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They called on people to consider whether emergency care was necessary due to pressure on Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan and Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor.
The issue has also led to ambulances being delayed, bosses said.
Other Welsh hospitals have reported increased pressures this month.
A Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board spokesperson said: "We are doing all we can to maintain timely care for our patients but this is becoming increasingly more difficult at the present time."
Morriston Hospital in Swansea said it had seen an "exceptional spike" in the proportion of very sick older people and fewer patients had been sent home.
Aneurin Bevan and Cwm Taf health boards in south Wales both appealed to people only to come to their emergency units if absolutely necessary, citing high demand on services. | Emergency department patients are facing "significant" waits at north Wales' three district hospitals due to demand, health bosses have said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35639064"} | 198 | 29 | 0.711448 | 1.496463 | 0.304352 | 0.84 | 6.08 | 0.68 |
The 19-year-old is set to make just his third start in their final Champions Cup pool game at Clermont Auvergne.
"You get a sense of it in training, but there's nothing like matchday intensity," he told BBC Sport.
"Especially in Europe you see that increase in intensity that as a nine the breakdowns are a lot quicker, there are a lot more bodies in there.
He continued: "You learn during the games and you've got to pick up things during the game."
Maunder's chance comes as Exeter rest their only experienced scrum-half Dave Lewis, with Will Chudley and Niko Matawalu out injured.
"There are going to be these opportunities for the younger boys and it is vital that you taken them and you impresses the coaches with attributes that they like to see," Maunder added.
"Hopefully that can lead to more opportunities in the future." | Exeter's teenage scrum-half Jack Maunder says he is adapting well to the pace of top-flight rugby. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38690366"} | 198 | 29 | 0.643506 | 1.596893 | 0.098698 | 0.863636 | 8.272727 | 0.590909 |
The leader of the left-wing Economic Freedom Fighters MPs said the president has made the country "a joke".
The speech is seen as a watershed moment for Mr Zuma, who is facing a court case over the use of $23m (£15m) of state money to upgrade his home.
The opposition has rejected Mr Zuma's offer to repay some of the money.
Before being ejected from parliament in Cape Town, the EFF MPs chanted "Zupta must fall", referring to the president's alleged links to the influential Gupta family.
How Zuma's home has grown
"Zuma is no longer a president that deserves respect from anyone," EFF leader Julius Malema said.
Earlier, hundreds of opposition supporters took to the streets in Cape Town to protest over a range of issues, including Mr Zuma's handling of the economy.
But supporters of the governing African National Congress (ANC) demonstrated to show their loyalty to Mr Zuma.
At the scene: Karen Allen, BBC News
The EFF staked their claim in parliament, sporting their trademark red overalls and matching hard hats.
This was in contrast to the glamorous ball gowns and national costumes worn by some of the guests on the red carpet.
Singing songs of land ownership and insulting the president with crude songs referring to the Nkandla scandal as they entered parliament, they were the ones everyone here was watching, even if some ANC figures studiously tried to ignore EFF leader Julius Malema and his noisy crowd.
The EFF promised to obey the rules of parliament but challenged Mr Zuma's speech with interruptions.
Police used stun grenades after clashes broke out between rival protesters in the city's central business district.
Riot police also set up barricades to keep protesters away from parliament.
When he was eventually able to speak, Mr Zuma said there was work to be done to turn the economy around and cut wastage.
"We will have to go through a difficult time for a while," he said.
Mr Zuma is under intense pressure to deliver a plan to improve the country's struggling economy, the BBC's Milton Nkosi in South Africa says.
The economy is expected to grow less than 1% this year. Other problems he faces include unemployment at around 25%, poverty and a resurgence of public racial animosity.
To cut costs, Mr Zuma said South Africa would reconsider maintaining two capitals - the administrative capital in Pretoria and the legislative capital in Cape Town.
The president said he was working to attract foreign investment and mentioned the risk of the country being downgraded by ratings agencies.
"If that happens, it will become more expensive for us to borrow money from abroad to finance our programmes," Mr Zuma said.
Another measure includes the creation of a state-owned pharmaceutical company that would compete with local firms in supplying medicines to public hospitals.
Mr Zuma also announced that South Africa would procure nuclear energy "on a pace and scale we can afford" to address chronic electricity shortages.
The president also addressed the resurgent racial tension in the country following the outrage caused by a Facebook post in which a white woman called black beachgoers "monkeys".
"There is a need to confront the demon of racism," Mr Zuma said.
He added that South Africa's Human Rights Day on 21 March will be commemorated as a national day against racism: "It will be used to lay the foundation for a long-term programme of building a non-racial society."
Opposition parties have taken the issue of Mr Zuma's home upgrade to the Constitutional Court, hoping it may open the way for impeachment proceedings against him.
In court papers, Mr Zuma said he was prepared to repay money for non-security features, including the building of a swimming pool and an amphitheatre at his home in rural Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal province.
However, opposition parties have pressed on with the case, asking judges to rule that Mr Zuma had violated the constitution and his oath of office by failing to repay the money when an anti-corruption watchdog first ruled in 2014 that he had "unduly benefited" from the renovations. | Opposition MPs in South Africa have been thrown out of parliament during President Jacob Zuma's state of the nation address for continuous heckling. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35550049"} | 954 | 32 | 0.464574 | 1.145764 | 0.267814 | 1.2 | 32.56 | 0.72 |
Senator Ian Gorst had said at a public debate in September that he hoped five or six families would be accommodated.
Mr Gorst told the States of Jersey that he had been advised that those plans could lead to further UK-based refugees coming to Jersey under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Jersey has instead committed to providing more overseas aid.
The States heard that because Jersey did not have its own asylum process, Syrian refugees would need to come to the island through the UK's Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme.
However, Mr Gorst said that in signing up to the scheme, Jersey would have to offer the same provisions of housing and benefits to all refugees in the UK, or face challenges of discrimination under the European Convention on Human Rights.
He said: Our island would simply not have the capacity to manage the impact on housing stock, on public services, or on the work market."
Head of Jersey Calais Refugee Aid Group, Bram Wanrooij, said it was "a shame" that Jersey would not be taking in any families.
He said: "I think maybe it's an incentive for Jersey to start looking at its refugee policy for the future, because the refugee crisis is here to stay."
Jersey's Overseas Aid Commission has donated £1m since 2013 to charities working near the Syrian borders, including British Red Cross, UNICEF and Oxfam.
The amount of funding for 2016 has not yet been confirmed. | Jersey's chief minister has confirmed the island will not take in any Syrian refugees, citing potential legal risks. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34977213"} | 317 | 24 | 0.628535 | 1.409802 | 0.372377 | 1 | 13.52381 | 0.619048 |
Tony and Julie Wadsworth are also accused of indecently assaulting under-age boys between 1992 and 1996.
Mrs Wadsworth, now 60, encouraged boys to engage in sex acts with her while her husband, 69, "acted as lookout", Warwick Crown Court heard.
The couple, of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, deny indecent assault and outraging public decency.
Opening the case against the pair, Miranda Moore QC said the couple had sex in the open "knowing and taking delight in the fact that young lads were watching".
Some of the couple's alleged victims claim Mrs Wadsworth was variously dressed in a "flasher's mac" trench coat, white high-heels, stockings, suspenders, and a split-skirt at the time of the offences near Atherstone in Warwickshire.
Miss Moore said: "Not only did they have sex in the open but they did it in the open, knowing and taking delight in the fact that young lads were watching, and they encouraged the young lads to view the sexual encounters.
"The boys at the time were all too young by law to be participants in any sort of sexual activity.
"Julie would encourage one of the boys at a time to engage in sexual activity. Julie was doing the activity but Tony was there.
"He was there to watch in line of sight usually ... to act as a lookout or 'minder' for Julie."
The alleged activity involved seven boys aged about 14 and one aged 11, the court heard.
Miss Moore alleged two "tranches" of victims emerged after a complainant went on a child protection course and realised what had taken place in the 1990s "was not right and not appropriate".
One alleged victim came forward after hearing a news report about two presenters being charged with offences dating back to the 1990s.
The man then researched details of the couple and recognised Mrs Wadsworth as "being the woman who had had a sexual encounter with him" when he was aged 14, the court heard.
Another alleged victim alleged he had sex with Mrs Wadsworth on up to 15 occasions.
The court heard that both defendants denied any wrongdoing in police interviews.
During her police interviews, Mrs Wadsworth said she had "got a bit frisky" on the odd occasion and engaged in outdoor "hanky panky" with her husband to spice up their sex life.
The trial was told that her husband told officers he had not had sex with his wife in view of boys and had never acted as a lookout.
The couple have both worked for BBC WM and BBC Radio Leicester.
Mr Wadsworth denies 10 charges of indecent assault while Mrs Wadsworth denies 12 charges of indecent assault.
They both deny five counts of outraging public decency.
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Shirley will take over from Len Goodman as Head Judge and will have the deciding vote in the dance-off.
Len announced last year that he was stepping down at the end of the 14th series.
Shirley Ballas said, "I am so excited and over the moon to have been given this wonderful opportunity. Strictly is so loved by the British public, I have always been a massive fan. I just can't wait!"
Shirley Ballas is a British-born Ballroom and Latin dancer and international coach.
The 56-year-old grew up in Wallasey, England.
Nicknamed the 'Queen of Latin', Shirley is one of the most successful professional dancers in the world.
She is three-time 'British Open to the World' Latin American Champion, 10-time United States Latin American Champion, and multiple-times British National Champion.
By the age of 21, Shirley had won nearly every major title she competed in worldwide.
She retired from competitive dancing in 1996 but went on to become a top coach to other dancers, and a judge for Ballroom and Latin American competitions all around the world.
Her family are pretty good at dancing too. Shirley's son, Mark Ballas, is a professional dancer and has won the American version of Strictly twice. | Shirley Ballas has been confirmed as the new judge on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39857346"} | 296 | 25 | 0.632976 | 1.518272 | -0.481432 | 0.882353 | 15.117647 | 0.764706 |
But none of them arguably resonate with the public in quite the same way as a successful consumer boycott.
The template for modern campaigners was set by anti-apartheid activists working to bring down white minority rule in South Africa.
They persuaded the world not to play sport against South African teams - something the South Africans particularly hated - but more importantly they made it a kind of litmus test of decency to refuse to buy fruit or wine from the Cape.
The precise economic effects may have been debatable but the political impact was significant - it sent a signal to the apartheid regime that it was not part of the global family of decent, developed nations.
There seems no doubt that the resulting sense of economic isolation increased the pressure on South Africa to change.
In recent years supporters of the Palestinian cause around the world have been trying to bring similar pressure to bear on Israel - and Israel, deeply incensed by any hint of comparison with the apartheid regime, has been searching for the right sort of diplomatic tools to push back.
Michael Deas, campaigns director of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) National Committee in London, clearly believes that the tide is running their way.
He argues: "There's a growing fear inside Israel that it's facing international isolation of the kind South Africa faced... it's really interesting that after just 10 years the pressure that we are creating is forcing many ordinary Israelis to question whether Israeli... colonialism is sustainable in the long-term in its current form."
Israelis regard the word "colonialism" as provocative in this context because it brackets the Zionist settlement of the Holy Land with the European takeovers of territory in Africa, Asia and elsewhere in previous centuries.
Israelis say they are reclaiming an ancient right to the land and shouldn't therefore be seen as a chapter in the history of colonialism.
Measuring the effects of a boycott is not easy - if consumers decide not to buy Israeli products, for example, it's difficult to be sure if they're making a political choice or are simply put off by the price or attracted by an alternative.
But the BDS movement feels it can point to clear successes.
It believes it has forced the French infrastructure company, Veolia, to disinvest from the Israeli market through a kind of grassroots campaign asking for example local taxpayers in Europe to persuade their councils not to invest in the firm because it operated in Israeli settlements built on land captured in the war of 1967.
In most interpretations of international law of course - although not Israel's - those settlements are illegal and are wanted for the construction of a Palestinian state.
Veolia's official press release at the time couched the decision to sell its businesses in Israel as part of a debt reduction strategy but BDS activists are in no doubt it was a win for them.
One business which won't be selling up or relocating under overseas political pressure is Yaakov Berg's winery at Psagot in the hills of the West Bank - or Judea and Samaria as Yaakov prefers to call it, using the area's biblical names to emphasise its ancient links with the Jews.
Yaakov is dismissive of the modern BDS movement and sees it simply as a continuation of a traditional hostility to Israel and to the Jews of the world in a contemporary form.
He told me: "I don't really believe that all those BDS movements care for human lives or human rights. It's like they are a tool for our enemies who used to fight with Israel on the battlefield.
"Now everyone understands on the battlefield they are going to lose. They tried it once, twice, five times, so now they say, 'You know what? Let's fight them in the economy field [instead].'"
He considers himself a good employer of his Palestinian staff and argues that without him they wouldn't have jobs - an argument that BDS activists dismiss as patronising and disingenuous.
But Yaakov, like many people in Israel, is convinced that the BDS movement is about hurting Israelis, not helping Palestinians.
He throws it out as a challenge: "You want to help the Palestinians? Come on, go and help them. Let's say the Palestinians start producing wine - buy their products."
The precise terms of the boycott are important.
Some groups want to target Israeli companies that are based in the West Bank - or those that export fruit and vegetables grown there.
Others, including Michael Deas, believe that doesn't go far enough - and offers this reasoning: "The Palestinian call is for boycotting of all Israeli products."
"We know some people... are only comfortable with boycotting products that come from settlements. That's a position we can understand and can sympathise with," he told the BBC.
"The problem is that Israeli companies... routinely lie about where their products are coming from, so the only safe way for people to avoid buying products from the settlements is not to buy Israeli products altogether."
That's the kind of reasoning which infuriates Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely, who sees calls for a boycott of Israel as anti-Semitic and argues that well-meaning people around the world are being misled by the BDS leaders.
"They don't care about settlements and they don't care about borders," she told me, "All they care about is that Israel shouldn't exist as a Jewish state."
The Israeli government and some of its foreign supporters are considering ways of pushing back against the BDS movement but it is the kind of grassroots campaign which is difficult for a government to oppose.
And many Israelis feel its unfair that their country is singled out for this kind of campaigning attention while protesters tend to have much less to say about human rights issues in nearby states like Iran, Syria or Saudi Arabia. It's a point neatly made in an online video by the singer Ari Lesser.
But the fact is that Israel is the focus of a determined and persistent campaign and has to find a way to try to get popular sentiment back onto its side - a tough task in those European countries where the Palestinian cause is popular.
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The veteran left-winger has won the backing of more local constituency parties in Wales and the UK than the other three candidates.
Visiting north Wales on Monday, he said he would be happy to work with Plaid Cymru MPs to deliver a radical agenda.
Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall are also in the race.
Visiting Conservative-held Aberconwy and then Connah's Quay in Labour's Alyn and Deeside seat, Mr Corbyn said there was a need "to work with all the opposition parties in order to win votes" in the House of Commons.
"I'm not proposing any coalitions with anybody," he said.
"What I am proposing is we put forward our agenda.
"My agenda is maybe slightly more radical than other people would want to put forward.
"If that brings people with us and they vote with us and we work together on it so be it, that's good".
Earlier, Mr Corbyn called for a debate on public ownership of firms, saying some industries were "natural monopolies".
But the idea was criticised by former Labour minister and Pontypridd MP Kim Howells, who said it would "cost a fortune" and would not improve services.
Senior Labour figures including former Prime Minister Tony Blair have claimed that a Labour party led by Mr Corbyn would be seen as too extreme by voters at a general election.
There have also been claims that Labour has been infiltrated by hard left activists and by Conservatives aiming to ensure the party elects a left-wing leader.
Brendan Toomey, the Labour leader of Merthyr Tydfil council, claimed new members who had joined the party locally to take part in the leadership election included a Communist sympathiser and a supporter of UKIP.
First Minister Carwyn Jones has not publicly backed any candidate, but has said Mr Corbyn would be a "surprise choice".
However, he has also warned that sniping between the rival camps in the increasingly bitter battle is a "gift" to Labour's opponents.
The winner, to be chosen by a vote of Labour party members, will be named on 12 September.
Cardiff North AM Julie Morgan said she backed Ms Cooper for the leadership, but said: "I know Jeremy well and I think very highly of him and I agree with a lot of his policies.
"I think he has brought an awful lot to the debate."
The leadership campaign trail will take Mr Corbyn to Tredegar in Blaenau Gwent and Cardiff on Tuesday. | Jeremy Corbyn has brought his Labour leadership campaign to Wales as a fierce battle for the support of party members continues. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33819019"} | 569 | 27 | 0.452588 | 1.098769 | 0.523346 | 1.227273 | 22.272727 | 0.863636 |
The keen conservationists, on a seven-day tour of India and Bhutan, also went on a safari at Kaziranga National Park.
They came within 50 yards of a rare one-horned rhino during the visit.
The royal couple also visited a community in the park, joking to a village elder that Prince George was "too naughty" to have brought to India.
They told him that the two-year old prince would have been running around if he had accompanied them on the trip, their first official visit to the country.
Catherine remarked that seeing local children in the village, especially young girl dancers, made her miss Princess Charlotte, who turns one next month.
In pictures: Duke and duchess in India
The pair toured Kaziranga National Park in the state of Assam in an open-topped 4x4, also catching sight of elephants, monkeys and a monitor lizard.
The duke remarked it was "amazing" to be so close to the rare rhino while at the park, which is home to two-thirds of the world's population of the animal.
Kaziranga, a world heritage site, is estimated to be home to 2,400 one-horned rhinos out of a global population of 3,300. The animal is currently listed as "vulnerable" by conservation groups.
The national park is also home to elephants, water buffalo, the endangered swamp deer and tigers
Tremors from an earthquake in Myanmar, also known as Burma, were felt in Assam and other eastern Indian states on Wednesday.
But Kitty Tawakley, a spokeswoman for the British High Commission in New Delhi, said Prince William and Catherine were safe, the Associated Press reported.
Peter Hunt, BBC royal correspondent
When Prince Philip was in India with the Queen in 1961 he shot a tiger.
He and his wife posed for a picture in front of the spoils of his hunting.
Prince William is a different generation royal with a different agenda - to save not shoot Asia's one-horned rhinoceros.
The two-tonne creatures - one of the oldest living mammals on the planet - are falling prey to poachers pursuing them for their horns.
The prince and his wife have witnessed the work being done at Kaziranga National Park to protect them.
They've also been told about the pressures that arise from people living close to wild animals.
William, the campaigning conservation prince, hopes he can exploit the intense interest that is focused on his young family and draw the world's attention to the threat of extinction hanging over India's rhinoceros unicornis.
Read more from Peter Hunt
Conservationist Rita Banerji, who met them at the park, said: "They had a lot of questions about the wildlife situation in the country.
"This visit by the royal couple will definitely help in grabbing attention of a global audience to the threats that endangered species face."
William and Catherine visited a village on the edge of the park after the safari to find out how villagers live side-by-side with the wild animals.
At the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) at Panbari reserve forest, they fed milk formula to a group of baby animals.
Vivek Menon, chief executive officer of the Wildlife Trust of India, which established the CWRC with a number of other bodies, said: "They were absolutely thrilled and loved being with the animals.
"The duchess loved the baby rhino particularly. The duke said if he could he would have spent the whole day there."
After touring the centre, they visited the Kaziranga Discovery Park built by the Elephant Family, the charity founded by Mark Shand, the late brother of the Duchess of Cornwall.
They saw the first-of-its-kind health clinic for working elephants and an elephant information centre which is under construction.
William and Catherine also had the chance to show off their artistic sides by painting an Elephant Parade statue.
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Pte Conor McPherson, 24, from Paisley, Renfrewshire, was shot during night live-firing training in Otterburn, Northumberland.
Berwick Conservative MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan said she was "deeply concerned" by the number of injuries.
Defence Minister Mark Lancaster said "reporting of injuries is improving".
More exercises were also taking place at the site, he said.
The 2015-16 figure is more than double each of the previous two year's totals, 54 and 58 respectively.
There were 18 injuries recorded in 2011-12.
Mr Lancaster admitted the latest figures "may not include all injuries, as some minor injuries may have been treated immediately and not reported".
Ms Trevelyan, who has Otterburn in her constituency, uncovered the figures via a written question to the department.
"Following the tragic death of a soldier during a live firing exercise last month, I was concerned to find out whether we are doing everything possible to ensure the safety of our armed forces when they are training on the Otterburn Ranges," she said.
Pte McPherson, from The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, died from a "serious head wound".
Otterburn Training Area is the second largest live firing range in the country and has been used for military training since 1911.
In April the Unite union warned that firing ranges had become "death traps" since the role of lookout wardens, who prevent people walking into the line of fire, had been withdrawn.
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Andy Hayhurst, 52, of Worsley, Greater Manchester spent the money on lavish restaurants and luxury holidays, Manchester Crown Court was told.
The ex-Lancashire, Somerset and Derbyshire all-rounder admitted the fraud while working as a £50,000-a-year Lancashire Cricket Board director.
Sentencing him, Judge John Potter said it was a "spectacular fall from grace".
The cricketer embarked on "a career of serial dishonesty... inspired by greed" when he plundered money from the LCB and the Lancashire Youth Cricket Charitable Trust earmarked for developing youth cricket, said the judge.
"Your acts had the potential to provide young people with the opportunity to play and enjoy cricket. Opportunities from which you benefitted throughout your life and sporting career."
While playing part-time for Worsley Cricket Club, where he had started as a youngster, Hayhurst used headed paper to submit fake invoices to the LCB asking for money for coaching.
He then took the board's cheques - for up to £10,000 a time - to the club's treasurer saying the money was intended for them and the rest was due to be paid to other local clubs.
When a blank cheque was handed back to him from Worsley Cricket Club, he banked the cash for himself, Manchester Minshull St Crown Court heard.
In 20 incidents between August 2006 and July 2013, Hayhurst pocketed £107,548 which he used to pay for lavish meals in restaurants and family holidays, Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester heard.
