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The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) sent a message saying their email addresses, usernames and passwords had been "compromised".
The incident has been reported to police and the UK's data watchdog.
The NCT stressed no other information had been accessed.
A spokesman confirmed 15,085 users were affected and said: "NCT has suffered a data breach which, regrettably, has caused some users of our website to have their registration details compromised.
'Change passwords'
"These details are limited to their email address, username and an encrypted version of the password that they created to register on the site.
"We stress that no financial or personal details are held as part of this data so no financial or personal details have been accessed.
"We discovered the breach (on Wednesday), upon which we contacted everyone affected advising them of the breach and suggesting that they change their username and passwords."
The charity, based in London's Euston Square, supports hundreds of thousands of new and expectant parents.
In the email to parents chief executive Nick Wilkie said: "While your password is encrypted, as a precaution, I would advise you to change any password as soon as possible for other accounts or registrations that use these details.
"We discovered the breach today, are reporting the matter to the police and Information Commissioner and contacting all who are affected immediately." | A childbirth charity has apologised to 15,000 new and expectant parents after their registration details were accessed in a "data breach". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35990085"} | 293 | 32 | 0.639269 | 1.508614 | 0.29101 | 1.791667 | 11.375 | 0.875 |
The 19-year-old made 14 appearances on loan at Dumbarton last season.
Miller joins the Cappielow outfit as they prepare for life in Scottish League One, after they were relegated last season.
Manager Kenny Shiels left the Greenock outfit in the wake of relegation, and was replaced with former Clyde boss Jim Duffy.
Midfielder Dougie Imrie left Morton this week to rejoin his former side Hamilton Academical. | Greenock Morton have signed defender Michael Miller from Celtic on a one-year-contract. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "27836156"} | 103 | 22 | 0.719703 | 1.394301 | -0.806303 | 0.882353 | 4.647059 | 0.529412 |
Michael Christopher Hayes is a self-confessed republican bomb-maker.
He said he was sorry that 21 innocent people died in the attack in 1974.
Bombs exploded in two pubs in Birmingham, in what was one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles.
"What occurred in Birmingham was wrong and should not have happened and Sinn Féin extends our sympathy to the families of those killed and injured.
"The comments from Michael Hayes are a personal matter for him but they do underline the need for a comprehensive process to deal with the legacy of the past.
"All victims of the conflict have a right to the truth and Sinn Féin supports the process as agreed in the Stormont House Agreement.
"Our focus as a political party for almost three decades has been on building and defending the peace process. Sinn Féin is absolutely determined that the failures of the past are never repeated."
"It's difficult at this stage to know whether there is validity to what this man is claiming.
"But given the seriousness of the crimes involved and the large number of innocent people who lost their lives, I think it is now vital that the opportunity is now given to the police to question this man.
"I think the police in Great Britain should apply for the extradition of this individual from the Irish republic so he can be questioned about what he has done."
"This apology will bring little comfort to the families searching for justice.
"The case for truth, justice and reconciliation here is just as pertinent today, as it was 40 years ago.
"I urge the PSNI to follow up on the comments made alongside the apology."
"What Michael Hayes has done is stick two fingers up to the families, the justice system and the search for a legacy solution.
"I call on the UK government to seek [his] extradition from the Irish Republic to face questions about his role in the Birmingham bombing.
"I also ask the Dublin government to commit to investigating these shocking admissions from both men and take some action as opposed to being merely a passive bystander."
"There is now a need for police to follow up these comments and to further investigate these atrocities.
"It is also incumbent upon Michael Hayes to name those he was working with when these bombs were planted.
"These revelations further reinforce the ongoing need for justice and truth recovery to always remain on the agenda."
"Hayes... should be extradited to face charges of conspiracy to cause explosions.
"His admissions are sufficient to warrant such action and it would be beholden on the BBC to cooperate with such an investigation.
"A European Arrest Warrant should be issued for his arrest." | Northern Ireland's political parties have been reacting after a former IRA man who said he was part of the group responsible for the Birmingham pub bombings issued an apology. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40561904"} | 580 | 39 | 0.471961 | 1.167994 | -0.094603 | 1 | 17.322581 | 0.612903 |
The firm's net profits fell 22% to $205m Australian dollars ($146.9m; £105.5m) in the six months to December.
Crown said its overall gaming revenue in Macau, the only place in China where casinos are allowed, fell 30%.
But it said gaming revenue at Crown's Australian resorts had increased 9.8%.
The firm's Sydney-listed shares lost more than 9% on the profit report, but were down just over 5% later.
Crown holds a big interest in Melco Crown Entertainment (MCE), which operates casino and hotel properties in Macau.
A special administrative region of China, Macau is the world's largest gaming centre, ahead of Las Vegas. Its economy relies heavily on gambling and shopping - especially by big spending tourists from the mainland.
But Chinese President Xi Jinping's campaign against corruption and luxury spending, which began in December 2012, has seen officials and others more wary of gaming and spending in the city.
"The decline in MCE's result was attributable to weak market conditions in Macau," Crown's chief executive Rowen Craigie said.
"Overall gross gaming revenue across the Macau market in the half year to 31 December 2015 declined by more than 30%," he added.
Crown Resorts was started in Melbourne and has since expanded to Sydney, Perth, London, Macau, Manila and Las Vegas. | Australia's biggest casino company, Crown Resorts, has reported a slump in half-year profits, which were dented by a sharp slowdown at its Chinese operations. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35656902"} | 299 | 38 | 0.616989 | 1.480218 | 0.311785 | 0.903226 | 8.83871 | 0.709677 |
Millions of spermatogonia produce a constant supply of sperm in the testes.
But the University of Oxford study showed mutant spermatogonia gain a "tumour-like" competitive edge, leading to a greater proportion of sperm becoming defective.
Experts said couples should consider having children earlier in life.
A range of diseases including autism and schizophrenia are more likely with older dads due to mutations in their sperm.
And the risk of very serious health problems goes from around four in every 200 births to five in every 200 once the father passes the age of 50.
The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, analysed 14 testes from men aged between 39 and 90.
The sexual organs were considered healthy, but were removed for other conditions such as a hernia causing swelling in the groin.
The researchers explored the "massive tangle of spaghetti" inside the testes to find the areas producing diseased sperm.
The analysis of the DNA - the instructions for life - in those defective zones showed mutations linked to a range of bodily processes.
They were linked to malformations and a predisposition to cancer, but they also had a role in growth and reproduction in the testes.
The same mutations that were ultimately damaging to children were encouraging the defective spermatogonia to spread - leading to a greater proportion of sperm being defective.
Prof Andrew Wilkie, one of the researchers, told the BBC: "This is why we call it selfish selection.
"These mutations within the testes get an advantage over their normal neighbours, but if that sperm fertilises an egg then that [mutation] carries a disadvantage to that person and causes disease.
"It's the first time anyone has been able to look at a piece of testis and say that's where this is happening."
That "selfish" growth is more commonly seen in cancer.
The researchers were able to find the mutations because their impact is so severe.
It is still unclear what the study means for the sections of DNA that increase the risk of disorders such as autism.
Allan Pacey, a professor of andrology at the University of Sheffield, said the risks associated with being an older dad were well known.
But he told the BBC the explanation had been unclear: "These are important processes to understand because more and more men are waiting until they are older before they have their children.
"Moreover, it is a sobering reminder that men are not as immune from reproductive ageing as we might think.
"If they have a choice, couples should always consider having their children earlier in their lives than perhaps they want to."
Follow James on Twitter. | Mutant sperm-factories spread in men's testicles as they age to increase the risk of children with genetic diseases, researchers have shown. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35525889"} | 603 | 34 | 0.522908 | 1.24145 | 0.877989 | 1.307692 | 19.961538 | 0.846154 |
Appearing with US Secretary of State John Kerry, he played down remarks about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Mr Kerry said the UK's vote to leave the EU posed "complicated questions" regarding future trade deals.
Earlier, Mr Johnson and Mr Kerry held talks focusing on Syria.
They will also meet European foreign ministers before talks with Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirate representatives about the situation in Yemen.
Until his appointment as foreign secretary by new Prime Minister Theresa May, Mr Johnson wrote a weekly column in the Daily Telegraph.
In 2007, he wrote that Mrs Clinton, the Democrat candidate for US president, was "like a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital".
He also faced criticism ahead of the EU referendum for remarks about President Obama's "part-Kenyan" ancestry.
Asked whether he would like to apologise, he said: "We can spend an awfully long time going over lots of stuff that I've written over the last 30 years," adding that they had all been "taken out of context" and insisting the focus should be on Syria and the other issues being discussed.
Pressed on his comments, by US journalists, he said it would take too long to apologise to everyone mentioned in the "rich thesaurus" of things he had said.
Mr Johnson and Mr Kerry both emphasised that the "special relationship" between their countries remained strong.
Asked about President Obama's remark - made before the EU referendum - that the UK would be "at the back of the queue" on trade deals if it voted to leave, Mr Kerry said it could take "at least a couple of years" to reach an agreement as the UK could not sign a new deal while it remained an EU member.
He said Mrs May had "hit the ground running" as prime minister, adding: "The United States of America depends on a strong United Kingdom."
On Syria, Mr Johnson said a "clear plan" was in place but that the situation on the ground was "dire".
He said it had always been his view that Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, had to step aside as part of a peace plan, and that Russia had a "unique ability" to press him to "end the carnage".
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini will also participate in the talks in London on Syria.
Peace talks on Syria, co-sponsored by the US and Russia, have not formally examined whether any deal could require President Assad's departure from the country.
Mr Johnson, who made his debut on the international stage in Brussels on Monday, when he met EU foreign ministers, will travel to Washington on Thursday for talks on combating so-called Islamic State. | Boris Johnson said some of his outspoken comments had been "taken out of context" as he faced hostile questions in his first press conference as foreign secretary. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36831052"} | 607 | 36 | 0.43346 | 1.141844 | 0.678872 | 2.466667 | 18.066667 | 0.8 |
And, as a result of the SFA judicial panel decision, the case against Rangers has also been withdrawn.
A large-scale invasion by Hibs fans at full-time was followed by clashes between fans from both sides on 21 May.
Meanwhile, Hibs say they have now paid money to the SFA following damage to the pitch at Hampden.
Hibs won the match 3-2 to lift the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1902.
At an SFA board meeting in 2013, clubs voted against an amendment to the organisation's articles which would have led to strict liability - clubs being held responsible for the behaviour of their supporters.
And, on this basis, the judicial panel ruled that Hibs could not be punished following fans' actions in the aftermath of the match.
The SFA charged both clubs with breaches of disciplinary rule 311.
In both cases the following references were made:
The panel chair's notes of reason on the decision to dismiss the case against Hibs begins with the statement: "The Panel unanimously dismiss the complaint as irrelevant."
The notes continued: "[Compliance officer] Mr [Tony] McGlennan accepted that he is relying on Rule 28 to import strict liability to the club for the actions of the supporters. The panel has to be satisfied that the provisions are clear and unambiguous and do not conflict with requirements of procedural fairness and natural justice before taking that step."
And, in closing, the notes of reason state: "It may be thought odd that there is no apparent disciplinary sanction for this event. But that is a matter for the members to deal with, in clear terms, rather than for the Judicial Panel to innovate by a purposive interpretation of the rules. From the information which we have, there is a limited appetite for strict liability within Scottish football."
The panel also say the "decision is without prejudice to the right of the SFA to seek reparation or restitution".
Following the decision, Hibs said in a statement: "Hibernian FC welcomes the decision of the Judicial Panel which has dismissed the complaint raised against the club for the reasons set out in the judgment.
"Receipt of the complaint was the first quantification to the club of the damage to the pitch at Hampden. The club has today paid that sum to the Scottish FA."
Following the cup final, the SFA asked Sheriff Principal Edward Bowen to investigate the pitch invasion.
Bowen's independent report said the Scottish government should consider making it a criminal offence to run on to a football pitch and that neither club were to blame for crowd trouble.
Later in Hibs' statement on Wednesday, the club's chief executive Leeann Dempster said: "We hope that this now brings an end to the matter and the Scottish FA can concentrate on implementing the recommendations made by the Independent Commissioner, Sheriff Principal Bowen." | The disciplinary case against Hibernian over the pitch invasion that followed the Scottish Cup final has been dismissed as "irrelevant". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37500343"} | 628 | 28 | 0.521846 | 1.368105 | 0.65632 | 1.652174 | 24.391304 | 0.956522 |
The Punch Bowl stone on the A5183 St Albans Road was stolen in August 2012.
A second stone was taken from opposite the Chequers pub, a mile further down the road near Redbourn, last month.
Officers responding to reports it was now in Hemel Hempstead realised it was actually the first stone. The second was found hours later in Kings Langley.
Hertfordshire Police said the first stone, which is 5ft 8ins (1.7m) tall and had stood close to the Punch Bowl Lane turning on Watling Street, was discovered by a member of the public in Dodds Lane on Friday morning.
The second, which was taken between 15 and 27 March, was found just over six miles away in Barnes Lane, Kings Langley, again by a member of the public.
A police spokesman said both would be "placed back in their rightful place at some point in the future".
Sgt Tom Fisher said the first stone had probably been discarded after a police appeal about the second theft.
"I suspect someone had it in their garden, saw the press [appeal] and probably thought 'I'm going to be in a bit of trouble' and dumped it to try and get rid of the evidence," he said.
The force has asked for anyone who may have been in the areas where the stones were recovered to come forward if they had seen anything suspicious.
Local historian Sandy Ross said the milestones between St Albans and Redbourn had been erected from 1722 onwards as a requirement of the Dunstable - St Albans - London Turnpike Act of Parliament.
This allowed a private business to repair the roads but to make a charge to users based on the distance travelled.
Mr Ross, who reported both thefts to police, called the finds a "happy outcome for our local heritage". | Two 18th Century milestones stolen three years apart in Hertfordshire have been found in two separate locations on the same day, police said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32377527"} | 413 | 31 | 0.55298 | 1.411562 | -0.178502 | 0.8 | 14.16 | 0.56 |
They join England, Northern Ireland and Wales who had already qualified.
Stoke striker Jon Walters scored twice to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 on the night. It meant the Irish won 3-1 over two matches.
Manager Martin O'Neill said, "I'm thrilled, thrilled for myself naturally, rather selfishly if that's the case.
"But I'm thrilled for the players because they have put heart and soul into the games."
Euro 2016 will be held in France. | The Republic of Ireland will be taking part in Euro 2016 after beating Bosnia-Herzegovina in the play-offs. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34841779"} | 105 | 28 | 0.641001 | 1.301968 | -0.653368 | 1.090909 | 4.454545 | 0.636364 |
There will be a grace period for projects which already have planning permission, the Department of Energy and Climate Change said.
Energy firms had been facing an end to subsidies in 2017.
The funding for the subsidy comes from the Renewables Obligation, which is funded by levies added to household fuel bills.
After the announcement was made, Fergus Ewing, Scottish minister for business, energy and tourism and member of the Scottish parliament, said he had warned the UK government that the decision could be the subject of a judicial review.
Analysis: Roger Harrabin, environment analyst
The Conservatives promised in their manifesto to hold down bills and increase renewable energy.
But onshore wind is the cheapest readily-available form of clean energy in the UK. That's why some experts have described their decision to kill the onshore wind programme as bizarre and irrational.
Speaking to business leaders in London last night, Amber Rudd said it was time to shift subsidies from onshore wind to other technologies that needed them more. But she did not say what those technologies would be, and the government has not announced compensatory subsidies for other forms of energy.
Some of the business leaders are baffled why ministers will give local people a unique veto over wind turbines, when they cannot veto shale gas fracking or even a nuclear power station on their doorstep.
The government's policies are seen by green groups as nakedly political. Another reason may be partly at play - the right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange calculates that the energy subsidies programme has simply run out of cash.
If this is accurate, it presents a formidable challenge to an energy secretary who says she is committed to transforming the UK into a low-carbon economy.
"The decision by the UK government to end the Renewables Obligation next year is deeply regrettable and will have a disproportionate impact on Scotland, as around 70% of onshore wind projects in the UK planning system are here," he added.
The move was part of a manifesto commitment by the Conservative party ahead of the general election in May.
"We are driving forward our commitment to end new onshore wind subsidies and give local communities the final say over any new wind farms," said Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd.
"Onshore wind is an important part of our energy mix and we now have enough subsidised projects in the pipeline to meet our renewable energy commitments," she said.
5,061
onshore turbines in the UK
18,000 gigawatt hours of electrcity generated by onshore turbines in 2014
5.5 million homes could run for a year on that power
5.6% of the UK total electricity needs
The Conservatives also say that the onshore turbines "often fail to win public support and are unable by themselves to provide the firm capacity that a stable energy system requires".
Some reports estimate that almost 3,000 wind turbines are awaiting planning permission and this announcement could jeopardise those plans.
Friends of the Earth's renewable energy campaigner Alasdair Cameron said: "While the government rolls out the red carpet for fracking, they're pulling the rug out from under onshore wind.
"Proposed changes to the planning system could make it more difficult for local authorities to give the go-ahead to new wind installations - even if it's the local community who want to build and run them."
And Gordon MacDougall, managing director of Renewable Energy Systems, a Sir Robert McAlpine Group company, told the BBC that "what we are seeing is political intervention".
He criticised the intervention in what he says is the cheapest form of low-carbon energy.
The grace period could allow up to 5.2 gigawatts (GW) of wind capacity to go ahead, which could mean hundreds more wind turbines going up across the UK. | New onshore wind farms will be excluded from a subsidy scheme from 1 April 2016, a year earlier than expected. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33177025"} | 820 | 26 | 0.468031 | 1.172205 | -0.104294 | 1.090909 | 33.363636 | 0.636364 |
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The Welsh 24-year-old, who had hernia surgery 10 weeks ago, defended his title with a best of 14.95m in Doha.
Iran's Sajad Mohammadian was in front after throwing 14.54 but Davies's 14.88 in the penultimate round put him ahead.
"If you had told me 10 weeks ago that I would be here and be world champion, I'd have taken that," he said.
"I have to thank the British Athletics medical team for getting me here. The rehab was long and I only picked up the shot three or four weeks ago so to come here and deliver a half-decent throw and win, I'm happy with that."
Davies was the first Briton in action on the first day of the 10-day competition and will also take part in the discus next Wednesday.
"It was a tough competition for me and I wasn't at my best," he told BBC Sport.
"I started panicking early because I wasn't executing the way I would have wanted, so after the third round I just went out and tried to throw as hard as I could.
"It meant I had to sacrifice a few technical things but it all paid off and hopefully I can do the same in the discus and come away with another gold." | Aled Davies threw a new championship record in the F42 shot put to win Britain's first gold on day one of the IPC Athletics World Championships. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34602747"} | 293 | 38 | 0.418545 | 1.060692 | 0.296296 | 0.785714 | 9.535714 | 0.642857 |
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit banned the group from "physically attacking any vessel engaged by the plaintiffs".
The court was responding to an appeal by Japan's whalers, after an earlier case was rejected.
The injunction remains in force until the court formally rules on the appeal.
The ruling by the court also bans Sea Shepherd from "navigating in a manner that is likely to endanger the safe navigation" of any whaling vessel.
Every year, vessels from the US-based Sea Shepherd follow the Japanese whaling fleet south to try and disrupt its activities.
Numerous collisions, clashes and boardings have occurred in the past, with each side blaming the other for aggressive tactics.
Guide to the Great Whales
The group was founded by Paul Watson, who is wanted by Interpol after skipping bail in Germany. He is accused of endangering the crew of a Costa Rican ship that was fishing for sharks in 2002.
He is currently on a Sea Shepherd vessel preparing to pursue the Japanese fleet.
Japan's fleet sails to the Antarctic in the autumn or winter each year, returning the following spring.
There has been a ban on commercial whaling for 25 years, but Japan catches about 1,000 whales each year in what it says is a scientific research programme.
Critics say it is commercial whaling in another guise. Australia and New Zealand are pursuing a legal case against Japan in international courts.
Last year Japan cut short its whaling season - a move attributed to the harassment by Sea Shepherd.
Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research, which oversees whaling, welcome the court's move.
But Sea Shepherd vowed to continue its activities, questioning the legality of the ruling.
"It is a complex situation whereby a United States court is issuing an injunction against Dutch and Australian vessels carrying an international crew, operating out of Australia and New Zealand in international waters," it said in a statement on its website. | A US court has ordered conservation group Sea Shepherd to stay at least 500 yards away from Japan's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "20778616"} | 440 | 30 | 0.596391 | 1.381398 | -0.487683 | 1 | 14.576923 | 0.615385 |
He urged the international community to address the "immense humanitarian tragedy" in both countries.
The Pope also called for peace in the Holy Land, Ukraine, Libya, Yemen, Nigeria, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
And he once again referred to the persecution of Christians in many countries.
