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Paddy Hill was speaking at a press conference.
The Belfast man was convicted along with five other people of the 1974 bombings which killed 21 people. Those convictions were quashed in 1991.
He accused the "judiciary, the government and the Birmingham police" of "a massive cover-up".
"We never got justice, but I'll tell you one thing that we can get, and that's the one thing we deserve the most, and that's the truth.
"It's not so much me, I know the truth, I want this for the families."
He accused the West Midlands Police of not wanting the inquest to be reopened as "there are too many skeletons in the cupboard".
He alleged police had "advanced warning" of the bombs but "they didn't take any steps to prevent them".
He told journalists he believed he knew who the bombers were.
He added he was sceptical that the full truth of what happened will emerge saying he did not think "the Birmingham police could spell the word truth".
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A man wrongly convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings says a decision to reopen inquests into the deaths is a first step to finding the truth.
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This follows Walton agreeing a new four-year contract with the Seagulls.
It will be the 21-year-old's fifth loan move in the past three seasons, with Albion having the option to recall the England Under-21 international.
"Following the departure of Matt Gilks it was clear we needed reinforcements," Wigan boss Paul Cook told the club website.
"Christian has a bright future and we're delighted he's come to us."
Of the loan deal, Brighton manager Chris Hughton told Albion's club website: "This is a good move for all concerned - both clubs and the player. Christian needs to be playing regularly, and Wigan offer him the opportunity to do that in League One."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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League One side Wigan Athletic have signed Brighton goalkeeper Christian Walton on a season-long loan.
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The incident happened at about 20:40 on Friday 16 December in Saughton Mains Park after the pair - aged 16 and 20 - left a house party.
They became involved in an argument with a passerby who then allegedly assaulted them both before running off.
A 31-year-old man has been arrested and is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday.
The victims suffered serious neck injuries and were taken to the city's Royal Infirmary.
At the time, officers described the incident as an "unprovoked attack" and said one of the victims could have had "life-threatening" injuries.
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A man has been arrested by police investigating an "unprovoked attack" on two young men in Edinburgh.
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Staff said they had no idea the female meerkat was pregnant until they found the baby in the pen.
The sanctuary is the middle of moving premises to a new site in County Durham, and the new family will now be the last to move.
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Animal keepers at a rescue centre in Penrith, Cumbria, have been enjoying an unexpected arrival - a baby meerkat.
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Adam Higson ran in two first-half tries to help put Leigh - the only side to be promoted to the top-flight via the Qualifiers when they went up last year - 10-0 up at the break.
Corey Paterson and Josh Drinkwater grabbed further scores before Brayden Wiliame went in for Dragons' only try.
Paterson's second completed the win, leaving Catalans fifth in the table.
The French side have earned just one win from three games as they battle to avoid relegation, and can be overtaken in the Qualifiers table by Championship clubs London Broncos and Featherstone on Sunday if either one seals victory.
Catalans Dragons: Tierney; Duport, Inu, Wiliame, Yaha; Walsh, Myler; Moa, Aiton, Casty, Anderson, Horo, Bird.
Replacements: Bousquet; Garcia, Baitieri, Margalet.
Leigh Centurions: McNally; Dawson, Brown, Langi, Higson, Reynolds, Drinkwater; Hansen, Mortimer, Maria, Paterson, Vea, Burr.
Replacements: Higham, Stewart, Hopkins, Richards.
Referee: Phil Bentham.
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Leigh beat Catalans Dragons for the first time to boost their hopes of extending their Super League stay.
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James Brindley, 26, died on High Street, Aldridge, West Midlands, despite attempts by four schoolboys who rushed over to him to give first aid.
Detectives have released CCTV of two men they want to trace over the stabbing at 23:45 BST on 23 June.
The men are seen in the area before and after Mr Brindley died, police said.
Speaking at a news conference, Beverley and Mark Brindley appealed for information to catch their son's killer.
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"How they can sleep at night, how they can continue on a day to day basis is beyond me," Mrs Brindley said.
"So if there's anybody that has seen any change in anybody they're associated with, live with, or has this person suddenly gone on holiday, please come forward."
Mr and Mrs Brindley said their son's death had been "like a bolt out of the blue".
Mr Brindley, previously described by his parents as "a very straightforward and trusting person", was stabbed in the heart.
The two men are seen in the CCTV footage in the Whetstone Lane and Churn Hill Road area of the town, both before and after James was stabbed on Little Aston Road by The Croft.
It is thought the men had come from the direction of Bosty Lane and headed back that way.
Det Ch Insp Chris Mallett said: "This is a significant development in our investigation and I would urge anyone who recognises either of these men to contact us as a matter of urgency.
"James' family desperately need answers and we are continuing to keep them updated with our investigation, but we also need your help to bring James' killers to justice."
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The parents of a man stabbed to death on his way home from an evening with friends have paid tribute to their "most precious son".
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Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and Stamford NHS Trust have agreed to a review of "organisational form".
Huntingdon MP Jonathan Djanogly said he feared they were "weasel words" for a takeover of Hinchingbrooke.
The hospitals have announced they will be "working more collaboratively".
The trusts said the review would focus on "back office" services, "organisational form" and would also investigate how they could "collaborate clinically".
Hinchingbrooke's chairman Alan Burns said the two trusts would be looking at all possibilities, including a merger.
But, he said: "Because [Peterborough and Stamford] are a foundation trust and we are not, if anything it would be an acquisition not a merger.
"We are looking at making the best use of money without a diminution of services."
Mr Djanogly said proposals to merge "back office functions" at a time when local health services were "haemorrhaging money" were "absolutely to be commended".
"However, to move from that to an outright takeover of Hinchingbrooke by Peterborough is, as far as I and my constituents are concerned, out of the question," he added.
"They say they are going to look at the 'potential organisational form' - at the very best that's NHS techno speak, but at the very worst it's weasel words for a takeover."
Mr Burns said the trusts would deliver its proposed "outline business case" on the hospitals' future by April.
In December, the National Audit Office revealed Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals' debt for 2014-2015 was £38.5 million, while Hinchingbrooke's deficit for the same period was £11.4m.
The Huntingdon hospital was the first in the NHS to be run by a private company, but returned to NHS management in April.
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The Black Cats are bottom of the Premier League, two points from safety after three wins in 15 games.
Bain described Sunderland's level of debt as "not healthy" and said manager David Moyes would not make big-money signings next month.
"We have very limited transfer funds available for January," he said.
Bain highlighted Sunderland's high turnover of players in recent seasons as one of the reasons for the club's "difficult financial backdrop".
He said they had made a profit on just three of the 46 players they have sold since 2009.
"It's not a statistic that anyone can be proud about," he added.
The Black Cats have also had a high turnover of managers in the past few seasons.
Since Steve Bruce was sacked in November 2011, Martin O'Neill, Paolo di Canio, Gus Poyet, Dick Advocaat, Sam Allardyce and Moyes have managed the club.
"This is the time where we have to deal with the cards we have been dealt and get on with it," said Bain.
"The funds are limited and it'll be a difficult journey, there is no doubt about that. These are times when you dig deep together."
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Sunderland will not spend their way out of trouble in the January transfer window, says chief executive Martin Bain.
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The 34-year-old former Arsenal and Reading keeper made 129 appearances during four years with the Bees.
Barnet boss Martin Allen wanted Stack to be back-up to Jamie Stephens, while continuing to coach the other keepers at The Hive.
"Having been offered the chance to stay, I feel it is time for a new challenge," Stack posted on Twitter.
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Goalkeeper Graham Stack has left Barnet after turning down a new contract with the League Two side.
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Bellusci, 27, leaves Elland Road by mutual consent after making 61 appearances over three years.
The Italian centre-back was one of former Leeds owner Massimo Cellino's first signings when he penned a four-year deal in August 2014.
However, he spent last season on loan at Empoli and departs after being left out of the pre-season tour of Austria by head coach Thomas Christiansen.
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Leeds United have terminated the contract of defender Giuseppe Bellusci.
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Australia has said it will take more Syrians, but stopped short of increasing its overall refugee intake.
Social media has taken up the push for a policy change, with people on Tuesday posting photos to #lightthedark.
More vigils will be held this week, which will also remember a Syrian child who drowned on the coast of Turkey.
An image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying face down on a beach has sparked an international outcry over the human cost of the European migrant crisis.
An estimated 10,000 people attended the ceremony at Sydney's Hyde Park on Monday night, and thousands more in other cities.
They came ahead of an expected announcement on Tuesday from the Australian government authorising air strikes against the so-called Islamic State group in Syria.
Members of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's own party, including several state premiers, have called for more to be done for people fleeing Syria.
A Kosovo-type solution has been discussed that would see Syrians and Iraqis housed in Australia, then returned home once the countries were safe.
The Federal Opposition has called for 10,000 additional places for refugees from the Middle East, with priority to be given to those from conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
Opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten also said the government should spend an extra $A100m ($69m; £45.6m) on aid for refugees.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.
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Network Rail published the CCTV pictures after it took the decision to temporarily close a level crossing in Rossington amid safety fears.
In one image a person can be seen lying down on the crossing near Doncaster.
Vicki Beadle, community safety manager at Network Rail said: "The railway is not a playground".
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The crossing will be closed until 8 October with people being directed to a nearby footbridge.
Vicki Beadle, community safety manager at Network Rail, said: "The photos are deeply worrying.
"This crossing lies on the East Coast Main Line and sees almost 200 trains a day pass over it, which can travel at speeds of up to 125mph.
"As well as the high frequency and speeds of the trains, the crossing also has overhead line equipment, which carries 25,000 volts of electricity and would deliver a powerful electric shock to anyone coming into contact with the wires.
"The railway is not a playground and it's vital that users treat crossings with the respect they deserve."
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The four adults and a three-year-old girl were discovered on Sunday.
It is thought the container came from Cherbourg in France on the Irish Ferries Oscar Wilde ship.
The container was picked up by a haulage firm and brought to New Ross, where gardaí (Irish police) were contacted.
It is understood that the child and adults are from Iraq.
They told gardaí they were fleeing persecution and are looking for asylum, Irish state broadcaster, RTÉ reports.
All five were in good health, gardaí say, and have been brought to Dublin, where they are being dealt with under immigration legislation.
They have been referred to the Refugee Application Commissioners where an application for asylum is being progressed.
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Five people who were found in a shipping container in County Wexford in the Republic of Ireland on Sunday night have been taken to Dublin.
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NHS Highland's plan for the future shape of maternity services at the hospital in Wick was raised at First Minister's Questions (FMQs).
The move is opposed by a local campaigners who want obstetricians to still be available to the hospital.
Pregnancies with complications are to be handled in Inverness under the plan.
Inverness' Raigmore Hospital is about 102 miles (165 km) from Wick.
At FMQs in Holyrood, Conservative MSP Edward Mountain told how a woman was in labour in an ambulance while being taken from Wick to Inverness.
He said women giving birth faced a journey time of two-and-a-half hours to get from Caithness to the city hospital by road ambulance, and longer if the weather was bad.
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Ms Sturgeon said NHS Highland's plan was backed by a review of maternity services at Caithness General.
She said the health board was not proposing to consult on setting up a Community Midwife Unit (CMU) at Wick, and the plan would not be put before ministers.
The first minister said: "However, they are proposing to consult widely on the proposal to strengthen services in Raigmore and provide facilities for parents to make sure they meet local concerns.
"I hope all members will recognise that where a report makes a recommendation on the basis of patient safety, and it is clearly on the basis of patient safety, it is incumbent upon the local NHS board to act accordingly."
