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The federal prosecutor said Brahim was part of the attack at Zaventem airport that killed 11 people. Khalid struck at Maelbeek metro, where 20 people died.
Two other attackers at the airport have not yet been identified. One of them died, another is on the run.
Prosecutors say Brahim left a note in which he wrote of his desperation.
Belgium is observing three days of national mourning. The nation held a minute's silence at midday (11:00 GMT) on Wednesday. Belgium's king and queen have visited the airport and met some of the 300 people injured in the attacks. About 150 people remain in hospital, 61 in intensive care.
So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind the attacks.
What we know so far
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Federal Prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said Brahim el-Bakraoui had been identified as the middle of three men in a CCTV image of the suspects of the airport attack.
The man on the left is believed to have died at the airport. The man on the right, wearing the hat, is thought to have fled the scene.
Unconfirmed reports in Belgian and French media suggest the man on the left is the wanted jihadist Najim Laachraoui.
Mr Van Leeuw told reporters that a taxi driver said he had picked up the three men from an address in the Schaerbeek area of Brussels. This apartment was raided later on Tuesday and bomb-making materials, including 15kg (33lb) of high explosive, were found.
A note from Brahim el-Bakraoui was found in a nearby rubbish bin. In it, he wrote: "I'm in a hurry. I don't know what to do anymore, they're looking for me everywhere. I'm not safe anymore. If I give myself up they'll put me in a cell."
Mr van Leeuw said the two brothers were known to police and had criminal records. They were identified by DNA records.
The RTBF broadcaster, quoting a police source, said that Khalid el-Bakraoui, 27, had used a false name to rent the flat in the Forest area of the Belgian capital where police killed a gunman in a shootout last week.
It was during that raid that police found a fingerprint of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the Paris terror attacks of 13 November. He was arrested in a raid in Brussels last Friday and is due to appear before a pre-trial court on Wednesday.
Khalid el-Bakraoui appears on the Interpol website. It says that he is being sought for terrorist activities.
Turkey says Brahim was detained by Turkish officials on the border with Syria in June 2015. They deported him with the warning that he was a "foreign fighter" but the Belgian authorities let him go. Belgium has not yet responded to the claims.
The man on the right in the CCTV picture, who is being hunted, had a bag of detonators that were left behind. Mr Van Leeuw said the bag had contained "the biggest bomb", which later exploded "because it was so unstable" but did not harm anyone.
Najim Laachraoui was named earlier this week by police as a wanted accomplice of Abdeslam.
Analysts say Laachraoui is believed to be a key bomb maker, and French media say he also played a major role in the terror attacks in Paris.
Some Belgian media reported on Wednesday that he was the man arrested in Anderlecht area of the city, but Mr Van Leeuw denied the reports.
There are still dozens of passengers being escorted out of the Brussels airport security zone, a day on from the biggest terrorist atrocity to hit Belgium. They were guests at the Sheraton Airport hotel.
Security services had advised spending the night at the hotel for their own safety, and intelligence officers have been visiting each room, interviewing guests and looking for anything suspicious. The hotel foyer became the immediate triage area for medical teams, bringing in the casualties and the bodies of those who died.
Now, dozens of military police and soldiers guard the airport entrance, with access only for forensic teams, investigators and airport staff. Several 'ghost flights' with no passengers on board set off this afternoon. Airlines are starting to move their aircrafts elsewhere, aware that 'business as usual' at Brussels airport could be a long way off.
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The first of the victims to be named is Peruvian Adelma Tapia Ruiz, 37.
She had been at Zaventem airport with her Belgian husband and twin four-year-old daughters, who were unharmed, her brother told Peruvian radio.
World leaders have been reacting to the attacks. US President Barack Obama said fighting IS was his administration's "top priority", but added: "How do we do it in an intelligent way?"
France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls, on a visit to Belgium, warned that EU nations "will have to invest massively in their security system" in the coming years.
EU interior and justice ministers will hold a crisis meeting in Brussels on Thursday to discuss their response to the latest attacks.
Belgium has raised its terrorism alert to the highest level, and its international airport will remain closed on Thursday. Brussels Metro is due to close on Wednesday at 19:00 (18:00 GMT), operators say. | Two of the suicide bombers who carried out attacks in Brussels on Tuesday have been named as brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui, Belgian nationals. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35879141"} | 1,249 | 40 | 0.511318 | 1.272392 | 0.208279 | 1.571429 | 38.214286 | 0.857143 |
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Dylan Hartley will be captain after being left out of the Lions squad.
Flanker Sam Underhill, New Zealand-born cross-code convert Denny Solomona, and fly-half Piers Francis - who will join Northampton from Auckland Blues in the summer - are included.
There are also call-ups for Sale twins Ben and Tom Curry, 18, as well as Saracens forward Nick Isiekwe, 19.
London Irish wing Joe Cokanasiga and Harry Mallinder of Northampton are included too.
After missing out on selection for the British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand, the likes of Joe Launchbury, James Haskell, Chris Robshaw, George Ford and Mike Brown all are included, but there is no place for Danny Cipriani, Christian Wade or Semesa Rokoduguni.
Harlequins player Jack Clifford and Sam Jones of Wasps are unavailable through injury.
"We are looking forward to going to Argentina and winning 2-0," said head coach Jones.
Australian Glen Ella, who coached England on tour last summer, will again join Jones' backroom team.
On the tour, England will face their hosts in San Juan on Saturday 10 June and in Santa Fe a week later.
At a news conference, Jones said he did not want to get involved in debate about the Lions squad.
"You miss out on a Lions tour and you get an England tour - it's not a bad second prize," said the Australian.
"If I can develop three or four of these guys to be better than the Lions guys, it will be a successful tour.
"It's going to be a tough tour, but my job is to improve the squad. It's a great opportunity where we can bring a bunch of young, enthusiastic and potentially good players into the squad at one time."
Forwards: Will Collier (Harlequins, uncapped), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 4 caps), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks, uncapped), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, uncapped), Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 3 caps), Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 1 cap), Dylan Hartley - captain (Northampton Saints, 84 caps), James Haskell (Wasps, 75 caps), Paul Hill (Northampton Saints, 5 caps), Nathan Hughes (Wasps, 8 caps), Nick Isiekwe (Saracens, uncapped), Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 42 caps), Matt Mullan (Wasps, 15 caps), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, 55 caps), Sam Underhill (Ospreys/Bath Rugby, uncapped), Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs, uncapped), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 50 caps)
Backs: Mike Brown - vice-captain (Harlequins, 60 caps), Danny Care - vice captain (Harlequins, 71 caps), Joe Cokanasiga (London Irish, uncapped), Nathan Earle (Saracens, uncapped), George Ford - vice captain (Bath Rugby, 35 caps), Piers Francis (Auckland Blues/Northampton Saints, uncapped), Sam James (Sale Sharks, uncapped), Alex Lozowski (Saracens, uncapped), Harry Mallinder (Northampton Saints, uncapped), Joe Marchant (Harlequins, uncapped), Jack Maunder (Exeter Chiefs, uncapped), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 25 caps), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 4 caps), Denny Solomona (Sale Sharks, uncapped)
BBC Radio 5 live rugby reporter Chris Jones:
Even though 16 men are away with the Lions, this is a startling squad from Eddie Jones, with almost half of the touring party uncapped.
There are four men who helped clinch the Under 20s Grand Slam, one who recently qualified in Denny Solomona, while Sam Underhill and Piers Francis will both tour before they have played for their Premiership clubs.
Jones will lean on a wealth of experience - with all the main Lions casualties on this trip - but the abundance of youth points to a healthy future for English rugby. | England head coach Eddie Jones has named 15 uncapped players in his 31-man squad to tour Argentina in June. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39652871"} | 988 | 24 | 0.379461 | 1.019252 | -0.434526 | 0.954545 | 35.545455 | 0.772727 |
Dr Barry Morgan said "resurrection moments" happen "when we see the power of God at work".
He said the "power of God" is present when we see "unexpected acts of kindness from strangers, forgiveness, generosity and sacrifice".
The archbishop held a service at Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, on Easter Sunday. | The Archbishop of Wales has used his Easter message to urge Christians to "be alert to the presence of God". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32181780"} | 74 | 25 | 0.691988 | 1.364231 | -0.062949 | 0.782609 | 2.869565 | 0.434783 |
It accused the Welsh government of not adequately publicising the 31 July deadline to claim refunds from the NHS for the costs of continuing healthcare.
More than £50m has been reimbursed over the last 10 years after many elderly people were forced to sell their homes.
The Welsh government said it had "proactively publicised" the deadline.
The NHS is responsible for paying the fees for people who receive care primarily for health reasons, regardless of the person's financial circumstances or whether the care was in a nursing home or in their own home.
This is known as NHS Continuing Healthcare.
Many people did not claim the payments because they did not know they could or because they were told they did not qualify for the funding.
People who paid for nursing care between 1 April 2003 and 31 July 2013 have until the end of this month register their intent to appeal and then until 31 December complete and submit their documentation.
Powys Teaching Health Board, which has been running a pan-Wales scheme for retrospective claims, has paid £50m since 2004. In some cases, local health boards have dealt with claims directly.
It said 83% of the 1,375 cases administered by the scheme have resulted in a refund of part or all of the care fees.
Now, shadow health minister Darren Millar is calling for the Welsh Government to extend the deadline for people to claim back money.
He said: "The 31 July deadline should now be extended by three months to give the thousands of relatives, many of whom are elderly and vulnerable, the opportunity to claim back five figure care home bills they never should have been made to pay.
"An extended deadline would give Labour ministers and Local Health Boards the chance to re-double their efforts and properly publicise how families can have their claims fairly assessed and be appropriately reimbursed."
Viv Roberts, from Aberdare, managed to claim back more than £80,000 after his sister-in-law Eileen Puc was denied funding for care.
Mrs Puc, who had worked for the NHS, was forced to sell her house in order to pay the fees for the nursing home that she lived in before she died in 2009.
She was immobile after three strokes, was diabetic, could not speak and was partially sighted.
When she was assessed for continuing healthcare she was told that she was not entitled to any funding.
However, that decision was overturned following three appeals and two complaints to the Public Services Ombudsman.
But the delay in funding meant Mrs Puc's home had to be sold to pay the nursing home fees.
Mr Roberts said the experience was "traumatic".
"These people cannot look after themselves anymore but they worked 40, 50 years," he said.
"They paid their taxes and their national insurance contributions and were never a burden to society and when it came to their case, for them to be looked after, they had to pay for themselves."
Age Cymru's head of policy and public affairs, Graeme Francis, said: "I don't think there's been a huge amount of pro-active publicity given about this deadline.
"I think that's wrong because people need to have the right information and need to know whether they can apply or they might miss the opportunity.
"I think there's been reluctance in the past or an attempt by the NHS to manage its budgets and to try and avoid liabilities to pay for people's care.
"Ultimately, that doesn't serve them or the people that are getting the care in the long run."
The Welsh government denied failing to alert people to the limited time left to claim refunds.
"We wrote to a range of bodies throughout the health, local government, user groups and the independent sector - including Age Cymru - announcing to them the new arrangements." a spokesperson said.
"Local health boards worked with their own communications teams to distribute these materials. Welsh government has placed adverts in 12 newspapers across Wales." | Thousands of families are at risk of missing the chance to claim back wrongly paid care home fees, Age Cymru has claimed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "28250577"} | 842 | 30 | 0.474566 | 1.289121 | -0.027066 | 1.375 | 32.916667 | 0.791667 |
Malala, the youngest ever recipient of the prize, survived being shot by the Taliban in 2012 but went on to be a global advocate for educational rights.
Mr Satyarthi has campaigned in various peaceful protests to end the exploitation of children for financial gain.
Here is some of the Twitter reaction from personalities around the world. | Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani activist for girls' education, and Kailash Satyarthi, a child rights activist from India, have jointly won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29564207"} | 72 | 46 | 0.656307 | 1.421617 | 0.158012 | 0.5 | 1.96875 | 0.4375 |
Wright is filmed apparently being given an envelope of money in return for allegedly helping persuade Barnsley to sign players from a fake Far East firm.
The newspaper claims he accepted £5,000 at a meeting in Leeds in August.
The Championship club say he has been suspended "pending an internal investigation into these allegations".
The Daily Telegraph's investigation involved Wright being introduced to members of the Far East firm, who were undercover reporters, by two football agents.
"I can just recommend players to you that I've gone and seen, and you will have to do your spicy dealing, whatever you do," Wright is filmed saying during one of a number of meetings.
Wright says "you know where I live" when the subject of giving him money is raised.
He tells a member of the firm "cheers, just put it there," when a person hands him the envelope before the newspaper claims he left with it in his pocket.
The article makes it clear that there is no suggestion Barnsley were aware of Wright's actions.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Mr Wright is quoted as saying: "Any suggested acts contrary to criminal law or those of the FA and Fifa are categorically denied."
The latest allegations come a day after the Telegraph claimed eight current or former Premier League managers had taken bribes for player transfers.
Sam Allardyce left his post as England manager on Tuesday after claims in the newspaper that he offered advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers.
In a separate meeting, QPR manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is filmed apparently negotiating a fee to travel to Singapore to speak to the Far East firm.
The Dutchman also allegedly discusses the possibility of signing players from them.
He has not been suspended by the Championship club who say "there will be a thorough internal investigation regarding this matter".
QPR's statement added: "However, we have every confidence in our manager and the robust systems and processes the club has in place."
Former Chelsea striker Hasselbaink also issued a statement in which he denied "any accusations of wrongdoing on my part".
"I was approached by Mr McGarvey and Ms Newell of The Telegraph purporting to be players' agents. They offered me a fee to make a speech in Singapore.
"I do not see anything unusual in being offered to be paid to make a speech.
"I did not make any promises in return. I did not ask QPR to purchase any of the players who were said to be managed by Mr McGarvey and Ms Newell and did not and would not recommend the purchase of a player for my personal gain."
Controversial Leeds owner Massimo Cellino was also filmed by the Telegraph offering undercover reporters posing as an investment firm a way to get around FA and Fifa third-party ownership rules.
In a meeting at Leeds' ground, arranged by football agent Pino Pagliara, Cellino apparently offered to sell shares in the Championship club as a means of funding the purchase of players.
The Italian proposed the fictitious firm buy 20% of the club, in return for which it would receive the same percentage of future player sell-on fees.
In the video, Cellino says: "I tell you, I spend eight million this year... on new players.
"You want to finance that? You want to come 20% in that? You got 20% of the player - it's the only way.
"As a shareholder you can finance the club, asking everything you want - percentage - you are allowed to do it in England."
Leeds claimed the footage of their owner amounted to a "non-story" as Cellino "made a perfectly proper suggestion which is entirely consistent with the FA's regulations".
The statement added: "If a company commits money to a club by way of investment, taking on the potential for profit but also the risk for loss, then that is a normal, everyday corporate process.
"This is plainly not a suggestion as to how to circumvent the rules, but rather, an accurate albeit concise explanation of how to operate within the confines of the rules and effectively become 'the club'." | Barnsley have suspended assistant manager Tommy Wright after he was named in a Daily Telegraph investigation alleging corruption in football. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37500734"} | 920 | 26 | 0.436887 | 1.113499 | 0.159787 | 0.952381 | 39.380952 | 0.761905 |
Ballance hit 85 in his 143-run fourth-wicket stand with Peter Handscomb (86), which proved the crucial difference between the two sides at Headingley.
Chasing 297 to win, Lancashire were bowled out in the 44th over for 217.
After being put in, the Tykes looked on course for more than their 296-9.
At 230-3, with still 13 overs to come, they then lost six wickets for just 66 in 74 balls. But, despite that apparent confidence boost to get back into the contest offered late on by their bowlers, most notably Stephen Parry (3-48), the Lancashire batting failed as they suffered a second successive group defeat.
After England Test opener Haseeb Hameed had made only eight, wicketkeeper Alex Davies top-scored with 43 for a Lancashire side missing injured skipper Steven Croft (thumb) and West Indies veteran Shiv Chanderpaul (thigh).
As for England's other batsmen, Jonny Bairstow made 28 of an opening stand of 48 with former England opener Adam Lyth (30), while England Test captain Joe Root made 21.
Pace bowler Jimmy Anderson went wicketless with his eight overs costing 37 runs, while David Willey's two wickets for Yorkshire proved expensive as his seven cost 53.
But Yorkshire's spinners proved their main weapon, England leg-spinner Adil Rashid taking 2-34, while Azeem Rafiq weighed in with the lion's share of the wickets, wrapping up the Tykes' second straight group victory to finish with 4-47.
Yorkshire director of cricket Martyn Moxon told BBC Radio Leeds:
"It's pleasing to get two wins out of two. That was a pretty good all-round performance again. There was a slight disappointment that we didn't get more runs in those final 10 overs of our innings when we were set up so well.
"Other than that, we have got to be very pleased with the win and the performance. Peter looked fantastic. Hopefully he is coming into a rich vein of form. Obviously Gary's continuing his fine form. Their partnership was crucial.
"Adil was outstanding. Obviously his wickets with his googlies were good to see. He showed his value to the team and what he's capable of. Also, don't underestimate Azeem's performance. He picked up four wickets at a time when the batsmen were looking to attack."
Lancashire captain Liam Livingstone told BBC Radio Manchester:
"We were outplayed by a better side, We didn't bowl too well at the start and we ended up dragging it back really well. That gave us a better start but batting-wise we faced too many dot-balls and that kills you in one-day cricket.
"Stephen Parry and Jordan Clark bowled really well but it took us 40 overs to realise what we should be doing on the pitch.
"I don't think it was our greatest bowling performance and it certainly wasn't our greatest batting performance. We can't afford to lose too many more games now." | Yorkshire skipper Gary Ballance kept up his good start to the 2017 season with a fine half-century to help Yorkshire ease to a comfortable 79-run One-Day Cup Roses match win over Lancashire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39745843"} | 712 | 48 | 0.43144 | 1.098155 | 0.016482 | 0.948718 | 15.205128 | 0.692308 |
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The Scots lie fifth in Group F, four points adrift of their opponents, who are second behind leaders England.
Strachan admits anything less than victory will spell the end of another bid to end Scotland's finals drought.
"There's no grey areas to it. It's must-win. That's dealing with reality. We have to win," said the 60-year-old.
"But sometimes when you have a challenge like that in life, it brings the best out of you so we will have a team ready for that challenge of 'must win'.
"What we don't have to do is win it in the first five or 10 minutes. You never know in big games when your opportunity will come along.
"However, what we do have to do is make opportunities and the players we pick will make those opportunities.
"But if we don't score, we must get back into our shape that allows them very little opportunities."
Strachan admits there are "a couple of knocks" in his squad, with Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser again forced to sit out training on Saturday with a knee injury that prevented his involvement against Canada.
But the head coach has decided on his line-up that will face the Slovenians, who are ranked 58th in Fifa's world rankings, above Scotland in 67th.
The visitors have drawn 2-2 with Lithuania and won 1-0 in Malta in their two away matches to date, and beaten Slovakia and drawn with England at home.
"What we have done is pick a team that is feeling good about themselves," said Strachan, who is likely to lean on up to six of Celtic's players, who are unbeaten in domestic competition this season.
"It might be completely different from the England game but I am hoping we get the same commitment, the same bravery on the ball.
"If we can get it together then we will be fine. We can compete with most teams.
"We have got the shape right. We've got the players now. We've given them the information and we're ready to go now."
After the misery of Wednesday's friendly draw against Canada in cold and wet conditions, Strachan says the balmy spring temperatures have buoyed his players ahead of Sunday's encounter.
"One thing for sure is it's going to be a great day, the weather is fantastic and there is a spring in the players' step after what we had in Edinburgh at the beginning of the week," he added.
"I think it will be a tremendous place to see football tomorrow, and I think it's going to be a tremendous game." | Scotland coach Gordon Strachan insists the 'must-win' nature of Sunday's World Cup qualifier against Slovenia will bring the best out of his side. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39394699"} | 586 | 36 | 0.504255 | 1.234361 | 0.57356 | 1.482759 | 18.758621 | 0.724138 |
The alarm was raised at about 11:40 when the Maritime and Coastguard Agency received a 999 call.
A major search involving coastguard teams, the RNLI, police and the fire service was carried out around Kilt Rock in Staffin.
Police said the body of the man was recovered from the water at about 16:00.
He was treated by medics at the scene but did not survive.
Insp Lynda Allan said: "We are making efforts to contact the man's next-of-kin.
"There are no apparent suspicious circumstances and as is standard a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal." | The body of a man has been recovered from the sea off Skye following a major search. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39368502"} | 136 | 22 | 0.556528 | 1.181605 | -0.654168 | 1.666667 | 6.611111 | 0.666667 |
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In Fortaleza
The road that sweeps around the front of this picturesque north-eastern coastal location was populated with fans torn between the joy of quarter-final victory against Colombia and the sadness of seeing their icon and greatest hope left in a local clinic and out of the tournament.
Neymar's departure on a stretcher with a fractured vertebra was not exactly a footnote to the win that sets up a semi-final against Germany but few suspected the full consequences of Colombia defender Juan Zuniga's cynical knee in the back at the actual moment of impact.
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And the scale of Neymar's importance to hosts Brazil and the World Cup was illustrated by the reaction as recognition hit home that the 22-year-old was facing a fight to remain involved in the showpiece that so often bears his name and face here in Brazil.
As those inside Fortaleza's Estadio Castelao acclaimed coach Luiz Felipe Scolari and his players at the final whistle after a night of colour, noise and pure theatre, others outside were making their way to where Neymar had been taken for what was ultimately a pessimistic diagnosis.
Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar delivered the news that left the nation fearing their dream of winning the World Cup on home soil had been irreparably damaged by the brutal challenge on Neymar.
Scolari, with a typical verbal flourish, announced Neymar had been "hunted" - although plenty could assert with some justification that Brazil had employed similar methods to subdue Colombia forward James Rodriguez.
He complained: "Not even a yellow card. Nothing. People think Germany, these or the others, only they are hunted but not Neymar."
It was somehow an almost inevitable result of an extraordinarily lenient display by referee Carlos Velasco Carballo, whose refusal to exert his authority on a game that contained more fouls than any other at this World Cup, 54, occasionally threatened a free-for-all and encouraged defenders to take such licence.
This figure exceeded Brazil's last game against Chile, when there were 51 fouls. Brazil also conceded more fouls than they have done in any World Cup match since 1966 with 31 while the last time there were more fouls in a single game was when Germany played Argentina in 2006, when 55 were committed.
It suggests that for all the commitment to the so-called "O Jogo Bonito" ("the Beautiful Game") Scolari's Brazil are prepared to do whatever it takes to win.
Whereas the roughed up Rodriguez left the field in tears, with the sort of sympathy from Brazil's players they had pointedly declined to offer him during the game, Neymar left on a stretcher and to the sad acceptance that his World Cup, if not Brazil's, was over.
Inevitably, given that Neymar has become the public face of Brazil's campaign, the television screens were dominated by the challenge and its consequences. They must now do without the one player regarded as close to irreplaceable.
The fact that another player of great significance, captain Thiago Silva, will also not face Germany in Belo Horizonte because of suspension was reduced to the undercard in terms of importance.
Brazilian media have been offering up the theory that when Neymar plays well Brazil play well - and vice-versa. It may be overstating the case and they got through here with goals from central defenders Silva and David Luiz, but there was always a question mark about how they would cope without him.
Now, against the wishes of the entire country, they get the chance to find out.
Neymar may have had mixed fortunes at Barcelona but this has not reduced his celebrity nor the level of adulation here. He brings a touch of fantasy to a Brazil side that is not vintage in many areas and distinctly vulnerable in some.
If there is some consolation for Scolari it will come from the manner in which Brazil were at least able to get a result without Neymar at his best but it looked scant as the news sank in.
Doubts have been raised about whether Brazil have the quality to win the World Cup and the absence of their best player, the man regarded as their best hope of victory and who had contributed four goals, will only increase them.
