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The writer's work tells the story of a Nigerian woman who moves to the US to pursue a college education.
In 2008, her second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, won the UK's Orange Prize and Purple Hibiscus was longlisted for the Booker Prize four years earlier.
Other category winners for the US honour included Sheri Fink's b... | Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has won the US National Critics Book Prize for her novel Americanah. | 26575228 | [
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The toilet, in a busy park in Pudong New Area, will have 10 unisex stalls, plus some urinals and a stall for disabled people.
The opening on 19 November will coincide with World Toilet Day.
Unisex facilities will spare officials having to decide how to share out male and female stalls, say reports.
"It is an apparent p... | Shanghai is trialling a unisex public toilet block to lower the time women have to spend waiting in queues, Chinese media have reported. | 37820092 | [
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The victim was taken to hospital from Crown Street, Acton, on Friday but died from his injuries.
A 16-year-old suspect was arrested and remains in custody in South London, police said.
Officers are continuing to question a 17-year-old arrested near the scene on suspicion of murder, the Met said.
Police believe they kno... | A second teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in a west London street. | 34560421 | [
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Sylvia Blackburn, 72, suffered serious head injuries outside Bedford Road Lower School, Kempston, last December.
Brian Wright, 55, of Kempston, told Luton Crown Court he had been blinded by the setting sun.
He accepted he had struck Mrs Blackburn but denies causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Mrs Blackburn is ... | A driver who knocked down a lollipop lady broke down in tears in court as he said he was "truly sorry" for her and her family. | 35051818 | [
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Fawzi al-Odah, 37, was released after a US review panel concluded he was not a "continuing significant threat".
He had been at the US facility in Cuba since 2002 after his arrest in Pakistan on suspicion of links to al-Qaeda and the Taliban - a charge he denies.
He had challenged America's right to detain him in the US... | One of the longest-held detainees at the US facility at Guantanamo Bay, a Kuwaiti man, has been sent home, officials say. | 29928061 | [
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Glyndwr University is hosting the first meeting of the North Wales Cyber Security Cluster with local businesses also attending.
Prof Vic Grout said the aim is to meet monthly to share good practice.
Security agency GCHQ said people and businesses could adopt basic cyber security principals to keep safe. | Police and experts in cybercrime are meeting in Wrexham to discuss ways to tackle the issue and keep people safe online. | 33634796 | [
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Jessica Chisnall, 15, was hit by the bike on Ashton's Green Drive in St Helens as she walked home from school on 13 January.
She suffered a severe head injury which resulted in bleeding on the brain.
Her parents, Carl and Sara Chisnall, said their "smiling, laughing" daughter had "a long road to recovery".
They said Je... | The parents of a teenage girl who was hit by a scrambler bike and put into a medically-induced coma say her future remains uncertain. | 38682080 | [
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The businessman has been at the helm at the St Lawrence Ground since 2008.
Last year he clashed with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) when his side were overlooked for promotion after Durham's enforced relegation.
Kent were Division Two runners-up, in most seasons normally a promotion spot, but the ECB decided... | Kent chairman George Kennedy is to leave his position at the Championship Division Two club at the end of March. | 39139644 | [
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The Sky Blues currently play in Coventry's Ricoh Arena but had a long dispute with the stadium's previous owners.
The council said the club wanted to meet to understand how it would deal with a planning application.
The club said it was not commenting "at this stage".
The club's owners, Sisu, have been involved in a lo... | Planners in Rugby have revealed they have been in talks with Coventry City Football Club about building a stadium in the borough. | 32612168 | [
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Fraudsters posing as TalkTalk workers have switched their caller ID - the incoming number which appears on mobile phone screens - to that of The Flower Shop in Caversham, Reading.
The shop said "confused" callers asking for the telecoms firm had started contacting them on Friday.
The case is being assessed by the Natio... | A family-run florist says it is being besieged with up to 120 calls a day in a phone cloning scam. | 40445370 | [
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The Germans overturned a 3-1 first-leg deficit against Porto, winning 6-1 to advance 7-4 on aggregate.
Guardiola's side scored five goals in a thrilling first half at Allianz Arena.
