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The 21-year-old has played 49 games for the Cumbrians since his debut in 2013 but only two came last season. He was loaned to National League North side Salford City in November, making 22 appearances and also had a loan spell with Lincoln City. Brough has signed a one-year contract at Morecambe, with the option for a further year. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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The 27-year-old has made 89 appearances for Posh since joining from Bristol Rovers in 2014. He has been capped once and was named in the preliminary squad for Euro 2016, but did not make the final 23. "I am sure he'll be knocking on Michael O'Neill's door now for the World Cup qualifiers," Posh boss Grant McCann told the club website.
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The U's struck twice in the last nine minutes to register their first away win since promotion from League Two. Bolton have now failed to score in their last four matches and have not won a game since Phil Parkinson was named manager of the month for August. Second best for most of the afternoon, Wanderers failed to seriously test goalkeeper Simon Eastwood despite using six different strikers during the course of the game. Oxford shaded a dull first half, with Maguire forcing Mark Howard into a scrambling save early on. Bolton picked up briefly after the break as Charlie Raglan headed Zach Clough's cross from under his own crossbar. But it was Oxford who made the running late on, Kane Hemmings firing at Howard, who then denied sub Alex MacDonald with another snap shot. Thomas became the first player other than Hemmings to score away from home for the U's this season with nine minutes left. And Maguire added insult to injury in the final minute, tapping into an empty net after Howard had palmed away Hemmings' stinging shot. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Bolton Wanderers 0, Oxford United 2. Second Half ends, Bolton Wanderers 0, Oxford United 2. Goal! Bolton Wanderers 0, Oxford United 2. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Attempt saved. Kane Hemmings (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Andrew Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Wes Thomas (Oxford United). Foul by Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers). Chris Maguire (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Philip Edwards. Foul by Sammy Ameobi (Bolton Wanderers). Chris Maguire (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Goal! Bolton Wanderers 0, Oxford United 1. Wes Thomas (Oxford United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexander MacDonald. Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Dean Moxey. Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Philip Edwards (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers). Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Mark Beevers. Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Mark Howard. Attempt saved. Alexander MacDonald (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Attempt saved. Kane Hemmings (Oxford United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Attempt missed. Sammy Ameobi (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Jamie Proctor replaces Gary Madine. Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Sammy Ameobi replaces James Henry. Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Keshi Anderson replaces Zach Clough. Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Mark Beevers. Substitution, Oxford United. Wes Thomas replaces Joe Rothwell. Corner, Oxford United.
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There was disorder from California to Georgia as shoppers vied to buy a retro version of a classic Air Jordan model. A new pair costs about $180 (??115), but they are already being listed on eBay for as much as $605. The ugly scenes recalled the violence that broke out in the early 1990s on streets across America as the shoes became popular targets for thieves. In the early hours of Friday, police used pepper spray on about 20 customers who started fighting at a mall in suburban Seattle, Washington state, as they queued to buy the black-and-white Air Jordan 11 Retro Concords. One man was arrested for allegedly punching a police officer. "He did not get his shoes. He went to jail," Officer Mike Murphy said. He added: "It was not a nice, orderly group of shoppers. There were a lot of hostile and disorderly people." In other disturbances: A spokesperson for Nike was not immediately available to comment. The original Air Jordan created a subculture of collectors who rarely wore the sneaker but were willing to wait hours to buy the latest pair.
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A four-year project investigating the history and geographical distribution of family names found almost 40,000 were native to Britain and Ireland. The study's authors said they had explained 8,000 surnames for the first time. Project leader, Prof Richard Coates, said the list was "more detailed and accurate" than those before it. Your surnames explained The team, led by the University of the West of England, analysed sources dating from the 11th to the 19th Century to fully explain the origins of the names. It found 80% of the most common surnames were native to the UK and Ireland, among them: "Some surnames have origins that are occupational - obvious examples are Smith and Baker; less obvious ones are Beadle, Rutter, and Baxter," Prof Coates said. "Other names can be linked to a place, for example Hill or Green, which relates to a village green. "Surnames which are 'patronymic' are those which originally enshrined the father's name - such as Jackson, or Jenkinson. "There are also names where the origin describes the original bearer such as Brown, Short, or Thin - though Short may in fact be an ironic 'nickname' surname for a tall person." 45,602 surnames in the dictionary 90% native to Britain and Ireland 50% of the 20,000 most common names come from places, like Leicester, Sutton and Green 23% are relationship names, like Dawson (son of Daw) and Phelps (son of Philip) 19% are nicknames, like Fox, Longbones and Goodfellow 8% are occupational or status names, like Tanner (tanner of skins) and Webster (weaver) Prof Coates said the remainder came from a diverse range of cultures and languages of immigrants who settled in the country from the 16th Century onwards. One of those included for the first time is Farah - a rare English name recorded with just five bearers in the 1881 Census who lived in Middlesex and northern England. Presenter's labour 'a BBC team effort' Images of India's huge and controversial wedding Trump stuns with impromptu night out The name was derived from the northern pronunciation of the much better known Farrer, based on the occupational name from Middle English, 'ferrour' meaning ironworker or blacksmith. Ferrour is itself a borrowing of the Old French word, ferreor. Although it is rare as an English family name, it is more common among Muslim families. The Arabic word of farah means joy, happiness and delight. Another name identified for the first time was Li, the most common Chinese name in the UK. There were over 9,000 bearers in 2011, not counting those who spell it Lee, which will multiply the number considerably. Researchers found it has at least six different origins in a range of Chinese dialects, including 'plum', 'chestnut', 'black', 'fortunate', and 'strict'. One of the most common Indian surnames, Patel, was a status name from a Hindu and Parsi name for a village herdsman. The findings have been published in the Oxford English Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
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Dubbed 'Diefenbaby' by the press, Dryden, 47, died of complications from a suicide attempt, a close friend said. He had been suffering from a terminal pancreatic disease. There was a striking resemblance between Dryden and Diefenbaker, whose relatives maintained that the twice-married ex-PM was childless. Diefenbaker served as prime minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963 and died in 1979. Dryden's mother, Mary Lou, was a close friend of Diefenbaker. About five years ago, Dryden discovered that the man who raised him, Gordon Dryden, was not his biological father. "I went for 42 years thinking I was a Dryden, and I just found out…that I'm not," George Dryden said at the time. DNA tests confirmed that George Dryden was not Gordon Dryden's son, but George Dryden could not conclusively prove that Diefenbaker was his father. "He was searching most of his life for his identity," Merry-Ellen Unan, a close friend of Dryden, told the Canadian press. "He truly didn't know who he was." The effort to prove his parentage led George Dryden to become estranged from the family who raised him.
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Mel Lawley's late cross was parried by keeper Rachael Laws into the path of Wellings and she finished. Birmingham went close to taking the lead within seven minutes as Chloe Peplow fired over after finding space on the edge of the box. Sunderland defended well but were unable to keep the hosts out. The Lady Black Cats remain in seventh on six points, having won just once this season. Birmingham City Ladies manager David Parker: "I'm not really relieved, it's more a feeling of satisfaction and justification because we fully deserved the result and now we can put Arsenal and Chelsea under high pressure. "I said to the girls before the game that if we have aspirations to get into the Champions League, no disrespect to Sunderland, but we need to be winning these games. "We were able to get to the ball into the final third all throughout the game today and for some reason we struggled to make that final ball count and it looked like it we wouldn't be able to make the breakthrough. "But full credit to the girls, they absolutely deserved it. And I'm absolutely delighted for Charlie because her persistence today has paid dividends." Sunderland Ladies manager Carlton Fairweather: "Massively frustrating in the manner of the defeat, especially how cheaply we've given the goal away in the last few minutes because the girls, by and large, defended heroically. "Birmingham are a good side and although they had a lot of the ball they didn't really cause us any major issues throughout, it's something that we'll hopefully learn from. "Games are coming thick and fast now and we need to make sure we can defend well and see the job through to the final minutes. "On balance it was really one piece of individual play that has caused us to come unstuck today, with Mel Lawley's cross." Match ends, Birmingham City Ladies 1, Sunderland Ladies 0. Second Half ends, Birmingham City Ladies 1, Sunderland Ladies 0. Corner, Birmingham City Ladies. Conceded by Steph Bannon. Foul by Abbey-Leigh Stringer (Birmingham City Ladies). Megan Beer (Sunderland Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Isabelle Linden (Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Steph Bannon (Sunderland Ladies). Substitution, Birmingham City Ladies. Marisa Ewers replaces Freda Ayisi. Goal! Birmingham City Ladies 1, Sunderland Ladies 0. Charlie Wellings (Birmingham City Ladies) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Foul by Jessica Carter (Birmingham City Ladies). Danielle Brown (Sunderland Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Isabelle Linden (Birmingham City Ladies) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alex Windell with a cross. Attempt blocked. Freda Ayisi (Birmingham City Ladies) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Windell. Substitution, Sunderland Ladies. Megan Beer replaces Abby Holmes. Corner, Birmingham City Ladies. Conceded by Hayley Sharp. Hand ball by Kerys
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Alan Strong, 52, was struck as he was walking along Littleton Road, Salford, at about 18:00 BST on 30 April and died later in hospital. The car was later found on Dalton Drive in Pendlebury. A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene. He was released on bail. A statement from Mr Strong's family said: "Alan was a loved son to Norma and the late Norman. He was kind and generous, especially to those in need. "He had a fondness for the elderly and children alike. He will be sadly missed by family and friends."
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But one of them, Donald Trump, has landed himself in some big trouble after comments he made about women 11 years ago were released. In the past Donald Trump has used words like "pig", "fat" and "ugly" to describe women he disagreed with. Now a 2005 video has come out, in which he said even worse things about women. Since the recording was made public, Donald Trump has released a video statement where he apologised for the comments. But Hillary Clinton has said that Trump should not be president after what he has said. She says that his words will have a negative effect on women and girls. People in Donald Trump's own party have said they strongly disagree with the things he has said. Some of them have said they will no longer be supporting him in the election. The president of the United States is one of the most powerful and important jobs in the world, and the winner of this year's election will take over from current president Barack Obama. These big presidential debates are shown on TV to try to help people make their mind up about who they want to vote for in the election.
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Gambian international Barrow joined the Swans in 2014 for £1.5m from Swedish side FK Ostersunds. The 24-year-old spent the final part of last season on loan at Leeds United. Barrow is currently with the Swansea squad in the United States preparing for their match against North Carolina on Sunday at 00:30 BST.
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Many more people are injured and some are in a critical condition. Local authorities have appealed for people to give blood. Mr Renzi has ordered an official investigation in to the crash, which happened on Tuesday morning. The trains were on a single-track line between the towns of Bari and Barletta. It was unclear what led to the collision, which happened in good weather at 11:30 local time (09:30 GMT) in the southern region of Puglia. Rescue workers from the emergency services have been trying to free passengers from the shattered carriages and one small child was pulled out and airlifted to hospital. Mr Renzi said it was "a moment for tears". He said: "I want to express my condolences to the families and I have ordered, with no holding back, an inquiry to find who is responsible. "I think we must have absolute clarity on this. We will not stop until we understand what happened." Italy's President Sergio Mattarella said the crash was "an unacceptable tragedy" and his "first thought" was with victims and their families. Under floodlights, heavy machinery is pulling pieces of wreckage from the line as rescue teams check for any more bodies. It looks like the recovery effort will continue round the clock. Even the army has been brought to the olive groves on this remote stretch of rural line. From some of the carriages there is very little left that is recognisable - this was a powerful, sudden impact at high speed. This line is privately run with a decent safety record. So the key question is how did two trains end up on the same piece of track speeding towards each other? Both trains had four carriages and some were so badly damaged by the crash that there was little left but debris. "I saw dead people, others who were begging for help, people crying. The worst scene of my life," one policeman told journalists. Italian media reported that the first named victim was a 53-year-old policeman called Fulvio Schinzari, whose body was found by a fellow policeman who was helping the rescue services. In total, about 200 were involved in the rescue operation, working in temperatures up to 40 degrees C (104 degrees F). June 2009: Freight train carrying liquefied petroleum gas derails in Viareggio, causing a large explosion. More than 30 people die January 2005: A head-on collision between a passenger and a freight train near Crevalcore kills 17 July 2002: A passenger train derails in Rometta Messina, killing eight people April 1978: Two trains collide near a ravine next to Murazze Vado. Some of the carriages fall into the gorge, killing 42 Sources: Ansa, Corriere della Sera
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It says companies like the one this executive works for must in future pay to play. "I guess that means we'll just have to buy a few more programmes with Hercule Poirot in them," the executive thinks. In doing so, the executive would be offending three EU nations at a stroke: the French because the fictional detective is Belgian, the Belgians because much of the rest of the world mistakenly thinks he's French, and the British because he was actually dreamt up by Agatha Christie in her native Torquay. She or he would also be making the commission's case for it. Streaming services would be placed under the sort of obligation to support domestic production that already applies to media companies such as the BBC. If the rules are adopted, a minimum of 20% of the catalogue of Netflix and the like would have to be "European". The commission estimates that at the moment, it is less than 1%. Gunther Oettinger, European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, said: "The way we watch TV or video may have changed, but our values don't." Ah, values. For all the professed desire to create a level playing field, to ensure new media players don't just thrive by living off the investment and creativity of the old, I suspect that some of this is motivated by a sense of cultural superiority. In 2014, Arnaud Montebourg, who was at the time French Minister of the Economy, urged resistance to the "Anglo-Saxon offensive in culture and cinema". The previous year, France had pushed the EU to exclude broadcasting and film from free trade negotiations with the US. If the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is ever ratified, culture is one part of the market that will remain firmly closed. During the consultation that preceded last month's announcement from the European Commission, Netflix warned that imposing a quota could create a "perverse incentive" to buy films or TV programmes because of where they were made rather than what they were like. It's perhaps unfortunate timing, then, that the very first French production by Netflix was Marseille, described by Le Monde as an "industrial accident". Gerard Depardieu plays the mayor of the eponymous city, locked in a succession battle with his former protege. Despite the critical mauling, this week Netflix announced it had commissioned a second series, with a defiant social media posting: "Le combat n'est pas termine. #MarseilleNetflix Saison 2, prochainement". It translates as: "The fight is not over." If all of this is making you feel smug about British cultural self-confidence, let me tell you of what it reminds me. In 1927, the then government legislated a film quota of its own: 7.5% of all films shown in cinemas had to be British. This quota wasn't finally abolished until 1960. The film historian Matthew Sweet, writing in Shepperton Babylon, his excellent portrait of the British film industry, explains how the resulting films came to be known as quota quickies. The largely American-owned distribution
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Volunteers who run Eastside food bank at Mount Zion Baptist Church, in Bonymaen, had made an urgent plea last week to help restock it. Numbers using it had risen, with volunteers believing this was down to the end of the school year and no free dinners for children. Rev Chris Lewis said it had received "hundreds" of donations. About 10 people usually use the Eastside food bank. Charity the Trussell Trust said school holidays in 2016 saw a 10% increase in people using its food banks. Basics such as dried pasta and toiletries ran out at Eastside for the first time since it opened in 2013. Donations have been flooding in since the appeal was issued, with enough supplies handed in to see the food bank through the summer. They include food and toiletries donated by staff at Abertawe Bro Morgannwg health board hospitals. People attending the 20th anniversary screening of Twin Town in Swansea were also asked to make a donation to the cause. Rev Lewis said the food bank received £1,000-worth of food in the chapel alone as well as financial contributions. "It's a complete reversal of the situation last week. We have been inundated with donations," he said. "Not only have we collected enough to keep us going but we're also going to be able to help some of our partner agencies and other food banks in the Swansea East constituency. "If we had not put the shout out, we would have been empty by today. "The response has been astounding, words fail me. Thank you to each and every person who donated." Swansea East MP Carolyn Harris had called the situation "desperate", saying it was down to "families struggling with children on holiday".
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Ronnie Pickering's expletive-laden rant has been viewed more than a million times since it was uploaded to YouTube. He was filmed asking the rider "do you know who I am?" and challenging him to a "bare-knuckle fight" after being overtaken. According to reports, the 54-year-old grandfather has since apologised. The BBC has approached Mr Pickering for a comment. In the footage, Mr Pickering asks the motorcyclist: "Do you know who I am? You soon will do." The motorcyclist replies: "Do I care? Who are you then?" "Ronnie Pickering", responds Mr Pickering. This particular section of the pair's exchange captured the imagination of social media users, prompting dozens of parodies and tweets. Comedian Jack Whitehall tweeted: "Ronnie Pickering was so angry last night he turned the moon red." While former BBC Two Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne tweeted: "Who is Ronnie Pickering?" But the video met with a mixed response in Mr Pickering's home city of Hull. Ex-Hull City footballer and boxer Curtis Woodhouse tweeted: "Serious question, do you class Ronnie Pickering as a proper world champ? Or just a regular champ? #WBA" Gavin Mellor tweeted: "Don't need City of Culture to put Hull on the map when you've got #ronniepickering" Ashley Brown tweeted: "It's a proud day in Hull as the rest of the country get to meet #RonniePickering" But Alyson Shipley tweeted: "As a resident of Hull I find Ronnie Pickering an utter embarrassment and not a good ambassador for our fine city." Mr Pickering told the Hull Daily Mail, the rider was "baiting me so I thought I would give him a few of my thoughts". Humberside Police said it was investigating the video footage and whether an offence had been committed, but no official complaint has been made.
