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Malcolm White, 53, from Pittenweem, was killed while driving on the Ovenstone to Carnbee road near Anstruther between 20:25 and 20:45 on Wednesday.
In a statement issued through Police Scotland, his family described him as "a loving, caring and adoring husband, father, brother and son".
They added: "He will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him.
"We respectfully request privacy at this most difficult time."
Police have appealed for anyone who may have witnessed the crash, or seen the tractor in the area beforehand, to get in touch. | A man who died after his tractor overturned on a road in Fife has been named by police. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40228323"} | 133 | 24 | 0.594532 | 1.214383 | -0.549429 | 0.578947 | 6.052632 | 0.578947 |
With just seconds remaining Richard Wood was sent off for fouling Lucas Joao in the area and Fletcher slammed home from the spot.
Joao had earlier forced a good save from Millers keeper Lewis Price before Rotherham skipper Lee Frecklington had an effort blocked.
Fletcher headed straight at Price in the final minute before the late drama.
The result was harsh on the Millers, who remain 12 points adrift of safety.
They had the ball in the net in the first half but Tom Adeyemi's effort was ruled out for a foul.
Wednesday improved after the break and looked set to be left ruing Fletcher's missed chance when he headed straight at Price when unmarked.
But his late penalty gave Carlos Carvalhal's men victory and moved them up to sixth in the table.
Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal:
"It was not an easy game; it was a local derby and Rotherham had a lot to play for.
"It has been a long time since we beat Rotherham here. The players had a very good attitude. We broke a wall that Rotherham put up and we don't win a lot of those games so I am very happy.
"We never know in this competition whether it will be easier playing the bottom of the league or the top of the league. Rotherham caused us a lot of problems."
Rotherham caretaker manager Paul Warne:
"It was more a case of the player winning the penalty. Would I be happy if my striker did that in the 93rd minute to win the game? Yes I would.
"But I don't know how that is a sending-off; I am going to speak to him about that. I thought the rules had changed with the double jeopardy.
"For the (disallowed) goal, I've watched it back numerous times and I cannot see where the foul is - I can't even see where it might have been. I will go and speak to the referee and he will tell me something I didn't see.
"To lose at such a late stage is bitter pill to swallow, but I will still go home pretty proud. We couldn't give any more."
Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Rotherham United 0.
Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Rotherham United 0.
Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aimen Belaid (Rotherham United).
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Glenn Loovens.
Attempt missed. Ross Wallace (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas João following a fast break.
Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 1, Rotherham United 0. Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Richard Wood (Rotherham United) is shown the red card.
Joe Mattock (Rotherham United) is shown the yellow card.
Penalty Sheffield Wednesday. Lucas João draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Richard Wood (Rotherham United) after a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt saved. Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Hutchinson with a cross.
Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Darnell Fisher (Rotherham United).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Dexter Blackstock (Rotherham United) because of an injury.
Foul by David Jones (Sheffield Wednesday).
Darnell Fisher (Rotherham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Darnell Fisher (Rotherham United) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday).
Tom Adeyemi (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Jones with a cross.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Anthony Forde.
Attempt blocked. Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Atdhe Nuhiu.
Ross Wallace (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lee Frecklington (Rotherham United).
Attempt missed. Anthony Forde (Rotherham United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joe Newell following a corner.
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Glenn Loovens.
Attempt blocked. Lee Frecklington (Rotherham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Danny Ward.
Attempt missed. Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sam Hutchinson with a cross.
Attempt blocked. David Jones (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Liam Palmer (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joe Newell (Rotherham United).
Attempt saved. Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Lees.
Attempt blocked. Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Hutchinson with a headed pass.
Ross Wallace (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Joe Newell (Rotherham United).
Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Anthony Forde (Rotherham United).
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Daryn Dolan, 26, hit Kieran Barstow, 24, with a bottle which smashed, before using it to repeatedly injure him.
The attack in Ferguson Street, Johnstone, happened on 19 June last year following a row over a noisy car.
Dolan pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Mr Barstow to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement.
Jailing him at the High Court in Edinburgh, Lord Glennie told Dolan that he had no other option but to send him to prison for the "vicious" assault.
The court had previously heard that Dolan, of Linwood, Renfrewshire, was the passenger in a car whose engine was being revved.
Mr Barstow's friend, James McCarthur, asked the driver to keep the noise down.
Mr Barstow was then attacked when he tried to stop a fight which subsequently broke out between a woman that was in the car and a girl he was with.
Dolan ran off after the attack and was not placed by police until 20 August.
The victim suffered cuts on his face, scalp, arms, right foot and bruising to his right hand. He also required surgery to repair a 15cm cut to his jawline. | A man who carried out a "vicious" bottle attack on someone who tried to break up a fight in Renfrewshire has been jailed for five-and-a-half years. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36562812"} | 284 | 45 | 0.548676 | 1.354124 | -0.355368 | 0.828571 | 6.542857 | 0.542857 |
The move allows the army to be sent in to control the influx.
Macedonia is a major transit point for migrants heading from Greece to wealthier northern EU members.
Some 44,000 people have reportedly travelled through Macedonia in the past two months, many of them fleeing violence in Syria.
The army's involvement would "increase the level of security among our citizens in the two regions and allow for a more comprehensive approach towards the people expressing an interest in claiming asylum," said Interior Ministry spokesman Ivo Kotevski.
There have been chaotic scenes at Macedonia's southern border with Greece in recent days, as migrants attempt to clamber on to trains travelling towards Western Europe.
"Everyone is rushing for himself. There's a lot of danger of people being killed," Najeem, 24, from Afghanistan told the BBC at Gevgelija station.
Kumanovo, near the Serbian border in the north, has also been declared a crisis region.
Meanwhile in Greece, a government-chartered ferry has arrived at Piraeus port near Athens, after picking up almost 2,500 migrants from islands near the Turkish coast.
The ferry was chartered in response to worsening conditions on the island of Kos, where small boats have been arriving every day from the Turkish coast.
Although a newly-opened migrant reception centre will take several hundred of the arrivals, most are expected to head north to the border with Macedonia.
Greece has seen almost 160,000 people landing on its shores since January, the UN estimates, with 50,000 arriving in the past month alone.
By boosting security at its borders, Macedonia could create a backlog of migrants for Greece to cope with, analysts say. | The Macedonian government has declared a state of emergency in two border regions to cope with growing numbers of migrants, state media have reported. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34008867"} | 379 | 30 | 0.549256 | 1.25537 | 0.554583 | 1.076923 | 12.346154 | 0.692308 |
The accident happened at Bwlch Pen Barras near Ruthin, just below the Moel Famau beauty spot car park, just before midday on Thursday.
Two Welsh Air Ambulances, the fire service and a mountain rescue team were sent to the scene.
The woman was airlifted to a specialist trauma hospital in Stoke-on-Trent.
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Andrew Marcus Burke, 36, of HMP Manchester, was convicted of two counts of assault following a trial at Manchester Crown Court.
He shot a 19-year-old in the abdomen and a 20-year-old in the buttocks while they were in a car on Radcliffe Road, Oldham on 29 June.
Both men were taken to hospital and have made a full recovery.
Det Ch Insp Ian Crewe said: "The judge described Burke as an extremely dangerous man and I can only echo that sentiment.
"We believe his attack was based on a previous dispute and the streets are certainly a lot safer now that he is starting day one of a 20-year jail sentence." | A man who shot two men who were sitting in a parked car has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32490998"} | 156 | 26 | 0.48069 | 1.052755 | -0.686005 | 0.681818 | 6.272727 | 0.590909 |
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, David Cameron said Operation Stack - where lorries park on the M20 during cross-Channel disruption - was a "serious problem".
He was responding to a question from Damian Collins, who is the Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe.
Stack was used 32 times during summer.
It followed strikes by French ferry workers, migrant activity and disruption to cross-Channel rail operations.
Mr Collins said: "The Channel Tunnel and Port of Dover are major pieces of national infrastructure, but when there are big disruptions to services it causes chaos on Kent's roads.
"As the government completes its final work on the spending review, will the Prime Minister give special consideration to the need for an urgent and long term solution to Operation Stack?"
Mr Cameron responded: "I absolutely recognise the serious problems that were caused to Kent's residents and businesses when it comes necessary to put into place Operation Stack.
"We've already introduced short-term measures to reduce the impact, including using the temporary availability of Manston airfield as a contingency measure.
"I understand the pressures and we'll do everything we can to relieve them."
In October, Kent County Council (KCC) leader Paul Carter said Mr Osborne must set aside funding in his Autumn Statement after the council estimated the disruption had cost the county's economy £45m. | The Prime Minister has said he will do "everything he can" to relieve the pressures caused in Kent by Operation Stack. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34724645"} | 308 | 32 | 0.631011 | 1.611461 | -0.019712 | 1.625 | 11.25 | 0.958333 |
It said net income rose 59% to €2.3bn in 2014 from €1.4bn a year earlier.
Airbus delivered a record total of 629 commercial aircraft last year, three more than in 2013, although this was below Boeing's total of 723 jets.
The firm said it would increase production of its smaller "single aisle" A320 jets to 50 a month in 2017.
But it will cut production of its wide-body A330 jet to six a month from its current level of 10 a month due to falling demand.
Demand for the A330 is slowing as Airbus starts taking orders for a new-engine version of the plane that it says it will begin delivering at the end of 2017.
Airbus chief executive Tom Enders said the firm could cut production of the aircraft to less than six a month, if it deemed this necessary.
"We have quite a few campaigns ongoing, including some that are essential for filling slots in 2016," he said. "The current assumption is we will go down to rate six, if we find we have to further adapt, we will do so."
Shares in Airbus rose more than 7% on the Paris stock exchange.
Mr Enders told the BBC the only reason that Boeing was currently ahead of Airbus in terms of production was because Boeing's 787 aircraft was "up and running and they are producing it at 100-plus a year and the Airbus 350 is two years behind".
He said in a couple of years Airbus would be competing neck and neck with Boeing once more in terms of output.
Mr Enders said Airbus was producing around 30 A380 superjumbos a year and dismissed talk that his firm could mothball production.
"I have a pretty positive outlook and perspective for our big bird," he said.
In December, Airbus shares fell more than 10% - their worst one-day fall for six years - on concerns that it could halt production of its A380 superjumbo in 2018.
Last month, Airbus parted company with the head of its military programme after governments including Germany, France and Turkey complained about delays to the A400M military transport plane.
Built at a cost of €20bn with orders from several European countries, the A400M was a fixed-priced contract that hit production problems and cost-overruns.
Mr Enders said Airbus was making "good progress on giving customers more visibility on the delivery and status of the military transporter". | European aviation firm Airbus has reported soaring full-year profits despite setting aside €551m (£401m) for delays on its A400M military aircraft. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31655450"} | 531 | 38 | 0.50459 | 1.167912 | 0.154789 | 0.741935 | 15.451613 | 0.548387 |
Romain Saiss has returned from the African Cup of Nations, but striker Joe Mason (hamstring) remains out.
Newcastle are not expected to risk the Championship's top scorer Dwight Gayle with his hamstring issue.
Chancel Mbemba and Christian Atsu are back from international duty and Jack Colback (illness) should be available. | January signing Ben Marshall could make his full Wolves debut against Newcastle after coming on in last week's late 2-1 defeat at Burton Albion. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38864196"} | 79 | 32 | 0.494627 | 0.960291 | -0.344348 | 0.142857 | 2.178571 | 0.142857 |
The attack took place between 17:30 BST and 20:30 BST in Nunnery Wood, Worcester Woods Country Park, on 9 July.
Det Ch Insp Neil Austin said: "This is without doubt an alarming and distressing incident and specially-trained officer are continuing to support the victim."
The attacker was described as white, middle-aged, with grey hair.
He was thought to be wearing blue jeans.
Mr Austin added: "Additional patrols will remain in place in and around the countryside park and Spetchley Woods areas until further notice."
Anyone who saw anything which could help officers was urged to contact West Mercia Police or Crimestoppers. | Police have put on extra patrols in Worcester after a woman was raped. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33524274"} | 144 | 20 | 0.536635 | 1.133066 | -1.627481 | 0.5 | 9 | 0.5 |
The home side fought back from 3-0 down with 16 minutes remaining, only for former Shrewsbury midfielder Jon Taylor to then score an injury-time winner.
Taylor had earlier headed Posh in front before Lee Angol added a brace.
Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro scored one and set up Andy Mangan and Jack Grimmer to make it 3-3, before Taylor won it prior to Ian Black's late sending off.
Town had to play the last five of the 10 minutes' added time with 10 men after Black was shown a second yellow card for a bad foul.
They then had to wait a further half hour before confirmation of the result in the delayed game at Gresty Road, where Doncaster Rovers lost to bottom club Crewe.
Coupled with Blackpool's 4-0 defeat by Wigan Athletic, which sealed the Latics' promotion, that was enough to ensure Shrewsbury's place in the third tier of English football for a second straight season.
Peterborough's win came a week after Graham Westley was sacked as manager, his assistant Grant McCann guiding them to victory in his first game as caretaker boss.
Shrewsbury Town manager Micky Mellon told BBC Radio Shropshire:
"I've never been involved in an experience like that in football. To survive you'd probably say 'job done'. But there are a lot of things going on in my head that I need to work through.
"My job when I first came here when I sat down with the chairman was to get promoted and then keep us up in League One. I've done that. But we have to learn from this.
"We knew it was going to be a tough season, when you lose key players and can't replace them. The important thing is that Shrewsbury learn their lesson and have League One players.
"We looked like we were towing a caravan at times. But that's what pressure can do. It can do strange things to people. It can fuel them on or it can go the other way." | Shrewsbury Town are safe from the threat of relegation, despite losing a seven-goal thriller to Peterborough. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36118321"} | 454 | 31 | 0.381292 | 0.981501 | -0.746457 | 0.7 | 19.9 | 0.6 |
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Josh McIlwaine scored both goals to move the County Fermanagh men eight points clear of the bottom two.
Carrick, replied through a late Ryan Morris own goal, but defeat means they remain nine points ahead of bottom-placed Portadown.
Gavin Dykes' Mallards have won three of their last five league matches.
That form has hoisted them clear of immediate relegation concern, while Carrick have taken just two points from a possible 21.
Carrick boss Aaron Callaghan delivered on his promise to make changes after the 5-1 Irish Cup drubbing by Coleraine, bringing in new signings Sean Noble, Sam O'Connor and Tzee Mustapha.
McIlwaine put Ballinamallard into the lead in the fourth minute, taking the ball on his chest from a knock-on and smashing a shot past Carrick keeper Brian Neeson.
Carrick went close to equalising when a Mustapha header produced a superb low save by away keeper Richard Brush, and the rebound from O'Connor was blocked.
In the second half, Carrick again pressed for an equaliser but they were stunned when Ballinamallard doubled their lead in the 75th minute.
McIlwaine coolly slotted home his second after a cross into the box was not cleared by the home defence.
Carrick got a goal back late on when substitute Lee Chapman's miss-hit shot was turned into his own goal by Morris. | Ballinamallard United took a huge step towards Irish Premiership safety by beating one-from-bottom Carrick Rangers on Friday night. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38595045"} | 337 | 32 | 0.529758 | 1.266822 | 0.072314 | 0.478261 | 11.478261 | 0.478261 |
The visitors failed to cope with Barrie McKay, who was felled by the hapless Ross Barbour for an early penalty.
Martyn Waghorn dispatched it and plundered a Mark McGuigan back pass to add a second after 16 minutes.
The impressive Niko Kranjcar completed the scoring with a precise, controlled finish early in the second half.
Rangers might have added further goals but substitute Kenny Miller had an effort cleared off the line by Steven Bell and then diverted a James Tavernier cross wide from six yards.
But they comfortably maintained their 100% record and have yet to concede a goal after four competitive games, with the next round on 9/10 August.
Stranraer offered little resistance, passing the ball poorly and failing to close opponents down, and Kranjcar, Joey Barton - making his first start - and Andy Halliday controlled the game from midfield while operating at a low tempo.
The home side were capable of bursting into life, though, often when McKay was carrying the ball with impudence and menace towards the Stranraer defenders.
Quick and elusive, he glided past Barbour, whose instinctive reaction was to dive at the attacker and bring him down inside the penalty area.
Referee John Beaton pointed immediately to the spot and Waghorn converted, despite Stranraer goalkeeper Cammy Belford getting a hand to the ball.
The dynamic of the game was set, not least because the Stranraer players were unable to retain possession, much to manager Brian Reid's annoyance.
Waghorn might already have scored a second with a header before he gathered McGuigan's mis-hit pass and clipped a shot over the exposed Belford.
With Barton dictating the pace and range of the home side's play from a deep role in midfield, Rangers racked up dominance and possession, although many of their efforts on goal were from long range.
Reid brought on Craig Malcolm and Kyle Turner at half-time, but the rhythm of the game remained unchanged. Waghorn almost completed his hat-trick only for the ball to be bundled clear as he was about to convert Halliday's cross.
Kranjcar grew in prominence, and added the third when Waghorn brought a high ball under control and the Croatian midfielder drilled a perfect volley low into the corner of the net.
The Ibrox crowd got their first look at former Liverpool youngster Jordan Rossiter when he replaced Barton for his debut just days after returning from England duty at the Under-19s European Championships.
Kranjcar continued to spray passes around the field, and Miller scampered onto one, but Belford and Bell combined to block his shot before clearing.
Rangers boss Mark Warburton: "The boys maintained the intensity, moved the ball well and created lots of chances, so overall it was a good night's work.
"That's four games, four clean sheets and 10 goals scored, so I am pleased.
"We have two days off now before we play Burnley [in a friendly at Ibrox on Saturday] which is very important after four games in nine days."
Stranraer boss Brian Reid: "We were a bit our own worst enemies at times and that start made it very difficult. But some of those boys only finished work at 5 o'clock so it is a good lesson for them.
"It could have been worse but we made a couple of changes, dug in and I felt we were a bit better in the second half.
"But you could see the difference in class with the players Rangers have got."
Match ends, Rangers 3, Stranraer 0.
Second Half ends, Rangers 3, Stranraer 0.
Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt saved. Jordan Rossiter (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Liam Dick.
Attempt blocked. Joe Dodoo (Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Liam Dick.
Attempt missed. Kenny Miller (Rangers) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Kenny Miller (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Scott Robertson.
Ryan Thomson (Stranraer) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Niko Kranjcar (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Thomson (Stranraer).
Attempt saved. Kenny Miller (Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Giuliano Morena (Stranraer) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Hand ball by Lee Wallace (Rangers).
Substitution, Stranraer. Giuliano Morena replaces Mark McGuigan.
William Gibson (Stranraer) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jordan Rossiter (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by William Gibson (Stranraer).
Attempt missed. Harry Forrester (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt missed. Lee Wallace (Rangers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. Joe Dodoo (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Jordan Rossiter (Rangers).
Liam Dick (Stranraer) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Rangers. Joe Dodoo replaces Andy Halliday.
Substitution, Rangers. Jordan Rossiter replaces Joey Barton.
Substitution, Rangers. Kenny Miller replaces Barrie McKay.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Steven Bell.
Attempt blocked. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Scott Agnew.
Foul by Niko Kranjcar (Rangers).
Scott Agnew (Stranraer) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Martyn Waghorn (Rangers).
Scott Agnew (Stranraer) wins a free kick on the left wing.
James Tavernier (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Malcolm (Stranraer).
Attempt blocked. Barrie McKay (Rangers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Andy Halliday (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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FC Bayern Worldwide says it will not enter the Emirates for the first five minutes of next week's match because of the "excessive" £64 ticket price.
It comes as the BBC released the Price of Football study, which analyses costs at 227 clubs across Britain and Europe.
In response, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said it is "his job to provide value".
The BBC's study found the Gunners have the most expensive match-day ticket in the Premier League at £97, while their away tickets in the league are priced between £26 and £64.
Bayern Munich's cheapest season ticket in the Bundesliga is £140.
"There's a concerted effort at board meetings to block increases and in seven of the last 10 years there haven't been increases in ticket prices," added Wenger, who was speaking before his side's Premier League game with Watford on Saturday.
"There is a will to make tickets affordable.
"Is football more expensive? Yes, but on a Saturday or Sunday if you want to go to rugby you will see the tickets are expensive there as well. It is maybe part of professionalism and a modern society."
In a statement on Facebook, FC Bayern Worldwide claimed the cost of an away ticket, for the Group F game on 20 October, would rise to more than 100 euros (£74) once fees and postage were added.
An Arsenal spokesman confirmed that fans will not be prevented from voicing their opinions, but added: "We would like to point out that 50% of our general admission tickets throughout the season are priced £40 or below. Also, we would like to stress that German football receives significant government funding, which is not the case in England."
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The Banking Standards Commission said former bosses Sir James Crosby, Andy Hornby and Lord Stevenson were guilty of a "colossal failure" of management.
HBOS collapsed in 2008, wiping out shareholders, costing thousands of jobs and forcing a £20.5bn taxpayer bailout.
On Friday, Sir James resigned as an adviser to investment firm Bridgepoint.
The BBC understands that he was asked to resign by the board of the private equity firm following the publication of the HBOS report.
So far, there has been no response from the three men to the findings.
The Banking Standards Commission was set up to improve the UK's banking system following the 2008 financial crisis.
Its members are MPs, members of the House of Lords and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Its report criticised the now-defunct City regulator the Financial Services Authority (FSA), saying the watchdog appeared "to have taken no steps to establish whether the former leaders of HBOS are fit and proper persons to hold the approved persons status elsewhere in the UK financial sector".
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, said the government would consider whether more should be done to hold those responsible for HBOS's demise to account.
"Unfortunately, the regulatory regime that was in place at the time was nowhere near tough enough," he said.
"We're just taking action this week as a government to put in place a tougher, new regulatory regime to try and make sure that some of the mistakes that were made can't happen again."
By Douglas FraserBusiness and economy editor, Scotland
Carrying on banking
Who and what bust HBOS
The report, called An Accident Waiting to Happen, paints a damning picture of the management failures leading up to the collapse of the bank at the height of the UK's banking crisis.
It estimates that 96% of shareholder value was wiped out when the bank collapsed, costing taxpayers £20.5bn.
Lloyds Banking Group, formed from the merger of Lloyds TSB and HBOS in 2009, has since cut tens of thousands of jobs and remains 39% state-owned.
The banking crisis also precipitated the economic slump from which the UK is still struggling to recover.
The commission accused the bank of "reckless" lending policies that resulted in losses of £46bn.
