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Ryan Brobbel's first-half goal put Saints ahead against rivals appearing in their first Welsh Cup final.
Scott Quigley scored a second soon after the break as Saints added the Welsh Cup to their Welsh Premier title and Word Cup win.
Saints' win also means MBi Llandudno make next season's Europa League.
Llandudno do so after finishing third in the Welsh Premier.
Airbus had edged an evenly-contested opening half-hour with Paul Harrison denying Tony Gray while Chris Budrys failed to find the target with a free header.
Craig Harrison's side took the lead when Aeron Edwards headed down Chris Seargeant's corner for Brabbel to fire home from close range.
After the break Airbus captain Ian Kearney headed over before Quigley slotted home Saints' second three minutes later.
Saints winger Adrian Cieslewicz had an effort parried by James Coates, who also denied Quigley with his legs as Saints pressed for a third goal.
Airbus refused to give up and Kearney was denied by Harrison while at the other end Quigley and substitute Mike Wilde fired over the crossbar.
Saints' victory secured their sixth Welsh Cup while Airbus will now feature in the play-offs as they bid for a place in next season's Europa League.
New Saints director of football Craig Harrison told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "It was a very tough game. We knew Airbus would make it tough for us.
"I don't think the first half was particularly pretty but I thought in the second half we were much better and we controlled the game.
"The players have got three weeks off and they will be back in training on 23 May so they've got a quick turnover and we're back at it."
Airbus UK Broughton director of football Andy Preece told BBC Wales Sport: "We're disappointed because I don't feel we deserved to lose the game. I think in the first half we were the better team by a long way.
"We pushed the champions all the way and probably deserved more from it. We have to take a lot out of that and take into the [play-off] game against Newtown." | The New Saints secured their second successive domestic treble with victory over Airbus UK Broughton in the Welsh Cup final at Wrexham. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36172706"} | 498 | 34 | 0.394099 | 1.08714 | 0.660988 | 1.608696 | 18.173913 | 0.826087 |
Latest figures for passenger numbers are 12% up on the same time last year, according to Transport for Edinburgh.
The busiest week was during the Edinburgh Festival season in August when 137,000 passengers were carried.
Five major rugby fixtures at Murrayfield and a Foo Fighters concert each added an extra 10,000 to the year's total.
The city's tram network opened at the end of May 2014, having been dogged by delays, overspends and legal wrangles with the contractors.
But transport chiefs have stressed that since then the system has proved popular, with a satisfaction survey in 2015 showing a 95% customer satisfaction rating and a 99% rating for reliability.
The projected total for passenger numbers throughout 2015 is 5.1 million, higher than the targets set out in the business model.
Car parking at Ingliston Park and Ride has also increased, up by 60% compared with the same time last year.
Councillor Lesley Hinds, chairwoman of Transport for Edinburgh, said: "These latest figures demonstrate the continuing popularity of Edinburgh Trams and add to the success of our first year of operations, which saw almost five million passengers ride the trams.
"We now want to build on this success for the future of the service, as we look to extend and develop the network to provide for even more people in Edinburgh."
Ian Craig, chief executive of Transport for Edinburgh, said: "Edinburgh Trams continues to go from strength to strength and this is because of a huge effort from the team over the past two years.
"Our first year of operations was a big success and a time of much excitement but the real test is sustainability and continuing high quality operations.
"The service we're delivering is great, it's highly reliable and, as a result, we're seeing more passengers get on board than last year.
"Edinburgh Trams is getting more popular and we want to make sure that trend continues for the benefit of the city." | Edinburgh's trams are on track to have carried more than five million passengers by the end of the year. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35144995"} | 418 | 24 | 0.563661 | 1.376373 | -0.661877 | 1.619048 | 18.238095 | 0.952381 |
A new version of the ministerial code omits a previous reference to ministers being bound by international law.
Senior lawyers claim this could affect the UK's international position and relationship with other states.
The Cabinet Office said the code was very clear on the need to comply with the law, including international law.
Some leading lawyers believe the change could loosen ministerial respect for the rule of law and affect decisions about declaring war or using military force such as drones in Syria.
It could also reduce respect for judgements by international courts on, for example, contentious human rights issues, they add.
By Clive Coleman, BBC legal correspondent
To some this may seem like lawyers arguing over semantics. What is the meaningful difference between the ministerial code referring to a duty to comply with the law "including international law and treaty obligations" or simply the duty to comply with "the law"?
Surely "the law" encompasses all domestic and international law? That is certainly the government's position. However, this dispute focuses on the exercise of prerogative powers by ministers.
These include the power to use force, for instance, in ordering drone strikes in Syria. They are not set down, defined and limited specifically in UK statutes, and are instead governed by international law and treaty, such as the use of force set out in the UN Charter.
It is for that reason that some leading lawyers regard the specific reference to international law in the code as critical.
Paul Jenkins, former head of the government legal service, said it was "disingenuous" to dismiss the changes as "as mere tidying up".
He told the Guardian: "Whether the new wording alters the legal obligations of ministers or not, there can be no doubt that they will regard the change as bolstering, in a most satisfying way, their contempt for the rule of international law."
Campaign group Rights Watch UK said it was challenging the government's claim that the amendment to the code does not reflect a substantive change.
The previous ministerial code, issued in 2010, stressed an "overarching duty on ministers to comply with the law including international law and treaty obligations and to uphold the administration of justice and to protect the integrity of public life".
A new draft simply refers to a duty to comply with "the law and to protect the integrity of public life".
Philippe Sands QC, a professor of law at University College London, told the Guardian the change was "shocking" and "another slap to Magna Carta and the idea of the rule of law".
Also writing in the Guardian, former legal adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Frank Berman QC said it was "impossible not to feel a sense of disbelief at what must have been the deliberate suppression of the reference to international law" in the new version of the code.
A formal letter, seen by the BBC, is being sent to Prime Minister David Cameron by Rights Watch making it clear it wants the original wording reinstated.
Rights Watch director Yasmine Ahmed said: "For the government to erase from the ministerial code the starting presumption that its ministers will comply with international law is seriously concerning.
"It evidences a marked shift in the attitude and commitment of the UK government towards its international legal obligations." | The prime minister is facing a direct legal challenge over changes to the code which sets out rules and standards for ministers' conduct. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34634533"} | 711 | 28 | 0.445688 | 1.18508 | 0.26744 | 0.96 | 25.84 | 0.64 |
Her statement followed publication of the Penrose Inquiry report.
Thousands of people were infected with Hepatitis C and HIV through NHS blood products in the 1970s and 80s.
There had been an angry response to the report from some victims, who publicly burned copies.
The inquiry's single recommendation was that the Scottish government takes all reasonable steps to offer a Hepatitis C test to everyone in Scotland who had a blood transfusion before September 1991 and who has not been tested for the disease.
Ms Robison told the Scottish Parliament she understood the anger of many of those affected by the scandal.
She said: "I am very aware that, for many, the outcome of the inquiry did not meet their expectations."
The minister told MSPs she fully accepted the recommendation on carrying out further testing of patients.
She stressed that blood supplies were now safe.
"Our current blood safety record is safe," she said, adding: "The blood supply is as safe as it can be."
Ms Robison spoke of the need to improve financial support for those who needed it.
She said: "We must resolve this issue as soon as possible... and we must listen to the views of infected patients."
The minister also promised core funding for bodies working in this area.
"Both Haemophilia Scotland and the Scottish Infected Blood Forum do vital work in supporting the affected patients and their families," she said.
"I am pleased to confirm today that the Scottish government will commit to providing core funding for both organisations for the next three years, to ensure they can continue their good work.
"I have today asked both organisations to help establish the reference group to help take forward the Penrose recommendation, the other actions I've highlighted and the consultation on the review of the financial schemes."
Labour's Jenny Marra said the inquiry laid bare the full horror of the tragedy with so many lives devastated.
She said the most common phrase used by families was "whitewash".
Ms Marra called for financial support to be in place without delay.
Conservative Jackson Carlaw asked when further action that might arise as a result of the Penrose Inquiry might actually come about.
Labour's former leader Johann Lamont said victims, including one of her constituents, just wanted to know why this had happened.
The statement can be watched on demand at BBC Scotland's Democracy Live website. | Health Secretary Shona Robison has described infections caused by blood transfusions as "one of the greatest healthcare-related tragedies in this country". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32065651"} | 499 | 33 | 0.376608 | 1.004762 | -0.098669 | 0.730769 | 18.153846 | 0.5 |
Corrie Mckeague, 23, was last seen in Bury St Edmunds in September.
On Friday, Suffolk Police confirmed it had ended its search of waste at Milton landfill, near Cambridge.
His mother Nicola Urquhart has urged the force to reconsider and is considering seeking an injunction to stop the site being backfilled.
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The RAF serviceman from Dunfermline, Fife, has not been seen since a night out in the Suffolk town when CCTV showed him entering a bin loading bay.
"Let us help financially, let us help physically searching, or ask the military to assist them," she said.
"But do something, don't just walk away if that's where they think he is."
"The biggest fear we have is that they're handing the landfill back and it's going to start being filled in before we've had the opportunity to understand what's happened, why they've just suddenly stopped."
Mrs Urquhart said her appeal for the search to continue "doesn't diminish" her gratitude for what police have done so far, but claimed "there are other things that could be done".
"The picture in my head is that Corrie is literally one more lorry load away from being found in that landfill, or he is one more lorry load away from the police being able to turn round and say 'we know Corrie is not in this landfill now' and that's the sort of answer we should be getting."
An online petition calling for the search "to continue until he is found or the area is thoroughly searched" was set up on Friday.
It passed the 20,000 signature mark on Sunday. The petition's founder Kelly Morris hopes to get 25,000 signatures.
Mr Mckeague's father Martin staged a protest by blocking the entrance to the waste site with his motorhome for a short period of time.
"I am calling on the police to continue the search. I want to thank the police for everything they have done and I know how hard it has been for them," he said.
"I have voiced my concerns and I had to come up here and block the entrance. I want the search to carry on. I hope the police make the right decision."
Det Supt Katie Elliott said the landfill search for Mr Mckeague had been "systematic, comprehensive and thorough". | More than 21,000 people have signed a petition calling on police to continue searching a landfill site for a missing airman. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40670714"} | 524 | 28 | 0.41525 | 1.145878 | -0.110715 | 1.181818 | 21.545455 | 0.727273 |
Figures from the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) show only a modest rise in students taking the new computer science GCSE.
Experts are concerned.
The British Computer Society warns the number studying for a computing qualification could halve by 2020.
The organisation - which is the professional body for the IT industry - says that would be a disaster for the economy.
The old ICT course, which was the main way school students learned about computing, is being scrapped, with the last GCSE entrants taking the exam next year. The subject, which was described by critics as teaching little more than how to use Microsoft Office, is being replaced by the more rigorous computer science GCSE.
But figures from Ofqual showing entries for the exam rising to 67,800 this year from 61,220 in 2016 have set alarm bells ringing. With 58,600 still taking the ICT exam, the overall number getting a GCSE computing qualification has fallen slightly.
The British Computing Society says that when ICT disappears, the computer science exam will fail to fill the gap.
"If we don't act now," says Bill Mitchell from the BCS, "by 2020 we are likely to see the number of students studying computing at GCSE halve, when it should be doubling. If that happens, it will be a disaster for our children, and the future of the nation."
The other big concern is that too few girls are taking up the computer science exam - in 2016 they made up just 20% of entrants, while the figure for ICT has been around 40%.
Prof Rose Luckin says the subject has an image problem.
"Computer science is seen as more 'techie' and it is still dominated by men," explains the expert from University College London's Knowledge Lab, who has been researching and writing about the teaching of technology for 20 years.
"Many girls believe computer science and coding is 'for boys' and they do not see desirable career options that appeal to them."
What seems clear is that the computer science exam is far more challenging, both for students and teachers. That was of course the aim, but those who warned that ending ICT risked throwing the baby out with the bathwater may now feel vindicated.
Drew Buddie, who is head of computing at a school near London, has always argued that ICT was unfairly maligned and was far more creative than its critics assumed.
Now, he says, "it is clear that many 14-to-17-year-old students, particularly girls, are not attracted to such a specific and narrow course."
"The current GCSE in computer science has replaced the opportunities for creativity that existed in ICT with set programming tasks that have very few solutions," he adds.
The British Computing Society, which lobbied for the new GCSE, insists that it always argued for a new IT qualification to complement computer science, but that was rejected by ministers.
The organisation says it is unrealistic to expect teachers of ICT to turn into teachers of computer science without significant training and support - and despite initiatives from organisations like Computing At School there has just not been enough funding to usher in this revolution.
I put some of these criticisms to the Department for Education. A spokesman stressed that the new exam had been designed with industry experts to develop the computational skills needed for today's economy.
He pointed out that the numbers taking it had more than doubled since 2015 and said "we expect that number to continue to rise while ICT GCSE is phased out. We are continuing to work to encourage even greater uptake of computer science, especially among girls."
But Prof Luckin says the situation is urgent.
"We need to focus on understanding exactly why students are not attracted to computer science so that we can ensure an appropriately skilled workforce for the future, not least amongst the teaching profession," she says.
And she adds that the advent of artificial intelligence makes this mission even more vital.
Five years ago, it seemed just about everyone, from teachers to business leaders to politicians, was in agreement about the need for radical changes in the way children were taught about computers.
But today it is hard to find many who are happy with the speed and direction of the revolution in computing education. | Computing education in England's schools is going through a revolution, but there is evidence that too few pupils want to be part of it. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40322796"} | 928 | 30 | 0.451332 | 1.154987 | -0.470673 | 1.074074 | 31.074074 | 0.703704 |
The men, aged 35, 33 and 30, were held in the Rotherham area on suspicion of rape, indecent assault and false imprisonment of two girls under 16.
The offences are alleged to have taken place between 1999 and 2001.
The men have been bailed. South Yorkshire Police has arrested 11 men in the inquiry since November 2014. | Three men have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into historical child sexual exploitation in Rotherham. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32532058"} | 73 | 23 | 0.720283 | 1.304739 | -0.390438 | 0.736842 | 3.526316 | 0.421053 |
The value of pollinators to the UK government is estimated to be £430m a year, but populations have been on the decline for 30 years.
The Welsh government launched the action plan at the Royal Welsh Show in Powys in July.
Since then a review has looked at the reasons for the insects' decline.
The action plan will be developed in partnership with key agencies and might include changes to the planning system to help make development "pollinator friendly".
Other plans include planting more bee-friendly plants in areas such as railway embankments and road verges.
The Welsh government held a workshop at Aberystwyth University on Monday to share the results of its review with Friends of the Earth Cymru, the Welsh Bee Keepers' Association and wildlife trusts.
Speaking before the meeting, Peter Barrar, a director of National Bee Keeping Centre Wales, said: "A number of policies and programmes will be put forward for discussion and hopefully we're going to have a situation where we have an action plan that (can be implemented) throughout Wales, and addresses some of the really key issues that are facing pollinators, not just in Wales, but throughout the UK as a whole and elsewhere."
Mr Barrar said there was probably four of five issues affecting pollinators.
"Firstly, I think we've got problems with the loss of natural habitats which have resulted from ways in which we now manage the land," he added.
"For example, 97% of the UK's wild flower meadows have disappeared since the 1930s. That's an incredible impact due to farming practices and so on.
"There are issues about the use of pesticides which many beekeepers believe are having a disastrous effect, on not just bees, but on other pollinators as well."
Environment Minister John Griffiths said 20% of the UK's cropped area was made up of pollinator-dependent crops.
"In July I announced that Wales would produce an action plan for pollinators," he added.
"Since then a review has been undertaken in Wales to look at the reasons for the population decline and the impacts that such a decline will have upon our society.
"We now want to share this report with our relevant partners and take their views on how we can protect this vitally important eco-system service.
"Their views and expertise will be crucial is helping to shape this action plan which is the first of its kind in the UK." | The progress of an action plan to protect endangered insect pollinators like honey bees and hoverflies in Wales have been discussed in Aberystwyth. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "20390778"} | 535 | 37 | 0.551005 | 1.432522 | 0.216291 | 1.125 | 20 | 0.708333 |
HDR-enabled screens can show millions more colours and several more shades of brightness between black and white than normal displays.
This lets them show more detail.
The announcements follow the creation of a new scheme that defines what HDR standards a 4K TV must meet to let it be sold with an "Ultra HD Premium" sticker.
Sony, Panasonic, HiSense, TCL and Sharp have also announced forthcoming TVs that will qualify for the badge.
Over recent years, the TV industry has focused on marketing 4K as a reason to upgrade. This signifies that a television has four times as many pixels as a 1080p high definition set.
But many experts say adding HDR makes more of a difference to the picture, allowing a TV to get closer to replicating the amount of detail our eyes can see in the real world.
"The combination of having the extra levels of contrast between white and black and the increased range of colours really does take TV to next level," commented David Mercer from the research firm Strategy Analytics.
"We've always said selling Ultra HD to the public had to be about more than just the number of pixels.
"Once you've seen the full capabilities of HDR you never want to go back."
Coming up with the new standard had been problematic because the major brands use different display technologies.
Samsung's high-end TVs, for instance, use LCDs (liquid crystal displays) with quantum dots to create a picture. These are tiny particles that emit a different colour of light according to their size.
By contrast, LG uses OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screens. These use a carbon-based film that allows the panel to emit its own light when an electrical current is passed through it, doing away with the need for a separate backlight.
The issue was that OLEDs start at nearly perfect black levels and then work their way up to offer a wider-than-normal dynamic range.
Quantum dot LCDs cannot go as dark, but make up for this by having a higher maximum brightness level from which their dynamic range can go down.
In the end, a group of major industry players called the UHD Alliance set two brightness ranges, and said as long as a TV complied with one of them it could qualify.
Other requirements involve:
Adopting the new standard should give consumers confidence that if they buy a new TV it will be compatible with HDR transmissions.
The industry wants to avoid a repeat of the situation in which many of the original televisions sold as being 4K-capable ended up being unable to decode transmissions in the format even though they had enough pixels.
"The key thing is that you have had the involvement of both the content players as well as the technology guys," said Mr Mercer.
Disney, Warner Bros, Universal Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Netflix, Sky TV and Amazon were all involved in creating the new standard.
Amazon already started streaming a limited amount of shows in HDR via its Instant Video service in 2015, and Netflix has signalled it will also do so later this year.
New 4K Blu-ray players unveiled at CES will also allow compatible discs to play back in HDR, meaning films will be able to show more detail at home than when they were screened in most cinemas.
Traditional broadcasters, however, have still to agree a new standard of their own to enable HDR data to be tacked onto existing signals.
"Backward compatibility is important as service providers need to make sure that content can be viewed on legacy TVs, which will continue to represent the majority of installed TVs over the foreseeable future," said broadcast specialist Keepixo in a recent paper on the subject.
Mr Mercer added, however, that it was inevitable that this problem would be solved before too long.
"Clearly it will involve extra production costs, but the broadcasters will feel under pressure from Netflix and Amazon and know they have to do it sooner than later," he said.
"What we're all waiting for, of course, is sports in HDR - it really does have a tremendous impact there."
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Hayden, from Limavady, has autism and had limited speech until a momentous day in his life and the life of the astronaut, Tim Peake.
As the astronaut was being launched into space in 2015, Hayden began to count down to the rocket's take-off.
Since then, the little boy's speech has improved dramatically.
On Wednesday, Major Tim, who became the first British astronaut to blast off to the International Space Station, tweeted to say he was "delighted" that Hayden was making such great progress.
His mum Caroline said he is unrecognisable to the boy he was a year ago: "He was a very withdrawn little boy".
"He didn't make much eye contact and he was with very into himself," she said.
"We used to worry - are we ever going to find out what Hayden's all about?
"As the countdown began, he joined in. It totally transformed him and was the first proper sentence we'd had from him.
"He's been talking about space ever since".
Hayden is now the youngest member of the Astronomy Ireland club and even met his hero last year when Major Tim Peake visited Belfast in October 2016. | It's not everyday you get a message from a real live astronaut, but that's what happened to seven-year-old Hayden Geraghty. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39672693"} | 266 | 37 | 0.497511 | 1.277266 | -0.986478 | 0.642857 | 8.607143 | 0.571429 |
The woman has made a full recovery, and it is thought she had been infected by her partner, who had recently visited a Zika-hit country.
Mostly spread by mosquitoes, Zika can linger in semen for months.
Cases of sexual spread have been reported in other countries and experts said the UK case was "not unexpected".
An update by Public Health England said there had been 265 cases of Zika in the UK with one "likely" spread through sex.
Seven cases were in pregnant women.
While Zika is normally a mild infection, it can damage the development of a baby's brain, leading to microcephaly.
Prof Dilys Morgan, the Zika incident director at Public Health England, said: "PHE advises all male travellers regardless of symptoms to avoid conception and use condoms and other barrier methods during sexual activities for six months following return from a Zika high- or moderate-risk country."
Earlier this month the World Health Organization said Zika virus will no longer be treated as an international medical emergency. By lifting its nine-month-old declaration, the health agency acknowledged that Zika was here to stay.
Prof Jimmy Whitworth, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "News that one case of sexual transmission of Zika has occurred in the UK is not unexpected.
"About 60 cases of sexual transmission of Zika have been reported worldwide, so we think this is quite rare.
"Discovering just how common it is for the virus to be passed during sex by a man or woman is a key focus for Zika researchers.
"Public Health England's updated advice is also welcome.
"Zika virus survives in semen longer than other body fluids so recommending male travellers returning from Zika transmission countries, with or without symptoms, practise safe sex for six months is sensible."
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Close to 70,000 pupils were eligible for the free lunches across Wales in the 2015-16 academic year.
But AM Joyce Watson said inconsistent and out-of-date systems across schools were leading to children being bullied.
Some councils told BBC Wales they were introducing fingerprint IDs for lunches.
Across Wales' 22 local authorities, different systems are in place for issuing free school meals, including fobs, cashless cards, online payments and biometrics.
Despite calls in 2014 for all councils to introduce fingerprint IDs or biometrics, many are still yet to roll-out the systems.
Labour AM for Mid and West Wales, Ms Watson, said councils were taking too long to implement the systems, which would help prevent children from poorer families being bullied.
"I'm really concerned about young people being stigmatised," she said. "We are now in a position where a lot of families are using food banks."