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Nicola Sturgeon has said the setting up of a midwife-led maternity unit at Caithness General would be done in the interests of patient safety.
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In 2013, 90% of the 13,570 people diagnosed with hepatitis C had injected drugs such as heroin, cocaine and amphetamines, it said.
Two out of five drug users who used needles had the infection and half of these did not know it, said PHE.
The viral infection can lead to liver cancer, which can be fatal.
It can be spread through the blood of an infected person, which is why drug users sharing needles are at risk. More than 200,000 people in the UK currently have the infection.
PHE said early diagnosis was key to prevent the disease being spread and called for interventions to flag up infections earlier.
Dr Vivian Hope, at the organisation, said increasing the diagnosis rate would help reduce the high level of infection he was seeing among people who injected drugs.
He added: "Obtaining blood from people living with hepatitis C who inject drugs can be difficult due to poor venous access.
"Dry blood spot testing is an alternative method that avoids puncturing veins - which has been proven to be reliable and simple, and acceptable to both people who inject drugs and drug service staff."
Dr Hope said using the new testing method had started to help diagnose more cases of hepatitis C.
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About 20% of people in England who inject drugs do not know they have hepatitis C infections, according to Public Health England (PHE).
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The Electoral Office had dropped Howard Primary School as a polling station.
It followed claims that loyalist flag protestors prevented some people from voting there at last year's local government and European elections.
However, the Electoral Commission intervened and said the polling station should be reinstated, as the proper consultation process was not followed.
This meant that last month a further consultation period was announced, which included hearing views from voters, politicians, political parties and the police.
The decision that will determine whether polling will take place there in next month's general election is expected to be announced later on Monday.
In the last general election in 2010, Sinn Féin's Michelle Gildernew took the Fermanagh and South Tyrone seat by four votes, following three recounts.
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An announcement is expected later on the future of a polling station at Moygashel in County Tyrone.
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The 27-year-old has been released from the Wales squad to Ospreys.
He was taken off after turning his right ankle during the 32-8 defeat by Australia.
The Ospreys player missed much of the 2015-16 season after damaging ankle and knee ligaments playing for Wales against Italy in a pre-World Cup match.
A Welsh Rugby Union statement read: "It is expected that Webb will undertake a period of rehabilitation of at least 12 weeks."
In Webb's absence, Scarlets' Gareth Davies starts against Argentina on Saturday.
Scarlets scrum-half Davies is one of six Wales changes for the match at Principality Stadium.
In addition to Argentina, Wales face Japan and South Africa in Cardiff before the end of November.
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Oliver Hawkins wreaked havoc for the visitors, scoring one, making another and creating plenty of other chances in between.
The 24-year-old striker broke the deadlock with a simple header from Jordan Maguire-Drew's pinpoint cross after 29 minutes, before his flick-on slipped Luke Guttridge through to make it 2-0 just before half-time.
With York struggling to contain the visitors they finished the game with 10 men after Adriano Moke saw red and their long winless run continues.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, York City 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 2.
Second Half ends, York City 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 2.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Paul Benson replaces Jordan Maguire-Drew.
Adriano Moke (York City) is shown the red card.
Scott Heard (Dagenham and Redbridge) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Aidan Connolly (York City) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, York City. Callum Rzonca replaces Robbie McDaid.
Robbie McDaid (York City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Luke Guttridge (Dagenham and Redbridge) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, York City. Daniel Nti replaces Scott Fenwick.
Second Half begins York City 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 2.
First Half ends, York City 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 2.
Goal! York City 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 2. Luke Guttridge (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Goal! York City 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 1. Oliver Hawkins (Dagenham and Redbridge).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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York have now gone 14 games without a win after Dagenham enjoyed a comfortable 2-0 victory at Bootham Crescent.
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That's what American Idol contestant Jackie "Jax" Cole, one of the final eight women on the long-running show, hoped anyway.
But it backfired a bit.
After performing her jazz version of ain't No Mountain High Enough, Jennifer Lopez was scathing about her singing, saying it "didn't work". But hey - she liked #TheDress and it got the judges talking.
Harry Connick Jr also criticised the 18-year-old's performance, although and Keith Urban liked it. Watch the track on YouTube.
But host Ryan Seacrest wasn't interested in letting them talk about her version of Marvin Gaye's classic track. He wanted to talk about #TheDress - obvs.
"Is this the dress that broke the internet?" he asked.
"I see blue and black," he said pointing at the dress while comparing it to a photo of #TheDress on his phone.
"What do you see in your monitors? In this [pointing to the phone picture] I see white and gold."
Lopez agreed with him but fellow singers Harry Connick Jr and Nicole Kidman's other half, country singer Keith Urban, saw something completely different.
"It's red and pink," said Urban.
"I see a hot guy holding a cell phone," shouted Connick Jr, as Seacrest ushered New Jersey native Jax off the stage.
This week's American Idol episodes aired on Wednesday and Thursday nights in America and was filmed in Detroit.
Aretha Franklin sang on Wednesday night in her hometown in Michigan.
This week's shows featured the remaining men and women contestants.
American Idol has discovered stars such as Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson.
Simon Cowell left the judging panel in 2010 after eight years.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube
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If you want to make an impact on a TV talent show, wear #TheDress.
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Until now, same-sex couples could only adopt a child if it was the offspring of one of the partners.
But in a historic ruling on Wednesday, the court instructed adoption agencies not to discriminate against gay men and lesbians.
It said gay couples could adopt just as heterosexual couples could, as along as all legal requirements were met.
The court reached its ruling in a 6-2 vote after hours of debate.
It said that excluding gay couples as possible adoptive parents "limits children's right to a family".
"A person's sexual orientation or gender are not in and of themselves indicative of a lack of moral, physical or mental suitability to adopt," said the chief justice of the Constitutional Court, Maria Victoria Calle Correa.
Same-sex couples in Colombia are allowed to enter into legal unions but in 2013 Congress rejected a proposal to fully legalise gay marriage.
Activists welcomed Wednesday's decision but opponents promised to appeal, Reuters news agency reported.
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Colombia's constitutional court has lifted restrictions on same-sex couples adopting children.
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Neath Port Talbot council will build the replacement Afan Lido on the neighbouring Hollywood Park site.
Campaigners wanted the new building on the old site but did win their battle to have an eight-lane pool.
It is hoped construction which will take 15 months to complete will start early next year.
"This project is now gaining a tremendous amount of momentum in coming to fruition," Neath Port Talbot council leader Ali Thomas said.
"This will be a wonderful, iconic 21st Century facility we can all be proud of and will be a focal point in enhancing our strategy and vision for regenerating the whole area."
The design features a "wave roof" to reflect its seafront location.
It will have an eight-lane pool with boom and movable floor, a learner pool, 100-seat spectator gallery and four-court sports hall with retractable seating for 100 spectators.
There will also be a fitness suite, dance studio, children's soft play area, a youth club, community meeting rooms and a cafe.
The original Afan Lido was opened in 1965 by the Queen. Graham Jenkins, the brother of the late Hollywood star Richard Burton, was its first manager.
The venue hosted major concerts from Spencer Davies to Pink Floyd in its early days to Coldplay and McFly in recent years.
In December 2009 the building was gutted by fire and finally demolished in late 2011.
A total of 2,628 people took part in a Neath Port Talbot council consultation on replacing the Afan Lido.
Although many people said they would like to see an identical rebuild, the council said just keeping the old lido going was costing £700,000 a year.
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Plans have been submitted for a £13.4m sports complex in Port Talbot to replace a lido destroyed by fire four years ago.
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Having won the first race on Saturday, the Northern Irishman started ninth on the grid but surged through to take the lead on the second lap.
Rea was pushed all the way by Kawasaki team-mate Tom Sykes from Yorkshire and clinched his 11th win at the Dutch circuit by just 0.025 seconds.
Reigning champion Rea now leads the WSB series by 64 points after four rounds.
Chaz Davies of Wales, the only man to beat Rea this season, got held up in the early stages and had to settle for third.
Davies had come into the weekend as Rea's closest championship rival, but has now been overtaken by Sykes who was runner-up in both Assen races.
Britain's Alex Lowes and Leon Camier were fifth and sixth respectively, with Ireland's Eugene Laverty dropping back to eighth after leading in the early stages.
It was Rea's 11th win at Assen, just one short of Carl Fogarty's record, and strengthens his attempt to become the first rider to win the World Superbike Championship three years in a row.
Rea has dominated the 2017 WSB series, winning seven out of the eight races and being runner-up in the other.
"Another double, what can I say? I am so happy," said Rea.
"It was so hard to lead in the wind today. I just decided to manage the race and stay on because it was quite dangerous in some places.
"The last sector I just had to defend as much as possible and get it to the line.
"But well done Tom, a Kawasaki one-two in both races makes it an incredible weekend for the team."
Italy's Marco Melandri slipped down a place to fourth in the championship standings after crashing out on the ninth lap.
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Ibe, who joined from Liverpool for £15m, struck after 12 minutes with a driving run and a curling finish.
Cardiff kept possession well but created few chances, with Joe Ralls' low wide shot their best effort.
The Bluebirds' opening league game is at Birmingham on Saturday, 6 August.
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A fine individual goal by Bournemouth's club record signing Jordon Ibe saw them beat Cardiff City in the Bluebirds' final pre-season friendly ahead of the new Championship campaign.
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The tower was opened in 1965 by then Prime Minister Harold Wilson and the restaurant opened the following year.
The tower was closed to the public in 1971, with the restaurant shutting in 1980.
BT will hold a ballot for members of the public to eat at the restaurant while overlooking London's skyline.
Gavin Patterson, BT Group chief executive, said: "I'm delighted we're able to re-open the restaurant to the public.
"The BT Tower was a unique feat of engineering when it was first built and it remains an important and much-loved building today."
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The revolving restaurant at the top of the BT Tower in central London is to open to the public for two weeks to mark the building's golden anniversary.
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Footage from Queensland Police shows a speeding car erratically crossing lanes on two major Gold Coast roads.
After several minutes the car stops due to a flat tyre, and a man emerges holding a large knife and a dog.
The man appears to threaten a motorist with the knife before running off the motorway in Thursday's incident.
Still clutching the dog, the man rushes into a residential area near Gold Coast Airport and enters a house.
Police said they confronted the man and he surrendered to them without incident.
A 24-year-old man was charged with a number of offences over the incident, including attempted robbery, dangerous driving and entering a dwelling with intent.
Local media named the man as Kayne Selfe and said he had been remanded in custody after a court appearance.
Police said the dog was found safe and well.
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The former Arsenal captain, 30, left north London to join Barcelona for £15m in 2014 but injuries have restricted him to 11 appearances in La Liga.
Roma have an option to buy the Belgium international at the end of the season.
Vermaelen's move means that £25m-rated Greece defender Kostas Manolas, who has been linked with several Premier League clubs, could leave the Stadio Olimpico.
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Barcelona defender Thomas Vermaelen has joined Serie A side Roma on a season's loan.
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The visitors went close before the break when right back Sam Topliss twice had close-range shots blocked in quick succession.
But Chester should already have been ahead when James Alabi shot wide, before Elliott Durrell was just off target from long range.
And, within nine minutes of the restart, Jon McCarthy's side led 2-0.
Kane Richards bundled in at the near post on 52 minutes after the Yorkshire side had been opened up by a superb piece of left-wing trickery by Craig Mahon.
Just two minutes later, Alabi then fired home from the penalty spot after himself being brought down by keeper Rory Watson.
Alabi was then sent clear by Ryan Lloyd to blast home City's third a minute from the end.
