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The 35-year-old retuned to Wales this summer after six seasons in England.
Henson was named in the side in France while a different Dragons team will play Northampton at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday, 12 August (15:00 BST).
Wales wing Hallam Amos made his first appearance since suffering shoulder damage in November, 2016.
Amos missed the rest of last season after coming injured while playing for Wales against Australia.
The pre-season friendly against Montpellier was part of the Vaquerin Challenge and will be the first match for new head coach Bernard Jackman.
The former Ireland hooker travelling to Northampton for Saturday's game.
Dragons: C Meyer; A Hughes, S Beard, J Dixon, H Amos; G Henson, S Pretorius; T Davies, E Dee, L Fairbrother, M Screech, A Sweet, J Thomas, H Keddie, J Benjamin.
Replacements: R Buckley, P Price, L Brown, M Williams, N Cudd, C Davies, A O Brien, P Howard, A Hewitt, W Talbot Davies. | Gavin Henson made his Dragons debut at 10 in their 40-15 pre-season friendly defeat against Montpellier in Saint-Affriqueon. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40890164"} | 245 | 33 | 0.509567 | 1.313626 | -0.574225 | 1.28 | 8.32 | 0.64 |
An early own goal from Ally Gilchrist and a thunderous strike from James Tavernier put the Championship winners into an unassailable lead.
Andy Halliday added a penalty and Kenny Miller tapped home to make sure Rangers took the trophy at the fourth attempt.
Celtic are the next opponents for Mark Warburton's side in next Sunday's Scottish Cup semi-final.
Rangers had toiled in the Challenge Cup in the tournament's various guises, losing previously to Queen of the South, Raith Rovers and Alloa Athletic. They have finally won it and now move on to play the Premiership leaders back at the national stadium.
There will be a new pitch at Hampden by then - much needed, too.
The surface Rangers and League One Peterhead were forced to play on was scarcely fit for purpose. Barely five weeks ago, the current pitch was laid at a cost of £200,000 but it's about to be dug up again having failed to bed in.
The part-timers of Peterhead were 22-1 to cause a shock but their prospects all but went out the window when Miller slid a cross into their six-yard box that was turned in by a panicked Gilchrist.
Rangers huffed and puffed for a period after that and it was only when Tavernier volleyed in from distance that they doubled their lead. It was the full-back's 14th goal of the season.
Peterhead dug in, however, Rangers' level dropped and the underdogs had two fine chances to score before the break.
The first of them came when Scott Ross's downward header was cleared off the line by Jason Holt, the next when Jordon Brown failed to read Rory McAllister's delivery into the six-yard box. Had he done so, Rangers would have been in trouble.
The final was meandering to a conclusion before Rangers roused themselves in the final minutes.
With Peterhead tiring, Halliday was denied by a point-blank save from Graeme Smith and the goalkeeper blocked again from Tavernier soon after.
The goals would come, though. Steven Noble fouled Holt and Halliday converted the spot-kick.
Then Miller, working as hard at the end as he was at the beginning, put away the fourth from close range.
Two titles in a week is fine work by Rangers. But the biggest test is to come next Sunday. | Rangers comfortably saw off Peterhead to take the Petrofac Cup in front of a crowd of more than 48,000 at Hampden. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35953055"} | 546 | 32 | 0.457074 | 1.109931 | 0.000932 | 0.772727 | 20.590909 | 0.590909 |
The 17-year-old boy said he was drunk and targeting taxis in Birmingham on 25 May.
He appeared with three other youths at Birmingham Youth Court on Monday, where he admitted wounding.
The others, two aged 16 and one 15, were convicted of wounding. All four were convicted of conspiring to damage taxis.
The victim was in the back seat of the vehicle as it drove along Bellevue Avenue, Edgbaston.
She was injured when the stone smashed through the glass and hit her.
She was left with multiple fractures and severe bruising to her eye.
The court heard at least three taxis were hit that night, with £1,600 damage caused.
The youths were arrested six weeks after the attack.
In a witness statement to the court, the victim, who does not want to be named, said: "We shouldn't have to put up with this sort of violence.
"If the brick had hit the taxi driver, we could have all been killed."
The teenagers, all from Birmingham, will be sentenced on February 3. | A teenager has admitted throwing a stone at a taxi, leaving a 77-year-old woman with a fractured skull. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38642434"} | 233 | 31 | 0.568657 | 1.240832 | -0.867624 | 1.166667 | 8.875 | 0.666667 |
The route through the parkland at Croome Court, near Pershore, was built by the 6th Earl of Coventry to showcase his finest plants, the National Trust said.
Lost over time, the organisation said archaeologists discovered the original path, which has been rebuilt.
Croome warden Hugh Warwick said it had been a "huge task".
He said work started about a year ago and saw 84 trees felled among other work.
The scheme is part of a larger project to restore the parkland, much of which was built by Capability Brown in his very first design, the National Trust added. | An 18th Century path at a historic house has been restored after 12 months of work. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29490769"} | 135 | 20 | 0.482185 | 1.112695 | -0.533625 | 0.705882 | 6.823529 | 0.470588 |
But just how much do you know about the world's "greenest" football club?
BBC Sport looks at five things you may not be aware of about the non-league outfit, founded in 1889.
They have not kicked a ball yet and Forest Green have already broken an EFL record.
The Gloucestershire town of Nailsworth, where Rovers are based, has become the smallest settlement to ever host a Football League club.
With a population of just 5,800, Nailsworth is home to about 2,000 more people than attended the second leg of Rovers' 3-1 aggregate play-off semi-final win over Dagenham & Redbridge at The New Lawn.
In July 2015, Forest Green unveiled plans for a new stadium within an 'Eco Park', to be ready later this decade.
Owner Dale Vince, who believes the club can "easily win promotion to League One", ambitiously and confidently declared that Forest Green "will be" a Football League club by the time they eventually move in.
The plans for an all-seater stadium and a 100-acre sports and green technology centre - all next to junction 13 of the M5 - have impressed supporters.
Similarities can certainly be drawn with Gloucestershire's newest 'environmentally-friendly' service station, nearby on the same stretch of motorway, serving locally-sourced food, and this new stadium is part of Vince's vision for a green club.
But their existing ground is hardly a menace to the environment...
For example, in December 2012, the club won an award for growing a pitch without using chemicals.
The 'organic' playing surface, spread using Scottish seaweed, is thought to be the first in the world.
The surface was criticised by former manager Ady Pennock last season, perhaps accelerating him being replaced by current boss Mark Cooper.
But with solar panels powering the electricity at The New Lawn and the club even using a solar-powered lawn mower to trim the grass, Vince has gone all-out in his aim to be the greenest club on the planet.
Fans of League Two clubs visiting the Gloucestershire side next season will not be seeing beef burgers and steak pies on the menu at The New Lawn.
That is because owner Vince has introduced vegan-only food for supporters.
But the players themselves are banned from eating red meat and dietary habits have been known to be a factor during recruitment.
The National League side take bringing players in very seriously.
The club use the 'Moneyball' philosophy, using statistics to determine which players to sign.
However, they now have a vacancy in that department after performance analyst Charlie Reeves left to take up a role with Premier League side Everton.
The economics graduate joined the club in October 2015 and said: "I'm extremely grateful to Forest Green for supporting my work - they have always given me all the tools I needed to push the analytics as far as I could.
"At Everton, I hope to have a meaningful effect on the way the club works, utilise the power of data analysis and ultimately the performance of the team on the pitch."
The original version of this story appeared on the BBC Sport website on 13 May 2016. | Forest Green Rovers have been promoted to the English Football League for the first time in their history after a 3-1 win over Tranmere Rovers in the National League promotion final at Wembley on Sunday. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36277085"} | 700 | 47 | 0.308637 | 0.83429 | -0.347533 | 1.421053 | 16.631579 | 0.842105 |
Police said the 39-year-old was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault of his 25-year-old wife at their Sydney home.
El-Masri is a former ambassador for anti-domestic violence charity White Ribbon Australia.
Outgoing NRL head Dave Smith said Mr El-Masri has been stood down from ambassadorial roles with the sport.
"There is absolutely no place for domestic violence in our game, it's abhorrent to us," Mr Smith told the media on Tuesday.
"I don't know the details of that case but I can say that any ambassadorial role that he was playing with us, he's been stood down from."
"People have to make good choices and if they don't, there are consequences."
White Ribbon Australia - a male-led campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence - distanced themselves from Mr El-Masri, taking his photo down from their website.
"White Ribbon is very disappointed to learn of the charges laid against former Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player and former White Ribbon Ambassador Hasem El-Masri," the group's Australian head Libby Davies said in a statement.
"White Ribbon advises that Hasem El-Masri is not currently a White Ribbon Ambassador and as always, White Ribbon will provide no further comment on a case before the courts."
His duties with the Bulldogs have also been suspended.
"As a club we are committed to our work with White Ribbon Australia to eliminate violence against women and firmly believe there is no place for it in our society," Bulldogs CEO Raelene Castle said. | Retired Australian Rugby League (NRL) star Hazem El-Masri has been charged over an alleged attack on his wife. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34578111"} | 371 | 34 | 0.505523 | 1.291659 | -0.547108 | 1.391304 | 13.782609 | 0.521739 |
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Hugo and Mariano Jinkis bought TV rights for Uefa Champions League football and immediately sold them on for almost three times the price.
The 2006 contract was signed off by Infantino when he was a Uefa director.
Infantino says he is "dismayed" that his "integrity is being doubted".
News of the contract came to light after 11 million documents were leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Uefa initially denied doing business with any of the 14 people who have been indicted by the FBI in its investigation into corruption in world football.
It has now told the BBC the TV rights were sold to the highest bidder in an open and competitive tender process.
A senior Fifa source has told the BBC the deal should be examined by the governing body's ethics committee in the interests of transparency.
Hugo Jinkis and his son, Mariano, are fighting extradition from Argentina to the United States.
In May 2015, US prosecutors alleged that, as the owners of Cross Trading, they paid millions of dollars in bribes to South American football officials over several years in order to gain lucrative television rights for regional football tournaments.
It is claimed the money was paid to senior football officials in exchange for cheap broadcasting rights that could then be sold on for a substantial profit.
Infantino is named on a contract with Cross Trading that concerns the Ecuadorian rights for Uefa Champions League football between 2006-7 and 2008-9.
Cross Trading, an offshore company registered to the tiny Pacific island of Niue, paid $111,000 (£78,000) for those rights.
Then, according to leaked documents, it sold them to Ecuadorian TV broadcaster Teleamazonas for $311,170 (£220,000).
Cross Trading also paid $28,000 (£20,000) for the rights to the Uefa Super Cup, selling those to Teleamazonas for $126,200 (£89,000).
There is no evidence to suggest Infantino received a bribe relating to the 2006 contract with Cross Trading, and no suggestion Teleamazonas was in any way complicit in any wrongdoing.
At the time, Infantino was the director of legal services with European football's governing body, Uefa.
Cross Trading also has links to Juan Pedro Damiani, a member of Fifa's ethics committee who has already been placed under internal investigation.
Uefa insists it has done nothing wrong and dealt with Cross Trading because the company was acting as the buying agents for Teleamazonas.
A Uefa spokesman said the rights were sold following an "open, competitive, tender process".
He added the bid from Teleamazonas was accepted because it was "considerably more" than that from a rival broadcaster.
The spokesman added what Teleamazonas then did with those rights was "their business, not ours".
Uefa points out the Cross Trading contract was one of many hundreds of deals it conducts in relation to Champions League TV rights and comprises a tiny amount of its overall income.
It also stressed it has been "conducting a review of its various commercial contracts" following the US indictments in May 2015.
"The TV contract in question was signed by Gianni Infantino since he was one of several Uefa directors empowered to sign contracts at the time," added a Uefa statement.
"As you will have observed, the contract was also co-signed by another Uefa director. It's standard practice."
Uefa issued a further statement later on Tuesday calling Infantino "an outstanding member of Uefa staff for many years" and "a man who has always acted with complete professionalism and integrity".
It also sought to explain why it had initially denied having dealings with any of the 14 people originally indicted by the FBI.
"At the time of our initial response, we had not had the opportunity to check each and every one of our (thousands) of commercial contracts and so the answer given was initially incomplete," read a statement.
"That is the reason why Gianni Infantino initially thought, based on the information provided by Uefa, that there had been no previous Uefa contracts with any companies and/or individuals named in the indictment.
"That is also why Fifa gave this information to the media."
As well as being "dismayed" and upset that his "integrity is being doubted", he said he reacted quickly to media enquiries by contacting Uefa "to seek clarity".
He added: "I did this because I am no longer with Uefa and it is they who exclusively possess all contractual information relating to this query.
"In the meantime, Uefa has announced that it has been conducting a review of its numerous commercial contracts and has answered extensively all media questions related to these specific contracts."
Infantino insisted he had "never personally dealt with Cross Trading nor their owners" because the tender process was conducted by Team Marketing on behalf of Uefa.
He added: "I would like to state for the record that neither Uefa nor I have ever been contacted by any authorities in relation to these particular contracts.
"Moreover, as media themselves report, there is no indication whatsoever for any wrongdoings from neither Uefa nor myself in this matter."
The revelations are potentially damaging for both Infantino and Fifa.
It is also the second setback for world football's governing body in recent days.
Damiani is facing an internal investigation into suspected links with Eugenio Figueredo, another allegedly corrupt football official.
Infantino became president of Fifa on 26 February, succeeding Sepp Blatter as boss of world football's crisis-hit governing body.
On his election, the former Uefa general secretary pledged to "restore the image" of Fifa.
While neither Uefa nor Infantino have disclosed the Cross Trading transaction to the FBI - both pointing out they have not been contacted by the US agency over the deal - Uefa said it would co-operate or provide information in connection with a US Department of Justice investigation.
As for Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, a lawyer acting for the father and son did not reply to a request for comment.
It is down to a leak of more than 11 million documents from the internal files of Mossack Fonseca.
Mossack Fonseca is a Panama-based law firm that specialises in helping the wealthy and powerful set up offshore companies, like Cross Trading.
The documents were obtained by the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
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The industry body is fronting a campaign calling on the UK government to abolish the automatic annual increase in duty on wines and spirits.
The alcohol duty escalator, which goes up by inflation plus 2% each year, was introduced in 2008 but was scrapped for beer in George Osborne's last Budget.
The Treasury has said 90% of Scotch was exported and unaffected by UK duty.
But, according to the association, some 79% of the price of an average bottle of Scotch whisky is made up of duty and VAT.
It said if the alcohol duty escalator were implemented again at this week's Budget, this would raise that figure to 81%.
The whisky industry body claimed Scotch sales in the UK had declined since the introduction of the escalator.
Its Call Time on Duty campaign was also backed by the Wine & Spirit Trade Association and the Taxpayers' Alliance.
Scotch Whisky Association chief executive David Frost said: "We urge the chancellor to listen to that large majority of the population who believe the alcohol duty escalator is simply unfair to a major Scottish, and British, industry.
"An overhaul of the alcohol duty system would support not just the Scotch whisky industry, but also the wider hospitality industry, which provides employment across the UK." | The Scotch Whisky Association has appealed to the chancellor to freeze duty ahead of his Budget this week. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "26592508"} | 285 | 27 | 0.663706 | 1.518326 | 0.234899 | 1.421053 | 13.105263 | 0.789474 |
The 176.5m-long suspension bridge, which links Anglesey to mainland Wales, was completed in 1826 to Thomas Telford's design.
Royal Mail said the stamps demonstrate "leaps in engineering" by progressive architects.
Others featured include Pulteney Bridge in Bath and Middlesbrough's Tees Transporter Bridge.
Royal Mail will also issue a special postmark to mark the stamps release. | The Menai Bridge is one of 10 iconic UK river crossings to feature on the latest set of first class stamps. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31740489"} | 92 | 27 | 0.663243 | 1.361517 | -0.853771 | 0.272727 | 3.181818 | 0.272727 |
Addressing Labour activists in Fife, he said poverty levels were set to eclipse those last seen in the early 1990s.
He acknowledged the challenge facing Labour but said "no Tory prime minister should ever be given a free hand".
Mrs May has urged lifelong Labour voters who feel "deserted" by Jeremy Corbyn to put their trust in her.
In his biggest intervention to date in the election campaign, Mr Brown attacked the record of the Conservatives and the SNP in power and said a Labour government was needed more than ever.
Earlier on Saturday, Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson warned of a "Margaret Thatcher-style landslide" for the Conservatives if his party fails to turn around current poll numbers.
Labour had a "mountain to climb" to catch up with the Tories before 8 June's vote, he conceded in an interview with the Guardian.
Mr Corbyn said both he and Mr Watson were "working flat out to get Labour elected" on 8 June.
Asked whether senior party figures were already admitting defeat, he replied: "Not at all."
He added: "I am out round the whole country, the party is out round the country putting out the message we are for the many, not the few."
Mr Brown - campaigning in his former constituency, which Labour lost to the SNP in 2015 - defended the legacy of the Labour governments of which he was a key figure and suggested they were under threat from the government's squeeze on welfare spending allied to the rising cost of living.
Citing figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Joseph Rowntree Trust, he claimed the number of people deemed to be living in poverty had risen last year to levels last seen in the early 1990s and that the numbers were set to rise sharply by 2022.
"Mrs May says she wants to unite the country but she will create a country that is more divided economically and more socially polarised than at any time in the last 50 years," he said.
"We have got to get MPs to Parliament to fight a war against poverty and stop this war against the poor."
The prime minister, he suggested, wanted to turn the election into a "one-issue" campaign on Brexit and marginalise important subjects such as the future of the NHS, education and levels of inequality.
"She wants you to strengthen her hand with Europe but won't tell you what that hand is. What she wants is a free hand.
"She wants carte blanche to do whatever you want. No prime minister should ever be given a blank cheque. No Conservative prime minister should ever be given a free hand."
In his interview, Mr Watson asked for voters to consider that "a lot of local MPs are running on a good track record" when people head to the polling stations next month.
Speaking on a tour of marginal seats in Wales, Mr Watson said Labour had "terrifically exciting" proposals in its manifesto - a draft of which was leaked earlier this week - but he was concerned about how far behind Labour were.
"If we get to 8 June and [Theresa May] still commands the lead in the polls that she had at the start of the election, she will command a Margaret Thatcher-style majority," said Mr Watson, referring to the Tories' 144- and 101-seat victories in 1983 and 1987 respectively.
Appealing for voters' backing, he added: "A Conservative government with a 100 majority... it will be very hard for them to be held to account in the House of Commons. "It means there won't be the usual checks and balances of democracy. All those things go out of the window."
On Friday, Mrs May travelled to Tyne and Wear to appeal to an area that traditionally voted Labour.
"Proud and patriotic working-class people in towns and cities across Britain have not deserted the Labour Party - Jeremy Corbyn has deserted them," she said.
"We respect that parents and grandparents taught their children and grandchildren that Labour was a party that shared their values and stood up for their community.
"But across the country today, traditional Labour supporters are increasingly looking at what Jeremy Corbyn believes in and are appalled." | Theresa May is "waging a war against the poor" and risks leaving the country more divided than at any time in 50 years, former PM Gordon Brown has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39906815"} | 940 | 38 | 0.464419 | 1.246389 | 0.36932 | 2.121212 | 25.393939 | 0.848485 |
Rupert Soames tweeted on the matter after the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) raised concerns about ScotRail's ban on guns.
BASC said the ban threatened Scotland's field sports tourism.
ScotRail's ban, which affects lawfully-owned guns, came after a firearm was left unattended on a train this year.
Mr Soames, chief executive at Serco, tweeted: "Worried about Scotrail Fireams ban? Relax @CalSleeper welcomes responsible customers with licensed firearms. #bestwaytotravelnorth."
The Caledonian Sleeper provides services between London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen and Fort William.
Among BASC's concerns was a "negative impact" on the Glorious Twelfth.
Traditionally, the first day of the grouse shooting season is 12 August.
ScotRail said the decision to introduce the ban was made for safety reasons after a licensed firearm was left unattended on one of its trains earlier this year. | A boss at the company that operates the Caledonian Sleeper has issued a message that licensed firearms can be transported on that train service. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40709374"} | 239 | 32 | 0.625426 | 1.682403 | 0.037238 | 0.8 | 7 | 0.48 |
The union and management agreed to resume negotiations over reforms to its pay structure, but the workers could go on strike as early as 14 September.
Hyundai is in the middle of restructuring its seniority-based pay system.
Strikes by its workers over wages occur almost yearly as the union seeks to raise monthly wages and bonuses.
This year would mark the fourth year of strike action if the two sides do not reach a deal.
Workers are asking for a 7.8% increase in their monthly basic wage, guaranteed job security until age 65 and bonuses worth 30% of the carmaker's net profit for last year.