Hayhurst pleaded guilty to fraud, theft, obtaining property by deception, false accounting and concealing criminal property.
Worsley Cricket Club received just £7,062 to fund coaching and the building of better training facilities during the seven-year period.
Summarising a statement from the club, prosecutor Charlotte Crangle said Hayhurst was "held in high regard by all members" and even seen as a "hero" by some.
Ms Crangle said: "There is a feeling the club will be tainted by his actions, it will struggle to receive grants in the future."
LCB chairman Bob Hinchcliffe said in a statement read to the court the board has "a strong feeling his actions have damaged our reputation and that of the England and Wales Cricket Board".
Hayhurst initially maintained all of the accounts were in order but he repaid £22,713 in December 2013 before the police investigation started.
He will appear before a Proceeds of Crime hearing a date to be confirmed to determine how the rest of the money will be repaid.
Hayhurst played for the Red Rose county between 1983 and 1989. He went on to become captain of Somerset before ending his cricketing career with a brief spell at Derbyshire.
He was employed by LCB from 2002 until the board terminated his contract in October 2013. He was also secretary of the Lancashire County Youth Cricket Charitable Trust.
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The Committee for the Defence of Democracy, which organised the protest, says President Andrzej Duda is breaking the law in his appointment of judges.
Mr Duda is an ally of the Law and Justice party, which won elections in October.
MPs have accused the party of carrying out a "creeping coup d'etat".
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The protests are centred on a dispute about the powers of Poland's Constitutional Court, which can block legislation. The government says the court is biased because it is run mainly by judges appointed by the previous government.
The government ignored two of the court's rulings in December.
Around 50,000 people marched through the streets of Warsaw, with some chanting "Duda must go", according to AP.
Others carried banners calling on Jaroslaw Kaczynski - leader of the Law and Justice party - to leave Poland alone.
"Together we will stand as a non-partisan front to protect democracy and show our discontent regarding what is being done to institutions in a democratic state," the founder of the KOD movement, Mateusz Kijowski, told Radio Poland.
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Up to 300 soldiers will be mobilised in Brussels, Antwerp and elsewhere.
Belgium's interior minister told the BBC that his country had to make use of all the forces at its disposal.
Europe is on high alert after Islamist gunmen killed 17 people in Paris. More than 20 people have been arrested in Belgium, France and Germany.
Uniformed soldiers could be seen outside Jewish schools and government buildings in Belgium on Saturday.
Defence ministry officials said 150 police were already in place, a number that they expected to double over the course of the coming week.
The security threat level would remain raised at three - the second highest level - for at least week, they said.
Belgium launched a series of raids on Thursday evening on a group of suspected jihadists. Verviers was the site of one of the raids, where a shootout left two suspects dead.
Guns, munitions and explosives, as well as police uniforms and a large amount of money, were all seized by police during the operation. Prosecutors said the group had planned to kill police officers.
Thirteen people were arrested in total, and five people were charged on Friday with "participating in the activities of a terrorist group", prosecutors said.
"It was a possible terrorist attack, but we don't know if there were more, if this is really a network of terrorist cells in Belgium and if they're going to attack now, in the next days. Now we have to use all the forces that we have to protect us," Belgian Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Jan Jambon told the BBC World Service.
"We've been investigating the data that we found in the houses that we searched, and we're investigating the suspects... and we're looking for other possible targets."
The Belgian government has also announced new measures to deal with terrorist suspects.
They include making travelling abroad for terrorist activities a crime and expanding the cases where Belgian citizenship can be revoked for dual nationals who are thought to pose a terror risk.
There are particular concerns about the return of young Europeans who have gone to fight in Iraq and Syria.
Belgium officials say up to 350 of their citizens have gone to fight in Syria and Iraq, the highest number per capita in Europe. About 100 have returned, and are being monitored by the intelligence services, Mr Jambon said.
No link has been established between the terrorist plot in Belgium and last week's attacks in Paris on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, police and a kosher supermarket.
Twelve suspects are being held by police in the Paris region over last week's attacks, and France remains on its highest terrorism alert level.
Touring a market in Tulle, French President Francois Hollande said the nation had "come through the ordeal with a great deal of dignity and efficiency".
"We are of course aware that there are still threats," he said, "but life has to go on and we even need to emerge stronger".
"That's the best response we can give."
Almost 15,000 troops and police have been mobilised to provide additional security across France.
Meanwhile, one of the brothers who carried out the attack on Charlie Hebdo, Said Kouachi, has been buried in the city of Reims against the objections of city officials.
Other countries in Europe are also on high alert for potential terror threats.
Police in Germany have also arrested two men following raids on 11 properties on Friday, involving some 250 officers.
UK police have been warned to be on their guard for a terror attack against them.
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Nearly a third of the UK's biggest companies largely rely on personal networks to identify new board members, the study by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) found.
Most roles are not advertised, it said.
"Our top boards still remain blatantly male and white," said EHRC commissioner Laura Carstensen.
The study, which looked at appointment practices in the UK's largest 350 listed firms, which make up the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250, found more than 60% had not met a voluntary target of 25% female board members.
In fact in 2012-13 and 2013-14, the period of the study, fewer than half of companies increased their female board representation.
The EHRC said the problem was particularly acute for executive roles, where nearly three quarters of FTSE 100 companies and 90% of FTSE 250 companies had no female executives at all on their boards during the time covered by the study.
The research comes just months after a report found there were no longer any all male boards in the UK's FTSE 100 companies.
But the EHRC said the "headline progress" of Britain's biggest companies was "masking the reality".
"The good work of a forward thinking minority masks that many top businesses are still only paying lip service to improving the representation of women on boards.
"The recruitment process to the boards of Britain's top companies remains shadowy and opaque and is acting as a barrier to unleashing female talent," added Ms Carstensen.
The EHRC said too few companies were setting targets or encouraging applications from women with job descriptions and were relying on vague terms such as "chemistry" and "fit" rather than clearly defined skills and experience.
On Tuesday a government-commissioned review, led by Virgin Money's chief executive, Jayne-Anne Gadhia recommended that financial services companies link parts of executive remuneration packages to gender balance targets.
It also suggested that companies set internal targets for gender diversity in their senior ranks and publish progress reports. | "Old boys' networks" are stopping women from getting into the boardroom in the UK's top companies, according to the equalities watchdog. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35877074"} | 439 | 34 | 0.51975 | 1.294256 | -0.042108 | 1.222222 | 14.555556 | 0.62963 |
One had been injured in Amatrice, the town which saw the heaviest loss of life, and the other in Arquata del Tronto, which was also badly damaged.
The magnitude-6.2 quake struck at 03:36 (01:36 GMT) on 24 August, 100km (65 miles) north-east of Rome.
Nearly 4,000 people made homeless are still in temporary accommodation.
The authorities hope to find proper shelter for those living in camps before the onset of bad weather, an official told BBC News on Friday.
Towns and villages were damaged in the regions of Lazio, Le Marche, Umbria and Abruzzo, with the epicentre about 4km north-east of Norcia.
At least 230 of the victims were killed in Amatrice and 50 in the Arquata del Tronto area, while others died in Accumoli. | The number of dead from last month's earthquake in central Italy has risen to 297 after two more people died, the Italian civil defence service reports. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37390893"} | 192 | 33 | 0.604961 | 1.208967 | -0.336698 | 0.37931 | 5.344828 | 0.310345 |
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Two British Somali MPs were among those killed in the 12-hour attack, which was declared over on Thursday morning.
Seventy British troops will soon be based at the heavily fortified airport working alongside the UN and Amisom forces and supporting the Somali security services.
The BBC's Alastair Leithead reports. | Hours before UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond arrived on a visit to Somalia the militant al-Shabab fighters attacked a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 15 people. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36444624"} | 80 | 47 | 0.558729 | 1.147007 | -0.351567 | 0.323529 | 1.970588 | 0.264706 |
The 34-year-old played in 59 Test matches, scoring 3,731 runs at an average of 35.19 and taking 75 wickets at 33.68.
Having made his debut in 2005, he has played in five Ashes series, including this summer's 3-2 defeat by England.
"I just know it's the right time to move on," said Watson.
"I don't have that real fight in me, especially for Test cricket, knowing the lengths physically that I'd have to go through, mentally and technically as well, to be at my best in Test cricket.
"I've been through a lot of different waves of emotion about what is right for myself, my family and most importantly the team as well.
"Over the last couple of days there was a lot of clarity of what the right decision was. I've given everything I possibly can to get the best out of myself.
"I'm hopefully not moving on forever, still able to play some one-day and Twenty20 cricket for Australia as well."
His injury came in Saturday's 64-run win at Lord's, which gave Australia a 2-0 lead after two matches of the five-game one-day series.
A two-time Ashes winner, Watson was dropped after one Test of this summer's series following a run of poor form that had seen him reach a half-century only 11 times in 62 innings since the start of 2011.
Before that, Watson had scored 1,373 runs in 14 matches at an average of 52.81, culminating in him being named Test player of the year.
A powerful batsman who has operated in several positions in the batting order, Watson scored four Test centuries - including a top score of 176, which came against England at The Oval in 2013.
Watson also courted controversy when he left the tour of India in 2013 after being one of four players dropped for the third Test for failing to deliver feedback on how the team could improve, as requested by then coach Mickey Arthur. | Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has retired from Test cricket after a calf injury cut short his involvement in the tour of England. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34167622"} | 435 | 31 | 0.412135 | 1.012292 | 0.427699 | 0.96 | 16.12 | 0.64 |
Peter McDermott, 42, killed 65-year-old Bernard McDermott in a drunken attack at his father's home in Greenock, Inverclyde, on 23 April last year.
He claimed to have been unaware what he was doing but a jury rejected this and convicted him of murder.
At the High Court in Stirling, a judge told McDermott to serve a minimum of 20 years before he can apply for parole.
Lord Uist told father-of-two McDermott: "When you were extremely drunk you argued with your father and went to the kitchen and obtained a knife, despite the attempt by a friend to stop you, and then proceeded to stab your father 26 times as he sat in his chair.
"This was indeed a brutal and callous murder."
The court heard that McDermott had drunk a bottle of fortified wine before going to his father's flat where he consumed vodka.
As a friend looked on, then unsuccessfully tried to disarm him, he collected a nine-inch steak knife from his father's kitchen and began striking him with it.
The friend ran from the flat and rang 999, while McDermott, staggered from the scene of the crime.
While an ambulance crew tried to save his father's life, McDermott walked about Greenock, hid the knife in a nearby park and went to two local pubs.
He was later arrested as he was about to wash the blood from his hands in a public toilet.
The court heard that he asked the arresting officer: "Is he dead yet? He had it coming. He deserved it."
During the eight-day trial, McDermott admitted delivering the fatal blows, but his defence claimed he was suffering from a "dissociative episode", while re-living childhood trauma, and did not realise what he was doing.
McDermott claimed his father was abusive and had beaten and threatened his late mother.
He claimed that on the morning of the incident, his father had chanted the words "Burn, Baby Burn" - a song which evoked memories of his unhappy childhood.
He said he mentally "cut off" on hearing the song, and had no recollection of launching the frenzied attack.
McDermott wept repeatedly while giving and listening to the evidence, and claimed he was "shattered and heartbroken" to have killed a man he insisted he loved.
Jurors, however, did not believe his story and convicted him of murder.
Two women jurors wept when the court was told that McDermott had a lengthy criminal record dating back to 2006.
He had three convictions for possessing offensive weapons, two convictions for possession of a knife, and had been released early from a prison sentence, for possessing a knife, the day before he killed his father. | A man who stabbed his father more than 20 times in the head, neck and body has been jailed for life for his murder. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33166172"} | 674 | 31 | 0.367699 | 0.952242 | -0.511617 | 0.884615 | 20.807692 | 0.653846 |
Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas was punished for unsportsmanlike conduct after the two incidents in a Wimbledon doubles game.
Partner Marcel Granollers was fined £5,800 for his part in the protest.
The pair lost Monday's third-round match 6-3 4-6 6-4 3-6 14-12 to Britain's Jonny Marray and Adil Shamasdin of Canada.
Cuevas was refused permission for a toilet break by umpire Aurelie Tourte, so threatened to relieve himself in a ball can on court - leading to his first code violation.
His second came when he hit the ball out of the court in frustration after double-faulting, which prompted his sit-down protest with Spaniard Granollers.
A supervisor had to be called to get the match started again and play was delayed for 10 minutes.
Cuevas was fined £3,100 and £3,850 for the separate incidents.
You can now add tennis alerts in the BBC Sport app - simply head to the menu and My Alerts section | A player who threatened to urinate in a ball can on court, then staged a sit-in protest during a match, has been fined almost £7,000. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36732732"} | 230 | 39 | 0.521465 | 1.182283 | -0.327026 | 1.774194 | 6.16129 | 0.677419 |
Sanchez, 28, had a row with team-mates after leaving training mid-session prior to Saturday's loss at Liverpool.
The Chilean was left out of the starting line-up at Anfield but came on in the second half as Arsenal lost 3-1.
"It's not looking good for Arsenal and him. I believe his agent is probably on the phone to people now," said Wright.
In the incident which occurred in training before the visit to the Reds, Sanchez left training mid-session and was confronted by team-mates on their return to the changing room, with one of them having to be held back as tempers flared.
"These things happen. It's when you're united as a team that it doesn't come out," added Wright, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's 606 programme.
Sanchez has been directly involved in 26 goals in his 26 league games this season, scoring 17 and assisting nine.
He set up Danny Welbeck after coming on at Liverpool as Arsenal made it 2-1, but the Gunners could not prevent a defeat which saw them drop out of the top four places, which provide Champions League qualification.
"It's a shame simply because he is Arsenal's best player. He is a player that Arsenal need desperately to be there," said Wright.
"I'm not sure if money is going to keep him there at the moment because if he's storming out of training and not playing in games... it doesn't seem to be a problem for him when he does come on because he still performs to the best of his ability.
"If I was him, I'd probably want to leave as well because what's happening with Arsenal right now is not what he came to Arsenal for, especially not being in the top four.
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Writing in the Sunday Times, the prime minister said we were "all in this together" when it came to paying off the national debt.
His pledge will save about £800,000 a year and £4m by 2020.
The decision means ministerial pay will not have risen for a decade by the end of parliament. Cabinet ministers currently receive a salary of £134,565.
This includes their pay as MPs. The prime minister is paid a total of £142,500.
Mr Cameron said his decision to freeze ministerial pay for the duration of the parliament was part of his "One Nation" approach to tackling the deficit, and becoming a country where "all hard-working people can get on".
He writes: "We can't pretend there's not still a long way to go. We've halved the deficit as a share of the economy - but there's still half of it left to pay off.
"So we will continue to take the difficult decisions necessary to bring spending down and secure our economy. As we go about doing that, I want people to be in no doubt: I said five years ago we were all in this together, and five years on, nothing has changed.
"That's why, for example, I've decided to freeze the pay of the ministers in the government. For me, that's just one step which sends out a clear signal: that as we continue knuckling down as a country, we will all play our part."
Meanwhile, the UK's 650 MPs - who are currently paid £67,060 - are in line for a 9% pay rise later this year after the independent watchdog - known as the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) - said pay should rise to £74,000 after the election.
Changes brought in after the 2009 expenses scandal mean MPs are no longer in charge of setting their own pay rates, instead this issue now falls within the purview of IPSA.
But the government has made it clear that the scale of the IPSA's suggested increase is "not right" and should be reconsidered, given that public sector pay rises have been capped at 1%.
Is this a surprise? No. Will it save much money? No.
Is it symbolically important to the point that it would have been more newsworthy if they'd not done this? Absolutely.
The prime minister acknowledges that there are "difficult decisions" to come, so this is important symbolically to try to prove, as he puts it, that "we are all in this together."
What is likely to prove much more tricky is the expected big rise coming soon in the basic pay all MPs receive.
After the expenses scandal, parliament decided MPs' pay should be set by an independent body.
But always beware the law of unintended consequences: that body could now recommend, against the vociferous protests of the party leaders, a big hike in their pay packets.
MPs are also not paid extra for their committee work, although committee chairs get a £14,000 supplement, taking their pay to £81,642.
Ahead of Wednesday's Queen's Speech setting out his priorities for the first year of his new term, Mr Cameron used his newspaper column to insist that his new administration would be "about so much more than balancing the books".
"As we return to office, after five years of a long-term economic plan and sacrifices by the British people, we're on the brink of something different - something special," he writes.
"We can become a country where all hard-working people can get on; not a two-speed society where some can afford childcare and homes of their own and others cannot.
"We can become a country where all children get the education they deserve and no-one settles for a life on benefits; so no-one's background is a barrier to their success.
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Ticket fraud expert Reg Walker claimed that some sellers were paid in advance, and given powerful software to manage their inventories.
He said sites were dependent on "bad actors" who used computers to harvest "and resell high volumes of tickets".
"Secondary sellers are covering [for touts] in some cases," he added.
Mr Walker is head of the Iridium Consultancy, which tackles ticket fraud for a number of major UK venues, including London's O2 Arena.
Speaking to MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport select committee, he said that some sellers were "courted" by sites like GetMeIn, Viagogo and Stubhub.
"And the reason is there's a finite amount of these people that harvest tickets in bulk."
Stubhub, which is owned by eBay, also gave evidence, and insisted that they carried out "due diligence on all our sellers".
However, "we do not police or monitor our site and we are not required to do so", said Paul Peake, head of the company's legal department.
You Me At Six singer Josh Franceschi was among those calling on MPs to clamp down on online ticket touts.
The 26-year-old said computer programmes known as bots, which bulk-buy tickets the second they go on sale, should be made illegal.
Those tickets often ended up being sold at inflated prices on the secondary market, he added.
"Money is been taken out of the industry and put into the hands of people who are only concerned with lining their own pockets.
"The main losers here are the fans of live music."
However, Mr Walker revealed that it is not just professional touts who exploit the system.
He said tickets for a recent Michael Buble tour had been handed directly to secondary ticketing websites by one of the star's associates.
"I believe that was done without the artist's knowledge," he said, "but it makes me wonder if there are other artists that this is happening to."
Arctic Monkeys' manager Ian McAndrew said he had been offered similar deals in the past.
"I have often been approached by one of the big four resale sites asking to enter into an arrangement where I give them inventory in return for participation in the resale profit," he told MPs.
"That is a proposal I've refused on a number of occasions - but I can understand how that would be a temptation for some who want to maximise profits for a show."
Mr McAndrew also called for greater transparency from primary sellers. He said it is often "unclear" how many tickets will be available when a tour goes on sale - as venues, promoters, bands and sponsors often receive their own allocation to distribute separately via pre-sales and promotions.
"The number of tickets that then go on sale at general sale is unknown, is unclear to us. But there is increasing evidence to suggest it is far smaller than it should be."
A limited supply of tickets helped fuel the secondary market, he said.
Chris Edmonds, Chairman of Ticketmaster UK, confirmed that up to 50% of tickets could already have been allocated when the general sale begins.
"We can have hundreds of thousands of consumers queuing on our site to buy tickets for an event, with no real visibility of how many tickets are left," he said.
"Wherever you have an instance where demand is beyond supply, it creates a concern and a frustration and a disappointment."
A government review of the ticketing market was conducted earlier this year by Professor Michael Waterson, economics professor at Warwick University.
Speaking on Tuesday, he said he was not in favour of banning the secondary ticketing market, but supported the idea of outlawing "bots".
He also called for pop concerts to introduce variable pricing - as seen in opera and theatre - in an effort to deter touts.
Labour MP Sharon Hodgson, co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on ticket abuse, told the BBC: "Fans cannot be fleeced any longer.
"I hope the government will realise that sitting on their hands cannot go on and will listen to the chorus of concerns coming from the industry, fans and Parliamentarians and finally take action."
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A 58-year-old taken into custody is an ex-policeman from the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, Europe 1 radio said.
His wife was being questioned as a witness.
Air France says the fake bomb was made of cardboard and a kitchen timer and posed no danger.
The Boeing 777 was on its way from Mauritius to Paris when the suspicious object was found in a plane toilet and the decision was made to make an emergency landing. The plane was then evacuated at Mombasa airport.
Police reportedly held the couple, who have not been named, on their return to France.
A spokesman told AFP news agency that the airline had "filed a legal complaint against unknown persons for endangering the lives of others".
Officials say 459 passengers and 14 crew members were on board the Boeing 777 when a contraption was found behind a bathroom mirror.
The suspect package was taken away for examination and Air France chief executive Frederic Gagey later said it was made of a cardboard box, paper and a timer.
He described it as a "bad joke".
Mr Gagey said there had been three bomb scares on Air France planes in the US in the last 15 days.
France remains on high alert after 130 people were killed during the jihadist attacks in Paris last month. | Police in Paris have detained two people who were on an Air France flight forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya when a fake bomb was found on board, reports say. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35151533"} | 290 | 37 | 0.636222 | 1.442562 | 0.394925 | 1.882353 | 7.5 | 0.823529 |
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There was doubt over the future of Lancaster's assistant coaches Andy Farrell, Graham Rowntree and Mike Catt, while numerous senior players - including the captain at the time, Chris Robshaw - feared they may have played their last match for their country.
But fewer than seven months later, England have won all eight of their matches in 2016, sealed a first Grand Slam since 2003, claimed a first series win in Australia and leapt from eighth to second in the rankings.
How has Jones transformed England so quickly?
Before a ball was kicked in the Six Nations, Jones made some bold decisions. Farrell, Rowntree and Catt were all deemed surplus to requirements as the Australian established his own backroom team.
He incurred the wrath of Bristol by recruiting their new forwards coach Steve Borthwick, while defence guru Paul Gustard joined from Saracens at the end of January.
Both have been influential, with Borthwick building a formidable England set-piece, and Gustard being the mastermind behind the astonishing defensive effort in the series-clinching second Test match in Melbourne.