Scolari admitted he was unsure how he would adjust to Neymar's absence but this may now be the chance for Chelsea's Willian to make his mark and for team-mate Oscar's role to be an even more prominent one but there is no doubt Brazil will spend the days between now and Tuesday's semi-final against Germany coming to terms with this loss.
It was a sad end to a spectacular occasion in Fortaleza, from the extended rendition of Brazil's national anthem to the sweep of yellow shirts - broken only by those choosing to wear the red of Colombia's away kit - and the thunderous noise that did not let up for 90 minutes.
This was what Scolari called "the fifth step" on the road to the World Cup and redemption for Brazil as this country seeks to expunge the still bitter memories of the defeat by Uruguay in the final in Rio 1950.
This may seem like a lifetime ago but it remains almost like yesterday for so many in Brazil who recall it as their darkest sporting day.
The roadshow now moves to Belo Horizonte for Scolari's sixth step. The dream lives on but there was no disguising Brazil's pain and concern at having to try and complete the final part of the journey without, in their eyes, the World Cup's biggest star. | Fortaleza's Avenida Beira Mar was alive with the sounds of Brazil's celebrations after they took another step towards the 2014 Fifa World Cup final - but there was no mistaking the Neymar effect. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "28172049"} | 1,269 | 52 | 0.409859 | 1.131553 | 0.006893 | 1.333333 | 30.027778 | 0.666667 |
The International Federation of Professional Footballers (Fifpro), a trade union of sorts, has conducted a global survey of nearly 14,000 professional footballers in 54 countries - the largest ever undertaken.
Over 3,000 of the players who took part in the survey are from 13 African countries: Botswana, Cameroon, DR Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa, Tunisia and Zimbabwe.
While many young Africans dream of becoming the next Didier Drogba or Samuel Eto'o, the data collected by Fifpro paints a dark picture of the reality of life as a footballer on the continent.
One of the most shocking findings of the survey is that physical abuse of footballers in Africa is the worst in the world.
Players in Ghana are 10 times more likely than the global average to be physically attacked by club seniors.
They face multiple forms of abuse:
Players also reported very high levels of discrimination - which Fifpro categorised as either racial, sexual or religious - by fans, other players, coaching staff and third parties.
Strangely, this was only equalled by Scotland - whose discrimination is largely driven by the religious divide between Catholic Celtic and Protestant Rangers.
In South Africa and DR Congo, violent attacks on players by other players are three times higher than the global average.
DR Congo has the highest rate of players being physically attacked by fans on a match day, with Kenya coming a close second.
There is also evidence of what Fifpro calls "a form of solitary confinement", amounting to mental abuse.
The survey found that the players most likely to be ordered to train alone are in Africa.
This applied to 7.6% of players - more than double the tally of footballers in Europe or the Americas.
More players in Africa than anywhere else said this was to pressure them into signing a contract.
When it came to pay, 100% of footballers in Ghana said they earned less than $1,000 (£800) a month.
The best-paid African nation when it came to earning over $1,000 a month was Morocco, although players there were the most insecure on the continent about their future.
Egypt's league is widely seen as the strongest in Africa - with two of its clubs having been crowned African champions more than anyone else.
Al Ahly have won eight titles, Zamalek five (with just one other club, TP Mazembe of DR Congo, also on five).
Yet the Egyptian league is the fifth worst-paid of the 13 surveyed in Africa.
Over 90% of players said they were paid under $1,000 a month, which may be equivalent to Europe's worst-paid surveyed country (Ukraine) but which reflects poorly against the tally of just 5% in Morocco.
Have the figures been compromised by the Egyptian league's recent troubles?
Stadium disasters in 2012 and 2015 have resulted in fans being largely barred from matches, all but annihilating gate receipts (and hugely damaging the domestic game).
The survey's highest rate of payment delays was in Africa - with over half the continent's respondents saying they had suffered.
In Gabon, which will host the Africa Nations Cup in January, a whopping 96% of players reported payment delays.
Africa has the greatest number of footballers without a written contract, according to the survey, with 40% of players saying they lack a copy of their contract.
The three worst scoring countries surveyed were Cameroon (65% lacked a copy), Gabon (60%) and Ivory Coast (60%).
Africa's superior treatment of foreign nationals in daily life is reflected in its football, with expatriates disproportionately more likely to have written contracts than local players.
In a move that Fifpro says avoids "taxes, protective labour legislation… and other provisions safeguarding the interests of players," many Africa-based players were paid through secondary image-rights contracts, which normally reward a player based on his commercial value.
Surprisingly, more Africans receive remuneration this way - 11% - than those in the promised land of Europe.
In Gabon and Zimbabwe, this applies to 32% and 30% respectively of players.
But all is not bleak in the survey's findings.
When it comes to paid annual leave, Ivory Coast and Namibia are shining examples, in that both give players more than 30 days per year.
In contrast, the powerhouse of Egypt doesn't look so good - with 93% of respondents saying they have less than 10 days of paid annual leave a year.
A stand-out 99.5% of players in Tunisia, meanwhile, are given a full day off every week.
In the rest of the continent, however, almost a third of Africa-based players say they do not have a full day off each week.
In no other continent do so many players fear for their future.
When players were asked if they felt insecure about their job, 11 of the top 13 countries to express such concerns in the entire survey were African.
Despite their relative wealth, Morocco and Gabon feature highly.
Perhaps surprisingly, players in Zimbabwe - a country where the local FA is so cash-strapped its inability to pay a former coach resulted in its suspension from the 2018 World Cup - felt the most secure of the 13 African countries.
Previous research by Fifpro suggests that non-payment of footballers' salaries may be a significant factor in increasing the risk of match-fixing approaches.
Coupled with low wages, is it any surprise that Africa has the highest rate of approaches - standing at 8.3% of those surveyed?
However, this needs context. This means that nearly 92% have not been approached, a figure that is almost equivalent to Europe (94.1%).
Furthermore, while 10.1% of the Africans surveyed said they were aware of match-fixing in their league, that is only slightly higher than those in Europe - 9.8%.
Three of the five countries reporting the biggest problems were European, whereas a number of African countries reported relatively low numbers of approaches.
Seemingly the last place you would want to be a professional footballer in Africa is DR Congo.
Some 89% of players in DR Congo have no written employment contract - a figure double that of any other nation in the 54-country survey.
The number of players who have experienced violent attacks by other players is three times the global average in DR Congo.
In addition, one in four Congo-based players say they have been attacked on a match day by fans - the survey's highest rate.
Even violence on a non-match day in the country is three times the global average.
One in five players say they have been bullied or harassed by colleagues, and the same tally say they have been pressurised into renewing a contract (another figure that is unsurpassed).
Another sign of poor working conditions is that over half the Congolese players say they do not have a day off each week.
Does any of the above explain why a staggering 56% of players say they are aware of match-fixing in the Congolese league? | A major survey into global football shows that life for the vast majority of African footballers is a far cry from the glitz and glamour of those lucky enough to play in the world's top leagues, writes Piers Edwards. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38129536"} | 1,572 | 51 | 0.473333 | 1.36332 | 0.3287 | 0.928571 | 33.428571 | 0.642857 |
Gundogan Dursan, 47, had not realised the substance was an over-the-counter natural sleep aid.
His victim was awoken by "a sensation of liquid landing on her face", and found Dursan standing by her bed, the Old Bailey heard.
Dursan, who admitted common assault, was handed a year-long community order.
His victim said she was left "shocked" and "feared for her safety" when she awoke to find Dursan had sprayed the liquid at her.
Prosecutor Nick Wayne said the woman, who cannot be identified, "saw Mr Dursan standing by her bed and it seemed to her he was trying to conceal something in his hand".
When she confronted him, Dursan would not say what was in the bottle which turned out to contain lavender, vetiver and wild camomile, he said.
At first, Dursan claimed to be looking for something, but later admitted spraying the woman's pillow in the hope she would have "long time sleep" so "she might have intercourse with me".
Mr Wayne said the product was freely available over the counter at chemists and was not the kind of substance that had any "powerful hypnotising" effect.
He said its chemical impact as a sleep aid was "unclear".
Police brought charges against Dursan from Enfield, north London, after the woman told her therapist about the incident last summer.
The prosecution offered no evidence to a second charge of administering a substance with intent to stupefy and overpower to engage in sexual activity, which Dursan had denied.
Dursan, who had no previous convictions, spent 11 days in jail ahead of the court case as well as 17 days on a tagged curfew.
Marie de Redman defending said: "He did not have any sinister intentions... It was perhaps not the most sensible thing to do."
Dursan was handed a year-long community order with a 10-day rehabilitation activity requirement plus a victim surcharge of £85.
Sentencing, Judge Stephen Kramer QC told him: "Had what you did been more serious, the court would have taken a different view - and a more serious view.
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Genetic factors had a "substantial influence" on the risk of being convicted of a sex offence, it found.
The study analysed data from 21,566 men convicted of sex offences in Sweden between 1973 and 2009.
The findings could help prevent crime, said co-author Prof Seena Fazel from the University of Oxford.
The study - by researchers from Oxford University and the Karolinska Institute, in Sweden - looked at the proportion of sexual offences carried out by sons and brothers of convicted male sex offenders.
The authors then compared the data with the criminal records of men from the general Swedish population with similar age and family profiles.
It found around 2.5% of brothers of convicted sex offenders were themselves convicted of sexual offences - compared with 0.5% of men in the general population.
The study also looked at the sons of sexual offenders, and found they were nearly four times more likely than average to have committed a similar crime.
Other studies in the past have assessed the link between familial relationships and the propensity to commit crime.
One found that children of male violent offenders were about 3.5 times more likely than average to commit violent crimes themselves.
In the latest study, genetic factors were found to have a "substantial influence on an increased risk of being convicted of sexual offences", Prof Fazel said.
"It tells us something about why if we take two sets of brothers, whose backgrounds might look identical, one set has a higher risk of sexual offending than the other," he said.
The analysis could help authorities target potential offenders, Prof Fazel said, adding: "At the moment genetic factors are typically ignored when it comes to making risk assessments of those at high risk of sexual offending."
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that while a person's environment was a contributing factor to their risk of sexual offending, a person's genes could contribute about 30-50% of the risk.
But the authors stressed the analysis did not mean someone with a brother or father convicted of rape would also go on to become a sex offender.
"It's important to remember that it's nothing mystic," said Professor Niklas Langstrom, from the Karolinska Institute.
"People get worried about the fact that there's a strong genetic component in problematic human behaviour.
"Of course, you don't inherit in some kind of automatised robotic way so that you will grow up to be a sexual offender." | Men with a brother found guilty of a sex offence are up to five times more likely than average to commit a similar crime, a study suggests. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32221589"} | 554 | 37 | 0.544324 | 1.415168 | -0.044127 | 3.310345 | 16.62069 | 0.896552 |
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The Mercedes driver has been hit with a series of penalties for using too many engine parts.
Hamilton has a 19-point championship lead over team-mate Nico Rosberg.
He said: "I envisage it will be hard to get into the top 10. All I can do is to aim as high as possible. A podium feels unlikely but it's not impossible."
Hamilton said his attempt to fight back through the field would be made more difficult by the fact that the Pirelli tyres are not lasting at the Spa-Francorchamps track.
There are unexpectedly high temperatures at the fast and demanding circuit in the Ardennes mountains this year and high tyre pressures chosen by Pirelli to protect against failures following two high-speed blowouts at last year's race are exacerbating the situation.
"With these tyres the way they are, which is a bit of a mess, it is going to be tough out there for everyone," Hamilton said.
"It's a long race. I don't have to go crazy at the start. That's the same whenever we start at the back.
"There were failures last year and they didn't want failures this year so they put the pressures up to 23, 24psi whatever it is. It's so high. I have never seen pressures like that my whole racing career. That doesn't help."
Hamilton said the problems caused by the tyres would make chasing other cars more difficult. The Pirellis overheat and lose grip if a driver follows another car closely. This has the corollary of reducing the number of laps the tyres can manage.
"It is going to be a very, very hard race," he said. "Being this hot it is going to be hard to follow. Being in the traffic it is going to be hard to get to my stop target, or go longer than the guys in front of me.
"But I hope I prove myself wrong and I hope I'm pleasantly surprised."
Hamilton's remarks on the tyres were echoed by McLaren driver Jenson Button, who said the pressures were "unbelievably high".
"It is amazing what we have to do to get the tyres in the working window," said Button, who starts ninth.
"If you push on the out lap (from the pits), they are done by turn three, blistering and overheating. What we have to do is crazy. I have never had to do this in my career before.
"It's the pressures. It's not helped by the temperatures, but we go to hot countries and Pirelli know that.
"It is shame we are so high on the pressures because we are in a position at the moment with the tyre where you can't push the car. You are just rolling around with the tyre.
"Hopefully with the new tyres for F1 next year it will not be the case because it is not a nice feeling at the moment."
Pirelli has been set the task of providing tyres in 2017 that drivers can push flat out for entire race distances, as opposed to having to lap under the limit to ensure the temperatures remain under control, as is the case currently. | Lewis Hamilton says scoring points will be difficult in what will be a "very, very hard race" from the back of the grid in Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37203953"} | 733 | 37 | 0.489436 | 1.158451 | -0.193178 | 1.515152 | 19.121212 | 0.727273 |
Visiting keeper Ross Flitney was in great form to stop Omar Bogle on a number of occasions in the first-half.
Shortly after the restart, Eastleigh's Josh Payne was sent off for a tackle on Richard Tait.
Grimsby stepped up the pressure but Flitney was equal to Jon Nolan's swerving shot to secure a point.
The Mariners are fourth in the table, seven points clear of sixth-placed Braintree, with Eastleigh a point further back in seventh.
Grimsby boss Paul Hurst told BBC Radio Humberside:
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"Overall I was really happy with the performance and I think you can see at the end that they're the ones who went down to 10 men.
"You can see the lads are out on their feet and we're having to really demand and ask them to dig deep and give everything.
"Unfortunately today we weren't rewarded with the three points but I feel it was a good performance and if you look at who we're playing against, it was just unfortunate we couldn't get that winning goal." | Grimsby strengthened their position in the National League play-off places despite being held to a goalless draw by 10-man Eastleigh. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35949411"} | 255 | 31 | 0.432249 | 1.086756 | 0.06237 | 0.56 | 8.56 | 0.48 |
Barbara Henderson, from Newcastle, was 18 in 1971 when she knocked on the door of the record company's London offices.
"It was 10 o'clock at night and amazingly he answered the door," she said.
Auctioneer Fred Wyrley-Birch said: "The market for anything Beatles-related is very strong and, as time goes on, there is more and more interest."
The 16 Apple Corps pictures to be auctioned include images of The Beatles, John Tavener, James Taylor, The Radha-Krishna Temple, Mary Hopkin, Yoko Ono and Jackie Lomax.
The company's security guard had taken Ms Henderson and her friend around the building and given them photos and albums, she said.
"I don't really want to let them go but they're gathering dust," she said.
"They're so rare - I have never seen them anywhere else and I'm always looking for Beatles pictures."
The auction is due to take place on March 23. | Rare promotional photos of The Beatles given to a teenager by an Apple Records security guard are to be auctioned. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35797457"} | 223 | 25 | 0.597635 | 1.419896 | 0.242808 | 1.333333 | 9.333333 | 0.666667 |
The German said he lacked race fitness as a result of time off recovering from a back injury sustained in a crash in January's Race of Champions.
"My back is fine but I took a step back in terms of fitness and I'm trying to catch up," the 22-year-old said.
"I am not feeling like I could do a whole race at my best level."
Sauber said it was entirely the driver's decision.
Wehrlein, who is a Mercedes protege and was passed over for the seat alongside Lewis Hamilton this winter in favour of Valtteri Bottas, said he would have made the same decision had he been racing for the world champions.
He added that his decision had been influenced by the fact that it was the first race of the season and it might be a possibility for the struggling team to score points as a result of the high race of attrition.
"I want to be in the car and not even think about fitness. I want to show my best performance level and I would think about fitness at some point," he said.
Pressed on the fact that F1 history was littered with examples of drivers racing in extreme physical adversity, he said: "Every situation is different."
Wehrlein missed the first pre-season test at Spain's Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as result of the back injury but did drive in the second, but he said the problem had not become apparent there.
Sauber team principal Monisha Kaltenborn said: "It matters what the driver says and if the driver cannot deliver to his best level you have to take that into account..
"Pascal is a very ambitious driver so you don't go into risks."
She added that there was no reason to believe there would be a problem with Wehrlein for the next race in China in two weeks' time.
Giovinazzi, the runner-up in the GP2 feeder series last year, has experience of the Sauber after replacing Wehrlein at the first pre-season test. | Sauber driver Pascal Wehrlein has pulled out of the Australian Grand Prix and will be replaced by Ferrari third driver Antonio Giovinazzi. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39360973"} | 460 | 32 | 0.429481 | 0.972102 | -0.24123 | 0.652174 | 17.347826 | 0.565217 |
The bid, made late on Sunday, was £25m plus add-ons but United maintain the 27-year-old is not for sale.
Age: 27
Club: Manchester United
Previous club: Everton
Debut: Everton 2-2 Tottenham - 17/08/02
United appearances: 402
United goals: 197
England caps: 83
England goals: 36
Honours: Premier League (x5); League Cup (x2); Champions League; Fifa World Club Cup; PFA Player of the Year 2010
Rooney, who remains intent on leaving United, has been left out of their squad for Tuesday's pre-season friendly in Stockholm with a shoulder injury.
It is understood the striker picked up the knock during a behind-closed-doors match against Real Betis on Saturday.
Chelsea had an initial bid for Rooney, of about £20m, turned down by United in July and have again been knocked back, despite upping their offer.
United manager David Moyes has continually stressed that Rooney will stay with the Premier League champions but Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho remains determined to bring him to Stamford Bridge.
Rooney has been left angered and confused by recent messages coming out of Old Trafford, most noticeably the suggestion from Moyes that Robin van Persie is the preferred option up front.
The situation could come to a head later this week with Rooney giving serious thought to handing in a transfer request in order to force a move away from Old Trafford.
In October 2010, Rooney said he wanted to leave the club because of concerns over the strength of their squad, but signed a new five-year contract just days later.
He flew home from Thailand in July with a hamstring injury and has not played for the club since a substitute appearance in the 1-0 defeat by Chelsea on 5 May. | Manchester United have rejected an improved offer from Chelsea for England striker Wayne Rooney. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "23574624"} | 403 | 18 | 0.532207 | 1.237586 | -0.327827 | 0.933333 | 23.933333 | 0.8 |
Two goals by Leicester's Harvey Barnes and another by Sunderland's Elliot Embleton saw a team mainly aged 19 or under reach the final.
England face Ivory Coast or the Czech Republic in Saturday's final in France.
Earlier, England also reached the final of the Under-20 World Cup for the first time by beating Italy.
Gareth Southgate was in charge when an England U21 side beat France 2-1 in the 2016 Toulon Tournament final.
At this year's event, England won all three of their group games against Angola, Cuba and Japan to advance to the semi-finals.
Scotland had bounced back from a 3-2 defeat by the Czech Republic in their opening group game to beat Brazil and Indonesia and book a last-four spot.
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Priestland, 29, has been the understudy to England's George Ford at Bath since his move from Scarlets last summer.
"It's obviously an issue with Priest not being able to play a great deal of rugby," kicking coach Jenkins said.
Meanwhile, Jenkins expects Ireland to "do their utmost" to get fly-half Jonathan Sexton fit to face Wales in their opener in Dublin on 7 February.
Worries about 30-year-old Sexton's head injury after he came off in Leinster's Champions Cup defeat by Wasps on Saturday have eased.
Bath coach Mike Ford had announced that Priestland would be taking an 18-month sabbatical from Test rugby, but the player changed his mind as Wales' squad announcement approached and he is again challenging Ospreys' Dan Biggar for the stand-off role.
"He's a fantastic rugby player, we like the way he plays for us but his lack of game-time is a worry," said Jenkins.
Bath are at Saracens in the Aviva Premiership on Saturday and Jenkins added: "He might be one that needs game-time this weekend, but whether he gets the opportunity, who knows?"
"I've been up to see him a few times and he'd love to play a lot more than he is."
Wales head coach Warren Gatland will decide by midweek which Welsh-based players will be released back to their regions for Pro12 matches this weekend.
Captain Sam Warburton wants more action after making his comeback from an ankle injury for Cardiff Blues last Friday, while full-back Liam Williams has not played since the World Cup because of a foot injury.
Three-quarter Tyler Morgan, who was also injured during the World Cup, is close to a return. | Fly-half Rhys Priestland's lack of Bath matches is a worry for Wales before the Six Nations, says Neil Jenkins. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35402233"} | 398 | 31 | 0.631486 | 1.545053 | 0.053688 | 1.416667 | 14.416667 | 0.75 |
Provincial leader Helen Zille said water will be harvested by drilling boreholes to serve key points like hospitals in Cape Town.
The alert will last for three months but could be extended if the crisis persists, she said in a statement.
Southern African nations are reeling from a two-year drought.
The UN estimates that over 40 million people have been affected by the drought that was caused by the El Nino climate phenomenon.
"The disaster declaration will accelerate... the province's strategy to ensure that taps do not run dry," Ms Zille said.
She also announced plans to use a mobile desalination plant and tap the natural aquifer under Cape Town's Table Mountain.
Residents have also been urged not to use no more than 100 litres (22 gallons) of water a day.
Ms Zille said the disaster declaration will mean that authorities in the province can prioritise public funds for drought relief operations.
Two reservoirs in the Western Cape region are already completely dry according to official statistics.
The Karoo and West Coast areas of the Western Cape previously declared drought disasters in 2016, but Monday's announcement extends the scope of those emergency measures to the entire province, the AFP news agency reports. | South Africa's Western Cape province has declared a drought disaster as it faces its worst water shortage in 113 years. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40002770"} | 267 | 26 | 0.661605 | 1.363203 | 0.048687 | 0.590909 | 10.727273 | 0.5 |
The petition was delivered to the club on 2 February, with a hearing to be held at the High Court on 20 March.
The struggling League Two club are currently second bottom in the table, and in danger of going out the Football League.
A 4-1 defeat at Stevenage on Tuesday evening left them six points adrift of safety.
Orient president Francesco Becchetti said last month that he would consider selling the club, which he took over in 2014.
However, it is understood a number of potential offers have not been considered sufficiently financially attractive.
While the taxman is the principal petitioner for a winding-up, it now remains to be seen whether other creditors will come on board and support the action.
In the most recently available financial results, for the year ending 30 June 2015, Leyton Orient put their book value, the net value of the company running the football club, at -£5,512,449 - in other words, the club had debts exceeding its assets of more than £5.5m.
A spokesman for the EFL said it was aware of the winding-up petition, and had been in contact with the club asking them for further information and observations about the situation.
A meeting of the Leyton Orient Fans Trust (Loft) supporters' group will take place on Thursday to establish a financial "fighting fund" to help revive the club should it go into liquidation.
"This is a cause for alarm, but given the way things have been going recently we suspected something like this was coming down the track," said Tom Davies, vice-chairman of Loft.
"Obviously it is concerning to get a winding-up petition, and we are worried about how the owner will react, if indeed he does react to this."
Davies said the HMRC action would give extra focus to the fan meeting, and called on supporters to rally around to save the club.
"We need new funding, and a new owner," he added. "Other clubs have survived periods like this and gone on to flourish, but first of all we need to get out of the hole we are in at present." | London football club Leyton Orient has been served with a winding-up petition by HM Revenue and Customs. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39126425"} | 456 | 27 | 0.52609 | 1.264467 | -0.519131 | 1.55 | 21.1 | 0.65 |
Ben Walker, 15, collapsed when playing for Thrapston Town Juniors on 28 April.
He supported Aston Villa and fellow fans called for applause in the 15th minute of the game against Brighton - to mark the time Ben collapsed.
Fans shared the appeal on social media and Villa welcomed the move with a retweeted message to 957,000 followers before the game which ended 1-1.
"The Aston Villa family have come together on numerous occasions this season to remember their own," a club spokesman said.
