The Scottish Football Association has said it is "disappointed" at the number of players who have been suspended for violent conduct.
The SFA said it had received "a number of reports" of players being sent off for violent conduct.
It said it had suspended seven players for violent conduct, including Rangers defender Steven

QPR have denied Steven Caulker was involved in an altercation and say he was taken to hospital after cutting his head during a lunch with team-mates.

Article: There are nearly 2,400 posts being contested, including six new combined authority mayors created under devolution deals.
Voting has also taken place in county, unitary and metropolitan councils and for local council mayors in Doncaster and North Tyneside.
Registered voters were able to cast their ballots until 22:00 BST.
Almost every seat was being contested in the authorities involved, including 126 seats in Durham, 98 in Wiltshire and 84 each in Cumbria and Norfolk.
Counting will not take place until Friday morning in most areas.
Those counting overnight, straight after polls close, include the West of England mayor and councils for the Isle of Wight, Warwickshire, Dorset and Essex.
Most councils will declare results on Friday afternoon, with the West Midlands and Greater Manchester mayors expected to be announced on Friday evening.
2,370
Councillors
10,000 Approximate number of candidates in England
39 People standing for combined authority mayor posts
6 New combined authority mayors
2 Local authority mayors
The first directly-elected mayors will be chosen in the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West of England and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
They will oversee new combined authorities, which are groups of existing councils working together to make use of new devolved powers.
The mayors will mostly be responsible for economic development, but some will have powers over transport and housing.
While councillors will be elected by a simple majority, the combined authority mayors are being chosen under the supplementary voting system - giving people a first and second choice.
It means that if no candidate has won at least 50% of the vote, the top two candidates go to a second round with the second choice votes counted of everyone whose first choice was eliminated.
Cornwall Council is electing 122 of its 123 councillors. One contest, in Bodmin St Petroc, has been delayed following the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Steve Rogerson.
The Council of Isles of...

Summary: Polling stations have closed in England's local council and mayoral elections.
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Article: Sickness levels have remained "fairly stable", but, anxiety and depression have risen since 2012, it added.
Its figures showed more than 700 days were lost to post-traumatic stress.
The force said life outside work was to blame and the figures "did not reflect the overall trend".
Nigel Rabbitts, chair of Devon and Cornwall Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, said: "Our concern is that there has been a dramatic rise in some of the stress-related psychological disorders which coincides with the reduction in numbers.
"This needs further investigation and early intervention to protect officers and mitigate the cause and effect."
He said an operational shake-up and compulsory retirement over the past five years could also be behind the rise.
In a Freedom of Information request to Devon and Cornwall Police, it said at the end of March it had 2,851 full-time serving police officers, compared to 3,339 in March 2010.
However, if part-time officers and those seconded out of the force or on a career break were included, it would have 420 fewer officers, rather than almost 500, the force said.
The force has been cutting the number of officers because of spending shortfalls and savings plans.
Despite the fall in officers, the number of reported crimes that have ended in a conviction, caution, penalty notice or restorative justice, has stayed between 34% and 37% since April 2011.
Mr Rabbitts said: "With 500 less officers, the resilience within the system has gone.
"In the end, long-term sickness only builds further pressure on those still on the frontline."
Devon and Cornwall Police said the federation's figures did not include "a number of sub categories so did not truly reflect the overall trend".
Ch Supt Steve Swani said: "Devon and Cornwall Police recognise the demands our officers and staff face.
"Absence through psychological disorders has remained consistent.
"We monitor absence closely and we know from staff feedback and our providers, who deliver counselling support to staff, that the...

Summary: A "dramatic rise" in stress-related sickness in Devon and Cornwall Police has coincided with cuts of almost 500 officers, the force's police federation has said.
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Article: The company said it had evidence of "limited, targeted attacks" and urged people to update their software immediately.
Flash is widely used across the web as a way of providing multimedia content.
This vulnerability - which enables hackers to take control of a computer - affects Windows, Mac and Linux systems.
Users can check if their installation of Flash is up to date by visiting the Adobe website - the current latest version is 18.0.0.194.
People who browse the internet with the latest versions of Google's Chrome browser and Microsoft's Internet Explorer should find that Flash is upgraded automatically.
Adobe's Flash software has a long history of needing security fixes and is regarded by some security researchers as a weak point in many websites.
Along with Java, Flash is routinely targeted by hackers making use of zero-day exploits - the term given to previously unknown security holes.
This was partly because of its ubiquity, said Mark James, a security specialist from ESET.
"Since Flash is such a widely used plug-in, it stands to reason that it will be one of the most targeted apps for vulnerability," he said.
"If you want to affect as many people as possible, then you need an application that a lot of users use, and Flash is one of them."
Security blogger Brian Krebs recently disabled Flash on his machine entirely, as an experiment.
On his blog, he wrote: "It might be worth considering whether you really need to keep Flash Player installed at all."

Summary: Adobe has released an emergency software patch for Flash after it found a serious vulnerability being exploited by hackers.
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Article: Operator Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) said it did not allow any political content in advertising.
A spokesman for SPT said the posters had "slipped through their net" and were deemed in breach of guidelines.
Stuart Campbell, who runs the Wings Over Scotland site, denied the posters themselves were political and accused SPT of suppressing debate.
An SPT spokesman said: "SPT advertising contract guidelines state that Subway sites should not be used to campaign or lobby for political benefit.
"Our advertising agency applies that standard to all commercial bookings but unfortunately this particular ad slipped through their net. The ad was taken down as a result."
Mr Campbell said he was "disappointed, but not exactly surprised" by the decision which he said had been made by an organisation "dominated by Glasgow Labour councillors".
He said: "The content of our website is political, but no more so than the numerous union-supporting newspapers the Subway does accept advertising from, and the advert itself made no political statements whatsoever.
"It simply advertised the site as a source of information."

Summary: Posters advertising pro-independence website Wings Over Scotland have been removed from the Glasgow subway system.
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Article: Rangers say the defender slipped over during the squad get-together the day after Saturday's 2-0 win over Burnley.
The Sun claimed Caulker was injured after a fight broke out at a pub that Crystal Palace players were also at.
But QPR's head of communications Ian Taylor insisted: "Steven Caulker was not involved in an altercation."
Taylor added: "He suffered a cut to his head, which he received treatment for at hospital before being discharged the same evening."
Taylor also explained that players had been given permission to have Sunday lunch together given QPR's next game against Everton was not until Monday, 15 December.
QPR owner Tony Fernandes took to Twitter to comment on the claims.
"Steven Caulker slipped over and hurt his head and is fine," wrote Fernandes. "Nothing else to report."
Former Tottenham and Cardiff centre-back Caulker, who has one England cap, has made 15 appearances this season, scoring once.

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The new Miss USA beauty pageant winner has sparked controversy by declaring that healthcare was a "privilege", not a right.

Article: The quality assurance analyst from Newtownards is obsessed with the Ulster fry mainstay and has so far visited 50 towns and 66 outlets to taste and rate the potato bread sold in bakeries and restaurants.
A record of Kirsty's travels and the results of her tests can be found on Facebook, where she has set up a page dedicated to her passion.
On Potato Bread Girl NI, potato bread of all kinds is rated based on five factors - tastiness, texture, toastiness, service and value - and an overall scale of between one and five.
"I go 'potato breading' every Saturday," said 27-year-old Kirsty.
"When I finish work on a Friday evening I do my research and plan where I'll head off to the next day.
"On the Saturday morning, I make a 'before' video updating everyone on where I plan to go and then an 'after' video when I arrive at my destination.
"Then I visit every bakery and restaurant in the area that sells potato bread and bring samples home to toast and rate them.
"I also have a potato bread gang to help me - plastic toys Ducky, Tutti and Sundae (who I always mention in my videos).
"I really look forward to every weekend and never get sick of it. I love potato bread and eat at least two bits every day.
"My goal is to find the best potato bread in Northern Ireland and to create awareness of how unique potato bread is to Northern Ireland and celebrate it as part of our cultural heritage."
Kirsty came up with the idea in 2014 when she was facing redundancy from a previous job and her mum was undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
"Instead of dwelling on all the negativity, I decided to focus on something I love - potato bread - and do something with it," she told Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.
"It gave me something to look forward to."
Since she began her search, Kirsty has tried various versions of the food including recipes with spelt and black pudding.
While most of us enjoy it as part of a fry-up, she has hers simply toasted without butter.
"I don't think it needs fried," she said.
"And to ensure a fair taste...

Summary: County Down woman Kirsty Meredith spends each weekend searching for Northern Ireland's best potato bread.
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Article: Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, he said the question was over the timing which was "in the hands of Nicola Sturgeon".
The SNP MP argued there were three things driving the issue forward.
He said these were a failure to deliver on the so-called "vow", the possible outcome of the EU referendum and "divergent views" over austerity cuts.
The SNP said the timing of any future referendum was "a matter for the people of Scotland".
Scottish voters rejected independence by 55% to 45% in last September's referendum.
After the SNP won 56 of the 59 seats in Scotland in May's general election, party leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stressed there was "'no second Scottish independence referendum on the immediate horizon".
In an interview with Andrew Marr, Mr Salmond said: "I think a second independence referendum is inevitable. The question of course is not the inevitability, it is the timing."
Asked about the sort of issues that could "provoke" another vote, he said: "I can see three issues which are moving things towards a second referendum, on a timescale yet to be determined.
"One is the refusal to deliver the 'vow'. The 'vow' was about home rule, devo-to-the-max, and that has not been delivered.
"The second issue is the European issue - if you had a situation where Scotland voted to stay in EU and was dragged out on the votes of the people of England.
"The third thing emerging is from the Budget and the Welfare Bill. Instead of getting devo-to-the-max we are getting austerity-to-the-max and that divergent view of what is right in social terms between Scotland and England is another thing which is moving things to another referendum."
Before the general election, Nicola Sturgeon always said a "material change" in circumstances would be required in order for a second independence referendum to take place.
Could the election of 56 MPs at Westminster, or a UK referendum vote to leave the EU while Scotland votes to stay in, be that trigger?
The SNP say they have no plans for a second...