"I know how very important it was," the 44-year-old ex-Barcelona boss told ZDF Television. "It is about winning just like at Barcelona."
H... | Bayern Munich's progress to the semi-finals of the Champions League was "about life or death", according to manager Pep Guardiola. | 32407939 | [
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The secretary of state was, by all accounts, a member of the "Remain Campaign" lobbying against a US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
So President Trump's "Climate Brexit" was a blow to him - in an ironic twist the fossil fuel company he used to head supports the accord while the government he now represents does n... | Last month when Rex Tillerson tried to translate "America First" into foreign policy terms for a bemused audience of State Department employees, he probably didn't expect it would come to mean "America Alone." | 40138740 | [
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"I'm feeling the joints for any kind of heat or swelling."
Veterinary surgeon Dr Sandra Corr puts Daisy the sheep through a very hands-on physical examination.
"I'm looking for any signs of crepitus or lameness," she says, "Anything that might indicate the onset of disease or osteoarthritis."
But Daisy is not just any ... | Scientists are studying Dolly the sheep's "siblings" in order to study the health of cloned animals - and resolve a puzzle over whether they age normally. | 36824899 | [
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At times it felt disjointed as the local parties fought over different territory.
The DUP emphasised its potential role in a hung parliament, while Sinn Féin portrayed the contest as a battle against austerity; a stepping stone towards next year's Dáil and Stormont elections.
However it was certainly packed with incide... | While it hasn't been an epic encounter like the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement or the following struggles for dominance within unionism and nationalism, I don't agree that the 2015 Westminster campaign has been lacklustre. | 32610109 | [
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In a tough breeze, 22-year-old Spieth carded a one-over 73 to lead for a record seventh consecutive round.
Smylie Kaufman will play with his fellow American on Sunday, with former champion Bernhard Langer and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama a further shot behind.
McIlroy, 26, sta... | Jordan Spieth will begin the final day at the Masters with a one-shot lead but playing partner Rory McIlroy's bid faltered on day three at Augusta. | 36007122 | [
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The £21.5m Castle Mill development at Port Meadow, by the River Thames, has been widely criticised as ugly and spoiling the view of Oxford's skyline.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) will put its case to a High Court judge on 23 October.
The five-storey university blocks provide 439 accommodation units.
Th... | A campaign group has been granted a hearing to examine the case for a judicial review of the decision to build student flats near a beauty spot. | 23606507 | [
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With colleagues in BBC News, we have been tracking where the party leaders are going. And, frankly, the Conservative game plan seems extremely straightforward.
To illustrate that, here is a chart: each block represents a Tory-facing Labour seat (in red) or a Labour-facing Tory seat (in blue). And each stack of blocks t... | One of the most striking factors about this election campaign is that Labour and the Conservative Party appear to be running two entirely unconnected election campaigns. | 39927866 | [
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Dr Ben Clark, 40, was one of three air ambulance staff to be honoured at the Pride of Britain awards for treating victims of the Alton Towers Smiler crash in June.
Former England captain Beckham decided to join in when Dr Clark was photographed at Monday's ceremony.
The Midlands Air Ambulance Service later tweeted the ... | A medic has been "photobombed" by David Beckham at an awards show while tucking into a sausage roll backstage. | 34395666 | [
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Christine Lacson Abad, 27, of Cary, North Carolina, was charged with arranging a child sex offence, attempting to groom a 15-year-old in Wrexham and two more sex offences.
But the Crown Prosecution Service said it was no longer pursuing the case.
It said the decision followed further information from North Wales Police... | An American woman accused of travelling thousands of miles to commit a child sex offence in north Wales has been cleared after her case was dropped. | 38856072 | [
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They then vowed to put their careers on hold for 23 years.
That time is now up.
So at 23 seconds past midnight on Wednesday they made their comeback at a book launch in Liverpool.