Such losses would have led to insolvency, had the bank not been bailed out by the taxpayer and Lloyds TSB, the commission claimed.
The commission concluded that two former chief executives, Sir James Crosby and Andy Hornby, were mainly to blame for the collapse of the bank, together with its former chairman, Lord Stevenson.
"The primary responsibility for the downfall of HBOS should rest with Sir James Crosby, architect of the strategy that set the course for disaster, with Andy Hornby, who proved unable or unwilling to change course, and Lord Stevenson, who presided over the bank's board from its birth to its death," said the report.
"Lord Stevenson, in particular, has shown himself incapable of facing the realities of what placed the bank in jeopardy from that time until now."
In written evidence to the commission last December, Lord Stevenson admitted that the bank took on too much risk in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis.
Andy Hornby, chief executive of HBOS from 2006
Sir James Crosby, chief executive, HBOS chief executive from 2001 to 2006
Lord Stevenson, chairman of HBOS from 2001 to 2008
The former head of wholesale banking at HBOS, Peter Cummings, was fined £500,000 and banned from working in senior financial roles by the FSA last year.
But the Commission expressed surprise that no-one else had been punished.
While the three executives saw their "Approved Person" status at HBOS lapsing, they did not face any further sanctions.
An Approved Person is someone who is permitted to carry out particular financial functions by the FSA.
"The FSA appears to have taken no steps to establish whether they are fit and proper persons to hold Approved Person status elsewhere in the UK financial sector," said the report.
The report said the strategy set by the board after 2001 "sowed the seeds of its destruction".
That was the year in which the Halifax and the Bank of Scotland agreed to merge, forming HBOS.
Its losses of £46bn included losses of £25bn in its corporate division, and £14.5bn in Australia and Ireland.
Senior executives of HBOS tried to blame the losses on the temporary closure of wholesale markets.
During the financial crisis, banks stopped lending to each other, resulting in their short-term supplies of funding drying up.
But members of the commission said they were disappointed by such explanations, as it was the lending approach that was to blame.
"This culture was brash, underpinned by a belief that the growing market share was due to a special set of skills, which HBOS possessed and which its competitors lacked," said the report.
"This was a traditional bank failure, pure and simple. It was a case of a bank pursuing traditional banking activities and pursuing them badly."
Lloyds Banking Group stressed that the relevant events happened before it owned HBOS.
"We continue to focus our efforts on rebuilding the group for the benefit of our customers, employees and shareholders," its spokesperson said.
Ray Perman, the author of Hubris: How HBOS Wrecked the Best Bank in Britain, said the commission's criticism was unusual in singling out individuals.
"For the first time, blame is squarely pinned on the people who deserve it - the chairman, the two chief executives," he said.
"What they did was to pursue a very fast growth strategy, regardless of the risk and they fooled themselves into thinking that their initial success was [because] they were better than everybody else, but eventually those risks caught up with them."
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The commission said the FSA's regulation of HBOS was "thoroughly inadequate".
In the three years following the merger, it said, the regulator managed to identify some of the issues that would contribute to the group's downfall, such as its aggressive pace of growth and its reliance on wholesale funding, as opposed to using its own savers' deposits.
But it failed to follow through on these concerns and was too easily satisfied that they had been resolved.
From 2004 to 2007, the FSA was "not so much the dog that did not bark, as a dog barking up the wrong tree", claimed the report.
There was too much supervision at a low level and too much box-ticking, it said.
The report requires the FSA to answer nine questions about its failures. But since the FSA was abolished five days ago, on 1 April, it will not be able to do so.
Instead, its replacement, the Prudential Regulation Authority, said it would be studying the report, "to ensure that the lessons from the failings at HBOS have been fully learned".
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The drinking water supply to some 5 million residents in the Syrian capital, Damascus, was cut on 23 December by the Damascus Water Authority, who say rebels have contaminated it with diesel. Rebels deny this, saying bombing by the government has damaged the infrastructure.
The historic water source of Ain al-Fijeh lies in the valley of Wadi Barada, 18km (11 miles) north-west of the capital, where a cluster of 10 villages has been under rebel control since 2012.
Local people joined the revolution early on in protest against government neglect, corruption and land grabs made legal under new state land measures, where whole hillsides were requisitioned for sports clubs and luxury hotels.
On 22 December the Assad government, using barrel bombs dropped from helicopters and supported on the ground by Lebanese Shia militia fighters of Hezbollah, began a campaign to take control of the strategic valley and springs.
The timing was significant, just days before the announcement of the countrywide ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey on 29 December.
The Barada Gorge was cut through the Anti-Lebanon Mountains eons ago by the Barada river, which still runs through the centre of Damascus.
Today the river is just a shadow of its former self, diminished for most of the year by drought and pollution to a dirty trickle by the time it reaches the city centre.
But in earlier times it was the source of the city's legendary fertility, and the reason for its location in an oasis of gardens and orchards known as the Ghouta.
The river was and still is fed by the meltwaters of Mount Hermon, Syria's highest peak. Mentioned no less than 15 times in the Bible, it retains its snow-capped summit till early June.
The amount of snowfall in winter is a direct indication of how much water Damascus will have throughout the year.
The Barada river, known in ancient times as Abana, was supplemented through seven further rivers whose course was diverted by means of elaborate channels constructed as far back as the Roman era.
Guided by aqueducts into the centre of Damascus, the city was fed by a complex network of waterways and channels that allowed water to flow in and out of every house.
Sophisticated Ottoman water distribution points throughout the city also allocated water in agreed quantities to the public bathhouses, mosque ablution areas and public drinking fountains.
Even today most houses have a special drinking tap in their kitchen directly connected to the spring.
In high summer families would come to Wadi Barada on Fridays and holidays, often renting a riverside platform for the day.
Rigged up as tent awnings open only onto the river side, they formed an idyllic private arbour where families could relax, enjoying the coolness of the fast-flowing river.
Little iron ladders were fixed onto the platforms, so that children could climb down and swim.
In the 16th Century it was along the banks of the Barada river on the outskirts of Damascus that the first coffee houses grew up.
Pilgrims would assemble, waiting for the annual Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca to set off in one huge joint caravan, protected in numbers from raiding desert tribesmen.
Many engravings from the 19th Century show scenes of coffee houses on the banks of the brimming Barada.
Near the village of Souq Wadi Barada, huge gaping holes in the cliff above can be still be accessed.
They are part of the original Roman water system: elaborate tunnels cut into the rock, conducting the meltwaters into the aqueducts of Damascus.
On sections of the old Roman road between Baalbek and Damascus, inscriptions in Greek, the official language, and in Latin, the language of the soldiers, can still be seen, describing how the road was rebuilt higher up to avoid destruction by flooding.
For Hezbollah too the battle is a geographical one. They regard this area as their backyard, connected to their Baalbek stronghold in Lebanon.
The Syrian government claims there are fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) present in Wadi Barada, to justify its ongoing campaign. Local residents insist there are only Free Syrian Army moderates.
Since both UN monitors and Russian officials have been denied access to the area by Hezbollah checkpoints, the truth remains hidden - as so often in Syria - behind the fog of war, or in this case, beneath the waters of the Barada.
Diana Darke graduated in Arabic from Oxford University and is the author of several books on Middle East society, including My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis (2016). Follow her on Twitter. | The flashpoint for Syria's war, six years old this March, has in recent days taken the form of an elemental struggle over water. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38532338"} | 1,090 | 31 | 0.369382 | 1.109331 | -0.246894 | 0.777778 | 33.185185 | 0.62963 |
Data from three-quarters of trusts shows from 2014-15 to 2018-19 income is expected to fall by 8% in real terms.
The forecasts were submitted to regulators last summer - before extra money was promised in the last Budget.
But NHS England said accurate predictions could not be made until a new government set out spending plans.
The revelations come despite promises in recent years that mental health will be treated on a par with physical health services.
The figures seen by the BBC are from five-year plans submitted by 41 mental health trusts setting out what they expect their financial position to be in the coming years.
They show that funding for both adults and children's services in 2014-15 was £5.86bn, but by 2018-19 that is expected to be £5.74bn - an 8% cut once inflation is taken into account.
But since then, extra money - £250m a year over the next five years - was promised as part of a mental health announcement made in the Budget.
But experts said the findings were still worrying. Anita Charlesworth, chief economist of the Health Foundation, said the cuts would pile more pressure on services that were under strain.
"What we are seeing is potentially real-terms resources falling, against a backdrop of growing need and already real concerns about whether there is the quality of care. And that's not just a human imperative, but there's a big economic cost to poor access to mental health services."
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Stephen Dalton, of the Mental Health Network, which represents trusts, said: "These figures won't be a surprise to providers because they have been dealing with cuts to mental health services over the past five years. There is an institutional bias against mental health services."
But a spokeswoman for NHS England said it was not possible to forecast what spending on mental health services would be until the new government's spending review later this year.
She also pointed to figures showing that overall mental health spending had actually risen from £11.36bn in 2013-14 to £11.66bn last year, which amounts to a small rise once inflation is taken into account.
This includes spending by both mental health trusts and other organisations, such as mainstream hospitals and community services, which provide mental health care.
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Can you plant, grow and harvest a hectare of spring barley using only robots?
If they pull this off, this small team will be the first in the world to manage such a feat.
But it is not going to be easy.
I was there as they started the project and brought robots to the field for the very first time.
The ground rules are simple.
There's a hectare of land which will be fenced off and only robots and machines will be allowed inside with the odd drone flying overhead.
People are completely forbidden - hence the project nickname, "The hands free hectare".
The crop chosen by Harper Adams and Precision Decision Ltd is spring barley, which means after harvest the end result can be used to make robot beer.
So there's everything to play for.
There's a really fascinating argument at the heart of all this.
A modern tractor can drive itself using GPS and decide how much pesticide or fertiliser to apply and where to do it.
In theory making the tractor completely autonomous is the next logical step.
After all that's what is happening with self-driving cars.
But these tractors are also really big.
That means they can crush the soil which reduces yields and their size also limits the accuracy when applying those expensive chemicals.
The alternative is the approach being taken at Harper Adams.
Smaller, lighter, cheaper machines that achieve the same result but leave the soil in better shape and which can tackle weeds and more with pinpoint accuracy.
It's a view that says future farming will involve a flock of smaller robot machines rather than one massive self-driving tractor.
So how likely is all this?
Will we really see driverless tractors quietly moving through fields of wheat and barley?
Well one American report suggested the global market for agricultural robots could be worth £13bn by the year 2020.
Here in the UK, the question of who will be working in our fields post-Brexit is bringing a new focus on to the whole issue of automation.
For now the team is waiting for the delivery of the compact tractor that will be doing most of the work from planting to harvest.
Ahead of its arrival they are testing the robot driving system on a smaller machine.
They have three months to get everything right before they face their first big test, planting the barley.
So will the young, nimble team from Shropshire beat some of the world's biggest machinery companies to this extraordinary goal?
An entire farming cycle carried out by robots?
Well we'll be there every step of the way to find out.
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The men, aged 51 and 24, were detained on Friday. A 25-year-old man who was arrested on Thursday has also been released.
Mr McKay, who was 36, was shot dead at his home on the Longlands Road last month. His funeral took place on Friday.
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Hazard put Chelsea ahead with a low shot before adding a superb second.
The 25-year-old forward now has seven goals this season - but Conte focused on his all-round contribution after a win that takes his side top.
"The most important thing I'm seeing with Eden is he's fantastic with the ball and without the ball," said Conte.
Hazard scored just four times in the league last season and cut an unhappy figure in what proved to be the final days of Jose Mourinho's second spell as manager.
The Belgium international appears reborn under Conte and Saturday's match marked the first time Hazard had scored two or more goals at Stamford Bridge in the league since February 2014.
"He played an impressive game. We all know he's a talented player," Conte said. "I see that he's working a lot for the team and I think his team-mates are very happy for this.
"He's a complete player, when he plays in this way - with the ball and without the ball.
"He must continue because he has great talent and he's showing this in every game."
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BBC Match Of The Day pundit Ian Wright said: "Eden Hazard was world class against Everton.
"I think Toffees boss Ronald Koeman picked the wrong day to pick three at the back."
Conte's side have been in searing form since switching to the Italian's favoured 3-4-3 system, winning five games in a row, scoring 16 goals and conceding none.
"I'm pleased because when you win in this way it is fantastic," he added. "All the players played in the right way with the ball and without the ball.
"We created many chances to score and it is also the fifth clean sheet in a row. That is fantastic because you look at the past and you can think that this is incredible to reach this result.
"It's a pity that we have to stop now for the international break. I wanted to continue."
Chelsea were disappointing last season, finishing 10th after winning the title in 2014-15 under Jose Mourinho.
However, Saturday's win moved them to the top of the table, one point clear of Manchester City.
"It was one of the most dominant displays of football I have seen," former Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas said on Match of the Day.
"It is unbelievable how fast this Chelsea side has adapted to the way Conte wants them to play.
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The UK government has threatened to put bids for the Wales and Borders franchise on hold amid a dispute with the Welsh Government.
But Prof Stuart Cole said any delay could leave ministers just three months to secure the right deal.
He said the deal was "complex" as it included the new South Wales Metro.
Meanwhile Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies claimed the Welsh Government was not "up to speed" on arrangements for taking control of the franchise.
The Wales and Borders franchise - which is one of the UK's most heavily subsidised, receiving between £110m-£160m a year - has also seen passenger numbers rise from 18 million in 2003 to 30 million.
It runs most of the passenger rail services in Wales, including the south Wales valleys network, the north Wales coast line, rural services, and mainline services between Wales and major English cities, except for inter-city services run by Great Western Railway and Virgin Trains.
The bidders for the next franchise are Abellio, Arriva, KeolisAmey and MTR and they had been due to submit tenders on 18 August.
In a leaked letter, released on Sunday, the UK Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling said he wanted the date moved back to 26 September while a dispute over who gets cash for rail improvements is settled.
The current operator of the network, Arriva Trains Wales, pays an annual rebate of about £67m to the Department for Transport (Dft) - which is then given to Network Rail for improvements. It amounts to about £1bn over the 15-year course of the contract.
But the Welsh Government say it should get the cash when it gains responsibility for the franchise when it is devolved to Wales from 2018.
Prof Cole, professor of transport for the University of South Wales, told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales the funding row could push back the handing of rail powers to Cardiff Bay to September.
He said this would leave the Welsh Government with just three months to secure the deal for the 15-year contract - if it wanted to announce the winner in January and taking Christmas out of the equation.
"It's not just a very simple franchise as normal - there's also things like electrifying the valleys line to really work out" he added.
He said there were "complex elements to do with infrastructure and not just running the trains" that needed to be worked out as part of the deal and he was concerned getting it wrong could affect rail passengers.
"We have to have the right franchise this time," he added.
"We didn't get it right last time [with Arriva Trains Wales], we need the right franchise and that will take, in my view, more than three months."
Prof Mark Barry, of Cardiff University, tweeted that if the funding issues were not resolved there would be no South Wales Metro or Cardiff City Deal.
When the Wales and Borders franchise was awarded by the UK government in 2003, the current contract with Arriva was based on zero growth in usage. That means the route has the same number of trains it had when it began operations - something which has been regularly criticised by train passengers.
A Welsh Government spokesman said the DfT's approach "jeopardises the Welsh Government's ability to award a replacement for the current Wales and Borders franchise, which, if unresolved, will be a major issue for rail users".
He added: "Being willing to subject people to the prospect of continued overcrowding and poor quality rolling stock to resolve a budgetary issue of their own making is no way for the UK government to behave."
A DfT spokeswoman said: "We remain committed to the principles agreed with the Welsh Government in 2014 to devolve rail powers." | A £1bn funding row could lead to a rushed job in getting the "right deal" for the future rail network in Wales, a leading transport expert has warned. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40921487"} | 813 | 38 | 0.529299 | 1.289307 | 0.47183 | 1.333333 | 22.393939 | 0.787879 |
World number 38 Baghdatis had to pull out of last season's tournament in the semi-finals because of injury, but will return for the pre-Wimbledon grass-court event, which starts on 18 June.
South Africa's world number 19 Kevin Anderson is the highest-ranked entrant.
Great Britain Davis Cup trio Kyle Edmund, Dan Evans and James Ward will also be in the draw.
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Critics of the 51-year-old, who came to power after a civil war which left 300,000 dead, said he should not run again for office as that would be unconstitutional.
His supporters feel he was justified as he was elected by parliament in 2005 - not voters - a view upheld by Burundi's Constitutional Court.
And the former rebel leader takes pride in the fact that his administration has brought peace to Burundi.
It is this image that he is keen to portray - a man of the people working to rebuild the country, one of the poorest in the world.
It has been reported that diplomats arriving for official meetings with Mr Nkurunziza have been whisked away from the capital, Bujumbura, into the countryside, where they find the president digging in the fields with local farmers.
In fact his enthusiasm for planting avocado trees is so well known that many Burundians have renamed the popular green fruit "amaPeter" after him.
"The man's simplicity is remarkable, and he always draws attention, mingling with village people in the remote rural areas where he spends most of his time," his official biography on the Burundian government website says.
This has made him more popular in rural areas, but not in the capital, where most of the opposition resides.
Before the civil war, Mr Nkurunziza, who had graduated in sports education, was a teacher and assistant lecturer at the University of Burundi.
He also coached the army football team, Muzinga, as well as Union Sporting, a Burundian first division team in the 1990s.
He now has his own side, Hallelujah FC, where "he plays as a striker and scores regularly", his biography says.
The name of the team also indicates one of his other great passions: His Christian faith.
His father, a former governor who was killed in the 1972 massacre of ethnic Hutus, was Catholic and his mother Anglican.
Now a born-again Christian, the father of five never travels without his own football team and a choir, where he combines matches against local team with evangelical prayer sessions, according to the AFP news agency.
He and his wife Denise were once reported to have washed the feet of some of those among the crowd.
It is not only the people who the president believes have put their faith in him.
"Mr Nkurunziza indeed believes he is president by divine will, and he therefore organises his life and government around these values," says presidential spokesman Willy Nyamitwe.
His critics, who include about 40 opposition parties as well as human rights groups, paint a somewhat different picture of him.
They accuse him of being a dictator who refuses to give up power.
This perception grew after Mr Nkurunziza decided to run for a third term, rejecting pressure from protesters and foreign governments to step down.
Scores of people have been killed in protests since he announced his re-election bid in April, and more than 100,000 have fled to neighbouring states, raising fears that Burundi could descend into conflict again.
Mr Nkurunziza survived a coup attempt in May when former army loyalist Godefroid Niyombare led the attempt to overthrow him.
Mr Nkurunziza's forces crushed the coup bid, and the opposition says repression has intensified, making July's elections neither free nor fair.
UN human rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein has raised particular concern about Imbonerakure, a youth group allied with Mr Nkurunziza.
It is suspected of carrying out summary executions, tortures and beatings, and "could tip an already extremely tense situation over the edge," he has said.
The Hutu CNDD-FDD rebel group that Mr Nkurunziza led during the civil war - sparked by the killing of Hutu President Melchoir Ndadaye in 1993 - was responsible for several atrocities.
These included several ambushes along major roads, killing many travellers, including Tutsis.
He took up arms in a bid to end the long-standing dominance of the country by the minority Tutsi community.
Mr Nkurunziza was sentenced to death in absentia by a Burundian court in 1998 for laying land mines, but received an amnesty under the peace accord that ended the fighting.
Last year, he tried and failed to change the constitution, which limits the powers of his CNDD-FDD party by guaranteeing positions for the minority Tutsi group in all government institutions.
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There were 1,030 vacancies last November, up a third on 2013, the highest number since 2010, when the DfE started compiling figures in November.
Meanwhile, teachers on contracts of between one and three terms filled 3,210 posts, up nearly 38% on 2013.
Teacher numbers, at 454,900, up more than 5,000, were at an all-time high.
The proportion of English, maths and science teachers with a relevant post-A-Level qualification dropped slightly over the same period:
Schools Minister Nick Gibb said: "Recruitment is a challenge as the economy improves and competition for new graduates intensifies, which is why we are focused on attracting more top graduates into the profession, particularly in the core academic subjects that help children reach their potential.
"Our recruitment campaign, Your Future Their Future, is working, with registrations to our Get Into Teaching website up by almost 30% compared with last year.
"We continue to offer bursaries of up to £25,000 as well as scholarships in priority subjects such as physics and maths.
"We are driving forward our £67m package to transform science, technology, engineering and maths teaching and recruit up to 2,500 additional maths and physics teachers."
But education workforce expert John Howson warned the situation was likely to get worse in the near future.
Based on official predictions of how many teachers would be needed, only 93% of primary and 91% of secondary teacher-training courses had been filled last year, he said.
He said: "The acceptances for entry into training in 2015 will not be sufficient... so we now know that recruitment for some schools, especially in and around London, but not exclusively in this area, will again be a challenge in 2016."
Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt said ministers were set to miss recruitment targets for a fourth consecutive year, including in crucial subject areas such as maths and physics.
"This is a very worrying trend that means more children are likely to be taught science by those trained to be PE teachers, and more and more teaching assistants stepping in as teachers," he said.
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Linda Fabiani was mid-speech when the lights suddenly went out.
Taking it all in her stride, the SNP MSP quipped: "I'm terribly good at rabbiting on", when a fellow parliamentarian gallantly offered the light of a smartphone to help illuminate her speech.
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The star-filled finale attracted nearly 13.8 million viewers on Wednesday evening.
The last time the 68-year-old had so many viewers was in February 1994, when his show aired after CBS' coverage of the Winter Olympics.
Letterman began his late-night career on NBC in 1982, before moving to CBS's Late Show in 1993.
The finale show, which ran 17 minutes over the usual hour, kicked off with a two-minute standing ovation.
Letterman was joined by guests including Steve Martin, Peyton Manning, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Tina Fey and Jim Carrey.
Dressed in tuxedos, rock band Foo Fighters performed the host's favourite song, Everlong. The group once performed the song, by request, after Letterman's open-heart surgery in 2000.
And as tributes poured in from fellow celebrities, Letterman joked, "Do me a favour. Save a little for my funeral."
The comedian went on to thank his viewers before signing off for the final time.
"The only thing I have left to do for the last time on a television programme: Thank you and good night,'' he said.
The finale also saw a rise in viewers for The Late Late Show, which followed directly after. Four million viewers tuned in to watch James Corden, the host's highest rating over his first two months in the job.
