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Slovakia is launching a legal challenge to mandatory quotas that were passed in a majority vote on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Hungary's prime minister has proposed a radical budgetary revamp to raise funds.
The summit will focus on tightening EU borders and aiding neighbours of Syria, from where many migrants come.
The talks ... | Splits within the EU on the relocation of 120,000 migrants have been further exposed as leaders hold an emergency meeting in Brussels. | 34332759 | [
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Scientists say the new species is a member of the group that gave rise to crocodiles and dinosaurs.
The reptile lived at a time when the Earth was recovering from a mass extinction that wiped out most animals.
The discovery may shed light on how the group of animals evolved and spread.
About 252 million years ago, a ma... | The footprints of a mysterious reptile that lived about 250 million years ago have been identified in fossils from the Pyrenees mountains. | 39643528 | [
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Volkswagen (VW) shares plunged more than 18% on Monday after US regulators found that some of its cars could manipulate official emissions tests.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that software in several diesel cars could deceive regulators.
Volkswagen was ordered to recall half a million cars in the US ... | Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn will "support" the German transport ministry's investigation into the carmaker's emissions scandal. | 34320147 | [
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Competitors aged 14 to 19 are hiking distances of up to 55 miles (89 km) visiting 10 nominated tors over two days.
The 56th event started at 07:00 BST, with 2,400 teenagers - many from school and youth groups from across the South West - taking part.
The first teams are expected to cross the finish line on Sunday morni... | Thousands of teenagers are trekking across Dartmoor in the famous Ten Tors challenge. | 36235417 | [
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He was speaking in an emergency debate at the European Parliament in the wake of last week's EU referendum.
The UK voted by 52% to 48% to leave the union after 43 years of membership.
Mr Smith used his speech in Brussels to urge the EU to respect the will of Scotland after its electors voted by 62% to 38% to remain in ... | SNP MEP Alyn Smith received a standing ovation from his European colleagues after he begged them not to "let Scotland down". | 36649450 | [
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It became one of the UK's first post-war settlements in 1947 following the previous year's New Towns Act.
It is credited as having the first modern high-rise residential tower block, The Lawn, which opened in 1951.
Designed for 60,000 by English architect, Frederick Gibberd, the town also included the first all-pedestr... | Harlow is celebrating the 70th anniversary of being designated a new town. | 39357577 | [
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The National Crime Agency (NCA) has released the names of the most wanted, whose crimes range from rape to child abuse and drug trafficking.
The list was published in Madrid as part of Operation Captura.
It includes ex-soldier Shane Walford who was jailed in 2010 for the manslaughter of an off-duty fireman while on lea... | A convicted killer is among 10 of Britain's most wanted fugitives believed to be on the run in Spain. | 31909352 | [
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The builder said it would construct 139 homes at Duddingston Park South, Duddingston, and 165 at Newcraighall Village.
Barratt Homes will also build a total of 102 affordable homes between the two developments.
Newcraighall Village and Duddingston Park South are both set to launch later this year.
Anne Ross, sales dire... | Barratt Homes has confirmed it is pressing ahead with plans to build 400 new homes in the east of Scotland. | 28741327 | [
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Tens of thousands of pilgrims joined him for the Way of the Cross ceremony, recalling Jesus' crucifixion.
Among the cross bearers were Syrian and Iraqi refugees, and Nigerians who had escaped Boko Haram persecution.
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Welsh Language Minister Alun Davies has written to the corporation seeking assurances over the future of factual and drama production in Wales.
BBC Studios has announced plans to cut about 300 staff across the UK.
Its director Mark Linsey said the proposals will help "provide even greater value to licence fee payers".
... | The Welsh Government has said it was "extremely concerned" over news of 27 job cuts in Wales by the BBC's production arm, BBC Studios. | 37658146 | [
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Levy completed a nine-under first round of 62 earlier on Friday and moved to 17 under, before bad light halted him on the last hole of his second round.
He was six clear of German Martin Kaymer, England's Ross Fisher and Swede Robert Karlsson, all on 11 under with several holes to play.
Kaymer's form will be a timely b... | Frenchman Alexander Levy extended his lead to six shots on day two of the fog-delayed European Open in Germany. | 37455330 | [
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Edmund backed up two wins in qualifying with a 6-3 6-2 victory over world number 73 Garcia-Lopez in Beijing.
The 21-year-old from Yorkshire, ranked 54th, goes on to face another Spaniard, Roberto Bautista Agut, who beat John Millman 6-4 3-6 6-3.
Fellow Britons Andy Murray and Johanna Konta are in action on Tuesday.
