also highly damaging to the environment and economy."
Political parties should focus instead on greater investment in "sustainable" travel and rural transport, he added.
Plaid Cymru said the "real priority" for the two roads was tackling bottlenecks.
Party transport spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said: "A Plaid Cymru government will press ahead with improvements across the A55 and will resolve the M4 problem around Newport with an effective and cost-efficient scheme that can be delivered quickly."
Welsh Labour said Conservative UK ministers had "ditched plans to raise speed limits because of the huge safety risks".
A spokesman said: "It is ill-conceived and reckless, it will lead to increasing numbers of deaths and serious injuries on our roads while pushing up the cost of driving and making it harder to cut the emissions that contribute to climate change."
A Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesman said: "The Tories [at Westminster] first launched a consultation on this in 2011 and nothing has been heard since.
"We will therefore be taking this announcement with a pinch of salt."
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The speed limit on the M4 and A55 could rise from 70mph to 80mph under plans announced by the Welsh Conservatives.
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The Netherlands currently lead Namibia and Ireland by six points.
Batsmen William Porterfield and Ed Joyce return after being rested for the four-day tour game against Zimbabwe A.
Paul Stirling is also expected to take his place in the team after recovering from tightness in his quad.
Stirling did not bat in the final innings of Ireland's draw with Zimbabwe A as a precautionary measure.
Porterfield and Joyce instead spent time batting in the nets and both are expected to play, as is bowler Tim Murtagh, who was also rested.
In the potential scenario of the side winning the match after conceding a first innings lead, the Dutch will drop to third as in this situation the side that wins the match will collect 13 points while the side that claims the first innings lead will get seven points.
Namibia have been preparing for the game by playing in South African domestic cricket, while Ireland arrived in Windhoek directly from Harare, where they have spent the last three weeks playing three one-day internationals and a four-day match with Zimbabwe A.
In the first round of fixtures, reigning champions Ireland defeated the United Arab Emirates by an innings and 26 runs in Malahide in June, while Namibia recorded a 114-run victory over Hong Kong in May and will be aiming to make home advantage count against Porterfield's experienced side.
There has been one change to the original 14-man squad named by Ireland, with Max Sorensen returning home from Zimbabwe with a back injury, the impressive Stuart Poynter comes into the squad in his place.
Poynter goes into the match on the back of scoring his maiden first-class century in the final tour match in Harare, while Stirling, Gary Wilson, Kevin O'Brien, John Mooney and Niall O'Brien all made half-centuries in Zimbabwe.
With conditions at the Wanderers Club very similar to those in Zimbabwe, Ireland are well acclimatised and required the minimal recovery time after their travel day to Windhoek.
The side completing a full training session the day after arriving, with another session on Friday ahead of the match helping the side get used to a new outfield and ground.
"We made a great start to the Intercontinental Cup campaign in Dublin earlier this year and we have all been building up to this game, targeting it from a long way out," said Murtagh.
"The games in Zimbabwe have been fantastic for us as usually before an I Cup game we would arrive a couple of days before and have to adapt to conditions really quickly. It has been great to spend time playing and training in the same conditions before we got here."
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Crews from Tumble and Llandeilo were called to a farm in Maesybont, Llanarthne, at 20:40 GMT on Thursday.
A "Coldcut Cobra" ultra-high pressure water jet, which is on trial with Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service, was used to tackle the blaze.
An environmental protection unit was also sent to reduce the risk of pollution.
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A large timber and tyre fire which burned throughout the night in Carmarthenshire has been extinguished.
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Some business leaders and politicians claimed the nuclear plant, just outside Bridgwater in Somerset, will lead to an economic boom for the area.
Initial estimates from Somerset County Council claimed the regional economy is set to benefit by around £4bn.
However, others are concerned about the impact of having Europe's largest construction site on their doorstep.
Leader of Somerset County Council John Osman said the decision is a "once in a generation" opportunity and will "bring unprecedented investment and job creation to the county and the wider region".
Councillor David Hall, cabinet member for business and inward investment, said the plants will be the catalyst for economic growth in Somerset: "During construction alone, the project is expected to bring £200m to the local economy."
Roy Pumphrey of the Stop Hinkley Campaign said "Bridgwater will not know what has hit it when, and if, the real work on the power station should it ever start, begins.
