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PARA USA said it "regrets" working with Neeson after he said the proliferation of guns in the US was a "disgrace".
The company added that it would cut ties with the Taken franchise and urged other companies to do the same.
"There's just too many... guns out there," Neeson told Dubai's Gulf News last week. "Especially in America."
He continued: "I think the population is like, 320 million? There's over 300 million guns. Privately owned, in America.
"I think it's a disgrace. Every week now we're picking up a newspaper and seeing, 'Yet another few kids have been killed in schools.'"
Neeson made his comments in reply to a question about the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris earlier in the month.
The star, who took on the role of ex-CIA operative Bryan Mills in all three Taken films, said the gun problem was not connected to Hollywood's action movies.
"I grew up watching cowboy movies, loved doing that [gun gesture] with my fingers, 'Bang, bang, you're dead!' I didn't end up a killer," he said.
"A character like Bryan Mills going out with guns and taking revenge: it's fantasy."
PARA USA said Neeson's comments reflected a "cultural and factual ignorance that undermines support of the Second Amendment and American liberties".
On their Facebook page, the company added: "We will no longer provide firearms for use in films starring Liam Neeson and ask that our friends and partners in Hollywood refrain from associating our brand and products with his projects."
The latest film in the action Taken franchise, which sees Neeson's ex-CIA agent framed for the murder of a loved one, has topped the box office charts in both the US and the UK. | The firearms company that provided the guns for Liam Neeson's Hollywood movie Taken 3 has criticised the star for his comments about US gun laws. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30912656"} | 428 | 35 | 0.551372 | 1.459947 | 0.563575 | 1.037037 | 13.666667 | 0.814815 |
The Office for National Statistics said borrowing, excluding support for state-owned banks, was £9.7bn in May, down £0.4bn from the same month last year.
It was the lowest May total since 2007, but economists had forecast £9.5bn.
The ONS revised down its estimate of the amount borrowed in the 2015-16 financial year to £74.9bn.
But for the financial year so far - covering April and May - borrowing has reached £17.9bn, £0.2bn higher than the same period a year ago.
Receipts from income, corporation and VAT taxes in May were all higher than a year earlier, but the government's total current expenditure also rose.
The ONS said that total public sector net debt - excluding banks - by the end of May stood at £1.606 trillion, the equivalent of 83.7% of gross domestic product (GDP).
The ONS says annual borrowing has been falling in general since the peak reached in the 2009-10 financial year.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which produces economic forecasts for the government, has estimated that the public sector will borrow £55.5bn during the financial year to March 2017; a reduction of about £20bn for the previous financial year.
Chancellor George Osborne has pledged to fix the public finances, and in March insisted that the UK was still on track to return a budget surplus by 2020.
But both the Treasury and Bank of England have said the economy has been hit due to uncertainty ahead of Thursday's EU referendum.
Capital Economics economist Scott Bowman said that the chancellor still "had a long way to go" to meet his projections.
"Admittedly, we would take the figures for the first few months of the fiscal year with a pinch of salt as they are often revised in time due to being largely based on forecast data.
"And if the UK votes to remain in the EU next month - as bookmakers' odds still suggest - then GDP growth should rebound in the second half of this year, paving the way for a more rapid improvement in the public finances," he added.
Ross Campbell, public sector director at accountancy industry body ICAEW, accused the chancellor of "taking his eye off the economic ball".
"Whatever the result on Friday morning, whether we remain in or leave the European Union, it is vital that government devises a comprehensive and rigorous strategy to kick-start a faltering economic recovery," he said. | Government borrowing fell slightly in May compared with the same month a year ago, according to official figures, but it was still higher than expected. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36584034"} | 545 | 31 | 0.493896 | 1.143091 | 0.28294 | 1.5 | 17.285714 | 0.785714 |
Ms Wood told BBC Breakfast she spoke fairly regularly to the Scottish first minister adding: "We're in touch via messaging as well, online."
The pair had not discussed potential future prime ministers, she said.
"It's not about personalities. It's about politics and policies," Ms Wood told the programme.
If the smaller parties hold the balance of power, SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Greens would work to "present the alternative to austerity regardless as to who are the key people involved". | Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood keeps in touch with SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon via instant messaging in the run-up to the general election, she has revealed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32201429"} | 113 | 40 | 0.632969 | 1.359713 | 0.349771 | 0.766667 | 3.433333 | 0.5 |
Addressing the company's annual reception in London on Wednesday, Ben van Beurden said he valued the "continuity and stability" of the UK.
He said the company had reached this view for the same reasons it supported the UK staying "inside the EU".
The Scottish government said an EU referendum was the "real risk" facing the oil and gas sector.
Last week, Shell hosted the UK cabinet at its headquarters in Aberdeen.
At the time, the chairman of Shell UK, Ed Daniels, said the independence debate was "a matter for Scottish people" and that "it would be wrong" for Shell to intervene.
Mr van Beurden's view on independence came on the day Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays both cited the Scottish independence referendum as a potential risk to their businesses.
In their annual reports, the banks listed the referendum alongside a raft of other perceived risks from the UK, Europe and across the world.
In his speech, Mr van Beurden said one of the "many things" the company valued about the UK was the "continuity and stability" it offered.
He added: "Yes, we're used to operating in uncertain political and economic environments. But, given a choice, we want to know as accurately as possible what investment conditions will look like 10 or 20 years from now.
"That's the chief reason we're in favour of the UK maintaining its long-established place at the heart of the European Union: it provides greater investment stability and certainty.
By Douglas FraserBusiness and economy editor, Scotland
So why are businesses speaking up now?
Partly, it's because this is a busy time of year for reporting financial results, and publication of annual reports, which require those risk registers to be made public.
But there's another factor. Several of the concerns raised about Scottish independence are within the context of greater concerns that UK voters could take the opportunity of a referendum to pull out from the European Union.
Three years out from that possible date with constitutional destiny, business is serving notice that it would make its presence felt in that fight.
And it may be wary that this May's European Parliament elections could build the momentum towards a referendum on the issue.
"But, as a global business with feet planted firmly on both sides of the Channel, we also believe that the UK's national interests are best served by a close relationship with Europe.
"The continent faces medium-term challenges - not least relating to its economic competitiveness. But we believe those challenges are best tackled - to the benefit of all - with the UK's voice loudly expressed and loudly heard inside the EU.
"It's for similar reasons that we'd like to see Scotland remain part of the United Kingdom.
"Shell has a long history of involvement in the North Sea - and therefore in Scotland - and we continue to invest more than a billion pounds there every year."
A spokeswoman for the Scottish government said: "The Scottish government agree with Shell that the real risk facing the oil and gas sector is the proposed in-out referendum on EU membership, which risks taking Scotland out of Europe with all the consequences for jobs, investment and prosperity that would entail.
"We would be happy to meet with Shell to discuss the future of the oil and gas industry in an independent Scotland.
"As Ed Daniels, chairman of Shell UK has acknowledged, the independence debate is a matter for the Scottish people. A recent Oil and Gas People poll showed that in fact, 70% of oil workers planned to vote for independence.
"Industry has significant confidence in the opportunities presented in the North Sea. Combined, operators, including Shell, have around £100bn worth of investment planned for the North Sea. And with more than half of oil and gas reserves by value still to be extracted, that investment will continue after independence.
"Shell is a company which already operates in more than 40 independent countries around the globe, and an independent Scotland with full control of its economy and huge resources will offer an attractive and stable environment for businesses in the offshore and other sectors."
Mr van Beurden's comments come after BP's chief executive, Bob Dudley, said he personally believed Britain "ought to stay together".
Speaking in response to Mr Dudley's remarks, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said he was "entitled to his personal opinion" but added that many other chief executives were firmly in favour of independence.
Interviewed on BBC Breakfast last month, BA group chief executive Willie Walsh said he thought Scottish independence would be a "positive development" for the company as he believed a Scottish government would abolish air passenger duty.
A spokesman for the pro-Union campaign Better Together said the latest big business interventions in the referendum debate showed independence would "cost jobs".
He added: "Shell is now the second key North Sea investor in a few weeks to call for Scotland to stay in the UK, following the intervention from BP's chief executive Bob Dudley.
"The best way to preserve jobs and to make the most of depleting North Sea oil and gas reserves, without allowing the volatility of the tax we get risking public services, is to take advantage of the broad shoulders of the larger UK economy.
"What we have seen in recent days is some of the largest employers and investors in Scotland outline big problems with Alex Salmond's independence obsession."
James Cook, BBC Scotland correspondent: "There is the battle of Britain and then there is the battle of Brussels.
"One is nearly upon us but the other may not be that far off, and both are exercising business.
"Scotland will vote on leaving the United Kingdom on September 18 and, if the Conservatives win the 2015 general election, David Cameron says Britain will vote on leaving the European Union before the end of 2017.
"Campaigners for independence say too little attention has been paid to the latter possibility.
"They point to comments from the chief executive of the engineering giant, GKN, Nigel Stein, who said this week that Scottish independence would make no difference to his company while the prospect of leaving the EU would be "deeply harmful".
"But opponents of independence point to a string of companies which appear less relaxed about the prospect of Scottish secession. Bosses from Standard Life, BP, RBS and Lloyds have all raised concerns in recent weeks.
"In the boardrooms, both battles are getting into full swing.
"Their outcome will shape the future of Scotland, Britain and Europe."
Glenn Campbell, BBC Scotland political correspondent: "When Shell hosted David Cameron's cabinet in Aberdeen last week, the company's UK chairman, Ed Daniels, stressed that the decision on independence was for Scottish voters and that it would be "wrong" for Shell to intervene in the debate.
"It seems that the chief executive of the global company takes a different view.
"In scripted remarks to those attending Shell's annual reception in London, Ben van Beurden made clear that he would prefer Scotland to "remain part of the UK" and for the UK to stay in the European Union.
"Most of his comments addressed the EU dimension ahead of elections to the European Parliament in May and a possible in/out referendum on UK membership in 2017.
"The Scottish government said this was the "real risk" to jobs , investment and prosperity in the North Sea and offered to meet Shell to discuss its plans for Scottish independence within the EU.
"It has set up an expert commission to review the tax and regulation options for the oil and gas sector in the event of a "yes" vote in September's independence referendum.
"The chief executive of BP, Bob Dudley, previously said he personally thought Britain "ought to stay together". Shell's boss appears to have expressed a corporate view.
"While Mr van Beurden made Shell's constitutional preferences clear, he also pointed out that the company works in far less stable political and economic environments around the world and said it continues to invest around a billion pounds a year in North Sea oil and gas operations." | The chief executive of the oil company Shell has said he would like Scotland to "remain part of the UK". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "26461833"} | 1,724 | 25 | 0.447601 | 1.060045 | -0.538881 | 5.173913 | 70.130435 | 1 |
Incentives to attract trainees to rural or deprived parts of Wales - and to persuade older GPs not to retire early - are called for by the health and social care committee after an inquiry.
But it added that GP training may need extending from three to four years to handle the complexity of the job.
"We all have higher expectations about the care we should receive," said committee chair David Rees.
The Welsh government said it would respond "in due course". | More young doctors need to be trained as GPs to solve shortages, AMs say. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31549057"} | 106 | 21 | 0.576102 | 1.196879 | -0.422668 | 0.375 | 5.875 | 0.375 |
Visitors have been leaving vehicles illegally in passing places on roads or parking badly on verges near the Fairy Pools and the Quiraing.
Officers from Police Scotland's Lochaber and Skye division have posted messages on Twitter about the problems.
In one police warned: "If your car causes an obstruction it may be towed away."
"Park safe," officers said in another of their tweets.
The Fairy Pools are a series of waterfalls and pools that give views of Skye's famous Cuillin hills.
The Quiraing is part of the Trotternish Ridge which was formed by a series of massive ancient landslips.
The Quiraing was the largest of the slips. | Police have been highlighting parking problems at some of the Isle of Skye's most popular tourist destinations. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33986593"} | 158 | 23 | 0.584513 | 1.459968 | -0.485043 | 1.105263 | 6.736842 | 0.578947 |
Massimiliano Allegri's side had won all 17 home league games this season but that record looked like ending when Adem Ljajic curled home a free-kick.
The visitors had Afriyie Acquah sent off for a second yellow card in the Turin derby.
But Argentine striker Higuain smashed in a low finish on 91 minutes to preserve their unbeaten home record.
The £75m summer signing had started the game on the bench, but gave on-loan Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart little chance with his 32nd goal of the season.
Despite gaining a draw, the result meant Juventus' run of 33 successive home league wins came to an end.
With three games remaining, Juve are eight points clear at the top of the table ahead of second-placed Napoli and 10 points in front of Roma who have a game in hand.
Match ends, Juventus 1, Torino 1.
Second Half ends, Juventus 1, Torino 1.
Foul by Medhi Benatia (Juventus).
Andrea Belotti (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Juventus 1, Torino 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic.
Attempt missed. Adem Ljajic (Torino) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Mario Mandzukic (Juventus).
Juan Iturbe (Torino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alex Sandro (Juventus).
Juan Iturbe (Torino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Luca Rossettini.
Substitution, Torino. Juan Iturbe replaces Iago Falque.
Attempt missed. Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Mario Mandzukic.
Hand ball by Adem Ljajic (Torino).
Foul by Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus).
Emiliano Moretti (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Juventus. Alex Sandro replaces Paulo Dybala.
Paulo Dybala (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Iago Falque (Torino).
Attempt saved. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Andrea Belotti.
Attempt blocked. Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic.
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Juan Cuadrado (Juventus).
Andrea Belotti (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Torino. Joel Obi replaces Daniele Baselli because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Paulo Dybala.
Attempt blocked. Sami Khedira (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonardo Bonucci with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonardo Bonucci.
Attempt missed. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kwadwo Asamoah.
Substitution, Juventus. Miralem Pjanic replaces Tomás Rincón.
Attempt missed. Sami Khedira (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Paulo Dybala.
Foul by Medhi Benatia (Juventus).
Iago Falque (Torino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Daniele Baselli (Torino) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Luca Rossettini.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Andrea Belotti (Torino) because of an injury.
Substitution, Torino. Marco Benassi replaces Lucas Boyé.
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Ed Burnett, 43, designed Gloriana for a huge parade up the Thames during the jubilee celebrations in 2012.
Police said he was found dead at his home in Totnes, Devon on 26 May and there were no suspicious circumstances.
Tributes have been paid by colleagues and friends to the "fiercely intelligent and astonishing" man.
A pageant of more than 1,000 boats involving some 20,000 people sailed down the Thames on 3 June 2012 to mark the Queen's 60 years on the throne.
Mr Burnett was also one of the rowers on board the 94ft (28.6m) barge as it led the Queen and Prince Philip up the Thames.
Mr Burnett ran a yacht design business in Totnes and had been a member of the local rowing club for several years.
Former club chairman Peter Rouse said: "He was an enormously accomplished naval architect, one of the leading timber boat architects in the world.
"He contributed to and improved every area of the club; he was really capable and talented and it's a tremendous loss.
"Everyone who knew him is absolutely devastated."
Damian Byrne, project manager for building Gloriana, paid tribute to Mr Burnett, saying: "There are notable naval architects practising today who declare an understanding for classic shapes, but few have shown the understanding of the subtleties of form that deliver a classic timeless vessel."
Mr Burnett's death has been referred to the coroner. | A naval architect who designed the Queen's Jubilee barge has been found dead at his home, police have confirmed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33001212"} | 328 | 28 | 0.568558 | 1.437773 | -0.390716 | 2.318182 | 12.727273 | 0.954545 |
Wax has written a best-selling book called Sane New World and starred in a theatre show of the same name.
She is also patron for the British Neuroscience Association and supports mental health charities.
Wax is best-known for fronting TV documentaries and interviews as well as script editing the hugely successful Absolutely Fabulous.
Her OBE will be an honorary British award for foreign nationals.
She started her career as an actress, including time with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Having experienced clinical depression herself, Wax studied for a Masters degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy from the University of Oxford in 2013.
Her mental health work has included speaking at Downing Street to raise money for neuroscience research.
Mark Williams, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Oxford, said: "Ruby's campaigning reveals her rare skill of being able to speak of the deepest and most painful things with openness, wisdom and humour, bringing acute observations and fresh perspectives to a field that badly needs them." | Broadcaster and campaigner Ruby Wax will be awarded an OBE for her services to mental health. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32477545"} | 215 | 22 | 0.64656 | 1.481834 | 0.391928 | 1 | 11.470588 | 0.764706 |
An investigation took place after the newborn boy's body was discovered on 23 June.
Officers are still appealing for the mother to come forward to ensure she receives proper medical attention and is safe and well.
Det Insp Mark O'Shea urged her to contact her GP or midwifery team. | Detectives investigating the discovery of a baby's body in Cardiff's River Taff have released photographs of a sheet and towel used to wrap him in. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33541081"} | 67 | 35 | 0.632895 | 1.140403 | -0.624702 | 0.321429 | 1.964286 | 0.25 |
The vote reduces the chances of the president appearing in the dock.
But it is non-binding and still needs to be approved by the full parliament. The public prosecutor has said he will instigate new corruption charges.
Earlier ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he would seek re-election despite a corruption conviction.
Mr Temer was charged last month, accused of plotting to receive bribes from the boss of a giant meatpacking firm. He has denied any wrongdoing.
The final decision on whether he is tried by the Supreme Court lies with parliament, who is expected to vote on the matter within days.
In order for Mr Temer to face prosecution two-thirds of the 513 deputies in the lower house need to approve the charges against him. The government is confident it has sufficient votes to block an eventual trial.
The charges on Thursday were the first of several against the president made by Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot, who has said he will present more in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile former President Lula gave his first public reaction after being convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison.
Vowing to appeal, he called the case politically motivated and said he plans to run for president in 2018.
"If anyone thinks that with this move against me they have taken me out of the game, they are wrong, I am in the game," he said.
Despite the conviction, and four more upcoming trials, Mr Lula remains a popular figure. | A congressional committee in Brazil has voted against recommending President Michel Temer be tried in the Supreme Court on corruption charges. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40599398"} | 342 | 26 | 0.55668 | 1.302123 | 0.139344 | 1.181818 | 13.5 | 0.727273 |
The 18-year-old forward came off the bench to strike the ball past Trotters keeper Mark Howard from 20 yards.
And another Charlton sub Brandon Hanlan could have won it right at the death, but his header hit the side-netting.
Bolton had taken the lead through Gary Madine in the 53rd minute after good work from Liam Trotter on the wing.
The late equaliser will disappoint Bolton boss Phil Parkinson, who was making his first return to the Valley since being sacked by Charlton in 2011.
Both sides could have gone into the break a goal up with Charlton's Jason Pearce heading wide from a free-kick, and David Wheater seeing his effort cleared off the line and onto the crossbar.
There was a lengthy stoppage of play at the start of the second-half as Bolton's Mark Davies was stretchered off after landing awkwardly when making a tackle.
Despite the late setback, Bolton remain unbeaten in the league and stay top of League One.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Charlton Athletic 1, Bolton Wanderers 1.
Second Half ends, Charlton Athletic 1, Bolton Wanderers 1.
Attempt missed. Nicky Ajose (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Brandon Hanlan (Charlton Athletic) header from more than 35 yards is close, but misses to the right.
Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers).
Goal! Charlton Athletic 1, Bolton Wanderers 1. Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Crofts.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Brandon Hanlan replaces Josh Magennis.
Attempt saved. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Jay Spearing.
Jason Pearce (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Conor Wilkinson (Bolton Wanderers).
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Conor Wilkinson replaces Gary Madine.
Attempt blocked. Andrew Crofts (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Andrew Taylor replaces Jamie Proctor.
Foul by Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic).
Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Lewis Buxton.
Foul by Chris Solly (Charlton Athletic).
Jamie Proctor (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Lewis Buxton.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Ademola Lookman replaces Kevin Foley.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Jay Spearing.
Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers).
Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jamie Proctor (Bolton Wanderers).
Foul by Morgan Fox (Charlton Athletic).
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jamie Proctor (Bolton Wanderers).
Foul by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Charlton Athletic).
Chris Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Charlton Athletic 0, Bolton Wanderers 1. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Liam Trotter.
Attempt saved. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the centre of the goal.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Dhoni is the only Indian athlete on the magazine's annual sporting rich list.
The magazine reports that Dhoni earned US$31m dollars (£19.98m) in the past 12 months.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather earned US$300m (£194m) to top the list, and his rival Manny Pacquiao is in the second spot with $160m (£103.4m).
The third place went to Portugal and Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo with his earning of $79.6m (£51.4m).
Dhoni retired from Test cricket at the end of 2014, handing over captaincy to Virat Kohli. But he is still the captain of India's ODI and Twenty20 teams.
He is India's most successful captain and is hugely popular among millions of fans around the country.
He took India to the semi-final of the ODI World Cup in March this year, but lost to eventual champions and hosts Australia.
Pundits say his popularity makes him "a brand ambassador of choice" for many forms.
That explains the breakup of his earnings. The batsman made $4m in salary and winnings, and the rest came from endorsements, reports Forbes.
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A deal with the National Aeronautical Centre (NAC) in Wales will see aircraft tested for military or civilian use.
The NAC, which has authority to fly drones, said it was attracted to Newquay because its 3,000m runway is bigger than in Wales.
Testing will take place in a 3,000 sq mile segregated area for unmanned aircraft over the sea.
Ray Mann, from the National Aeronautical Centre, said: "We fly about three or four missions a day in west Wales.
"We have a 1,200m runway, but Newquay has one of the longest runways in the UK which is a huge advantage."
The NAC's agreement could see a number of its clients, which include the Ministry of Defence and Thales, operate their aircraft from Newquay.
Mr Mann said the firm was attracted by the prospect of office, hangar and security at the Aerohub enterprise zone, launched there in 2012.
He predicted huge growth in the sector with demand for drones in fisheries protection, air sea rescue and border controls, as well military use.
"We have to recognise where the sector is going," he said.
"We know there is demand and we have to be prepared to meet that."
Al Titterington, managing director of Newquay Cornwall Airport, said: "The UK aerospace industry has a major opportunity in the UAS (Unmanned Air Systems) market but first it must develop, demonstrate and prove that systems and sub-systems can contribute to ensuring safe and reliable operations, whilst being properly regulated." | Unmanned aircraft, or drones, could soon be flying out of Newquay Airport in Cornwall. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "24039036"} | 336 | 22 | 0.55868 | 1.342819 | -0.218676 | 1.176471 | 17.705882 | 0.823529 |
The man died at the scene after he crashed into a field near Lubenham, Leicestershire, shortly before 13:00 GMT.