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In an article published on Friday, MacKenzie compared Everton midfielder Ross Barkley, who has a grandfather born in Nigeria, to a "gorilla".
He said men with similar "pay packets" in Liverpool were "drug dealers".
Merseyside Police are investigating whether his comments constitute a "racial hate crime".
The Sun apolog... | Columnist Kelvin MacKenzie has been suspended by the Sun after he expressed "wrong" and "unfunny" views about the people of Liverpool. | 39603942 | [
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The event at the University of Wolverhampton Sports Complex in Walsall will feature a number of Rio 2016 Paralympic medallists.
It will be the first opportunity for judoka to pick up world ranking points in the Tokyo 2020 cycle.
Great Britain last hosted the Europeans in 2011 in Crawley.
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The Olympic silver medallist accused the organisation of "ageism" and having "zero regard" for her welfare.
She is the latest high-profile cyclist to come forward after Jess Varnish, Nicole Cooke and Emma Pooley criticised the World Class programme.
Houvenaghel told the BB... | A "medal at any cost" approach created a "culture of fear" at British Cycling, says former rider Wendy Houvenaghel. | 39339718 | [
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The Night Wolves had planned to enter next week as part of a ride across Europe to commemorate the 70th anniversary of World War Two.
Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz had called the plan a "provocation".
The Night Wolves' vice-president, Felix Chernyakhovsky, has insisted the bikers still intend to make the trip.
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His government has lasted just more than a year, with limited support from the main opposition party, Fianna Fáil.
Brexit and Northern Ireland's political stalemate are among the challenges waiting for the new taoiseach.
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Core earnings fell 41% to $1.59bn (£1.03bn), with pre-tax profits down to $708m from $1.9bn a year earlier.
Like many other energy companies, BG's results have been affected by the fall in oil prices from a year ago.
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Fellow seamer Oliver Hannon-Dalby, 28, and batsman Matthew Lamb, 20, have both signed one-year extensions, to the end of the 2018 season.
Thornton, 24, made his first-team debut for the Bears in the One-Day Cup win over Northamptonshire on 27 April.
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Steven Tolley, 48, from Tiverton was one of three men injured while working on the northbound carriageway of the A361 at Gornhay Cross, Tiverton.
He was airlifted to Derriford Hospital after the collision on 29 January but died on Monday.
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Turia Pitt received burns to 65% of her body and was told she would never compete again after the 2011 ultra-marathon in Western Australia.
After 200 operations, she completed the 226km (140 mile) Hawaii event on Sunday
She has been hailed on social media as an "amazing role model".
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Paw Patrol's Skye and Marshall did not appear at a Christmas lights switch on in Londonderry on Thursday night.
Derry City and Strabane District Council has since apologised.
Broadcaster Nickelodeon said they had not "organised or authorised" the use of the characters at the event.
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The 29-year-old's body was discovered at the DoubleTree by Hilton on Eastfield Road on Saturday at about 19:25.
Emergency services were called but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Inquiries are currently ongoing, however the death is not being treated as suspicious."
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Police say 540,000 people rallied in Barcelona, the capital of the region in north-east Spain, while the rest gathered in four other Catalan towns.
But numbers were down sharply compared with last year's event, when 1.4 million rallied in Barcelona alone.
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Her 15-year battle for justice finally bore fruit last week, when the Bombay high court confirmed the life sentences of 11 men found guilty of rape and murder.
The court also convicted five policemen and two doctors, who were earlier cleared by the trial court, of destroying evidence.
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Jim McCafferty, 71, appeared before Belfast Magistrates' Court charged with eight counts of touching a boy under the age of 16.
The crimes are alleged to have happened in Belfast between 2012 and 2015.
Mr McCafferty, who previously lived in Glasgow and worked at Celtic more than 20 years ago, was arrested last Decembe... | A former Celtic Football Club youth coach and kit man is to stand trial for alleged child sex offences. | 39886335 | [
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The Leinster back-row returns after fracturing three vertebrae in his back in the 18-11 win over France. He replaces Jordi Murphy.
Johnny Sexton has recovered from a hamstring injury while Jared Payne and Sean O'Brien are fit after concussion.
Grand Slam-chasing Ireland top the table, two points clear of Wales.
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Didn't MPs vote against bombing Syria a couple of years ago? In the last few days haven't the prime minister and the chancellor made clear they would only take military action in Syria if there was a consensus here in the UK? In any case, isn't it entirely unusual, almost unheard of in modern times, for British militar... | You might be surprised by this afternoon's news that British bombing killed British nationals in Syria in the last few weeks. | 34181122 | [
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He collided with a black Vauxhall Insignia on the junction of Wian Street and London Road in Holyhead shortly before 12:30 BST on 3 June.