Summary: A second referendum on Scottish independence is inevitable, according to former first minister Alex Salmond.
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Article: A management buyout is one of four options being considered by Bradford Council, the Telegraph & Argus reports.
It owns and runs four venues; the Alhambra and its studio theatre, St George's Hall, and the King's Hall and Winter Gardens in Ilkley.
More than £570,000 has been lost from the theatre budget since 2011 with a further £120,000 to be cut in 2017/18.
The theatres' subsidy was £418,000 in 2015/16, the report said.
Other options in the report are for the theatres to remain in council control, for a commercial management company to run them, or for a charitable trust to be set up.
St George's Hall is a purpose-built concert hall opened in 1853.  It attracted an audience of almost 77,000 in 2015/16.
It is currently closed for refurbishment and it due to reopen late next year.
The Alhambra Theatre is one of Bradford's principle visitor attractions with more than 270,000 ticket sales annually, according to latest figures.
The four venues employ about 60 people (full-time equivalent posts) and have a turnover of between £6m and £8m.
The report has been prepared for the Regeneration and Economy Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting on 22 December.

Summary: Two landmark Bradford theatres could be sold as budgets continue to be cut, according to a council report.
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Article: The famous energy drink slogan has been found to be false after a US lawsuit and the company has agreed to compensate customers who bought it in America between 2002 and 2014.
Legal papers specify that no proof of purchase is necessary.
Anyone in the US who bought at least one can, in the last 12 years, could be entitled $10 (Â£6.17) cash or $15 (Â£9.26) worth of Red Bull goods.
The false ad lawsuit all started in 2013 by a US consumer, Benjamin Careathers, who believed the company's slogan "Red Bull gives you wings" is dishonest.
He argued the slogan clearly doesn't mean the drink will give you wings but it is generally understood the drink should give a higher energy boost than an average cup of coffee.
But when Careathers found Red Bull had less caffeine than a cup of coffee, he felt there were grounds for a lawsuit.
According to the Red Bull website, One 250ml (8.4 oz) can of Red Bull Energy Drink contains about the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee, which is about 80mg.
At hearing a back in August, a judge agreed with him: "Such deceptive conduct and practices mean that [Red Bull's] advertising and marketing is not just 'puffery,' but it instead deceptive and fraudulent and it therefore actionable," the lawsuit stated.
"Even though there is a lack of genuine scientific support for a claim that Red Bull branded energy drinks provide any more benefit to a consumer than a cup of coffee, the Red Bull defendants persistently and pervasively market their product as a superior source of 'energy' worthy of a premium price over a cup of coffee or other sources of caffeine," it continued.
However, Red Bull admits no wrongdoing.
It issued this statement to Bevnet, which is a magazine and website aimed at the beverage industry: "Red Bull settled the lawsuit to avoid the cost and distraction of litigation.
"However, Red Bull maintains that its marketing and labelling have always been truthful and accurate, and denies any and all wrongdoing or liability," the company said, in August.
The compensation payments...

Summary: Hey, guess what... Red Bull doesn't "give you wings" after all.
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Article: Kara McCullough, a scientist at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, appeared to link healthcare to employment.
But the beauty queen, 25, faced a backlash on social media.
It comes as the Trump administration battles to overturn Obamacare, which aimed to extend insurance coverage to the 15% of Americans who lack it.
Earlier this month the lower chamber of the US Congress passed a new healthcare act that Democrats say will leave millions uninsured.
However, Republicans in the Senate have indicated they will cast it aside and write a new law.
Asked during Sunday's pageant in Las Vegas whether healthcare was a privilege or a right, Miss McCullough said: "I'm definitely going to say it's a privilege."
She added: "As a government employee, I'm granted healthcare and I see first hand that for one to have healthcare, you need to have jobs.
"We need to continue to cultivate this environment that we're given the opportunity to have healthcare as well as jobs to all American citizens worldwide."
Her remarks divided liberal-minded and conservative-minded viewers. Some were quick to criticise her stance.
Miss McCullough - who was born in Italy and was representing Washington DC - was also asked if she considered herself to be a feminist but said she preferred the term "equalism" and said men and women had equal opportunity in US workplaces.
"I don't really want to consider myself - try not to consider myself like this die-hard, you know, like, 'Oh, I don't really care about men'," said the contestant, who says she wants to see more women employed in government science roles.
Some people on social media supported her views.
Obamacare has been opposed by Republicans since it was first proposed in 2009.
Republicans say the law imposes too many costs on business and describe it as a "job killer", although the number of jobs in the healthcare sector has risen since it was introduced.
Opponents have also decried it as an unwarranted intrusion into the affairs of private businesses and individuals.

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A report proposing an agreement between the Church of England and the Church of Scotland has been published, ahead of a debate by the Churches' ruling bodies.

Article: A report by the CfBT Education Trust and the British Council highlights low uptakes of language GCSEs and A-levels as particular concerns.
It found that language teachers felt attracting pupils to study languages after the age of 16 was a "challenge".
The Department for Education said the number of pupils taking languages at GCSE was increasing.
This year's Language Trends Survey is the 13th annual research exercise to measure the condition of language teaching and learning in schools in England.
It is based on an online survey completed by teachers in more than 500 state secondary schools, 600 state primary schools and 120 independent secondary schools across the country.
It does find some positive developments, including the fact that almost half of primary schools are introducing pupils in Key Stage 1 to a language, even though this is not a statutory requirement, and that 99% of primary schools now offer languages.
There has been an increase in the number of pupils studying Spanish at GCSE and A-level - but this increase has not fully compensated for declines in French, German and other languages.
There has also been a "modest increase" - from a low base -  in the number of schools offering Mandarin Chinese, a language the report says is "recognised as crucial to the UK's long-term competitiveness".
The report's co-author, Teresa Tinsley, said it was encouraging to see how primary schools were "warmly embracing" statutory language teaching, making sure that "discovering the delight of new languages and cultures is firmly anchored into everything that children learn in primary schools".
"But our survey shows that secondary teachers are under increasing pressure with exams and performance measures that don't work well for languages," she said.
The report concludes that the prioritisation of maths and science is hitting languages in secondary schools.
It says that, in spite of calls for a greater knowledge of language skills from the the business sector, there is a persistent and widely held belief that...

Summary: Language teaching is facing a "difficult climate" in England's schools, researchers say.
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Article: The BFI figures, revealed on Thursday, looked at the representation of black actors in more than 1,000 UK films over the last decade.
The study found that the number of UK films with roles for black actors had seen little change over that time.
It also showed 59 percent of UK films made in the last 10 years have featured no black actors in lead or named roles.
Kidulthood star Clarke is followed in the list by Ashley Walters, Naomie Harris and Thandie Newton.
The data was presented at the London Film Festival's Black Star Symposium, at which British actor David Oyelowo issued a plea for a more diverse industry.
"We will only get to the point when I don't have to give these talks about diversity if we actually start to do diversity," he told an audience of industry figures at BFI Southbank.
"The only way that's going to happen is if the demographic of the decision makers changes."
Other findings in the BFI research included:
"Whilst we feel from what we see on screen that most UK films do not cast black actors in them, and that black actors are playing the same types of roles over and again, we now have the data to support this," said BFI creative director Heather Stewart, who presented the research.
"The number of lead roles for black actors has not really changed over 10 years and the types of films in which they have had leading roles suggests stereotyping," she added.
"Colour-blind casting across genres does not really exist on the big screen, ultimately limiting representation.
"Diversity is one of the biggest issues facing film - audiences want to see the world in which we live reflected back at them."
British black actors with the most leading roles in UK films since 2006
The BFI research looked at 1,172 UK films made and released between January 2006 and August 2016.
Of those, 691 films - 59 percent - did not feature any black actors in either lead or named roles.
The proportion of UK films which credited at least one black actor in a lead role was 13% - 157 films in all.
According to the BFI, one of...

Summary: Noel Clarke is the most prolific black actor in UK film, according to new research by the British Film Institute.
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Article: Only 30 such penalties were imposed in 2016, the lowest since the US Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976 after a four-year hiatus.
Five states, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Florida and Missouri, carried out 20 executions.
It continues a 20-year downward trend in US capital punishment, says the Death Penalty Information Center.
The new DPIC report showed that not only have executions slowed or even halted in the vast majority of states, but juries and judges are sentencing fewer people to death.
"This year, death sentences will be lower than at any other time in the modern history of the American death penalty," says Robert Dunham, executive director of the DPIC and lead author of the study. "That, I think, is a big story."
After the US death penalty was reinstated 40 years ago, the number of death sentences and executions began steadily rising.
In 1977, 137 death sentences were handed down.
The trend peaked in the 1990s, with 98 executions in 1999 and 315 new death sentences in 1996.
Then the downward trend began.
In 2016, only 30 new death sentences were handed down, and 20 executions took place.
That was the fewest number of executions since 1991.
Of the five states that put inmates to death in 2016, Georgia led the way with nine executions, followed by Texas with seven, Alabama with two, and both Florida and Missouri executed one person.
New death sentences are down 37% from 2015, according to the report, and fewer death sentences were imposed in 2016 "than in any other year since the Supreme Court declared US death penalty statutes unconstitutional in... 1972".
Mr Dunham points out that the low number of new death sentences was notable as well.
Georgia, for example, sentenced no-one to death in 2016.
"Texas had four new death sentences, which is very low for the state," he said.
"Dallas and Harris counties, which is where Houston and Dallas are, imposed no new death sentences for only the second time since the 1980s."
The halt of executions in some states can be explained by the difficulty...