The light aircraft went on to land safely after the incident near Market Harborough.
Leicestershire Police has launched a joint investigation with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
A police spokesman said: "From initial enquiries carried out at the scene, officers believe the glider had been in collision with a light aircraft prior to coming down in the fields.
"The man on board the glider has been pronounced dead at the scene."
A stretch of Laughton Road is closed and is expected to remain so until Monday. | A glider pilot has died in a mid-air collision between a glider and a light aircraft. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38203019"} | 137 | 25 | 0.595745 | 1.198706 | -0.757402 | 1.105263 | 6.473684 | 0.789474 |
The Lisa Pathfinder satellite was sent into orbit to test elements of the laser measurement system that would be used on a future observatory.
Performance objectives were exceeded on the very first day the equipment was switched on.
"During commissioning, the requirements were being met already," co-principal investigator Karsten Danzmann said.
"We hadn't tweaked anything; we'd just turned everything on to see if the laser was running and, bang, there it was. And the performance has just got better and better ever since," he told BBC News.
There is currently enormous excitement around gravitational waves - the ripples in space-time generated in cataclysmic cosmic events, such as the merger of black holes and the explosion of giant stars.
The existence of these phenomena was first confirmed last year at the Advanced Ligo facilities in the US.
They picked up a very subtle disturbance in their laser interferometers as waves from far-distant, coalescing black holes passed through the Earth.
The success has been lauded as one of the great scientific breakthroughs in decades.
Ripples in the fabric of space-time
Researchers would like to take this same capability into space itself, to be able to observe the waves that are generated by types of event which are beyond the sensitivities of ground laboratories.
The coming together of gargantuan black holes as whole galaxies crash into each other is the kind of source this future mission would target.
But before so expensive a venture is approved, it has to be shown that the key technologies can work on the scale proposed. Hence, the European Space Agency's (Esa) Lisa Pathfinder mission.
The satellite was launched in December equipped with a single instrument designed to measure and maintain a 38cm separation between two small gold-platinum blocks.
These "test masses" were unclamped once in orbit and allowed to go into free-fall inside the spacecraft. A laser interferometer - in essence a very precise ruler - was then set the task of tracking the cubes' behaviour.
The results of this metrology experiment have now been detailed in a paper in the journal Physical Review Letters.
"Our requirement was that we had to measure the position of the test masses to nine picometres per root hertz, and our on-orbit performance is actually about 30 femtometres - so we're about a factor of 300 better than requirements," explained Esa project scientist Paul McNamara.
To put those numbers in more user-friendly terms: a picometre is a millionth of a millionth of a metre; 30 femtometres is tinier still, equivalent to about the diameter of a couple of gold atom nuclei.
The laser instrument has witnessed the smallest of accelerations in the test masses, such as those resulting from the impact of residual gas molecules still bouncing around inside Pathfinder in the vacuum of space.
"We see relative accelerations lower than a 10th of a millionth of billionth of Earth's gravity," said Dr McNamara.
"It's a very quiet environment; there's no seismic noise, there's no machinery switching on and off, no-one walking past. It's a perfect lab that we're in."
All this gives confidence that a mission proper to measure gravitational waves in space will work.
This would be done by sensing the ripples' very delicate disturbance of gold blocks separated not by 38cm, as in Pathfinder, but by a few million km; and across three spacecraft flying in formation.
It is this configuration that would make the future mission, dubbed simply Lisa, able to detect the long-wavelength, low-frequency signals that are beyond the range of Earth facilities like Advanced Ligo.
"With Lisa Pathfinder we have learnt not only to walk but to jog pretty well. So, we are now ready for the big marathon, to do the big race," said senior Esa official Fabio Favata.
"We haven't been sitting still. The technology on Lisa Pathfinder is key, but the agency has also been working on other technologies that will enable us to carry out this future mission."
Laser science: Measuring the distance between gold blocks
Lisa, or whatever name it is eventually given, is tentatively scheduled for launch in 2034 (although this could come forward).
Esa is currently in discussion with its US counterpart, Nasa, about a collaboration.
"Nasa has established a study team to see just how the US could participate," said study chair David Shoemaker from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"Clearly, there's a bit of a dance to figure out what best comes from the US versus Europe. It's a question of working out where skills lie, and how the US fits into the plan developing in Europe.
"We're aware that the Europeans really want to firm up the way the mission is divvied up by the end of the calendar year, and so that sets a timescale for the discussions, between the scientists on both sides of the Atlantic and between the heads of the agencies which are starting to get more lively."
The success of Lisa Pathfinder is a fillip to British academia and industry.
The universities of Glasgow, Imperial College London, and Birmingham provided core parts of the instrument, while the satellite itself was assembled at Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage.
Building Pathfinder was a painstaking process. Its own gravity could have disturbed the experimental blocks and so the layout had to be very carefully designed so that the tugging force exerted by the onboard equipment was evenly balanced in all directions.
"Our mass log in Stevenage where we wrote down what everything weighs has 10,000 entries," said Airbus programme manager Christian Trenkel. "We are very proud of what we have achieved."
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Peter Whittingham, Rickie Lambert and Emyr Huws have already left the Championship side.
Wingers Craig Noone and Anthony Pilkington, plus left-back Declan John could also be surplus to requirements at Cardiff City Stadium.
"There's players who won't be here at the start of the season," Warnock confirmed.
"Fans might guess without me telling them really. I don't envisage going with more than about 21 or 22 players this year."
Pilkington scored the winner in Friday's pre-season friendly against Taffs Well in which four of the club's new arrivals made their Cardiff debuts.
Winger Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, goalkeeper Neil Etheridge, striker Danny Ward and midfielder Loic Damour all had a run-out against the Welsh League Division One side in a game that doubled as a charity event.
"Thanks to all the fans because it was a super night," Warnock added.
"I'm pleased for our lads as well, because when you're a pro and you come to a non-league club like Taffs Well you could get a wrong attitude.
"If you get a wrong attitude that's when you get injured, so I was pleased with our lads and it was a great night all round." | Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock says he will trim his squad further before the new season begins. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40618294"} | 298 | 22 | 0.499564 | 1.201955 | -0.135759 | 0.555556 | 13.611111 | 0.444444 |
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has agreed a total business flood recovery fund of £5m.
It said grants could include cash to repair or buy new equipment, pay to restore flood-hit premises or help with relocation costs.
The fund will be managed by the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership.
The money will come from the area's regional growth fund allocation from the government for 2016/17.
The city region area covers the 10 local authority areas of Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Craven, Harrogate, Kirklees, Leeds, Selby, Wakefield and York.
It is believed around 2,000 businesses were damaged by the flooding in December.
Peter Box, chair of the combined authority, said: "I know how devastating it has been for many small and medium businesses and the knock-on effect for those companies that are suppliers or customers of those flood-hit firms."
Mr Box said he accepted the money would only "scratch the surface" and said the combined authority would continue to press for continuing support for flood prevention measures from the government.
He said the grants, which would range from £5,000 to £100,000, would be in addition to financial support already offered for flood clean-up costs by local authorities. | Grants of up to £100,000 are to be made available to support business in West Yorkshire hit by flooding over Christmas. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35503790"} | 257 | 26 | 0.66216 | 1.600204 | 0.276551 | 1.173913 | 10.521739 | 0.826087 |
The man in charge of the Pisa tests, Andreas Schleicher, says the evidence from around the world reveals some big myths about what makes for a successful education system.
Teachers all around the world struggle with how to make up for social disadvantage in their classrooms. Some believe that deprivation is destiny.
And yet, results from Pisa tests show that the 10% most disadvantaged 15-year-olds in Shanghai have better maths skills than the 10% most privileged students in the United States and several European countries.
Children from similar social backgrounds can show very different performance levels, depending on the school they go to or the country they live in.
Education systems where disadvantaged students succeed are able to moderate social inequalities.
They tend to attract the most talented teachers to the most challenging classrooms and the most capable school leaders to the most disadvantaged schools, thus challenging all students with high standards and excellent teaching.
Some American critics of international educational comparisons argue that the value of these comparisons is limited because the United States has some unique socio-economic divisions.
But the United States is wealthier than most countries and spends more money on education than most of them, its parents have a higher level of education than in most countries, and the share of socio-economically disadvantaged students is just around the OECD average.
What the comparisons do show is that socio-economic disadvantage has a particularly strong impact on student performance in the United States.
In other words, in the United States two students from different socio-economic backgrounds vary much more in their learning outcomes than is typically the case in OECD countries.
Integrating students with an immigrant background can be challenging.
And yet, results from Pisa tests show no relationship between the share of students with an immigrant background in a country and the overall performance of students in that country.
Even students with the same migration history and background show very different performance levels across countries, suggesting that where students go to schools makes much more of a difference than where they come from.
South Korea, the highest-performing OECD country in mathematics, spends well below the average per student.
The world is no longer divided between rich and well-educated countries and poor and badly-educated ones. Success in education systems is no longer about how much money is spent, but about how money is spent.
Countries need to invest in improving education and skills if they are going to compete in an increasingly knowledge-based global economy.
And yet, educational expenditure per student explains less than 20% of the variation in student performance across OECD countries.
For example, students in the Slovak Republic, which spends around $53,000 (£35,000) per student between the age of 6 and 15, perform on average at the same level at age 15 as the United States which spends over $115,000 (£76,000) per student.
Everywhere, teachers, parents and policy-makers favour small classes as the key to better and more personalised education.
Reductions in class size have also been the main reason behind the significant increases in expenditure per student in most countries over the last decade.
And yet, Pisa results show no relationship between class size and learning outcomes, neither within nor across countries.
More interestingly, the highest performing education systems in Pisa tend to systematically prioritise the quality of teachers over the size of classes. Wherever they have to make a choice between a smaller class and a better teacher, they go for the latter.
Rather than putting money into small classes, they invest in competitive teacher salaries, ongoing professional development and a balance in working time.
There is a conventional wisdom that sees a non-selective, comprehensive system as designed to promote fairness and equity, while a school system with academic selection is aimed at quality and excellence.
And yet, international comparisons show there is no incompatibility between the quality of learning and equity, the highest performing education systems combine both.
More from the BBC's Knowledge economy series looking at education from a global perspective
None of the countries with a high degree of stratification, whether in the form of tracking, streaming, or grade repetition is among the top performing education systems or among the systems with the highest share of top performers.
Globalisation and technological change are having a major impact on what students need to know.
When we can access so much content on Google, where routine skills are being digitised or outsourced, and where jobs are changing rapidly, the focus is on enabling people to become lifelong learners, to manage complex ways of thinking and working.
In short, the modern world no longer rewards us just for what we know, but for what we can do with what we know.
Many countries are reflecting this by expanding school curriculums with new school subjects. The most recent trend, reinforced in the financial crisis, was to teach students financial skills.
But results from Pisa show no relationship between the extent of financial education and financial literacy. In fact, some of those education systems where students performed best in the Pisa assessment of financial literacy teach no financial literacy but invest their efforts squarely on developing deep mathematics skills.
More generally, in top performing education systems the curriculum is not mile-wide and inch-deep, but tends to be rigorous, with a few things taught well and in great depth.
The writings of many educational psychologists have fostered the belief that student achievement is mainly a product of inherited intelligence, not hard work.
The findings from Pisa also show this mistaken belief, with a significant share of students in the western world reporting that they needed good luck rather than hard work to do well in mathematics or science. It's a characteristic that is consistently negatively related to performance.
Teachers may feel guilty pushing students who are perceived as less capable to achieve at higher levels, because they think it is unfair to the student.
Their goal is more likely to be enabling each student to achieve up to the average of students in their classrooms, rather than, as in Finland, Singapore or Shanghai-China, to achieve high universal standards.
A comparison between school marks and performance of students in Pisa also suggests that teachers often expect less of students from lower socio-economic backgrounds. And those students and their parents may expect less too.
This is a heavy burden for education systems to bear, and it is unlikely that school systems will achieve performance parity with the best-performing countries until they accept that all children can achieve at very high levels.
In Finland, Japan, Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong, students, parents, teachers and the public at large tend to share the belief that all students are capable of achieving high standards.
Students in those systems consistently reported that if they tried hard, they would trust in their teachers to help them excel.
One of the most interesting patterns observed among some of the highest-performing countries was the gradual move away from a system in which students were streamed into different types of secondary schools.
Those countries did not accomplish this transition by taking the average and setting the new standards to that level. Instead, they "levelled up", requiring all students to meet the standards that they formerly expected only their elite students to meet.
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Andrew Wilkinson, chair of governors at Newport, and Prof Julie Lydon, vice-chancellor of Glamorgan, will fill those posts at the new body in 2013.
The name of the new university is expected to be revealed in December.
Plans were abandoned earlier this month to force a three-way merger with Cardiff Metropolitan University, which opposed the idea.
The announcement from Glamorgan and Newport follows a due diligence exercise to ensure there were no legal or financial barriers to their merger.
It comes after a drive led by the Welsh government to rearrange higher education in Wales to create a smaller number of larger universities.
Officials claim the new institution will rival Cardiff University in terms of size and provide the scale to produce additional benefits for students, staff and the local economy whilst also developing a global profile.
Prof Lydon said: "Our two universities have set in train a plan to create a new and exciting institution for south Wales.
"While both institutions have strong histories in the communities of south Wales, together we will be stronger than the sum of our parts and have an opportunity to enhance significantly the educational and training landscape of south-east Wales for the benefit of its people, communities and businesses."
Independent research on suitable names for the new university is said to be almost complete, with an announcement due in December.
Education Minister Leighton Andrews announced earlier this month that he was dropping consultation on a three-way union, including Cardiff Met, in order to allow Glamorgan and Newport to press ahead with their merger.
But he stressed at the time it was still his desire to see a single "super-university" for south-east Wales combining all the region's post-1992 universities. | Two universities which are merging in south Wales have named the senior figures to lead the new institution. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "20431655"} | 361 | 21 | 0.599023 | 1.509915 | 0.278947 | 1.210526 | 17.684211 | 0.684211 |
The 20-year-old former England Under-19s captain rejected a new contract offered by his home county.
He has played 24 first-class matches, scoring 1,288 runs at an average of 39, and taking 16 wickets.
"It's been tough to leave the county that has given me my start in pro cricket, but it's time to take the next step forward," Thakor said.
A Leicestershire club statement said they were "disappointed" by the decision, but would not be making any further comment.
Derbyshire elite performance director Graeme Welch said: "He is a versatile player who can contribute with both bat and ball across all three formats.
"He has shown for Leicestershire that he is a top player with England potential. The sky is the limit for the lad and I'm sure he will have a successful future in Derbyshire colours."
Thakor added: "I had several options on the table but, having met with Graeme Welch and the management team, it was an easy decision to join a progressive club like Derbyshire.
"The way he talked with passion about the club, its plans for the future and the role he sees me playing was too good an opportunity to turn down." | Leicestershire all-rounder Shiv Thakor is to join Derbyshire on a two-year deal at the end of the season. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29044793"} | 272 | 30 | 0.599196 | 1.452186 | -0.610753 | 0.913043 | 10.521739 | 0.73913 |
The Northern Irishman had just pulled his approach shot into the water on the par-five eighth hole - and sent his long iron after it in frustration.
McIlroy, 25, carded a two-under 70 to lie one under for the tournament.
That leaves him eight shots adrift of leader JB Holmes, who shot a one-over 73 to add to his opening-round 62.
McIlroy's missed cut at last week's Honda Classic was his first since June 2014. He described it as a "kick in the backside".
Speaking at the end of Friday's round, he said he should not have thrown his club into the water.
McIlroy said: "It felt good at the time but now I regret it. Frustration got the better of me.
He told Sky Sports: "Following on from last week, I feel like it's very close and to hit shots like that you get frustrated, but I shouldn't have done what I did."
American Holmes found the water four times and carded a double bogey on the final hole of his second round.
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But success will not only be measured on scorecards at Britain's biggest golf gathering outside the Open Championship.
This is a huge week for the European Tour as they use the Wentworth tournament to launch an elevated strata of events designed to compete with the might of the PGA Tour.
And be in no doubt, the American circuit's influence continues to grow. It is relentlessly dominant and ready to make its already wealthy players even richer.
So, on this side of the pond, the £5.4m Wentworth extravaganza needs to succeed as it tees up the newly branded Rolex Series of elite events on the European Tour.
This week should prove a turning point after recent PGAs left disgruntled players muttering about the West Course's suitability to hold such tournaments.
"There were murmurs a couple of years ago if we didn't do something drastic that the Tour could look elsewhere," Stephen Gibson, Wentworth's CEO, told BBC Sport.
"I don't think they have reason to now."
Gibson has overseen more than £5m worth of investment, which has been poured into renovating the West Course over the past year.
All 18 greens have been relaid with 007 creeping bentgrass, while sub-air technology, as used at Augusta, has been installed under every putting surface to control moisture.
Defending champion Wood agrees. The Bristolian shot nine under par to claim the biggest title of his career, and is convinced a lower score will be required for a successful title defence.
"I hope the changes don't affect my results too much," said a smiling Wood, who has been a consistent Wentworth performer in recent years.
"But they are really good changes and the big thing is the condition of the greens. They really needed looking at and you can't fault them.
"The greens are a shot easier purely because of the surfaces and I think the bunkers are not so severe."
There are 25% fewer bunkers, and those that remain are shallower and easier to get out of.
"Guys can hit irons onto the greens now instead of having to lay up," Wood told me.
"And that feeds back to the tee, where people will think, 'actually, I don't mind going in that bunker now, so I'll be a little bit more aggressive with my drive'. I can see lower scores."
Wood does not see any problem with that, but back in 2009 it was felt the West Course had become too easy.
Ernie Els' design team sought to toughen up the layout where the average winning score had been nearly 15 under. In the following seven years, that average fell to 11.6 under despite An Byeong-hun's record 21-under victory in 2015.
The changes were unpopular. Wentworth lost its charm and became a slog for anyone other than the best players.
Now it is more like its old self, and Wood believes players and fans will be delighted.
"You finish with two par-fives and there should be the opportunity for a birdie/eagle finish to change the tournament and that's not really been there the last few years," he said.
"For people watching, that takes away a lot of the drama and entertainment, so I'm quite happy to see lower scores."
European Tour boss Keith Pelley concurs.
"I think people love to see birdies, love to see long drives," he told BBC Sport. "In terms of the score, I'm not fussed by that."
Fans will see the biggest changes on the eighth, 11th, 14th and 16th greens, which have been completely remodelled.
The biggest improvement is at the eighth, where the putting surface has been lowered closer to the water level in front and left of the green.
A ludicrously deep bunker to the right has disappeared and is replaced by subtle mounding, more in keeping with the original design ethos.
"We created something which I believe is what the players wanted, and brought it back to that old Harry Colt design with some modernisation to it," Pelley added.
"The professionals say it is far more playable. It is definitely an elite golf course but also I think the members will really enjoy playing it."
Most important will be whether the new design provides a fitting stage for one of the tour's biggest tournaments.
It has attracted a strong field but Rory McIlroy's absence through a recurrence of his rib injury is a big blow.
His initial commitment was significant because the world number two gave immediate and vocal backing to the concept of the new Rolex Series, even though he is a paid ambassador for a rival luxury watchmaker.
Now the series will begin in the absence of the tour's biggest star, but it helps that July's Irish Open, backed by McIlroy's charitable foundation, also features, as do the French, Scottish, Italian and Turkish Opens.
"We want to say, 'look we play in iconic cities and great venues'," Pelley added. "The golf course itself is absolutely critical and that's why the changes at Wentworth were so imperative."
Creating a viable alternative to the PGA Tour is Pelley's primary objective, and he remains optimistic about the progress being made.
"Maybe you don't have to go to America," he said.
"When you look at the fields for our Rolex Series events compared to the previous years, the strength of field is stronger across the board. That's a positive sign."
But the competitive environment becomes no easier for Pelley and his Wentworth-based colleagues.
The PGA Tour recently unveiled a massive new deal for their FedEx Cup play-offs which currently carries a $10m (£7.7m) first prize.
"Just wait until we announce the increase in prize money," a leading official told me last week. "It will blow your mind."
Furthermore, the Florida organisation has pitched its stars and stripes in the European Tour's backyard by opening an office in central London.
This is aimed at making it easier to further develop sponsor ties and broadcast deals on Pelley's turf.
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James Purnell was responding to criticism by the Welsh ministers of a "lamentable" lack of English language drama and comedy for TV viewers in Wales.
He told a media conference in Cardiff "Wales loves the BBC".
But he acknowledged the BBC's spend was lower here than in the other nations.
The Welsh government said it had "real concern" about funding in its response to consultation on the future of the BBC.
In August, First Minister Carwyn Jones called for an extra £30m to be spent on BBC programming for Welsh audiences.
This was echoed by the IWA in its audit on the state of the media in Wales.
The audit found that spending on TV programming for Wales has been in decline since before the 2008 banking crisis, while BBC Wales' English language television service has seen a 27% reduction in hours of programmes since 2006-07.
"Tough" licence fee settlements imposed by the UK government in 2010 and 2015 "threaten" both BBC Wales and S4C, said the audit.
The report was published to coincide with the IWA's 2015 media summit, addressed by Mr Purnell.
He said the BBC had reduced overall spend on content while others had not plugged the gap.
But he added that the issue of reduced Wales content on TV was an issue for all broadcasters, not just the BBC.
After praising the spend of network productions in Wales he said "the next challenge was how to crack portrayal" of Wales.
Meanwhile, the IWA also warned S4C risked entering a "cycle of decline" unless its funding was sustained.
The IWA also recommended:
Analysis: TV, radio, newspapers and online
IWA - media audit 2015 in full
The IWA found Welsh newspaper circulations had "dropped sharply" since its last media audit in 2008, in line with global trends.
However, the decline had been "more than matched by the growth in usage of newspaper online sites".
A Welsh government spokesperson said it did not believe the time was right for a media advisory panel because it was still awaiting the outcomes of the BBC Charter review, "our ongoing engagement with the UK government about S4C" and consideration of the recommendations of the Silk and Smith Commissions on further devolution.