The man, who was local to the area, was taken to a hospital in Stoke but has died from his injuries.
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Chechen Muslim clerics met on 3 April, two days after the paper's revelations, and said the report had insulted their faith and the dignity of Chechen men.
"Retribution will catch up with the true instigators, wherever and whoever they are," their resolution said.
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Keates made over 150 league appearances for Wrexham and captained the club to an FA Trophy win in 2013.
The 38-year-old, along with Joey Jones and Andy Davies, had been in temporary charge of the National League club after Gary Mills was sacked on 13 October.
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Brad McKay crouched to volley in Greg Tansey's deep free-kick early in the match.
And Tansey converted a penalty after Massimo Donati had fouled Ross Draper.
Accies were upset Ali Crawford was not awarded a second-half spot-kick for a challenge by goalkeeper Ryan Esson but netted late on through Danny Redmond.
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The NHS spent £8.84m on private ambulances in the capital last year compared to £795,000 in 2011, according to Freedom of Information data.
The London Ambulance Service (LAS) conceded it was losing staff due to "pressure on the organisation".
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He attempted to take charge of the club through his Sport Capital consortium but the deal collapsed in January.
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He has been sighted off the coast of New South Wales state, including the resort town of Byron Bay.
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Moslemuddin Sarkar, 52, arrived back in Dhaka on Tuesday, a day after being freed from a Pakistani jail with the help of the Red Cross.
His family lost contact after Mr Sarkar left for India in search of work in 1989. Years later, he ended up in Pakistan, where he was arrested.
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Royal Mail predicts that on what it calls Take-back Tuesday there will be a rise of more than 50% in returns against December's daily average.
Clothing and footwear are the most likely items to be returned.
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The addition of Permian, who was successful in the Dante Stakes at York, and last week's Goodwood winner Khalidi, means the total purse for the Classic on 3 June will be £1.625m.
The John Gosden-trained Cracksman is the favourite.
Cracksman beat Permian in the Derby Trial in April.
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After 25 years, the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen closed its doors in Eyemouth in 2012.
Now the former granary building is being turned into an arts centre, run by a community interest company.
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And in 2015 and 2016, her Todai robot outperformed 80% of high-school pupils and was in the top 1% for maths.
But Prof Arai, a mathematician at the National Institute of Informatics, is not happy about how well it is doing.
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Fujimori said in a letter he intended to share thoughts and memories, happy and sad, while serving a 25-year prison sentence for human rights violations.
The social media accounts would be managed by a group of supporters.
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The pair, aged 24 and 25, were arrested in a raid in the western suburb of Fairfield on Tuesday.
Details of the alleged plot are not known, but police say a hunting knife, an Islamic State (IS) flag and a video describing an attack were seized.
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That report was never written, but the murdered opposition politician's colleagues, led by his close associate Ilya Yashin, have since worked to finish it.
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The Hemel Hempstead-born 37-year-old succeeds fellow Briton Ian Poulter, who hosted the 2015 event at Woburn.
This year's tournament was the first since 2008 and was won by Sheffield's Matthew Fitzpatrick.
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It replicates the repeating lattice of sodium and chloride ions found in a crystal of salt (NaCl).
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Devon and Cornwall Police were called to the statue of General Buller in Exeter at 23:40 BST on Saturday.
The 18-year-old, from the Exeter area, was climbing on the 15ft (4.5m) statue - a well known landmark which depicts General Redvers Buller on horseback, mounted on a large granite plinth - when he fell.
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The 29-year-old spent the majority of last season on loan with Wolves, making 19 appearances in all competitions.
He previously played 211 league games for the Molineux side between 2008 and 2015 before moving to Craven Cottage.
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Ian Domingo, from Dumfries, had been in London for a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the campaign in which his grandfather was killed.
His suitbag, containing badges commemorating service, was taken from the Virgin service from Euston.
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Holland and Jenkins' compatriot Stanford pre-qualified for the team in 2015, leaving one more place to fill.
The likelihood is whoever finishes first out of Jenkins, 31, and Jody Stimpson in the World Triathlon race on Australia's Gold Coast will be picked.
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The crash, which happened at the Rising Sun in North Bradley near Trowbridge at about 06:00 GMT, left a huge hole in the front of the building.
Wiltshire Police said the driver was taken to Bath's Royal United Hospital for treatment to his injuries, which are not thought to be serious.
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Derby City Council wanted to shut Moorways Pool from April in a bid to save about £350,000 a year.
