An anti-bullying charity has called for a gym billboard poster to be removed for being "offensive".

Article: The MSP, who is battling against current deputy leader Kezia Dugdale for the job, says he is "confident" he will win the vote.
Ms Dugdale is widely seen as being the favourite to win, but Mr Macintosh said that the momentum was with him.
The result of the ballot will announced next Saturday.
Speaking after an event in Glasgow attended by undecided Scottish Labour members, Mr Macintosh said that his canvas returns still showed that more than 50% of those entitled to vote were yet to make up their minds.
He said that the majority of those who had decided were backing him, adding that "all the switchers" were also moving in his direction.
Ms Dugdale has received 90% of the support from constituency Labour branches who nominated a candidate.
She is also backed by 80% of the local councillors who nominated a leadership candidate, 10 trade union and affiliate groups, and 30 fellow parliamentarians.
But Mr Macintosh said the move to the one-person-one-vote system had helped his campaign.
He claimed Ms Dugdale was the candidate of the party machine, and added: "The good thing for me is that this is not going to be decided by elected representatives, or by the trade unions, it is going to be decided by the members.
"The majority of members are undecided, and whatever switchers there are all going my way. My canvas returns are showing me that I am in the lead and momentum is with my campaign."

Summary: The majority of Scottish Labour members remain undecided about who they will elect as the party's new leader, according to contender Ken Macintosh.
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Article: Steven Pearson, 51,  a former stadium announcer at Portsmouth FC, claimed items were signed by Sir Alf Ramsay, Peter Shilton, and boxer Muhammad Ali.
A trading standards manager said he used his "semi-celebrity status" in the city to befriend collectors.
He even celebrated on stage with the team after 2008's FA Cup Final victory.
Pearson, from Portsmouth, pleaded guilty to 13 counts of fraud and three counts of theft at the city's crown court.
A judge sentenced him to 14 months in prison, suspended for two years, and told him to pay Â£2,574 compensation and carry out 200 hours of community service.
Peter Emmett, from Portsmouth trading standards, said experts had confirmed the signatures on items worth about Â£2,500 in total were forged.
He said Pearson only admitted to writing Muhammad Ali's autograph on a boxing glove, but had not checked if the other items were genuine.
"They trusted Steve Pearson when they went to his shop, talked to him, he then befriended many of them." Mr Emmett said.
"[Working for Portsmouth FC] gave him a semi-celebrity status in the eyes of the victims."
Jane Boddie said she thinks she spent thousands of pounds on items bought from Pearson: "He had a fantastic album full of all sorts of players, all sorts of people, all signed, all with him shaking hands.
"It does make you feel pretty gutted, especially as football's a team game, you don't expect somebody to do that to you."
Emi White had two collectable pictures, including one of of Muhammad Ali, which Pearson agreed to sell and then stole from her.
She said when she realised it was a scam she felt "foolish" and added: "I thought he was nice and completely believed in him.
"He was throwing out names of footballers that he knew."

Summary: A fraudster who admitted selling thousands of pounds worth of memorabilia with forged celebrity autographs has avoided jail.
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Article: The 4-6 favourite, ridden by Pat Smullen for trainer Dermot Weld, held off the challenge of Idaho, with outsider Stellar Mass third.
Harzand, owned by the Aga Khan, is the 18th horse to complete the Epsom-Curragh double.
A son of 2009 Epsom champion Sea The Stars, Harzand won by half a length from the Aidan O'Brien-trained Idaho.
The winner is now likely to be aimed at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, a race won by his father, in October.
Stablemate Ebediyin set the pace before Smullen guided his mount to the front.
Idaho, under Ryan Moore, laid down a stern challenge at about two furlongs out but Harzand battled to victory after a stirring duel.
Smullen said: "He's such a great horse, he's got such courage and determination.
"Ryan (came with one good determined run, I needed this horse to dig deep for me and he did - how good is he?
"This matches Epsom, in front of our home crowd. The pressure was on and we pulled it off."
Analysis - Correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
"Another outstanding performance from Harzand to do the Derby double.
"As at Epsom, another runner put it up to the son of champion racehorse-turned top stallion Sea The Stars, but, also like June 4, this colt was having none of it, demonstrating he was truly a chip off the old block.
"And though the winning margin of Harzand over Idaho - who got level - was a half-length, it was a little more comfortable than the bare facts suggest. He goes to the 'Arc' in October, which his Dad won in 2009, with a definite chance."

Summary: Harzand won the Irish Derby at the Curragh to seal a Derby double after his triumph at Epsom earlier in June.
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Article: Having sequenced thousands of tumour genomes, they found a 20-a-day smoker would rack up an average of 150 mutations in every lung cell each year.
The changes are permanent, and persist even if someone gives up smoking.
Researchers say analysing tumour DNA may help explain the underlying causes of other cancers.
Pamela Pugh, 69, was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013. She started smoking aged 17 and quit in her early 50s.
But she said: "Even though I gave up many years ago, the effects of smoking caught up with me.
"Had I known as a teenager that smoking caused mutations which would stay with me for life then I would never had started".
The study, in the journal Science, was carried out by an international group, including the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridgeshire and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
The analysis shows a direct link between the number of cigarettes smoked in a lifetime and the number of mutations in tumour DNA.
The authors found that, on average, smoking a packet of cigarettes a day led to:
Joint lead author Prof Sir Mike Stratton, from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said: "The more mutations there are, the higher the chance that these will occur in the key genes that we call cancer genes, which convert a normal cell into a cancer cell."
The researchers said that in tissues such as the lung, which are directly exposed to smoke, they could find the mutational signature of the chemicals in tobacco smoke, of which at least 60 are carcinogens.
However, they could not find this same pattern in tissues such as the bladder, which are not directly exposed.
Prof Stratton said in these organs smoking seemed to be accelerating a natural mutational process, but how it did this was "mysterious and complex".
He said the same investigative approach could be used with other cancers where the underlying causes were less well understood.
"By looking in the genomes of the cancers, we will find the archaeological traces of past exposures which have been responsible for...

Summary: Smoking leaves an "archaeological record" of the hundreds of DNA mutations it causes, scientists have discovered.
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Article: The poster, on Tamworth Road, in Sawley, Derbyshire, shows aliens beaming up a person into their spaceship with the text, "they'll take the fat ones first".
Combat Bullying, based in Nottinghamshire, said it would "further harm" those who are being bullied.
Fit4Less said it wanted to create a "light-hearted and humorous" advert.
It reads: "They're comingâ€¦ and when they arrive they'll take the FAT ones first!". It then has "save yourself!" with an arrow pointing to the gym's website.
One passer-by said the poster was "ridiculous" and he would "rip it down" because "being a big lad myself, it upsets you".
Many other people said it was "in poor taste" and "offensive".
Natalie Harvey, founder of the charity, said the poster has caused her concerns because it would "aid bullying".
"This week alone three cases have been brought to my attention of children being bullied because of weight issues," she said.
"If those children or the perpetrators saw this poster it would cause further harm for the children who are being bullied.
"The poster should be removed and replaced with something more tasteful to attract the gym goers."
Kerry Matthews, from the gym in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, said: "We really didn't mean it offensively.
"It was supposed to be a bit cheeky, hence the alien image, and grab people's attention in a couple of seconds.
"So many campaigns use ultra skinny people and that's not the reality."
Ms Matthews added that the gym wanted to get people talking about getting fitter.

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The RSPCA has issued a warning against what it says is a growing trend for keeping raccoon dogs as pets.

Article: The Confederate battle flag has been removed from Alabama's state capitol and Mississippi officials have urged the state flag have the emblem removed.
The backlash against the flag was sparked by a mass shooting at a black church in South Carolina last week.
Nine worshippers were killed and the suspected gunman has appeared in photos holding the flag.
Police believe the slaughter at a bible study group week was racially motivated.
The New York Times reported that the US Department of Justice "will likely file federal hate crime charges" against Dylann Roof.
His embracing of the flag, which was the Civil War battle flag of the southern states, has prompted politicians to shift positions on this once revered emblem of southern identity.
Four Confederate flags were taken down from a Civil War monument outside the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after  Governor Robert Bentley said he did not want the flag to be a "distraction".
Meanwhile, debate has been revived in Mississippi over the presence of a smaller version of the rebel flag within the current state flag.
Mississippi's House Speaker has called for the state flag to be changed and Senator Roger Wicker has said it should be in a museum.
"I have not viewed Mississippi's current state flag as offensive," Mr Wicker said, but many of his fellow citizens "feel differently" and "our state flag increasingly portrays a false impression of our state to others".
The debate over Confederate imagery in the Mississippi flag is exposing a generational divide in the state's Republican Party - and even within one of its most prominent families.
Former Governor Haley Barbour said the Confederate flag has nothing to do with the shootings in Charleston.
"It is part of history, just like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, who were all slave owners," he said. "Are we now going to change the name of the Washington Monument, too?"
His nephew, state Republican official Henry Barbour, countered: "How can we keep things the same? The flag didn't cause...

