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After Godin was booked for clattering into Deyverson in injury time, the Alaves player spat at the Uruguayan, who then did the same in retaliation.
The result is another blow for Atleti.
Diego Simeone's fourth-placed side are seven points off leaders Real Madrid, and only one point above Real Sociedad, having played a game more.
Alaves had the best chance when Victor Laguardia hit the bar with a volley.
Atletico - who host Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg on Wednesday - lost defender Jose Maria Gimenez to injury.
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Match ends, Alavés 0, Atlético de Madrid 0.
Second Half ends, Alavés 0, Atlético de Madrid 0.
Manu García (Alavés) is shown the yellow card.
Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Deyverson Silva (Alavés) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid).
Manu García (Alavés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid).
Manu García (Alavés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fernando Torres (Atlético de Madrid).
Foul by Christian Santos (Alavés).
Miguel Ángel Moyá (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Christian Santos (Alavés) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Deyverson Silva.
Corner, Alavés. Conceded by Miguel Ángel Moyá.
Attempt saved. Theo Hernández (Alavés) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Edgar Méndez.
Foul by Christian Santos (Alavés).
Miguel Ángel Moyá (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kiko Femenía (Alavés).
Nicolás Gaitán (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Víctor Laguardia (Alavés).
Fernando Torres (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Alavés. Vigaray replaces Gaizka Toquero.
Deyverson Silva (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Deyverson Silva (Alavés).
Koke (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Koke (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Manu García (Alavés).
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Edgar Méndez (Alavés).
Koke (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Alavés. Christian Santos replaces Víctor Camarasa.
Corner, Alavés. Conceded by Sime Vrsaljko.
Attempt blocked. Edgar Méndez (Alavés) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Deyverson Silva.
Attempt missed. Manu García (Alavés) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Víctor Camarasa with a cross.
Attempt saved. Víctor Camarasa (Alavés) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Deyverson Silva.
Attempt missed. Víctor Camarasa (Alavés) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Deyverson Silva with a headed pass.
Marcos Llorente (Alavés) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid).
Offside, Alavés. Víctor Camarasa tries a through ball, but Kiko Femenía is caught offside. | Atletico Madrid defender Diego Godin and Alaves striker Deyverson could both be in trouble after spitting at each other in a goalless draw. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38783747"} | 1,145 | 38 | 0.492368 | 1.308187 | 0.141967 | 0.583333 | 32.791667 | 0.583333 |
It follows at least two crashes, one fatal, in which the system was active.
Consumer Reports accused Tesla of an "aggressive rollout of self-driving technology".
Tesla described it as "well-meaning advice", adding: "We make our decisions on the basis of real-world data."
In a statement, the firm said: "Tesla is constantly introducing enhancements proven over millions of miles of internal testing to ensure that drivers supported by Autopilot remain safer than those operating without assistance.
"We will continue to develop, validate, and release those enhancements as the technology grows."
It likened the Autopilot function to the systems that pilots use "when conditions are clear".
"The driver is still responsible for, and ultimately in control of the car. This is enforced with onboard monitoring and alerts."
The firm has been under intense scrutiny since a fatal crash in Florida in May, which saw a Tesla vehicle driven by 40-year-old Joshua Brown collide with a lorry.
The firm later acknowledged that the car was in autopilot mode at the time of the collision, claiming the system failed to detect the other vehicle because it could not distinguish between the white side of the tractor and the "brightly lit sky".
The National Highway Traffic Administration, which is investigating that and two other Tesla crashes, has written to the firm requesting detailed information about Autopilot.
"In the long run, advanced active safety technologies in vehicles could make our roads safer," said Laura MacCleery, vice-president of consumer policy at Consumer Reports.
"But today, we're deeply concerned that consumers are being sold a pile of promises about unproven technology. Autopilot can't actually drive the car, yet it allows consumers to have their hands off the steering wheel for minutes at a time. Tesla should disable automatic steering in its cars until it updates the program to verify that the driver's hands are on the wheel."
In a report on its website entitled, Tesla Autopilot: Too much autonomy, too soon, it accused Tesla of confusing marketing.
"These two messages - your vehicle can drive itself, but you may need to take over the controls at a moment's notice - create potential for driver confusion," it wrote.
Ms MacCleery said that consumers "should never be guinea pigs for vehicle safety 'beta' programs".
She called on regulators to step up their oversight of cars with such features. | A consumer rights group in the US has urged Tesla to disable the automatic steering function on its Autopilot system. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36796026"} | 529 | 24 | 0.524742 | 1.300614 | 0.006688 | 1.095238 | 23.190476 | 0.809524 |
He said it had always been his intention to leave the role at some point before the next election in 2016.
The announcement follows a poor showing for Plaid at last week's election when it lost four seats.
Former Plaid president Lord Elis-Thomas has said he would allow his name to go forward as a leadership candidate.
Speaking at Beaumaris in his Anglesey constituency, Mr Jones said it had been a great honour to lead the party over the past 11 years.
By Vaughan RoderickWelsh affairs editor
I don't think anyone within or outside Plaid Cymru thought Ieuan Wyn Jones would be there to lead the party into the next assembly election in 2016.
What's interesting is that he felt the need to make these comments publicly. People would have said: 'Why does he need to do this?' It's maybe because there's some pressure from some parts of the party for an early contest and what he's doing basically is saying: 'Look, don't worry about it. I'm going but let's do it in an ordered way. Let's get the review of why we did so badly in the assembly elections out of the way first'.
So he's really trying to pre-empt any pressure for an early departure.
Dafydd Elis Thomas has put his hat in the ring. That maybe is an attempt to force an early contest.
There is a problem on Plaid Cymru's left wing in that many of their big beasts are out of the assembly at the moment. Helen Mary Jones lost in Llanelli, and Adam Price, the former MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, isn't in the assembly.
In terms of other names you've got two former ministers Alun Ffred Jones and Elin Jones, former MP Simon Thomas and some people are banking on a total newbie, Llyr Huws Gruffydd, the new North Wales AM. But an early contest would be a big test for him.
The timetable for his departure means Mr Jones will go some time in the next two-and-a-half years.
In a statement delivered in front of party colleagues, he said the "time was right" for him to make his plans clear.
He said it had been an honour to lead the party and to serve as deputy first minister in the coalition with Labour in the last assembly.
"I have also witnessed many historic and momentous events during that period, not least leading the party into government for the first time in its 86-year history and the referendum on law-making powers," he said.
Mr Jones was MP for Ynys Mon from 1987 to 2001 and has been the island's AM since the first assembly in 1999. He first took up the party leadership in 2000.
Last week's election saw Plaid slump to 11 seats, its worst tally since the assembly was established.
There has been criticism that the party's campaign was too negative by attacking its former coalition partners in Labour.
Mr Jones said the result was a "disappointment", adding: "As leader I take my share of the responsibility for those results.
"The party obviously needs time to reflect on the results, look long and hard at our message, our party structures and campaigning abilities."
Lord Elis-Thomas said if Plaid activists in his Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency want his name to go forward as a candidate for the leadership he would give them a "straight answer".
"I am afraid that they have decided to ask me the question," he told BBC Radio Wales.
Lord Elis-Thomas, who was leader of Plaid between 1984 and 1991, will speak to party officials in Porthmadog on Friday night. He ended a 12-year stint as the assembly's presiding officer this week.
Mr Jones said he was confident Plaid would recover "stronger and better, provided we understand the need to change and modernise".
An immediate leadership election would not be in the party's interest because of the need to review the election result, he said.
He thanked his family for their support, including his wife Eirian - "a rock through it all" - and his three children and four grandchildren.
Former Plaid chairman John Dixon, who left the party earlier this year because he was unhappy with its direction, said Mr Jones has made the right decision to quit.
He told BBC Wales his departure was inevitable and that it will be a chance for the party to decide what it stands for.
Plaid Westminster leader Elfyn Llwyd said: "He has shown great commitment and dedication to the party over the years. Wales has come a long way and so has Plaid Cymru."
First Minister Carwyn Jones said: "I worked well with Ieuan Wyn Jones in the four years we were in government together and I wish him well in whatever he does next. I have always known Ieuan to be a decent man and his party will find him hard to replace." | Ieuan Wyn Jones has revealed he will stand down as Plaid Cymru leader in the first half of the Welsh assembly's five-year term. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "13389407"} | 1,118 | 38 | 0.522394 | 1.248661 | -0.317969 | 1.37037 | 36.111111 | 0.777778 |
An article published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found a reduction of 0.6% of body mass through water loss can affect people's abilities.
The study tested participants' mood and memory after sitting in a heated room.
It was carried out by the university's college of human and health sciences.
Previous research found a loss of 2% can affect ability to function properly - but this typically applied to athletes undergoing extended periods of activity or someone who has gone without fluids for some time.
The latest research focused on much lower levels of water loss people experience in day-to-day life.
The mood and memory of participants was tested before and after sitting in a room heated to 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) for four hours.
"Roughly 60% of our body is made up of water, and this level is continually fluctuating, largely due to water loss through urine and sweat," said Prof David Benton.
"Our research found that when losing only 0.6% of our body mass, there were noticeable effects on an individual's memory, attention and mood."
Dr Benton said it was important people keep hydrated during the warm summer months, especially children who lose water quicker and are reliant on adults giving them drinks. | Becoming slightly dehydrated can have an effect on mood, memory and attention, according to Swansea University research. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37039334"} | 260 | 26 | 0.506625 | 1.23362 | 0.504523 | 0.65 | 12.45 | 0.65 |
Ministers will meet with large technology companies, charities, academics and mental health professionals to identify risks and develop an internet safety strategy.
The work is being led by Culture Secretary Karen Bradley.
And a Green Paper is due in the summer.
"The internet has provided young people with amazing opportunities but has also introduced a host of new dangers which children and parents have never faced before," said Ms Bradley.
"It is increasingly clear that some behaviours which are unacceptable offline are being tolerated or even encouraged online - sometimes with devastating consequences.
"We are determined to make Britain the safest place in the world to be online."
In October 2016, the Crown Prosecution Service warned internet trolls who created derogatory hashtags or doctored images to humiliate people could face prosecution in England and Wales. | A government initiative aimed at making the internet safer for young people will target sexting and cyberbullying, as well as online harassment, abuse and rape threats made against women. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39101869"} | 172 | 41 | 0.619667 | 1.346094 | 0.437586 | 0.5 | 4.90625 | 0.375 |
Ed Clancy, Jon Dibben, Owain Doull and Andy Tennant beat Germany's men by almost a second in the team pursuit.
In the women's team pursuit final, Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott defeated the Russian team by nearly seven seconds.
Clancy took bronze in the men's scratch race behind Otto Vergaerde of Belgium and Spain's Eloy Teruelrovira.
The championships, taking place on the Caribbean island because Guadeloupe is a French colony, are the first chance to score Olympic qualification points for Rio 2016. | Great Britain won two gold medals on the second day of the European Track Championships in Guadeloupe. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "29656380"} | 145 | 24 | 0.534919 | 1.280034 | 0.04092 | 0.611111 | 5.777778 | 0.5 |
Captain Leon Smith will decide whether British number two Evans or James Ward will fill the second singles slot.
Evans is in good form, having reached his first ATP Tour semi-final last month at the Zagreb Indoors.
"James Ward and Dan Evans may not know who will be asked to fill the second singles spot until next Thursday. They have just begun a four-day training camp on the National Tennis Centre's covered outdoor clay courts and will fly to Naples on Saturday to continue their preparations.
"Ward's brilliant win over Sam Querrey in the first round in San Diego has not been forgotten. He is more comfortable on clay, but Evans gave us a timely reminder of his talents with a run to the semi-finals of the ATP event in Zagreb.
"Ross Hutchins could yet be drafted into the team. It's tough on GB's number one doubles player Dom Inglot, but wonderful to see Hutchins involved just nine months after completing a gruelling course of chemotherapy."
Colin Fleming has been named as Murray's doubles partner, while Ross Hutchins will travel to Naples as a reserve for the tie.
"The number two singles spot is open," said Smith. "Both Dan and James have had good moments this year. That's why I want to see how they perform over the next 10 days of training."
Evans, ranked 127 in the world, played in the victories over Russia and Croatia last year, winning one of his three live singles rubbers.
The 23-year-old also made a breakthrough by reaching the third round of the US Open in September.
He was left out of the Davis Cup team that beat the United States last month but in February became the first British man, aside from Murray, to reach an ATP semi-final since Ward in 2011.
Smith's team reached the last eight for the first time in 28 years when they beat the United States in February. It was their first win over the Americans since 1935.
The tie takes place on clay from 4-6 April and will feature Italy's top two players, Fabio Fognini and Andreas Seppi. They are ranked 14th and 33rd respectively and both men favour clay.
"It will be a good challenge," said Murray. "They have some very good clay-court players with a passionate crowd behind them.
"It will be a tough weekend and the games will be tight, but it's great playing in big matches like this in the World Group."
Murray announced last week that he has after two years together, and Smith has been among the names linked to the vacant position.
"It's obviously very flattering, but the most important thing for Andy is just to take time, think about what he wants to do and what he needs with his team," said Smith.
"What I would say is that he already has a very, very good team in place. People often forget the work that Dani Vallverdu does - maybe because it's a little bit under the radar - but he's a very good coach in his own right and he'll be able to work with Andy as a head coach.
"Whether it's in the short term or the long term, he could do that, but if Andy feels he needs to bring another person in, so be it." | Dan Evans is in Britain's Davis Cup squad, alongside Andy Murray, for next week's quarter-final against Italy. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "26729387"} | 746 | 27 | 0.511851 | 1.323649 | -0.644705 | 1.208333 | 27.708333 | 0.791667 |
Mr Trump said he would bring out "substantial" adverts in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina ahead of primary elections in February.
Meanwhile, former New York Governor George Pataki has pulled out of the race for the Republican nomination.
Correspondents say he has failed to make any impact in the polls.
Mr Trump, a property tycoon, has previously said that he is funding his campaign himself and wouldn't be in the pocket of lobbyists or powerful corporate entities. He has also insisted that he has spent very little on his campaign so far, and yet is the frontrunner.
"I'll be spending a minimum of $2m a week and perhaps substantially more," Mr Trump said in a video broadcast on CNN.
"I'm going to be doing big ads in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and they're going to be very substantial."
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Mr Trump's campaign so far has been marked by a series of controversial statements.
Earlier this month, he said Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton had been "schlonged" by Barack Obama in 2008, using a vulgar Yiddish term that means a penis.
He said he was referring to Mrs Clinton's defeat to then Senator Obama in the primary contests that year.
He has also called for Muslims to be banned from entering the US following a deadly attack in California carried out by a radicalised Muslim couple.
The billionaire, who has no political experience, leads the polls nationally among Republican voters, and is also ahead in some key states.
In a tweet on Tuesday, Mr Pataki said he was suspending his campaign but was "confident we can elect the right person".
He launched his campaign in May, positioning himself as a moderate in a heavily conservative field.
However, he has barely registered in state or national polls and was not eligible to take part in televised debates involving the high-profile candidates.
Bruce Breton, a member of Mr Pataki's New Hampshire steering committee, said the former governor had told him on Tuesday that he would be leaving the race.
He said Mr Pataki's campaign had struggled to win media attention or to raise funds.
"He said he couldn't get any traction. He worked hard, it's just a different type of year,'' Mr Breton said.
The primary contests begin at the start of February and the presidential election is in November. | US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump says he is planning to spend $2m (£1.3m) a week on campaign advertising. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35196789"} | 619 | 30 | 0.422766 | 1.126322 | 0.062252 | 1.08 | 21.64 | 0.68 |
"Our Greatest Team Parade" will take place in London on Monday 10 September, the day after the Paralympics finishes.
The procession will leave London's Mansion House at 13:30 BST and will travel past Trafalgar Square, through Admiralty Arch and into The Mall.
A similar parade took place four years ago after the Beijing Games.
Spectators can turn up on the day to watch the first part of the parade up to Trafalgar Square, although they have been warned to arrive as early as possible because viewing areas will be closed when they are full.
The area from Admiralty Arch to the Queen Victoria Memorial will be ticketed and reserved.
Places there will go to groups who have made a crucial contribution to the running of the Games and the success of the British athletes.
This will include 14,000 volunteers, police, fire and ambulance staff, military personnel, coaches, support staff, friends and family of the athletes and schoolchildren from every London borough.
Once the parade leaves Mansion House, it will travel along Queen Victoria Street and Cannon Street and pass St Paul's Cathedral.
It then moves down Fleet Street, past Aldwych and into The Strand before reaching Trafalgar Square, where there will be a big screen at the bottom of Nelson's Column showing proceedings with live commentary.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "This is a chance to celebrate the heroes and heroines who have thrilled us with their skills, sportsmanship, and grace during London's spectacular Olympic and Paralympic Games, and whose names and triumphs will live on for centuries to come."
Andy Hunt, chief executive of the British Olympic Association, said: "The parade provides a fantastic opportunity for the nation to recognise and celebrate the special achievements of the outstanding group of athletes.
"Importantly, it also gives the members of Team GB a chance to show their appreciation and gratitude for the truly inspirational support they received from the Great British public throughout the London 2012 Games."
The British Paralympic Association chief executive Tim Hollingsworth said: "We know we have to focus on what is still to come at the 2012 Paralympic Games.
"But it's also right we look ahead to what we hope will be a fantastic outcome for our team and in particular the performances and medals won that will excite and inspire the nation once again."
The parade will be broadcast live on BBC One and the BBC News Channel.
Gary Lineker and Gabby Logan will present the programme with guests including Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Colin Jackson.
Jake Humphrey and Sonali Shah will be on the floats interviewing athletes with Huw Edwards and Hazel Irvine providing commentary throughout. | Around 800 athletes will travel on 21 floats in a celebration for the achievements of competitors from Team GB and ParalympicsGB at London 2012. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "19389430"} | 586 | 34 | 0.534158 | 1.422893 | 0.581351 | 1.16 | 20.52 | 0.76 |
The band, whose hits include Sit Down and Laid, will be the first act on the Other Stage at 11:00 on Friday 24 June.
"We're going to cut the ribbon and smash the champagne on the ship," said Booth.
It has become Glastonbury tradition for a big-name band to kick proceedings off. Kaiser Chiefs and The Charlatans have taken the slot in recent years.
Adele, Coldplay and Muse will headline this year's festival in Somerset.
Asked whether Adele was a suitable headliner, James' bassist Jim Glennie said: "I don't know how you judge the suitability... They always want to take a risk, which is admirable, like stick Metallica on and see what happens.
"[But] the most interesting things happen maybe not on the main stage. I look more for things that are hidden away."
Other confirmed acts include PJ Harvey, Jeff Lynne's ELO and Jess Glynne.
The festival traditionally waits until the final tranche of tickets have been sold, following the spring resale, before revealing its full line-up.
Formed in 1982, James took almost a decade to achieve fame. At one point, the band submitted themselves for medical experiments just to stay afloat.
Their breakthrough came with the student disco anthem Sit Down in 1991, and the band were swept along with the Madchester scene that also produced The Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses.
But they always had loftier pretensions, working with Brian Eno on the experimental album Wah Wah, which AllMusic later called "one of the more un-commercial albums any band of its stature has had a hand in releasing."
Their more successful records leaned towards mainstream rock, and the band consistently scored top 20 hits throughout the 1990s with tracks like She's A Star, Born Of Frustration and Tomorrow.
Yet they always had a sense of unfulfilled potential - perhaps because the music had showered the band with hyperbole in their early days. At one point the NME opined: "This is what The Smiths think they sound like."
It proved to be a blessing and a burden for the group.
"Most of the time I feel really blessed," Booth told music website Popmatters. "[But] on a bad day, we haven't done enough. We haven't achieved enough. We've been lazy."
He left James in 2001 to pursue a solo career - but the band reunited for a tour in 2007, which led to new recording sessions and several well-received albums.
Their latest, Girl At The End Of The World, was released last week and sees the band experiment with synthesizers and dance beats. | James will open the 2016 Glastonbury festival, frontman Tim Booth has told BBC 5 live. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35862867"} | 612 | 21 | 0.368131 | 1.000783 | -0.008293 | 0.588235 | 30.941176 | 0.588235 |
Such would be the case in Madrid, Addis Ababa or Nairobi - all of which have close to 3.2m residents.
But on Thursday, when a large hotel caught fire in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, no photographic evidence emerged.
More than a day later, that is still the case.
The fire reportedly hit the Koryo Hotel, which, at 143 metres (469 feet) is one of the tallest in Pyongyang.
It is where the basketball player Dennis Rodman stayed while visiting North Korea, and has hosted talks between North and South Korean officials.
Word of a fire started to emerge on social media through journalists elsewhere in Asia with ties to North Korea.
One thing seems certain: there certainly was a fire at the 30-year-old Koryo Hotel on Thursday.
Reuters saw images of smoke emerging from a walkway connecting the two 43-storey towers - but did not publish them.
It quoted one source as saying there were "swarms" of police, paramilitary and state security officials.
No-one from Associated Press, which has a bureau in Pyongyang, appears to have witnessed the fire, but the agency quoted one source as saying the fire consumed "several top floors" of the hotel.
NK News, a well-sourced North Korea observer website, reported that the fire was extinguished after a few hours.
A lot.
The extent of the damage is not known, nor whether there were any injuries or fatalities.
North Korean state news has not covered the fire at all. It generally does not report on negative news, although last May, it ran an apology after a building collapsed, killing scores of people.
That report came after five days in which it did not mention the collapse.
AP's bureau chief in Pyongyang did not respond to the BBC when asked why the bureau did not file images of the fire.
Simple obstruction may be one of the main reasons no pictures have emerged.
"Several foreigners were apprehended for trying to take pictures of the scene," one source told Reuters.
"There are certain places you just can't take pictures and there are people there to stop you," said Simon Cockerell, the general manager of Beijing-based North Korea tour operator Koryo Tours.
The time of the fire may also have played its part, Mr Cockerell said.
"It happened at around 6pm, so there may not have been anybody around the hotel at that time to take any pictures."
Roughly one in every 12 North Koreans has a smartphone, and the country does have a 3G network. They are mainly linked to an intranet, with limited content, run by the North Korean state.
Mr Cockerell said the wider internet was, however, freely available for foreign tourists on smartphones, and that he regularly uses Instagram while in North Korea.
It may well be that images of the fire have not yet reached the outside world.
"There are probably memory cards full of pictures that will come out of North Korea sometime soon," Mr Cockerell said. "Maybe then we we will see some pictures." | If a major landmark were to catch fire in a city of 3.2m people, you would expect plenty of evidence to emerge on social media. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33106310"} | 673 | 32 | 0.379166 | 1.095332 | 0.054803 | 1.607143 | 22.107143 | 0.75 |
The 21-year-old landed awkwardly after contesting a high ball and was taken off on a stretcher in the 1-1 Premier League draw with Manchester United.
"Scan today has shown I injured my anterior cruciate ligament. I will have surgery this week and will come back stronger," Zouma tweeted.
The France centre-back has made 32 appearances for Chelsea this term.
The most recent of his two France caps was in an international friendly with Denmark in October.
France host this year's European Championship, which begins in June.
Zouma and John Terry have become preferred starters in central defence as Chelsea have gone nine matches without defeat under interim manager Guus Hiddink.
BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty
Kurt Zouma's serious knee injury is a bitter blow to an outstanding young player, ruling him out of the rest of this season and France's Euro 2016 bid.
It may, however, open the door to fresh possibilities for his two experienced central defensive team-mates at Chelsea, John Terry and Gary Cahill.
Terry reiterated on Sunday that he has had no dialogue with Chelsea since he left the club's hierarchy bemused by announcing he was not getting a new contract and would leave at the end of the season.
Will Chelsea now be tempted to revisit negotiations to buy time and see how Zouma recovers - or is owner Roman Abramovich's mind made up and it is the end of the road for the 35-year-old iconic club captain?
Cahill, meanwhile, was reported as being unsettled in January after falling behind Zouma and seeing his own Euro 2016 prospects being hit by a lack of first-team football.
He will now be right back in the frame, ready to secure his Chelsea future and cement his place in England's plans for France this summer. | Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma faces six months out because he needs surgery on the knee injury he suffered on Sunday. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35527443"} | 401 | 28 | 0.514831 | 1.256631 | -0.159988 | 0.952381 | 16.952381 | 0.666667 |
Errington Cheese Ltd has previously been linked to an E. coli outbreak in which a three-year-old girl died.
The company has disputed the evidence and insists its cheese is safe.
In another development, a "small number" of children in Angus have fallen ill with E. coli. A playgroup had temporarily and voluntarily closed.
