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There were 21,350 new houses built in the year to September 2015.
Launching his campaign, Zac Goldsmith said only he would be "able to secure the funds and powers needed from this government".
Labour candidate Sadiq Khan has pledged a minimum of 80,000 new homes a year.
Mr Goldsmith said he would oversee the start of the Night Tube project, bring suburban rail services under mayoral control and pledged to protect the green belt.
He said: "We can take London's success and make it work for everyone who lives and works here, but that can only happen with a strong and independent-minded mayor who is able to secure the funds and powers needed from this government."
He said he would reserve "a significant proportion" of new homes for rent and not for sale.
But Seema Malhotra, Labour MP for Feltham and Heston, called his plan "lightweight...which doesn't even mention business, affordable housing, the soaring cost of transport, low pay, or health."
"This plan is not even worth the paper it is written on," she said.
Mr Khan has already proposed some similar ideas, including giving "first dibs" to local tenants.
Mr Goldsmith claimed he would be able to pay for his plans without increasing the rate of council tax set by the mayor - something Boris Johnson has seen as central to his mayoralty.
The supply of London housing has been one of the most contentious areas of policy associated with City Hall.
Mr Khan has accused Mr Johnson of "failing to invest £400m of his affordable homes budget", but Mr Johnson insisted in a speech last week he had overseen "the biggest home-building programme since 1981".
The 130 families live in Alto Adige - also known as South Tyrol - a region that was part of Austria before 1919.
Last month the Italian government ruled that children must be vaccinated against 12 common illnesses before they can enrol for state-run schools.
Cases of measles have risen in Italy.
The highly-contagious sickness is fatal in some cases. Some other European countries, including France and Romania, have also seen more measles cases this year.
In some parts of Europe, including Italy, vaccination rates have dropped below those recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The leader of the South Tyrol protest, Reinhold Holzer, said the group had sent protest messages to Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, and the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
"We won't allow our children to be poisoned. Asylum is claimed not just by people fleeing war, but also by people whose rights are being violated," said Mr Holzer, quoted by Austria's Der Standard daily.
Trentino-Alto Adige, a mountainous Alpine region, is reported to have one of the highest vaccine refusal rates in Italy.
In an interview with Radio Südtirol Mr Holzer alleged that some chemicals in vaccines were risky, and said parents should have a free choice about child immunisations, as in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
However, Germany recently announced plans to fine parents who failed to get medical advice about immunising their child.
Mr Holzer voiced concern about Thiomersal (or Thimerosal), a mercury-based preservative used in some vaccines, and about genetically engineered vaccines.
The UK National Health Service says Thiomersal is not used in child vaccines - and adds that it poses no risk anyway.
Conspiracy theories about the health risks of certain vaccinations - largely based on one discredited paper - have spread on the internet, prompting some parents to shun immunisation.
Scientific studies have debunked an alleged link between vaccines and autism, as the US Centers for Disease Control point out on their website.
The popular baking contest is moving to Channel 4 after the current series finishes.
Mary said: "What a privilege and honour it has been to be part of seven years of magic in a tent."
Her co-star Paul Hollywood has signed a deal to do three series of the show on Channel 4.
The presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are also quitting the programme.
Mary added: "My decision to stay with the BBC is out of loyalty to them, as they have nurtured me, and the show." | The Conservative candidate for London mayor has vowed to double house-building in the capital, pledging to ensure homes are built at a rate of 50,000 a year by 2020.
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A group of German-speaking parents in northern Italy are so angry about a new requirement to get their children vaccinated that they plan to seek asylum in nearby Austria.
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The Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry has announced she is leaving the TV show, but fellow judge Paul Hollywood is staying. | 35,345,431 | 968 | 104 | true |
Le Monde says the controversy, which has erupted at a time of high tension in France over the influence of Islam, "is political in origin".
The paper points out that two of the main figures who have objected to the event - Valerie Boyer, a member of the centre-right party The Republicans, and Stephane Ravier, a member of the far-right National Front - will be contesting parliamentary seats in Marseille in 2017.
The left-leaning Liberation echoes this line, saying the controversy "has nothing to do with the law" but is being stoked by conservative and far-right politicians seeking to gain political advantage by suggesting that fundamentalism is in the ascendancy in France.
The paper says that a ban on the event could be counter-productive, by creating a sense of injustice.
In a piece headlined "The burkini day is making waves", Le Parisien also points out that there is "nothing illegal" about holding such an event in private.
"But yesterday it caused an outcry, fuelled mostly by elected representatives from The Republicans and the National Front," the paper notes.
Remi Godeau, writing in the liberal Paris-based paper L'Opinion, dismisses the controversy as being "as vain as it is empty".
He accuses certain politicians of seeking to make an already tense atmosphere worse by acting as "sorcerer's apprentices, pyromaniacs and fear merchants" and of "stigmatising the entire Muslim community in the run-up to the election".
La Provence points out that the event has been advertised by its organisers since mid-July, but that the controversy only broke out "after elected representatives on all sides took a stand on the issue".
Meanwhile, the news website of France's main commercial TV channel BFMTV declares that "There's no summer break for religious controversies.
"A sign of communalism or the exercise of the right to practise one's religion? This is the question posed by the 'burkini day'."
However, at least one commentator approves of the idea of a ban on burkini-clad swimming sessions.
Gilles Debernardi, writing in Le Dauphine, argues that the authorities should take a stand on behalf of secular values, instead of allowing "a text written in the seventh century… to determine best practice at the swimming pool".
He warns that to do otherwise would permit religious groups "to thumb their noses at the laws of the Republic, which advocate gender equality".
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Participants are given a 6ft (1.8m) tree, weighing about 10 kg (22lb), for the contest at Keele Christmas Tree Farm.
They must then throw it as far as possible and get the tree as high over a bar as they can.
One hundred trees are being used at the charity fundraising event to benefit the Help for Heroes campaign.
Each contestant has three attempts at the "long throw" and three at the "high throw... over a high jump bar like in athletics", with the scores being added together, organisers said.
The competition is being held over this weekend at the farm on the A525 near Keele for the first time.
Organiser Charlie Reynolds, 19, said earlier: "They get a tree to throw which they then give to the next person to throw.
"We've got 100 trees of the same size and weight over the two days, because over time branches will fall off and they'll get lighter.
"So after a while we'll change the tree to keep the weight consistent.
"In Germany they've been running a competition just after the main festive celebrations for about eight years, and always ask people to turn up with their old trees." | Plans to hire a waterpark in Marseille for a "burkini day" attended only by women wearing the all-over swimming garment have sparked criticism from right-wing politicians, but the French media are on the whole suspicious of their motives.
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A farm in Staffordshire is hosting what is thought to be the UK's first Christmas tree throwing competition. | 36,987,223 | 857 | 78 | true |
The 24-year-old won the sprint at the 100th Welsh Athletics Championships in 11.69secs.
Moore has just returned to bobsleigh training in preparation for the Winter Olympics in South Korea next February.
The Commonwealths are staged on Australia's Gold Coast the following April when Moore is hoping to run.
"It is possible and the timings work quite nicely," said Moore.
"Both competitions are going to need a massive amount of hard work and commitment.
"It would be amazing but I am realistic with my goals.
"It's such an exciting time and I am looking forward to what's happening in the next year.
"We have just started back in bobsleigh training and I am sure the two sports will help each other in the summer.
"The bobsleigh work is helping my athletics start and given me a lot more power there. The running is helping my bobsleigh in terms of keeping up with the sled."
Moore was pleased with her form on the track after winning the Welsh title in Cardiff.
"I knew it was going to be tough but the season has gone well," said Moore.
"The last two years have been difficult through injury and illness so I am glad to be back in some kind of form."
Moore is still outside the Commonwealth Games individual qualification standards and believes the most realistic chance of reaching the Gold Coast would be a relay place.
She was part of the Wales 4x100m quartet who reached the Commonwealth final in Glasgow three years ago, but there are no guarantees there will be a relay squad selected to go to Australia next year.
"The relay is one of the better opportunities because the standards are so tough and quite a lot of people have qualified already," said Moore.
"We are looking to do a couple of relays with Welsh Athletics and hope to do a good time."
This would be two months after the Winter Olympics where Moore is trying to book a place in the bobsleigh pair.
Moore only made her debut in the sport in November 2016 and was crowned World Junior gold medallists with Mica McNeill before the pair finished 16th in the senior World Championships.
"Bobsleigh was quite scary at times but I really enjoyed it," said Moore.
"I am looking forward to getting back and working hard and trying to secure a place in the Olympics."
The airport was closed for several hours but officials are working to get it fully operational again.
The overnight blaze - now extinguished - gutted a shopping area at terminal three. Nobody died, but a few people were treated for smoke inhalation.
Thousands of passengers were hit by delays and many flights were diverted.
The fire broke out at about midnight (22:00 GMT) on Wednesday and took some five hours to bring under control.
TV pictures showed the terminal engulfed in flames overnight, then the burnt-out facade in the morning. Thick smoke was seen rising from the building until mid-morning.
"We got here and there was just a cloud of smoke and a terrible smell, the air was so bad we couldn't breathe. There weren't any masks or anything," said passenger Andrea Lauretti, quoted by Reuters news agency.
Possible causes of the fire are being investigated, though a short circuit is thought to be the most likely. Foul play has been ruled out.
The airport was closed throughout the morning, with all outgoing flights cancelled and all but a few overnight long-distance incoming flights blocked.
Airport authorities said they hoped normal service would resume by midday on Thursday, but outward flights were still being cancelled mid-afternoon.
Many passengers were sent to the airport's three other terminals where they were subjected to long delays.
Airlines including national carrier Alitalia are offering alternative flights or refunds to affected passengers.
British Airways, which uses the terminal, had to cancel eight flights from London Heathrow to Rome and another was diverted to Naples. | Mica Moore is hoping her Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games double remains on track after being crowned Welsh 100m champion.
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Italy has cancelled dozens of flights to and from its busiest airport - Fiumicino in Rome - after a fire gutted part of its international terminal. | 40,235,706 | 856 | 63 | true |
Suffolk Coast & Heaths is spending £10,000 on a new jetty at Bawdsey.
The existing structure is closed, meaning the boat from Felixstowe has to land on the beach.
Andrew Moore, who runs the ferry, said: "If it was kept like that I wouldn't keep running - people don't like walking down the gang plank to be honest."
A ferry crossing at the mouth of the River Deben is believed to have existed since the 12th Century.
It is one of four foot ferries on the Suffolk Coastal Path with the others at Shotley, Butley and Southwold.
Mr Moore, managing director of Felixstowe Ferry Boat Yard Ltd, said: "We don't make much money out of it - we do it because it's always been run.
"It's very important for tourists, you get a lot of people from Holland and Belgium, and it's a vital link for cyclists.
"The existing jetty is made from soft larch wood and it's got a beetle in it, while the new one will be made of hard wood that should last for 15 years."
Money for the work has come from the Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty sustainable development fund - representing a quarter of the fund's budget this year.
The ferry runs at weekends and will become a seven-day service from the start of May.
The boatyard expects the new jetty to be ready by mid-June.
The Bundesliga club say the bus was fired at by a motorcyclist in Bielefeld in north-west Germany but added that no-one was injured.
Hertha are staying near Bielefeld before their first-round tie with German second division side Arminia Bielefeld on Monday night.
Only the driver was on board at the time of the shooting and police are now investigating.
The vehicle was travelling from the team hotel to pick the players up from Bielefeld Central Station.
Hertha say the motorcyclist had overtaken the bus and threatened the driver "with his fist", before turning and pointing a gun at the bus and the driver.
Pictures from the club show the windscreen of the bus with a bullet hole.
Hertha chief executive Michael Preetz said: "We are deeply shocked and hope that the perpetrators will be caught. Luckily our bus driver got off with a fright."
Arminia Bielefeld tweeted: "We are shocked by the attack on the team bus from HerthaBSC."
The victory in Antananarivo followed a 1-0 away win four days ago in the first leg of the preliminary tie and gave the Madagascans a 4-2 aggregate triumph.
Madagascar last won two qualifiers in a row when they defeated Comoros 6-2 and 4-0 in a combined 2010 World Cup/Cup of Nations eliminator.
The Indian Ocean islanders join Senegal, Equatorial Guinea and Sudan in Group A of 2019 qualifying with their first fixture set to take place in Khartoum in June.
North African-based Madagascans scored the goals that gave their home fans a rare chance to celebrate an important victory.
Egypt-based Paulin Voavy (pictured) bagged a brace within 17 minutes of the kick-off and Carolus Andriamahitsinoro from Algerian club USMA scored on 80 minutes.
Ferreria Soares and Adilson Varela scored for Sao Tome e Principe.
On Tuesday, Mauritius and South Sudan have home advantage as they seek to overcome two-goal deficits against the Comoros and Djibouti respectively. | A deteriorated jetty at a river crossing is to be rebuilt for one of Suffolk's historic foot ferries.
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Hertha Berlin's team bus has been shot at on the eve of a German Cup match.
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Madagascar won successive Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers for the first time since 2007 by defeating Sao Tome e Principe 3-2 on Sunday to reach the group phase of qualifiers for the 2019 tournament. | 17,868,371 | 817 | 100 | true |
Sue Sim, chief constable of Northumbria, admitted raising her voice out of "frustration" at "significant challenges" faced by the force.
Recorder Joel Bennathan QC investigated Ms Sim's conduct after officers complained to Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird about rudeness.
But, he concluded said there had been no breach of standards.
Sue Sim, who led the manhunt for Raoul Moat in 2010, has previously said she will retire in June after 30 years' service.
Ms Baird said if she were not retiring, Ms Sim would have been sent on a management training course to "moderate" her style.
The commissioner also said she had directed Ms Sim to apologise to two particular officers.
Ms Sim said: "I have always accepted that there have been times when I have raised my voice. This has always been about work-related issues and, as a result of the significant challenges we faced, my frustration at the speed of progress.
"It was never my intention to cause any upset and, if I did, then obviously I apologise wholeheartedly.
"I am saddened that some senior members of the organisation chose to act in this manner and have also raised my concerns with the commissioner in respect of the motivations and intent of some of those involved in making complaints against me."
The Markit/CIPS construction purchasing managers' index fell to 46.0 in June, its lowest level since June 2009. It had been 51.2 in May.
A figure above 50 indicates expansion - below that, contraction.
Most of the data for the survey was collected before the 23 June referendum in which the UK voted to leave the EU.
"However, the extent and speed of the downturn in the face of political and economic uncertainty is a clear warning flag for the wider post-Brexit economic outlook," said Tim Moore, senior economist at Markit.
Markit said a number of firms had commented on reluctance among clients to commence new contracts in the run-up to the referendum, as well as continuing uncertainty about the general economic outlook.
"This is an absolutely dire survey that fuels serious concern over the construction sector," said Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight.
"The survey can only intensify concern as to just how much the construction sector will be hampered by the Brexit vote."
He added: "The purchasing managers' survey points to the construction sector taking a major hit from heightened uncertainty even before the UK voted for Brexit."
"The government will be particularly worried to see housebuilding contract at the fastest rate since December 2012 and the second fastest rate since April 2009, given that it is looking to address the UK's acute housing shortage."
Last week, Markit's manufacturing index for June showed its strongest reading since January, rising to 52.1.
Aaron Carriere, 21, and Josiah Manful, 20, were both repeatedly stabbed after their car was stopped in Montague Road, Leytonstone, last Saturday.
A gang of hooded attackers surrounded the car leaving Mr Carriere with fatal knife wounds to his neck.
Mr Manful died from fatal stab wounds to the chest.
In total, 11 people have been arrested over the murders.
Five men, aged 18 to 22, were arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday while a woman, 46, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. They have been bailed pending further inquiries, police said.
Detectives are still trying to establish the motive for the double murder which happened at about 01:00 GMT, and why the Ford Fiesta stopped in Montague Road.
Another four cars were believed to be nearby at the time of the attack and police say they are keen to identify the vehicles and their occupants.
Det Ch Insp Neil Attewell said: "Someone knows the reason why these two young men were murdered and I am urging those who hold the information not to remain silent but to come forward."
Post-mortem examinations revealed Mr Carriere died as a result of the stab wounds to his neck, while the cause of death for Mr Manful was given as shock and haemorrhaging, as well as stab wounds to the chest. | A police chief, cleared of misconduct, has apologised for upsetting officers after being told to by investigators.
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The UK's construction industry experienced its weakest performance for seven years last month, according to a closely watched survey.
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Former owner Dicky Evans has returned as a director as part of a £1.5m 're-capitalisation' of the club, which includes a tie-up with the Chiefs Super Rugby franchise.
"The club was in great danger of going under," Evans told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"I wouldn't have let it, no matter what happened, because my heart is in the club."
Evans, who saved the club from bankruptcy in 1990s, left in the summer of 2014, but agreed to remain a sponsor for the next two seasons.
This summer, after his sponsorship ran out, the club were forced to part company with director of rugby Ian Davies in a cost-cutting measure and operate with a smaller playing squad.
However, Evans, New Zealand-based Cornish businessman Colin Groves, shareholder Martin Hudson and former England player Martin Haag have all joined the Pirates board, with chairman Ian Connell among three directors stepping down.
"We had a situation where I had to come back to help fund the club going forward.
"We've got a good plan and a good club going forward and I've never felt more excited about the Pirates," Evans continued.
"I won't be putting as much money in as I did before, the money I put in before was just sponsorship, the money that goes in now is in terms of a shareholding.
"I'm putting in quite a lot of money this year, we've got to survive."
Under the plans, the Waikato-based Chiefs will provide commercial and coaching assistance to the Pirates.
"The Chiefs have a strategy to build four worldwide international partnerships, we've got two already, one in Japan and one in south east Asia, so it's a natural thing to develop one in the UK," said chairman Dallas Fisher.
"There's am lot of similarities between Waikato where we're based and Cornwall and we're very excited about the opportunity to put something together.
"We're working on finalising a high-performance partnership with the Chiefs which would see coach swaps and the exchange of rugby intellectual property.
"The aim is the have that in place so we can start exchanges in May next year."
Evans has also hinted that former Pirates coach Chris Stirling could return to the club.
Currently the high performance manager of the Hurricanes Super Rugby franchise in Wellington, Stirling coached at the Mennaye between 2008 and 2012, taking charge of the side from February 2009 until his departure.
"He said if the time is right and there's a possibility, we could actually take it forward," Evans added.
"Chris is a superstar and the boys would love to have him back. There is a real possibility that Chris could come back."
The blaze broke out at a property in Berry Street, Clifton, just after midnight, police said.
The body of a man, who has not been named, was discovered inside the property by firefighters.
A joint investigation with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service and Greater Manchester Police has been started to establish what caused the fire. | Cornish Pirates were in danger of going out of business before new funding was agreed for the Championship club.
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Unite has accused the authority of bullying over the move which will mean more flexibility over working hours.
The council said the move comes after contract negotiations broke down
Diana Beal, from Unite, said the union would put forward collective grievances about the consultation and accused the authority of failing to "fully engage".
The council's deputy leader, Peter Smith, said it was not about reducing pay or making staff work longer, but flexibility over working times.
In a statement Plymouth City Council said: "The council has made every effort to negotiate an agreement on new terms and conditions but these have now been exhausted."
So far 140 members of staff have voluntarily signed up to the new terms.
The council said it intends to send a letter to affected staff that have not signed up to the new contracts saying they will be dismissed from their current contracts.
They will then be offered new contracts offering the same pay and working hours but with more flexibility over times.
Councillor Smith said: "Unfortunately some of our staff seem to be very resistant to any change and are not prepared to sign up to new working hours, even though we have given them assurances that we can be flexible if they have over-riding personal reasons why they can't work extended opening hours."
Diana Beal, Unite branch secretary, said: "We are pulling together collective grievances on behalf of our members regarding the process and the lack of consultation on a number of related issues.
"The employer walked away from the table. We have put forward three proposals for discussions and sought compromises.
"At no time did the employer fully engage in negotiations.
"Unite is still willing to talk and to find a collective way forward but we will not stand by and let the employer bully and intimidate our members in complying with unreasonable changes to their contracts of employment and terms and conditions."
Westminster City Council and the pub's landlady were "shocked" when they heard contractors had razed the building in Maida Vale to the ground.
The council rejected plans in 2014 to pull down the Carlton Tavern in Carlton Vale.
Councillor Jan Prendergast, said: " It came as such a shock to everyone."
"It was the last building standing in Carlton Vale after the WW2 bombings," she added.
"There was no prior warning to the council, no approvals and no proper health and safety procedures in place."
Patsy Lord, the pub landlady, said she had a phone call on Wednesday asking her to move her son's car from outside the building because diggers had arrived.
"When I came round half of it (the pub) was demolished," she added.
Last year the council refused an application to pull down the building and replace it with a new pub at ground level and residential units over several floors above.
Historic England - previously known as English Heritage - was recommending the building for listed status.
The council said it would be seeking legal advice. The owner of the building was not available for comment. | Plymouth City Council is to formally dismiss almost 200 staff and then rehire them on new contracts after talks with unions broke down.
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About 65% of children aged five years from disadvantaged backgrounds had below average results in vocabulary tests, compared with 38% of more affluent children, the 'Ready to Read' Northern Ireland report said.
The report, from the Read On Get On coalition, involved 1,955 children from 63 council wards across Northern Ireland.
It calls for more investment in the early years workforce and extra support for parents.
Save the Children - which is part of the coalition alongside organisations like Libraries NI, Parenting NI and Early Years - published the research.
The head of the charity in Northern Ireland, Fergus Cooper, said that getting more parents involved in their child's education was crucial to developing literacy skills.
"Every parent wants their child to succeed but many parents don't know what the key things they need to do to reinforce that learning are," he said.
"Early language development is a key skill that leads on to good reading, so we need to invest and engage much earlier."
Black Mountain Primary School in west Belfast, which has almost 150 pupils, has been working with the charity for a number of years.
Parents can come into the school during the school day to read with their children.
Stacey Brittan's son AJ goes to Black Mountain Primary School, and she says the school's approach has helped them both.
"I never read - I would have watched a film rather than read a book," she said.
"So we started at night reading books, and now AJ can't wait to buy a new book and read a new book, so his reading has really improved.
"He gets more enjoyment out of it because it's quality time with mummy."
Elaine Crossman also comes into the school to read with her son Riley.
"It's brilliant because with working sometimes I don't get the chance to do it at home," she said.
"So it's great on the days that you can get to spend that one on one with your child and read to them, and also see how well Riley has come on with reading."
The school's principal Jill Black said that parents' involvement had made a huge difference in reading skills.
"We started encouraging parents to come into school about three years ago, and the enthusiasm for reading has particularly improved, particularly in Primary One and Primary Two," she said.
Ms Black said the initiative has also strengthened the relationships between teachers and parents, and improved pupils' reading test results.
"That parents are able to enjoy reading has a knock-on effect for their children," she added.
"We see a huge increase in their achievement and attainment in reading."
The 'Ready to Read' report features new analysis by University College London of a Northern Ireland sample from the Millennium Cohort Study, a project following the lives of thousands of UK children.
The UK-wide Read On Get On organisation has set the goal of getting every child reading well by the age of 11 by 2025.
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. | Many children from poorer backgrounds already struggle with language when they start primary school, a new study suggests.
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The 21-year-old admitted offering money to another player to underperform at an ITF Futures F1 tournament in his home country in November 2015.
The fellow player reported the approach to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), which carried out an investigation.
Chetty is currently ranked 1,857th in the world, with a career high of 1,370.
The TIU said the identity of the player who was approached will remain confidential.
"The findings of a resultant TIU investigation were referred to independent anti-corruption hearing officer, Ian Mill QC, who considered the case and imposed the lifetime ban from all professional tennis," said a TIU statement.
"The lifetime ban from all professional tennis applies with immediate effect and means the player is not allowed to compete in, or attend, any tournament or event organised or sanctioned by the governing bodies of the sport."
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Dan Biggar has held off Sam Davies at fly-half, George North remains on the wing and Ross Moriarty stays at number eight instead of Taulupe Faletau.
Ireland also pick the same XV that started the win against France.
There is one change on the bench as Tommy Bowe replaces Andrew Trimble, who injured his hand playing for Ulster.
Wales: 15-Leigh Halfpenny, 14-George North, 13-Jonathan Davies, 12-Scott Williams, 11-Liam Williams, 10-Dan Biggar, 9-Rhys Webb; 1-Rob Evans, 2-Ken Owens, 3-Tomas Francis, 4-Jake Ball, 5-Alun Wyn Jones (captain), 6-Sam Warburton, 7-Justin Tipuric, 8-Ross Moriarty.
Replacements: 16-Scott Baldwin, 17-Nicky Smith, 18-Samson Lee, 19-Luke Charteris, 20-Taulupe Faletau, 21-Gareth Davies, 22-Sam Davies, 23-Jamie Roberts.
Ireland: 15-Rob Kearney, 14-Keith Earls, 13-Garry Ringrose, 12-Robbie Henshaw, 11-Simon Zebo, 10-Johnny Sexton, 9-Conor Murray; 1-Jack McGrath, 2-Rory Best (captain), 3-Tadhg Furlong, 4-Donnacha Ryan, 5-Devin Toner, 6-CJ Stander, 7-Sean O'Brien, 8-Jamie Heaslip.
Replacements: 16-Niall Scannell, 17-Cian Healy, 18-John Ryan, 19-Iain Henderson, 20-Peter O'Mahony, 21-Kieran Marmion, 22-Paddy Jackson, 23-Tommy Bowe
Wales interim head coach Rob Howley: "There were too many unforced errors in our game [v Scotland] from 40 to 55 minutes, after a really dominant first half on the back of one of the best games in the Six Nations against England.
"Obviously, I know things have been said in the week about some players' performance. But as a coaching team, we have talked about the opportunity just to go out again.
"There is an opportunity to go out at home in front of our own supporters and deliver a performance which the players are proud of and for the supporters to support that. It will be a huge game."
Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt: "Some of what we didn't do so well against France, we must do better against Wales.
"For us it is about tidying up bits and pieces rather than saying 'Here is a list of things we need to do better'.
"We are trying to focus on what we are doing well, harness that and improve to keep pressure on opponents."
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Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Touch judges: Jerome Garces (France) & Matthew Carley (England)
TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) | South African Joshua Chetty has been banned for life from professional tennis after being found guilty of match-fixing offences.
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Charity Buglife says that a combination of weather conditions this summer and autumn could lead to a record number of daddy-long-legs hatching in the UK.
The bugs - also known as crane flies - have benefited from a hot summer and the right amount of rain, which has helped them grow in their underground tunnels.
That's not all, thanks to a late burst of warm September weather, the insects now have more time to spread around the country.
Buglife - which works to save insect species - said: "If we have really hot spells like we have this year, they can move around more. They are gradually spreading northwards."
There's no need to worry though, as they're completely harmless.
The firm is pitching the Xperia Z Ultra as being the slimmest large-screened handset on the market.
It can also accept sketches or notes written using a standard pencil or metal-tipped pen in addition to an optional stylus.
The firm says it intends for the device to challenge Samsung's dominance of the jumbo-sized handset sector.
According to a study by consultants Transparency Market Research, Samsung accounted for 70% of the overall "superphone and phablet" market in 2012 thanks to the popularity of models including the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2.
Earlier this year, it added the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Mega - a 6.3in-screened handset - to its line-up.
Sony already offers a 5in handset of its own, the original Xperia Z, which it unveiled in January.
The Ultra follow-up was unveiled at the Mobile Asia Expo in Shanghai. The new device will go on sale in China, Indonesia and Singapore in July and August, and then in Europe from September.
"Southeast Asia is the key market for the product because the trend towards large-screened smartphone devices is stronger there," Calum MacDougall, director of Xperia marketing, told the BBC.
"But we also see the trend in Europe as well.
"In the large-screen segment at the moment most consumers are looking at the Galaxy Note. Now we can offer something that is really distinct: a stronger screen, greater portability, waterproofing and something different around the stylus and the pen."
Sony is not alone in seeking to erode Samsung's lead.
Over recent months Huawei has announced the the 6.1in Ascend Mate; ZTE the 5.7in Grand Memo; Acer the 5.7in Liquid S1; Asus the 6in FonePad Note; and Lenovo the 5.5in Ideaphone K900.
Mr MacDougall said Sony intended to compete against these by promoting the Xperia Z Ultra's "premium" features rather than trying to match or undercut the Chinese and Taiwanese firms' prices.
The Japanese firm reported its first annual profit in five years in May, but some analysts said its figures were skewed by asset sales and did not reflect a turnaround for its electronics divisions.
The Xperia Z Ultra is 6.5mm (0.26in) thick - only slightly deeper than the thinnest device on the market, Huawei's Ascend P6.
Unlike the original Xperia Z the new phone does not need a flap over its headphone socket to protect it from water damage, addressing complaints the feature was fiddly to use.
It can also be submerged to a deeper limit - 1.5m (4.9ft) in freshwater for up to half an hour.
The device also features:
Those concerned about using such a big device for quick tasks are also offered an optional bluetooth add-on which can be paired to the handset using NFC (near field communication) to make calls, view text messages or stream music.
The accessory is similar to the HTC's Mini accessory announced in January for its 5in Butterfly handset.
Transparency Market Research said that over 150 million Android super-sized phones were sold in 2012 and predicted the market would grow to 400 million by 2018.
Another consultancy firm, Frost & Sullivan, agrees that demand for such devices appears to be robust despite the fact many users would struggle to use them unless they had both hands free.
"For many people in developing parts the phablet is their first communications and computing device and allows them to have a single machine rather than multiple ones," the firm's managing director Manoj Menon told the BBC.
"But going forward companies are going to find it increasingly hard to differentiate between their products on size - it will have to be on software and other features. So, Sony seems to have the right strategy at this time." | Watch out insect-phobes, there's something creepy and crawling coming this way!
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Sony has announced a waterproof Android smartphone with a 6.4in screen (16.3cm). | 37,308,044 | 1,014 | 43 | true |
The 31-year-old, who grew up in Luton, said the man had remarked: "I ain't sitting near a Muslim" on a train service on Wednesday.
"His ignorance is his own ruin," she added in her tweet about what happened.
Hussain has previously spoken about racist abuse and how "it feels like that's become a part of my life now".
"I expect to be shoved or pushed or verbally abused, because it happens, it's happened for years," the mother-of-three told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
She won the 2015 series of the hit baking show and has gone on to become a columnist, author and television presenter.
A contestant from this year's Bake Off, Rav Bansal, replied to Hussain's tweet saying he had recently had a similar experience.
"You are a much better person then he will ever be," Bansal said.
A spokeswoman for Hussain was unable to confirm any further details about the incident.
Last week Hussain told the BBC's 100 Women season she thought it was important not to "feed negativity with negativity".
She said: "I live in a lovely country. I don't want my kids to grow up with a chip on their shoulder.
"Those negative people and those negative comments are the minority and I don't let that dictate how I live my life."
The two remaining fourball matches held over from Friday because of bad light were halved in heavy rain on their resumption early on Saturday.
Friday's morning foursomes finished 2-2 and then holders Europe won the two completed afternoon fourballs.
Saturday's morning foursomes are underway before the fourballs follow in the afternoon.
On the fourball's resumption, America's Lexi Thompson kept her cool on the last to hole for half a point after Europe's Melissa Reid had sunk a 15-footer for her birdie.
England's Reid, who is 28 on Saturday, said: "I was really buzzing to make that putt because I knew Lexi was close to the hole and the way she was playing she was going to make it."
Europe had ended the previous evening on a high when Reid's partner Carlotta Ciganda of Spain chipped in for an eagle two on the 17th to level the match.
In the other uncompleted match, US pair Gerina Piller and Brittany Lang came from one down against Germany's Caroline Masson and Sandra Gall to earn half a point.
Piller putted in from off the green on the 16th and followed it up with another birdie on the 17th to go one up, but missed a putt to win the match on the last after Gal hit a stunning approach to two feet that was conceded.
In Friday's completed fourballs Sweden's Anna Nordqvist and Caroline Hedwall eased home 4&3 against Morgan Pressel and Paula Creamer, while England's Charley Hull and France's Gwladys Nocera triumphed 3&2 over Michelle Wie and Brittany Lincicome.
"She is very impressive," Nocera said of 19-year-old Hull. "My plan was to play safe and help her."
Hull had partnered Melanie Reid to a 2&1 victory over Wie and Lincicome in Friday's morning foursomes, while Sandra Gal and Scotland's Catriona Mathew earned Europe another point with a 3&2 win over Stacy Lewis and Lizette Salas.
Earlier, the foursomes were shared with Pressel and Creamer 3&2 winners over Nordqvist and Norway's Suzann Pettersen, and Thompson and Cristie Kerr beat Karine Icher and Azahara Munoz 2&1.
Europe are chasing a third successive win in the women's equivalent of the Ryder Cup, which ends on Sunday with 12 singles matches. | Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain has spoken of the racial abuse she received after a passenger on a train refused to sit next to her.
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Europe led USA 5-3 in the Solheim Cup after the delayed completion of the first day in St Leon-Rot in Germany. | 38,328,198 | 904 | 70 | true |
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's Prof Mark Baker said 10 million prescriptions a year in England were inappropriate.
He said regulators need to deal with overprescribing doctors who failed to change their ways.
The Royal College of GPs said the call was "counter-productive and unhelpful".
There is universal consensus that the very basis of modern medicine is under threat due to rising numbers of infections that are resistant to drugs.
The "antibiotic apocalypse" not only means that long-forgotten infections could kill again, but jeopardises procedures including surgery and chemotherapy.
Using antibiotics inappropriately for sore throats and colds increases the risk of resistance. Yet the number of prescriptions continues to rise.
NICE has prepared fresh guidelines on antibiotic prescribing for the NHS in England, which can be adopted by other parts of the UK.
The guidelines acknowledge that there is huge pressure from some patients for the drugs.
Prof Baker even said some people were "addicted" to the idea of getting antibiotics, even for conditions that would clear up on their own.
He added 97% of patients who asked for antibiotics ended up getting them, often by identifying a "soft-touch" doctor.
The guidelines say doctors should tell patients when antibiotics are inappropriate and refuse to write prescriptions.
Prof Mark Baker, director of the organisation's centre for clinical practice, said: "We are proposing that evidence is collected so the finger can be pointed at people who are a soft touch."
He said antibiotics could cause more harm than good in some patients, so overprescribing was "really hazardous practice".
And, he said, doctors should be encouraged to change their habits. But ultimately some cases should be dealt with by the General Medical Council, which has the power to withdraw a doctor's right to practise, "if necessary".
NICE admits that if previous guidelines on respiratory tract infections, which include colds, were actually followed then prescriptions would be 22% lower.
The latest rules for doctors should cut the 42 million prescriptions given each year by around a quarter.