Jones took a similar stance with his choice of captain.
Robshaw had led England for 42 Test matches, but Jones quickly decided a change was needed. Wasps lock Joe Launchbury had many backers, but instead Jones opted for experienced hooker Dylan Hartley.
Given Hartley's chequered disciplinary record - he had been dropped from the World Cup squad following a ban for foul play - it was a brave and controversial call. But Hartley has been a revelation in the role, with his approach perfectly in sync with that of Jones.
"I wanted someone who was going to encompass the attitude we want the team to have," Jones told BBC Sport in January. "He is combative and abrasive, and I think he is the sort of guy who can lead England forward."
Jones' choice of Hartley as skipper set the tone for what he wanted from his England side - attitude.
While Lancaster went to lengths not to engage in media mind games or to have his players come across as arrogant, England have now been talking the talk before walking the walk, with Jones and Hartley both bullishly stating England "expected" to win the series in Australia.
Before boarding the plane down under, Jones compared his side's approach to that of the highly-controversial 'Bodyline' Ashes of the 1930s, when England prevailed using tactics so aggressive they were deemed controversial.
So clever has Jones been with his use of the media compared to counterpart Michael Cheika, New Zealand coach Steve Hansen says it has affected the outcome of the series.
"Cheika's not come back, he's letting Eddie have a free rein - to the point where it actually seems like he's letting Eddie bully him in the media," Hansen told the New Zealand media. "That's gone on to the park, hasn't it?"
On the rare occasion he did rise to Jones' bait, Cheika spoke of England's "niggle" between the first and second Tests, suggesting the tourists were using cynical off-the-ball tactics.
"Niggle isn't something we practice," Hartley said in response. "We practice being physical, confrontational. We want to dominate. If that's the way we are being perceived, that's a compliment."
It was instructive that within minutes of sealing the series, the captain and coach were both stressing the need to finish the job and complete a series whitewash in Sydney.
Quite simply, under Jones and Hartley, winning is all that matters.
After being relieved of the captaincy, it would have been easy for Jones to dispense with Robshaw as a player as well, but the Harlequins forward was retained in the Elite Player Squad, with the only change being a positional switch from openside to blindside flanker.
Robshaw has since been in the form of his life in a white shirt, marking his 50th cap with a man-of-the-match display at AAMI Park.
"He was absolutely outstanding. Everyone in the team was so happy he got his 50th cap, and he capped it off with maybe his best game for England," Jones said.
James Haskell is another player to have been given a new lease of life with England this year, while the likes of Billy Vunipola and George Ford have also flourished under Jones' 'carrot and stick' management style.
Bath fly-half Ford has endured a mixed season for club and country, but after being repeatedly backed in public by Jones he played flawlessly in the series-clinching second Test victory.
"To have someone who backs his players and supports his players is brilliant, and you try and repay that with the way you play," Ford told BBC Sport.
"He doesn't only do that, he challenges you in training, he's honest with you in one-to-one meetings, and that's what you want as a player."
By tinkering with his side throughout the Six Nations - and doing likewise with his bench before the second Test - Jones has kept the wider squad engaged and hungry.
Third-choice hooker Jamie George could have, for example, spent three weeks holding tackle bags in Australia; instead he made a telling contribution off the bench in Melbourne.
Jones was the coach of Australia when England won the World Cup in 2003, with Martin Johnson and Lawrence Dallaglio spearheading an uncompromising pack of English forwards.
Perhaps influenced by this, Jones has repeatedly stressed the need to build a dominant pack as a basis from which England can develop.
This emphasis on forward play - augmented by the line-out coaching of Borthwick and scrum input from Neil Hatley - saw England outmuscle Australia, with the same pack starting both Test matches as well as the Grand Slam decider against France in Paris.
Of the starting XV that won in Melbourne, 14 featured under Lancaster, showing that Jones has hardly ripped up the script in terms of selection.
He has, however, brought clarity to the gameplan.
England arguably had a more attractive attacking game under Lancaster, but in the final year of his reign confusion over selection and tactics crept in.
Jones has kept it simple, playing a territory-based game by combining a solid set-piece and a strong kicking game aided by the selection of two playmakers - Owen Farrell and George Ford - in midfield.
At the same time, Farrell has cemented his status as the best goal-kicker in world rugby.
"Sometimes in rugby you are better off without the ball," Ford said after the backs-to-the-walls win in Melbourne. "We came into the game with a plan and we stuck to it for the full 80 minutes."
The one man fresh to the set-up - the irrepressible 21-year-old Saracen Maro Itoje - has made a seismic impact.
Lancaster's reasons for leaving Itoje out of the World Cup squad were sound - the player had barely broken into Saracens' first-team - but in hindsight, who is to say he would not have risen to the challenge?
Things have certainly gone England and Jones' way in 2016. While Lancaster suffered some bad luck with injuries during his time in charge, Jones has largely had a fully-fit squad from which to select.
The only significant absentee has been centre Manu Tuilagi, but in his prolonged absence the Ford-Farrell combination has thrived.
Jones has also been helped by the form of England's club sides this year, with double-champions Saracens providing a core of players with a hardened winning mentality. The Vunipola brothers, George Kruis, Itoje and Farrell are unaccustomed to losing rugby matches.
Australian supporters would also argue Jones and his side were on the right side of the officiating in both Test matches.
They may have a point, but how often was this said of Richie McCaw and New Zealand? It's no coincidence the best sides in the world also seem to get the rub of the green.
Jones acknowledges England have a long way to go to rival the All Blacks, but he is unashamed in his plan to make that happen. And according to the former Japan coach, that route to the top starts with a series whitewash in Sydney.
"To be the best in the world you have to be absolutely ruthless," Jones says. "We are not going to be satisfied unless we win 3-0."
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Correspondence between Edinburgh Zoo and the Scottish government had suggested this could be the due date.
A spokesman for the zoo has said it is hard to predict a specific date for any cub being born, and that the breeding season can last until late September.
Tian Tian, who arrived at the zoo in 2011, was artificially inseminated earlier this year.
A spokesman for the zoo said: "We can confirm our female giant panda, Tian Tian, will not be giving birth today.
"Breeding pandas is exceptionally complex and we anticipate that her breeding cycle will continue into September.
"We're closely monitoring Tian Tian and we will share any news as soon as possible."
Panda reproduction is a notoriously difficult process, with females only ovulating once a year.
Tian Tian was sent to Edinburgh as part of a breeding pair with Yang Guang.
They are the only giant pandas living in the UK.
They arrived on loan from China in December 2011 and are due to remain at Edinburgh Zoo for a decade.
The zoo first announced it was in negotiations to bring a pair of giant pandas to Scotland in 2008.
The pair were brought to the UK under an agreement between the UK and Chinese governments.
Described as a gift from China, they were the first giant pandas to live in the UK for 17 years. | Edinburgh Zoo has said it does not expect its female panda Tian Tian to give birth on Friday. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "41052062"} | 309 | 24 | 0.724676 | 1.63849 | -0.359374 | 1.263158 | 13.947368 | 0.736842 |
PC Luke Smith, 33, who is based at Hastings, was arrested in March after claims made against him by a member of the public.
He is charged with misconduct in public office and obtaining personal data.
He was remanded on unconditional bail by Brighton magistrates to appear at Lewes Crown Court on 10 December.
Mr Smith is accused of obtaining and disclosing personal information without the permission of the data controller.
The offences are alleged to have taken place between January 2011 and March 2015.
Sussex Police said he had been suspended from duty pending the outcome of the case. | A Sussex Police officer has appeared in court accused of threatening a prostitute and performing sexual acts while in uniform. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34800383"} | 129 | 26 | 0.609571 | 1.198022 | -0.347107 | 0.714286 | 5.428571 | 0.52381 |
The Reverend Canon Jeremy Davies served as canon precentor at Salisbury Cathedral for 25 years and has taken services at Winchester Cathedral.
After marrying his partner of 30 years in 2014, he has now been told he can no longer preach within the diocese.
The Church of England said the the union was against its pastoral guidance on same-sex marriage.
Canon Davies, who is officially retired, has been in a relationship with opera singer Simon McEnery for nearly 30 years and the couple married a year ago.
After being asked to conduct an increasing number of services in Winchester, he applied to officiate in the diocese.
The Bishop of Winchester, the Right Reverend Timothy Dakin, told Canon Davies he was unable to grant him permission.
Canon Davies said: "They've hidden behind the barricade of canon law, which says we don't like this because [marriage] is about a man and a woman so you can't be married.
"If the church doesn't think I'm married, why can I not have permission to officiate."
Mr McEnery said: "The church needs to examine itself for institutional homophobia. I think they need to see how much harm and damage they are doing to gay people."
A spokesperson for the Diocese of Winchester said: "Canon Jeremy Davies made an application earlier this year for permission to officiate in the Diocese of Winchester.
"Due to the Church of England's position on same sex marriage, as set out in the House of Bishops' pastoral guidance, Canon Jeremy Davies has been informed that his application has been unsuccessful."
The Church of England's pastoral guidance on same-sex marriage states: "The House is not... willing for those who are in a same-sex marriage to be ordained to any of the three orders of ministry.
"In addition it considers that it would not be appropriate conduct for someone in holy orders to enter into a same-sex marriage, given the need for clergy to model the church's teaching in their lives." | A senior clergyman has been banned from taking services in Winchester diocese because he married his gay partner. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35087134"} | 457 | 25 | 0.594537 | 1.39874 | -0.60519 | 1.157895 | 21.052632 | 0.736842 |
Andy Dowie's own goal gave the visitors the lead before Dumbarton hit back through Christian Nade.
Two goals in the last 20 minutes from Declan McDaid and Robbie Crawford kept Ian McCall's men three points ahead of Ayrshire rivals Kilmarnock.
Killie were 4-2 winners over Clyde to gain their first points of the group.
Rory McKenzie gave Killie an early lead before Darren Ramsay and Kevin Nicoll edged Clyde in front.
That is how it stayed until 53 minutes when summer signing Dominic Thomas scored, with the former Motherwell man adding his second soon after.
After McKenzie scored again to make it 4-2, Jordan Stewart was sent off for the visitors following a late challenge to curtail any hope of a Clyde comeback.
In Group F, Greenock Morton scored twice in the final five minutes before beating Queen's Park 4-2 in a penalty shootout.
The Spiders had taken the lead through Bryan Wharton with 20 minutes to go, and when Thomas Orr scored with nine minutes left it looked to have earned the League One side a shock win.
Bob McHugh turned in Scott Tiffoney's cut-back to set up a frantic finale, and Darren Barr's volley two minutes into time-added-on took the game to penalties.
Morton won the bonus point to stay top of the group on five points with Tiffoney, Andy Murdoch, Ricki Lamie and Gary Harkins all scoring from the spot for the hosts, with Adam Cummins and Bryan Wharton netting for the visitors.
Elsewhere in Group F, Berwick Rangers also needed a late goal in the 90 minutes, but lost 4-2 on penalties to Edinburgh City.
Ashley Grimes had twice given Edinburgh the lead but goals from Aaron Murrell and Pat Scullion pegged them back.
The capital side won the shootout after Chris MacDonald and Andrew Irvine missed for Berwick. | Ayr United made it six points out of six with two late goals securing a 3-1 win over Dumbarton in League Cup Group E. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40650021"} | 437 | 34 | 0.501086 | 1.17692 | 0.026281 | 0.576923 | 13.730769 | 0.576923 |
27 May 2016 Last updated at 13:51 BST
It's called the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and is one of the biggest scientific projects in history.
Unlike an optical telescope, which is a simple piece of glass that makes far away objects appear closer, a radio telescope detects radio waves coming from space.
Radio waves are a special type of light that the human eye can't see.
They can be found coming from clouds of gas where stars are born, as well as the centres of galaxies.
So a radio telescope doesn't see the stars - but instead sees the gas between the stars that produces radio waves.
SKA scientist Dr Nadeem Oozeer explains what a radio telescope is... | Scientists are building a giant radio telescope, one hundred times more powerful than the strongest in the world at the moment. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36394362"} | 161 | 26 | 0.481676 | 1.04993 | -0.267003 | 0.608696 | 6 | 0.521739 |
The move comes as South Korea prepares to mark five years since the Cheonan went down on 26 March 2010 with the loss of 46 lives.
Seoul says Pyongyang torpedoed the ship, but North Korea rejects this.
South Korea cut almost all trade after the sinking - restrictions which remain in place today.
The measures effectively block all inter-Korean economic projects bar production at the joint Kaesong industrial zone.
Seoul says they will only be lifted after an apology is issued for the sinking.
"The South should clearly understand that its sophism that 'apology' and 'expression of regret' have to precede the lifting of the 'step' can never work," a statement from North Korea's top military body carried by KCNA news agency said.
It described the theory that North Korea sank the ship as "fictitious".
The warship went down off an island near the disputed inter-Korean western maritime border.
An investigation into the disaster involving South Korean and international experts found that a North Korean torpedo sank the ship. Pyongyang does not accept this and offered at the time to conduct its own investigation, an offer that was turned down.
Since then, ties between the two nations - which remain technically at war - have remained icy. There has also been no movement since 2009 on six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
Tensions are currently high on the peninsula because annual US-South Korea joint military drills are under way. The exercises always anger North Korea.
Pyongyang has also threatened to respond with "firepower" to South Korean activists who want to use balloons to fly propaganda leaflets and DVDs of The Interview - a film depicting a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un - across the inter-Korean border.
On Monday the activists postponed their plan. The organiser said they would delay until after the Cheonan anniversary on Thursday but suggested the delay was contingent on an apology over the sinking. | North Korea has rejected South Korean calls for an apology over the sinking of a warship, calling it an "intolerable mockery". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32013750"} | 462 | 32 | 0.573987 | 1.303793 | 0.444355 | 1.84 | 15.32 | 0.8 |
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MI5 recorded the names of about 4,000 people from Britain and Ireland suspected of travelling to join the war, National Archives files show.
The previous estimate stood at about 2,500. Many volunteers were communists and of interest to MI5.
One name on the list is Eric Blair, better known as author George Orwell.
His experiences in the Spanish Civil War were documented in his book Homage to Catalonia.
The details of those who had joined the fight against General Franco's forces between 1936 and 1939 continued to be updated by security service MI5 up until the mid-1950s.
The record for Orwell covers the period in which he published the bestselling novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, until his death in January 1950.
The files, which can be downloaded free for a month, comprise more than 200 pages detailing the movements of the men and women who left British ports for the Spanish front line - as well as a "roll of honour" of some of those killed in action.
James Cronan, the National Archives' diplomatic and colonial records specialist, said it was not clear how many of those who left actually reached Spain, but he added that "we know that hundreds never returned".
"The International Brigades and associated militia brought volunteers together from all over the world in defence of democracy but few, if any, records exist of their service," he said. "That's why uncovering a document like this is so exciting."
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the war in July 1936. | Hundreds more Britons went to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s than had previously been thought, newly released files show. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "13937616"} | 328 | 32 | 0.581396 | 1.434654 | 0.152469 | 1.730769 | 11.615385 | 0.653846 |
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With his team eliminated from the World Cup, Hodgson made nine changes to the starting XI for the final game against Costa Rica, which England drew 0-0.
That gave them their only point of the campaign in Brazil, as they finished bottom of Group D.
"I take positives - this was a banana skin. To get that display was great since for many it was new," he said.
"I am pleased at least to have given the fans something to cheer about in terms of our performance."
Six players aged 24 and under started against Costa Rica, whose surprise wins over Uruguay and Italy saw them top the group.
"This is a very different team to the one at Euro 2012. We play different football. We pass the ball much more. We ask a lot more in terms of receiving the ball, turning with the ball," Hodgson told BBC Radio 5 live.
"And in the final third we try things and take risks. The type of players we are choosing - Ross Barkley, Raheem Sterling, Adam Lallana and Daniel Sturridge - it's clear that's our aim and hope."
Hodgson reiterated he hoped captain Steven Gerrard, 34, and fellow midfielder Frank Lampard, 36, would continue to make themselves available for England. Both have said they will consider their international futures after the tournament.
"I hope they don't make a bold statement that [former captain and defender] John Terry did after Euro 2012 when he said 'I am retiring from international football'," said Hodgson.
"I'd like them to keep a dialogue between us. They know I'm never going to push them or put under pressure if it's not right, but it's nice to know they're available."
The England coach added: "We had nine players without any World Cup experience. There was only James Milner and Lampard [with experience], until Wayne Rooney and Gerrard came on.
"The back four were completely new to this and our keeper [Ben Foster] hadn't played for a long time. We limited Costa Rica to almost no chances."
England's best opportunities of the match fell to Liverpool striker Sturridge, who headed over from close range and then curled fractionally wide of the far post.
"We created good goal chances, but we didn't take them," said Hodgson. "Another day we could have won the game by one or two goals because we did have a clear dominance in the play after the first 15 to 20 minutes."
Lampard, who won his 106th cap, also thought England should have taken all three points.
"It was the end of a disappointing tournament, obviously," he said.
"We should have won the game as we had the chances. We played some nice stuff, in bits.
"It was a difficult game for us to approach and I thought we did as well as we could but it was a shame not to get the win to take home."
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Seventeen-year-old Dylan Reynders spent his holidays studying the South African constitution and the country's Schools Act.
And on his return to school this month he decided to make a personal stand: He refused to cut his hair.
This triggered a national debate which has lasted for weeks.
According to the rules of Johannesburg's high-profile Bryanston High School, boys' hair may not touch the ears or collar or curl around their necks. Dylan's hair did.
When I asked him what drove him to defy the school rules, he told me: "I just thought enough is enough. Plus my hair wasn't that long."
I must confess when I saw Dylan's hair, I was surprised how short it was- still at least an inch above his collar.
When two other boys at school decided to support their friend, more followed. When I met Dylan, he told me: "They call me their Jesus."
Dylan was promptly suspended from the school and missed two of the first three weeks of term.
His mother Vanessa Roux supported him. She told me her son was facing up to a big challenge. "I was very proud of him. I raised both my boys to always question anything they didn't understand," she said.
The school governing body is obliged to implement the school's code of conduct and can suspend students who do not comply with the rules.
Chairman Aiden Hillebrand told me that he respected the student's courage in challenging the school but he had to comply with the rules as they are now.
He said: "This has sparked a debate about whether hair and uniform policy is still relevant at this day and age."
The provincial department of education attended some of the disciplinary hearings, after the student's mother lodged a complaint. It concluded that the school had acted correctly.
It has been suggested that it could be argued that it is unfair for girls to be allowed to have long hair, but not boys.
Phumla Sekhonyane from the provincial education department agreed that "there could be an argument for discrimination on the basis of gender... but that's for the courts to decide".
The SA Democratic Teachers' Union's Nkosana Dolopi, told the local Times newspaper that a review of codes of conduct was necessary.
"We are not, however, saying that there should be lawlessness in schools. Children should be neat at all times and dressed accordingly," he added.
But he said it was also important that "policies should be sensitive to the fact that pupils can't be denied access to school".
Dylan is now back at school having been given the assurance that, over the next month, he will be able to contribute to a new policy on pupils' hair through the student council.
And he finally agreed to a haircut.
He told me his Moroccan barber did not appreciate the significance of the trim.
"I just sat down and I asked him to cut my hair as usual," he said "He had no idea what was going on."
If Bryanston High School takes the leap and changes its code of conduct to allow boys to keep longer hair, Dylan will have changed rules that have shaped generations.
But more importantly other schools might follow and, if so, he will have led a hair revolution. | A South African schoolboy may force a change to school rules by claiming his constitutional right to choose his own hairstyle. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34345419"} | 712 | 27 | 0.455524 | 1.327249 | 0.204362 | 0.727273 | 30.227273 | 0.545455 |
Officers were called to Downham Road in Ramsden Heath at about 11:00 GMT on Saturday, after paramedics reported a man in his 40s had been stabbed.
The man was airlifted to hospital but has since been released.
Essex Police said a 41-year-old woman from Downham Road, Ramsden Heath, has been charged and will appear before Chelmsford Magistrates' Court later. | A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a man was stabbed in an Essex village. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35280292"} | 96 | 22 | 0.69309 | 1.241165 | -0.499283 | 1.166667 | 4 | 0.722222 |
The Jamaican, 24, beat compatriot Shericka Jackson and Shalonda Solomon of the United States in Kingston.
Americans Tori Bowie and Deajah Stevens have also clocked 22.09 this year.
"It's about winning and perfecting the technique and execution. This is just a preparation for a bigger and better year heading to London," said Thompson.
Canada's Olympic silver medallist Andre de Grasse ran 20.14 to win the men's 200m from American Lashawn Merritt, with Britain's Zharnel Hughes in third.
Jamaican Yohan Blake won the men's 100m in 9.93 from the American pair of Ronnie Baker and Mike Rodgers.
And Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands also posted a fastest time of the year - 47.80 - to win the 400m hurdles. | Double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson won the 200m at the IAAF World Challenge in 22.09 seconds in Jamaica, equalling the fastest time of the year. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39990406"} | 196 | 35 | 0.611611 | 1.390434 | 0.562052 | 1.5 | 5.214286 | 0.642857 |
The BBC understands he died in London at the weekend, aged 50.
DJ Bobby Friction said Bancil had been his "hero and role model", while actor Nitin Ganatra remembered him as "one of the original BritAsian storytellers".
Broadcaster Anita Anand, actress Nina Wadia and director Gurinder Chadha also posted tribute messages on Twitter.
Bancil was formerly married to actress Shivani Ghai, who played Ayesha Rana in EastEnders.
Born in Tanzania in 1967, he lived in west London from the age of two and began writing plays in 1986.
In 1991 he won a Radio 4 Young Playwright award for Nadir, about a young second generation Asian man fresh out of prison.
He went on to write Papa was a Bus Conductor, a comedy satire about a dysfunctional family that was an early flowering of the British Asian comedy boom that spawned Goodness Gracious Me.
