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The company said pre-tax profit climbed by more than 15% in 2016 to £7.8m, while sales were 6.3% up at £179.8m.
There was a strong performance from its packaging distribution business, which increased sales by 9% to £155.9m.
Macfarlane said organic sales growth was "challenging" in the first six months of the year, but strengthened in the second half to 3%.
Its performance was boosted by contributions from a series of acquisitions last year, including Nelsons for Cartons and Packaging, Colton Packaging Teesside and the packaging business of Edward McNeil.
Sales in Macfarlane's manufacturing operations were down by 9%, at £23.9m, which the company largely attributed to "management actions to rebalance the mix of products in our labels business".
As a consequence of its acquisitions, the group's net bank borrowing at year-end stood at £15.3m, up from £11.6m the previous year.
Chairman Graeme Bissett said: "We will continue to focus on opportunities in sectors with strong growth prospects (including internet retail, third party logistics and national accounts) and to deliver high standards of service to all customers across a wide range of sectors.
"We will also maintain our programme of acquiring good quality businesses to augment organic growth.
"This is a strategy based on taking positive action, which has served all stakeholders in our business well in recent years and we remain confident that it will continue to do so." | Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group has reported its seventh consecutive year of profit growth. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39064042"} | 326 | 20 | 0.552298 | 1.359721 | -0.074716 | 0.823529 | 17.058824 | 0.705882 |
It was a passionate speech that touched on a number of different issues and the hopes that Mr Obama had for the American people.
Here are three of the main issues that President Obama mentioned in his speech:
According to Barack Obama, America is a better place than it was when he first started his Presidency in 2008.
He said that more jobs have been created, America has built better relationships with other countries and gay people have been given the right to get married.
This section of his speech was controversial, as not everyone in America agrees that the things Mr Obama has done as President have made America better. Many people think he's made the country worse.
The people of the United States are very divided and President Obama said several times that he wants all citizens to be treated equally.
He said the American people should stick together.
"For all our outward differences, we are all in this together.... we rise or fall as one."
However he admitted that more needs to be done to help make relationships between different groups of people in America stronger - as the country still suffers from racial prejudice.
That's where people are treated differently because of the colour of their skin or the community they come from.
"Going forward, we must uphold laws against discrimination - in hiring, in housing, in education and the criminal justice system. "
Mr Obama left America with one clear message - to pull together and believe in themselves.
"I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change - but in yours."
He asked Americans to take a more active role in how the country is run.
"If you're tired of arguing with strangers on the Internet, try to talk with one in real life. If something needs fixing, lace up your shoes and do some organizing... Show up. Dive in. Persevere."
President Obama ended his speech the same way he started his campaign more than eight years ago:
"Yes We Can. Yes We Did." | After eight years Barack Obama has given his last speech as President of the United States of America. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38580579"} | 422 | 20 | 0.435951 | 1.185919 | -0.886112 | 1.842105 | 21.473684 | 0.894737 |
Armed police patrols will be part of the security response at Scottish mosques, according to the Scotsman.
The Sun says the man now in custody was saved from an angry crowd after the attack following an intervention of an imam at the mosque.
Taking a similar line, the Daily Record reports the man was saved by the people he was trying to kill.
The Daily Telegraph believes the suspect turned against Muslims following recent attacks in London.
He is described as a jobless "lone wolf" with mental health problems in The Times.
The i headlines with a quote that the incident is an "attack on all of us".
A quote from the prime minister that evil will never succeed is the focus for the Daily Express.
The Daily Mail carries an alleged quote from the man that he would do the same again.
The twisted face of hate is how the Daily Star describes its image of the suspect.
In other news, the National reports on the first day of Brexit negotiations, which it calls a shambles.
The Courier says a woman has died following a crash involving a mobility scooter. | The Herald reports details of the father-of-four from Cardiff who has been arrested following an attack on a London mosque. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40337970"} | 241 | 27 | 0.552678 | 1.23627 | -0.335855 | 0.92 | 8.8 | 0.6 |
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A low-scoring match saw the pair share the first two frames before the Australian opened up a 4-1 lead.
England's world number 14 Carter pulled it back to 4-3, but the 2012 Masters champion won the next before clinching victory with a 117 break.
Earlier, Marco Fu beat Judd Trump 6-5 in a thrilling final-frame decider.
Hong Kong's Fu had fallen 3-0 and 4-2 behind, but recovered to make breaks of 80 and 102 in the last two frames.
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Englishman Trump started brightly with breaks of 102, 87 and 67, and further runs of 79 and 112 took him one away from victory, before Fu fought back.
Fu, runner-up in 2010, faces Northern Ireland's Mark Allen in the next round at Alexandra Palace on Thursday.
A high-class encounter saw the pair make 14 breaks over 50 in the best-of-11 match.
Fu's victory was the third first-round match to go to a decider following O'Sullivan's win over Liang Wenbo and Allen's victory over John Higgins.
"I have done it the hard way," he told BBC Sport. "I missed three balls and was 3-0 down. I just tried to concentrate on the good things I had been doing.
"Maybe there was a few nerves at the start. No matter how many tournaments you have won, this is an extra buzz."
Last month, Fu was 4-1 down before winning eight frames in a row to beat Higgins in the Scottish Open final to claim the third ranking title of his career.
Fu added: "When I am in good form, I handle the mistakes better now. I feel stronger when I miss a few balls, it does not matter to me, I can keep going."
1991 world champion John Parrott on BBC Two
I feel sorry for Judd, he did not have a single chance in the final frame but Marco took those last few balls well.
It was an absolutely wonderful spectacle. Fu is 39 and playing the best snooker of his career. | Former Crucible winner Neil Robertson set up a Masters quarter-final with defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan by beating Ali Carter 6-3. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38656701"} | 468 | 32 | 0.35465 | 0.844451 | 0.076754 | 0.68 | 17.44 | 0.52 |
Templemore Baths in east Belfast will use it to help restore, extend and reopen as a leisure and fitness facility.
Opened in 1893, the baths and swimming pool were the last in a series opened in Belfast in the late 19th Century.
It provided washing facilities for the families who came to live in the area. | The last surviving Victorian public baths on the island of Ireland has received a £5m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund grant. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37612320"} | 73 | 30 | 0.678814 | 1.31542 | -0.666211 | 0.36 | 2.52 | 0.28 |
It was ousted from the state coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats.
Meanwhile right-wing anti-migrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) will enter the state parliament for the first time with 14% of the vote.
Mrs Merkel's popularity has waned since her decision last year to allow more than a million migrants into Germany.
The CDU won 17.6% of the vote - its worst-ever result in Berlin.
It is the party's second electoral blow this month, having been pushed into third place by AfD in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. AfD will now be represented in 10 out of 16 state parliaments.
Mrs Merkel told reporters that, if she could, she would turn the clock back many years to prepare the government better for the influx of migrants and refugees.
The Social Democrat SPD emerged as the strongest party with about 22%, in spite of losing almost 7% of their voters, and said it would hold talks on forming a coalition with all parties except AfD. It is expected to drop the CDU as a coalition partner in favour of the left-wing Die Linke and the Greens.
AfD co-chairman Joerg Meuthen said the party was strongly positioned for next year's national elections and colleague Beatrix von Storch predicted that it would become the third-largest political force in Germany in 2017.
"We're witnessing in 2017 Angela Merkel's battle for survival," she said.
It's being described as the "Merkel malaise".
For the second time in a month, Angela Merkel's conservatives have suffered a humiliating defeat at the regional ballot box.
Both votes are widely seen as a verdict on Mrs Merkel's refugee policy. But the result also reflects growing disillusionment with Germany's establishment parties. The Social Democrats may have won the election here but they lost voters; their success is being described as the weakest victory of all time.
Germany's political landscape is changing. The anti-migrant, anti-Muslim rhetoric of AfD resonates with the electorate. The party is now almost certain to win seats in the national parliament next year which could complicate coalition building. Commentators predict the start of a more complex politics.
And many blame Angela Merkel. For the first time, the chancellor's political future feels uncertain. Don't expect her to stand down any time soon. But, increasingly, her own party views her as irrevocably tainted by her refugee policy. She needs to convince them - and the public - that she's in control.
Angela Merkel acknowledged that the refugee crisis would change Germany. Arguably, the most seismic shift thus far is at political level. And Mrs Merkel is on shaky ground.
Bavarian Finance Minister Markus Soeder, from the CDU's sister party CSU, was quick to call it the "second massive wake-up call" in two weeks.
"A long-term and massive loss in trust among traditional voters threatens the conservative bloc," he told the Bild daily, adding Ms Merkel's right-left national coalition had to win back support by changing course on its immigration policy.
Mrs Merkel appeared to shift her position on migration at the weekend when she distanced herself from a phrase she used at the height of the influx of migrants at the end of August 2015.
"Wir schaffen das" (we will manage it) was at the time an expression of sentiment that many would recognise, she told a business website on Saturday. But she now saw it as dated and too much had been read into it: "so much so that I'd prefer not to repeat it because it's become something of a simplified motto, an empty formula".
Sunday's election in Berlin, a city-state of 3.5 million people, was dominated by local issues including poor public services, crumbling school buildings, late trains and a housing shortage, as well as problems in coping with the migrant influx.
"Protest election turns capital into tatters," proclaims daily tabloid Bild, which describes Berlin's SPD mayor as Germany's "weakest election winner of all time".
The rise of the right-wing AfD is driven by voters who feel "forgotten and marginalised", says Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
On the fate of the chancellor, Spiegel says that while her CDU "crashed", she is likely to be able to blame local factors, rather than anger at her welcoming stance on migrants. Sueddeutsche Zeitung sees a party revolt as unlikely: "No-one knows how things will carry on without her." | Germany's CDU, the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, has described the party's historic losses in Berlin state elections as a "bitter defeat". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37403542"} | 1,021 | 36 | 0.489277 | 1.2617 | 0.204593 | 1.517241 | 30.586207 | 0.896552 |
A man, 22, has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the 18-year-old was found in St Marks Crescent, Ladywood, at 18:45 GMT on Thursday.
The victim, named locally as Kenichi Phillips, was from Birmingham but had moved away, said police.
It is the fourth fatal shooting in the city since October, but "it is too early to speculate if it was gang-related," said Det Supt Mark Payne.
"There were a group of people in the street we want to come forward."
Latest on the shooting and more Birmingham stories
Mr Phillips had been driving a black Seat Leon before his death, said police.
In January, police expressed "great concerns" over a spike in gun crime in Birmingham.
Chief Constable Dave Thompson said he had not known such frequent shootings during his five years with the West Midlands force.
However, overall gun crime figures for the city dropped from 524 in 2014 to 357 in 2015.
Det Supt Payne said while there has been a recent surge of gun crime in the city he could not pinpoint a single root cause.
The force has secured 80 firearms-related convictions since the beginning of the year and taken 38 guns off the streets, he said.
The victim's family was "devastated" said Det Supt Payne.
"This is the loss of an 18-year-old child. It's a tragic event. We've seen too many of these events and too many distraught families in these circumstances," he added.
Talking to the BBC at the scene, community campaigner Desmond Jaddoo said: "This is a residential area. It's where [families] are and it's happening in the street. It's a concern.
"There are times when [gun crime] appears to be treated as the flavour of the month.
"There are knife [amnesty] bins all around the place but if anyone knows someone who has a gun, we need them to encourage others to hand them in." | A teenager has been shot dead in a Birmingham street. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35840332"} | 449 | 13 | 0.497538 | 1.218881 | -1.582155 | 1.090909 | 36.727273 | 0.727273 |
Set to music specially commissioned to mark the anniversary, singers, dancers and acrobats took to the stage at the Deportivo Madryn centre.
Wearing traditional dress, they re-enacted the arrival of the Welsh settlers in 1865, with performances of Welsh hymns and songs including Calon Lan and Ar Lan y Mor.
There were indoor fireworks and streams of white, red and green paper fell from the ceiling on to a cheering crowd of several hundred spectators.
Wales' First Minister Carwyn Jones, who was a guest of honour at the event, said the performance was "spectacular".
"It goes to show how much they value their Welsh roots in this part of the world," he said.
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner had been due to attend the concert but she was ill with laryngitis.
The concert was held on the eve of the arrival of the first wave of settlers to the Argentine region on 28 July 1865, following a two-month journey.
They sailed on the converted tea clipper Mimosa from Liverpool to Puerto Madryn with the aim of creating a new colony where they could preserve their culture, language, and Protestant nonconformist religion, free from English influence. | Events to mark the 150th anniversary of the creation of a Welsh settlement in Patagonia got off to an explosive start with a "grand spectacle" concert in the city of Puerto Madryn. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33687294"} | 283 | 43 | 0.658226 | 1.957111 | 0.525308 | 0.914286 | 6.657143 | 0.628571 |
Wilson, 24, outplayed Allen to lead 7-1 after the first session but the world number seven responded by taking the first four frames of the next.
The Northern Irishman knocked in two century breaks in the first two frames of Sunday evening's play.
Kettering's Wilson hit back to secure the final four frames of the session.
Wilson punished a series of poor Allen safety shots as breaks of 50, 55, 93 and 103 helped him win the first seven frames of the best of 25-contest at the Crucible Theatre.
Allen, who won his third ranking event, the Players Championship, last month, took the final frame of the morning session and looked transformed as he reeled off four in a row to mount a stirring comeback.
Wilson scored just one point in the first three frames of the night, with Allen compiling breaks of 122, 103 and 60.
A further break of 66 enabled the 2009 semi-finalist to reduce his deficit to two at the mid-session interval.
The Shanghai Masters champion fought back as a break of 82 made it 8-5, and Wilson went on to clinch the next three frames, the last on the black.
Allen must recover his best form on Monday if he is not to extend a run which has seen him fail to progress beyond the second round since 2011.
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The engineering giant said it would be investing the majority of the £150m in a new test bed in Derby.
This facility would test large civil aero-engines creating up to 200 jobs.
There will be no compulsory redundancies in Derby, or Hucknall and Annesley in Nottinghamshire - safeguarding 7,000 jobs for five years.
Rolls-Royce has further axed plans to close a precision machining facility in Derby, which would save about 150 jobs.
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Simon Hemmings, from the Unite union, said the deal was "a once in a generation type of investment and a big commitment to the UK".
"It's about keeping jobs in Derby for 25 years plus and we are hoping it will bring hundreds of millions of pounds to the city," he added.
"We are so proud, it's brilliant news."
Eric Schulz, president of civil aerospace at Rolls-Royce, said: "This investment comes at a time of unprecedented growth in Rolls-Royce.
"We are doubling the production of new engines at the same time as introducing three new engines to the market."
Business Secretary, Greg Clark MP, said: "The UK and Rolls-Royce are known throughout the world as pioneers of advanced engineering technology.
"I welcome the confidence the company is showing in the UK." | Rolls-Royce has secured more than 7,000 jobs in the East Midlands after announcing its biggest single investment in the UK for over a decade. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40441018"} | 290 | 34 | 0.625107 | 1.44552 | 0.452894 | 1.518519 | 9.962963 | 0.62963 |
The 28-year-old is a former Australian NRL Rookie of the Year award winner.
Sydney-born Mortimer, who has also played for Sydney Roosters, Gold Coast Titans and Cronulla Sharks, began his career at Parramatta Eels in 2009.
"My friend, Salford's Marwan Koukash, tipped me on Daniel and the possibility of getting him over early," Leigh owner Derek Beaumont told the club website.
Mortimer added: "I have been following Leigh closely now for the past six weeks and I hope I can play a significant role for the club between now and season's end.
"Playing overseas has always been an attraction and I am lucky that a great club like Leigh took the initiative to recruit me."
In addition, Wales international forward Sam Hopkins, 27, has agreed a new three-year contract with Leigh. | Super League club Leigh Centurions have signed stand-off Daniel Mortimer until the end of the 2019 season. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40399706"} | 193 | 26 | 0.500982 | 1.094132 | -0.338049 | 0.7 | 8.35 | 0.6 |
Police in Scotland have formally identified the body of the 22-year-old, who was found at a private property in the Forres area on Saturday.
Hobden had been celebrating the New Year with friends at the property on the Moray coast near Inverness. His cause of death remains unexplained.
Post-mortem tests have taken place and a file passed to the Procurator Fiscal.
In a brief statement, Hobden's family asked to "be left alone to deal with the tragic circumstances that have unfolded".
Enquiries into the right-arm bowler's death continue, but Police Scotland say there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances.
Tributes to Hobden have been made since news of his death emerged. Sussex opened a book of condolence at the county ground in Hove on Monday.
Following on from England's cricketers wearing black armbands as a mark of respect on day two of the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town, players from Australian Big Bash franchises Melbourne Stars and Hobart Hurricanes paid a similar tribute earlier on Wednesday.
Luke Wright, Hobden's captain at Sussex and currently playing for Melbourne, was among them as he scored a half-century.
Hobden made his his first-class debut in 2014 and represented Sussex in all formats of the game. | The family of Sussex bowler Matthew Hobden have said they are "deeply saddened" by his death. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35242789"} | 297 | 26 | 0.681609 | 1.571455 | -0.633084 | 0.894737 | 13.157895 | 0.684211 |
A 220-acre reserve will be created around Solihull's Elmdon Park by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust - thought to be the first of its kind in the UK.
The animals are under threat nationally because of a loss of hedgerows and habitats, the trust said.
Hedgehog numbers are to be closely monitored in the area, while hedgehog-friendly routes will be created.
Simon Thompson, in charge of the project for Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, said small holes would be used to link up green spaces, while local residents would be encouraged to make holes in their garden fences to allow hedgehogs to move freely.
"Making these connections between our own fenced-in islands of green spaces creates a continuous habitat corridor through which hedgehogs can forage, seek shelter and even rendezvous with potential mates," he said.
Research by Oxford University four years ago found Britain's hedgehog population had dropped from about 30m in the 1950s to just 1.5m.
The conservation area will be managed by a team of volunteers and includes the wildlife trust's Elmdon Manor nature reserve and Solihull Council's Elmdon Park.
The wildlife trust said it hoped to create a central "sanctuary" to allow hedgehogs to recolonise the surrounding area.
The project has been funded by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society.
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An Ulster statement said the agreement would "result in significant investment for the game of rugby at all levels".
The global company has been a sponsor of Ulster Rugby since 1999.
The agreement is understood to be a multi-million pound deal although the precise figures have not been released.
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Ulster's announcement of the stadium naming rights deal for the redeveloped south Belfast ground mirrors the Irish Rugby Football Union's 2009 decision which saw the old Lansdowne Road venue in Dublin becoming the new Aviva Stadium.
Many other major sports stadiums throughout the world have gone through similar naming rights processes in recent years and Ulster argue that financial imperatives leave them with no option but to follow the same path.
"It's critical we get good quality investment into the stadium that we can reinvest in all of the game," said Ulster Rugby's chief executive Shane Logan.
When pressed on the sum of money involved, the Ulster chief said it was "substantial" and that the deal was "right up there at the top end" when compared with naming rights deals agreed by other top European rugby clubs in recent years.
Logan acknowledged that Ulster's decision may not go down well with traditionalists but indicated his confidence that the vast majority of supporters will be won over.
"I don't think we expect everybody to immediately get used to the name but as the with Aviva, the Etihad and other leading stadia, it does happen through time.