Summary: Fewer death sentences were handed down in the US this year than at any time in the last four decades, a study finds.
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Article: Mr Hamilton defeated UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill in a vote of the party's seven newly-elected AMs on Tuesday.
Newport branch chairman James Peterson told BBC Wales Mr Hamilton's victory could take the party "backwards".
Mr Hamilton said the party had been going backwards, but he will "create the momentum to push it forward".
UKIP's Islwyn candidate Joe Smyth said the former Tory MP "ticks all the boxes for being a leader".
Mr Gill remains leader of the party in Wales, having been appointed by Nigel Farage in 2014.
Deep divisions have been exposed within UKIP Wales since its AMs met to elect their group leader.
One senior party member said he "can't see Mr Hamilton uniting the party".  Another said he was "making enemies".
Mr Peterson told Sunday Politics Wales the result of Tuesday's vote meant those voters who backed the party at the election had been "misled".
"I think it's reasonable for people to have presumed Nathan Gill would be in charge and I think that's what people went out and voted for," he said.
Other members welcomed Mr Hamilton's election, accusing Mr Gill of being "weak".
Mr Smyth said: "I think it's a very good thing for UKIP having Neil elected as the group leader.
"As a person he's a true gentlemen, he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge and in my books he ticks all the boxes for being a leader."

Summary: UKIP's electoral success in Wales could be "undone" by Neil Hamilton becoming leader of the party's assembly group, a UKIP branch chairman has said.
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Article: The Columba Declaration commits the Churches to "grow together in communion and to strengthen their partnership in mission".
Founded in two different branches of Protestantism, England's Church is Anglican and Scotland's Presbyterian.
The two Churches will be debating the report over the coming months.
The Church of England's General Synod will hold a debate in February and the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland will consider the report in May.
The Columba Declaration appears within the Growth in Communion, Partnership in Mission report, which sets out the history of partnership between the two Churches and their shared beliefs.
The report states: "The new arrangements we are proposing are modest and 'light touch' with a small contact group meeting yearly and reporting to the ecumenical bodies within each Church."
The declaration has been authored by Kirk minister the Reverend John McPake, and the Church of England's Bishop of Chester, Peter Forster.
They say the agreement will allow clergy and lay people from each Church to be welcomed into the other when they move across the border.
The pact also recognises that the two Churches have constitutional responsibilities in separate parts of the UK.
Rev Alison McDonald, convener of the Church of Scotland's ecumenical relations committee, said: "The joint report sets out clearly the shared foundations of faith of the Church of England and the Church of Scotland, which enable us to recognise one another formally for the first time.
"This provides a sound basis for our ongoing co-operation and for exploring future partnership."
The Reverend Dr Jeremy Worthern, Church of England secretary for ecumenical relations and theology, said the Church valued its "ecumenical relationship with the Church of Scotland and our relationship within the Anglican Communion with the Scottish Episcopal Church".
He added: "There are opportunities for deepening both relationships as this report continues to be discussed and received by the Churches."

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for eight months after being found drunk in the cockpit of a Sunwing flight.
He was arrested on New Year's Eve after passing out in the cockpit of a Sunwing flight.
He had more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in his body.
On Monday, Alberta provincial

Privately contracted so-called "litter police" have been removed from service by a council after an undercover Panorama report found they were getting bonuses for issuing fines.

Article: The allegations relate to irregularities concerning third party consultants.
The France-based aircraft manufacturer said it was co-operating with the probe, which was launched last month.
In April, UK authorities froze export credit applications by Airbus.
The SFO was asked to look at documentation provided by the company about its use of overseas agents.
Export credits are used by many governments to support exporters, often by underwriting bank loans offered to overseas buyers of UK products.
Last year Airbus used export financing for 6% of its deliveries.
The main parts of Airbus commercial aircraft are made in France, Germany and the UK.
Britain usually provides export support to Airbus in partnership with the other two nations.
Germany and France joined the UK in halting export credits.

Summary: The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched an investigation into allegations of "fraud, bribery and corruption" in the civil aviation business of Airbus.
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Article: Beneath it is an Easter message: "This egg is to remind people to shop at independent retailers".
I had thought that it might be to remind people of the other message of Easter - the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, for example, which churches across the country will be marking on Sunday.
But the message of shopping appears to be the louder one, with the magazine Retail Week announcing the glad tidings that footfall at shopping centres, retail parks and high streets will surge almost 5% over the Easter weekend "as shoppers splurge their payday cash".
It's not clear whether footfall at churches across the country will also surge by the same amount, although Christmas and Easter services continue to attract higher numbers than most weeks.
Some 1.3m people in the UK attended Easter Church of England services alone in 2013 - compared to 2.5m for Christmas.
For many years now, leading church figures have bemoaned the fact that in a country that is still officially Christian, with almost 60% of people identifying themselves as such in the 2011 census (although far fewer actually attend church services, or believe in God), the religious message of Easter has been drowned out by the secular festival of chocolate and shopping being celebrated at supermarkets across the country.
This year, some large supermarket chains were accused of being positively "anti-religious", because they refused to stock chocolate Easter eggs with an overtly Christian message - on the grounds that they had not sold well enough in previous years.
One supermarket chain buyer apparently asked the company that supplies the eggs, the Meaningful Chocolate Company, what Easter had to do with the Church.
It was a story that left many church leaders deeply saddened, and agonising over how such a key time in the Christian calendar has apparently lost so much of its religious meaning.
A few years ago, the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, in his Easter Sunday sermon, expressed his regret that nearly a third of British children in one survey said they...

Summary: A large, feathery Easter egg stands in the middle of a small street in a shopping area in north London.
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Article: The report, commissioned by TheCityUK, also said up to 75,000 jobs could go.
The sector is concerned at the prospect of a so-called "hard Brexit", with the UK leaving the EU single market in order to regain control of immigration.
On Sunday, the Prime Minister said "we are not leaving the EU only to give up control of immigration again".
Her comments helped to trigger a fall in the pound, which dropped to a 31-year low against the dollar on Tuesday.
Brexit: What are the options?
The report, which was written by management consultancy Oliver Wyman, modelled several possible outcomes for the UK financial services industry after Brexit.
In one scenario, it said the UK might retain access to the European Economic Area on similar terms, meaning it would be able to continue trading across the bloc without the need for individual country licences.
This would cause less disruption, it said, costing the industry up to 4,000 jobs and £2bn of revenues a  year.
However, another scenario would see the UK quit the bloc "without any regulatory equivalence".
This would cost the industry up to £20bn and 35,000 jobs, it said - although the "knock-on impact" on related business activities could cost a further £18bn and 40,000 jobs.
Hector Sants, head of Oliver Wyman and former chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, told the BBC's Today programme: "We are not taking a view on the outcome of the negotiations.
"What we have done here is to create a robust and independent database."
He said he hoped the research would create a dialogue between the City and government.
"We are confident that these are numbers that people can coalesce around and discuss."
But Kevin Dowd, an economics professor at Durham University and member of campaign group Economists for Brexit, called the report a "scare story".
"The idea we would be held back by leaving the single market makes no sense," he told the BBC.
"Most of our financial services business is actually outside the EU, and our share of business with the EU is declining...

Summary: The financial industry could lose £38bn if the UK quits the single market, a report commissioned by a group lobbying on behalf of the City has said.
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Article: Miroslav Gronych, 37, a Slovak national, pleaded guilty on 21 March to being impaired while in control of an aircraft.
He was arrested on New Year's Eve after passing out in the cockpit of a Sunwing flight.
He had more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in his body.
On Monday, Alberta provincial court judge Anne Brown imposed a one-year flying ban on Gronych, to take effect after he has served the prison sentence.
He was also ordered to pay a C$100 (US$74; Â£60) fine.
When he boarded the plane in Calgary on New Year's Eve, Gronych struggled to hang up his coat and was slurring his words.
According to a statement read to the court in March, the co-pilot suggested that Gronych leave the plane, but he sat in the pilot's chair and appeared to pass out "resting his face on the window".
His pilot's wings were attached upside down on his uniform and an empty bottle of vodka was later discovered in his hotel room.
The flight, operated by a division of the Sunwing budget airline, later left Calgary for Cancun, Mexico, with a different pilot.
There were more than 100 people on board.
Sunwing did not respond to a request for comment.

Summary: A pilot who was found drunk in the cockpit before a flight in Canada has been sentenced to eight months in jail, minus time already served.
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Article: Enforcement company Kingdom Services hands out on the spot fines.
Ashford Borough Council removed all its Kingdom officers from patrolling the streets, after one was filmed revealing he raked in a bonus of almost £1,000.
They will be out of action while undergoing extra training.
A spokeswoman for the council said: "In light of the recent Panorama programme we have decided to take this opportunity to give our wardens some important additional staff training exercises so they can continue operating fairly and effectively.
"We haven't suspended them but they are not patrolling currently. They should be back soon, after the training has been undertaken."
Littering is a crime, but by paying the fine you can avoid a criminal record. Another Kent-based Kingdom trainer was caught on camera saying they pretend to call the police to pressure people to pay up.
The BBC1 programme, aired on Monday, revealed people across the country were wrongly fined for tipping coffee down a drain and putting their recycling out on the wrong day.
On Tuesday Maidstone Borough Council also removed its own Kingdom officers while a review was carried out. They were back patrolling on Wednesday.
It is not the first time councils in Kent have had problems with Kingdom.
Maidstone suspended its officers last year for a two-week review after a woman was incorrectly fined for littering while feeding some ducks.
Gravesham Borough Council severed ties with Kingdom last year and now operates its litter enforcement "in-house".
A spokesman for Kingdom said: "Our service operates under some of the tightest legal guidelines which set the fixed penalty notice level and affords anybody the right to appeal to the council or/and challenge with the courts if they choose."