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Seven sailors were left missing and three injured after Saturday's collision, which the US Navy said almost sank the destroyer.
The US Navy said rescue workers found the bodies on Sunday after gaining access to damaged parts of the ship.
It said they will be taken to a Japanese hospital to be identified.
The incident took place some 56 nautical miles (104km) south-west of the Japanese port city of Yokosuka, at about 02:30 local time on Saturday (17:30 GMT Friday).
Japanese broadcaster NHK said the collision led to the flooding of the crew's sleeping quarters while they were asleep.
USS Fitzgerald crash: In pictures
"The damage was significant," 7th Fleet commander Vice-Admiral Joseph P Aucoin said. "There was a big gash under the water." Repairs would take some time to complete, he said.
At a press conference in Japan on Sunday, Vice Adm Aucoin would not confirm how many remains had been found so far. Families of the sailors are being notified, he said.
"This loss is something we all feel," he said.
Marine traffic records suggest the ACX Crystal, a 222-metre (730ft) Filipino-flagged container ship, made a sudden U-turn roughly 25 minutes before the crash. It is not known why it changed course.
Similar records for the USS Fitzgerald are not publicly available.
The Navy ship's starboard side was heavily damaged in the collision, but the vessel later managed to slowly return to its base in Yokosuka, with the assistance of US navy tug boats.
Japan's coastguard said the ACX Crystal had a gross tonnage of just under 30,000, about three times that of the USS Fitzgerald.
It sustained lighter damage to its port bow.
The Associated Press agency said there were no injuries reported among the 20 Filipino crew members on board the ACX Crystal.
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The 2013 British and Irish Lions tourist recently signed a new contract at English Premiership Gloucester, the club he joined from Ospreys in 2014.
The 32-year-old has not played for Wales since scoring a try in the 21-35 defeat by Ireland in a World Cup warm-up match in August 2015.
But when asked if he still had international ambitions, Hibbard said: "You're never too old."
Hibbard was left out of Wales' squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
His chances of adding to his 38 caps will have been made harder by the Welsh Rugby Union's senior player selection policy which means only three players who play outside Wales can be picked.
He has played 11 times for Gloucester so far this season in all competitions and has scored four tries in his 58 appearances for the club and had no hesitation in signing a new deal.
"I'm excited by the brand of rugby we've been playing this year," added Hibbard, who was part of the successful British and Irish Lions side which secured a series win in Australia in 2013
"It's faster, more physical in defence and I find it a real good brand. I've enjoyed playing it and it was a no brainer in the end.
"I feel I'm playing alright. There's always more and there's always improvements and I'll keep striving for them." | Hooker Richard Hibbard says he has not given up on playing for Wales. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38175542"} | 309 | 20 | 0.558317 | 1.348798 | -1.510029 | 0.928571 | 19.714286 | 0.642857 |
The announcement came after tens of thousands of people turned out at funerals for dozens of protesters shot dead on Friday.
Earlier, Yemen's ambassador to the UN became the latest official to resign in protest at the killings.
At least 45 people were killed on Friday after gunmen in civilian clothes fired on an anti-government rally.
Despite firing his government, President Saleh has asked the cabinet to remain in place until a new one could be appointed, Yemen's official news agency reported.
President Saleh has faced a string of resignations over Friday's crackdown, which have caused widespread anger in Yemen.
The resignation by Yemen's ambassador to the UN, Abdullah Alsaidi, followed those of the ministers for human rights and tourism, several senior ruling party officials, the head of the state news agency, and the Yemeni ambassador to Lebanon.
Protests: Country by country
Mourners in the capital, Sanaa, gathered on Sunday in a square near Sanaa University.
The university was at the centre of Friday's crackdown, and bodies of many of the victims were laid out as people paid their respects.
Opposition parties joining the procession said they had changed their position from a demand for political reform to a demand of President Saleh's departure, the Associated Press news agency reported.
"This is an acknowledgment of the failure of the security in repressing the revolution, and the crowds that came out today are a signal of the readiness to put forth more sacrifices," said opposition spokesman Mohammed al-Sabry.
Demonstrations were also reported in several other regions.
President Saleh declared a state of emergency following Friday's shootings, which he denied had been carried out by his security forces.
But opposition accused the president of presiding over a "massacre".
President Saleh has been in power for 32 years. He has recently been challenged by a separatist movement in the south, a branch of al-Qaeda, and a periodic conflict with Shia tribes in the north.
He has promised political reforms and said he will not seek another term in office in 2013, but has also vowed to defend his regime "with every drop of blood". | Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has fired his cabinet amid continuing protests against his rule. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "12800887"} | 487 | 22 | 0.519759 | 1.213452 | 0.391532 | 0.8125 | 26.3125 | 0.6875 |
Ronald Burton was convicted of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards one boy, who was aged between 11 and 13, from 1994 until 1996.
The 60-year-old, from East Kilbride, was also convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in 2014.
At the High Court in Glasgow, a judge told now-retired Burton that he had acted "disgracefully" towards the boys.
Lady Stacey told him: "You abused the trust that the children had in you."
Burton, who maintains his innocence, showed no emotion as he was led handcuffed to the cells.
His lawyer said he had been a "gifted" teacher, but that his reputation now "lay in tatters".
The court was previously told that Burton had taught maths and had been an assistant principal teacher.
The jury heard that he got to know the first victim around 1994 when he was in first year and later went on to abuse him.
The abuse ended when the boy was around 15.
The victim told the court: "I ended up thinking I was the one in the wrong."
Burton later moved schools and eventually abused a second boy.
The teacher was reported to police after the first victim told he felt "worthless" and later confronted Burton.
In his closing speech, prosecutor Paul Kearney described Burton as "highly manipulative" in carrying out "systematic sexual abuse".
Burton had faced other charges including claims he raped the second victim and also tried to hypnotise him, but these were dropped by prosecutors. | A teacher who sexually abused two pupils at South Lanarkshire secondary schools has been jailed for six years. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37256623"} | 348 | 26 | 0.508435 | 1.244393 | -0.016362 | 0.473684 | 16.210526 | 0.473684 |
Ramsay was joint runner-up behind Spain's Jon Rahm at Portstewart, while Drysdale was in a group a shot further back after his course-record 63.
That booked both Scots places at next week's Open at Royal Birkdale.
Drysdale described his own finish as "just awesome" and Ramsay said he was "very proud of myself".
Ramsay finished six shots behind Rahm alongside England's Matthew Southgate but was just happy to be challenging considering the Spaniard "played some fantastic golf".
"I am massively pleased," said Ramsay, whose final-round 65 was matched by the winner. "It was a tough last few weeks after missing the cut in France.
"But I hung around and ground it out over the weekend and worked hard.
"I am a big believer that, if you work hard, success will come and this year it has taken longer than it should do.
"I have managed to get there in the end and it was great to play - and to play to win."
Drysdale fired seven birdies in a row at the end of his nine-under-par final round to finish on 17 under along with England's Justin Rose, Daniel Im of the United States and New Zealand's Ryan Fox.
"I don't know what happened there," he admitted. "I just seemed to hole putt after putt and hit some good shots quite close.
"They just kept going in. Fantastic.
"I thought it was going to be quite tough going out this morning and thought two or three under par would be a good score.
"But I just went on that run from 12 onwards."
Drysdale, who described qualifying for The Open as "tremendous", also had a top-20 finish the previous week in France and is now looking forward to the Scottish Open at Dundonald Links near Troon, where play begins on Thursday.
"Hopefully we'll get some nice weather - the last couple of weeks have been a bit wet," he added.
"But the last couple of weeks have been good and I've done some great work.
"I've been striking the ball well and just working hard as usual." | David Drysdale and Richie Ramsay are exuding confidence as they return home for this week's Scottish Open after top-class finishes to the Irish Open. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40553668"} | 488 | 38 | 0.542777 | 1.311608 | 0.591837 | 0.821429 | 15.75 | 0.607143 |
The concert in Carnegie Hall was announced on 10 January as a retrospective of Bowie's life.
But hours later, the singer's family announced his death from cancer. The concert then quickly sold out.
Among the acts performing were the Flaming Lips, the Pixies, Debbie Harry, Cyndi Lauper and former REM singer Michael Stipe.
Demand was so high that a second concert was added for Friday night at Radio City Music Hall. It will be broadcast online.
David Bowie obituary
Bowie's life in pictures
"God bless David Bowie," Jakob Dylan said after performing one of the singer's most recognized songs, Heroes.
Another of his hits, Starman, brought the crowd to its feet, in a performance by Blondie leader Debbie Harry. Heart's Ann Wilson got the audience moving with Let's Dance.
The Flaming Lips performance saw singer Wayne Coyne wearing a suit of lights sat atop the shoulders of a band mate dressed as Chewbacca to sing Life on Mars.
But Cyndi Lauper's version of Suffragette City and Laurie Anderson's take of Always Crashing in the Same Car seemed to have failed to impress the public.
Other hits such as Rebel, Rebel and Life on Mars, and some more obscure songs, were also performed.
Carnegie Hall was where Bowie made his New York debut in 1972, a city where he would live for 20 years.
The annual tribute concerts, that have previously focused on acts including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Joni Mitchell, were set up to raise money for charity.
Organisers were overwhelmed by requests by performers keen to take part after Bowie's death.
"We felt kind of awkward because we are usually so humbly grateful to anyone who wants to participate in this," producer Michael Dorf said.
One scheduled act, hip-hop band The Roots, pulled out of the shows on Thursday, after accusing another unnamed group of refusing to allow them to use their equipment. | An all-star tribute concert to David Bowie, announced shortly before he died, has been held in New York. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35940070"} | 444 | 26 | 0.4726 | 1.209621 | -0.408968 | 0.956522 | 16.608696 | 0.608696 |
It is re-examining evidence about the News of the World following suggestions that the practice was widespread.
Meanwhile, former MP Paul Marsden says he may take legal action against another newspaper group, Trinity Mirror, over alleged phone-hacking.
Trinity Mirror said its journalists worked within the law.
Last week, David Cameron's chief of communications Andy Coulson resigned following continued speculation about phone-hacking at the News of the World when he was editor.
He resigned from the paper when royal editor Clive Goodman was jailed for intercepting the voicemails of royal aides, but said he had no knowledge that phone-hacking had been going on.
The practice was then said to be the work of just one "rogue reporter", but subsequently a number of high-profile figures have claimed they were also victims and lawyers have suggested hacking was widespread.
Prompted by these claims, the Crown Prosecution Service agreed to re-examine all the evidence gathered by police, and on Monday Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said that inquiry would be widened.
In a statement, he said "any evidence resulting from recent or new substantive allegations" of phone-hacking would be "subject to the same rigorous assessment" as material previously gathered in the case.
He said he had asked Alison Levitt QC to "take a robust approach with a view to advising whether the Metropolitan Police Service should carry out any further investigation or deciding whether any prosecutions can be brought".
The allegation by Mr Marsden, former MP for Shrewsbury, is the first specific claim to be made against a newspaper other than the News of the World.
He has told the BBC he believes he may have been a victim of hacking by a journalist working for a Trinity Mirror title in 2003 and is considering taking legal action.
Trinity Mirror owns three London-based national newspapers - the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Mirror and the People.
"We have started those legal inquiries with a specific journalist and also the Mirror Group," Mr Marsden said.
"If it turns out to be true I would like it exposed in a court of law. I want to know the truth."
Trinity Mirror, owners of the Daily Mirror, said in a statement: "Trinity Mirror's position is clear. Our journalists work within the criminal law and the Press Complaints Commission code of conduct."
Mr Marsden defected from Labour to the Lib Dems in 2001, following a series of rows over his opposition to the invasion of Afghanistan.
Elsewhere, the BBC's business editor Robert Peston has learned that executives at News International - owners of the News of the World - are conducting their own extensive investigation to determine how widespread phone-hacking was at the paper.
They are currently trawling through tens of thousands of emails sent and received by the suspended head of news Ian Edmondson, and if any other staff members are implicated they will also be suspended, our correspondent says.
If any more victims are identified they will be offered out-of-court compensation, and any evidence of criminal wrongdoing will be passed to the police, he adds. | The Crown Prosecution Service says it will expand its review of phone-hacking allegations to include any fresh claims made by potential new victims. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "12271690"} | 705 | 30 | 0.459808 | 1.14488 | 0.87836 | 1.730769 | 23.576923 | 0.807692 |
Three children aged about eight attacked the owl at the Guisborough Forest and Walkway on 30 March.
Neil Thirkell from the centre, said instead of intervening, the adults they were with watched and laughed.
The £300 preserved owl replaced a previous bird which was stolen.
Mr Thirkell said: "It's just really sad that the kids think it is ok to do that and the parents think it is funny, that just encourages the children more."
"A lot of places have their animals behind glass but we wanted people to be able to touch and feel the animals.
"Sadly we may now have to reconsider that."
He said the parents "tutted" and walked away after a volunteer at the centre told the children to stop.
The owl, which was stuffed after being killed by a car near the centre two years ago, is part of a wildlife display which also includes a squirrel, hedgehog, badger and fox.
People have condemned the conduct of the children and their parents on social media.
One woman said: "How disgraceful, no wonder there is a lot of violence around now. Some parents have no control."
Another said: "Disgusting behaviour from both kids and parents." | Parents accused of laughing as their children repeatedly punched a stuffed owl at a visitor centre have been criticised online. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35932954"} | 273 | 29 | 0.585653 | 1.38307 | 0.504446 | 0.666667 | 11.619048 | 0.571429 |
The 44-year-old man was taken to hospital in stable condition on Friday morning. Another man is in police custody but has not been charged.
A spokesman for Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs told the BBC there was no indication the attack was "politically motivated".
The Russian Embassy in Canada has declined to comment on the incident.
Police and paramedics were called shortly before 09:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Friday to a residential building in a neighbourhood of Canada's capital with several embassies.
The victim, who paramedics believed was intoxicated, was in the lobby of the building when they arrived and initially refused treatment, the Ottawa Citizen reported.
He had been stabbed in the arm and the back and was transported to hospital for treatment. | A Russian diplomat was found stabbed following a drunken quarrel in Ottawa, Canada, according to local media. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "26587357"} | 171 | 28 | 0.630561 | 1.366539 | -0.228269 | 0.65 | 7.5 | 0.65 |
Kris McDowell, 18, from Coronation Street in Cefn Mawr, died on 31 May last year.
The adjournment will allow the family's solicitor to appoint an expert witness to report on the condition of the railing Mr McDowell was holding on to.
A new date has not yet been set.
North Wales East and Central coroner John Gittins also said he would give consideration to summoning a jury for the hearing.
The inquest was first opened in June. A post-mortem examination had given chest trauma as the provisional cause of Mr McDowell's death.
He was found at the base of the 120ft (36m) tall aqueduct. | An inquest into the death of a teenager who fell from the aqueduct at Froncysyllte, Wrexham, has been adjourned for more evidence to be gathered. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39220869"} | 158 | 49 | 0.624354 | 1.524763 | -0.653868 | 0.607143 | 4.535714 | 0.607143 |
Much of this will feel familiar to anyone watching the UK economy over the past few years but, in the months ahead, that pattern may soon start to change.
As I noted on Monday productivity growth (the amount of output produced per-hour-worked) will be one of the key challenges for the UK economy over the next five years, in some ways it is the key challenge.
Since 2007 productivity has been broadly flat and employment has surged in recent years as firms have required more workers to produce more output rather than getting more from their existing staff.
In effect, economic growth has been generated by increasing the inputs (hours worked) rather than increasing the efficiency with which those inputs are used. The problem with this is that eventually the economy will run into a constraint, it will simply run out of additional workers to employ and, without an increase in productivity, output growth will hit a wall.
Unemployment was fallen from 8.5% in late 2011 to 5.5% today - its lowest level since the recession. The number of economically inactive people (neither employed nor actively looking for a job) has also declined sharply. It may be that the UK is approaching the point when it begins to run out of workers.
Estimating exactly when that point will be reached is tricky - it maybe that there is "hidden slack" in the labour market , people currently working part-time who want a full-time job, or some of the newly self-employed who would rather have a traditional employee position. Immigration, through providing new workers, can also ease the constrains on businesses.
While economists debate about the degree of "slack", the indicator to watch may be well wages. All things being equal, the tighter the labour market is the higher wage growth should be. In a tight market, with firms competing to employ workers, then wages should be nudged up.
Throughout 2011, 2012, 2013 and much of 2014 despite falling unemployment and falling inactivity rates wage growth remained extremely muted. But in recent months it has become to pick up.
Most of the growth in real wages (wages accounting for changes in inflation) since late 2014 has been a result of falling inflation rather than rising nominal wages. But that isn't the whole story. Nominal (cash terms) regular pay growth has picked up from 0.9% a year in August last year to 2.2% in today's figures. In the private sector regular pay growth is now running at 2.7%, up from 1.6% a year ago.
That sport of wage growth - given the absence of an improvement in productivity - suggests a tighter labour market.
So, what happens if the labour market continues to tighten and productivity growth continues to disappoint?
That outcome would be far from good. In the short run those in work would enjoy larger real wage boosts as earnings were pushed up by a tighter labour market. But, without productivity growth, firms would face a larger wage bill for any given level of output and so be forced into increasing prices. The real wage gains wouldn't last for long.
For all the worries about deflation and falling prices in the UK over the past year, it isn't (especially given the rebound in the oil price) hard to envisage a scenario where the lack of productivity growth makes rising inflation a bigger threat. If that was the case then interest rates would rise far quicker than currently expected.
It may seem perverse to be fretting about higher inflation when consumer price inflation is at zero, nominal earnings growth at half of their historical levels and real wages still heavily down on where they were in 2008. But that could be the consequence of a continuing productivity shortfall.
Productivity growth - it can't be emphasised enough - is crucial to what happens next in the UK economy. The other thing that can't be emphasised enough is that there is still no single agreed reason as to why productivity has been so weak.
One theory of weak productivity may be about to be tested and, if it is correct, there is far fewer reasons to be concerned.
The traditional way to think about productivity and real wages, is that weak productivity has led to weak real wages. Without the ability to get more out of their employees, firms haven't had the room for the sort of wage rises that were seen as normal pre-2008.
There are, though, those who argue that the relationship is the other way around. When demand fell during the recession of 2008/09 the UK's flexible labour market meant that, rather than unemployment soaring, wages fell. The rise in unemployment was much smaller than in previous recessions and the hit to wages much larger.
This may (and it's still just a "may") have incentivised the growth of businesses that relied on lower-waged work lowering overall productivity growth. This sort of "compositional effect", according to the Bank of England today, has been a drag on productivity.
In addition, faced with cheaper workers, firms may have decided to hold back on investing in new equipment, plant and machinery - why bother investing in getting more out of your existing workforce if it's cheaper to just hire some additional workers?
If the labour market really has tightened, then - if this theory is correct - one might expect that productivity gains will follow wage gains rather than leading them. In other words, faced with more expensive workers, firms may have to focus on increasing productivity and raising investment in capital equipment. That would be a much more benign outcome - high employment, faster wage growth and rising productivity.
Over the coming months, the next stage in the UK's productivity puzzle will be played out. | Another day, another strong set of employment growth figures from the Office for National Statistics and another downgrade in productivity forecast from the Bank of England. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32724318"} | 1,206 | 30 | 0.404621 | 0.909173 | 0.092513 | 1.107143 | 39.964286 | 0.607143 |
The Public Administration Committee said the statistics were "not fit for purpose" and did not accurately assess how many non-UK residents were entering and leaving the country.
The MPs recommended finding new ways to gather migration information.
But immigration minister Mark Harper defended the statistics as "accurate" and "very robust".
Labour said the home secretary needed to look at how to measure immigration more accurately "as a matter of urgency".
In the year to June 2012, immigration was estimated at 515,000 while emigration was estimated at 352,000, putting net migration - the difference between the number of people entering and leaving the country - at 163,000.
The Conservatives want to reduce the net migration figure from non-EU countries to under 100,000 a year by 2015.
But the MPs warned that current net migration statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Home Office were "blunt instruments" and were "not adequate for understanding the scale and complexity of modern migration flows".
In particular, the MPs criticised the main source for producing migration figures - the International Passenger Survey (IPS).
It was designed in the early 1960s to examine tourism trends and is based on "random interviews" with travellers both arriving and departing at ports and airports.
The Office for National Statistics takes the raw IPS data and adds information about asylum seekers and migration statistics from Northern Ireland, as well as figures for people who have entered the country on short-term visas and decided to ask to extend their stay, before arriving at a final immigration figure.
The Public Administration Committee said just 5,000 migrants a year were identified through the survey and it had a "large margin of error".
It said the migration estimates based on the IPS were "too uncertain" to accurately measure progress against the government's net migration target.
And the IPS failed to gather the type of information needed to work out the social and economic consequences of migration, such as demand for the NHS or schools, the MPs said.
Committee chairman Bernard Jenkin said: "Most people would be utterly astonished to learn that there is no attempt to count people as they enter or leave the UK.
"As an island nation, with professional statisticians and effective border controls, we could gain decent estimates of who exactly is coming into this country, where they come from, and why they are coming here.
"As it is, the top line numbers for the government's 100,000 net migration target are little better than a best guess - and could be out by tens of thousands."
The committee said migration figures could be considerably improved if the Home Office and ONS properly recorded and linked the data they already gathered.
It also called for the e-borders system - which once operational is expected to collect details from passenger lists of all people entering and leaving the UK - to be implemented as quickly as possible.
Alp Mehmet from Migration Watch, which campaigns for tighter controls of immigration, backed the committee's findings, saying the current way of counting migration was not precise enough.
He told BBC News: "We need to have more interviews overseas. We need to have immigration officers on embarkation controls. We need to bring back common sense into the whole immigration system rather than relying on sample numbers that are no good to man nor beast."
But Mark Harper, the immigration minister, urged people to trust the ONS's methods.
"They're the experts in collecting data," he told BBC Radio 4's World This Weekend. "We know that we're issuing fewer visas for people coming to the United Kingdom....
"We're also getting the right people coming here. So we've reduced overall net migration by a third, but we've actually increased the number of skilled workers coming here."
The government had "rooted out the students who are bogus", he added.
Shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant said the government's figures were "a bit dodgy".
