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Landmatters, which includes 16 adults and seven children, live on 42 acres of land it owns near Totnes in Devon.
Members had previously been granted temporary permission to live on the site where they grow their own food and water is hand pumped from a well.
Granting permanent permission South Hams District Council said its "low impact way of life" was "not damaging".
More on the Landmatters planning battle, plus more Devon and Cornwall news
Members of Landmatters live in eight yurts or portable tents used by nomads as well as benders which are dome-like structures made of branches and covered by tarpaulin.
Its heat comes from wood-burning stoves and its power from solar panels and wind turbines.
Resident Simeon Warburton said: "We live very comfortably and what we are trying to do is not put a strain on the earth's resources.
"I think it sends out a message that this way of life is successful, sustainable, part of the society in which we live and which will become a more important part of our future."
Landmatters' first application for dwellings on the land was rejected in 2006, three years after it bought the land.
But it was overturned by a planning inspector the following year and Landmatters was granted a five-year temporary planning permission.
It has now won an application to have the temporary permission removed.
There were 23 letters of support for Landmatters including comments on its educational value to schools. There were no objections.
Penny Mills of the Campaign to Protect Rural England said: "We all applaud sustainable building and people trying to live sustainably off the land.
"But it has got to be in accordance with the planning regulations. You can't just buy a field or a piece of woodland and go off and do what you like with it."
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An eco-community which produces its own power has been given permanent planning permission after a 10 year battle.
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The TUV leader Jim Allister said he was "deeply concerned."
An Assembly spokesperson said the assembly "does not comment on personnel and human resource matters".
Mr Allister accused the Stormont authorities of "overreacting" and being "totally disproportionate".
He claimed that among the evidence presented against staff were screen shots of retweeted news stories which could be accessed through the Assembly's internal internet system.
"While, arguably, the letter of the Assembly's policy on use of social media may have been breached, it is obvious that some have been dismissed without so much as a warning, particularly in the absence of any demonstrable harm caused," he said.
"It is easy for the (Assembly) Commission to come down heavily on people who have no public profile and show them the door because they have retweeted something.
"But the same Commission has a record of gross indifference when it came to the flying of a tricolour from the roof of Parliament Buildings. What a contrast with what happened when serious allegations were made against politicians."
Mr Allister has tabled a written question asking the Assembly Commission how many staff have been disciplined in respect of alleged abuse of social media and what the breakdown is in terms of outcome in respect of such actions.
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The goalkeeper dived low to his right in the 88th minute to keep out a header from Jermaine Easter, which took a deflection and looked bound for the bottom corner.
It meant a fair result to a game in which both defences dominated and allowed few clear chances.
Rovers goalkeeper Kelle Roos had to make the best first-half saves, palming over two fierce long-range efforts from George Baldock as the right-back pushed forward dangerously.
Roos also blocked a low effort from Ryan Colclough and was relieved to see an early glancing header from Kieran Agard go narrowly wide.
At the other end Ellis Harrison might have done better with three chances, all from headers, and Ollie Clarke nodded wide from a corner.
Rovers boss Darrell Clarke made a triple substitution on 52 minutes, sending on top scorer Matt Taylor, Rory Gaffney and Chris Lines, but his side could not manage a breakthrough.
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Match ends, Bristol Rovers 0, MK Dons 0.
Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 0, MK Dons 0.
Substitution, MK Dons. George B Williams replaces Ben Reeves.
Attempt missed. Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, MK Dons. Daniel Powell replaces Dean Bowditch.
Kieran Agard (MK Dons) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kieran Agard (MK Dons).
Foul by Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers).
Jack Hendry (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Jermaine Easter (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (MK Dons).
Attempt blocked. Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Samir Carruthers.
Attempt blocked. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, MK Dons. George C Williams replaces Ryan Colclough.
Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt missed. Jermaine Easter (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Joe Walsh.
Attempt saved. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Jake Clarke-Salter.
George Baldock (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers).
Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers).
Ben Reeves (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ed Upson (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Chris Lines.
Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Dean Lewington (MK Dons).
Attempt missed. Jermaine Easter (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Foul by Daniel Leadbitter (Bristol Rovers).
Dean Lewington (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ben Reeves (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Stuart Sinclair.
Attempt blocked. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Ed Upson (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Ryan Colclough (MK Dons) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Foul by Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers).
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The US-based firm has now removed Rocket Pride by Best Arabic Games, in which players attempt to outmanoeuvre Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system, from its Google Play app store.
It also deleted Iron Dome by Gamytech, which challenged players to "intercept the rockets launched by Hamas".
Other titles that do not name the "enemy" remain online.
Advocacy groups have criticised the emergence of the genre.
"It is both deplorable and dangerous to glorify Israelis killing Arabs or Arabs killing Israelis," Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, told the BBC.
Chris Doyle, director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding, added: "Games that glorify violence or normalise conflict when referring to an actual conflict that is happening as we speak are deeply problematic and deeply distasteful.
"Google, Facebook or any other company that hosts such games, should be reviewing their policies and making absolutely all efforts to ensure that such games are not hosted on their platforms."
Amnesty International UK has also declared that such titles are "in highly questionable taste".
The Daily Dot was one of the first news sites to bring attention to the phenomenon, on Monday, when it named several Android games relating to the conflict.
Google later blocked three titles as part of its initial response to user complaints:
A playable Bomb Gaza app was also subsequently removed from Facebook - the BBC understands that the social network decided to take it offline.
The site, however, still has a page promoting the game, which describes it as "very addictive and fun" to play.
Google Play and Apple's iOS store continue to host another title: Iron Dome - Missile Defense, by Shy Rosenzweig, co-founder of Meetey.com.
Released on July 21, it tasks the player with defending "your city against endless enemy's missiles and rockets".
Mr Rosenzweig told the BBC he deliberately avoided naming the enemy as being Hamas or fighters from Gaza.
"I wish not to see apps that support hate in any way," he said.
"I believe that many apps have been removed simply because people reported them, mostly because the app name or description related directly to the conflict.
"I anticipated this scenario and made sure to publish my game within the acceptable boundaries of Apple and Google."
The Android store also offers other recently uploaded Iron Dome-themed titles in which the adversaries are described as "terrorists".
It also contains Gaza Hero - a game in which the player taps Israeli army characters to turn them into food and medicine, which states "curse Israel" on its introduction screen - as well as Gaza Defender, which involves firing at aircraft above.
A spokeswoman for Google would not discuss specific apps, but said: "We remove apps from Google Play that violate our policies."
The firm's developer's terms and conditions ban apps that advocate "against groups of people based on their race or ethnic origin", and/or are judged to threaten other users.
Device owners wishing to alert Google to an app they believe breaks its rules can do so by tapping a "flag as inappropriate" link.
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Motorola won an injunction over Apple products that used patents relating to data transmission technology in February 2012.
Apple offered to pay Motorola a licence fee for using the patents - but the two companies could not agree on a price.
Apple products, including the iPhone, were taken off sale during the dispute.
Several models of the smartphone, and the iPad, were removed from sale on Apple's German website - but were still available in other stores in the country.
The dispute revolves around the use of what are known as standard-essential patents (SEPs) - patents that are deemed essential to the operation of standards such as mobile phone signal.
In this case Motorola's innovation is deemed crucial to the GPRS data transmission standard used by GSM cellular networks across the world.
Holders of SEPs are obliged to licence the patent's use to competitors in return for a fee on so-called fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (Frand) terms. In simpler terms - a fair price.
The EU Competition Commission argued that Motorola sought an injunction despite Apple's apparent willingness to enter an agreement.
In a statement, the commission said: "while recourse to injunctions is a possible remedy for patent infringements, such conduct may be abusive where standard-essential patents are concerned and the potential licensee is willing to enter into a licence on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms."
EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia added: "The protection of intellectual property is a cornerstone of innovation and growth. But so is competition.
"I think that companies should spend their time innovating and competing on the merits of the products they offer - not misusing their intellectual property rights to hold up competitors to the detriment of innovation and consumer choice."
The commission's stance forms part of its "preliminary view" on the case. Motorola is able to defend its position ahead of the final decision.
Motorola spokeswoman Katie Dove told AFP: "We agree with the European Commission that injunctions should only be sought against unwilling licensees and, in this case, Motorola Mobility followed the procedure established.
"Apple had to make six offers before the court recognised them as a willing licensee."
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The Guardian newspaper claims Whisper has an in-house tool which can track the locations of all its users.
This includes some who have specifically opted out of sharing location details, the report claims.
Whisper editor Neetzan Zimmerman tweeted that the article was "riddled with outright lies and made-up quotes".
The Guardian also claimed the app was tracking "newsworthy" posters and was sharing data with the US Department of Defense in instances where secrets were uploaded from military bases.
"We are not sharing specific user data with any organisation," wrote Mr Zimmerman in response.
"We noticed how frequently suicide is mentioned among those living on US military bases or compounds and reached out to organisations to see how we could work together to address this important issue."
However, he added that "violent or child-endangering threats" were reported to law enforcement agents "to protect our users and the public".
"We comply with the legal process in all instances," he wrote.
"We respond to both subpoenas and preservation requests from law enforcement. Whisper is not a place for illegal activity."
Two journalists from the newspaper had visited Whisper's offices in the US to explore a working relationship, which the Guardian says it will no longer pursue due to concerns over user privacy.
The Guardian has been contacted by the BBC for comment.
News and community site Buzzfeed has also announced it is "taking a break" from its partnership with the platform following the report.
"We're taking a break from our partnership until Whisper clarifies to us and its users the policy on user location and privacy," it said in a statement.
Millions of "secrets" - a short sentence written over a picture - have been shared via the social media platform since its launch two years ago.
"You look at all of these services like Facebook and Instagram, and they're all about, 'Let me show you the best version of me,'" Whisper co-founder Michael Heyward told the BBC earlier this year.
"Whisper is about showing people the behind-the-scenes stuff that we're not always comfortable posting on Facebook."
In his response to the Guardian's report, Neetzan Zimmerman added that the firm did not store geographical data or any other information which might identify a user.
"There is nothing in our geolocation data that can be tied to an individual user and a user's anonymity is never compromised," he wrote.
"Even for users who opt into geolocation services, the location information that we do store is obscured to within 500m of their smartphone device's actual location.
"Whisper does not follow or track users. Whisper does not request or store any personally identifiable information from users, therefore there is never a breach of anonymity."
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Denbighshire council said it stood by an enforcement officer's decision to issue the fixed penalty in Ruthin.
The woman, who did not want to be identified, said she had not realised anything had been dropped on the floor.
Residents started a collection after the issue was raised on Facebook. Some claimed she had been treated unfairly.
While the council acknowledged "littering can prove an emotive issue", a spokesman said the authority had decided to "act on the evidence".
"This lady does have the right to challenge the fixed penalty notice and there is a process to follow which is outlined within the notice itself," he added.
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Residents in a Denbighshire town have paid the £75 litter fine picked up by an elderly woman after she claimed to have dropped a receipt by accident.
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Col Charles Halt told the BBC he saw unidentified objects at Rendlesham Forest in December 1980.