The Labour-led authority, which needs to save £79m over the next three years, said it had found the savings by making cuts in other areas.
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The 27-year-old made the announcement after a quarter-final loss to Ghana.
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Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull - the breakout stars of the last series of the BBC Two quiz show - are getting behind the microphone.
The pair will present Monkman and Seagull's Polymathic Adventure on BBC Radio 4 on 21 August.
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If, and when, their big day comes, it could be an expensive business covering the cost of hotels, caterers, photographers and florists, not to mention clothes, rings and a honeymoon.
Campaigners estimate that the average Australian wedding has a price tag of around 35,000 Australian dollars ($27,000; £18,000).
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Robson added a further 56 to his overnight score to reach 231, as Middlesex moved from 317-4 to 452 all out, backed by John Simpson's 52.
Warwickshire captain Ian Bell was one of two early visiting wickets to fall.
But Jonathan Trott and Varun Chopra saw the Bears to 146-4 by the early close.
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The hosts dominated the match but could not find a way past the Tigers goalkeeper, who brilliantly kept out Zlatan Ibrahimovic's long-range strike and Paul Pogba's driving effort in the first half.
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Comley, 20, has played twice for the R's first-team and signed a two-year deal at Loftus Road in May, having been with the club since the age of nine.
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Bempton Cliffs at Flamborough Head has the UK's largest mainland seabird colony, according to the RSPB.
It said the new facilities would bring more visitors and improve their access to the thousands of nesting birds.
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The military hero who defeated Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815 stayed at the Kent castle regularly from 1829 until 1852.
Copying a watercolour made shortly after his death, English Heritage has recreated the carpet and wallpaper in the room when he died aged 83.
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Walker, who has 27 caps and spent eight seasons at Spurs has signed a five-year deal with City.
The deal, which comes to £50m including £5m of add-ons, could make him the most expensive English player ever.
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The 10-year-old Irish-bred horse collapsed after narrowly beating Thistlecrack to win the Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham's Festival Trials Day.
He was treated by veterinary staff before being pronounced dead.
The British Horseracing Authority confirmed the horse suffered from a "severe pulmonary haemorrhage".
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The 23-year-old mutually cancelled his deal at the Shrimps earlier this month but can train at the Championship side ahead of the move.
"Agreeing the pre-contract deal now, I get the opportunity to bed myself in before I can play again," he said.
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Bell travelled around the Middle East in the early 1890s and is credited with drawing up the borders of modern Iraq.
Her Grade II* listed childhood home, Red Barns, in Redcar, has since been a pub and hotel and is now empty.
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One of their own was coming home to be given the freedom of the burgh after achieving what was something akin to the moon landing of its time.
Captain James Anderson, by then Sir James Anderson, was in command of the ship which laid a telegraph cable under the Atlantic.
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South Wales Police said David Ellis, 40, his lodger, has been arrested in Ireland.
Officers are liaising with Garda officers in connection with his extradition back to the UK.
Retired telecoms engineer Mr Warburton, 59, has not been seen since 31 July.
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Jason Alexander, 39, used a company credit card to buy almost £91,000 of iPads, phones and computers.
Alexander, of Griffithstown, Torfaen, admitted fraud and was jailed for two years in January.
But at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday, a judge ordered him to pay back £115,000 to his ex-employers.
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Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said the money would be given "to develop inspirational projects that could have a transformative local effect".
She said it would be a legacy from next year's Great Exhibition Of The North, to be held in Newcastle and Gateshead.
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After dealing with the incident he surprised customers by belting out the classic 70s track on the karaoke.
Peter McKenna-Boyd, who filmed the performance, said: "Everybody just loved it".
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But the inspiration for this scheme to improve health services in Zambia began in very low-tech and unhappy circumstances.
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Set in Singapore during the year 2065, Call of Duty: Black Ops III begins with a mission where players must investigate the "mysterious disappearance" of a CIA station.
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Dwindling domestic gas and coal supplies mean the nation would become dependent on volatile imports, it adds.
The report, by Cambridge Econometrics for RenewableUK, said wind power saved the UK £579 million in fossil fuel costs in 2013.
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Hurst joined Mansfield in June after being released by Southend, and has made 16 appearances for the League Two side this season.
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The girl, called Nieve, was attending the Handmade Parade in Hebden Bridge on Sunday with her grandparents when the dog jumped up and bit her.
She needed eyelid surgery and suffered "potentially irreparable damage" to a tear duct.
The man in the e-fit is described as being broad, bald and aged about 50.
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But the summer visitor is in decline and, according to a new study, its migratory habits may be to blame.
Scientists have tagged birds leaving the UK and believe they take two different routes on their journey to spend the winter in Africa.