"We look upon it a bit like a marriage. When my daughter gets married, her name will change. It's perhaps a little bit similar. It's progress," added the Ulster chief executive. | Ulster Rugby has announced that their Ravenhill ground will be called Kingspan Stadium from now on following the signing of a 10-year agreement with the Cavan-based insulation company. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "27721972"} | 375 | 38 | 0.43489 | 1.107267 | -0.029498 | 0.69697 | 10.090909 | 0.575758 |
The driver, who has not been named, was still behind the wheel when it landed in two feet of water in Avonwick, Devon at about 05:00 BST.
He was taken to Derriford Hospital with injuries after being removed from the van by fire crews and paramedics.
Devon and Somerset Fire Service used special rescue equipment to recover the van and the driver.
In 2008, a vehicle also crashed over the bridge into the River Avon. | A van landed on its roof in a river after the driver crashed and went over the concrete barriers of a bridge. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34234043"} | 98 | 27 | 0.600573 | 1.108127 | -0.699086 | 0.913043 | 3.73913 | 0.73913 |
Ten UK universities are in the top 100 of the Times Higher Education World Rankings for 2012-13, compared with 12 last year and 14 in 2010-11.
Excluding Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, Durham and University College London, several top universities slipped down.
The table's authors warned that many UK universities faced "a collapse in their global position within a generation".
Of the leading research-intensive UK institutions, Bristol fell eight places to 74th and Sheffield is down nine places to joint 110th.
The Leeds University fell nine places to joint 142nd, the University of Birmingham is down 10 places to joint 158th and Newcastle is down 34 places to joint 180th.
In Scotland, the University of Glasgow fell 37 places to 139th and the University of Aberdeen is down 25 places to joint 176th.
Source: Times Higher Education
The University of St Andrews (falling from 85th to 108th) and the University of Sussex (down from 99th to 110th) have both lost their top 100 places.
And the University of Dundee has fallen out of the top 200 into the 201-225 band on the "best of the rest" list.
However, a few UK institutions have improved their ranking - the London School of Economics has risen from 47th to 39th place, the University of Edinburgh has climbed from 36th to 32nd and the University of York has leapt from joint 121st to 103rd.
Durham University also bucked the trend, climbing 3 places from 83rd to 80th.
In total, the UK has seven universities in total in the top 50, and 31 in the top 200, down one from 32 last year.
The United States dominate the rankings, with seven of the top 10 places and 76 of the top 200.
Phil Baty, editor of the Times Higher Education rankings, said: "Outside the golden triangle of London, Oxford and Cambridge, England's world-class universities face a collapse into global mediocrity.
"Huge investment in top research universities across Asia is starting to pay off. And while the Sun rises in the East, England faces a perfect storm - falling public investment in teaching and research, hostile visa conditions discouraging the world's top academics and students from coming here, and serious uncertainty about where our next generation of scholars will come from, with a policy vacuum surrounding postgraduate study.
"Given the seriousness of the funding cuts facing England and the strength of the competition, the tripled student tuition fees introduced this year look increasingly like a sticking plaster for an amputation."
Mr Baty said Scotland's position was no better.
"Some Scottish institutions have fallen far," he said.
"While there are current policies protecting investment in universities there, they are unlikely to be enough to meet the challenge posed by massive spending in the East. These disappointing results may resurrect the debate about charging tuition fees in Scotland."
Dr Wendy Piatt, director general of the Russell Group of leading universities, said they "continue to punch above their weight, with 10 in the top 100".
But she added: "If we are serious about staying on top, the government must concentrate investment where it will have the most impact - in our world-class research-intensive universities.
"Our global competitors are pumping billions into research-intensive higher education and leading Asian universities - especially in South Korea, Singapore and China - are rising fast.
"The UK cannot afford to be outmanoeuvred by other countries that clearly recognise that investment in their leading universities is the key to growth."
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Nama, the Irish state asset agency, sold its entire Northern Ireland portfolio for £1.2bn in 2014.
The Comptroller and Auditor General's (C&AG) report is expected to point to "irregularities" and "shortcomings".
It is expected to say failings may have led to "hundred of millions" of euros not being realised for Irish taxpayers.
The Republic of Ireland's opposition has called for the establishment of a commission of investigation into the €1.6bn (£1.36bn) transaction.
Taoiseach (prime minister) Enda Kenny has pointed to legal issues concerning the ability to compel witnesses and documents as two jurisdictions are involved.
Speaking on Wednesday morning, he said the report must be read and analysed before any decision is taken on how to proceed.
Nama has always insisted the deal was conducted with integrity, and is expected to contest the report's conclusions.
The report will be published on Wednesday or Thursday.
Controversy around the Northern Ireland portfolio sale has centred on the role of the businessman and former Nama advisor Frank Cushnahan.
While working as an advisor to Nama, he began talking to a US investment fund, Pimco, which was interested in buying the portfolio.
He then left his Nama role and went on to assist the fund with its bid.
He was due to be paid £5m if the bid succeeded - but it collapsed when Nama learned of Mr Cushnahan's role.
Subsequently, only two other firms made offers to buy the Northern Ireland portfolio.
The highest bid of £1.24bn - a fraction above the minimum reserve price - was made by Cerberus.
The other offer from Fortress was for £1.1bn, which was below the reserve.
Earlier this year, the BBC's Spotlight programme broadcast a covert recording in which Mr Cushnahan claimed he was also due to be paid a fee in relation to the Cerberus deal.
Mr Cushnahan has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to his Nama role.
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In a game of few chances, keeper Doherty made two great saves to deny Marc Griffin early in the second half.
Doherty then denied Jake Hyland in the 88th minute although Derry substitute Rory Holden headed a great chance wide in injury-time.
Derry's Mikhail Kennedy tested Drogheda replacement keeper Robbie Coulter.
Coulter had to be introduced early in the contest after Stephen McGuinness was stretchered off because of a head injury.
Before Friday's match, Derry City boss Kenny Shiels had spoken about the importance of playing entertaining football but his players were unable to deliver that on Friday evening.
Derry had an early let-off as Sean Brennan fired wide after a mistake by Dean Jarvis.
After keeper McGuinness had been replaced, Derry had a penalty shout as Drogheda's Kevin Farragher fouled Kennedy but referee Keith Kennedy adjudged that the offence had happened just outside the box.
With Ronan Curtis providing Derry's only real attacking threat, the home defence were being asked few questions whereas Doherty had to react brilliantly to deny Griffin twice after the resumption.
Replacement keeper Coulter pushed away Kennedy's shot on 70 minutes but Doherty had to maintain his concentration right to the end as he pushed away Hyland's effort on 88.
Substitute Holden could have won in for Derry as he headed a corner wide but in truth a winner in this low-quality contest would have been an injustice.
Derry remain in fourth place, two points behind third-placed Bray, who drew 2-2 at home to Sligo Rovers on Friday night.
Leaders Cork City's 4-1 home win over Shamrock Rovers keeps them 15 points clear of defending champions Dundalk, who won 2-0 at St Patrick's Athletic. | Derry City had Gerard Doherty to thank as they extended their unbeaten run to nine games by drawing 0-0 in Friday's Premier Division game in Drogheda. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40050781"} | 439 | 41 | 0.583337 | 1.351586 | 0.20525 | 0.8 | 11.033333 | 0.6 |
The meeting of cousins Taulupe Faletau of Wales and England's Billy Vunipola is being touted as one of the key confrontations at Twickenham.
Wales captain Warburton agrees with that assessment.
"If either has a very good game it's going to go a long way towards that team winning the match," he said.
Wales coach Warren Gatland has called the game a cup final which will probably decide the tournament.
England are top of the table after winning their first three games and are up against a Welsh side who are also unbeaten after recording two wins and a draw.
Vunipola's performances have been a key factor in England's success, and he is the leading ball carrier in the tournament.
Wales' success has been built on an unyielding defence in which Faletau has been an outstanding figure.
"Toby's one of the best players I've played with," added Warburton.
"He's gifted in the sense that he can do everything. I don't think anyone could find an attribute that he can't do on the field.
"I think that's going to be a massive battle between those two number eights.
"Billy's been a class act for the past three matches and I've always been impressed with him when I've watched him for Saracens and he's always been one of England's go-to players."
Wales second row Alun Wyn Jones, who will make his 98th appearance for Wales at Twickenham, agrees that Gatland's side will have to contain Vunipola.
"Very much so, and hopefully they'll be thinking the same about Toby," he said.
"It's one of the battles within the game.
"Both players are in a fine burst of form, but probably Billy's been the stand out eight in the competition thus far, no disrespect to Toby, I think everyone would agree with that.
"Billy's been the talisman in their pack, he's given them go-forward off the back of a good set piece but also linking up wide with their backline because he's having a bit more licence to play wide and he's been effective doing that." | The battle of the number eights will go a long way to deciding Saturday's Six Nations match between England and Wales, according to Sam Warburton. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35764860"} | 518 | 35 | 0.48766 | 1.195698 | 0.230681 | 1.428571 | 15.214286 | 0.785714 |
Acting dean, the Reverend Canon Nigel Hand, said it was taken to put increased security arrangements in place.
The building will reopen on Thursday, he said.
Some services took place publicly in Cathedral Square while the building was closed.
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Nobody takes a decision to close a cathedral lightly. For centuries they have been places where people have sought sanctuary. The modern expression of that is often seen in the numbers visiting them to light candles and say prayers at times of national grief.
Birmingham has done its best to recognise the public need while still closing its doors. It has continued with acts of worship in its grounds - aided by good weather. The dean and others will have been uncomfortable at having to close.
Birmingham Cathedral does appear to have gone further than any other in the country. Closing its doors outstripped the response at York Minster where security has been tightened. Other cathedrals have seen a higher police presence too.
However, it was doing what it's been told it should by security advisers outside the church. They were mindful that to do the opposite of the agreed policy would leave them open to severe criticism especially if something happened. Better to take time to consult and reflect. Having done that they can now feel confident to adopt a change of direction and reopen.
The decision was made following Monday's Manchester Arena attack, which left 22 dead and 64 injured.
Read more: Manchester attack
The Rev Canon Hand said: "We have relationships with counter terrorism, who have encouraged us to have a rapid response policy in place should the terrorist rating go to critical.
"The closure of the cathedral afforded us the time to make the necessary decisions and arrangements to ensure that we will open the cathedral tomorrow, with increased security presence in place."
Elsewhere, York Minster said it had increased security measures following the terror attack with extra high visibility patrols by its cathedral constables around the cathedral and its precinct.
It also introduced random bag searches at its visitor entrances, while large bags and suitcases are no longer allowed inside the cathedral. | An "unprecedented" decision was taken to shut Birmingham Cathedral in response to the national terror threat level being increased to critical. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40033330"} | 452 | 29 | 0.529723 | 1.489107 | 0.62525 | 1.25 | 17.375 | 0.75 |
Mr Nesbitt, 54, defeated South Down assembly member John McCallister by 536 votes to 129 in the contest at the UUP annual general meeting in Belfast.
He said he wanted the UUP to become "the party of choice for every pro-union voter in Northern Ireland".
"I want everyone in this country to get out of bed with a sense of purpose," said the former broadcaster.
"I want this party to wake up with a sense of purpose.
"I want us to reach out to become the party of choice for every pro-union voter in Northern Ireland, including those who still say they want a united Ireland, but privately accept there is no longer a single reason not to enjoy their continued membership of the United Kingdom."
At the centre of the campaign was whether to back Mr Nesbitt's plan to remain part of the coalition Northern Ireland Executive and keep the party's one ministerial position, or to go into opposition as favoured by Mr McCallister.
Mr Nesbitt takes over from Tom Elliott, who announced earlier this month he was standing down as leader after just 18 months in the job.
Mr Nesbitt is a former presenter of UTV news.
He began his career as a sports presenter at the BBC, and he anchored the flagship Good Morning Ulster radio programme for a number of years.
At UTV, he presented its evening news programme for 10 years before leaving in 2006. He became a Victims' Commissioner in 2008.
He left the commission when he joined the UUP in 2010. | Strangford MLA Mike Nesbitt has been elected the new leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "17572015"} | 337 | 25 | 0.448206 | 1.139709 | -1.180675 | 0.625 | 18.9375 | 0.5 |
The world number two easily took the first set but allowed Sousa back in before recomposing himself in a 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-2 win against the number 32 seed.
The 28-year-old Briton will next play Australia's Bernard Tomic, seeded 16th.
As Murray was on court, news broke of his father-in-law Nigel Sears collapsing in the Rod Laver Arena.
Sears coaches Ana Ivanovic and was watching her match against Madison Keys. Murray's brother Jamie told reporters that the 58-year-old, who has been taken to hospital for tests, was "conscious, talking and sitting up".
Sears' daughter Kim is not in Melbourne in support of her husband Murray as she awaits the birth of their first child in a few weeks.
Murray, unaware of what was happening, went from dominating the opening set to being broken in the first game of the second, with Sousa going on to level.
But the Scot raised his game to secure what was in the end a comfortable victory, breaking Sousa's serve twice again in the fourth and final set.
Immediately after the match Murray left with his mother Judy to visit his father-in-law in hospital, with his post-match news conference cancelled.
"It was tricky. I didn't feel I was in a great rhythm and wasn't hitting the ball cleanly at the start. He was hitting the ball great, close to the lines, and making me do a lot of running," he said in a statement released through tournament organisers.
"Once I started to hit the ball a little bit cleaner towards the end of the match I was able to get him in his backhand corner and dictate more of the points.
"I just tried to keep fighting. At the end I was actually hitting the ball well and felt better at the end. It was good to get through that one." | Andy Murray recovered from a second-set slump to see off a spirited challenge from Portugal's Joao Sousa and move into the Australian Open fourth round. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35390725"} | 421 | 38 | 0.415327 | 0.992997 | -0.035617 | 0.517241 | 13.241379 | 0.517241 |
Vytautas Jokubauskas, 57, of Mayor's Walk in Peterborough has been charged with murdering Ramute Butkiene.
The body of Ms Butkiene, 42, who was formally indentified earlier, was found with no arms, legs or head at a house in Mayor's Walk last Friday.
Mr Jokubauskas will appear at Huntingdon Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
Mother-of-one Ms Butkiene was an agency worker in the city, Cambridgeshire Police said.
Officers said "some body parts" had been found and searches were continuing.
The torso was found after other tenants in the shared house reported a "pungent smell" and called police.
A post-mortem examination failed to establish how Ms Butkiene died.
Ms Butkiene's family members in Peterborough and Lithuania have been informed, a police spokesman said.
The murder is being treated as an isolated incident and a dedicated team has been set up to investigate. | A man has been charged with murder following the discovery of a woman's torso inside a suitcase. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33078969"} | 227 | 25 | 0.436684 | 0.964676 | -1.155215 | 1.315789 | 9.368421 | 0.684211 |
About 4,000 households in England earning more than £100,000 annually are in the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme.
Official figures to December 2016 show more than 20,000 households who are not first-time buyers have been helped.
The initiative, which started in April 2013, aims to make buying a home more affordable.
But research conducted for the government found that just over half of those who signed up to it said they could have afforded to buy without access to the scheme.
Help to Buy was launched by then Chancellor George Osborne to attempt to encourage more housebuilding.
The government offers a 20% equity loan to buyers of newly-built properties and 40% in London, on properties worth up to £600,000.
The buyers have to put down a 5% deposit and, when the property is sold, the government reclaims its loan.
This means if the value of the home goes up, the government will make a profit.
Similar schemes were set up and have now ended in Scotland and Wales.
£4.6 billion
worth of equity loans
100,284
loans taken
£17.7bn total value of properties sold
£46,301 average equity loan
£229,608 average purchase price
81% were first time buyers
Labour's shadow housing secretary John Healey said: "While the number of younger people who own a first home is in freefall, the number of government-backed affordable homes to buy has fallen by two-thirds since 2010 and badly targeted schemes like Help to Buy are not focused on those who most need a hand up.
"Labour would change that and make helping first-time buyers on ordinary incomes the priority for Help to Buy."
Gavin Barwell, the housing and planning minister, said: "We're committed to helping more people find a home of their own with the support of a range of low-cost home ownership products.
"Our Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme continues to make home ownership a reality for thousands of people, especially first-time buyers right across the country."
The government said it had committed £8.6 billion for the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme to allow it to run in England until 2021. | Nearly half of the people who have received taxpayers' money to help them buy a home under a government scheme did not need it, according to research. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39456770"} | 453 | 35 | 0.531307 | 1.328621 | 0.009819 | 0.9 | 14.333333 | 0.7 |
Fire crews wore breathing apparatus as they entered the property in Goldsmith Avenue, Southsea, shortly after 12:00 BST.
A passer-by who helped rescue the dog was commended as "very brave" by a Hampshire Fire Service spokesperson.
The woman suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to hospital for treatment. Her condition was not thought to be serious, the spokesperson said.
The cause of the blaze is not yet known and an investigation has been started.
Police cordoned off the road while firefighters extinguished the flames. | An elderly woman and her pet dog have been rescued from a burning house. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39614392"} | 116 | 18 | 0.527373 | 1.062877 | -1.437198 | 0.533333 | 6.733333 | 0.533333 |
Harjit Singh Dulai, 44, from Uxbridge, was attacked in Rosedale Park, off Albion Road, Hayes, on the evening of 27 January. He died later in hospital.
The accused is due before Wimbledon Youth Court later.
As well as murder, he is also facing a charge of possession of an offensive weapon.
Five other men were arrested on suspicion of murder. Four have been bailed and one released without charge. | A 16-year-old youth has been charged with the murder of a man stabbed to death near tennis courts in a west London park. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35469598"} | 97 | 33 | 0.594307 | 1.178784 | -0.909354 | 0.392857 | 3.035714 | 0.392857 |
As the saying almost goes, an Englishperson's home is their castle. But for the benefit of those who would rather a castle was their home, BBC News takes a look at some that have been up for sale.
Wigmore Castle may seem a bit of a disappointment to those seeking a baronial lifestyle, as it is now a ruin.
But don't let that put you off. The castle, originally a wooden edifice, is believed to date back to the 10th Century. Its past, involves murder, treachery and, brilliantly, a woman called Lady Brilliana.
It was Lady Brilliana who was responsible for turning the castle into ruins, when in 1643 she ordered Parliamentarian troops to dismantle the walls to prevent it from being used by opposition forces.
As an added bonus, the Grade I-listed building is in the guardianship of the secretary of state, so the new owners would have no liability for repairs.
As well as the ruins, situated near Leominster in Herefordshire, the buyer will get about 32 acres, including a moat, some woodland, a jousting field, workshop and orchards.
Perhaps the jousting field will attract a new owner from the US state of Maryland - jousting became its official individual sport in 1962, and the state holds tournaments throughout the summer.
The official team sport, by the way, is lacrosse.
Driffield Castle is perhaps even less prepossessing than Wigmore Castle, being a grassy mound.
But the earthwork monument, on Moot Hill, is protected because it's archaeologically important.
Underneath the 11th Century motte and bailey fortress are believed to be the remains of Aldfrith, the king of Northumbria (685-704).
If you are lucky enough to find one of the silver sceattas - coins minted in his reign - they sell for more than £1,500. They have Aldfrith's name on one side, and a creature - which experts have variously described as a lion or a horse - with a three-pointed tail on the other.