Addressing the faithful in a rain-drenched St Peter's Square, the Pope said: "We ask Jesus, the victor over death, to lighten the sufferings of our many brothers and sisters who are persecuted for his name, and of all those who suffer injustice as a result of ongoing conflicts and violence.
"We ask for peace, above all, for Syria and Iraq, that the roar of arms may cease and that peaceful relations may be restored among the various groups which make up those beloved countries.
"May the international community not stand by before the immense humanitarian tragedy unfolding in these countries and the drama of the numerous refugees."
He also said his thoughts and prayers were with the young people killed in last Thursday's massacre at Garissa University College in Kenya.
Referring to the outline agreement on Iran's nuclear programme recently reached in the Swiss city of Lausanne, he expressed hope that it might be "a definitive step toward a more secure and fraternal world".
The Pope concluded his address by saying: "We ask for peace and freedom for the many men and women subject to old and new forms of enslavement on the part of criminal individuals and groups.
"Peace and liberty for the victims of drug dealers, who are often allied with the powers who ought to defend peace and harmony in the human family. And we ask peace for this world subjected to arms dealers."
Two days ago, during a Good Friday service in Rome, the Pope condemned what he termed the "complicit silence" about the killing of Christians.
The service came a day after almost 150 people were killed in the attack on the Kenyan university by Islamist militants who are said to have singled out Christians as their victims. | Pope Francis has called for peace "above all" in Syria and Iraq during his traditional Easter Sunday message. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32188231"} | 435 | 23 | 0.50241 | 1.179779 | 0.0162 | 1.47619 | 19.095238 | 0.714286 |
The Castle Rushen time piece had been in continual use in Castletown for more than 400 years until it was removed for repairs in 2011.
It was raised back into position by an abseiling team working with Manx National Heritage (MNH).
An MNH spokesman said the restoration project cost about ??5,000.
He said many of the parts had been replaced.
"In a turret clock such as this, the movement of the big wheels is transferred one to another by little ones called pinions.
"These pinions take a lot of the stress during the operation of the clock and tend to wear out.
"We replaced all six pinions with superior, bespoke cast iron leaf more in keeping with the age of the clock." | A clock on the Isle of Man, which is believed to date back to the 16th Century, has been reinstalled after a four-year restoration project. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35361948"} | 161 | 37 | 0.567713 | 1.407009 | -0.860237 | 0.6 | 4.833333 | 0.533333 |
Matteo Vitaioli equalised with a free-kick after 55 minutes - but Lukas Spalvis snatched victory for Lithuania in the 92nd minute.
Vitaioli's goal was San Marino's first on foreign soil since Nicola Albani netted against Latvia in 2001.
In Group G Austria sealed qualification for Euro 2016 with a 4-1 win in Sweden.
Martin Harnik scored twice to help Das Team qualify for a major tournament for the first time since the 1998 World Cup.
Russia are now in pole position to claim the second automatic place in the same group after a 7-0 win in Liechtenstein.
Leonid Slutsky's side are now two points clear of Sweden in third with two matches remaining.
In Group C, Belarus eased to a 2-0 victory over Luxembourg, who had considered asking for the game to be postponed after 16 members of the squad contracted food poisoning.
Reigning European champions Spain remain on course for automatic qualification after a 1-0 win in Macedonia.
Match ends, Lithuania 2, San Marino 1.
Second Half ends, Lithuania 2, San Marino 1.
Fedor Cernych (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danilo Rinaldi (San Marino).
Offside, Lithuania. Linas Klimavicius tries a through ball, but Fedor Cernych is caught offside.
Foul by Fedor Cernych (Lithuania).
Manuel Battistini (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Lithuania 2, San Marino 1. Lukas Spalvis (Lithuania) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arvydas Novikovas with a cross.
Corner, Lithuania. Conceded by Elia Benedettini.
Attempt saved. Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Second yellow card to Nicola Chiaruzzi (San Marino) for a bad foul.
Fedor Cernych (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nicola Chiaruzzi (San Marino).
Attempt missed. Lukas Spalvis (Lithuania) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Arturas Zulpa.
Attempt missed. Fedor Cernych (Lithuania) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Arturas Zulpa.
Lukas Spalvis (Lithuania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Lukas Spalvis (Lithuania).
Mirko Palazzi (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Georgas Freidgeimas.
Substitution, Lithuania. Karolis Chvedukas replaces Linas Pilibaitis.
Attempt missed. Deivydas Matulevicius (Lithuania) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, San Marino. Andy Selva replaces Matteo Vitaioli because of an injury.
Offside, Lithuania. Linas Klimavicius tries a through ball, but Deivydas Matulevicius is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Fedor Cernych (Lithuania) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arvydas Novikovas.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Matteo Vitaioli (San Marino) because of an injury.
Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mirko Palazzi (San Marino).
Foul by Marius Zaliukas (Lithuania).
Danilo Rinaldi (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Lithuania. Deivydas Matulevicius replaces Vaidas Slavickas.
Substitution, San Marino. José Adolfo Hirsch replaces Mattia Stefanelli.
Linas Klimavicius (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mattia Stefanelli (San Marino).
Attempt blocked. Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vaidas Slavickas.
Substitution, San Marino. Maicol Berretti replaces Lorenzo Gasperoni.
Nicola Chiaruzzi (San Marino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Nicola Chiaruzzi (San Marino).
Cristian Brolli (San Marino) is shown the yellow card. | San Marino scored their first away goal since 2001 - but they could not prevent a 2-1 defeat against Lithuania in Group E of the Euro 2016 qualifiers. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34193976"} | 1,220 | 35 | 0.487191 | 1.280359 | -0.095726 | 1.258065 | 26.870968 | 0.741935 |
Loach said the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) asked for cuts to some language in The Angels' Share.
The British middle class is "obsessed by what they call bad language", he said at the Cannes Film Festival.
The BBFC said the film company chose to reduce the number of uses of very strong language in order to get a 15.
An 18 certificate was available for the uncut version, they said.
The Scotland-set comedy - partly shot at the Balblair Distillery near Tain in Ross-shire - tells the story of young, unemployed father to be who discovers a talent for whisky tasting.
It is in competition for the Palme d'Or, six years after Loach won the festival's top prize for The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
The director said the BBFC should pay attention to "the manipulative and deceitful language of politics" rather than "our ancient oaths and swear words".
"The British middle class is obsessed by what they call bad language," he told reporters. "But of course bad language is manipulative language.
"They're very happy with that. But the odd oath, like a word that goes back to Chaucer's time, they ask you to cut."
The film's producer Rebecca O'Brien said the film's script represented "natural" language spoken by young people.
"We have made films with heavy scenes of torture and waterboarding and fingernails being torn out - they have been 15 certificates," she said.
"If they're looking for diversity in Britain they should look no further than this film and Glasgow and see that there are different ways of speaking and see that that should be acceptable to all and sundry and should not be censored."
The film, Loach's 11th in competition at Cannes, had its first screening on Monday with English subtitles for those unfamiliar with the strong central Scotland accents used by the cast.
Loach said it would not have English subtitles for its British release.
"They were for the benefit of those for whom English is not their first language," he said, but added: "We did fight the matter quite hard because it's perfectly comprehensible."
Writer Paul Laverty admitted that he "had no problem" with the subtitles.
"I think if someone genuinely can't catch it or understand it and it helps them, then I've got no problem with that," he said
"I think it's much better than someone trying to dilute their language or find some mid-Atlantic accent to suit the US."
The central role of Robbie, who comes up with a whisky scam which will see him and his oddball gang of misfit friends either rich or in jail, is played by newcomer Paul Brannigan.
He was discovered working part-time as a football coach in a Glasgow community centre and said the character of Robbie is not too far from his own background, raised in a tough part of the city with few prospects.
"After this I'm unemployed, that's just the way it is right now," he said. "Paul found me and came with Ken and they saved me.
"Things were tough, I had no money, it was around Christmas time. I'd say hands-up he saved my life because I had nowhere to turn, got a kid, who knows what I'd have done for money?"
The film is a broad comedy but writer Laverty insists the film reflects the huge scale of youth unemployment in the UK.
"You have to breathe in what's around you and you'd have to be blind not to notice this crisis in Scotland and around the world. I heard the figures, 75 million 15-24 year olds out of work," he said.
"That doesn't make a film but what we wanted to do was tap into that and go into the life of one young person." | Film director Ken Loach has criticised British film censors for asking him to remove swear words from his new film in order to qualify for a 15 certificate. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "18157711"} | 868 | 35 | 0.435053 | 1.311829 | 0.519452 | 1.172414 | 26.724138 | 0.758621 |
Abdul Raheem, 40, was arrested in December after police found he had used the name Ray Abdul Raheem Edmundson for five years.
Raheem, of Coleshill Road, Birmingham, was jailed for a year in March 2009 after admitting terrorism offences.
He was released under an order that required him to notify police of any changes to his personal details.
However, the trial at at Birmingham Crown Court found him guilty of failing to comply with the order.
Assistant Chief Constable Gareth Cann, who heads the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit, said the orders helped police manage people who had served a sentence for terrorism offences and are now out of prison.
"We will seek the prosecution of convicted terrorists who break their conditions in order to keep the public safe," he added. | A convicted terrorist who changed his name without informing the police has been jailed for 15 months. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40612859"} | 181 | 23 | 0.534786 | 1.223849 | -0.54897 | 0.666667 | 8.5 | 0.555556 |
The UK government estimates that 91 million so-called "orphan works" exist.
Museums, publishers and film-makers will now be able to use them as long as they have done a "diligent" search for the rights holders and pay a fee.
Photographers had raised concerns that it would make it possible for people to take their images from the internet.
Launching the licensing scheme on Wednesday, Intellectual Property Minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe said it would enable "access to a wider range of our culturally important works".
"The scheme has been designed to protect right holders and give them a proper return if they reappear, while ensuring that citizens and consumers will be able to access more of our country's great creations, more easily," she said.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills gave several examples of how it could work:
Last year, photographers and illustrators launched a petition complaining that their work could be used online by others providing they "have made a small effort to search for the original owner".
Intellectual property specialist Iain Connor, who is a partner at law firm Pinsent Masons, told the BBC the requirement for a "diligent" search, the application process and the fee should prevent people freely taking and re-using things on the internet.
"Striking a balance to allow those [works] to be used sympathetically, appropriately and in context seems to be a genuinely worthy and noble cause," he said.
"The implementation of it needs to be done delicately so it doesn't become a charter to allow people to rip off the genuine people who are trying to make a living out of commercially exploiting their copyright works."
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals has launched a campaign to reduce the term of copyright protection in unpublished text-based works to the author's lifetime plus 70 years.
Presently, the duration of copyright for unpublished works created before 1989 ends in December 2039.
The Intellectual Property Office said the government will shortly publish a consultation on reducing the duration of copyright on those works. | Millions of photos, diaries, letters and recordings whose copyright owners cannot be traced may be made accessible for the first time under a new scheme. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29819136"} | 462 | 35 | 0.440491 | 1.075214 | -0.307094 | 0.517241 | 14.034483 | 0.448276 |
An investigation by South Africa's anti-corruption body suggested the Gupta family exercised political influence over President Jacob Zuma.
One witness, Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas, said Ajay Gupta offered him money to accept a promotion.
The Guptas welcome a proposed public inquiry in order to "clear our name".
"Our cursory reading of [the report] shows the evidence gathered is riddled with errors and is subject to rebuttal," a statement from the family says.
For example, it says Mr Gupta "never met with Deputy Minister Jonas".
The report's author, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, recommended the establishment of a judicial commission to look into her evidence within 30 days.
She was looking into allegations that Mr Zuma had an improper relationship with the wealthy businessmen.
The Guptas' lawyer, Gerd van der Merwe, told the BBC that Ms Madonsela did not give his clients the chance to present their evidence during her investigation.
He said the family now wants to be part of the process.
The deputy finance minister is quoted in the report as saying that Mr Gupta offered him 600m rand ($44.6m; £36.2m) last year, "to be deposited in an account of his choice", if he accepted the post of finance minister.
Mr Gupta also asked him if he had "a bag which he could use to receive and carry 600,000 rand in cash ($44,400) immediately", Mr Jonas alleged, adding that Mr Zuma's son, Duduzane, was present at the meeting.
Mr Jonas said he did not accept the money.
He was expected to remove key Treasury officials from their posts and advance the Gupta family's "business ambitions", Mr Jonas is quoted as saying.
Another allegation that Ms Madonsela explored was that Brian Molefe, head of the state power company Eskom, deliberately weakened the financial position of one of its suppliers, Optimum Coal, thereby allowing the Guptas to buy it up.
Her report says that there were 58 phone calls between Mr Molefe and Mr Gupta.
Also, using mobile phone records, it places the Eskom boss near the Gupta family home on 19 occasions during the period that the Optimum Coal deal was being discussed.
In a tearful press conference on Thursday, Mr Molefe denied the allegations and complained that he never had the opportunity to give his side of the story, the News24 website is reporting.
The Guptas say that the evidence about the Optimum deal is "flawed".
The 355-page report by Ms Madonsela is entitled "State of Capture" and is illustrated on its front page with a hand strung with puppet wires.
The president has been dogged by corruption allegations for more than a decade, but has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. | The wealthy family at the heart of South African corruption allegations has denied meeting a top politician, who said he was offered a bribe. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37858291"} | 686 | 32 | 0.476695 | 1.179189 | -0.058983 | 1.076923 | 20.846154 | 0.769231 |
The man was struck by a silver or grey Audi A1 car as he was crossing Greenock Road, near the junction with Kingston Road, at about 21:50 on Saturday.
The car failed to stop and carried on in the direction of Renfrew.
The man was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley where his condition has been described as "serious but stable".
Sgt Kenny Malaney, of Police Scotland, said: "The car failed to stop after it struck the pedestrian and extensive inquiries are ongoing to trace the car involved and its driver. However, officers are following a number of lines of inquiry in relation to this incident.
"I would ask any witnesses to the crash who have not yet spoken to police to come forward, and I would also ask anyone who may have seen a silver or grey Audi A1 being driven in the local area around the time of the crash on Saturday night to contact the divisional road policing unit at Greenock through 101." | A 21-year-old man has been left with serious injuries following a hit-and-run in Bishopton. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38211128"} | 212 | 27 | 0.49433 | 1.030726 | -1.279738 | 0.652174 | 8.26087 | 0.478261 |
Prof Colin Riordan said higher fees and the inability to access loans will "probably" lead to a decline.
But he thinks Welsh universities "will be able to adapt" by replacing EU students or restructuring.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said Brexit was a chance to bring more money into higher education.
The latest figures show applications from EU students to Welsh universities has fallen after several years of growth.
There were 4,400 applicants for 2017, compared to 4,920 for courses starting last year.
But the latest figure is still higher than 2015 when 4,040 EU students applied to universities here.
Prof Riordan, who is also chair of Universities Wales, told the BBC Wales Today programme Brexit was a "shock" but the higher education sector has "accepted" it.
"All EU students, once we leave the EU, will no longer have the ability to access the same conditions that UK students, and that means in our case Welsh students, can.
"They'll be paying higher fees, they won't be able to get a student loan.
"That makes me think that probably fewer of them will come."
But he said Welsh universities were now "very adaptable institutions".
"Student numbers have gone up and down over the years," he added.
"We've been around a long time and I'm sure that universities in Wales and across the UK will be able to adapt to changing circumstances."
Prof Riordan said universities will have to find ways of replacing those students or restructure.
There were 5,460 EU students at Welsh universities in 2015/16, around 3.7% of the total.
Andrew RT Davies said he was not convinced EU applications would continue to fall and Brexit was a chance to bring more money into Welsh higher education.
He added: "There's a great opportunity here to market the positive aspects of Welsh universities.
"The research base facilities we've got are second to none.
"We've got a great academic experience here and we've got a great student experience.
"Instead of trying to talk this down let's talk it up as a great opportunity to bring more money in to the HE sector here in Wales and I'm confident we can do that."
Prof Riordan said that EU students may be seen as more valuable in the future, adding: "Those that do (come to Wales) will obviously bring in more revenue per student to the university.
"So, in that sense, perhaps they could become more valuable to Welsh universities." | It is expected fewer EU students will come to Wales post-Brexit, the vice-chancellor of Cardiff University has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39259690"} | 535 | 31 | 0.534246 | 1.280887 | -0.223951 | 0.958333 | 21 | 0.708333 |
King, 20, has made just one first-team appearance for the Swans since joining the Premier League club from Scottish side Hearts in January 2014.
The Scotland Under-21 international spent time on loan at Crewe last season, scoring five goals in 26 games.
King's move is subject to international clearance, ruling him out of Saturday's season opener against Gillingham.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One side Southend United have signed Swansea City midfielder Adam King on a season-long loan. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36997175"} | 86 | 27 | 0.584874 | 1.126392 | -0.650337 | 0.473684 | 4.368421 | 0.473684 |
Maylyn Couperthwaite, 52, died after being attacked along with her 80-year-old mother at a house on Woodward Close at about 16:55 GMT on Sunday.
Audrey Couperthwaite is in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
Oliver Faughey, 62, of Woodward Close, is due to appear at Bury and Rochdale Magistrates' Court.
Her sister Lucy Walton said, "Words can't describe how devastated I am by what has happened. I love them both so very much."
Anyone with information about the incident should contact police or Crimestoppers. | A man has been charged with murder and attempted murder after two women were stabbed at a house in Bury, Greater Manchester. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35529974"} | 137 | 29 | 0.56763 | 1.043372 | -0.640179 | 0.75 | 4.541667 | 0.5 |
The 39-year-old is in his second season as assistant to Wayne Pivac after joining from Wasps.
Jones left Scarlets for Wasps in 2012 where he made the transition from player to coach.
He said he was pleased with the deal "especially as we head towards a pivotal period in the season".
Scarlets' announcement did not specify the duration of the new contract.
Jones added: "We've been working tirelessly behind the scenes over the last few years and the players have bought into the ethos with great enthusiasm and energy.
"We're seeing the improvements on the field and it's great to see such a high number of the region's young talent making a name for themselves in the Pro12 and stepping up to the plate in Europe."
Jones' fellow assistant Ioan Cunningham's contract extension was announced in the same week as they prepared to travel to Leinster in the Pro12 on Saturday.
Scarlets go into the weekend's round of games fourth in the table hoping to remain there or higher to be part of the play-offs that determine the cross-border competition's winners.
Head coach Pivac said: "We have another big challenge ahead of us this weekend as we do everything within our power to secure a place in the top four.
"A big part of the success is the compatibility of the management group and the fact that it's enjoyable coming to work every day.
"Stephen is a tireless worker and his enthusiasm, as well as his technical and tactical ability rubs off on the boys and that is evident both on and off the field." | Former Wales and British and Irish Lions fly-half Stephen Jones has signed a contract extension to remain Scarlets backs coach beyond the 2016-17 season. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39138210"} | 342 | 33 | 0.510228 | 1.201481 | 0.315668 | 0.689655 | 10.931034 | 0.551724 |
Ryan Harley started the comeback in the 84th minute with a neat finish from Reid's knock-down, before Rhys Bennett brought down Reid inside the area in the 97th minute.
Reid stepped up confidently to dispatch the winning goal to move the Grecians into sixth place in the League Two table.
Mansfield had been good value for their interval lead and had put the ball in the net after just 80 seconds before the referee spotted Shaq Coulthirst had controlled with his hand before netting off the post.
Danny Rose headed a corner against the bar on the half-hour before the breakthrough came on 38 minutes as left back Mal Benning cut past Pierce Sweeney and slotted inside the far post.
However, the visitors raised it a gear in the second half and on 70 minutes Jack Stacey forced Jake Kean into his first real save, before the late double sealed a dramatic win.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Mansfield Town 1, Exeter City 2.
Second Half ends, Mansfield Town 1, Exeter City 2.
Goal! Mansfield Town 1, Exeter City 2. Reuben Reid (Exeter City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Exeter City. Reuben Reid draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Attempt saved. Benjamin Whiteman (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jake Taylor (Exeter City).
Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Alfie Potter (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left.
Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City).
Goal! Mansfield Town 1, Exeter City 1. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jake Taylor.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Substitution, Exeter City. Joel Grant replaces Jack Stacey.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Alfie Potter replaces Danny Rose.
Substitution, Exeter City. Matt Oakley replaces Luke Croll.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Lee Collins replaces Alexander MacDonald.
Attempt saved. Benjamin Whiteman (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Danny Rose (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Exeter City. Reuben Reid replaces Lloyd James.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Kyle Howkins replaces George Taft.
Foul by Alexander MacDonald (Mansfield Town).
Ryan Harley (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay in match Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) because of an injury.
Hand ball by George Taft (Mansfield Town).
Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jake Taylor (Exeter City).
Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town).
Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. | Reuben Reid's penalty deep into stoppage time capped off a dramatic turnaround as Exeter claimed an unlikely win at play-off rivals Mansfield. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39390908"} | 1,078 | 35 | 0.512032 | 1.29876 | 0.707229 | 0.769231 | 33.576923 | 0.615385 |
Police were called at 09:50 GMT after shots were fired at the Marriott Hotel in Old Shire Lane, Waltham Abbey.