"Once the thousands of vans, hundreds of buses... are all on the roads Bridgwater will become a no go area as far as access is concerned.
Speaking on BBC Somerset Emma Gibson from Greenpeace said: "I don't think it's over. The deal may still unravel and cause a great deal of concern for the people of Somerset.
"There is huge uncertainty around this project...it's better to invest in renewable energy - it's cheaper and more reliable."
However, councillor Leigh Redman, from Bridgwater Town & Sedgemoor District Council, said "Hinkley Point C should be welcomed for the good it will bring our town, but we should be compensated where necessary for inconvenience or negative impact.
"I call on Hinkley Point C to remember the small person and go that extra mile to support those that need it."
Chief executive of Visit Somerset John Turner said the "eyes of the world will be on Somerset" and they are getting ready to "welcome probably the largest workforce coming into the region".
He added that they have "worked very hard with other local government bodies over many years to ensure that Somerset gains the most out of the this project".
Professor Tom Scott, co-director of the South West Nuclear Hub and Nuclear Research Centre at the University of Bristol, said the decision will "support the UK nuclear renaissance".
He added this is a "huge opportunity opening up in the region for young skilled people to enter the nuclear industry."
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Pompey climbed into the top three for the first time since September with a 2-0 win at Crawley on Tuesday.
"We've had so much criticism," Cook told BBC Radio Solent. "Some of it is not fair and we all feel it after a bad result or performance.
"That's the way to answer it, with that kind of result."
After disappointing home results against Morecambe and Crewe, Portsmouth moved above Carlisle into third with the win at Crawley.
Second-half goals from Christian Burgess and Kyle Bennett gave Portsmouth all three points.
With 11 games remaining in the season, Cook knows his squad need to keep their focus in the run-in.
"I'm quite a strong character," he said. "I've been around football long enough.
"We've lifted ourselves off the floor so I've said to the lads: 'Let's stay off the floor between now and the end of the season'."
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Portsmouth manager Paul Cook was delighted with the nature of his side's response as they moved into the League Two automatic promotion places.
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An online poll of more than 1,000 parents carried out by Mumsnet found that 18% of parents regretted the name they chose for their offspring, but only 2% actually changed their child's name.
The main reason for any regret was how regularly the name was used by others (25%), the data suggested.
Other sources of regret included spelling or pronunciation issues (11%).
The Mumsnet survey has been released in anticipation of annual statistics from the Office of National Statistics on the most popular baby names of the year in England and Wales.
Justine Roberts, founder of the parents' forum Mumsnet, said: "Choosing your baby's name is one of the first things new parents do, so in some ways baby name regret is great practice for parenting - you do a lot of hard work and research, try to please several people at once, and end up getting it wrong.
"The consolation is that most children grow into their names, and those who don't can always fall back on middle names, nicknames or, in extremis, deed polls."
According to the survey one mother said the moment she began to regret naming her daughter Elsa was when the Disney film Frozen became popular.
Another mum said: "My child hates his name, and makes me feel bad for choosing it."
While another parent admitted her child's name "was taken by a terrorist group, soon after she was born".
Last year Oliver and Amelia were revealed as the most popular baby names in England and Wales, while in Scotland it was Emily and Jack.
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The greenbelt development was being promoted by Judy Murray in the face of strong local opposition.
Planning officers at the council had earlier recommended that the Park of Keir application be refused.
Councillors said they had decided to reject the bid after carefully considering the arguments for and against the project.
The proposed development, between Dunblane and Bridge of Allan, would have included tennis and golf facilities along with a visitor centre and museum, all set in a new country park.
The plans also included luxury homes to help pay for the scheme.
But planning officers said the application should be refused because it was sited on greenbelt land.
They also said there was not enough affordable housing proposed and added the residential element was contrary to Scottish planning policy, because residents would have to travel for basic amenities and services.
The scheme had received high-profile support from former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and golfer Colin Montgomerie.
However, campaigners said the loss of greenbelt land to the development was too high a price to pay. There were more than 1,000 objections to the scheme and only 45 in support.
Mark Ruskell, Scottish Green Party councillor for Dunblane and Bridge of Allan, spoke against the proposal at Tuesday morning's hearing on the plans.
Following the decision, Mr Ruskell said: "I'm delighted that this proposal has been rejected. It would have been totally wrong to rip up our democratically-agreed local plan to make room for executive housing on this treasured greenbelt area.