The duo were greeted by 500 fans as they arrived at the News From Nowhere book shop in an ice cream van that played their hit What Time Is L... | On 23 August 1994, The KLF - one of Britain's most incendiary bands, in more ways than one - burned £1m on a remote Scottish island. | 41022272 | [
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Three other people in the grey Ford Mondeo, an 82-year-old woman, a 77-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man, were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The crash happened at 23:00 GMT on Wednesday on Sheffield Road at Hoyland Common.
The 85-year-old was taken to hospital where she later died. | An 85-year-old woman has died after the car she was in crashed into a wall in Barnsley. | 32068502 | [
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In previous years crime figures have seen a significant rise during the annual celebration.
Good weather on Saturday meant a larger number of spectators than usual turned out to the event.
However, Insp Stuart Wilson said that other than a "few minor incidents" it had passed peacefully.
He said: "The annual Guid Nychbu... | Police have praised the "good family atmosphere" among the thousands of people who turned out to watch Guid Nychburris events in Dumfries. | 33229965 | [
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Janice Farman, originally from Clydebank, was killed at her home in front of her son earlier this month.
Three men have appeared in court in connection with her murder.
Her parents said they heard about her death through social media and cannot attend her funeral due to ill health.
Alexander and Doreen Farman, from Cly... | The parents of a Scottish woman murdered in Mauritius have written a letter to her friends and colleagues there, thanking them for the love they had shown to their daughter. | 40713752 | [
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The oldest fixture in international football is the first competitive meeting of the sides since 1999.
With only one team guaranteed a place at Russia 2018, England top Group F after three games with Scotland fourth.
Wayne Rooney returns to captain England with Scotland ca... | England and Scotland meet for the 113th time at Wembley on Friday night as a rivalry which "is known throughout the world" returns. | 37934864 | [
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Ross Simons, 34, and his wife Clare, 30, died at the scene of the incident in Hanham, near Bristol, on Sunday.
The matter has been referred to the police watchdog, the IPCC.
Police arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and a 35-year-old woman, on suspicion of dangerous driving.
I... | A car involved in an apparent hit-and-run with a couple on a tandem bicycle was being followed by police at the time, it has emerged. | 21226126 | [
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Roedd Jason Cooper wedi bod o flaen llys o'r blaen ar gyhuddiad o geisio llofruddio Laura Jayne Stuart, ond clywodd y llys ddydd Gwener bod Ms Stuart wedi marw.
Ymddangosodd Mr Cooper, 27 oed o Ddinbych, ar gyswllt fideo o garchar Altcourse yn Lerpwl.
Mae'n wynebu cyhuddiadau o lofruddio Ms Stuart yn Ninbych ar 12 Awst... | Mae dyn wedi ymddangos o flaen Llys y Goron Yr Wyddgrug i wynebu cyhuddiad o lofruddiaeth. | 41035472 | [
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It is the third time UK industry has been in recession in eight years.
Although industrial production rose 0.3% from February to March, it fell 0.4% both in the first three months of 2016 and in the last three of 2015.
Compared with a year ago, manufacturing production in the first quarter fell 1.9%, the biggest fall s... | UK industry fell back into recession as it shrank for the second quarter in a row, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). | 36266178 | [
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Zeid Raad Al Hussein described the incident, in which 10 people were wounded, as "extremely shocking".
Cizre has been the focus of an offensive by Turkey's army against the Kurdish rebel group, the PKK.
Mr Al Hussein also expressed concern over reports that the man who filmed the incident was arrested.
"Filming an atro... | The top UN human rights official has urged Turkey to investigate an apparent shooting by security forces of unarmed civilians in the city of Cizre. | 35460006 | [
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Sarries beat Tigers in the final round of pool matches, and will play Aaron Mauger's side at Allianz Park again.
Quins, seventh in the top-flight, go to an Exeter side hoping to reach the final for the third time in a row.
Welsh regions Dragons, Scarlets, Ospreys and Cardiff all failed to make it into the last four.
Th... | Reigning champions Saracens will host Leicester, with Exeter at home to Harlequins in an all-Premiership semi-final line-up in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. | 38875774 | [
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The pictures show the swirling clouds of the gas giant at both its poles - views that no previous mission has managed to acquire in such detail.
Juno captured the data last weekend as it made its first close approach to the planet since going into orbit in July.
