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Audit Scotland said some of them did not follow good practice managing and approving severance arrangements.
The comments were made in a report on Scotland's colleges.
But it stressed that the changes have had a "minimal" adverse impact on students.
In the pas... | Several colleges did not handle cuts in the number of senior staff during a major reform programme as well as they could have, according to the public spending watchdog. |
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The Tangerines struck first after 18 minutes. Jack Payne's free-kick from the left was met six yards out by Kelvin Mellor, who flicked a header over the onrushing David Forde and into the net.
Portsmouth were back on level terms in the 34th minute as Danny Ros... | Blackpool earned their first league win at Bloomfield Road since the opening day of the season with a comprehensive 3-1 victory over high-flying Portsmouth. |
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The council cabinet has agreed in principle to develop a company to run Bupa Care Ltd homes across the county, after its contract with Bupa expires in May 2017.
The council said the current model did not have the resources to "deliver the required levels of se... | A new trading company could be set up by Powys council to run 12 residential care homes. |
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Jackson's 78th-minute kick put Ulster ahead for the first time in the game.
An Adam Hughes try helped the lively Dragons lead 10-0 before Sean Reidy's score cut the margin to 10-7 by half-time at Kingspan Stadium.... | Ulster moved to the top of the Pro12 table as a late Paddy Jackson penalty secured victory over the Dragons. |
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Caroline Lucas accused Theresa May of running an "arrogant and insulting" campaign focused on "extreme Brexit".
With one constituency undeclared, the prime minister says she will work with the DUP to form a government after failing to secure a majority.
Green ... | The co-leader of the Green Party has called on "progressives" in Parliament to challenge "brutal" Tory policies, having held her Brighton Pavilion seat. |
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A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.
Rising Nigerian tennis star Adetayo Adetunji knocks India's Zeel Desai out of this year's Youth Commonwealth Games in the Bahamas on Friday. The 18-year-old wen... | Images courtesy of AFP, EPA, Getty Images and Reuters |
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The Solar Probe Plus mission will now carry the name of Eugene Parker, who conducted pioneering work on the "solar wind" - a stream of charged particles flowing out from the Sun's "atmosphere".
The spacecraft will swoop to within four million miles of the Sun'... | The US space agency has renamed its mission to "touch the Sun" after a living scientist. |
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Former SNP leader Alex Salmond has secured time on Thursday afternoon to question the UK government over issues raised by a Royal naval submariner.
Able seaman William McNeilly, 25, went on the run after alleging Trident was a "disaster waiting to happen".
He ... | The safety of the Trident nuclear weapons system on the Clyde is set to be debated in the House of Commons. |
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The event had been scheduled for Queen's University, Belfast, in June.
Vice chancellor Patrick Johnston said he cancelled because of the security risk and concerns for QUB's reputation.
But two academics who had been booked to speak said it was ironic that an ... | The decision to cancel a conference in Belfast on the fallout from the Charlie Hebdo murders in France has been labelled "a bitter irony". |
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The husband-and-wife pair beat South Korea's third seeds Ko Sung-hyun and Kim Ha-na 21-14 21-17 in the mixed doubles decider in Dubai.
The Britons played some smart rallies to take an early lead in the first game ... | Britain's Chris and Gabby Adcock have created history by becoming the first British players to win a title at the year-end World Superseries finals. |
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Thousands of living men convicted over consensual same-sex relationships will also be eligible for the pardon.
Lib Dem peer Lord Sharkey, who proposed the amendment to the Policing and Crimes Bill, said it was "momentous".
It follows the pardoning of World War... | Gay and bisexual men convicted of now-abolished sexual offences in England and Wales are to receive posthumous pardons, the government has announced. |
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The UKIP leader has been mentioned as a possible "go-between" between the UK and US President-elect Donald Trump because of their friendship.
And speculation grew he could secure the role and a place in the House of Lords when Prime Minister Theresa May refuse... | Nigel Farage has said he does not want a peerage "at this moment" - but joked that "he might think about it". |
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They also agreed, by 97-2, to set up a process by which Congress can block any attempt by President Trump to scale back those sanctions.
The legislation was filed as an amendment to an Iran sanctions bill.
