id
stringlengths
40
40
question
stringclasses
1 value
answer
stringlengths
14
7.39k
documents
listlengths
1
13
83f002079a37ee0f2ffcbcd688a53a69cbc66090
Summarize the following news article.
Latest embarrassment for the Office Quebecois de la Langue Francaise . Previously ordered a restaurant to cover up the word 'redial' on phones . A British themed restaurant being ordered to rename fish and chips as poisson frit et frites . Another restaurant being ordered to mask the word 'redial' on its telephones wi...
[ "Diane De Courcy speaks during a news conference in Quebec City . Fierce laws brought in to protect the French language in Quebec are under the spotlight after a recent spate of rulings - including a restaurant that was condemned for using the word 'pasta'. The Office Quebecois de la Langue Francaise is the body re...
0b4b9a127dfcc61e200d4fa481326e83b59b822c
Summarize the following news article.
New York Jets owner shocks fans after declaring 'I'd rather Romney win than the Jets' Longtime Republican supporter says 'I think you always have to put country first' Johnson calls Jets' 34-0 loss on Sunday 'absolutely unacceptable'
[ "After winning the support of New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, Mitt Romney now has the support of legendary quarterback John Elway, ahead of the first presidential debate tomorrow. The former Denver Broncos quarterback hailed the Republican candidate as a 'proven leader' and called Romney and his vice-president h...
8718a6d1059dd13c7180e4aca5693c31bb4672f3
Summarize the following news article.
Row of cute creatures in grate pictured in California . Raccoons were caught in the act by passing motorist .
[ "They tend to make their beds in the hollow of a tree. But these baby raccoons seem quite happy to keep an eye out for Davy Crockett types from the safety of this road grate in the Big City. The trio were spotted poking their heads over the drain by motorist Anthony Richards in California when he stopped at traffic...
51f83a966e4436c03744514f4e66a8e95c5a80be
Summarize the following news article.
Korean group Pritz wore the armbands during a November 2 performance . The bright red armbands were strikingly similar to those worn by the Nazis . Hitler's troops used same design except with a Swastika icon in the middle .
[ "A Korean girl group has sparked outrage for wearing armbands strikingly similar to those worn by the Nazis during the Second World War. During a recent performance, the pop group pulled off their coats to reveal completely black outfits with short frilly dresses - and bright red armbands featuring a black cross on...
db1712e01e4bc01904b48bd32cb75b8b76ad92b3
Summarize the following news article.
A fellow soldier told Hal Faulkner's commanding officer that he was gay and had him discharged . Now 79, he was 22 at the time and had served three years in the Marines . About a year ago, Faulker was diagnosed with terminal cancer and decided to start the paperwork to get his discharge changed . Given only six months ...
[ "A cancer patient's dying wish was granted recently when his discharge from the Marines was changed from 'undesirable' to 'honorable' after being kicked out in 1956 for being gay. Since 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' was repealed in 2011, an estimated 114,000 former-soldiers who were discharged from the military for homos...
f9de8f36aa56b57357496be8e9dbf63b3c12e7a5
Summarize the following news article.
Queen Elizabeth II sent a private message of condolence to Phillip Hughes' family on Friday . London's Australia House and Lord's Cricket Ground flew their flags at half mast in honour of the fallen cricketer . Sir Elton John paused his concert in Germany to dedicate his song 'Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me' to Hughes...
[ "The death of Phillip Hughes has unified a nation in grief, extending beyond the cricketing world to the grounds of Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth II sent a private message of sympathy and condolence to the family of Phillip Hughes on Friday, as tributes continue to flood in from all over the globe. London's Au...
8c90b0121b1018d60b743438b1409bd65925ff32
Summarize the following news article.
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited an oil refinery in Wales earlier today . Kate, who is 15 weeks pregnant, returned to royal duties in late October . She greeted well-wishers wearing a light blue Matthew Williamson coat . Valero Pembroke Refinery is celebrating its 50th anniversary today . The royal couple used t...
[ "She was not seen on an official public engagement for almost two months while she battled with extreme morning sickness. But the Duchess of Cambridge, who is 15 weeks pregnant, looked the picture of heath as she showed off her baby bump during a tour of an oil refinery in Wales. Wearing a light blue Matthew Willia...
04a7b2b6cc6a1d665982170b36ccc3d89f982f59
Summarize the following news article.
Britons pay 15.5% 'social charge' when renting and selling holiday homes . But EU looks set to conclude that this extra contribution violates law . Could force France to pay back more than £396m to second-home owners .
[ "Eleanor Sharpston, the Court of Justice's Advocat General, stated that she agreed with the ruling that France's tax on Britons selling their holiday homes is 'illegal' The European Union appears set to rule that France's tax on Britons selling their holiday homes is 'illegal'. The decision could force the French g...
2d381c2666724289c9b4b31a4fa135f29c6b7d3c
Summarize the following news article.
Commons speaker John Bercow will guest-edit the Today programme . His slot is scheduled for broadcast on Boxing Day morning . He will interview Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia and Aung San Suu Kyi . Lenny Henry, Tracey Thorn and Lord King of Lothbury will also guest edit . Baroness Butler Sloss will take up the fifth holiday ...
[ "Commons Speaker John Bercow is swapping the chamber for the studio to spend a day as guest editor of Radio 4’s Today programme. The MP is one of five famous names taking over the running of the current affairs show during the festive season from Boxing Day to New Years Eve. Comic Lenny Henry, Everything But The Gi...
6978b7faa66b41ca54c11f210f34d23fee1b7d3b
Summarize the following news article.
Funds needed to avert a potential winter crisis, government sources say . Several A&E departments have already warned they are at breaking point . Number of patients attending has risen, up 5 per cent on last year's figures . Some 110,000 treated last week in England - highest amount ever recorded .
[ "George Osborne will announce an extra £1billion in NHS funding next week to avert a potential winter crisis, government sources say. The Chancellor is expected to use his Autumn Statement to pledge the extra money, as hospital admissions soar. Lib Dem Health Minister Norman Lamb has suggested extra health funding ...
bed8ca70ee78889e6a8b5026e10b1f8847a2925a
Summarize the following news article.
Tests over the summer show purity of ecstasy is at its highest for ten years . In one batch, amount of MDMA was two-and-a-half times the standard dose . Deaths caused by the party drug have risen from eight in 2010 to 43 in 2013 . Manchester club Warehouse Project is warning revellers about high purity .
[ "Clubbers are being warned of the risk of overdosing on 'super strength' ecstasy, as tests reveal the drug's purity is at its highest level for ten years. Tests carried out on drugs which were seized during the summer show a huge rise in the amount of MDMA contained in the party drug. In one case, the government wa...
279c4f24942c5c7abc038f59c4621cfa99f71350
Summarize the following news article.
The humble terrace was snapped up by a young couple for $1.18 million . Located in Sydney's inner-city, it offers a sun drenched rooftop area . The property has been left empty and abandoned the past five years . The derelict condition of the home will require an extensive overhaul . It is one of the dilapidated homes ...
[ "One of Sydney's inner city suburbs has sold a classic terrace on the market, with a price tag that has set the new homeowners back seven digits – but it's completely unliveable. Located in the heart of Redfern, the two-bedroom property will require an extreme makeover after it had been left empty and abandoned for...
87d5f537817489e3a697f5f97d7099e823f24a16
Summarize the following news article.
The two children had arrived in the UK after spending time in Africa . Taken to the Isolation Unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle . Tests found the pair were clear of the deadly Ebola virus . More than 5,000 people have been killed in West Africa by Ebola .