Summary: Anger at the presence of Confederate symbols on public property in the US south is growing.
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Article: In 1908 in Manchester, some 500 people gathered in a lecture theatre to see prominent Egyptologist Margaret Murray supervise the unwrapping of a body from the Tomb of the Two Brothers from Manchester Museum's mummy collection.
As Egyptology and archaeology evolved, the destructive practise came to an end, but it didn't mean researchers and the public were any less curious about what lies within a mummy.
Now 21st Century technology is being used to virtually unwrap mummies without causing any damage to the body and wrappings.
Museums around the world, including the very same Manchester Museum, have been sending their mummies to hospitals to undergo computed tomography (CT) scanning, creating density maps of their insides for researchers to analyse.
And now comes a chance for the public to digitally unwrap a mummified body themselves.
Stockholm's Medelhavsmuseet, the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, has been working with the research group Interactive Institute Swedish ICT to digitally scan their eight human mummies as part of preparations for a new permanent exhibition.
The results for one of their mummies, the Egyptian priest Neswaiu, are now on show in the form of a digital autopsy table in an "embalmment room" beside his real mummified remains and coffins.
Using the table, visitors can virtually open the two coffins and then unpeel each layer of the mummy from his highly decorated cartonnage (the mummy's outer layer) down to his skeleton. They can also cut a cross-section through the multiple layers of the coffins and body.
Sofia Häggman, museum curator, told the BBC she wanted users to be able to "see this information first hand" and not always have to count on researchers explaining what can be found on this mummy.
"Now you can simply unwrap it virtually yourself," she said.
The autopsy table uses software called Inside Explorer developed by the Interactive Institute Swedish ICT.
The group first developed the platform for use in hospitals and by medical students but they've since gone...

Summary: In the 19th century and even later, there was no shortage of people eager to watch the unwrapping of an Egyptian mummy.
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Article: 10 May 2016 Last updated at 07:15 BST
Dawn Nicoll, Penguin Keeper at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo, said: "We had a very successful breeding season last year, with 16 chicks hatching, so we are hoping for another successful year as gentoo penguins are classified as near threatened."
Once the chicks get a little older, they will leave the nest and join a nearby crÃ¨che where they will learn all the skills essential to being a penguin, such as how to swim and feed.
Due to the decline in their populations, gentoo penguins are listed as Near Threatened on the Red List of endangered species.

Summary: Four fluffy  gentoo penguinchicks have hatched at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.
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Article: Over a 12-year period from 1979, 228 properties were damaged across Wales.
Dubbed the Meibion Glyndwr campaign, it was thought to have been a protest against rural homes in Welsh language heartlands being sold to people from England as holiday cottages.
North Wales Police said unsolved investigations were never closed.
Only one person was ever convicted of being connected to the fires, which often saw empty properties completely destroyed.
Sion Aubrey Roberts was jailed for 12 years in 1993 for posting firebombs.
Now retired journalist Alwyn Gruffydd, who has written extensively on the arson attacks, said it was time for the inquiry to end.
Mr Gruffydd, who reported on the Meibion Glyndwr attacks for the BBC, said that 25 years since the last attack it was "about time the case was closed".
"The only way to do that is for the police or authorities to state that they will not accuse anyone else of being involved in the campaign," he told the BBC's Post Cyntaf programme.
The attacks began with the arson of four properties in the Gwynedd village of Nefyn and Pembrokeshire.
Targets were not just properties used as holiday homes but also estate agents offices, boat yards and caravans.
Mr Gruffydd also called on the authorities to release any files related to the campaign to the public.
Interviewed as part of a celebration of 40 years of Radio Cymru, Mr Gruffydd said police should "draw a line underneath the whole campaign and publish a final version of what happened".
Mr Gruffydd wrote a book - Mae Rhywun yn Gwybod, or Somebody Knows - about Meibion Glyndwr, which translates as Sons of Glyndwr.
In 2004, North Wales Police reopened an investigation into the arson campaign.
A spokesman for the force asked for anyone with information relating to the attacks "to come forward and tell us what they know".
"Unsolved investigations are never closed and are reviewed periodically," the spokesman added.
"A review presents an opportunity to revisit the investigation and to identify if there is any new forensic evidence that...

Summary: The cases of unsolved arson attacks on holiday homes in Wales during the 80s and 90s should be closed by police, an author has said.
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Article: It comes after one was found hiding under a water tank in a garden at Kirton Holme, near Boston, Lincolnshire, over the Easter weekend.
Inspector Becky Harper said: "While he is very cute, we'd like to stress that raccoon dogs don't make good pets."
"They are wild animals and we would strongly discourage people from buying or keeping one," she said.
"They need a great deal of space, and their needs cannot be met in a typical domestic environment."
More on this and other local stories from across Lincolnshire
The RSPCA said it had dealt with a number of call-outs in recent years to stray pet raccoon dogs that have escaped, or been deliberately released to the wild.
Ms Harper added that the animals posed a high level of threat to our native wildlife.
The raccoon dog - now nicknamed Cedric by RSPCA staff - is being cared for at a specialist centre after efforts to trace its owners failed.
He is due to be re-homed to a specialist keeper.

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A businessman has denied being part of a conspiracy to pass off horsemeat as beef, claiming he was only storing the product for another company.

Article: They found dogs were four times more likely to steal food they had been forbidden, when lights were turned off so humans in the room could not see.
This suggested the dogs were able to alter their behaviour when they knew their owners' perspective had changed.
The study, published in Animal Cognition, conducted tests on 84 dogs.
The experiments had been trying to find whether dogs could adapt their behaviour in response to the changed circumstances of their human owners.
It wanted to see if dogs had a "flexible understanding" that could show they understood the viewpoint of a human.
It found that when the lights were turned off, dogs in a room with their human owners were much more likely to disobey and steal forbidden food.
The study says it is "unlikely that the dogs simply forgot that the human was in the room" when there was no light. Instead it seems as though the dogs were able to differentiate between when the human was unable or able to see them.
The experiments had been designed with enough variations to avoid false associations - such as dogs beginning to associate sudden darkness with someone giving them food, researchers said.
Dr Juliane Kaminski, from the University of Portsmouth's psychology department, said the study was "incredible because it implies dogs understand the human can't see them, meaning they might understand the human perspective".
This could also be important in understanding the capacities of dogs that have to interact closely with humans, such as guide dogs for the blind and sniffer dogs.
Previous studies have suggested that although humans might think that they can recognise different expressions on their dogs' faces, this is often inaccurate and a projection of human emotions.
"Humans constantly attribute certain qualities and emotions to other living things. We know that our own dog is clever or sensitive, but that's us thinking, not them," said Dr Kaminski.
"These results suggest humans might be right, where dogs are concerned, but we still can't be completely sure if the...

Summary: Dogs are more capable of understanding situations from a human's point of view than has previously been recognised, according to researchers.
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Article: Russet the hedgehog, who later died, had 26 plastic tags attached to his spines and a radio tracker on his back.
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society has defended the Nottingham Trent University study, which it part-funded.
But three other animal welfare organisations have raised concerns.
Lynda Britchford from Oxton Wild Hedgehog Rehab, which cared for Russet after he was found, said: "Having been presented with the hog, to be honest it looked like someone's idea of a bad joke.
"Ultimately, we feel that this places hogs at a disadvantage and risk, and don't agree with it."
Russet was dehydrated, underweight, had mange, severe colitis, broken toes on one foot and intestinal fluke, and died despite attempts to treat him.
Caroline Gould from Vale Wildlife Hospital said: "Vale is totally against studies such as this. The tracker is far too big and will almost certainly cause problems, get entangled or prevent the hedgehog from getting through or under hedges, gates, fences and sheds. It should not be legal to use these on hedgehogs."
The RSPCA has used plastic tags and radio transmitters itself but said it has "some concerns" about the image of Russet. "We feel that the number of coloured tags, and the fact that they are longer than the spines they are attached to, may present problems, although we have no evidence for this," it said in a statement.
Lynda Britchford from Oxton Wild Hedgehog Rehab said the placement of the trackers "would impact upon males trying to mate with females who had them attached".
She also said the attachments would impede a hedgehog's ability to squeeze into small gaps and make them less camouflaged.
"Sticking 30 brightly coloured long reflective tubes on them makes them stick out like a sore thumb - particularly to unscrupulous kids or adults, and potentially to predators," she said.
Hugh Warwick from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, which part-funded the study, said: "Over 30 years of work there is no evidence that our research interferes with the well-being of...

Summary: Animal welfare organisations have criticised the treatment of hedgehogs in a research study after one was found looking like "a bad joke".
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Article: He told Fox News that the Democratic Party was using the row over his remarks to deflect from bigger issues.
His remarks on Wednesday were regarding 30,000 emails Mrs Clinton did not hand over as part of an inquiry into a private email server.
Russia has accused the candidates of stirring up anti-Russian sentiment.
"Of course I'm being sarcastic," Mr Trump told Fox News.
His campaign has maintained pressure on Mrs Clinton over an FBI investigation into her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.
During the investigation, Mrs Clinton did not hand over 30,000 emails as they contained private details.
On Wednesday, Mr Trump told a news conference: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you'll be rewarded mightily by our press."
He later wrote on Twitter that if anyone had the emails, they should hand them over to the FBI.
Jake Sullivan, Mrs Clinton's senior policy adviser, reacted angrily to Mr Trump's remarks.
"This has gone from being a matter of curiosity, and a matter of politics, to being a national security issue," he said on Wednesday.
The row came as Russia was accused of hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for Mr Trump's benefit. Both Russia and Mr Trump denied the allegation.
Those emails were leaked to the Wikileaks organisation and published last Friday.
In his interview with Fox, Mr Trump said: "The real problem is what was said on those emails from the Democratic National Committee.
"What they said on those emails is a disgrace and they're just trying to deflect from that."
The emails showed DNC officials, who are supposed to remain neutral, had favoured Mrs Clinton and derided her Democratic rival Bernie Sanders.
President Barack Obama has refused to rule out Russian involvement in the leak, adding: "What we do know is that the Russians hack our systems. Not just government systems, but private systems."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the hacking allegations were a "vivid example of...