The union represents more than 48,000 workers and about 78% of the 89% that voted supported the strike action.
Hyundai, together with affiliate Kia Motors, is the world's fifth largest carmaker.
The car giant's second-quarter net profit fell nearly 24% from a year ago, because of a stronger local currency and more competition at home and abroad. | Union workers for Hyundai Motor voted to strike on Thursday after being unable to reach a deal in wage talks. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34207366"} | 207 | 25 | 0.668617 | 1.373207 | -0.160569 | 1 | 9.238095 | 0.714286 |
Monday's attack at Ohio State University was carried out by one of its students, Somali-born Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the authorities said.
The IS-affiliated Amaq news agency called the 18-year-old business undergraduate a "soldier".
Artan drove his car at a group of people, then attacked them with a knife before being shot dead.
The IS claim does not prove much in terms of the attack in Ohio. The group often refers to individuals who carry out attacks as its "soldiers", but the crucial question is firstly whether the individual had any form of direct contact with IS.
Face-to-face contact may be unlikely but online communication is possible. If there was no direct contact, it could still be the case that an individual was inspired rather than directed by the group. In this case, an individual may leave his or her own pledge of allegiance in written form or online or in a video.
But until such evidence emerges, it remains hard to know if this is just an opportunistic claim by the group rather than one based on real substance.
Most of the victims were injured by Artan's car, but two were stabbed with a "butcher's knife" and another suffered a fractured skull, officials said.
One of the wounded victims, William Clark, an Ohio State University professor, described how Artan's vehicle had crashed into a large concrete planter before bouncing off and striking him.
"It clipped the back of my right leg and basically flipped me up in the air and I landed on the concrete," he told a news conference.
Mr Clark said Artan then got out of the car and began attacking students before he was shot down.
Surveillance photos showed Artan in the car by himself just before the attack, but investigators are looking into whether anyone else was involved.
Dozens of FBI agents have searched Artan's apartment for clues as to what may have triggered the attacks.
Neighbours described him as polite and said he attended daily prayers at a local mosque.
Artan, who was born in Somalia and was a US permanent resident, arrived in the country in 2014 as the child of a refugee.
He had been living in Pakistan from 2007 to 2014.
Artan recently posted on Facebook about the US treatment of Muslims, according to the AP, citing a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
"If you want us Muslims to stop carrying lone wolf attacks, then make peace" with the Islamic State group, he allegedly wrote.
Representative Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said the act was indicative of someone who may have been self-radicalised.
Militants of the so-called Islamic State have found recruits in the US Somali community in recent years.
About a dozen young men and women from Minnesota's Somali community have travelled to Syria to join militant groups.
Nine men in Minnesota were sentenced on terror charges for plotting to join the Islamic State group.
And a Somali-American man attacked 10 people with a knife at a central Minnesota mall before he was killed by an off-duty police officer in September.
Jaylani Hussein, the executive director of Council of American-Islamic Relations' Minnesota chapter, said some Somali-Americans were concerned about being viewed as "guilty by association".
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The match was short on entertainment until Robson-Kanu gave it a shot of adrenaline with a brilliant strike. The Wales international, who came on seven minutes earlier, pounced on a Matt Phillips flick, held off two challenges and fired in low past keeper Tom Heaton.
However, the 28-year-old striker did not see out the rest of the match as he was shown a red card in the 83rd minute for catching Matt Lowton with his elbow.
Burnley wasted chances at the other end, and will be hoping Leeds striker Chris Wood, who they look likely to sign, will be less profligate.
Ben Mee had the Clarets' best chance but missed with a two-yard header, and team-mate Johann Berg Gudmundsson also went close with a low curling shot.
It was a brief, yet eventful appearance by Robson-Kanu.
His goal was brilliant, and will rank alongside the strikes against Southampton last season and his Euro 2016 effort against Belgium.
I've not looked at the red card incident. I don't want to say things that will get me in trouble.
This one was about perseverance. The forward, with the ball in possession, battled past Gudmundsson and James Tarkowski before striking past Heaton.
He led the line well after the goal, but then showed a bit too much aggression as he challenged Lowton for the ball right in front of referee Martin Atkinson.
There were few complaints from both Robson-Kanu and his team-mates.
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West Brom manager Tony Pulis will have been delighted with his side's display, particularly at the back.
The visitors restricted Burnley to largely half-chances, with six of the 15 efforts on goal falling to Jeff Hendrick.
The Republic of Ireland midfielder had one angled strike in the area superbly blocked and was rushed by the Baggies backline into producing inaccurate shots.
Iceland international Gudmundsson was unlucky to see his excellent low curling shot drift wide, but his team-mates Mee and Jon Walters will not want to see a replay of their golden heading chances.
West Brom boss Tony Pulis: "It is a great start for us, especially with two clean sheets.
"I've not looked at the red card incident. I don't want to say things that will get me in trouble. The decisions stands. I am so pleased we got through that final 15 minutes with 10 men. There is good spirit in the dressing room and we needed that today. Our fitness level were fantastic."
On Jonny Evans and reported interest from Manchester City: "They all deal through the football club, I won't get involved in that."
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Burnley boss Sean Dyche: "The game is unfair sometimes and today I thought it was. We gave a very good performance, we created enough to get something from the game.
"I have been very pleased. It is a tough one today because I was not happy with the result but I was happy with the performance. We are laying down some good markers for how we want to play and where we want to be."
On link with Leeds striker Chris Wood: "We've been linked with lots of players. We will watch this space and see what comes. We are still in the market, still looking at different options."
West Brom's Ahmed Hegazi was a man-mountain at the back for the Baggies. The on-loan Egyptian needed treatment from a bad cut early in the match but soldiered on, making vital clearances for his side.
After the Lancashire derby against Blackburn in the EFL Cup on Wednesday, the Clarets are at Tottenham next Sunday (16:00 BST).
The Baggies are at Accrington on Tuesday in the EFL Cup before they host Stoke next Sunday (13:30 BST).
Match ends, Burnley 0, West Bromwich Albion 1.
Second Half ends, Burnley 0, West Bromwich Albion 1.
Attempt missed. Jonathan Walters (Burnley) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jeff Hendrick with a cross.
Foul by Ashley Barnes (Burnley).
Ben Foster (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ashley Barnes (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ashley Barnes (Burnley).
Ben Foster (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Sam Vokes (Burnley) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Steven Defour with a cross.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Chris Brunt.
Attempt missed. Jeff Hendrick (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Offside, Burnley. Jonathan Walters tries a through ball, but Ashley Barnes is caught offside.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Salomón Rondón replaces Sam Field.
Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
Matthew Lowton (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt missed. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Stephen Ward.
Attempt missed. Matthew Lowton (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
Matthew Lowton (Burnley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jay Rodriguez (West Bromwich Albion).
Substitution, Burnley. Ashley Barnes replaces Johann Berg Gudmundsson.
Substitution, Burnley. Jonathan Walters replaces Robbie Brady.
Jack Cork (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jay Rodriguez (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt missed. Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jay Rodriguez with a cross.
Stephen Ward (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion).
Foul by James Tarkowski (Burnley).
Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal! Burnley 0, West Bromwich Albion 1. Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matt Phillips with a headed pass.
Foul by Jack Cork (Burnley).
Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
James Tarkowski (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion).
Foul by Jeff Hendrick (Burnley).
Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Stephen Ward (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Attempt blocked. Robbie Brady (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Jeff Hendrick (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Business fraud accounted for £144bn, the study said, while fraud against individuals was estimated at £9.7bn.
The last estimate - made in 2013 by the now defunct National Fraud Authority - put the cost of fraud at £52bn a year.
Report author Prof Mark Button said that fraud was now on an "industrial scale".
The study was produced by Experian, PKF Littlejohn, and the Centre for Counter-Fraud Studies at the University of Portsmouth.
According to the Annual Fraud Indicator 2016, the biggest loss was due to procurement fraud - estimated at £127bn a year - which included the submission of false invoices and the awarding of contracts in exchange for bribes.
The fraudulent cost to charities was estimated at £2bn per year, while mortgage lending losses were put at £1.3bn a year.
Insurance sector fraud cost £1.3bn a year, tax fraud was estimated at £15.4bn every year, while fraud losses in the NHS were £2.5bn.
The largest fraud carried out against individuals was identity fraud, estimated at £5.4bn a year from about 3.25 million victims.
However, the report said the true scale of fraud in the UK may still not be known.
"Despite a broadly conservative and prudent approach being adopted in this report, it is likely annual fraud estimates are being under-evaluated," the report said.
It added: "Fraudsters are fast, inventive, adaptable and willing to quickly exploit new opportunities.
"The speed and shape of global innovation, along with the growth of the Internet of Things, make on-going investment in the development of improved fraud detection systems ever more important."
City of London Police Commissioner Ian Dyson said the findings illustrated "the cost of fraud to business, individuals and the public sector is vast and continues to rise".
"What the report can't illustrate is the human cost of fraud which ruins lives and blights every community in the UK," he added. | The annual cost of fraud in the UK has been estimated at £193bn - equal to nearly £3,000 per head of population - according to a new report. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36379546"} | 432 | 37 | 0.595821 | 1.457391 | -0.000748 | 1.451613 | 12.419355 | 0.741935 |
Wada also described the allegations, which Manning dismissed as "complete garbage", as "very concerning".
Al Jazeera reported that Denver Broncos quarterback Manning was treated with human growth hormone (HGH) during his recovery from neck surgery in 2011.
Its source - Texas-based pharmacist Charlie Sly - has since recanted.
The Al Jazeera documentary linked players from the National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB) with performance-enhancing drugs.
"Al Jazeera's allegations are very concerning, particularly as it relates to the NFL's and MLB's testing programmes," David Howman, director-general of Wada, said in a statement.
"While the NFL and the MLB are not signatories to the world anti-doping code, in recent years Wada has been working with them and other professional leagues in the United States to try to bring them closer to Wada's programme.
"As it relates to the particular allegations by Al Jazeera, Wada expects that they will be carefully investigated by the relevant authorities and that, if warranted, necessary and appropriate steps would be taken."
The NFL collective bargaining agreement, ratified in 2011, banned HGH but players were not tested for it until 2014. No NFL player has tested positive for HGH.
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Station Approach, Manchester, was painted in 1960 and depicts the scene outside the London and North Western Railway Exchange Station.
It was sold on Tuesday at a sale of modern and post-war British art at Sotheby's auction house.
Sotheby's spokeswoman Frances Christie described it as "a superb example of Lowry at his very best".
She added: "Station Approach, Manchester is one of Lowry's most exciting works to emerge on to the market in recent years.
Source: Sotheby's
"Lowry was a master at portraying the energy and vitality of everyday life and in Station Approach, Manchester he captures the hustle and bustle of the crowds heading home after a hard day's work."
Built in 1884 and closed in 1969, the Victorian front of the station had already been taken down by the time Lowry painted the work.
The station, which lay close to Manchester Cathedral, has since been fully demolished and the station approach is now a car park.
A collection of 13 paintings by LS Lowry sold at auction in March for a total price of more than £15m.
And in November, a painting of a scene in a Caithness town by the artist sold for £890,500. In 2011, The Football Match, painted in 1949 and which depicts hundreds of the artist's signature stick figures, sold for a record £5.6m. | A painting by LS Lowry described as one of his "most exciting works" has been sold for £2.3 million. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "27789632"} | 308 | 26 | 0.589016 | 1.543185 | -0.480097 | 1.869565 | 11.652174 | 0.913043 |
Since early August, its Rosetta probe has been in close proximity to 67P/C-G - a 10-billion-tonne mass of ice and dust some 400 million km from Earth.
Engineers and scientists have spent the weekend debating where on the surface it might be possible to put down a small contact robot.
Esa is expected to announce its primary and reserve choices on Monday.
Whichever site is chosen will be extremely challenging.
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is highly irregular in shape, with a terrain that is marked by deep depressions and towering cliffs.
Even the apparently flat surfaces contain potentially hazardous boulders and fractures.
The plan still is to make the attempt on 11 November.
Rosetta will despatch the piggybacked Philae robot from a distance of about 10km to 67P.
The spider-like device will hope to engage the surface at "walking pace", deploying screws and harpoons in an effort to lock itself down.
It will be a one-shot opportunity. The event will take place so far from Earth that real-time radio control will be impossible.
Instead, the process will have to be fully automated with commands uploaded several days in advance.
To successfully soft-land on a comet would be a first in the history of space exploration.
But Esa cautions that this high-risk venture should be seen as an "exciting extra" on the Rosetta mission.
The major objective from the outset has really been to catch the comet with the Rosetta probe and to study it from orbit.
This is happening right now. In the past few days, Rosetta manoeuvred to within 30km of 67P - close enough to be gravitationally bound to the "ice mountain".
The spacecraft's array of remote-sensing instruments are currently investigating the comet's properties, endeavouring to find out how the object is constructed and from what materials.
"Everything we've discovered at 67P/C-G so far says that we've chosen a fantastic comet to visit," said Dr Christopher Carr, a principal investigator on the Rosetta Plasma Consortium instruments.
"There's a genuine sense of excitement within the Rosetta community, and we're all looking forward to the year ahead.
"No spacecraft has ever orbited an active comet before, so there's a lot to learn about spacecraft and instrument operations, but we've got a really robust mission carrying some of the best instrumentation possible, and I have to say that the operations teams at the European Space Agency are doing a great job - they are true professionals," the Imperial College London scientist told BBC News.
But, of course, an in-situ analysis of the surface chemistry would be a huge boon to the mission overall, and this is what Philae aims to provide.
It will carry a drill to pull up comet samples into an onboard laboratory.
The long-list of five Rosetta candidate landing sites
Scientists and engineers went into their weekend deliberations in Toulouse, France, with a long-list of five potential landing sites.
In reducing that number to two, they will have assessed the very latest imagery to be downlinked from Rosetta.
And they will continue to study the pictures in the run-up to the final go/no-go decision on the landing site, which is expected in mid-October.
Irrespective of the outcome on 11 November, Rosetta will continue to follow 67P for at least a year.
The probe will get a grandstand view of the comet as it warms on a swing around the Sun.
67P's ices will vaporise, throwing jets of gas and an immense cloud of dust out into space.
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Gemma Leeming, 30, was found dead in a bedroom at an address on Hollinshead Street, Chorley, at about 22:35 BST on Tuesday, police said.
A post-mortem examination revealed she had been strangled.
A 39-year-old man, from Chorley, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody for questioning. | A murder investigation has been launched by police after the death of a woman in Lancashire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40043146"} | 84 | 21 | 0.63946 | 1.103301 | -0.783149 | 0.647059 | 4.058824 | 0.529412 |
Stephen Powell, 47, from Guiseley, pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court to conspiracy to import the class A drug.
Powell was charged after about a tonne of cocaine was found on the Makayabella yacht off the coast of Ireland.
He was told by Judge Peter Collier he faced a "significant custodial sentence" and was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing on 5 December.
The Makayabella was intercepted about 200 miles of the south west coast of Ireland on 23 September following a covert surveillance operation to track it from Venezuela.
Intelligence sources said it was understood the drugs were heading for the north Wales coast.
Investigators also seized a second vessel, the motorboat Sea Breeze, at Pwllheli in Gwynedd, on 26 September.
Three other men have been charged in connection with the plot following an international operation involving the Irish Naval Service and the National Crime Agency.
Powell's father John Powell, 70, of Silsden, West Yorkshire, Benjamin Mellor, 35, of Bradford, West Yorkshire, and Thomas Britteon, 28, of Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, have been charged with possessing cocaine with intent to import after they were detained on board the yacht.
They have appeared at Cork District Court in Ireland.
A 43-year-old man and a 29-year-old man, both from Leeds, have also been arrested in connection with the investigation. | A man has admitted plotting to smuggle cocaine with an estimated street value of £100m into the UK. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29598098"} | 320 | 26 | 0.486885 | 1.130848 | -0.326288 | 0.52381 | 12.761905 | 0.428571 |
That's according to veteran environmental campaigner Jonathon Porritt anyway.
And you thought smart meters were just about saving a few quid on your gas and electricity bills? Think again.
These gadgets being rolled out in many developed nations around the world will not only save people money, they'll promote more competition, more innovation, and change the way the global energy industry works, proponents argue.
So here's all you need to know about the huge project to introduce digital meters into British homes.
The UK government has told energy suppliers that they must offer to replace the old analogue gas and electricity meters in homes and small businesses with digital meters instead.
The aim is to install 53 million of them by 2020 - a target Lord Bourne, the minister responsible for the smart meter roll-out programme, recently admitted was "an ambitious and challenging aim". It has also had plenty of critics.
No, the scheme is voluntary - perhaps explaining why just 1.7 million have been installed so far. It's being paid for by the energy industry to the tune of £11bn.
The first thing to say about smart meters is that they're not all that smart - all they do is measure our gas and electricity consumption.
But they do it digitally, which means we can see exactly how much energy we're using - and how much it's costing us - in real time via a wirelessly connected in-home display. That data is also sent wirelessly to the energy company.
For one thing, it means no more estimated bills because your energy supplier will know precisely how much energy you've consumed at any point.
It also means an end to people having to come into your home to take meter readings, or you having to send readings to your supplier.
With annual dual fuel energy bills running at £1,300 on average, cost savings would be welcomed by most of us.
But this won't happen simply by having smart meters installed.
It's how we respond to the data - seeing the effect in pounds and pence of boiling a full kettle when we only want to make a single cup of tea, say. Or noticing the difference it makes when we switch off the TV and set-top boxes at night rather than leaving them on stand-by.
"We're all going to be much more in control of our energy usage than we are now," says Ann Robinson, director of consumer policy for U-Switch, the price comparison website.
"We'll have so much more data about how we use energy and how we can reduce the costs. We'll be able to pay less, use less and waste less."
But the government estimates smart meters could save us £17bn on our energy bills over the next 15 years.
Smart meters will increase competition by making it easier for new suppliers to enter the market, says Sacha Deshmukh, chief executive of Smart Energy GB, the body responsible for publicising smart meter roll-out.
Not so long ago there were just six energy suppliers in the UK - now there are 31, and many more could enter the market.
"The reason companies like Amazon, Tesco, Virgin, or Google haven't entered this retail energy market yet is because it hasn't been digitised," he tells the BBC. He also envisages media companies like Sky and BT potentially including energy as part of their bundles of services.
And more accurate, up-to-date data will enable households and businesses to switch supplier far more quickly. Energy regulator Ofgem is aiming for energy supplier switching within 24 hours.
Not yet. The in-home display will merely show the total energy usage, so you'll see the display and cost fluctuate as you switch things on and off.
To reach that more sophisticated level of analysis we'll need smart appliances that can talk to the in-home display via another piece of kit called a consumer access device, explains Howard Porter, chief executive of Beama, the trade association for the UK electrical infrastructure industry.
"Smart meter roll-out is a catalyst for change... it's stage one in the move towards connected homes and buildings linked in to smart grids," he says.
You own your energy usage data - that's a basic principle of this whole programme, says Smart Energy GB. It will be transferred to the energy suppliers over a dedicated secure network being built by a new consortium called the Smart Data Communications Company (Smart DCC), comprising O2/Telefonica and Arqiva. This network is due to go live in August 2016.
"If consumers want it they may choose to share their energy data with third parties to help manage their energy consumption," says Smart DCC's managing director, Jonathan Simcock.
You might want to allow price comparison websites or energy management companies to shop around for the best energy deals on your behalf and switch suppliers for you, for example.
Or you may want advice on how to improve your energy efficiency, by upgrading appliances, switching to LED lighting, or using the dishwasher and washing machine at times when electricity is cheaper. Such companies could effectively manage your energy usage for you.
For business processes that don't have to be done immediately, it makes sense to do them when energy is cheapest or at its most plentiful.
For example, a big food retailer running energy-hungry chiller and freezer cabinets can run them at a colder temperature at night when electricity is cheaper, then use them less intensively during the day when electricity is more expensive, knowing that there is enough stored coldness in the equipment to keep it running properly.
"We can achieve energy savings of 15% to 25% for our customers," says Sara Bell, chief executive of Tempus Energy, a new energy supplier offering this type of service.
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The adaptation of Julian Barnes' Booker Prize winner will also star Emily Mortimer and Harriet Walter.
It sees Broadbent take the leading role as Tony Webster, a retired divorcee who sets out to retrieve a bequeathed diary from an old girlfriend.
It is the first film adaptation from acclaimed playwright Nick Payne.
Barnes' 11th novel explores childhood friendship and the imperfections of memory. Booker judges described the novel as "exquisitely written, subtly plotted and reveals new depths with each reading".