He says he now has statements from radar operators at RAF Bentwaters and nearby Wattisham airfield that an unknown object was tracked at the time.
Col Halt claimed it was seen by himself and base security staff.
The 75-year-old, who was deputy commander at the Bentwaters base and now lives in the US state of Virginia, said some former service people had not wanted to speak until they retired but had now provided written statements to him.
The Ministry of Defence told the BBC it no longer deals with reports of UFOs.
"I have confirmation that (Bentwaters radar operators)... saw the object go across their 60 mile (96km) scope in two or three seconds, thousands of miles an hour, he came back across their scope again, stopped near the water tower, they watched it and observed it go into the forest where we were," said Col Halt.
"At Wattisham, they picked up what they called a 'bogie' and lost it near Rendlesham Forest.
"Whatever was there was clearly under intelligent control."
UFO researcher John Hanson said he found Col Halt to be a reliable witness and there had been a "concerted effort to hide the truth".
He said the evidence of the UFO being picked up by radar seriously undermined the suggestion by the government at the time that the reported phenomena was due to witnesses seeing the light from Orfordness lighthouse and misinterpreting what they saw.
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New evidence has been gathered to back up claims a UFO landed near a US airbase in Suffolk, a former deputy commander has claimed.
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Selby started well with two centuries to lead 3-1 but Williams produced 106 to be 5-4 down at the interval.
Neither man held a two-frame lead after the restart until Selby closed out after a fine 124 break to move 9-8 up.
Defeat means Williams' compatriot Ryan Day stays in the world's top-16 and qualifies for the World Championship.
Victory for Williams would have moved him from 22 in the world into the top-16 and offered an automatic place in the draw for the tournament in Sheffield, which starts on 15 April.
The two-time champion will now have to win three best-of-19-frame preliminary matches in the qualifying event at Ponds Forge in Sheffield from 5-12 April if he is to be in the 32-man draw for the Crucible.
The draw for qualifying takes place on Sunday night and those in it will dream of emulating Selby, who since winning the tournament for the second time last year, has maintained fine form.
Victory in Beijing - where he walked away with an £85,000 first prize - was his fourth ranking tournament success of the season, his previous best campaign coming in 2014-15 with two wins. He will head to the World Championships with a tightened grip on the world number one spot, with Judd Trump in second.
Williams, who has not won a ranking event since the 2011 German Masters, may look to the fourth frame as key. Trailing 2-1, he potted the opening red but brushed the brown with his cue, allowing Selby to take to the table and move 3-1 up with a 106 break.
It was not until frame 13 that Williams held a lead. Selby hauled level with a break of 95 and though Williams again edged 8-7 ahead, Selby's clearance of 70 tied at 8-8.
The Jester from Leicester delivered three centuries in all, his 124 in the penultimate frame key as he prepared for his world title defence by winning the 11th ranking title of his career.
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World number one Mark Selby beat Mark Williams 10-8 in a tight China Open final to leave the Welshman needing to qualify for the World Championship.
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Gusts of up to 75mph (120km/h) have brought damage to buildings and caused problems for road and rail users.
So far 27,000 of those affected in the North East, Cumbria, West and South Yorkshire have had power restored, Northern Powergrid said.
Part of Newcastle was sealed off for a time after a section of the roof of the Eldon Square shopping centre collapsed.
The Met Office has warned strong winds are likely to continue into Thursday.
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Phil Steele, general manager of Eldon Square, said: "High winds overnight resulted in some structural damage.
"Thankfully, no-one was hurt, but as a precautionary measure Northumbria Police have temporarily closed Newgate Street until debris can be removed from our roof and the building can be made safe.
"Our structural engineers will be carrying out a full assessment as soon as the wind drops and it's safe to do so.
"Eldon Square is open as usual today, and we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused."
Rod Gardner, Northern Powergrid's head of network operations, said: "The strong winds are continuing to affect parts of our region, but we'd like to reassure our customers that our engineers are working hard, in these challenging weather conditions, to get their power back on for our customers as soon as possible."
Police are also warning drivers to beware of toppled trees, which have blocked some minor roads in County Durham and Tyneside.
A spokesman for Northern Powergrid said it hoped to have power restored to all those affected by the afternoon.
The bulk of those hit by power cuts were in the North East, while about 900 homes were without power in the Wigton area of Cumbria.
Tyne and Wear Fire Service said it dealt with a number of weather-related incidents overnight, including a dangerous chimney in the Bensham area of Gateshead.
High winds whipped up waves which smothered a passenger train on the Cumbrian coast near Whitehaven. Northern Rail said services were delayed in parts but still operating.
In Pelton, County Durham, fire crews have been trying to make safe a house where a gable end has collapsed. Police also urged drivers to avoid the Barlow Lane area of Winlaton after a shed was blown on to the road.
Virgin East Coast said speed restrictions were in place between Newcastle and Darlington.
Many bridges have also been closed to high-sided vehicles.
So far there have been no reported injuries.
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More than 30,000 properties across northern England were left without power in gale-force winds.
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The three-year youth contract scheme will give employers subsidies worth £2,275 to take on 160,000 18-to 24-year-olds for six months.
Youth unemployment hit 1.02 million in the three months to September.
Labour questioned how it would be funded, following reports that working tax credits were to be squeezed.
Asked about the reports on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Clegg said the initiative would not be paid for by one single tax or spending measure.
He confirmed the government was considering a "number of savings" - likely to be announced by George Osborne in Tuesday's Autumn Statement when the chancellor will present the official economic and public finance forecasts.
Ministers are under to pressure to do something about youth unemployment, which hit a record high in the three months to September. One in five 16-24s are not in full-time work, education or training.
The new programme begins next April and aims to get young people into a range of employment sectors - from retail and construction to the green economy.
Up to 410,000 work and training placements will be created in England, Wales and Scotland by giving employers wage incentives equivalent to half of the youth national minimum wage.
Proposals include:
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We know how much the new youth contract will cost, but the government is under pressure to say where the money will come from.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said it would cost £1bn over three years to subsidise 410,000 new work places and provide more incentives for apprenticeships.
It is thought a squeeze on tax credits could provide some extra funds.
But when Mr Clegg was pressed on this, he said the new scheme was not paid for by one other measure and the government has had to make a lot of very difficult decisions to make savings in all sorts of areas.
A Treasury spokesman said there is not strict hypothecation in the tax system - where money from one tax is spent on one specific area - and said we would see how it all balances in the Autumn Statement.
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The government says the £1bn being made available is new money - not a reallocation of existing funds - and that certain expectations will be placed on those taking part.
For example, anyone who drops out of a work experience placement or subsidised job will lose their benefits.
Ministers have yet to finalise the detail of how the money will be issued but have suggested it will be paid directly to businesses taking part.
Mr Clegg told the BBC that young people were rightly "demoralised" at the lack of opportunities in the job market and the imitative was consistent with the government's commitment to ensure the next generation did not "pay the price" of economic troubles not of their making.
"It provides hope to the many, many young people who, at the moment, are feeling, very anxious and uncertain about their future," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Labour said the initiative was a watered down version of the last government's future jobs fund, which the coalition scrapped after coming to power.
This initiative guaranteed under-24s out of work for six months a job or training and Labour say 50% of those who took part ended up with a permanent position.
"This underlines what a serious mistake it was to scrap the fund just after the election," shadow employment minister Stephen Timms told the BBC's Daily Politics.
"The future jobs fund broke the mould. If you talk to young people who took part in that programme a lot of them say it changed their lives for the better."
But Mr Clegg said Labour had offered too many "here today, gone tomorrow" jobs in the public sector and the coalition's focus was on giving private employers the incentive to give young people a foot in the door.
Employers' organisation the CBI said the scheme was "good news" while Norman Pickavance, the head of human resources at supermarket chain Morrisons, said the company had recruited 8,500 under-24s over the past year and such schemes gave people "a huge boost in confidence".
But businessman and Labour's former enterprise tsar, Lord Sugar, warned that companies had to have a reason to take on new staff.
"We can't just create jobs," he told the BBC. "A government cannot create a job, a private organisation cannot just create a job for the sake of it. I have to have some business to deploy these people in."
And TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said there was a risk of young people being exploited through work experience: "Keen unemployed youngsters desperate to find work shouldn't be conscripted into edging out other workers who should have been paid the going rate for the job."
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Chasing 201 for victory, Wayne Parnell (3-33) reduced Middlesex to 11-2 and Denly's inspired spell secured victory.
The highlight was a superb one-handed return catch to dismiss James Franklin.
Earlier, Sam Northeast's 55 helped Kent post 200 all out after Toby Roland-Jones (3-35) removed in-form opener Daniel Bell-Drummond for a duck.
Bell-Drummond had scored centuries in his previous two One-Day Cup outings against Somerset and Sussex, but his stay at the crease on Sunday lasted for only one legitimate delivery.
Roland-Jones' first ball was a wide, but Bell-Drummond edged the second behind to wicketkeeper John Simpson to fall without scoring.
After a shaky start to their reply, Nick Compton (37) and Franklin (33) looked like getting Middlesex close to Kent's total, but Compton's dismissal by James Tredwell sparked another collapse of four wickets for 22 runs.
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Joe Denly was an unlikely hero with the ball, taking 3-20 as Kent bowled out Middlesex for just 154 to earn a One-Day Cup win by 46 runs at Canterbury.
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A quarter century of Australian reform under Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and John Howard has been followed by an era of revenge.
Malcolm Turnbull, the new prime minister, was once knifed by the leader he deposed, Tony Abbott.
Kevin Rudd was ousted by Julia Gillard but then exacted vengeance by overthrowing her.
It is now over a decade since an Australian prime minister managed to serve out his or her first term.
Covering Australian politics feels more like conducting a triage of the wounded and slain. The bloodletting has become so brutal that party rooms have come to resemble abattoirs.
Were a movie to be made of Australian politics over the past decade it would have to be X-rated, and, as I have said before, be directed by Quentin Tarantino.
It could be modelled on those gory Ozploitation movies from the 1970s and 1980s that actually inspired the young Tarantino.
Australia even has its own unique language to describe the carnage:
From a ridiculously long list, I've been asked to pick out some of the most memorable coups. So here goes:
Bob Hawke, the champion beer swiller and a politician who personified so many Aussie stereotypes, himself became leader of the Labor Party following a spill. His victim, on the second attempt, was Bill Hayden, who looked rather grey and listless alongside the plumed "Silver Bodgie."
On the very day that Mr Hawke became leader, Malcolm Fraser, the conservative prime minister, called a snap election, hoping to capitalise on Labor's feuding. But as Mr Hayden commented, ruefully, after his eviction: "A drover's dog could lead the Labor Party to victory, the way the country is."
Bob Hawke went on to win the election in a landslide.
Like Mr Hawke, Paul Keating needed two stabs to become Labor leader, and thus prime minister.
In a fractious relationship, similar in many ways to the long-running feud between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Mr Keating became increasingly exasperated by Hawke's refusal to indicate when he would step down and hand over power.