It comes amid concerns that members of Mr Trump's camp... | US senators have voted overwhelmingly to impose fresh sanctions on Russia over its alleged interference in last year's election. |
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Gerard Porteous, 56, denied a string of offences against the women between 1994 and 2013 in Airdrie and Paisley.
Following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh, a jury unanimously found him guilty of four charges of rape.
He was also convicted of assault wit... | A serial rapist who abused three women in "the most vile and disgusting fashion" has been jailed for 12 years. |
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Pescara midfielder Muntari, 32, was given a one-game ban after he protested against racist abuse he received from the crowd at Cagliari on Sunday.
The Serie A disciplinary committee said not enough fans took part in the abuse to trigger action against Cagliari... | Bologna and Ghana midfielder Godfred Donsah says he is "100%" willing to go on strike to show solidarity with Sulley Muntari. |
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Claire Lomas, from Leicestershire, walked the London Marathon in 17 days in the suit after she broke her back in a horse-riding accident in 2007.
Orgnaiser of the Vitality London 10k said UK Athletics rules prohibit the use of motors.
Ms Lomas said she was "di... | A paralysed woman who became the first person to complete a marathon in a "bionic" suit four years ago has been banned from entering a 10k race. |
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The hosts will count themselves unlucky, with Jeff Hassler touching down and James Pritchard kicking the rest of their points.
Scotland struggled to impose themselves in attack after Grant Gilchrist scored his first international try.
Media playback is not sup... | Scotland held on for an unconvincing victory over Canada in Toronto in the second Test of their summer tour. |
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The controversy began at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival in the US, where he was booed when he played electric and it came to a head, unexpectedly, towards the end of his 1966 world tour at a concert in Manchester on 17 May.
Frustrated by what he was hearing, o... | Fifty years ago, Bob Dylan was at the centre of a storm, with arguments raging on both sides of the Atlantic about whether his decision to play electric sets meant he had sold out his folk roots. |
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Emergency services were called out to reports of a man being injured at the under-construction Kilgallioch wind farm at about 18:45 on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene.
Police Scotland said the site - which straddles the... | A worker has died in an accident on a south of Scotland wind farm site. |
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The 27-year-old was attacked in Middleton Street, Leicester at about 04:30 GMT on Friday.
The teenager has also been charged with robbery and possession of an offensive weapon. Two other boys, aged 13 and 15, were charged with robbery.
The trio, who can not be... | A 14-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a man was critically injured in a street assault. |
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Heather Knight was named England's new captain on 3 June, following the retirement of Charlotte Edwards. Here, she describes her pre-series nerves and the record-breaking successes that followed.
I needn't have worried. We won the series comprehensively 3-0, b... | On the night before our first ODI against Pakistan, with a few nerves naturally kicking around before my first official game as captain, I remember thinking how I might feel in two weeks' time once the one-day series was over. |
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The UCI's anti-doping tribunal found the 39-year-old ex-Katusha rider guilty of the "non-intentional" consumption of benzoylecgonine, a cocaine metabolite.
Paolini tested positive after stage four of the Tour on 7 July, and was provisionally banned on 10 July.... | Italian Luca Paolini has been banned for 18 months after testing positive for cocaine at the 2015 Tour de France. |
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This is a bit like the start of a new school year for politicians. The proper name given to this is the start of a Parliamentary session.
It's happened today in London.
But what actually is it and why is it so important?
The Queen's Speech explains the governm... | The Queen's Speech is part of what is called the State Opening of Parliament. |
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The Danish Under-21 international has joined the Championship club on a three year contract from Belgian club KV Kortrijk for an undisclosed fee.
Striker Idris Saadi, 24, has moved in the opposite direction on a season-long loan to KV Kortrijk, a club also own... | Cardiff City have signed striker Kenneth Zohore on a permanent deal. |
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Coleman's side will be among the bottom seeds, while Roy Hodgson's team are in the top pot.
"Everyone wants to play England in the same way they want to play top sides like Germany and Spain," Coleman said.
"But in the tournament itself it would be viewed as a... | Wales boss Chris Coleman says playing England would be ideal preparation for Euro 2016, but would rather avoid their British rivals at the finals in France. |
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Ammon Bundy turned down the offer by Harney County Sheriff David Ward to escort the occupiers out of the state.