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The measure is the most controversial change to the constitution drawn up after the 13 November attacks in Paris. France's National Assembly is due to vote on Wednesday on all the measures proposed by the government. Emergency powers currently in force would be given a new status under the constitution. The proposal to strip citizenship from offenders was carried by a margin of 162 to 148, after the government removed a reference to dual nationals born in France. That had aroused considerable opposition and prompted the resignation of Justice Minister Christiane Taubira. If the overall package is approved in Wednesday's formal session, it will then go to the Senate. It will then require approval from a joint session of parliament by a three-fifths majority, a process likely to take weeks. President Francois Hollande outlined the changes in the aftermath of the gun and bomb attacks by Islamist militants who targeted a concert hall, a major stadium, restaurants and bars - leaving 130 people dead and hundreds more wounded. But elements have been vociferously opposed by leading figures, including members of his own Socialist party. With the country united in grief and anxiety, the president said it was important to take tough action in what he called a "war" against terrorism. Three months on, his vision of constitutional reform has run into the reality of partisan politics. On the left - even within his own Socialist party - there is opposition to the proposal to strip terrorists of their French citizenship. In practice, these critics say, that could only apply to bi-nationals - people with a second nationality - which would make two tiers of citizenship. On the right there are voices saying the reforms are a meaningless diversion, giving the impression of government action against terrorism, where there is none in reality. Ms Taubira stood down a fortnight ago, citing a "major political disagreement" with the government over its plans for removing citizenship from those convicted of terror offences. Even without a reference to bi-nationals, opponents say in effect it singles out dual-nationality French Muslims, as under international law, governments cannot make citizens stateless. Who were the attackers? Paris attacks: Who were the victims? French MPs back emergency powers in law On Monday, lawmakers voted in favour of the other key measure in the package, the move to enshrine the state of emergency in the constitution, giving the security forces greater powers. Under the terms of the state of emergency, police are allowed to raid homes and hold people under house arrest. It expires on 26 February but the government wants the powers extended. In Wednesday's vote, under Article 1 of the constitutional reform proposals, MPs will have to approve a state of emergency beyond 12 days. This rule is already observed, but including it in the constitution is intended to protect it from legal challenges. Government whips say they are confident of a majority in the lower house on Wednesday - but even if they are correct there is
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The two men fled the jungle camp in the southern province of Sulu on Wednesday night during the two-hour gun battle. The army had attacked the camp to free them and other hostages. Abu Sayyaf, a small but violent group known for carrying out kidnappings for ransom, aims to establish an independent Islamic state in the south. One of the hostages, Rod Pagaling, told the Associated Press: "When gunfire rang out as close as 15m from us, I thought it was my opportunity to survive so I ran away in the confusion." Brig Gen Alan Arrojado told AP that Mr Pagaling and the other hostage, Gringo Villaluz, told him the militants "panicked and fled in different directions after seeing that the army had come so close and had begun the assault". The two men sprinted through the forest and later found help at a nearby village. They only found out about each other's escape when they saw each other at a hospital on Thursday, reported AFP. Up to 15 Abu Sayyaf militants died, while the military had no casualties. The men were kidnapped in May in the southern city of Dapitan along with a village official, and later transported to the jungle camp. The militants beheaded the village official last week and threatened to kill the coast guard men next, after the Philippines government rejected the group's ransom demand. The Abu Sayyaf is holding a number of hostages in various camps in the south of the Philippines, including Malaysians and a Dutchman. Militants freed a Swiss hostage in December.
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Cato Street on the junction with the A47 Saltley Road in Nechells has been cordoned off. West Midlands Police said workers unloading the skip discovered the old weapon at about 08:30 GMT. Officers said bomb disposal experts were only called to remove the weapon, and have reassured the public there is no danger to the public.
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Worries ranging from China's slowdown to the euro crisis and a possible Brexit continue to unnerve investors. And while Japan is by no means a thriving economy, it still seems to provide more stability than many of the rest of the world's economies. That has sent the yen to a three-year high against the dollar. It is expected to remain strong. Yet if you just looked at the Japanese economy itself, that does come as somewhat of a surprise. Think Japan and you'll most likely be thinking quantitative easing, negative interest rates, deflation and the looming threat of recession. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic reform programme is widely seen as not having been quite as successful as the government had hoped. So on the face of it, Japan doesn't seem like the country you'd turn to if you wanted to park your money in a safe spot. "But safety is always a beauty contest - the definition of a safe haven is that it's merely safer than others," Martin Schulz of the Fujitsu Institute in Tokyo told the BBC. Yet how come investors see the yen as safer than the rest of the pack? "While there's a slowdown in Asia, Japan is on an expansionary monetary and fiscal course which means the domestic economy is well supported and faces very few domestic risks right now," Mr Schulz explains. "The overall Asian markets, however, are facing major risks both from commodity prices and the slowdown in China." In addition to that, there is the continuing concern over Europe; the eurozone crisis hasn't gone away and the upcoming referendum in the UK over whether to leave the European Union is significantly adding to the tensions. Across the Atlantic, the US economy is recovering slower than many had hoped and is not yet strong enough to shore up global growth. Paradoxically, the very monetary policy that is seen as reassuring by international investors was originally aimed at actually weakening the yen. The Bank of Japan's policy is part of the larger Abenomics reform agenda and the hope was that a lower yen would support the country's vital exporters and help get inflation up. After years of flat-lining, Japan's economy is still struggling to achieve notable growth rates. And the surging yen will make it even harder for Shinzo Abe's reforms to take hold. The country's benchmark Nikkei index on Monday fell sharply by 3.5% over the strong currency. Japanese goods are being made ever more expensive to export - because of the success of the currency in which they are priced.
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Mr Peake said on Twitter it was not intended to be a "prank call". The astronaut, a father-of-two from Chichester, West Sussex, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday 15 December. He is spending six months conducting scientific experiments on the station. Earlier in the week, Mr Peake helped two fellow crew members to conduct a space walk outside the ISS. Astronauts Tim Kopra and Scott Kelly, from the US space agency Nasa, went outside the ISS to fix a broken component. Mr Peake, who is a former major in the Army, is the first Briton to join the crew of the ISS and is employed by the European Space Agency. Helen Sharman became the first British citizen to travel to space when she visited the Soviet Mir orbiting station in 1991. Other Britons who have flown into space have done so either as private individuals or by taking US citizenship. Earlier this month Mr Peake, 43, was waved off by his wife and two sons, Thomas, six, and Oliver, four, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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The 36-year-old, who had been without a club since leaving Bournemouth at the end of last season, has agreed a contract until January. Flahavan has been signed after Newcastle United recalled Freddie Woodman from his loan spell. "We wanted a keeper with lots of experience and Darryl certainly fits the bill," manager Mark Yates told Crawley's website. Flahavan previously spent almost eight years with Southend and has also been at Crystal Palace, Oldham, Leeds and Portsmouth. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Play was suspended for two hours because of lightning at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey and then eventually stopped for bad light. That left 39 players having to complete their first round on Friday morning. Korea's Amy Yang is five under, a shot ahead of Lydia Ko, with Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Georgia Hall at one under. Former champion Michelle Wie has withdrawn from the event with a neck injury. The American withdrew on the 11th hole, her second hole of the day, in a rainy start to the second round. "Based on the short turnaround from last night's round to this morning, I haven't been able to recover enough to play to my full potential today, " Wie tweeted on Friday. "I am confident with continued treatment, I will be at 100% by the Scottish and British Open." Scotland's Catriona Matthew and England's Charley Hull are at level par, while Bronte Law is three over and Carly Booth six over. Further storms are forecast for Friday.
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The 28-year-old was appointed as Alastair Cook's replacement on Saturday, following England's recent 5-2 series defeat against Sri Lanka. The Middlesex batsman said: "I thought I better give him a ring and he said 'we'd like to offer you the captaincy'. "I was delighted to be asked. Being offered the captaincy is awesome." He continued: "It's a huge honour to lead an extremely talented group of guys during a really exciting period." Dublin-born Morgan made his one-day international debut for his native Ireland in 2006, but switched to represent England three years later. Morgan has captained England in eight one-day international matches, most recently in the fourth one-day international in Colombo on 7 December, which ended in defeat for England. The then stand-in captain was fined 20% of his match fee for a slow over-rate. The left-hander averages 71.16 with the bat as captain and has led the side to three victories, four defeats and one no-result. England face Australia and India in a World Cup warm-up one-day series before the start of the 2015 tournament which is being jointly held by Australia and New Zealand. England begin their World Cup campaign against Australia on 14 February at the MCG in Melbourne.
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The Welsh Labour leader said left-leaning voters should side with his party to stop the Conservatives. With three days to go, other parties are attack Labour's record in office. Plaid said Labour had "managed decline" while the Lib Dems said Labour should be "ashamed" of its record on education. The Conservatives said Mr Jones' record on the NHS showed Labour were "not up to the job" of governing Wales. As the assembly election campaign enters its final week, Mr Jones used a speech in Wrexham - one of the Tories' target seats - to say Labour wanted to see an "confident, open, outward looking Wales". He repeatedly attacked "the Tories, Plaid and UKIP", but made no mention of the Liberal Democrats. With polls suggesting that Labour will lose seats but remain the largest party, there has been some speculation that Mr Jones could seek to form a coalition with the Lib Dems after polling day. Mr Jones is keen to get his campaign back on track after Labour was rocked by claims of anti-Semitism last week. In Wrexham he said the outcome would be decided in Labour/Tory battleground seats such as the Vale of Clwyd and Gower. Opponents claim that under 17 years of Labour-led governments since devolution, standards in public services in Wales are not good enough. But Mr Jones returned to two main planks of his campaign: that Wales has avoided a junior doctors' strike and the impact of spending cuts imposed in Westminster. "So, if you're thinking about voting Liberal, or Plaid, or Green in the seats where it is a straight fight between Labour and Tory - think about that risk," he said. "Think about importing that kind of politics into the assembly. And lend us your vote in those constituencies to stop it." Speaking on Sunday, Plaid leader Leanne Wood said: "After seventeen years of managed decline in our public services, the people of Wales have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver real change for our nation." Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams said a generation of children had been "left behind" under Labour. She said: "Ministers say they took their eye off the ball, casually accepting that a generation of young people have been let down due to Labour complacency. They should be ashamed." Andrew RT Davies, the leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: "Labour's management of the NHS proves they're not up to the job. "The election this Thursday presents voters with their best opportunity in nearly two decades to deliver new leadership for Wales, and secure a strong, properly-funded NHS backed up by a strong economy. With Labour only one seat from losing power, a new start for our NHS is within reach. "The Welsh Conservatives are the only party to have made a manifesto commitment to safeguard the NHS budget and to increase spending on health services each and every year during the Assembly term."
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Furniss, 58, replaces American Dennis Pursley, who left after London 2012. It's a team that can take swimming to a new level and achieve fantastic things Former England Rugby and GB Basketball performance director Chris Spice takes over from previous incumbent Michael Scott, who resigned in November. They are tasked with revitalising the sport after failing to achieve their London Olympic medal target of five. "In Britain we have some of the best coaches and most talented swimmers in the world," Furniss said. "My role will be to work with them and their programmes to achieve the small margins required to convert finalists into medallists." Unlike his predecessor Pursley, Furniss plans to be heavily involved with athletes and coaches on a daily basis, while Spice will provide what is described as "overall strategic leadership" to the World Class Swimming Programme. "One of the key things that attracted me to the position is the great potential I see within swimming and based on the solid foundation in place already, I believe we can build for an exciting future," said Spice. "I'm delighted to be working with Bill and I feel it's a team that can take swimming to a new level and achieve fantastic things." Following a "disappointing" London Olympics, British Swimming conducted an independent review of their failings. Although the programme was deemed "not broken" they suffered a £4m funding cut for the Rio 2016 Olympic cycle. Chairman of the debrief panel and British Swimming Board Member Craig Hunter believes the team of Spice and Furniss can help the sport move in the right direction. "The combined knowledge, skill sets and experience of Chris and Bill will provide the perfect leadership and support required to implement the recommendations from the debrief and take British Swimming to the next level in Rio 2016," said Hunter. The move is likely to please Adlington, who previously criticised the sport for delaying new appointments and stated the new head coach should be British. The news does however increase the expectation that the swimmer, who has revealed she will make a "major announcement" about her future on Tuesday, will now confirm her retirement from the sport. "If I was going to carry on, I would only want to be coached by Bill [Furniss]," Adlington told the BBC in late 2012.
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Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) has created a new learning resource for schools on the Picts. Picts lived in north and east Scotland in the 3rd to 9th centuries AD. Few written records of them survive. The resource also includes an illustrated encounter between Little Red Riding Hood and the Ardross Wolf. The Ardross Wolf is a symbol stone held in the collection of Inverness Museum and Art Gallery. FCS hopes the new approach will encourage school pupils to learn from what is known about the Picts' decoration of other standing stones, such as The Eagle Stone in Strathpeffer. Also about the hillforts, the remains of which can still be found including at Knock Farril near Strathpeffer. The commission's learning resource, which involves the online educational tool Scran, also suggests that pupils make sketches of Pictish symbols and use them as inspiration for face painting. Evidence of the Picts are still being uncovered by archaeologists today. Last August, a team of archaeologists released details on what they described as the most important Pictish stone find to have been made in Moray in decades. Weighing more than a ton and stretching to 1.7m, the Dandaleith Stone dates from the 6th to 8th Centuries and was uncovered during the ploughing of a field near Craigellachie in May 2013. Because of sensitivities around the location as well as the issue of having to work out how to remove a stone of its size - and where to move it to - archaeologists delayed releasing any information about it.
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Lucas Piazon headed Fulham into an early lead from Cauley Woodrow's cross from the right before Aaron Wilbraham levelled before the break for City. Fulham missed the chance to retake the lead after the interval when Woodrow had a penalty saved by Ivan Lucic. Callum O'Dowda's low cross then found Abraham to poke home City's second. Abraham had come off the bench to score the decisive goal, the 18-year-old's ninth in only 11 appearances since joining on loan from Chelsea. O'Dowda, himself a summer addition from Oxford United, was the provider for both of the Robins' goals. His surging run to the edge of the area and neat ball in allowed Wilbraham to dink the ball over Fulham goalkeeper Jesse Joronen. O'Dowda then calmly picked out Abraham's run to the near post as Joronen was unable to get enough on the ball to stop it crossing the line. Earlier Piazon, another Chelsea loanee, had given Fulham the perfect start but they ultimately paid the price for Woodrow's missed penalty after the break. The striker failed to convert his chance from 12 yards after Taylor Moore was booked for fouling him. Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic said: "You have to play from the first minute to the last in all the games. It's disappointing for us but we made many chances in the first half, we missed the penalty in the second half. "To be honest, at the end of the game Bristol City had some very good chances, and then scored the goal in the last minute. "On the other side, I managed to make the team believe it can do it, and we were very close. "We played many minutes of good football and we created the chances. We played very well in the first half." Bristol City manager Lee Johnson said: "Tammy Abraham comes on again, he's the trump card for the last 20 minutes and I'm delighted for him to carry the weight of us yet again. "The world is his oyster, the test will be does he keep his feet on the ground? I think he will, he's got his family behind him. "I think had they scored the penalty, I still believe this group would have had chances to get back in it because they don't know when to throw the towel in. "I'm really chuffed, I'm quite proud actually. We've got a lot of young players on the pitch, in the first half Fulham were the better side but the second half we were outstanding." Match ends, Fulham 1, Bristol City 2. Second Half ends, Fulham 1, Bristol City 2. Goal! Fulham 1, Bristol City 2. Tammy Abraham (Bristol City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum O'Dowda. Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Ryan Tunnicliffe. Attempt missed. Josh Brownhill (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Substitution, Fulham. Neeskens Kebano replaces Lasse Vigen Christensen. Corner,
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About 1,500 placements out of 5,600 were made out of local authority areas. Action for Children said in some cases there was a "lack of appropriate resources" locally to help looked-after children. The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) said councils faced increasing demand for foster carers and a "difficult financial future". Merthyr Tydfil council had the highest rate of looked-after children placed outside its area as of 31 March 2016, with 60% (84 out of 141), according to the Welsh Government figures. Swansea council had the lowest rate, at 5% (24 out of 510 placements). Merthyr Tydfil said it was aiming to reduce the number of children placed outside its area, but the geography of Wales meant being "close to home" for many meant being out of county - for instance, in nearby Rhondda Cynon Taf. "Staff pay a great deal of attention to making a good match between the needs of a young person and a foster carer to ensure the best possible outcome," a spokeswoman said. "Where it is not possible for a young person to be placed in authority, we try to make sure that we avoid disrupting school and other important connections and relationships." In May, figures revealed dozens of Welsh looked-after children are put into care placements outside the country with at least 440 foster families needed in Wales. "In some circumstances, it is in the best interests of looked after children to be placed beyond the boundaries of their local council - for instance in order to live with an extended family member," said Jennie Welham, of Action for Children's Torfaen MIST service. "However, in other cases, being placed far from home can reflect a lack of appropriate resources being available to the child in their local area." She said these resources can include suitable foster family placements and school placements, as well as access to appropriate mental health services. "Looked-after children, having commonly experienced difficult life events and adverse circumstances, often have greater social, educational and emotional needs than is usual amongst children generally," she added. Ms Welham said these difficulties can be "compounded" by children being moved from foster placement to placement and being separated from friends, family, teachers and familiar environments. The WLGA said councils take their responsibility towards children in care and foster families "extremely seriously". "However, demand is increasing significantly, with a need for an additional 400 foster families in this year alone," a spokesman said. "Initiatives such as When I am Ready, which allows children to remain with their foster carers until the age of 21, have been well supported by councils, but we cannot ignore the fact that it will become increasingly difficult to maintain this level of support in the face of rising demand and while local councils in Wales continue to face a very difficult financial future."