Summary: US presidential hopeful Donald Trump says he was being sarcastic when he appeared to invite Russian hackers to find Hillary Clinton's missing emails.
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Article: The pictures also offer stunning views of the dwarf planet's rugged mountains and its sweeping plains.
New Horizons acquired a mass of observations as it whipped past Pluto on 14 July, at a distance of 12,500km.
Scientists say the haze provides further evidence for the equivalent on Pluto of Earth's water-cycle, but involving exotic types of ice.
The spacecraft began a year-long data dump earlier this month, allowing scientists to resume their analysis of the world's fascinating topography and tenuous atmosphere.
A new, oblique view of Pluto's crescent was downlinked to Earth on 13 September. Dramatic backlighting from the Sun helps highlight the dwarf planet's diverse terrain and more than a dozen layers of haze in its atmosphere - extending from near the ground to at least 100km (60 miles) above the surface.
Prof Alan Stern, the mission's chief scientist, said: "This image really makes you feel you are there, at Pluto, surveying the landscape for yourself."
He added: "But this image is also a scientific bonanza, revealing new details about Pluto's atmosphere, mountains, glaciers and plains."
The picture also shows a bank of fog-like, low-lying haze illuminated by the setting sun against Pluto's dark side, and interfused with shadows from nearby mountains.
"In addition to being visually stunning, these low-lying hazes hint at the weather changing from day to day on Pluto, just like it does here on Earth," said mission scientist Will Grundy, from the Lowell Observatory in Arizona.
Along with other observations, the image hints at an Earth-like hydrological cycle involving frozen nitrogen and other soft ices.
"Driven by dim sunlight, this would be directly comparable to the hydrological cycle that feeds ice caps on Earth, where water is evaporated from the oceans, falls as snow, and returns to the seas through glacial flow," explained Alan Howard, a team member from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Prof Stern commented: "Pluto is surprisingly Earth-like in this regard, and no one predicted...

Summary: Fresh images from Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft have captured a low-lying haze clinging to the surface of Pluto.
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Article: Andronicos Sideras, 55, is accused of mixing horsemeat with beef before selling it on through his company Dinos & Sons.
Two men who ran FlexiFoods - a meat suppliers linked to Dinos & Sons - have admitted passing horsemeat off as beef.
Mr Sideras denies one count of conspiracy to defraud.
The discovery of horsemeat in processed beef products sold by a number of UK supermarket chains in 2013 resulted in a series of product recalls.
The plot to pass horsemeat off as beef only came to light after horse identification chips were found in the meat by inspectors.
Ulrik Nielsen, 58, the owner of FlexiFoods, and his "right-hand man", Alex Beech, 44, have already admitted their involvement in the conspiracy.
Mr Sideras, of Southgate, north London, told the court in that in 2012 he agreed to store horsemeat for FlexiFoods.
He admits he relabelled the shipment because the packaging had been damaged during transit, but denies purchasing, selling or using the horsemeat.
The trial continues.

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Three emergency care units are to remain closed to overnight patients in an effort to keep "precious staffing resources" focused on daytime care.

Article: Jovenel Moise, a 48-year-old banana exporter, was sworn in at a ceremony at the National Assembly.
His predecessor, Michel Martelly, stood down a year ago at the end of his term, and was replaced by an interim president while rival political parties disputed the result of the elections.
Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas.
It is still struggling to recover from a series of natural disasters, including a devastating earthquake that hit the capital, Port au Prince, seven years ago.
Mr Moise, who has never before held public office, was appointed by Mr Martelly in 2015 as his preferred candidate.
He won the October 2015 poll, but the election was annulled for alleged fraud.
Mr Martelly left office in February 2016, at the end of his five-year-term, passing on power to Senate President Jocelerme Privert.
A new election was held in November.
It was delayed by a month because of Hurricane Matthew, which destroyed 90% of some of Haiti's southern areas at the beginning of October.
Mr Moise won in the first round, with some 55% of the vote against 20% for his closest rival, Jude Celestin.
But the result is still being contested by the opposition, which held protests outside the National Assembly building.
He is due to lay out his plans for the next five years in a speech later on Tuesday.
Mr Moise and former president Martelly are both members of the centre-right Parti Haitien Tet Kale (Haitian Bald Head Party).

Summary: Haiti has sworn in a new president after a political crisis that has lasted more than a year.
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Article: Today, Tesco became its latest proponent. In fact, to the kitchen sink Dave Lewis, the chief executive, has added the washing machine, the dish washer and the deep fat fryer.
The big, hairy, shiver-down the spine number is the revaluation of Tesco's 3,000 UK supermarkets and its stores overseas.
With the value of sales down and shoppers turning away from larger out-of-town stores, the business has admitted that its property portfolio simply isn't as valuable as it once believed.
To keep that in perspective, the £4.7bn writedown is what is known as a "non-cash charge". That is, it is an accounting measure rather than a statement on how profitable the core business is.
Sainsbury's and Morrison's have made similar announcements on supermarket revaluations.
Other problems for Tesco include a one-off charge for its failed Chinese joint venture; a change in the way it values the stock it keeps in its warehouses (it's worth £570m less than it previously believed); increased payments to its pension fund where debts are significantly higher and a restructuring in Europe which, at a cost of £416m, will bring the four eastern European businesses under one management structure.
The key words connected to all those numbers that Mr Lewis would like us to focus on is "one-off".
Tesco's overall business - the shops - is still operating at a profit, although at £1.4bn it is far lower than last year.
Mr Lewis has invested in cutting prices and putting more staff in stores and there is some evidence that customers are returning.
For the moment, that is the chief executive's focus - "volume", or the number of people coming through the shop doors or buying online.
He judges that if he can encourage customers back with lower prices, even if it means far slimmer profit margins, he can put Tesco back on the road to growth.
He points out that when Tesco dropped prices on 117 brands, the volume of sales went up by 28%.
The business will also look at the quality of the products on offer. A review of Tesco's ranges will take 18...

Summary: In the corporate world it's known as "kitchen-sinking" - finding all the bad stuff buried down the back of the sofa, adding it together and announcing a whopping great loss.
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Article: Government-appointed commissioners took over some services in December 2014 after a report revealed a "culture of cronyism" at the council.
Councillors will again be able to award grants to not-for-profit organisations and regain procurement oversight, following "significant improvements".
Tower Hamlets Mayor, John Biggs, called the move "a real vote of confidence".
A 2014 review by PricewaterhouseCoopers found a "breakdown in democratic accountability" and significant risk of misuse of public funds under former mayor Lutfur Rahman.
Mr Rahman was found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices and removed from office in April 2015 and was replaced by Labour's Mr Biggs.
A new report by the lead commissioner at the council, Sir Ken Knight, highlighted progress at the council but warned there was still "much more to do".
Three commissioners will remain in charge of specific areas of council work.
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid called the move "a positive step", but warned he would "halt the process if there are any concerns".
Mr Biggs said: "This is a real vote of confidence in the progress we have made turning the council around.
"Grant making was one of the most contentious areas under the previous mayor, it's a real achievement to now have grants back under local control."

Summary: Administrative powers have returned to Tower Hamlets Council for the first time in two years.
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Article: The Department of Health scrapped the rule as part of efforts to recoup Â£500m a year. It says information about the changes was released in July 2014.
But the Guernsey Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) said Guernsey States had been left in the dark over the news.
The rule affecting islanders and their families was introduced on 6 April.
Kate Raleigh from the CAB said: "The greatest concern is that the change in exemptions appears to have happened without Guernsey States being aware."
"My guess is there are hundreds of people affected, they only need to have worked in the UK for ten consecutive years."
Richard Evans from Guernsey's Health and Social Services department (HSSD) said: "HSSD always recommends that any Guernsey residents travelling overseas should obtain relevant information and advice about the cost to them of medical services in their destination country.
"Appropriate travel insurance should be sought and obtained regardless of whether there is a reciprocal health agreement in place with that country."
Guernsey's reciprocal health agreement with the UK ended in April 2009 but unlike Jersey and the Isle of Man has not signed a new agreement with the country.
The Department of Health said: "UK state pensioners who live outside the European Economic Area (including Guernsey) will be chargeable for most hospital treatment on visits to the UK.
"Those who resume ordinary residence in the UK are entitled to free NHS care again from arrival."
Some UK visitors from outside the EU who receive treatment in NHS hospitals in England are now being charged 150% of the cost under changes brought in to discourage "health tourism".

Summary: UK state pension holders in Guernsey may be unaware they can no longer receive free hospital care in England, the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) says.
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Article: The units in North Tyneside and Northumberland have been shut between midnight and 08:00 since December.
Overnight emergencies have been diverted to the recently-opened Northumbria Hospital in Cramlington.
The closures at North Tyneside, Hexham and Wansbeck hospitals, will continue for a further three months.
The Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust said the impact on patients had been minimal as the units were underused at night.
Staff from the units have been moved to the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, in Cramlington, which opened in 2015, to deal with a "very high demand" in day-time admissions.
A spokesman said it would be "inappropriate" to deploy staff back to the urgent care centres overnight at the current time.
He added: "This is to ensure best use of precious staffing resources to deliver patient care where it is needed most."
The trust said since opening the Northumbria hospital in June 2015, activity overnight at the urgent care centres had been "minimal" with, on average, less than 10 overnight attendances a day across all three centres.
The spokesman added: "We'd like to assure residents that this decision to temporarily extend the current arrangements at our urgent care centres has not been taken lightly.
"It was entirely correct for us to put in place the interim changes in the wake of services being extremely busy across the NHS. They have helped us successfully meet the high demand we continue to see, even now during the summer.
"As a result, it would simply not be the best use of our staff's time and expertise to deploy them back now."

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The government has announced plans to build a new £1.5 billion school in the area of the former Great Fire of London.
The plans are to be unveiled in the coming weeks.
The plans are to be unveiled in the coming weeks.
The plans are to be unveiled in the coming weeks.
The

London's first History Day will be held on the anniversary of Big Ben's first day in operation.