The victim, a man in his 20s, got into a passing couple's car which was driven to the nearby Volunteer pub where they tried to get him help.
He was treated by paramedics but died. Armed police units were at the scene as officers sought witnesses to the attack.
Police said there was no evidence of terrorism.
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Ch Supt Luke Collison, of Essex Police, said: "We will be constantly reassessing the information we receive as the investigation progresses to ensure that the safety of the public remains paramount."
Essex Police said it has yet to identify the victim.
They have appealed for witnesses to contact the police.
The force said it was liaising with the Metropolitan Police and other forces. | A man has died after being shot in a hotel car park in Essex. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35040167"} | 194 | 17 | 0.576869 | 1.239287 | -1.127991 | 0.933333 | 11.666667 | 0.8 |
Six of the seven councils that make up the North East Combined Authority voted in favour of the plan.
Only Gateshead Council voted against the move and there are fears it could lose out on millions in investment.
The new authority will give regional figureheads power over transport, planning and employment policies, Chancellor George Osbourne has said.
People will choose a directly-elected mayor in 2017.
The deal is part of the government's Northern Powerhouse programme to help towns and cities in the North of England compete with those in the South for investment.
The North East Combined Authority represents Labour-led Durham County Council, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland.
£30m Budget new North East authority would have for economic investment
6 Of the seven councils have agreed to the plan including Durham, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Northumberland and Sunderland. Gateshead rejected it
2017 Year elections would be held for a new mayor
Luke Walton, BBC Political Correspondent
Today's vote poses the question: can a new system for running the North East work with a Gateshead-sized hole in the middle?
So far six councils from Northumberland to Durham have agreed to be part of a mayoral authority - headed by a directly-elected mayor working alongside the six council leaders.
That will control a £30m a year investment fund, have a say over Whitehall and EU expenditure in the region, and have powers over local transport, economic development, training and planning.
But Gateshead is still planning to opt out of the city-region mayor, a position that has led to warnings the town could miss out on government investment as result.
That said, this afternoon its outgoing Labour leader, Mick Henry, talked of continuing "open dialogue" with ministers on the devolution plan.
That would seem to suggest there is still a chance of Gateshead opting back in to the plan in return for a better deal from Government.
Otherwise, it seems the rest of the region will press on with plans for mayoral elections in May 2017, and Gateshead faces potential isolation.
In 2004, more than three-quarters of voters in a North East referendum rejected the government's plans for an elected regional assembly.
Greater Manchester and Sheffield have signed up to having a directly elected mayor.
Alexandra Jones, chief executive of Centre for Cities, an urban economics think tank, said: "The North East mayor would be operating at a much bigger level, with the position comes power - power over transport and housing and with it comes money the government has already agreed too.
"But it also brings profile - a person batting for the North East with national governments and investors and that kind of profile has a strong mandate.
"It will really benefit the area. The mayor offers more of a chance to make decisions at a local level rather than them being taken in Whitehall where they don't really know the area.
"It will be complicated without Gateshead - lots of negotiations on transport and how this is going to work. However, in the future Gateshead may decide to be in it." | A North East devolution authority run by an elected mayor with £30m funding a year has moved a step forward. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36312143"} | 689 | 27 | 0.52378 | 1.358402 | 0.327581 | 1.478261 | 26.869565 | 0.782609 |
Dan Bull spends 10 weeks a year on a cherrypicker trying to tame this 55ft (17 metre) hedge at Powis Castle, Welshpool, Powys.
He admitted it was "a bit scary" initially, but considers himself lucky.
Back in the day, the 300-year-old yew took a team of 10 with huge ladders to clip the bushes using just hand shears and scythes.
Head gardener David Swanton added: "It's a huge task for us to get all the trimming done.
"Two gardeners spend six weeks trimming the box hedge and two more spend 12 weeks working on the yew.
"One gardener spends about 10 weeks in the air on this hydraulic cherry-picker getting all the high trimming done." | If you struggle to simply mow the lawn at this time of year, spare a thought for this extreme gardener. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33945568"} | 185 | 26 | 0.402948 | 0.927349 | -0.566212 | 0.545455 | 6.681818 | 0.545455 |
The large gash, some 400ft (120m) long and 35ft (11m) wide, opened up late on Saturday in Meridian, near the Alabama state line.
The area had suffered heavy rains over the past two weeks, the Meridian Star newspaper reported.
No-one was injured, and engineers will assess the ground on Monday.
Buck Roberts, the director of public safety in Meridian, told the newspaper it did not appear to be a sinkhole, which is usually caused when an underground water aquifer dries and the ground above it collapses.
"You can call it what you want, a cave-in or whatever, but it is not a sinkhole," Mr Roberts said. | Tests are to take place to determine why the ground opened up in a Mississippi city, swallowing 12 cars in a restaurant car park. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34763157"} | 153 | 31 | 0.46104 | 1.14841 | -1.290983 | 0.615385 | 5.384615 | 0.461538 |
They said both bodies were found in a ravine at an altitude of 4,000m.
A search and rescue effort began late on Thursday, but emergency services were hampered by bad weather on Friday.
It is believed that the pair, who have not been named, were surprised by unseasonably cold weather, and reports suggest one was wearing light clothing.
A member of the Italian mountain rescue said: "We have had a rapid change in the weather.
"On Thursday afternoon and overnight into Friday we had a lot of storms with snows in the high altitudes."
The Matterhorn straddles the border between Switzerland and Italy and the Britons had been ascending the rocky Cresta del Leone ridge on its southern side, the standard route up for climbers.
The climbers are thought to have told rescue services of their planned route before setting off, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes said.
But she said weather conditions made it impossible for rescuers to fly to their location on Thursday night or Friday morning.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of two British nationals in Mount Cervino [the Matterhorn], Italy and we are in touch with local authorities." | The bodies of two British climbers who went missing on Thursday have been found on the Matterhorn, Italian rescue workers have said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36999025"} | 260 | 27 | 0.719467 | 1.573634 | -0.128584 | 1.375 | 9.541667 | 0.875 |
The Cherries flew out to the UAE following Sunday's 3-0 defeat at Tottenham and return on Friday.
"We want to recover, rest up and go again in training over the next couple of weeks and continue to work hard," Francis told BBC Radio Solent.
Bournemouth's next league game is home against Manchester City on 2 April.
Eddie Howe's squad made a similar trip to Dubai last season during the international period and their run to the Championship title.
"People might look at it as a breather, relaxing and not doing anything," Francis added. "But, we benefited from it hugely last season at the same stage. It got us promoted basically.
"It's a bit of team bonding and everyone getting together for a week. Training in the warm weather means you get more out of it and you come back fitter." | Bournemouth defender Simon Francis says people would be wrong to think their training trip to Dubai during the international break is a "holiday". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35870565"} | 185 | 33 | 0.598001 | 1.394386 | -0.235494 | 1.115385 | 6.615385 | 0.653846 |
The 29-year-old Argentine, who has made 129 appearances for the Baggies since being signed by Steve Clarke in 2012, is now tied to The Hawthorns until the summer of 2018.
There is also a clause for a further 12-month option for Yacob, who was in the final year of his previous deal.
"Players like Claudio are vital. He is a great pro," said boss Tony Pulis.
"It wasn't a difficult decision because everyone working at the club have all made me feel very comfortable since I've been here," said Yacob, who has started all six of West Brom's Premier League games this season.
He is approaching the third anniversary of his only goal for the club against Arsenal in October 2013, having arrived as a free agent from Argentine Primera Division side Racing Club de Avellaneda.
The Baggies, who visit Sunderland on Saturday (15:00 BST kick-off), are 10th in the Premier League, having won two, drawn two and lost two this season. | West Bromwich Albion midfielder Claudio Yacob has signed a new two-year contract with the Premier League club. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37512069"} | 234 | 32 | 0.59445 | 1.323294 | -0.594436 | 1.1 | 10.1 | 0.7 |
Haitian politician and film-maker Raoul Peck, who spent a decade making the film, says he also believes "the class discussion in America is crucial right now".
"When your ideology is that everyone can become a millionaire or billionaire - this is nonsense," he says.
"The American Dream has continued to be offered in the form of reality shows - and says that if you are lucky, or beautiful, you can become a celebrity.
"There is nothing in life that is easy. You need to build up your life and take responsibility.
"Make America Great Again - every word of that sentence is a lie... But it's easier to accept that slogan instead of deconstructing it."
I Am Not Your Negro is based on an unfinished book, Remember This House, by African-American author James Baldwin.
Peck uses Baldwin's essays to build up a non-linear history of racism in the US and urges both black and white to take responsibility for their attitudes and actions.
"Many people have told me how timely this is," says the director. "I'd been working on it for a decade - before Obama, before Ferguson and before Trump."
As well as an Oscar nomination, the film has won 15 other international awards to date and made $6m (£4.8m) at the US box office within a couple of weeks of release.
"It's incredible and just a great response to James Baldwin and his work," says Peck. "The phrases he wrote 50 years ago are so impactful and modern, you would think he wrote them this morning.
"The film confronts the audience with their story, whether they are black or white.
"Baldwin tells us that 'as a black person, I did not invent slavery, I did not invent racism. You, the white majority, who do not consider yourself racist - what is your role in this society? Come and take back your history because you created it'."
Peck says he discovered Baldwin's writings when he was a teenager. He calls the writer "a scientist of the soul".
"He knew a soul could contain a monster, or an angel, or everything else in between," he continues.
Peck was Haiti's minster of culture between 1996 and 1997 as well as a film-maker. He says his ideal of race relations is "like Baldwin's - turning the burden to the wider society".
"If you want to change your world," he adds, "you don't do it by being angry, sitting on a sofa and sending a few tweets, or even just by going to a protest.
"We are so stuck on the next big tweet, or the next outrage in the 24-hour news cycle, we are missing the point. Karl Marx didn't change the political landscape of Europe by demonstrating - he went to the library.
"Read a book. Educate yourself. You need to be able to have a discussion and to argue with others, and make allies.
"By all means, you can be angry as your first step, but after that you have to go and do your homework," Peck concludes.
"That's actually what James Baldwin did - and eventually he built something solid, in the form of the writing he gave back to the world."
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Theodore Silvester, who was a foundation pupil, was taken ill at Anlaby Primary School on Friday lunchtime.
Paramedics were called to the school, but he was later pronounced dead.
A post-mortem examination is yet to take place, but the death is not being treated as suspicious.
On Saturday, head teacher Gareth May said the whole school community was "deeply saddened by this tragic event".
Flowers have been left outside the school's gates, with staff and pupils offered support over the coming days.
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The living room is awash with colour. Pink, red, blue and yellow rosettes hang precariously from every surface.
In fact, there are more than 120 rosettes crammed into the living room and they belong to 12-year-old Samara.
She has become a champion in her very unusual hobby - showing pigs.
Samara is quite often the only child taking part in the shows and regularly goes head to head with experienced adults in pig competitions.
However, pig breeding can sometimes be a harsh learning experience.
"I told my dad I wanted a pig for my sixth birthday," she said.
"Dad got me two to keep for the summer but then they disappeared and I didn't know what happened to them but suddenly the freezer was a lot fuller."
Samara's mum and dad do not keep pigs, she started this hobby entirely on her own, so they have been forgiven for the early freezer mishap.
Her parents got her another piglet called Winter and Samara began to show the animal and started to win awards.
She now has four saddleback pigs and they live at the family farm in Corbet, just outside Banbridge.
"I love rare breeds, I like saddlebacks because they are kind and docile," she said.
The schoolgirl also admires saddlebacks' parenting skills and said the pigs make "a good mother".
Samara acknowledges that showing pigs is a strange hobby for a young girl and admits to getting bullied in primary school because of it.
However, she says the bullies have changed their tune now they have seen how many awards she has won.
Samara spoke to BBC News NI was she was preparing for the Castlewellan Show in County Down.
It involved showing her pigs in a number of different categories, taking on the adults as well as competing in junior handler competitions.
"It can get a bit hectic in the show ring if the pigs get out of control," she said.
Last year, her mother Sharon ended up with a broken finger when two pigs started to fight.
Putting on her waterproofs and wellington boots, Samara, accompanied by her new puppy Chip, heads down to the farmyard to get the pigs ready.
They have to be washed, scrubbed with washing-up liquid, brushed down and oiled to get them ready for the show,
In fact, the local shop only stocks pig oil because Samara uses so much of it.
"You put oil on the black bits and talc on the white bits to get them looking their best," she said.
On the day of the show, Samara and her parents are looking smart and dressed in their white show coats.
Samara is competing against adults but heads in the ring confidently with her pig, Holly.
The judge asks details about when the pig was born, what type of pig it is and asks Samara to walk and back to forth around the ring to see if she can keep the animal under control.
"I'm really delighted to see a young girl here today," said judge Nigel Overend from the British Pig Association.
"Not only being able to show the pigs but to be able to compete against people who have been showing pigs for 20 to 30 years.
"It is quite a challenge and I think she has acquitted herself very well today." he said.
The hard work seems to have paid off - Samara picks up a number of awards, including best young handler and show champion.
Samara would like to see more young people get involved in pig competitions but for her the season is not over just yet.
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He made the remark as he was presenting an award to George Osborne at the Spectator magazine's Parliamentarian of the Year ceremony in London.
After loud laughter from the audience, he clarified his comments, saying Brexit would be a "colossal success".
The annual ceremony from the magazine awarded Mr Johnson the political comeback of the year prize.
Accepting it, he said: "In the words of our great prime minister... I understood that Brexit means Brexit and we are going to make a Titanic success of it."
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But it was not just Mr Johnson getting the laughs.
Prime Minister Theresa May paid sartorial tribute to former chancellor George Osborne, appearing alongside him wearing a hard hat and high-visibility jacket as she accepted her politician of the year prize.
The apparel was much favoured by Mr Osborne during his cabinet days for official visits to factories and large-scale infrastructure projects.
As she accepted her award, the prime minister told the audience: "Oh, come on. We're all builders now."
Mr Osborne was the guest of honour, using his speech to mock himself and his party colleagues as he handed out his own "real parliamentary awards".
His self-styled "Sam Allardyce campaign manager of the year award" went to Michael Gove - who Mr Osborne said "made up with the quantity of his leadership campaigns what they lacked in quality".
He gave his "President Erdogan prize for the attempted coup that makes the leader stronger" to the entire parliamentary Labour Party, referring to the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader in September.
Mr Osborne later presented Mrs May with her politician of the year award.
Accepting it, Mrs May added a dig over Mr Osborne's warnings on behalf of the Remain campaign ahead of the Brexit referendum.
She said: "I'm particularly pleased to receive this award from George, because I gather that when it came to the voting it actually got very tight and I owe it to George that he just nudged me over the line - because he told the other members of the jury that if they didn't vote for me, the economy would collapse and World War Three would start."
Mrs May also joked about Sir Craig Oliver, former director of communications for her predecessor, David Cameron.
She said: "I understand that in his book about the referendum campaign, Craig says that, when he heard the result of the referendum, he walked out of the office, he walked out into Whitehall and he started retching violently.
"I have to say, I think we all know that feeling. Most of us experienced it too - when we saw his name on the resignation honours list."
But she changed the tone by raising a toast to Mr Cameron, who recently stood down as an MP. | Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said the UK will make a "Titanic success" of Brexit. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37858143"} | 641 | 24 | 0.399054 | 0.956857 | -0.02415 | 0.944444 | 31.388889 | 0.722222 |
The rail seating area will initially accommodate up to 2,600 supporters and be introduced for the 2016-17 season.
Chief executive Peter Lawwell said: "Celtic has worked tirelessly on this issue."
Scotland is not bound by the law that banned standing areas in top-flight football in England.
Terraces were banned following the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and the issue about whether to allow some standing areas has been revisited since all-seater stadiums became compulsory in England in 1994.
Prior to the merger of the Scottish Premier League with the Scottish Football League to form the Scottish Professional Football League, top-flight clubs were given the all clear to have safe-standing areas within their stadiums.
Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson announced in February that he planned to invest £200,000 to help United become the first Premiership club to do so.
However, Celtic were on Tuesday given permission for their plan by Glasgow City Council, which had twice previously rejected applications from the Scottish champions.
"Across football globally, the reality is that some supporters are choosing to stand at matches," said Lawwell.
"Rail seating has been in place in European football for some time and there has been considerable demand for some form of safe standing within the UK and particularly from our supporters."
Celtic, who say they have been working on the plan for five years, will consult with their fans before any changes but are confident that it will prove popular.
Independent safety and security expert Dr. Steve Frosdick told Celtic's website: "For the first time in the UK, football fans will be able to stand to watch the game from purpose-built accommodation which is demonstrably safe.
"Glasgow City Council and the emergency services are also to be commended, firstly for their rigorous scrutiny of the proposal and secondly for having the courage to grant the first approval.
"There was of course no question of going back to the standing terraces of old.
"However, the new style rail seating found in Germany and Austria provides the solution the club was seeking."
A council spokesman added: "Previously it was felt that a stewarding plan alone would not ensure spectator safety in the standing area.
"But the introduction of appropriate barriers, widened gangways, along with the kind of rail seating often found in European grounds and other measures, will address those concerns." | Celtic have been granted permission to introduce a safe standing area and could become the first top-flight club in Scotland to do so. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33061483"} | 493 | 29 | 0.528214 | 1.437675 | 0.109614 | 1.961538 | 17.807692 | 0.884615 |
Police and intelligence officers will be able to see the names of sites people have visited without a warrant, Home Secretary Theresa May said.
But there would be new safeguards over MI5, MI6 and the police spying on the full content of people's web use.
Mrs May told MPs the proposed powers were needed to fight crime and terror.
The wide-ranging draft Investigatory Powers Bill also contains proposals covering how the state can hack devices and run operations to sweep up large amounts of data as it flows through the internet, enshrining in law the previously covert activities of GCHQ, as uncovered by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The draft bill's measures include:
Mrs May told MPs the draft bill was a "significant departure" from previous plans, dubbed the "snooper's charter" by critics, which were blocked by the Lib Dems, and will "provide some of the strongest protections and safeguards anywhere in the democratic world and an approach that sets new standards for openness, transparency and oversight".
But Shami Chakrabarti, director of civil rights campaign Liberty, said: "After all the talk of climbdowns and safeguards, this long-awaited Bill constitutes a breath-taking attack on the internet security of every man, woman and child in our country.
"We must now look to Parliament to step in where ministers have failed and strike a better balance between privacy and surveillance."
And Mr Snowden warned the communications data covered by the proposed legislation was "the activity log of your life".
In a message on Twitter he said: "'It's only communications data' = 'It's only a comprehensive record of your private activities'."
The proposed legislation will be consulted on before a bill is formally introduced to Parliament in the New Year, Mrs May said. It will then have to pass votes in both houses of Parliament.
It would order communications companies, such as broadband firms, to hold basic details of the services that someone has accessed online - something that has been repeatedly proposed but never enacted.
This duty would include forcing firms to hold a schedule of which websites someone visits and the apps they connect to through computers, smartphones, tablets and other devices.
Police and other agencies would be then able to access these records in pursuit of criminals - but also seek to retrieve data in a wider range of inquiries, such as missing people.
Mrs May stressed that the authorities would not be able to access everyone's browsing history, just basic data, which was the "modern equivalent of an itemised phone bill".
But investigating officers will not have to obtain a warrant, just get their request signed off by a senior officer, just as they do now - some 517,000 such requests were granted last year.
If officers want to mount more intrusive spying operations, including accessing the content of emails, hacking into computers and tapping phones, they will still need a warrant from the home secretary or another senior minister - 2,700 such warrants were signed last year.
But the draft bill proposes giving a new panel of judges, known as the Investigatory Powers Commission, the ability to veto such requests.
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When police or security agencies apply to intercept someone's communications, their plans would have to be first signed off by the home secretary but then approved by one of these judges.
In urgent situations, such as when someone's life is in danger or there is a unique opportunity to gather critical intelligence, the home secretary would have the power to approve an interception warrant without immediate judicial approval.
The judges would also be able to refer serious errors to an outside tribunal which could then decide to tell the individual their data has been illegally collected.
The bill does not propose forcing overseas companies to comply with these orders.
The bulk collection of internet messages flowing through the UK by GCHQ, as revealed by Edward Snowden, is currently in a legal grey area, covered by legislation originally meant for other purposes.
The security services argue they need access to large amounts of data to help them monitor suspected foreign terrorists or criminals deemed to pose a threat to the UK.
The new bill would aim to put bulk collection on a firm legal footing, with the home secretary given the power to issue warrants, as set out in the graph below.
The estimated cost to taxpayers of implementing the Bill is about £247m over the next 10 years, including storage of internet connection records and the new warrant approval regime.
