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The Ospreys wing, Wales's record Test try-scorer with 58 touchdowns, is then expected to retire from top-flight action. It is strange but it is a fantastic way to finish Read Shane's thoughts on his retirement here Williams joins compatriots, scrum-half Richie Rees and prop Duncan Jones, in the Baa-Baas line-up. Former South Africa captain John Smit will skipper the invitational side from tight-head prop. Mike Tindall and Casey Laulala are again paired together in midfield with 35-year-old Williams forging a powerful back-three alongside Mils Muliaina and Isa Nacewa. The Barbarians lost 57-26 to England at Twickenham last weekend, but they recovered to beat Ireland by a point in Gloucester on Tuesday. The invitational side beat Wales, who award caps for the fixture, in last year's corresponding game. Wales give debuts to wing Harry Robinson, full-back Liam Williams and prop Rhodri Jones. Barbarians: M Muliaina; I Nacewa, C Laulala, M Tindall, S Williams; S Donald, R Rees; D Jones, B August, J Smit (capt), M O'Driscoll, M Chisholm, F Louw, M Gorgodze, J Beattie. Replacements: A de Malmanche, N Tialata, A van Zyl, A Qera, R Lawson, S Tagicakibau, C Heymans.

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21 February 2016 Last updated at 13:25 GMT Betty Jeffery was on her way to a funeral in Pitsea, Essex, when a woman tried to grab hold of her handbag. In response, Ms Jeffery punched her on the nose. Basildon police are seeking information on the attacker, described as in her 20s and wearing an olive green jacket and burgundy tracksuit bottoms.

A mugger got more than they bargained for after picking on a 76 - year - old former @placeholder arm wrestling champion .

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It is part of a £1.5m project in Llangefni which involves selling a number of council buildings and some staff working from home. Plaid Cymru group leader Bob Parry said voters would be concerned as services were being cut. But council leader Ieuan Williams said it would create "substantial savings". Officers have said the scheme would pay for itself in just over two years and will lead to annual savings of around £730,000.

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Burgess, 22, was withdrawn after half an hour, while Tierney, also 22, was brought off at half-time. Prop Ryan Sutton, 21, is also expected to miss a "few weeks" with an eye injury picked up in the same game. All three players were assessed in hospital after the game. "We've got a few missing," coach Shaun Wane told BBC Radio Manchester. "None of the lads are long-term, they're all four-to-six weeks. "The good thing is we've got a few good kids coming in." The loss of Burgess and Tierney is compounded by the long-term absence of fellow winger Dominic Manfredi, who suffered a cruciate ligament injury in August 2016 and is yet to return for Shaun Wane's side.

Wigan wingers Joe Burgess and Lewis Tierney will miss four to six weeks @placeholder after picking up ankle and knee injuries in last week 's 20 - 0 Super League win against Leigh .

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Officials in Texas said that Ethan Couch, 18, and his mother Tonya, planned his escape out of the country. They were arrested in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta on Monday night. Couch made headlines by avoiding jail for the crash, which killed four people, after claiming his privileged upbringing was to blame. An arrest warrant was issued earlier this month for Couch after he failed to report to his probation officer. Police believe he fled because he had broken the terms of his probation, which prevented him from drinking. At a news conference on Tuesday, Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said a warrant would be issued for Tonya Crouch on charges of hindering and apprehension. She and her son planned their disappearance and even held a going-away party, he said, which showed how "pre-meditated" his escape was. Couch dyed his hair and beard to change his appearance, said the sheriff, adding that it clearly did not work. There is no evidence that the father was involved but the investigation continues, he added. In 2013, when aged 16, Couch crashed into a stationary car while drunk, killing four people and injuring several others. He pleaded guilty and a judge sentenced him in juvenile court to 10 years' probation and a stint in a rehabilitation centre. A psychologist at this trial successfully argued that his privileged upbringing - an unrecognised condition known as "affluenza" - meant his parents had not properly instilled in him a sense of responsibility for his actions. Texas authorities will now try to move his case from the juvenile system so that he can be treated as an adult - raising the possibility of a prison sentence.

A teenager who was on the run after a fatal drink - driving crash held a @placeholder party before fleeing to Mexico , say police .

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Toby went missing from Wendy Stokes' garden in West Hougham near Dover on 19 May after she left the gate open. The 74-year-old said she had given up hope of seeing him again until a man from Margate called her last week to ask "if she'd lost anything". He tracked her down after noticing the name Stokes was painted on his shell. Unbeknown to Mrs Stokes, her centenarian pet had been rescued from the road by a passerby in May, taken to an animal centre and then re-homed 24 miles away in Margate a few months later. She said she was "absolutely delighted" to have him back. "They're funny sort of pets but you do miss them when you haven't got them," Mrs Stokes added. "They'd taken so much care over him, finding out what tortoises need and making the run with a heater because some tortoises hibernate and some don't. "They'd really, really put themselves out."

A woman has spoken of her " absolute @placeholder " at being reunited with her 109 - year - old pet tortoise , 11 months after he disappeared .

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In tests on 1,100 patients affected by a rare cancer called sarcoma, more than half were born with gene mutations known to increase cancer risk. The study, published in The Lancet Oncology, said the inherited mutations could become targets for treatments. And families affected by cancer could be offered screening and advice. Inherited mutations in genes linked to breast, ovarian and bowel cancer, among others, were found to be common in sarcoma patients. The researchers, from The Institute of Cancer Research, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said the results were revealing and gave a more detailed picture of how cancer risk is inherited. Prof Ian Judson, who led the study at The Institute of Cancer Research in London, said: "We are going to need to think differently about inheritance. "Sometimes you are confident there is something going on in the family - but standard patterns of risk might not fit. "Now we can work out why that is because there may be two or three mutations going on." Sarcoma is a very unusual cancer that develops in the bones, muscles or soft tissues of the body. There are around 3,000 cases of this cancer in the UK each year. Because it can often affect children and young people, with low survival rates, the UK research team decided to find out more about the genetic causes of this particular cancer. They analysed the DNA sequence of 72 genes linked to increased cancer risk in 1,162 patients with sarcoma. One in five patients was found to have mutations or errors in more than one of the cancer genes tested. Patients with mutations in multiple cancer genes were found to be more likely to develop cancer at a younger age than those with just one single genetic mutation. So this suggests that many genetic mutations working together could be causing sarcoma in some patients, rather than just a single gene error causing their disease. Prof Judson said that when such mutations are found, families could now be offered genetic screening and given proper advice on treatment. Sarah McDonald, director of research at Sarcoma UK, said: "If we can identify individuals at high risk of developing sarcomas this could lead to earlier detection and more effective treatment of these tumours."

Scientists have discovered why some families are affected by many different types of cancer , @placeholder to genetic testing .

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The petition was created by Emma Barrington, from London, a week ago after seeing news on social media about the proposals. All existing recipes on The BBC Food website - more than 11,000 of them - will be archived, although the commercial BBC Good Food website will remain. She says she is overwhelmed by the support. "In the last few hours, the petition has gone completely mad. "I was outraged about losing BBC recipes. It felt ridiculous and pointless. "It's heart-warming and overwhelming though that so many people feel the way I do," she said. "I access the recipes frequently, partly because it's one of the first things that appears when you search for a dish. "It's great for the whole family. I use it to cook with my children too." When the BBC announced it would be slimming down its online content, home cooks took to Twitter and Facebook declaring it was a decision they could not stomach. Within hours, #bbcrecipes was trending on Twitter, with about 10,500 tweets posted in the first six hours. Aliya Ram tweeted: "Seriously what am I supposed to eat if the BBC gets rid of its recipes? "Today will consist of writing out every single one of the #bbcrecipes so I have a record of them & I don't eat beans/toast until I'm 70," tweeted Olivia Grace. Ashley Fryer tweeted: "How can they justify taking down #bbcrecipes. It's free and accessible and mostly completely delicious. There's no comparison." Many asked how cutting out the recipes from the website would help the corporation save money, as others shared their tried and tested dishes. As the social media meltdown continued, the BBC issued a clarification that recipes would be archived and eventually mothballed, and some recipes could still be accessed using specific URLs. It also added: "BBC Good Food is the UK's leading food website and is not affected by the BBC's review. All our recipes are still available for free." But the social media outrage continues to grow. "Get saving those BBC recipes you love-they'll be gone soon," tweeted Laura Owen. Simon Moores tweeted a picture of his dog looking concerned over the news:"#politicaldog deeply worried that after the #bbcrecipe cuts will come the cream cakes." However, not everyone shared the same enthusiasm. Richard Stagg tweeted: "I'm not too fussed about #bbbrecipes closing. The microwave instructions are right there on the side of the macaroni cheese packet." By Rozina Sini

" Save the BBC 's recipe archive ! " is the cry from more than 100,000 people who have reacted with anger and @placeholder at plans to close the BBC Food website .

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Ramla, 21, came to the UK in 1999 with her family to seek a better life and escape from the decades of civil war in Somalia. "My mum moved us here to give us a better future. Somalia wasn't a very child-friendly place then," Ramla told the BBC. "Just after the ceremony, my mum told me how unbelievably proud she was that I was the first person in her family to graduate from university." The heart-warming moment showing Ramla's mother, Fardowsa, crying on her daughter's shoulder has been shared thousands of times on Twitter. The tweet is captioned: "Mama you ran from a civil war so I could be safe and get the education you didn't. "Today you cried when you saw me in my robe. Did it for you." Ramla attended Middlesex University in north-west London and obtained her degree in Psychology and Counselling. "The day was really hectic but it was amazing," she said. "I couldn't have been more happy with my results. I worked extra hard. "I went to dinner last night with friends to celebrate and will do so with family on Sunday." The 21-year-old, who lives in east London, has already starred in the YouTube show BKChat LDN, a panel-led chat show exploring "relationships, society and the future of our generation". Speaking of her plans for the future, Ramla said: "I want to grow, become my own person, be creative and just be myself." By Lamia Estatie, UGC and Social News team

When Ramla Tyrow walked on to the stage to collect her diploma , she shared that @placeholder with one of the most important people in her life - her mum .

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Competition comes from British public and private terrestrial TV. Satellite and cable TV are widely available. Print and broadcast media operate freely within the confines of the law. Broadcasting - commercial and public - is regulated by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The Competition Authority safeguards against unfair competition in the press sector. Cross-media ownership is permitted within limits - press groups may own up to 25% of local radio and TV stations. A free-to-air digital terrestrial TV platform, Saorview, has been rolled out and the analogue TV signal will be switched off in 2012. There were 3 million internet users by June 2010, comprising around 66 per cent of the population (Internetworldstats.com).

Public Raidio Teilifis Eireann ( RTE ) dominates the radio and TV sector . It provides a @placeholder service in English and Irish . TV3 is the main commercial TV station .

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He is accused of fraud relating to a drug company he previously headed, Retrophin, and a hedge fund, MSMB Capital Management, where he was a fund manager. He is currently chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals. Mr Shkreli was arrested by the FBI. He was later bailed on payment of a $5m (£3.3m) bond package and allowed home. A spokesman for Mr Shkreli said he expected to be "fully vindicated". Mr Shkreli was accused of running a "Ponzi scheme" where Retrophin assets were illegally used to pay off debts after MSMB lost millions of dollars. At a news conference on Thursday, US Attorney Robert Capers, said: "Shkreli engaged in multiple schemes to ensnare investors through a web of lies and deceit." FBI prosecutors allege Mr Shkreli cheated the company's investors out of $11m (£7.3m). The US Securities and Exchange Commission also charged him with defrauding investors in his hedge fund to hide poor investment choices. The SEC alleged Mr Shkreli took $120,000 from one fund to use on personal expenses - including his clothes and rent- told investors in another fund it had $35m in assets when it really had less than $7,000 and stole $900,000 from a fund in 2013 to pay a legal settlement. In September he was lambasted after hiking up the price of popular medicine Daraprim by 5,000% - from $13.50 to $750 - prompting unfavourable reaction on social media. The drug treats toxoplasmosis, a parasitic affliction that affects people with compromised immune systems, and is used by Aids patients. The move led presidential candidate Hilary Clinton to vow to tackle the problem of price gouging by pharmaceutical companies. Analysts said that the issue had since led to volatility in pharma shares. In November, Mr Shkreli was also made chief executive of KaloBios Pharmaceuticals. Share trading in the company was suspended on reports of Mr Shkreli's arrest. The FBI's investigation dates back at least to January, when Retrophin said it received a subpoena from prosecutors seeking information about its relationship with Shkreli. Retrophin, which Shkreli founded in 2011, sued its former boss in August for misuse of company funds. Retrophin's board members chose to replace Shkreli as chief executive of the company in September 2014. On Thursday, the company wrote in a statement: "The directors of Retrophin replaced Martin Shkreli as chief executive officer more than a year ago because of serious concerns about his conduct. "Following his departure, the company authorised an independent investigation of Mr Shkreli's conduct, publicly disclosed its findings, and has fully cooperated with the government investigations into Mr Shkreli."

Representatives for pharmaceutical boss Martin Shkreli , who sparked outrage after hiking up the price of a medicine used by Aids patients , says he strongly @placeholder fraud charges .

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Farmers on Prince Edward Island say that needles and nails have been pushed into the potatoes as they are grown. Since the objects first began appearing in potatoes in October, rewards of 50,000 and 100,000 Canadian dollars have been offered with no success. Recalls of potatoes have already cost farmers millions of dollars. Nails have been discovered by customers in bags of potatoes sold in stores. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are investigating and have appealed for anyone who finds damaged potatoes to report them. "Anyone who finds any foreign metal objects in a potato is asked to refrain from throwing out the potato, metal object or the bag it was located in when purchased," they said in a statement. The Prince Edward Island (PEI) Potato Board, who represent farmers, have increased the reward for information leading to a conviction to 500,000 Canadian dollars until 15 August. After that tipsters have until the 31 October to claim a 100,000 Canadian dollar reward. The board's chair, Alex Doherty, said that recent incidents had caused the "industry to increase the profile of this reward in order to maximise the chance that those responsible will be brought to justice". Potato farming is the island's main industry and the PEI Potato Board say it is worth over a billion dollars a year. The island's farmers have begun installing metal detectors and scanners in an attempt to halt the problem. "It's food terrorism," farmer Alex Docherty told the UK's Guardian newspaper. "The people doing this are cowards, lower than a snake wearing snowshoes. These are really evil people." The cost of the news scanners is put at five million Canadian dollars by the PEI Potato Board. The local government has announced they will contribute two million Canadian dollars to the new equipment. Farmers say they cannot relax because of the sabotage. "The fear is always there for other people [who] will want to do the same thing because somebody got away with it," Randall Neiuwhof told CBC.

Canadian potato farmers have offered a reward of 500,000 Canadian dollars ( US $ 400,000 ; Â £ 255,000 ) for information about an @placeholder saboteur .

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The companies formed the partnership last year, aimed at getting more business clients to use Google's software products. It is the first centre of its kind in Europe, but will not immediately create new jobs in the city. However, it is understood that there will be recruitment in the coming months as the workload increases. The Google Innovation Lab will be based at PwC's Northern Ireland headquarters in Belfast's Waterfront Plaza. The office will be similar to operations in New York and Sydney. PwC employs about 1,300 staff in Belfast and in recent years has been building up its digital solutions "hive" in the city. Google is best known as an internet search engine but it makes a whole range of software. It wants to get more businesses to use these products, allowing it to take on firms like IBM and Microsoft in the corporate market. Paul Terrington, PwC's regional chairman, said the decision to base the site in Belfast was "a huge vote of confidence" in Northern Ireland. "PwC's Belfast technology investment is already delivering real solutions to clients in Northern Ireland and beyond," he said. "Looking to the future, our Google Lab alliance will substantially increase our ability to attract and deliver new global client solutions from Belfast." Murali Sitaram, Google's director of global partner strategy, said: "We're excited that customers in the UK will be able to benefit from the immersive technology experience at the PwC and Google Innovation Lab in Belfast."

A partnership between Google and the @placeholder services firm PwC is to establish a base in Belfast .