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This week the England and Wasps star - one of the biggest noises in both dressing rooms - is tackling questions on issues on and off the pitch for his BBC Sport column. Richard Bicknell via Facebook: Since the frustration of England's 2015 World Cup campaign [Haskell's only start was in the dead rubber against Uruguay], your form has been fantastic. Is it a big mental thing getting over not being very involved in a home World Cup and do you feel some of those heavily involved in the failure are still suffering from it? It was devastating not to have done as well as we would have wanted, but everyone put in all the effort that they could into trying to perform. Some of that gets lost with time and journalism. The coaches and players during that World Cup campaign worked as hard as any team I have been involved in, but the beauty of being a professional sportsman is that you get another opportunity and the chance to finish what you started. I think for a lot of guys this is a new period and that World Cup has been consigned to history. Tony Morris via Twitter: What different challenges will England's opponents pose this autumn? The talk with England so far has only been on South Africa in the first Test of the autumn on 12 November. The coaches will have looked further ahead to the games against Fiji, Argentina and Australia, but the focus is on the Springboks and the huge physical challenge that they pose. The Australians will be interesting and another huge physical encounter. The Argentines are a little bit of an unknown quantity. We beat them three times in a year in 2013, but they have had a resurgence since then and they are a very different team. It will be interesting to see how we match up with their free-flowing rugby. Fiji are always tough and physical. They beat Great Britain to win Olympic gold in the sevens and, after losing to us in the World Cup opener last year, will be out for revenge. Jason Mears via Twitter: Who is the toughest back rower you've faced? Henry Tuilagi is the biggest and most physical that I have played against. He was an absolute machine. When I played him at sevens I would just throw myself at his ankles to try and stop him. South Africa's Schalk Burger is very physical and, for the All Blacks, Jerry Collins and Jerome Kaino were really tough. Greg GWilliam via Twitter:Who has put the biggest hit in on you, excluding the post in that Wales game, and who have you hit the hardest? Sam Tuitupou of Worcester absolutely ended me when I was playing for Wasps when I was younger. I was clean through, thought I was going to score and he just thumped me from the side, sending the ball flying out of my hands. For my own, I put one in on Census
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Cigarette advertising will also be hit, with a widespread prohibition covering public transport, film, magazines and newspapers. There are an estimated 300 million smokers in China. Previous attempts to ban the habit have ended in failure. The rules, due to be enforced from June next year, will initially only cover the capital. But they could be rolled out across the rest of the country of 1.3 billion people. Under the proposals, smoking will not be allowed on the bus, at work or even outside near schools or hospitals. The BBC's Michael Bristow said the plans could save some of the million or so Chinese who die of smoking-related illnesses each year. But previous bans have been ignored, he added. Ministry of Health guidelines published in 2011 banned smoking in public spaces such as hotels and restaurants. The rules were vague, however, and often flouted by Chinese smokers who are accustomed to lighting up at will.
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A spokesman for the Coastguard said they were called to reports of suspected ordnance at about 12:10. It is thought to be an old military device. The public have been advised to stay away from the beach area. A bomb disposal team is expected to attend the scene on Wednesday morning.
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In 1997 a goods container filled with millions of Lego pieces fell off a ship and into the sea. Since then hundreds of pieces have washed up on the beaches of Cornwall. By chance many of the lost toys were ocean themed, so locals started finding miniature life jackets and octopuses on the beach - as well as dragons and daisies. Tracey from Newquay collects the washed-up Lego. She said: "It's quite competitive. If you heard that your neighbour had found a green dragon, you'd want to go out and find one yourself." Since 1997 the lost toys could have drifted 62,000 miles and could end up on almost any beach. Although it's fun to find Lego on the beach, it can pose a risk to wildlife. Source: Beachcombers' Alert, vol 2. No 2 1997
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At least six people have died in the fires, which have burned more than 1,900 hectares (4,700 acres) of forest, officials said. The fires broke out a month ago, but intensified in recent days with more than 400 burning simultaneously. They have not yet hit Himalayan tourist towns, but villagers say that smoke has affected air quality and visibility. Officials say fires have been widespread this year because the forest is exceptionally dry due to low rainfall. "This can be compared with the worst fire of 2012," said Environment and Forests Minister Prakash Javadekar. The Indian air force has used helicopters to help douse the flames, although low visibility caused by smoke has limited their deployment, local media reported. But the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF), which is co-ordinating the fire-fighting effort, reports that satellite imagery indicates that 70% of the flames have been put out. The director general of the agency, OP Singh, told the PTI news agency that they have managed to bring down the number of fires from 427 to 110-115 locations. Droughts in India as temperatures soar Searching for water in drought-hit Latur India's water refugees who live in cattle camps 'Avoid cooking from 9am to 6pm' A lack of water and wives in India Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis? The Indians risking their lives for water The fires come as India suffers one of its worst droughts in years. The government says 330 million are now affected by water shortages.
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The Ambassador of Conscience Award recognises "those who have shown exceptional leadership in the fight for human rights". Previous award winners include Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Irish rock band U2. The award will be presented at a ceremony in Berlin on 21 May. Ai told the Associated Press (AP) that he hoped he would be able to attend. "The Ambassador of Conscience Award is a celebration of those unique individuals who have used their talents to inspire many, many others to take injustice personally," said Salil Shetty, secretary general of Amnesty International. "That is why both Joan Baez and Ai Weiwei make such worthy recipients; they are an inspiration to thousands more human rights activists, from across Asia to America and beyond." Baez became involved in civil rights activism in the 1960s and helped establish local Amnesty International groups in San Francisco in the early 1970s. She said she was "proud" to be honoured, adding: "Amnesty International attracted me because of its founding principle that all human rights abuses and the suffering they create are unacceptable." An outspoken critic of the Chinese government, Ai was detained for almost three months without charge in 2011. After he was released, he was accused of tax evasion and fined. On learning of the announcement, Ai said: "I am very privileged to receive this special honour, and shall not fail the encouragement and profound expectation of me with this award." A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman declined to comment on the award to AP in Beijing, but said China hoped Amnesty could regard China "objectively". The last Ambassador of Conscience Award winners - named in 2013 - were Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai and US singer Harry Belafonte.
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Mold Crown Court heard some of the images Ben McCarthy, 40, from Wrexham, had were in the most serious category. He admitted six making indecent images charges and seven possession charges between February 2014 and January 2015. McCarthy also admitted two counts of voyeurism dating back to 2011. Judge Rhys Rowlands remanded him in custody to be sentenced in November. "Don't hold out any hopes of a non-custodial sentence for this sort of behaviour," the judge told him.
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He was found unconscious at Appleford Court in Pitsea, Essex, shortly after officers were called to a disturbance at about 00:30 GMT on Wednesday. The unnamed man, thought to be in his mid-20s to mid-30s, was given first aid before being declared dead. The 50-year-old suspect was arrested in Rectory Road afterwards, but police are still looking for a second man. He is described as white, 5ft 5in tall (1.65m), in his mid-30s, with short dark hair, and was wearing dark clothing. Police have cordoned off the scene and a forensic examination and house-to-house inquiries are under way.
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The Office of Fair Access says there are "stubborn gaps" in participation at highly-selective universities. But director Prof Les Ebdon said these universities were full of capable people who excelled at problem solving. His comments come after universities called for the limit on tuition fees in England to be lifted. Last week, Universities UK, representing university leaders, said it wanted fees to rise with inflation above the current £9,000 cap. The body said the value of the fees, which have been fixed since 2012, had been declining in real terms. Now Offa, which regulates fair access to higher education in England, says highly-selective universities must use their academic and research expertise to improve fair access and build on progress so far. In a speech to the Brilliant Club's annual conference, Prof Ebdon will tell an audience of university staff that the key to making faster progress is to make better use of the research expertise they have available to them. In his speech, Prof Ebdon will say: "There have been stubborn gaps in participation at highly selective universities for a long time, but the tanker is starting to turn. "Highly-selective universities are starting to achieve real change, by developing creative, evidence-led solutions underpinned by increasing understanding of what's most effective at each particular institution. "They face tough challenges in improving access. But highly-selective universities are full of highly-intelligent people who excel at solving problems. If they truly harness their wealth of research expertise, it could bring a step change in progress. "Offa has already begun to work closely with university researchers to improve evidence and understanding, and the whole sector will benefit from sharing the outcomes of this work." The Brilliant Club is a non-profit organisation that aims to widen access to top universities for outstanding pupils from non-selective state schools. The group recruits, trains and places doctoral and postdoctoral researchers into non-selective state schools and sixth-form colleges in areas where few young people take up a place at university. They give university-style tutorials to small groups of outstanding pupils to help them develop the knowledge, skills and ambition needed to secure places at top universities.
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Parliamentary deputies met in the main chamber just metres from the building's wrecked central hall, damaged in a missile strike during the failed coup. In all, nine missiles hit the building and its grounds. Ultimately, Turkish society resisted the coup, but a week on society is divided over the merits and risks of the state of emergency that has followed. "It is better to have a declared state of emergency than a de facto one", Metin Feyzioglu, chairman of the Turkish Bar Association said. But he had a warning for the government over the massive wave of suspensions and arrests that followed the failed coup. "They [the authorities] must understand that if they want to follow the way that leads to eliminating all their critics, then there will be no country to govern, no society to lead, and unfortunately the country will disintegrate," he said. Ufuk Ulutas, director of the Ankara-based Foundation for Economic and Political Research (SETA), defended the government's decision to impose the emergency measures. "We're talking about a country whose parliament, whose special forces, whose presidential compound were bombed by F-16 jets and attack helicopters. And we're talking about a group of coup-plotters who are abundant in number," he said. "Of course, the government has to be very careful about the prosecution process, because we're talking about a huge number of people. There may be some who are on the lists by mistake," he added. In parliament, Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdag attempted to reassure those in doubt. "The measures are necessary in order to make sure there is no repeat of the coup attempt," he said. "If we could accomplish our task without [the state of emergency] we would. This is not martial law." Bulent Tezcan, chairman of the parliamentary group of the CHP, the main opposition Republican Peoples Party, said that the emergency measures risked undermining the remarkable unity with which the coup was defeated. He said: "There is unease that what is happening in the public squares is no longer an expression of the will of the nation, but the propaganda of a certain party."
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The 34-year-old Englishman was told to return to train with the under-20s last week following a six-week suspension for a training ground row with team-mates in September. The former Burnley and Manchester City player has not been at training since Thursday. Barton has made eight appearances for Mark Warburton's side this season. The once-capped England international left Burnley under freedom of contract at the end of last season, signing a two-year contract at Ibrox. But he was suspended from the Scottish Premiership side following a training-ground row with team-mates including midfielder Andy Halliday in September. It came after Barton and Halliday played in Rangers' 5-1 Old Firm defeat, the club's biggest loss to their local rivals since going down 6-2 in August 2000. The result prompted discussions, which Barton claimed "involved some sharp disagreement". Barton later apologised for "overstepping the mark". Barton is also facing Scottish FA charges for breaching betting rules. He was charged with placing 44 bets on games between 1 July and 15 September.
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The Devon side are yet to pick up a point at St James Park, winning only two of their last 19 home league games. "I'd be surprised if they didn't come back - the team's put all their effort in. They're trying really hard," Tisdale told BBC Radio Devon. "It's a results business but also it needs a bit of common sense." Exeter are the only English Football League team to lose three home games this season, and their next match at St James Park sees them face rivals Plymouth Argyle. Tisdale's squad has been hit by injuries to eight first-team players in recent weeks. "I'll be amazed if they (the supporters) don't come back," he added. "Anybody with any sense would look at our team and think 'crikey they're low on the ground for players'."
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South Wales Police searched addresses in Aberporth Road, Gabalfa, and Heol Trelai, Ely, in the hunt for Lorraine Ridout, 57. Ms Ridout was last seen at the Premier shop on Gabalfa Avenue on 31 January. Det Ch Insp Mark O'Shea said: "I do have grave concerns for her. We are looking for clues which may help to explain what has happened to her." Det Ch Insp O'Shea added: "Lorraine is a much-loved mother and grandmother and we are keen to establish what happened to her on 31 January for the sake of Lorraine's family and her many friends who have been, and continue to go through, a traumatic time. They need answers. "I want to stress at this point that Lorraine's family are working with South Wales Police and have been very cooperative throughout - they understand that we must leave no stone unturned in our efforts to find out what happened to her."
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The data for 2012 shows a marked rise on the 12.7 million cases in 2008. In that time the number of deaths has also increased, from 7.6 million to 8.2 million. The rising burden of cancer is being driven by a rapid shift in lifestyles in the developing world to more closely reflect industrialised countries. Rising rates of smoking and obesity as well as people living longer are contributing to the rise. Lung cancer, which is mainly caused by smoking, was the most common cancer globally, with 1.8 million cases - about 13% of the total. The WHO also described a "sharp rise" in cases of breast cancer. Both the incidence and mortality have increased since 2008. The disease in now the most common cancer in women in 140 countries. Dr David Forman, from the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer, said: "Breast cancer is also a leading cause of cancer death in the less developed countries of the world. "This is partly because a shift in lifestyles is causing an increase in incidence, and partly because clinical advances to combat the disease are not reaching women living in these regions." The WHO said there was an "urgent need" for the advances made in detection, diagnoses and treatment of breast cancer to be implemented in developing nations. The WHO predicts the number of cancer cases will soar to more than 19 million a year by 2025.
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She is the first leader from another country to visit Mr Trump. The pair will spend about an hour together, focusing on the relationship between the UK and America. The Prime Minister is keen to talk about how the UK will be buy and sell goods to the US after Brexit. The UK and US has had a very close relationship for a very long time and Theresa May Intends to keep that strong. Prime Minister Theresa May said she and Mr Trump could work together, despite their different styles, joking "sometimes, opposites attract".