"We thought it was a book that spoke to the humankind in the 21st Century," said Dame Stella Rimington, chairwoman of the 2011 judges, when it won the Booker prize.
'Remarkable book'
Filming of the adaptation, which begins this month, will take place over seven weeks on location in London and Bristol, under the direction of Ritesh Batra.
"We are really excited about making this film, based on Julian Barnes' remarkable book," said producer David Thompson.
"Ritesh is a major directing talent, as shown by his wonderful film The Lunchbox that had such sensitivity and emotional punch.
"We're thrilled also to be working with Nick Payne on his first feature film script - he has a startlingly original voice."
Earlier this year, Rampling won the best actress award for her role opposite Sir Tom Courtenay in 45 Years at the Berlin Film Festival.
Joe Alwyn, who plays the eponymous star in Ang Lee's upcoming Iraq War drama Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, is also among the cast. | Charlotte Rampling and Downton Abbey's Michelle Dockery will co-star with Jim Broadbent in a big screen version of the 2011 novel The Sense of an Ending. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33819637"} | 365 | 42 | 0.512618 | 1.398023 | 0.020297 | 0.8 | 10.033333 | 0.6 |
Michael Freshwater, 49, was found stabbed to death at a property in Westridge Road on 29 April.
A 28-year-old man is being held on suspicion of assisting an offender, conspiracy to supply class A drugs and money laundering.
At least 13 people have so far been arrested as part of the investigation.
A 25-year-old man from Southampton has become the latest to face charges.
He is being held on remand, accused of conspiracy to supply class A drugs, and is due before Southampton Crown Court on 5 August.
Last month, Mr Freshwater's partner, Jenny Downey, made an emotional appeal for help in tracking down his killers.
Hampshire Constabulary said it is believed there was a dispute at the property before Mr Freshwater's body was discovered. | A further arrest has been made as part of an investigation into a fatal stabbing in Southampton. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36735804"} | 172 | 21 | 0.639729 | 1.371965 | -0.513213 | 1.055556 | 8.666667 | 0.722222 |
The Puma running shoes, signed by the Olympic champion sprinter, had been bought at an auction raising money for a sport charity.
They were in a frame with a certificate of authenticity and a photo of Bolt, both of which were also taken after thieves broke into the BMW in Watling Street, St Albans on 21 December.
Police have appealed for witnesses.
The owner of the shoes had paid "a significant amount of money" for the shoes, Hertfordshire Police said.
Thieves broke into the car between midnight and 10:00 GMT, smashing the frame which held the trainers, and making off with all the items.
Jamaican-born Bolt won three gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a further three golds in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. | Thieves have stolen a pair of Usain Bolt's trainers after breaking into a car in Hertfordshire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35261948"} | 184 | 32 | 0.716578 | 1.573608 | -0.802324 | 0.722222 | 8.833333 | 0.722222 |
The pop star wrote on Instagram her gig on Friday at the city's Allianz Stadium "would not be going ahead as planned... due to the tragic events".
The Nice Jazz Festival, due to start on Saturday, has also been cancelled.
Many figures from the entertainment world have expressed shock at the news, with Simon Cowell among those sending "thoughts and prayers to all affected".
Rihanna, currently in Europe with her Anti tour, was in Nice at the time of the attack but was said to be "safe" by her representative.
The makers of the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey - which had been filming on location in the south of France - also said everyone working on the film had been accounted for and was "safe and sound".
Producer Dana Brunetti circulated the statement on Facebook, saying it was "another sad day for France and the world".
Boy George tweeted his "heart breaks for France", while Cyndi Lauper said she was "so sad for the people of Nice".
Comedian Amy Schumer, actress Mia Farrow and TV personality Kim Kardashian West are among others to express their sympathies.
At least 84 people were killed when a lorry ploughed through a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice on Thursday evening.
The driver drove 2km down the city's Promenade des Anglais at about 23:00 local time, before being shot dead by police.
Youssou N'Dour, Melody Gardot and Britain's Laura Mvula were among those who had been scheduled to appear at Nice's Jazz Festival.
The event was to have run from Saturday to Wednesday but has now been cancelled, as have some of the city's other Bastille celebrations this weekend.
Festival organisers told the BBC all tickets would be refunded and thanked ticket holders "for their understanding".
US singer George Clinton, who had been due to perform at the festival on Sunday, sent his "sincere condolences and prayers to the families of the victims".
London-based rapper Tiggs Da Author, who was also scheduled to appear on Sunday, is another performer to have sent "thoughts and prayers" via Twitter.
Thursday's events have cast doubt on whether Bastille Day, an action thriller starring Britain's Idris Elba, will continue to be shown in French cinemas.
A spokesperson for distributor StudioCanal told the BBC it would let cinemas decide whether to show the film and would support them if they chose to withdraw it.
The UK release of the film - which features a bomb blast in central Paris - was put back two months to 22 April following the terror attacks that took place in the city in November last year.
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The experts said many thousands of patients had received treatment that may have done no good at all.
They are calling for comprehensive trials during the next pandemic, with some patients receiving the drug and others being given routine care.
The report was put together by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Together with the Wellcome Trust the team reviewed all recent evidence on Tamiflu.
Their new analysis suggests the antiviral pills are helpful in certain, limited circumstances - for example for people unwell in hospital with seasonal flu.
But when it comes to pandemic flu, researchers say there needs to be much more work to find out if the drugs will provide a good defence.
They are urging hospitals and members of the public to be ready to take part in clinical trials when the next large flu outbreak emerges.
Prof Chris Butler, who was involved in the review, told the BBC: "Last time we gave people Tamiflu rather indiscriminately.
"We really missed a trick... by not doing clinical trials early on and just making assumptions.
"Here we are having treated many thousands of patients still not knowing whether it was a good thing or not."
But experts say the approvals and infrastructure for these trials need to be put in place now, in "peace time", so they are ready to start when the next pandemic strikes.
Dr Butler added: "What we would like to happen next time is you would contact your GP practice and they would explain there is a trial going on.
"And you could then be randomised - that is allocated by chance - to get lots of fluids and paracetamol for example or that plus Tamiflu or another antiviral."
Prof Wendy Barclay, from Imperial College London, said the report was helpful in pulling together current knowledge about the drugs but warned there must be a cautious approach to trials so people are not denied treatment.
She said: "It will be important... to be clear about how such trials will be conducted, for example, how does one allocate a placebo (dummy pill) group in this situation?
"Whilst new styles of clinical trials are being designed to address these concerns, it is important that patients at high risk are not denied this licensed drug."
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Fe gafodd e ddamwain arall ym mis Mai yn Giro d'Italia a gorfod rhoi gorau i'r ras.
Bydd ei absenoldeb yn ergyd i Froome sy'n ceisio ennill ei drydedd fuddugoliaeth o'r bron yn y Tour a'i bedwerydd teitl.
Ddydd Sul yn Velothon Cymru yng Nghaerdydd a'r cyffiniau roedd 'na anogaeth i seiclwyr wisgo lliw melyn i gydnabod camp anhygoel Geraint Thomas i fod y Cymro cyntaf i wisgo'r crys melyn. | Mae'r Cymro cyntaf i wisgo'r crys melyn yn y Tour de France wedi cael ei orfodi i adael y ras wedi iddo gael damwain yng nghymal naw. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40550018"} | 694 | 92 | 0.698354 | 1.760802 | 0.30476 | 2.035714 | 7.964286 | 0.678571 |
The prints are most likely to have belonged to craftsmen handling it before the varnish dried, according to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
The discovery was made public ahead of a new exhibition on how Egyptian coffin design changed over 4,000 years.
The prints were "one of many small details that bring us closer to the ancient craftsmen," a spokeswoman said.
Julie Dawson, head of conservation at the museum, said the prints were first identified in 2005 by researchers at the Fitzwilliam but had "not been widely publicised" before now.
They were discovered on an inner coffin lid belonging to the priest Nespawershefyt, dating from about 1,000 BC.
Organisers of "Death on the Nile" said it was the first time a major exhibition has "put the focus" on ancient Egypt's artisans. | Three-thousand-year-old fingerprints have been found on the lid of an Egyptian coffin by researchers. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35606137"} | 183 | 26 | 0.542474 | 1.225536 | -0.348128 | 0.857143 | 7.428571 | 0.571429 |
The British number three lost 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3 to Czech Vesely at Roland Garros on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old then clarified earlier comments suggesting he might switch allegiance back to Slovenia.
"I really want to play for Great Britain and I'm still hoping," he said.
"I haven't really thought anything outside of that."
Bedene became a British citizen in 2015 but has been unable to overturn a ban preventing him from representing Great Britain in the Davis Cup.
After his first-round win on Monday, he said he hopes to play at the Olympics and to do so players must be available for the Davis Cup.
"I read a few interviews, and I don't actually remember what I was saying because I get nervous," he added.
"But until it looks like it's done, it's not done yet for me."
Great Britain Davis Cup captain Leon Smith said: "As a player of course you want to the play at the Olympics - that's why we want to help and get him available for selection as those players already in the team are."
Bedene's French Open campaign ended with defeat by Vesely over two hours and 52 minutes.
The world number 52 started sloppily and, while he was able to win the third set, he had no answer to the tall Czech.
The pair played out a 13-minute final game, but Vesely went through when Bedene hooked a cross-court shot narrowly wide.
World number one Andy Murray and Kyle Edmund are now the only Britons left in the tournament.
"I fought really well and I'm proud of that but disappointed to lose, especially after I thought I was better in the fourth set," said Bedene.
"I have to learn from it, especially when those first two sets weren't great.
"Then I played well and started to show myself that if I can play my game. I can beat those guys." | Aljaz Bedene was knocked out of the French Open in the second round by Jiri Vesely - but then said he "will fight" to represent Britain over his native Slovenia. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40113307"} | 437 | 47 | 0.532091 | 1.352595 | 0.085554 | 1 | 12.242424 | 0.757576 |
Two soldiers will ride each bus in the capital, Tegucigalpa, and the second city, San Pedro Sula.
President Porfirio Lobo said the move would free police officers for street patrols in crime-ridden neighbourhoods.
Public buses in Honduras are frequently attacked by gangs who rob passengers and extort money from drivers.
The Honduran government began deploying troops on the streets last year in response to a public outcry over violent crime and the failure of the police to ensure security.
Honduras has the world's highest murder rate, according to the UN, with much of the killing linked to drug-trafficking.
In an address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, President Lobo again blamed the international drug trade for the violence afflicting his country.
"Our misfortune is to be in between the north and south," Mr Lobo said, referring to Honduras's role as a transit point for South American cocaine being smuggled to the US. | The government of Honduras has begun deploying soldiers to protect public buses as part of a campaign to reduce soaring levels of violent crime. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "19768043"} | 229 | 33 | 0.646447 | 1.457732 | 0.242811 | 0.96 | 7.28 | 0.72 |
The company behind Crossrail and the transformation of the former Olympic Stadium into West Ham's ground made an £8m profit, after a £199m loss in 2015.
Balfour said it had allowed its business to become too complex after a series of takeovers.
Chief executive Leo Quinn said the company's leadership, processes and controls had been upgraded.
"The transformation of Balfour Beatty is well under way," he said.
The company said that, by 2014, it had become overly complex following more than a decade of acquisition-led growth.
It added there had been an overall lack of leadership and strategic direction, and that its businesses had a tendency to compete with each other. However, Balfour says its business has now been simplified.
The company is involved in some of the country's highest profile building projects.
As well as Crossrail, which will link west and east London, it is upgrading motorways and working on the Thames Tideway Tunnel.
In the next few years it plans to be part of the country's three biggest infrastructure projects: High Speed 2 (HS2), the new nuclear power stations at Hinkley Point C and Wylfa, and the third runway at Heathrow airport.
Analysts have been encouraged by the company's progress.
"The self-help phase of the turnaround plan has restored the group to reasonable foundations, with the all-important construction division back in profit in the second half," said Nicholas Hyett, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
"The strategy now calls for the group to rebuild margins towards something close to industry standard - at around 2% it's not an overly ambitious target on the face of it, but something Balfour have failed to achieve for some time," he said.
Balfour said it was upbeat about prospects as the "trading environment in the group's core UK and US markets remains positive".
"In the UK, government policy is helping to drive a strong pipeline of major infrastructure projects in transport and energy.
"In the US, the new administration has made infrastructure one of its key priorities." | UK engineering giant Balfour Beatty has returned to profit after two years of losses. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39289206"} | 451 | 18 | 0.439803 | 1.09945 | -0.396963 | 0.8 | 27.466667 | 0.666667 |
Anthony Steele was hurt when the dog's tether got tangled in his wheel in Heysham, Lancashire, in August 2012.
He suffered fractures to his skull, shoulder and ribs and a permanent loss of hearing in one ear.
The 59-year-old said he made the insurance claim "so people are aware of the dangers of retractable dog leads".
Mr Steele was training on Heysham promenade for the Coast to Coast cycling event with around 10 other riders when he saw "a small white dog dart across my path".
"I had no idea of the severity of my injuries suffered until I had come round in hospital."
He said he had not cycled since his fall and now suffers from "permanent hearing loss, dizziness, headaches, balancing issues and pain in my right shoulder".
He added that he could not "quite believe all of this has been caused by someone who could not control their dog".
The compensation, which was awarded to help with his rehabilitation, was agreed in an out-of-court settlement ahead of a hearing in Manchester. | A cyclist who suffered life-changing injuries when an "out-of-control" dog's lead caught in his spokes has received £65,000 in compensation. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34945382"} | 245 | 35 | 0.642964 | 1.481688 | 0.160979 | 1.225806 | 6.967742 | 0.709677 |
Chris Turner died in April aged 64, after being diagnosed with a form of dementia in 2006.
He spent nine years as a player with Posh before winning back-to-back promotions as manager in the early 1990s.
Sculptor Sean Hedges-Quinn has been commissioned and fans have so far raised £15,000 of the £75,000 cost.
One fan, Adi Moles who is involved in the fundraising campaign, said: "We want to have a large plinth, all lit up and covered in granite and very tall, because Chris Turner was a very tall man, standing at London Road.
"He'll have his arms up and we're transfixing the face he had when we won at Wembley, absolutely laughing his head off and having the time of his life."
Phil Adlam, Peterborough United press officer, said the club was "very much behind" the plan and it was a "perfect, fitting tribute" to Turner.
They will donate the 5p plastic bag charge from all sales at their shop towards the costs of the statue.
The fans are launching the fundraising campaign at two events later and on Friday.
Mr Moles does not yet have a date for the statue's provisional completion and unveiling saying he expected fundraising to be "a marathon not a sprint". | Peterborough United fans are hoping to raise enough money to memorialise their former manager with a statue. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34868143"} | 283 | 23 | 0.594586 | 1.481387 | -0.242703 | 1.111111 | 14.166667 | 0.666667 |
It is believed the man, a foreign national, was crushed by a road roller while laying a new road surface on Bog Road outside Forkhill on Wednesday afternoon.
Police and the Health and Safety Executive are investigating.
The road is understood to be regularly used by children walking to and from a local school.
The school was informed and alternative arrangements put in place on Wednesday. | A road worker has died following an accident in County Armagh. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40108334"} | 80 | 14 | 0.559885 | 1.073976 | -1.292531 | 0.5 | 6.25 | 0.333333 |
"For many, the post-earthquake reconstruction has not begun as long as the National Palace has not been rebuilt," he said.
The new complex would be on the same site as the ornate domed building in the capital Port-au-Prince.
More than 250,00 people are estimated to have been killed in the quake.
About 300,000 were injured and more than 1.5 million left homeless after the magnitude 7.0 quake on 12 January 2010.
Speaking on Wednesday at the temporary presidential residence on the grounds of the collapsed palace, President Moise set up a committee of engineers and architects to oversee the project.
He said he wanted construction to begin before the end of 2017.
President Moise, who assumed office in February, also said the facade of the palace should look the same, but the interior would be adapted to the needs of a modern presidency.
The cost of the project is yet to be estimated.
Decades of poverty, environmental degradation, violence, instability and dictatorship have left Haiti as the poorest nation in the Americas. | Haiti's President Jovenel Moise has launched a project to rebuild the presidential palace, destroyed by a devastating earthquake in 2010. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39649680"} | 226 | 31 | 0.676487 | 1.459454 | 0.294488 | 0.869565 | 8.956522 | 0.695652 |
A bitter feud for Brazil's 1987 football championship has finally been laid to rest by judges.
Brazil had competing leagues back then and the Supreme Court has ruled that Sport Recife, and not Flamengo, be deemed the overall champions.
The judges said this was the final whistle on the matter, but the clubs' Twitter responses begged to differ.
Sport Club do Recife said that 1987 was "indisputably ours, again... In court, once more, Sport beat those who ran away."
Flamengo wrote "in the field, on the ball, always Flamengo. Champions of Brazil 1987".
At the time, a dispute led to two leagues running at the same time - a breakaway competition that was won by Flamengo and the traditional Campeonato Brasileiro organised by Brazil's football confederation, which was taken by Sport.
The confederation tried to get the two to play off for the overall title but the Rio-based Flamengo, one of the biggest clubs in the country, refused.
So Sport took the slot in the Copa Libertadores, South America's Champions League.
The panel of five judges gave Sport a 3-1 victory. One of the justices abstained as his son was linked to a Flamengo lawyer.
But the judges were clearly unhappy that the ball had been put in their, erm, court.
Justice Luis Roberto Barroso voted to split the title between the clubs, saying: "There is no place worse than the judicial system to discuss sports." | "Thirty years of hurt" the song goes, and it's just as relevant in Brazil as it was for England back in 1996. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39645414"} | 340 | 32 | 0.311406 | 0.843402 | -1.331907 | 0.666667 | 10.777778 | 0.592593 |
Mae disgwyl i "Yr Egin", sy'n cael ei adeiladu gan Brifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant fod yn barod erbyn gwanwyn 2018.
Dywedodd penaethiaid y Brifysgol wrth aelodau seneddol eu bod yn gobeithio y byddai'r adeilad yn llawn maes o law.
Does yr un cwmni ar wahân i S4C wedi arwyddo cytundeb prydles hyd yma.
Dywedodd Is-ganghellor Prifysgol Y Drindod Dewi Sant, Medwin Hughes, ei fod yn gobeithio y byddai Yr Egin yn cyrraedd capasiti o 60% o fewn y ddau fis nesaf, ond cyfaddefodd byddai angen mwy o gwmnïau.
Dywedodd Mr Hughes wrth y Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig: "Mae £3m o'r arian rent sydd wedi'i dalu rhag blaen gan S4C yn helpu gyda llif arian am 2 i 3 blynedd, ond bydd angen iddo fod yn 60% llawn er mwyn i'r cynllun dalu ffordd."
Fel rhan o'r cytundeb gyda'r Brifysgol, bydd S4C hefyd yn talu £60,000 mewn taliadau gwasanaeth blynyddol.
Dywedodd AS Ceidwadol Brycheiniog a Maesyfed, Chris Davies, wrth y pwyllgor bod "arogl o gwmpas" y prosiect a "niwl" yn amgylchynnu y berthynas rhwng y Brifysgol ag S4C, ond gwadu hynny wnaeth Mr Hughes gan ddweud: "Mae hi wedi bod yn neges glir a chyson rhwng S4C a'r Brifysgol.
"Fel gydag unrhyw gytundeb mawr ceir cytundebau cyfrinachedd. Ar y cyfan, mae'r cysylltiad rhwng S4C a'r Brifysgol wedi cael ei gyflwyno mewn modd priodol."
Yn gynharach ym mis Mawrth fe gafodd yr Egin £3m o gyllid gan Llywodraeth Cymru ar ôl i'r Brifysgol sylweddoli na fyddai'r cyllid Ewropeaidd oedd ar gael iddynt yn ddigonol. | Does dim cwmnïau eraill wedi ymrwymo i symud i'r adeilad a fydd yn gartref newydd i S4C. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39255909"} | 947 | 63 | 0.571806 | 1.494842 | 0.124286 | 0.470588 | 17.882353 | 0.470588 |
The girls, 13 and 15, were trapped at the the base of the cliffs at Warden Bay, Isle of Sheppey, on Saturday.
The RNLI was called after Kent Fire and Rescue Service could not reach the pair.
They were eventually released and taken to an ambulance where they were assessed to be "frightened but unharmed". | Two teenage girls who were trapped in mud at the base of cliffs in Kent have been rescued. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30468862"} | 74 | 24 | 0.742184 | 1.311278 | -0.151135 | 0.842105 | 3.473684 | 0.526316 |
The newspaper has been widely boycotted in the city following a campaign by the Total Eclipse of The S*n group.
Its journalists will no longer be allowed on site to cover matches and press conferences.