Driffield Castle was sold in 2011 for £23,000.
Caverswall Castle, currently up for sale for £3m, is a tad more luxurious than most. It has 16 bedrooms, a moat, three converted turrets, an orangery and a dungeon.
It was built on the site of an Anglo-Saxon Manor in 1275, and the earliest recorded owner was Ernuf de Hesing. The castle then passed to Sir William de Caverswall, who in 1230 received a "license to crenellate" or fortify the house.
The castle fell into decay until 1615 when the Mayor of Stafford Matthew Cradon, a wealthy merchant, bought and rebuilt it as a Jacobean mansion in about 1625.
During the English Civil War it was used as a garrison by Parliamentary forces, and the Wedgewood pottery family lived there during the 1880s.
Perhaps the occupants who left the most lasting legacy was an order of Benedictine nuns.
The castle became became a sanctuary to the order which had escaped the French Revolution. It is rumoured one of the nuns haunts the place.
Dinton Castle, which sold in 2012 for £56,000, is an octagonal folly built in 1769 on a Saxon burial ground by Sir John Vanhattem.
Sir John used it to store his collection of fossils - not inside the building but set into its walls.
Rumours abound that the folly is haunted by John Bigg, who died in 1696.
Known as the "Dinton Hermit", his shoe is on display at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
Bigg was a clerk to Simon Mayne, an Aylesbury magistrate and MP, who owned Dinton Hall.
Mayne was one of the judges at the trial of King Charles I in 1649, and it is said Bigg may have been one of the hooded executioners of the king.
Mayne was eventually tried and sentenced as a regicide and died in the Tower of London in 1661.
Bigg became a hermit, living in an underground cave at Dinton Hall, until his death.
Some believe it was because he feared retribution for his involvement in the royal execution, while others suggest it was due to the remorse he felt over the king's death.
His shoe was given to the museum by Sir John Vanhattem. It's made up of hundreds of patches of leather, which the hermit nailed on top of each other as each piece wore out.
An 18th Century illustration of Bigg shows the rest of his clothes were also made up from patches of leather and he wore a strange horned cloak. It is said that he lived by begging silently for food but only ever asked for leather - and, presumably, nails.
Westenhanger Castle, which went on the market in 2013 for £2.6m, was owned by King Cnut - the ruler who pointed out even a monarch could not stop the tide coming in.
Cnut gave it to a local archbishop in 1035 in the hope it would ease his passage to heaven.
In 1540 the property was transferred to the Crown by Henry VIII who, until his death seven years later, entertained lady friends there.
His daughter Queen Elizabeth also used the castle, hosting house parties of more than 300 people.
The current building is Grade I listed and on the site of a 14th Century fortification with ruins.
Westenhanger Castle also has a full-size replica of the Discovery - one of the three ships that sailed to Jamestown, Virginia - where the first permanent English-speaking settlement in the New World was established - forming a base for what would later become the United States of America.
Westenhanger used to be owned by Thomas Smythe, a collector of customs duties. His son, another Thomas, became the treasurer of the Virginia Company and obtained settlement rights in Jamestown.
Blenkinsopp Castle is thought to have been built in 1339 by Thomas de Blecansopp. One of his descendants, Bryan de Blenkinsopp, was said to be so motivated by wealth he married a woman who was unattractive but had an awful lot of gold.
The chest containing her riches was supposedly so heavy it took 12 men to carry it.
But Sir Bryan did not benefit from his mercantile marriage. His wife refused tell him where she and her servants had hidden her chest and, true to form, he left her - after which she disappeared.
It was hinted at the time that the lady was an imp of darkness, sent with her wealth to ensnare Sir Bryan's greedy soul. Legend has it that she haunts the castle, and is known as the White Lady.
Less ghoulishly, another famous inhabitant was Violet Loraine, who married Edward Joicey who bought the castle in the late 19th Century.
Loraine was a Forces sweetheart who sang, along with George Robey, the 1916 duet If You Were the Only Girl (In the World).
The castle, which was badly damaged by fire in the 1950s and extensively rebuilt, is on the market for £325,000. | The chance to be king (or queen) of a castle rarely comes along, but as an ancient structure - complete with jousting field - is put on the market, aspiring royalty have the opportunity to buy Wigmore Castle in Herefordshire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36256391"} | 1,668 | 57 | 0.449812 | 1.283706 | 0.555701 | 1.177778 | 30.066667 | 0.777778 |
Animators from Scotland and Europe worked on The Illusionist, a critically acclaimed film released in 2010.
The feature film, which was set in Scotland, went on to receive Oscar, Bafta and Golden Globe nominations.
However, a report commissioned by Creative Scotland found that few of the filmmakers who worked on the production remain in Scotland.
Scottish animation struggles to retain talent, with many graduates moving to hubs in London, the south-west of England, or abroad.
The arts agency said that there were hopes the release of The Illusionist could lead to a "burgeoning animation sector".
But during its review of the country's animation sector, consultees told them they believed "an opportunity was lost to capitalise on its success".
The Review of the Scottish Animation Sector was compiled by BOP Consulting and it draws on evidence from individuals and organisations in the industry.
It found that the industry was made up of a small number of talented, passionate professionals who produced high-quality work.
It pointed to the success of the Bafta award-winning children's show Ooglies, produced by Ko-lik and BBC Scotland, and to the track record of Red Kite Animation, which makes the Dennis the Menace and Gnasher series.
And it was clear that there is "potential" in the animators and producers north of the border.
But it warned that the volume of work produced in Scotland was small and the industry struggled to compete on a global stage.
There are fewer than 50 animation companies in Scotland - mainly clustered in the central belt - and many of them employ just two or three people.
A "feast or famine work cycle" is highlighted in the report, as filmmakers are often so busy working on one project, they do not have time to pursue other work.
Among a series of recommendations, it calls for a revival of the Scottish Animation Network, which has been dormant in recent years, which could "promote, advocate and facilitate networking and collaboration at home and internationally".
Ken Anderson, of Red Kite Animation, was among those who contributed to the report.
He said: "The review gives a great summary of the diverse animation ecosystem in Scotland and highlights the need for everyone across government, broadcast, education and industry to work closely together to build on the huge potential that this sector holds.
"The recommendations are a terrific starting point for leaders in business and government to work together and to put time, resources and funding behind an industry that will be one of the key areas of development and growth for Scotland in the decades to come."
Natalie Usher, director of screen at Creative Scotland, said the report showed "highly-skilled, talented and ambitious individuals generating high levels of excellence and innovation".
She added: "However, the study also identifies a number of challenges to the sustainability of careers in the sector and how best to develop the necessary scale whilst maintaining quality, ambition and reach.
"We want Scotland to reach its potential and be recognised as an international centre of excellence for animation.
"Following today's publication, we will bring together sector representatives and other industry partners to consider the findings of the Review and develop a cohesive and co-ordinated response that works towards the sustainable growth we all want to see." | Scotland's animation industry missed the opportunity to capitalise on its Oscar success, according to a report. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39293262"} | 708 | 24 | 0.542628 | 1.452201 | 0.553172 | 1.842105 | 34.210526 | 0.894737 |
Berg, released by Middlesex at the end of last season following persistent shoulder injuries, scored 674 runs and took 43 wickets in first-class cricket.
"From not playing anything last year to having a decent year this season, it's fantastic," he told BBC Radio Solent.
Michael Carberry and Fidel Edwards claimed the county's batsman and bowler of the year awards respectively.
Berg, 34, made a valuable first-innings 72 against Nottinghamshire in Hampshire's final match of the season as they guaranteed their Division One status in the County Championship.
"It's a very humbling experience for me," he said. "I've got to give a lot of credit to the backroom staff, the physios and strength and conditioning team here to get me to where I am this year.
"I surprised myself in terms of lasting a whole season and more so in terms of the wickets and runs. To have a season completely out of the game and then take more than 40 wickets and score more than 600 runs is a fantastic achievement."
Teenage leg-spinner Mason Crane was named the county's breakthrough player of the year, with Sean Ervine collecting the clubman of the year for his work with charity Hampshire Cricket in the Community. | Hampshire all-rounder Gareth Berg has been named the county's supporters' and players' player of the year. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34379334"} | 281 | 27 | 0.565977 | 1.506132 | -0.380342 | 1.681818 | 11.181818 | 0.590909 |
Robbie Brady scored a late header to give his country a 1-0 victory over Italy.
That meant they qualified for the last 16 as one of the best third-placed sides.
The Republic of Ireland will play the hosts France next - on Sunday afternoon.
Wales and Northern Ireland will play each other on Saturday for a place in the quarter-finals.
England will play Iceland on Monday, after Iceland qualified thanks to a dramatic late winner over Austria.
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Sgt Robert Rigler, 98, served with the Dorsetshire Regiment in France after D-day in 1944 and also earned a Mention in Despatches at Arnhem.
He was presented with the Legion d'Honneur medal at his nursing home in Hamworthy, Poole.
He said: "I can still see one of my mates we had to leave by the wayside."
He added: "It's wonderful to have all my friends and family here."
Maj Nick Speakman, of the Keep Military Museum in Dorchester, said: "A number of survivors of the Dorsets who fought in Normandy have been awarded the Legion d'Honneur by the French Government and rather sadly they arrived in the post.
"So with the help of Dorset House and the Keep Military Museum where much research on Bob Rigler was carried out, we arranged today's presentation.
"As a regiment we wanted to make sure Bob had a good parade in front of all his friends and a number of old comrades and members of staff from the Keep and we're pleased to support him in this way."
Mr Rigler has previously been awarded the Dutch Order of the Bronze Lion for his actions at Arnhem when he twice crossed the river under heavy fire taking part in the rescue of two boat loads of Airborne soldiers. | A World War Two veteran has been honoured by the French government for his role in liberating the country from Nazi occupation. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33566681"} | 297 | 26 | 0.433547 | 1.031044 | -0.030508 | 1.217391 | 10.869565 | 0.608696 |
Mae'r cladin ar y Ysgol Uwchradd y Rhyl wedi'i gynhyrchu gan yr un cwmni a wnaeth y deunydd oedd ar Dŵr Grenfell.
Bu farw degau o bobl mewn tân yn y tŵr hwnnw yn Llundain fis diwethaf.
Dywedodd Cyngor Sir Ddibych y byddai "asesiad risg llawn" ar adeilad yr ysgol dros y deuddydd nesaf.
Cafodd rhieni wybod am y penderfyniad i gau'r ysgol mewn llythyr gan y pennaeth ddydd Mercher.
Yn eu datganiad, dywedodd y cyngor sir bod "dim i awgrymu bod risg uwch o dân" yn yr ysgol, wnaeth symud i safle newydd yn 2016.
Dywedon nhw eu bod yn "credu bod y mesurau gofal tân a'r profion eang" ar y safle newydd "yn ddibynadwy".
Nododd y cyngor hefyd bod "gwahaniaethau mawr" yn y ffordd oedd y cladin yn cael ei ddefnyddio ar Dŵr Grenfell ac ar adeilad yr ysgol.
Ond bydd yr ysgol yn cau "rhag ofn" tra bod profion yn cael eu cynnal.
Dywedodd pennaeth yr ysgol, Claire Armitstead, y bydd hi'n rhoi diweddariad i rieni mewn datganiad ddydd am 15:00 dydd Gwener. | Fe fydd ysgol yn y Rhyl ar gau am weddill yr wythnos oherwydd pryderon am orchudd waliau'r ysgol. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40510406"} | 624 | 62 | 0.616733 | 1.431321 | 0.430278 | 0.842105 | 11 | 0.526316 |
Neath Port Talbot council's scrutiny committee met to approve the new complex on Aberavon seafront before the cabinet unanimously voted in favour.
The old Afan Lido was wrecked by fire in 2009 and demolished in 2011.
The replacement includes an eight-lane pool, cafe, fitness centre, dance studio and sports hall.
"It's the final stage of a long process but one we're very pleased to see moving now," said the council's chief executive Steve Phillips. "It has been important to take the community with us on this. What we've got now is a consensus with the community and a facility that's fit for the 21st Century."
He added: "It's not going to be cheap but we think it represents value for money. This council is determined to continue investing in our leisure facilities in our regeneration programme despite the budgetary constraints that we face."
The local authority said last week the overall budget for the project - which features a "wave roof" to reflect its seafront location - had increased by £232,000.
The original Afan Lido was opened in 1965 by the Queen, and its first manager was Graham Jenkins, the brother of the late Hollywood star Richard Burton.
In its early days the venue hosted major concerts by Spencer Davis and Pink Floyd and in recent years Coldplay and McFly.
More than 2,600 people took part in a Neath Port Talbot council consultation on replacing the facility.
Although many said they would like to see an identical rebuild, the council said just keeping the old lido going was costing £700,000 a year. | Work on a £13m replacement for a leisure complex which was destroyed in a fire more than four years ago could start by the end of April. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "26943935"} | 352 | 34 | 0.461934 | 1.124916 | -0.179178 | 0.866667 | 10.366667 | 0.666667 |
At the end of the inquests, relatives differed over whether to draw a line under events or begin a new chapter and seek more answers.
Most urged MI5 and emergency services to heed the recommendations.
Grahame Russell said that he backed the report but it would not bring his son, Philip, back.
Mr Russell, who lost Philip days before his 29th birthday, said each one of the families in court had their own concerns, whether about the security services, emergency services or the government, but he needed to let go of his to avoid becoming bitter.
John Taylor, father of 24-year-old Carrie who was killed in the Aldgate blast, said: "The inquest for us was not about pointing fingers at people. Things went wrong and we accept that."
However, he said, he worried about the future.
"The warning shots were there after 9/11. We stepped up our security, but I feel after a year, a year-and-a-half, two years, we got complacent. I fear that could happen again," he said.
In a joint press conference in central London, Mr Taylor criticised MI5, saying the security service appeared as though it had expected not to be called on to give evidence.
Mr Russell said the chaos in Transport for London's control room had caused him concern, while Graham Foulkes, father of 22-year-old David killed at Edgware Road, said MI5's poor record-keeping had been "a recipe for disaster".
There were also calls for a public inquiry. Marie Fatayi-Williams, whose 26-year-old son Anthony died on the number 30 bus in Tavistock Square, said: "For me, these are the issues that still need to be known - what did MI5 know before and how has it come to light or not come to light?"
Speaking outside court, Sean Cassidy, whose son Ciaran, 22, died in the Russell Square blast, said he accepted Lady Justice Hallett's finding that none of the victims could have been saved.
However, that did not excuse emergency services arriving an hour late, he said.
"We're talking about the injured here as well, people crying out on Tubes for assistance," he added.
Before the coroner's verdict, relatives had drawn up a list of recommendations.
Among them was a call for ambulance staff to prioritise patients whose airways may be closing and require basic life-saving dressings, ahead of attaching triage cards to the dead and injured. This formed part of one of the coroner's nine recommendations.
"Some of the emergency services, if they call themselves the best in the world... I don't know who the second best are; I wouldn't like to deal with them," said Mr Cassidy.
"All the medical staff, all they're doing is triaging. I mean, how many people do we need to triage? It needs to be something better done about the triaging system."
Not all the victims had family in court to hear the coroner's final remarks.
John Falding was on the phone to his girlfriend, Anat Rosenberg, when a bomb blew the top off the bus she was travelling on.
He did not attend any part of the inquests and had tried to avoid the news coverage, but during the course of the inquests he changed his mind over the need for a public inquiry.
The remit, had in effect, made it a public inquiry, he said, and any further inquiry would be a waste of time and money.
He said he now wanted to draw a line under events on that day. "I will now put that operational side of it behind me and will carry on grieving as normal," he said.
Witness Tim Coulson, who was in court, gave evidence in November of how he smashed his way out of a carriage at Edgware Road to try to save father-of-two Michael Brewster.
He said he felt justice had been "seen to be done, properly and effectively" and praised the coroner for taking all of the evidence, all of the gore and still pursuing what others would have given up on.
Earlier, he met Mr Brewster's wife, Sandra, for the first time and said the emotions had been intense.
"Her expression was that I was the man who last held the hand of her husband so I found that particularly traumatic," he said. | Families of the 52 people killed in the July 2005 London bombings have welcomed a coroner's recommendations, but several vowed to seek a public inquiry. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "13307385"} | 988 | 39 | 0.447508 | 1.243582 | 0.396987 | 1.607143 | 31.607143 | 0.75 |
Murray and Australian John Peers beat Jonathan Erlich and Philipp Petzschner 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 to reach their first Grand Slam men's doubles final.
The 13th seeds were helped by Erlich struggling with a knee injury.
Jamie's younger brother Andy lost to Roger Federer in his singles semi-final on Friday.
Jamie Murray, who won the mixed doubles title at SW19 in 2007, has never reached this stage of the men's competition before in any Grand Slam.
With his mother Judy looking on, the 29-year-old and Peers, 26, were impressive winners.
They will play Dutchman Jean-Julien Roger and Romanian Horia Tecau in Saturday's final on Centre Court.
Murray said: "We got off to a slow start, especially me. We were helped out by Erlich struggling but we had to put it out of our minds.
"It will be a great match for Andy tomorrow, they have played so many times and I am sure tomorrow will be no different.
"People come and talk to me because they want to talk about Andy, which is fair enough. That's how it goes. I accept that."
When Murray won the mixed doubles in 2007 with Serb Jelena Jankovic, the pair split prize money of £90,000.
The Scot began playing with Peers two and a half years ago and they have won five Tour titles together.
Reaching the final at Wimbledon means they are guaranteed prize money of at least £85,000 each.
Murray said: "We are getting our rewards and we are excited to be here." | Britain's Jamie Murray ensured at least one Murray brother will be in a final at Wimbledon by winning in the semi-finals of the men's doubles. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33470499"} | 344 | 37 | 0.544897 | 1.347398 | -0.17408 | 1.7 | 10.633333 | 0.833333 |
11 September 2016 Last updated at 09:31 BST
He won his race in just 10.81 seconds and told Newsround it felt 'absolutely crazy' and 'amazing' to take the gold.
Jonnie said: "Everything is possible. If you get yourself with the right team and keep your head in the game, you can achieve what you want to do."
Watch Martin's interview to find out more... | Jonnie Peacock held on to his T44 100m victory on Friday, claiming gold at the Paralympics in Rio. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37328192"} | 91 | 31 | 0.508204 | 1.048399 | -0.381651 | 0.428571 | 3.809524 | 0.428571 |
Michael Lynton said his firm had "no playbook" on how to respond.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Associated Press, he also described the scale of the attack, which the US government has blamed on North Korea.
But one security expert said that Sony should have spotted the danger and prepared contingency plans.
Lynton said that, immediately after the attack came to light, his company scrambled to restore communications, digging out old phones and working out how to pay staff with paper cheques.
"We are the canary in the coal mine, that's for sure," he told the Associated Press.
"There's no playbook for this, so you are in essence trying to look at the situation as it unfolds and make decisions without being able to refer to a lot of experiences you've had in the past or other people's experiences. You're on completely new ground."
And he told the agency of the scale of the data loss his company had suffered.
"They came in the house, stole everything, then burned down the house. They destroyed servers, computers, wiped them clean of all the data and took all the data."