Match ends, Chester FC 3, North Ferriby United 0.
Second Half ends, Chester FC 3, North Ferriby United 0.
Goal! Chester FC 3, North Ferriby United 0. James Alabi (Chester FC).
Substitution, Chester FC. Will Marsh replaces Kane Richards.
Substitution, Chester FC. Wade Joyce replaces Craig Mahon.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Darryn Stamp replaces Danny Emerton.
Substitution, Chester FC. Jordan Chapell replaces Elliott Durrell.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Reece Thompson replaces Ross Armstrong.
Goal! Chester FC 2, North Ferriby United 0. James Alabi (Chester FC) converts the penalty with a.
Goal! Chester FC 1, North Ferriby United 0. Kane Richards (Chester FC).
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Chester stretched their unbeaten run to five games as they comfortably beat bottom club North Ferriby United to climb four places in the National League table.
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The former One Direction singer notched up combined sales of 112,000, including 4.97 million streams.
In the album charts, David Bowie became the first artist since Michael Jackson to knock himself off the top spot.
The 2002 release Best of Bowie replaced Blackstar, Bowie's last album, released days before his death in January.
Malik's Pillowtalk replaced Shawn Mendes' Stitches at the top of the singles chart, with Mendes falling to number three behind Fast Car, from Jonas Blue ft Dakota - a dance version of Tracy Chapman's 1988 single.
Rihanna's Work jumped from 13 to number four - and Justin Bieber finally relinquished his grip on the singles chart, with only one track in the top 10 - Love Yourself at number five.
Craig David entered the top 10 singles chart for the first time since 2007's Hot Stuff (Let's Dance). When the Bassline Drops moved into seventh position, 10 weeks after it was first released.
Sia's Chandelier is back in the top 40, climbing from 83 to 35, probably thanks to former Liberty X singer Kevin Simm's rendition on last week's episode of BBC talent show The Voice.
Meanwhile Sia's album, This Is Acting, debuted at number three - behind Bowie, who held onto the number one and two spots.
Adele's 25 and Justin Bieber's Purpose complete the top five in the official UK album charts.
Rihanna's album, Anti - which charted for the first time this week after the initial free giveaway made it ineligible for last week's charts - went in at number seven.
It is the first of Rihanna's albums not to debut at number one since 2009, when Rated R entered the charts at number nine, but Anti is likely to climb in the coming weeks.
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Zayn Malik's debut single, Pillowtalk, has gone straight to the top of the UK singles charts.
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Nick Morley defrauded up to 35 people while running NM Jags and was called "thoroughly dishonest" and a "practised fraudster".
Most of the victims duped into the sale-or-return scam were Jaguar owners, Bristol Crown Court heard.
He was jailed for five years and eight months and banned from holding the directorship of a company for 10 years.
Dave Trotter, of Avon and Somerset Police, said: "People would advertise their cars in various publications, such as Autotrader, which are these days done online.
"There'd be a member of staff within the business who would then contact the seller saying 'we can sell your car for you and get you a better return' and 'we can take the hassle away from you'.
"And all they end up getting is double hassle because regularly there'd be no payment or a battle to get any payment."
Fraud victim Roger Aldridge agreed a £15,000 sale price for his Sports Jaguar.
He said: "I made a mistake in trusting him. I was taken in by a good website. I talked to his employees and they all seemed to know what they were talking about."
One of Morley's employees, Michael Horton, was also convicted for his part in the fraud and is awaiting sentence.
Morley, from Bristol, ran NM Jags dealerships across Bristol at Temple Cloud, Hartcliffe Way, Whitchurch and in Weston-super-Mare and had a turnover of between £5-6m.
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The 28-year-old has played eight Tests, 31 one-day internationals and 19 Twenty20 matches for the national side since his debut in 2013.
Jordan previously signed a deal until the end of 2017 in March.
"I've gone from strength to strength and it's a club that really feels like home," Jordan said.
"We're in a little bit of a transitional period, but the philosophy that the club has and the plans [head coach] Mark Davis and the team are implementing are moving us in the right direction."
Jordan, who joined Sussex from Surrey ahead of the 2013 campaign, is currently in Australia preparing to play in the Big Bash League for Adelaide Strikers.
The Barbados-born player featured five times in the County Championship for Sussex last season, and appeared 10 times in the T20 Blast and seven times in the One-Day Cup.
Meanwhile, Charlotte Burton has left her post as head coach of Sussex Women for personal reasons and club chairman Jim May will stand down from his role in March next year.
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England fast bowler Chris Jordan has signed a one-year extension to his contract at Sussex, and will remain at Hove until the end of the 2018 season.
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The 28-year-old forward, who has agreed a five-year deal, left Algeria's training camp to have a medical with the Premier League champions.
He has been with Sporting since 2013 and scored 27 goals for the Portuguese side last season.
He also scored twice at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil as Algeria reached the knockout stages for the first time.
Meanwhile, Foxes midfielder Gokhan Inler, 32, has joined Besiktas.
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Leicester City have signed Islam Slimani from Sporting Lisbon for a fee believed to be a club-record £29m.
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An online register would include a list of organisations which spend large amounts of cash employing people to influence MSPs.
In 2013, the Scottish government announced plans to legislate on lobbying, but no bill has yet emerged.
Ministers said they remained committed to taking the issue forward.
The cross-party standards committee recommended the register should cover "significant" lobbying activity, which would also take in organisations which have sustained contact with politicians.
They would need to provide information on meetings with MSPs, events and hospitality involving MSPs and details of what the lobbying aimed to achieve.
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Committee convener Stewart Stevenson, an SNP MSP, said: "Lobbying is a legitimate, valuable and necessary part of a healthy democracy.
"But a parliament founded on openness must seek to make clear who is lobbying, on what issues, and why."
Plans for a register of lobbyists - originally suggested by Labour MSP Neil Findlay - were put forward in the wake of events at Westminster, after three peers were accused of agreeing to carry out parliamentary work for payment.
The Scottish Parliament has remained free of any serious lobbying scandal, apart from an incident in 1999 when the Observer newspaper reported that public relations firm Beattie Media touted for business by offering privileged access to Scottish ministers.
A Scottish government spokesman welcomed the committee's report, adding: "We have repeatedly said that the standards committee's inquiry into lobbying is central to determining the best way forward and we will now take the time to carefully consider its findings.
"The Scottish government remains committed to take forward the development of a Lobbying Transparency Bill."
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The names of major political lobbyists in Scotland should be made public to improve transparency, the parliament's standards committee has said.
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Ben Osborn put Forest ahead against the run of play, beating Ali Al-Habsi after being put through by Henri Lansbury.
The hosts dominated in the second half and, seven minutes after coming on, substitute Matej Vydra deflected home Oliver Norwood's long-range effort.
Reading secured victory thanks to a fierce 20-yard strike from Norwood.
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Despite claiming a first league win in four league games against Forest, the Royals remain 13th in the table.
Forest have lost eight of their past 10 games, and taken only one point from four matches since Paul Williams replaced Dougie Freedman as manager.
Beaten 3-0 by Brentford on Saturday, they are 17th in the table, nine points above the relegation zone with six games remaining.
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Reading extended their unbeaten home run in the Championship to eight matches as they came from behind to beat struggling Nottingham Forest.
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The R&B star was not at his home at the time of robbery, which took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Officials said the suspects, who were armed with handguns, got away from the Tarzana property with an unknown amount of money and some personal items.
Brown or his representatives have yet to comment on the matter.
According to reports, the 26-year-old was at a nightclub at the time of the incident.
It marks the second home invasion that Brown, the former boyfriend of pop star Rihanna, has suffered in recent months.
In May, he came home to another property to find a woman had allegedly broken in, cooked several meals and written "I love you" on walls.
Amira Ayeb, 21, subsequently pleaded not guilty to first-degree residential burglary, stalking and vandalism.
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The Los Angeles home of US singer Chris Brown has been raided and ransacked by three masked men who locked his aunt in a closet, according to police.
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Tom McKeon was giving evidence at an inquiry probing claims of child abuse in the care system dating back to 1945.
Allegations of physical abuse made by former residents against some former staff there have been denied.
Mr McKeon said he only ever saw one incident where a teacher pushed a pupil against a wall.
Mr McKeon, who founded Les Chenes in the 1970s and worked there for ten years, said he had reprimanded the member of staff at the time and warned him such behaviour risked assault charges.
He moved on to other education jobs in the 1980s, then was head of education in Jersey from 1997 until he retired in 2007.
Les Chenes closed in 2003.
Mr McKeon told the inquiry in later years it could not treat teenagers being sent there with "deep psychological problems".
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A secure school for troubled teens "crumbled" as drugs took hold in Jersey, according to a former education department director.
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Klitschko, 39, had been due to defend his WBA, IBF and WBO titles against Fury on 24 October in the German city.
However, the Ukrainian, unbeaten for 11 years, withdrew from the fight last week, citing a calf injury.
Klitschko and Fury await the agreement of broadcaster Sky Sports for the fight to proceed on that date.
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Bolton fighter Fury revealed on Twitter that his opponent had been declared fit to fight on 28 November.
Last week, the 27-year-old had attended a news conference dressed as Batman during the build-up.
Fury - who called Klitschko "boring" in July - had taken his seat at the event in London before he leaped over his table to grapple with someone dressed as Batman's enemy The Joker.
He then turned to Klitschko and said: "This is a fool, just like you are."
Fury - who is undefeated in 24 fights - successfully defended his European title in March and will tackle Klitschko in his record-breaking 28th heavyweight title bout.
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Wladimir Klitschko's world heavyweight title bout with Britain's Tyson Fury has been provisionally rearranged for Saturday 28 November in Dusseldorf.
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The vote came during a council meeting despite a demonstration outside by campaigners fighting to prevent the Kent airport's redevelopment.
Thanet District Council was considering a report which recommended no further action be taken on the site.
Proposals could now be sent to the transport secretary for consideration.
Earlier this week, Stephen DeNardo, chief executive of the US firm RiverOak Investments, which expressed an interest in buying the airport, said he was disappointed over the plans to drop the compulsory purchase order.
Manston was sold to regeneration specialists in September, which will see the former airport redeveloped for manufacturing, housing and schools.
Two local Conservative MPs earlier met a government minister to discuss the site's future.
Roger Gale and Laura Sandys held a private meeting with transport minister John Hayes.
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Thanet councillors have voted against pursuing the compulsory purchase of Manston Airport, which closed in May with the loss of 150 jobs.
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Suspected attacker Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, shouted "God is great" in Arabic as police tackled and then arrested him, Police Chief Jerry Dyer said.
Chief Dyer told reporters the shooting spree was a "random act of violence".
The suspect was wanted for the murder of a motel security guard who was unarmed when he was killed on Thursday.
"There is every reason to believe he acted alone," Chief Dyer said, adding that there is no evidence so far to suspect a terrorism motive.
All four gunshot victims on Tuesday were white men, the Sacramento Bee reports, and Chief Dyer said that Mr Muhammad had displayed an anger against white people in Facebook posts.
"He does not like white people, and he has anti-government sentiments", the chief said, adding that the FBI had been alerted.
The shooting began around 10:45 local time near the headquarters for Catholic Charities.
In less than a minute, 16 shots were fired, authorities say.
Witnesses said they saw a man carrying a large handgun, who reloaded it several times between shots.
The gunman then fired at a utility vehicle belonging to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, killing the passenger.
Government offices, including the Fresno County Courthouse, have been placed on lockdown as a precaution.