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Matthew Whelan, 29, from Mancot, Flintshire, had previously admitted wounding with intent but denied attempting to murder Imtiaz Ul Haq. He changed his plea at Mold Crown Court on Monday. His sentence was adjourned pending the outcome of the trial of a co-defendant. Mr Haq, 58, suffered serious injuries to his throat during the incident at the Costcutters store in Queensferry on 8 December. Whelan, who has previously admitted a charge of robbery, was remanded in custody. Co-defendant Leslie Baines, 47, from Connah's Quay, denies robbery and is due to go on trial in May.

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Dwight Gayle is set to be available despite a recent hamstring problem but DeAndre Yedlin is out with a similar injury. Tottenham full-back Kieran Trippier suffered minor ligament damage last weekend and will miss out, along with Georges-Kevin Nkoudou. Danny Rose and Erik Lamela are still sidelined by long-term injuries. Guy Mowbray: "Did Newcastle really go down for a year or did we dream it? I only ask because it seems not much has changed as they kick off their Premier League return with the same fixture they left it with. "As seems usual, there's frustration on Tyneside over transfer business, with Rafa Benitez' statement that he'll 'try to be sure to get the players we need' sounding vaguely threatening. "In comparison to Spurs though, The Magpies have been positively splashing the cash, with last season's runners-up looking very light on numbers with ZERO new faces so far. "Be that as it may, the starting XI is still more than good enough to kick off with a win here." Twitter: @Guymowbray Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez: "When I decided to stay, it was because I wanted to go back to the Premier League with this massive club. "Still the transfer window is open, and I think that we can bring maybe some players in, and we have to move some players out. "I think that Pochettino is a great manager and they have the same team that was finishing second and third in the last two seasons, so they have a very good team." Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino on Danny Rose's recent comments: "Sometime as a player you are frustrated for different reasons. But the players are calm and the club is calm. I forgive him. "It was his opinion and then he understood that maybe he needed to apologise to us, and that is very good for him and the club. For me it's not a big issue. Now we move on." Spurs were beaten 5-1 at St James' Park on the last day of the 2015-16 season after they had missed out on the title and Newcastle had been relegated. It is good to see a club like Newcastle back in the top flight but I am expecting a very different outcome this time. Prediction: 0-2 Lawro's full predictions v Steve Cram & Brendan Foster. Head-to-head Newcastle United Tottenham Hotspur SAM (sports analytics machine) is a super-computer developed by @ProfIanMcHale Follow Match of the Day on Instagram for the best photos from the world of football.

Winger Jacob Murphy and defenders Javier Manquillo and Florian Lejeune could make their @placeholder for Newcastle .

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The report outlines a number of failings including poor support and a lack of appropriate housing. Chief Inspector of Probation Dame Glenys Stacey said the wider support children received was "sometimes... woefully inadequate". The government said children's services had to protect this group by law. The report was produced from the joint findings of HM Inspectorate of Probation and the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales. Local authorities are responsible for providing accommodation for homeless young people of that age, and the report said many had already been in the care system. Inspectors found: Inspectors said some of the reasons for the failures appeared to be inadequate assessment, a limited range of suitable accommodation, a lack of understanding of each child's needs and treating them as if they were adults. They added that none of the local authorities they spoke to blamed failures on a lack of funding. All the 16 and 17-year-olds whose cases were examined by probation and social care inspectors had experienced some sort of trauma in their earlier life and, the inspectors said, had often often demonstrated "difficult behaviour". Crucially, the report concluded that these children were "not yet capable of independence and still needed some form of parenting or support". The report said local authorities "should avoid" placing youngsters in accommodation with adults who may pose a risk of harm to them, and youth offending teams should work together to improve the support for these children - including tailoring their support to the needs of each child. "The wider support children received was sometimes excellent but in other cases, woefully inadequate," Dame Glenys said. "Support for these children needs to be more consistent, effective and in line with the expectations set by the courts, so that they can successfully become independent adults." A government spokesperson said: "The law is clear that children's services must protect any child without a home and give them the support they need - and this age group is no exception. "The number of 16 and 17-year-olds being placed in bed and breakfast accommodation has fallen but we know there is more to do. "That is why we are investing over £500m to tackle homelessness and are collecting data on all children who go missing from care. This will help local services respond more quickly to this issue."

A third of homeless 16 and 17 - year - old offenders in England and Wales are being placed in unsafe or @placeholder accommodation , a report has found .

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Wareham Surgery said its "revised system" comes after one GP went off on long-term sickness with a broken hip and another resigned in March. It said a lack of response to a GP vacancy meant it could only offer on-the-day appointments, which can only be booked during certain hours. Speaking in the Bournemouth Echo, one patient described it as a "crisis". The surgery, which is currently using locum GP cover, has asked patients to call to book between 08:30 and 10:30 for a morning appointment, or between 14:00 and 16:00 for an afternoon appointment. "Depending on demand" it said it may not be able to provide an appointment, which would mean patients calling back the following day. Healthwatch Dorset said the situation was "simply unacceptable". "We understand the difficulties they're facing at the Wareham practice, but that doesn't alter the fact that their new appointment system means that patients can't book an appointment with their GP in advance," it added. An NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) spokesman said it was in talks with the surgery and it was hoped the situation would change at the end of the month. He said the CCG had set up the Primary Care Workforce Centre with Bournemouth University and Health Education Wessex in April last year in a bid to find "innovative ways to address the recruitment challenge with not only our trainees and future workforce supply, but also our current workforce".

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Former Wolverhampton City Council employee Karen Corr, 54, and ex-Wolverhampton Homes worker Joanne Lewis, 50, face charges of conspiracy to commit fraud by abuse of position. Ms Corr, of Sandy Lane, Bushbury and Ms Lewis, of Victoria Road, Wednesfield are due before magistrates on 5 July. The council said it was supporting the police inquiry. A spokesman added: "The council and Wolverhampton Homes are aware of the charges that have been brought against former employees of each organisation and have supported the police fully in their enquiry." West Midlands Police said the victim's money was stolen from him over a two year period. Ms Corr and Ms Lewis, both from Wolverhampton, are due to appear at Walsall and Aldridge Magistrates Court next month.

Two women have been accused of an alleged fraud plot that resulted in a man with @placeholder losing £ 60,000 .

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A helpful reminder from the commercial powers that be that it is businesses, not government, that create prosperity, and their needs should be high on any political party's agenda. So far - nothing. Why has business lost its voice? Business leaders I have spoken to in the last few weeks have told me that they have been left in no doubt that none of the major parties need or want their blessing. Both the Tories and the Labour party of Blair and Mandelson either enthusiastically courted or felt "intensely relaxed" around the country's wealthiest people. Not any more. The Conservatives attempt to recast themselves as the party of the worker, rather than of the boss, with promises to intervene in markets and crack down on boardroom excess. That has seen the door to the Number 10 kitchen supper clang shut. Yes, there have been dinners for business chiefs and spouses, but attendees tell me that if talk turns to policy, the talk dries up. Last night at a black-tie do in Park Lane, business moved to plan B: offer to help with the crushing weight of technical Brexit negotiations facing a potentially overwhelmed civil service. Paul Dreschler, the president of the CBI, offered a government that hadn't done trade deals for 40 years help in getting it right. "Business can help navigating the labyrinthine problems of Brexit. We are offering to create a business Brexit task force in the next 50 days," he said. The problem is this assistance looks like it comes from Jeeves rather than the local mechanic. A thousand-strong contingent wining and dining while economic figures show average workers getting poorer every day as their wage rises are gobbled up by rising prices is not "on message" for any of the parties. Business chiefs are hopeful that once the election is over their offers will be welcome. As one chairman told me - hopefully everyone will "chill out" and be prepared to listen. Over years of trying to get business leaders to tell me what they really think about politics on air, I've learnt that through elections and referenda most prefer to argue their case behind closed doors - as long as they were on the same side of the door. Right now it seems - to not just many but most in this business gathering - that no-one is listening.

With an election three weeks away , it would be @placeholder to start seeing letters in national newspapers from the chief executives of the UK 's biggest companies setting out their priorities for the next government .

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During February, anyone can drop off a knife in one of 11 designated "blade bins" without fear of prosecution. Sixteen people have been killed in knife attacks in Greater Manchester in the last three years. The blades will be used to create an angel statue in memory of those who have lost their lives to knife crime. The sculptor, Alfie Bradley, said surrendered knives from other areas will also be used in the statue, which would show "the emotion and pain of using knives". A former gang member from Moss Side, who was caught carrying a machete at the age of 14, now goes into schools to talk to youngsters about the dangers of gang violence. Daryl Laycock said: "We've lost too many young lives. "A lot of people carry knives for protection, but they pull out that knife and get it taken off them and get stabbed to death with it. "I know over 50 people who have been murdered by violent crime and it's time to end it." He said the campaign "can make a massive difference. Even if only one knife is handed in, that's at least one life saved". Det Ch Insp Debbie Dooley said: "In the wrong hands, a knife is a deadly weapon. "The knife bank will enable members of the public to surrender knives safely and anonymously and in turn remove these weapons from our streets." The drop bins will be located at:

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Ms Wood blamed the Conservatives in particular for claiming the SNP posed a threat to the future of the UK. She claimed "progressive" parties like hers were offering a "collaborative" alternative to "combative" politics. "This election presents an opportunity for harmonious co-existence between our nations," she said. Ms Wood's comments followed Conservative claims that Labour dependence on support from the SNP to form a government after the election on 7 May would threaten the break-up of the UK. Campaigning in south Wales on Monday, she said: "The parties advocating progressive, inclusive non-partisan cooperation in this election are not those who claim to cherish the political union above all others, but the national parties of Wales and Scotland. "Along with the Greens in England, our parties have provided people across these islands with a collaborative alternative to the traditional combative Westminster politics." Ms Wood added that she had received "hundreds" of supportive messages from people in England following the televised debates.

Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has accused rival parties of " @placeholder and divisive rhetoric " in a " desperate " attempt to win votes .

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The picture is very similar to the one it acquired in mid-September - only this one is much closer, snapped from a distance of just 16km. Also new in this picture is 67P's activity. Jets of gas and dust can be seen streaming away from the "neck" region of the rubber duck-shaped comet. Philae is due to make its historic landing attempt on 12 November. It is currently riding piggyback on its "mothership", the Rosetta probe. You can just see the corner of this spacecraft on the left of the image, with one of its 14m-long solar wings dominating the foreground. The plan is for Rosetta to eject Philae towards 67P just after 0830 GMT on the 12th. The small gravitational tug from the 4km-wide comet should be enough to pull the robot on to its surface in a descent that is likely to take about seven hours to complete. If the lander survives this fall, it will be a first. Never before in the history of space exploration has a soft touchdown been made on one of these "ice mountains". The new "selfie" released by the European Space Agency is actually a composite of two images taken in quick succession but with different exposure times. This allowed the very different contrast conditions to be balanced across the entire vista. Philae acquired the frames on 7 October. It will be the last view from the robot's CIVA camera system until just after separation from Rosetta. The plan is for Philae to grab a "goodbye" shot of Rosetta as the pair start to recede from each other. Assuming the landing succeeds, CIVA will then take a full 360-degree panorama of its touchdown location. This is a relatively flat terrain on the "head" of the duck, currently dubbed "Site J" after its position in a list of possible destinations in the site selection process. Mission planners were due to meet on Tuesday to give a final confirmation to the J target. This ought to have been a formality. The big caveat is if Rosetta has seen a "showstopper" in its recent close-in mapping campaign. This would have to be an extremely dangerous surface feature that had gone unrecognised in previous, lower-resolution imaging. If a no-go situation has been indentified, planners would then move their attention to a back-up landing target on the "body" of the duck called "Site C". Rosetta, Philae and Comet 67P are currently moving through space some 480 million km from Earth. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos

The Philae robot , soon to try to land on Comet 67P , has taken another @placeholder image of its quarry .

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The number of foreign visitors to The Louvre dropped by 20% to 5.3 million. The Musee d'Orsay's total attendance was down 13% to three million. The Pompidou Centre's overall figures rose 9% to 3.3 million in 2016 - but it said a rise in French visitors made up for a drop in foreign tourists. The French capital is still feeling the effects after 130 people were killed in gun and bomb attacks on 13 November 2015. Then in July, 86 people died when a lorry drove through a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in the southern city of Nice. As well as being affected by the repercussions from the attacks, the Louvre and Musee d'Orsay were closed for five days in June because of flooding. The Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez told Le Figaro newspaper that 2016 had been "a difficult year", and that the decline in visitors would cost the gallery almost 10 million euros (£8.6m), excluding the lower revenues in bookshops or restaurants. The Louvre was ranked as the most visited museum in the world in 2015, and charges 15 euros (£12.80) entry for adults. M Martinez said the number of Japanese visitors had dropped by 61% in 2016, while the number from Russia was down by 53%, Brazil by 47%, China by 31% and the US by 18%. At the Pompidou Centre, president Serge Lasvignes said the venue had suffered from a decline in the number of foreign tourists after "the tragic events" of 2015. But he said that in 2016 this was "more than compensated" for by the numbers of French visitors and the loyalty of the Parisian public. The Musee d'Orsay welcomed three million visitors in 2016, compared with 3.4 million in 2015. It said visitor numbers had started increasing again by November and December 2016. Hotel bookings in Paris from overseas were down by 10% in 2016, according to the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

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In a new year message, the PM says he is determined to "secure our future" with the EU referendum, which could be held in 2016. Jeremy Corbyn says 2016 will mark the "start of the journey" towards a Labour government. In his new year's message, the Labour leader pledges to fight austerity. Mr Corbyn, who has faced criticism from some MPs since winning the leadership election in September, says he was elected "on a mandate for change". With his first major electoral tests looming in May's local and devolved administration elections, he says his party will "offer a real alternative: a politics that gives people a say in the decisions that affect them, and an economy based on long-term investment, instead of self-defeating austerity". The Labour leader says he will tackle David Cameron's government "much more" on cuts to local councils and lack of investment. Mr Cameron says some people choose to "shout into megaphones, wave banners and sign petitions". He adds: "But we're the ones who are able to make the arguments and take the difficult decisions in order to defeat these social scourges and deliver real security. So while others are on protest marches, we remain on the long walk to a greater Britain." He promises "real social renewal" in tackling poverty and improving social mobility, repeats pledges on house-building and says the government will "respond with vigour" to an extremism review later in the year. Tim Farron uses his first New Year's message as Lib Dem leader to criticise Labour and the Tories for being divided. He criticises government cuts to Universal Credit and policing and says more should be done to support refugees fleeing Syria.

David Cameron says 2016 will be a " game - changer " for the UK , pledging @placeholder to home ownership and a crackdown on extremism .

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The three-time World Cup winner scored a spectacular goal with a bicycle kick in the 1981 film featuring Sylvester Stallone and Sir Michael Caine. The boots had an estimated price between £4,200 and £5,600. Pele, 75, is selling more than 2,000 items of personal memorabilia including shirts and medals over three days. Other early items sold included a "Pele 2015 best in the world wood plaque" (£1,225), a "Pele 2014 Brazilian Football Confederation 100th anniversary medal" (£425) and a "50 years of the first Intercontinental Cup title plaque" (£225). Pele is the only player to have won the World Cup three times and his winning medals from 1958, 1962 and 1970 are expected to net up to £140,000 each. One of the highlights in the sale is the ball with which Pele scored the 1,000th goal of his career, which auctioneers say could sell for up to £42,000. He is held by many as being the greatest footballer in history, scoring 1,281 goals in 1,363 matches and appearing 91 times for Brazil. In Escape to Victory, Pele, Stallone and Caine portrayed Nazi prisoners playing a propaganda football match during World War Two.

The boots worn by Brazil legend Pele in the @placeholder football film Escape to Victory have sold at auction for £ 8,025 in Los Angeles .