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Lt-Gen Ben Hodges, head of the US Army in Europe, said he was "worried" the EU could unravel just when it needed to stand up to Russia. He acknowledged the vote was a matter for the British people, but said he was concerned about the outcome. Out campaigners say a leave vote would not affect the UK's position in Nato. The UK has been a member of the transatlantic defence alliance since its formation in 1949. It joined the European Economic Community, the forerunner to the European Union, in 1973. The UK will vote on whether it should remain a member of the EU in a referendum on 23 June. General Hodges told the BBC that Russian aggression in Ukraine and its intervention in Syria had threatened Europe's security. Russia had "weaponised" the migrant crisis by forcing tens of thousands of people to flee to Europe, he said. The Nato alliance and the EU needed to show solidarity in the face of Russian aggression, but that unity could be put at risk if Britain voted to leave the EU, he claimed. "The UK is such an important member of the alliance," he said. "It is a leader in the alliance. It is a leader in Europe. The most reliable trusted friends and allies we have are all European countries and so what goes on here is of strategic interest to us "Anything that undermines the effectiveness of the alliance has an impact on us, and so if the EU begins to become unravelled there can't help but be a knock-on effect for the alliance also." Last month, Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg suggested the organisation would prefer a strong Britain within the EU, 22 of whose members are also part of Nato. The commander's comments come amid a debate about the right of foreign leaders to speak out over Britain's future in the EU. US President Barack Obama is expected to signal his support for the UK's continued EU membership during a visit to London next month and speaking at a campaign event in Felixstowe, Prime Minister David Cameron said he didn't know a "friendly foreign leader" who supported the UK leaving the EU. But Conservative MP Tom Pursglove, a co-founder of the Grassroots Out campaign group, said the EU had "very little to do with our security arrangements" and the UK would remain a "pivotal" member of Nato if it left, as well as a member of the G7, G20 and UN. "I find it incredibly unhelpful when we hear American figures and figures from all over the world telling the British people what to do," he told the BBC News Channel. "We know President Obama has a very strong view on these matters. "I wouldn't seek to tell the US electorate who to vote for - I wouldn't say whether they should vote for Donald Trump, Marco Rubio or Hillary Clinton....I think this is a decision for the British people and the British people alone." Russia has criticised
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Media playback is not supported on this device The Nottinghamshire player, 34, has taken only seven wickets in this Ashes series defeat and has ruled himself out of the rest of the tour. "This decision has been very difficult seeing as the England team has been my family for seven years now, but I feel it is the right time," he said. Swann is sixth on the list of England wicket-takers with 255 in 60 Tests. "I don't regret a single day of my career," he added. "Every high has been celebrated with verve and vigour and every low painfully accepted as a chance to learn and improve." Swann's shock decision comes at the end of a week in which Australia secured an unassailable 3-0 series lead with two Tests to play and the player apologise for making comments on Facebook comparing his team's loss with rape. Australia coach Darren Lehmann said: "It was a bit of a surprise. It's mid-tour, but obviously he's decided he's had enough. A number of England players took to Twitter to praise Swann. "Congrats on an amazing career mate you can be a very proud man," said England wicketkeeper Matt Prior on Twitter. Fellow England and Nottinghamshire bowler Stuart Broad added: "A great friend and team-mate retired today. Been a pleasure to play and tour for Nottinghamshire and England." Following the departure of batsman Jonathan Trott with a stress-related illness earlier in the tour, Swann's retirement further unsettles England ahead of the fourth Test, which starts in Melbourne on Boxing Day. Media playback is not supported on this device "I know I'm making the decision for the right reasons," added Swann. "My body doesn't like playing five-day cricket any more and I don't feel I can justify my spot in the team in the latter stages of a game. "As a spinner, that's when you need to come into your own. "With two games to go in Australia and then a fiercely competitive summer against Sri Lanka and India, I feel that it is a great time for someone else to strap themselves in and hopefully enjoy the ride as much as I have." Swann, first named in an England squad back in 1999-2000, made his Test debut in 2008 and took four wickets against India in Chennai. He established a reputation for taking wickets in the first over of a spell and became the sixth-highest wicket-taker for his country. "If anyone had been in any doubt after the Ashes were lost with those three thumping defeats, Graeme Swann's retirement confirms that this is the definitive end of the era for this England team. "The question now, with this tour falling apart and a possible 5-0 'Pomwash' on the cards, is who might go next. Andy Flower? Kevin Pietersen?" 'Swann's farewell marks end of an era' Despite struggling with elbow problems in recent years, Swann played in three Ashes series victories and helped England become the number one Test side in the world in
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Media playback is not supported on this device Barkley, 22, was left out of the Everton team for the first time under Dutchman Koeman as the Toffees drew 1-1 at Manchester City on Saturday. Koeman said the decision was "tactical" as he wanted to field a side "with more pressing than normal". But he added that he hoped Barkley's omission was "a good wake-up call". "He is already playing four years in the first team. You are not any more a talent, that means you need to show you have improved," Koeman said. "I still believe in his qualities, but if I am not totally happy or it is a tactical question, he does not start. His reaction was positive. He was very disappointed, which you need to be." Barkley has made 119 Everton appearances since making his debut in August 2011, when he was 17. But former Toffees team-mate Leon Osman has questioned his consistency this season and although he was in England's squad for Euro 2016 he has not been called up since. Koeman said he expected his side to have "more possession than normal" in Saturday's 15:00 BST kick-off at Burnley, and suggested Barkley would return to the starting XI. "[Against City] we played a little bit different than normal so I did not start with him, but that might change in the weekend," he said. "You like to have the best team for the each game, and the weekend is a different game."
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For 12 years he vigorously denied he was guilty of the murder of 79-year-old Joan Albert at her home in Capel St Mary in Suffolk. What made Simon Hall different was that he was believed. Not just by his family and friends but by the wider public, legal experts, parts of the media and the ex-Ipswich MP Chris Mole. The fact of his confession - made formally to the prison authorities - only emerged on Thursday. Neither Hall's wife Stephanie nor his parents were available for comment about the confession. But the admission has left some of Hall's most ardent supporters stunned. One of them is Ray Hollingsworth, who has invested two years of his life on the case as a layman researcher. "It is one of the biggest shocks I've had in my life, if not the biggest," he said. "In my heart I still support Simon no matter what because my belief has always been in his innocence." He told how on learning of Hall's confession, he wondered whether he had "cracked". "He's been in hospital and I wondered whether it was linked to that, whether he had lost confidence in everyone. "I'm in complete shock. I don't know what his motivation would be. I'm not sure how to accept this news. Has he had a nervous breakdown?" Although the exact wording of Hall's confession has yet to be made public, it appears sincere. It is understood it was first made to a third party and then confirmed with the prison authorities. Hall then agreed to drop his application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to consider his case. It is also doubtful that the confession was made for personal gain - because it will have "no impact" on the minimum tariff he will serve, according to the Ministry of Justice. Mr Hollingsworth, who believes he had gathered evidence which showed two other people were responsible for Mrs Albert's murder, said: "If I'm wrong about this, I'm wrong. "I will hold my hands up. I'm not going to hide from anyone. "I believed in his innocence." And then there are the countless hours of unpaid work by students at the University of Bristol on the Hall case. The university's Innocence Project became involved after an approach by documentary makers for the BBC Rough Justice programme. Dr Michael Naughton told how he received a letter last week from Hall's wife Stephanie telling him her husband had admitted the murder and asking him to close the case down. "We are not shocked - we are alive to the possibility that a lot of people who say they are innocent are not. "We are looking for needles in haystacks in our project. "It is quite sad in terms of the waste of resources and the distress to (Mrs Albert's) family members when it turns out like this." And the "thousands of hours" Bristol law students have spent on the Hall case, said Dr Naughton, could easily have been spent on
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Mohammed Hussain, 58, was accused of taking the child by the hand, leading her away from her mum, and towards the doors of River Island on 10 July 2015. The father of three has been found not guilty of the alleged offence at Glasgow Sherriff Court. His wife Joanne, 54, was also acquitted when it was ruled there was no evidence against her. Mr Hussain said: "I am grateful that justice and common sense has prevailed. "The last 12 months have been a living nightmare, helped only by the support of my sons and family who never doubted my innocence." During a police interview the child - now six - told officers that a man had taken her hand while she was out shopping with her mum. The girl told officers she was beside her mum when the man took her hand and began leading her out the door. Mr Hussain protested his innocence throughout saying "it was an innocent thing that happened". He had been out shopping with his wife when the alleged offence took place.
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The French hosts started brightly, with Kylian Mbappe heading at Gianluigi Buffon before forcing another low save. But Higuain ruthlessly finished two fine Dani Alves assists, sweeping the Brazilian's back heel in on 29 minutes. Radamel Falcao went close for Monaco after the break before Alves' measured cross saw Higuain put Juve in control. After Real Madrid's comprehensive first-leg win over city rivals Atletico on Tuesday, it now looks almost certain the two teams in Cardiff on 3 June will form a repeat of the 1998 final, in which the Spanish side beat Juve 1-0. It will prove fitting, as the two sides sport the only unbeaten records in this season's competition. Monaco, free scoring and dangerous with their youthful side all season, showed moments of threat which could unnerve Juve in the second leg on 9 May. But at Stade Louis II, Massimiliano Allegri's side showed just how efficient they can be and Monaco's task looks huge as Juve have not lost a home fixture by two goals since April 2013. This was another victory built on organised defensive work, with Buffon making a couple of key saves to help usher in a ninth Juve clean sheet in 11 Champions League matches this season. Buffon's low stop from 18-year-old Mbappe inside 10 minutes illustrated the narrative this fixture threw up as experience met youthful exuberance. Allegri's squad boasted almost three times as many Champions League appearances in total as their hosts, who are seeking a first final appearance since 2004. The Italian side sat deep for spells, hitting Monaco with a flowing move for the opener before pouncing to rob Tiemoue Bakayoko deep in his own half before the second. Buffon's low save from Falcao at 1-0 underlined the resistance Monaco faced. Ultimately the experience 39-year-old keeper said would be crucial before kick-off shone through as his side squeezed the life from Monaco, preventing the Ligue 1 leaders from scoring at home for the first time since November 2015. Juve could win Serie A this weekend as they chase a treble, having already booked their place in the Italian Cup final. They look machine-like in their winning approach. Stalwarts Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci look driven to ensure the Italian side go one better than their 2015 final defeat to Barcelona, while Higuain, signed for £78m in 2016, offers a killer instinct. Alves played on the right of midfield rather than in his customary role at right-back and despite now being 33, he showed clear energy to gallop forward and provide an opportunistic back heel to lay on the opener. His delivery for the second was inch perfect and in creating both goals he now has six assists in the competition, bettering his best tally of five when at Barcelona in 2007-08 and 2010-11. Feeding off such quality was Higuain, who refused to be overshadowed by the much-hyped Mbappe in the battle of the goalscorers. The 29-year-old finished without breaking stride for the opener and peeled to the
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The winners are to lead the carnival parade on its way around the city from Potternewton Park on Monday. Charis Betts, from Leicester, was crowned queen with Dreamcatcher, a costume she co-designed. Elroy Condor was chosen as the king with a stunning half-bird, half-man costume, Flight of Fantasy. It was designed by his uncle, Hughbon Condor. Mr Condor, from Leeds, saw his winning design provide his fourth carnival king title in six years. He has designed more than 20 winning Carnival Queen costumes since 1979. Ms Betts said her Dreamcatcher design was inspired by native American costume and included LED lights and a smoke machine. Five Kings and 11 Queen costumes took part in the competition on Friday night. Arthur France launched the annual Caribbean-themed extravaganza in 1967 after becoming homesick for his native St Kitts and Nevis. The carnival, believed to be the oldest event of its kind in Europe, is now in its 48th year. It takes place over three days of the bank holiday weekend and culminates with the parade on the streets of Chapeltown and Harehills, with an attendance often estimated at about 150,000.
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The 18-year-old made his only first-class appearance to date against Glamorgan in May, making 26 and 22. Taylor is a member of the England Under-19 squad for the winter tour of Sri Lanka. He told the club website: "Hopefully the next two years can be successful for the team and myself."
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Each day some 250,000 gallons (1.137 ML) of water with a temperature of about 45C (113F) flow through the Roman Baths from underground springs. The council claims this could supply up to 1.5MW (megawatts) of energy - enough to heat the abbey and the Pump Rooms. Contractors have started digging in Kingston Parade to find out if there is room for heat exchanger equipment. A Bath and North East Somerset Council spokesman said all the necessary consent has been obtained and the work will respect the historic nature of the area. "An archaeologist will be working alongside the engineers to document and interpret any objects that may be uncovered by the excavation," he said. The work is part of an £18m project to stabilise the "huge underground voids" underneath the floor of the 500-year-old abbey. It is thought up to 6,000 bodies had been buried underneath the abbey and the voids were caused by graves settling.
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University of Aberdeen experts looked at the eating habits of more than 20,000 middle-aged and elderly people. They concluded that compared to those who ate no chocolate, those who ate up to a small bar a day had an 11% lesser risk of cardiovascular disease and a 23% reduced risk of stroke. But the researchers warned this did not prove chocolate makes you healthier. The findings, published in the British Medical Journal's "Heart" magazine, were based on data from the EPIC-Norfolk study which is tracking the impact of diet on the long-term health of 25,000 men and women in Norfolk. The Aberdeen researchers also carried out a review of previously published evidence on the links between chocolate and cardiovascular disease. Prof Phyo Myint, of the School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Aberdeen, told BBC Scotland: "This is the observational study therefore we can't imply the cause and effect relationship. "We can't say for sure it could cause these benefits. "What we observed is the association between the habitual consumption of chocolate, to a maximum of 100g a day, linked to a reduction in incidence of stroke and cardiovascular disease over longer-term follow-up, in this study 12 years." About one in five (20%) participants said they did not eat any chocolate, but among the others, daily consumption averaged 7g, with some eating up to 100g. Those who ate the most also tended to be younger, have a lower weight, waist to hip ratio, and blood pressure, and were less likely to have diabetes and more likely to carry out regular physical activity - all of which add up to a favourable cardiovascular disease risk profile, researchers said. Eating more chocolate was also associated with higher energy intake and a diet containing more fat and carbohydrates and less protein and alcohol. Calculations carried out by the researchers suggested that compared with those who ate no chocolate higher intake was linked to an 11% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 25% lower risk of associated death. It was also associated with a 9% lower risk of hospital admission or death as a result of coronary heart disease, after taking account of dietary factors. The highest chocolate intake was similarly associated with a 23% lower risk of stroke, even after taking account of other potential risk factors. The study authors also pointed out that dark chocolate is usually said to have more beneficial effects than milk chocolate, but milk chocolate was more frequently eaten by the Norfolk participants. Prof Myint said chocolate was rich in fat and carbohydrate so it was important to burn off the calories from eating it. He said: "The group that showed a benefit consumed 16g to 100g a day of chocolate. Most of them probably consumed around 100g a week rather than 100g a day and the results we see are group effects so we can't say eating 100g a day will do good." Dr Tim Chico, reader in cardiovascular medicine and consultant cardiologist at
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Children at Forthill Primary in Broughty Ferry took part in drafting the 17-clause contract with staff. It came in response to "issues" during football games which have been "carried into" teaching time. Clauses include promising not to foul tackle other players, not to gloat, and promising to keep up school work. Pupils breaking the contract will face temporary football bans. Other clauses in the contract include agreeing to use "supportive and encouraging language" and not to "elbow or shoulder charge". A Dundee City Council spokesman said: "The letter has been issued by the primary to families following a number of issues that have occurred this school year during break and lunchtime football games. "These then, at times, have been carried into the general playground or into teaching time. "Children were directly involved with staff in suggesting the contents of the agreement. "Any parent with concerns about this should contact the school to discuss these."
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Councillors approved a multi-million pound deal for Wasps Rugby Club to buy into the Ricoh on Tuesday. But president of Coventry Rugby Club Peter Rossborough said he was disappointed to be "omitted completely" from any discussions with the council. "It's a bit of a blow to us but we're very resilient," he said. Councillors said on Tuesday they supported a deal to sell the authority's 50% share in ACL - the company that runs the Ricoh Arena - to the Premiership rugby club. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) said the Professional Game Board (PGB) had also agreed to the deal. Wasps have confirmed Jaguar Land Rover as new sponsors. The club, traditionally a London team, have played at Adams Park in High Wycombe for the past 12 years. Coventry Rugby Club was formed more than 130 years ago and currently play in National League One at the Butts Park Arena in the city. Former England international Mr Rossborough said they would "bounce back" to work closely with Wasps "to create the best possible future for both of our clubs for our city." Nick Eastwood, Wasps chief executive, said the decision had not been taken lightly. "The reality of our situation is clear - less than two years ago Wasps was just hours away from going out of business." He said the club would continue to communicate with season ticket holders to explain what they will offer them to thank them for their loyalty. He also said the move did not now mean people had to choose between Coventry Rugby Club or Wasps. "It's about collaboration to make sure both clubs thrive and help each other, building attendances for each club and giving supporters even more rugby to enjoy. "Wasps will work hard to become part of the community and help support the development of grassroots rugby in Coventry and Warwickshire." In August, Coventry City announced their return to the city by playing their League One games at the 32,000-seat stadium. Mr Eastwood said Wasps were "delighted" to see them back and added: "We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with the Sky Blues." But Mr Rossborough said City fans were "dismayed", like he was, not to have been consulted over the Wasps move. "It's been a massive exercise in non-democracy," he said. About 27,000 people came to see Coventry City play their first game at the Ricoh last month but crowd numbers have fallen since then. But Mr Rossborough said he hoped the relocation by Wasps would have a positive impact on sport in the city. "Wasps could spark a genuine interest in not just rugby but all sport across the city," he said. "Even with the Sky Blues being at the Ricoh, it was great that first game when 27,000 turned up, but there hasn't been huge crowds since." The council said the move guaranteed the football club's continuing tenancy at the stadium and they would also have "primacy over match fixtures". Sky Blues chairman Tim Fisher
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A motion objecting to moves to frack a well at Kirby Misperton was agreed by Ryedale District Council. A public consultation is under way on the application by Third Energy. The district council's position forms part of the consultation process - but the final decision will be made by North Yorkshire County Council.