"For over 25 years, local communities have fought against development at Park of Keir. Judy Murray had a good idea but it was in completely the wrong location - I'm sure that sporting legacy can be secured elsewhere."
Ms Murray said on Friday that she wanted to leave a legacy to the success of her two sons, tennis players Andy and Jamie Murray.
A spokeswoman for Stirling Council said: "Having carefully considered and discussed extensively all the arguments for and against this proposal, Stirling Council's Planning and Regulation Panel has today refused the application for a development at Park of Keir."
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA), based in Canary Wharf in London, employ just over 1,000 staff between them.
The banking and medicines agencies are seen as the first spoils of Brexit by the 27 remaining members of the EU.
About 20 countries are expected to enter the bidding process.
There will be fierce competition to attract the agencies' highly skilled employees, their families and the business that comes with them.
This includes about 40,000 hotel stays for visitors each year.
Countries have printed glossy brochures, posted promotional videos online and hired lobbying firms.
Frankfurt - location of the European Central Bank and a major financial centre - is seen as favourite to get the EBA. But Paris is also keen to win that contest.
And the Irish government is marketing Dublin as a location, with a brochure that highlights the city's business culture as well as "beaches and mountains on its doorstep".
The contest has pitched larger countries against smaller ones from across the EU.
Each country can bid to host one or both agencies. But it can only make one bid per agency.
The European Commission will assess the entries based on the quality of office space, job opportunities for spouses, good "European-oriented" schooling and transport links.
Accessibility and efficient infrastructure are the top two agreed criteria.
Amid the rivalry to host the EMA, the Netherlands, Ireland and Denmark have hosted events in Brussels to promote their bids, the Politico news website reports. The number of states vying for the EMA is reckoned to be 21.
The 27 remaining EU countries are determined that the UK will pay the relocation bill, as Brexit was a UK decision.
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European ministers will use a complicated voting system to choose the winners in November. EU leaders agreed on the procedure in June, and some observers have already likened it to the Eurovision Song Contest.
Before that vote, the European Commission will assess the competing bids and make its recommendations.
In November each of the EU foreign ministers will vote in order of preference - three points for the preferred bid, two points for the second-favourite and one point for the third.
If no single country obtains 14 first-preference votes the voting will go to a second round. Each country in that round will have just one vote to cast - for its favourite.
The EU is keen to locate more of its agencies in the newer member states of Central and Eastern Europe.
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EU countries have until midnight to submit bids to provide a new home for two agencies that will be relocated from the UK after Brexit.
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Poundland wants to buy its closest rival in an agreed deal worth £47.5m in cash and £7.5m in shares.
Initial investigations by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said this could cause issues, including store closures, in 80 areas.
Now Poundland has rejected the CMA's suggestion to re-think the deal.
In its initial findings, the CMA said the deal could worsen the position for shoppers in local areas owing to a cut in quality, fewer promotions and store closures.
It said there was "a realistic prospect of substantial lessening of competition" in these areas where the two companies overlapped.
The authority suggested the concerns could be addressed in a "clear-cut manner" by the companies to prevent a full investigation.
Now Poundland has said there would be no changes to its plan, and has invited the CMA to move to a full review.
The company said it "remained confident that the combination of the two businesses will provide better choice, value and service for 99p Stores' customers".
It also claimed that the deal was "great" for anyone who held a stake in either business.
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Discount store Poundland has invited the competition authorities to move to a full review of its proposed tie-up with rival 99p Stores.
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Hosted by CBBC presenter Cell Spellman, the new show will split into two parts, one devoted to new pop music with the other playing number one hits.
The 19-year-old called his new posting "a privilege and an honour".
The Official Chart will move to Fridays on 10 July to coincide with a new global release day for music.
Presenter Greg James will kick off at 16:00 BST every Friday as 45 countries launch New Music Fridays.
Spellman made his Radio 1 debut in 2013, standing in for Dan and Phil on Radio 1's Request Show. He presents CBBC's Friday Download and the CBBC Official Chart.
Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper said: "Radio 1 and CBBC are changing the way radio and TV work together to create great content for young new music fans on their radio and phone.
"Cel has proven how influential he is to young audiences and I can't wait for him to start."