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On 26 October 1914 Alice Parr arrived at the government's imposing War Office in London, seeking answers about her missing teenage son.
Seventeen-year-old Private John Parr had last been seen in August, on the eve of the Battle of Mons.
He had been sent to search for two missing platoons and his anxious mother feared t... | A ceremony is being held at the WW1 grave of Private John Parr - a teenager thought to have been the first British soldier killed in action in Europe - but 100 years on mystery still surrounds how he died and who killed him. | 28442670 | [
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As Abid Naseer started his cross-examination in a New York courtroom of the police officer who searched his Manchester bedroom in 2009, he commented it was nice to hear a Mancunian accent again.
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The former England boss won just six of 28 Premier League games in charge of the Magpies, who are just one place off the foot of the table.
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The 18-year-old - making his first appearance of the season - steered home Wayne Rooney's cross to spark wild celebrations on the away bench.
Moments earlier, David Meyler had blazed over in a rare Hull attack.
But it was a deserved win for United, who had gone close though Rooney, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba.
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A chain of people passed a light to each other, finishing at the cathedral.
As part of the annual Peace Festival in the city, the cathedral was lit up in blue, white and red to mark Friday's attacks in Paris.
The event was led by the Bishop of Coventry and the Duke of Kent.
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Juhel Miah had flown to Reykjavik, Iceland, with the party from Llangatwg Community before boarding an onward flight to New York.
But before the plane took off on 16 February, he was escorted off by security staff.
BBC Wales has asked the US Embassy in London to comment.
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Malorie Bantala, 21, was 32-weeks pregnant when she was assaulted by two people in Peckham on 15 June.
A boy, 17, was charged on Tuesday with child destruction and grievous bodily harm. He is due to appear at Barkingside Magistrates' Court later.
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Mr Kim was speaking after twin tests on Wednesday of the Hwasong-10 missile, known internationally as the Musudan.
The US and South Korea say the first test failed, but the second travelled about 400km (250 miles) and reached an altitude of 1,000km.
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Crews battled the fire in Littleborough, Rochdale, for several hours after it was reported shortly before 19:30 BST on Wednesday.
Engines from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service attended, with back-up from West Yorkshire.
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The meeting, at Mr Putin's summer residence in Sochi, comes at a low point in bilateral relations over the war in Syria and Russia's annexation of Crimea.
They are expected to discuss both issues during their meeting - but no breakthroughs are expected.
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Eight year-old Phoebe Hanson wrote to BBC Radio 4's PM saying she worried how the "bongs" would be replaced while Big Ben is being repaired next year.
PM's editor, Roger Sawyer, told Phoebe: "It would be quite a task."
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His decision to replace chief whip Dame Rosie Winterton with Nick Brown was met with some surprise last week.
MPs Holly Lynch and Conor McGinn have resigned, it was confirmed.
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Leanne Wood made the comments in a BBC TV debate, which took place a day after the terrorist attack in London.
Ms Wood also said that she would like to see the highest tax rate raised from 45% to 50%.
She said she would be willing to put up taxes to fund public services.
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It is being performed at Curve theatre in Leicester, the city where Townsend lived and where the book is set.
The writer worked on the musical before her death last April and her family have given their blessing to the production going ahead.
There will be more than 30 performances over the next four weeks.
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His lecture, to be broadcast later this year, is part of a raft of new BBC Radio 4 programmes unveiled on Monday.
They include Glenda Jackson's return to acting, in a drama based on a cycle of 20 novels by French writer Emile Zola, and a Late Night Woman's Hour.
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Adelaide and Victoria in southern Australia have seen some of the worst bushfires for 30 years.
Injured possums, koalas, kangaroos and wallabies have been arriving at animal rescue centres almost every day.
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The images are all the more striking when you consider that Mr Jenkinson, 42, from Y Ffor, near Pwllheli in Gwynedd, is blind.
He suffers from panhypopituitarism, a condition which has left him with just 5-10% vision in his left eye and 50% in his right eye. He has no perception of 3D and is also colour-blind.
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She stressed that to kill a police officer was "to attack the fundamental basis of our society".
But Mrs May also said police officers must end "frivolous" accident claims and focus on raising public trust.
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The 23-year-old has played nine league games for the Spireites this season, all as a substitute, but started two cup matches.
The 6ft 4ins former Ivory Coast Under-20 international has made 98 appearances in total for Chesterfield since joining them in January 2013.
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French firm EDF, which is financing most of the £18bn Hinkley Point project in Somerset, approved the funding at a board meeting.
Contracts were to be signed on Friday.
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