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The Black Cats had 22 shots - their most in a league game this season - but only six on target as they failed to score for the 10th time this campaign. "I need to go back to church and start praying," Allardyce told BBC Newcastle. "I can't ever imagine in my long career dominating a game for so long, creating so many chances and not winning it." The 61-year-old added: "In normal circumstances it would have been two or three-nil - if we had not had the unbelievable Ben Foster in the opposition's goal." Baggies goalkeeper Foster pulled off a string of fine saves, including three from Jermaine Defoe. "There had to be four or five outstanding saves from Foster - not just one or two," ex-West Ham manager Allardyce added. "Of course we could have been a bit more clinical with our finishing as well - but that's being very nit-picky. "It's a cruel blow on the basis of the position that we're in - in such desperate need that we are for points. "It's the best performance we've had since I've been here, but it was one point again not three and Norwich get that little bit farther away." The draw leaves Sunderland in 18th position, four points adrift of 17th-placed Norwich and safety. However, they have one game in hand on the Canaries and face them at Carrow Road on 16 April. Next up for Sunderland are league leaders Leicester at the Stadium of Light on Sunday. "We look very good at dealing with the pressure at the moment and I hope we can turn great performances into victories very shortly," Allardyce added. "I want us to beat Leicester next week. Let's go and upset the apple cart, hopefully play like this and beat them."

Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce says his relegation - threatened Premier League side may need @placeholder intervention after their goalless draw with West Brom .

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Joe Bartley was met by cheers and applause from customers when he clocked on for the first time at the Cantina Bar and Kitchen in Paignton, Devon. The pensioner landed the job after posting a plea in the Herald Express. He said he was "overwhelmed by all the attention" and was looking forward to "getting down to the job". More on the 89-year-old's job search, plus other news His first appearance "was like walking onto a stage to give a bit of a turn", said Mr Bartley, whose first task was to serve some mince pies. He also received a pile of fan mail. Customers had come in specially to see the ex-serviceman and there had been "tons" of goodwill messages on the restaurant's Facebook page, said co-owner Queenie Martin. "Most of our staff are young so it'll be nice to have him. Everybody here is lovely, so he'll fit in", she said. Mr Bartley said he had felt very lonely after his wife Cassie died two years ago. "I was bored to death sat here doing nothing not seeing anyone". He described living alone as "solitary confinement".

An 89 - year - old who put an ad in a paper looking for work to save him from " dying of @placeholder " has started his new job .

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Petrofac - which employs 1,900 people in the UK - said it was integrating its services into a single business to ensure it remained "competitive and sustainable against a challenging industry backdrop". The company has not made clear where the bulk of the jobs at risk could ultimately go. A consultation with the workforce is expected to end later this month. A Petrofac spokesperson said: "We're constantly looking for ways to make our business as cost efficient and delivery-focused as possible. "Integration of our UK services will deliver a streamlined and effective business which is designed to ensure we remain competitive and sustainable against a challenging industry backdrop. "We're making every effort to minimise the impact on our 1,900 UK employees. "Under our current proposals the positions potentially at risk represent less than 10% of our entire UK population and will be spread across our operating centres."

Up to 160 jobs could go as part of a @placeholder at oil company Petrofac .

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She says she "wasn't taken seriously" when she first went to the doctors with her mum. It wasn't until she says she "basically broke down in front of the GP" that she was diagnosed with Dermatillomania and was referred for professional help. Now, the 20-year-old from Shropshire wants more people to know about the condition. She said: "There's not really a lot I can do about it other than raise awareness to help people out there in the same situation." Samantha has set up a support network on Facebook to help share advice for other people in her position. She says she hopes the group can pass on some of the help she got when she received cognitive behavioural therapy. The treatment teaches her what triggers the condition and ways she can control the urge. "It really helped to be honest," she said. "But it's not a miracle cure. It's not going to get rid of it straight away." Samantha's condition has affected her face but she says Dermatillomania can leave cuts and scabs all over the body. She said her condition puts her into a "trance-like state" and stops her doing day to day tasks. "Sometimes you feel like giving up because it's always going to keep going," she said. "It's horrible because I feel like I have to put make-up on and people don't understand. You just feel constantly judged. "But when I've got make-up on I don't really feel like myself either, so none of them are me." She added that she doesn't like making social plans because she knows that she'll become self-conscious worrying about her condition and will end up not going out. "I think it's hard because there's so much pressure out there on social media. "It's never really bothered me because I am who I am. I just want other people to know they're not alone." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Samantha Wake has suffered from a @placeholder mental condition that makes her pick her own skin since she was 12 .

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A HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) report at HMP Guys Marsh near Shaftesbury recorded high levels of violence and a drugs and gang culture. The Howard League for Penal Reform described the findings as "deeply concerning". The National Offender Management Service insisted Guys Marsh is now "stable". The unannounced inspection in November indicated prisoners deliberately caused disruption so they could be placed in segregation where they would be safer. "We found a prison that was in crisis, where managers and staff had all but lost control," the report said. "Drugs availability, particularly new psychoactive substances, was high and fuelled debt and associated violence. "Some of this was related to gangs and organised crime activity outside the prison." Guys Marsh is a training prison but inspectors discovered only 16% of prisoners were in education. Nick Hardwick, chief inspector of prisons said the findings "posed unacceptable risks to the public, staff and prisoners and this cannot be allowed to continue." Michael Spurr, Chief Executive Officer of the National Offender Management Service, insisted the prison was "not out of control" but accepted "the situation wasn't acceptable". "It is now stable, operating safely, and providing a consistent and decent regime for prisoners," he said. Andrew Neilson, of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said the government was taking "a huge gamble with public safety" by cutting prison budgets. "When prisoners are spending most of their days locked up in overcrowded cells with nothing to do, while violence and drug abuse are commonplace, we should not be surprised if they do not turn out to be safer citizens when they are released," he added. Prison Officers' Association chairman Peter McParlin said: "They've had a policy where they've decided to close prisons, where they've reduced staff greatly. "If you just take 30 out of a prison staffing population of Guys Marsh of 130, that's bound to have significant effects."

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Matt Harrold scored Crawley's first, however Luke Summerfield equalised with a penalty when Lewis Alessandra's run was stopped by Jon Ashton. The visitors went ahead through Liam McAlinden's low shot, but Michael Coulson's curling 15-yard strike found the top corner to make it 2-2. Crawley remain 16th in League Two while York's winless runs extends to eight. York City manager Jackie McNamara told BBC Radio York: Media playback is not supported on this device "I think it's two points dropped. We should have won that. "We lost two very poor goals again. I don't think Scott Flinders has had an entire save to make in the whole match. "In terms of normal open play they didn't cause us one problem. "But being on the back foot has cost us."

York City twice come from behind to earn a draw against Crawley Town but remain seven points adrift of @placeholder .

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Beatrice Lovane, 22, from Rochdale, fell ill before 21:30 BST on 26 August. Returning a narrative verdict Heywood coroner Lisa Hashmi said she died of liver disease and damage caused by painkillers. North West Ambulance Service admitted errors and is staging another inquiry. Miss Lovane who was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, died in Fairfield General Hospital, Bury almost five hours after emergency services were called. At Rochdale Coroner's Court, Ms Hashmi said "timely steps were not taken to instigate emergency treatment and basic life support" and there were "delays in indentifying the cause of her sudden collapse". However, Ms Hashmi added it was "not possible to link the gross failure in care to the cause of death". The North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) NHS Trust told the inquest, which concluded on Friday, it had identified a number of significant errors and omissions by the crew who attended. After the verdict a NWAS spokesperson said in a statement it had received a complaint from Miss Lovane's family in March and a "full and thorough" investigation was undertaken. The spokesperson added: "New evidence has recently been disclosed and as a result of this two paramedics and an emergency medical technician have been suspended from duty pending further investigation. "We fully accept that the level of care Miss Lovane received was below the standard we would expect."

Three ambulance crew members have been suspended after an inquest heard there were delays and " gross failure " to provide care to a woman who died from an @placeholder reaction to paracetamol .

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The 21-year-old has been with the Blues for a year, having previously had spells with Leicester City, Nottingham Forest and Doncaster Rover Belles. The England Under-23 international comes in to replace Siobhan Chamberlain, who has joined Arsenal. "I'm really excited to be here," Earps told BBC Sport. "I'm looking for game time and after speaking to the manager [Dave Edmondson] and training here, the vibe was really positive. I'm excited to come down and fit into that." Earps, who is also a business student at Loughborough University, has been capped through the England age groups and was recently named in Mark Sampson's senior squad for the World Cup qualifier against Montenegro on 5 April. She is set to deputise for Chamberlain, who is currently England's first-choice keeper. "There's some brilliant players in the squad with a lot of experience," added Earps. "I hope to be like a sponge and absorb as much as I can from the players, coaches and the environment. I want to bring that back to my club and put it into my performances."

Bristol Academy have signed Birmingham City goalkeeper Mary Earps for the @placeholder Women 's Super League season , which starts next month .

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Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said talks with the secular CHP had ended "negatively" and he wanted new elections as soon as possible. It comes amid rising violence in Turkey and in neighbouring Iraq and Syria. Since the June vote, a ceasefire with the Kurdish rebel PKK has ended. And Turkish forces have carried out attacks on militants from the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria as well as allowing US fighter jets to begin air attacks on IS from Incirlik air base in southeast Turkey. Mr Davutoglu, whose AKP is rooted in political Islam, has until 23 August to find a coalition partner. But many party members had already objected to a prospective coalition with the main opposition CHP. Analysis by Rengin Arslan, BBC Turkish, Istanbul There is little surprise that the talks failed, as it was widely believed that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had never favoured a coalition government. His desire to move to a presidential system is no secret and far from allowing him to make such changes, the CHP wants to keep his powers in check. The CHP leader says Mr Davutoglu merely offered a three-month pre-election government. Although both leaders told supporters they had tried their best to form a government, neither believes Turkey can avoid another general election. Attacks on the PKK are likely to continue as the AKP tries to attract more nationalist support. But after 12 years in power, opposition towards the ruling party has grown. The Turkish stock market fell 3% and the lira hit a record low as news of a likely election emerged. The AKP's 12-year majority rule in Turkey came to an end on 7 June largely because of the success of the pro-Kurdish HDP, which broke into the political mainstream, attracting voters across the country and winning more than the required 10% of the vote. Although Mr Davutoglu's party secured 41%, it had to seek support from a rival party to form a coalition, but failed to find agreement with the CHP on foreign policy and education matters. Latest opinion polls suggest the AKP has increased its support in recent weeks and some opponents have accused the government of trying to link the HDP to the Kurdish rebels. President Erdogan, for many years Turkey's AKP prime minister, has accused the HDP of being the rebels' political wing. Turkey's uneasy two-year ceasefire with the PKK fell apart last month, after a suicide bomb blamed on IS killed 32 young activists in the largely Kurdish city of Suruc, close to the Syrian border. Turkey's HDP challenges Erdogan

Two months after Turkey 's ruling AK Party lost its majority in @placeholder elections , it has failed to agree coalition terms , pushing the country towards a new vote .

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Tommy Ward sustained a "significant neurological injury" when burglars raided his home on 1 October. A safety deposit box, thought to have contained about £30,000, was stolen during the raid. In an appeal for new information, daughter Jackie Perry, 52, described his attackers as "animals". "They've walked away and shut that door knowing how seriously ill my dad was and they left him for dead, for the sake of money," she said. 'Attackers are monsters' Mr Ward was found badly injured at his home in Salisbury Road, Maltby, near Rotherham, after the attack, which detectives have described as "vicious and cowardly". South Yorkshire Police have released a graphic picture, which shows some of the injuries suffered by the great-grandfather, as part of their appeal. Posters have also been distributed across the area in the hope they will jog people's memories and encourage potential witnesses to come forward. Ex-miner Mr Ward's family - which includes his four children, 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren - described his attackers as "monsters" following the assault. Det Insp Richard Partridge urged members of the public to contact police with even "the smallest detail" about the attack. "What happened to Mr Ward was a brutal attack on a vulnerable man in his own home and those responsible do not deserve to be shielded by anyone," he said. A box similar to the one reported stolen from Mr Ward was recovered in the Kilnhurst area of Rotherham two weeks after the attack, but Mr Partridge said he could not be sure it was the same one. Two 19-year-old men arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and burglary have been bailed.

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Lynette White was stabbed more than 50 times in the Cardiff docklands flat where she worked. The quashed convictions led to the failed trial of eight officers in 2011. The review will look at whether 227 boxes of documents were overlooked. Home Secretary Theresa May told MPs that Richard Horwell QC would lead the investigation, which will begin on 2 March and aim to complete its findings by the summer. It will also look at the reasons why leading counsel for the prosecution lost confidence in the disclosure process and the case was abandoned. The review will investigate whether lessons have been learnt from the collapse of the trial. South Wales Police Chief Constable Peter Vaughan said the force "has been determined to find the truth about Lynette White's tragic murder and to investigate alleged police wrongdoing in the first investigation. This commitment led to the conviction of Jeffrey Gafoor for Lynette's murder. "We have fully supported and cooperated with reviews undertaken by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and will provide the same level of commitment to Mr Horwell QC." Mrs May said: "The government takes police integrity very seriously. It is at the heart of public confidence in the police and underpins our model of policing by consent. "It is nearly 25 years since three men were wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of Lynette White. "There are still unresolved questions surrounding the reasons why no one was found responsible for this appalling miscarriage of justice. "That is why I have launched a QC-led Investigation into the collapse of this trial so the men who were wrongly convicted and the wider public will see these questions answered." Tony Paris, Yusef Abdullahi and Stephen Miller - who became known as the Cardiff Three - were wrongly jailed in 1990 for Ms White's murder. The three were sentenced to life but were freed in December 1992 after their convictions were overturned. In 2003, new DNA technology led police to Ms White's real killer - Jeffrey Gafoor, who confessed to stabbing her in a row over £30. The 2011 trial of former South Wales Police officers for offences connected with the 1990 trial, including conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and perjury, collapsed because of a series of disclosure failings on behalf of South Wales Police and the Crown Prosecution Service.

The collapse of the UK 's biggest police @placeholder trial , which followed the wrongful conviction of three men for the murder of a prostitute in 1988 will be reviewed by a top barrister , the Home Secretary has announced .

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The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said it was difficult to keep the vessel Millennium Time on a steady heading before it struck a tug on the River Thames in July 2014. The report also said the man at the helm at the time of the crash did not hold a boatmaster's licence. City Cruises apologised and said passenger safety was "paramount". The nine injured passengers suffered cuts and bruises when the boat struck motor tug Redoubt, which was towing three barges between Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges on the Thames on 17 July 2014. The 69-year-old mate's employment as a helmsman was contrary to the instructions of the Millennium Time's operators, City Cruises, the report said. And the 58-year-old master of vessel was providing a sightseeing commentary, meaning he did not supervise the mate at the helm, the report concluded. The MAIB said the mate did not take immediate action to avoid the vessel's collision with Redoubt because he thought the motor tug was turning towards Millennium Time, but Millennium Time had unexpectedly steered towards the motor tug. The report said: "The turn was not deliberately initiated by the movement of the helm and most likely resulted from the unintended application of port rudder, and/or the influence of the effects of (an aquatic phenomenon known as) hydrodynamic interaction." By the time the helmsman noticed the vessel was turning the collision could not be prevented, the MAIB said. The report added the crew were also unaware of the number of passengers onboard - they thought they were carrying 426 people but the police counted 362. Both vessels were damaged and it took 32 days to repair Millennium Time's damage, which included broken windows. The MAIB, which made a number of safety recommendations, said City Cruises had replaced the steering systems on Millennium Time and its sister vessels. In a statement, City Cruises said its vessels undergo rigorous testing and the helmsman was in the process of completing his boatmaster's licence. Spokesman Kyle Haughton said: "The safety of our passengers and crew is paramount to us. "The report does not highlight one significant reason for the accident and refers to a number of contributing factors."

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The 25-year-old super-bantamweight from Belfast clinched victory in the third round of the scheduled six. Conlan, who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics, is expected to be on the undercard for the 2 July Brisbane bout between Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn. He was well on top throughout Friday night's fight at the UIC Pavilion. Mexican Chanez was knocked down in the first round and Conlan sealed victory with another flurry of punches in the third. Chanez did get up to beat the count, but the referee called a halt. Afterwards Conlan said he was not happy with is performance and that he wanted to face an opponent who could test him. In his first pro fight in March, Conlan stopped Tim Ibarra inside three rounds at Madison Square Garden. He has said it would be special to be part of the undercard when Pacquiao defends his WBO welterweight title in Australia. Conlan hopes to fight in Belfast in December as he continues his progress through the professional ranks.