'So so sad'
In 1997 he wrote Crazyhorse for the Paines Plough theatre company, about a young man who becomes estranged from his father and embroiled in petty crime.
Its director Vicky Featherstone, now artistic director at the Royal Court in London, said she was "so so sad" to hear of his death.
After taking a year out to study film-making, Bancil began writing screenplays. He also became known as a cultural commentator.
In 2008 he asked "what have multicultural arts policies done for us?" in a piece for The Guardian.
In a biography on his official website, Bancil is described as being "a dynamic, uncompromising and controversial writer, long before it was fashionable".
Writing on Facebook, Bobby Friction said he was an "amazing and talented intellect" who had been "a mentor and icon to many many many people."
Comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar said Pancil's passing was "shocking", describing him as "part of the original Hounslow posse".
Bhaskar's wife, actress and writer Meera Syal, agreed his death was "sad and shocking".
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A Oxford University team will use adult stem cells, which have the ability to become any cell in the human body - to examine the neurological condition.
Skin cells will be used to grow the brain neurons that die in Parkinson's, a conference will hear.
The research will not involve the destruction of human embryos.
Induced pluripotent stem (IPS) cells were developed in 2007.
At the time, scientists said it had the potential to offer many of the advantages of embryonic stem cells without any of the ethical downsides.
Three years on, it seems to be living up to that claim.
The team at Oxford University is among the first in the world to use IPS to carry out a large scale clinical investigation of Parkinson's, which is currently poorly understood.
Researchers will be taking skin cells from 1,000 patients with early stage Parkinson's and turning them into nerve cells carrying the disease to learn more about the brain disorder, the UK National Stem Cell Network annual science meeting will hear.
The technique is useful because it is difficult to obtain samples of diseased nerve tissue from patient biopsies.
IPS enables the researchers to create limitless quantities of nerve cells to use in experiments and to test new drugs.
"Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the UK and is set to become increasingly common as we live longer," said Dr Richard Wade-Martins, head of the Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre.
"Once we have neurons from patients we can compare the functioning of cells taken from patients with the disease and those without to better understand why dopamine neurons die in patients with Parkinson's."
The research is being funded by Parkinson's UK.
The charity's director of research, Kieran Breen, described it as "vital research that will help us better understand the causes of this devastating condition and how it develops and progresses.
"We hope the work will pave the way for new and better treatments for people with Parkinson's in the future."
About 120,000 people in the UK are living with Parkinson's. | UK researchers are launching a study into the potential of using a person's stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "10622403"} | 435 | 28 | 0.571541 | 1.311486 | 0.044445 | 1.227273 | 18.454545 | 0.772727 |
With this in mind, is it the perfect natural habitat for Conservatives?
If you look at a map of the county, it certainly appears to be true blue, with the main exception of the western fringes which border Merseyside.
When you look behind the numbers, though, Labour seems to have a good chance of painting more of Cheshire red.
The constituency of Weaver Vale is currently held, with a majority of 991, by Graham Evans for the Conservatives.
Whilst his party may feel at home in Tory-leaning areas like Frodsham and its rural hinterland, his biggest challenge comes from the part of his patch which includes Runcorn, where Labour have all but five of the 56 seats on the local council.
Most of Runcorn and neighbouring Widnes are served by the traditionally safe Labour seat of Halton.
That constituency, as well as Ellesmere Port and Neston and Warrington North include areas of considerable deprivation.
Warrington South, where the Conservatives' David Mowat is defending a majority of 1,553, is also a key target for Labour.
But in 2010 the Liberal Democrat vote meant the seat was a three-way marginal, and the continued popularity of the party in local council elections over the last four years adds another element of uncertainty.
If Labour don't take the likes of Warrington South and Weaver Vale, their chances of being the biggest party in Westminster after the general election on 7 May look very shaky.
The City of Chester, meanwhile, is the kind of seat Labour needs to secure in order to have any hope of gaining an outright majority.
Tory Stephen Mosley has a majority of 5.5% but the Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft's polls in the city are looking good for Labour.
Lord Ashcroft predicted they would take the seat with a lead of 1% back in October, but a few weeks ago he had them leading with 11% - so high that local Conservatives wrote it off as a rogue poll.
The Green Party does not have a history of electoral representation in Cheshire, but across the west of the county it will be hoping to capitalise on the controversy surrounding a number of sites given licenses for hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking.
There will not be much of a media focus on the safe Tory seats of Macclesfield or Chancellor George Osborne's Tatton, where he enjoys a majority of more than 14,000.
Edward Timpson even looks relatively safe in Gwyneth Dunwoody's former Labour stronghold of Crewe and Nantwich.
But in Congleton and the mostly rural constituency of Eddisbury the focus may not be on the 2015 general election but that of 2020.
UKIP say they have high hopes of coming second in these seats, helped by a combination of disaffected Tories and traditional Labour voters voting tactically in the aim of upsetting the Conservatives.
The Lib Dems nearly tied with Labour in those safer Tory seats in 2010, and with the party widely expected to shed votes the difficult question now is which party will pick them up.
Labour will be leading its march eastwards with its national rallying cries about the supposed "privatisation" of the NHS and, as they put it, the cost of living crisis.
But it will be directing those appeals not just at those in more deprived parts of Chester, Runcorn and Warrington - but also at those across the county who regards themselves as being part of what they call the "squeezed middle".
The Tories can point to the fact that a lot of jobs have been created in Cheshire under the coalition government, and bad news stories like the exit of AstraZeneca from its base near Macclesfield appears to have been turned into good news about the site's future.
But both parties have two very difficult issues to deal with in the county - the incursion of house builders into the countryside at a time when more houses need to be built, and the role Cheshire may or may not play in the Northern Powerhouse.
Sandwiched between Manchester and Merseyside - where does Cheshire fit in?
I'll be here throughout the campaign and you can follow my updates on Twitter and listen to my reports on BBC Radio Merseyside, BBC Radio Manchester, and BBC Radio Stoke. | The stereotypical view of Cheshire is that it is full of leafy country lanes and luxury sports cars parked outside sprawling palatial mansions. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32090563"} | 961 | 35 | 0.332801 | 0.935252 | -0.037345 | 0.5 | 33.625 | 0.416667 |
The lock-rings - worn either as earrings or in the hair by a person of wealth and status about 3,000 years ago - were discovered in Rossett.
The ornaments will now go on display in Wrexham County Borough Museum.
It is thought the prized rings were buried as gifts to the gods, perhaps at the end of their owners' lives.
In Wales, lock-rings have previously been found at Gaerwen, Anglesey, the Great Orme, Conwy and Newport in Pembrokeshire.
National Museum Wales said the largely coastal pattern hinted at possible trading and communication links between late Bronze Age communities living in Wales and Ireland.
They were declared to be treasure by the coroner for north east Wales. | Two Bronze Age gold rings which were found by a metal detectorist on farm land in Wrexham have been declared treasure by a coroner. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32072587"} | 166 | 34 | 0.661548 | 1.471257 | 0.049492 | 1.04 | 5.48 | 0.72 |
Ministry of Justice figures show £20,918.74 was spent on safety improvements at one judge's house in 2014/15, the Press Association found.
Security at the homes of three judges was upgraded the following year, at a cost of £3,393.93.
A survey of judges found 51% feared for their safety while in court.
The Judicial Attitude Survey, which is released every two years, also found that 48% of female judges and 35% of male judges feared for their safety out of court.
The figures were released after a number of High Court and Supreme Court judges faced criticism when they ruled that Parliament must get a vote on the triggering of Article 50 to leave the EU.
One family and civil court judge told the Press Association that death threats and threats of hostage-taking and physical assault had become common.
The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said a man who had his children taken away from him threatened to kill her and attempted to smuggle a knife into court.
She said the threats were so severe that police went to her home and spoke to neighbours to ensure she had a safety plan in place.
"The level of threats is getting worse. Incidents are common and the authorities are not even recording them," the judge said.
She added that judges were being routinely left in small rooms with both the accuser and the defendant without security or court clerks.
Almost a quarter of the most senior judges in England and Wales expressed concerns over safety online on websites like Facebook and Twitter.
Co-director of the UCL Judicial Institute, Prof Cheryl Thomas, said government cuts in legal aid had increased the number of people who were not represented by a lawyer.
"So as we have more and more people who need to go to court to resolve difficult, stressful, emotional family breakdown issues, who may not have access to lawyers to represent them, you have warring parties fighting it out in court," she added.
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By Tuesday, 12 hours after the blaze, damaged tents had already been cleared away and most of the residents of this sprawling facility had returned after escaping the flames and sleeping out in the bush.
The metaphor of the inferno was clear. For months, anger has been building in Moria as asylum applications were delayed and migrants were held in an overcrowded camp. Moria has capacity for 3,500 - but about 5,000 live here in stretched facilities.
"Fighting broke out between blacks and Afghans," says Kingsley, a Ghanaian man whom we spoke to through the fence, the authorities not allowing us in. "They were throwing stones at each other and there was an argument over food. The fire caused a lot of damage and my luggage was destroyed."
Does he have hopes of staying in Europe, I ask?
"We've been given papers that say we'll probably have to return to Turkey," he replied. "But I have hope in God."
The EU deal struck to deport failed asylum seekers to Turkey and then back to their country of origin significantly cut the numbers of new arrivals here. But the quid pro quo was supposed to be visa-free travel for Turks travelling to the EU's Schengen zone in return.
It hasn't happened, as Brussels says Turkey needs to amend its broad anti-terror legislation. Ankara has refused and the deal is foundering, sparking fears that new arrivals here will again soar.
In the wider Lesbos community, there's also growing anger over the continued migrant presence. The neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party has stoked it, organising protests and exploiting the tension. It could prompt more flare-ups here.
With the burnt tents removed and new ones brought in, Moria has an air of permanence.
There are holes in the fences - the residents sometimes wander out, through the litter-strewn forest around it.
But there's little place to go. The doors of the Balkans remain closed and the desperate are being kept here until Europe decides what to do with them. | Through the barbed wire fence, the signs are there - tips of blackened trees and patches of scorched earth where a fire engulfed large parts of Moria, the biggest migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37422832"} | 467 | 56 | 0.506691 | 1.523476 | 0.350831 | 0.825 | 10.075 | 0.575 |
Barrington was sent off for his part in the incident, which led to Parling being taken off on a stretcher.
Barrington, 27, has been cited for dangerous charging, while Barritt, 30, is accused of dangerous tackling.
The pair will appear before a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel in London on Tuesday.
Barritt had initially tackled Parling high, with Barrington following up with his shoulder into the head of the 33-year-old former England international.
Under the new interpretation of the high tackle rules, which came into effect on 3 January, Barrington was sent off - but Sarries director of rugby Mark McCall described it as "an accident".
Barritt apologised for the incident on social media on Monday and wished Parling a speedy recovery.
"No-one likes seeing a fellow player get injured, and it's even more disappointing when I'm involved," the Saracens captain posted.
"I take responsibility for my misjudgement of the tackle and assure you no malice was intended." | Saracens prop Richard Barrington and centre Brad Barritt could face bans for a dangerous tackle on Exeter lock Geoff Parling during Saturday's 13-13 draw. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38561751"} | 224 | 38 | 0.595112 | 1.454164 | -0.006396 | 0.464286 | 7.071429 | 0.464286 |
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The Scot, 33, who won the C1/C2 double at the 2013 Worlds, pipped Slovenia's Benjamin Savsek by just 0.04 seconds.
Fellow Briton Ryan Westley, the first man to go in the final, held on to take a superb bronze medal.
Kimberley Woods (fourth), Eilidh Gibson (fifth) and Mallory Franklin (seventh) narrowly missed out in the women's C1.
One mistake by Woods between the last two gates cost her after Czech Katerina Hoskova set the pace, Spaniard Nuria Vilarrubla pushing the Briton into third before Australia's defending champion Jessica Fox came down last to take gold, almost five seconds clear.
British trio Richard Hounslow, Bradley Forbes-Cryans and Joe Clarke all failed to reach the men's K1 final.
Double-Olympic silver medallist Florence won a team bronze on Saturday, but had to settle for fifth with partner Richard Hounslow in the C2.
"That was more like it," he said. "I was really pleased just to get to the final again as it is always a fight to get there, but once you get there that's your chance to deliver.
"I got into some real trouble to be honest around gates five, six and seven and lost a bit of an edge, tried to recover it and didn't quite manage. I thought I had recovered it, but was pushing the wrong way and eventually got back on line and just had to try and re-focus.
"The crowd were incredible, there was an absolute buzz. The rest of the course just went really well and it was enough to win by a very small margin - enough to become world champion again." | Britain's David Florence stormed to his third Canoe Slalom World Championships gold as he won the individual C1 on home water at Lee Valley. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34308499"} | 396 | 39 | 0.439861 | 1.130182 | -0.095041 | 0.615385 | 13 | 0.538462 |
An RAF helicopter and a lifeboat responded to the call from the Cesca vessel off the Llyn Peninsula at about 23:20 GMT on Thursday.
The captain and three others had to abandon ship to a life raft.
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The AA's index of the cheapest deals on the market showed that the cost of annual comprehensive car insurance rose by 5.2% in the three months to the end of June.
Drivers aged 23 to 29 have seen a 6.2% rise over the same period, the biggest increase of any age group.
They typically paid a premium of £683.
"Insurers have been releasing their reserves to maintain their competitive edge to the point where this is no longer sustainable - and we are seeing premiums beginning to rise once more," said Janet Connor, managing director of AA Insurance.
"The days of cheap car insurance premiums are over - price rises are inevitable."
A quote for a typical comprehensive motor insurance policy for all age groups has risen to £549.
The AA estimates that the rise in insurance premium tax, announced by Chancellor George Osborne in the Budget, will add £18 to the cost of the average comprehensive car insurance policy.
The insurer also reported a 1.3% rise in the index of cheapest home and contents insurance premiums, the first increase since 2012.
The average premium for a contents policy has hit £61.18 with the typical buildings premium up to £108.15. | Car insurance premiums have risen for the first time for nearly three years, with young drivers facing the biggest increases, a survey suggests. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33607268"} | 255 | 30 | 0.577304 | 1.194708 | 0.099662 | 1.076923 | 9.076923 | 0.692308 |
"Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency" and "build a massive military complex?" he asked. "I don't think so!"
China said both sides should "stick to basic principles" of the relationship.
Last week Mr Trump risked a diplomatic rift with China by speaking directly with Taiwan's president.
The highly unusual move saw China lodge a complaint with the US.
In response to the latest tweets, without directly referring to them, the Chinese foreign ministry said the US and China have long had "highly mutually beneficial" relations.
A spokesperson declined to comment on "he and his team's method and what's the thinking behind it", referring to Mr Trump.
The US has previously criticised China's yuan devaluation, saying it unfairly favours Chinese exporters.
It has also told Beijing to stop reclaiming land around islands and reefs which are claimed by multiple countries in the South China Sea, and has sent US Navy ships to the area. Both sides have accused each other of "militarising" the region.
The US currently imposes tariffs on some Chinese imports, such as steel and tyres. Mr Trump has previously threatened to impose a 45% tariff on Chinese goods.
Donald Trump's Twitter outburst along with his telephone call with the Taiwanese president has sent an emphatic signal to Beijing that the new US administration's Asia policy may not be business as usual.
We don't know if the tweets will continue when Mr Trump enters the White House. But if they do, they threaten not just to ruffle feathers abroad but also to sow uncertainty within his own administration.
The president may be the ultimate arbiter but once in office he cannot risk publicly second-guessing his key cabinet appointments. But there's another problem too. The tweet, as a medium, is by definition short and off-the-cuff.
Policymaking, by contrast, requires coolness, deliberation and a weighing up of options. The danger is that Twitter diplomacy, for all its honesty, could exacerbate crisis instead of resolving it.
Mr Trump's phone call with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen was thought to be the first time a US leader or leader-in waiting has spoken to a Taiwanese leader since 1979, the year formal ties were severed.
The White House has said the phone call did not signal a shift in its decades-long "One China" policy stance, which does not recognise Taiwan as an independent sovereign state but also does not recognise Beijing's claim over Taiwan.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence has tried to downplay the call, saying it was a "tempest in a teapot" and "a moment of courtesy".
Beijing lodged a "solemn representation" with Washington, where it urged the US to "cautiously and properly handle" the issue of Taiwan, according to Chinese state media.
Beijing sees Taiwan as a province and aims to deny it any of the trappings of an independent state. It has threatened to use force if Taiwan formally declares independence. | US President-elect Donald Trump has posted a series of tweets criticising China for its exchange rate policy and its operations in the South China Sea. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38167022"} | 706 | 33 | 0.409832 | 1.02546 | 0.181421 | 1.785714 | 21.392857 | 0.785714 |
A damning report raised concerns about how £2m of government money earmarked for poorer students at Plymouth CAST schools was spent.
The trust says its chief executive John Mannix has been "placed on leave".
Inspectors visited 10 trust schools in October, according to a report in the Plymouth Herald.
Ofsted said their visits revealed that some schools had seen a significant decline in their performance since they joined the trust, which was established in 2014.
Of four schools that were judged to be good before joining the trust, two were now judged to require improvement and one to require special measures.
It criticised the leadership of the Plymouth CAST saying the chief executive and its directors do not have "sufficient understanding of school performance".
The inspectors also said trust leaders had no clear strategy to support disadvantaged pupils who were not progressing as well as other students nationally.
They raised concerns about how £2m of government funding to support these children had been spent.
"The CEO, Trust board and the Trust's area advisers cannot explain how this funding has been used and what difference it has made to improve the achievement of these pupils. The answer is not nearly enough", the report said.
The trust runs schools in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset.
Its chairman Sandy Anderson admitted the results are not good enough and said the trust is taking "swift and robust action to turn this situation around".
Directors of the trust are appointed by the Bishop of Plymouth, Bishop Mark O'Toole.
He said: "Catholic schools have a reputation for excellence and supporting students to achieve their best. It is clear that Plymouth CAST has not been reaching that benchmark in some schools and we must move quickly to put things right.
"As a diocese, we are clear that children in the South West deserve the same quality of Catholic education available elsewhere, and we are committed to making this happen."
Mr Mannix was not available for comment. | A trust running 36 Catholic schools is letting down its most disadvantaged pupils, according to Ofsted. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38188628"} | 400 | 22 | 0.500044 | 1.279028 | -0.143994 | 1.277778 | 21.444444 | 0.722222 |
Fans must pay at least £3.49 to watch the match on 6 May.
RFL chief commercial officer Roger Draper said talks had taken place with "a number of organisations".
But he added: "The terms offered were not considered acceptable."
The game against Samoa - England's last before this year's World Cup - will be the headline event of a Pacific triple-header at Campbelltown Sports Stadium.
"We value the rights for our national team significantly higher than any of the offers and, therefore, felt that the right decision for this Test was to take it into our own hands and stream the game," said Draper.
The BBC was one of the organisations to have spoken to the RFL about broadcasting the match.
A BBC spokesperson said: "We do not provide comment on rights negotiations."
Fans, responding to the RFL posting the news on Twitter, were critical of the decision.
Many claimed the game's administrators were ignoring a chance to take the game to new fans.
The 2017 World Cup will take place in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, starting in October. | The Rugby Football League (RFL) is to stream next month's match between England and Samoa in New South Wales on its website and charge fans to watch it, after turning down offers from broadcasters to show the fixture. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39564040"} | 237 | 49 | 0.661235 | 1.45637 | 0.674644 | 0.55814 | 5.232558 | 0.511628 |
Police were called to the flat in Fernhead Road, Kilburn, north London just before 01:00 BST on Monday, 29 May.
Officers gained entry and found the body of a 32-year-old woman. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 28-year-old man remains in custody at a west London police station, the Metropolitan Police said.
The force said it was called to the flat following "concerns for the welfare of an occupant".
Officers believe they know the woman's identity and her next-of-kin have been informed.
Her death had initially been treated as unexplained but was deemed suspicious after a post-mortem examination, police said.
The examination has now concluded and found the cause of death to be from multiple stab wounds.
The victim was in the Kilburn area on 22 May but detectives said they want to know more about her movements after that.
The motive for the attack may be linked to the victim being a sex worker, police said. | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed to death at her flat. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40152159"} | 221 | 24 | 0.60472 | 1.153504 | -0.916697 | 0.9 | 10 | 0.8 |
RWE Innogy UK has proposed erecting up to 20 turbines at Glen Kyllachy near Tomatin south of Inverness.
Highland Council's south planning applications committee unanimously rejected the application last year.
Members of the committee said the development would have "a significant detrimental visual impact". | Plans for a wind farm which were rejected by Highland councillors have been approved following a Scottish government planning appeals process. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32420818"} | 68 | 28 | 0.684036 | 1.199368 | -0.06067 | 0.318182 | 2.363636 | 0.318182 |
Forensic Science Regulator Gillian Tully said some police forces were not committed to meeting the required standards, and there was a significant risk of DNA contamination.
She wants statutory powers to enforce standards "as soon as possible".
The National Police Chiefs Council said it had secured extra funding.
The government's Forensic Science Service was closed in 2012. Since the closure, forensic science work has been carried out by private firms and police laboratories
This is the third time in two years that serious concerns have been raised about the work, with other critical reports from the National Audit Office and MPs on the Science and Technology Committee.
In her second annual report, Dr Tully said the main challenge to achieving standards had been financial, and called on police forces and the Legal Aid Agency to make more funding available.
"Otherwise we will face the costs, both in criminal justice terms and financially, of quality failures and loss of confidence in forensic science."
She cited "concerning" contamination-related issues in police custody and at Sexual Assault Referral Centres, which provide support for alleged victims of rape and sexual assault.
She said a rape investigation had been compromised after samples taken from an alleged victim were found to be contaminated with DNA from an unrelated case. An inquiry is under way.
She also referred to the case of Stephen Port - the serial killer guilty of murdering four young men by poisoning them with lethal doses of a date rape drug.