He insisted his firm was "adequately prepared" but "just not for an attack of this nature", which he said that no firm could have withstood.
After a series of embarrassing leaks, the hackers threatened further attacks over Sony Pictures' film The Interview, which imagined the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Several cinemas refused to show it on its planned Christmas day debut and Sony Pictures pulled the film altogether.
But it was later released online. Lynton insisted that the studio always planned some sort of release but did not know how to carry it out.
He said he called Google's chief executive Eric Schmidt, who told him: "This is what we've been waiting for."
Schmidt agreed to help get the film out on Google Play and YouTube. Sony built its own website and Microsoft's Xbox and Apple's iTunes also ultimately agreed to release the film, Lynton said.
"We probably in retrospect should have said we're exploring other options, because that's exactly what we were doing."
But, according to security expert Brian Honan of BH Consulting, his company should have been better prepared and should have detected such a large data loss.
"It is hard to understand how more than 100 terabytes of data would leave someone's network undetected."
He pointed out that it was not the first assault on Sony's systems and said the company could have been better prepared to deal with both the attack and its fallout.
He suggested that, in the light of lawsuits brought by Sony Pictures employees over the loss of their personal data, Lynton's comments could be "damage control".
He said the Sony Pictures chief executive could be "trying to use the fact that the FBI has said it was the North Korean state and super cyber-ninjas, that an ordinary company using ordinary defences would not be able to defend itself".
"If he can say they took reasonable precautions, they cannot be blamed," he told the BBC.
Lynton's comments came after the FBI director James Comey said his agency was sure North Korea was behind the attack because the hackers "got sloppy".
"In nearly every case, [the hackers] used proxy servers to disguise where they were coming from in sending these emails and posting these statements. But several times they got sloppy.
"Several times, either because they forgot or because of a technical problem, they connected directly and we could see that the IPs they were using… were exclusively used by the North Koreans." | There was no precedent for how to deal with a hacking attack on the scale of that which hit Sony Pictures, its chief executive has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30744834"} | 799 | 31 | 0.452142 | 1.283737 | 0.460829 | 1.464286 | 26.321429 | 0.892857 |
Sergei Fedorovtsev tested positive for Trimetazidine in a routine test by Russia's Anti-Doping Agency on 17 May, the World Rowing Federation (WRF) said.
Fedorovtsev, 36, competed a week later at Olympic qualifying in Lucerne, where Russia finished first to qualify.
New Zealand, who were third, will now take Russia's sculls place in Rio.
Following the positive test, the WRF announced "the results of all competitions in which the rower participated after 17 May 2016 are therefore automatically disqualified".
The WRF said the rower's 'A' and 'B' samples both contained the substance, which is a banned metabolic modulator.
The International Olympic Committee last week announced prospective Olympians from Russia in track and field disciplines would have to pass individual anti-doping assessments before being considered eligible for competition.
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It follows the resignation of Jim Wells last month after he made remarks linking child abuse with same-sex relationships.
Arlene Foster replaces Mr Hamilton as the finance minister, in a reshuffle of the DUP's ministerial positions.
She is being replaced at the Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment by party colleague Jonathan Bell.
The new junior minister is Michelle McIlveen.
Ms Foster, an assembly member for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, held the enterprise portfolio since 2008.
Mr Hamilton, a Strangford assembly member, has been finance minister for just under two years. However, after the controversy involving his predecessor Jim Wells, he was made a stand-in health minister.
He is now takes over the full health portfolio, giving him stewardship of almost 50% of the Northern Ireland Executive's budget.
He said: "The health and social care sector in Northern Ireland is something we should all be very proud of and it is a privilege for me to hold the position of minister.
"I can assure the public that despite the budget and resource challenges I face, I will continue to strive for excellence in the care we provide.
"There will be tough decisions ahead, but I will not shy away from doing what's right."
A spokesman for the Department of Health said the minister would be expected to issue new abortion guidelines "as a matter of urgency".
"The former health minister had indicated that he intended to bring guidelines for health professionals on termination of pregnancy to the executive within weeks," the spokesman said.
"We would expect that Minister Hamilton will consider this issue as a matter of urgency."
Among the issues he faces are abortion legislation and pending court action over maintaining a ban on blood donation from gay men.
Mr Hamilton's brief will also include prescription charges to pay for specialist drugs, potential hospital closures and negotiating with unions.
He said: "I would like to pay tribute to all staff in the health and social care sector, as well as staff from the ambulance and fire service.
"I know that they feel the stresses and strains of their work and I, along with the public, am grateful for their dedication and commitment."
BBC News NI health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly said the new health minister is "arriving to a brimming in-tray".
"It's a massive brief, that deals with around half of the executive's budget and crosses over all other ministerial departments."
Mr Bell, 45, has been a junior minister and is also a Strangford assembly member.
Correction, 25th May 2015 : An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Jonathan Bell had been appointed to the position of Health Minister. | Democratic Unionist MLA Simon Hamilton is to become Northern Ireland's new health minister. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32683194"} | 584 | 19 | 0.484282 | 1.226935 | -1.305851 | 1.2 | 35.8 | 0.666667 |
The 22-year-old made his international debut in the Euro 2016 quarter-finals and appeared in the host nation's 1-0 defeat by Portugal in the final.
The five-year contract contains a buy-out clause of 60m euros (£50m).
Umtiti made over 150 appearances for Ligue 1 side Lyon and won the Coupe de France in 2012.
Barcelona confirmed Umtiti had completed his move on Tuesday after announcing in June they had agreed to sign the player. | Spanish champions Barcelona have completed the signing of France centre-back Samuel Umtiti from Lyon for £21m (25m euros). | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36777537"} | 102 | 28 | 0.687359 | 1.260533 | -0.168119 | 0.769231 | 3.769231 | 0.615385 |
Supermarket produce was allowed in some competition categories in the show in Quedgeley, near Gloucester.
A Quedgeley Community Trust spokesman said the bought items were not judged directly against home-grown ones.
Trust chairman Kevin Tudor described the reaction in national newspapers to the decision as "a storm in a teacup".
He said supermarket fruit and vegetables were allowed, but only in a small number of categories in which the award was for a display, rather than the produce itself.
"It's quite clear in the schedule that we're not judging shop-bought against home-grown produce," he said.
"It's like in flower arranging, you don't need to have grown the flowers to enter a display.
"It's a storm in a teacup. We've been doing it [like this] since 2012."
He added that it was "only because a parish councillor, who said it was disgusting, brought it up that we're talking about it, and she didn't know the full facts".
As well as for vegetables, there were awards in categories including flower arranging, art, photography and cake-making at the show, which took place on 11 July. | Organisers of a village show have defended a decision to allow shop-bought produce to be displayed alongside home-grown vegetables. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33676354"} | 264 | 31 | 0.584233 | 1.396083 | 0.527606 | 1.208333 | 9.958333 | 0.708333 |
The bank now expects growth of 1.2% this year compared to the previous forecast of 0.8% and an original forecast of just 0.5%.
However, it expects the growth rate will slow to 1% in 2018 as inflation hits household spending power.
Many economists have revised short-term forecasts after the Brexit vote.
Danske Bank economist Conor Lambe said: "There were a number of positive data releases for Northern Ireland which pointed to a very strong end to 2016.
"And, on the whole, the data for the beginning of 2017 suggests that the economy continued to grow during the first three months of this year.
"Taking all this into consideration, we have revised our forecast for economic growth in 2017 up to 1.2%, though we do anticipate a slight slowdown in 2018."
Mr Lambe said that despite increasing inflation, he still expects consumer spending to drive growth this year.
He is forecasting growth of almost 3% in the hospitality and leisure sector and more than 2% in the retail sector.
Meanwhile, a survey of 315 chartered accountants across all sectors of the Northern Ireland economy suggests they believe Northern Ireland's economic prospects are weakening.
The survey by Chartered Accountants Ulster Society found that its members regarded political uncertainty and Brexit instability as key issues likely to affect the economy over the next 12 months.
Cuts in government spending, concerns around the increasing cost of doing business and rising inflation also featured as negative factors affecting Northern Ireland's economy. | Danske Bank has again upgraded its growth forecast for Northern Ireland as the economy has performed better than it expected after the EU referendum. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40328290"} | 311 | 27 | 0.639425 | 1.477872 | 0.351046 | 1.04 | 11.64 | 0.64 |
The sport involves athletes standing on a board and using a long paddle to move - a cross between kayaking and surfing.
The International Surfing Association (ISA) says it has organised competitions for years in the sport.
But the International Canoe Federation (ICF) says the use of the paddle makes it part of its organisation.
The sport has enjoyed huge growth in recent years and it could join both canoeing and surfing as an Olympic sport in the future.
"Up until last year there was no interest from the ICF," said ISA president Fernando Aguerre. "The interest arose when we were to bring the sport to the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires."
But ICF secretary general Simon Toulson rejected Aguerre's comment about his organisation's recent arrival to the sport.
"The ICF has been involved in the sport for a number of years and did not start last year," he said.
"Many of our federations have the sport recognised by their National Olympic Committees running national and international competitions."
The two federations met with the International Olympic Committee a few months ago to sort out the issue but a solution has yet to be found.
"ICF statutes state clearly that a person using a paddle as a main form of propulsion whilst on a craft in water is canoeing/paddling," added Toulson.
"The issue is really which organisation is responsible at Olympic level." | Surfing and canoeing bosses are falling out over which organisation should control the increasingly popular sport of stand up paddle boarding (SUP). | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39505823"} | 319 | 33 | 0.509375 | 1.299025 | 0.556533 | 0.64 | 11.08 | 0.56 |
CASEY AFFLECK
Age: 41
Nominated for: Manchester by the Sea
The character: Lee Chandler, an odd job man near Boston, who has a painful past and who suddenly finds himself with extra responsibilities.
Oscar record: A best supporting actor nomination for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford in 2008.
The critics said: "Barricaded inside the shell that's become of him, Lee peers at the world through guarded eyes, only just summoning the basic drive to get up every morning, shuffle out, and carry on his tasks. He's played by Casey Affleck, in a clenched and riveting performance which fulfils all the promise he's ever shown, and then some." [Daily Telegraph]
ANDREW GARFIELD
Age: 33
Nominated for: Hacksaw Ridge
The character: Desmond Doss, a World War Two medic who became the first conscientious objector to win the prestigious US Medal of Honor.
Oscar record: None.
The critics said: "He's found a great fit for his talents in Hacksaw Ridge, which asks him to be a sweet Virginia boy courting a sweet nurse... and then a shell-shocked but determined man of valour in a lunar hellscape. Gosh, do we root for this kid." [Vanity Fair]
RYAN GOSLING
Age: 36
Nominated for: La La Land
The character: Sebastian Wilder, a jazz pianist chasing his dreams in Hollywood.
Oscar record: Best actor nomination for Half Nelson in 2007.
The critics said: "Mr Gosling's performance is understated, with a tinge of touching earnestness, but it's also witty and commandingly smart. What's more, he does Seb's fluent piano playing without benefit of doubles on screen or on the sound track, an achievement I found astonishing." [The Wall Street Journal]
VIGGO MORTENSEN
Age: 58
Nominated for: Captain Fantastic
The character: Ben Cash, a hippy father who has raised his children in a remote home, far from the pressures of modern life.
Oscar record: One previous nomination for best actor, for Eastern Promises (2008).
The critics said: "The movie really belongs to Mortensen, who allows Ben to be exasperating, arrogant and impatient but also warm, loving and caring. He's a tough but adoring father, a grieving widower and an angry defender of his wife's final wishes, and Mortensen plays all these notes and more with subtlety and grace." [The Wrap]
DENZEL WASHINGTON
Age: 62
Nominated for: Fences
The character: Troy Maxson, a Pittsburgh sanitation worker and former professional baseball player.
Oscar record: Two Oscar wins - best supporting actor for Glory (1990) and best actor for Training Day (2002). He also has a best supporting actor nomination for Cry Freedom (1988) and three best actor nominations for Malcolm X (1993), The Hurricane (2000) and Flight (2012).
The critics said: "While Denzel Washington's direction might leave a little to be desired, his acting has never been more relentless and fierce." [Cinema Blend]
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The Belfast man became the first Northern Ireland boxer to win world championships at two different weights when he beat Leo Santa Cruz.
The Tiger's Bay man defeated the Mexican in New York at the end of July.
Footage from Frampton's fights will be shown on big screens during Friday's event.
"I am honoured that the city of Belfast is hosting a homecoming event for me," the champion, nicknamed the Jackal, said.
"I'm a working-class lad from Belfast and I'm delighted that I'll be able to celebrate my world title win with the people of this great city."
The reception is being jointly hosted by Lord Mayor Brian Kingston and Sports Minister Paul Givan.
Mr Kingston said the whole city would want to pay tribute to "a fantastic fighter".
"He is hard working, determined, focused and a first-class ambassador for Belfast - he never forgets where he comes from and often pays tribute to it and its people," the mayor said.
"At Friday's event, our people can pay their own well-deserved tribute to him - an extraordinary champion and an even more extraordinary man who has his roots firmly planted at home."
Mr Givan said that Frampton had "once again put Northern Ireland on the sporting map".
"I was keen for an event to be staged as soon as possible once Carl came home to mark his success so that all fans could come together to celebrate his success,".
"I trust it will be a great occasion."
Frampton, 29, won his first world title - the IBF super-bantamweight crown - on 6 September 2014, defeating Spain's Kiko Martinez.
He became unified world champion at that weight when he defeated WBA champion Scott Quigg in February of this year.
Frampton moved up a weight and gave up his belts to fight the previously undefeated Santa Cruz in July. | A homecoming party for WBA featherweight champion Carl Frampton is to take place at Belfast City Hall on Friday evening. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37032547"} | 417 | 27 | 0.574686 | 1.458908 | 0.399037 | 0.809524 | 18.095238 | 0.714286 |
This is the first time in 25 years that Somalia is to expel foreigners for overstaying their visas.
The men have also been fined $10 (£6.50) for each day they were in the country illegally.
The BBC's Mohammud Ali says job opportunities for foreigners have opened up as peace has gradually returned to Somalia.
Judge Hashi Elmi Noor said that the case was a warning to others who are found to be in the country illegally.
It is not clear how long the deportees had stayed in Somalia.
Our correspondent says that a growing number of foreigners are taking up jobs in the construction and hotel industries, while others are getting teaching jobs in colleges and schools.
According to a recent Somali law, work permits are now mandatory for all foreigners and employers are urged to give first priority to Somali nationals.
The government is trying to create job opportunities for young people but the damage to the education system caused by the civil war has left many without crucial skills.
Years of anarchy in Somalia followed the downfall of President Mohammed Siad Barre in 1991 and more than a million Somalis fled the country as a result, with nearly half a million ending up in Kenya.
The current government, backed by the African Union, is slowly gaining control of Somalia as it battles with the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
For its part, the Kenyan government has accused some Somali refugees of links to al-Shabab, which has staged several attacks in Kenya.
About 400 Somalis were rounded up and sent to Mogadishu from the Nairobi district of Eastleigh, which is home to many ethnic Somalis.
It also threatened to start mass deportations from the refugee camps but later drew back under intense pressure.
Kenya has also started building a barrier along its long border with Somalia but progress has been slow so far. | A Somali court has ordered the deportation of 27 Kenyans found to be in the country illegally. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34733919"} | 415 | 24 | 0.553482 | 1.288965 | -0.349185 | 3.833333 | 19.777778 | 0.722222 |
Sinn Féin had called on him to withdraw the comments he first made on Facebook about Raymond McCartney.
The former republican prisoner was elected to represent Londonderry's Foyle constituency on Saturday.
Speaking to BBC Radio Foyle on Monday, Mr Campbell said it was nothing he had not already said before.
"There is a link which is available which shows an interview by Raymond McCartney when he was on hunger strike.
"He said, 'we are going to go through with this and we are prepared to die'. He didn't go through with it and he didn't die.
"What does that mean? It means that he's a failed hunger striker," said Mr Campbell.
Raymond McCartney took part in a hunger strike in 1980.
Sinn Féin's Pat Sheehan has called the remarks "vile and disgusting".
However, DUP MLA Christopher Stalford said the comments were a "throwaway, jokish remark".
Mr Campbell first made the remarks on Facebook writing that he was "breaking the habit of a lifetime to send best wishes to Raymond McCartney".
"Because he's a bit more successful at electioneering than he was at hunger striking," he added.
Mr Sheehan, who was also a hunger striker, said the East Londonderry MP should "withdraw his remarks immediately".
That call was echoed on BBC's Sunday Politics programme by Sinn Féin's John O'Dowd, who also called Mr Campbell "a fool".
"I think in this era they should be withdrawn.
"We're talking, ourselves and the DUP, about going into discuss a programme of government and having mutual respect, mutual trust and mutual understanding within that.
"But Gregory Campbell is a fool, and he's away to Westminster to retire.
"And I wish him well staying over there out of the road."
He said that Mr Campbell was a "loose cannon in the DUP" and he "doesn't represent" the vast majority in the party.
Mr Stalford said that the reaction to Mr Campbell's comments included a "lot of contrived anger".
"I think if the worst that Gregory Campbell does to a Sinn Féin representative is insult them, there are people from a republican background who have done a lot worse to Gregory Campbell over the years and I include attempts to murder him and his family."
He added that if Mr Campbell was a fool "he would not have been elected so many times by the people of the East Londonderry constituency".
The Alliance Party's Naomi Long said the comments were "childish and pathetic".
"I genuinely think that it is time that Gregory stops trying to be funny because it falls flat on every occasion," she said.
"Frankly, somebody should take over his social media account and I would give the same advice to a lot of other politicians, including Gerry Adams over the last while.
"Somebody needs to manage their accounts because when they go on these outbursts they do politics no service."
The East Londonderry MP said that some people "just want to create a controversy".
"They can call (on me to withdraw comments) as much as they like, people who have refused to apologise for a terror campaign killing people for 30 years.
"Thankfully now its over, thankfully they've moved on and we all need to move beyond that," Mr Campbell said. | The DUP MP Gregory Campbell has refused to apologise for calling a Sinn Féin MLA "a failed hunger striker". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36242226"} | 777 | 33 | 0.544118 | 1.447541 | 0.313768 | 2.409091 | 30.681818 | 0.954545 |
The 26-year-old, who has won 12 international caps for Scotland, has made 81 appearances since joining Sarries from Bedford Blues in 2011.
"I don't think he gets the credit for the wonderful work he can do with and without the ball," director of rugby Mark McCall said.
"His work-rate and contribution to this team is enormous."
Sarries have not disclosed the length of Taylor's new deal at Allianz Park. | Saracens centre Duncan Taylor has signed a new long-term contract with the Premiership champions. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35439212"} | 99 | 24 | 0.559833 | 1.14834 | -0.590488 | 0.411765 | 5.352941 | 0.411765 |
Viacom's revenue fell by 6% to $3.2bn (£2.2bn) compared to a year earlier.
The company, which owns the cable channels Comedy Central and Nickelodeon was hit by lower advertising revenue.
Viacom announced a leadership change last week, replacing 92 year-old Sumner Redstone, with chief executive Philippe Dauman as chairman of the board.
"2015 was a challenging year operationally as we redesigned ourselves and adapted to significant industry disruption. Our first fiscal quarter of 2016 reflected these challenges," said Mr Dauman.