The group took over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge centre near Burns to support father and son ranchers who have been ordered to return to jail.
T... | The leader of a group of armed protesters occupying a wildlife refuge in the US state of Oregon has refused a sheriff's offer to end the stand-off. |
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Online real estate agency housing.com now displays a message saying #RahulYadav and #housingdown - a pun on the site's slogan "look up".
Its CEO Rahul Yadav, who had lately made a name for himself as the "bad boy of start-ups", was asked to leave after a strin... | One of India's biggest e-commerce sites has seen its website defaced after the recent sacking of its founder-CEO. |
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The hearings have focussed on two brothers, Stephen and Gary Harrison, who both died.
The court heard that those around Stephen were "convinced" he was still alive.
Stephen, 31, and Gary, 27 were among Liverpool fans who were fatally crushed at the FA Cup semi... | A victim of the Hillsborough disaster looked like he was "asleep" and he died despite being given adrenaline on the pitch, the inquests have heard. |
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It allowed Erik Sorto, from California, to sip a drink unaided for the first time in 10 years.
The details, published in Science, reveal how complex bursts of electrical signals in his brain could be interpreted into commands for the arm.
Experts said the resu... | A man has been able to control a robotic limb with a mind-reading chip implanted in his brain. |
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Substitute Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored the decisive goal from the penalty spot in injury time after Arjen Robben was fouled by Mexico captain Rafael Marquez.
They had equalised in the 88th minute through Wesley Sne... | The Netherlands produced an astonishing late comeback to rescue their World Cup dream and deny Mexico a first quarter-final in 28 years. |
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A performance marking the event was part of Cosmic Collisions, a two-day celebration of art, architecture and science taking place in and around Sanquhar in south-west Scotland.
Charles Jencks' work is called Galactic Collisions.
The work was launched with Sea... | An installation by artist Charles Jencks at Crawick Multiverse has been officially opened. |
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A Bill Leak cartoon published in The Australian newspaper on Thursday depicts an Aboriginal man who has forgotten his son's name.
Indigenous groups said the cartoon was "ugly, insulting and embarrassing".
But the paper's editor said the cartoon brought a "cruc... | One of Australia's most prominent cartoonists is under fire for an unflattering drawing of an Indigenous man. |
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Austin opened the scoring with a controversial penalty after Costa Nhamoinesu was harshly adjudged to have handled while challenging the striker.
Dusan Tadic had to be ushered away after arguing about who should take the penalty but celebrated with Austin.
Aus... | Charlie Austin scored twice as Southampton secured their first win under manager Claude Puel by beating Sparta Prague in the Europa League. |
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Matilda Ho spoke at the Ted (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference about the need to spread the message about healthy eating.
She is backing a range of start-ups, including one that offers protein made from silkworms.
China has a growing problem wit... | A Chinese entrepreneur is promoting edible insects and online farmers' markets in a campaign to improve eating habits in the country. |
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Every GP in the city is being given access to a Citizens Advice worker, who can offer support with housing and financial problems.
I went to Norris Green, a part of the city which has a lot of social housing and people on benefits.
William Heraty, 73, has come... | The NHS in Liverpool is trying a different approach to help patients who are distressed or on the verge of depression. |
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He is the first person to be arrested as part of the investigation and was detained in County Antrim by the PSNI's Legacy Investigation Branch.
BBC News NI's Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
Summar... | A 66-year-old former member of the parachute regiment has been arrested by detectives investigating Bloody Sunday. |
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Forklift driver Tomasz Wiszniewski walked out of the building unhurt after an eight-hour rescue operation.
Rescuers said it appeared as though Mr Wiszniewski had been saved by the protective cage on his truck.
Rows of metal racking came down in the building on... | A worker trapped under a "huge amount" of cheese after metal shelving inside a food distribution warehouse collapsed has been freed. |
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Both houses of Congress had voted on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings over his handling of clashes between farmers and police last week in which at least 17 people died.