NHS Tayside said the Angus cases were linked and the children affected were receiving medical treatment, with advice also being issued to parents.
Food Standards Scotland has not linked the latest outbreak in Tayside to the ban on Errington Cheese.
The ban involves Dunsyre Blue, Dunsyre Baby, Lanark Blue, Lanark White, Maisie's Kebbuck and Cora Linn.
People have been advised not to eat the cheese, and to return it to the seller.
The watchdog has previously linked an outbreak of E. coli in July, in which 20 people were infected, including the child who died, with cheese produced by the firm.
Four product recalls have already been issued - three of them voluntary - for specific cheeses produced by Errington.
In a statement, the watchdog said: "FSS is advising all consumers who have purchased these products not to consume them, and to return the products to where they purchased them.
"Both O157 and non-O157 strains of E. coli have been detected in a number of different types of cheese produced by Errington Cheese Ltd.
"Symptoms caused by both O157 and non-O157 E. coli can include diarrhoea, abdominal pain, bloody diarrhoea, and haemolytic uremic syndrome, a serious condition that can lead to kidney failure.
"Given the potential severity of illness and the very low doses of this bacterium required to cause illness, FSS believes this action is in the best interests of consumers."
Speaking on the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme, Sir Hugh Pennington, emeritus professor of bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen, questioned the decision by the FSS.
He told the programme: "Food Standards Scotland is behaving in a very precautionary manner because as I understand it, the scientific evidence that there's E. coli 157 in the cheese has not yet been produced.
"There is evidence that some people who ate the Dunsyre Blue cheese in July fell ill - a significant number of people who didn't eat it also fell ill as I understand it."
He added: "Food Standards Scotland has moved in a very, very heavy way and I think it raises the issue of proportionality. How dangerous are these cheeses and have they gone too far in saying none of these cheeses can be sold?"
Errington Cheese said on its website that it was restricted in what it could sell or say because of the "exercise of statutory powers by the authorities".
The company added: "We are pleased to see that FSS acknowledge that there is no microbiological link been found between Dunsyre Blue and the recent outbreak of illness.
"Our own detailed testing keeps us confident that all our cheese is safe to eat."
Speaking about the latest outbreak, Dr Jackie Hyland, consultant in public health medicine at NHS Tayside, said: "NHS Tayside and Angus Council are together investigating a small number of linked cases of E. coli O157 infection.
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A national shortage of armed officers could leave police in isolated areas "unarmed and vulnerable", John Apter, head of the Hampshire branch warned.
Figures revealed the number of firearms officers in England and Wales last year fell to its lowest level since 1987.
Home Secretary Theresa May spoke at the Police Federation conference earlier.
The federation, which represents constables, sergeants and inspectors in England and Wales, is holding its annual conference in Bournemouth.
They paused during speeches on Tuesday morning to hold a minute's silence to remember the 96 victims of the Hillsborough tragedy.
Do police have firepower to tackle gun menace?
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's File on 4, Mr Apter said armed officers could be more than 70 miles away if an attack was launched in a rural location.
Some rural and coastal areas include potential terrorist targets - including energy and power plants.
Nuclear power plants in Britain are guarded by the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC), whose officers are routinely armed, while firearms officers of the Ministry of Defence Police are responsible for facilities such as the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston in Berkshire.
"Being realistic, if a firearms unit was coming from the middle of the county you are still talking about 30 miles away - you are not talking about a few minutes," he said.
"There would be an understandable delay.
"If a firearms unit is the other side of the county they could be 70 miles away so you are talking a significant distance.
"So the only officers that you have available are unarmed and vulnerable officers and they are the officers that are saying to me that in a terrorist situation they would be sitting ducks."
Last month, Prime Minister David Cameron announced money would be ring-fenced to boost the number of firearms officers in the UK, following terror attacks in Brussels and Paris.
However, federation chairman Steve White said the government's plan to train another 1,500 firearms officers to deal with the terror threat looked doubtful.
Officers are not volunteering to carry guns because they fear being "hung out to dry" and treated like a suspect if they discharge their weapon, he said.
The result was "worrying" inconsistencies in the service nationally, leaving some forces without firearms officers and reliant on neighbouring forces for coverage, Mr White added.
A national shortage of armed police was leaving the UK vulnerable to terror attacks, he warned.
The head of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which investigates fatal shootings by officers, said while firearms officers should not have impunity, they should also not be concerned by the watchdog's scrutiny.
In a statement, IPCC chair Dame Anne Owers warned "those within the police service" to be careful "about stoking such fears".
The IPCC had investigated 29 fatal shootings by police in the past 12 years, the statement added, and had only used its powers of arrest once.
Che Donald, from the Police Federation, warned the recruitment drive could create a "gap" in the front line, as armed officers transferred from neighbourhood policing.
"There isn't a magic pot we can just dip into and pull out a fully trained firearms officer," he said.
CNC Deputy Chief Constable Simon Chesterman, the national lead on armed policing, said those concerns surrounding recruitment were starting to be tackled.
He told the BBC: "At the fairly early stages of this recruitment process we are seeing officers coming forward to put themselves in harm's way,
"At the moment this is not a crisis, but quite clearly, with some of the things going on in the background that are putting pressure on them, it could become one.
"At the moment, sufficient officers are stepping forward but we're watching and monitoring it very carefully."
Police minister Mike Penning said the government had committed an additional £143m over the next five years to provide "a national uplift in armed policing capability".
Downing Street said police forces were recruiting more than 1,000 armed officers, setting up round-the-clock specialist teams outside London.
More than 40 police armed response vehicles will also be deployed.
"We will always ensure firearms officers are supported to take the difficult decisions necessary to protect the public," he said.
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Eight gunmen on motorcycles fired at a group of three police guards and later at a van containing four officers, officials told the Pakistan Tribune.
Islamist militants oppose vaccination, saying it is a Western conspiracy to sterilise Pakistani children.
In January, 15 people were killed in a bomb attack on a vaccination centre in the south-western city of Quetta.
Polio workers called off the vaccination drive in Karachi following the attack, despite the home minister's order to continue, the Tribune reported.
According to Pakistan's Dawn newspaper, police have offered a reward of 5 million rupees (£33,000) for information on the killers, and 2 million rupees (£13,000) compensation to the victims' families.
Talking to reporters at the scene, Sindh police Inspector General AD Khawaja said polio drops would be "administered to our children at all costs" and said security for polio teams would be increased.
Pakistan is one of only two countries, along with Afghanistan, where polio remains endemic. Militants have repeatedly targeted vaccination programmes, killing nearly 80 people since December 2012.
The country recorded more than 300 polio cases in 2014 - its highest number since 1999.
Most of the new infections were in north-west Pakistan, where militants regularly target roving health teams, and health officials blamed the rise in cases on several deadly attacks on police workers that year.
The number of cases fell to just 52 in 2015, largely because vaccination teams could reach areas that were previously off limits because of militancy.
Polio (poliomyelitis) is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus which invades the nervous system. It mainly affects children aged under five.
Symptoms include fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness in the neck and limb pain.
One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis, and between 5-10% of those who suffer paralysis die because their breathing muscles are immobilised.
Cases have fallen dramatically since polio eradication programmes were introduced; from 350,000 globally in 1988 to around 70 in 2015.
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The retail boss, who voted in favour of Brexit, said he still believed it would boost trade and the British economy.
But he also warned that it could cause high unemployment if managed badly.
To avoid that, he called for an "orderly transition" when the UK leaves the EU single market and customs union.
"We can't go careering along hell for leather. There is a huge amount of complex work to be done," he wrote in the Mail on Sunday.
Brexit Secretary David Davis said on Sunday that a transition of "one to two years" would probably be needed.
"We've discussed with them [the EU] and we think that there will be a transition period," he told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show.
Mr Davis added that he understood the concerns of businesses that leaving the EU without interim arrangements could affect financial stability and customs arrangements.
Lord Wolfson expressed some of those concerns, saying: "The UK government and EU need to rethink the timetable for negotiation and set out options for a realistic transition period."
The Next chief executive, whose clothing and home goods retail chain employs 49,000 staff, said he was in favour of a Brexit that "focused on prosperity and jobs".
He said that would involve "pro-economic" immigration, an open approach to trade, and allowing more than two years to leave the EU.
Meanwhile, the prime minister is set to create a new Brexit council for business leaders, according to reports.
The group will involve business groups and be co-chaired by Mr Davis and Business Secretary Greg Clark, the Sunday Times reported.
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View a gallery of protest action taken by some of the web's highest profile websites
Users attempting to access the site see a black screen and a political statement: "Imagine a world without free knowledge."
The user-generated news site Reddit and the blog Boing Boing are also taking part in the "blackout".
However, Twitter has declined to join the shutdown.
Wikipedia, which attracts millions of hits every day, is opposed to the US Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa) being debated by Congress.
The legislation would allow the Justice Department and content owners to seek court orders requiring search engines to block results associated with piracy.
The site's founder, Jimmy Wales, told the BBC: "Proponents of Sopa have characterised the opposition as being people who want to enable piracy or defend piracy".
"But that's not really the point. The point is the bill is so over broad and so badly written that it's going to impact all kinds of things that, you know, don't have anything to do with stopping piracy."
The message replacing the normal Wikipedia front page on the internet says: "For over a decade, we have spent millions of hours building the largest encyclopaedia in human history. Right now, the US Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open internet. For 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out Wikipedia."
The site was still available on mobile phones, however.
Google.com also joined the protest, blacking out its logo and linking to an online petition urging Congress to not censor the web.
It is an unprecedented protest, says the BBC's Steve Kingstone in Washington. Analysts say it is the first major test for the young and disorganised internet industry against powerful media interests with many lobbyists in Washington.
Sopa's supporters in the House of Representatives say the legislation is designed to stop revenue flowing to "rogue websites". A similar bill, Pipa, is making its way through the US Senate.
On Saturday the White House issued astatement that appeared to side with critics of the legislation.
It said: "While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global internet."
The US bills are designed to block access to sites containing unauthorised copyright material.
Content owners and the US government would be given the power to request court orders to shut down sites associated with piracy.
Advertisers, payment processors and internet service providers would be forbidden from doing business with infringers based overseas.
Sopa also requires search engines to remove foreign infringing sites from their results, a provision absent in Pipa.
Full explanation on Sopa and Pipa
Despite the hint of a presidential veto, Wikipedia said that the English site's administrators had decided tostage its first ever public protestbecause the bills "would be devastating to the free and open web".
It added: "We don't think Sopa is going away, and Pipa is still quite active. Moreover, Sopa and Pipa are just indicators of a much broader problem. All around the world, we're seeing the development of legislation intended to fight online piracy, and regulate the internet in other ways, that hurt online freedoms."
However, when asked whether Twitter would join the blackout, its chief executive,Dick Costolo, tweeted: "Closing a global business in reaction to single-issue national politics is foolish."
In a Twitter conversation with Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales, Mr Costolo later clarified that his comment was not meant to be read as a "value judgement" about other organisations involvement in the action.
The anti-piracy legislation still has high-profile supporters including News Corporation's chairman, Rupert Murdoch.
Over the weekend he tweeted: "So Obama has thrown in his lot with Silicon Valley paymasters who threaten all software creators with piracy, plain thievery."
He later added: "Seems like universal anger with Potus [President of the United States] from all sorts of normal supporters... Whole entertainment industry employs 2.2 million [on] average salary $65,000. Good jobs and expanding foreign earnings. Made in America, too!"
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4 August 2014 Last updated at 15:26 BST
Millions of people died in the fighting and it was called the war to end all wars because it was so destructive.
Ricky's been with some children taking a journey to the cemeteries of Belgium to discover more about how their relatives were involved.
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Many of the 119 privately-owned beach huts at Milford on Sea were destroyed by waves and high winds on St Valentine's Day 2014, with about 40 remaining intact.
New Forest District Council said owners would make a "substantial contribution" towards replacement huts.
The remains of the site will be demolished in June.
Planning consent was agreed at a council meeting earlier, and includes repairs and improvements to the lower promenade where the huts sit.
Edward Heron, portfolio holder for the environment, said: "I am very pleased that by securing outline planning permission to replace the huts and restore the promenade we can now move this project forward.
"We will be clearing the lower promenade in time for the public to use the beach this summer, and in the long term I believe this project will help enhance the beach at Milford for everyone who uses it."
Milford was one of the areas worst-hit by the storm in February. About 30 people had to be rescued from the seafront Marine Restaurant after the windows smashed and water poured in.
Of the beach huts that remained, many were deemed dangerous and were demolished. The area, including the surviving huts, remains cordoned off.
The council said it would recoup the expenditure of the project over time through licence fees.
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It will take over from Aberdeen-based FirstGroup, which has run most Scottish rail services for the past 10 years.
Abellio has also pledged to deliver a better deal for ScotRail workers.
Unions and Scottish Labour reacted angrily to the announcement, saying there was support for services to be put into public ownership.
They had called for the suspension of the franchising process, in the hope such a move would have been permitted under new devolved powers due to come to the Scottish Parliament.
FirstGroup had been competing against Abellio, Arriva, MTR, and National Express for the right to operate the ScotRail contract.
Scottish Transport Minister Keith Brown said the franchise, worth up to £6bn, would run for 10 years, with a provision for the government to cancel the contract at the halfway point, if Abellio - a subsidiary of the Dutch national rail company Nederlandse Spoorwegen - failed to meet its obligations.
Abellio and the government said the deal would deliver improved services for passengers, including:
And for ScotRail staff, the government also said the new contract would result in:
Mr Brown said: "The Scottish government believes good public transport improves the lives of the people and the economy of Scotland.
"Following extensive consultation by the Scottish government, Scotland's railway has attracted a world leading contract to deliver for rail staff and passengers."
The minister added: "We've already ensured that regulated rail fares will stay in line with inflation or less, and Abellio has come up with some truly innovative ways to make rail even more affordable, such as the £5 intercity fare anywhere in Scotland and reduced ticket prices for jobseekers and those newly in work, as well as a price promise for guaranteed best value fares."
David Miller, BBC Scotland transport correspondent
New trains, more seats, bargain fares.
Going Dutch will mean all change for ScotRail passengers. Eventually.
Abellio will run the franchise from April 2015.
But many of the changes promised today won't be arriving at a platform near you anytime soon.
It will be the end of December 2017 before new trains appear on the Edinburgh to Glasgow line.
The refurbished high speed trains which will serve Aberdeen and Inverness are due by the end of 2018.
This is a ten year deal which we now know is worth up to £6 billion.
It's the biggest single contract ever awarded by the Scottish Government.
So the pressure is on to ensure passengers, and taxpayers, are happy with the outcome.
The unions though are unimpressed by the promise of free wifi on all services and bike hire schemes at stations.
They want to see rail services in Scotland back in the public sector.
A clause which allows the franchise agreement to be ended after five years offers them a slight glimmer of hope.
Abellio chief executive Jeff Hoogesteger said: "This is a huge day for Abellio and indeed the Netherlands, which has such a rich history of commercial and cultural trade with Scotland.
"For two years our team has been on a journey across Scotland and met people from the Borders, across the seven cities and to the very peak of the far north line, so that we could prepare a plan that would meet and exceed the expectations of the Scottish government.
"We look forward to delivering significant new benefits for passengers under the next franchise."
The company has indicated that its preferred bidder to build new rolling stock will be Hitachi, and the trains will be made in the UK.
Mick Whelan, the general secretary of the train drivers' union Aslef hit out at the franchise decision. He said: "It's a particularly perverse decision by the SNP government in Scotland, which was arguing for independence, and is getting many more devolved powers, to embrace privatisation and all that means rather than wait a few months, take a fresh look at the opportunities for rail services in Scotland, and then, instead of acting in such a precipitate fashion, make a considered decision next year. "
Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA rail union, added: "Only a few weeks ago, the Scottish people were promised the power to run a publicly owned railway which would put them first, ahead of private rail firms.
"Now the Scottish government wants to hand that railway to a firm run by Dutch state railways."
'Leadership failure'
And RMT general secretary Mick Cash told BBC Scotland: "We believe public ownership is better, is more efficient and it's safer and it gives you great accountability.
"All you're seeing in private ownership is that money's being sucked out of the industry and given to the private sector shareholders, or in this case is going to go to subsidise the Dutch railways."
Scottish Labour infrastructure spokesman James Kelly said the decision highlighted a "total failure in leadership" from the transport minster.
"In awarding the ScotRail franchise to Abellio, Keith Brown has decided that the profits from Scotland's railways should be used to invest in lower fares and better services in Holland rather than here at home," he said.
But Scottish Conservative transport spokesman Alex Johnstone said the competitive franchising system had revived rail transport, adding: "The transport minister has done well to resist calls from the sirens of the extreme left who would see us return to the investment vacuum and the catastrophic management failures of the state-owned monopoly."
Scottish Green co-leader Patrick Harvie, added: "There is a certain irony in the Dutch public sector running Scotland's trains, but Abellio has certainly made a strong set of promises for improving services.
"There's huge public appetite for bringing rail back into public hands, and I think it's realistic to start preparing for a public sector bid in 2020 if those powers are in our hands by that point."
Meanwhile, FirstGroup chief executive Tim O'Toole said the firm was "very proud" of its success in operating First ScotRail.
He added: "We have kept our promises and more for 10 years, delivering record levels of service including during this extraordinary summer in Scotland with the Commonwealth Games and the Ryder Cup.
"Our bid would have delivered even greater levels of service and growth, and we are disappointed we will not have the opportunity to implement the credible plans we submitted, building on our record of improvement across every measurable score, for the benefit of ScotRail's passengers and employees."
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The Spaniard was sacked on Monday as the coach of Granada, who are currently bottom of the Spanish La Liga.
The 50-year-old replaces Belgian Georges Leekens who quit after Algeria were eliminated from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations at the group stage.
Christian Gourcuff resigned as coach in April 2016 to be replaced by Milovan Rajevac who quit after just two games.
The move came as a surprise to many in Algeria as another Spaniard Joaquin Caparros had been expected to be given the job.
Former Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka had also been linked to the position.
Alcaraz's first competitive match in charge will be against visiting Togo as Algeria begin their qualifying campaign for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Benin and The Gambia are the other two teams in Group D with only the pool winners guaranteed a place at the finals in Cameroon.
Algeria are aiming to reach a third straight World Cup but are bottom of their qualifying group with a single point from two matches so far.
They are five points behind leaders Nigeria and their next games are home and away against Zambia, who are also on one point.
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They have been an agricultural heartland for centuries and, local farmers hope, will continue to be so for years to come.
You might imagine that - however the vote goes on 23 June - it would have little impact here.
But the moment you speak to anyone involved in farming, you recognise the reality is a little different.
The industry has long-established links to Europe and any change to that situation could have profound effects.
At the same time, it would only be fair to say that the relationship has not always been a smooth one.
Rob Livesey, who farms in the central Borders and is a vice-president of NFU Scotland, sums up the situation succinctly.
£3,388m
Income before expenses of £2,721m
£1,282m Livestock
£488m Crops
£469m Livestock products
£452m Grants and subsidies
"The Common Agricultural Policy and the EU have been key to a lot of how farming has evolved since 1973 when we joined," he explained.
"So, it has always been in our minds and we have kind of behaved in a way determined by how the EU operates.
"Looking forward, the unknown is always a worry and knowing what the options are and what the full implications for us as farmers are is difficult to get a handle on."
He said there were a couple of key questions which any European exit would raise.
Mr Livesey explained: "I suppose, firstly, we would suggest just now that we haven't got much confidence in our support mechanism being maintained.
"Europe has supported us economically quite substantially during those years and whether Westminster or the Scottish government would be able to continue to do that would be in question."
How the UK is affected by the Common Agricultural Policy and EU fishing policies.
The other issue is one of access to markets.
He said: "The EU, with its 500 million people, is a really key place for our products to go both within the UK and outside and we don't see any of those opportunities missed.
"The support that I talked about earlier is being reduced on a daily basis, that pot of income coming into farms is getting less and less and we really need access to those markets to maintain our incomes.
"So anything that threatens that is really concerning to us as farmers."
Mr Livesey believed that was a particularly worry for his sector - sheep farming - with Europe taking the majority of their product.
He said: "We only need to look back to the foot-and-mouth outbreak in 2001 when our market really collapsed and we were in a very difficult financial position.
"That was really because we couldn't export lamb to the continent.
"If you remember back when the French were burning lamb and all that kind of nonsense before we got trade arrangements put in place properly.
"We don't want to see that coming back again - that's a nightmare scenario for us as sheep farmers."
Whether or not Brexit becomes a reality, it is clear that our relationship with Europe will be quite different for the next generation as it has been for our forefathers
Not that he believes everything in the way the EU operates has been perfect.
Many farmers have felt frustrated at the constraints placed on them over the years of membership.
"The other side to it really is that the EU has also imposed on us many regulations which seem irrelevant and anti-competitive," he said.
Gary Mitchell, who runs a dairy farm in Stoneykirk in the far west of Dumfries and Galloway, is one who would be happy to leave that world behind.
He said: "My personal view would be that I think we should come out.
"From an agricultural point of view, it is always talk about subsidies - we need agriculture subsidies to survive.
"I know certain sectors need that subsidy but I would like to see the market actually returning.
"In 1991 we were 75% self-sufficient in food, now we are only 62% - so to me Europe isn't working for our productivity in agriculture and I think that is where we need to see things change."
And what about those at the very outset of their agricultural careers?
Sarah Allison of the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs said they wanted to hear both sides before coming to any decision on how to vote.
"The EU institution has long been a key partner of Scottish agriculture," she said.
"Whether or not Brexit becomes a reality, it is clear that our relationship with Europe will be quite different for the next generation as it has been for our forefathers.
"What our next generation of farmers need to hear is a clear and reasoned debate of the positives and negatives of EU membership, as ultimately it will be them who are living and working with the consequences."
That is why debate and discussion of the European referendum is likely to be just as vibrant at livestock marts and agricultural shows in the days to come as it is among politicians and big city firms.
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The government wants to allow fees to rise with inflation if universities have a high standard of teaching.
Mr Marsden said it gave universities "cash-in coupons" to raise their fees.
Education Secretary Justine Greening defended the need to protect the value of fees for "high quality providers".
Ms Greening, heading a department now responsible for higher education as well as schools, presented plans which will encourage more competition within higher education.
The education secretary told the House of Commons the changes would not reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the maximum level of fees in England, which is currently £9,000 per year.
"But what we are saying to high quality providers is you can access fees up to an inflation-linked maximum fee cap if, and only if, you can demonstrate that you are providing high quality teaching and you have an agreed access and participation plan in place."
But Mr Marsden said that in unpredictable economic times after the EU referendum, with no certainty on future levels of inflation, this could mean "significant rises in fee costs".
Raising fees in line with inflation will depend on universities providing high quality teaching, which would be measured by a "teaching excellence framework".
Mr Marsden said this would become a "Trojan horse" for raising fees.
"This is particularly problematic for students post-Brexit with the fragility of our current economy and there are no guarantees on the level of inflation for the next few years."
Mr Marsden said "all bets were off" on how much fees might rise in the years ahead.
Ms Greening was also pressed by MPs on a lack of information for universities about what will happen to their EU staff and students and EU research funding.
The government's plans, in the Higher Education and Research Bill, will encourage more universities to be created and to make it simpler for institutions to gain their own degree awarding powers.
Ms Greening said research showed that increasing the number of universities would improve the economy.
"But the current system for creating universities can feel highly restricted, with new providers requiring the backing of an incumbent institution to become eligible to award its own degrees.
"This Bill levels that playing field by laying the foundations for a new system where it will be clearer, simpler and quicker to establish high quality new providers."
Ms Greening also set out plans for an Office for Students, which would help to protect value for money for students.
This followed concerns from students on issues such as a lack of teaching hours.
Neil Carmichael, chairman of the education select committee, said the result of the EU referendum made higher education even more important for the economy.
"Brexit is a call to arms for our education system because we have got to provide more skills, the skills that we need, because we won't necessarily be able to allow anyone from the European Union to do that for us," said Mr Carmichael
Labour's Stella Creasy said that pushing up fees would limit social mobility.
"The biggest division in our society today is who is able to turn to the bank of mum and dad and who is not," she said.
The Scottish National Party's education spokeswoman, Carol Monaghan, warned against changes putting "profit before students".
"The drive towards the marketisation of student experience is one which we should all view with caution," she told MPs.
The Liberal Democrats said the bill was no longer "fit for purpose" in the "instability" following the EU referendum decision.
"The bill totally fails to address the challenges universities will now face around securing funding for research or ensuring student numbers remain level.