The Sun said the move was "bad for fans and bad for football". The club declined to comment.
The Total Eclipse of The S*n group tweeted: "Further to conversations with LFC directors we are happy to inform you that Sun journalists [will] no longer enjoy access to club premises."
A spokesman for the paper said it "deeply regrets" its reporting and understands the damage caused was still felt by many in the city.
"The Sun and Liverpool FC have had a solid working relationship for the 28 years since the Hillsborough tragedy.
"Whilst we can't undo the damage done, we would like to further a dialogue with the city and to show that the paper has respect for the people of Liverpool.
"Banning journalists from a club is bad for fans and bad for football." | Liverpool FC has banned The Sun journalists from its grounds over the newspaper's coverage of the Hillsborough disaster. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38933817"} | 218 | 23 | 0.710644 | 1.38349 | 0.358913 | 1.2 | 10.05 | 0.7 |
Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has told the BBC a private company will fund the six-year-old's education until he leaves school.
Donors will also provide the boy and his mother with a new home, he said.
Parents at the old school kept their children at home amid false rumours that the boy was infected.
As of last year, 3,200 adults and 100 children were living with HIV/Aids in Sri Lanka, a country of 21.2 million, according to government data. | The Sri Lankan government says it has found a new place for a boy who was excluded from school after other families shunned him over HIV rumours. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35741241"} | 119 | 39 | 0.703459 | 1.451039 | 0.081736 | 0.535714 | 3.464286 | 0.464286 |
Rohan Beyts is accusing the company of breaching data protection law by filming her without her permission or notice.
She claims she was filmed by male employees as she urinated in sand dunes while out walking at the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire a year ago.
Trump International has denied the claims.
The company was run by Donald Trump before he became the US president.
Ms Beyts told the court in Edinburgh that she had gone walking with a friend in April last year and had to pass through the Trump International Golf Club to get access to the beach.
The 62-year-old said that while on the beach she had gone into the dunes after realising that, due to a medical condition, she needed the toilet urgently.
She said she had taken notice of Mountaineering Scotland's guidelines for what to do if you need to urinate outside, and that she would have been horrified if anyone had seen her.
Ms Beyts, from Montrose in Angus, told the court: "I needed to go as a matter of urgency. I was crouching down in the dune area. I was covered by Marram grass once I crouched down.
"There was no golfers visible."
The retired social worker also said the civil action was about a "mixture of things."
She added: "Don't be intimidated. Please exercise your right to roam. And it's about not being bullied. I feel being filmed secretly is a bullying act."
Three days after the incident, police officers arrived at her house to charge her with urinating in a public place that could cause annoyance.
After speaking to police on a further occasion, she was told three men had mobile phone footage of her urinating.
The court also heard from the golf course irrigation technician who said he had taken a photograph with his mobile phone of Ms Beyts urinating.
But Edward Irvine, 23, said he had not filmed Ms Beyts.
He added: "I took her picture for evidence that she was urinating in a public place. I believed that it was a criminal offence to do that."
Mr Irvine then gave a statement about what he had witnessed to a police officer.
The green keeper also told the court that he had seen golfers urinating on the course. He said those golfers went into bushes before going to the toilet.
He said Ms Beyts did not do this and he was able to photograph her.
Ms Beyts was reported to the procurator fiscal, but no action was taken against her. She in turn launched a claim for damages against Trump International.
The hearing continues. | A privacy case against Trump International Golf Clubs Scotland is under way at a small claims court. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39478417"} | 606 | 21 | 0.373871 | 1.039089 | -0.2287 | 1 | 28.444444 | 0.666667 |
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Phillips was involved in a crash before a collision with another rider pushed him off the track in the first of a three-race heat at the Rio Games.
The 2013 world champion, 27, was competing at his second Olympics.
British Cycling tweeted: "Sad to confirm that Liam Phillips has been forced to withdraw from #CyclingBMX at #Rio2016 after that crash."
Fellow Briton Kyle Evans, 22, also went out at the quarter-final stage after finishing fifth and seventh twice in his three races.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Great Britain's Liam Phillips has had to withdraw from the quarter-finals of the Olympic BMX after a heavy fall. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37125248"} | 147 | 31 | 0.519484 | 1.219419 | -0.09212 | 1.391304 | 5.782609 | 0.608696 |
The Irish back was withdrawn from last week's match against Hurricanes after complaining of headaches.
He has stayed in Wellington for further tests while the Lions squad has moved to Queenstown before Saturday's third and final Test against the All Blacks.
Fellow Lion Robbie Henshaw faces a 16-week lay-off with a shoulder injury and could miss Ireland's autumn series.
Lions medical chief Dr Eanna Falvey said there is no clear return date for Payne, despite the 31-year-old progressing through a raft of tests.
"He's actually suffering from migraine," Dr Falvey said.
"He had a bang in the Chiefs game (on 20 June), but he was fully cleared from concussion.
"But he's been struggling with migraines and that's an independent process since then."
Payne missed the Lions' 31-31 draw against Hurricanes draw, and was then not involved in Saturday's 24-21 victory in the second Test.
It was the tourists' first win over the All Blacks since 1993 and set up Saturday's decider at Auckland's Eden Park.
"Jared's slightly more difficult," Dr Falvey said of the Ulster player's recovery situation.
"Thankfully all his tests have been good. He's suffering from migraine symptoms at the moment.
"The specialist is quite happy with him. He'll have a couple more minor tests, and that will give us more idea. But while he still has a headache, he won't be training."
Ireland and Leinster centre Robbie Henshaw could face a four-month lay-off after tearing his pectoral muscle off the bone.
"The muscle needs to be reattached, and that's usually about a 16-week recovery," Dr Falvey said.
"He may do slightly better, but that's probably what we're looking at." | Jared Payne will have further tests on the migraines that ended his British and Irish Lions' tour of New Zealand. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40492149"} | 426 | 27 | 0.604412 | 1.572455 | -0.063361 | 0.954545 | 16.681818 | 0.772727 |
The Austin race is in doubt because of a 20% cut in Texas state funding.
Meanwhile, FIA president Jean Todt and commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone have been given a mandate to make changes on "pressing issues".
The FIA has also allowed in-season engine development and increased tyre choices for next season.
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The longest season in the history of F1 starts in Australia on 20 March and features a new race in the Azerbaijan capital Baku on 19 June.
The Mexican Grand Prix has been moved forward seven days to 30 October, a week after Austin.
Among other changes from this year, the Russian Grand Prix moves from October to 1 May, with Malaysia moving from its previous slot after Australia to 2 October.
The British Grand Prix is on 10 July.
The FIA World Council has taken the unusual step of giving Todt and Ecclestone the right to "make recommendations and decisions regarding a number of pressing issues in F1 such as governance, power units and cost reduction".
This move follows the rejection of a plan by the pair to introduce a low-cost 'alternative engine', after opposition from Mercedes and Ferrari.
F1's two bosses are locked in a fight with the major teams over power and control of the sport, with engines the main battle ground.
Ecclestone wants to re-establish his authority, while Todt's main aim so far has been to persuade the engine manufacturers to lower the cost of the power-units they supply to customers.
A statement by the FIA said Todt and Ecclestone had "expressed their intention to establish conclusions on these matters by 31 January 2016".
That is two weeks after the engine manufacturers have agreed to present a proposal on engines, including ways to reduce costs, increase availability and simplify their design.
Major steps have been made by the FIA to free up engine development in an attempt to allow rival companies to catch up with the dominant Mercedes team.
All manufacturers will have 32 development 'tokens' available next season, ascribed to parts of the engine depending on their influence on performance. That is an increase from the previous number of 25 for next year.
The amount of tokens available in succeeding years has also been increased, to 25 in 2017, 20 in 2018 and 15 in 2019.
The rules governing potential new entrants have also changed.
Honda had to fight to be allowed only nine tokens in its first season this year and was scheduled to then move into step with the restrictions on its three rivals, Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault, all of whom have had one more year's racing with their engines.
But now any new manufacturer will be allowed 15 tokens in its first season, and then 32, 25 and so on in succeeding years.
In another change to the engine rules, manufacturers will now be allowed to supply more than one specification of engines to customers.
The FIA has agreed to allow Ferrari make a supply of 2015 engines to a team which it did not specify, but which is known to be the Red Bull junior team Toro Rosso.
Teams will be allowed to choose from three tyre types at each race next year, compared to the current two.
This is an attempt to introduce more strategic variety and uncertainty into the races.
Teams will still have to use at least two different types in each race, unless there is wet weather. | The 2016 United States Grand Prix has been listed as provisional on a record 21-race calendar confirmed by Formula 1's governing body the FIA. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34990290"} | 735 | 35 | 0.337402 | 0.871917 | -0.312456 | 1.142857 | 24 | 0.642857 |
Viewers in the US had to make do with not-so-live coverage of Rio's Olympic opening ceremony, and many were not happy about it.
The country's Olympic broadcaster, NBC, decided to show the ceremony at prime time in all time zones - meaning that audiences on the east coast saw it with an hour's delay, while those on the west coast had to wait for four hours after the ceremony had started before coverage began.
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NBC responded to online criticism by saying that its team needed time to edit the ceremony and put it into context for viewers in the US.
In a statement, a spokesperson said: "It's not a sports competition.
"It's a cultural ceremony that requires deep levels of understanding, with numerous camera angles and our commentary laid over it.
"We think it's important to give it the proper context. And primetime is still when the most people are available to watch."
But for many, the non-live coverage sat uncomfortably with the fact that they could follow news and updates in real time online. Some took steps to stream the coverage from overseas broadcasters.
The New York Times has hinted that perhaps the decision to delay the coverage was commercial, as more viewers joined for its "nakedly promotional introductory half hour".
The newspaper said: "NBC featured the American athletes it is counting on for story lines, like the swimmer Michael Phelps and the sprinter Allyson Felix; and an intrusive, embarrassing promo touted NBC's most prominent announcers.
"The nadir of the evening was a five-minute segment, positioned just before the start of the opening ceremony, that was ostensibly about Olympic golf but was really a plug for the NBCUniversal-owned Golf Channel."
In another indication of commercial concerns, the network's executives reportedly lobbied the International Olympic Committee unsuccessfully to have the athletes parade in English language alphabetical order rather than Portuguese.
According to a report by Bloomberg, the reason for this was that "United States" comes right towards the end giving stateside television audiences an incentive to watch to the end.
"Estados Unidos", on the other hand, comes midway through the parade and provides the audience with an easy point to tune out and turn in for the evening.
On Twitter, many people complained about the frequent ad breaks.
But some people thought that despite the extra time for preparation, the NBC hosts got the tone wrong.
Writing in Vox, culture editor Todd Van Der Werff said the hosts contributed "inane chatter", including joking about how Djibouti (a country in east Africa) sounds like "yer booty".
Mr Van Der Werff blamed an "entertainment-first approach" to the Olympics.
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Police confirmed the discovery following a search by emergency services which had been called to reports that one person was trapped in the vehicle.
The incident happened on Lapwing Road, next to the Braehead shopping centre in Renfrew, at about 13:20.
The car was later lifted out of the water by a recovery vehicle.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Inquiries are continuing to establish the exact circumstances of how the vehicle came to enter the River Clyde, with crash scene examiners conducting an investigation at the location."
A post-mortem examination will take place to establish the exact cause of death.
A hole could be seen in a safety fence where the vehicle crashed through and into the river.
The site is close to a large housing block, and a crowd gathered at the police cordon.
Witnesses said the car was seen driving "at speed" and clipping another two cars before breaching the metal fence and entering the water.
One resident who asked not to be named said: "I heard a loud noise and minutes later there were police everywhere then the helicopter arrived.
"I heard that it was a woman driving alone." | The body of a woman has been recovered from a car which plunged into the River Clyde. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36859103"} | 247 | 24 | 0.617114 | 1.337096 | -1.292073 | 1.166667 | 12.555556 | 0.722222 |
4 July 2015 Last updated at 00:09 BST
Steve Wilcox, who ran a crowd-funding campaign to recreate the rubbery keys, told the BBC his team had received what was likely to be the final product.
He said the project had been delayed after the team decided to support Android tablets as well as Apple's iOS devices.
The new keyboard can be connected to a tablet computer with Bluetooth and used to control retro gaming apps.
A majority of the computing is done by the tablet, not the keyboard.
Mr Wilcox said the company had the necessary licence to use the ZX Spectrum name and the software it was offering in the keyboard's companion app.
He said he hoped the finished keyboards would be delivered within six weeks and sent to those who had backed the project.
The initial production run of 5,000 units has already sold out. | Fans of the ZX Spectrum's spongy keyboard are one step closer to typing on it again. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33379468"} | 182 | 24 | 0.527468 | 1.212131 | -0.307305 | 0.722222 | 9.333333 | 0.5 |
The proposals to overhaul education provision in Jedburgh emerged earlier this year.
They would see Parkside and Howdenburn primaries and Jedburgh Grammar shut and replaced by a new campus for children aged two to 18 at Hartrigge Park.
The latest consultation event is being held in the Grammar School's assembly hall from noon until 19:00.
Scottish Borders Council has said the campus would have state-of-the-art classrooms and learning spaces, the very best IT infrastructure and first-class leisure and dining provision, as well as the very best sporting and PE facilities.
The project could be approved later this year with the new Jedburgh campus operational by 2020. | Plans to merge two primaries and a secondary in a Borders town are set to receive further scrutiny. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40403635"} | 144 | 24 | 0.552794 | 1.313396 | -0.448968 | 0.631579 | 6.631579 | 0.526316 |
Former Colchester loanee Pyke, 19, scored twice for Vale in a pre-season friendly win over non-league neighbours Kidsgrove on Saturday.
Pyke failed to score in 12 outings for Colchester last season after joining the Essex club on loan during the January transfer window.
Vale have signed two other strikers Tom Pope and Tyrone Barnett this summer.
Boss Michael Brown has also made six other close-season signings, winger Cristian Montano, goalkeepers Rob Lainton and Sam Hornby, and defenders Joe Davis, Graham Kelly and Antony Kay.
They are also expected to sign experienced full-back Lawrie Wilson following his release from promoted Championship side Bolton Wanderers.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Huddersfield Town striker Rekeil Pyke has joined relegated League Two club Port Vale on a season-long loan. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40576442"} | 168 | 33 | 0.634557 | 1.316783 | -0.738571 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 0.6 |
Kunio Hoshi, who worked for a farming project, was attacked in the town of Kaunia.
Islamic State (IS) militants said they had carried out the attack.
It comes days after an Italian aid worker was murdered in the capital Dhaka in an attack also claimed by the jihadist group.
The authorities have not verified the claims.
Mr Hoshi's body has been taken to a state-run hospital. An investigation is under way.
The killing of the Italian man, Cesare Tavella, prompted the US and UK to warn its citizens to be cautious.
Attacks on foreigners in Bangladesh are rare, correspondents say, but Islamist violence has surged recently, including high-profile attacks on atheist bloggers. | A Japanese man has been shot dead in northern Bangladesh, police said, in the second killing of a foreign national in a week. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34432697"} | 161 | 29 | 0.573953 | 1.252756 | -0.344155 | 0.884615 | 5.384615 | 0.653846 |
In an interview on Monday, Mr Trump had said Mrs Merkel had made an "utterly catastrophic mistake by letting all these illegals into the country".
But Anthony Scaramucci said the incoming president had an "enormous amount of respect for her".
Mr Scaramucci also told the BBC the US would win a trade war with China.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr Scaramucci said that Mr Trump had been "trying to be complimentary" about Mrs Merkel.
Davos coverage in full
Mr Scaramucci, who will enter the White House on Friday as a senior adviser to the president, acknowledged that Mr Trump's comments had been received by many as an attack on the European community, but dismissed reports of a feud between the US and German administrations.
"You shouldn't be worried," he told the BBC.
"We have a very longstanding, very close cohesive relationship with western Europe and that will remain in place during the Trump administration."
In the controversial interview with The Times and Germany's Bild, Mr Trump also appeared to put Russia's Vladimir Putin and Chancellor Merkel on an equal footing, saying he would "start off trusting both".
But Mr Scaramucci denied that the president-elect was being disparaging of Mrs Merkel.
"He was basically saying that he holds her in a tremendous amount of respect, but she may have made some mistake as it related to the influx of immigration, which from what I have read from the German press, she has admitted to. So I don't understand why this is such an international outcry."
Mr Scaramucci, who is the only member of the Trump administration to attend this year's World Economic Forum, also predicted that European leaders would warm to the incoming president.
"Over the next two to three years… I think Chancellor Merkel will respect the strength of President Trump. I think she will have a great relationship with him." | One of Donald Trump's closest advisers has told the BBC the US president-elect's criticism of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been misinterpreted. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38651816"} | 422 | 35 | 0.484307 | 1.151519 | 0.672446 | 1.777778 | 14.074074 | 0.740741 |
Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama spoke on the telephone for 40 minutes on Saturday.
Both were "gravely concerned" by the "increasing signs that this was a[n]... attack carried out by the Syrian regime", Mr Cameron's office said.
But intervention would have serious consequences and the US case was weak, the Syrian information minister warned.
In an interview with Lebanese TV, Omran Zoabi said: "If the US leads a military intervention, this will have dangerous consequences. It will bring chaos and the region will burn."
The Syrian government has denied any use of chemical weapons, blaming rebel fighters instead.
State television reported on Saturday that soldiers had found chemical agents in tunnels used by the rebels to the east of Damascus.
It broadcast images of gas masks and plastic containers, but nothing to support official statements that soldiers had "suffered from cases of suffocation" when rebels used poison gas "as a last resort" after government forces made "big gains" in the suburb of Jobar.
Opposition activists accuse forces supporting President Bashar al-Assad of killing between 500 and more than 1,000 civilians in several suburbs east and west of capital in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
They want the areas inspected by UN chemical weapons experts who are already in Damascus to investigate other suspected attacks.
By Jim MuirBBC News, Beirut
Out of the chaos and confusion of the past few days, several things have emerged clearly.
Even the regime itself and its closest allies, Russia and Iran, do not dispute that chemical weapons were used in the suburbs of Damascus on Wednesday. The evidence from a huge flow of distressing amateur video is too massive to dismiss.
Both Moscow and Tehran have said they are urging the Syrian authorities to co-operate with the UN chemical weapons inspectors already in Damascus, and the Iranian foreign minister has quoted his Syrian counterpart as saying the government is preparing the conditions for a site visit.
With combat continuing in the affected areas, there is clearly scope for prevarication and delay, although Western patience is short.
But at least an appearance of regime willingness to co-operate may for the moment let the US and its allies off the hook.
For one of the other elements that has become clearer than ever in the past few days is the great reluctance of US President Barack Obama and others to plunge into an embroilment that would be hard to get out of, and which would carry a very high risk of aggravating the situation even further.
Attack may force search for peace
The UN's disarmament chief, Angela Kane, arrived in Damascus on Saturday to press the authorities for access.
Iran's Irna state news agency reported that Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem had told his Iranian counterpart that Damascus was "co-operating" with the UN experts and "preparing the opportunity for them to visit areas which have been attacked chemically by terrorist groups".
"The UN Security Council has called for immediate access for UN investigators on the ground in Damascus," Downing Street said in a statement.
"The fact that President Assad has failed to co-operate with the UN suggests that the regime has something to hide."
It said Mr Cameron and Mr Obama had "reiterated that significant use of chemical weapons would merit a serious response from the international community and both have tasked officials to examine all the options".
The statement said the two men had agreed it was "vital that the world upholds the prohibition on the use of chemical weapons and deters further outrages".
They would keep in "close contact", it added.
The US president earlier convened his National Security Council to discuss options on Syria.
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said the American military, which is repositioning naval forces in the Mediterranean, was ready to act.
"President Obama has asked the defence department to prepare options for all contingencies. We have done that and we are prepared to exercise whatever option - if he decides to employ one of those options," he told reporters in Kuala Lumpur.
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said he understood that the "serious response" mentioned in the UK statement would not include "boots on the ground".
But a range of other options was not ruled out, he said, potentially including air strikes.
On Sunday, Iran's deputy armed forces chief, Massoud Jazayeri, warned the US against crossing the "red line" on Syria, saying it would have "severe consequences", according to the Fars news agency.
The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said three hospitals it supports in the Damascus area had treated about 3,600 patients with "neurotoxic symptoms" early on Wednesday morning, of whom 355 have died.
While MSF said it could not "scientifically confirm" the use of chemical weapons, staff at the hospitals described a large number of patients arriving in the space of less than three hours with symptoms including convulsions, pinpoint pupils and breathing problems.
MSF director of operations Bart Janssens said the symptoms - as well as the "massive influx of patients in a short period of time" - strongly suggested mass exposure to a neurotoxic agent.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based activist group, meanwhile said it had documented the deaths of 322 people, including 82 women and 54 children.