Mr Lugo likened the move to a coup by the right wing-controlled parliament, but s... | Paraguay's Senate has voted to impeach left-wing President Fernando Lugo, forcing him to step down. |
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The vote is seen as a major blow to UN efforts to unify the country's two rival parliaments.
Islamic State militants have stepped up attacks in recent weeks, targeting the country's oil infrastructure.
Libya has been in chaos since the 2011 overthrow of Colone... | Libya's internationally recognised parliament has rejected a unity government named last week under a UN-brokered deal aimed at uniting the country's warring factions. |
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The Cat S60 can measure the temperate of objects and take thermal selfies in complete darkness.
BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones asked product manager Pete Cunningham what people would use the device f... | A smartphone with a built-in thermal camera is on show at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. |
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​St Joseph's Church, Sailortown, in the Belfast docks area, was closed by the Catholic Church in 2001, despite a parishioners' campaign to keep it open.
It is now owned by a community group which wants to renovate the building and turn it into a heritage cen... | A campaign to save a deconsecrated church from demolition has been dealt a blow after council officials served it with a "dangerous building" notice. |
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Lee Matthews, 47, from Cambridgeshire, had booked a family room and had toys with him at the time of his arrest.
At Cambridge Crown Court, Matthews, of Holme Way, Sawston, pleaded guilty to arranging a child sexual offence.
The defendant was jailed for six yea... | A "very dangerous" man who planned to meet two children, one aged just two, at a hotel and appear in a film raping them has been jailed. |
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Horse Sport Ireland is "extremely concerned" by reports of the "alleged circumstances" of the death of Kevin Thornton's horse, Flogas Sunset Cruise.
"There is no way I would ever whip a horse to death," he told The Irish Field. "That's not what happened."
A po... | An Irish show jumper under investigation after his horse died at an event in France on Monday has denied "whipping it to death". |
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The game will kick off the tournament at the Coleraine Showgrounds on Saturday, 22 July.
Fermanagh man Kieran McKenna, who captained Northern Ireland in the Milk Cup Elite tournament in 2005, is an under-18 coach at United.
After a two-year absence, United wil... | Manchester United's return to this year's SuperCupNI will include the club's under-18 side taking on the Northern Ireland Under-18s. |
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It is the last of 70 bags of soil collected from every battlefield in Flanders where soldiers of the Household Division died.
After being taken off the Cunard liner, Queen Mary 2, the soil was blessed during a dockside service.
It will be displayed for the day... | A ceremony has taken place in Southampton to mark the arrival of a bag of soil taken from a World War One Belgian battlefield cemetery. |
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The deal in principle is expected to be concluded on 25 March.
It would see its Galashiels depot, Peebles, Hawick and Kelso outstations and all staff transfer to West Coast Motors.
First Scotland East managing director Paul McGowan said they would fully suppor... | Bus operator First Group is to sell its operations in Midlothian and the Borders saying the new railway has made services "increasingly unsustainable". |
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Farah, 31, failed to break Steve Jones's 29-year-old British record of two hours, seven minutes 13 seconds and finished in 2:08:21.
Kipsang set a course record 2:04.27 with compatriot Stanley Biwott second.
Edna Kiplagat pipped fellow Kenyan Florence Kiplagat ... | British Olympic champion Mo Farah finished eighth on his marathon debut as Kenyan world record holder Wilson Kipsang won his second title in London. |
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Timi Ariyo spoke out after a video about him containing abusive singing and monkey noises was sent on Snapchat.
Tami Sotire said she had initially been scared to report abuse directed at her on social media for fear the group would "become more angry".
They wi... | Two black university students who say they were subjected to months of "malicious" online racial abuse have decided to report it officially. |
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Mum Claire was desperate to be at her daughter's career-defining moment but needed a little help from friends - and a crowd-funding page.
"My mum is a single mum and, ever since I was young, we've been putting eve... | As a member of Team GB at the Olympics, swimmer Chloe Tutton need not worry about travel and accommodation in Rio - but it is more complicated for her most dedicated follower. |
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Mountain guides found the frozen remains during a climb on Saturday.
They were still wearing their backpacks and investigators hope a camera found nearby may yield clues about their identity and what happened to them.