But as big as the night was for Letterman, it failed to draw in as many viewers as Jay Leno's farewell from The Tonight Show in 2014, which averaged 14.6 million viewers
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Blackman, 51, who takes over from Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson, is the eighth writer to become laureate.
Previous Children's Laureates include Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson and Quentin Blake.
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Emmanuel Macron, 39, has promised to "work for everyone" and sees his programme as straddling both left and right.
First he has to choose a prime minister and candidates to fight legislative elections in June for the party, now rebranded as La République en marche (Republic on the move).
But once his government takes shape, what does he intend to change and how will he achieve the national renewal he has promised?
Overhauling France's economy is vital to the Macron plan. Without significant advances, he will struggle to convince Germany of another big idea, for eurozone reform.
Mr Macron's big challenges are:
His twin aims are to boost investment and set up a "new growth model" that is both good for social mobility and the environment.
Some have described his plan to mix targeted public spending with fiscal discipline as a Nordic model.
In the next five years he wants to make budget savings of €60bn (£51bn; $65bn), so that France sticks to the EU's government deficit limit of 3% of GDP (total output). Public servants would be cut in number by 120,000 - through natural wastage, possibly to soften opposition from France's powerful unions.
He would simultaneously reinvest €50bn and create a separate €10bn fund for renewing industry.
France's retirement age will remain at 62, but sweeping reforms are planned to the generous state pension schemes, to bring them into line with private schemes.
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Mr Macron would not scrap France's famed 35-hour work week: the 35 hours is now a threshold triggering overtime payment.
Instead, he would try to introduce further flexibility around a basic legal framework of labour rights and rules, allowing firms to negotiate deals with their staff on hours and pay. Extra hours worked would be free of social security deductions.
He has promised to help businesses by cutting corporation tax from 33% to 25%. But failing businesses would not be propped up, and the focus would be on training those made redundant.
He wants to bring unemployment down to 7% by 2022 and extend unemployment benefits to groups not currently entitled, such as self-employed entrepreneurs and farmers.
People's purchasing power would be boosted by a cut in social security contributions, worth about €500 annually for someone on a monthly net salary of €2,200.
Mr Macron is an unabashed Europhile and he walked on stage to give his first public speech as president-elect to Beethoven's Ode to Joy, the anthem of the European Union. His election was warmly welcomed in both Brussels and Berlin.
Yet he has said candidly that reform is needed in Brussels as well as Paris if the pressing problems facing France are to be addressed. And this may set him on a collision course with Germany, because France and Germany have starkly different conceptions of its future.
Put bluntly, while Germany favours a broad, expansionist union, France prefers a deeper, more integrated bloc.
Mr Macron would give the eurozone a separate budget, finance minister and parliament of MEPs from the 19 countries that use the euro.
He also wants more shared responsibility within the eurozone and believes Germany's big trade surplus has to be rebalanced. Both plans could cost Germany dear.
In Brexit negotiations, Mr Macron will be keen that the UK has "no undue advantages" over the rest of Europe. He will demand that EU single market rules apply fully to all trade partners.
He is also an open proponent of free trade deals like Ceta - the EU-Canada deal and he has spoken publicly of his desire to lure French expats home from the UK.
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Mr Macron would create a 5,000-strong force of EU border guards, make fluency in French the main qualification for obtaining French nationality and give all religious leaders comprehensive training in France's secular values.
He wants refugees entitled to protection will be welcomed, and asylum claims to be settled within six months. But failed asylum seekers would be returned to their home countries immediately.
Mr Macron supports multilateral institutions such as the UN Security Council, but also supports the promotion of the French language and Francophone institutions as "an essential vector of our influence and a weapon against the spread of radicalism".
He is a critic of Russian policy and backs EU sanctions put in place after the Ukraine crisis.
On Syria, he thinks President Bashar al-Assad should answer for his crimes before an international tribunal. On foreign aid, he would like to increase spending in Africa (raising overseas aid to the European target of 0.7% of gross national income) but wants to help countries stand on their own two feet in defence terms.
Amid an ongoing state of emergency in France following a string of attacks over the past two years, Mr Macron says he will reform police workloads and procedures, recruit 10,000 new police officers and expand prisons to house an extra 15,000 inmates.
He would create an EU defence fund to promote joint military projects and set up a permanent European headquarters.
He has also pledged to raise spending on defence to the Nato benchmark of 2% of GDP by 2025 and review military bases in Africa.
In his manifesto, education is listed as top priority.
In areas of special need - notably poor suburbs (banlieues) - he would limit class sizes in primary schools to 12 pupils per teacher.
He would ban children's use of mobile phones at school, and introduce a "Cultural Pass" for 18-year-olds worth €500 to spend on cultural pursuits such as the cinema, theatre, and books.
Mr Macron opposes MPs working as consultants or employing family members. He would cut the total number of parliamentary deputies and senators by about a third.
Mr Macron calls for half of food provided in school and work canteens to be organic or locally produced. He would promote France as a world leader in developing green technologies and wants to renovate one million poorly insulated homes. | France has chosen for its new president a man who had never stood for election previously and whose party did not exist a little over a year ago. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39845905"} | 1,321 | 34 | 0.290541 | 0.737083 | -0.471064 | 0.586207 | 41.034483 | 0.586207 |
Stuart Young preyed on the children between November 2008 and December 2013 at various locations in Edinburgh.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard the attacks on the one-day-old boy continued until he was aged three months.
A jury convicted Young on two charges of rape and another of sexual assault. Sentence was deferred.
The week-long trial heard how, in November 2008, Young raped a girl who was aged just six months.
He continued to sexually assault her until December 2013 when she was aged five.
In July 2013, he abused a nine-year-old girl at an address in the capital's Stenhouse area.
Following conviction, temporary judge Paul Arthurson QC deferred sentence for the court to obtain reports about Young's character.
The judge warned Young, who lived in Sighthill, Edinburgh, to expect a lengthy prison sentence.
Judge Arthurson said: "You have been convicted of some truly depraved and despicable crimes.
"You should expect a sentence to reflect your level of criminality."
Young, who has previous convictions for non-analogous offences, had entered not guilty pleas and denied any wrongdoing.
The details of the case were so traumatic that jurors have been excused from serving on another jury for five years.
Defence solicitor advocate Ian Paterson told the court that his client realised that he was going to be sent to prison.
He said: "Mr Young expects that a substantial period of imprisonment will be imposed upon him."
Sheriff Arthurson deferred sentence and Young swore as he left the dock with two security officers who were taking him to the court room cells.
Young was also placed on the sex offenders register. He will be sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on 28 May.
Det Insp Douglas Moran, of Police Scotland, said specialist support was being given to Young's victims and their families.
He said: "Thanks to the bravery of these two little girls in speaking up about the horrific abuse Young inflicted upon them, their physical ordeal is over and their tormentor is now facing a considerable prison sentence. The baby boy was given a voice so he too could be spared further suffering.
"However they, and their families, have had to live through Young's catalogue of offending again since he refused to accept responsibility for his actions and subjected them to a trial.
"Specialist support continues to be provided to the children and their families, and I hope they take comfort that he is now behind bars." | A man has been convicted of raping a one-day-old baby boy and two other young children. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32538905"} | 565 | 26 | 0.424477 | 1.026629 | -1.35866 | 2.190476 | 23.428571 | 0.857143 |
This year's line-up includes The Stranglers, Feeder, The Wonder Stuff, Fatherson, Galleon Blast, Little Mammoths and Ullapool Pipe Band.
Loopallu - Ullapool backwards - takes place on Friday and Saturday.
The event, which is now in its 12th year, will also see performances by Eliza and the Bear, Hunter and the Bear, Manran and Lional. | The Loopallu music festival opens later in Ullapool in Wester Ross in the north west Highlands. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37517287"} | 99 | 24 | 0.628118 | 1.405425 | -0.257681 | 0.470588 | 4.235294 | 0.470588 |
19 February 2017 Last updated at 00:04 GMT
Mr Lock, 20, from Chichester, West Sussex, went to Syria to fight against so-called Islamic State.
He died on 21 December during a battle for the IS group's stronghold of Raqqa, while fighting with the Kurdish forces known as the YPG.
Mr Lock, a chef, had travelled to Syria in August 2016 having told friends and family he was going on holiday to Turkey. | Kurdish mourners gathered at Heathrow Airport as the body of Ryan Lock arrived back in the UK on Saturday. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39017094"} | 102 | 27 | 0.573337 | 1.348046 | -1.33773 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 0.5 |
More than 10 disgraced figures will appear over eight episodes of Always on the Road - a reference to the government's wide-ranging crackdown on corruption in the Communist Party.
The first episode featured weeping, repentant men and the controversial burial of a tortoise.
It has picked up millions of viewers online since it aired on Monday.
"People everywhere are talking about Always on the Road," the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which investigates corruption and made the film with China Central Television, said in a statement.
The documentary comes almost four years after President Xi Jinping promised to get tough on corruption in his party, vowing to go after powerful "tigers" as well as lowly "flies".
However, critics say a lack of transparency around the purge means it has been an opportunity for Mr Xi to eliminate political enemies.
Three of the so-called "tigers" accused of taking bribes and abusing power appear in the first episode of the documentary: Bai Enpei, a former party boss who received a life sentence, Zhou Benshun, an ex-party chief awaiting trial, and Li Chuncheng, a former deputy party boss sentenced to 13 years in jail.
The story of Zhou went beyond simple corruption, revealing the former official had buried his tortoise with religious scrolls - despite this being against the law for party officials.
All three confessed on air, but Reuters news agency was unable to reach family members or lawyers for comment on whether this was done willingly. | A new television series showing corrupt Chinese officials making confessions has proved a hit, officials say. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37695109"} | 346 | 21 | 0.553466 | 1.360323 | 0.366434 | 0.5 | 16.166667 | 0.5 |
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to investigate the way they treat borrowers struggling to repay loans.
It has said the review will be one of its first actions when it takes over regulation of the consumer credit sector on 1 April.
It has already outlined several other plans to toughen regulation in the high-cost short-term loans market.
Martin Wheatley, the FCA's chief executive, told the BBC: "I think our processes will probably force about a quarter of the firms out of the industry and that's a good thing because those are the firms that have poor practices. And for the rest - we want them to improve."
The payday loans industry said it was behind action to tackle poor practice.
More than a third of all payday loans are repaid late or not at all, according to the FCA.
Mr Wheatley said the FCA would take action in several areas: "Stopping profits from vulnerable people is one thing; capping the absolute cost of these loans is another; and stopping lending to people who will never be able to repay. They're the ground rules that we will be introducing that will change this industry."
The FCA will look at how firms help people regain control of their debt, as well as examining each company's culture to see whether they are more interested in profit than in the customer.
"We are putting much more stringent affordability criteria in place for lenders, to say you have to take into account whether people can pay, what their free cash flow is, what their income is."
It said the area was a priority because 60% of complaints to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), which is currently in charge of consumer credit regulation, are about how debts are collected.
The 200 or so payday lenders make up less than 1.5% of the £200bn consumer credit market in the UK.
The lenders' trade body, the Consumer Finance Association (CFA), said its members already offered help to customers in difficulty by freezing interest and charges.
CFA chief executive Russell Hamblin-Boone said: "We have been driving up standards for some time now through our code of practice and from 1 April, there are statutory rules that lenders will have to work to, and I think we will see the worst practices being driven out and only the best lenders continuing to operate."
As part of a wider review of the industry, the FCA has already outlined plans to impose a cap on the amount of interest a short-term lender can charge.
It has also set out rules that would limit to two the number of times a loan can be rolled over, as well as a requirement that lenders must carry out thorough checks to see if customers can afford to take out a loan. | One quarter of payday lenders may pull out of the market under pressure from new regulations. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "26539569"} | 582 | 18 | 0.417402 | 1.07249 | 0.008432 | 1.235294 | 32.235294 | 0.647059 |
Hythe Ferry runs between the Hampshire market town, across Southampton Water to the city's Town Quay.
The operators said they issued staff with a letter warning of possible redundancies on Tuesday.
The company has not given any further details but said it was holding talks with other operators.
In a statement, Hythe Ferry Ltd said "everything should remain normal whilst talks with other operators and avenues are investigated".
"All avenues are being explored," it added.
Councillor Malcolm Wade, of Hampshire County Council - which currently subsidises the service, said he understood that the authority would continue financial support "to either the current owners or any new owner to ensure this vital service keeps running".
"Local residents are deeply concerned, not just those commuting to Southampton but also business coming in," he said.
"It is important for the economy and also in terms of its historical significance. There has been a ferry service at Hythe for as long as I can remember and it's important we retain this service."
Following a request from Mr Wade, Hythe and Dibden Parish Council said it was looking to speak to the ferry provider "to see what help they would welcome at this time".
It added the issue would also be discussed at the next council meeting on 26 October.
Hampshire County Council has not yet responded to a BBC request for comment. | The future of a ferry service is in doubt after staff were issued with a letter warning them of possible redundancies. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37583284"} | 294 | 27 | 0.544622 | 1.256928 | -0.22669 | 1.863636 | 12.409091 | 0.772727 |
They will face fines of up to 100% of the total they helped evade or £3,000, whichever is the highest.
The government will also be able to publicly name culprits who enable tax evasion or help move money offshore.
The powers were announced as part of the 2015 Budget and will come into force on 1 January.
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Jane Ellison said the government has led reform of the international tax system to root out tax evasion.
She added: "Closer to home we are creating a tax system where taxes are fair, competitive and paid.
"The raft of measures we have introduced to tackle avoidance and evasion will create a level playing field for the vast majority of people and businesses who play fair and pay what is due." | Accountants, bankers, lawyers and advisers who assist with tax evasion will be hit with fines as part of a crackdown on the practice. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38478757"} | 166 | 35 | 0.61259 | 1.387693 | 0.083874 | 0.923077 | 5.769231 | 0.615385 |
Police, fire and ambulance crews, and a search helicopter attended the incident shortly before 08:00.
The search operation followed a call from a member of the public reporting concerns over a man in the water at the bridge.
Police Scotland said the man was later found safe and well and the incident was a "false alarm with good intent." | A swimmer has sparked a major multi-agency search operation at Stirling Bridge. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40106073"} | 76 | 21 | 0.621788 | 1.275018 | -0.85222 | 0.733333 | 4.533333 | 0.466667 |
A spokesperson for the bank said: "All customers can now see their accounts online as normal."
Customers trying to use current accounts, savings and loans - but not credit card services - were affected.
Tesco said it had not received "a huge number of calls", although thousands of accounts could have been hit.
Tesco apologised for the inconvenience caused and thanked customers for their patience.
Earlier in the week one customer who contacted the BBC said she had been unable to access her account for two days.
Tesco Bank said it had alerted customers on its website that there was a problem.
However, a spokesman told the BBC that customers could contact its call centres to process any account services while the problems continued.
The bank said: "We are aware that some of our customers are currently unable to view their accounts in online banking. We are working hard to resolve this matter as soon as possible.
"Customers can still continue to use their accounts as normal and can contact us by phone if they need any help with their account. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank customers for their patience" | Tesco's online banking operation has been restored after being hit by a computer fault, with customers unable to view their accounts. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31135084"} | 239 | 29 | 0.728407 | 1.535151 | 0.192861 | 1.583333 | 9.25 | 0.666667 |
The agency told a parliamentary meeting on Wednesday that they were executed by firing squad on spying charges.
Those killed include two vice ministers who challenged Mr Kim over his policies and members of an orchestra, intelligence officials said.
Mr Kim purged and executed his once-powerful uncle for treachery in 2013.
South Korean politicians were told that one of the officials killed was a forestry minister who had complained about North Korea's forestation plan, Yonhap news agency reported.
"Excuses or reasoning doesn't work for Kim Jong-un, and his style of rule is to push through everything," said Shin Kyung-min, a member of South Korea's parliamentary intelligence committee, quoting an intelligence official.
From outside Pyongyang, it's impossible to know exactly what's going on in Kim Jong-un's inner circle.
The South Korean spy agency may have informants but it also relies on hit-or-miss methods like analysing photographs in the North Korean state-controlled media.
We do know that Mr Kim's uncle, Chang Song-thaek, was executed in 2013 because North Korean media reported it.
Last year, six important officials suddenly vanished from public view and South Korean media reported they had been executed.
If it is true that 15 senior people have been executed in the four months of this year - a rate of one a week - it would indicate that the regime is getting tougher.
Kim Jong-un has been in power for just over three years. He is as secure in his job as any dictator can be, but does he feel secure?
Mr Shin's office told Reuters news agency that the unnamed official had added that the executions were a "showcase" in response to what Mr Kim saw as a challenge to his authority.
Four members of North Korea's Unhasu Orchestra are also believed to have been executed in March.
Reports say that Mr Kim's wife, Ri Sol-ju was a singer in the orchestra before her marriage.
South Korean politician Lee Cheol-woo told Yonhap that the head of the orchestra had been executed, possibly for leaking family secrets.
There has been no confirmation from North Korea about the executions but Mr Kim has purged his opponents before.
In 2013, Mr Kim put his uncle, Chang Song-thaek, to death, along with a group of officials who had been close to him.
Mr Chang was seen as a mentor to Kim Jong-un during the leadership transition from his father Kim Jong-il in 2011. | North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the execution of 15 people this year, including several top officials, South Korean intelligence says. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32511431"} | 553 | 29 | 0.468885 | 1.152618 | 0.321676 | 1.703704 | 18.37037 | 0.740741 |
That is despite an oil price that has halved in the past six months.
Sentiment is buoyed by heavy state spending and much-anticipated reforms to the Saudi stock market.
Lower economic growth is expected in the kingdom this year which is likely to experience its first budget shortfall since 2011.
The deputy governor of SAGIA, Saudi Arabia's government-run investment authority, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, told the BBC in Dubai: "We've seen investor confidence increase in 2015. That's been our observations."
Despite the lower growth forecast, Prince Saud said: "We haven't observed any negative effects to the lower oil prices from our side as an organisation."
Saudi Arabia is in a strong position to weather major cuts to its oil revenues with an estimated $750bn (£507bn) in foreign exchange reserves built up during the boom times.
However, during the oil rush the effectiveness of regulations to help local businesses prosper in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh have worsened, according to a World Bank global comparison report.
From the 13th best placed amongst the nearly 200 countries that featured in the 'Doing Business' report five years ago, it is now 49th. Its business climate is seen as particularly bad when it comes to resolving insolvency, starting a business or enforcing contracts.
Prince Saud, who is president of the National Competitiveness Centre, a think tank set up to improve the ease of doing business in the kingdom, said he is not concerned by the fall as long as the 70-year-old "momentum of change" in Saudi Arabia continued.
"They've changed [the World Bank/International Finance Corporation] the way they calculate specific indicators and reforms. I think this is a positive change and I think it will give us even more incentive to continue with our economic reform process," he told the BBC.
Saudi Arabia's economy still heavily depends on oil, the price of which dropped further on Monday.
That was due to oversupply fears as nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers, including the US, progressed. Should negotiations succeed, sanctions against Iranian oil may be eased.
Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief, Prince Turki al-Faisal, told the BBC in March that a deal with Iran could lead to a nuclear fuel race in the region. A favourable deal for Iran could lead other states in the region to develop atomic fuel, he said.
However, Prince Saud bin Khalid al-Faisal, a younger member of the House of Saud, described the "huge potential" that the lifting of sanctions would bring if the political differences with Iran could be resolved - namely expanded trade and investment for the region.
"There's a value chain there, so the more investment that we can get in the region, the better. Whether it's any country in the region. Whether it's to the north, to the south, to the east, or to the west," Prince Saud told the BBC. | Investor confidence in Saudi Arabia remains strong, according to the deputy governor of a body which attracts investment to the kingdom. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32130888"} | 671 | 26 | 0.479844 | 1.081155 | 0.466551 | 2.086957 | 25.478261 | 0.869565 |
The jobless rate was steady at an 11-year low of 4.8%, the Office for National Statistics said.
The employment rate was steady at a record 74.5%, while wage growth picked up pace.
Average weekly earnings excluding bonuses increased by 2.7% compared with a year earlier.
Growth in pay including bonuses rose 0.2 percentage points to 2.8% for the year to November.
However, the number of people in work slipped by 9,000 to just over 31.8 million, the ONS said.
It was the second consecutive report to show a decline in the number of people in work - the first back-to-back fall since mid-2015.
The number of full-time workers was 209,000 higher at 23.25 million people, while the total of part-time employees jumped 86,000 to 8.55 million.
Employment minister Damian Hinds described the figures as encouraging and highlighted the "strength and resilience" of the UK labour market.
David Freeman, ONS senior statistician, said: "While employment is little changed on the quarter, the rate remains at an historic high."
"The rate at which pay is increasing continues to pick up in cash terms, though it remains moderate," he added.
The claimant count fell by 10,100 in December to 797,800.
Appropriate scepticism is due, but it looks very much like growth in the labour force, which we have taken for granted for years, has ground slowly to a halt from a peak last July.
Within the labour market is another number, more perhaps of political than economic significance. But it is an official statistic and one that those who successfully campaigned for the UK to leave the European Union would point to: where the newly employed people were born.
These data were first published in November and are for the July to September period, but are nevertheless worth noting.
The number of UK-born people working in the UK rose by 37,000. The number of non-UK born people working in Britain rose by 430,000.
Next month we will get the updated numbers for nationality and birth in the workforce and therefore have a better idea of whether it has anything to do with the Brexit vote.
Paul Hollingsworth at Capital Economics said the UK labour market remained resilient despite Brexit uncertainty.
"Employment fell by 9,000 in the three months to November, but this was a much smaller fall than the consensus expectation of a 35,000 drop," he said.
"And the timelier claimant-count measure of unemployment fell by 10,100, in contrast to expectations of a 5,000 rise. Employment growth should maintain a decent pace in the near term."
There were 8.89 million people aged 16 to 64 who were not working and not looking for jobs or available to work - known as economically inactive - for the three months to November. That was 85,000 higher than the June-to-August period, but 63,000 fewer than the three months to November 2015.
The jobless rate for the three months to November in Wales stood at 4.4%, 5.1% for Scotland and 5.6% in Northern Ireland.
In England the South East had the lowest rate of unemployment at 3.4%, with the North East the highest at 6.8%. London also has a higher rate than the national average at 5.6%.
The unemployment figures are based on the Labour Force Survey in which the ONS talks to about 40,000 households, or 100,000 individuals, every three months.
As it is a survey, the results are estimates and have a margin of error.