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A cheese-carrying race up a famous Dorset street is due to take place later.

Article: The bureau's director James Comey said the group posted material from servers used exclusively by the North Koreans.
November's attack on the company saw the leak of sensitive documents, and film The Interview briefly shelved.
Cyber security experts have been sceptical about the FBI's assertion North Korea was to blame.
After Sony's decision to temporarily cancel the film's release was described by US President Barack Obama as "a mistake", Sony later released the film in independent cinemas and also distributed it online.
The comedy's plot revolves around a plan to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Pyongyang has denied being behind the cyber-attack, but described it as a "righteous deed".
In retaliation, the US has placed sanctions on three North Korean organisations and 10 individuals.
The sanctions are believed to be the first time the US has moved to punish any country for cyber-attacks on a US company.
Mr Comey had been addressing delegates at the International Conference on Cyber Security in New York.
He said there was evidence the hackers had used proxy servers in an attempt to disguise the attack's origins, but sometimes neglected to do so, revealing, the FBI believes, the true location.
But experts remain unconvinced that the US has proved its case.
"To be frank, director Comey has not revealed anything new," said Brian Honan, a security researcher.
"Various IP addresses have been associated with this attack, from a hotel in Taiwan to IP addresses in Japan.
"Any IP address connected to the internet can be compromised and used by attackers."

Summary: The US is confident that North Korea was behind the Sony Pictures cyber-attack last year because the hackers "got sloppy", the FBI has said.
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Article: The permitted increase - which is taken from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation measure for July - will be the highest since January 2013.
Passenger groups said commuters would be worst-hit, and suggested that the RPI measure should be scrapped.
The most widely watched and used measure, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), was unchanged at 2.6%.
The fare rises will affect "anytime" and some off-peak fares as well as season tickets in England and Wales.
In Scotland, it is mainly commuters who will be affected, with off-peak fares rising by a smaller amount. The Scottish government currently limits rises in off-peak fares to RPI minus 1%.
There are no plans for increases in Northern Ireland.
Unregulated fares, which include super off-peak travel and advance tickets, will be set in December.
Transport Focus, which represents the interests of passengers, said rail users were already fed up with getting poor value for money.
David Sidebottom, director of Transport Focus, said: "Yet again, passengers, now majority funders of the railway, face fare rises next January. Commuters do not give value for money on their railways a high satisfaction score - just one third according to our latest survey.
Transport Focus also queried the use of the RPI measure to determine fare increases: "Why is the Government not using its preferred measure of inflation: the one that is used to determine wages and pension increases, and one which is often lower than RPI? Why not use the Consumer Prices Index for rail fares too?"
The CPI measure has gradually replaced the RPI over the past few years as the benchmark for changes to most government-controlled funding.
James Tucker from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said it was not in favour of using RPI as a benchmark: "We know there will be a focus on the RPI this month, but the National Statistician has been clear it is not a good measure and we do not recommend its use."
The Department for Transport rejected the idea of using CPI, saying RPI was used across the rail industry -...

Summary: Millions of rail users in the UK will see the price of regulated rail fares rise by up to 3.6% in January.
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Article: DJI introduced geo-fencing in 2013 - a technology that uses GPS location signals to stop its machines flying close to airports, professional sports events and other restricted zones.
The opt-out allows operators to disable the ban in many, but not all, cases.
The Chinese firm says it will keep a record of those who use the feature.
It suggests the move will make it easier for authorised personnel to carry out inspections and other sanctioned activities in controlled areas.
But one expert questioned the wisdom of the move.
DJI's Geo app is used to control its Phantom and Inspire drones.
If the pilot sends one of the aircraft into a flagged zone, a prompt appears asking them to verify their account and acknowledge what they are doing.
In the past, the only way to achieve this was to request an override from the company or hack the drones' firmware.
"We don't have the ability to verify if someone has authorisation," Brendan Schulman, DJI's legal affairs chief told the BBC.
"Essentially, the principle here is operator responsibility and accountability.
"Just like driving a car, it is up to the operator to be licensed, to have the car registered and insured - the manufacturer of an automobile doesn't decide who gets to drive or not.
"Similarly, we have provided a mechanism for operators to take responsibility and verify their accounts and then go ahead and fly in most of these locations, which [takes into account] the balance between safety and innovation."
To make use of the override, a user must have given DJI their credit card details or a mobile number to act as an ID.
This means the firm can help the authorities track down those who misuse it.
"Our policy is to provide information about our customers only in response to a valid legal request," Mr Schulman said.
"So, in the US it would be a subpoena or a warrant or a court order."
It remains impossible to use the app to avoid geo-fencing over the US capital, Washington DC. DJI has also added new areas that cannot be unlocked including prisons, nuclear power...

Summary: The bestselling drone-maker has updated its app to let owners bypass a feature that stops its aircraft flying into or taking off in sensitive locations.
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Article: The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was sent samples after 35 Peshmerga fighters became ill near Irbil in August.
On Monday, the sources said the samples tested positive for sulphur mustard.
If confirmed, it would be the first known use of chemical weapons in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
OPCW experts recently concluded that sulphur mustard was used in August in neighbouring Syria, during fighting between IS and rebel forces.
Sulphur mustard - commonly known as "mustard gas" although it is liquid at ambient temperature - is a powerful irritant and blistering agent which causes severe damage to the skin, eyes and respiratory system and internal organs.
The OPCW's report does not apportion blame for the attack in Iraq on 11 August, sources in The Hague told the Reuters and AFP news agencies.
But when the Kurdistan Regional Government's ministry of Peshmerga affairs first reported the incident, it made it clear that it held IS militants responsible.
The ministry said the affected Peshmerga fighters had been deployed along the frontline with IS, near the towns of Makhmour and Gwer when about 37 rounds exploded beside them, releasing a "white dust and black liquid". Tests on blood samples "revealed traces of mustard gas", it added.
OPCW spokesman Malik Ellahi would only confirm on Monday that the watchdog had sent a team of experts to Iraq to assist the government's investigation.
"The team completed its mission and the OPCW has shared the results of its technical work with the government of Iraq," a statement said, according to AFP.
The OPCW's Executive Council is expected to discuss the findings next month.
Experts are still uncertain about how IS might have obtained chemical weapons.
One unnamed diplomat told the Reuters news agency that it was possible the sulphur mustard was obtained from the Syrian military's stockpile, which was supposedly destroyed after a deadly attack involving the nerve agent sarin outside Damascus in August 2013.
However, CIA director John Brennan...

Summary: Sources at the global chemical watchdog say sulphur mustard was used last year in an attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq blamed on Islamic State (IS) militants.
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Article: The Gold Hill Cheese Run sees entrants run up the cobbled Shaftesbury street with a 55lb (25kg) cheese.
The event, based on activities of cheese traders in years gone by, began in 2012 as part of the town's food festival.
Barnaby Cox, 18, who has won the race twice, has put his success down to "technique and power".
Organiser Charlie Turnbull said the event was a tribute to a millennia of cheese making in the Blackmore Vale, with "slightly mad" participants racing with the locally-made cheeses which are 35cm (14") in diameter.
"Each one takes up to 500 pints of milk - that's a lot of effort from a lot of cows. But they are not very convenient to carry up a hill."
The street was made famous when it was used in a Hovis bread television advertisement filmed by Ridley Scott in 1973.
It depicted a boy struggling to get up the street on his bicycle to deliver bread to the sounds of Antonin Dvorak's New World Symphony.

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Extra time has been granted to detectives quizzing a murder suspect over the discovery of a body in a stream.

Article: Ghostly pale and totally blind, olms - fondly known by locals as "baby dragons" - only reproduce every 5-10 years and are thought to live to 100.
This clutch of eggs started to appear in January in an aquarium in Postojna Cave, a tourist destination where the creatures have lived for millennia.
Observing baby olms develop and hatch is a rare opportunity for science.
The first of 23 developed eggs hatched on 30 May; a second baby olm (pictured below) was slowly wriggling out of its egg on Wednesday night.
"It is the end of one part of the story and the beginning of a whole new chapter: feeding and living without the egg," said Saso Weldt, who looks after and studies the olms at Postojna Cave.
He told BBC News nobody witnessed the first egg hatching, but the moment was captured thanks to an infrared camera.
"I was in the cave doing some other biological work. Since we have all the eggs on an IR camera, we saw that one was missing. Then you rewind and suddenly you realise, something has happened."
Mr Weldt and his colleagues hope to see a full count of 23 healthy hatchlings within a few weeks.
The staff at Postojna have been consulting amphibian experts to help them care for the fragile eggs, including a French team that has studied the olms in an underground mountain lab since the 1950s.
That laboratory is the only other place where these animals have ever been observed emerging from their eggs.
"In the cave, in nature, they hatch all the time - but nobody here has ever seen a hatchling younger than about two years," Mr Weldt said.
This clutch of eggs, which has captivated the Slovenian public, was laid by a single female over a period of several weeks.
"We did not do a paternity test, so we cannot know if it was a single father or not. But it was one mother," Mr Weldt said. "She's with our colony of proteus and she's doing well."
The eggs have been kept in a separate enclosure and watched very closely.
Originally there were 64, but only 23 embryos developed. The rest of the eggs were unfertilised and decayed,...