Chimborazo is Ecuador's highest mountain a... | Officials in Ecuador are trying to determine if three bodies found on the Chimborazo volcano are those of French climbers who died in an avalanche two decades ago. |
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The 21-year-old man and woman aged 29 from Poland - named as Daniel Fedec and Malgorzata Marczak by the Polish Embassy - were found in Debdale Avenue, Worcester, on Tuesday.
The woman's death is being treated as murder.
West Mercia Police said there were no pr... | The bodies of a man and woman found dead in a house were discovered after relatives raised the alarm because they had not heard from them. |
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Thirty-four grammar schools hosted the Association of Quality Education (AQE) exams for 7,285 pupils.
This year, there are more pupils than ever taking the unregulated tests.
Northern Ireland's Department of Education abolished academic selection with the fina... | A series of transfer tests for primary seven children began in Northern Ireland on Saturday. |
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The government said it would raise diesel prices by 14% from Friday.
India subsidises the prices of diesel, cooking gas and kerosene oil to help the poor and keep inflation in check.
However, this has resulted in a growing budget deficit and there have been co... | India has announced a sharp rise in the price of diesel, the first increase in more than one year, in an attempt to cut the country's budget deficit. |
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Now, we've had the Corbyn way of doing the set-piece political interview.
And it is very, very different.
Most spin doctors would probably have been holding their head in their hands at Mr Corbyn's rather diffident, unorthodox style during his round of set pie... | First we had the Jeremy Corbyn way of doing Prime Minister's Questions. |
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The 29-year-old rejoined Posh on a one-year deal last summer, but scored just three goals in 39 league appearances.
Taylor is the second player to join the Bantams this summer after full-back Adam Chicksen signed a two-year deal earlier this week.
"It's a mass... | Bradford City have signed forward Paul Taylor on a one-year contract following his release by Peterborough United. |
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The Sherlock actor and Harry Potter star are among 11 non-academics who have accepted the appointments at Lady Margaret Hall.
Pet Shop Boys frontman Neil Tennant and film director Beeban Kidron have also accepted the fellowship role.
Visiting fellows are encou... | Screen stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Emma Watson have become visiting fellows at Oxford University. |
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The "striking" spoonbills were seen at the Scottish Wildlife Trust's (SWT) Montrose Basin Reserve.
There are only about 75 sightings a year of the bird in the UK - and the trust said they had never been spotted at the Montrose reserve before.
Spoonbills have a... | Three rare wader birds have been spotted at a bird reserve in Angus. |
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Slater (119) was assisted by Billy Godleman (42) as Derbyshire eased to their target of 217 inside 42 overs.
Earlier, Durham slipped to 75-7 with only Mark Stoneman (22) in the top six reaching double figures, as Shiv Thakor (3-36) proved a constant menace.
Ry... | Ben Slater hit a century as Derbyshire beat Durham by seven wickets for their second straight One-Day Cup win. |
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Somerset County Council is conducting two consultations as part of efforts to balance its budget for next year.
Cabinet member, David Fothergill said: "We currently subsidise 75 services and there are 25 of them we're looking at."
Protesters said the move woul... | A protest has been held against proposed cuts to bus services and discounts for pass holders who use community transport in Somerset. |
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The midfielder, 25, has agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal at Molineux.
Marshall, who played under Wolves boss Paul Lambert during the Scot's spell in charge at Ewood Park, scored 15 goals in 140 games for Rovers.
Lambert told BBC WM that signing Marshall was... | Wolves have signed Ben Marshall from fellow Championship club Blackburn Rovers for an undisclosed fee. |
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Police Scotland said a 23-year-old man was driving a yellow Ford Transit on the A71 between Hermiston and Dalmahoy when he noticed a black car driving very closely behind.
When he pulled over, the car driver got out and attacked him, leaving him with a "punctu... | A van driver was stabbed during an attack by another driver in Edinburgh at the weekend. |
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The force wants to knock down its current 42-year-old building in Aykley Heads, which it said was too expensive to run and not "fit for purpose".
New homes are planned for the current site and the new three-storey HQ would be next door.