Dr Tim Ballard, from the Royal College of GPs, said the focus needed to be on "societal change" - not doctors.
He said: "Any suggestion that hard-pressed GPs - who are already trying to do their jobs in increasingly difficult circumstances - will be reported to the regulator is counter-productive and unhelpful."
Robert, from Dorset, says some doctors are too restrictive.
"My daughter was ill for many weeks because the doctor refused an antibiotic.
"She was very poorly and the doctor said it was just viral and told us to go away. We took her back again and got the same response. We took her for a third time and asked him to test her mucus. He phoned us - rather embarrassed - to say that she had pneumonia.
"He prescribed her antibiotics and she got better quite quickly.
"Weeks of needless suffering!
"I'm sure he was under pressure not to prescribe antibiotics."
NICE will be publishing guidelines on educating the public next year.
Other recommendations include the use of "delayed prescribing" where a patient can only use a prescription if his condition gets worse and creating "antimicrobial stewards" who identify high levels of prescribing.
Niall Dickson, the chief executive of the General Medical Council, said doctors should reflect on their prescribing habits as part of an annual appraisal.
He said "doctors can, and do, face sanctions for mis-prescribing." But the message is "more about changing the norms of practice generally than pursuing individual doctors".
The body of Han Lam, also known as Hoang Trung, 17, of Vietnamese origin, was found at about 21:00 GMT near Heanor Memorial Park in Derbyshire.
Derbyshire Police said he had connections to Birmingham, but have so far not uncovered links with Heanor.
Det Sgt Adam Gascoigne said he wants to trace a dark grey Toyota Avensis which was seen in the area.
A post-mortem examination has not revealed the cause of death and further tests are due to be carried out.
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Det Sgt Gascoigne said: "We know that the car was in the Heanor area between 11:00 GMT and midday on Christmas Day and I'm asking anyone who has CCTV or dashboard cameras to check their footage for that time.
"Mr Lam's death remains unexplained and we believe he may have died in a different place to where he was found."
Anyone who can help the investigation has been asked to contact the force. | "Soft-touch" and "hazardous" doctors should be disciplined for prescribing too many antibiotics, a leading NHS figure says.
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The Welsh government has agreed a "memorandum of understanding" with Medicon Village in Lund, Sweden.
The centre is a hub for research in life sciences, and part of the wider Medicon Valley science centres across the Oresund Strait in Denmark.
Economy Minister Edwina Hart said twinning with Medicon would bring mutual benefits to Wales and the Nordic research centres.
"I see it as the start of a long term, wide ranging collaboration between Wales, Medicon Village and the wider Medicon Valley region and am pleased to announce that discussions are already under way between Lund and Cardiff universities," she said.
"Twinning with an internationally renowned life science region will help raise international awareness of the sector in Wales and its capabilities.
"It will provide businesses and research institutions with a unique opportunity to work much closer on an international level with a well-established and strong European life science cluster to find partners, collaborators and investors and help promote international business development."
Life sciences include such areas as biology, medicine, and ecology which study living organisms.
Medicon Village in Lund is sited at the former research centre for the pharmaceutical giant, AstraZeneca, with 600 people working in medical research, pharmaceuticals, medical technology and biotechnology.
Across the Medicon Valley centres, some 40,000 people are employed in more than 100 biotech companies and 200 medical research ventures.
Ursula Hultkvist Bengtsson, the executive vice-president of Medicon Village, welcomed the link with the Welsh government.
"This is our first international partnership which we expect will create value for our members together with the important Welsh life science cluster," she said.
"The global health challenges can only be solved by working together and it is important to reach out and collaborate for the benefit of people's health and wellbeing."
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Ferguson broke Karl Burdis' Irish 200m backstroke record from 2009 as he took victory in 2:01.56.
The 16-year-old was just 0.3 seconds outside the Olympic 100m backstroke qualifying time on Saturday.
Hill achieved two more Irish junior records on Sunday as she triumphed in the 50m freestyle and 200m backstroke.
The 17-year-old broke Fiona Doyle's (26.39) 50m freestyle junior record to take gold in 26.08 seconds.
Paralympic star Bethany Firth was a close second behind Hill in 26.25 which improved her personal best.
Just 15 minutes later, Hill was back in the pool for the 200m Backstroke where she broke her own record in 2:16.09 holding off Scotland's Jennifer King (2:16.69) and Megan Briggs (2:17.84).
Ferguson achieved two Irish senior records and six junior marks at the Bangor meeting while Hill set six national records over the weekend.
Tallaght man Brendan Hyland became the first Irish swimmer to break 54 seconds in the 100m butterfly as he took victory in 53.59.
Donegal swimmer Mona McSharry completed the breaststroke treble when she added 50m gold to her 100m and 200m titles.
Prospective Ireland Olympian Shane Ryan collected his third gold of the weekend in the 50m freestyle in 22.89, which left him 0.06 ahead of Cookstown's Calum Bain.
Former US international Ryan achieved the Olympics 100m backstroke standard on Saturday night when he pipped Ferguson.
Antoinette Neamt edged out Ulsterwoman Rachel Bethel (4:18.05) to win the 400m freestyle in 4:17.93 on Sunday.
British Paralympics squad team member Firth, meanwhile, helped Ards set a new Irish 400m medley record of 4:21.26.
The weekend's racing brought the number of Irish Olympic qualifiers to three.
In addition, 13 Irish swimmers have now qualified for European Senior Championships with 13 also securing spots at the European Junior Championships while 20 new Irish records were set at the Bangor meeting. | Wales is set to build closer ties with science centres in Sweden and Denmark.
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Officers in an armed response vehicle spotted a blue Transit van that was being driven with three wheels on the Clackmannanshire Bridge.
When they signalled to the driver to stop, he crashed the van into a barrier on the bridge.
He then got out and climbed over the bridge's safety railings before entering the River Forth.
The man has not been seen since the incident, which happened at 02:50 on Friday. The bridge was closed while a search was carried out and did not reopen until just after 21:00.
Police Scotland said its officers had been responding to the "potential risk to public safety" caused by the van only having three wheels.
A statement released by the force said the officers had "attempted to alert the driver that they wished him to stop by turning their vehicle around and activating their blue lights".
The officers had then attempted to save the man from the water.
Ch Insp Irene Ralston said: "At this time the main focus of this operation is to trace the man, who has not been seen since he went into the water, which was at high tide. We are continuing to keep his family informed and supported.
"The incident happened as officers were in the very initial stages of attempting to make the driver aware of their presence and their concerns over the condition of his van. Anyone with information relevant to this incident is asked to contact police immediately.
"We are also keen to hear from other motorists who may have been on the roadway around the Clackmannanshire Bridge just before 02:50 on Friday morning and saw the blue Transit van.
"If you believe you can assist us then please come forward. In the meantime I would like to thank the public for their patience and co-operation while the bridge remains closed."
"If we reach an agreement with him we'll appoint him as Black Stars coach," GFA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi said.
"If we don't reach an agreement with him, we'll look at our second option."
The GFA said the Israeli is their first choice ahead of the Spaniard Juan Ignacio Martinez and former Switzerland assistant coach Michel Pont.
"We're going to engage Grant on the details of the job requirement and expectations which will span from remuneration, conditions of service and others," Nyantakyi added.
"We are going to re-negotiate effectively. We know his salary expectation but we'd like to see if we can beat it down further."
The 59-year old took Chelsea to the final of the 2008 European Champions League and also had a four year spell in charge of the Israeli national team.
The GFA did not put a timeline on when they intend to make a firm appointment but say they will offer Grant a two year contract with a mandate to win Ghana their fifth Africa Cup of Nations title.
The Black Stars have been without a coach since Appiah left the job after the opening two 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and was replaced by Maxwell Konadu on a temporary basis.
Konadu oversaw the Black Stars back-to-back ties against Guinea in October, leading them to a 1-1 draw and a 3-1 victory to lift them to the top of Group E.
The delay in finding a new coach means Konadu is set to oversee the Black Stars final qualifiers, away to Uganda on 15 November and then at home to Togo four days later.
Initially former Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac is being widely tipped to return to the post he held between 2008 and 2010.
Former Netherlands striker Patrick Kluivert, ex-German international Bernd Schuster and Italian Marco Tardelli were also shortlisted for the job but were never interviewed for different reasons. | Police are searching for a man who fell from the Clackmannanshire Bridge after police officers tried to stop his van.
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Former Chelsea boss Avram Grant will be named Ghana coach if he can reach a financial agreement with the country's football association. | 34,814,845 | 818 | 58 | true |
UKIP have been campaigning hard in the Lincolnshire seat, an area which voted heavily to leave the European Union.
The seat has returned Conservative MPs since it was formed in 1997 - Tory Stephen Phillips had a majority of more than 24,000 votes in 2015.
He resigned in November, citing "irreconcilable policy differences" with the government.
Although he backed leaving the EU, he had since been critical of the government's approach to Brexit.
Mr Phillips won with 56.2% of the vote in 2015, Labour came second with 17.3% with UKIP a close third on 15.7%.
But UKIP has been throwing its weight into the by-election campaign, hoping to bring about a similar upset to last week's Richmond Park by-election, which saw the Lib Dems overturn a 23,000 Conservative majority.
UKIP will be hoping to capitalise on Eurosceptic feeling in Sleaford and North Hykeham, situated in Lincolnshire, west of Boston - which had the highest majority of Brexit voters in Britain.
UKIP's former leader Nigel Farage and his successor Paul Nuttall have been on the campaign trail in the constituency, supporting their candidate Victoria Ayling - a former Conservative who stood for the Tories in Great Grimsby in 2010 - running Labour a close second.
Conservative candidate Dr Caroline Johnson, a consultant paediatrician, stood unsuccessfully for Scunthorpe in 2010, losing to Labour. She has said she is "completely behind the government's plans for Brexit".
Jim Clarke, a refuse driver, is standing for Labour. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been to Sleaford to give a speech backing Mr Clarke. The party will be hoping for a strong performance after losing its deposit in last week's Richmond Park by-election. Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has been in the constituency backing his candidate, Ross Pepper, an optical assistant.
In all 10 candidates are vying for the seat. The result of the by-election is expected at about 04:00 GMT on Friday.
The full list of candidates is:
Police said his death appeared to be a contract killing.
The 58-year-old was shot several times by an unidentified gunman as he left his car outside his home in north-west Moscow on Tuesday night.
Mr Akhtakhanov had opposed the Chechen separatist movement, believing Chechnya should remain part of Russia.
"An unknown person shot at Akhtakhanov twice: first in the leg and then in the head," the Investigations Committee of Russia said in a statement.
The Interfax news agency quoted police sources as saying that Mr Akhtakhanov was shot at about midnight and that the killer escaped in a car which was later found several blocks away.
A pistol with a silencer was found in the car.
Mr Akhtakhanov was a professor at the Modern Humanitarian Academy in Moscow.
He received a special journalism prize in 2009 for a book of poems called "I am proud of Chechnya, which gave heroes to the world".
On his website, he describes himself as an educator and an advocate of Chechnya remaining part of Russia.
The Kremlin has been fighting insurgents in the North Caucasus since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
It waged two wars against separatist rebels in Chechnya, in 1994-96, and in 1999-2000.
Since the second Chechen war ended in 2000, the rebels have waged an insurgency, with the unrest spreading into other areas of the North Caucasus. | The polls have closed in the Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, called after its Conservative MP quit.
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German Shepherd Nero, six, jumped over railings in Watford which, unknown to his handler, had a 12ft (3.5m) drop on the other side. He "landed badly".
A little over a week later, Nero is expected to return home this weekend.
"Given time, with the right rest and care, Nero should be able to make a full recovery," police said.
The dog was with handler PC Clive Warncken of the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire dog unit, when the accident happened in the early hours of Thursday 21 July.
Nero had been called in to track four people, suspected of assaulting a woman aged in her 30s, before making off with her handbag.
"Nero was immediately taken to a vet where it was discovered he had sustained two fractures to his neck," a police spokesman said.
"The next few days are crucial for Nero who was injured doing what he loved, servicing his community and tracking down baddies," the dog's unit wrote on Twitter.
Dozens of police forces and members of the public sent messages of support after seeing the post shortly after Nero's accident.
"Nero has been examined by an expert and a treatment plan, primarily consisting of rest and medication, has been devised. He will be closely monitored and, given time, with the right rest and care, Nero should be able to make a full recovery," a police spokesman said.
Sergeant Cray Birch from the BCH dog unit said they were "continuing to support his handler at this difficult time and wish Nero the fullest and speediest of recoveries."
The estimated £4.3bn cost of the initiative would be paid back over time by the taxes paid by those who settle in Britain, he said.
The government said it would accept 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020 - but Labour said the figure was inadequate and urged ministers to do more.
Mr Farron claimed the UK had "taken a pitiful number of people".
The Lib Dem leader said ministers had only accepted refugees "under extreme pressure".
"For all that we focus on Brexit, and lots of other things as well, the biggest humanitarian crisis facing our continent is still going on and Britain is turning its back and pretending it's not happening," he said.
"If you show confidence in people and give them sanctuary they become very loyal citizens.
"We are only talking about 50,000 people. We are talking about doing what is right."
The move, along with reopening the programme to settle lone child refugees, will be fully costed in the Lib Dem manifesto, Mr Farron said.
The Lib Dem leader, visiting a refugee charity in Gloucestershire on Thursday, said the numbers of new arrivals would be absorbed over five years.
In 2015, former Conservative prime minister David Cameron said the UK had a "moral responsibility" to take in 20,000 refugees living in camps bordering Syria. | A police dog that broke its neck in two places while chasing suspected muggers is expected to make a full recovery, officers have said.
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The US tech giant sold 40.4 million iPhones in its third quarter, slightly above forecasts of 40.02 million.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook said the results reflected "stronger customer demand... than we anticipated".
The firm said it expected sales to fall again in the fourth quarter to between $45.5bn (£34bn; €41.4bn) and $47.5bn.
Demand for Apple's flagship product has been slowing since the second quarter when the firm reported the first drop in iPhone sales since their 2007 launch.
The iPhone makes up for around two-thirds of Apple's sales and accounts for even more of its profits.
The slowdown in iPhone sales sent profit down 27% to $7.8bn in the three months to 25 June, while revenues fell 14.6% to $42.4bn.
Apple's sales in Greater China - defined by the company as China, Hong Kong and Taiwan - plunged 33%.
The firm blamed economic uncertainty and people not upgrading their phones as often for the drop.
China accounts for almost a quarter of Apple's sales, more than all of Europe combined.
"It is very clear that there are some signs of economic slowdown in China, and we will have to work through them.
"We understand China well and we remain very, very optimistic about the future there," said Apple chief financial officer Luca Maestri.
Results were also hit by the impact of a stronger dollar.
Nonetheless, shares, which have fallen almost 20% over the past year, rose over 7% in after-hours trading because the firm's overall performance was not as bad as analysts had expected.
Mr Maestri said comparisons to the second quarter last year, when iPhone 6 sales surged 35%, made its performance seem worse than it was.
He also pointed to its services business, which includes the App Store, Apple Pay, iCloud and other services, as a bright spot.
The division made nearly $6bn in revenue, up 18.9% from the same time last year, and is now the firm's second-largest sales generator after the iPhone.
The shift is good news for the firm because it allows it to make more money from its existing users.
It reported a pre-tax profit of £7.5m for the 24 weeks to 18 May, following a loss last year of £3.8m.
Gross sales in the period were £442.4m, up 15.6% from a year earlier.
Ocado chief executive Tim Steiner said the launch of its tie-up with Morrisons had been "particularly encouraging".
Ocado formed a multi-million pound partnership with the UK's fourth largest supermarket last year, which resulted in Morrisons starting its own door-to-door delivery service in January.
The Morrisons deal should pave the way for more such agreements to commercialise the value of Ocado's intellectual property, Tim Steiner said.
Ocado has not made an annual pre-tax profit since it was founded in 2000, but analysts have been forecasting one for this year of about £16m.
While the UK's mainstream supermarkets are seeing their sales squeezed by discount chains, the online grocery delivery market has suffered less of an impact.
Ocado's specialist online pet store, Fetch, which was rolled out last year, was doing well and sales of Ocado's own-label range were up over 50%, Mr Steiner said.
The company is planning to launch another specialist site, for kitchen and homewares in the second half of 2014, Sizzle.co.uk.
It will also begin work on a third warehouse facility, in Andover, Hampshire, if planning approval is granted. The new facility will be smaller than its existing distribution centres in Hertfordshire and North Warwickshire and will not be used for Morrisons' products. | Apple has reported a second consecutive quarter of falling iPhone sales, but the 15% drop was not as bad as analysts had feared.
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Samir Hussain said covering his face with his hands saved his sight but he was left unable to fully close one eye.
The 28-year-old, who is backing calls for controls on the sale of corrosive substances, said he felt the acid "eating away" at his face.
He now wears a facial mask and said customers at the Kent shopping centre where he works often ask what happened.
"I work in a public-facing role and it is something I talk about on a daily basis," said Mr Hussain, who works in Tunbridge Wells.
He must wear the mask all day and night for at least 18 months as part of his treatment following the attack at Cineworld in Crawley, West Sussex in September.
"When it was thrown, automatic reaction was to raise my hands and cover my face," he said.
"So luckily my eyesight was saved, although my eyelid does not close properly any more.
"When it hit my face it was a cold shock and that's when you feel the acid actually eating away at your flesh."
Mr Hussain, from Redhill, Surrey, is backing calls for controls on the sale of corrosive substances such as sulphuric acid, battery acid, and powerful drain cleaners.
James Berry, Conservative MP for Kingston and Surbiton, wants people buying dangerous substances to have to pay by credit or debit card so their details are recorded.
He says anyone buying the most concentrated substances should need a licence.
It follows an acid attack in Southampton, also in September last year, which left Carla Whitlock scarred and blind in one eye.
The Home Office said sulphuric acid was a reportable explosive precursor, meaning sellers must report suspicious purchases to the police.
"We are working with retailers to identify the best means of restricting sales of products with a high acidic content," said a spokesman.
The 20-year-old came off after 65 minutes of the 23-19 quarter-final defeat at Twickenham.
Three-times capped Morgan will have surgery on Wednesday.
Dragons boss Lyn Jones hopes Morgan will be be back in action ahead of the Six Nations.
Morgan was called up to Wales' squad in place of the injured Cardiff Blues centre Cory Allen.
The health ministry said the woman had recently returned from Colombia, where it is believed she was infected.
Zika, which is spreading through the Americas, has been linked to babies being born with underdeveloped brains.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the microcephaly condition, linked to the mosquito-borne virus, a global public health emergency.
The WHO on Thursday also advised countries not to accept blood donations from people who had travelled to Zika-affected regions, the AFP news agency reported.
The link between Zika infection and microcephaly has not been confirmed and the risks at different stages of pregnancy are unknown."
In a statement (in Spanish), the health ministry said the pregnant woman was diagnosed as having Zika in the north-eastern Catalonia region.
It did not release the woman's name, saying she was one of seven confirmed cases in Spain.
It said two more patients were in Catalonia, two in Castile and Leon, one in Murcia and one in the capital Madrid.
"All are in good health," the ministry added.
It also stressed that "the diagnosed cases of Zika virus in Spain... don't risk spreading the virus in our country as they are imported cases".
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At the same time, it unveiled plans to raise another $8bn by bringing back an unpopular financial transactions tax that was abolished eight years ago.
The government is struggling to pull the country's economy out of recession.
It has also been hurt by the slump in President Dilma Rousseff's public approval rating, which is now just 8%.
The measures were announced at a news conference by Finance Minister Joaquim Levy and Planning Minister Nelson Barbosa.
They include reducing the number of government ministries from 39 to 29, as well as cutting 1,000 public-sector jobs and freezing the pay of remaining state employees.
Mr Levy said the axe would fall on some big public infrastructure projects. But projects designed to benefit poorer Brazilians, such as the social housing programme Minha Casa Minha Vida (My House My Life), will also be hit.
Analysts were unimpressed with the package, saying it was unlikely to do much to restore the public finances to health.
"We're left with the impression that the government is now scraping the barrel in an effort to plug its budget hole," said Neil Shearing, chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economics.
"Indeed, the latest measures reveal more about the impotence of the government in being able to constrain spending than anything else."
Brazil's economy has been depressed by the end of the global commodities boom, while a corruption scandal centred on state oil giant Petrobras has damaged investor confidence.
President Rousseff's critics also accuse her of policy mistakes during her first term, including interventions in the energy market and a failure to bring inflation under control.
But many supporters of her left-wing Workers' Party have revolted against her newfound attempts at austerity, with the MST land-reform movement accusing her of having adopted a "neo-liberal" programme at odds with her election promises.
Last week, Brazil lost its investment-grade credit rating following a downgrade by Standard & Poor's to "junk" status.
The US rating agency said mounting political turmoil and the difficulties faced by President Dilma Rousseff's government in tackling growing debt was behind the decision.
The visitors led on seven minutes through Hayley Ladd's headed own goal, but Claire Emslie's low strike levelled the scores at half-time.
Man City had second-half shots from England's Lucy Bronze and Steph Houghton blocked on the line.
But winger Parris' low finish won the game on 89 minutes.
Nick Cushing's side - which saw six changes from Thursday's Champions League quarter-final first leg in Denmark - led when Bristol City keeper Caitlin Leach attempted to punch away Bronze's cross but her clearance ricocheted in off the host's unfortunate captain Ladd.
Man City keeper Marie Hourihan then saved brilliantly from Millie Turner's downward header from a set-piece, before Toni Duggan, Parris and Georgia Stanway missed chances to extend the visitors' lead at the other end.
On the stroke of half-time, Scotland forward Claire Emslie's low finish drew Bristol City level.
City's Carli Lloyd was denied by a good Leach save after the interval and the visitors then went close through Bronze, Houghton and Parris before the England winger snatched a late, hard-fought victory.
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Mr Ellis, 78, from Llanddarog, near Carmarthen, had been at the garden for more than 20 years. He was also the last director of education for Dyfed County Council.
He was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours last year.
The botanic garden's director Huw Francis said he would be "sorely missed".
Mr Ellis was also a prominent figure in a number of other public bodies.
He was a founder member of language promotion body Menter Cwm Gwendraeth; vice-president of Dolen Cymru Lesotho, which helps orphans in the southern Africa kingdom; and an ambassador for the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.
Mr Francis said: "John had not been well for a while but, like most things in his life, he fought hard to maintain his usual high level of passion and commitment.
"He will be sorely missed here at the garden where the impact of his unstinting efforts and hard work, over many years, cannot be underestimated."
Born in Abergynolwyn in Gwynedd, Mr Ellis, a widower, leaves two children and six grandchildren.
Since Westley, 48, took charge in October the Exiles' form has improved.
Newport are eight points off the play-off places, but Westley has issued his players with an ambitious challenge.
"We can look at sixth place and think two or three weeks down the line it's realistic we can put ourselves in contention," said Westley.
"That will be a nice starting point. If we can get to Christmas time and we are in the mix, that's a nice point to be at.
"I've won promotion out of this league from 18th in January, so we all know what's possible."
The Exiles are unbeaten in their last six games, a sequence that has seen them beat AFC Wimbledon in the Checkatrade Trophy and progress to the second round of the FA Cup after a replay against Alfreton.
In the league there has been a draw with Barnet, victory over Accrington Stanley and an impressive three points taken from Carlisle, who were unbeaten at the time.
But, with his sights set so high and a trip to eighth-placed Notts County coming on Saturday, Westley insists keeping the current run going will not be enough to satisfy him.
"We want to improve what we are doing, that's the key," he added.
"If you get into the frame of mind where you want to keep things going, you've lost the plot and are on the road backwards. The route forward has to be improvement.
"We've got a lot of work to do, we don't underestimate it, right now we are producing decent form, but we have to produce that form on a sustained basis if we are going to mount any sort of campaign." | John Gwyndaf Ellis, vice-chairman of the board of trustees at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, has died.
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Dogs were not allowed on the beach from May to September but the council extended the ban, which now lasts from Easter until the end of October.
Weymouth Borough Council said the decision was taken after a public consultation.
But protesters say 63% of respondents wanted the dates to stay as they were.
About 200 dog owners and their pets descended on a dog exercise area near the pavilion on Sunday afternoon to protest against the Public Space Protection Order.
More than 1,000 people have also signed a petition to have the changes revoked.
Judi Moore, who started the petition, said: "I do not see how dogs on the beach are an evil nuisance now when they were a welcome adjunct to the town's attractions last year.
"I think not to allow dogs is a retrograde step. This is the English Riviera, not the Mediterranean. Nobody is going to be sitting on the beach in bare feet and a swimming cossie in April and October - it's not sane."
The council said nearly 1,700 people responded to a public consultation about the changes with about a quarter of people wanting a year-round ban.
Councillor Richard Kosior, chairman of the council's Policy Development Committee, said: "We would like to reassure the public that the correct information from the consultation results was taken into account when the Policy Development Committee made a decision to extend the ban."
Community protection councillor Francis Drake said: "Members were aware that the majority of respondents wanted the dates to stay the same. However, after taking the consultation results into consideration, the Policy Development Committee made the decision to extend the ban."
The pair announced the news "with great sadness" in a statement on Twitter, but said they remained "great friends".
"After many exciting adventures together over the last 18 years we have come to the end of our rainbow," the pair said.
BBC Radio 2 DJ Ball and Cook married in 1999 and have two children together.
In the statement, they said: "We are still great friends and will continue to support each other and raise our beautiful children together, living next door but one."
The couple, who live in Brighton, East Sussex, had their first child, Woody, in 2000.
They announced they were to separate in 2003, but reconciled, and had their second child, Nelly, in 2010.
Ball, 45, is best known as a former BBC Radio 1 breakfast show host and currently hosts Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two.
Cook, 53, is a former member of the band the Housemartins and under his pseudonym Fatboy Slim enjoyed success with songs including Praise You; Right Here, Right Now; and Weapon of Choice.
Georgina Jones, 92, from Dolwyddelan, has been awarded the BEM.
"Receiving the honour was a shock and a surprise when I had the letter," she told BBC Wales.
"I've been in the church all my life, playing in three or four services on Sundays. The church was my life."
Mrs Jones added: "I've enjoyed playing the organ, really enjoyed it. I retired the end of April and I miss it."
Another BEM goes to Norman Rimmer, director of music at the Holy Trinity Church in Llandudno for more than 25 years
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Antonio D'Amico was Versace's partner for 15 years. He found the designer after he was shot in Miami in 1997.
D'Amico said an early image from FX's American Crime Story, which shows the reaction of his character - played by Ricky Martin - was wrong.
"The picture of Ricky Martin holding the body in his arms is ridiculous."
The 58-year-old told The Observer newspaper he had not been consulted for the series, which will be titled American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace.
He compared the photo to Michelangelo's Pieta, which depicts the body of Jesus in the arms of his mother after the crucifixion.
"Maybe it's the director's poetic licence, but that is not how I reacted," D'Amico said.
He explained that in reality, he ran out to find Versace on the steps of his Miami mansion but was soon dragged away from the scene.
He said: "I saw Gianni lying on the steps, with blood around him. At that point, everything went dark. I was pulled away, I didn't see any more."
But D'Amico said he wouldn't mind if Ricky Martin got in touch so he could offer him some insight into his former partner's life.
"It's getting to know the small things about a relationship… for example, Gianni was so ordered and focused at work but in his private life everything was disorganised," he told the paper.
"He'd leave the bathroom in a mess. At a certain point I said, 'Enough!' And when it came to cooking, he didn't even know how to [boil] an egg."
Versace, who was 50 when he died, was shot by Andrew Cunanan, who had murdered at least four other people in a three-month killing spree.
The body of Cunanan was found eight days later in a Miami houseboat following a huge manhunt. He had shot himself in the head with the gun he used to kill Versace.
American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace is set to air in 2018.
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One of the four crew of the Louisa was rescued by a lifeboat after swimming for shore and then clinging to rocks.
Two men were found dead and the fourth, who also swam for shore, is missing.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch's examination of the incident is ongoing, while further searches for the missing man are under review.
The boat, which was used for crab fishing, was understood to have taken on water, forcing the crew to abandon ship.
Ch Insp Gordon Macleod from Police Scotland said: "Our thoughts are very much with the families at this time. It is tragic accident for the community to deal with but primarily for the families that are affected. We have officers working with them and keeping them up-to-date with inquiries as they go on.
"We are obviously wanting to establish what has happened here and we are working very closely with the Marine Accident Investigation Branch.
"We will be looking at the safety around the boat and looking to establish what happened that led to this tragic accident."
Finlay MacLeod, superintendent of the Fishermen's Mission in Stornoway, said: "The four crewmen ended up in the water but with the cold and the exposure, hypothermia started to set in and two of them decided to swim to the shore, which they could see.
"During that swimming one of them drifted away from the other and he was lost whilst the other one made it to the shore." | The boyfriend of fashion designer Gianni Versace has described a forthcoming TV drama depicting the star's murder as "ridiculous".
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Thousands headed to Ashton Court for the nightglow at 21:15 BST, where tethered balloons lit their burners in time to music.
More than 100 balloons are taking part in the event including one bearing the Tibetan flag.
Pilot Heaven Crawley, said people claiming to represent the Chinese Embassy had tried to get it banned.
"We understand from some of the organisers of the events we've been trying to attend - there has been some communication from people claiming to be from the Chinese Embassy suggesting that we don't fly," she said.
"But we've been told that we're able to fly - so tomorrow morning, we'll be here flying over Bristol."
A mass ascent of balloons is scheduled for 06:00 and 18:00 BST on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
This year's festival will also see the maiden flight of the world's first solar-powered balloon.
The balloon was made in Bedminster and is a hybrid aircraft, partially powered by the sun and partially powered by a conventional propane burner.
It is being launched at the fiesta to mark the city's status as the UK's first European Green Capital.
Other attractions include arena events, a flypast by the RAF Battle of Britain Display Team and a display by the Breitling Wing Walkers.
A second nightglow is also planned for Saturday evening.
BBC weather forecaster Ian Fergusson said wind could be "a potentially tricky issue", but said it should "steadily moderate into this evening".
"On Friday, winds will be light, meaning the prospect of balloon flights is good," he said.
For safety reasons, Clifton Suspension Bridge will be closed to traffic and pedestrians between 18:00 BST until midnight on Thursday and Saturday.
An event spokesman said visitors should plan their journey in advance, arrive early and be patient with fellow visitors.
Full details about getting to the Ashton Court by car, bus or on foot can be found on the fiesta's website.
Entry to the fiesta is free but there are charges for parking.
This overturns a decision made by former minister John O'Dowd in 2015.
He maintained all exam boards operating in Northern Ireland must give their results using the letters A* to G.
That led to the two largest English GCSE exam boards to say they would not offer GCSE courses in Northern Ireland.
Mr Weir said those exam boards - AQA and OCR - have now confirmed they will reverse that decision.
Therefore, from 2018, many pupils in Northern Ireland will receive results in both letter and number form, as around one in four GCSEs here is studied through an English board.
The local examining body, CCEA, will continue to award GCSEs from A* to G only.
However, they will introduce a new C* grade.
Under the numerical grading system 9 is the highest and 1 is the lowest.
Speaking in the assembly, Mr Weir said that he had "decided to lift the current restriction upon the accreditation of 9-1 GCSEs".
"By re-opening the market in this way, our learners will be able to access GCSE courses leading to both alphabetical grades and numerical grades.
"Depending upon the decisions of schools, some young people will leave school with a record of attainment that consists of a mixture of letters and numbers." he said.
"This in practice is little different from what happens now with the mixture of qualifications at level 2 with GCSEs, BTEC, Level 2 Certificates and Diplomas."
In 2017, English examining boards will give their results in the form of numbers, where nine is the highest grade and one the lowest.
However, the change will not take effect for results in most subjects until 2018.
The body which runs examinations in Northern Ireland, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA), has welcomed the minister's decision.
It a statement it said: "We are pleased that the Minister has moved swiftly to review policy and provide his decision on the future of grading for GCSEs in Northern Ireland.
"CCEA, as the Qualifications Regulator, has a statutory responsibility to ensure that qualifications taken by learners here are comparable to similar qualifications taken by learners in other parts of the United Kingdom.
"We will start work immediately on the technical implementation of the new grading and continue to ensure that our qualifications remain comparable to other similar qualifications elsewhere in the United Kingdom." | The 37th International Balloon Fiesta has begun in Bristol, with the ascent of the first balloons.
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The cake is made from around 30,000 eggs, 2,500 bags of flour and a load of butter, and it took ten bakers three days to make!
It was assembled on the streets by the bakers who topped it with whipped cream and a milk fudge sauce.
It is all to celebrate 450 years since Portuguese sailors first landed in Brazil and founded the city of Rio, where next year's Olympic Games will take place.
The massive cake was shared amongst the people who live in Rio, and parties and celebrations took place across the city.
Striker Jordan Burrow scored the opener on 53 minutes before Danny Johnson's stoppage-time goal secured a victory which saw Gateshead move up to fifth.
Wrexham's defeat came after two successive away wins and was only their second loss in 10 games.
Dean Keates' side remain 10th and are nine points off the play-offs.
Neither side were able to break the deadlock during the opening 45 minutes with Wrexham's Ollie Shenton coming closest when he fired over the bar from Izale McLeod's cross.
Shenton's powerful volley was blocked by keeper Jamie Montgomery early in the second half before Gateshead took the lead.
Burrow beat Chris Dunn from 10 yards to score his fifth goal for Gateshead since joining from Halifax in November.
Wrexham substitute George Harry was denied a late equaliser by former Dragons defender Manny Smith.
Halifax sealed the win to extend their impressive form in the fourth minute of stoppage time with Johnson netting his seventh goal in six games from close range after receiving the ball from Tom Beere.
Wrexham manager Dean Keates said: "Overall it wasn't that bad a performance. Obviously it was disappointing.
"I think for long periods of the game we were in control and looked more capable but weren't clinical around their box.
"In the first half we edged it and in the second half, even when they scored, we were getting on top. I don't think it's a 2-0 game. We hope to get a reaction next week at Forest Green."
Match ends, Wrexham 0, Gateshead 2.
Second Half ends, Wrexham 0, Gateshead 2.
Goal! Wrexham 0, Gateshead 2. Danny Johnson (Gateshead).
Substitution, Wrexham. George Harry replaces Izale McLeod.
Substitution, Gateshead. Mitch Brundle replaces Jamal Fyfield.
Substitution, Wrexham. Jordan White replaces Paul Rutherford.
Substitution, Wrexham. Leo Smith replaces Oliver Shenton.
Substitution, Gateshead. Tom Beere replaces George Smith.
Goal! Wrexham 0, Gateshead 1. Jordan Burrow (Gateshead).
Second Half begins Wrexham 0, Gateshead 0.