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In the last four days there has been a series of events including the Thames River Pageant, a concert in front of Buckingham Palace, and a flypast.
But some people have done their best to ignore the celebrations.
BBC News website readers have been speaking about how and why they have avoided the series of Diamond Jubilee events.
Over the weekend I went on a nice bike ride, taking a packed lunch so I don't even have to go into a pub.
In the evenings I've been painting and reading.
I have ignored the celebrations - it has nothing to do with me.
In my village street parties were planned for the bank holiday weekend, but as far as I'm concerned there is nothing to celebrate.
All this fuss has been absolute appalling.
There has been wall to wall coverage, even on the
Today
programme which I like.
Even
Gardeners' Question Time
managed to get something on the Diamond Jubilee into the programme.
Also, when there is nothing to say about the celebrations, programmes go back in history to talk about Queen Victoria and other monarchs.
I think the BBC is acting as publicity agent for the royals.
I have nothing against the Royal Family personally, it's the institution that I disagree with.
Their power is played down - they have enormous power that they lend to the prime minister of the day.
The anniversary just means that it has been 60 years of not having the right to choose our head of state - I won't even start with their costs.
There has been far too much hype about the Diamond Jubilee. I expect more from the BBC as they're supposed to give a balanced view.
There have been republican viewpoints but they have been minimal.
I have done my best to avoid any Jubilee activity.
Apart from visiting my mother-in-law who is a staunch royalist I hoped to be far from the maddening crown and the media overkill - It's been way too much.
I don't see why we're celebrating.
The whole thing has turned us all into children with all the flag waving and face painting.
It has been a miserable four days of endless details about the Diamond Jubilee - I'm sick of hearing about it all.
I need to emigrate to France or somewhere!
The Queen is just a woman who has been very lucky.
In my mother-in-law's village, people take it in turns to hold garden parties.
This year it was my mother-in-law's turn and this year it took on a greater significance with lots of bunting.
There has been no escape - I've had to sneak off to read a book.
I've been at work, finishing on Sunday, and I have avoided looking at anything Jubilee related.
I'm trying to hold back my anger at the millions of pounds that have been spent this year for the Diamond Jubilee.
How many jobs could have been saved with that money in these times of austerity?
How many lives could have been saved around the world?
We are always seeing on TV how just £5 could give a family fresh water for a week or £5 could give a child life saving medication.
There are cutbacks in our police, yet wherever the Queen decides to go on her day trips, the police overtime bill for security must run into millions.
Those millions could have kept our police in jobs and kept them on our streets protecting the public all year around and not for a fleeting visit by the Royal Family.
I am not an anarchist - when Princess Diana died I signed a book of condolence, and last year I was happy about the wedding of William and Kate.
I'm proud to be British and I have nothing against people celebrating, but I get infuriated when I visualise how that money could be better spent.
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He was found with serious head injuries at a property in Granville Road, Accrington, at about 08:45 BST.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Police officers remain at the house.
Det Supt Paul Withers said the death is being treated as an isolated incident and an investigation into the circumstances is under way.
He appealed for anybody with information to come forward. | A man has been found dead at a house in Lancashire, prompting police to launch a murder investigation. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37419010"} | 87 | 26 | 0.60808 | 1.039029 | -0.097281 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 0.7 |
18 February 2015 Last updated at 16:21 GMT
The war in Syria has been going on for almost four years now, and around ten million people have had to flee their homes.
The children we spoke to from Syria are just some of the refugees who had to leave their homes to avoid the fighting, and now go to a school in the Jabal al-Taj area of the capital city Amman in Jordan.
They spoke about their lives before the war, and what they do in their spare time. | British kids from a school in Bury, in the north-west of England, sent in their questions for a group of Syrian children who have escaped the conflict in their home country. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30007548"} | 107 | 41 | 0.533267 | 1.30392 | -0.130772 | 0.944444 | 2.777778 | 0.611111 |
Speaking in Russia, he said he was "not overthrown" but was compelled to leave Ukraine after threats to his life.
In the latest flare-up, Ukraine accused Russian troops of seizing two airports in Crimea - charges denied by Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for a rapid return to normality in Ukraine.
Mr Putin spoke to Western leaders to emphasise "the extreme importance of not allowing a further escalation of violence", the Kremlin said.
However, Ukraine's foreign ministry has sent a protest note to Moscow citing a violation of airspace and provisions of the treaty regulating the Russian presence in Crimea.
The note does not give details, but follows unconfirmed reports of Russian planes landing at Simferopol - allegedly with hundreds of Russian troops on board.
By Bridget KendallBBC's diplomatic correspondent, Moscow
The picture being presented from Moscow is that events in Crimea are spontaneous - the natural response of local Russian speakers who felt threatened by the new Kiev government.
How far the Kremlin is pulling the strings behind the scenes is hard to know. Certainly it is not being admitted openly. But there are signs the Russian government is hardening its stance.
The question for President Putin is how far he can push it without risking a full scale confrontation with the West.
Maybe he thinks he can have it both ways - encourage more Crimean autonomy but stop short of secession; criticise the new Kiev government but avoid a full break in relations; and try to unnerve Ukraine's young government by heavy-handed manoeuvres on the border without actually invading.
But it is a dangerous game. If tensions escalate further, a full scale crisis between East and West may be impossible to avoid.
Analysis: Russian shadow boxing
In other developments:
"I intend to continue to struggle for the future of Ukraine, against terror and fear," Mr Yanukovych told the news conference in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.
"What's going on now is lawlessness, lack of authority, and terror. Decisions in parliament were taken under duress."
He apologised to the Ukrainian people for not having "enough strength to keep stability" and described his usurpers as "young, neo-fascists".
He insisted he did not "flee anywhere", explaining that his car was shot at as he left Kiev and he was forced to move around Ukraine amid fears for the safety of himself and his family.
He said he arrived in Russia "thanks to a patriotically-minded young officer" and was given refuge in Rostov by an old friend.
Speaking in Russian, Mr Yanukovych said he would return to Ukraine "as soon as there are guarantees for my security and that of my family".
But he ruled out taking part in elections planned for 25 May, describing them as "illegal".
Later Ukrainian authorities said they had started moves to have him extradited to Kiev where he is wanted on charges of mass murder.
And he said the only way out of the crisis is to implement an EU-backed compromise agreement he signed with opposition leaders last week before he was deposed.
The current turmoil in Crimea was "an absolutely natural reaction to the bandit coup that occurred in Kiev", he said, adding that he was surprised by the restraint shown by Russian President Vladimir Putin so far.
But he stressed that "military action in this situation is unacceptable" and said he wanted Crimea to remain part of Ukraine.
Armed men took over Sevastopol and Simferopol airports in the early hours of Friday.
Acting national security chief Andriy Parubiy said the airports were back in the control of the Ukrainian authorities, but the men were now manning checkpoints on the surrounding roads.
Witnesses also reported seeing Russian army trucks and helicopters in and around the regional capital Simferopol and Sevastopol, where Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based.
The move on the airports prompted Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov to accuse Russia of carrying out an "armed invasion" of Crimea.
In pictures: Crimea tension
Russia denied any involvement with the takeover at the airport, but confirmed its armoured vehicles had been on the move around Crimea for "security" reasons.
On Thursday, a group of unidentified armed men entered Crimea's parliament building by force, and hoisted a Russian flag on the roof.
They were still in the building when the Crimean parliament later announced it would hold a referendum on expanding the region's autonomy from Ukraine on 25 May.
Crimea is becoming the lynchpin of a struggle between Ukraine's new leaders and those loyal to Russia, the BBC's diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall says.
The majority of people in Crimea are ethnic Russians, but ethnic Ukrainians loyal to Kiev and Muslim Tatars - whose animosity towards Russia stretches back to Stalin's deportations during World War Two - have formed an alliance to oppose any move back towards Moscow. | Viktor Yanukovych has vowed to fight for Ukraine, in his first public appearance since being ousted as president last week. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "26386946"} | 1,130 | 30 | 0.370897 | 0.913674 | -0.182076 | 0.818182 | 43.318182 | 0.636364 |
George, a male swan, was seriously injured when he was shot in the head in Pittville Park, Cheltenham, in January.
A 15-year-old boy, from Cheltenham, was arrested under under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
A 48-year-old man, also from Cheltenham, was arrested last week. Both have been released on bail pending further investigations.
The swan, along with his breeding partner Zelda, has lived on Pittville lakes for a number of years.
The critically ill bird was found by a member of the public with a bolt lodged in his left eye.
He was treated at Vale Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre and has now been released back to the lake.
A fundraising campaign has raised more than £6,000 to pay for George's treatment and a reward to catch the person responsible. | A teenage boy is the second person to be arrested on suspicion of shooting a swan with a crossbow. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38852807"} | 191 | 26 | 0.552433 | 1.201699 | -1.325234 | 0.75 | 8.2 | 0.65 |
The schoolgirl's body has never been found after she went missing in 1994.
Eric Anderson said there was no provision for the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) to store the notes.
He added that police rules were that detectives were to keep documents for 10 years after their retirement.
Mr Anderson was giving evidence to the inquest for the first time, and appeared by video from his home.
He told the inquest he destroyed all of the notes "by burning and shredding" and did not keep copies, adding he had been under serious threat and found it difficult to keep the documents in a safe place.
He decided that destroying them "was the desirable thing to do".
Arlene, from Castlederg, disappeared after a night out in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.
Convicted child killer Robert Howard, who died in prison last year, was the main suspect in her disappearance.
Mr Anderson told the inquest it had been his decision to arrest Howard six weeks after Arlene disappeared because his inquiry pointed quite strongly to Howard having killed the girl.
Asked why Howard had not been arrested earlier, Mr Anderson said detectives wanted to get more information on Howard in order to successfully question him.
Howard was later released, and Mr Anderson was asked in court if he had concerns about that decision.
"It was the only decision open to us," he said.
"Did I want to charge him? Yes. Could I charge him? No."
It also emerged that after Howard's release, a 24-hour surveillance operation was put in place to track his activities and movements.
But Mr Anderson said Howard did nothing to incriminate himself.
Two years after Arlene disappeared, police searched and dug up parts of her sister's house and garden looking for the body.
Nothing was found.
Mr Anderson said the decision to carry out the search was taken by the then RUC chief constable Sir Hugh Annesley.
Sir Hugh ordered the search based on information from a "pillar of society", Mr Anderson added. | A former senior detective who led the investigation into the disappearance of County Tyrone teenager Arlene Arkinson has told the inquest into her death he destroyed all of his notes on the case. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35842249"} | 433 | 42 | 0.533734 | 1.411168 | 0.401581 | 1.176471 | 11.941176 | 0.647059 |
Chancellor George Osborne said the power could be devolved provided the Northern Ireland Executive can show that it is "able to manage the financial implications".
Ivan Lewis MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
"We acknowledge that devolution of corporation tax could play an important role in achieving these objectives.
"However, it will also require Northern Ireland's politicians to trade off any potential corporation tax reductions with severe cuts to existing public expenditure, and potentially give Northern Ireland a very different business tax environment to the rest of the United Kingdom.
"We support the government's position that as part of the current all-party talks, Northern Ireland's political leaders must agree a viable and sustainable budget.
"However, it is also important that there is proper consideration of long term as well as short term implications. Labour will consult widely before reaching a decision on whether or not to support devolution of corporation tax."
Finance Minister Simon Hamilton
"I welcome the commitment by the chancellor to devolve corporation tax, subject to appropriate progress and financial commitment in the talks process.
"Our persistence, along with the local business community, to reduce corporation tax for Northern Ireland has paid dividends but other parties must now step up and show leadership on budget and welfare reform if the prize of corporation tax is to be secured.
"Reducing the rate of corporation tax will help to rebalance our economy by providing locally based businesses with the additional incentive to re-invest while also making Northern Ireland an attractive location for new foreign direct investment."
Danske Bank's chief economist Angela McGowan
"The Autumn Statement was a huge disappointment for Northern Ireland.
"Other than a brief reference to the possibility of devolving corporation tax "if the conditions are right" there was very little by way of support or initiatives to really boost our long-term economic growth prospects.
"The coalition government has committed massive amounts of money to cement the north of England as a world leader in science and technology.
"We heard about numerous new initiatives such as the new £28m high value added manufacturing catapult centre for Sedgefield and the £20m Innovation Hub for Ageing Science in Newcastle.
"But nothing of that nature was made available for the Northern Ireland economy."
Daithí McKay, Sinn Féin
"Sinn Féin will not be taking any lectures from George Osborne, the architect of the most vicious attack on public services since the inception of the welfare state.
"Many people in Britain, including churches, trade unionists and charities are hugely critical of the Tory government's management of the British economy.
"Many of them have urged us not to follow the destructive policies of Cameron's cabinet of Tory millionaires.
"Sinn Féin has argued for the transfer of all fiscal powers to the north including the power to set corporation tax.
"And we need to carefully consider what we would do with that power, whether we would reduce it or not and if so by how much.
"And of course, this issue cannot be seen in isolation from the very real financial pressures we as an Executive are currently facing - pressures largely created by the year-on-year cuts to the Executive's budget implemented by George Osborne. "
Kevin Kingston, Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry
"NI Chamber welcomes today's announcement on the devolution of corporation tax powers to the Northern Ireland Executive.
"The prime minister has listened to calls from the business community and all of Northern Ireland's political parties for the devolution of powers, with the outcome now placed firmly on the Northern Ireland Executive's willingness to cooperate on a number of issues which have challenged them.
"With the powers now sitting firmly in our hands, our politicians must grasp this opportunity whilst using the two years prior to the implementation of the new tax rate to ensure that we maximise the opportunity."
Danny Kinahan, Ulster Unionist Party
"I welcome the chancellor's announcement to devolve corporation tax in principle to the Northern Ireland Executive.
"I also welcome his commitment elsewhere in the Autumn Statement to do more to ensure all businesses pay all tax due.
"The devolution of corporation tax has been tied to a successful outcome of the current talks process being chaired by the secretary of state.
"The Ulster Unionist Party remains fully engaged in that process, and focused on the need for the Northern Ireland Executive to balance its books.
"We cannot go on saddling future generations with massive debt because we are living so far beyond our means."
Jim Allister, TUV leader
"If the chancellor means what he says, corporation tax devolution should be off the table for the foreseeable future as Stormont has patently failed to manage its financial affairs.
"Scrambling together a deal for the optics hardly meets that test.
"However, I suspect that, in truth, corporation tax will come to Stormont if unionists roll over in the current talks. But corporation tax is a poisoned carrot about which we should be wary.
"Firstly, under EU law any cut in corporation tax will mean a corresponding cut to the block grant.
"Estimates of the cost vary, but it will be hundreds of millions of pounds annually.
"In return the best that can be expressed is an opaque hope of extra investment, rather than the corporations pocketing the windfall tax savings."
Patsy McGlone, SDLP
"This is a power which the executive parties all agree should be devolved, the British Treasury has agreed that it could be devolved and yet the chancellor is basing it on the outcome of the talks which he will now judge.
"The devolution of this power must be handled carefully.
"It has the potential to be an economically enhancing measure but only if the right infrastructure and support is in place.
"It is also important that the British government recognises the fragile state of the Northern Ireland economy and the devastating impact further cuts to the block grant would have.
"They must look at placing a comfort package in place to make the transition to handling corporation tax powers viable for both the Treasury and the executive.
"While the British government may try to use this as a bargaining chip in the talks, it is important that all parties refuse to be strong armed by the Tories into making concessions that are not in the best interests of people here.
"The talks outcome should be comprehensive, decisive but most of all should meet the needs of the people we represent, not the desires of an austere chancellor in London." | The political parties and business groups have been giving their reaction to news that any decision on devolving corporation tax to Northern Ireland will be dependent on the outcome of the all-party talks. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30319517"} | 1,410 | 39 | 0.495903 | 1.250084 | 0.324531 | 2.111111 | 35.694444 | 0.833333 |
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The 42-year-old made the comment after watching his side lose for the ninth time in 11 games in all competitions.
"I immediately realised that this comment was totally unacceptable," said Page after a "difficult afternoon".
"No offence was meant by it and I apologise wholeheartedly if any was caused."
Page made five changes to his starting line-up because of illness, injury and international duty, but saw Ellis Harrison score four times for Rovers in Saturday's League One match.
Afterwards, Page told BBC Radio Northampton: "People are knocking on my door, saying they deserve a chance and when you do, do your talking out there.
"Actions speak louder than words. There was a couple giving that. It was men against girls, not boys.
"That was embarrassing. My staff and players feel like we've let the football club and the supporters down."
Page took charge of the Cobblers in the summer after Chris Wilder, having led Northampton to the League Two title, moved to Sheffield United.
A 31-match unbeaten run stretched between seasons and they were in the play-off places in late October, but their poor run of form has seen them drop to 16th in the table.
The Welshman insisted he was not a "quitter" in the face of job pressure and said there was "no excuses" for his side's performance at the Memorial Stadium.
"I've got to apologise to the supporters. They didn't deserve that today. It's not acceptable, I'm a proud man and that's a hard one to take," said Page. | Northampton Town manager Rob Page has apologised for labelling his side's 5-0 thrashing by Bristol Rovers as "men against girls". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38543295"} | 375 | 36 | 0.511608 | 1.250893 | 0.269424 | 1.153846 | 12.846154 | 0.615385 |
Keith Passmore's body was discovered at a property in Clifton Road, Burnley shortly after 18:30 GMT on Saturday.
In a statement, the family of Mr Passmore, 60, said he "will be sadly missed" by relatives and close friends in Burnley and further afield.
Burney men Paul Howarth, 47, of Clifton Road, and Gary Burley, of Herbert Road, have been charged with his murder.
Mr Burley, 44, has also been charged with making threats to kill. | A man found stabbed to death in Lancashire made friends "wherever he went", his family said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30839240"} | 115 | 26 | 0.517886 | 1.012641 | -0.505745 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 0.6 |
It was organised after attacks on homes in Walmer Street and Raby Street, off the Ormeau Road, earlier this week.
Residents, traders, politicians, clergy and community leaders attended the demonstration at Ulidia playing fields on Thursday evening.
Organisers said they wanted to show solidarity with the victims and make it clear that such incidents are not acceptable in their area. | About 50 people have staged a protest against hate crime in south Belfast. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32442642"} | 75 | 17 | 0.563086 | 1.099532 | -1.222723 | 0.142857 | 5 | 0.142857 |
The world number two saved three set points in a 16-minute first-set tie-break and was leading 7-6 (11-9) 2-1 when play was stopped because of rain.
Murray, 29, outclassed 15th seed Isner after the break to seal a 7-6 (11-9) 6-4 6-3 win in two hours and 40 minutes.
The Scot faces either Japanese fifth seed Kei Nishikori or France's ninth seed Richard Gasquet in the last eight.
Murray, who needed five sets to win his first two matches in France, followed up his emphatic third-round win over Ivo Karlovic with another solid display against a big-serving opponent.
The Briton also held his own serve throughout - saving five break points, including three with aces - and finished the match with another ace to maintain his 100% record against Isner.
A key moment came in the first set tie-break when Murray saved a set point on Isner's serve by firing a backhand down the line past the advancing American.
Murray saved two more before taking the first set and never looked back as he secured his place in the last eight.
With more rain expected he will be pleased to have finished the match on Sunday to ensure he has a day off on Monday.
"It was a very important tie-break to win. I got lucky on his first set point when I guessed right on a short forehand," said Murray, who has reached the quarter-finals at 19 of the last 20 Grand Slam events he has contested.
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Gallagher put them ahead early on when he coolly slotted home past Forest keeper Vladimir Stojkovic.
Gallagher doubled his tally before the break from close range after Corry Evans laid the ball to him.
Damien Perquis managed a late reply before Hildeberto Pereira was sent off for a second yellow card.
Stojkovic came up for a free-kick in the hopes of an equaliser, but Craig Conway pounced on the counter-attack and was brought down by Pereira who picked up a second booking.
The result means Blackburn lift themselves out of the Championship relegation places as they moved from 23rd to 21st.
Forest slip a place to 16th and have won just once in their past eight league matches.
Blackburn manager Owen Coyle: "I've been an admirer of Gallagher for years. We had to work hard to get him here.
"He's not the finished article. He's willing to listen, learn, you see the pace he's got and he can score goals. He's not ready yet but I think in time he's going to be a very good player.
"We took one point from five games with all the turmoil at the start, (but) I think that's 10 points from the last six games.
"We're a decent team in the Championship so what we've got to do is show that level of consistency, which we have been doing."
Nottingham Forest boss Philippe Montanier: "We started very badly in the first half. For me we lost the game in the first half. I don't know why that's happened.
"We prepared very well and after Birmingham (3-1 win on Friday night) we had confidence. But it's a handicap for us if you play only 45 minutes of the 90.
"The second half was better and we are closer to a goal at the end, but it's not sufficient to play only one half."
Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Nottingham Forest 1.
Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Nottingham Forest 1.
Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers).
Second yellow card to Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) for a bad foul.
Foul by Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest).
Craig Conway (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Liam Feeney (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Chris Cohen (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Liam Feeney (Blackburn Rovers).
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Nottingham Forest 1. Damien Perquis (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Liam Feeney replaces Marvin Emnes.
Foul by Britt Assombalonga (Nottingham Forest).
Tommie Hoban (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers).
Foul by Nicolao Dumitru (Nottingham Forest).
Danny Guthrie (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Nottingham Forest. Pajtim Kasami tries a through ball, but Britt Assombalonga is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers) because of an injury.
Damien Perquis (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marvin Emnes (Blackburn Rovers).
Offside, Nottingham Forest. Eric Lichaj tries a through ball, but Nicolao Dumitru is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Nicolao Dumitru (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Apostolos Vellios with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Nicolao Dumitru (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Eric Lichaj with a cross.
Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Conway (Blackburn Rovers).
Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Britt Assombalonga (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers).
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Britt Assombalonga replaces Ben Osborn.
Attempt missed. Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Osborn.
Chris Cohen (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers).
Foul by Apostolos Vellios (Nottingham Forest).
Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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The surprise announcement was made at an annual meeting of the National Music Publishers Association in New York on Wednesday.
They explained the move by playing a clip of Lennon saying Imagine "should be credited as a Lennon-Ono song".
"A lot of it - the lyric and the concept - came from Yoko," he said.
"But those days I was a bit more selfish, a bit more macho, and I sort of omitted to mention her contribution.
"But it was right out of Grapefruit, her book. There's a whole pile of pieces about 'Imagine this' and 'Imagine that.'"
Ono and her son, Sean Ono Lennon, were at the ceremony to pick up a song of the century award in honour of Imagine, and were not expecting the announcement.
"When they officially acknowledged - through my father's account - that my mother co-wrote Imagine, the song of the century, it may have been the happiest day of mine and [my] mother's life," Lennon told Billboard magazine.
An emotional Patti Smith, accompanied on piano by her daughter Jessie, then performed the song.
The process of adding Ono to Imagine's writing credits is under way but has not yet been completed, said David Israelite, who runs the National Music Publishers Association.
He added that there may be some opposition to the move as, in US law, a song enters the public domain 70 years after the death of its last creator.
Attaching Ono's name to the song will significantly extend the period of time for which it continues to generate income for the rights-holders.
However, as Ono is already a beneficiary of Lennon's estate, the move would not significantly alter the distribution of royalties.
However, it is interesting to note that Ono previously threatened legal action to stop Sir Paul McCartney changing the songwriting credits for 19 Beatles songs featured on his live album Back In The US (2002).
Classics including Eleanor Rigby, Yesterday and Let It Be were attributed to "Paul McCartney and John Lennon" instead of the traditional Lennon-McCartney.
Ono's lawyer called the move "ridiculous, absurd and petty"; while Ono described it as "totally inappropriate".
"It is very petty," she said. "John and Paul often disagreed on which songs were written by whom.
"If John was here now they could fight it out or maybe they could never agree. The point is he is not."
Similarly, when the Beatles Anthology series was released in 1995, Sir Paul asked the other Beatles and Ono if they would mind the name McCartney appearing before Lennon on Yesterday, a song he wrote alone.
George Harrison and Ringo Starr had no objection but Ono vetoed the idea.
She did not allude to these events at Wednesday night's ceremony, but said a recent illness - she appeared in a wheelchair - had given her a new perspective on Imagine and life in general.
"This is the best time of my life" she added.
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Last month, the Supreme Court ordered more than 600,000 students to retake the exam after they found that the question paper had been leaked.
Candidates have been told to wear light clothes with half-sleeves, and shirts that do not have big buttons.
They cannot wear earrings and carry calculators, pens, handbags and wallets.