In June 1991, Mr Keating failed to oust Mr Hawke in a leadership challenge, and retreated to the backbenches claiming he had fired his "one shot."
But Mr Keating, a Cassius-like figure, wielded the knife in December that year, this time with brutal success.
The rise and fall of Kevin Rudd provides one of the most extraordinary stories in Australian political history.
Mr Rudd won election in 2007 with Hawke-like approval ratings. Like John Howard, the prime minister he beat in the election, he looked like a politician who would one day have the word "era" attached to his name.
But he did not even survive a full first term. In 2010, following some policy missteps over an emissions trading system and proposed mining tax, he was ousted by his deputy Julia Gillard.
What made his removal all the more cruel was that under his stewardship - and partly because of his government's well-timed stimulus package - Australia managed to avoid recession after the 2008 global financial crisis.
Yet Mr Rudd was a control freak and intellectual bully with few close friends in government. When his poll numbers dropped - though they were far from being terminal - the party's powerful factional leaders moved against him.
One of the orchestrators of the coup was Labor's present leader Bill Shorten, his weapon a smart phone that he wielded with murderous effect from a restaurant table in Canberra.
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Julia Gillard never recovered from the manner in which she became leader.
Australia's first female prime minister broke through a glass ceiling but many voters regarded it as a smash and grab.
Though he became foreign affairs minister in her government, Mr Rudd started plotting his revenge almost immediately and was a hugely destabilising presence.
During a trip to Washington in February 2012, he dramatically resigned and announced he was challenging Ms Gillard for the leadership. On that occasion, she won comfortably, but it did not kill off her rival, or the speculation that swirled around her leadership.
Mr Rudd exacted his revenge in June 2013, when, in a desperate attempt to avoid being buried in an electoral landslide, the party room restored him to the prime ministership.
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A republican, environmentalist and social moderate, Malcolm Turnbull has always been viewed with great suspicion by right-wingers in the Liberal Party.
A multi-millionaire, he hails from the richest enclave of Australia's richest constituency in the eastern suburbs of Sydney - but the party during the Howard years became more synonymous with blue-collar "battlers" in the city's western suburbs.
After becoming Liberal leader in September 2008 - he knocked off his predecessor Brendan Nelson - Mr Turnbull was always going to be vulnerable to a challenge. It came the following year, when Tony Abbott won by a solitary vote, 42-41.
Not long afterwards, Mr Turnbull announced his retirement from politics. But perhaps the crazed volatility of post-Howard Australian politics persuaded him to stay on.
Known for his naked and impatient ambition, Malcolm Turnbull this time bided his time.
Rather than move against Mr Abbott at the beginning of this year, when backbenchers tried to bring on a spill motion, Mr Turnbull waited until he had enough support on the right of the party.
His patience paid off. Given how long he has actively sought the prime ministership, his elevation feels almost preordained.
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With five prime ministers in as many years, Canberra has solidified its reputation as the coup capital of the democratic world.
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It said pre-tax profits for the year to the end of March were £267m compared with £400m a year earlier.
Royal Mail chief executive Moya Greene said: "We have delivered a resilient performance in challenging markets."
UK revenue fell 1% to £7.6bn from £7.7bn a year earlier as letter volumes and revenue fell by 3% and 2%.
UK parcel volumes grew 3%, but revenue was only 1% higher.
Parcel volumes at Royal Mail's European division, GLS, grew 10% while revenues were up 9%.
That helped total group revenue rise 1% to £9.2bn in the year.
The company's preferred measure of profit - adjusted annual operating profits before transformation costs - rose 5% to £742m from £740m a year earlier.
Transformation costs included 3,500 voluntary redundancies, which cost the business £117m in the year. Overall transformation costs rose to £191m in the year.
Royal Mail said it reduced costs at its UK parcels division by 1%, while net debt fell to £224m.
It added the fall in annual pre-tax profits was the result of last year's results being boosted by the profit on the sale of its Paddington depot in west London.
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The suspension is provisional until a final decision is taken by Uefa's control, ethics and disciplinary body.
Sakho, 26, tested positive for what is thought to be a type of fat burner after the Europa League win against Manchester United on 17 March.
He chose not to challenge the results.
European football's governing body added Sakho "did not request the analysis of the B sample".
The date of a disciplinary hearing will be announced at a later stage.
The France international and his club had already agreed he would remain unavailable while a Uefa investigation was completed.
Sakho's Liverpool team-mate Kolo Toure was banned for six months in 2011 while at Manchester City after testing positive for a weight-loss drug contained within "water tablets" recommended to him by his wife.
Should Uefa decide on a similar ban for Sakho, it would rule him out of Euro 2016 in France, which starts on 10 June.
The suspension will be backdated to Thursday, the day it was issued, no matter when the disciplinary hearing is set for.
An £18m signing from Paris St-Germain in 2013, Sakho has played 34 games for Liverpool this season, including 10 in the Europa League.
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Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho has been suspended for 30 days by Uefa after it opened disciplinary proceedings against him following a failed drugs test.
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The Bulgarian, 36, wants to play professionally again and says the relegated club is his "priority".
Petrov played for Wychall Wanderers in the West Midlands Central League in 2014 having retired the previous year.
"I have decided to start trying to play football at a higher level again," said the former Celtic midfielder.
Petrov, who is training with Villa's Under-21s, was diagnosed with leukaemia after he developed a fever following a 3-0 defeat at Arsenal in March 2012.
He had four months of chemotherapy before it was announced in August of the same year that the disease was in remission.
"I am very excited," added former Bulgaria captain Petrov, who briefly joined the Villa coaching staff in March 2015.
"People will be asking a lot of questions and will have a lot of doubts.
"My fitness is getting close to when I retired, so let's see where we go. Aston Villa remains my priority."
Petrov made 218 appearances for Villa, relegated to the second tier for the first time since 1987, after joining from Celtic for £6.5m in 2006.
He has set up a foundation to help leukaemia sufferers.
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Former Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov is in training with a view to coming out of retirement four years after being diagnosed with leukaemia.
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The Toffees are 11th in the Premier League but have won just three of their last 13 league games.
Barton, 33, a life-long Everton fan, believes there is discontent among supporters, who he feels have no confidence in manager Roberto Martinez.
"It is really worrying times," Barton told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I know there is discontent because I have dinner with my family once a week, they are all Evertonians and they all moan about what is happening there, some even refuse to go to the games under Martinez, that is how disillusioned they are."
Everton defender John Stones was the subject of interest from Chelsea in August last year, and Barton believes he will be one of several high-profile departures at the end of this season.
The Burnley midfielder added: "This summer Ross Barkley, John Stones, Romelu Lukaku and Seamus Coleman could all potentially leave Everton - what are you left with?
"Everton have very good talented young players but how long are they going to say 'we are not playing Europa League or Champions League and we need to go'?"
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Joey Barton is "petrified" thinking about Everton's future and fears the club's best players will leave in the summer.
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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) warned the 24-hour strike on 15 September could be followed by more industrial action.
The workers will be joined by more than 700 Post Office managers who are members of the Unite trade union.
The Post Office said it would act to minimise disruption.
Dave Ward, general secretary of the CWU, said: "The Post Office is relentlessly pursuing a programme of cuts that will mean a further 2,000 job losses, staff being left tens of thousands of pounds worse off in retirement and the privatisation of its flagship branches.
"The Post Office is at crisis point and the government has to step in."
The Post Office said it was "disappointed by the call for industrial action", but said that contingency plans would minimise disruption to services during the strike.
Kevin Gilliland, Post Office's network and sales director, said 97% of its 11,600 branches would operate as normal.
"We will also work hard to minimise any disruption to customers in our 300 Crown branches should they be affected by strike action," he said.
The CWU has about 3,500 members working for the Post Office, including counter staff at the 300 Crown branches.
It also has members who deliver cash to rural branches and said it was confident the strike would therefore affect the majority of the Post Office's branches.
"We are making a simple demand," said Mr Ward.
"The government needs to pause the cuts, convene a summit of key stakeholders in the industry and work out a strategy that gives employees and the public confidence that the Post Office has a future."
Mr Gilliland said: "The changes are needed to make our services better for customers and ensure that Post Office branches thrive at the heart of communities for future generations.
"We halved our losses in 2015/16 and are making steady progress to reduce costs to the taxpayer by making our business simpler to run and modernising our network, which is now at its most stable for decades."
A Department for Business spokesman said the Post Office's financial performance continued to improve and the network now had more than 11,500 branches, with 3,500 open on Sundays.
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Shares in the tech giant only rose a modest 0.6%, but it was enough to break through the barrier.
Emmanuel Macron's victory in the French presidential election and strong US corporate results have calmed the markets.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 36 points, or 0.17%, to 20,975.
The S&P 500 fell 2.4 points or 0.1% to 2,396, while the Nasdaq index rose 17 points or 0.29% to 6,120.
The Vix, Wall Street's "fear gauge", hit 9.56 points, the lowest since late 2006, a day after closing at its lowest level in over two decades. A falling Vix typically indicates a bullish outlook for stocks.
The 10-year US Treasury yield rose to its highest in a month, while gold prices fell, indicating a shift in investor preference for riskier assets.
Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals jumped more than 25% after the company posted its first profit in six quarters.
Endo International, Office Depot and Marriott also rose after reporting better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
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The apolitical Scottish Parliament Research Centre (Spice) concluded the actual figure stood at 81,000 - a quarter of the number suggested.
Spice produced its research to inform the debate over the proposed in/out referendum on EU membership.
The Scottish government is against the UK exiting the EU.
The SNP-run administration has called for "a more democratic, effective and efficient" union.
The Conservative government at Westminster wants to cut red tape and block unwanted EU legislation.
Spice has reported that even if indirect jobs are included - such as supply-chain work and spending by employees - the total direct and indirect jobs associated with EU exports stands at 150,000.
Researchers confirmed that Scotland was a net contributor to the EU, providing £5,585m to the EU budget and getting £4,739m in receipts.
The Scottish government said that the 336,000 figure was taken from an an independent report published in March by the Centre for Economic and Business Research.
A spokesman added: "The Scottish government is clear that our EU membership brings many positive benefits to the people and the businesses of Scotland, supporting jobs, enabling our businesses to export to 500 million potential customers, and cooperate with 20 million potential business partners.
"That is why we will continue to outline at every opportunity why continuing to be part of the EU is firmly in Scotland's best interests."
Since 2002, EU exports as a share of all international exports have followed a downward trend, with exports to North America growing nearly five times as quickly as exports to the EU, but the EU is still by far Scotland and the UK's biggest market.
Nearly seven times as many EU students come to study in Scotland than Scottish students who go to study in other EU countries.
Some 13,550 EU students benefited from tuition fee-free Scottish education in 2013/14, costing the Scottish government £25.6m, but only about 2,000 Scottish students studied in other EU countries.
Scottish organisations have received about £80m in funding from Europe's Horizon 2020 research and development programme since January 2014.
Spice said it had not analysed the impact, positive or negative, of a UK decision to leave the EU because "it would be very difficult to quantify what might happen in the event of a withdrawal given the current lack of clarity about any alternative to EU membership".