First Half ends, Wrexham 0, Gateshead 0.
First Half begins.
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Kai Webb, 18, downed a bottle of vodka before attacking David Reynolds as he ran along Teignmouth seafront in Devon.
Webb, of Ashleigh Park, Teignmouth, admitted wounding, theft and two common assaults and was jailed at Exeter Crown Court for 12 months.
Mr Reynolds and his partner Eve Hazelton raised almost £30,000 for the breast cancer charity Coppafeel.
The couple were part way through running 10km a day for 100 days on 11 April when they were intercepted by a group of youths, including Webb, at about 19:00.
Webb walked up behind Mr Reynolds and smashed the bottle over the back of his head, causing a gash to the scalp and ear which required eight stitches.
A large group of supporters turned out to support film director Mr Reynolds the next day, when he overcame his injuries and ran dressed as a giant beer bottle.
Recorder Martin Meeke QC told Webb: "This was mindless unprovoked violence in a town centre and the sort of conduct which persuades many members of the public to avoid town centres at night."
Gordon Richings, prosecuting, said the bottle attack happened after Webb had already stolen beer and thrown a tray at an assistant in a sandwich shop.
In a victim impact statement, Mr Reynolds said: "My injury is very evident to other people as I have no hair."
Barry White, defending, said Webb was only 17 when the attacks took place and his family are at a loss to explain why he behaved as he did.
Janet Alder alleged the CPS racially discriminated against her during her dealings with them after the death of her brother, Christopher.
Judge Penelope Belcher, at Leeds County Court, said she shared concerns that racism played a part in his death.
But she dismissed claims that Ms Alder was treated in a racist manner.
Mr Alder, 37, choked to death while handcuffed and lying on the floor of a Hull police station in 1998.
After his death a coroner's jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing at an inquest.
In 2002 five Humberside Police officers went on trial accused of manslaughter and misconduct in public office. They were cleared of all charges at Teesside Crown Court.
During the discrimination hearing, between 20 September and 3 December 2010, Ms Alder said she believed crucial information relating to race was left out of the trial because people involved in the prosecution did not want them to be convicted.
She said analysis of the video of the events in the custody suite revealed the sound of monkey noises being made and that one officer is heard referring to "banana boats".
Cathryn McGahey, for the CPS, said lawyers involved in the case had told her these matters were not put before the jury for evidential reasons.
Miss McGahey said the CPS explained how they could not disprove one officer's account that he was referring to "banana boots" - the yellow, fabric footwear sometimes given to prisoners.
She also said it was explained to Ms Alder how the issue of the alleged monkey noises could not be put before a jury because it was impossible to say who had made the sounds.
Judge Belcher, who has now published her judgement, said: "In conclusion, I understand and indeed share Miss Alder's concerns as to the possibility that racial discrimination played some part in the actions of the police officers on the night that Christopher Alder died.
"I also understand and share her concerns as to the standard of the investigation undertaken by West Yorkshire Police into the actions of the Humberside officers.
"However, she has failed to satisfy me on a balance of probabilities that any actions by the CPS in this case involved racial discrimination by the CPS in their dealings with her.
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The forward, 36, has recently revealed he will quit the game at the end of this season after a glittering career. But he is determined not to get carried away by the occasion.
"You've every right to get a little excited. I want to go out there, I want to enjoy it and I want to take it all in," said Ellis.
"But I know the difference between winning and losing so it's important that I'm disciplined enough to get the balance right."
Ellis is retiring after 18 years as one of British rugby league's most successful players.
After starting his career at Wakefield, he moved to Leeds before switching to the NRL and West Tigers in 2009, winning that club's player of the year award three years running. His return to Hull saw him lead the club to a first ever Wembley final win last year.
"People ask me about games gone by, and I really can't remember because you're constantly trying to be better, you're constantly moving on from one game to the next.
"It will be nice when I do eventually finish. I can have a little bit of a reflection of 'oh, that was good'."
Ellis' first memory of rugby league's oldest knockout trophy was on his fifth birthday, watching home town team Castleford win at Wembley against Hull KR in 1986. But he never dreamed he would ever emulate his boyhood heroes.
"I remember Jamie Sandy scoring and just carrying on running over the dog track towards the fans.
"But I don't think I ever thought I would play at Wembley. I probably just thought 'I hope Cas can get there next year so I can watch them again'.
"So to get to the level that I've got to, and have the opportunities I've had, is quite remarkable really.
"I spoke last year about not knowing whether you are going to play in another one again, and here I am. This really is the last one."
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Back in Tudor England the Globe was a popular place to see the latest and most exciting plays, and some of the Shakespeare's best works.
Now, it has been given a virtual makeover, allowing people to explore it in 360 degrees, using the app.
The makers built the virtual copy of the theatre using laser scans of the real thing, to make it as close to the real-life version as possible.
Leah took a trip to the theatre for Newsround to find out more.
The body of Frank Ancona, who called himself an "imperial wizard", was found next to a river on Saturday.
His wife Malissa Ancona, who appealed for his return on Facebook, and stepson Paul Jinkerson Jr were charged with the murder on Monday.
They are also facing charges of tampering with physical evidence and abandonment of a corpse.
Police allege Mr Ancona, 51, was shot in his sleep on Thursday at home in Leadwood, Missouri, about 70 miles south of St. Louis.
It is thought his body was then driven about 20 miles and dumped near Belgrade. Mr Ancona was found by a family out fishing on Saturday.
Officers have found evidence of a burn pile near Mr Ancona's vehicle, which was found 30 miles from his body.
Mr Ancona was initially reported missing by his employer, after he failed to turn up for work.
Before his body was found, Mrs Ancona, 44, told officers he was out of the state on a delivery job, and that she planned to file for divorce on his return.
Mr Ancona was a member of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which describes itself as a "White Patriotic Christian organization that bases its roots back to the Ku Klux Klan of the early 20th century".
"Our mission is to preserve our White culture and heritage but also be relevant to the happenings going on in our Republic today," a statement signed by Mr Ancona and published on its website states.
Mr Jinkerson's attorney, Eric Barnhart, said he didn't believe his client was involved in the killing.
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Williams, 36, and Rajeev, 32, lost a match tie-break 10-7 after the first two sets finished 6-7 (3-7) 6-1.
Russia's Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won women's doubles gold.
They beat five-time Grand Slam winner Martina Hingis and Swiss partner Timea Bacsinszky 6-4 6-4.
Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova won an all-Czech bronze-medal match against Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradeck 7-5 6-1.
The mixed doubles bronze was also won by a Czech pair, with Lucie Hradecka and Radek Stepanek beating India's Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna 6-1 7-5.
The party said it admired the former Tory MP for quitting over Heathrow expansion and praised his commitment to the Brexit campaign.
Mr Goldsmith quit in protest at the government's backing for a third Heathrow runway and will contest the by-election as an independent.
The poll takes place on 1 December.
The Conservatives are not fielding a candidate against their former MP, while the Liberal Democrats have vowed to make the by-election about Brexit - which Mr Goldsmith backed - not Heathrow.
A UKIP spokesman said: "Zac Goldsmith has resigned on a matter of principle and UKIP admire him for having the courage to do so. UKIP have always believed that Gatwick was a preferred option to Heathrow."
It said party leader Nigel Farage and the ruling executive committee thought Mr Goldsmith was a "principled man, who was fully committed to helping get Britain out of the European Union" and so had decided not to put forward a candidate to challenge him.
The spokesman said the Lib Dems were committed to overturning the EU referendum result, adding: "UKIP are encouraging all of our supporters and voters to support Zac Goldsmith in his bid to become an independent MP."
Mr Goldsmith had a 23,015 majority at the 2015 general election, with the Lib Dems finishing second.
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Its experts think a second of the three forms of poliovirus has been eliminated after mass vaccination campaigns.
Wild poliovirus type 3 has not been detected for more than two years. Type 2 was eradicated in 1999.
Experts said the world was "closer than ever" to defeating polio but the situation in Pakistan was worrying.
Polio is highly infectious and causes paralysis in up to one in 200 people. Some children die when the muscles that help them breathe stop working.
But there has been huge progress in eliminating the disease. Cases have fallen from 350,000 in 1988 to 416 in 2013.
The last case of type 3 poliovirus was detected in Pakistan in November 2012, according to the CDC report.
"We may have eradicated a second of three; that's a major milestone," said Dr Stephen Cochi, a senior adviser at the CDC's Centre for Global Health.
However, a formal process - involving the Polio Global Certification Commission - is required before type 3 can be officially declared eradicated. That will not take place for at least another year.
Type 1 remains endemic in three countries - Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
Dr Cochi told the BBC: "It's the most prickly one. For reasons that are unclear, this is the most common cause of polio outbreaks and the most frequent cause of paralytic polio."
There has been progress in Nigeria, where cases have fallen to six so far this year from 53 in 2013.
"But our biggest problem is getting worse in Pakistan," said Dr Cochi.
Cases have leap from 59 last year to 236 and counting in 2014.
The Pakistani Taliban stopped polio vaccination programmes in some tribal areas of the country for about two years.
Since the summer there has been a mass exodus of people from the region after military operations by Pakistan's army.
Dr Cochi added: "The good news is now those children are accessible in refugee camps or other parts of the country so they are getting vaccinated.
"But the bad news is the poliovirus has spread all over the country and there have been cases from Karachi and Punjab province."
It means there is a serious risk of polio spreading to other countries. The virus travelled from Pakistan to Syria in 2013.
Prof Walt Orenstein, from the vaccine centre at Emory University in the US, told the BBC: "Type 3 appears to be gone - I think it is overwhelmingly likely that we are there, but it's too soon to say we're definitely there.
"So it's not a total victory, but it is very promising."
But he warned: "Pakistan is a major concern, about 85% of wild type 1 poliovirus this year has been in Pakistan, but in Nigeria there is real hope we can get rid of type 1 even by the end of this year."
About 77% of students work, up from 59% last year, the study of 4,642 students by insurance firm Endsleigh and the National Union of Students suggested.
It found that students earned an average of £412 a month, with women earning 36% less than men.
Most said they worked part-time, but 14% said they held down full-time jobs during term-time, holidays or both.
More than half (56%) of those with a job said they worked because they had under-estimated the expense of university, especially the cost of accommodation.
A large majority (87%) said developing additional skills and enhancing their CV were also important reasons for working whilst studying.
The online survey of 4,642 university students also found:
Despite the increase in the number of students with jobs, dependence on other sources of finance has not decreased, the survey suggested.
Just over half of students (53%) said they depended on their parents to help them through university.
Meanwhile 74% said they relied on a student loan as a main source of income, up from 67% last year and 60% in 2013.
Students' annual living costs (outside London)
Source: National Union of Students
Universities in England are currently allowed to charge up to £9,000 a year in tuition fees, with repayments to begin once students graduate and earn more than £21,000 a year.
To cover rent, food, travel and any other living costs, students can borrow up to £5,555 outside London and £7,751 for students in London.
In Scotland there are no fees for Scottish students, whilst in Wales the annual fee cap for Welsh students is £3,810. In Northern Ireland, fees for students from Northern Ireland are capped at £3,805. | A "major milestone" in the battle to eliminate polio globally has been reached, the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has said.
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Playing against Spurs for the first time since his £85.3m world record transfer to Madrid, Bale provided the key moment in a pedestrian affair.
The Wales international swerved home on his left-foot from outside the box after James Rodriguez headed home the opener at Munich's Allianz Arena.
Erik Lamela missed Spurs' best chance.
The Argentine winger skied over from a Kyle Walker cut-back in a busy opening 15 minutes that contrasted with the way the rest of the game played out.
Bale initially appeared to indicate he did not intend to celebrate his goal, which came in the latter stages of the match.
He pointed his hands towards the ground and looked down, but with jubilant team-mates bearing down on him he then brought his hands together to make the familiar heart shape seen so often in his six years at White Hart Lane before he left for the Bernabeu in 2013.
His goal was certainly a strike to be proud of. The 26-year-old turned quickly towards goal before unleashing a vicious low strike that seemed to bamboozle goalkeeper Michel Vorm with its dip and pace.
Dutchman Vorm, standing in while first-choice goalkeeper Hugo Lloris continues his recovery from a broken wrist, mistimed his dive and the ball went into the net via his arm.
Luka Modric was another former Tottenham player on show for Real, and the Croatia midfielder went close with a deflected shot Vorm did well to claw off the line in the first half.
Spurs youngster Dele Alli, in his first pre-season at Spurs since a £5m transfer from MK Dons in February, at one point nutmegged Modric in midfield.
The 19-year-old said he was disappointed with the result but put the moment of skill down to "natural instinct", adding: "Hopefully I've shown what I can do."
Although both sides put out strong line-ups, with Harry Kane among the starters for Spurs, there was no Cristiano Ronaldo or Karim Benzema for Real.
Ronaldo suffered a back injury during training on Monday, while Benzema pulled a muscle in his right thigh.
Host club Bayern Munich play AC Milan in the tournament's second semi-final later on Tuesday, with Spurs to play the loser in a third-place play-off on Wednesday.
That match will come just three days before the start of Tottenham's Premier League season - Mauricio Pochettino's men play Manchester United in a 12:45 BST kick-off at Old Trafford on Saturday.
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." | Gareth Bale scored against former club Tottenham Hotspur as Real Madrid won 2-0 in a friendly at the pre-season Audi Cup in Germany.
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The 22-year-old has been an ever-present for the Scottish Premiership side this season, playing 21 times.
Ripley told Motherwell's website: "I've always said my preference was to stay and see it out.
"I've really enjoyed my time here. We've had some highs and lows, but I think my experience here is making me a better goalkeeper."
Ripley, who has played three times for Boro, had previous loan spells with Oxford United and Bradford City.
Motherwell currently sit eighth in the Premiership table.
World number one ranked golfer Woods, 37, was third in the previous list, ending a 12-year stint at the summit.
But the American made $78.1m (£50.7m) in the 12 months to 1 June 2013 after agreeing several new sponsorship deals and doubling his prize money.
1 Tiger Woods $78.1m (£50.7m)
2 Roger Federer $71.5m (£46.4m)
3 Kobe Bryant $61.9m (£40.2m)
4 LeBron James $59.8m (£38.9m)
5 Drew Bees $51.0m (£33.1m)
6 Aaron Rodgers $49.0m (£31.9m)
7 Phil Mickelson $48.7m (£31.6m)
8 David Beckham $47.2m (£30.6m)
9 Cristiano Ronaldo $44.0m (£28.6m)
10 Lionel Messi $41.3m (£26.8m)
Source: Forbes
Tennis player Roger Federer rose to second on $71.5m (£46.4m) while David Beckham, now retired, stayed eighth.
The study showed that Beckham, while famed as a global brand, was only the joint-fourth highest earner from endorsement deals.
The 38-year-old, who announced his retirement from playing last month after winning the Ligue 1 title with Paris St-Germain, increased his overall earnings to $47.2m (£30.6m).
But the $42m (£27.3m) he made from sponsorship contracts left him behind Woods, Federer and golfer Phil Mickelson, and alongside basketball player LeBron James.
Beckham remained the highest-paid footballer, ahead of Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo ($44m/£28.6m) and Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi ($41.3m/£26.8m), who completed the overall top 10.
Northern Irish golfer Rory Mcllroy's $29.6m (£19.2m) put him in 21st, while Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton followed in 26th on $27.5m (£17.6m).
Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney fell 24 positions to 61st on earnings of $21.1m (£13.7m), with England and Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard 93rd after taking in $17.2m (£11.2m).
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Boxer Floyd Mayweather topped the money list last year, but dropped to 14th with earnings of $34m (£22.1m) from his fight with Robert Guerrero in May after taking $85m (£54.3m) when he fought twice during Forbes's last 12-month measurement period.
Despite the Forbes list coinciding with London 2012, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt was the only track athlete to feature. The six-time Olympic champion, world record holder at both 100m and 200m, shot up the rankings from 63rd to 40th after taking in $24.2m (£15.8m).
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso came in as Formula 1's top earner again, staying 19th with overall earnings rising slightly to $30m (£19.5m).
This year, the number of women ranked in the top 100 rose to three as Serena Williams joined fellow tennis players Maria Sharapova and Li Na.
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There were 49 fights, 47 assaults on staff and 159 assaults on inmates in a six-month period at HMP Hewell near Redditch, HM Inspectorate of Prisons said.
Inspectors also found overcrowded cells, broken toilets, and said drug availability was "high".
However, it described the open section of the jail as "successful".
HMP Hewell, near Redditch, has a closed jail holding more than 1,000 adult male prisoners and an open facility with 200 inmates.
Referring to the closed site, the report found "very poor" conditions in its segregation unit.
But National Offender Management Service chief executive Michael Spurr said: "I'm pleased that the chief inspector has acknowledged the progress at Hewell which is to the credit of the former governor, his deputy and their team.
"There remains more to do, particularly on safety, but the strong foundations that are now in place will allow the prison to address the recommendations in this report and drive further improvement over the coming months."
Inspectors said they discovered broken toilets and sinks, and damaged flooring.
"We found one cell with live bare wires protruding from the wall and a broken toilet that was leaking so badly that the occupant felt forced to urinate in paper cups," they said.
159
Assaults on prisoners in 6 months
47
Assaults on staff
1,074 Inmates in the closed prison
204 Inmates in the open prison
2013 - Branded "dirty and dangerous". Levels of violence found to be far higher than at similar prisons
2014 - Incidents of self-harm and bullying found to be high
2015 - The prison's Independent Monitoring Board finds an increase in violence and drug use
Four prisoners had taken their own lives since the last inspection in 2014, and levels of self-harm among inmates had increased.
The site was praised in areas, including "reasonably good" staff-prisoner relationships, and inspectors said the management team was "focused and committed" at the time of the announced inspection last August and September.
Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke said improvements were found in many areas, and there were examples of good practice.
"Nevertheless, very big challenges - operationally, managerially and in terms of resources - were still to be addressed and outcomes for too many prisoners on the closed site were very poor," he said.
Andrew Neilson of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said it was "alarming" that recommendations made since the last inspection, which recorded one murder and six suicides, had not "been implemented with sufficient rigour".
"No one should be so desperate while in the care of the state that they take their own life," he said.
He said the report was the latest in a long line that made clear the need for "urgent reform" of the prison system.
Aung Kyaw Naing, a freelance journalist, was killed in October after being detained by the military near the border with Thailand.
The report by the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission listed multiple injuries to his body.
But it made no judgement on how he was killed.
Aung Kyaw Naing was shot dead on 4 October after being arrested reporting on clashes between the military and an ethnic rebel group.
The army said he was working for the rebels and that they had shot him when he tried to escape.
In November, his body was exhumed and sent for a post-mortem examination after his family raised questions over how he died and why he was then buried so quickly.
According to the investigation, he had a cracked skull, a broken arm and ribs and was hit by five bullets including one from a shot from beneath his jaw, reports the BBC's Jonah Fisher from Yangon.
His wife says she believes he was tortured - but this report stops short of that conclusion.
Instead it recommends the case be taken to a civilian court for the sake of greater transparency, our correspondent adds.
Aung Kyaw Naing had often reported on ethnic issues along the Myanmar-Thai border for local newspapers, and had met opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi several times.
The circumstances of his death provoked international concern, with the US calling on Myanmar (also known as Burma) to conduct a "credible and transparent investigation". | Levels of violence at a jail once branded "dirty and dangerous" are still "far too high", the watchdog has said.
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Industrial production, a measures of output at factories, workshops and mines jumped 9% in July, compared to a 9.2% rise in June.
Retail sales in July rose by 12.2%. But that's also below June's 12.4% spike.
The latest data is raising doubts about China meeting its full year growth target of 7.5%.
Hu Yuexiao, analyst with Shanghai Securities based in Shanghai said: "We expect further loosening measures to guarantee a steady economic growth in the coming months. Such measures could include an interest rate cut, and cutting red tape to attract more private capital into the infrastructure and service industries."
In recent months, policymakers in China have unveiled a series of measures to help boost growth in the world's second largest economy.
The steps include plans to cut taxes on small firms and speed up the construction of railway lines across the country.
China's central bank has also made more cash available for banks engaged in lending to agriculture-related businesses and small companies.
It has done so by lowering the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) - the amount of cash banks needs to keep in reserve.
The central bank has said it will also encourage banks to lend more to exporters to boost shipments.
The Chinese government has set a full year growth target of 7.5%. That is the same rate as last year. China's economy grew by 7.7% in 2013.
Last week, China's trade figures showed a 14.5% jump in exports for July, compared with a year ago.
That surge in exports had led many analysts to believe that strong external demand will keep the Chinese economy on the growth track for the rest of the year. The latest trade data puts China's trade surplus at a record $47.3bn (£28bn) for July.
And data from earlier this month showed factory activity in China grew at its fastest pace in more than two years in July.
The state's official purchasing managers index (PMI) rose to 51.7 in July, from 51 in June.
The PMI is a key gauge of the health of the manufacturing sector and a reading above 50 indicates expansion.
The bus, with 41 people on board, was travelling overnight from Tokyo to a resort in Nagano prefecture.
The accident happened near the town of Karuizawa early on Friday.
It is not immediately clear what caused the crash as there was no snow or ice on the road. Japan's transport ministry has launched an investigation.
Twenty-seven people were injured when the bus strayed onto the wrong side of the road and smashed through a guardrail, sliding several metres down the mountainside.
There were two bus drivers on board, taking turns to drive, according to AP news agency.
Skiing and other winter sports are popular in Japan, which has extensive mountain ranges accessible from many of the country's biggest cities. Many people heading to the mountains use a bus for at least part of their journey.
The 23-year-old back row joined from Exeter in February but was unable to prevent Irish's relegation to the Championship in his six appearances.
"I'm really looking forward to helping the club achieve promotion back to the Premiership at the first time of asking," he said.
An Ireland Under-20 international, Sexton is a Leinster academy graduate.
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Mickey Brady said police officers told him on Monday that a threat had been made against him.
A second threat was later made in a phone call on Tuesday morning. Then, there was a bomb alert at his home but nothing was found.
Mr Brady, who is a candidate for Newry and Armagh in the general election, said he would not be intimidated.
He described the bomb alert at his home as a "terrifying experience for my neighbours".
"Those responsible for this latest threat obviously did not get the message that I will not be deterred from working for the community and carrying out my duties as a Sinn Féin representative," he said.
"I have been heartened by the support I have received from across the constituency and will continue to campaign to retain the Newry and Armagh seat for Sinn Féin and represent everyone equally."
Later, Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson tweeted: "4 bomb warning calls claiming a devise at my home. My family will not be intimated - all caring 4 our 90 year old mother with Alzheimers."
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney also said a series of threats and bomb warnings had been made against Sinn Féin offices in Londonderry and the homes of elected representatives.
He said: "It is an attempt by negative elements to disrupt what has been a positive election campaign, highlighting all that is positive in the city."
The police said checks had been carried out at two houses in Derry, but nothing untoward was found.
The developments come after the home of his Sinn Féin colleague, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, was attacked with paint in Londonderry.
Mr Brady is standing for election in Newry and Armagh. The other candidates are Danny Kennedy, UUP; Justin McNulty, SDLP; Kate Nicholl, Alliance and Robert Rigby, Conservative.
Vandals spray-painted the new five-bedroom river-front houses with the words Locus in Domos Loci Populum.
Locals have said the messages, which appear to be a protest against the development, could "only happen" in the university city.
The homes, in Water Street, Chesterton, priced from £1.25m are on the site of an old pub.
Cambridge University Professor of Classics, Mary Beard, said: "This is a bit hard to translate, but I think what they're trying to say is that a lovely place has been turned into houses."
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The five detached homes, overlooking the River Cam, are being sold jointly by agents Bidwells and Tucker Gardner as a "true 'reflection' of the space and tranquillity" of living in this part of the city.
According to Google Translate, the phrase locus in domos means "room in the house", and loci populum means "local people".
The graffiti has prompted a flurry of reaction on social media, with many arguing about the meaning.
A number have suggested the vandals typed "local homes for local people" into the Google translator, and came up with the phrase "locus in domos loci populum".
One wrote: "Whatever the translation, it's criminal damage."
Other comments include: "This is the most Cambridge thing ever" and "it's a different class of graffiti in Cambridge".
The graffiti is thought to be a protest against the development and the high cost of housing in the city.
According to a recent report from think tank Centre for Cities, Cambridge house prices are the third highest in the country, with the average cost of a city home coming in at £475,820 meaning many people are priced out of the market.
A spokesman for the developer, HC Moss (Builders) Ltd, said the company was "taking steps to remove the graffiti" and believed it was an isolated incident. Security measures at the site were being reviewed, they added.
Cambridgeshire Police confirmed they were investigating the graffiti on four houses in the street.
"A member of the public reported it to us at about 08:00 BST. We're investigating criminal damage in the form of graffiti," a spokesman said. | A Sinn Féin election candidate has said he has had three death threats within 24 hours.
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The baby ape, which is yet to be named or sexed, was born at Twycross Zoo to 19-year-old female Cheka.
Bonobos, which share 98% of their DNA with humans, are endangered, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The Leicestershire zoo said captive breeding programmes are tricky because of the apes' "promiscuous" nature.
Cheka already has a daughter, nine-year-old female Gemena, who lives at Leipzig Zoo in Germany, and a son, Winton, five. They were born as part of a European Endangered Species Programme.
Dr Charlotte Macdonald, from the zoo, said bonobos use sex as a "powerful communication tool" to establish social hierarchies and remove tension from aggressive situations.
"With so much promiscuous behaviour going on they need to be carefully managed to keep their genetic lines healthy," she said.
The zoo is a part of a UN initiative to ensure the long-term survival of chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, and orang-utans and their habitats in Africa and Asia.
Bonobos, which are often mistaken for chimpanzees, are poached for their bush meat and threatened by commercial logging and expansive agriculture in their native Congo, the zoo said.
The great apes, which are as closely related to humans as chimpanzees, were recently found to be communicating with one another in the wild in ways previously thought to be uniquely human.
Dr Michael Meenaghan, 33, was shot through his kitchen window at his home in Oxford on 10 December 1994.
His body was found by police after a 999 call was made from the house just before 16:30 GMT.
The reward, which is valid for three months, has been offered jointly by Crimestoppers and Thames Valley Police.
No one spoke during the 999 call, but someone struggling to breathe was heard.
Dr Meenaghan's mother has urged anyone with information about his death to contact Crimestoppers.
Pat Meenaghan said: "His death is always with me and there is not a day goes by when I don't miss him.
"We still don't know why someone would be so callous as to take his life and rob the world of a lovely man and a gifted scientist."
Police said there was no clear motive for the shooting at Mr Meenaghan's home on Monks Close, on the Blackbird Leys Estate.
Peter Beirne, of Thames Valley Police, said: "Possible motives explored over the years have suggested links to Dr Meenaghan's private life, or to his work, or to a case of mistaken identity.
"However there has been a lack of evidence leading to any conclusive motive and we have to keep an open mind as to what that is."
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Answering a fellow Tory MP's question, Energy Minister Richard Harrington said the government had to take "the necessary time" to consider the scheme.
The project was backed by a government-commissioned review in January.
Some MPs hope to put pressure on ministers on the issue in the light of extra funding for Northern Ireland.
Theresa May's £1bn deal with the Democratic Unionist Party to back her minority government, announced on Monday, has been branded "a straight bung" by Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones.
Mr Harrington was replying to a Commons question from Gloucester Conservative MP Richard Graham, one of 116 MPs who wrote to Business Secretary Greg Clark asking him to implement the recommendations of the Hendry review.
Mr Harrington told him: "The Hendry review also said that there are significant questions as to whether tidal lagoons can be cost-effective, and very complex issues are involved.
"We are fully aware that a government decision is needed in order for anything to proceed, but it is absolutely right that we take the necessary time to consider this carefully."
The company behind the proposal claims it could generate electricity for 155,000 homes over 120 years.
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said about £300m could be lost with "hundreds if not thousands of job losses".
It would be a "real body blow to the economy", he added.
The Treasury says EU projects signed before the chancellor's Autumn Statement will be fully funded.
Politicians in London have agreed that EU schemes in Northern Ireland signed off before November of this year will get guaranteed funding even if they continue after the UK leaves the EU.
That commitment has been welcomed by First Minster Arlene Foster.
"We had a letter from the Treasury a couple of weeks ago. I think it was a very helpful letter," the DUP leader said.
"I think we have been given clarity in relation to European funding."
Northern Ireland has received tens of millions of pounds in the last 20 years - money designed to help divided communities and enhance the peace process.
Since 1995, various peace funds have delivered £1.5bn and a cross-border fund has provided £820m.
Between now and 2020, about £500m in peace and cross-border funding is due to be handed out.
While the UK government has guaranteed to match projects agreed by December, Mr Ó Muilleoir has reservations.
He is worried that any shortfall could put jobs at risk.
"It means hundreds if not thousands of job losses," he said. "It weakens our case. It would be a real body blow to the economy.
"It is my number one priority to fight for this £500m."
Across Northern Ireland, EU money has funded a series of high-profile projects including the Peace Bridge in Londonderry and the Gobbins Cliff walk in County Antrim.
The Skainos centre in east Belfast, which provides a range of community services including a crèche, hostel and social housing, was partly funded by EU money.
Gary Robb from Skainos said the EU money was critical.
The investment was "vital for completion" and without it the centre "may not have happened at all", he said.
The charity Wave, a group that helps victims of the Troubles, also received £4m of EU money.
Chief Executive Sandra Peake said she was worried the charity's youth services would end if the funding stopped and nothing was "put in place" to replace it.
Economist Esmond Birnie, from Price Waterhouse Coopers, said community groups and politicians need to change their mindset now that the UK has voted to leave the EU.
He told the BBC that those schemes in Northern Ireland previously funded by the EU should be examined thoroughly to see if "we need to be pursuing those purposes".
He said what was needed now was "a totally new approach" to funding.
Peace and cross-border funding was established back in the 1990s as Northern Ireland ushered in new times.
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Police Scotland said a 25-year-old man was the victim of an unprovoked attack in Nox, in Justice Mill Lane, in the early hours of Sunday 8 May.
He suffered serious facial injuries.
The man police want to trace is described as in his mid-20s, about 6ft tall, of medium build, with short dark hair. He was wearing a long sleeved top with dark coloured sleeves, and jeans.
PC Paul Slatter said: "This was a vicious attack resulting in a male sustaining severe facial injuries.
"Assaults of this nature have a significant impact on the life of the victim.
"I would appeal to anyone who recognises the male pictured or has any knowledge of this incident to come forward and contact the police."
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The club are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their 1967 European Cup final win over Internazionale.
Bankier says Celtic will always strive to replicate that success, but concedes the disparity in resources with the continent's leading clubs makes it a difficult challenge.
"You would never banish these hopes and ambitions from your mind," he said.
"Right here, right now, it's very difficult because of the economics of Scottish football. The only thing I would say as chairman of the club is you never, ever give up.
"Of course you want to go as far as you can in Europe, get into the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. Whether we do is another thing altogether."
This season, Celtic reached the group stage of the Champions League for the first time in three years but finished bottom of their group.
Rodgers' men won the League Cup by beating Aberdeen in the final and secured the Premiership in April, eventually finishing 30 points clear of the Dons.
And it is Aberdeen that stand between Celtic and a clean sweep of domestic honours in Saturday's Scottish Cup final at Hampden.
Rodgers has spoken of his desire to add to the playing squad this summer, and Bankier believes the emphasis will be on quality rather than quantity when it comes to recruitment in the upcoming transfer window.
When asked what the level of investment would be in the playing squad this summer, the Celtic chairman said: "We're in the hands of Brendan on that one.
"The reality today is that we have a team that has been invested in quite well. You can see the standard of football that's being played.
"I think from Brendan's point of view he'll just want to continue with more of the same. I would see it more in the department of finishing touches than a wholesale going out and buying the world." | Police have issued a CCTV appeal after a "vicious" assault in an Aberdeen nightclub.
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The 23-year-old left the field during the first half of the Dragons' defeat by Ospreys on New Year's Day.
"Dorian has had a pectoral injury, which looks quite serious," said Dragons director of rugby Lyn Jones.
"It could be a few months, which is a blow to us because he's right on top of his game, starting to challenge for national honours behind Dan Biggar."
Scrum-half Sarel Pretorius was also forced off at the Liberty Stadium with a recurrence of a calf injury.
But the Dragons will welcome back Hallam Amos and Tyler Morgan later this month.
The Wales internationals have not played since suffering shoulder injuries during the World Cup but at least one could be fit in time for the crucial European Challenge Cup ties at home to Castres on 15 January.
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"They are big-time players who can offer something different," added Dragons boss Jones.
"There's a good chance one of them will be back [to face Castres], which one I'm not sure.
"They've made really good progress and the medical department need to be congratulated for getting them back with such speed.
"They've recovered very well and we expected both of them to be playing some part in the European competition shortly."
The claim: Andrea Leadsom MP says the Bank of England, the IMF and the US all said the UK should adopt the euro.
Reality Check verdict: None of these three recommended the UK should adopt the euro.
The euro was introduced in 1999. Britain did not have to join because the UK negotiated a permanent opt-out from European Monetary Union (EMU) as part of the Maastricht Treaty, signed in 1992.
Joining has remained an option. So have the Bank of England, IMF or the United States ever said the UK should join the Euro?
Back in 1999 the then governor of the Bank of England, Eddie George, said: "It really is too soon to say whether all participating countries will be able to exist comfortably within the single monetary policy framework or whether there will be tension."
He also said that it would be "tremendously difficult" ever to know for certain if the British economy was ready to join.
Just one year later, in 2000, Sir Eddie reiterated the same position, suggesting that the UK's hesitance to join the euro was down to "a real debate about the risks and potential costs of divergence between our own monetary policy needs and those of the members of the eurozone".
In the same year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that a strong case for or against UK membership of the euro didn't exist.
It judged that the main benefits from joining EMU would be savings in transaction costs and better market transparency. This, they argued, would have a positive impact on investment, productivity and growth.
On the negative side, they said: "joining the EMU would imply relinquishing an independent monetary policy and a flexible exchange rate."
The Reality Check team looked into what the US Treasury were saying in the lead up to the introduction of the euro. We found a number of statements on the benefits of the EMU in general, with one suggesting that any move to strengthen Europe economically would be good for the United States.
But we didn't find any explicit recommendations from the US Treasury arguing for the UK to join the euro.
Read more: The facts behind claims in the EU debate | Newport Gwent Dragons fly-half Dorian Jones is expected to be out for several months with a chest muscle injury.
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Arthur Roy Taylor, from Lancashire, went missing from his boat in Gwbert on Saturday, 15 April.
A man's body was discovered near Ynys Locthyn, Llangrannog, on Sunday at about 14:45 BST.
Dyfed-Powys Police said formal identification of the body has not taken place.