On Sunday morning, several suburbs of Damascus reportedly came under heavy shell and mortar fire, as government forces continued their offensive on rebel strongholds.
At least 114 people were killed across the country on Saturday, including 33 people in the capital, according to the Local Co-ordination Committees, an opposition activist network.
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Brentford defender Egan and Reading midfielder Kelly are in the 39-man provisional squad with Newcastle keeper Rob Elliott, who returns after a year.
Brighton defender Shane Duffy and Reading midfielder Stephen Quinn miss out because of injury.
The Irish host Wales on 24 March before a 28 March friendly with Iceland.
The extended panel for the two Aviva Stadium games was announced on Monday by Republic boss Martin O'Neill.
Everton midfielder James McCarthy is an injury doubt after suffering a recurrence of a hamstring injury.
Elliot returns to the squad for the first time since being injured against Slovakia in March last year.
The visit of Wales will be the Republic's fifth qualifying game following victories over Georgia, Moldova and Austria, as well as a draw away to Serbia.
The results have taken O'Neill's men to the top of Group D with six qualifiers remaining.
Wales have won just one of their four qualifiers and lie four points behind the Republic.
Republic of Ireland provisional squad:
Goalkeepers: Colin Doyle (Bradford City), Rob Elliot (Newcastle United), Darren Randolph (West Ham United), Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday)
Defenders: Seamus Coleman (Everton), Cyrus Christie, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce (Derby County), Paul McShane (Reading), Andy Boyle (Preston North End), John O'Shea (Sunderland), Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United), John Egan (Brentford), Stephen Ward (Burnley), Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Midfielders: Aiden McGeady, Daryl Horgan (Preston North End), Glenn Whelan (Stoke City), James McCarthy (Everton), Jeff Hendrick, Robbie Brady (Burnley), David Meyler (Hull City), Liam Kelly (Reading), Darron Gibson (Sunderland), Harry Arter (Bournemouth), Eunan O'Kane (Leeds United), Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham City), Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City), Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City), Callum O'Dowda (Bristol City), Jonathan Hayes (Aberdeen), James McClean (West Bromwich Albion)
Forwards: Kevin Doyle (Colorado Rapids), Shane Long (Southampton), David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town), Daryl Murphy (Newcastle United), Adam Rooney (Aberdeen), Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) | John Egan and Liam Kelly have been given their first call-ups in the Republic of Ireland squad to face Wales in a World Cup qualifier. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39255460"} | 618 | 34 | 0.500676 | 1.250546 | -0.321911 | 1.142857 | 16 | 0.714286 |
Investigators can apply to see the contents of text and instant messages, as well as their location.
However, authorities may not be able to access the full wealth of data available to telecoms companies because of legal restrictions.
Guidelines require police to find out individuals' identities first before obtaining records from trouble spots.
Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, has already said that it will be cooperating with investigations, and pointed out that it is bound to hand over subscriber information when it relates to criminal activity.
The company's BBM instant messenger has been identified as one of the services used by rioters to coordinate their actions.
Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), police can apply for details of a customer's phone records, including their location, details of calls made and received, and internet activity.
But requests must be made for each suspect on a case-by-case basis.
Police would be unable to carry out a broad-based search, identifying, for example, every person who was in Clapham Junction sending the word "riot".
"They would have to say we want this individual's comms data and these are the reasons why," said solicitor advocate Simon McKay, who has written a book on the subject.
"When it comes to the next person they would have to look at that completely separately and re-apply."
Initial identification data would likely need to be taken from video, photographs, CCTV footage and other intelligence.
Those limits mean telecoms subscriber data becomes useful additional evidence, rather than a first port of call.
Mr McKay explained that, when considering requests, the issue of collateral intrusion also had to be taken into account - specifically, how much of other people's data might inadvertently be disclosed, along with that of the suspect.
Such safeguards make investigations extremely labour intensive according to Barrie Davies, a retired chief inspector who now teaches RIPA procedure for Baron Training.
"It is a lot of paperwork," he told BBC News.
"People don't always believe us but there is a lot of oversight that is done by authorising officers to make sure that anything that is done is necessary and proportionate."
Despite the restrictions, some legal experts believe there is scope to push RIPA guidelines further than they have been in the past.
One senior barrister, with extensive experience of this area, told the BBC that doing a "trawl" for mobile phones in a particular location where rioting was taking place might be considered proportionate in this case.
However, he conceded that it was unlikely police would make such a request.
Another possibility, according to solicitor Mike Conradi from DLA Piper, would be for BlackBerry to pro-actively offer a limited portion of their user data to police.
"They could say 'this person in in Brixton and he sent messages to 40 people and an hour later 25 of them turned up'," said Mr Conradi.
That basic information could be used to narrow down suspects worthy of further investigation, without violating either data protection or RIPA guidelines, he explained.
"There's a specific section in the data protection act which says you can disclose personal information for the purposes of detection of crime without the consent of the person to whom it relates."
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The Barnsley-born 24-year-old made 46 appearances for the Shaymen this season, scoring four goals.
He told the club website: "The gaffer here is great and I'm looking forward to working for him.
"I'm an old-fashioned defender. I'm strong in the air and won't lose many headers. I'm not bad on the floor but I'm looking to improve." | Barnsley have signed FC Halifax Town centre-back and captain Marc Roberts on a three-year deal. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32884304"} | 93 | 24 | 0.51101 | 0.998529 | -0.568644 | 0.45 | 4.15 | 0.35 |
The 60-year-old replaced Craig Hignett at Victoria Park on Wednesday.
The former Cardiff, Wolves, Southampton and Stockport boss was last in management at Sheffield Wednesday, but left Hillsborough in December 2013.
"The chairman sold me it, Gary sold me a dream. He showed an ambition and why not?" Jones told BBC Tees.
He will take over officially on Monday, and his first game in charge will be a trip to Wales to face Newport County on 28 January.
"I've had people phoning me and saying it is fantastic and I've had other people saying are you mad?" he said.
"I just felt it was right for me after talking to Gary. He's very ambitious, young, he's a bit naive on certain things but that's why he's employed me as a football manager.
"He's employed me to build this football club. That's hopefully how he sees it."
Pools have also announced that Alex Armstrong will be another assistant manager along with Kevin Cooper. | New Hartlepool manager Dave Jones says the vision of chairman Gary Coxall persuaded him to agree to take charge of the League Two side. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38684380"} | 227 | 33 | 0.502316 | 1.14834 | 0.260108 | 0.44 | 8.32 | 0.44 |
Alice Gross of Hanwell, west London, was last seen by her family at about 13:00 BST on 28 August.
Her mother told the BBC Alice had recently been diagnosed with anorexia.
CCTV footage shows her walking along the Grand Union Canal tow path near the Holiday Inn at Brentford Lock between 13:30 BST and 17:30 BST.
Speaking on BBC London 94.9, Alice's mother Rosalind Hodgkiss said: "Alice had been diagnosed with anorexia and was going through a tough time in a number of ways and we are wondering whether her disappearance had anything to do with that, but we don't know.
"That is the main reason why we have had such concerns for her well being and her health in particular."
The teenager had told her family she was going to meet up with friends but went for a walk alone on the riverside tow path, CCTV footage showed.
"We are desperate to know that she is safe and we really want her to know that we want her home, and we are desperate for her to know how loved she is," the mother added.
The Met Police's homicide team has "taken the lead" on the case.
The purple rucksack, which contained items that have been identified by Alice's family, was found alongside the towpath on Tuesday, police said.
CCTV footage of the towpath shows the Brentside High School student wearing a rucksack-style bag while walking in the River Brent area.
She was heading in the direction of the Kew at about 14:23 BST and more than an hour later was seen on the same tow path, walking alone, heading in the direction of Hanwell.
The Met Police said it was "not unusual" for the homicide team to be involved, although it remains a missing person inquiry.
Det Ch Insp Andy Chalmers said: "A week on since Alice was last seen by her family we are becoming increasingly worried about her welfare and safety as each day passes.
"Her disappearance is out of character and this investigation continues to be a priority for us.
"Our investigation has reached a point where we now know Alice was heading along the Grand Union Canal tow path in the direction of Hanwell and one would assume she was heading home."
Divers have also been seen in the River Brent near to where the teenager went missing.
Police have appealed for anyone who saw Alice on the towpath or befriended her while she was on a song-writing workshop at the Camden Roundhouse to contact them.
The teenager has been described as being 5ft 2in tall, slim, with shoulder-length light brown hair.
When she was last seen by her family, she was wearing dark blue jeans, a dark green lacy cardigan and denim Van's shoes. She may also be wearing tartan-framed spectacles. | A rucksack belonging to a 14-year-old girl who has been missing for a week has been found beside the River Brent in west London. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29060917"} | 620 | 35 | 0.436983 | 1.142241 | -0.813675 | 1.344828 | 19.034483 | 0.793103 |
The blockade has also prevented the delivery of earthquake relief supplies.
Ethnic groups from the southern plains, reportedly backed by some Indians, have been stopping supply trucks entering Nepal since September.
They are protesting against a new constitution which they say discriminates against them.
Nepal produces around 40% of its medicines internally and imports 60% from India.
Because of the blockade, Nepal is neither receiving enough new medicine from Indian nor able to produce its own supplies as raw materials have also been prevented from entering the country.
The Himalayan nation is already grappling with the aftermath of two earthquakes earlier this year that killed almost 9,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless.
"Hospitals have run out of essential drugs and supplies, vital social services have been disrupted and aid agencies such as Oxfam have not been able to secure fuel to deliver relief items to prepare people for the winter in earthquake-affected districts," said Cecilia Keizer, head of Oxfam in Nepal.
The acting director general of Nepal's Department of Drug Administration, Narayan Dhakal, says he has been asked by the WHO to assess how much medicine is left in the country.
The Manmohan Thoracic Centre in Kathmandu has said it no longer has stocks of a number of essential medicines including adrenaline, atropine and saline.
Another heart hospital in Kathmandu, Shahid Gangalal Heart Centre, has postponed bypass surgeries because it had run out of the special thread needed to sew up the heart.
As well as causing a medicine shortage, the blockade has meant towns and cities across Nepal have run low on fuel, food and general supplies. More than three quarters of Nepal's international trade is with India, and it relies almost wholly on its southern neighbour for fuel.
Protesters in the country's southern plains are angry with the country's new constitution which they say discriminates against them because it fails to give them equal representation with Nepal's other ethnic and regional groups.
The Nepalese government has accused India of unofficially backing this protest by slowing or stopping completely traffic from crossing the border into Nepal.
The Indian government has denied this, but has said it cannot allow trucks to enter Nepal while conditions are unsafe.
It has also criticised the new constitution and urged Nepal's leaders to engage in dialogue with the protesters. | Doctors in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, say hospitals are running out of medicines because of a blockade by protesters on the border with India. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34861073"} | 516 | 38 | 0.545321 | 1.337118 | 0.492681 | 1.333333 | 16.481481 | 0.888889 |
The 24-year-old had a previous loan spell at Roots Hall in January 2014 but only played once before it was curtailed by injury.
He joined the Clarets from Leicester in 2012 but has only made two first-team appearances, and has had loan spells at York, Scunthorpe and Leyton Orient.
He started on the bench in Saturday's League One match against Swindon.
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The film, which features scenes shot on Skye, stars Michael Fassbender in the lead role and Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth.
The costumes include Macbeth's boots, Lady Macbeth's banquet dress and one of the three witches' garments.
Moray has connections to the real and fictional Macbeths.
Clothes-maker Johnstons of Elgin is displaying Lady Macbeth's Inverness banquet costume and Macbeth's tunic and wool blanket.
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's coronation costumes will later be added to the Johnstons display following a show in London.
Lady Macduff's banquet dress and riding outfit together with accessories are on display at Elgin Museum.
Macbeth's battle costume has been loaned to Brodie Castle near Forres as well as Lady Macbeth's dress and cloak in which she delivers the famous "Out damned spot" speech.
The Falconer Museum in Forres has one of the witches' costumes as well as the costumes of the characters Duncan, Banquo and Fleance.
The costumes and props, including daggers and jewellery, have been loaned by film distributor Studiocanal as part of a partnership agreement with VisitScotland to promote Scotland on the back of the film's release in UK cinemas on 2 October.
They will be displayed at the four venues until the start of November when all the items will move to the Moray Art Centre in Findhorn.
Scott Armstrong, of VisitScotland, said: "I've no doubt that film fans up and down the country will relish the opportunity to see costumes that not only appear in this new film but are also worn by some of its biggest stars.
"It's fantastic to see local tourism businesses capitalising on this outstanding opportunity and I hope that the film will lead to even more visitors coming to the Highlands and Moray to tread the same ground as one of Scotland's most famous kings."
Esme Saville, of Moray Speyside Tourism, said: "We are delighted to have these costumes here bringing a little of the magic of the movies to Moray and we hope that it will bring people to the towns to appreciate their history and culture." | Costumes and props from the new big screen adaption of William Shakespeare's Macbeth have been loaned to museums in Moray. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34453391"} | 504 | 33 | 0.579776 | 1.542077 | -0.476921 | 1.227273 | 18.227273 | 0.681818 |
Scrolls bearing the name of each victim were presented to their families along with a medal to denote the city's "highest honour".
Dalglish's wife Marina was also honoured, as were the former Bishop of Liverpool, and Prof Phil Scraton.
Their medals were presented during a ceremony at St George's Hall.
In April, an inquest jury found the fans who died as a result of a crush at the 1989 FA Cup game in Sheffield were unlawfully killed.
Mr Dalglish, who was manager at the time of the tragedy, ensured the club was represented at the fans' funerals and, along with his wife, helped support the bereaved families.
He said: "We only did for the families what they did for us - support us."
Former bishop, the Rt Rev James Jones led the Hillsborough Independent Panel, which uncovered evidence in 2012 about the disaster.
Prof Scraton led the panel's research team and his book, Hillsborough: The Truth, first published in 1999, is widely accepted as the definitive account of the disaster.
The victims' families were awarded freedom of the city of Liverpool in 2009. | The 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster and former Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish have been awarded the Freedom of Liverpool. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37433343"} | 249 | 29 | 0.537892 | 1.363922 | -0.030599 | 1 | 10.666667 | 0.809524 |
Brothers John and Geof Bitmead constructed an adult-sized copy of a Little Tikes toy car, which takes petrol, has a tax disc, and can reach speeds of up to 70mph (110km/h).
The modified Daewoo Matiz also includes an airbag, headlights and mirrors.
But Geof said his company Attitude Autos, based in Bicester, was selling the car after it failed to bring in enough revenue.
The brothers said they had the "nutty idea" to build the motoring marvel after noticing the similarity of the front and headlamps of the Daewoo to the Cozy Coupe classic toy.
But while it captivated passers-by, the car which cost about £30,000 to build, failed to turn into the money-spinner they had intended.
"We were hoping it would be out on a regular basis, create some revenue and recoup the money used to build it," he explained.
"But in real life it ended up going out four or five times in two years. So we thought we might as well sell it and if anyone's interested in buying it that will bring back some money for us."
The captivation around their "Big Tike" is down to the design being a "part of people's childhood and their children's childhood", Geof said.
"They're amazed to see the real thing on the road. I've seen people with tattoos all up their arms walking along the road just cheering at us.
"There was that kind of response to it. Everybody recognised it. It's part of our life. We see these things in people's front gardens, and now you can see it on the road."
The car sale does not mark the end of the Bitmeads' wacky schemes. They hope to put the money received towards creating an Addams Family-inspired "creepy" camper van. | A roadworthy version of a children's toy car has gone on sale for £21,500. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34526827"} | 425 | 23 | 0.451928 | 1.149311 | -0.251008 | 1.117647 | 21.588235 | 0.764706 |
Sears, 58, coaches Ana Ivanovic and was watching her match with Madison Keys on Rod Laver Arena. The match was suspended for an hour before resuming.
Murray was not made aware of what had happened as he was playing Portugal's Joao Sousa at the time.
Sears later told the BBC he hoped to be released from hospital on Sunday.
Immediately after his four-set win, Andy Murray left the venue, along with his mother Judy, to visit his father-in-law in hospital.
Sears' daughter Kim is not in Melbourne in support of Murray as she awaits the birth of their first child in a few weeks' time.
Ivanovic, the 20th seed, was a set up when the incident occurred and went on to lose 4-6 6-4 6-4 to 15th seed Keys.
Sears is in his second spell working with Ivanovic after he was reappointed the Serb's coach in July last year.
He has previously worked with Daniela Hantuchova and Amanda Coetzer and was also captain of the British Fed Cup team.
It is the second time this week that one of Ivanovic's matches had been suspended due to an incident in the stands.
Her second-round match against Anastasija Sevastova was held up for 26 minutes when a woman fell in the stands at the same showcourt. | Andy Murray's father-in-law Nigel Sears is being treated in hospital but says he is "feeling fine" after collapsing at the Australian Open. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35391034"} | 307 | 41 | 0.629133 | 1.416075 | -0.16511 | 1.533333 | 8.666667 | 0.6 |
One section which bans dogs between May and September each year runs from near St Helen's rugby ground to west pier near the marina.
Swansea council wants to shift it west to start at Brynmill Lane and end at the marina's observatory.
It has extended its consultation until 31 October. | Plans to move an exclusion zone for dogs on Swansea's seafront has prompted responses from more than 1,800 people. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37443406"} | 67 | 30 | 0.658082 | 1.303568 | -0.35414 | 0.333333 | 2.714286 | 0.333333 |
The question: Julian asks BBC Radio 4's PM programme "How much has/will the referendum cost?"
Reality Check verdict: The estimated cost of the referendum is £142.4m, according to the written statement to Parliament by the Cabinet Office.
"This includes the expenses incurred by counting officers in running the poll, grants to the designated lead campaign organisations [of up to £600,000], the delivery by Royal Mail of campaign mailings from those organisations, and the cost of the central count," it says.
There is no limit to the amount of donations campaign groups can accept from "permissible donors", which include individuals on the UK electoral register and UK-registered companies.
However, during the official referendum period, from 15 April to 23 June 2016, the designated lead campaign groups - Vote Leave and Britain Stronger in Europe - have to abide by a spending limit of £7m.
The spending limit for other registered campaigners (excluding political parties) is £700,000.
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Quite literally - LA-based street Artist Plastic Jesus (famous for his cocaine-snorting Oscar statue) got annoyed with being held up in traffic recently by a paparazzi scrum surrounding one or another of the sisters leaving a shop.
So he decided to do something about it.
He came up with the idea of banning the family from parking in several Los Angeles hotspots.
The artist created several signs which he bolted to other notices around Melrose Avenue, Robertson (near the Ivy restaurant) and elsewhere, reading No Kardashian Parking Any Time.
The artist explained to Newsbeat what the signs were inspired by.
"There is gridlock caused whenever one of the Kardashian family do simple basic things, shopping, eating out or pumping gas.
"The Kardashians have become a media cultural phenomenon, sadly at the expense of real news."
He said that the installation was intended not as an attack on the Kardashians, but on "us, both the media and the consumer".
He went on: "Media is circulation-driven, or more recently by hits on websites. Without our unending desire to consume this content this will continue."
The LAPD reportedly view the signs as vandalism, something Plastic rejects.
"The signs are only intended to be a temporary installation, like many other parking and driving signs around LA, they will be removed in the very near future."
UPDATE: As of Thursday morning, the official Plastic Jesus Twitter account confirmed his team has taken down the signs.
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Argentina has constantly reiterated its claims to the islands, 30 years after it was repelled by a British task force in a 74-day conflict.
The islanders decided to hold the vote in response to Argentine pressure for negotiations over sovereignty.
Some 1,672 British citizens - out of a population of about 2,900 - can vote.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has said the inhabitants' wishes are not relevant in what is a territorial issue.
Most Argentines regard the islands, which they call Las Malvinas, as Argentine and their recovery is enshrined in the national constitution.
By Alastair LeitheadBBC News, Buenos Aires
While the 1,600 or so eligible Falkland Islanders vote in the referendum, the government here in Argentina calls it both "illegal" and "utterly meaningless".
Their position is clear - this is an issue of sovereignty between the two countries, and that the people on the island do not have the right to self-determination.
The result, expected to be a resounding yes to remain a British overseas territory, will not affect the government position that Las Malvinas, as they are known here, belong to Argentina. It's a view reflected by the majority of people - in a recent poll, 75% of Argentinians took this position.
It's been suggested domestic pressure on President Kirchner has led to increased diplomatic rhetoric over the islands, a request for the UN to look at the issue and sanctions on companies working there.