It cited expert evidence warning of a "constitutional crisis" if the UK votes to leave.
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The star said he was "very chuffed" about his knighthood, which was first reported in the press last weekend.
Over the course of five-decade career, he has survived occasional criticism without forfeiting the affection of the British public.
Born to Jamaican parents on 29 August 1958 in the West Midlands town of Dudley, Lenworth George Henry shot to fame in 1975 aged just 17 after appearing on the TV talent show New Faces.
His winning performance led to the comedy series The Fosters and the anarchic children's show Tiswas, where he started to forge his own energetic and spontaneous comedy style.
However, his next career move was to haunt him for many years.
He joined the Black and White Minstrel Show, in which "blacked up" white entertainers sang songs from the American South - a concept which has since been much ridiculed and reviled.
The comedian spent five years touring with the show, which he has since called a "grotesque parody of black people".
"I sort of wish it had never happened, but I don't regret that I did it," he told The Telegraph last year. "Although it was a weird, reprehensible position to be in, I was working in huge venues and learning how to work a crowd."
His escape route was the BBC sketch series Three of a Kind, which also starred Tracey Ullman and David Copperfield.
First broadcast in 1981, it used state-of-the-art video effects and Ceefax-style graphics to deliver a fast-paced, gag-filled show - although many of its idiosyncrasies seem dated today.
At the same time, the alternative comedy scene was heating up, and through TV producer Paul Jackson, Henry met the cutting-edge comedians of the Comic Strip team - one of whom was Dawn French.
At first, French was critical of the comedian's manner and the stand-up routines he still used to make a living, which had evolved in northern working men's clubs.
He would wipe sweat from his forehead and say it tasted like chocolate - or threaten to move next door to hecklers if they did not shut up.
But, despite their first impressions, the couple warmed to each other, eventually marrying in 1984 at St Paul's Church in London's Covent Garden.
At the same time, Henry's political views began to mature. He refused to judge a Miss Blackpool beauty contest in 1984, saying it was degrading to women.
His TV career progressed fast with BBC One's The Lenny Henry Show, and later The Delbert Wilkins Show.
As a charity fundraiser, he also co-founded Comic Relief in 1985, which has raised more than £1bn over the past three decades.
1993's Chef! was another successful BBC One vehicle - but behind the scenes Henry was trying to nurture new black comedy talent, helping to set up BBC Two's The Real McCoy sketch show.
He also began to take on more serious roles.
Hope and Glory, in which Henry played an embattled head teacher, first aired on BBC One in 1999 while other projects included White Goods, Alive And Kicking and The Man.
He also co-created, with Neil Gaiman, and produced the 1996 BBC drama serial Neverwhere.
In 2009, he turned his attention to the stage, appearing in the title role of Northern Broadsides production of Othello at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds.
It transferred to London and earned Sir Lenny the title of best newcomer at the London Evening Standard theatre awards.
In 2010, the star's 25-year marriage ended in divorce. Soon after, his older brother Hylton lost his wife and two children, to cancer and TB.
Sir Lenny said the "cataclysmic" deaths helped put his own life in perspective and reassert his love for his family.
He threw himself into work and, in 2011, followed up his Othello role with a debut at the Royal National Theatre in London, playing Antipholus of Ephesus in Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.
His reputation as a serious actor was cemented in 2014, with a best actor title at the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for his lead performance in Fences.
In recent years, Sir Lenny has become an outspoken critic of British television's lack of ethnic diversity in its programming.
"I'm used to being the only black person wherever I go," he said. "There was never a black or Asian director when I went to the BBC. Eventually I thought 'where are they all?' I spent a lot of time on my own.
"Things have changed a bit, but rarely at the BBC do I meet anyone of colour in a position of power."
During a speech at Bafta in March 2014, he called the lack of minorities "appalling," and he has continued to raise the issue publicly.
On learning of his knighthood, the star said his "mum would have absolutely been chuffed" - and admitted to being bowled over himself.
"It was lovely, it was a lovely feeling, it was like being filled with lemonade for 10 or 15 minutes," he told BBC Radio 2.
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There are few areas of life in which comic and actor Lenny Henry has not made an impact - working in theatre, television, film and charity.
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Mr Abhisit said the government would "move swiftly to restore normalcy" following a week of violence which left more than 50 people dead.
In a televised address he said reconciliation efforts would continue to address political divisions.
Anti-government protesters returning to Chiang Mai in the north received cheers and applause from supporters.
Many of the "red-shirt" protesters - named for the colour they adopted - said they were determined to keep up the drive to force Mr Abhisit to step down and call new elections.
Many of the protesters in Bangkok came from the north and north-east of Thailand, where support for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a 2006 military coup, is strong.
Fighting broke out last week in Bangkok as the army moved to end the anti-government protest that had paralysed parts of central Bangkok for two months.
Eight of the red-shirt leaders are now in police custody.
In his address, his first since the violence, Mr Abhisit said: "Fellow citizens, we all live in the same house. Now, our house has been damaged. We have to help each other.
"We can certainly repair damaged infrastructure and buildings, but the important thing is to heal the emotional wounds and restore unity among the Thai people."
Bangkok clashes mapped
Protests: Eyewitness account
He said the government would "allow the due process of law to operate" and use "parliamentary democracy to resolve the problems with the participation of all groups of people".
Mr Abhisit was speaking from the military base north of the capital where the government has been working during the protests.
He said he recognised there were "huge challenges" now facing his government, "particularly the challenge of overcoming the divisions that have occurred in this country".
An independent investigation would take place into "all the events that have taken place during the protest".
"You can be assured that this government has every intention of moving the country forward - restore order, make sure that our recovery is well on track - and that we will do so in a transparent manner," he said.
The red-shirts were demanding the resignation of Mr Abhisit, saying his government came to power illegitimately.
Mr Abhisit had previously offered to hold elections in November but withdrew the offer when the red-shirts refused to end their protest.
Speaking in Tokyo, Thailand's Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said no elections could take place while tensions were so high.
"We need to make sure that emotions have cooled to the extent that candidates from all parties can feel safe in campaigning anywhere in the country," he told reporters.
"Frankly we would not feel safe doing that today."
A clean-up operation is now underway in Bangkok to clear the piles of debris left behind at the protest site and throughout the city.
Troops are still on the streets of the city, security forces have been searching the area for caches of weapons and the main protest area remains off limits to most people.
The latest violence broke out on Wednesday, as the army stormed the barricaded encampment in the centre of Bangkok where the protesters, known as red-shirts, had been protesting since March.
Four key red-shirt leaders had surrendered saying they wanted to avoid further losses of life.
Many other protesters left the site but several thousand spread out through the city, some clashing with the military or burning buildings.
By Vaudine EnglandBBC News, Bangkok
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is personally under an immense amount of pressure. This comes both from members of his government and related institutions, and from Thais seeking a way out of a deadly and damaging political trauma.
Smouldering ruins in the centre of town, a high death toll, the fear of more violence, and uncertainty about the political future will require more than words.
But Mr Abhisit appears keen to show he remains in charge for the moment.
Damaged Thailand ponders future
Eyewitness accounts
At least 15 people died in the subsequent street fighting.
Buildings including banks, a television station, the stock exchange and the vast Central World shopping centre were set on fire.
Officials said one body was found in the smouldering ruins of Central World on Friday, contradicting earlier reports that nine bodies had been found.
Officials have said more could have been done to prevent the arson attacks.
Secretary-general Korbsak Sabhavasu said the scale of the violence and arson had far exceeded the government's expectations, the Bangkok Post reported.
Smaller protests were also reported in northern provinces of the country.
Mr Abhisit said the violence was "one of the worst episodes Thailand has ever faced".
Eight of the protest leaders are now in police custody. On Thursday one of them, Veera Musikapong, called on all sides to "calm down and talk with each other in a peaceful manner".
Most of the protesters have now been bussed home but there are concerns some hard-core elements could still in the capital.
A night-time curfew remains in place in Bangkok and 23 provinces in a bid to prevent a resurgence of unrest.
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Alongside Labour's Harriet Harman, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron and the Greens' Natalie Bennett, he accused the Leave campaign of being "reckless" over the economic case for quitting the EU.
His comments come as senior Tories trade blows over the 23 June poll.
Vote Leave said it had "set out a series of pledges about how life will be better if we take back control".
It said the pro-Remain politicians' speeches were "desperate stuff from an increasingly desperate campaign".
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn - who is also backing a vote to stay in the EU - has refused to share a platform with Mr Cameron, so former deputy leader Ms Harman joined the other party leaders at the event in London.
She said she was "fearful" that workers' rights would not be protected if the UK votes to leave, and said the government, not the EU, should be blamed for pressures on the NHS and housing supply.
How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU.
Ms Bennett cited environmental protections she said were the result of EU action and Mr Farron said the "pretty unlikely show of cross-party unity" showed the strength of feeling against "made-up" spending pledges being made by the rival side.
In his speech, the PM repeated his warning of a "decade of uncertainty" if Britain leaves the EU and accused the Leave side of "sticking pins on a map" over how a future trade arrangement would work.
He said the rival campaign, being spearheaded by Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, was "playing with people's jobs" and trying to "dodge questions", accusing them of playing an "economic con trick on the British people".
At a Vote Leave campaign event, Mr Johnson said the benefits of being in the EU single market had been "wildly overstated" saying: "The vision for taking this country forward is about taking back control."
He said the UK could gain from free trade deals with China and the United States but that the UK could not do this as an EU member because such deals were controlled by the European Commission.
"It is a delusion to think we can somehow gain greater prosperity by bartering away our freedom and our democracy," he said, challenging the Remain side to spell out how they would tackle pressure on the NHS and housing caused by rising immigration.
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David Cameron joined up with political rivals as he claimed an EU exit would put "a bomb under our economy".
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Police carried out searches across the county and on the rail network after a suspicious death was reported at a property in Benenden on Thursday.
Kent Police named the woman as Caroline Andrews, 52, and said they were now treating her death as a murder.
Officers said the detained man, 54, was found in the London area and taken to hospital for treatment to injuries.
"A post-mortem examination of Mrs Andrews took place earlier today and the death is now being treated as a murder enquiry," a Kent Police spokeswoman said.
A police cordon remains in place outside the property, which is off the village's main street.
Mrs Andrews worked as a supply teacher at Benenden CE School in the village.
Head teacher Gill Knox said staff had been left shocked and saddened.
She said: "Caroline and her family live in the village and are well known to the school.
"Caroline has been a loved and well-respected supply teacher here for a number of years, who has enriched the lives of the many children she has taught.
"At the present time, we cannot comment on what has happened but our thoughts and prayers are with her family, and all who knew her and will miss her."
Neighbour Derek Catlin described Mrs Andrews and her family as "normal, very pleasant people".
He said Thursday was quiet in the village but police arrived at about 16:30 GMT with "an accumulation of police vehicles - probably three police cars".
Another Benenden resident, Karen Callaghan, said: "It's very sad for the village. Everyone knows everyone round here. The locals have been here a long time."
During the search, armed officers boarded a train in Gillingham.