For example, the ONS is 95% confident that its estimate of a fall in unemployment of 52,000 is correct to within 81,000.
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Paul Gorman, 46, offered £40 to the girl to supply indecent images.
She took the pictures on her mobile phone in the toilets of her school.
Gorman, of Kilwinning, was jailed for 15 months at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court and placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years.
Police were called after a family friend spotted suspicious Facebook messages between Gorman and his victim, who is now 15.
Officers raided his home in Kilbirnie and seized a laptop containing pictures of young children being sexually abused.
Computer forensics experts found Gorman had visited a website which hosted child sex images.
During his trial, Gorman admitted taking or making indecent images at a house in Dalry in May, 2014.
A jury found him guilty of causing a child to engage in sexual activity by photographing herself and sending him pictures, and asking her to make an indecent video.
Four charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour and sexual assault of the girl and her friend, also 13, were found not proven. | A taxi driver who bribed a 13-year-old girl to take sexually explicit photos of herself and send them to him on Facebook has been jailed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35056909"} | 240 | 37 | 0.530212 | 1.154418 | -0.483332 | 0.666667 | 6.533333 | 0.533333 |
Stephen McIlvenna, 40, from Randalstown in County Antrim, crashed on the Mountain Mile section of the TT course on Tuesday.
Race organisers said he was an experienced competitor who had been racing in the event for nine years.
McIlvenna won the 2009 Junior MGP and went on to compete in the TT.
A Manx Motor Cycle Club spokesman said it passed on its "deepest sympathy to Stephen's family and friends".
The coroner has been informed and an investigation into the circumstances of the accident is under way.
Clerk of the course Phil Taubman told the BBC he was "one of a large number of fantastic Irish supporters of Manx road racing".
He said: "The Manx and the Irish have a great affinity for road racing and Stephen was one of those guys who was always there.
"He was a terrific and well experienced rider."
Northern Ireland's Sports Minister Carál Nà ChuilÃn expressed her shock and sadness at Mr McIlvenna's death.
"Stephen was an experienced rider who clearly loved the sport of motorbike racing," she said.
"He was a regular competitor on the Isle of Man and his death is a tragedy." | A former Manx Grand Prix winner has been killed during qualifying for this year's event in the Isle of Man, organisers have confirmed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "28865068"} | 272 | 31 | 0.604935 | 1.36209 | -0.283213 | 1 | 8.884615 | 0.615385 |
Former eight-division world champion Pacquiao, 37, had announced his retirement after beating Timothy Bradley in April.
But his promoter Bob Arum said last month that the Filipino boxer would fight again this year.
"Retirement doesn't suit Manny right now," Pacquiao's manager Michael Koncz told the Los Angeles Times.
"Boxing is in his blood. When he trains, it's like a pressure-release valve. You can see a dramatic difference in his mood... he's happy.
"It's amazing what training and fighting does for him."
Pacquiao and his team will meet on 10 August in Manila to discuss whether the bout against 27-year-old Vargas should be staged in Los Angeles or Dubai.
"That's the essence of the meeting," Koncz added. "Not choosing the opponent. That's already been done."
Pacquiao's unanimous decision win over Bradley was his first fight in nearly a year, following his much-publicised defeat by Floyd Mayweather.
He had said he was ending his boxing career to concentrate on politics. Pacquiao won election to the Philippines' senate in May.
Vargas won his belt in March against compatriot Sadam Ali and has won 10 of his bouts via a knockout or stoppage, with his only defeat coming in a points loss against Bradley last year. | Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring on 5 November against American WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36973129"} | 310 | 31 | 0.528086 | 1.203376 | -0.225956 | 0.666667 | 14.555556 | 0.555556 |
The Red Rose were promoted from Division Two last year, while they also won the T20 Blast title for the first time in August.
Lancashire were relegated in their previous two seasons in Division One, but have won the competition as recently as 2011.
"We don't just want to survive, we want to compete," said Croft, 31.
The all-rounder told BBC Radio Lancashire: "We want to be up there. We want to finish at the top and we want to be champions.
"If we don't, then it is time to consolidate and keep our status in the division, so that would be progress really."
Former England spinner Ashley Giles led Lancashire back to the top flight in his first season in charge after being appointed director of cricket and head coach.
With Ashwell Prince having retired and Paul Horton leaving for Leicestershire, there is an onus on their remaining batsman to replace the runs of those two this in 2016.
"We've got an exciting player like Haseeb Hameed in the top order and a new partnership of him and Karl Brown at the top," said Giles.
"We don't know how it's going to go at the moment. We've tried to prepare as well as we possibly can.
"I think we've got a lot of talent in the squad, but some of it at the moment is unproven and you don't find out until you give those guys an opportunity." | Lancashire captain Steven Croft has backed their squad to challenge for the Division One title this season. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "36043608"} | 317 | 24 | 0.544256 | 1.356686 | 0.357242 | 0.944444 | 16.166667 | 0.722222 |
The ceremony honours independent movies and is Hollywood's last big pre-Oscars ritual before Sunday's main event.
Silver Linings Playbook, up for eight Oscars, won Independent Spirit Awards for best film, director, screenplay and actress for Jennifer Lawrence.
John Hawkes took best actor for the part of the late disabled journalist and poet Mark O'Brien in The Sessions.
Hawkes said he hoped the film would help change perceptions of disability.
"Mark O'Brien said as a disabled man he felt invisible to people. I hope this film can change that a little bit and we all see each other a little more," he told the audience in his acceptance speech.
His co-star Helen Hunt - who plays a sex therapist in the film, based on an article written by O'Brien in 1990 - won best supporting actress.
Up for the same award at the Oscars, Hunt said backstage: "I'm proud of the movie, I can't believe we got it made."
Matthew McConaughey, who was also nominated for best actor for Killer Joe, picked up the best supporting actor prize for Magic Mike, in which he stars alongside his mother.
He praised the process of making independent films. "The vitality you get from not having enough money and not having enough time… that's what I love about independent films," he said.
The prize for best foreign film went to Oscar favourite Amour, directed by Michael Haneke.
"I feel wonderful, it comes as a complete surprise," he said, after collecting his award. "No-one would think a film dealing with ageing and death [would do so well]."
Best documentary went to The Invisible War, which addresses rape and sexual abuse in the US military.
Producer Amy Ziering made an emotional speech, saying: "This award says to our service members - you are heard, you are not alone and you are no longer invisible."
Like Silver Linings, Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom was up for five awards - but it went away empty-handed.
Accepting the best screenplay award for Silver Linings, writer and director David O Russell said: "The last time I held one of these was 19 years ago for best screenplay and best first feature [for Spanking the Monkey] and my son was one year old.
"Matthew's here today and he gave me this movie."
Russell's son has bipolar disorder and was the inspiration for the film, which features Bradley Cooper's character dealing with the same illness.
Speaking backstage of his Oscar chances, Russell said: "I'm very superstitious so I'm just very happy to be there."
Beasts of the Southern Wild picked up one award out of a possible four, for British cinematographer Ben Richardson.
He said nine-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis was the reason he took on the job. "It was incredibly eye-opening, I could just see what she was going to do. Her performance is just incredible," he said.
The best first feature prize went to Perks of Being a Wallflower, starring Emma Watson.
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It was hampering NI airport growth by failing to scrap or cut the APD tax, he said.
Mr O'Leary also questioned the wisdom of £7m in aid for City of Derry airport and £9m of support to rescue United Airlines' Belfast to New York service.
He said politicians would have been better using the money to tackle APD.
It is currently £13 on each UK flight.
The executive has previously ruled out abolishing APD on all flights as too expensive, as it would have to repay the Treasury for implementing the tax-break.
Mr O'Leary also questioned the long-term future of City of Derry Airport and said it was likely that, over time, Ryanair's remaining flights there would move to Belfast International.
Last week, Ryanair announced it is to axe its service to London from City of Derry Airport. Summer flights to Faro, in Portugal, are also being dropped while the airline's service to Liverpool is being reduced to twice a week.
Mr O'Leary said the UK Brexit vote has curtailed further route expansion plans from Belfast International, citing the fall in the value of sterling and the expected slowdown of the British economy.
However, the Westminster government said on Tuesday that it may intervene financially to maintain an air route from Derry to London.
In a statement, the UK's Department for Transport said the airport's operators, Derry City and Strabane Council, have been "invited to put forward proposals to keep the route open, with a value for money check to ensure the best outcome for taxpayers".
More than 125,000 people a year use the flight route, according to the department.
Minister for Aviation Lord Ahmad said: "Our airports are vital in supporting local economies, providing connections in the UK and opening up new opportunities.
"That is why the UK government has agreed in principle to support the air route between City of Derry Airport and London.
"In terms of process, it is important that Derry City and Strabane District Council take forward the tender process to secure this route."
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland James Brokenshire said the move was "good news for travellers in the north-west and the wider regional economy".
"Having talked to local business leaders I know the air link with London plays a vital role.
"I am pleased the UK government has been able to step in to help, as part of our commitment to build a Northern Ireland that works for everyone."
The Irish government abolished air tax in 2014.
In 2013, the Executive abolished APD on long-haul flights only - a move which costs it more than £2m a year. | Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has said it is a "damning indictment" of the Stormont Executive that it has done nothing to address Air Passenger Tax. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37415952"} | 567 | 41 | 0.499715 | 1.266626 | -0.504459 | 0.892857 | 18.75 | 0.678571 |
It announced this week it had agreed a deal in principle with West Coast Motors to be concluded on 25 March.
MSP Christine Grahame raised the issue at Holyrood, seeking reassurances over employment and service provision.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney said the Scottish government was already looking into the proposed sale.
First Group revealed its intention to sell its operations on Wednesday, blaming the impact of the Borders Railway.
It would see its Galashiels depot, Peebles, Hawick and Kelso outstations and all staff transfer to West Coast Motors.
In response to Ms Grahame's question, Mr Swinney said talks were planned to look at any potential impact of the deal.
"We are engaging with the operators and also with the relevant local authorities to understand the situation and any implications for the staff and the travelling public," he said.
"We welcome the assurances that have been given by First that all the jobs, pay and conditions will be protected."
He said the transport minister would be speaking with the managing director of First Scotland East next week to discuss the issue.
"We will consult publicly on measures in the transport bill later this year to address some of the issues that are raised," he added. | Transport Minister Humza Yousaf is to meet with First Group to discuss its plans to sell its operations in the Borders and Midlothian. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39229926"} | 266 | 32 | 0.565982 | 1.393876 | -0.285502 | 1.583333 | 9.958333 | 0.75 |
A judge has banned Jonathan Hughes, 48, from an area of Rhos on Sea, Conwy county, using disorderly behaviour and setting up unauthorised camps.
Hughes has since moved into a flat, the court in Llandudno was told.
He received a three-year criminal behaviour order after admitting harassing a seafront cafe worker.
Prosecutor James Neary said police had received 23 separate complaints about his camp in a shelter near the seafront at Rhos Point, including issues about the smell and litter.
He had previously lived rough at Caernarfon, Gwynedd, which had also prompted complaints, the court heard.
Mr Neary said Hughes' behaviour had had an "impact on the community".
Hughes, who represented himself, was given a 10-week curfew between 16:00-06:00 GMT and he was ordered to pay £100 compensation and £170 costs. | A former homeless man whose makeshift camp opposite a children's park prompted complaints has been told he faces jail if he repeats his actions. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37928728"} | 206 | 36 | 0.540197 | 1.178416 | -0.515297 | 0.5 | 6.307692 | 0.423077 |
15 November 2014 Last updated at 14:23 GMT
The men were fishing in Troms in northern Norway when the huge mammals made their surprise appearance.
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Ann Cameron, 52, was in hospital for several days after stepping backwards and plunging through the hatch left open by a fellow member of staff.
The accident happened two years ago at the Park Street social club on the day of the town's Braw Lads celebrations.
The RBL branch admitted failing to ensure the safety of an employee.
The incident was captured on the club's CCTV and the footage was shown at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.
Several people were working behind the bar but moments after the hatch was opened, Ms Cameron stepped backwards without looking and fell down it.
The club's lawyer Zoe McDonnell said a verbal warning was given about the hatch being open but could not be heard because the club was so busy.
She added that a risk assessment was in place but was not sufficient in this case.
Ms McDonnell said the club had taken the matter very seriously.
She said: "It was one of the busiest days of the year. She did not hear the verbal warning.
"The club has made significant efforts since the accident to protect employees.
"The case has served as a clear warning that they must provide a safe environment for employees."
Ms McDonnell explained the club was mainly run by volunteers and had operated at a loss for the past two years.
The club admitted failing to ensure the safety of an employee by leaving a cellar hatch open and having insufficient measures in place to prevent an accident in June 2013.
Sheriff Peter Paterson said it was an obvious breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act.
He commented: "It was an accident waiting to happen."
However, he took into account the club's guilty plea and responsible attitude in taking steps to prevent a repeat by reducing the fine from £12,000 to £8,000. | The Galashiels branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) has been fined £8,000 after a bar worker was seriously injured falling into a cellar. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34177580"} | 390 | 38 | 0.453987 | 1.203932 | 0.189631 | 0.740741 | 13.111111 | 0.592593 |
Bolt, 29, had won the 100m and 200m in Rio and is the only man to win all three sprint events at three Games.
He combined with Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake and Nickel Ashmeade to lift gold in a time of 37.27 seconds.
Japan won a surprise silver and the USA were disqualified to hand Canada bronze and lift Britain up to fifth.
"There you go, I'm the greatest," said Bolt, who has won gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at the last three Games.
He intends to retire after the 2017 World Championships in London and will not compete at Tokyo 2020, at which point he will be nearly 34.
Bolt's haul of nine golds is the joint highest among Olympic athletics.
He is now equal with USA sprinter and long jumper Carl Lewis, who won nine golds over four Games, and Finnish long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi.
"I'm going to stay up late and have fun," Bolt told BBC Sport.
"I never knew this would happen when I started out. My team came through for me tonight. As long as we got the baton round, it was never in doubt.
"It's a brilliant feeling. Iit's been a long road. I'm happy, but I'm relieved. It's great to be in the history books as one of the greatest. I'm proud of myself."
Blake made an attempt to persuade 100m and 200m world-record holder Bolt to continue for another four years, saying: "Usain needs to be immortal and he is immortal. I will encourage him to come back for 2020."
When asked about bowing out of the Olympics, Bolt added: "I'm going to miss the crowds. I'm not going to miss the interviews. I've done, like, 500."
The American team of Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Trayvon Bromell celebrated winning a bronze before they were disqualified.
Gatlin, who won 100m silver, was ruled to have received the baton too early from Rodgers during the first handover.
"We already did the victory lap and then, when we talked to TV, they told us," said Gay. "They said Justin got the stick before the zone. He's saying he didn't."
The GB quartet of Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington and Adam Gemili finished sixth but were promoted to fifth.
"We are disappointed not to win a medal," said Gemili, who narrowly missed out on 200m bronze. "We know we are capable of it."
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson: "This was an incredible race. USA were in it. Japan were in it. Jamaica just had to get it round to Usain Bolt. He had to chase the Japanese team, but Bolt... flawless. All gold. No silvers. No bronze. A fantastic performance at these championships."
Two-time 110m hurdles world champion Colin Jackson: "Usain Bolt is just too good. Once he got in his stride, nobody was going to catch him. An incredible man, a wonderful athlete and we are all incredibly pleased he has done what he has done."
Former Olympic silver medallist and BBC Sport commentator Steve Cram: "Usain Bolt, the greatest ever. We are all privileged to have been here throughout his career and watched his Olympic performances. They should proclaim him the eighth wonder of the world."
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The Law Society of Scotland said it had accepted an offer from Kenny MacAskill for a meeting next week.
Defence solicitors boycotted the custody courts at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Paisley sheriff courts on Tuesday.
The changes would see accused people with a disposable income of more than £68 contribute to their defence costs.
Defence lawyers are also concerned about moves for solicitors to collect the money themselves, instead of the Scottish Legal Aid Board.
The Scottish government believes the changes outlined in the Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Bill would cut Scotland's £98m annual criminal legal aid bill by £3.9m.
Mr MacAskill said he wanted to keep the dialogue channels open after the strike action, which he said was "in nobody's interests".
He said there had been instances where clients appeared in court unrepresented during the strike action, despite the availability of duty solicitors and public defence solicitors.
He added: "This government is concerned that this strike action has arisen while our proposals on criminal legal aid contributions are still under discussion.
"In recent discussion with the Law Society of Scotland, I offered to meet with bar associations to discuss and explain the current issues around criminal legal aid contributions and I am hopeful such a meeting can take place shortly.
"While the Law Society is traditionally the negotiating body for the profession, I want to ensure that there is also the opportunity to have face-to-face conversations with the bar associations themselves about the reasons for the bill, why we are having to make these changes, and the bill's progression through parliament.
"The strike action that has so far occurred is in nobody's interests."
Following a meeting on Thursday evening between representatives from law faculties and bar associations, the Law Society of Scotland reiterated its position that the planned changes were "regressive, unworkable and unfair" but said the requested discussions with Mr MacAskill would happen.
The body said the £68 threshold would mean people were forced to pay towards the costs of their defence "when they simply cannot afford to so".
It also said the proposed system, which would see solicitors collecting in summary cases, was "impractical" and the Scottish Legal Aid Board was the body best equipped to collect contributions in all summary and solemn cases.
A statement said: "The Law Society has now agreed to organise a meeting between the faculties and the Cabinet Secretary for Justice so these concerns can be discussed in detail.
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The tourists lost their last seven wickets for 43 runs on the final morning, bowled out for 101 to lose by 280 runs in Centurion.
England, who were dismissed inside 35 overs, won the series 2-1.
"It was a really feeble way to finish the tour. They've shown no heart," Vaughan told BBC Test Match Special.
"I thought this would be a day where England would graft. I thought they'd last until tea. That's not good enough."
England won the first Test in Durban by 241 runs and the third in Johannesburg by seven wickets to establish an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
But dropped catches allowed South Africa to establish a first-innings lead of 133 in Centurion, before Kagiso Rabada hurried South Africa to a consolation victory with 6-32 in the second innings and 13-144 in the match.
"There are no dead rubbers in Test cricket," said Vaughan, who captained England in 51 of his 82 Tests.
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"They haven't been on it. Whether you're winning the series or not, if you're a good team you don't relax."
Joe Root, Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad edged drives and Ben Stokes pulled to deep square-leg as England's hopes of saving the game disappeared amid a flurry of reckless shots.
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott said: "Get your head down and save the match. There was no effort this morning.
"Coming out and playing shots - does that excuse you after winning the series? No. There's no excuse for that. You have to be professional."
Vaughan added: "Some of those shots this morning were not the shots of a team that was thinking we can really win this Test match."
South Africa captain AB de Villiers said: "To take seven wickets in the time that we did was not part of the thinking. We were ready to go to 5.30 today."
England, having already won the Ashes against Australia in 2015, lost the final Test at The Oval by an innings and 46 runs.
"It's the same feeling we had against Australia at The Oval," said Vaughan. "England were winning the series but they put in such a flat performance."
England captain Alastair Cook said: "We spoke honestly about how we were going about this week; we tried not to do what we did against Australia.
"We always try and play positively but on certain wickets you have to play a different way. We didn't get the balance right.
"Whether that's the end of the tour mentality I don't know."
England are only the second team to beat South Africa, who began the series as the number one Test team in the world, on their own turf since 2009.
"I take my hat off to them," said Boycott. "Winning abroad - winning anywhere - is good. England receive all the credit."
De Villiers added: "They completely outplayed us in the first two Tests. They're possibly the team to beat in the next year or so."
But Cook admitted England's defeat in Centurion left "a bit of disappointment in our mouths".
"Today was a limp batting performance," he said. "If you'd offered me 2-1 before the series I would have snapped your hand off.
"It just shows how much work this side has still got to do and yet we can still win away against the team who were top of the world rankings."
Coach Trevor Bayliss added: "It frustrates not just me but the players as well.
"They are young guys that make mistakes. As a Test team, we're on the rise. They are a team full of talent but talent never won anything."
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Great Britain did not field a team in Rio last summer because the four home nation football associations could not come to an agreement.
But FA chief executive Martin Glenn says talks have taken place about entering a team in three years' time.
"They're not going to actively support us, but they're not going to stand in the way," he told BBC Sport.
"We've worked really hard with the other home nations to get them behind the idea that a British team would be good for football both in England but also in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
"We were very disappointed that for the Brazil Olympics we couldn't put in a British team because, for women's football, Olympic tournaments are disproportionately important compared to men's football."
England's FA had put forward the idea of sending Great Britain teams to the 2016 Olympics, but Fifa said it would need the agreement of all the ruling bodies.
Stewart Regan, the Scottish FA's chief executive, was among those to voice concerns that a Great Britain team could impact the home nations at future international tournaments such as World Cups.
A spokesman for the Scottish FA told BBC Sport: "Our position remains that the Scottish FA does not support the playing of Olympic football under the Team GB banner, preferring all organised international football involving Scottish players to be played in the name of Scotland."
In April, chief executive of the Football Association of Wales, Jonathan Ford, said he could now see the "merits" of a GB women's football team.
In a statement to BBC Sport, the Irish Football Association said it "would not be in favour of sending players to a GB Olympic team. This is to protect our independent status within Fifa."
England's women, led by Mark Sampson, won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup and earlier this month reached the semi-finals of Euro 2017.
Glenn says the strength in depth through the nations could be key to further success.
"We would want to pick from the best of British talent and there's a number from nations outside of England and we know that would be good for the game."
Team GB entered men's and women's sides at London 2012, organised by the English FA.
Stuart Pearce took charge of the men and Hope Powell coached the women, with both teams being knocked out in the quarter-finals.
Scotland midfielder Kim Little, who represented Great Britain at London 2012
I am Scottish and British and am proud to represent either.
It is a great opportunity for individual players and women's football in general. It is a great platform to raise the game and London 2012 certainly did that. It was a great shame not to have a team at Rio. To show backing for a team at 2020 is great for the women's game in general.
I was grateful and proud to be one of two Scots in the team at London. I can honestly say it was one of the best experiences I have had as a professional footballer. For the other three nations it provides an incentive for players, another platform to perform on at a major tournament.
Since 2012 Olympics, the England team went to the World Cup and were the best European team and they did well at the recent European Championship. I think getting together a GB team with other players from the home nations added to the England team, then whatever team comes together will have a real chance of doing something great.