"We were all saddened to hear that Ben had tragically passed away and we would like to offer our sincere condolences to his family and friends at this sad time."
Family friend, Aaron Clipston started the campaign and said: "I'm amazed and overwhelmed by the level of support it's had from Villa and Brighton fans.
"The family are fully behind it and I know Ben would have loved it."
Thrapston Town Juniors said he died doing the thing he loved. Flowers and football shirts have been left by friends at the club on Chancery Lane.
A fundraising page set up to raise money for a memorial to Ben and to support his family has raised more than £10,000.
Nick Price, from the club, who set it up said: "It was my way of supporting the family. Nobody plans for a child's funeral. This was something I could do to help.
"No firm decision has been made about a permanent memorial. It's something we're thinking about."
Ben also played cricket for Thrapston Cricket Club, which described him as a "promising wicket-keeper and batsman". | A teenage footballer who died during a game was remembered with honour by the crowd at a Championship match. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39809277"} | 361 | 24 | 0.385223 | 1.017065 | -0.14207 | 0.7 | 16.15 | 0.6 |
Mrs Trump and her son, 11, had stayed in New York to finish the school year.
The decision was seen as unusual by some, as she was the first presidential spouse in recent years not to relocate to the capital immediately.
Separately Mr Trump's daughter, Ivanka, said in a TV interview that her father had been "subjected to a level of viciousness that I was not expecting".
In an interview with the Fox and Friends morning TV show, she said that she had been left blindsided by the ferocity of some of the attacks levelled against the president.
Ms Trump said that she felt "very vindicated" by former FBI Director James Comey's recent Senate testimony because it supported her father's contention that he was not being personally investigated for alleged links to Russia and that Mr Comey had on at least one occasion supplied a leak to The New York Times.
A Fox News report said that Ms Trump - who along with her husband Jared Kushner is a special adviser to the president - "glided past the more controversial interview topics like a seasoned vet".
Melania Trump is the first presidential spouse in recent history to delay her arrival in Washington, following her husband's inauguration at the start of the year.
Her predecessor, Michelle Obama, even moved to Washington early to get her daughters settled in their new school.
However, it seems the First Lady is delighted by the move, tweeting a picture looking out across the White House lawn, marking the occasion.
The move will also no doubt be welcomed by New Yorkers, who have footed a hefty security bill keeping the First Family safe in Trump Tower.
Their presence in the Big Apple has also been known to create a fair few traffic problems. The New York Post warned of a potential "traffic apocalypse" if they did not make the move.
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Eight-month-old Marley from Hitcham chewed through the tube of glue his owner was using for home improvements.
At first he showed no signs of illness, but within a week needed emergency surgery to remove a solid lump of adhesive from his stomach.
His owner Beverley King said her pet made a full recovery and was now "bouncing around" again.
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Mrs King said her husband had been working upstairs when Marley came down with his paws covered in glue.
He was taken to the vet to have the glue removed and seemed fine, she said.
However he later became ill and had to be referred to a specialist veterinary centre near Newmarket, where the full extent of Marley's mishap was revealed.
He underwent a one-hour operation to have the ball of glue removed by a surgical specialist.
Mrs King, who slept by his side every night "just to be on the safe side", said her pet was due to have a final check up later. | A cocker spaniel has been saved from a sticky end after eating a tube of expanding glue. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35841461"} | 223 | 25 | 0.493082 | 1.146916 | -0.387106 | 0.722222 | 11.277778 | 0.5 |
Police said two men, aged 31 and 33, were victims of a serious assault on Renfield Street, in central Glasgow, at 03:15 on 19 October last year.
The group of men which attacked them later boarded a taxi near Buchanan Street Bus Station.
Police said they wanted to trace all six men pictured in the CCTV images.
Det Con David Copeland, of Police Scotland, said: "This was an unprovoked attack on two men by a much larger group which left the victims with serious injuries.
"This type of activity on what seems to be a night out cannot be tolerated. We seek the assistance of the public in tracking down those responsible."
The men in the images are described as white, Scottish, in their late 20s or early 30s, of medium build, with one being of heavy build.
Four men wore dark tops and jeans, one was wearing a yellow coloured t-shirt and another wore a white cardigan with dark sleeves. The other man was wearing a light coloured t-shirt.
Det Con Copeland added: "One of the men wearing dark clothing was also wearing a green Robin Hood-type hat with a red feather at the left hand side.
"Another male was wearing a Heidi-type blonde wig with plaits on either side.
"I am particularly keen to trace the taxi driver who picked up a group of men from a taxi rank at Buchanan Street Bus Station at 0346 hours."
Anyone with information is asked to contact police. | CCTV stills of a man wearing a Robin Hood-style hat and another in a Heidi wig are among six images released by police investigating a street attack. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33565865"} | 335 | 38 | 0.531663 | 1.330898 | 0.573688 | 1.3 | 9.966667 | 0.833333 |
The game was twice delayed in the first 10 minutes when Charlton fans threw plastic pigs onto the pitch in protest against the club's ownership.
After Nathan Byrne hit the bar for Charlton, George Thomas fired the Sky Blues ahead from close range.
But Patrick Bauer's headed equaliser in the second half sealed City's fate.
Coventry were in the Premier League as recently as 2001, but they now face the prospect of playing fourth-tier football for the first time since 1959.
The Sky Blues' descent towards relegation saw them fail to win in their opening 10 games, with a difficult season on the pitch matched by problems off it, with fans holding a series of protests against the club's owners, the hedge fund Sisu.
Their form has improved in recent weeks under Mark Robins, culminating in their victory over Oxford in the EFL Trophy final, and they started the brighter of the two teams.
Both sides were withdrawn from the field after Addicks fans threw pigs onto the pitch for the second time, with Coventry taking the lead through Thomas' sharp finish.
Jodi Jones had a shot saved just before half-time, while Thomas went close again after the break, but City could not maintain their advantage.
Bauer nodded in from two yards out after Coventry failed to clear a corner, and the hosts could not find a late winner to stave off the drop.
Charlton meanwhile climb to 15th, six points clear of relegation with three games to play.
Match ends, Coventry City 1, Charlton Athletic 1.
Second Half ends, Coventry City 1, Charlton Athletic 1.
Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Chris Solly.
Foul by Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City).
Jake Forster-Caskey (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. George Thomas (Coventry City) right footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Kwame Thomas (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andrew Crofts (Charlton Athletic).
Attempt saved. Jake Forster-Caskey (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Ben Stevenson (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ben Stevenson (Coventry City).
Fredrik Ulvestad (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Joe Aribo replaces Ricky Holmes.
Foul by Kevin Foley (Coventry City).
Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Nathan Byrne (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Coventry City. Kyel Reid replaces Jodi Jones.
Attempt saved. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Coventry City. Kevin Foley replaces Jordan Willis.
Kwame Thomas (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic).
Jodi Jones (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jodi Jones (Coventry City).
Jake Forster-Caskey (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Farrend Rawson.
Attempt saved. George Thomas (Coventry City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Kwame Thomas (Coventry City).
Jason Pearce (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. George Thomas (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Jodi Jones (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Ben Stevenson (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Chris Solly.
Foul by Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic).
Jordan Turnbull (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Andrew Crofts (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Andrew Crofts (Charlton Athletic).
Ruben Lameiras (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Jake Forster-Caskey replaces Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
Goal! Coventry City 1, Charlton Athletic 1. Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Josh Magennis following a corner. | Coventry City were relegated to the fourth tier of English football for the first time in 58 years after drawing with fellow strugglers Charlton. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39523126"} | 1,192 | 36 | 0.406187 | 1.007489 | 0.144705 | 1.68 | 38.64 | 0.72 |
Antoinette Corbally, 48, has been named locally as one of two people shot dead in the gun attack at a house at Balbutcher Drive, Ballymun.
It is believed the attack was gang related but not connected to the ongoing Hutch-Kinahan feud.
Gardaí (Irish police) are seeking two men over the shooting.
Nicola Tallant, investigations editor from the Sunday World, told Good Morning Ulster that Derek Devoy, the brother of Ms Corbally, was the target of the attack but he escaped.
She said the shooting appeared to be related to a "drug turf war" and that Mr Devoy is a "well-known Dublin criminal".
She said that two men pulled up to the house and one opened fire "indiscriminately" at the house, which had children inside.
She added that Mr Devoy was holding a toddler at the time of the attack and that he "threw the child and ran out the back door".
Another man and woman were treated for less serious injuries in hospital following the shooting.
Irish police recovered a gun at the scene of the shooting. A silver Opel Zafria was found partially burnt out on Balbutcher Drive and Gardaí also recovered a second car they believe was involved in the attack in Santry.
Irish Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said he condemned the shooting and that high-visibility policing, including armed checkpoints, would continue across the city. | A mother-of-six and a man shot dead in a suspected gang attack in Dublin are not believed to have been the intended target of the gunmen. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40959203"} | 333 | 37 | 0.518559 | 1.196959 | -0.290418 | 1.258065 | 8.806452 | 0.806452 |
St Beuno's in Gwyddelwern, which has plants growing out of its spire, will use the Heritage Lottery Fund grant for work on the spire, tower and roof.
Church wardens hope the work will allow the building to reopen for church services and community use.
A church is believed to have stood on the site since the seventh century.
Canon Martin Snellgrove, the rector of the Corwen group of parishes, said the appearance of the church was a central problem for the village.
"We haven't even got to get out of your car and get below 30mph to see that there are that there are trees growing out of the spire which have been there for some years and there has been lots of masonry falling off the top of the tower damaging the spire," he told BBC Radio Wales.
"On of the most regular effects [of the church being closed] is that the school children who usually cross the churchyard to get to the canolfan (centre) where they do various activities have to take the long route by the road because the church is closed because it's unsafe.
"The congregation is meeting in a committee room in the canolfan and we have had two funerals that I know of in the last year and one wedding that have had to be located elsewhere.
"It would be good to have our building back." | An historic church near Corwen in Denbighshire which closed four years ago because of falling masonry has received £123,000 to repair its spire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "27218085"} | 304 | 34 | 0.548408 | 1.35928 | 0.356912 | 0.68 | 10.68 | 0.6 |
Thousands of customers currently paying £17 a month for unlimited data and calls have been told they will be moved onto a new £30 tariff if they do not opt out within 30 days.
The company has notified customers by post and said it would also text them.
Three said the more expensive plan was the closest remaining deal offering unlimited calls and data.
It stopped offering the £17 monthly deal to new customers in 2014 and said it was phasing out "legacy" tariffs, but the BBC understands hundreds of thousands of customers still use the tariff and will be affected by the switch.
One mobile industry analyst told the BBC the demise of unlimited data plans was "inevitable".
"Consumer data usage is growing exponentially," said Ben Wood from CCS Insight.
"The networks are seeing huge growth in data consumption as people watch more video content at ever-higher resolutions on their smartphones. At some point certain all-you-can-eat tariffs become uneconomical."
While the network does still offer plans with unlimited data and calls, Three says its average account holder consumes just 4.9 gigabytes of data per month.
The firm had 8.8 million customers in 2015, according to its website.
Some have posted their anger at the tariff change online, ironically tagging their posts #MakeItRight - the hashtag Three uses in its advertising campaign.
"That's how you lose brand loyalty," tweeted software engineer Joseph Longden.
"Stop forcing loyal customers like myself into new plans which are almost double the price," wrote Nathan McLean.
In a statement, Three said: "In March 2014, we introduced new price plans giving customers more options in the size of their data and voice bundles, as well as limits and alerts to prevent bill shock.
"We have a lot of tariffs that we no longer sell and moving customers to one of the new plans will ensure they can enjoy the benefits of these plans." | Mobile network Three has defended its decision to end a popular "all you can eat" phone contract. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35441452"} | 422 | 24 | 0.444277 | 1.136843 | -0.72726 | 0.7 | 19.05 | 0.7 |
Fears had been expressed that people who pay into some auto-enrolment pensions could lose their money, should their scheme collapse.
The Pensions Bill will provide for stricter supervision of so-called master trust schemes by the regulator.
In February, an investigation by the BBC found that dozens of master trusts were too small to survive.
Experts said up to a quarter of a million people were at risk of losing their savings.
The bill will give the Pensions Regulator (TPR) greater powers to authorise the schemes and step in where necessary.
Master trusts themselves will need to demonstrate that their schemes meet strict new criteria.
At the moment, only nine of 72 master trust schemes are listed on TPR's website as qualifying for their kitemark.
The regulator has no responsibility for checking that the schemes' claims are accurate.
MPs on the Work and Pensions Committee previously expressed concern about "potentially unstable master trusts" and called for swift government action.
The Pensions Regulator itself welcomed the new bill.
"We have voiced concerns for some time about the need for stronger legislative standards for master trusts and have worked with government and other regulators to improve levels of protection for members," said Lesley Titcomb, TPR's chief executive.
"We have been calling for a significantly higher bar regarding authorisation and supervision, and we are pleased that today's announcement proposes to give us the power to implement these safeguards."
The bill will also help those who have been trying to withdraw money from their pension funds, but have been faced with early exit fees.
Data collected by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) suggests that as many as 700,000 people might be liable to pay such charges.
As previously announced, those fees will now be capped - although it is not known at what level.
A new guidance body will also be set up, to give help to people retiring, as well as those in debt.
It will bring together the Pensions Advisory Service, Pension Wise and the Money Advice Service.
"We will work closely with the sector in the coming months to further shape our plans," said pensions minister Ros Altmann. | The cash of millions of pension savers will be better protected, under plans announced alongside the Queen's Speech. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36323003"} | 459 | 25 | 0.482364 | 1.190794 | -0.227787 | 0.571429 | 20.142857 | 0.571429 |
The trial by Cambridgeshire Police aims to free-up time for neighbourhood patrols and offer more flexibility for victims.
But the move has been criticised as a money-saving measure.
The Police Federation raised concerns for those people unable to use or afford the technology required for the online audio-visual call system.
The Cambridgeshire force claimed Skype will provide greater flexibility for victims, as well as allowing better response times.
The Home Office said it would be up to other individual forces to decide on whether adopt a similar approach.
Oz Merrygold, secretary of Cambridgeshire Police Federation, said due to cuts to policing it is "just not possible anymore" to send officers out on crimes such as burgled homes.
He claimed police roles need to be "redefined" and "austerity" measures meant forces having to take difficult decisions, leading to technological solutions.
It wouldn't be possible to the 'average Joe' to hack these calls but it's a bigger debate about whether it's actually possible. I would hope that the police computers would be secure.
We've seen cases where webcams can be hacked. That's not anything to do with Skype, it's the fact that the whole set up might not be secure, including the webcam and computer.
But it's a relatively low risk compared to whether it's an appropriate way to conduct interviews.
I would be worried about the quality of an interview which is conducted over Skype compared to a normal interview done face-to-face.
I would have thought there were dos and don'ts and recommendations for conducting an interview over the internet.
Supt Melanie Dales, area commander for Peterborough, said using Skype would help people with busy lives and bring police more in line with other services, such as doctors' surgeries.
"It will allow officers, who use a large proportion of time travelling to and from appointments, more time to patrol their neighbourhoods," she said.
A spokeswoman for the National Police Chiefs' Council said: "Police are expecting further significant reductions to budgets as well as responding to changes in crime and demand on the service.
"All chiefs are having to prioritise and look at where they can make savings or provide services differently so they can continue to provide the vital services that reduce crime and protect people."
The Home Office spokesman said: "We support attempts to give victims of crime greater choice in how they report crime and engage with the police and the police must embrace new technology as forces deliver the next phase of police reform.
"Cambridgeshire Police has been clear that the pilot is not for reporting emergencies and officers will still carry out home visits where necessary. People should always call 999 if a crime is in progress or when violence is being used or threatened." | Crime victims are being asked to speak to police on Skype instead of being interviewed at home by officers. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34676048"} | 594 | 21 | 0.523368 | 1.322627 | -0.373594 | 0.8 | 27.3 | 0.8 |
The former Labour leader of Tower Hamlets, standing independently for Tower Hamlets First, received 43.38% of first preference votes.
He addressed supporters outside Troxy theatre in Stepney, east London, after the result at about 02:00 BST.
He said an investigation ordered by the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles had been "politically motivated".
Mr Pickles appointed inspectors to look into allegations of governance failure, poor financial management and fraud following a report by the BBC's Panorama which found Mr Rahman had more than doubled funding recommended by officers for Bengali-run charities.
Inspectors have until 30 June to report their findings.
In the mayoral election, Labour candidate John Biggs received 32.82% of first preference votes.
Mr Rahman said: "The people of this borough have spoken again.
"I want to thank the thousands of people who have been outside in the rain for six or seven hours waiting for a result.
"All we want is an equal playing field. To see obstacles being placed in my way unfairly, I find that quite difficult to accept."
He added: "Judge me on my record. Judge me on what we have done for the people of this borough.
"The only borough in the land who has delivered an educational maintenance allowance. The only borough in the land who has delivered a university grant of £1500 for our students going to university."
He also pointed to his elderly homecare policies and free primary school meals coming in in September.
Meanwhile, the council election count has been suspended. A spokesman said it will resume at 14:00 BST on Sunday when six wards will be recounted.
Turnout: 84,234 (45.9%) | Tower Hamlets Bangladeshi mayor Lutfur Rahman has been re-elected, greeted by about 2,000 supporters. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "27554885"} | 364 | 28 | 0.492826 | 1.279457 | -0.772274 | 0.833333 | 18.166667 | 0.611111 |
Called Athena, the new system was launched last week by Essex Police as part of a three-month roll-out.
Part of the system relating to processing people into custody was not working properly on Tuesday.
Ch Supt Andy Prophet said this meant custody officers reverting to paper while the system was down.
He denied media reports that some officers had been told not to make arrests but did say: "We did have issues in our custody suites with the system going offline.
"Essex Police remains open for business."
Essex Police and Crime Commissioner Nick Alston praised officers and denied Athena - which brings together various police functions such as processing, investigations and intelligence - was broken.
"There have been one or two problems. Officers have had to fall back to how they were doing things before," he said.
"Some things were being done on paper and completed into the system when it was running and I think some went back to older systems.
"No work had been lost. It is not untypical with new systems when problems arise and they are worked through.
"It is disappointing? Yes. Is it surprising? No." | Police in Essex have had to resort to pen and paper to process suspects because of problems with a new £32m computer system. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32217671"} | 246 | 29 | 0.576043 | 1.484398 | 0.048046 | 0.884615 | 8.884615 | 0.653846 |
The retailer Brantano has 200 outlets across Britain, employing about 2,000 people.
It has shops at Aberystwyth, Broughton in Flintshire, Cardiff, Carmarthen, Holyhead on Anglesey, Pembroke Dock and Rhyl in Denbighshire.
Administrators said the shops would continue to trade while a decision was taken over the future of the business.
"Like many others, Brantano has been hit hard by the change in consumers' shopping habits and the evolution of the UK retail environment," said Tony Barrell, lead administrator for PwC.
"The administrators are continuing to trade the businesses as normal whilst we assess the trading strategy over the coming days and weeks.
"Staff will be paid their arrears of wages and salaries, and will continue to be paid for their work during the administration." | A shoe store chain with eight shops in Wales has called in administrators. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35376833"} | 191 | 15 | 0.564255 | 1.35835 | -0.672404 | 0.5 | 10.714286 | 0.5 |
The crash happened at Cassiobury Park on Tuesday afternoon.
Jeff Price, who owns the railway, said one woman was taken by her family to hospital for a cut on the head and there were a number of "grazed knees".
Watford Borough Council said no-one was seriously hurt, but the Health and Safety Executive had been informed.
Daniel Reichmann, 26, from Edgware, who was on the train with about 10 other family members, said five minutes into the ride there was "a bang and a crash and a jolt".
He said there were "a number of screams" as one of the carriages derailed and the others behind crashed into it.
Mr Reichmann, a volunteer paramedic and part of the Reichmann family who built Canary Wharf in London, said: "About two or three children were trapped under one of the carriages, but we managed to lift it off. One or two people were thrown out of the carriage.
"There was a lot of screaming, but I assessed the children and there were no broken bones or serious injuries.
"The driver was clearly shocked and immediately offered to refund the ride."
Mr Price said the problem occurred with a faulty spring on one of the carriages, which has since been removed from service.
He said other matters were being dealt with to "mitigate any future risk".
Watford Borough Council, which owns the park but leases the railway to Mr Price, said: "Nobody was seriously injured and the ambulance service was not called to the area.
"The children's train operator will be submitting a report, setting out what has happened to the Health and Safety Executive and they will determine if further investigation and action is needed." | A number of children became "trapped" under a railway carriage after a miniature train ride in a Watford park derailed, eyewitnesses have said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32217819"} | 376 | 39 | 0.547738 | 1.340106 | 0.049179 | 1.037037 | 12.666667 | 0.814815 |
It has received hundreds of complaints from owners of new homes about poor broadband.
According to the Home Builders Federation, BT Openreach has failed to connect new homes on time.
In response, Openreach said it was "working hard to fix this issue".
It acknowledged that it had a backlog of new homes waiting to be connected to broadband.
"The rapid growth in the number of new homes being built around the country has resulted in some owners of new build properties having to wait longer than usual for their phone and broadband service," it said in a statement.
"Openreach would like to apologise to any affected customers and is working hard to fix this issue. We have also stated our ambition to provide infrastructure to all homes in new build developments before customers move in.
"Close liaison with developers is critical so Openreach continues to work closely with the house-building community to better plan for and deliver the capacity and infrastructure needed."
Openreach, the BT subsidiary responsible for the UK's telecoms infrastructure, is facing increasing pressure over its performance, as regulator Ofcom considers whether to separate the two companies.
In January, a group of more than 100 MPs signed a letter calling for Openreach to be split off.
The HBF offered its own response to the possible break-up of Openreach in October.
In its report, the federation said that it had "grown increasingly concerned at the persistent failure of BT Openreach to connect new build homes in a consistent and timely fashion".
"The poor performance of Openreach in connecting many new build homes to broadband services within a reasonable timeframe is now having an impact on the customer satisfaction levels obtained by the house builder," its report read.
"With broadband now seen as an essential utility it is unsurprising that customers moving into new homes with little or no connectivity feel dissatisfied even when, in some cases, house builders provide mobile broadband services in the interim."
A spokesman for the HBF told the BBC that the relationship with BT has improved in recent months.
Openreach added that it too "has made a lot of progress over the past year in improving its communication with developers".
"Improved processes such as encouraging developers to register new sites with Openreach at the beginning of the planning stage are also helping us to deliver on our commitment to bring fibre to as many new housing developments as possible," it told the BBC.
The telecoms company is expected to make an announcement on its plans to provide broadband services to new homes imminently.
Andrew Ferguson, editor of broadband news site ThinkBroadband said that often timetables between developers and BT clashed.
"Even where developers work with Openreach, the timescale from agreeing to put a cabinet for fibre and going live is around a year (based on the 20-30 private funded cabinets that have done this to date). If a developer can get Openreach on board ahead of time this can be done to coincide with the first house being sold."
He advised buyers wanting a good connection to make sure they checked that broadband was available before purchasing.
"Only when people stop buying homes with bad broadband will developers be forced to consider it with the same importance they give things like electricity and parking," he said.
Hundreds of residents who have recently purchased a new home without broadband, have contacted Cable.co.uk to express their anger.
Dan Howdle, editor-in-chief of the website, said: "It comes as a complete surprise to most new build homebuyers that their ultra-modern home not only offers broadband speeds unfit for basic everyday use, but in some cases no broadband connectivity at all."
Earlier this month Labour MP Chi Onwurah - a former telecoms engineer - said that it was "incomprehensible" that new developments are being built without access to fibre networks. She urged the government to act on the issue.
A spokesman for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport said: A DCMS spokesperson said: "Connectivity is something home buyers expect when buying a new build. Government is working closely with industry to address this and we expect to make an announcement on further progress soon." | Many residents moving into newly-built homes are finding broadband services slow or non-existent, an investigation from broadband advice site Cable.co.uk has revealed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35427580"} | 898 | 33 | 0.468942 | 1.166866 | 0.151815 | 0.857143 | 29.035714 | 0.714286 |
The road bridge over the River Wharfe at Tadcaster partially collapsed in December, with a temporary footbridge currently connecting the two sides.