Former world @placeholder champion Michael Conlan easily made it two wins out of two in his professional career by stopping Alfredo Chanez in Chicago .

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A clerk for Granite County confirmed to People Magazine that the couple secretly exchanged vows in Philipsburg, Montana on 1 October. It is thought the ceremony took place a month after Scarlett gave birth to the couple's daughter, Rose, and a year after they got engaged. The 30-year-old was previously married to Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds. Rumours that Scarlett and Romain had tied the knot had been circulating for a while, after she was photographed wearing a ring on her wedding finger. The star of Lost in Translation and The Avengers was left "devastated" following her divorce from Ryan Reynolds in December 2010. Speaking to Vogue magazine about the end of her two-year marriage, she said: "It really throws you. You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out." Newsbeat has contacted Scarlett's agent, but has not received a response so far. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube.

Scarlett Johansson has @placeholder married her fiancé , French journalist Romain Dauriac .

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Minutes from a recent meeting of rail bosses suggested plans to expand the central London station had been put on hold because of disagreements about the cost and design. It led to fears that the controversial line might terminate at Old Oak Common in west London. But Sir David Higgins has told the BBC that will not happen. "It's simply about capacity. There's not the level of connectivity at Old Oak Common that you'd get at Euston, which will eventually have Crossrail 2, but also because of the various tube lines that connect with the mainline trains," he said. Sir David also denied that the project was slipping behind schedule: "We haven't stopped anything and haven't delayed a thing." Euston should be the showpiece station for HS2 and the gateway to Britain's most expensive and controversial building project. But right now, no-one knows what it is going to look like. Euston has always been a sticky issue for HS2. The initial plan for a grand new station was shelved for a much simpler change in the layout. Yet somehow the simpler version was £400m more pricey than a complete rebuild. It has never been clear exactly why the initial figure was so out of whack. Then, last spring, the Chancellor George Osborne said he wanted a much more ambitious new station again, surrounded by shops, offices and homes. But that involves raising a lot of private money, and keeping Camden, the local council, on side. Any rebuild will cause years of disruption in the area and cost people their homes. So what happens next? All sides are now getting together to try to come up with a master plan for Euston. Something that keeps everyone happy and doesn't derail the budget. As Sir David points out, all they have to do before 2026, when phase one of the line opens, is to add six or seven new platforms, independent of the existing station. After that it gets more tricky, as another six platforms will be needed by the time phase two opens in 2033 and that cannot be done without major redevelopment. He has £2.5bn to get the platforms sorted, but it will cost a great deal more to add shops, offices and houses - and that is where private money should come in. It will also need an amendment to the huge hybrid bill now making its way through Parliament. Follow Richard Westcott on Twitter: @BBCwestcott

The boss of HS2 , the high - speed train project , has insisted that @placeholder will operate from Euston .

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Hosted on the StarCon.net.kp address in North Korea it had many of the features of other social networks. It is not clear who created StarCon but it is thought to be a test project for a future service to be offered by the nation's telecoms operator. Soon after being discovered, the site was hacked and it is now not accessible. The site was spotted by Doug Madory, a researcher at network management firm Dyn, who said it was rare to see any websites hosted in the secretive nation. The site's name suggested it was linked to North Korea's Star telecom service, he said. StarCon was built around a commercial software package called phpDolphin and had many of the features, including newsfeeds, messaging systems and personal spaces, seen on other social sites. However, many of the site's pages were unfinished and were filled with placeholder text. "I don't believe it was intended to be accessible from outside North Korea," Mr Madory told the BBC. However, he said, Dyn's mention of StarCon on its Twitter feed led people to set up personal pages on the site and start using it to swap messages. One of the first accounts created parodied North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Outsiders created about 300 accounts on StarCon during its brief existence. "There were a lot of people signing up that, based on their comments, appeared to genuinely think they could reach the North Korean people through the website," he said. "I'm quite sure that no North Koreans ever really used it for a social network website despite the fact that it was hosted in North Korea." A day after being discovered, the site was hacked to re-direct every visitor to a YouTube video. Soon after, it went offline completely.

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Rick Davies, 32, told the Milton Keynes Citizen he sprayed pesticide from the back of a quad bike he drove through his wheat field at Newton Lodge farm in north Buckinghamshire to spell out the message "Di will you marry me?" The gesture destroyed about an acre of wheat worth approximately £600. His fiancée Diana Cull, who said yes, said she was "totally overwhelmed". Mr Davies, showed Ms Cull, 33, the message by flying her over the 20-acre field in a flight he won at a charity auction for £50. He said he was "definitely pleased" with the result. "All I wanted was a yes," he said. Mr Davies farms the land in partnership with his father, who was on holiday at the time and knew nothing of his plans. He was said to be "delighted" although "would have been a bit annoyed if she had said no". Ms Cull, from Northampton, said she was "absolutely blown away". "I was totally overwhelmed, I started crying, it was like something you see in films," she said. "We kept circling over it to look again and he leaned over to me and said 'so what do you say?' "It was a massive yes, there was no hesitation." The couple have been together for just over two years and said they plan to marry in July next year.

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The UK's Team Dignitas has two pro League of Legends teams on its books but tournament rules for the game state that they can only oversee one. Bids for one of their teams have gone far beyond $500,000 (£323,000), a Dignitas spokesman told the BBC. The final details of the sale and the team's new owner will be revealed by the end of the month. The massively popular League of Legends game has an associated World Championships that pits the tops teams against each other for large cash prizes. The five players who were world champions in 2014 shared $1m (£650,000) in prize money. The teams meet in a virtual arena and are tasked with destroying the heart of their rivals' base while defending their own. Michael O'Dell, manager of Team Dignitas, said one of its teams had been part of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) for some time. This year, he said, Dignitas's second or "challenger" team has also qualified for the LCS. "The rules state that you can only manage one, so we are in the process of selling one of the teams at the moment," he told the BBC. Mr O'Dell confirmed they had found a buyer but would not be drawn on which team would be sold or who had bought them. The last few weeks had seen a series of bids for the team come in from many pro-game management firms, individuals and other organisations. "E-sports is growing so fast at the moment," he said. "There are millionaires and billionaires coming in buying teams and there are sports stars looking to buy teams. "It's really strange dealing with billionaires over this," he said. Pro-players could also cash in later in October at the start of the 2015 transfer season, which often sees top players garner large fees to change teams. Tim Edwards, an editor at the PC Games N website, said the size of the deal over the LoL team reflected the growing interest in e-sports by traditional media firms, brand managers and advertisers. "It would be hard for them to reach that gaming audience any other way," he said. The quarter-finals of the League of Legends World Championships are being streamed on BBC Three over three days. Watch here on Friday, here on Saturday and here on Sunday. The World Championships concludes on 31 October in Berlin.

A bidding war has broken out during the sale of a professional team of players of the @placeholder game , League of Legends .

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They highlight the case of a woman they treated last year who became critically ill after taking herbal remedies and drinking too much water. The 47-year-old needed intensive care at Milton Keynes hospital. She recovered with treatment, but her story is a reminder of the dangers of drastic detoxing, the medics say. While it may be tempting to cleanse yourself of the excesses of Christmas, the concept is not necessarily healthy and is not backed by medical science, they report in the British Medical Journal Case Reports. The woman they treated had taken a cocktail of herbs and alternative remedies including: Her partner said she had also been drinking lots of water, green tea and sage tea over the few days before she became ill. Shortly before being admitted to hospital, the woman collapsed and had a seizure. Medical tests revealed she had dangerously low levels of salt (sodium) in her body. Researching the herbal remedies used by the patient, her doctors discovered the case of a man with a history of anxiety who had had seizures due to a low sodium level. His symptoms developed after consuming a large amount of a herbal remedy that contained: "The complementary medicine market is very popular in the UK and the concept of the new-year 'detox' with all-natural products is appealing to those less concerned with evidence-based medicine and more with complementary medicine," say the medics in their write-up. "Excessive water intake as a way of 'purifying and cleansing' the body is also a popular regime with the belief that harmful waste products can thus be washed from the body." However, they warn that "despite marketing suggesting otherwise, all-natural products are not without side-effects". The British Dietetic Association says the whole idea of detoxing is nonsense. "There are no pills or specific drinks, patches or lotions that can do a magic job," a representative said "The body has numerous organs, such as the skin, gut, liver and kidney, that continually 'detoxify' the body from head to toe. "Being well-hydrated is a sensible strategy, but drinking too much water can be as dangerous as not drinking enough. "It sounds predictable, but for the vast majority of people, a sensible diet and regular physical activity really are the only ways to properly maintain and maximise your health."

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10 May 2017 Last updated at 14:04 BST A lost Californian black bear had wandered onto this housing estate near to the city of Los Angeles. The big bear went for a swim in a backyard swimming pool but when it got too close one house, this family dog wanted to protect its home and chased the bear away. The bear goes to hide in a playground, before it headed off back into the trees and nearby forest. We hope this dog got an extra-tasty treat that night!

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Lee McDonnell, 23, escaped on 17 December and is now back in Portlaoise Prison. He was seen at Rowlagh Avenue in Ronanstown, west Dublin, shortly before 17:00 local time on Saturday. Police recaptured him after a chase. McDonnell, who is originally from Lough Conn Road, Ballyfermot, has more than 70 previous convictions.

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Work on the Pontio centre at Bangor University began in 2012 and it opened last year after a delay which cost £1m. The university said it was also liaising with contractors over concerns about holes in the roof. But Pontio directors said they had a successful first 12 months and they were confident they could build on their experiences. They told the Newyddion 9 programme ticket sales for their first year saw about 35,000 sold for live performances, 39,000 for its cinema and about 2,500 for conferences and other events.

A £ 50 m arts and @placeholder centre in Gwynedd has sold more than 76,000 tickets in its first year .

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"I want to qualify at the Europeans next week," Adams told BBC Sport. "To think that I could be European, world and Olympic champion in the same year is absolutely epic. "It's that little piece of history that is my motivation." The tournament begins on Saturday, with Great Britain sending 13 athletes. There are 36 qualification places for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro available - 30 for men and six for women. Female boxers who miss out have a second chance to qualify at the World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan in May. "I want to do it first time round, I don't want to mess about," Adams added. Full Great Britain squad for European Olympic qualifier: Men: Galal Yafai, Muhammad Ali, Qais Ashfaq, Joe Cordina, Pat McCormack, Cyrus Pattinson, Antony Fowler, Joshua Buatsi, Lawrence Okolie, Joe Joyce. Women: Nicola Adams, Chantelle Cameron, Savannah Marshall.

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The email claimed each candidate had not achieved sufficient credits to receive their degree. Students have now been told to ignore the message, which was sent out in the early hours of Thursday. The university has insisted there was no breach of their systems and no student data has been compromised. A university spokesperson said: "Our preliminary investigation suggests that these emails were regrettably issued as a result of a system error. "There was no breach of our systems and no student data was compromised. The university has written to all students affected to reassure them that their graduations have not been cancelled and asking them to ignore the emails. "All students who might have received the inaccurate information were contacted first thing this morning and told that this was an error. We are currently investigating exactly which students were affected." A statement from the university's Student Systems and Administration department added: "We are aware that a number of final year students have received an email, apparently from the university, informing them that their graduation has been cancelled. "Please ignore this message. No graduations have been cancelled. Your final degree results will be released in line with the published schedule - no later than 16th June for the great majority of students and no later than the 23rd of June for Medics and Vets. "We are looking urgently into this situation. We will be back in contact with you as soon as we can and will also ensure your MyEd/EUCLID screens are refreshed with accurate information." The email sent out in error read: "You recently registered to attend a graduation ceremony this summer. "However, we are now advised that you are not expected to complete your studies until later in the year, and therefore we presume that you may be eligible to attend the next available graduation ceremony. "If this is not also your understanding please could you contact us immediately." Calum Mackie, who has been studying English Literature and History, said he received the email just after midnight. He logged on to a special portal for students on the university website which also said he did not have enough credits to graduate this summer. He then spent the night worrying as he was not able to speak to anyone at the university to find out what had actually happened until later in the morning. Mr Mackie said he thought it was possible an automated email had been sent in error as students planning to graduate would not have enough credits until their recent exams were actually marked. Mr Mackie, who plans to start teacher-training in the autumn, said: "Once we realised this was a mistake, people were just frustrated and annoyed. Errors happen but this seems to have been a very big error." Many students may have job offers or provisional places on postgraduate courses which rely on them gaining their degree or a particular class of degree first. Several of them took to social media to criticise the university. One, named Ruth, tweeted: "Massive anxiety and distress caused by Edinburgh University emailing all final years saying they failed. #StudentWelfare #WhatStudentWelfare"

Edinburgh University has @placeholder a " system error " after final year students were sent an email which said they would not graduate this summer .

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Singapore has been gripped by the plight of a holidaying Vietnamese factory worker scammed of two months' wages when trying to buy an iPhone 6. The case and subsequent attempts by Singaporeans to help him have made headlines regionally. Singapore has long prided itself on being a safe tourist-friendly spot. An advisory posted on China's Consular Services website noted that there had been "many cases last year" where Chinese tourists were cheated when buying electronic goods. It said that Chinese tourists who wish to buy mobile phones or other expensive electronic devices in Singapore should first check if the shops they are patronising have had complaints lodged against them. The Consumer Association of Singapore maintains a list of errant retailers. China is the fastest growing source of tourists to Singapore, which is also popular with other Asian visitors. Earlier this week, Singaporean media reported a case where Vietnamese tourist Pham Van Thoai was tricked into signing a phone warranty contract at a mobile shop in a well-known electronics shopping centre,. The same shop had previously made the news for refunding a Chinese tourist hundreds of dollars in coins. Concern had already been mounting in Singapore of persistent tourist scams. But Mr Pham's case provoked nationwide sympathy and outrage at the shop when newspapers published a photo of him sobbing and a video of him begging on his knees for a refund, filmed by shop staff, surfaced online. Though he called in the police and consumer association officials, he still lost S$550 (£266; $440) - the equivalent of more than two months' worth of wages - and left without a phone. The incident sparked concern about consumers' rights and apparent damage to Singapore's image as a tourist destination. Frustrated at the lack of punishment, some netizens have named and shamed the shop's owner and published online his personal details, including his address, phone numbers and photos of him posing shirtless. Others donated to a crowdfunding campaign started by a Singaporean to reimburse Mr Pham, which has gathered nearly US$12,000. "This is not okay. This is not right. We are not a nation of thieves and cheats," the campaign website said. Mr Pham however has reportedly said a Singaporean businessman gave him money for a phone, and declined to accept more donations. The response has been widely covered by Vietnamese media, as well as other South East Asian news outlets, and has drawn appreciative comments from the Vietnamese. "Thank you Singaporean people... I really admire your kindness and devotion to foreigners like us," said one on Facebook.

China has warned citizens travelling to Singapore to be @placeholder of shopping scams , following a tourism controversy in the South East Asian city .