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Stephen Mellor was among 30 Britons killed in Sousse on 26 June. The 59-year-old from Bodmin, Cornwall, was on holiday with his wife, Cheryl, when he was killed by Seifeddine Rezgui, a Tunisian student with links to Islamic State extremists. Mrs Mellor, who lost a hand and suffered gunshot wounds, said Mr Mellor was killed trying to protect her. She said in a tribute read by the vicar that he was her "soul mate" and would love him forever. Mr Mellor was killed when Seifeddine Rezgui, a Tunisian student with links to Islamic State extremists, opened fire on the beach last month. His coffin was led into St Petroc's Church to an accompaniment of Funeral For A Friend sung by Elton John. An inquest into the killing has been opened and adjourned in London. The Reverend Graham Minors said before the funeral: "Cheryl loved him dearly and that will be the theme today, about love of family and the love they had together."
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Rival Raja Casablanca fan groups fought among themselves after their side's 2-1 victory over Chabab Rif Al Hoceima. It is understood fans will still be allowed at the Mohammed V stadium. However, items such as flares and banners are expected to be prohibited under the new ruling. Three-time African champions Raja and its fans have come under intense pressure since the trouble. Two fans were reported dead on Saturday before a third succumbed to his injuries earlier this week. "To ensure the safety of citizens and preserve public order, it has been decided to ban the activities of all the 'ultras' who act outside of the law," said Casablanca's prefecture in a statement. Violence has regularly affected Moroccan matches over the years, but Saturday's ugly scenes may engineer a new approach among the game's stakeholders. Raja's long-standing sponsor, Hyundai Morocco, has also called for change. This comes after the Moroccan Football Association banned Raja from playing at home for five matches, while also applying a fine of 100,000 dirhams (£7,170). The FA also ordered the club to pay for damage to the Mohammed V stadium, which be closed from 28 March for repairs and development. 'Waste of precious human life' Meanwhile, local prosecutors have opened an inquiry into the circumstances behind the riot. "We are deeply saddened by this situation, a true waste of precious human life," Zineb Oukacha, the Marketing and Communication Director of Hyundai Morocco, wrote in an open letter to the Raja president. "Unfortunately, this is the latest of a long series of slip-ups. "An episode that has cost the life of three of our citizens, I think it is time to stop these uncivil acts that are worthy of the Middle Ages." Oukacha also outlined his desire for Raja to regain control of its supporters clubs. On Saturday, fans threw flares and ripped up parts of the stadium during the battles that spread across the stands. Footage on Moroccan media showed the fans, dressed in the club's green colours, charging at each other. The country's DGSN security service said in a statement that 31 people were arrested for "acts of vandalism". On Tuesday, Raja's players held prayers for those who had died in the accident. In 2013, over 200 people were arrested after fighting broke out in Casablanca between fans of Raja and rivals FAR Rabat. One of Morocco's most successful sides, Raja Casablanca has won the local championship 11 times while also being crowned African champions in 1987, 1997 and 1999. The Confederation of African Football, the continent's ruling football body, has yet to comment on the incident.
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More than 80 firefighters have been tackling the fire at the Four Winds Industrial Estate in Haynes since 23:15 BST on Thursday. Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue said it had been working in "extremely difficult" conditions. The blaze resulted in part of the A6, a major route into Luton, being closed. Read more on this story and others from Bedfordshire A fire service spokesman said that while the fire was now under control, it could burn for up to five days. Initial reports showed several cylinders, including acetylene, were at the premises and crews had to prevent the fire spreading to them. Firefighters are likely to remain at the site throughout the day and the A6 between the A507 at Clophill and the Haynes Church End turning will remain closed. Deputy chief fire officer Glen Ranger said: "Many hazards have been encountered throughout the night. "However the professionalism of our crews, our neighbouring firefighters and other emergency partners, has resulted in the saving of a number of properties." An investigation into the cause of the fire is under way.
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The health minister was expected to announce a new strategy this month. But on Thursday, Michelle O'Neill said: "There is no longer an executive in place to agree a budget for an elective-care plan." The Stormont institutions face collapse following the resignation of Martin McGuinness as deputy first minister. The 2017/18 budget has not been agreed and plans to secure funding have failed. Latest figures from the Department of Health, revealed a total of 243,141 patients in Northern Ireland were waiting for a first consultant-led outpatient appointment at the end of September - that's over 7% more than at the end of June. According to targets set by Mrs O'Neill, at least 50% of patients should be seen within the recommended nine-week target. The BBC understands that the minister had hoped to present a long-term plan which would have allowed the trusts to plan ahead for at least another four or five years. The plan included using the independent sector in the short term to specifically help those who have been waiting for a considerable length of time. There may also have been the potential to outsource a number of surgical cases to the independent sector before the end of this financial year. That, however, is no longer the case. Mrs O'Neill added: "I fully recognise the concern and frustration that long waits present for patients and am committed to addressing excessive waiting times, but the absence of an executive due to the fallout over the RHI scandal makes it much more difficult. "Trusts are continuing to prioritise patients to ensure those with greatest clinical need are assessed and treated first, and to maximise the delivery of elective activity in line with plans agreed with the HSCB." Meanwhile, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, the body that represents health professionals in emergency departments, has hit out at the potential impact the political instability at Stormont could have on the health service. Sean McGovern, the vice president of RCEM Northern Ireland, says it is time for politicians to get back to work. "There was high expectation among members given the publication of the Bengoa report and given the minister's vision of Delivering Together and this occurring against a background of presumed political stability, where there would be opportunity to deliver meaningful change in the health service. "Sadly, recent events make that doubtful. We, in the Royal College, are urging them to get back up the hill and start working again for the people of Northern Ireland. " Mr McGovern said colleagues working across emergency departments were feeling disappointed and angry. "I think there is a variety of emotion, disappointment at what's happened, I think they see the opportunity as being lost." He also said that departments are struggling to cope with the intense demand being placed on them. He said with too few beds available admitting patients was too difficult. "Furthermore, there is also a real and urgent need for a greater number of emergency medicine staff at the frontline. Staff
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A recent outcry in India shows just how many fear this in Narendra Modi's government after it accused three TV news networks of violating broadcasting regulations by airing interviews that criticised last month's execution of Yakub Memon, the man convicted of financing the deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings. It even threatened to cancel the licenses of the channels for violating broadcasting laws. Memon's execution was controversial - there were reports that he had been betrayed by Indian authorities after being coaxed into surrendering. He had also spent two decades in prison as legal proceedings dragged on. His execution triggered a debate on the death penalty and "selective justice" in India. His mercy pleas were rejected twice by the president and appeals to suspend the execution were discarded by the Supreme Court, the last time in an unusual early morning hearing. But in what many journalists see as a crude form of censorship, a terse directive was issued by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, which has Orwellian echoes in a country that prides itself as the world's largest democracy. It argued the broadcast interviews contained content which "cast aspersions against the integrity of the president and judiciary". In one of the interviews, a former lawyer of Memon was quoted as saying that one man charged over the blasts had been pardoned by the courts despite playing a bigger role in the bombings than Memon himself. "If you show this pardon to any person outside India - UK authorities or US authorities or the best brains in the world as far as criminal law is concerned - they will laugh at you," the lawyer said. "They will laugh at you. They'll say, "Is this justice"? Another apparently disrespectful interview was with a Mumbai underworld figure who is at large and described as one of the masterminds of the bombings. Chhotta Shakeel called up the channel to claim that Memon's execution was "legal murder". The networks lost no time in taking umbrage at the directive, saying that the government's reasoning was "questionable" and that they had followed ample self-regulation in covering terror-related incidents. India's cable network laws already limit media coverage of anti-terror operations to "periodic briefings" by government press officers until the operation ends. Top lawyer Indira Jaisingh says the government "cannot fight surrogate battles" on behalf of the President and the Supreme Court. "Long years ago, the Supreme Court said the air waves belong to us all, and that free speech cannot be curtailed by the denial of a licence to broadcast - something the government is trying to do," she wrote in Indian news website The Wire. One of the great ironies here is that the broadcasting ministry is run by Arun Jaitley - also the finance minister - who is seen as a moderate face of the government and who, according to a senior journalist, "believes in live and let live". As an opposition student leader in the 1970's Mr Jaitley spent 19 months in prison when Indira Gandhi suspended
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California Governor Jerry Brown announced pardons for 91 people who had been out of custody for 10 years and proved they had turned their lives around. The conviction will remain on his record but the actor twice-nominated for an Oscar will have his voting rights restored. In 1996, police found cocaine, heroin and a pistol in his car when they stopped him for speeding. Downey Jr, who is best known today for his role as 'Iron Man' in a series of Marvel films, was sent to prison in 1999 after violating his probation. He had achieved early success in Hollywood after making his screen debut at the age of five, but went on to fall victim to drink and drugs, before spending time in rehab and rekindling his commercial success. A proclamation from Mr Brown's office says Downey Jr has "lived an honest and upright life, exhibited good moral character, and conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen". It went on to say he "has paid his debt to society and earned a full and unconditional pardon". Mr Brown has issued hundreds of pardons in each of his four terms in office, usually doing it around Christian holidays. Most people pardoned along with Downey Jr had been found guilty of nonviolent drug and property crimes.
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Chris McGimpsey made his remarks after the zoo was criticised by the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (Eaza). Eaza found many of the enclosures were too small and it listed seven minor concerns about the welfare of animals. Belfast City Council, which owns the zoo, has said work is already under way to rectify the issues Eaza has raised. The European body's findings were revealed earlier this week by the Belfast Telegraph. Mr McGimpsey, an Ulster Unionist councillor in the city, is an animal rights activist and a long-time critic of zoos. Speaking on the BBC's Nolan Show on Wednesday night, he said: "I think people should stay away until we're confident that the animals are being kept in proper husbandry conditions." He said the council had sought accreditation from Eaza but it had responded with a long list of "very severe concerns" about the operation of Belfast Zoo. "They talk about the sea lions being kept in fresh water instead of salt water; they talk about sea lions being kept in water that is unclean and they talk about them being kept in a compound that is not deep enough." Mr McGimpsey, added: "Elephants, in their natural environment, maraud in their lives over 1,000 sq km; [247,100 acres]. Elephants in Belfast Zoo have two thirds of an acre." Eaza's letter to the council also said the buildings where lemurs are kept are far too small and that rabbits and reptiles are not housed in acceptable conditions. It raised concerns about the "unacceptable" level of aggression between Andean bears and the "questionable welfare" of the male. Mr McGimpsey claimed the facility was "not up to standard" and was "not something that Belfast City Council can be proud of". However, he added that he hoped the improvement works would be completed by April next year. It is not the first time the UUP councillor has publicly criticised Belfast Zoo. In September, he joined calls for the "Victorian peep show" to be shut down. He said it should be replaced with a conservation area for priority species that are native to Northern Ireland. Belfast Zoo's website says that it plays a "vital role in conservation work by taking part in breeding programmes that aim to boost the numbers of endangered animals". It is currently taking part in more than 90 breeding programmes.
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Just over a month ago, Fayz Mohammad and his neighbour Zarin were two ordinary young Afghan men. They held down good jobs as drivers for a local transport company and were happy to be able to feed their families. Now both are in hospital in Herat, recovering from an ordeal which has left them traumatised and worried for their future. In mid-March, 25-year-old Fayz and his younger colleague were enjoying time off duty in their home village in Rabat Sangi district while their trucks were being loaded. On the second night of their stay, Taliban fighters arrived at 03:00 in the morning and abducted them. The men were taken more than 100 miles away to Torghundi, a town on the border with Turkmenistan. "They kept us for 27 days," Fayz told the BBC. "On the 28th day, at 10 in the morning, they cut off our hand and foot." Resting on a simple bed in Herat's regional hospital, his right arm and left leg heavily bandaged, Fayz recounted his harrowing experience. "They injected us with a fake anaesthetic from an ampoule," he says. "It didn't have any effect at all." Fayz says he doesn't know what instrument the men used. "I just saw a guy with white gloves. I don't know if he was a medic or not. I don't think he was because it took a very long time to cut off my hand. I suffered a lot, it was extremely painful." Fayz says that he and his colleague were blindfolded during the procedure and that several men held their limbs and sat on their chests to keep them still. There is confusion over what the two drivers were actually accused of. Some reports suggest the two men were suspected of stealing, others say that they were targeted because their company worked for the Western troops in the country. Fayz says that he and Zarin never did anything wrong and that they were used to set an example and send a warning to others. He says there was no kind of trial. "There was no mullah, no judge, nobody," he says. "There were only Taliban. They were all laughing and making fun while they did this. They never listened to what we had to say." Fayz also says that the insurgents offered to set them free if they agreed to plant explosives on one of the company trucks, but they refused. A spokesman at the hospital told the BBC that the men had been found next to a main road and were brought to the clinic by drivers who spotted them. The hospital says that Fayz and Zarin arrived around three hours after they lost their limbs and needed blood transfusions. Their wounds needed surgery to help them heal properly and avoid infection. Doctors say that the amputation appeared to have been conducted by someone with medical knowledge as no bones had been broken. Fayz says he is worried about how he will work in future and hopes he
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The Black Lives Matter march went through central London to the Houses of Parliament at about 20:00 BST. The marchers were heard to shout "Hands up, don't shoot" as they carried banners through the capital. The march is in response to the fatal shootings of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana. The Black Lives Matter London Movement was founded by 18-year-old sixth form student Marayam Ali. She told The Voice:"By these people coming here to stand and unite, they are showing that they are against police brutality and that's the most important thing." Further protests are planned in Windrush Square, in Brixton, on Saturday and Oxford Circus on Sunday. Five police officers were killed on Thursday during a march in Dallas, Texas, organised to protest against the shooting of black men by police. A gunman was subsequently killed using an explosive device and was named as 25-year-old Micah Johnson. Three people are in custody but it is not clear if there were other gunmen.
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Medway Maritime Hospital, in Gillingham, has been rated "inadequate" following its latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection. It found the hospital's A&E department could not cope when busy. Medway Maritime's chief executive Lesley Dwyer said the hospital was on a "continuous journey of improvement". The trust was originally placed in special measures in July 2013 because of concerns over mortality rates and standards of care. The latest inspection took place in August and September 2015 and found there were continuing concerns with medical care, surgery, outpatient and diagnostic services. The chief inspector of hospitals, Prof Sir Mike Richards, said he was not satisfied the "underlying issues" had been resolved. "It is disappointing to report that performance may even have deteriorated in some areas, despite the support which has been offered to the trust up until now," he said. "It is clear that the trust cannot solve these important issues on its own, and will require continued support for the foreseeable future." However, the hospital was praised for the "compassionate care" staff provided in "almost all their interactions" with patients. The report said patients spoke positively about the staff and said they considered their privacy and dignity had been maintained in most cases. Ms Dwyer said: "We accept the findings of the CQC, we recognise that was in a point of time in August and take their concerns seriously. "We are continuing to make changes that we know will improve the safety and quality of care we provide here at Medway."
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The owner of the Thomson and First Choice brands said it expected underlying profit growth of at least 10% in the current financial year. Tui reported a 32% rise in net profit to €577.5m ($634.2m; £418.2m) for the year to the end of September. In June, 33 of the 38 tourists killed in Tunisia were on Tui holidays. More recently, flights to the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh were suspended by many countries following an attack on a Russian tourist flight. However, Tui said its upbeat outlook "demonstrates the resilience of our business model, against the backdrop of the tragic events in Tunisia in June 2015 and geopolitical turbulence in some of our other destinations". It added that it had seen a good start to trading for its summer 2016 programme, with bookings from Britain up 11%. Tui's latest update on how much the Tunisia attack had cost it was €52m. Of that, about €26m came from the impact of events there during the year, with another €17m provision against advanced payments the group had made for accommodation in the area that would now not be used.