Article: They were discussing their goal of purchasing Wanlockhead from landowner the Duke of Buccleuch.
Proposals for a community buyout began when neighbouring village Leadhills started the same process back in 2014.
Representatives of Community Land Scotland and the Scottish government attended the meeting to give advice.
Among the aims of the proposed buyout would be to provide economic development opportunities for the village.
They include plans to turn it into a "tourism centre" based around its mining heritage as well as recreational opportunities on the Lowther Hills.
It comes after recent plans emerged which could see up to 140 turbines located in the area.
The next step for the group would be to create a community company for the proposed buyout.
It would then be tasked with registering an interest in buying the land within the current legislation.
South of Scotland MSP Claudia Beamish, who attended the meeting, said local people had "highlighted an inspiring range of opportunities for the future".
"If the community buyout goes ahead, decision making will be in the hands of the people who live there," she said.
"They will be given support and funding advice by Scottish government bodies."
Ms Beamish added that as a member of the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee (RACCE), she was working to make the Land Reform Bill "more robust".
"The bill will act as a backstop if owners refuse to negotiate on an application by a community," she said.
"I wish the Wanlockhead group and other groups across south Scotland well for amicable arrangements with the landowners concerned."

Summary: Residents of Scotland's highest village have met to take forward their plans for a community buyout.
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Article: Although the main business of universities is teaching, institutions tend to build their reputations on the quality of their research.
And, until recently, there has been very little assessment of teaching quality at universities.
The Teaching Excellence Framework was put into place to address this.
With almost all undergraduate fees now raised to the maximum of Â£9,000 per year, ministers were concerned this flat rate was masking large differences in courses.
So, the government introduced the TEF to provide students with better information about the quality of degree programmes on offer.
Each institution is awarded either a gold, silver, bronze or provisional TEF award.
The grading is mainly based on three sets of information:
It is notable that none of these metrics directly measures the quality of teaching, although the NSS does give an insight into students' perceptions of teaching.
Each institution's performance on these measures is then benchmarked against the demographic characteristics of its students.
It is then flagged if the performance is statistically better or statistically worse than the benchmark.
Then, assessors feed in information from each university's own assessment of its teaching standards to arrive at the grade.
Initially, the awards were to be used to assess whether a university would be allowed to raise its tuition fees beyond the maximum Â£9,000.
But this is now being phased in over a number of years, and the framework is in an early guise.
In the first year of the TEF, all providers that passed a baseline quality standard received a "meets expectation" award.
But as this was set at the basic standard that universities had to meet to be accredited, all providers reached it last year.
This allowed them to raise their fees in line with inflation - an extra Â£250 for students starting courses in 2017.
In this the second year - for those students starting courses in autumn 2018 - judgements have been made against a range of measurements and information.
But again all those that have...

Summary: As universities are officially graded for the quality of their teaching for the first time, we take a look at the Teaching Excellence Framework used to do this.
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Article: Run by the Education Workforce Council (EWC), it also covers support staff and further education.
The survey asks about being a teacher, the curriculum, workload, professional development and the Welsh language.
EWC chairwoman Angela Jardine said: "It's a golden opportunity for staff across the country to express their opinion with the intention of influencing future education policy."
The results are due to be published in January.
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams said: "I want to work closely with the profession to help teachers be the best they can be, while raising the standing of the profession as a whole.
"This pilot survey will provide a useful source of information for our national mission of education reform."

Summary: Teachers will be asked what they think of their profession in a new survey.
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Article: Home Secretary Theresa May has accused Education Secretary Michael Gove of failing to deal with an alleged Islamist plot to take over schools.
It is understood Mr Gove believes Mrs May's department does not react strongly enough to extremism.
But a spokesman said they were working "energetically" together on the issue.
In a letter, Mrs May said: "The allegations relating to schools in Birmingham raise serious questions about the quality of school governance and oversight arrangements."
She added: "Is it true that Birmingham City Council was warned about these allegations in 2008? Is it true that the Department for Education was warned in 2010? If so, why did nobody act?"
Mr Gove believes there has been a plot by extremist Muslims to take over schools in Birmingham, according to The Times.
He thinks there is reluctance to tackle the issue in government departments, especially Home Office.
But a Home Office source told the BBC "he was trying to make it someone else's problem".
Those around Mr Gove pointed out it was his view that for over a generation there had been a reluctance in Whitehall to confront extremism unless it developed into terrorism - and his criticism did not relate specifically to the current home secretary.
But a Home Office source was blunt, telling the BBC: "The Department for Education is responsible for schools, the Home Office is not."
"They have got a problem and they are trying to make it someone else's problem," the source added.
A source close to Mr Gove said the education secretary thought "Theresa May was an excellent home secretary".
The BBC's political editor, Nick Robinson, said the row amounted to "an old-fashioned Whitehall turf war", with two senior ministers differing over how to combat Islamic extremism.
"I understand that Michael Gove and Theresa May clashed at a recent meeting of what's called the Extremism Task Force - a committee of cabinet ministers set up by David Cameron.
"They argued about how to define extremism. Mr Gove has long argued that Whitehall is too soft on...

Summary: Two senior members of the Cabinet have become embroiled in a bitter row over allegations of extremism in state schools in Birmingham.
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Article: It will be first celebrated on 31 May in 2017 with celebrations and events run by Historic England.
The date was decided upon after a poll involving 1,000 Londoners. It was closely followed by 5 September - the date of the Great Fire of London.
The YouGov questionnaire also declared the Houses of Parliament as the building that best sums up London.
People voted for the Queen as their favourite historic London hero for the moment she secretly joined the crowds to celebrate Victory in Europe Day.
The results of the poll were released to mark the launch of Historic England's "Keep it London" campaign.
People were asked to select a date to celebrate the capital's history, their historic hero and the building that sums up London.
Big Ben's first day in operation was 31 May 1859.
The campaign is intended to encourage Londoners to notice, celebrate and speak up for the heritage of their city, Historic England said.
The public body has also launched a film entitled I am London, which celebrates the historic buildings and places that have borne witness to the capital's history.
Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, said: "Our heritage is a source of pride, a reminder of the city's past, a foundation for its present and the building blocks for its future."

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A drink driver found by another motorist lying in the road with his trousers down has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.

Article: The Greater Manchester Police officer has been interviewed under criminal caution over Anthony Grainger's death.
Mr Grainger, 36, was shot in the chest after the car he was in was stopped in Culcheth, Cheshire, last month.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said the officer had been interviewed on suspicion of committing a criminal offence.
It said potential offences he could be charged with include manslaughter and murder.
The police watchdog served a formal notice of investigation on the officer on 2 April.
In a statement, it said: "The IPCC remains in close liaison with the Crown Prosecution Service and at this stage a range of potential offences are under consideration, including unlawful act manslaughter and murder."
It confirmed no firearms or weapons were found on Mr Grainger when he was shot in a village car park.
It said the red Audi that he was in had been stolen and had false registration plates on it.
Greater Manchester Police officers shot the car's tyres twice and threw a CS canister into the vehicle.
The fatal shot was one round fired by an officer carrying a Heckler and Koch MP5 carbine, which pierced the windscreen and hit Mr Grainger.
Mr Grainger, an "odd job man", was originally from Salford and lived in Deane Church Lane, Bolton.

Summary: A police firearms officer who shot an unarmed man dead in Cheshire has been warned he could face a murder charge.
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Article: The jobless rate will rise from about 4.7% this year to 5.4% in 2018 and 5.8% in 2019, said the EY Item Club.
The forecasting group said employment will fall for the first time since 2009, albeit only by 0.1% next year, as the supply of workers slows.
Official unemployment data and average wages will be published by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday.
The UK jobless rate is currently 4.7%, according to latest ONS figures.
The Item Club said that a slowing supply of jobs is behind its forecast, as employers adjust to a tightening labour market by greater use of existing staff.
"The UK labour market may be starting to become a victim of its own success," said Martin Beck, senior economic adviser to the Item Club.
"As the proportion of people in work has climbed ever higher, firms may have found it more difficult to fill vacancies, resulting in greater utilisation of the existing workforce and slower jobs growth."
He added: "On a positive note, slower growth in the workforce may deliver a boost to what has been a long period of insipid productivity growth.
"With the flow of potential workers slowing, firms are likely to have more incentive to invest in improving efficiency or labour-saving technology," he said.
Average earnings are expected to increase by 2.75% this year and at similar rates in 2017 and 2018. However, prospects for growth in real pay, taking inflation into account, look less bright, the report predicted.

Summary: Unemployment is set to increase amid a slower growth in jobs, a new report predicts.
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Article: Sheryll Murray says she was branded a witch on social media, and somebody urinated on her office door during the recent general election campaign.
Swastikas were also carved into a promotional poster in her home constituency of South East Cornwall.
She says the police are investigating the attacks.
Raising the issue during Prime Minister's Questions, she told Theresa May: "Over the past month I've had swastikas carved into posters, social media posts like 'burn the witch'".
She asked Mrs May: "Can you suggest what can be done to stop this intimidation, which may well be putting off good people from serving in this place?"
The prime minister replied: "I believe this sort of behaviour has no place in our democracy.
"As I stand here and see the plaque that has been dedicated to the late Jo Cox, we should all remember what Jo said - we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than the things which divide us."
Mrs Murray also said people had put photographs online of Labour leaflets outside her home, leaving her concerned that people can find where she lives.
In a later interview, Mrs Murray said: "There are very strict rules around press reporting within an election period.
"Maybe we should look at social media being the same."

