The Ottoman Empire was the largest empire in the world for a long time, and the most powerful in the Middle East. It was the first to use the term "Ottoman" to refer to the whole of the Ottoman Empire, and the first to use the term "Turk" to refer to the whole of the

Article: 1453 - Sultan Mehmed II the Magnificent captures Constantinople, ending Byzantine Empire and consolidating Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor and Balkans.
15th-16th centuries - Expansion into Asia and Africa.
1683 - Ottoman advance into Europe halted at Battle of Vienna. Long decline begins.
19th century - Efforts at political and economic modernisation of Empire largely founder.
1908 - Young Turk Revolution establishes constitutional rule, but degenerates into military dictatorship during First World War, where Ottoman Empire fights in alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary.
1918-22 - Partition of defeated Ottoman Empire leads to eventual triumph of Turkish National Movement in war of independence against foreign occupation and rule of Sultan.
1923 - Grand National Assembly declares Turkey a republic and Kemal Ataturk president.
Europe meets Asia in Turkey's largest city
1928 - Turkey becomes secular: clause retaining Islam as state religion removed from constitution.
1938 - President Ataturk dies, succeeded by Ismet Inonu.
1945 - Neutral for most of World War II, Turkey declares war on Germany and Japan, but does not take part in combat. Joins United Nations.
1950 - First free elections won by opposition Democratic Party.
1952 - Turkey abandons Ataturk's neutralist policy and joins Nato.
1960 - Army coup against ruling Democratic Party.
1963 - Association agreement signed with European Economic Community (EEC).
Multi-ethnic state lasted more than 600 years
Empire of the Ottomans
BBC: Ottoman Empire (1301-1922)
1965 - Suleyman Demirel becomes prime minister - a position he is to hold seven times.
1971 - Army forces Demirel's resignation after spiral of political violence.
1974 - Turkish troops invade northern Cyprus.
1978 - US trade embargo resulting from invasion lifted.
1980 - Military coup follows political deadlock and civil unrest. Imposition of martial law.
1982 - New constitution creates seven-year presidency, and reduces parliament to single chamber.
1983 - General election won by Turgut Ozal's...

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The US Department of Justice has charged a former senior trader at a Dutch bank with trying to rig the Yen Libor rate and the first Briton to do so.
The US Department of Justice has charged a former senior trader at a Dutch bank with trying to rig the Yen Libor rate and the first Briton to

A former senior trader at Rabobank has pleaded guilty to interest rate rigging in the US.

Article: Paul Robson is the second trader at the Dutch bank to plead guilty to trying to rig the Yen Libor rate and the first Briton to do so.
Last year Rabobank paid $1bn (Â£597m) to US and European regulators for its part in the global rate-rigging scandal.
Barclays Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank have all previously been fined for rate rigging.
Mr Robson conspired to manipulate Libor submissions to benefit trading positions between 2006 and 2011, the US Department of Justice said.
Libor - London interbank offered rate - is one of the interest rates use by global banks to lend money to each other. It supports hundreds of trillions of dollars of transactions, and is used to set interest rates on credit cards, student loans and mortgages.
Regulators in the US and Europe have been investigating whether banks attempted to manipulate this and other key interest rates to benefit their own trading positions.
Nine people, including Robson, have so far been charged by the Justice Department.
US prosecutors said Robson pleaded guilty to one charge out of the 15 he had faced.
Takayuki Yagami, another former senior trader at Rabobank, in June became the first to plead guilty for his role in the scheme.
Robson worked as a senior trader at Rabobank's money markets desk in London, and also served as the bank's primary submitter for the Yen Libor calculation, the Justice Department said.
He used his position to submit rates requested by Yagami and other traders, according to prosecutors.
In 2007 Yagami asked Robson by email for a high submission for one of the rates, Robson answered: "no prob mate let me know your level."
After Yagami made his request, according to the Justice Department, Robson confirmed: "sure no prob... I'll probably get a few phone calls but no worries mate... there's bigger crooks in the market than us guys!"
In a statement Leslie Caldwell, who heads the Justice Department's criminal division, said: "The scope of the fraud was massive, but the scheme was simple. By illegally influencing the Libor...

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The Greens have won a seat on Orkney Islands Council for the first time, with a councillor elected in the first election since the party was formed.
The party's first councillor, Robbie McGregor, won the Shetland South seat uncontested.
He is the first councillor to represent the party on Shet

Orkney has elected its first ever Scottish Greens councillor, while the SNP has gained its first representative in Shetland.

Article: Steve Sankey was elected in the East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray ward of Orkney Islands Council.
Party co-leader Patrick Harvie tweeted that he was "delighted" with the first Green gain in the elections, and the party's first Orkney councillor.
Robbie McGregor won the uncontested Shetland South seat for the SNP.
He is the first councillor to represent the party on Shetland Islands Council.
The Greens said Mr Sankey was the first member of a mainstream national party to be elected to Orkney Islands Council, where candidates have traditionally stood as independents.
Both Orkney and Shetland councils were independent holds.

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The Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) study found that more than half of Scots (55%) would be unable to pay a sudden bill of Â£100 without borrowing, using savings or cutting back on essentials.
CAS policy manager Keith Dryburgh said: "The study shows that debt is not just an issue

More than half of Scots have run out of money before pay day, according to a new report.

Article: The Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) study found 15% of people said it happened "most of the time" or "always".
Nearly a quarter (23%) had gone without food at least once in the previous year.
CAS said its findings showed that debt was "just a fact of life" for most people.
Almost half (48%) of the 1,501 Scots who took part in the survey had been forced to borrow money or use credit to buy food.
A fifth needed help to pay their rent or mortgage - a figure which jumped to 29% when it came to utility bills.
The report also found that more than half (55%) of the people quizzed would be unable to pay a sudden bill of Â£100 without borrowing, using savings or cutting back on essentials.
For a Â£250 bill, this rose to 69%, and for Â£1,000 it was 83%.
Nearly four in 10 (38%) felt they were "living comfortably" on their income.
CAS policy manager Keith Dryburgh said the study showed that debt was not just an issue for people on low incomes.
He said: "Many working Scots on reasonable salaries occasionally need to borrow money to get them from one pay day to the next.
"While many of these people would not regard this as a crisis situation, our research also finds that many people are vulnerable to financial shocks, like being unable to pay a sudden bill without getting into debt or using savings.
"More than half of Scots are not familiar with their rights as debt consumers.
"Given that debt is so pervasive in Scotland, we are keen to make sure that people know their rights in relation to debt and also know what options they have if they want to manage their finances better."

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A man arrested on suspicion of shooting a female student dead and wounding another at a school in India has been remanded in custody.

Article: The shooting occurred at a hostel attached to the private Pragati Residential School in Bangalore city.
Police say the alleged gunman, identified as Mahesh, was working as an office assistant in the school.
Incidents of gun crime at schools and colleges in India are very rare. It is not clear what prompted the shooting.
Police said on Thursday that Mahesh had been remanded until 12 April.
Mahesh is alleged to have barged into the room of 18-year-old Gautami and shot her in the head with a pistol on on Tuesday evening.
He then shot another student, Sirisha, who suffered severe injuries but is believed to be out of danger, say police.
He was arrested on Wednesday after a manhunt.
India has strict control laws, although a large number of feuds are settled with firearms.
In 2007, a 14-year-old schoolboy was shot dead by two fellow students at a school campus near the capital, Delhi.

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A new study has found that the ancient Chinese game of "bo" was played with a set of 21 pieces, not just a single die.
The game was played with a set of 21 pieces, not just a single die.
The game was played with a set of 21 pieces, not just a single die

An ancient board game has been found in a Chinese tomb.

Article: Pieces from the board game, which hasn't been played for 1,500 years, have been found in Qingzhou City in China.
Archaeologists found a 14-faced dice made of animal tooth with ancient Chinese writing on it.
They also discovered 21 game pieces with numbers painted onto them, as well as a broken tile decorated with two eyes.
The game is said to be called "bo", but researchers are unsure how it was played.
The tomb was built to bury rich Chinese people around 2,300 years ago.

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The Spanish unemployment rate fell to 11.1% in June, the lowest level since the start of the financial crisis, as the number of people out of work fell by 98,853, or 2.1%, compared with the previous month.
The Spanish unemployment rate fell to 11.1% in June,

The number of people looking for work in Spain fell almost 100,000 in June, a record for the month, to 4.62 million.

Article: The Labour Ministry said the number of people filing for unemployment benefits fell by 98,853, or 2.1%, compared with the previous month.
June is generally a good month for employment as it marks the beginning of the tourist season.
Despite the fall, the unemployment rate in Spain is still the highest in the eurozone.
According to EU figures published on Monday, one in four of the Spanish workforce is out of a job, compared with an overall rate of unemployment for the 17-member bloc of 11.1%.
"June is traditionally good for the unemployment queue but we have never reached a decline of nearly 100,000 people," said Spain's state secretary for labour, Engracia Hidalgo.
"We will have to follow the development of the unemployment figures after this good data for June to verify whether we are turning towards a positive trend."
June is the third month in a row that the number of unemployed has fallen in Spain. In March, the number of jobseekers hit a record high of 4.75 million.
The Spanish government is implementing a number of labour market reforms to try to reduce unemployment, including cutting back on severance pay and restricting inflation-linked salary increases. These have proved very unpopular with unions and workers.
However, it has been forced to approve billions of euros of spending cuts and tax increases in an effort to reduce its debt levels, which have had a negative impact on employment within the economy.

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The Beatles' 1962 contract with their manager, John Epstein, is one of the most important in popular music history.
The contract was signed on 1 October 1962 at Epstein's office in Whitechapel, days before they released their first single, Love Me Do. It was witnessed by Epstein's secretary, Beryl

The original contract signed by The Beatles and manager Brian Epstein has sold at Sotheby's for £365,000.