The draft bill is a response in part to a review by the government's terror watchdog, David Anderson QC, who said in June the UK needed a "comprehensive" new surveillance law to replace the current "fragmented" rules.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's PM programme, Mr Anderson gave Mrs May's proposals "four stars" but said it would be for Parliament to determine the extent of surveillance powers and safeguards.
He said: "This isn't a licence for the police to simply prowl over everything you have been doing, but I quite accept that a lot of data is being kept by these service providers and under the government's proposals it would be kept for a very long time."
This creates "obvious risks" he said, adding: "I simply wouldn't vote for this unless I had been very substantially satisfied that those risks had been minimised."
Labour's shadow home secretary Andy Burnham backed the draft bill, saying it was "neither a snooper's charter nor a plan for mass surveillance".
Former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said it was a "much improved model" of the legislation he blocked during the coalition government but said the "devil would be in the detail". | The internet activity of everyone in Britain will have to be stored for a year by service providers, under new surveillance law plans. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34715872"} | 1,278 | 27 | 0.505982 | 1.259531 | 0.104451 | 1.64 | 45.96 | 0.92 |
Sam Simon had been battling colon cancer, his agent said on Monday.
Simon won seven Emmy awards for his work as a writer, director and executive producer for the longest-running sitcom on American television.
The Simpsons, which chronicles the life of a clumsy father and his dysfunctional family, first aired in 1989.
Simon led the show's writing staff and is credited with developing the characters that feature in the show.
He left the show after four seasons, but continued to receive between $20m (£13.2m) and $30m (£19.9m) each year after striking a deal that gave him a part of the show's future earnings.
After his diagnosis, he said he wanted to donate all of his fortune to charity.
Simon gave much of his money to social causes, especially those working on animal welfare issues.
In 2002 he founded the non-profit Sam Simon Foundation, which is devoted to rescuing dogs from shelters and training them to assist the disabled.
"I have a desire to help animals," Simon said in an interview with Reuters in 2014.
"It's my money and I get to do what I want with it. It's an expensive hobby I picked up at the end of my life."
"It is with much sadness that we must let you know that Sam Simon has passed over," the organisation announced on its Facebook page.
Fellow Simpsons producer Al Jean tweeted "a great man; I owe him everything" from his verified account in response to the news.
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Rovers trailed to a fourth-minute strike when Ashley Hunter's angled right-foot shot found the top left corner.
But Matty Taylor headed home Daniel Leadbitter's cross on 61 minutes to level.
And Leadbitter was again the supply line when Cristian Montano shot home right footed to win the game on 73 minutes.
Rovers, who have lost just twice in 13 games, stand fifth in the table, having risen three places, now four points above 10th-placed Fleetwood.
Fleetwood's livewire strikers Hunter and Chris Long caused Rovers plenty of problems in the first half, both having efforts saved.
But, at the other end, Taylor forced three saves from Chris Neal and had another effort deflected over.
Match ends, Bristol Rovers 2, Fleetwood Town 1.
Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 2, Fleetwood Town 1.
Byron Moore (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town).
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Jermaine Easter replaces Matty Taylor.
Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town).
Charlie Colkett (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Ball (Fleetwood Town).
Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Chris Long (Fleetwood Town).
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Charlie Colkett replaces Cristian Montaño because of an injury.
Foul by Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers).
Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Devante Cole replaces Eggert Jónsson.
Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Eggert Jónsson (Fleetwood Town).
Foul by Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers).
Eggert Jónsson (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Bristol Rovers 2, Fleetwood Town 1. Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Leadbitter.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Rory Gaffney replaces Ellis Harrison.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. David Ball replaces Bobby Grant.
Attempt missed. Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from long range on the right is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Nathan Pond.
Foul by Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers).
Chris Long (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers).
Eggert Jónsson (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Victor Nirennold replaces Jimmy Ryan.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Kyle Dempsey.
Attempt blocked. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jimmy Ryan (Fleetwood Town).
Goal! Bristol Rovers 1, Fleetwood Town 1. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Leadbitter with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Conor McLaughlin.
Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jimmy Ryan (Fleetwood Town).
Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Scottish Hydro-Electric Transmission Ltd, a division of energy giant SSE, said the "needs case" was a key part of the planning process.
Regulator Ofgem will assess whether the interconnector is efficient and economic.
The project has been hit by delays and a rise in costs to an estimated £780m.
Islands local authority, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, has said major renewable energy projects planned for the isles cannot go ahead without the cable.
The comhairle has welcomed the submission to Ofgem.
Leader Angus Campbell said swift approval of the project could allow a contract for the cable to be awarded this year.
The interconnector would export electricity to the mainland for distribution.
It would stretch to about 50 miles (80km) from Gravir on Lewis to Ullapool on the north-west coast of mainland Scotland. | A document outlining why a subsea cable is needed to carry electricity generated on the Western Isles to the mainland has been sent to Ofgem. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "22893191"} | 192 | 35 | 0.650295 | 1.532205 | -0.099013 | 1.269231 | 6.230769 | 0.653846 |
The six men, who were hanged, were accused of being members of militant group Sinai Province, which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS).
They were found guilty of killing of two officers during a gunfight in March 2014.
However, rights groups had called for a retrial for the six men, arguing that the court process was flawed.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said that three of the men were in custody at that time, and could not have carried out the attack in Arab Sharkas, a village north of Cairo.
Amnesty described the men's trial as "grossly unfair" and said the men said they were tortured into confessing to the charges.
The Sinai Province group has carried out a series of attacks against military targets in Egypt's Sinai peninsula since the army ousted President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
The group has been involved in suicide bombings, drive-by shootings, assassinations and beheadings.
The group was previously called Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Champions of Jerusalem), but announced a name change in November 2014 after pledging allegiance to IS.
The execution comes a day after a court handed down death sentences to Mr Morsi and more than 100 other people, over a mass prison break in 2011.
Shortly after the ruling, gunmen shot dead four people, including three judges, in the northern Sinai city of al-Arish. | Egypt has executed six men convicted of carrying out an attack on soldiers last year, state media report. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32771728"} | 323 | 22 | 0.589472 | 1.329901 | 0.17108 | 0.6 | 13.55 | 0.5 |
Kate Brandon, 33, set up a social media campaign two weeks ago for her husband Mike, 31, after his consultant said all NHS routes were "exhausted".
She hoped to raise enough money to send him for "revolutionary" cancer trials at the University of Pennsylvania.
The target was reached within days and the couple flew out on Tuesday.
Mrs Brandon said: "We have had some preliminary tests done and have met with Mike's medical team.
"All being well we are hoping to go for cell collection on Thursday."
She added that she was "overwhelmed and grateful" for the support of the public and the media, and wanted to thank everyone "from the bottom of our hearts".
Mr Brandon was diagnosed two years ago with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
An earlier social media campaign found a stem cell donor for his condition, but he relapsed in February and was told there was "little" his consultant could do.
Mr Brandon said his "family and friends have had to bear the true load" of his illness, and described his wife as his "ultimate superhero".
Mrs Brandon said £400,000 was the minimum needed to cover medical costs, flights and general living costs.
The CAR T-cell therapy treatment will be carried out at the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Centre.
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The Irish company said that the service was one of three routes set to be slashed as part of its cost-cutting plans.
Management told staff that they had no option but to implement "immediate cost savings".
The bus operator currently runs twice-daily return journeys to Dublin, alongside Translink's Goldline service.
A Translink spokesperson said it was aware of the changes but was "fully committed" to keeping the route.
"Translink will continue to provide the services we operate on this route, including our current X3 service to Monaghan, Dublin Airport and Dublin City Centre and our X4 direct route through mid-Ulster to Dublin Airport and Dublin City Centre," they added.
The Republic of Ireland's transport unions have said that they will commence an all-out strike at Bus Éireann next week, in response to the cost-cutting plans.
The National Bus and Rail Union and SIPTU has also warned that there will be redundancies and impact on pay - but says the moves are necessary to save the company.
The company is also closing their Dublin to Clonmel and Athlone to Westport services. | Bus Éireann has announced it intends to close its Londonderry to Dublin bus service on 28 May. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39113431"} | 249 | 25 | 0.603512 | 1.147639 | -0.056271 | 0.888889 | 12.111111 | 0.666667 |
The 25-year-old German, who is based in Oklahoma, was competing at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix event in Arizona, which she won with a 4.65m jump.
She tweeted: "My running legs got stolen today. Please help me find/replace them!"
Low is scheduled to compete in this summer's Paralympics in Rio.
She jumped a world record 4.79 metres to claim gold at the 2015 World Championships in Doha. | World long jump T42 champion Vanessa Low has appealed for the return of her running blades after they were stolen at the Desert Challenge Games. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36296217"} | 102 | 31 | 0.612711 | 1.309465 | 0.140136 | 0.423077 | 3.423077 | 0.346154 |
The on-loan Norwich player, 20, sustained the injury in a challenge with the Ton's Joe McKee near the end of the Bairns' 1-0 win.
The player wrote on Twitter: "Gutted to say I've suffered a double leg break.
"Can't thank everyone enough at the pitch and in the hospital for keeping me calm and helping me."
McGrandles was stretchered off with his right leg in a splint after lengthy treatment and taken to Inverclyde Hospital.
Bairns manager Peter Houston said after the match that he was "prepared for the worse".
Houston told BBC Scotland: "He said right away to his team-mate that it's broken and the doctor and physio thought the same thing when they went on the field."
Falkirk won their first match since 2 January thanks to John Baird's first-half strike.
"My thoughts are more with Conor than being delighted with any victory," added Houston.
"He's a young lad we've brought up from Norwich; a former Falkirk player. It's certainly put a huge dampener on what was a valuable three points for us." | Falkirk midfielder Conor McGrandles suffered a double leg break in his team's Championship match against Morton at Cappielow. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35622000"} | 262 | 34 | 0.548933 | 1.425892 | 0.211261 | 1.85 | 11.35 | 0.75 |
Friends and family of the media mogul and the former supermodel gathered at St Bride's near Fleet Street a day after their civil ceremony.
The church has a long association with newspapers and writers.
Around 100 guests attended, including the couple's 10 children from previous relationships.
It is Mr Murdoch's fourth marriage and the first for Miss Hall, 59, after her 1992 Bali wedding to Sir Mick Jagger was later deemed legally void.
Australian-born Mr Murdoch 84, whose News UK company publishes The Times and The Sun newspapers, tweeted he was "the luckiest and happiest man in world".
St Bride's says it offers "a spiritual home to all who work in the media" lying in the heart of an area which was once the home of most UK national newspapers.
But Mr Murdoch's decision to dispense with his Fleet Street newsroom in the late 1980s marked a key stage in the abandonment of the area by the media industry.
By Richard Lister, BBC News correspondent
A cold drizzle fell on St Brides and on the noisy scrum of photographers and camera crews penned into the narrow entrances to the churchyard trying to get a glimpse of the celebrity guest list.
Every now and then a shout went up as a famous face appeared at the church gates. "Bob! Bob! This way" shouted the snappers as Sir Bob Geldof paused silently in front of the church for a few seconds.
Sir Michael Caine was immune to their shouts and went straight in. One less well-known face outstayed the snappers' welcome as she preened for the cameras. "You can go in now" said one of the paparazzi, to general laughter.
There was irritation when we learned that Jerry Hall had gone in by another entrance. There is little that this couple need to learn about how to manage the press.
Playwright Tom Stoppard, musician Bob Geldof and former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman were at the service along with newspaper editors and media executives.
Justice secretary Michael Gove was also in attendance along with actor Michael Caine, artist Tracey Emin and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. | Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall have marked their marriage with a service of celebration at the "journalists' church" in London. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35735651"} | 473 | 31 | 0.452476 | 1.298939 | -0.080533 | 0.958333 | 17.125 | 0.791667 |
The 11-day 2010 AIYF - featuring groups from more than 20 countries - runs from Wednesday until Saturday 7 August.
Russia, South Africa, Canada and Trinidad are among the various nations taking part in the event's 38th year.
AIYF chief executive Stewart Aitken said it was not just about the performances but also the "sharing of cultures and experience". | The annual Aberdeen International Youth Festival - featuring music, dance and theatre - is getting under way. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "10778788"} | 79 | 22 | 0.501448 | 1.007259 | -0.570781 | 0.473684 | 3.736842 | 0.368421 |
Rather than stalking birdies, Burmese cat Merlin has been plaguing players at Aldeburgh Golf Club, in Suffolk.
His owner Peter Bryson said he would bring home up to six a day.
The club has told golfers who fall foul of Merlin's rough treatment they can substitute stolen balls without incurring a penalty.
Merlin has been spotted creeping onto the 14th hole fairway and carrying balls off in his mouth.
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A sign on the notice board at the golf club on Saxmundham Road warns: "A large brown coloured Burmese cat has been seen picking up and carrying away golf balls in the vicinity of the 14th hole.
"Where this has been witnessed or when it is virtually certain that a ball has disappeared from the closely-mown surfaces, a substitute ball may be dropped."
The notice informs players that a cat is considered an "outside agency", referring to the ball being moved by someone other than the player or a caddy.
It says that a substitute ball may be used "without penalty", unless it is in the rough.
Mr Bryson, who lives close to the golf club, said he would see the balls "protruding" from Merlin's teeth as he brought them back.
"In the end, he brought about 30 balls back," he said.
He said he thinks Merlin associated the golf balls with ping-pong balls, which he would play with at home. | A ball stealing cat has been ruining rounds at a golf course - forcing the club's exasperated owners to change their rules. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37407796"} | 333 | 33 | 0.43412 | 1.111709 | 0.247162 | 1 | 12.125 | 0.583333 |
Many services were cancelled after a water main burst near South Croydon station on Monday, causing a landslip.
Southern said four out of five lines were now available and a full service was planned on Wednesday morning.
A reduced half-hourly Gatwick Express route has operating, and there were restrictions between London Bridge, Uckfield and Reigate stations.
South Croydon and Purley Oaks stations remained closed all day.
There were timetable changes to many First Capital Connect routes between Bedford, London and Brighton, with some trains cancelled.
Travellers have been told they can check details of changes at the National Rail Enquiries website.
Thames Water said it was "really sorry for the disruption", which was caused by a burst main at Water Tower Hill.
"We had a team on site to deal with the burst within an hour," it added.
"Despite the water pipe being buried 4.5m (15ft) below ground, we were able to shut the main off within two hours, without disrupting water supplies to 15,000 customers."
Network Rail said there was a significant amount of water on the track, along with mud and other debris.
Engineers worked through the night to stabilise the embankment. | Trains between London and Gatwick Airport continue to be disrupted after tracks were flooded in south London. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "14368158"} | 271 | 25 | 0.594344 | 1.348693 | 0.041163 | 0.722222 | 13.166667 | 0.611111 |
The victory for the Brown Panther, trained by Tom Dascombe, was the 11th of the horse's career.
It follows previous triumphs in the Goodwood Cup in 2013 and last year in the Irish St Leger.
Meanwhile Prince Bishop beat favourite California Chrome in the Dubai World Cup, the world's richest horse race.
Former England international footballer Owen said Brown Panther had been "a superstar from day one and this man [Dascombe] has trained him to perfection".
"He always jumps really well out of the traps and he found himself right up there.
"The rest is history, as they say. He's a special horse. I'll probably never replace a horse like this," said Owen.
It is hard to argue with Dascombe's assertion that the horse is now probably better than ever.
Jockey Richard Kingscote deserves particular mention having bravely fought back - only returning recently - from very serious injury incurred in a bone-crunching fall at Wolverhampton in November.
The Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, which is more than half a mile further, has inevitably been mentioned as a likely target, although last summer, when fourth, Brown Panther's stamina appeared to run out.
In the Dubai World Cup, William Buick rode 14-1 shot Prince Bishop to victory for Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor, his seventh World Cup winner.
The race has a purse worth $10m dollars (£6.7m) with more than £3.8m going to the winner. | Michael Owen enjoyed another success as joint-owner of Brown Panther after the seven-year old added the Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan to his already glittering CV. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32100895"} | 334 | 35 | 0.533893 | 1.435436 | 0.166005 | 0.870968 | 9.483871 | 0.548387 |
Roedd Elli Norkett o Landarsi ger Castell-nedd yn ei blwyddyn olaf yn astudio cwrs datblygiad chwaraeon ym Mhrifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd ac roedd wedi chwarae rygbi i dimau'r Gweilch, Abertawe, y brifysgol a Chymru.
Wrth dalu teyrnged iddi dywedodd ei theulu ei bod yn "garedig ac yn poeni am eraill".
Cafodd yr heddlu eu galw i'r A4109 rhwng Banwen a Glyn-nedd tua 19:40 nos Sadwrn.
Cafodd y gyrrwr yn y car arall, dynes 42 oed a merch 12 oed anafiadau ond dim rhai difrifol.
Dywedodd ei theulu: "Yn 2013 hi oedd y chwaraewraig rygbi ifancaf ym mhencampwriaeth rygbi'r byd ac roedd wedi cael pedwar cap rhyngwladol llawn i Gymru yn 17 oed.
"Fe gynrychiolodd Elli ei gwlad yn rygbi saith bob ochr ac fe gafodd ei dewis ar gyfer tîm myfyrwyr Prydain rygbi saith bob ochr."
Dywedodd ei theulu hefyd bod "nifer yn caru ac yn gwerthfawrogi Elli ac mae wedi cyffwrdd calonnau ei holl deulu a ffrindiau am ei bod yn garedig a gyda phersonoliaeth hoffus".
Roedd hi'n awyddus i fod yn hyfforddwraig rygbi yn y dyfodol.
'Person da'
Mae'r Gweilch hefyd wedi rhoi teyrnged iddi gan ddweud mai "rygbi oedd ei bywyd".
"Nid yn unig oedd hi'n chwaraewr rygbi talentog roedd hi'n berson da ac mae'n siŵr mai dyna'r peth pwysicaf amdani."
Roedd hi wedi bod yn hyfforddi plant ac wedi "ysbrydoli bechgyn a merched o bob oed".
Dywedodd Undeb Rygbi Cymru ei bod yn chwaraewraig "dalentog, ymroddedig ac yn boblogaidd gyda'i chyd chwaraewyr. Roedd Elli yn aelod gwerthfawr o deulu rygbi Cymru.
"Mae ein meddyliau gyda'i theulu a'i ffrindiau ar yr adeg anodd yma." | Mae Heddlu'r De wedi dweud mai Elli Norkett oedd y ferch 20 oed fu farw yn dilyn gwrthdrawiad ger Glyn-nedd ddydd Sadwrn. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39095200"} | 1,026 | 76 | 0.663551 | 1.501079 | 0.094253 | 1.08 | 12.8 | 0.6 |
Drusillas Park, near Berwick, Sussex, said 11 rainbow lorikeets were accidentally killed in their enclosure after a pest control company put toxic bait underground to catch rats.
A spokeswoman for the zoo said "very unfortunately" the birds ate some residual bait dropped by the rats.
The Eastbourne Animal Rights Action group was tipped off to the deaths by a whistle-blowing employee.
Group member Roberto Lopez said: "We were very concerned when we heard the news. This person has risked their job in coming to us, and they were right."
A protest was held by the animal rights group over the weekend, outside Drusillas. They also took issue with the decision to poison, rather than trap and release, the rats.
The zoo said it had called in the pest control company after five other lorikeets were attacked and killed by rats.
The spokeswoman for the zoo added: "This was an unprecedented situation with the rats becoming bolder and more numerous, and we made the decision that we had to take firm action.
"As a result of this situation we will be reviewing our procedures for pest control to ensure nothing like this ever happens again. This was a very unfortunate accident that has upset the entire zoo team."
Lorikeets are Australian forest birds, they mate for life and both male and female partners take dual responsibility in raising their young. | A group of exotic birds have died at a zoo after eating rat poison. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39027540"} | 314 | 21 | 0.469502 | 1.176275 | -0.543722 | 0.6 | 17.933333 | 0.6 |
In the latest incursion, 100 migrants broke through a fence and entered the Eurotunnel terminal, with some making it into the tunnel itself.
In the same week, a man died near the tunnel entrance in Calais - the 13th migrant to die trying to reach the UK since late June.
But many migrants are undeterred, although the numbers trying to get across the Channel have fallen - in July, some 2,000 migrants a night were trying to get into the terminal, compared to 150 in August.
The migrants, who are living in camps known as "the Jungle" on the edge of Calais, attempt to stow away on lorries headed for Eurotunnel, or jump or cut security fences to try to hide on Eurotunnel trains themselves. They also try to board lorries bound for cross-Channel ferries.
Extra security, including fencing, paid for by the UK, has been put in place.
In August, the UK and France signed an agreement on new measures to help alleviate the crisis, including a new command centre to help tackle the trafficking gangs.
While the scenes of thousands of migrants storming the tunnel over the summer were unprecedented, the issue is far from new. In 1999, the controversial Sangatte refugee camp was opened in Calais, attracting thousands of would-be asylum seekers and people traffickers.