Mr Taylor left his accommodation to take his boat out from Gwbert boat club in Ceredigion. It was found the next day.
Mr Taylor lived in the Cardigan area before moving to Lancashire, but was a frequent visitor because of his association with the Teifi Boating Club.
Edward Delaney told the inquiry into child abuse a Christian Brother had regularly beaten him with a strap, to which a hacksaw blade had been fixed.
He was among thousands of children sent to Australia in the post-war period under UK government-approved schemes.
Mr Delaney said it was "kidnapping".
The first phase of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales is looking at the way organisations have protected children outside the UK.
Mr Delaney was housed at the Bindoon Boys Town orphanage, in Western Australia.
It was run by the Christian Brothers order, with residents forced to construct outbuildings.
In the post-war years, British children were recruited by religious institutions from both the Anglican and Catholic churches, or charities, including Barnardo's and the Fairbridge Society, with the aim of reducing pressure on UK orphanages and increasing the population of Commonwealth countries.
How will the inquiry work?
Mr Delaney, who is now in his late 60s, said: "It's not deportation, it's not sending me to another country to uphold the British flag or whatever.
"I was taken from my mother, which is a very serious offence - I accuse the British government of kidnapping."
He managed to overcome his upbringing to build a successful career as an investment broker.
But he told the inquiry he was still severely affected by the psychological damage of his childhood.
The canings left him unable to sit for two weeks at a time and beatings on his hands resulted in him being told later, aged 21, that he had broken fingers.
But he said after making the threat to the brother who beat him - "the most vicious man I have ever met in my entire life, even by today's standards" - he was left alone.
At one point Mr Delaney collapsed with rheumatic fever and spent nearly a year in hospital without being visited.
"We were nobody's - who cared about us anyway?" he said.
He added that he had been raped regularly for 18 months by another brother during his time at Bindoon.
"Every Christian Brother had a pet - I didn't understand what that meant at the time but I do now," he said.
Mr Delaney said attempts to report, during confession, what had been happening achieved no results.
He recalls being told "Say three Hail Marys and you would be forgiven".
He told the inquiry: "I just wondered why I have to be forgiven - I had done nothing wrong."
The inquiry is currently hearing two weeks of evidence from people sent abroad as children.
In total it is conducting 13 investigations over the next five years into claims made against local authorities, religious organisations, the armed forces and public and private institutions. | The family of a missing 90-year-old sailor has been informed after a body was found off the coast in Ceredigion.
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Fraudsters are able to work out expiry dates and security code numbers by making multiple invalid attempts on different websites, the team claims.
It is thought a similar method was used in the recent Tesco Bank fraud hack.
Visa said the research did not take into account other layers of security such as its Verified by Visa system.
According to the research, which has been published in the journal IEEE Security & Privacy, fraudsters use a so-called Distributed Guessing Attack to get around security features put in place to stop online fraud.
Mohammed Ali, a PhD student at the university's school of computing science and lead author, said: "The current online payment system does not detect multiple invalid payment requests from different websites.
"This allows unlimited guesses on each card data field, using up to the allowed number of attempts - typically 10 or 20 guesses - on each website.
"Also, different websites ask for different variations in the card data fields to validate an online purchase. This means it's quite easy to build up the information and piece it together like a jigsaw.
"The unlimited guesses, when combined with the variations in the payment data fields make it frighteningly easy for attackers to generate all the card details one field at a time."
The team said MasterCard's security network detected similar attacks after less than 10 attempts.
A spokesman for Visa said: "The research does not take into account the multiple layers of fraud prevention that exist within the payments system, each of which must be met in order to make a transaction possible in the real world.
"Visa is committed to keeping fraud at low levels and works closely with card issuers and acquirers to make it very difficult to obtain and use cardholder data illegally."
It said it also had its own Verified by Visa system which offered improved security for online transactions.
Financier James Stunt - the son-in-law of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone - decided to step aside after witnessing "the people's passion" to keep the painting in the UK.
The painting has now been offered to the National Portrait Gallery for £10m, down from the original price of £12.5m.
So far the campaign has raised £3.6m.
The National Portrait Gallery and the Art Fund launched the Save Van Dyck campaign in November. Since then it has received donations from more than 8,000 members of the public.
'When I agreed to buy this great portrait I didn't expect the huge swell of public opinion and the strength of emotion its export would generate," said Stunt, who had planned to hang the portrait in his Los Angeles home.
He added that he had "carefully reconsidered" his position and hoped that his withdrawal, together with the reduced price, would see the appeal succeed.
The appeal now has four months to raise the remaining £6.4m, before the deadline of 20 July.
Flemish artist Van Dyck came to work in England in 1632 at the invitation of King Charles I.
This painting, which dates back to 1640 - shortly before the artist died - has been described as "one of the finest and most important self-portraits" in British art.
The price was reduced following discussions with Stunt, current owner Alfred Bader and art dealer Philip Mould, who were impressed by the public support to keep the painting in the UK.
A joint statement from the Art Fund and National Portrait Gallery called it a "significant boost", which gave them "an improved chance of ensuring that the portrait remains on public display forever".
The work was in a private collection for almost 400 years before it was sold at auction in 2009.
It is believed to have been sold again in the interim.
When Stunt announced his intention to buy the painting, the Government issued a temporary export bar allowing campaigners time to try and save it for the nation.
The application process for an export licence has now been halted.
"Watching the public reaction to Van Dyck's self-portrait develop in this unprecedented way has been amazing, and, for this lover of British historical portraiture, reassuring," said dealer Mould.
"The picture has become an iconic focal point, and for many the thought of it going to the United States would be like losing a chunk of Stonehenge."
Currently on show at the National Portrait Gallery, the painting will embark on a three-year of the UK tour if it is saved. | It is "frighteningly easy" for criminals to get security details for a Visa debit or credit cards, according to research from Newcastle University.
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City of Lincoln Council said charging for facilities at Lucy Tower Street, Castle Square and Tentercroft Street could bring in about £30,000 per year.
It said the changes were part of a range measures to meet savings targets of £4m per annum by 2018/19.
The council said the charges were aimed at getting tourists to contribute.
John Latham, from the authority, said: "Lots of places you go to you have to pay for the toilets, and of course, the expression 'spend a penny' came from that tradition of having to pay for public toilets.
"We think it's reasonable, given the number of visitors, that those visitors help to meet the cost of these facilities by making what will be a very modest contribution."
A report by the council said: "Increasingly charging has become recognised as a way by which visitors to a district, who impact on local infrastructure but pay nothing directly towards its upkeep, can financially contribute to the costs."
The cost of installing barriers at the three sites is estimated to be about £30,000.
City of Lincoln Council, which has a total of eight public conveniences, said all three of the pay toilets are highly rated by the British Toilets Association.
Sylvia Russell said Anne Marie Morris "hasn't got a racist thought in her head".
The MP, who has apologised unreservedly, had been "looking for a metaphor to illustrate a point about Brexit", Ms Russell said.
Announcing the suspension, PM Theresa May said she was "shocked" by the "completely unacceptable" language.
Ms Morris, the MP for Newton Abbot in Devon, has been widely criticised by MPs from all parties, with Conservative colleague Helen Grant tweeting that she was "so ashamed".
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's The World at One, Ms Russell, president of Newton Abbot Conservative Association, said she hoped her punishment would be "proportionate".
"It is very disappointing that Anne Marie finds herself in this situation for an unintentional comment that I am quite sure that she never intended to make," she said.
According to a recording published by the Huffington Post, Ms Morris was discussing the impact of Brexit on the UK's financial services industry at an event organised by the Politeia think tank, which was attended by other MPs when she used a racist phrase.
Asked about the MP's use of language Ms Russell added: "I believe she was really looking for a metaphor to illustrate a point about Brexit - and like sometimes, when you're standing on your feet and you're speaking without a script, things come out that shouldn't come out, and Anne Marie is mortified, I would think, that people should consider that she might be a racist.
"She's not. I have known her for many years and she hasn't got a racist thought in her head."
On Monday Ms Morris told the BBC: "The comment was totally unintentional. I apologise unreservedly for any offence caused."
The suspension of Ms Morris reduces the Conservatives' working majority - which relies on DUP support - to 11, although she would be expected to back the Tories in key votes. | A council has approved proposals to charge 20p to use three of its public toilets as part of plans to combat government funding cuts.
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The 27-year-old was a start-to-finish winner, beating Ian Hutchinson by 31 seconds to take his overall tally of victories to 13.
The Hawk BMW rider set a new race record and set an absolute lap record of 133.962mph on his second lap.
The win means he is now one win behind Hutchinson and Mike Hailwood
He said: "If I knew I was so close to 134mph I would have pushed even harder.
"I was peeved after Wednesday and really wanted this one. It's a fantastic bike and the crowd was massive out on the course.
"I wanted to show the other boys what I was made of today."
Morecambe's John McGuinness was third, 33 seconds behind runner-up Hutchinson, who had clinched a hat-trick for the second year in a row earlier in the week.
Hutchinson said: "It's been a great week, so I can't complain. The Tyco BMW bike was amazing."
McGuinness added: "What can you say? It is a pleasure to be on the podium with two such excellent young riders. I love this place and I already can't wait to get back next year."
Dean Harrison was fourth, Bruce Anstey fifth and Conor Cummins sixth.
The blue riband event of the meeting started three hours later than scheduled after mist on various parts of the circuit caused a series of delays to the schedule for the final day of racing.
As has been the case throughout the practice and race fortnight, Dunlop and Hutchinson set the pace from the start, with Dunlop establishing a narrow 2.8-second lead over his rival at the end of the opening lap thanks to a speed of 133.256mph.
The fastest-ever lap of the Mountain Course helped him to extend his advantage to 9.3 seconds by the end of lap two, and the Ballymoney man maintained a steady pace to repeat his Senior triumph of 2014.
Among the high-profile retirements were Norton rider David Johnson, Gary Johnson and Peter Hickman, who held third place at the end of lap one.
Dani Mathers, 30, pleaded no contest to posting a nude photo of an elderly woman preparing to shower in the locker room at a Los Angeles gym.
The 2015 Playmate of the Year was given the option of 45 days in jail or 30 days of community labour.
She chose the latter and will be removing graffiti.
Mathers had been globally criticised after posting the photo of the unsuspecting woman on social media platform Snapchat with the denigrating caption: "If I can't unsee this then you can't either."
At a Los Angeles courthouse on Wednesday her lawyers changed her plea from "not guilty" to "no contest" after a 20-minute meeting with prosecutors and the judge.
As part of her plea deal, she will be placed on three years of probation and is banned from using a mobile phone "in any place where persons are in a state of undress or have an expectation of privacy," said judge Gustavo Sztraicher.
She is also banned from posting images of people online without their express permission, and must destroy all copies of the offending image.
She was also ordered to stay 100 yards (metres) from her victim and pay her $60 (£46) in restitution.
"Dani is very relieved that this is over," said her attorney Tom Mesereau.
"She pleaded no contest to a misdemeanour, she won't do a day in jail for that and she wants - to get on with her life," he continued.
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The 22-year-old joined Villa from Reading in July and has made 10 appearances for the Championship club.
The ex-Hartlepool loanee scored his first senior goal in a 1-1 draw against Newcastle at Villa Park in September.
Villa have signed midfielders Henri Lansbury, Conor Hourihane and Birkir Bjarnason during the January transfer window.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here. | Northern Ireland's Michael Dunlop has completed a 'big bike' double on the Isle of Man by securing the second Senior TT success of his career.
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But Wiggins, who is aiming to become the first Briton to win the race, is wary of reigning champion Cadel Evans.
I struggled a little bit when I took the [yellow] jersey. I didn't sleep very well that night. I allowed the emotion to slightly get to me
"It's a fantastic position to be in but I'm a human, not a machine, and there's always the possibility of a bad day or a crash," said Wiggins.
"Cadel is not going to give up before we get to Paris."
Team Sky rider Wiggins, 32, claimed his first stage victory of the Tour with his time trial success and, in the process, extended his overall lead over Australian Evans to one minute and 53 seconds.
Riding last on the 41.5km route from Arc et Senans to Besancon, Wiggins clocked 51 minutes 24 seconds to beat Team Sky team-mate and fellow Briton Chris Froome by 35 seconds.
Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara, who held the yellow jersey before Wiggins, was third, while Evans finished in sixth.
Froome is now third in the overall standings, two minutes and seven seconds adrift of the lead.
The riders have a rest day on Tuesday, when Wiggins intends to reflect on his performance so far.
The triple Olympic champion took the yellow jersey on Saturday on the Tour's first summit finish and held it for the next two days through Porrentruy on Sunday and then Monday's time trial.
"Bradley Wiggins just kept going and he is great at time-trialling. He will have had all the information given to him and he had a perfect session. Cadel Evans had a poor start and tried to chip away at the deficit but never looked like recovering it."
"I struggled a little bit at that mountain summit the other day when I took the jersey," he said.
"I didn't sleep very well that night. I allowed the emotion of taking the jersey to slightly get to me. But that's what it's all about, that's why I do this sport, that's why I love it and that's why I train as hard as I do.
"Fortunately we've got a rest day, so a little bit more time to let it all sink in."
Evans is now only 14 seconds ahead of Froome, but the BMC Racing rider remains optimistic, with the Tour set to move into the high mountains before finishing in Paris on Sunday, 22 July.
"There's still a lot more racing to be done before Paris," he said.
Stage 10 on Wednesday covers 195km from Macon to Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and includes the Col du Grand Colombier. At 17.4km long, the hors categorie climb has an average gradient of 7.1% but peaks of 12%.
The RPS exhibition has been held 156 times since it began in 1854 and this year attracted nearly 5,000 entries from 1,285 photographers, spread across nearly 60 countries. It truly is a global competition.
That said, the top three spots went to three photographers from Italy. Antonio Busiello won a gold award, Mattia Vacca a silver and the under-30s award was won by Michele Palazzi.
The pictures are judged anonymously by the selectors who this year were commercial and fine art photographer Ray Spence FRPS; Sophie Batterbury, picture editor of The Independent on Sunday; Anthony Holland Parkin, director of editorial content at Getty Images; contemporary portrait photographer Kate Peters; and fine art photographer Bill Jackson.
Here are the winners and a selection of other pictures that were chosen.
The exhibition opens at Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford on 20 July 2013 before moving on to venues around the country. All the selected images can be seen online. | Tour de France leader Bradley Wiggins says he is in a "fantastic position" after his impressive stage-nine time trial victory on Monday.
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What About The Children? (Watch?) says modern lifestyles could be harming infant brains.
It highlights strapping small children into pushchairs, and the increased use of smartphones and tablets as being particularly damaging.
It says these could have an impact in later life.
Watch? promotes the importance of secure attachment in the early years and the vital role that loving care plays in brain development.
It is holding a conference in London today focused on how the first three years of life shape a child's emotional, physical and mental health "forever".
It will highlight the importance of the physical interaction and social engagement between small children and "consistent, loving carers".
The charity says it is particularly concerned about the impact of modern lifestyles on the brain development of babies and toddlers.
Sally Goddard Blythe, director of the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology, is speaking at the conference.
"Social interaction helps physical development, for example eye contact, singing and talking. That is not happening if a child is in a forward-facing buggy and her mum is using her smartphone," she said.
"Infants need opportunity for free movement and exploration whether that is tummy time, cuddling or rough play.
"Attention, balance and co-ordination skills learned during the first 36 months of life support cognitive learning and have been linked to school performance later."
Another contributor, June O'Sullivan, from the London Early Years Foundation, stresses the importance of relationships.
"Children's wellbeing starts with positive attachment to adults who are attuned and responsive," she said.
"If they understand the children's emotions and put their fears into words, it is very reassuring to the child.
"Wellbeing in the early years is the foundation of success at school, in making friends and relationships and for all adult life."
Bridgend's Madeleine Moon, who sits on the House of Commons Defence Committee, told BBC Wales there were not enough pilots, engineers or navigators to sustain a large air campaign.
She said: "The first question we should ask isn't 'should we do it?' It's 'can we do it?'"
The Ministry of Defence said the RAF could sustain the campaign.
Parliament voted in favour of carrying out air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria last week.
Ms Moon will travel to Iraq in the new year with other members of the defence committee as part of a review into the fight against IS.
Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics show, she said: "We have a lack of pilots, we have a lack of engineers and we have a lack of navigators to actually get the planes in the air.
"People talk about the Typhoons (fighter jets) but the Typhoon can't carry the Brimstone missile which the Americans are so keen to utilise."
The UK has been carrying out air strikes against IS fighters in Iraq since 2013 and according to Ms Moon, 30% of the ground occupied by IS has been won back.
But she has concerns the other 70% is now being discounted as attention turns to Syria.
She said: "We made that same mistake in the past. We were in Afghanistan and in 2001 we went into Iraq and we divided our forces; we split our capability.
"Since then we've had a 30% cut in our armed forces and our armed capabilities and yet we're still thinking we can fight on two fronts. And for me that's not acceptable."
An MoD spokesman said: "The prime minister has already indicated we face a long and challenging campaign against Daesh.
"The RAF has the equipment, skills and personnel to sustain the campaign and will continue to deliver success for as long as it takes.
"Since parliament voted to extend air strikes into Syria, RAF deployment of Typhoons and Tornados has doubled the number of British fighter jets taking the fight to Daesh. The UK is part of a wider international coalition, whose forces have now damaged more than 13,500 targets and taken 30% of Daesh's territory." | Overuse of baby equipment and electronic screens can impede the physical and emotional development of under-threes, a charity has warned.
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As one of sailing's top honours, it was first contested in 1851 in a race between the United States and Great Britain around the Isle of Wight.
To celebrate the race to lift the Auld Mug, we take a look at the weird and wonderful trophies and stories behind them from the world of sport.
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The 30-year old has been at Notts since 2008, but his England commitments mean he has made only 22 first-class appearances for the county.
Director of cricket Mick Newell said: "When he comes back to Notts, he shows the same intensity in how he practices and prepares as he does for England.
"The discipline he shows is something we want our young players to learn."
Broad, who remains centrally contracted by England, has been a mainstay of the Test team since 2008, making 102 appearances, as well as featuring in 121 one-day internationals and 56 Twenty20 international games.
His tally of 368 Test wickets puts him third on England's all-time list behind Sir Ian Botham and James Anderson.
Broad has been involved in four Ashes victories, won the ICC World Twenty20 in 2010, and taken two Test hat-tricks.
"He's still very driven. He's going to play for at least a few more years and his experience and skill will continue to influence matches," added Newell. | The America's Cup returned last weekend with Ben Ainslie's Land Rover BAR team continuing their quest to become the first British crew to win the famous trophy.
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Spectators and competitors were left confused during Tuesday's women's synchronised 10m platform final.
The International Swimming Federation (Fina) explained it was caused by water tanks running out of certain chemicals.
But Fina stressed that there was "no risk" to athletes.
It explained that the discoloration was caused by the pH level - or acidity level - of the water being "outside the usual range".
Rio 2016 spokesperson Mario Andrada said: "We did have test events with the same number of divers but we are using the pool for a longer period now.
"The people in charge could and should have done more extensive tests during the day - we probably failed to notice what would happen over time.
"There is no risk to the athletes - an independent group has confirmed that - and the pool should go back to the classic blue colour soon."
The water remained green during the men's synchronised 3m springboard final on Wednesday evening.
Speaking on Tuesday, Great Britain's 10m synchronised diving bronze medallist Tom Daley described the situation as "slightly strange".
However, he admitted the colour helped divers to judge their rotations, as it contrasted with the sky.
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Mark Kelbie, 35, from Edinburgh, was driving a silver BMW when the accident happened on the A915 between Upper Largo and Largoward at about 05:00 on Saturday.
It is thought that his car may have struck a wall before leaving the road.
Mr Kelbie was taken to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, where he later died.
In a statement issued through Police Scotland, his family said: "Mark was a loving son, father and husband who will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him.
"The family are requesting privacy at this difficult time."
A 24-year-old passenger was also seriously injured in the accident and taken to hospital. His injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.
The road was closed from Upper Largo to Largoward for several hours while officers conducted investigations at the scene.
Sgt Jim Henry, of Police Scotland, said: "Our condolences go to Mark's family and friends and we're working to establish the full circumstances surrounding this collision.
"We're asking anyone who believes they may have seen a silver BMW in the area around this time, or anyone with information which can assist with our inquiries, to come forward." | Rio 2016 organisers have said that the green colour of the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre pool will be rectified "soon", but admitted more "could and should" have been done to prevent the problem.
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In a speech to pro-government lawyers, Ms Rousseff said Brazilian democracy was under attack.
"I have committed no irregularity. I will never resign," she said.
Opposition lawmakers are seeking to remove her over allegations that she manipulated government accounts to hide a growing deficit.
Ms Rousseff, a former political prisoner during Brazil's military government, began her second term in office 14 months ago.
But her popularity has plummeted amid corruption allegations surrounding senior members of the governing Workers' Party.
The speaker of the lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, agreed in December to open impeachment proceedings against her.
"There is just one name for that - a coup," said Ms Rousseff.
"I want tolerance, dialogue and peace. And that will only be possible if democracy is preserved," she said.
Brazilian democracy was restored in 1985, 21 years after the military coup that deposed the left-wing government of Joao Goulart.
The Workers' Party has been in power since Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in for his first term in 2003.
Government supporters say the opposition did not accept the results of the 2014 election, in which Ms Rousseff was re-elected for another four-year term, and are trying to remove her by undemocratic means.
Last week, Ms Rousseff suffered another blow when a move to appoint Lula as her chief of staff was blocked by a federal judge.
The government appealed against the decision, but it was later confirmed by a Supreme Court judge. The court is expected to issue a final ruling by the end of the month.
Ms Rousseff had been accused by opposition figures of appointing Lula to shield him from charges of money-laundering which he denies.
The leftist former leader is being investigated for alleged involvement in major corruption at state-owned oil company Petrobras.
Under Brazilian law, cabinet members can be investigated only by the Supreme Court.
During a pro-government demonstration on Saturday, Lula said he was joining the government to help the country and said Brazil, which is in its worst recession in decades, needed to resume growth.
"There will not be a coup against Ms Rousseff," he told cheering supporters.
"Democracy is the only way to allow people to participate in government's decisions," added the former leader.
Lula says he will run for president again in 2018.
The 44-year-old was arrested in Reading on Saturday afternoon on suspicion of assault and a drugs offence and was taken to nearby Loddon Valley Police Station.
Officers became concerned for his welfare and took him to hospital.
He was discharged the same day but was then found unresponsive in his cell on Sunday and died later, police said.
Formal identification has not taken place yet but the man's next of kin have been informed.
He was found unresponsive in his cell at about 04:00 BST on Sunday and was declared dead in hospital an hour later, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.
It is mandatory for cases involving the death of detainees to be referred to the IPCC.
Det Ch Supt Tim De Meyer said Thames Valley Police was "co-operating fully" with the investigation.
"Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time," he added.
The incident, which involved a baseball and knife, happened at the ScotMid on East Baldridge Drive, Dunfermline at about 15:00 on Wednesday.
The 26-year-old is expected to appear at Dunfermline Sheriff Court later. A 25-year-old man has also been arrested and appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court on Thursday.
Officers are not looking for anyone else in connection with the robbery. | Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has said impeachment proceedings launched against her in Congress amount to a coup attempt.
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Easyjet was the biggest riser on the index, with traders citing reports that it could be a target for US leasing company AerCap.
The FTSE 100 was down 15.73 points at 6,853.23, with little company news about to move the market.
In the FTSE 250, William Hill shares rose 5% after it raised its full-year profit outlook.
The bookmaker said 2016's operating profits would be at the higher end of its previous guidance of £260m-£280m.
Its comments, issued late on Thursday, came shortly after Rank and 888 abandoned their attempt to merge with the bookmaker in a complex three-way tie-up.
The two companies said they had not been able to "meaningfully engage" with William Hill's board.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.36% against the dollar to $1.3120 and dropped 0.1% against the euro to €1.1588.
Acrylamide is produced when starchy foods are roasted, fried or grilled for too long at high temperatures.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommends carefully following cooking instructions and avoiding browning.
However, a Cancer Research spokeswoman said the link was not proven in humans.
The FSA also says potatoes should not be kept in the fridge.
This is because sugar levels in the potatoes rise at low temperatures, potentially increasing the amount of acrylamide produced during cooking.
Acrylamide is present in many different types of food and is a natural by-product of the cooking process.
The highest levels of the substance are found in foods with high starch content which have been cooked above 120C, such as crisps, bread, breakfast cereals, biscuits, crackers, cakes and coffee.
It can also be produced during home cooking, when high-starch foods - such as potatoes, chips, bread and parsnips - are baked, roasted, grilled or fried at high temperatures.
When bread is grilled to make toast, for example, this causes more acrylamide to be produced. The darker the colour of the toast, the more acrylamide is present.
During the browning process, the sugar, amino acids and water present in the bread combine to create colour and acrylamide - as well as flavour and aromas.
The Food Standards Agency says it is not clear exactly how much acrylamide can be tolerated by people, but it does believe that we are eating too much of it.
So it is advising people to make small changes to the way they cook and prepare food, including:
Research in animals has shown that the chemical is toxic to DNA and causes cancer - so scientists assume the same is true in people, although as yet there is no conclusive evidence.
The possible effects of acrylamide exposure include an increased lifetime risk of cancer and effects on the nervous and reproductive systems.
But whether or not acrylamide causes these effects in humans depends upon the level of exposure.
Smoking exposes people to three to four times more acrylamide than non-smokers because the chemical is present in tobacco smoke.
As well as advising the public, the Food Standards Agency is also working with industry to reduce acrylamide in processed food.
And there has been some progress - between 2007 and 2015, it found evidence of an average 30% reduction in acrylamide across all products in the UK.
Steve Wearne, director of policy at the Food Standards Agency, said most people were not aware that acrylamide even existed.
"We want our campaign to highlight the issue so that consumers know how to make the small changes that may reduce their acrylamide consumption whilst still eating plenty of starchy carbohydrates and vegetables as recommended in government healthy eating advice.
"Although there is more to know about the true extent of the acrylamide risk, there is an important job for government, industry and others to do to help reduce acrylamide intake."
Emma Shields, health information officer from Cancer Research UK, acknowledges that acrylamide in food could be linked to cancer - but she says the link is not clear and consistent in humans.
"To be on the safe side, people can reduce their exposure by following a normal healthy, balanced diet - which includes eating fewer high calorie foods like crisps, chips and biscuits, which are the major sources of acrylamide.
"The UK Food Standards Agency also advises that people cook starchy foods like potatoes and bread to a golden yellow colour or lighter, as the time and temperature of cooking determine the amount of acrylamide produced."
She said there was many other well-established risk factors for cancer "like smoking, obesity and alcohol which all have a big impact on the number of cancer cases in the UK". | (Noon): The FTSE 100 fell, but shares in Easyjet rose 2% on speculation that the airline could be a takeover target.
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The son of Arthur Jones, 73, described the news as "deeply upsetting", although the man's body has yet to be formally identified by authorities.
Mr Jones, a keen walker with 40 years' experience, had not been seen since 19 June - two days after he arrived on the Greek island for a holiday.
His family thought he could have gone out walking by himself and may have been taken ill.
"The last six weeks have been terribly stressful, difficult to cope and hard to think straight," said Jeff Jones, from Prestatyn, who had visited Crete to search for his father.
"It is deeply upsetting and a big shock to finally receive some news but it comforting to know he was doing something he enjoyed.
"We as a family would like to thank everyone for their support, help and contribution in a quest to find my father since he went missing six weeks ago."
Family and friends flew to the island to help search for the pensioner and were later joined by North Wales Police.
Det Chief Insp Gareth Evans from North Wales Police said although the body had not been formally identified there were personal possessions which led authorities to believe it was that of Mr Jones.
He said the man's body was found "sitting under a tree" which followed the theory that he had gone out for a walk and "suffered some form of medical episode" and had then sought shelter or shade.
"The fact that the body has not been found for six weeks highlights how difficult it is to search that area. It is very open countryside," said Mr Evans.
"It's a very sad day for the family ... but it gives them some answers as well."
The alarm was raised when Mr Jones did not board his plane home on 24 June.
Official searches focused on the area between his hotel and a nearby war cemetery where he signed the visitors' book.
A Facebook campaign to Find Arthur attracted support from over 3,000 people and Prime Minister David Cameron also pledged to do "everything he can" to help find Mr Jones.
Organisers said the 21st year of the festival will take place from Friday 3 to Sunday 26 June.
Plans are being developed to bring back the street parade in the years ahead.
The parade was previously dropped in 2012 after the costs of road closures, security and clearing-up could not be met from sponsorship income.
Organisers said the festival would feature more than 400 events, including a festival of singing, a big band concert and a series of rock concerts.
Many of these will be held at the bandstand in Kelvingrove Park.
Festival chairwoman Liz Scobie said "Our 21st birthday is a truly significant milestone.
"We have evolved from a few events to a programme of more than 400 and the participation of hundreds of thousands of people of all ages supported by a small army of volunteers.
"As we take time to develop our new-look festival, we have decided that there will not be a parade in Byres Road this year, whilst making plans for it to return bigger and better in the years to come."
The full programme for the festival will be launched in April. | A body has been found in the search for a Denbigh pensioner missing in Crete.
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Medeama said Swedish coach Strand "checked out of his hotel room without our consent" after the 3-1 defeat by Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday.
A resignation note was found in his room and the club contacted South African Police to try to locate Strand.
On Tuesday, Medeama appointed Augustine Evans Adotey as interim coach.
Adotey, who doubles as Ghana's Under-17 female team coach, will be in charge of the Confederation Cup return leg against Mamelodi Sundowns on 18 May.
Reports on Tuesday suggest Strand has returned to his native Sweden.
In a statement on Monday, Medeama expressed their concern, saying: "The Ghana High Commission in South Africa has also been duly notified of the current situation.
"The club is in constant touch and cooperating fully with authorities to unravel the mystery surrounding Strand's whereabouts.
"We would like to assure to our teeming fans and Ghanaians to remain calm in these trying times."
The 35-year-old joined Medeama in December 2014 and led them to an 11th-place finish in the league last season.
The Public Accounts Committee said the new Emergency Services Network system could require more testing beyond its scheduled start date of December 2019.
Contracts for the old network may have to be extended, costing hundreds of millions of pounds, it said.
Ministers said the technology would be the "most advanced of its kind".
Currently the 105 police, fire and ambulance services in England, Scotland and Wales communicate using the radio network Airwave - contracts for which expire in two years.
But the Public Accounts Committee said the system due as the replacement, ESN, was "not yet proven" and probably would not be ready on time.
The MPs said the Home Office had not budgeted for such a lengthy delay and that it must put detailed contingency plans in place.
It has also called on ministers to address what it says are "real security concerns" about how well ESN will work on underground systems in London, Glasgow and elsewhere.
Committee chairwoman Meg Hillier said: "It is critical for public safety and achieving value for money that the government has a firm grasp of the implications of delays in its timetable and a costed plan to tackle them.
"We will expect it to demonstrate real progress in this area when it reports back to us later this year."
A Home Office spokesman said ESN was the most advanced communications system of its kind and would deliver "significant savings for the taxpayer".
He added: "The timescales are ambitious because we want to get the most from technology that will help save lives, but we are clear that no risks will be taken with public safety and the existing Airwave system will continue until transition on to ESN is completed." | Ghanaian club Medeama have replaced their coach Tom Strand after he went missing following a Confederation Cup match at the weekend.
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Max Verstappen set the pace - 0.2secs ahead of team-mate Daniel Ricciardo - as Mercedes' Nico Rosberg was only sixth and team-mate Lewis Hamilton down in 13th.
Mercedes did not run the fastest tyre - the super-soft - preferring to save their limited chosen allocation for Saturday.
Rosberg and Hamilton spent virtually the entire session doing race preparation work - especially important for the world champion, who will start from the back of the grid following a series of engine penalties.
Hamilton has used two entirely new power units so far this weekend as Mercedes take in one race the new parts he needs to complete the season following a series of failures in the early races.
Those problems meant Hamilton used too many turbos and MGU-Hs (the motor-generator unit that recovers energy from the turbo) in the first four grands prix and Mercedes needed to take more than the permitted five to get him through the season.
Making all the changes in one race weekend minimises the damage as no matter how many penalty places Hamilton receives, he can only be demoted as far as the back of the grid.
It is possible Mercedes may take a third brand new engine for Hamilton before final practice on Saturday morning to further improve his position.
Hamilton knows he is facing a "damage limitation" weekend and that Rosberg will almost certainly eat into his 19-point championship lead on Sunday.
Hamilton is not the only driver who will drop to the back of the grid for this reason.
McLaren's Fernando Alonso will join him there after needing an engine change following a water leak in the first session.
The new engine fitted to Alonso's car is of the same upgraded specification as that of team-mate Jenson Button's, but the Briton did not hit any problems.
Button was ninth fastest, Alonso only 0.3secs adrift in 12th despite losing the entire first session.
Sauber's Marcus Ericsson also has an engine penalty, of 10 places.
It means the Swede, Hamilton and Alonso will be at the back in that order as things stand at the moment - although Hamilton would move to last place on the grid if Mercedes do fit a third engine on Saturday.
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Red Bull's pace bodes well for a competitive performance this weekend - and delighted the thousands of Dutch fans who have come across the border to cheer on Verstappen in beautiful sunshine and temperatures of 31C.
But Mercedes almost certainly have enough pace in hand for Rosberg and Hamilton to qualify fastest.
This is underlined by the fact Rosberg set a time in the first session which was only 0.3secs off Verstappen's fastest of the day, on his first lap out of the pits and with the car fitted with the halo head protection system.
Mercedes have selected only four sets of the super-soft tyre for the weekend, and will need all those for qualifying day on Saturday.
The speed of Verstappen and Ricciardo is of greater concern to Ferrari, who had a difficult day and were struggling to beat the Force Indias.
Their fastest driver, Sebastian Vettel, was fourth fastest, 0.4secs behind Force India's Nico Hulkenberg. Team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was 0.2secs further back in seventh place and behind Sergio Perez, and the four-time champion was 0.9secs off the pace.
Ferrari's pace did little to diminish the sense of a team in crisis that has increasingly enveloped them this year as their performance has slumped, in addition to the departure of their highly regarded technical director James Allison last month.
Belgian Grand Prix practice results
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Third-tier Hansa said a flare was set off from the away end shortly after half-time, before the game was later suspended for 10 minutes.
Hertha Berlin added that the referee called both teams off the pitch for safety reasons in the 77th minute.
The Bundesliga side scored twice to win the game 2-0 after play resumed. | Red Bull were surprise pacesetters in the second practice session at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, as Mercedes ran their session in unusual fashion.