Article: The 1962 document is said to be one of the most important contracts in popular music, marking the beginning of the band's journey to international fame.
The contract had been expected to fetch up to £500,000 in a sale of other rock memorabilia.
It last went under the hammer in 2008 at an auction in London when it went for £240,000.
It is the only managerial contract signed by both the final line-up of the Beatles - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - and their manager.
The contract was signed on 1 October 1962 at Epstein's office in Whitechapel, days before they released their first single, Love Me Do. It was witnessed by Epstein's secretary, Beryl Adams.
A single page from John Lennon's high school's detention book was also sold for £2,500, recording 29 occasions when he received detention at Quarry Bank High School in Allerton, Liverpool.
£1.75m Rolls Royce Phantom V belonging to John Lennon
£1.45m The piano on which John Lennon wrote Imagine
£800k Handwritten lyrics for A Day in the Life
£500k Drumskin on Sgt. Pepper album cover
The lots were part of Sotheby's sale also featuring a grand piano used in almost all of Abba's studio recordings between 1973 and 1977, which did not sell.
Instruments, clothing and manuscripts from the collection of Cream bassist Jack Bruce sold for between £688 for a manuscript book to £9,750 for a Warwick Fretless Thumb Bass.
A powder blue Fender Stratocaster played by Eric Clapton sold for £45,000.

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A South Wales Police spokesman said: "Motorists are advised to take note of travel information and allow plenty of time for their journeys."
Summary: A South Wales Police spokesman said: "Motorists are advised to take note of travel information and allow plenty of time for their journeys."
Summary: A South Wales Police

Motorists and rail passengers in Wales are being advised to check for disruption before travelling this Easter weekend.

Article: More than 16 million drivers are set to take to UK roads, with four million travelling on Good Friday and 4.5 million on Easter Sunday.
Arriva Trains says passengers in Wales will face delays if travelling to London due to engineering works.
Details of affected services can be found on Arriva Trains Wales website.
Motorists can check for planned works, delays or latest incidents on the Traffic Wales website.
A South Wales Police spokesman said: "Motorists are advised to take note of travel information and allow plenty of time for their journeys."
Motoring organisation the RAC said the millions travelling would make it "hectic" on UK roads this weekend.
A spokesman said: "The first spring bank holiday of the year traditionally heralds the start of busier weekends.
"This Easter is set to be a hectic one.
"We recommend considering starting a journey earlier in the day if the plan is to drive a long distance."
It is also expected to be a busy weekend at Cardiff Airport with more than 11,000 passengers expected to fly to and from the Welsh capital.
Topping the list of destinations from Cardiff is Amsterdam with Dublin, Tenerife and Malaga also popular as Easter getaways.

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A group of young Italians have been arrested after a spree of violent crimes in Milan.
The four are now in police custody, after a crime spree that included raids on hotels, small shops and amusement arcades, Italian media report.
On one occasion they allegedly raced off in a Porsche Cayenne after pointing a pistol

Italian police say four teenagers accused of 12 robberies in Milan gloried in violence like the notorious gang in the film A Clockwork Orange.

Article: The four are now in police custody, after a crime spree that included raids on hotels, small shops and amusement arcades, Italian media report.
On one occasion they allegedly raced off in a Porsche Cayenne after pointing a pistol in the driver's face.
The gang reportedly boasted of their crimes in video clips on social media.
They stole cash, smartphones, tablets and even on one occasion a youth's luxury shoes worth â‚¬530 (Â£465; $601), according to police. The crimes took place in Milan's Quarto Oggiaro district.
Two of the young suspects are Italians aged 14 and 16, the others are of foreign origin, aged 15 and 17.
They came from broken homes and are thought to have been controlled by an Egyptian man, aged 23. He is under arrest on a drugs charge and was convicted for previous offences.
Police found that the youths - dubbed a "baby gang" in Italian media - possessed several firearms, including a pump-action shotgun.
Italy's Rai news website said investigators "stressed that the baby gang used brutal violence on their victims in the style of A Clockwork Orange".
One victim, a young man attacked in the street, was pistol-whipped and needed 10 stitches for a deep wound.
The 1971 film A Clockwork Orange, directed by Stanley Kubrick, was a box-office hit. Based on a futuristic novel by Anthony Burgess, it portrayed a gang of juvenile delinquents who made a cult of gratuitous violence.

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The FTSE 100 was up 37.55 points at 6,256.81.
The pound was up 0.3% against the dollar at $1.4685, and was also 0.3% higher against the euro at â‚¬1.3174.
The FTS

(Noon): Banking shares helped to lift the market, but shares in M&S slid after the retailer said its turnaround plan was set to hit profits.

Article: Shortly after midday, the FTSE 100 was 37.55 points higher at 6,256.81.
M&S shares sank 8% after the retailer warned of a hit to short-term profits as it attempts to revive its clothing business.
New chief executive Steve Rowe says he intends to lower clothing prices and reduce the number of sales promotions.
But bank shares helped to bolster the wider market, with RBS up 3.6% and HSBC 3.4% higher.
Royal Mail shares rose 1% to 526.5p after regulator Ofcom said it would not impose any new price controls on the company.
Ofcom said it had decided against new controls because of the declining market for letters and increasing competition for parcel deliveries.
Electrical goods and mobile phone retailer Dixons Carphone rose 0.5% as it pushed up its full-year profit forecast after enjoying strong sales. It now expects profits of between Â£445m and Â£450m.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.3% against the dollar to $1.4685, and was also 0.3% higher against the euro at â‚¬1.3174.

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A tree has fallen on the line between Aberystwyth and Birmingham International after a reported landslip at Llanwrst.
Summary: A tree has fallen on the line between Aberystwyth and Birmingham International after a reported landslip at Llanwrst.
Summary: A tree has fallen

The Conwy Valley rail route in north Wales could remain closed for several days after heavy rain caused flooding.

Article: The line from Llandudno Junction, Conwy, and Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, was shut after water reached platform level at North Llanrwst station.
In Ceredigion, a tree has been removed from the line between Aberystwyth and Birmingham International after a reported landslip at Llanbadarn.
Network Rail said it was "pulling out the stops" to keep services running.
On Anglesey, speed restrictions remain in place around Gaerwen due to flooding. Network Rail said the situation would be monitored as more heavy rain is forecast for Wednesday.
Wales route managing director, Paul McMahon said: "We're working really hard to keep services running, but unfortunately the Conwy Valley line will be closed for several days with flood waters having reached platform level at North Llanwrst.
"Elsewhere in Wales the impact on services has been relatively limited so far. However, we are monitoring the situation very closely, and with more bad weather predicted it's really important passengers check before they travel, via the National Rail Enquiries website or by calling 03457 48 49 50."
Four flood warnings are in place for north and south west Wales, along with dozens of alerts.
Check if this is affecting your journey

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A man has been jailed for life after he stabbed a man to death in a park in Glasgow.
Steven Souley, 26, and his accomplice Zico Malavin, 20, were remanded in custody after they admitted attacking Robert Eadie, 25, in Glasgow in 2014.
The victim required surgery

A convicted killer has been sent back to jail after he admitted carrying out a brutal attack on Christmas Day, months after being freed early.

Article: Steven Souley, 26, and his accomplice Zico Malavin, 20, were remanded in custody after they admitted attacking Robert Eadie, 25, in Glasgow in 2014.
The victim required surgery to repair a wound to his groin and penis after being hit with an axe and knife.
Souley was previously jailed for seven years for killing a man in 2010.
Sentence on both accused was deferred at the High Court in Glasgow after they admitted assaulting Mr Eadie to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement.
The court heard that the attack happened at a Christmas party hosted by Mr Eadie's sister at her flat in the city's Summerston area.
Souley and Malavin, who were not invited, turned up at about midnight. Souley was armed with an axe and Malavin - who was wearing a red Christmas jumper - was clutching a knife.
Mr Eadie's sister, who knew the pair, demanded that they leave. Her brother was attacked after he tried to put them out of the flat.
Souley and Malavin both fled the scene and police and paramedics were called.
A knife and a Christmas sweater were later found at a property linked to Souley.
It was months later that the pair were charged.
The court heard that Mr Eadie needed an operation to repair a "deep wound" to his groin and to his penis. He also suffered injuries to his head and hand.
He was released from hospital days later, but will be permanently scarred.
Souley and Malavin, both from the city's Drumchapel area, will be sentenced next month.
Souley was jailed in 2011 after being convicted of the culpable homicide of 41-year-old Andrew Curran.
In May 2014 he was deemed safe enough to be freed early.
Zico Malavin's brothers were both found guilty of murder over the attack on Mr Curran.
Angus Malavin was jailed for 18 years and younger brother Zak for 17 years.
Mr Curran died from a sword wound to the neck.
The fatal park attack happened following a row over a bottle of Buckfast.
A fourth Malavin brother, Kris, was jailed for seven years in 2014 after he tried to run down and kill a key witness in the murder trial.

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Four-time Olympic medallist Louis Smith may face "suspension or expulsion" by British Gymnastics over a video in which he apparently mocks Islam.

Article: The video, filmed by Smith and obtained by a newspaper, appears to show him laughing while retired gymnast Luke Carson mimics Islamic prayer practices.
Smith, who won pommel horse silver at Rio 2016, later said he was "deeply sorry" for his "thoughtless actions".
British Gymnastics said: "We will be investigating the behaviours reported."
In a statement, the governing body added: "Members who break our code of conduct can face suspension or expulsion from our organisation."
Smith, who has won medals at the past three Olympic Games, has already been censured twice this year by British Gymnastics.
In April, the 27-year-old apologised for questioning the judging at the British Championships, where he was beaten to pommel gold by Max Whitlock.
He was also reprimanded in June for posting an image on social media of an American gymnast, who was 16 when the photograph was taken, accompanied by a comment British Gymnastics said was "unbefitting to a participant".
That reprimand was to remain on his record for two years with the added warning "any further misconduct may lead to even greater consequences".
Smith is one of Britain's best-known gymnasts and won the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing in 2012.
He is taking a break from the sport and is instead touring as a guest celebrity on the Keep Dancing stage production.