Shoes have also been discarded in favour of open slippers.
In India students cheating in exams have been often found concealing Bluetooth devices and mobile SIM cards that have been stitched to their shirts.
Over the past few years, a number of candidates have also been caught using small earphones, stitched button-hole cameras and micro earplugs.
Also, pens that can scan question papers and transmit the images outside using small Bluetooth devices are also being used.
Some of the devices are used to transmit questions outside the examination hall to professionals who then relay back the answers.
The dress code is aimed at eliminating some of the more obvious hiding places for such gadgets.
The latest guidelines following national outrage over a massive medical school admissions examination scandal involving thousands of arrests and many mysterious deaths. | Authorities in India have issued a dress code for candidates who are retaking a medical school exam. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33476752"} | 251 | 23 | 0.547065 | 1.288842 | -0.467694 | 1.166667 | 12.222222 | 0.833333 |
Inverness, along with Aberdeen, is the subject of an application for a City Deal. It could potentially be worth millions of pounds.
Mr Cameron told MPs: "We are committed to examining the city deal with Inverness."
He said "very good progress" was being made with the deal for Aberdeen.
The prime minister added that the deals were a chance for the UK and Scottish governments to work together.
Mr Cameron was responding to a question from Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey MP Drew Hendry, who asked what progress was being made with Inverness' bid.
Last year, Scottish Secretary David Mundell confirmed £3m funding for Inverness.
The money was to enable the local authority to go ahead with plans to upgrade the grounds and access to Inverness Castle.
A second project to create a free public access wi-fi scheme for the city was also expected to be funded.
Highland Council said: "We are continuing to work positively and constructively with colleagues in the Scottish and UK governments to secure a City/Region Deal for Inverness and the Highlands." | The UK government remains committed to considering a major funding package for projects in Inverness, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35422519"} | 245 | 27 | 0.666318 | 1.455502 | 0.604387 | 1.043478 | 9.304348 | 0.695652 |
The 43-year-old has been in charge of the Daggers since February 2013 and he led the side to safety that season.
The east London club finished ninth in the table in 2013-14 and are set for another mid-table finish this term.
"I'm delighted that we have secured the services of the only man we considered for the job," Daggers chairman Dave Bennett told the club website.
Former Huddersfield and Grimsby midfielder Burnett initially took charge of the Daggers on an interim basis after John Still joined Luton.
Burnett, who joined Dagenham's coaching set-up in 2009, was handed a permanent deal in the summer of 2013.
His new contract will run until the summer of 2017, which would mark the 10-year anniversary of Dagenham's promotion to the Football League.
"Hopefully next year he will take us forward and onto our tenth season in the Football League," Bennett added. | Dagenham & Redbridge manager Wayne Burnett has signed a new two-year deal with the League Two club. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32438748"} | 202 | 27 | 0.546357 | 1.241412 | -0.705745 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 0.6 |
Two states in the USA, which have taken very different approaches to the same problem, could offer lessons for Scotland.
Texas suffered badly during the 1980s oil shocks.
Their whole economy was so dependent on the industry that falls in oil prices gave them the wake-up call they needed to do something radical.
They scrapped income tax.
People living here pay no state income tax at all, which is proving an attractive idea.
The plan was to attract companies and workers to grow the economy, and it seems to be working.
Five of the top ten fastest growing cities in the US are in Texas. Around 110 people move to Austin every single day.
In 1981 a quarter of the state's taxes came from the oil and gas industry but by 2012 that figure had dropped to 7%.
However, the oil and gas industry has not been getting smaller. With the fracking revolution it is undergoing a boom.
But other sectors of the economy have been getting comparatively bigger.
More than half the jobs created in the United States in the last seven years have been created in Texas, by companies like HID Global, who make secure ID cards for countries across the world.
The company has just moved its headquarters from California and opened a massive new factory on the outskirts of Austin.
Manager Jason Bohrer said the thought of their workforce not having to pay income tax struck a chord.
"Undoubtedly it's a component as it allows our employees to live at a rate that's difficult in other states that assess a state income tax," he said.
Doing something similar in an independent Scotland could solve the issues around the relatively low numbers in the working age population, and broaden out the economy so that government takes in more taxes from industries other than oil and gas.
However, lowering taxes is not without a cost.
VAT and property taxes, which are seen to disproportionately affect the poor, are higher and the state spends a lot less on public services.
Regina Rogoff runs the People's Community Clinic in Austin, which gets no direct state funding and relies on charitable giving.
"Nobody loves taxes, but people want the roads paved, and they want good schools," she said.
"There's something wrong when fully 25% of our population in Texas is not even in the queue to get healthcare and so that's the challenge we have: how do we make sure that we are not leaving such a high percentage of our population just out in the cold?"
Although it is certainly tough for those with less money to spend on healthcare and education, low taxes are part of the Texan DNA, and so many people are now being drawn in from elsewhere in the United States that neighbouring states are having to follow suit.
If an independent Scotland were to do something similar, it would have a big impact on the rest of the UK too.
On the West coast of America they have taken a very different approach to life beyond oil.
It is surprising to many to think of California's economy being linked to oil at all, but it one of the top four oil producing states in America.
At the peak of the industry in 1985 it was producing one billion barrels a day, but as production dipped the state refocused its efforts on alternative sources of power.
Californians have a lot of pretty obvious reasons be grateful for the sun: beautiful surf, golden beaches and ripening vines.
There is another reason too: they are the world leaders in renewable solar power.
More than 50,000 people are now employed in high skilled jobs in the solar industry, which has become one of the driving forces of the economic recovery.
The state gives a tax rebate to people who install solar panels on their roof, and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses have had panels installed.
The federal government in Washington funds some of the installation costs, but in two years' time that funding will come to an end.
In California, just like in Scotland, they are finding it difficult to have a renewable industry without some kind of government funding.
Brad Heavner, from the California Solar Energy Industries Association said: "We're still dependant on that federal tax credit and if that were to go away tomorrow it would be big trouble for the industry.
"So we have two and half years before that expires to further drive down costs so that we'll be able to survive with that subsidy."
But he added that, thanks to huge amounts of cheap imported solar panels and technical advances, they will be ready to compete.
"We've reached the economy of scale that will allow us to continue to produce cheap solar panels," he told me.
In fact the costs of solar panels have more than halved over the past five years, with tons of cheap solar panels being shipped into San Francisco bay.
The state has also decided that 33% of all the energy has to come from renewables by 2020, which has meant the world's largest solar ranches springing up in California's deserts.
But even though it has been getting cheaper to buy solar technology, it has not been getting cheaper to use electricity.
Prof Severin Borenstein, from the Energy Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, said the state has one of the highest electricity prices in the US.
"Right now there's no question that renewable power costs more than conventional power, if you don't count the environmental costs.
"So as you put more renewable power onto the grid it does drive up the cost. The cheapest places in the country are the places that are burning a lot of coal."
California's mature solar industry shows that renewables can provide a big economic boost and can reach the tipping point of surviving without government funding, which is the long-term goal of Scotland's rapidly growing wind and wave industries.
But if Scotland wants to follow California's lead, a lot of technical developments would be needed.
Scotland's renewable industry is currently subsidised by utility users across the UK.
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British art's most high-profile award has abolished its ban on over-50s this year - meaning Himid is eligible.
At 52, Hurvin Anderson, another key black British artist, is among the other nominees for the £25,000 prize.
The multicultural shortlist is completed by German-born Andrea Buttner and Londoner Rosalind Nashashibi.
The prize was the domain of Young British Artists in the 1990s - but the youngest person on the Turner shortlist this year is Nashashibi at 43.
The winner will be announced at the Ferens gallery in Hull on 5 December.
The Turner Prize was founded in 1984 and was open to all ages until 1991, when organisers limited it to artists under 50.
Lubaina Himid is likely to get the headlines, although probably not for her powerful, indignant images. It'll be her age that causes a stir. This is the first year the age restriction of 50 years old or under has been removed from the qualifying conditions for the prize.
She is not the only seasoned artist on the list. In fact, all of those shortlisted are comfortably middle-aged.
It is also the most international feeling list for this national prize. Each of the four artists has strong links with cultures and counties beyond the UK, which reflects the globalised nature of the art world and the real world.
Frankly, age and origin matter not a bit. What's important is whether or not they are any good, and do they - as the Turner Prize demands - represent developments in contemporary art? My answer would be firm "yes" to the former, and a more equivocal "not really" to the latter.
From a medium point of view, the list has a rather old-school feel about it, with two painters, a film-maker and a woodcutter - all of whom are making good work which I'm looking forward to seeing in what could be a memorable group show.
One of Britain's leading contemporary painters, Anderson takes inspiration from his youth in Birmingham's African-Caribbean community and visits to Trinidad. Barber shops feature regularly - they are places where he says both cultures meet.
He's nominated for exhibitions in Nottingham and Ontario, Canada. The centrepiece of the Nottingham exhibition was a painting titled Is It Okay To Be Black? - a half-remembered view of a barber shop's wall featuring Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
The Tate judges described him as "an outstanding British painter whose art speaks to our current political moment with questions about identity and belonging".
Buttner's works have included a video of nuns who work in a funfair in Italy and woodcuts of faceless beggars.
She is interested in poverty, religion and shame. The judges said she highlights the "overlooked and undervalued", and were impressed with the wide range of media used - including "unfashionable" formats like woodcuts and glass painting.
Her materials range from plywood - for woodcuts featuring simple, lonely figures - to fabric from workers' uniforms and high-visibility jackets.
The jury also "noted Buttner's unique approach to collaboration and her exploration of religion, morality and ethics". The 45-year-old is based in London and Berlin, and is shortlisted for exhibitions in Switzerland and Los Angeles.
Described by The Daily Telegraph as "the under-appreciated hero of black British art", Himid made her name in the 1980s as one of the leaders of the British black arts movement - both painting and curating exhibitions of similarly overlooked black female artists.
The Zanzibar-born, Preston-based artist is now professor of contemporary art at the University of Central Lancashire and was made an MBE in 2010.
She's nominated for solo shows in Bristol and Oxford. The Bristol show centred on larger-than-life cut-outs of 100 colourful figures - 17th Century African slave servants brought to Europe. Another work, Cotton.com, imagined conversations between the cotton workers of Lancashire and the slaves of South Carolina.
The Turner Prize judges praised her for "addressing pertinent questions of personal and political identity".
Fourteen years after she won the £24,000 Beck's Futures Prize, film artist and painter Nashashibi is nominated for the Turner.
Nashashibi was born in Croydon, south London, to Irish-Palestinian parents and studied at the Glasgow School of Art. She is nominated for an exhibition in California that included the film Electrical Gaza, which used live footage and animation to investigate everyday life in Gaza.
She's also nominated for her contribution to the Documenta 14 exhibition in Athens, including a film about mother-and-daughter artists in self-imposed exile in Guatemala.
The jury said they were impressed by the "depth and maturity" of her work, which "often examines sites of human occupation and the coded relationships that occur within those spaces".
The exhibition of work by this year's shortlisted artists runs at the Ferens gallery in Hull - the UK's City of Culture for 2017 - from 26 September to 7 January.
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Tigers sacked director of rugby Richard Cockerill at the start of the month and have continued to struggle, with their losing run now standing at four games.
They are fifth in the Premiership and out of Europe following a crushing 34-3 defeat by Racing 92.
"Players need to be more accountable," Slater told BBC Radio Leicester.
"Looking at that Racing game you would say that we were not really as a group.
"We have to take on a lot more responsibility - particularly after some of the things that have happened over the last three weeks."
Leicester's Champions Cup exit, coupled with being 18 points adrift of Premiership leaders Wasps, means their season is in danger of ending trophy-less again.
Slater revealed that hooker Tom Youngs, in particular, was furious with last week's display against Racing and told his team-mates so.
"Tom's message at half-time was pretty clear," the 28-year-old added.
"I haven't seen him lose it like he did. It was pretty much straight from the heart and deserved. I don't think there was much more to be said after he gave everyone a blast.
"It didn't quite get the reaction because the game was far gone by then but it said a lot about what was happening on the pitch and the way we were playing.
"It is really frustrating at the moment but there have been a few changes and it is probably going to take a bit of time to see that come out in performances."
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Rabbi Blue, from London, was known for his liberal teachings and supporting other gay members of his faith.
Representatives from the liberal synagogue Beit Klal Yisrael described him as "an inspirational man".
The President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Jonathan Arkush, said he was "a pioneer in many senses".
Rabbi Blue will have a final sign off from Radio 4 on Tuesday at 21:30 GMT when he presents his own obituary programme.
Rabbi Blue had struggled with his sexuality through his teens, leading to a nervous breakdown that saw him leave the Army. But after attending university, he rediscovered his faith and was ordained in 1960.
Soon after, he came out publicly and throughout his life lent his support to organisations including Liberal Judaism UK and the World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Jews.
Announcing his death on the synagogue's Facebook page, Beit Klal Yisrael representatives wrote: "Lionel was a wonderful and inspirational man, who spoke with such wisdom and humour and whose words reached out far beyond the Jewish community."
Mr Arkush, said: "Rabbi Lionel Blue was a significant and well-loved personality in our community, a pioneer in many senses.
"Lionel brought his Jewish view of the world to a mass audience with signature warmth and wry self-deprecating humour."
It might seem like a morbid task, but Rabbi Lionel Blue was determined to go out in his own words.
After he became ill with prostate cancer in the early 2000s, his close friend and producer at the Today programme, Phil Pegum, called him with the idea of making his own tribute in case the worst happened.
"It is not every day you call someone with cancer and ask them if they want to do their own obituary," said Phil. "But he was such a unique broadcaster, if anyone should do it, it should be him."
Rabbi Blue's response was first laughter followed by enthusiasm, and the pair set off to travel around his old haunts and talk to people from his past.
Phil said: "We spoke to his first psychotherapist, who also had recordings of their sessions and made him sing songs from his childhood. Then we spoke to his first long term partner, his first friend from Oxford and people from Holland, which was so important to him in discovering his sexuality.
"We just gathered memories. It was such great fun to do and it was so wonderful."
The friends kept in touch over the years and when it was coming to the end, Phil went to see him in his care home.
"I saw him at the end of November and he was very frail, but he said he absolutely wanted it to go out. I think it is really good he made it and people can hear all about his life."
Lionel Blue: My Obituary will air at 21:00 GMT on Tuesday on BBC Radio 4.
Many have paid tribute with fond memories of his contributions to Thought for the Day - something Rabbi Blue took part in for more than 25 years.
Today programme presenter John Humphrys said he was "technically a terrible broadcaster," but "a great man".
He added: "He was such a human man, there was real humanity in everything he said, and people loved him."
Gwyneth Williams, controller of BBC Radio 4 said: "We have lost the huge warmth and humanity of Lionel's instantly recognisable voice with its charm and irreverence.
"He seemed to understand and welcome all human foibles and during his 'Thoughts' he smiled on us, making the days that followed just a little easier, just a little richer."
BBC religious affairs correspondent Martin Bashir said: "He once said that he had no time for the solemnity and stiffness of religion. He said he preferred the people who stumbled honestly into their faith.
"He was almost like an agony uncle on behalf of the Almighty on the serious issues, but then, of course, he was hilariously funny too."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: "He was not only a respected rabbi, teacher and mentor for the Jewish community, Rabbi Lionel Blue was also a wise and good-natured voice of reason for us all.
"His legacy will be that his common sense and great humour will remain in our thoughts each and every day".
Rabbi Jonathan Romain of Maidenhead synagogue said Rabbi Blue was "God's best PR man in Britain".
"He never pretended that life was easy, or that religion solved everything; instead, he shared his own failings and foibles, and showed how to get through the rest of the day."
A former pupil of of Rabbi Blue's, Rabbi Charley Baginsky, said: "Lionel was the archetypal rabbi's rabbi - always there for us as individuals, helping us understand our own personal and spiritual journeys.
"And he leaves a legacy like few others. As the first British rabbi publicly to come out as gay, in the 1970s, Lionel paved the way for many others, including clergy of all faiths."
Sociologist and writer Dr Keith Kahn-Harris paid tribute on Twitter: "Rabbi Lionel Blue died. One of those rare people who are both brave pioneers (being an out gay rabbi) and universally loved."
Rabbi Blue was made an OBE for his services to broadcasting in 1994.
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The former Radio One DJ from Hollingbourne used the roundabout and often mentioned it on Radio Kent.
Anne Bond, from London, who started the campaign, said his "loyal listeners" would like to remember him by naming Junction 8 on the M20 Dave Cash Corner.
Her petition will be presented to Maidstone MP Helen Grant.
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Ms Bond said: "Dave used this roundabout on a daily basis, whether it be on his journey to BBC Kent or heading in and out of Maidstone.
"Dave would always ask his travel reporter towards the end of his programme, whether the route to J8 was clear as his home was approximately a mile from the junction. He would often be spotted at the roundabout driving his branded 4x4."
She described Mr Cash as a "national treasure" who would be sorely missed.
She said: "We feel that to rename this roundabout would be one of the many ways we can remember Dave Cash for years to come."
Mr Cash celebrated 50 years of broadcasting in 2014.
He worked at Radio London and Radio Luxembourg before becoming one of the first DJs on BBC Radio 1.
For the past 17 years he presented vintage chart and country music programmes on BBC Radio Kent and other BBC radio stations in the South.
1964 - Cash is a pirate radio DJ when off-shore Radio London sets sail
1967 - BBC Radio 1 is launched with Cash as a founding DJ, alongside the likes of Tony Blackburn, Alan 'Fluff' Freeman and Pete Murray
1973 - He is hired as production director and presenter at fledgling Capital Radio where he was reunited with his former pirate radio partner Kenny Everett, reviving their popular and anarchic Kenny and Cash Show. He spent 21 years at the station.
1999 - Cash joins BBC Radio Kent
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Two of its best coaches have been poached by Australia off the back of the best Olympics Britain has had on the diving boards.
Ady Hinchliffe, instrumental in the gold medal won by Jack Laugher and Chris Mears in the 3m synchro - and the silver medal earned by Laugher, is now down under along with Andy Banks, who coached Tom Daley during his formative years and was made an MBE in the recent Queen's Birthday Honours list.
Many within the sport feel British Swimming, which overseas all aquatic sports in Great Britain, did not do enough to keep two men with over 40 years of experience between them.
It is to be hoped the new chief executive, Jack Buckner, who takes up his post in September, will try to coax both Hinchliffe and Banks back to coaching programmes in the UK after Tokyo 2020. Both still have a great deal to offer the sport in Great Britain.
That's not to say Britain is bereft of talent in that department. Far from it. Edwin Jongejans, a Dutch former international diver, and Marc Holdsworth are continuing the legacy in Leeds, and there are also great programmes and excellent coaches in places such as Sheffield, Southampton and Edinburgh.
One thing Rio did do is take a large part of the focus off Tom Daley.
With Laugher's exploits, and Daley's capitulation in the semi-finals of the 10m competition following record-breaking preliminaries, the mantle of top dog in terms of expectation falls firmly on the shoulders of the 22-year-old from Yorkshire.
Laugher has rebuilt his career brilliantly since his own Olympic nightmare in London. A knee buckle in the 3m competition made the BBC's Top 50 bloopers from London 2012, but he hasn't looked back - much of that down to Hinchliffe.
Laugher and Chris Mears are a very special synchro partnership. I nicknamed them 'The Likely Lads' at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as they are like the modern embodiment of the sitcom characters from the '60s and '70s. Men Behaving Badly might have been a better analogy, but their chemistry within diving is unique, and the scenes that followed their success in Brazil last summer summed up what the pair are really like.
Mears savours every competition, as well he might. In 2009 he ruptured his spleen during training for the Youth Olympic Festival in Australia and was given just a 5% chance of survival. He was told he would never dive again. Fast forward seven years and there he is at the top of the Olympic medal rostrum. Truly one of the more remarkable stories in sport.
Will he and Laugher be able to back up Olympic gold with first at the World Championships?
China's Cao Yuan and Xie Siyi won three of the four World Series events this year, with the British pair runners-up in all of those competitions. Laugher and Mears do have a higher-tariff programme than the Chinese pair, and if they get it right, as they did so spectacularly in Rio, it could be a close-run thing.
Don't rule out Russians Evgeny Kuznetsov and Ilia Zakharov either. They won the World Series event in Canada back in April.
Britain's highest-profile diver ever is looking to put his individual woes in Rio behind him. His excellent bronze medal with Dan Goodfellow in the 10m synchro was rather overshadowed by what occurred on the final day of competition at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre.
Had it turned out differently it's unlikely we would be seeing the 23-year-old at the Worlds, or even at another Olympics.
Speculation was rife, though never confirmed by the man himself, that success in Rio on the 10m board would have led to his retirement from the sport. Newly married to Dustin Lance Black, and with many things he wants to do away from the rigours of plunging at 35mph into a pool, Daley has, nonetheless, set his sights on Tokyo - if the body will stand it.
Daley, in common with many platform divers, has suffered back problems over the years (you'll notice in Budapest how many of the competitors are held together with the equivalent of medical sticky tape).
On his day, as he's proved at world and European level, Daley can be the number one diver. But it's an incredibly competitive event - as well as China, the USA, Australia, Mexico and now France have athletes who can get medal positions. One dropped dive out of six can mean curtains for a top-three place.
Tonia Couch has been the trailblazer for Britain's women in recent years, but that looks set to change with the emergence of her synchro partner Lois Toulson.
The 17-year-old from Leeds is the new European champion in the 10m individual, accumulating a world-class 330.75 points in Kiev last month to make the rest of the world sit up and take notice.
As she prepared to compete in Hungary, she said: "I am not totally satisfied with my dives yet. I gained a lot of experience for the World Championships."
Not content with that gold, Toulson partnered Matty Lee to triumph in the mixed synchro, which is not, as yet, an Olympic event. That goes to underline the fact she is a very special individual, and Holdsworth's expert guidance will allow her to blossom still further.
Another pairing from West Yorkshire, Ruby Bower and Phoebe Banks, also won European gold - in the platform synchro, ahead of the very experienced Russian Yulia Timoshinina and partner Valeriia Belova.
Like Toulson in her main event, Bower and Banks finished strongly, showing that all-important mental strength which will be key to their ambitions of success at Tokyo 2020.
Girl power, it seems, has arrived for Great Britain in a big way on the 10m board, and Laugher and Daley may have to share the limelight before too long.
But knowing and observing the infrastructure of British Diving over the past 20 years, everyone feeds off each other's success, so any egos are kept firmly in check.
And finally, just a word for Yona Knight-Wisdom.
Not a member of the GB team in Budapest, but Jamaica's only Olympic diver, who exceeded expectations by qualifying for Rio last August.
Leeds-born, of Jamaican and Bajan parents, Knight-Wisdom is an unconventional diver in so many senses, not least the fact that he's 6ft 3in and over 14st.
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Hamza Omar Adam, 18, formerly of Berridge Road, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 21-year-old Aqib Mazhar on 1 June 2016.
Nottingham Crown Court heard Mr Mazhar's car was surrounded by three vehicles and then attacked by a group of men with weapons in Nottingham.
He was fatally stabbed inside the car and died at the side of the road.
Forensic evidence linked Adam to a co-ordinated and planned attack on Mr Mazhar, Nottinghamshire Police said.
In December last year, another four men were also convicted after admitting Mr Mazhar's manslaughter.
Mr Mazhar died from a single stab wound in hospital.
The four men who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in December were:
It is believed another person, who is still on the run, carried out the fatal stabbing.
Speaking after the sentencing on Monday, Det Ch Insp Rob Severn said: "The investigation is continuing to identify any outstanding offenders involved in this incident." | A teenager has been jailed for seven years for his part in the killing of a man who was ambushed in a car. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39856936"} | 235 | 31 | 0.461673 | 0.9857 | -1.210744 | 0.458333 | 7.958333 | 0.458333 |
Blott is due to close its store at the intu Chapelfield shopping centre in Norwich on 1 November.
"Please show respect for the staff still working here," one sign read.
Owner Tinc Limited said it hoped the sign would encourage those who wanted to air their feelings on the closure to contact head office.
Customers said they were disappointed to see the store closing.
Kayley Green, 14, from Norwich, who was shopping with her mother, said the signs should not be necessary.
"You're supposed to respect people anyway," she said.
Wendy Ruffles, from Beccles, Suffolk, said: "You don't know how hard it will be for them to find another job so you should be nice."
The company would not comment on what prompted it to put the sign up.
In a statement, Tinc Limited said the company was "mindful that the passion of our staff for the Blott brand and products is matched only by the passion shown by many of our customers".