"What they should be doing is having a system of counting people in and out," the Labour MP said, adding that it would be an "own goal" if more British people were leaving the country, students were not coming to UK universities or if the NHS was unable to recruit from abroad.
Meanwhile, Business Secretary Vince Cable sought to distance the Liberal Democrats from their coalition partners, saying the target to reduce net migration was "misleading" because it included students, who were just visiting and were "good for the country".
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "We're not a totalitarian state. We don't count every single person.
"The point about those numbers is it only really matters if you're pursuing some target.
"There's this net immigration figure, which the Conservatives are very preoccupied with, but it's not a government objective."
He also said a government pilot scheme to target illegal immigrants, which involved a van driving around six London boroughs carrying a billboard telling illegal immigrants to "go home or face arrest", was "stupid and offensive".
"It is designed, apparently, to create a sense of fear in the British population that we have a vast problem of illegal immigration," he said.
"We have a problem but it is not a vast one and it's got to be dealt with in a measured way, dealing with the underlying causes."
Mr Cable said he and other Liberal Democrats in government had not been consulted on the scheme and it was "very unlikely" it would continue.
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said the billboard was a Conservative "attempt to try and win over UKIP voters". | Official UK migration figures are "little better than a best guess", an influential group of MPs has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "23475230"} | 1,217 | 24 | 0.501053 | 1.26694 | -0.044504 | 2.454545 | 51.136364 | 0.818182 |
The scale of her task and that of the chancellor is now becoming clear.
The Resolution Foundation analysis of the Office for Budget Responsibility's economic outlook says that average earnings will only return to levels seen in 2007 - before the financial crisis - by the end of 2022.
And that "balancing the books" - cutting the deficit to zero - may not be achieved until 2025.
Philip Hammond will find the analysis difficult to dismiss, he approvingly name-checked the think tank in his Budget speech yesterday.
On the big controversy of the day - the tax rise for the self-employed - the Resolution Foundation supports the government.
"The chancellor is right to begin tackling the unfair and expensive tax advantages enjoyed by self-employed workers by increasing the rate of National Insurance contributions they make," the organisation said yesterday.
On this far thornier issue - the incomes squeeze - it is far more waspish, saying that there has been "little policy action" in the Budget or last year's Autumn Statement to solve the crisis.
"The Budget offered the Office for Budget Responsibility and the chancellor the chance to respond to better than expected economic news in recent months, following grim forecasts about the outlook for Brexit Britain back in November's Autumn Statement," Torsten Bell, the director of the foundation, said.
"Both have largely ignored it.
"The big picture from yesterday's Budget is that the big squeezes on both the public and family finances have been prolonged well into the 2020s."
Mr Hammond has a political headache with the controversy over the rise in taxes for the self-employed.
He has an even bigger economic headache caused by stagnant incomes. | Theresa May has made supporting the "just about managing" the core of her political project - those who work hard but do not feel better off. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39216056"} | 363 | 33 | 0.4165 | 1.077137 | 0.076221 | 0.62069 | 11.413793 | 0.482759 |
The firm said it apologised "unreservedly".
The emails regarded changes to the terms and conditions of the site.
However they also invited people to "reconsider" their opt-out.
Asking them to do this is against the law, said the ICO.
"Organisations can't get around the law by sending direct marketing dressed up as legitimate updates," said ICO enforcer Steve Eckersley in a statement.
"When people opt out of direct marketing, organisations must stop sending it, no questions asked, until such time as the consumer gives their consent. They don't get a chance to persuade people to change their minds."
MoneySuperMarket issued an apology.
"We take the protection of our customers' data and privacy very seriously," said a spokesman.
"We apologise unreservedly to the customers affected by this isolated incident and we have put measures in place to ensure it doesn't happen again." | Price comparison website MoneySuperMarket has been fined £80,000 ($103,000) by the Information Commissioner's Office for sending more than seven million emails to people who had opted out of receiving its communications. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40684579"} | 214 | 45 | 0.569925 | 1.362955 | 0.130488 | 0.333333 | 5.083333 | 0.277778 |
He began wandering across the city, approaching young people who caught his eye, wanting to photograph them in an uncontrived, natural, positive way.
"The portraits, shot on the streets with natural light, reveal a tender side to a generation so often misrepresented and who face a world in profound flux," says Mahrlein, whose work has just been published.
Julian Mahrlein grew up in Germany but completed his studies in London, receiving his BA in photography from London College of Communication and his MA in art & politics from Goldsmiths.
London Youth by Julian Mahrlein is published by Hoxton Mini Press. | After the 2011 London riots, photographer Julian Mahrlein set out on a project to capture the faces of inner-city teenagers. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39628369"} | 140 | 32 | 0.647832 | 1.583849 | 0.290502 | 0.583333 | 4.916667 | 0.5 |
The interview comes as Huawei has been under scrutiny in countries such as the US over alleged contacts with the Chinese military and the government.
Mr Ren sought to allay those fears, saying jealousy over its success may be a factor behind such allegations.
The 68 year-old spoke to a group of New Zealand-based journalists.
He has avoided the media since he founded the company 26 years ago, but during a visit to see operations in Wellington, agreed to meet four local journalists.
No international media were allowed, nor any photographers.
"Huawei has no connection to the cyber-security issues the US has encountered in the past, current and future," he told the reporters.
"Huawei equipment is almost non-existent in networks currently running in the US. We have never sold any key equipment to major US carriers, nor have we sold any equipment to any US government agency," Mr Ren said.
Huawei has enjoyed tremendous success over the past few years, becoming a key global player in the telecom sector.
It not only makes telecoms equipment, but has also ventured into manufacturing smartphones, a sector where it has gained a significant market share.
However, fears about its ties with the Chinese military have frequently surfaced, not least because of Mr Ren's past.
He joined the Communist Party in 1978 and is a former member of the People's Liberation Army.
There have been concerns and allegations that Huawei was helping China gather information on foreign states and companies, charges that the firm has denied.
According to a Fairfax Media, one of the outlets to interview Mr Ren, he told reporters that he was confident that no staff member of Huawei would engage in spying even if asked to do so by Chinese agencies.
He also added that when he joined the Communist Party in 1978, it was expected all "exceptional" people in China would do so.
"At that time my personal belief was to work hard, dedicate myself or even sacrifice myself for the benefit of the people," he was quoted as saying.
"Joining the Communist Party was in line with that aspiration." | Ren Zhengfei, the founder of China's Huawei - the world's second-largest telecom equipment maker - has spoken to the media for the first time. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "22460962"} | 446 | 42 | 0.472772 | 1.167814 | -0.432385 | 0.866667 | 14.066667 | 0.733333 |
Adeel Rehman alleged the stop and searches by Staffordshire Police amounted to harassment and racial discrimination, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.
It said it was told nothing was found and no action was taken by police.
The force said it made a voluntary referral to the IPCC.
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Mr Rehman, of Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent, also complained that on one occasion officers used excessive force against him when he was stopped while driving.
The IPCC said its investigation would look at all allegations including the number of stop and searches and whether they were "reasonable, justified and in line with legislation, policies and procedures".
IPCC Commissioner Derrick Campbell said its inquiries were "obviously at a very early stage" and it would be carrying out "a thorough investigation of all the circumstances".
He said: "It is important for public confidence in policing and the complaints system that an independent investigation is undertaken."
In a statement, the force said it welcomed the independent investigation and would "co-operate fully with the IPCC as they undertake a comprehensive review of the matter".
It added: "We look forward to the publication of the report, once the thorough investigation has been concluded." | The police watchdog is investigating after a man said he was stopped in his vehicle and searched 17 times last year for no legitimate reason. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38934221"} | 280 | 30 | 0.441164 | 1.057376 | -0.504577 | 0.730769 | 9.538462 | 0.5 |
A formal coalition government at Westminster involving the Scottish National Party is not about to bloom.
Alex Salmond will not be climbing into a ministerial Jaguar with a red box of British state papers after the general election on 7 May.
Such an image would provoke outrage in England and, much more importantly for Mr Salmond, the howls would be even louder from the SNP's huge membership back home - 93,000 at the last count.
It simply won't happen, even if Mr Salmond and colleagues are elected to parliament.
But could the SNP prop up a UK government on an informal basis?
It depends, first of all, on arithmetic.
Polls suggest the nationalists could take almost all of Scotland's 59 seats at the general election.
These are incredible predictions. In 2010 the SNP returned six MPs. In the party's 80 year history its high water mark was 11 seats, in the autumn election of 1974.
The Conservative peer and pollster Lord Ashcroft has suggested the 2015 election may be heading for a dead heat with Labour and the Tories on 272 seats each and the SNP with as many as 56 MPs.
Clearly that would leave the two main parties a long way short of a theoretical majority - 326 seats - in the House of Commons.
If the result in Scotland this time really is an SNP landslide then its leader Nicola Sturgeon could find herself dangling the keys to Downing Street in front of David Cameron and Ed Miliband.
So what price entry?
The Scottish National Party would not countenance any agreement with the Conservatives, who are relatively unpopular in Scotland where they have just one MP, although the Tories did take a 16.7% share of the vote north of the border in the last general election, not a million miles from the SNP's 19.9%.
Since losing last year's independence referendum, Ms Sturgeon has suggested she might prop up a Labour minority government in return for three main policy commitments: more power for the Scottish Parliament; an end to austerity; and a decision not to renew the UK's Trident nuclear weapons system, which is based on the Clyde.
The working assumption was that the first minister would try to strike a "confidence and supply" deal with Labour's Ed Miliband, in other words she would agree to support his party in the House of Commons on votes of confidence and the budget if she had received assurances on her "red line" issues.
Having apparently revealed its negotiating hand the SNP is now busy trying to cover it up again.
Language about "red lines" on Trident and austerity appears to have given way to a more subtle approach.
Although she insists her MPs would never vote to renew the nuclear weapons programme, Ms Sturgeon now appears to be suggesting they could support Labour on an issue-by-issue basis without the need for any pre-negotiation at all.
If Labour were the largest party but short of a majority, that might work - at least for a while - but sooner or later it would surely run into trouble, perhaps in a vote of confidence, perhaps in a vote on renewing Trident, perhaps in a budget which included new funding for the nuclear programme.
At that stage the SNP would hope to turn the screw on Labour, securing concessions in return for continuing support.
They cite their own experience as a minority government in the Scottish Parliament from 2007-2011 which they survived, not with a formal deal, but with a combination of concessions, bravado and issue-by-issue support from opposition MSPs including, ironically, the Tories.
Interestingly the message from Ms Sturgeon's predecessor Mr Salmond sounds rather different.
Addressing supporters on Friday night in the Gordon constituency, where he hopes to be returned to Westminster in May, Mr Salmond said SNP support for any administration would come with "the condition of progress for Scotland."
Either way, would they really be in as strong a position at Westminster as they hope?
The notion of separatist social democrats imposing left-wing spending plans on the "Tory shires" and forcing the UK into a dramatic shift in defence and foreign policy would be controversial to say the least.
The former prime minister Sir John Major is not the only senior UK politician to warn of the dangers of Scotland imposing its will on England.
Independence-supporting websites are quick to point out that Scotland has tried to reject the Tories in every election since 1955, only to find itself governed by them for more than half of those 60 years.
You told us this was the price for a prosperous, secure union, they say to unionists. Why shouldn't other parts of the United Kingdom pay that price sometimes?
There are two obvious retorts to that. First, England has rejected Labour in the past only to find occasionally the party governing anyway thanks to Scottish votes. Second, why do two wrongs make a right?
For the SNP though, winding up the English isn't necessarily a problem. Scottish nationalists didn't get into politics to ensure the harmony and stability of the British state. They got into politics to break it.
To do so they must retain credibility with the electorate in Scotland, nowhere else. And here, history matters.
Those 11 SNP MPs elected in October 1974 went on to achieve a certain notoriety back home by voting in 1979 against the Labour prime minister Jim Callaghan in a confidence motion.
Mr Callaghan lost by a single vote, Margaret Thatcher became prime minister and much of Scotland spent much of the 1980s in a state of seething resentment about the Conservatives.
Although they insist Mrs Thatcher would have been in Number 10 within months regardless of their votes, the SNP have never entirely shaken off the "Tartan Tories" taunt.
With that in mind, an SNP decision to effectively bring down another Labour government would carry a huge risk.
There is, say Labour, a simple solution to all of this.
Every Labour seat lost to the nationalists heightens the "nightmare prospect" for Scotland of "vicious austerity" from a Tory government, says one source close to Mr Miliband.
The largest party forms the government, say Labour - especially if that party is already in power - and every seat lost to the SNP makes it more likely that the Conservatives will be the largest party.
Maybe. Forming a government is all very well but if you can't command a majority in the Commons that government won't last long and perhaps someone else can have a shot.
Why risk it, ask Labour activists on the doorsteps in Scotland, when the arithmetic is so uncertain?
So far the polls suggest that message isn't working.
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Nick Alexander, 35, from Colchester, Essex, was killed on 13 November at the Bataclan nightclub.
He was identified by his fingerprints, Chelmsford Coroner's Court heard.
The hearing took place as his parents attended a ceremony for the victims in France.
They said they would be "proud to stand... in unity" with those taking part in the memorial service in Paris.
"Words cannot express the sadness we feel at the loss of our precious Nick," they said.
Mr Alexander was selling band merchandise for Eagles of Death Metal at the nightclub when he was killed in one of a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen across the city.
A post mortem examination was carried out on his body at Colchester General Hospital two days ago, the court heard.
Updates on this story and more from Essex
Senior Coroner Mrs Caroline Beasley-Murray said: "Please could the court's sympathy be expressed to the family.
"The court realises what a dreadful time this is for them."
She said his body could now be released so funeral arrangements could be made.
The Foreign Office has told the BBC, Mr Alexander was the only British national to die in the attacks.
His parents joined about 1,000 others, including President Francois Hollande, for the service where a minute's silence was held and the victims' names were read out.
"This is just the beginning of a long road where we will have to get used to the absence of his physical presence around us - a physical presence that we loved so much, that made us laugh, that we loved being with, and always held us close wherever he was," they said in their statement.
"We will get through this with the love and strength of our beloved family, friends and colleagues, and the support of so many people we have never even met.
"The outpouring of love from around the world has been a great comfort to us and makes us even more proud to have had Nick as our son.
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He also said in a tweet that the Electoral Commission should be allowed to carry out its mandate.
Local media are reporting that opposition candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, 72, has an unassailable lead but official results have not been released.
Final results must be declared by 17:00 GMT on Saturday.
The electoral commission announced on Thursday that it was manually verifying the results because its electronic system had been targeted by hackers.
In a tweet, it urged people to ignore the "fake results" circulating on social media.
"I want to assure the nation that we will respect the outcome of the elections, positive or negative," said Mr Mahama.
The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate's quest for a second term is facing a strong challenge from a revitalised New Patriotic Party (NPP).
A run-off will be held later in the month if neither of the two main candidates secures more than 50% of the votes.
The campaign was dominated by Ghana's faltering economy.
In the previous election in 2012, Mr Mahama defeated Mr Akufo-Addo by less than 300,000 votes.
NDC candidate: John Dramani Mahama, 58
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NPP candidate: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, 72
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Defeat for Mr Mahama would make him the first incumbent to lose an election since Ghana returned to multi-party democracy in 1992.
He has been nicknamed "Mr Dumsor", a local word that refers to the power cuts that have blighted the country during his term, but on the campaign trial has been trying to convince Ghanaians that he is delivering on his promise of creating more jobs.
Mr Akufo-Addo has promised free high-school education and more factories, but his critics have questioned the viability of his ambitions.
The other four candidates include former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings of the National Democratic Party (NDP), whose husband Jerry John Rawlings initially took power in the 1979 coup.
She is the first woman to run for president in the West African country.
Although the EC is yet to declare the winner, parliamentary results declared at the constituency level show that the NPP has won 107 seats out of 175.
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The hosts, who came close to beating defending champions New Zealand in their pool on Saturday, lost 35-12 to South Africa.
Wales blew a 19-point lead against Australia, eventually losing 21-19, while England went down 15-14 to Samoa.
The All Blacks, who have never lost a match in Commonwealth Games sevens, saw off Kenya 19-7.
New Zealand will meet South Africa in Sunday's final (21:37 BST) after seeing off Australia 19-7 in their last-four tie.
South Africa beat Samoa 35-7 in the other semi-final.
Samoa and Australia will contest the bronze medal at 21:15.
Earlier, Wales blitzed the Wallabies in the first half of their last-eight tie, opening up a 19-0 lead through tries from William Harries, Lee Williams and Luke Morgan.
But Australia skipper Ed Jenkins scored a crucial try as half-time beckoned before Sean McMahon scored another to set up an exciting finale.
Wales should have made sure of victory but butchered a three-on-one overlap, before Pama Fou went over for a try under the posts with the last move of the match. Clark Cameron knocked over the conversion to secure the win.
England were under intense pressure for the first five minutes of their encounter against Samoa. But when Marcus Watson scored a breakaway try, it looked like England might take a lead into the break.
However, Samoa Toloa scored two tries just before half-time, taking his tournament tally to seven. Worse for England, James Rodwell was sent to the sin-bin for a cheap shot on Toloa as he slid in for his first score.
Lio Lolo produced an acrobatic finish in the corner to increase Samoa's lead, before a moment of magic from Dan Norton, who kicked diagonally on the run before touching down under the posts, gave England hope.
But Samoa hung on to set up a semi-final against a dangerous-looking South African outfit, who cut hosts Scotland to ribbons in their last-eight encounter.
A try from Cornal Hendricks gave the Springboks an early lead, before a second from Branco du Preez further deflated what had been a raucous pre-match atmosphere.
Seabelo Senatla scored a third try for his side, taking his tally to eight in the tournament, before Mark Bennett touched down to make it 21-7 at half-time.
After the restart, Lee Jones jinked over for his sixth try of the competition before a second try from Senatla and another from Cecil Afrika put the Boks out of sight.
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The Airports Commission published a report backing a third runway in July.
But the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee report said firm plans to deal with climate-changing emissions, air quality and noise need to be put in place.
A final government decision is expected by the end of the year.
Labour MP Huw Irranca-Davies, chairman of the committee, said it would be "irresponsible" to postpone dealing with the environmental impact of expansion at Heathrow.
He warned that to do so "could lead to legal challenges as a result of the potential damage to public health from increased air pollution and noise".
"If the government decides to accept the commission's recommendation for a third runway in principle, we will seek assurances from the secretary of state for transport that environmental conditions will be met before it is given final approval," he added.
BBC business editor Kamal Ahmed said senior sources at the company that runs Heathrow have told him the "mood music" around the decision to expand is in favour of the third runway being approved.
The cross-party committee said legal air pollution limits would have to be reached if the west London airport expands and also called for a ban on night flights to ease noise.
The MPs said the airport had to show that an expanded Heathrow would be less noisy than it is with two runways. Their report also called for Heathrow to say it would cover the costs of surface transport improvements.
The Airports Commission has already called for flights between 23:30 and 06:00 to be banned.
Heathrow currently has said it wants a "review" of the issue and has not made any pledges over night flights. The airport has also said it plans to ensure more people arrive by public transport to keep emissions down.
Mr Irranca-Davies said: "The communities living near to the roads around Heathrow already put up with noise and extra traffic.
"It would be quite unacceptable to subject them to a potentially significant deterioration in air quality as well."
A strategy to deliver aviation emissions at no higher than 2005 levels by 2050 should be put in place by the government, the committee's report recommended.
It also called for a Community Engagement Board to be set up to increase trust between local residents and the government.
Mr Irranca-Davies said: "Planes are becoming more fuel efficient, but this alone will not keep aviation emissions in line with the government's climate change targets given the growth in passenger numbers.
"Even without expansion, aviation is on track to exceed its climate change target. We heard evidence that those targets might be met in theory, but at present there is a policy vacuum and evidence-based scepticism as to whether they can be met in practice."
Heathrow's chief executive John Holland-Kaye told the committee earlier this month that the airport could comfortably expand to include a third runway and still stay within environmental targets.
At the time, he said the issue of night flights was one that Heathrow was looking at and would comment on "in due course".
The issue of Heathrow's expansion has been a long-running and contentious issue.
In 2009, while in opposition, David Cameron ruled out Heathrow expansion, saying "no ifs, no buts".
The Airport Commission's recommendation in July was criticised by competing airport Gatwick, and by London Mayor Boris Johnson, who has argued for a whole new airport.
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We've boarded Turkey's high-speed train as we continue our election trip across the country. It's still new - this is only the second line, connecting Ankara to once sleepy Konya. It's cut what was a 16-hour train ride via another town down to just 1 hour 45 minutes.
The railway is a pet project of the government, intended to be an engine of growth for Turkey's economy - and for Konya itself.
"I'm very proud of this train", says Yavuz Ozden, commuting to his hometown. "Our people support the AKP because of it. They produce things; they have a vision. We always dreamt of a railway like this - and now it's happened."
Grand infrastructure projects have been a hallmark of the AKP's 12 years in government. Roads and airports have multiplied, as the government pinned its fortune on Turkey's development.
Coming to power after a financial crash in 2001 and a huge IMF loan, Turkey now boasts the world's 17th largest economy.
Annual growth hit 9% in 2010 - but has since slowed rapidly, to under 3% last year. Financial jitters are creeping back - but in Konya, the worries seem far away.
This previously agricultural city, known as Turkey's "bread basket", is soaring. Exports have risen 10 times in the past decade.
It is also one of Turkey's most conservative, religious cities, teeming with mosques: a world away from our first election stop, Izmir.
The Whirling Dervishes - the dance of the mystical Islamic order of Sufism - were born here eight centuries ago, still drawing the crowds to a weekly performance.
Both aspects - rapid economic growth and the profoundly religious character - have made it a stronghold of the Islamist-rooted AKP. In the last election, the party won its highest share of the vote here.
At the Konya Seker food factory, they're reaping the benefits. I'm shown the chocolate-making area, cutting-edge machinery moulding sweets before they're wrapped in multi-coloured foil.
Next door, biscuits are produced. Down the road, it's dairy products and potatoes. Waste is converted into biogas in another of its factories. Tomatoes are grown nearby. The list goes on.