Plans to widen the bridge were agreed at a council meeting, but in a letter the Samuel Smith's Brewery said the proposal contradicted planning policy.
The brewery did not wish to comment.
Repairs to the bridge are set to conclude in December, with paths widened to improve safety for pedestrians.
The seven-page letter said the proposal was "contrary to the provisions of the adopted Development Plan and national planning policy".
It said the move could impact "important nature conservation interests" and did not consider the effect it would have "on the behaviour of flood waters".
Chris Metcalfe, county councillor for Tadcaster at North Yorkshire County Council, said the brewery could apply for a judicial review on the move.
Speaking to BBC Radio York, the Conservative councillor said: "The brewery had every opportunity to lodge any objection within the statutory consultation period.
"It's absolutely mind-blowing to take this view, especially when aware of the public opinion in Tadcaster."
The government pledged £3m for repair work within days of the bridge collapse, and £1.4m was given by the region's Local Enterprise Partnership to widen and strengthen the bridge. | A brewery has lodged an objection to plans to widen a Grade II listed bridge which was damaged by winter flooding in North Yorkshire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37386888"} | 284 | 29 | 0.674942 | 1.626611 | 0.182621 | 0.92 | 10.24 | 0.6 |
The issue is causing pollution and could spread disease, says the boss of Nepal's mountaineering association.
Ang Tshering wants Nepal's government to get visitors to dispose of their waste properly.
He says faeces and urine have been "piling up" for years around the four camps. "Climbers usually dig holes in the snow for their toilet use and leave the human waste there."
More than 700 climbers and guides spend almost two months on the mountain slopes each season, which began this week and ends in May.
"It is a health hazard and the issue needs to be addressed," says Dawa Steven Sherpa, who has been working on clean-up expeditions since 2008.
Some climbers do carry disposable travel toilet bags to use in the higher camps, he explains.
At base camp there are toilet tents, which have drums into which human waste goes. These can be properly disposed of after they are carried to a lower area.
The camps between the base and the summit do have tents and other supplies, but no toilets.
The government in Nepal has yet to come up with a solution to the problem of human waste disposal - but officials will be monitoring the rubbish on the mountain, says the head of the government's mountaineering department Puspa Raj Katuwa
New rules mean each climber must bring 8kg (18lb) of rubbish when they return to base camp.
That is the amount experts believe a climber discards along the route.
Teams also make a $4,000 (£2,600) deposit, which they lose if they don't stick to the rules.
Last year's season was cancelled after 16 local guides were killed in an avalanche in April.
In total, hundreds of people have died trying to scale Mount Everest, which was first conquered by New Zealand climber Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
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The borough council said there had been 11 unauthorised incursions at Granville Road this year.
It has set aside the money to prevent further camps being set up on its parks and other pieces of land.
The latest measures include installing knee-high metal barriers and earth mounds around a grassy area between Granville Road, Southcote, and the A4.
A spokesman said fencing would also be installed in Dwyer Road and work had already been carried out to prevent vehicles accessing Coley Recreation Ground and Courage Park.
According to the authority's website, there are no authorised traveller sites in the borough.
National guidelines require councils to assess the need for accommodation for travellers.
The last assessment, carried out in 2006, found a need for seven pitches in Reading but its only provision was a site for travelling show-people at Scours Lane.
The authority's latest draft plan, published in May, said the council was carrying out an updated assessment that was anticipated to "identify a need for pitches arising from the high recent numbers of unauthorised encampments". | Anti-traveller measures are being installed on public land in Reading at a cost of £100,000. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40910468"} | 233 | 22 | 0.563722 | 1.383339 | -0.55047 | 0.842105 | 10.789474 | 0.736842 |
The company's shares dropped to a new record low of 69p on Monday, helping push the FTSE 100 down 2%.
Analysts warned slumping metal prices could leave Glencore shares almost worthless because of its heavy debts.
Fears over Glencore's £20bn debt pile have seen its shares drop more than 30% in the past month.
More than £3.5bn was wiped off Glencore's market value after a warning from analysts at Investec.
They wrote that low metals prices "could see almost all equity value eliminated" at the Switzerland-based company.
They also questioned how much Glencore could raise from selling its agriculture division, as "valuing such a volatile business is likely to be tough".
Glencore hopes to generate up to $12bn (£7.9bn) from the sale of its grains business to reduce its debt burden.
The Investec analysts said that without major restructuring, Glencore and another debt-laden mining firm, Anglo American, could see their value "evaporate".
Shares in London-listed Anglo American also fell 10%.
Hunter Hillcoat, an analyst at Investec, said: "Mining companies gorged themselves on cheap debt in a race to grow production following the Chinese stimulus that occurred in the wake of the great financial crisis.
"The consequences are only now coming home to roost, as mines take a long time to build."
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North Yorkshire County Council voted 7-4 in favour of Third Energy's application to extract shale gas at a site near Kirby Misperton in Ryedale.
Friends of the Earth and Frack Free Ryedale said they would be seeking legal advice and launched a People's Declaration in a bid to stop fracking.
Third Energy says the process is safe.
Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at rock to release the gas inside.
Opponents say it can cause water contamination, earthquakes and noise and traffic pollution.
Third Energy's application was passed by the council's planning committee on Monday.
More than 4,300 objections to the application were received and 100 people gave evidence during the two-day hearing. Just 36 representations in support of the application were received.
Ryedale District Councillor Di Keal, of Frack Free Ryedale, told BBC Radio York: "People are very down, people are very upset - there were tears yesterday. But I know people round here, they will stand up and they will fight. This battle does go on.
"We will be looking to take legal opinion on what we can do."
Friends Of The Earth campaigner Simon Bowens said the organisation would "consider all options available, and that includes judicial review", but would not expand on what any legal challenge might focus on.
Both groups are urging people to support their campaign by signing a Public Declaration, which states that "we remain opposed to fracking in Yorkshire, in Britain, and across the world".
Protesters have also raised concerns that passing the application will open the floodgates to hundreds of other wells.
But planning committee chairman Peter Sowray said: "This planning application has nothing to do with any more wells. It was just about the test stimulation of the one well."
He said some opposition was based on "emotions" rather than "genuine planning reasons", and he was confident in the safety assurances given by Third Energy and the Environment Agency.
Since the application was passed, Conservative councillor Cliff Trotter, who voted in favour of fracking, said he had received intimidating emails.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live: "Yes, a few. But that's par for the course, I suppose."
Third Energy operations director John Dewar said he was "absolutely confident" that the operation - called KM8 - would run according to plan. He could not say whether fracking there would be commercially viable.
"What we can't predict at this moment in time how much [gas] will flow and how long it will flow for," he said.
"We do know the gas is down there and I'm absolutely confident we will be able to fracture each of the five zones safely, and then we just have to wait and see what quantity and what rate of gas comes back."
The onshore energy industry has welcomed the decision.
The chief executive of UK Onshore Oil and Gas, Ken Cronin, said fracking could help to combat climate change.
He said: "What we've seen in the US is a massive reduction in emissions coming from the electricity sector, as a result of a shift from coal to gas.
"We've also seen a very significant shift from coal to gas in this country over the course of the last six months.
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The boy shot and fatally wounded himself in the chest after finding the gun at his home near Cincinnati.
In a 911 audiotape release by police, the boy's mother Elizabeth Green is heard reporting the incident.
"My son just shot himself and I'm not getting a pulse," she is heard screaming. Prosecutors are considering whether to charge her.
In the call, she said she keeps the gun in her purse and had set the purse down at home before the tragedy.
"The gun is mine. It is in the house, I carry it in my purse, I laid it down. We just got home," the mother told the 911 operator.
The boy has been identified as Marques Green, according to local media.
A detective was seen leaving the home with a small black handgun, and placing it into an evidence bag.
This is the second accidental shooting death of a child this month in this region of Ohio.
About 100 children die in the US every year in accidental shootings, according to data compiled by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. | A three-year-old boy has killed himself while playing with his mother's handgun, according to police in Ohio. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33115246"} | 228 | 27 | 0.590625 | 1.364883 | -0.420981 | 1.041667 | 9.083333 | 0.708333 |
The FT reported earlier that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had sent a letter on Tuesday saying Greece would accept most of the conditions offered last weekend.
The news ignited European markets, with the FTSE 100 up 1.24% at 6601.86.
Germany's Dax index was up 2.15%, while France's Cac 40 index jumped 1.94%.
The news also led to Greek bond prices rising, cutting their yields, and yields in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese bonds also fell.
On Tuesday, Greece missed its deadline for a €1.5bn payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
It meant Greece is the first advanced country to fail to repay a loan to the IMF and is now formally in arrears.
Two key meetings took place to discuss aid for Greece on Wednesday. In one, officials with the European Central Bank (ECB) talked about whether to grant an emergency loan to Greece.
In the second, eurozone finance ministers discussed Greece's latest proposal for a third bailout. It would last two years and amount to €29.1bn.
On the currency markets, the euro fell 0.52% against the dollar to $1.10830. The pound fell 0.13% against the euro to €1.40880 and was 0.62% lower against the dollar at $1.56110
On the London market, banks saw some of the biggest gains, with Royal Bank of Scotland up 3.19%.
Airline shares were also higher after the government's Airports Commission recommended the building of a third runway at Heathrow.
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In the latest Republican debate for White House hopefuls, Mr Trump told his rival: "There's a big question mark over your head."
The constitution mandates the president be a "natural born citizen" of the US.
Issues of national security, the economy and foreign policy have also played heavily in the debate.
In the polls, the pair are leading the five other candidates, who were also on the stage in North Charleston.
The debate came just two weeks before the first real test of the campaign, when voters in Iowa pick their Republican and Democratic choices for president.
"Cruz acquitted himself well, cementing his status as the front-runner's chief opponent," writes Howard Kurtz for Fox News. "But Trump didn't suffer, and in fact may have had his strongest debate performance... The two-man top tier remains just that, way ahead of the rest of the field."
"For much of his career in Washington, Ted Cruz has been dismissed as a cartoonish sideshow," Michael Barbaro notes in the New York Times. However, he "did not just dominate much of the Republican debate, he slashed, he mocked, he charmed and he outmanoeuvred everybody else on stage".
"Donald Trump and Ted Cruz had an unofficial non-aggression pact at the first five Republican presidential debates... but the sixth one Thursday night quickly became a flurry of mutual scorn," writes Susan Page in USA Today.
"There were only three real players in this exercise: Trump, Cruz and Rubio," according to Josh Marshall on the Talking Points Memo website. "Trump wins, Cruz loses a bit of ground but not much and the clock continues to run out on Rubio."
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The sixth Republican presidential debate was the political equivalent of a wrestling "battle royale", where fists fly, chairs are thrown, the crowd cheers and the referees flee for safety.
There could have been no clearer indication that the Cruz-Trump honeymoon was over. The two candidates who stand atop the Republican presidential opinion polls had exchanged warm words through much of the campaign but with the Iowa caucuses just two weeks away, the niceties have melted away.
They exchanged barbs over Mr Cruz's Canadian birthplace and Mr Trump's alleged liberal "New York values".
From there, numerous side fights broke out. Rubio v Christie over Mr Christie's tenure as New Jersey governor. Trump v Kasich, Rubio v Bush on trade. Rubio v Cruz on immigration. Each candidate could boast a strong moment or two, but each also felt the sting of their competitors' barbs.
A battle royale is supposed to end when only one participant is left standing. In Charleston, however, all the candidates survived - but all were bloodied.
The event hosted by Fox Business Network came after days of Mr Cruz and Mr Trump taking shots at each other, shattering a months-long period of goodwill between the two men.
The start of hostilities began a week ago when the billionaire businessman started raising questions about whether the Texas senator's birth in Canada put his eligibility in doubt.
But on the debate stage on Thursday night, Mr Cruz said there was "zero chance" of a lawsuit succeeding because the constitution's definition of "natural born citizens" included people born to an American parent.
Mr Cruz was born in Calgary to an American mother and a Cuban father.
But the business mogul stood firm, noting that a Harvard law scholar had raised doubts and Mr Cruz could face lawsuits by Democrats wishing to challenge his qualification.
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They also argued over the meaning of "New York values", which Mr Cruz threw at the New York billionaire as a slur on his conservative credentials.
But the New Yorker said that was an insult to the "great people" who pulled together after the 9/11 attacks.
After the debate, Mr Trump told reporters: "I guess the bromance is over."
All the candidates targeted leading Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, who was repeatedly attacked for her time as Secretary of State.
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UCAS announced earlier this year that there had been a notable decrease in students from England applying to do at least one nursing course, saying it had fallen 23% to 33,810 in 2017.
Chancellor Philip Hammond spoke last week about the "very high numbers of foreign workers keeping our NHS going".
Looking at the figures from NHS Digital, overall, 82% of NHS staff are UK nationals, with 5% from the European Economic Area (EEA, that's the EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and 6% from the rest of the world. The remaining 7% are of unknown nationalities.
The unknowns are relatively high because they come from electronic staff records, not HR information, and it is not compulsory for staff to declare their nationalities for those records.
For doctors, it's 70% UK, 9% EEA, 16% from the rest of the world and 5% unknown.
And for nurses and health visitors it is 78% UK, 7% EEA, 8% from the rest of the world and 6% unknown.
To put that into context, according to the latest labour market figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 7.3% of workers in the UK are EU nationals while 3.9% are from the rest of the world.
Clearly, the unknowns throw comparisons out a bit, but the proportion of NHS staff from the EEA appears to be a bit below the workforce as a whole while there are considerably more from the rest of the world than the workforce average.
For doctors, there are proportionally more foreign nationals than in the workforce as a whole, especially for those from the rest of the world.
If you look at the figures for where doctors earned their qualifications, the rest of the world comes even higher with 27%, compared with 64% from the UK and 9% from the EEA.
Nurses from the EEA work in the NHS in the same proportion as the rest of the workforce while nurses from the rest of the world are overrepresented.
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The actress's mother, Gladys Pearl Monroe, had ancestral links to Scotland, according to Clan Munro USA.
It believes that an ancestor of Monroe, an alternative spelling of the Scottish surname Munro, was a Highland soldier banished to America in the 1650s.
The society has offered free DNA test kits to Munro men of Highland origin in the hope of learning more.
The search was unveiled to coincide with what would have been Monroe's 90th birthday earlier this month. The star of Some Like it Hot died of an overdose at 36 in August 1962.
Since the launch, Clan Munro USA - which is being assisted in its efforts by the Clan Munro Association in Scotland - has started receiving replies to its offer of DNA kits.
It will take several months to complete the testing and analyse the results.
Clan Munro USA hopes to trace Monroe's Scottish roots through YDNA testing. The Y chromosome is only carried by men and is passed virtually unchanged from father to son.
The society has already tracked down and tested a living descendant of Monroe's great grandfather.
The results were compared to the others in its Munro DNA Project, a database of hundreds of samples provided by Munros living all over the world whose family trees have been studied.
The project includes the descendants of Munros from Easter Ross in the Highlands, also the fifth US president James Monroe and Scots soldiers who were imprisoned and then banished to Britain's America colonies after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
Worcester was the last battle of the English Civil Wars and involved thousands of Scots combatants.
Texas-based Mark Monroe, of Clan Munro USA, said the YDNA test already done had shown that the Hollywood actress was a descendant of one of those soldiers, said to be a Highlander whose family came from Aldie, near Tain, in the Munro clan's Easter Ross stronghold.
Mr Monroe said: "The YDNA sample marker values matched with other YDNA samples in the Munro YDNA project that then tied her ancestry to a John Munro who settled in Bristol, Rhode Island, after being captured at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 and banished to America."
"We do not know the ancestry of John Munro, but there are likely male Scots living today who have the same characteristic YDNA marker values and, thus, could prove to be cousins of Marilyn Monroe." | An effort to find Scottish relatives of Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe has begun. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36458894"} | 549 | 15 | 0.522924 | 1.605965 | -0.311669 | 0.857143 | 32.785714 | 0.714286 |
About 9,000 tonnes of the rock will be re-aligned on Happisburgh beach over the next 12 weeks.
Beach debris, old sea defences, timber, rubble, concrete and sheet steel piles will also be removed so sea defences will be ready for any winter storms.
A consultant archaeologist will work with contractors as numerous historical finds have been made in the area.
In May 2013 the beach revealed the earliest human footprints outside Africa.
Hand-axes have also been found indicating that the area had been home to the earliest human occupation in northern Europe.
The huge rocks at Happisburgh were set down following the failure of previous sea defences.
Now the cliff has receded further so the rocks need to be moved closer to land to be more effective.
The work will cost up to £75,000, depending on the debris that needs clearing, and will start on Monday.
Angie Fitch-Tillett, cabinet member at North Norfolk District Council, said: "This work is essential and it needs to be undertaken when the beach level and weather conditions are good.
"I know the community has been waiting for the work to happen, although it is unfortunate that it'll take place during the peak holiday season."
The car park, new play area and beach access ramp will remain open but people will only be able to walk on the long sandy stretch to the east. | Huge rock sea defences designed to slow down erosion on the Norfolk coast are to be moved closer to crumbling cliffs. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33652770"} | 296 | 28 | 0.558489 | 1.362192 | 0.379332 | 1.818182 | 12.318182 | 0.727273 |
Peter Capaldi, who has replaced Matt Smith as the Time Lord, joined co-star Jenna Coleman in Cardiff.
The actor, and lifelong Doctor Who fan, said: "New job, first day, slightly nervous. Just like the Doctor, I'm emerging from the Tardis into a whole other world."
Capaldi appeared in the hit BBC show during the Christmas Day episode.
The show's writer Steven Moffat said: "First the eyebrows. Then, at Christmas, the face. Coming soon, the whole Doctor. In the Cardiff studios, the Capaldi era begins."
Filming on the latest series of the show will continue until August with director Ben Wheatley coming on board. | The new Doctor Who has admitted to first-day nerves after stepping onto the show's set in south Wales. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "25636555"} | 157 | 26 | 0.620698 | 1.319882 | 0.070227 | 0.954545 | 6.227273 | 0.590909 |
Bedfordshire Police said the car did not stop when officers signalled for it to pull over, and then hit a property in High Town Road, Luton.
The teenager died at the scene, and a man was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.
Officers are "particularly keen" to speak to a third person believed to have been in the car at the time of the crash.
Witnesses reported seeing a man fleeing from the vehicle with a police helicopter involved in the search for him.
People affected by the damage to the shop were evacuated from the building and a structural engineer was called to make the scene safe.
The force has referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission "in line with standard protocol", a spokesman said.
"Anyone who witnessed the incident, or saw the Volkswagen Golf - which has a black bonnet and black roof - prior to the collision, is asked to contact police," the force said. | A teenage girl was killed when the car she was in crashed into a shop front. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37031301"} | 209 | 19 | 0.485709 | 0.979924 | -1.198699 | 0.705882 | 10.882353 | 0.588235 |
Here are some side-by-side comparisons of Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009 and Donald Trump's in 2017.
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the rate was kept low as a fall in the price of clothing offset rising transport costs.
The Bank of England has an inflation target of 2%, but has failed to meet this for more than two years.
Analysts said the low rate of inflation meant it was unlikely the Bank would raise interest rates for some time.
The ONS said the main upward pressure on the inflation rate came from transport costs, which rose by 0.9% between April and May, partly due to higher diesel costs.
However, offsetting this was clothing and footwear prices, which dropped 0.2% between April and May, while food and drink prices fell 0.4%.
The rate of inflation as measured by the Retail Prices Index, which includes some housing costs, rose to 1.4% in May from 1.3% the month before.
In the years since the financial crisis of 2008, the Bank has been trying to lift economic activity and it has kept interest rates at record lows of 0.5% for seven years,
The Bank's interest rate-setting committee, the Monetary Policy Committee, meets this week to discuss interest rates. At its last meeting, all nine members of the MPC voted not to change interest rates.
The Bank's most recent forecast, in May, said inflation would remain below 1% until late into 2016, and would stay below the 2% target until 2018.
Weak energy prices have helped to cut inflation in the past couple of years. The price of oil is currently about $50 a barrel, less than half the peak of $115 reached in 2014.
Food prices in the UK have also fallen due to a price-war between the major supermarkets.
The picture of low inflation and interest rates is a similar one in many developed world economies.
Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, said the inflation figures added "to the view that no hike in interest rates is on the horizon" and gave "policymakers leeway to add stimulus to the economy if needed".
He added: "Subdued wage growth should help keep the headline rate down below the Bank's target." | The UK's inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, was unchanged in May at 0.3%, figures show. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36526166"} | 436 | 27 | 0.575112 | 1.358919 | 0.07479 | 1.88 | 17.08 | 0.84 |
Andrew Bailey said there should be common rules and a mechanism for resolving disputes between UK and EU financial firms following Brexit.
He said UK firms should to be given more information on plans for Brexit before the end of this year.
But he admitted the picture he was painting was "what we should aspire to" rather than a definite prediction.
"My question is... whether restricting trade is an inevitable or a necessary response to Brexit and in the interests of anyone?" he said.
"I hope you will not be surprised to hear that my answer to these is 'No'".
He was speaking to an audience of business journalists and representatives of the financial services industry at Thomson Reuters in Canary Wharf and addressing concerns over what will happen to London's large financial services industry after the UK leaves the European Union.
He suggested the City of London should be given a transitional period during which it could "continue with current arrangements while whatever comes next, is put into effect".
Banks and other financial institutions are drawing up contingency plans and some have indicated they plan to shift jobs and business to other European locations once the UK leaves the European Union.
Mr Bailey said firms would need more information on the government's Brexit blueprint by the end of this year if they were to avoid putting those contingency plans into action.
What Brexit will look like and how it will work seem increasingly to depend on where you are standing.
Michel Barnier, the EU's Chief Negotiator for Brexit warned today that you are either in the Single Market or you are not, there can be no special deals for different parts of the economy; while Andrew Bailey, the head of the FCA, the UK finance industry's regulator, says firms won't have to move to the EU after Brexit nor do you have to be in the single market to get the benefits of free trade with the EU.
It may seem difficult to reconcile those views, but not impossible.
Andrew Bailey sees a deal negotiated between the UK and the EU which respects each others' rules and regulations, coordinates regulation and agrees on a mechanism to solve disputes.
But he also added firms in the City would want to see the details such a deal by the end of this year, or they might decide the risks are too high of no deal being agreed and decide to move anyway.
That timetable seems very ambitious, the talks have yet to agree on such details as citizens' rights or the bill for leaving, if any.
While Mr Barnier's emphasis that there will be no special deals for different British industries, seems to undermine the British financial sector's demand that it maintains open access to the EU.
As Mr Barnier also said today, the EU has made its views very clear on these issues but he was "not sure they have been fully understood across the Channel."
Other European countries have indicated they would like to see more business, such as the clearing of euro denominated derivatives, which London dominates, move to cities remaining within the EU.
"When I hear people say that firms need to relocate in order to continue to benefit from access to EU financial markets, I start to seriously wonder: Does Brexit have to mean abandoning the benefits of free trade and open markets in financial services? It should not," Mr Bailey said.
"Does it require membership of the Single Market to get the benefits of free trade with the EU? No."
Mr Bailey said that while he viewed competition between locations as healthy, Brexit should not be used as an excuse to restrict where firms located their operations, or activities such as clearing.
He said he hoped there could be a sensible and pragmatic solution to maintaining open markets in financial services and that four key elements that would be required to make that work: "comparability of rules, but not exact mirroring; supervisory co-ordination; exchange of information; and a mechanism to deal with differences when they occur."
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The Inspector General of Police, Kale Kayihura, said that a suspect had confessed to killing eight women on the orders of businessmen.
The murders were for ritual sacrifices, Gen Kayihura told residents of Nansana municipality.
Local media say 17 women have been killed in a gruesome manner since May.