"If young people are not taking up the offer because the system currently singles them out, when are they eating? Their families at home are struggling, in work poverty is a big issue now."
Ms Watson's office carried out research into the systems back in 2014, highlighting issues, including the selling of tokens and a lack of take-up due to stigmatism.
A Wales-wide system, which all councils buy into, would help reduce budget costs and bring consistency across the country, she added.
"I just think councils really need to think about moving as quickly forward on this as they can," she said.
"There may be many reasons why this hasn't happened. Budgets are probably the main reason but this is a problem for our children.
"We should never put children in that position. It is not their fault - and it is not the fault of their families - that they find themselves in this position."
In Welsh secondary schools, average uptake for free school meals is 61.74% - below the UK average of 64.92% - according to figures from the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE).
Rob Bailey, of APSE, said while cashless systems go some way to removing stigma, other factors including peer pressure meant many chose not to eat them.
Some of the current arrangements across Wales
Issues around free school meals were highlighted at a recent poverty conference near Cardiff last month.
A Caerphilly Youth Forum representative said young people in one school were being left hungry as cards for the free meals were not being loaded with cash until lunchtime.
She said many were not eating breakfast due to time restraints or their parents not being able to afford it, leaving them "starving".
Children's Commissioner Sally Holland told the conference she would look into the issue, but Caerphilly council said the IT software system had been recently upgraded to load cash on to the cards automatically first thing in the morning.
Teachers and charities have also warned children in poorer areas may go hungry without access to the school meals during the summer holidays.
A National Union of Teachers' spokesman said teachers often noticed pupils were thinner and less mentally alert after the summer.
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A deficit of nearly £900m was racked up by NHS trusts in the first nine months of the 2016-17 financial year.
It comes despite the health service being given extra money to help it get on top of its finances after the record £2.45bn overspend in 2015-16.
Hospitals were seeing more patients than budgeted for, they reported.
They also said problems discharging patients because of a lack of community services had cost them, said the regulator, NHS Improvement.
The figures for April to December cover ambulances, mental health units and community services as well as hospitals - although most of the deficit has been accrued by the latter.
Between them they account for £80bn of fund, about two-thirds of the health budget, because spending on GPs, training, drugs and public health are accounted for separately.
NHS Improvement, which released the accounts, said it had been a "challenging winter".
Waiting times have reached their worst-ever levels in A&E, while nine out of 10 hospitals have spent the winter months overcrowded with unsafe numbers of patients on wards.
NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey said it was proving to be "extremely challenging times".
But the regulator predicted the deficit could be cut slightly by the end of the financial year in April to between £750m and £850m - but still above the £580m figure suggested earlier in the year.
Some 135 out of 238 trusts had racked up a deficit in the nine months between April and December.
The total deficit when taking into account surpluses was £886m - less than half the figure at this point last year.
But the improvement has only been achieved because of a special one-off £1.8bn fund this year to help hospitals plug the gap.
Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents trusts, described the latest figures as worrying.
He said trusts were expected to operate with a "wafer-thin" margin for error.
"We shouldn't kid ourselves. The NHS's underlying financial position is not sustainable," he added.
The NHS is in the middle of the tightest financial settlement since it was created. Since 2010 the budget has been rising by a little more than 1% on average compared to more than 4% during the rest of its history.
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General secretary Frances O'Grady told delegates at its annual conference in Brighton that mistreatment is becoming more widespread in the UK.
She warned "greedy" businesses that her organisation would "shine a light on you".
This comes amid a renewed focus by trade unions on improving conditions for workers.
The TUC said the type of working practices "typified" by Sports Direct, which has been under fire for the treatment of its staff, was becoming more widespread.
"Sports Direct may be in the spotlight now, but they are not the only ones. There are other big companies that bring shame on our country. So let me give fair warning to any greedy business that treats its workers like animals - we will shine a light on you," Ms O'Grady told delegates.
"Run a big brand with a dirty little secret? A warehouse of people paid less than the minimum wage? A fleet of couriers who are slaves to an app? Let me put you on notice. There will be no hiding place. We will organise and we will win," she said.
Sports Direct's decision to end zero hours contracts in stores and put some agency workers on permanent contracts was a spectacular win for the trade union movement.
But unions know that the number of people on zero hours contracts is rising and self-employment continues to grow.
So, they are responding to this growing casualisation of the workforce - both to help those that are being exploited but also to sign up young people who are under-represented in trade unions.
Unions have also launched legal action against businesses like courier and taxi firms which have thousands of self-employed drivers who are not classified as workers and who don't enjoy basic workers rights.
Last week, Sports Direct promised to improve conditions after the sportswear chain's lawyers produced a critical report of how some staff were treated.
MPs had previously said working practices at the Shirebrook warehouse in Derbyshire were closer to "that of a Victorian workhouse than that of a modern High Street retailer".
Ms O'Grady said the firm's promise to abolish zero-hours contracts for its directly employed, casual retail staff - and to make sure all staff were paid above the national minimum wage - was down to "trade union shareholder power".
"Britain's unions will not rest until every worker gets the fair treatment they deserve," she said.
The TUC general secretary earlier praised the actions of pub chain Wetherspoons which said it would now allow all staff on zero-hours contracts to move to ones that provided guaranteed minimum hours after trialling the idea in parts of the business.
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The German, who finished runner-up to Hamilton last year, is 36 points ahead after winning the Chinese Grand Prix.
Hamilton, who was seventh in Shanghai, said: "There is a long way to go, but I've no more jokers available."
Rosberg has now won the first three races - and no driver has failed to win the championship from this position.
Hamilton, a triple world champion, remains upbeat.
He said the "dark cloud" that has hung over him in the past was no longer around, insisting: "We will get up and try harder next time."
He also told reporters he had expected to be further adrift of Rosberg after Shanghai.
"Thirty-six behind?" said the 31-year-old Briton. "OK. That's not as bad as I thought. I feel pretty good right now. I thought it was 50."
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Hamilton recovered from a 29-point deficit in 2014 to win the title but has had a troubled start to the current campaign.
"Of course it is a trying time and lots of different emotions are going through my mind," he said.
"But this is a part of motor racing and a part of the journey.
"I haven't got an amazing feeling, but I have the utmost confidence in this team and we will recover from this at some point.
"When? Who knows, but hoping for better races to come."
Hamilton started at the back of the grid in China.
He was already due to serve a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change before his engine expired in qualifying.
Still, he insisted there were lots of positives to take from the race, including a "good start" and "great overtaking".
Rosberg insisted he was taking nothing for granted.
"It's too early to make any summaries," he said.
"It's three races now and they've gone really well for me, but it's the longest season in F1 history with 21 races so that's 18 to go.
"Of course I'm happy with the way it's gone. I'm feeling good and the car's there, but I don't want to say more than that.
"Lewis is not many points behind. He will never give up and he's the benchmark. He's been the benchmark for the last years, so the battle is going to be a big battle as always."
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The trio were part of Donegal's 2012 All-Ireland winning squad and all three collected three Ulster Senior titles.
Toye, 33, was Donegal's longest serving player, having made his debut in 2002, but has suffered from injury and illness in recent years.
Midfielder Kavanagh, 34, left the squad after the 2014 All-Ireland final but decided to return after a year out.
Toye suffered a ruptured Achilles in a qualifier against Clare in 2009 and did not play again for Donegal for 25 months, enduring setback after setback.
A shoulder problem and a recurrence of the Achilles strain meant the Naomh Micheal clubman was never a regular starter during the tenure of former manager Jim McGuinness.
Toye played the last 13 minutes of Donegal's All-Ireland final victory but then contracted trigeminal neuralgia.
He was confined to a bench role for much of the 2016 summer campaign.
Meanwhile Anthony Thompson has joined Odhrán MacNiallais and Naomh Conaill clubmate Leo McLoone in opting out of the Donegal panel.
The 2012 All-Ireland winner and All Star nominee is unable to commit to the side for personal reasons but, unlike MacNiallais and McLoone, may rejoin Rory Gallagher's squad at a later stage of the Football League.
Thirty-year-old wing-back/half-forward Thompson works as an engineer and spent most of the 2015 season travelling back and forth between Donegal and Essex, England.
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The alarm was raised at about 01:00 on Tuesday, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said.
A coastguard helicopter, Fort William coastguard rescue team and the Oban lifeboat searched for the distress beacon near Fort William and Corpach.
The device was eventually found near the wreck at Corpach.
The vessel was abandoned at some point with the last 10 years. The MCA said the beacon may have been triggered as it deteriorated. | An emergency beacon from a fishing boat that was grounded and abandoned years ago has sparked a major air and sea search. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40178021"} | 98 | 28 | 0.611806 | 1.159969 | 0.523551 | 0.391304 | 3.652174 | 0.391304 |
The Heed, who were beaten 2-1 at Woking on the opening day on Saturday, made a bright start and Scott Barrow headed narrowly wide from Callum Williams' cross.
Reece Thompson thought he had put Guiseley ahead but it was disallowed for offside before Jordan Preston fired into the side-netting at the other end.
Alex Purver then forced James Montgomery in the Gateshead goal into a fine save in first-half stoppage time as the ball bounced around the box.
And the hosts went ahead six minutes into the second half when Byrne climbed highest to send a header past Jonny Maxted from Paddy McLaughlin's corner.
Maxted then pulled off a super save two minutes from time to prevent Richard Peniket adding a second with a close-range header.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Gateshead 1, Guiseley 0.
Second Half ends, Gateshead 1, Guiseley 0.
Jake Lawlor (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Lee Molyneux (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Guiseley. Callum McFadzean replaces John Rooney.
Substitution, Gateshead. Richard Peniket replaces Danny Johnson.
Substitution, Guiseley. Raul Correia replaces Alex Purver.
Substitution, Gateshead. Jon Mellish replaces Jamal Fyfield.
Substitution, Guiseley. Euan Frank Mulhern replaces Kevan Hurst.
Goal! Gateshead 1, Guiseley 0. Neill Byrne (Gateshead).
Second Half begins Gateshead 0, Guiseley 0.
First Half ends, Gateshead 0, Guiseley 0.
Robbie Tinkler (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card.
Reece Thompson (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Jamal Fyfield (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
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The man, Muree bin Ali bin Issa al-Asiri, was found in possession of books and talismans, SPA said. He had also admitted adultery with two women, it said.
The execution took place in the southern Najran province, SPA reported.
Human rights groups have repeatedly condemned executions for witchcraft in Saudi Arabia.
Last year, there were reports of at least two people being executed for sorcery.
Mr Asiri was beheaded after his sentence was upheld by the country's highest courts, the Saudi news agency website said.
No details were given of what he was found guilty of beyond the charges of witchcraft and sorcery.
Amnesty International says the country does not formally classify sorcery as a capital offence.
But the BBC's Arab Affairs Editor, Sebastian Usher, says there is a very strong prohibition of some practices from the country's powerful conservative religious leaders.
Some, he explains, have repeatedly called for the strongest possible punishments against anyone suspected of sorcery - whether they are fortune tellers or faith healers.
In 2010, a Lebanese television presenter of a popular fortune-telling programme was arrested while on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
Though sentenced to death, after pressure from his government and human rights groups, he was freed by the Saudi Supreme Court, which found that he had not harmed anyone.
More recent cases of death on charges of sorcery include that of a Saudi woman, executed for committing sorcery and witchcraft in December, in the northern province of Jawf, and that of a Sudanese man executed in September, despite calls led by Amnesty International for his release. | A Saudi man has been beheaded on charges of sorcery and witchcraft, the state news agency SPA says. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "18503550"} | 390 | 27 | 0.673344 | 1.659467 | -0.680082 | 1.85 | 15.6 | 0.85 |
Cardiff council has opted for the Marland House and NCP car park site, which the authority owns.
The new station will be part of the Central Square project which will see BBC Wales move to its new headquarters from Llandaff in 2018.
The current station will close in 2015, with temporary stops set up elsewhere.
Final approval for the station, which should be completed in 2017, will be sought from the council's cabinet on Monday.
Ramesh Patel, cabinet member for planning and sustainability, said: "This strategic development will transform how public transport is delivered in this city and I am pleased to announce that the development is on schedule and the contingency arrangements will be in place by the time that the bus station will close in June 2015." | Work on an £11m bus station in Cardiff is expected to start next year as part of a development plan to revamp the city centre. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30391342"} | 156 | 30 | 0.628585 | 1.267475 | 0.006772 | 0.642857 | 5.285714 | 0.5 |
US National Security Adviser Susan Rice, who announced the development, said she welcomed the new agreement.
It has not yet been confirmed by Turkey, which has so far refused to send troops into Syria or Iraq.
And Turkey's PM says no deal has been reached to allow the US to use Incirlik air base to attack IS militants.
Turkish MPs recently passed a motion that could allow foreign forces to use its bases for activities in Syria and Iraq, although the final decision rests with the government.
The US-led coalition is carrying out air strikes against Islamic State militants, who have seized large parts of Iraq and Syria. Many have targeted IS around the key Syria-Turkey border town of Kobane.
Eight air strikes were launched by US and Saudi fighter jets on Sunday and Monday, with seven targeting IS near Kobane, US Central Command said.
Meanwhile, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said an IS suicide bomber had detonated a truck with explosives to the north of the besieged Syrian Kurdish town on Monday.
IS militants, who control some areas of the town, are continuing to meet resistance from Kurdish forces there.
Speaking to US broadcaster NBC on Sunday, Ms Rice said Turkey had agreed to let the US use Turkish bases and territory "to train moderate Syrian opposition forces".
"That's the new commitment, and one that we very much welcome," she added.
Analysis: Mark Lowen, BBC News, Istanbul
We knew last week that Turkey would get involved in training moderate Syrian opposition groups - but at the time it seemed that would take place in Saudi Arabia.
Now, after a visit to Ankara by US presidential envoy John Allen, Susan Rice says the training will take place in Turkey. A US military delegation will be here this week to discuss details - and how Turkish bases can be used for the coalition operation against Islamic State.
However, the prime minister's office has now said that the US airbase at Incirlik in southern Turkey will not be used for strikes.
The training is a long-term goal. The coalition's immediate concern is the fate of Kobane and, on that, Turkey is still unwilling to intervene militarily.
It argues no other country wants to commit ground troops and it cannot deploy unilaterally, especially given its long, vulnerable border with Syria and Iraq.
And it wants the coalition to commit to targeting President Bashar al-Assad and creating a no-fly zone, neither of which are on the cards. So while Ankara is inching forward in the role it will play, nobody expects it to go into either country with guns blazing.
The training of Syria's moderate opposition is part of US President Barack Obama's anti-IS strategy announced last month.
In recent days, IS fighters have advanced against the Syrian town of Kobane, which has a border crossing point with Turkey.
But neither side has been able to gain significant ground.
Kurdish sources in Kobane said that fierce clashes continued on Monday near aid supplies warehouses at the south-west entrance to the town.
The militants were pushed back as they tried to advance towards a border crossing.
Turkey has ranged its military forces on the border but has so far ruled out any ground operation on its own and has refused to allow Kurds in Turkey to cross the border to fight.
Turkey has been reluctant to get involved militarily, partly because it is concerned about arming the Kurdish forces fighting IS militants. Turkey fought a long civil war with its Kurdish minority.
Since the IS offensive against Kobane began in mid-September, some 500 people have been killed and up to 200,000 have fled across the border into Turkey.
IS says it aims to establish a "caliphate", a state ruled by a single political and religious leader according to Islamic law, or Sharia.
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A topsy-turvy contest ended with Chris Ulugia touching down for the visitors and Ian Hardman converting from the touchline to secure a point.
The hosts had led 14-0 but Rovers scored 22 points without reply either side of half-time to go in front.
London responded and were 32-22 up when Andy Ackers went over, but Rovers duo Luke Briscoe and Ulugia secured a draw.
London Broncos: Walker; Williams, Hellewell, Pewhairangi, Kear; Sammut, Barthau; Spencer, Ackers, Ioane, Wilde, Pitts, Davis.
Replacements: Boudebza, Gee, Battye, Bienek.
Featherstone: Hardman; Taulapapa, Ulugia, Briscoe, Hardcastle; Briggs, Thackeray; Baldwinson, Davies, Farrell, Moore, Carlile, Griffin.
Replacements: Brooks, Wildie, Bostock, Mariano.
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8 March 2016 Last updated at 09:19 GMT
Silja Bara Omarsdottir, an adjunct professor from the University of Iceland, said women tend to wait for their turn to speak, but men do not have these qualms.
If conversations between genders were more balanced, then women's voices could be properly heard, she added.
For more listen to the World Service's Forum.
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Made On Our Land features material from the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.
The films include one made by an Aberdeenshire mother and daughter that documents farm life around Aboyne and another shows 1960s holidays to Islay.
There are also World War Two propaganda films and a post-war film made to dissuade Highlanders from leaving their home area to live and work in cities.
Using a mobile cinema and starting in Arran on 22 July, the tour will also visit Aboyne, Benbecula, Castle Douglas and Peebles.
Made on Our Land curator and tour producer, Shona Thomson, said: "I love the strong tradition of rural cinema-going that started with the Highlands and Islands Film Guild 70 years ago and continues today.
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BBC analysis of NHS figures showed nearly 475,000 patients waited for more than four hours for a bed on a ward in 2015-16 - almost a five-fold increase since 2010-11.
Hospitals reported using side rooms and corridors to cope with the growing number of "trolley waits".
NHS bosses acknowledged problems, blaming "growing demand" on the system.
But doctors said hospitals were now dangerously overcrowded, with three quarters of hospitals reporting bed shortages as winter hits.
Bed occupancy is not meant to exceed 85% - to give staff time to clean beds, keep infections low and ensure patients who need beds can be found them quickly.
But 130 out of 179 hospital trusts are reporting rates exceeding this for general hospital beds.
Hospital managers said the problem was causing "deeply worrying" delays for these patients.
They are people who have already faced a wait to be seen in A&E but whose condition is deemed to be so serious they need to be admitted on to a ward.
About one in five people who come to A&E fall into this category and it includes the frail elderly and patients with chest pains, breathing problems and fractures.
11%
of emergency patients face a 4 hour "trolley wait"
5x increase in numbers waiting over 4 hours for a bed since 2011
474,453 patients waited +4 hours for a bed 2015-16
97,559 patients waited +4 hours for a bed 2010-11
The BBC analysed official NHS England figures and found 473,453 patients waited more than four hours for a bed between October 2015 and September 2016 - 11% of the 4.2 million patients admitted in total during the period. More than 1,400 of them faced delays of more than 12 hours.
It compares with 97,559 "trolley waits" in 2010-11 - although NHS England pointed out a small fraction of the rise could be attributed to a change in the way the waits were measured in December 2015.
Directly comparable figures are not available for other parts of the UK, although data suggests there is an increasing strain on beds.
While the delays are known as "trolley waits" not all patients find themselves on one. Hospitals use all sorts of areas, including side rooms, seats in the A&E department and spare cubicles depending on what is available.
Rupert Nathan, 55, was rushed to hospital in an ambulance when he started suffering chest pains at home in June. He had previously had two angioplasties - one in 2000 and one in 2001 - because of angina and feared he was having a heart attack.
He was taken by ambulance to Barnet Hospital in north London and was given blood and heart tests. At that point, staff decided to admit him for further checks. But he spent more than five hours waiting for a bed.
"I was left in a waiting area with my girlfriend. I was in pain and really concerned. There was little contact with staff and it was after midnight when I was finally found a bed."
He asked for morphine and was told he would undergo scans in the morning. But when morning came, he was in a much better state and was discharged.
"I was told the delays were because it was very busy. I could see that, but it's still not acceptable."
Mr Nathan has made a complaint about his care. The hospital said it was sorry about the long wait, but said this can happen at busy times. It said it had to prioritise patients and maintained the way he was cared for was "appropriate".
Siva Anandaciva, of NHS Providers which represents hospitals, said: "These figures are deeply worrying. We are heading into winter in a more fragile state than I have seen in the past 10 years or so.
"Even the historically top-performing trusts are being challenged, which shows that this is an issue affecting all parts of health.
"No-one wants to see people waiting in corridors, side rooms and emergency bays when they should be admitted to a hospital bed. These patients are still under the care of doctors and nurses of course, but it is not ideal for them and we know overcrowding leads to worse outcomes."
Dr Chris Moulton, of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, echoed the concerns.
"Patients who are delayed like this are still being monitored by staff. But we know that the overcrowding we are seeing is dangerous. It leads to worse outcomes for patients - higher infection rates, patients ending up on the wrong wards and generally a negative experience."
Dr Moulton believes there are too few beds. There are just over 100,000 general beds in England - a fall of 40,000 in the past 20 years.
"We simply don't have enough. If you compare us to other European countries we are really short and the demands being placed on the health service means we are now struggling to cope," he added.
A spokesman for NHS England said "growing demand" was putting pressure on the system - the number of emergency admissions having risen by more than 500,000 in five years to 4.2 million.
But he added it was "a tribute to front-line staff" that the NHS was able to handle so many patients.
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Winchester Crown Court heard it was a "miracle" that the victim survived the attack in Bournemouth in January.
The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was convicted of wounding with intent and possessing a knife following a trial in May.
He also admitted supplying heroin and crack cocaine.
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The court heard the victim, a man in his 50s, had approached the teenager in Ashley Road shortly after being refused drugs because he lacked money.
The boy, described as a "career drugs dealer", plunged a small knife into the man's head behind his ear.
CCTV shown in court showed the victim walking into a shop with the knife still embedded to a depth of 3.5cm, before he collapsed.
In a victim impact statement, read in court, the man said he was convinced he would die in hospital during the operation to remove the blade.
Judge Jane Miller QC said the blade had "missed critical structures in the head by millimetres".
She told the teenager: "You are very lucky you did not face a murder charge.
"You are dangerous and lack ability to control yourself."
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Mr Varadkar said he had decided to speak about his sexuality as he would be campaigning for the government in support of same-sex marriage in the forthcoming referendum in May.
"It's not a secret - but not something that everyone would necessarily know, but it isn't something I've spoken publicly about before," he said.
The minister was speaking on RTÉ radio in an interview on his 36th birthday.
"I won't be allowing my own background or my own sexual orientation to dictate the decisions that I make," he said.
"I just kind of want to be honest with people. I don't want anyone to think that I have a hidden agenda."
The referendum comes 22 years after homosexuality was decriminalised by the state.