Analysts had been expecting the company's overall revenue to come in at $3.26bn.
The company's profit fell 10% to $449m in the quarter, as global advertising revenue fell by 3%.
Viacom's cable channels have struggled to maintain audiences as younger viewers switch to watching television on mobile devices and computers.
Paramount pictures also struggled. The movie studio's revenue fell 15% and it experienced an operating loss of $146m.
Mario Gabelli, the second-largest owner of voting shares in Viacom after the Redstone family, said Mr Dauman had six to nine months to turn the company around and focus more on digital and mobile advertising.
On Tuesday, Viacom announced it had reached a deal with social media company Snapchat. The deal gives Viacom exclusive rights to advertise around Snapchat content. | Shares of Viacom - owner of Paramount Pictures movie studio - fell over 14% after the company announced a steep drop in quarterly revenue. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35535383"} | 308 | 34 | 0.596013 | 1.362895 | 0.025429 | 1.269231 | 10 | 0.807692 |
Irishman McGregor, 27, beat the long-time champion by landing a strong left hand with his first connecting punch to secure the fastest ever knockout in a UFC title fight.
McGregor claimed in the build up to the fight that he would "embarrass" Aldo with a first-round knockout.
"Precision beats power, timing beats speed," McGregor said afterwards.
"I feel for Jose. He's a phenomenal champion. He deserved to go a little bit longer."
It was also Brazilian Aldo's first defeat in 10 years after winning 18 straight fights.
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Dubliner McGregor has been credited, along with former women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, with widening the appeal of mixed martial arts.
Before the fight, he described his meeting with Aldo "as one of the biggest in combat sport history".
He also told BBC Sport that he expected it would generate upwards of $100m (£65.7m). | Conor McGregor knocked out Jose Aldo after just 13 seconds at UFC 194 to win the featherweight title in Las Vegas. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35086478"} | 232 | 32 | 0.483521 | 1.045041 | -0.295353 | 0.454545 | 8.863636 | 0.454545 |
The crash happened in the early hours on New Dover Road, Capel-le-Ferne.
Firefighters used cutting gear to release the injured people trapped in the minibus. A number of people were treated by the ambulance service and taken to hospital.
Highways authorities attended to clear a spillage from the road. | Eight people have been injured in a crash between a minibus and a car near Folkestone in Kent. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35512177"} | 68 | 26 | 0.672173 | 1.20362 | -1.190563 | 0.578947 | 3.157895 | 0.578947 |
A judge in Nantes ruled that it was a "religious emblem" and incompatible with the French principle of "religious neutrality in public spaces".
Town officials have reluctantly removed a figure of baby Jesus, plaster animals and a desk-sized stable they had erected in the local council building.
A local senator denounced the ruling.
France's strict secularism laws mean that religious symbols are banned from public spaces such as schools, hospitals and local councils.
Secularism was a founding principle of the French Republic and was enshrined in a 1905 law separating Church and State.
"This decision is grotesque," said Senator Bruno Retailleau in a statement. "Next we'll be banning epiphany cakes at the Elysee Palace."
He also argued that it was unfair as in Paris the mayor hosted a dinner celebrating the Muslim month of Ramadan every year.
Jean Regourd, a member of the secular Free Thinking Society, lodged the complaint against the nativity scene but denied attacking a tradition that is now part of secular French culture.
"It's a child in a stable with a cow and a donkey," he said. "It is clearly a religious symbol, there's no doubt about it. And these local council buildings were built in the 1980s so there is no local nativity tradition to speak of."
Sen Retailleau has said he will appeal against the ruling but admits that keeping the nativity on display would be an "illegal act of civil disobedience".
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The region will ask for 4.5bn euros (£3.6bn; $5.6bn), more than had been suggested when it first made the plea earlier this summer, a spokeswoman confirmed.
This week, debt-ridden Catalonia also asked for a bailout of 5bn euros.
A 18bn-euro public fund was set up by Madrid to aid its 17 autonomous regions, which are in deep debt.
Valencia, along with Murcia, had already indicated in July that it would need help.
The area has become symbolic for its so-called white elephant projects, absorbing large amounts of government spending. For example, Castellon Airport, which cost billions, has yet to have a flight take off or land.
As a nation, Spain's struggling economy has declined for three consecutive quarters, as it continues to suffer from the effects of its property bust caused by the financial crisis.
In June, Spain requested 100bn euros of loans from the eurozone's bailout fund to help support its banks, which are struggling with bad debts from loans made in the property sector.
Speculation has persisted that the country will have to request a full financial rescue. | Valencia has said it will need a bigger bailout from Spain's central government than it previously expected. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "19422198"} | 255 | 23 | 0.599066 | 1.354331 | -0.304345 | 0.842105 | 11.736842 | 0.736842 |
The 26-year-old, who has played more than 100 games in three seasons with Liege, is new manager Bob Peeters' first signing at The Valley.
Charlton also hope to complete a deal for FC Copenhagen's Igor Vetokele.
The clubs have agreed a fee for the striker, who is expected in London next week to discuss personal terms and undergo a medical. | Charlton Athletic have signed midfielder Yoni Buyens on a season-long loan from Belgian club Standard Liege. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "27964264"} | 85 | 29 | 0.560352 | 1.083336 | -0.256452 | 0.315789 | 3.894737 | 0.315789 |
"As they have an office in Thailand and Thai reporters work there they must be prosecuted when they violate Thai law," Prayuth Chan-ocha told reporters.
The BBC Thai-language website published the article last week after King Maha Vajiralongkorn ascended the throne.
The BBC has yet to be told if formal charges have been laid against it.
"BBC Thai was established to bring impartial, independent and accurate news to a country where the media faces restrictions, and we are confident that this article adheres to the BBC's editorial principles," a BBC spokesperson said.
Police have visited the BBC's Bangkok office as part of their investigation. It began after complaints about the article - which was published in the UK and has since been blocked online in Thailand - by royalists who accuse the BBC of defaming the king.
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At the weekend, an opponent of Thailand's military-backed government was arrested after sharing the profile on his Facebook page.
He is thought to be the first person charged with defaming the monarchy since the new king succeeded his father.
Human rights groups accuse the military-backed government of using the royal defamation law as a way of cracking down on opponents.
King Vajiralongkorn's father, the revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died on 13 October at the age of 88 after seven decades on the throne. | The BBC could be prosecuted in Thailand if a profile it published of the new king is found in breach of lese majeste laws, the prime minister has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38238779"} | 344 | 40 | 0.686145 | 1.655411 | 0.393811 | 1.548387 | 9.096774 | 0.83871 |
All-rounder Howell (102) was trapped lbw by Clint McKay (3-93) immediately after bringing up his ton.
Kieran Noema-Barnett (61) hit his first half-century of the season and Michael Klinger (60) helped the home side post 321 in their second innings.
Leicestershire closed on 11-0 chasing a testing 325 to win.
After 22 wickets fell over the first two days, the action was much more attritional on day three in Cheltenham.
Only wicketkeeper Gareth Roderick (19) and Klinger fell up until tea as Howell and Noema-Barnett added 139 for the fifth wicket to move the home side into a healthy lead.
Howell's four-hour knock included 12 fours and one six - his second fifty coming off 47 balls - before he lost concentration and missed a straight one from McKay the delivery after reaching three figures.
Following his dismissal, Gloucestershire chased quick runs in order to have a bowl at the Foxes before the close and were all out for 321, with seamer Charlie Shrek (5-82) starring with the ball.
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Stephen Bannon also told the New York Times that news organisations had been "humiliated" by their failure to anticipate Mr Trump's election victory.
Media outlets have clashed with the White House over the number of people attending Mr Trump's inauguration.
They have also questioned his claim about millions of illegal ballots.
In a telephone interview with the newspaper, Mr Bannon said that "the media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while".
"The media here is the opposition party," he said and later added "not the Democratic party".
Mr Bannon also argued that news outlets "don't understand this country".
"They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States."
During the interview he was mostly referring to the "mainstream" or "elite" media, however he specifically mentioned the The New York Times and The Washington Post.
He spoke in blunt but calm tones, peppered with a dose of profanities, The New York Times said.
Mr Bannon had been in charge of right-wing Breitbart News website until August, later becoming the campaign CEO for Donald Trump in the final campaign months before the November election. | President Donald Trump's chief strategist has described US mainstream media as "the opposition party", saying it should "keep its mouth shut". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38766620"} | 264 | 28 | 0.553053 | 1.303984 | 0.585522 | 1.428571 | 8.642857 | 0.714286 |
The 16-year-old from Seaforde led after 50 metres and went on to win in a personal best time of 1:08.93.
Firth was second in her S14 heat and qualified fourth fastest overall at the Aquatics Centre. on Friday morning.
Rostrevor's Laurence McGivern came eighth in the 100m backstroke final of the S9 class in 1:06.11.
McGivern took almost two seconds off his personal best in the heats, with a time of 1:05.35, and qualified sixth for the final.
Firth was followed in by Australia's Taylor Corry and Marlou van der Kulk of the Netherlands in the final.
She struggled with shoulder injuries earlier this year but looked impressive when clocking a time of 1:10:33 to finish second fastest in heat two.
Firth will also compete in the 100m breaststroke and 200m freestyle events.
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Calls for people to protest and shout "we want food, we want work, we want housing, we want fairness", were circulated on Chinese microblog sites.
The message was first posted on a US-based Chinese-language website.
Several rights activists were detained beforehand and three people were arrested in Shanghai, but the call for mass protests was not well answered.
Reports from Shanghai and Beijing said there appeared to be many onlookers curious about the presence of so many police and journalists at the proposed protest sites, in busy city-centre shopping areas.
Police in the two cities dispersed small crowds who had gathered. There were no reports of protests in 11 other cities where people were urged to gather on Sunday.
The BBC's Chris Hogg in Shanghai says the men arrested there were roughly handled as they were dragged away shouting "why are you arresting me, I haven't done anything wrong".
Our correspondent says it was not clear what prompted the arrests and the men had not shouted any political slogans.
China's authorities blocked searches for the word jasmine on the internet.
Protesters in Tunisia who overthrew President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January called their movement the Jasmine Revolution.
On Saturday President Hu Jintao called for stricter controls on the internet "to guide public opinion" and "solve prominent problems which might harm the harmony and stability of the society". | Police in China showed up in force in several major cities after an online call for a "jasmine revolution". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "12517909"} | 312 | 25 | 0.535176 | 1.398598 | -0.064224 | 1.045455 | 12.454545 | 0.681818 |
Sharapova tested positive for the drug which the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) added to their list of banned substances on 1 January.
Head wants Wada to scientifically prove why the drug should be banned.
The company believes the drug should not be prohibited but instead come with a dosage limit.
Russia's Sharapova tested positive at the Australian Open in January.
The five-time Grand Slam champion, 28, will be suspended from 12 March and could face a four-year ban.
She has already lost the backing of key sponsors, but Head, who plan to extend their contract with Sharapova, said she made an "honest mistake".
Britain's Andy Murray, who is also sponsored by Head, said the manufacturer had taken a "strange stance".
A statement from Head said: "We question Wada's decision to add meldonium to its banned substances list in the manner it did; we believe the correct action by Wada would have been to impose a dosage limitation only.
"In the circumstances we would encourage Wada to release scientific studies which validates their claim that meldonium should be a banned substance."
Meldonium, also known as mildronate, was developed to treat diabetes and various heart-related diseases.
Sharapova has taken the drug since 2006, after frequent bouts of flu, abnormal electrocardiogram results and some indicators of diabetes.
Meldonium's inventor Ivars Calvins told BBC Radio 5 live that athletes could die if they are denied access to the drug. | Racquet manufacturer Head has questioned the decision to ban the use of meldonium, as they continue to stand by Maria Sharapova. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35785322"} | 334 | 32 | 0.592205 | 1.605048 | -0.424363 | 0.913043 | 12.695652 | 0.73913 |
GB, among the bottom set of seeds for the draw, will be based in Istanbul for the tournament, hosted jointly by Turkey, Finland, Israel and Romania.
It begins on 31 August, with the final scheduled for 17 September.
Joe Prunty's team, who failed to qualify in 2015, will be making their fourth appearance after competing in 2009, 2011 and 2013.
Rio 2016 silver medallists Serbia are among the favourites.
Great Britain's women missed out on a fourth Eurobasket finals appearance as they lost 71-52 to Italy at the weekend.
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Beveren, from the outskirts of Antwerp and since dissolved, was the partner of the Abidjan-based academy of Jean Marc Guillou and a staging ground into Europe for the likes of the Toure brothers, Emmanuel Eboue, Boubacar Barry, Arthur Boka and Gervinho.
The academy moved a myriad of players to Belgium and that final against Brugge marked the high point in the African invasion.
Belgium has always been a popular destination for African footballers but never as prolific as the days of Beveren - until now.
KV Oostende, based on the coast in West Flanders, are this season competing with nine Africans from nine different countries.
Led by their Cameroonian captain Sebastien Siani, who is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder, the club have on their books for the current campaign:
"We are a big family. The whole squad get along well with each other and the Africans are an integral part of it all," Loemba told De Standaard newspaper.
Two wins and a draw from their opening three games have placed Oostende joint-top of the table in the early stages of the new Pro League campaign.
This is the first time Oostende have earned a third successive season in the top flight in Belgium and the outlook of the cub has changed from survival to now proving to be competitive.
"Last season we also started well but then had a spectacular fall. Now we need to get rid of those periods where we lack productivity and bring more consistency to our game," said coach Yves Vanderhaeghe in a separate interview.
Jali, who runs the Bafana Bafana engine room, is the club's star player after his move 18 months ago from Orlando Pirates.
And Musona, who arrived after failing to make the grade in the Bundesliga, has been among the early season goals and is also proving a fans' favourite.
But Jali does not like the limelight. He said: "I'm no star and I don't pay much attention to all that. The only thing that counts for me is my football. It doesn't matter I'm playing barefoot in the veld or in a stadium in front of 40,000."
Akpala is another with Bundesliga experience as Oostende have grown their club budget almost double in the last two years and have been able to offer more enticing deals. He left Brugge for Werder Bremen three years ago but did not make it in Germany and also lost his place in the Nigeria team.
Akpala arrived along with another new striker in Gohi Bi, who has taken a 40% pay cut from his time at Anderlecht to get regular game time.
Antwerp-born Lukaku is eligible to play for the Democratic Republic of Congo because that is where his parents hail from, even though he is a Belgian youth international.
He is attempting to kick-start his career after emerging through the youth ranks at Anderlecht but failing make the grade.
"He worked very hard in the pre-season and I think we've been able to add self belief to his game," says Vanderhaeghe of Lukaku's potential.
Lukaku, who "feels African" and hints a DR Congo call-up would be of interest, said: "I have to work more on my statistics, assists and goals. I've got to get the ball more and carry it forward."
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Wills played companion Polly to William Hartnell's grandfatherly first Doctor and Patrick Troughton's scruffy second incarnation in 1966-67.
The show's producers decided to "regenerate" the lead role when Hartnell's health declined.
Saturday is the 50th anniversary of The Power of the Daleks, Troughton's debut.
The six-part adventure sees Troughton's time lord, and his Tardis companions, Polly and Ben (Michael Craze), do battle with the evil Daleks on the planet Vulcan.
To mark the anniversary, BBC Worldwide is releasing a black-and-white animated reconstruction of the "lost" story, based on surviving photographs and audio recordings.
Speaking at a screening of the first two episodes, Wills recalled how various actors - including Michael Horden and singer Tommy Steele - auditioned for the role of the new Doctor.
"We all knew Bill [William Hartnell] was going to leave at the end of the summer season, and then there were discussions about is that the end of the show or shall we have another actor," she said.
"When we heard it was Patrick, we knew that we had a chance.
"But we still didn't know if the audience would accept it and accept that the Doctor could change his body.
"And it was entirely up to Patrick that the audience did.
"In the animation you see how adorable he was, you couldn't resist him. And they didn't resist him.
"So luckily it was him and we're all here talking about it."
In this interview, Anneke Wills talks about about her memories of 1960s Doctor Who and what she think of Peter Capaldi's 12th Doctor.
This is the first time ever the Doctor changes his body.
For us at the time, it was a momentous moment.
Were we going to have a Bill Hartnell lookalike? Or someone totally different?
There were all these different names coming up. But also, as an actor, you were thinking: "I hope I'll be in work at the end of the summer break."
Bill had become very difficult to work with - we had to be very generous and kind and pick up his lines.
The thing about Patrick was that he had no ego. That was an astounding thing.
I think his performance in this story is the most astounding of all the Doctors - and I've watched them all.
We had two weeks of rehearsal so Patrick had extra time to get into the role.
He put on his Harpo Marx curly wig, and Michael Craze said: "If you're going to wear that, I'm not bloody working with you," and went off for a smoke.
I was worried we were wasting time, so I took a comb out of someone's pocket and combed his hair forward in a Beatles style and messed it up a bit.
There was a silence as Patrick looked in the mirror.
And then he said: "I like it."
We did that in those days. We never saw any of the work that we'd done. It was like rep theatre. You'd do a wonderful performance and then it's gone.
Now, looking back, it seems a terrible waste.
I love that Polly and Ben have been brought back [in animated form] because there's so little of us that survives.
I would love it if they would do The Smugglers [a swashbuckling Troughton story from 1966], next I'd love to see The Crusade [a 1965 first Doctor adventure starring Julian Glover as Richard the Lionheart], and Fury of the Deep [a second Doctor sea-monster story from 1968].
Wouldn't it be wonderful? I don't know any more than the fans. They always think that I've got secrets, but I haven't .
If anybody's got one in their cupboard bring it forth - now is the moment.
Someone should make a spy thriller about the search for the missing episodes of Doctor Who.
Polly was created as a proactive young woman and, in a way, that hasn't changed. However, I take exception when the companion slaps the Doctor. That makes me really angry.
That scares me to bits. All these wrinkles in high definition? I don't think so.
I talked to Peter Capaldi. I think he's astounding. He's luminous.
He asked me if there was a lot of pressure in the 1960s and I said we'd start rehearsals on a Monday, and he said: "You rehearse?"
Yes. Of course I'd take on the challenge. Maybe I could be in a wonderful mask.
The Power of the Daleks will be available on Saturday 5 November at 17:50 GMT on BBC Store, 50 years to the minute after it was first broadcast in 1966.
The first three minutes of episode one will also be streamed globally on Twitter.
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Ward signed for Forest in 2015 on a free transfer after his contract with Derby County came to an end.
The Northern Ireland international has made a total of 37 appearances for Forest, scoring four goals.
But Ward has found his first team opportunities limited under Philippe Montanier, with just one league appearance this season.
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The former deputy speaker of the House of Commons had a "reputation", Preston Crown Court was told.
The man said he dismissed the "drunken" incident and did not consider himself a victim, but agreed to make a statement when contacted by police last year.
Mr Evans, 56, denies one count of rape, two counts of indecent assault and six of sexual assault.
The charges relate to incidents involving seven men, between 2002 and 2013.
The alleged victim, who is openly gay, told the court that at first he thought Mr Evans was being tactile during the night out in 2002, but it was "not a sort of comedy squeeze".
He said at the time it was an "open secret" in Westminster that the politician was gay.