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Police spokesman Asan Kasingye told the BBC that while the murders occurred in the same district, they were not all related.
He said that in the majority of cases, the victims were sex workers who had been raped and strangled in isolated places in "the wee hours of the morning".
"Two were students," he said, adding that in five cases the women had been killed by their estranged partners.
Mr Kasingye said the municipalities were at least 60 km (40 miles) apart.
He said that Gen Kayihura was reacting to local media reports that the police had failed to apprehend the culprits.
"In all but one of the cases the suspects have been apprehended," Mr Kasingye said. | Uganda police say they have arrested a number of suspects over a recent spate of killings of women near the capital, Kampala. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "41010988"} | 256 | 30 | 0.513851 | 1.094601 | -0.066504 | 0.583333 | 8.708333 | 0.583333 |
The education watchdog has been examining how well colleges implement the Prevent counter-extremism strategy.
In one case, inspectors said a student had watched a "terrorist propaganda video" in a resource centre.
Ofsted's Paul Joyce said there was "poor practice that I've no doubt would shock parents and learners alike".
The report from Ofsted, based on visits to 37 further education and skills providers and 46 regular inspections or monitoring visits, concluded that too many students were at risk of "radicalisation and extremism".
It found that general further education colleges and sixth-form colleges were "making good progress" with carrying out the Prevent duties on tackling extremism.
But there were particular concerns about small, independent providers, who might be "leaving learners at risk".
Ofsted inspectors warned of a lack of safeguards for internet use and found examples where students had been able to "bypass" online security settings to visit websites "selling firearms" or "promoting terrorist ideology".
"These included one isolated instance of a learner viewing a terrorist propaganda video in the provider's learning resource centre," the report says.
This is understood to be a video from so-called Islamic State showing a beheading.
The Ofsted report says some colleges have adopted a tougher line on internet access, such as "stringent firewalls" and regular checks on attempts to access inappropriate websites.
And there are colleges that block internet access on students' personal devices when they are on college premises.
There were also some concerns over checks on external speakers.
But, overall, inspectors found that outside speakers helped students to learn about different views, which promoted "tolerance, respect and democracy".
Ofsted's deputy director for further education and skills, Paul Joyce, said that most leaders of FE and sixth-form colleges were making "quick progress" in carrying out their duties under the Prevent strategy, introduced for colleges last year.
But he said it was worrying that for some providers "the progress made in implementing the duty has been slow".
David Corke, the Association of Colleges' director of education and skills, said colleges have been "working incredibly hard to implement the duty, and they will continue to do so as the threat of radicalisation and terrorism is ever present".
"The safeguarding of students is of paramount importance for further education and sixth-form colleges," he said.
But Sally Hunt, general secretary of the UCU lecturers' union, said that colleges had to cope with "vague definitions" and "inconsistent advice" in the debate about challenging radicalisation and protecting free speech.
"The Prevent duty risks doing more harm than good by shutting down debate on contentious topics and creating mistrust between teachers and students," she said.
"College teachers have always taken their duty of care to students very seriously, so the focus on implementing the Prevent duty is both unnecessary and potentially counterproductive."
Skills Minister Nick Boles said: "While the majority of providers have worked hard to implement the safeguards effectively, we recognise there is still further work to do in making the government-funded guidance and training as consistent as possible." | There are warnings from Ofsted that further education providers are "falling short in protecting learners from risk of extremism". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36773555"} | 676 | 27 | 0.60365 | 1.558141 | 0.649249 | 1.5 | 28.318182 | 0.863636 |
Under the new rules, passengers will pay a higher fine if they disturb the pilot. Transport officials say they revised laws because of public demand.
Heather Cho was convicted last February after ordering a taxiing plane back to offload a steward who served the nuts in a way she deemed inappropriate.
The case attracted global attention.
But in South Korea it reopened a national debate about elitism and the Korean business system, which is dominated by family firms known as chaebols.
Besides being the vice-president at Korean Air at that time, Ms Cho - also known as Cho Hyun-ah - is the daughter of the airline's chairman.
During the incident she was angered that she was given macadamia nuts which she did not ask for, and was offended that they were served in a bag, not in a bowl.
After confronting flight staff, she ordered the plane which was taxiing at New York's JFK Airport to turn back and offload the chief steward.
Under the new law, passed by parliamentarians last year, anyone who disturbs the pilot during a flight could face up to five years in prison or a 50 million won ($41,200; £28,900) fine.
Previously the same offence did not have a jail term and only had a 5 million won fine. Crew members are also now compelled to hand over unruly passengers to the police, or risk a 10 million won fine.
"The amended law reflects mounting public demand for enhanced aviation safety and the prevention of unruly behaviour during flight following the Korean Air nut rage incident," the transport ministry said in a press statement.
Ms Cho was convicted of violating airline safety. She served five months in jail before she was freed in May after an appeals court overturned the ruling saying she did not cause a change in flight path. Another conviction of using violence against flight attendants still stands. | South Korea has enacted tougher laws against unruly air passengers, after the so-called nut rage scandal which saw a top Korean Air executive jailed | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35349618"} | 436 | 38 | 0.550134 | 1.467914 | 0.325448 | 0.851852 | 13.444444 | 0.62963 |
David Thompson will take over from retiring Chief Constable Chris Sims.
Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson said: "David Thompson is clearly the best person in the country to do the job."
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The 19-year-old said his party, Demosisto, would demand self-determination for Hong Kong.
Mr Wong was a leading figure in the so-called Umbrella Movement in 2014, which aimed to secure greater voting rights for the territory's residents.
"Street activism is not enough if we want to fight for a better future," Mr Wong told the BBC.
"We have to enter the system, create a political party and shape the political agenda, in order to drive forward our movement for self-determination."
Although Mr Wong is too young to run for office, Demosisto will put forward candidates in Legislative Council elections in September.
His televised arrest in September 2014 helped spark pro-democracy protests that would continue for 79 days, paralysing the heart of the city.
But they ultimately failed to win any concessions from the Chinese government.
By BBC Hong Kong correspondent Juliana Liu
Mr Wong recently disbanded his student activist group Scholarism to pave way for the new party.
Its first goal is to contest, and hopefully win, seats in the Legislative Council election in September.
Mr Wong himself, not yet 21, is still too young to run. Three fellow party leaders will stand for election in two districts.
For his part, Joshua Wong says his party rejects violence, but will continue to engage in street politics.
His journey from child activist to party leader has begun.
Read Juliana's full analysis
A founder of student protest group Scholarism, in 2012, Mr Wong rallied more than 100,000 people to protest against Hong Kong's plans to implement mandatory "patriotic education" in schools.
He began his protesting career at just 13, when he demonstrated against plans to build a high-speed rail link between Hong Kong and the mainland.
Two years later, he had set up Scholarism, successfully challenged the government and was firmly in the limelight.
By 2014 his profile was so high, he held a press conference to announce his university entrance exam results.
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The sculpture in memory of Flt Lt Jon Egging has been cordoned off since the slip at East Cliff in April 2016.
It is to be moved to the top of the East Cliff Zig-Zag path nearby.
His widow Dr Emma Egging said the new site would "allow visitors to continue to remember Jon and honour the teamwork and dedication of the Red Arrows."
The 33-year-old pilot died when his Hawk T1 jet crashed after completing a display at the annual festival in 2011.
Read more on this and other stories from across the south of England
The 5m-high (16ft 4in) artwork, featuring three glass Red Arrows planes and stainless steel contrails, was designed by local schoolchildren and unveiled in August 2012.
Rubble fell down the 30m-high (100ft) rock face in East Cliff on 24 April. The carriages of an Edwardian funicular railway - known as East Cliff Lift - were partially engulfed by the landslip and a block of toilets crushed.
Although undamaged in the landslide, the Jon Egging memorial was close to the edge and was sealed off from public view.
Dr Egging said: "The memorial sculpture to Jon has become such a poignant symbol on the East Cliff, I have seen so many wonderful photographs taken with the glorious blue sky, clifftop and Red Arrows during the Air Festival."
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Alexander Mullings, 23, was jailed for life for conspiring to possess firearms with intent to endanger life.
His girlfriend Emily Ciantar, 20, was found guilty of the same charge and was jailed for 12 years and four months.
Mullings smuggled the guns into the UK from his cell in Wandsworth Prison, Luton Crown Court heard.
Spencer Inglis, 24, of Mitcham, south London, was jailed for seven-and-a-half years for possessing a prohibited weapon.
Judge David Farrell QC called for an inquiry into security arrangements at HMP Wandsworth.
Five of the guns, which are similar to a weapon reportedly used by one of the terrorists behind the Paris attacks, are unaccounted for and could be in the hands of criminals, the court heard.
Ringleader Alexander Mullings, originally from Islington, north London, secretly smuggled the weapons into the country from Germany using delivery firm Parcelforce.
Ciantar, from Holloway, north London, acted as a courier while co-defendant Spencer Inglis took delivery of one of the guns.
The first gun was delivered to the Mitcham address of Inglis, 24, on 12 April.
All three were found guilty at the Old Bailey in January.
Mullings, 23, who is originally from Islington, was serving a sentence for a series of robberies, at the time he used a mobile phone to arrange the importation.
The judge told him: "It is a scandal that the security at Wandsworth was so wholly inadequate that you were able to do so."
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Labour made 21 gains in Thursday's poll, taking their number of seats to 24, with the Tories now having 34.
UKIP lost one seat and now has two, as do the Independents. The Liberal Democrats lost all four of their seats.
The council's leader, Conservative Philip Atkins, held his seat in the Uttoxeter Rural ward. All 62 seats were contested at the council.
In Stafford, Labour gained three from the Tories. Five were gained by Labour in Cannock Chase, four from the Tories and one from the Liberal Democrats.
By Phil McCannBBC Radio Stoke's political reporter
This has been a strong election for Labour but not strong enough.
They would have had a huge job on their hands to take control.
It would have meant going from three councillors to at least 32. But, they have been helped and the Tories have been hurt by UKIP.
People told the main party candidates on the doorsteps that they agreed with UKIP's stance on opposing immigration from Eastern Europe and opposing the new high-speed rail line that will go through the Staffordshire countryside.
But UKIP didn't get enough votes to help themselves, ending up with one fewer seat.
In Tamworth, Labour won three seats, with an independent winning another. The Conservatives held on to two of their seats but lost three.
Six members of the Tory group held on to their seats in South Staffordshire.
Staffordshire Moorlands was also held by the party, despite two Labour gains.
One of those gains was the seat of the Liberal Democrat party leader on Staffordshire County Council, Christina Jebb.
She had previously held the Biddulph South and Endon seat since 1989.
BBC Radio Stoke reporter Ros Chimes said "she looked like she was in tears" after hearing the result.
In Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Labour won five seats, UKIP won one and the Conservatives held two.
Councillor Derek Davis, leader of the Labour group in Cannock, said overnight that if local results reflected those coming through nationally, he predicted a hung council.
He put Labour's gains down to voters' concerns about the future of the hospitals in Cannock and Stafford, and the number of people voting for UKIP.
The Conservative MP for Cannock Chase, Aiden Burley, also earlier said he believed UKIP gains across England was "the real story of tonight".
"They've come from absolutely nowhere in this district to really taking huge numbers of votes from both the Conservatives and Labour," he said.
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It's the one Qandeel Baloch rented for her parents. And this is where she died.
Inside, the walls are faded, the furniture is scarce. An old, disabled man is sobbing uncontrollably.
Qandeel's father Muhammad Azeem is grieving the death of his favourite daughter, allegedly at the hands of his own son, in the name of honour.
His wife sits on a day bed nearby. One moment she seems to sleeps as if to forget, the next she stares into space.
This is the household of the late social media sensation Qandeel Baloch, who's real name was Fozia Azeem. She was a kind of "agent provocateur" of Pakistani culture and society where religiously and culturally justified conservatism still rules.
She made a name for herself with outspoken social media posts and suggestive photos. She attracted public scrutiny and often fury, dished out with almost reckless abandon.
But her home life paints a picture of a much deeper personal struggle, a long journey from a life of poverty towards the path she carved out for herself.
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"We come from a very poor background," says her mother Anwar Bibi,
"We lived in a small village in Dera Ghazi Khan. Qandeel's father was in an accident and lost his foot. She brought us here, to the city, so he could get medical treatment, so we could live better."
Now her father spends his days hobbling from one police station to another on crutches, trying to seek punishment for his son for the murder of his daughter.
"She used to financially support everyone," he says, "When she sent money, they would all come running. Now when Waseem tries to see me at the police station, I don't even want to see his face. How could he kill his own sister so brutally?"
Qandeel's parents tell me their son Waseem was not living with them but he came to stay on a pretext when he heard Qandeel would be at home during the Eid holidays.
They say he put sedatives into their bed time milk so they would never know about their daughter's last moments.
Azeem's wrinkled hands tremble and jerk as his imagination takes hold of him.
"She must have cried out. She must have called her mother, she must have called out to her father, and we were sleeping like the dead", he says, beginning to cry. "Do you think we don't live with the pain?"
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Originally hailing from a conservative village called Shah Saddruddin in South Punjab - where ancient traditions and customs still prevail - Qandeel moved to the city to make a future for herself.
A local photographer from Multan claims she tried to kick-start a modelling career from here.
"She came to me for her first photo shoot, but it didn't work out for her", he says. "Then she left the city and later her pictures and videos began appearing on her Facebook page."
But neighbours say that they did not know Qandeel Baloch or her social media celebrity status. Whenever she came back home, she seems to have been content to spend time with her parents in private.
One neighbour told me her fame reached the area only recently.
"We just found out about Qandeel Baloch, when news came out on TV of her selfie with religious cleric Mufti Abdul Qawi. Then her former husband appeared in the media."
"We only found out Qandeel Baloch lived here when they brought out her dead body."
Although she appeared keen on her "brand" as a woman who did what she wanted, baring her skin and her soul to all, it seems her personality had more than one dimension.
"My daughter was searching for peace, that's why she came to me," Anwar Bibi says.
"She said 'Mum I'm so tired, of the cases and the criticism. But my time will come. Everyone says I have a bad reputation but I'll show them all what a simple girl from a small village can do.' "
In a society where people often remain chained to the social class or cultural context they are born into, this woman was dreaming of freedom and escape.
Or at least this is what I think her mother wants to tell me about her, although she can't quite find the words. Then she stops suddenly, looks at me, and smiles.
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Buyers currently pay an extra 3% levy on their stamp duty when purchasing a property to rent out.
A landlord group wants the new Welsh Land Transaction Tax (LTT) to remove the levy where a landlord is adding to the housing supply.
The Welsh Government says the revenue made by the higher rate is "essential to the delivery of public services".
LTT will replace stamp duty in Wales in 2018.
The Residential Landlord Association (RLA) says the levy will limit supply and push up rents and wants it scrapped "where landlords invest in housing adding to the net supply of homes", such as new builds.
Douglas Haig, vice chairman of the Residential Landlords Association and its director for Wales said: "The government has rightly made boosting the supply of housing, including homes to rent, a priority.
"Whilst we believe the planned levy on homes to rent out will most hurt vulnerable tenants needing a place to live, the assembly has an opportunity to make constructive changes to the bill to rectify this and back the nation's tenants."
A Welsh Government spokeswoman said: "Respondents to our consultation about the higher rate expressed a clear view about the importance of maintaining a single, consistent rate across the UK when stamp duty is devolved to Wales in April 2018.
"Last month the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast the additional revenue from the higher rate in Wales will be £58m in 2018-19.
"This funding will be essential to the delivery of public services across Wales.
"We will monitor the impact of the higher rate in Wales and will assess evidence as it emerges to ensure the land transaction tax higher rate remains appropriate for Wales."
The 3% levy was introduced last year by the former chancellor George Osborne.
The RLA says a landlord buying an average-priced house in Wales (£147,000) to let now pays £4,850 in stamp duty, £4,410 more than under the previous system.
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Contestant Tasha Smith said her partner told her to give the answer "Henrik Larsson" to any football question.
When she was asked to name a footballer who scored in Euro 2000 during the final round of the popular teatime game show, she wisely followed his advice.
The answer earned delighted Tasha and her sister, Jo, the £2,250 jackpot.
The object of the BBC One quiz show is to find the most obscure correct answers to a series of questions.
Winners take home a cash prize if they find a "pointless" answer in the final round.
After the win, Tasha told hosts Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman about the tip she received before the show.
She said: "My boyfriend Alex is a massive Celtic supporter and he knows that I'm rubbish with names and things like that so he said, anything football-related - he's played for Man U, he's played for Celtic and Barcelona, I think.
"He just said go for Henrik Larsson. And it's paid off."
It was one of three answers that the sisters, from Woking in Surrey, gave to questions relating to the year 2000.
Neither of their other answers would have earned them the jackpot.
But Osman confirmed that Larsson had scored against Italy while playing for Sweden in the European Championships in Belgium and the Netherlands.
He said: "I literally can't get over Henrik Larsson. It was absolutely brilliant.
"People often say 'I'm going to go for a punt'. The look of genuine shock on your face when that column started going down was fantastic."
He added: "It was one of the great endings to an episode of Pointless that we have ever had. What a lovely thing to watch."
Speaking to BBC Scotland online after the programme was broadcast, Tasha said she was "very surprised" to have won.
"Alex didn't believe me when I told him, he thought I was having him on," she added.
She said she spent her winnings on a trip to Italy, Croatia and Greece.
Asked what she thought about the reaction to her win, she said: "I can't believe how much attention the win is getting - it's so funny!"
Henrik Larsson played with Celtic for seven seasons between 1997 and 2004. He was also captain of the Swedish national side.
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The motorway's southbound entry slip road and northbound exit slip road at Junction 12 will be closed from 06:00 BST on Saturday until 05:00 BST on Monday.
The closures are required to allow work to replace a gas main to take place.
Project manager Lynne Stinson said drivers should allow extra time for their journeys.
"We have worked with National Grid to minimise the impact and duration of the closures on road users and the local community.
"We do not expect a significant impact on traffic, however we would advise road users to plan their journeys, allow extra time and follow the clearly signed diversion routes," said Ms Stinson.
During the closures, northbound traffic will be directed along the M1 northbound to Junction 13, and back on the southbound carriageway to exit the M1 on the Junction 12 southbound exit slip-road.
Southbound road users wishing to join the M1 at Junction 12 will be signposted northbound to Junction 13, and back on to the M1 southbound.
A further closure will take place from 06:00 BST on Saturday 3 September to 05:00 BST on Monday 5 September.
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The figures have been rising for the past two years.
They are causing concern among doctors who are trying to reinforce the safe sex message.
Doctors at the Royal Victoria Hospital are also running clinics in gay clubs to try to convince hard to reach groups of the importance of testing.
Dr Carol Emerson, a consultant specialising in sexual health at the Royal Victoria Hospital, said the outreach clinics in gay venues in Belfast were essential.
"I'm really passionate about reaching people and ensuring they get HIV testing and full sexual health advice," she said.
"Some people find it a step too far to come to a GUM (sexual health) clinic and some people really regard confidentiality as the holy grail and bringing the clinic out has increased testing, increased knowledge and increased diagnoses."
Dr Emerson said there were many reasons why people did not want to come forward - not least the continued stigma about being gay in Northern Ireland.
Some patients are also married and have sex with men outside that relationship.
Others have simply ignored the safe sex messages and are too frightened to come forward.
"We are seeing a range of people over 45 testing for different reasons and it may be that they've had a stable relationship for a period of time and that has broken down and now they've found a new lease of life and they've picked up a new infection and that's not just HIV - it's the whole spectrum of sexual health," she said.
HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus and on its own it does not kill you.
The virus can survive and grow only by infecting, and destroying, the immune system.
This continual assault on the immune system makes it weaker and weaker until it is no longer able to fight off infections.
Without treatment, it takes about 10 years from infection to the development of Aids - acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
It is then that "opportunistic infections", which a healthy immune system could fight off, become deadly.
People can die from pneumonias, brain infections, diarrhoeal illnesses as well as certain tumours such as lymphoma and cervical cancer.
The clinics run once a month at various different venues frequented by members of the gay community.
And there is an additional worrying trend.
Around half of those who are diagnosed need to go onto treatment right away because the condition has progressed to a serious extent.
"Their immune system isn't as strong as it might have been and they are being strongly advised to start the HIV treatment right away," Dr Emerson said.
The Rainbow Project, which lobbies for gay, lesbian and transgender rights, also carries out free testing.
Its director, John O'Doherty, is also worried about the increase in HIV in the over-45 age group.
"We're dealing with a community which spent a large part of their adult years being a criminal based on their sexual orientation," he said.
"So the new freedom and openness and visibility of our community has provided a lot more opportunities for relationships and to meet new people, so it does put them at increased risk."
The Kremlin club is Belfast's oldest and best known gay venue. It is one of a number of premises to host the clinics and Mr O'Doherty and his team often leaflet clubbers and hand out safe sex packs.
Philip Alexander and Matthew Armstrong are from Ballymena.
They are in their early 20s and often travel to Belfast for a night out in the Kremlin.
Matthew said his generation would be different.
"Good sexual health is something everyone should consider. You should put your health before anything," he said.
Philip added: "I think everyone of our age is worried about image and health.
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The Welshman held a 15-second lead over two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador heading into the final stage.
Contador attacked on the final climb of the race and Team Sky's Thomas cracked 1km from the summit but he made up 30 seconds on the descent to take the win.
Thomas joins Tom Simpson and Bradley Wiggins as British winners of the race.
Simpson was the first in 1967, while Wiggins, who was also riding for Team Sky, won in 2012 - the year he went on to win the Tour de France.
Thomas, who won the Volta ao Algarve stage race earlier in the year, said: "It's the biggest win for sure of my whole career."
It was an incredible finish to an enthralling "Race to the Sun", which had seen stage three cancelled because of heavy snow.
Tim Wellens of Belgium won the final stage on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice with Contador crossing the line second to pick up six bonus seconds.
However, 29-year-old Thomas, who was superbly helped by team-mate Sergio Henao in the final kilometre of the ascent of Col d'Eze, finished in a group just five seconds adrift of Contador to ensure he won.
"I felt good, I felt strong, in control [when Contador first attacked]," said Thomas.
"But when he went halfway up Col d'Eze, my legs went away. I thought it's going to be all over, but Sergio stayed with me.
"I had a 54 chain ring on in the descent and I needed that - I went just full gas to finally catch up in the last few kilometres."
It is a fourth win in five years for Team Sky after Wiggins' 2012 victory and Richie Porte's successes in 2013 and 2015.
Australian Porte, who now rides for BMC Racing, finished third on the final stage to take third overall.
Final classification:
1. Geraint Thomas (GB/Team Sky) 27hrs 26mins 40secs
2. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff) +4secs
3. Richie Porte (Aus/BMC Racing) +12secs
4. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) +20secs
5. Jon Izagirre (Spa/Movistar) +37secs
6. Sergio Henao (Col/Team Sky) +44secs
7. Simon Yates (GB/Orica GreenEdge) +44secs
8. Tony Gallopin (Fra/Lotto) +51secs
9. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R) +1min 00secs
10. Rui Costa (Por/Lampre) +1min 07secs
Stage seven result:
1. Tim Wellens (Bel/Lotto) 3hrs 16mins 09secs
2. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff) Same time
3. Richie Porte (Aus/BMC Racing)
4. Tony Gallopin (Fra/Lotto) +5secs
5. Simon Yates (GB/Orica GreenEdge) Same time
6. Arnold Jeannesson (Fra/Cofidis)
7. Rui Costa (Por/Lampre)
8. Jesus Herrada (Spa/Movistar)
9. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R)
10. Jon Izagirre (Spa/Movistar)
Selected:
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At least 30 people, including MSF staff, were killed in the early morning attack of 3 October. MSF says dozens were injured and the hospital severely damaged.
The US in November 2015 said that the crew of a warplane that attacked the hospital misidentified it - believing it to be a government compound taken over by the Taliban.
In the early morning of 3 October, a US AC-130 gunship conducted an air strike on what crew members thought was a Taliban compound.