The flyby took the spacecraft just 4,200km above Jupiter'... | The US space agency (Nasa) has released spectacular new images of Jupiter acquired by its Juno probe. | 37259937 | [
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The six male athletes also said they engaged in disruptive behaviour.
The admission follows a report that assessed Australia's poor swimming performance at the London 2012 Games which pointed to a "toxic" team culture.
Swimming Australia said the swimmers will face an inquiry panel.
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The men, in their 20s, were stopped at Aston Quay in the city on Friday, 29 July.
In a follow-up search at a D'Olier Street apartment, police found ecstasy tablets worth an estimated 418,000 euro (£353,176) and cocaine worth 24,000 euro (£20,278).
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The proposed deal is expected to include more security around the site where thousands of migrants are living and moves to tackle people trafficking.
Home Secretary Theresa May and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve will tour the Eurotunnel site and meet aid associations helping migrants.
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Last week, the 31-year-old Brighton midfielder was named in the Wales squad for their upcoming friendlies, over two years after his last call-up.
"Wales manager Chris Coleman said to have a better chance of going in the summer he'd like to see me playing regularly," Crofts told BBC Radio Kent.
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The victims all worked at the plant 100km (62 miles) east of Porto.
The factory's owner was among the dead and several members of his family were either dead or missing, said local mayor Francisco Lopes.
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The judge in charge of the case rejected the request by prosecutors to drop the charges against the striker.
Messi and his father Jorge are accused of defrauding Spain of more than €4m (£3.1m; $5m). They deny any wrongdoing.
Lawyers acting on behalf of the tax authorities demanded 22-month jail sentences for both defen... | Argentina and Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi and his father should stand trial on tax fraud charges, a court in Spain has ruled. | 34478784 | [
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Photos on the internet appear to show Diouf in a nightclub, just hours before the match at Southampton on 24 March.
"I've made some inquiries and I've asked him about it and he denies he was there," Saunders told Radio Sheffield.
"It's still ongoing and I want to get to the bottom of it. It's something I can't comprehe... | Doncaster Rovers boss Dean Saunders says the club are continuing to investigate claims that forward El-Hadji Diouf breached club discipline. | 17626561 | [
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Ecuele Manga, 27, last featured for Cardiff in their 2-1 defeat at Fulham.
"It might be the case that he has malaria. He is out of hospital and will be commencing training later this week," manager Russell Slade told BBC Radio Wales.
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US researchers say the slow-is-more-accurate rule generally applies.
In a series of calculations, they looked at the physics behind releasing a projectile with the human arm.
Their equations suggest a slow underarm throw is the best strategy for getting a piece of paper into a nearby bin.
Lead researcher Madhusudhan Ve... | Scientists have calculated the optimal strategy for throwing something accurately - whether it's a dart or a crumpled-up piece of paper. | 39712282 | [
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Culture Minister Helen Grant told MPs their future was "unresolved" and bookmakers must take immediate action to increase protection for players.
People can wager £100 every 20 seconds on fixed-odds betting terminals.
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Kieran Innes, of Aberdeen, died after his car crashed on the A90 north of Forfar on Tuesday morning.
Mr Innes was a coach with Middlefield Wasps FC.
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10 September 2016 Last updated at 18:36 BST
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He was found when his owners returned to the house to get some belongings.
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He was 86 years old. He is best remembered for his broadcasts in both Irish and English.
He was born in Cork and is the former head of Irish language programmes, controller of programmes and deputy director general at Irish state broadcaster, RTÉ.
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Riot police quelled skirmishes between rival fans behind one of the goals just before kick-off in England's 3-0 win.
An English FA statement said the incidents had not taken place in the area where fans who bought tickets from the FA were located.
The cases will be dealt with on Thursday, 22 October.
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An area of the town near the swimming pool had been evacuated for most of the morning and early afternoon.
Other residents close by had been advised to open windows, stay indoors near walls and to avoid going outside.
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The Reds looked in control when Roberto Firmino converted James Milner's pass and Daniel Sturridge backheeled to Sadio Mane to clip home a second.