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Tamara Rojo told Radio Times magazine that children were often praised for quick results rather than hard work. "We live in a society that rewards fast success based on little talent or commitment, which is transient and a dangerous place to be," she said. "Do we want to promote instant success and instant failure, or do we want to promote self-esteem and hard work?" The Spanish dancer, who is also the artistic director of the ballet company, began classes at the age of five, and joined her first ballet company aged 11. She said her success was based upon persistence and hard work. "I never had natural flexibility or the physical abilities that some people had. "I had a strong technique and was hard-working - I trained for six hours, six days a week from the age of 11 - and that made up for the things I didn't naturally have. "I rose up the company very fast and was a principal by 18." Carlos Acosta, who has partnered Rojo in several productions, including Romeo and Juliet, once attested to the ballerina's perseverance, saying she had "no sense of pain or exhaustion". Rojo took over at the English National Ballet two years ago, shortly before her 38th birthday. Since then, she has overhauled its programme with a new production of Le Corsaire, and a bold, contemporary season of works inspired by World War One. One of those, Akram Khan's Dust, was performed at Glastonbury; while earlier this year, Rojo announced a triple-bill dedicated to female choreography for the ballet's 2015/16 season. The ballerina, who is a judge on the BBC Young Dancer award, has previously spoken of her desire to create a legacy. "I hope to inspire a whole new generation of dancers that will in turn become teachers, choreographers and managers themselves," she told the Telegraph last year. "I think you can really transform attitudes both for the audience and the artists and therefore you can grow a healthy, productive and interesting art form." Rojo is also a strong believer in government subsidies for the arts - which she says are necessary for companies to take creative "gambles". She told the Radio Times it was "a shame that during the elections there is no money promised for the arts", adding: "We have proven the business case and we have proven the social case."

The principal dancer at the English National Ballet says many of today 's pupils lack the @placeholder to succeed .

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He initially backed fellow pro-Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson, before announcing that he would himself stand. He told BBC Radio 4's The World At One he should have "paused and reflected before backing Mr Johnson" or stuck with him after making the decision. Mr Gove called Mr Johnson "phenomenally talented" and said Theresa May was the right choice as party leader and PM. The former justice secretary and education secretary campaigned against his long-term friend, former Prime Minister David Cameron, in supporting the Leave campaign during the Brexit referendum campaign. He told The World at One they had not spoken for "some time" since, following reports that they are no longer on amicable terms. In his first broadcast interview since leaving the cabinet when Mrs May became prime minister, Mr Gove - now a backbench MP - said he would "happily" return to frontline politics if asked. During the leadership election, held in the fraught atmosphere following the UK's vote to leave the EU, Mr Gove initially said he was supporting Mr Johnson. He then changed his mind and decided to run himself, publicly questioning Mr Johnson's ability to do the job. He said, with hindsight, he should have pronounced an "alternative view, rather than passing any commentary or judgement on Boris". After Mrs May entered Downing Street, Mr Johnson entered the cabinet as foreign secretary, while Mr Gove remains on the Conservative back benches. He said: "I think he's been a success as foreign secretary. He's had some criticism from some on the way he's handled Russia, Syria and so on. I think he's been right." Mr Gove said those who accused Mr Johnson of backing the Leave campaign to further his own career were wrong, adding: "He decided to do what he thought was right for the country." They had both found it difficult to tell Mr Cameron they were going to campaign against him over Brexit, he added. Mr Gove also said that with hindsight Mrs May was "the right leader at the right time" and that "if the chance came to serve again" in the cabinet, he would "happily say yes". But he was "very happy" on the back benches and would be standing again at the next election as MP for Surrey Heath, which he has represented since 2005.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Wenger was sent off for reacting angrily to a 93rd-minute penalty given to Burnley, who trailed 1-0. Andre Gray converted to equalise but Alexis Sanchez then scored another penalty to give Arsenal a 2-1 win. "I should have shut up - I apologise for not having done that," said Wenger. "It was nothing malicious. I should have kept my control, even if it was in a hectic time." Wenger could face action from the Football Association over the incident. The Frenchman was sent to the stands by referee Jon Moss but stood at the tunnel entrance as he tried to watch the remaining few minutes. Taylor appeared to tell Wenger to go down the tunnel but he refused to move. "Look, it was nothing bad," added Wenger. "I said something that you hear every day in football. Overall, nine times out of 10, you are not sent to the stand for that. "If I am, I am, and I should have shut up completely. I was quite calm for the whole game, more than usual." Alan Pardew, then Newcastle's manager, was given a two-game touchline ban and fined £20,000 in 2012 when he pushed assistant referee Peter Kirkup during a game with Tottenham. Media playback is not supported on this device Burnley manager Sean Dyche, who was taking charge of his 200th game at the club, was also unhappy with the awarding of a penalty. The 45-year-old felt that Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny was offside when he was struck by Ben Mee's high foot in the 98th minute. "It's a tough day for us in the end," he said. "To lose a game in that fashion, with an offside not given, is tough, particularly when you come to tough places like this. "We have never taken anything for granted. We know how tough this division is but you need officials to make the right decisions and that is the shame today." Arsenal had to play for 25 minutes with 10 men after Granit Xhaka was sent off for the second time this season. The midfielder will be banned for the club's next four matches, including a Premier League match at current leaders Chelsea on 4 February. "The challenge was on the other side of the pitch," added Wenger. "If it is a red card, we just have to apologise and make sure it does not happen again because that could damage the team too much."

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he " regrets everything " after he followed his @placeholder by pushing fourth official Anthony Taylor during Sunday 's dramatic victory over Burnley .

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Daniel Brown, 26, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to arson and arson, being reckless as to whether life is endangered, at Merthyr Crown Court on Tuesday. He also set fire to a wheelie bin he damaged on the same day as the chapel. The internal structure of Capel Aberfan was destroyed on 11 July. The chapel was used following the Aberfan disaster in 1966 and also housed a memorial organ. Judge Richard Twomlow adjourned sentence so a psychiatric report could be compiled. He said: "The fire caused the destruction of a chapel that was such an important part in the history of Aberfan." Brown was remanded in custody and Judge Twomlow told him: "This is a very serious matter and will involve a lengthy prison sentence." He will be sentenced in September.

A man has admitted starting a fire that gutted a Merthyr Tydfil chapel which was used as a @placeholder mortuary after the Aberfan mining disaster .

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Broadmeadows Bridge on the A708 will be shut on 30 January until 3 February from 09:00 to 16:00 each day. Scottish Borders Council said the timing of the closure - for resurfacing work - had been designed to minimise disruption. The bridge is expected to fully reopen next month after the completion of the £240,000 repair programme. The structure was damaged by a vehicle in September 2015, leading to temporary lights being used to allow traffic to continue to use it. SBC's Gordon Edgar said: "This daytime closure of Broadmeadows Bridge for five days is unfortunately unavoidable. "We realise it will cause some disruption but hope the Yarrow Valley community recognise that efforts have been made to minimise this, and will welcome the bridge being fully reopened in February."

The final stages of essential repairs to a @placeholder bridge in the Yarrow Valley will see it shut for five days .

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Corrymeela was set up in 1965 to bring together people of different backgrounds and beliefs. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Eamon Martin, were among those attending Sunday's service. Mr Welby said he was honoured to be there. He praised the contribution that Corrymeela had made to Northern Ireland. Mr Welby said it was an "extraordinary moment of God's providence" in 1965, that it emerged "as a place which has achieved the capacity to say even in the worst moments that there is hope for people who are deeply divided and deeply enmeshed in conflict to meet each other and to talk and to find their common humanity". Corrymeela was founded by Ray Davey and students from Queen's University in Belfast to promote dialogue between Catholics and Protestants. Prince Charles visited the centre in May this year to commemorate the centre's 50th anniversary.

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Leicester City Ladies FC, which is not officially affiliated to the city's title-winning men's team, was formed in 1966 after a supporters' club meeting. The players had to borrow kit and train in a car park in the early days. Once considered a "taboo" by their male counterparts, the club has ambitions to reach the Women's Super League. Having been one of the clubs represented at the first meeting of the Women's Football Association in June 1970, Leicester Ladies have been praised for their longevity. Gill Ridgley, who looks after the women's football collection at the British Library, said: "It's a testament to these women's determination and love of football that they carried on playing despite all the obstacles - and these were many - that were put in their way." Internal problems that have threatened the club's existence over the decades have included a lack of personnel and financial problems, officials said. "It has been a real rollercoaster," club secretary and ex-player Sue Foulkes said. "There's been many a time when the club could have gone under and it is just down to a bit of resilience from a few of us that have kept it going." The team was initially met with scepticism, but has grown and played at Wembley in 1996 before the play-off final between Leicester City and Crystal Palace. "The original team started to train in the car park at the old Filbert Street ground," Ms Foulkes said. "Nothing was supported by the FA at that time and it was absolutely taboo for clubs to help a women's team with facilities. "When they came out to play in the first game, we had a Welsh left back called Peter Rodrigues who played for Leicester City, who borrowed kit from the club so they wore those. "They played their first game and we've been going ever since."

A club claiming to be the " oldest @placeholder ladies football " side in England is celebrating its 50th anniversary .

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The health board agreed to shut Darataigh mental health facility after its boiler failed. It led to concerns that some patients had been transferred to Midpark Hospital in Dumfries, 72 miles away. The board said it would now repair the boiler and commit to a consultation on future mental health provision. In a statement, it said it was committed to a six-month period of "extensive engagement" on plans to provide a community-based mental health service in Wigtownshire. During that time Darataigh will "have the potential" to accept admissions from the Dumfries hospital. The statement added: "The board apologises for any distress or concern caused by the poor communication on this matter." The move has been welcomed by local politicians who have lobbied local NHS board chief executive Jeff Ace over the controversial move. MP Richard Arkless said: "This announcement caused massive concern and unhappiness in my home town and it could have been avoided. "I have been very clear that the NHS needs to explain its plans to people in Stranraer more clearly than it has - and crucially tell us why they would be better than what we have now. He added: "I am pleased there has been a degree of movement from them and an admission this could, and should, have been done better. "We have secured the future of Darataigh for the next six months - what really needs to happen now is that NHS Dumfries and Galloway speaks to the community in Stranraer and reassures people that their plans will deliver better services for very vulnerable people in the town and surrounding area."

A @placeholder unit in Stranraer has been given a temporary reprieve , a week after NHS Dumfries and Galloway announced its closure .

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Unlike other class actions, some of the company's senior executives have also been named as defendants. Providence alleges that Petrobras made false statements to investors that inflated the company's value. Its lawyers say that when the corruption scandal broke, the city's investments plummeted. So far, 39 people in Brazil have been indicted on charges that include corruption, money laundering and racketeering. They have been accused of forming a cartel to drive up the prices of major Petrobras infrastructure projects and of channelling money into a kickback scheme at Petrobras to pay politicians. The executives could face sentences of more than 20 years in jail. The case has shaken the government of President Dilma Rousseff, who served as chair of the Petrobras board for seven years until 2010. She has denied any knowledge of the scheme. According to the Brazilian Federal Police the group under investigation moved more than $3.9bn (??2.5bn) in what police describe as "atypical" financial transactions. Brazilian courts have blocked around $270m in assets belonging to various suspects. Federal agents revealed contracts worth $22bn are regarded as suspicious. Former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa, who worked at the company from 2004 to 2012, has told investigators that politicians received a 3% commission on contracts signed during this period.

The US city of Providence , Rhode Island is suing the Brazilian state - run oil company Petrobras over investor @placeholder due to a corruption scandal .

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It also wants ministers to develop a new vision about how the NHS can get to grips with the "unsustainable" problems it currently faces. Individual health boards currently decide on the mix of doctors, nurses and other professionals for each area. But the review wants a "special" arms-length health authority to plan the 72,000-strong NHS workforce. It claims the current arrangements are not working well enough and do not plan sufficiently well for the the type of care patients might need in the future. The review panel, led by former Powys health board chair Mel Evans, said it was "constantly bemused by the number of bodies that exist in commissioning and providing education" in a country of just three million people. Staff in the NHS in Wales cost £3bn a year. The Welsh government currently spends £350m a year training health professionals but the review concludes the return on that investment is not good enough. It points to problems of recruitment and retention "across many professions and grades" with significant amounts of money spent on temporary staff to cover shortages and sickness. The review also notes concern that a third of Welsh medical graduates do not work in Wales when they qualify. It also wants to give all schoolchildren in Wales the chance of work experience in the NHS and wider health services. The new health authority should also pay attention to issues surrounding the Welsh language and explore ways of incentivising children from Welsh language medium education to work in the NHS The head of the Welsh Deanery - the body currently responsible for professional training of doctors and dentists in Wales - has raised concerns that junior doctors may be being put off coming to work in Wales put because they think they would have to speak Welsh. Prof Derek Gallen told BBC Wales in January said: "There's a perception they don't understand the geography, that they will have long commutes between trusts on their rotations and that they will have to speak Welsh". The Welsh government said it would now consider the recommendations and respond in due course.

A " @placeholder authority " is needed to plan the future shape of the NHS workforce in Wales , says a review of training .

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They reused, recycled and composted 62% of municipal waste in the 12 months to September 2016, compared to 58% in the previous year. Ceredigion was the best performing authority with a rate of 70%, while Blaenau Gwent was the worst at 52%. The Welsh Government has set all councils a target of recycling 70% of waste by 2024-2025. The data also showed a quarterly rise in recycling rates, with 66% of waste recycled between July and September 2016 - an increase of 5% when compared to same quarter in 2015. But the total amount of waste generated in Wales increased from 411,000 tonnes to 425,000 tonnes during the same period.

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27 February 2015 Last updated at 06:46 GMT In this recruitment video from 1942, Major General V.H.B Majendie, commanding officer for Northern Ireland, appeals for support for the defence force. Used with permission from the Police Museum of Northern Ireland. Not Dad's Army - Northern Ireland's Home Guard will be broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster at 12:30 GMT on Sunday 1 March 2015. It will then be available on BBC IPlayer radio.

A new BBC Radio Ulster documentary , Not Dad 's Army - Northern Ireland 's Home Guard , tells the story of the @placeholder Ulster Home Guard .

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At least 134 people contracted E.coli in an outbreak linked to the former Flicks Restaurant in Yorkgate, north Belfast. As the 11 charges were put to Yorkgate Movie House owner Michael McAdam, he replied: "We plead guilty". In August 2012, Flicks came under investigation over the E.coli outbreak. At the time, Mr McAdam claimed hygiene in his kitchen met the highest standards. "All of our books and health checks are up to date, staff training is all up to date. We have followed every rule and regulation. We take our job seriously and where this came from I have no idea," he said. However, on Wednesday he admitted charges of failure to supervise, instruct or train staff in food hygiene; inadequate training for food hygiene procedures; failure to protect foods from E.coli contamination; failures to identify hazards, or to record or monitor them; no cleaning or drying facilities for staff, or even soap in a blocked wash hand basin; and one charge of failing to keep chopped parsley at the proper temperature to prevent pathogenic micro-organisms or formation of toxins. In October 2012, Flicks' doors voluntarily closed for the last time two days after the first cases of suspected food poisoning emerged. In the coming days it was declared a "major public health crisis", later described as the worst outbreak of E.coli in Northern Ireland's history. By the end of October 2012, the Public Health Agency said there were 134 confirmed and 156 probable cases. Belfast Crown Court was told on Wednesday that the case against Movie House Cinema Yorkgate Ltd was being brought by Belfast City Council's environmental health and food safety department, and asked that the company be arraigned on the charges. Mr McAdam, as "a duly appointed representative" for Movie House, pleaded to the charges, which not only predate the first suspected outbreak of food poisoning in August 2012, but also covered the period up to October 12 that year after Flicks had voluntarily shut its doors. Adjourning the case until next month the judge asked a defence lawyer for an up-to-date report on the company as the court would be considering a financial penalty.

A former restaurateur , whose @placeholder was linked to a major public health crisis , has pleaded guilty to food hygiene breaches .

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Llanfaelog Community Council said it believed Llyn Maelog near Rhosneigr was the first lake to attain the status. Anglesey Council's legal experts decided there was no legal problem with the new designation at the lake, which is already a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). County councillors backed the move in a meeting on Wednesday. Richard Dew, the community council clerk, said it had taken a number of years to reach this stage. "It goes back a few years when the council looked at improving facilities, for locals and visitors, popular for sailing, boating, fishing as well as wildlife," he said. "We found there was no registered owner, so the way forward was to register it as a village green." Mr Dew said he understood that Llyn Maelog was the first lake in Wales to attain village green status. "But it is a very important lake, it has triple SI status, and we are aware of the importance from a wildlife view as well," he added. Last year, Sherwood Lake in Tunbridge Wells, Kent was registered as a village green. Kate Ashbrook, general secretary of the open spaces society said: "Green spaces and open water are of immense importance to the public, as places of recreation and refreshment, where we can enjoy nature in peace and quiet."