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Announcing his decision, Dane County District Attorney Ishmael Ozanne said police officer Matt Kenny had been attacked and feared for his life.
Nineteen-year-old Tony Robinson Jr, who was mixed race and unarmed, was shot on 6 March in a Madison apartment.
His death sparked protests in the state capitol building, one of a series of US police shootings to raise tensions.
More protesters with banners saying "Black lives matter" gathered in Madison after the attorney made his announcement on Tuesday.
Mr Robinson's mother, Andrea Irwin, vowed to continue the "fight" as she addressed a crowd of supporters outside Grace Episcopal Church.
Earlier, Mr Ozanne had said: "This tragic and unfortunate death was the result of a lawful use of deadly police force and no charges should be brought against Kenny."
Officer Kenny was responding to an emergency call about a man obstructing traffic who had allegedly been involved in an assault, when he confronted Robinson.
On the night of the shooting, Robinson had various illicit drugs in his system, according to autopsy reports.
His friends who made multiple 911 calls said he was "acting crazy" and tried to choke one of them. They said he attacked people on the sidewalk and was running in front of cars, Mr Ozanne said.
Mr Kenny drew his firearm before entering the apartment building Robinson was in and he claims he was attacked by Robinson at the top of the stairs.
He said he feared he would be knocked down the stairs and Robinson would take his gun, and he fired seven shots at him.
But Mr Robinson's relatives, and many of the Wisconsin protesters, insist he is a victim of police brutality.
"My decision won't bring him back, it will not end the racial disparities that exist in justice system," said Mr Ozanne.
"It is not based on emotion, rather the facts as they have been investigated and reported to me, guided by the rule of law."
The men from Birkenhead were charged following an extensive investigation into child sexual exploitation.
Vinothan Rajenthiram, 26, has been charged with two counts of rape and nine counts of sexual activity with a girl under 16, Merseyside Police said.
Ilavarasan Rajenthiram, 25, has been charged with eight counts of sexual activity with a girl under 16 and two counts of sexual assault on a female.
Both men appeared at Wirral Magistrates' Court earlier.
The 10-year-old was struck as she crossed the road on Friday and suffered a fractured skull, broken legs and pelvis and a bleed to the brain.
A man, 26, was detained on suspicion of drug driving and dangerous driving causing serious injury, after the crash at about 20:00 BST.
A van driver who is a potential witness to the crash, in Manchester Road, Denton, is urged to contact police. | No charges will be brought against a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed teenager in Wisconsin.
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"Ambitious" plans to transfer more powers from Westminster to Wales were promised by the UK government earlier in November.
Tax powers are already included in the Wales Bill going through Parliament.
Mr Crabb reinforced a St David's Day deadline for agreement on devolution priorities in a speech in Cardiff.
He said that after 15 years of debating devolution Welsh politicians should start to focus more on public services and the economy.
Brett McGurk, special envoy for the coalition against IS, says US-backed forces have seized about 45% of Raqqa since the operation started in June.
He says the group is fighting for its own survival and that the militants are likely to die in the city.
IS seized Raqqa in 2014, proclaiming it the capital of a "caliphate".
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been gradually advancing on the city since November, and launched an offensive to take it on 6 June.
It is unclear how many civilians are still in Raqqa, but the United Nations estimates this number to be between 20,000 and 50,000.
The loss of Raqqa would be another major setback for IS after the jihadist group was driven from its main Iraqi bastion of Mosul last month.
The militants have lost 78% of the territory they held in Iraq and 58% of what they had in Syria, Mr McGurk added.
"Today in Raqqa, Isis is fighting for every last block... and fighting for their own survival," he said, using another acronym for IS. "They most likely will die in Raqqa."
More than 300,000 people have lost their lives in six years of conflict in Syria, which began with protests against President Bashar al-Assad before escalating into a full-scale civil war. Eleven million people have been displaced by the fighting. | Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has called on political parties to "end the arguments" about devolution so they can focus on boosting the Welsh economy.
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Similar cloaking efforts are underway to make objects invisible to light and even sound waves, but this is the first device to work with heat.
The prototype, to be outlined in Physical Review Letters, contained a 5cm-wide flat region impervious to heat flowing around it.
The technology could be put to use in thermal management in electronics.
The theoretical ideas behind the prototype were outlined in a paper by French researchers in 2012 - now made real in copper and a silicone material called PDMS.
It works by channelling heat flow around the central region, with carefully designed, alternating rings made of the two materials.
"If you follow a ring around, you can follow those areas of high [heat] conductivity, but if you go toward the centre you are repeatedly blocked by a layer of low conductivity," explained lead author of the study Robert Schittny of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany.
"You can see that it's easier for the heat to just travel around this object than travel toward the centre," he told BBC News.
But the effort is not just about insulating the central region from heat - it is to make it "look" like it is simply not there.
"You want the heat flow to look as if there were no disturbance at all in the middle, and basically if you want to guide the heat around the central part, it takes a detour, a longer time to go around there," Mr Schittny explained.
"Each ring is made so that it specifically compensates exactly this detour that the heat has to make."
Mr Schittny said that the work showed promise for applications where heat needed to be carefully shuttled around - electronics systems, cooling or energy systems, and so on. And the prototype works just as the 2012 work predicted it would.
"We were all surprised by how well the theoretical simulations and the experimental results in the end agreed," he said.
Scientists from Scotland, Canada and US, said their studies of rocks on Barra and the Uists showed that hydrogen was formed after earthquakes.
Hydrogen is essential for supporting life, the researchers said.
The scientists said on Mars there are "Marsquakes" which may produce hydrogen in the same way as quakes on Earth.
The study, which has been published in the journal Astrobiology, was carried out by scientists from the University of Aberdeen, working alongside colleagues from Yale University in the US and Brock University in Canada.
Their research was supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council and has been released amid preparations for Nasa's 2018 mission to the Red Planet.
Prof John Parnell, from the University of Aberdeen's School of Geosciences, said: "Earthquakes cause friction, and our analysis of ancient rock in the Outer Hebrides has demonstrated how this creates hydrogen.
"Hydrogen is a fuel for simple microbes, so microbes could live off hydrogen created in the Earth's subsurface as a result of seismic activity.
"This is a model that could apply to any other rocky planet, and on Mars there are so-called 'Marsquakes' that may produce hydrogen and therefore could feed life in the Martian sub-surface.
"Our analysis finds that conservative estimates of current seismic activity on Mars predict hydrogen generation that would be useful to microbes, which adds strength to the possibility of suitable habitats that could support life in the Martian sub-surface."
He added: "Nasa has plans to measure seismic activity on Mars during its 2018 InSight mission, and our data will make those measurements all the more interesting." | Researchers have built and tested a form of invisibility cloak that can hide objects from heat.
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The 23-year-old RAF gunner vanished after a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on 24 September.
His mother Nicola Urquhart organised the public search off the A11 near Barton Mills in conjunction with Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue.
She previously said she had lost faith in the police. This is the second search she has arranged.
Mr Mckeague, from Dunfermline in Fife, was last seen walking alone in Bury St Edmunds at about 03:25 BST.
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Investigators tracing his phone's signal found it had moved from the town to the Barton Mills area, but the phone has never been located.
Joining the search, Mrs Urquhart said: "This area here, at Barton Mills, is where Corrie's phone 'pinged' off the mast, and this is the one bit of evidence we've been given.
"If he was to try to get back to Honington [RAF Honington, where he was based] he's got to walk through the woods that we're going to be searching."
She said she "understood" police did not have the resources to search "such a vast area with only one tiny bit of evidence".
Volunteers were split into teams lead by experienced searchers.
About 40 members of the public joined rescuers from organisations in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Essex.
Five cadaver dogs - used to search for bodies - were also brought in, as well as a drone.
Andy King, chairman of Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue said this latest search concentrated on "areas of interest".
"We've looked in places that he could perhaps be if he'd been hit by a car.
"There are also possible places where you might go if you wanted to dump a body. Some have been searched before, others haven't."
The search had been "a success in terms of ruling out some areas, but it cannot be called a true success until we find him, and unfortunately that's not the case today", he said.
The attack took place in Cleveland Road, Huddersfield on Monday 30 May.
The 38-year-old man is recovering at home from "significant leg injuries" and "did what he could to protect his son", said West Yorkshire Police.
The force has appealed for any information and particularly CCTV images from the area about the attack.
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The victim, speaking anonymously told BBC Radio Leeds: "When I have dreams, it is very bad I can see myself dragging under the car, it was really awful. I still have nightmares."
"I saw my blood, and blood everywhere my clothes were shredded and I hadn't done anything to the guy."
The victim was driving the car with his son Mohammed in the back seat towards the junction with Halifax Road in the town's suburb of Marsh when he saw a man in the middle of the road.
Mohammed's father said he tooted the horn at him and asked him to get on the pavement for his safety.
The suspect hit a window on the car and smashed it, dragged the driver out and reversed the car despite Mohammed's father grabbing the steering wheel.
The car was then driven over him injuring both legs and his ribs and he was dragged a short distance under the car, causing injuries to his face, until the car hit a wall.
The attacker was then said to have got out of the car and stood on the victim's leg as he ran ran off.
Mohammed, who was frightened but unhurt during the attack, said: "I was stunned someone would do that to my dad.
"It made me feel grateful for my parents, I could have lost my dad and am really lucky I haven't."
The suspect is described as black, in his 30s, with a muscular build, his face has a pointed jaw and stubble, said police.
Det Con Mick Cummings said although the incident only lasted about 30 seconds it was "very frightening" but said attacks with "this level of violence don't occur very often". | Up to 100 people joined a search for missing airman Corrie Mckeague, but failed to find any trace of him.
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The squad had been due to depart for Slovenia at 13:30 BST but as a result of an issue with the plane, that has been put back at least three hours.
Aberdeen and NK Maribor are level at 1-1 after the first leg.
"When there's an itinerary there you want to stick to it but it's no drama from our point of view," said McInnes.
A similar travel scenario surrounded the Dons' trip to Latvia in the previous round, when they played Ventspils.
McInnes stressed it would make "no difference" to how they prepare for the third qualifying round match.
"We weren't planning on training at the stadium tonight (Wednesday) anyway," he added.
"We wanted to be a bit more specific and train here this morning so there's no real change from that other than the players will arrive a bit later, we get to the hotel and just go straight in for dinner.
"We hoped to be in watching the Celtic game. Hopefully, we can still get to see that and then the plans on Thursday will be as normal so there's not really too much change to our preparation."
The Dons boss also admitted the match paled in significance to the deaths of two young Maribor players in a car accident on Tuesday.
A minute's silence will be held before the match for Damjan Marjanovic and Zoran Baljak.
"You never know how they react to that. In a football sense, it's secondary," said McInnes.
"Firstly it's awful news. Our sympathies go to everyone involved - the club and the families especially - from our club.
"It's not the news you want to hear and regardless of how that affects them, it's just awful.
"You try to put it into perspective with how it would be if it was a 19-year-old and 20-year-old from our club and you start to identify who those players could be and how close they are to the first-team players as well."
Jake Ball (2-53) reduced Durham to 8-2 before career-best one-day scores from Graham Clark (92) and Cameron Steel (77) rebuilt the visitors' innings.
Collingwood hit a six and eight fours in his 47-ball innings to see Durham home with five balls to spare on 299-6.
Earlier, Alex Hales made 104 but Notts lost their last five wickets in 10 balls to be dismissed for 297.
Samit Patel - in his benefit game at Trent Bridge - made 28 before Hales, who passed 5,000 one-day runs, accelerated the innings and hit three sixes but holed out to Ryan Pringle off James Weighell (3-66), while Chris Read (61) and Billy Root (66) put on 101 for the sixth wicket.
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Durham came back strongly as Paul Coughlin (2-53) and Mark Wood (3-62) both took two wickets in two balls as Notts were restricted to under 300 after being 288-5.
The visitors then recovered from a shaky start thanks to Clark and Steel who put on 160 for the third wicket, but both were dismissed in the space of four balls.
Wicketkeeper Read took his 257th one-day catch to dismiss Ryan Pringle to equal Bruce French's record for Notts, but ex-England one-day skipper Collingwood kept his cool and hit Harry Gurney to the boundary to score the winning runs from the first ball of the final over.
Despite being deducted two points at the start of the season, Durham move up to second in the North Group table, while Notts are fourth with three wins from six matches.
His assailant approached him from behind on Brodie Avenue at about 21:30 on Sunday and carried out the assault.
The attacker is described as between 40 and 50 years old, of thin build with short grey hair.
He was wearing blue jeans, a dark coloured top and trainers and was in the company of a woman, described as being short and aged about 19.
The victim suffered minor injuries but did not require medical assistance. | Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes has played down the level of disruption to the club's Europa League preparations after a second lengthy flight delay.
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Crown Prince Naruhito could then ascend the throne on 1 January 2019, according to the reports.
Akihito, 83, hinted in August that he wanted to stand down, saying his age could interfere with his duties.
No Japanese emperor has abdicated for two centuries and the law currently does not allow it.
The abdication itself could take place on 31 December 2018, with Akihito's 56-year-old son taking over the next day, the reports said.
Rather than permanently changing the law to allow emperors to quit, the change being considered would be a one-off exception.
That would sidestep controversy amongst conservatives about changing succession laws, including whether to allow women to ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne - something the Japanese public is thought to support but which has long been opposed by ultra-conservative politicians.
A six-member advisory panel to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been discussing the issue since October, and is expected to issue its report as early as May.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga denied knowledge of any consensus over how to proceed, telling reporters things were "still at a stage where no direction has emerged".
Akihito, who has had heart surgery and was treated for prostate cancer, has been on the throne since the death of his father, Hirohito, in 1989.
He has not explicitly said he wants to abdicate, as he is barred from making political statements.
Kevin Nunes, 20, a suspected drug dealer from Wolverhampton, was found dead in Pattingham, Staffordshire.
Five men jailed for his murder were cleared on appeal in March 2012.
The report was published following Freedom of Information requests made by the Express and Star newspaper.
The Staffordshire Police report from November 2006 concluded the "sensitive policing unit" needed "radical restructuring".
For more on this story and other Staffordshire news
The redacted copy of the 2006-07 Management Review said a complaint by an officer "exposed failings in the structure, procedures, working practices, culture and management" of the unit, which was later disbanded.
The report detailed failings including a breakdown in trust between officers, concerns over officers drinking, poor morale and friction between staff members.
It found a decision to change staff assigned to protected witnesses in the Nunes murder case created "open resentment" and "unrest" within the unit.
It also led to complaints by the witnesses against one officer.
The review was commissioned following an informal meeting between the head of the unit and the head of professional standards at Staffordshire Police at the team - Supt Jane Sawyers, who is now Staffordshire's Chief Constable.
It said the review team concentrated in particular on the unit's involvement with the Nunes investigation, "which was the main reason why DI [name redacted] decided to approach Supt Sawyers".
In March 2012 five men convicted of Mr Nunes' murder were cleared by the Appeal Court.
The court heard concerns about the credibility of the key prosecution witness were not disclosed to the defence.
Two of the men cleared have begun legal action against the force.
Staffordshire Police said the "sensitive policing unit" was disbanded in 2007 and the management of protected witnesses had been carried out on a national basis since 2012.
Last March, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said four senior officers, including Chief Constable Sawyers, would not face misconduct hearings over claims they failed to declare evidence in relation to the shooting of Mr Nunes.
The watchdog said it found "no evidence of a cover-up or of wilful omission".
Nick Baker, Deputy Chief Constable in Staffordshire, said: "The content of the report shows that the actions of some of those in the unit 10 years ago is not one that now, or at the time, met the high standards we expect of officers and staff working for Staffordshire Police.
"Any mistakes or misconduct were of a professional, not criminal nature, and tackled according to the force's disciplinary process, as set out in the review." | Japan is considering legal changes to allow Emperor Akihito to abdicate at the end of 2018, say local media reports citing government sources.
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A group of former residents of the St Francis Boys Home in Shefford are taking legal action against the Church.
Most allegations are against Father John Ryan who died in 2008, but the latest claim relates to another, also deceased priest and dates back to 1952.
The ex-resident only felt able to tell his family about the abuse this year.
He told the BBC: "I was 10 years old when I went to the home. One day the priest said he wanted to see me in his room to make the bed.
"So I went up to the bed and he sexually abused me, and did this again and again over a period of months. It was pretty traumatic."
The former resident, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he was "disgusted" the Church had not apologised to the children abused at the home and that he would be contacting the police and offering to take part in the group action.
"The Church needs to be made accountable to all the lives it has ruined," he said.
A new investigation was started this year after allegations of sexual abuse in the 1950s and 1960s at the home run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton.
The man's brother, who also went to the home, said: "My brother was abused maybe 12 times. All he can remember is the priest's hairy chest, he then blanked out.
"I think the most important thing is that it comes out into the open, so people can see what really happened."
A spokesman for the Northampton Diocese of the Catholic Church, which ran the home, said it "deeply regrets" any hurt caused, but stressed the "claims are not proven".
Police patrols at airports and train stations and enhanced border checks have been in place since explosions hit the Belgian capital on Tuesday.
Two million Britons are expected to go abroad over the four-day weekend.
The government said there may be "some limited delays" and people should check travel advice before setting off.
Travel organisation Abta also urged holiday-makers to allow "adequate time" for extra security checks.
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Eurostar passengers have been told to allow one hour due to "enhanced security checks" with the cross-Channel operator expecting 22,000 people to use its trains to travel out of the UK on Good Friday.
London's airports will be busy with over 950,000 passengers set to depart from Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton.
Meanwhile an estimated six million Britons are expected to make trips within the UK, with the RAC warning that the most congested stretches of road are likely to include the M5 south from Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, towards Exeter, the M6 north from the West Midlands towards Lancashire and all sections of the M25.
The motoring group claimed it was "inevitable" that popular road arteries will be congested and warned drivers to expect "heavy traffic and jams on major routes".
Rail passengers have been advised to check for alterations to their journey because a number of lines will be suspended as Network Rail carries out more than 450 individual improvement projects.
NR chief executive Mark Carne said he was "acutely conscious" that many people want to use the railway over Easter, but claimed it is a good time to carry out work on the network because there would be fewer passengers than normal over the four-day period.
Forecasters predict changeable weather over the weekend. Good Friday is expected to be mainly dry across the UK but a band of heavy rain is expected to move from west to east across the country on Saturday with the chance of some snow over the high ground in Scotland.
It will also be windy with severe gales in exposed areas and heavy thundery showers with hail possible. The largest rainfall totals on Saturday are expected over the north-west.
For those looking for a warmer holiday, Spain will be the most popular destination for an Easter break, with the Canary Islands in particular seeing large numbers of British holidaymakers, Abta said.
Holidays in Orlando, Dubai, Mexico and the Dominican Republic are also in demand. | An ex-resident of a Catholic orphanage in Bedfordshire has spoken for the first time about being sexually abused by a priest 60 years ago.
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The building was damaged on Saturday night when much of the region was hit by strong winds and heavy rain.
Anjo Abelaira, the chairman of Lowther Hills Ski Club, said the hut was used for storage and as a shelter.
Its destruction will affect the number of days the ski tow can be opened on the hill this winter, he added.
He added: "For safety reasons, we will be less inclined to have people skiing on Lowther Hill if the weather forecast is not kind, as there will be no place to shelter in an emergency."
The ski club wants to build permanent snowsport facilities on the Lowther Hill.
The temporary building was donated to the club and installed by volunteers, while they sought funding for a permanent clubhouse.
The club has ambitions to develop the area around Wanlockhead and Leadhills as the outdoor capital of the south of Scotland.
Mr Abelaira said: "Storm Desmond's razing of the building also adds further pressure on our already very tight schedule of works for this season."
He added: "There are many other exciting jobs that we could be doing at the next work party, for example, building the first metres of our brand new, permanent, post and rail snow fencing but we will need to prioritise clearing the debris of the building off the hill first.
"We could also be finalising a number of ongoing admin jobs, including the funding applications for the new clubhouse. Instead, we are currently organising the logistics of removal, storage and disposal of the debris."
He said the set back has galvanised efforts to improve snowsports facilities in the Lowther Hills.
"Our skiing facilities should be able to operate in an extreme weather environment that often sees hurricane force winds and extremely wet and cold conditions," he added.
"It is not the first time that we have suffered weather damage and it will not be the last and we are prepared to deal with it. But the timing of this incident just before the start of the season is particularly disappointing."
Prof Doug Turnbull, from Newcastle University, has spent 40 years researching and treating patients with mitochondrial disease.
Parliament voted last year to allow the IVF treatment to be used.
And recent study results showed the technique was safe.
Prof Turnbull said he was "delighted" to receive his knighthood.
He added: "I am privileged to work with a dedicated group of colleagues and we all work together to improve the lives of patients with mitochondrial disease."
Prof Turnbull, from Gosforth in Newcastle, started work as a junior doctor in 1976.
Since then, he has focused on understanding the effects of a particular kind of genetic disease which can cause blindness, heart failure and, ultimately, death.
He has championed mitochondrial donation, a new IVF technique involving DNA from three people, which offers women with mitochondrial disease the chance of having healthy children.
Prof Chris Brink, vice-chancellor of Newcastle University, said Prof Turnbull was "a brilliant scientist" who had dedicated his career to understanding and treating a disease that blights the lives of families across the world.
"Few people have the kind of dedication needed to bring about a change in UK law to allow a treatment to be developed - but this is exactly what Doug has done.
"It is a mark of the significance of Doug's achievements that he has been honoured in this way and we are all very proud of him at Newcastle."
Knighthoods were also awarded to Richard Treisman, research director of the Francis Crick Institute, for services to biomedical science and cancer research and Prof John Strang, director of the National Addiction Centre at Kings College London.
There is a damehood for Dr Denise Coia, a consultant psychiatrist, for her work in the field of mental health in Dunbartonshire.
Mr David Dunaway, a cranial facial surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital, has been awarded a CBE for his work in the UK and Africa.
Seven nurses and six GPs have been appointed MBE. | A south of Scotland ski club is facing a major setback after its temporary clubhouse was destroyed by Storm Desmond.
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"He was known as an Islamist but not a jihadist," Hamburg's Interior Minister Andy Grote said, noting the suspect also had "psychological" issues.
The man, a failed asylum seeker born in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), attacked customers at random on Friday.
Police said he acted alone and he was overpowered by passers-by.
The 26-year-old man, identified as Ahmad A, is a Palestinian from the UAE who is registered on an Islamist database, Mr Grote said on Saturday.
The attacker, who arrived in Germany in 2015 but could not be deported because he had no identification papers, was also suffering from mental health problems, officials said.
Police have carried out a search of the shelter in Hamburg where the man was living but said there was no evidence that he had accomplices or was part of a terror organisation.
It is not yet clear what the suspect's motivations were.
The attack happened in the Barmbek region in the north of the city in a branch of Edeka, Germany's largest supermarket chain.
Police said the man entered the supermarket and removed a kitchen knife, measuring around 20 cm (8 in) long, from the shelves.
"He ripped off the packaging and then suddenly brutally attacked the 50-year-old man who later died," police spokeswoman Kathrin Hennings said.
He later wounded two other men in the supermarket before fleeing the scene.
Police praised the courage of the three men who followed the attacker after video footage emerged of passers-by using chairs as shields to corner the suspect.
Eyewitnesses said that members of the public shouted at the man in Arabic to drop the knife.
A 50-year-old woman and four men aged between 19 and 64 were stabbed, while a 35-year-old man was injured while helping overcome the suspect.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel offered her "deepest sympathies" to the relatives of the murdered victim and praised the courage of the public and the authorities.
"I thank the police for their effort and all those who stood up against the attacker with civil courage and bravery," Mrs Merkel said, adding that the incident "must and will be fully investigated".
Germany has suffered a series of attacks in recent months.
Security was heightened after a man ploughed a lorry into a busy Christmas market in the heart of Berlin in December 2016.
In July 2016, a German teenager of Iranian heritage shot dead nine people in Munich before shooting himself dead.
The same month, a teenage Afghan refugee armed with an axe and a knife injured four people on a train in the southern German city of Wuerzburg before being shot dead by police.
The popular Caterpillar programme on Italy's Rai 2 network is gathering signatures to present to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in February.
The presenters describe the humble two-wheeler as an "instrument of peace".
They say the bicycle does not cause wars - often fought over oil.
The bike "is the most democratic means of transport available to humanity", say Caterpillar's hosts Massimo Cirri and Sara Zambotti.
They add that each kilometre pedalled generates a benefit to society of €0.16 (30.12; $0.17), compared with the social costs of using a car.
The lack of pollution and markedly fewer road casualties caused by cycles are also cited, along with the way cycles help children develop independence and bring people closer together.
The petition's proponents use the example of Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali, who ferried counterfeit documents by bike to save Jews during World War Two, as an example of how the cycle aids "liberation and resistance".
The plan is to deliver the completed petition to the Nobel Committee by bike relay.
The petition has been launched amid a surge in the popularity of cycling - in sport, leisure and for commuting in cities.
Recent Nobel Peace Prize winners include President Obama, the European Union, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and Chinese human rights campaigner Liu Xiaobo. | The man who killed one person and injured six in a supermarket knife attack in Hamburg was a "known Islamist", officials say.
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When a party wins a majority of councillors on an authority, unless there is something very unexpected, that group will take control.
But in May, a total of ten out of the 22 authorities came out of the elections with no one group having overall control, meaning it was not initially clear how those councils would be governed.
It can take time before negotiations between councillors complete and an authority is formed - but we are now able to bring you a list of which groups are in control and where.
Isle of Anglesey - Plaid Cymru/Independent coalition
Conwy - Independent/Conservative coalition
Denbighshire - Conservative/Independent coalition
Flintshire - Labour minority administration
Gwynedd - Plaid Cymru majority administration
Wrexham - Independent/Conservative coalition
Carmarthenshire - Plaid/Independent coalition
Ceredigion - Plaid/Independent coalition
Pembrokeshire - Independent
Powys - Independent/Conservative coalition
Blaenau Gwent - Independent-run council
Bridgend - Labour minority administration
Caerphilly - Labour majority administration
Cardiff - Labour majority administration
Monmouthshire - Conservative majority administration
Merthyr Tydfil - Independent majority administration
Neath Port Talbot - Labour majority administration
Newport - Labour majority administration
Rhondda Cynon Taf - Labour majority administration
Swansea - Labour majority administration
Torfaen - Labour majority administration
Vale of Glamorgan - Conservative minority administration
Decisions in councils are taken by groups of senior councillors called cabinets.
These include a leader while other members are given different jobs, known as portfolios, which cover the responsibilities of the authority.
There are usually, at the very least, cabinet members responsible for education, social services, waste services, housing, transport and regeneration.
If a party has not won overall control of an authority but has the largest number of councillors, it can form a coalition with one or more other groups.
It is also possible to run a minority administration if, for example, the largest group believes it can pass decisions in the authority despite not having a majority of councillors.
This can happen if the ruling group has the effective support of other councillors.
The African Union (AU) said they had been sentenced to between one year and three years by a Ugandan military court, which sat in Somalia.
The officers, including two majors, were arrested in a sting operation in June.
The AU mission is fighting alongside Somali government forces against al-Shabab Islamist militants.
It was the first time a military court connected to the AU mission (Amisom) had sat in Somalia since the troops were deployed nine years ago.
Correspondents say it was decided to do so as an attempt to show Somalia's citizens that the Amisom force was being held to account.
The nine were among 18 soldiers arraigned before the court for selling fuel belonging to Amisom to civilians in the capital, Mogadishu, an Amisom statement said.
"The prosecution has proved all the accusations of pursuing personal interest and endangering operational efficiency beyond reasonable doubt," it quoted Uganda's Brig Gen Dick Olum as saying.
Three of the soldiers had also been "dismissed with disgrace from the army", and would lose their benefits, it added.
Uganda is the highest troop contributor to the 22,000-strong Amisom force.
In June, the BBC also found that allowances paid to Amisom troops were being withheld because the European Union, which provides the funding, had accounting issues over a previous payment.
The deployment allowance is much more than the often meagre salaries the soldiers receive from their governments.
Sanchez joined Villa on a four-year deal from Spanish side Elche for an undisclosed fee in August 2014.
The Colombia international played in 23 games last term, but could not help his side avoid Premier League relegation.
He was not included in Villa's squad for their first game of the season at Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Local elections were held across Wales two months ago - but it is only now that we have a picture of which parties are running which councils.
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Nine Ugandan soldiers serving as peacekeepers in Somalia have been jailed for running a fuel racket.
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The 13th seed trailed 5-2 in the first set but reeled off five straight games on her way to a 7-5 7-5 win.
She will face world number one Serena Williams, who later beat 23rd seed Timea Bacsinszky, in Saturday's final.
"It is a dream come true. I cannot believe it," said Safarova after converting a third match point.
"I started slowly but tried to keep up the level and play really aggressively because that was the only way to win."
Safarova made the Wimbledon semi-finals last year, but is through to her first Grand Slam final.
The 28-year-old will try to match the achievement of her compatriot, Hana Mandlikova, who won the title in 1981.
It was seventh seed Ivanovic, playing her first major semi-final since winning the title in 2008, who started better as she raced 5-2 ahead, only to crumble with the set in her grasp.
Safarova reeled off five straight games and moved ahead early in the second, but there was another twist to come.
Serving for a place in her first Grand Slam final at 5-4, the Czech double-faulted three times - once on match point - before giving up her serve with a net cord.
Ivanovic, 27, could not capitalise, however, handing the initiative straight back, and at the second time of asking Safarova closed it out before falling to the clay in celebration.
"The game at 5-4 I was really overthinking and couldn't really concentrate to be there in the moment," said the Czech.
"My serve wasn't working and, yes, I was a little bit fighting with everything on the court at that moment.
"But when I lost the serve, I shook it off and started to play aggressive again, and then I served it out."
Ivanovic said: "I really started well, like every other match. I really had a good plan coming into the match, but I just felt like I ran a little bit out of gas.
"I started dropping short and she played really, really well. She was very aggressive."
They reveal a 230% increase in patients from the county sent to out-of-area beds between 2013-14 and 2014-15.
A carers group has expressed concern a local shortage of resources means some patients are being sent as far away as Yorkshire and Manchester.
The local mental health trust said it was improving its management of beds.
Following a Freedom of Information request, Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust revealed the number of patients sent out-of-area increased from 29 in 2013-14 to 98 in 2014-15, with 83 of these placements due to "bed pressures locally".
The cost of out-of-area placements has risen over the same period from £601,000 to £2m.
Patients have been sent to units as far afield as Manchester, Leeds and Harrogate.
Roma Mills, involvement manager for Carers in Hertfordshire, said the shortage of beds was partly due to the national underfunding of mental health.
She said when patients are sent miles away from their homes and friends and families "it is not a good experience for vulnerable and ill people".
A spokeswoman for the trust said it was trying to "minimise the out of area bed spend" through "strengthening clinical leadership" and having more consultants in evening and weekend shifts to minimise delays in discharging patients.
She added that the trust may also "buy specialist beds where it is not economic to provide ourselves" such as female-only psychiatric intensive care beds, which are not provided by the trust. | Lucie Safarova fought back to beat Serbia's Ana Ivanovic and become the first Czech woman to reach the French Open final in 34 years.
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Mental health patients in Hertfordshire had to travel up to 180 miles (290 km) for a bed because of a shortage of local accommodation, new figures show. | 33,013,064 | 805 | 71 | true |
More than 68 million visits were made between January to November last year.
But the figures from the Great Britain Day Visits Survey (GBDS) showed this was down 19% on those months in 2014.
However, the Welsh government said domestic overnight trips to Wales for the first nine months of 2015 increased by 1.8% on the previous year.
For day trips, the survey also showed visits generated expenditure of £2.4bn in 2015, down 1% on the previous year.
In contrast, spending on overnight visits to Wales between January to September last year rose by 12% compared to the same period in 2014.
A Welsh government spokeswoman said the fall in day visits was "not unique to Wales".
"Although the number of trips is down 19%, the spend is only down 1%, compared to a record breaking year in 2014," she said.
"Meanwhile, domestic overnight figures for the first nine months of 2015 show an increase of 2% in the number of trips and 12% in expenditure, which means that more people are staying in Wales longer and spending more, which is excellent news for Wales' economy.
"This also suggests the decrease in volume of day visitors, as reported in the Great Britain Day Visits Survey may in part be due to visitors taking longer trips instead of day visits."
Danish billionaire Anders Povlsen has raised a judicial review in a bid to have the decision set aside.
His Wildland Ltd, which owns the Ben Loyal, Kinloch and Hope and Melness estates, has challenged approval of Creag Riabhach Wind Farm.
It is to be developed on a site on the Altnaharra Estate.
Wildland Ltd was among objectors to the wind farm in the Highlands.
Scottish National Heritage (SNH), the government's statutory landscape adviser, warned of adverse impact on wild land areas and wider Sutherland landscape.
In the court action, it has been claimed that ministers have shown "clear and consistent decision-making and safeguarding of wild land" in rejecting other projects in different parts of Scotland.
It has also been claimed that Creag Riabhach Wind Farm was the first case in which consent was given for "commercial wind-scale turbines within wild land".
James Findlay, counsel for Wildland Ltd, told the Court of Session in Edinburgh: "There is no justification here for why, in this case, significant impacts are outweighed by what, on the face of it, are normal benefits from a wind farm of this size.
"In this case, where one is promoting development in an area which is subject to significant policy protection, one requires clear and cogent reasons."
He told the judge, Lord Boyd of Duncansby: "The hear of my complaint is that there are no reasons for rejecting SNH's view."
The ministers maintain that they did give proper and adequate reasons for their decision in October last year in granting consent.
They said they did not fail to take into account any relevant material consideration and were entitled to reject the advice of SNH.
The ministers accepted that the visual impact at two viewpoints would be "major and significant" but said "those views would be experienced by a relatively small number of physically able climbers and walkers".
They said "the lone mountain landscape character area" of Ben Klibreck would remain and "key views would be unaffected".
They said they found the landscape and visual impact of the wind farm to be acceptable and considered that it will make a significant contribution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions and had the potential for substantial economic benefit.
Ruth Crawford QC, for the ministers, urged the judge to refuse the orders sought by the estate owner.
Ms Crawford said: "What we are dealing with here is the paradigm case of the exercise of planning judgement."
Lord Boyd continued the case until next week when he may be in a position to give a decision. | The number of tourist day visits to Wales from the rest of the UK dipped nearly 20% in 2015 compared with the previous year, new figures have shown.
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Mr Al-Essaie was either in, or close to, a black Mercedes car he had been driving when he was shot in Daniel Hill in Walkley, Sheffield, on Saturday.
He was taken to hospital but died from a gunshot wound to the chest a short while later.
A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder and remains in police custody.