"The business climate here has totally changed in the past decade," says chairman Recep Konuk. "We used to be seen [by the old secular regime] as Anatolian outcasts; we were branded 'Islamic capitalists'. But the AKP has shown that with ambition and effort we can succeed."
Konya Seker has built 33 new factories since 2004, its workforce increasing from 900 to 11,000. Its parent company is now among the 20 largest in Turkey. Keen to benefit from the economic rise, Mr Konuk is running as an MP for the AKP.
I join him on the campaign trail in the nearby town of Karaman. He tells me he intends to remain in his company if - and when - he's elected. The concept of conflict of interest is not really considered in Turkish politics.
He's warmly received at the local market, sellers of shoes and headscarves crowding around him as he stops for tea.
This religious side of Turkey felt isolated by previous governments, which adhered to the secular constitution. But the AKP has allowed religion to pervade politics - and its voters say this has given them a voice.
Turkey election trip: Izmir looks West amid growing conservatism
"Before, at hospitals, we were treated like dogs," says Ayse Derman, "but when the AKP came, we were given respect, seen as human beings".
Konya is now labelled an "Anatolian tiger", a term also used for the Islamic small businesses whose owners have become the backbone of AKP support. One, Murat Ozsandikci, runs a machinery company.
"We feel empowered by this government; we feel we own this country more," he tells me.
"Today I can go to a shopping mall or a five star hotel and ask for a prayer room. Before, we weren't asked our opinion. Now we don't feel pressure to look or think in a different way. It's not an issue anymore."
Criticism of Turkey's government - and especially the divisive President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - has exploded in recent years.
Declining freedom of speech, the lack of an independent judiciary and growing authoritarianism are frequently cited by opponents within Turkey and the West, with which relations have soured.
But it's only by spending time in a city like Konya that you recognise the depth of devotion that the AKP inspires.
For its supporters, the anti-government protests of 2013, the clampdown on social media or the stormy corruption scandals almost don't register.
Their AKP is the party that allowed girls in headscarves to study, that built them hospitals, schools and motorways - and they wouldn't dream of voting for anyone else.
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Babur Karamat Raja, 41, of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, attacked the woman in the town centre on 4 March.
He also pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted child destruction, possession of a knife in public and the wounding and assault of two passers-by.
He appeared at court by videolink and will be sentenced in June.
Police arrested the company director in the Trinity Hill area after the woman, who cannot be identified because of a court order, was stabbed in the chest and suffered multiple wounds to her abdomen.
Prosecutor Benjamin Aina QC said the Crown did not wish to proceed on a further count of attempted murder against Raja relating to an attack on bystander John Mitchell.
He was "one of the brave members of the public" who went to the woman's aid, Mr Aina said.
Although Raja had attacked Mr Mitchell with a knife, he did not accept he had intended to kill him, the court heard.
A 40-minute hearing at Birmingham Crown Court was told the sentencing judge will be required to consider whether Raja's level of dangerousness should merit a life sentence.
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The £28m "managed realignment" at Medmerry in West Sussex has seen the building of 7km (four miles) of new sea walls up to 2km inland.
By letting the waters in, the Environment Agency says the risk of flooding for hundreds of homes will be reduced.
The surrendered land will become a wetland habitat for many species.
The sea has long been a threatening presence on the flat land of the Manhood Peninsula that juts into the English channel on the coast between Portsmouth and Worthing.
Caravan parks in Selsey and Bracklesham Bay have been flooded a number of times in recent years, as the shingle defences have yielded to the surging seas.
Since 2011, the Environment Agency have been working on a plan that they believe curbs that threat.
The project is billed as the country's largest ever coastal flood realignment scheme, but it has required the destruction of the existing sea wall at Medmerry and giving back to the sea some of the land nearest to the coast.
"We have made a hole in the sea wall," the Environment Agency's flood and coastal risk manager, Andrew Gilham, told BBC News on a visit to the site.
"But before doing that we've actually built 7km of new defences further inland from the coast. What we've been able to create here is an area that can absorb the energy of the waves and reduce the flood risk to people."
Although the new walls are much closer to local communities, the Agency says homes are much better protected as a result, with the development able to withstand a once in a thousand year flood.
The change is partly being forced on the Agency because of EU legislation that requires compensation for the loss of wildlife habitat through development. The Medmerry scheme makes up for the loss of similar conservation areas in and around the Solent.
"It is not politically driven," said Mr Gilham.
"But the benefit of creating the habitat here is not only to reduce flood risk in this area but also to reduce flood risk to communities in Portsmouth and Southampton.
Abbotts Hall Farm is owned by the Essex Wildlife Trust and managed retreat was pioneered there in 2002.
Located on the Blackwater estuary, a wall keeping out the waters was breached to create 80 hectares of wetlands and intertidal habitats.
According to Karen Thomas from the Environment Agency it has been a huge success, particularly in mitigating the flood risk further up the river in populated areas.
"It's a really great site to take the pressure out of the tide. On big surge tides it is not going up and overtopping other defences," she said.
The new marshland is an important breeding ground for birds and for 10 different fish species.
"What we are trying to do here is create sites of sustainable wildlife so that people and animals have this in the future as a legacy," said Ms Thomas.
"If we weren't able create habitat here we wouldn't be be able to do those defences."
The scale of the £28m development is enormous. Between the new earthen walls and the sea stand 183 hectares of land that the Agency says will rapidly become a saltwater marsh, with potentially huge benefits for wildlife in the area. It will be managed by the RSPB.
"Even in construction, we're seeing lots of migratory birds using this area," said Andrew Gilham.
"It is already starting to be used by the wildlife. It's a massive nature reserve and a massive opportunity on the south coast."
Local people are hoping that letting the sea in will not only protect their homes but boost the local economy as well.
Alan Chamberlain is the estate manager of the newly renamed Medmerry Park holiday village. His business, located next door to the new habitat, is actually below sea level.
"In the past we have been very close to flooding, and now we've got a one-in-one-thousand-year protection, one of the best in the country actually," he told BBC News.
"For us it's a win win, it will encourage visitors to the site, birdwatchers and those interested in nature."
The new development is facing its first big test on the day it opens as it will see one of the highest tides of the year. But the Environment Agency are fully confident it will pass with flying colours.
Medmerry is one of a number of managed realignment projects that the Environment Agency are involved in. Andrew Gilham says it's part of a new approach.
"Rather than fighting it, we are working with nature," he explained.
"It's an important change in approach, you can only keep building bigger and bigger defences for so long. We have to ask if we can make better use of public money.
"Certainly the habitat we are creating here is important to the broader ecosystem and the broader economy of the country by encouraging people to visit remote areas."
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The 29-year-old was discovered in a Mercedes Vito parked near Low Leam Farm in West Woodburn, Northumberland, on Monday afternoon.
He was tied at the wrists and ankles and apparently unable to recall anything after 12:30 GMT on New Year's Day.
Northumbria Police described it as a "highly unusual case".
The purple vehicle, which was not damaged and had not been in a collision, had been spotted travelling northbound on the A1 at 06:15 GMT on Monday morning.
It was then seen parked near the farm at about 07:30 GMT.
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In its short history, the 37-storey office tower has melted parked cars and critics have compared its three-storey roof garden to an airport terminal.
Thomas Lane, who runs the awards, said the carbuncle "crashes into London's skyline like an unwelcome party guest".
A YMCA building and student halls in Cambridge were also in contention.
Other buildings vying for architecture's wooden spoon were Parliament House, Southampton City Gateway and Woodward Hall in north-west London.
Mr Lane, editor of Building Design magazine, said it was a challenge to find anyone with something positive to say about the Walkie Talkie, officially known as 20 Fenchurch Street, which was completed in April 2014.
"It bulges out towards the top in a cynical move to maximise the amount of high-value space at the upper levels, in defiance of the principle tall buildings should taper elegantly inwards or at least feature parallel sides," he said.
"The result is Londoners now have to suffer views of this bloated carbuncle."
During its construction, sunlight reflecting off the glass exterior melted parts of a Jaguar car.
It has also been reported that the tower, designed by Uruguayan architect Rafael Vinoly, creates a wind tunnel effect at its base.
Previous winners of the Carbuncle Cup include apartments above a Tesco store in Woolwich, south-east London, Liverpool's ferry terminal, student flats in north London, the renovation of the Cutty Sark and the Strata Tower in south London's Elephant and Castle.
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Resuming on 528-7 and still needing 33 runs to avoid the follow-on, the visitors were all out for 568, with Yasir Shah (4-165) taking two wickets.
Despite their first-innings lead, Kent scored runs at a moderate rate and did not look to force a result.
Sean Dickson made 60, while Joe Denly hit an unbeaten 78 as Kent declared on 184-3 to bring the game to a close. | Kent's batsmen continued to find runs easy to come by as the hosts drew with Northamptonshire at Beckenham. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40520799"} | 103 | 32 | 0.631663 | 1.244209 | 0.010782 | 0.45 | 4.45 | 0.45 |
Lady Melinda Rose Woodward - known as Linda - who was married to the star for 59 years, died on Sunday morning at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.
"Surrounded by her husband and loved ones, she passed away peacefully," a statement on 75-year-old Sir Tom's website said.
He recently cancelled concerts due to a "serious illness" in his family.
Sir Tom, famous for hits like Delilah, It's Not Unusual and Sex Bomb, had been due to perform at a number of his tour dates in Japan, Thailand, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, but apologised to fans after pulling out.
He met his wife, his childhood sweetheart, when they were both 12 and growing up together in Treforest, Pontypridd.
They started dating at 15 and married when they were 16.
They had one son Mark, 59, who is also Sir Tom's manager.
In his 2015 autobiography titled Over The Top And Back, Sir Tom revealed they wanted more children, but a miscarriage had left Lady Linda infertile. | The wife of singer Sir Tom Jones has died after a "short but fierce battle with cancer", it has been announced. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36015366"} | 248 | 27 | 0.52138 | 1.116964 | -0.475336 | 0.84 | 8.44 | 0.6 |
The men - a 52-year-old and a 26-year-old - were held at their home in Kent at about 06:00 BST on Tuesday.
They were both arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office, and other charges, and later bailed until the end of June.
The total number of people arrested as part of Operation Elveden is 69.
Police said the 52-year-old was held on conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office and misconduct in a public office. He was interviewed at a south London police station.
The 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office and money laundering, was interviewed at a Kent police station.
Operation Elveden is being conducted by the Metropolitan Police, under the supervision of the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
It is running alongside Operation Weeting, the Met's phone-hacking inquiry, and Operation Tuleta, an investigation into computer hacking and other privacy breaches.
Those arrested in Operation Elveden so far include journalists, police officers, NHS staff and members of the armed forces. | Two serving prison officers have been arrested and later bailed by police investigating inappropriate payments to public officials, Scotland Yard said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "22855271"} | 253 | 26 | 0.540886 | 1.231913 | 0.153888 | 0.782609 | 9.565217 | 0.521739 |
Mr Yanukovych has left the capital Kiev and his whereabouts are unknown. On Sunday, parliament voted to return ownership of the Mezhyhirya property to the state. Acting Interior Minister Arsen Avakov called for it to be put under state guard to prevent looting. | The lavish country estate of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been thrown open to the public as parliament voted to remove him from power. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "26307745"} | 67 | 32 | 0.677756 | 1.204959 | 0.039612 | 0.8 | 1.88 | 0.4 |
The two sides were close to reaching agreement to enable Theresa May to form a minority government and the talks were not in trouble, the sources added.
But they added that the London tower block fire made an announcement on Wednesday "inappropriate".
And diary commitments meant a final deal could be delayed until next week.
The DUP source told BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith the two parties were now finalising the "terms and conditions" of an agreement after Mrs May and DUP leader Arlene Foster met on Tuesday.
Downing Street sources told our correspondent talk of a delay in announcing a deal was "not coming from us."
If a deal was to be delayed it would mean the Queen's Speech, which had originally been planned for next Monday, could be delayed by at least a week.
It could also delay the start of Brexit talks.
The Conservatives are having to rely on the support of 10 DUP MPs after they fell eight seats short of winning an overall majority at the general election.
It means that Mrs May will remain as prime minister and the DUP MPs will be central to the survival of a Conservative Party administration.
The DUP have been playing their cards close to their chest, but we know the areas they're talking about because of a DUP plan drawn up in 2015 in anticipation of a hung Parliament.
Things have moved on a bit since then with Brexit, but we do know they're looking at trying to lower the cost to the Northern Ireland executive of any move on corporation tax.
They've been of the view that leaving the EU should lessen some of the stipulations in relation to state aid that were being applied by the Treasury to Northern Ireland, and that might take down the bill that the Treasury would put on the executive if corporation tax was lowered.
We know other matters, such as cutting air passenger duty and increased infrastructure spending, have been discussed, but we haven't got any sense of the exact details of the deal.
I suspect it will be top loaded with economic rather than political matters.
Some political issues, such as altering the definition of a Troubles victim or doing away with allowances for MPs who don't take up their seats, might be included.
Other legacy matters, such as protecting former soldiers or police officers from prosecution, may feature at a later stage.
The DUP will offer support for key votes, such as backing the Queen's Speech and the Budget and opposing any votes of no confidence.
The DUP campaigned for Brexit but is also conscious that 56% of people in Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU.
They are thought to be advocating a Brexit that does not disrupt the "frictionless border" with the Republic of Ireland.
They are also opposed to Conservative polices such as means-testing the winter fuel allowance and have campaigned for a higher National Living Wage and to restore the spare room subsidy.
The party is also likely to push for more investment in Northern Ireland, with emphasis on increased borrowing powers and looser budget controls rather than direct cash.
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday that talks with the DUP had been productive and that Brexit negotiations would begin as planned next week.
"I think there is a unity of purpose among people in the United Kingdom," Mrs May said, following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
The agreement with the DUP is expected to be very different from the coalition deal agreed between the Conservatives and Lib Dems in 2010, with DUP politicians not getting cabinet jobs and their support for the majority of new legislation to be determined on a vote-by-vote basis.
Labour's shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey called it a "very dangerous deal" and said Labour was "ready and waiting to form a minority government".
She dismissed accusations of hypocrisy after it emerged then Labour leader Gordon Brown had tried to do a deal with the DUP in 2010, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It's certainly not something that [current Labour leader] Jeremy [Corbyn] would advocate, and the Labour Party is certainly not advocating that.
"As I've said, it would create a lot of instability in terms of the peace process in Northern Ireland and it's a very worrying time.
"It just illustrates the chaos that the Conservative Party are in at the moment."
On Tuesday, ex-Conservative Prime Minister Sir John Major said he was "dubious" about the idea of a deal and its potential impact on the peace process.
Sir John told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme there was a danger the government would no longer be seen as an "impartial honest broker" in restoring the power-sharing arrangements and upholding Northern Ireland institutions.
Asked about Sir John's comments, Mrs May said she was "absolutely steadfast" in her support for the 1998 Good Friday agreement - which created the Northern Ireland Assembly - and efforts to revive the power-sharing executive. | DUP sources have told the BBC an announcement on a deal with Tories has been delayed because of the unfolding tragedy of the Grenfell Tower blaze. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40267771"} | 1,076 | 36 | 0.501175 | 1.301786 | -0.051867 | 1.37037 | 36.37037 | 0.777778 |
The club's future was put in doubt when five board members, including chairman Dave Allen, resigned in November.
Carson said Allen has agreed to continue to provide support until "a suitable investor" is found.
"The club will only be sold to someone who will satisfy not only Mr Allen's requirements, but also the long-term best interests of the club," he said.
"I am delighted that we have been able to bring talks to a satisfactory conclusion as there was a very real possibility of the club going into administration, which would have been disastrous." | Chesterfield director Ashley Carson says he is confident the club will avoid going into administration. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38268388"} | 120 | 19 | 0.633367 | 1.263855 | -0.503112 | 1.375 | 7.25 | 0.625 |
Chris Harvey, who was unemployed, charged up to 400,000% on loans, leaving people without food.
The 53-year-old, of Hengoed, Caerphilly, admitted a string of offences, including theft and fraud.
He was jailed for three years and four months at Cardiff Crown Court.
Judge Michael Fitton QC told him: "You have an arrogant and controlling personality.
"You spoke about these adults being fragile and vulnerable and what you have done is exploited them."
Harvey, who has had children with nine different women, spent ten years taking benefits from eight "disadvantaged" family members and friends, including his brother.
Prosecutor Timothy Evans said he took control of post office and bank cards and helped himself to more than £22,000 of their money - giving the victims smaller amounts to live on.
"It was deliberate and sustained abuse of vulnerable members of his own family," he said.
"He acted in a truly predatory way and was seen by these people as a friend.
Harvey's offences were uncovered by an investigation by the Wales Illegal Money Lending Unit.
When interviewed by police, he told officers "he was the patriarch of the family" who was carrying on what his father taught him.
Harvey has been unemployed for the last 16 years and claims Disability Support Allowance for epilepsy, diabetes, asthma and depression.
He pleaded guilty to four charges of fraud, three of theft and two of unlicensed money lending. | A father of 21 has been jailed for acting as a loan shark by taking benefit money from vulnerable relatives and lending it back with interest. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35136147"} | 329 | 31 | 0.511989 | 1.30455 | 0.168198 | 0.925926 | 10.740741 | 0.703704 |
Police found the woman's body inside the flat in Skye Road after being called at about 00:50 on Friday.
A 26-year-old man, who had been assaulted, was taken to South Glasgow University Hospital for treatment.
A 35-year-old man was later arrested and is expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday. | A man has been arrested after a 36-year-old woman died and another man was assaulted in a disturbance at a flat in Cathkin, South Lanarkshire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33134157"} | 74 | 41 | 0.729778 | 1.280353 | -0.342938 | 1.290323 | 2.193548 | 0.774194 |
The scientists said they were delighted to witness the eruption of Australia's second-tallest mountain on Heard Island, 4,100km south-west of Perth.
Big Ben is known to have erupted at least three times since 2000, but such eruptions are rarely witnessed.
Heard island is dominated by the Big Ben massif and its summit, Mawson Peak.
The scientists on board the research vessel Investigator, who are researching whether active undersea volcanoes support life in the Southern Ocean, said they were thrilled to witness the eruption.
Professor Mike Coffin, a geophysicist from the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), called the experience "an amazing coda to this week's submarine research".
"We saw vapour being emitted from the top of the volcano and we saw lava flows coming down the flank of Big Ben," Prof Coffin, the voyage's chief scientist, said.
"This was a very exciting observation. There are very few ships that come to this part of the world and in fact the last geological expedition that landed on Heard Island was in 1987.
Prof Coffin said the lava flowed over the top of the glacial ice at the top of the mountain before descending beneath the ice further down the volcano's slope.
"So there's a strong interaction between glacial ice and molten lava on the side of Big Ben," he said.
The scientists aboard the Investigator are seeking to prove that iron from underwater volcanoes influences the phytoplankton blooms that fertilise the Southern Ocean.
The 2,745m-tall Mawson Peak is Australia's second-highest mountain, surpassed only by the Mount McClintock range in Australian Antarctic Territory at 3,490m.
Mount Kosciuszko, the tallest mountain on Australia's mainland, is 2,228m tall. | A volcanic eruption on a remote island in Australian territory outside the Antarctic circle has been filmed by scientists on a research expedition. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35467131"} | 420 | 28 | 0.440856 | 1.072508 | 0.427237 | 0.875 | 14.291667 | 0.708333 |
That result left First Minister Carwyn Jones - a staunch Remainer - in a tricky situation.
Despite the first minister's pre-referendum position, the Welsh Government has accepted the referendum result - but argued that Wales must retain full single market access.
Both the Labour Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru published a Brexit White Paper setting out what Wales wants post-Brexit.
They feel there are still plenty of battles left to fight.
Mr Jones' latest concern is over the future of economic aid (worth £2bn to Wales between 2014-20) and farming subsidies (£250m a year) - the concern being that there may be no money at all after 2020.
But the first minister does not think Prime Minister Theresa May is listening to him, accusing her in an article in the Guardian newspaper of having a "tin ear" on matters of devolution.
But Mrs May is more likely to need a tin hat when it comes to her relationship with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the relationship between the prime minister and the Welsh first minister is not so tense.
The number 50 has been prominent in Carwyn Jones's thoughts in recent weeks.
Last week he turned 50 - eight days ahead of the triggering of Article 50.
He told me at the Welsh Labour Conference in Llandudno on Sunday that despite rumours he will step down before the next Welsh election in 2021 he had given "no thought" to the idea.
"I just turned 50," he said. "I'm still much younger than Theresa May, younger than David Cameron.
"There's a lot of work to do, particularly with Brexit."
There is support for Brexit in the assembly - the Conservatives have 11 seats and their leader Andrew RT Davies was arguably the loudest pro-Brexit voice in Wales during the referendum campaign.
UKIP entered the Senedd in Cardiff Bay for the very first time last May after winning seven seats in the assembly election.
There is no doubt Carwyn Jones would rather the UK was not leaving the EU- but his top priority in the post-Article 50 discussions will be to secure Welsh access to the single market. | Wales voted for Brexit - the result here roughly mirrored the UK result with 52.5% of people in Wales voting for the UK to leave the EU and 47.5% to remain. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39424034"} | 493 | 40 | 0.492077 | 1.199254 | -0.012477 | 0.911765 | 12.382353 | 0.617647 |
Liberty House has announced that the former Tata plants at Dalzell and Clydebridge, which are set to resume production in September, will make the steel plate needed for the towers.
Liberty House started recruiting staff at the Scottish plants last week.
The site where the towers will be built has not yet been announced.
Liberty House bought the steel tower production equipment from Mabey Bridge Renewables at Chepstow, South Wales. which closed down last year.
The equipment makes towers of up to 56m (184ft) tall x 5m (16ft) diameter for onshore wind installations but Liberty plans to upgrade it to make 110m (361ft) x 10m (33ft) towers for the growing offshore market.
Towers and cross sections for the National Grid's new 35m (115ft) tall T-Pylons, expected to become a common feature across Britain, will also be made.
Liberty House's executive chairman Sanjeev Gupta said: "We are very excited about this new opportunity. It is an excellent example of how we are integrating our steel production and manufacturing supply chain to create a robust industrial eco-system.
"It is particularly appropriate that this new business will supply the renewable energy market in view of our own Greensteel strategy, which involves investing in green energy as the basis of a competitive UK steel and engineering industry."