A 50 - acre lake at Llanfaelog on Anglesey has been given the @placeholder status of a ' village gree n ' .

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The attacker made the devices print a warning urging their owners to cut off remote access. Large printers in offices, domestic devices and tiny receipt printers in restaurants were all caught up in the hack. The attack came soon after a German academic study found vulnerabilities in a wide range of printers. Over the weekend, a hacker using the alias Stackoverflowin ran an automated program that scoured the internet for printers that did not have basic security controls switched on. Once it discovered a vulnerable device, the program made them print a page announcing the invasion and telling the owner to close the "port" used to hijack it. "For the love of God, please close this port, skid [script kiddie, ie novice coder]," said the message. Early versions of the program also added ASCII art depicting different robots or a computer. Also included were an email address and a Twitter handle for Stackoverflowin. Many people posted pictures of the printed messages to social media and asked questions about what was happening on technical support forums and social networks such as Reddit. Printers made by HP, Brother, Epson, Canon, Lexmark, Minolta and many others were hit by Stackoverflowin's program. The hacker said he did not intend to abuse the access he had gained to the printers. "I'm about helping people to fix their problem, but having a bit of fun at the same time," he told the Bleeping Computer tech news website. "Everyone's been cool about it and thanked me to be honest." Last week, computer security researchers Jens Muller, Vladislav Mladenov and Juraj Somorovsky, from the Ruhr University, in Germany, released an academic paper summarising work they had done on printer security. The trio tested 20 separate printers and found that all of them were vulnerable to at least one type of attack. They found ways to put the printers in to an endless loop so they were never available to users, or to hijack the devices so they could be used as an entry point to the computer networks on which they sat.

A hacker has briefly hijacked more than 150,000 printers @placeholder left accessible via the web .

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The 21-year-old made the comments in an interview with Sky Sports News that had not been authorised by the club. "For Saido, the most important thing is to go out there and perform, rather than talking about it. He's still got a long way to go." said Pulis. Media playback is not supported on this device "If he gets to that stage, he'll have teams coming after him." The former Stoke City and Crystal Palace manager added: "He's not had that yet, as there were no phone calls asking for him in this transfer window." "The kid has been at this football club since he was 10. He has got real respect for the people who have helped him get to where he's got so far. "The question is, does he want to go on and play in a top four team? "I've no doubt he does, but his responsibility is to work as hard as he can for us until that happens and to go out and score as many goals as he can until the end of the season." West Brom, with new signing Darren Fletcher, travel to Burnley on Sunday, three points above the relegation zone, with Sean Dyche's side only a point clear of safety. "The lads got straight into him for the interview, but it was all in good fun. He is young, he said something and he will learn from it. I know from being in the dressing room he loves West Brom and he wants to do well here." "The manager sold the place to me. It wasn't until I came down here and saw the great facilities and met some of the great people involved in the club that I truly made my decision." "I bounced a few things off him as he knows everything about everyone in the game. He always gives you sound advice and he reaffirms a few things in your mind. The decision is ultimately mine, but he's a great person to seek advice and ideas off." "It's very similar in style. I've noticed the intensity in training is very good. After the first day, I thought: 'A few weeks of this and a few games under my belt and I'll be absolutely flying'. It's great, it's exciting for a player and I've really enjoyed it."

Saido Berahino was put " on the @placeholder chair " by his West Brom manager Tony Pulis after the striker said that " he hoped to move on to bigger things " .

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Keith Towler said children wanted someone to listen to them and act on what they say. He said it was about "making sure you get the basics right". He made the comments following the suspected overdose of a teenager from Rhondda Cynon Taf whose mother said he could not cope with being bullied. Talking to BBC Radio Wales, but not specifically about 15-year-old Simon Brooks, Mr Towler said: "At the heart of all of this is about listening to children's complaints. "Sometimes we overlook the basics, that's absolutely true." Mr Towler believed adults sometimes "lose sight" of the fact children expect them listen to their fears "and act on what they say". "It's all about (children) feeling safe," he said. Mr Towler said the Welsh government's guidelines were good, but added: "Sometimes the systems can over-complicate things. "It's about making sure you get the basics right." The commissioner spoke after Simon Brooks, of Tonyrefail, died on Tuesday following a suspected overdose. His mother said her son left a goodbye message on his phone saying he been bullied. Julie Brooks said Simon had suffered bullying at both his current school, Y Pant, in Pontyclun, and former school. RCT council and the schools have been asked to respond to the allegations of bullying, but have not yet done so.

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The party's election manifesto said a funding floor would only be introduced after a referendum was called. The St David's Day Agreement had said the vote would be an "expectation", and Labour Welsh ministers oppose a referendum before a funding deal. Labour accused the Tories of trying to hold them "over a barrel". The manifesto states the Conservatives would "introduce a 'funding floor' to protect Welsh relative funding and provide certainty for the Welsh Government to plan for the future, once it has called a referendum on Income Tax powers in the next Parliament". But a Welsh Conservative spokeswoman told BBC Wales: "The St David's Day commitment we made to introduce a funding floor for Wales is firm and clear, and work is already underway at the Treasury and the Wales Office to bring this floor forward. "The funding floor for Wales is not contingent on an income tax referendum. Our UK manifesto makes clear our expectation that the Welsh Assembly will hold a referendum on income tax raising powers early in the next Parliament. "More detail of our ambitious plan for Wales will be announced in the Conservative Party Welsh Manifesto which will be launched later this week." On Friday, Chancellor George Osborne told BBC Wales the funding floor would be between £113 and £116 per head for every £100 spent in England, the range recommended by economist Gerry Holtham. ​ Labour has said it would also introduce a floor to the Welsh government's funding, but has not committed to a figure. Reacting to the Conservative manifesto, First Minister Carwyn Jones said: "A vote for the Tories is a vote for a government that would cost Wales up to £300m a year. "A fair funding settlement is either fair or it isn't - you can't impose conditions or try and hold the government over a barrel." The Liberal Democrats have said they would commission an independent review of Wales' funding arrangements, with a view to raising the Welsh government's budget. Plaid Cymru wants to see an extra £1.2bn a year given to the Welsh government, claiming it would bring spending into line with Scottish levels. UKIP has said it would like to scrap the existing Barnett formula which determines funding for the four UK nations.

The Conservatives @placeholder their policy on minimum funding for the Welsh government , subject to an income tax referendum , has not changed .

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The 55-year-old victim suffered serious injuries in the attack at the Dixon Blazes industrial estate in the Gorbals area at about 06:00 on Thursday. She was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where her condition was said to be stable. Police Scotland said a report would be submitted to the procurator fiscal. The man is expected to appear in court on Monday.

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Hampshire County Council is consulting over plans to merge Fort Hill Community School in Basingstoke with Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College. The authority said just 39 parents picked Fort Hill as a first choice for their children in September 2017 out of a possible 145 pupil places. Critics said the council should help the school improve instead of close it. Hampshire County Council has already announced separate plans to build a new secondary school at the Manydown development, which is near Fort Hill, where a further 4,000 homes are planned. Campaigner Deborah Chowney said: "I think this is about them not being able to get this school to where it should be. "Fort Hill requires improvement and Cranbourne is inadequate, says Ofsted. You're not going to send your child to a school that's struggling." Basingstoke and Deane borough councillor Paul Harvey, Labour, said more than 1,000 people had so far signed a petition to save the school, which has space for 750 pupils. He said: "The county council needs to be supporting the school to become the school we all want it to be." Stephen Reid, Conservative county councillor for Basingstoke North West, said: "It's not the county council that's proposing to do this - the governing body which runs Cranbourne and Fort Hill has instigated this consultation. "It's very sad but I can understand the governors are taking this route because, if the parents are voting with their children's feet and only having 39 registering for next September, it would be impossible for a secondary school to attract the teachers and the quality of education that it wants. "We have to provide a quality education locally that people want and I think the best way to do that is the new school at Manydown."

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Rome, Miami, Beijing and Rio de Janeiro are also among the eight cities so far named as sites for races in 2014. Alejandro Agag, chief executive of Formula E Holdings, said it was currently working on "the feasibility and design of the street circuits". London Mayor Boris Johnson said it was a "scintillating concept". In total 10 cities will host the first championship and formal agreements will be finalised by July. The race will feature cars that are powered only by electric energy. Mr Johnson, said: "Zero emission world class motor racing is a scintillating concept and I am hugely keen that London be involved in the birth of Formula E. "It has the potential to highlight the impressive strides being made in the manufacture of electric vehicles and hosting a street race could also be of considerable economic benefit to our city." Mr Agag said: "The fact that cities from all over the world are interested in the FIA Formula E Championship is extremely heartening and shows a global commitment to clean mobility and sustainability. "They will all be in city centres, easily accessible by public transport, and will feature some of the most beautiful and well-known landmarks as a spectacular backdrop for the races."

London has been selected to host a race in the @placeholder Formula E series , which will see electric cars race around major world cities .

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"I could not tolerate script writers changing the history of the novels," she told the BBC. "The temptation of film makers to treat historical fact and fiction as if they were one and the same thing... is something I oppose." Gregory's book The Other Boleyn Girl was adapted for film in 2008. Gregory told the BBC that script writers "of course have the right to adapt the fiction to a drama". She added: "It's one of the interesting issues that emerges when writing a hybrid like historical fiction, when the history is on the record but the fiction (the material of the novel) is of course imagined." The best-selling author added that this was a new clause for her contracts and that it "doesn't apply to works already in development, but I imagine I will try to apply it in all future contracts". She was asked about the film adaptation during a talk at Edinburgh International Book Festival, saying that "having gone to all the trouble of getting it right in the novel" it was frustrating to have the content altered, The Times reported. She told The Times: "Let me assure you that when the producers have put £72m on their film production, they are not going to stop because I say, 'that hood is not right'. "They are going to say, 'thank you honey, have another glass of champagne'. "Once you are in a big, big, massive, expensive production like that, your importance and interest diminishes probably proportionately. So I was 72 million times less important than I was at the beginning of it." She said of changes made to the history in her books: "It distresses me so much when I am trying to defend the history of the film, having gone to the trouble of getting it right in the novel. "You know, three years' work and now you are saying it doesn't matter. It matters to me very much." Two of Gregory's books have been adapted by the BBC for drama series - The White Queen and The Other Boleyn Girl. She told The Times that when the latter was adapted for the corporation in 2003, she was closely involved in the script. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

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A spokesman confirmed the contract with AssetCo Lincoln had ended, but for legal reasons, could not give details. The company, which has had financial problems, supplied, maintained and tested engines and equipment. The fire service said long-standing contingency plans meant its emergency cover was unaffected. 'Business as usual' In 2006, AssetCo Lincoln and fire bosses signed a 20-year contract and then announced the acquisition of 35 new engines and 22 refurbished ones. But the parent company AssetCo Plc has struggled with financial problems and in September last year needed to raise £14m in a refinancing deal together with agreeing a write down of debt with banks. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said: "Due to legal obligations, the service is unable to specify at the current time why the contract has ended. "As good practice the service maintains and tests business continuity plans for all eventualities. "Consequently the service is prepared to maintain business as usual in relation to providing fire engines and equipment to firefighters so that they are able to respond to 999 calls." AssetCo, which also provides fire equipment for London, was unavailable for comment.

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Political reporter Samantha Maiden said the offensive text, which also contained strong language, was intended for disgraced ex-minister Jamie Briggs. She said Mr Dutton apologised for the message about her article referring to Mr Briggs' recent resignation. The BBC has approached Mr Dutton's office for comment. He reportedly told News Corp in a statement he is expecting a "tough time" in Ms Maiden's next article. "Sam and I have exchanged some robust language over the years so we had a laugh after this and I apologised to her straightaway, which she took in good faith," Mr Dutton was quoted as saying. Former Cities Minister Jamie Briggs resigned last week following a complaint from a female public servant over his alleged conduct during a night out in Hong Kong.

Australia 's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has reportedly apologised for @placeholder sending an SMS to a journalist , calling her a " mad witch " .

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The festivities were given extra significance due to the landmark date. The Battle of Hornshole in 1514 saw a group of Hawick youths defeat an English raiding party and capture their standard. It is a key part of the annual common riding tradition and statues in the town also commemorate the event. Earlier this year, about 1,800 children dressed up in period costume to recreate the conflict. The re-enactment also included a fight sequence involving 22 boys from Hawick High School, representatives of the common riding, battle re-enactors and a stunt team. This year the common ridings are also playing a key part in Homecoming Scotland 2014. The towns of Hawick, West Linton, Selkirk, Peebles, Melrose, Galashiels, Jedburgh, Duns, Kelso, Lauder and Coldstream are taking part in the Return to the Ridings scheme. They are working with Homecoming Scotland and Scottish Borders Council (SBC) to increase their marketing and promotion. The common ridings and festivals recreate the ancient tradition of riding a town's boundaries on horseback. Did you take pictures - still or moving - of Hawick's big day? Send them to the BBC Scotland news website's south of Scotland reporter at giancarlo.rinald@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure when filming or photographing that you make your safety and the safety of others a priority. If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's Terms and Conditions.

Hawick has kicked off the common riding season in the Borders on the 500th anniversary of a @placeholder battle which is central to its celebrations .

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Martin Galpin came across the debris on London Lane in Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire, on Saturday afternoon. "If it had been dark it could have been fatal as there are no lights," he said. Central Bedfordshire Council has so far been unable to confirm if the waste is still blocking the road. The debris covering the narrow lane also included door and window frames, bricks, paperwork and a duvet. Police believe the same person fly-tipped in two other areas nearby. "Someone's obviously renovating a house and they've left quite a lot of it here," Mr Galpin said. He came across it at about 16:50 GMT on Saturday. A motorist had already stopped and called police who closed the road. Bedfordshire Police said officers attended two other similar reports of fly-tipping "in the area" and believe they may be linked. The debris was still blocking the road and had not been removed when Mr Galpin cycled the same route on Sunday at about 13:00. "There are road closed signs, but drivers are ignoring that until they reach the rubbish, then they're having to turn back," he said.

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Labour became the largest party on the council last week after taking a seat from the SNP. The losing SNP candidate was Ms Sturgeon's father, Robin. The first minister's mother, Joan, has now stood down as Provost after the SNP resigned from the administration. The decision paves the way for Labour to try and form an administration. Following the by-election last week, Louise McPhater became Labour's 12th councillor to the SNP's 11. Provost Joan Sturgeon said: "With the change in representation on the council it is clear to me that I should allow a complete reset of the council administration, including resigning my own position. "While the post of Provost is non-political it is elected at the start of every council term and it seems clear to me that I should allow that election to take place in tandem with the democratic election of the new administration. "It has been one of the greatest honours of my life to serve the people of North Ayrshire and I thank them for giving me the opportunity to do so." A spokeswoman for North Ayrshire Council said: "We will hold a special council meeting on Tuesday 30 August at 2pm. "The purpose of the meeting will be to consider the resignation of the current administration and to make arrangements for a new council to be formed. "The meeting has been called in response to a request from eight members of the council." One senior Labour councillor, who said he was unaware of the SNP group decision until it was reported and confessed surprise, said: "Labour will now engage in discussions. The SNP did not need to take this decision now."

The SNP group on North Ayrshire Council - which includes Nicola Sturgeon 's mother - has given up control of the @placeholder after a by-election defeat .

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Iraqi authorities had informed Sweden that seven or eight militants from the so-called Islamic State group had travelled to Sweden, newspapers reported. A Sapo spokesman would not confirm the nature of the information received. But he told Swedish Radio the information could not be "dismissed". The national terror threat level is unchanged at three, or "elevated", on a five-point scale. National agencies and police are said to be on stand-by, though Sapo has cautioned that it receives this type of information "quite often". Stockholm is the largest city in the Nordic countries, with a population of some 900,000.

Swedish intelligence @placeholder Sapo is investigating a possible terror threat to the capital , Stockholm , local media say .