DNA testing had not taken place in the third murder case, that of Daniel Whitworth, as recommended by the pathologist, because police did not believe anyone else was involved.
She said: "Whilst there is no suggestion that forensic science was not conducted properly in this case, there is a question to answer regarding commissioning decisions, which has been referred to the regulator for consideration."
She said there was a timetable for forensic science activities within policing to comply with the regulator's code of practice.
But she said not all police forces were "fully committed" to reaching the required standards, with some failing to recognise the impact of failures in the area.
She also said few organisations would reach the standard for digital forensics - which covers communications data, like mobile phones and emails - by October 2017, as set out in the timetable.
"The standards are not an unachievable 'gold-plated' ideal - they are the minimum standards expected of any reliable forensic science," she said.
Forensic science carried out by instruction from defence lawyers had also been under financial pressure because of the current legal aid funding, she said.
There was a risk that some forensic medical examiners being commissioned did not have the required level of training and qualification.
And there was a risk of incorrect classifications by investigators who classify firearms to establish whether they were illegal weapons, she said.
The government has committed to giving the regulator statutory powers to enforce standards by the end of this Parliament.
Dr Tully told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that she had been calling for the powers "for some time", but the process had been "very slow" and she wants them in place "as soon as possible".
Debbie Simpson, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for forensic science, said the police were "committed" to improving standards and had secured more funding from the Police Transformation Fund.
Dr Tully's report had highlighted "key priority areas" for the police, she said.
"Nationally, we will continue to work in partnership with forces, forensic service providers and the forensic regulator to deliver the forensic strategy and respond to the challenges faced by the service."
The government has already launched a review of the internal governance of forensic science, said policing minister Brandon Lewis.
He said: "Controlling the quality of evidence is critical to reducing the risk of miscarriages of justice and criminal trials collapsing, as well as maintaining public confidence in the system."
He said he fully supported the timetable the regulator had set out, and said this must be met by all organisations providing forensic services. | The quality of forensic science work in England and Wales is at risk and could threaten the integrity of the criminal justice system, the regulator has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38527830"} | 887 | 31 | 0.478551 | 1.246422 | 0.368877 | 1.517241 | 27.655172 | 0.827586 |
The Typhoons and six Polish jets will take over from a US squadron to patrol the alliance's eastern flanks.
The long-standing rotation of Nato military jets in Lithuania has recently been stepped up in response to rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine.
The UK government said the move would provide reassurance to Nato allies.
The Typhoons will leave their base at RAF Coningsby on Monday morning and be joined by more than 100 RAF support staff in Lithuania.
Only last week Typhoons based at RAF Leuchars in Fife intercepted two Russian bombers flying in international airspace off Scotland.
The jets were sent to investigate the Russian planes which are understood to have turned away shortly afterwards.
The MoD said fighter planes were scrambled to similar incidents eight times last year.
The Typhoons' role over the Baltic states, which rely on Nato for fast jet support, will be similar.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the RAF fighters would provide reassurance to Nato allies at a time of heightened concern about Russia whose jets, the Pentagon has said, have already encroached into Ukraine's airspace.
Last month, Mr Hammond told the Commons that the status of Ukraine was "quite different" from that of Nato countries.
He said: "Nato countries enjoy the Article 5 guarantee which protects and assures their security, but we are doing everything we can to reassure our Nato allies about the protection we offer."
"I am able to advise the House we have taken the decision to offer to Nato UK Typhoon aircraft to augment the Polish contribution to the Nato Baltic air policing mission."
Later this week about 100 British troops will travel to Estonia to take part in a multi-national military exercise.
The Ministry of Defence said this had been planned for some time.
In Ukraine, pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country have released one of a team of eight European monitors seized in the flashpoint city of Sloviansk.
The officer, a Swede, was freed on medical grounds, it has been confirmed.
The monitors were shown to the media on Sunday - a move described as "revolting" by Germany, the native country of four of the team.
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The party held three seats and won one from the Greens on Glasgow City Council. It also held another seat on South Lanarkshire Council.
Three of the by-elections were prompted by the resignation as councillors of newly elected SNP MPs.
The remaining two were the result of the resignation of an SNP and a Green councillor.
The five contests saw a repeat of the large swings to the SNP seen at the general election and in other recent council by-elections.
However, turnout in the latest polls was as low as 14.5% in one case and 16.1% in another.
In the poll in Glasgow's Langside ward, where the SNP won a seat from the Greens, first-preference voting was: SNP 2,134, Labour 932, Green 579, Conservative 379, Liberal Democrats 125, Ukip 65, TUSC 62.
The swing from Labour to the SNP was 13%. The Greens saw their vote share increase by 4.5 points but it was not enough to hold the seat they had won when three seats were contested in the ward in 2012. Turnout was 21.7%.
At Glasgow, Calton, the SNP held the council seat vacated by new MP Alison Thewliss with 1,507 first-preference votes against Labour 814, Conservative 129, Ukip 103, Green 99, Independent 47 and Lib Dems 18. The swing from Labour to the SNP was 25%, and turnout 16.1%.
At Glasgow, Anderston/City, formerly represented by new MP Martin Docherty, the SNP held the seat with 1,441 first-count votes against Labour 857, Green 414, Conservative 164, Lib Dem 66, Ukip 43, Libertarian 12. Swing from Labour to SNP was 20%, and turnout 14.5%
The SNP also held a seat at Glasgow, Craigton. First-preference voting was: SNP 2,674, Labour 1,643, Conservative 300, Green 136, Ukip 95, Lib Dem 87. Swing from Lab to SNP was 21.5%, and turnout 21.7%.
At South Lanarkshire, Hamilton South, the SNP held the seat vacated by Angela Crawley MP. First-preference voting was: SNP 1,881, Labour 1,396, Conservative 349, Green 127, Christian 77, Ukip 43, Lib Dem 32, Pirate 13. Swing from Labour to SNP was 16%, and turnout 26.8%.
Similarly large swings of 20% and 23% from Labour to the SNP were recorded last week in two Aberdeen City Council by-elections, as well as 25% in a North Lanarkshire Council by-election on 9 July.
The Aberdeen polls were prompted by the resignation as councillors of Kirsty Blackman, now SNP MP for Aberdeen North, and Callum McCaig, now SNP MP for Aberdeen South.
Thirteen new SNP MPs have stepped down as councillors to focus on their Westminster roles, sparking local by-elections.
Two are set to take place next Thursday at Falkirk, where John McNally is now SNP MP for Falkirk, and North Lanarkshire, where Marion Fellows is now SNP MP for Motherwell and Wishaw.
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The former Scotland striker says fans can play their part - as they did in a recent 4-0 win over Hamilton.
"There are usually empty seats everywhere," joked 32-year-old Boyd.
"But I think, when you see the support they gave us at Hamilton, what a difference it can make - and I am sure they will."
Finishing second bottom means that Kilmarnock must face the Bairns, who defeated Hibernian in the semi-final after finishing Championship runners-up, in Thursday's first leg at Falkirk Stadium.
Their fate was sealed by a 2-0 defeat at home by Partick Thistle despite a healthy crowd of nearly 6,000, but Boyd hopes the players will respond should there be a buoyant atmosphere in the second-leg at Rugby Park.
"We asked the fans to come out against Partick Thistle and we let them down," said Boyd before stressing the importance of staying in the Premiership for a club that recently announced a £700,000 loss for the last financial year.
"It is not just for the football club, it is for the town itself, for Ayrshire."
The prospect of a renewed local rivalry following Ayr United's play-off win over Stranraer would be no compensation should Kilmarnock suffer relegation.
"Ayr have been promoted and the only way you want to go and play against them is in a cup tie next year," said Boyd.
"The fans, if they can get behind us, can be that 12th man.
"We have shown we can perform in front of the bigger crowds.
"Against the bigger teams in the league, we have actually performed alright this season.
"It has been the teams round about us that have killed us."
Kilmarnock have gone three games without a victory and only won twice in 13 outings, while Falkirk are on a seven-game unbeaten run.
However, Boyd is hopeful that his side can repeat last year's success for Motherwell, when the Premiership side defeated Championship challengers Rangers in the play-off final.
"We can handle the pressure," he insisted. "It is two games we look forward to with confidence.
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Wales international Taylor suffered the injury in training on Wednesday.
Swansea boss Paul Clement said he is looking to agree terms over signing Sweden's Olsson.
"The two clubs are talking about that possibility. The stage it's at is we're looking to agree the terms," he said.
Clement said Taylor is "probably" facing three weeks of non-contact.
"He'll have to be fitted out with a face mask," added the Swans manager.
Taylor was taken to hospital and will have an operation.
Meanwhile, winger Modou Barrow came off injured in the 28th minute of Swansea's 2-1 EFL Trophy last 16 win against Wolves on Tuesday. | Swansea City are in talks to sign Martin Olsson from Norwich after defender Neil Taylor was ruled out for at least three weeks by a fractured cheekbone. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38586297"} | 153 | 39 | 0.685595 | 1.42585 | -0.486366 | 0.607143 | 4.821429 | 0.464286 |
Plans for the area's first directly elected mayor have been scrapped and the relevant legislation withdrawn.
On Tuesday four of the seven North East Combined Authority councils decided to halt plans amid fears over post-Brexit funding from the government.
Mr Javid was "very disappointed" they had voted against the "ambitious and far-reaching devolution deal", he said.
Sunderland, Durham, Gateshead and South Tyneside councils said they were not satisfied with reassurances over funding following the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland councils said they remained committed to the plan.
"It is with regret that we have therefore withdrawn the legislation that would have brought this deal to life, which means local people will miss out on over £1bn of investment," Mr Javid said.
"Handing power back to Northerners is a key part of our plans to build a Northern Powerhouse and our focus now will be on working to secure a new agreement for residents in those areas committed to progressing with devolution."
North East Combined Authority chairman Paul Watson said it was "very disappointing" the government had chosen to end discussions.
All seven council leaders were committed to devolution, "although we were not able to reach a majority agreement to proceed to public consultation at this present time", he said.
The region had been promised £30m in each of the next 30 years, as well as new powers over transport, skills and training.
Elections for directly-elected mayors are due to be held in a number of areas of England in May 2017, as part of the government's Northern Powerhouse programme.
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Former WBO light-heavyweight champion Cleverly is chasing another world title after his exciting performance, albeit in defeat, against Andrzej Fonfara.
Braehmer and Cleverly have come close to fighting several times in the past.
It's a big ask, going to Germany and upsetting Braehmer, but I fancy it," Cleverly explained.
Speaking to BBC Sport, Cleverly's promoters Matchroom confirmed that talks are ongoing about a fight with WBA light heavyweight champion Braehmer.
"We are in discussions with the Sauerlands looking at an autumn fight with Braehmer," they said.
"Nathan should be back in action on a bill in May."
Braehmer has won 16 successive fights and has defended his WBA title six times. His first successful defence came against Cleverly's former stablemate, Enzo Maccarinelli.
Cleverly, 29, told Sky Sports: "I've got big plans for the future. I'm in a good place after the Fonfara fight.
"I've gained credibility from that fight and I'm going to take it forward.
"There's the rematch [option] with Fonfara, but we're going for Juergen Braehmer.
"There'll be a little tune-up fight in May, but then it'll be on to Braehmer.
"We were supposed to fight three times in the past but for some reason he didn't fight me. It's time to get it on now. I'm prepared to go to Germany and I can't wait.
"The Sauerlands [Braehmer's promoters] and Eddie Hearn [of Matchroom] have started preliminary talks, so let's hope they can nail down this date for Braehmer's next fight in Germany. " | Nathan Cleverly is set for a fight in Germany against Juergen Braehmer and a chance to become a two-time world champion, his promoter has confirmed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35827405"} | 423 | 41 | 0.659614 | 1.801395 | -0.005808 | 1.103448 | 11.344828 | 0.827586 |
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A first half which saw four players depart injured, two Ulster tries disallowed and two yellow cards ended with the visitors leading 15-7.
Darren Cave finished a flowing move but Gordon Reid dived over for Glasgow.
A controversial penalty try extended Ulster's lead but Tommy Seymour's score saw Glasgow nudge ahead before the hour but Paddy Jackson's try prove decisive.
Ulster's dominance for much of the game was vast.
Jackson's early penalty put them ahead and even when Iain Henderson was sin-binned for a dump tackle on Tommy Seymour, they extended their lead.
Ulster's All Black wing Charles Piutau was at the heart of so much of their attacking. He did Stuart Hogg for pace, then he carried again, racing away from Leonardo Sarto up the left wing. When Ulster swept right, Cave went over.
Reid's try - from a yard out - and Russell's conversion, on his 24th birthday and his return to the team after that awful injury at the end of last season, narrowed the gap to 7-8.
Still, Ulster's control continued to the break. They were wrongly denied a try when Rob Herring's score was ruled out for a Henderson obstruction, but they came again.
Piutau caused more havoc. Another break and then another, which saw Sarto penalised, wrongly, for a dangerous tackle as the New Zealander honed in on the try-line.
Referee Ian Davies gave the penalty try and sent Sarto to the bin for good measure. Jackson converted for a 15-7 half-time lead.
Ulster had 70% possession in the opening half and all the big ball carriers were in the Ulster ranks.
They might have gone further ahead on the resumption but Seymour knocked the ball out of Jackson's hands after a slashing break from the fly-half, but play went back for an earlier offside and the tide began to turn.
Russell made it 15-10 with a penalty and then Hogg drew the cover beautifully before putting Seymour over in the corner for his seventh try of the season. Russell converted to put Glasgow ahead.
At that point, just short of the hour, Glasgow had had only 38% possession in the entire match and yet they were two points clear.
It was utterly illogical but it typified their character and their predatory instincts. Glasgow made a little ball go an awfully long way.
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Jackson's try was delicious; an attack that sliced through the heart of the Glasgow defence. The fly-half converted to restore the five-point lead. Having regained their advantage they then defended like demons to protect it.
Ulster have had some painful losses here in the past. They wouldn't be denied this time.
Not many teams get out of Glasgow with a win in the Pro 12. Ulster did - and they deserved it.
Glasgow Warriors: S Hogg, L Sarto, M Bennett, A Dunbar, T Seymour, F Russell, H Pyrgos (co-captain); G Reid, F Brown, Z Fagerson, G Peterson, J Gray (co-captain), T Uanivi, L Wynne, R Wilson.
Replacements: C Flynn (for Peterson, 23), A Allan (for Reid, 29), S Puafisi (for Z Fagerson, 51), S Thomson (for Uanivi, 31), M Fagerson (for Wilson, 71), A Price (for Pyrgos, 72), N Grigg (for R Hughes, 76), R Hughes (for Sarto, 48).
Sin-bin: Sarto (38)
Ulster: J Payne, L Ludik, D Cave, S McCloskey, C Piutau; P Jackson, R Pienaar; A Warwick, R Herring (captain), R Ah You, A O'Connor, F van der Merwe, I Henderson, S Reidy, R Wilson.
Replacements: R Best (for Herring, 49), C Black, R Kane (for Ah You, 54), P Browne (for O'Connor, 55), C Ross (for Wilson, 59), P Marshall, S Olding (for McCloskey, 14), R Lyttle (for Olding).
Sin-bin: Henderson (9)
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU) | Ulster moved top of the Pro12 as Glasgow suffered a second consecutive loss in a brutal contest at Scotstoun. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37441491"} | 1,013 | 29 | 0.455846 | 1.142254 | -0.148015 | 0.6 | 42.7 | 0.5 |
A medieval priory and the Cathedral have received more than £7m for their restoration and modernisation plans.
Work at the Cathedral to build a new public space, entrance area and to conserve the 15th Century Lady Chapel is expected to begin later this year.
At Llanthony Secunda Priory, the money will help restore its major buildings and bring them back into use.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded £4.16m towards the £6m wanted for Project Pilgrim - the title for the cathedral's three phases of planned development.
Anne Cranston, project manager, said: "We're extremely fortunate to have received so much support from so many people during the development of Project Pilgrim."
Less than a mile away, the Llanthony Secunda Priory Trust has been granted £3.2m.
Plans there include the restoration of the Medieval Range, Victorian Farmhouse and Brick Range as well as the grounds landscaped.
Jeremy Williamson, trust chair, said: "After eight years of dedication from trustees, friends, and volunteers and with support from local businesses and other funders we are now one big step closer to realising our ambition.
He added "we are ecstatic about the news of their generous support." | Two heritage projects in Gloucester have been given millions of pounds to help plans for development. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35888762"} | 274 | 18 | 0.477894 | 1.114986 | -0.267244 | 0.705882 | 14 | 0.588235 |
The government's first capacity market auction saw power firms secure more than 49GW of electricity generation capacity.
SSE won agreements to provide a total of 4,409MW of capacity for 2018-19.
But several SSE plants, including Peterhead, failed to win contracts.
The backup capacity market aims to ensure power is available when intermittent renewable energy sources fail to produce electricity.
SSE said it was pleased that the majority of its plants had been successful in the auction, which was run by the National Grid.
A spokesman said: "Whilst we would have preferred to get a contract for Peterhead, the capacity market is just one option available to the station.
"This auction was for contracts starting in 2018 and doesn't affect existing operations.
"Peterhead currently has a Supplemental Balancing Reserve (SBR) contract with National Grid which could be extended.
"There's the option of entering the station into next year's capacity market auction and we are continuing to develop the pioneering carbon capture and storage project at the site, in partnership with Shell.
"We will continue to analyse market conditions and opportunities for all our plants going into next year's capacity market auction and beyond."
He added: "These include future Capacity Market auctions, future SBR tender rounds, contracts with National Grid, and business-as-usual operation in the market."
As a result of the auction, power generation firms are to receive close to £1bn to ensure their plants stay open and prevent the lights going out in the coming years.
It will add around £11 to the average household energy bill.
The auction will provide power for the year 2018-19. | SSE has said existing operations at Peterhead power station will not be affected, despite losing out on a capacity auction designed to avoid blackouts in future years. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30548155"} | 349 | 36 | 0.651875 | 1.577396 | 0.43532 | 0.862069 | 11.310345 | 0.724138 |
Back-rower Dewald Potgieter starts after recovering from an ankle injury, while Jaba Bregvadze returns at hooker.
Exeter make three changes from last Saturday's thrilling 35-35 draw with leaders Wasps.
Geoff Parling replaces the suspended Jonny Hill in the second row, while tight-head prop Harry Williams and hooker Jack Yeandle also start.
Worcester lock forward Will Spencer will be up against two former team-mates, Exeter backs Olly Woodburn and Ollie Devoto, who both played alongside him at Bath under Gary Gold, now Warriors director of rugby.
Exeter have the best away record in the Premiership, having picked up 22 points from seven outings this season, and have won all nine previous Premiership meetings between the two sides. Worcester's most recent success over Exeter came at the old County Ground in Division One in March 2004.
Warriors go into the game on the back of their best run of form this campaign, having won three of their last four matches.
The Chiefs have drawn their last two Premiership games, but no side has ever drawn three in succession.
Worcester: Adams; Heem, Olivier, Willison, Humphreys; Mills, Hougaard; Bower, Bregvadze, Schonert, O'Callaghan (capt), Spencer, Vui, Potgieter, Faosiliva.
Replacements: Taufete'e, Ruskin, Alo, Cavubati, Lewis, Baldwin, Lamb, Howard.
Exeter: Dollman; Woodburn, Campagnaro, Slade, Short; Steenson (capt), Maunder; Moon, Yeandle, Williams, Lees, Parling, Dennis, Armand, Simmonds.
Replacements: Malton, Rimmer, Francis, Skinner, Waldrom, Townsend, Whitten, Turner.
Referee: JP Doyle.
For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter. | Worcester make two changes to the side which earned a shock 24-18 win over Premiership champions Saracens. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38971927"} | 437 | 26 | 0.404287 | 1.067732 | -0.038867 | 0.5 | 16.85 | 0.5 |
Rashford made two substitute appearances for the senior team at Euro 2016 after making his debut in the build-up to the tournament.
The 18-year-old has never previously been in the under-21 squad.
Gareth Southgate's team, who won the Toulon tournament in May, top their qualifying group after five games.
Rashford became the youngest player to score on his England debut when he volleyed in after only 138 seconds against Australia in May, aged 18 years and 208 days.
He scored eight goals in 18 games for United last term but has yet to feature under new boss Jose Mourinho in the current campaign.
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Angus Gunn (Manchester City), Jordan Pickford (Sunderland), Joe Wildsmith (Sheffield Wednesday)
Defenders: Calum Chambers (Arsenal), Ben Chilwell (Leicester), Brendan Galloway (West Brom, loan from Everton), Kortney Hause (Wolves), Rob Holding (Arsenal), Mason Holgate (Everton), Dominic Iorfa (Wolves), Matt Targett (Southampton)
Midfielders: Lewis Baker (Vitesse Arnhem, loan from Chelsea), Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea), Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), Will Hughes (Derby), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), John Swift (Reading), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton)
Forwards: Demarai Gray (Leicester), Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Nathan Redmond (Southampton), Dominic Solanke (Chelsea), Duncan Watmore (Sunderland)
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On 1 July 1916, Gp Capt Lionel Rees, of the Royal Flying Corps, fought an enemy force that outnumbered him eight to one.
A Hawk Jet from RAF Valley flew over his hometown, Caernarfon, at 12:00 BST.
At 11:45, a memorial paving stone was also unveiled at his birthplace on Castle Street.
Events to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme are taking place around Wales.
Mr Rees was the only Gwynedd man to win a Victoria Cross during World War One, with 628 given out in total.
The airman was on flying duties at Double Crassieurs, France, when he was attacked by German bombers.
He was able to disperse them, seriously damaging two, and despite being shot in the leg and temporarily losing control of his plane, he managed to land it safely.
Following World War One, Mr Rees sailed single-handedly from Wales to Nassau in the Bahamas, where he died in 1955, aged 71.