"We can only hope that this sign on the front window of our Norwich store will empower people to have the discussion with those of us who had to take this difficult decision, rather than the store colleagues who are also affected by it," it said.
The company, which has seven stores and started trading in 2011, said the Norwich branch was being closed as part of a "repositioning" of its business. | Customers of a stationery shop which is due to close in a matter of days have been asked not to "mess up the shelves" or "have a go" at staff. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34631687"} | 294 | 41 | 0.457014 | 1.174426 | -0.819961 | 1.171429 | 8.142857 | 0.714286 |
Southern Railway trains from the south coast into London have been disrupted for weeks because of industrial action and high levels of staff sickness.
"The shambles we have seen is turning into a crisis," said Peter Kyle, Labour MP for Hove and Portslade.
But rail minister Claire Perry insisted services were improving.
Mr Kyle told the House of Commons during transport questions: "I'm getting people writing to me who are being late for work every day and their bosses are giving them written warnings now.
Mims Davies, Tory MP for Eastleigh, described Southern Railway's performance as "shameful" and said it could not be tolerated.
The watchdog Transport Focus has published figures showing passenger satisfaction was lower on Southern and Southeastern services than for any other train operator in the country.
Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, urged Ms Perry and the Department for Transport to transfer the Southern franchise into public ownership.
A man who commutes to London from Hove told BBC South East his employer could no longer book early client meetings as he had no idea whether he would turn up.
"I am therefore simply not fit for purpose and there is nothing concrete to suggest that the situation will change," he said.
"His [the boss's] response is entirely rational.
"My options are therefore to live in London during the week, waving my young family goodbye and switching my pension contributions into accommodation costs, or get fired."
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union is in dispute with Southern about the role of conductors.
Ms Perry said investment on the routes meant things were "getting better".
But she added: "If your constituents would like to write to bosses, may I suggest they write to the union bosses involved, who I think are doing their members a grave disservice by bringing them out on completely unjustified grounds.
"This is a dispute about who presses the buttons that operate the doors and the change in the role of the second staff member."
Southeastern and Network Rail said that at the time of the Transport Focus survey, between 11 January and 20 March, factors including the partial collapse of the sea wall at Dover and landslides at Barnehurst affected trains.
Storm Imogen also hit services and there were infrastructure failings around London Bridge. | Commuters have received written warnings for consistent lateness at work because of "shameful" service from Southern Railway, an MP has claimed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36674089"} | 499 | 34 | 0.469383 | 1.274909 | 0.711663 | 1.2 | 18.2 | 0.72 |
Averies Recycling (Swindon) Ltd had operated the waste centre at Marshgate since July 2008.
The fire was finally put out after 3,000 tonnes of waste was removed to give firefighters access.
The Environment Agency (EA) estimated the cost of tackling the blaze, which burned from 21 July until 15 September, at £500,000.
In November the EA revoked Averies' licence as a waste carrier.
The revocation notice came into force on 11 December. Averies has until 15 April to remove all waste from its Marshgate site.
Averies Recycling (Swindon) Ltd also runs a skip hire site in Brindley Close, Cheney Manor. It has until 4 March to clear that area.
The BBC has been unable to contact Averies for a comment but in a previous statement posted on the company website managing director Lee Averies said: "I'm very sorry that this fire has had such a significant effect on so many people, and I regret any discomfort or inconvenience that residences or businesses may have suffered." | The operator of a recycling plant in Swindon, where a fire burned for two months, has gone into administration. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30862654"} | 225 | 27 | 0.551872 | 1.407207 | -0.957177 | 0.681818 | 8.863636 | 0.681818 |
Konta, the first British woman to reach the last eight of the tournament, was beaten 6-4 6-2 by her Belarusian opponent in just over 90 minutes.
World number eight Azarenka, 26, is on course for back-to-back titles after beating Serena Williams in Indian Wells earlier this month.
World number 23 Konta, 24, failed to convert any of her five break points.
The Briton, making her debut in Miami, would have broken into the world top 20 had she reached the final.
Azarenka, who won the tournament in 2009 and 2011, made just 14 unforced errors in 119 points.
She will next face either second-seeded German Angelique Kerber or American world number 22 Madison Keys.
Konta had made more winners and fewer unforced errors after an hour's play in blustery conditions, against an agitated Azarenka.
However, the Belarusian saved her best tennis to fend off five break points, while Konta double-faulted twice to drop serve.
"I do believe the few chances that I was able to create, she did an incredible job," Konta told BBC Sport.
"I think maybe bar one, when I felt I could have maybe made a return - I think she really did win every single point.
"She definitely kept her claws in there and she took it way from me."
The British number one, who was ranked 151st in the world this time last year, was playing in the quarter-finals of a WTA Premier event for the first time.
"I'm happy with the level I was able to bring to the court," she added.
"Obviously I'm disappointed that I couldn't have done a little bit better but I'm taking the positives from it."
Wednesday's defeat brought an end to another impressive week for Konta.
She is in line to move up to 21st in the world rankings, and will next head to Stuttgart for the clay-court season.
"I maintain that I don't have a favourite but I really enjoy the changes that come when we go from surface to surface," said Konta.
Having really begun her charge up the rankings last June, Konta has plenty of opportunity to gather ranking points before the return to grass courts in the UK.
"Honestly I'm not looking at that," she said.
"I'm very happy with the level I was able to produce almost day in, day out here. I'll just try to just reapply that to the next practice I have, and also the next matches I have." | British number one Johanna Konta was beaten in the Miami Open quarter-finals by an in-form Victoria Azarenka. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35930220"} | 572 | 31 | 0.499486 | 1.221354 | -0.117173 | 1.636364 | 23.409091 | 0.818182 |
A recent Ofcom report suggested 20% of homes in urban areas struggle with poor 4G phone signal.
In rural areas, it's as high as 80%. Little wonder then Britain languishes at 54th place in the global league table of 4G connectivity, behind Albania, Estonia and Peru.
The hunt is now on for test beds to develop new 5G technology - Bristol, Kings College London and the University of Surrey are all said to be interested.
The government has announced a fresh drive to bring us up to speed for the digital age. It has put superfast connections at the heart of its Industrial Strategy, backed up with investment of £1bn.
Inside the Smart Internet Lab at the University of Bristol - I discover just how much progress they've already made.
They've designed a small box that emits 5G. The promise is super-fast, super-reliable connectivity wherever you go.
It's an essential component in the driverless car technology they're also working on here. When you're travelling at 60mph in a car reliant on mobile signals for direction, you can't afford to slip into a digital desert.
Lab director, Professor Dimitra Simeonidou, said: "5G is a revolution. It's not just about having a faster connection in our mobile phones - it's also about creating a seamless connectivity with the network and it's about having complete reliability."
"Often in your home you have great connectivity. Your teenagers might be on YouTube while you're watching programmes streamed on iPlayer. Then you get into your car and you don't even get a 3G service. 5G will stop all of this."
As our data demands climb exponentially we need a network that can support them. Now the race is on to design the framework for that digital dream. | British inventors may have pioneered the telephone and the internet but the reliability of those networks in this country is lagging behind. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38895307"} | 405 | 29 | 0.422222 | 1.113807 | 0.39055 | 0.652174 | 15.608696 | 0.565217 |
Former Olympic gold medallist Nova Peris announced on Tuesday that she would not re-contest her Senate seat at the election on 2 July.
At Thursday's emotional new conference, she said the move was for her family.
"Until you are an Indigenous person, do not criticise me for the decisions I've made," she said.
Former prime minister Julia Gillard had parachuted Ms Peris to the top of Labor's Senate ticket in the Northern Territory before the 2013 federal election, replacing 15-year veteran Trish Crossin.
Ms Crossin this week criticised her replacement for quitting so close to the election. The coalition government also accused her of abandoning her constituents.
But Ms Peris defended her decision at an event in Darwin, saying that she "didn't call the election".
"This decision I have made has been on family and I have to look after my children," she said.
She also rejected suggestions that she owed her constituents a better explanation of her reasons for quitting.
"I'm a 45-year-old woman and I'm sure you don't go around every single day time of your life justifying the things you have to do," she said.
"No-one should judge me... It's not easy to wake up every morning and bounce out of bed and pretend that life is fantastic because it isn't."
Opposition leader Bill Shorten accompanied Ms Peris at the event and praised her as a "remarkable Australian" and "great mum".
Reports earlier in the week suggested Ms Peris was in line for a leading role with the Australian Football League.
The senator's family came under intense media scrutiny early this year after her daughter made accusations of domestic violence against her football player boyfriend. The charges were dismissed.
Labor will announce a new candidate soon, with journalist and former Northern Territory minister Malarndirri McCarthy emerging as a frontrunner. | The first Indigenous woman elected to Australia's parliament has defended her decision to quit before the upcoming federal election. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36376220"} | 415 | 25 | 0.509734 | 1.26071 | 0.296248 | 1.190476 | 17.809524 | 0.714286 |
The Prime Four Beast Race challenged entrants to complete a 10km course which involved climbing over and under obstacles, including muddy streams.
The course was laid out in fields and woodland near Loch Ness with the race being held on Saturday.
Another Beast Race is to be held near Banchory in Aberdeenshire on 24 September. | Hundreds of people have taken part in an obstacle race held annually near Inverness. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37274983"} | 71 | 19 | 0.561252 | 1.122263 | 0.065032 | 0.333333 | 4.133333 | 0.333333 |
The first team will be based at Heathrow from 1 April before the scheme is rolled out to other airports.
They will be tasked with identifying victims and disrupting criminal gangs involved in international trafficking.
The government says the scheme will ensure there is "no easy route into the UK for traffickers".
The new teams, which will be led by specially trained Border Agency officers, will also begin work at Gatwick and Manchester airports later this year.
The government has said "further ports" will be identified over the coming months.
Home Office minister Karen Bradley said Border Force officers could be the "first authority figure in the UK to have contact with a potential victim of modern slavery".
"Their role is vital in identifying and protecting victims and ensuring there is no easy route into the UK for traffickers", she said.
"The new specialist teams will build on existing skills and joint working and extend that expertise around the country."
The teams will be supported by the National Crime Agency, which will bring its child protection expertise in cases involving children.
The new system will also provide child victims with an independent specialist advocate with expertise in trafficking to act as a single point of contact.
Officers from the Border Force will receive specialist training to help identify potential victims.
The new scheme aims to ensure intelligence is shared and other bodies, such as social services, are kept informed of cases.
The announcement comes as the government aims to pass new legislation to fight slavery.
The draft Modern Slavery Bill could increase the maximum custodial sentence for human trafficking offenders from 14 years to life. | Specialist anti-slavery teams are to be based inside UK airports in a bid to clamp down on human trafficking, ministers have announced. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "26292265"} | 339 | 33 | 0.625982 | 1.374285 | 0.403021 | 0.846154 | 12.230769 | 0.692308 |
Borough of Poole Council plans to start charging at Upton County Park and other parks, beaches and playing fields.
Whitecliff Residents Association said surrounding streets would be "flooded" by motorists looking for alternative free parking.
The council said the move could raise £0.5m a year.
The council is proposing on-street charges round Sandbanks, at Upton County Park and at open spaces including Whitecliff Park, Hamworthy Park, Lake Pier, Newfoundland Drive Skateboard park and Rockley Park.
Opponents claim charges will discourage people from visiting parks and taking part in sport and fitness activities.
A petition opposing the plans has attracted almost 2,000 signatures and members of Whitecliff Residents Association have written to the government to complain.
Association chairman Bob Lister said: "If they put in car parking charges, they will flood our road which is already congested."
The council's transport portfolio holder John Rampton insisted introducing charges was a "financial imperative".
"It's a very small ask - we don't believe people's behaviour will change that much."
"Councils are in such a difficult position - they have to make savings and make money and commercialise, where they can, if they are to survive and provide services to the most vulnerable people in our society."
If the plans are approved following public consultation, charges could be in place by Easter. | Plans to introduce car park charges at parks in a Dorset town could increase congestion in nearby streets, campaigners have claimed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35469697"} | 305 | 27 | 0.61654 | 1.517625 | 0.616025 | 0.73913 | 11.521739 | 0.652174 |
Neither the former One Direction singer nor the mayor of London are black, and have no African or Caribbean heritage.
Other public figures chosen by Kent Union, which represents students from the University of Kent, include Dame Kelly Holmes and Sir Trevor McDonald.
Union president Rory Murray has apologised for "not getting it right".
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Social media posts released for the union's Black History Month campaign featuring Mr Malik and Mr Khan were withdrawn on Tuesday night.
The event's official UK organisers tweeted that they were "deeply disappointed at @KentUnion's ill thought and misdirected Black History Month celebrations".
"With Asian Heritage Month being observed by a growing number of countries in May, will Black icons be celebrated by Kent University then?" they asked.
Mr Murray said: "I want to apologise on behalf of Kent Union to any individuals who were upset, uncomfortable or offended by the image shared.
"There was no intent for this to happen and I am very sorry to anybody who felt this way," he said.
"Whilst we made every effort to include black and minority ethnic students on the planning for the month, clearly, we haven't got it right on this occasion."
In a joint statement, Kent Union and the University of Kent said the campaign was in line with the National Union of Students' position on Black History Month which chose to "recognise and celebrate the immense contributions that people of African, Arab, Asian and Caribbean heritage make to humanity".
"In the planning stages Kent Union worked with students to develop a campaign that celebrated a range of ethnic cultures.
"However, we can see that many of our students disagree with the direction the campaign took and that a mistake was made," they said. | A students' union has apologised for using the faces of Zayn Malik and Sadiq Khan - who both have Pakistani roots - to mark Black History Month. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37772968"} | 374 | 41 | 0.586695 | 1.520624 | 0.308625 | 1.206897 | 12.137931 | 0.655172 |
Pathologist Dr Ian Wilkinson was giving evidence at the trial of Robert Buczek, 24, who denies murdering Eleanor Whitelaw.
Mr Buczek is accused of attacking the 85-year-old at her house in Morningside in Edinburgh on 11 July 2014.
She died from her injuries at the city's Royal Infirmary on 28 July.
Dr Wilkinson told the jury at the High Court in Glasgow that Mrs Whitelaw suffered cuts to the two main arteries in her neck - the jugular vein and the carotid artery.
He said that in total there were seven injuries to her neck.
The court was also told that Mrs Whitelaw sustained a fracture to the base of her skull and had bruising to her face and eyes.
The pathologist said these injuries to her head and face could have been caused by a fall.
The damage to her neck was repaired by surgeons but the massive blood loss she suffered resulted in damage to her brain and heart.
Prosecutor Alex Prentice QC showed Dr Wilkinson a pair of bloodstained scissors found in the hallway of Mrs Whitelaw's home and asked if they could have caused the injuries to her neck. The pathologist said: "In general terms, yes."
Mr Prentice said: "Having regard to the injuries to the carotid artery and the jugular vein, would that cause significant bleeding?" Dr Wilkinson replied: "It would be expected to."
The prosecutor asked: "Would you have been surprised if you had been told she had died at the scene?" Dr Wilkinson said: "Based on my experience of other similar injuries, no I would not."
The pathologist was asked what the cause of death was and told the court: "She suffered damage to the brain and the heart and deterioration of lung function and death as a result of complications of the injuries she received on July 11, with the neck injuries being the most significant.
"She suffered irreversible damage to all the major organs, the most significant were the brain and the heart.
Under cross-examination by defence QC Brian McConnachie, the jury heard that a police casualty surgeon had examined Mrs Whitelaw in hospital on 12 July and had indicated she had a cut and bruising on her private parts.
This injury was not evident when the post-mortem examination was carried out two weeks later.
An examination of Mrs Whitelaw on 12 July also revealed DNA from an unknown man on her thigh.
The court heard that Mr Buczek, who was arrested before Mrs Whitelaw died, was originally charged with attempted murder and a possible sexual offence. Later the charge was changed to murder with no sexual element to it.
Prosecutor Mr Prentice asked Dr Wilkinson: "There could be a number of reasons for these injuries to her private parts. It could have been a fall. It does not necessarily point to a sexual assault," and he replied: "Not necessarily, no."
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Tess Newall, of Morham, East Lothian, spoke of being "distraught" after discovering the dress, which belonged to her great-great grandmother, was missing.
It followed the closure of Kleen Cleaners in St Mary Street, Edinburgh.
She posted an update on social media saying the dress was found "in a crumpled heap" at the closed shop.
The 29-year-old who married Alfred Newall, 30, in East Lothian, in June, told the BBC she was "absolutely over the moon" at the discovery, and said the last 24 hours had been "surreal".
The dress was sent to be dry cleaned in September and the shop shut in October.
The business is now being dealt with under Scottish bankruptcy law in a process known as sequestration.
A post by Mrs Newall, about the loss of her dress, was shared more than 200,000 times on social media.
She told the BBC News Channel: "My parents received a phone call this afternoon from the landlord of the property where the dry cleaners is, whose nephew had read about the dress.
"He really searched and he found a pile of old lace which he realised was what he thought was the dress.
"My parents went straight there and were just overjoyed and couldn't believe it was the dress, not cleaned, and still with its ticket."
Mrs Newall said a representative from sequestrators Wylie & Bisset was also at the dry cleaners shop on Saturday and insisted that for "procedural reasons" the dress had to go back to his office in Glasgow.
She added: "This is unbelievable and my mum was beside herself, but they have assured us that it will be delivered safely back to us on Monday.
"It's going to be apparently driven from Edinburgh to my mum and dad's house."
The 29-year-old said she still planned to have the dress cleaned, but probably at a lace specialist in London.
She added: "Somewhere where we can't let it out of our sight." | A 150-year-old antique wedding dress lost after a dry cleaners went bust has been located. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38944387"} | 445 | 24 | 0.416147 | 1.112587 | -0.260521 | 1.35 | 20.35 | 0.65 |
The proposals were part of 86 amendments to the Justice (No.2) Bill, but media coverage of Wednesday's debate was dominated by failed attempts to reform abortion laws.
The debate on the mammoth bill lasted more than 12 hours.
MLAs also voted to make it a crime to attack staff in the emergency services.
The DUP chair of the justice committee, Alastair Ross, had proposed bringing in laws to deal with so-called 'revenge pornography'.
England and Wales already have legislation making it a criminal offence for someone to publish explicit sexual images or videos of former partners.
Mr Ross said Northern Ireland needed to catch up, adding: "Nobody envisaged the type of world we'd be living in today where we all have smartphones capable of taking videos or photographs.
"They're all capable of being shared online almost instantly."
The Justice Minister David Ford had brought forward the amendment seeking to reform the Welfare of Animals Act. He said it had been sparked after the case of Cody the dog, who had to be put down after being set on fire in 2012.
Andrew Richard Stewart was jailed for 10 months after admitting the offence.
The amendment means the maximum sentence handed down in the Crown Court for animal cruelty crimes will increase from two years to five.
Someone found guilty of unnecessary suffering to animals or causing and attending an animal fight will face up to 12 months' imprisonment instead of six, and the maximum fine for conviction will rise from £5,000 to £20,000.
The minister said it was a "significant advancement of sentencing" intended to "send out a clear message" to those convicted of harming animals.
When the Justice Bill is given royal assent, Northern Ireland will have some of the strictest penalties for animal cruelty offences across the UK.
DUP MLA Paul Frew brought a further amendment to the bill, hoping to make it a statutory offence to assault paramedics.
Last year, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) called for better protection for its staff and said paramedics would be given PSNI riot gear when called to disturbances, due to the rising number of "risky situations" staff were facing.
Paul Frew said "if it is good enough" to have specific legislation protecting police officers and members of the fire and rescue service, then there should be similar provision for ambulance workers.
The proposals were passed in the assembly and it is hoped they will take effect soon after the Justice (No.2) Bill becomes law. | Northern Ireland Assembly members have voted to make so-called 'revenge porn' a criminal offence and to tighten animal cruelty laws. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35549791"} | 545 | 34 | 0.50745 | 1.256093 | 0.37513 | 2.44 | 19.44 | 0.92 |
Veteran coach Vicente del Bosque faces selection problems in several areas, and there is also a more general concern over La Roja's playing style as they continue to address the lingering hangover from last summer's World Cup finals campaign, where they made a shock group-stage exit.
Going into Friday's friendly with England, these are the main issues.
The biggest decision facing Del Bosque is the identity of his team's centre forward, because Chelsea striker Diego Costa has made a wretched start to his international career since being persuaded to switch allegiances from his native Brazil.
Costa has scored only one goal in nine appearances for La Roja - against Luxembourg more than a year ago - and he has also struggled to make much general impact with his rampaging, physical style of play looking utterly unsuited to the team's patient passing approach.
The other options in the current squad are Valencia's Paco Alcacer and Alvaro Morata of Juventus, and their recent international outings have been far more convincing. Alcacer top-scored during qualifying with five goals in eight appearances, while Morata's ability to link play made the team look much more effective.
But there are also plenty more alternatives and, within Spain, Del Bosque came under heavy pressure before the latest squad announcement to include popular Athletic Bilbao striker Aritz Aduriz, who has scored 15 goals in all competitions this season - a stark contrast to out-of-form Costa's paltry tally of three.
But Del Bosque resisted those calls, saying the team is in a transitional mode and that he is also thinking about the future. In other words, he believes 34-year-old Aduriz is too old.
Costa, however, is running out of time to justify his ongoing inclusion. As an indication of the national mood, a poll of readers conducted by Spanish newspaper Marca after the last set of international fixtures saw him omitted from the squad, never mind the starting XI.
So, although it is only a friendly, Costa is in desperate need of a goal or two on Friday night.
The long-standing partnership between Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos and Barcelona's Gerard Pique is one of the most stable aspects of the team, although the former has withdrawn from the current squad with a shoulder injury.
However, Pique has become an enormously controversial character in Spain over the last few months and has been subjected to fearful abuse from his own supporters during recent internationals.
It all stems from two things. Firstly, Pique is regarded as the biggest pro-Barca cheerleader in his team's rivalry with Real, and enraged fans from the capital city by light-heartedly mocking the collapse of their title challenge during Barca's trophy celebration party at the end of last season.
Secondly, Pique has been a vocal supporter of the Catalan independence campaign, leading to inevitable suggestions that he should not play for Spain if he is so keen for his region to break away and form a new nation.
Those two factors have conspired to make Pique public enemy number one for proud and patriotic Spaniards who also support Real Madrid - which is millions of people in a country where the big two enjoy enormous support even in provincial towns.
Pique's every touch of the ball has been mercilessly jeered in Spain's recent home games, and initial plans to stage Friday's game at Real's Bernabeu were scrapped to avoid the controversy of 80,000 rabid Madridistas venting their fury at the defender throughout a fixture which comes just one weekend before a Clasico at the same venue.
Long-serving captain and Del Bosque favourite Iker Casillas is facing stiff competition from Manchester United keeper David de Gea.
Calls for De Gea to be installed as first choice grew after Spain's most recent international, where he made several outstanding saves to preserve a 1-0 victory over Ukraine.
But he was only playing in that game because Casillas was being rested with qualification already guaranteed, and the extremely loyal Del Bosque has shown no inclination of calling time upon his captain's international career.
Indeed, he kept faith with Casillas even when he was left out of the Real Madrid starting XI in the build-up to the 2014 World Cup, and still did not waver when the keeper endured a horror show in the embarrassing 5-1 defeat by the Netherlands in Brazil.
With Casillas making a decent start to his new life at Porto following his summer transfer, Del Bosque has no reason to be forced into a move that he clearly does not want to make, and De Gea will probably have to wait until at least next season to become Spain's first choice.
But the microscope is firmly on Casillas, and another error-strewn performance like the one he produced against the Netherlands would rapidly intensify the pressure to promote De Gea.
The lynchpin of Spain's midfield is the magnificent Sergio Busquets, who provides protection to Pique and Ramos as well as initiating many attacking moves from his 'pivot' defensive midfield position. The Barcelona man played more minutes than anyone else during qualifying.
In front of him, however, Del Bosque is ridiculously spoilt for choice with a wealth of hugely talented players at his disposal, and the identity of the starters is by no means clear.
Consider this list: Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas, Juan Mata, Santi Cazorla, Isco, Koke and Thiago Alcantara (and that's just the current squad, never mind other contenders such as the injured David Silva, Villarreal captain Bruno Soriano and Manchester United's Ander Herrera).
They would all walk into practically any other international line-up, but only four of them can start for Spain - and only three if the coach continues to opt for Pedro, one of his most favoured players, as a winger.
If fit, Iniesta and Silva are certain starters, but the other two places remain up for grabs over the next few months, with all the contenders starting at some stage during the qualifying campaign.