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Tesco has apologised after a picture of a farmer pulling carrots on an organic farm was used in a supermarket advert.
The picture was originally taken when Mr Godfrey was working for Shillingford Organics near Exeter, but was later sold on as a stock image.
Tesco later got the image through its

An organic farmer has persuaded Tesco to take down a photograph of him from its website.

Article: Martin Godfrey said he had never supplied Tesco and was surprised to find the picture being used on the firm's website.
The supermarket chain acquired the image through an agency.
A Tesco spokesperson said: "We work tirelessly to support farmers and suppliers and we are sorry for any upset that has been caused."
Mr Godfrey, from Okehampton, Devon, said the picture was originally taken when he was working for Shillingford Organics near Exeter, but was later sold on as a stock image.
Tesco later got the image through its advertising agency, which acquired it from Getty Images.
Mr Godfrey owns an organic produce business and campaigns with the Land Workers' Alliance.
He said the picture of him pulling carrots on the organic farm was a "marketing blunder".
"This inappropriate use of the organic farming image and myself... was taken whilst working at Shillingford Organics some 10 years ago, which has no connection to Tesco whatsoever," he said.
The image has been removed from the supermarket's online promotions, but remains printed in some of its magazines.
Tesco has promised not to use the image in future promotions.
It has offered to donate Â£1,000 to a local charity, Mr Godfrey said.
He said he appreciated the supermarket was "doing something about food waste" and suggested other chains should do the same.

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The Japanese government has declared the Japanese otter extinct.
The Japanese government has declared the Japanese otter extinct. The species was thought to be either a subspecies of the Eurasian otter or possibly even a separate species.
The Japanese government has declared the Japanese otter extinct. The species was thought to be

Conservationists are to visit Skye to learn more about otter habitats ahead of a proposed reintroduction of the mammals to Japan.

Article: Otters were declared extinct on the Japanese islands by its Ministry of the Environment in August 2012.
The Skye-based International Otter Survival Fund (IOSF) has been helping with the reintroduction preparations.
Dr Takahiro Murakami, who will lead the Japanese visit to Scotland, has never seen otters in the wild.
The Japanese otter was believed to be either a subspecies of the Eurasian otter or possibly even a separate species.
Conservationists have suggested reintroducing otters to Hokkaido, an island in north Japan.
IOSF supports conservation projects across the world.
It also rescues and raises orphaned otter cubs.

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A man has been arrested in connection with a series of child sexual exploitation cases in Rotherham.
The man, aged 36, was arrested in Rotherham on Monday (March 18) and remains in custody.
The man, aged 36, was arrested in Rotherham on Monday (March 18) and

Two men arrested on suspicion of sexual offences against underage girls between 1994 and 2003 have been bailed.

Article: The men, aged 36 and 37, were arrested on Monday in the Rotherham area.
South Yorkshire Police said the arrests were part of an investigation into allegations of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.
Three men, aged 35, 38 and 39, arrested in Goole, East Yorkshire, in November as part of the same inquiry remain on bail.

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North Korea's latest ICBM test was a "further demonstration of its nuclear weapons capability", the US State Department said.
The US and South Korean military conducted a live-fire exercise using surface-to-surface missiles, a US defence official said.
The missiles were fired into the "territorial waters

North Korea has conducted a new intercontinental ballistic missile test, South Korea and the Pentagon say.

Article: The missile reached an altitude of about 3,000km (1,865 miles) and landed in the sea off Japan, the Japanese national broadcaster NHK said.
It comes three weeks after North Korea's first ICBM test.
In response, the US and South Korean military conducted a live-firing exercise using surface-to-surface missiles, a US defence official said.
The missiles were fired into the "territorial waters of South Korea along the east coast," a US military statement said.
The latest North Korean missile flew higher, further and for longer than the one in early July. Its launch has been condemned by a number of countries.
The test - the 14th carried out by North Korea in 2017 - is the latest to be conducted in defiance of a UN ban.
US President Donald Trump called it "only the latest reckless and dangerous action by the North Korean regime".
Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear nonproliferation expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California, said that initial indications showed the latest missile had a range of about 10,000km - far enough to strike the west coast of the United States and beyond.
The Washington Post reported that Denver and possibly Chicago could now be in North Korea's range.
The latest missile was launched at 23:41 (15:41 GMT) from an arms plant in Jagang province in the north of the country, the Pentagon said.
It is unusual for North Korea to launch a missile at night - the significance is as yet unclear. No missiles had been fired from Jagang province before, indicating a previously-unknown launch site is operational.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the missile flew for about 45 minutes - some six minutes longer than the ICBM tested in early July.
NHK said it reached an altitude of about 3,000km - about 200km higher than the previous ICBM. It landed about 1,000km from the launch site, the Pentagon said.
ICBMs can reach altitudes well outside the earth's atmosphere. Using sharp trajectories with high altitudes allows North Korea to avoid firing over neighbouring...

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A lioness was shot dead by a ranger in Kenya after she escaped from a park.
The lioness was shot dead by a ranger in Nairobi after she escaped from a park.
The lioness was shot dead by a ranger in Nairobi after she escaped from a park.
The lioness

Animal rights campaigners are urging a South African game park to reverse its decision to put down a lion who escaped on Sunday.

Article: The lion, called Sylvester, crawled under an electric fence after heavy rains dislodged earth, according to a Karoo National Park spokeswoman.
The park authorities intend to use a helicopter to find the lion.
He was fitted with a tracking collar after he was on the loose for three weeks last year.
More on this and other African news stories
The park authorities said on Wednesday that they were still considering five options, only one of which was to kill the lion.
Other options were to bring the lion back to the park and improve the fencing.
They said the previous decision to kill Sylvester had been made prematurely.
On Tuesday night South Africa National Parks tweeted that it was a difficult decision to put down the lion once they find him.
The hashtag #SaveSylvester has been trending in South Africa since Wednesday morning.
Last June, Sylvester went on a sheep-killing spree, wandering 300km (180 miles) before he was found taking a nap by rangers and airlifted from the Nuweveld Mountains in Western Cape.
On his current escape, he has already travelled at least 20km (12 miles) and killed a cow, according to AFP news agency.
Meanwhile in Kenya, another lion was shot dead by a ranger on Wednesday after he escaped from a park in Nairobi.
Several lions have escaped from the park in recent weeks.

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The Australian economy grew 2.9% in the March quarter, beating expectations for 2.1%.
The economy grew 2.9% in the March quarter, beating expectations for 2.1%.
The economy grew 2.9% in the March quarter, beating expectations for 2.1%.
The economy grew

Australia's economy grew at a better-than-expected 0.9% in the first quarter of 2015, compared to the previous quarter, boosted by mining together with financial and insurance services.

Article: Forecasts were for quarterly growth of between 0.5% and 0.7%.
Official statistics also showed that household consumption expenditure boosted the quarterly growth numbers.
But economist Shane Oliver told the BBC the numbers were "well below potential".
On an annual basis the economy expanded 2.3%, beating expectations for 2.1%.
Economic growth in the March quarter of 2014 was 2.9%.
"The March quarter GDP [gross domestic product] growth was far better than feared just a few days ago," said Mr Oliver, who is chief economist with AMP Capital in Sydney.
"However, Australia is still not out of the woods, as annual growth at 2.3% is well below potential, and a full 0.8% percentage points of the 0.9% growth came from higher inventories and trade."
He said domestic demand remained "very weak with consumer spending and home construction only just offsetting the ongoing slump in mining investment".
"So the Australian economy has not crashed - as many had feared would happen after the end of the mining boom - but it is continuing to grow at a sub par pace," he added.
Australia's economy has been adjusting to a post mining-boom landscape. It saw its economy grow 0.5% in the October to December 2014 period from the quarter before, when growth was 0.4%.
On Tuesday, the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), did not cut its lending rates further to help boost the economy, despite pressure from businesses to do so.
The decision saw Australian stocks fall 1.72% as investors saw little hope of a further cut in the near future.
However, Evan Lucas from IG Markets in Melbourne said "the collapse of [Australian stocks] on the back of the RBA not having an explicit easing bias... was a bit of an overreaction".
In May, the RBA cut its benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to an all-time low of 2%.
Rising property prices in Australia's biggest city, Sydney, a strong currency and a drop in iron ore prices were among the reasons for the cut.
The May rate cut was the second this year, following a previous 25...

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The CQC said it was "disappointed" with the care provided at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.
The CQC said it was "disappointed" with the care provided at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.
The CQC said it was "disappointed

The safety of services at a trust running two hospitals has been rated "inadequate" by a health watchdog.

Article: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) made a number of recommendations including ensuring nursing staffing levels were safe at Sandwell General Hospital and City Hospital in Birmingham.
It also called for improvements in A&E, medical care and surgery.
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust said it is "working hard already to address the issues".
Care at the trust was given an overall rating of "requires improvement".
The CQC said: "The trust was rated as 'inadequate' with regard to whether [it] was always providing a service that is safe."
Source: CQC inspection between 14-17 and 25-30 October
The trust said the report made for  "difficult reading".
Chief executive Toby Lewis said: "The areas of improvement identified in the report are not a surprise to us at the trust, even where they are disappointing, or make difficult reading."
CQC's chief inspector, Prof Sir Mike Richards, said: "While we witnessed areas of good practice it is clear that the trust has work to do to make improvements which are sustainable long term."
Inspectors will return to check whether the necessary changes have taken place and the CQC will continue to monitor the trust "closely".
Mr Lewis said: "During the CQC visit, inspectors saw some individual examples of poor practice in some departments around hand washing, security of medicines and completion of patient records."
He said these individual examples "are not acceptable" and it is up to the trust leadership to ensure it gets "the basics right, first time, every time for every patient".