The force is applying f... | Durham Police has said a new £14m headquarters would save the force money in the long-run. |
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15-year-old Finnian Galbraith says in his YouTube video that many people in New Zealand have stopped making the effort to say Maori words and names properly, which is disrespectful and means the "beautiful" Maori culture could eventually be lost.
The clip has ... | A New Zealand schoolboy's video complaining about people saying words in the Maori language wrong has proved an online hit. |
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Mohammed Abouajela Masud and Abdullah al-Senussi were named last week.
The offer to speak to the men came from a spokesman for the National Salvation government in Libya.
It controls the capital, Tripoli, and large parts of the rest of the country, but is not ... | Scottish and American investigators have been invited to travel to Libya to question two new suspects in the Lockerbie bombing. |
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The Buddies, who face Dundee United in the Challenge Cup final on Saturday, had won just two league games before the turn of the year.
But after shipping out 10 players and bringing in 10 in January, the club's form picked up and they have won four of their la... | St Mirren manager Jack Ross says a January transfer window gamble helped turn his team's fortunes around. |
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She lost her freedom, much of her youth and, it was feared, her sanity after she was caught carrying 4.2kg (9.3lb) of marijuana in her boogie board bag into Bali through Denpasar airport on 8 October 2004.
To the horror of many Australians, the former beauty s... | Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby, almost 40, is heading home from Indonesia for the first time in more than 12 years. |
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Stephen McCusker, who worked at the Rachel House Hospice in Kinross, downloaded 1,740 images of children, 40 of which were considered indecent.
The 48-year-old, from Glenrothes in Fife, said he could offer no excuses except "curiosity mixed with wine".
The Nur... | A nurse at a children's hospice who downloaded hundreds of indecent images of youngsters out of "curiosity" has escaped being struck off. |
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An international team detected the light display around a brown dwarf about 18 light years away in the Lyra constellation.
They say the luminous glow looks like the northern lights, but is up to a million times brighter and more red than green in colour.
The f... | An aurora has been spotted outside our Solar System for the first time, scientists report. |
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Brook, 30, has not fought since he was defeated by middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in September - his first professional defeat in 37 fights.
Brook claimed the IBF belt beating Shawn Porter in August 2014 and will be aiming for his fourth title defence.... | IBF world welterweight champion Kell Brook will defend his title against American Errol Spence Jr at Bramall Lane in Sheffield on Saturday 27 May. |
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PCC Sue Mountstevens, from Avon and Somerset, said, from June, the practice would be used only "in exceptional circumstances".
She said co-ordinated work would be done with hospitals and social workers.
Avon and Somerset Police said up to half its daily busine... | Putting mentally ill people suspected of no crime in police cells is "Dickensian", a Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has said. |
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The Irish captain, who also top-scored with 100 in Thursday's win, helped the tourists to 203-2 after United Arab Emirates could only manage 202.
Andy McBrine and Craig Young each took three wickets while Shaiman Anwar put up resistance with 48.
Andrew Balbirn... | William Porterfield hit 76 as Ireland beat United Arab Emirates by eight wickets to secure a 2-0 series victory in Dubai on Saturday. |
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United beat Crystal Palace at Wembley in May to win their first silverware since 2013.
However, the club released a team photo in which only the Community Shield - new manager Jose Mourinho's first success in the ... | The FA Cup's Twitter account is 'feeling sad' after Manchester United failed to feature the famous trophy in their team photo. |
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As the 25-year-old rugby league star in the XV-man code with Bath, he doesn't just have to adapt to a different sport with its own distinct and complex set of rules, he also has to live up to one of the biggest r... | The challenge facing Sam Burgess is a daunting one. |
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Coastguards and police spent more than 10 hours looking for a 46-year-old reported missing at 23:00 BST on Tuesday.
Kent Police said a body was found on the riverbank near the Esplanade in Rochester, Kent.
The land, air and river search for the missing man was... | A body has been found by teams searching for a kayaker who went missing in the River Medway. |
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European Athletics has proposed rewriting world records set before 2005 in a bid to restore the sport's credibility following doping scandals.
Scot McColgan, 52, says the move is "very, very unfair", and fears current anti-doping measures are insufficient.
"Be... | Former 10,000m world champion Liz McColgan has criticised proposals to rewrite athletics world records. |
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The business lobby group has cut its growth forecast for this year to 2.4% from 2.6%.