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They were among 149 children abducted in the raid by members of the Murle community who took them across the border to South Sudan, along with livestock they stole.
Ms Nyardhan's youngest, 11-year-old Jany, has recently been rescued, but her other two sons and her daughter are still being held captive.
"I didn't believe that I would see him ever again," she says, feeding him by hand.
"I am really happy to have one of my children back. It is a blessing and it is thanks to the on-going rescue mission.
"I have been worrying day and night about my children, that I might never ever see them again. I am still waiting for the others."
At least 53 children, the youngest being three months old, have so far been rescued in the Ethiopian army's on-going mission inside South Sudan.
They are from the Nuer community which has a history of ethnic clashes with the Murle - often linked to cattle vendettas.
Jany told his mother how he was locked alone inside a hut, surrounded by heavily armed men, and given only milk to drink during his captivity.
Like many other rescued children, he is now at the guest house of the region's president where they are receiving food and medical attention.
"We have established that these children would have been sold or exchanged for heads of cattle inside South Sudan," says Gatluak Tut Khot, Gambella region president.
"But we are not going to rest until we get them all back home," he adds.
Outside the guest house a group of women are sitting under a tree singing and clapping.
In front of them five boys are going round and round in circles dancing to a popular tune sung by the Nuer of Gambella.
Among them is 27-year-old Nyamak Oukuch, with 18-month-old twins on her lap - her niece and nephew.
Two other children are playing by her side - they are also the children of her elder sister who was killed in the attack on 15 April.
"I don't know where the eldest is. He was also taken and is probably with the Murle," she says.
Many of the freed children are severely malnourished and need urgent medical attention.
Officials from the UN children's agency and government are jointly providing medical help, counselling and basic necessities for the children, their families and caretakers.
"Whenever children undergo hard conditions like this - separated from their families especially violently, and they are staying with complete strangers for something like three or four weeks - they feel completely let down and some of these experiences last for a lifetime," says Mike Charley, a Unicef child protection specialist in Ethiopia.
Lare was one of dozens of villages attacked by the Murle and is about 70km (43 miles) from Gambella town.
A strong smell of cow dung hits you on arrival.
We were told there used to be thousands of cattle in the area but nearly all of them were stolen in the raid; only a few calves and goats now roam about.
There are several houses in the settlement but nearly all are now abandoned.
Some families have come back to rebuild their lives but most have decided to leave.
At least 22,000 people have fled their homes and residents say the unprecedented brutality of last month's attack has left them fearful.
"I can never return to my home again. My husband was killed that day and my two children taken," says Nyakuich Both.
"I have nothing left. Why should I go back there?"
On her forehead she has tied a strand of grass which she says is a sign of mourning for her husband, children and home.
"I have heard that one of my children was rescued and is now in Gambella town, but I have not seen him, the other is still in South Sudan. I don't think I will ever see him again," she says.
Like her, thousands of other villagers have now taken refuge in temporary shacks near the main road where they think it is safer.
Others have moved in with neighbours and relatives in nearby villages.
Two UN human rights experts, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio and Christof Heyns, have said communities on both sides of the border receive little protection from their governments and reported that increasing flows of smalls arms was making raids more deadly.
They said there was an "urgent need for an effective and well-resourced permanent presence at the border in order to monitor the area and prevent incursions".
Mr Gatluak has assured Gambella residents that "they are now safe".
"After we get our children and cattle back, we will seriously work on our border relationships," the regional president says.
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The figures revealed 91.7% of school leavers were in a "positive destination" in March 2015, up 1.3% since 2014.
But those leaving with no qualifications increased by 0.2%.
The findings were part of a range of education figures published by Scotland's Chief Statistician.
They also found the number of pupils registered for free school meals had increased from 49.8% in 2014 to 56.6% in 2015.
The rise was attributed to the extension of free school meals in January 2015 for all P1 and P3 pupils - with 80% of children in this age group now registered for a free school meal.
PE provision in both primary and secondary schools also improved with 98% of schools meeting the target of two-hours per week, an increase of 2% on 2014.
BBC Scotland data journalist Marc Ellison delved into the 34-page report of dense data and attempted to tackle a number of questions including;
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The statistics used data from the Scottish Qualifications Authority, Skill Development Scotland's School Leaver Destination Survey and the latest Healthy Living Survey.
The number of school leavers attaining a qualification at SCQF level 6 or 7 increased from 55.8% in 2011/12 and 2012/13 to 58.8% for 2013/14.
Those leaving with no qualifications at or above SCQF level 3 increased slightly from 1.5% in 2012/13 to 1.7% for 2013/14.
Looked after children continued to have lower levels of attainment, but the gap has reduced during the last three years.
Education Secretary Angela Constance said the figures were encouraging, but there was still room for improvement.
She said: "There is a small number of young people leaving school without qualifications, although an increasing percentage are going onto college and employment.
"School leavers from disadvantaged areas are improving faster, but there is still a gap between those from the most and least deprived areas and I am determined to tackle this."
Larry Flanagan, general secretary of the EIS teaching union, also welcomed the figures but said more needed to be done to help those from poorer backgrounds.
He said: "Poverty continues to have a negative impact on the education and life chances of too many young people across Scotland and the attainment gap between Scotland's most and least deprived pupils continues to be a huge challenge that society must tackle.
"Measures that are already being taken, including the extension of free school meals to more young people and the launch of the Scottish Attainment Challenge and the Scottish Attainment Fund, have been very positive and welcome steps, but more must be done in terms of increased investment in schools, resources and staffing to ensure that all young people receive the support and opportunities that they deserve."
Opposition parties also said more needs to be done to bridge the attainment gap.
Labour's education spokesman Iain Gray said: "The attainment gap still persists - these statistics show that the poorest 20% are still half as likely as the wealthiest 20% to leave school with one or more Highers.
"That isn't nearly good enough, and again begs the question as to why Nicola Sturgeon, after eight years in power, is just realising now that this is a problem.
"Labour will close the attainment gap with targeted intervention paid for by a 50p top rate of tax.
Liberal Democrat education spokesman Liam McArthur said Scotland's attainment gap would not be closed "unless bold action is taken".
He said: "Four out of 10 pupils from Scotland's most deprived backgrounds leave school with one Higher or more compared to eight out of 10 from Scotland's least deprived backgrounds.
"Whilst there have been steady improvements in passes by pupils from the poorest backgrounds, there has been near corresponding improvements by pupils from better-off backgrounds."
And Conservative young people spokeswoman Liz Smith also said the attainment gap remains too wide.
She said: "We still have a situation where 15% of young people from the most deprived backgrounds leave school to go to absolutely nothing.
"And of course, the biggest concern remains the fact that literacy and numeracy rates fall between the middle years of primary school and the early years of secondary school with significant implications for the persistence of the attainment gap.
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The brief war cost the lives of more than 900 soldiers, mostly Argentines.
But for many young Argentine conscripts, the enemy was not the British troops, but their own superiors.
About 700 secret files released by Argentina's armed forces reveal that Argentine soldiers were subjected to abuse and torture at the hands of their officers during the 10-week conflict in the South Atlantic.
They are the first official documents from the war to be made public and contain testimonies from soldiers who say they were badly equipped and ill prepared for the cold.
For years a group of soldiers tried to bring those responsible for the abuses to justice, but in February Argentina's Supreme Court ruled that the statute of limitations had expired and closed the investigation.
This group is now appealing to the Inter-American Court for Human Rights.
BBC Mundo's Ignacio de los Reyes spoke to one of the soldiers who was tortured.
Silvio Katz, who is now 53, works as a cook at a school in the province of Buenos Aires.
He recalled the harsh punishments the conscripts would be subjected to and the abuse he suffered for being Jewish.
"I was just a 19-year-old boy fulfilling the mandatory military service.
"I had only seen weapons in films. Suddenly I was taken to a war I did not choose to fight in.
"Just like the other 10,000 conscripts, I had no idea of what was to come.
"I arrived on the Malvinas on 11 April 1982. I honestly thought we would only go and occupy a place where nothing was going to happen.
"The Argentine strategy was so bad and we had so little information that we thought Britain wouldn't send ships or planes. But the feeling of uncertainty soon turned into horror.
"The worst part was the psychological torture because of my beliefs. I was called a 'Jewish coward', 'Jewish traitor' or just 'shitty Jew'.
"They [my superiors] used to drive four stakes into the ground and tie our hands and legs to them [as a form of punishment].
"So I would be tied to the stakes in the rain, while my colleagues were forced to urinate on me. And I didn't know when the punishment would end.
"They would also put my head, hands and feet in icy water. {Other times,] I was forced to eat my food among faeces.
"That was the superiors' way of systematic punishment... their way to show their power.
"I used to lay down in a well and cry and my colleagues would come to comfort me. It is thanks to them that I am not insane now.
"My time on the islands was the worst of my life. My own war was against the Argentine military.
"As soon as I was captured by the British I felt relieved, liberated. They gave me food and I could feel alive again.
"There are many former soldiers who do not want to be seen as victims of the Argentine dictatorship [which ruled the country from 1976 to 1983 and under which as many as 30,000 people were forcibly disappeared].
"They are afraid they won't be regarded as heroes. But I think we were both victims and heroes.
"Because I feel the pride of fighting for my country, and at the same time I feel that those who tortured me were part of a system that left 30,000 people disappeared.
"Now that these documents have been released I feel relieved and happy. My sons can now see that everything that I told them is true.
"The judiciary did not believe me, but now we are getting closer to justice being served, even if it is late and slowly.
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Brendan Rodgers' team were utterly dominant in the opening half, scoring through Tom Rogic and a terrific double from Leigh Griffiths.
The wheels fell off suddenly early in the second half as Lucio Maranhao and Maor Melikson netted.
But Moussa Dembele headed in a fourth and Scott Brown rattled home a fifth.
The two sides meet again in Beersheba on Tuesday but that game will have to go some to match a brilliant and madcap European night at Celtic Park.
Craig Gordon's magnificent save from a Maharan Radi header preserved Celtic's lead at 4-2 and Hapoel had a penalty claim turned down shortly before Brown's goal.
For Celtic, it had been so easy for so long.
Griffiths was so involved in the first half it was difficult to keep a check on how many versions of himself were out on the pitch. Scott Sinclair's pace troubled Beer Sheva, Rogic had a field day and Brown led the side well.
Celtic were ahead when Griffiths dinked a beautiful ball over the visiting defence to Sinclair, who was promptly taken out by goalkeeper David Goresh. It would have been a penalty had it not been for Rogic following up to drive Celtic into the lead.
Soon after, Sinclair went down in the box but a big shout for a spot-kick was waved away. It hardly seemed to matter because in Celtic's performance there was always the promise of more goals. And they came.
Kolo Toure strode out of defence and found Sinclair, who put James Forrest away down the right. His cross was nutted home brilliantly by Griffiths.
The third was even better, a sumptuous Griffiths free-kick from wide to the right of the Hapoel penalty area. The striker curled into the top corner. Total class.
Hapoel had no shots on goal and, seemingly, no hope of turning it around, but they did.
From a counter-attack, Lucio struck from close range to make it 3-1. From another advance down the left two minutes later, Melikson drove home from a central position and suddenly it was 3-2.
Celtic were in shock, but gathered themselves to score a fourth. Griffiths was involved again, swinging in a corner for Dembele to head home.
Gordon's superb save from Radi was as impressive as it was critical.
And then Brown added the dramatic flourish, his first shot fluffed, his second rifled into the Hapoel net to send Celtic Park back into a blissful state.
To call it a classic does not quite cover it.
Match ends, Celtic 5, Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2.
Second Half ends, Celtic 5, Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2.
Loai Taha (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Moussa Dembele (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Loai Taha (Hapoel Be'er Sheva).
Attempt saved. Maor Bar Buzaglo (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tony Nwakaeme.
Foul by James Forrest (Celtic).
Ofir Davidzada (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
James Forrest (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
Nir Bitton (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Nir Bitton (Celtic).
Maor Bar Buzaglo (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by David Goresh.
Attempt saved. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Moussa Dembele.
Kolo Touré (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Nir Bitton (Celtic).
Maor Melikson (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Celtic 5, Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2. Scott Brown (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Scott Brown (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Forrest.
Substitution, Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Vladimir Brown replaces Maharan Radi.
Foul by Saidy Janko (Celtic).
Maor Melikson (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Nir Bitton (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Forrest.
Attempt missed. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by James Forrest.
Substitution, Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Maor Bar Buzaglo replaces Ovidiu Hoban.
Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).
Tony Nwakaeme (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Maharan Radi (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Bitton with a cross.
Foul by Scott Brown (Celtic).
Ovidiu Hoban (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Celtic 4, Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leigh Griffiths with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Shir Tzedek.
Attempt blocked. James Forrest (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Saidy Janko.
Attempt missed. Kieran Tierney (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by James Forrest.
Substitution, Celtic. Moussa Dembele replaces Tomas Rogic.
Substitution, Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Ben Sahar replaces Lucio Maranhão.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Ofir Davidzada.
Substitution, Celtic. Saidy Janko replaces Mikael Lustig.
Substitution, Celtic. Nir Bitton replaces Callum McGregor.
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25 March 2017 Last updated at 11:47 GMT
After following it into a pen, the policeman got out to close the gate hoping the cow would stay inside.
No such luck! The policeman was forced to moooove out the way as the cow stormed out.
Luckily the officer managed to get away in time and no one was hurt.
Footage from Temple Police Department | Perhaps there was a bit of 'beef' between this cow and policeman in Texas, America. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39392119"} | 82 | 25 | 0.449894 | 1.064925 | -1.753242 | 0.421053 | 3.842105 | 0.421053 |
The lagoon at Surf Snowdonia at Dolgarrog in the Conwy Valley was filled with more than six million gallons (33,000 cubic metres) of water for its opening on 1 August.
But it had to be drained so engineers could fix a fault affecting the wave foil which creates the waves.
About 14,000 people visited the centre in its first two weeks. | A new surf lagoon has reopened after engineers fixed a fault which closed the attraction for 10 days. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34090851"} | 82 | 23 | 0.603113 | 1.305706 | 0.000661 | 0.631579 | 3.578947 | 0.526316 |
That is how Carol McCullough describes living with a rare disease and trying to find out what was wrong with her.
A rare disease is defined as one affecting not more than one person in 2,000.
According to the NI Rare Disease Partnership, one in 17 people in Northern Ireland has such a condition.
That is more than 100,000 people, or roughly the population of a city the size of Londonderry.
Carol McCullough, from County Armagh, was diagnosed with Wilson's Disease in 2010.
It is a rare disorder that results in a build-up of copper in the body. An overload of copper is poisonous and can damage the liver, brain and other organs.
If the disease is caught early enough it can be effectively treated - if not, it is fatal.
The 55-year-old says receiving the diagnosis was a relief.
"It has freed up a lot of anxiety about what actually is the cause. I can get support. It's made me more confident to go out with people, has made me much less angry and more settled.
"The name means an awful lot to people because you do need that label to say, 'That's what is happening to me.'"
Someone who agrees that knowledge is power is busy mother-of-four Gillian Cassidy.
Her eldest daughter Lucia was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder when she was about three and a half years old.
It is called 22q11 deletion syndrome. Children with the condition can have heart defects, learning difficulties, a cleft palate and may have many other medical problems.
In almost all cases, the symptoms and features result from a missing piece of chromosome. Gillian says she gradually began to notice signs that something was slightly wrong her daughter.
"When she was getting to the age of two we had had a number of different issues. When she should have been learning how to start to talk we realised she had no sounds. She'd always been a quiet baby who didn't cry a lot so I asked the health visitor to refer her on to speech and language."
That referral led to a series of tests and a diagnosis was eventually received.
The Bangor woman says when she first researched the condition online, she was amazed.
"When I typed in 22q11, it brought up all these images of other children from across the world, who looked exactly like my daughter. Like clones from around the world and I didn't even need the diagnosis. I knew."
Dr Tabib Dabir is a consultant in clinical genetics.
Nearly a year ago, he was instrumental in setting up an innovative clinic within the Belfast Health Trust which monitors the physical health of sufferers of 22q11 deletion syndrome - with an added mental health component. Gillian Cassidy is also a patient support worker at the clinic.
Dr Dabir says he was responding to the needs of his patients.
"Generally when a diagnosis of 22q11 deletion syndrome is made, patients will be sent for an echo-cardiogram, will be referred to an immunologist, will also have a kidney scan, be referred to a plastic surgeon, etc. All the structural malformations of the condition are regularly looked at - the gap we found was the psychiatric component."
This, says Dr Dabir, is key as teenagers and adults with the syndrome are more likely to develop some psychiatric conditions, including schizophrenia.
"The feedback from the clinic has been very, very encouraging. The parents feel it was much needed and they feel like they can actually contact somebody if there are ongoing issues with their child. The psychiatric component was rarely mentioned - so having a psychiatrist at the clinic is very reassuring."
Further information about rare diseases can be found on the NI Rare Disease Partnership website.
The charity, together with the Department of Health, are holding a series of engagement workshops across Northern Ireland - with one being held in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, next week. | "It's terrifying, isolating - you're having these symptoms and you don't know what tomorrow is going to bring or where it will end up." | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39371548"} | 873 | 39 | 0.295749 | 0.84344 | -1.241767 | 0.967742 | 25.16129 | 0.709677 |
The article appeared on a website called Fox Channel.
The story, which was broadcast last week, said Mr Trump called Mr Magufuli an "African hero" compared to other leaders who are "doing nothing".
A statement from TBC said editorial procedures had not been followed.
The broadcaster's Director General Ayub Rioba said that the station should have verified the information before broadcasting.
The story said that the US president had called on other African leaders to follow Mr Magufuli's example with his emphasis on good governance and his war against corruption.
Mr Magufuli, known as the "bulldozer" for his hands on approach to leadership, has been waging a public war on corruption which has won him some support locally and internationally.
The article said that Mr Trump made the comments while signing an executive order excluding Tanzanians from a travel ban on African nationals "from countries where presidents are doing nothing and those [that] have declined to leave power". | Tanzanian public broadcaster TBC has suspended nine staff after it aired a hoax story saying that US President Donald Trump had praised President John Magufuli's performance. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39277735"} | 217 | 42 | 0.655561 | 1.525038 | 0.554706 | 0.678571 | 6.678571 | 0.535714 |
The tune, which was written by Ed Sheeran, reached the top three after being available to buy and stream for five days rather than the usual seven.
Nine of the 12 previous UK X Factor winners have gone straight in at number one.
But Terry has fared better than last year's winner Louisa Johnson, who only managed to get to number nine.
Clean Bandit have held the number one spot for a sixth week with Rockabye, while One Direction star Louis Tomlinson's collaboration with Steve Aoki, Just Hold On, has landed at number two.
All three singles are now in a closely-fought competition for the Christmas number one slot.
But the bookmakers' favourite for the festive chart-topper is a tribute single to murdered Labour MP Jo Cox.
You Can't Always Get What You Want, which features Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs, KT Tunstall, David Gray, Steve Harley of Cockney Rebel and the cross-party parliamentary band MP4, will raise money for the Jo Cox Foundation.
The government has waived VAT on the single, while Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, who wrote the song, are donating their royalties to the campaign.
The Inspiral Carpets' 1994 indie hit Saturn 5 is also aiming for the top 10 as fans pay tribute to drummer Craig Gill, who died earlier this year.
Terry Wogan's TOGs are also hoping to send his version of the Floral Dance back into the chart, with the aim of improving on its 1978 chart placing of number 21.
Some of this week's new entries and high climbers have also set their sights on the upper reaches of the festive top 40.
Zara Larsson's I Would Like has jumped nine places to number 12 following her appearance at the BBC Music Awards on Monday, while Little Mix's performance on the X Factor finale has sent their new single Touch from number 159 to 23 in just five days.
Taylor Swift's duet with Zayn Malik, I Don't Wanna Live Forever, is a new entry at 16, while Lady Gaga's country ballad Million Reasons has made its first top 40 appearance at 39.
The Christmas charts will be unveiled at 18:00 GMT on Friday, 23 December.
Meanwhile, on this week's album chart, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe's album of duets has finally reached number one after six weeks on release.
Together, which sees the pair singing standards like When You Wish Upon a Star, has sold consistently well since November, but was kept off the top spot by Little Mix and Robbie Williams.
It has sold 96,000 copies in the past week, its highest tally so far.
"This is absolutely fantastic," said Ball. "We didn't expect this. It is just unbelievable."
With no high-profile new releases this week, the album is also likely to top the Christmas charts next Friday.
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Alan Tissington, 49, from Windmill Avenue in St Albans was arrested on 17 September last year, following the police operation.
Bomb disposal teams were called to the scene and nearby homes evacuated after police found the cache of weapons.
Mr Tissington has been bailed and will appear before magistrates next month.
He has been charged with four counts of possessing a firearm without a certificate, one of possessing a shotgun without a certificate and nine counts involving ammunition. | A man whose house was raided and a number of World War One and Two artefacts and munitions seized has been charged with 14 firearms offences. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33368226"} | 109 | 40 | 0.603952 | 1.194366 | -0.615725 | 0.925926 | 3.296296 | 0.481481 |
Appointed second-in-command of Congress in January 2013, Mr Gandhi led the party into the general election and managed its campaign.
He criss-crossed the length and breadth of India, addressing election rallies and holding meetings with party workers and supporters.
But the race was extremely tough for him - Congress bore the brunt of voter unhappiness over a slowing economy, high inflation and a string of damaging corruption scandals.
Mr Gandhi has long been seen as a prime-minister-in-waiting but with the charismatic and populist BJP candidate Narendra Modi having declared his hand, Congress refrained from naming Mr Gandhi as their prime ministerial candidate.
Analysts said the move was aimed at protecting one of the party's main assets ahead of the drubbing the party received.
Many in the party ranks had long clamoured for a bigger role for Mr Gandhi.
But there had also been questions about how eager he was to embrace this role. Critics have often described him as the "reluctant prince" who has been the de facto number two for a long time, wielding the power, but shying away from responsibility.
Also, his campaigning in last year's crucial state elections failed to deliver the votes, raising further questions about his leadership abilities.
In his only television interview earlier this year Mr Gandhi gave the impression he was leading the party because his birth gave him no choice, rather than because of any ambition.
The son of murdered former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and his Italian-born widow Sonia, Rahul has been steadily building up his own political profile as he strives to emerge from his parents' shadow.