He told the jury they were out with friends when Mr Evans, then the shadow secretary of state for Wales, indecently assaulted him by putting his hand down his trousers at a pub called the Sanctuary on Greek Street in Soho.
"He had definitely been drinking, he was acting very drunk and I do remember he seemed to sober up quite quickly," he said.
Mark Heywood QC, prosecuting, asked the man when he became first aware of something untoward.
He said: "That some fingers had gone down my trousers. He had a reputation.
"I walked away rather than make a scene. I did not want him to think I was interested."
He told the court: "I was annoyed by it.
"I thought if I don't walk away I'm going to hit him."
The man said the MP for Ribble Valley in Lancashire then put his hand down his trousers again, prompting the witness, then aged 27, to tell a friend: "I'm going to punch him."
He told the court: "She said, 'You can't do that - the shadow secretary of state for Wales'."
The witness said at the time the politician "was my friend, and I certainly forgave him for it because he was drunk."
"I have almost forgotten it," he said.
He confirmed he had socialised with Mr Evans since but had never discussed the matter.
Under cross examination from Peter Wright QC, defending, he told the jury he considered the matter at the time "as like a big joke".
"When I heard he had been arrested I could not believe it," he said. "I saw him in a corridor and he looked really dreadful."
"Not in a million years," did he consider it would have resulted in him appearing in court, he said.
The court also heard from another man who was allegedly indecently assaulted at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool, Lancashire in 2003.
The man, a parliamentary worker at the time, said the thought of complaining to the police when the alleged assault happened had never occurred to him.
Last year when questioned by detectives he said he did not wish to make a complaint and only gave a statement as a witness so that his account was "on the record".
"To be honest I didn't think they were any grounds to be charged," he said.
"I would not have believed that six months on I would be standing in a witness box."
The events were said to have taken place in the Number 10 conference bar at the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool in October 2003.
The witness told the court: "Mr Evans basically starting putting his hand on the top of my belt, on my waist line.
"After a couple of seconds I realised he was actually putting his hand across and putting his fingers down."
He said he was "very conscious" a journalist was nearby and quietly "batted" Evans's hand away.
The witness recalled speaking to a member of the Conservative Party Board about the incident who went over and moved Evans to a different group in the bar.
But within five minutes a "carbon copy" of the incident took place as Evans came over and "did the exact same thing again", he said.
He brought the matter to the attention of a prospective parliamentary candidate, now a MP, and a MEP, who led Evans to his room.
When he gave a statement to police, he said he considered that Evans's problem was with alcohol rather than with a "sexually aggressive personality".
He told the court: "At no point when looking back at it now did I see any malice or any sexual intent. It was an alcohol problem, as far as I see it."
He said he had not seen it as a police matter.
A month later when Michael Howard replaced Iain Duncan Smith as party leader, Mr Evans was removed as shadow secretary of state for Wales, the jury was told.
In the summer of 2009, Mr Evans tried to kiss another man he had met while drinking with others at the Strangers' Bar in the Houses of Parliament, jurors heard.
The man, then aged 21 or 22, told the court the MP called him over to a corridor area and pulled a curtain around him but he said "no" when Mr Evans tried to kiss him.
The court heard that when they returned to the group the witness told his friend who replied: "That's what Nigel can be like."
The man told police he did not believe Mr Evans had committed any offences.
Mr Evans resigned as deputy speaker after he was charged in September.
He has not returned to the Conservatives in the Commons and is representing his constituents as an independent.
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) report was released in July 2014 "with many words left out", a council spokesman said.
Following a unanimous vote, the council will write to Defra, asking for the report to be published in full "in the interests of transparency".
Defra said that was not possible.
A spokeswoman for the department said while the redacted draft paper was online, the full report was "an internal document" which would not be published.
Councillor Marcus Johnstone, who proposed the motion to ask for the Shale Gas Rural Economy Impacts report to be published in full, said it could be "a valuable source of information, but it was heavily redacted".
"Many people have concerns about the potential development of a shale gas industry, including the availability of relevant information about how the industry might affect the community they live in.
"The council will now formally ask the government to release the report in full, in the interests of transparency."
Fellow councillor Gina Dowding, who seconded the motion, said "a large amount of information has been left out of the published version and it appears that the omissions include some significant details".
The council is due to decide whether to grant energy firm Cuadrilla planning permission to frack at two sites in Lancashire in April.
Council planners recommended refusal in January, prompting Cuadrilla's successful request for a deferral until 30 April.
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Relatives of the dead passengers will form part of the 1,500-strong congregation, along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Transport ministers from France and Spain are also expected to attend, as is Lufthansa chief Carsten Spohr.
Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz is accused of deliberately crashing the Germanwings Airbus on 24 March, killing 150 people.
A candle for each of the victims has been placed on the altar and flags will fly at half-mast across Germany.
Mourners will be invited to leave flowers on the stairways leading up to the cathedral and large screens have been erected for crowds gathered outside.
German President Joachim Gauck and Spain's Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz are also expected at the service, which begins at 12:00 (10:00 GMT).
It will be led by the Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki and the president of the Protestant Church of Westphalia, Annette Kurschus.
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The Airbus 320 was travelling from Barcelona to Duesseldorf when it crashed with 144 passengers and six crew members on board.
Recordings retrieved from one of the plane's flight recorders appeared to show Andreas Lubitz locking the captain out of the cockpit, while he put the plane in to descent.
It later emerged he had a history of depression and was receiving treatment from neurologists and psychiatrists. He had been signed off from work a number of times, including on the day of the crash.
Some 72 Germans were on board the aircraft when it went down, along with 50 Spaniards and other passengers from around the world.
Investigators are still trying to formally identify all of the victims, whose remains were recovered from the crash site near the village of Le Vernet.
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Reigning Super Cup winners after clinching the 2015 Champions League, the Congolese qualify for this year's event as Confederation Cup winners.
The game will be played in Pretoria.
"This match could be history for South Africa, never mind Sundowns, so let's lift the trophy," Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane told BBC Sport.
9 - Egypt
3 - DR Congo, Tunisia
2 - Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria
1 - South Africa, Algeria, Ghana
Sundowns became the second South African side to win the Champions League when beating Egyptians Zamalek 3-1 in October's two-legged final.
Orlando Pirates were the first South African team to win the title, in 1995, and they went on to win the Super Cup as well.
Mosimane, who led Bafana Bafana shortly after the 2010 World Cup, believes his side faces a disadvantage given that the Congolese league has no restriction on the number of foreigners.
"They have an advantage in that they can play 11 foreigners in their (team)," added Mosimane, who was crowned African Coach of 2016.
"But I'm not saying that is why they won all the time.
"When you win the Champions League and you face Mazembe, you don't want to be making excuses. It's a big game and we have to play."
New Mazembe coach Thierry Froger, who was appointed on Monday, only met his players for the first time on Thursday, meaning assistant coaches Pamphile Mihayo Kazembe and David Mwakasu are likely to be in charge of the match.
"I am very happy to join a team whose exploits in Africa I have been able to follow," Frenchman Froger told Mazembe's official website.
"A team is strong when its players, supporters and directors are together. I think we can achieve beautiful things."
Mazembe three African Super Cup wins - in 2010, 2011 and 2016 - have all come on home soil in Lubumbashi.
In principle, the Super Cup is regularly played at the home of the African club champion although there is discretion to change this.
Like his club, Mazembe captain Joel Kimwaki is bidding to win the tournament for a fourth time.
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South of Scotland Liberal Democrat MSP Jim Hume wants to introduce a members bills at the Scottish Parliament which would bring in a ban.
He has opened a public consultation on his proposals which he says would safeguard the rights of children.
Several health organisations back the ban but a smokers' campaign group said the law would be unenforceable.
The proposed ban is being supported by ASH Scotland and the British Lung Foundation.
The British Lung Foundation had previously urged Scottish politicians to do more to stop people smoking in cars when children are passengers.
In 2011, a Scottish study suggested air quality inside a smoker's car was comparable to industrial smog in cities such as Beijing or Moscow - even when the driver had windows open.
Research by the University of Aberdeen found that 7% of 11-year-olds experience smoking in cars.
Speaking after the launch of his consultation, Mr Hume said: "These proposals have already had an encouraging response from MSPs across the political parties and from people across Scotland.
"Seventeen per cent of children in the UK are legally exposed to passive smoking in a vehicle more than once a week.
"Banning smoking in cars whilst children are present is a further step in protecting children's rights and ensuring they have the healthiest start in life.
"With figures showing eight out of 10 Scots already support such a move, this is a conversation we need to have and an issue which we need to address.
"The time has come to follow the lead of countries like Canada and Australia where similar bans are operating successfully."
The consultation will run until August after which Mr Hume must get cross-party support to take the proposals further.
However, campaigners criticised the proposed bill.
Simon Clark, director of the smokers' group Forest, said: "We don't encourage adults to smoke in cars carrying children but legislation is disproportionate to the problem.
"Most smokers are sensible enough to know that lighting up in a car with children is inconsiderate at best and research suggests that only a tiny minority still do it.
"Education has to be better than yet another law that would be very difficult to enforce."
He added: "A ban on smoking in private vehicles would represent a major intrusion into people's private lives. What next, a ban on smoking in the home if children are present?"
In response, James Cant, head of the British Lung Foundation Scotland, pointed to a 2010 NHS study in England which found that about 18% of children aged 11 to 15 were exposed to smoke in cars.
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Photographer Fellipe Abreu and reporter Luiz Felipe Silva cycled down the steep road and chronicled the sheer drops and spectacular views.
Cyclists and their bikes are taken by bus to La Cumbre at a height of 4,700m (15,420ft).
From here, the peaks of nearby mountains such as the Huayaina Potosi, in the Cordillera Central, Bolivia's central mountain range, are clearly visible.
The route in the Andes near the city of La Paz has become a favourite with mountain bikers as for a stretch of 66km it is almost entirely downhill, descending a total of 3,500m.
In places it is so steep, cyclists can reach a maximum speed of more than 50km/h (31mph).
For the the first 31km, the road, officially known as Camino a los Yungas, is paved. The main danger here are the big lorries which regularly use it and, despite the hairpin bends, drive at high speed.
Further on, the road becomes little more than a dirt track.
This unpaved stretch is the one which gave the road its reputation of being one of the most dangerous in the world.
During the 1990s, an average of 300 people died on this road a year.
The worst single accident happened in the 1980s, when a bus plunged 300m, killing more than 100 people.
When a vehicle comes off the road here, the drops are sheer and deep, offering little chance of survival for the passengers.
Simple crosses mark the spots where people have died.
Heavy lorries leave little space for other road users and skid dangerously on the loose soil.
The road's reputation for danger predates these accidents, though.
Even in the 19th Century, when it was used to transport goods from the city of La Paz to the town of Coroico, merchants feared this stretch of road.
Highwaymen used the narrow path to ambush merchants and rob them of their goods, often killing them in the process.
The most infamous highwayman was Salvador Sea, who was captured and condemned to death by firing squad in 1870.
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After a campaign that started in March 2015, when the first candidates put their names forward, we're now just six weeks away from the election.
The first of three presidential debates takes place on Monday night - and there is plenty to look out for as the candidates edge ever closer to each other in the polls.
By Anthony Zurcher, BBC North America reporter:
The debates are the last, best chance for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to make their case to the nation.
Neither candidate will be able to command the attention of the American public the way they will in the three upcoming presidential debates. And no debate will have as large an audience, or do as much to shape public perceptions of the candidates, as this first one.
There's a good chance Monday night's affair will break the record of 80 million Americans who watched incumbent Jimmy Carter face-off against Ronald Reagan in 1980.
In an election cycle that's measured in months and even years, this debate gives Americans a real, unscripted opportunity to see how the would-be presidents might handle the intense stresses of the Oval Office. It's the mother of all job interviews.
There'll be six segments of about 15 minutes, each on a different topic. The moderator is NBC anchor Lester Holt; the venue is Hofstra University on Long Island, New York; the start time is 21:00 local time (01:00 GMT).
At the start of each segment, the two candidates will have two minutes each to respond, then they will respond to each other.
Three of the topics already announced, and selected by Holt, are: America's Direction; Achieving Prosperity and Securing America, which risk sounding more like the slogans of banks than debate topics.
Three more questions related to events in the news this week will also be scheduled.
(There are no breaks during the 90 minutes, so a strategic pre-debate bathroom visit is advised).
When you hear the following terms, cross them off and see how quickly you can fill in a row of three in any direction...
by BBC North America editor Jon Sopel
Someone once gave me great career advice on handling job interviews - think in terms of what is the question you have to answer. The interview panel will know your work, and have your CV - but what is the one area where they will need convincing?
And so it is in Monday's debate, except the selection board is a little bigger -the 200+ million US electorate.
For two candidates who are uniquely unpopular, they both have their own mountains to climb. Hillary Clinton's CV goes on for pages, so she doesn't need to unveil 15-point plans. Voters know she's got that. But trustworthiness? That's been more difficult. Try to be straightforward, don't be overly defensive or legalistic.
And Donald Trump? Well the CV is much more scant - so he needs to show that there is substance. We know what he wants to do - build a wall, bring back jobs, crush IS, renegotiate trade deals - but how is he going to do it? At the moment we have no idea.
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"Clinton has to be careful," Mr Trump's ghostwriter Tony Schwartz, who has advised her campaign, told the New York Times. "She could get everything right and still potentially lose the debates if she comes off as too condescending, too much of a know-it-all."
Mr Trump, on the other hand, needs to avoid rising to any bait dangled by his rival. His campaign has indicated we will see a calm, composed Mr Trump in the debates.
On one hand, there's Mrs Clinton, who has undergone intensive preparation for the debates.
On the other, there's Mr Trump, the former TV personality whose performances in the Republican primary debates helped propel him to the party's candidacy.
The Clinton campaign has been forensically poring over footage of Mr Trump's performances in those debates.
What they concluded, the New York Times reported last month, was that he could be baited into making mistakes, and could respond with unflattering aggression if questions are raised about his intelligence, net worth and business acumen in particular.
Mr Trump hasn't employed a stand-in for Mrs Clinton to rehearse the debates, and has reportedly not paid too much attention to briefing notes on policy.
Instead, reports say, he has relied heavily on advisers Rudy Giuliani (the former New York mayor) and Roger Ailes (the former Fox News chief) - all while playing golf and sharing hot dogs with them.
Last week, his campaign also sent a questionnaire to his supporters, asking them for their advice on what he should ask (and, for example, whether he should call Mrs Clinton "Crooked Hillary" on stage).
"You're going to see a very natural and normal guy - someone who is comfortable with who he is, not someone who's highly scripted or nervous," Mr Giuliani told the Washington Post.
Our man Anthony Zurcher has worked out where the candidates stand on key issues in relation to other world leaders.
"On refugees, for example, Donald Trump has been warning that the US policy of admitting refugees from certain regions - the Middle East or, more generally, Muslim nations - presents a serious threat to US national security. He's called for the US to suspend resettling refugees until "extreme vetting" procedures can be implemented. He asserts that nations in the Middle East must do more to create safe zones for those fleeing the violence.
"Hillary Clinton has called for an increase in the number of Syrian refugees resettled in the US from the current 10,000 annual mark to 65,000 - which, Mr Trump likes to point out, is a 550% increase. She cautions that the refugees should be "carefully vetted", but notes that current procedures already involve a multi-year application process and refugees don't know in which nation they will be settled."
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Just ask Matt Lauer.
Earlier this month, Lauer, Holt's NBC colleague, interviewed Mr Trump but did not pick up on his false statement saying he did not support the war in Iraq.
The backlash was brutal, and ensures the moderators of all the debates are under particular scrutiny this year. On top of that, Mr Trump has said the debates are rigged, should have no moderator and that Holt is a Democrat (he's actually a registered Republican).
Both candidates have provided plenty of work for fact-checkers during the campaign - in Mr Trump's case, he has repeatedly tried to deny the truth even when there's significant evidence to the contrary.
So trying to anticipate half-truths and non-truths, and knowing how and when to call them out, will be a thankless task.
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The 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, who returned from a year off the track last month to finish second to Cue Card in the Betfair Chase at Haydock, is said to be "fragile" and "not himself".
The Mark Bradstock-trained gelding underperformed in a gallop on Saturday.
Bradstock's wife and assistant Sara said: "I know every breath he takes, every step he takes, I know exactly how he is and he's just not feeling good."
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Ben Osborn put Forest ahead against the run of play, beating Ali Al-Habsi after being put through by Henri Lansbury.
The hosts dominated in the second half and, seven minutes after coming on, substitute Matej Vydra deflected home Oliver Norwood's long-range effort.
Reading secured victory thanks to a fierce 20-yard strike from Norwood.
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Despite claiming a first league win in four league games against Forest, the Royals remain 13th in the table.
Forest have lost eight of their past 10 games, and taken only one point from four matches since Paul Williams replaced Dougie Freedman as manager.
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More than 250 emergency service personnel, as well as Network Rail and South Eastern Trains staff, were involved in the simulation in Bromley.
The train crash was created on a section of line between Sundridge Park and Bromely North stations.
Volunteers from the Railway Industry First Aid Association played the 100 casualties in need of rescue.
Richard Welch from London Fire Brigade said: "Whilst this scenario may appear worrying and rail crashes are extremely rare, exercises like this are a vital way of practising our skills and ensuring that we are ready should there ever be a major incident in the capital.
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Anna Signeul's side can finish no worse than second in their Euro 2017 qualifying group and are now assured of one of the six best runners-up spots.
It means next week's final group game with Iceland will simply be to determine who finishes top.
The finals will be in the Netherlands next year, with the games played from 16 July to 6 August.
Scotland women's first internationally recognised match was a 3-2 defeat to England in November 1972.
Since then, they have tried and failed on 13 occasions to make it to a tournament finals - seven European Championships and six World Cups.
They reached the play-off stage in trying to qualify for the 2009 and 2013 Euro finals and the 2015 World Cup.
In the 2009 European Championship play-offs, they turned around a 3-2 home defeat to win 2-1 in Nalchik but went out on the away goals rule.
The current campaign started with a 3-0 win away to Slovenia followed by 7-0 and 10-0 home wins over Belarus and Macedonia, respectively.
Slovenia were beaten again, 3-1 in Scotland, before Signeul's team sustained their first Group 1 defeat by Iceland, 4-0.
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Contractors accidentally severed the pipe on Thursday, causing a leak which led to the evacuation of the nearby Premier Inn and Ashbridge Inn, Cwmbran.
It has now been stopped and the pub and hotel have reopened.
Avondale Road, Chapel Lane and Pontrhydyrun Road reopened at 16:00 BST.
A spokesman for Wales & West Utilities said engineers had worked through the night.
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The IEA expects oil stocks to grow by two million barrels a day in the first quarter and 1.5 million barrels a day in the following three months.
In January, Brent crude hit a 13-year low of $27.67. It recovered a bit, but on Tuesday was down 7.2% at $30.50.
But that is still a long way from the $112 level reached in June 2014.
"If these numbers prove to be accurate, and with the market already awash in oil, it is very hard to see how oil prices can rise significantly in the short term," the IEA said.
Meanwhile demand for oil is expected to weaken. The IEA forecasts that demand growth will fall to 1.2 million barrels a day this year, from the 1.6 million barrels a day seen in 2015, the IEA said.