Summary: Social media users should be subjected to the same regulations as the press during election campaigns, a Conservative MP has said.
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Article: The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company will take up residency at London's Garrick Theatre for a year in October.
The Cinderella director said he wanted "to have a creative home where you could do a programme of work, rather than just one-offs".
The season will begin with The Winter's Tale, starring Branagh and Dame Judi.
In May 2016, James will star opposite her Cinderella co-star Richard Madden - best known for his role as Robb Stark in Game of Thrones - in Romeo and Juliet, directed by Sir Kenneth.
Other highlights include Harlequinade, a little-known Terence Rattigan play about a theatre company performing The Winter's Tale and Romeo and Juliet, and the behind-the-scenes dramas that ensue.
In black comedy, The Painkiller, Sir Kenneth and Rob Brydon will reprise the roles they played to acclaim at Belfast's Lyric Theatre.
And late in 2016, Sir Kenneth will take on the lead role in John Osborne's The Entertainer, a role made famous by Sir Laurence Olivier.
'Epic quality'
It is not the first time the actor-director has mirrored Sir Laurence.
Early in his career, in 1989, his performance of the lead role in Henry V drew comparison with the revered star. The film was produced by Branagh's earlier theatre company, the Renaissance Theatre Company, which he ran between 1988 and 1992.
The new company brings together many of Sir Kenneth's former collaborators, including US director Rob Ashford, who worked with him on the recent production of Macbeth at the Manchester International Festival, and composer Patrick Doyle.
"I wanted to have a place and a space, and a building, in which to create a season of work," Sir Kenneth told the BBC's arts editor, Will Gompertz.
But unlike Kevin Spacey, Sir Kenneth said did not want to take on the long-term role of artistic director, stressing that - with his parallel work in film and TV - he wanted to avoid "getting tied in or tied up for a very long period of time in a single place".
"I am here because the idea of a theatrical home is very appealing to me," he told the BBC, adding...

Summary: Sir Kenneth Branagh is setting up a theatre company, with Dame Judi Dench, Rob Brydon and Lily James among stars set to perform in a season of plays.
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Article: Jason Duff was discovered falling in and out of consciousness on Bo'ness Road in Polmont, Stirlingshire on 31 May last year.
The case was described by a prosecutor as one with "unusual circumstances".
The 44-year-old, of Cowdenbeath, Fife, was also banned from driving for four years.
Depute fiscal Siobhan Monks said a member of the public was driving along the road when he came across Duff's 15-year-old Peugeot 206.
Miss Monks said the Peugeot engine was running, but the vehicle was stationary, and Duff was not in it.
The other motorist stopped and found Duff "lying in the road, under the influence, with his trousers down, falling in and out of consciousness".
A blood sample taken at Forth Valley Royal Hospital three hours later showed Duff was still over twice the legal drink drive limit.
Duff told police he had drunk alcohol and slept in his car following an argument with his girlfriend.
Miss Monks said that when Duff woke up he decided to drive to work, but felt unwell, stopped his car and got out, but could remember nothing more.
Solicitor advocate Stephen Biggam, defending, said: "He had become dehydrated, that's why he passed out."
Duff pleaded guilty at Falkirk Sheriff Court to a charge of drink-driving.
In addition to the driving ban and unpaid work order, Sheriff John Mundy placed Duff under social work supervision for 18 months.
He said: "This is a serious matter.
"The court does have the power to impose a custodial sentence, but it would be better for you to receive some kind of structured support."

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The number of murders in Scotland has fallen again, according to new figures.

Article: It will draw on the case of Elizabeth Dixon, from Hampshire, who died 14 years ago after a breathing tube was not dealt with correctly.
The CQC says it wants to identify what barriers can stop hospitals from providing good or outstanding care.
The report, expected to be published in March 2016, may lead to new guidelines.
The inspection will involve around 20 neonatal services in England. These services, both inside and outside hospitals, involve the care of babies born early and those needing treatment in hospital after birth.
Inspectors will look at how well staff spot problems that develop during pregnancy and how these are dealt with.
And in particular the commission will examine the care of babies who need breathing tubes.
This follows the experiences of the Dixon family.
Elizabeth Dixon died in 2001 as a result of failures in the tracheostomy care she received at home, while under the care of a newly qualified agency nurse.
Prof Edward Baker, deputy chief inspector of hospitals at the CQC, said: "Everyone has the right to care which is safe and effective but we know from our inspections of maternity services there is a marked difference in the quality of the care provided.
"We want to highlight good practice so that it can be shared, but also to identify what is stopping hospitals from providing good or outstanding care."

Summary: A review of the care available to newborns and young babies with severe health problems has been announced by the Care Quality Commission.
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Article: The union's leader Christine Blower said there could be a rapid reversal, as happened with disability payments.
The NUT's conference is to vote on industrial action against the plans.
But Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is set to tell another union there is no "reverse gear" on the reforms.
"I want to be clear, there will be no pulling back," the education secretary will tell the NASUWT teachers' union, which is also holding its annual conference this weekend.
The NUT conference in Brighton on Saturday will debate calls for a wide-ranging campaign against compulsory academy status, including the threat of a one-day strike in the summer term.
Ms Blower, the union's general secretary, said that doubts about the academy plan stretched across the political spectrum.
"Sometimes the government gets it spectacularly wrong," she said. "There is very wide and deep opposition."
A number of Conservative party representatives in local government have spoken out against the plans which would remove the role of local councils and put all schools in the hands of academy chains.
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron sent a message to the teachers' conference saying the compulsory academy plan is "worse than misguided - it is downright harmful. It will be a costly and disruptive process for thousands of schools".
John Howson, an expert on teacher recruitment and a Liberal Democrat, has urged faith groups to oppose the changes, arguing that they represent a "nationalisation" of local schools.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn addressed the NUT conference on Friday and called for the academy plans to be abandoned, accusing them of being "asset stripping".
Roy Perry, representing the Local Government Association, has warned: "Forcing schools to become academies strips parents, teachers and faith groups of any local choice."
The NUT conference will hear calls for industrial action in opposition to the changes, which union leaders say could threaten teachers' pay and job security, as such decisions about pay and conditions would be...

Summary: The government could be forced to retreat on plans to compel every school in England to become an academy because of an emerging broad-based opposition, the National Union of Teachers claims.
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Article: Michael Carrick said the project near Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, was "too important" to walk away from.
He wants to meet with Economy Secretary Ken Skates who refused to give a £210m guarantee for the racetrack because of the financial risk to the taxpayer.
But Mr Skates plans to invest £100m in a new business park nearby instead, which he said could attract 1,500 jobs.
It comes as Mr Carrick revealed he would have been in line for £1.7m if the deal had been completed.
He said he accepted there had been a perception he was going to make a lot of money personally from the deal, but defended the payment as a reflection of seven years' of unpaid work.
Talking of the failed deal, Mr Carrick said: "We haven't given up on it and I'm hoping government hasn't."
"The project is too important to walk away. We've got the support of our investors, we've got the support of our development partners and we want to make it work for government and for the valleys," he said.
"We're keen to move forward with the project and keen to understand further the reasons it didn't get supported and address them.
"We've got to sit down with the officials and ministers and get a solution that works for everyone."
The project, first unveiled in 2011, has been dogged by controversy.
Its backers - the Heads of the Valleys Development Company (HoVDC) - had wanted the Welsh Government to underwrite 80% of the cost, revised down to about 50% when ministers asked for a rethink.
Alongside the circuit itself, which would have hosted the British leg of the MotoGP for at least five years, there were also plans to bring BMX and mountain biking, indoor skiing and concerts.
The issue of the guarantee meant the Welsh Government would have received £99m over 33 years in exchange for underwriting the project once it was open for business.
But in the event of it failing, the public purse would have to pay back £210m over time, while backers Aviva would keep the circuit and the infrastructure.
Mr Carrick said he met civil servants during 28 meetings over the...

Summary: The founder of the Circuit of Wales has called on the Welsh Government to not give up on the £433m project.
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Article: The train was designed by architect Kazuyo Sejima and has semi-transparent and mirrored surfaces to help it blend into the background.
The company who make the trains said that they wanted the carriages to feel like a living room, so that passengers can feel relaxed.
It's expected to be rolled out in 2018.
Japan often uses the latest technology on its trains, which are considered some of the best and quickest in the world.

Summary: Look closely, and you might be able to see this new 'invisible' train, unveiled in Japan.
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Article: In the year to the end of March, 57 victims of homicide (murders and culpable homicides) were recorded - down five on the previous 12 months.
This is the lowest number of recorded homicide cases for a single 12-month period since 1976 and half the figure of nine years ago.
As of 31 March 2016, only one case of homicide recorded in 2015-16 was unresolved.
The report Homicide in Scotland showed that a sharp instrument remained the most common method of killing in Scotland and accounted for 51% of homicides (29 cases) in 2015-16.
Nearly all of these cases (26 out of 29) involved a knife.
While the majority of the accused had an unknown status for alcohol and drugs, 31% (20 people) were identified by the police as being under the influence of alcohol or alcohol and drugs.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said: "While it is encouraging to see continued falls in homicide cases alongside the long-term decline in violent crime, the sustained efforts that have helped achieve this - through education and enforcement - must continue, because each of the lives lost is one life too many.
"There is a clear role across a range of public services, in addition to the critical work of our police, to continue to support communities that may remain at risk from violent crime and to challenge irresponsible attitudes both to alcohol misuse and to so-called 'casual' violence.
"We will continue to work with partners and invest in a range of projects to help steer our young people away from the risks of a life of violence and crime, while also ensuring our law enforcement agencies and the courts have the powers and resources needed to deal with those who do harm to others."
Scottish Labour's justice spokeswoman Claire Baker said: "Whilst I welcome the overall downward trend in homicides in Scotland we have to take these statistics with a note of caution.
"Last year when the Scottish government were heralding 'record low' homicide figures after a supposed similar drop, the actual figures were being revised upwards to show an...

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A hall of fame celebrating rugby union's past has been officially opened at the sport's birthplace.