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The UOGB said they was considering further legal action to protect their "name and reputation".
The UOGB said they was considering further legal action to protect their "name and reputation".
The UOGB said they was considering further legal action to protect their "name and reputation".
The UOGB

A British ukulele group has lost its trademark infringement battle against a rival band over its name.

Article: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (UOGB) said their reputation could be tarnished by the German-based United Kingdom Ukulele Orchestra (UKUO).
The UOGB had sought a High Court injunction against the rival group of British players ahead of the UKUO's upcoming UK tour.
But the judge ruled in favour of the UKUO, saying it was not in competition.
Judge Richard Hacon agreed that, as the group had been performing in Germany for some years, the UOGB should have acted sooner.
Both orchestras perform their take on contemporary pop songs.
The UOGB, whose members dress like a traditional orchestra and sing and tell jokes on stage, have been performing for more than 25 years, released records and have appeared on television.
The British group took action ahead of the UKUO's first UK tour, which begins on 15 October in Lincoln.
"We have issued proceedings against a German-based musical group for registered trademark infringement. However the court didn't grant the injunction," UOGB founder George Hinchliffe told the BBC at the London court.
He added: "It's really not a policy of ours to comment upon litigation while it's still going through the courts. And we're a bit busy at the moment as we're just about to start a tour of China."
The court heard the UKUO performed in English and had a "certain English humour" which was aimed at the continental market and Germany in particular.
"We are very pleased with the outcome," said Peter Moss, UKUO musical director.
"Our view has always been that we never, ever wanted to have competition with the other side. We wish them well. We hope people will now come to see us play."
The UOGB said they was considering further legal action to protect their "name and reputation".

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The Mariana Trench is a deep ocean trench in the Pacific Ocean. It is the deepest trench in the world, and is up to 11 kilometres deep.
The Mariana Trench is a deep ocean trench in the Pacific Ocean. It is the deepest trench in the world, and is up to 11 kilometres deep

Scientists are exploring the deepest place on Earth - and streaming live video from there.

Article: Parts of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean are up to 11 kilometres deep, so we know little about what sea life there is.
So a team has been sending down a robotic submarine called Deep Discoverer with a camera on it.
Science fans or anyone who is just curious can check out what the camera is showing online.
The three-month expedition is looking for things like fish, mud volcanoes and deep sea coral.
So far they've spotted shrimp, jellyfish and black pillow lava from an underwater eruption.

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The BBC's DIY SOS team is transforming a family home in Birmingham.
The BBC's DIY SOS team is transforming a family home in Birmingham.
The BBC's DIY SOS team is transforming a family home in Birmingham. The programme is transforming a family home in Birmingham.
The BBC's DIY SOS team is transforming a

Thieves broke into vans and stole tools being used by a team working on a life-changing project for TV show DIY SOS.

Article: Builders working on the BBC programme were targeted while helping with the project in West Bromwich. Show bosses said three vans have been hit in the past week.
Volunteers are transforming the family home of a mother who died from cancer.
Presenter Nick Knowles tweeted on Wednesday to say he was "really disappointed" by the thefts.
The programme is extending the home of Sandra Chambers, who has looked after her two grandchildren since the death of their mother Crystal in October 2015.
See more stories from across Birmingham and the Black Country here
Show bosses said two vans - a Peugeot and a Ford -  were broken into on Wednesday morning and tools taken.
On Thursday a Mercedes Sprinter was also broken into, but nothing was stolen. The thefts have been reported to West Midlands Police.
End of Twitter post  by @MrNickKnowles
Mr Knowles' tweet prompted a local Peugeot dealership to get in touch and he later thanked them for their help, as well as another person who gave Â£30 to cover repairs.
The project to extend the house is being completed by the DIY SOS team and an army of volunteers, including local tradespeople and neighbours, in a nine-day build.

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Jack Lopresti, the Conservative MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, has been accused of "trying to destroy my character and reputation" by an anonymous letter sent to Conservative Party members in the constituency.
The letter, which was sent to Conservative Party members in the constituency, said there were "many of

A Conservative MP who faced deselection by his own party has blamed a "vicious smear campaign" against him following revelations about his private life.

Article: Jack Lopresti said a letter sent to party members calling for a new candidate was part of an "attempt to destroy my character and reputation".
The Filton and Bradley Stoke MP left his wife for fellow MP Andrea Jenkyns, who gave birth to their son in March.
Mr Lopresti was reselected at a meeting on Friday evening.
An anonymous letter sent to Conservative Party members in the constituency earlier this month said there were "many of us who feel very strongly that Mr Lopresti is not representing our constituency in a very good way".
It added there were "several excellent people" who should be given the chance to become the prospective parliamentary candidate.
The local party has reacted to the letter by writing to party members assuring that "appropriate legal action" would be taken if the writer was identified.
He was first elected in 2010 and re-elected with a near-10,000 majority five years later.
In November last year, it was reported he had become engaged to Ms Jenkyns â€” who ousted former Labour shadow chancellor Ed Balls to become MP for Morley and Outwood in 2015. Their son, Clifford George, was born in March.
"For the last month my family and I have been subject to a vicious smear campaign with racist overtones," he said.
"Since the day after my son Clifford was born, my office has been bombarded with bogus calls from people purporting to be national journalists and with dark threats of illegally taped conversations. This has deeply upset my staff.
"I have had many messages of support from party members and lots of constituents, and I am sure that this recent attempt to destroy my character and reputation has been orchestrated by a small handful of people.
"I can only think that this is as a result of personal choices I have made in my private life, which some may not have approved.
"I love my fiancee Andrea and am extremely proud of my young son Clifford and nobody will ever be able to change that."

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A man has been arrested after a car crash in Dorset.
The incident happened on the A35 at the A3500 junction near the village of West Moors.
Police said the car was travelling at around 50mph when it collided with a lorry.
The driver of the car was taken to hospital

A driver stopped for using his mobile phone told police he was trying to find the new Sam Smith song on YouTube.

Article: The motorist received a Â£100 fine and three points on their licence.
Dorset Police said when the driver was stopped he said: "I was trying to find that new Sam Smith song on You tube because I didn't have it on my phone."
The singer has released the song Writing's On The Wall as the theme to the new James Bond film Spectre.
Officers were carrying out checks on traffic offences on Thursday and stopped vehicles which had no insurance as well as others breaking the speed limit.
Spectre sees Daniel Craig return as British spy James Bond, aka 007, in a globe-trotting blockbuster named after a sinister criminal syndicate.
Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, French actress Lea Seydoux and Italy's Monica Bellucci also appear in the 24th official entry in the long-running series.

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A black alert, the highest level, means hospital services are unable to cope with demand. The three hospitals were last on black alert earlier this month.
A black alert, the highest level, means hospital services are unable to cope with demand. The three hospitals were last on black alert earlier this month.
A black

Hospitals with A&E departments around Bristol are back on black alert for the second time in a month amid "severe pressure" on services.

Article: Some operations have been cancelled and extra staff drafted in to deal with a surge of patients over the weekend.
The Bristol Royal Infirmary, Southmead Hospital and Weston General hospitals are affected.
More beds are being opened but people are urged not to go to A&E unless they have a "life-threatening" condition.
Instead they are urged to go to minor injury units, chemists and GP surgeries, or to call the NHS on 111.
A black alert, the highest level, means hospital services are unable to cope with demand. The three hospitals were last on black alert earlier this month.
The number of people in hospital for more than two weeks is much higher than usual, said an NHS spokesman.
A surge of patients during last week's cold snap has added to pressure.
The black alert is likely to stay in place for days. Extra ambulance staff are being used to transfer patients into hospital, to prevent ambulances queuing and district nurses are being deployed to hospitals, to help find community beds for patients well enough to leave.
Bristol GP Peter Goyder said an increase in hospital admissions together with "a higher number of very ill patients who need to stay in hospital for longer" had contributed to the situation.
Analysis of the most recent figures suggests hospitals in England are struggling to meet the four-hour target for treating or admitting 95% of patients.
Three hospitals in Cornwall also went on black alert this month, as did two in Somerset.

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The UK is "29th as a country in the world league of education" - it was 23rd in reading in 2015, according to the OECD's Pisa rankings and 26th in maths - he stressed: "If we accept that - we'll never be a world beating economy in the future because it's all

Lord Heseltine says the UK's skills shortage is a serious problem - and if it was up to him he would start industrial strategy in primary schools.

Article: He told MPs the UK would never be a world-beating economy unless young people were better educated.
And he called for "much bigger devolution to the people who know where the [failing] schools are".
On improving literacy and numeracy, he added: "We need it across the country and we need it yesterday."
The Conservative grandee, who was deputy prime minister in the 1990s and subsequently advised David Cameron on regional strategy, made the comments as he gave evidence to the Commons Business Innovation and Skills Committee alongside former chancellor George Osborne.
Claiming that the UK is "29th as a country in the world league of education" - it was 23rd in reading in 2015, according to the OECD's Pisa rankings and 26th in maths - he stressed: "If we accept that - we'll never be a world beating economy in the future because it's all about people - it's about education and then about skills.
"And if you want to have skilled people, you'd better educate them properly before you start making them skilled."
Lord Heseltine, whose leadership challenge helped trigger Margaret Thatcher's departure from Downing Street in 1990, said standards need to be set by a strategic commission, chaired by the prime minister "that are relevant to the best in the world and not the 29th".
"If I could design an industrial strategy it would start in the primary schools," he said, adding that about a quarter of children leaving primary schools are "illiterate and innumerate" by modern employment standards.
"My own view is clear - there needs to be a much bigger devolution to the people who know where those schools are and they know the people that run them and they know where the inadequate results are coming from - in my personal experience of life: show me the problem, show me the person in charge."
Lord Heseltine cited one success story - Northamptonshire's "Race to the top" initiative - which aims to make Northamptonshire one of the highest performing counties for education by 2020.
"We spend a lot of time discussing the theories of...