And Del Bosque's task in choosing between his dazzling array of midfield talent is further complicated by the fact that most of them can play in several positions. A nice problem to have, indeed.
Never mind their qualifying record - Spain's confidence is still fragile after the battering they took in last summer's World Cup finals, a traumatic experience which has certainly not been forgotten.
The upcoming games against England and Belgium will be seen as an interesting test of the team's capabilities against stronger nations, because in the last 14 months they have played friendlies against France, Germany and the Netherlands and lost all three without scoring.
At heart, it is a question of identity. The Spain team is much changed from the side which dominated the world with three consecutive major trophies in 2008, 2010 and 2012, with the international retirement of Carles Puyol, Xabi Alonso, David Villa and, above all, the chief on-field conductor, Xavi.
With Xavi pulling the strings, Del Bosque's old team was largely based upon mimicking the playing approach of Barcelona, who were almost equally dominant in club football during the same era.
But Barca have tactically moved on since then, with Lionel Messi ditching his 'false nine' position and the midfield-reliant methods of so-called tiki-taka being somewhat abandoned in favour of a more direct approach, based around the forward line of Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
Spain have not made such an evolution, and there are major concerns that Del Bosque remains too wedded to an old playing style which worked brilliantly at its peak but has now become outdated and can be countered by high-quality opposition.
His inclusion of Costa, indeed, is an attempt to add a greater degree of physicality, but so far it has not worked because the rest of the team is continuing to pursue a different style of play.
A convincing victory over England would help persuade fans that Del Bosque and his players can still pull off their old tricks - but a draw, or worse, would sow fresh seeds of doubt into a team which is facing many question marks. | Despite a solid record in qualifying of nine wins from 10 games, European champions Spain are facing several dilemmas as they prepare for the defence of their title in France next summer. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34786956"} | 1,904 | 39 | 0.356318 | 0.866998 | -0.011344 | 1.029412 | 46.058824 | 0.735294 |
Ms Cafferkey is in an isolation unit in London after tests indicated the Ebola virus is still present in her body.
The health board confirmed she was sent home by an out-of-hours doctor in Glasgow earlier this week.
In an interview with the Sunday Mail newspaper, her sister Toni Cafferkey said it was "absolutely diabolical" the way the nurse had been treated.
Ms Cafferkey, from Cambuslang in South Lanarkshire, spent almost a month in isolation at the beginning of the year after contracting the virus in December 2014.
Bodily tissues can harbour the Ebola infection months after the person appears to have fully recovered.
On Tuesday, the 39-year-old was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow after feeling unwell.
She was later flown to the Royal Free Hospital in London where she remains in a serious condition in an isolation unit. She is not thought to be contagious.
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Toni Cafferkey told the Sunday Mail that her sister had gone to a GP out-of-hours clinic at the Victoria Hospital in Glasgow on Monday night but the doctor who assessed her diagnosed a virus and sent her home.
She said: "At that point me and my family believe they missed a big opportunity to give the right diagnosis and we feel she was let down. Instead of being taken into hospital, she spent the whole of Tuesday very ill.
"I think it is absolutely diabolical the way she has been treated... We don't know if the delays diagnosing Pauline have had an adverse effect on her health, but we intend to find out.
"It has not been good enough. We think there have been major failings and we just want her to pull through. This kind of recurrence seems to be rare but we don't yet know enough about it."
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed that Ms Cafferkey did attend the New Victoria Hospital GP out-of-hours service on Monday.
A spokesman said: "Her management and the clinical decisions taken based on the symptoms she was displaying at the time were entirely appropriate.
"All appropriate infection control procedures were carried out as part of this episode of care."
On Friday, a statement from the Royal Free Hospital confirmed Ms Cafferkey had been transferred to the hospital "due to an unusual late complication of her previous infection by the Ebola virus".
It added: "The Ebola virus can only be transmitted by direct contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an infected person while they are symptomatic, so the risk to the general public remains low and the NHS has well-established and practised infection control procedures in place." | The family of nurse Pauline Cafferkey says doctors "missed a big opportunity" to spot she had fallen ill again. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34499608"} | 591 | 30 | 0.563327 | 1.456884 | -0.211222 | 1.318182 | 23.818182 | 0.772727 |
Taylor dismissed Georgia Elwiss, Sonia Odedra and Thea Brookes in the space of five balls as she claimed 4-5.
Loughborough could only manage 108-9 despite being given a good start by Ellysse Perry (25) and Amy Jones (21).
England skipper Heather Knight (24) was run out for the Storm but Taylor's 34 helped see them home by five wickets.
The match was in the balance with three overs remaining as last year's runners-up, who were beaten by Southern Vipers in their opening match, still needed another 24 for victory.
Three boundaries off Rebecca Grundy eased the pressure and although Taylor was caught at mid-wicket off Georgia Elwiss (2-24), Sophie Luff (18 not out) hit the winning single with five balls to spare. | West Indies all-rounder Stafanie Taylor took three wickets in one over as Western Storm beat Loughborough Lightning in the Women's Super League. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40910593"} | 177 | 37 | 0.590508 | 1.368231 | 0.287267 | 0.538462 | 6.038462 | 0.461538 |
The Australian Open champions won the opening set but were blown away in the second before losing the first-to-10 match tie-break that decided matters.
Murray remains top of the ATP doubles rankings after his semi-final win.
Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal plays Frenchman Gael Monfils in the singles final at 13:30 BST.
Murray was taking part in his first Masters 1000 final but could not have asked for tougher opponents with the French third seeds on a 12-game winning streak and having won the last two Masters finals.
The start was delayed half-an-hour because of rain and it was Murray and Soares who adjusted best to conditions before breaking the Mahut serve in the eighth game.
Murray served for the set but a double fault allowed the French pair to break back, only for Murray and Soares to again break serve after winning a thrilling exchange of reflex volleys at the net.
Despite being overlooked by France's Davis Cup captain Yannick Noah, Herbert and Mahut are top of the current order of merit and it was no surprise when they came storming back in the second set.
They broke Murray twice more and Soares for the first time to take it without dropping a game in just 25 minutes.
The French continued their dominance in the match tie-break and opened up a 5-1 lead, but Murray and Soares rallied to get it back to 7-6 only to let it slip out their grasp again with Murray serving a double fault at match point.
A gracious Murray told the crowd: "They were on fire and too good for us today. I hope Yannick Noah is watching." | Jamie Murray and partner Bruno Soares were beaten 4-6 6-0 10-6 by French pair Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the Monte Carlo Masters final. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36066001"} | 352 | 38 | 0.487504 | 1.178143 | 0.188464 | 1 | 9.441176 | 0.647059 |
The UK prime minister is expected to drop his opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad playing a role in any transitional government.
But he is expected to insist Mr Assad stands down to allow reconciliation.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said he hopes the talks can help find a political solution to Syria's crisis.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama will be among other leaders attending the 70th anniversary meeting of the UN General Assembly.
Mr Cameron is expected to use a series of meetings with other leaders - including Mr Obama - to argue that a peaceful solution will require a different leadership which the whole country can unite around.
"Our view is very clear, Isil (Islamic State) and Mr Assad are both the enemies of the Syrian people," one senior British official told the Press Association. "The prime minister's view is still very clearly that in the endgame you need a different leader to build a peaceful and inclusive Syria."
UK officials also warned finding a solution to the four-year conflict had been made more complicated by Russian military build-up in support of Mr Assad's regime.
Russia is reported to have moved warplanes, helicopters, tanks, drones, artillery and troops into a military airbase near Latakia and the seaport of Tartus in recent weeks.
Mr Cameron is not expected to meet Mr Putin.
But British officials have acknowledged they will need to work with Russia to find a diplomatic solution.
"There has always been the idea that there will be a political transition and there are differing views between members of the international community... what the steps are in the process. That is where there is more discussion ongoing," a senior British official told PA.
"There does need to be more thinking in capitals on what it would be," the official said. "This is complex and challenging and at the moment we are still trying to work out and agree what that solution might be."
Mr Cameron is also expected to urge other leaders to do more to support the millions of refugees still in the region.
France's foreign minister, meanwhile, told the General Assembly that President Assad should not play a role in Syria's future.
Laurent Fabius said Western countries would be exposing themselves to failure if they told Syrians their future lay with Mr Assad.
On Thursday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Mr Assad should be involved in peace talks, but Mr Fabius urged a united European strategy against such involvement.
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Barca, who beat Celtic 7-0 in their opening Group C game, trailed to Thorgan Hazard's opener in Germany.
Substitute Arda Turan fired in the equaliser before Gerard Pique bundled in the winner for the Spanish side.
Elsewhere, Paris St-Germain were 3-1 winners at Ludogorets and Napoli beat Benfica 4-2.
Luis Enrique had to come up with a rare solution to the problem of Lionel Messi's absence, with the Argentine striker missing with a groin injury.
His initial solution was to start Spain international Paco Alcacer in Messi's place, alongside Neymar and Luis Suarez in a front three.
The home side were not overawed, though, and took the game to the visitors, opening the scoring through Hazard's poked finish following Mahmoud Dahoud's pass.
If Enrique's initial tactics were misjudged, he made amends in the second half, sending on Turan, who made an immediate impact with a drilled finish after latching on to Neymar's floated pass over the top.
Pique completed the turnaround nine minutes later, finding the net from close range after Suarez's shot had been blocked.
The 3-3 draw between Celtic and Manchester City means Barca top Group C, two points ahead of Pep Guardiola's side, who they host at the Nou Camp in three weeks.
Like Barcelona, Paris St-Germain got off to a bad start in their away game against Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad with a Natanael curled free-kick giving the home side the lead after 16 minutes.
PSG, who drew their opening game at home against Arsenal, were struggling to get into the game until Marco Verratti unlocked the home defence with a neat pass to set up Blaise Matuidi to level just before the break.
The French side were much better in the second half and claimed victory thanks to an Edinson Cavani double - the first a flicked header from Angel di Maria's free-kick, the second a close-range finish from Lucas' cross.
PSG are level on four points with Arsenal, who were 2-0 winners over Basel on Wednesday.
Arkadiusz Milik scored his third Champions League goal and Dries Mertens hit two as Napoli established themselves as firm favourites to progress to the last 16 with a comfortable victory over Benfica.
Captain Marek Hamsik gave the Italian side the lead in the first half, glancing a header in from a corner.
A three-goal burst in the second half ended the game as a contest as Mertens fired home a free-kick and then finished from close range, either side of Milik's converted penalty for a foul on Jose Callejon by the visiting goalkeeper.
Goncalo Guedes scored a brilliant goal for the Portuguese side before Salvio added a second consolation goal with a neat finish but they were no match for last season's Serie A runners-up.
In Group B's other game, Viktor Tsygankov earned Dynamo Kiev a point at Besiktas, who had taken the lead through Ricardo Quaresma. | Barcelona came from a goal down to beat Borussia Monchengladbach and make it two wins out of two in this season's Champions League. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37500522"} | 750 | 33 | 0.358997 | 0.864729 | -0.575737 | 0.88 | 23.08 | 0.64 |
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Welshman Warburton missed the series-clinching third Test win over Australia in 2013 with a hamstring injury.
"It feels like all the sacrifice over the past four years and all the little things I have done have come to this moment," Warburton told BBC Sport.
The Lions were easily beaten by the All Blacks in the first Test but claimed victory in the second.
Warburton was on the bench for the opener in Auckland, which ended 30-15 to the hosts, having suffered an ankle injury against the Provincial Barbarians, but returned to the starting XV for the thrilling 24-21 triumph in Wellington.
The 28-year-old has been beset by injuries in recent years, missing six weeks at the end of the domestic season with a knee injury, while in October 2016 he suffered a fractured cheekbone that put him out of action for three weeks.
"I am delighted that my body has held up more than anything," said the Cardiff Blues flanker. "That is half the battle with me, my fitness.
"I was delighted when I heard my name read out for the third Test and to have the chance to finish a Test series and potentially to win it.
"For me four years ago does feel like unfinished business because I was gutted I could not play that third game - even though I was over the moon and it was a career highlight to win, you still, as a player want to be involved in that and have your small contribution to the game.
"So for the past four years in the back of my mind I have set my sights on this tour and I wanted to be in the Test team and play in the last game."
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Torrential downpours in the Midlands and London led to flash floods, with the fire service warning people only to travel in an emergency.
The children had to be rescued after vehicles became trapped in floodwaters in North Harrow, north-west London.
Meanwhile, thunderstorms continue to batter parts of Europe.
Mohammad Garibdost, whose children were rescued in North Harrow, said his car became trapped behind several vehicles in flood water.
He said: "I was behind them so I couldn't move. I had to take my kids from the window because the water was coming up to the seats inside the car, so now we're stuck here, we can't go anywhere until the recovery come and help us.
"I had to open the window to take them out, they were crying.
"I called the emergency line, they said 10 minutes.
"It took me 15 minutes to get through to them, so I had to take the kids out of the car."
At one stage firefighters carried passengers trapped at North Harrow Tube station after floodwaters reached stairs to the two platforms on the Metropolitan Line.
Transport for London said North Harrow Tube station was closed at 17:00 BST, after floodwater reached six inches deep in the ticket office. It has now re-opened.
Two local schools were also flooded as torrential rain hit the area.
TfL said no other stations were closed but some, such as Covent Garden, were affected by flooding.
West Midlands Fire Service urged people not to travel and only to call 999 in a genuine emergency, following torrential downpours across the area on Wednesday afternoon.
People took to social media to share images of floods, which included photos of cars being submerged in water.
On Tuesday, three drivers had to be rescued in Croydon, south London, after flash floods caused their cars to become submerged.
In Northern Ireland a man and son were taken to hospital after they were struck by lightning in County Antrim.
Matt Martin, forecaster for the MeteoGroup, said the intense showers were being caused by a "convergence across northern parts of England".
He said the "muggy" weather would continue through the night, with temperatures around 13C (55.4F).
"These showers will begin to ease overnight; hopefully they will begin to dry out," he said.
Mr Martin said the mixed weather would continue on Thursday until a fresher air hits overnight on Friday.
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Joan Smith, 44, admitted a charge of attempted plagium after she tried to steal the eight-month-old infant from a pram on a bus in Holburn Road in November.
Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard the child's mother reported the incident and that she had been frightened.
Sheriff Graeme Buchanan deferred sentence for background reports until later this year.
The court heard the child's mother saw Smith place both her hands on the infant's arms and tried to lift the baby out of the pram.
The pram straps prevented the child from being removed. Smith then left the bus.
The child's mother told officers that she strongly believed that the woman would have taken her baby if the child had not been strapped in. | A woman has admitted trying to steal a baby in Aberdeen. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35471322"} | 165 | 14 | 0.659234 | 1.423583 | -1.25395 | 1 | 11.916667 | 0.833333 |
Nicola Nuttall, 47, from Pendle, Lancashire, was stripped of her record by Guinness World Records officials despite smashing the mark by 29 minutes.
Undeterred, she hopped on to her broom again in London with a longer skirt.
She finished with a time of 03:26:13 - five minutes quicker than last year.
Record officials measured her skirt and broom at the start and finish as she bid to break the four-hour time limit for the record.
Guinness World Records tweeted: "No broomstick required! Nicola Nuttall, Fastest marathon dressed as a witch (female) - 3:26:13."
The runner told the BBC before the race: "I'm doing it for the second time as the first time they didn't like the length of my skirt.
"So they rejected my evidence.
"But I'm not that easily put off so I'm going to do it again - they can't get rid of me that easily."
She added: "The dress is quite comfortable but the broom is quite long so it's not the easiest and it can get a bit congested at the start.
"But the hat is quite wind-dependent so I might need to keep a good hold of it."
Mrs Nuttall, who lives in Barrowford in the district of Pendle, said she was inspired by the area's infamous 1612 witchcraft trials when 10 people were hanged.
A spokeswoman for Guinness World Records said: "Our marathon costume records are designed to propose an additional challenge to the marathon run.
"In this case in particular, the length of the skirt poses the inhibitive factor in accordance with our guidelines."
A total of 73 world records were attempted at this year's event, including the fastest marathon dressed as a nun, Grim Reaper, Mr Potato Head and for a runner dribbling two basketballs. | A woman has broken the world marathon record for the "fastest witch" - a year after being disqualified because her skirt was too short. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39667292"} | 439 | 32 | 0.575347 | 1.539142 | 0.136823 | 0.814815 | 13.444444 | 0.666667 |
Powell won bronze at the Tbilisi Judo Grand Prix, but fell to ninth in the world rankings, one spot below automatic selection.
The European Championships are in Kazan, Russia from 21-24 April, with Powell hoping to beat Gemma Gibbons to secure Great Britain's -78kg place.
"That would definitely secure my spot if I won the Europeans," said Powell.
"I don't think there's any catching me after that point."
England's Gibbons won silver at the 2012 London Olympics and Powell beat her to win the 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medal.
Powell, 25, is four places above 29-year-old Gibbons in the world rankings after beating European junior champion Madeleine Malonga of France to take third place in Tbilisi.
"I'm pleased with the medal because it means I've got a few more points towards qualification, but it wasn't the best day of fighting for me," Powell told BBC Radio Wales.
"I really struggled in most of my fights. I'd just come off the end of a really concentrated training block and gone straight into competition.
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Haye floored Chisora with a brutal left-hook, right-hand combination in the fifth.
Chisora just managed to climb to his feet but after three right hooks and two lefts from Haye the fight was over.
Earlier, Chisora had controversially rocked British rival Haye with a punch after the bell had sounded in the third round.
"As expected, Haye was too quick and too slick for the ponderous Chisora, although the manner of the victory will have surprised some. Chisora has sturdy whiskers and it took a magnificent barrage from Haye to put him away. Vitali, were you watching? But perhaps more important were the hugs and smiles after the dust had settled - this wasn't, as some had predicted, the end of boxing as we know it but just an entertaining fight."
The victory will now open up the possibility of a fight against WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko - who Haye has been calling out for over two years.
On a possible fight with Klitschko, Haye said: "I've sent out a very scary message. I'll be surprised if Vitali Klitschko wants to fight me after that. He will no doubt try to fight some chump nobody has ever heard of and then retire to be a politician."
For Haye this was redemption following his comprehensive points defeat to Wladimir Klitschko last year. Haye retired following that defeat but was tempted to make a return to the ring after he was involved in an ugly brawl with Chisora at a news conference in Munich in February 2012.
That set up a widely-hyped grudge match and in front of 30,000 fans at a rain-soaked Upton Park this fight lived up to its billing.
Chisora, 28. entered the ring hooded and masked to the theme music from Gladiator as the rain pelted down while Haye as ever looked relaxed and focussed.
And it was Chisora who landed the first clean punch of the fight - a solid left hook that rattled the chin of Haye. But Haye, wearing trainers, was in the mood to fight and he shaded the opening three action-packed rounds before the first moment of controversy.
As the bell sounded Haye was caught with two cheap shots from Chisora, the second - a huge left - rocked Haye as he stumbled back to his stool.
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It served only as motivation for Haye, and after the pair stood toe-to-toe trading some fierce shots in a thrilling fourth round, the 31-year-old finally floored his man in explosive fashion.
After stalking his man throughout the round, a huge left-right combination from Haye in the final minute of the fifth floored Chisora who bravely climbed to his feet.
It took five more brutal punches for Haye to finish the fight - all of which Chisora took flush, including a sickening final left hook - with the end coming just in time for the bell. Again Chisora climbed to his feet, but he was in no condition to box on and the contest was ended by referee Luis Pabon.
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So the hidden passage discovered recently beneath the colonial building that used to house the Indian parliament has prompted all kinds of exotic and grisly speculation.
The building dates from 1911, when the British moved the Indian capital from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Delhi, and is a fine example of the architecture of the period.
Walk through the grand arched doorway and you find corridors with all the hardwood panelling you would expect in a classic Edwardian expression of imperial majesty and might.
The tunnel is beneath the floor of the parliamentary chamber itself, now the home of Delhi's local city government.
Just as you would expect, the entrance is hidden.
Peel back a flap of the green carpet and you find a hatch.
Poking my head in, I see a shallow chamber, perhaps 5ft (1.5m) deep and 15ft (4.5m) wide and - tantalisingly - another smaller passage stretching away under the chamber floor.
The tunnel was rediscovered by the speaker of the assembly, Ram Niwas Goel. He says he heard rumours of its existence from staff.
He believes it served a ghoulish purpose when in 1926 the parliament was moved to new buildings in central Delhi, and the building became a courtroom.
He says it was used to ferry prisoners from the Red Fort - the great Mughal-era complex of fortified buildings where the British used to hold political prisoners.
"They brought them through the tunnel into the courtroom," says Mr Goel. "They were taken from here to be hanged, there was a room here."
He wants the tunnel preserved for posterity, a reminder of the oppression Indian freedom fighters suffered under the British.
Naturally I want to go into the tunnel.
I jump down into chamber. The intriguing passageway is a narrower fit, perhaps 3sq ft (0.27sq m).
It passes through a series of brick walls. The floor is strewn with rubble and slopes gently downwards towards the well of the assembly chamber.
It is perhaps 25ft (7.5m) long and ends abruptly with a wall.
Mr Goel says it has proved impossible to excavate further because the course of the tunnel has been blocked by the foundations of new buildings, the footings for flyovers as well as sewers and other utilities.
But he plans to protect what is left.
"This is a very important part of the independence struggle of Indians fighting against British rule. I will preserve the tunnel so it can be visited by Indians from time to time."
Outside in the bright spring sunshine, I meet historian William Dalrymple.
"Delhi is full of legends of underground passages," he tells me. "Some of the big havelis [noble houses] of the Mughal noblemen had tunnels leading to the Red Fort, and there are also stories from the 18th Century of Mughal princes escaping through tunnels out of the Red Fort."
But Mr Dalrymple is sceptical of Mr Goel's theory.
"There is no question that freedom fighters were sentenced to death in the building," he says, but he questions the idea that the British would build a tunnel all the way from the Red Fort - 4 miles away (6.5km) - simply to transport prisoners.
"That would be a huge undertaking and there was no need, the British had military control, they could drive prisoners through the streets without any fear."
Instead, he speculates that the tunnel could date back to an earlier, and even bloodier period of British rule in India, the great rebellion of 1857.
In India the conflict is known as the First War of Independence, in Britain it is known as the Indian Mutiny.
It was the largest anti-colonial revolt to take place anywhere in the world in the 19th Century.
The uprising began as a mutiny of sepoys - Indian soldiers in the East India Company's army - but exploded into a full-scale revolt.
And, says Mr Dalrymple, the land where the former parliament building stands was a key battleground.
"This area, now green with lovely lawns and colonial buildings was then a burnt out battlefield. This was the no-man's-land between the two forces. This is where the fate of British India was decided. Like the World War One there was tunnelling and counter-tunnelling, and night raids trying to come up behind enemy lines - all that kind of thing."
The rebellion of 1857 is an important, and largely forgotten, period in Britain's colonial history, he argues.
"It was the darkest days of British rule because tens of thousands of innocent Indian civilians were killed by the vengeful British troops. This tunnel may well be a grisly reminder of that moment, this great anti-colonial uprising that was put down with unbelievable severity."
But, of course, there is another, albeit more mundane, possibility.
The tunnel could just be some kind of a cellar beneath the building.
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Suffolk police found weapons including an AK-47 and an Uzi sub-machine gun at the home of James Arnold, 49, at Wyverstone in April 2014.
It contributed to the £1.6m budget going over £2m in 2014/15, the East Anglian Daily Times revealed.
Spending was constantly reviewed to deliver value for money, police said.
Mr Arnold, former chairman of the local parish council, had terminal cancer and died while on remand.
Police said more than 100 weapons were discovered at his home.
"To recover all weapons, gather evidence and ensure public safety whilst all weapons were recovered, specialist trained search officers remained at the address for approximately four weeks," a spokesman said at the time.
The overtime spend on the case up to August 2014 was calculated to be about £160,000.
Other overtime payments were made to officers working with other forces under mutual help agreements and on serious crime investigations.
A police statement said: "Suffolk Constabulary continually reviews the way that policing services are delivered to provide the best value to the taxpayer.
"A proportion of the constabulary's annual budget is set aside for overtime payments, and this is regularly reviewed.
"Overtime can be the most cost-effective means of dealing with demands outside day-to-day policing."
Suffolk's Police and Crime Commissioner Tim Passmore said he had questioned Chief Constable Gareth Wilson about the payments and an £800,000 relief fund in the budget would cover the deficit.
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The 36-year-old was involved in a clash with another group of men, who were celebrating one of their birthdays, outside a city centre nightclub.