The inflation rate is estimated to be more than 25% but Argentina blames the UK for escalating the issue by intensifying oil exploration efforts.
Dick Sawle, a member of the island's legislative assembly, played a leading part in pushing for the vote.
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show he hoped the result would reaffirm the principle of self-determination and send a message to both the international community and to Argentines.
"I would hope that whilst the government of Argentina may not listen to us, I hope the people... will listen to us, because I think there are many people within Argentina who are not in tune with their government."
He rejected President Kirchner's suggestion they were an "implanted" population, saying the Falklands had been settled throughout history in the same way as South America, but with no indigenous population to displace.
Despite the clarity of the history, he added, there was the fundamental right to self-determination "to which no-one can attach conditions".
Sukey Cameron, UK representative of the Falkland Islands government, said the territory could become independent in the future.
"That may well happen in 50, 70, 100 years' time, but now we are very happy with our relationship as it stands with the UK," she told Murnaghan on Sky News.
"There are some people on the island who may vote 'no' but voting 'no' isn't necessarily voting 'yes' to Argentina," she added.
BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt, in Port Stanley, said in the cafes and shops of the Falklands capital there was no mistaking the sentiment - union flags fly everywhere from cars to bunting in the windows, and posters ask islanders to vote "yes" to staying British.
She said many people queuing at the capital's polling booths showed their British allegiance by dressing in the union flag.
Our correspondent added that mobile polling stations had been sent out to help the more isolated islanders cast their vote, overseen by an international observer to guard against vote tampering.
The competing claims over the Falklands
Julie Clarke, owner of the Bittersweet cafe in Port Stanley, said: "Without a shadow of a doubt, it'll be a big fat 'yes'.
"These are our islands, this is our home, and I think the rest of the world needs to hear us and see us for who we are."
Pam Devino, who runs a beauty salon, said: "Really, hopefully, that will get Argentina to back off, stop giving us so much hassle and it will let Britain know as well that we want to be British and part of them, and we're thankful for their support."
Falkland Islander Keith Grimmer added: "It's important to show Mrs Kirchner that we want to be British and not Argentine. It's cold here but it's going to be even colder for Mrs Kirchner. Yes is the answer."
Election observers from different countries are overseeing the vote, including representatives of Chile and Mexico - despite an Argentine request for Latin American countries not to take part.
Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982. The garrison of Royal Marines was overwhelmed and other British South Atlantic territories including South Georgia were also seized.
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David Cumming, head of equities at Standard Life, said oil needed to be over $60 rather than the current $33.
He said the fund manager would oppose the deal when it goes to a shareholder vote later this month.
But Shell has said it remains confident of winning the vote.
A Shell spokesman said: "We continue to believe we have the broad base of shareholder support we need for the deal to complete."
Shares in Shell fell 0.8% to £13.64 when the FTSE started trading on Monday, while BG dropped 1.3% to £9.27.
The firm announced its intention to buy BG - an oil and gas exploration company - in April 2015 for £47bn.
But Mr Cumming said that the risk of further oil price falls and financial risks connected to BG's Brazilian assets make the deal undesirable.
"The problem we have with the deal is that a lot's changed since the bid was announced in April last year - all of it negative," he told the BBC's Today programme.
"The current oil price is $33 and Shell still needs an oil price well over $60 to make it work financially," he said on Monday.
Shell and BG shareholders will vote at separate meetings on 27 and 28 January respectively.
Mr Cumming said Standard Life would not want to see Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden forced out if the deal failed.
"He's doing a good job in our view. It's just the deal we don't like. We have to put financial logic above management loyalty in this instance, and we would recommend other shareholders do the same," Mr Cumming said.
Standard Life is the 11th largest holder of Shell's B shares, with a 1.7% stake.
Shell B shares make up the share component in the cash-and-share deal that is expected to be completed on 15 February.
Standard Life is also the 16th biggest shareholder in BG, according to data from Bloomberg.
Shell has won the support of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), an influential advisory firm, which recommended on Friday that Shell shareholders support the deal.
Another influential advisory group, Glass Lewis, also issued its guidance late on Friday, joining ISS in advising shareholders to vote in favour.
ISS, which advises about 5% of Shell's medium and small shareholders, said it supported the deal "given the compelling strategic rationale, and the significant positive economics to be realised within a relatively short time frame".
Glass Lewis, which says it advises 12 of Shell's top 50 shareholders, said the deal "could lead to significantly improved financial results and the creation of substantial shareholder value".
Shell will become the world's top liquefied natural gas trader after the deal.
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The Manchester City boss said the former England player, 35, is at the same level as Spanish World Cup winners Xabi Alonso and Sergio Busquets.
Carrick, who joined United in 2006 from Tottenham, has made 31 appearances for the club this season.
"He's one of the best holding midfielders I've ever seen in my life, by far," Guardiola said.
Carrick has made more than 400 appearances in total and is United's second-longest serving player after Wayne Rooney.
The City boss, whose team play United in a rearranged Premier League fixture on Thursday, said that English football was "safe" with players such as Carrick and team-mate Marcus Rashford.
Carrick has picked up 34 England caps in an international career that started in 2001, while teenager Rashford has made eight senior appearances.
"I am a big fan of Michael Carrick. Marcus Rashford is a good talent. You have outstanding players, you can do it with the national team."
City claimed a 2-1 victory when the two Manchester sides met at Old Trafford in September but United have not lost a league game since October - a run of 23 matches.
"They are good, good rivals, good quality, in good form. They've had big series without defeat in the Premier League," the Spaniard continued.
"They have a lot of quality, history. We're looking forward to the game."
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Both Manchester sides are vying for a Champions League spot, with Guardiola's fourth-placed side currently one point ahead of Manchester United in fifth.
Hosts City have dropped 15 points at home this season and are unlikely to finish higher than third.
"I've been managing for nine years and this is my first year without a trophy. Sometimes it has to happen and it happened this year," Guardiola added.
"If I extend my career long, I'm sure there will be many years in the future it happens. But there's also a lot of teams in Europe who are not going to win a trophy."
City spent £175m on players last summer - the most of any Premier League team - with Manchester United second on the list after parting with around £150m.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said on Tuesday that spending the most money on players does not guarantee success and cited both Manchester clubs.
However, Guardiola said that Conte could not forget the Premier League leaders' own summer spending.
"It is not just United or City and this summer it's going to happen again," he said.
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Fresh from winning two gold medals at the Rio Olympics, he pulled away in the last mile to win the half marathon from Newcastle to South Shields.
Tens of thousands of people are taking part in the 36th annual race.
The main race was started by Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha and County Durham bronze medallist Amy Tinkler.
Live Great North Run updates.
The 13.1-mile run, has grown from 12,000 runners in 1981 to 57,000, many of whom raise money for charities.
Beginning in Newcastle, the half-marathon course finishes at South Shields and takes in iconic sights including the Tyne Bridge.
The men's wheelchair race was won by Mark Telford and the women's race by Vivian Cheruiyot.
The event also featured participants from 178 UN member states, more than any other running event in history, organisers say.
Rock bands Kaiser Chiefs and Kodaline, which has a band member taking part in the run, will perform at the inaugural "run, rock and raise" event at the Newcastle Metro Arena, with charities benefitting from the money raised.
The run completes a weekend of events including the Great North 5K, mini and junior Great North Run and the Great North City games, which took place on Tyneside on Saturday.
Earlier on Sunday morning, paralysed woman Claire Lomas who started her Great North Run on Wednesday wearing a "bionic suit" completed the route in South Shields. | Four-times Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah has won the Great North Run, becoming the first man to achieve three consecutive wins. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37328765"} | 319 | 30 | 0.504511 | 1.290463 | -0.139154 | 0.88 | 11.12 | 0.56 |
Goram believes Rangers can challenge for the Scottish Premiership title next season - if the squad is strengthened.
He says King has to support Warburton to allow him to sign the "four or five players" the squad will require.
"Dave King has already said in public that he has £20m to spend. He's got to come and do it now," Goram said.
"The players [Warburton] has brought in - Wes [Fotheringham], [James] Tavernier, [Martyn] Waghorn - have hit the ground running. He knows what he's doing.
"The big thing for us is if we manage to win the cup final (against Hibs) and get into Europe, because that will attract a better class of player.
"[Accrington midfielders] Josh Windass and Matt Crooks are coming already, so if we could sign another three, four or five then we've got a right chance next season.
"We've laid down a wee marker [by defeating Celtic in Sunday's Scottish Cup semi-final]. That doesn't mean we're going to win it next year, but we've planted a seed and with Celtic in a bit of turmoil just now, it looks as if the tide has turned a wee bit.
"The gap's not that big. Celtic haven't been great this season, but we're not the finished article either."
Goram was impressed with Rangers' performance in the penalty shoot-out win over their Old Firm rivals.
He saw it as a reflection of Warburton's talent as a manager, and insists the Englishman will want to finish the job he has started at Ibrox rather than return south early.
"People say Celtic didn't play too well, but I thought Rangers made them look not too great," Goram added. "Rangers were brilliant. Individual performances were fantastic but as a team we had a great game. Mark Warburton got it spot on and we did a wee turn on them.
"He reminds me so much of the [former Rangers] gaffer, Walter Smith, the way he goes about it, the way he speaks. He's got that calmness, he knows what he's doing.
"His stock has gone up with what he's done this season and the way he's gone about it, but he's got a job to finish and I think he looks at it that way.
"I can't see him going anywhere next season. He'll stay, hopefully get into Europe and have a right challenge at Celtic.
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Cardiff council approved a residential development on Wednesday.
It will see 102 flats built on land off Trade Street, as well as the demolition of most of Williams Court, which is home to the band's Faster Studios.
The development will be up to nine floors, with retail units on the ground floor and a car park.
The band was unavailable for comment. | The Manic Street Preachers are to bid farewell to their Cardiff base after more than a decade. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37932108"} | 77 | 26 | 0.545677 | 1.112393 | -1.315575 | 0.388889 | 4.055556 | 0.388889 |
Morgan's attorneys have accused the retailer of using the truck driver at the centre of the accident to block a resolution to the 30 Rock star's case.
The driver, Kevin Roper, is trying to put Morgan's legal action on hold while he faces separate criminal charges.
Mr Roper was at the wheel of a Walmart truck that crashed into Morgan's bus.
Comedian James McNair died in the crash on the New Jersey Turnpike last June, while Morgan suffered a traumatic brain injury and broken bones.
Mr Roper, who is not named in Morgan's action, has been charged with death by vehicle and four counts of assault by vehicle.
Last month he filed a request to delay the comedian's federal lawsuit while his criminal case proceeds in New Jersey's state court.
Walmart said the accusation that it was "somehow behind Mr Roper's motion in an attempt to delay discovery is simply false".
Its statement followed claims from Morgan's legal team that Walmart was "attempting to gain an unfair advantage" and using Mr Roper's request as "a ploy to further delay this trial".
Morgan's legal team has accused Walmart of being "careless and negligent" in requiring Mr Roper to drive while fatigued.
Walmart have contended that Morgan's injuries and McNair's death were partly their own fault because they were not wearing seatbelts. | US retail giant Walmart has rejected that it is deliberately stalling a legal action related to a car crash which injured comedian Tracy Morgan. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30306317"} | 298 | 30 | 0.626319 | 1.458815 | 0.091626 | 0.72 | 10.6 | 0.56 |
Ice Factor Group will operate the indoor complex planned for Middlehaven, Middlesbrough.
The project got the go-ahead from councillors last week.
Ice Factor Group owns Snow Factor Braehead near Glasgow and Ice Factor Kinlochleven, the world's largest indoor ice climbing centre.
Running the Middlesbrough complex will be the first time the group has operated outside of Scotland.
The new centre is expected to create more than 300 jobs.
It will include a 557ft (170m) ski slope, climbing area, indoor sky-diving centre, shops and cafes.
Developer Cool Runnings (NE) expect the centre to attract more than two million visitors a year.
Building work is due to start early next year, with a forecast opening by the summer of 2019.
Middlesbrough Council described the scheme as a "massive step" in the town's regeneration plans. | The operator of two indoor winter sports sites in Scotland has won a contract to run a new £30m snowsports centre in England. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39478419"} | 199 | 31 | 0.593812 | 1.245004 | -0.375901 | 0.576923 | 6.5 | 0.576923 |
The 46 year-old Italian will join up with the London club after completing his role as Italy coach at the European Championships in France.
Guus Hiddink, who replaced Jose Mourinho, will remain in charge of the Blues until the end of the season.
Chelsea are currently 10th in the Premier League and will not feature in Europe next season.
Conte is a former Italy midfielder who made more than 400 appearances for Juventus, winning five league titles and a Champions League.
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Semi Ajayi headed the visitors into an early lead before Philip Billing converted a penalty for Huddersfield.
Joe Lolley then made it 2-1 to the hosts with a low finish.
Rotherham finished strongly, going closest when Kieffer Moore's strike was cleared off the line.
Match ends, Huddersfield Town 2, Rotherham United 1.
Second Half ends, Huddersfield Town 2, Rotherham United 1.
Foul by Laurent Depoitre (Huddersfield Town).
Alex Bray (Rotherham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Michael Hefele.
Danny Williams (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jonson Clarke-Harris (Rotherham United).
Attempt missed. Anthony Forde (Rotherham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Kieffer Moore (Rotherham United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Michael Hefele (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Danny Williams (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Ben Purrington (Rotherham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ben Purrington (Rotherham United).
Foul by Laurent Depoitre (Huddersfield Town).
Richard Wood (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Delay in match Michael Hefele (Huddersfield Town) because of an injury.
Foul by Scott Malone (Huddersfield Town).
Alex Bray (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Tom Ince replaces Joe Lolley.
Substitution, Rotherham United. Alex Bray replaces Dominic Ball.
Delay in match Collin Quaner (Huddersfield Town) because of an injury.
Michael Hefele (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kieffer Moore (Rotherham United).
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Elias Kachunga replaces Kasey Palmer.
Foul by Michael Hefele (Huddersfield Town).
Kieffer Moore (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Laurent Depoitre (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Jonson Clarke-Harris (Rotherham United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Foul by Philip Billing (Huddersfield Town).
Jonson Clarke-Harris (Rotherham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Rotherham United. Jonson Clarke-Harris replaces David Ball.
Attempt missed. Joe Lolley (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by Kieffer Moore.
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by Will Vaulks.
Attempt saved. Kieffer Moore (Rotherham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Kieffer Moore (Rotherham United) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Collin Quaner (Huddersfield Town) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Michael Hefele (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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He criticised a target of degrees for 50% of young people set by the last Labour UK government, calling on Welsh ministers to focus on apprenticeships.
Mr Crabb said Wales was "not doing well enough" educating "our young talent".
The speech, at the Sony factory in Pencoed, was the latest salvo in a row with Labour over education standards. | Sending young people to university is a "disaster" for those who are more suited to apprenticeships, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31111005"} | 80 | 35 | 0.708396 | 1.393123 | 0.072626 | 0.615385 | 2.769231 | 0.538462 |
Changes to financial regulations will inevitably change in time following the UK's vote to leave the EU.
But, a recorded message on the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) helpline says that nothing has changed in the immediate aftermath of the vote.
An accountancy group said the reassurance message was sensible.
The HMRC message says: "There are no changes to any taxes, tax credits, child benefits or other HMRC services as a result of the vote on the EU referendum.
"Everything is continuing as normal. No laws have changed. There is no need to contact HMRC as a result of the EU referendum."
The recorded message was added to the helpline in line with plans made before the vote, not in response to calls from taxpayers, the tax authority said.
A change of prime minister and new look to the government is likely to lead to tax changes, said Chas Roy-Chowdhury, head of taxation at the ACCA accountancy body, but he added that nothing had changed straight away.
"People and businesses still need to get returns in or make tax payments - they can't slack under the fog of the referendum result," he said.
There is no "moratorium on deadlines", he said, with the next tax deadline for half-year tax payments for those in the self-assessment system coming on 31 July.
He added that there was a danger that if businesses, in particular, were not urged to carry on as normal, that the UK could "talk itself into a recession". | The UK's tax authority is stressing that "no laws have changed" and that tax rules remain the same following the EU referendum. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36638749"} | 337 | 30 | 0.621396 | 1.381768 | 0.299664 | 1.923077 | 11.692308 | 0.846154 |
British 100m record-holder Dina Asher-Smith is up against world 200m champion Dafne Schippers in the women's 100m.
Adam Gemili, who ran a time of 9.97 seconds in 2015, will compete in the men's 100m race again.
The 800m world record-holder David Rudisha of Kenya will step down to the men's 600m, a race he won in 2014.
European 800m champion Lynsey Sharp, who has won three British titles at the Alexander Stadium, will be looking to emulate her 2014 performance when she won with a time of 1:59.14.
Further British interest comes from European 100m hurdles champion Tiffany Porter, who claimed a third successive World Indoor medal in Portland last month by finishing third in the women's 60m hurdles. | Double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah is among a number of elite athletes to compete at the Birmingham Diamond League on 5 June. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35989967"} | 179 | 29 | 0.500603 | 1.106397 | -0.996294 | 0.48 | 6.08 | 0.4 |
The attacker rammed a car carrying explosives into General Mohamed Jimale Goobale's convoy near the defence ministry headquarters in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital.
Al-Shabab claimed the attack and accused the general of plotting against them.
He had survived several previous assassination attempts.
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Witnesses in Mogadishu reported hearing a huge explosion.
"The suicide car bomb hit the car they were in. May God rest their souls," police colonel Abdikadir Farah told the Reuters news agency.
A radio station linked to al-Shabab reported a "martyr" had killed the general.
Voting for a new parliament begins on 25 September in Somalia. Lawmakers will then choose a president on 30 October.
Al-Shabab opposes the government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who is backed by Western powers and seeking re-election. | A Somali general and at least six of his bodyguards have been killed by a suicide car bomber, police say. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37401849"} | 234 | 27 | 0.577744 | 1.266044 | -0.689252 | 0.636364 | 7.909091 | 0.545455 |
In a speech on Thursday, the health secretary said it was "critical for patient safety".
The target of seeing 95% of patients in four hours has been missed in England since July 2015. There was a record low of 85.1% in January.
Mr Hunt demanded progress this year and said the target should be hit next year after new funding in the Budget.
Chancellor Philip Hammond announced an extra £2bn for social care over the next three years.
This comes after warnings services were under threat with councils, which are in charge of services, reportedly £1bn short of the £19.7bn they need this year.
Mr Hunt said the new money would help tackle the problem of patients who were fit to leave hospital having discharge delayed because of a lack of suitable care in the community. This is thought to have contributed to overcrowding in trusts.
The health secretary said: "It is absolutely essential we get back to the 95% target. That is critical for patient safety."
To coincide with Mr Hunt's speech, bosses at NHS England and NHS Improvement, which run the health service, wrote to hospital chief executives giving them a deadline of March 2018 to get back on track.
They said the social care money would play an important part in relieving the pressure as it could help to free up between 2,000 and 3,000 beds which are occupied by patients who have finished their treatment.
If this is achieved it would represent a halving of the delays that are currently being seen.
But the two regulators also want hospitals and the ambulance service to take some steps themselves. These include:
The development comes after ministers and NHS bosses have given serious consideration to dropping or changing the target. Earlier this winter Mr Hunt suggested it was being looked at amid concerns the growing numbers seeking care at A&E units was making it very difficult for hospitals to hit the target.
Chris Hopson, of NHS Providers, which represents hospitals, said: "Given how far we are currently behind the target and without the required funding we think it is unrealistic to expect trusts as a whole to meet the 95% A&E target within a year." | Jeremy Hunt has told NHS hospitals they must get back to meeting the target for seeing patients swiftly in A&E. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39217595"} | 456 | 26 | 0.556063 | 1.36961 | 0.087094 | 1.1 | 21.1 | 0.7 |
The Magpies took the lead when Cisse slotted in after Gary Cahill missed Sammy Ameobi's low cross.
An Eden Hazard shot hit a Newcastle upright before Moussa Sissoko set up Cisse for another tap-in.
The hosts had Steven Taylor sent off but, despite Didier Drogba pulling one back, held on for the win.
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Chelsea piled forward late on and striker Diego Costa had a shot tipped over by 21-year-old goalkeeper Jak Alnwick, who was making his debut having come on as a half-time substitute for the injured Rob Elliot.
Newcastle had beaten the Blues in their last two league games at St James' Park but a repeat appeared unlikely considering the marauding form of their visitors.
However, a heroic defensive performance, marshalled by centre-back Fabricio Coloccini, was the foundation of a victory which ended Chelsea's hopes of setting a new club record of 24 matches unbeaten in all competitions.
The defeat will also end talk of the Stamford Bridge side repeating Arsenal's 'Invincibles' by going the whole league season without losing, and gives the London side's title rivals the chance to make up ground.