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Police say that three people were killed and one was wounded when a gunman opened fire in downtown Fresno on Tuesday morning.
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Former University of Chester lecturer Doreen Collyer, 60, was scuba diving in Perth when she was attacked on Sunday.
It is thought she was killed by a 16ft (5m) great white shark, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) has reported.
Her husband David Collyer said she was a "beautiful person" and "loving wife".
The couple moved to Australia from Neston, Cheshire about five years ago.
Mrs Collyer held an advanced open water qualification.
ABC reported her diving partner managed to pull her from the water but she died from her injuries at the scene.
Prof Annette McIntosh-Scott, from the University of Chester, said Mrs Collyer was a "hugely valued and loved member of staff" and had worked at the Faculty of Health and Social Care for 15 years.
"She will be remembered as someone with a real commitment and passion for teaching and child healthcare - her students were at the heart of all she did," she said.
Arshad Omari, the acting vice chancellor of Perth's Edith Cowan University (ECU), where Ms Collyer worked as a nursing lecturer described her as "a much-loved and respected colleague, mentor and teacher".
Dozens of Ms Collyer's colleagues, students and friends paid tribute to her on social media.
Kelly Mills wrote on Facebook "RIP Doreen, you were an amazing lecturer, thank you for sharing your vast knowledge", while Nikki Vickers said: "Condolences and deepest sympathy to all family, friends and colleagues from ECU Nursing and Midwifery."
The beaches and water in the Mindarie area, where the attack took place, have been closed to the public and an order has been issued by the Department of Fisheries to deploy capture gear to catch the shark.
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A grandmother who died in a shark attack off the Australian coast had emigrated from the UK five years ago, it has emerged.
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Edna Atherton was 88 when she fell from the platform suffering broken ribs and a cut head at Birkenhead's Hamilton Square station in July 2015.
She had tried to board by holding on to the doors when a warning alarm sounded, the jury was told on Tuesday.
Martin Zee denies being responsible for her injuries at Liverpool Crown Court.
The 33-year-old, of Coronation Road, Runcorn, Cheshire pleaded not guilty to a charge of endangering the safety of railway passengers by wilful omission or neglect.
The jury was shown CCTV footage of the moment the train arrived at the station.
It showed Mr Zee leaving the back of the train and walking to the wall of the platform to check all the passengers had got off and on the carriages.
After Mr Zee pushed the button to close the doors, two women can be seen trying to board the front of the train - as the doors were reopened and closed, one of them fell between the train and the platform.
Prosecuting, Rebecca Smith said Mr Zee had not followed all the steps of Merseyrail's door closure safety procedure.
Defence barrister Neil Fitzgibbon told the jury Mr Zee had not seen Ms Atherton because of "blind spots" on the platform and CCTV monitors.
He told the court it had simply been "a terrible accident".
Mr Zee's defence told the court on Wednesday that he did not see Mrs Atherton as he had to turn away from a monitor to close the doors behind another passenger who had arrived just before her.
When Mrs Atherton fell, the guard ran to help and made sure the electric current was off on the track, the court heard.
The case continues.
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An elderly woman fell on to a railway track after a guard failed to check all passengers had boarded safely before closing the doors, a court has heard.
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The author criticised the Loiseau des Ducs in July 2013, saying it was "very overrated, all for show and with very little on the plate. The most plentiful plate was the one carrying the bill".
But the comment was published before the restaurant opened to the public.
The court ruled that it could not have been based on a real experience.
It said the review aimed to deter future customers, and ordered the author to pay €2,500 in damages and €5,000 towards the cost of the investigation.
The reviewer, who was not named in French media reports, posted the comment on France's Pages Jaunes website under the pseudonym The Clarifier five days before the restaurant, run by the Bernard Loiseau group, opened.
Group director Ahlame Buisard said the company was not against real customers expressing positive or negative opinions, but that the case against the fake review was a point of principle.
Bernard Loiseau, one of France's most celebrated chefs, committed suicide in 2003 after his flagship restaurant was downgraded in a top restaurant guide.
Loiseau des Ducs received its one Michelin star in February 2014.
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The 18-year-old, who can also play in midfield, has made two first-team appearances for the Blades and also had a loan spell at Stalybridge Celtic where he scored six times.
Calvert-Lewin's arrival follows the sale of Ivan Toney to Newcastle.
"We like what we've seen of him so far, he's enthusiastic and got the ability," said Cobbler boss Chris Wilder.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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League Two side Northampton Town have signed Sheffield United striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin on loan until January.
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Last year the Polish government approved a threefold increase in logging in the protected Bialowieza forest, home to bison and rare birds.
Unesco, EU officials and green activists protested against it.
The European Commission, which is taking legal action against Warsaw, asked the European Court of Justice to impose the provisional ban.
Environmental activist group ClientEarth welcomed the decision, saying continued logging would cause "serious and irreparable damage to this priceless natural environment".
The group's lawyer said: "In the history of the EU, emergency measures like this ban have only been used three times in nature conservation issues.
"So far there is no case in which an interim measure of the court was not respected. If Polish authorities do not follow that decision, it will be a serious conflict with the EU law."
Poland's Environment Minister Jan Szyszko says the logging could help to curb a bark beetle infestation.
The European Commission says it puts endangered species at risk.
If Poland loses the main ongoing case, it will be liable for multimillion euro fines.
The court will meet in a few months to determine whether the injunction will remain in place while the European Commission's case on the matter continues, a spokeswoman told the BBC.
The forest is a Unesco world heritage site that straddles Poland's border with Belarus.
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Europe's top court has ordered Poland to immediately stop large-scale logging in Europe's oldest forest.
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Josh Wills from Redruth, Cornwall, is in a specialist unit in Birmingham.
His parents, who have travelled a total of 40,000 miles to visit him, have started a petition to bring him home.
NHS Kernow said it recognised the importance of family connections but "Josh's exceptionally high care needs mean this is not possible yet".
Josh's condition is so severe he has spent the past 18 months in a specialist unit in Birmingham, five hours' travel from home.
His parents, Sarah Pedley and Phil Wills, started a petition to bring him home after they learned he could be moved long-term to Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire.
Ms Pedley said: "You can't suddenly take a child's life away with no preparation, to be dumped in a completely alien environment without his family.
"It's left him quite traumatised."
Beverley Dawkins, of learning disability charity Mencap, said: "This is a very loved young boy who loves the time with his family.
"He has some complex needs... and he did need the specialised services, but that time has finished and he needs to have a service designed for him near his family."
NHS Kernow, which has met the family, said: "We are working towards bringing Josh home as quickly as we can."
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A 13-year-old boy with severe autism has spent 18 months away from his family because he cannot be cared for in his home county.
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Angela Cockburn, 49, her husband David, 48, his two daughters Carley Ann, 21, and Bethany, 18, and Bethany's one-year-old daughter Lacie were killed on the A18 in Laceby near Grimsby in 2013.
The family, from Ouston, were going to a dance competition.
The Grimsby stretch of the A18 featured in a BBC television programme, Britain's Killer Roads, in 2011.
The family were killed after their car collided with a lorry.
During an inquest at Cleethorpes Town Hall, Coroner Paul Kelly called for North East Lincolnshire Council and their contractors to start an independent review of the A18 between Laceby roundabout and the authority boundary.
The inquest heard evidence that opportunities were missed to fix a defect in the road.
Mr Kelly said: "The gully was well formed, established and a hazard to road users."
Recording a narrative verdict, he added: "In the meantime the road has continued to deteriorate. I do not have confidence in the contractor or authority."
As part of his recommendations he also asked Humberside Police to review within 56 days the way the force report road hazards.
A spokesperson for North East Lincolnshire Council said that as a result of the accident the authority and its partner, Cofely, was "rolling out, measures designed to detect and repair defects similar to those involved in this incident".
He said the council would be reviewing the coroner's conclusions and recommendations and "taking appropriate measures."
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Shareholders will receive 0.045 cents (£0.03) per share each quarter, the first dividend since United floated on the US Stock Exchange in 2012.
The Glazer family, which owns 83% of United shares, will receive $24.5m (£15.79m) annually.
"This is rubbing salt into the wound," said Manchester United Supporters' Trust vice-chairman Sean Bones.
"Profits from the club should go back into it."
A United spokesman said the Glazers were committed to investing in the team and that the dividend underlined the club's strong financial position.
United estimate they will save $10m annually in interest payments following a refinancing of their debts this year.
The announcement came on the same day United said they were considering selling a further 24 million "Class A" shares.
In total, there are about 164 million shares in United. Around 83% are Class B shares, which are owned by the Glazer family, while the remainder are Class A shares.
"The Glazer family have already cost us £1bn in interest payments," said Bones. "They are sitting on an asset worth £2bn, which still has debts of over £400m, yet are now milking it for even more. How greedy can you get?"
United spent £113.7m on six new players this summer, recouping £74m, including £44.3m from Paris St-Germain for Angel Di Maria.
United released their financial figures on Thursday, in which they recorded a £38m fall in total revenue in the year to 30 June 2015.
It is estimated they lost £35m through their failure to qualify for last season's Champions League.
They qualified for the 2015-16 competition, but lost their opening group game to PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday.
Asked about financial projections, head of corporate finance Hemen Tseayo said: "We have not changed our assumptions."
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A fans' group has criticised Manchester United's decision to pay majority shareholders the Glazers £16m a year.
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Fury, 28, is back in training but has not fought since beating Wladimir Klitschko on points in November 2015.
Fellow Briton Joshua, 27, stopped the Ukrainian last month in the 11th round of a fight that went back and forth.
Froch said Fury had "kind of played with Klitschko", while Joshua "struggled" when he fought him.
The three-time super-middleweight champion was a ringside commentator as Fury beat Klitschko in Dusseldorf to become world heavyweight champion.
Speaking on the Friday Sports Panel on BBC Radio 5 live, Froch said: "He had his hands behind his back at times.
"He was tapping his foot and was goading and was nonchalant in his mannerisms from the first bell right through to the last - and this is a guy that Anthony Joshua struggled with."
Fury is the subject of a UK Anti-Doping hearing, which relates to a failed test in June of last year, and a potential fight between him and Joshua could depend on the outcome.
Froch, 39, says Fury needs to get himself into fighting shape before he considers taking on the unified world champion.
He said: "He's been out of the ring two years, he's had issues that I don't want to bring up, so is he going to be the same guy who beat Klitschko?
"Of course he isn't. He's probably going to need a couple of fights but he's certainly a really exciting and interesting addition to the heavyweight division."
You can hear more from Froch on Fury and Joshua by downloading the Friday Sports Panel podcast. He also talks about unsuccessfully trying to "bury the hatchet" with former foe George Groves, who he beat in a blockbuster fight at Wembley Stadium in May 2014.
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Tyson Fury's claim he would deal with Anthony Joshua "like a cat playing with wool" is "difficult to argue with", says former world champion Carl Froch.
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David Lloyd health clubs are offering "napercise" classes this weekend aimed, predominantly, at exhausted parents.
It is a class where instead of working up a sweat you climb into a comfortable bed and sleep for the entire 45 minutes.
Bikes will be swapped for beds and instead of the high-energy music of a gruelling spinning session, the "napercise" class will have soothing, atmospheric sounds to help people doze off.
And here is the best part - you burn calories too!
The fitness firm says the studio temperature will be dropped to a level that promotes calorie-burning during sleep.
The first class will take place in Sidcup, Kent, this weekend.
Sleep expert Kathryn Pinkham, who collaborated with the David Lloyd club on the project, said sleep is a lot more important than people realise.