He was born on 19 June 1970 and went to the finest Indian schools, going on to study economics in the US and work in London before returning to work in Mumbai in 2002.
Rahul was seen as a shy man whose interests lay more in cricket matches and the outdoors than in political life.
His charismatic and popular sister Priyanka was thought to be more likely to take over the family's mantle of power.
His decision to enter formal politics before the 2004 general election therefore took many by surprise.
That year, Mr Gandhi stood for parliament and won the traditional family constituency of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, which his father had once held.
In September 2007 Rahul was named as the party's secretary general, with his mother Sonia remaining as president, and in January last year, he was appointed the vice-president of the party.
He represents the fourth generation of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that has led the Congress party, and India, for much of the time since independence from Britain in 1947.
His grandmother, Indira, was another prime minister, also assassinated, while his great-grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru, was independent India's first leader.
Why Rahul, rather than Priyanka, answered the party's call for a new generation of Gandhis is still not fully clear.
Many within the Congress party saw his move into politics as positive, although the decision was seen by some as highlighting the party's lack of alternatives and its continuing reliance on the Nehru-Gandhi family for leadership and direction.
Whatever the concerns, expectations were high that he would play a major role in the government and the party. Despite his "dark horse" image, he is said by some analysts to have a detailed political knowledge and to be a practised backroom operator.
Although he turned down previous roles to take a prominent role in the party, by 2008 he had kicked off a campaign called the "discovery of India", aimed at winning over hearts and minds and projecting himself as a future leader.
In his campaigning in Uttar Pradesh in the 2012 state elections, he addressed more than 200 rallies, slept in villagers' huts and even grew stubble to give himself more of a "man of the people" look. | Rahul Gandhi, heir of the powerful Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty that has dominated Indian politics for decades, has accepted responsibility for the party's worst ever election performance. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "17271658"} | 882 | 46 | 0.483143 | 1.268106 | 0.658888 | 1.375 | 23.65625 | 0.75 |
They teased out the effects of the blade's sharpness, the tension applied to the ribbon and the speed it moves.
As the ribbon bends around the blade, its outermost side stretches and permanently deforms, producing curls.
Sharper blades and slower movement make tighter curls - but the pulling force has an ideal strength, above which the curls become less pronounced.
The UK-based team will present the study on Wednesday at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society in Baltimore; it also appeared last month in the journal PNAS.
In their experiments, a thin ribbon - made in this case from a transparent PVC film - was draped over a blade and a weight was hung from the end. The ribbon was then wound onto a cylinder in order to drag it across the blade.
The team measured the width of curls produced by different weights and winding speeds - and also created a mathematical model to show that these could be explained by predictable changes in the structure of the ribbon.
Senior author Anne Juel, from the University of Manchester, said it was fairly straightforward to understand why a slower movement produces greater curling:
"It takes a certain amount of time for the stress in the ribbon to relax, and the irreversible deformation to take place."
That relaxation - or "yield" - is what leaves the ribbon curled, because the outer side of the ribbon is permanently stretched compared to the side that was touching the blade.
Similarly, then, a sharper blade increases the stretch and the yield - making tighter curls.
But putting greater tension on the ribbon, with heavier weights, only increased curling up to a point.
This, Prof Juel explained, is because the deformation can spread too far into the ribbon:
"The first part that's going to start to yield is the outermost part of the ribbon, because that's the point where the stress is going to be highest. And then as you apply larger loads, the yield is going to infiltrate deeper and deeper inside the ribbon."
Eventually, with enough pulling power, the distortion of the ribbon's structure will cross the halfway point - which dampens the overall curling effect.
"So the tightest curl will be obtained when you manage to apply a load that will bring yield to exactly half the thickness of the ribbon," Prof Juel said.
And if you're wrapping a swag of presents with a few different kinds of ribbon, she added, that optimum tension will be a moving target.
"It has to be relative to the material properties of the ribbon. So it will be different for different ribbons."
Study co-author Buddhapriya Chakrabarti, of Durham University, presented some data on the same question at a previous APS meeting; Prof Juel said she and her colleagues at Manchester contacted Dr Chakrabarti when they realised they shared an interest in the problem.
Together, they have now published the first complete physical account of ribbon curling.
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Cadden, Jim Lister and Marc Fitzpatrick all missed early chances for the hosts.
Second-bottom Forfar went ahead before the break, Omar Kader finishing well with his right foot.
Cadden levelled on the hour mark, his left-foot strike flying into the net, and Lister and Forfar's Danny Denholm had chances to score before the end. | Nicky Cadden's second-half goal secured a draw for Airdrieonians against struggling Forfar Athletic in Scottish League One. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35270862"} | 82 | 31 | 0.632548 | 1.262911 | -0.077601 | 0.428571 | 3.238095 | 0.333333 |
The new at-a-glance scorecards rate their efforts at cutting the number of 16- to 19-year-olds not in education, employment or training (Neet).
The Department for Education says the 16-to-24 Neet rate is at its lowest level in a decade.
Youngsters must now stay in education, employment or training until age 18.
Skills Minister Nick Boles said: "With recent figures showing record lows in the number of young people not in education, employment or training, it is clear that our economic plan is working.
"But we know there is more to do, and the annual Neet scorecards will prove a highly effective tool in delivering our commitment to helping young people reach their potential."
The cards will rate councils' performance in a number of areas on top of the Neet rates.
These include the percentage of each age group offered a place in education and how well councils are tracking the occupation of teenagers who are not in school.
The scorecards, which have been tested for all local authorities over the past six months, will be published every summer.
Councillor Nick Forbes, vice chair of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board, said: "NEET scorecards need to be broken down by government-commissioned schemes rather than by council area, if we are to see a true picture of performance.
"Whilst councils have reduced 16-18-year-old disengagement over the last 15 years to 7.1%, they have had their powers to carry out vital services such as careers advice, national engagement programmes and further education steadily removed, meaning that many will not necessarily be running their local area's employment scheme.
"In a recent LGA survey, four-fifths of councils said that greater devolution would enable them to further reduce youth disengagement and nine in ten felt they could deliver better value for money if resources went directly to local areas." | Local councils in England are to be scored annually on how well they tackle the dropout rate among teenagers from schools and colleges. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33675200"} | 415 | 28 | 0.48406 | 1.197945 | 0.209187 | 0.791667 | 15.666667 | 0.625 |
Thousands were protesting in the slum popularly known as Sodom and Gomorrah.
They blockaded roads after soldiers and police used earth-moving equipment to clear part of the slum.
Authorities say the slum blocks drains taking water to the ocean, causing caused floods at the beginning of June where an explosion at a petrol station killed at least 150 people.
The BBC's Sammy Darko at the scene of the protest says police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters but they seemed to be overpowered by protesters who threw stones and damaged police vehicles.
He also heard gun shots but could not confirm if the police were using live ammunition.
Police spokesman Cephas Arthur told the BBC that the situation had been brought under control, but the police would remain on the scene "for as long as it takes us to ensure that the situation doesn't resurrect".
Protest organiser Osman Alhassan said people now don't have anywhere to sleep.
Some 50,000 people live in the slum which is thought to be the biggest and oldest slum in the country.
BBC Africa Live: Updates through the day | Police have used tear gas on residents demonstrating against the demolition of their slum in Ghana's capital Accra. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33226618"} | 256 | 26 | 0.523748 | 1.203545 | 0.02091 | 0.8 | 10.55 | 0.6 |
UK Trading Standards officers launched an investigation after its office in Leicester received complaints.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is also planning to launch an inquiry, according to the Daily Telegraph.
The paper says more than half a million motorists could have been overcharged for repairs over many years.
In a statement, Europcar said: "Europcar's view is that the implications of the investigation will be somewhere in the region of £30m."
But the company - whose shares fell by 2.5% on Monday - said it had no further comment to make.
The Telegraph said some people were charged four times what they should have been for routine repairs.
The figures suggest an average compensation payment of up to £60 for every motorist who was overcharged.
Europcar's website says it charges an administration fee of £40 for each repair, plus up to £25 for a replacement wiper blade, and up to £350 for replacing a tyre.
The investigation appears to involve motorists who hired cars through Europcar UK, either via the website or on the phone. | French car hire firm Europcar has admitted that it may have to pay out as much as £30m to British motorists who were overcharged for car repairs. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40630238"} | 233 | 36 | 0.653715 | 1.376627 | 0.046638 | 0.766667 | 7 | 0.5 |
Robert "Jim" Stuart and Darren Hughes were given kidneys infected with the meningitis-causing worms in transplants carried out in Cardiff in 2013.
Prof Christopher Watson said no-one could have foreseen the outcome.
But he told Cardiff Coroner's Court he would not have used the kidneys.
Speaking about the cases, Prof Watson from the University of Cambridge's department of surgery told the inquest that he had been asked if the donor kidneys should be accepted for transplant at his hospital.
"I declined it on the night when contacted by my colleague," he said.
But the expert added that the parasitic infection was incredibly rare.
"I doubt we'll ever see this again. No-one could have foreseen that," he said.
Both men died of meningitis two weeks after receiving the transplants, the same infection that had killed the kidney donor.
The cause was only established once post-mortem examinations were carried out on Mr Hughes' and Mr Stuart's bodies.
Prof Watson, who was part of a three-person panel asked to review this case, said it was a "concern" that the donor had been in hospital for nine days with no sign of improvement before he died despite receiving treatment.
He added: "I'm quite sure Mr Asderakis did these transplants with the best intentions for the two patients to have a successful outcome with no intention to cause any sort of harm.
"I can understand how he came to his risk/benefit equation. That's not the one I would have come to."
It emerged during evidence to the inquest on Wednesday that Prof Watson's own hospital had been offered the kidneys for transplantation.
But he advised colleagues
Prof Watson said he was "extremely impressed with the care when the diagnosis was made" and the efforts made across the UK and in the US to find out the cause of the infection.
Earlier, the court heard that both patients had been told the donor had had meningitis when he died, despite claims earlier in the hearing that relatives had made stating the opposite.
Usman Khalid, a clinical research fellow from Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales who was part of the transplant team, said both men had the opportunity to refuse the operations.
Mr Stuart's widow Judith challenged Mr Khalid's evidence from the courtroom floor, asking him to "tell the truth".
"I have," was the reply.
Mr Khalid also caused unrest in the public gallery after saying Mr Hughes signed his own consent form prior to surgery.
This contradicts what Mr Hughes's father Ian said previously when he claimed to have signed the form on his son's behalf to a neurological condition which left him unable to hold a pen.
The inquest also heard no case of infection by the worm had ever been successfully diagnosed and treated.
The inquest has been adjourned for the day. | A Cambridge professor rejected donor kidneys that were later found to be infected with a parasitic worm that killed two transplant patients, an inquest has heard. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30292148"} | 640 | 36 | 0.52722 | 1.401011 | 0.478584 | 1.035714 | 20.321429 | 0.821429 |
Major League Baseball said the Miami Marlins player, 28, tested positive for exogenous testosterone and clostebol.
The second baseman, who led the major leagues in hits and stolen bases last season, is the seventh player suspended this year under the MLB drug plan.
Marlins president David Samson said the club "don't condone" Gordon's actions. | Reigning National League batting champion Dee Gordon has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36168198"} | 83 | 27 | 0.704848 | 1.264819 | -0.020241 | 0.409091 | 3.045455 | 0.318182 |
"No doubt about it," the country's ambassador to the UK told the BBC, despite the leader's non-appearance in public since 3 September.
Ambassador Hyon Hak Bong also said US missionary Kenneth Bae was being held in a "reform institution", which was not the same as a labour camp.
Mr Bae was sentenced to 15 years' hard labour in 2013.
The ambassador said in an email to the BBC: "We have reform institutions where offenders sentenced to penalty of reform through labour by the relevant laws are held and educated through labour. Some Western media interpret them as 'labour camps', but they are reform institutions."
"If I take an example, the place where American citizen Bae Jun Ho (Kenneth Bae) is being held is a reform institution."
A month ago, under the supervision of North Korean officials, Mr Bae gave an interview to Western media where he said he was being treated "as humanely as possible".
His family said, though, that he had previously sent letters saying his health was failing and that he suffered from diabetes.
The ambassador to London seems to be part of a drive by North Korean diplomats around the world to counter criticism of the country's human rights record.
The United Nations accused North Korea earlier this year of crimes against humanity, including systematic extermination, torture, rape, forced abortions and starvation.
There are moves to indict the country's leader before the International Criminal Court.
The ambassador said the allegations were false and driven by the United States which wanted to topple the regime in Pyongyang.
"Let me make it clear", he said. "We do not have political prisons or political camps."
Human Rights Watch said earlier this year: "There has been no discernible improvement in human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) since Kim Jong-un assumed power after his father's death in 2011. The government continues to impose totalitarian rule."
It's hard to know if the ambassador's lengthy communication on the situation in his country is driven by immediate concerns such as any upcoming condemnation at the United Nations, or is a sign of a genuine change of policy.
North Korean diplomats have approached the European Union and said they are prepared to discuss human rights in North Korea.
Whatever is happening in Pyongyang, there is unlikely to be any great change from the West, though, while North Korea pursues nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them.
The ambassador said: "Under the present circumstances, there will be no alternative for us but to further strengthen the DPRK's self-defensive deterrence to protect its system and sovereignty." | The North Korean government has said that the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, is healthy. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29592880"} | 592 | 23 | 0.4173 | 1.005284 | -1.384756 | 2.25 | 26.7 | 0.95 |
100m: Usain Bolt (Jam)/Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jam)
200m: Usain Bolt (Jam)/Dafne Schippers (Ned)
400m: Wayde van Niekerk (SA)/Allyson Felix (USA)
800m: David Rudisha (Ken)/Maryna Arzamasava (Blr)
1500m: Asbel Kiprop (Ken)/Genzebe Dibaba (Eth)
5,000m: Mo Farah (GB)/Almaz Ayana (Eth)
10,000m: Mo Farah (GB)/Vivian Cheruiyot (Ken)
Marathon: Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (Eri)/Mare Dibaba (Eth)
110/100m hurdles: Sergey Shubenkov (Rus)/Danielle Williams (Jam)
400m hurdles: Nicholas Bett (Ken)/Zuzana Hejnova (Cze)
3,000m steeplechase: Ezekiel Kemboi (Ken)/Hyvin Jepkemoi (Ken)
20km race walk: Miguel Angel Lopez (Spn)/Liu Hong (Chn)
50km race walk: Matej Toth (Svk)/NA
4x100m relay: Jamaica/Jamaica
4x400m relay: United States/Jamaica
High jump: Derek Drouin (Can)/Maria Kuchina (Rus)
Pole vault: Shawnacy Barber (Can)/Yarisley Silva (Cub)
Long jump: Greg Rutherford (GB)/Tianna Bartoletta (USA)
Triple jump: Christian Taylor (USA)/Caterine Ibarguen (Col)
Shot put: Joe Kovacs (USA)/Christina Schwanitz (Ger)
Discus: Piotr Malachowski (Pol)/Denia Caballero (Cub)
Hammer: Pawel Fadjek (Pol)/Anita Wlodarczyk (Pol)
Javelin: Julius Yego (Ken)/Katharina Molitor (Ger)
Decathlon/heptathlon: Ashton Eaton (USA)/Jessica Enis-Hill (GB)
Gold
Mo Farah (men's 5,000m) - day eight
Greg Rutherford (men's long jump) - day four
Jessica Ennis-Hill (heptathlon) - day two
Mo Farah (men's 10,000m) - day one
Silver
Shara Proctor (women's long jump) - day seven
Bronze
Women's 4x400m relay - day nine
Men's 4x400m relay - day nine | The reigning champions from the 2015 World Championships in Beijing: | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40808151"} | 642 | 15 | 0.40089 | 0.850157 | -0.813231 | 0.090909 | 33.727273 | 0.090909 |
Catalin Horhota, 42, of no fixed abode, was found unanimously guilty of nine counts including rape and sexual assault.
The Oxford Crown Court jury heard he raped one woman inside a property and returned an hour later to again sexually assault her, having stolen a pair of keys.
Horhota will be sentenced by Judge Peter Ross on 9 October.
He was found guilty on Tuesday of one count of burglary, two counts of attempted rape, three counts of sexual assault, one count of assault by penetration, one count of rape and one count of exposure.
Horhota burgled a property in Morrell Avenue, opposite South Park in Oxford, on 17 September last year and stole food.
Two days later he raped a woman at a nearby address in Headington. About an hour later he returned and sexually assaulted the victim again.
He then sexually assaulted another woman at the same address.
On 20 September Horhota sexually assaulted a woman in South Park by touching her inappropriately.
The final offence took place on 22 September when Horhota exposed himself in Abingdon.
Following Horhota's conviction, Det Con David Rogers said: "I would like to thank the victims for coming forward and reporting these serious offences to Thames Valley Police.
"Although horrific, I would like to reassure members of the public the offences carried out by Horhota are rare." | A rapist has been found guilty after "horrific" attacks on women in Oxford. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33863293"} | 322 | 22 | 0.504512 | 1.143459 | -0.67034 | 0.875 | 16.5 | 0.625 |
Christian Taylor, 50, who starred in the Channel 4 show The Hotel, rang up huge bogus refunds for rounds of cocktails at the Devon park.
He failed to attend his trial in September where he was found guilty of one charge of theft by an employee.
Taylor, who also did not attend his sentencing, claimed he had been set up.
A judge at Exeter Crown Court sentenced him to two years in prison in his absence.
Police are still hunting him and have nicknamed him the Scarlet Pimpernel because he frequently changes his name.
Judge Erik Salomonsen said Taylor was in a "position of trust" which he breached.
Managers became suspicious when they realised the huge refunds he was putting through the tills at Twitchen House Holiday Park at Mortehoe didn't match the stock records.
He started by creating refunds for fictitious rounds of Pimms, including one of 20 jugs costing £300, but moved on to other cocktails when this triggered a stock check.
In all there were 66 fraudulent transactions totalling £13,467.60. All were when he was on duty and 16 were caught on CCTV.
Taylor told police he had been framed and accused a colleague of altering computer records to cover up his own thefts.
When he was starring in The Hotel, filmed in the Grosvenor at Torbay, he called himself Christian Scott Lee but his original name is Nigel McCartney.
Taylor was also ordered to pay £850 compensation and £100 victim surcharge. | A reality television star has been jailed for stealing more than £13,000 from a holiday camp where he worked as bar manager. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37864965"} | 348 | 30 | 0.46552 | 1.16808 | -0.448071 | 0.458333 | 11.875 | 0.375 |
Spanish forward Sola, 29, known as 'Kike', joins Boro for the rest of the season, having scored three goals for the Spanish La Liga side this season.
Boro also have ex-Murcia striker Kike, 28, and forwards Cristhian Stuani, Diego Fabbrini and David Nugent in their squad.
"He's bringing us something we don't have," Aitor Karanka told BBC Tees.
The Boro boss added: "He's another striker, he's a second striker or sometimes number 10. His skills are different and he can play English football because he is strong."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Championship leaders Middlesbrough have signed Athletic Bilbao striker Enrique Sola on loan. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35324507"} | 158 | 23 | 0.538337 | 1.114559 | -0.047087 | 0.384615 | 9.923077 | 0.384615 |
Deborah Streatfield of MyBigCareer says it is "completely unfair" that pupils interested in studying medicine were being asked to pay for work experience to help their university applications.
The week's work experience is being offered through the Chartwell Trust which runs a private hospital in Essex.
The trust's directors said the offer was a "remarkable opportunity".
The "Chartwell Work Experience For Medical School Applications" offers an "in-depth insight" into working in a hospital and in healthcare, shadowing staff and gaining "valuable medical work experience" to support a Ucas application.
The brochure, sent to schools and aimed at 15-year-olds and upwards, promises "good supervision from motivated staff" in hospital and "interview training carried out by our qualified doctors".
The trust also operates care homes and the brochure says: "We will have you rotate through our care homes which are for children with learning difficulties and the elderly with dementia."
Medicine is one of the most competitive courses for university entry - and the work placement programme says students will "learn many valuable medical school interview techniques".
Mrs Streatfield's charity works to give young people better advice about careers, in the belief that social mobility will be improved if young people are better informed and understand what options are available.
But she believes that selling work experience in this way is a barrier to opening access to sought-after courses such as medicine.
"Work experience is really important when applying for medicine and many disadvantaged students have no family links to exploit. This scheme is completely unfair," she said.
MyBigCareer is going to pilot unpaid work experience placements with 43 GP practices in Hackney and the City of London.
In a statement, the directors of Chartwell Trust Care, say that the placement provides one-to-one meetings with "senior management, consultant physicians, surgeons and directors to provide an insight into healthcare".
"This remarkable opportunity is afforded by the company having diagnostic facilities, outpatient clinics, and care homes. The empathy and compassion which the individual has exposure to for their personal development is reflected by the infrastructure of health and social care.
"The fee charged is to cover administrative costs and coaching to the individual which is designed to increase their confidence and self-esteem to make an application to start their career in healthcare."
There have been particular concerns about the need to attract a wider range of applicants to medicine, with warnings that it draws too many recruits from wealthier backgrounds.
Research from the Medical Schools Council in December showed that half of UK secondary schools and colleges had not provided a single applicant to medicine in recent years. | A careers advice charity has criticised the selling of hospital work experience placements for £500. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34188028"} | 560 | 20 | 0.461845 | 1.223759 | 0.196419 | 1.176471 | 30.705882 | 0.823529 |
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After Paddy Jackson kicked two early penalties, the superb Williams finished off a well-constructed line-out maul to score his first try in the 11th minute.
Further Ulster pressure yielded a second try for Williams on 30 minutes.
Ulster laboured during the second half but a Peter Browne try and late Paul Marshall score secured the bonus point.
The Irish province looked set to miss out on the extra point as the clock ticked down but a break from replacement Darren Cave helped set Marshall's crucial 78th-minute score.
Ulster kept Zebre scoreless but it was not a particularly impressive display by Les Kiss' side, who remain fourth in the table after third-placed Scarlets beat Treviso.
The Irish province badly needed a win to maintain their push for a play-off place after back-to-back defeats by the Scarlets and Cardiff Blues.
Jackson's two early penalties gave Ulster a cushion as they punished Zebre indiscipline.
Another Zebre infringement was finished off by man of the match Williams mauling his way over the line after Jackson had opted to kick to the corner.