Mourinho had insisted that it was "impossible" to remain unbeaten all season and he was proven right as his side were frustrated by a disciplined and organised Newcastle side, much in the way they were in a goalless draw at Sunderland last weekend.
Before the break, Chelsea were limited to a couple of Willian strikes wide, a Cahill header over and a well-struck Oscar overhead kick past the frame of the goal.
The hosts gradually grew in confidence as they quelled the Blues' threat and might have taken a surprise lead.
Ameobi found Ayoze Perez and his sliding pass released Colback, but the midfielder was thwarted when Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois saved his close range shot with a foot.
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It was easy to see how Newcastle had lost just once in nine games but they suffered a setback when goalkeeper Elliot failed to emerge for the second half, having injured himself taking a goal-kick.
That meant a debut for Alnwick, whose first piece of action was to punch away a Cesc Fabregas free-kick assuredly.
Alnwick should have been tested again when another Fabregas free-kick found John Mikel Obi in space at the near post only for the midfielder to head wide.
The miss was immediately punished when, at the other end, Cahill missed a low Ameobi cross and Cisse slotted in gleefully.
Chelsea exerted more pressure but, 38 seconds after a Hazard shot came back off a post, Newcastle extended their lead when Cisse scored after a swift counter-attack.
A Taylor foul on Andre Schurrle earned the defender his second yellow card left the Magpies a man down.
And, in a dramatic finale, Drogba gave Chelsea hope when he nodded in a Fabregas free-kick.
However, Newcastle stood firm as Mourinho was left still searching for his first league win at St James' Park in five attempts as Chelsea manager. | Premier League leaders Chelsea suffered their first defeat of the season as they were beaten at Newcastle in their 15th top-flight game of the campaign. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30257076"} | 751 | 32 | 0.341634 | 0.826685 | -0.44454 | 1.035714 | 21.464286 | 0.75 |
Kimberley, 26, secured her country's first gold, beating India's Sushila Likmabam courtesy of an ippon in the -48kg weight category.
The Lanarkshire native's crowning move sparked jubilant scenes at the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre (SECC).
Louise, 31, then overcame England's Kelly Edwards in a nervy -52kg final.
With only three seconds remaining, the British number one's opponent was disqualified for collecting four penalties.
Both judokas were cautioned during the bout for various infringements with Edwards's decisive fourth penalty coming for a shido, a light penalty awarded for a minor violation.
Kimberley, unable to watch her sister's final live because she had go through anti-doping procedures, admitted it was tough watching Louise's tense victory on television.
"I was screaming at the TV," she told BBC Sport. "I ran down to see her and the first time I saw her, someone's trying to take a photo of us.
"I saw the medal ceremony. I saw her getting the crowd involved. She's taken the showboating from me - and people say I'm the poser."
Earlier, Kimberley, a Pan American Open bronze medallist, showed little emotion as she walked into a wall of sound on entering the arena, her composure belying her inexperience at this level.
But after quickly seeing off her rival she couldn't hide her feelings, smiling broadly as she left the mat to a standing ovation and the crowd's din ringing in her ears.
"I am so happy - I wanted to see the team off to a great start," she told the BBC afterwards.
"The crowd just make you believe that you can do it."
The younger Renicks' smile was still a fixture when she reappeared for the medal ceremony.
She was led back into the arena by a bagpiper to receive her gold medal, her first on the international stage, before sparking a passionate rendition of the national anthem.
Despite appearances, Kimberley admitted she had to fight back the tears after her win.
"Everyone said to me, there was a waver there of the lip but I held it in," she added, laughing.
"I was half crying when I came off the mat as well. I was so emotional I didn't know what to do. It's the best medal I've got."
Louise added: "I couldn't stop smiling. I thought I was going to cry a bit more but I was just smiling." | Sisters Kimberley and Louise Renicks won Scotland's first gold medals of the Commonwealth Games with thrilling judo victories before a raucous home crowd. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "28467118"} | 591 | 41 | 0.446934 | 1.294151 | 0.909526 | 0.88 | 19.92 | 0.56 |
The capital side kick off their Pro12 season at Meggetland against Leinster on Friday, 4 September.
"We built the side through our conditioning, our defence, our set-piece and a structured game plan," said Solomons.
"Now this season we need to evolve our attack."
Edinburgh have been temporarily dislodged from their home stadium to allow preparatory work for a concert at Murrayfield the week after the Pro12 opener.
South African Solomons inherited a disparate playing group largely bereft of order and direction upon taking the reins in the Scottish capital two seasons ago.
The rebuilding process has been challenging, with Edinburgh recording consecutive eighth-place finishes, but reaching the European Challenge Cup final in May.
"This season I would like us to be a side that is capable of playing in a variety of ways," added Solomons. "To do that we need to continue to evolve our attack and like all teams, where we can win with style, absolutely we want to do that.
"Our outside backs on that are key. What's key this season are guys like Chris Dean, Damien Hoyland, that those boys come through. There's no doubt they've got the wherewithal; they don't have the experience, but we need some firepower in the outside backs.
"Bearing in mind our injuries (last season), we lacked a little bit of that firepower and that also played its influence.
"We have spent a lot of time in pre-season on conditioning games, but we've spent a lot of time on our skills. We've really worked like crazy on that. You've got to understand it's a building process, we're looking this season to hit that balance."
The 65-year-old, who coached throughout his homeland, and had stints in charge of Ulster and Northampton Saints on British soil, highlighted Scotland centre Matt Scott's lengthy absence through shoulder problems as the most detrimental among a spree of injuries to key players.
Rugby World Cup duty is set to deprive Edinburgh of a hefty forwards contingent, but they are perhaps not likely to be as depleted as many of their domestic counterparts.
Capitalising on the early Pro12 fixtures could prove crucial to attaining the top six spot and European Champions Cup qualification Solomons has benchmarked.
"We are going to miss, for sure, our whole front-row and Stuart (McInally)," he said. "Grant Gilchrist, for sure. Dave Denton, for sure. But we've got a good enough pack to cope with that.
"Everybody's the same, we can't afford injuries, but it is important we hit the ground running in this thing. The players are aware of it. The young boys are ready for it, they're excited about it."
After confirming the capture of Tongan winger Otulea Katoa on Thursday, Solomons does not expect any further additions to his squad, although summer signing Michael Allen has sustained a shoulder injury.
"Not to my knowledge," he added. "We've got to see how we track, but our squad is pretty much done." | Edinburgh will look to add flair to their structured, uncompromising forwards game plan this season, head coach Alan Solomons has announced. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34019742"} | 698 | 28 | 0.49547 | 1.344949 | 0.48648 | 0.875 | 25.625 | 0.625 |
Winger Hayes, 29, signed a new deal tying him to the Pittodrie side until 2019, having first joined from Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 2012.
The Dons had rejected bids from Cardiff City for the Republic of Ireland international, who has scored 25 goals in 190 Aberdeen appearances.
"I'm so pleased," said McInnes, 45, of Hayes' new deal.
"It's a huge boost for everybody - team-mates, supporters, myself - because there was a stage in January, certainly the Dundee game, the last game before the window closed, there was a feeling that it may well have been his last game. There was a real possibility of that.
"And the fact we have managed to get him, not just until the end of the season, but to commit beyond that, is great news.
"We try to work with all our players and pitch at the right level to keep them. We have always been quite good at that.
"The better the team does and the better individuals do within the team, it becomes more of a challenge to be able to keep everybody happy.
"But I spoke to Jonny continuously throughout January about where we were, if something didn't happen for him maybe to extend. So it was something he was willing to do."
Premiership rivals Ross County stand between Aberdeen and a place in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals with the sides meeting in Dingwall on Saturday in one of three all top-flight fifth-round ties.
Aberdeen have not won the tournament since 1990 but did reach the final of this season's League Cup, losing to Celtic.
"A strong cup run can help your league form as well," said McInnes, whose side are second in the Premiership.
"There is benefit for attendances and financial gain for the club. But, more than that, the supporters can get excited by a good strong cup run.
"I thought we suffered from that last season [losing in the fourth round].
"As good as we were in the league [finishing second in the Premiership], there was a feeling towards the end of the season that it wasn't quite the season we wanted to be, and a big part of that was not progressing as far as we wanted in the cups." | Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes says Jonny Hayes' new contract is "a huge boost" for the club. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38925790"} | 503 | 26 | 0.469286 | 1.178319 | -0.674697 | 1.9 | 23 | 0.8 |
Beacons were lit on Friday evening at the castles in Cardiff, Kidwelly, Beaumaris, Burry Port, Swansea, Welshpool, Brecon, Blaenau Gwent and Craig-y-Dorth in Monmouth.
It followed a two minute silence observed across the country on Friday.
On 8 May 1945 hundreds of beacons were lit to celebrate the end of the war.
Events this weekend in Wales include VE Day exhibitions, bell ringing at cathedrals and numerous 1940s themed parties and celebrations.
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The trial, which attracted a flurry of media attention, has spurred debate about how victims of sexual assault are treated by the Canadian legal system.
Mr Ghomeshi's three accusers came under intense scrutiny from the defence during the eight-day trial.
He is charged with sexual assault and choking his victims.
Mr Ghomeshi, 48, has denied the charges. He has said the encounters were consensual, describing them as "rough sex".
If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.
Police said the assaults took place in 2002 and 2003.
During the trial, defence lawyer Marie Henein questioned why his accusers remained in contact or on good terms with Mr Ghomeshi after the alleged assaults.
One sent Mr Ghomeshi a picture of herself in a bikini after she said he had punched her in the head. She told Ms Henein that she wanted to bait Mr Ghomeshi into incriminating himself.
But prosecutor Michael Callaghan said "post-assault contact was not relevant to the sexual assault that took place" and every victim coped with assault differently.
Some advocates for sexual assault victims worried that women were being put on trial rather than the alleged attacker.
Others were concerned the scrutiny would discourage other victims from coming forward in future cases.
Mr Ghomeshi, who hosted the radio show Q, was sacked by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 2014 after the allegations became public.
The CBC began an inquiry into Mr Ghomeshi's sexual activities after the Toronto Star newspaper began investigating allegations by an ex-girlfriend that he had engaged in non-consensual, violent sex with her.
The report found that CBC management knew about Mr Ghomeshi's behaviour, or should have known. It said the members of management did not take steps to stop it.
A number of women came forward after the Star's report, accusing him of punching, strangling and battering. | A Canadian judge is expected to deliver a verdict on Thursday in the sexual assault trial of Jian Ghomeshi, once one of the country's top broadcasters. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35883905"} | 438 | 36 | 0.554202 | 1.402672 | -0.959366 | 0.862069 | 12.689655 | 0.655172 |
They become hidden after a certain period of time chosen by the author, the firm said.
It is part of a new "secret message" service having a limited trial, Facebook announced.
Senders must choose one device to use it on, as messages sent this way are stored on the device itself.
Those flagged to "disappear" will be deleted from the device as well.
"Starting a secret conversation with someone is optional," it said.
"Secret conversations can only be read on one device and we recognise that experience may not be right for everyone."
Facebook listed health and financial issues as examples of messages that people may wish to keep more private - while others have mentioned love affairs.
The idea is being trialled on a "limited basis", Facebook said, but added that it would be more widely available over the summer.
Video and GIFs cannot be shared secretly at the moment.
The service will also have extra features for reporting abuse - and once this is introduced, there will be a delay in the deletion of messages to enable flagging.
"Facebook will never have access to plain text messages unless one participant in a secret conversation voluntarily reports the conversation," it explained in a technical document.
The service is built on the Signal protocol by Open Whisper Systems, which is widely used by messaging apps, said cybersecurity expert Professor Alan Woodward from Surrey University.
"Signal is well tested and those who developed it are well regarded in the cryptography community," he said.
"But the problem with something effectively becoming an open standard in this way is that if ever a problem were found it could have widespread impact."
Prof Woodward added that the technical report released by Facebook was "not as complete as many would like" in terms of assessing the service's security.
"If I were to choose any messaging system I would look for it to be based on Signal at present.
"However, I'd like to know more about exactly how it is implemented, or at least know that those who can analyse such systems have scrutinised the code." | Private messages that can disappear are being trialled by Facebook as it experiments with a new option for those using its Messenger app. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36744470"} | 441 | 27 | 0.540357 | 1.331643 | 0.410804 | 1.083333 | 17.5 | 0.75 |
The Elite League speedway side previously feared their future relied on ground share deal.
After talks with the new landowner, who plans to develop the site for housing, there is the possibility of a further two-year extension to the new lease.
Bees owner Mick Horton, however, admits the club's long-term future remains "a concern".
"There can be no doubt that this offer has given the speedway team some security in the short-term," Horton told the club website. | Coventry Bees will continue to race at Brandon Stadium for another year after being offered a new lease from 2017. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36888343"} | 107 | 25 | 0.580084 | 1.17122 | 0.045416 | 0.52381 | 4.761905 | 0.428571 |
England have clinched the Six Nations title but victory in Paris on Saturday will complete five wins out of five.
"We haven't done anything yet," said Jones. "We've got the Six Nations trophy, but it doesn't feel like that."
Scrum-half Danny Care and prop Mako Vunipola come into the side that beat Wales last weekend.
France have finished in the bottom half of the table in the past four Six Nations while England will be looking to win a Grand Slam for the 13th time.
"If you look at their team, they have got very talented individuals. We are certain they will play a traditional French game based on forward power and off-the-cuff rugby," said Jones.
"We have just got to be intense and physical to not allow them in the game. They have got a new coach who likes a certain style of play and they are trying to develop that play."
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Jones also said his predecessor Stuart Lancaster deserved credit for doing a "great job" developing the team.
Lancaster, 46, left his post in November after three and a half years in charge, following England's early exit from their home World Cup and Jones told BBC Sport that Lancaster should be "congratulated on the job he did".
The 56-year-old Australian added: "I'd be remiss not to say that a lot of the success has got to be put down to what Stuart Lancaster did with this group of players."
England had the youngest squad at the World Cup, with an average age of 26.2 years.
Jones, the first foreign coach of the England team, added: "He did a great job developing this team up to the stage they were, so we're all thankful to him." | Coach Eddie Jones says his England are a "better team" than France as they look to win the Grand Slam for the first time since 2003. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35838833"} | 381 | 32 | 0.547168 | 1.213868 | -0.352051 | 1.310345 | 12.551724 | 0.758621 |
The 302ft (92m) long aircraft, which is part plane and part airship, nosedived after a test flight at Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire on 24 August.
No-one was injured in the accident, but the cockpit was effectively destroyed.
The auxiliary landing system has "airbags" which are stowed during flight, Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) said.
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It is one of a number of changes which have been made since the crash when Airlander climbed to an excessive height because its mooring line became caught on power cables, an Air Accidents Investigation Branch report found.
"We had to look at how you stop 35 tonnes of airship coming down and squashing that composite flightdeck area," programmes director Nick Allman said.
"It will give us no drag [and] no change in how the aircraft flies normally."
As the craft comes in to land air from inside the craft's body will inflate the airbag feet in "about 15 seconds".
"What we've done is put in 63 changes - some to the aircraft but most to process, procedure, and training - so that sort of event is extremely unlikely to ever happen again," Chris Daniels from HAV added.
The company said the repairs and changes were now complete and, following "an extensive test phase", it is hoped Airlander will take to the skies again by the end of April.
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West Brom defender Gareth McAuley headed in Oliver Norwood's perfectly delivered free-kick before a hailstorm in Lyon forced the players off for two minutes.
When they returned, Niall McGinn finished a rebound in stoppage time to give Northern Ireland their first victory at a major tournament finals in 34 years.
Germany's 0-0 draw with Poland later on Thursday eliminated Ukraine, meaning Northern Ireland will finish at least third in Group C. A win against Germany in Paris on Tuesday in their final match would guarantee their place in the last 16, while they might already have done enough to qualify as one of the best third-placed teams.
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O'Neill gambled by making five changes, including relegating top scorer Kyle Lafferty to the substitutes' bench.
Lafferty's place went to 24-year-old Conor Washington, the QPR striker who was working as a postman and playing for St Ives in the ninth tier of English football the last time the Euros were staged in 2012.
But it paid off fantastically as Northern Ireland clinched their first win at a major tournament since famously beating hosts Spain at the 1982 World Cup.
Washington and Jamie Ward proved a handful for a Ukraine team who had kept 21 clean sheets in their previous 39 games.
Northern Ireland's strength from set-pieces told again as McAuley, 36, brilliantly got on the end of Norwood's well-taken free-kick for the first goal.
After a hail shower that saw the players withdrawn and substitutions, six minutes of stoppage time were added on.
But Northern Ireland's nervousness disappeared when Aberdeen winger McGinn pounced to seal victory.
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It was a night on which Northern Ireland made footballing history on several fronts.
As well as winning for the first time at the European finals, McAuley became the second-oldest scorer at the Euros and McGinn netted the latest ever goal at the tournament.
Once again, the green-shirted fans really got behind their team with loud vocal support.
They also remembered 24-year-old Darren Rodgers, who died in an accidental fall in Nice after the Poland match, with respectful applause in the 24th minute.
The green and white army will celebrate long into the night in Lyon before turning their thoughts to Tuesday's meeting with the world champions.
Defeat would have seen NI's great Euro 2016 adventure fall flat, now they go to Paris with hope in their hearts and buoyed by one of the greatest results in their history.
Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill: "We have given ourselves a great chance. It will take various permutations for us not to finish third. That gives us a shout at least. What we need to do is try to nick a point [against Germany]. We will let the players enjoy this and then the minds will switch to the Germans.
"It's hard to put into words and absorb it all at this time. Everything good about Northern Ireland was in that stadium today."
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Goalscorer Gareth McAuley: "Nobody has given us a chance. Lots of people said we wouldn't get a point.
"We weren't at it against Poland - to our standards, the intensity we wanted to play at - but tonight was a lot better.
"It's special to score, it'll sink in probably over the next few days. We've got a tough game to look forward to now, and we've got something to play for - that's what we wanted."
Northern Ireland will face Germany on Tuesday at Parc des Princes in Paris, while Ukraine will look for their first Euro 2016 point against Poland in Marseille.
Match ends, Ukraine 0, Northern Ireland 2.
Second Half ends, Ukraine 0, Northern Ireland 2.
Goal! Ukraine 0, Northern Ireland 2. Niall McGinn (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Stuart Dallas (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josh Magennis.
Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Roman Zozulya (Ukraine).
Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stuart Dallas (Northern Ireland).
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Patrick McNair replaces Corry Evans.
Foul by Denys Garmash (Ukraine).
Oliver Norwood (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Yevhen Konoplyanka (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Yaroslav Rakitskiy.
Attempt blocked. Yevhen Konoplyanka (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland).
Attempt saved. Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Attempt missed. Viacheslav Shevchuk (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Artem Fedetskiy (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Steven Davis (Northern Ireland).
Stuart Dallas (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt saved. Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Viacheslav Shevchuk with a cross.
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Josh Magennis replaces Conor Washington.
Substitution, Ukraine. Oleksandr Zinchenko replaces Viktor Kovalenko.
Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Jonny Evans.
Offside, Ukraine. Artem Fedetskiy tries a through ball, but Andriy Yarmolenko is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Viktor Kovalenko (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Ukraine. Denys Garmash replaces Serhiy Sydorchuk.
Foul by Serhiy Sydorchuk (Ukraine).
Oliver Norwood (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Viktor Kovalenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stuart Dallas (Northern Ireland).
Foul by Roman Zozulya (Ukraine).
Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Ukraine. Roman Zozulya replaces Evgen Seleznyov.
Attempt missed. Viktor Kovalenko (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Evgen Seleznyov.
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Niall McGinn replaces Jamie Ward.
Offside, Ukraine. Artem Fedetskiy tries a through ball, but Andriy Yarmolenko is caught offside.
Serhiy Sydorchuk (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Weald of Kent school in Tonbridge will open a site in Sevenoaks, Kent - side-stepping a ban on new grammar schools.
But Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said this would not "open the floodgates" to more schools being allowed to select by ability.
Labour described the decision as a "hugely backward step".
The decision to allow the new grammar school site, with places for 450 girls, has raised expectations of similar bids in other parts of the country.
But Mrs Morgan said this was a "genuine expansion" of an existing school - describing it as "one school, two sites" - and it "does not reflect a change in this government's position on selective schools".
The education secretary said that the ban on new grammars would remain.
"I don't want to fight the battles of selective and non-selective... This is one particular application with one particular set of circumstances. Why would I deny a good school the right to expand?"
"I don't think this will open any kind of precedent or floodgates."
Any bids from other grammar schools would still face the "statutory prohibition" on new selective schools and would need to "meet the criteria for being a genuine expansion", said the education secretary.