"We tend to focus on the short-term effects such as being tired or lacking concentration, but it is also essential for our long-term physical and mental wellbeing too," she said.
A spokesperson for David Lloyd Clubs said: "According to our research, 86% of parents admit to regularly suffering from fatigue which is alarmingly high when you consider the important role getting a good night's sleep can play in our overall mental and physical wellbeing.
"Filling an exercise studio with beds might look unusual, but if it proves to be a success, we're definitely excited at the possibility of rolling out the programme to more of our clubs down the line."
Some social media users were not as enthusiastic about the idea. On Twitter @Ullcity posted: " Instead of going out to do this. You could stay at home maybe?"
While @omutts tweeted: "So you pay for dreaming/fantasising that you are working out?"
By Rozina Sini, BBC's UGC and Social News Team
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The attackers shot at worshippers in the mosque in the Bogra district during evening prayers, police said.
The incident comes a month after a grenade attack on a Shia shrine in the capital Dhaka killed one and hurt 80.
Bangladesh has seen several violent incidents in recent months, including attacks on foreigners and secular bloggers.
Thursday's gunfire came a day after police said they killed a militant leader named Al Bani, who was a key suspect in the 24 October grenade attack.
Police said that Al Bani headed the military wing of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB), and that he died in an exchange of fire as they tried to arrest him.
The so-called Islamic State group had claimed it carried out the October attack - but the government says IS is not active in Bangladesh, and blamed local militant groups including the JMB.
Bangladesh is predominantly a Sunni Muslim nation, but attacks on Shia Muslims are extremely rare.
Who is behind the Bangladesh killings?
Behind the Bangladesh blogger murders
The country has seen a rise in Islamist attacks on foreigners and bloggers.
An Italian aid worker was killed in September and a Japanese citizen in October.
Both attacks were claimed by IS but the government blamed the killings on local militants.
Last week, gunmen wounded an Italian priest in north-west Dinajpur district. No group said it carried out the attack.
Extremists have carried out a series of high-profile attacks on secular writers, hacking to death four bloggers - one a US citizen - so far this year.
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Seven-year-old Ethan was performing the song before an Australian Baseball League match between the Brisbane Bandits and the Adelaide Bite.
At the end of the performance, the crowd in the stadium gave him a huge round of applause.
He then ran around the pitch getting high fives from all the baseball players.
Video courtesy of the Australian Baseball League.
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A boy in Australia had to battle through a case of the hiccups whilst performing the Australian national anthem.
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The party's only remaining AM was named education secretary on Thursday, subject to Saturday's approval at a special conference near Newtown, Powys.
She said the vote meant the party could play a part in "delivering real change in the way government works" in Wales.
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron had already backed the move.
After the vote, Ms Williams said: "I look forward to working with the first minister, with cabinet colleagues, and with other progressives to reduce class sizes, deliver more nurses, be ambitious in our approach to housing, ending mental health discrimination, and supporting teachers and our young people to achieve the highest standards."
Ms Williams has denied her appointment would effectively mean the Lib Dems ceased to exist in the assembly.
She was the only opposition AM to back Mr Jones in the initial deadlocked vote for first minister - with Plaid Cymru, the Conservatives and UKIP supporting Plaid leader Leanne Wood.
The deal between Ms Williams and Labour agrees a list of nine common priorities which include pledges from the Welsh Lib Dem election manifesto, such as limiting infant class sizes to a maximum of 25, extending a nurse staffing levels law and funding an extra 20,000 affordable homes.
On student finance, it also calls for the upcoming recommendations of the Diamond Review to be considered "with a view to early implementation where appropriate" but with no "negative effect" on the higher education budget.
Mark Williams MP, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, said he was "delighted" with the members' decision.
"We practice what we preach, the value of democracy through one member, one vote," he said.
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Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) are campaigning against plans to cut about 180 firefighters and control room jobs in the county.
The union said it would lead to a 20% reduction in full-time uniformed staff.
The fire authority said "strong resilience arrangements" were in place to cover the strike period.
FBU official Keith Handscomb said Essex Fire and Rescue Authority was "putting people's lives at risk" with the cuts.
"They will trot out statistics, but the fact is more than three people are rescued from emergencies by Essex firefighters every day," Mr Handscomb said.
"That is three people every day in Essex who cannot afford any cuts in frontline fire and rescue services."
The union said it had planned to strike for short periods but had effectively been "locked" out until Friday evening.
In a statement, the authority said: "In the interests of public safety, Essex Fire Authority has decided that on this occasion, it will not accept partial performance and therefore will put its well-rehearsed resilience arrangements in place to cover the entire strike period.
"This means that firefighters withdrawing their labour for any part of a shift will not be required, or paid, for the whole shift.
"The service will have greater availability with its resilience arrangements in place than it would under the complicated arrangements set out by the FBU for strike action among various work groups at different times over the three-day period."
The union is involved in an ongoing dispute with the government over pensions.
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Firefighters in Essex have started a three-day strike in a row over jobs, warning that planned cuts would put lives at risk.
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But the company's stock price has fallen and investors are worried.
The BBC's North America technology reporter Dave Lee has been finding out why.
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Computing giant Apple is expected to publish another record-breaking set of earning figures after the Christmas period.
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Grix has scored 57 tries in 162 appearances for Giants since joining from Wildcats ahead of the 2010 season.
The 32-year-old previously spent two seasons with Wakefield after signing from Widnes Vikings in 2008.
"I am excited for a change in my career after spending six years at the Giants," he told the club website.
"It will be good to play alongside some of my friends and I am looking forward to working with a young set of coaches."
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Super League side Wakefield Wildcats have re-signed Huddersfield Giants full-back Scott Grix on a two-year contract starting from next season.
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Daniel Jones was caught with the tag his brother Paul had been ordered to wear by a court.
Jones, 32, of Great Clifton near Workington, admitted perverting the course of justice when he appeared at Carlisle Crown Court.
Judge James Adkin heard the other brother was jailed for eight months for his role in the offence last year.
Judge Adkin said the criminal conduct "undermines the authority of the court".
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A man who agreed to wear his brother's electronic curfew tag has been jailed for six months.
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Hoardings have been put up around Marland House - a rundown block of shops and offices which greets visitors at Cardiff Central railway station.
Work has started to flatten the building, along with the adjoining Wood Street NCP multi-storey car park.
The Central Transport Interchange will then be built in Central Square - the base for the city's new bus station.
It has been designed around an enclosed public concourse, with a large waiting area.
There will also be walkways to the adjacent railway station, a bicycle hub, shops and restaurants.
Cardiff council said the site perimeter would start going up around "eyesore" Marland House on Tuesday, followed by preparatory works for the demolition, which is scheduled to be completed later this year.
Pedestrian access to the train station will change while the building work is carried out, with council staff on hand to help commuters.
"The removal of Marland House is another important milestone in the progress of the Central Square regeneration project that is quickly delivering a modern high-quality gateway into the city," the council added.
Central Square's overhaul will include new offices and shops and it will also provide the new home for BBC Wales' headquarters.
Meanwhile, St David's House, near the Principality Stadium, is also scheduled for demolition in 2017.
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Demolition work on one of Cardiff city centre's "eyesores" has started, paving the way for a major new transport hub.
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Cerberus paid £205m for the portfolio, called Project Rathlin, which had a face value of £1.4bn.
The portfolio is understood to include the defaulted loan relating to the 16-acre Sirocco Works site in east Belfast.
Another of the loans is understood to relate to the planned Royal Exchange project in Belfast city centre.
In a statement to the Stock Exchange, Ulster Bank's parent company RBS said this would be the "final material transaction" in Northern Ireland for its internal "bad bank".
That represents a significant milestone for Ulster Bank in Northern Ireland as it means it has now got rid of all the large boomtime property loans that it no longer wants.
Previous transactions saw it sell loans to Cerberus, Davidson Kempner and Bank of Ireland.
In other cases the bank oversaw the agreed sale of properties by some major borrowers.
The deal also cements the dominant position of Cerberus in the Northern Ireland commercial property market.
As well as its previous purchase of Ulster Bank loans, Cerberus bought the entire Northern Ireland loan portfolio of the Irish government's National Asset Management Agency (Nama).
Cerberus is now rapidly working through the Nama portfolio.
Two major borrowers are known to have have refinanced their Cerberus loans, while a number of other borrowers have also been put into administration or receivership.
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The US investment fund Cerberus has agreed to buy another portfolio of property loans from Ulster Bank.
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City of London Police told the BBC it looked into the theft of Hilti DD350 drills in December in Fetter Lane. The case was closed without any arrests.
The force said it had passed the information to The Met, who confirmed the same model was used on the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd on 2 April.
Detectives are now investigating whether it was the same drill.
The contents of at least 56 safety deposit boxes were taken from the vault after holes were drilled through a 6ft (1.82m) thick wall in a raid which lasted four days.
Det Ch Insp Paul Johnson described the gang which carried out the heist as "highly audacious".
Scotland Yard originally claimed it was alerted to the burglary on Tuesday 7 April.
However, it later emerged the force had been told an intruder alarm was activated on Good Friday but decided it did not require a response. The force is now investigating.
Hatton Garden is famous for jewellery and the vault was used mainly by local jewellers and gold dealers.
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A possible link between the "audacious" Hatton Garden heist and a nearby tool theft is being investigated.
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Red paint was discovered on Bristol Rovers' memorial gates - which remember rugby players who lost their lives - on Thursday morning.
The message - "Merry Xmas from CS.F" - is a reference to a group of hardcore Bristol City fans, although it is not known who left the graffiti.
Both clubs have condemned the actions of a "mindless minority".
Bristol Rovers spokesman Keith Brookman said: "We don't feel that real City fans would have done this. Hopefully they will help us name and shame the people who did this."
In a statement Bristol City executive director Doug Harman said: "Bristol City Football Club are appalled to hear a minority of so-called City supporters have desecrated the Memorial Gates.
"Anyone found guilty of carrying out this mindless act of vandalism will face a lifetime ban from Ashton Gate.
"In the spirit of Christmas, we are working with Rovers to ensure that the graffiti is removed as soon as possible."
Other football supporters have also tweeted their disgust at the vandalism.
It is the second time the gates have been vandalised.
In 2010 City fans raised funds for a clean-up after tags associated with the club were sprayed on the memorial.
Bristol Rovers have said the vandalism has been reported to the police and urged "anyone who knows any of the people involved in this disgraceful incident, we respectfully ask you to report the matter to them as soon as possible".
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"Mindless" vandals have daubed graffiti on a World War One memorial at the entrance to a football ground.
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They made the challenge on YouTube, and tweeted the video, saying to the PSNI : "Show us your moves".
The BBC has asked the PSNI if a response video is in the pipeline.
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The gardaí (Irish police) have challenged the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to a 'running man' dance off.
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Oldham had not won in the league since 18 October under Robinson, 42, and the Latics are three points from safety.
After working as Northern Ireland's assistant at Euro 2016, his first managerial role lasted six months.
Sheridan left Oldham in the summer for Notts County but he was sacked by the League Two club on 2 January.
The 52-year-old former Latics midfielder, who has signed a two-and-a-half year deal, has taken over almost a year to the day since doing so in similar circumstances last season, when the club were relegation zone, but Sheridan guided them to 17th place and safety.
"This is obviously a difficult decision," chairman Simon Corney told the club website. "Stephen is a talented coach who we believed could make the transition into a successful manager.
"Unfortunately things have not worked out for him or the club and we felt that a change needed to be made.
"John is obviously someone we know well and we hope he can have an immediate effect on our current situation."