Article: A local democracy campaigner obtained the Highways England documents using Freedom of Information (FoI) requests.
Campaigner Dave Orr said: "We now know it's been value engineered down because the budget is constrained."
Highways England says it will listen to all feedback from its current single option consultation for the upgrade.
"We've ended up with a scheme which delivers more problems with noise, pollution and disturbance, accidents than if we did nothing which I think is absurd," added Mr Orr.
In March, the government and Highways England put forward one option to dual the A358 between Southfields roundabout and Taunton in Somerset.
Since then councils have criticised the plans saying they lack detail and residents have complained that only one option was being consulted on.
The FoI documents show ideas which include linking the M5 to a planned new hi-tech business park at Henlade were ruled out, along with other proposals as they would cost between £366m and £451m.
According to the released documents, the single option was estimated to cost £366m but was "still in excess of the budget of £251m".
The report also stated: "We cannot commit to a Junction 25 link on affordability grounds."
A Highways England spokesman said: "The current scheme cost remains within the Road Investment Strategy allocation of £250m - £500m."
Taunton MP Rebecca Pow has raised the issues with the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling.
She said: "We need to look at why only route was offered because there was a feeling that initially more routes were going to be offered."
She added that the upgrade needed to bring "economic gain" to Taunton and link to the new business park, which is set to attract more than 4,000 jobs.
The consultation closes on 16 July.

Summary: Highways England proposed the cheapest way to upgrade the A358 despite more costly options having more benefits, an investigation has found.
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Article: The event, entitled Shifting the Curve - Sharing the Challenge, is aimed at addressing the relatively static rates of breastfeeding in Scotland over the last decade.
Figures show 48.4% of babies were breastfed at around ten days old in 2013/14, compared with 44.4% in 2004/05.
The data shows a trend towards babies being fed both breast and formula milk, as well as a decline in breastfeeding by the six to eight week stage.
Experts in the field will come together to share the latest evidence on the benefits of breastfeeding, review what is working well and identify ways to drive up rates.
A key focus will be on increasing rates of breastfeeding in the most deprived areas in order to help reduce health inequalities.
Mothers in the wealthiest areas are nearly three times as likely to exclusively breastfeed at six to eight weeks, compared with those in the most deprived areas.
Public health minister Maureen Watt said: "Breastfeeding has major health benefits, in the short and longer term, for both mother and baby. That is why the Scottish Government continues to promote it as the best source of nutrition for babies.
"We know it is important to understand the factors which influence a mother's infant feeding decision and develop effective strategies to encourage more women to breastfeed.
"Research shows that women who know about the health benefits of breastfeeding are more likely to start, therefore it's essential that in the antenatal period the health benefits of breastfeeding are discussed and explained to all women."
Earlier this month, a study by Unicef concluded increasing the time women breastfeed could save the NHS millions of pounds by improving the health of mother and baby.
The summit will be held on 24 February at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.

Summary: Encouraging more women to breastfeed their babies will be the focus of a Scottish Government summit in the New Year.
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Article: The data dump was accompanied by a note addressed to the infidelity dating website's boss saying: "Hey Noel, you can admit it's real now."
The name of one of the files indicates that it contains nearly 14 gigabytes worth of data from the chief executive's email account.
However, there is a problem with it.
The archive in question has been compressed, and efforts to expand it to normal size bring up an error message,
"It's in a zipped format, and when I try to decompress the contents a message comes up saying it won't work," Per Thorsheim, chief executive of cybersecurity firm God Praksis, told the BBC.
"I can't yet say why."
The BBC has independently verified that the archive appears to be damaged.
Other files, however, can be viewed.
Mr Thorsheim said they appeared to contain collections of computer instructions.
"The one that I opened up - Avid.tgz - looks to me like source code," Mr Thorsheim said.
"I can't say [for sure] that it's from Ashley Madison, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is."
Another security firm that has taken a cursory look at these files highlighted the threat they could pose.
"If this turns out to be legitimate, which it in all aspects appears to be, having full source code to these websites means that other hacker groups now have the ability to find new flaws in Avid Life's websites, and further compromise them more," wrote Dave Kennedy, chief executive of TrustedSec, on his firm's blog.
Ashley Madison's owner, Avid Life Media, could not be reached for comment.
News of the latest "leaks" was first reported by the website Motherboard.
A Twitter user who provided the BBC with details of where the material could be found on the Tor Network later confirmed that it had been uploaded to the same place as the earlier leaks, and included matching encryption keys.
"Ultimately though the real test is the data they posted in the torrent," the Twitter user added.
"We'll see once people start to parse it."
The data dump comes days after 10 gigabytes of data stolen from the site was made public...

Summary: A fresh set of files that appear to be leaked Ashley Madison data has been uploaded to a part of the internet known by some as the "dark web".
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Article: Officers have also targeted but not fire Tasers at 13-year-olds, Freedom of Information statistics requested by the Greater London Authority (GLA) Conservatives show.
The Tories said officers should use cameras connected to their Tasers to protect "the most vulnerable".
The Met said recent figures had showed a reduction in the use of Tasers.
Andrew Boff, leader of the GLA Conservatives, has called for officers to start using new body-worn cameras on their uniforms that are designed to activate automatically when the Taser is taken from its holster.
The Los Angeles Police Department already use cameras to record Taser incidents and the Met Police are currently trialling body cameras across 10 London boroughs, but they a not activated when Tasers are used.
Mr Boff said Tasers were "an important tool in public safety," but without context their use on the elderly or children was "questionable."
He said: "Body-worn cameras triggered by the use of the Taser would capture the events leading to a needed intervention.
"They have been shown to increase accountability whilst reducing complaints, protecting both police officers and the most vulnerable in society."
Tasers fire two darts with a five-second, 50,000-volt charge, which can temporarily disable its target.
The Met's website states the devices have been used by specially trained officers as an additional option to manage situations where violence is threatened or likely from a safe distance.
The Freedom of Information data obtained by Mr Boff showed in 2013 and 2014, Tasers were:
In 2013 and 2014, the Met used Tasers in 4,105 incidents, including firing them 503 times, according to figures.
The Met said the most recent Home Office figures showed there had been a reduction of 11.7% in the use of them.
The figures from October 2014 said Tasers had been fired 992 times from January to June 2014, compared to 1124 times from July to December 2013.
A Met Police spokesman added: "The MPS currently has in the region of 1,000 body-worn video cameras deployed as part of...

Summary: Tasers have been fired at 14-year-olds and aimed at elderly people over 80 by Met Police officers, figures show.
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Article: The World Rugby Hall of Fame was launched by ex-England and British and Irish Lions captain Bill Beaumont at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum in Warwickshire.
World Cup winners Lawrence Dallaglio and Jonny Wilkinson were among 12 stars inducted in to the "hall".
Members of the public will be able to visit from Friday.
The World Rugby Hall of Fame was established in 2006, and absorbed the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2014, but has previously never had a physical home.
The attraction, which honours players and administrators who have enhanced the game through exceptional achievements, features video archive of rugby matches and memorabilia.
The 10 other players inducted in the Hall of Fame were England's Jeremy Guscott and Maggie Alphonsi, Wale's Shane Williams, John Dawes and Arthur Gould, Scotland's GPS Macpherson, Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll, Japan's Daisuke Ohata, Canada's Heather Moyes and Australia's Daniel Carroll.
Players, teams, coaches, media and rugby personalities can all be considered for the hall of fame but they need to have been retired from the game for at least three years and have demonstrated rugby's "core values" to be eligible,
The sport of rugby is said to have been accidentally invented in 1823 after William Webb Ellis, a pupil at a public school in Rugby, caught the ball and started running forward with it.

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Google has been accused of using a "bug bounty" to spy on users of its own website.

A man who briefly bought and owned the Google.com web domain has been rewarded by the search giant.

Article: Rachael Hamilton - who stood down as a list MSP to fight the seat - took Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire with a majority of more than 9,000.
She held the constituency for her party from closest rival Gail Hendry of the SNP.
Labour's Sally Prentice was third with Lib Dem Catriona Bhatia fourth.
The by-election was called after John Lamont stood down to fight the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk seat at Westminster which he also won.
"We had an all-female line-up and I was just pleased to be one of those," said Ms Hamilton.
"I am pleased to be going back to the Scottish Parliament - I am absolutely delighted.
"And I am also delighted for John in his Westminster seat as well. The number of seats that we are winning throughout Scotland for Westminster - I think that is really encouraging as well - I think the Conservatives are on the up."
She added that the push for another independence referendum had definitely helped her "on the doorsteps".
"We can stand up and oppose independence and I believe that is what voters in the Borders were really gunning for," she said.

Summary: The Conservatives have won a Scottish Parliament by-election in the Borders held on the same night as the general election.
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Article: The poll suggests services like Spotify and Apple Music should "experiment with pricing" to woo the 90% of the British population who are not subscribers.
The research shows the 10% who do subscribe to music streaming services pay an average of £7.07 a month.
More than 2,100 adults were involved in the YouGov and Zuora study.
Revenues from music streaming grew by 49% to £251m in 2015, according to UK Music.
Yet the reach of music streaming services in the UK is much less than that of video streaming services, to which 27% of the population subscribe.
The pollsters said there was a huge number of potential customers for service providers that could be accessed "via innovation in pricing and packaging".
"There is a lot more room to grow," said Tien Tzuo, chief executive of Zuora  - a firm that sets up and runs subscription billing services.
The research suggests that more than half of the 5.2 million people who subscribe to music streaming services have no plans to purchase a CD again.
The online survey was conducted between 27 April and 4 May 2016.
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Summary: Almost half of the people who do not currently subscribe to music streaming services think they are too expensive, a survey suggests.
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Article: It said new flight paths would allow it to maintain safe and sustainable growth without affecting punctuality.
An earlier trial of an alternative route pattern for aircraft using the airport was ended early, in October 2015, after complaints about noise.
A publicity campaign about proposed flight path changes will feature a television advert, online information and 600,000 leaflets.
The consultation will last for 14 weeks.
Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar said any proposed changes to flight paths would be looked at carefully.
He said: "I think any change means that inevitably we have change to the impact. Sometimes that's an improvement for people and sometimes it's not, unfortunately.
"But what we want to make sure is we understand that when we're looking at the options in the second stage of the process that we're putting the balance on the really important growth agenda for Scotland and then making sure that we're being sensitive and looking after those that we can in the community."
Helena Paul, of the campaign Edinburgh Airport Watch, said she viewed the proposed changes with "absolute horror".
She told BBC Radio Scotland: "I wouldn't wish the noise levels that we're now suffering on anyone.
"I was woken again at six o'clock this morning by a plane going over. The last plane went over about quarter to 12 last night. I wouldn't wish that on any community.
"Edinburgh Airport has had established flight routes for 40 years...they do not need to change their flight paths to be able to increase their capacity."
Any proposal to alter flight paths at Edinburgh Airport would have to be approved by the Civil Aviation Authority.