Summary: After a four-month wait, the eggs laid by a peculiar salamander in a Slovenian cave have started to hatch.
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Article: In January, their fighters grabbed world attention when they drove IS out of Kobane, another border town further east.
Now, the YPG, working with some Free Syrian Army-aligned rebels, and backed by US-led coalition air strikes, have taken control of Tal Abyad, with its ethnically mixed population, that had been held by IS since last year.
The YPG's victory in Kobane was symbolically significant, but Tal Abyad offers far more strategic value.
Long-term control of Tal Abyad would further the YPG's goal of connecting the non-contiguous zones of territory it holds across northern Syria, which it organises into three "cantons": Afrin (north-west of Aleppo); Kobane (west of Tal Abyad); and al-Jazira (north-east Hasakeh province).
If the YPG is able to hold Tal Abyad and use it to connect Kobane to al-Jazira, it will increase its strategic value to the US-led anti-IS coalition and will empower its self-governance structures in predominately Kurdish north-eastern Syria.
Tal Abyad is important to the anti-IS coalition because the town has long served as a key IS supply route, and a crossing point for foreign fighters seeking to join IS in Raqqa, the group's de facto capital.
There are few organised, trained and willing forces in Syria that the anti-IS coalition can rely on as a ground partner in its campaign in Syria.
Moreover, Turkey has been reluctant to fully co-operate with the coalition, instead tolerating a porous border with Syria that has, in the words of one US official, created a "permissive environment" for jihadists.
While Tal Abyad has been under firm IS control, for instance, Turkey has continued to allow some supplies to cross in from the Turkish border town of Akcakale, including sacks of fertiliser that contain ammonium nitrate used by IS to build explosives.
Turkey's vacillation stems in part from its prioritisation of toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over fighting IS, and in part from its fear of the YPG. It views the latter as equivalent to the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), which it...

Summary: The capture of the strategic northern border town of Tal Abyad from Islamic State (IS) is the latest in a string of gains by the dominant Kurdish militia in Syria, the YPG, and its political branch, the PYD, across the north of the country since 2011.
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Article: Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson challenged the SNP to match her party's pledge on the use of new tax powers for Scotland.
SNP Finance Secretary John Swinney told the BBC he would not make such a promise "today".
He said his party's tax plans would be set out before the Holyrood election.
Scotland will get complete control over income tax rates and bands as part of the powers package contained in the Scotland Bill, which was published on Thursday.
Ms Davidson has vowed that her party would never raise income tax in Scotland higher than the rates and bands in the rest of the UK, and challenged other Scottish parties to do the same.
Asked on Sunday Politics Scotland whether he would match the pledge, Mr Swinney said: "I can't give that pledge today, and I won't give it."
He said his party would "give consideration" to varying income tax rates and bands as it drew up its manifesto for next year's Scottish Parliament election, adding that his government already had a strong track record on using new tax powers.
Mr Swinney added: "What we've demonstrated already with the tax powers that have been deployed to us on stamp duty and landfill tax is that at the first available opportunity the Scottish government has acted on those taxes.
"On stamp duty we've changed it very radically to reflect our principled position that we believe tax should be structured on the basis of ability to pay."
Following its landslide victory in the general election, the SNP has been pressing the UK government for more powers than those already promised by the Smith Commission, which followed the independence referendum.
Mr Swinney said powers over employment, wealth generation and welfare would be sought.
However, Ms Davidson said the debate was moving now from what new powers Scotland should have, to how best to use what has already been given.
She said: "I believe we need to send an early signal to reassure investors, firms and families that new taxes in Scotland will not simply mean higher ones.
"Let's hear it loud and clear...

Summary: The SNP has rejected a call from the Conservatives to rule out raising income tax in Scotland higher than the rates and bands in the rest of the UK.
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Article: Drivers in England could be given a "grace period" to pick up goods from shops or leave their cars in bays for longer without being fined.
While the Conservatives are keen on the idea, their Lib Dem coalition partners are understood to have reservations.
Councils have rejected suggestions they are using parking fines as "cash cows".
Parking and waiting on double yellow lines is prohibited - unless stated - for all vehicles except for those making commercial deliveries and pick-ups, blue badge holders and the emergency services.
By Louise StewartPolitical correspondent, BBC News
Both sides of the coalition say they want to help boost town centre trade, but disagree on how to do it.
Eric Pickles agrees with the High Street guru Mary Portas that fear of hefty parking fines is "killing High Streets" and encouraging people to go online or shop at out of town centres.
But his double yellow lines proposals have been dismissed by Lib Dem transport minister Norman Baker as "unworkable". He  warned it could cause congestion and be dangerous.
The president of the motoring organisation AA also described the idea as "confused thinking".
It might be an idea likely to be popular with motorists and traders, but with no agreement on the plans, double yellow lines look set to remain barred for cars for a while yet.
Some councils already allow motorists to park free of charge for up to 30 minutes close to shops and Conservative ministers in the coalition government are to keen to extend that to give a shot in the arm to small shops.
Making town centre parking more affordable was one of the main recommendations of a 2011 review into the future of the High Street led by TV retail expert Mary Portas.
Sources close to the communities secretary Eric Pickles told the Daily Telegraph that "over-aggressive" parking enforcement was one of the reasons why many High Streets were struggling.
"If people are worried about paying a fortune in fines, it will make them more likely to shop online or go to out-of-town shopping centres," he said....

Summary: Motorists could be allowed to park free of charge on double yellow lines for up to fifteen minutes under plans being considered to help boost High Streets.
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Article: The man, who has not yet been formally identified, was discovered in a wooded area near the Goodwyns housing estate in Dorking on Monday.
Surrey Police has been given more time to question a 21-year-old male arrested on suspicion of murder.
The force is awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination.

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A Staffordshire bull terrier-type dog was put down with the consent of its owner - the children's aunt - who has been named in reports as 31-year-old Clare Ferdinand, a serving Essex Police officer.
The dog was put down with the consent of its owner - the children's aunt - who

A dog that mauled a four-month-old baby to death snatched the boy from his mother's arms, an inquest has heard.

Article: Their study,in the Journal of Breath Research, investigated using it to help convert stem cells from human teeth into liver cells.
The scientists claimed the gas increased the purity of the stem cells.
Small amounts of hydrogen sulphide are made by the body.
It is also produced by bacteria and is toxic in large quantities.
A group in China has already reported using the gasto enhance the survival of mesenchymal stem cellstaken from the bone marrow of rats.
Researchers at the Nippon Dental University were investigating stem cells from dental pulp - the bit in the middle of the tooth.
They said using the gas increased the proportion of stem cells which were converted to liver cells when used alongside other chemicals. The idea is that liver cells produced from stem cells could be used to repair the organ if it was damaged.
Dr Ken Yaegaki, from Nippon Dental University in Japan, said: "High purity means there are less 'wrong cells' that are being differentiated to other tissues, or remaining as stem cells."
One of the concerns with dental pulp as a source of stem cells is the number that can be harvested.
However, the study did not say how many cells were actually produced.
Prof Chris Mason, a specialist in regenerative medicine at University College London, said: "It would be interesting to see how hydrogen sulphide works with other cells types."

Summary: Hydrogen sulphide, the gas famed for generating the stench in stink bombs, flatulence and bad breath, has been harnessed by stem cell researchers in Japan.
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Article: Thousands of stargazers came out to watch the eclipse, which only lasted for a few minutes, using special protective glasses.
This particular eclipse is called an "annular eclipse".
It happens when the moon is farther away from the earth, making it appear smaller.
This means that when it passes in front of the sun, it doesn't completely block it out like a total eclipse.
Instead you can still see the outline of the sun behind it, creating the amazing "ring of fire" effect.
This happens because the the moon does not move in a perfect circle around the earth, it is more like a squashed circle or an ellipsis.
This means that sometimes it is closer and further away from the earth.
The next eclipse is due to take place in February 2017, and can be seen from parts of South America and Africa.

Summary: Take a look at this incredible "ring of fire" eclipse which could be seen across parts of Africa.
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Article: Anyone who borrows £100 for 28 days from a payday lender now faces a maximum charge of £22.40.
But going overdrawn without agreement from your bank can cost as much as £90, according to Which?
The banks argue that unarranged overdrafts should be a last resort, as they offer far cheaper ways to borrow.
Concern about the cost of overdrafts was expressed by Andrew Tyrie, the chair of the Treasury Select Committee, earlier this week.
He wrote to 13 UK High Street banks, asking them to come clean about charges, particularly for unauthorised - or emergency - lending.
"Consumers need to know what they are being charged for their bank accounts, especially their overdrafts," said Mr Tyrie.
"At the moment they often struggle to find out."
Charges for unauthorised overdrafts vary widely.
Which? compared the cost of borrowing £100 for 28 days.
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which has some of the highest charges, allows customers a £10 buffer, and then charges £6 a day up to a maximum of £90 in any 30 day period.
TSB, Lloyds and HSBC all charge up to £80.
Customers of some Halifax accounts pay £5 a day, up to a maximum of £100.
In 2014, UK banks made £1.2bn from such overdrafts, according to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
The CMA has already proposed a cap on charges, known as a monthly maximum charge (mmc).
However Which? said this was unlikely to make much of a difference, as most banks already have a cap in place.
The CMA's final recommendations are due to be published in August.
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In response, the banking industry said that unplanned overdraft charges are much lower than they used to be.
A spokesperson for the British Bankers Association said:
"Across the board overdraft charges have plummeted since 2008, with consumers saving up to an estimated £928 million over the past five years; one bank recently reported its customers are saving £100 million per year as a result of text...