Robinson had to work under financial pressures at Oldham as he started pre-season with seven contracted players and the club had been under a transfer embargo since November, but this is expected to be lifted.
The Latics struggled for results during his tenure, have been in the bottom four since 24 September and are the lowest scorers in the English Football League with 12 goals in 24 games.
Sheridan's first game in charge is Saturday's match at home against Gillingham.
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League One's bottom club Oldham Athletic have sacked Stephen Robinson and reappointed former boss John Sheridan as manager for a third time.
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Jack Phipps, 53, was admitted to hospital on 22 June after an incident in Harefields in north Oxford. He died from his injuries on 1 July.
Police have carried out a post-mortem examination but are still continuing to establish the cause of death.
A 48-year-old man from Oxford arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of murder is still in custody.
Senior investigating officer, Acting Ch Insp Ailsa Kent, of the major crime unit, said: "Our thoughts are with the family of Mr Phipps at what must be a very difficult time for them, and we are offering them support."
She said her team were "still investigating the circumstances of this incident" but appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
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A man thought to have been murdered in Oxford has been formally identified by police.
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The 8-1 shot led almost from the off after a strong start and held off the challenge of Washington DC to win the race for the second time.
The nine-year-old, trained by David Griffiths, also won the race in 2014.
Earlier on, favourite Franklin D and jockey Ryan Moore won the Betfred Mile by a head from 20-1 outsider Master of the World.
Allan, speaking about the victorious Take Cover, said: "He's just got raw speed and he really battles to the finish.
"He loves to get on with it, but when something comes at him in the finish, he doesn't half dig in. He's still improving, I think."
Cornelius Lysaght, BBC horse racing correspondent:
"There's no more fabulous a spectacle than a front-running speedster like Take Cover blasting out of the starting stalls, straight into the lead, at an unfeasible looking fast pace, and managing to keep it up all the way to the finishing line. Here, the winner clung on in 56.86 breathless seconds.
"That thrilling style and a longevity which sees Take Cover still going strong at nine - he's been second in this, beaten a head, as well as successful twice - only adds to the popularity of this type of horse. A real credit to a little-sung trainer, David Griffiths, and his team."
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Take Cover and jockey David Allan won the King George Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.
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The former MP for Rochester and Strood, who defected from the Conservatives in 2014, replaces MEP Patrick O'Flynn in the reshuffle.
Mr O'Flynn was involved in a public dispute with party leader Nigel Farage after the general election.
Also in the reshuffle, deputy treasurer Christopher Mills becomes business spokesman, Nathan Gill international development and Julia Reid science.
Mr Farage said: "This brings real-world experience into our top team.
"Each is an expert in his or her field and will be able to explain how their own sectors will benefit from EU exit.
"It all shows how the UKIP story has many more chapters to run".
Mr O'Flynn resigned in May and apologised to Mr Farage after calling him "snarling, thin-skinned and aggressive".
The former Daily Express political journalist, who was UKIP's chief spokesman during the general election campaign, provoked a row after saying Mr Farage risked turning the party - which won one seat despite getting four million votes - into a "personality cult" and an "absolutist monarchy".
Mr Reckless lost his seat to the Conservative party in the election, polling 16,009 votes to Kelly Tolhurst's 23,142.
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UKIP has appointed ex-MP Mark Reckless as its economic spokesman, it says.
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The US singer was routed by Meghan Trainor, who galvanised pole position with All About That Bass.
Bang Bang - Minaj's joint effort with Jessie J and Ariana Grande - was ahead of her solo record, remaining steady at number two.
George Ezra retained top spot in the album chart with his debut collection.
The singer-songwriter was ahead of Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Barbra Streisand in the rundown.
Smith's album The Lonely Hours clocks up its 20th week in the chart this week.
Irish musician Hozier scored the highest new entry at five with his self-titled collection.
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A large number of other new entries peppered the chart, including Canadian star Caribou at eight, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr at nine, with electro-house duo Gorgon City rounding out the top 10.
Another Canadian, Bryan Adams, was just outside at 11 with his 11th studio album.
Elsewhere in the singles chart, Taylor Swift was at four with Shake It Off, which was the most-streamed track of the week.
US R&B star Jeremih went in at number five with Don't Tell 'Em.
A cover of Beach Boys classic God Only Knows - covered by 27 artists including Coldplay's Chris Martin and Sir Elton John - made number 20 after just four days on sale.
A lavish music video was unveiled to launch BBC Music this week, with proceeds of sales going to Children In Need.
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Nicki Minaj has failed to capture the first UK solo number one single in her own right as her song Anaconda was beaten into third place in the chart.
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Molly Rose delivered 486 aircraft, including 273 Spitfires, after joining the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) in 1942.
About 170 women were part of the ATA, which flew aircraft from factories to the RAF.
Ms Rose died last month while on vacation in Scotland, aged 95. Her service was held in Bampton.
She was born in Cambridge in 1920 and learned to fly at 17 having left school and joined her family's motoring business based at an airfield.
Her son Graham Rose said: "Very often they would be getting into a particular aircraft for the first time.
"She did love it, there is no doubt, and she did it very well, she only crash-landed once.
"There was engine failure, she was up in Shropshire... went into a bit of a spin... and there was some poor farmer who was ploughing the field who got a mighty shock."
On a visit to RAF Brize Norton in 2013, Ms Rose said: "It was much more interesting in my day because one was entirely in control of the airplane.
"They do not really fly it these days - it's all computers."
Mr Rose said his mother did not talk about the work until Giles Wittell wrote the book Spitfire Women, but later she appeared on a number of programmes about it and was a guest judge in The Great British Menu in 2014.
After the war she settled in Oxford with her husband Bernard and became a magistrate.
She was appointed deputy lieutenant for Oxfordshire in 1983 and was awarded an OBE for services to Oxfordshire in 1990.
Mr Rose said the service at St Mary's Church was a "celebration".
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The life of one of World War Two's Spitfire Women has been remembered at a thanksgiving service.
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South Wales Police along with Mid and West Fire Service are trying to find out what caused the blaze in Dynevor Road.
Emergency services were called to the block of flats just after 20:40 BST on Tuesday.
The victim, who is in his 50s, died at the scene.
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An investigation has been launched after a man died following a flat fire in Skewen.
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Joint Warrior is held twice a year - in spring and autumn.
The first of this year's two exercises involved warships operating from Faslane on the Clyde and aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray.
Countries taking part included Denmark, Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US.
Live firing was conducted using a military range at Cape Wrath in Sutherland during Joint Warrior.
This year's spring staging of the exercise also involved the Royal Navy's first large scale cyber war games.
Information Warrior 17 involved Artificial Intelligence (AI) and testing the protection of warships and submarines against cyber attacks.
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A major UK-led Nato exercise that involved military personnel training in Scotland has been completed.
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Slater was originally appointed to the role in 2014, but two injury-hit seasons have seen seeing Tom Youngs take over as skipper.
"Injury and captaincy don't really go hand in hand. For me I need to focus on getting fit and playing," he told BBC Radio Leicester.
The 27-year-old lock has played 87 matches for since joining in 2010.
Slater was ruled out for two months with damaged knee ligaments in January and also missed the start of the 2015-16 season with knee problems.
"I was going to have a clean out but when we looked at the knee it was actually looking really healthy," he added.
"I've been fully training since pre-season started so it's not interrupted that."
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Former Leicester Tigers captain Ed Slater expects to be fit for the start of the season following knee surgery.
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State broadcaster RTÉ has reported that gardaí (Irish police) are focusing on a gang linked to David Byrne who was shot dead at a boxing weigh-in event in February.
The raids were focused on financial activities and homes of known gang members, as well as accountants and solicitors offices are being searched.
The searches began at 07:00 local time.
The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) co-ordinated the operation and a total of 12 homes and six commercial properties were searched in the west of the city.
It is understood that more than 60 armed officers were involved in the operation, as well as officials from Customs and Revenue.
A total of 29 cars including Mercedes, Lexus, Jeeps, and other SUVs have been loaded onto trucks to be taken away.
Police said a number of items of jewellery "which are believed to be of considerable value" and more than €30,000 of cash (£23,268) have been seized.
The authorities are looking for evidence which will enable them to identify the proceeds of gang crime, such as cash, documents, computers and files.
In a statement, the Garda Siochána said: "The searches are being conducted as part of an on-going investigation into organised crime groups which has been under way for some considerable time. "
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Irish police have seized cars and bikes worth over 1m euros (£770,000) and searched 18 sites in an investigation into a Dublin-based crime gang.
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After failing to qualify for a second straight Nations Cup the fans and players of the 2013 champions will have to watch from the sidelines again.
The 27-year-old says the reality of their failure will really hit home when the tournament kicks off on 14 January.
"I felt bad - not just me but Nigerians as a whole are not happy," he admitted
"Seeing teams playing in the Nations Cup and you see yourself at home you know you're not going to the Nations Cup that's when i am going to feel bad."
"You know you don't have to dwell on that, we don't have to kill ourselves about that.
"We have to work towards the next one and keep pushing hopefully we will qualify."
Before they can think about reaching the next Nations Cup in Cameroon the Super Eagles have the 2018 World Cup qualifiers to negotiate.
Nigeria are currently top of their World Cup group with two wins out of two and continue their campaign at home to Cameroon in August.
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Watford striker Odion Ighalo says January's Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon will be a sad chapter for Nigerian football.
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The work, which began at 20:00, is taking place on the M8/A8 approach to the Bailleston Interchange and will last 10 weeks.
Delays are expected on the M8 corridor, the M73 and on local roads near the interchange.
The work is part of the wider M8/M73/M74 improvements project.
Transport Scotland said the major diversion of the A8/M8 was needed to remove 13,000m² of existing carriageway and 40,000m³ of earth to connect the new M8 to the existing M8, which is about 5m higher.
Also, 12,000 tonnes of blacktop will then be laid to complete the "missing link", a seven-mile stretch of A-road that lies in the middle of the M8 motorway from Glasgow to Edinburgh.
When the work is complete, the new M8 between Junction 8 Baillieston interchange and Eurocentral will be opened to traffic.
Transport Scotland warned drivers to avoid the Baillieston interchange, which lies about eight miles east of Glasgow city centre.
The transport body said access to all routes would be maintained via the newly-aligned A8.
However, significant disruption was expected on the approach to Junction 8 Baillieston interchange from the M8/A8 east and westbound and the M73 north and southbound.
It said the following local roads would also be affected:
About £500m is being spent on upgrading the roadwork in the central belt and the link between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
It has been predicted that journey times along the route could be cut by 20 minutes during peak times.
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Work to complete the "missing link" on the M8 in North Lanarkshire has begun with drivers warned to expect significant delays.
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Myron Issac-Yarde was found dying in Camplin Street, New Cross, on 3 April after officers were called to a row involving between six and 10 young men.
Police want witnesses who may have seen the group or a white or light-coloured car leaving the scene.
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with Myron's murder.
Four other teenagers who were arrested on suspicion of murder have been released on bail pending inquiries.
Det Ch Insp Rebecca Reeves said: "A week on from Myron's murder, detectives will be returning to the area to speak to local people.
"Witnesses have told us that some of the young men who were present during the disorder arrived or left on bicycles. Were you there? Did you see them?
"In addition, I am interested in any information concerning a white or light-coloured car that was seen travelling away from the scene shortly after the murder.
"This vehicle seems to have headed north along Camplin Street, away from New Cross Gate, but it is not clear whether this car left the area straight away."
Myron, who was also known as MDot, had performed in concerts and online videos.