Air officer for Wales, Air Cmdr Dai Williams, will join Gwynedd councillors for the flypast.
Councillor Ioan Thomas said it was "extremely important" that the council paid tribute to all the Gwynedd men who fought in the war. | An RAF flypast has marked 100 years since a Gwynedd man won a Victoria Cross through his actions on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36675983"} | 300 | 40 | 0.614994 | 1.57548 | 0.337648 | 1.965517 | 8.172414 | 0.655172 |
A statement from his Astana team said the crash happened close to Scarponi's home in Filottrano.
Scarponi won the 2011 Giro d'Italia after Alberto Contador was stripped of the title and claimed victory in stage one of the Tour of the Alps on Monday.
"This is a tragedy too big to be written," said the Astana statement.
The statement described Scarponi as a "great champion" and a "special guy", adding: "The Astana Pro Team clings to the Michele family in this incredibly painful moment of sorrow and mourning."
Scarponi leaves behind a wife and two children.
After finishing fourth in the Tour of the Alps behind British winner Geraint Thomas on Friday, Scarponi returned home by car with his masseur before heading out for a ride on Saturday.
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"Devastated to hear the news about Scarponi. Can't believe it. My thoughts with all his friends, family and team," Thomas posted on Twitter.
"Terrible news to wake up to. One of the smiliest, happiest guys in the peleton. Rest in peace," said British cyclist Alex Dowsett.
Spanish rider Contador said: "Paralysed and speechless with the news about Scarponi. Great person and always with a contagious smile. Rest in peace, friend."
Astana team-mate and compatriot Fabio Aru said: "Endless tragedy. There are no words. Rest in peace, my friend."
Specialist climber Scarponi turned professional in 2002 with the Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo team, finishing 18th in his debut Giro d'Italia.
In 2007 he was banned for 18 months after being implicated in Operation Puerto - a major Spanish doping scandal involving some of the world's top cyclists at the time.
Scarponi admitted his involvement in the scandal but denied doping, having been charged with using or attempting to use banned substances and possession of those substances.
Returning in November 2008, he won the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race in 2009 before initially finishing second in the 2011 Giro d'Italia.
He was later awarded his first Grand Tour title after original winner Contador was stripped of his title by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2012 after a positive test for clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France.
Scarponi was suspended for three months in 2012 by his then team Lampre for visiting doctor Michele Ferrari - who is banned for life by the US Anti-Doping Agency for his role in Lance Armstrong's doping programme.
Following fourth-placed finishes at the Giro d'Italia in 2012 and 2013, Scarponi joined Astana in 2014, primarily riding Grand Tours as a domestique and helping team-mate Vincenzo Nibali to victory in the 2014 Tour de France and 2016 Giro d'Italia. | Italian cyclist Michele Scarponi has died aged 37 after being involved in a collision with a van during a training ride. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39677856"} | 688 | 29 | 0.473352 | 1.278145 | -0.69126 | 0.727273 | 24.590909 | 0.545455 |
The unnamed 35 year old was discovered on the car park of the BP station on Butts Road in Earlsdon, Coventry, at 01:50 BST on Sunday.
The man, from the city, was taken to hospital but died on Monday afternoon, police said.
Earlier, a 21-year-old Coventry man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and a 23-year-old woman detained on suspicion of assisting an offender.
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Det Insp Justin Spanner, from West Midlands Police, said: "Sadly we are now looking at a murder investigation and I would ask anyone with information to contact us as soon as possible.
"Our thoughts remain with the man's family as they come to terms with their loss."
The family is being supported by specialist officers, the force says. | A man found with serious stab wounds on a service station car park has died. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40252506"} | 190 | 20 | 0.525365 | 1.097152 | -0.781537 | 0.75 | 10.25 | 0.625 |
In a scathing report, John Sopko said that officials bought "forest" pattern uniforms, despite the country's landscape being only 2.1% wooded.
The decision was "not based on an evaluation of its appropriateness for the Afghan environment", he wrote.
A former Afghan defence minister chose the pattern in 2007, he says.
In the 17-page report, Mr Sopko writes that Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak chose the privately owned pattern over a cheaper pattern that the US military already owned.
US officials, who had been searching for patterns online with Mr Wardak, authorised the purchase because he "liked what he saw", they wrote at the time.
"My concern is what if the minister of defence liked purple, or liked pink?" Mr Sopko told USA Today in an interview.
"Are we going to buy pink uniforms for soldiers and not ask questions? That's insane. This is just simply stupid on its face.
"We wasted $28 million of taxpayers' money in the name of fashion, because the defence minister thought that that pattern was pretty."
For years, Mr Sopko's office has criticised the Pentagon for wastefulness during the United States' longest war.
In January, he told a think tank in Washington there was evidence that Taliban leaders had instructed commanders to purchase US fuel, ammunition and weapons from Afghan soldiers, because it is cheaper.
Senator Chuck Grassley called the uniform decision "embarrassing and an affront to US taxpayers".
"Those who wasted money on the wrong camouflage uniforms seem to have lost sight of their common sense," the Republican senator added.
The Pentagon is currently considering raising the level of US troops in Afghanistan, with a formal announcement expected this week. | US taxpayers unnecessarily spent $28m on uniforms for the Afghan National Army, according to the US inspector general tasked with overseeing the war. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40363661"} | 387 | 39 | 0.516982 | 1.36434 | 0.299322 | 1.074074 | 12.703704 | 0.62963 |
A conference in Cardiff brings together specialists, politicians and addicts to discuss the issue on Wednesday.
The Gambling Commission has estimated 1.1% of the Welsh population has a problem.
The Welsh Government said, in general, there was no medical intervention for gambling.
Event organiser Wynford Ellis Owen, from the Living Room charity, said it had become a "public health problem".
While addict Sarah Grant, 31, of Cardiff, said she found it was "not taken seriously", particularly compared to drug and alcohol addictions, with some gambling treatments only available for men.
Ms Grant said she had no support despite having been in prison and homeless due to a 15-year addiction.
She said she would have been offered residential rehabilitation had she been addicted to alcohol or drugs.
Iain Corby, of the charity GambleAware, said although gambling treatment was not available from NHS Wales, there was help available from charities.
"Gambling addiction can have a corrosive effect on individuals and their loved ones, so we encourage anyone who has ever felt they gambled more than they can afford or lied about their gambling to get in touch," he added.
Ms Grant spoke to BBC Wales ahead of the conference at Cardiff Bay's Pierhead building where she will deliver a speech.
She said, in an effort to tackle her addiction, she applied for a 12-week stint in rehab in England, but was told the facility was only available to men.
She was instead told she could apply for a two-night retreat for women - but there are only 10 places available twice a year for the whole of the UK, and her application was not successful.
Mr Owen said there were very few providers in the UK, but added he did not feel residential rehabilitation was an effective solution.
Figures from the Gambling Commission released in October 2016 showed little difference between the number of women participating in gambling compared to men.
They showed 5% of Welsh women surveyed aged 35-44 were at risk of problematic gambling, with other age ranges showing lower risks.
Participation in any form of gambling activity was most common among those aged 55-64.
Ms Grant added most addiction support was focused on drugs or alcohol - and gambling was "back in ancient times" in terms of available support.
"This is a serious problem, a serious epidemic and it needs to be taken seriously," she said.
About 1.1% of the Welsh population are problematic gamblers with a further 4% at risk, according to figures released earlier this year by the Gambling Commission.
Mr Owen said: "When we first set out to tackle the issue [of gambling] we were a lone voice.
"We knew there was a major problem in Wales, but we lacked the evidence. Two years on and we not only know for sure there is a major problem with gambling, but we now have the evidence.
"A number of problem gamblers have made contact with us since 2015 which has helped shape effective recovery options for them."
Mr Owen described it as "one of the key challenges of our age".
A Welsh Government spokeswoman said: "Many people participate in gambling activities without any apparent problems, but we recognise that for some people, gambling becomes an addiction which leads to harmful health and social impacts.
"While the regulation of gambling is not devolved, we are always keen to explore what more we can do to tackle gambling addiction and the impact it has on communities and families in Wales."
She added psychological interventions were available which can help motivate people to change their behaviour.
The first research findings on gambling among veterans will also be revealed at the conference, undertaken by Swansea University with the Forces in Mind Trust. | Gambling addiction is "not taken seriously" in Wales with a lack of support for addicts, it has been claimed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40280387"} | 778 | 27 | 0.581652 | 1.488583 | 0.417359 | 2.130435 | 32.304348 | 0.913043 |
The report said PTTEP Australasia, a unit of Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production, had failed to observe "sensible" practice.
The Australian Resources Minister told parliament the Thai firm should have its operating licence reviewed.
More than 400 barrels of oil a day spewed into the pristine Timor Sea off Australia's north coast for 10 weeks.
The oil hit the coast of Indonesia and East Timor.
Oil began leaking from the West Atlas rig and Montara wellhead platform north of Australia last August.
It was plugged on a fifth attempt in November 2009, after a slick had spread an estimated 90,000 sq km (35,000 sq miles).
"The widespread and systematic shortcomings of PTTEP Australasia's procedures were a direct cause of the loss of well-control," Mr Ferguson said.
"Well-control practices approved by the regulator would have been sufficient to prevent the loss of well-control, however PTTEP Australasia did not adhere to these practices or its own well-construction standards," he said.
The company paid $390m (£245m) for the clean-up but the minister said he thought relevant laws needed to be strengthened to make absolutely clear that companies would be held responsible for any future leaks.
He also criticised the Australian government regulator which had pursued a "minimalist" approach in handling the emergency, saying the entire incident had been avoidable.
There was no immediate response from PTTEP.
The government ordered the inquiry while environmentalists have expressed concerns about the waters off Australia's north-west coast, which are home to whales and dolphins. | An Australian government inquiry has blamed the country's worst offshore oil leak on the rig's Thai owner. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "11826522"} | 356 | 25 | 0.552711 | 1.314728 | 0.328665 | 0.75 | 15.45 | 0.65 |
The promotion hopefuls, who are without captain Nathan Pond and strikers Devante Cole and Wes Burns, have drawn their last two League One matches 0-0.
Town, in third place, have slipped six points off the automatic promotion spots but Rosler thinks they will improve when his players recover.
"What makes me optimistic is the players coming back," he said.
Pond has not played since mid-January but was on the bench for Saturday's draw with Bury and will be available for Swindon's visit to Highbury on Saturday.
Burns, who joined the club from Bristol City in January, is back in training after damaging his ankle ligaments, while Cole should return from a groin injury before the end of the campaign.
Fleetwood have 69 points with seven games remaining and Rosler has given his players a target of 74 points to secure a top-six finish.
He is sure the bolstering of his squad from the physio room will help for the likely eventuality of the play-offs, telling BBC Radio Lancashire: "When your players have been out for two or three months and they're coming in at the final stages of the season, they have a lot of energy.
"They may not be 100% in terms of match sharpness, but what they do have is a willingness to show themselves. I think that can play in our favour.
"We will get our players back and then we will be a different proposition." | Fleetwood Town manager Uwe Rosler is confident his side will be a "different proposition" with returning players. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39406578"} | 317 | 25 | 0.568571 | 1.368925 | -0.101224 | 1.15 | 14.35 | 0.75 |
The former UKIP leader was in the city with his successor Paul Nuttall, who is standing in the seat vacated by Tristram Hunt.
The egg, said to have been thrown by a youth, was launched at the UKIP pair in the Hanley area earlier.
It comes after Mr Farage's wife Kirsten said she and her husband had been living "separate lives for some years".
She said the former UKIP leader had moved out of the family home in Kent and the situation "suits everyone" involved. They married in 1999 and have two children.
Stoke Central by-election candidates list
Mr Farage and Mr Nuttall were in Stoke-on-Trent ahead of a campaign event.
The Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, to be held on 23 February, was triggered by Labour MP Mr Hunt's decision to quit Parliament for a job at the V&A museum in London. | Nigel Farage dodged an egg that was pelted at him on the campaign trail in Stoke-on-Trent. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38887841"} | 205 | 28 | 0.584948 | 1.261845 | -0.245742 | 2.095238 | 8.52381 | 0.666667 |
"The correspondent was concerned that children may be encouraged to play on railway tracks as a result of seeing the film," the BBFC's annual report reveals.
The tear-jerking drama, directed by Lionel Jeffries, starred Bernard Cribbins, Dinah Sheridan, Jenny Agutter and Sally Thomsett.
The report, published on Thursday, said the BBFC judged that it was "very unlikely" that The Railway Children would promote "such dangerous activity".
"The Railway Children is set in the Edwardian period and trains and access to railway property are very different today," the censor said.
"The film also demonstrates the potential harm to children if proper care is not taken."
Based on the E Nesbit novel, it was filmed on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and chronicles the adventures of three children forced to move from London to Yorkshire when their father is imprisoned after being falsely accused of selling state secrets.
Senior examiner Craig Lapper said the film had always been rated U - meaning suitable for all - but that the BBFC website now drew attention to the fact that the "playing on railway lines was in an archaic context".
Hammer chiller The Woman in Black, starring Daniel Radcliffe, generated the most public feedback to the censor in 2012.
A total of 134 cinema-goers complained to the BBFC that the film was "too dark and unsettling" for a 12A certificate.
The film generated £21m in UK cinemas in 2012, making it the second most popular British film of 2012 after Skyfall.
The Hunger Games, in which children and teenagers are forced to fight to the death on TV, generated 43 complaints about its violence and theme.
The BBFC had classified the film 12A following edits to remove some violent detail.
There were a "small number of complaints" criticising the decision to cut the film.
The BBFC said: "These were mostly from young fans of the books who believed the film should remain intact and that any cuts to the violence would sanitise its impact."
Men in Black 3 received 50 complaints for its language, violence, horror and sexual innuendo. The film was classified PG, as were the earlier two films in the franchise.
In 2013, the most complaints have been about the violence in 12A-rated Tom Cruise action movie Jack Reacher.
In 2012, the BBFC classified 850 films - the highest number since 1965. No film or video works were refused a classification.
Other trends in 2012 included a 40% rise in the number of classifications of online-only material.
BBFC director David Cooke said that while the internet downloads did not fall under BBFC's remit - but could be submitted voluntarily - it was "becoming clearer that both politicians and the public want us to play a role".
The BBFC also backed government plans to change the rules on videos that are exempt from classification - such as music videos, documentaries and extreme fighting videos.
"It's become apparent that some of those exemptions have enabled some very strong material," Mr Cooke said. | Forty-two years after it was released, classic family film The Railway Children has prompted its first complaint to the British Board of Film Classification. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "23270980"} | 692 | 32 | 0.455595 | 1.247413 | 0.308959 | 1.071429 | 21.392857 | 0.642857 |
At present, minutes of Bank policy discussions are made public around two weeks after decisions are given.
The move will make it easier for investors and firms to interpret signals from the Bank, an analyst said.
The number of policy meetings will also be cut from 12 to eight per year.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney said: "By removing the present drip-feed of news... in favour of a single monetary policy announcement, we believe these arrangements will enhance the effectiveness of our monetary policy communications, making the policy signals we send as clear as possible."
In June Labour MP Pat McFadden likened the Bank to an "unreliable boyfriend", saying there had been a lack of clarity about the possible timing of interest rate rises.
While single policy announcements will take place from August 2015, reducing the number of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meetings will need a change to the law.
Chancellor George Osborne said he would seek to review the Bank of England Act after the next election.
"Ensuring the Bank is well positioned to fulfil its vital role of overseeing monetary policy and financial stability is a key part of the government's long term economic plan," he said.
The MPC's main task is to keep inflation as close to 2% as possible, but it also sets interest rates.
The alterations should make it easier for people to decode the Bank's signals more accurately, according to Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight.
"Publishing the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meetings at the same time as the policy decision is made should allow analysts and the markets to make more informed views of the Bank of England's action and where policy is likely headed.
"This should help to limit the risk of potentially damaging market swings that can occur when a policy decision is taken but the full (if any) reasons are not known for two weeks after.
"It should also reduce the risk of misinterpretations of the Bank of England's policy decision by analysts, the markets and corporate decision-makers." Mr Archer added.
The Bank's transparency and accountability drive follows a review by former Federal Reserve board governor Kevin Warsh, who said the current schedule of 12 meetings was "inconsistent with best practice".
Mr Warsh called for the details in the MPC minutes to be enhanced to expand on the "crux of the deliberations".
"That way, businesses, households and investors can gain a better sense of the key judgments with which the MPC is wrestling." | From 2015, the Bank of England will publish policy decisions and minutes of policy meetings at the same time, in an effort to communicate more clearly with the public. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30429761"} | 549 | 33 | 0.514433 | 1.377484 | 0.526585 | 1.8125 | 15.625 | 0.875 |
Folajimi Orebiyi was knifed in the neck outside a Notting Hill estate on Sunday at about 20:45 BST.
The 17-year-old then fled along Portobello Road but collapsed. An air ambulance was called but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Met said the suspects were in custody at separate police stations. A boy of 15 was arrested on Monday.
A post-mortem examination has yest to take place. | Two 16-year-boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager was stabbed to death in west London. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36714344"} | 104 | 29 | 0.597049 | 1.183554 | -0.841354 | 0.791667 | 3.458333 | 0.458333 |
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GB trailed 84-83 with 24 seconds remaining and stole the ball, but missed a shot and a free throw, with Greece's four free throws sealing the game.
Dan Clark had 23 points to lead GB's scoring, with Gabe Olaseni and Luke Nelson adding 20 and 13 points respectively.
The defeat is GB's fifth in their warm-up games for next month's EuroBasket finals.
On a four-game losing streak after a 72-68 behind-closed-doors loss on Friday to their visitors, GB looked eager to make a mark early, but had to come from behind to share the first quarter 22-22.
Greece were missing four regulars, including NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo and two other starters, but their wealth of talent - almost the entire squad plays in the continent's top league, the Euroleague - meant they were still tough opponents for head coach Joe Prunty's team.
That showed in the second quarter as centre George Papagiannis, fed by classy point guard Kostas Sloukas, ignited a 10-0 run for a 32-25 lead before Gabe Olaseni and newcomer Luke Nelson brought GB back to lead briefly, 40-39 on Nelson's assured three-pointer.
Down by two points at the break, GB slipped further behind before a storming 14-1 run, inspired by veteran Kieron Achara, brought GB a 65-59 lead at the end of the third quarter.
The return of Sloukas and increased defensive intensity gave the visitors an 11-0 start to the final quarter.
GB set up the chance of an unlikely win with a run of five unanswered point in the last two minutes, but Nelson's drive and shot missed, and when Andrew Lawrence missed a free throw with six seconds remaining, Greece escaped to another win over their hosts.
GB now travel to Warsaw for next weekend's final warm-up tournament before taking the flight to Istanbul for their EuroBasket opener against Belgium on 1 September.
Clark, whose 23 points was his biggest haul in five games this summer, was frustrated with the outcome.
"It's a great test for us to play against a team like that but we should have won today," he told BBC Sport.
"I think we're on the right track, but the biggest thing now is learning how to win.
"It sounds stupid, but there is a process at the end of the game that they do and we don't do, to win games. And we've got to learn how to do that." | Great Britain lost to EuroBasket contenders Greece for the third time this summer, 84-88 in a dramatic finish to their warm-up game at the Copper Box. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40989783"} | 593 | 38 | 0.424105 | 1.055066 | -0.063001 | 1.34375 | 15.875 | 0.71875 |
The first leg, new manager Brendan Rodgers' first competitive fixture in charge, will be away on 12/13 July, with the return on 19/20 July.
Celtic have lost in the final play-off round for the past two seasons.
They will only discover their opponents on 5/6 July, once the winners of the first qualifying round tie are known.
Also involved at that stage are Welsh side The New Saints, who will face Tre Penne of San Marino.
Rodgers could have returned to his native Northern Ireland, but Irish Premiership champions Crusaders were drawn against FC Copenhagen.
He is hoping to improve on predecessor Ronny Deila's record in Europe, Celtic having failed to reach the Champions League group stages for the past two seasons, and entering the Europa League as a result. | Celtic will face a trip to either Estonian side Flora Tallinn or Lincoln of Gibraltar in the Champions League second qualifying round. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36574333"} | 172 | 31 | 0.659813 | 1.418958 | -0.11591 | 0.956522 | 6.652174 | 0.608696 |
Kenya has already missed two deadlines to show it is tackling cheating in sport - 11 February and 5 April.
If Kenya does not legislate to create a new national anti-doping agency, it will be declared non-compliant and move a step closer to missing the Rio Games.
Meanwhile Ethiopia has been given until November to perform mass doping tests.
The two nations are among the most successful in track and field, and placed first and fifth respectively in the medal table at the 2015 World Athletics Championships.
Since 2011, more than 40 Kenyan athletes have failed drugs tests and the country has been placed on a 'watch-list' of nations at risk of breaching the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) code and told to take legal steps to toughen its anti-doping procedures.
But while lawmakers have held a preliminary reading of a bill criminalising sports doping, two further hearings and presidential assent are still required and the country's parliament is now in recess.
However, Athletics Kenya's acting president Jackson Tuwei has said he believes Wada is "satisfied with the progress" of the country's anti-doping efforts.
Ethiopia is not in danger of missing the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August, but could face a ban at a later date if it does not comply with Wada's request to test up to 200 athletes.
Results of the drug tests - to which the government has pledged $300,000 (£212,900) - must be provided to Wada and world athletics' governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
"We are told that we could be banned from the IAAF if we don't comply with the request," team doctor Ayalew Tilahun told a news conference. | Kenya could be banned from the Olympics if it does not pass new anti-doping rules by a new World Anti-Doping Agency deadline of 2 May. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35990512"} | 406 | 36 | 0.570114 | 1.367151 | 0.301118 | 2.8 | 11.233333 | 0.8 |
Neil Fingleton, who was 7ft 7in, died from a heart attack at home last month.
In a service at Durham Cathedral the 36-year-old was described as someone who "touched the lives" of many.