Summary: Borrowing money on an unarranged overdraft from your bank can be more expensive than taking out a payday loan, says consumer group Which?
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Article: The company reported suspicious activity earlier this year, but the scale of the breach is far bigger than first anticipated.
At least 1,025 of its restaurants were targeted - with debit and credit card information stolen.
The company did not speculate how many people may have been affected, though it did say all of the locations were in the US.
Malware - malicious software - had been installed on point-of-sale systems in the affected locations.
The chain said it was confident the threat had been removed, and was now offering help to customers who may have been affected.
Help includes the offer of one year of "complimentary" fraud protection services.
In a statement outlining the details of the attack, Wendy's said the malware could have been operational in its restaurants from as early as Autumn 2015.
Suspicious activity was noticed in February of this year. The company went public with this discovery in May - saying it believed around 300 restaurants had been affected.
But with the number rising to more than 1,000, this hack ranks among one of the most significant in US history.
The Wendy's hack bears some similarity to the attack on Target in 2013. In that breach, around 40 million customers' details were stolen via malware installed on point-of-sale computers.
Wendy's has blamed a third-party for the intrusion, saying a "service provider" that had remote access to the till systems was compromised.
The company did not say who that service provider was, nor did it explain why it had remote access to the tills of 1,025 of the firm's 5,700 restaurants.
The company has set up a page for customers to check if a restaurant they bought food from has been affected.
Security researcher Graham Cluley said it is unlikely that many of those affected will be aware they are at risk.
"For most of us it's not a red letter day if we go to somewhere like Wendy's," he said.
"And people won't have registered which one they went to and where they were in the country when it happened."
He also predicted that while the breach...

Summary: Popular US food chain Wendy's has been hit by a massive cyber attack, the company has confirmed.
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Article: Archie Darby died on 13 October after being attacked by a Staffordshire bull terrier-type dog in Harwich Road, Colchester.
Essex Coroner's Court heard the infant died from severe head injuries consistent with a dog attack.
His 22-month-old brother Daniel-Jay was left with "life-changing injuries".
The boys' mother was also hurt.
Live: Read more about the hearing and other Essex news
The dog was put down with the consent of its owner - the children's aunt - who has been named in reports as 31-year-old Clare Ferdinand, a serving Essex Police officer.
Police are not treating the attack as a criminal investigation.
During a brief hearing, coroner's officer David Dinnell said: "Archie Darby was a four-month-old baby being held in his mother's arms when he was taken out of her arms by the family dog and attacked."
The inquest heard an ambulance was called and CPR was attempted but Archie was pronounced dead at the scene at 16:02 BST.
Senior Essex Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray said: "Please let condolences be expressed to Archie's family at this very dreadful time for them."
A full hearing will take place in December.

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The Queen's official portrait has been unveiled in a special ceremony in London.
The new design, which was unveiled in a special ceremony in London, will be used on coins and banknotes.
The new design, which was unveiled in a special ceremony in London, will be used on coins and banknotes.

A new picture of the Queen to appear on coins has been unveiled.

Article: About 336 people who currently use the service could instead be made to pay for the meals themselves.
Other options being considered include increasing the price of the service or delivering frozen meals in bulk instead.
A report to councillors said the service had made a financial loss in recent years which must be addressed.
The proposals are part of the council's bid to save of £6.5m for the 2015/16 financial year.
It comes after local government minister Lesley Griffiths announced last month that authorities across Wales should prepare for funding cuts of up to 4.5% next year.
The authority said ending its Meals Direct service would result in staff redundancies or redeployments.
If that option was agreed, the council said it would investigate if cafes and pubs could take over the service - but said users would need to pay for it themselves.
Issuing frozen meals could help reduce costs because fewer deliveries would be made, but some people with greater care needs would still need help to cook the meals, the report said.
Another option being considered is charging more for the service in a move which could see prices rise from £2.60 to between £3.10 and £5.10, in line with other authorities.
Alternatively, the council could continue to provide the service, but the report warned it had lost money in the past few years and it needed to bridge the funding gap.
Meals are currently provided to residents in their own homes following a social services needs assessment.
Some people who receive them also receive extra care, including help to cook their food.
The report said seven other councils were also considering scrapping meals on wheels services.
Caerphilly council's heath social care and wellbeing committee will discuss the proposal at a meeting on Thursday.

Summary: Council-funded meals on wheels could be scrapped in Caerphilly county in a bid to save £252,000 a year.
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Article: The Scottish Nature Omnibus Survey is carried out annually for Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).
Analysis of the results has suggested that media coverage of problems affecting the bees was likely to have raised awareness of the insects.
Red squirrels were the survey's top conservation concern.
They were followed by deer, wildcats and birds of prey.
The proportion of survey respondents concerns about bumblebees has risen from a low of 1% in 2013 to 9% this year.

Summary: Scots have become increasingly concerned about bumblebees, according to the results of a survey into public attitudes towards Scotland's wildlife.
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Article: The panel will supersede the role of chief scientific advisor that was controversially abolished last year by new EC President Jean-Claude Juncker.
The commission wants also to strengthen its relationship with the national academies across Europe.
Mr Juncker believes the reforms will be a better mechanism to ensure EU policies are evidence-based.
The former Luxembourg prime minister outlined the new system when he met a group of Nobel Laureates on Wednesday in Brussels.
These eminent scientists, who included UK Royal Society President Sir Paul Nurse, have been highly critical of the decision to drop the CSA role.
They interpreted the post's demise as a downgrading of the value of scientific advice within the commission.
After the meeting, Sir Paul said the delegation was encouraged by the development but that its success would depend on the detail and the execution.
The outgoing CSA, Scottish biologist Anne Glover, often complained about a lack of resourcing and staff.
The laureates believe the secretariat supporting the incoming expert panel must be given sufficient funding.
Implementation of the new mechanism will be the job of Carlos Moedas, the European commissioner for research, science and innovation.
He has spent the past few months investigating the routes to scientific advice for the EC.
Mr Moedas has taken the view that the EU's executive arm already has some excellent internal guidance - for example from the EC's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre.
He has, however, always recognised the need for an additional layer of assistance - one that is truly independent of the Brussels machine, and transparent.
Mr Moedas will now set about recruiting the new expert group and better linking the EC to the expertise found in Europe's academies and learned societies.
The commissioner has given himself an autumn deadline.
The panel will have seven individuals on it, and they will come from a range of disciplines, including the social sciences.
"One of the things about science advice is that it...

Summary: A high level group of scientists is to be recruited to provide independent advice to the European Commission.
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Article: The details of Mr McDonnell's earnings and tax, which amounted to £61,575 and £14,253 respectively, were published in the Sunday Mirror.
His disclosure comes amid a row over a government deal for Google to pay £130m in tax dating back to 2005.
Despite criticism, Mr Osborne has said the agreement is a "major success".
But Mr McDonnell said "we can't tell" whether it was a success " because we haven't got the information".
"I want the information on how this deal was arrived at and I want them in future to be able to publish the tax records," he told the BBC's Sunday Politics.
He called for an international action to prevent companies "shopping around the world to find the lowest tax regimes and then inventing their company structures to enable that to happen".
But he added "the reputational damage to Google, I think, is immense," and he suggested the "saving they have made in tax is not worth the reputation damage they have had".
In the Sunday Mirror, Mr McDonnell wrote that the government's deal with Google had "created a lack of confidence" in the tax system.
He said taxpayers filling in their returns, due by midnight, would be "feeling angry".
Online tax return deadline looms
He wrote: "The chancellor, the politician with sole responsibility for setting taxation, should be open and transparent about their own income.
"That is why in the spirit of the 'new politics' I have taken the decision to publish my personal tax returns.
"And I will do so every year while I seek to be and hopefully one day become chancellor.
"I think it is only fair that politicians set a good example."
Mr McDonnell has also written to Mr Osborne asking for more details of the tax deal with Google.
In the letter, he wrote: "As you will be well aware, many are concerned about the outcome and, indeed, the process by which the decision was made."
He wants to know whether Google has paid the Diverted Profits Tax, which is designed to discourage large companies diverting profits out of the UK to avoid tax, and the basis for the...

Summary: Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has published his tax return and has urged Chancellor George Osborne to do the same.
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Article: It's the fifth coin portrait to have been created during the Queen's reign.
It was unveiled in a special ceremony in London and coins carrying the new design will also begin being made from today.
But it may take a little while for the coins to get into your pockets - new coins tend to go to cash centres and banks first.

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Walking tours led by people who have been homeless have been launched in Edinburgh.

Article: A US congressman made the claim last month after visiting Camp 7, saying it showed the inmates were "not exactly holy warriors".
Lawyer James Connell says guards this week gave a copy of the erotic novel to his client, possibly as a joke.
But 9/11 accused Ammar al-Baluchi had no interest in the book, he said.
The 35-year-old, also known as Abd al-Aziz Ali, is a senior al-Qaeda member who has been charged with war crimes.
He is also a nephew of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the September 2001 attacks.
Mr Baluchi turned up in court this week at Guantanamo for pre-trial hearings, with a copy of E L James' best-seller, according to his lawyer.
"He said, 'you'll never guess what I have,'" Mr Connell told the BBC.
Mr Baluchi handed the copy of Fifty Shades of Grey to his lawyer, and said the fairly worn paperback had been a gift.
A couple of guards at Camp 7, the secretive facility where he is confined, had given him the book, Mr Baluchi said.
Mr Connell said his client has not read the book. He is an avid reader of the Economist and Wired magazine - and the novel did not interest him, said the lawyer.
"He [Mr Baluchi] knew that it was some sort of a joke," said Mr Connell. "Or some sort of disinformation campaign."
The book was passed to Mr Baluchi after reports circulated of its alleged popularity among inmates, following a US congressman's visit in July to the prison.
Journalists are not allowed to visit Camp 7, a secretive facility that opened in 2006.
But Representative Jim Moran, a Virginia Democrat, told the Huffington Post he had discovered that detainees in the facility were enjoying the trilogy of novels about sadomasochism.
"It demystifies them," Mr Moran also told the Miami Herald, following his 26 July tour of the base.
"It exposes them for who they actually are."
He said that their choice of reading material shows they are "not exactly holy warriors. Just the opposite. These people are phonies."
The claim surprised many as inmates' access to reading material is strictly...