Armed police held a train at Gillingham station for more than 90 minutes from about 21:00 GMT on Thursday.
Footage showed officers walking down the carriage holding guns, with one distressed passenger demanding to be let off.
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A man has been detained by police following an armed manhunt after a woman died in Kent.
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The parties have been unable to restore Stormont since it collapsed in January.
The County Antrim-born star said Frampton and Northern Ireland's football team manager Michael O'Neill had improved cross-community relations.
"When you look at what they did - I think the executive could take some lessons," he said.
"I'm an actor, not a politician, but I just hope they can sort it out."
Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday News programme, the 52-year-old said he believed Northern Ireland's sports stars were promoting a positive image "right across the world".
In a wide-ranging interview, the actor also discussed comments he made about equal rights for women in the film industry at the TV BAFTAs last Sunday.
He said he felt it was important to speak out about the issue, with the hope it could spark a conversation to increase the number of roles for women in TV and film in future.
"It's bad enough gender disparity happens, but what's at its core is fact - this is something reflected by society and absorbed by society on our screens," said Nesbitt.
"Every girl deserves to grow up with as many positive and empowering cultural representations of her gender as her male peers do."
The actor also talked about returning to his best-known TV role, as the character of Adam in ITV series Cold Feet.
The show returned to TV screens last year for a one-off special after a 13-year hiatus, but was so well received by viewers that another series was commissioned.
He told the BBC that he is currently filming the last few episodes right now, and that the series is due to air later this year.
"It was a surprise to all of us that the revival did so well," said Nesbitt.
He said he had worried that it would be hard to bring back a show that first aired in 1997, but felt writers had worked hard to update the programme for new audiences.
"It helped that our characters now have grown up children, and we still tackle contemporary issues people can relate to - it's a bit of a mirror into people's lives.
"There's a timelessness about those stories and characters that still has a relevance."
This interview will be broadcast in full on BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday News programme at 13:00 BST on Sunday, 21 May. You can listen again on the BBC iPlayer as well.
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Actor James Nesbitt has said Northern Ireland's politicians should take lessons from boxer Carl Frampton to move society forward.
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The composer, who was born in 1913, wrote such operas as Peter Grimes and Billy Budd. His other works include The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
All of his operas will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3, while a remastered version of Owen Wingrave, his opera for television, will be shown on BBC Four.
Meanwhile, the Royal Mint will design a new 50 pence coin for the centenary.
"This will literally put Britten in the hands and pockets of every person in this country," said Richard Jarman, director of the Britten-Pears Foundation.
The foundation is behind Britten 100 - a global celebration of the composer's centenary - which was announced at the Royal College of Music on Tuesday.
Fourteen of his major operas will be performed in the UK, by a mix of professional and amateur companies.
Peter Grimes will be staged on the beach at Aldeburgh - the town on the Suffolk coast where he lived most of his life.
A new production of Britten's Gloriana will be performed at the Royal Opera House, while the Birmingham Royal Ballet will collaborate with the National Ballet of Japan on The Prince of the Pagodas.
Meanwhile, Opera North will produce four of his operas.
A year-long project will encourage 75,000 children to sing, culminating in a performance on 22 November 2013 - the day that would have been Britten's 100th birthday.
Sky Arts will broadcast a documentary called Nocturne, which it said explores Britten's "uneasy relationship with the wider world", while the British Film Institute will present a season of films and TV programmes about the composer.
The BBC's plans also include the broadcast of several rare archive interviews, new musical commissions and special Proms concerts.
Radio 3 controller Roger Wright said Britten was "a significant part of the UK's classical music history" whose work had "inspired composers, performers and audiences alike".
BBC Four controller Richard Klein said the station was "proud to broadcast some of his classic works alongside rare and illuminating archive interviews".
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I stumbled on three themes.
One was the fury of Ed Miliband and his close circle with the prime minister - at what they saw as a cynical and short-termist attempt to turn English unease at the fiscal privileges going to Scotland into new voting procedures in the Commons that would favour the Tories.
A senior Labour official told me he didn't see how Ed Miliband could now negotiate the detail of Scotland's new budgetary arrangements with David Cameron, given the collapse of trust between the two.
All of which will increase the unease of Scottish nationalists that they may have been sold a hobbled pup of putative enhanced devolution by the main unionist parties in the closing days of the battle over whether Scotland would break free of the UK.
That said, if Cameron, Miliband and Clegg can swallow their personal animosities and sit round a table, what Labour would propose, or so I am told, would be a new federal structure for income tax.
This would divide income tax into a portion set by the UK chancellor of the exchequer, to cover the imputed proportional costs of UK-wide responsibilities, such as defence and diplomacy.
And then there would be a chunk reserved for Scottish responsibilities, including health, education and proposed additional elements of welfare.
The divide would be a bit spurious, in the sense that income tax - as opposed to other taxes, such as VAT - pays for only a chunk of total public services.
But this federal tax structure would give the Scottish parliament the wherewithal to expand or shrink the public sector according to the perceived needs of Scotland, and irrespective of what was happening in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
And if Wales and Northern Ireland wanted similar partial control over taxes, this federal model would presumably be workable for them.
But possibly Scots would feel short-changed by Labour's proposal, when the Tories have offered to hand stewardship of all income tax to them.
Also, would handing this power to Scotland be seen by English people as equitable, in view of the other element of what the unionist parties offered Scotland, namely more generous funding in perpetuity of public services from Westminster, via the Barnett formula?
Which brings me to my third Labour conference theme on all this, namely that MPs did in fact queue up to tell me how unhappy their constituents were that the Scots were getting more money than them from the UK kitty for public services, plus the right to set their own taxes.
The perception is that the Scots' public services are significantly better funded than England's. And at the level of the whole of England and the whole of Scotland, that is true.
But it isn't the whole story. Poorer English regions, such as the North East, receive more public funding per head than England as a whole - though they still don't do as well as Scotland.
So total public spending on services is £8,529 per head in England, £10,152 in Scotland, and £9,419 in north-east England.
As it happens, in the important provision of healthcare, the North East is actually a bit more generously financed than Scotland, receiving £2,066 per head, compared with £2,051 north of the border - though just £1,662 in the South East.
So is the bellyaching I heard from Labour's northern MPs about Scotland receiving special favours unfounded?
Probably not, for two reasons.
The first is that the North East is much poorer than Scotland as a whole, and has a disproportionate number of people out of work and in poor health. So it has been the convention since World War Two that there should be an element of correcting these regional social and economic inequalities in the allocation of public funds.
Using gross disposable household income as a proxy for inequality, folk in the north east are 12% poorer than Scots, and yet they receive 7% less money for all public services.
It is perhaps not unreasonable for north-easterners to argue that is unfair.
There is of course a school of thought that says public services should be earned, as it were, by the people who use them.
So there are Tory MPs in the South who say that the relatively small sums spent on health for their hardworking - and relatively prosperous - constituents is the true political crime.
Perhaps what these tensions and contradictory claims highlight more than anything is how there is no consensus about the regional distribution of taxpayers' money for public services.
And Scotland's new fiscal settlement has lit the touch paper on a potentially explosive national debate on all this.
One Labour MP, Nick Brown, told me he wanted a Barnett-style formula for all nations and regions - or a formula that allocates funding based on regional needs, such as the relative health of local people.
Or to put it another way, he wants to reduce the scope of governments to reallocate funds to constituencies and areas where a bit of de facto bribery might win precious votes at election time.
But assessing public service need is not hard science. There will always be an element of ideology and dirty politics in how public service funds are shared out.
That said, can anyone compellingly say why it is right to give comfort and confidence to the Scots that their public services will be generously resourced for years and years, while withholding that comfort from the people of the more deprived North East?
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It did not feature much on the conference platform, but in the hurly burly of Labour's conference in Manchester the so-called English question loomed large - or what impact the planned, if vague, new constitutional settlement for Scotland should have on the way England is governed (and Wales and Northern Ireland too).
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Drivers can expect up to two weeks of disruption while work on the Northern Inner Distributor Road (NIDR) occurs.
The work, starting on Wednesday, will see the closure of the northbound carriageway of Staplegrove Road beyond Richmond Road for drainage work.
The one-mile (1.6 km) NIDR will see Staplegrove Road, in the west, linked to Priory Avenue in the east.
The project, which will also see a bridge built over the River Tone and the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal close to Priory Fields Business Park, is expected to be completed by the autumn.
Somerset County Council said the road would also help with the regeneration of the Firepool area.
Councillor Harvey Siggs, cabinet member for highways, said: "There will be some disruption, we are still asking everyone to be patient about it, to understand it's the end goal that's really worth having.
"Where we can we are running single lane traffic, but at times we will need to close roads completely."
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The next phase of a £22m project to ease congestion in Taunton town centre is due to start.
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The man was battling a brain tumour. Luke thought his fellow patient was putting on "the bravest face" for his family. Later, the cancer sufferer spoke to 28-year-old Luke about the things in life that mattered.
"He was understandably a bit scared," said Luke.
"We had so much in common - sport, nature, expeditions, travelling.
"He had already been operated on three times. He said he had lived an amazing life, but he didn't want it to end.
"He said 'Go out there, make the most of life, do everything you want to do. You never know what is round the corner'.
"I really took that to heart. He was very inspirational at a time when I had a lot of things going through my head."
Sadly, Luke's friend didn't make it. But his story, the experiences of other cancer sufferers Luke met in hospital, and the heartache of losing his uncle to cancer, have inspired the Edinburgh finance worker to undertake a solo, unassisted and unsupported trek to the South Pole.
If he achieves the goal, which he has called 'Due South', it is believed Luke would be the first Scot and - now aged 30 - the youngest Brit to do so. But first, he needs some help.
In November, Luke plans to drag 100kg of his equipment across 730 miles of snow and ice for 35 days to the South Pole, burning 10,000 calories a day and experiencing temperatures of -50C and winds of 100mph.
His proposed start date of the end of November will be ultimately determined by the weather, but there is a strong possibility he will be on his own in the snow on Christmas Day.
"It will be a guaranteed white Christmas, so that will be good," Luke joked.
"There may be a lack of presents, both giving and receiving, but perhaps I can take an extra hour's break and sing some Christmas carols to myself to keep sane."
Unassisted and unsupported, he will receive no outside help such as a re-supply by air, and no support from animals or vehicles. It will just be Luke on his skis, dragging his sledge through the wilderness.
He has already received the backing of explorers Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Mark Beaumont, and is now hoping to raise £50,000 to pay for the logistics of the expedition.
If successful, he then hopes to raise £25,000 for Marie Curie by completing the trek.
Inspired by Shackleton, Scott and Amundsen, Luke - who grew up in Stonehaven - always had ambitions to go to the South Pole. But it was his brain surgery which was a catalyst.
In February last year, he went to his doctor after experiencing severe headaches and problems with his vision.
The following day, he was subjected to a CT scan but not an MRI, as Luke's pacemaker - which was fitted for a heart block a day after he finished university at the age of 23 - prevented this.
He was told he had a suspected brain tumour.