But Leicester were given hope when Lucas inexplicably passed the ball to Jamie Vardy to shoot into an empty net.
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Stokes smashed 158 from 131 balls and Taylor compiled a stylish 114 before both were retired out.
Nick Compton, batting at three, marked his return with 58.
That helped England recover from 56-3 as Alastair Cook managed only two and new opening partner Alex Hales eight.
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Mr Dutton has accused The Guardian and Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) of "trivialising" allegations relating to treatment of asylum seekers.
The Guardian last week published more than 2,000 leaked reports from the immigration centre on Nauru.
These revealed widespread abuse and trauma among asylum seekers.
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Polling booths opened at 07:00 BST in the area's 15 constituencies, with results expected to be declared after midnight.
Votes will be counted after the polls close at 22:00 BST.
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The English rider crashed at this year's TT and the Fireblade bike has been plagued by mechanical problems.
Martin told MCN that he was quitting road racing but he later clarifying his position on Facebook.
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They were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) "disloyal payment" made to Platini in 2011.
The Fifa ethics committee found Blatter and Platini had demonstrated an "abusive execution" of their positions.
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A consultation prompted 620 responses, with 98% saying owners should clean up after pets and 69% saying dogs should be excluded from play areas.
But 70% did not want to see dogs excluded from beaches.
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Elections for 29 governors and all 36 state assemblies are taking place.
Some of Nigeria's governors control huge budgets and are among the country's most influential politicians.
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Wayan Mirna Solihin, 27, met with two friends in a Jakarta cafe on January 6.
She collapsed after complaining about her coffee's taste and died a short time later.
Traces of cyanide were found in her coffee and tests confirmed she had been poisoned, but Indonesian officials have not named a suspect.
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The man said he found the metal object floating on a remote river in the municipality of Salinopolis.
The debris has been confirmed as coming from a satellite launched from the Kourou base, in neighbouring French Guiana, last July.
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute, had to shut the $30m (£18.3m) Allen Telescope Array in April.
Donors, including actress Jodie Foster, raised more than $200,000 (£122,000).
The 42 radio telescopes, in northern California, search space for potential signals from alien life forms.
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The layoffs will be announced in the coming weeks, according to unnamed sources who spoke to Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal.
A memo from BlackRock's president Rob Kapito and chief operating officer Rob Goldstein said the job cuts have not been finalised.
BlackRock declined to comment.
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The call was made by Scottish Conservative Mary Scanlon and backed by SNP MSP Mike MacKenzie.
The state of Holyrood's coffee was raised during questions about staff and services at the Edinburgh building.
Linda Fabiani suggested the complainers could use "very good coffee bags" and "some really hot water".
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The Welsh government has agreed to pay £20,000-a-year for three years for a site to store the 15th Century vessel discovered in 2002.
It comes after Newport council said it planned to stop its funding due to budget cuts.
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Firefighters used a 30ft (9m) ladder to bring them to safety in the Ince area of Wigan.
Greater Manchester Fire Service said engines from Wigan and Hindley were mobilised at about 13:55 BST.
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A government spokesman said the bodies were found near the city of Al Bayda, close to the site of the kidnapping.
The crew was taken in August while travelling through territory largely controlled by extremist militants.
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The Communication Workers Union said the walkout would start on Monday 19 December and include Christmas Eve.
It will involve thousands of workers from the Crown Post Offices.
The Post Office said despite the walkout it would be "business as usual" with "at least" 97% of its 11,600 branches not involved.
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Locals rush about their business, the shops are full and crowds of tourists gather here to watch the Glockenspiel, the chiming carillon, with its dancing figures and little chirping golden bird.
But a glance under the Mariensaeule, a column topped with a statue of the Virgin Mary, tells you that all is not well here.
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Now without a win in 12 league matches on home soil - a run that dates back to March - the Dons twice held a two-goal lead before Taylor rescued an unlikely point for Rovers.
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A young palaeontologist working with the University of Manchester found the fossil in 2008, in the collections of Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery.
He realised it was the 189-million-year-old remains of an ichthyosaur - an extinct marine reptile.