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On 23 August 1994, The KLF - one of Britain's most incendiary bands, in more ways than one - burned £1m on a remote Scottish island.

Article: They then vowed to put their careers on hold for 23 years.
That time is now up.
So at 23 seconds past midnight on Wednesday they made their comeback at a book launch in Liverpool.
The duo were greeted by 500 fans as they arrived at the News From Nowhere book shop in an ice cream van that played their hit What Time Is Love? and O Sole Mio.
That marked the start of a three-day festival of talks, performance and live art, which will continue on Wednesday with a debate on the topic "Why Did the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid?"
However, fans have been told that The KLF's Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond will not be performing any music.
Their new novel 2023, described as "a utopian costume drama set in the near future written in the recent past", is due to be performed in full in the city on Thursday.
The event will finish on Friday with a "Graduation Ball" headlined by a hitherto unknown artist named Badger Kull, who is billed as having just one three-minute song, titled Toxteth Day of the Dead.
The KLF - who also went by names including The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The K Foundation and The Timelords - had hits like 3AM Eternal, Last Train to Trancentral and What Time Is Love? in the late 1980s and early '90s.
As well as their electrifying pop-trance hits, Cauty and Drummond became known for sabotaging their own success and subverting the music business in a serious of infamous stunts.
Here are four of them:
The duo were ordered to destroy all copies of their 1987 debut album after a complaint from Abba, who objected to the unauthorised sampling of Dancing Queen.
Cauty and Drummond travelled to Sweden to try to track Abba down in person. But they failed, so they presented the gold disc they had brought with them to a Swedish prostitute instead.
As you do.
They burned some of the LPs in a field before throwing the rest overboard from the ferry on the way home.
The album was eventually released with large stretches of silence where the samples had been.
After getting to number one as The Timelords with Doctor...

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The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is a British spy series that ran from 1964 to 1968.
The series was based on the novel by Ian Fleming, and starred Robert Vaughn as the titular character, a British spy

Hugh Grant has been cast in Guy Ritchie's big-screen adaptation of the 1960s TV show, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Article: The Love Actually star will have a supporting role in the spy film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander and Man of Steel actor Henry Cavill will also feature in the adaptation of the TV series, which ran from 1964 to 1968.
Grant, who most recently starred in Cloud Atlas with Tom Hanks, will play the head of British Naval Intelligence.
The film follows special agents Napoleon Solo, played by Cavill, and Illya Kuryakin - Lone Ranger star Hammer - who work for the mysterious United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.).
Swedish actress Vikander, known for her role as Kitty in Joe Wright's Anna Karenina, has been cast as the female lead, while The Great Gatsby's Elisabeth Debicki will also star in the adaptation.
Tom Cruise had been tipped for the role of Solo, originally portrayed by Robert Vaughn in the TV series, while George Clooney was set to play the lead role in director Steven Soderbergh's earlier version of the film.
However, Clooney withdrew from the film and Soderbergh subsequently dropped out of the project.
Director Ritchie will co-write the script with Lionel Wigram, who wrote both of Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, starring Robert Downey Jr.
Production is due to begin in September with a release planned for 2014.
There were 105 episodes of the multi-award winning TV show, The Man From U.N.C.L.E, with the first series broadcast in black-and-white.

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A man was shot dead in a church in South Carolina on Wednesday night after a shooting in a nearby church, police said.
The shooting happened in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church of Summerville, about 20 miles (32 km) south of Columbia, police said.
The victim, identified as 29-

A minor league baseball team in Utah has cancelled plans to host a "Caucasian Heritage Night" in August, according to the team's website.

Article: "Caucasian Heritage Night: Irish, Italian, Scandinavian, German --- or even Utahn! Whatever your background, celebrate it at the Home of the Owlz!" a calendar entry reads.
Other promotions included "Christmas in August" and "Throwback Night".
The team is associated with the Angels, a major league team in California.
"Our goal in this promotion, like any of our promotions, is to have fun and make fun of everyday normalcies," the team said.
"Our night was to include wonder bread on burgers with mayonnaise, clips from shows like Friends and Seinfeld and trying to solve the vertical leaping challenge.
"We understand, in light of recent tragic events, that our intentions have been misconstrued. For that, we sincerely apologise."
On Wednesday night, nine people were shot dead in an African-American church in South Carolina in what police termed a hate crime.
The Owlz are a rookie-league team - the most entry level division of the minor leagues. The league is designed for new players hone their skills.
On Friday, "Caucasian Heritage Night" quickly became a top trending term on Twitter in the US.

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The Easter Rising was quelled within six days by British troops, but despite its failure it is seen as a significant stepping stone to the eventual creation of the Republic of Ireland and the partition of Ireland.
The Easter Rising was quelled within six days by British troops, but despite its failure it is seen as a significant

The centenary of the Easter Rising, the rebellion that began on Easter Monday 1916, is to be marked in Irish towns and cities with wreath-laying events.

Article: Synchronised wreath-laying ceremonies will take place in counties Cork, Meath, Wexford, Galway and Dublin, beginning at 09:45 local time in Cork.
Thousands of people lined the streets of Dublin on Sunday for a parade to mark the centenary.
The commemoration events have been organised by the Irish government.
The rebellion is viewed as a seminal event in the founding of the state.
The Easter Rising was quelled within six days by British troops, but despite its failure it is seen as a significant stepping stone to the eventual creation of the Republic of Ireland and the partition of Ireland.
More than 450 people were killed and 2,500 injured during the fighting.
A weekend of events to mark the centenary of the Rising began on Saturday with a remembrance ceremony in Dublin at which Irish president Michael D Higgins laid a wreath.
Wreaths were also laid in Dublin at Kilmainham Gaol, where 14 of the Rising's leaders were executed, and at the Sigerson Monument in Glasnevin Cemetery, which is dedicated to to all those who lost their lives in the Rising.
The synchronised wreath-laying ceremonies on Monday have been organised by the Irish Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking areas).
The locations and times are:
Then, at 12:30 local time, wreaths will be laid at various buildings and landmarks around the Irish capital that became focal points during the rebellion.
They include Boland's Mill, Jacob's Factory, Dublin Castle/City Hall, The Four Courts, Royal College of Surgeons and Moore Street.

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has applied the undertakings in the 1989 merger of two local bus companies, Badgerline and Midland Red West, to the merged company First Bristol.
The CMA said it was seeking views from a number of groups.
First Bristol said it "wel the

Restrictions on bus operator First Bristol, put in place almost 20 years ago, are to be reviewed to "see if they are still appropriate".

Article: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) applied them in 1989, after fears two firms, taken over by FirstGroup in 1996, could have too strong a bargaining position with the council.
The CMA said it was seeking views from a number of groups.
First Bristol said it "welcomed the decision to review these undertakings".
The company added it had "already assisted" the CMA as part of the review process.
The restrictions were implemented following the 1989 merger of two local bus companies Badgerline and Midland Red West.
The Monopolies and Mergers Commission, at the time, ruled the merger would remove competition for bus services contracted by the former Avon County Council.
The CMA said the merged company was "therefore required to sign up to a number of restrictions".
These included a cap on the amount they could receive from the local authority for running a tendered service - and a requirement to return any excess profit from such services.
The CMA said it was carrying out the review "to see if there has been a change in circumstances which justifies their removal or variation" and was "seeking views" from local authorities, bus operators and bodies representing bus passengers in Bristol and the surrounding area.
It said it aimed to publish the results of the review in the summer.

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Downton Abbey will be coming back for a sixth series in 2015, ITV has confirmed.

Article: The drama, which focuses of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants, will go into production next year.
This is in addition to the special one-off episode which will air at Christmas.
Created by writer Julian Fellowes, who is set to return for the next series, the show first aired in 2010.
"It is fantastic that Downton continues to be such a phenomenon - still the most popular drama on ITV in its fifth series - and we are thrilled to have commissioned a sixth series," said Steve November, ITV's director of drama commissioning.
"We don't know yet what Julian has planned, but we are looking forward to working with him, the fantastic cast and Carnival again, and have no doubt series six will be unmissable."
Producers have yet to confirm the full cast.
Earlier this week Hugh Bonneville, who plays Lord Grantham, talked to Newsbeat about some of the celebrities, including Kim Kardasian and Kanye West, who are said to be fans of the show.
"It's only a matter of time before they are on the show," joked Bonneville about the pair.
"Hillary Clinton and John Kerry [United States Secretary of State] are fans of the show too.
"To have them like the show as well as trying to run countries and economies is great."
The fifth series of Downton Abbey ends on Sunday 9 November.
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The PSNI has admitted liability in a case where a loyalist gunman tried to ambush a taxi driver.
The PSNI has admitted liability in a case where a loyalist gunman tried to ambush a taxi driver.
The PSNI has admitted liability in a case where a loyalist gunman tried to ambush a taxi driver

The PSNI has failed in an appeal against an order to disclose police documents related to two murder attempts on a Catholic taxi driver.

Article: The police admitted a claim of wrongdoing in public office in 2015 after being sued by John Flynn over two attempts on his life in the 1990s.
However, it appealed against an attempt to access police documents.
Judges dismissed the appeal and said it was hard to contemplate a more grave subject matter.
Mr Flynn has said the PSNI did not fully examine claims of security force collusion with loyalists.
A notorious UVF unit, based in Mount Vernon, north Belfast, is believed to be responsible for two attempts to murder Mr Flynn.
A gunman tried to ambush him as he picked up a taxi fare, and a bomb was placed under his car. It is alleged the attacker was a police informer.
The PSNI argued that it had already admitted liability in the case and that producing the documents would be irrelevant, costly and divert resources from other cases.
However, judges at the appeal court said the full extent of police misconduct needed to be established before compensation for Mr Flynn can be decided.
The judges said discovery of documents in the case has a long and tortuous history, and that the PSNI should provide the papers as quickly as possible.
Mr Flynn's claim is linked to an investigation in 2007 by former police ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan.
That report found that members of the RUC Special Branch had allowed UVF informers to act with impunity, and that the Mount Vernon gang may have been involved in up to 15 murders.
Mr Flynn claimed Mrs O'Loan's successor, Al Hutchinson, did not adequately implement recommendations from the 2007 report to examine whether agents' handlers committed any crimes.