Luke says he only found out he had a rare, non-cancerous, enterogenous cyst after the surgeons had operated on him for five hours. They removed a large part of the cyst, but a small section remains and he has to receive check-ups to ensure it does not return.
"It was a great shock, particularly to my friends and family, but it was effectively their positivity that helped pull me through the whole thing," said Luke.
"The support I have had since then is such a motivation - it can get you through anything, as far as I'm concerned. It was very humbling speaking to people in the hospital alongside me who had a lot worse things than me.
"I feel fit and healthy - I have taken on marathons, cycles, ultra marathons. I am able to do everything I want to do, apart from contact sport and go through airport security.
"It has given me a new lease of life - a strength of wanting to show people that you can come through difficult issues and difficult periods of your life and come through stronger and take on challenges."
Luke received the backing of Sir Ranulph after contacting the explorer to tell him of his plans to take on the South Pole after his brain surgery. He also met with the legendary explorer, who has agreed to offer Luke his support as patron.
Sir Ranulph said: "The challenge that Luke has set out to accomplish is admirable in a number of ways. Not only is he aiming to inspire others to achieve their own goals in life and also to raise funds for Marie Curie, but he does so after overcoming significant health challenges in his own, relatively young life.
"Reaching the South Pole solo and unassisted is without doubt one of the most enduring challenges possible. I wish him all the best and will be following his progress with great interest."
As well as the fundraising, all that is left for Luke to do is prepare for the journey. He has taken part in training in Norway, Greenland, and at the University of Glasgow's 'cold chamber'.
With the close support of his parents and girlfriend, his mind will soon turn to what he will take with him to the South Pole along with the essentials to keep him alive.
He will have a satellite phone to keep in contact with the outside world, and hopes to have a tracker on him for people to follow at home. Social media updates are also planned.
Sir Ranulph's autobiography, Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know - a work that has inspired Luke throughout his periods of ill health - is likely to find a place on his sledge, along with some treats such as chocolate and wasabi peas.
He is currently creating a playlist of music he can listen to on the way, and is looking for suggestions from members of the public. Two songs likely to appear are Ben Howard's Keep Your Head Up and The Pogues' A Fairytale of New York, the latter to get him in the festive spirit.
With the possibility of a Christmas dinner of freeze-dried food and rubbery cheese, enjoyed on his own in the middle of Antarctica, it will certainly be one to remember.
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Bill Lincoln said he was given three bags by John "Kenny" Collins, one of the men who has pleaded guilty to his role in the heist, on the Monday after the burglary.
Mr Lincoln said he was told they contained paperwork and "bric-a-brac".
He denies conspiring to commit the burglary and a money-laundering charge.
Describing the bags, he said: "I was told they contained paperwork, old photographs and bric-a-brac from a house that he had sold… like memorabilia."
He said he then gave the bags to his nephew, Jon Harbinson, who said he would put them in his shed.
Six weeks later Mr Harbinson and Mr Lincoln returned the bags to Collins in a car park in Enfield.
When Collins was arrested a few minutes later, the bags were found to contain large amounts of jewellery.
Mr Lincoln said he had been given a separate bag of jewellery by Collins on the day before he was arrested, to see if he could sell any of it.
He said he put the bag in the airing cupboard, and "a couple of bits" behind a skirting board with a yellow duster.
He said £2,000 in £50 notes found under his microwave by police had been left to him by his brother who had died in his arms.
Mr Lincoln admitted leaving the country two days after the raid, saying he travelled to the Greek island of Symi where he "went fishing".
Carl Jones, of Park Avenue, Enfield; John Collins, 75, of Bletsoe Walk, Islington; Terry Perkins, 67, of Heene Road, Enfield and Brian Reader, 76, of Dartford Road, Dartford, have all previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary.
The trial continues.
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One of the men accused of being part of the Hatton Garden raid has told the court he looked after bags given to him by one of the burglars.
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Resuming on 195-3, Alex Gidman did not add to his overnight 30, bowled by Tim Murtagh (4-76), but a fourth first-class ton for Fell and Jack Shantry's unbeaten 41 helped the visitors to 385.
Sam Robson's poor season continued when he edged Charlie Morris behind for his second nought of the game.
But Nick Compton made 47 as Middlesex closed on 140-3 - a lead of 64.
Fell displayed maturity beyond his 21 years in his 228-ball knock as he kept concentration while wickets were falling at the other end to take Worcestershire past the hosts' first innings 309.
However, shortly after surpassing his previous first-class best of 133, he was back in the pavilion after pulling Toby Roland-Jones to Robson at deep square leg.
Shantry and Saeed Ajmal lit up the end of the innings with a breezy stand of 53 before Murtagh removed the Pakistan spinner and Morris in the space of three balls.
In Middlesex's second innings, Robson, who has hit one century in 15 Championship knocks this summer, this time lasted two balls to follow his first-innings golden duck.
Ajmal bowled Nick Gubbins to claim his first Championship wicket since remodelling his action and Compton looked set for his fifth half-century of the season before edging Shantry to first slip to leave the hosts 73-3.
Paul Stirling and Joe Burns' unbroken stand of 67 saw Middlesex through to stumps, meaning a draw is the most likely result unless Worcestershire take early wickets.
Worcestershire batsman Tom Fell told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
"I've felt like I've had quite a few starts this season without really going on to get a big score, so it was nice to do it today.
"Actually, I had a chat with (director of cricket) Steve Rhodes before this game and we spoke about going back to the plans I had in the first match of the season when I got a hundred against Yorkshire.
"This was one of the tougher hundreds I've scored - it was never easy out there and the pitch is getting worn and there's a little bit of up-and-down bounce which is obviously good for us.
"It would have been good if we could have got one or two more wickets tonight, but there is still a chance for us if we take wickets in the first session tomorrow."
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Michael Nosiama, 31, was found guilty of hitting the boy at Failsworth School in Oldham in April 2015 after becoming agitated by his disruption in class.
A National College for Teaching panel was shown footage of an "angry" Mr Nosiama "goading" the pupil and making "violent physical contact".
It said he was a "continuing risk" and banned him from teaching for life.
Mr Nosiama had taught at the Greater Manchester school for four months before the incident.
He was not present at the hearing but had said in written evidence that he "struck [the boy - referred to as Pupil A] in self-defence".
However, the panel rejected this claim saying Mr Nosiama's actions were "aggressive" and "deliberate".
It found the teacher had "deliberately invited Pupil A outside for the altercation" and "provoked the incident for the purpose of Pupil A being potentially excluded," it said.
The prohibition order states "due to the serious and violent nature of this case" and the failure of Mr Nosiama to develop "any insight into his behaviour", he can never reapply to teach.
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Police in the northern town of Bareilly say they used the instant messaging service to send out the boy's photo to several mobile phones in the area.
A man travelling on a train, who had received the alert, recognised the boy sitting near him and called the police.
India has more than 900 million mobile users and WhatsApp is hugely popular.
The app, used by more than 400 million people globally every month, was bought by social networking site Facebook recently for $19bn (£12bn).
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WhatsApp is hugely popular in India because it is easy to use and carries no advertisements.
The service is available on Apple, Android and Blackberry platforms and it's dirt cheap - for the first year a subscriber pays nothing and thereafter, only 55 rupees (90 cents; 54 pence) every year.
India's two main political parties - the governing Congress party and the opposition BJP - are using WhatsApp to contact voters before the elections.
Public relations executives routinely communicate with their clients on this app and police in several Indian cities informally use it to reach out to wider groups.
In the case of the missing boy in Bareilly, police took a photo of the pamphlet which had a picture of the boy and his father's contact details.
It was sent by WhatsApp to the nearby police stations and the boy's family and relatives who then forwarded the message to everyone in their address books.
Daanish, the man who spotted the boy on the train, received the Whatsapp from a friend known to the boy's father.
"We used various ways to publicise the boy's story. We printed pamphlets and pasted them around Bareilly. We uploaded a digital copy of the poster on WhatsApp and sent it out as a chain message," senior police officer SP Singh told BBC Hindi's Tushar Banerjee.
"By chance, the message reached the right person," he said.
"The message reached Daanish who had boarded the Doon Express train from Moradabad town [90km or 56 miles from Bareilly]. He recognised the boy from his photo," Mr Singh added.
The boy's father Paramjit Singh said his son had left home at around 0700 local time (0130 GMT) on Sunday for a ride on his bicycle, but did not return for many hours.
"We called all our relatives and friends, but couldn't trace him. So we went to the police for help," he added.
It is not clear how the child ended up on the train and police say they are investigating what happened during the hours that he left home and was finally traced, our correspondent says.
There have been instances of families using social networking tools to trace missing people in other Indian cities too.
Last month, another missing 11-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh was traced to the Delhi railway station after his family publicised his case on Facebook and WhatsApp.
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The decision was widely expected, after British Medical Association members voted 58% to 42% against accepting the deal, agreed by government and union negotiators in May.
The BMA had urged them to accept it.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said doctors would start moving on to the contract in the coming months.
Most of the profession should be on it by autumn next year, he added.
It comes after the dispute has led to junior doctors taking part in six strikes this year, including the first all-out stoppages in the history of the NHS.
The BMA has yet to respond to the announcement. Its junior doctor leader, Dr Johann Malawana, resigned when the result of the vote was announced on Tuesday.
He had told BMA members the deal was a good one that should be accepted, during meetings ahead of the poll of 54,000 junior doctors and medical students.
The BMA still has a mandate to take strike action, but it will be up to a new junior doctor leader to decide what the next steps are.
Ahead of the result of the vote being announced, senior sources at the BMA had indicated there was little appetite for prolonging the dispute, given the climate in the country following the EU vote.
Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Mr Hunt said it had been a "difficult decision" but he had been left with no choice, especially given the uncertainty facing the country.
"We've been left in no man's land that if it continues can only damage the NHS," he said.
The vote of BMA members was held after talks at conciliation services Acas two months ago finally resulted in a deal being agreed by negotiators.
The terms agreed differed significantly from the previous government offer, which ministers had announced in February they would impose, before agreeing to those last-minute talks in May.
Instead of dividing the weekend between normal and unsocial hours, a system of supplements to be paid depending on how many weekends a doctor worked over the course of a year was drawn up. This is the contract that will be introduced.
But despite the union's agreement, many members remained unconvinced, believing it still did not properly reward them for the demands of the job, while they remained sceptical that the government's plans for a seven-day service would be properly funded.
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The Interception of Communications Commissioner said the force had obtained communications data without judicial approval on five occasions.
Sir Stanley Burnton said the "failures", which affected four people, could "properly be viewed as reckless".
Police Scotland said it had taken "robust and rigorous steps" to comply with requirements in future.
The Interception of Communications Commissioner's Office (IOCCO) launched an investigation in July to determine whether Police Scotland had contravened a new code of practice for communications data introduced earlier this year.
The review is understood to relate to the murder of Emma Caldwell in 2005. A re-investigation of the case had been ordered in May this year.
The watchdog said it was "evident" that police had made applications to access communications data in order to determine a journalist's source, or an intermediary between a journalist and a source.