Its closure in 2001 and 2002 - on the orders of France's then minister of the interior, Nicolas Sarkozy - led to riots. Since then migrants have continued to arrive in Calais and build makeshift camps near the port. French authorities estimate there are about 3,000 people currently living in "the Jungle", although other estimates put the number higher.
The issue made headlines again in September last year after a ferry bound for the UK was stormed by about 235 illegal migrants.
The Home Office said the UK Border Force and the French authorities together prevented more than 39,000 attempts to cross the Channel illegally in 2014/15 - more than double the number prevented the previous year, while Eurotunnel, which operates the Channel Tunnel says it has blocked 37,000 attempts since January.
French and UK authorities, and cross-Channel operators, continue to bring in measures to improve security, but migrants are still breaching barriers.
The Calais Chambers of Commerce has responsibility for the security of the port. Last autumn the UK government pledged £12m over three years to help France tackle the problem.
Earlier this month, the UK announced a further £2m for a new secure zone at Calais for UK-bound lorries. It later confirmed it would provide further £7m for measures to improve security at Calais and the entrance to the Channel Tunnel. The UK is also building a fence, known as the "National Barrier Asset", around the terminal at Coquelles.
The port is now protected by 16ft (5m) fences topped with coils of razor wire and CCTV, with the gates and exterior guarded by heavily-armed French riot police.
Eurotunnel has spent £9.2m on security in the first six months of 2015 alone, including money for fences, cameras, infra-red detectors and extra guards.
French police have been widely criticised for taking migrants off lorries, driving them a few miles away then releasing them - free to walk back to Calais. But many undocumented migrants are arrested - reportedly more than 18,000 in the first half of 2015.
The problem, police say, is that there are simply too many to arrest and deal with. They also say their focus on the motorway is safety, so getting people off the road is the priority. Extra French police have been deployed to Calais to try to cope with the volume of migrants.
French authorities are also struggling to stop illegal migrants crossing its border from Italy, where more than 60,000 people are thought to have arrived by boat from Africa already this year.
The situation in Calais is part of a wider migration crisis in Europe - caused largely by the displacement of people from war-torn countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, and Eritrea, and also North Africa.
Many want to claim asylum in the UK. Others want to enter the country incognito to remain as illegal workers.
Natacha Bouchart, Mayor of Calais, has said illegal migrants perceive Britain as a "soft touch" for benefits, and a better place to find jobs in the black economy than France - although studies do not necessarily back up this view.
The British Red Cross said most migrants wanted to make the move because they believed there was a better prospect of finding work in the UK, or because they speak English and want to use the language. Others have relatives in the UK, or are drawn by a belief that there is better housing and education available.
The UK is certainly not alone as a target destination. According to the EU's statistics body Eurostat, Germany saw the most non-EU asylum seekers in 2014 - almost 203,000 - followed by Sweden, Italy, France, Hungary, and then the UK.
But the huge influx of migrants into Europe has seen asylum applications soar. Germany - the most popular destination - says it is expecting 800,000 refugees to arrive this year.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees' representative in France, Philippe Leclerc, said most of the migrants in Calais were fleeing violence in countries such as Syria, Eritrea, Somalia and Afghanistan.
According to data from the UN Refugee Agency, Eritrea topped the list of countries of origin for people seeking and making asylum applications in the UK during the 12 months to the end of March 2015.
The UK and France both have a range of aid programmes in place in an attempt to address the root causes of the migrant crisis.
The short answer is, no-one knows. Home Secretary Theresa May has conceded that "a number" of migrants do make it across, but has not given specific figures. The Home Office says it has neither official figures or estimates for the number of illegal migrant crossings.
There were 25,020 applications for asylum in the year ending March 2015, but the figures are not broken down by point of entry, so there is no way of knowing how many of those people travelled through Dover. A Home Office spokesman said this was for security reasons.
Both Kent Police and Kent County Council also say they do not hold official figures - although the leader of Kent County Council has said its children's social services department is under "enormous strain" because of the number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children entering the Port of Dover. The county is currently caring for more than 600 under-18s, council leader Paul Carter said.
Operation Stack is an emergency procedure used by Kent Police to park freight vehicles on the M20 in Kent - essentially turning it into a giant lorry park.
It has been used since 1996 whenever there is disruption to cross-Channel services, generally as a result of migrant activity, bad weather, or industrial action. The road is closed in three phases, depending on how much space is needed. It can remain closed for days at a time, with thousands of Calais-bound lorries sitting dormant, leading to severe delays in areas of Kent.
Between 1996 and the end of 2007, Operation Stack was implemented 95 times for a total of 145 days. It has been used intermittently since 2007 but rarely for more than a few hours or a day or two at a time. However, June and July of this year saw "unprecedented" use of the tactic, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA).
In August, the government announced the temporary use of Manston Airfield in east Kent to hold freight lorries bound for Dover. | Attempts by migrants to cross the Channel from France into England continue unabated, causing delays and disruption to train services. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29074736"} | 1,713 | 29 | 0.486946 | 1.282719 | 0.456324 | 1.454545 | 67.863636 | 0.818182 |
Jamie Murphy's composed finished put Brighton in front before Emile Heskey equalised, but the Seagulls went in ahead at the break through Tomer Hemed.
Jay Spearing's low shot levelled the scores and, after Albion keeper David Stockdale made a crucial save, Beram Kayal restored Brighton's lead.
Brighton remain fourth while Bolton slip back to the bottom of the table.
Both sides wore black armbands in memory of Bolton chairman Phil Gartside, who died at the age of 63 on Wednesday, with a minute's applause from supporters in the 63rd minute.
Neil Lennon's Bolton side went into the match with the worst away record in the Championship, and are now without a win in 16 league matches on their travels this season.
The visitors had fewer clear-cut chances but Kayal's winner came moments after Stockdale had denied Wanderers winger Liam Feeney from a one-on-one.
After referee Robert Lewis was forced off with an injury, Bobby Zamora and Kayal had chances to wrap up the points before Brighton survived six minutes of second-half injury time.
Wanderers suffer a first defeat in four league games and drop a place to 24th after Charlton drew 0-0 at home to Cardiff.
Brighton assistant manager Colin Calderwood:
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"We are more or less where you`d want to be. Now we`ve got to try and win away from home.
"We are close to the top and if we have everybody fit we`ll have a fair shot at it.
"We looked as though we can score and that is very encouraging. I felt we always looked dangerous."
Bolton boss Neil Lennon:
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"Against a good side like Brighton I can take a lot of good things from the performance.
"There is still a long way to go. We`ve been in decent form and we have got to put this one away.
"We`ve got some catching up to do but there`s 15 games to go; plenty of time. We must capitalise on good performances and we need to start grinding out results.
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Mbappe, who is under contract until June 2019, has been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid.
Manchester City have also been linked, but BBC Sport understands they are reluctant to pay the reported 180m euro (£160m) asking price.
Vasilyev said the Ligue 1 club Monaco have had several "serious" enquiries.
But he added: "We are in discussions over a contract extension with Kylian and we hope to reach an agreement."
Mbappe, who has won four caps for France, scored 26 goals in all competitions for Monaco last season.
Earlier in July, Monaco said "important European clubs" had made contact with the player without their permission.
Monaco may ask world governing body Fifa and the French league to consider disciplinary action, but Fifa said it has not received a complaint.
BBC Sport understands Manchester City are the only English club accused.
"We haven't reached an agreement with any club for Mbappe," Vasilyev said.
"We are negotiating to extend his contract but you mustn't push the player too hard. We must allow him to take his time, not rush things.
"There is too much media pressure. I remind you he's only 18."
Vasilyev also described Thomas Lemar, a key target for Arsenal, and Fabinho, who has been linked with Manchester United, as "essential" players who are "staying with us". | Monaco are in talks with 18-year-old France striker Kylian Mbappe over a contract extension, says vice-president Vadim Vasilyev. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40731095"} | 315 | 39 | 0.626488 | 1.506296 | 0.496856 | 1.115385 | 10.807692 | 0.576923 |
It follows incidents in Linlithgow, Cowdenbeath, Burntisland and Kincardine on Monday.
A four-figure sum of money was taken in total and a 44-year-old woman suffered minor injuries.
The man is expected to appear at Dunfermline Sheriff Court on Friday. Police Scotland said efforts were ongoing to trace a second individual.
Det Insp Colin Robson said officers had been "working tirelessly" on the investigation.
He also thanked staff and the public for their "ongoing support". | A 28-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with robberies at four post offices in central Scotland. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38602984"} | 117 | 28 | 0.550093 | 1.095106 | -0.611126 | 1.083333 | 4 | 0.583333 |
Officials say a search for survivors and bodies is continuing after Friday's accident in the area around Hpakant.
Last month, more than 100 people were killed in the same area after a massive landslide.
Jade mining produces piles of waste rock. Itinerant workers climb the heaps to search for the gem stone.
The Bangkok Post quoted Hpakant official Tint Swe Myint as saying five bodies had already been found.
"According to witnesses, about 50 people are still missing," he said.
But Myo Htet Aung, another local official, told the AFP news agency that "just three or four people are missing at the moment" and no bodies were found at the site.
In November's disaster, many of those killed were people who made their living scavenging on or near the waste dumps left by large-scale industrial mining firms.
In a report in October, advocacy group Global Witness said the value of jade produced in 2014 alone was $31bn (£21n) - the equivalent of nearly half of Myanmar's (Burma's) GDP - yet hardly any of the money was reaching ordinary people or state coffers.
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Trish Knight has told the BBC her whole family was still struggling to come to terms with the death of James, 26, following a drunken row at his home in Leicester in March.
The father-of-two was attacked with a steak knife by Emma-Jayne Magson.
Magson is serving a life sentence for murder following a three-week trial.
Mrs Knight said: "You just see the hurt in everybody's faces. With my grandchildren, two of them have lost their dad.
"The rest of them have lost an uncle. Life will never be the same for any of us ever again."
Mrs Knight said they were initially told James had been in a fight with a bouncer and were shocked when Magson was arrested and charged with his murder.
She said: "We'd met her a few times. They'd been here for dinner and she'd always been OK."
During the trial, which concluded in November, the jury was played a 999 call by Magson in which she said James had collapsed but did not mention him being stabbed.
She also told the call handler it did not matter if paramedics were delayed.
Mrs Knight said: "They said in court that you can hear James's last breaths on that phone call.
"It's chilling. She's just so calm. I can't get it into my head how you can actually watch someone die."
Now the family are struggling to move on from the loss of the "loveable rogue".
Mrs Knight said: "Every Christmas is going to be hard. His birthday was on New Year's Eve.
"Everyone's celebrating and he should be celebrating his birthday, but he never will again.
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After a public showing on Friday of the film - based on a slave uprising led by preacher Nat Turner in 1831 - Parker described it as "a labour of love".
There were gasps in the audience at some of the harrowing scenes.
After the screening, Parker, who has faced media scrutiny over a historic rape trial, got a standing ovation.
Parker acted in, wrote and directed the film. It gained a huge amount of awards buzz when it first screened at the Sundance film festival in January.
However, recent media attention has been focused on Parker's acquittal for rape in 1999 and his accuser's subsequent suicide.
Parker said: "I didn't have the benefit of learning about Nat Turner when I was at school, yet I grew up 42 miles (68km) east of where the rebellion happened.
"So you can imagine learning about this person, in the absence of heroes, meant a lot to me."
He said it was a "no brainer" that he would choose to tell the story on film.
"We should all look at this film in the sense that this was a person that stood against a system that was oppressing people," he told the audience.
"If we can relate to that in 2016, we must ask our selves what we would be willing to sacrifice for what we want our children, and our children's children, to enjoy."
Cameron Bailey, the Toronto festival's artistic director, described the film as a "painful story from American history and a story that needed to be told".
The Toronto International Film Festival runs until 18 September. | Actor and director Nate Parker received an enthusiastic welcome as his film The Birth of a Nation screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37327122"} | 362 | 30 | 0.423898 | 1.198766 | 0.445891 | 1.4 | 13.04 | 0.68 |
William Mead died from septicaemia aged 12 months on 14 December.
Prof Peter Fleming said neither the NHS 111 service nor the out-of-hours GP had acted on a temperature change when his parents spoke to them on 13 December.
William's mother Melissa told the inquest in Cornwall he should not have died from something "so preventable".
William had been suffering from a persistent cough when his parents called for help.
Expert witness Prof Fleming, from Bristol Children's Hospital, expressed concern that neither the 111 service nor the out-of-hours GP, Nicholas Walker, had acted on William's temperature which had been at 40C on 12 December but had fallen to 35C the next day.
He said: "One of the difficulties that 111 faces is that they are not talking to a skilled professional - they are working from a script, not their professional knowledge.
"The script does not cover what is a very rare event."
Prof Fleming said he was disappointed the "algorithm" used by the 111 service did not appear to have assessed the situation effectively.
Cornwall Coroner Dr Emma Carlyon asked Prof Fleming at the hearing in Truro if there was anything that could have been done that could have prevented the death.
He replied: "With the benefit of hindsight, had he been seen and admitted on the Saturday [13 December], I think there is a very good chance that his illness could have been treated successfully."
Prof Fleming said William died from a streptococcal infection and pneumonia leading to septicaemia. He said the infection had probably taken hold in the week leading up to William's death leading to a "rapid deterioration" on 12 and 13 December.
Dr Carlyon recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.
Speaking after the inquest Mrs Mead said she would like to see improvements in "the practice of all GPs and the 111 and out-of-hours services".
She said her son would be "missed beyond measure" and she and her husband had been "destroyed" by their loss.
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, which provides the NHS 111 service in Cornwall, is yet to comment. Serco, which provided the out-of-hours GP service until 31 May 2015, said it would pass on any lessons learned to the new service providers. | A baby's death could have been avoided if he had been admitted to hospital when his mother called an out-of-hours helpline, an inquest has heard. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33079366"} | 539 | 39 | 0.414004 | 1.11044 | -0.061837 | 1.78125 | 14.3125 | 0.78125 |
The Republic face Switzerland and Slovakia in home friendlies over Easter with places still up for grabs ahead of the Euro 2016 finals in France.
Manager O'Neill said that with only one more friendly to play against Holland in May, time is running out for some of the fringe players to impress.
"I want to see a couple of the lads, the Euros are just around the corner."
O'Neill's side play Switzerland at the Aviva Stadium on Friday followed by Slovakia at home on Tuesday 29 March.
Although another friendly could be squeezed into the schedule, the Holland friendly on 27 May could be the last opportunity for latecomers to make a late charge into the squad, as winger James McClean did four years ago.
"There's a possibility of trying to organise another match but really after these two games, it's finalising a certain number of players and hoping they come through unscathed in the next couple of months," stated O'Neill.
"You are talking about very little break-time after that."
Wolves defender Matt Doherty, Bournemouth and former Coleraine midfielder Eunan O'Kane, Birmingham's Stephen Gleeson, Brentford midfielder Alan Judge and Aberdeen's Jonathan Hayes are among those hoping for a taste of the action.
While for some, that will simply amount to training with the senior squad at Abbotstown, O'Neill is adamant that there are some places which are yet to be nailed down.
He said: "There are one or two players there who have shown their worth in the qualification games and barring injury, there's a really great chance of them going, obviously.
"But there are other places up for grabs."
Republic of Ireland Euro 2016 fixtures (all times BST)
Monday, 13 June
Republic of Ireland v Sweden (17:00; Stade de France, Paris)
Saturday, 18 June
Belgiumv Republic of Ireland (14:00; Stade de Bordeaux)
Wednesday, 22 June
Italy v Republic of Ireland (20:00; Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille) | Martin O'Neill has told his Republic of Ireland hopefuls they have two games to force their way into his Euro squad. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35867411"} | 462 | 26 | 0.530429 | 1.32386 | -0.232748 | 1 | 17.818182 | 0.636364 |
The city will host the count collation system designed to keep track of all the votes cast across the UK and Gibraltar after the close of polls.
The result will be announced by the Electoral Commission's Jenny Watson at the venue, which has yet to be chosen.
PM David Cameron has promised a referendum by the end of 2017.
Ms Watson said; "We're extremely pleased to be able to announce that we'll be working with the team at Manchester City Council to deliver the national referendum count event alongside their regional count.
"Agreeing this now will help us plan as quickly as possible to deliver a successful and cost effective event once we know the date of the referendum."
Sir Howard Bernstein, counting officer for Manchester and regional counting officer for the North West of England, said: "Manchester is honoured to have been chosen as the venue for this important democratic event in which there will be worldwide interest.
"We look forward to hosting the Electoral Commission and working with them to help deliver a successful event."
Brian Monteith, spokesman for Leave.EU, said: "We welcome the Electoral Commission's decision that the result of the EU referendum will be declared in Manchester. This will be the most important decision for a generation and it is right that it takes place outside of the Westminster bubble." | The result of the referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union will be announced in Manchester, the Electoral Commission says. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35060063"} | 282 | 29 | 0.616831 | 1.31694 | 0.377062 | 2 | 10.48 | 0.8 |
Rodgers can land a domestic treble if Celtic win the Scottish Cup final next month and the manager is already planning for the summer.
"We don't need many but if we can bring in a couple of players of quality, we want to make a mark on Europe next season," Rodgers told Talksport.
"That would be progress for us and just keep the momentum going with the club."
Celtic have already secured a number of the Premiership-winning squad on long-term contracts - among them Kieran Tierney and Tom Rogic - and Rodgers is hopeful that Stuart Armstrong will also extend his stay with the club.
He believes that holding on to this group of players, who are one game away from the club's first treble since 2001, is vital to his longer-term plans.
Celtic reached the group stages of this season's Champions League, and Rodgers wants to improve on that.
"Stuart Armstrong is the one we're with at the moment so we're hoping he'll sign another deal, so that leaves a real good core of the team together," Rodgers added.
After defeating Rangers 2-0 in Sunday's semi-final, Celtic will face Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup final in May.
Rodgers remains hopeful that the team's top scorer, Moussa Dembele, can recover from injury in time to take his place in the cup final starting line-up.
Dembele injured his hamstring in the semi-final, and the 20-year-old is due to have the damage assessed by medical staff today.
"He gets his scan today so we'll see the extent of it," Rodgers said. "We've still got five weeks till the final so there's still a good possibility he could make it." | Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers wants to sign two "quality" players to make an impact in Europe next season. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39694882"} | 396 | 25 | 0.515874 | 1.224947 | -0.102185 | 1.47619 | 16.666667 | 0.809524 |
The Swiss-made device is so advanced Network Rail has set up its own engineering course to train contractors how to install it.
The work will eventually lead to a complete closure of the tunnel in September for six weeks.
Diversions will go via Gloucester.
The component, called the Overhead Conductor Rail System, has been customised in Switzerland and this version of the system has not been installed on a British public track before.
Anthea Dolman-Gair, senior programme manager for Network Rail, said: "A system similar to this has been used on the continent for a while, but this is the first time it's been adapted to be part of the new overhead electric system we are fitting into this country.
"Several years of engineering design and development have been put into this system. We use high-grade stainless steel that's typically used in the maritime industry so it doesn't corrode."
Installation and maintenance of the system requires a qualification not previously taught in Britain.
Network Rail engineers have set up a section of the new rail system in a workshop in Coleg Y Cymoedd in Nantgarw, Rhondda Cynon Taff, to train local contractors.
Some are former miners, and instructors say they have a natural aptitude for this kind of engineering.
Judith Evans, principal of Coleg Y Cymoedd, said the institution could expand off the back of the electrification programme.
"We've got four campuses across Rhondda Cynon Taff and Caerphilly. This particular facility in Nantgarw is easily accessible from the M4.
"I've already started having discussions within the college about whether or not in the next year or two we might even consider expanding. If the growth continues at the speed it is, I can see us having to put on an extension in the future."
The component is designed to have very little maintenance once installed, saving money.
The tunnel will be completely closed for six weeks in September to finish the work. Trains will be diverted around the tunnel via Gloucester. | Work to install a customised electrified roof track has started in the Severn Tunnel as part of the electrification of the south Wales mainline. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36837623"} | 446 | 35 | 0.472086 | 1.298664 | 0.593047 | 1.2 | 15.68 | 0.72 |
Parents of about 50 pupils from Meon Junior School told the Portsmouth News they were "furious" the Vision Travel bus had stopped on Eastern Road.
The pupils and staff were returning from a school trip to London when the Muslim driver began using a prayer mat on the roadside.
A spokesman for the Cosham-based firm said it was investigating.
Parents said the bus was left parked in a dangerous position as other vehicles had to swerve to avoid the parked bus as children and staff remained on board.
A spokesman for Vision Travel said it had issued an apology to the school and declined to comment on the driver's position with the company until it had concluded an investigation.
Portsmouth City Council said the school had received an apology after raising concerns with the bus company.
Salat is the obligatory Muslim prayer ritual, performed five times each day by Muslims but exact times can be flexible if an individual is not able to visit a mosque.
Arshad Sharif of the Muslim Council of Southampton said the incident was "unfortunate".
"Islam accommodates individuals who are travelling and there is a clear dispensation for them to combine prayers.