Summary: Edinburgh Airport has launched a major consultation into new flight paths.
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Article: Bones from archaeological sites in Orkney show voles were cooked or boiled for food, or possibly for pest control.
This is the first evidence for the exploitation of rodents by Neolithic people in Europe, say scientists.
Rodents were consumed later in history, with the dormouse regarded as a delicacy during Roman times.
The Orkney vole - found only on the archipelago - is thought to be a subspecies of the European common vole.
Charred bones suggest the vole was cooked, most likely for food.
The remains were found with waste products from other foods, suggesting voles may have been roasted in the fire. Alternatively, they may have been cooked or boiled in a pot.
Dr Jerry Herman, curator of mammals at National Museums of Scotland, said evidence from excavations showed there were large amounts of rodent remains in human dwellings.
This suggests that the piles of bone fragments  - mainly from voles but also some field mice - were the result of human intervention of some sort.
"The remains were getting into the refuse of the inhabitants and in very large numbers and over a considerable period of time - several hundred years," he said.
"Because some of the remains were burnt - we think that they had been roasted - it may be that the inhabitants were actually eating them and that explained how they got into their living space in such numbers."
The voles were quite small and "would be no more than a mouthful" to eat, but "a perfectly good source of protein", said Dr Herman.
The remains were originally excavated at the well known Skara Brae site in the 1970s.
Scientists sifted through nearly 60,000 rodent bones and teeth to study their origins.
The findings are published in the journal, Royal Society Open Science.
A recent genetic study on the same samples deduced that the vole was introduced to Orkney direct from what is now Belgium.
It is thought the rodents were brought to the island by sea along with cattle and deer by early farmers or traders.
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Summary: Rodents appear to have been roasted for food by Stone Age people as early as 5,000 years ago, archaeological evidence suggests.
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Article: An administration oversight allowed US student Sanmay Ved to buy the right to control the domain on 29 September.
The oversight left him in charge of Google.com for about a minute until Google caught on and cancelled the transaction.
Now Mr Ved has been given a cash reward for spotting the error, which he has decided to donate to charity.
Google declined to comment on the story.
Mr Ved detailed his experience in a post on the LinkedIn site saying that he had been keeping an eye on Google-related web domains for some time because he used to work at the search giant. Mr Ved is currently an MBA student at a US college.
In the early hours of 29 September he noticed a for sale sign next to the Google.com name while browsing sites on Google's own website-buying service.
He used a credit card to pay the $12 (Â£8) fee to grab google.com and got emails confirming he was the owner. Almost immediately he started getting messages intended for Google's own web administration team.
This was followed by a cancellation message sent by the website buying service which said he could not take over Google.com because someone else had already registered it and his $12 payment was refunded.
Now it has emerged that Mr Ved has been given a "bug bounty" by Google's security team for revealing the weakness in the domain buying system. The internal emails Mr Ved received while in charge of google.com have been passed to this team.
Mr Ved decided to give the cash to an Indian educational foundation and in response, Google doubled the reward.

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Labour makes a difference in power, not in "principled opposition", the shadow Welsh secretary has told the party's Welsh conference in Llandudno.

Article: "The ship has just left the port," the head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Ahmet Uzumcu, said in The Hague.
An investigation into alleged use of chlorine in Syria's civil war is still ongoing, Mr Uzumcu added.
More than 160,000 people have died in three years of the Syrian conflict.
The operation to completely destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile was meant to have been completed by 30 June but is now several months behind schedule.
Fighting and the threat of attack by rebel groups severely delayed the removal of the weapons, analysts say.
The Syrian government approved the initiative last year after a chemical weapons attack outside Damascus left hundreds of people dead.
The US had threatened missile strikes on military sites in the country.
The final 8% of the 1,300-tonne stockpile was loaded on to ships in the Syrian port of Latakia on Monday, Mr Uzumcu said.
The chemical cargo is being shipped to a specially modified US naval vessel, the MV Cape Ray.
The destruction of the most toxic agents will take place on board, at an undisclosed location somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea.
The remaining chemicals will be destroyed in Finland, the US and Britain.
However, the BBC's Anna Holligan says many military experts suspect President Bashar al-Assad may not have revealed the full extent of his chemical capabilities.
A recent OPCW fact finding mission concluded that chlorine gas is likely to have been used in "systematic attacks" in Syria.
Mr Uzumcu said the consequent investigation into use of chlorine, which is being jointly carried out with the UN, "may take a little more time."
Chlorine is an industrial chemical and was not part of the weapons stockpile that Syria agreed to hand over. However, use of it as a weapon would contravene conventions signed by President Assad.
Syria's chemical weapons
•21 August 2013: Chemical weapons attack in Ghouta region near Damascus
•14 September: US and Russia agree deal on destruction of Syria's chemical weapons
•31 December: Initial...

Summary: The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons have been shipped out of the country for destruction, the international watchdog OPCW says.
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Article: He told ITV's Peston on Sunday that his successor Paul Nuttall was "doing fine" and said UKIP was still needed, to prevent any "back sliding" on Brexit.
Neil Hamilton, UKIP leader in the Welsh Assembly, told the BBC "cosmic forces", not Mr Nuttall were to blame.
Mr Nuttall says UKIP voters who backed the Tories will come back to his party.
UKIP won 3.8 million votes at the last general election in 2015 but, after the UK voted to leave the EU in last year's referendum, many believe that its vote will be badly squeezed on 8 June, with the Conservatives being the main beneficiary.
All the 145 UKIP councillors defending their seats in local elections last week were beaten, although the party did pick up one seat in Burnley.
In Lincolnshire, where Mr Nuttall is standing in the general election in Boston and Skegness, UKIP went from being the official opposition to having no seats at all as the Tories gained 23 seats.
The results prompted the party's former donor Arron Banks - who is no longer a party member - to say it was "finished as an electoral force" under its current leadership.
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But former leader Mr Farage told the ITV show that while Prime Minister Theresa May had adopted many of the arguments he had been making for years - she had failed to deliver on immigration targets in her previous job as home secretary.
"UKIP is going to survive, it has to survive, " he said.
"It's all well and good for Mrs May who gives wonderful speeches and sounds very reassuring, but... UKIP needs to be there in case there is back sliding on Brexit.
"If, in two and a half years' time Mrs May has delivered the kind of Brexit that voters wanted, then I think you can ask the question: What is UKIP's future, where does it go from here?
He said Mr Nuttall, who was elected party leader in November 2016, had been "strong and reassuring" after a "tough" 24 hours following last week's local elections.
"It's difficult for him... because the Conservative Party have taken our agenda, for now. It's...

Summary: UKIP "will survive" as an electoral force despite a drubbing at last week's local elections, former leader Nigel Farage has said.
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Article: However, the high winds and blizzards have also prevented some from opening every day to the public.
Ski-Scotland, which promotes skiing and snowboarding, said snowsports have already generated Â£14m for the economy.
Skiing and snowboarding put more than Â£29m into the Scottish economy in the winter of 2012-13 - one of the best seasons in years.
Heather Negus, of Ski-Scotland, said: "In spite of closures due to storm conditions last week, the figures from the five mountain ski areas up until 22 February are still well ahead of the same point last year.
"Not only are we showing a 12% increase on last year, we're currently also half a percent ahead of 2012-13 which was one of the best seasons in recent years.
"That may not sound a lot, but that season brought us a lot of calm weather as well as good snow, with relatively few days lost to storm conditions."
The mountain resorts are Nevis Range near Fort William; Glencoe Mountain ski centre between Tyndrum and Ballachulish; CairnGorm Mountain near Aviemore; Glenshee between Blairgowrie and Braemar, and The Lecht between Strathdon and Tomintoul.

Summary: Storms have brought more snow to all of Scotland's mountain snowsports resorts, Ski-Scotland has said.
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Article: He told Irish broadcaster RTE that Apple had not been given preferential tax breaks in Ireland.
The EU ruling said Apple had been given €13bn of "illegal" tax benefits.
Mr Cook said he was "very confident" the ruling would be overturned on appeal.
On Tuesday, the European Commission said Ireland had granted undue tax benefits of up to €13bn (£11bn) to Apple.
Speaking about the ruling, Mr Cook told RTE: "It's maddening, it's disappointing, it's clear that this comes from a political place, it has no basis in fact or in law, and unfortunately it's one of those things we have to work through."
"When you're accused of doing something that is so foreign to your values, it brings out an outrage in you, and that's how we feel. Apple has always been about doing the right thing.
"We haven't done anything wrong, and the Irish government hasn't done anything wrong."
Mr Cook disputed the Commission's finding that Apple had effectively paid a corporate tax rate of just 0.005%, or €50 out of every €1m, from one of its Ireland-based subsidiaries in 2014.
"It's a false number. I have no idea where the number came from. It is not true. Here is the truth. In that year, we paid $400m to Ireland, and that amount of money was based on the statutory Irish income tax rate of 12.5%."
However, the European Commission said the rate of 0.005% applied to one of Apple's subsidiaries.
Apple Sales International made research payments totalling $2bn to its parent, Apple Inc, in 2011, which significantly increased in 2014, the Commission said.
"Apple paid an effective tax rate of 0.005% in 2014 on the profits of Apple Sales International.
"Apple has more subsidiaries in Ireland, as indicated in the Commission's decision to open an investigation.
"The tax affairs of other Apple subsidiaries, be it in Ireland or elsewhere, have not been the focus of this investigation," it said.
Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said: "This is a decision based on the facts of the case, looking into Apple Sales International, how they are arranged within Ireland,...