The report said Police Scotland's applications "failed to satisfy the requirements of necessity and proportionality" or to give due consideration to the European Convention on Human Rights.
Police said none of the four people identified as being affected was a journalist.
Police Scotland's response to the IOCCO investigation was overseen by Assistant Chief Constable Ruaraidh Nicolson.
He said there was no evidence that the breaches had been "an intentional act".
He said: "A detailed action plan was put in place as soon as the issue was highlighted by IOCCO and no further recommendations have been made to Police Scotland.
"IOCCO has also commented on the robust and rigorous steps Police Scotland has taken to ensure processes for all applications for communications data are fully compliant with the Code of Practice and all legislative requirements."
Scottish justice secretary Michael Matheson said HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland had been asked to review "the robustness of procedures around Police Scotland's counter-corruption practices".
He said: "Any breach of the Code of Practice in this area is unacceptable and I expect Police Scotland to comply fully with any recommendations made by IOCCO.
"A free press is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy and we are committed to protecting the privacy of all law-abiding members of the public, including journalists."
Journalist Eamon O Connor was working on an investigation into the Emma Caldwell inquiry in April 2015 when the breaches occurred.
He spoke to former police officers in the course of his investigation, and said the breaches struck at the heart of journalistic freedoms.
He said: "I'm extremely concerned that any source I've been in touch with might have had their communications improperly put under surveillance without judicial approval.
"None of the people I spoke to were interested in anything but getting to the truth about why things had gone so terribly wrong in the Emma Caldwell inquiry."
Mr O Connor also questioned how, if no journalists had been spied upon, the police knew who their sources were in the first place.
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokeswoman Alison McInnes said Police Scotland and the Scottish government should be held to account over the findings.
She said: "It is not just reckless, it is outrageous that police officers thought they were above the law and simply reinforces the need for a wider inquiry into the workings of Police Scotland. By intruding on confidential exchanges without judicial approval they risk destroying the public's trust in a body that should be focusing on protecting our communities."
Margaret Mitchell of the Scottish Conservatives said it was "hugely concerning to now have confirmation that police have been spying on journalists".
Scottish Labour justice spokesman Graeme Pearson said the "reckless conduct" fell "well below the standards we expect of our police service".
He said: "These breaches must have been approved at a very senior level by someone. I want to know who, why, when and where these approvals were sought and authorised."
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Pole-starter Crutchlow, 30, held off title leader Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi on the final lap.
Andrea Iannone had threatened to take a podium place but crashed on his Ducati with five laps remaining.
Earlier, the race was red-flagged and restarted after a first-lap crash involving Loris Baz and Pol Espargaro.
Crutchlow, who become Britain's first MotoGP race winner in 35 years in the Czech Republic last month, was 3.480 seconds behind Vinales and just 0.583secs ahead of Italy's Rossi, the seven-time champion and 2015 Silverstone victor.
"It was a long race but good fun," Honda rider Crutchlow said on BT Sport.
"We deserved that result. The crowd deserved it. They've backed me for years. Pole and second, I'll take that all day long. I expected to be in the top six."
Crutchlow was overtaken by Italian legend Rossi from second at the start and had to refocus when the race was halted after Baz and Espargaro collided near the back of the grid.
At the restart, Vinales moved up quickly from third on the grid towards a healthy lead by lap nine, with Crutchlow at one point in danger of missing the podium.
However, Iannone slid out with five laps left before Marquez lost ground in the penultimate lap by going off the track, leaving Crutchlow the job of edging Rossi in to second place.
Vinales becomes the first man to win a race in each of the Moto3, Moto2, and MotoGP championships, while it was Suzuki's first victory in nine years.
Lincolnshire's Alex Lowes finished 13th on his Yamaha, 40 seconds off the pace, on his MotoGP debut.
The next race takes place at Misano, in Italy, next Sunday.
Meanwhile, Silverstone will host the 2017 British MotoGP after the track agreed a deal with the Circuit of Wales.
The Welsh venue signed a five-year deal to host MotoGP in 2014 but work on the £315m project has been delayed.
1. Maverick Vinales (Spa) Suzuki 39 minutes 3.559 seconds
2. Cal Crutchlow (GB) Honda +3.480
3. Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha +4.063
4. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda +5.992
5. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda +6.381
6. Dovizioso (Ita) Ducati +12.303
7. Aleix Espargaro (Spa) Suzuki +16.672
8. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Yamaha +19.432
9. Danilo Petrucci (Ita) Ducati +25.618
10. Alvaro Bautista (Spa) Aprilia +32.084
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1. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda 210 points
2. Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 160
3. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Yamaha 146
4. Maverick Vinales (Spa) Suzuki 125
5. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda 120
6. Andrea Iannone (Ita) Ducati 96
7. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita) Ducati 89
8. Cal Crutchlow (GB) Honda 86
9. Pol Espargaro (Spa) Yamaha 81
10. Hector Barbera (Spa) Ducati 78
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Britain's Cal Crutchlow finished second in a dramatic British MotoGP at Silverstone as Spain's Maverick Vinales dominated to take his first-ever win.
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At a news conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping, India's PM Narendra Modi said "peace on the border" was important for progress.
Talks came as India accused China of fresh territorial incursions in Ladakh.
China is one of India's top trading partners but they vie for regional influence and dispute their border.
Mr Modi and Mr Xi made separate statements at the end of their talks in Delhi on Thursday.
Under the investment plans, China pledged to:
Both sides also focussed on increasing co-operation in trade, space exploration and civil nuclear energy.
Mr Modi called for an early settlement on the disputed common border between the two countries and said the "true potential of our relations" would be realised when there was "peace in our relations and in the borders".
There have been reports in the Indian media of Chinese troops trying to construct a temporary road into Indian territory across the Line of Actual Control (the de facto boundary) in the disputed Ladakh region over the past week.
Mr Xi said he was committed to working with India to maintain "peace and tranquillity" on the border.
"China-India border issue is a problem which has troubled both sides for long... As the area is yet to be demarcated, there may be some incidents," he said.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said: "After timely, effective communication, the relevant situation has already been appropriately bought under control. Border issues are leftover issues from history."
The face-off between Chinese and Indian troops along their disputed border is being widely reported in India, with some suggesting that it could derail talks between the two countries. That is highly unlikely.
The border dispute is an old one, dating back to 1914 when Britain, India's former colonial power, signed an agreement with Tibet making the McMahon Line the de-facto border between the two countries. China has always rejected this.
Both sides also claim each other's territory - India, the Aksai Chin region of Kashmir and China refuses to recognise Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh as part of India.
There have been several incursions of Chinese troops across the border in these areas which have been highlighted by the Indian media. Diplomats from both sides, however, play down these transgressions. The simple fact is that there are differing perceptions on where the border lies - what India believes is Chinese troops crossing into their territory is seen by Beijing as the exact reverse: Indian troops occupying Chinese land.
It is extremely unlikely that these confrontations will lead to an outright conflict or even sour ties between the two countries. But they do reflect the suspicion and distrust that exist on both sides of the border.
Mr Xi began his visit in Gujarat, the home-state of Mr Modi, on Wednesday, before heading to Delhi.
On Wednesday, the two sides signed several agreements, including one to set up a Chinese-backed industrial park in Gujarat.
Indian and Chinese companies have also signed preliminary deals worth more than $3bn (£1.8bn) in aircraft leasing and telecoms, among other sectors.
Despite the continuing tensions, trade between India and China has risen to almost $70bn (£43bn) a year, although India's trade deficit with China has climbed to more than $40bn from $1bn in 2001-2002.
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India and China have signed 12 agreements in Delhi, one of which will see China investing $20bn (£12.2bn) in India's infrastructure over five years.
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Peter Herring will take over from Karen Fisher at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 19 November.
Last month, a report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found a number of "serious problems" which were "extremely concerning".
Chairman Sean Lyons said the trust now had the right person in place.
Mr Lyons said: "It's no secret that the best performing trusts have consistent and strong leadership.
"The chief executive position is an exceptionally challenging role in difficult circumstances, and sourcing right and credible leaders is a challenge for any NHS organisation.
"We believe we have found an exceptional interim CEO in Peter Herring."
Mr Lyons added that the CQC report was "shocking and a wake-up call for everybody", but said it was now about finding the "best in class" to deal with the issues and help move things forward.
The trust, which runs Kings Mill Hospital, Newark Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital, was placed in special measures two years ago because of concerns about death rates and standards of care.
The chief executive brought in at the time - Paul O'Connor - left in April to pursue "alternative career options".
At the time of Mr O'Connor's appointment, the then interim trust chairman Chris Mellor said: "We need an experienced, permanent CEO who can provide the continuity of leadership and direction that, until recently, has been sadly lacking."
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An NHS trust rated inadequate by a health watchdog has defended the appointment of its seventh boss in four years.
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Che Labastide-Wellington, 17, was stabbed in the heart at the 16th birthday party in Kenton, north-west London, on 7 November 2015.
Walker Sesay, 19, of Wembley, north-west London, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of manslaughter.
Three other men, aged between 18 and 23, were found guilty of wounding with intent.
The trial heard a "small army" of men attacked Che and one of his friends, who was also stabbed several times.
The attack was the result of a feud between people on neighbouring north-west London estates, the jury was told.
Prosecuting, Crispin Aylett QC said a flyer for the event was posted on Instagram which meant "inevitably a number of people who had not been invited got to hear about it".
He added: "Once the defendants' group had arrived... they immediately attacked as a group - surrounding Che and his friends.
Mr Labastide-Wellington, who was believed to have been carrying a knife himself, was stabbed once in the chest and collapsed in a nearby alleyway.
Rimmel Williams, 18, of Willesden, north-west London, Calvin Tudor, 22, of Willesden, and Marlon Tudor, 23, of no fixed address, were found guilty of wounding with intent.
Omar Afrah, 22, and Olamilekan Onafowokan, 23, both of Wembley, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit violent disorder.
They will all be sentenced on 6 December.
Ibrahim Mansaray, 18, of Acton, west London, and a 15-year-old from Willesden, who cannot be named, were acquitted of all charges.
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A man has been found guilty of killing a teenager at a party advertised on social media platform Instagram.
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General Motors reported a 5.2% drop in monthly sales, while Ford had an 8.4% decline in sales.
US vehicles sales are expected to be lower in 2016 than the record highs set last year.
Demand is still well above the lows suffered during the 2008-09 financial crisis, but market saturation is creating a slowdown.
GM forecast it would sell 17.3 million vehicles in 2016, down from 17.47 million in 2015.
GM's Chevrolet line of vehicles was the carmaker's best-seller, increasing its US market share by 0.4%.
GM said it hoped for strong sales in the second half of the year.
"We think the industry is well positioned for a sustainable high level of customer demand," said Mustafa Mohatarem, GM's chief economist.
Ford vehicles sales fell to 214,482 in August. The company saw a 2% drop in its truck sales compared to August last year, while its popular F-Series truck saw sales fall 6%.
An uptick in van sales by 13%, however, helped lift Ford's overall figures.