He added: "Our aim is to create a world-class centre for the production of tubular towers and other large-scale steel fabrication.
"Most of these products are currently imported, so there is great potential to substitute this with our own production of best-in-class and competitive British towers, building sustained value and creating skilled jobs in a growth sector."
Liberty said it hoped to re-employ some ex-Tata employees who lost their jobs when the Socttish plants were mothballed by Tata last October.
However, applications are also being encouraged from those looking to join the steel industry for the first time.
Liberty said it planned to offer apprenticeship opportunities, including modern apprenticeships in engineering, finance and commercial planning.
WWF Scotland director Lang Banks said: "Following this week's announcement of over 100 new jobs at Nigg on the Cromarty Firth to support the construction of an offshore wind farm, it's great to hear of the potential for even more jobs linked to renewables.
"This news underscores the type of jobs benefits that will come as the UK transitions to a zero-carbon economy."
The Scottish government set up a steel task force after Tata announced it was mothballing the plants in Motherwell and Cambuslang.
The government later bought the mills and immediately sold them to Liberty. | Two Lanarkshire steel plants which were mothballed last October are to resume production with a contract to produce heavy-duty steel for wind towers. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36548597"} | 598 | 34 | 0.495103 | 1.281161 | -0.134942 | 1.230769 | 20.230769 | 0.769231 |
Six men have become the victims of the scam in the past ten days.
They have reported being asked to share explicit images or videos with women online.
Then the blackmail begins - with threats made to share the content on the internet if the men do not co-operate.
Police have issued a warning to all internet users to be on high alert following the reports.
It is believed the men were drawn into a honey-trap through social media accounts which appeared to belong to women.
Several men report similar crimes to the police every week.
Det Chief Insp James Mullen said anyone who becomes the victim of a similar crime should not respond to the blackmailers demands or pass on any money, but report the incident to the police immediately.
He said most of the time those making threats do not follow through, and simply move on to their next victim.
"Generally people are very embarrassed, but we want them to know they can come to us.
"We all deserve to be able to use the internet to learn, explore and connect with each other.
"But, all of us need to be aware of the risks involved in doing so, especially on social media."
The advice from police is not to share personal information or images with people you do not know.
"Do not get lured into compromising situations such as removing clothes or performing intimate acts online. You do not know who may see the images," Det Chief Insp Mullen said.
"It may seem like a bit of fun at the time but there is always a chance those images could be shared or get into the wrong hands and could lead to harmful situations such as stalking, abuse or blackmail."
Police have also warned users not to accept friend requests from people they do not know and to set privacy settings on all devices so that only friends can view an account. | Men in Northern Ireland are being lured into performing intimate acts online by scammers who want to blackmail them, police have said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36560205"} | 389 | 28 | 0.535555 | 1.398027 | 0.30443 | 1.583333 | 15.708333 | 0.833333 |
In June, the mobile phone network had said it was talking to Liberty Global over "a possible exchange of selected assets between the two companies".
The two firms never disclosed which assets they were thinking of swapping.
The deal was seen as a key part of Vodafone's strategy and shares in the telecoms firm fell 5% in London.
Two weeks ago Liberty Global chairman John Malone had warned the two sides were struggling to find common ground.
Shares in the cable giant have also fallen in early trading in New York, losing 8% to $44 at 17:20 (BST).
Claire Enders, founder of research firm Enders Analysis, said: "Why were people disappointed when mission impossible foundered? I don't know."
She said one possible sticking point was on Liberty Global's high valuation of its prized asset, Virgin Media.
Regulatory issues in Germany, where Vodafone and Liberty Global own the two biggest cable operators, and the Netherlands also clouded the talks.
The telecoms industry has been going through a period of deal making as phone companies attempt to offer their customers packages of television, broadband, mobile and traditional phone services.
Investors have been keen to see Vodafone's next move after it sold a 45% stake in US-based Verizon Wireless for $130bn (£84bn) in 2013 - one of the biggest corporate deals in history.
Last year it acquired Germany's Kabel Deutschland for €7.7bn (£5.7bn), and was also linked to a deal for BSkyB. | Vodafone says it has ended talks with Virgin Media owner Liberty Global over a potential asset swap. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34377600"} | 323 | 20 | 0.560335 | 1.290278 | 0.45363 | 1.111111 | 16.444444 | 0.666667 |
Chattanooga Police charged 24-year-old Johnthony Walker overnight with five counts of vehicular homicide, as well as reckless driving and endangerment.
There were 37 children on board when the bus swerved off the road, striking a tree and a utility pole.
Federal officials have arrived in Tennessee to assist the investigation.
On Monday evening police said that five children had died and more than 20 had been injured.
Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston said that a sixth child had later died in hospital, but that could not be immediately confirmed.
A police affidavit posted on Chattanooga station WTVC says that Mr Walker was driving well above the 30mph (48km/h) speed limit when the crash occurred. No other vehicle was involved.
Emergency crews took nearly two hours to get all the children off the bus. Many lay bleeding on stretchers, while others walked away stunned and in shock with their parents.
School officials quoted by the Chattanooga Times Free Press said that 12 children remained hospitalised on Tuesday, with six in intensive care.
Roads at the time "appeared to be clear and dry", officials said at a Monday afternoon press conference.
They added that Mr Walker had been co-operating in the investigation, and that a warrant had been issued to remove the bus's black box, which records data about the vehicle's movement.
The parent of two children who were aboard the bus told ABC News on Tuesday morning that he had sometimes seen the driver going faster than he should be.
"There has been times where I've seen him going a little faster than he probably should be going," Craig Harris told the programme, adding that his two children are in shock and pain but are getting better.
Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke said the "most unnatural thing in the world is for a parent to mourn the loss of a child".
"There are no words that can bring comfort to a mother or a father. So today, the city is praying for these families," he said.
The Woodmere Elementary School opened on Tuesday, with grief counsellors available to students, officials said.
Local blood banks have asked that people schedule appointments, as there have been long queues since Monday afternoon of people wishing to donate blood.
Mr Walker's bond has been set at $107,500 (£87,000) and he is due in court later this month, court records show. | Police in Tennessee have arrested the driver of a school bus that crashed on Monday, killing at least five children and seriously hurting several more. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38067811"} | 534 | 30 | 0.471543 | 1.189904 | 0.137022 | 1.111111 | 17.481481 | 0.740741 |
When the sport switched to a summer season in 1996, the old Bradford Northern reinvented themselves.
As the rebranded Bulls they came kicking and charging into the new era and anything seemed possible.
Odsal Stadium, an inhospitable giant hole in the ground in the winter months, became rugby league's summer hot-spot.
Crowds doubled and tripled as the fabulously successful Bulls blasted their way to silverware success to a back drop of memorable matchday entertainment.
There was live music, fire-eaters, light shows and fireworks. It was rugby league rock and roll, on and off the field.
Multiple Challenge Cups, Championships and World Club titles were won and Odsal's capacity was frequently tested by a booming, bouncing fanbase.
The club was colourful, noisy and wonderfully good fun.
But those good times weren't to last.
The 2006 World Club Challenge was their last major success.
Suddenly the Grand Finals at Old Trafford, the showdowns against the best of the Australian clubs and a powerful presence at rugby league's top table ended.
A temporary slip in playing standards, part of the cycle of sport, was magnified by colossal mismanagement. It was the start of the plunge down the Super League table, into a string of administrations, relegation to the Championship and now liquidation.
The first of the crises became public knowledge in 2012 when Peter Hood, the then chairman, revealed a £1m black hole and the club went into administration in June of that year.
Coach Mick Potter was made redundant but carried on unpaid until the end of the campaign.
Fans rallied around to raise the £1m, but saw every penny disappear in a desperate but futile attempt to steady the ship.
Instead, a new consortium fronted by local businessman Omar Khan took over the club in August 2012, the first in a series of ownerships by different groups that have come and gone as the club continued to slip towards its current state.
With six points deducted for another financial calamity in 2014, the club was relegated.
A year later, defeat by Wakefield in the Million Pound game prevented an immediate return to Super League. And more financial woes followed.
Now the club is at the lowest it has been in the modern era. With the old club liquidated, there is even a chance that the name of the Bradford Bulls may cease to exist.
That's unlikely to happen, though. More probable is that a new club will be formed, maybe even rebranded, and launched again in the Championship this year with a 12-point deduction.
The Rugby Football League reports plenty of interest in breathing life back into the currently defunct club, but that would be on the buyer's terms. No debts need be honoured.
That will leave a bad taste in the mouth of those owed money by this most recent business collapse. And many will be disappointed that a succession of owners have not been held to account for their mishandling of the club.
The RFL's role in being part of the process of approving some of those owners must also be questioned. To get it wrong once is forgivable, but three or four owners have come and gone after satisfying the scrutiny of the RFL and all have failed the Bulls' fans.
For the sake of the reputation of the governing body, the next owners must deliver something other than failure. This time it will be the RFL alone who decide who the new custodians of the club will be, so they will be accountable for their authenticity.
Nor does it feel entirely comfortable that a new club should be placed straight back into the Championship. Even with a 12-point deduction they still have a chance of immediate promotion in the game's new Super 8s set-up.
There are several clubs in League One, who, having lived by the financial rules, possibly wouldn't mind being elevated into the higher league, even at this late stage of the pre-season.
Putting Bradford right back where the last club failed has a scent of flippancy around it; a disregard for those who have lost heavily investing in the previous failed venture.
But all that said, rugby league does need a buoyant Bulls to come bouncing back.
The game as a whole has gone a little grey over the last few years for all sorts or reasons - a sense of lowered playing standards, international failure, big stars exiting for the brighter lights of the NRL.
If someone could take Bradford back to those Friday nights of glitz and glamour and gladiatorial rugby league, it would reinject some of the sense of excitement that we had in the first 10 years of Super League.
Some of the biggest and most memorable games watched by the largest crowds in the summer seasons have involved Bradford Bulls.
The sport is getting something very new this year with the coming of the Toronto Wolfpack. But a little bit of the exciting old being restored would be very welcome too. | Bradford Bulls were Super League's iconic club. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38503099"} | 1,087 | 12 | 0.4347 | 1.17262 | -1.22495 | 1.555556 | 107.555556 | 0.888889 |
She said a national mobilisation day would be held on Saturday, during which thousands of soldiers and state employees would work to eradicate the insects in homes and offices.
Ms Rousseff said most mosquitoes breed in or near people's homes.
Zika has been linked to babies being born with underdeveloped brains.
It is spreading through the Americas and the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the microcephaly disease linked to the virus a global public health emergency.
In her address, Ms Rousseff said that substantial federal resources were being released to fight Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, because it was a fight that "cannot be lost".
"All of us need to take part in this battle," she said.
"We need help and good will from everyone. Collaborate, mobilise your family and your community.
"I will insist, since science has not yet developed a vaccine against the Zika virus, that the only efficient method we have to prevent this illness is the vigorous battle against the mosquito."
The president also said that she wanted especially to send a "comforting message" to mothers and future mothers.
"We will do everything, absolutely everything in our reach to protect you. We will do everything, absolutely everything we can to offer support to the children affected by microcephaly and their families."
In a separate development, UN and US health officials have accused Brazil of not sharing enough samples and data to determine whether the virus is responsible for the increase in the number of babies born with abnormally small heads.
They say the lack of information is hampering efforts to provide diagnostic tests, drugs and vaccines, the AP news agency reported.
Laboratories in the US and Europe say they need samples from previous outbreaks if they are to carry out effective research on the evolution of the virus.
A major obstacle is Brazilian law, correspondents say, because it is technically illegal for Brazilian researchers and institutes to distribute genetic material, including blood samples containing Zika and other viruses.
European countries were warned on Wednesday that they too needed to make preparations once the Aedes mosquitoes become active on the continent during the spring and summer months.
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What you need to know Key questions answered about the virus and its spread
Travel advice Countries affected and what you should do
The mosquito behind spread of virus What we know about the insect
Abortion dilemma Laws and practices in Catholic Latin America | Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has declared war on mosquitoes responsible for spreading the Zika virus in a recorded TV message to the nation. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35489388"} | 533 | 35 | 0.442888 | 1.085099 | 0.14369 | 1.375 | 20.25 | 0.791667 |
The man, 72, and his 71-year-old wife have not been named.
An investigation was launched after a suitcase with some of the woman's body parts was found by a man walking near Traunsee lake on Sunday.
A day later, the German man's body was found in 5m (15ft) of water, with his wrists weighed down by bags of stones.
Investigators on Tuesday said the head of his wife, encased in concrete, was found near the man's body in the lake near the town of Gmunden, 80km (50 miles) east of Salzburg.
The couple were reported to be from Frankfurt.
Authorities believe the woman was strangled sometime between 25 December and 1 January but have not confirmed when the drowning occurred.
They believe he put her body parts in two suitcases. The second was found later on Sunday by a police dog.
The man's body showed no signs of a struggle, leading state prosecutor Birgit Ahamer to say: "We believe first and foremost that [the man's death] was suicide."
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In tests on 1,100 patients affected by a rare cancer called sarcoma, more than half were born with gene mutations known to increase cancer risk.
The study, published in The Lancet Oncology, said the inherited mutations could become targets for treatments.
And families affected by cancer could be offered screening and advice.
Inherited mutations in genes linked to breast, ovarian and bowel cancer, among others, were found to be common in sarcoma patients.
The researchers, from The Institute of Cancer Research, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said the results were revealing and gave a more detailed picture of how cancer risk is inherited.
Prof Ian Judson, who led the study at The Institute of Cancer Research in London, said: "We are going to need to think differently about inheritance.
"Sometimes you are confident there is something going on in the family - but standard patterns of risk might not fit.
"Now we can work out why that is because there may be two or three mutations going on."
Sarcoma is a very unusual cancer that develops in the bones, muscles or soft tissues of the body. There are around 3,000 cases of this cancer in the UK each year.
Because it can often affect children and young people, with low survival rates, the UK research team decided to find out more about the genetic causes of this particular cancer.
They analysed the DNA sequence of 72 genes linked to increased cancer risk in 1,162 patients with sarcoma.
One in five patients was found to have mutations or errors in more than one of the cancer genes tested.
Patients with mutations in multiple cancer genes were found to be more likely to develop cancer at a younger age than those with just one single genetic mutation.
So this suggests that many genetic mutations working together could be causing sarcoma in some patients, rather than just a single gene error causing their disease.
Prof Judson said that when such mutations are found, families could now be offered genetic screening and given proper advice on treatment.
Sarah McDonald, director of research at Sarcoma UK, said: "If we can identify individuals at high risk of developing sarcomas this could lead to earlier detection and more effective treatment of these tumours." | Scientists have discovered why some families are affected by many different types of cancer, thanks to genetic testing. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36977400"} | 495 | 22 | 0.500293 | 1.235278 | 0.38134 | 0.9 | 22.15 | 0.7 |
The captive's identity has not been confirmed as consular access has not been granted, AP news agency reports.
The disclosure comes amid concern for Merrill Newman, 85, who was reportedly detained weeks ago in North Korea.
Mr Newman's family have appealed to Pyongyang to free him, saying there has been "some dreadful misunderstanding" and that he may need medication.
North Korea's acknowledgement came via Swedish officials, who oversee consular issues for the US as it lacks diplomatic ties with North Korea.
The Swedish embassy in Pyongyang had been requesting access to the American on a daily basis, a state department spokesman said.
Mr Merrill's wife Lee said the family had had "no word on the state of his health, whether or not the medications sent to him through the Swedish Embassy in North Korea have been delivered or why he was detained".
"The family feels there has been some dreadful misunderstanding leading to his detention and asks that the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] work to settle this issue quickly and to return this 85-year-old grandfather to his anxious, concerned family," she said in a statement.
The couple's son, Jeffrey Newman, said earlier that Mr Merrill, a Korean War veteran, was taken off a plane by uniformed officers on 26 October at the end of a trip to North Korea.
He was visiting the country with a friend, on a guided tour arranged with a travel agent "approved by the North Korean government for travel of foreigners", Jeffrey Newman said.
US officials have not specifically confirmed the case, but have called on North Korea to "resolve the issue".
Merrill Newman appeared to have discussed his experience in the Korean War with North Korean officials the day before his detention, his son added.
Another veteran, also named Merrill Newman, was awarded a Silver Star medal for his efforts during the Korean War. In an interview with Reuters news agency, he said that he thought it was possible there had been "a case of mistaken identity".
The state department revised its travel guidance for North Korea this week, saying: "US citizens crossing into North Korea, even accidentally, have been subject to arbitrary arrest and long-term detention."
Another US citizen, Kenneth Bae, has been detained since November 2012.
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Muhiddin Mire, 30, admits attacking Lyle Zimmerman with a knife but denies attempted murder.
The court heard that on 5 December he attacked mandolin-carrying Mr Zimmerman, 56, from behind and kicked him in the head and body.
He then sawed at his neck with a knife.
Prosecutor Jonathan Rees QC said it was fortunate that the knife handle had become detached from the blade which made it harder to cut into his neck.
"Although he suffered three jagged wounds to the front of his neck, none of them caused any damage to any of the major blood vessels in that area."
An off-duty junior doctor treated Mr Zimmerman.
According to Mr Rees, Mr Mire also targeted a Polish man, Daniel Bielinski, swinging a knife at him.
He praised Mr Bielinski's bravery for filming the defendant on his phone "at considerable risk to himself" in an effort to stop him from attacking others.
In the footage, Mr Mire is shown lunging towards other Tube passengers.
He told the jury that Mr Mire, who was born in Somalia and moved to Britain as a boy, suffered from mental illness and had experienced delusions going back as far as 2006.
He stopped working as a taxi driver and a month before the attack his GP referred him to mental health services as he had again been experiencing paranoid delusions that he was being followed by members of the security services.
He was given an appointment, but did not turn up.
Mr Mire has pleaded guilty to wounding Mr Zimmerman with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and to attempting to wound four other Tube passengers.
He denies attempted murder.
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Waseem Hussain, 27, Nadeem Hussain, 29, and father Abid Hussain, 54, all of Mary Road in Stechford, and Shahid Mahmood, 44, of Heather Road, Small Heath, were convicted of fraud.
The terms ranged from 18 to 61 months.
The case was brought after "numerous" complaints to Birmingham City Council.
Barbara Dring from the council said she believed it to be the biggest investigation into car clocking Birmingham trading standards had carried out.
"The distance dishonestly taken off the cars sold by this family is almost 10 times the distance to the moon and back.
"Not only is the mileage wrong but it is misrepresented, and as such could also have major mechanical problems that could put passengers' safety at risk".
The four were caught after trading standards officers monitored the Auto Trader car sales website, and discovered the family used several business names to sell seemingly low mileage cars.
Investigators arranged to buy a used Audi A8 advertised as having 125,000 miles on the clock - but checks revealed it had done more than 250,000 miles. | Four members of a Birmingham family have been jailed for "clocking" four million miles off vehicle odometers in what was described in court as "a professional operation". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33573139"} | 242 | 40 | 0.504932 | 1.356912 | -0.134628 | 0.6875 | 6.5625 | 0.625 |
Opener David Warner broke a thumb during Saturday's second ODI and was replaced by Yorkshire's Aaron Finch.
Injuries to all-rounder Shane Watson (calf) and Coulter-Nile (hamstring) in that game have forced the tourists to raid county cricket again.
John Hastings and Peter Handscomb join the squad for Tuesday's third ODI.
Seamer Hastings, 29, has been Durham's overseas player this summer. He has played 11 ODIs for Australia, with his last international appearance being his only Test in December 2012.
Uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Handscomb, 24, born in Melbourne to English parents, has been playing for Gloucestershire this season on a UK passport.
Although he has featured for Australia A, if he were to appear for the full international side, it would threaten his ability to continue as a "domestic" player in England.
It means Australia have lost the services of seven players since their tour began in late June.
Paceman Ryan Harris retired before the start of the Ashes Test series, keeper Brad Haddin missed a Test for family reasons and left the tour early, while captain Michael Clarke and opener Chris Rogers retired after the final Test.
Coach Darren Lehmann said of the latest trio of withdrawals: "We looked at all options including the possibility of flying in cover from Australia.
"But the fact all three of the players we have drafted in are already in England means they can join us at short notice, be acclimatised to conditions and be available for selection immediately, if required."
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Largely self-taught, his six-decade career saw him create make-up and prosthetics for such cinematic legends as Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers.
One of his most famous creations was Yoda, the diminutive Jedi master first seen in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back.
Freeborn based Yoda's look on Albert Einstein, as well as his own features.
Star Wars creator George Lucas paid tribute to Freeborn, saying he was "a makeup legend" before he began working with him.
"He brought with him not only decades of experience, but boundless creative energy. His artistry and craftsmanship will live on forever in the characters he created. His Star Wars creatures may be reinterpreted in new forms by new generations, but at their heart, they continue to be what Stuart created for the original films."
Born in 1914 in Leytonstone, east London, the young Freeborn resisted his insurance broker father's attempts to have him follow in his footsteps.
"I didn't want to spend my life in an office," he revealed in a BBC documentary broadcast last year. "I felt I was different."
Freeborn began his film career at the Denham studios in the 1930s, where he worked under the auspices of Alexander Korda.
"I never stopped from that moment," said the make-up artist, who soon found himself working with such leading stars of the day as Marlene Dietrich and Vivien Leigh.
When war broke out in 1939, Freeborn temporarily gave up his fledgling career to train as a fighter pilot, only to almost lose his life to Asian flu and haemophilia.
The war years saw him work on the prosthetics used to transform Roger Livesey into a balding, pot-bellied blusterer in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.
Another notable success came in 1948 when he devised the make-up that Alec Guinness used to portray Fagin in David Lean's film of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.
With its large beaked nose, hooded eyelids and extravagant facial hair, the characterisation was accused by some of being an anti-Semitic caricature.
Freeborn continued working with Sir David, travelling with him to Sri Lanka for the filming of his 1957 war epic The Bridge on the River Kwai.
The shoot was a dramatic one for the make-up artist, who almost perished in a car accident that claimed the lives of his fellow passengers.
Freeborn went on to work with director Stanley Kubrick, designing the three different faces sported by Peter Sellers in Cold War satire Doctor Strangelove.
That led to him designing the apes seen in the Dawn of Man sequence of 2001: A Space Odyssey, a laborious two-year process that at one stage saw comedian Ronnie Corbett participate in make-up tests.