"On the face of it it seems that someone well-meaning may have been over-zealous but he should certainly not have threatened the safety of his passengers."
Portsmouth councillor Yahiya Chowdhry, who is a Muslim, said he believed the driver had misunderstood what was required of him.
He said: "His intentions are good but he did not need to put the coach in that position - it is a risk to himself as well." | A bus company has apologised after a school complained about a coach driver stopping to pray on a main road. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37643714"} | 358 | 28 | 0.572897 | 1.443534 | -0.00962 | 1 | 14.857143 | 0.714286 |
Officers were called to reports of shots being fired at a black vehicle on Gourlay Street, in the Springburn area of the city, at about 20:00 on Friday.
A spokesman for Police Scotland said there were no reports at this time of anyone being injured.
He said inquiries were ongoing to establish more details on the incident and trace the vehicles and those people involved. | Police are investigating allegations of a possible gun attack in Glasgow. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37099900"} | 79 | 14 | 0.634147 | 1.094493 | -0.924308 | 0.416667 | 6 | 0.416667 |
The 33-year-old was assaulted by three men who burst into his house in Rannoch Drive at about 03:15 on Saturday.
He was treated in hospital for his injuries and later released. The attackers fled in a black car.
Police Scotland said the victim was not believed to have been the intended target for the assault.
Det Con Graham McAdam added: "I do not believe that this was a random attack however I think that the 33-year-old man was not the intended target and that he was the victim of mistaken identity.
"I urge anyone who has any information that could assist our enquiries to contact Wishaw CID immediately via 101. Alternatively calls can be made via Crimestoppers where anonymity can be maintained." | A man who was attacked in his home in Lanarkshire with a hammer and an axe was the victim of mistaken identity, police believe. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35345862"} | 162 | 34 | 0.577613 | 1.231443 | 0.378382 | 1.846154 | 5.576923 | 0.692308 |
The UK as a whole saw the same rate of growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during that quarter.
Construction was up an unusually strong 6.1%, with production up 1% and the dominant service sector flat.
Two-thirds of the increase was explained by the construction sector's boost.
The rest was explained by production, which includes manufacturing.
Output rose by 2.8% between the end of 2013 and the end of 2014, while in the UK, the equivalent figure was up 3.1%.
Comparing the whole of 2014 with 2013, construction was up 13%, production up only 1% and the service sector by 2.3%.
The quarterly output figures were the first to adapt to a new method of measuring growth, which takes account of a wider range of factors including research and development, and illegal drugs and prostitution.
Analysis of the figures by think-tank Fiscal Affairs Scotland emphasised the strength of construction last year, far faster than previous high-growth years of 7% to 8%.
Last year, while the value of the UK construction sector was up 7.5%, it fell in the final quarter.
The analysis also highlighted the reason for UK GDP growing faster overall was the services sector, which represents three-quarters of the economy. It grew twice as fast at the UK level (3.4%) than in Scotland (1.7%).
The full-year figures also give an opportunity to bring up to date the comparative growth rates between Scotland and the rest of the UK.
Fiscal Affairs Scotland points out that average annual growth since 1998 has been 1.6% in Scotland, and 2.2% in the UK as a whole.
Much of that higher growth rate is linked to a faster-growing population in England. The per capita measure for Scotland is an average of 1.2% per year. The equivalent figure for the UK as a whole (excluding offshore oil and gas) is lower than Scotland's, at 1%.
Since the peak of economic output in 2008, the Scottish economy fell and rose again, to be 2.3% higher, while the UK economy, which hit a deeper trough but has since grown back more strongly, is 5.1% bigger.
Per capita, however, Scottish output is still below the 2008 peak, by 0.7%, while the UK per capita output measure is 1.2% below its previous peak.
John McLaren, of Fiscal Affairs Scotland, said: "Scotland's economy continues to improve in terms of higher output.
"The improvement recorded in the construction sector over the past year has been remarkable but little commented upon.
"However, the relatively sluggish performance of the services sector is a concern.
"In particular, the recent stagnant performance of the business services sector is worrying as, since 2010, it has very much lead the way in terms of the recovery and it continues to do so for the UK as a whole." | Output from the Scottish economy rose by 0.6% during the final three months of last year, according to Scottish government figures. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32321093"} | 595 | 26 | 0.495763 | 1.186351 | 0.420424 | 1.458333 | 24.166667 | 0.791667 |
The arrangement will mean Rex Tillerson meets the conflict of interest requirements for the role, Exxon said.
The firm said it would cancel the two million shares Mr Tillerson was due to receive as part of its executive pay programme and put the equivalent cash into an independently managed trust.
Mr Tillerson left Exxon on 31 December.
The payout, which will only take place if Mr Tillerson is confirmed in the new role, is aimed at addressing concerns the former Exxon executive could favour the oil giant, or his own interests while in office.
The 64-year-old Texan worked for Exxon Mobil for 40 years, including in the US, Yemen and Russia.
His nomination has come under intense scrutiny over his perceived close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and for the potential benefits for Exxon and the oil industry more broadly if he presides over the State Department.
Mr Tillerson was due to retire in March this year, but the date was brought forward to 31 December after he was nominated by President-elect Trump.
Exxon said the independently managed trust would be banned from investing in Exxon shares but could still buy other assets.
Mr Tillerson will receive payouts from the trust over the next 10 years, with the timing in line with when he was due to receive them originally.
The exact amount of money transferred into the trust will be $3m less than the market value to meet federal ethics guidelines.
In total, Mr Tillerson will give up about $7m, compared with what he would have been paid had he retired in March as he had planned to do before the nomination, Exxon said.
Mr Tillerson had spent his entire career working for Exxon. He joined the company as a production engineer, fresh from University of Texas, Austin, and worked his way up to take the top job in 2006.
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Confirmation of the compensation arrangement came as Mr Trump said he would nominate Walter "Jay" Clayton, a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, who advises clients on major Wall Street deals, to head the US financial watchdog, the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Jay Clayton is a highly talented expert on many aspects of financial and regulatory law, and he will ensure our financial institutions can thrive and create jobs while playing by the rules at the same time," Mr Trump said in a statement.
Mr Clayton is the latest Trump choice with close Wall Street connections.
Mr Trump has already nominated Goldman president Gary Cohn to lead the White House National Economic Council.
Mr Cohn's former Goldman colleague Steven Mnuchin has been chosen as the new incoming Treasury Secretary and another Goldman alumni Steve Bannon will be a new senior White House adviser. | The former Exxon chairman and chief executive chosen by Donald Trump for US secretary of state will receive $180m to cut financial ties with the firm. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38512036"} | 601 | 33 | 0.513679 | 1.349107 | 0.176562 | 1.241379 | 18.482759 | 0.827586 |
Gary Smith, from the GMB union, has called on the Scottish government to do more to oppose the bill.
UK ministers intend to introduce new laws in the Trade Union Bill.
The Scottish government said it was opposed to the legislation.
The new trade union law would force unions to give employers 14 days' notice of action and could limit the amount of money unions have to mount campaigns.
Mr Smith said: "The Scottish government needs to say very clearly that policing is about priorities, and trying to crush dissent and attack trade unions is not a priority for the Scottish police.
"The Scottish government has a choice here - they are either on the side of the trade unionists or they are going to be supporting the jailing of trade unionists.
"This is this generation's poll tax moment."
UK minister have argued the move is not "a declaration of war" on unions.
The community charge - more commonly known as the poll tax - was introduced in Scotland in 1989, a year before it was implemented in England and Wales.
It was a single flat-rate tax on every adult, set by the local authority.
Many people refused to pay it and the subsequent protests and riots contributed to Mrs Thatcher's downfall as prime minister.
After widespread civil unrest and protest, it was replaced by the council tax in 1993.
A Scottish government spokesperson said: "We have set out our clear and strong opposition to the proposals in the Trade Union Bill, which we regard as a totally unjustified attack on workers' rights.
"We will continue to oppose these plans in the strongest possible way, and we urge the UK government to look again at these deeply flawed proposals."
Meanwhile, Cosla - which represents 28 out of 32 Scottish councils - has said it stands "shoulder to shoulder" with trade unions in opposition to the UK government's proposed law.
The body's HR spokesman, councillor Billy Hendry, said: "Cosla leaders are highly concerned that these changes are being brought in with no evidence to back up the assertion that this would modernise the industrial relations between councils and their trade unions."
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Woodrow's powerfully struck low free-kick - Burton's first and only effort on goal - went through Forest's wall and beat goalkeeper Jordan Smith.
John Brayford made a crucial second-half block to deny Forest's Matty Cash, who also wasted a late chance.
The victory was Burton's first in five games and put them 18th in the table.
Forest have now lost five in seven games, with their only win in the past month coming against automatic promotion hopefuls Brighton, and they are just two points above the relegation places, with Blackburn - in 22nd spot - claiming a point in a 2-2 draw at Norwich City.
Their first league visit to Burton - managed by former Forest striker Nigel Clough - failed to produce anything like the drama of the reverse fixture in August, when Forest overcame Albion 4-3 in what was the Brewers' debut in the second tier.
Lasse Vigen Christensen and Jackson Irvine both fired shots over the bar before on-loan Fulham forward Woodrow put the hosts ahead.
Forest's Zach Clough scuffed two chances wide for the visitors in the first half, while Brewers goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin foiled Ben Brereton at the near post.
And while Cash had two openings after the break, Burton survived to move three points clear of the bottom three.
Burton Albion boss Nigel Clough:
"The first goal was crucial. Whoever got it the opposition were going to struggle to break them down. We got it and looked after it.
"There were a few scares and they had a lot of possession but we saw it through. I'm disappointed that we didn't do enough on the break.
"In the first half of the season we were conceding goals late on in games which is one of the reasons we are where we are in the table, but the determination and resilience at the moment to see it through and get that clean sheet is what impressed me."
Nottingham Forest manager Gary Brazil:
"Obviously it's not the result we wanted. There wasn't a great deal in the game in terms of penalty box action and clear cut chances.
"We had to be a bit better in possession and in that top third of the pitch to give ourselves opportunities to score, and in fairness we didn't really do that.
"We felt if we could get one we would go on and get a second and win the game."
Match ends, Burton Albion 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
Second Half ends, Burton Albion 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Tom Flanagan.
Attempt saved. Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Vaughan.
Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lasse Vigen Christensen (Burton Albion).
Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lasse Vigen Christensen (Burton Albion).
Zach Clough (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Naylor (Burton Albion).
Attempt missed. Tom Naylor (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jackson Irvine.
Attempt blocked. Lloyd Dyer (Burton Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jackson Irvine.
Foul by Apostolos Vellios (Nottingham Forest).
Kyle McFadzean (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Apostolos Vellios (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Osborn with a cross.
Attempt missed. Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Burton Albion. Tom Naylor replaces Cauley Woodrow.
Attempt blocked. Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matthew Cash.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Tom Flanagan.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Apostolos Vellios replaces Ben Brereton.
Attempt missed. Daniel Fox (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Joe Worrall.
Attempt saved. Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hildeberto Pereira.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Hildeberto Pereira replaces Eric Lichaj.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by John Brayford.
Attempt blocked. Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Brereton.
Attempt missed. David Vaughan (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ben Osborn.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Tom Flanagan.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Matthew Cash replaces Michael Mancienne.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Cauley Woodrow (Burton Albion) because of an injury.
Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest).
Kyle McFadzean (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luke Murphy (Burton Albion).
Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Eric Lichaj.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Tom Flanagan.
Attempt blocked. Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lasse Vigen Christensen.
Second Half begins Burton Albion 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
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The 28-year-old South African will now remain at Allianz Park until the summer of 2019.
Rhodes featured 27 times for Sarries last season after joining from Super Rugby outfit Stormers.
"Michael has quickly become a key member of the team and he is entering his prime as a player," said director of rugby Mark McCall. | Saracens flanker Michael Rhodes has signed a new deal with the Premiership and European Champions Cup winners. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36953236"} | 77 | 26 | 0.645554 | 1.279037 | -0.318848 | 0.388889 | 3.722222 | 0.388889 |
Stadium bosses, the London Legacy Development Corporation, have spent about £17,000 fighting a ruling that the contract should be made public.
It argues the deal contains commercially sensitive information.
Last month the London Assembly called for the rental agreement to be published in full.
Monday's independent tribunal hearing is open to the public, although it is likely to be several weeks before a decision is announced.
West Ham are in their final season at the Boleyn Ground before moving about three miles to the former Olympic Stadium in east London.
At a meeting earlier this month, the London Assembly heard thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money has been spent in an effort to keep full details of the West Ham deal out of the public domain.
Giving evidence to the assembly's budget and performance committee, LLDC board chairman David Edmonds said that:
• The LLDC has spent £4,000 to date on legal fees on its appeal after the Information Commissioner - an independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest - ordered the whole deal should be made public.
• These legal costs are expected to rise this month to £17,000. This could be more should the LLDC appeal against the tribunal decision.
• The final bill for transforming the Olympic Stadium might top the previous estimate of £272 million, as the LLDC negotiates the cost of further work.
The commissioner's ruling followed a freedom of information request from a coalition of football supporters.
"We will continue to make the same demands for transparency as we made when we set out on this campaign, because we believe that a fair deal for the taxpayer, is a fair deal for football," it said in a statement.
Stadium bosses are worried that if all the figures are made available, it would place them at a commercial disadvantage, undermine negotiations and reduce returns to the taxpayer.
Other venues in London, such as Wembley and Emirates Stadiums, do not publicise all the details of their arrangements.
"The long-term deals with both West Ham United and UK Athletics alongside the appointment of an operator, incentivised to bring in other events, such as AC/DC this summer, mean the stadium has a viable future requiring no ongoing subsidy and is truly a world-class multi-use arena," said an LLDC spokesperson.
One big unknown from the deal is who benefits, and by how much, from the stadium naming rights. This arrangement is likely to run into tens of millions of pounds.
Other questions the coalition say it wants answered include:
In August, the BBC revealed West Ham will not have to pay for a range of staff including cleaners and turnstile operators when they move in. Heating, lighting and a variety of other costs will also be covered.
The LLDC denies the sums are being funded by the taxpayer, saying use of the stadium - including rental fees - will generate additional revenue.
Background: West Ham 'will fill' Olympic Stadium
West Ham's vice-chairman Karren Brady says she fought for the best deal, but denies this was at the expense of taxpayers.
The Hammers are paying £15m towards the transformation costs of the stadium, and reportedly £2m to £2.5m rent annually as part of a 99-year lease.
West Ham will also have to fork out a different amount each year based on which division the club is playing in, with the cost rising for every position above 11th they finish in the Premier League.
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Y Not Festival originally hosted local bands but now attracts big acts including this year's headliners Snoop Dogg, Primal Scream and Basement Jaxx.
Founder Ralph Broadbent originally planned to hold a party in his parents' Derbyshire garden while they were away.
The party was moved to a disused quarry when his parents stayed at home.
It was called Big Gin Fest - a play on its location near Biggin in the Peak District - and attracted about 120 people when it was held over two days in 2005.
Mr Broadbent said: "That was the first beginnings of it, next year we got a licence, we grew it and invited the public and it sort of doubled every year, now we've sort of got to 15,000 people."
The name changed to Y Not Festival in 2006, although it was held in the same quarry.
Mr Broadbent was still a teenager when the festival started and ran it alongside studying at university for four years, graduating from his engineering course in 2011.
The festival is now held in the village of Pikehall and is run by the same small team.
Accolades include Best Small Festival in the 2012 UK Festival Awards.
Dean Jackson, presenter of radio programme The Beat, said Y Not is an important springboard for local talent.
"The track record is something quite spectacular," he said.
"Jake Bugg played here the day before he signed, Saint Raymond the day before he signed, Indiana, the list goes on and on, so we are hopeful that the artists playing here this weekend will go on to great things too." | A music festival that began as an "overspilled house party" is marking its tenth anniversary after growing into an award-winning annual event. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33732608"} | 349 | 33 | 0.375579 | 0.983394 | 0.458204 | 0.444444 | 11.592593 | 0.444444 |
It comes as industry experts warned "inadequate" advice and "out-dated perceptions" were preventing people taking-up placements.
Last year, 45,295 apprenticeships were taken up - a 6% drop from 2014-15.
Julie James said careers advice had to be "fit for the 21st Century" and said there was a disconnect with young people which needed addressing.
Ms James told an assembly committee that changes were under way to modernise careers services in order to give school leavers all options on clearing this summer.
She added a Welsh Government-funded apprenticeship app was "not fit for purpose" and would be scrapped and replaced.
"What we have is a disconnect with young people, because I say this all the time, how can you want to be something you have never heard of? That's a big issue for us," she said.
Industry advisors from Wales' three regional skills partnership bodies (RSP) told the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee last Wednesday "inadequate" careers advice and "out-dated perceptions" about apprenticeships by teachers and parents were stopping young people making informed choices about their futures.
The bodies - charged with advising the Welsh Government on funding priorities for skills - highlighted issues including:
According to the latest figures there is approximately one careers advisor for every six schools, the equivalent of one to about 4,500 pupils.
Careers Wales - a Welsh minister-funded service charged with providing impartial careers advice - will have all its web-based tools redesigned, with its apprenticeship-matching tool scrapped.
The service has experienced cuts to its budget from the Welsh Government since 2012, with funding now standing at £18.8m in 2017-18.
Ms James told the assembly inquiry that, while Careers Wales was adequately resourced, it needed to "rebalance where it puts its efforts".
The apprenticeship-matching tool was "not fit for purpose", she said, adding people wanted "a sort of Tinder" way of viewing careers options where they could swipe through and think "oh that one looks nice".
"I will not be happy until a parent can find out as easily how to get their child an apprenticeship as it is how to get them a psychology degree," she added.
Ms James said completion rates for apprentices in Wales were "good" and the Welsh Government engaged with 77,000 employers and 382,000 individuals in apprenticeship week.
The Welsh Government said Careers Wales was working to reduce the ratio of careers advisors to about one to every two schools.
In north Wales the number of apprentices fell by more than 14% in 2015 compared to 2014.
At the same time the number of female apprentices dropped by 1,145, while the number of men taking up the placements fell by 605.
This is despite of the success of schemes with Airbus in Deeside and Horizon Nuclear Power's Wylfa on Anglesey.
Ten apprentices for the plant are currently visiting Japan for training towards gaining a Level 2 NVQ in performing engineering operations.
Horizon will have 22 apprenticeships by September. Director of Operations, Greg Evans, said the trip would be a "character building experience for all".
Conservative skills spokesman Mohammad Asghar said while social media was a "vital tool" for engaging young people, direct engagement would be better.
"Millennials will see right through insincere attempts to ape youth culture," he said.
"Frankly, the idea of basing an apprenticeships application on Tinder sounds like something their parents would come up with - and that's just not going to cut through more than existing tools.
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The police were attacked while driving from patrols back to Bungu village, 110km (70 miles) south of the main city Dar es Salaam, local media report.
Police say they pursued the bandits back to their hideout, killing four of them in a shootout.
President John Magufuli has expressed his shock at the officers' deaths.
Police described the attack as "banditry" and said that the attackers had stolen weapons.
The BBC's Sammy Awami in Dar es Salaam says attacks on police and police stations, where bandits make away with weapons, are relatively common in Tanzania.
Home Affairs Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has announced a wide-ranging investigation into the killings, local media report. | At least eight police officers have been killed by unknown gunmen in a late-night roadside ambush in Tanzania, according to the president's office. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39599101"} | 163 | 35 | 0.641727 | 1.333285 | -0.046948 | 0.642857 | 4.857143 | 0.5 |
The 2 Sisters chicken processing factory in Llangefni ends its staff consultation on Wednesday amid plans to cut a whole shift, affecting 300 jobs.
Unite union officials put proposals to factory managers on Tuesday and they are due to meet again on Thursday.
Around 800 people work at the site, including a number of agency workers. | Union leaders are holding further talks with bosses at an Anglesey factory where hundreds of jobs are under threat. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32207257"} | 71 | 26 | 0.650274 | 1.208772 | 0.297347 | 0.4 | 3.15 | 0.4 |
The 26-year-old Corinthians player has now moved to Chelsea on loan until the end of the season - aiming to rise again.
Blues interim manager Guus Hiddink insists the move is not a "gamble". Here, BBC Sport analyses whether the Dutchman is right.
Rumours were rife at the beginning of the 2008-09 season that Chelsea's new Brazilian manager Luiz Felipe Scolari was doing everything in his power to convince an 18-year-old Pato to join him in west London.
The World Cup-winning coach had witnessed the teenager's breakthrough in his homeland with Internacional, his goalscoring debut for Brazil, a one-in-two goal record during his first Serie A season and a call up to the squad for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
'Big Phil' was sure Pato would be an instant success at Stamford Bridge. The only fly in the ointment? AC Milan were not prepared to sell a striker set to dominate Europe's scoring charts for the next decade and beyond.