A missed tackle by Rob Herring meant Stuart Olding had to produce a try-saving tackle to deny Edoardo Padovani before more Ulster pressure was finished off by a second Williams touchdown.
After Ulster's scrum held firm in first-half injury-time to repel Zebre pressure, the Irish side appeared to have all the mental momentum heading into the second period.
Ulster did seem hard done by when TMO Kevin Beggs ruled that Rob Herring had knocked on before Williams appeared to notch his third try
However after lock Browne's 63rd-minute try, Zebre fought back to produce pressure as Ulster lost their way and the home side needed Cave's late break to set up replacement scrum-half Marshall's bonus-point clinching try.
Ulster: C Gilroy; R Scholes, L Marshall, S Olding, J Stockdale; P Jackson, R Pienaar; K McCall, R Herring (captain), R Lutton, P Browne, F van der Merwe, R Diack, C Henry, N Williams;
Replacements: J Andrew for Herring (57), C Black for McCall (66), A Warwick for Lutton (47), R Wilson for Williams (64), S Reidy for Browne (65), P Marshall for Pienaar (75), D Cave for L Marshall (64). Not Used: S Windsor.
Zebre: M Muliaina; G Toniolatti, G Bisegni, T Castello*, K Van Zyl; E Padovani, F Semenzato; A De Marchi, O Fabiani, D Chistolini; Q Geldenhuys, M Bortolami (capt); E Caffini, J Meyer, F Ruzza.
Replacements: E Coria for Fabiana (73), G Roan for A De Marchi (41), P Ceccarelli for Chistonlini (53), G Koegelenberg for Geldenhuys (66), F Cristiano for Ruzza (65), L Burgess for Semenzato (53), I McKinley for Padovani (41), G Toniolatti for Castello (67). | Two Nick Williams tries helped Ulster get back to winning ways in the Pro12 as they earned a bonus-point victory over Zebre at Kingspan Stadium. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35718410"} | 762 | 35 | 0.434092 | 1.176352 | 0.267469 | 1.035714 | 21.642857 | 0.607143 |
About 150 people waved placards and flags at the Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 building site in West Yorkshire.
Protesters claim the general contactor Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) had contracted work out to some employers who were not taking on local workers.
An HZI spokesman said it was committed to using UK labour for the project.
Neil Dawson, who helped organise the protest, said: "There's a deep anger from these lads, a lot of them unemployed, who want to secure employment on the project.
"They have the skills, ability and want to make it a success.
"This dispute isn't about foreign workers, it's about the contractor giving these lads a fair opportunity to secure work."
Workers claim guidelines about using local labour under the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry have been bypassed.
Keith Gibson, a construction worker from Hull, said: "At the minute, the construction industry is in crisis.
"We've got no worries whatsoever about European workers, what we're concerned about is companies undercutting terms and conditions."
But HZI said two thirds of workers on the site are from the UK.
It added: "We are confident that the majority of workers, representing hundreds of construction jobs, engaged over the lifetime of the project will be from the UK."
Multifuel Energy Ltd, a joint venture between SSE and Wheelabrator Technologies, opened the power station Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 in 2015.
A second power station, which aims to generate more than 50 megawatts of energy, is now under construction at the site.
SSE said it supported HZI's approach of "trying to maximise local employment opportunities where possible". | Construction workers have protested at an energy-from-waste plant over the alleged use of cheap labour from abroad. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39427982"} | 377 | 27 | 0.431277 | 1.056959 | 0.16848 | 0.681818 | 14.954545 | 0.590909 |
22 January 2016 Last updated at 07:22 GMT
More than a thousand people claim to have seen 'Nessie' the monster, but there has never been real evidence that she exists.
Now the hunt for Nessie might have just grown. Keith Stewart, a retired fisherman, claims to have found a deep crevice, large enough for the monster to hide in, which was never known about before.
Until now, the loch was thought to be 229.8 metres deep, but Keith used special sonar equipment and found that the crevice goes much deeper - to 270.9 metres.
According to him that's plenty of room for a monster to hang out... | For hundreds of years, people have been fascinated by Loch Ness and the mythical monster thought to live beneath its surface. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35375598"} | 149 | 27 | 0.550055 | 1.281499 | -0.045035 | 0.652174 | 5.478261 | 0.565217 |
15 February 2017 Last updated at 09:48 GMT
Tornado, the first mainline steam engine to be built in the UK since the 1960s, pulled an eight-carriage train between Appleby, in Cumbria, and Skipton, in North Yorkshire, along the famous Settle to Carlisle line on Tuesday.
It was the first time since 1968 that a steam locomotive has hauled a passenger train on a scheduled main line service.
Tornado will power two further return journeys between Appleby and Skipton on Wednesday and Thursday. | Drone footage has captured the moment Britain's newest steam locomotive, Tornado, crossed the stunning Ribblehead Viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38979100"} | 117 | 34 | 0.56734 | 1.206441 | -0.562631 | 0.75 | 4 | 0.5 |
Just across the road in the city's conference centre it had been confirmed that very afternoon that Ed Miliband had pipped his brother for the Labour leadership.
The giant union had encouraged its members to back the younger Miliband and they were celebrating.
But after a messy row with Unite over the selection of a Labour candidate in Falkirk in 2013, the rules for electing Ed Miliband's successor were changed by the very leader who had most benefitted from them.
Previously, the unions commanded about a third of the vote in Labour's "electoral college" - with ordinary members' votes also counting for a third, and MPs and MEPs the remaining third.
Fast forward to 2015 and the special status of MPs in leadership votes has all but gone.
Hopefuls now require the support of 15% of their parliamentary colleagues to take part but when the ballot is held every MP, like every party member - and those who also sign up as registered supporters at a lower rate than the full membership fee - has just one vote each.
The unions' role has changed just as dramatically.
They no longer have a third of the vote guaranteed.
And while in the past any member who paid the political levy had the opportunity automatically to vote for the Labour leader, each member now has to make a positive decision politically and financially to participate in the ballot.
Each trade union member who isn't already in the Labour Party must agree to sign up as an "affiliated supporter" at a cost of £3.
To encourage this, unions have set up call centres and printed and distributed the appropriate forms.
The GMB union is using a picture of Lord Mandelson on their leaflet, in the role of a New Labour pantomime villain - suggesting he and his chums will have too much influence unless rank and file union members sign up for a vote.
But how influential will the unions be in determining the outcome?
The GMB general secretary Paul Kenny says his union has signed up just 10,000 affiliated supporters so far.
He has a target of signing up 60,000 - that's still only one in 10 of the membership.
The larger Unite union won't release figures but sources there say they have a similar tally to the GMB.
Their call centres tell members about the new process but officials believe most people will join up after face-to-face approaches by shop stewards.
They say outside London, where the Labour vote went up at the general election, it's been more of a challenge to encourage participation.
Overall, the unions have a target of signing up 200-250,000 affiliated supporters.
That would give them rough parity in the leadership contest with fully paid-up members of the Labour Party and registered supporters but it wouldn't allow them to dominate the process.
But this target may be ambitious, as only 250,000 union members took part last time when they didn't have to go through the hoop of consenting to cough up cash for the privilege.
But it's also misleading to assume that these new affiliated supporters would necessarily follow the lead of their union bosses in any case.
First of all, ballot papers will be sent out by the Electoral Reform Society not the trade unions.
Union leaders won't be able to send out literature for just one candidate along with the ballot paper.
The GMB and Unite were both accused of doing this in 2010 for Ed Miliband. GMB sources concede there was some Ed literature "in the overall wrapping".
Second, even under the old system recommendations weren't always followed.
So, for example, the GMB hierarchy 20 years ago urged members not to elect Tony Blair as leader - and were firmly ignored.
And far more recently - last year in Scotland - the Unite leadership urged a vote for left-wing MSP Neil Findlay. The members preferred the better-known Blairite MP Jim Murphy.
And the most Blairite of the Labour leadership candidates, Liz Kendall, approves of the new system which she believes diminishes the role of union general secretaries.
It's not clear how many unions will make any recommendations to their members this time. Some will hold off until after a hustings, to be organised by TULO - the umbrella body for unions that have a financial link with Labour towards the end of next month.
But even in the unlikely event that all of them backed, say, Andy Burnham then that's no guarantee of success. | Autumn 2010 and in the bar of the Radisson Edwardian hotel in Manchester the then general secretary of Unite union, Derek Simpson, and the union's political officer - and former Gordon Brown aide - Charlie Whelan were enjoying a drink and were in excellent spirits. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33098702"} | 978 | 61 | 0.292079 | 0.856412 | -0.386161 | 0.897959 | 17.734694 | 0.612245 |
Martha and Oscar needed treatment by a vet after drinking the Advocaat which had been knocked over by a third dog Brecon.
Martha was found staggering and swaying in the garden of her Gateshead home by owners Fiona and Anthony Robson.
The Robsons said it should act as a warning to others about keeping alcohol out of the reach of animals.
Mrs Robson said: "I was panic-stricken as we are so careful with our pets and could never have imagined anything like this happening.
"I won't be keeping bottles on the top of unit anymore. I would advise pet owners to keep everything locked away."
The pooches were taken to Prince Bishop Veterinary Hospital in Consett where vet Emma Hindson induced vomiting before feeding them activated charcoal to absorb the remaining alcohol.
Dr Hindson said: "Alcohol affects pets in the same way it does humans, so Oscar and Martha were quite tiddly when they arrived.
"This was an unfortunate accident and their owner did the right thing by bringing them in immediately for treatment. Her responsible action meant everything turned out fine and they could go home."
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A curfew began on Friday evening after "attacks against public and private property", the interior ministry said.
Protests over youth unemployment have spread from the northern region of Kasserine to towns and cities.
In a televised speech, President Beji Caid Essebsi said the country would "get out of this ordeal".
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In his first address since protests began almost a week ago, Mr Essebsi said on Friday night: "There is no dignity without work. You can't tell someone who has nothing to eat to stay patient."
He said there was a risk that the Islamic State group in neighbouring Libya "finds that the moment is opportune to infiltrate into Tunisia".
Mr Essebsi said on Wednesday that more than 6,000 jobs would be given to people from the town of Kasserine.
The government also promised an investigation into allegations of corruption.
700,000
unemployed people
62.3% of graduates without work
37.6% of young people have no job
15.2% overall unemployment rate
Unemployment has worsened since the 2011 revolution, when President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted. More than a third of young people in Tunisia are without work.
Tunisia's uprising was the first of the Arab Spring, and often hailed as the most successful.
But correspondents say the authorities have failed to resolve the problems of social exclusion and poverty, and face a growing jihadist threat.
The curfew, which runs from 20:00 to 05:00 local time (19:00 to 04:00 GMT), was put in place because of the "danger to the security of the state and it citizens", the interior ministry said in a statement.
Only night-shift workers and people needing urgent medical care are exempt.
The authorities called for calm after protests descended into vandalism, looting and violence in several areas.
The demonstrations started on Sunday in the central-western town of Kasserine, after a man was electrocuted while protesting over his rejection for a government job.
In the nearby town of Feriana, a policeman died after his car was overturned on Thursday.
Ridha Yahyaoui died on Sunday after climbing a utility pole in protest over a public sector job prospect that he was rejected for.
His brother, Mehrez, told the BBC's Rana Jawad in Kasserine that the 28-year-old had been fighting for a job for two years.
"His dream was to work, he didn't like taking money from people," he said.
"I'm his brother and when I would try to give him five dinars (£1.70; €2.50), he would not take it.
"This government has forgotten us... [Ridha] climbed a pole to tell them, 'give me my rights'. He was electrocuted and he died."
Prime Minister Habib Essid, who cut short a visit to Europe to deal with the protests, has said his government has no "magic wand" with which to tackle unemployment.
After meeting French President Francois Hollande in Paris, Mr Essid was due to return to Tunisia and visit Kasserine on Saturday.
Meanwhile the French presidency announced that the country would provide €1bn (£767m) $1.1bn) to Tunisia over the next five years as part of an economic support package. | Tunisia's president says he understands frustration that has led to protests over unemployment, but instability could be exploited by extremists. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35384181"} | 791 | 34 | 0.459635 | 1.202164 | 0.326391 | 0.782609 | 28.391304 | 0.608696 |
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can lead to the heart suddenly stopping.
Henry Roth, from Hampshire, proved different tests for the condition were needed for black and white athletes - which do not currently take place.
A cardiologist who worked with Henry on the project said he was "astonished" by the teenager's findings.
Henry was inspired to investigate the condition after the death of his uncle at the age of 21.
A research project emerged from a conversation with a cardiologist at St George's Hospital in London during tests on Henry's own heart.
They discussed how black athletes were at higher risk and the aspiring doctor resolved to find a better way of testing.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an inherited disease where the heart muscle becomes thickened, increasing the risk of the heart suddenly stopping.
Screening does take place, but intense exercise can also lead to a thicker heart - so some athletes might not be aware they have the condition.
Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch in 2012 when his heart stopped, despite being described as one of the fittest players at the club.
Marc-Vivien Foe, the Cameroon footballer, died during an international match in 2003.
An alternative way of testing involves looking at the maximum amount of oxygen the body can use up at the limits of physical exercise. Those with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cannot reach the same peak.
Henry's study on elite athletes found differences between black and white athletes, but these were not accounted for during screening.
It meant black athletes were less likely to be diagnosed.
Henry, who studied at Guildford's Royal Grammar School, said he could not believe the difference had not been identified already.
He told the BBC: "I was quite frankly shocked, but it takes people who are shocked to do something about it, make something happen and not sit back and accept normal practice."
Prof Sanjay Sharma, the medical director of the London Marathon and the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young, said: "Henry has a thirst for researching the heart, driven by his own family's experience of sudden cardiac death.
"He wants to make sure other families don't go through what he has experienced, and I have been really excited, and quite astonished, by the research he undertook with me and my colleagues at St George's Hospital.
"Henry's work has the potential to change the way we test athletes for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."
Around one in 500 people in the UK has the condition, although it will not affect the lives of the majority of patients.
Henry explains: "An aeroplane on the ground with a mechanical fault is not dangerous, but as soon as you take it into the air it's dangerous.
"As soon as they go on to the field it leads to the possibility of arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat)."
Henry was also a finalist in the National Science and Engineering Competition.
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The authorities understood that few of the people coming in would want to stay, although some expressed regret that people desperately fleeing conflict did not view Serbia as a desirable destination.
But Hungary's fence and its criminalisation of unofficial border crossings has brought a halt to the flow of people across Serbia and left hundreds stranded at the fence.
If an exit into Hungary becomes impossible, the number of refugees here may begin to rise, challenging not only the country's capacity for dealing with asylum seekers but its citizens' hitherto admirable tolerance and empathy.
The government's Commissariat for Refugees has told the BBC that it is expecting more people to stay longer in Serbia. It has been preparing extra spaces at its existing asylum centres and is in the final stages of preparing several additional facilities.
But that might not be enough if Hungary carries out its proposal to send rejected asylum seekers back to Serbia - an idea that has not gone down well with Belgrade. Social Affairs Minister Aleksandar Vulin has said that Serbia would not accept any people that Hungary attempts to return under duress.
The UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) is backing Serbia on this issue. It says Hungary is wrong to classify its neighbour as a "safe country" for asylum seekers - as Serbia does not have the capacity to deal with a large number of refugees.
A spokesperson said: "It can't be expected to solve a problem the whole of Europe has failed to resolve."
In Belgrade, the informal transit camp next to the city's main bus station is quieter than it has been for weeks, with just a scattering of tents in the park.
Volunteers say many people left for the Hungarian border in a last-gasp dash to beat the barricade. But more may come from Macedonia to replace them before long.
Another possibility is that people will simply find another route into the EU's passport-free Schengen area. Serbia has borders with many countries, including EU member states Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia. Unlike Hungary, none of the three are yet in the Schengen zone.
Authorities in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, are preparing for migrants to try their luck. Croatia's Assistant Minister for European Affairs, Maja Bakran Marcich, told the BBC it was "a crazy situation" but that so far its borders with Serbia and Hungary were quiet.
"We are getting ready even though it's calm," said Ms Bakran Marcich.
"Things are moving fast. You cannot hermetically close a border and we are obviously aware that you can make a detour via Croatia and back into Hungary."
Croatia's preparations include bolstering its border police and ordering additional fingerprinting machines for the registration of asylum seekers.
"Croatia would not just allow people to move through," she said. "They would be stopped and returned at the Slovenian and Hungarian borders in any case. We would accommodate people, register them and see if they wanted to stay in Croatia or move on."
"We could absorb the immediate wave, and then we'd have to see. This is just the beginning." | All year, Serbia has taken a relaxed attitude towards the migrants and refugees entering from neighbouring Macedonia. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34261357"} | 687 | 24 | 0.482481 | 1.21942 | -0.045482 | 0.684211 | 31.842105 | 0.578947 |
Vaas took 755 wickets for his country, playing in 111 Tests and 322 one-day matches.
Since retiring in 2012, the 41-year-old has worked as a bowling consultant for Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
Vaas' short-term contract will begin next month and will continue until the end of Ireland's World T20 campaign, which starts in March.
"It's great to have Chaminda with us through the build-up as well as during the World T20," Ireland coach John Bracewell said.
"His ability to get wickets in all forms of the game especially on the sub-continent was extraordinary. This experience will be invaluable to our bowling group."
Vaas said he was relishing the prospect of sharing the knowledge and experience he had picked up.
"I've played with and against some of the guys during my time in county cricket with Middlesex and Northants," Vaas added.
"There's a lot of talent and experience in the squad which I'm confident I can add to."
Vaas holds the record for the best bowling figures in one-day internationals with his 8-19 off eight overs against Zimbabwe in 2001.
The Irish will open their World T20 campaign in India against Oman on 8 March before going on to face Bangladesh (11 March) and the Netherlands (14 March) in the qualifying group, with only the winners going on to the Super 10 stage.
Prior to the World T20, the Irish will have a busy programme of games in Australia and Abu Dhabi which includes the four-day Intercontinental Cup game against Papua New Guinea, which begins in Townsville in Queensland on 31 January. | Former Sri Lanka bowler Chaminda Vaas will help Ireland's preparations for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35371593"} | 366 | 29 | 0.553197 | 1.429186 | 0.298512 | 0.944444 | 18.222222 | 0.611111 |
The 38 images, which include Scott's last birthday, killer whales and frost-bitten hands, were taken by expedition photographer Herbert Ponting.
Capt Robert Scott and his five-man team died in 1912 after being beaten to the south pole by a Norwegian team.
Wiltshire auctioneers Henry Aldridge expected the lot to fetch between £400-£600 but said it would be re-auctioned.
Ponting was not part of the team to push to the south pole.
He survived an attack by killer whales that almost cost him his life and returned to civilisation. He died in 1935. | Photographic slides of Captain Scott's doomed 1910-13 Antarctic expedition have failed to sell at auction. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39985464"} | 134 | 23 | 0.589598 | 1.354172 | 0.041115 | 0.473684 | 5.947368 | 0.368421 |
On Monday, a tank containing mercaptan, which has been described as a pungent chemical, will be decommissioned at Zeon Chemicals in Barry.
The local authority said that while most smells will be destroyed, some may be noticeable to nearby residents.
These will not be harmful and could also be mistaken for a gas leak. | A warning about an "unpleasant smell" that could be similar to rotten cabbages or eggs has been issued to people in the Vale of Glamorgan. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35576723"} | 76 | 39 | 0.58719 | 1.200412 | -1.360341 | 0.464286 | 2.25 | 0.392857 |
This is the first reported case of Ebola in Liberia since it was declared free of the disease seven weeks ago.
Deputy health minister Tolbert Nyenswah said tests confirmed that the teenager from Nedowein village, near the international airport, had died of the disease on 28 June.
Officials are investigating how he contracted Ebola, Mr Nyenswah said.
More than 11,000 people have died of the disease since December 2013, the vast majority of them in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
The countries had largely curbed the spread of the disease - but the number of new cases has risen recently, with the start of the rainy season in West Africa.
The news that a 17-year-old has died of Ebola in Liberia is deeply troubling. The country was thought to be free of the deadly virus - no cases had been reported for the past seven weeks, until now.
Officials are urging people not to panic and instead "go about their business as normal". They say they have the situation in hand - the teenager's body was buried safely and surveillance has been stepped up.
But it is not clear how the young man caught the virus and who he may have been in contact with before he died. Liberians must remain vigilant if they are to banish Ebola for good.
Mr Nyenswah told the BBC's Jonathan Paye-Layleh in Monrovia that the authorities were dealing with the situation effectively and there was no need for the public to panic.
"We have said over and over again that there was a possibility that there could be a resurgence of the virus in Liberia," he said. "But our surveillance team, our capacity is very strong.
"The only complication is that the person died before we tested the body as part of our surveillance system."
The number of people quarantined in Nedowein, about 30 miles (48km) from the capital, would be made available later, Mr Nyenswah said.
The authorities were investigating whether the dead man had contracted the disease as a result of travel, he said.
The man's body had been buried safely, in accordance with guidelines to check the spread of Ebola, he added. | Liberia's authorities have quarantined the area where a 17-year-old boy died of Ebola. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33323664"} | 494 | 28 | 0.547132 | 1.282866 | -0.599783 | 2.736842 | 22.473684 | 0.842105 |
The contest featured some moments of individual brilliance from both sides, but also some dire displays, especially with the bat.
England spinner turned BBC Test Match Special pundit Graeme Swann gives his series player ratings.
Matches: 5; Runs: 330; Average: 36.66
Swann: "His captaincy has been spot on, aside from the ludicrous decision to bowl first at The Oval. Without scoring heavily over the series, he looks to be getting back to somewhere near his best form."
Matches: 5; Runs: 115; Average: 12.77
Swann: "He has caught well at slip but has failed to grasp the opportunity to secure the opening berth alongside Cook."
Matches: 5; Runs: 215; Average: 26.87
Swann: "A very disappointing series by his standards. His catching has improved in the slips since the New Zealand series but he needs to score heavily in the UAE to convince himself and others that he still has a long future in the team."
Matches: 5; Runs: 460; Average: 57.50; Wickets: 4; Average: 33.75
Swann: "Exceptional. His hundreds at Cardiff and Trent Bridge were scored at times when his team needed them the most and he probably did more than any other player to help England regain the Ashes. He has gone from Test-class to world-class this summer."