PC Doyle, who had worked for Merseyside Police for a decade, was felled by a single "pile-driver" punch that caused a fatal brain injury.
Two men were found guilty of manslaughter following a five-week trial at Liverpool Crown Court.
Football agent Andrew Taylor, 29, and sports event manager Timmy Donovan, 30, were convicted and a third man, footballer Christopher Spendlove, 30, was cleared of manslaughter.
PC Doyle received extensive treatment outside the Aloha Club in Colquitt Street at 03:15 GMT on 19 December 2014 but died in hospital.
The following month, he had been due to take a delayed honeymoon with his wife Sarah in January, but instead his funeral took place at the church where they wed in July 2014.
PC Doyle's life came to a violent end when he sustained an injury to an artery in his neck, which led to fatal bleeding over the surface of his brain.
The men, all from Huyton, had been charged with murder, but also faced alternative manslaughter charges.
What is known of PC Neil Doyle?
He had joined the Merseyside force in May 2004, mostly working in Liverpool, and was an operational officer who was "well-liked" and "respected by his colleagues."
Flags were flown at half-mast at police stations across the county after his death and a memorial rugby match took place in Ormskirk in March.
Professionally, he had been commended for his actions when arresting three men in a "violent offensive robbery".
The two groups of men presented very different versions of events.
In an interview the following day, Taylor, who earned £40,000 a year as a football consultant, told officers that PC Doyle had been "ultra aggressive" and intimidating towards him after the two groups met as they left separate bars.
He told the court that he was "in fear of violence". Taylor said PC Doyle "went for him" and had to be "physically restrained". He had threatened to give him "a good hiding", he added.
He claimed he had become annoyed when he said "hello" as a joke and when he tried to defuse the situation by shaking his hand, he went for him.
Taylor told the court that he had not known that PC Doyle was a police officer and he and his friends used the word "officer" as a "term of endearment" during the night out.
He insisted that he regarded police officers as "good people" and said he had "no issues" with them. Taylor was "quite surprised and confused" as to why PC Doyle became angry and swore at him.
Footage of PC Doyle confronting the other group was shown in court, but Merseyside Police resisted attempts by the media to obtain it.
Initially, Taylor told officers he had struck PC Doyle in self defence, but later denied it and said he had been mistaken.
Mr Spendlove played football for Everton and Preston North End as a boy and studied at Oklahoma City University, where he played for their football team.
He maintained he did not play any role in the incident, which took place while they had been out celebrating his birthday.
Donovan said it was his friend Taylor, a former Forest Green Rovers footballer, who had "knocked out" PC Doyle.
He said it "all broke out very quick" and he accepted he struck PC Robert Marshall with "excessive" force before going back and stamping on him after "seeing red" for a few seconds.
Donovan left the UK on the day PC Doyle was fatally injured and was later arrested in Germany.
Sir Jon Murphy, the chief constable of Merseyside Police, said at the time the three officers were "subject to an apparently unprovoked attack."
More detail emerged in court which seemed to suggest PC Doyle was more involved than it first appeared.
However, PC Doyle's colleague told the court it was they who had felt "intimidated" moments before the confrontation.
Michael Steventon said Taylor had approached the group and asked PC Doyle if he was having a good evening and repeatedly addressed his colleague as "officer".
Under cross-examination, Mr Steventon denied there had been "a conspiracy of silence" about what had happened.
He said he viewed PC Doyle as a "mentor" and he denied that PC Doyle swore at Taylor, or angrily followed the group into Colquitt Street.
Mr Steventon also refuted claims he was "not telling the truth in the witness box in order to protect the memory of an esteemed colleague".
Taylor had "unsettled" his friend, he told the hearing, but he said he did not believe PC Doyle had known Taylor, who was described as "very persistent".
Taylor and Donovan were also convicted of wounding PC Marshall with intent. Taylor was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to Mr Steventon.
Prosecutors claimed Mr Spendlove watched Donovan kicking and stamping on PC Marshall before intervening in the 45-second attack on the three off-duty officers. He disputed this version of events.
The day after the brawl, Mr Spendlove went on holiday to Abersoch, north Wales, and explained he did so because he was not involved.
The jury agreed by clearing Mr Spendlove of all charges and finding Taylor and Donovan had played their part in the PC's death by reaching guilty verdicts. | It should have been a Christmas night out in Liverpool with police colleagues but it turned into a brawl that ended PC Neil Doyle's life. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33721010"} | 1,263 | 33 | 0.467823 | 1.302871 | -0.245074 | 1.259259 | 40.444444 | 0.814815 |
Angela Wrightson was found dead and half-naked by her landlord at her home in Hartlepool in December 2014.
The 39-year-old had suffered "well in excess of 103" injuries, including 80 to her face, and her living room was splattered with blood.
Two girls, then aged 13 and 14, deny murder. The older girl has admitted manslaughter, Leeds Crown Court heard.
A friend of the younger girl, giving evidence by videolink, said the defendant had told her Ms Wrightson had said "please stop, I'm frightened" and "no, stop, I'm scared".
She also said her friend "had a hate" for Ms Wrightson, although she did not know why.
In a recorded police interview shown in court, she stated that the younger girl told her Ms Wrightson had been "kicked and stamped on" during the attack.
The interview stated that the older girl came up with a plan to place a knife next to her body in an attempt to make it appear she had harmed herself - although the pair were unable to find a knife to carry out the plan.
The girl said: "She told me Angela was saying 'stop, I'm scared.' She said there was pools of blood, and flesh was coming out of her head."
She told the court the day after Ms Wrightson's death, her friend was "shaking and not herself" when they met up, and "kept reading about the murder on her phone, over and over," and had also asked her how "long a person would get" for murder.
She said when she asked her friend if Ms Wrightson was alive when the pair left the house, her friend's response varied - on one occasion saying she was "knocked out" and on another occasion saying she was "dead".
The witness asked her why she hadn't called police if she believed Ms Wrightson might be dead, and said she replied "because I wanted her dead anyway".
The trial, expected to last five weeks, continues. | A woman battered and tortured to death "begged her teenage attackers for mercy", a court has heard. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35635420"} | 456 | 27 | 0.45725 | 1.077407 | -0.164939 | 0.761905 | 19.619048 | 0.666667 |
SAPT believes the 14-mile line would "revolutionise" transport in the area.
SAPT chairman Dr John McCormick said the train service would appeal to commuters and help reduce journey times, congestion and pollution.
It comes as a consultation about transport in the north east of Scotland draws to a close on Tuesday.
Transport partnership Nestrans has been asking for feedback on several options aimed at improving links to the north of Aberdeen.
Dr McCormick explained: "Aberdeenshire suffered most from the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, losing all its suburban and rural railway lines.
"Train services to Fraserburgh and Peterhead were withdrawn in 1965 and these are now the furthest isolated towns from the Scottish rail network.
"The very successful re-opening of the Borders rail link to Galashiels shows that a fast rail service is very attractive to commuters and other travellers.
"In Aberdeenshire, the re-opened Dyce and Laurencekirk stations confirm that good train services are popular with travellers.
"A fast train service from a railhead at Ellon via Dyce to Aberdeen would attract car commuters and help to regenerate the economy and reduce road congestion and pollution in Aberdeen city centre."
He added: "Co-ordinated bus links from Fraserburgh and Peterhead to an Ellon railhead could be the first steps towards fully re-opening the railway to these towns."
Campaigners have been arguing the Aberdeen City Regional Deal offers the chance to making the Ellon link a reality. | The re-opening of a railway link between Ellon and Dyce is being recommended by the Scottish Association for Public Transport. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35091652"} | 335 | 29 | 0.629054 | 1.655063 | -0.283696 | 1.173913 | 12.217391 | 0.73913 |
Butchart, who was sixth in the 5,000m at the Olympics, heads the men's team of six in Sardinia on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Scot said: "We are here to win as individuals and as a team. If I can get a medal for the team, I would be over the moon.
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"Britain has topped the medal table for 13 years. We hope to do that again."
Callum Hawkins, who came second to Butchart at last month's trials, and 2013 European bronze medallist Andy Vernon are also in the men's team.
Former European champion Gemma Steel heads the women's squad, who are seeking to win a third senior team title in a row.
Meanwhile, under-23 champion Jonny Davies looks to repeat his victory in France 12 months ago.
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Caledan, based in Hengoed, Caerphilly county, is backed by £134,000 from the Welsh Government.
It will make steel frame sections for the building industry, mainly using steel from Tata in Llanwern, Newport.
Caledan managing director Chris Morton said Welsh Government support had been "vital" as the project could otherwise have gone to the Midlands.
"We can now take advantage of a gap in the market to purchase and produce the cold steel strip locally for our own uses and to supply the wider construction industry," he said.
"It will result in increased efficiencies and savings for our business and, as we will also be supplying the local market, it will create additional savings on logistics and cut the carbon footprint."
Economy Secretary Ken Skates added: "The Welsh Government is committed to supporting the steel industry in Wales and I am pleased this project aims to do just that.
"The investment not only secures a new venture but will create new jobs and enhance opportunities within the local supply chain." | Twenty eight jobs are being created with a £1m investment in a new cold steel rolling mill in south Wales. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36834321"} | 224 | 25 | 0.546146 | 1.283951 | 0.040385 | 0.695652 | 8.73913 | 0.521739 |
It means Leigh have secured the title two games to go before the Super 8s.
Centurions head coach Paul Rowley quit 10 days before the start of the season, with Neil Jukes promoted from his position as assistant.
"From a personal point of view, I'm really delighted to lead this club this year and get that League Leaders' Shield," said Jukes.
He told BBC Radio Manchester: "It's been in our cabinet for two years and we wanted to keep hold of that. It's been an up and down season, without a doubt, and I've just said to the players and staff that they've been outstanding."
It has been another dominant campaign from Leigh, who have lost one and drawn one of their 19 games, and if they beat Dewsbury at home in their final league game of the season then it will be three years since they have lost in front of their own fans.
Despite their dominance of the second tier, Leigh finished bottom of The Qualifiers last year in the Super 8s.
"I think we are better prepared," added Jukes. "The problem this year is we've got Leeds, Huddersfield, Salford and Hull KR probably.
"It's going to be ridiculous when you look at it. I think as a club we are prepared, but the challenge is going to be harder." | Leigh Centurions have won a third Championship title in a row after a 58-18 win over Halifax. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36762923"} | 300 | 27 | 0.436816 | 1.007889 | -0.717548 | 0.45 | 13.5 | 0.45 |
The Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) confirmed it had told Tesla to scrap the "misleading" term.
It said the term gave customers "incorrect expectations" that they could stop concentrating on the road and let Autopilot take over completely.
Tesla said it had always told drivers to keep their hands on the wheel.
The Autopilot software helps cars:
However, Tesla has been clear that the feature should only be used on the motorway, and drivers must still pay full attention to the road.
The firm has been under scrutiny after one of its vehicles running Autopilot crashed, killing the owner.
"It can be confirmed that a letter to Tesla exists with the request to no longer use the misleading term Autopilot for the driver-assistance system of the car," a KBA spokeswoman told news agency Reuters.
According to the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, the letter to Tesla said: "We demand that the misleading term Autopilot is no longer used in advertising the system."
In a statement, Tesla said the term autopilot had been used in aviation for decades.
"Tesla's Autopilot operates in conjunction with the human driver to make driving safer and less stressful. This is how the term has been used for decades in aerospace: to denote a support system that operates under the direct supervision of a human pilot," the company said.
"We have always been clear with our customers that Autopilot is a drivers assistance system that requires the driver to pay attention at all times.
"Just as in an airplane, when used properly, Autopilot reduces driver workload and provides an added layer of safety when compared to purely manual driving."
The company's co-founder Elon Musk had been expected to make an announcement related to Tesla on Monday, but he has now tweeted that it has been delayed until Wednesday for "refinement". | Tesla has been told to drop the Autopilot brand name, which it uses to promote its driver-assistance software, in Germany. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37676858"} | 389 | 28 | 0.641203 | 1.602654 | 0.171403 | 1.28 | 14.6 | 0.72 |
Ofcom is examining the £11.7bn bid for the UK broadcaster.
Dr Wendy Walsh's legal team says the deal would allow Fox to bring a "culture of sexual and racial harassment" to the UK.
The company said it has addressed the allegations and made fundamental changes.
The British media regulator, Ofcom, is examining whether it is in the public interest for the Murdoch-owned company to take full ownership of Sky, of which it already owns 39%.
A previous bid from the Murdochs to buy Sky was blocked after a scandal over phone hacking at Murdoch-owned newspapers.
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The Murdoch-owned firm 21st Century Fox said its management "has taken prompt and decisive action to address reports of sexual harassment and workplace issues at Fox News.
Three of Fox News' most senior male staff have recently left the company following accusations of sexual harassment and mismanagement.
"These actions have led to an overhaul of Fox News Channel's leadership, management and reporting structure, and have driven fundamental changes to the channel's on-air talent and primetime programming line-up."
But Dr Walsh - who was a guest on The O'Reilly Factor - and her lawyer, Lisa Bloom, who represents four women who say they were sexually harassed or discriminated against at 21st Century Fox, argue that Fox should not be allowed to succeed in its bid for Sky.
Ms Bloom said "there is an epidemic of sexual harassment and retaliation" at the firm.
"It's phone hacking part two" she said.
When approached in New York by the BBC, Rupert Murdoch said he was not concerned about events at Fox.
"There's nothing going on at Fox News," he said.
"Fox News is getting record ratings... so I'm not worried at all".
Former Fox news anchor Bill O'Reilly and the network's chief executive Roger Ailes have both left the company, following allegations of sexual and racial harassment, which they deny.
The company's co-president, Bill Shine, has also left. He is not accused of harassment.
Ofcom is examining the proposed takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox in the light of media plurality and broadcasting standards.
Part of Ofcom's investigation will include whether Sky's potential new owners are "fit and proper".
European competition authorities have already waved the deal through.
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Some 14,500 people were caught driving without a licence last year, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency data shows.
In total, 109,660 motorists were banned from driving, with the youngest being 12 and the oldest 94.
One chief constable said she was "very concerned" about the number of people disregarding driving bans.
One example included a motorist who was caught driving while banned four times in 12 months.
The same person was also convicted for failing to stop and driving without insurance at least three times.
In all, three 12-year-olds were banned last year, and cases such as theirs are dealt with by the courts in a similar way to adults.
Too young to legally drive, a non-licence holder record is set up in their name on the DVLA's database, and the offender can then only apply for a licence once their ban has expired.
Gloucestershire Chief Constable Suzette Davenport, road policing lead for the National Police Chiefs Council, said: "Generally some people who are disqualified will also be involved in other types of criminality and that might have contributed to them being banned.
"But they'll be people who are driving without insurance because they can't get insurance, because they're disqualified drivers, and so that immediately poses a risk to all of us."
Mandy Stock is all too familiar with the dangers that disqualified drivers can pose.
Her husband, Paul, was killed by a banned driver just a short walk from his front door in 2012.
Graham Godwin was described as "an absolute menace on the roads" when he was sentenced to a two-year ban - the maximum available at the time.
Godwin had 12 previous convictions for driving without insurance, nine for driving while disqualified and three for drink driving.
Mandy said her husband's death had a devastating impact: "It destroyed my life. [Paul and I] ran a business together for 25 years, which I had to shut down.
"The customers would just come in and say 'Oh, where's Paul?' or 'Paul did an estimate' and having to continually explain to people over and over and over again what had happened, it just destroyed my life."
North Yorkshire Police Traffic Constable Dan Hughes and his colleagues use intelligence, automatic number plate recognition technology and sometimes luck to track down offenders.
"There are disqualified drivers out there who will pay no regard whatsoever to the law and the justice system, and if they are told they are disqualified they will just flout that without blinking an eye," he said.
"I came across a person just a couple of weeks ago - I was dealing with him for other offences as well as driving while disqualified. He was disqualified six times over already.
"People who drive while disqualified will keep getting disqualified."
Mandy Stock was so incensed by the two-year sentence that her husband's killer received that she forced a change in the law.
Now any driver killing someone while banned from driving can be sentenced to up to 10 years in jail.
Ms Davenport said the police service was running education campaigns to try to stop people from being banned in the first place, alongside technology to help catch those who flout the law.
But she accepts some drivers will carry on regardless.
"We generally keep on arresting them and they end up in jail," she added. | The number of people in Britain caught driving while already banned has increased by 7.5%, according to figures obtained by BBC Radio 5 live. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38887951"} | 740 | 28 | 0.362201 | 0.943704 | -0.077825 | 1.259259 | 24.814815 | 0.592593 |
India said it conducted "surgical strikes" along the de facto border. Pakistan denied that, saying two of its soldiers died in cross-border shelling.
People from a number of villages in Punjab state were leaving amid fears the confrontation might escalate.
Disputed Kashmir has been a flashpoint for decades and has sparked two wars.
Analysts say India has previously conducted more substantial strikes without any serious escalation of hostilities.
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Relations between India and Pakistan have sharply deteriorated since earlier this month, when militants carried out the deadliest attack on an Indian army base in Kashmir in years. India blamed the attack on Pakistan, which denied the claim.
The war of words is certainly escalating. After India said it launched the strikes, Pakistan reported that it had an Indian soldier in custody. The Indian army said he had inadvertently crossed the Line of Control which divides disputed Kashmir.
Meanwhile in neighbouring Punjab state on the Indian side, media reports claimed six border districts and thousands of villagers were being evacuated. Reports said people will be housed in Sikh temples and banquet halls.
However, BBC Hindi's Robin Singh, who visited several villages near the border in Punjab, said most people had opted to stay behind and there had been no official order to leave.
The 18 September attack on the army base in Uri in Indian-administered Kashmir where 18 soldiers died was the deadliest of its kind for years.
Narendra Modi's BJP government, which came to power promising a tough line on Pakistan, has been been under tremendous pressure to retaliate for what many in India believe is state-backed terrorism.
Many observers say the latest move is aimed at placating an angry domestic constituency and sending out the message that Mr Modi is a strong leader.
And many throughout the country hailed the assault as a powerful message to Pakistan.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif criticised the "unprovoked and naked aggression of Indian forces" and said his military was capable of thwarting "any evil design to undermine the sovereignty of Pakistan".
Islamabad says India's stance is a "blatant attempt" to deflect attention from human rights abuses in the region.
More than 80 people, nearly all anti-government protesters, have died in more than two months of violence against Indian rule.
Both India and Pakistan claim Muslim-majority Kashmir in its entirety but control only parts of it.
The territorial dispute between the two countries has been running for over six decades, and two out of the three wars fought between the nuclear-armed rivals have been over Kashmir.
As with every stand-off in Kashmir, many people fear that this could eventually escalate into a major clash between two nuclear-armed states.
But most analysts still believe that is unlikely to happen and that sporadic clashes and diplomatic sabre-rattling are likely to continue. | Indian villagers living close to the border with Pakistan are fleeing, one day after India said it launched strikes targeting militants in Kashmir. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37515431"} | 646 | 30 | 0.520213 | 1.228502 | 0.026796 | 1.72 | 22.32 | 0.76 |
Maradona had his first gastric bypass 10 years ago but has since gained weight and developed complications.
"He told me he was feeling fine, that he wasn't in any pain," said Dr Carlos Felipe Chaux after the procedure.
Maradona had surgery in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo.
He will stay in the city for at least eight days before travelling to capital Caracas to complete his recovery.
Maradona led Argentina to World Cup triumph in 1986 with a series of virtuoso performances, before finishing as runners-up four years later.
He was banned for 15 months after testing positive for cocaine while playing for Italian side Napoli in 1991 and was thrown out of the 1994 World Cup for the use of banned substance ephedrine.
He has also struggled with obesity and alcohol addiction.
Maradona travelled to England to support Argentina in the Rugby World Cup last month, cheering on the Pumas in their pool match against Tonga in Leicester and semi-final defeat by Australia at Twickenham. | Argentina football legend Diego Maradona has had a second gastric bypass operation after his doctor warned that the 55-year-old is 75kgs (11st 11lbs) over his ideal weight. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34839064"} | 233 | 45 | 0.581286 | 1.330859 | -0.358613 | 0.529412 | 5.647059 | 0.470588 |
Jessica Thummel's unpublished novel The Margins tells the story of Sam Gavin, who moves from Kansas to San Francisco in the summer of 1989.
The Kansas-born novelist, who now lives in Denver, has been awarded £5,000, a publishing deal, and a week's protected writing time in Dundee.
The novel will be published next year.
Ms Thummel said she was "thrilled and honoured" to have won the prize.
She said: "The Margins and its characters have spent the better part of a decade in my mind, so the possibility of them existing in others' is both surreal and exhilarating."
The prize was judged by broadcaster Shereen Nanjiani, poet Ian McMillan, critic Hannah McGill and publisher Adrian Searle.
Literary Dundee programme manager Peggy Hughes said: "Jessica Thummel is a worthy winner of the 2016 Dundee International Book Prize.
"This has been a stellar year for the prize, with tough competition from a very fine shortlist."
Will Dawson, convener of Dundee City Council's city development committee, said: "Each year the quantity and quality of entrants goes from strength to strength.
"I never envy the judges the difficult task they have of choosing just one winner from such a strong field, but every time they manage to select a deserving book to take the title."
Shadow Jumping by Margaret Ries and London Clay by Amy Spencer were also shortlisted.
The announcement was made at the start of the Dundee Literary Festival. | An American author's coming-of-age story of a trans man in the 1980s has won the Dundee International Book Prize 2016. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37714279"} | 351 | 31 | 0.443219 | 1.153501 | -0.38856 | 1.384615 | 11.192308 | 0.692308 |
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Montpellier-bound Pienaar's perfectly-weighted kick set up Andrew Trimble's second-half score as Ulster held on despite a later Leinster penalty try.
An emotional Pienaar came off on 70 minutes while veteran Roger Wilson scored Ulster's first-half try in his last game before his retirement.
Leinster's defeat means they will host the Scarlets in the semi-finals.
Leo Cullen's Leinster side went into the final series of regulation fixtures leading the table but Munster moved above them after earning a thumping 50-14 win over Connacht which means Rassie Erasmus' team will face fourth-placed Ospreys in two weeks.
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Last weekend's defeat by the Ospreys had effectively ended Ulster's play-off hopes after another season of under-achievement for Les Kiss' side.
Only a huge bonus-point victory over their Irish rivals and equally thumping Scarlets win over the Ospreys - resulting in a points swing of 73 - would have seen Ulster squeezing into the last four and it was never a realistic possibility.
From an Ulster point of view, that left the occasion as primarily a farewell to Pienaar after a seven-year Kingspan Stadium career which, despite his numerous magnificent individual displays, saw him missing out on any titles.
As on so many occasions, the contest was lit up by a moment of Pienaar perfection in the 55th minute as his deft crosskick allowed Trimble to touch down following a period of Ulster pressure.
Amid rapturous applause, Pienaar was replaced 15 minutes later and he was greeted in the dug-out by his compatriot and former Ravenhill team-mate Johann Muller, who travelled from home in South Africa to watch his fellow Springbok's final competitive Ulster game.
Back row Wilson was also making his 221st and last Ulster appearance and his vigorous display was highlighted by a ninth-minute try which helped the home side lead 10-6 at the break, despite a misfiring line-out.
After slipping 17-6 behind, Leinster, parading a strong side despite the absence of British & Irish Lions trio Johnny Sexton, Robbie Henshaw and Sean O'Brien, fought back helped by a couple of wonderful Garry Ringrose runs.
After Cian Healy had been held up over the Ulster line, intense Leinster pressure yielded a 61st-minute penalty try which cut the margin to four but the home side held on with a degree of comfort in the closing stages.
Leinster's other eight points came from Joey Carbery's boot.
Ulster: C Gilroy; A Trimble (capt), L Marshall, S McCloskey, C Piutau; P Jackson, R Pienaar; A Warwick, R Herring, R Ah You; K Treadwell, A O'Connor; R Diack, S Reidy, R Wilson.
Replacements: J Andrew, K McCall, R Lutton, C Henry, N Timoney, P Marshall, P Nelson, J Stockdale.
Leinster: I Nacewa; A Byrne, G Ringrose, N Reid, F McFadden; J Carbery, L McGrath; J McGrath, J Tracy, T Furlong; D Toner, H Triggs; R Ruddock, J van der Flier, J Conan.
Replacements: R Strauss, C Healy, A Porter, R Molony, Dan Leavy, J Gibson-Park, R Byrne, R O'Loughlin. | Ruan Pienaar had a winning competitive send-off for Ulster as the home side beat Leinster in the Pro12 derby. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39791580"} | 865 | 33 | 0.509871 | 1.420378 | -0.450056 | 1.181818 | 29.590909 | 0.727273 |
Duff, 39, was put in charge of the club's under-18 side last season following his retirement as a player.