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A week after a 17-year-old rapper was stabbed to death in south-east London, police are seeking witnesses who may have seen a car leaving the area.
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Admissions to three have been suspended while restrictions have been placed on another two wards to stop it spreading.
The move comes after 30 hospital patients showed symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting.
Chirk Hospital has also had four cases and one ward is not accepting new patients, while advice is being offered to visitors.
It is the second time this year hospitals in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board's area have been affected after an outbreak in January.
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Five wards at Wrexham Maelor Hospital have been affected after patients suffering from norovirus were admitted.
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Arlene Foster, Martin McGuinness and Claire Sugden said the celebration of different traditions in a peaceful manner had the potential to enrich society.
They called for any protests to be done in a peaceful way which would not undermine law and order.
Twelfth of July parades are being held across NI on Tuesday.
"As we move into a period which has in the past resulted in heightened tensions, we encourage everyone to conduct themselves in a dignified and lawful way," they said in a statement.
"We all have a responsibility to show leadership and to continue to seek resolutions to contentious issues through discussion and ensure any difficulties are identified and resolved peacefully thus showing respect for the views and wishes of everyone in the community.
"We want to build a future that is respectful, inclusive and vibrant.
"Dialogue and engagement are key to ensuring mutual understanding and co-operation, and we welcome the ongoing commitment of all involved to maintaining a peaceful and safe society."
The 12th of July parades mark the 326th anniversary of King William III's victory at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
Bonfires are due to be lit in loyalist areas later to mark Eleventh Night celebrations.
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The first and deputy first minister and the justice minister have called for a peaceful and safe parading season.
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Malcolm Greaves, who has died aged 75, worked with Ivory when they were both binmen in Nottinghamshire.
Mr Greaves inspired two characters in the programme, who were played by actors Edward Woodward and Tim Healy.
Mr Ivory said in tribute: "Malcolm was a lovely, funny, kind man and was a big part of my growing up."
Mr Greaves worked on the bins for many years with his son Paul, and the pair inspired a father-and-son binmen team in the programme.
"Dad enjoyed watching the series," said Mr Greaves. "He was very pleased with it all because he could really relate to all the characters. He recognised a lot of the traits of people he'd worked with at the depots in Newark and Southwell.
"My dad thought the world of Bill Ivory anyway, and Billy always liked to get back on the bins when he was back home from university in the holidays. He liked to meet up with all the old friends and faces."
Malcolm, known as "Malc", worked as a driver on the bin lorries for 28 years, originally for Southwell Rural District Council, which was succeeded by Newark and Sherwood District Council.
"Edward Woodward played the serious side to my dad but dad was also very happy and jovial," said Paul.
"He was full of one-liners and would have people in stitches, but he was never crude. Everybody felt better for being in his company, whether they were 18 or 80."
Malcolm was diabetic and died in hospital on 31 July after complications from an operation to remove his leg.
His funeral takes place at 16:00 BST at the Sherwood Forest Crematorium in Ollerton.
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Writer William 'Billy' Ivory has paid tribute to a binman who inspired his breakthrough TV comedy drama Common As Muck.
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That is down on the £142m achieved in 2015, though the 2015 performance included a large 'write back' of impairment charges.
A write back means money that had been set aside to cover expected loan losses can now be released.
Excluding write backs, the bank's underlying profit was up from £87m to £91m.
That was achieved on turnover of £229m.
The bank's chief executive, Kevin Kingston, said the results had been achieved against a backdrop of slow growth in the local economy.
He said Brexit uncertainty had been a factor among corporate customers in the second half of the year.
"While customers were not cancelling projects they were also not bringing new projects to us at the same rate, and overall demand was more subdued."
The bank saw continuing improvement in the mortgage market with the number of approvals almost doubling across the year.
The bank's Danish parent company increased its profit by 12% to 2.7bn euro.
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Danske Bank in Northern Ireland has reported pre-tax profits of £117m for 2016.
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Each day we feature a photograph sent in from across England - the gallery will grow during the week.
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They were called to the beach on the Brough of Birsay after a member of the public discovered what was thought to be a landmine on Thursday.
However, the device was removed without the need for a controlled detonation after being examined by the experts.
The access road to a nearby car park has now re-opened.
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A piece of World War Two ordnance found on a tidal island off the Orkney mainland does not pose a threat, according to bomb disposal experts.
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The Cardiff Capital Region City Deal will see £734m invested in the Metro transport scheme and £495m on other projects.
Cardiff council backed a report on the deal at a meeting on Thursday evening.
Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr council have already formally supported the deal while Monmouthshire and Blaenau Gwent also backed the plan on Thursday.
The other five councils will vote on the agreement over the next few weeks, with Caerphilly, Newport and Torfaen to discuss the proposal on Tuesday.
Phil Bale, Cardiff council leader, said the city deal was "crucial".
"We're a central part of a region that makes up over half the Welsh economy, yet the Cardiff capital region lags behind our counterparts in England and UK cities are even further behind their counterparts in Europe," he said.
"Over its lifetime we anticipate the deal will deliver up to 25,000 additional new jobs and leverage an additional £4bn in private sector investment."
He said the deal would "grow our economy and create new employment", adding: "This is a significant moment in the history of both this city and the region."
It follows concerns Mr Bale would struggle to persuade his Labour group to back the plan without more detail on individual projects.
The 10 local authorities involved - expected to contribute a total of £120m - will be "locked in" to the deal for five years before any can quit.
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A £1.2bn deal to boost economic growth in south east Wales has been backed by Cardiff council.
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Scotland forward Fletcher, 29, signed from Wolves for £12m in 2012, ended last season on loan at French side Marseille.
Fellow striker Graham, 30, was on loan at Blackburn Rovers.
Ex-England defender Brown, 36, ends a five-year stay on Wearside, while Harper, 41, leaves after 12 months.
Fletcher scored 23 goals in 108 games for Sunderland following earlier spells with Burnley and Hibernian.
Graham scored only once in 42 appearances for Sunderland after signing from Swansea City for £5m but is wanted on a permanent basis by Blackburn after scoring seven times in 18 Championship games for Rovers last season.
Centre-back Brown, 36, started 83 games after joining from Manchester United but former Newcastle and Hull City keeper Harper did not make a single appearance after arriving as cover.
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Sunderland have released strikers Steven Fletcher and Danny Graham, defender Wes Brown and goalkeeper Steve Harper.
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Teva has offered $82 for each Mylan share, saying a deal could "transform" the generic drugs industry.
On Friday, responding to rumours of an offer, Mylan said a takeover by Teva "is without sound industrial logic or cultural fit".
Earlier this month, Mylan had made a $30bn offer to buy drug firm Perrigo.
However, Teva said its offer was a more "attractive alternative" for Mylan's shareholders.
"Our proposal is compelling for both Teva and Mylan stockholders and other stakeholders," said the chief executive of Teva, Erez Vigodman.
"Mylan's business is a natural fit with our own and is highly complementary to it".
Mylan employs about 30,000 people and makes about 1,400 generic pharmaceutical treatments. It reported revenues of $7.72bn in 2014.
Teva has around 45,000 employees worldwide and reported revenues of $20.3bn in 2014, with more than half of its revenue generated in the United States.
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Generic drug company Teva has announced a bid to buy Dutch rival Mylan in a deal that could be worth $40.1bn (£26.9bn) in cash and stock.
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The £100m expansion work has added a third tier for supporters, boosting Anfield's crowd capacity by about 8,500.
Work began on the stadium last year and the club said it marked another "incredible chapter".
The expansion work is part of a wider £260m regeneration of the Anfield area of the city.
The redeveloped stand now houses about 20,500 seats and is the new home for the Hillsborough memorial.
Manager Jurgen Klopp said "it's so impressive" and "one of the nicest stands" he has ever seen in his life, adding that it "should be an advantage" for the team.
He urged fans to make lots of noise at the first game in the newly expanded stadium on Saturday when the Reds host Premier League champions Leicester.
Club owner John W Henry had a tour on Friday along with LFC legends Kenny Dalglish, Ian St John, Ian Rush and Jamie Carragher.
Two public spaces near the stadium were renamed 96 Avenue and Paisley Square last month in memory of the Hillsborough victims and former Reds manager Bob Paisley.
The Hillsborough memorial has been repositioned in 96 Avenue after being moved for 18 months to Liverpool Cathedral while the work was finished.
Further work is planned on the Anfield Road Stand to add a further 4,800 seats and bring capacity up to 59,000.
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Liverpool FC have officially opened the stadium's new Main Stand, increasing the overall capacity to 54,074.
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The Red Devils confirmed that Olpherts, 25, would move to the AJ Bell Stadium in 2018 having impressed at Thunder.
Olpherts has scored 14 tries in 15 games this term.
Payne told BBC Radio Manchester: "He's developed into a talented player and it's nice Salford have taken a chance."
He added: "He's got all those aspects to his game, he's ambitious and has everything required of him to make him a longstanding Super League player."
The former Hemel Stags outside-back joined Thunder in 2016 and scored 13 tries in 16 games during his first season.
"He's a big guy for an outside-back, 6ft 2in, almost 100kg, he's quick, agile and has a great fend and works really hard on his game," Payne added.
"When you've got that collection of qualities, you're going to be pretty good at playing the game. I've no doubt Derrell will repay Salford's faith 10 times over."
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Newcastle Thunder centre Derrell Olpherts has the ability and potential to be a success in Super League after agreeing to move to Salford next season, says head coach Jason Payne.
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The fire service said they were trapped in a bedroom after the fire broke out in a downstairs flat on Railway Road, Leigh, at 03:20 GMT on Wednesday.
Firefighters had to use a nine-metre ladder to rescue them.
Geoff Thornley, from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, said the two were "shook up but OK".
"The fire was in one of the first-floor flats and we suspect it was started deliberately," he added.
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A young couple who were "hanging out" of a second-floor window have been rescued by firefighters following a suspected arson in Greater Manchester.
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The Chinese lantern festival was held in the UK for the first time in London in 2015 but has been taken to Yorkshire and Birmingham for the second year.
The displays in Roundhay Park feature more than 30 large handmade lanterns using more than 40,000 light bulbs.
The event, which will also raise funds for the Jane Tomlinson Appeal, runs until 2 January.
Read more about this and other stories from across Leeds and West Yorkshire
Ian Xiang, the festival's co-founder and creative director, said: "Lantern festivals have been running for more than 2,000 years across Asia, but they are still new to the West.
"After the success of our first in London last year we had to come to Yorkshire.
"Roundhay Park is an amazing place for us to illuminate and celebrate both Christmas and the upcoming Chinese New Year."
The company is also running a lantern festival in Birmingham Botanical Gardens and an event in London's Chiswick House Gardens in 2017.
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A festival which attracted more than 110,000 visitors in 2015 has opened in Leeds.
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Oscar Holderer, who was 95, suffered a stroke last week and did not recover, his son Michael said.
Mr Holderer was one of about 120 engineers who moved to the US after World War Two, bringing technology used in the German V2 rocket.
They played a key role in the Saturn V rocket used in the 1969 Moon landing.
The team, led by Wernher von Braun, was part of a project called Operation Paperclip that transferred technology used in Germany's V2 and other rockets to the US.
They were originally based at White Sands, New Mexico, but moved to Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, in 1950 where they used early computers and slide rules to design the Saturn V.
Michael Holderer said his father had designed the high-speed wind tunnel used to develop Saturn and oversaw its construction at Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center in Redstone.
"He was one of the more hands-on members of the team. He had his own machine shop here in town as a hobby," he said.
Ed Buckbee, a space historian and former Nasa publicist, paid tribute to Mr Holderer.