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They were brought to the capital Lima by air from an isolated valley in the Amazon region.
The army said their column had stashed explosives and weapons near a pipeline connecting a gas field to the capital.
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Mr Sarao, who traded from his parents' home in Hounslow, west London, is accused of market manipulation that caused a 1,000-point fall on the US Dow Jones index in 2010.
US prosecutors allege he made about $875,000 (£600,000) from the move.
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A 9mm self-loading pistol, ammunition, four Enfield pistols and a rifle component were found at Albert Patterson's house in Hereford, the Hereford Times reported.
The 65-year-old was jailed for 15 months at the city's Crown Court.
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust was rated as inadequate in an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
It said the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital in Barrow needed to improve the quality of care.
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Judges said their work laid "an intellectual foundation" for policies in areas such as bankruptcy legislation and political constitutions.
The pair will receive 8 million Swedish krona (£744,652) from the committee.
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Japan should learn "profound lessons from history", China's defence ministry said after Japan's parliamentary vote.
The vote allows Japanese troops to fight overseas for the first time since the end of World War Two 70 years ago.
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He had rejected a move to Birmingham on Wednesday but has now agreed personal terms and passed his medical.
Stewart, who was in the final year of his contract at at Dens Park, had scored six goals in three games for Dundee already this season.
He could make his Blues debut in Saturday's Championship match at Leeds.
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The men were trying to descend Bla Bheinn when they got into difficulty in fading light on Thursday.
They raised the alarm at 20:40 and a rescue operation involving the coastguard, Skye Mountain Rescue Team and Police Scotland was launched.
A coastguard helicopter from Stornoway in Lewis airlifted the men.
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Seven firms, including major supermarkets such as NTUC FairPrice and IKEA, have been asked declare they are not doing so within a week.
The forest fires in Indonesia have deteriorated Singapore's air quality, causing a blanket of haze in the city.
FairPrice has said it removing products from one Indonesian firm.
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Trinidadian Simmons, who has led the Irish since 2007, is believed to have been interviewed for the job prior to the current World Cup.
BBC Sport has been told that Simmons, 51, has been offered the West Indies post but that negotiations have yet to be successfully concluded.
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Captain Hogan, full-back Smith and midfielder Mafuta were all regulars for Neil Aspin's team.
Manager Aspin has retained 14 players, and released five in Mitch Brundle, Toby Ajala, Nick Cassidy, Shaun MacDonald and Jack Elliott.
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Leigh Griffiths scored a penalty after Patrick Roberts had been fouled by Callum Booth.
Griffiths turned provider for Tom Rogic's close-range finish and Roberts netted a stunning third before the break.
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Leading by 37.2 seconds heading into the last stage, the Briton narrowly missed parked cars as he went off the road with under one kilometre left.
However, he managed to quickly regroup as he finished 13.8 seconds ahead of world champion Sebastien Ogier.
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There are currently 54 SNP MPs but only 40 of Labour's 229 MPs expressed support for Mr Corbyn on Tuesday.
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The 1,905 claimants had alleged they suffered harm while being held on PNG's Manus Island between 2012 and 2016.
The government said it "strongly denied" the allegations but that settling was a "prudent" decision.
Australia turns away any refugees and asylum seekers arriving by boat and sends them to PNG and Nauru.
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They include strong, stiff plastics and flexible gels that can mend themselves if torn.
The findings, reported in the journal Science, could lead to cheaper and greener cars, planes and electronics.
It is the first time that durable "thermoset" plastic has been produced in a recyclable form.
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Police said that someone opened fire from a passing car and witnesses spoke of up to a dozen shots being fired close to the main police station.
"Nothing is known about the culprits yet but we can guess that this involves local crime gangs," investigators told German media.
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The Welsh pop legend accused the BBC of "sub-standard behaviour" when it dropped him from the contest last year.
But ITV has bought the rights to broadcast the programme from 2017 and has now invited him back.
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PwC's Northern Ireland economic outlook said this was despite overall unemployment having fallen by more than 10,000 since June 2014.
It said poor productivity remains the single biggest challenge to Northern Ireland's sustained recovery.