Canon Alan Bartlett, from his church in Gilesgate, said he remembered him as "a politely spoken and gracious man who just happened to be a bit taller than most of us", rather than a global star.
Mr Fingleton was a professional basketball player in the United States before becoming an actor.
He played Mag The Mighty in the popular Game of Thrones TV fantasy series and also worked on X-Men and Dr Who, in which he played the Fisher King monster.
A friend who met him in America, Phil Giarusso, said: "The value of a person's life is not in the things you accumulate, but the quality of your relationships, and Neil touched the lives of all of us."
Mr Fingleton's title as Britain's tallest man was confirmed in 2007.
His mother said it could be a "struggle for him at times" but he had "maintained his humility", Canon Bartlett told mourners at the service. | The funeral of Game Of Thrones actor and Britain's tallest man has been attended by hundreds of mourners. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39308708"} | 271 | 24 | 0.504912 | 1.203436 | 0.192885 | 1.6 | 11.8 | 0.7 |
Tarik Hassane, 22, sent his friends a photograph of himself holding a handgun and a book about Osama Bin Laden, his trial at the Old Bailey was told.
After his arrest in 2014, he denied he supported so-called Islamic State.
Mr Hassane and three co-defendants, all from west London, deny conspiracy to murder and preparing terrorist acts.
In a handwritten statement, Mr Hassane told police officers "any foolish posing on my part was just that and not in any way criminal".
The jury was also shown photographs of Mr Hassane and his three co-defendants Nathan Cuffy, 26, Nyall Hamlett, 25, and Suhaib Majeed, 21, being followed during a five-week surveillance operation.
Prosecutors claim the images show how a Russian-made pistol, silencer and bullets were passed between some of the accused men and were later thrown out of a bedroom window when police moved in to make arrests.
The court has heard how Mr Hassane - who is accused of pledging his allegiance to IS during his time studying in Sudan - is said to have carried out online reconnaissance of targets at Shepherd's Bush police station and the Parachute Regiment Territorial Army Barracks at White City.
In social media chats with his friend Mr Majeed, Mr Hassane used coded language, telling the physics undergraduate to get a gun and an untraceable moped for an attack, prosecutors claim.
The jury was shown photographs taken by surveillance officers in early September 2014 in which it is claimed Mr Majeed can be seen on his laptop in Regent's Park carrying out secret online conversations.
Photographs taken on 23 September are alleged to show how the men acquired a firearm for the attack.
Two of the accused men - Mr Cuffy and Mr Hamlett - can be seen shaking hands in the street.
Mr Cuffy has admitted transferring a prohibited firearm but denies conspiracy to murder and preparing terrorist acts.
The surveillance shots show that an hour later Mr Hamlett met Mr Majeed when, according to the prosecution, he passed the weapon on to him.
The following day officers raided Mr Majeed's flat where they saw the Baikal pistol, the silencer and the ammunition being thrown out of an upstairs bedroom window.
In a statement, Mr Majeed told police he did not agree with a religious ruling or fatwa issued by IS calling for attacks on civilians in the West.
He said: "I believe these views are against the teachings of Islam."
Mr Hassane was arrested after returning to London from Sudan the following month.
He told police "I am in total disagreement with Isis [another name for IS]... I have been involved in no terrorist activity anywhere."
He said the coded conversations on social media were about buying trainers, not guns.
The trial continues. | A medical student accused of plotting to carry out a "drive-by" shooting in London had pictures of himself posing with a gun, a jury has heard. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35432339"} | 646 | 39 | 0.420709 | 1.109561 | -0.167785 | 1 | 17.03125 | 0.75 |
Speaking on his Sirius XM radio show, the 37-year-old said the fight against the American will take place in Manchester on 8 October.
Henderson, 45, defeated Bisping at UFC 100 with a second-round knockout.
Bisping became the first Briton to win a UFC title in June with a first-round knockout of Luke Rockhold at UFC 199. | Michael Bisping has confirmed he will defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title against Dan Henderson at UFC 204. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36985792"} | 87 | 26 | 0.74041 | 1.440463 | 0.446438 | 0.55 | 3.6 | 0.45 |
Police had investigated the message and met with both parties.
However the Robinson family have decided not to take any further action.
"We would like to remind all supporters that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated under any circumstances and action will be taken," the club said.
The Latics are bottom of League One, three points adrift of safety. | Oldham have banned a supporter from home games for the rest of the season for sending an "abusive and threatening" tweet aimed at the family of manager Stephen Robinson. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38470164"} | 74 | 40 | 0.684087 | 1.381402 | -0.649595 | 0.375 | 2.25 | 0.375 |
Watson, ranked 79th in the world, failed with a chance to serve for a straight-set win over Hungary's Timea Babos before losing 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 7-5.
Babos, ranked 60th, played with aggression and power to claim victory in just under three hours.
Edmund was hampered by cramp as he lost 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-3 6-1 to world number 81 Damir Dzumhur.
The 21-year-old twice led by a set in hot conditions but the problem with his left leg helped Dzumhur fight back.
"I'm disappointed obviously because it's not my tennis that's let me down, it's my body," Edmund said.
Watson, 23, revealed after her match that she had also been troubled by physical issues.
"I came into the tournament with an abdominal strain," she said.
"As soon as it got important in that 5-4 game in the second set, I felt myself get tense and when I needed my serve today I couldn't reach up and hit it."
Watson, the British number two, made a great start against Babos by securing an early break for a 3-0 lead, but was soon broken back.
The Hungarian's aggressive serving game saved a set point at 5-6 as she produced two aces in a row, but Watson triumphed in the tie-break to secure a dramatic opening set than lasted 70 minutes.
At that stage, the advantage was with the Briton, who came out on top in a sumptuous 40-shot rally en route to earning what appeared a crucial break at 4-4 in the second set.
But 23-year-old Watson looked nervous as she served for the match, and lost her momentum as Babos reeled off three successive games to take the second set and level the match.
There was a further setback for Watson in the decider, as she was broken after pulling out of a shot when on top in a rally, in the mistaken belief that Babos had hit the ball long.
She broke back as Babos served for the match, and then pulled level at 5-5, only to fail in her next service game and lose the match.
Edmund, the British men's number three, called the trainer after the seventh game in the third set.
He managed to serve out for a 2-1 lead, but was no match for the Bosnian in the final two sets as his injury continued to hinder him.
Edmund, wincing and clutching his thigh, gave away five break points at 1-1 in the decider before succumbing and handing his opponent the decisive advantage.
The 21-year-old struggled to make it to the baseline to serve his final game, and a backhand into the net confirmed defeat in three hours and 12 minutes.
"You can't play full out because you lose confidence in your movement and when you do move you start to cramp up again," said the Yorkshireman.
"It was the same situation I felt in Davis Cup where I couldn't do anything.
"To beat these guys you have to be 100%. You can't play with your body cramping. It's frustrating."
"Watson said before this match that the short-term addition of Judy Murray to her coaching team put her in a 'super positive' frame of mind, and she played this match in a similar vein.
"She served for a straight-set victory in a match of absorbing rallies of up to 40 shots, but ultimately one of great disappointment as Watson lost in the first round for the third year in a row.
"Playing in plus-30 degree heat, Edmund started cramping as early as the third set. Cramp was also an issue in the Davis Cup final: nerves play their part, and the 21-year-old knows it is something he needs to address."
British number one Andy Murray begins his campaign against German teenager Alexander Zverev on Tuesday.
His match will be the second of the day on the Margaret Court Arena (01:30 GMT approx).
British number one woman Johanna Konta takes on Venus Williams in the second match on Rod Laver Arena (01:30 GMT approx).
Dan Evans is also second on Court 13 for his match against Spain's Feliciano Lopez and is followed on court by Aljaz Bedene, who faces American Steve Johnson. | Britain's Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund both suffered first-round exits on day one at the Australian Open. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35340358"} | 956 | 24 | 0.412266 | 1.048814 | 0.063364 | 0.619048 | 42.238095 | 0.619048 |
The 30-year-old Briton, who won the race in 2013, lost the race leadership despite finishing a strong seventh in Wednesday's 11km time trial.
Norway's Boasson Hagen finished in 13 minutes 26.98 seconds to win the stage by 25 seconds and take the lead.
The five-stage race concludes at Doha Corniche on Friday.
Cavendish plans to decide during the race whether he will compete at next month's track World Championships in London.
He told BBC Sport in January he was not sure how a winter spent mixing road and track racing would affect him.
"I could be flying, I could be catastrophic, I could be indifferent," he said.
The Isle of Man rider has started the season well, going close in two stages of the Dubai Tour and winning Tuesday's opening stage in Qatar.
A winner of 26 Tour de France stages, Cavendish faces a packed schedule in 2016 with August's Olympic Games in Rio also a target.
Stage three result: (Lusail - Lusail (ITT) - 11km):
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 13mins 26secs
2 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo +25secs
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team +29secs
4 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team +32secs
5 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team +40secs
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team +43secs
7 Mark Cavendish (GB) Dimension Data +44secs
8 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling at same time
9 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin +45secs
10 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team +47secs
Overall standings:
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 6hrs 53mins 35secs
2 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Dimension Data +26secs
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team +32secs
4 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team +34secs
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha +45secs
6 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin +48secs
7 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Team Katusha +1min 2secs
8 Sam Bennett (Ire) Bora-Argon 18 +1min 7secs
9 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha +1min 10secs
10 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team +1min 15secs | Mark Cavendish slipped 26 seconds behind leader and Dimension Data team-mate Edvald Boasson Hagen after the third stage of the Tour of Qatar. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35543758"} | 649 | 36 | 0.471541 | 1.296546 | 0.152073 | 1.307692 | 17.192308 | 0.769231 |
Nicola Hazell contacted Bristol Harbour Authority on Twitter after losing her silver solitaire ring while out rowing in Bristol docks on 9 July.
The harbourmaster spotted Avon and Somerset Police's dive team on a training exercise there on Friday and challenged them to find the ring.
Miss Hazell was delighted when the divers found the ring just hours later.
She tweeted: "Thank you SO much @ASPolice I can't believe you've reunited me with my engagement ring!! #herosindrysuits #SOhappy."
Avon and Somerset Police's Nick Evans, who led the dive team, said: "We are delighted to have found it for Nicola.
"We can't do this for everyone obviously, but we were here training anyway and we spend a lot of time looking for stolen property and other items, so it was a good challenge for the team." | Police divers have found a bride-to-be's engagement ring, two weeks after she dropped it into Bristol harbour. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36874475"} | 199 | 28 | 0.659409 | 1.534437 | -0.326485 | 0.916667 | 6.916667 | 0.666667 |
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare departs from the military shooter's roots, taking place in a near-future, sci-fi setting.
Fans have reacted by rating the video negatively, expressing more than 1.5 million dislikes in eight days.
Overall, the trailer has amassed more than 16 million views.
The game's dislikes make it the most disliked trailer or promotional video on the site, and the worst-rated gaming video in the site's history. However, it still trails behind Justin Bieber's music video, Baby, with 6.1 million dislikes, and Rebecca Black's Friday, which has more than two million.
Call of Duty is one of the world's best-selling game franchises, selling millions of copies of each annual instalment.
The game's publisher, Activision, said the reaction was down to the passion of gamers for the franchise - and said the company had seen such a reaction before.
"The fact is, while it's very early, pre-orders are off to a very strong start," CEO Eric Hirshberg said in an earnings call with investors.
"Views of the reveal trailer that you referred to are up and, in fact, the number of likes per view on the Infinite Warfare reveal trailer are also the highest we've ever seen.
"We've seen this in the franchise before. The reveal trailer for Black Ops II, which took the franchise into the future for the first time, had the most dislikes of any reveal trailer we had ever made at that time. And that, of course, went on to become our most successful game ever," he said.
"What we know for sure is that if we always just did what worked in the past and never took any creative risks, we wouldn't have a franchise. The day to worry is the day we stop trying new things."
The company is also facing a backlash from some fans over an updated version of their 2007 classic, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
The hugely successful title is being remastered with updated graphics for modern consoles, but will only be available to those who purchase the new Infinite Warfare game.
Call of Duty's sales have been in slow decline in recent years, although the most recent instalment, Black Ops 3, reversed that trend in 2015.
Activision is attempting to keep the franchise "fresh" with a new setting, said Piers Harding-Rolls, Head of Games Research at IHS Technology.
"Many veteran players are mostly interested in the multiplayer aspects of the game and can be considered 'core gamers', but more mainstream console gamers often get access to the latest version of the game as a Christmas gift," he said.
"If anything, the popularity of the respective trailers is a response to what is put in front of them - the trailer, the way it is edited and the music.
"After all, what people are liking/disliking is a short video clip and not the actual gameplay quality, which is central to how a game sells over its lifecycle." | The trailer for the latest blockbuster Call of Duty game has become one of the most disliked videos in YouTube history. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36257147"} | 685 | 26 | 0.494711 | 1.1848 | 0.346896 | 1.772727 | 27.590909 | 0.863636 |
The 21-year-old made eight appearances for Stanley on loan from Huddersfield earlier this season and was released by the Terriers last month.
Crooks, who has also played as a defender and a striker, made just one appearance for Huddersfield.
"Sometimes you can be a victim of your own versatility and Matt's keen not to do that," said manager John Coleman.
"I think he gives us strength, he can play in quite a lot of positions and I'm delighted with that signing for both this year and next year."
Stanley have also extended the loan spell of West Ham striker Sean Maguire until the end of the season, after his four goals in 22 appearances so far.
Both players available for Accrington's game against Burton on Tuesday evening. | Accrington Stanley have signed free agent midfielder Matt Crooks on an 18-month contract. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31601577"} | 177 | 24 | 0.614509 | 1.346796 | -0.365011 | 0.6875 | 9.625 | 0.5625 |
"All of my films capture street life and are shot clandestinely to a certain degree, but using iPhones on this one helped to even a greater extent," says Sean Baker, director of Tangerine, a breakout hit at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
"It led to a lot of freedom and experimentation. If you had seen us shooting across Santa Monica Boulevard, you would not know we were a professional shoot, except for perhaps our sound gear. "
Instead of using "dolly shots" - with a camera moving on a track - Baker filmed street scenes while riding his bicycle.
UK audiences can see Tangerine when it is released in selected UK cities on Friday alongside big studio offerings such as Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet, and The Lady with the Van, with Dame Maggie Smith.
Tangerine, by contrast, features acting newcomers Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez as trans sex workers on a Christmas Eve odyssey through the streets of LA.
Baker admits he is "pleasantly surprised" at the "universal love" the film has received since its Sundance world premiere in January 2015.
"It's the wonderful personas of the two lead characters who are really pulling audiences in," he says.
"Mya introduced me to Kiki. When I saw the two of them together, I immediately thought 'dynamic duo' - we have to figure out how to get these two on to the big screen."
Inspired by a true story told to him by the actresses, Baker shot the film in the Hollywood neighbourhood where he lived - using three iPhone 5s fitted with special lenses. He treated the footage in post-production to give it a vivid, cinematic sheen.
Sean Baker's tips for filming on a phone
1. Sound quality. If you're going to shoot a feature film on an iPhone, take your sound seriously. Don't skimp on the sound, because that's the first sign of an amateur.
2. Practise. Find the right tools and apps that will help you accomplish what you want. In the last year and a half, tech has advanced to a point where we don't need stabilisers any more - they are all built in to the iPhone 6. I'm jealous of anybody who is shooting stuff today.
3. Take it seriously. Accept it and embrace it and find the benefits that can come from it. I'm sure there are millions of benefits that we didn't even find on our 23 days of filming in 2014. People can use this as tool to experiment and to find different ways of telling stories.
The film's multiple storylines - which also involve a cheating pimp and an Armenian cab driver - converge in a showdown at an all-night doughnut shop.
Because the budget didn't stretch to hiring out the shop for exclusive use, Baker and his cast shot their scenes while the shop was open.
"We had to work round real customers," Baker says. "It actually ended up working in our our favour because it looks a working shop - which it was."
"It could be annoying at times, but it worked," says Mya Taylor.
The actress and singer says she hopes the film will highlight issues affecting the trans community.
"It's hard for us to get a regular job as people automatically discriminate against us," she says.
"Whether you look completely like a girl or not, if they know that you're trans they just don't hire you. I don't have to worry about a regular job any more, but I personally went through that."
Baker regards Tangerine as "one of a million stories" that can be told about the trans communities.
"I hope that films like this that appeal to a greater audience will raise awareness - and then awareness will lead to acceptance," he says.
Taylor says there were two rules she laid down to Baker before filming started.
She says: "I wanted this story to be brutally real and honest and I wanted it to be funny - and he nailed it."
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Alejandro Burzaco was the president of Argentine sports marketing firm Torneos y Competencias and one of 14 current and ex-Fifa officials and associates indicted over the scandal.
Interpol had issued an alert requesting his arrest.
He disappeared following the arrest of seven Fifa executives on 27 May.
Swiss media reported that he was not in his room when police acting on extradition requests from US authorities raided a hotel in the Swiss city of Zurich, but was having breakfast and so was not arrested.
Mr Burzaco, who also has Italian citizenship, walked into a police station in the northern Italian city of Borzano along with his two lawyers on Tuesday.
He is being held in a cell in Borzano police station, officials told Spanish news agency Efe.
The US Department of Justice alleges that Mr Burzaco conspired to win and keep hold of lucrative media rights contracts from regional football federations by paying up to $110m (£72m) in bribes.
An Argentine judge ordered his arrest after he was named in the US indictment for racketeering conspiracy and corruption.
Judge Marcelo Martinez de Giorgi warned Mr Burzaco and two more indicted Argentine sports executives, Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, that they would be considered fugitives if they did not turn themselves in.
The whereabouts of father and son Hugo and Mariano Jinkis is currently unknown.
Interpol issued "red notices" for their arrest, along with Mr Burzaco and three others, on 1 June.
Mr Burzaco was dismissed from Torneos y Competencias on 3 June.
The company has denied any involvement in the alleged bribery.
In a statement released on 27 May it said it regretted "being caught up in a case of this nature, which hurts its prestige and reputation forged over more than 30 years of hard work and professionalism". | An Argentine wanted by the US in connection with the investigation into allegations of corruption at Fifa has turned himself in to police in Italy. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33062185"} | 440 | 31 | 0.538609 | 1.358638 | 0.259986 | 0.846154 | 13.269231 | 0.692308 |
A partial lunar eclipse treated many parts of the globe to a copper-coloured moon on Monday.
The eclipse was visible from Asia to Europe, sometimes appearing red in colour as the Sun's rays shined on its surface.
The phenomenon happens when Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon - casting the Earth's shadow on the Moon and obscuring it in darkness.
When only a small part of the Moon is obscured, the remaining rays of Sun can light it up a bright red-orange - the same refraction effect that makes a sunset look red.
It comes just weeks before a total eclipse of the Sun on 21 August, which is set to cross the United States. This will be the first time a total eclipse is viewable from the US mainland since 1979.
The shadow of the so-called "great American eclipse" will pass right across the mainland, from one coast to the other.
How much of the Sun is covered during the eclipse depends on your location - some viewers will get the full effect, while others further from the "path of totality" will see only a partial eclipse.
But that path of totality stretches from South Carolina to Oregon - the first time in 99 years that one has crossed the entire contiguous US. | Photos via Reuters, EPA, AFP, Getty | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40861152"} | 273 | 14 | 0.245314 | 0.55476 | -1.319818 | 0.333333 | 27.777778 | 0.333333 |
The front page of the Scottish edition of The Times features a photograph of gold-medal winning horsewoman Charlotte Dujardin, but it splashes with the death of former footballer Dalian Atkinson. The paper said he was the third person to die after being shot by a Taser this year.
The same story features prominently in the Scottish Sun, which claims police shot the ex-Premier League star with a stun gun three times.
Meanwhile, The Scotsman reports that the future of the Kinloss army barracks has been "thrown into doubt" amid claims it was among military bases being considered for closure.
Research that claims pregnant woman who take paracetamol are more likely to have children with behavioural problems features on the front page of the Scottish Daily Mail.
The Herald leads with claims that children's charity ChildLine is receiving an increased number of calls about explicit images.
The Press and Journal's Aberdeen edition reports that a toddler was taken to the city's children's hospital amid fears she had swallowed cocaine.
And the front page story in The National reports that destitute asylum seekers are being told that their children can only be accommodated if they are taken into care. | Pictures from the Olympics once again dominate many of the front pages, including the Daily Record which leads with the story of the Andy Murray superfan who travelled from Aberdeen to Rio to support his hero. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37092136"} | 263 | 42 | 0.48454 | 1.278883 | 0.051497 | 0.657895 | 5.894737 | 0.5 |
Brooklands Museum said the displays on Sunday and 27 September had been cancelled as a result of "enhanced risk assessments" carried out by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The CAA had concerns the displays were to he held over a "particularly congested area", Brooklands said.
The museum said people's safety was "paramount".
A Hawker Hunter jet crashed on the A27 at Shoreham on 22 August, killing 11 people.
Following the crash the CAA brought in new controls over air displays.
Allan Winn, director of the aviation and motor museum, said: "The CAA has identified Brooklands as being situated in a particularly congested area, and we will be discussing options for future flying displays here with them as soon as possible."
"The safety of both people - whether they be our neighbours, display pilots or our own visitors, staff and volunteers - and property must be paramount in considering such issues."
The air displays were to have included a Spitfire, Tiger Moth and a biplane with a wing walker, the museum said.
Brooklands, near Weybridge, houses old aircraft including Wellington bombers, Sopwiths and Hurricanes.
A spokesman for the museum said other activities at the Brooklands Aviation Day and Great War 100 events over the next two weekends would go ahead as planned.
"We fully understand the increased caution being shown by the CAA," Mr Winn said. | Two aircraft displays at a Surrey museum have been cancelled following the Shoreham Airshow crash last month. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34301859"} | 312 | 22 | 0.576535 | 1.30095 | -0.286725 | 1 | 15.277778 | 0.777778 |
Fourteen people were arrested in a police raid on a mosque and seminary near the city of Daska, officials said.