The 1970s saw Freeborn make a vital contribution to the Star Wars universe, for which he helped create such enduring characters as Chewbacca, Jabba the Hutt and Yoda.
Freeborn's son Graham became a make-up artist in his own right, working alongside his father on the Star Wars and Superman films.
Nick Dudman, who worked with Freeborn on The Empire Strikes Back, remembered him as "a Renaissance man capable of doing absolutely anything".
"He was a Nutty Professor," he told the BBC News website. "He wanted to push boundaries and had the most inquiring mind I'd ever encountered."
Freeborn's death was confirmed by Nick Maley, a family friend who worked as his assistant in the 1970s. | Stuart Freeborn, the British make-up artist renowned for his contributions to 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Star Wars films, has died at the age of 98. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "21357301"} | 818 | 37 | 0.449673 | 1.283986 | -0.288336 | 2.060606 | 20.606061 | 0.787879 |
Minister Kris Hopkins said the funding grants settlement for 2015-16 was "fair for all parts of the country".
He said no council would face a loss of more than 6.4% - but Labour said councils in the greatest need were facing the biggest cuts in funding.
Local authority bosses said cuts of up to 6.4% would "push some authorities to breaking point".
Councils in England say the amount they receive from central government is being cut by 8.8%.
But central government says the amount they can spend - taking into account other resources, including business rates - will fall on average by 1.8%.
Most local authority funding comes from central government, with about a quarter raised through council tax.
Anthony Reuben, head of statistics, BBC News
The figure of an average cut of 1.8% in the spending power of English councils is not an entirely helpful one.
The spending power figure combines regular central government funding with one-off grants and things like council tax, a proportion of business rates and other fees and charges.
The Local Government Association calculates a figure excluding council tax and part of the Better Care Fund that it does not think is going to go to councils, and it reckons that funding is going to fall by an average of 8.8% next year.
And both of these figures ignore inflation. It's getting more expensive to dispose of waste, provide social care to an ageing population and employ staff even if they're only getting a 1% pay rise.
It means that savings of considerably more than 1.8% in some services will be needed.
Local Government Minister Mr Hopkins told MPs the settlement still left councillors with "considerable total spending power" and many councils were seeing growth in income from business rates. He said the actual drop in spending power was 1.6%, when other grants were taken into account.
He said, with an "unprecedented challenge to public finance" the government had "delivered a settlement that is fair for all parts of the country, whether North or South, urban or rural".
"Councils facing the highest demand for services continue to substantially receive more funding and we continue to ensure that no council will face a loss of more than 6.4% in spending power in 2015-16, the lowest level in this Parliament."
The minister told MPs that all councils had achieved a balanced budget in 2014-15, and, he said, the "majority of residents remain satisfied with the way their council has run things".
And he urged councils to use "freeze funding" provided by the government to keep council tax down. Councils which choose to increase their council tax by more than 2% will continue to have to hold a local referendum on the issue, he said.
Birmingham - the largest local authority in the UK - is facing cuts next year of £117m and similar savings each year until 2018.
Labour's Hilary Benn said councils resented the government suggesting cuts were "modest". He said that councils serving the poorest areas had seen the largest reduction in funding "relative to spending".
He said that the city of Liverpool, by 2017, would have lost more than half of its government grant - compared with 2010.
"Councils are showing clear signs of financial stress," he said, asking what contingency plans were in place "to deal with the failure of local councils".
"There is no justification for taking most from those who have least."
He asked how many children's centres would have to close, what the effect would be on women's refuges and day centres for the elderly.
The provisional settlement announced by Mr Hopkins will need the approval of Parliament.
Mark Easton, BBC Home Editor
Back in 1963, the earliest year for which I have found figures, local councils employed about two million people, 200,000 more than Whitehall. Ten years later, and the local authority workforce was close to three million and almost 900,000 greater than central government.
Today, though, the situation has almost completely reversed, with half a million more people on the national payroll than the local one. Indeed, the number employed by local authorities has fallen more than half a million since the last election.
In many towns and cities, the council was once the biggest employer by far. Nowadays, that's much less likely to be true and may be changing the relationship between local people and the local authority. Councils have become more of a service commissioner than the heartbeat of the local economy.
Read more from Mark
The National Audit Office (NAO) estimates that by 2016, government funding for local government will have dropped in real terms by 37% since 2010.
Graeme McDonald, director of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers said: "This settlement reminds us that the financial challenge facing local government is immense. Cuts of up to 6.4% will push some authorities to breaking point.
"Government is beginning to recognise that councils have led the way on deficit reduction, but with cuts and demand increasing, fragility is beginning to show. The financial future of local services is unsustainable without a more ambitious plan for public service reform."
Councils are legally required to provide some services, such as adult social care, meaning most of the cuts have fallen in other areas, including leisure and culture.
Last month the NAO said some authorities were showing "clear signs of financial stress", but many had "coped well" with cuts, adding that there were "significant differences" in the size of budget cuts faced by different council areas, with those that depend most on government grants the hardest hit.
Earlier this month, Scottish local authorities were told they would get funding of almost £10.85bn in return for freezing council tax for the eighth year in a row, but Labour warned that people on lower incomes were the "hardest hit" by funding cuts.
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Cardiff Community Housing Association and Morganstone have submitted plans for the development next to Cardiff Council's offices on Schooner Way.
It will comprise an apartment block overlooking Atlantic Wharf with 85 flats and 32 affordable homes on the rest of the site.
Planners at Cardiff council have recommended the plan goes ahead. A decision will be made on Wednesday. | Plans for 117 homes on undeveloped land in Cardiff Bay look set to be approved. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35261700"} | 74 | 19 | 0.742976 | 1.349941 | -0.477333 | 0.75 | 4.125 | 0.5 |
The festival at the Hindu temple in Bariyarpur in Nepal sees tens of thousands of animals sacrificed to the goddess Gadhimai, and always provokes international outrage.
The announcement that sacrifices were now banned was greeted with delight by animal activists - but then the temple's chairman said it was not true. So what happened?
Every five years, Hindu pilgrims from Nepal and India buy animals ranging from buffalo to rats, and bring them to be sacrificed at the temple in Bara district.
Over several days of gore, thousands of buffalo and tens of thousands of smaller animals are killed, either by priests in the temple or by others in the surrounding fields.
The tradition dates back to a priest who was told about 250 years ago in a dream that spilled blood would encourage Gadhimai, the Hindu goddess of power, to free him from prison.
"Victory! Animal sacrifice banned at Nepal's Gadhimai festival, half a million animals saved," said the press release from Humane Society International (HSI) and Animal Welfare Network Nepal (AWNN).
After "rigorous negotiations", the temple agreed to "cancel all future animal sacrifice" and would "[urge] devotees not to bring animals to the festival", they said.
They quoted the chairman of the Gadhimai Temple Management and Development Committee, Ram Chandra Shah, as saying: "The time has come to replace killing and violence with peaceful worship and celebration."
The charities held news conferences in Delhi and in Bihar - where most of the sacrificial animals originate - with four key members of the temple committee, including the chief priest, though not Mr Shah.
Motilal Prasad, secretary of the temple trust, confirmed to AFP news agency: "We have decided to completely stop the practice of animal sacrifice," he said. "I realised that animals are so much like us... and feel the same pain we do."
Then Ram Chandra Shah, the man quoted by the charities, said flat out that the ban was not true.
"Devout Hindus could be requested not to offer animal sacrifice to the goddess, but they could not be forced not to do so - nor [could] the tradition be banned or stopped completely," he told the BBC.
It was not clear whether he denied giving the statement used by the charity, but he said the quotes from other officials had been taken out of context.
While he had "no objections" to the campaign against the sacrifices, "if people don't heed, we can't do anything about it".
"Nothing will change as far as the tradition of offering animal sacrifice during the festival is concerned. Things will not change no matter what the four [in the delegation] do or say. It's our age-old tradition," he said.
What did the charities say to that?
HSI spokeswoman Navamita Mukherjee said she was "surprised and confused" by Ram Chandra Shah's comments. The ban was true, she told the BBC. "Why would we organise a press conference on such a large scale to announce such a move" if it wasn't true, she said.
Another HSI spokeswoman, Alok, who was in Bihar with the temple officials, said the statement quoting Mr Shah "is definitely from him".
"We have the priests and the rest of the temple here," she said, all ready to promote the no-sacrifice rule to future festival pilgrims.
"There might be a misunderstanding - they might think we're implying that the entire festival is over but it's only the animal sacrifice."
Manoj Gautam, president of AWNN who was also in Bihar, said the temple had agreed outright to end their involvement in the killing inside the temple, and to dissuade others from "spontaneous" sacrifices outside.
The support of the chief priest - a direct descendant of the festival's founder - was key, he said. "Just a year ago he was a very proud supporter, but now he despises it and vowed to take a step forward on this matter."
"Without him sacrificing the animals, it cannot be done," he said, which would promote the view that a sacrifice is not expected.
He said the charities had been carefully campaigning against the festival for years, but that neither they nor the temple had wanted to risk resentment by issuing a ban before they had public support.
Are temple board members split on the issue?
Tripurari Shah, a member of the temple board, denied that temple trust members were divided.
"There's no rift. I think what [Ram Chandra] Shah is trying to say is that we have millions of devotees. We have to reach out to them and make them aware," he told the BBC.
The temple was campaigning to stop animal sacrifices, and he believed that the "2019 festival will be blood-free".
What does this mean for the next festival?
Mr Gautam said the slaughter tradition had been dying out anyway in recent years, with a huge drop in the number of animals killed, and the charities would spend the next four years working with the temple to ensure the 2019 gathering would be "completely bloodless".
"We don't oppose the festival," he said, but there was no reason people couldn't bring pumpkins or fruit, making it "a grand celebration of life itself ", as well as a boost to tourism.
But many in southern Nepal have a deep-rooted belief and faith associated with the festival, and feel the tradition is unlikely to stop anytime soon.
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Wessels and Brett Hutton shared a 197-run seventh-wicket stand before the latter fell to Scott Borthwick for 74.
Borthwick's first five-wicket haul since 2013 saw Notts all out for 534, with Wessels finishing unbeaten on 159.
Bird then ripped through Durham's top order as the away side closed on 193-4, trailing by 341 runs at Trent Bridge.
After the hosts resumed the second day on 353-6, in a chanceless first session, Wessels and youngster Hutton ensured maximum batting points for their side.
Borthwick then wrapped up the tail before Durham openers Mark Stoneman (39) and Keaton Jennings batted with ease.
But Jennings was caught at midwicket by Samit Patel off Bird, Stoneman fell in identical fashion and Jack Burham was then trapped lbw next ball for a golden duck as the away side crumbled.
Bird was denied a hat-trick but soon sent Michael Richardson's off stump tumbling to put the home side in the driving seat.
However, Borthwick made 59 and captain Paul Collingwood 38 in an unbroken 72-run fifth-wicket stand which kept Notts at bay for the remainder of the day. | Riki Wessels' first century of the first-class season followed by Jackson Bird's four-wicket haul gave Nottinghamshire control against Durham. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36406958"} | 293 | 34 | 0.535049 | 1.215969 | -0.078552 | 0.846154 | 8.615385 | 0.538462 |
Entered by thousands from around the UK, an image of a small stream created by heavy rain among the vast Glencoe mountains took the overall winning title.
A Beginning and an End captures a "fleeting moment of beauty" in the Scottish Highlands by photographer Mark Littlejohn from Penrith, Cumbria.
Mr Littlejohn said he got up at 01:30 GMT to drive to Glencoe but the rain had been torrential at dawn.
As he wandered about waiting for gaps in the weather, he saw the stream from high up on Gearr Aonach.
He said: "It tumbled steeply down the slopes before vanishing again near the base of the mountain.
"With more squalls coming through I decided to take this image as the light became slightly more diffuse. It had to be a quick handheld shot due to the sideways rain."
Founder of the awards Charlie Waite, said Mr Littlejohn's image discovered and isolated a "fleeting moment of beauty" within a vast and "slightly threatening" arena.
Other winning shots ranged from a close-up of a lichen-covered rowan tree to cityscapes dominated by striking buildings.
The Young Photographer of the Year category was won by Sam Rielly, 17, from London, for his black and white image of his mother walking through the landscape of Anglesey.
He said: "This image was taken on a particularly wet and windy day on Parys Mountain, the site of a former copper mine.
"The subject of the image is my mother, who was unaware that I was taking the picture."
The awards, held in association with VisitBritain, included a category for an image that would encourage people to visit Britain.
John Robinson, from Peterlee, County Durham, won this category for his shot of sunset over the heather-strewn Yorkshire Moors.
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Lawro's opponents for the FA Cup fourth-round weekend are indie-rock band The Libertines.
Pete Doherty is well known for being a QPR fan, while band-mates Carl Barat and Gary Powell both support Arsenal.
"The closest QPR have come to winning the FA Cup was when we lost in the final to Tottenham in 1982," Doherty told BBC Sport. "I was three and I remember crying a lot afterwards, which was strange because I was a happy child, but even then I knew what was what.
"It is a hard thing for me to admit, because I am not a Spurs fan, but the best FA Cup final song is 'Spurs are on their way to Wembley' by Chas and Dave in 1981.
"There is a certain beautiful melodic lyrical quality to the lyrics 'Ossie's going to Wembley, his knees have gone all trembley, tra-la-la-la, tra-la-la-la'."
The Libertines did not manage a prediction for Derby vs Man Utd on Friday night, and think Nottingham Forest's tie with Watford will be postponed because of a waterlogged pitch (which seems especially unlikely because very little rain is forecast in Nottingham in the build-up to the game).
But they backing the Gunners and Manchester City to reach round five, and think QPR's west London rivals Chelsea will lose 6-0 at MK Dons.
"All form goes out of the window on FA Cup day," added Doherty.
* Away team to win at home in the replay
** Postponement predicted (because of a waterlogged pitch)
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Lawro's prediction: 1-1 (United to win the replay)
The Libertines: No prediction made
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Lawro's prediction: 0-2
The Libertines: 2-3
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Lawro's prediction: 2-0
The Libertines: 3-1
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Lawro's prediction: 0-2
The Libertines: 1-3
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Lawro's prediction: 1-2
The Libertines: 1-0
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Lawro's prediction: 1-2
The Libertines: 0-2
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Lawro's prediction: 1-1 (Stoke to win replay)
The Libertines: 1-1 (Stoke to win replay)
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Lawro's prediction: 0-1
The Libertines: P-P (Postponement predicted, because of waterlogged pitch)
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Lawro's prediction: 1-2
The Libertines: 4-0
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Lawro's prediction: 1-2
The Libertines: 2-2 (Bournemouth to win replay)
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Lawro's prediction: 2-1
The Libertines: 2-0
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Lawro's prediction: 0-2
The Libertines: 0-1
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Lawro's prediction: 2-0
The Libertines: 4-0
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Lawro's prediction: 2-1
The Libertines: 2-0
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Lawro's prediction: 1-2
The Libertines: 0-2
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Lawro's prediction: 0-2
The Libertines: 6-0
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Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro's best score: 160 points (week 19 v Guy Mowbray)
Lawro's worst score: 20 points (week one v Graeme Swann and week 23 v Ice Cube and Kevin Hart) | BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35421579"} | 952 | 28 | 0.313709 | 0.860328 | -0.253159 | 0.9 | 41.75 | 0.5 |
The 36-year-old right-hander spent his entire career at Kent and captained the county in two spells.
The opener played 15 Tests for England, including a double century against West Indies at Lord's in 2004, and scored 19,419 first-class runs.
"The club and I have come to an agreement after a long and enjoyable career to call it a day," Key said.
"It's time for the younger players to have their chance," he added. "It doesn't feel right for me to stand in their way any more.
"It's been a great honour to represent Kent. I don't know what the future holds, but I look forward to what the next chapter has in store."
Key made his first-class debut 1998 and hit a career-best 270 not out against Glamorgan in 2009.
Capped by England at under-19 level, he helped his country win the under-19 World Cup in 1998 alongside players such as Graeme Swann and Owais Shah.
He made his Test debut in 2002 against India at Trent Bridge and, after a spell out of the side, returned in 2004 to hit 221 in the first Test against West Indies as England completed a series whitewash.
His two-term tenure as Kent captain was the longest at the county since Colin Cowdrey's 15-year spell from 1957 to 1971.
"Rob has been an outstanding servant of Kent and England throughout his career," chairman George Kennedy said.
"The current crop of exciting talent has learned much from his time at the helm.
"A Kent side without Rob at the top of the order will look very odd and everyone wishes him all the best for the future." | Kent and former England batsman Rob Key has confirmed his retirement after a first-class career spanning 17 years. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36075629"} | 369 | 26 | 0.514112 | 1.36816 | -0.052039 | 1.142857 | 16.238095 | 0.666667 |
Dr Vladislav Rogozov, a consultant anaesthetist at Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital, spoke about the incident in an online blog.
He said he had confronted the unnamed surgeon when he realised she intended to keep the scarf on during surgery.
Hospital chiefs would not confirm if Dr Rogozov had been suspended.
Headscarves worn for religious purposes are permitted in most areas of hospitals but should be removed in areas such as operating theatres in the interest of patient safety and hygiene, according to hospital rules.
Dr David Throssell, medical director of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: "The member of staff has not been excluded from work for raising patient safety issues as we take these very seriously.
"However, since the publication of articles attributed to the member of staff, we have received concerns about the tone he has used.
"On this basis the content and nature of the views published are currently being investigated." | A hospital consultant is under investigation over comments he made about a Muslim surgeon who wore a headscarf in an operating theatre. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35744406"} | 212 | 30 | 0.564949 | 1.350082 | -0.015494 | 0.608696 | 7.869565 | 0.521739 |
The crash happened on Fellside Road at about 02:20 BST close to Whickham Golf Club.
A 43-year-old man, and two girls aged 17, all from Gateshead, died at the scene. The lorry driver was uninjured.
Northumbria Police urged anyone who saw the "distinctive" black Mercedes C63 AMG model in the hours leading up to the crash to contact the force. | Three people have been killed after the car they were travelling in collided with a lorry in Gateshead. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37032621"} | 95 | 27 | 0.701686 | 1.227875 | -1.225059 | 0.368421 | 3.947368 | 0.368421 |
Threats to "kill as many people as possible" at Montgomery High School in Bispham were posted on Facebook last weekend.
Police dismissed the threat as "not credible" and while the school opened as normal, most pupils did not attend.
A 54-year-old man from Blackpool has been arrested on suspicion of public nuisance and malicious communication.
The school said more than 1,000 of its 1,375 pupils did not attend on Monday, but every staff member attended, School Principal Tony Nicholson said.
Police officers patrolled outside the school for "reassurance".
Detectives asked anyone with information to contact them or Crimestoppers. | A man has been arrested in connection with threats made against school pupils in Blackpool, Lancashire Police said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35255052"} | 129 | 24 | 0.633152 | 1.353971 | -0.305388 | 1.2 | 6.1 | 0.8 |
Sixth-generation dairy farmer Derek Mead, 72, employed about 300 staff across the Mead Group.
A family statement said Mr Mead was killed in a "tragic accident" on Sunday afternoon "doing what he loved".
He was reportedly involved in a freak accident involving a dog and a tractor at his farm in Hewish, near Weston-super-Mare in Somerset.
The Health and Safety Executive said it had been alerted to the death of a farmer and an investigation was under way.
"It's with a heavy heart that we have to let you know our father and grandfather, Derek Mead, was killed on his farm," the family said in a statement.
Mr Mead campaigned hard for the dairy industry and had been a critic of the National Farmers Union (NFU) for many years, claiming it did not properly represent the interests of farmers.
Speaking in 2015 he described all areas of British farming as being "on the floor" but said dairy farming had "been in crisis for the last 20 years and it's about time it was sorted out".
Mr Mead was chairman of Puxton Park, near Weston-super-Mare, and of Junction 24, which is a business centre and one of the largest livestock markets in the South West.
Chris Rundle, who worked as an adviser for Mr Mead, said his investment of £10m to help develop Sedgemoor Livestock Centre had "put new heart back in to the livestock trade".
"But he never got recognition for it - people have got knighthoods for doing far less than Derek's done." | Tributes have been paid to a prominent farmer and businessman who was killed in an accident on his farm. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40158059"} | 362 | 26 | 0.382278 | 1.020255 | -0.481453 | 1.5 | 15.75 | 0.8 |
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Sergey Novikov from computer security firm Kaspersky Lab says Russian gangs had moved their attention from attacking home users to corporations.
The deputy director of research and analysis said his company deals with 350,000 unique malware attacks every day. | BBC Scotland Investigates: Gangsters.com will be broadcast on Wednesday 11 June, at 22:35 on BBC One Scotland, and for a week afterwards on the BBC iPlayer. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "27624451"} | 70 | 42 | 0.398393 | 0.862798 | -0.832198 | 0.266667 | 1.966667 | 0.266667 |
The novel was submitted to the Eisteddfod's office in Mold as an entry for the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize.
It was handed to North Wales Police in March 2015, and investigated under the Obscene Communications Act.
At the time, Eisteddfod chief executive Elfed Roberts described the novel's content as "bluntly criminal."
In July 2015, officials told the BBC the novel referred to "criminal" acts and caused "concern".
Speaking at the time, Det Ch Insp Iestyn Davies said: "The work concerned has been assessed as being offensive and indecent in its nature and is being investigated as an offence under the Obscene Communications Act."
Back in July 2015, Mr Roberts told BBC Radio Cymru: "When you know that the work is against the law - then there was no other option but to take action."
He said a false name and address was supplied by the entrant.
The Daniel Owen Memorial Prize is given annually to a novel of no fewer than 50,000 words for a £5,000 prize. | No action will be taken following an investigation into an "indecent" novel sent to last year's National Eisteddfod, police have confirmed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36498022"} | 238 | 35 | 0.625261 | 1.518675 | 0.128094 | 0.538462 | 7.730769 | 0.538462 |
Mr Corbyn urged the former Labour prime minister to "respect" the referendum result and work on helping to define the UK's future EU relationship.
In a speech on Friday, Mr Blair said that a weakened Labour Party was acting as "the facilitator of Brexit".
But Mr Corbyn said: "We are going to be outside the European Union."