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The Belgian king's speech on the crisis in the euro zone was a "political intervention" that "intervened in political debate", Belgian political experts and commentators said.
The king's speech on the crisis in the euro zone was a "political intervention" that "intervened in political debate", Belgian political experts

The Belgian king has provoked a sharp response to a Christmas message in which he drew parallels with the rise of fascism in the 1930s.

Article: Albert II warned against the dangers of populists seeking scapegoats for current economic difficulties.
Flemish separatist leader Bart De Wever assumed the remarks were aimed at him and said he had overstepped his role.
Belgian political experts and commentators argued that the broadcast had intervened in political debate.
In his broadcast, the king said that "in these troubled times we live in, we should remain vigilant and see through populist arguments".
Populists were, he said, "trying to find scapegoats for the crisis, whether foreigners or compatriots from another part of the country".
Such thinking persisted in Belgium as much as in other European countries and "the crisis of the 1930s and the populist reactions of that time must not be forgotten", the king said.
Belgium has a deepening divide between its Flemish (Dutch-speaking) north and French-speaking south, and there has been speculation that the country could ultimately break up.
Mr De Wever, whose New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) party made big gains in elections in October and is now the biggest political force in Flemish-speaking Flanders, accused the king of "implicitly" referring to the N-VA in his speech.
In a newspaper article in De Standaard, he accused the king of choosing "the path of a royalty of division", adding in a later broadcast interview that he could no longer see the monarch as playing the constitutional role of referee.
On Belgian radio he accused Belgium's French-speaking PM, Elio Di Rupo, of "hiding behind the throne", arguing that he must have seen an advance copy of the speech and given it the green light.
"[Di Rupo] won't say I'm a fascist but apparently believes it and lets the king say it," Mr De Wever said.
The separatist leader also took a swipe at a predecessor of Albert's, Belgium's wartime King Leopold III (then a prisoner of war), who met Adolf Hitler "for coffee" at Berchtesgaden in Bavaria in 1940 and took Belgium "to the brink of civil war".
Mr De Wever's angry remarks followed a series of objections from political...

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A car was reported to have ended up on its roof on the northbound carriageway.
Summary: A car was reported to have ended up on its roof on the northbound carriageway.
Summary: A car was reported to have ended up on its roof on the northbound carriag

A multi-vehicle crash has taken place during a heavy hail shower on the A74(M) after a spate of incidents in similar conditions on Sunday.

Article: The incident was reported near junction 16 at Johnstonebridge at about 14:20.
Police said that six vehicles had been involved and lanes on the southbound carriageway were blocked for a time but the route was subsequently cleared.
In another incident a car was reported to have ended up on its roof on the northbound carriageway.
It follows a string of incidents on the motorway on Sunday in similar weather conditions.
Policing units attended about 40 crashes - primarily on the A74(M) - throughout the day.
A number were also reported on the A75 near Carrutherstown.
"Thankfully the majority of the crashes were fairly minor in nature and as a result there were only three persons slightly injured," said a police spokesman.
"The crashes occurred as a result of freak hail showers in various locations throughout the region making driving conditions hazardous.
"Please remember that although it is now March and temperatures are generally higher, weather conditions are still very changeable so please take time to have a look at the weather forecast prior to your journey so that you may be better informed of the conditions ahead."

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The Welsh government's draft 10-year plan will help support "raise the status" of early years carers.

Plans to develop a highly-skilled workforce to improve early years education are to be unveiled.

Article: It is hoped it will help recognise the "vital role" of those educating and caring for children aged up to seven.
Education Minister Huw Lewis said the Welsh government's draft 10-year plan would help support "raise the status" of early years carers.
Since 2008 children aged between three and seven have been educated through the play-based Foundation Phase.
Reports into the effectiveness of the programme in May said that while it was having a positive impact on how children learned, it varied between schools and raised concerns about how well children were being prepared for exams later on in their education.
The draft plan will go out to public consultation until 15 December and should be published next April.
It would cover everyone who works with children in both state-run schools and nurseries and private childcare settings.
The plan wants to see staff highly skilled and "highly regarded" in their career, who understand children's development, help all children to meet their potential and are bilingual.
Mr Lewis is visiting a staff training session at Herbert Thompson Primary School in Cardiff to unveil the plan.
He said: "The ages of 0-7 are a crucial time in every child's development.
"It's important, therefore, that individuals like those I will meet today, that play such a key role in supporting children during these important years, receive the right level of support, are highly motivated and skilled and feel that they are valued.
"We're determined to raise the status of careers in early years, childcare and play to a level which better reflects the vital role these practitioners play in supporting children's development."
Some of the proposals include:
Communities Minister Lesley Griffiths said: "We owe it to our future generations to get this right.
"If we reach our goals we will improve the lives of young children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds."

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Michelle Payne, the only female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, has been stood down from riding after testing positive for a banned substance.

Article: A urine sample showed the Australian, who rode at Royal Ascot last week, had the appetite suppressant Phentermine in her system when tested on 11 June.
The sample was provided by Payne, 31, at the Swan Hill Cup meeting in Victoria.
Racing Victoria stewards in Australia will hold an inquiry on Thursday.
Payne has only just returned to Australia after she rode Kaspersky into fifth place in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot on 20 June.
She was advised of the test findings and stood down from riding in races and trackwork by stewards on 23 June.
Payne made history in 2015 when she became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup with Prince Of Penzance.
After her victory, she made headlines with her comment:  "I want to say to everyone else, get stuffed, because women can do anything and we can beat the world."
Her life story is being made into a film, produced and directed by actress Rachel Griffiths, who starred in Muriel's Wedding and Six Feet Under.
Payne made her Royal Ascot debut last week after serious injury ruled her out of the previous year's meeting.
She required surgery on her pancreas following a fall in May 2016 and spent a month in hospital.

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The Bahraini government is a constitutional monarchy. The government is headed by the Prime Minister, who is also the ruler. The Prime Minister is the head of the government and is responsible for the government's policies. The Prime Minister is also the head of the government's executive branch, the Cabinet. The Prime Minister is the

Article: 1913 - Britain and the Ottoman government sign a treaty recognising the independence of Bahrain but the country remains under British administration.
Manama is a major port city, commercial centre
1931 - The Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company of California (Socal), discovers oil at Jabal al-Dukhan and production begins the following year.
1939 - Britain decides that the Hawar Islands which lie in the Gulf of Bahrain between Bahrain and Qatar belong to Bahrain not Qatar.
1961 - Sheikh Isa Bin-Salman Al Khalifah becomes ruler of Bahrain.
1967 - Britain moves its main regional naval base from Aden to Bahrain.
1968 - Britain announces it will close its bases east of Suez by 1971.
1970 - The Administrative Council becomes a 12-member Council of State, headed by a president, the ruler's brother, Sheikh Khalifah Bin-Salman Al Khalifah.
1970 May - Iran renounces its claim to sovereignty over Bahrain after a United Nations report shows that Bahrainis want to remain independent.
1971 - Bahrain declares independence and signs a new treaty of friendship with Britain. Sheikh Isa becomes the first Emir and the Council of State becomes a cabinet.
1971 - Bahrain gains formal independence from Britain.
1971 - Bahrain and the US sign an agreement which permits the US to rent naval and military facilities.
1972 December - Elections are held for a Constituent Assembly. Only Bahraini males over 20 can vote.
1973 December - After the constitution comes into force on 6 December, elections are held on 7 December for a National Assembly, an advisory legislative body, with 44 members (14 cabinet members and 30 elected by male voters) .
1975 August - Following claims by prime minister Sheikh Khalifah Bin-Salman Al Khalifah that the National Assembly is impeding the work of the government, the Emir dissolves the assembly and rules by decree.
1981 May - Bahrain joins the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, more usually known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which also...

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The Large Magellanic Cloud is a patch of space in the Milky Way Galaxy that is home to a number of massive stars.
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a patch of space in the Milky Way Galaxy that is home to a number of massive stars.
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a patch of

Hubble has probed a clutch of monster stars about 170,000 light-years away on the edge of our Milky Way Galaxy.

Article: Some two dozen behemoths were identified, all with masses in excess of a hundred times that of the Sun.
Four were known previously, including the remarkable colossus catalogued as R136a1, which is 250 times as massive as our home star.
But the new survey finds many more of the super-objects in a tight patch of sky within the Large Magellanic Cloud.
"In just a tiny bit of this satellite galaxy, we see perhaps a couple of dozen stars with more than a 100 solar masses, of which nine are in a tight core just a few light-years across," explained Prof Paul Crowther from Sheffield University, UK.
"But that two dozen number - that's probably more than are in the entire Milky Way Galaxy for this type of star," he told BBC News.
The observations are to be published shortly in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
They build on earlier work reported in 2010 that first described R136a1 - the most massive and most luminous star identified to date.
That study used data gathered principally by a ground-based telescope in Chile.
This follow-up research employed the pin-sharp resolution and ultraviolet sensitivity of the orbiting Hubble telescope to tease out yet more detail.
In 2010, astronomers saw four monster stars including R136a1 in the central core. Thanks to Hubble, they detect a further five.
The stars are not only extremely massive, but they are also extremely bright. Together, these nine stars outshine our Sun by a factor of 30 million, said Prof Crowther.
"Because they are so massive, they are all close to their so-called Eddington limit, which is the maximum luminosity a star can have before it rips itself apart; and so they've got really powerful outflows. They are shedding mass at a fair rate of knots," the astronomer added - up to an Earth mass of gaseous material per month.
The question is why this tight corner of space, located in the Tarantula Nebula of the LMC, harbours so many giants.
Prof Crowther thinks it is because the gas and dust in the region has become compressed as the Large...