[ "Two children tested for Ebola after arriving in the UK from Africa are clear of the deadly virus, Public Health England has said. It's understood the children, whose ages have not been released, underwent precautionary tests in Newcastle for Ebola and malaria. A spokesman for PHE in the North East confirmed the te...
ee2fc5d19e76c854a27b23e1e6232dbf894beabf
Summarize the following news article.
The cannabis plants were found yards from Police HQ in South Wales . Three men have been arrested after the major drugs bust in Bridgend . Officers reportedly became suspicious of the smell from the factory . Neighbours claim officers described it as the biggest haul they have found .
[ "Police have 'sniffed out' a huge cannabis factory - next door to their own headquarters. The plants were uncovered in an 'empty' factory unit after officers became suspicious about the smell just yards from the main custody suite at South Wales Police station. Three men were arrested at the scene in Bridgend, as o...
6071ffe96ef903e60da2c71cf38b2179d76fcf00
Summarize the following news article.
The mermaid hair flick has taken over from the selfie . Women across Australia are dipping their hair in the water and flicking it back to create a rainbow of water . The Mermaid Society ran a competition for the best mermaid hair flick picture . The photo had to showcase the water in a creative way . The craze has swe...
[ "If you're still perfecting your best 'duck face' selfie then you may be behind the times, as a new trend of hair flicking is flooding social media. In true Willow Smith fashion, girls are whipping their hair back and forth in an attempt to capture the ultimate mermaid hair flick. Captioning their photos with the ...
4c13f8b227ef75de19307441d070ddac9cc550b2
Summarize the following news article.
Digital music revenues rise by 11.9 per cent in 2013 after strong album sales . Income from streaming services such as Spotify have grown by 41 per cent . Increase came at expense of CD sales which dropped by 6.4 per cent .
[ "Online music streaming through sites like Spotify now account for at least 10 per cent of record industry revenue . The rise of downloads and streaming means that digital music now accounts for half of record industry income in the UK for the first time, according to new figures. Digital revenue increased by 11.9 ...
7461932aa94c01563bd02f08c812e03e9bf87bcb
Summarize the following news article.
Nikki Wright, 22, was threatened by PC Boulton in a row outside a bar . The incident took place in Trinity Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent . Staffordshire Police suspended the officer after the incident in July . But now, despite finding he used threatening language, he has escaped with just a written warning and return...
[ "A police officer who was caught on camera telling a young woman: 'I will knock you clean f***ing out' has kept his job. PC Boulton was filmed threatening Nikki Wright, who is just five feet tall, as he patrolled Hanley town centre in Stoke-on-Trent in the early hours of the morning - but escaped with just a writte...
6b9534f7bf0137a92f887a9375680e63c0e8f991
Summarize the following news article.
Desmond D'Mello has been suspended amid claims he flouted safety rules . Dentist, 60, ran Daybrook Dental Surgery in Nottingham for 32 years . In June whistleblower filmed him treating 166 patients over three days . Health chiefs have urged 22,000 patients to be tested for blood diseases. And police are already investi...
[ "More than 100 patients of a millionaire dentist accused of putting lives at risk from HIV or hepatitis by failing to sterilise equipment are planning to sue him – and could receive payouts of up to £20,000. Their lawyers say Desmond D’Mello, 60, ran an ‘NHS dental factory’, seeing so many patients to boost his ear...
b888e6294715634b4bf837ed19a17e4196fca000
Summarize the following news article.
Our Zoo tells story of Chester Zoo and its creator who vowed to ban cages . Wildlife for the series was provided by scandal-hit firm Amazing Animals . The talent firm has enraged activists for 'forcing wild animals into captivity' Now activists blast BBC for 'using public money on outdated practice' Comes days before P...
[ "The BBC has been accused of cruelty for using wild animals in a new drama. Our Zoo tells the true story of Chester Zoo, which pioneered a freer approach to animal captivity. But just days before it screens nationwide, a coalition of animal rights groups have launched a bitter campaign against the show's 'cruel' u...
233a3a103c1cf7b45cd14508c778963972c1b563
Summarize the following news article.
Ox was rescued after falling into a manhole in Jiangxi Province . Owner recognised the animal that went missing from his farm . Construction workers assisted firefighters to rescue the animal .
[ "An incredible video has emerged of an ox being rescued from a manhole in China's Jiangxi Province. A local farmer identified as Mr Deng found the ox stuck down the manhole a day after it went missing from his farm. As soon as he recognised it, he crawled into the opening in the ground to attempt to corral the ani...
fe4e6266e2868cf61513fee7c3e4a8f172d9f87d
Summarize the following news article.
Carol Hawkins convicted on 181 counts of theft from Adam Clayton's bank accounts . Former PA shows no emotion as verdicts are reached . A Volkswagen Golf was purchased for her son Joe, while the rock star’s money paid for fashion and film courses for her children .
[ "U2 star Adam Clayton’s former personal assistant has been found guilty of embezzling £2.2 million from him to fund a lavish lifestyle. Carol Hawkins was convicted on 181 counts of theft from the bassist’s bank accounts over a four-year period. Clayton walked in to the courtroom as the jury at the Circuit Criminal ...
ad98a0d72402de6bd96d7358b1ba076cf9f097ca
Summarize the following news article.
Despite their lethal apearance, the weapons on the F-35B are 'dummies' used for testing . The American-built fighter needs to be compatible with RAF's ASRAAM and Paveway IV weapons . RAF has ordered four of the F-35B Lightning II fighter, which cost $400billion to develop and was hit by delays .
[ "These new pictures show the RAF's next-generation F-35B fighter, bristling with fearsome state-of-the-art weaponry. However, the deadly-looking weapons are actually trial or 'dummy' ordnance, which are identical in fit and form to their lethal counterparts but incapable of causing damage. A UK test team including ...
8d28c78ddd2e712986b3ee7063187bd015eb7be0
Summarize the following news article.
Mark Bridger abducted schoolgirl before killing her in his cottage in 2012 . April's sister Jazmin has spoken of the last night she saw the five-year-old . Says she 'should've done more' and stayed with April the night she went missing . The 19-year-old revealed the last words she said to April were 'I love you' Bridge...
[ "The heartbroken sister of murdered April Jones has said she feels she 'should have done more' to stay with the schoolgirl on the night she went missing. Jazmin Jones was speaking just days after watching workmen bulldoze the 'house from hell' in Ceinws, mid-Wales, where Mark Bridger is thought to have killed April...
923147b4900ef7ebae9c9a3f0dd3eb7a25b51f0b
Summarize the following news article.
Father-of-six Steven Higginson, 33, repeatedly knifed outside school gates . Incident took place yesterday outside North Walkden Primary in Salford . Greater Manchester Police believe attack was part of 'ongoing dispute' A 30-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder .
[ "Steven Higginson, 33, was stabbed outside a primary school in Salford as he waited to collect three of his children . A 30-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a father-of-six was repeatedly stabbed outside a primary school while waiting to collect his children. The man, named lo...
efcb6d38973bb518f327d5c07c9f849b065ae542
Summarize the following news article.
Paul Kohler, 55, needed facial reconstruction surgery after raid in August . Gang had burst into his £2m home in Wimbledon and attacked him . The academic thinks the men planned to torture him with a flamethrower . HoncTomaszewski, 32, Honc, 23, Oskar Pawlowichz, 29, and Dawid Tychon, 29, all admitted aggravated burgla...
[ "A Polish gang who battered a top academic in his home had a flamethrower in their car and may have been planning to torture him, it was reported. Professor Paul Kohler, 55, suffered horrific injuries when he was beaten in front of his family at his £2million home. The father-of-four, a university friend of Prince ...