With hindsight, the Rossoneri would regret not cashing in as they had done with Ukraine legend Andriy Shevchenko two years previously, as Pato's promising career stalled dramatically at the San Siro.
Pato was named Serie A Young Player of the Year at the end of the 2008-09 season after ending the campaign as AC Milan's leading scorer. However, during the following season and while still a teenager, his body began showing the strain.
A series of muscle injuries, including pulled hamstrings, cost him a place in the Brazil squad for the 2010 World Cup - although admittedly the exclusion of Neymar - then at Santos - was the bigger story.
Even the Rossoneri's famed Milan Lab struggled to get Pato fit for any length of time and when an £11.5m bid came in from Corinthians the Italian outfit decided to cut their losses.
The Sao Paulo club that gave the world Rivellino - who starred for Brazil on their way to World Cup glory in 1970 - was on a high after winning their first Copa Libertadores title in 2012 and following it up by beating Chelsea in the Club World Cup later that year.
Pato joined Corinthians in January 2013, but was out the door again within 12 months. His nadir being a failed panenka penalty (a slow chip down the centre of the goal) in a Copa do Brasil tie against Gremio, the fierce rivals of Pato's first club Internacional, that was saved by Dida, his former AC Milan team-mate.
Pato has spent the last two years on loan across the city at Sao Paulo FC, the initial deal taking the attacking midfielder Jadson, now in China with Tianjin Quanjian, in the opposite direction.
While the strike rate has dropped to a goal every three games, Pato has been able to avoid any serious setbacks with injuries during his time with the Tricolor.
The price tag - a joint record fee for a Brazilian club along with the £11.5m paid to Boca Juniors, also by Corinthians, for Carlos Tevez in 2005 - was continually used to undermine Pato's efforts in his homeland.
Undoubtedly the Brazilian has lost some of his pace after his time on the treatment table and the fear factor for opposition defenders has waned, but a new-found mental resilience has kept Pato amongst the goals.
Even with partisan crowds forever on his back, the forward refused to shirk responsibility and was always looking to get a shot away.
Sao Paulo FC tried to make Pato's move to their Morumbi stadium permanent but Corinthians were keen to recoup more of the £11.5m they paid for the player than their neighbours were willing to offer.
Chinese outfit Tianjin Quanjian met Corinthians' valuation and offered the player a salary in the region of £10m a year.
Pato refused the move, much to the chagrin of the Corinthians board, but has since signed a contract extension with the Brazilian club.
The hope on both sides is that following a successful six-month stint with Chelsea a permanent move will be forthcoming that not only suits Corinthians but also the player's ambitions.
The 26-year-old believes he has unfinished business in Europe and Chelsea welcome a striker out to prove a point.
Pato has received criticism in Brazil for not capitalising on his talents and not showing enough passion on the pitch.
For example, the traits his Chelsea team-mate Diego Costa demonstrates when tangling with opponents are lauded throughout South America.
Pato is a different animal, but the goal remains the same - prove the doubters wrong by sticking the ball in the back of the net again and again.
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Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are among a group of foreigners expected to face a firing squad in the coming days.
Australia has heavily lobbied Indonesia to halt the execution - PM Tony Abbott said he was "revolted" by the prospect.
The pair were convicted in 2005 after being caught attempting to smuggle heroin from Bali to Australia.
Indonesia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world and ended a four-year moratorium on executions in 2013.
President Joko Widodo has said the drugs trade destroys lives in Indonesia and he will show no mercy to convicted dealers.
Chan and Sukumaran left Kerobokan jail in Bali early on Wednesday morning in armoured cars. They were then flown to Nusakambangan, the high-security prison island where Indonesia conducts executions.
Chan's brother Michael and Sukumaran's mother Raji, who have visited the pair regularly, were seen talking with prison guards after the convoy left. Australian media said they were refused a request to see the pair.
The men are scheduled to be executed alongside citizens from countries including France, Brazil, Ghana and Nigeria. A woman from the Philippines also facing execution has appealed for a judicial review.
It is not clear when the executions will take place, but the authorities must legally give the convicts 72 hours notice.
There have been unprecedented levels of security for this transfer. Some media outlets have reported that members of Indonesia's anti-terror unit Detachment 88 are also involved - highly unusual for the transfer of two drug convicts.
But that may be because of the unprecedented level of media interest in this case.
Chan and Sukumaran have had all their appeals and applications for clemency rejected by the Indonesian government, despite repeated representations on their behalf by the Australian government and human rights activists who say the two men have reformed.
Their planned executions have raised tensions between Australia and Indonesia, at a time when the two countries were just starting to repair ties after a spying incident.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said that no amount of foreign pressure will stop the executions from going ahead.
Speaking to ABC News on Wednesday, Mr Abbott said millions of Australians were feeling "sick in their stomachs at the thought of what's likely to happen to these two men".
He acknowledged that they had "committed a terrible crime", but added: "We abhor the death penalty, which we think is beneath a country such as Indonesia."
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Chan and Sukumaran's relatives and supporters have pleaded for their lives to be spared, arguing that they have been rehabilitated while in jail.
Lawyers for the two men said they were still attempting to mount a legal challenge but Indonesia's Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo said on Monday that any legal appeals were no longer valid following the earlier rejection of clemency by Mr Widodo.
France and Brazil have also protested: Paris has summoned the Indonesian envoy and Brazil's president refused to accept the credentials of the new Indonesian ambassador.
If the executions go ahead, it would be the second group of drug offenders to be put to death since Mr Widodo came to power.
In January, Indonesia executed six people, five of whom were foreigners, for drug offences.
The Netherlands and Brazil, whose citizens were executed, recalled their ambassadors to Indonesia in response, saying this severely affected diplomatic relations. | Two Australian men convicted of leading the Bali Nine drug smuggling ring have been moved to the Indonesian island where they are due to be executed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31705745"} | 790 | 35 | 0.51956 | 1.232502 | -0.114792 | 1.481481 | 24.37037 | 0.814815 |
Ms Barnes, who is expected to resign from her position to stand for election on 15 November, said she wanted to keep party politics out of the police.
She launched her campaign beside cardboard cutouts of Ed Miliband, Theresa May and David Cameron.
The Conservative candidate is Medway councillor Craig MacKinlay. Labour's is Ashford councillor Harriet Yeo.
Five other independent candidates have announced they will stand in the election - Thanet councillor Ian Driver, former Medway Mayor Dai Liyange, businessman Fergus Wilson, former Kent police officer Fran Croucher and campaigner Ken Little.
The Liberal Democrats are not putting forward a candidate.
Ms Barnes said: "We face the very real threat that for the first time our police service could fall under the control of a party politician.
"Could such a person be trusted to put the people of Kent first and not just toe the Party line?"
Ms Barnes's campaign manager Peter Carroll said she was "starting process of disengaging" from the police authority.
Ms Yeo has said the role of police commissioner will give constituents a chance to influence how they want their policing delivered, while Mr MacKinlay has said it will be a democratic link between the electorate and policing.
The new commissioners will have the power to hire and fire chief constables, hold them to account and set the forces' budgets.
Police and crime commissioners will be elected for every police force of England and Wales in the November polls.
The elected commissioners will replace police authorities a week later.
The Home Office said every household would receive information about the elections from the Electoral Commission and information about every candidate would be published online and, for those who wanted it, delivered in written form. | The chair of Kent Police Authority, Ann Barnes, is to stand as an independent candidate for Kent Police Commissioner. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "18961181"} | 393 | 23 | 0.605725 | 1.53828 | -0.242484 | 1.272727 | 15.136364 | 0.818182 |
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) confirmed it was investigating LS Armour Security Ltd of Barry, south Wales, following a compliance check.
The watchdog issues licences to bouncers and security firms.
It said it was "exceptional" for it to comment and had taken "unprecedented action due to public safety."
The inspection has led to two arrests and the seizure of business records, including some relating to future events with contracts for security operatives around the UK.
The SIA has also written to various organisers of events and festivals that have used the firm in the past and have bookings in the future.
In a statement, an SIA spokesman said: "This type of unlawful conduct remains rare due to responsible organisers and security providers conducting appropriate due diligence.
"Nevertheless, the SIA understands that at this time of year, event organisers and primary contractors may not have sufficient SIA-licensed staff, which can lead to extensive sub-contracting.
"This provides opportunities to rogue providers that, with appropriate checks by organisers and primary contractors, can be largely mitigated."
In a letter to promoters, the SIA's deputy director said: "If SIA-licensed staff arrive on site and are unknown to you, you must take all reasonable steps to ensure the person named on and in possession of the licence are the same person by requiring them to provide further evidence of identity.
"This will mitigate the risk of the cloned licence."
The BBC tried to contact LS Armour Security Ltd for comment, but did not receive a response.
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Waringstown were 34-3 after 7.1 overs but Gregg Thompson came to the rescue with three sixes in his half century.
Later, although still behind the required run rate, Kyle McCallan forced the pace but the Ulster team still finished just short.
Sunday 20 August
Waringstown v Clontarf
Clontarf 151 for eight W Azmar 36, J Mooney 28, K McCallan 2-23
Waringstown 141 for seven G Thompson 60, A Dennison 34, J Mooney 2-14
Clontarf won by 10 runs
Saturday 19 August
Waringstown head the NCU Premier League table with 36 points after 11 of the 14 fixtures while CIYMS and North Down are both on 32 points from 11.
NCU Premier League
CIYMS v Lisburn
CIYMS 209-6 M K McGillivray 77, C Dougherty 63
Lisburn D/L target 183 from 37 overs - 79 D Robinson 3-15, A Coulter 3-23
CIYMS won by 103 runs
CSNI v Muckamore
Muckamore 175-5 (45 overs)
CSNI D/L target 197 from 45 overs
CSNI 200-4 M Amjad 61 no, J Kennedy 32
CSNI won by six wickets
Waringstown v Carrickfergus
Waringstown 212-7 (47.2 overs) J Hall 66, S Khan 33
Carrickfergus D/L target 221 from 44 overs - 167 (38.2 overs) P Botha 50, A Hagan 30
Waringstown won by 53 runs
Instonians P North Down
Long's SuperValu North West Premier League
Bready v Eglinton
Eglinton 199 S Thompson 71, T Garrett 44, D Scanlon 5-26
Bready 150
Eglinton won by 49 runs
Brigade P Coleraine
Drummond P Ardmore
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The study, which used official data, was carried out by the New Policy Institute.
It was commissioned by the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (Nicva).
It shows that in Northern Ireland the richest 10% of households have incomes 4.2 times higher than the poorest 10%. In Great Britain the ratio is 5.1.
The main reason for the difference is that Northern Ireland's highest earning households earn less than the highest earning households in Great Britain.
Incomes at the bottom in Northern Ireland are roughly the same as in Great Britain.
The research also looked at wealth which is measured by savings and property ownership.
It estimated that the total savings wealth held by Northern Ireland households amounts to £11bn, while property wealth is £44bn.
It concluded that in terms of savings there is a relatively high degree of wealth inequality, driven by the number of households who have no savings at all.
In Northern Ireland 45% of households have zero savings compared to 33% in Great Britain.
Savings of £20,000 puts a household in the top 10% of the Northern Ireland distribution but in Great Britain at least £70,000 is required to be in the top 10%.
The report said that more reliable statistics are required to give a better understanding of incomes and wealth in Northern Ireland. | Northern Ireland is the most economically equal part of the UK, new research has suggested. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36208779"} | 266 | 18 | 0.559152 | 1.206687 | -0.468851 | 0.823529 | 15.235294 | 0.588235 |
Armitage, who previously lectured in creative writing at the university, was made an honorary doctor of letters.
He said: "This is a special day and it is an honour to join all the students graduating. I'm proud to be awarded this honorary degree."
He is one of 10 people to be honoured including boxer Nicola Adams and Leeds carnival organiser Arthur France.
In June Armitage was appointed Professor of Poetry at Oxford University.
Sir Alan Langlands, Vice-Chancellor of the University, described the 10 recipients of honorary degrees as "truly inspirational people", saying: "They are excellent role models for the 5,700 students who are graduating from the university this year, all ready to take their place in the world and to make a difference."
Adams, from Leeds, claimed the first ever women's Olympic boxing gold medal at the London Olympic games in 2012 and last month won flyweight gold at the European Games in Baku.
Mr France founded the Leeds West Indian Carnival, now in its 48th year, in 1967 as a cure for homesickness after leaving St Kitts and Nevis, in the Caribbean. | Poet Simon Armitage has spoken of his pride at being awarded an honorary degree by the University of Leeds. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33542769"} | 244 | 26 | 0.647412 | 1.635828 | 0.029636 | 0.8 | 11 | 0.6 |
Jahed Choudhury, 24, said he met Sean Rogan in 2015 while crying on a bench in Darlaston, West Midlands, shortly after he had been treated in hospital following an overdose.
"It was outside Asda of all places," he said. "He came up to me and asked if I was OK. I thought he was my guardian angel.
"I had been crying privately to myself, although I was screaming inside."
The meeting followed many difficult years for Mr Choudhury, who said he had been ostracised by many in the Muslim community for being gay.
Mr Choudhury, who first told his story to the Express and Star, said he was also bullied at school, including on "his first day" there.
"I knew I was gay at about six or seven, but I was taught it was wrong so I just kept it hidden," he said.
He said at senior school bullying included name calling and having rubbish bins emptied on him.
"I did anything to try and change how I felt," he said. "I prayed, I read the Koran and went to pilgrimage."
He went abroad for several years, changed his circle of friends, took medication and had Muslim teachers pray for him.
"I thought it was wrong and was being told Satan had got to me," he said.
However, he said he could not escape his feelings and suffered mental health problems as a result.
Mr Choudhury, who has been helped by family members, especially his mother, "came out" in 2012 and said that led to the most difficult period in his life.
"But when I came out of hospital I had started to think 'enough is enough'," he said.
Meeting Mr Rogan, who is very positive and confident, helped Mr Choudhury accept his sexuality.
"Every time I feel down he says to me 'don't feel bad' and says a lot of people feel the same as me."
After their first chat, Mr Rogan "took me to the cinema to cheer me up," he said.
The couple were married at Walsall Register Office last month. This was followed by a party and honeymoon.
Mr Choudhury said he believed people could be both gay and Muslim.
"My religion will never change," he said. "God's in my heart".
"My mother tells me 'God made you like this - you have love for God'."
Mr Choudhury has been open about his sexuality on the internet and set up a YouTube channel where his "Coming Out Story" received more than 5,000 views.
He said people had been "mostly supportive", although he had received some death threats on social media.
However, he said he wanted to tell his story to help others in the same situation.
"I just want to help them and would be happy if I could stop one person going through what I went through," he said. | A man thought to be one of the first UK Muslims to have a same-sex marriage said his husband had been his "guardian angel" after years of bullying. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40566294"} | 661 | 38 | 0.471106 | 1.287528 | 0.303703 | 1 | 18.151515 | 0.818182 |
Simon Berkowitz, 68, was given a six-year sentence for breaking into a retired couple's home just 16 days after being given early release.
His crimes include trying to sell stolen documents in 1992 about Paddy Ashdown's affair with his secretary.
Berkowitz, from Hove, denied burglary but admitted five counts of using their bank cards fraudulently.
Judge Francis Gilbert QC told him: "You do not feel the least bit of sympathy for what you have done.
"It is perfectly obvious you have no regrets or remorse whatsoever. Burglary is your chosen way of life.
"You are a persistent burglar. You have an appalling record and it is extremely likely you will continue to offend."
About two weeks after being freed half way through a five-and-a-half-year sentence, Berkowitz travelled to Devon in search of properties to burgle.
He broke in to the home of pensioners John and Ann Searle on Guy Fawkes night last year while they were away on holiday.
Berkowitz was caught on CCTV when he used Mr Searle's stolen bank cards to obtain £1,100 in Sidmouth and Exmouth.
Police arrested him in Sidmouth carrying a rucksack containing a burglary kit consisting of metal levers, gaffer tape, two torches and a piece of wire bent into a hook.
He denied burgling the house in Hillside Road, Sidmouth and told Exeter Crown Court he had no need to steal because he inherited £4,000 from his mother who died during his last jail sentence.
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The forces are providing technical help and are not fighting, it said.
President Rodrigo Duterte had earlier threatened to throw out US troops amid strained relations since taking office.
Militants have been under siege since rampaging through the southern city on 23 May. The latest fighting has claimed the lives of 13 Philippine marines.
Hundreds of militants, who have been flying the black flag of so-called Islamic State and are led by the self-styled IS emir of the southern Philippines, Isnilon Hapilon, and the Maute brothers Omar and Abdullah, are still holed up in the city.
The latest casualties bring the number of Philippine troops killed in the fighting to 58.
At least 138 militants and 20 civilians have also been killed, the government says.
The BBC's Jonathan Head says there are several reports that the Maute brothers, who lead the Maute group, are among the dead, with intercepted communications from jihadist groups suggesting this.
In a press briefing, Lt Col Jo-ar Herrera said the army was checking the reports. He cited "strong indications" but gave no further details.
The brothers' parents, who are believed to have helped fund their armed group, have been captured.
Marawi is on the southern island of Mindanao, which has a significant Muslim population in the majority Catholic country and has seen a decades-long Muslim separatist insurgency.
Col Herrera confirmed for the first time that US special forces were helping the army.
"They are not fighting. They are just providing technical support," he said.
Reuters news agency earlier quoted the US embassy in Manila as verifying the presence of US forces. It would not go into operational details but said the US forces were helping at the request of the Philippine government.
The US has had a small logistical military presence in the Philippines, although a programme to advise the Philippine army on fighting the Abu Sayyaf militant group was discontinued in 2015.
Mr Duterte, a strongman who has supported the extrajudicial killing of drug users and other criminals, has been highly critical of the US since taking power last June, straining a long-time alliance.
But he had what the White House described as a "very friendly" phone call with President Donald Trump in April, and has since said his differences with the US were with President Barack Obama's administration.
Philippine army spokesman Brig Gen Restituto Padilla Jr has vowed that the national flag will be flying once again over all of Marawi by Monday - the Philippine national day.
The army has missed past deadlines to rid the city of militants amid two weeks of air and ground assaults.
Col Herrera said the militants were now restricted to three districts within the city.
"The world of terrorism inside the city is growing smaller by the day," he said.
Officials say that foreign nationals are among the militants in Marawi, with the list of countries and territories including Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Yemen, India and Chechnya. | US special forces are helping the Philippine military retake the southern city of Marawi from IS-linked militants, the Philippine army says. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40231605"} | 669 | 31 | 0.529786 | 1.350005 | 0.320897 | 1.96 | 23.28 | 0.92 |
During the evenings of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, after the traditional Iftar meal is eaten to break the day's fast, families across Egypt and much of the Arab world enjoy watching special dramas on television.
This year, Egyptian channels have more than 50 soap operas on offer as they compete fiercely for audiences and advertising revenue. Their combined production cost is estimated at a record 1.18bn Egyptian pounds (£125m; $196m).
More than a year after the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, politics and international affairs are more popular themes than usual. In the absence of the widespread censorship that existed during the Mubarak era - some of it self-imposed - Egyptian drama is also enjoying an unprecedented level of freedom.
Several Ramadan productions have focused on the negative aspects of the Mubarak regime and events that led to its demise.
The Egyptian actor, Hani Ramzi, told the Emirati newspaper, al-Khalij: "The 25 January revolution created new vistas for writers."
One TV series, And The Day Comes, reviews the last years of Mubarak's rule and explores the political, social and security factors that led to the uprising. Another, Son of the Regime, does the same using a comic frame.
With Direct Order tackles the problem of succession of power that overshadowed the former president's final years in office. Dangerous Games raises the problems of slums and youth unemployment.
Political corruption is explored in The Case of Her Excellency the Minister-ess.
At least five soap operas look at the practices of the notorious State Security Police under Mubarak's rule. Others, including The Thug, consider how the state used armed supporters to carry out a campaign of intimidation.
Egypt's relationship with Israel under Mubarak was the inspiration for the Ramadan soap opera that got the highest number of viewers this year, according to a report from the Egyptian information ministry's audience rating committee.
Naji Atallah's Crew tells the fictitious story of Atallah, a retired military officer working as an administrative attache at the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv.
The character is popular with ordinary Israelis, but comes under suspicion from Israeli security officials because of the large amount of money he has made. This leads to him being sacked from the embassy and his local bank account being frozen.
He then plots to rob the same bank with five other men, entering Israel via tunnels from the Gaza Strip. His plan is to return to Egypt via Lebanon but he is taken hostage at the border by the Shia Islamist militant group, Hezbollah.
The series explores aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict, Egypt's 1979 peace treaty with Israel, Egyptian policy towards the Palestinian factions, as well as tensions in Israeli society between secular and religious Jews.
It has been strongly criticised by Israeli officials. On his official Twitter account, the Israeli prime minister's spokesman, Ofir Gendelman, said the show "aims at inciting hatred against Israelis".
Arab TV critics also questioned the content of the production, reported to have had a budget of 70m Egyptian pounds.