US officials have blamed malfunctioning electronics and human error for the targeting mistake.
An investigation by the US in November 2015 said that the crew of the AC-130 gunship relied on a physical description of the compound provided by Afghan forces. It was this which led the crew to attack the wrong hospital, which was about 410m (1345ft) away from the intended target.
The US military and MSF have differing accounts of the barrage, including the duration and the attempts made to stop it.
The military claims that the strike lasted for approximately 29 minutes, and ended before commanders realised a mistake had been made - despite a call from MSF urging an end to the firing 12 minutes into the attack.
The charity says that the firing lasted for nearly an hour, and desperate phone calls asking the military to stop firing were still being made about 20 minutes after the military says the assault ended.
MSF says the warring sides were well aware of the hospital's location in Kunduz, and have described the attack as a war crime and a black day in its history.
In a review released in early November, the charity said there were no weapons or fighting inside the compound in Kunduz before the bombing started.
The report said hospital staff were shot at from the air while fleeing the premises.
The US investigators said they found no evidence that the aircraft crew or US Special Forces on the ground knew the targeted compound was a hospital at the time of the attack.
The Afghan defence ministry said "armed terrorists" were using the hospital "as a position to target Afghan forces and civilians".
But MSF has denied this: "Not a single member of our staff reported any fighting inside the hospital compound prior to the US air strike on Saturday morning."
The US military's explanation for the incident has been muddied because it has changed its account of how the air strike came about.
Statements initially said US forces had come under fire, but then said air strikes were requested by Afghan forces under Taliban fire.
The US military chief in Afghanistan Gen John Campbell admitted in October 2015 that "the decision to provide aerial fires was a US decision, made within the US chain of command".
In November, he said that the US had "learned from this terrible incident," and that officials would be taking "administrative and disciplinary action through a process that is fair and thorough (and) considers the available evidence."
MSF says that statements from the Afghan and US forces imply they worked together to deliberately target the hospital - and amount to an admission of a war crime.
The organisation's president Joanne Liu said they "cannot rely on internal military investigations by the US, Nato and Afghan forces".
She has called on the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) - a never-used body established in 1991 under the Geneva Conventions - to investigate.
The IHFFC is "the only permanent body set up specifically to investigate violations of international humanitarian law", Ms Liu said, and she called on the commission's signatory states to activate an inquiry.
However, according to the IHFFC provisions, an inquiry needs the specific endorsement of the parties to the conflict.
Neither the US nor Afghanistan is a signatory, and therefore they would have to issue separate declarations of consent to the investigation of the Kunduz bombing.
After details of the November 2015 US military investigation were released, MSF reiterated its calls for "an independent and impartial investigation into the attack," and said the errors detailed in the investigation illustrate "gross negligence on the part of US forces and violations of the rules of war".
War crimes are acts that constitute a grave breach of the laws of war. At the heart of the concept is the idea that an individual can be held responsible for the actions of a country or that nation's soldiers.
According to the International Criminal Court (ICC), war crimes can include:
International humanitarian law bans any attack on patients and medical personnel - indeed, any attack on medical facilities, which are zones that must be respected under the rules of war.
Even if combatants, such as the Taliban, take refuge in them, they should not be attacked.
In the case of Kunduz, US investigators say that the attacking plane fired 211 shells at the compound over a 25-minute period before commanders realised their mistake and ordered a halt.
Under rules established by the ICC, any such incident would probably result in too high a number of civilian casualties - what is called the rule of proportionality.
According to Human Rights Watch, "given the hospital's protected status and the large numbers of civilians and medical personnel in the facility, attacking the hospital would still likely have been an unlawfully disproportionate attack, causing greater harm to civilians and civilian structures than any immediate military gain.
"The laws of war require that even if military forces misuse a hospital to deploy able-bodied combatants or weapons, the attacking force must issue a warning to cease this misuse, setting a reasonable time limit for it to end, and attacking only after such a warning has gone unheeded," the group said in a statement.
Under international humanitarian law "constant care must be taken to spare the civilian population, civilians and civilian objects".
Medical units, the rules say, "must be respected and protected in all circumstances", although "they lose their protection if they are being used, outside their humanitarian function, to commit acts harmful to the enemy".
In February 2009, nine people were killed by shells which hit a hospital in a rebel-held area of north-east Sri Lanka.
The hospital, in the town of Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu district, was hit three times in 24 hours, and shells were said to have hit a crowded paediatric unit.
Sri Lanka's army denied it was behind the shelling. It accused separatist Tamil Tiger rebels of using civilians as human shields.
The International Committee of the Red Cross at the time called the strikes "significant breaches of international humanitarian law".
Last year, at least five people were killed and 70 injured by an Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza.
Doctors at the al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip say several Israeli tank shells hit the hospital's reception, intensive care unit and operating theatres.
The Israeli military said it had targeted a cache of anti-tank missiles in the hospital's "immediate vicinity".
"Civilian casualties are a tragic inevitability of [Hamas'] brutal and systematic exploitation of homes, hospitals and mosques in Gaza," it said in a statement.
Experts point out that this is not the first time international humanitarian law may have been violated in Afghanistan's current conflict.
At least 18,000 civilians have died in 14 years of war. Hundreds of people have been killed in coalition raids and bombings - although many more have been killed in militant attacks.
At times, foreign and local troops have entered medical facilities to arrest people.
But because of its long-term implications on medical assistance, the Kunduz incident, in the words of one ICRC official, ranks as an especially serious one. | International charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has demanded an independent international investigation into the US bombing of its hospital in the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34444053"} | 1,674 | 42 | 0.535885 | 1.393908 | 0.279355 | 1.266667 | 50.3 | 0.8 |
It gives the league a familiar appearance - but this season there is a new dimension, with the battle of the superstar managers well under way.
Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho have taken charge at Manchester City and Manchester United, Antonio Conte is the latest arrival at Chelsea, while Jurgen Klopp is in his first full season at Liverpool and Ronald Koeman is making an impressive start at Everton.
So how are the Premier League's big-name managers, including Arsenal Wenger at Arsenal and Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, shaping up?
Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
Pep Guardiola is the appointment Manchester City longed to make - and it has been justified as they sit top of the table and on a high after a magnificent 3-1 win against Barcelona in the Champions League.
Saturday's 4-0 victory at West Bromwich Albion ended a six-game winless run. It restored City's equilibrium as they faltered after opening with six straight league wins.
City's world-class stars such as Sergio Aguero and Kevin de Bruyne are in prime form while Ilkay Gundogan looks a class act, scoring twice against Barcelona.
Confidence will be overflowing after Barcelona were beaten in a manner that spoke eloquently about Guardiola's methods and that will strengthen belief between manager and players, as well as fans.
Rating: 9/10
Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)
Arsenal are back in business after a stuttering start to the season that saw them lose 4-3 at home to Liverpool and draw away at champions Leicester.
Manager Arsene Wenger remained calm amid heavy early criticism and has been rewarded with seven Premier League wins from eight games - with the added bonus of being in a good position to finish top of their Champions League group.
Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez are influencing games, Theo Walcott is excelling at club level - and are they now showing that added touch of steel that might actually make them prime title contenders?
Wenger looks rejuvenated and the Gunners look good.
Rating: 8
Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)
Is any side - or manager - more exciting to watch at the moment than Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp?
Klopp's effervescent and positive personality is reflected in his team as they have become a free-scoring, all-out attacking combination based on the quartet of £34m summer signing Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana.
Early days yet, but this Liverpool side - led by the charismatic Klopp - is showing some of the characteristics of the group that almost won the title in 2013-14.
Klopp has built a team in his own image in 12 months.
Rating: 8
Antonio Conte (Chelsea)
Antonio Conte has optimism rising at Chelsea after they suffered emotional lows with dreadful performances in the 2-1 home defeat by Liverpool and the 3-0 reverse at Arsenal.
The Italian held his nerve, changed his system and is now getting the best out of stellar performers such as Diego Costa and Eden Hazard, who lost their way last season as Jose Mourinho was sacked.
Four straight league wins, including a 4-0 thrashing of Mourinho's Manchester United, has ignited hopes they might be in title contention again this season.
Rating: 7
Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham)
It is strange that spirits are low at Spurs as they still remain the only unbeaten Premier League team after 10 games - but they are in danger of going out of the Champions League and have struggled to cope without injured striker Harry Kane.
The blistering performance in beating Manchester City 2-0 illustrated the potential of a team that pushed Leicester City so hard for the title last season but three successive league draws have halted momentum.
Confidence appears fragile at present but Sunday's visit to Arsenal presents a big opportunity to rebuild. A win could change everything.
Rating: 6
Ronald Koeman (Everton)
Ronald Koeman has brought instant stature, respect and experience to Everton and he has had a big impact on an off the pitch to put them in sixth place after 10 games.
Koeman inherited a shambles from the sacked Roberto Martinez after Everton finished 11th last season but he, and a fervent fanbase, can be quietly satisfied with a start that has been solid, if unspectacular - so a higher rating, given where they have come from.
Rating: 7
Jose Mourinho (Manchester United)
It has been a strange start to Jose Mourinho's reign at Old Trafford as they lie in eighth place, eight points off the leading pack after four games without a league win, including that 4-0 beating at Chelsea.
There is an unsettled air around Manchester United, with Mourinho downbeat and already in conflict with authority after getting a fine and touchline ban, Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring only once in 11 games and uncertainty surrounding captain Wayne Rooney.
Very, very underwhelming from Mourinho and United.
Rating: 6
Guardiola
Manchester City moved back to the top of the league after their 10th game last season - a dull derby draw at Old Trafford. They have got one more point, 23, this season.
A year on there is a mood swing away from the low-key approach of Manuel Pellegrini to the moderniser Guardiola, arguably world football's most celebrated manager.
At the same stage they had scored the same number of goals, 24, and conceded one fewer (eight). This season City have had 64.93% average possession, played 5,913 passes with a completion rate of 85.3% - last season they had had 57.8% and had made 5,506 passes.
The biggest change is simply the mood and approach. City's players now look more bold and motivated under Guardiola.
Rating: 9
Wenger
Arsenal were also in second place after 10 games last season, again level on points with Manchester City on 22. The Gunners, however, have been more been more potent, scoring 23 as against 18 although they have conceded 10 this time around as opposed to eight.
As with City, the big change is the feeling that this Arsenal side looks better equipped to maintain their form for the long haul - whether this faith is justified remains to be seen.
Rating: 8
Klopp
Klopp was only two games into his Liverpool reign last season and they were in ninth position after a 1-1 draw with Southampton in his first Anfield league game.
The transformation in 12 months is clear as Liverpool are level on points with City and Arsenal, with Klopp's attacking approach reflected in the statistics. For a start they have 23 points compared to 14.
Liverpool have scored 24 goals compared to just nine at the same stage last season. This is level best with Manchester City, although they have conceded 13 as opposed to 11 after 10 games last term.
Klopp is prepared to trade the odd defensive lapse in exchange for firepower up front - and it is an exciting approach.
Rating: 9
Conte
A freakish set of comparison figures here when set against last season. This time last season Chelsea were 15th as the then champions collapsed under Jose Mourinho.
Chelsea had already conceded 19 goals compared to nine this time around and had lost five games compared to two this season - exceptional circumstances reflecting the turbulence.
After Guus Hiddink steadied the ship last season and Conte's appointment, Chelsea are now sailing in calmer waters and have already collected twice as many points as the 11 they had this time a year ago.
Rating: 8
Pochettino
Spurs were sixth after 10 games last season and despite a recent dip, things look more favourable this season as they are fifth and the last unbeaten team in the Premier League.
They have found goals slightly more difficult to come by this season, 14 as against 16 last term, although they have only conceded five as against eight at the same time last year. They have three more points with 20.
Rating: 7
Koeman
Everton look and act like a different team under the organised and structured Koeman compared with the carefree, almost reckless approach of Martinez - and it shows.
They are sixth rather than 11th last season and have scored more goals and conceded fewer than in the first 10 games under Martinez last year. Everton have scored 15 compared to 13, have conceded only eight goals compared to 13 and have five more points on 18.
Rating: 8
Mourinho
So are Manchester United better off under Jose Mourinho than Louis van Gaal?
Not yet - although plenty will say the football is better this season after lavish spending on the likes of Pogba, Ibrahimovic and the lesser-spotted Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
United are eighth compared to fourth last season and have five fewer points on 15 than they did under Van Gaal. They had scored 15 goals, two more, last season and only conceded eight compared to 12 this time around.
Fair to say this has been under-achievement by Mourinho so far.
Rating: 5
Guardiola
Questions have been asked about Guardiola's decision to shunt England keeper Joe Hart so unceremoniously towards the door - and at this stage Claudio Bravo, a £17m signing from Barcelona, does not look like an upgrade.
Guardiola, however, is not afraid to take the big decisions, including leaving Sergio Aguero out of the 4-0 Champions League loss in Barcelona.
He has built his new City around Aguero, De Bruyne, Silva and Raheem Sterling. The young England winger has almost become a project for Guardiola and has matured rapidly.
Guardiola may need to keep adapting as teams attempt to stifle City's passing game with pressing - but so far so good and his signature style is all over this side.
Rating: 8
Wenger
Wenger addressed the problems in central defence and midfield with the purchases of Shkodran Mustafi and Granit Xhaka - but it is in attack where Wenger is hitting the jackpot.
Alexis Sanchez scored twice in the 4-1 win at Sunderland. He has been involved in eight goals in his last eight league appearances. He has scored six league goals, while Theo Walcott has five.
Wenger's Arsenal is working smoothly in all departments and when this is happening it is a wonderful sight.
Rating: 8
Klopp
Klopp's tactical imprint runs through Liverpool's side. He has had a full summer to work on his "gegenpressing" approach. Opponents are not given a second's peace.
The attacking quartet mentioned defend from the front, which explains why Daniel Sturridge has been marginalised, while the arrival of Gini Wijnaldum has brought composure alongside Jordan Henderson in midfield.
Klopp must work on Liverpool's defending and fragile goalkeeper Loris Karius - but his decision not to sign a left-back and convert James Milner has proved inspired.
The German may need a "Plan B" when teams dig in, as Burnley did in inflicting Liverpool's only league loss, and Manchester United, but this is now a Klopp team.
Rating: 8
Conte
Good marks to Conte for proactive management to turn Chelsea's slump around.
Conte insisted he would find "a solution" after Chelsea lost at Arsenal - and so it proved as he reverted to his tried and trusted three-man defence that brought success at Juventus.
David Luiz, Gary Cahill and Cesar Azpilicueta were the men deputed with the task, while the deployment of Victor Moses as a right-sided wing-back has been a revelation.
Chelsea have won four league games without conceding a goal and are back in the top four.
Rating: 8
Pochettino
Pochettino's big problem has been Tottenham's inability to replace Kane's goals.
Spurs have played 903 minutes without Kane since he was injured against Sunderland on 18 September. They have scored 13 times in that period, including five against Gillingham in the EFL Cup.
The manner in which they disposed of Manchester City without Kane has proved an exception rather than the rule. Son Heung-min is not a goalscorer in the Kane mould while Vincent Janssen has not yet settled after his £17m transfer from AZ Alkmaar.
Kane's return, perhaps at Arsenal this Sunday, will make Pochettino's life much easier.
Rating: 6
Koeman
Koeman made it his priority to shore up a defence that conceded 55 goals under Martinez last season and almost considered defending at set pieces an optional extra.
The experienced, uncompromising Wales captain Ashley Williams replaced John Stones following his £47.5m move to Manchester City, while Idrissa Gueye provides a midfield security blanket after his £7m switch from Aston Villa.
The pair are crucial to Everton's improvement. They have only conceded two goals on one occasion in the league this season, the 2-1 loss at Burnley. A record of conceding 14 goals from set plays last season, "crazy" according to Koeman, has been addressed.
Koeman relies heavily on the goals of striker Romelu Lukaku but he has made great strides on Everton's biggest problem.
Rating: 7
Mourinho
The big question is whether Mourinho yet knows what his best Manchester United team is - a conundrum reflected in results.
Is it playing Ibrahimovic up front on his own and two wide players? One holding midfield man or two? Three central defenders or two? Who plays as the "Number 10" - Rooney or Mata? And does playing anyone there stifle £89m world record signing Pogba?
Work to do for Mourinho.
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust admitted the failings in her care shortly after her birth.
The girl, known as X during legal proceedings, is now dependent on others for daily activities, said her lawyers Davies and Partners Solicitors.
The trust, which admitted liability, said it offered its "profound apologies" to the teenager.
The girl was born by Caesarean section due to concerns she was not growing in the womb.
Following her birth she was admitted to Worcestershire Royal Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit.
But her health deteriorated with symptoms caused by a bowel obstruction which had not been diagnosed.
In a statement, the trust said: "The Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has accepted liability for shortcomings in the care and treatment shortly after birth and expresses its profound apologies to the individual and their family.
"The Honourable Mr Justice Stewart has approved a figure of damages to be awarded and the trust are pleased that this legal claim has now been resolved and that damages have been agreed to ensure that the future is provided for." | A teenager has been awarded damages and compensation of nearly £8m after she was left brain-damaged at birth. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36106712"} | 236 | 25 | 0.526898 | 1.152863 | -0.383112 | 0.73913 | 8.869565 | 0.565217 |
An ABC Four Corners report showed live piglets, possums and rabbits being chased and eventually killed by dogs.
Greyhounds Australasia has begun an urgent review of animal welfare.
Industry authorities in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland have suspended more than 20 people after raids on properties last week.
They were carried out after ABC handed over its footage ahead of Monday's broadcast.
Live baiting is outlawed but some trainers believe it gives their dogs an advantage in races.
The footage was secretly filmed at training tracks in Queensland and Victoria.
Some of the video showed struggling animals being flung around a mechanical lure before being torn apart by greyhounds. One possum was spun on the lure for almost an hour.
The footage also captured trainers apparently discussing ways of disposing of unwanted dogs, which is against racing regulations.
"What we have documented is sickening, shocking and profoundly disturbing, not only because of the horrific cruelty, but because of the human behaviour that is revealed," said Lyn White from Animals Australia, which helped gather the footage.
There has been condemnation from senior figures in Australia's greyhound industry.
In a statement, Greyhounds Australasia Chief Executive Scott Parker described the footage as "appalling", and called the use of live animals "disgusting, illegal, unethical and totally rejected by the industry".
Darren Condon, the CEO of Racing Queensland, said immediate action would be taken against individuals implicated.
Peter Caillard, chair of Greyhound Racing Victoria, said the use of live bait was "abhorrent and has no place in our sport".
"Any person engaged in live baiting can expect to be disqualified and prosecuted," he said, but added that he believed the practice was not widespread, and was isolated to one private facility in Victoria.
Depending on state laws, someone convicted of animal cruelty in Australia can face a jail term of between one and five years, and a substantial fine.
The Victoria state government has announced two separate investigations into the greyhound racing industry.
Animals Australia and Animal Liberation Queensland, who also helped make the report, have called for an end to greyhound industry self-regulation. | Australia's greyhound racing industry is facing outrage after a television report showing illegal live baiting during training sessions. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31497524"} | 476 | 26 | 0.604806 | 1.448845 | 0.362168 | 1.2 | 21.05 | 0.7 |
It happened at about 07:30 GMT on Thursday when a car crashed into the wall of St Eithne's primary school on the Springtown Road.
Police arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of driving while unfit and dangerous driving.
An 18-year-old man was arrested for taking a car without consent, driving while unfit and criminal damage.
SDLP councillor Shauna Cusack said: "It is extremely fortunate that school was out and there were no children on their way to class or this could have been so much worse.
"This area has been plagued by joyriders and those responsible for this reckless and irresponsible action should face the full extent of the law." | Two men have been arrested after a car crashed into a primary school in Londonderry. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33633101"} | 152 | 21 | 0.500102 | 1.18528 | -1.114947 | 1.6875 | 8.3125 | 0.6875 |
Police said late on Friday that unidentified assailants had also burnt a number of houses in the village in Bauchi state, near Tafawa Balewa.
Bauchi is in Nigeria's middle belt, where the predominantly Muslim north meets the mainly Christian south.
There are long-standing tensions in the area rooted in power struggles and land disputes, correspondents say.
This has caused violence in the past between indigenous Christian or animist groups, and Muslim settlers from the North.
Hundreds have died in clashes in Nigeria following national elections last month in which Goodluck Jonathan, a southern Christian, won the presidential poll against a Muslim, Muhammadu Buhari.
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Millions of other Turkish women do the same: it is estimated that at least 60% cover their heads.
Now, for the first time, almost all universities across Turkey have abandoned the official prohibition on women wearing headscarves.
The ban ended when the government issued a statement in September saying it would support any student expelled or disciplined for covering her head.
The Islamic headscarf has become a divisive symbol, which bars women from jobs and education, and came close to bringing down a government two years ago.
Yasemin can now go to her architecture classes at Yildiz Technical University for the first time without wearing a large hat or a wig to cover her hair.
"I feel happy that I don't have to stop in a mosque on the way and change into my wig," she said.
The exact status of the headscarf ban is mired in confusion.
There is no law against wearing one. Nor does the ban originate with modern Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, although he did discourage women from covering their heads, and passed a law barring men from wearing traditional Ottoman clothing.
The more recent ban on headscarves in universities and for public servants dates back to regulations passed by government departments in the 1980s, after the last military coup.
With leftist groups harshly suppressed, Islamic parties made strong gains among the Turkish electorate in the elections that followed, prompting a reaction from the avowedly secular military.
The university ban was only properly enforced after the military forced out an overtly Islamic prime minister in 1998.
What the regulations had in mind was not the traditional scarf, tied around the neck by peasant women in Anatolia, but the hijab, also called a turban in Turkey, which has become a symbol of pious or political Islam, worn by growing numbers of urban, educated women since the 1980s.
It is for that reason that military buildings will allow headscarfed women in if they take out the pin that holds the tightly-wound hijab in place - they have a special pin-box at reception.
Emine Erdogan, the wife of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was blocked from entering a military hospital in 2007 for refusing to remove hers.
Mr Erdogan tried to overturn the university ban in 2008, through a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to education.
It passed through parliament, but was thrown out by the Constitutional Court.
But this year, with the momentum behind him after winning the constitutional referendum in September and more compliant bureaucrats in the Board of Education, the government in effect ended the ban by stealth.
The Constitutional Court is in any case being restructured following the referendum, and is less likely to challenge the governing party so boldly in future.
Caught off-guard
The main opposition party, the secular CHP - previously a strong supporter of the university ban - wanted to negotiate its end with the government, but was denied the chance.
But the party has vowed to maintain the ban on civil servants wearing headscarves.
"The reason why we don't allow a headscarf for, say a judge, is that it is a symbol of religion. The state should be impartial to race, religion, everything," says Hursit Gunes, a deputy secretary-general of the party.
There are still academics appalled by the prospect of headscarves on campus.
"Universities are supposed to be places where science and scientific thought can be discussed freely," says Nezhun Goren, a biology professor at Yildiz Technical University.
"Religious faith can't be discussed, you either accept it or reject it."
Disadvantaged
The resistance to headscarves among many secular Turks seems to be driven by something deeper - a belief that the rigorous adherence to Islam it symbolises in the wearer will eventually reverse the modernisation of Turkish society under its strictly secular system.
Headscarfed women say right now they are the ones who are disadvantaged.
Fatma Benli is an experienced lawyer who specialises in defending women. But her headscarf bars her from appearing in court - she has to appoint bare-headed proxies to defend her clients.
"For 12 years I've been working long hours as a lawyer and I have specialist skills, in international law, so I should be well-paid," she says, "yet I still have to rely on financial help from my parents to run my office".
Dilek Cindoglu, a sociologist at Bilkent University who does not wear a headscarf, has done research which shows that the restrictions on headscarfed women in the civil service have spilled over into the private sector.
"Once they get employment they are being discriminated against in terms of promotions, salaries, and in terms of dismissals should the company decide to reduce the workforce."
I asked Yasemin if she understood the fear many secular Turks feel about openly pious Muslims like herself.