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But the England Under-21 international, 22, will be fined for comments he made on Twitter that appeared to criticise Jeremy Peace.
The Baggies chairman turned down two late bids for Berahino and criticised Spurs for trying to get him "cheaply".
Berahino will meet with West Brom manager Tony Pulis and other key club officials on Monday.
The forward was due to return to training on Friday but has been given extra time off.
Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, says the players' union has been in touch with West Brom and Berahino's representatives and expects them to resolve their differences.
Spurs had two other bids for Berahino rejected in the summer.
The player also had a transfer request turned down and made his dismay public when it became clear he would not be moving to White Hart Lane.
In a tweet, he appeared to suggest he would not play for the Baggies under Peace's chairmanship.
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Peace has made it clear he feels Spurs are to blame in the matter, claiming he had spoken to Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy earlier in the summer to explain his club's stance.
"We have a key player who has been very unsettled by antics which were designed to get him out of our club cheaply," said Peace in a statement on the club's website on Tuesday.
"Those tactics have continued despite my making our position clear in my first conversation with Daniel Levy on this subject in mid-August.
"I said selling Saido so late in the window was not on our agenda.
"We are now left with the task of repairing the damage created by this unfortunate episode."
West Brom also said Tottenham's offer for Berahino was not enough - either the amount they had offered as an initial down-payment or the final total of £22.5m spread over five years.
Levy later issued a transfer dealings statement on Spurs' official website which appeared to explain the club's dealings over Berahino.
"We have never, as a club, spoken about another team's players and I am not about to do so now," it read.
But it continued: "There is hardly a transfer concluded across Europe which doesn't include staged payments. This is particularly so when significant amounts such as £20m-£30m are involved - players don't come cheaply these days.
"Secondly, we do not make anything personal. None of the proposals, discussions or negotiations we undertake involve any personal elements or ego - everything we do is in the interest of what is best for our club.
"Thirdly, we never make anything public, particularly in the best interests of the players involved. Making aspects such as transfer requests public is wholly disrespectful to a player."
Former West Brom striker Jason Roberts says he has some sympathy for Berahino.
"Whatever the communication has been with Berahino, he has thought the transfer will go through," Roberts told BBC World Service.
"It was an amazing reaction to go out publicly to say you will not play for the chairman again - that is a big call from the player.
"I feel some sympathy for Saido as he is in the middle of this but at the same time, it may be a misjudgement to come out and say he won't play for the chairman again."
BBC Sport spoke to Mishcon de Reya's James King about the Berahino saga and the potential fallout of strike action by the player.
He told us the following:
"Berahino won't face the inevitable disciplinary process until Monday when he'll meet leading executives at the club to discuss his expected fine and to see how they can get such a discontented player back onside.
"West Brom's postponement of the meeting is designed to draw some of the sting from the media's focus on this spectacular fall-out between Peace and Berahino.
"But Peace's relationship with the player is nowhere near the as crucial as the role Pulis will play in his reintegration.
"I understand Pulis was resigned to losing such a valuable but disillusioned player, but now he somehow has to talk Berahino round."
West Brom Supporters' Club chairman John Homer believes the club and player need to "take a step back" now and move forward - but it may need Berahino to "show contrition and apologise to the Albion fans".
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "It's always upsetting when a player comes out and says he doesn't want to play for the club and wants away, so that will alienate him with some supporters.
"Football supporters are fickle though and if in a fortnight's time if he were to play against Aston Villa at Villa Park and get the winning goal, we'd have a different viewpoint on the lad."
And referring to the Burundi-born players rise through the ranks and to the fringes of the England national team, he added: "It's a tremendous story and for it to go foul at this stage of his career is desperately sad. It's doing nothing but damaging his prospects."
PFA boss Gordon Taylor told BBC Sport: "Every difficult situation can be resolved. We get called in on a number of occasions where there are disputes between the players and the club and we're more than happy to try and help resolve this one.
"With social media, the players are young lads and we expect them to have old heads on young shoulders.
"I can't recommend any player refusing to play and I hope with the experienced management at the club the situation will be resolved. I would be surprised and disappointed if it wasn't.
"If he chooses not to play it will be difficult to get another club as he will lose his fitness and his form. He's clearly a very talented player with a big future."
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Natalia Sharina was arrested in 2015 after a search of her Library of Ukrainian Literature found what officials described as anti-Russian propaganda. She denied the charges.
Her arrest came amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine following the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Rights groups have condemned the case.
Natalia Sharina, who is Russian, was charged with inciting hatred against Russians and also of embezzlement of library funds.
A judge in a Moscow court gave her a four-year suspended sentence. She said she would appeal.
Speaking in court, Natalia Sharina, 59, said she was shocked, and insisted that the banned literature had been planted in the library by police.
"The state prosecutor admitted herself during the proceedings that this was a political case," she told reporters after the ruling.
"A librarian is such a good, peaceful profession. You sit there, reading books. So the fact that this is happening in the 21st century will probably be remembered in decades to come - like we remember the doctors plot and 1937," she said, referring to Stalin-era public show trials.
It took the judge well over two hours to read her guilty verdict. Every argument presented in the librarian's defence was dismissed, including testimony by witnesses who said they saw police planting the controversial material.
The prosecutor described Natalia Sharina as an agent of Ukrainian nationalism. Her lawyer, Ivan Pavlov, called the high-profile case a farce that was seeped in politics.
She will now have her electronic tag removed, after 20 months under house arrest.
But the library she once ran - that was a symbol of Russian-Ukrainian friendship - has been dismantled. "I'm sorry for the library. That what was created has been destroyed. The books have been packed up and removed," she said.
Her library was closed in October 2015, and her trial started in November 2016.
Human rights group Amnesty International said the case "highlights serious flaws in the independence of Russia's judiciary".
"The prosecution has exploited the highly charged anti-Ukrainian atmosphere that is prevalent in Russia at the moment, while the court simply dismissed key evidence for the defence," Amnesty's Denis Krivosheev said in a statement. | The former head of a Ukrainian library in Moscow has been found guilty of extremism and embezzlement, in a case she says is politically motivated. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40162173"} | 499 | 35 | 0.502576 | 1.331858 | 0.356296 | 0.925926 | 16.296296 | 0.777778 |
Forecasters expect air temperatures in the capital, Baghdad, to reach 50C (122F) on Thursday afternoon.
Heatwave conditions are also expected in the cities of Basra and Mosul.
The extreme heat can cause chronic power shortages, depriving homes and businesses of electricity and air conditioning for parts of the day.
Near record temperatures are being experienced across the region and have also affected parts of Europe in recent weeks.
Scientists warn that extreme weather could lead to the deaths of 52,000 people yearly in Europe by 2100 if nothing is done to halt the effects of climate change. | Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered all government staff to take Thursday off work because of exceptionally high temperatures. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40883486"} | 126 | 28 | 0.599337 | 1.150443 | -0.346946 | 0.217391 | 4.826087 | 0.217391 |
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In 2014, the 29 volunteers at the station, which has been running for 153 years, responded to 65 call outs and rescued 64 people.
Sunderland RNLI was involved in 54 launches, rescuing 67 people.
Tynemouth operations manager David Stenhouse said the figures "hammered it home" that the station is "very much needed". | Tynemouth RNLI was the busiest lifeboat station in the north-east of England last year. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31037515"} | 99 | 26 | 0.610066 | 1.407599 | -1.266119 | 0.647059 | 4.823529 | 0.529412 |
Liam McGrath struck the woman several times in the unprovoked attack at the Outrageous club in Carlisle during a night out in August.
McGrath, 36, of Greenmill Road in Longtown, admitted wounding with intent when he appeared at Carlisle Crown Court.
The victim has been scarred for life, the court heard.
The hearing was told McGrath was so drunk at the time of the attack, which left his victim with two significant wounds to her forehead, he could not remember it.
Recorder Jeremy Lasker told McGrath: "You should be ashamed of what you have done to that lady."
The court heard the victim smiled at McGrath just moments before he launched the attack at 02:00 BST.
One witness said McGrath drew his arm back to get more power in his blows. Another onlooker reported he appeared to hit the woman "as hard as he could".
The court was told McGrath had previous convictions for assaults on women.
Kim Whittlestone, defending, said: "He is at a loss to know why he reacted in the way that he did.
"He sends his apologies to the complainant." | A man has been jailed for six years after repeatedly hitting a bottle over a woman's head after she smiled at him. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34770228"} | 275 | 31 | 0.495756 | 1.143889 | -0.882143 | 0.583333 | 9.208333 | 0.416667 |
Rafiullah Hamidy was detained in Taranto, southern Italy, after Kent Police secured a European arrest warrant.
Mr Hamidy, who is accused of raping a woman in the Northwood Road area of Ramsgate last September, was taken into custody at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old, formerly of High Street, Herne Bay, is due to appear at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday. | A man has been charged with rape after being extradited to the UK from Italy. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39430810"} | 99 | 21 | 0.574347 | 1.061766 | -1.478642 | 0.375 | 4.8125 | 0.375 |
Sajid Javid added that the effort was "firmly on track" to offer high-speed internet to 95% of UK homes and businesses by 2017.
He said that fast speeds were "totally transforming the way we live and work".
But many have questioned the quality of access and speeds advertised.
Superfast broadband is defined by the European Union as speeds of 24Mbps or above. The UK government's ambition is to provide 95% of the UK with those speeds or higher by 2017, with the rest having a minimum speed of 2Mbps.
By contrast, Finland plans to have a baseline speed that is more than four times faster - 100Mbps - by next year, while South Korea wants to see citizens equipped with 1Gbps connections by 2017.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has said that the UK's broadband target is simply not ambitious enough when compared with other nations and wants the government to commit to delivering a minimum of 10Mbps for all homes and businesses by 2018-19.
John Allan, FSB's national chairman, told the BBC that "there is still a long way to go".
"Small businesses are increasingly reliant on digital services, but too many are without decent and affordable broadband that meets their needs. This restricts their ability to grow, innovate and compete in global markets.
"Leaving 5% of the UK without adequate broadband in 2017 is simply not good enough. "
But the UK government says the current UK coverage of superfast broadband is the highest of the five biggest European economies.
The government has also set aside millions to improve broadband access in rural areas.
But BDUK, the group set up to spend the £530m of government money for the rural internet initiative, has come in for criticism for delays in distributing funds to councils and for awarding every contract to BT.
"Getting fibre to rural areas is hard, and often complex, work, but we are making great progress," said Gavin Patterson, the chief executive of BT, adding that it was laying undersea cables to the Outer Hebrides, for example.
"Some of the early projects are close to completion, and further funds will be released if we come in under-budget or take-up exceeds expectations," he said.
A Commons Public Accounts Committee report criticised the government for wasting taxpayers' money by giving all of its broadband funds to BT.
The FSB has said that coverage in rural areas is "either very poor or non-existent".
Alternative providers are already in place. B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), for example, offers broadband speeds of up to 1Gbps to about 350 homes currently. But since BT signed contracts with councils around the UK, the plug has been pulled on several community-based schemes.
Malcolm Corbett, head of the Independent Network Co-operative Association, which represents some of the smaller broadband suppliers, told the BBC: "It is great that the rollout programme is making good progress. However, there are far too many homes and businesses in both rural and urban areas that won't see any benefit for some years to come.
"Fortunately there is a growing sector of independent providers that are stepping up to fill the void," he added, citing projects like CityFibre, which is developing a portfolio to bring ultra-high-speed broadband to York, Peterborough, Coventry, Bournemouth, and more.
Andrew Ferguson, the editor of thinkbroadband.com, told the BBC that the focus was now on those 5% of people in the "most remote and hardest parts" of the UK not covered by the current plans for superfast broadband.
He said that £10m had been invested in a series of pilot projects currently under way in eight locations across the nation to work out how best to get broadband to them.
"The findings will be used to inform future funding bids to ensure everyone benefits from the transformation of the digital landscape currently under way," he added. | The UK's culture secretary has said that more than a million properties now have access to "superfast broadband speeds" as a result of a government-backed rollout of the tech. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "28688588"} | 851 | 42 | 0.427755 | 1.073655 | 0.039304 | 1.314286 | 22.285714 | 0.8 |
In the last three months, at least 10 people who served in his government or in his Party of Regions (POR), or had connections to people who were, have met premature ends either by being murdered or reportedly committing suicide.
In January, Mykola Serhiyenko, the former deputy chief of Ukraine's national railways, was found shot dead in his Kiev home, with the gun lying beside him. Then came a string of others, inluding Olexiy Kolesnyk, the former governor of the Kharkiv region, who was found hanged, and Mykhailo Chechetov, who jumped from his 17th-floor apartment in the capital.
The most recent deaths took place within hours of each other. On Wednesday evening, Oleg Kalashnikov, a former MP from Mr Yanukovych's party, was found dead from gunshot wounds in his apartment block.
Then on Thursday, around lunchtime, two masked assailants gunned down Oles Buzyna, a writer and former newspaper editor, in the courtyard of his building.
1. Oleh Kalashnikov, MP of Party of Regions (POR), gunshot, presumed murder
2. Olexiy Kolesnyk, former governor of Kharkiv region, hanged
3. Stanislav Melnyk, gunshot, possible suicide, POR member
4. Serhiy Valter, former mayor of Melitopol, hanged
5. Olexandr Bordiuh, deputy chief of Melitopol police, found dead, "hypertension"
6. Olexander Peklushenko, former governor of Zaporizhia region, gunshot
7. Mykhailo Chechetov, former POR deputy chairman, jumped to death
8. Serhiy Melnychuk, former Odesa prosecutor, pushed/fell/jumped to death
9. Mykola Serhiyenko, former first deputy chief of Ukrainian railroads, gunshot
10. Oles Buzyna, a very provocative pro-Russian journalist and writer, gunshot
All were said initially to be suicides, except 1, 5, 8 and 10.
It may be that not all of these deaths are connected. But the sheer number of fatalities in such a short period of time, as well as the many unexplained details, such as why so many appear to be suicides, have led many observers to see some sort of link.
The problem is, no one has any hard evidence. And the theories about what connects the deaths often seem to reflect the commentators' political position.
Those from former President Yanukovych's circle say the authorities are conducting a "witch hunt" against them, threatening them with what they say are unjust prosecutions and long jail sentences, which have driven a number of people to take their lives out of despair.
Government officials say the criminal cases, for extortion, corruption and even murder, are justified. The suicides, they say, are a reflection of the former officials' feeling of guilt, and recognition that they cannot avoid punishment.
Others whisper darkly that an outside force could be killing off the former Yanukovych insiders, to keep them from talking.
Again, however, no one can provide any concrete proof that this is in fact the case.
Media reaction in Ukraine:
Journalist Vitaly Sych: "Looks like someone needs evidence that anti-Russian sentiment is rampant in Ukraine, and someone is creating this evidence."
Journalist Sonya Koshkina: "Excuse me, police, but where have you been looking? How can people get killed in Kiev just like that, in broad daylight?"
Media expert Natalya Lihachova: "We are drowning in a nightmare and chaos. Everyone was expecting Russia to resume military hostilities in eastern Ukraine, but the nightmare has come to Kiev."
Journalist Vakhtang Kipiani: "This is a dish cooked exclusively for consumption in Russia. It was not enough to brand [the Ukrainian government] fascists. The junta must kill its political opponents. The jigsaw puzzle is now complete."
In what may or may not be a related development, local media reported that Kalashnikov wrote a letter, complaining he had received threats for his public calls to mark the 70th anniversary of the allied victory in World War Two.
The authenticity of the letter could not be verified. However, a website does exist called "Peacekeeper", which Kalashnikov wrote about.
The site listed his address with this entry: "Separatist. Provocateur. Accomplice of militants. Maintains contacts with terrorists and militants."
In the case of the murders of Kalashnikov and Buzyna, though, authorities were quick to announce a link.
Initially, after the discovery of Kalashnikov's body, Anton Gerashchenko, a high-level advisor to the interior ministry, wrote on his Facebook page that law enforcement investigators were looking into five possible motives, including his business interests and "political activities".
But after Buzyna was gunned down, Mr Gerashchenko announced the murders were connected to the two men's knowledge of the pro-Yanukovych "anti-Maidan" protest movement, which took place at the same time as the mass demonstrations that drove Mr Yanukovych from power, and which officials are now investigating for alleged criminal acts.
"It appears that the shooting of witnesses in the anti-Maidan case continues," Mr Gerashchenko wrote.
However, he did not say why he had reached this conclusion so quickly, or what evidence he had to back up the claim.
Ukraine's law enforcement bodies' work on other cases has come under sharp criticism.
The Council of Europe, the continent's main human rights body, said an investigation into the deaths of protestors and policemen during the anti-government protests last year showed "serious deficiencies" and failed to satisfy "requirements of the European convention of human rights".
Ukrainian officials for their part called the criticism "surprising and baseless". | The killings of two public figures in the Ukrainian capital Kiev only deepens a mystery surrounding a recent spate of deaths among people linked to the political machine of former President Viktor Yanukovych. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32341840"} | 1,371 | 44 | 0.390939 | 1.050791 | 0.553931 | 0.852941 | 32.382353 | 0.676471 |
Modern slavery victims are said to include women forced into prostitution, "imprisoned" domestic staff and workers in fields, factories and fishing boats.
The figure for 2013 is the first time the government has made an official estimate of the scale of the problem.
The Home Office has launched a strategy to help tackle slavery.
It said the victims included people trafficked from more than 100 countries - the most prevalent being Albania, Nigeria, Vietnam and Romania - as well as British-born adults and children.
Data from the National Crime Agency's (NCA) Human Trafficking Centre last year put the number of slavery victims in the UK at 2,744.
The assessment was collated from sources including police, the UK Border Force, charities and the Gangmasters Licensing Authority.
The Home Office said it had used established statistical methodology and models from other public policy contexts to estimate a "dark figure" that may not have come to the NCA's attention.
It said the "tentative conclusions" of its analysis is that the number of victims is higher than thought.
The Modern Slavery Bill going through Parliament aims to provide courts in England and Wales with new powers to protect people who are trafficked into the countries and held against their will.
Scotland and Northern Ireland are planning similar measures.
But outlining the strategy for government departments, its agencies and partners, Home Secretary Theresa May said legislation was "only part of the answer".
The "grim reality" is that slavery still exists in towns, cities and the countryside across the world, including the UK, she said.
"The time has come for concerted, co-ordinated action... we must step up the fight against modern slavery in this country, and internationally, to put an end to the misery suffered by innocent people around the world."
The Home Office said the UK Border Force would roll out specialist trafficking teams at major ports and airports to spot potential victims, and the legal framework would be strengthened for confiscating the proceeds of crime.
The modern slavery strategy will also see:
Modern slavery minister Karen Bradley told the BBC she was not surprised by the figures.
She said: "This is very much a hidden crime and the important thing is that we get it out in the open. If we compare where we were 200 years ago, the anti-slavery campaigners there had to make people acknowledge that slavery was wrong.
"What we have to do today is not make people acknowledge it's wrong - everybody knows it's wrong - but we have to find it.
"It's a hidden crime, it's going on in streets, in towns, in villages across Britain and we need to help people find the signs of it so we can find those victims and importantly then find the perpetrators."
Aidan McQuade, director of charity Anti-Slavery International, said the Home Office's figures "sounded about right" but questioned whether the government's strategy went far enough.
Allan Doherty, of the charity Hope for Justice, said traffickers used a number of ways to control their victims.
"They will maybe threaten them in some cases with physical violence, or threaten their families back home and, of course, they take documents off victims and it makes it incredibly difficult for that victim to get away and to go and find any help.
"There are many cases where the victim does try and get help from the authorities and lots of opportunities are missed because the authorities don't understand the crime, and don't recognise them as victims."
Aneeta Prem, founder of the Freedom Charity, said recent publicity around the issue was helping, but "everyone needs to be vigilant."
She said: "It's not somebody in shackles, it's not somebody tied into a house that cannot leave, that isn't what a modern day slave is.
"It could be someone forced into sex trafficking, someone forced to work on a farm with no pay or little pay."
She added: "It could be somebody that's working in a car wash, somebody that you just suspect is in the wrong situation. We can all spot these signs and hopefully report it and get something done about it." | There could be between 10,000 and 13,000 victims of slavery in the UK, higher than previous figures, analysis for the Home Office suggests. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "30255084"} | 897 | 28 | 0.479004 | 1.289703 | 0.475871 | 1.5 | 32 | 0.807692 |
Data presented at the National Cancer Research Institute conference showed poverty was linked to 450 breast cancer deaths a year.
Catching the tumour late is thought to be a major explanation for the deaths.
The Department of Health said "much more" could be done to diagnose and treat cancer earlier.
Cancer charities and the researchers urged women to see their GP promptly.
Scientists from Cambridge and Leicester universities used data from 20,738 patients in the east of England who had breast cancer diagnosed between 2006 and 2010.
They looked at what stage of the cancer the tumours were being diagnosed. The later the diagnosis, the more advanced the tumour and the harder it is to treat.
Women from the most affluent areas were catching their tumours earlier, the data showed.
The study found that if women from more socially deprived backgrounds could match the level of diagnosis among the more affluent, 450 lives could be saved each year in England.
One of the researchers, Dr Gary Abel, of the University of Cambridge, told the BBC it was not entirely clear why poverty affected women's chances of survival.
"But we think it's to do with both symptom awareness amongst the more deprived women and also what action they take once they find that there is something wrong - and how quickly they go to their GP," he said.
"What we seem to see is that women from more affluent areas will go straight to their GP, seek help immediately. Whereas women from more deprived areas maybe tend to hold back before going.
He called for a "renewed effort" to boost awareness campaigns, pointing out that around 70% of those with breast cancer were diagnosed by their GP - not through the national screening programme.
"Clearly this research shows that there is still work to be done and perhaps we need to move beyond just telling people what the symptoms are and encouraging people to go and see their GP as quickly as possible."
Dr Julie Sharp, of Cancer Research UK, said: "Other research shows that women from deprived backgrounds are more likely to feel embarrassed or worried about going to their GP, but it's important for women to take that step as going to the GP promptly could make all the difference."
"All women should be aware of how their breasts normally look and feel because we know that early diagnosis is one of the most important factors in whether breast cancer treatment is effective."
Eluned Hughes, head of public health at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, added: "By focusing on improving early diagnosis, particularly in deprived areas, we can have most impact in stopping women dying from breast cancer.
A Department of Health spokesman said much more could be done to diagnose and treat cancer earlier.