The closures follow arrests this week of several members of the group, which India says was behind the recent assault on the Pathankot air base.
Jaish-e-Mohammad leader Maulana Masood Azhar is among those being held.
Seven Indian soldiers and six militants were killed in the gun battle at Pathankot, which lasted four days when heavily-armed gunmen entered the base dressed in Indian army uniforms.
The attack came days after the Indian and Pakistani leaders, Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif, met in Lahore to launch a surprise peace initiative.
Pakistan in the aftermath of the attack said that it would take action against Mr Azhar's group whose headquarters are in Punjab province.
India has repeatedly accused the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of providing militants with a sanctuary.
"Officials of the Counter-Terrorism Department raided the Jamiatul Nur seminary in the Daska area on Thursday and arrested more than a dozen people," Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah told the Reuters news agency.
"The seminary has been sealed off and documents and literature have been confiscated from the premises."
Mr Sanaullah said other offices and seminaries administered by Jaish-e-Mohammad were also raided and closed, in addition to numerous arrests.
The law minister in a TV interview on Thursday said that Mr Azhar had been taken into "protective custody" prior to a decision being taken as to whether he should face legal action for his involvement in the Pathankot attack.
He said such a move would only be taken if it were proved "beyond doubt".
There has been no response so far from Jaish-e-Mohammad to the latest raids.
India on Thursday announced that it would re-schedule diplomatic talks with Pakistan which were postponed after the Pathankot attack.
It is not clear if any action has been taken by Pakistan against Jaish-e-Mohammad's two major seminaries in Bahawalpur, which many say serve as the group's headquarters.
Started by Muslim cleric Maulana Masood Azhar, Jaish-e-Mohammed has been blamed for attacks on Indian soil in the past, including one in 2001 on the parliament in Delhi which took the nuclear-armed rivals to the brink of war. | Pakistan has shut down several religious schools run by the Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group, Punjab province's law minister has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35321974"} | 561 | 32 | 0.554041 | 1.267216 | 0.23626 | 1.846154 | 17.269231 | 0.769231 |
The US president's comments came amid heightened focus on Beijing's construction of artificial islands in disputed areas of the sea.
On Thursday a US think tank released images showing land reclamation work on a reef claimed by the Philippines.
China says the work is needed to safeguard its sovereignty.
China claims almost the whole of the South China Sea, resulting in overlapping claims with several other Asian nations including Vietnam and the Philippines.
They say China is illegally reclaiming land in contested areas to create artificial islands with facilities that could potentially be for military use.
Images have emerged of work in multiple areas in the Spratly islands, which several nations claim.
The most recent images, from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, showed work on Mischief reef.
The think tank published before-and-after satellite pictures showing man-made islands with runways and harbours, and Chinese vessels dredging sand on to the reef.
Asked about the issue during a visit to Jamaica, Mr Obama said the views of smaller claimant nations had to be considered.
"Where we get concerned with China is where it is not necessarily abiding by international norms and rules, and is using its sheer size and muscle to force countries into subordinate positions," he said.
"We think this can be solved diplomatically, but just because the Philippines or Vietnam are not as large as China doesn't mean that they can just be elbowed aside."
Hours earlier, China gave one of its most detailed comments on the issue at a foreign ministry daily press briefing.
Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said (transcript in Chinese) that China had "indisputable rights" to the Spratly islands, and that it was only "protecting the country's national sovereignty and maritime rights".
The construction was to serve troops protecting the area and civilian activity such as search and rescue operations, scientific research and commercial fishing, she said.
"The structures... do not affect, nor are they targeted at, any particular country," she said, adding that China would "continue to strengthen" its activities in the area.
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes: China's Island Factory
I stare out at the endless rolling waves. On the horizon the sky is dark and threatening. Then my eye is caught by something sticking up above the waves. It looks like an oil or gas-drilling platform. What on earth is it doing here?
As we get closer, to my right, I am sure I can now see something pale and sandy beside the platform. "That looks like land!" I say. It can't be. I look at my GPS.
There is no land marked anywhere near here, only a submerged reef of the Spratly Island chain. But my eyes are not deceiving me. A few kilometres away I can now clearly see the outline of an island.
In recent days, several senior US officials have weighed in on China's land reclamation work, warning it raises regional tensions.
The commander of the US Pacific fleet, Adm Harry Harris, said in a speech in Australia last week that China was "creating a great wall of sand with dredges and bulldozers".
He said that work to date had created more than 4 sq km (1.5 sq miles) of artificial land mass.
US Navy Lt Cmdr Wilson VornDick wrote in an analysis on the CSIS website: "It appears that China's building projects are part of an expansive territorial grab or to make China's disputed Nine-Dash Line claim a reality."
The Nine-Dash line is a boundary which China uses to demarcate its claims in the South China Sea. It is not recognised outside China.
The row has already led to conflict. When China placed an oil rig in waters claimed by Vietnam last year, anti-China riots erupted.
The Philippines has filed a complaint with UN's Permanent Court of Arbitration - but China says it will not engage with the case. | The US is concerned China is using "sheer size and muscle" to strong-arm smaller nations in the row over the South China Sea, Barack Obama says. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32234448"} | 864 | 35 | 0.427186 | 1.108072 | 0.40672 | 2.125 | 24.25 | 0.875 |
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The British quartet - Spencer Wilton, Fiona Bigwood, Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin - were beaten into second by 3.334 points.
Germany's Sonke Rothenberger, Dorothee Schneider, Kristina Broring-Sprehe and Isabell Werth scored 81.936 points, with Britain on 78.602.
The United States won bronze, with the Netherlands fourth.
Dujardin will defend the individual title she won four years ago after qualifying for Monday's event on Valegro with the second highest individual score.
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"The last two rounds have been fantastic and it's a huge privilege to be riding alongside these guys," she said.
"We have new music for the freestyle, which will hopefully go to plan. I just want to go out there and enjoy myself and give Valegro a good time."
The 31-year-old has now won three Olympic medals - two golds and one silver.
She said: "I'm really proud and we did our best. We knew it was going to be tough to get the gold as the Germany team was really strong."
Hester and Bigwood will also compete in the individual event, after scoring the ninth and 16th highest totals respectively.
Hester, 49, told BBC Sport: "It is a very elated feeling and we fought hard for this.
"These horses have travelled halfway across the world and the fact they can perform at this level is so incredible. We're very happy with how they have gone."
Four years ago, when teams consisted of three riders, Laura Bechtolsheimer joined Dujardin and Hester to win gold for Great Britain.
As she was in London, Dujardin was again on Valegro in Rio, with Hester on Nip Tuck, Bigwood riding Orthilla and Wilton on Super Nova II.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Defending champions Great Britain won silver in the Olympic team dressage, as world champions Germany claimed gold. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36687691"} | 452 | 25 | 0.320448 | 0.904879 | 0.3541 | 0.947368 | 20.210526 | 0.736842 |
In 2011, Adriana Santonocito was a design student in Milan when she first had the idea of making sustainable textiles from what was naturally abundant, and widely wasted, in her native Sicilian city of Catania.
Her challenge was to find a way for the rinds of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of oranges to be put to good use.
Now, thanks to her creative thinking, it is possible to make whole items of clothing using fibre that originated from the fruit.
Ms Santonocito's concept was inspired by a question posed in her university dissertation. Could a luxurious silk foulard be made from citrus by-products, that would otherwise be thrown away or fed to cattle?
The question was particularly relevant in Sicily, where many thousands of tonnes of citrus fruit are juiced every year, leaving massive amounts of waste.
The 39-year-old found her answer in the university's labs, and it earned her a patent.
It was already known that cellulose could be extracted from orange rinds. But Ms Santonocito discovered that, using chemical reagents, it could then be turned into yarn, which could be dyed and blended with other textiles, such as cotton or polyester.
Together with her university colleague Enrica Arena, she founded Orange Fiber in 2014, and set about selling the silk-like material to clothes-makers.
This year, the famous Italian fashion label Salvatore Ferragamo used it in its spring-summer collection. The aim was to make its high-end shirts, dresses and foulards more sustainable.
Orange Fiber, which now has a team of 12 people, operates from a local juice-processing plant, where it gets its waste material for free.
The business is partially seasonal, operating during the months of the year when the juice-maker works. But once the orange rind has been transformed into cellulose, it can be put in storage for use later.
Antonio Perdichizzi, an early investor in Orange Fiber, says the firm stood out to him because, unlike most innovative start-ups in Italy, it isn't digital.
"Italy doesn't invest much in innovation, but brilliant ideas and skills win despite a lack of resources," he adds.
Rosario Faraci, a professor of business, economics and management at the University of Catania, says the firm is an example of how "creativity and entrepreneurial spirit" is creating new jobs and businesses in the region.
Oranges could also make baked goods healthier, and stay fresher, thanks to a new procedure which transforms them into an innovative fat-free flour.
The new technique is currently being tested at the University of Catania and results are encouraging.
At the moment, almost all bakers use fat, such as butter or margarine in their cooking.
But according to the research, half of this fat could be replaced by using flour obtained from orange rinds, seeds, and part of the pulp not used in juice-making.
Like Orange Fiber, the researchers obtain the raw materials they need from local juice makers. They wash the rinds to remove the bitter flavour, then dry, process and whiten what remains.
Salvatore Barbagallo, a professor of agriculture at the University of Catania, says the flour is "perfectly sustainable" and costs almost nothing to produce. It also has "no impact" on the taste and fragrance of food that contains it.
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His researchers made 300kg of the flour and got local bakers in Acireale, near Catania, to try it out.
The cooks, known for being conservative about new ingredients, were all happy with the results and could taste no difference in their pastries.
The researchers say they have found other uses for the flour, too.
It is soluble and can be added to drinks to provide health benefits. It could also be used by nutritionists and in medicine.
Sicilian farmers have always used orange rinds as animal feed or fertiliser. But oranges can be a precious source of energy as well.
In Mussomeli, an ancient town near Caltanissetta in the middle of Sicily, orange waste products are used to make biogas which is turned into electricity.
The farm Nuova Scala used about 16,430 tonnes of rinds last year to produce 24,000 kWh of electricity.
Output varies depending on the amount of oranges produced, and the firm expects to get through 22,000 tonnes of orange waste in 2017.
Of course, all of these projects depend on local fruit companies, which produce many thousands of tonnes of citrus by-products annually.
Salvatore Imbesi, who owns the producer AgrumiGel, says the rinds, seeds and other non-edible parts of the fruit are called "pastazzo", and he produces about 40,000 tonnes of it a year.
He says Sicily as a whole produces about 200,000 tonnes, although unofficial estimates suggest the real figure could be higher.
Producers have an incentive to re-use pastazzo, because disposal can be expensive. Mr Imbesi says that in Sicily the total cost of disposal can reach 16m euros every year, "six for the cost of the transport, and 10 for the disposal itself".
Some of Sicily's fruit is sold fresh, including its famous blood oranges, with the rest turned into juices.
In 2016, the amount juiced included some 140,000 tonnes of lemons, 100,000 tonnes of blonde oranges, 100,000 tonnes of blood oranges, 20,000 tonnes of green mandarins and 20,000 tonnes of matured mandarins.
Finally, thanks to the new crop of innovative solutions, the squeezed fruit are being turned from expensive waste into exciting products. | From fashion to energy - the rind and seeds of Sicily's most famous citrus fruit, the humble orange, are being used in a range of greener, healthier business initiatives. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40946159"} | 1,315 | 41 | 0.458713 | 1.340082 | 0.222153 | 1.294118 | 33.911765 | 0.882353 |
The Health and Social Care Information Centre data showed the lowest levels of smoking or drinking ever recorded.
It asked pupils about e-cigs for the first time and found that more than one in five had tried them.
The figures, based on a survey of 6,173 pupils in 210 schools, showed only 3% had tried legal highs.
There have been consistent falls in the number of children taking up smoking.
In 2003, 42% of pupils had tried cigarettes at least once, but that figure now stands at 18% - the lowest since records began in 1982.
The pupil survey, which was conducted by the NatCen Social Research and the National Foundation for Educational Research, shows the popularity of e-cigs in 2014.
The figures showed 22% had vaped at least once.
But the figures were far higher among smokers, with 89% of them trying e-cigs. The figure is just 11% for those who have never smoked.
Elizabeth Fuller, the research director at NatCen Social Research: "We see that young people are more likely to have tried an e-cigarette than a traditional cigarette.
"We can't be certain why this is so, but there are likely to be a number of reasons, including the novelty element, price, and the fact there are currently no restrictions on children under the age of 18 buying e-cigarettes."
However, the report said there was "little evidence of frequent use of e-cigarettes".
Only 3% reported occasional use and just 1% vaped at least once a week.
Prof Kevin Fenton, the director of health and wellbeing at Public Health England, said: "The continuing decline in under-18s smoking, drinking and drug use is encouraging.
"It is reassuring that regular use of e-cigarettes remains low at 1%, and almost entirely among young people who have previously smoked tobacco.
"Crucially, the new Children and Families Act will make it an offence to sell e-cigarettes to children and will help address the number of young people trying e-cigarettes, while ensuring their continued use as a tool to help adult smokers to quit."
Deborah Arnott, the chief executive of the anti-smoking charity ASH, said: "These results do not support the idea that experimentation with electronic cigarettes is a gateway into smoking as the number of young people trying smoking continues to decline year on year." | More pupils in England aged between 11 and 15 have tried electronic cigarettes than have tried smoking, according to official figures. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33635571"} | 528 | 24 | 0.556433 | 1.282691 | 0.357286 | 1.217391 | 20.782609 | 0.782609 |
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 25 civilians had been killed in strikes on a road near the town of Latamina overnight.
It also reported rebel gains to the south, near Maardis, 11km (seven miles) from the provincial city of Hama.
But state media said army operations in the area had left 50 "terrorists" dead.
Troops and allied militiamen had been involved in heavy clashes near Suran and al-Buwaida - both just to the north of Maardis - and destroyed a number of tanks, a military source told the official Sana news agency.
"Concentrated strikes" had also targeted "terrorist gatherings" outside nearby Taibat al-Imam, killing several people, the source added.
The Syrian Observatory said the rebel offensive, which began on Tuesday, was the biggest co-ordinated operation in Hama province since 2014.
It involves the jihadist group Jund al-Aqsa and factions fighting under the banner of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army, according to one of the FSA groups.
Sana's report did not mention any territorial losses, but if the rebels were to take control of Hama or the north-south motorway it sits on, they would sever a major government supply line.
Local activist Ahmed al-Ahmed told the Associated Press that the government's forces around Hama might have been weakened by its decision to send reinforcements to the divided northern city of Aleppo, where fighting has escalated.
The humanitarian adviser to the UN special envoy for Syria said on Thursday that it was urgent a 48-hour "humanitarian pause" in Aleppo be agreed so that supplies of food and medicine could be delivered safely to the city's rebel-held east and government-controlled west.
"We were informed today that there are now 4,000 food rations left, that would be enough for 20,000 people and the population of east Aleppo is a quarter of a million," Jan Egeland said.
The UN envoy, Staffan de Mistura, said discussions on the humanitarian pause, as well as a wider cessation of hostilities, were currently taking place in Geneva between "very senior military, security and diplomatic officials" from Russia and the US, which support Syria's government and opposition respectively.
Mr de Mistura also expressed concern at the government's apparent "strategy" of besieging and bombarding rebel-held areas until their civilian populations surrender, a week after the 6,000 remaining residents of the Damascus suburb of Darayya struck a deal to be evacuated.
There were "indications that after Darayya we may have other Darayyas", Mr de Mistura warned, pointing to the government's sieges of al-Wair, a suburb of the central city of Homs, and Muadhamiya, another suburb of Damascus. | Syrian government warplanes are reported to have bombed several areas in the central province of Hama in response to a major rebel offensive. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37249063"} | 664 | 32 | 0.376853 | 0.922146 | 0.189212 | 1.208333 | 22.208333 | 0.875 |
Nalamphun, 22, admitted to committing three betting offences in 2014.
He was also found guilty of failing to co-operate with an investigation by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), a charge he contested.
Nalamphun's fine comfortably exceeds his career earnings of $682 (£476).
He is the first player to be sanctioned by the TIU since the BBC and BuzzFeed published revelations about match-fixing in the sport.
Following the report, the Tennis Integrity Board said it would start an independent review into their anti-corruption practices. | Unranked Thai player Jatuporn Nalamphun has received an 18-month ban and a $5,000 (£3,490) fine after being found guilty of betting offences under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35598179"} | 129 | 49 | 0.701093 | 1.439772 | 0.043258 | 1.111111 | 3.027778 | 0.611111 |
Instead it is one that is comfortable, affordable and in the right location.
Unfortunately for many that remains a distant dream, begging the question - can technology play a role in making housing more affordable and better suited to our needs?
Alastair Parvin certainly thinks so. He is the brains behind the WikiHouse, an open source building system which aims to give people the digital tools to create cheap homes.
Mr Parvin believes that digital technology could transform the way we design and build our homes and hopes that his project can do for buildings what Uber and AirBnB have done for the taxi and hotel industries respectively.
"There is something fundamentally wrong with our housing economy - our dependence on a few large development companies to buy the land, beat their way through local community resistance and build rows of poor quality, unsustainable mass housing that fewer and fewer of us can afford," said Mr Parvin.
"Every major urban economy now faces a huge housing challenge. It's not just about building enough homes but also about breaking our dependence on fossil fuels and debt."
To draw up plans for their new home, users will visit the WikiHouse website (still under construction) and input some basic measurements such as the width and height, which algorithms will interpret and use to predict how much the project will cost and even how many screws it will need.
The components for the house will not be manufactured in centralised factories but by a distributed network of small businesses and community spaces where people get together to create things (maker-spaces).
"These micro-factories will be collectively one big factory rather like AirBnB is a huge hotel," said Mr Parvin.
Possible kits include studios (with an estimated build price of £12,000), micro houses (£45,000) and town houses (£150,000).
Much of the material is deliberately low-tech - timber frames that can be put together, said Mr Parvin "using tools you can buy in B&Q".
Tomorrow's Buildings
Of course what WikiHouse does not provide is the land to build on, but that too could be changing as cities increasingly run out of space.
DemoDev - a project set up specifically to find space for affordable housing - recently conducted a study using open data from the UK's second biggest city Birmingham.
It found that the local authority had 14 hectares of land distributed around the urban centre, albeit in tiny little plots.
The UK government seems to be acknowledging that self-build projects are an important part of the housing future and has committed to doubling the size of the self and custom-built housing sector which currently accounts for under 10% of the housing supply.
WikiHouse, Mr Parvin is keen to point out, is still a research project although it is beginning to see its first pilots in New Zealand, Europe and South Yorkshire.
Others are thinking, not about designing new homes but making the most out of the ones we have - which in urban areas, often means tiny apartments.
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Changing Places lab they have come up with a technological solution known as CityHome.
The home in a box that is controlled by waving your hand at it looks, at first glance, like something Ikea would come up with if it was based at MIT's Media Lab.
The 200ft space has at its centre a box which contains a bed, dining room table, kitchen surface, cooker and storage.
Users can summon different elements of this through gesture, touch and voice control.
The whole unit can be moved a few feet each way to extend a room - so when you want the bedroom space, you effectively do away with the kitchen.
"Once you have shrunk an apartment, the only way to make it functional and liveable is to have space dynamically convert from one function to another," Prof Kent Larson, who leads the research, told the BBC.
"It is about giving people, especially young people, the chance to live in a part of the city which they are normally priced out of," he added.
After the video of CityHome went on YouTube, the team were inundated with enquiries from developers and, six months ago, created a start-up to build the furniture commercially.
Its designs are currently being piloted in existing apartments in Boston and feedback has been "largely positive", said Mr Larson.
The start-up is also in talks with around 20 developers about building such apartments from scratch.
Prof Larson believes that the concept can be extended to create smarter homes.
"We need to think of technology-enabled furniture as a platform for integrating other technology because in a small apartment it is not practical to put in conventional systems," he said.
As well as digital displays on walls, the platform could include lighting systems that change colour to help users sleep or wake, wireless sensors that monitor the occupant's health and teleconferencing capabilities.
"I don't believe in smart homes, I believe in dumb homes that you put smart things into. If smartness is embedded in the walls then your home becomes obsolete in five years time," said Prof Larson.
However, not everyone believes that the solution to the urban housing crisis lies with technology.
In 2001, Brazilian designer Alexandre Lafer Frankel grew so exasperated with the traffic in Sao Paulo that he abandoned his car and started to think about how to solve the mobility crisis in his city.
"People spend three hours a day in their cars. There is no public transport in Sao Paulo and I wanted to created a better lifestyle in the city," he told the BBC.
The answer he came up with was to build tiny apartments (130 square feet in some cases) in the centre of the city, close to where people worked.
"People like to live and work in the same area and they are prepared to trade off a large apartment far away from the city for a small one in it," he said.
To compensate for the lack of space internally, each apartment has shared areas - cafes, gyms, storage for deliveries and rooms where users can borrow tools and other pieces of equipment they can't store in their homes. The apartments - which have a starting price of only £15,000 - even offer spare rooms for when relatives or friends come to visit.
They also have shared bike, car and motorcycle schemes running so, like Mr Frankel, residents can also give up their cars.
In the last six years, Vitacon, the construction firm he founded, has built and sold 10,000 apartments, suggesting that his gamble has paid off.
Now he is leading a campaign to extend the idea of small apartments that eliminate the need to own a car to other cities around the world. | For many, a smart home is not one that has a thermostat that responds to their temperature needs, a door lock that knows they are coming up the drive, or even a fridge that knows when they have run out of milk. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35697552"} | 1,442 | 52 | 0.22271 | 0.645402 | -1.332864 | 1.108696 | 29.086957 | 0.76087 |
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