37f0f4502612f0b7e91217baa464112b101f86c5
Summarize the following news article.
One-minute clip shows men playing 'ping pong' at Chancery Lane station . They use their mouths to mimic the sound of the ball hitting the paddle . Shots become more elaborate - with one player even diving to the floor .
[ "Most bored commuters pass the time by reading or listening to music. But this group of friends found a more creative way to entertain themselves. Two men were filmed as they played an imaginary game of ping pong - using their mouths to mimic the sound of the ball hitting the paddles - as they waited for the next T...
3e8ec76d2c9219f9b8367fcf06ccaa1845b7c902
Summarize the following news article.
Police officers were arrested in Vilnius, Lithuania, while on stag do . Forced to spend £1,000 on bail to be released from jail, prosecutor claimed . The men have not been suspended from posts in London, Met confirmed . Investigation being carried out by Directorate of Professional Standards .
[ "Seven Metropolitan Police officers were arrested while on one of the men's stag party in Vilnius, Lithuania, after brawling in the street. The officers, who have not been named, are under investigation after footage of the incident emerged. Photographs of the men alleged to have been involved with bloodied lips an...
b6d6ce149d7c535e169609e79346e7d6db7a98c8
Summarize the following news article.
Paul Meekin, 40, was principal of Trio World School in Bangalore, India . He once said he briefly taught future Harry Potter star at a London school . But police accused him of sending a boy lewd messages in 2012 . Reports in Indian media suggested he had missed later court dates . It is now claimed he has moved to Ku...
[ "Fled: Paul Meekin (above) was the subject of a police investigation in India, where he was a teacher . A British teacher who once claimed he taught Daniel Radcliffe has reportedly left India, where police were investigating him over child abuse allegations. Paul Meekin, 40, was the principal of Trio World School ...
ffaadbc15ee46a3e34ce6fba04fb67fa2b3bcc37
Summarize the following news article.
London Ambulance Service made warning over struggling emergency unit . Paramedics now can't take patients directly to Northwick Park in Harrow . Only London hospital which has the 'call ahead' arrangement in place . Move came after closure of emergency treatment in two nearby hospitals .
[ "Paramedics have been told to ring ahead before taking patients to an A&E struggling to cope after the closure of departments at two nearby hospitals. In the latest blow for health bosses who claimed their massive hospital reorganisation programme would improve care, the London Ambulance Service has put out the war...
95ed2e6810c0bb7887b3bf59081d9958a6df973f
Summarize the following news article.
The Samoan woman who dumped her baby in a drain is a loving auntie . The woman also appears to have a five-year old son living in New Zealand . The woman, 30, has been charged with attempted murder of her baby son . Family friends say the woman is a 'happy person' who 'loves children' The woman's social media accounts ...
[ "She is the woman accused of dumping her day-old baby down a drain and leaving him to die. But the 30-year-old is also a loving auntie who adores children and appears entirely devoted to her family in Australia and Samoa, Daily Mail Australia can reveal. One of her social media accounts - filled with pictures of ba...
d334058b61df340f50da01cb1f58e5996d82f57d
Summarize the following news article.
Threat of legal action could delay launch of first 4G network, which was expected to launch within weeks . Threat of 'years of litigation' Crisis talks set to end this week that could decide is the UK falls further behind the US in the high speed mobile phone network race .
[ "Warring mobile phone firms could delay the launch of superfast 4G mobile phone networks in the UK. Talks between firms hoping to launch networks are 'in the balance', according to insiders. EE, the newly rebranded firm from Orange and T-Mobile, plans to launch its service within weeks using a number of handsets in...
3fa882f715a64f7c2273f721f2bab94ede2617f2
Summarize the following news article.
Paramedics were called to the venue in South Hobart just after midnight . The bride was taken to Royal Hobart Hospital with alcohol poisoning . Six police cars were needed to quell the violent and disorderly party . The groom and the best man were charged after throwing punches .
[ "A wedding reception turned ugly when a bride suffered alcohol poisoning and a groom was charged with disorderly conduct after coming to blows with the crowd. Paramedics were called to the wedding accepting venue in South Hobart just after midnight on Friday, when the bride became ill. After witnessing the disorder...
19e2856057545f4cca4ff67a0475a9bd247a27df
Summarize the following news article.
Four-year-old Cecelia Cichan was pulled from burning wreckage in 1987 . Mother, father and six-year-old brother died in air disaster near Detroit . Survivor, who has tattoo of plane on her wrist, thinks of tragedy 'every day' The 29-year-old recently married and firefighter who saved her life attended the wedding .
[ "A four-year-old girl who was the sole survivor of a plane crash which killed everyone else on board has spoken for the first time, 25 years after the disaster. Cecelia Cichan, 29, became known as the 'miracle child' after she was dug out of the burning wreckage by a rescuer who heard her whimper. Northwest Airline...
02ca8a72936a537b1f2e49eae2e9c260bc6cb33b
Summarize the following news article.
Could not even reach unanimous conclusion on whether there should be new British Bill of Rights . Two Tory members of the panel have criticised commission's narrow scope .
[ "Opposition: Labour peer Helena Kennedy QC (pictured) opposed a Bill of Rights being considered by the £700,000 Commission on a Bill of Rights . A panel set up to examine human rights law in Britain was branded ‘fatally flawed’ last night – after it failed to discuss controversial rulings by Strasbourg judges. The ...
8293cc63b598ca8e5db393629a6fc22fe6751c46
Summarize the following news article.
The Pavilion Gardens in Bradford, West Yorkshire, was completed in 2011 . Residents at the eco-friendly complex were promised cheaper electricity bills . But many tenants have found their bills are double the annual average . Investigation has been launched as council promises reimbursements .
[ "They were described as the ‘homes of the future’, with an eco-friendly design that would keep bills low. The 45 super-insulated houses, built with £5.6million of public money, were even held up as a ‘model’ of environmentally-friendly construction. But 18 months after the social housing complex in Bradford was com...
d4b0193592a6ef2c19fd6bafb33d875004cf17ed
Summarize the following news article.
Laurence Robertson calls for a Commons debate on setting up a UK team . Says England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not good enough . Comes after England limped out of the World Cup in the group stages .
[ "England should accept it is too bad at football to compete and join a United Kingdom team instead, a Tory MP has said. Laurence Robertson has called for a debate in the Commons on scrapping the England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland football teams in a bid to do better at the World Cup. In the wake of Engla...
201a89094c5ca11accf6f3e2060ff199c9428e33
Summarize the following news article.
Dick Costolo said site shuts down accounts linked to terrorist organizations . CEO said both he and his employees has received threats of assassination . Spoke of challenges balancing free and open speech against wider concerns . ISIS has been using social media including Twitter to spread its message .
[ "Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has revealed that he and his staff have received death threats from ISIS . Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has revealed that he and his staff have received death threats from ISIS after the site shut down accounts being used by the terrorist organization. He said that when Twitter found out the e...
dcfe64d047a4e3f0c689c837d5eae19bc4f8420b
Summarize the following news article.
Russian President says he cannot recall meeting Kraft or seeing ring . Copy of Patriots' Super Bowl ring will 'solve international problem'
[ "Vladimir Putin has offered to have a replica Super Bowl ring made for Robert Kraft after the Russian President was accused of stealing it. In his first official statement about the ring allegations, the Russian leader told Petersburg Economic Forum he did not remember Mr Kraft or the ring, but seeing as it was so ...
8e6b03b42b1bc10f24158bb5561a01d10dcd08bf
Summarize the following news article.