Speaking in the City of London, Mr Blair said that the British people had made the referendum decision without knowing on what terms Britain would leave the European Union.
He said pro-Europeans needed to build a movement across party lines to challenge Brexit, in the absence of effective opposition in Westminster.
"The debilitation of the Labour Party is the facilitator of Brexit. I hate to say that, but it is true," he said.
Mr Corbyn told reporters at the party's conference on local government at Warwick University on Saturday: "Well, it's not helpful.
"The referendum gave a result, gave a very clear decision on this, and we have to respect that decision, that's why we didn't block Article 50.
"But we are going to be part of all this campaigning, all these negotiations about the kind of relationship we have in Europe in the future."
He added: "The referendum happened, let's respect the result. Democracy happened, respect the result."
Mr Corbyn rejected Mr Blair's suggestion that the party was weak, pointing to its surge in membership to more than 500,000.
"I don't quite know what Tony means there. Our party membership has more than doubled, we had a big campaign to remain and reform the European Union," he said.
"We are now pursuing a policy which will try and protect jobs and conditions across this country but also maintain a good relationship with colleagues across Europe."
Mr Corbyn urged Mr Blair to get behind the party's vision of a future outside the European Union with high investment and reduced inequality, rather than a low-tax economy aligned with the US under President Donald Trump.
He said: "We are going to be outside the European Union. We are not leaving the continent of Europe, we are still going to work with them.
"I think it would be helpful if people put their energies in the direction of building those good relations and ensuring we have a viable economy, not some offshore tax haven bargain basement, doing deals with Trump's America.
"My job is to take our party forward into an investment-led economy that reduces inequality in this country, that builds houses when people need them, that gets the good jobs people need in the hi-tech industries the National Investment Bank will fund.
"Get on board with that strategy." | Tony Blair's call for a cross-party movement to try to force a change of course on Brexit is "unhelpful", Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39016392"} | 578 | 40 | 0.461089 | 1.122532 | 0.274586 | 0.84375 | 17.125 | 0.71875 |
Benitez has been sacked after just seven months in charge, with club legend Zinedine Zidane replacing him.
Bale, 26, is reportedly upset by Benitez's exit but Toshack thinks his compatriot will stay at the Bernabeu.
"I don't see it affecting Gareth at all," Toshack said. "I don't see that as a problem."
Bale joined Madrid in a world record £85m move from Tottenham in 2013 and has scored seven goals in his past six games for Real - but he has been linked with a return to the Premier League with Manchester United.
Former Liverpool and Chelsea boss Benitez's final game was Sunday's 2-2 draw with Valencia, which left them third in La Liga, four points behind leaders Atletico Madrid and two adrift of Barcelona.
Frenchman Zidane is the 11th coach to be appointed in Florentino Perez's 12 years as club president and his first match in charge will be Saturday's home league game against Deportivo la Coruna.
Ex-Wales manager Toshack, who had two spells in charge at the Bernabeu, is not surprised by Benitez's departure.
"Benitez was up against it right from the off," Toshack told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"Right from the minute he walked through the door something was not quite right. I don't think his face fitted.
"I think he'll be looking to take a bit of a rest season, probably until the end of this season and maybe look at something next pre-season." | Former Real Madrid coach John Toshack says Rafael Benitez's departure from the Spanish giants will not adversely affect Wales forward Gareth Bale. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35226633"} | 362 | 35 | 0.61814 | 1.443157 | 0.53708 | 1 | 12.333333 | 0.666667 |
"We are talking here about one of the best players in the world," Real Madrid icon Emilio Butragueno says of a 26-year-old who is key to club then country this summer.
Real Madrid chase an 11th European Cup at the San Siro Stadium in Milan on Saturday where Bale scored a dazzling Champions League hat-trick for Tottenham in 2010.
A year before the Champions League final comes to Bale's home-town of Cardiff, the Welshman stands 90 minutes away from a second European triumph for Real - but Wales will watch nervously as their talisman is integral to Chris Coleman's Euro 2016 hopes.
Four goals and a man down after just 35 minutes on a clear October night in Milan, Tottenham had quite the task ahead of them in their debut Champions League campaign against Europe's champions.
But then Bale switched to another gear and forced Harry Redknapp's side back into contention.
His first goal came from a sensational 50-yard run down the left flank and a stunning finish from an angle past Julio Cesar.
His next came when he left veteran Javier Zanetti in the dust to score again with an almost identical goal, before capping off his hat-trick in injury time.
"Five more minutes and we would have drawn," his then Spurs manager Harry Redknapp told BBC Wales Sport's Gareth Bale documentary.
Then a 21-year-old, Bale had arrived on the world scene in stunning fashion.
Bale's heroics as Tottenham reached the quarter-final of the Champions League, only to lose, ironically, to Real, set the stage for him to become Spurs' star man and PFA Footballer of the Year before a world record £85m move to Madrid.
"He's playing with better players now, in what is technically the best league in Europe and he has the expectation on his shoulders," said former Spurs team-mate Jermaine Jenas.
"The art of winning things at a big club, when the expectation is there, that's something that helps your development."
He scored decisive goals in the 2014 Copa del Rey and Champions League finals to help Madrid to 'la decima' - a 10th European Cup title - in his first season in Spain but the notoriously tough Bernabeu crowd turned on the Welshman in a difficult second season as rumours swirled of a Premier League return.
"Because Gareth is such a great lad, I always had that worry that he would be in the shadow of Ronaldo, whether he would feel over-powered by him," explained Redknapp.
"But I thought Gareth coped great with it and has done really well. The Madrid fans can be critical, that's how it is there and players are going to come under fire if they have the slightest hiccup, but Gareth has come through that well."
Real legend Butragueno, who spearheaded the Spanish attack at the 1986 and 1990 World Cups, feels Bale has now won over the notoriously tough-to-please Madrid fans.
"Truly, he's an extraordinary player who is very committed and for us he's an essential player," Butragueno said.
"Here at Real Madrid, we play every game like it is a final. It is like an exam and our fans are very demanding because they are used to winning and seeing extraordinary players.
"Therefore we could say the Bernabeu is like a courtroom where they know a lot about football and the level of demand is very high.
"He has been with us for three years and we hope he will stay for many more. We are confident he will be a fundamental player for us over the coming years and will leave a lasting legacy at the club," he said.
"We consider ourselves very lucky to be able to count on a player like him. We are very happy and at the same time very excited about the future of Gareth at Real Madrid.
Bale has been a vital part of the Wales squad in the build up to this summer's European Championships as Chris Coleman's side reached their first major international tournament for 58 years.
He scored seven of Wales' 11 goals in qualifying to steer Wales to a second-placed finish in Group B.
Carlo Ancelotti, his former manager at Real Madrid, believes Wales will be able to draw upon Bale's experience in Spain during the Euros.
"Bale already helped his team from his experience in Madrid because he did really well in qualifications for the Euros," Ancelotti told BBC Wales Sport.
"For Wales it will be more competitive than for teams like France, Spain or Germany but I think Bale can be fantastic."
Who do you think should start at Euro 2016? Step into Chris Coleman’s shoes and pick your XI - and then share it with your friends using our brand new team selector. | Against the backdrop of the world's fashion capital, Gareth Bale is ready to once again strut his stuff at the ground where he became a worldwide sensation. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36392737"} | 1,100 | 40 | 0.395958 | 1.059563 | -0.165248 | 0.866667 | 31.633333 | 0.666667 |
A man was treated for smoke inhalation after the blaze in Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, on Friday night.
Mid and West Fire and Rescue Service said the charger had set fire to curtains.
Steve Davies, head of community safety, said it had seen "heightened numbers" of fires caused by the devices.
He added: "Although this was a minor incident, based on previous cases the consequences can be devastating." | Firefighters have urged people to keep e-cigarettes away from flammable materials after a charger overheated and sparked a house fire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33149470"} | 96 | 37 | 0.620112 | 1.127497 | 0.061307 | 0.347826 | 3.608696 | 0.347826 |
The first device was destroyed last week by Navy divers close to Hinkley C power station in Lilstock.
On 8 August a 500lb (226kg) device was discovered 2.5 nautical miles (4.6km) from the coast, about 26ft (8m) below the surface.
The second device weighed 250lb (113kg) and was found 0.3 miles (500m) from the power station. It has also been destroyed in a controlled explosion.
A 0.6 mile (1km) exclusion was set up and The Ministry of Defence confirmed the bomb was "rendered safe with a controlled detonation" that took place at about 16.20 BST.
The coast around Lilstock was used as part of a practice bombing range for the Royal Navy.
David Eccles, EDF Energy's Head of Stakeholder Engagement for Hinkley Point C, said: "It is normal practice to check the seabed before construction activity starts on any marine project.
"The safety of the public and our workforce is our priority and we have a team of 10 divers checking the seabed ahead of the construction of the main cooling water tunnels and associated seabed structures for Hinkley Point C.
"We believe the unexploded ordnance probably dates back to the Second World War.
"As a precaution we put a cordon zone around the area and are working closely with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Royal Navy." | A second suspected World War Two bomb has been found in the Bristol Channel. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40951305"} | 311 | 16 | 0.453307 | 1.12199 | -0.845436 | 0.866667 | 17.933333 | 0.733333 |
The Blues are seven points ahead of nearest rivals Tottenham after a 2-1 win over Manchester City on Wednesday.
"Tottenham could win eight games. For this reason to win the title we need 18 points," said Conte.
Meanwhile Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino said his side are capable of winning all their remaining games and will fight to the end.
Tottenham scored three late goals to come from behind and win 3-1 at Swansea.
"If you compare Chelsea and Tottenham over the last 10 years, it is true Chelsea won more titles," Pochettino said.
"We believe and never give up, we always try and we were always pushing. I believe that we can win every game if we play like today - and then we'll see."
Tottenham have not won the league since 1961.
Their remaining eight games include a north London derby at home to Arsenal on 30 April and a visit from Manchester United on 13 May.
Chelsea still have to go to United on 16 April and Everton on 30 April.
Conte, in his first season as Chelsea boss, added: "We must be focused and try to win six games and take three points. If we are able to do this, we will win the title.
"Otherwise it will be a good season, but not a great season. We will remember this season if we win." | Chelsea boss Antonio Conte says his side need six victories from their last eight games to win the Premier League. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39506379"} | 299 | 24 | 0.608387 | 1.253283 | 0.142485 | 1.380952 | 13.142857 | 0.809524 |
Community support officer Daniel Dawson also offered to sell his stab vest, CS canisters and helmet in August 2014, Teesside Crown Court heard.
The 26-year-old, from Middlesbrough, admitted attempted fraud and theft.
Dawson, who was dismissed from the force in 2015, was given a six-month jail term, suspended for two years.
A search of his house found 40 pieces of kit stashed in his wardrobe, the court was told.
He posted the items on the website, including the handcuffs with a holder and keys for £40, a cap for £30 and badges for £10.
Further posts offered a heavy duty utility belt, an extendable baton and a gas canister holder.
Michele Stuart-Lofthouse, prosecuting, said that despite the items being listed on the website, they had not actually been sold to anyone.
In mitigation, the court was told Dawson had suffered from mental health issues, including anxiety.
Rukhshanda Hussain, defending, said Dawson had no previous convictions, accepted his actions were "foolish and stupid" and that he was remorseful.
Dawson was also ordered to do 180 hours community service and pay £500 costs.
Judge Colin Burn said Dawson actions were "a serious breach of trust".
He added: "There was one item which was offered for sale, the baton, which if sold could have been putting a significant weapon in the hands of a stranger."
Judge Burn said Cleveland Police had to act to ensure equipment was properly accounted for when officers left the force. | A former Cleveland Police officer has admitted trying to sell equipment including handcuffs and a baton on website Gumtree. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35300839"} | 349 | 29 | 0.451499 | 1.254194 | 0.004305 | 1.1 | 15.35 | 0.8 |
The measure now needs to be signed by Governor Martin O'Malley to become law.
Correspondents say it will be a formality as the Democratic governor has campaigned for five years to have the death penalty repealed.
Once signed into law, Maryland will become the 18th US state to abolish executions.
"Evidence shows that the death penalty is not a deterrent, it cannot be administered without racial bias and it costs three times as much as life in prison without parole," Governor O'Malley said in a statement.
"What's more, there is no way to reverse a mistake if an innocent person is put to death."
Opponents of the bill insisted capital punishment was a necessary tool to punish those who commit the most serious crimes.
Maryland has had the death penalty since 1638 when the territory was a British colony.
However, the state has neither sentenced anyone to death nor executed a prisoner since 2005.
The vote took place in the Maryland House of Delegates in the state capital, Annapolis. Eighty Democrats and two Republicans voted for the bill, which needed 71 votes to pass. Eighteen Democrats joined 38 Republicans to vote against it.
Connecticut became the 17th state to repeal the death penalty last year, meaning more than a third of the 50 states have now renounced executions. | The US state of Maryland is poised to abolish the death penalty after its lawmakers voted 82 to 56 in favour of the move. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "21810683"} | 297 | 29 | 0.619257 | 1.340776 | -0.26492 | 1.16 | 10.16 | 0.68 |
Theresa Morrisroe paid the money into her sick father's bank account between 2010 and 2013 while working for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Northampton Crown Court heard how she went on to defraud Phoenix IT of more than £24,000.
Martin Gosling, of Northamptonshire Police, said she had committed a "heinous crime".
Morrisroe, 51, of Talbot Road, Northampton, had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud. She was sentenced to two years in jail for the offence against the Motor Neurone Disease Association, and a further year for defrauding Phoenix IT.
Judge Lynn Tayton said the sentences would run consecutively.
Ayesha Bell-Paris, prosecuting, said Morrisroe had worked for the charity as a purchase ledger clerk between 2006 and 2013.
In June 2014 a supplier contacted the charity about an unpaid invoice, which investigations showed had been paid into an account belonging to Morrisroe's ill father,
The charity found payments to another 22 suppliers had been siphoned into this account.
In all, Morrisroe had made 80 fraudulent payments into her father's account and her own.
Miss Bell-Paris said Morrisroe had worked for Phoenix IT after leaving the charity in 2013.
The defence said Morrisroe had financial issues and had been supporting her father, brother and son.
The Motor Neurone Disease Association said the money had been recovered from its insurers, but almost £10,000 had been spent investigating the fraud. | An accounts clerk who defrauded a charity of more than £100,000 has been jailed for three years. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31495360"} | 334 | 27 | 0.499807 | 1.211061 | -0.232566 | 1.263158 | 14.526316 | 0.631579 |
Camran Green, 17, originally from Wednesbury, West Midlands, was knifed in the stomach at an address in Shakespeare Road on 2 October.
Bristol Crown Court heard Steven Sharpe, 31, from Cheltenham planned to rob Mr Green of money. Sharpe pleaded guilty to the murder.
He also admitted assaulting three police detention officers.
The judge told Sharpe he must serve a minimum of 24 years and six months of his life sentence.
The court was told Mr Green travelled to Gloucestershire to supply drugs through the so-called "county lines" drugs network.
Sharpe was said to have been high on heroin and cocaine at the time and planned to rob Mr Green of his takings.
The robbery went wrong and Sharpe stabbed Mr Green a single time in the body with a 14in blade.
The weapon was described by the prosecution as being a hunting knife or a "Rambo" knife.
Sharpe fled the scene on his bike and evaded police for three days until his arrest on 5 October.
Gloucestershire Police said when Sharpe was taken into custody, he spat at and assaulted three police detention officers.
Jurors were told Mr Green was under the care of social services at the time of his death and had been in foster care.
Det Ch Insp Ruth Mather said: "Drug gangs from big cities have been using vulnerable young men on a frequent basis as drug runners in smaller towns to do their dirty work for them.
"Camran was being used in this way - basing himself at Sharpe's girlfriend's address to deal crack cocaine and heroin for gang leaders in Birmingham.
"Tragically Camran had his life taken as a result of that work."
Chief executive of Dudley Council, Sarah Norman, said: "This is a tragic case and our thoughts are with the family.
"As it will be subject to an independent serious case review, we cannot comment any further at this time.
"However, we are fully committed to learning any lessons that come out of the serious case review." | The killer of a teenager stabbed in Cheltenham has been handed a minimum jail term of more than 24 years. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39339455"} | 456 | 29 | 0.440572 | 1.119913 | -0.612388 | 0.809524 | 19.142857 | 0.619048 |
Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie and two others were arrested in Johannesburg following police raids over the weekend.
They are said to have been planning to join so-called Islamic State in Syria.
In June, the US embassy in South Africa warned that US citizens in the country could be attacked by terrorist groups.
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Places where Americans congregate "such as upscale shopping areas and malls in Johannesburg and Cape Town" were thought to be possible targets, the statement said.
The 23-year-old brothers appeared briefly in court, initially covering their heads with hooded jackets, local reports say.
They will remain in custody until 19 July when they can apply for bail.
The brothers were arrested after the Hawks, an elite police unit, raided two houses where they confiscated a number of items including computers and mobile phones.
According to the provisional charge sheet, the two conspired to commit terrorist acts in Johannesburg.
The Hawks believe they may be part of a terror cell in the country. | A South African court has charged identical twin brothers with terrorism for allegedly plotting to attack Jewish targets and a US diplomatic mission. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36766209"} | 227 | 29 | 0.583026 | 1.306543 | 0.568429 | 0.5 | 8.75 | 0.5 |
The Conservatives at Westminster had pledged to end the support.
The UK government has also announced support packages for offshore wind and marine energy projects.
Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil and Scottish Renewables have criticised the government for not allowing developers of islands wind farms to bid for funds.
Scotland's Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, Paul Wheelhouse, said he was "extremely disappointed" and "angered" by the UK government's handling of a "vitally important issue".
The UK government said the consultation showed that it had listened to representations from Scotland and the renewable energy industry on the matter of subsidies.
The consultation forms part of the UK government's wider announcement "to reaffirm" an earlier commitment to spend £730m of annual support to renewable electricity projects over the current term of this parliament.
In the announcement, it has also set out further details for a new round of support packages from a scheme called Contracts for Difference (CfD).
The UK government said this would see companies compete for the first £290m-worth of contracts for less advanced technologies, such as offshore wind and marine renewables.
The consultation on subsidies for onshore wind projects, which runs until the end of January, asks three questions.
They are:
UK Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark said: "The renewables industry is a strong success story for Scotland thanks to UK government support, and this latest auction will enable many more companies to access funding.
"Last year alone a record £13bn was invested across the UK with Scotland continuing to benefit significantly.
"For onshore wind projects on remote islands, I have listened to partners and parliamentarians in Scotland and that's why I am launching a consultation to determine what support this technology should be eligible for."
But Mr MacNeil described the omission of developers of onshore wind on islands as "an epic kick in the teeth".
He said: "The only glimmer of hope is that Greg Clark promised me this morning that he will visit the Outer Hebrides and will launch an inquiry into the feasibility of remote island wind.
"I hope this will not just be a calming exercise to dissipate people's righteous indignation at this decision by the UK Tory government, on what is a perfect day for burying bad news," added Mr MacNeil, referring to the result of the US election.
Scottish Renewables, an organisation representing the development of the renewable energy sector in Scotland, has also criticised the UK government's announcement.
Chief executive Niall Stuart said: "We've waited a long time for this announcement, which signals further significant investment in the UK's offshore wind sector.
"However, developers and communities on the Scottish remote islands will be bitterly disappointed that government has put off a decision on allowing projects on Scotland's islands to compete for long-term contracts for renewable energy.
"After years of work on this issue, and many ministerial pledges to resolve it, we still seem no further forward to unlocking investment on Scotland's islands - home to some of the best wind, wave and tidal resources in Europe."
Energy minister Mr Wheelhouse said: "The Scottish government and the island councils asked the UK government for a meeting of the Scottish Island Renewable Delivery Forum on numerous occasions in the last year but received no response.
"At no time was it suggested there would be a further consultation. We now call upon the secretary of state to reconvene the forum and have the courtesy to explain this decision to those affected in person."
He said the Scottish government has also made Mr Clark aware of the "tight timeline" for the actions needed to allow island wind projects and the transmission links to be built. | The UK government has announced a consultation on whether to give subsidies to onshore wind development in the Western and Northern Isles. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37920078"} | 819 | 27 | 0.541159 | 1.346556 | 0.072417 | 1.652174 | 31.434783 | 0.869565 |
In a recorded video to mark the anniversary, the Pope described the attack as an "act of madness".
Eighty-five people were killed in the attack, which was masterminded by Iran, according to Argentine courts. Iran denies any involvement.
Last year, Iran and Argentina agreed to set up a truth commission.
Pope Francis said the suffering of the families cannot be forgotten. He was the auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires at the time.
"My prayers for all the victims are accompanied today by my call for justice. Justice must be done," he said.
"And may God give peace to all of those who died in this act of madness."
The video was recorded on the mobile phone of a friend of the Pope and Jewish community leader who went to visit him at the Vatican last month.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the reconstructed Jewish cultural centre and the Justice Palace building to pray for the victims and demand justice.
The old seven storey-building of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (Amia) in the centre of Buenos Aires was completely destroyed by a car bomb on 18 July 1994.
Two years earlier, a bomb attack against the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires had killed 29 people.
The Jewish community in Argentina - the most numerous in Latin America - said there was enough evidence to show that Iran planned and financed the attack against Amia and that the militant group, Hezbollah, carried it out.
Argentine prosecutors accused Iran and Hezbollah in 2006.
Eight suspects were named, including former Iranian Defence Minister, Gen Ahmed Vahidi. But no arrests have been made.
At the time of the attack, Gen Vahidi was the commander of a special unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Amia's vice-president Thomas Saiegh spoke to the Jewish community during the vigil to mark the anniversary.
He called for "concrete measures" by the Argentine government to arrest the Iranian citizens allegedly involved.
"We all have an empty chair at home," said Luis Czyzewski, who lost a daughter in the attack.
Relatives and Jewish leaders also criticised last year's joint decision by Argentina and Iran to set up a commission to investigate the bombing.
"Our victims demand justice, not agreements," Mr Czyzewski added. | Pope Francis has demanded justice for the victims of a bomb attack against a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires exactly 20 years ago. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "28376327"} | 519 | 31 | 0.542483 | 1.372918 | 0.22007 | 1.708333 | 18.708333 | 0.791667 |
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