"We are spending £450 million to help diagnose cancer earlier, which will save thousands of extra lives every year, and we are investing more than £170 million over four years to expand and introduce pioneering new methods of screening for cancer.
"We are also committed to reducing inequalities in cancer care - that's why our Be clear on cancer campaigns are aimed at more disadvantaged groups and try to build awareness of cancer symptoms."
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The 60-year-old Australian coach has worked with many of the world's best players in a 34-year career, including Boris Becker and Goran Ivanisevic.
Andy Murray has previously spoken highly of Brett, who was seen as a possible replacement for Ivan Lendl as the Wimbledon champion's coach.
Brett had reviewed the LTA's high performance system earlier this year.
"Bob's work ethic and attention to detail is incomparable," said LTA chief executive Michael Downey, who recruited Brett as a consultant while in charge of tennis in Canada.
Brett will relocate from Monaco to London, spend his time travelling the country to the LTA's high-performance centres, and Leon Smith and Iain Bates, heads of men's and women's tennis respectively, will report to him.
Asked about his salary, Michael Downey said, "I think we're getting great value for Bob Brett. I really believe his appointment fits within a mindset of the new cost-conscious LTA."
World number five Andy Murray is currently the only British male in the world top 100, while Heather Watson and Laura Robson are currently 69 and 80 in the women's rankings. | The Lawn Tennis Association has appointed Bob Brett as its director of player development. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "27832511"} | 264 | 17 | 0.582471 | 1.358885 | -0.328761 | 0.666667 | 15.266667 | 0.533333 |
Darragh MacAnthony, whose side are 11th in League One, tweeted on Saturday after Posh's 4-0 loss to Bradford City.
Westley said: "You never win anything unless you put pressure on yourselves. I'm cool with any strategy he's got that heaps the pressure on.
"You test yourself when the going is tough and people demand results.
He added to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "If you can't stand the heat, get out the kitchen. I love this kitchen."
MacAnthony has been Posh chairman since 2006 when the club were in League Two, and since then they have earned promotion to the Championship twice, but have been in League One for three seasons.
Westley replaced Dave Robertson in September and has guided the club from 18th in the table to six points off the play-offs, as well as the FA Cup fourth round, where they took Premier League side West Brom to a replay and lost in a penalty shootout.
"I'm sure (MacAnthony) means his comments as I've never known him to say something he didn't mean," added Westley.
"He's very much a man of his word in my experience, but I don't think he intends to sell the club, he intends to win promotion.
"Someone was speaking to me earlier in the week about what if he goes, and I said I'd talk the board into keeping him because he's good at what he does." | Boss Graham Westley relishes pressure from his Peterborough United chairman, who said he would sell if Posh were not promoted in the next 18 months. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35603867"} | 336 | 37 | 0.507236 | 1.274416 | 0.285848 | 0.62963 | 10.740741 | 0.555556 |
Daniel Boylett, 35, of Eltham, south-east London, was arrested after trouble at a Palace home game against Charlton Athletic on 23 September.
Boylett was part of an "aggressive" group of fans that targeted the 25-year-old bird Kayla, the court heard.
He denies attempted criminal damage worth an estimated £20,000.
Crystal Palace, nicknamed the eagles, adopted Kayla as a mascot in 2010. She flies around the stadium at every home game.
Kayla's handler Chris Belsey had been walking her around the pitch on his forearm when a punch was thrown from the crowd, the jury heard.
Prosecutor Daniel Higgins said there "is no dispute" Boylett threw the punch, but questions may surround whether he intended worse to happen.
Kayla's delicate bone structure meant "if she had been hit with force, her bones could easily break" Mr Higgins added.
The game, which Crystal Palace won 4-1, had seen violent scenes before a ball had even been kicked.
Boylett appeared in the dock alongside Colin Kitto, 49, of Eltham, Andy McConville, 48, of Rochester, Kent, Billy Cowcher, 32, of Greenwich, south east London and Sam Donegan, 25, of Welling, Bexley, in south London.
Messrs Kitto, McConville, Boylett and Cowcher were "all present at the front of this aggressive and disorderly group which was led by Kitto", according to Mr Higgins.
Mr Boylett, Mr Kitto and Mr McConville each deny two counts of violent disorder. Mr Cowcher and Mr Donegan deny one charge each of violent disorder.
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She suffered suspected spinal injuries at Crib y Ddysgl, near Snowdon, according to a spokesman for Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team.
A Coastguard rescue helicopter winched the woman off the mountain and flew her to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor.
The incident on Saturday at about 14:00 BST. | A woman has been airlifted to hospital after falling 40ft (12m) while walking in Snowdonia. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39757595"} | 82 | 26 | 0.693351 | 1.322704 | -1.202408 | 0.25 | 2.65 | 0.25 |
Prince William flew in to the playing field at John Henry Newman School in Stevenage, after transporting doctors from nearby Lister Hospital, for the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
While there he spoke to a number of pupils in the school canteen.
Head teacher Clive Matthew said the visit was "completely unexpected".
"It was really quite bizarre. We have the air ambulance use the school site quite regularly and whenever they land the staff go out, we clear the field of children and offer the crew refreshments," he said.
"We didn't realise who was on the helicopter at the time. And then Prince William jumped off and came into the school.
"He was great. He queued up with the children, he got himself some lunch and sat down. Then he was surrounded by a group of Year 11 boys who had a chat with him - it was really lovely."
Mr Matthew said the duke, who has been a pilot for the charity since last summer, ate roast chicken, cauliflower cheese and vegetables, but did not have dessert.
He said the prince donated the cost of the meal to the school's children's charity.
"One of the boys sat opposite the prince and was shaking so much he nearly lost the pasta off the end of his fork," said Mr Matthew.
"[William] did compliment the meal, saying it was very good."
The Duke of Cambridge has been spotted on a number of missions for the air ambulance, including when he was sent to help a young girl hit by a car in Bedfordshire last September. | The Duke of Cambridge made a surprise stop at a school for a chicken dinner as he took a break from a helicopter flying mission in Hertfordshire. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35307332"} | 347 | 38 | 0.605608 | 1.604534 | -0.02618 | 1.071429 | 11.285714 | 0.642857 |
Mr Jones said leaving the EU would have "devastating consequences" for Wales, and asked what Mr Farage had done to help steel in his role as a Euro MP.
Mr Farage claimed membership of the EU had left the first minister "impotent".
He argued the UK would have more control of its economy outside the EU.
The UKIP leader opened the debate in Cardiff on Monday by asking if the UK wanted to "regain our independence as a nation state" or if it was happy to be a "subordinate member of the club".
Mr Farage claimed it was "scaremongering" to say trade would cease and jobs would be lost upon a British exit from the EU.
The first minister replied by saying membership of the UK and EU was vital to Welsh prosperity.
Claiming 200,000 jobs in Wales relied on EU trade, Mr Jones said "pulling up the drawbridge" would have "devastating consequences".
Focusing on the fate of steel, the first minister said the industry's problems were "nothing to do with the EU".
A glut of steel on the world market, the strong pound and high energy costs were hurting the industry, he said.
Mr Jones said he met Tata Steel bosses in December, adding: "Not once did they mention the European Union as being some kind of obstacle."
Mr Farage responded by claiming British politicians in Wales and Westminster had been unable to protect the steel industry from cheap Chinese exports.
"You didn't do it, not because you don't want to, because you haven't got the power to do it because we've given that away to Brussels," he said.
If the EU referendum campaign is going to be anything like this, it's going to be a lively affair.
It was breathless stuff - within minutes both men were trading insults.
And perhaps surprisingly it was jobs and the economy - not immigration - that dominated.
At times it was a tough night for the first minister with Nigel Farage bossing big chunks of the debate.
Carwyn Jones based his claims on the dangers of taking a risk - in other words, better the devil you know.
Nigel Farage's rhetoric was based around the need to reclaim control of our borders and our laws.
On the issue of immigration, Mr Farage said "the biggest benefit" of leaving the EU would be the UK's ability to set up an Australian-style points system to accept immigrants based on their skills, lack of criminal convictions and ability to speak English.
However, Mr Jones dismissed the suggestion that EU membership had "anything to do" with immigration, saying if the UK was not a member, France would simply allow refugees camped at Calais to pass through.
"Would it be in our interest to turn our backs on our European partners, or isn't it better to work together to find a European solution to what is a European challenge," he asked.
The first minister also attacked the UKIP leader's record as a Euro-MP, saying he had only attended one out of 42 meetings of a fisheries committee in the European Parliament.
"The reality is you don't stand up for Britain," he told Mr Farage.
In reply, the UKIP leader said: "If I spent every living moment there I wouldn't have even been allowed to debate or vote on the issues that affect fisheries - the parliament hasn't got that power."
Eluned Parrott, Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesperson on Europe, said that "neither person came out of this shouting match particularly well", claiming hers was the only UK party united in favour of EU membership.
"Carwyn Jones was right to be arguing the importance of the UK remaining in the EU," she said.
"Yet, his views are in stark contrast to his party in London, where [Labour leader] Jeremy Corbyn remains ambivalent on this major issue."
Plaid Cymru AM Elin Jones was critical of Mr Jones, tweeting: "Well, for the case for Wales staying in EU, that was a set-back. Mustn't be repeated. #IWADebate."
Before the debate, a spokesman for the Welsh Conservatives dismissed the event as having the feel of a "rather gaudy PR spectacle", saying Mr Jones had failed to invite rival party leaders to similar debates about Welsh issues under his control.
A referendum on whether the UK should remain within the EU or leave is set to be held before the end of 2017.
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Mr Kerry's three-day visit will begin on Friday, and he will meet Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in London.
The US State Department says they will discuss "the ongoing crisis in Syria and refugee situation".
David Cameron has announced that the UK will accept up to 20,000 refugees from camps surrounding Syria, but Labour says that is "not enough".
The new arrivals to the UK will be offered five-year humanitarian visas, under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme, and their resettlement will be paid for in the first year from the overseas aid budget..
While in the UK, Mr Kerry will also hold talks with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed.
The EU is facing a huge influx of migrants, many fleeing conflict and poverty in countries including Syria, where a civil war has been raging since 2011.
Hundreds of migrants are currently stranded at the Serbia-Hungary border after the Hungarian government closed the frontier with a new razor-wire fence.
The US has allowed 1,500 Syrians to resettle since the start of the conflict, and the Obama administration has said a further 10,000 will be admitted over the next year.
According to the White House, the US is the single largest donor to the Syrian crisis response, having given over $4bn (£2.6bn) since it began.
But some, such as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's special representative on migration, have said money is not enough and more refugees must be allowed to resettle in countries like the US. | US Secretary of State John Kerry is to visit the UK later this week for talks on the Syria crisis. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34264512"} | 335 | 22 | 0.579764 | 1.326198 | -0.072345 | 0.904762 | 14.190476 | 0.809524 |
The first 1,200 civil servants are due to leave on 30 September.
That is now uncertain due to the Stormont Executive's continuing disagreement on welfare reform and the budget.
The head of the Northern Ireland civil service said a decision will be taken at the executive meeting on 10 September.
In a letter to staff, Dr Malcolm McKibbin said he appreciated that "this timeframe is very close to the conditional leaving date" for the first group of leavers.
But he added, that if the decision is taken to proceed, staff will leave on the planned date.
The voluntary redundancy scheme was part of the Stormont House Agreement.
It was struck between the executive parties and the British and Irish governments in December.
The scheme allowed the executive to borrow up to £700m to fund 20,000 redundancies across the wider public sector.
Around 3,000 of those redundancies are in the civil service.
But, with the welfare reform part of the agreement collapsing, it is doubtful if the redundancy scheme can proceed as planned.
More than 7,000 civil servants expressed interest in the scheme and 1,200 of those have been told they can leave, depending on funding.
If the executive is not allowed to borrow the money, it would have to pay for the scheme by making cuts to day-to-day departmental spending.
Some public bodies, such as Translink, have said they will proceed with redundancy plans even if the Stormont House money is not available. | Northern Ireland civil servants hoping to take voluntary redundancy will hear next month if the scheme will go ahead. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34009420"} | 320 | 25 | 0.621418 | 1.407837 | 0.138565 | 1.15 | 14.25 | 0.65 |
Michael Maguire is taking the PSNI to court in an attempt to force it to hand over sensitive intelligence material.
A judge has delayed the legal hearing for two weeks to allow both parties to come to an agreement.
The High Court heard that investigators for the ombudsman were turned away from PSNI buildings.
It was also claimed that requests for information on the cases had been turned down on more than 100 occasions.
The action centres on investigations into recent and historic cases involving allegations of police criminality and misconduct by failing to properly probe murders.
Claims of collusion between some police officers and the killers feature in many.
One of the cases in which the PSNI stands accused of obstructing Police Ombudsman Michael Maguire's staff is the loyalist murders of six people in Loughinisland, County Down.
The men were shot dead as they watched the 1994 World Cup in the Heights bar.
The High Court also heard that access to material is being sought in up to 19 ongoing investigations.
Barrister Stephen McQuitty, for the ombudsman, told Mr Justice Treacy proceedings had not been issued lightly.
Arguing that the PSNI was under an obligation to hand over information, he claimed: "The refusal to provide that material is irrational."
It was contended that the police reasoning was misconceived and mistaken.
"There's been an unjustified departure from a memorandum of understanding that exists between the police and the ombudsman," he said.
Although the document came into operation last September, the court heard that the breakdown in relationships was confirmed in April.
Referring to an affidavit from Adrian McAllister, chief executive in the police ombudsman's office, Mr McQuitty claimed the PSNI began to express concerns about sharing information.
"It was not raised formally but manifested itself in police ombudsman staff being turned away from PSNI buildings when they had arranged to view sensitive material," he said.
"It became apparent to the police ombudsman that a different approach had been taken."
Senior counsel for the police Tony McGleenan QC said that the ombudsman has been requesting and receiving sensitive material for years.
But in certain cases the chief constable has asked what function is being pursued, he said.
Mr McGleenan said: "This is a case that would have benefited from, and could still benefit from, engagement between the parties outside hostile, adversarial litigation."
Concerns were also raised over how any information would be handled and shared after being handed over.
An undertaking given by the police ombudsman about procedures for ensuring material is stored securely has still to be fully implemented, the court heard.
Urging the judge to adjourn the case to allow further attempts to reach an agreement, Mr McGleenan said: "A very large volume of requests by the police ombudsman have been responded to by police."
However, Mr Justice Treacy ruled that leave to seek a judicial review should be granted on the basis that the ombudsman had established an arguable case.
But rather than fixing a date for a full hearing of the challenge, he decided to adjourn for two weeks.
He said: "So far as possible for the court to read the runes that arise from the submissions that have been made, it's quite possible this matter might be resolved between the parties and won't proceed to a substantive hearing.
"One would hope that will happen." | The police ombudsman has been granted leave for a judicial review of the chief constable's decision to withhold information about 60 murders. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "27834041"} | 782 | 36 | 0.475852 | 1.279982 | -0.369393 | 1.625 | 27.208333 | 0.875 |
Gustavo Castro Soto, a Mexican national, survived the attack by gunmen in the Honduran town of La Esperanza.
He was ordered to stay in Honduras, although Mexico and the UN said it was too dangerous for him.
Ms Caceres had led a campaign by the indigenous Lenca people against a dam project which threatened their lands.
"Gustavo should immediately be provided with effective protection and permitted to return to his country," said Michel Frost, UN special rapporteur on human rights campaigners.
"It is high time that the government of Honduras addressed the flagrant impunity of the increased number of executions of human rights defenders in the country, especially targeting those who defend environmental and land rights," he added.
More than 200 rights groups also called for the protection of Mr Soto and his family.
Ms Caceres was shot dead after two men entered her house on 3 March.
Her mother said Ms Caceres had been killed "because of her struggle" for indigenous and environmental rights.
Ms Caceres had told police she had received death threats.
The Honduran authorities have condemned the killing, stressing that Mr Soto will receive special protection.
Ms Caceres was one of the founders in 1993 of the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH).
In 2015, she was awarded the Goldman Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for grass-roots environmentalism.
The judges said she had "rallied the indigenous Lenca people of Honduras and waged a grassroots campaign that successfully pressured the world's largest dam builder to pull out of the Agua Zarca Dam".
The dam would have flooded large areas of land and cut off the supply of water, food and medicine for hundreds of Lenca people.
Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world. | The UN and activist groups have called on Honduras to protect the only witness to last week's murder of indigenous rights campaigner Berta Caceres. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35781338"} | 419 | 36 | 0.590382 | 1.512928 | 0.430878 | 0.769231 | 13.423077 | 0.692308 |
It's the first time that a junior equivalent of The Voice has come to the UK, although there have already been 30 versions of the show in other countries including Australia and France.
Will.i.am, Danny Jones, and Pixie Lott are the first judges to start the hunt for young stars in the UK.
So what did you think of it?
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I thought it was awesome I have always loved singing
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I want to go on it, but it's very fun
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Well I thought it was not good because I really want to go on it. But I still watch it. My favourite judge is Danny Jones because I'm a massive fan of McFly.
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Hull was one of 52 players who had to finish round one of the ANA Inspiration at Rancho Mirage on Friday after high winds felled trees on the course.
She completed a 68 but then bogeyed two of her last four second-round holes.
America's Lexi Thompson leads at eight under par after a five-under 67 second round.
Hull, 21, the world number 16 who was runner-up to Lydia Ko in this event last year, reached six under but dropped shots at the par-four 15th and the closing par-five 18th.
Compatriot Mel Reid, who had a mixed opening round of 72 including three birdies and a double bogey, is level-par at the halfway stage after another 72.
Scotland's Catriona Matthew missed the cut after a 72 containing an eagle and a double bogey kept her at three over, while England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff also missed out after she carded a seven-over-par 79 to finish eight over. | England's Charley Hull carded a round of 72 and is four shots off the lead after two rounds at the first women's major of the year in California. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39462494"} | 235 | 39 | 0.690935 | 1.420446 | -0.105394 | 1.193548 | 6.16129 | 0.741935 |
He was doing training circuits with a student in a Cessna 152 at Wycombe Air Park, on 22 May, at the time.
The UK Airprox Board heard the helicopter pilot was "unfamiliar" with the airfield and air traffic control should have passed on more information.
Investigators concluded the helicopter "was not at the correct height".
Their report found the Cessna was travelling at 1,000ft (304m) when the pilot saw the helicopter "at the same height as his aircraft".
The helicopter ought to have been approaching the Buckinghamshire airfield at 750ft (228m) at the time.
Its pilot had already had to ask air traffic control to repeat the landing instructions four times before he heard them correctly.
The report concluded the aircraft's "close proximity meant safety was much reduced below the norm".
It also found a lack of specific instructions from air traffic control was a contributory factor to the incident. | A pilot has told a "near miss" inquiry into an incident in Buckinghamshire involving a Robinson R22 helicopter he believed the collision risk was "high". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37716601"} | 206 | 38 | 0.590519 | 1.317038 | 0.073382 | 0.666667 | 6.133333 | 0.533333 |
The proposal would see Australians vote on the wording of a statement.
Mr Pearson said it was "breakthrough idea", the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
A federal government campaign is seeking to reverse the historical exclusion of indigenous people from Australia's constitution.
However, the declaration, suggested by lawyers Damien Freeman and Julian Leeser, would sit outside the constitution.
Mr Pearson said the statement could be recited in schools and at national events.
He compared it to the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand that pledged protection of Maori land.
But he added that the declaration should not replace a referendum to remove discriminatory elements within the constitution.
"It's very important that everyone understands that this declaration is just one of a three- or four-part package that needs to go forward," he said, according to ABC.
Unlike other settler nations such as Canada and New Zealand, Australia's constitution makes no mention of its indigenous people and still has two so-called "race provisions", including one that allows the states to ban people from voting based on their race.
Other indigenous leaders have reacted cautiously to the latest idea.
Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, said constitutional reform was the only way to truly recognise indigenous Australians.
"We've described it as the birth certificate of the nation," he said, according to ABC.
"It is the law out of which all other law in this country comes from and to be recognised in that document is probably the ultimate form of recognition."
A government committee on constitutional recognition for indigenous Australians is due to report to parliament by June.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has pledged to hold a referendum on constitutional change in 2017.
Indigenous Australians represent 2.5% of Australia's 24 million population and correspondents say that generations of discrimination and disadvantage have left them with poor health and low levels of education and employment. | Plans for a declaration recognising the place of Indigenous Australians in the country's history have been backed by indigenous leader Noel Pearson. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32296661"} | 409 | 34 | 0.621003 | 1.514679 | 0.096799 | 0.75 | 15.75 | 0.666667 |
In one incident on a Friday night, earlier this month, a heavily pregnant woman became a victim of moped criminals.
In a terrifying attack that took only a few seconds, the 31-year-old mother-to-be was knocked to the ground after thieves mounted the pavement from behind her to snatch a mobile phone out of her hand.
I witnessed the aftermath of the attack in north London from an open window of a restaurant a few yards away. I heard the woman's scream and saw her on the floor, but by the time I'd dialled 999 the two robbers had sped off.
The incident, in East Finchley, a relatively low-crime area towards the southern end of the London borough of Barnet, provided further evidence of the spread of the "moped" crime wave.
Pursuit rules 'create moped highwaymen'
(The Metropolitan Police refer to the "step-through-frame" motorcycles commonly used as scooters - mopeds are strictly speaking a subset of scooters, with an engine capacity of less than 50cc).
There are two parts to the crime wave - the theft of the scooters themselves and the offences for which they are used.
The Met says that between July 2016 and June 2017 there were 14,943 thefts of "powered two-wheel vehicles", the vast majority of which were scooters.
The total represents more than 50% of all vehicles stolen in London and is up almost 30% on the previous year.
The calendar year figures show the number of thefts has almost doubled since 2013, though the proportion recovered has increased as well.
It also appears to be a problem largely confined to the capital.
Police in Merseyside and Greater Manchester have set up special teams to combat the illegal use of off-road, or scrambler, bikes, particularly in relation to anti-social behaviour, but none of the major forces we spoke to across Britain flagged scooter theft as a concern on the scale seen in London.
According to the Motorcycle Industry Association, about 60% of all recorded bike thefts in the UK were in London last year, yet just under 10% of all motorcycles and mopeds licensed in the UK were registered to those living in the city.
The rise in thefts has been sparked in part by an upsurge in the stock of scooters available to be stolen. As the capital becomes more congested and car insurance more costly, scooters have grown in popularity, and as people order more items online, there are more delivery drivers and couriers using them too.