He has been promoted to his new role after the departure of Michael Jolley, who became head coach at AFC Eskilstuna in Sweden.
"There was an opportunity to step up which the club have asked me to do and I'm happy to do it," said Duff.
"It's a nice progression into a new career and it probably happened a little bit quicker than I expected, but I'm in a good place."
Burnley's under-23 team will compete in the Professional Development League for the first time this season after the club were granted appropriate academy status. | Former Burnley defender Michael Duff has been appointed as head coach of the Premier League club's under-23 side. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40494201"} | 157 | 27 | 0.700061 | 1.569392 | -0.545966 | 1.2 | 6.85 | 0.8 |
The dancers, from Alvechurch in Worcestershire, were accused of being racist because some of their members' faces had been blackened.
One man filmed himself confronting them as they performed near the Bullring.
The Alvechurch Morris dancer group has not commented on the incident.
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The use of black face make-up by Morris dancers has become a controversial issue, with Shrewsbury Folk Festival banning the practice after receiving complaints.
Supporters, however, say the practice dates back centuries and is not linked to race. | A group of Morris dancers abandoned a performance in Birmingham city centre after being heckled for their use of black face paint. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38559669"} | 127 | 28 | 0.743142 | 1.665663 | 0.22745 | 1.304348 | 4.826087 | 0.695652 |
The Stoke-on-Trent-based company said it is set to increase production of its handmade pottery by 40% by 2019.
To help reach that target, the firm, which sells the majority of products in the UK, opened a new warehouse in the city on Monday.
Founder Ms Bridgewater said it was "incredibly exciting" to be expanding.
She currently employs about 200 staff since establishing the company in 1985 and the new jobs will be in manufacturing, customer service and distribution, as well as seasonal posts.
The new 38,000 sq ft distribution and customer service centre in Fenton is less than a mile from its Victorian-era factory and visitor centre in Lichfield Street, Hanley.
"It is incredibly exciting to be expanding, creating 70 new local employment opportunities and be a part of rebuilding the community around our factory," Ms Bridgewater said.
Stoke-on-Trent has been known as a ceramics heartland, but has seen more than 20,000 jobs go between 1998 and 2008.
Tom Reynolds, policy manager at the British Ceramic Confederation, said: "This is very positive and welcome news for the pottery industry in North Staffordshire.
"To capture even more growth in the sector, the government needs to secure a comprehensive trade settlement with the EU and a level playing field with global competitors." | Pottery firm Emma Bridgewater is creating 70 new jobs as part of a £1m investment over the next three years. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37410643"} | 281 | 26 | 0.597744 | 1.416293 | -0.184599 | 0.956522 | 11.304348 | 0.608696 |
Welsh Labour is launching its council election campaign in Newport on Monday.
Mr Jones said Labour set the bar "exceptionally high" in the 2012 elections - when it gained 231 seats - but he claimed it was beginning the campaign from a "position of strength".
His party is defending 580 seats in Wales.
The launch comes after the Welsh Labour leader said it would be "tough" for the party to avoid losses.
It had celebrated its best local election results in 16 years in 2012. Labour is defending overall control of 10 authorities.
Mr Jones said: "The elections in May will see a record number of Welsh Labour candidates standing across Wales.
"Our results in 2012 set the bar exceptionally high but we begin this campaign from a position of strength."
Mr Jones said Labour councils had "built new council homes... helped to deliver the best GCSE and A Level results ever, supported small business and led ambitious regeneration programmes in towns and cities all over the country". | First Minister Carwyn Jones has promised "a fair deal" to Welsh communities as his party's election campaign gets underway. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39531017"} | 204 | 26 | 0.582239 | 1.198685 | -0.301899 | 0.652174 | 8.608696 | 0.478261 |
Acting captain Ned Eckersley led the way with 70 not out as the Foxes reached 200-3 at the close.
Earlier, Colin Ingram made his highest Glamorgan score of 137, but his dismissal marked a turning point.
Clint McKay and Ben Raine ran through the Glamorgan tail to limit their first-innings lead to six runs.
Ingram's innings lasted 230 balls and included 21 fours and two sixes, showing why his return to full fitness after struggling with a knee injury could be so valuable for Glamorgan.
But Leicestershire made steady progress in the evening sun before Eckersley and Mark Pettini accelerated in a stand of 91 as batting conditions remained good.
Leicestershire captain Ned Eckersley told BBC Radio Leicester:
"It was good to put together a couple of partnerships, first with Paul Horton and then with Mark Pettini, because the game was in a tight position, and by no means are we ahead of the game - we're going to have to come back and do all the right things and hammer home the advantage.
"We're looking to win the game, and the aim will be to put ourselves in a position where we can make the call."
Glamorgan batsman Colin Ingram told BBC Wales Sport:
"It was nice to spend some time in the middle, I learnt a whole bunch in the first season I played here (2015), and I'm trying to use that at the moment.
"With the sun shining the bowlers ran in hard, the wicket was flattish in the afternoon but it would have been nice to get one or two more- we'll have a good rest and come out firing." | Leicestershire lead Glamorgan by 194 runs with seven second-innings wickets remaining going into the final day of their Division Two match at Grace Road. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39682083"} | 382 | 34 | 0.433556 | 1.068122 | 0.265188 | 0.62963 | 11.925926 | 0.555556 |
Mrs Cox, the MP for Batley and Spen, died after she was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire, in June.
Along with Labour's candidate Tracy Brabin are nine others representing smaller parties or running as independents.
The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and UKIP have all said they will not be fielding a candidate.
The by-election takes place on 20 October.
Mrs Cox won the seat with a 6,057 majority in 2015.
Here is the full list of candidates: | Ten candidates are running in a by-election in the seat of former Labour MP Jo Cox. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37489236"} | 110 | 23 | 0.605391 | 1.289724 | -0.51537 | 1.263158 | 5.105263 | 0.842105 |
The body of 46-year-old Sharon Greenop was found by police in her home in the town on 10 November, after neighbours reportedly complained of a bad smell.
Earlier this week, following a post-mortem examination, police said they were treating her death as "suspicious".
The women were due to appear at Ayr Sheriff Court on Monday.
They were detained in police custody. | Two women, aged 19 and 38, have been arrested in connection with the death of a woman in Troon in South Ayrshire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38194524"} | 90 | 31 | 0.675044 | 1.259937 | -1.422027 | 0.52 | 3.16 | 0.44 |
The small town holds great value to IS because of a prophecy of an apocalyptic battle, and features heavily in its propaganda.
The operation comes as US and Russian envoys meet in Switzerland to discuss possible routes to a new ceasefire.
But diplomats have played down hopes of any breakthrough at the talks.
Since a brief truce collapsed last month, Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes have intensified their bombardment of rebel-held areas in Aleppo.
Aid agencies say a 72-hour ceasefire is urgently needed to allow supplies in and civilians out of devastated areas in the east of the city.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan confirmed fighters were moving on Dabiq, which lies about 10km (6 miles) from the Turkish border.
Rebel fighters backed by Turkish airstrikes have been edging closer to the town for days, seizing villages around it and all but isolating it.
A bombardment was taking place as part of the offensive on Saturday, a monitoring group and a rebel commander said.
Dabiq is important to IS because it is named in Islamic apocalyptic prophecies as the site of an end-of-times showdown between Muslims and their enemies. The militant group named its magazine after the town.
The advance on Dabiq is part of a wider offensive launched by an alliance of Syrian rebel groups, supported by Turkish forces, in late August.
They are trying to drive IS militants and Syrian Kurdish fighters from an area along Turkey's border with Syria. Since it began, they have captured the key towns of Jarablus and al-Rai.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are meeting delegates from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Qatar in Lausanne to discuss ways to broker a new ceasefire.
But prospects for success looked bleak. On Friday, Mr Lavrov said he had no "special expectations" for the talks, while a US State Department official told Reuters he did not anticipate a major announcement.
"This is going to be, as it has been now for several years, a very difficult process," the agency quoted the US official as saying.
There can be no peace in Syria without the agreement of the men meeting in Switzerland today.
Bilateral talks between the US and Russia have brought no real solution. A ceasefire brokered last month collapsed after just a few days, since then Syrian government bombing of Aleppo, backed by Russia, has intensified.
On the ground Iranian troops are reportedly supporting Syrian forces. Saudi Arabia and the US have been supplying opposition groups with weapons and money.
Moscow insists rebel forces it regards as terrorists must be separated from more moderate opposition groups before the bombing of Aleppo can stop. Washington says the bombing is a war crime.
And so, even as the talks get under way, the message from the diplomats who could make peace was: don't expect too much.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to "keep cleaning" Aleppo of rebels and told a Russian newspaper that winning in the city would be a "springboard" to winning in the rest of the country.
Ahead of the talks, organisations including Save the Children, Oxfam, the Norwegian Refugee Council and the International Rescue Committee issued a plea "to establish a ceasefire of at least 72 hours in east Aleppo" to allow evacuations and delivery of aid.
There are now no safe areas left in rebel-held parts of the city, according to REACH, an organisation that contacts people there regularly in order to gather humanitarian reports.
About 275,000 people live in the besieged areas, and aid organisations have not been able to get to them since the siege resumed on 4 September.
More than 370 people, including nearly 70 children, have been killed in the bombardment of eastern Aleppo, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The monitor said dozens of civilians including children have also died in rebel bombardment of western Aleppo, which is controlled by the Syrian government.
A war that started with an uprising against President al-Assad has now split Syria into many parts. It has been going on for over five years and it has claimed 300,000 lives. | Turkish-backed rebels in Syria are advancing on Dabiq, a symbolically important stronghold of so-called Islamic State. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37666240"} | 943 | 30 | 0.482089 | 1.185562 | 0.135365 | 1.181818 | 37.045455 | 0.818182 |
Re-analysis of a sample from Abakumova, 30, resulted in a positive test for the anabolic steroid turinabol.
Abakumova was second, behind the Czech Republic's Barbora Spotakova.
Britain are also set to receive a 4x400m men's relay bronze from the same Games in Beijing because of another Russian doping offence.
Like Abakumova, Denis Alekseyev, 28, tested positive for turinabol.
Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin, Michael Bingham and Martyn Rooney are the British 400m runners set to benefit.
Steele, who has since retired, said he was "emotional" at hearing the news.
"It's been unofficial for quite a while and we suspected it for even longer, but it's gone so quiet of late I started to suspect it may never come to fruition," he told Athletics Weekly.
"I'm honestly really pleased but also really upset I've not been able to be this pleased for the last eight years."
Rooney, who was also part of the 4x400m team at the recent Rio Games, said on Twitter he was "delighted with the news".
Runner Inga Abitova and cyclist Ekaterina Gnindenko have also been disqualified following more sample re-testing.
Abitova, 34, was sixth in the 10,000m at the 2008 Games, while Gnindenko, 23, came eighth in the keirin at the 2012 Olympics in London. | British javelin thrower Goldie Sayers is set to be awarded a bronze medal from the 2008 Olympics after Russia's Maria Abakumova was disqualified. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37355024"} | 348 | 38 | 0.443832 | 1.107966 | 0.23708 | 0.84 | 10.76 | 0.6 |
Ganson, 46, has been the department's coach and technical director for the past three years.
The St Helens-born official retired in April 2013 with the 2008 World Cup and numerous domestic finals on his CV.
"I understand refereeing and the increasing demands placed on our referees," said Ganson.
"It's a critical area in the sport. There are changes we will introduce in the way we prepare, coach, assess and appoint our referees.
"Our coaching structure has been reviewed to assist in developing our referees and I want to accelerate the development of Championship and reserve grade referees so we have a stronger talent pool to select from at the highest levels."
Sharp left the department last season to take up a head coach role at Championship side Featherstone Rovers.
RFL chief operating officer Ralph Rimmer added: "A great deal of work over recent months has also gone into the Match Officials Pathway within the development pyramid.
"Following that work, Super League match official Ben Thaler will be heading up a focused recruitment campaign which is now being rolled out by the team." | Former Super League referee Steve Ganson has been named the Rugby Football League head of match officials following Jon Sharp's 2015 exit. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35400843"} | 250 | 29 | 0.64418 | 1.403776 | 0.558227 | 0.875 | 9.041667 | 0.625 |
Tuesday's speech could be a big moment in finding out what the UK's relationship with the European Union will look like after Brexit.
Some other countries already have their own arrangements, governing how they trade with the EU:
But what does all this mean? Here's a guide to some of the terms and key debates that we're likely to be be hearing about.
There is no strict definition of either, but they are used to refer to the closeness of the UK's relationship with the EU, post-Brexit.
So at one extreme, "hard" (or "clean") Brexit could involve the UK refusing to compromise on issues like the free movement of people, leaving the EU single market and trading with the EU as if it were any other country outside Europe, based on World Trade Organization rules.
This would mean - at least in the short term before a trade deal was done - the UK and EU would probably apply tariffs and other trade restrictions on each other.
At the other end of the scale, a "soft" Brexit might involve some form of membership of the European Union single market, in return for a degree of free movement.
A number of non-EU countries have their own relationships with Brussels, with differing degrees of closeness, which could give an idea of what is to come for the UK.
Norway, for example, has full access to the single market, but is obliged to make a financial contribution and accept the majority of EU laws, and all EU citizens can move to live and work there, under free movement laws.
Given that Downing Street has said any deal must involve controls on immigration, it seems unlikely that the UK will accept free movement as it currently applies.
Another example is Canada - which has agreed a new trade deal including preferential access to the single market without all the obligations that Norway and Switzerland - whose access to the EU market is governed by a series of bilateral agreements - face.
However, while post-Brexit Britain may contain elements of these arrangements, Mrs May has stressed the UK does not want an "off the shelf" deal.
"Access to" and "membership of" the single market are sometimes used interchangeably but they mean very different things.
All 28 EU countries are full members of the single market which enables them to trade with one another based on the four freedoms of the EU: free movement of goods, services, capital, and people.
The European Economic Area (EEA) on the other hand is the name of the open internal market between the EU and Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein.
The EEA agreement grants these three countries near-full access to the European single market. In return, they are subject to obligations from EU legislation in relevant areas and have to accept free movement of people.
Chancellor Philip Hammond has said if the UK is "closed off" in trade terms by the rest of the EU, it could be forced into adopting a "new economic model", comments interpreted as suggesting cuts to corporation tax to allow the UK to entice business from elsewhere in Europe.
The government says immigration curbs will be an essential part of the Brexit package but how they will work is not yet clear.
During the referendum campaign, Vote Leave called for a "points-based" system, similar to that used in Australia.
But this model, which would involve applications being accepted on the basis of skills, has been rejected by Mrs May, who says it would not give sufficient control to the government.
An alternative, which Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said is under consideration, is to require migrants to have a work permit before coming to work in the UK, with ministers able to prioritise different sectors.
A combination of different models is also an option, and the government says all possibilities are being considered.
It has also been reported a visa waiver scheme, similar to that used by the US, could apply to Britons going to the EU.
This could involve an online application and paying a fee in order to visit the EU, without requiring a full visa.
A customs union is an arrangement between countries who agree not to impose tariffs on each other's goods.
They also agree to impose common external tariffs on goods from countries outside their customs union.
Setting common external tariffs is what distinguishes a customs union from a free trade area, where members are able to set their own tariffs on goods from the rest of the world.
As an EU member, the UK is currently part of its customs union.
But you do not have to be a member state to be in a customs union with the EU.
After Brexit, the UK could adopt a similar model to Turkey, which is not an EU member but trades with the EU as part of a customs union.
However, this would be unpopular in some quarters as by agreeing to set common external tariffs, customs unions also limit the freedom of their individual members to strike their own trade deals.
Reality Check: What is a customs union?
Just like with the referendum itself, opinions differ on what the government should do next. Some in the Conservative Party want a fast "hard" Brexit, while others - including many of the leading Remain campaigners - say access to the single market should now be the priority.
Some Leave campaigners like Conservative MP John Redwood say Brexit is a sovereign decision that should be completed as quickly as possible.
He wrote that the UK should "offer to continue tariff-free trade, send them the letter and then leave".
Other Conservatives have urged the PM to take her time to strike a deal.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the UK needs to "maintain full access" to the EU single market in order to protect jobs.
Several EU leaders have called for clarity on what the UK wants from the Brexit negotiations.
The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, is among those to tell the UK it cannot "cherry pick" on issues such as the single market.
Several have stressed that for the UK to enjoy continued free access to the single market, it would need to accept free movement of people.
We will know more about the EU's position once formal negotiations begin, which will happen when the UK serves notice of its departure under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which Mrs May has promised to do before the end of March.
There has been much talk of an interim deal between the UK and the EU before the final terms are agreed.
Supporters of the plan say it would avoid the "cliff edge" scenario which could see tariffs imposed on businesses as soon as the UK leaves the EU, and prevent a shock to the economy.
Not everyone is convinced this is necessary - and some Conservative MPs want the UK to leave the EU before negotiating the terms.
But a transitional arrangement appeared to get more likely after Chancellor Philip Hammond said there was an "emerging view" that having longer than two years to negotiate the UK's departure would tend towards a "smoother transition" .
Writing in the Sunday Times, Brexit Secretary David Davis suggested there might be a transitional arrangement to ensure Britain's exit was a smooth process.
A hint of what the UK might be looking for - and a suggestion of how tricky the negotiations might be - was offered by Oliver Letwin, who was briefly in charge of the government's Brexit unit before Theresa May took over as prime minister.
Speaking on the BBC's Daily Politics, he compared what he thought was the UK's likely wish list to having "cake and eating it".
The former Conservative minister said this should include access to financial services for the City of London, a zero tariff regime for the import and export of goods - as well as control over immigration.
The cake theme re-emerged when notes carried by an MP's aide were photographed in Westminster.
The handwritten notes included the phrase "what's the model? Have your cake and eat it" and "unlikely" in reference to the EU single market.
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Mrs Allan left her home in Ponteland, Northumberland, early on Boxing Day wearing pyjamas and a waterproof jacket. She was later seen on CCTV on Newcastle's Quayside.
The body of the 59-year-old was recovered from the River Tyne at Tyne Dock West, Jarrow, on Wednesday.
Northumbria Police said a report has been prepared for the coroner.
The disappearance of the mother-of three sparked a major search operation involving many local people in her home town.
When the CCTV images emerged, police divers searched a section of the River Tyne but drew a blank.
Flowers were laid at the spot where she was last seen by family and friends. | A body found in the water on South Tyneside has been confirmed as that of missing woman Sally Allan. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35506322"} | 168 | 25 | 0.693114 | 1.472484 | -0.61669 | 0.6 | 6.6 | 0.5 |
Last summer, after he and his family canoed 450km down the North Saskatchewan River, five-year-old Mali Berthiaume declared he wanted to canoe for the rest of his life
For his parents, Magali Moffatt and Benoit Gendreau-Berthiaume, that was the go-ahead for a much bigger cross-country adventure.
On 2 May, the family will push off from their canoe in Edmonton, Alberta, on a four-month journey to Montreal, Quebec.
The trip will cover more than 5,000km through rivers and lakes, including portaging - carrying the canoe when waterways don't link up.
"People ask Ben - 'How did you convince your wife to go on a trip like that?' and I'm like, no, that's not the way it happened," Ms Moffatt says.
The family had planned a road trip home to Quebec after Mr Gendreau-Berthiaume completed his doctorate in Forest Ecology at the University of Alberta.
But when the car showed signs of trouble, Ms Moffatt's adventurous imagination took charge.
Fellow Quebecois Mylene Paquette had recently paddled across the Atlantic to France and Ms Moffatt, who works at Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), an outdoor gear shop, says she was inspired.
"I didn't want to do something crazy like that, but it popped in my mind, and I said to Ben - 'What if we paddled back to Montreal?'"
As they searched for a route on the internet, Mr Gendreau-Berthiaume remembered meeting a man who canoed from the Rocky Mountains to the Hudson Bay with a three-year-old.
"That was always in the back of my mind," he said. "He did it with a three-year-old and our son is five, so we should be fine."
Not everyone understands such a challenge, including their family, who were initially not fond of the idea.
"But they've seen all the work we've put into it, and now they're actually proud and excited for us," he said.
Mr Gendreau-Berthiaume recalls when he told the other adults at his son's daycare, some were confused and concerned, suggesting they could chip in to help pay for the family's airfare.
"I said, 'No, that's not the point.'"
Starting on the North Saskatchewan river, the family will make their way to Cedar Lake, portage to several more lakes and rivers, including paddling upstream on the Winnipeg and French rivers, until they finally arrive in Montreal on the Ottawa river.
These modern-day adventurers will follow some of the same routs as Canada's historic voyageurs, who travelled across the country via canoe during the fur trade.
"There are a few key places we're travelling through that have historical importance," said Mr Gendreau-Berthiaume.
Just west of Lake Superior, along the border in the United States, is Grand Portage, where the Ojibwe tribe provided fur traders with pelts and food, and also taught the French and British how to make canoes in the 18th Century.
But unlike the days of the voyageurs, this expedition will require child-friend entertainment.
While Mali will try his hand at fishing with a stick, twine and raisins, his parents will tell stories.
"He turns around and wants story after story," Mr Gendreau-Berthiaume says, but adds his son's interest is an opportunity.
"Telling stories about things that happen in the natural world is a way for me to make it entertaining for him, but at the same time sharing my passion and knowledge about the forests."
And Ms Moffett says their training trips have prepared them for the slower life of canoeing.
"You get up, you eat, you paddle all day, you talk with your family," she says.
"There's long moments of silence. It feels to me like it's a kind of meditation and it's just the best family time ever."
Ms Moffatt says she fully expects to be miserable some days when the family is tired, cold and wet.
But part of her job is to encourage Canadians to enjoy the outdoors - and the couple hopes the trip will show other families how attainable adventure can be.
"I hear a lot of people, the moment they have kids, say they don't do a lot of things because they have a child," said Ms Moffatt.
"I agree it's not as easy, but it's so much fun - the memories, and children are just comfortable outside."
The family will camp, taking every couple of days off to rest. They've arranged for supplies to be dropped at specific points so that they only need to carry basic equipment and two or three weeks of food.
The longest any of them have paddled before is two weeks.
"By the end of [the last canoe trip], I was not fed up at all - I was actually sad," said Mr Gendreau-Berthiaume.
"You actually start getting in the rhythm and really being at peace in your trip, after a week. Same thing happened when we did our practice trip last spring - after 10 days, we just wanted to keep going. We were on a roll." | A Canadian family is about to set off on a cross-country journey from Edmonton to Montreal with their five-year-old - but they are making the journey by canoe. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32503810"} | 1,224 | 40 | 0.443927 | 1.281319 | -0.299301 | 1.885714 | 30.057143 | 0.914286 |
Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said they would relocate to Jordan's Azraq airbase.
German Tornado jets fly reconnaissance missions over Iraq and Syria from Incirlik, helping US-led forces fighting so-called Islamic State (IS).
German-Turkish talks broke down in Ankara on Monday.
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said 250 German troops and military equipment would have to transfer from Incirlik, in southern Turkey.
The reason, he explained, was that his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu had told him visits to the base by German MPs could not take place.
According to Ms von der Leyen, Jordan has agreed to host the German contingent at Azraq. She said there would be a suspension of the German surveillance flights for a few weeks.
Germany also flies a tanker plane from Incirlik to refuel warplanes participating in the air campaign against IS.
The German government is expected to formally approve the transfer later this month.
Last month, Turkey prevented a group of German MPs from visiting Incirlik, citing as a reason Germany's decision to grant asylum to Turkish soldiers it accuses of taking part in last year's attempted coup.
More than 400 Turkish military staff, diplomats, members of the judiciary and other officials and their relatives have applied for political asylum in Germany. Some requests have been granted, though Germany has not given a precise figure.
A bitter war of words erupted between the two Nato allies in the run-up to Turkey's 16 April referendum, which resulted in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan winning sweeping new powers.
He was furious that Germany prevented Turkish ministers from campaigning for him on German soil, and he accused Berlin of "Nazi-style" behaviour.
Meanwhile, Germany remains concerned over Turkey's detention of German-Turkish Die Welt journalist Deniz Yucel. | Germany says it plans to move its aircraft and military personnel out of Turkey's Incirlik airbase, as Turkey refuses to allow visits by German MPs. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40163369"} | 429 | 35 | 0.646842 | 1.520354 | 0.492337 | 1.035714 | 12.464286 | 0.678571 |
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