NFC technology in iPhone 6 handset could be used to replace travel and ID cards . system already set to be used by Starwood Hotels to allow entry to rooms without a key . Comes as Apple in row with retailers over Pay system .
[ "Apple's iPhone could soon replace your ID card and subway card as well as your credit card, it has been revealed. The firm last week launched Apple Pay, which allows people to pay by tapping their phone and using a fingerprint on its home button to identify themselves. Now it is believed to be in talks to open up ...
0ee3a137ac7bdd8a637e800faa6fb937374ea5e7
Summarize the following news article.
Senior policeman uses official Facebook page to question whether flags should have been lowered for cricketer Phillip Hughes . Says soldiers killed in battle are not afforded the same honour . It is believed the same officer was warned just three months ago to take a 'more formal' approach to his Facebook postings . Us...
[ "A senior NSW policeman has used his station's official Facebook page to question whether flags should have been lowered to half-mast for Phillip Hughes when slain servicemen were not given the same honour. The officer - believed to be Chief Inspector Bob Fitzgerald, who signs his posts 'Chief' - used the Blacktown...
3f8658c3ead7d90fdb3ab48fd230a9129f965e27
Summarize the following news article.
Holy Spirit Church in Fremont, California, lets drivers park in the car park before being blessed by its pastor through their window . The first drive-thru service on November 17 proved so popular it will now run every weekday evening between 5pm and 6pm .
[ "You've long been able to get a drive-thru burger. Now a church is offering drive-thru sustenance for the soul. Holy Spirit Church in Fremont, California, lets drivers park in the car park before being blessed by its pastor through their window. The first drive-thru service on November 17 proved so popular it will ...
20c13cfe608bcce2c838787e3fc6c7f1c8815748
Summarize the following news article.
The Greens' Ellen Sandell has claimed victory in seat of Melbourne . It is the party's first seat in the state's lower house in Victorian parliament . Ms Sandell thanked the party at a bar in Melbourne CBD on Saturday night .
[ "The Greens have claimed the seat of Melbourne in the Victorian election, the party's first seat in the state's lower house, with Ellen Sandell expected to win. Ms Sandell was loudly cheered as she thanked the party faithful for their support in winning the Greens' first ever lower house Victorian seat at undergrou...
61bb14ec0e5448c42e4c55fb8bb63f26f90c0ae4
Summarize the following news article.
HSBC will launch its lowest ever five-year fixed rate mortgage on Monday . The 2.4% deal will be available to borrowers with 40% deposit . Announced as lenders continue to undercut each other in latest rate war .
[ "Homeowners are set to be given a boost in the run-up to Christmas as banks drop their mortgage rates to new lows. HSBC will launch its lowest ever five-year fixed-rate mortgage at 2.48 per cent. The deal comes with a £999 fee and is available to borrowers with a 40 per cent deposit from Monday. It is the first fiv...
5b11b5c5c59e29a232314ee0c86a4e1692c0ec39
Summarize the following news article.
Kevin Wallin bought sex shop to launder drug proceeds . Suspended by church because of alleged sexual activities . Colleagues realized he was 'having homosexual relations' in the rectory but they considered it a 'sin and not a crime' because no children involved . Priest also faces charges of helping run an illegal dru...
[ "To onlookers, Monsignor Kevin Wallin's fall from grace at his Connecticut parish was like something out of 'Breaking Bad,' the television series about a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a methamphetamine lord. The suspended Roman Catholic priest was arrested on federal drug charges this month for allegedl...
235eeb2cd8557df8d9a9568c3a3755536de91565
Summarize the following news article.
Pupils at East London school unable to tell difference between two laws . They told inspectors that a woman's job was to 'stay at home and clean' Department for Education document stresses need for action in lessons . Sharia law is moral rules and 'should be set apart from laws of land' It came as it emerged that a sec...
[ "Schools must crack down on the teaching of Islamic Sharia law and promote English criminal law as part of a ‘British values’ drive. New ‘strengthened’ government guidance, published yesterday, demands that pupils are ‘made aware of the difference between the law of the land and religious law’. The Department for E...
0a8c7756686be8d68f4160ff28d1a94fc074a3d2
Summarize the following news article.
79% of women surveyed found the idea of succumbing to a 'dominant' male like character Grey a turn on . 90% of men said they found the idea of woman being a ‘submissive’ like Ana  Steele exciting . 43% said they were now more likely to use handcuffs in sexual role play . 47% wanted to experiment with blindfolds and oth...
[ "Writer Samantha Brick might have slammed the best-selling novel as 'badly written porn' but a bold new survey shows that Britain's women have been inspired by bestselling erotic book Fifty Shades Of Grey. Reports reveal that an increasing number of women have been inspired to try a slew of new tricks in the bedroo...
7d734823e5488e9891211c0fc61270725729d0ec
Summarize the following news article.
Reverend Robert Geisinger was named by Pope Francis as the Vatican's sex crimes prosecutor in September . An investigation by the Boston Globe revealed he worked for the Chicago Jesuits when complaints were made against Rev. Donald McGuire in the 90s . He 'knew of complaints in 1995 but advised officials on how to disc...
[ "An American priest named by Pope Francis as the Vatican's sex crimes prosecutor was among church officials who failed to report an abusive priest to law enforcement, according to a report. The Reverend Robert Geisinger was the second-highest-ranking leader of the Chicago Jesuits in the 1990s when complaints were m...
b5db828262a9deedcdcd67be3228cb24c5b05a11
Summarize the following news article.
Nicolas Sarkozy has won Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) leadership . This advances his hopes of running in the 2017 French presidential race . He received 64.5% of the vote, well ahead of his closest rival with 29.2% . It comes a decade almost to the day after he first won party's leadership .
[ "Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been elected as head of the conservative party leaving him clear to launch a campaign to return as the country's leader in 2017. He was under pressure to win the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) leadership by a wide margin and received 64.5 per cent of the vote, well a...
adcd2a75084ffbca0663be559d985d48f85ba782
Summarize the following news article.
Lindsay Sandiford is on death row for smuggling £1.6million worth of cocaine into Bali and all appeals have been denied . Received grim news that Indonesia's new President will show no mercy . Joko Widodo has made clear his tough stance against drug trafficking .
[ "British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford, lingering on death row in a Bali jail, has received the grim news that Indonesia's new President will show no mercy and grant no pardons to drug traffickers. The 57-year-old former legal secretary from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was sentenced to death in January last year f...
38fb498a7837a7ea5805fc3573b9ad03b15aafb3
Summarize the following news article.
Chancellor found cash from budget surpluses across Whitehall - sources . No 10 aware NHS is only policy area in which Miliband's party tops polls . Expected windfall is part of effort to avert a potential 'crash' in services . Autumn Statement also believed to contain a priority for major new roads .
[ "George Osborne will deliver a larger than expected boost to the NHS in this week’s Autumn Statement – injecting £2 billion to try to blunt Labour’s electoral advantage on the issue. Government sources say that the Chancellor has found the money for the windfall from budget surpluses across Whitehall departments. N...
3dce89caeb752241fd09d7e65d8de9b3789b1360
Summarize the following news article.
The 19-year-old's body was removed from a canal in Meerut, India . Police said her brothers had dumped her body after strangling her . It is thought she was having an affair with a man from the same village . Parents discovered she was pregnant after they took her to the doctor . Suspects, who have been charged with mu...
[ "A pregnant 19-year-old girl's body was found in a canal after her brothers strangled her in an honour killing, police in India said. The teenager was allegedly strangled by her two brothers and thrown in the Ganges river in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh - which lies 43km northeast of capital New Delhi. The girl's body was...