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The Nigerian military says it has rescued more than 200 girls from Boko Haram-held Chibok, in northeast Nigeria.
The military says it has rescued more than 200 girls from Boko Haram-held Chibok, in northeast Nigeria.
The military says it has rescued more than 200 girls from Boko Haram-held

Nigeria's government has been accused of being too slow in its response to the kidnapping of more than 200 girls from a school in the north of the country.

Article: Security forces are still searching for the missing students, who were abducted by Boko Haram Islamist militants on 14 April.
The military fuelled confusion in the immediate aftermath by incorrectly saying most of the girls had been rescued.
Parents and some girls who escaped say more than 200 students were seized from their school in Chibok in north-eastern Borno state by gunmen overnight. A local government official confirms the incident, saying the exact number of missing students is unclear but puts the number at around 100.
Nigeria's military says most of the girls managed to escape or were freed and releases a statement saying only eight girls are still missing.
Locals say many remain unaccounted for and parents of the missing girls head into the Sambisa forest near the Cameroonian border to search for them. On their return they say they did not see any Nigerian soldiers in the forest.
Major General Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, says a report stating that most of the girls had been freed was incorrect but was "not intended to deceive the public." Parents insist that more than 200 girls are still missing. The military has not rescued any of the girls.
Asabe Kwambura, headmistress of the school in Chibok, appeals to the government to do more to save the girls and calls on the kidnappers - thought to be members of the Boko Haram group - to "have mercy on the students."
Ms Kwambura tells the BBC that at least 190 girls are still missing, contradicting a local state governor who said that around 80 of the students were yet to be found. Footage emerges of the school shortly after the attack, showing the classrooms after they were set alight by gunmen.
A government source tries to explain the discrepancy, by telling the BBC it was initially thought only science students had been seized ahead of their exam but there were also 105 art students in the hostels at the time, which the authorities had not realised.
Nigerians take to social media to show their anger at the government response and Ibrahim M...

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A group of concerned parents have been accused of being paedophiles after they allegedly lured a vulnerable child into a car and sexually assaulted her.
The Hunted One, a Kent group, has been accused of being a "paedophilic vigilante group" after it allegedly lured a vulnerable child into a car and sexually

Vigilante groups seeking to expose paedophiles should stop taking the law into their own hands, Kent Police has said.

Article: The force said paedophile hunter activities can hinder investigations and lead to offenders walking free.
Det Ch Supt Tom Richards of Kent Police said it also diverts resources away from cases involving real children.
Kent group The Hunted One said: "Police should concern themselves more with tackling paedophiles than us."
But Mr Richards said: "There have been zero cases in Kent where a vigilante paedophile hunter group has identified an individual who has at that stage presented a real risk to a real child.
"In the last two financial years, vigilante groups in Kent have contributed to 20 individuals being arrested but my resources alone in the same period have arrested 299 people."
Professor Martin Gill, a criminologist working for Perpetuity Research, said: "There is nothing worse than a police investigation to get to its crescendo and then be undermined by an often well-intentioned but disastrous intervention."
The Hunted One claims to have caught 57 people, leading to 27 convictions.
In October last year, Mark McKenna from Northfleet was jailed for five years after he was snared by The Hunted One.
The 38 year-old thought he was meeting an 11-year-old girl for sex at Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent.
But instead of talking to a vulnerable child online, he was speaking to the group of concerned parents.
Ben Bleach of The Hunted One said he could not understand why "a child has to be raped" before action is taken.

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Four men have been jailed for their part in a gun smuggling ring.
Judge Jonathan Carroll told St Alban's Crown Court the weapons were to be used for "terrorising, intimidating and causing serious injury and death".
Four other men were also jailed for their part in the gun smuggling.
The court heard the men

A "dominating bully" who led a gang which smuggled a machine gun, semi-automatic handguns and ammunition into the UK has been jailed for life.

Article: Muzaffer Ali, 39, from Maidenhall Road in Luton, Bedfordshire had denied importing prohibited weapons.
Judge Jonathan Carroll told St Alban's Crown Court the weapons were to be used for "terrorising, intimidating and causing serious injury and death".
Four other men were also jailed for their part in the gun smuggling.
The court heard the men brought two shipments into the UK in February and September 2016, unaware they were under police surveillance.
Ali sourced the weapons from criminals in Amsterdam while other members of the gang provided security, delivered the firearms and collected money, the jury was told.
In May 2016, two gang members were stopped at the UK border at Coquelles in France and a search discovered firearms hidden behind the dashboard.
The court was shown evidence from mobile phones, automatic recognition data and police surveillance, gathered in an investigation by the Eastern Region Special Operation Unit.
Ali was found guilty of conspiracy to evade the prohibition on the importation of a prohibited weapon and conspiracy to evade the prohibition of the importation of ammunition.
He was told he must serve a minimum of 11 years before he can be considered for parole.
The judge described him as "a dominating bully" who had never had a legitimate income and had an "utter disregard" for the effects the weapons would have when used by criminals.
Ali's three "lieutenants" were found guilty of the same charges.
His older brother Khalid Hussain, 49, of Maidenhall Road in Luton was sentenced to 19 years, as was Haroon Khatab, 41, of Jasmine Road in Luton.
Sajid Khan, 25, of Manx Close, Luton was sentenced to 18 years.
Ali and Khan were also convicted of transferring a prohibited weapon and transferring ammunition.
A fourth man, Faisal Mahmood, 20, of Maidenhall Road in Luton pleaded guilty to importing guns and ammunition and was sentenced to seven years and 10 months.

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A dentist has been suspended from the General Dental Council after he was found to have failed to follow the council's code of conduct.
Dr Zsolt Csillag, from the Forest and Medical Care Group, was given a one-year supervision order by the General Dental Council.
He did not

A woman who spent her life savings on dental implants that had to be taken out feels "butchered" by the dentist.

Article: Jackie Stokes, from Burton-upon-Trent, said she spent Â£9,500 on implants in Hungary but an investigation found her treatment plan caused "irreversible damage to otherwise healthy teeth".
Dentist Dr Zsolt Csillag was given a one-year supervision order by the General Dental Council.
He did not respond to attempts to contact him.
The Forest and Ray Medical Care Group said he had left the company due to "personal reasons".
The clinic said it "always puts patients first" and treated Mrs Stokes with extra care, above and beyond its normal routine.
Mrs Stokes said: "It has left me feeling like I have been assaulted, butchered and robbed of my life savings.
"I was advised by an NHS dentist to go down the implant road... because it wasn't on the NHS I would go seek help elsewhere.
"A friend of mine had been over to Hungary so we decided to go down that line," the 65-year-old added.
Mrs Stokes had implants in her upper jaw and crowns on eight teeth in her lower jaw, over two trips to Budapest.
On her second visit in June 2013, she said she was left with a "bulldog bite" - a gap between her gums and upper teeth through which food would seep.
The implants failed and were later removed. She now has to wear dentures.
In total, Mrs Stokes said she had 27 visits to the dental group over four years.
The General Dental Council found Dr Csillag should not have put crowns on her eight lower teeth because they were healthy.
In relation to Mrs Stokes and another patient, his treatment plan for them included "irreversible damage to otherwise healthy teeth", the investigation found.
The restrictions placed on Dr Csillag can only be imposed when he is working in the United Kingdom.

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Starbucks is set to open its first store in the UK in the next few months, with the first store in the capital set to open in the spring.
The coffee chain is set to open its first store in the UK in the next few months, with the first store in the capital set to open in the spring

Starbucks may be complaining of "global headwinds" but that did not stop the world's biggest coffee chain from reporting record annual profits.

Article: It made an operating income of almost $4.2bn (Â£3.4bn) for the year to 2 October, up 16% on the previous year.
That was mainly down to a strong showing for its biggest market, the Americas, where net sales rose 11%.
However, in the fourth quarter of its financial year, global sales at existing stores rose by only 4%.
That was lower than the 4.9% rise analysts had expected.
The fastest growth was in the China and Asia Pacific region, which recorded growth of 23% for the year.
Starbucks boss Howard Schultz said its Chinese stores were the most efficient and lucrative.
While Starbucks still makes most of its profit in the US, Mr Schultz has said expansion in China will secure its future for "decades to come".
Last month, Starbucks announced plans to more than double its stores in China to 5,000 by 2021.
Mr Schultz said the company was facing "ongoing economic, consumer and geopolitical headwinds".
Mr Schultz, who has been warning of a "seismic shift in consumer traffic" for years, said the popularity of online shopping was keeping people at home and away from main shopping streets or malls.
In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, sales dropped by 1% during the fourth quarter, while in China and Asia Pacific, sales were up by 1%.
Starbucks operates 25,085 stores in 75 countries worldwide, with 690 new ones having opened in the last quarter.

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A rare and endangered species of Magnolia has been found in Mexico.
The Magnolia dealbata, which is also known as the Mexican Magnolia, is a species of Magnolia native to Mexico.
The Magnolia dealbata is a rare and endangered species of Magnolia native to Mexico.
The

Two new species of magnolia flower have been identified after being spotted on "Noah's Ark" online archive.

Article: Photographs of the endangered Magnolia dealbata, held by Bristol-based Arkive, were seen by a botanist at a Mexican university more than 5,500 miles away.
The plants were tracked to Mexico's Serra Gorda Biosphere Reserve and identified.
Lucie Muir, chief executive of Arkive, said they were "thrilled" by the discovery.
After seeing pictures of the flowers, botanist Dr Jose Antonio Vazquez asked the original photographer for more images of the plant.
Photographer Roberto Pedraza Ruiz said he then made several more trips to the forest "documenting the flowers and fruits of the trees until finally receiving confirmation that I had photographed not only one but two completely new species of magnolias".
The first specimen was named Magnolia rzedowskiana, after emininet Mexican botanist, Dr Jerzy Rzedowski, while the second is to be named Magnolia pedrazae, in honour of its photographer.
Mr Ruiz said: "This is without doubt the highest honour that a conservationist and nature photographer can receive."
The Arkive website, run by the charity Wildscreen, hosts 16,000 images of flora and fauna.
It claims to be the world's largest online encyclopaedia of life, receiving donations of images from wildlife film-makers, photographers, conservationists and scientists.