"I am forcing myself, but I cannot say that I totally understand it."
She argues that she was the one left with the psychology of fear, not them, because for 10 years she was unable to go to school wearing her headscarf. | Every morning Yasemin Derbaz puts on the piece of cloth that marks her out as an observant Muslim. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "11880622"} | 1,177 | 28 | 0.371564 | 1.148612 | -0.589536 | 0.631579 | 52.263158 | 0.526316 |
Gwent Police is investigating after a member of the public reported the discovery in Wentwood Reservoir.
There is a "possibility" they could be Sandie Bowen, whose husband murdered her in 1997 but never revealed where he hid her body, her daughter said.
The remains have been recovered and are being examined for identification purposes.
Mrs Bowen's daughter Anita Giles said police contacted her and told her they were carrying out examinations to establish if the remains were of her mother.
Forestry worker Mike Bowen was jailed for life in 1998 after his wife's blood and false teeth were found at their home in Llandogo, Monmouthshire.
Throughout his murder trial, he denied any involvement in her disappearance.
While Bowen finally admitted the killing in 2003, he refused to tell police where the body was, with police believing it had been buried in Wentwood forest.
Following the discovery, Ms Giles said police had been in touch with her.
She said: "They've contacted me because there is a possibility it may be my mother, but they won't know until the autopsy has been done - which could take up to two months." | Suspected human remains have been found in a reservoir near Newport, police have said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38839328"} | 263 | 20 | 0.530554 | 1.240057 | -0.653706 | 1.25 | 13.9375 | 0.75 |
The U-turn comes two days after it was revealed the firm had dropped a ban on clips showing extreme violence.
The BBC understands that Facebook did this in July after issuing new guidance to staff, but did not think the public would be interested to know.
The British prime minister has accused the firm of being "irresponsible".
Facebook's own safety advisers have also voiced concerns.
The US firm now says it will still allow some graphic content but will take a more comprehensive look at its context.
This time Facebook outlined its revised policy in a press release.
"First, when we review content that is reported to us, we will take a more holistic look at the context surrounding a violent image or video, and will remove content that celebrates violence," it said.
"Second, we will consider whether the person posting the content is sharing it responsibly, such as accompanying the video or image with a warning and sharing it with an age-appropriate audience.
"Based on these enhanced standards, we have re-examined recent reports of graphic content and have concluded that this content improperly and irresponsibly glorifies violence. For this reason, we have removed it."
At time of writing other decapitation videos could still be found on the site without warning messages.
The announcement follows a series of flip-flops by the company.
On May 1, when questioned about death clips being shared on the site, the firm told the BBC that its users had the right to depict the "world in which we live".
However, less than two hours after the BBC published an interview with one of the firm's safety advisers - who raised concerns about the harm this could cause teenagers - it announced a change of tack.
"We will remove instances of these videos that are reported to us while we evaluate our policy and approach to this type of content," it declared.
The company promised at the time to announce its decision when the review was completed.
But at the start of this week the BBC was contacted by one of the social network's members who had complained about a clip uploaded on 16 October, which the company was refusing to take down.
"The video shows a woman having her head cut off by a man in a mask," the user wrote.
"She is alive when this happens. Looking at the comments a load of people have reported this to Facebook and had the same reply."
An Australian police force was among those who had complained. It said it had been told by Facebook's moderators that the video "did not violate our community standard on graphic violence".
When questioned on Monday, a spokeswoman for Facebook confirmed that the ban had indeed been dropped and that the company had introduced a new rule: such material could be posted and shared on the site so long as the original post did not celebrate or encourage the actions depicted.
This prompted David Cameron to tweet on Tuesday: "It's irresponsible of Facebook to post beheading videos, especially without a warning. They must explain their actions to worried parents."
Stephen Balkam, the chief executive of the Family Online Safety Institute (Fosi) charity - who sits on the network's Safety Advisory Board - said he was "unhappy" at the move, which he had not been told about in advance.
Many of the site's users also questioned why it allowed such extreme footage but banned images and videos showing a woman's "fully exposed breast".
Facebook subsequently added an alert to the video, replacing the banner image with the words: "Warning! This video contains extremely graphic content and may be upsetting."
But last night it changed its policy again, and visitors to the page are now told: "This content is currently unavailable."
In response Mr Cameron tweeted: "I'm pleased Facebook has changed its approach on beheading videos. The test is now to ensure their policy is robust in protecting children."
Mr Balkam also welcomed the move.
"The Family Online Safety Institute is encouraged by the changes that Facebook announced today to the posting of graphic or disturbing material," he said in a statement.
"In order to protect young people in particular, it is imperative that Facebook - and all other social media sites - have in place a review process for this type of material and provide warnings where appropriate."
London-based Childnet International, another of Facebook's safety advisers, said it still wanted more information.
"If they've taken it down I welcome that," said the charity's chief executive Will Gardner told the BBC.
"But I want to find out more and look into this further."
Google's rival Google+ social network has more restrictive guidelines on graphic content: "Do not distribute depictions of graphic or gratuitous violence," it states.
There are videos on its YouTube service in which people discuss beheadings and provide links to explicit footage, but the firm has removed videos showing the act of murder from its own site.
"While YouTube's guidelines generally prohibit graphic or violent content, we make exceptions for material with documentary, or news value," a spokesman added.
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The Lawton Court Hotel - where rooms start at £78 a night - beat a host of luxury hotels from around the world.
The nearby Elm Tree Hotel was named the world's best bargain hotel.
Llandudno has won more awards than anywhere else in the UK outside London, with eight hotels given 20 "travellers' choice" awards between them.
TripAdvisor said winners were selected on the basis of millions of reviews and opinions collected on their site.
Owners of the Lawton Court Hotel Hannah and Scott Lawton-Jones said they were "here to help - and that's what they love to do".
"We are so grateful and lucky to have welcomed so many lovely guests to stay over the last three years, and not forgetting the fantastic hardworking team we have that share the same principles as us," the couple added.
Mr Lawton-Jones' parents Carol-Lynn and Ian Robbins own the nearby Lauriston Court Hotel, which was also named best hotel in the world for service in 2013 - and this year is number five in the list.
As well as topping the world's bargain hotels category, the Elm Tree Hotel was named sixth best small hotel in the world, and third best for service in the UK.
Tom Long, the Elm Tree Hotel's owner, said he was "overwhelmed" at the accolade, and added: "We would like to say a big thank you to all our guests for your reviews."
Elsewhere in Wales…
Broadmead Boutique B&B in Tenby was ranked across three categories: romance, best service and small, coming sixth, 11th and 21st in the UK respectively.
In Tal-y-llyn, southern Snowdonia, The Old Rectory on the Lake came 25th in a list of the UK's top B&Bs.
The Pier Hotel in Rhyl took the title of UK's fifth best bargain hotel.
TripAdvisor said the awards differed from others as they were based on feedback from guests.
"Travellers wishing to experience these world class hotels for themselves will need to book quickly if they want to find out why they earned such rave reviews throughout the year from fellow travellers," added TripAdvisor spokeswoman Hayley Coleman.
The Aria Hotel Budapest in Hungary won the title of world's top hotel for 2017, while the Bindon Bottom B&B in West Lulworth, Dorset was named best B&B in the world. | A Llandudno hotel's service has been named best in the world by travel website TripAdvisor. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38729340"} | 554 | 27 | 0.529226 | 1.415697 | -0.267876 | 1.352941 | 27.235294 | 0.764706 |
Coleman, 46, who is from the city, was presented with the master of science (MSc) accolade at the University's Great Hall on Wednesday.
He was recently appointed an OBE after guiding Wales to the semi-finals of Euro 2016 - its first major tournament in 58 years.
He said he was "delighted and honoured" with the award.
"It means so much that the recognition comes from my home city," he added. "I accept on behalf of all my family and friends who have helped me succeed in my chosen profession."
Swansea's honorary degree awards are made annually to recognise those who have made outstanding contributions to the university, region and Wales.
Coleman, whose side was knocked out by eventual Euro 2016 winners Portugal, was granted the freedom of Swansea in October. | Wales football manager Chris Coleman has been awarded an honorary degree from Swansea University. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38588535"} | 178 | 20 | 0.707135 | 1.527571 | -0.255989 | 0.733333 | 10.733333 | 0.6 |
The party wanted to "shake up the Senedd", she said, at the start of a two-day campaign visit to Cardiff.
Ms Lucas said she was confident of seeing Green AMs elected via the regional lists due to proportional representation.
She said the party would speak for those who cared about social justice, the environment and jobs.
Wales was the one place in the whole of the UK where the Greens did not have any elected members or councillors, the Brighton Pavilion MP added.
"We really are on the cusp of getting elected this time around," she said.
"We're really confident that once we do get elected we can make a real difference to Wales." | The Green Party has a "strong chance" of getting its first ever AMs elected in May, MP Caroline Lucas has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35990726"} | 146 | 28 | 0.665716 | 1.586184 | 0.340451 | 0.88 | 5.56 | 0.64 |
The Tottenham striker scored 79 seconds into his senior England debut against Lithuania on Friday, and made his first start in the 1-1 draw in Italy.
But the 21-year-old played a key part in helping England's Under-21s qualify unbeaten for the tournament in June.
Hodgson said: "Harry wants to go with the Under-21s. He wants to finish the job that he has done."
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has suggested that Kane might benefit from resting this summer. The tournament is being held in the Czech Republic and begins for England against Portugal on 18 June.
Everton manager Roberto Martinez has also said that Ross Barkley, 21, needs a "proper break" after representing the senior team at last summer's World Cup in Brazil.
But former England captain Gary Lineker said it would be a "national disgrace" if clubs blocked young players from taking part.
And England Under-21 boss Gareth Southgate does not expect Premier League clubs to block players from attending, while ex-England international Phil Neville said Kane's development would be "enhanced" by playing for the U21s.
The issue is further complicated for Kane as Spurs have a post-season friendly match in Australia three weeks before the Under-21 tournament begins.
Hodgson added: "He's had to work his way into the team and in my conversations with him it has been pretty obvious to me he would like to play in this tournament.
"Harry can play an important part and maybe help them go far. That certainly won't hurt his chances in the first team and I am happy to back him."
The England manager also played down suggestions that taking part in the tournament would leave the player exhausted: "I've got to say I'm not a great lover of the burnout argument," Hodgson said.
"If you want to be an international player then you've got to accept football tournaments take place in the summer at the end of the season.
"In my lifetime, as soon as the season has finished, footballers have gone to tournaments. Anyone who wants to be a top-class international footballer and really believes he can help his country get to these tournaments, can't then come and talk about burnout."
Meanwhile, Hodgson called on England fans not to chant anti-IRA songs when his England side play their next game, against the Republic of Ireland in a friendly in Dublin on 7 June.
"There's no way I can justify or be glad about any political chants of that nature," he added. | Harry Kane wants to "finish the job" at the European Under-21 Championship this summer, says England boss Roy Hodgson. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32154141"} | 568 | 29 | 0.567833 | 1.400355 | 0.283984 | 1.347826 | 21.782609 | 0.826087 |
Raikkonen was angry after an incident during Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix, the latest of a series of controversies related to the Dutchman's driving.
The Finn said: "If I had not braked, we would have had a massive accident.
"It will happen sooner or later if this doesn't change. I am fine with good, hard racing but that is not correct."
Raikkonen swore over the radio because of a tactic Red Bull's Verstappen has adopted repeatedly this year, which is to drive in the middle of the track and only make a defensive move at the last moment when he sees which way the driver attacking is coming.
Verstappen, Raikkonen and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel collided at the first corner of the race, with all three cars suffering damage, but it was an incident on the Kemmel straight later in the race that angered the Finn.
"Other guys defend but they do it correctly," Raikkonen said. "He waits and waits and turns after me and I have to brake and slow down. It is not exactly what should happen.
"Maybe it needs an accident before it makes it more clear to everybody but hopefully not because it can be bad for someone. Nobody wants to see anybody get hurt.
"Something is not correct in my view, but the stewards have a different opinion."
Verstappen rejected suggestions he needed to rethink his tactics.
"To be honest, it's a big lie," the 18-year-old said. "I'm just defending my position and if somebody doesn't like it, it's his own problem."
He added that Raikkonen and Vettel should be "ashamed" of criticising him and accused them of causing the first-corner collision between the three that damaged all their cars.
"If they screw up my race, I'm not going to make it easy for them," he said. "I think they should understand that.
"I'm not going to say: 'come on through'. But all that happened after turn one. If turn one hadn't happened, I wouldn't have been so aggressive and pushed Raikkonen out like that."
Verstappen's team boss Christian Horner said: "It was firm, it was on the edge. He got away with it. I'm sure he'll have a good look at it and maybe learn a bit for future races."
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff said Verstappen's driving was "refreshing but it's dangerous".
"He comes in here no fear, no respect, puts the elbows out," Wolff said.
"He reminds me of the great ones, of Lewis [Hamilton], of Ayrton Senna and you can clearly see some guys around are starting to think twice how to overtake him.
"Until now, all that has proven he is on the right track. The FIA has not penalised him. The only thing that has happened is that he was being given a hard time in some driver briefing.
"Maybe he is going to get a harder time in the next driver briefing. I just fear it might end up in the wall heavily one day."
Raikkonen's team-mate Sebastian Vettel, who had his own on-the-edge tussle with Verstappen during the race, said he would try to "educate" the Red Bull driver.
"I am not a fan of penalising people," the four-time world champion said. "We need talk to each other and have respect.
"There have been a couple of manoeuvres that the rest of the field is not happy with his behaviour.
"The best way to educate is just to talk rather than create a fuss in the media. We are men." | Max Verstappen will cause a "massive accident sooner or later" if he does not change his driving tactics, Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen says. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37210411"} | 862 | 40 | 0.554732 | 1.329125 | 0.419993 | 1.222222 | 27.555556 | 0.851852 |
The Republican has repeatedly praised Mr Putin's macho style and policies towards Syria, on the campaign trail.
The Russian president brushed off concerns about Mr Trump's controversial proposal to ban Muslims from the US.
He said Russia was ready to work with whoever was elected the next president.
"It is not our business to determine his merits, that is up to US voters," Mr Putin told reporters after his annual televised news conference. "But he is the absolute leader in the presidential race."
"He is a very outstanding person, talented, without any doubt."
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On Wednesday, he contrasted himself with President Barack Obama when he said: "I will get along - I think - with Putin, and I will get along with others, and we will have a much more stable - stable world."
Mr Trump has also backed Russian intervention in Syria, because Mr Putin said his target was Islamic State.
Relations between Mr Obama and Mr Putin have chilled in recent years following disputes over Ukraine and Syria.
Donald Trump likes to issue boastful press releases whenever he receives a new endorsement, but it will be interesting to see how he handles kind words from Vladimir Putin.
The Russian president has been a regular target of rhetorical heat from Republican candidates. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said in the presidential debate earlier this week that he would impose a no-fly zone over Syria and shoot down any Russian planes that violated it. Former corporate chief Carly Fiorina has maintained that she would refuse to talk with the Russian leader, relying on US military force to speak for itself.
It is definitely too early to mark Mr Putin's comments as a negative for the New York businessman, however. The Russian leader has long been admired by conservatives who say his resolute demeanour and toughness are qualities lacking in the current White House occupant. Talk to Trump supporters, and they'll tell you those are exactly the kind of attributes they admire in their man.
If Mr Putin views Mr Trump as a political soul-mate, that's likely just fine with them.
The Russian president appeared to welcome Mr Trump's overtures.
"He wants to move to another level of relations, a closer, deeper level of relations with Russia," he said. "How can we not welcome this? Of course we welcome this."
He is a very outstanding person, talented, without any doubt
And he was unfazed by Mr Trump's recently proposed ban on Muslims entering the US, which sparked condemnation from several world leaders.
Mr Putin said "his phrases that he uses to increase his popularity" was not of Russia's concern.
"It is not our business to rate this part of his work," he added.
Mr Trump, who leads the polls six weeks before Republican primary contests begin, has yet to respond to Mr Putin's praise. | Russian President Vladimir Putin has described leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as "undoubtedly a very colourful, talented person". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35124280"} | 736 | 25 | 0.428594 | 1.233099 | 0.493108 | 1.217391 | 29.347826 | 0.782609 |
MSPs passed legislation on 2012 which set a minimum unit price of 50p.
But European Court of Justice advocate general Yves Bot said the move risked infringing EU rules on free trade.
In an official opinion, he said it would only be legal if it could be shown no other mechanism could deliver the desired public health benefits.
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed the opinion, saying it confirmed that minimum unit pricing was not precluded by EU law.
The Scottish government, which has argued that minimum pricing is vital to address Scotland's "unhealthy relationship with drink", has been unable to implement the policy while the legal process is ongoing.
The Scottish legislation was challenged by the Scottish Whisky Association (SWA) in 2013, when it argued that it acted as a barrier to trade.
Its legal bid was initially rejected by judge Lord Doherty at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
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But following an appeal hearing, the case was referred to the European court in Luxembourg last year.
In an opinion released on Thursday, Mr Bot said a minimum unit pricing (MUP) system risked infringing the principle of the free movement of goods and would only be legal if it could be shown that no other mechanism was capable of achieving the desired result of protecting public health.
He stated that "a Member State can choose rules imposing a minimum retail price of alcoholic beverages, which restricts trade within the European Union and distorts competition, rather than increased taxation of those products, only on condition that it shows that the measure chosen presents additional advantages or fewer disadvantages by comparison with the alternative measure".
The European court is expected to take up to six months to issue its final ruling, before the case is referred back to the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: "We welcome this opinion, in which the advocate general confirms that minimum unit pricing is not precluded by EU law, but sets out tests that the national court has to apply.
"Importantly, this initial opinion indicates it will be for the domestic courts to take a final decision on minimum unit pricing.
"The advocate general finds that the policy can be implemented if it is shown to be the most effective public health measure available.
"As such, the legal process is ongoing and we await a final response from the European Court of Justice, before the case returns to the Scottish courts.
"While we must await the final outcome of this legal process, the Scottish government remains certain that minimum unit pricing is the right measure for Scotland to reduce the harm that cheap, high-strength alcohol causes our communities."
The Scotch Whisky Association welcomed the advocate general's opinion.
Chief executive David Frost said: "The opinion encourages us in our long-held view that MUP is illegal when there are less trade-restrictive measures available.
"We await the Court of Justice's final ruling."
Tennent Caledonian Breweries, which backs MUP, urged the Scottish government to "continue to show leadership".
Managing director Alastair Campbell said: "Minimum pricing is an important step in addressing the very specific but damaging problem of strong, cheap alcohol.
"It would be a lost opportunity for Scotland if it were not introduced."
Scottish Conservative health spokesman Jackson Carlaw said: "After two-and-a-half years the Scottish government has not been able to introduce minimum pricing and today's ruling from the European Court hardly makes matters any clearer.
"Assurances at the time that there was no legal case to answer were clearly overly optimistic.
"Even if minimum pricing does finally jump all the legal hurdles it is far from clear if it will then be supported by the European Commission."
Scottish Green MSP Patrick Harvie criticised the whisky body for "delaying the introducing of minimum pricing for alcohol".
He added: "The stymying of minimum pricing by a lobby group representing big drinks multinationals mirrors the tactics of the tobacco industry when it tried to stop life-saving legislation.
"Today's statement from the European Court is disappointing and we must hope that wiser heads prevail when the final judgement is issued." | Plans to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland face further delay, following an initial ruling by Europe's highest court. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34133269"} | 927 | 26 | 0.554884 | 1.471653 | 0.496061 | 1.333333 | 34.583333 | 0.75 |
A dog walker found the animal trapped inside the bin on Friday in an area known locally as The Approach.
The cat - which has been named Dusty - had been left with a puppy blanket but no food or water.
It is now being looked after at the charity's animal rescue and re-homing centre and being treated for eye and ear injuries.
Scottish SPCA Inspector Geraldine Lawrie said, "Dusty is a very friendly and affectionate wee man so he's obviously belonged to someone.
"He's lucky that he was found by the member of the public whose dog took an interest in the bin.
"Dusty was inside the bin with the lid closed."
She said that a vet who had seen the cat was confident it would recover from its injuries.
"We are appealing for anyone who has any information, or noticed any suspicious activity to get in touch with our animal helpline on 03000 999 999," she said.
The Scottish SPCA said that abandoning an animal was an offence under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.
It said anyone found guilty of doing so could expect to be banned from keeping animals for a fixed period or for life. | The Scottish SPCA has appealed for information after a cat was found dumped in a recycling bin in Stranraer. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38636018"} | 265 | 31 | 0.653085 | 1.47506 | -0.61465 | 1.2 | 11.85 | 0.8 |
The Scot produced arguably his best performance of the season to record a first win over the Czech on clay.
Murray, who beat 16th seed Gilles Simon to reach the quarter-finals, won 92% of his first-serve points and denied eighth-seed Berdych any break points.
The world number two, 28, will face nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal in the last four.
Home favourite Nadal, who is looking for a third successive tournament victory following his wins in Monte Carlo and Barcelona, beat Portuguese world number 35 Joao Sousa 6-0 4-6 6-3.
Murray broke Berdych's first service game of the match and quickly established a 3-0 lead in the opening set.
World number eight Berdych managed to hold off another break opportunity at 5-2, but Murray won his next service game to take the set in 45 minutes.
Murray then broke Berdych's serve in the fifth game of the second set, before closing out the match with minimal fuss to complete the victory in one hour and 16 minutes.
The former Wimbledon and US Open champion says he is ready for a possible semi-final against Nadal, after training with the 14-time Grand Slam winner ahead of the tournament.
"You prepare to play against the best clay court player of all time and get yourself ready for that challenge mentally," he told BBC Sport.
"I practised with him in Mallorca for a few days, which was good.
"It's great practice, but you can see some things, as well."
Murray believes his game is in good shape ahead of the French Open, which begins on 22 May, after a remodelling of his second serve over the winter.
"It is easy to say hit the second serve harder, but sometimes you need to make technical adjustments and have coaching on that," he said.
"I had to make some changes to my serve, and I did a lot of research on it myself.
"I feel much more comfortable going bigger on the second serve, as there is a lot more spin on it.
"I can control the serve better, which frees me up to go more on my first serve as well." | Defending champion Andy Murray beat Tomas Berdych 6-3 6-2 to progress to the semi-finals of the Madrid Open. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36227083"} | 466 | 31 | 0.412005 | 0.93476 | -0.055731 | 1.28 | 17.8 | 0.8 |
Ibrahim Halawa, the son of the most senior Muslim cleric in the Republic of Ireland, was arrested during a siege on the Al-Fath mosque in Cairo in 2013.
The mass trial of Mr Halawa and more than 400 others began in March 2015, after being postponed five times since his arrest.
The 20-year-old could face the death penalty if he is convicted.
Mr Halawa was on a family holiday to his parents' homeland when he and three of his sisters were arrested by Egyptian security forces during a crackdown on protests in the country's capital.
He was 17 at the time.
His family said he had taken refuge in the building during violent clashes between supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi and the security forces.
His sisters were allowed to return to Dublin in November 2013.
The Republic's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, told RTE the adjournment is "a matter of serious concern". He said Ireland's ambassador in Egypt attended court and spoke with members of Mr Halawa's family.
The minister said the Department of Foreign Affairs is maintaining close and regular contact with Mr Halawa, as well as his family and Egyptian team.
Amnesty International has said it remains concerned for Mr Halawa's well being, and it has reiterated its call for his release.
It is the twelfth time legal proceedings have been adjourned since 2013. | The trial of a Dublin teenager held in an Egyptian prison for almost two years has been adjourned until March. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35272814"} | 310 | 27 | 0.506794 | 1.220792 | -0.466895 | 0.809524 | 12.904762 | 0.619048 |
And in the early part of this year, much of the gossip among the shop owners and stall holders centred on the goings on, and the money to be made, not far away on the other side of the dirty old Huangpu River, at the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
"I hadn't done any stock market investments before," Lin Jinxia tells me, "but I was influenced by all the talk."