Unlike cars, which have immobilisers, alarms and sophisticated key devices fitted as standard, the main line of defence for a scooter is usually the steering lock, which can be disabled fairly easily. Police recommend other security measures including trackers, marking devices, covers and chain locks - but thieves have been known to cut through those using angle grinders.
Discussions with the motorcycle industry about more effective security are continuing but it's likely to be two or three years before anti-theft systems are embedded into the design of all scooters.
"Industry can provide the means to secure bikes, but it can't fix the problems that lead to lawlessness," says Steve Kenward, chief executive of the Motorcycle Industry Association.
"That is a matter for police, law-makers and the services which tackle disaffection," he adds.
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Simon Harding, senior lecturer in criminology at Middlesex University, says the other "modus operandi" for thieves is "use of force" - getting riders off their scooters by threatening them. No anti-theft device can prevent that.
Dr Harding says although some stolen scooters are stripped for parts or shipped abroad (the average value of each machine stolen is estimated to be £3,000) the main attraction for the gangs is the ability to use them to carry out drug deals and commit other crimes - sometimes as many as 10 in the space of an hour.
The number of such offences recorded by police in London has more than trebled in a year.
In the 12 months to the end of June, the Metropolitan Police logged 16,158 crimes involving powered-two-wheel vehicles compared with 5,145 the year before.
Most of the offences were robbery and theft, with mobile phones making up 90% of items stolen. Phones can be reset within minutes and sold on, or used by gang members who like to have a handful of devices each.
"It's almost the perfect crime because they're committing it with gloves, helmets and visors," says Harding. "It's very difficult to see them, it's all over in seconds...and they're keenly aware that police may not chase them."
Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Graham McNulty, vehicle crime lead for the National Police Chiefs Council, denies that it is the "perfect crime", pointing out that it is conducted in public, which means there are often witnesses. But he acknowledges that officers will end a pursuit if it gets "too dangerous".
"We do a lot of risk assessment about whether to pursue someone," says Mr McNulty. "Driving in London at speed, with lots of pedestrians, in built-up areas is a high-risk strategy."
An officer embarking on a car chase with criminals on a scooter has to seek authorisation from their control room. A tactical adviser will be on hand and the operation will be overseen by a chief inspector. They will weigh up the risks of the pursuit against the seriousness of the offence of which the rider is suspected.
Police will consider if the suspect might be a danger to the public and if they are on their way to carry out more crimes, as well as conditions on the road - the weather, the time of day and whether there is a lot of other traffic.
The risks were brought home last year during the inquest into the death of 18-year-old Henry Hicks, who lost control of his moped and crashed after being pursued by two unmarked police cars in north London in December 2014.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission, which investigated the case, said police had "conducted a pursuit without authorisation from a senior officer in the control room" and had failed to "consider the risks to Henry of the pursuit or make any consideration as to whether he may have been a juvenile". Four officers are to face gross misconduct proceedings.
After the case, Scotland Yard issued a reminder to officers about the potential hazards of such pursuits and said it had developed new tactics - including the use of tyre-deflation devices. But there's believed to be a sense among scooter thieves that police have become more cautious about following them at speed.
"People are very well aware of the police tactics, therefore they're picking out vehicles... on the assumption that they're unlikely to be caught," says Daniel Silverstone, director of the Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies, who's carrying out research on scooter criminals.
"They're deliberately taking their helmets off, so they can't be pursued," he says, claiming police will call off a chase if they know a suspect is more at risk of a head injury.
Mr McNulty says although suspects removing their helmets is one of the "elements" they have to think about during a pursuit, he says it also gives police a "real advantage" because their face can be seen by victims, bystanders and on CCTV.
Indeed, much of the detective work involves identifying criminals in the hours and days after a pursuit by scouring phone and video footage, tracing the routes they take and looking for fingerprints and DNA evidence.
This week, two men were jailed for robbery after the owner of a Vespa was stabbed with a kitchen knife - John Tusting received a 10-year sentence and Lucian Riviere was jailed for eight years.
And last October, a thief who snatched 21 phones in an hour as he drove through five London boroughs was given a three-year sentence.
But in spite of the successes of the Met's anti-scooter crime campaign, Operation Venice, it appears to be an increasingly fashionable way for young criminals in particular to boost their street cred. They post online images of themselves on stolen bikes and circulate stories about what they have done.
"A great deal of it is about how young people are trying to rise above the pack," says Dr Harding. "It's being used to build up street capital, to build up their reputation."
Dr Harding says it is a crime that "suits the moment", with so many potential victims walking around with expensive phones, tablets and headphones, and it offers excitement - from the first stage, stealing the scooter, to the last, escaping from police.
"There is an absolute thrill factor - young people love the theft, the chase, the crime, the buzz - with the chase from police at the end," he says.
The two thieves who stole the pregnant woman's phone in East Finchley were chased by a man on a motorbike who happened to be in the area - but he lost sight of them. Thankfully, the victim's baby was unharmed, although she was left bruised and severely shaken.
There is a fear, however, that the violence is escalating, with a spate of scooter attacks involving corrosive substances in the past few weeks.
There is also concern that it could spread beyond London, which for reasons that are not entirely clear, has so far borne the brunt of this spate of attacks.
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Jean-Luc Kister told the TVNZ station that the action "resulted in the accidental death of an innocent man", photographer Fernando Pereira.
Greenpeace called for a Paris street to be named after Mr Pereira.
The ship was mined to stop Greenpeace protests against French nuclear tests.
The Rainbow Warrior on 10 July 1985 was due to sail to Mururoa atoll in French Polynesia where the tests were due to be conducted.
The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris says it was one of the most notorious acts of state sabotage.
The mines planted by Mr Kister, a naval frogman, sank the vessel in Auckland harbour, killing Mr Pereira.
Mr Kister told TVNZ's Sunday programme that it was not the aim of his team to kill anybody and that he wanted to say sorry to the family of Pereira, to Greenpeace members on board the vessel and to the people of New Zealand.
He said the destruction of the vessel was "disproportionate" and "an unfair, clandestine operation conducted in an allied, friendly and peaceful country".
"We had to obey orders, we were soldiers," he said.
Greenpeace said in a statement (in French) that Mr Kister's apology "will not bring Fernando back but proves once again that our colleague was sacrificed in the name of a state interest that even one of the state's servants is calling into question".
Mr Kister was working as part of a 12-man team for France's DGSE spy agency at the time of the attack.
France has apologised and paid damages for the bombing and in 1996 stopped the nuclear testing that initiated the Greenpeace protest.
Only two agents have stood trial over the attack - Dominique Prieur and Alain Mafart. They were arrested in New Zealand after the attack and sentenced to 10 years in jail for manslaughter.
However, a settlement meant that they were transferred to a base in French Polynesia and were released within two years. | The French intelligence agent who led the deadly attack on the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand 30 years ago has for the first time apologised for his actions. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34168078"} | 452 | 39 | 0.535719 | 1.541802 | 0.100217 | 1.064516 | 12.225806 | 0.677419 |
At least eight of the victims were caught in underground areas as the flood waters rose rapidly. Another died of a heart attack.
The island's metereologists said 152mm (6in) of rain fell in less than an hour, 70mm less than the March average.
Prime Minister Navin Rangoolam declared 1 April a day of mourning.
Speaking on national radio, he said Mauritius was suffering badly from the effects of climate change.
The floods caused chaos in the city, with a huge traffic jam paralysing its centre, L'Express de Maurice newspaper reported.
A BBC reporter in the city says the bodies of six people were recovered from a pedestrian subway and another two from an underground car park.
Resident Ameeksha Dichand told the BBC she had been unable to go outside because it was raining so heavily, though people did venture out on Sunday to inspect the damage.
"The roads are blocked and there is mud everywhere. Trees have fallen all over the place," she said.
"If people couldn't rely on their neighbours so much to help them, then we would have lost more lives. I am so angry at the authorities."
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The Barcelona star, who won a treble of Spanish title, Copa del Rey and European Champions League last season, officially started the building process at the Port-Gentil stadium, which will host Africa Cup of Nations matches in 2017.
The ceremony took place on a wide sandy ground where the stadium will be built.
It was the Argentine forward's first visit to Gabon and he signed autographs on team jerseys worn by his fans, before proceeding with the laying of the first stone, accompanied by the president.
"When I was in Barcelona a few years ago, I met Messi who had told me that he would come to visit me in Libreville," said the Gabon president.
"It's a promise he made me. He is a man of honour who just kept his word."
The new stadium will have a capacity of 20,000 and is expected to host matches from November 2016 in the build-up to the tournament.
Port Gentil is Gabon's second city. | Four-time world player of the year Lionel Messi linked up with Gabonese president Ali Bongo Ondimba on Saturday to lay the first stone at a future Africa Cup of Nations venue. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33582949"} | 221 | 45 | 0.612022 | 1.448716 | 0.381882 | 1.147059 | 5.735294 | 0.558824 |
Keith Richardson, 76, from Newton Abbot, Devon, flies between hotels he owns in the south west.
At Truro Magistrates Mr Richardson, representing himself, denied the charge brought by the Civil Aviation Authority.
The alleged offence took place at the Falmouth Hotel on 19 August 2014.
Mr Richardson is the owner of the Richardson Hotels group which includes, in Cornwall, the Falmouth Hotel, the Fowey Hotel and the Metropole, Padstow and the Grand Hotel and Grosvenor Hotel in Torquay, Devon.
The matter will now go to trial in August. | A helicopter-flying multi-millionaire hotel owner has pleaded not guilty to "causing an aircraft to endanger a person". | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "32722899"} | 133 | 32 | 0.538207 | 1.091797 | -1.200304 | 0.208333 | 4.5 | 0.208333 |
The area will hold up to 230 vehicles - in effect a two-and-a-half mile queue.
Mrs May said 8,000 migrant attempts to cross the Channel to the UK were foiled between 21 June and 11 July, when ferry strikes in France exacerbated problems.
Transport bosses said migrant numbers in Calais had risen from 600 in January to 5,000 - and that figure was growing.
Mrs May told the Commons hauliers had been subjected to "repeated attempts by illegal migrants who attempt to stow themselves away in their vehicles".
The new zone should provide protection for lorries and their drivers by "removing them from the open road where they can become targets for migrants", said Mrs May.
She said the security zone should "transform protection" for hauliers.
Her announcement came as transport bosses appeared before the Home Affairs Committee to answer questions about the crisis.
Kent Police Chief Constable Alan Pughsley told MPs there had been a "significant increase" in the number of migrants found hiding in vehicles in the UK over the past month.
He said:
Mr Pughsley said he believed strike action by French ferry workers during that time was a "contributing factor" to the numbers because it meant "easier access" for people to trains or lorries.
John Keefe, director of public affairs at Eurotunnel, said the 5,000 figure had grown from an estimated 600 migrants in January, and the rise was "continuing apace".
"We have never seen numbers like this before and we have not in the past seen the degree of organisation that goes with the numbers either," he said.
He said a secure zone would not solve the issue, adding: "As soon as you remove an opportunity, the organised criminals who are managing the migrant attacks are moving to the next opportunity - to the next weak spot."
Road Haulage Association chief executive Richard Burnett said the situation was "out of control" and criticised the fact the secure zone would not be in place until the autumn.
"This isn't fast enough. We've got drivers being threatened with bars and knives. We've had an example of a driver being threatened with a gun," he said.
"We've got a problem right now. This is unprecedented and it's escalating. We need action now."
The "write-off" of products due to contamination by migrants entering vehicles could be £1bn a year, he said, adding: "There are full loads that are being destroyed."
Last week a migrant from Eritrea died attempting to board a freight shuttle headed to Britain. The death came days after about 150 migrants tried to storm the Channel Tunnel terminal in France.
The strike by French ferry workers at the end of last month forced the suspension of Channel Tunnel services. It closed the Port of Calais and resulted in thousands of lorry drivers being stuck on the roads into Calais. This led hundreds of migrants to try to board UK-bound lorries.
Mrs May said British and French authorities had been working together for months to improve security at Calais.
Some £12m will spent on work to reinforce security in northern French ports, including new fencing and work to improve traffic flow and Border Force controls, which would be completed next month, she said.
Other security measures already announced include a £2m upgrade of detection technology, £1m extra for dog searches and new fencing in Calais.
UKIP's migration spokesman, Steven Woolfe, said the government was "waking up to the crisis" but called for more UK border personnel in Calais and said the UK should negotiate a scheme where migrants can be returned immediately to France if they have entered the UK illegally.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said Britain's border was the scene of a "terrible crisis" where lives were being lost and people were being injured. | A new "secure zone" will be created at Calais for UK-bound lorries in a bid to stop migrants boarding them, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33525242"} | 852 | 41 | 0.529334 | 1.30722 | 0.223136 | 1.375 | 23.6875 | 0.8125 |
Thornton's only other major success in the PDC came at the 2012 UK Open.
The first four sets were shared before 48-year-old Thornton went 3-2 up as Van Gerwen, 26, missed eight darts at a double to wrap up the fifth set.
The Dutchman trailed 4-3 after missing two more darts to take the seventh set and Thornton took advantage, sealing victory a shot at with double top.
"It's one of my traits, I've got the heart of a lion. I never give in, I'll keep fighting until the end," Thornton told Sky Sports.
"To win a title, you need to beat the man [Michael van Gerwen]. If you want to win a tournament, this is the way to do it." | Scotland's Robert Thornton defeated world number one Michael van Gerwen 5-4 to win the World Grand Prix in Dublin. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34496531"} | 180 | 27 | 0.496448 | 1.062138 | -0.232837 | 0.913043 | 6.869565 | 0.565217 |
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Rigino Cicilia fired the hosts ahead from close range, before Jake Carroll put the ball into his own net under pressure from Alex Jones.
Jones then latched on to Paulo Tavares' through ball and placed a shot into the far corner to extend the lead further.
And Ryan Taylor completed the scoring from the penalty spot after Nathan Smith was tripped inside the box.
Match ends, Port Vale 4, Hartlepool United 0.
Second Half ends, Port Vale 4, Hartlepool United 0.
Lewis Hawkins (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Chris Mbamba (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lewis Hawkins (Hartlepool United).
Nathan Smith (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Michael Woods (Hartlepool United).
Padraig Amond (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nathan Smith (Port Vale).
Attempt saved. Padraig Amond (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by James Gibbons (Port Vale).
Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Port Vale. Chris Mbamba replaces Sam Kelly.
Nathan Smith (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Billy Paynter (Hartlepool United).
Rigino Cicilia (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Rigino Cicilia (Port Vale).
Aristote Nsiala (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sebastien Amoros (Port Vale).
Nicky Deverdics (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Trevor Carson.
Attempt saved. Gezim Shalaj (Port Vale) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Substitution, Port Vale. Gezim Shalaj replaces Alex Jones.
Attempt missed. Anthony de Freitas (Port Vale) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Kiko (Port Vale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Jordan Richards replaces Rob Jones because of an injury.
Sam Kelly (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nicky Deverdics (Hartlepool United).
Attempt saved. Alex Jones (Port Vale) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt saved. Billy Paynter (Hartlepool United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Port Vale. James Gibbons replaces Paulo Tavares.
Attempt missed. Alex Jones (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Goal! Port Vale 4, Hartlepool United 0. Ryan Taylor (Port Vale) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty Port Vale. Nathan Smith draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Jake Carroll (Hartlepool United) after a foul in the penalty area.
Foul by Billy Paynter (Hartlepool United).
Nathan Smith (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Lewis Hawkins replaces Nicky Featherstone.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Billy Paynter replaces Lewis Alessandra. | League One side Port Vale reached the FA Cup third round with a comfortable win over League Two Hartlepool United. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38121157"} | 909 | 26 | 0.364349 | 0.898216 | -0.46216 | 0.857143 | 34.190476 | 0.380952 |
Beane, the jaded general manager, and Brand, the economics visionary, of course, dispensed with their wizened scouts in favour of mathematical rigour and formulae to propel their inconceivable metamorphosis of the Oakland Athletics from depleted ugly duckling to play-offs contender.
Currie's modest, corrugated iron grandstand, pitches bordered by the meandering Water of Leith and its little grey Tardis of a clubhouse are unlikely to feature in Hollywood lore.
But, as Scotland's excruciating Six Nations streak lengthens, the analytical pioneer Malleny Park harbours may prove increasingly sought-after.
His name is Mark Cairns, and while his role here is loosely specified as breakdown consultant, the overwhelming proportion of his time and faculties are consumed by Coach Logic, the analysis software company he co-founded four years ago.
Coach Logic was created by Cairns and partner Andy Muir as a foolproof conduit for players and coaches to navigate the blizzard of statistics with which they can be confronted - empowering those on the field with a simple tool to self-evaluate and improve.
Last year, the Scottish Rugby Union - led by chief analyst Rob Holdsworth - paid for licences for all clubs in the BT Premiership and National League One, its top two tiers of amateur rugby.
"We connected all the clubs together, they film games in broadcast quality and share match videos across the whole league(s)," he says.
"Then SRU analysts analyse and break down the games - for instance, a player can click on and see all of the line-outs. A coach can comment on those events, tell a player why they were good or bad, and have a discussion.
"There's an activity feed where there can be more discussion around the footage, there are resource rooms which can back up analysis.
"It's about sharing match footage and educating players as quickly as possible, so that they can come prepared for training."
The software's appearance owes much to major social media and video streaming sites, and is now used in various capacities by West Ham United and international hockey sides.
In January, Cairns spent a week in Baltimore with the movers and shakers of American soccer, before meeting the International Hockey Federation in Lausanne.
He likes to joke that Coach Logic was "made for me", but there is more than a nugget of truth behind the laughter.
Not so very long ago, the 32-year-old was a frustrated Scotland Sevens international, desperate for a tool to better his game.
His coaches told him he was missing too many tackles. So like any dutiful workhorse of a flanker, he laid metronomic waste to the tackle bags. Hit after punishing hit.
Problem solved? Not so, for his tackle count was no better.
Crucially, Cairns came to realise, his wild lunges and flailing arms had not been "contextualised". That is to say, he didn't know why opponents were giving him the run-around. Only that it was happening too often.
"Spoon-feeding players analysis and statistics isn't going to make a long-term impact on their behaviours on the pitch," he says.
"Getting them directly involved in their analysis will make a big impact behaviourally.
"Analysis has almost gone full-circle. It started off with a coach getting all the players' data, and presenting a data sheet or stats, and that was pretty much the end of it.
"They could use it as a selection tool; let a player down gently because they had evidence to back up why he wasn't picked.
"It wasn't used as a development tool, and I think the use of analysis is now adapting where players have to be directly involved in the process."
The benefits for the SRU are diverse: savvier players, smarter coaching, and real, tangible insight into the upper echelons of their amateur competition.
"The SRU get a really accurate understanding of the talent in those leagues," says Cairns.
"Instead of picking guys based on a great ball-carry now and then, they're picking guys that are contributing the most, understand the game best.
"They've got footage there to see, rather than a guy with a clipboard. They've got real evidence."
There is an onus on coaches to embrace these developments, to become less rigid and schoolmasterly in their methods.
The software, asserts Cairns, fosters creativity and encourages more scrupulous preparation.
"As a coach, I know everyone can see what we've done the week before," he says. "I need to be flexible; I need to be innovative, I can't just do the same thing every week.
"The players get used to different game-plans, the gap to the professional game is narrowing, and the standard of coaching in the league is probably better than it's ever been.
"I think of the amount of players I've come into contact with just by being a good, competent coach.
"Focusing on developing coaching, the reach of those coaches becomes exponential, as does the impact on players.
"For me, every single resource the SRU have got should be on improving the standard of coaching - give them the authority and autonomy to improve the talent pool around them."
Academy players too, exposed and accustomed to self-analysis at an early stage - "like going to the gym" - can be monitored by their national coaches.
"Analysis is definitely part of these kids' lives; it's not something they feel is a chore," Cairns says.
"They can pull out their own insights, learn in their own time, and not have to wait for a coach or analyst to show them footage.
"Our mission statement is 'develop smarter players'. Essentially, those are the guys that are going to win you games."
Cairns' tale may not be worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster, but anyone capable of nudging Scotland towards a more prosperous Six Nations future surely merits at least an Oscars nomination. | The leafy surrounds of Currie Rugby Club in Edinburgh's southwest lie several galaxies from Major League Baseball and the multi-million dollar lexicon in which Billy Beane and Peter Brand, the protagonists of Moneyball, operated. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35591007"} | 1,401 | 53 | 0.343567 | 1.142106 | -0.26791 | 0.75 | 29.95 | 0.55 |
They are part of a scheme to regenerate part of the Clyde waterfront and improve the area around Glasgow Airport.
The project has been made possible through the City Deal covering the region around Glasgow.
The deal is a £1.3bn project funded by the UK and Scottish governments, with eight local authorities around the city involved.
Planning applications have now been submitted for two schemes led by Renfrewshire Council.
One aims to regenerate part of the waterfront - and includes a road bridge across the Clyde between Renfrew and Yoker.
The other includes work around Glasgow Airport - with a new bridge over the White Cart Water.
If the schemes get planning permission, construction could be completed by 2020.
Bob Grant, chief executive of Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce, said the City Deal projects would bring jobs and business benefits to the local area.
He said: "These projects offer tremendous benefits for local businesses and have the potential to transform how we do business in Renfrewshire.
"These major infrastructure investments will make it easier for employers to do business, easier for employees to get to and from their places of work and open up the potential for future investment.
"Around 1,400 jobs are expected during the construction period and a further 11,000 permanent jobs could be created through existing business expansion and new businesses being attracted to the area as a result of the City Deal infrastructure investment."
He added: "Improved connections will also benefit the public and local employers, with 59,000 jobs becoming more accessible to Renfrewshire residents.
"I am very excited at the potential of the Glasgow Airport Investment Area to bring highly-skilled jobs to the area. The signs are already there - the first minister recently announced that an £8.9m specialist centre to develop new manufacturing processes for lightweight materials for the aerospace and automotive industries will be established here in Renfrewshire.
"It has been encouraging to see the public are firmly behind these projects and I look forward to seeing the work get under way. These are key projects in the Glasgow City Region City Deal, which has the potential to unlock £3.3bn in private sector investment benefitting the whole region." | Plans for two new bridges near Glasgow have taken a step forward. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40557021"} | 469 | 16 | 0.477546 | 1.187414 | -0.677473 | 0.769231 | 31.846154 | 0.615385 |
Industrial output grew 2.1% compared with the first quarter of the year, the Office for National Statistics said.