Spellman said: "The best station on national radio has been responsible for introducing me to so much incredible and varied music over the years, I just hope I can return the favour and help make those car journeys a little more memorable for the listeners with a mix of fun, top tunes and a little bit of cheeky chat!"
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Radio 1 has announced a new Sunday show which will replace the current Official Chart slot when it moves to Fridays next month.
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The 5000-1 outsiders won the first top-flight title in their 132-year history on Monday when challengers Tottenham could only manage to draw with Chelsea.
O'Neill, who led the club to two League Cup wins, said the remarkable rise "will live long in the memory".
"Personally, I don't think we'll see it in our lifetime again," he added.
The Republic of Ireland boss said Leicester's achievement rekindled memories of his involvement in Nottingham Forest's glorious run under Brian Clough in the late-1970s.
"It's the greatest achievement, obviously, of the century, although that's just 16 years old," the former Northern Ireland international said.
"And I think since Nottingham Forest away back in 1977-78, when I was a member of the team that came up from the old second division and won the [top division] at the first time of asking, this is the greatest achievement since then."
O'Neill, who managed Leicester from 1995 until 2000, was full of praise for the Foxes' boss Claudio Ranieri for guiding the club to glory after they were tipped for relegation at the start of the season.
"Ranieri deserves all the credit in the world, the players have been simply sensational, the owners have been terrific as well," he said.
"It's been a great story.
"Everything about it - from away back last year when they just avoided relegation, to this magnificent rise - it has been incredible and so romantic."
Gerry Taggart, the former Northern Ireland centre-half who played almost 150 games for Leicester, said he hoped the club's triumph would change English football "for good, for the better".
"I've been saying for the last six or seven weeks that I believed Leicester would go on and win the title," he said.
"I've watched a lot of this team this season and it's just mind-blowing the way they've got to where they are.
"The way they play football is good for the game."
Taggart returned to Leicester in a coaching role after his playing career and had a brief spell as caretaker manager, and he said the way in which the club is run has helped drive it to success.
"The backroom staff at Leicester City are first class, they've spent a lot of years trying to perfect what goes on behind the scenes," he said.
"This is as much about them as it is about the players or the manager, to be honest."
Taggart gave credit to Ranieri for his man-management skills that helped to draw odds-defying performances from his players, most of whom had never before come close to reaching these heights.
"He simplified the game for them, let them go out, express themselves when they've got the ball," Taggart added.
"But it's been especially good to see when they haven't got the ball everybody is contributing to the side.
"That's what has got them over the line - pure and simple teamwork."
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Leicester City's crowning as Premier League champions is an "incredible and romantic" story, the club's former manager Martin O'Neill has said.
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The US military confirmed it "transferred custody" of three Pakistanis, but did not reveal their identities.
The Afghan government was not involved in the transfer, the US said.
Correspondents say the repatriation of a senior Taliban figure is extremely unusual.
It could relate to attempts to improve Afghanistan-Pakistan ties, they say.
While the US did not confirm Latif Mehsud was among those transferred, Pakistani officials said Latif Mehsud had been "released".
Several senior officials said that the commander had been secretly flown to Pakistan earlier this week.
The identity of the other two men is not yet known. The three men had been held by the US at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan.
The office of the US Forces in Afghanistan said that the transfer took pace after talks between the US and Pakistan.
"In making a decision to transfer a detainee, we take into account the totality of relevant factors relating to the individual and the government that may receive him, including but not limited to any diplomatic assurances that have been provided," the US military said in a statement.
Latif Mehsud was second-in-command to the former Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone strike last year.
He was seized by the Afghan army in October 2013 in eastern Afghanistan, close to the Pakistani border, then held by US forces at Bagram airbase.
There were unconfirmed reports at the time that he was returning from talks over a mooted prisoner swap deal, and his capture is said to have angered then-Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
The latest development is leading to speculation that such exchanges could be in prospect now, reports the BBC's Mike Wooldridge in Kabul.
There does currently appear to be some warming in relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which have repeatedly accused one another of failing to act against cross-border militancy, our correspondent says.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan's new President Ashraf Ghani has said he is committed to striving for a peaceful solution to the conflict with the Taliban.
Taliban prisoners have been freed in the past in a bid to help peace efforts.
Pakistan's government entered talks with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in February.