"The star of the show, Adel Imam, used to be the mouthpiece of the Mubarak regime, but it seems now that the regime has fallen he wants to attract an audience by playing on anti-Israeli feelings on the Arab street," wrote Tariq al-Shinawi in the Egyptian newspaper, al-Tahrir.
"The danger here is that this TV series is trying to appease viewers by investing in hostility against Israel to make the series a commercial success," wrote Mohammed Benaziz in the Lebanese daily, al-Safir.
Overall, Egypt's latest Ramadan offerings are seen as a sign that its television industry has recovered after many interruptions following last year's popular uprising.
"This year's drama season is considered one of the biggest in the history of Egyptian drama," Dalal Hamzah of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union told al-Shorfa news website.
"The momentum this year follows a quiet season last year, when many productions were cancelled. An atmosphere of economic optimism in Egypt is what prompted producers to inject capital once again."
Reports said that famous stars had been keen to sign up for Ramadan shows after recently losing their incomes.
Film producer Hisam Shaban told al-Arabiya that the movie industry was still "risky", "so they resorted to the safe means, which is drama that can achieve high viewership".
The unrest in Syria also had a knock-on effect on Egypt. Normally the two Arab countries' TV industries compete for the highest Ramadan ratings.
"With an absence of Syrian productions, Egyptian productions have found themselves standing tall without any competition, which resulted in an increase in both quantity and quality," said Mahmud Dallal, a lecturer at Cairo University's theatre studies department.
Mr Dallal added that despite rumours that there would be radical changes to Egyptian drama when Islamists were victorious in the parliamentary and presidential elections, this had so far not happened.
BBC Monitoring selects and translates news from radio, television, press, news agencies and the internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages. It is based in Caversham, UK, and has several bureaux abroad. For more reports from BBC Monitoring, click here | Egypt's TV industry is enjoying a soap opera boom thanks in part to the crisis in Syria, its traditional market rival in the Middle East, BBC Monitoring reports. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "19296520"} | 1,216 | 35 | 0.473552 | 1.290563 | 0.30993 | 1.125 | 32.1875 | 0.75 |
More than 1,000 schools, both primary and secondary, have already signed up.
A few pupils will be able to question Maj Peake directly, others will send questions via social media.
Organisers described the Times Educational Supplement and European Space Agency link-up as a "once in a lifetime opportunity".
Maj Peake will devote 20 minutes of his time on board the International Space Station (ISS) to the event, early in February.
The organisers are inviting every UK school to register and send in questions and ideas from pupils in advance.
The link-up, dubbed the Cosmic Classroom, aims to be "world's largest schools and space science event".
Separately, three Norfolk schools and the University of East Anglia will hold a 10-minute radio-link conversation with the astronaut.
Millions of people worldwide, including the prime minister, tuned in to watch Maj Peake's blast-off from Kazakhstan on the Principia mission.
The UK's first ESA astronaut is expected to inspire new interest in space travel, in schools.
Jeremy Curtis, head of education at the UK Space Agency (UKSA) said Maj Peake was "very keen to make sure that young people across the UK can play their part in his mission".
"We're sure pupils will suggest some interesting things for Tim to do to help him share his experience of living and working in space," said Mr Curtis.
TES Global's chief education adviser, Lord Knight urged every teacher in the country "to sign up now, to make it the world's largest schools and space science event".
"The countdown to the Cosmic Classroom begins now, and I await with anticipation the creative, insightful and entertaining ideas our teachers and their classes come up with." said Lord Knight.
Earlier this year, York University researchers began a three-year project looking at the influence of human space travel in popularising science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects.
In particular, the researchers are assessing how the views of primary and secondary pupils are affected by Maj Peake's ISS mission. | UK pupils are being offered the chance to speak to astronaut Maj Tim Peake by video-link next year, during his six-month mission around the Earth. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35103376"} | 443 | 33 | 0.587815 | 1.626338 | 0.011504 | 0.83871 | 13.354839 | 0.645161 |
The Bingley rider won by 22 seconds from Lincolnshire's Peter Hickman to become the most successful rider in the history of this class with five wins.
The victory was Hutchinson's third Superstock win in consecutive years.
Hickman sealed his third podium of the week, with Manxman Dan Kneen claiming a first rostrum finish in third place.
It was Hutchinson's second success of the week, having also won Sunday's Superbike opener.
Tyco BMW rider Hutchinson, 37, overhauled early leader Michael Rutter to lead Hickman by 4.5 seconds by the end of lap one and continued to extend his advantage throughout.
The Yorkshireman posted two laps at over 131mph, including the fastest of the race at 131.639mph on his final circuit.
"There has been so much effort put in by the guys as I only managed to get one lap on this bike in practice," said the race winner.
"The track is really green so we're not going to get near the speeds that we did last year but I tried to control it once I got a bit of a gap.
"It's hard to concentrate when you can't quite make the bike do what you want it to do."
Runner-up Hickman ended 21 seconds ahead of Kneen, with Rutter ensuring that BMW machines made up the top four positions.
Dean Harrison was fifth on a Kawasaki, with brothers Michael and William Dunlop sixth and seventh respectively.
James Hillier retired at Ballacraine on lap one, with Bruce Anstey and Conor Cummins parking up their Padgett's Hondas at the end of their opening laps.
Kneen, who in addition to sealing his best finish, also set his fastest ever lap of the Mountain Course, said: "Everything has gone right this year and it feels great."
"It felt amazing when my board showed I was lying third on the final lap and there was no way I wasn't going to get on the podium." | Ian Hutchinson clinched the 16th win of his Isle of Man TT career with a dominant performance in Wednesday's rescheduled four-lap Superstock race. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40187306"} | 444 | 42 | 0.504405 | 1.224033 | -0.173638 | 0.592593 | 14.111111 | 0.592593 |
An investigation by watchdog Ofcom found that the ISP broke a fundamental billing rule by continuing to charge a group of customers for landline and broadband after they had cancelled services.
In total, customers were overcharged by more than £500,000.
Plusnet has apologised for the error.
Lindsey Fussell, Ofcom's consumer group director, said: "There can be no margin for error, and no excuses, when it comes to billing customers correctly.
"This fine should serve as a reminder to telecoms companies that they must adhere to Ofcom's billing rules at all times, or face the consequences."
A spokeswoman for the ISP said: "We are very sorry and would like to apologise to the 1,025 customers affected. We reported this ourselves to Ofcom and made every effort to contact these customers to arrange a full refund before the investigation started.
"We would also like to reassure all customers this was an isolated historic issue and we have implemented a number of new robust measures to make sure this doesn't happen again."
Plusnet has made repeated attempts to refund all affected ex-customers by letter and phone. It has refunded 356 people a total of £212,140, which included interest at a rate of 4% for each of them.
The remaining funds, for customers whom it could not contact, have been donated to various charities.
The fine, which will be passed on to the Treasury, must be paid within 20 working days. | Plusnet, an internet service provider owned by BT, has been fined £880,000 for wrongly billing more than 1,000 former customers. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39352100"} | 323 | 30 | 0.586894 | 1.271947 | -0.326135 | 0.666667 | 11.958333 | 0.583333 |
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The 2014 Commonwealth Games champion lost to France's Kilian Le Blouch after a penalty in golden score.
"People say to me 'you're only 33', but 33 in judo is old. In February I was almost on the verge of not wanting to come," the Norfolk athlete said.
"I had a good few months, won European silver, but now it's time to reassess and see what comes next."
He continued: "I never say never (about competing at Tokyo 2020). I think my staff may say it's a bit out of reach, maybe British Judo will look to youth for the next four years and maybe they're right to do so."
Neither Oates nor his opponent scored a point in the match, and Oates was eight seconds from victory before being penalised by the referee to level the scores and taking it to a golden score, where he was penalised again.
Oates continued: "I left it down to the referees, unfortunately. It was a scrappy fight, it's his style of fighting, he doesn't really want to score, he wants to win on shidos (penalties) and I played into that a little bit.
"The worst thing is I've been feeling the best I've ever felt going into these Olympics but I've not produced the performance I think my training and work ethic has deserved." | Judoka Colin Oates says he is considering his future after losing in the 2016 Rio Olympic -66kg first round. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37008997"} | 323 | 29 | 0.458198 | 1.108828 | -0.545953 | 0.47619 | 13.52381 | 0.380952 |
The investigation discovered traders hiding behind fake identities online to profit from the illegal sales of puppies.
They found one such dealer, Liz Baird, who had previously been prosecuted and banned, advertising puppies for sale online under a number of false names.
The cameras have been following the supply chain from source to sale.
In the documentary, Michaela Harvey says Ms Baird sold her a Jack Russell-Pug crossbreed puppy for £395 in an Ayrshire car park.
The dog, named Bane, fell ill and died three days later.
She said: "He was just lying and he wasn't moving at all, but he was still breathing. He let out a kind of scream.
"It was the worst sound I've ever heard in my life. He was sick everywhere and he just died."
Ms Baird is said to be a notorious dealer within the puppy industry.
Reporter Samantha Poling also investigated Bernadette and Brian O'Neill, from Hamilton.
She found the couple took out dozens of adverts to sell puppies in just a few months and used different names, which concealed the scale of the operation.
BBC journalists posed as potential buyers of two puppies and secretly filmed the meeting at the couple's home.
Bernadette O'Neill said the dogs had been vaccinated, fully vet-checked and were supplied by a breeder in West Kilbride. However, no licensed breeders could be found in the town.
Secret filming of Mr O'Neill revealed he was making buying trips to the Republic of Ireland and illegally bringing back hundreds of dogs to Scotland, without pet passports or rabies injections.
Both Ms Baird and the O'Neills were asked to participate in the programme but both declined to do so.
BBC Scotland Investigates also travelled to Northern Ireland, where the dog breeding industry is worth £160m, and filmed at night inside Furnish Kennels, run by brothers David and Jonathan Hamilton.
During filming at the kennels, the BBC found hundreds of breeding bitches in battery-farmed conditions.
In a statement through his solicitor, David Hamilton said his premises "are maintained and run in accordance with all relevant legislation and regulations in an entirely open and transparent manner".
He added: "All dogs are under the supervision of a nominated veterinary surgeon."
The council responsible for the inspections said the kennels were inspected four weeks ago. They said the premises complied with legislation.
The Dog Factory will be broadcast at 21:00 on Wednesday 15 April on BBC One Scotland, and BBC One Northern Ireland. | A BBC Scotland investigation to be broadcast later will expose a multi-million pound world of dog trading. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32305787"} | 579 | 23 | 0.505002 | 1.382746 | -0.039613 | 0.9 | 24.45 | 0.7 |
The E-ELT will be the biggest optical and infrared observatory ever constructed, with a primary mirror just short of 40m across.
A British-led consortium will make a £50m spectrograph called Harmoni.
This will tease apart the colours of distant galaxies to determine the properties of those objects.
Its data will help astronomers understand their composition, the physics at work, and their dynamics - how the galaxies move through space.
The contract was signed between the European Southern Observatory organisation, which is building the E-ELT, and the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council, the country's main funding body for astronomy.
The deal will see Oxford University lead the project, with Prof Niranjan Thatte at the helm, while assembly of the instrument will take place at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh.
Harmoni's consortium draws on the talents of companies and institutions across Europe, with major contributions from France and Spain.
Tim de Zeeuw, ESO's director general, said the contracts now being signed by his organisation kept the telescope on schedule to gather "first light" in late 2024.
"Last week, we signed the German-led camera, Micado. And the (Dutch-led) mid-infrared instrument, Metis, which is also paid out of construction funds - we will sign that next Monday.
"Then in February, we hope to award the contract for the dome and the support structure for the mirror," he told BBC News.
The telescope will be placed atop Cerro Armazones, a mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Engineers have had to blast the top off the peak to make a level surface, and just last week completed the new asphalt road that trucks will need to get all the observatory components on site.
When first light occurs, it will most likely be with the use of a test camera, to check the proper alignment of the mirrors. That main mirror will have an astonishing 798 segments.
Micado, Harmoni and Metis will start operations in 2025. A 10-year implementation may seem like a long time, but the teams know it is actually a tight timeline for this kind of technological endeavour.
None of them are working from a standing start, however. A concept design for Harmoni was first put together back in 2007.
"We've been doing a lot in the wings, so to speak, since then," said Prof Thatte.
"The next three years will be spent doing a great deal of design work and prototyping, so that when we come to build the real thing we'll know it will go together smoothly and operate as planned."
The E-ELT's vast collecting area and precise control - using what is known as adaptive optics to eliminate the twinkling effect on stars caused by our own atmosphere's turbulence - will result in super-sharp images of even distant, very faint objects.
But an instrument that can analyse the light from the telescope's targets is an absolutely fundamental tool to understand what it is astronomers are looking at.
Harmoni will use a technique called "integral field spectroscopy", which enables spectra of many positions in a galaxy, for instance, to be measured simultaneously.
Prof Thatte explained: "One way of thinking about it is that Harmoni will take 4,000 pictures simultaneously, each in a slightly different colour. So, in essence, we build up a data cube in a single exposure where the third dimension is wavelength, or frequency, and then we use the information in the spectrum to deduce all the physics of whatever object we're looking at."
Astronomers might use Harmoni to work out a galaxy's maturity by assessing which chemical elements predominate, or to track the motions of a galaxy's stars and gas to calculate its mass.
How the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will work
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | UK researchers have signed the contract that will lead to the development of one of the first instruments for the European Extremely Large Telescope. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34326506"} | 903 | 29 | 0.422979 | 1.138888 | -0.148136 | 1.6 | 30.68 | 0.88 |
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 187.03 points to 17,908.28.
The S&P 500 climbed 20.70 points to 2,082.42, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 58.68 points to 4,554.72.
Shares in JP Morgan climbed 4.2%, despite reporting a first quarter drop in profit to $5.52bn from $5.91bn a year earlier.
The news lifted shares of other US banks. Bank of America gained 3.9% and Wells Fargo was up 2.6%. Both banks report their earnings on Thursday.
Cable and wireless company Verizon fell 1.3% after 40,000 workers walked off the job. Verizon and labour unions have failed to reach a deal for a new contract and the strikes attracted the attention of presidential candidates.
Investors mostly ignored lacklustre US data suggesting the economy had stumbled in the first quarter.
US retail sales fell 0.3% in March as households cut back on purchases of cars and spending in restaurants, the Commerce Department said.
In a separate report, the Labor Department said its producer price index slipped 0.1% last month after dropping 0.2% in February. | (Close): US shares closed higher on Wednesday as a better-than expected earnings report from JP Morgan lifted bank stocks. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36038428"} | 247 | 29 | 0.507515 | 1.161619 | 0.050246 | 0.666667 | 8.5 | 0.583333 |
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) commissioned an investigation of the use of false colour infrared stereo aerial imagery interpretation.
The small trial looked at an area of Glenfeshie in the Cairngorms.
The imagery involves using different colours, textures, layers and other indicators to show habitat such as woodland and also geology.
The method of interpreting landscapes is new to the UK, according to a report for SNH on the results of the Glenfeshie trial.
The report has recommended that the public agency examine the potential for a large scale pilot of the technique. | A technique used to map habitats in Sweden has been tried out in the Scottish Highlands. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38979833"} | 127 | 20 | 0.594553 | 1.287161 | -0.83438 | 0.647059 | 6.235294 | 0.529412 |
Meeke, 37, went off the road, breaking his right-rear suspension, which put him out of action on Friday.
The Citroen driver was running in second place before the accident, which was caused after he slid on an icy patch of road and hit a bank.
The rally has been marred by the death of a spectator during the first stage.
The spectator was fatally injured after Hyundai driver Hayden Paddon crashed on the first stage.
New regulations were introduced for 2017 World Rally Championship, with the new cars having more power and better aerodynamics.
It has been a disappointing start for Citroen, as Stephane Lefebvre stopped in stage two after clutch issue.
However, Waterford driver Craig Breen has been impressive for the French team driving a 2016-spec Citroen.
Breen is running in fifth place after stage seven, with the winter conditions limiting the performance difference between the two generations of cars.
Belgian driver Thierry Neuville is currently in the lead, with Ford drivers Sebastian Ogier and Ott Tanak chasing the Hyundai driver down. | Northern Ireland's Kris Meeke is out of contention in the opening round of the World Rally Championship after crashing on stage four of Rally Monte Carlo. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38695672"} | 240 | 36 | 0.604646 | 1.319567 | -0.186407 | 0.964286 | 7.285714 | 0.607143 |
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Both players also denied any involvement in a Twitter account that set out to parody the former batsman.
Broad said: "The bullying word has not crossed my mind in eight or nine years of playing international cricket."
Anderson said a bullying culture was "certainly not something I remember".
Pietersen, sacked by England in February, claimed in his book that Broad, Graeme Swann and Matt Prior were the ring-leaders in a bullying clique, and added that Anderson "ran with them".
Broad added: "It sounds like Kevin didn't enjoy his time in the England side, which is disappointing to hear."
Anderson said: "It puts a bitter taste in your mouth about a really fruitful time for an England team who were one of the best England teams I've been around in recent times."
Pietersen, who scored 8,181 runs at an average of 47 in 104 Tests, had his contract terminated following England's 5-0 Ashes defeat down under as the England and Wales Cricket Board set out to create a new "team ethic" without the South Africa-born batsman.
In an inflammatory memoir, released earlier in October, Pietersen said he was "marginalised and demonised" by the England team management.
He accused head coach Andy Flower and some senior players of creating an intimidating team atmosphere in which players were forced to apologise if they dropped a catch or made mistakes while fielding.
Broad and Anderson both said they could not recall players being asked to say sorry for errors, but defended the will to win of a team that won the Ashes in 2009, 2010-11 and 2013 and rose to number one in the world Test rankings in 2011.
"You would expect guys to be excited and passionate about playing for their country," said Broad, who has 264 wickets in 74 Tests.
"I look at my heroes growing up, the likes of [former England rugby captain] Martin Johnson. Look at [ex-Manchester United keeper] Peter Schmeichel, when he conceded a goal he certainly gave Steve Bruce and Gary Pallister an earful. I don't know if that would be classed as bullying, or just the passion of being disappointed."
Anderson, England's second-highest Test wicket-taker with 380 victims, added: "We try to challenge each other, try to push each other to improve and get the best out of each other. The culture we built is the reason we got to number one in the world."
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In the book, Pietersen says he felt "broken" in 2012 when he was led to believe that a Twitter account mocking him was being run from inside the England dressing-room.
Earlier this month, former England captain Alec Stewart said he had been informed at the time by the account's creator, Richard Bailey, that Broad, Tim Bresnan and Swann all had passwords to the @KPGenius account. Stewart then raised his concerns with the ECB.
Broad said he was not aware of anyone in the team who could send tweets from the account.
"Back in 2012 I thought that had been dealt with," he added. "I denied it at the time. I sat in a room with Kevin in Mumbai and all seemed fine. But it's people's opinions, you can't change that. Everyone's got books to write, to fill pages, and that was part of Kevin's book. I'm not unhappy with him about that."
Anderson added: "I wasn't aware of anything. The ECB looked into it and there were chats with KP around the time of his reintegration. As far as we are concerned that was sorted out."
Broad is currently recovering from surgery on the patella tendon of his right knee, but hopes to be fit for England's tri-series in Australia in January, and the World Cup in February and March.
"I can't see why I wouldn't be fit," he said. "I'm going to Potchefstroom in South Africa in December to do some outdoor bowling. Until you've played a game it's hard to really get that match fitness, but I'll hopefully get on that plane to Australia in better physical shape than I started the summer."
On batsman Jonathan Trott's return to international cricket for the England Lions tour of South Africa, Broad added: "We all know the quality he brings as a cricketer. I think if I could choose anyone to bat for my life it would be Jonathan Trott.
"It was really sad to see what happened to him in Australia but credit has to go to him, his family and the people around him to get him back up to playing cricket and scoring runs.
"It will be a test for him in South Africa but he's a proven quality in international cricket and will be desperate to play for England again." | England fast bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson say they are saddened and disappointed by Kevin Pietersen's allegations of a bullying culture in the dressing room. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29826001"} | 1,105 | 36 | 0.479414 | 1.30582 | 0.240802 | 1.142857 | 34.964286 | 0.785714 |
21 January 2017 Last updated at 08:18 GMT
Lucy suffers from a rare painful disorder which sometimes means she can't leave her bed, but three year old Molly has changed her life.
She has learnt how to do tasks around the house including untying shoelaces, opening doors, fetching things and even helping with the washing.
Even more importantly she can tell if Lucy's temperature or blood pressure are too high and will lick her hand or arm as a warning.
What a dog! | A Cocker spaniel has been given one of the highest awards an animal can receive, the PDSA Order of Merit for outstanding devotion and care of her disabled owner Lucy. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38689554"} | 110 | 40 | 0.423455 | 0.938136 | -0.525455 | 0.30303 | 2.909091 | 0.30303 |
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