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Norman, a red-footed booby, was nursed back to health by the RSPCA and flown to the Cayman Islands by British Airways on Friday. It is not known how the seabird reached the south coast of England. He will join a flock of fellow booby birds at a nature reserve. The RSPCA said he would be home for Christmas. Captain Shaun Griffiths, who flew BA0253 from the UK to Grand Cayman, said: "Despite having flown a number of VIPs before, Norman is by far the most unusual." The pilot said beaches on the Cayman Islands were among the most beautiful in the world, adding: "We are thrilled he can start the new year in the sunshine." Norman was found bedraggled on a pebble beach in St Leonards by a passer-by in September. Collected by East Sussex Wildlife Rescue Ambulance Service (WRAS), he was found to be underweight and dehydrated. At the time, WRAS founder Trevor Weeks said the "stunning" bird had been found looking extremely exhausted and just sitting on the beach. He said as far as he knew, no booby bird had ever been found in the wild in the UK before although one appeared to have visited Spain. Norman spent three months with the RSPCA being fed sprats - a type of small fish - and cared for under a heat lamp to keep him warm during the drizzle and cold of a British autumn. The charity said its wildlife workers are more used to dealing with gulls and terns. Richard Thompson, wildlife rehabilitation team manager at the RSPCA Mallydams Wood centre, said: "We have done everything possible to build his weight up and keep his strength up to prepare him for his long journey home." Norman will spend 30 days in quarantine before he is released to start his new life next year.
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Lawro's opponent for the opening round of Premier League fixtures are Tom Ogden and Charlie Salt from Stockport indie band Blossoms. You can make your own predictions now, compare them to Lawro and other fans and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the new BBC Sport Predictor game. Media playback is not supported on this device Blossoms singer and guitarist Tom is a former Manchester City season ticket holder, who grew up idolising former striker Paul Dickov. "I wrote his name on the back of my City shirt in black marker," Ogden told BBC Sport. My mum wasn't too happy about that. "I don't miss those days when we were struggling, though. You want to be winning the league, don't you? Dickov is still my hero because he was playing for us when I first got into football but Sergio Aguero is the man. "Obviously there is a charm in being everyone's second favourite team when you are in Division One but I much prefer to be where we are now, with Pep Guardiola as manager and having won the title twice in the past four years." Bass player Charlie supports his home town team despite County's drop into non-league football, but also follows Liverpool. "I'm biased but I'd love to see us win the league," he explained. "That's not just because I am a fan but for Jurgen Klopp's sake - I think he is such a character, he is good for the game." A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points. You can see how all the guests from last season fared in the scoreboard at the bottom of the page, plus the final table showing how the 2015-16 Premier League would have looked if all of Lawro's predictions were correct. All kick-offs 15:00 BST Lawro's prediction: 0-2 Blossoms' prediction: 0-2 Match report Lawro's prediction: 1-1 Blossoms' prediction: (Charlie) 4-1 Match report Lawro's prediction: 2-1 Blossoms' prediction: (Tom) 1-0 Match report Lawro's prediction: 1-1 Blossoms' prediction: 2-2 Match report Lawro's prediction: 1-0 Blossoms' prediction: 0-2 Match report Lawro's prediction: 2-1 Blossoms' prediction: 1-3 Match report Lawro's prediction: 2-0 Blossoms' prediction: (Tom) The City players are going to want to impress Pep so they will be well up for this game. I am very excited to see how he gets us playing. 4-0 Match report Lawro's prediction: 0-2 Blossoms' prediction: (Tom) Bournemouth to win 5-0, and that is my head talking, not my heart. Match report Lawro's prediction: 1-1 Blossoms' prediction: (Charlie) It has got to be Liverpool, hasn't it? I am not sure who, but I think someone will score a hat-trick for us too. 0-3 Match report Lawro's prediction: 2-0 Blossoms' prediction: (Charlie) I don't like Chelsea at all, I never have. 0-4 Match report. Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan. Lawro's best score: 160 points (week 19 v Guy Mowbray and week 36 v Nathan Caton)
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Half of the money will be supplied by councils in a programme which has been scaled back since being suspended in July because of a lack of funds. The funding for council priority projects will now take seven years to complete, instead of the original three. The Welsh government highlighted substantial cuts by the UK government. The plan involves prioritising projects for "difficult economic times". Work is due to start later, will be spread over a longer period and councils will be expected to fund a larger contribution than first envisaged. The initial phase was originally supposed to run over three years but will now stretch to seven. Ciaran Jenkins, BBC Wales education correspondent This is six years worth of building the schools which most urgently need rebuilding in Wales. Every single council has submitted plans to the Welsh government, and committed themselves to finding 50% of the costs. This means £1.4bn in total - £700m from the Welsh government and the rest from councils - if they can find it. It's a change from the original strategy which was over 15 years. The aim had been to build all the schools needed in five three-year bands, but what we've heard today is just the first band - those projects which are most urgent. The build time is also being extended to 2020. It's not good news if you are sitting in a building with a leaky roof. The Conservatives are saying it's a missed opportunity and that the Welsh government should have been literally mending the roof when the sun was shinning. The Welsh government say they have had significant cuts in their capital budget from the UK government so this is the best they can do in the circumstances. The announcement means a number of controversial school reorganisation projects will now go ahead: However, Gwynedd council, which receives £18m towards a £36m programme, has been refused funding for plans for reorganisation of schools in the Eifionydd, Moelwyn, Botwnnog and Dyffryn Ogwen catchment areas. Councillor Liz Saville-Roberts said they hoped to hold further funding discussions and the bidding round had allowed them to "make a declaration of intent as regards our reorganisation strategy". The Welsh government said the funding for the 21st Century Schools programme was "realistic" and it still hopes eventually to spend about £4bn. It said the proposals would address not only poor conditions and surplus capacity but "deliver sustainable, cost-effective schools that are fit for the 21st Century". Education Minister Leighton Andrews said: "Securing capital investment in these difficult economic times is essential not only for better education outcomes but for the continued support of our construction industry and the growth of our economy." Peter Fox, education spokesman for the Welsh Local Government Association, said: "This is great news for local government and should be welcomed by learners across Wales. "Despite the very difficult funding situation, the joint approach to developing this programme has paid off." Martin Lipson, the former director of the 21st Century Schools
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The girl's remains were found in Manor Park, Church Hill, in Aldershot on Friday afternoon. Detectives believe "Baby M" may have been delivered under a nearby oak tree and are still searching for her mother. People are being asked to check footage and look for someone "in a distressed state". More on this and other stories from across the South of England. Officers believe Baby M may have been left in the park sometime between 16:00 BST on 14 May and 16 May. They are urging anyone who may have been driving on High Street during that period to check footage for someone "walking uncomfortably, squatting or leaning against the trees" opposite Kwik Fit. Making a renewed appeal to the mother, Ch Insp Debbie Brooks said: "We are really worried for your wellbeing and we want you to get the medical care that we know you need. "Call us on 101 or go to a hospital." A post-mortem examination has taken place, but no details of how Baby M died have been released. A memorial service for the child was held in the park on Sunday.
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In a bid to reach out to women, UKIP's deputy chairman Suzanne Evans and Euro MP Diane James set out policies on maternity leave and childcare. Ms Evans blamed their lower ratings among women on the "lies" put out by other parties. She said the "propaganda" had "hit very hard and hit very deep". Ms James - who is UKIP MEP for South-East England - announced that the party gave its "absolute full support" to current maternity and paternity rights. On a personal note, Ms James said she didn't have a family, calling it "one of my biggest regrets in life". But she had "an enormous amount of sympathy" for parents facing "excessive increases in childcare costs" and UKIP wanted to cut those costs. She also announced that UKIP would remove VAT on sanitary products. "You might grin at this one," she told journalists, but it's "something that I feel very strongly about". She blamed the European Union for classifying sanitary products as luxury items, saying: "I cannot believe that the European Union sees it appropriate to penalise women in that instance." Former UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom was thrown out of the party after joking that party activists were "sluts". Ms Evans said he "wasn't the kind of person" that UKIP wanted. "There is this myth put about that we will scrap maternity leave, that we hate women, that we don't anything for women." She added: "The depth of the propaganda that the other parties have put about on this has hit very hard and hit very deep." UKIP's women-friendly policies Also at the press conference was UKIP's economics spokesman, Patrick O'Flynn, who wanted to be "slightly more self-critical". "I think Nigel himself has said sometimes UKIP resembles a rugby club on tour. I think that is becoming less and less true." He felt UKIP had to work harder and there were still occasions when men in the party had "occasionally resorted to boorishness or chauvinism". "There is no reason we should be lagging with women voters. We still are." Ms Evans was also tackled on Nigel Farage reportedly saying that mothers breastfeeding in public could "perhaps sit in the corner". She rejected the reported version of the comments and said: "I breastfed in public for goodness sake. I don't have a problem with it at all. It is a natural thing." BBC Daily Politics presenter Andrew Neil suggested that the problem with the set collapsing at the start of the press conference was symbolic of a a campaign "regarded generally as a shambles" with UKIP "fast becoming an irrelevance". Mr O'Flynn rejected that suggestion and said that he thought the party's national poll rating was "holding up well".
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The announcement by India's Tata Steel that it plans to sell its UK steel business, putting thousands of jobs at risk, is the latest blow to an industry which has seen a succession of job cuts. At the start of this year, Tata, which currently employs 15,000 in the UK, announced plans for 1,050 job cuts, on top of the 1,200 it axed in October 2015 and the 720 it cut last summer. Other firms have played their part in what amounts to an industry-wide cull. In October, Thailand's SSI announced it was closing down its Redcar works with the loss of 2,200 jobs, then parts of Caparo Industries' steel operations went into administration putting 1,700 jobs potentially at risk. The steel industry says it has been hit by a combination of factors: high UK energy prices, the extra cost of climate change policies, and competition from China - there have been allegations that Chinese steel is being sold in the UK at unrealistically low prices. So what's the truth of it all - just why are significant parts of Britain's steel industry in such trouble? Demand for steel worldwide has not returned to the levels seen before the financial crisis. As many countries, and particularly China, are seeing weak growth, global demand will remain sluggish - falling 1.7% in 2015 and up by just 0.7% this year. Global steel prices have fallen sharply. Meanwhile, China's own economic slowdown has led its producers to look for export markets as their home demand stalls. As a result, UK imports of Chinese steel have increased dramatically. In 2014 the UK imported 687,000 tonnes of steel from China, up from 303,000 tonnes in 2013. It is true that the UK's steel imports from the rest of the EU are much higher than this, they were 4.7 million tonnes in 2014, but crucially China is selling its steel at much lower prices. Steel imports into the UK from the rest of the EU cost on average 897 euros a tonne in 2014, while Chinese steel imports were just 583 euros a tonne, says the EU's statistics agency, Eurostat. This has led to accusations that China is selling at unfairly low prices. High UK energy costs for energy-intensive businesses like steel production are also a factor, says the industry, added to by the extra cost of climate change policies. And government policies to compensate producers for these extra costs have been too slow, says the industry body UK Steel. EU rules also restrict how much support governments can give to particular industries. Member states may not use public funds to rescue failing steelmakers. However, EU countries are allowed to boost steel firms' global competitiveness - for instance by funding research and development or helping with high energy bills. Almost 18,000 people are employed in the steel sector, and some experts say that up to one in four of these jobs could be at risk over the next few years. The confirmation earlier this year by
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The SNP is the third largest party at Westminster with 35 MPs, despite losing seats in the vote on 8 June. The 12-member, gender-balanced group leadership team is made up entirely of members first elected in 2015. Mr Blackford's deputy leader, Kirsty Blackman, takes on the role of economy spokesperson in the reshuffle, with several other members getting new jobs. The SNP won the majority of seats north of the border in the general election, although they dropped 21 seats and suffered the loss of key figures including Alex Salmond and group leader Angus Robertson. Mr Blackford was elected the new group leader following the election, and has now put together his leadership team. Ms Blackman, who was elected as Mr Blackford's deputy, has taken over the role of economy spokeswoman from Stewart Hosie, who it is understood will seek to play a role on the Commons treasury select committee. Stephen Gethins takes on the international affairs and Europe brief from Mr Salmond, while Neil Gray will be social justice spokesman - a role previously held by Eilidh Whiteford, who lost her Banff and Buchan seat. Hannah Bardell is taking on the fair work and employment role vacated by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, while Angus MacNeil will be the energy and climate change spokesman. Mhairi Black is the group's spokeswoman on pensions and youth affairs. Patrick Grady meanwhile will serve as the group's chief whip, in place of former Angus MP Mike Weir. Mr Blackford said: "I am delighted to announce our new leadership team and our frontbench spokespeople, drawing on the huge wealth of talent and experience across the party from areas including business, our public services, and charity sectors. "As Scotland's leading party at Westminster, and the third party across the UK, the SNP has a huge opportunity, and pivotal position, in this hung parliament to stand up for Scotland's interests and make our voice heard."
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A Specialized Camber Comp Carbon and a Carrera Valour, worth about £4,000, were taken from a house in the town's St Andrews Road between 20 and 21 July. A nearby shed was also broken into with five bikes worth about £3,000 stolen. They included a black and grey Genesis Core, a black Specialized Langster and a Gary Fisher mountain bike with yellow writing on the frame. Police have appealed for witnesses. Insp Mike Bennett, who is based at Galashiels police station, said: "I want to hear from anyone who knows anything about these break-ins or who has been approached to buy a second-hand bike in the area in recent days."
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The Edinburgh-based company is aiming to double its turnover to £25m by 2020 and triple beer production to 30,000 hectolitres in the next two years. Its 12-strong sales team will seek to accelerate UK-wide growth of the brewer's portfolio in the off-trade. There are also plans to expand the brand further into the on-trade in England and Wales. In November the company, which has a brewery in Perth and runs several "beer kitchens" in Scotland, said it was speeding up its growth plans after raising £2.5m in a crowdfunding campaign. Innis & Gunn, which has sold more than 40 million bottles of beer globally in the last 18 months, already has a distribution deal for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Director of sales Crawford Sinclair said: "We had an incredibly exciting, and undoubtedly transformational 2016 in the business, and our investment in our sales team is a significant step to build on this momentum in the trade and give our customers the support they need to grow their business and ours."
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Ahmet Davutoglu also said a memorial would be held for the first time in Istanbul on the 24 April anniversary. However, Turkey still refuses to recognise the killings as genocide. Armenia says up to 1.5 million of its people were killed in 1915 in massacres and deportations. Turkey has steadfastly rejected the use of the term genocide, arguing it was a civil war in which both sides suffered. The issue has caused bitterness between the two countries. Mr Davutoglu made it clear that despite his conciliatory statement, Turkey would not concede that there had been a genocide. "To reduce everything to a single word, to put responsibility through generalisations on the Turkish nation alone... is legally and morally problematic," he said. Mr Davutoglu did acknowledge the deportations, saying: "We once again respectfully remember and share the pain of grandchildren and children of Ottoman Armenians who lost their lives during deportation in 1915." Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week sharply criticised Pope Francis for describing the mass killing as genocide. Mr Erdogan called the Pope's comments "inappropriate" and warned him to "not repeat this mistake". He made a similar statement ahead of last year's anniversary, describing the killings as "our shared pain". Most non-Turkish scholars regard the killings - which took place in what is now eastern Turkey - as genocide. They are also formally called a genocide by Argentina, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Russia and Uruguay. And in a major reversal on Monday, Germany's government, which has long-resisted using the term, said it would support a resolution in parliament to declare the killings an example of genocide. Turkey maintains that many of the dead were killed in clashes during World War One and that ethnic Turks also suffered in the conflict.
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Shipbuilding looked to have ended at the Inverclyde site when the yard went into administration in August 2014. It was later taken over by Clyde Blowers Capital and now has about £110m worth of orders and a workforce of 150. Ferguson made the announcement to coincide with the start of Scottish Apprenticeship Week. Director Liam Campbell said: "Apprenticeships are extremely important to us and our business, forming the backbone of our future growth. "We are a company experiencing rapid growth and change that will ensure our position as a leading European fabricator in offshore, subsea, renewables and shipbuilding." Fair Work and Skills Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said the announcement was "great news, not only for Ferguson Marine, and the young people that will benefit, but also for Scotland as a whole".
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The research carried out by University of Glasgow Training and Employment Research Unit examined the first year of the route. The North Coast 500 route, also known as the NC500, stretches for more than 500 miles. It was launched in 2015 by the North Highland Initiative. The NC500 features roads in the Black Isle, Caithness, Sutherland and Wester Ross. It includes several challenging ascents and descents, including the Bealach-na-Ba at Applecross. The unclassified road rises to about 626m (2,053ft) over about four miles (8km). The research commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) suggests: Tourism Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: "I welcome the very positive impact the North Coast 500 has had on the tourism economy in the Highlands. "Today's report shows the route is already delivering for the north of Scotland and has tremendous potential to further benefit the communities it serves, encourage more investment in tourism facilities, stimulate jobs and expand the tourism season." HIE has established a partnership including Police Scotland, Transport Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Highland Council, VisitScotland and other interests to "ensure the route is developed in a sustainable way". David Oxley, HIE's director of business and sector development, said: "This study suggests the NC500 has very quickly had a positive impact in the north Highlands. "Through working collectively with businesses and communities along the route, North Highland Initiative have created a distinct and exciting tourism product. "It's a product that has helped promote some of Scotland's most stunning scenery to a global audience, whilst also providing a further boost for the Highlands and Islands' growing tourism sector."