Despite the quarterly figures there were signs that growth on a monthly basis was slowing during the three-month period.
But the ONS said "very few" respondents had been affected by the uncertainty from the EU referendum vote on 23 June.
The production figures reflect the latest official growth figures for the whole economy which show strong GDP growth in April, followed by a sharp easing off in May and June.
Meanwhile in a separate report the ONS said the deficit on trade in goods and services was £5.1bn in June, compared with a £4.2bn the month before.
The UK exported £12bn worth of goods and services to the European Union in June, an increase of £500m compared with May.
Most of the growth in the quarter came in April when output rose by more than 2% on the previous month. By June the month on month increase had slowed to just 0.1%
Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said: "The 2.1% quarter-on-quarter rise in production in the second quarter... mainly reflected the 2.3% month-to-month jump in production in April."
Some recent surveys have suggested the economy slowed sharply in the wake of the Brexit vote.
Lee Hopley, chief economist at EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, said: "Clearly, indicators of sentiment post referendum suggest that we've hit the high point for manufacturing this year.
"Amidst the wavering levels of confidence however we should take away some positive news, firstly that manufacturing entered this period of uncertainty from a relatively strong stance and the weaker exchange rate could yet bring benefits on the export side."
However, Mr Tombs said: "We fear that the trade boost could take even longer than usual to materialise this time, because exporters will be very reluctant to invest until the UK's future trade arrangements are known.
"In short, hopes that exports will surge and offset the Brexit hit to domestic demand seem misplaced." | UK industrial output grew at the fastest rate for 17 years in the April-to-June quarter, official figures show. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37021008"} | 448 | 27 | 0.480145 | 1.157163 | 0.187982 | 1.458333 | 17.125 | 0.875 |
Boro already have planning permission and are in talks with architects about converting the terraced section of the stadium into a 1,600-seater stand.
The club have a Football Foundation grant of £450,000, but need a further £500,000 in order to start the work.
They are now asking fans to contribute to a "mini-bond", which will earn interest on a six-month basis.
Stevenage manager Darren Sarll said: "When you drive past the ground on the North Stand side you kind of get a snippet of us in non-league. We have to embed this as a Football League club. The North Stand is the last part.
"This really is about us as a town, us as a football club, supporters and everyone involved with the club standing shoulder to shoulder and moving forward in the next decade."
The club have set a minimum contribution of £500 and a cap of £25,000 which will then be paid back back in full after a five-year period, with 15 September the closing date for applications.
It is hoped the new stand, which has been in the pipeline for the past six years, will be open for the start of the 2018-19 season if the bond scheme is successful.
Chairman Phil Wallace said: "It's effectively a loan to the football club which will attract interest at the rate of 4% per year, or fans can opt to double that rate and take an 8% credit.
"It really is us putting two fingers up at everybody else and saying 'OK, we've got two options: one we don't do it and leave it as it is forever'' or two, stand shoulder to shoulder, raise the money and do it'." | League Two club Stevenage are asking supporters to help fund the development of the North Stand. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40632879"} | 370 | 19 | 0.481839 | 1.236747 | -0.021008 | 1.058824 | 20.352941 | 0.823529 |
According to the electoral office, 60,433 people are not currently able to vote in the upcoming Assembly elections on 2 March.
The drop is attributed to a canvassing of households which took place in 2016 to update voter details.
Anyone who did not return their form, as required by law, was removed from the register.
Voters still have until 14 February to re-register.
"A total of 60,433 names were removed from the electoral register on 1 December 2016," a spokesperson told the BBC.
"These were the names of people who did not return an electoral registration form during the last canvass of electors in 2013.
"The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland has written several times to all of those affected by this - most recently last autumn. Anyone who did not return a form at this time was, as required by law, removed from the register.
"Anyone wishing to vote at the Northern Ireland Assembly election on 2 March must complete and return an electoral registration form by Tuesday 14 February."
The electoral office added that it will be launching a public awareness campaign in the coming days.
Voters removed by constituency
You can check if you're registered to vote by calling 0800 4320 712 or you can visit your local electoral office, here. | Thousands of voters have been removed from the electoral register in Northern Ireland. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "38652276"} | 272 | 16 | 0.646195 | 1.364528 | -0.593851 | 2.428571 | 17.928571 | 0.857143 |
Andronicos Sideras, 55, was convicted at Inner London Crown Court of mixing horsemeat with beef before selling it on through his company Dinos & Sons.
Danish-owned company FlexiFoods would get horsemeat and beef delivered from Europe to Dinos & Sons in Tottenham.
Flexifoods' Ulrik Nielsen and Alex Beech admitted their part in the plot.
Labels and paperwork were fabricated to make the mixed meat appear like pure beef, before it was sold on to food manufacturers making products for a "vast range of well-known companies", prosecutor Jonathan Polnay told the trial.
The conspiracy involved 30 tonnes of horsemeat, 20 of which were destined for the food chain and 10 of which were sent to a cold store elsewhere, police said.
City of London Police said officers investigating the horsemeat scandal sifted through 12 tonnes of animal flesh by hand as part of its probe.
The overall face value of the fraud was £177,000 but the true cost was likely to have run into millions of pounds, the force added.
At the time beef could be sold for three Euros per kilogram while horsemeat was cheaper at two Euros per kilogram, the court heard.
The plot only came to light after horse identification chips were found in the meat by inspectors in 2012.
The chips belonged to two horses named Trak and Wiktor from the Lodz region of Poland, and a third Irish Hunter horse called Carnesella Lady from county Galway.
The animals had not been sold for slaughter and there is no suggestion the owners had any involvement in the conspiracy, police said.
Sideras, of Southgate, north London, had denied the charge of conspiracy to defraud claiming he had only stored the product for FlexiFoods.
He was released on bail ahead of sentencing alongside Nielsen, of Gentofte in Denmark, and Beech, from Sutton-on-Hull, on Monday at Inner London Crown Court. | A businessman has been found guilty of being part of a £200,000 conspiracy to pass off horsemeat as beef, much of which went on to enter the food chain. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "40729395"} | 432 | 39 | 0.507107 | 1.383193 | -0.188303 | 1.193548 | 11.709677 | 0.677419 |
Citizens Advice says that half of those on a zero hours basis - more than 900,000 people - are not aware of their holiday benefits.
The charity said bosses are either ignorant of workers' rights, or are "deliberately flouting the law".
It is calling on the next government to step in to help protect workers.
Based on the most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics, Citizens Advice also says that two out of five people on temporary contracts do not know they can take paid time off.
Zero hours contracts allow employers to hire staff with no guarantee of work. Unlike the so-called "gig economy", where people are paid on a job-by-job basis, those on zero hours contracts are entitled to basic rights such as rest breaks, the National Minimum Wage and paid leave.
Citizens Advice said that while some employers mislead employees about holiday entitlement due to the ignorance of bosses, others purposefully flout the law and exploit workers' confusion.
It cites an example of one man who worked 48 hours a week in a care home for five years. He was told that staff who worked at night did not get paid holiday. He subsequently discovered he had missed out on £8,900 worth of paid leave.
Of the 185,000 people who sought help from Citizens Advice in the last financial year, 10,000 were cases about holiday.
Citizens Advice chief executive Gillian Guy said: "Thousands are missing out on rights they are entitled to due to a lack of awareness, confusion and in some cases deliberate dirty tactics by employers.
"With more than half of employers having staff working shifts or variable hours, action needs to be taken now to protect workers rights."
Citizens Advice wants a single body set up to oversee enforcement of all employment rights and a £50 cap on employment tribunal fees.
Sports Direct came under fire last year for its working conditions, including at its Shirebrook distribution centre. While the retailer announced that people who work in its shops will be moved onto guaranteed hours, those in the distribution centre will remain on zero hours contracts. | Thousands of workers on zero hours contracts miss out on paid holiday because they are lied to or do not know their rights, it has been claimed. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "39844685"} | 440 | 32 | 0.581714 | 1.505867 | 0.306793 | 1.758621 | 14.068966 | 0.793103 |
25 June 2015 Last updated at 12:11 BST
The company introduced its creation in a teaser video it posted online, but did not show a rider using the hoverboard.
Lexus told the BBC it had developed a working prototype and would be releasing more videos over the summer.
A number of companies have been trying to develop a hoverboard in 2015, to match predictions for the year made in the Back to the Future films.
The Lexus hoverboard contains magnets cooled by liquid nitrogen to float above a customised skate park in Barcelona.
The company said it did not intend to sell the device. | A rideable hoverboard has been created by car manufacturer Lexus. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "33269116"} | 133 | 15 | 0.615319 | 1.243813 | -0.921573 | 0.545455 | 10.545455 | 0.545455 |
Ms Bachelet has tabled a bill in Congress to legalise abortion in cases of rape or when there is a threat to the mother's or the baby's life.
Abortion is punishable in Chile by up to five years in jail.
The absolute ban of abortion puts the lives of thousands of Chilean women at risk every year, said Ms Bachelet.
She went on national television to announce the plans.
"Facts have shown that the absolute criminalization of abortion has not stopped the practice," she said.
"This is a difficult situation and we must face it as a mature country."
The BBC's Gideon Long says the draft law faces opposition from Chile's powerful Catholic Church, from conservatives in Congress and from some inside Ms Bachelet's own coalition, led by the Socialist Party.
Ms Bachelet's proposal would allow abortion to be carried out up to the 12th week of pregnancy if the mother's life is at risk, when the foetus is so badly deformed that the baby wouldn't survive or in cases of rape.
For girls up to the age of 14, termination would be legal until the 18th week.
Ms Bachelet said younger girls might take longer to realise they are pregnant.
The absolute prohibition on abortion was introduced in 1989, in one of the last acts of Gen Augusto Pinochet's 17-year-long military rule.
"Chile had an important legal and public health tradition, interrupted arbitrarily in the last days of the dictatorship," said Ms Bachelet.
"Twelve bills [to decriminalise abortion] have been tabled in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate since 1991," she added.
Polls say most Chileans support the legalisation of abortion on Ms Bachelet's terms, but previous proposals have been rejected in Congress.
Most Latin American countries severely limit access to abortion. A total ban is in place in seven of them: El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras, Haiti, Suriname and Chile. | Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced plans to end a total ban on abortions in the predominantly Roman Catholic country. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "31076838"} | 454 | 27 | 0.52839 | 1.247953 | 0.27095 | 1.238095 | 18.380952 | 0.666667 |
This is one of the world's poorest countries with among the highest rates of malnutrition and child mortality.
And yet, walking around a hospital ward, a doctor told me that as well as malaria, pneumonia and all the other serious health challenges, there was another emerging problem - obesity.
I don't remember seeing many overweight people but the doctor assured me there was serious concern about the potential for future weight-related health problems - cardiovascular disease, diabetes and so on.
So it was no surprise to see a raft of research papers in the Lancet discussing the need for global action to tackle the obesity pandemic.
Most developing countries are facing a dual challenge - that of under and over nutrition; the former gets far more publicity because it is an immediate and often life-threatening danger.
Obesity stores up a host of health problems for the future. The World Health Organization (WHO) calls it a "double burden" of disease and says: "It is not uncommon to find under-nutrition and obesity existing side-by-side within the same country, the same community and the same household".
The WHO says that 65% of the world's population lives in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.
The rise in urban living, the shift away from manual labour, the increase in car use and the availability of cheap energy-dense food are among many factors behind the increase.
One of the research teams led by Professor Boyd Swinburn from Deakin University in Melbourne described the "passive overconsumption" of energy: "The simultaneous increases in obesity in almost all countries seem to be driven mainly by changes in the global food system, which is producing more processed, affordable, and effectively marketed food than ever before.
In a comment article attached to the Lancet papers, Sir David King, the UK government's former Chief Scientific Advisor recalls the influential Foresight study published in 2007:
"One of the key findings of the report was that individuals had much less choice in the matter of their weight than they would assume, and that the present epidemic of obesity is not really down to laziness or overeating but that our biology has stepped out of kilter with society."
Obesity is a global issue, which requires global solutions.
Clearly individual responsibility is key, but a call for leadership is being urged in the run-up to a UN meeting on non-communicable diseases in New York next month.
"Eat less, move more" maybe the simplistic answer, but today's research suggests that the issue is far more complex requiring effort from government, industry and society. | The rising problem of global obesity was driven home to me recently in - of all places - Sierra Leone. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "14682329"} | 570 | 25 | 0.466533 | 1.240853 | -0.086371 | 0.714286 | 24.666667 | 0.714286 |
In the first case to be broadcast, the ringleader of a large-scale scam to forge pound coins failed in his bid to appeal against his seven-year sentence.
Filming at the Court of Appeal followed a partial lifting of the long-standing ban on cameras in court.
Lawyers' arguments and judges' comments can appear but defendants, witnesses and victims will not be shown.
Cameras are not yet allowed in crown courts and magistrates' courts.
Senior judges and major broadcasters welcomed the move, which the head of BBC News said was a "landmark moment".
The historic first proceedings concerned Kevin Fisher, of Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire, who was jailed in May for his role in what is believed to be the UK's biggest plot to counterfeit pound coins.
By Clive ColemanLegal correspondent, BBC News
There has always been something of an "open justice" disconnect between the fact that any member of the public can go and sit in a court but the court's proceedings could not be seen by the wider public watching on television.
However, the cause of cameras in court was not helped by high-profile televised trials abroad, like the sometimes unedifying one of OJ Simpson in America in 1994. It sparked fears of lawyers, judges and even witnesses "showboating" for the cameras, and television coverage focusing on the salacious details of a case at the expense of the evidence as a whole.
The judiciary here has always been particularly concerned that nothing was done that might discourage victims, witnesses and jurors - those vital "cogs" in the justice system that ensure it functions - from taking part in cases. That is why the experiment is being limited initially to the Court of Appeal and is subject to strict limitations.
It marks both an historic change and a cautious first step. But England and Wales remains many years away from a full "OJ Simpson-style" televised criminal trial.
Lord Justice Pitchford refused Fisher's application to appeal against his sentence after hearing submissions from the appellant's barrister Alex Cameron QC, who is the older brother of the prime minister.
Hearings from court four at the Court of Appeal, which started shortly before 11:30 GMT, have finished for the day.
Live broadcasting is possible in five courtrooms at the Royal Courts of Justice in London after years of campaigning by the BBC, ITN, the Press Association and Sky News. Recordings can be made in 13 others.
Filming has been banned in courts - with the exception of the UK Supreme Court which was set up in 2009 - since the Criminal Justice Act 1925.
Only one courtroom will be covered a day.
The most senior judge in England and Wales, Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas, said: "My fellow judges and I welcome the start of broadcasting from the Court of Appeal.
"The Court of Appeal has, of course, been open to the public and to journalists for a long time.
"The change in the law... will help a wider audience to understand and see for themselves how the Court of Appeal goes about its work."
Safeguards, including a time-delay system operated by a specialist video journalist, will be in place to protect normal court restrictions - such as contempt of court - and broadcasting regulations.
In cases of appeals against conviction where there could eventually be a re-trial, the footage will be aired only once the case has concluded.
BBC director of news and current affairs James Harding said: "This is a landmark moment for justice and journalism.
"It is a significant step on the way to helping millions of viewers gain a greater understanding of how our judicial system works."
ITN chief executive John Hardie said filming in courts would be "for the benefit of open justice and democracy".
And John Ryley, head of Sky News, said: "Seeing justice being done will no longer be restricted to those members of the public who have the opportunity and time to go to court."
Footage can be used for news and current affairs but not in other contexts such as comedy, entertainment or advertising.
Courts minister Shailesh Vara told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We are trying to ensure there is a balance, so the public can see what is happening, and that will be restricted to what the lawyers put forward and what the judge has to say.
"But on the other hand, we want to ensure that people are not intimidated and understand the justice system and are happy to come forward."
However, Labour peer Baroness Kennedy QC said she was worried the development could undermine respect for the judicial system.
She said: "What I'm concerned about is something much more fragile, which is our liberty as citizens in this country that the legal system should be taken seriously.
"There should be some awe about it and it shouldn't be turned into entertainment for the masses and I don't trust the editors."
Barrister Michael Mansfield QC welcomed the move, saying it was long overdue.
"You have to remember justice is supposed to be public. It is public. You can walk in there today. The problem is that doesn't reach a wide enough audience and we're also subject to the editorial delights of various newspapers as to what they want to report," he said.
In Scotland, broadcasters have been able to apply to televise court proceedings since 1992 but this rarely happens.
Scotland's most senior judge, Lord Gill, has announced the policy will be reviewed to take account of changes in technology. | TV cameras have recorded proceedings in one of the highest courts in England and Wales for the first time. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "24744684"} | 1,196 | 21 | 0.514694 | 1.482232 | 0.087119 | 1.75 | 54.6 | 0.85 |
The Commission on Religion and Belief in Public Life said schools should hold instead "inclusive assemblies".
Its report said these should be "appropriate for pupils and staff of all religions and beliefs".
Religious Education (RE) and acts of collective worship are compulsory in Northern Ireland schools.
Parents do have the option to withdraw their child from these on the grounds of conscience.
The commission also called specifically for RE to be broadened to "include more religions, and non-religious worldviews on the same basis as religions".
It is chaired by Rt Hon Baroness Butler-Sloss, and includes 20 representatives from a range of religious and non-religious backgrounds across the UK.
It has spent two years looking at the place and role of religion and belief in contemporary Britain, and makes recommendations for public life and policy.
While it made a range of proposals across UK civic life, one chapter of the report is solely on education, and it contains comments specific to RE in Northern Ireland.
The commission said that education about religion and belief is essential in schools, but says it must reflect religious and non-religious traditions in the UK, and should not contain elements of "confessional instruction or indoctrination".
Schools in Northern Ireland have to teach RE for children up to the age of 16 on the basis of a core curriculum drawn up by the four main churches.
However, schools can teach aspects of religion beyond the curriculum to reflect the ethos of the school.
The commission's report was critical of the Northern Ireland syllabus, saying that study of world religions "is only available for Key Stage 3 pupils on the basis of the churches' argument that younger children would be confused".
It said: "Growing numbers of children and young people from other cultural and religious backgrounds are not well served by a churches-devised RE core syllabus that positions itself as having an essential Christian character."
The report also called for the subject of RE to be "renamed" and "given an explicitly educational rather than confessional focus".
The report was also critical of what it called the "divided" education system in Northern Ireland.
"Separate education means, intentionally or otherwise, that very few pupils experience any of their learning, including RE, in the company of children from a tradition other than their own," it said.
However, the report did not explicitly call for all schools in Northern Ireland to be integrated. | The requirement for Northern Ireland schools to arrange daily acts of collective worship should end, a new report has said. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "35010666"} | 513 | 24 | 0.477357 | 1.215413 | 0.66255 | 1.681818 | 22 | 0.772727 |
The perennial underdogs caught a lucky break in the same city where they made their Olympic debut in 1988.
The debut became the subject of the 1993 film Cool Runnings, starring John Candy.
The 12-person team was in town for a competition on Sunday.
Kathleen Pulito, the team's social media director, told the Calgary Herald the team is on a shoestring budget and the van was supposed to take them across the country as they set their sights on the 2018 Winter Olympics.
"We're just trying to do what we can, get one place to the next and hoping we don't run out of money," she said.
Shortly after the team tweeted about their predicament, a GoFundMe page had sprouted up to try and raise enough money for repairs.
David Schnerch was out doing some errands on Saturday when he passed by the van, and saw team members trying to fiddle with the vehicle's battery.
Being in possession of a booster cable himself, Schnerch pulled over and tried to give them a jump. When that didn't work he drove the team to Canada Olympic Park himself so that they could make their race.
"Just focus on the race," he said. "We'll get you what you need."
After their race in Calgary, the team needed to make it to Whistler, British Columbia, for another competition. So Schnerch gave them the key to his truck.
"If they still need it, once they're done they'll get it back to me," he told the BBC.
Pulito told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation a local car rental agency has donated a van so they can get to Whistler, and some much-needed cash. The team continues to fundraise on online to help fuel their Olympic dreams. | The Jamaican bobsleigh team was rescued by a good Samaritan after their van broke down in Calgary, Alberta, over the weekend. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "37982171"} | 393 | 34 | 0.413085 | 1.117394 | -0.552237 | 1.041667 | 14.666667 | 0.625 |
Harry Styles said the band was "very sorry" for cancelling Tuesday's show.
Fans were already inside the city's SSE Arena when the gig was pulled at 21:00 BST after singer Liam Payne fell ill.
Styles told BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans that the band had been "trying to get on and then it was just impossible".
Payne was "just very, very ill", he said.
"We very, very much apologise to everyone."
And Payne tweeted: "I'm so sorry to everybody I disappointed last night. I'm feeling better now.
"I really hope everyone can make the rescheduled date on Friday.
"I really can't wait to perform and make it up to everyone later."
Disappointed fans booed as staff instructed them to leave the venue, and one witness said "hundreds" of girls and women had been left weeping.
Concert promoter Aiken Promotions said: "The show tonight has been cancelled as Liam has taken ill, and whilst not serious, he is unable to perform tonight."
And in another statement on Wednesday, the promoter apologised for the cancellation.
That show has been rescheduled for Friday and original tickets are valid.
"We thank everyone for their understanding and their good wishes to Liam," Aiken Promotions added.
Fans unable to attend Friday's concert have been told they will be refunded.
It was the first time in the band's five-year career that they had been forced to cancel a show.
Previously, members had filled in for each other when illness struck.
"To be honest, we feel kind of lucky that we've got to this point and never cancelled one," said Styles.
But the rescheduled show has come at a cost for ice hockey fans in Belfast.
The Belfast Giants had been due to play a game against the Sheffield Steelers at SSE Arena on Friday night.
That has now had to make way for the One Direction gig.
Neil Walker, the arena's general manager, said "all possible options" had been assessed before the decision was made and he apologised to supporters of both teams.
"We are very grateful to them for their understanding and accommodation of the nearly 10,000 young concert fans who were so devastated by the cancellation last night," he added.
"We are now looking forward to three great nights of concerts." | One Direction have announced that a gig they cancelled at the last minute in Belfast on Tuesday will now take place on Friday, and two other concerts in the city will go ahead as planned. | {"src": "xsum-1.2.1_train", "id": "34592730"} | 531 | 39 | 0.542193 | 1.321201 | 0.542042 | 1.054054 | 12.864865 | 0.783784 |
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