Summary: A lawyer for a detainee at Guantanamo Bay's highest-security section has rubbished reports that Fifty Shades of Grey is a favourite read among inmates.
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Article: But for those of you who find them a bit creepy - it's best to stay away from Helsinki in March because that's when the Finnish National Ballet is putting on the show.
This is the first time Tove Jansson's characters have been made into a dance.
"Although the body of the Moomins isn't the most flexible," the website promises they will feature in the show.
Other characters will "take care of the classical ballet part" in the production, which will tell the story of Comet Moominland.
"When everything is not well in the Moominvalley, Moomintroll and his friends heads to the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains," explains the show's synopsis.
"In the Observatory they are told that the comet will hit the Earth within a few days. Will the Moominvalley survive?"
If you can make your way to Finland, adult tickets will set you back 42 euros (Â£32.50) each.
The show is said to be suitable for children over the age of four - but even if you're a bit older than that and still find the Moomins a little scary, you might also want an adult to accompany you.
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Summary: If you think they're super cute, then you'd better start booking your ticket to the Moomin ballet now.
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Article: "Further stoking of anti-Russian sentiments... could significantly aggravate the atmosphere in Russian-French relations," the ministry said.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rebuked French police for detaining 43 Russian fans after clashes in Marseille.
Separately, France is to expel four Russians arrested in Lille.
France's crackdown on hooliganism among supporters relates to incidents outside the stadiums.
Uefa, football's European governing body, separately fined Russia and gave it a suspended disqualification following fan violence inside the stadium in Marseille where Russia played England on Saturday.
The Russian foreign ministry summoned Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert soon after a speech by Mr Lavrov to the lower house of the Russian parliament in Moscow.
Mr Lavrov suggested Russian fans had been provoked and criticised the way French police were subjecting them to security checks.
"It was an absolutely unacceptable incident when a bus with more than 40 Russian supporters was stopped and [the police] demanded that they leave the bus for document and ID checks," he told the State Duma.
He accused the French of violating international conventions by detaining the fans.
"It is a fact that the French behaved completely contrary to their obligations under the Vienna Convention, and I have already written to the French foreign minister, demanding that he does not allow any more such incidents to occur."
Mr Lavrov did concede that the behaviour of some Russian fans at the tournament had been poor.
"Behaving like some of our citizens did, bringing flares, fireworks and so on, is unacceptable."
"However..." he added, "we cannot close our eyes to the attempts to ignore the provocative actions of other countries' fans.
"You have probably seen the shocking images where they are jumping on the Russian flag, shouting insults at Russian leaders and top Russian athletes. Of course, it is never acceptable to resort to fist-fighting, but it is also unacceptable to ignore provocateurs who are trying to create crisis...

Summary: The French ambassador to Moscow has been summoned to the Russian foreign ministry after sharp criticism of policing at the Euro 2016 tournament.
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Article: The company has published accounts for last year showing an overall loss of $7.2bn.
The company's results also included an impairment charge of $14.8bn reflecting the decreased value of its assets.
Petrobras has been embroiled in a massive corruption scandal in which it is alleged that bribes were paid for lucrative contracts with the firm.
The scandal has hurt Petrobras and damaged President Dilma Rousseff's government.
In March hundreds of thousands of Brazilians protested against President Rousseff, who chaired the board of Petrobras for much of the period when the alleged bribes happened.
However, the president denies involvement and has been exonerated by an investigation by the attorney general.
More than 40 top politicians - including the presidents of both houses of Congress - are still under investigation, and the treasurer of the country's ruling party has been arrested.
Earlier on Thursday a judge convicted a former Petrobras executive of money laundering and racketeering for his role in the case, that involved bribes and illegal donations to political parties.
Paulo Roberto Costa, who was head of refining and supply, will serve part of his sentence under house arrest. He can still appeal.
Petrobras was supposed to be Brazil's "lottery ticket" - as it is sitting on top of one of the world's most valuable oil reserves.
But today it announced losses of $7bn for 2014 - its first loss in decades.
That number is based on witness statements to the police that 3% of each major contract between 2004 and 2012 was paid in kickbacks to politicians and executives.
Wednesday's announcement was highly anticipated in Brazil and in the markets, because previous figures were discredited.
Petrobras executives - all recently appointed to replace people involved in the scandal - hope this will draw a line, and that the company may finally start to move on.
Petrobras's oil bonanza: Blessing or curse?
Back in November Petrobras's auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) declined to certify the company's accounts saying...

Summary: Brazil's state-run oil company, Petrobras has taken a $2bn (£1.3bn) charge for costs related to corruption.
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Article: Invisible Edinburgh said the aim was to reveal a different side to Scotland's capital city.
The tours start in the Grassmarket, Castle Terrace and Middle Meadow Walk and each has a different theme and is tailored to the guide's individual experience.
The venture has funding from the Edinburgh Airport Community Fund.
The themes are powerful women of Edinburgh, crimes and punishment, community sport and food and charity.
Zakia Moulaoui, 28, from France, set up the tours after getting the idea from a project in Greece where street vendors take people on walks.
She told the BBC Scotland news website: "We have four guides at the moment but will be training up more in September.
"There is a homeless point to all the walks, which is personal to the guide, so for example the crime and punishment tour will tell you about Burke and Hare but the guide will also tell you about his own relevant problems with the court across the road with funny stories.
"The tours are a mix of old and new.
"In the powerful women of Edinburgh you will hear about Maggie Dickson but then also about JK Rowling."
The Â£8 tours run on a Saturday and tickets must be bought online.

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A new report has found that the number of people who have been affected by the energy price cap has fallen by more than half since it was introduced.
The report, by the National Audit Office, found that the number of people who had been affected by the price cap had fallen from 1.2 million in April 2015

Energy firms will be banned from charging catch-up bills for gas and electricity used more than 12 months earlier, under the regulator's plans.

Article: The woman, 26, remains in a critical condition in hospital following the shooting in Oxfordshire.
Officers were called by ambulance crews to Thornhill Walk in Abingdon, at about 20:00 GMT on Tuesday.
Thames Valley Police said the suspect, from Ealing in west London, was arrested on Wednesday night.
One resident told BBC Radio Oxford: "We heard a loud bang and we heard a lady scream. This did not sound like a firework."
Searches and forensic examinations have been taking place in and around Northcourt Road.

Summary: A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman was shot in the head.
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Article: Almost one million people visited the city during the six-week festival period over Christmas and Hogmanay.
Organisers said almost 890,000 people visited the Edinburgh's Christmas events in 2014/15, contributing £199.5m to the local economy.
The three-day Hogmanay celebrations attracted more than 150,000 people, creating an economic impact of £41.8m.
Charlie Wood, Edinburgh's Christmas festival director, said: "This is great news for Edinburgh. The revenue generated does not go to the events themselves, the event organisers or to Edinburgh city council.
"This is money, which is going to the businesses of Edinburgh, be it retail, accommodation, food, drink, shopping and entertainment."

Summary: Edinburgh's winter festivals generated more than £241m for the city, according to organisers.
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Article: On a stiflingly hot August morning, the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, presided over the flag-raising ceremony and the speeches laden with pomp, emotion and bold statements of intent to move on from the hostilities of the past.
Since that day, a lot has happened between the former Cold War foes. Direct flights are due to begin this month, travel restrictions have been eased for US citizens and bilateral cooperation increased in science and the arts.
Plus of course, there was a historic visit by President Obama.
"I have come here to extend the hand of friendship to the Cuban people," he told the nation in a televised address.
But while many Cubans would happily accept another four years of Mr Obama, a new administration in Washington is coming. And the outcome could have a significant impact on the new spirit of cordiality between the two countries.
"Obviously the big problem in US-Cuban relations is the embargo. That is the elephant in the room," says Carlos Azugaray, a former Cuban diplomat.
He says the key to the next phase of United States' normalisation with Cuba has to be the lifting of the decades-long economic embargo on the island: "The elephant has already started to leave the room, you already have the trunk out!
"We can see that with the recent opening of a Sheraton hotel in Havana, with the decision that some US credit cards can be used in Cuba, that travel restrictions have been eased."
If the Democratic Party regains control of Congress, he argues, they are "bound to do something about the embargo".
But most attention is on the race for the White House. So how would a Clinton or a Trump presidency affect the rapprochement with Cuba?
"I understand the scepticism in this community about any policy of engagement towards Cuba," Hillary Clinton recently told an audience in Miami.
"I've been sceptical too. But we can't wait any longer for a failed policy to bear fruit. We have to seize this moment."
The embargo on Cuba is obsolete she told them and needs to go "once and for all".
Whereas...