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Hannah Wynne Richards, 63, was found dead in the office above her premises in Sketty, Swansea, on 20 January by a nurse who worked with her. She had taken a cocktail of drugs from her surgery. Coroner Colin Phillips said Ms Richards had been "facing financial pressure". He ruled her death was suicide. Swansea Coroner's Court heard three letters were found next to Ms Richards' body - one to the coroner and the others containing money for Jeanette Hunt, who discovered her body, and a woman who looked after her horses. The one addressed to HM Coroner read: "You are probably returning a verdict of suicide, murder by Inland Revenue would be more accurate." The letter to Ms Hunt said how loyal her employee had been and explained that she could not pay her tax or livery fees. It also contained £290, thought to be for wages, the inquest heard. Mr Phillips said Ms Richards had been "facing financial pressure" at the time of her death and added: "She was not a business person and she placed the needs of her animals before her own personal interests." The inquest was told Ms Richards, who set up Penybryn Veterinary Centre in 2007, had no relatives living near her and had little interaction with people outside her working life. Instead, she devoted herself to caring for animals - at the time of her death she was living in a basement flat behind the surgery but was known to sleep in the office when she was looking after animals. PC Jason Sullivan said: "She was regarded as an extremely gifted and caring vet who would do all she could to save an animal's life." The inquest was told that Ms Richards did not have a "good business head" and always said the welfare of the animals was paramount. A post-mortem examination found Ms Richards' cause of death to be multiple drug toxicity and listed four drugs used in veterinary work, which were found in her system.

A vet who killed herself left a note to the coroner saying a conclusion of " murder by Inland Revenue " would be more @placeholder than suicide , an inquest has heard .

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The inquiry is looking into allegations of an alleged incident at Laburnum Court in Lower Broughton, Salford. The home cares for up to 68 elderly people and provides specialist care for residents who have dementia. Four Seasons Health Care, which runs the home, said its manager had reported a relative's concerns to authorities. A spokeswoman for the Wilmslow, Cheshire-based company, which runs 400 homes across the UK, also said: "When concerns were raised by a relative about the conduct of a member of staff towards a resident the home manager notified Care Quality Commission, safeguarding and the police so that the concern could be investigated in an unbiased and transparent way. "We are also co-operating actively in a separate police investigation that was initiated after a member of staff and a resident discovered apparent financial irregularities at the home." Salford City Council said it is "confident appropriate measures" are in place at the home, adding that it will work closely with all relevant agencies. "The investigation is in the early stages so we cannot comment further at this stage." Greater Manchester Police said it was "called to a care home in the Salford area on 7 April following reports a resident had been assaulted". A recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission rated the home as requiring improvement.

Police and @placeholder services are investigating claims that a staff member assaulted an elderly resident of a care home in Greater Manchester .

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"The truth is that Taylor Swift and I are together, and we're very happy," the actor told the Hollywood Reporter. "That's the truth," he continued. "It's not a publicity stunt." Hiddleston has been speaking about his first Emmy nomination for The Night Manager, saying it was "fantastic" to to be up for outstanding lead actor. Hiddleston played concierge-turned-spy Jonathan Pine in the BBC's adaptation of John le Carre's novel. He was nominated on Thursday for the prize for lead actor in a miniseries or movie, alongside fellow Brits Benedict Cumberbatch and Idris Elba, and US stars Bryan Cranston, Cuba Gooding Jr and Courtney B Vance. But it is speculation about his relationship with Swift that has been rife in the press since they were snapped embracing near Swift's home in Rhode Island last month. The images went viral online. Hiddleston, 35, who is in Australia shooting reprising his Loki role in the latest Thor film, had previously refused to discuss the relationship with the press. There had been reports that they could have been filming a music video together. "I'd rather just talk about my work if that's all right," he told one reporter in Queensland earlier this week. But when asked by the Hollywood Reporter how he would "respond to people who claim that you're involved in some sort of publicity stunt", the British actor rejected the "notion". The magazine reported that he laughed at the question and thanked them for asking it. Swift was previously in a relationship with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, who 'unfollowed' her on Twitter after images of the singer kissing Hiddleston appeared online. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Tom Hiddleston has denied his @placeholder with singer Taylor Swift is just for the cameras in his first comments on their widely reported relationship .

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BBC South East has found people smugglers who operated in the Calais migrant camp are continuing their activities in daylight in Paris. An agent for the gang said: "For an Iranian it will not be less than £5,000, but for Afghans it is £3,000." Lidl said it had asked its haulier firms to conduct urgent investigations. In a statement, Lidl said it "does not tolerate the facilitation of people smuggling through its international transport network" and has "robust procedures" in place with its hauliers. Sultan, an agent for the people-smugglers, told a BBC undercover reporter the migrants were "guaranteed" a safe passage from the French capital. He said: "They don't tear the tarpaulin off the vehicles. They open it and place you in. "They will fit you in a way that even the dogs will not sniff you out. "You will be in London 100%, this is how it works." He said the smuggling operation was extensive, quick and guaranteed. Another man described by Sultan as "an experienced smuggler" said: "I can take you tonight. We try every night. "Three people got through last night." Relatives or friends of the person who wants to be smuggled into the UK are asked to make the payment via Sultan's brother Sayed, who runs a mobile phone repair shop in London. Sayed told the BBC the guaranteed service meant the lorry driver would know someone was on board, and he knew of several boys who had recently been successful. "One of the boys got off the truck in Southall and the other in Kent," he said. In a statement, Lidl said: "Upon being alerted to this report, we immediately contacted the haulier companies that we work with to ensure that the matter could be urgently investigated and we are still awaiting the conclusions of that investigation. "Lidl does not tolerate the facilitation of people smuggling through its international transport network. "We take matters such as these extremely seriously and have robust procedures in place with the hauliers within our own network to safeguard our international logistics." The company added that all its hauliers were required to immediately report any matters relating to illegal migration to ensure appropriate investigations were carried out.

Illegal migrants are being @placeholder Channel crossings in the back of a Lidl supermarket lorry for thousands of pounds .

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The Night Manager author's most famous character, who features in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, will return in September. A Legacy of Spies tells the story of Smiley's colleague Peter Guillam, whose Cold War past catches up with him. Publishers Viking Books said it was "as ingenious and thrilling" as the previous Smiley books. It blends past and present as Guillam is called back to London from his retirement in Brittany. Explaining the plot - and the involvement of Smiley - Viking Books said: "Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London, and involved such characters as Alec Leamas, Jim Prideaux, George Smiley and Peter Guillam himself, are to be scrutinised under disturbing criteria by a generation with no memory of the Cold War and no patience with its justifications." The spy is also featured in books including Smiley's People and Le Carre's first novel Call for the Dead, and his exploits have been portrayed on the big and small screen. Alec Guinness played him in two television adaptations in 1979 and 1980, while more recently, Gary Oldman took on the role in a film version of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in 2011. But it is the BBC adaptation of le Carre's 1993 work The Night Manager - which doesn't feature the famous spy - that has been the author's most prominent recently, winning three of its stars Golden Globes earlier this year. The same team behind the show, starring Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman, are to make a new version of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, which will appear on BBC One next year. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion, email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

John le Carre has written his first novel in more than 25 years to feature @placeholder spy George Smiley .

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Simon Clark from Forest made the remark while giving evidence to Holyrood's health committee. Hospitals have banned smoking in their grounds, but it is being flouted. Sheila Duffy, from anti-smoking group Ash Scotland, said in a 2014 survey, 73% of Scottish adults agreed smoking around hospitals should be outlawed. She added that smoking continued to cause the early deaths of 13,000 people. Mr Clark told MSPs: "Going to hospital as a patient or a visitor can be a very stressful experience. It's also quite stressful for many members of staff. "To ban smoking on all hospital grounds, we think, is totally inhumane, it's totally vindictive, it's petty, far pettier actually than banning smoking in pubs. At least people can still go outside. "To extend it to entire hospital sites, we think, is absolutely outrageous." Mr Clark agreed that smokers congregating outside entrances to hospital buildings was "not a nice sight" but suggested designated shelters or a 100-yard no-smoking zone would be more appropriate. However, Ms Duffy said the "myth" that smoking relieved stress was something perpetuated by tobacco companies. In her evidence to the committee, she said: "I think the aim in Scotland is to put tobacco out of sight, out of mind and out of fashion, and as part of that, of course, you have to be compassionate with people who are used to smoking and who may have a physical addiction, and the NHS is very good at offering all kinds of support to people to try and manage that." Linda Bauld, professor of health policy at the University of Stirling, also came before MSPs who are discussing the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Bill. She said: "I think that most of us would agree that having smoking in the very place where people go to get well, even if it's outside the building, is not compatible with the NHS. We are spending millions of pounds trying to treat smoking-related disease. "Although I welcome this in principle, it's not clear who's going to enforce this extension." Andy Morrison from the New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) said it was important to ensure advertising of e-cigarettes was aimed at current smokers to get them off cigarettes . "It must not be aimed at non-smokers or children," he added..

Plans to make smoking in hospital grounds a @placeholder offence have been branded " inhumane , petty and vindictive " by a pro-smoking group .

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Denise Walker, from Buckskin, said she lost 44 years of memories when her house was flooded in February 2014. She was among residents speaking to Conservative candidate Maria Miller at an election debate in Basingstoke. Ms Miller, who has held the seat since 2005, said she had helped flood victims secure £2m of government funding. Mrs Walker was unable to return to her bungalow, in Bodmin Close, on the Hampshire housing estate for nine months. "I lost everything after 44 years of marriage," she said. "Every day it doesn't go away... as soon as the rain comes down I think 'is it going to happen again?'" Mrs Walker claimed she had not seen Mrs Miller in the aftermath of the flooding. "I didn't see you around Buckskin or Bodmin Close at all," she said. Ms Miller said: "What was really important was that we got central government help, so what I did was made sure that I went and spoke to the prime minister direct. "I'm really pleased now that we've got £2m coming in to try to help stop this happening again." Labour's Paul Harvey said: "We had to find emergency housing for people, we had to sort out emergency furniture. We had to look after those individual needs that everybody had. We want to see the soul in that community returned." UKIP candidate, Alan Stone, said the area, which is built on a flood plain, needed better "surface drainage" such as "good old-fashioned ditches". Liberal Democrat candidate, Janice Spalding, said experts needed to look at preventing water tables from building up and see if infrastructure was blocking them. Independent candidate, Omar Selim, was not at the debate and there are no Green Party candidates for Basingstoke. The candidates for the constituency are:

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Pre-tax profits - including exceptional items - were $4.24bn (£2.76bn), down 30% on 2013, the bank said. Board directors have decided to forego their bonuses as a result. The news comes a week after the bank announced that chief executive Peter Sands would be replaced by ex-JP Morgan banker Bill Winters. Losses from bad loans increased to $2.14bn, up from $1.62bn, while operating income fell 2% to $18.23bn. Mr Sands said: "2014 performance was disappointing, impacted by a challenging market environment and by the significant programme of restructuring and repositioning actions taken during the year. "We faced a perfect storm: negative sentiment towards emerging markets, a sharp drop in commodity prices, persistent low interest rates and surplus liquidity, low volatility, and a welter of regulatory challenges." In August 2014, Standard Chartered agreed to pay a $300m fine relating to its poor money laundering surveillance systems. The bank has been facing tough market conditions for some time and has issued three profit warnings in the past 12 months. As part of a $400m cost-cutting programme, the bank is jettisoning 15 "underperforming and non-strategic businesses", it said. Mr Sands had been under pressure over the bank's slumping share price. Standard Chartered's chairman Sir John Peace is to step down in 2016 and three non-executive directors are also leaving. The bank's shares were up nearly 6% in morning trading as shareholders responded well to the bank's recovery plan. But the share price is still nearly 20% lower than it was a year ago.

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Cameron looked into the issue of rising prices after a request by shadow sports minister Clive Efford. Efford proposed fans at board level but Cameron instead called for regular meetings between them and clubs. The Football Supporters' Federation (FSF) welcomed the Prime Minister's comments regarding the issue. From next season, Premier League clubs will benefit from a new three-year £5.1bn domestic television rights deal. When overseas rights contracts are taken into consideration, that sum jumps to about £8bn. Media playback is not supported on this device "At a time when there is more money flowing into the Premier League than ever before, it should not be forgotten that this success is built upon the hard work and the money of millions of loyal supporters," Cameron wrote in a letter to Efford. "Clubs need to ensure that their ticket policies provide the right balance between value for supporters and generating the income necessary to sustain their businesses." Last month, Liverpool fans walked out of a game after 77 minutes in protest at a top-price ticket of £77 for next season before the club's owners scrapped the plan. BBC Sport's Price of Football study found two thirds of Premier League tickets were frozen or reduced in price in 2015. "Clubs should also take note of the PM's belief that there needs to be stronger dialogue between clubs and fans - it's something clubs have signed up to via an Expert Working Group and they must deliver on that commitment," the FSF said.

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The women beat Germany 4-1 to win the European B Championships, while the men finished runners-up to Ukraine to secure their consecutive promotions. "It's the first step towards Tokyo," said assistant women's coach, Becky Ashworth. "I'd like to think either UK Sport or Sport England will fund us." Ashworth, who is also Goalball UK's national development manager, added: "The amount we'll probably need in the next year is £70,000 - which for some sports isn't a great deal of money, but for us it would mean the world." Both teams have been without UK Sport funding since 2014 - the men's team having lost theirs following a group stage exit at the London Paralympics and the women after an eighth-place finish at the 2013 European A Championships condemned them to relegation. Since then they have relied on individual fundraising, private sponsorship and Sport England money to compete. "Since London 2012 we've tripled our participation as a national governing body," Ashworth added. "So I hope that Sport England and UK Sport will see that and are willing to support us." The European A League is the highest level in European goalball and gives both teams the chance to qualify for the 2018 World Championships and 2020 Paralympics. "You can really sense that GB are turning a lot of heads in the goalball world," said Georgie Bullen, who is part of the women's team. "If we continue like this throughout this Paralympic cycle, there is no reason why there couldn't be a GB team in Tokyo. "We just have to focus on the things we can control and have our fingers crossed [for funding]." Goalball is a sport for athletes with visual impairments and involves players attempting to roll or throw a basketball-sized ball with bells inside into their opponents' goal. The ball must make contact with certain areas of the court and, once it has passed these points, defenders will attempt to block the ball with their bodies. The game is played by two teams of three on a standard volleyball court and the goals are nine metres in width, which is the same length as the court.

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East Oxford residents have been complaining about the behaviour of Oxford Brookes students on nights out. In the letter Andrea Siret, head of community engagement, said students could face disciplinary action. One resident told the BBC he often heard students "screaming". Ross Clark said: "We've had students running over cars in our street, stupid things. "At two o'clock in the morning they're all running past in shopping trolleys, screaming. It isn't a good thing. "When you get terrible [neighbours] you're in trouble." The letter tells students to "show consideration to their neighbours, including students passing through residential areas to attend venues, as quite often residents are sleeping". It reads: "We are particularly concerned about the volume of complaints we have received... we believe that the majority of these complaints are caused by students on their way to or returning from a night out. "The university takes its responsibilities as a neighbour within the community very seriously. "All students at Oxford Brookes University accept, as a condition of enrolment, that they will not act in a way that brings the university into disrepute. This includes students living in private-rented accommodation." Oxford City Council has set Oxford's universities a target of no more than 3,000 students each living in private accommodation. However, 3,747 Oxford Brookes students rented private homes last year, with many residing in the east Oxford area.

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A band spokesman said the show in the capital Havana on 25 March was "the first open air concert in Cuba by a British rock band". The Stones are currently on a Latin American tour due to end on 17 March in Mexico City. The Havana gig will come three days after an historic visit to Cuba by US President Barack Obama. In a statement, The Rolling Stones said: "We have performed in many special places during our long career, but this show in Havana is going to be a landmark event for us, and, we hope, for all our friends in Cuba too." Rock music was marginalised in Cuba for political reasons after the Cuban revolution in the 1950s which saw Fidel Castro come to power. In 2001, Manic Street Preachers became the biggest British rock band to play in the country, putting on a show at Havana's Karl Marx Theatre which was attended by the Cuban president. The Stones' America Latina Ole tour also includes shows in Brazil, Peru and Colombia. The Havana gig will be filmed by director Paul Dugdale, who has previously worked with One Direction, Adele and Coldplay.