In addition, it has has lowered its forecast for both 2016 and 2017 to 2.5% from 2.7%.
It said the manufacturing sector, which it expects to contract this year, had been hit ... | The British Chambers of Commerce has cut its UK economic growth forecasts, blaming a weaker-than-expected trade and manufacturing performance. |
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Two FSB officers were accused of conspiring with two alleged criminal hackers in a Department of Justice indictment announced on Wednesday.
The charges are believed to be the first that the US has filed against Russian government officials.
Yahoo's 2014 breach... | The Kremlin has denied allegations by US authorities that the FSB intelligence agency was involved in a huge data breach affecting Yahoo. |
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Adam Armstrong coolly slotted into the bottom left corner to open the scoring for the League One leaders.
Sky Blues keeper Reice Charles-Cook could not hold Andy Williams' shot as Tyson pounced to equalise for Rovers.
The hosts' lead was restored when John Fle... | Nathan Tyson scored a brace as Doncaster twice came from behind to claim a point at Coventry. |
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The move would give victims more rights in the justice system, said Victoria's opposition leader Matthew Guy.
Mr Guy said he would take the policy to the state's next election in November 2018.
If legislated it would be an Australian first, Mr Guy's office sai... | Murderers and other criminals would be forced to give their superannuation pension to victims' families under a proposal in Australia. |
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The fine has been imposed by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after unencrypted DVDs of interviews were left in a desk drawer.
Staff discovered the loss after moving office in 2011 but the security breach went unreported for nearly two years.
The IC... | The South Wales Police force has been fined £160,000 after losing video interviews with a sexual abuse victim. |
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The unit will be led by HM Revenue and Customs and the National Crime Agency.
It will also include specialists from the Serious Fraud Office and the Financial Conduct Authority.
It was announced by Prime Minister David Cameron as he released details of his tax... | The government is to set up a new task force to investigate allegations of tax-dodging and money laundering in light of the Panama Papers leak. |
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The ballot was triggered by the death of Lord Avebury, the former MP Eric Lubbock, earlier this year.
Those standing include Viscount John Thurso, a former MP and Earl Lloyd-George of Dwfor, the great grandson of the former Liberal prime minister.
Only the thr... | Seven candidates are standing for election to become a Liberal Democrat hereditary peer in the House of Lords. |
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Ricky's been checking out what's said to be one of the safest drones on show at the exhibition, because the propellers aren't exposed.
Instead, they are encased in plastic, meaning owners can actually take hold of the d... | Tech companies have been unveiling their newest gadgets at a massive tech show called CES in Las Vegas, America. |
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It was the same as the device found in the Bluebell Woods - the removal of which involved the evacuation of houses and air and sea exclusion zones.
The device was discovered off Salerie Corner on Sunday, during a particularly low tide, and recovered on Tuesday... | A parachute mine dropped on the occupied island of Guernsey during World War Two has been safely removed from a beach. |
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The news was announced on Twitter by the poet Ian McMillan and subsequently confirmed by a friend of the author.
Born in a mining village near Barnsley, Hines also wrote Threads, a 1984 BBC film that dramatised the effects of a nuclear strike on Sheffield.
Hin... | Barry Hines, the Yorkshire author who wrote the novel on which Ken Loach's film Kes was based, has died aged 76. |
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The Syria Solidarity Campaign said 10-year-old Ali "passed away today due to his injuries from the bombing of his house by Russia/Assad".
Russian and Syrian jets have carried out heavy raids on rebel-held areas.
Omran, five, was filmed caked in dust and blood ... | The elder brother of Omran Daqneesh, the Syrian boy whose dazed and bloodied image shocked the world, has died of wounds sustained when the family home in Aleppo was bombed, activists say. |
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The 15th anniversary of the annual sound and light display at Faskally Wood has been marked with a show called "Shimmer".
The Enchanted Forest, held in Perthshire each autumn, is thought to be worth about £2m to the... | Footage: Airborne Lens |
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The EarlyBird study has followed 300 young people from the age of five since 2000 to measure the impact of childhood diet and exercise on later life.