The school in Sevenoaks is due to open in September 2017, after a long campaign by supporters.
Sean Coughlan, BBC education correspondent
This will be seen as a symbolic reversing of the tide, after many decades in which grammar schools were seen as a receding emblem of the educational past, rather than an expanding destination for the future.
While this decision will be warmly welcomed by traditionalists in the Conservatives' ranks, it will be a double-edged sword for the government. Their education reforms, promoting academies and free schools, have made a prime virtue of raising standards for all, rather than focusing on the academically most able. That policy sits uneasily beside a rejuvenated 11-plus exam.
When David Cameron had the shadow education brief for the Conservatives, one of his clearest steps was to distance himself from the ideological trench warfare of the pro and anti-grammar campaigners.
Ministers won't want the return of grammars to drown out their education policy, so they will want to play down suggestions that this decision could open the floodgates to a wave of such satellite selective schools.
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Labour passed laws in 1998 banning the creation of new grammars - which are selective state schools - but existing schools are allowed to expand if there is sufficient demand.
A previous plan for such an extension of the Weald of Kent Grammar School was turned down, when ministers were not persuaded that it would be a branch of an existing school rather than the creation of a new institution.
Andrew Shilling, of the Sevenoaks Grammar School Campaign, said the decision was a "victory for parent power".
"Today's news is overdue recognition of the fact that a Sevenoaks grammar school is supported by the vast majority of local parents."
In last year's GCSE results, 99% of pupils at the Weald of Kent Grammar School achieved five A*-C grades. The national average for England is 63%.
Local MP Michael Fallon welcomed the announcement as ending the "absurd situation of Sevenoaks being the only area in Kent not to have a grammar school".
"It will also help to ease the growing pressure on school places in west Kent."
But Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw says that while he backs the idea of a "grammar school ethos" such selective schools needed to "make sure they admit children from all backgrounds and particularly poor backgrounds".
"Remember this - for every grammar school you create, you create three secondary moderns and I can't see parents queuing up to send their children to more secondary moderns," said Sir Michael.
There will now be an expectation that others among the 163 remaining grammar schools could seek to open branches in other towns. There are some local authorities, such as Kent and Buckinghamshire, which have retained grammar school systems.
There has been a strong campaign by some Conservative MPs for greater availability of grammar schools, arguing that they drive social mobility by providing high-achieving schools for bright pupils, regardless of where they live or family income.
Grammar school supporters will see this as a symbolic boost for a type of school that was phased out in most parts of England more than 40 years ago.
Grammar schools
But opponents of selective education were highly critical.
Melissa Benn, of Comprehensive Future, said that academic selection at the age of 11 was "unfair, unnecessary and divisive".
Ms Benn said it was "absurd" to suggest that the school would be an annexe, rather than a wholly new school, adding the decision could have "far reaching consequences".
Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee and a prominent campaigner for grammar schools backed the decision.
"This is a small but positive step. It improves choice for parents," said Mr Brady.
The Sutton Trust, which promotes social mobility, highlighted research that less than 3% of pupils in grammar schools were entitled to free meals, compared with an average of 18% in the areas they serve.
Labour's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell said the grammar expansion was a "new school in all but name" - and she called on Mrs Morgan to publish the advice given to her by civil servants.
Ms Powell also accused the grammar school system of being a barrier to social mobility.
"They do not increase equality of opportunity, they make it worse. Tiny numbers of children from disadvantaged backgrounds pass their tests because they are the preserve of the privately tutored," she said. | England is to get its first "new" grammar school for five decades after ministers allowed a grammar school to build an "annexe" in another town. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34535778"} | 1,282 | 35 | 0.450119 | 1.281786 | 0.143464 | 1.333333 | 38.2 | 0.8 |
Northfield UK Solar's subsidiary company RAF Desb plans to install the panels on a 276 acre (112 hectare) site at RAF Desborough.
The firm aims to generate electricity for about 15,000 homes per year.
The planning application has been submitted to Kettering Council, with a decision expected by the end of July.
The scheme also includes a number of buildings involved in the production of electricity and deer fencing to restrict access and "protect the scheme from theft and vandalism".
RAF Desborough was an airbase between 1943 and 1953.
The agent for the developers, Peter Brett Associates, said in a report to the council that the UK is committed to providing 15% of its energy from renewable source by 2020 and this solar farm would make an "important contribution". | Plans to turn a former World War Two airfield in Northamptonshire into a solar farm with hundreds of solar panels have been submitted. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32592247"} | 167 | 31 | 0.643078 | 1.462831 | 0.327161 | 0.833333 | 6.291667 | 0.583333 |
Bird headed-in from a yard on the hour after Mark Randall's shot had been saved by Marek Rodak.
Hartlepool's defeat by Barnet means the Exiles are out of the bottom two just six weeks after being 11 points adrift.
The loss was a blow to Accrington's rapidly diminishing chances of a place in the play-offs.
Accrington are five points adrift of seventh place with two matches remaining.
Meanwhile Newport find themselves two points ahead of Hartlepool and could secure League Two survival with a win at Carlisle on 29 April.
Newport County caretaker manager Mike Flynn told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "It feels absolutely amazing, but we're keeping grounded, there's nothing done yet, nothing achieved.
"We've just got ourselves in a good position and we've got to keep going now until the end of the season.
"It has been a great turnaround and the boys have been fantastic. I would have wanted a few more goals but I'll take another couple of 1-0 wins before the end of the season."
Match ends, Newport County 1, Accrington Stanley 0.
Second Half ends, Newport County 1, Accrington Stanley 0.
Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County).
Janoi Donacien (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County).
Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joss Labadie (Newport County).
Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Newport County. Jaanai Gordon replaces Alex Samuel.
Sean Rigg (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley).
Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Scott Brown (Accrington Stanley).
Delay in match Alex Samuel (Newport County) because of an injury.
Joss Labadie (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley).
Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Harvey Rodgers.
Substitution, Newport County. Jazzi Barnum-Bobb replaces Mark Randall.
Alex Samuel (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Harvey Rodgers (Accrington Stanley).
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Terry Gornell replaces Mark Hughes.
Alex Samuel (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Scott Brown (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Scott Brown (Accrington Stanley).
Foul by Aaron Williams (Newport County).
Scott Brown (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sean Rigg (Newport County).
Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aaron Williams (Newport County).
Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Jonathan Edwards replaces Jordan Clark.
Foul by Mark Randall (Newport County).
Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Mark O'Brien.
Substitution, Newport County. Aaron Williams replaces Ryan Bird.
Sean Rigg (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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After the first leg had ended 3-3, Exeter led when David Wheeler pulled back for Ollie Watkins to net early on.
Watkins bent in his and Exeter's second on 79 minutes, but Jason Kennedy soon scrambled one back as Carlisle rallied.
John O'Sullivan headed a late leveller but there was still time for Stacey to drill into the top corner to win it.
Paul Tisdale's side will face Blackpool in the final on Sunday, 28 May for the right to play in League One next season.
The Tangerines beat Luton in the other semi-final - also 6-5 on aggregate and also courtesy of a 95th-minute winner on a remarkable night for League Two.
The Hatters had looked to be on course for Wembley when Danny Hylton's penalty put them ahead on aggregate, but Armand Gnanduillet's equaliser and a last-gasp own goal from goalkeeper Stuart Moore sent the Tangerines to the final.
Carlisle, who spent much of the campaign in the automatic promotion places, had a strong first-half penalty appeal turned down when Troy Brown appeared to handle a Luke Joyce cross.
Keith Curle's visitors came from two goals down in both legs of the tie, with 25 goals now scored between the sides in their past five meetings.
O'Sullivan, who scored off the bench in each leg, got the Cumbrians' ninth equaliser against Exeter over that period but they had no time to respond to Stacey's fine winner, the Reading loanee's first goal for the club.
The former Carlisle loanee's stunning strike saw Exeter - who were last in League One in the 2011-12 campaign - finally beat a fellow play-off side this season at the eighth time of asking.
Exeter were bottom of League Two in November, with only Newport and relegated Leyton Orient spending more days in the drop zone than them this term.
Exeter boss Paul Tisdale told BBC Radio Devon:
"If it had gone to extra time we would've won it, because we had that mentality.
"Once they scored their goal there was a strange acceptance that we'd have to score another.
"They've come back at us so many times - they're so good at it - that we just thought 'crikey, we're just going to keep attacking'.
"It's been a very determined last 30 games to go from the bottom of the league to the play-off final, and we've still got more to go."
Carlisle boss Keith Curle told BBC Radio 5 live:
"I'm very proud of the players and the football club - we can walk out of here with our heads held high.
"We gave a very good team a run for their money.
"I had to walk into the changing room and listen to what success sounded like in Exeter celebrating and that hurts - that has to be a spur for us individually.
"The building blocks, the foundations are here - we've had to put them in place over a short period - you look at Exeter, the manager's been here for eight, nine, 10 years to do that."
Match ends, Exeter City 3, Carlisle United 2.
Second Half ends, Exeter City 3, Carlisle United 2.
Goal! Exeter City 3, Carlisle United 2. Jack Stacey (Exeter City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jake Taylor.
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nicky Adams (Carlisle United).
Attempt saved. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joel Grant.
Goal! Exeter City 2, Carlisle United 2. John O'Sullivan (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicky Adams with a cross.
Jordan Tillson (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Proctor (Carlisle United).
Offside, Carlisle United. Gary Liddle tries a through ball, but Shaun Miller is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Joel Grant (Exeter City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
Goal! Exeter City 2, Carlisle United 1. Jason Kennedy (Carlisle United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
Attempt blocked. John O'Sullivan (Carlisle United) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Jason Kennedy.
Attempt blocked. Shaun Miller (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Joyce with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
Goal! Exeter City 2, Carlisle United 0. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by David Wheeler.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joel Grant.
Attempt missed. Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicky Adams with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Jason Kennedy replaces Michael Raynes.
Attempt saved. Joel Grant (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Tillson.
Attempt blocked. James Bailey (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Jamie Proctor (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Joyce.
Attempt missed. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Michael Raynes.
Attempt missed. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jamie Proctor.
John O'Sullivan (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Craig Woodman (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by John O'Sullivan (Carlisle United).
Joel Grant (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Miller (Carlisle United).
Attempt blocked. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
David Wheeler (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Raynes (Carlisle United).
Attempt missed. Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Craig Woodman with a cross following a set piece situation.
Hand ball by Luke Joyce (Carlisle United).
Substitution, Carlisle United. John O'Sullivan replaces Reggie Lambe.
Offside, Carlisle United. Nicky Adams tries a through ball, but Shaun Miller is caught offside.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Mark Gillespie.
Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. | Jack Stacey's 95th-minute winner saw Exeter beat Carlisle to reach the League Two play-off final after an extraordinary 6-5 win on aggregate. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39879759"} | 1,773 | 36 | 0.505116 | 1.354113 | 0.437934 | 2.166667 | 49.1 | 0.9 |
The team, who looked at wild bumblebees caught in the English countryside, say the insecticide, thiamethoxam, reduces egg development in queen bees.
They say this is likely to reduce bee populations later in the year.
Thiamethoxam is one of three neonicotinoid insecticides currently restricted for use by the EU.
They have been restricted amid concerns about their impact on wild bees.
The study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, investigated the impact of thiamethoxam on four species of bumblebee queen which had been captured in the wild in spring.
The effects of the insecticide at levels deemed similar to those encountered in the wild were investigated in the laboratory.
After two weeks of exposure, two of the four species of bumblebee took in less food.
And there were effects on egg development in all four species.
"We consistently found that neonicotinoid exposure, at levels mimicking exposure that queens could experience in agricultural landscapes, resulted in reduced ovary development in queens of all four species we tested," said lead researcher, Dr Gemma Baron of Royal Holloway University of London.
"Impacts of neonicotinoid exposure on feeding behaviour were species-specific, with two out of four species eating less artificial nectar when exposed to the pesticide.
"These impacts are likely to reduce the success of bumblebee queens in the spring, with knock-on effects for bee populations later in the year."
The scientists say the work provides "a major step forward" in understanding the impact of neonicotinoids on wild bees - both generally and in specific species.
They say bumblebee queens are not currently considered in pesticide risk assessments for pollinating insects.
Prof Mark Brown of Royal Holloway University of London said: "Future studies across different species are likely to demonstrate further variation in the impact of neonicotinoids, and conducting such studies needs to be a priority for scientists and governments."
Bumblebees are social insects, living in colonies. When the queens emerge in early spring, having spent the winter hibernating alone, they go out in search of food and a place to nest.
They are likely to be exposed to pesticides as they forage on flowers in agricultural areas.
Each queen forms its own nest, lays its eggs, and produces a few hundred daughter workers.
Towards the end of the season, males and new queens hatch, then emerge from the nest to go in search of a mate.
Only fertilised queens go on to hibernate, after feeding heavily on pollen and nectar to build up fat stores.
Bumblebees are in decline globally, due to threats from pathogens, loss of habitat and pesticides.
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Some 93% of 294 firms surveyed for the Confederation of British Industry and education group Pearson felt they knew best what employee skills they needed.
Last year a key government review said the traditional relationship between employer and trainee had been lost.
The CBI says skill shortages in key sectors may hamper economic recovery.
More than a third (39%) of the firms surveyed said they were currently struggling to recruit workers with the advanced scientific, technical, engineering and maths skills they needed. Some 41% said they expected difficulties within the next three years.
Almost half of those surveyed (45%) reported that many applicants with the right technical skills did not have the right attitude for work, while 39% said they often lacked any general work experience.
Skill shortages are particularly acute in the engineering, hi-tech, computing and science sectors.
Businesses also expressed dissatisfaction with the current skills of their workforce, with 62% worried about poor computing skills, 55% about literacy and 51% about numeracy.
About a third of employers said school leavers lacked basic literacy and numeracy, and a third that they lacked technical skills.
Some 80% of firms said the top priority was better designed qualifications, more focused on employers' needs and industry standards. Public money should be focused where training is most needed, says the report.
"The most important thing is to ensure funding flows to the parts of skills provision most helpful to employers, but public resources committed to training and development have often been poorly targeted," it goes on.
At the moment the CBI says there is little incentive for smaller businesses to invest in training. It calls for the system to be fine-tuned to different sizes of employer with devolved funding and less red tape.
In particular it calls for "local training clusters... to enable employers of all sizes to take a leadership role" in training.
Last year an independent review of apprenticeships for the government by Doug Richards warned that too many training schemes had become government-led initiatives, shaped by training professionals rather than employers.
He called for new qualifications to be redefined by employers, with less "bureaucratic box ticking assessment", and for funding for training to go directly to businesses.
The CBI wants the government to implement these recommendations and to protect funding for skills training and apprenticeships.
CBI director general John Cridland said: "We are facing a critical lack of skills in some key industries. just as the economy starts to pick up. There are few better ways of underpinning long-term growth than investing in skills.
"Firms are already investing in training but they cannot do it on their own. We want to see the skills budget protected as far as possible, while focussing on business needs.
"That means routing funding more directly to firms. We can't afford for funding to be badly targeted or sucked up by bureaucracy."
Skills minister Matthew Hancock said: "This report highlights a serious problem. For far too long our education and skills systems have not been rigorous and have been distant from the needs of employers".
He added that government reforms would tackle skill shortages in England, add rigour and make the whole system more responsive to employers' needs.
"We are also giving employers greater control through a £250m fund that allows them to design their own training programmes. Later this year we will put in place reforms so employers can design their own apprenticeships." | UK employers overwhelmingly want more control over training, with qualifications better tailored to their needs, a major annual survey suggests. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "22993098"} | 732 | 26 | 0.48907 | 1.24856 | 0.793805 | 0.73913 | 29.608696 | 0.652174 |
Ahead of polls opening on 4 May, you asked us to tell you about the mayor's powers, the funding they will have at their disposal, and how the region will function as the new devolution model takes shape.
We've put your questions to the BBC's North West political reporters and political editor.
Q. Will the creation of a regional mayor call into question the need for 10 borough councils as they currently exist?
No. Arguably your local borough council will be more important than ever.
That's because the mayor will be required to seek the approval of council leaders on major issues including housing, planning, transport and justice. The council leaders are, of course, decided by how the parties perform at local elections.
The 10 leaders who agreed the devolution deal were adamant the mayor should not come in over and above them, so they agreed a structure in which the mayor will effectively be an "11th leader" - with just one vote at the Combined Authority, just like them.
Clearly the mayor has total control in some areas. But even then, to be successful, they'll need to work collaboratively with the councils who will still be making all their own decisions on the local services that they run, such as libraries and bin collections.
Q. Will the mayor ensure young people get free public transport? Will council tax come down?
Labour candidate Andy Burnham and English Democrat mayoral hopeful Steven Morris have both pledged free public transport for young people.
This would be funded by reducing profits made by bus companies, and using some of the apprenticeship funding which will be handed down from central government.
Part of the bill for providing free public transport for young people could be paid for from the precept which is included in council tax bills each year.
The new mayor will take over as Police and Crime Commissioner, and will be the head of Fire and Rescue. Under those powers, he or she will decide the level of precept charged.
The 10 local authorities will still set their own their own council tax rates in the same way they do now. Some candidates have promised not to increase the precepts above inflation, but nobody has said they will reduce it.
The devolution deal also says the mayor can raise funds for "general functions", though it isn't clear how much that might be.
Q. How will the mayor fight funding cuts to the police and NHS in the north of England? London takes everything. How will the mayor redress the balance?
It will be tough. But the candidates feel they are in a better position to represent the 2.7 million people of the region as one single voice.
Liberal Democrat candidate Jane Brophy says she will be seeking more than £6bn that has been handed down for health and social care, for example.
Q. What will the mayor do to protect our greenbelt? Are all of the planned housing developments necessary?
Along with the council leaders, the mayor will be responsible for coming up with an overall plan for Greater Manchester to meet the chronic need for housing.
He or she will also control a £300m housing budget. Only one candidate, Conservative Sean Anstee, is endorsing the current spatial framework plan.
The other candidates believe it needs to be redrawn. Every candidate has pledged to build on brownfield sites before any greenbelt is touched.
Q. Will the mayor stand up and resist austerity measures being implemented by the government, which increase poverty and homelessness?
All of the candidates have said they will be banging on the doors of Whitehall to secure more funding for Greater Manchester.
The mayor will already have £900m of investment to spend over 30 years, which is a start.
But the mayor won't be able to affect votes in Parliament, which determine national policy. So the level of benefits, for example, will not be within the mayor's remit.
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Wane, a player and coach at Wigan before taking charge as head coach in 2011, steered his side to a 12-6 victory despite numerous absentees.
Sam Tomkins, brother Joel and winger Dom Manfredi were among those missing.
"Even as a player, I've been here for 30 years, that's the best win we've had," Wane told BBC Radio Manchester.
"The adversity we've put up with is unbelievable, to get the win with this close-knit group of players, never say die attitude, I'm so pleased."
Those injuries, which also include Michael McIlorum - who missed almost the entire season with a broken ankle - and Tony Clubb are a measure of the adversity they have faced in 2016.
Young players such as Grand Final try-scorer Oliver Gildart, Ryan Sutton and Lewis Tierney have emerged as key players as Wigan have made coming back from behind a hallmark of their play this term.
"Even when the game was 15 minutes to go, the way we've won games we've stayed in until the last second," Wane added.
"I was confident we could get this game - every respect to Warrington, a champion club, and to get the win against them was really special."
Amid the key personnel that missed out, Wigan were able to turn to talismanic skipper Sean O'Loughlin in their hour of need.
The England international, 33, had hamstring and calf problems that saw him miss the tail-end of the Super 8s but came through all the fitness tests put before him to feature.
His presence from off the bench proved a calming one, as the patched-up Warriors overpowered Warrington in the second-half.
"He's the best player in the world," Wane added.
"I feel sorry for Jake Shorrocks [who missed out of the 17-man squad], but what Lockers brings is priceless."
Two players who will not be back at Wigan next season, Dan Sarginson and matchwinner Josh Charnley, both delivered on the big stage to bow out in Cherry and White.
Gold Coast-bound Sarginson put the kick in that Charnley, who now heads to rugby union with Sale, pounced upon to score.
"I'm sorry to see them leave, but for Josh to get the final try was fantastic," Wane continued.
"We've sent Dan away with a ring, and I hope he goes well at Gold Coast."
For Warrington, their 61-year wait for a championship goes on, having once again led at half-time in a major final.
They were ahead in 2013 when Wigan came back to succeed, and again in this year's Challenge Cup final against Hull FC.
"This will spur us on, we'll bring one home soon," he told BBC Radio Merseyside.
"We've got some young guys there who are developing and will learn from this, will get stronger.
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