"He was a very talented man, not only an aeroballistics expert but very accomplished in design and fabrication."
Mr Holderer became a US citizen in 1955. After retiring from Nasa in 1974, he built training devices that are still in use at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville.
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A member of the German engineering team that designed the rocket that took US astronauts to the Moon has died in Alabama.
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The luxury brand said it plans to open a new business services centre in Leeds in October in a bid to save £100m.
Staff in London will be offered the chance to relocate or face redundancy.
Plans announced in 2015 for a £50m manufacturing and weaving facility in Leeds, however, remain on hold.
More stories from across Yorkshire
Burberry, best known for its trench coats and distinctive checks, described the relocation as an "important move".
The Leeds office will bring together teams from finance, HR and procurement, as well as some customer service and IT roles.
Chief finance officer Julie Brown has said the group was still committed to Yorkshire, but was "taking a moment to think through" its plans for a new facility in Leeds South Bank.
In April, shares in Burberry fell by 6%.
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Fashion retailer Burberry has announced plans to relocate 300 jobs from its London offices to West Yorkshire as part of cost-saving measures.
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The pet animal's been a hit since appearing on New Zealand Police's social media, posing in his own mini police cap.
The latest post features Elliot on the roadside, calling on people to drive safely.
Elliot is 'quoted' in the caption as saying: "I am not too fast and that's the way I like it - slow is safe!"
The guinea pig first appeared over Easter weekend, after the "excess of calls" the New Zealand Police Easter Bunny was getting...
In another post, Elliot is snapped with a toy car that had been "dumped".
The post is used to remind people to lock their cars and keep their valuables safe.
The four-year-old guinea pig is the pet of someone in the police media team.
New Zealand Police told Newsround: "[We] are always looking at new ways to communicate with the public and promote messaging as quickly and as efficiently as possible."
It said Elliot spends a lot of his spare time grazing on grass, green vegetables and hay at home, and getting cuddles from his family.
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Police in New Zealand have a new rodent recruit to help spread their safety messages - Elliot the guinea pig!
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The teacher, who has been named National Teacher of the Year in the past, started his own Academy in 2007 because he says was inspired by Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.
This week he posted a video of himself and a few of his students rocking out together.
Within 14 hours of posting, the video had been viewed more than 1.5 million times and shared more than 44,000 times.
It's one of 2016's biggest social media hits so far. Take a look!
Footage courtesy of The Ron Clark Academy
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American teacher, Ron Clark, has had plenty of attention in the US for his energetic and unique teaching methods, which often involve music.
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Leanne Wood said Plaid faced a "big mountain" but it was not impossible to become Wales' biggest party.
It goes in to next year's Assembly elections as the third biggest party, behind Labour and the Tories.
Ms Wood will deliver a speech on Saturday at the SNP conference in Aberdeen, the biggest in the party's history.
"There are many things that we can learn from the SNP experience, not least the way in which they replaced the Labour government back in 2007 and have turned a lot of the problems around that were in Scotland back then," she said.
"We can learn lessons from Scotland there - where there is a strong party, a national party of government, then there can be real success and we can do the same for Wales."
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Plaid Cymru's leader has said her party can learn from the SNP how to overtake Labour and get into government.
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Mr Robinson, 66, was taken to the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, on Monday morning after he suffered a suspected heart attack.
He was transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital where he underwent a procedure.
Mr McGuinness said he took Mr Robinson a bowl of fruit during his visit on Wednesday night.
"It was my bowl of fruit, because I hadn't eaten anything all day yesterday, so I sacrificed that in the interests of the first minister's health," he joked.
The deputy first minister said: "But hopefully he's on the mend, I would hope he will be out of hospital very shortly.
"I'm not going to speak about his physical condition. I think, knowing Peter, he will talk to the media about that whenever he's able to do so and I'll leave that to him.
"But I obviously felt it was important to go and see him and wish him well and his family well."
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Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has visited First minister Peter Robinson in hospital.
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Issa Timamy was accused of involvement in two attacks which killed at least 60 people in the region in June.
The court rejected the prosecution's request for more time to investigate the case, and ordered the return of his bail bond.
Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab said its fighters carried out the raids in Lamu.
However, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta denied that al-Shabab was involved and blamed "local political networks" for the violence.
Mr Timamy, who always maintained his innocence, welcomed the ruling.
"There is no way I could attack my people," he said outside court, the AFP news agency reports.
The raids on Mpeketoni town and surrounding villages were the most deadly in Kenya since September 2013, when at least 67 people were killed by al-Shabab fighters at Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre.
The unrest has badly affected Kenya's tourist industry, a key foreign currency earner.
Kenyan troops are part of a 22,000-strong African Union (AU) force battling the militants in Somalia.
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A Kenyan court has dropped terrorism and murder charges against the governor of the coastal Lamu region.
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In October, ministers announced Wales' 22 local authorities would be getting £146m less than this year.
The total block grant - covering 60% of council spending - would be cut by 3.4% to £4.12bn, Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews said on Wednesday.
Ceredigion faces the biggest cut at 4.5%, and Neath Port Talbot the lowest with 2.4%.
Several councils have begun consultations with residents as they decide which services will face the brunt of the savings needed.
Around 25% of council spending is covered by specific grants, and most of the remaining 15% by council tax, the Welsh government said.
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Councils have had cuts in their final budget settlements for 2015/16 confirmed by the Welsh government.
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About 70 firefighters were called to Rollit House, in Rollit Street, Holloway at 02:00 BST and are still at the scene.
London Fire Brigade said 37 people had to be taken to another location until the building was declared safe.
Nobody was injured and road closures are in place.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
London Fire Brigade (LFB) said the fire took two hours to get under control and had affected the roof and part of a top floor flat.
Structural engineers are on site to establish if the building is safe.
LFB station manager Clive Priestly, who was at the scene, said: "Firefighters draped plastic sheeting in the flats to try and protect homes and belongings as much as possible from the water we used to tackle the flames."
Hornsey Road remains closed to vehicles from the A1 Holloway Road to the Emirates Stadium roundabout. It's open to pedestrians.
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More than 30 people were forced out of their homes in north London after the roof of a block of flats caught fire.
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Glasgow Sheriff Court heard lawyers for victims' families wanted to commission reports relating to the lorry and driver and still had to see evidence.
The inquiry is due to last three weeks.
Six people died and 10 more were injured when the council bin lorry crashed into pedestrians in Glasgow city centre on 22 December last year.
The preliminary hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court was told that lawyers representing the families were not in a position to say if they would be ready to proceed on the proposed start date of 22 July.
This was because they had still to see all the evidence relating to the crash.
Family representatives have also said they would like to commission their own reports.
One would look at the technical aspects of the lorry, such as emergency stop equipment and human error.
The other would look at GPs who cared for the driver, Harry Clark, at the time of "an episode" in 2010.
The court was given no further information as to what the term "episode" meant.
The fatal accident inquiry will look at the driver's medical background and his fitness to hold a licence.
It will also consider the technical aspects of the vehicle itself and whether it was appropriate for it to take the route it did.
Scotland's second most senior law officer, Solicitor General Lesley Thomson QC, will lead the inquiry.
Erin McQuade, 18, her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and his 69-year-old wife Lorraine, all from Dumbarton, died in the incident in the city's Queen Street and George Square.
Stephenie Tait, 29, and Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, were also killed when the truck mounted the pavement before crashing into the side of the Millennium Hotel.
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A further preliminary hearing is to be held before it will be known if the fatal accident inquiry into the Glasgow bin lorry crash can begin on 22 July.
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Howley, 46, is deputising for coach Warren Gatland, who is taking charge of the 2017 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand.
"What's the point of being understudy to Warren if we went and found someone new," Thomas told BBC Radio 5live.
"To have your national side coached by someone from your nation is something surely all countries are aiming for."
Thomas believes Howley can strengthen the side in time for the 2019 Rugby World Cup draw in May 2017 after gaining extensive experience as Gatland's assistant.
"Gatland's created something very successful so it's important that Rob has learned from a guy who is undoubtedly an extremely good coach," Thomas continued.
"Warren has to give him a certain amount of authority. Rob will grow from this experience and from this length of time he has.
"Probably towards the latter end of the November internationals we will definitely see a certain change within the team."
Howley has been in this situation before, guiding Wales to the 2013 Six Nations title when Gatland took charge of the Lions tour to Australia.
Wales can narrow the gap behind world number one in the rankings New Zealand, according to Howley, despite the All Blacks carrying a run of 18 consecutive wins.
New Zealand are the number-one ranked team in the world and are 14 ranking points ahead of fifth-placed Wales.
"We have changed and we've worked a lot of skills in training, particularly the front five skills," Howley told BBC Wales Sport.
"It's a point of difference particularly in New Zealand and it's a point we'll continue to work on," he said.
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Rob Howley should become the next permanent Wales head coach, says former captain Gareth Thomas.
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The move by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) follows allegations that the company operates a 'pyramid scheme' - making money from recruiting new distributors, rather than sales.
Herbalife has denied these allegations and said it would "cooperate fully" with the FTC inquiry.
Its shares fell by as much as 16%.
But they recovered slightly and ended the day down by 7%.
"Herbalife welcomes the inquiry given the tremendous amount of misinformation in the marketplace," the company said in a statement.
"We are confident that Herbalife is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations."
The investigation comes just a day after prominent hedge fund manager, William Ackman, renewed his attack on the firm.
Mr Ackman has been one of Herbalife's biggest critics and has a $1bn (£600m) short sale position on the firm's stock - betting that the share price will drop.
He first publically accused Herbalife of running a pyramid scheme in 2012.
On Tuesday, Mr Ackman accused the company's China business of violating direct-selling laws in the country, something Herbalife denies.
China is one of the fastest growing markets for the firm and its sales there rose 65% in 2013.
The firm sells a range of nutritional products across the globe through a network of independent distributors.
It reported revenues of $4.8bn in 2013, a jump of 18% from the previous year.
The firm's shares have risen by more than 50% over the past 12 months.
Herbalife has got the backing of billionaire investors George Soros and Carl Icahn, who have picked up stakes in the firm.
Mr Icahn owns nearly 17% of the Herbalife's shares.
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US regulators have launched an investigation into the operations of nutrition and weight-loss firm Herbalife.
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No-one was injured and five men were later arrested after officers were called to the area of Arne Court and Vaughan Williams Road in Laindon.
The alarm was raised just after 01:00 BST on Sunday when callers reported seeing a number of men with firearms.
Two more men were arrested later and road closures lifted, police said.
Three men are being held on suspicion of attempted murder and two others on suspicion of conspiracy to rob.
Det Ch Insp Marina Ericson said: "Officers remain in the area making inquiries and engaging with the local community whilst we build a picture of what happened.
Police are asking residents in the area of Vaughan Williams Road, Holst Avenue or Arne Court to contact them.
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Two more arrests have been made over an incident when shots were fired at unarmed police officers as they chased a man in an Essex town.
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The 24-year-old was also charged with possessing class B drugs. He is due to appear at Antrim Magistrates Court next month.
He was bailed pending further enquiries in relation to a number of other offences.
Mr Cheung, 65, was attacked and stabbed near Randalstown, on 8 January.
He was attacked after his car was forced off the road. His wife, Winnie, 57, was injured in the attack on Caddy Road.
Earlier this year, two teenage girls arrested in connection with the murder were released on bail.
Three men have been charged with his murder. They deny the charge.
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Police investigating the murder of restaurateur Nelson Cheung in County Antrim have charged a man with perverting the course of justice.
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