15ece26645930269840a7f784fcae0a443ebc883
Summarize the following news article.
Shrien Dewani is accused of arranging his wife's November 2010 murder . Anni Dewani was killed on her honeymoon in Cape Town, South Africa . Mrs Dewani's sister Ami Denborg made a plea to the South African  judge . Ms Denborg wants Mr Dewani to explain his side of the story on the stand . Trial judge Jeanette Traverso ...
[ "The sister of murdered honeymoon bride Anni Dewani has made an emotional plea for the judge not to halt the trial of Shrien Dewani without hearing the accused’s version of events. Ami Denborg, the victim’s elder sister, said she and her family would never be able to ‘move on’ without hearing what businessman Mr De...
f2cb54dd0131139611243032d34d5bf85418cb88
Summarize the following news article.
Michael and Gillian Vick were travelling from Gatwick to Barbados in 2011 . Couple from Sittingbourne, Kent, were delayed for more than five hours . They contacted the Civil Aviation Authority to ask whether they had a case . They were awarded around £1,500 by Thomas Cook three years later . Were you on Mr and Mrs Vick...
[ "A couple have been awarded £1,500 in compensation over a delayed Thomas Cook flight, three years after their plane was held back on the tarmac. Michael and Gillian Vick were travelling to Barbados to embark on a Caribbean cruise in March 2011 when their flight was delayed at Gatwick Airport for five hours. With no...
63503c74e5dd14c286de282c677aba686ea92ded
Summarize the following news article.
Edlie Masters, 83, died after Hurcomb Chemists gave him the wrong drug . The grandfather-of-eight had ordered paracetamol for his sore foot . But he was given Verapamil, a drug used to treat high blood pressure . Died as a result of mix between drug and medication he took for kidneys . Birmingham Coroners Court recorde...
[ "A grandfather-of-eight died after a pharmacy gave him the wrong prescription, an inquest heard. Edlie Masters, 83, from Birmingham, ordered paracetamol to numb pain caused by an ulcer on his feet but was given another patients' prescription. Assistant coroner Heidi Connor recorded a verdict of accidental death and...
02462b3c7e715fe26dc3eb627005f36a0fda66e5
Summarize the following news article.
Church have condemned annual ritual which attracts crowd of 10,000 . Ruben Enaje, 51, took part in crucifixion for 26th TIME today .
[ "Christians were nailed to crosses in the Philippines today in a grim Good Friday reenactment of Jesus's suffering. Thousands of people watched as 17 devoted Catholics were 'crucified' in the gruesome annual ritual. Church leaders have condemned the practice which they believe are a distortion of the true Easter me...
ce5d50eee127f1d4834660152f01bc39f513eb92
Summarize the following news article.
Zeus is 370 inches (9 metres) long – around the size of a football goal . Before this, the largest TV in world was Panasonic's 152-inch set . Zeus shows programmes in 4K - the equivalent of double high-definition . The huge screen can allow viewers to watch 20 channels at the same time . It is also the only screen in t...
[ "With the World Cup approaching, football fans from around the globe are looking for the perfect place to watch the action. And just in time, London-based manufacturer Titan has launched the world's largest television to view all the goals in high definition. Named Zeus, the television is eight metres by five metre...
0bf80e4664840e88050c01e17067362dfdc4f64c
Summarize the following news article.
The drugs included 1917 kilograms of MDMA, or 10 million hits of ecstasy . There was 849 kilograms of Ice, the largest ice haul in Australian history . Police say the drugs were shipped from Hamburg, Germany, in furniture . They arrived in Blacktown, Sydney, before being taken to Smithfield . Six men were arrested wit...
[ "Police have executed the second largest drug bust in Australian history, seizing nearly 3 tonnes of illicit narcotics at a value of over $1.5 billion. The bust included 1917 kilograms of MDMA and 849 kilograms of methamphetamine, making it the the single largest haul of ice and the second-largest of MDMA in Austra...
1979fc919d7f9560008da927d21b1f365a81110f
Summarize the following news article.
Britain could be forced to pay benefits to more migrants under EU plans . European Commission taking legal action to stop restrictions on benefits . Comes days after David Cameron pledged to cut handouts to migrants . Figures show 24,000 families are currently claiming for children abroad .
[ "Britain will be forced to pay benefits to even more migrants under EU plans to be fought over in a politically explosive court case. Officials in Brussels last night confirmed that the European Commission is taking legal action to make Britain lift existing restrictions that prevent some migrants claiming child be...
d5da6e15104c2c338468661e8499afed11267976
Summarize the following news article.
Jan Zalasiewicz from Leicester University says rats will grow to 176lb . ‘If ecospace was sufficiently empty, then they could get larger still,' he said . A hint . of the nightmare to come can be seen on ‘rat islands’ - isolated . regions where rats have quickly risen to become the dominant species . Gigantism is a evo...
[ "Giant rats, the size of cows or even bigger, could one day fill a ‘significant chunk’ of Earth’s emptying ecospace. The terrifying scenario could become a reality as super-adaptable rats take advantage of larger mammals becoming extinct, an expert predicts. ‘Animals will evolve, over time, into whatever designs wi...
87726ae462f9a8e977a06b91b2d0187889a14fc2
Summarize the following news article.
Found Ebola is related to Marburg, a lethal virus . Discovery could help find new ways to create a vaccine .
[ "Researchers have uncovered the history of Ebola - and found it dates back far further than they expected. The research shows that filoviruses - a family to which Ebola and its similarly lethal relative, Marburg, belong - are at least 16-23 million years old. They say the discovery could help find new ways to creat...
8ef04e2bca403ade9e1bd747dea02b934df66f8f
Summarize the following news article.
Caroline Starks, 2, was fatally shot in the chest after the children's mother stepped outside for a few minutes according to police . Firearm was a Crickett designed for small kids with slogan 'My First Rifle' Maker Keystone Sporting Arms produced 60,000 Crickett and . Chipmunk rifles in 2008 . Its website contains doz...
[ "A 2-year-old girl was accidentally shot and killed by her 5-year-old brother while he was playing with a child-size rifle given to him as a gift, authorities in Kentucky say. Caroline Starks, a blonde, blue-eyed girl, was fatally shot in the chest by her brother's .22-caliber rifle only minutes after her mother sa...
60c4b7eac1df3789c44f5bece0fa413ff2472caa
Summarize the following news article.
Lisa Pleiss says she felt violated after spotting camera mounted on drone . Company owner apologized and said he was just filming skyline for client .
[ "Police were called to a Seattle apartment on Sunday after a woman reported seeing a drone outside the window of her 26th-floor apartment. Lisa Pleiss was not fully dressed when she spotted the unmanned drone, with a video camera attached, hovering outside at about 7.45am. She contacted the building's concierge who...
b814b91377fdea6763297592008b68f8856db45e
Summarize the following news article.
Chinese man nearly cut in half as he tries to escape a trapped lift . Building management in south China had blocked floor with a brick wall . Group opened up a hole in wall with a hammer to get out of the lift . As man climbs out, he gets stuck, and lift is ready to move to the next floor .
[ "A man was almost cut in half during a rescue operation when a dozen people got trapped in a lift behind a brick wall in south China. The group of people had found themselves stuck in a lift in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province when its doors opened to reveal a brick wall, the management's way of keeping people from ent...
dd24b85cddbbac2ad402e4c7ca1b79e59bea4922
Summarize the following news article.