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The ??88m scheme will make a three-mile section of the A160 between the A180 and Immingham a dual carriageway. The A180 slip roads at Brocklesby Interchange will close overnight at 20:00 BST on Monday evening. Previously Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce has said the scheme was vital to the region's economic growth. Highways England has released a computer-generated flythrough of the full project, which is anticipated to take about 16 months to complete. Ben Ridgeon, of Highways England, said: "Once this scheme has been completed, traffic congestion will be reduced, journey times will become more reliable, and safety will be improved for road users and the local community. "There will also be better access to the Port of Immingham and the surrounding area." The westbound entry and exit slip roads of the A180 will be closed between 20:00 on Monday, 20 July and 06:00 BST on Tuesday, 21 July. Drivers will be able to follow a signed diversion along the A180 eastbound at Brocklesby Interchange, exit at Stallingborough and return. Drivers should allow an extra 10 minutes for their journey. Councillor David Watson, who is responsible for the environment and housing, said: "We handle more cargo in our ports than in any other port complex in the UK, and the building of this link road is vital to the work the Port of Immingham. "The new road will further cement the role the area is playing in establishing the Humber the UK's energy estuary, through the offshore wind industry, biomass power plants and the production of biofuels."
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The ex-Scotland striker pounced to lift the ball home, but within 12 minutes Killie were behind to goals from Christopher Routis and Alex Schalk. Gary Dicker levelled for a persistent home side on the hour mark. And Sean Longstaff struck low beyond Scott Fox in stoppage time to snatch three vital points for Killie. Media playback is not supported on this device Kilmarnock could scarcely have hoped for a better start to the match, as Boyd struck before many fans had taken their seats. After the Scottish Cup exit to Hamilton Academical and the midweek departure of star man Souleymane Coulibaly, it was a much-needed lift for the Kilmarnock followers. But the sense of urgency and belief with which the home team started the game took County only seven minutes to puncture and a further five to deflate entirely. As the home crowd got on the players' backs, so the confidence drained, passes went astray and the visitors took advantage of the malaise. Ross County are too good an attacking team to be fazed by the concession of an early goal and the manner in which they responded underlined their own self-belief. In Routis they have acquired a creative midfielder with an ability to sniff out goalscoring opportunities and he did so for the third time in two games to draw his side level. And sensing Killie's nerves beginning to jangle, they quickly struck again through Schalk. Playing on the counter-attack they threatened to put the game beyond Lee Clark's side, who slowly edged their way back into the game. Clark had expressed optimism that his new-look squad could push for a place in the Premiership top six rather than be forced to fight a relegation battle. And as the game wore on, his new signings - Cal Roberts, Longstaff and Kristoffer Ajer - grew in influence, although Karleigh Osbourne was subbed early on, having looked vulnerable. Their equaliser was thoroughly deserved and hinted at better things to come. Longstaff's winner provided further proof of that and if Clark can secure some of the Coulibaly cash to bolster his striking options, the top six may well be a realistic goal. Media playback is not supported on this device Kilmarnock assistant manager Lee McCulloch: "After scoring the early goal, the next 10 minutes, we were all over the place. We got it back together, got the ball down, and passed it. "The young lads (new signings) have come in and made a difference, we're looking more energetic, and we've got a good shape to us. It's all about picking up points and it's brilliant to get those three today." Ross County manager Jim McIntyre: "The second goal was a big goal. It's a corner kick, we drop the runner and he scores, and that gave Kilmarnock impetus. "And again, for the third, we've got a throw-in, easy possession, it's a misplaced pass, indecision, and we're punished again. "It's really disappointing, because after the early goal, our response was fantastic. We looked
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Sarah Mbuyi was dismissed from Newpark Childcare nursery in west London for telling a colleague "God is not OK with what you do". An employment tribunal ruled she was discriminated against on the basis of her religious beliefs. The nursery says it has "robust processes" to ensure it is inclusive. Ms Mbuyi - who was dismissed in January 2014 three days after making the comment to her colleague - told the Victoria Derbyshire programme she is not homophobic. She explained that when her colleague asked her whether God would approve of her lesbian relationship, she first assured her that "God doesn't hate you", before adding he would not condone her actions. She also doubted her colleague's surprise at the response given her religious education. "It's not like she didn't know about the Bible's ethics," she said. Ms Mbuyi had been working at Newpark Childcare in Shepherd's Bush, west London, for nine months before being dismissed on the grounds of harassment, and said she considered her colleague in question to be a friend. Her treatment, she said, was comparable to the views of wider society towards Christianity in the UK. "The word of God is made more and more irrelevant to society in general. Society endorses ideologies that are absolutely contrary to his word," she said. "If people like me and other Christians choose to stand by, we will face hostility." Andrea Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern and head of the Christian Legal Centre, said she receives phone calls daily from people struggling to live out their religious beliefs. She cited comparable cases in which teachers and nurses have faced disciplinary action for offering prayer to children and patients. She added: "What we're finding often [is that] a simple statement of comfort can often be misconstrued, and people find themselves in the situation [Ms Mbuyi] has." "For simply having the view... that certain behaviours are sinful, [people believe] that actually makes us bigoted and hateful. When actually the opposite is true. Sarah was full of love and compassion for her colleague." The tribunal ruled that Newpark Childcare was "not anti-Christian", although it said the decision to sack her may have been made on "stereotypical assumptions about her and her beliefs". It is a view with which Ms Mbuyi agrees: "There were other Christians employed there, and there was never any campaign against them," she said. The tribunal also ruled that Ms Mbuyi's belief was "worthy of respect in a democratic society, is not incompatible with human dignity and is not in conflict with the fundamental rights of others". Tiffany Clutterbuck, director of Newpark Childcare, said in a statement that the nursery has "robust policies and rules in place to ensure our nursery is inclusive and supportive for our children and staff, and we took the decision to dismiss Ms Mbuyi with a view to protecting that culture." "We are reviewing the decision of the employment tribunal panel with our legal team before deciding our next steps." Watch Victoria Derbyshire on
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Mr Dutton was caught on camera joking about "water lapping at your door" to Prime Minister Tony Abbott - who chuckled as well. The embarrassing faux pas came shortly after Australia refused to commit to further climate change pledges. That decision attracted criticism from Pacific island leaders. Mr Dutton had made the joke on Friday in Parliament House while waiting for a meeting, which was being covered by the media, to start. He was standing next to Mr Abbott, who had just returned from the Pacific Islands Forum in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby where leaders had been discussing climate change and rising sea levels. When Mr Dutton commented on the meeting running late, Mr Abbot replied: "We had a bit of that up in Port Moresby." Mr Dutton then joked: "Time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have water lapping at your door." Social services minister Scott Morrison, who was standing next to them, then pointed out that there was a boom microphone above their heads. Mr Dutton was lambasted by several opponents including the leader of the opposition Bill Shorten. "It was a bad joke by a minister who is a bad joke," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Greens senator Larissa Waters said in a tweet that it was a "breathtaking global warming gaffe. If there's a joke here, it's Abbott's climate policies." Mr Dutton has refused to comment on the joke, and told reporters it was a "private conversation with the prime minister". The smaller countries at the Pacific Islands Forum, which ended this week, had wanted to commit to a tougher target for global warming limits, but Australia and New Zealand refused. Kiribati president Anote Tong called the decision "disappointing".
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BBC Scotland has confirmed his name is Abdul Rakib Amin, and he is known to his friends as Rakib, but also seems to go under other names. He is believed to be aged 25. It is understood he attended Sunnybank Primary and St Machar Academy in Aberdeen. Fellow pupil Naz Hussain said: "I just knew him as a nice guy, a normal lad that was up for playing football. "He was outgoing. He got into trouble now and then but nothing major. He was just a normal guy. "The Bangladeshi community in Aberdeen are really great people. They are really hard-working and I just don't want this to damage them. "This is just one individual that's maybe lost touch a little bit." He added: "Everyone's just shocked really. It's just such a weird thing to happen in a city like Aberdeen." The mosque imam, Ibrahim Alwawi, rejected the idea that Rakib could have been radicalised at the mosque in Aberdeen. He said they would welcome him back there, but not if he had been radicalised. The 13-minute video, There Is No Life Without Jihad, emerged on Friday, posted by accounts linked to Isis. Two of the six fighters shown in the film urging Muslims to join a holy war have been identified as Nasser Muthana and Reyaad Khan from Cardiff. The news has stunned people in Aberdeen. Muslim leaders across the country have called for continued dialogue between local communities and the police. Dr Salah Beltagui from the Muslim Council of Scotland said: "We have issued a statement saying going to Syria or Iraq is not helping. "You are making things worse for your family here in Scotland. "There should be a better way of helping people in Iraq and Syria." Dr Beltagui said he was not aware of other men leaving Scotland to fight with Isis and other terror groups. He said: "These men who have gone out there were not recruited through open channels. "They have been recruited through the internet. "This (type of recruitment) has been going on for three years, so there is nothing new there. "It is a pity we haven't done anything earlier." Scottish government minister for external affairs Humza Yousaf said he "does not doubt the enormity of the challenge" in tackling radicalisation at home and abroad. He said: "Police Scotland have been working with the Muslim community in Scotland for 10 years. "It is important that close co-operation of intelligence services continues. "There is close co-operation in the UK but also across boundaries and across borders." Mr Yousaf added: "The Muslim community and the police have a great relationship in Scotland. "When I go to Friday prayers in the mosque, very often there will be a police officer there talking to young people. "Having that close relationship is imperative because intelligence is incredibly important in a situation like this. "I have said in the past, the best way to tackle extremist ideology is by empowering moderate ideology. "The vast, vast majority of
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The incident happened during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Race marshals said a man on a snowmobile first attacked one sled and later hit the sled that was following behind. A man has now been arrested, but police say the motive remains unclear. Arnold Demoski, 26, faces charges of assault, reckless endangerment, reckless driving and criminal mischief, Alaska State Troopers say. Mr Demoski had earlier told the Alaska Dispatch News that the incident was not intentional, but that he had blacked out after drinking. Race officials said veteran competitor Aliy Zirkle first reported being attacked near the village of Nulato on the Yukon River during a leg of the 1,000-mile (1,609km) race to Nome. Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters told AP news agency that the snowmobile had hit the side of Ms Zirkle's sled and the driver threatened her several more times before driving off. One of her dogs was injured. She reported the incident after arriving in Nulato in the early hours of Saturday. Some time later, competitor Jeff King, who had been following Ms Zirkle, reported being hit by the snowmobile in the same area. One of his dogs was killed and at least three others were injured. "Regrettably, this incident very much alters the race of the two mushers competing for a win. However, both are going to continue on their way toward Nome," the Iditarod Trail Committee said. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual event that takes place through some of Alaska's most remote areas between Anchorage and Nome. Competitors and their teams often encounter blizzards, gale-force winds and freezing temperatures.
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The site was captured by Islamist-led militias after days of fighting in the eastern city, officials said. Meanwhile, Italy has offered to help extinguish a huge blaze that has engulfed the biggest fuel depot in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Libya has been gripped by instability since the 2011 uprising, with swathes of the country controlled by militias. "We have withdrawn from the [Benghazi] army base after heavy shelling," Special Forces officer Fadel al-Hassi told reporters on Tuesday. The fighters also confirmed in a statement that they had taken control of the base. On Monday, officials said that at least 38 people had been killed in clashes between troops loyal to the Libyan government and Islamist fighters in Benghazi. At least 97 people have also been killed in fighting between rival militias battling for control of Tripoli's main airport in the past week. The government has blamed clashes between the armed groups for starting the fire at the Tripoli fuel depot, and preventing firefighters from putting out the blaze. The depot is about 10km (six miles) from Tripoli on the road to the international airport. The government has been unable to disarm the numerous armed groups controlling large parts of the country, which are behind Libya's worst violence since the 2011 uprising that toppled Col Muammar Gaddafi. It has led some Western governments to urge their nationals to leave and withdraw foreign staff from their embassies in Tripoli.
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Kieron Williamson, from Norfolk, saw his watercolours, oils and pastels sell at Picturecraft Gallery in Holt on Friday in just a matter of minutes. The child prodigy, who is worth about £2m after selling pieces at auction since the age of seven, was exhibiting his latest work alongside pieces by his East Anglian hero Edward Seago. His mother Michelle Williamson said she was "amazed" at the demand. "You never know how each year is going to go," she said. "Keith [her husband] and I are always a little pessimistic, but it's really lovely that people still want his work." Twenty-nine of the landscapes sold for £265,000 through a pre-exhibition sale on Thursday, with the remaining 11 pieces fetching £125,000 on Friday. People in New York, Thailand and Germany were among the buyers. The most expensive lots, including the piece Sailor Boy, sold for £22,675 each. Gallery owner Adrian Hill said: "It's stunning in this day and age that someone can sell their work at this speed, let alone when they're Kieron's age." Kieron's next exhibition will be held next year.
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Just a month after his appointment as England manager, Allardyce suggested Great Britain should enter football teams at future Olympics. After a 52-year absence from Olympic football, Great Britain's men had made a controversial return at the 2012 Games in London. Team GB entered a women's team as well but, with neither at the Rio Olympics this year, Allardyce championed a return for both teams at future Games. "To turn it down is a great shame. It's something we may look at in the future and try to compete in," he said. It was not a view shared by his Wales counterpart, Chris Coleman. "For us, no. I don't agree with that," said Coleman, who led Wales to a first major tournament semi-final at Euro 2016. "Anything that could put what we've got here, what we've built here, in jeopardy, we would not be for that. "We've always had a stance that we don't agree with it, and that hasn't changed." England's Football Association had put forward the idea of sending Great Britain teams to the Olympics, but Fifa said it would need the agreement of the ruling bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, who were against it. Those three home nations fear such a move could affect their independent status within the sport's world governing body and at international tournaments such as the World Cup. "I cannot accept we should be a Great Britain team. I think that is wrong. Our independence would possibly go away," former Football Association of Wales (FAW) president Trefor Lloyd Hughes told BBC Wales Sport. "People say it would not, but be careful. I'm giving the warning that it's a possibility. "This is my opinion, not the FAW's. I personally will not support Wales joining Team GB at all." There was a sinking familiarity to the way Team GB's most recent Olympic campaigns ended - both men and women exiting at the quarter-final stage - but it was the fraught nature of Great Britain's return which most will remember about football at London 2012. Great Britain had been Olympic football regulars until 1960 and, having failed to qualify for the next three Games, they decided not to enter a team. That was until London was awarded the 2012 Olympics, and the clamour grew - from some parts more than others - for Great Britain to field a team. The Football Associations of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland opposed the idea, fearful a British side could affect their status as independent footballing nations. In 2009, they suggested England could play on behalf of Great Britain. However, Britain's Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce said non-English players would have the legal right to be considered for Team GB. There was a compromise of sorts. Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish associations were still opposed to the idea in principle, but they would not stand in the way of any players selected for Great Britain - under the condition the London Olympics would be a one-off. Ultimately, the 18-man
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He made a specific claim about EU money: "The EU invests £11bn a year on manufacturing innovation programmes of which 15% are invested here in the UK." He should actually have said €11bn (£9bn), not pounds. The money in question comes from the EU's Horizon 2020 programme, which has a budget of almost €80bn over seven years running from 2014 to 2020, or just over €11bn a year. The money is paid to support research and innovation projects in companies, universities and other research organisations. Horizon 2020 replaced the previous innovation funding programme known as FP7. According to a report by consultants at Deloitte, 14.9% of FP7 funding came to the UK. And an analysis of early awards under Horizon 2020 suggests that it's about the same for Horizon 2020. Only Germany receives more. For reference, the UK's population is between 12.5% and 13% of the EU total. The European Commission maintains a list of projects that have made successful applications. In the UK, they include quite a number from the bio-medical sciences sector - perhaps not what initially comes to mind when you think of manufacturing industry - but they're certainly technology-focused. And more money from Horizon 2020 is going to small and medium companies than under previous programmes. Reality Check Verdict: Confusion between pounds and euros, but otherwise fair enough READ MORE: The facts behind claims in the EU debate
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Justice Minister Heiko Maas is to overturn the convictions and create a "right to compensation". About 50,000 men were convicted between 1946 and 1969, under a 19th-Century law that the Nazis had sharpened. Homosexuality was decriminalised in 1969, but the legislation was not taken off the books entirely until 1994. "We will never be able to eliminate completely these outrages by the state, but we want to rehabilitate the victims," Mr Maas said in a statement. "The homosexual men who were convicted should no longer have to live with the taint of conviction." For those with past convictions for being gay, the decision has been a long time coming. In 2002, the government decided to overturn any convictions made during the Nazi period, but this did not include men convicted after the war. Now a study commissioned by the Federal Anti-discrimination Agency has found the government is legally obliged to rehabilitate the men. The author, professor Martin Burgi, says all convictions must be overturned, and suggest compensation should be offered for educational projects. The head of the Anti-discrimination Agency says she is happy with the results. Christine Luders says that the "open wound in the rule of law" will need to be healed. Germany has allowed civil partnerships since 2001, but gay couples do not have the same tax status as married couples and have limited adoption rights. Pressure is growing on the government to allow gay marriage, particularly after Ireland adopted it last year.