Read more about this and other stories from Sheffield and South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire Police said it was still appealing for witnesses and was exploring a number of lines of enquiry in relation to Mr Al-Essaie's death.
The Genting Arena would host badminton and the Barclaycard Arena artistic and rhythmic gymnastics. Both have a 9,000 capacity.
Symphony Hall would have weightlifting and para powerlifting. Three halls at the NEC would also be used.
Birmingham faces competition from Liverpool to be England's official bid for the games.
A final decision will be made before the end of the year.
NEC Hall 1 with a capacity of 3,900 would have boxing and the 2,800 Hall 4 judo and freestyle wrestling.
Table tennis would be in Hall 5 with a capacity of 3,950.
The Commonwealth Games Federation has been searching for a new host for the 2022 games since it decided in March that Durban, in South Africa, had not met the criteria for hosting.
Birmingham City Council deputy leader and Birmingham Commonwealth Games Steering Group chair Ian Ward said: "We have undertaken a rigorous process to identify the venues which meet the Games' technical requirements and ensure we meet the athletes' and spectators' needs.
"These world class indoor arenas are central to our bid and contribute to the 95% of Birmingham's venues which are already available." | A 23-year-old man who died after being shot in the street has been named by police as Assel Al-Essaie.
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Coelbren in Powys will shut in May with patients moving to nearby Dulais Valley in Seven Sisters.
GPs at Borras Park Surgery in Wrexham will end their contract in September.
Currently, two GPs look after 6,000 patients at Coelbren and Dulais Valley surgeries and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University (ABMU) supported them for a year as it tried to recruit.
It has now decided to base both doctors at Dulais Valley permanently and plans to turn Coelbren into a wellness centre.
The two practices are about three miles (4.8km) apart and fears had been raised patients could be isolated after buses between the villages stopped.
But, after speaking to residents, the health board has decided to run a community transport service for anyone experiencing difficulties.
Meanwhile, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said the two GPs running Borras Park will terminate their NHS contract in October after trouble recruiting.
It is working with other surgeries to work out a plan for patients.
Last September, the British Medical Association warned of a crisis facing GP surgeries with doctors quitting because of increasing pressure.
Haye, 36, had surgery on an Achilles injury sustained in Saturday's 11th-round defeat by Bellew in London.
He suffered the injury in the sixth round of the fight, but says a two-and-a-half-hour operation "went well".
"I live to fight another day and I will fight another day," Haye told Sky Sports.
Asked if he would be returning to the ring, he said: "No doubt about it, I have never been more sure about it."
He added: "Other athletes have come back in six to nine months after the same injury, I am in a good condition, a healthy-living person and I am looking forward to getting back in there."
Bellew, 34, said he is considering retirement following his win, but admitted that an offer for one further fight could be too lucrative to turn down.
Asked whether the Haye bout would be his last, Bellew told BBC Radio 5 live: "It's an option. It's something I'm thinking about."
In response, Haye told Sky Sports: "I never envisaged losing this fight, if Tony Bellew does retire - and I truly hope he doesn't - then I will carry on in my path to be number one in the world.
"But it is only fair to the fans to rematch against the guy who beat me. If that does not happen, then I will find a way to challenge for the heavyweight title. I believe after sharing a ring with him, he will want to do it again." | GP recruitment problems mean a surgery in Powys will close while another in Wrexham faces an uncertain future.
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The child, known as Baby R, died from head injuries inflicted by his father in January 2015. He was convicted of murder in December.
After his death, it transpired that his mother was a convicted murderer.
She had served nine years of a 12-year jail sentence in her country but fled to the UK while on parole.
It was revealed she was subject of an European Arrest Warrant.
The baby, who cannot be named, died in Haringey - the same north London borough at the centre of the Baby P scandal where a mother and her boyfriend were jailed for causing or allowing his death.
The serious case review criticised:
A spokesperson for Haringey Council said the death of Child R was "tragic" and while the review concluded it could not have been anticipated, "we fully accept that the council, police, courts, probation and health missed opportunities to assess the family and share information".
It said it had improved social work practices and working with other organisations since the review but "we should never forget responsibility for the death of Child R rests with the father."
Lib Dem councillor Liz Morris said she was very concerned another baby had died in Haringey.
"It is unacceptable that the police and Home Office did not contact Haringey's social services to warn them about the mother's conviction and European Arrest Warrant," she said.
"I am also concerned to see that Haringey Children's Services failed to put vital information on their database for monitoring vulnerable children."
The Met said recommendations, for the force to ensure officers and police were properly trained in procedures for such a case, were being addressed.
It also said it was making officers in its Extradition Unit aware of the need to create reports and share that information when a child comes to police notice.
Relatives had been contacted as authorities sought "confirmation of their circumstances", he said.
"At this stage we are not able to say anything more," Mr Turnbull said.
Two additional Australians were injured. One, a woman, was recovering in hospital, while the other was a man already on his way back to Australia.
"There are around 130,000 Australians living in the UK at any given time, and many Australian visitors, and there were many Australians in the vicinity of the attack," Mr Turnbull told reporters.
The prime minister vowed his nation would stand in solidarity with Britain, describing the attackers as "cowardly criminals".
"We defy them and we reject the poisonous ideology that they peddle," he said.
The Australian recovering in hospital was Queensland woman Candice Hedge, according to her mother, Kim Del Toro.
Ms Hedge, who is in her 30s, had been stabbed in the throat.
"She was hiding at the time, and the guy got her, and stabbed her in the neck somewhere," Ms Del Toro told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
"She is ok. She has had surgery and she is quite OK."
Meanwhile, family and friends of a young woman from Brisbane have posted on social media that they have not been able to make contact with her.
They said Sara Zelenak was separated from her friends on London Bridge during the attack and hasn't been able to be reached since.
The 21-year old had been working in London as a nanny. | Chances to protect a six-month-old baby from his potentially violent parents were missed by authorities in London, a review into his murder has found.
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A 3-2 victory over closest challengers Aberdeen opened up a 12-point gap with two games to play.
And it sealed a second title in two years for Deila, who will leave the club this summer.
"We have shown that we are the best team," the Norwegian told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.
"It means that we are the best team in Scotland. It's a very, very good achievement."
Deila announced he would be departing shortly after Celtic's Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by Rangers, having also lost a League Cup semi-final to Ross County this season.
The Premiership winners also had a disappointing European campaign - dropping into the Europa League from the Champions League qualifiers for a second year in a row and finishing bottom of their group.
"We have lost important games, that makes the season a little bit more grey than white but in the league we have been very, very consistent and we haven't lost since we played Aberdeen up there in the beginning of February," Deila explained.
"We have done a lot of good things but the last two months, we haven't had that real energy in the team like we had before in the season.
"I've had fantastic staff around me. The players have been supporting me all the time, working really, really hard and I'm very, very happy for them.
"It's been two long seasons - I'm not used to having so long seasons - it's been tough but it's good when you cross the line.
"It's a special place to be here in Celtic, in paradise, so of course I'm going to miss it."
Against the Dons, Celtic opened up a 3-0 lead with Patrick Roberts firing home twice in the first half and Mikael Lustig finishing well shortly after the break.
However, Aberdeen replied with Niall McGinn slotting past Craig Gordon and Andy Considine heading the visitors' second.
"The players here have great talent and they're young but when things are going against us, it's important to be brave and to be strong; to have that belief and confidence to play in difficult situations," Deila said of Celtic's performance.
Roberts, who impressed with his two left-foot strikes, said: "It's always good scoring goals and to do it to win the title is great and I've enjoyed it very much. It was unreal out there on Celtic Park."
And, asked what his targets were for next season, the on-loan Manchester City winger replied: "Obviously it's the treble and Champions League."
The teenager will remain with the club next term and now has five Celtic goals to his name.
Top scorer Leigh Griffiths is nearing 40 goals for the season and said: "It's been one of the best [seasons] of my life.
"Thirty-nine goals - I've still got one game to go as I'm suspended for the last game.
"We're champions again, deservedly so."
The toddler was with her grandmother and their family dog when they were approached by another dog, which was unaccompanied and without a lead.
The dog, possibly a black Labrador Cross, attacked the girl before being fought off by the girl's grandmother.
The young girl is in a stable condition in hospital following the incident at 10:00 on Saturday.
PC David Murdoch said: "A young girl has been seriously injured by a dog which was off its lead and not the in the presence of any owner.
"I would appeal to anyone who either witnessed the incident or has seen a black dog in the area of Troon beach on Saturday morning to get in contact with police officers."
Police said the incident happened near Royal Troon Golf Club, as approached from the Pavilion.
The toddler was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
The dog responsible is described as possibly being a black Labrador Cross, groomed and appeared well looked after.
The animal may have sustained injuries inflicted by the child's grandmother as she fought it off. | Celtic manager Ronny Deila paid tribute to his side's consistency in the Premiership after they sealed a fifth straight Scottish top-flight title.
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Tyco BMW rider Martin took the honours in the two Superbike events, winning the feature race from Derek Sheils and Dean Harrison after Michael Dunlop came off without injury.
Martin held off Michael in Superbike race one, with Sheils in third place.
William Dunlop won both Supersport 600 outings, Harrison and Derek McGee taking up the runner-up spots, while Michael Dunlop won the Supertwins race.
William, who was riding the CD Yamaha which he will campaign in the international road races this season, saw off Harrison by five seconds in Supersport race one, Ballyclare's Jamie Hamilton completing the podium for the BE Cookstown Racing team.
James Cowton, McGee and Sheils made up the top six leaderboard.
Mar-Train Yamaha rider Harrison was third in Supersport race two, Hamilton and Sheils following home the Yorkshireman.
McGee was fourth in Superbike race one, followed by William Dunlop and Hamilton.
Sam Wilson won the 125cc race on a Joey's Bar 125cc Honda, ahead of Dungannon's Nigel Moore.
Saints are the lowest-seeded team left in the competition, while Saracens are the top seeds.
"Their key leaders are all playing well," Mallinder told BBC Radio Northampton.
"I don't think I need to name names for people to know who I'm talking about."
Saracens go into the game as the only team to win all of their pool games, earning victories over Ulster, Oyonnax and Toulouse.
"They're playing very well," Mallinder continued. "They did lose a few games over the Six Nations, where they didn't have players available to them, but they've got those back now.
"They're a very well-coached and difficult side to beat. We look forward to those sort of challenges."
Saints will travel to London knowing a victory would take them through to an all-English semi-final, with either Wasps or Exeter Chiefs awaiting them.
"The conditions are never easy down there, so sometimes you have the difficulty of what you do playing into the wind and then what you do with it," Mallinder added.
"They (Saracens) have got this gameplan which they play very well. It's not as simple as kick-chase, but when they do kick they chase very well.
"Once they get in behind you they're a difficult side to stop."
A number of men forced there way into the woman's house at Main Street in the village at about 21:30 GMT on Saturday.
The woman was kept in her bedroom by one of the men while the others searched the house for money.
Cash was reported to have been taken. The woman was not physically injured.
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Rokoduguni and Saracens full-back Alex Goode will go back to their clubs, with Jonny May and Mike Brown set to return to the England starting XV.
Elliot Daly will start on the wing.
Lock George Kruis remains in Eddie Jones' 24-man training squad, and is set for his first England appearance of the autumn following ankle surgery.
There is no suggestion Rokoduguni or Goode are injured.
Fiji-born Rokoduguni, playing his first Test match in two years, crossed twice in a comfortable 58-15 win at Twickenham on Saturday.
However, May is set to replace him on the right wing against Argentina (14:30 kick-off), while Goode will give way for regular starter Brown.
Scrum-half Danny Care and back-row forward Nathan Hughes both remain in the squad despite missing training on Tuesday.
Tom Wood is back involved, and will compete with Hughes and Teimana Harrison to start at open-side.
The starting XV and replacements will be confirmed on Thursday.
England have trained this week using drone technology for the first time under Jones, as they attempt to secure a 12th straight win in 2016.
The Australian said: "The drone's fantastic for us. It's another piece of technology that just helps us accelerate the programme and allows us to have another piece of vision that sees how well we work off the ball."
Pumas lock Guido Petti has pinpointed scrums and mauls as the key to controlling Saturday's match.
The 22-year-old said: "The one who dominates these things will dominate the match.
"We want to play against the best and England are one of the best. But this will be a big battle, and one I think both sides will relish."
Should Argentina beat England, they would move into the top eight in the world rankings.
That is likely to give them an easier passage at the 2019 World Cup, the draw for which will be made in May.
England squad
Forwards: Dan Cole (Leicester), Charlie Ewels (Bath), Jamie George (Saracens), Teimana Harrison, Dylan Hartley (both Northampton), Nathan Hughes (Wasps), George Kruis (Saracens), Courtney Lawes (Northampton), Joe Marler, Chris Robshaw, Kyle Sinckler (all Harlequins), Billy Vunipola, Mako Vunipola (both Saracens), Tom Wood (Northampton).
Backs: Mike Brown, Danny Care (both Harlequins), Elliot Daly (Wasps), Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Ford, Jonathan Joseph (both Bath), Jonny May (Gloucester), Henry Slade (Exeter), Ben Te'o (Worcester), Ben Youngs (Leicester).
Peter Keeley-Pannett, 71, from Brighton, used a webcam to meet boys as young as 13 in chatrooms.
He had pleaded guilty at Guildford Crown Court to making indecent images of children over a two-year period.
Judge Robert Fraser sentenced Keeley-Pannett to 32 months in prison and ordered him to remain on the sex offenders register for life.
Sentencing, he told him he posed "a high risk of serious harm to children".
Keeley-Pannett, of Bristol Road, was a non-stipendiary deacon at the Diocese of Chichester until his arrest in November 2014. | Bath wing Semesa Rokoduguni has been left out of the England squad to play Argentina on Saturday, despite his man-of-the match display against Fiji.
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David Headley gave details of the planning to a court in Mumbai on Monday through a video link from a prison in the US.
Headley, 52, pleaded guilty and co-operated with the US to avoid the death penalty and extradition to India.
More than 160 people were killed by gunmen in the November 2008 attack.
Headley is serving a 35-year jail term in the US for his role in the attacks.
Indian prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said that "this was for the first time that a foreign terrorist" had appeared through a video link in an Indian court to testify.
"This is a very crucial case... I am absolutely satisfied as to what David Headley has revealed in today's deposition. I may quiz Headley on certain aspects, which were never asked by the FBI," he added.
Mr Nikam added that Headley's questioning would continue on Tuesday.
The Mumbai court gave him a conditional pardon in December and allowed him to turn witness.
Headley was sentenced in the US in 2013 on 12 counts, including conspiracy to aid militants from the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which India blames for carrying out the attacks.
After initially denying the charges, he eventually pleaded guilty and co-operated with the US to avoid the death penalty and extradition to India.
He admitted to scouting potential target locations in Mumbai ahead of the attacks.
Headley was born Daood Gilani to a Pakistani father and American mother but changed his name to David Coleman Headley in 2006 "to present himself in India as an American who was neither Muslim nor Pakistani", US prosecutors had said.
Headley is alleged to have told US prosecutors that he had been working with LeT since 2002.
He was arrested by FBI agents in Chicago in October 2009 while trying to board a plane for Philadelphia.
The 60-hour assault on Mumbai began on 26 November 2008. Attacks on the railway station, luxury hotels and a Jewish cultural centre claimed 166 lives. Nine gunmen were also killed.
The only attacker captured alive, Pakistani Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, was executed in India in 2012.
The US, Britain and France were among the countries that skipped a UN meeting to discuss a new treaty.
More than 120 others endorsed a plan for a legally binding nuclear ban.
But US envoy Nikki Haley said national security required nuclear arms because of "bad actors" who could not be trusted.
"There is nothing I want more for my family than a world with no nuclear weapons. But we have to be realistic," she told reporters.
"Is there anyone that believes that North Korea would agree to a ban on nuclear weapons?"
North Korea has recently been testing nuclear and missile technology, despite warnings from the international community - including China.
The UN conference to negotiate a legally binding nuclear ban treaty was announced in October.
Britain, France, Israel, Russia and the United States voted "no" to the nuclear ban treaty back then, while China, India and Pakistan abstained.
Japan - the only country to have suffered atomic attacks, in 1945 - also voted against the talks.
Nobushige Takamizawa, Japan's ambassador to the UN, said working on a treaty "without the involvement of nuclear weapon states [would] only deepen the schism and division" in the international community.
On Monday, Ms Haley said: "In this day and time we can't honestly say that we can protect our people by allowing the bad actors to have them and those of us that are good trying to keep peace and safety, not to have them."
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Countries not attending, like the US and the UK, remain committed to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which entered into force in 1970 and is aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology.
But Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, whose country his leading the calls for a total ban "leading towards [nuclear weapons] total elimination", along with Austria, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil and South Africa, said she expected this would "take a long time".
"Let's not be naive," she said at the UN last week. "But it's very important in these days, when you see more of this rhetoric, and also sort of power demonstrations, including threatening to use nuclear weapons." | A US man convicted for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks has told an Indian court that he visited Mumbai seven times in advance to gather information.
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Mr Newton was criticised by MLAs after he allowed his party leader, First Minister Arlene Foster, to make a statement on the cash-for-ash scandal.
She addressed MLAs without approval of Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, from Sinn Féin.
Mr Newton has faced calls to step down as speaker from the UUP and SDLP.
Opposition politicians staged a walk-out protest on Monday when Mrs Foster began to make her statement on the botched Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
They complained that the speaker had undermined the principles of power-sharing by permitting the first minister to make a formal statement to the chamber without the agreement of the deputy first minister.
On Thursday, Sinn Féin met the Alliance Party to seek their support for an Assembly motion that will call on Mrs Foster to step down temporarily while the RHI scheme is investigated.
After the meeting, former Sinn Féin minister Carál Ní Chuilín said: "We also discussed the position of the Speaker following Monday's shambolic and partisan proceedings in the Assembly.
"He has undermined the integrity and the impartiality of the Speaker's office and Sinn Féin believes his position is untenable."
Earlier this week, Mr Newton released a letter he had sent to MLAs acknowledging what he said were genuine frustrations and concerns over the nature of Monday's proceedings.
In response to calls for him to step down, Mr Newton said he would reply in writing to opposition MLAs in January.
His party leader set up the RHI scheme in 2012 when she was minister for enterprise, trade and investment, and she has faced intense criticism for not imposing cost controls.
As a result, the scheme has gone vastly over budget and has landed the public purse with an unexpected £400m bill, which may have to come out of Stormont's block grant.
Mrs Foster last week apologised for the lack of cost controls and said she was working on a plan to reduce the overspend.
James Battrick, 21, from Cadnam, admitted two counts of driving without due care while under the influence of drugs.
Lily Butterfield-Godwin and Abbey Rogers, both 19, from Lyndhurst, died on 13 December in the New Forest crash.
Both women were born on the same day and died at the scene at midnight.
The crash happened in Gosport Lane, Lyndhurst, next to the entrance to Vernalls Farm.
The car Battrick was driving, a Mazda RX8, left the road, crashed against a wall and ended up head-on with a brick gate pillar.
After the sentence, police said Battrick had consumed a minimum of five pints of cider in the hours before the crash and his blood showed a high level of cannabis.
Police found that the car headlights had been switched off.
The vehicle was discovered by local residents who had heard a loud noise.
Robin Butterfield, Lily's grandfather, said: "One year or 20, it makes no difference to us.
"I feel in a strange way sorry for his family and for him.
"He was just a silly young lad."
Sergeant Adrienne Jerram, senior investigating officer for Operation Marne, said: "Lily and Abbey were friends who were born and died on the same day. This collision was a terrible tragedy caused by the mindless actions of a young driver who should never have got behind the wheel that night.
"If Battrick hadn't been drinking, or smoking cannabis that day, there is every chance that Lily and Abbey would still be with us."
Battrick was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court. During a previous hearing he also admitted possession of cannabis. | The position of the Assembly Speaker Robin Newton has become "untenable" as a result of Monday's "shambolic" proceedings, Sinn Féin has said.
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And it looks like reading is as popular as ever!
Last year was a record year for book publishers in the UK, and children's books are selling especially well.
They sold 16% more last year, and the biggest seller was Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
So we want to know what's your favourite book to read - let us know!
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I love reading Dork Diaries by Rachel Rene´e Russels because I am a lot like the characters in the book.
Manki Viram, Leicester, England
My favourite book is Wild Boy by Rob Lloyd Jones.
Katie, Lantwit Major, Wales
My favourite book is Horrid Henry because he has been horrid all the time and it is very funny as well.
Gracie, Isle of Man
My favourite book is Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson. I love this book because it shows you how all people live differently. It is very a interesting book.
Harsimran, Leamington Spa, England
Our favourite books in Primary 5 in Loirston Primary are, Horrid Henry and The Demon Dentist, Diary of the wimpy kid...The old days, Gangsta Granny, all of the Roald Dahl, especially George's marvellous medicine, 1000 facts about the world, I like to read atlases, The far away tree by Enid Blyton, They didn't teach us this in Worm School and George of the Jungle.
Primary 5, Aberdeen, Scotland
We are currently reading Midnight Gang by David Walliams and it is slowly becoming our favourite book, it's so funny!
Kookaburra Class Year 6, Kingsley Primary Academy, Croydon, England
Diary of a Wimpy kid cause it's funny.
Dylan, Isle of Man
My favourite books are The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins! I love the emotion and action.
Bethany, Dover, England
My favourite book of all time Dork Diaries Prom Queen because its very funny and has some pictures in it to make it more interesting.
Katelyn, Isle of Man
My favourite book is Awful Auntie by David Walliams.
Jess, Aberdeen, Scotland
My favourite book is Mr Gum because he is sneaky
Oliver, County Durham, Scotland
My favourite book is Opal Plumstead by Jaqueline Wilson. It's really interesting and quite sad at the end.
Amrita, Luton, England
My favourite book is Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur C Doyle.
Orla, Devon, England
My favourite book is Harry Potter and also The Worst Witch.
Olivia, Croydon, England
My favourite book is Rat Burger because it is so funny and quite sad at the start .
Anya, Edinburgh, Scotland
My favourite book is The Winter Horses because I love horses but its set in WW2 and I love history and action!!
Alice, North Wales
My favourite book is Gangsta Granny by David Walliams.
Hannah, Leyland, England
My favourite book is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Diary of a Wimpy Kid they're both so great.
Milano, South Croydon, England
Local media reported at least 40 tonnes of popoche chub freshwater fish had washed up on the shores of Lake Cajititlan, in Jalisco state.
One local official described their deaths as a "natural, cyclical phenomenon" that occurred every year.
However, other state and local officials have blamed poor lake management for the deaths of the fish.
The authorities are investigating whether a wastewater treatment plant is to blame for failing to filter out untreated material and thus reducing the amount of oxygen in the water.
Last year local fishermen recovered about 200 tonnes of dead fish from Lake Cajititlan. More than 100 fishermen are involved in this year's operation.
But a local official, Ismael del Toro, said the deaths of the popoche chub fish happened every year during the rainy season.
"It is a natural, cyclical phenomenon. It happens every year and other species are not affected," he insisted.
Another local official, Erik Tapia, suggested that the deaths of the popoche chub fish might be due to overpopulation.
"They do not have any natural predator and they are not suitable for human consumption," he said. | Whether it's Harry Potter, Hetty Feather or the Wimpy Kid - we all have a favourite book.
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Dozens of household brands were taken off Tesco's online site amid a dispute with the food manufacturer Unilever over a price hike.
Consumers had been expecting a surge in the price of much-loved brands including PG Tips tea, Pot Noodles and Marmite until the company backed down.
The British Retail Consortium said shoppers have benefited from an "extraordinary run", as supermarket price wars kept food prices stable. Some of the products supplied by Unilever had not changed in price at all in at least five years.
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Whether they love it or hate it, the Marmite row has left shoppers considering their options if food prices rise.
In Birmingham city centre, student Kimren Basi sees it having an impact on the cost of living.
The 26-year-old from Derby said: "When the prices are going up I need to save to get books and travel, and so when food is getting more expensive you have to start resorting to cheaper products.
"I would rather go with the products that I am used to. With the prices going up it does affect my decision on what I want to buy."
Andrew Bryan from Tamworth, however, uses budget supermarkets rather than the likes of Tesco.
The 33-year-old said: "I don't really tend to buy that many branded products so it shouldn't impact our weekly shop. But if these prices go up I don't think it will really affect me."
Civil servant Claire Morgan, from Wednesbury, thinks the entire Tesco-Unilever row has been blown out of proportion.
"I think it has been hyped up, but if I can't send Marmite to Italy there might be an issue - my relatives might not be too happy about it because I send it over there to them."
Richard Lees from Telford is not concerned for himself about food price rises, but he does wonder how it will affect others.
The 51-year-old computer consultant said: "You only have to look around Birmingham to see how many people are already living on the streets, it's just going to make life difficult for a lot of people."
Archives of Tesco's website show a Pot Noodle has consistently sold for £1 since 2011, while a 250g of Bovril beef paste still costs £3.20.
Had a 10% rise been applied to Marmite and passed on to the consumer, however, people would still have been paying less than they were in 2013.
Before Tesco took it off the website, it was selling for £2.35 for a 250g jar.
That compares with £2.69 in June 2013.
And Ben & Jerry's ice cream currently sells at £4, unless it is on special offer. A 10% hike would have taken it to £4.40, still 9p less than people were paying for it in 2015.
Gilad Simhony, chief executive of mySupermarket, said: "At the moment, we are finding the supermarket price wars have overcome any inflation concerns caused by the weak sterling."
That could all start to change.
Steven Dresser, retail analyst at Grocery Insight, said there was likely to be a round of price hikes in January as retailers look to pass on higher costs once the festive season is out the way.
He said: "No one wants to put prices up ahead of Christmas. Others may just wait until January.
"It's only going to get more painful."
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The 33-year-old was released by Wolves in May having made just six appearances last season in an injury-hit year.
His signing follows a brief trial period with The U's on their pre-season trip to Portugal earlier this month.
"It's an exciting place to be, a good club heading in the right direction," he told BBC Radio Oxford. "I want to play games and contribute."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | The spat between Unilever and Tesco may have reached a truce, but experts have predicted that food prices are likely to rise next year anyway.
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The vessel sank in the Solent, off Hampshire, on 19 July 1545, resulting in the deaths of more than 400 men.
Using lasers, scientists were able to identify the disease, often contracted due to poor diet, without damaging the sailors' bones.
The new technique can allow a study of the disease's prevalence in the past and help detect modern-day cases.
The Tudor ship sank while leading an attack on a French invasion fleet and was raised from the sea bed in 1982.
The sailors' bones were analysed using Raman spectroscopy, a non-destructive laser technology.
Jemma Kerns, one of the scientists who conducted the study, said: "This is the first time that this laser technology has been used to study bone disease in archaeological human bone.
"We have identified chemical changes in the bones, without damaging them.
"There is strong evidence to suggest that many of the sailors had suffered from childhood rickets and we hope to apply the Raman technique to the study of modern-day rickets."
Alex Hildred, curator of human remains at the Mary Rose Trust, said: "The human remains have potential to make a contribution to the public through research, education, display and interpretation.
"Their use to confirm the presence and prevalence of metabolic bone disease in the 16th Century is one of these contributions."
The results of the study, conducted at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London and led by Prof Allen Goodship, has been published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
The project was one of a number funded through a £1.7m grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
A probate judge in Alabama signed the order for the will to be sealed after a request from lawyers for Lee's personal representative, Tonja Carter.
The family of Lee, who died last month aged 89, agreed to the request.
"As the court is no doubt aware, Ms Lee highly valued her privacy," the lawyers for Ms Carter said.
"She did not wish for her private financial affairs to be matters of public discussion.
"Ms Lee left a considerable legacy for the public in her published works; it is not the public's business what private legacy she left for the beneficiaries of her will."
Ms Carter represented the author for several years and once practised law with Lee's sister, Alice Lee.
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The release of the ruling by Judge Greg Norris came after he agreed last week there was a threat of public intrusion and harassment for Lee's heirs.
The judge wrote that Lee's heirs and next of kin alone had the right to inspect the contents of the will and the accompanying file.
He ordered that a label be put on the file saying: "Under seal: Do not allow public inspection."
He added that the town of Monroeville, Alabama, Lee's hometown, was happy to protect the privacy of its most famous citizen.
Lee published just two books, both of which brought her huge success. To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the best-selling books of all time, having sold 40 million copies worldwide since its publication in 1960.
Lee's second book, Go Set a Watchman, published last year, was also a best-seller. Many bookshops in the US and the UK remained open all night to cope with demand.
The book is set 20 years after the events described in Lee's earlier Pulitzer Prize-winning work.
Lee never married and had no children. Her closest living relatives are nieces and nephews.
The author died on 19 February in Monroeville and was buried the next day in a private funeral ceremony. Monroeville was the inspiration for Maycomb, the small town in which To Kill A Mockingbird was set. | Many sailors who died on Henry VIII's warship Mary Rose had rickets in childhood, new research has found.
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The 30-year-old had an operation after suffering a damaged eye socket in his loss to Gennady Golovkin in September when he moved up two weight divisions.
And the Sheffield fighter now has options for his next bout.
"I want the welterweight unification fights but if they aren't there then it will be Errol Spence Jr next in a big UK show," he said.
"I know there are options at 154lb and I may even be more suited there, but I am not willing to give up what I fought so hard for."
Spence is the IBF's mandatory welterweight challenger after he defeated Leonard Bundu in August.
Brook's loss to Golovkin in the middleweight division (160lb) was his first defeat in his 37th professional fight.
"I spoke through various options with Kell and he was adamant that he would not relinquish his title," said promoter Eddie Hearn.
"In an ideal world, he would unify the division against Manny Pacquiao, but the Spence fight is also one that really excites him and fight fans. That could be a big fight here in the UK and with the 75-25 split in place we would be very confident of bringing that fight to Sheffield."
It posted organic revenue growth of 7% for the three months to September, against forecasts of about 5.5%.
Organic revenue growth strips out the effects of currency movements.
A weaker euro as well as strong wine and spirits sales boosted third quarter revenue.
The firm noted overall growth in Europe and the US as well as an "acceleration" in Japan.
Overall revenue for the three months to September rose 16% to $9.76bn.
The French company is the world's biggest luxury group.
It sells the likes of Louis Vuitton handbags, several Champagne brands, Hennessy cognac and fashion labels Fendi and Marc Jacobs. It also sells perfumes, cosmetics, watches and jewellery.
Wine and spirit sales in China, which had been hurt by the country's anti-corruption drive, saw a "notable acceleration in the third quarter", the firm said.
"Hennessy cognac ...benefited in the third quarter from a strong rebound in shipments to China and continued excellent momentum in the United States," it stated.
Sales in the giant's fashion and leather business were slower than expected.
The firm does not publish quarterly profit figures. | Boxer Kell Brook has insisted he will not give up his IBF welterweight title after returning to training.
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Luxury goods giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton saw an 18% rise in revenue in the nine months to September - to €25.3bn ($28.7bn; £18.74bn) - compared with the nine months prior. | 37,951,099 | 547 | 93 | true |
Belfast's MAC is the 500th member of Breastfeeding Welcome Here, in which venues show their support for the scheme by displaying a pink sticker.
A list of scheme members - from cafés to libraries and church halls - can be found on the BreastFedBabies website.
The Department of Health says NI's breastfeeding rates have remained static for several years.
Mothers in Northern Ireland who choose to breastfeed also do so for a shorter period than breastfeeding mothers elsewhere in the UK, according to department figures.
The Breastfeeding Welcome Here initiative is being led by the Public Health Agency (PHA) and is designed to show community support for breastfeeding mothers.
Janet Calvert of the PHA said World Breastfeeding Week from 1-7 August offered an important opportunity to get that message across.
"Breastfeeding is the best start in life," she said.
"Showing increased support for breastfeeding mums is really important, as Northern Ireland has the lowest breastfeeding rates in the UK and one of the lowest rates in Europe.
"We know that for many mums, getting started isn't easy.
Information and support is essential, both before baby is born, and especially in the early days, so that mums can build their confidence and stay with their decision to breastfeed.
In January, the then health minister Michelle O'Neill promised to bring forward legislation as soon as possible to protect mothers who breastfeed in public.
This was shortly before the collapse of Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive.
Louise Richardson was formally installed at a meeting of the university's ruling body at the Sheldonian Theatre.
"In an increasingly complex world the best may not be those who look and sound like ourselves," she said.
Professor Richardson was previously in charge at St Andrews.
She gave a speech to university dons at the congregation, before a procession to the Clarendon Building.
In the speech Mrs Richardson said: "'How do we ensure that they appreciate the value of engaging with ideas they find objectionable, trying through reason to change another's mind, while always being open to changing their own?
"How do we ensure that our students understand the true nature of freedom of inquiry and expression?"
She also said: "In an increasingly complex world the best may not be those who look and sound like ourselves.
"They may not be those who naturally think of coming to Oxford.
"Those with the greatest potential may not be those who have already attained the most.
"We need to seek them out."
Mrs Richardson was born in Ireland and studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and has degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Harvard. She became vice chancellor of St Andrews in 2009. She has also held a senior role at Harvard University.
Oxford University appointed its first head in 1230, and all of its vice chancellors have been men.
Prof Richardson, an expert in security and terrorism, was selected in May by a nominating committee headed by the university's chancellor, Lord Patten as the 272nd vice chancellor in Oxford's history.
Oxford is the latest high-profile university to appoint a female leader. Harvard University and Imperial College London are both headed by women. | Venues across Northern Ireland are being encouraged to sign up to a major breastfeeding support scheme.
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A message has been published under her name which appears to promote "fat-burning" methods and contains a link to Tumblr.
The account is currently set to private but users who already followed her were able to see the message.
"It's obviously been hacked and is pretty crude," a family spokeswoman said.
Twitter have yet to respond with a statement.
Peaches died in April. Initially the cause was unknown, but it was later linked to heroin use.
Her body was found by her husband Tom Cohen at their home in Wrotham, Kent.
She had two sons, Astala, two, and Phaedra, one.
In an interview last month, Sir Bob Geldof said he "blames himself" for the death of his daughter.
He described the journalist, model and TV presenter as "super bright" but "frantic" in her private life.
"You blame yourself," he said. "You're the father who is responsible and clearly failed.
"For anybody watching, who has a dead kid and you're a parent, you go back, you go back, you go over, you go over.
"What could you have done? You do as much as you can."
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Winger Burke, 19, has joined German side RB Leipzig for a fee in the region of £13m.
The move, which makes Burke the most expensive Scottish player ever, has angered some Forest fans.
"This money will be used and reinvested back into the squad," Al-Hasawi wrote on Twitter.
Al-Hasawi also pointed out that Forest previously bought Michail Antonio, who is now at West Ham and has been called up by England, and Britt Assombalonga after selling Jamaal Lascelles and Karl Darlow to Newcastle.