Matches: 3; Runs: 118; Average: 29.50
Swann: "Played well at Trent Bridge and should be nailed on to bat at five through the winter. He was dismissed a couple of times by the short ball, although both were against the quickest bowler in the world."
Matches: 5; Runs: 201; Average: 25.12; Wickets: 11; Average: 33.45
Swann: "Mercurial with both bat and ball but England's best all-rounder since Andrew Flintoff. Magnificent bowling at Trent Bridge and the best catch I've ever witnessed."
Matches: 5; Runs: 122; Average: 15.25; Dismissals: 12
Swann: "Has been solid with the gloves all series, but worryingly short of runs, particularly against the finger spin of Nathan Lyon. Will need to iron out these shortfalls before the turning pitches of the UAE are thrust upon him."
Matches: 5; Runs: 293; Average: 36.62; Wickets: 12; Average: 45.50
Swann: "A hit-and-miss series for Moeen. His runs have at times proved vital down the order, not least at Edgbaston, and he must be the best number eight batsman England have ever had. However, his bowling is short on confidence and as a result he hasn't bowled the overs or taken the wickets that his talent is capable of."
Matches: 5; Runs: 134; Average: 19.14; Wickets: 21; Average: 20.90
Swann: "Started the series strongly without a great deal of reward. England's best bowler in a disappointing affair at Lord's and bowled the greatest Ashes spell in living memory to effectively win the Ashes on day one at Trent Bridge."
Matches: 4; Runs: 103; Average: 25.75; Wickets: 10; Average: 39.10
Swann: "Bags of talent. Has shown good control with the ball all summer without taking devastating amounts of wickets and produced some very useful cameos down the order. An extra mark for being both a Newcastle fan and one carrot short of a salad."
Matches: 3; Runs: 9; Average: N/A; Wickets: 12; Average: 22.50
Swann: "Brilliant return to Test cricket for Steven Finn. Would have got a higher mark if he hadn't kept taking wickets off no-balls."
Matches: 3; Runs: 11; Average: 2.75; Wickets: 10; Average: 27.50
Swann: "Proved himself in helpful conditions to be the best swing bowler in the world and joined the 400 club before injury ended his series. Best John Terry impression at Trent Bridge when he donned his kit for the celebrations."
Matches: 5; Runs: 418; Average: 46.44
Swann: "Has been one of the more successful Australia batsmen but played the worst shot of the Ashes at Lord's to throw away a hundred. Seems to be playing with a bit more responsibility, which should bode well for his future."
Matches: 5; Runs: 480; Average: 60.00
Swann: "Australia's most reliable player, he usually got them off to a half-decent start. He has had a short but highly successful career as an opener and will be hard to replace."
Matches: 5; Runs: 508; Average: 56.44; Wickets: 1; Average: 16.00
Swann: "Excellent knocks in two Australia victories but technically found seriously wanting against the swinging and seaming ball at Cardiff, Edgbaston and Trent Bridge. He is not a number three and needs to move back to number four or five."
Matches: 5; Runs: 132; Average: 16.50
Swann: "I'm being generous because of his exceptional career. A fairly disastrous series with the bat and had to watch his team fail to win the Ashes in England - again. Sad to see him go."
Matches: 5; Runs: 201; Average: 28.71
Swann: "Got better and better as the series went on, but unable to play the Steve Waugh role in the frequent Aussie collapses."
Matches: 3; Runs: 48; Average: 12; Wickets: 8; Average: 18.62
Swann: "With the ball, he looks a find. With the bat, he looks to be two places too high in the order."
Matches: 4; Runs: 143; Average: 23.83; Dismissals: 17
Swann: "Has looked fairly solid with bat and gloves but doesn't look like the fulcrum which Brad Haddin was for the team to pivot around."
Matches: 5; Runs: 141; Average: 17.62; Wickets: 15; Average: 34.93
Swann: "Breathtaking spell at Lord's but unable to match the stratospheric heights of his previous Ashes campaign. Has accepted the Barmy Army banter in seemingly good spirits."
Matches: 5; Runs: 157; Average: 22.42; Wickets: 18; Average: 30.50
Swann: "Despite being their leading wicket-taker he hasn't bowled with anywhere near the control that he shows with the white Kookaburra ball. Definitely a big name for the future but seems strangely rough around the edges."
Matches: 4; Runs: 45; Average: 15.00; Wickets: 16; Average: 25.75
Swann: "The biggest mystery of the Australia team. I expected him to enjoy the Duke ball and the English pitches but couldn't come to terms with either. His performances were put into context by the excellent Peter Siddle at The Oval."
Matches: 5; Runs: 47; Average: 11.75; Wickets: 18; Average: 28.25
Swann: "The most consistent of the Australia bowlers without ever looking like winning a Test on his own. Two beauties bowled through the gate at The Oval, but the pitches were generally unhelpful."
Matches: 1; Runs: 1; Average: 1; Wickets: 6; Average: 11.16
Swann: "Thank heavens he didn't play at Trent Bridge or Edgbaston. Bowled like a dream at The Oval on a featherbed wicket."
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Red Star fans threw seats and flares at riot police, who had to retreat. Extra police officers came to help empty one area of the north tier.
When the game finally got under way, both sets of fans lit flares and threw stun grenades onto the athletics track around the pitch.
The game, which was held up for several minutes in the second half to allow smoke to clear, ended 0-0.
Partizan, who have won six of the last seven Serbian league titles, are five points clear of second-placed Red Star with six games left.
The derby frequently results in trouble. In May 2013, 104 arrests were made after fans clashed at a game. Fans burned seats at the final whistle of that match.
Partizan, who finished second in the league last season, ended up in the Champions League after Red Star were kicked out for failing to pay debts. | The start of the Belgrade derby between Red Star and Partizan was delayed for 45 minutes because of crowd trouble. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32470569"} | 198 | 26 | 0.611354 | 1.509857 | -0.179557 | 0.952381 | 8.428571 | 0.666667 |
Mark Stafford stooped low to head in Aaron Burn's cross in stoppage time.
Third-placed Cliftonville triumphed 3-0 at Carrick Rangers, Portadown beat Dungannon Swifts 2-0 and Ballinamallard United saw off Glentoran 2-1.
New boss Colin Nixon led Ards to a 1-1 draw at Coleraine on a day when five players were sent-off in the league.
Re-live all the action from Saturday's Premiership action as it happened
Linfield had the better of the first half at Windsor Park, with Andrew Waterworth squandering the best chance when he sidefooted the ball over from six yards out.
Jimmy Callacher's backward header from a long Ross Gaynor free-kick gave the hosts a 50th-minute lead but Tony Kane levelled with his 11th consecutive successful penalty conversion in the 87th minute after Niall Quinn was adjudged to have handled inside the area.
Stafford's late intervention sealed the win for Linfield and made it a disappointing return to Windsor Park for Sky Blues manager David Jeffrey.
Crusaders took immediate control of their game when Declan Caddell had the simple task of slotting home on five minutes after Gavin Whyte squared the ball to the midfielder.
Glenavon goalkeeper Johnny Tuffey distinguished himself with a series of fine saves to prevent the hosts extending their lead and Mark Patton brought the visitors level in the first minute of the second half.
Gavin Whyte took advantage of a poor Tuffey clearance to fire into the net from seven yards on 58 minutes and Jordan Owens hammered home the champions' third after 79.
David McDaid ran onto a Tomas Cosgrove pass to give Cliftonville a second-minute lead at Taylor's Avenue, then Stephen Garrett fired in from close range for his eighth of the season in the 27th minute.
Striker Garrett netted his second from the penalty spot on 78 after his team-mate Daniel Hughes had been sent-off for an altercation with Carrick goalkeeper Brian Neeson.
Basement side Portadown move onto positive points for the first time this season courtesy of their victory over Dungannon, in a game which saw both sides reduced to 10 men in quick succession.
Stephen Hughes and Andy Mitchell went close for their respective sides, before Mark McAllister, restored to the squad under new manager Niall Currie, scored the opener on 37, finding the net from a rebound after Hughes had hit the post.
Swifts defender Chris Hegarty was sent-off for a foul on Aaron Haire on 65 minutes, his second yellow card offence, and Keith O'Hara followed him to the dressing rooms seven minutes later, having also been booked twice.
Hughes fired the winner low into the net in the 74th minute for the first win of Currie's tenure in charge of the mid-Ulster club.
Ards took the lead against Coleraine through David McAllister in the 39th minute after Chris Johns had saved his initial close-range effort, but Brad Lyons restored parity when he headed in from a Neil McCafferty corner six minutes after the break.
Visiting defender Johnny Taylor was dismissed in injury-time after being shown a second yellow card for a show of dissent.
Ballinamallard earned a morale-boosting triumph over Glentoran, who had Stephen Gordon sent-off by referee Raymond Crangle on the stroke of half-time for his part in a scuffle.
Ryan Mayse fired into the bottom corner five minutes after the interval and striker Joshua McIlwaine smashed into the top corner to double his side's lead soon after.
The Glens pulled one back through Jay Magee's goal in the final minute but the result made it two defeats from two games for Gary Haveron's East Belfast charges. | Linfield secured a last-gasp 2-1 win over Ballymena United to remain five points behind league leaders Crusaders, who defeated Glenavon 3-1 at Seaview. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38352664"} | 878 | 43 | 0.478885 | 1.172331 | 0.286925 | 1.032258 | 22.451613 | 0.709677 |
Councillors on the policy and resources committee approved a month-long consultation to begin in November.
The savings plans could see up to 1,095 full-time posts cut from a 12,043-strong full-time workforce.
The committee also accepted proposals for more than £22m of savings that had already been identified. | North Lanarkshire Council is to carry out a public consultation on proposals to make £45m in savings that could see more than 1,000 posts closed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34658671"} | 69 | 32 | 0.599332 | 1.183628 | 0.091215 | 0.821429 | 2.214286 | 0.607143 |
Sport Wales said its study showed there is some way to go before sport in Wales is truly inclusive for these groups.
Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty Lesley Griffiths joined community representatives, equality bodies and Sport Wales for a panel discussion on Tuesday.
The panel discussed the study at the Pierhead, in Cardiff Bay.
Sport Wales chair Prof Laura McAllister said: "Regrettably, there is still a stubborn inequality when it comes to people who come from Wales' black and minority ethnic communities.
"As an organisation, we regard that as unacceptable."
Sarah Powell, chief executive of Sport Wales, added: "Sport should be for all - we all have the right to access opportunities to get involved and stay active and healthy, regardless of our backgrounds.
"There are some excellent examples where sports have worked hard to break down barriers and as a result seen positive results but sadly it's clear there are still those who feel they cannot access sport or have no place within it. This needs to change."
Sport Wales interviewed people from Indian, Polish, Chinese, African-Caribbean and other minority ethnic groups - which make up about 4.5% of Wales' total population - about their experiences.
The study highlighted lower incomes, limited time, limited mobility, limited facilities, racism and language barriers, as some of the reason for lower participation among some black and minority ethnic (BME) groups.
Among its recommendations were finding role models to inspire communities, making use of already established networks and working alongside them to create opportunities that fit the needs of BME communities.
Ahead of Tuesday's panel discussion, Lesley Griffiths said: "Sport can have a hugely positive impact on people's lives - helping them stay fit and active and bringing people from diverse backgrounds together.
"This research is an important contribution to our understanding of the barriers experienced by black and minority ethnic communities in accessing sport.
"The challenge is now for everyone in the sector to use this as a basis to develop innovative ways of tackling this inequality head on." | People from black and ethnic minority groups face barriers getting into sport in Wales, new research has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34324066"} | 432 | 21 | 0.598245 | 1.583777 | 0.626107 | 1.25 | 20.25 | 0.75 |
NHS England is to stop the service at Glenfield Hospital because it says it does not meet the required standards.
Giles Peek, now a professor of paediatric heart surgery in New York, said Glenfield supported every hospital in the region.
Campaigners, who thought the unit's future was safe, vowed to fight on.
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NHS England's decision came as a shock to health bosses in Leicester after it was announced last year that the service would move to a new children's hospital in the city.
Glenfield Hospital was told it does not meet the standards set in last year's New Congenital Heart Disease Review and is "extremely unlikely to be able to do so" in future.
Mr Peek, who has campaigned in the past to save the Glenfield unit, said: "I think this is going to be almost a death knell now for paediatric services in the whole of the East Midlands.
"The services at Glenfield support specialist paediatric services at the [Leicester] Royal Infirmary and in all hospitals in the East Midlands."
Mr Peek also questioned the impact on other services provided by Glenfield Hospital, particularly Ecmo - an advanced heart and lung machine.
Leicester is the largest Ecmo centre in Europe and carries out about half of all procedures on children in the UK, Mr Peek said, so the NHS England announcement is likely to have national consequences.
John Adler, chief executive at University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) - the trust that runs Glenfield - said ending children's heart surgery was also likely to affect its intensive care unit.
"There is a national shortage of beds for children in intensive care," he said. "We have a paediatric intensive care associated with the heart surgery and that is very likely to be destabilised by the announcement of these changes.
"We are quite clear that things will be made worse."
Dr Jonathan Fielden, a director of NHS England, said while it would mean some patients travelling further than they previously needed to, the care provided would be safer in the long-term.
"As a responsible commissioner - before any safety or quality issues arise - we need to act with providers and make sure we plan care for patients in the right place," he said.
"We do not believe that [Leicester] has the numbers currently or likely into the future to sustain the high quality that we need."
Ashleigh Woods, whose six-year-old son Jack has had open-heart surgery four times at Glenfield, said: "We nearly lost him two years ago and he will need a heart transplant eventually.
"This has come as a massive shock. Where do we go? Birmingham is such a long way to go, it's risking your child's life."
The report also details plans to stop some complicated procedures in Nottingham such as repairing holes in the heart or widening arteries.
Andrew Staniforth, head of service for cardiology at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said the changes were not an "indication of unsafe practice".
"While today's decision is disappointing, we will continue to work with NHS England to ensure services are sustainable and meet the needs of the people we serve." | The end of children's heart surgery in Leicester could be the "death of paediatric services" in the East Midlands, the unit's former head said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36741778"} | 706 | 38 | 0.579977 | 1.521028 | 0.434806 | 1.9 | 21.166667 | 0.9 |
The 23-year-old man had already been charged with drink driving following the incident outside the EQHQ nightclub in Livingston at 03:15 on Saturday.
The victim was taken to hospital for treatment but his injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
The arrested men is expected to appear at Livingston Sheriff Court on Monday. | A man has been charged with attempted murder after a 22-year-old man was struck by a car as he left a West Lothian nightclub. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38123025"} | 70 | 36 | 0.6487 | 1.116143 | -1.301707 | 1.310345 | 2.206897 | 0.413793 |
Paul Cherrett, 62, of King Richard Drive, Bournemouth, admitted 18 charges including indecent assaults and possessing indecent photos.
The offences, against nine boys between 1975 and 2016, took place at Scout camps and other locations.
The judge at Bournemouth Crown Court said Cherrett's crimes would live with his victims forever.
The court heard Cherrett's offending was finally discovered when a CCTV camera was triggered by a motion sensor in the tuck shop at Butchers Coppice Scout Camp in Bournemouth.
The camera sent alerts including still images to a senior scout leader's mobile phone.
The CCTV images showed Cherrett acting inappropriately with a boy.
It led to a charge of sexual activity with a child, which Cherrett admitted in August 2016.
Following a police appeal, a further eight victims came forward, leading to another 17 guilty pleas on Friday.
The court heard boys were sexually abused and forced to stand naked at Scout locations in the Bournemouth area and at camps abroad.
Police also found 35 indecent images of children on Cherrett's computer equipment.
Judge Peter Johnson said: "Some of your victims were as young as eight or nine. You caused them immense harm."
The Scout Association said Cherrett had always held a "full and valid" Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Spokesman Simon Carter said: "Neither we nor the police hold any records relating to his service with the association that showed that previous allegations had been made detailing any inappropriate behaviour. "
He said the case was being reviewed "in light of the information revealed in the victim statements" to see if any Scouting volunteers had known about the abuse. | A former scout leader has been jailed for nine years for abusing boys over a 41-year period. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39563358"} | 387 | 28 | 0.49963 | 1.24498 | -1.100305 | 0.5 | 16.15 | 0.4 |
Harold Smalley, from Whitwick in Leicestershire, was a lance corporal in the 1st Leicestershire Regiment.
He was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and spent several years working in Japanese camps building the Burma-Thailand railway.
The funeral of Mr Smalley, who worked as a cobbler until well into his 70s, is due to be on Monday in Coalville.
"I was called up when I was 25 for the 1st Leicestershire Regiment - I didn't really want to go but it was the call of duty and I had to go," he said in an interview with the BBC at age of 100.
He was sent to Singapore and eventually was captured by the Japanese and taken to the prison of war camp at Changi.
He said he was treated "terribly" in the Japanese camps and only had rags to wear and was "bashed up" if he did anything wrong.
Mr Smalley said he "danced with joy" when he was finally released in 1945.
His grandson Stuart Maguire said: "He was a remarkable person - what a man he was.
"He never said a cross word or raised his voice to anyone… but he did live his life to the full." | One of the last UK survivors of the Japanese prisoner of war camps in World War Two has died at the age of 101. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35365539"} | 283 | 27 | 0.503529 | 1.197189 | -0.26904 | 0.84 | 9.52 | 0.6 |
Violence flared after the Hammers' 1-1 Premier League draw with Middlesbrough on Saturday afternoon.
Two men were arrested on suspicion of affray and a third on suspicion of assaulting a police officer, Scotland Yard said.
Officers were also deployed inside the stadium during the match to deal with a separate disturbance, the Met said.
However, it was "quickly dealt with", the force said, and no arrests were made.
Police escorted Middlesbrough fans away from the stadium while officers contained some West Ham supporters.
There have been several crowd disturbances since the club moved to the former Olympic Stadium.
At the first Premier League match at the venue - against Bournemouth on 21 August - some fans arrived with tickets for seats that did not exist, while fighting broke out between rival supporters outside the stadium.
West Ham said 10 fans were ejected from the stadium during the 4-2 defeat by Watford last month.
The Met said more than 40,000 people had attended Saturday's match against Middlesbrough, and the "vast majority" had been good natured. | Three people have been arrested after rival fans clashed outside West Ham's new London Stadium. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37532493"} | 237 | 21 | 0.677423 | 1.324271 | 0.076448 | 1.117647 | 12.235294 | 0.764706 |
"There's only love for it. From the moment it was in our drive, the postman, delivery men, everyone was commenting on it," says Steve, 51, who lives in Worcester and works for a fire alarm company.
"The neighbours love it - at least they tell me they do."
After 10 years of wanting one of the iconic red kiosks, he managed to secure it for £1,500 in September.
It was something of a bargain. The oldest red phone boxes can sell for upwards of £15,000 when fully restored.
From Germany to Japan, collectors buy the disused phone booths and either restore them or create new uses, from cocktail cabinets to secret entrances to a child's playroom.
Premier League footballers and rock musicians are also among the buyers. Sharon Osbourne even bought a black phone box that once stood near the Tower of London for husband Ozzy.
On the streets, the spread of mobile phones has left phone boxes in terminal decline. BT is consulting on plans to decommission another 14,000, although most of them will be the more modern stainless steel boxes because many red booths are protected.
With thousands listed as architecturally significant structures, sellers say that demand still outstrips supply.
The most common type of red kiosk - designed by Battersea Power Station architect, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, and known by aficionados as the K6 - turned 80 in October.
"There are certain objects that people see as quintessentially British. The red phone box is certainly one of them," says Hamish Wood, who works at the National Telephone Kiosk Collection at Avoncroft Museum.
They were ubiquitous for decades, and for many people are as recognisable as London's Tower Bridge, he says.
Steve agrees they're a valuable item. "The K6 was only ever built to last 50 years," he says. "I started thinking they're becoming more and more of a collector's item and prices are being driven up."
Yet when it arrived, there was a problem. The phone box, which weighs 750kg - almost twice as heavy as an Aga cooker - had to be lifted over the house into the garden.
The kiosk itself was £850 because of its dilapidated condition, but hiring the crane operator cost £650. "It's the quickest £650 I've ever spent."
It was worth it, he says. Visitors are so keen to see it that they don't take their jackets off, they go straight to the garden.
Most of the second-hand phone boxes are now used as garden features, according to Richard Parker, managing director of X2Connect, which works with BT to refurbish and sell discontinued phone boxes.
Among some of the wackier reports are of a box being re-purposed as a poolside shower in Sydney or as a lift down to someone's wine cellar.
"A Swedish company purchased two of them for staff to use for private mobile calls. It was going back to the old use," Mr Parker says.
The exact number of second-hand K6s in circulation is uncertain, but sellers say it's only a small percentage of the 60,000 on the streets at their peak.
People buy them for their appeal as a "design icon", but also for the nostalgia, says Christian Lewis, restorations manager at Unicorn Restorations, a major seller of the boxes.
"We have had customers purchase telephone boxes or particular types of payphones as they reminded them of making calls to their girlfriend, who is now their wife," he says.
Some older customers hear the "ticking" sound of the old coin box and are taken back to their childhood, he adds.
They were "landmarks", agrees Steve, who grew up in Birmingham. "You would meet your friends there, or shelter from the rain in one of them. When I was a teenager, that was our mobile phone."
But it's unlikely the thousands of steel and glass boxes left increasingly obsolete by mobiles will capture the imagination of collectors in the same way.
"I doubt people will get so sentimental over a modern payphone," Mr Lewis says. | As soon as the red phone box arrived at Steve and Michelle Spill's house, it had captured people's attention. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38305382"} | 911 | 27 | 0.296804 | 0.980706 | -0.42306 | 1.130435 | 35.652174 | 0.782609 |
But rain had the final word on a day in which Somerset's bowlers managed just 37 balls in the meeting of the County Championship Division One's bottom two.
Play did not start until after lunch as the groundstaff mopped up from the previous day's deluge, further hampered by early afternoon showers.
When play did get under way, the Bears added 31 runs to close on 124-3.
After Jack Leach had delivered one ball to complete his unfinished over from day one, the Overton twins took up the attack for Somerset.
Craig bowled a testing first over from the Pavilion End before Jamie had a big appeal for lbw against Trott rejected with his first delivery of the day.