Ezequiel Lavezzi, Petr Cech and James Milner all linked with Liverpool . Manchester City risk losing Milner for free if they don't sell him this month . Tottenham want Memphis Depay and James McCarthy . Spurs old boy Dimitar Berbatov fancies a fresh crack at the Premier League . January transfer window closes on Februa...
[ "With less than a week of the transfer window to go, clubs will be trying to tie up deals to get the players they want. Here Sportsmail looks at 10 transfers all football fans want to see happen before the February 2 deadline. Ezequiel Lavezzi - Paris Saint-Germain to Liverpool - £12m . The 29-year-old striker has ...
c16df4cdf8d5061de7d53eff0a7bb3af06910433
Summarize the following news article.
Jena Pang spent the last 12 years amassing a collection of rare Steiff bears . He is putting 32 bears up for auction and expects them to fetch £100,000 . The oldest teddy is a 'rod' bear from 1904 - one of the first ever made . Made in 1905, Constantine is the most valuable as he is worth £15,000 .
[ "If you're stuck for a Christmas present, perhaps you could give Winston, Constantine or their friends a home. But these cute and cuddly toys aren't just stocking fillers – they are vintage Steiff bears, and even the smallest, Julie, will set you back £3,000. All five are part of a collection of 32 bears, which is ...
a06673efdf0484584677d21ba752375798297c0d
Summarize the following news article.
The 1,350-passenger ship is currently sailing back to Southampton . It is nearing the end of its 13-night journey to the Azores and Madeira . An unknown number of passengers has taken ill on board the ship . Fred Olsen said ill passengers are required to remain in their cabins . Ship was sanitised after guests fell ill...
[ "Passengers have been struck down by an outbreak of gastric illness and confined to their cabins for the second time this month on a luxury ship operated by Fred Olsen Cruise Lines. It is not known how many passengers have been hit by the vomiting bug on the MV Balmoral, which is sailing to its home port in Southam...
c0e9d022858fd106a79b2c270cbac3e7a5031f0d
Summarize the following news article.
Michael Kass suffers from type 2 diabetes . He brought the berries to help maintain his blood sugar .
[ "A diabetic Brooklyn man says was escorted out of a movie theater Sunday for eating strawberries. Michael Kass, of Park Slope, was told by multiple employees he could not bring the berries into the theater but did so anyway. Kass, a type 2 diabetic, was at the Pavillion Theater to see ‘Divergent’ when the incident ...
6669c62e47886bc98e6e93ced1a506f6b214c2b6
Summarize the following news article.
Ahmed Dogan was giving speech at conference in capital Sofia . Dramatic footage shows man storming the stage and attempting to shoot the politician from point blank range . Weapon fails to fire allowing Mr Dogan time to escape . Security guards and politicians kick and beat attacker to the ground .
[ "A Bulgarian politician today survived an extraordinary assassination attempt when a man stormed the stage and held a gun to his head as he was giving a speech. Fortunately for Ahmed Dogan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the weapon misfired giving him time to react and hit the would-be assassin's h...
d1bb899df81cf8bffbc9942a6b8cdb868590928c
Summarize the following news article.
Miss Vinson, 29, caught the deadly virus from Thomas Eric Duncan but recovered after being treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta . Some criticized the ICU nurse for her decision to fly from Texas to Ohio on October 10 after she had treated Duncan . She said on Thursday she would never put anyone at risk and ...
[ "A nurse who caught Ebola while treating the first patient diagnosed with the disease in the U.S. said today that she wasn't careless or a risk-taker and defended her decision to board a flight shortly before being diagnosed. Miss Vinson, 29, caught Ebola while treating 'patient zero' Thomas Eric Duncan in October ...
c0b23d76f3ed3352b61d0096d9434f358731c5fb
Summarize the following news article.
German auto firm EDAG unveiled concept car at the Geneva Auto Show . Its internal frame is designed to be 3D printed from a mixture of thermo- plastic materials and carbon fibre for strength and cushioning . A conventional metal frame, also inspired by a shell, would protect the 3D printed internal structure .
[ "3D printing has been used to make everything from toys and plaster casts to parts for jet engines. And now one German automotive company has unveiled a revolutionary conceptual car body that it claims will only be made possible by using what is termed as 'additive manufacturing' or large-scale 3D printing. The int...
76955a6f9d38883307411b139a3a6955c5134a43
Summarize the following news article.
Boy, 13, bitten by a two-metre shark on a West Australian beach on Sunday . Cameron Pearman suffered puncture wounds to his leg from the attack . He rode home and made his breakfast before being taken to hospital . He was surfing at Pyramids Beach - 80 km south of Perth . The beach has been closed off and the species o...
[ "A teenaged boy from Western Australia rode his bike home and ate breakfast after being bitten by a two-metre shark. Cameron Pearman, 13, was surfing with his cousin Sam James, 16, when a shark bit his lower leg at Pyramids Beach about 80 km south of Perth at 6am on Sunday. Unshaken by the attack, the 13-year-old ...
a351b2310af6a9c5c5cd00d2bd94d1ecb87a7f20
Summarize the following news article.
Josef Moscicki was jailed for life for the murder of Bernard Smith, 83 . The 23-year-old will spend a minimum of 21 years behind bars, court hears . He had downed vodka and coke in a nightclub on Christmas Day last year . Mosciki had only just got his driving licence back four weeks earlier . Ran over Mr Smith in his v...
[ "A drunk driver murdered a pensioner by running him over in his van and dragging him 650ft just four weeks after getting his licence back from a previous ban, court heard. Josef Moscicki mowed down 83-year-old Bernard Smith in the early hours of Christmas Day last year after downing vodka and coke in a nightclub. M...
670115998dbd4046fa4ff87675b7265b5c3e3be5
Summarize the following news article.
Valeria Lukyanova, 23, has reportedly got slimmer due to not eating . Has converted to Breatharianism - someone who never eats or drinks . Model with doll-like proportions has 994,000 likes on her Facebook page . Sees being a living Barbie as the ultimate embodiment of perfection . Other unusual statements include that...
[ "Ukranian model Valeria Lukyanova, who lives her life as a 'human Barbie' has revealed she doesn't consume food or water anymore. Some have said she uses plastic surgery and Photoshop to create her doll-like image, but her impossibly thin waist could actually be down to not eating for weeks. The model, 23, has said...
e7c8e9af087cfa5f0d40e873aeb1ade7afe526ef
Summarize the following news article.
Helge Lind poached by British company BG from Norwegian rival Statoil . He will be paid £1.5m a year, plus bonuses worth up to £3m . Lund could also earn £9m in share scheme, and receive £12m in shares . New Norwegian boss will also get £480,000 to move his family . Package is 'extraordinary', says independent think ta...
[ "New boss: Oil giant BG has sparked a pay row by handing its new chief executive Helge Lund (pictured) a bumper pay package worth up to £29m . Oil giant BG has sparked a pay row by handing its new chief executive a bumper package worth up to £29m, making him one of Europe's best-paid oil bosses. Helge Lund was poac...
18c5a765a83e7dd04e9b0df9e8305f500062a3c7
Summarize the following news article.
Network begins testing today in London, Cardiff, Bristol, and Birmingham with speeds five times faster than 3G . Everything Everywhere rebranded as EE for the service . Company hinted that Apple's iPhone 5 could also be available on its new network .
[ "Smartphone users will soon be able to surf the web five times faster than on their existing devices with the launch of a super-fast mobile network. The 4G network, which officially launched yesterday, will be running in 16 cities by Christmas. It will allow movies and music to be downloaded on to a phone at the so...
d35e7df5bd03ee8a93009c7ed16864013a1e33d6
Summarize the following news article.