PwC's Esmond Birnie said the pace of recovery was "decelerating".
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The woman told Sheffield Crown Court she was just 12 when she was picked up from a children's home and abused by Basharat Hussain and two other men.
She also said she had been taken to Blackpool and raped by several men.
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The incident happened as the 33-year-old walked under a railway bridge on Dumbarton Road, near the junction with Cable Depot Road, at about 22:00 on Saturday 10 September.
Both boys were described as being white, aged about 14 or 15 and wearing dark-coloured sportswear.
One of them had brown hair in a quiff.
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Nick Hardwick said staff shortages, population pressures and prison policy all contributed to problems, with a 69% rise in self-inflicted deaths.
The Ministry of Justice said there was no evidence linking the rise in such deaths to government policy.
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Classed as "external communications", such activity can be covered by a broad warrant and intercepted without extra clearance, spy boss Charles Farr said.
The policy was revealed as part of a legal battle with campaign group Privacy International (PI).
PI labelled the policy "patronising".
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Ministers want all pupils in England to study maths, English, science, one of history or geography and a modern language at GCSE.
But some young people "will find it a problem" Sir Michael Wilshaw, told the Times Educational Supplement (TES).
Sir Michael said vocational subjects would suit some pupils better.
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Doors to the event at Glasgow Green will open at 14:00.
TRNSMT is being held on what was traditionally the weekend of the T in the Park festival, which is not taking place this year.
Other bands appearing over the weekend include include Kasabian, Biffy Clyro and The Kooks.
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Volunteers from The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park used eBay to track down the keyboard of the Lorenz machine.
It was advertised as a telegram machine and was for sale for £9.50.
The museum, in Buckinghamshire, is now asking people to search for the motor, another key piece of the equipment.
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Murray, who won the men's doubles at the Australian Open, is made an OBE.
Along with with brother Andy - a former recipient - he also helped the British team win the Davis Cup for the first time in almost eight decades.
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It goes on. A first Olympic diving gold, a first Olympic gymnastics gold, and then a second, from the same man, a few hours later. Multiple Formula 1 world titles, Lions series won. The first woman in history to win an Olympic boxing gold, the first to retain one too.
And now another bequest, from a man who has already... | This has been the era where British sport has blessed its loyal followers like never before: fourth, third and second places in the Olympic medal table; the Tour de France yellow jersey won in four of the past five years; the miracle of a first male Wimbledon champion in 77 years, a marvel repeated three years on; the ... | 37882468 | [
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The fire started at South Wales Wood Recycling in Heol Llan, Coity, just before 03:30 BST on Monday.
Firefighters from Pencoed and Bridgend have isolated the burning material and they will resume work on Tuesday.
South Wales Wood Recycling said they were working around the clock to help stop the blaze.
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The move is part of Police Scotland's cost-cutting plan to centralise control rooms.
If a decision is taken at a board meeting on 22 March it is thought likely that the centre will close quickly afterwards.
SPA chairman Andrew Flanagan said he had been consulting widely on the move.
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The Californian singer has provided backing vocals for Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Josh Groban, Carole King, Robbie Williams and Rod Stewart in her stellar career.
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St James' Park and West Ham United's ground were raided in April by HM Revenue and Customs as part of a £5m National Insurance fraud investigation.
Newcastle's managing director Lee Charnley was among several men arrested and later released without charge.
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Sakho, who is currently on loan at Crystal Palace, tested positive for the fat burner higenamine in March 2017 and served a provisional 30-day suspension.
Uefa dismissed the case in July.
European football's governing body blamed "gaps in communication" between Wada and two of its laboratories.
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The Commonwealth super-lightweight champion defends his title against South Africa's Warren Joubert at Meadowbank on 24 March.
And the 26-year-old plans to then have one more fight before meeting Burns.
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Pierre Cornlouer from Tredegar spent 30 years in the Navy, serving in the Falklands, the Gulf and Bosnia.
He wrote The Adventures of Mrs Orangeleaf to explain to his daughter what life was like for servicemen.
An animation of it is narrated by Simon Weston and voiced by 40 other veterans.
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