Burke, who had been linked with several clubs, signed a five-year contract with Leipzig.
He scored for Forest in the 3-1 victory over Leeds United on Saturday - his fourth goal of the season.
Leipzig sporting director Ralf Rangnick told his club's website: "He is an outstanding talent with an awful lot of potential.
"He fits with the high pace and way of playing very well and will make his next sporting development step with us.
"This transfer is important, especially because several top clubs were interested." | The Twitter account of Peaches Geldof, who died earlier this year at the age of 25, appears to have been hacked.
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Scientists have analysed ancient rocks and have found traces of emissions from huge volcanic eruptions that happened about 200 million years ago.
This would have led to one of the largest mass extinctions on record, enabling dinosaurs to become dominant.
The study is published in the journal PNAS.
Lead author Lawrence Percival, from the Earth sciences department at Oxford University, said: "The dinosaurs were able to exploit those ecological niches that were left vacant by the extinction."
The researchers looked at volcanic rocks from four continents that date to this turbulent time.
A previous study assessed how levels of carbon fluctuated in the rocks, which is linked to rises of carbon dioxide from volcanic eruptions.
But this research looked at a different fingerprint for volcanic activity: mercury.
When volcanoes erupt, they emit traces of mercury in the plumes of gas that rise into the sky. This then spreads throughout the atmosphere before being deposited in sediments on the ground, where it remains for millions of years.
"If you can see a big spike in mercury in those sediments, you can infer there is volcanism happening at that exact time," explained Mr Percival.
"And that's what we see at the time of this extinction."
The researchers found evidence for huge pulses of volcanic activity that would have continued for about a million years.
Prof Tamsin Mather from Oxford University said: "You get these fissures, these cracks opening up in the Earth's crust, and probably some fire fountains, and also lava flows opening up.
"You probably had different areas active at different times during the million years. And you likely get eruptive periods going on for a decade or so with enormous volumes of magma coming to the surface and gases as well."
Anything living in the immediate vicinity of the eruptions would have fared badly. But creatures living far away would also have been in trouble: the repeated eruptions would have had a devastating impact on the wider environment, blocking out the Sun and leading to rising levels of carbon dioxide.
This would have triggered a major mass extinction: animals including vast crocodile-like creatures and reptilian-looking mammals and early amphibians were wiped out.
However, early dinosaurs from that period clung on, although researchers are not sure how they survived the hellish conditions.
But once the volcanoes had simmered down, few of their competitors were left, allowing the age of the dinosaurs to begin.
The researchers now want to use mercury to look at other periods of ancient volcanic activity.
Prof Mather said: "I think what's really exciting is that we are talking about an episode of volcanism that happened 200 million years ago, and these mercury records in the sediments are allowing us to say new things about volcanism that happened that far back in deep Earth time.
"This is a new and powerful tool that will really allow us to understand more about the evolution of our planet and how it's come to be how it is today."
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The 20-year-old thwarted Willie Gibson in each half and also blocked Craig Malcolm's header.
Ally Love had Rovers' best chance before the break when he went clear on goal but keeper Cameron Belford was up to the task.
Craig Pettigrew had a shot deflected wide for the hosts and he too was foiled by Stewart. | A million-year-long period of extreme volcanic activity most likely paved the way for the dawn of the dinosaurs, a study suggests.
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Last week, the Bank failed to find enough sellers when it offered to buy the bonds, known as gilts.
But it found no shortage of sellers on Tuesday. The "reverse auction" was oversubscribed by almost 2.7 times.
By creating money to buy gilts the Bank hopes to push cash out into the economy for investment and lending.
Pension funds in particular have been reluctant to sell gilts, especially those with long maturities, because they bought them when they were cheap and offered a high rate of return.
The Bank's quantitative easing programme began in 2009, and last month it announced a new £60bn round of government bond buying to try to stimulate growth after signs of a slowdown followed the referendum vote in June.
The bond purchases will take place three times a week until October.
Part of the bond-buying programme will also involve buying up a limited amount of corporate bonds, fixed interest debt issued by companies.
Frank Le Villio was 19 when he was arrested by the Germans in Jersey in 1944 after taking a "joyride" on a German soldier's motorbike.
Historian Stanley Keiller began researching his story for a talk about his own occupation experience.
He tracked him down to a pauper's grave in Nottingham.
Mr Keiller said: "All the motor vehicles were confiscated; you can imagine a keen youngster couldn't resist the temptation to give a German bike a spin, they had no humour in them at all".
After the war Mr Le Villio made his way to Nottingham to live with his father, but died one year later of tuberculosis aged just 21, according to Mr Keiller.
The historian, who now lives in Devon, was looking into the story of Harold Osmond Le Druillenec, who survived Bergen-Belsen.
Mr Le Duillenec mentions Frank Le Villio in an account of his experience of travelling to the camp he gave to the BBC in 1946.
But in the account, recorded for a radio programme, Mr Le Duillenec says he parted ways with Frank before being taken to Belsen.
The family of Mr Le Villio say they are confident he also ended up in Bergen-Belsen at some point.
However, Historian Gilly Carr, from Cambridge University, said records show he was taken to the concentration camps at Neuengamme and Sandbostel - which she says was known as "Belsen in miniature" - but there is a lack of hard evidence to confirm he was sent to Bergen-Belsen.
After Mr Keiller discovered Frank survived the war and made his way back to Nottingham, he put out an appeal in the local newspaper.
Father Derek Hailes, of St Cyprian's Church in Nottinghamshire, then contacted him, and was able to confirm Mr Villio had been buried in Wilford Hill Cemetery, Nottingh
He told Mr Keiller that Frank Villio had been buried in a "pauper's grave" along with seven others.
Following an appearance on BBC Radio Jersey by Mr Keiller a relative of Frank Le Villio, Stan Hockley, approached him to express his gratitude, saying "we never knew where he was".
Mr Hockley said he would be considering ways to bring Frank Le Villio's remains back to Jersey to be buried with his father and aunt.
Mr Keiller said: "I'm absolutely delighted that we established a connection with a member of the family." | The Bank of England has successfully bought £1.17bn worth of government bonds as part of its £60bn buy-back programme to stimulate the economy.
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It had been reported that the 29-year-old South African would sign for Toulon when his current contract at Ravenhill expired at the end of this season.
However, the World Cup winner has opted to stay in Belfast in a boost for the club going into the Heineken Cup.
Pienaar has not played for the province this season because of international commitments with the Springboks.
The versatile half-back only returned to Belfast on Monday, after featuring as a replacement in his country's defeat by New Zealand in the Rugby Championship title decider in Johannesburg on Saturday.
He held talks with Ulster director of rugby David Humphreys upon his arrival, and despite ongoing uncertainty over the future of the Heineken Cup, has signed a new three-year agreement.
His decision will be a huge confidence boost to the squad ahead of Friday's Heineken Cup opener against Leicester Tigers.
Two seasons ago, in his first year with Ulster, Pienaar helped the team reach the Heineken Cup final in which they were heavily beaten by Leinster.
Midway through last season, he signed a one-year extension to his original two-year deal and was instrumental in the team reaching the final of the Pro12 competition which they lost again to Leinster, although in a much closer contest.
Ulster supporters feared this would be Pienaar's third and last season at the club but he has now committed his long-term future to the province in a deal which keeps him at Ravenhill until June 2017.
He told a news conference on Monday that Northern Ireland would be "collateral damage" in the time ahead.
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday that she would trigger Article 50 by the end of March 2017.
But Mr McGuinness said Northern Ireland would suffer economically and politically.
Mrs May told the Tory Party conference - her first as prime minister - the government would strike a deal with the EU as an "independent, sovereign" UK.
In the wake of her comments, sterling has fallen to a three-year low.
On Sunday, politicians in Northern Ireland gave their reaction to Mrs May's announcement. | Ulster have agreed a new three-year contract with their star scrum-half Ruan Pienaar.
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William Clark and Sons, based at Upperlands, outside Maghera, traces its history back to 1736.
Its website states the firm is home to "Ireland's oldest linen fabric mill".
While a 150-year old building in the complex was destroyed, management said the fire was confined to that building and the business is still intact.
The fire was spotted by a dog walker.
A Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) spokeswoman said they deployed three pumping appliances and three specialist appliances to the scene.
Firefighters pumped water from the linen processor's nearby dams to fight the flames.
Thirty-five people work at the plant.
The firm's managing director, Kevin Devlin, told BBC Newsline: "The building itself seems to be pretty extensively damaged and there is some machinery kept in there and some raw materials.
"But, it's been isolated to that particular unit, so I think we've been quite fortunate in that aspect."
Company director Robert Clark said: "It will affect one process but hopefully we'll be back to normal very soon."
A coalition of forces began an advance on the IS-held city, the second largest in Iraq, on Monday.
The UN human rights office says IS made the 200 families walk to Mosul from a nearby village on the same day.
The UN also said it was investigating reports 40 people had been shot dead by IS fighters in one village near Mosul.
The news came as IS fighters launched an attack on Kirkuk, 170km (105 miles) south-east of Mosul, killing 19 people, on Friday.
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Zeid Raad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said there was "a grave danger that ISIL fighters will not only use such vulnerable people as human shields but may opt to kill them rather than see them liberated," using an acronym for IS.
As well as the 200 families made to walk from the village of Samalia to Mosul, another 350 families moved from another village, Najafia, into the city, the UN says.
The organisation said this appeared to show IS was not allowing families to flee for territory held by the Iraqi army outside Mosul, and instead was making them move into the city.
"The killings and abuses committed by ISIL fighters when they captured Mosul in 2014, and the horrors they have subjected its inhabitants to ever since, should leave us in no doubt as to the risk civilians face," said Mr Hussein.
Civilians suspected of being disloyal to IS appeared to have been targeted already, Mr Hussein said. He did not identify the village where 40 people had been killed.
A UN spokesman said only "modest" numbers of people had so far fled Mosul as Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters close in.
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In Kirkuk, IS fighters attacked government buildings, killing at least six police officers, and a power station under construction, where 13 employees died.
Twelve IS fighters were also reportedly killed.
The BBC's Richard Galpin, in northern Iraq, said IS had attempted an "audacious" counter-attack on Kirkuk that had tried to show it was still a force to be reckoned with. The attack was "clearly aimed at diverting the Iraqi army" from Mosul, he said.
A state of emergency was declared and Friday sermons were cancelled as mosques remain closed.
District police chief Brig Gen Sarhad Qadir told the BBC suicide bombers and other IS fighters had attacked three police buildings and the headquarters of a political party in Kirkuk.
The governor of Kirkuk, Najm al-Din Karim, insisted that Peshmerga fighters and counter-terrorism forces were completely in control of the situation.
He blamed the attack on IS sleeper cells. | Thirty firefighters have tackled a major fire at a textile plant in County Londonderry which describes itself as one of the world's oldest companies.
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The Waterloo to Salisbury service has been renamed "When Harry met Salisbury" and Liphook became "Lips-Hooked".
South West Trains said suggestions came from both passengers and staff.
A spokeswoman for the South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance said: "We hope those travelling with us today enjoy their journeys and have a lovely Valentine's Day."
South West Trains operates services in Hampshire, Surrey, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Devon, Somerset, and Greater London.
Customers and employees were asked to suggest "quirky, romance-themed" alternative station names "in the spirit of Valentine's Day", the spokeswoman said.
"We got some great suggestions, many of which we are displaying on customer information screens across the network for today only."
Rail passenger Alex Dowding tweeted: "Bit of harmless romantic fun is never a bad thing surely? Sure the rugby crowd are loving it too."
Many passengers have welcomed the temporary sign change, describing the move as "spreading the love".
Commuter Sabrina Vitello, who was travelling from Walton-on-Thames to London Waterloo, said: "It's refreshing, made me smile all day."
A judge granted the Law Society and Bar Council leave to seek a judicial review of Justice Minister David Ford's rules.
The hearing is scheduled to take place in September.
A barrister representing the two bodies said the reduced payments did not give lawyers fair reward for their work to ensure defendants got a fair trial.
"They will have a devastating impact on the criminal justice system both now and in the future," said Karen Quinlivan QC.
"Our concern is it will lead to an erosion in due course of advocacy and representation."
She added: "If we are successful we will be seeking to quash retrospectively the unlawful rules."
Mr Ford, who is facing cuts to his departmental budget along with other Northern Ireland Executive ministers, introduced new rules this month that reduce the legal aid payments available to lawyers who undertake criminal case work.
Earlier this week, barristers who are part of the Criminal Bar Association withdrew from all new criminal cases requiring legal aid, in protest against the reduced payments.
A barrister for the minister told the court he had received 2,000 pages of legal exhibits as part of the challenge, with further documentation from a forensic accountant's report still to come.
Seeking six weeks to assess the material, Tony McGleenan QC said: "We have quite a substantial body of work in responding to this."
Granting leave to seek a judicial review, the judge agreed to list the case for a full, week-long hearing in September.
In a statement, Mr Ford said he would be "robustly defending the legal challenge".
"The levels of remuneration were set following detailed analysis; adjusted following consultation; and have been through the legislative process," he said.
"Given that this challenge is now before the courts, I will not be making any further public comment on the issue until the legal process is completed.
"However, my department will monitor the impact the withdrawal of services will have on the courts and they will engage with all sectors of the justice system to try to mitigate any impact on defendants, victims and witnesses." | Rail passengers are being given a "Valentine's Day send-off" with romantic departure board messages.
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The force said its Wakefield headquarters had been fielding an increasing number of calls better suited to local councils or social services.
There has been an increase in calls relating to mental health issues due to council cutbacks, police said.
August saw 1,000 additional emergency calls a day compared to 2015.
The increase has prompted a call handler recruitment drive.
Recent time-wasting emergency calls include one from a man with a pizza "with not enough pepperoni" and a man needing a "lift to Halifax", the force said.
The 999 and 101 call handling department has over 200 staff, with an additional 46 being recruited to help reduce 101 call waiting times.
Tom Donohoe, head of the contact centre, said a rise in calls during August was because of an increase in alcohol-related incidents related to the warm weather.
He said: "In the past month or so, we have seen a dramatic increase in the volume of calls and we have taken all necessary steps to ensure that every call is dealt with."
The number of calls West Yorkshire Police are not able to deal with has risen to a fifth due to "misdirected calls" which should be going to other agencies, Mr Donohoe said.
"It can be an extremely rewarding role, as the call handlers help someone literally in their darkest hour, but can also be frustrating as we deal with many calls which are not for the police."
Growth in both fixed-asset investment, up 10.9% in August from a year ago, and factory output, at 6.1%, came in below expectations.
The Shanghai Composite index closed down 2.67% at 3,114.80, although Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed up 0.27% at 21,561.90.
The Shanghai index has lost nearly 40% since its peak in mid-June.
Shares of four of China's largest brokerages tumbled as much as 7% following news of fines and penalties from the securities regulator for failing to conduct proper checks on clients.
The four were fined 178.5m yuan ($28m; £18m) and had 62.4m yuan of profits confiscated, according to the securities filings by the companies.
Regulators have been cracking down on trading firms to stem the volatility that has rocked the markets for the past few months.
The rest of Asian shares traded mixed, despite Friday's positive finish on Wall Street, with investors cautious in advance of the Federal Reserve meeting this week.
All eyes are on the US policy meeting, which ends with a decision on Thursday on whether to raise interest rates for the first time in almost a decade.
Economists are split on whether the long-awaited move will happen.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index finished down 1.6% to 17,965.70 points.
Japanese investors are also looking ahead to the conclusion of the Bank of Japan's two-day policy meeting on Tuesday, where they are expected to maintain their easing programme.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.6% to 5,102.30.
Shares in Oil Search reversed earlier losses to close up 0.2% after it rejected an $8bn (£5.2bn) takeover proposal from Australia's biggest energy firm Woodside Petroleum, saying the offer was too cheap.
South Korea's benchmark Kospi ended down 0.5% to 1,931.46.
Mudassir Shaheen was convicted after 10 Muslim families who bought the trips, which involved a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, did not receive tickets.
The 38-year-old, from Green Lane in Bolton, is due to be sentenced at Bolton Crown Court on 14 January.
The Hajj is the pilgrimage that forms the fifth pillar of Islam.
Every adult Muslim must perform the journey to the birthplace of Islam at least once if they are physically able and can afford it.
Package trips usually last between a fortnight and a month, although the price of some tours, which sell for up to £10,000 per person, has often been criticised for being too expensive. | A fifth of 999 and 101 calls made to West Yorkshire Police are not matters the force can deal with, it has said.
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The Milwaukee-based firm now expects to sell between 241,000 and 246,000 bikes this year, down from 262,221 last year.
Demand has been dropping for years. A decade ago it was selling almost 350,000 annually.
Harley is also facing competition from cheaper bikes made by the likes of India's Polaris and Japan's Honda.
In a BBC interview earlier this year, the boss of the firm, Matthew Levatich, said his iconic motorcycle company was "emblematic" of what the Trump administration thought a home-grown US company should be.
But in its second quarter results, published on Tuesday, the company said sales would be down sufficiently for it to need to cut production, and workers' hours, at some of its US plants.
Harley-Davidson demand has weakened among its aging baby-boomer customers and fewer millennials are taking to motorcycling.
Part of the reason for the fall in demand is that its loyal customers are ageing, and, as they do, they sell their bikes, dampening the appetite for new vehicles.
Despite this, the company said it was not looking to cut new bike prices in the face of these lower used-bike prices.
Harley has tried to counter its image as a high-cost, older age group brand and has introduced a number of models at the lower price range aimed at younger riders.
Across the US, big bikes are falling from fashion. Figures released last week show registrations of large motorcycles fell by about 7% so far this year.
Harley-Davidson's second quarter net income was down almost 8% at $258.9m (£198m).
Revenue per motorcycle rose about $437 to $15,530 in the quarter.
Gilbert Deya's extradition came after he failed in his decade-long legal battle to remain in the UK.
He denied charges of stealing five children between 1999 and 2004 when he appeared in court in Nairobi.
Concerns were first raised about the conduct of Mr Deya, who ran a church in London, in a BBC investigation in 2004.
Infertile or post-menopausal women who attended the Gilbert Deya Ministries church in Peckham, south-east London, were told they could have "miracle" babies.
But the babies were always "delivered" in backstreet clinics in Nairobi, Kenya's capital.
Mr Deya later moved to Scotland, and was arrested in Edinburgh in 2006 under an international arrest warrant issued by Kenya.
His Gilbert Deya Ministries is being investigated by the UK Charity Commission for alleged mismanagement.
"Our statutory inquiry into Gilbert Deya Ministries is ongoing. We are currently considering the implication of Gilbert Deya's extradition on our investigation," the commission said in a statement.
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When the BBC asked Mr Deya during its 2014 investigation how he explained the births of children with DNA different to that of their alleged parents, the 65-year-old Mr Deya said: "The miracle babies which are happening in our ministry are beyond human imagination.
"It is not something I can say I can explain because they are of God and things of God cannot be explained by a human being."
Kenya's police spokesman Charles Owino told the BBC that Mr Deya had arrived in Nairobi aboard a Kenya Airways flight following his extradition.
Mr Deya had opposed his extradition, saying he feared being tortured and sentenced to death.
In 2007, his wife, Mary, was sentenced to two years in prison in Kenya after being convicted of stealing a baby.
In 2011, she was sentenced to three years in jail after being convicted of stealing another child.
Desperate women, some past the menopause and others who were infertile, were convinced that being prayed for by Mr Deya and travelling to Kenya would result in a child.
Once there, they were convinced by Mrs Deya and others that they were experiencing labour and taken to illegal clinics where they believed they had given birth.
But they were actually given babies which had been taken from local women. | Shares in Harley-Davidson are down about 8% in New York after the motorcycle maker slashed its sales forecast for this year.
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The UK has extradited a self-styled Kenyan pastor, who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, to Kenya to face child-trafficking charges. | 40,650,307 | 896 | 69 | true |
The 32-year-old intends to quit the saddle on the last day of the Flat racing season at Doncaster in November.
Turner, the first female British jockey to ride 100 winners in a year, said: "I have loved every second of my career as a jockey."
She has ridden two Group One winners at the highest level in Britain during her career but has suffered a number of injuries.
"I am really excited to be starting a new chapter in my life and am very much looking forward to the new challenges ahead," said Newmarket-based Turner, who will join the team at the At The Races television channel.
"I will continue to stay as focused as ever on my riding until the end of this season and will be hoping to ride as many winners as possible until then."
The forward scored 12 goals in 10 games as Bristol City won promotion from Women's Super League Two last season.
The 23-year-old also scored in a 2-1 defeat by her new club in the Women's FA Cup in March.
"It feels great to be here," she told ManCity.com. "Manchester City are a huge club and the women's team is amazing. I'm really happy to be here."
1 September 2016 Last updated at 08:22 BST
After putting up a struggle, the reptile was subdued with the assistance of a veteran wrangler and sent to a nearby crocodile farm.
A trap has been left on the Northern Territory property after the owners claimed an even larger crocodile lurks in the water.
Hartlepool Power Station was due to close in 2019 but will now remain operational until 2024, owner EDF Energy confirmed.
Almost 700 people work at the plant, which produces enough energy to supply almost 2.5 million homes.
EDF said the extension was possible as the site remained safe and economically viable.
It has also been confirmed that a new visitor centre will open at the plant.
A previous centre was closed as a security precaution. | Leading British female jockey Hayley Turner has decided to retire.
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Manchester City Women have signed Scotland international Claire Emslie from Bristol City Women.
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A 4.3m crocodile has been captured by police after it devoured livestock at a cattle station in Australia's north.
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They arrested more than 60 people after a night of scuffles, with police using pepper spray to restore order. Nearly 30 people were hurt.
Reports suggest protesters remain in the area surrounding the compound.
Students and activists oppose Beijing's decision to rule out fully democratic elections in Hong Kong in 2017.
The ruling has prompted a protest movement in the autonomous territory, spearheaded by a group called Occupy Central.
In statement issued on Saturday, Occupy Central alleged that pepper spray was used without warning, and condemned the use of "unnecessary force" against "peaceful protesters".
"We strongly condemn such action which not only violates the police code of conduct but also tramples on people's freedom of expression," the group said.
The last of the protesters within the compound were removed on Saturday without resisting arrest, the South China Morning Post reported.
The students chanted the slogan: "No fear for civil disobedience" as they were led away, the Hong Kong-based newspaper said.
The break-in occurred just before 22:30 local time on Friday (15:30 BST), as protesters scaled security fences to get inside.
The protesters smashed barriers and scaled fences to occupy a forecourt outside government headquarters.
But police managed to restore a cordon around the building's forecourt by late on Friday night before removing the final 50 on Saturday.
Police said they had arrested 61 people on suspicion of forcible entry into government premises and unlawful assembly.
A 27-year-old man was also arrested for possession of an offensive weapon.
The South China Morning Post describes the forecourt as a popular protest spot, to which access has been restricted since July.
School and university students have joined the protests in recent days, and one prominent student activist leader, Joshua Wong, was among those arrested on Friday night.
Mr Wong, 17, was dragged away in handcuffs, a student leader from Hong Kong University said.
On Thursday, about 2,000 university students held a night-time protest at the house of the Hong Kong leader, Chief Executive CY Leung.
The students' boycott is seen as a prelude to a larger demonstration planned for 1 October, organised Occupy Central, which has vowed to block the financial district.
Hong Kong operates under a "one country, two systems" arrangement with Beijing, which means citizens are allowed the right to protest.
In August, Beijing decided that candidates for the 2017 chief executive election would first have to be approved by a nominating committee. Activists have argued that this does not amount to true democracy.
Q&A: Hong Kong's democracy controversy
The main Dow Jones index closed down 26.09 points, or 0.2%, at 17,526.08. The wider S&P 500 was flat while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was 0.2% lower.
Both Brent and US light crude oil fell about $1.30, or 3.5%, a barrel.
On the upside, entertainment giant Disney was up 1.3% thanks to the success of the latest Star Wars film.
On Sunday, The Force Awakens became the fastest film in history to take $1bn (£674m) at the global box office.
Sportswear giant Nike also gained ground, rising 1%.
On the downside, energy stocks fell due to the slide in the oil price, with Chevron down 1.8% and Exxon Mobil 0.7% lower.
Outside the main index, Conoco Phillips fell 2.9%, while Marathon Petroleum dipped 2%.
"The 3% dive in crude oil this morning shows you that the sellers are still in control of the energy market and that's leading jitters on Wall Street, coupled with just normal digestive action after last week's strong gains," said Adam Sarhan at Sarhan Capital in New York.
Brent crude currently stands at $36.57 a barrel, while US light crude is trading at $36.70.
In the run-up to Christmas, Brent sank to $36.04, its lowest level since July 2004.
In the summer of 2014, Brent stood at almost $115, but the price has fallen dramatically due to oversupply and reduced demand. | Hong Kong police have cleared the main government compound of pro-democracy demonstrators who had occupied the area on Friday.
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Figures obtained under Freedom of Information laws showed 5,992 crashes were recorded between 2012 and 2014.
During that period, Birmingham student Xuanwei Zhang died after being hit by an unmarked police car in Birmingham in April 2012.
Also in 2012, two men had to dive out the way after a fire engine smashed into a phone shop in Birmingham.
Owner, Jamil Mahmood, said: "There was a fire engine doing a three-point turn and it crashed into the shop, narrowly missing one of my customers and a family member.
"It missed them by inches, they had to jump out the way."
West Midlands police, fire and ambulance services recorded 2,728, 281 and 81 crashes respectively, the figures show.
Police figures showed 64 of the force's vehicles were written off in crashes.
More than 350 people suffered injuries ranging from broken ribs, whiplash and a ripped spleen, it also confirmed, but the figures did not include the death of Mr Zhang.
In one crash in Dudley last year, two police officers were injured when a man drove into the side of a police car.
An inquiry is also taking place into the death of Harry James Kirkham. Mr Kirkham was hit by a police car in Birmingham in March this year, although this is outside the timeframe for this data.
West Midlands Fire Service said most accidents involved vehicles travelling at "slow speed".
"We continue to implement measures and awareness campaigns to reduce these," it said in a statement.
The ambulance service said crews are highly trained but rely on the help of other road users.
"The majority of collisions are down to drivers either panicking when they hear a siren or see a blue light, or not being aware of blue-light vehicles using the road," a spokesman said.
A police spokesman said it was not clear why Mr Zhang's death had not been included in its figures.
Staffordshire Police recorded 912 while Staffordshire Fire service recorded 120.
Staffordshire Police Supt Mick Boyle said they constantly monitored the driving standards of employees. The county's fire service has declined to comment.
In Warwickshire, there were 546 crashes involving police vehicles and 102 involving fire vehicles.
West Mercia Police recorded 1,143 crashes while Shropshire Fire and Rescue recorded 68.
A spokesman for both police forces said officers are sent for retraining on a regular basis if required, and future driving performance is monitored to ensure no further incidents are recorded.
The spokesman added that due to the nature of the role of the police, damage was inevitable. He added that in the future, the fleet would be fitted with a telematics system which will mean accidents and incidents can be monitored in greater depth.
Police lowered the Greenpeace campaigners dangling on ropes from St John's Bridge into boats, while the Coast Guard cleared dozens of kayaks.
The icebreaker, chartered by Royal Dutch Shell, had been prevented from leaving port for hours.
A judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay $2,500 (£1,600) per hour of blockage.
The Fennica icebreaker was in Portland for repairs. At one point it had to retreat before the activists refused to move.
The protest began on Wednesday. Thirteen activists were hanging from the bridge and another 13 were looking out.
After a tense standoff, on Thursday evening authorities began lowering some of the campaigners around 200ft (60m) onto Coast Guard boats below the bridge.
The vessel then weaved through some remaining protesters hanging from the bridge, moving toward the Pacific Ocean.
Portland police spokesman Sgt Pete Simpson said safety was the priority during the operation to clear the demonstrators.
"This is, obviously, a very unique situation," he told the Associated Press news agency.
Earlier, US District Court Sharon Gleason ruled that Greenpeace was in civil contempt, ordering the fine.
The US Coast Guard warned the protesters that they were breaking the law.
The activists said they had packed enough food and water with them on the bridge "for the long haul".
The icebreaker is a part of Shell's exploration and spill-response plan off of Alaska's coast, protecting the fleet from ice.
Campaign groups have urged President Barack Obama to rescind Shell's permit to drill in the Arctic.
They say drilling could be damaging to populations of whales, polar bears and walrus in the event of a spill. | More than five emergency vehicles have crashed a day on average in the West Midlands in the past three years.
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Davis has already added strikers Ryan Lowe and Chris Dagnall and Newcastle academy midfielder Liam Smith, but believes his squad is still lacking in numbers ahead of the new season.
"I still think we're short in certain areas," Davis told BBC Radio Stoke.
"A winger will be coming in but unless anyone leaves, it's unlikely anyone else will come in."
Although Davis was given an increased budget following relegation from League One last season, finances remain tight at Gresty Road when it comes to strengthening the squad further.
"I can't make the budget stretch that far," Davis, 50, said. "I can't bring anybody in because of the restrictions that I've got."
So for now, Davis will make do with the one new recruit who will add something different.
"He's quick, so he'll get us up the pitch and create problems," Davis said.
"All of our current wingers want to play deep and link the play, and it sometimes isolates the strikers, so we've got to find a way to give them better support with more crosses and shots."
From David Platt and Dean Ashton to Seth Johnson and Danny Murphy, the Alex have had a long-standing reputation of producing players that have gone on to play at a higher level.
Two more academy products - Grant Hanley and Ashley Westwood - could be the latest to net their former club a much-needed windfall due to sell-on clauses when they left Gresty Road.
Blackburn defender Hanley, 24, is a transfer target for Newcastle and Aston Villa midfielder Westwood, 26, has been linked with Premier League newcomers Burnley.
"If it was a possibility, that would be great," Davis said. "I know I can bring in someone who could do a really good job.
"The beauty of these sell-ons is the club gets rewarded and it gets out of a little hole."
Use the links below to see details of who was elected in each district electoral area in each of the 11 councils.
Follow the link under those details for a full account of elections, eliminations, votes and transfers.
Antrim and Newtownabbey
Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon
Belfast
Causeway Coast and Glens
Derry and Strabane
Fermanagh and Omagh
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Newry, Mourne and Down
Ambulance response times and A&E waits were among the topics discussed.
Andrew RT Davies said the discussions would inform Conservative party policy for the 2016 assembly election.
David Cameron and Ed Miliband have repeatedly clashed over health as the general election approaches in May.
Speaking after the meeting at the Senedd on Monday, Mr Davies said: "From the Welsh Conservative point of view there is legitimate scrutiny of the Welsh government.
"We also want to work with anyone who has the best interests of the Welsh NHS at heart," he added, saying the meeting had been one of 14 the Welsh Conservatives had held on the issue.
The British Medical Association, Royal College of Nursing, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board and the General Medical Council were among the organisations represented.
The Welsh government declined to comment. | League Two club Crewe Alexandra are set to sign a new winger, manager Steve Davis has said.
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A total of 462 councillors were elected across the 11 Northern Ireland councils, using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system.
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Caley Thistle missed out on a top-six Premiership finish this season and the club will prioritise recruiting quality in attacking areas.
"There's not been a decision made," Hughes said of 31-year-old Raven.
"Right at this moment in time, it seems very unlikely it'll be the case that he might get something."
A fairly ominous number of decisions await Hughes regarding personnel, with only Greg Tansey, Josh Meekings, Ross Draper, Gary Warren, Richie Foran, Carl Tremarco and goalkeeping reserve/coach Ryan Esson currently contracted beyond the end of the season.
Raven joined Caley Thistle in 2012 after leaving Tranmere Rovers but might have only five more games to add to his 137 appearances for the Scottish Premiership club.
"The reason being is, when I'm spinning plates, if I've got anything extra, I want to put it in the top end," explained Hughes.
The Caley Thistle boss resolved his striker shortage this season by signing Miles Storey on loan, but the Englishman is likely to return to Swindon Town this summer.
"I want to bring that quality in the top end," said Hughes. "Someone has to sacrifice. Unfortunately, it might have to be David.
"I'm not saying it is. It might have to be one or two others for us to bring in that quality or finishing up the league."
Hughes believes the loss of key players over the last 18 months has significantly hampered his side and midfielders Danny Williams and James Vincent have already agreed pre-contracts to move to Dundee this close season.
"I would like to identify two or three players that the fans can identify with and gets them excited," added Hughes.
"Over the years, if I'm a supporter of Inverness, I've seen Billy Mckay go, Marley Watkins go, Graeme Shinnie go, Ryan Christie go.
"Real good footballers and I think it's affected us, especially in the final third. People that can unlock the door, score a goal.
"All my concentration and any money that's available, that's what I'm scouting. That top end that can win us games.
"We're playing to finish as high up the league as we can to hopefully try and get a little bit more finance."
The UNHCR criticised Hungary, which said it had deployed 10,000 police and soldiers to seal the border.
The agency says it is concerned that migrants are being illegally forced to return from Hungary to Serbia.
The numbers of migrants travelling through the Balkans is again on the rise, according to the UN.
New measures introduced by Hungary allow its forces to return to Serbia migrants detained within 8km (5 miles) of the border.
Serbia's government accused Hungary of breaching international law by returning the migrants.
UNHCR regional spokesman in Budapest, Erno Simon told the BBC he is deeply concerned about the practice and the increasingly dangerous conditions for those at the border.
The UN says close to 800 migrants are in the open on the Serbian side of the border, lacking shelter and sanitation.
A 10-year-old Afghan boy died in a drowning accident at Horgos near a makeshift tent encampment on Thursday.
On Friday, the Serbian government called an emergency meeting after 500 migrants entered the country from Bulgaria and Macedonia in 24 hours.
With the Hungarian border now effectively closed, all new arrivals in Serbia will either have to stay there, or find new routes to continue their journeys to western Europe.
The sharp increase in border security by Hungary's armed forces follows a hardline anti-immigration stance taken by Hungary's government.
Janos Lazar, chief of staff to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said on Friday: "Today, the protection of Hungary and of Europe is the government's task.
"For Hungary, security is the most important question. Stopping illegal immigration is a key issue."
Hungary says those caught near the border and returned can claim asylum at transit zones on the border, but reports said only 30 people a day were being allowed through to file claims.
Nearly 400,000 migrants passed through Hungary last year, but just over 500 were granted some sort of international protection here.
More than one million migrants used the Balkan route to cross to Western Europe before it officially closed in March. | Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager John Hughes admits it looks unlikely that full-back David Raven will be offered a new contract.
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Afridi was responding to commentator Ramiz Raja who said during their match on Tuesday "it seems you have a bit of fan following here in Mohali".
"Yes, a lot of people, a lot of people are here from Kashmir as well," Afridi said on live television.