James Watson sparked race row after 2007 interview with Sunday Times . He claimed that people of African descent were inherently less intelligent . The scientist, who won 1962 Nobel Prize, said he was shunned for remarks . His award is expected to fetch as much as £2.5m at auction next week . Dr Watson will use the mon...
[ "Shunned: James Watson (pictured) sparked an outcry when he suggested that people of African descent were less intelligent than white people . A scientist who was part of the team that discovered DNA has been forced to sell his Nobel Prize after he was shunned by the scientific community for comments that linked ra...
71b6143705559ed60a8d6c60842c8dbc544f3ab9
Summarize the following news article.
MIT economist got $392,600 from the Dept of Health and Human Services for his Obamacare consulting . National Institutes of Health paid him $2 million for Medicare consulting . Justice Department has added $1.7 million for expert witness testimony . Four US states combined to pay him another $1.6 million for advice ab...
[ "Four U.S. states and the federal government have padded Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber's wallet to the tune of $5.9 million since 2000, including millions connected to his work on the Affordable Care Act. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist has been pilloried for collecting $392,600 from the O...
a3db86e5a19579b93532cab4c830e06527a6e763
Summarize the following news article.
Didier Drogba is the Ivory Coast's record goalscorer with 65 goals . Son Isaac has played for Chelsea Under 14s and lives in the UK . Drogba has revealed that the 15-year-old wants to play for England . CLICK HERE for all the latest Chelsea news .
[ "Didier Drogba may be the Ivory Coast's record goalscorer, but the Chelsea striker has revealed that his son Isaac wants to snub the African nation and represent England, should he make the grade as a professional footballer. The 15-year-old is currently a youth international with the Blues, and would also be eligi...
1df9d6ac7d985a58ecfe0f1323fa18af50d373a8
Summarize the following news article.
Fleece flower roots are pulled up for use in traditional Chinese medicine . It is said to cure male sexual . dysfunction, infertility, and male baldness . Fleece flower roots are very large and they often resemble human faces . But this is the first root found by Chinese farmers said to look like Homer .
[ "Two Chinese farmers got more than they bargained for when they pulled up the root of a fleece flower - and came face-to-face with the doppelganger of Homer Simpson. The large root appears to have two bulging eyes and a prominent nose - giving it an uncanny resemblance to the famous cartoon character. With two offs...
eb6c07cdc8432537a1224274f89848f9f8b610a2
Summarize the following news article.
Video shows MIT professor Gruber discussing Obamaçare's Medicaid expansion with the University of Chicago's Harold Pollack in April . Pollack said there's 'a politics of impunity towards poor people, particularly non-white poor people' Gruber agreed moments later, saying,  that’s a great way to put it' and states want ...
[ "The hits just keep coming for MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber, the Obamacare architect under fire for his controversial statements about the health care reform law. Video unearthed today by veteran White House reporter Keith Koffler shows Gruber agreeing that states' opposition to the Medicaid expansion di...
9b22d3511f659de31043204f2cc42e87887f9414
Summarize the following news article.
University's police chief obtained original police reports at least four days before the case was turned over to the local prosecutor responsible for investigating serious crimes and filing criminal charges . The university's police chief forwarded the reports to a high-ranking administrator in the Florida State athlet...
[ "Charges of sexual assault against college football champion Jameis Winston from Florida State University that were dropped in December last year are being re-examined once again. An independent investigator claims to have found evidence that FSU administrators and Tallahassee police 'took steps to both hide, and t...
81b6a4e2fe1d7ba5703016ef8f76f869a47df84c
Summarize the following news article.
Guidance issued to Catholic schools sets out 'substantive life choices which are incompatible' with the religion's teachings . Head teachers, principals, deputy heads and heads of RE risk being 'removed from office' if rules are breached . National Secular Society asks Education Secretary to intervene but department in...
[ "Senior teachers at Catholic schools have been warned they face demotion or the sack for being openly gay, remarrying after divorce or cohabiting with a partner. New Church guidelines state that key staff and governors in a ‘non-chaste’ relationship  outside marriage could face an investigation and be removed from ...
a47458de329838d459a454f408bc671ad1dba248
Summarize the following news article.
The theory: It takes a year for foreign stars to adapt to the Premier League . Where's the evidence to support? Look at Angel Di Maria and Mesut Ozil . Di Maria has scored three goals in five games since his £59.7million move . Ozil has struggled, and is now out until 2015 with a 'crack in his knee' I find it hard to s...
[ "Can foreign players ever recover from a slow start to life in English football? It is a question I have been asking myself since I was playing. Every year, when a raft of new signings arrive from overseas, a saying is trotted out with great regularity that is used to mask underwhelming performances from individual...
f79664d3d3ada19108e82bcf3c54ae007ce9e453
Summarize the following news article.
Arsene Wenger has backed Arsenal's record signing Mesut Ozil . The German has been heavily criticised for his performances this season . Ozil was hauled off after 62 minutes in the 2-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund . Jack Wilshere and Aaron Ramsey's good form in central midfield has seen Ozil moved to the left wing . Ar...
[ "Arsene Wenger  insists he would splash a club-record transfer fee on Mesut Ozil again as he came out in staunch defence of his under-fire playmaker. Ozil, Arsenal’s £42.5million signing from Real Madrid, was heavily criticised after his dismal performance in midweek. He was hauled off after 62 minutes against Boru...
e54d21f5723181b84ccf38fb5d650dc49e62c39c
Summarize the following news article.
Donovan played final game for USA against Ecuador in East Hartford . Striker was substituted in 41st minute and received hero's ovation . LA Galaxy forward will retire from professional football at end of season . Donovan holds USA record for most international goals with 57 .
[ "Landon Donovan brought down the curtain on his international career on Friday night as he played his last game for the US national team. The 32-year-old LA Galaxy striker, who will retire at the end of the MLS season, played for 40 minutes during USA's friendly against Ecuador in East Hartford. Donovan has been th...
b4d57be29813f5a9e4a9805ddfa8ab2d4d89e4d4
Summarize the following news article.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond says reinforcements could be sent if dispute with Iran escalates . HMS Argyll deployed as part of international flotilla of warships through Strait of Hormuz . Merkel, Sarkozy and Cameron make rare joint statement, warning Iran it would face economic isolation . Tehran remains defiant a...
[ "Britain could send military reinforcements to the Gulf if the dispute with Iran escalates, the Defence Secretary has revealed. Philip Hammond said the decision to send HMS Argyll as part of an international flotilla of warships through the sensitive Strait of Hormuz on Sunday sent a 'clear signal' to Tehran. And h...
34211d70af2379f0fa552cb5601db384c2325f51
Summarize the following news article.
Up to 10,000 boys at a time visit camp in the Gaza Strip . Explosions and burning tyres used to make mock warzone realistic . Believed purpose is to radicalise the terrorists of tomorrow .
[ "Many will remember the rat-a-tat sounds they made during the war games they played as children. But these chilling images show that for youths on the Gaza Strip, the guns are all too real. The sinister summer camp hosts up to 10,000 boys at a time – and appears to have been designed  to mould its visitors into the...
3e08569950d6f8e7f6f4385425a9781b2046d329
Summarize the following news article.
Prince, 30, let his hair down aboard the Mahiki F1 Boat Party last Friday . Barefoot royal toked on a shisha while holding a plastic cocktail glass . Harry partied on a yacht hired by the Dubai branch of a Mayfair nightclub . Pictures of his undignified behaviour are winging way around the world . Was in Abu Dhabi for...