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Organisers of Waterfest Weymouth said they wanted to hold a heritage boat race between the Dorset resort and Falmouth in Cornwall, which could not be achieved by September. Therefore, they are "postponing" the free event until next year. It has previously attracted about 5,000 people each year. Waterfest, which is usually held in and around the harbour within the first two weeks of September, was organised by Roger Dalton Associates, event sponsors and Weymouth Business Improvement District (BID). Previous highlights have included flyboarding displays, the tall ship Le Marite and the Gipsy Moth IV, which Sir Francis Chichester used to circumnavigated the globe in 1967. Nigel Reed, manager of Weymouth BID, said in reviewing the event the idea of a heritage boat race "stood far above the rest". Describing it as a "mini tall ships event", he said it would be a "first for Weymouth". "To deliver this in 2017 is not feasible in securing all the elements, but the commitment from the heritage boat fraternity is strong for 2018," he added. Weymouth Regatta 2017 is unaffected and will run from 2-3 September.

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The airport is suing for breach of contract after the airline's early termination of a 10-year deal. A lawyer for BIA told the court the airline had entered "a binding commitment" to operate three aircraft from Aldergrove for 10 years. He said this was based on letters exchanged in negotiations started in 2007. Charges were fixed on numbers of passengers carried, "based on a ten-year agreement". Aer Lingus began operations, but five years later, in 2012, it switched to running flights from George Best Belfast City Airport. It denies liability. Opening the case for the airport in court on Tuesday, its barrister argued there was a binding agreement "entered into with Aer Lingus in July or August 2007". He claimed the terms were contained in a letter sent weeks earlier by his client's former managing director. The judge was told it followed months of negotiations as the airline sought to establish a base outside the Republic of Ireland. Issues under discussion were said to include charging rates and £900,000 in launch support for three Airbus A320s over the first three years. The court heard Aer Lingus accepts there was a contractual relationship, but disputes the terms. According to the barrister for BIA, the airline is caught "between a rock and a hard place" as it tries to defend the action. He claimed that if it denies any contract was in place it would be bound by the standard terms and conditions of using Belfast International Airport. Citing passenger charges and commercial profits for the period under scrutiny, the barrister contended that if standard conditions applied "we say the damages are £29m, not £20m". He accused the airline of picking out parts of the agreement letter which were to its advantage. "In simple terms Aer Lingus is trying to have its cake and eat it," he added. Counsel for Aer Lingus said there was never any obligation on it to operate out of the airport. He told the judge that although an understanding had been reached with the airport, his client would never have agreed to such a binding condition. According to the airline's case, it had instead come to an arrangement on the price for when it did use the airport. The lawyer said that it had been a loss-making exercise that his client decided it could no longer continue with. The case is expected to last a number of days and is due to continue on Wednesday.

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South African Earle was sent off after making contact with the eyes of Bath lock Tom Ellis early in the second half of the 38-3 loss. But Wilson believes the contact was accidental and the TV replays will have misled the officials: "He's devastated, he's not that type of player," Wilson said. "I don't think there's any intent to go for his eyes or any foul play in that. "He's come to me straight afterwards and said 'I certainly wasn't going for any face or eyes, that's not me.' "It doesn't help when it's slowed down and freeze framed and it makes it look like his on his face for a period of time. "He's fighting to try and get through a maul. His head is down in the maul and once in that split second his hand is anywhere near his face he's moved it away. "But I know laws are laws and if his hand is on his face and it's slowed down and made to look like it's on there for a period of time then the referee's put in a difficult predicament. "It's now happened and we've got to deal with it." Bath ended Blues' 100% start in the Challenge Cup with a comfortable win at The Rec and are joint leaders of Pool Four. "Up until the red card I was reasonably pleased - we were away from home and being very competitive," Wilson said. "Ultimately the game was decided on the red card giving us a very difficult position to defend against a good Bath team. "We go into the last two matches now with all to play for." Injury-struck Blues also suffered further injuries to captain Sam Warburton (back), Blaine Scully (concussion) and Steve Shingler (hamstring). Wilson said Wales captain Warburton's back injury is not too serious.

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In a passionate speech, he questioned the authenticity of the evidence presented by Brazil's chief prosecutor. Mr Temer is accused of receiving money from the executives of a meatpacking firm implicated in a corruption scandal. He denies any wrongdoing. It is the first time that a sitting Brazilian president has faced charges. Mr Temer rejected the evidence presented by chief prosecutor Rodrigo Janot, saying he mounted a baseless case that was an assault on his "dignity" and sought to "paralyse" Brazil as it recovers from a two-year recession. "Where are the concrete proofs of my receiving this money?" Mr Temer asked during the televised address from the presidential palace in Brasilia. "I will not allow myself to be accused of crimes that I did not commit." The charges have been delivered to a Supreme Court judge who must now decide if the case can be sent to the lower house of parliament. If the corruption case reaches the lower house, Mr Temer's coalition believes it can gather enough votes to block the two-thirds majority needed for him to be put on trial in the court. JBS executives have been implicated in Operation Car Wash, the vast investigation into corruption at state oil giant Petrobras. The investigation, launched in March 2014, centres on companies that were offered deals with Petrobras in exchange for bribes, which were funnelled into politicians' pockets and political-party slush funds. Last month, an audio recording was released in which Mr Temer appears to be discussing bribes in conversation with JBS chairman Joesley Batista. The recording, made using a hidden device, was presented in plea bargain negotiations between prosecutors and JBS executives. Meanwhile, President Temer could face a further charge of obstruction of justice. Mr Temer, a former law professor, has vowed to remain in office despite calls for him to step down. Presidential elections are expected only in October 2018. He is deeply unpopular in Brazil but his centre-right party has been able to govern as part of a coalition. His approval rate is just 7%, according to a recent opinion poll. Brazilian politics has become engulfed in political scandal in recent years, with a third of Mr Temer's cabinet under investigation for alleged corruption. Mr Temer's predecessor, leftist Dilma Rousseff, was removed from office following an impeachment vote in the Senate last year. She was accused of illegally manipulating the budget, a charge she strongly denied. Since taking office, Mr Temer has led a market-friendly government which has tried to implement unpopular labour and pension reforms that, he says, are vital for Brazil's economic recovery.

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The cameras will be placed along eight routes, including a stretch of Grane Road in Haslingden, which has seen a series of recent incidents. Average speed cameras are more common on motorways rather than rural roads, and the scheme is Lancashire's first. The devices use number plate recognition to calculate average speed. They will be installed over a staggered period beginning this month, with all cameras activated by the end of 2017. As well as the fatalities, between 2011 and 2016, the eight routes involved have seen 406 casualties - with 62 of those resulting in people suffering serious or life-changing injuries. Lancashire's Assistant Chief Constable Tim Jacques, who is also chairman of the Lancashire Road Safety Partnership, said: "Our primary aim is for all drivers to adhere to the safe speed limits on our roads, and these particular roads are proven to be amongst some of our most dangerous. "It is well-researched and documented that speeding can kill."

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Ruth Moss's husband Craig spent three months sending handwritten letters to stars including Lorraine Kelly and magician Paul Daniels. Game of Thrones actor Ian McElhinney and explorer Jason Lewis also sent video messages. Presenter John Humphrys sent his message from the set of Mastermind. Mrs Moss, who is a nurse at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital, said her "jaw hit the floor" when the video was shown at the couple's wedding reception in Edinburgh's George Hotel last month. She said: "It was great. One of the best bits was that he didn't just choose any celebrities. He went to people he knew I liked. "It was just gobsmacking. I was stunned, it's actually the best thing that anyone has ever done for me." Mr Moss, 40, from Liff, secretly sent two handwritten letters every day for three months to a list of his fiancée's favourite celebrities. As well as as the video messages, he received written replies from celebrities including Stephen Fry, Dame Judi Dench and Sir David Attenborough. Mr Moss said: "I was keeping it from everyone. The reaction on the day created a real buzz. "Obviously the only reaction I was really counting on was Ruth's on the day. "She was stunned, because I picked from celebrities that meant something to her. It got the reaction I was hoping for." Mr Moss said John Humphrys' message, recorded in front of a BBC studio audience, was "amazing." He said: "He said the show was filming in Manchester and he would have a word with the producer to see if they could do something in the studio at the end of the show. "When it came back it was all top and tailed, with the Mastermind logo, it was unbelievable." Other celebrities featured in the video included The Apprentice contestant Ruth Badger and Beautiful South singer Alison Wheeler. Mr Moss said he was advised by autograph hunters online to send hand-written letters to the celebrities rather than emails. "I had the idea in September so it gave me a three-month window. I was expecting maybe one or two to get back to me. "I started getting written replies back from some really big names like Stephen Fry and David Attenborough and I thought, crikey, this could really work."

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Richard Greaves scored the winner for the ninth tier side against a team that plays two levels higher. Hereford-based Westfields, who play in the Midland League Premier Division, have won six games in the FA Cup this season, a club record run. They were formed in 1966 on the back of England's World Cup triumph. A crowd of 760 - almost five times Westfields' average home attendance of 160 - watched the win over Leiston. They were one of two clubs in the fourth qualifying round who had started with an extra preliminary tie in the first week of August. Westfields have won £30,925 in prize money from their FA Cup run so far and will join former winners Bolton Wanderers, Coventry City and Portsmouth in Monday's first-round draw. Before their trip to Allpay Park in Herefordshire, Isthmian League Premier Division leaders Leiston were unbeaten in all competitions. Andrew Morris, the secretary and chief executive of Westfields who founded the club after being inspired by the feats of Sir Alf Ramsey's boys 50 years ago, said it was a "magical experience". "This belongs to the magic of the cup," 66-year-old Morris told BBC Hereford and Worcester. "It's unbelievable, I've seen scenes today that I never dreamt we would see. To win today, to get to the first round, is amazing. "When we started I'd have been happy to have a good run in the Hereford Senior Cup." Managerless National League side Wrexham face a replay against Stamford, who are three divisions below the Welsh side, after a Lee Beeson penalty earned the Daniels a 1-1 draw. Northern League Division One's Bishop Auckland, the lowest ranked team to go into the fourth qualifying round, were knocked out by Stockport County of the National League North. Solihull Moors got past Kettering Town 3-1 to reach the first round for the first time, and a victory in the first round would see them go further than Solihull Borough and Moor Green - the two clubs that merged to form the current side. There were two big winners on the day, with Kidderminster Harriers beating Southern League Premier Division side Weymouth 6-0, while National League club Eastleigh put the same number past Southern League Division One Central side North Leigh. Lincoln City go to a replay on Tuesday after their goalless daw against fellow National League side Guiseley, while the Imps' neighbours Lincoln United went out 3-0 to Spennymoor Town, who play in the seventh tier Northern Premier League Premier Division. You can watch the FA Cup first round draw live on BBC Two and on the BBC Sport website, which also includes live text commentary, on Monday at 19:10 BST.

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Lord Lisvane's paper on the Isle of Man's Tynwald found it had less female representation than Iran, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and North Korea. There were only two women among Tynwald's 35 members when his report was commissioned by the parliament. Lord Lisvane said while the number of women had since improved, there was some way to go. "There are now six female members of Tynwald, but when I was writing the report, the representation of women stood at 5.7%," he said. That figure would place the parliament 181st on the Inter-Parliamentary Union's table of female representation in 193 countries. "This a major problem for Tynwald both in demonstrating diversity and in reflecting the society it serves," he said. "If we can now move from six to 12 and perhaps eventually to parity, then nobody would be more pleased than I." Lord Lisvane, who served as clerk to the UK's House of Commons, added he was "certainly not suggesting electoral quotas or anything like that". Manx government figures show that women outnumber men on the Isle of Man, making up 50.3% of the population. A record five women - Kate Beecroft, Ann Corlett, Julie Edge, Clare Bettison and Daphne Caine - were elected into the House of Keys in 2016 Manx general election. Since then, Jane Poole-Wilson has been elected to Legislative Council, the parliament's upper house. The review, which was commissioned by Tynwald itself, will be debated during the June sitting.

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The 2m-high Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) straddles the cars below, allowing them to pass through. Powered by electricity, the bus is able to carry up to 300 passengers in its 72ft (21m) long and 25ft wide body. A video of a mini-model of the vehicle caused great excitement when it was released in May. The trial run was conducted on a 300m-long controlled track in the north-eastern city of Qinhuangdao. The vehicle is expected to reach speeds of up to 60km per hour, running on rails laid along ordinary roads. Up to four TEBs can be linked together. "The biggest advantage is that the bus will save lots of road space," the project's chief engineer, Song Youzhou, told state-media agency Xinhua earlier this year. "The TEB has the same functions as the subway, while its cost of construction is less than one fifth of the subway," another engineer Bai Zhiming told news outlet CCTV. One TEB could replace 40 conventional buses, according to the firm. However, it is unclear when the vehicle will be widely used in Chinese cities. It is not a new idea, but it was not seriously considered until a mini-model of it was launched at the 19th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo in May. A month later, developers announced that the TEB would be ready for a test-run in August. Thousands took to micro-blogging site Weibo to express their amazement and incredulity. "I saw images of this not long ago and now it's actually happening?" asked one user. "This is truly build at 'Chinese speed'". "I swear I just saw ideas of this in pictures. Now it's appeared in real life," said another.

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The hospital was criticised eight years ago for having an insufficient numbers of beds, operating theatres and trained staff, but now the Care Quality Commission has praised the NHS trust for "working effectively to provide the best care" at the Steelhouse Lane hospital. Families told the BBC the accolade was long overdue. Frederika Roberts' daughters Charlotte and Hannah were both born with life-threatening heart conditions. Now aged 19 and 17, they have spent their lives travelling between their home in Doncaster and Birmingham Children's Hospital. "They both had different life-threatening heart conditions, and initially Charlotte was treated in Leeds which is nearer our home," Mrs Roberts said. "But when I was pregnant with Hannah, I was told about her condition and that the outlook was bleak. They recommended a termination." Through a family friend, she was told about a surgeon in Birmingham who might be able to help. "They agreed her situation was bleak but they gave us a glimmer of hope. "She had open heart surgery at 10 months, and at 14, and now she's about to go into sixth form. She also wants to study medicine, and did work experience at Birmingham Children's Hospital. It was amazing. "We cannot thank the staff there enough for what they have done for us. "Charlotte was four when she had open heart surgery and it was quite drastic and ground-breaking at the time. "Hannah's surgery was also experimental. I really think that without them our daughters would not be here." Teresa Fletcher's granddaughter Lily was four years old when she was diagnosed with Muenke's Syndrome, where the skull doesn't grow at the same rate as the brain. She had major head surgery a few months later. "She had six or seven different consultants, and all made us feel well at ease," said Mrs Fletcher, from Coventry. "Even right down to the cleaners, they were so jolly around the kids. "For a bad experience, it was a lovely experience. "Lily was there at Christmas, and Father Christmas came along to meet all the children. My other granddaughter was there with her on the day and they gave her a present too. "All the children were really looked after. It made it a much better atmosphere. The staff wanted us to call them by the first names, it wasn't 'I'm doctor this, it was 'call me Pete'." Taking her son Ben to Birmingham Children's Hospital has been part of Nichola Welch's life since he was born with a cleft lip and palette 15 years ago. Ben had his first operation at the hospital at about four months old and has had further surgery, as well as regular appointments with staff including speech therapists and orthodontists. "The staff are just amazing," Ms Welch said. "To be fair I have never heard anyone say anything bad about the hospital." Ms Welch, from Tamworth, Staffordshire, said staff found the time and patience to put her son at ease, especially as having autism and ADHD could make him feel particularly anxious in hospital. "Staff are very good at explaining what is going to happen," she said. "They also talk to Ben and often it is me listening to what he is being told, rather than the other way around."

For many families who have @placeholder the services of Birmingham Children 's Hospital , news that it is the first standalone children 's hospital to be rated " outstanding " is no surprise .

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