The think tank also questioned whether the recent rise in prices was a "false dawn" and concluded that a number of conditions increased the risk of weak oil prices.
These included doubts that Opec, the oil cartel, was in talks with other oil producing nations to reduce supply.
It also quashed speculation that Opec nations would cut output this year, stating that output from Iraq reached a new record in January. Iran has increased production ahead of sanctions being removed and preliminary data suggested that Saudi Arabia's shipments had increased. | A recent rise in oil prices is a "false dawn" and the oversupply of crude is set to worsen, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35530123"} | 303 | 39 | 0.566534 | 1.267026 | 0.299788 | 1.90625 | 8.28125 | 0.71875 |
The other last-four tie sees Juventus - in their first semi-final since 2003 - face Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid, the defending champions.
The first legs will be played on 5 and 6 May, with the return matches a week later.
In the Europa League, holders Sevilla face Fiorentina, while Rafael Benitez's Napoli are up against Ukraine's Dnipro.
Bayern boss Guardiola won 14 trophies as a manager - including the Champions League in 2009 and 2011 - during four years at Barcelona.
He has reached the Champions League semi-finals in each of his six seasons as a manager, four with Barca and now two with Bayern.
The Catalan said: "Everyone understands how special this game is for me, for [midfielder] Thiago and my staff.
"Barcelona was our life. Barcelona is my home.
"Barcelona are the best team at the moment. I am not surprised. He (Luis Enrique) has a lot of quality. He is a great guy and I am happy I will be facing him."
Ancelotti will also be reunited with one of his former clubs, with the Italian having managed the Turin side from 1999 to 2001.
The draw leaves open the possibility of a Barcelona v Real Madrid European Cup final, something which has never happened before. The arch-rivals are also battling it out for the Spanish league title this season.
Real Madrid reached the last four by beating city rivals Atletico - in a repeat of last season's final - thanks to Javier Hernandez's late goal.
Bayern Munich thrashed Porto 6-1 at home to overturn a first-leg deficit and progress 7-4 on aggregate.
Things were more straightforward for Barcelona, who beat Paris St-Germain 5-1 overall, and Juventus, who beat Monaco 1-0 over two legs.
This season's final will be played at Berlin's Olympic Stadium on Saturday, 6 June.
The Europa League draw leaves the possibility of an all-Serie A final. There have been four all-Italian Uefa Cup finals, but none since the tournament was rebranded in 2009.
The first legs of the semi-finals will be played on Thursday, 7 May with the return matches a week later.
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The instrument, known as the Large Underground Xenon, or Lux, detector, is a mile underground in a former mine in South Dakota, USA.
It searches for tiny particles which would improve scientists' understanding of dark matter.
Dark matter is the invisible material thought to make up 95% of the universe.
Dark matter has yet to be detected directly by scientists and has so far been observed only by its effects on gravity, which can be seen in the rotation of galaxies and the way light bends as it travels through space.
The upgrade increases the chances of the detector identifying sub-atomic particles called Wimps - weakly interacting massive particles - which scientists believe are the main component of dark matter.
A team of physicists, including scientists at Edinburgh University, have made Lux's ability to identify the lightest form of Wimps about 20 times more sensitive.
This has allowed them to study data collected during Lux's initial run in 2013 which previously had to be ignored.
Wimps are difficult to spot because they collide with normal matter only rarely, and their faint signals are drowned out by cosmic radiation from space.
Professor Alex Murphy, of Edinburgh University's school of physics and astronomy, said: "Since Lux's first run, we have developed several new calibration techniques and methods of analysis. We are now able to look for tell-tale signs of Wimps in data we previously had to ignore, increasing our chances of detecting dark matter."
Lux is housed deep underground where few cosmic rays can penetrate, and consists of a tank of liquid xenon surrounded by sensitive light detectors.
It is designed to spot collisions between Wimps and xenon atoms inside the detector.
Following a collision, the xenon atom emits a tiny flash of light, which is spotted by Lux's light sensors.
The upgrade was supported by the US Department for Energy and the National Science Foundation.
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Our talk of dark times when the city smouldered seem out of place on this sunny day amid the greenery and sounds of laughter.
But the possibility of Brexit makes him think of a time when Berlin was a ruined city, his father's horrendous experience as a 15-year-old boy soldier and Germany's past.
"Being nationalistic is not a good thing. So if the value of the EU is damaged - and it is already fragile - and if Great Britain is out, the temptation is the German population will also consider 'what are the benefits? Why don't we do things on our own?'
"It gives you a very eerie feeling, how thin that layer of civilisation is. If you do things together with other countries in the EU it gives us a chance to come to a compromise. If we are not in the EU we will not look to compromise, but to win."
It is a reminder that the European Union means more emotionally to Germany, and many other members, than it ever can do to the UK.
It is ironic that if we do vote to leave the EU the internal politics of the institution and its member nations could matter more than ever before for the future of our country.
Talks have already started in Brussels about how to respond if we do vote to leave.
After initial bromides about building a stronger Europe they would wait for the UK Government to set out the terms it might want.
There might be a wait, if, as expected, the Conservative Party descends into civil war.
But the future might then hang on the reaction of the 27 remaining countries of the EU.
Leave campaigners constantly argue that because of the size of our economy the EU wouldn't raise trade barriers, and cut off their nose to spite their face.
Remain campaigners, on the other hand, warn that the rest of the EU wouldn't make it easy.
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In reality two main forces would be in play on the continent, competing with each other.
One is the instinct that it is indeed best for the European economy and European companies to have a smooth transition to an easy relationship. The other, that breaking up cannot appear pain-free when there are so many pressures on the EU.
What Berlin and Angela Merkel wants, does not always, automatically, become EU policy. But it has a powerful influence. That is why I went to Berlin.
When I meet the Christian Democrat MEP, Christian Ehler, he is wearing cuff links: one says "trust me", the other "I'm a politician" .
He can afford this wry gesture. He is not just a politician - he's also an industrialist, former MD of a multi-national biotech company.
He knows Mrs Merkel well, and has an important job in the European Union - coordinator for his party grouping on the industry committee.
He told me: "Politicians like to pretend they are in charge of everything. But it is not just a political decision."
The UK could get a good deal with minimal rules, he said, but it would have no say over the rules, and so wouldn't be integrated into the EU market: that could harm the British economy.
Alternatively, the EU could impose tough measures on the UK, but that could cause damage on all sides.
"Sorting it out would be a year-long nightmare, the economy (across the Eurozone) would go down by at least 3 to 5%."
Mr Ehler is frustrated. His boys at are at a British school, he has a flat in London and he travels there often and says that the economies are so linked via the EU that it would be difficult to disentangle.
"It is really complicated. It's an integrated economy. Take my constituency: one of the biggest employers is Rolls Royce, which is producing half of the engines for Airbus in Germany.
"Should we put the British out? Then my constituency is out."
Mr Ehler's committee has looked at what would happen to joint investments, such as this. His conclusion? It is a mess, a nightmare that "would have Putin laugh his butt off".
He reminds me that some of Germany's success is in part down to the structures the British put in place after the war, not least a system of industrial relations.
There is almost a sense of embarrassment at the way people almost seem to be flattering our awkward country.
But then there is a also widespread irritation that the British are more inclined to moan about being dominated by the EU than celebrate their leadership within it.
I hear several influential people argue that Germany needs the UK to push - against the French and others - for economic liberalisation.
Without the UK, Germany would be cast more firmly on one side of the debate, rather than as honest broker, which makes them feel more comfortable.
But this is mere detail to the fear that grips mainstream politicians all over Europe. The hard-right Front National will be fighting an election in France next year on the policy of a referendum on the EU.
Parties which question the European project are on the rise in Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Italy - just to mention the most obvious examples. Nationalistic governments in Hungary and Poland are happy to clash with Brussels.
The director of the German Marshall Fund's Europe programme Daniela Schwarzer tells me: "One motive (if the UK leaves) will be to not make others think this is an easy game - you have a referendum and you get what you want. There has to be a visible cost to leaving the European Union."
Germany - mindful of its dreadful past - has always preferred to exercise power through the EU, in concert with others. As the generations change this instinct becomes a little weaker.
The Greek crisis on one hand, and the migrant crisis on the other, has brought Germany's role into sharp focus, and underlined the fragility of the EU.
The rise of the right has been seen in Germany too. The Alternative for Germany (AFD) is only three years old but did well in regional elections.
Beatrix Von Storch, party vice chair and an MEP, tells me if the UK votes to leave it would be bad for Germany in one way - it would pick up the tab if our contributions disappeared.
But she adds: "It would be good if you leave just to show you can survive. We're told no one can live without the European Union - you cant trade, you can't travel, everything will break down and the UK will go bankrupt in a month or two.
"I think that's complete rubbish and I would like to see how it works and I think we will see it is possible to trade with EU without being part of it."
She says making life tough for Britain would be counter-productive.
"If they start to punish the UK this would strengthen all the movements that want to leave the EU, the movements we can see rising at the moment."
Artur Fischer says Brexit would inevitably lead to confusion.
At present he works two days a week in London, and pays 40% of his taxes in the UK. He doesn't know if that would continue. His board knows any deal with UK companies is currently covered by EU rules - they might not have that certainty in the future.
"Our industry would be against any trade barriers. They are against all trade barriers.
"But I'm pretty sure from a political point of view that after they left Britain would not have the benefits they currently have."
People may yearn for certainly in this debate - the reality is there can be none, because it depends on future moves and counter-moves.
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The media operate in a hostile environment. Somalia is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a journalist, says US-based Human Rights Watch.
The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists includes Somalia in its index of countries where the murders of journalists go unpunished. "Elusive armed insurgent groups have terrorised the media beyond the reach of Somalia's fragile law," it says.
Journalists and media outlets complain about intimidation at the hands of state security agencies.
Nevertheless, professionally-run media outlets have emerged - in particular, FM radios with no explicit factional links.
The TV and press sectors are weak and radio is the dominant medium. There are around 20 radio stations, but no national, domestic broadcaster.
Many listeners tune to Somali-language media based abroad, in particular the BBC Somali service. The BBC transmits on shortwave and on FM in Mogadishu (91.1), the Somaliland capital Hargeisa (89.0), and elsewhere.
Somali satellite channels are a significant part of the TV scene. Most of these are based in the UK.
Somalis abroad maintain an active online presence. But domestic web access is held back by poor infrastructure. There are more than 163,000 internet users (Internetlivestats.com, September 2014), representing 1.5 per cent of the population.
Social media use is on the rise. The most popular destinations are Twitter and Facebook. Islamists use social media to promote their aims while their opponents mount strong rebuttals.
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Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, hopes to start testing a DNA vaccine by September.
About 100 Americans have been diagnosed with Zika after returning from affected countries.
Scientists at the institute helped develop a vaccine for Ebola.
They are now trying to do the same for Zika, with a special focus on pregnant women because of the strongly suspected link between the virus and babies being born with under-developed brains.
Dr Fauci said he's hoping human trials will start in America soon.
"We will have a vaccine ready to go into humans to test - not to distribute - but to test for safety and whether it induces a response that you can predict will be protective.
"That phase 1 trial I believe will likely start towards the end of this summer or early fall"
But phase 1 trials are only the start of a potentially lengthy process.
If the outbreak starts to wane, as happened in the advanced stages of the agency's Ebola vaccine trials, it will not be possible to conduct big enough studies to confirm how effective the vaccine is in at-risk populations.
The Zika vaccine in development uses synthesised genetic information from the virus, rather than live virus, to trigger an immune response in the body.
So if a person then becomes infected with the virus, their body is already primed to fight it.
Developing new vaccines can take decades. But scientists working at the labs in Maryland believe they can fast-track the process because they had already been working on a vaccine for West Nile virus, which is spread by the same Aedes aegypti mosquito.
Dr Barney Graham, deputy director of the National Institute of Health Vaccine Research Center, where the vaccine is being developed, said: "The challenge is that we don't know a lot about Zika, but we know a lot about other flaviviruses. Zika is one of the flaviviruses."
"Vaccines are generally not made quickly. We still don't have a vaccine for some viruses that have been around for 70 or 80 years."
But he added: "There are new technologies now. DNA vaccines can go quickly - we've done it before for West Nile, for H5N1 (bird flu) for Ebola and HIV."
The vaccine being developed at the NIH in Bethesda, just outside Washington DC, is one of two of the most advanced Zika vaccines in development.
The other is being developed by Bharat Biotech, an Indian company based in Hyderabad.
Dr Fauci said the American vaccine would focus on pregnant women, and women of childbearing age, with a longer-term goal of offering a vaccine to everyone, particularly if that link to microcephaly is confirmed.
He said the world had been in a similar situation in the early 1960s, when rubella was causing about 20,000 birth defects a year, after pregnant mothers became infected with the relatively mild German measles infection.
"As soon as we developed a rubella vaccine and started vaccinating everyone when they were children, the incidence of congenital rubella syndrome essentially disappeared.
"This is what we hope will happen with Zika."
However, it is already too late for the thousands of babies thought to be affected by this mysterious virus.
And despite the best efforts of scientists at the NIH, the very earliest a vaccine could be widely distributed is around 2018.
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Fading light meant his tie against Adrian Mannarino was moved to Tuesday after Gilles Muller's win over Rafael Nadal finished late on Court One.
That match lasted almost five hours, with 28 games played in the fifth set.
"For a player to play a five to six-hour match, come back the next day and perform - it's not really what your body's looking for," said the Serb.
"Because John Isner and Nicolas Mahut made history [in 2010] with an 11-hour match. Is that a reason why we're keeping it?
"It is great drama, but that player has to go out tomorrow. It is for the spectator?
"If you are already getting to six-all in the fifth set, you might as well just decide it in a tie-break."
The US Open is the only one of the four Grand Slams to play tie-breaks in the final set.
World number four Djokovic, who eventually defeated his French opponent 6-2 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals, also said his match should have been moved to Centre Court which lay empty from 19:45 BST after Roger Federer saw off Grigor Dimitrov in three sets.
"I think it was a wrong decision not to play us last night," added the three-time champion. "The Centre Court has the roof and lights, we could have played till 23:00.
"We went to the referee's office before 20:00. There were security reasons. That was the only excuse. I just didn't see any logic in not playing us on the Centre Court." | Novak Djokovic says Wimbledon should introduce a final-set tie-break in order to help schedule matches. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40575519"} | 369 | 26 | 0.44123 | 1.063346 | -0.031056 | 0.9 | 17 | 0.6 |
The former Everton and Manchester United boss remonstrated with officials over an offside decision and was ordered from the touchline.
He had to scale a pitch-side fence and once he found a seat, he accepted the offer of a crisp from a spectator.
Villarreal progressed 3-2 on aggregate after the second leg finished 2-2.
Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Moyes's side fell further behind when Giovani dos Santos teed up Gerard Moreno to fire home the opener on 26 minutes.
Former Arsenal striker Carlos Vela gave the hosts hope just before half-time when he bundled in the rebound from close range after Sergio Asenjo had saved Imanol Agirretxe's headed effort.
However, former Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur forward Dos Santos put the tie beyond doubt when he put Villarreal back in front 17 minutes from time.
Esteban Granero replied moments later to ensure Moyes remains unbeaten at home in his five games since taking charge. | Real Sociedad manager David Moyes was sent to the stands and his side were knocked out of the Copa del Rey at the last-16 stage against Villarreal. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30818759"} | 236 | 40 | 0.525067 | 1.20379 | -0.582889 | 0.464286 | 6.535714 | 0.464286 |
The metal was stripped from the south transept roof of All Saints' Church, East Meon overnight on Thursday.
The damage to the roof left has left rainwater pouring into the main aisle of the church.
The Rev Jane Ball said: "I feel devastated. Inside it's raining as much as it is outside. Pews and wood flooring are just getting wet."
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Driver Harry Clarke, 58, was unconscious when the vehicle veered out of control on 22 December 2014.
The inquiry has previously heard that Mr Clarke had a history of fainting and dizziness going back 40 years.
Glasgow City Council said he would not have been employed if it had known about his background.
Mr Clarke was taken on by the council in January 2011 to drive a minibus transporting disabled schoolchildren. At the time of his recruitment he had been suspended by his previous employer First Bus over a dispute about his timekeeping while driving buses, but the council was not aware of this.
On the ninth day of the fatal accident inquiry into the crash, Glasgow Sheriff Court also heard that Mr Clarke failed to disclose his medical history on a Bupa form for the council when he was promoted to driving heavier vehicles.
Dorothy Bain QC, representing the bereaved Morton family, questioned Geraldine Ham, a human resources manager at the council, over the authority's recruitment processes.
Talking the witness through various employment documents, the lawyer put it to her: "At the stage that Mr Clarke was employed by the council to transport children with special needs, we can see significant shortcomings in the council process for recruitment."
Ms Ham said the local authority tried to ensure that the necessary employment processes were in place.
Ms Bain said the inquiry had seen that where Mr Clarke "doesn't tell the council the truth, the recruitment process was not adequate in order to prevent his employment". The witness agreed.
The QC went on: "For that reason you would agree, I presume, that the recruitment process wasn't adequate?"
Ms Ham responded: "There's room for improvement, yes."
She also agreed that Mr Clarke would not have been given the job if the council had received full disclosure of his medical history.
And Ms Ham said he would have been suspended from driving and removed from duties had his medical history come to light.
The inquiry heard last week that Mr Clarke had suffered bouts of dizziness in 1976, fainted at work while a lorry driver in 1989 and suffered dizziness for months in 1994.
He is also reported to have fainted while at the wheel of a bus in 2010.
Solicitor advocate Ronald Conway, representing the Tait family, said: "I suspect at the end of this inquiry were are going to find out that Mr Clarke is not a monster, a monster of depravity, he's not a criminal mastermind, but he's a person who has lied repeatedly to find a job and get a job.
"There are lots of Harry Clarkes out there. Lots of fantasists and fabulists who lie to get what they want.
"How does the council deal with job applicants who may not tell the truth?"
He asked if there was anything to prevent the council from asking successful applicants for driving jobs to produce their medical records.
Ms Ham replied: "No, but they would have to give consent."
The HR manager was also cross-examined by Peter Gray QC on behalf of Glasgow City Council.
Mr Gray highlighted the issue of Mr Clarke's "exit form" from First Bus, which had no reference to absence issues or to his suspension, and judged him "suitable for re-engagement".
The inquiry was previously told that Mr Clarke's records showed he had been off work for almost a month after reportedly passing out at the wheel of a bus in April 2010.
Mr Gray put it to Ms Ham that any reference for Mr Clarke based on the First Bus exit form would have been "utterly misleading, inaccurate and untrue".
Ms Ham agreed that an inaccurate form "fundamentally undermines the recruitment process".
The Crown Office has already concluded that there will be no criminal prosecution over the crash, with senior lawyers deeming it a "tragic accident".
In a statement on Friday, the prosecution service said Mr Clarke was unconscious when the bin lorry veered out of control in Glasgow city centre "and therefore not in control of his actions".
The Crown Office statement said Mr Clarke did not "have the necessary criminal state of mind required for a criminal prosecution".
It also said that all the relevant evidence was known to the Crown counsel at the time the decision to take no proceedings was made.