Summary: A year has passed since one of the most symbolic moments in the long and tangled history between the United States and Cuba: the official reopening of the long-shuttered US embassy in Havana.
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Article: Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) found the construction and retail and wholesale sectors had "a relatively successful" first three months of the year.
But nearly half of manufacturing firms reported a decline in orders.
And about 45% of firms in financial and business services said profits declined over the quarter.
SCC's latest quarterly economic indicator also suggested that the tourism sector enjoyed strong sales, but companies were less confident about future performance and profit margins.
Construction firms indicated a growth in profitability, with 50% of all respondents reporting that overall sales revenue had increased over the quarter.
More building companies said they anticipated growth to continue in terms of sales revenue, employment and investment over the next three months.
But they reported that skills shortages remained a challenge for the sector.
Firms in retail and wholesale reported growth in sales and investment, with an increase in online sales boosting optimism.
About 45% of businesses in the sector said they expected growth in sales to continue in the current quarter.
A similar percentage of manufacturers experienced a decline in orders following a strong quarter at the end of 2015.
However, the majority of respondents expected orders to increase or remain at the same level over the next three months.
Nearly half of all financial and business services firms who took part in the survey said profits over the quarter declined.
But SCC noted "a clear distinction between the performance of oil and gas sector businesses, which are continuing to report weak performance and non-oil and gas businesses which are reporting positive trends".
SCC chief executive Liz Cameron said: "This detailed picture of the Scottish economy after the first three months of 2016 shows that business performance is inconsistent across a range of sectors.
"As Scotland prepares to head to the polls for next month's Scottish Parliamentary elections, we know that our economy is on a knife edge between growth and...

Summary: Business performance is "inconsistent" across the Scottish economy, according to a respected quarterly survey.
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Article: Customers who pay via direct debit often receive bills based on estimated meter readings.
When an actual reading is taken, the company "back-bills" the customer for any shortfall between payments and the energy used.
Citizens Advice says that the bills hit thousands of pounds in some cases.
Its research last year showed that as many as 2.1 million consumers a year receive some sort of catch up bill, at an average of Â£206.
In 2007, energy suppliers signed a voluntary commitment promising not to back-bill domestic customers for energy used more than 12 months previously, if the supplier was at fault.
The expansion of the market has led to concerns that some are not keeping to this agreement, and regulator Ofgem wants to write it into the rules by the winter.
"We expect suppliers to put their customers first, which is why we are proposing a new enforceable rule to provide this protection," said Rachel Fletcher, senior partner at Ofgem.
Gillian Guy, chief executive of Citizens Advice, said: "Shock gas and electricity bills can throw people's finances into disarray.
"We helped one person who received a bill for over Â£3,000 after their energy company stopped taking their direct debit payment but didn't tell the customer. The firm refused to apply the 12 month back-bill limit, leaving the customer to pay the full bill.
"We've long been calling on the regulator to introduce a mandatory time limit for back bills instead of relying on voluntary action, which suppliers have refused to apply in some cases."
The regulator is planning to reduce the back bill time limit when more accurate smart meters become the norm in homes. Citizens Advice is calling for this deadline to be reduced to three months.

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The 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare next year will be marked by a major global cultural and educational project in 140 countries.

Article: The horse - the first novice to win the Gold Cup for over 40 years - will miss the festive meetings.
Some reports have suggested the eight-year-old is out for the season.
Sara Bradstock, wife of trainer Mark, told the Racing Post, "Coneygree won't run in the King George (at Kempton on Boxing Day) having sustained a new injury."
She added: "He's being assessed by vets this morning."

Summary: Coneygree, who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March, has been sidelined until next year with an injury.
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Article: Of the 15,385 coaches registered with the Scottish Youth Football Association (SYFA), 2,500 have not had Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) clearance.
The PVG checks are carried by Disclosure Scotland and search databases including criminal records.
The SYFA has now announced plans to tighten up procedures.
The organisation said any registered official who is participating in an 11-a side programme and has not submitted a current PVG application form by 28 February 2017 will be placed under an automatic precautionary suspension.
It comes amid a burgeoning child sex abuse in football scandal, which has led to the Scottish Football Association announcing it will establish an independent review of the "processes and procedures" in place both currently and historically in Scottish football.
About 4,000 PVG applications are processed every year by the SYFA, taking an average of 8-10 weeks to process at a total annual cost of between Â£25,000 to Â£30,000.
The SYFA told the BBC there were around 90 PVGs waiting to be processed, which means there are around 2,400 coaches who have not even begun the application process yet.
Any official who has not yet completed the PVG process is classed as a provisional member and is not permitted to have unrestricted access to players.
For a person to become a fully affiliated youth coach they have to undergo a series of background checks including previous clubs and reference checks.
It is the individual club's responsibility to register the coach, and have them fill out the relevant forms to be PVG cleared.
Every month the SYFA sends reminders to Scotlands 41 youth football leagues to alert them to the numbers of coaches who remain to be PVG cleared.
The SYFA said that it planned to tighten up procedures.
In a statement, it said: "We have written to all league secretaries informing them that any registered official who is participating in an 11-a side programme and has not submitted a current PVG application form by 28 February 2017 will be placed under an automatic precautionary...

Summary: About 2,500 coaches are working in youth football in Scotland without having full background checks, BBC Scotland can reveal.
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Article: The Scottish Parliament's health committee also supported a legally-enforceable ban on smoking in parts of hospital grounds.
It has been examining a Scottish government bill on smoking products.
It would introduce restrictions on the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes, including a minimum purchase age of 18.
The committee backed the "proportionate and balanced" approach to restricting the sale and advertising of e-cigarettes in the bill.
But members called on the Scottish government to consider whether the NHS should provide national guidance on the risks and benefits of using them to quit smoking, and for more research on the issue.
Deputy committee convener Bob Doris MSP said: "You just need to look at our high streets to see how popular e-cigarettes have become.
"So given there is not clear evidence that they are harmless, the committee considered it sensible to introduce measures to restrict their sale in line with other smoking products.
"However the majority of evidence we heard pointed to these products proving to be a useful aid in helping people to stop smoking."
If passed, the bill will make it an offence to smoke within a designated no-smoking area around buildings in NHS hospital grounds.
A Scottish government spokesman said: "While we accept that the devices may potentially help people smoke fewer cigarettes, or even stop altogether, we recognise that there are also risks involved.
"We have included a range of provisions to regulate the sale of these products in the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Bill which is being considered by the Scottish Parliament at the moment.
"It contains measures to regulate e-cigarettes including age restrictions, proxy purchase, marketing restrictions and the creation of an e-cigarette retailers register."

Summary: MSPs on a Holyrood committee have backed new restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes and called for national guidance on the risks and benefits.
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Article: The Londoner's role was announced on BBC One during half time of the FA Cup semi-final match between Everton and Manchester United.
Mackie, 28, replaces Jenna Coleman, whose character Clara Oswald left the show in 2015.
Filming for the next series of the long-running science fiction show will start this year but air in 2017.
Mackie, who graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2010, played Anne-Marie Frasier in Doctors in 2014 and is currently performing in the National Theatre's West End production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.
"I'm incredibly excited to be joining the Doctor Who family," she said. "It's such an extraordinary British institution, I couldn't be prouder to call the Tardis my home."
She added: "Peter Capaldi is such a brilliant actor, and his Doctor is such a wacky and wonderful character, I can't wait to see what adventures are in store for him and Bill throughout time and space."
Mackie said her new character "Bill" was "wicked", describing her as "cool, strong, sharp, a little bit vulnerable with a bit of geekiness thrown in".
Capaldi said: "It is a genuine delight to welcome Pearl Mackie to Doctor Who. A fine, fine actress with a wonderful zest and charm, she's a refreshing addition to the Tardis and will bring a universe of exciting new possibilities to The Doctor's adventures."
Doctor Who, which was first shown in 1963, is heading for its 10th season since it was reintroduced to schedules in 2005 after a gap of nine years.
Coleman joined the show in 2012, and starred alongside two Doctors, Matt Smith and Capaldi, the 12th Doctor who joined in 2014.
She asked to be written out and left to take on the role of Queen Victoria in a major ITV drama series.
In January, it was announced that the head writer and executive producer of Doctor Who, Steven Moffat, was stepping down from the show.
The next series will be his last, after which he will be replaced by Broadchurch writer Chris Chibnall.

Summary: Pearl Mackie has been named as the new Doctor Who companion alongside Peter Capaldi's Time Lord in the Tardis.
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Article: Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said the playwright was "one of our greatest literary exports".
The initiative will include working with young people without access to school in developing countries.
The British Council's Sir Ciaran Devane said the project would reflect Shakespeare's "global impact".
Speaking in the Houses of Parliament at the launch of Shakespeare Lives, Mr Whittingdale emphasised the playwright's cultural significance and international influence.
"Shakespeare is a major driver of tourism and also an important player in our export market. And the creative industries which he towers over are a huge part of our economy," said Mr Whittingdale.
"It is very hard to overstate the scale and scope of his reach."
Partners in the 400th anniversary project include the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe and the BBC.
There will be performances, publications, films, broadcasts, online events and festivals.
Schools in the UK and around the world will be given resources and video clips, exploring themes such as "global citizenship".
But there will also be an alliance with Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) to use the Shakespeare events to reach those young people who are excluded from education.
Despite a millennium pledge for universal primary education, there are about 58 million children who have no access to school - mostly in sub-Saharan Africa.
There are an estimated 250 million young people around the world who are unable to read or write.
"When millions of children cannot read, they become cut off from learning those lessons that literature can offer," said Philip Goodwin, VSO chief executive.
The exercise in cultural "soft power" will include events in the United States, Bangladesh, Malaysia, New Zealand, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates.
Sir Ciaran, British Council chief executive, said the playwright was "one of the most enduring examples of cultural impact and relations".
He said the "genius" of Shakespeare's language had given "people from all walks of life...

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