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The plane carrying 162 people from Indonesia to Singapore crashed on Sunday, killing all 162 people on board.
The plane, a Boeing 737-800, was en route from Surabaya to Singapore when it went down in the Java Sea.
The plane was carrying 162 people from Indonesia to Singapore when it went down in

The first victim of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, found in the Java Sea after the crash on Sunday, has been laid to rest.

Article: Officials earlier identified the remains as belonging to a female passenger called Hayati Lutfiah Hamid.
Ms Hamid, 49, was buried at a ceremony attended by family and friends in the Indonesian city of Surabaya.
The discovery of two bodies on Thursday brings the number recovered to nine. Bad weather has continued to hamper the search for the plane and other victims.
The Airbus A320-200 came down four days ago en route from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board.
No survivors have been found and the cause of the crash remains unknown.
The identity of Ms Hamid was confirmed using fingerprints "and other means," East Java disaster official Col Budiyono said. Her body was handed over to family members in a brief ceremony at a police hospital in Surabaya.
The coffin was then transported to a village, before being buried according to Islamic burial customs.
One of Ms Hamid's relatives told AP news agency: "We have been fraught with worry because at this point, three of our family members are still missing... we pray together every night that they will be found soon."
Previous media reports had incorrectly identified Ms Hamid as a flight attendant.
The nine recovered bodies were flown to an airbase in Borneo but some have since been sent onto Surabaya where relatives, providing DNA samples, are waiting for them to be identified.
For a second day in a row, search efforts have been hampered by heavy rain and rough seas.
Some 50 divers from Indonesia were on standby to investigate a large shadow in the sea, thought to be part of the airliner, but they were unable to gain access due to the bad weather.
AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes said on Thursday he believed the search was closing in on its final location, tweeting: "I am hoping that the latest information is correct and aircraft has been found."
Ships and planes have been scouring the Java Sea off Borneo since the plane disappeared on Sunday. Malaysia, Australia and Thailand are helping Indonesia with the search, while the US destroyer USS Sampson has been...

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Police are appealing for information after a man was shot in the leg in a street in Prescot.
The incident happened at around 7.30pm on Thursday, March 21, in the area of St John Street, Prescot.
A man was shot in the leg and taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg

A man wanted on recall to prison who taunted police with social media posts telling them "catch me if you can" is back behind bars.

Article: Convicted criminal Steven Johnson had been wanted since January 2014 after breaching the terms of his parole.
Police believe the 40-year-old went to Spain, where he posted Facebook and Twitter messages challenging officers to find him.
He was arrested in Whiston, Merseyside, on Thursday and returned to jail.
Read updates on this story and more from across Merseyside and Cheshire.
Johnson, of Prescot, was serving a sentence of six years and 11 months for possession with intent to supply class A drugs, before being released on licence.
During his time on the run, he used aliases on social media sites to post messages and photographs, including several of himself posing in front of luxury cars.
In one message, he wrote: "Just got out of bed. Going for a massage."
Merseyside Police said Johnson had now "got his wish".
Sgt Mark Worrall said: "The arrest of Johnson shows that we never give up.
"Johnson has been wanted on recall to prison for two years and he has obviously been living the high life abroad, but that has been cut short and he's now back behind bars."

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A woman has been jailed for seven years after falsely claiming she was raped by nine men and sexually assaulted by six, all strangers, in four encounters spanning three years.
Mahad Cassim, 25, from Hounslow, was found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice at Southwark Crown Court.

A "serial liar" who made a series of bogus sexual assault allegations against 15 men has been jailed for 10 years.

Article: Jemma Beale, 25, claimed she was raped by nine men and sexually assaulted by six, all strangers, in four encounters spanning three years.
One allegation led to the conviction of a man who was jailed for seven years.
Beale from Hounslow was found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice at Southwark Crown Court.
Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith told Beale, who was in a relationship with a woman: "This trial has revealed, what was then not obvious, that you are a very, very convincing liar and you enjoy being seen as a victim.
"The prosecution described your life as a 'construct of bogus victimhood'.
"These offences usually began as a drunken attempt to get your partner's sympathy or perhaps to arouse her jealousy.
"They each began impulsively, but what is particularly chilling is the manner in which you persisted in making allegations which you knew were untrue even to the extent of committing and repeating perjury."
Prosecutor Madeleine Wolfe told the court police spent 6,400 hours investigating Beale's lies at a cost of at least £250,000, and the trial cost at least £109,000.
"Cases such as this bring a real risk that a woman who has been raped or sexually assaulted does not complain to the police for fear of not being believed", the judge added.
"False allegations are likely to have the perverse impact of increasing the likelihood of guilty men going free."
In a victim impact statement, Mahad Cassim, who was wrongly convicted of raping Beale in 2010, told the court he had been hugely affected by the false claim.
"One of my goals is to be a successful businessman, to have a nice family and be happy," he said.
"I am working on the happiness - I have a long way to go."
Beale had also falsely claimed she was groped by a stranger, Noam Shahzad, in a pub in July 2012.
She alleged she was then gang-raped by him and other men, and even self-inflicted injuries to back up her claims she was assaulted with barbed wire.
The following year Beale fabricated similar allegations against six other men.
She claimed...

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged two former Rabobank traders with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud in an effort to manipulate Libor for the Dutch bank's financial gain.
The two men, Anthony Allen, 43, of Hertfordshire, England and Anthony Conti, 45,

Two ex-Rabobank traders have been charged by the US Department of Justice with manipulating the Libor rate.

Article: The two are Anthony Allen, 43, of Hertfordshire, England and Anthony Conti, 45, of Essex, England.
They were charged by US authorities with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud in an effort to manipulate Libor for Rabobank's financial gain.
That brings the total number of indicted Rabobank employees to six.
An earlier indictment had previously named traders Tetsuya Motomura, 42, of Tokyo, Japan and Paul Thompson, 48, of Dalkeith, Australia, as well as Paul Robson, a former Rabobank Libor submitter.
"[Libor] is a key benchmark interest rate that is relied upon to be free of bias and self-dealing, but the conduct of these traders was as galling as it was greedy," said Assistant Attorney General Caldwell in a statement.
Last year, Dutch lender Rabobank paid fines to US, British and Dutch regulators over allegations of Libor manipulation of €774m (£616m).

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TalkTalk has confirmed that it has been hacked, and that it has been hit by a "significant and sustained" cyber attack.
The firm said that it had been hit by a "significant and sustained" cyber attack, and that it had been hit by a "significant and sustained" cyber attack.
The firm

TalkTalk has given more details of the cyber-attack on its website, saying nearly 157,000 of its customers' personal details were accessed.

Article: More than 15,600 bank account numbers and sort codes were stolen, the company said.
Customers should continue to protect themselves from scam phone calls and emails, TalkTalk added.
This week police released a 16-year-old boy on bail who was the fourth person arrested in connection with the hack.
Since news of the cyber-attack emerged, TalkTalk shares have lost about a third of their value.
The firm said 4% of TalkTalk customers have sensitive data at risk. It confirmed that scale of the attack was "much more limited than initially suspected".
TalkTalk said:
Customers whose financial details were stolen have been contacted, and the firm will contact other affected customers "within the coming days".
The cyber attack on TalkTalk's website happened on 21 October, it added.
Details that TalkTalk previously said had been stolen included names, addresses, dates of birth, telephone numbers and email addresses.
So what can you do to try to protect yourself from danger?
In October, the firm described the attack as "significant and sustained", but that it was too early to say which data had been stolen.
It initially said that all of its customers may have been affected, but then reined in its estimate.
Four people have been arrested over the hack so far: a boy of 15 in Northern Ireland, a 16-year-old boy from west London, a 20-year-old Staffordshire man, and a 16-year-old boy in Norwich. All four have been released on bail.

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The Grenfell Tower fire has been described as a "national tragedy" by the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister said: "The fire at Grenfell Tower is a national tragedy.
"It is a tragedy for the victims, their families and the wider community.
"It is a tragedy for the fire service

Councils across England are carrying out urgent reviews of high-rise buildings in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire.

Article: The Local Government Association said authorities were reviewing fire risk assessments and the construction of buildings.
Staff are also working closely with tenants to review and offer fire safety advice.
Police say at least 30 people died as a result of the west London blaze.
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Lord Porter, LGA chairman, said: "Following the horrific fire at Grenfell Tower, councils with tower blocks in their local area have been working with their local fire service, and undertaking urgent reviews of their high-rise buildings.
"Fire risk assessments and the construction of buildings are being reviewed and double checks are being made to ensure remedial work recommended under previous assessments have been carried out."
Extra fire safety checks were immediately organised across local authorities, including Camden, Newham, Croydon and Redbridge.
In Leeds, which has 116 blocks, the council is carrying out a review of fire safety in all blocks as a matter of urgency, but reassuring residents  adequate checks are already in place.
In the Midlands, councils in Coventry and Birmingham, which have 38 high-rise blocks, say they have double-checked records and no buildings have cladding like the type used in Grenfell Tower.
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In Wolverhampton, the city council said that of the 36 tower blocks across the city, a number have external cladding.
The authority said it was "confident" the cladding is of a correct standard, but will undergo urgent checks with manufacturers.
Fire crews in Solihull have visited high-rise blocks to reassure residents.
Senior councillors in Liverpool will hold a meeting with social landlords on Saturday, while the fire service is reviewing its inspection processes for high-rise buildings and prioritising inspections of high-rise premises across Merseyside.
St Katherine's Court in Northampton, which was recently refurbished, was...

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