The hardline Islamist movement has been waging its own insurgency against the Islamabad government since 2007, leaving tens of thousands of people dead.
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Anthony Martial's goal deep into injury time gave United a 2-1 victory at Wembley to end Martinez's hopes of bringing Everton their first trophy since 1995's FA Cup win.
Asked whether he felt he was still the man to take Everton forward amid growing speculation that this was a game he had to win to survive, he said: "I am. I have got so attached to this football club and my ambition is exactly the same as this club's ambition.
"We have handled our assets really well, the squad has a great valuation. We develop young players very well and I share the drive the football club has, which is to get into the Champions League and to bring silverware back to Everton."
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Martinez has faced growing unrest from Everton's fans, who jeered their team off at half-time at Wembley before a second-half rally brought them back into the game.
There will now be renewed pressure on Martinez after the end of their trophy hopes and with Everton lying in 11th place in the Premier League.
He said: "I just feel that every season we are developing and showing certain signs that we can please our fans and bring them the silverware they deserve but of course this is a difficult day."
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Martinez defended striker Romelu Lukaku after he endured a miserable semi-final of missed chances and had a second-half penalty saved by Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea.
He said: "I always feel strikers need to be measured in the chances they create and sometimes you need to give credit to the goalkeeper. I thought we created as a team and he showed his power and his uniqueness. I don't think that's a worry at all.
"I thought his second-half performance was one of a mature footballer. He held the ball up and we played around him. He is only 22. It shows we want to give young players big roles."
"The feeling we share now is that this is as cruel as football can be," said Martinez.
"I thought it was a terrific game but it took us 45 minutes to get into our rhythm, although then we showed a strong mentality to stay in the game and we created the best two chances.
"In the second half, I thought we built up incredible tempo and intensity to impose ourselves on the game but at the end the whole story becomes very heartbreaking."
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Everton manager Roberto Martinez insists he is still the right man for the job after an FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester United increased pressure on his position.
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The world-first procedure at Necker Children's Hospital in Paris offers hope to millions of people with the blood disorder.
Scientists altered the genetic instructions in his bone marrow so it made healthy red blood cells.
So far, the therapy has worked for 15 months and the child is no longer on any medication.
Sickle cell disease causes normally round red blood cells, which carry oxygen around the body, to become shaped like a sickle.
These deformed cells can lock together to block the flow of blood around the body. This can cause intense pain, organ damage and can be fatal.
The teenager who received the treatment had so much internal damage he needed to have his spleen removed and his hips replaced.
Every month he had to go into hospital to have a blood transfusion to dilute his defective blood.
But when he was 13, doctors at the Necker Children's Hospital in Paris did something unique.
Doctors removed his bone marrow - the part of the body that makes blood. They then genetically altered it in a lab to compensate for the defect in his DNA that caused the disease.
Sickle cell is caused by a typo in the instructions for making the protein haemoglobin, which is densely packed into red blood cells.
A virus was used to infect the bone marrow with new, correct instructions.
The corrected bone marrow was then put back into the patient.
The results in the New England Journal of Medicine showed the teenager has been making normal blood since the procedure 15 months ago.
Philippe Leboulch, a professor of medicine at the University of Paris, told the BBC News website: "So far the patient has no sign of the disease, no pain, no hospitalisation. He no longer requires a transfusion so we are quite pleased with that.
"But of course we need to perform the same therapy in many patients to feel confident that it is robust enough to propose it as a mainstream therapy."
Prof Leboulch is nervous about using the word "cure" as this is just the first patient to come through clinical trials.
But the study does show the potential power of gene therapy to transform the lives of people with sickle cell.
"I think it's very significant, essential they've given him his life back," said Dr Deborah Gill from the gene medicine research group at the University of Oxford.
She told the BBC: "I've worked in gene therapy for a long time and we make small steps and know there's years more work.
"But here you have someone who has received gene therapy and has complete clinical remission - that's a huge step forward."
However, the expensive procedure can only be carried out in cutting-edge hospitals and laboratories, while most sickle cell patients are in Africa.
The next big challenge will be to transform this pioneering science into something that really can help millions of people.
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Jennifer Fitzgerald's ex-boyfriend left the car at O'Hare airport's employee car park. She settled with the city out of court for $4,500.
The vehicle accumulated 678 tickets before it was finally towed last year.