Plymouth University academics behind the study believe it is the only one of its kind in the world to follow t... | A 15-year-long study into the affect childhood lifestyle has on adult health will continue with new funding. |
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The 21-year-old had a year-long loan with Castleford in 2016 but has now moved to Leigh following their promotion from the Championship.
He came through the youth system at Wigan and made his debut for the Cherry and Whites in 2013.
"He wants to challenge for ... | Super League newcomers Leigh Centurions have signed Wigan Warriors utility back Ryan Hampshire on a two-year contract. |
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Deeside is a mainly industrial area and is home to large employers such as Tata Steel, Airbus and Toyota.
New industries have rejuvenated an area which struggled for decades after huge job losses at Shotton Steelworks.
At the last election, the Conservatives s... | Labour has held Alyn and Deeside since it was created in 1983, but UKIP opened an office in the constituency and claim they are now the main challengers. |
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The plan, proposed by investors including the Church of England, was supported by over 62% of those eligible to vote.
The vote comes as US media reports that President Trump is poised to pull out of the Paris climate agreement.
Exxon will now have to consider ... | Shareholders in Exxon Mobil have backed a motion requiring the company to assess the risks from climate change. |
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The IEA says unless more money is spent exploring for, and developing, new oil fields, then demand may outstrip supply in the early years of the next decade.
That could see prices surging again, says the IEA, which is an autonomous body with 29 member countrie... | A new oil industry boom-and-bust cycle is likely if the current reduction in new investment is not reversed, says the International Energy Agency. |
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Kenny Imafidon said: "I was acquitted by directions of the judge and one of my friends got found guilty and he received a minimum of 30 years in prison.
"That really changed m... | A teenager charged with murder and acquitted has become an advisor on helping people escape gangs. |
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Chris Hughton's side are two points behind second-placed Middlesbrough.
Knockaert, who joined the Sussex club from Standard Liege in January, beat David Button with an angled shot.
Tomer Hemed expertly headed in Beram Kayal's right-wing cross, his first goal s... | French midfielder Anthony Knockaert scored his first goal for Brighton as the Seagulls beat mid-table Brentford to go third in the Championship table. |
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Olivia Campbell-Hardy, from Bury in Greater Manchester, died in the explosion last Monday.
Her family has set up a trust to enable young people to take part in the performing arts - Olivia's "passion".
Her father Andrew said: "Please don't hate in Olivia's nam... | The family of a 15-year-old girl who died in the Manchester Arena attack have established a charitable trust in her name. |
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As we reported yesterday, the troubles of the inquiry into historical child abuse continue to unravel.
But the departure of the inquiry head, Dame Lowell Goddard, potentially could cause the prime minister herself a significant political headache.
During Prime... | Often the simplest questions are the hardest to answer. |
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Scotland Yard said he faced six charges of indecent assault, of which three allegedly involved girls aged under 16 between 1991 and 1996, and two allegations of sexual assault.
Mr Fox, 53, of Fulham, is due before Westminster magistrates on 16 April.
His lawye... | DJ Neil Fox has been charged with nine sex offences involving six people, of whom three were children. |
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The 38-year-old's point-blank saves to deny Gareth Evans and Marc McNulty were the pick of the bunch.
He also made another double save from Kyle Bennett and McNulty to earn his first clean sheet since 21 November.
Luton, under the caretaker charge of Andy Awfo... | Luton keeper Mark Tyler was the hero as he helped the managerless Hatters hold promotion hopefuls Portsmouth to their sixth goalless draw of the season. |
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The State of Nature report assessed 8,000 UK species and found that one in 10 are threatened with extinction.
More than half of farmland birds (56%) including the turtle dove and corn bunting are in danger of extinction.
The National Farmers Union said the rep... | More than 50 conservation groups say the "policy-driven" intensification of farming is a significant driver of nature loss in the UK. |
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Injury and poor form has hampered the 28-year-old, who missed the cut at the Irish Open last week.
After his last Scottish Open appearance, in 2014, he won the Open at Royal Liverpool.
"I'm positive about it," said the Northern Irishman at Dundonald Links. "I'... | Rory McIlroy believes he is close to a first win of a frustrating year as he warms up for the Scottish Open. |
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