Ms Lin lives at the top of seven flights of stairs, the landings of which are littered with dusty old bicycles, in a tiny apartment with her husband and her four-year-old son.
They're migrant workers who arrived from Fujian Province five years ago and, through hard graft in their shop selling buttons to a bustling garment industry, they've saved themselves a tidy fortune.
Then in May this year they ploughed a large chunk of it into the stock market, investing more than 200,000 RMB ($32,000: £20,000) into four separate stocks.
It seemed a sensible enough spread with picks from the electronics, fashion and car-sales industries. But the timing was terrible.
They all tanked, collectively standing now at just half of their original purchase price, amounting to a combined loss for Ms Lin and her husband of 100,000 RMB.
"I've lost so much of the money that I've worked so hard for," she says. "Now I'm having to save and cut down on my spending. We don't earn much, it was all money from our hard work."
In China, unlike in the European or US markets, individuals make up around 80% of the investors.
Many of them are new and inexperienced, often following whim and rumour to make decisions and so the market is arguably more vulnerable to quick turnarounds in herd behaviour.
Having been marching share prices up the hill for well over a year, on 12 June the crowd suddenly veered back down again and three weeks later almost a third of the value - $3.2 trillion - had been wiped away in three short weeks.
Chen Zhihui's small tailors shop can be found - although not that easily - down a passageway close to Lin Jinxia's home.
And like his neighbour, he too acted on the advice of all those who had, until recently, been making nice fat paper profits, not realising he was entering the fray at the worst possible moment.
"To me, personally, I knew there were risks," he tells me from his tiny workspace with his sewing machine whirring away beside us.
He bought just one company, 10,000 RMB's worth of a Chinese steel-maker, only to find his shares suddenly trading at around half their original value.
And while his losses are relatively small, Mr Chen is well aware that in almost every other shop and home in this district and beyond, there are others in a similar predicament, or fearing that they soon might be.
"If everyone lost 5,000 RMB it could add up to a big amount," he says.
For many analysts that explains why the Chinese government has been so keen to stop the market sliding any further.
Once it saw a buoyant stock market as a key part of its strategic shift to a consumer society with rapidly increasing share ownership having the twin benefits of both recapitalising the country's big debt-laden firms and, at the same time, making the small punter feel richer.
Now the Communist party faces the frightening prospect of the very opposite effect; as savings vanish into thin air, millions of investors are simultaneously tightening their belts with potentially chilling impacts for the Chinese economy and beyond.
For now, it is only the late arrivals to China's stock market binge that have been burned, with the recent, sharp depreciation in value still comfortably outweighed by longer term gains going back a year and more.
But the slew of measures the authorities have unleashed in the past few days are part of an attempt - perhaps futile - to stop things getting any worse.
It has been criticised by outside observers, of course, as dangerous political meddling in the workings of the markets and their ability to put a proper price on risk.
But then, it could be argued, that exact same charge could be levelled at the attempts to pump up the markets in the first place.
Some analysts dismiss the fear that a full blown stock market collapse could precipitate a wider economic shock.
"The stock market is too small, too tiny, completely irrelevant," Chen Long, China economist at Gavekal Dragonomics tells me. "It accounts for just 5% of Chinese household wealth and anyway the market is still up on where it was last year."
Much more could yet be wiped off the value of Chinese shares, it would follow, before anyone needs to panic, least of all the government. So perhaps, if this view is correct, Beijing's actions are motivated by the need to contain the political fallout, rather than the economic.
In the middle of an already tricky slowdown in GDP growth the last thing it needs is hordes of mom and pop stock traders taking to the streets. And so far, at least, that part of the strategy might be working with little sign of any anger.
Despite her already heavy losses, Lin Jinxia's plan is to hang onto her massively devalued stock in the hope it rises again. "I believe the government will come up with the right strategies," she tells me.
Liu Changrong is a restaurateur, selling noodles, pork chops and sticky rice a block or so's walk from Mr Chen the tailor.
He is either canny or lucky, or both. "You just need to buy at the right point," he tells me.
He did exactly that, buying 200,000 RMB worth of shares in a large Chinese conglomerate last year and then selling them all in May, just below their peak.
He made a very nice profit indeed, coming out more than 50%. You might think that would be a good place to call it a day.
But despite the cautionary tales of his neighbours all around him he's still confident the government will turn things around.
"When the market improves, I'll get back in again," he tells me as he puts a big pan of water on to boil. | Shanghai's old town - with its narrow alleys, pungent street food and tiny single room homes - may be being swept away by new development, but enough of it remains to sustain a vibrant community. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33425353"} | 1,397 | 48 | 0.32512 | 0.899626 | 0.031178 | 0.641026 | 32.025641 | 0.589744 |
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says flying is not harmful during a low-risk pregnancy, but there may be side-effects.
If more than 28 weeks pregnant, a woman should take her medical notes and a GP's letter.
Many airlines have their own rules on when pregnant women can fly.
Although everyone who flies is exposed to a slight increase in radiation, there is no evidence that flying causes miscarriage, early labour or a woman's waters to break.
The changes in air pressure and the decrease in humidity on an aircraft have not been shown to have a harmful effect on pregnancy either.
If the pregnancy is straightforward, flying is not harmful to the woman or her baby, the RCOG leaflet says.
Previously, the advice for women with multiple pregnancies was that the safest time to fly was before 34 weeks, but this has been changed to 32 weeks to tie in with International Air Transport Association (IATA) recommendations.
After 37 weeks, a woman may go into labour at any time.
The leaflet gives advice on the side-effects of flying when pregnant.
These include swelling of the legs due to a build-up of fluid, nose and ear problems caused by changes in air pressure and motion sickness making any pregnancy nausea a little bit worse.
Long-haul flights of four hours or more can increase the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), when a blood clot forms in the leg or pelvis, and pregnancy increases this risk even more.
The leaflet recommends that women wear loose clothing and comfortable shoes, take regular walks around the plane and do exercises in their seat every 30 minutes.
Cutting down on drinks containing alcohol or caffeine and wearing elastic compression stockings can also help.
In some circumstances, however, it is better to take the decision not to fly when pregnant.
For example, if a woman has an increased risk of going into labour before her due date, has severe anaemia, sickle cell disease, has recently had significant vaginal bleeding or has a serious heart or lung condition.
Philippa Marsden, chairwoman of the RCOG's patient information committee, said the information was relevant for pregnant women travelling both short and long-haul.
"To help decide whether or not to fly, women should think about how many weeks pregnant they will be, what facilities are available at their destination and whether it will increase their risk of medical problems.
"It is important to discuss any health issues or pregnancy complications with your midwife or doctor before you fly."
Cath Broderick, chairwoman of the RCOG women's network, said the guidance offered sensible recommendations.
"There is new advice around what to take on board the flight such as your pregnancy notes, documents confirming your due dates, a European Health Insurance card and any medication you are taking." | The safest time to fly during pregnancy is before 37 weeks or, if carrying twins, before 32 weeks, new advice says. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31146651"} | 618 | 30 | 0.50798 | 1.329201 | 0.350867 | 2.2 | 22.36 | 0.92 |
Kuba Moczyk, 22, was knocked out in the third round of Saturday's fight at the Tower Complex in Great Yarmouth.
His family said he died on Wednesday night at the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, where he had been in a coma on a life-support machine.
A minute's silence will be held for Mr Moczyk at a meet-and-greet event with Tyson Fury in Gorleston on Thursday night, local promoter Leon Docwra said.
"I've been on the phone to Tyson last night and this morning and he is just so shocked," said Mr Docwra.
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A hospital spokesman said Mr Moczyk's family had been at his bedside when he died and some of his organs had been donated for transplant.
Mr Docwra, who trained Mr Moczyk three years ago, said he had a "heart of gold".
He said: "I've spoken to Kuba's aunt and sister and they are absolutely devastated - they are a lovely, close family.
"He was never going to be a champion boxer - although he was very good - as he was so kind-hearted and did not have a vicious streak.
"To get into a ring was a big step and everyone was so proud of him."
Mr Moczyk, originally from Poland, worked at a chicken factory and lived in the town.
His trainer Scott Osinski said on Wednesday Mr Moczyk was winning the fight when he took the fatal blow.
His opponent is believed to be 17 years old.
Mr Docwra said he has now banned his own sons, aged 11 and 16, from boxing.
Norfolk Police has confirmed it does not plan to investigate.
Great Yarmouth Borough Council has said the venue was licensed to hold boxing events but environmental health officers would be investigating as health and safety concerns had been raised.
In a statement they said: "The onus is on event operators to ensure they have sensible health and safety arrangements including risk assessments in place and that these are followed."
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Lincolnshire Police began an investigation after the allegations first came to light in January.
G4S took over the running of backroom services for the force as part of a £200m deal in 2012.
The workers are being investigated and are due be interviewed by G4S and Lincolnshire Police.
More on this and other local stories in Lincolnshire
Police said the staff involved are all former Lincolnshire Police employees who transferred to G4S four years ago.
G4S will deal with the matter under company disciplinary procedures after it was determined there was no basis for a criminal prosecution.
The company aims to answer 92% of all 999 calls within 10 seconds, and the firm is subject to financial penalties if performance targets are not achieved.
John Shaw, a G4S director, said: "While I can reassure the public that at no stage did the actions of these people put the public or police colleagues at risk, I am nevertheless dismayed that this group of staff sought to influence important performance measurements.
"There is no place for anyone in our organisation who behaves in this way."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has been informed, and is assisting with the investigation.
G4S previously said it had exceeded its targets for 999 call answering.
The firm has been at the centre of several controversies.
In January, it sacked four of its staff following a BBC Panorama programme which exposed the alleged abuse of inmates at a young offenders' institution in Kent.
It was also stripped of responsibility for tagging criminals in the UK following allegations they charged the government for tagging people who were either dead or in jail. | Five 999 control room staff have been suspended amid claims workers made emergency calls at "quiet times" in a bid to improve call answering data. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36358511"} | 351 | 33 | 0.47397 | 1.082123 | 0.051913 | 0.571429 | 11.178571 | 0.5 |
The Australia-born forward, 27, had been touted as a possible England player, with Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter having discussed him with new national team boss Eddie Jones.
"Mitch is going to be out long-term," Baxter told the club website.
"It is a blow but any team in the Premiership has to be able to weather these things and get on with it."
Earlier this month, Baxter said it was unlikely that the club would bring in an extra second row to cover Lees' injury, which he picked up on New Year's Day.
Meanwhile, scrum-half Will Chudley, meanwhile, is unlikely to train this week after suffering minor ankle ligament damage.
Baxter hopes, however, that wing Jack Nowell's knee injury is "relatively short-term", allowing him to play for England in the Six Nations. | Exeter Chiefs lock Mitch Lees is set to miss about four months after having an operation on a bicep injury. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35301118"} | 195 | 29 | 0.605343 | 1.308642 | -0.386515 | 0.571429 | 8.190476 | 0.571429 |
Mr Black, 52, a father of two from Cookstown, was shot dead on the M1 motorway as he travelled to work at Maghaberry Prison in November 2012.
Sean McVeigh, of Victoria Street, Lurgan, County Armagh, had been charged with his murder.
That charge and another of possessing an assault rifle with the intent to endanger life were dropped on Tuesday.
A lawyer from the Public Prosecution Service told Craigavon Magistrates' Court: "The charges in this matter are to be withdrawn.
"No prosecution has been directed."
District judge Mervyn Bates told Mr McVeigh that he was free to go.
"As far as this matter is concerned you may be released from custody," he said. "This case is now at an end."
Mr McVeigh is to sue the PPS and Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for the time he has spent in custody.
When he was first arrested and charged in February, Mr McVeigh's lawyers had requested that the PPS review the case as they said there was no evidence against their client.
Two other people have been charged in connection with the murder of David Black. | Charges have been dropped against a man charged with the murder of County Tyrone prison officer David Black. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "28103320"} | 263 | 23 | 0.605288 | 1.391056 | -0.116859 | 1.684211 | 11.947368 | 0.842105 |
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 198.09 points or 1.13% at 17,779.52, while the wider S&P 500 index added 24.46 points or 1.18% to 2,090.35.
The tech-focused Nasdaq index rose 65.54 points or 1.3% to 5,095.69.
Shares in Apple rose 4.1% to $119.27 after the tech giant released another strong set of results late on Tuesday.
Strong sales of iPhones helped Apple to report a 22% rise in fourth-quarter revenues to $51.5bn.
Shares in insurance group AIG rose 4.9% after activist investor Carl Icahn wrote an open letter to the company saying it should split itself into three. Mr Icahn also disclosed that he held a "large stake" in AIG. | (Close): US stocks veered downwards, then surged higher after the Federal Reserve held interest rates, but failed to rule out a December rate rise. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34660159"} | 171 | 37 | 0.446816 | 0.930614 | -0.156256 | 0.37931 | 4.689655 | 0.310345 |
The BBC Sport website and app will stream the live radio and TV highlights from the Open, while a daily live text commentary will provide latest scores, analysis and the best of social media, plus up to six minutes of in-play video clips every day.
(All times BST)
Tuesday 18 July
13:45-14:45, BBC Two - Chronicles of a Champion Golfer
BBC Sport takes a look back at some of the most iconic Open Championship triumphs. This one-hour documentary focuses on the exploits of Tiger Woods, Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus, featuring first-person accounts from the American trio.
21:30-22:30, BBC Radio 5 live - The Open Preview Show
Wednesday 19 July
13:00-14:00, BBC Two - Chronicles of a Champion Golfer
This episode looks at the exploits of Darren Clarke, Sir Nick Faldo, and Rory McIlroy and promises to be a rollercoaster of emotions, not least with Clarke reliving his tearful 2011 triumph.
Thursday 20 July
10:00-12:30, BBC Radio 5 live
13:00-17:00, BBC Radio 5 live
17:30-19:00, BBC Radio 5 live
20:00-22:00, BBC Two - The Open highlights
Friday 21 July
10:00-12:30, BBC Radio 5 live
12:30-14:00, BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
14:00-17:00, BBC Radio 5 live
17:30-19:00, BBC Radio 5 live
20:00-22:00, BBC Two - The Open highlights
Saturday 22 July
12:00-19:00, BBC Radio 5 live
20:00-22:00, BBC Two - The Open highlights
Sunday 23 July
13:30-19:00, BBC Radio 5 live
20:00-22:00, BBC Two - The Open highlights
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Members of the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board meeting on Tuesday backed a report recommending that services are left unchanged.
Staff shortages prompted the move, with services at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Denbighshire threatened.
The board said following a recruitment drive staffing levels have recovered.
The health board first put forward plans to change maternity care in autumn 2014, prompting widespread protests.
The preferred proposal would have seen maternity doctors from Glan Clwyd Hospital transferred to strengthen teams at Bangor's Ysbyty Gwynedd and Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
That meant Glan Clwyd would have only had a stand alone midwife-led maternity unit for low-risk pregnancies.
Campaigners were set to challenge the decision through the courts and the board began a fresh consultation process over the summer.
Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: "It has been important to give people certainty about the temporary options for women's and maternity services in north Wales.
"The approval of the recommendations by the board gives the public, staff, pregnant women and patients certainty for the immediate future."
For the Tories, Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar said it was "hugely welcome news and represents a victory for common sense".
The Clwyd West AM added: "It's now absolutely crucial that Labour ministers see through on their promise to swiftly establish the new neonatal intensive care centre for north Wales."
Addressing the board members, medical director Prof Matt Makin said services were becoming unstable in 2014.
"It was a challenge in recruiting middle-grade doctors and alarm bells were ringing," he said.
"We've kept things safe, but we have been managing things in critical incident mode.
"What's changed is that there's been a really big push in recruiting new staff. We appointed seven new consultants in late August."
Prof Makin said the recruitment meant "more boots on the ground" for maternity services.
The board unanimously backed the report recommendations, which also included rejecting temporary changes at either Ysbyty Gwynedd or Wrexham Maelor.
However, the board has also been warned that further work will be needed to "consider the long-term sustainable model" for maternity services.
The board is expected to consider a fresh report from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on the issue in early 2016. | Plans to suspend consultant-led maternity care at one of north Wales' main hospitals have been scrapped, the health board has confirmed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35038164"} | 540 | 29 | 0.552516 | 1.425908 | 0.386583 | 1.307692 | 17.230769 | 0.692308 |
The 21-year-old former Portugal Under-19 international was most recently playing in non-league with Northern Premier League side Tadcaster Albion.
He spent one season at Barnsley but did not feature and also played in the Slovenian top flight for NK Celje.
"He's done well while he's been with us. He's lively and gives us something different," said boss John Coleman.
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A team looking like a fighter on the ropes, covering up for dear life and awaiting the sweet music of the final bell.
A clock that ticked so slowly that you thought on occasion that time had stood still.
A prize that was so close and yet so far away. Glory or despair - no Celtic fan who craved Champions League group stage football almost as much as they craved their next breath could be altogether sure which one it was going to be.
At the end, the cameras picked out some Celtic players and again the boxing metaphor seemed apt. There was joy, no doubt, but some of them looked too exhausted to celebrate. They were physically spent after playing two matches - the one against Hapoel on the pitch and the one against themselves in their heads.
Celtic wrestled with their own shortcomings all night and it must have been mind-altering. Their passing, defending, attacking and physicality. Nothing was easy. They had to dig deep to haul themselves across the line.
They did it, just. But 'just' is OK for now. 'Just' is absolutely fine when you've spent two years outside the Champions League watching the party with your nose pressed to the window.
They have many improvements to make, but they can think about them against the backdrop of Zadok the Priest - the soul-stirring Champions League theme song - rather than the death march that would have played on a loop had Tuesday gone wrong.
Celtic's recent history is littered with the names of men who have sickened them in the final minutes of European games, opposition players who capitalised on weakness and turned good Celtic nights into moderate ones and desperate ones.
Jo-Inge Berget for Malmo at Parkhead last season, Lasse Schone and Vaclav Cerny for Ajax in Glasgow and Amsterdam a few months later. Marcos Tavares for Maribor the season before. Jonathan Soriano for Salzburg, William de Amorim for Astra, Freddy Guarin for Inter.
Late goals that, mostly, turned Celtic wins into Celtic draws and Celtic draws into Celtic losses, all of the sucker-punches coming no more than 15 minutes from the end and the majority coming a whole lot closer to the conclusion than that.
The concession of late goals in Europe was a Ronny Deila curse and, in Israel, on Tuesday, it looked like the hex was about to transfer to his successor, too.
The endgame showed that Hapoel's dominance of possession stood at 62%. They launched a total of 21 attempts on Celtic's goal - three times Celtic's number. Uefa have a statistic for what they call dangerous attacks - Hapoel had 50, Celtic had 18.
Uefa also have possession stats. Celtic's inability to hold on to the ball was palpably obvious - and almost completely ruinous - in real time, but the numbers are worth a visit in any event. No starting Hapoel player had a passing accuracy of less than 70%.
Nobody will have much heart for beating up on Craig Gordon after his outstanding late save in the first leg and his penalty save in the second, but his distribution is something that Brendan Rodgers is looking at and his accuracy figure on Tuesday was 26%. Of the 10 goalkeepers in Champions League action on Tuesday night, Gordon was the least economical with the ball at his feet.
Kieran Tierney's number was 55%, Mikael Lustig 59%, Scott Brown 62%, Callum McGregor 63%, Scott Sinclair 65%, Saidy Janko 69%. They can be better. They'll have to be.
Celtic gave away a penalty (it was not a penalty, but it was given) and they survived it. They conceded a goal after 21 minutes that was farcically soft, then conceded another after 48 minutes that had the hallmarks of Chaplin and Keaton rather than Janko and Gordon.
Celtic were in freefall at 2-0. They gave Hapoel easy possession and free headers on goal, they gave them space and time and invitations to shoot. Celtic were out-played and out-muscled. It was as if the humidity had not just impacted on their ability to run and pass, but their ability to think.
But they did not cave, that was the difference, the change to the narrative. They found enough resilience and resistance, like that boxer on the ropes, ducking and diving and doing all they can to see it out.
For the past seasons it has seemed that all that mattered to Celtic people was getting back to the Champions League. Qualification was the be-all and end-all, but it isn't, not really, not to Celtic supporters.
They say that making the group stage is 'job done' and 'mission accomplished' and while that seems like enough right now, it won't necessarily feel that way to the fans when the smoke clears in the coming weeks. They will not expect last 16, but they will expect something. Some big nights, some wins, some glory.
Neil Lennon got a lot of love for bringing Celtic to the group stage in 2013-14 - and then a lot of grief when Celtic fared poorly against Barcelona, Milan and Ajax, winning just one from six. The feel-good of qualification dissipates. Rodgers knows that.
He will know that he needs to plug some holes in his team. He needs another option to Lustig at right-back and needs another passer, or two, in his midfield for those exacting, but thrilling, Champions League games to come.
On Tuesday night, given the drama, he might also have needed a blast of oxygen. He would not have been alone in having an unnatural heart-rate in those closing minutes. Celtic fans would have been forgiven for lapsing into hyperventilation, blowing into a bag on the full-time whistle while applying a wet towel to their brow.
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The Spain-born winger had been tipped to switch international allegiance to his parents' homeland of Mali.
Brothers Sambou and Moustapha Yatabare are in the 26-man squad.
Crystal Palace winger Bakary Sako is included despite having played only 87 minutes for his club this season.
Mali have never won the Africa Cup of Nations. They were runners-up in 1972 and finished third in 2012 and 2013.
They were knocked out of the last tournament in the group stage but defender Hamari Traore believes the current generation have sufficient firepower to do much better in Gabon this time around.
"We know we are a young squad but we believe we can achieve success together as a team," Traore told BBC Sport.
"Mali have never won this tournament, that is the extra motivation for us to make a good impression.
"Yes there is no big star in our team because everybody is a star and that helps us mentally."
Mali are in Group D alongside four-time winners Ghana, Egypt and Uganda. Their opening match is against seven-time winners Egypt on 17 January.
The tournament kicks of on 14 January with the final on 5 February.
Mali squad:
Goalkeepers: Soumaila Diakité and Djigui Diarra (Stade Malien de Bamako), Oumar Sissoko (Orléans, France)
Defenders: Ousmane Coulibaly (Panathinaikos, Greece), Hamari Traore (Reims, France), Falaye Sacko (Vitória Guimarães, Portugal), Molla Wagué (Udinese, Italy), Salif Coulibaly (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Mohamed Oumar Konaté (RS Berkane, Morocco), Charles Blonda Traoré and Mahamadou N'Diaye (Troyes, France), Youssouf Koné (Lille, France)
Midfielders: Yves Bissouma (Lille, France), Mamoutou N'Diaye (Royal Antwerp, Belgium), Lassana Coulibaly (Bastia, France), Yacouba Sylla (Montpellier, France), Samba Sow (Kayserispor, Turkey), Adama Traoré (AS Monaco, France), Sambou Yatabaré (Werder Bremen, Germany), Souleymane Diarra (Ujpest, Hungary), Moussa Doumbia (Rostov, Russia)
Forwards: Moussa Marega (Vitória Guimarães, Portugal), Kalifa Coulibaly (Gent, Belgium), Moustapha Yatabaré (Karabukspor, Turkey), Adama Traoré (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace, England) | Middlesbrough winger Adama Traore has not been included in Mali's provisional squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after opting not to commit himself to the West African country. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38469817"} | 664 | 45 | 0.424883 | 1.133153 | -0.032449 | 0.9375 | 14.25 | 0.5625 |
The 35-year-old former Oxford United man left Eastleigh by mutual consent in April after a seven-month stay.
A former Bristol Rovers trainee, Clarke has also previously played for clubs including Northampton Town, AFC Wimbledon and Forest Green Rovers.
"Ryan is a proven goalkeeper at this level and levels above," Torquay boss Kevin Nicholson told the club website. | National League club Torquay United have signed unattached, experienced goalkeeper Ryan Clarke. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40393025"} | 87 | 22 | 0.647118 | 1.281616 | 0.19622 | 0.571429 | 5.214286 | 0.571429 |
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