Trott had just moved to 50 when bad light forced the players off, and more rain followed before umpires Alex Wharf and Paul Baldwin called off play for the day at 17:00 BST. | Jonathan Trott reached a half-century for Warwickshire for the 123rd time in his first-class career at Taunton. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39982947"} | 202 | 31 | 0.517509 | 1.163616 | -0.816194 | 0.727273 | 7.772727 | 0.545455 |
They include the acclaimed film director Franco Zeffirelli.
The Renaissance polymath was born in the Tuscan town of Vinci in 1452.
He never married and left no direct descendants, so historians Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato sought to find those who are descended from his siblings.
Leonardo's remains were lost in the turmoil of the 16th Century, so DNA research was not used in their work to construct a family tree, which began in 1973.
Most of those identified are still living in Tuscany, reports say.
But, as La Stampa reports (in Italian), a connection to Leonardo da Vinci may not come as a surprise to Franco Zeffirelli. The director made reference to a family connection when he was presented with a Leonardo Prize by the Italian president in 2007, the newspaper says. | Italian researchers say they have identified 35 living people who are related to Leonardo da Vinci, using genealogical records. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36053229"} | 186 | 26 | 0.699872 | 1.507302 | 0.064372 | 1.285714 | 7.380952 | 0.619048 |
The 45-year-old man suffered serious burns in Wollongong, a city south of Sydney, according to New South Wales Police.
Police said his alleged attacker, 41, doused him with a flammable liquid before setting him on fire.
They described the incident as a "neighbour dispute".
The victim suffered critical injuries and was flown to a hospital in Sydney, police said.
A 44-year-old woman with him at the time also suffered burns while trying to extinguish the flames.
She was taken to a Wollongong hospital in a stable condition.
One witness said she heard yelling at the time.
"It's pretty bad, it's pretty stuffed up. It's scary," she told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
"I stayed inside. It's too scary to come out when there's an argument."
The 41-year-old man was denied bail in the Wollongong Local Court on Wednesday. | A man in Australia is in a critical condition after being set alight following an argument over a dog, police say. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38726949"} | 218 | 28 | 0.568931 | 1.247645 | -0.66647 | 0.826087 | 8.086957 | 0.565217 |
The families were joined in the protest by Travellers from across the country, with some coming from Navan, Tipperary, Sligo and Naas.
A spokesperson said the families have been traumatised by the last week.
She said the council could not hide behind doors and must present them with what she called acceptable solutions.
The council said the eviction was carried out due to health and safety concerns at the site and it is continuing to find short and long-term accommodation for those displaced.
Following the eviction, 15 families moved to a make-shift site off the N52 in Dundalk, however, they have been told by police they will have to vacate the area as it is private property.
Five more families with very young children, whose caravans were impounded during the eviction, were put up in B&Bs at the council's expense this week.
Their stay was due to expire at noon on Friday, however, it has been extended until next Friday.
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, the TD (MP) for Louth, addressed the protest, saying he hoped to meet with the chief executive of the council to discuss the situation.
Elsewhere, an eviction notice has been extended for Travellers in Carrowbrowne, County Galway.
The Barna Waste recycling company has extended the notice until next Wednesday.
Eleven families with 15 caravans have been illegally encamped at the entrance to the company site for several months. | More than 100 Travellers protested outside Louth County Council over the evictions of 23 families from a halting site at Dundalk's Woodland Park. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35380616"} | 325 | 41 | 0.591203 | 1.479158 | -0.069264 | 0.6 | 11.16 | 0.6 |
24 June 2016 Last updated at 17:00 BST
The country has been a member of the EU for more than 40 years.
Soon after the result, Prime Minister David Cameron announced he would be resigning - he had campaigned for the UK to stay in the EU.
Naz reports from London on what's been happening on this massive day.
UK votes to leave EU - as it happened | It's been a historic day for the UK, with people voting to leave the European Union, a club of 28 countries. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36618596"} | 88 | 29 | 0.590721 | 1.154627 | -1.27072 | 1.04 | 3.08 | 0.64 |
Jamieson carded a five-under-par 67 to finish in a three-way tie for second behind Sweden's Johan Carlsson.
Englishmen Ross Fisher and Graeme Storm are a stroke further back, alongside Bradley Dredge of Wales.
"We had the best of the conditions, not a breath of air, and the greens are so good this year," said Jamieson, who was in the first group out at 07:00 BST.
Jamieson's score was matched by Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Francesco Molinari, with Open champion Henrik Stenson and Ryder Cup star Thomas Pieters part of a nine-strong group on four under.
A round of 69 kept England's Tyrell Hatton in touch, but two bogeys saw compatriot Justin Rose end on level par with Danny Willett, also of England.
Defending champion Chris Wood began his title defence with a level-par 72 that included three birdies and three bogeys, throwing his ball into the water after dropping a shot on the 18th.
"I couldn't hit the hole from three feet," said the Englishman. "I'm pretty disappointed and not in the best frame of mind now."
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Branden Grace received a controversial drop after his approach on the 13th landed in the bank of a bunker.
Having taken his stance, the South African called in a rules official to say his feet were touching the rubber sheeting at the base of the bunker.
However, the decision was criticised by Willett, Masters champion in 2016, and former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley.
Willett wrote on social media: "European Tour please explain that drop!? Burying feet in to get to the base of the bunker???"
McGinley added: "If you twist your feet enough you're bound to eventually reach the bunker lining.
"That means any time a player wants relief from a poor lie he can simply twist his feet until he reaches the bunker lining. That can't be right."
But Grace, who bogeyed the 13th and dropped another shot on the 16th in an opening round of 68, said he had simply applied the rules.
"I can understand if some people criticise you for standing in the middle of the bunker and going too deep, but if you're standing on the upslope it's not always easy getting a stance," he said. | Scotland's Scott Jamieson is one shot off the lead after the first round of the PGA Championship at Wentworth. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40050877"} | 567 | 27 | 0.448522 | 1.116306 | -0.879925 | 0.809524 | 22.095238 | 0.619048 |
The media watchdog received 12 complaints about the episode, which went out on 21 April on BBC Radio 4.
The BBC had already said it considered the jokes - about the Queen having sex - to be a serious breach of its editorial guidelines.
Ofcom said the comments had a "mocking and demeaning tone".
The watchdog added that "the potential for offence was increased by the fact that these remarks were broadcast on the Queen's 90th birthday".
It found the jokes were not justified by the context.
The BBC Trust ruled earlier this year that the episode was in "serious breach" of its own editorial guidelines.
The broadcaster found that "there had been a failure of editorial judgement and of compliance" on its part.
The BBC Trust added that the broadcast had included "personal, intrusive and derogatory comments".
Don't Make Me Laugh was dropped by the BBC last month, although Radio 4 said the commissioning decision was not based on the Trust ruling on the episode featuring the Queen jokes.
Baddiel tweeted at the time: "I'm hoping maybe to pitch it again once we get past the 1960s. Oh no wait a minute, it's 2016."
Ofcom also ruled that an episode of Coronation Street accused of racism for a comment a character made about her hair did not break the broadcasting code.
The episode, broadcast in August, saw Eva Price, played by Catherine Tyldesley, visit Audrey's hair salon, where she remarked: "I have more roots than Kunta Kinte."
Kunta Kinte was a character from the novel Roots: The Saga Of An American Family, which tells the story of a young man taken from Gambia and sold as a slave.
The complaints led the show to "apologise if this dialogue has caused offence" and 473 people complained to Ofcom.
The watchdog also said it had launched an investigation into BBC drama The Fall over an episode which aired in October. Ofcom received complaints over scenes of asphyxiation and hanging.
A spokesman said: "We're investigating whether the depiction of suicide in this programme complied with our rules."
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'Pablo' is an animated 52-part series about a five-year-old boy who creates an entire world from his imagination.
Paper Owl Films in Holywood are in the process of making it for the BBC's CBeebies channel and RTÉ.
All of the local cast are autistic and many have been involved in writing scripts for the programme too.
Grainne McGuinness from Paper Owl said that their input was vital to ensure Pablo's experiences were authentic.
"Pablo sees the world in different ways because he's on the autism spectrum," she said.
"It should be the authentic voice of young people on the spectrum, and we've got lots of young people writing for the show and doing the acting.
"Every single script is based on the experience of a real person."
10-year-old Jake Williamson plays Pablo and has spent many days after school recording his lines in the Paper Owl studio.
"Pablo is non-verbal, and that means you don't really speak that much," he said.
"When he goes into his art-world I think he feels a bit more happy that he's communicating with other people."
In the imaginary world Pablo draws, he creates a number of friends, the book animals.
Rachael Dickson plays one of them, a character called Mouse.
"Mouse likes to get advance warnings about things, and she likes to collect things," she said.
"She's quite grown up, an honest person and very friendly."
"She's also very cute, but the right kind of cute!"
Like Rachael, Tony Finnegan has written some scripts for the series.
He also plays one of the book animals - a dinosaur called Noah - and he said that he and Noah share some traits.
"I saw a lot of myself in him," he told me.
"He's very warm and friendly, but he also lacks certain social skills."
"That doesn't mean he's dumb in any way, it just means he doesn't quite know how to respond to people."
"That was pretty much me in my childhood."
Grainne McGuinness said the series will be fun for young children, but also has an important message.
"Pablo puts the traits of autism on the screen for a mainstream audience."
"The hope is that through exposure to those traits people gain understanding of what it might feel like to be on the autism spectrum."
"We have found huge levels of creativity, focus and preparation in the people we have worked with."
"It's been a very inspirational process."
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Wenger, in charge since 1996, said he will announce "very soon" whether he will remain with the Gunners, after reaching a decision on his future.
Arsenal are in danger of ending a second straight season without a major trophy, and Sutton said he should go.
"It's a dictatorship and he surrounds himself with yes men," Sutton added.
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Wenger's contract expires at the end of the season but he has been offered a new two-year deal.
The Frenchman, 67, has come under increasing pressure in recent weeks, with fans responding to defeats in the Premier League, and the 10-2 aggregate loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, by calling for him to leave.
More anti-Wenger banners were held aloft by Gunners fans in the closing stages of last Saturday's 3-1 defeat at West Brom, while in the first half two planes towed banners over the ground - one criticising the manager and the other supporting him.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's The Monday Night Club, Sutton, a Premier League winner as a player with Blackburn Rovers in 1995, added: "He's been selfish. I'm surprised Steve Bould [Wenger's assistant] doesn't get hold of him and say this is the reality.
"He's taking the club backwards. They have just accepted mediocrity.
"His work in the transfer market has been a failure lately.
"Do the right thing and if you're not going to do the right thing then tell us."
Arsenal, sixth in the table, are 19 points behind leaders Chelsea in the Premier League and their last realistic chance of winning a trophy this season is the FA Cup.
They face Manchester City in the semi-final at Wembley on Sunday, 23 April (15:00 BST).
Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud said the club's players supported Wenger and wanted him to stay and "continue his adventure".
"We hope we can win the cup and that Arsenal qualify for the Champions League," the France international told Canal Plus.
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She recently portrayed the struggle of a Jewish woman, Maria Altmann, to reclaim a painting by Klimt confiscated by the Nazis in the film Woman in Gold.
The Oscar-winning star spoke to a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (Hear) Act on Tuesday.
"The right thing to do is to return the art to its rightful owners," she said.
The subcommittee held the hearing to examine a bill to "provide the victims of Holocaust-era persecution and their heirs a fair opportunity to recover works of art confiscated or misappropriated by the Nazis".
Dame Helen told the Senate: "When the Jewish people were dispossessed of their art, they lost heritage. Memories were taken along with the art and to have no memories is like having no family. And that is why art restitution is so imperative."
The Nazis seized the possessions of Mrs Altmann's wealthy Jewish family soon after they came to power in Austria in 1938. Portrayed by Dame Helen in 2015, she died in 2011, aged 94, having been awarded £11m in compensation for the theft.
Having reclaimed Gustav Klimt's 1907 portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, known as The Lady in Gold, she sold it to the Neue Galerie in New York for £73m - on the condition it was always on display.
Dame Helen said that 70 years after World War Two, it was "a terribly sad fact that victims of the Holocaust and their families are still contemplating whether to seek restitution for what was stolen from them and lost under the most horrible of circumstances".
She said the lives of "so many people" could be "rejuvenated through the actions and the leadership of the US Congress to ensure that fair and equitable solutions in these cases are assured".
"But a lack of transparency, a lack of access to information concerning the location of stolen art and a lack of a legal assurance that at least they can have their say in court - this discourages them from taking action," she added.
"The very act of Nazi expropriation was not only unjust but it was unconscionably inhumane. We are incapable of changing the past but fortunately we have the ability to make change today."
Dame Helen ended her testimony by thanking the Senate for "your leadership and your efforts to address these issues in these modest reforms contained in the Hear Act".
"By ensuring that at least here, in the United States, access to justice and the courts will be ensured". | Actress Dame Helen Mirren has testified for US politicians about the slow pace of restitution of looted Jewish art. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36480538"} | 572 | 29 | 0.500252 | 1.411472 | 0.120769 | 0.65 | 24.7 | 0.55 |
General Prime Niyongabo was heading to his office in the morning when armed men attacked his motorcade.
Burundi's deputy police chief Gen Godefroid Bizimana told the AFP news agency the army chief was unharmed.
Burundi has suffered serious unrest since April, when President Pierre Nkurunziza said he would seek a third term in elections he later won.
In May he survived a coup attempt.
A senior army general and close aide to the president, Adolphe Nshimirimana, was killed last month in similar circumstances.
Earlier this week the spokesman for a party opposed to President Nkurunziza's third term was shot dead in Bujumbura.
The opposition has blamed such targeted killings on government agents, or "pro-government paramilitary youths". The authorities deny any involvement.
The BBC's Prime Ndikumagenge in Bujumbura says the men who attacked the motorcade on one of the busiest roads in the south of the city were armed with guns and rockets.
A military source told the BBC that three bodyguards and one of the attackers were killed during the attack.
Four of the gunmen had been captured, two of whom were wounded, the source said.
A senior police source told AFP the attackers were wearing military uniforms and travelling in a military vehicle.
"He [the army chief] managed to survive only because the driver managed to overtake a bus transporting police officers to work, and the attackers could not keep up," the police source said.
Analysis: BBC's Prime Ndikumagenge, Bujumbura
Targeted attacks on key army leaders seem to have become the modus operandi of a group yet to disclose its identity.
Unlike amateurish shooting heard at night during June in neighbourhoods opposed to President Pierre Nkurunziza's third term, these attacks carry the mark of the well-trained.
The assassination in August of a senior general - Adolphe Nshimirimana - happened in broad daylight at a busy road junction in the city.
The attempt on the army chief Prime Niyongabo's life happened at rush hour in the heart of the capital.
In both cases, witnesses spoke of attackers in military fatigues and using vehicles in army colours.
Could there be some split within the army? Many may be tempted to think so given the failed coup backed by several generals who opposed the third term in May.
Gen Niyongabo and Gen Nshimirimana were key in quashing that putsch. Are some of the plotters who managed to flee behind these attacks? It is difficult to know unless they come out to say so - and the army is likely to remain reticent about possible divisions in its ranks.
At least 100 people have died in protests, mainly in Bujumbura, since Mr Nkurunziza announced his decision seek another term in office.
The government accuses the opposition, which says the third term is illegal, of causing the violence.
The political tensions there have forced tens of thousands people to flee the country this year. | Burundi's army chief of staff has survived an assassination attempt on a busy road in the capital, Bujumbura. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34219026"} | 701 | 33 | 0.512513 | 1.301062 | 0.106235 | 1.666667 | 26.666667 | 0.904762 |
Teenager Fraser Murray opened the scoring from close range for Neil Lennon's side before Alan Cook's effort for the hosts was cleared off the line.
Simon Murray then met Martin Boyle's cross to increase Hibs' lead before heading home his seventh of the season.
Hibs progressed as Group D leaders with Ross County joining them as runners-up.
The Highlanders could only draw 0-0 at League One side Arbroath but won a penalty shoot-out 5-4 at Gayfield to progress as one of the four best runners-up.
Danny Denholm twice tested County keeper Scott Fox in normal time but the visitors came closest to a breakthrough, Ryan Dow's goalbound shot cleared off the line by Ricky Little while Arbroath keeper David Hutton saved from Tim Chow and Craig Curran.
Arbroath had penalty appeals waved away when Omar Kadar's shot seemed to strike an arm, while County substitute Thomas Mikkelsen had two late efforts kept out by Hutton to send the game to a shoot-out, Chow scoring the winning penalty after two Fox saves.
The pace of Boyle, combined with the quality and exuberance of Fraser Murray, had Alloa on the back foot from the start.
After 15 minutes they made the breakthrough, Boyle supplying the ball for Simon Murray to cross into the danger area where namesake Fraser fired home.
The 18-year-old almost made it two but his chip from 16 yards was tipped away by Neil Parry in the home goal.
Only a goal-line clearance from Darren McGregor denied Alloa an equaliser, but the visitors killed off the hosts with a second goal just after the hour.
Fraser Murray won the ball in midfield and sprayed it wide to Boyle, and the winger's inch-perfect cross was tapped home with ease by Simon Murray at the back post.
The striker kept up his excellent scoring record since arriving from Dundee United this summer when he notched number three, his seventh goal of the new campaign.
Lewis Stevenson curled the ball in from the left flank and Murray ghosted in beyond the Alloa defence to nod the ball home off the inside of the post.
Hibs head coach Neil Lennon was "delighted" with his side's 3-0 victory, praising the performance of 18-year-old Murray.
"He's a great little player, we have high hopes for him," Lennon said. "He is deceptive; he is quite slight but has good feet and not only scored the goal but laid on the second with a great pass.
"I thought Martin Boyle was outstanding again as well. He has taken his game onto another level at the moment. He beats people at pace and still finds the pass - he has really improved his game and I am delighted with him."
Victory saw Hibs top the group but Lennon sounded a cautionary note ahead of the Edinburgh side's return to the Premiership next Saturday.
"I am so pleased with the players so far," he told Radio Scotland. "They have done everything I asked of them and won again in convincing fashion.
"We are going into the season with a lot of optimism but the real test is ahead of us. We are playing a proven Premiership team next week [Partick Thistle] who finished sixth last season, so we are not getting carried away.
"We have still got bits and pieces to do but the core of the squad is good. They have performed well for the club over the last two years and we just want that to continue.
"Last season the pressure of getting promotion was a bit of a millstone around the players' necks, and the Scottish Cup win [in 2016] was another millstone that has been lifted. So psychologically the club is in a very good place." | Simon Murray grabbed another brace of goals to see Hibernian safely past Alloa 3-0 and into the second round of the Scottish League Cup. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40765046"} | 852 | 33 | 0.484711 | 1.225866 | 0.030581 | 1.148148 | 27.444444 | 0.703704 |
Jade Lynch, who lives in St Helens, was last seen on 26 March, Cheshire Police said.
The teenager, who is originally from Warrington, was wearing a black hoodie, black trousers and white Nike trainers when she went missing.
Officers appealed for her to get in touch to let them know she is safe.
Insp Jez Taylor, of Cheshire Police, said: "Extensive inquiries are currently being carried out to trace Jade and I would urge anyone who may have seen her, or anyone matching her description, to get in touch with us on 101 as we are concerned for her welfare.
"I would also like to appeal directly to Jade and ask her to contact us to let us know that you are safe."
Jade is described as white, about 5ft 6ins (1.7m) tall, of medium build, with long straight black hair. | Police searching for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing for nine days say they are becoming "increasingly concerned" for her safety. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35946171"} | 193 | 36 | 0.527113 | 1.068041 | -0.533186 | 0.517241 | 5.965517 | 0.448276 |
Lord Hall said Dame Janet Smith's inquiry had rejected the evidence from the Radio 2 DJ.
The veteran DJ, who has threatened to sue the BBC, said the report included an accusation he was among celebrities who "seduced" a 15-year-old girl.
Mr Blackburn, 73, denies the allegation and says he was cleared of wrongdoing.
In a statement, he accused the BBC of making him a "scapegoat" for its own "cover-up" of abuse.
Dame Janet's report found the BBC had repeatedly failed to stop "monstrous" abuse by DJ Jimmy Savile and broadcaster Stuart Hall because of a "culture of fear".
Lord Hall told a news conference in the wake of the report's publication: "My interpretation is that Tony Blackburn fell short of the standards of evidence that such an inquiry demanded."
He said it was "one of the most important inquiries in the BBC's history and that has put an even greater responsibility on everyone who took part in that inquiry to co-operate fully and to be open".
"So many survivors and witnesses have honestly and openly co-operated fully - and at great personal cost to themselves.
"As Dame Janet has said, she's rejected his evidence and she's explained very clearly why. I have to take that extremely seriously."
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Savile report reaction
In his statement released on his Twitter account, Mr Blackburn said the claim made in 1971 was quickly withdrawn.
The girl at the centre of the allegation took her own life later that year.
Who is Tony Blackburn?
The son of a doctor from Guildford, Tony Blackburn was the first DJ to broadcast on Radio 1 when it launched in September 1967. He spent 17 years at the station and also presented Top of the Pops and was a weekly fixture on Noel's House Party. Prior to all that, he had broadcast on Radio Caroline South and then Radio London.
After Radio 1, he was one of the launch presenters on Capital Gold. He has also hosted Radio 2's Pick Of The Pops as well as regular bank holiday specials for the stations. He has also had shows on BBC London 94.9, BBC Radio Berkshire, the Magic network, BBC3CR and KMFM.
In 2002 he won the ITV reality TV programme I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!
Mr Blackburn said that neither Dame Janet's report into Savile, nor the BBC, made any suggestion he was guilty of misconduct with the girl, nor did a coroner's inquest or a subsequent police inquiry.
He says that, during her review, Dame Janet saw BBC records allegedly showing he was interviewed about the girl's diary by a senior BBC executive, Bill Cotton, and by a senior lawyer.
The DJ says he repeatedly told the review that he was never interviewed by either man.
He said in a statement: "They are destroying my career and reputation because my version of events does not tally with theirs."
"Sadly what is happening to me now seems entirely in keeping with the past BBC culture of whitewash and cover-up."
Speaking to the BBC News Channel, Dame Janet said both Bill Cotton and the senior lawyer said they had had conversations with the DJ.
"[He] told me that no such conversation had taken place and this was not a lapse of memory on his part. They simply had not taken place and I rejected that evidence," she said.