Summary: Apple chief executive Tim Cook says the European Commission ruling that Apple should pay billions of euros in back taxes to the Republic of Ireland is "maddening" and "political".
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Article: Nia Griffith said her party offers "investment in Wales, versus cuts from Westminster" by the Tories.
She urged people to "imagine the price" if there was a Conservative government in Wales as well.
"Labour changes peoples' lives when we are in government", Ms Griffith added.
She reinforced the message of First Minister Carwyn Jones, who told delegates on Saturday that the assembly election in May would be a straight fight between Labour and the Conservatives.
"Together we are fighting for Wales in Westminster and taking on the Tories' appalling treatment of our nation," Ms Griffith said.
"We need to tell families up and down the country about what our Welsh Labour government is delivering.
"Investment in Wales, versus cuts from Westminster - jobs for our young people, not leaving a generation behind.
"That's the difference that a Labour government makes. Labour policies promised then delivered because we are in government.
"So don't listen to those who say we should be happy just shouting from the sidelines, that principled opposition is better than political power.
"If we take that attitude we may as well shut up shop."
Ms Griffith pointed to Labour's establishment of the NHS, introduction of the minimum wage, and delivering devolution with the creation of the National Assembly.
Meanwhile Mr Jones has said income tax rates in Wales would stay the same as those in England under a Labour Welsh government.
He told the Sunday Supplement programme on BBC Radio Wales he would not use new powers to increase income taxes if Labour won the assembly election.
"People have a real squeeze on their personal finances and the last thing I want to do is add to that pressure," he said,
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has proposed an increase of 1p in the pound for taxpayers in Scotland.

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The Cotswolds could be policed by the Thames Valley force if plans to "break away" from Gloucestershire County Council go ahead, it is claimed.

Article: The social media site said the request was "by far the largest" it had ever received from a government body.
Photographs, private messages and other information were supplied to a New York court last year, but the process was only made public by a judge this week.
The ruling defined Facebook as a "digital landlord".
A judge said this definition meant the company must comply with search warrants.
The original case investigated fraudulent claimants of US federal disability benefits, whose Facebook accounts apparently showed that they were in fact healthy.
The web giant was ordered to hand over information from the 381 accounts, which the court said contained "evidence of criminality".
After an appeal was denied, Facebook complied with the request but protested that it violated the Fourth Amendment of the US constitution, which protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures".
Facebook also voiced concerns about the lack of date restrictions on the warrant, which it argued allowed the US government to keep the data indefinitely, and the range of data requested, which it said would contain private material which bore no relation to the trial.
The proceedings have been kept private by the court, but after a fresh appeal by Facebook a New York judge has now made the court filing public.
Facebook said the government had obtained "gag orders", preventing it from telling the account holders that it had been forced to hand over their data.
"This unprecedented request is by far the largest we've ever received - by a magnitude of more than ten - and we have argued that it was unconstitutional from the start," wrote Chris Sonderby, a legal adviser to Facebook.
"Of the 381 people whose accounts were the subject of these warrants, 62 were later charged in a disability fraud case.
"This means that no charges will be brought against more than 300 people whose data was sought by the government without prior notice to the people affected."
But a spokesperson for the Manhattan district attorney defended the court's...

Summary: Facebook is fighting a US court order in which it was forced to hand over data belonging to almost 400 people involved in a benefit fraud trial.
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Article: The model of the MV Loch Shira is a "Staff Pick" on the Lego Ideas website where designers seek support for their suggestions for new sets.
So far the ferry has gained more than 780 supporters. It needs 10,000 to qualify for a review by Lego.
Designed, built and nominated by Lego Ideas site user Lukeebee1, the Loch Shira bid has CalMac's blessing.
Lukeebee1's suggestion, titled The Great British Holiday - Off to the Scottish Isles, is one of four of the latest Staff Picks being promoted on the ideas website.
The others are a bakery, California holiday set and string instruments.
In his blurb backing his bid, Lukeebee1 said: "CalMac/Caledonian Macbrayne ferries are a common sight all along the coast of Scotland.
"Providing access to the many isles/islands that surround the Scottish mainland. Almost everyone who has visited the Scottish isles will have been on one.
"This model is based on the smaller of the ferries, in particular a ship called Loch Shira, which can often be seen at the town of Largs providing access to isles such as the Isle of Cumbrae."
The Loch Shira Lego set bid comes amid a competitive process to win a new contract to provide west coast ferry services.
Earlier this week, the Scottish government has offered CalMac Ferries Ltd and Serco Caledonian Ferries Ltd access to data to help the companies form their bids.
CalMac currently runs the Clyde and Hebrides services, which covers almost every route on the west coast.
The new contract will run from 1 October 2016 for up to eight years.

Summary: An idea for a Lego set of a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry has been highlighted by employees at the Danish toymaker.
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Article: BBC Scotland has learned that discussions have been held, but Wilson has much to consider before committing himself to the Ibrox club.
Rangers say they want to create this new role, as well as finding a new head coach, to replace Mark Warburton.
The Englishman left his role as team manager more than two weeks ago.
Meanwhile, former Rangers captain Barry Ferguson would welcome a return to Ibrox after his resignation as Clyde manager on Sunday.
But there has been no contact between the former Scotland midfielder, whose side had gone 10 League Two games without a win, and his former club.
It is unlikely any appointment will be made by Rangers this week, which means caretaker manager Graeme Murty will be in charge for Wednesday's visit by St Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership.
Murty, who has presided over one win and two defeats, has backed the board's right to take their time over a long-term appointment.
"If we appoint quickly and get it wrong, it would be much more damaging," the club's under-20s coach said.
"So we have to be respectful of the board's wishes to go through their process, do their due diligence and get the right person in place.
"I've been told the process is ongoing, interviews are taking place and someone will be appointed. I don't know when it will be."
Murty has admitted he is not enjoying being thrust into the hotseat, although he is relishing the chance to gain experience.
"It's not about me, it's about the football club and the players," he said.
"I'm here to facilitate the players playing well, hopefully, and making sure they know what they need to do on a match day. I'm here fulfilling the role I was asked to do."
Rangers have slipped nine points behind second-placed Aberdeen after two successive league defeats and Murty said he would stand down if he did not think he could benefit the team.
"I'm content to look in the mirror and say that the practices we put on, the work that we're doing, is of a good standard, it's what the players need," he said.
"If I felt I wasn't being...

Summary: Rangers have identified Southampton director of scouting and recruitment Ross Wilson as their number one target for their director of football role.
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Article: Mobile food sellers on beaches and streets would also have to move on from spots every 20 minutes or risk losing their licence.
Denbighshire council will consider the changes as it reviews its Street Trading Policy on Wednesday.
The Ice Cream Alliance said the proposed rules were "a nonsense".
A spokesman for the alliance, which represents more than 600 businesses in the UK, said: "Members of the public will get quite upset about it when it is a hot day and there is a big queue, they could be waiting and the time will run out and the van will have to move on.
"At the end of the day ice cream sellers are providing a service to the public, it is a service they are paying to provide, and then they are being thwarted in trying to make a living."
A document before the council says the policy - which applies to roads, footways and beaches - aims to prevent the obstruction of streets.
Under the rules all ice cream, hot food and sandwich vans would have to move at least 50 metres every 20 minutes, and would not be able to return to the same spot for four hours.
Food vans would also be barred from outside schools and colleges between 07:30 GMT and 18:00, but will be allowed with expressed permission from the school.
People who break the rules may have their licence suspended or revoked, and may face prosecution.
Denbighshire council has been asked to comment.

Summary: Ice cream and burger vans could be banned from selling within 100m of a school under changes to rules in Denbighshire.
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Article: There could be "serious implications" for Gloucestershire Police, the police and crime commissioner has warned.
Cotswold District Council's proposal to form a unity authority with West Oxfordshire has proved controversial.
But CDC says the plans - dubbed 'Coxit' - are at an early stage but aim to improve accountability.
CDC leader Lynden Stowe has said Gloucestershire's "historic borders" would remain under the proposals, which aim to improve the "administration and the delivery of council services".
He told BBC Radio Gloucestershire a few weeks ago: "We would expect the police to patrol up to the existing county borders, exactly as now, so if there's a crime in Cirencester, Gloucestershire Police attend and if there's a burglary in Burford, Thames Valley Police attend."
But Gloucestershire's PCC Martin Surl said he had taken legal advice on the "Coxit" proposal, and warned it could "signal the end of Gloucestershire Police as we know it".
Under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, he said the Cotswolds could become part of Thames Valley Police District.
"If they break away to a new district, we can't continue policing just half a district," he told the BBC.
"So, either we start taking some of Thames Valley's area in Oxfordshire, or they start policing parts of Gloucestershire. Neither want that ."
A spokesman for Cotswold District Council said they "fully understand the initial concerns" but they were "best addressed through the detailed studies that will now take place to assess the feasibility of the unitary proposal".
Mr Surl, an independent, is standing for re-election as Gloucestershire PCC on 5 May, alongside Labour's Barry Kirby and the Conservatives' Will Windsor Clive.

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