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It has also been hit with a £84m charge at its unprofitable Virgin East Coast rail franchise, of which it owns 90%. Chief executive Martin Griffiths said revenue growth on the line had not met the expectations envisaged when it bid for the franchise in 2013-14. After the announcement, Stagecoach's shares were trading down 11% at 180p, the lowest level since December 2009. At midday in London, they had recovered slightly, but were still down 9% on the day. The group said it was making provisions to reflect losses over the next two years on the East Coast Line, which connects London and Edinburgh. "But based on our contractual position, I am confident that Virgin Trains East Coast will become profitable again from 2019 onwards," Mr Griffiths said. He said Perth-based Stagecoach was currently talking to the government about new terms for the contract, but that those conversations were not progressing as quickly as hoped because they have straddled a general election. Mr Griffiths said he expected a deal to be agreed in the next 12 months. However, Mick Cash, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, said the franchise should be renationalised. "RMT warned that reprivatising East Coast, after it had been successfully run in the public sector following the last private failure, was a gamble doomed to failure," he said. "We have been proved right. This is the third private operator to run the vital East Coast intercity routes into the ground and rather than waiting for the inevitable financial collapse, it should be brought back into public ownership immediately."
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A trio of 2003 World Cup winners, Jonny Wilkinson, Lewis Moody and Steve Thompson, had already quit the Test scene, and Mike Tindall, Mark Cueto, Nick Easter, Shontayne Hape and Riki Flutey have been deemed surplus to requirements for this year's Six Nations. In their place a raft of fresh faces, including Saracens' Owen Farrell and Brad Barritt, Northampton's Lee Dickson and Calum Clark, and Scarlets' Ben Morgan, have been given spots in the 32-man squad. Players, coaches and pundits have been giving their reactions. "This is a new era. For the first time you get the sense that England are planning for 2015. It is important that they win matches along the way, but I get the sense that they are planning for the World Cup and not just the Six Nations. "If you look at the calibre of players; what Chris Robshaw has done at Harlequins, how Tom Wood carries himself when he plays for England, I think the standards are changing. There is not too much driftwood there. "I think Chris Ashton will start with Charlie Sharples on the wings. In the centres, with Manu Tuilagi injured, I would suggest a combination of Brad Barritt and Owen Farrell. "Although they are inexperienced, they play together at Saracens, and with club team-mate Charlie Hodgson likely to start at fly-half against Scotland, there will be a good immediate understanding. "There are some exciting players in amongst the 28 backs in the elite and Saxons squads. And the exciting thing is there are some guys, the likes of Wasps' Christian Wade, Saracens' James Short, and Marland Yarde and Marcus Watson at London Irish, who aren't even there yet." "We really have the chance to put teams to the sword, see how many tries we can score and how exciting we can be. "If it doesn't work I'd say, 'Fair play Stuart, you gave it a go'. If it comes off he is going to be a complete god because we have been crying out for some rugby to be played. "If it doesn't go well, if some of the guys, like Chris Robshaw, Owen Farrell and Tom Wood, come on individually then he would have left a little legacy for a guy like Nick Mallet to take on afterwards . "If they come away from Scotland and Italy with some decent results, then Twickenham is going to be jumping and you can just imagine the likes of Ben Foden and Chris Ashton running riot. "Owen Farrell should be straight in the team, he is making things happen. You can see his father's influence in they way he is controlling the game and that is just as impressive as the physical things he is doing." "I'm amazed to be included. It's a massive honour to represent my country and I can't express how excited I am. Everyone is talking about how exciting this young England squad is and I'd be delighted to play my part." "Over the last few years Sarries
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He was phoned in his Eyemouth home on Monday by someone claiming to be a police officer. The caller told him there was a problem with his bank account and that someone would come to his home the following day to collect his bank card. The pensioner was then visited at 14:15 on Tuesday and his card taken. All his savings were later removed. The man who went to his door has been described as being in his early 40s, about 5ft 9in with a medium build, clean shaven face and olive-skinned complexion. He was wearing a black tammy hat, black trousers and spoke with a Scottish accent. Det Con Barry Mercer said: "The victim has been left devastated at the theft of his savings and we are pursuing various lines of inquiry to identify the culprits. "If you recognise the description of the male who attended at the man's home, or if you have any information relevant to this investigation then please get in touch. "While the caller may have sounded extremely convincing I would like to remind the public that neither police, nor banks will contact you by phone to request you hand over your bank card or account details." He advised anyone receiving a similar call to hang up and contact the police immediately.
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The striker opened the scoring in the last minute of the first half with a header from Christian Fuchs' free-kick. He made it two just after the restart with another header and Ben Mee's own goal completed the scoring. The win capped off a great week for the Foxes, who also won 3-0 at Club Brugge in the Champions League on Wednesday. Slimani, who arrived for a reported £29m from Sporting Lisbon last month, had a Premier League debut to remember. The 28-year-old Algerian should have opened his account when he somehow failed to connect with a deep cross from Marc Albrighton before he got off the mark for his new club. Matt Lowton needlessly fouled Albrighton on the left-hand edge of the area in the last minute of the first half and Slimani powerfully headed home Fuchs' free-kick. He was celebrating his second goal in the 48th minute with another header after Jamie Vardy flicked on Riyad Mahrez's low cross after the Clarets gave away the ball in their own half. His goals were not the only thing that stood out on Saturday, though, as he linked up well with fellow Algerian Mahrez and strike partner Vardy. Manager Claudio Ranieri, whose team had picked up only four points from their first four league matches before Saturday, will also have been pleased with the industry his new striker showed when closing down the Burnley defence. It was a hard afternoon for Sean Dyche's side. They could have got the day's first goal when Steven Defour headed straight at Ron-Robert Zieler after Scott Arfield headed George Boyd's cross across goal to him. However, they never recovered from conceding the first goal and were probably fortunate to only lose by a three-goal margin. Dyche started with a five-man midfield but this left Andre Gray isolated. Once the Foxes scored their second goal, the Burnley striker was a mere spectator as the hosts showed why they were last season's champions. The Clarets could do little to stop Mahrez and he claimed the assist for the third goal when Mee put though his own goal from his low cross. Burnley substitute Johann Berg Gudmundsson's deflected free-kick forced a good save from Zieler in the dying minutes and Dyche will have at least been pleased with how his side continued to compete with the game over as a contest. "The reality was four minutes of madness - two before half-time and two after," Dyche said. Media playback is not supported on this device Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri: "I am very happy with the result and the performance of the players. I was curious to see how my players reacted after the Champions League and they reacted very well. "After the victory in the Champions League, it was very important to continue in the Premier League. "We scored three goals and Islam Slimani scored twice. I think our fans are very happy. It's important Slimani continues to score because if he only scores in the
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McGrath, appointed in November 2013, guided Fermanagh to last year's All-Ireland quarter-finals where they were beaten by eventual champions Dublin. The former Down All-Ireland winning boss told the Irish News that there is "a lot of potential within the squad". "I'd be more than happy to stay on if they want me," added the Rostrevor man. McGrath's ratification for a further season by the Fermanagh GAA board is expected to be a formality. After a preliminary round win over Antrim in May, Fermanagh were beaten 2-12 to 0-11 by Donegal in the Ulster quarter-finals on June 12 after fading in the second half against the 2012 All-Ireland champions. The Erne men defeated Wexford 0-19 to 1-11 in the opening round of the All-Ireland qualifiers but a harsh late penalty helped Mayo earn a 2-14 to 1-12 win at Castlebar on 9 July as McGrath's side exited from the series.
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The latest data returned by Nasa's Messenger probe shows that view couldn't be further from the truth. In among a raft of papers published in this week's edition of the journal Science, researchers reveal strange hollows that pock Mercury's surface. Irregular in shape, these depressions seem to form in the bright deposits that have been excavated where meteorites have impacted the surface. The Messenger team cannot be sure what has caused them, but on Mars similar features are also known to exist. In the case of the Red Planet, they are probably a consequence of evaporating carbon dioxide ice. As the ice is driven off in the warmth of the Sun, it leaves a hole in the ground that produces a kind "Swiss cheese" terrain. On Mercury, there is no carbon dioxide ice, so it would have to be some other kind of volatile material in play. "It could be that there is some component in Mercury rocks that is unstable when it is exposed to the environment at the surface," said David Blewett of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. "As a result of this instability, portions of the surface could degrade, leading to collapse and erosion and thus forming the depressions." Clues to what those materials might be come from Messenger's X-ray and gamma-ray spectrometers. These instruments are detecting relatively high abundances of elements such as sulphur and potassium in surface materials. If they are present, other elements which do not particularly like high temperatures are probably there as well. All of which poses new questions about the formation of Mercury. There have been several models put forward to try to explain why the planet has an unusually large iron core. Some scientists have argued that the planet must have been bigger in the past and that its outer-layers had simply evaporated away in the intense glare of the Sun; or that a number of giant impacts had stripped Mercury of its outer layers. "But those [models] propose such high temperatures that all the volatiles would have been evaporated away, so they don't line up with our measurements of the potassium and sulphur abundances," said APL's Patrick Peplowski. "The exciting thing about our observation of volatiles at the surface of Mercury is that it rules out most theories for the planet's formation." Peplowski now favours a model in which Mercury accreted a lot of metal-rich meteorites early in its evolution. One aspect of Mercury is now settled, however - the scale of the volcanism that built its smooth northern plains. Before Messenger got into orbit, there had been only brief glimpses of the region which covers more than 6% of the planet's surface. Now, high-resolution mapping has identified buried "ghost" craters that were overwhelmed by the floods of molten rock welling up from inside Mercury. "Taking the 6% area of Mercury covered by these northern high latitude smooth plains, and an estimated average depth of one kilometre, gives us a volume of almost
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The Indian Twittersphere exploded after Sindhu beat Marin 21-19, 21-16 to take the India Open Super Series tournament in Delhi on Sunday night. The hashtags #SindhuVsMarin and #Sindhu were trending on Sunday and Monday. Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan were among those who congratulated her. Spain's Marin beat Sindhu to the gold medal in the Olympic badminton singles final in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. The celebration over Sindhu's victory is also significant as it shows the growing popularity of badminton in a country that famously worships cricket alone. But Sindhu, and Saina Nehwal before her, have been instrumental in bringing badminton to the forefront of public consciousness. Nehwal won a bronze medal at the London Olympics. Most tweets on Sunday and Monday talked about Sindhu getting "revenge" for her Olympic defeat to Marin, while others praised her fierce game. The player later took to Instagram to thank her fans and sponsors for her support. She also told the Times of India newspaper that she was happy with her performance as there were no "easy" points.
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Shaun Lang was under surveillance when police saw him moving a bag from one car to another, in the city's Anniesland area, on 9 July last year. The 24-year-old, from Caldercruix, North Lanarkshire, was arrested after the bag was found to contain almost 1kg of cocaine. Lang admitted being concerned in the supply of the drug.
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The Bank said the problem "had only just come to light" and it was treating the concerns with "utmost seriousness". Vegans have expressed anger because the new polymer fiver contains a small amount of tallow, which is derived from animal waste products. A petition to ban the note has attracted more than 100,000 signatures. The tallow is used in an early stage of the production process and is "an extremely small amount", the Bank said. "We are aware of some people's concerns about traces of tallow in our new £5 note. We respect those concerns and are treating them with the utmost seriousness," its statement said. "This issue has only just come to light, and the Bank did not know about it when the contract was signed. "[Supplier] Innovia is now working intensively with its supply chain and will keep the Bank informed on progress towards potential solutions," it added. The petition, hosted on the Change.org website, calls on the Bank of England to "cease to use animal products in the production of currency that we have to use". It states that tallow is "unacceptable to millions of vegans, vegetarians, Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and others in the UK". A number of Sikh and Hindus have also urged the notes be banned from temples, where meat products are forbidden. Hindus believe cows are holy and sacred, and many do not wear shoes or carry bags made from the skin of cattle that has been slaughtered. Practising Sikhs are strict vegetarians. The response from the UK's Hindu and Sikh communities began to gather pace after vegans and vegetarians voiced their feelings on social media on Tuesday. The new plastic £5 note was introduced in September and is more durable than the previous one. It is expected to last an average of five years - compared to two years previously.
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Keith Ferguson, 44, was caught with images of sex acts he had committed after intelligence was received from the National Online Child Abuse Prevention Agency. Judge Lord Malcolm told Ferguson at the High Court in Edinburgh: "It is clear you present a serious risk of sexual harm to children." Ferguson admitted the crimes, as well as sexually assaulting a woman. At an earlier hearing, he admitted sexually assaulting and raping a girl aged between three and five, sexually assaulting another three-year-old and sexually assaulting a sleeping woman. He also pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual activity in the presence of children and making and possessing indecent photos of children between June 2010 and June this year. The court earlier heard that when police raided his home in Aberdeen on 3 June a large number of electronic items were seized for examination. Advocate depute Stephen McCloy said a number of the indecent images recovered had been made by Ferguson and featured his victims. Others appeared to have been downloaded from the internet. He said a total of 1,552 indecent photos were found including 78 showing the worst examples of abuse. A further 233 videos were found, including 103 at the most serious level. The total running time of the videos exceeded six hours. Video was also recovered of a sleeping woman was also recovered which featured images of Ferguson molesting her. The prosecutor said: "She was unaware that the accused had made these videos and touched her sexually in her sleep. She was hysterical when the police told her about the recovered videos." Defence counsel Ronnie Renucci said: "He accepts there is no excuse and no justification whatsoever for his behaviour." Mr Renucci said Ferguson was "quite rightly" very ashamed and recognised he had a problem which needed to be addressed. The judge ordered that Ferguson be under supervision for a further 10-year period after his prison sentence. Det Insp Colin Morrans said: "Keith Ferguson subjected his victims to horrendous ordeals. "His victims showed great courage during the police investigation and we thank them for their co-operation in what must have been distressing and harrowing circumstances."
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Commuters have faced "bad service" and "nightmare delays" for too long, he said, promising reliable journeys and fare freezes if TfL took over. He said the move would boost growth with 80,000 new homes near stations. Franchise Govia Thameslink said it had "not got everything right" but was "committed to making things better". Campaign for Better Transport backed the bid citing the Tube's reliability. City Hall said passengers were being let down by services from London Bridge and Waterloo stations, and the proposals come after a three-day strike by Southern Rail staff. Mr Khan has in the past said he believes TfL should take over the running of the Southern Rail franchise from Govia Thameslink. The franchise said its focus was on resolving issues "not arguments about political control". The mayor's bid for managing suburban routes comes on the day MPs attacked the government's handling of rail franchises. A Transport Select Committee report cited the "woeful" experience of Southern passengers and urged the government to "get a grip" on monitoring rail franchise agreements. Putting TfL's case, Mr Khan said: "Our plans will not only use TfL's skills and expertise to improve the daily commute for millions of Londoners, but act as a catalyst for new jobs and homes in outer London." TfL said after it took over the service between Shenfield in Essex and Liverpool Street station last year from Greater Anglian Railway, journeys rose by 27%, while delays fell by 15% and fare evasion by 86%. In a statement, Govia Thameslink's CEO Charles Horton admitted it had failed in some areas but said it was working to improve, citing "400 new vehicles on our network in the past two years across the GTR franchise, extended smart card technology across our network and [delivery of] nearly 250 of our obligations under our franchise agreement." A spokesperson for South West Trains said the challenge was over capacity "regardless of where responsibility lies for delivering individual services". "We need urgent investment to address overcrowding on trains, and practical measures to tackle the congestion and declining performance on the network from running increasing services on limited and fragile infrastructure." City Hall has pointed out the devolution of suburban rail services was agreed between the government and former London mayor Boris Johnson in January. TfL's business case promises: Campaign group Better Transport said passengers would benefit from more frequent and reliable services, an extension of the Oyster card scheme, and a turn-up-and-go service for all disabled passengers across the network.
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