Fellow radio and TV personalities have backed Mr Blackburn on Twitter.
Christine Hamilton, who spent two weeks in the Australian jungle with Mr Blackburn on the first series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, tweeted: "The BBC should be ashamed of themselves for sacking Tony Blackburn. Massive overreaction after lamentable failure over Savile and Hall."
TV's Piers Morgan tweeted: "Fewer nicer guys in showbusiness than @tonyblackburn. BBC treatment of him after 50yrs of brilliant broadcasting is outrageous."
Comedian Danny Wallace tweeted: "I know @tonyblackburn, and as far as I can tell, every bone in his body is decent."
Tony Blackburn responded on Twitter, saying he was "overwhelmed and humbled" by the support from fellow broadcasters and listeners. | DJ Tony Blackburn has "parted company" with the BBC after failing to fully co-operate with the Jimmy Savile inquiry, director general Tony Hall has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35656367"} | 1,001 | 38 | 0.524686 | 1.496172 | 0.420021 | 1.354839 | 28 | 0.83871 |
Gregg and Kathryn Brain and their son, who live in Dingwall, had until earlier this month to stay in the UK.
Immigration minister Robert Goodwill has urged them to leave the country.
Mrs Brain, who moved with her family to Scotland on her student's visa in 2011, has been offered a job that could meet the requirements of a new visa.
She told BBC Radio Scotland the post met all the relevant criteria and said she was "hopeful and confident" it would allow her and her family to stay in Scotland.
Mrs Brain said paperwork for the job was in the process of being finalised, but added that she would not know until next week at the earliest if she had secured the employment.
After moving to Scotland on Mrs Brain's student visa, the family expected to be able to later move on to a Tier 1 post-study work visa, but the scheme was scrapped in 2012. | An Australian family facing deportation from the UK say they hope to know next week if a job offer will allow them to continue living in Scotland. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37116421"} | 195 | 33 | 0.607408 | 1.296564 | -0.019124 | 1.071429 | 6.464286 | 0.571429 |
Molloy, who has won 53 caps, is set to appear in her third World Cup.
The 29-year-old takes over the captaincy from Niamh Briggs, who was ruled out with an Achilles injury.
"I'm incredibly humbled to be given the opportunity to captain my country, it's a massive honour to be selected to lead the team in a World Cup on home soil," said Molloy.
"I'm fortunate that I'll be surrounded by players with great experience, and I'm just really looking forward to pulling on the green jersey and running out with my team-mates."
The former Galway GAA player plays her club rugby with Bristol RFC in the UK, where she also works as a doctor.
She competed at the 2010 World Cup in England and the 2014 World Cup in France, and picked up Six Nations medals in 2013 and 2015.
Molloy has previous experience of leading her country, having captained Ireland during the 2013 Sevens World Cup in Russia.
"Claire is one of the most experienced players in the squad, and having competed at two previous World Cups, she's very much aware of the challenges that lie ahead," said Ireland head coach Tom Tierney.
"She has been one of the most outstanding performers for Ireland over the past number of seasons and has demonstrated her durability and consistency over the course of these campaigns.
"Since we began our World Cup preparations she has shown great leadership qualities and she thoroughly deserves the captaincy."
Ireland will take on Australia, Japan and France in their World Cup pool next month, with only the winners guaranteed a semi-final place.
The three pool winners will be joined by the best second-placed team in the semi-finals at Kingspan Stadium, with the final also taking place at the Ravenhill venue in Belfast.
Ireland women's World Cup squad
Forwards: Ashleigh Baxter (Cooke/Ulster), Anna Caplice (UL Bohemian/Munster), Ciara Cooney (Railway Union/Leinster), Ailis Egan (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Paula Fitzpatrick (St. Mary's College RFC/Leinster), Ciara Griffin (UL Bohemian/Munster), Leah Lyons (Highfield/Munster), Claire Molloy (Bristol/Connacht), Cliodhna Moloney (Railway Union/Leinster), Heather O'Brien (Highfield/Munster), Ciara O'Connor (Galwegians/Connacht), Ruth O'Reilly (Galwegians/Connacht), Lindsay Peat (Railway Union/Leinster), Marie-Louise Reilly (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Sophie Spence (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Backs: Louise Galvin (UL Bohemian/Munster), Eimear Considine (UL Bohemian/Munster), Mairead Coyne (Galwegians/Connacht), Nicole Cronin (UL Bohemian/Munster), Jeamie Deacon (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster), Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster), Claire McLaughlin (Cooke/Ulster), Alison Miller (Old Belvedere/Connacht), Larissa Muldoon (Railway Union), Jenny Murphy (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Sene Naoupu (Harlequins FC), Nora Stapleton (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/Leinster) | Women's Rugby World Cup hosts Ireland have named flanker Claire Molloy as captain for this month's tournament. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40803971"} | 847 | 27 | 0.525293 | 1.325686 | 0.376053 | 1 | 31 | 0.7 |
In the latest war of words, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker accused the government of misleading voters after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the country's creditors were trying to "humiliate" its people with demands for reforms.
But strong language has long been a feature of the bailout negotiations.
Just days after Syriza won the country's election, the new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said Greece was "determined not to be treated as a debt colony that should suffer what it must".
And the imagery of suffering and servitude was also apparent when he called on Germany to help end the "gross indignity" of the Greek debt crisis.
More recently, PM Tsipras denounced the fiscal "strangulation" of his country, while European Council President Donald Tusk delivered an unusually forthright plea for Greece's leaders to stop "gambling".
"The day is coming, I'm afraid, that someone says that the game is over," he said.
The analogy of the crisis as some sort of card game or contest has been used by both sides, even though the Greek government has denied approaching the talks in this manner.
Mr Varoufakis told Italian television back in February that the euro was as "fragile" as a house of cards. "If you take out the Greek card the others will collapse," he said.
Meanwhile, the drama of ancient Greece has also provided an irresistible opportunity for some speakers.
When describing the progress of the talks in June, EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said: "I really like Greek tragedy, but I think now we really have to move on to the happy ending."
But more unusual metaphors have also begun to emerge.
Mr Juncker sparked some amusement last week while describing the grave task facing negotiators as they try to divert Greece away from default and exit from the eurozone.
He said Greece was a cow slipping on ice that must be pushed to firm ground.
Wall Street Journal reporter Gabriele Steinhauser then revealed that a Commission spokesman had decided it necessary to clarify further - that the cow had been skating on thin ice for too long and needed to be moved off.
And surprising as it may seem, this is not the first time an image of a cow has appeared in the discourse around the negotiations.
Mr Varoufakis, whose sound bites have earned him his own feature on BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme, said in February that creditors' demands were like "trying to extract more milk from a sick cow by whipping it".
The finance minister's oratorical skills have certainly helped raise his profile on the world stage, but they have arguably also landed him in rather hot water.
He was replaced as his government's top negotiator in April amid criticism about his style.
It came just days after he quoted Franklin D Roosevelt in a post on Twitter, which was taken by some to show ill feeling between the finance ministers of Europe.
He later said he had directed his post at journalists, and denied reports he had been personally insulted by finance ministers at a meeting in the Latvian capital, Riga.
But it still gave us a brief glimpse of the mood around the talks as the different sides struggled for an agreement.
Observers got more of an insight than they were expecting when Jeroen Dijsselbloem, president of the Eurogroup, told Dutch magazine Vrij Nederlands about the working relationship between negotiators.
His relationship with Mr Juncker was "good", he said. "We are on the phone almost weekly to stay on the same page about Greece," he said.
"Every time we meet he hugs me and gives me sloppy kisses... although he seems to do that with everyone."
The rhetoric in recent weeks has not always been quite so affectionate, with EU officials and German politicians venting their frustration at Greece
One diplomat described Greece's attempts to unlock bailout funds from the EU and IMF as "amateurish".
Greece has retaliated, with PM Tsipras suggesting that the IMF bore "criminal responsibility" for austerity measures that had plunged the Greek economy into recession.
"We've lost the diplomatic tone that you would usually see in negotiations such as these," says Matthew Carey, an international lawyer specialising in dispute resolution.
Mr Carey says Greece has increasingly adopted a "gun at the head" approach.
However, it is difficult for the government to take a hard line on an agreement when Greeks have already said they do not want to leave the eurozone, he adds.
Time is running out for leaders to reach a debt deal. Some will say now is the moment for actions rather than words. | The Greek government and its international lenders have increasingly ramped up their rhetoric as they wrestle over a deal to end the country's debt crisis. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33165174"} | 1,049 | 32 | 0.415892 | 0.986945 | 0.320363 | 1.518519 | 33.62963 | 0.851852 |
The computers normally sell for up to 50,000 pesos (£1,990; $2,500).
But because of an apparent software malfunction, only the shipping costs - 679 pesos - were included in an advert published earlier this month.
When the US company realised the mistake, cancelled the sales and offered refunds, buyers complained.
Some created a Facebook group inviting other buyers to refer the case to Mexico's federal consumer protection agency Profeco.
Profeco agreed to consider the complaint and said on Thursday: "Dell will have to deliver the equipment offered to customers who received an email confirming the sale before the ad was withdrawn."
The agency also urged the company "to improve its customer service mechanisms".
Dell later acknowledged it had made a mistake and said it was "working with the relevant authorities" to rectify it.
It is not clear how many computers were sold before the ad was taken down. | Mexican officials have ordered Dell Computers to honour the sale of laptops that had been mistakenly advertised online for just 679 pesos (£27; $33). | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38025662"} | 199 | 38 | 0.707174 | 1.733091 | -0.054062 | 0.9 | 5.966667 | 0.566667 |
The ad shows a family home in disarray - untidy bedrooms, a smoking oven, a man's shirt aflame on the ironing board - and asks: "Where are the women?"
The answer, of course, is "on France 3". "Most of our hosts are hostesses," reads the ad's closing tagline.
The clip was met with dismay and ridicule after its release on Twitter.
The idea behind the ad - that professional women are neglecting their household duties - "does not seem like a good way to promote professional equality", tweeted France's women's minister, Pascale Boistard.
Ms Boistard mentioned the new head of France 3, Delphine Ernotte, by name. Ms Ernotte, the company's first female chief, apologised for the ad, saying she had not seen it ahead of its release, and ordered it to be pulled.
The campaign was supposed to last three weeks but the ad will now not reach a television screen in France.
Ms Ernotte has a reputation for being tough on sexism. In her previous role as head of the phone company Orange, she levied €10 (£7.30; $11.20) fines for sexist remarks made in executive committee meetings, Le Monde reported.
Ms Boistard went on to thank Ms Ernotte on Twitter for her quick reaction in pulling the ad. | A French TV station has pulled an advert boasting about the number of women among its presenters after the ad was widely criticised as sexist. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34469647"} | 335 | 34 | 0.519914 | 1.316285 | 0.571671 | 0.615385 | 10.076923 | 0.538462 |
There are 50 new nationalist members at Westminster, joining six SNP MPs who were re-elected from the 2010 intake.
The MPs took their oaths in the Scottish style, which involves holding the right hand in the air.
Each was required to read the passage in English, but a number also performed it in Gaelic and Scots.
The first MP to swear in at the second Commons session of oath taking was the Conservatives' Europe minister David Lidington.
The first of the new SNP intake was Ian Blackford, representing Ross, Skye and Lochaber, followed by Angela Crawley, MP for Lanark and Hamilton East.
Livingston MP Hannah Bardell had to retake her oath after the "genuine mistake" of omitting the word "Queen" while reading the passage of allegiance.
The vast majority of the nationalist MPs read the non-religious version: "I do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors, according to law."
Among the new intake:
The traditional Scottish swearing in, or "oath in the Scot's form", was a traditional feature in courts in Scotland, although it is rarely used nowadays.
Non-Scottish MPs asked the female clerk if they needed to raise their hand during the oath. She informed them it was not necessary and only the Scottish MPs were opting for that gesture.
Former BBC journalist John Nicolson - now SNP MP for East Dunbartonshire - was just behind former Tory minister Ken Clarke in the chamber. They shake hands and speak. Here is their exchange....
JN: "I am John Nicolson." [Offers his hand]
KC: "Pleased to meet you, I have met you before. Been here before?"
JN: "No, I have interviewed you before, I am a journalist. I presented BBC breakfast news, saw you a few times."
KC: "Whose side are you on?"
JN: "I am Jo Swinson [former Lib Dem MP], for the new parliament - I am SNP."
KC: "I am going to get that reply from an awful lot of people."
JN: "Yes you are Mr Clarke." | Scotland's new SNP MPs have sworn allegiance to the Queen during the traditional oath taking ceremony at the House of Commons. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32812359"} | 532 | 35 | 0.522056 | 1.395252 | 0.384165 | 1.304348 | 19.521739 | 0.869565 |
The train was travelling between the country's mains cities, Douala and Yaounde, when it came off the tracks.
The train was overcrowded because a bridge on the road connecting the two cities had collapsed after heavy rain.
Witnesses say carriages were added to accommodate extra passengers. An investigation into the cause of the derailment is under way.
President Paul Biya, who is abroad, wrote on his official Facebook page: "I instructed the government to provide full assistance to the survivors." | The number of people killed in a train crash in Cameroon on Friday has risen to 70, with another 600 injured. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37740374"} | 110 | 29 | 0.698177 | 1.413527 | -0.864587 | 0.347826 | 4.173913 | 0.347826 |
Chris Coleman's team has exceeded most supporters' expectations at Euro 2016 and they now face Belgium in Lille on Friday.
But what is the cost for a fan following the team's extended stay in France?
BBC Wales spoke to one man who has spent £4,500 and driven 3,500 miles (5,700km) to do just that.
"I wouldn't miss this for the world," said Kieran Jones, a 51-year-old Cardiff City and Wales fan.
Mr Jones travelled to France on 8 June, before the tournament kicked off, after buying a caravan for the trip for £2,000.
"I bought it to save a little bit on the hotel prices," the IT consultant, of Cardiff, said.
He started his journey by driving to Paris, where he stayed for two nights before heading down to Toulouse, where he was based for Wales' 2-1 group B win against Slovakia in Bordeaux.
Mr Jones then drove back up to northern France for the 2-1 defeat to England in Lens, down again for the 3-0 win against Russia in Toulouse, back up north again for the 1-0 win over Northern Ireland in Paris, and is now staying in Roubaix, near Lille, for the quarter final.
He has spent £450 on campsites, £400 on his match tickets voucher and £375 on road tolls.
"I've got to keep on the main roads because of the caravan, I can't go on the side lanes," he said.
"I like driving but it has been hard work. It's been tiring."
He added: "I've done 5,700km. If Wales win [against Belgium] it'll be a couple more miles to go on there."
Mr Jones has also been helping the Football Supporters' Federation run the fan embassies in France, which involve early starts and long days.
He had feared he would not make the tournament as he needed emergency surgery on a burst blood vessel five weeks before Euro 2016.
"It's been hard," he said. "But I'm on a lot of medication.
"I've had to check with the French authorities to see what medicine I could have over here, to see what medications are allowed here."
But despite the difficulties his illness has posed, Mr Jones said he could not have stayed at home.
"It could be once in a lifetime. It's the first time it's happened in our life time, it could be the last, we don't know," he added.
And while a month away from work in the popular summer months might pose a problem for some Wales fans, Mr Jones said his employer, Sport Wales, had been very "understanding".
For many the idea of an indefinite amount of time away from family could also be tough.
But Mr Jones, a father of two, said he felt he "had to come" because his wife, Marina, who died three years ago, had also been a passionate supporter.
"We were big Welsh fans. We'd been to a lot of away games. She would have been here," he said.
For Friday's game against Belgium at the Stade Pierre Mauroy, about 20,000 Wales fans are expected in Lille alongside more than 100,000 Belgians.
But Mr Jones, who also followed Wales during every qualifier besides Israel, believes Welsh supporters will not be lost in a sea of Belgian shirts.
"We are going to be outnumbered but we'll out sing them," he said. | For many football fans, the idea of Wales making it to the quarter finals of the European Championships was nothing more than a dream. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36683280"} | 762 | 30 | 0.326951 | 0.872538 | -0.620221 | 1.461538 | 27.423077 | 0.769231 |
The comments follow press reports that Her Majesty was concerned about the prospect of Scottish independence.
It also follows a statement from First Minister Alex Salmond, who said the Queen "will be proud" to be the monarch of an independent Scotland.
The Palace insisted the referendum was "a matter for the people of Scotland".
A spokesman said: "The sovereign's constitutional impartiality is an established principle of our democracy and one which the Queen has demonstrated throughout her reign.
"As such the monarch is above politics and those in political office have a duty to ensure that this remains the case.
"Any suggestion that the Queen would wish to influence the outcome of the current referendum campaign is categorically wrong.
"Her Majesty is firmly of the view that this is a matter for the people of Scotland."
The BBC's royal correspondent Peter Hunt said he understands that the comments were made in response to calls for the Queen to speak out in favour of the union and not in response to Mr Salmond's remarks.
SNP leader Mr Salmond said he had an audience with the Queen at Balmoral Castle two weeks ago but would not say what was discussed.
He dismissed press reports that Her Majesty was concerned about the prospect of Scottish independence.
"I want the Queen as head of state, as Queen of Scots of an independent Scotland, as her ancestors were," he said.
Mr Salmond was speaking at a photocall outside St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.
He said: "I think Her Majesty the Queen, who has seen so many events in the course of her long reign, will be proud to be Queen of Scots, and indeed we would be proud to have her as monarch of this land."
The first minister said he thought the statement released by Buckingham Palace regarding the Queen's neutrality was "a perfectly satisfactory and perfectly sensible" response to the press rumours about her concern.
Under the plans for independence outlined in the Scottish government's white paper, the Queen would remain head of state.
It says: "On independence Scotland will be a constitutional monarchy, continuing the Union of the Crowns that dates back to 1603, pre-dating the Union of the Parliaments by over one hundred years. On independence in 2016, Her Majesty The Queen will be head of state."
In this year's Queen's Speech at the state opening of the Westminster Parliament in June, Her Majesty said her government would proceed with plans to enhance the financial powers of the Scottish Parliament and would continue to "make the case for Scotland to remain a part of the United Kingdom".
Though the speech is delivered by the Queen, the content is written by the UK government of the day.
However, there is a precedent for the Queen commenting on a major issue that has constitutional implications.
In 1977, on the occasion of her Silver Jubilee, she informed both Houses of Parliament: "I cannot forget that I was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."
The comments were widely interpreted as a royal rebuff to proposals for devolution to Scotland which foundered in 1979.
An address to the Scottish Parliament in 2002 was seen as a move away from the 1977 position.
Her Majesty warmly praised the relatively new devolved settlement, noting that MSPs were helping, with their work, to "strengthen the bonds that link the nations and regions of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and Europe". | Any suggestion that the Queen would wish to influence the Scottish referendum campaign is "categorically wrong", Buckingham Palace has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29136149"} | 743 | 28 | 0.581432 | 1.370895 | 0.481318 | 5.25 | 28.333333 | 1 |
The 35-year-old England international was sin-binned for the challenge on Sutcliffe a minute into Friday's 25-14 Super League victory over the Rhinos.
Sutcliffe, 22, was taken off with concussion and was unable to return.
Westwood was also fined £300 and will start his suspension by missing Thursday's derby at Widnes.
Back-rower Westwood was charged by the Rugby Football League's match-review panel with a grade D charge, which carried a ban of between three and five games, and entered a guilty plea at a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday.
Leigh forward Gareth Hock, 33, was also handed a one-match ban after admitting using foul and abusive language towards a match official and will miss his side's trip to Salford on Good Friday.
Catalans prop Sam Moa, St Helens centre Mark Percival and Leeds centre Jimmy Keinhorst will be free to play in their sides' respective fixtures against Huddersfield, Wigan and Hull FC after submitting early guilty pleas to grade A offences.
Moa was charged with raising the knee in a tackle, Percival with disputing the referee's decision and Keinhorst with dangerous contact. | Warrington Wolves forward Ben Westwood has been banned for four games after admitting striking Leeds Rhinos half-back Liam Sutcliffe. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39572476"} | 287 | 33 | 0.631803 | 1.372056 | 0.232987 | 0.636364 | 10.136364 | 0.545455 |
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman said jails should be more flexible and proactive in managing such inmates.
Ombudsman Nigel Newcomen said although his office had investigated relatively few deaths and complaints, numbers were on the rise.
In November, the government announced it would re-examine its policy on transgender prisoners.
Mr Newcomen issued a bulletin on the lessons that could be learned from investigations into five deaths and 33 complaints between 2008 and August 2016.
They include Joanne Latham, 38, who was found hanging at HMP Woodhill, Milton Keynes, and Vikki Thompson, 21, who was pronounced dead at Armley, Leeds, both in November 2015.
An investigation has been launched after Jenny Swift, 49, was found dead at HMP Doncaster, an all-male prison, on 30 December.
Nicola Cope died at Foston Hall Prison, Derbyshire, in November 2016, making a total of four deaths in the past 14 months.
The bulletin recommends:
• Where a transgender prisoner is sent should be based on an individual assessment of their needs and the possibility of them being with their acquired gender
• All relevant people involved in a transgender prisoner's care to attend Assessment, Care in Custody, and Teamwork case reviews (for those deemed at risk of suicide or self-harm)
• All allegations of transphobic bullying and harassment to be investigated and steps taken to challenge and prevent it
• Personal officers to have regular and meaningful contact with transgender prisoners
• Policies to be in line with national guidance and no unfair additional restrictions
• Reasonable adjustments to be made for transgender prisoners to help them to live in their gender role
Mr Newcomen said: "Prisons are always difficult environments, never more so than in recent months, but they have a fundamental responsibility to keep prisoners safe and to protect and support those with particular vulnerabilities.
"Transgender prisoners are among the most vulnerable, with evident risks of suicide and self harm, as well as facing bullying and harassment."
Male and female prisoners are kept in jail separately, and transgender people have normally been housed according to their legally recognised status.
In the past few months, the Ministry of Justice has revised its guidance to ensure that the "great majority" of transgender inmates are dealt with according to the gender they identify with.
About 80 transgender people are believed to be in prison in England and Wales. | A spate of transgender prisoner deaths highlights the need for action to be taken, a watchdog has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38562714"} | 519 | 26 | 0.485045 | 1.32919 | -0.301572 | 0.95 | 23.15 | 0.75 |
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