India and Pakistan have fought two wars and a limited conflict over Kashmir.
The region is claimed by both countries in its entirety.
Indian media channels have highlighted Afridi's statement as "provocative" and the secretary of India's cricket board, Anurag Thakur, has also criticised him.
"To give a statement like that is not politically correct. A player should stay away from all this," he was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India news agency.
The arrival of the Pakistani cricket team for the World T20 was delayed after Islamabad asked to have the venue of its India match shifted from Dharamsala over concerns for the safety of their players.
Shortly after the team's arrival in India, Afridi drew criticism for saying the team received "more love in India than back home".
One Pakistani tweeter in Lahore, Faraz, joked about it at the time, saying that Afridi would be next criticised for not mentioning Kashmir or meeting separatist leaders - something which Pakistani leaders or diplomats are often expected to do when they visit India.
On Wednesday, Faraz returned to the topic on Twitter:
Mr Corbyn told the BBC: "Anyone's entitled to raise an opinion on it, and they will."
Labour's defence spokesman has said the party's position should not change before the next election.
In his interview, Mr Corbyn also questioned whether air strikes against so-called Islamic State were working.
In other Labour conference developments:
Labour's leader, who was re-elected by an increased margin on Saturday, is hoping to unite his party at its conference in Liverpool.
But there have been rows over proposed changes to the internal party rules and on Monday Labour's shadow defence secretary, Clive Lewis, was said to be upset at last-minute changes to the section of his speech about Trident, the UK's nuclear missile system.
Mr Lewis reportedly said later it was time for Labour to stop "picking at the scab" of its Trident policy.
Asked to clarify Labour's policy on whether to go ahead with renewing the multibillion pound system, Mr Corbyn told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that "the position is that Parliament has voted on Trident, the existing party policy was for renewal", adding that he was "not a supporter of nuclear weapons".
The party's defence review, led by Mr Lewis, would continue, he said.
Labour was divided when MPs voted in favour of Trident renewal voted in July.
Asked whether he accepted the party's current policy, Mr Corbyn - a longstanding CND campaigner - said: "Of course I know what the party policy is and of course I understand the decision that was taken.
"Does it mean there are people in the party who have a moral objection to nuclear weapons, yes there are."
He predicted problems to come for the government with the costs of the project, currently estimated at £31bn, and said he would never want to trigger a nuclear bomb if elected as prime minister.
Labour is united on the need for a nuclear-free world, he added.
Mr Corbyn was also asked whether he would continue with UK air strikes against so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq. The Labour leader opposed both interventions and is a former chairman of the Stop the War Coalition.
"I am not sure it's working," he said.
"I think there has to be a political solution, which brings together everyone with the exception of IS to isolate them."
Pressed on whether he would call a halt to the military action, he said: "As a Labour prime minister I would bend every muscle I have got to bring about a political settlement and peace."
On taking office as PM he would "look at all the evidence" and decide how to bring this about, he added.
The Labour leader said it had been "a very busy year" since he was first elected last summer having entered the 2015 leadership contest as an outsider.
"It's fun and I enjoy it," he added. | Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has caused an uproar in India for saying that a lot of support for their team at the World T20 comes from Kashmiris.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he accepts his party's policy is to renew the UK's nuclear weapons - but will continue to speak out against it. | 35,879,866 | 986 | 76 | true |
Instead, the foreign secretary will focus on forging a UK-US free trade Brexit deal when he meets senior members of the president's team.
Britain is said to be ready to forget the spat after the US agreed not to repeat claims GCHQ wiretapped Mr Trump.
GCHQ said the claims made by the White House were "nonsense".
Mr Johnson will meet with congressional leaders and members of Mr Trump's team in Washington, including chief strategist Steve Bannon and senior adviser Kellyanne Conway.
Officials said he will not raise the diplomatic row which was sparked when White House press secretary Sean Spicer repeated allegations GCHQ spied on Mr Trump for Barack Obama.
The UK is said to be satisfied by reassurances from the US that the claims - described by GCHQ as being as "utterly ridiculous" - will not be repeated.
Officials hope Mr Johnson can carve out a role as a link-man between No 10 and the White House, says the BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Landale.
On his three-day visit to the US, the foreign secretary will attend a summit of countries fighting so-called Islamic State and chair a meeting of the UN security council.
He will also host a UN event on female empowerment around the world, aimed at giving women better access to schools, jobs and democracy.
Coran Bogue, 23, from Newport, was involved in the incident on the A4810 Llanwern link road near Magor Brewery at about 05:50 BST.
He died at the scene after the crash between a Vauxhall Corsa and a lorry.
Specialist officers are supporting his family and police issued an appeal for information.
Roy Deeming's yacht, Desiree, was found drifting off La Corbiere at approximately 12:00 GMT.
Mr Deeming has been missing from his home in St Brelade's since late Christmas Eve, police said.
Lifeboat volunteers found Desiree with nobody on board and a search was launched which has been abandoned due to deteriorating weather conditions.
Mr Deeming. described by police as about 5ft 6ins tall, with greying hair and a moustache, was due to visit friends on Christmas Day but did not arrive.
Two RNLI lifeboats from St Helier, Jersey coastguards and a French naval rescue helicopter from Cherbourg have all been involved in the search.
Desiree has been returned to Elizabeth Harbour.
The prince will spend 15 days touring seven island nations as the Queen's representative.
The governor general of Antigua welcomed him with a reception at the newly restored Clarence House.
The prince re-opened the building - designed for King William IV when governor general in the 18th Century.
He also read out a message from the Queen in which she recalled her "fond memories" of visiting Antigua on three occasions between 1966 and 1985,
The prince also congratulated the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on their 69th wedding anniversary.
Earlier he made an unscheduled stop at Nelson's Dockyard, a Unesco World Heritage Site where Admiral Lord Nelson was based for four years in the 1780s.
Later, Harry is to join West Indian cricket legends Sir Vivian Richards, Sir Andy Roberts and Sir Curtly Ambrose at a sporting event near Antigua's capital St John's.
A Kensington Palace source said the tour would have a "formal feel" but there would be "plenty of fun".
Its build-up has been overshadowed after it emerged the prince was dating US actress Meghan Markle.
Earlier this month Prince Harry, 32, hit out at the media for subjecting Ms Markle to a "wave of abuse and harassment", issuing a rare but strongly worded statement.
Who is Meghan Markle?
The palace source added that Prince Harry had been "looking forward to the tour for many months" and was "honoured" at being asked to represent the Queen.
"While this tour will necessarily have a more formal feel, he's pleased that he'll have plenty of opportunities to meet people from all walks of life. There should be plenty of fun along the way." | Boris Johnson will avoid discussing claims the UK's intelligence agency spied on Donald Trump when he visits Washington later, officials say.
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A man who died in a crash on the outskirts of Monmouthshire on Wednesday has been named by Gwent Police.
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The discovery of an empty yacht off Jersey on Christmas Day prompted a major search for a missing man.
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The BBC's Maud Jullien reports from the scene that police fired shots, and she saw two of the bodies being taken away.
Police denied killing the protesters, and said 15 of their officers had been wounded in a grenade attack.
The US's John Kerry urged Mr Nkurunziza to abandon his re-election bid.
"We are deeply concerned about President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision, which flies directly in the face of the constitution of this country," the US secretary of state told reporters during a visit to Kenya.
The Red Cross says 12 people have been killed since protests broke out on 26 April after Mr Nkurunziza was nominated by the ruling CNDD-FDD party as its candidate for the June election.
Under Burundi's constitution, presidents can only be elected to two terms in office, but Mr Nkurunziza's allies say his first term does not count as he was appointed by parliament.
Live updates from Burundi
The government accuses the protesters of being "insurrectional", and says Mr Nkurunziza will press ahead with contesting the election.
The protests are the most serious since Mr Nkurunziza took power at the end of a 12-year civil war in 2005.
Our reporter says more than 1,000 people are on the streets of Bujumbura's Musaga neighbourhood in defiance of a government ban on protests.
The latest clashes started when some demonstrators threw stones and the police responded by firing live rounds, she says.
The army then arrived on the scene, containing the protests, she says.
"I am killed by Nkurunziza," one demonstrator screamed, as he was taken to hospital with a bullet wound in his shoulder, AFP news agency reports.
On Sunday, army chief of staff General Prime Niyongabo pledged neutrality in the conflict, following a similar declaration a day earlier by Defence Minister General Pontien Gaciyubwenge, our correspondent says.
Many soldiers are thought to be sympathetic towards the protesters, she adds.
Wigan took an early lead when Michael Jacobs sent in a cross that evaded everyone and found the far corner.
Nigel Clough's side levelled before the break when Tom Naylor rose highest to head home Matty Palmer's free-kick.
Wigan remain three points clear with three matches to play while Burton are still three points above third-placed Walsall, who fought back to draw 1-1 at home to Swindon on Tuesday.
The Saddlers have a game in hand on Burton, who need one more point to secure a play-off spot.
Gary Caldwell's side host Southend on Saturday while the Brewers visit relegation-threatened Colchester.
Burton Albion manager Nigel Clough told BBC Radio Derby:
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"I thought we were magnificent all the way through, start to finish.
"We were very unlucky to go one-nil down tonight at home, but once again the response was excellent.
"Deserved the equaliser and all the second half, we could have got a goal at any time because we deserved it, the way we went about it.
"In terms of making it uncomfortable for the opposition, getting in their faces, closing down and doing those sorts of things then yes it was one of the best performances of the season." | Three protesters have been killed in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, the Red Cross says, as demonstrations against President Pierre Nkuruziza's re-election bid enter a second week.
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League One leaders Wigan were held to a draw by second-placed Burton. | 32,580,011 | 766 | 68 | true |
Brent crude, used as an international benchmark, fell as low as $29.96, but bounced back to trade at $30.22.
Oil prices have fallen by 70% in the past 15 months.
Earlier, Russia's Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, warned tumbling oil prices could force his country to revise its 2016 budget.
He said that the country must be prepared for a "worst-case" economic scenario if the price continued to fall.
Taxes from oil and gas generates about half the Russian government's revenue.
The 2016 federal budget that was approved in October was based on an oil price of $50 a barrel in 2016 - a figure President Vladimir Putin has since described as "unrealistic".
Government departments have been ordered to cut spending by 10%, repeating a policy imposed in 2015, Reuters reported.
Pensions and pay for government workers will be protected from the cuts, which could save as much as 700bn roubles (£6.3bn; $9.1bn).
Finance minister Anton Siluanov said that the Russian budget could only be balanced at an oil price of $82 a barrel.
He said the 2016 budget should be revised to assume an oil price of $40 a barrel.
"Our task is to adapt our budget to the new realities," Mr Siluanov said.
Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev warned that Russia faced a long period of low commodity prices with oil at $15 or $20 a barrel.
"The biggest risk is that there will be low prices for a long time - that is, for years, for decades," he said.
Mr Medvedev also said that high interests rates were holding back economic growth in Russia.
The Bank of Russia held rates at 11% last month, with governor Elvira Nabiullina warning of "high volatility" in global markets.
A year ago the central bank shocked markets by increasing rates from 10.5% to 17%.
Inflation stands at 15% in Russia, but the bank hopes it would fall to 4% by next year.
It's been six months since Britain's first official astronaut blasted off to the International Space Station.
He's been a busy man. Here are some of the firsts and records he's achieved while he's been up there...
Tim set the world record for the fastest marathon in space - 3 hours, 35 minutes and 21 seconds.
He ran the London Marathon in April, at the same time as runners on Earth, but on a treadmill aboard the ISS.
Take a look at the training and special equipment he needed to make it possible...
Tim says his spacewalk outside the ISS is his finest moment from his time in space.
As well as a chance to take a great selfie, Tim had to complete the spacewalk to carry out repairs to the space station - 250 miles above the Earth!
Tim sent a one-minute message to the Queen in a video link live from the International Space Station.
He thanked the Queen (after she sent him her own good wishes) and said he hoped his journey would help make the world a better place.
Perhaps his message of thanks to the Queen got him into her good books, because she is making him a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for services to space research and scientific education.
Whilst others who were honoured by the Queen found out on Earth, Tim heard the news while he was up in space!
Tim Peake completed a tricky mission while in space - he had to operate a rover that was back here on Earth!
His task was to get the robot across a sandpit, made to be like the surface of Mars, and into a cave to look for targets.
It was all part of a European Space Agency project that aims to learn how astronauts can control equipment remotely.
The plan is for astronauts to do this when rovers are sent to Mars in the future. | Oil prices have briefly fallen below $30 a barrel on international markets for the first time since April 2004, before recovering again.
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The 63-year-old joined the RFU in 2012 and oversaw a Six Nations Grand Slam and successive titles for the men's team and a World Cup title in 2014 for the women's team.
"Rugby is a special sport, and one which is very hard to leave," said Ritchie.
The RFU intend to have a replacement by the end of the summer.
"It has been an honour and a privilege to lead the RFU," added Ritchie, who headed the All England Club prior to his RFU role.
"I'm proud to have been part of the rugby family, working with so many talented, passionate and committed teams at every level of the game and of the union."
The head of Premiership Rugby says the departing Ritchie has "contributed massively" to club and country relations.
"He's always someone we felt we could do business with," Mark McCafferty told BBC Radio 5 live.
"He's contributed massively to finding a good balance between club and country.
"We haven't always seen eye to eye, but there has always been a good amount of give and take, which is the way the English system has to work."
BBC sports editor Dan Roan
Ian Ritchie restored authority and order at the RFU after a damaging and turbulent period following England's dismal 2011 World Cup campaign. His tenure was not without disappointments however.
In 2015, after the ignominy of England's group-stage exit from their own World Cup, he faced calls to resign.
After all, despite no rugby background, he had hired Stuart Lancaster as head coach, handed him a six-year contract extension in 2014, and said he would take responsibility if the team failed. It was Lancaster however who lost his job.
Ritchie, (who was awarded a pay-rise to £700,000 per year), had to get his next big decision right, and the appointment of Eddie Jones has been fully vindicated.
Thanks in part to hosting the sport's showpiece event in 2015, the RFU has also become the country's richest sport's governing body under Ritchie's leadership, enabling it to invest more in the grassroots and grow participation, while he also led delicate and crucial negotiations with the top clubs.
The session began at a top security prison in Athens, without some of the key defendants present.
Security forces are braced for trouble, with party supporters and anti-fascist groups vowing to stage protests.
Golden Dawn polled third in the January general election.
Critics describe the anti-immigrant party as a neo-Nazi group.
All 18 of the far-right party's MPs in the previous Greek parliament are among the defendants, but only a handful of them were in the specially-built courtroom for the start of the trial.
Leader Nikos Michaloliakos, 57, who was released recently from prison, is being kept under house arrest and was not in court on Monday.
The trial follows a lengthy investigation into the 2013 murder of anti-racist rapper Pavlos Fyssas by a Golden Dawn supporter.
Golden Dawn has also been linked to the murder of a Pakistani immigrant and beatings of political opponents.
The trial is due to last at least a year. | Rugby Football Union's chief executive Ian Ritchie has announced he will retire at the end of the summer.
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Glen James alerted police after he found the backpack containing cash and traveller's cheques last weekend, and the bag's owner was then tracked down.
A complete stranger later started an online fund for Mr James after reading media reports about his honesty.
The man, Ethan Whittington, now plans to meet Mr James to give him the money.
Mr Whittington, who lives in Midlothian, Virginia, said he was so overwhelmed by Mr James' honesty that he decided to start the fund.
"The fact that he's in the situation he is, being homeless, it blew my mind that he would do this,'' Mr Whittington was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
He said his idea of starting donations on a crowdfunding website for Mr James "caught on like wildfire ever since".
"It's brought me a lot of hope. This isn't only about rewarding a great guy. I think it's a statement to everyone in America.
"If we come together and work toward one thing and work together, then we can make it happen."
Meanwhile, Mr James, a former Boston courthouse employee, said that he would not have kept "even a penny" of the money he had found in the backpack - even if he were desperate.
The Daily Mirror reported that the star used the n-word in a nursery rhyme, although the paper claims it was later edited out of the BBC broadcast.
Clarkson responded to the claim in a video on Twitter saying he loathed the word.
In it he said he was "horrified" that it sounded as though he'd used it.
The presenter added he was "begging forgiveness" that it appeared that way.
He said in two takes he mumbled where it was supposed to appear in the rhyme. In a third take he used the word "teacher" instead.
Earlier he'd tweeted: "I did not use the n word. Never use it. The Mirror has gone way too far this time."
The newspaper said the footage was studied by audio forensic experts who told them the star could be heard chanting "Eeny, meeny, miny moe".
The experts claim that he then mumbled the rest of the racist rhyme while comparing two cars.
In a statement the BBC said: "Jeremy Clarkson has set out the background to this regrettable episode.
"We have made it absolutely clear to him, the standards the BBC expects on air and off. We have left him in no doubt about how seriously we view this."
His Top Gear co-host, James May, came to his defence on Twitter saying: "Jeremy Clarkson is not a racist."
"I wouldn't work with one. #ThatIsAll."
The story comes days after the show's producer apologised for broadcasting a "light-hearted" joke by Clarkson that led to the BBC show being accused of racism.
An episode of the show, filmed in Burma and Thailand and shown in March, featured a scene in which the presenters built a bridge over the River Kwai, and as an Asian man walked over it Clarkson said: "That is a proud moment, but there's a slope on it."
Somi Guha, an actress who complained to the BBC, said the use of the phrase was an example of "casual racism" and "gross misconduct".
The BBC Two show's executive producer, Andy Wilman, said: "When we used the word slope in the recent Top Gear Burma Special it was a light-hearted word play joke referencing both the build quality of the bridge and the local Asian man who was crossing it.
"It has subsequently been brought to our attention, that the word slope is considered by some to be offensive, for example in Australia and the USA.
"If we had known that at the time we would not have broadcast the word in this context and regret any offence caused."
Clarkson is well known for courting controversy. In recent years he has been cleared of breaching the broadcasting code by media watchdog Ofcom after comparing a Japanese car to people with growths on their faces.
He previously faced protests from mental health charities after calling people who throw themselves under trains "selfish".
He was forced to apologise for telling BBC One's The One Show that striking workers should be shot.
The motoring show has also faced complaints from Indian and Mexican politicians over remarks made about their countries while filming on location.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Donations of more than $110,000 (£67,000) have poured in from across the US for a Boston homeless man who returned a lost bag with $42,000 in it.
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The committee announced its resignation on Friday after April's race was abandoned due to a lack of water.
Richard Caborn, a former Labour MP for Sheffield, said he was one of many who ran despite the cancellation.
He said: "I hope Sheffield says thanks to the committee."
The race has been held for the past 33 years but was called off at the last minute after organisers said they were "let down" by a company due to supply water along the route.
Many of the 4,100 entrants did not realise the race was cancelled and chaotic scenes ensued as some abandoned the race while others ran anyway.
Mr Caborn, who has run the race for 15 years, said the committee had "dedicated their lives" to it since 1982.
"I feel very sad and sorry for the people on the committee and the volunteers," he said.
"The abuse they've taken is unbelievable. I hope Sheffield thanks the committee for the past 30 years, for all the money they've raised for charity, and for getting so many people running."
Mike Cordon, chairman of City of Sheffield Athletics Club, said a "serious mistake" had been made and that the committee had a duty to explain to runners exactly what happened.
In a statement on Friday, Sheffield Marathon Limited said: "The directors and organising committee, a team of volunteers who have run the not-for-profit organisation since 1982, have decided they will not be involved in future marathons."
Chairman Robert Jackson said: "We can once again only apologise for the upset and inconvenience caused by the safety officer's decision to cancel the race.
"We also wanted to take this opportunity to place on record the distress and upset this situation has caused us.
"In no way are we seeking any sympathies from runners, the general public or media, but there comes a time when enough is enough and a sense of proportion has to prevail."
He said committee members had received abusive emails, calls and letters and that it was time to "step aside and let someone else take the strain for the benefit of runners".
In June, the committee said money raised for charity would be used to refund the runners.
Organisers originally refused to offer refunds as infrastructure still had to be paid for and race rules stated the fee would not be returned.
Mr Jackson said the refund was "a gesture of goodwill" and made "without any admission of liability".
The One Love concert in Manchester on Sunday night also started with a moment's silence.
This was to remember those who had lost their lives or been affected by the attack in Manchester two weeks earlier.
But why do we hold a silence to pay tribute in this way?
In the UK, the first recorded national silence was held on Armistice Day in 1919.
Armistice Day was the day that World War One ended, on 11 November 1918.
In November 1919, King George V issued a proclamation that called for a two-minute silence.
"All locomotions should cease, so that, in perfect stillness, the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated on reverent remembrance of the glorious dead," he said.
All locomotion should cease means that all movement should stop, so everybody should stand or sit still, whatever they are doing. So it was about more than just not talking.
Since 1919, on the second Sunday of November (otherwise known as Remembrance Sunday), a two-minute silence is held at 11am at war memorials, cenotaphs, religious services and shopping centres throughout the country to remember all those killed in conflicts.
While holding a period of silence remains the traditional way to pay tribute and show respect, in some cases where it is appropriate, a round of applause is used to celebrate somebody's life - for example, to remember sports stars who have passed away.
Sports writer Richard Williams explains that Italian people have been doing this for a while.
"I think it's a good idea when the person is someone whose achievements were accompanied by the cheers of vast crowds," he says. | Sheffield Half Marathon's organisers received "unbelievable" and "totally unacceptable" abuse after the race was abandoned amid chaotic scenes, a former sports minister has said.
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A spokesperson said the provisions set out in the Belfast Agreement are not undermined by the decision to leave the EU.
The statement added that there would be "no return to the borders of the past".
The Sinn Féin President made the remarks at a conference on Saturday.
His comments were criticised by Ulster Unionist Party MLA Doug Beattie who called on Mr Adams to "explain exactly what he means".
Outlining plans for the UK leaving the EU on Tuesday, Prime Minister Theresa May said Brexit means leaving the European Customs Union.
Mr Adams said Northern Ireland should enjoy special status after Brexit, claiming it would not affect the constitutional settlement which secures its status as part of the UK.
"Taking the North out of the EU will destroy the Good Friday Agreement," he said.
"The British government's intention to take the North out of the EU, despite the wish of the people there to remain, is a hostile action.
"Not just because of the implications of a hard border on this island, but also because of its negative impact on the Good Friday Agreement.
"The British prime minister repeated her intention to bring an end to the jurisdiction of the European Court.
"Along with her commitment to remove Britain from the European Convention on Human Rights, this stand threatens to undermine the fundamental human rights elements of the Good Friday Agreement."
Following the comments a UK Government spokesperson said "none of the institutions and provisions set out in the Belfast Agreement, including those relating to human rights, are in any way undermined by the decision of the UK to leave the EU".
"The UK Government is fully behind the implementation of the Belfast Agreement and its successors, including Stormont House and Fresh Start," it said.
"There will be no return to the borders of the past.
"We are also working intensively to ensure that following the forthcoming election strong and stable devolved government that works for everyone is re-established in Northern Ireland."
On Tuesday, the Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Enda Kenny re-iterated his wish for "a preservation of the seamless border that is there now" and welcomed the "greater clarity" provided by Mrs May in her address on Britain's planned approach to the Brexit negotiation process.
Pennsylvania officials announced a person of interest on Tuesday as search crews focused on a vast farm owned by the man's parents.
Cosmo DiNardo, 20, was identified and also arrested on an unrelated weapons charge, but later released on bail.
Officials say his arrest was not linked to the criminal investigation.
"I want to be very careful to stress that he's a person of interest," said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub, explaining that he was not currently considered a suspect.
"Sometimes the chasm between a person of interest, and being a person that is actually accused or arrested, and certainly convicted of a crime, is so wide that we never cross it," he added about Mr DiNardo.
Court records show Mr DiNardo was charged with possessing a shotgun despite having a history of mental health issues, including involuntary commitment.
Search crews using heavy machinery, metal detectors, and cadaver dogs have been scouring the Solebury Township 68-acre farm - about 40 miles (65km) north of Philadelphia.
News helicopters have been hovering overhead broadcasting the workers tearing up concrete and sifting through dirt.
Jimi Patrick, 19, was last seen on Wednesday evening one week ago and was reported missing after he did not arrive for work the following day.
Mark Sturgis, 22, Thomas Meo, 21, and Dean Finocchiaro, 18, were each last seen on Friday evening.
Officials have not yet said what connections the men have to each other or if they believe them to be alive.
Sources tell US media that a ping from a mobile phone belonging to one of the men led investigators to the farmland property.
Cosmo DiNardo was freed after posting 10% of a $1m (£775,000) bail. Authorities had on Monday re-filed weapons charges against him that had already been dismissed in May.
The man's parents, Antonio, 46, and Sandra DiNardo, 47, have been subpoenaed to appear before a county grand jury on Thursday, and have had their mobile phones seized, Fox News reports.
The FBI has been called to aid in the investigation, the district attorney said. | The UK government has said that comments made by Gerry Adams that Brexit will "destroy the Good Friday Agreement" are "totally without any basis in fact."
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Scot Knox won his first Tour title in Shanghai last week and carded a second successive round of 65 to move into contention for another tournament win.
Overnight leader Graeme McDowell had a round of 70 as the Northern Irishman dropped to joint third with Knox.
Fathauer carded a bogey-free, five-under 66 to move into the lead.
The American is trying to become the sixth consecutive first-time winner on the PGA Tour.
Knox hit seven birdies and a bogey in his round, while McDowell failed to replicate the form of his impressive eight-under 63 in the second round.
His round included a double bogey, two bogeys and five birdies as he aims for his first PGA Tour win since 2013.
David Begley, 47, from Gorseinon, Swansea, made references to rape in messages to Ms Wood as she appeared on a TV debate about the referendum.
Begley, a music promoter and DJ, admitted sending a communication conveying an offensive message.
He was sentenced at Swansea Magistrates' Court.
Ms Wood represented the Remain campaign in debates during the build-up to the referendum vote.
Stephen Harrett, defending, said: "He sent the message on the spur of the moment." | Russell Knox shot a third round 65 to move three shots behind leader Derek Fathauer in the PGA Tour's OHL Classic in Mayakoba, Mexico.
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A local resident had raised the alarm after seeing "smoke" apparently billowing from the church roof.
Police also rushed there on Wednesday.
Laurent Boivin at the town's centre for emergencies said "we quickly identified the cloud as flying insects". "We had feared a big fire inside the basilica."
He told the BBC: "It was sheer coincidence that the ants chose to swarm above the basilica."
Scientists say ants pick a summer day for mating by sensing temperature, humidity and day length.
They like warm, humid conditions, which make it easier for them to fly and for mated queens to dig nests in the soft ground. Queens mate with males during flight.
A new investigation has shown that he had a type of autoimmune inflammation of the brain that is also recognised in humans.
Researchers hope this knowledge can help both human and animal sufferers.
Knut became an international celebrity, after being abandoned by his mother and then hand-raised by a zookeeper.
For a while, he was the most recognisable bear on the planet, with his face featuring regularly on TV and in newspapers, and even on the front cover of an edition of Vanity Fair magazine.
His death was as public as his life. Knut experienced a seizure and collapsed into his enclosure's moat - right in front of the many zoo visitors who had come to see him - and never regained consciousness.
The necropsy established he had encephalitis, a brain inflammation, but the investigating scientists could find no reason for it.
They suspected some kind of infection, however all pathogen screening drew a blank.
It was an expert in human disorders that had the first inkling as to what the root cause might be.
Dr Harald Pruess, from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, treats patients with a condition known as anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.
He recognised some commonalities in Knut's post mortem reports, and further tests on preserved brain samples from the bear confirmed the connection.
"The disease which we have now identified as the cause of death is an autoimmune inflammation of the brain," the neurologist told reporters.
"Antibodies that normally help to defend us against viruses or bacteria can obviously under certain circumstances turn against their own body and attack nerve cells.
"In the most common autoimmune encephalitis, these antibodies bind to a glutamate receptor in the brain called NMDA receptor and cause seizures, cognitive impairment, psychosis or coma."
In humans, anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis affects about one in 200,000 people a year, mostly women.
It is quite often seen in patients with ovarian cancer. The same antibodies produced to fight the tumour will also attach to the brain cell receptor. An unfortunate case of "friendly fire", as Dr Pruess put it.
Knut is the first non-human subject in which anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis has been demonstrated, and in their paper, published in the journal Scientific Reports, the researchers say it is very probably far more common than previously assumed - not just in captive or domesticated animals, but also in the wild.
In humans, the disease is treatable. Patients are given steroids and undergo what is known as plasmapheresis to remove the responsible antibodies from their blood.
Co-author Prof Alex Greenwood, from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin, said similar therapy could now be developed for animals.
He told BBC News: "Pretty much every aspect of Knut's life was played out in the public sphere.
"And reflecting on it now, we're very happy to reach the point where we can end the story by saying why he died.
"There's some closure. Closure for him, but it opens up possibilities for other animals. He will be the trigger for research that may help not just other polar bears but other wild and captured animals as well."
And both Prof Greenwood and Dr Pruess said they hoped the publicity surrounding Knut would raise awareness of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in the medical profession, ensuring human patients were diagnosed and treated promptly.
Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | Firefighters rushed to tackle what seemed to be a blaze at the imposing basilica in Lisieux, northern France - only to find that it was a giant swarm of flying ants.
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The Met Office said the heaviest of the rain for south Wales will fall on Saturday daytime, with another bout overnight into Sunday.
The rain will push into north Wales later in the day and into Sunday.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has two flood warnings in place.
The warnings covered Pontargothi and Pontynyswen, and Abergwili, in Carmarthenshire. The agency said it expected to issue alerts in north Wales too.
It said the public should anticipate some road closures "as drains struggle to cope".
"NRW is advising people to allow extra time for journeys as driving conditions may be difficult, particularly on roads already busy with Christmas shoppers," they added.
The Met Office forecasters said higher ground in the Brecon Beacons in Powys could see up to 3in of rain, while parts of Snowdonia and north Wales up to 2.4in (60mm).
Areas covered by the yellow alert are: Ceredigion, Gwynedd, Powys, Denbighshire, Carmarthenshire, Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Conwy, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Swansea, Pembrokeshire and Vale of Glamorgan.
The fresh warning follows a sustained period of wet weather across Wales, which has already led to flooding, especially in parts of Snowdonia, the Conwy Valley and Anglesey.
In one incident, farmer Paul Williams was forced to swim in flood water on land near Llanrwst, Conwy, for four hours after 170 sheep were swept away.
Some women who underwent fertility treatment to have a first child and stored their frozen embryos, however, are suddenly at an advantage now to have a second child.
The killing took place in north-western Badghis province. There are some reports that the woman's husband had authorised the separation from abroad.
But when he returned to Afghanistan, he petitioned a self-appointed Taliban court against her remarriage. The Taliban deny carrying out the killing.
Divorce is taboo in the country, especially for women.
Officials said the militants forced the woman, whose name has been given as Aziza, to go to her father's house, where they shot her.
Local politician Naser Nazari said the woman, thought to be 25, was killed on Saturday.
"Her former husband authorised one of his relatives here to divorce Aziza," he told Pajhwok news.
It reported that she then married another man but when her husband returned from working in Iran he denied divorcing her and went to the militants.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yusuf Ahmadi told the BBC the cause of the killing was a family feud.
He said the Taliban had already detained two men involved in the case and pledged to "punish them according to Sharia law".
There are regular reports of the Taliban putting women to death in areas they control after accusing them of adultery or other alleged transgressions.
They carried out the public killing of women - usually over alleged adultery - in the main stadium in the capital, Kabul, when they were in power in the country in the 1990s. | A Wales-wide "be aware" alert is in force for Saturday and Sunday, with up to 3in (80mm) of rain in places over 24 hours and flooding possible.
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Livingstone joined Pietersen as the second batsman in the 35-year history of England B, England A and England Lions cricket to score a century in each innings of a first-class match.
The Lancashire 23-year-old scored 140 not out, following a first-innings 105.
But Sri Lanka squared the two-match series with a three-wicket victory.
After Sri Lanka followed England's 353 with a score of 548, the visitors were bowled out for 284, leaving the hosts requiring 90 to win from the final day's evening session.
Malinda Pushpakumara, who took 13 wickets in the match, hit the winning runs, while Surrey wicketkeeper Ben Foakes claimed his 10th dismissal - five in each innings - which broke the previous record for the Lions and their predecessors, set by Steve Rhodes against Transvaal in 1993.
Lions head coach Andy Flower said: "They were good dismissals - it's not like they were all straightforward nicks. A number of them were standing up to the wicket, both stumpings and catches, and Ben took one of the best catches I've seen from a wicketkeeper diving to his right - and that was in the 128th over.
"The other stand-out was Livingstone. Some of the things he's been working on in the training camps seem to have come to the fore in his play of spin. It was a really great performance on a typical sub-continental wicket."
England Lions' five-match one-day series with Sri Lanka A starts in Dambulla on Friday.
Construction volumes fell by 1.1% in the quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
There were large falls in repair work, and these were only partly offset by small rises in infrastructure and public building.
The figures measure the first three months following the Brexit vote.
The value of all repair and maintenance was 3.6% lower than in the second quarter of the year, which was partially offset by an increase in all new work of 0.3%, said the ONS.
Further evidence of a slowdown in the construction industry came from building materials and insulation firm SIG on Friday, as it issued a profit warning and said its chief executive was stepping down.
The company said: "Following a slowing of activity around the time of the EU referendum, trading conditions in the UK have continued to soften and competition in the market has intensified."
SIG also said that some commercial projects had been delayed.
Despite the overall decline across the sector, the construction figures are better than had been indicated when the ONS published its first estimate of GDP figures last month, when it forecast a 1.4% fall in construction activity.
However, the ONS said that the upwards revision to construction output would have no impact on the GDP growth figures.
ONS statistician Kate Davies said. "Construction output has remained broadly flat in the last year, both before and after the recent referendum."
Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said the outlook for the sector was uncertain: "The downturn in construction output in Q3 [the third quarter] is shallower than the ONS initially estimated, but the sector still faces severe challenges ahead."
However, Chris Williamson, from IHS Markit, which compiles the closely-watched Purchasing Managers' Indexes (PMI), saw positive indicators in the data.
"There's light appearing for beleaguered builders" he said.
"First, the downturn had been signalled in advance by survey data which have since revived. The Markit/CIPS PMI survey has shown construction industry output rising in both September and October, with the rate of growth accelerating to the highest since March.
"Second, the official data lag behind the survey but likewise recorded an upturn in the month of September, with output up 0.3% compared to August."
The ONS figures measure construction output by both private sector and public corporations, and are taken from a survey of 8,000 businesses." | England Lions lost their second four-day match with Sri Lanka A, but batsman Liam Livingstone matched a feat only Kevin Pietersen had achieved before.
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