[ "Some will feel the scene is rather seedy. A barefoot young man partying on board a yacht grasps a plastic cocktail glass in one hand and the nozzle of a shisha, or hookah, pipe with the other, holding it to his mouth. The young man is Prince Harry, who, even at 30, has failed to shed his worrying habit of presenti...
f8a2043ba1933779b4667392c3ad2962b2519bbb
Summarize the following news article.
The 16ft shark spotted half a mile from the Pembrokeshire coast . Thresher shark spotted by researchers tracking pod of dolphins . Leapt out of the water as it hunted dolphin's prey of herring .
[ "A rare 1,000lb thresher shark has been sighted leaping in mid-air as it swam alongside hundreds of dolphins off the Welsh coast. The 16ft shark leapt out of the water half a mile off the Pembrokeshire coast. The acrobatics were caught on camera by photographer Richard Crossen who was sailing with marine biologist ...
a16fd7d92e7798c871f2413c1cd6cfe8db492508
Summarize the following news article.
Mehmet Ali Agca sent letter to Vatican requesting meeting with the Pope . Turk jailed for 19 years for attempted assassination of John Paul II in 1981 . Also served ten years in Turkish prison for murdering prominent journalist . The Pope is set to visit Turkey this week for crisis talks regarding ISIS .
[ "The Turkish gunman who shot Saint John Paul II in the 1981 assassination attempt has seen his request to meet the current Pope ignored. Mehmet Ali Agca, who was jailed for 19 years for the shooting, asked the Vatican last week for permission to meet Pope Francis during his upcoming visit to Turkey, local media rep...
b42d24e0a281dc5571906e0a58c33d6c6c6db79d
Summarize the following news article.
At least 14,500 in England and Wales in 2009 . Increase down to more comprehensive statistics, say researchers . More than half are detected during pregnancy . Of those, 43 per cent resulted in termination .
[ "More than one in 50 babies has a birth defect - almost double the previous estimate, according to the most comprehensive report of its kind. Previous figures have suggested one in 80 babies suffers a defect, which include Down's syndrome, congenital heart disease and neural tube defects such as spina bifida. The r...
25eac115488429fca78715c3dcc027a9f8b354a0
Summarize the following news article.
Dr Craig Spencer, 33, has been kept in isolation at Bellevue Hospital for two weeks now . Diagnosed with Ebola October 23 upon his return from Guinea . Spencer has been doing yoga and playing songs by David Bowie and Interpol . He is expected to be discharged from the hospital in the next few weeks . Spencer's fiancee ...
[ "Ebola-stricken Dr Craig Spencer has been whiling away the hours in quarantine strumming on his banjo and exercising, it was revealed Wednesday. Spencer, 33, has been in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for the past two weeks, slowly recovering from the deadly virus he had contracted while working in Gui...
dfa641ba3f166f20421205a6011ad4d8f42021e0
Summarize the following news article.
Senior Al Qaeda leader reported dead after air strike . It is the third time Said al-Shihri has been reported killed . He has been linked with several attacks, kidnaps and bombings . Veteran fighter was released from Guantanamo in 2007 .
[ "A senior jihadist believed to be behind a deadly bombing at the U.S. embassy in Yemen has been reported killed, the third time his death has been announced. Said al-Shihri, the second in command of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was reportedly killed in an airstrike in Yemen in December, according to a ...
e7bb1a17470d1976b7230014f85d1a25a097d5a2
Summarize the following news article.
Landmark series has captivated millions with its portrait of the frozen world . Stunning images give a glimpse of what is to come on the BBC documentary .
[ "It has already captivated millions, taking viewers on a spectacular polar expedition to the frozen wildernesses of the Arctic and the Antarctic. And now the makers of the landmark BBC series Frozen Planet, bringing the natural world of the North and South Poles to the small screen, has given a tantalising glimpse ...
749936a18e6af6ecc0ec4585f43e2c247f596fa4
Summarize the following news article.
ISIS leaders liable for war crimes on a 'massive scale' in Syria, the UN said . Experts said they must be brought before the International Criminal Court . 'They are individually criminally responsible,' a UN report stated . 'ISIS has beheaded, shot and stoned men, women and children,' it said .
[ "Islamic State commanders are liable for war crimes on a 'massive scale' in northeast Syria where they spread terror by beheading, stoning and shooting civilians and captured fighters, U.N. investigators said on Friday. The experts told world powers to make sure the commanders guilty of war crimes and crimes agains...
7f47adc134abc6c04b5e1c19b68a11ac5e62dda2
Summarize the following news article.
Teenager, 17, admitted shooting Zak Horton with an airgun as he was walking home from school . He was fined £85 costs and ordered to pay Zak and his family £500 in compensation . Zak's mother Hayley said she's 'angry, disappointed and upset' and thinks he should have been jailed . Family prevented from attending court ...
[ "The furious mother of a four-year-old boy shot in the face has hit out after the teenage gunman was slapped with a fine instead of a prison sentence. Hayley Horton said she had been left 'angry, disappointed and upset' at the sentence after the 17-year-old admitted shooting her son Zak Horton as he was walking hom...
b965c04b3e336d4809959d76ac6614672353aae6
Summarize the following news article.
Patent describes Apple’s plans to serve content based on a person’s mood . System would use ‘mood-associated characteristics’ to establish emotions . This includes which apps people use, websites they’ve visited as well as heart rate and facial expressions . The system could also take into account national holidays, fo...
[ "If using your age, gender and marital status wasn't enough for companies to show you highly targeted ads, Apple has filed plans to use your emotions, too. The patent, filed by the firm earlier this month, proposes a system that uses 'mood-associated characteristics' to determine how a user is feeling and show the ...
ba2fe613ac4c79fbec04fdfeba0d9436f0af319e
Summarize the following news article.
Teresa Romero contracted Ebola in Spain while treating two missionaries . The Spanish priests caught Ebola while working with sufferers in Liberia . Ms Romero was kept in quarantine since October 6 and treated for Ebola . She received experimental therapies and was released from hospital today . Unfortunately, Spanish ...
[ "A Spanish nursing assistant who contracted Ebola after treating two priests who later died of the disease has been released from hospital. Teresa Romero, 44, was taken into isolation on October 6 after developing symptoms of the deadly virus. She contracted the virus after helping treat two Spanish missionaries wh...
1391ee61d32f36f970825af55362afb9f7878457
Summarize the following news article.
Michael McAllister claimed he had 'sexsomnia' before Preston Crown Court . The 23-year-old climbed into bed with a girl, 16, after a New Year's Eve party . Preston Crown Court heard the girl was too afraid to fight off McAllister . He was today jailed for seven years after a jury found him guilty of rape . McAllister t...
[ "Michael McAllister, 23, was jailed for seven years after a jury rejected claims he was a sexsomniac when he raped a 16-year-old girl at a party . A man who raped a teenage girl at a New Year’s Eve party and then said he was a sexsomniac began a seven-year jail sentence tonight after jurors were told his claims wer...
7eed3c3ba66b9e45193126ca6e4ea6aa08913b34
Summarize the following news article.
The smart boiler uses Worcester Bosch technology to diagnose faults . It has a wireless transmitter and a ‘hub’ that connects to a Wi-Fi network . More than 700 homes are taking part in the trial that runs to the end of 2014 . Boiler sends data to British Gas in real time, and is automatically analysed . If the first ...
[ "Waking up to discover your boiler is broken and you have no hot water could soon be a thing of the past. British Gas has teamed up with Worcester Bosch to test a smart boiler that can diagnose early signs of faults and breakdowns before the tank fails completely. This generates an alert, which prompts a call centr...