Erin McQuade, 18, her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and his 69-year-old wife Lorraine, all from Dumbarton, died in the incident in the city's Queen Street and George Square.
Stephenie Tait, 29, and Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, were also killed when the truck mounted the pavement before crashing into the side of the Millennium Hotel.
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The ex-UK foreign secretary and former Deputy PM Nick Clegg are among those barred from entering the country.
The EU has imposed sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine.
"It shows we are making an impact because they wouldn't have reacted unless they felt very sore at what had happened," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Once sanctions were extended, it's had a major impact on the Russian economy."
The EU, which initially imposed the sanctions after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea region in March 2014 and has subsequently extended them, has called the ban "totally arbitrary and unjustified" and said no explanation had been provided.
A Russian foreign ministry official would not confirm the names of those banned but did say that the ban was result of the European Union's sanctions against the country.
British intelligence and military chiefs, including MI5 director general Andrew Parker, former MI6 chief Sir John Sawers and chief of the defence staff General Sir Nicholas Houghton are reportedly also on the list.
Sir Malcolm said: "This has happened at a time when the oil price has collapsed and therefore a main source of revenue for Mr Putin has disappeared.
"That's pretty important when it comes to his attempts to build up his military might and to force his neighbours to do what they're told.
"I understand that they would like the sanctions removed, I want them removed and want to see good relations with Russia.
"It's very important that Russia, Britain and western Europe as a whole work amicably together but we can't ignore the fact that for the first time since the end of the Second World War, part of the borders of a European territory has been violated by a military attack and that is unacceptable."
Sir Malcolm, who was foreign secretary between 1995 and 1997 when Sir John Major was in Downing Street, added: "If there had to be such a ban I am rather proud to be on it - I'd be rather miffed if I wasn't.
"But I've got no immediate plans to go to Russia and haven't had to change my diary, let's put it that way!" | Russia's decision to ban 89 European officials, politicians and military leaders shows sanctions against it are working, Sir Malcolm Rifkind has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32950052"} | 475 | 31 | 0.501396 | 1.351231 | 0.293618 | 0.961538 | 16.423077 | 0.730769 |
Education in a school for the mentally disabled meant the pair were isolated from mainstream society - a bar to their integration, the judges found.
The Strasbourg court said their schooling amounted to discrimination.
For years many Roma children have been wrongly placed in remedial schools in Hungary and some of its neighbours.
Many Roma communities in Hungary and the neighbouring Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Serbia are blighted by poverty and a high degree of social segregation.
Istvan Horvath and Andras Kiss, from the town of Nyiregyhaza, were born in 1994 and 1992, respectively.
Ruling on their case, the court said the Hungarian school system had failed to provide the necessary safeguards for a disadvantaged minority.
The judgment said Hungarian courts had also acknowledged deficiencies in the way mental abilities were tested.
Hungary was ordered to pay the pair's legal costs of 4,500 euros (£3,848; $6,065). The applicants did not request damages from Hungary on grounds of discrimination.
The BBC's Nick Thorpe in Budapest says the conservative Fidesz government is putting money into teaching Roma culture and history - though some NGOs argue that integrating Roma is more important than building their cultural identity, which can be divisive.
Fidesz argues that it has developed a Roma strategy, aimed at improving Roma rights - something that the EU has long been urging.
Fidesz says Roma-majority schools in some villages are a fact of life, whereas the previous Socialist-led government favoured bussing Roma children to schools where they would have to mix with ethnic Magyars, our correspondent reports.
Hungary's Minister for Human Resources, Zoltan Balog, has said the country "cannot prosper without its Roma population - if the Roma lose, we lose too".
He said the "negative trend" of the majority against the Roma must be changed, at the same time as Roma themselves must shed their "victim mentality". Most Roma are unemployed and poor, he pointed out.
A Council of Europe report in 2009 criticised the over-representation of Roma children in Hungarian remedial schools, while acknowledging that Hungary had made efforts to address the problem.
The report said "the vast majority of children assessed as having a 'mild disability' could, in the view of many NGOs, be integrated relatively easily in the ordinary school system: many children are misdiagnosed due to a failure to take due account of cultural differences or of the impact of socio-economic disadvantage on the child's development". | Two ethnic Roma (Gypsy) men have won a discrimination case against Hungary at the European Court of Human Rights over their education at a remedial school. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "21247053"} | 565 | 36 | 0.509259 | 1.419546 | 0.48393 | 0.896552 | 16.517241 | 0.827586 |
About 80 staff were turned away from Border Precision Engineering when they reported for work last Monday.
The Kelso firm went into liquidation after the loss of a major contract.
A support event has been organised by Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) and will be held in the Tait Hall on Tuesday.
It will run from 13:00 to 16:00 and a mixture of support agencies and training providers will be there.
It will also be attended by representatives from firms who might be able to offer jobs to some of the workers affected. | A support event has been organised to offer advice and assistance to workers affected by the collapse of a Borders engineering firm. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33410514"} | 114 | 26 | 0.69719 | 1.616 | 0.100582 | 2.391304 | 4.565217 | 0.826087 |
With 60% of the votes counted, the Georgian Dream party has about 50%, the country's electoral commission says.
The opposition United National Movement (UNM) is in second place with about 27% of the votes.
Earlier, PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili claimed a "huge victory", but UNM leaders questioned that assessment.
Those statements were based on exit polls, which showed different results to the partial official ones.
More than 20 political parties competed for seats in the assembly in Saturday's elections seen as a test of stability for the former Soviet republic.
Many voters had been undecided on the eve of the elections, according to opinion polls, with Georgian Dream and the UNM neck-and-neck.
They were weary about the elections, as poverty, unemployment and debt continue to blight their lives, the BBC's Rayhan Demytrie in Tbilisi reports.
The exit polls also suggested that a pro-Russian party could enter parliament for the first time in Georgia's post-Soviet history.
The Alliance of Patriots needs to secure 5% of votes, a requirement to be represented in the 150-member parliament.
Georgia briefly went to war with Russia in 2008 and wants to join Nato and the EU.
In a region of predominantly authoritarian states, it is seen a post-Soviet success story with a multi-party democracy, our correspondent says.
Voter turnout was low, with just 51% of those eligible casting ballots according to the election commission.
Mr Kvirikashvili praised the election as "truly free and fair" but some procedural violations were reported by observers.
A car bombing targeting a UNM lawmaker earlier this week in central Tbilisi saw the party accuse authorities of creating "a climate of hatred" before the polls.
A polling station was attacked Saturday in Marneuli, south of Tbilisi by a large group of UNM supporters according to police.
Georgian Dream had contested the election claiming modest economic success stories over the past four years - including a trade deal with Europe.
The UNM, which brought Georgia international recognition for its reforms under its flamboyant leader and former President Mikheil Saakashvili, was voted out in 2012 following a prison abuse scandal.
It hoped that Georgians had grown tired of the ruling party and its billionaire founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, our correspondent adds.
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Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, with many rescued from rising waters and housed in shelters.
Nepal has suffered the highest death toll with over 75 people killed this week in floods and landslides.
Hundreds die every year across the region during the monsoon season between June and September.
In Nepal the army has been evacuating hundreds of people from villages submerged by rising flood waters, with western parts of the country worst hit.
Interior ministry officials say they fear the death toll could rise as information comes in from remote areas.
A spokesman, Yadav Prasad Koirala, told BBC Nepali that at least 12 people were missing as search and rescue efforts continued.
Across the border in India's Bihar state, 22 people have died in heavy flooding and over 1.5 million people have been directly affected, with disaster response teams shifting many to safer places.
In the north-eastern tea growing state of Assam a further 1.6 million people have been affected with at least 16 people losing their lives and over 100,000 sheltering in 472 relief camps.
Vast areas of farmland and roads have been submerged along with several of the states' wild life sanctuaries where animals have sought safety on higher ground.
Several rivers, including the Brahmaputra, are flowing dangerously above their normal level or have burst their banks.
Downstream across the border in Bangladesh, the Kurigram and Jamalpur districts have taken the worst hit from the flooding.
The Bangladesh Disaster Management Bureau says that around 1.5 million people have been affected, more than a third of that number in Kurigram district alone.
The authorities have set up 70 shelter areas for those evacuated or fleeing. Eleven people have died in the last few days, the bureau says.
In Pakistan heavy rain and flash floods have killed at least 22 people in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, the county's Dawn newspaper reported.
At least 58 people died in northern Pakistan and India as a result of flash floods and landslides at the beginning of this month with Pakistan's Chitral district worst hit alongside India's Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh states. | More than 100 people have been killed in monsoon floods in South Asia, as torrential rain caused chaos in several countries. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36913429"} | 484 | 30 | 0.514116 | 1.128521 | -0.125771 | 1.043478 | 17.608696 | 0.695652 |
John Jukes received six fractures to his eye socket during the mugging, in which he lost 3,000 euros (£2,190) he had recently withdrawn.
A 30-year-old has been charged with grievous bodily harm and robbery and is due to appear before magistrates.
More than £1,600 has been raised so far in a campaign to reimburse Mr Jukes before his trip to Greece. | A man has been charged after a 70-year-old cancer patient was attacked for his holiday cash in Cheltenham. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32231683"} | 92 | 28 | 0.496517 | 0.951017 | -1.498448 | 1.304348 | 3.26087 | 0.521739 |
The 27-year-old was player of the year in his first season at Molineux in 2013-14 when Jackett's side won the League One title.
But he has fallen out of favour this term and has not played since 8 March.
"He's disappointed that he hasn't been playing but he's professional and has worked hard in training," said Jackett.
"We've had discussions about his overall situation. He understands there has to be some type of summing up. That will be this week. We'll talk about it and we'll see what happens."
McDonald has been linked with a move to Scottish Championship winners Rangers. But Jackett insists it is the formation he has used in midfield that has led to McDonald's continued exclusion.
"We need to be able to work to a two," he said. "We need to play next year and have enough where we can have a second forward, a very offensive number 10, that's where I want to get to.
"How does that impact on my central midfield? I'm looking for the right pair.
"It depends very much depends on how the conversations go, how we shape our squad, exactly what we have to spend and where we need to improve."
Meanwhile, Wolves have released six players, as well as allowing their two loan players, striker Adam Le Fondre, and goalkeeper Emi Martinez to return to their respective clubs.
Martinez goes back to parent club Arsenal, while Wolves have opted not to take up an option to buy Le Fondre following the end of his own season-long loan.
Wingers Zeli Ismail and Razak Boukari, strikers Liam McAlinden and Bjorn Sigurdarson, midfielder Tommy Rowe, who has been out on loan at Doncaster, and reserve keeper Aaron McCarey have all been let go too. | Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett is to sit down with Kevin McDonald this week to discuss whether the midfielder has a future with the club next season. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36248742"} | 416 | 36 | 0.481226 | 1.134213 | 0.098431 | 0.75 | 12.928571 | 0.678571 |
The XH558 bomber appeared over RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, and Rutland Water after taking off from Robin Hood Airport near Doncaster.
It will make one final flight later this month before it is grounded for exhibitions.
The bomber is due to be grounded after engineering backers, including Rolls-Royce, withdrew support.
The plane also flew over Bruntingthorpe Airfield and East Midlands Airport, both in Leicestershire, and Newark in Nottinghamshire.
Bruntingthorpe was the Vulcan's first home after its RAF career and where the aircraft was restored over 14 years.
Paul Johnson, who was involved with the events at the airfield for the flypast, said: "The Victor bomber, the Vulcan's sister, was on the runway - so when the Vulcan flew over it there was a good photo opportunity for people."
Vulcans, which once operated from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, saw action during the 1982 Falklands War.
The Leicestershire-based charity Vulcan to the Sky Trust, which helps maintain and operate the aircraft, said the last remaining model left service in 1993. | The UK's last flying Vulcan has flown over the East Midlands for a final flypast as part of its farewell tour. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34495905"} | 258 | 34 | 0.637237 | 1.553851 | 0.408346 | 0.695652 | 8.913043 | 0.608696 |
David Akers, 60, from Dorset, is accused of attacking the girl from Budmouth School in Weymouth, now known as Budmouth College, where he works.
Dorset Police said the allegations date back to 1995.
Mr Akers, from Weymouth, was released on conditional bail and is due to appear before Dorchester Crown Court on 12 August.
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A Californian judge ruled that people who sent emails to or received emails from Yahoo Mail users from 2 October 2011 can sue the company as a group, granting it class action status.
There is estimated to be over one million members in the privacy lawsuit.
Yahoo is accused of using the data to boost advertising revenue.
The non-Yahoo Mail users said the company intercepted and analysed their emails, along with attachments with the goal of creating "targeted advertising" for its 275 million mail subscribers.
Last year, nearly 80% of Yahoo's revenue came from its search and display advertising.
The judge also ruled that a group of holders of non-Yahoo accounts in California since 2 October 2012 may also sue as a group for privacy infringement.
The accusers sought an injunction banning Yahoo from allegedly spying on emails, along with damages.
In its defence, Yahoo argued that some of the plaintiffs continued to email Yahoo subscribers, despite being aware of Yahoo's activities and in doing so consented to Yahoo accessing their emails.
A class action lawsuit can make it easier for the group to receive larger damages and more wide-ranging resolutions at a lower cost. | Yahoo will face a US class action lawsuit for allegedly accessing the content of emails sent to its mail users from non-Yahoo Mail accounts. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32910997"} | 263 | 35 | 0.709735 | 1.394642 | 0.073525 | 1.740741 | 8.481481 | 0.851852 |
Police in southern Hyderabad city told BBC Hindi they want to know if Aradhana Samdariya was forced to fast.
Her parents have insisted she voluntarily fasted as prescribed in Jainism, one of the world's most ancient religions.
The case has sparked a debate about the practice of religious fasting in India.
Reports said Aradhana lived for 68 days on boiled water. Two days after she called off her fast last week, she was dead.
Experts believe it is possible for the human body to survive without food for up to two months.
A police spokesperson said a case had been registered against the parents after a child rights organisation filed a complaint.
"The parents - Laxmi Chand and Manshi Samdariya - have been booked under culpable homicide [causing death by negligence] and Juvenile Justice Act [cruelty against minors]," the spokesperson said.
The parents, wealthy jewellers based in Hyderabad, have denied that they forced their daughter to fast.
"She asked permission for upvaas [fast that involves renouncing food]. We asked her to stop after 51 days but she would not give up. Her fast was voluntary. No one forced her," Mr Samdariya said.
But social activists have rejected the family's claim.
"The entire nation should be ashamed that such a practice still exists. Her father's guru advised the family that if she fasted for 68 days, his business would be profitable," activist Achyut Rao told BBC Hindi.
"The girl was made to drink only water from sunrise to sunset. There was no salt or lemon or anything else."
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Mr Rao also criticised the family for taking out a funeral procession "to hail their daughter as a child saint".
"The shocking aspect is that the family is happy that she was the rare one to be taken away by God," he said.
Prolonged fasting is popular among Jains, who are a minority religious group in India.
Activists have often criticised another controversial practice called santhara, in which a Jain gives up food and water with the intention of preparing for death.
The death of the teenager has once again put the spotlight on such practices. Many people have taken to Twitter to express their outrage.
Fasting is not uncommon in other religions - Muslims go without food and water between sunrise and sunset during the holy month of Ramadan, Christians fast during Lent, Jews go without food during Yom Kippur and Hindus fast on various religious occasions. But none of these religions sanction fasting to starvation - and death.
However, Jain leaders have defended prolonged fasts.
"Pregnant women or those who are unwell should not fast. But there is no bar on children fasting. But how much they should fast ought to depend on their own individual capacity," Maharasa Ravinder Muniji, a Jain monk in Hyderabad, told the Firstpost website. | Indian police are investigating the parents of a 13-year-old girl who died last week after undertaking a religious fast for 68 days. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37604951"} | 689 | 31 | 0.511407 | 1.441678 | -0.269927 | 1.111111 | 21.518519 | 0.740741 |
Pardew became Palace boss on a three-and-a-half-year deal in January 2015.
He led the club to 10th in the Premier League last season, but the club have struggled in the second half of this campaign, slumping to 17th from fifth.
"Once we're safe hopefully I'll sign a new contract here, because I want to stay," said Pardew, who spent four years playing at the club from 1987.
Palace, who play Watford in the FA Cup semi-finals on 24 April, beat Norwich on Saturday for their first league win since late December. Back then they were just outside the Champions League spots.
Victory moved them 10 points clear of the relegation zone, and on Wednesday they host Everton, who are two points above them in 14th.
"We weren't expecting that run to go on as long as it went on," Pardew added.
"The first half of this season we got it right, but the second we haven't. We need to address that. The confidence levels, hopefully, have gone up, and our nervousness has disappeared." | Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew says he hopes to begin discussions over a new contract at the end of the season. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36028348"} | 243 | 27 | 0.523991 | 1.12705 | -0.198771 | 1.045455 | 10.136364 | 0.590909 |
George Kerr, 57, carried out the attack on 22-year-old Greg Aitken in Ashton Lane in the city's west end on 12 September last year.
The High Court in Glasgow heard Kerr attacked Mr Aitken after he had an argument with another man, Colin Sly.
Kerr, who has been in custody since October, will be sentenced next month.
Kerr, from the city's Ruchill area, admitted assaulting Mr Aitken by throwing an unidentified noxious substance onto his face and eyes to his severe injury and permanent impairment.
The court heard that Mr Aitken regularly busked in Ashton Lane and in early September had an argument with beggar Colin Sly, who grabbed him round the clothing and neck.
Mr Aitken punched Mr Sly to get him off. Mr Sly then ran off.
On 12 September, at about 18:30, Mr Sly walked along Ashton Lane with Kerr and pointed out Mr Aitken saying: "That's him."
At the time Mr Sly had a cast on his arm and shouted at Mr Aitken, saying: "I'll get you in two months."
Mr Aitken took this to mean that Mr Sly intended to assault him once his cast was removed.
Two hours later Kerr walked up and threw a paper cup full of an alkaline liquid at Mr Aitken.
The court heard that a steward at a nearby pub threw water over him in a bid to wash away the noxious substance.
A friend then took him by taxi to the Western Infirmary where he was treated before being transferred to an eye specialist at Gartnavel Hospital.
Before the attack Mr Aitken's sight was perfect, now it is blurred, and he can only see things which are around four inches from his face.
He also has to wear sunglasses because daylight hurts his eyes, which are bloodshot and sore.
Following the attack, Kerr was identified from photographs and at an identification parade.
He initially denied any involvement but pleaded guilty to the attack when he appeared in court. | A man has admitted throwing an ammonia-like substance into the face of a student busker in Glasgow, causing chemical burns to his eyes. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30684070"} | 472 | 34 | 0.427538 | 1.129189 | 0.072925 | 0.925926 | 14.518519 | 0.703704 |
The PHA would not confirm whether it was the H1N1 strain formerly known as swine flu.
The PHA's website also states that seven people are being treated in intensive care units for the flu virus.
As in previous years, H1N1 is one of the strains circulating, but is covered by a free vaccination programme. | One person who was being treated in hospital in Northern Ireland for influenza or flu has died, the Public Health Agency (PHA) has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35534217"} | 77 | 30 | 0.697512 | 1.312775 | -0.128823 | 0.642857 | 2.214286 | 0.428571 |
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