Ms Fitzgerald said she had been unable to gain access to the car park, according to court records.
She continued to receive tickets even after the state of Illinois revoked the car's licence plates.
Ms Fitzgerald sued the city to clear the tickets and penalties.
Her lawyer, Robin Omahana, told DNAinfo Chicago the city had disregarded its own towing rules.
"They had a little egg on their face with writing so many tickets on one car," Mr Omahana said.
City law department spokesman Roderick Drew told the Chicago Tribune that the city had tried to settle with Ms Fitzgerald before the case went to court but she declined.
Under the terms of the settlement, her ex-boyfriend Brandon Preveau will reimburse her $1,600, with Ms Fitzgerald paying the rest on a monthly plan.
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A Chicago woman has settled $105,000 (£67,540) in parking fines amassed after her car was abandoned at an airport in 2009, local media report.
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The Spaniard was asked by the Football Association to explain the gesture, made as he left the pitch at half-time.
After receiving his observations, the FA has decided the 27-year-old will not face any action.
However the FA has yet to decide on the outcome of an improper conduct charge against Costa from the same game.
Costa received a second yellow card after clashing with Everton midfielder Gareth Barry in the 84th minute of the FA Cup quarter-final.
He was charged over his behaviour after being sent off, and has until 18:00 GMT on Thursday to respond to that charge.
The Chelsea player appeared to bite Barry in the incident, although both players have denied that happened.
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Chelsea striker Diego Costa will not be punished for making a gesture to Everton fans during his side's 2-0 defeat at Goodison Park.
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Speaking at London's Science Museum the scientist also says he believes the future of humanity depends on living on other planets.
"The long-term future of the human race must be space and that it represents an important life insurance for our future survival," he says.
"It could prevent the disappearance of humanity by the colonisation of other planets."
Professor Hawking made the comments while escorting an American visitor around the museum as part of a guest of honour prize.
"Sending humans to the moon changed the future of the human race in ways that we don't yet understand," he went on.
"It hasn't solved any of our immediate problems on planet Earth, but it has given us new perspectives on them and caused us to look both outward and inward."
Adaeze Uyanwah, 24 and from California, won the tour after producing a blog and video describing a "perfect day" in London.
She asked Prof Hawking what human failings he would alter.
"The human failing I would most like to correct is aggression," he says.
"It may have had survival advantage in caveman days, to get more food, territory, or partner with whom to reproduce, but now it threatens to destroy us all.
"A major nuclear war would be the end of civilization, and maybe the end of the human race."
The scientist then got a bit spiritual when he told her: "The quality I would most like to magnify is empathy. It brings us together in a peaceful, loving state."
Ms Uyanwah says she was blown away by the meeting.
"It's incredible to think when my grandchildren are learning Stephen Hawking's theories in science class, I'll be able to tell them I had a personal meeting with him.
"It's something I'll never forget."
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The DNC's computer network was infiltrated in a "serious" incident, said chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
A cyber security firm has been hired to help, she said, to "kick out the intruders and secure our network".
Russia has denied any involvement in the hacking.
"I completely rule out a possibility that the [Russian] government or the government bodies have been involved in this," Dmitry Peskov, a Krelim spokesman, told Reuters in Moscow.
The hack was first reported by the Washington Post.
DNC officials said the hack did not expose personal or financial information but email and chat traffic had been stolen.
The group says the hackers, two separated "sophisticated adversaries", have now been expelled from the system, and the breach was first discovered in April.
"Both adversaries engage in extensive political and economic espionage for the benefit of the government of the Russian Federation and are believed to be closely linked to the Russian government's powerful and highly capable intelligence services," cyber security firm CrowdStrike said.
Other organisations targeted by the Russian groups include presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's networks and some Republicans political action committees, according to the Washington Post.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has spoken highly about Mr Trump, who has suggested the US pull out of Nato and described Mr Putin as a man he admires.
"The security of our system is critical to our operation and to the confidence of the campaigns and state parties we work with," Mrs Wasserman Schultz said.
"When we discovered the intrusion, we treated this like the serious incident it is and reached out to [cyber security group] CrowdStrike immediately."
Hackers from Russia were also accused of hacking into President Obama's unclassified emails in 2015.
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Russian government hackers breached Democratic National Committee computers to obtain opposition research on Republican Donald Trump, say officials.
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