"Vans continue to be a bright spot for Ford - a consistent growth story for us this year," said Mark LaNeve, Ford's vice-president of US marketing, sales and service.
Fiat Chrysler bucked the downward trend reporting a 3% rise in vehicles sales for August. The boost came from strong demand for it Jeep sports utility vehicle and its Ram truck line which both had a 5% growth over last year.
The US division of Volkswagen reported an unsurprising 9% drop in sales as the carmaker continues to struggle with image issues after its emission scandal last year.
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The Australian has played only one practice round at Baltusrol after spending Tuesday night in hospital with his wife, who had an allergic reaction.
Day, 28, could lose his number one spot if he finishes 29th or worse and Dustin Johnson is in the top two.
"I'm just a little bit under the weather," said Day, who has topped the world rankings since March.
"I've got to really try and manage my patience out there, because I have very little patience right now. For some reason, every time I get a little bit under the weather, I've got zero patience."
Day's victory at Whistling Straits last year was his first in a major.
He has since finished tied 10th in the Masters, tied ninth in the US Open and tied 22nd at The Open in a season disrupted by illness and injury.
"It's very, very difficult to win golf tournaments," he said.
"I think everyone expects if you're in the lead, or if you're a favourite to win, you will win, and if you don't, then you're in a slump. It's not the case."
Day will tee off at 13:30 BST on Thursday alongside Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and the United States' Phil Mickelson.
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From Friday 10 April, the veteran US performer will host a weekly show which airs from 1900 to 2100 BST.
Iggy Pop said: "Having sat in for Jarvis Cocker last year on BBC Radio 6 Music, I found myself realising how good it was for me. I hope it was good for somebody else too."
Tom Ravenscroft's 6 Music show is also moving to 21:00-00:00 BST.
It had previously run from 19:00 to 22:00. The changes to the schedule mean the station will no longer be broadcasting 6 Mix, a weekly show featuring a range of resident and guest DJs delivering a two-hour set.
Ravenscroft said: "It's great to have the creative freedom to explore music even more deeply in my new regular slot on 6 Music."
Iggy Pop first presented two shows on the network in December 2013 and returned last year to front a weekly Sunday afternoon show, taking over Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service slot.
He also delivered the fourth John Peel Lecture with a speech on the subject of Free Music in a Capitalist Society.
He said the new show will be "what we call in the USA the 'happy hour'.
"It's kind of an edgy point right at the end of the designated work week, and I'll try to play quite a bit of music that's new and stimulating mixed with very old classics from the blues and jazz masters of the 1920s through 50s that are a little more moody. I'm gonna think of myself as a kind of atmospheric bartender. I'll try to do my very best."
BBC 6 Music's head of programmes Paul Rodgers said that in the latest round of official radio listening figures, "Iggy had driven his Sunday afternoon show to a slot record of over 300k listeners".
He added: "To welcome him back in a permanent slot on the network is a dream come true for me and our listeners, and we all look forward to hearing his eclectic musical selections each Friday evening."
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The Godfather of Punk Iggy Pop is to host a weekly show on BBC 6 Music after a stint on the station last year.
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Some reports said the payload of the missile fired could be as large as 500kg (1,100lbs), many times the size of the Unha 3 missile payload put into space in December 2012.
These sources also suggest that the range of this new missile may be as much as 13,000km (8,000 miles) compared with the roughly 10,000 km range of the Unha 3. Further analysis is required to confirm these estimates.
But if these numbers are true, this new missile is a major advance for North Korea. A missile fired from North Korea with a 13,000km range can reach any location in the continental United States.
And a 500kg payload is apparently closer to what might be required for a nuclear weapon.
On the other hand, this missile is not yet a true intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It is a very large missile that must still be put together on a very large, fixed launch pad.
It apparently takes days to prepare such a missile, time during which it could be destroyed if North Korea threatened hostile use. Destroying such a missile on a large launch pad should be relatively easy once conflict begins.
North Korea has been working on a true ICBM, the KN08. It is a missile carried on a mobile launcher, which would make destroying it much more difficult. But the KN08 has not yet been tested.
Moreover, while North Korea has tested re-entry vehicles (to protect the warhead) for shorter-range missiles, it has not tested re-entry vehicles for long-range missiles.
Even if North Korea is able to miniaturise a nuclear weapon (which is still uncertain), that weapon and the re-entry vehicle must be able to withstand the extreme temperatures and other challenges associated with re-entering the atmosphere to place locations on Earth at risk to most nuclear weapon effects.
While this launch will assist North Korea in mastering several characteristics of long-range missiles, North Korea does not yet appear to have a viable ICBM with a nuclear warhead that could reach the US. If this test does not give North Korea a nuclear ICBM, why is the North doing it?
UN sanctions have been designed to stop North Korea from carrying out ballistic missile tests. Since the missile used in a space launch and in an ICBM may be similar, North Korea has claimed that its missile tests are really space launches of satellites.
The UN Security Council resolutions also prohibit North Korean space launches, but the North claims it has the right to do them, and the UN has failed to convince North Korea otherwise.
Until now, there has been little question, as North Korea has not previously put a functioning satellite into orbit. We have yet to hear whether the payload of this rocket/missile has proven to be a functional satellite.
But the bigger question is why now?
Because of North Korean secrecy, we do not know for sure. But it seems likely that Kim Jong-un is seeking clear successes before his important Seventh Party Congress in May when he wants to appear to be the all-powerful leader of North Korea.
But he has been experiencing major appearances of weakness. For example, in the last three years China has had six summit meetings with South Korea, suggesting that South Korea is an important country and its president, Park Geun-hye, is a great leader.
But China has had no summit meetings with North Korea, suggesting that, for Beijing, North Korea is not a significant country and that Kim Jong-un is a weak leader.
North Korea may also be experiencing political instability resulting from the many purges of Kim Jong-un and various regime failures.
In November, there were reports that North Korea was seeking a summit meeting with China, in an effort to demonstrate Kim Jong-un's strength.
On 10 December, Kim announced that North Korea possessed an H-bomb, possibly Mr Kim's way of pressuring a reluctant China into a summit.
The apparent failure of that pressure is likely to have angered Mr Kim, and led to a fourth nuclear test on 6 January.
That test had a weapon yield of about 10 kilotons, less than 1% of a traditional H-bomb. It was also smaller than a typical boosted weapon yield, which even North Korea apparently expected would be around 50 kilotons because the North buried the weapon more than twice as deep as its third nuclear test.
Observers have generally said that the fourth test was not an H-bomb, and thus a failure for the North Korean regime despite the euphoric public response the regime tried to incite in the aftermath of the test.
While China was seriously upset by the fourth nuclear test, its refusal to support further sanctions against North Korea suggests that China is concerned about worsening the instability in North Korea.
So the regime needs a success. This space launch may be enough to achieve that political objective.
But if it is not, Kim Jong-un may conclude that he needs a more successful nuclear test before the Seventh Party Congress.
Hopefully, the US and South Korea will take more effective actions to deter North Korea from such a defiant action. That might include coming up with a package of threats, including stating that more concrete preparations need to begin for a Korean unification that would result from North Korean collapse.
Bruce Bennett is a senior defence analyst at the Rand Corporation and a professor at the Pardee Rand Graduate School.
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North Korea said the rocket it launched on the morning of 7 February was to put a satellite into orbit around the earth.
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The biker collided with a white Fiat Doblo van at Keppel Gate on the A18 Mountain Road, north of Douglas at about 19:15 BST on Thursday.
The BMW PR motorcycle rider, believed to be from the UK, was heading towards Douglas and the van was travelling towards Ramsey.
Police said the crash happened in "near perfect conditions" and appealed for witnesses to come forward.
The biker was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver and passenger of the van were shaken but uninjured, police said.
The road was closed for investigations to take place.
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A motorcyclist has been killed in a crash on the Isle of Man.
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They say it was a protest against the public beating of four low-caste Dalit men by cow-protection vigilantes, but psychiatrists have said their extreme response could be a case of mass hysteria, as BBC Hindi's Vineet Khare reports.
A recent video of the four men, believed to be tannery workers, being stripped and beaten with sticks, allegedly by members of a Hindu hardline group in Gujarat's Una town, sparked massive protests by Dalit groups.
The men had been trying to skin a dead cow. Many Hindus consider cows sacred and their slaughter is banned in many Indian states.
As the video gained traction online, some Dalit youth decided to kill themselves as an extreme form of protest.
Dalit groups told the BBC that one man died, but the rest were saved by relatives or friends.
Among them was Jagdeesh Bhai, a daily wage worker who earns about 400 rupees ($6; £4.50) a day.
"I did it for my community. We want justice. We don't get justice", he told BBC Hindi.
Mr Bhai was found by members of his family who immediately rushed him to hospital, where he is receiving treatment.
"Images from the video had been circulating in my head. They hit our brothers," he said, adding that he did not know what else he could do.
Suicide as a means of protest has been employed across the world, most notably in recent times by Tibetan monks who have set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule.
But the action taken in Gujarat has been called "unprecedented" by Indian experts, who say that the extreme step shows the sheer desperation of the community.
"I have not met any of those who have attempted suicide but it looks like a case of mass hysteria, a need to be noticed," psychiatrist Himanshu Desai from the Gujarat city of Ahmadabad told the BBC.
"These people have fewer opportunities to come up. They are also impacted by how the media has covered the incident and put the spotlight on the condition of the community."
This is compounded by the fact that there are no mental health facilities or resources available to the community.
The Gujarat village Mr Bhai belongs to, for instance, has no access to mental health facilities, and the government hospital he is receiving treatment in has no psychologists or senior counsellors.
The only people attempting to comfort the troubled men in the hospital beds are their friends and family members.
A relative of Dineshbhai Rajabhai Vegda gestures at the man lying immobile in bed.
"Doctors say he is fine but I don't think so. He repeats words, he slurs, he has no control over his actions. Sometimes he begins to laugh and then breaks into sobs. He has become like someone who is mentally ill," he said.
"The video of this incident has had a psychological impact on him. Sometimes he uses so much force it's difficult to control him."
The father of Mahesh Raja Rathore, another Dalit man who attempted suicide, says he does not believe his son did the right thing.
"Yes it is true that we are discriminated against. To this day, we cannot eat along with members of the upper caste from our village. But how will this solve anything?" he told BBC Hindi.
His son says he consumed poison in an attempt to get the "culprits" in the video punished.
"You would have seen in the papers how badly the Dalits are treated in Gujarat. These incidents refuse to cease. When I saw the video, I felt what's the use of this life?" he said.
Similarly, Kishorebhai Solanki, said he attempted suicide because he "felt angry", but is now more hopeful that the uproar created by the video will translate into some justice.
"I saw on TV that Mayawati [Indian Dalit leader] is coming over. I think something for the Dalits will happen. The culprits should be sent to jail for at least 15 years," he said.
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The pedestrian was struck on the inside lane of the M60 anti-clockwise at junction 12, the Eccles Interchange, at about 20:35 GMT on Thursday.
The 37-year-old died at the scene. The driver stopped and is helping police with their inquiries.
Police are not treating the death as suspicious and have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
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Gerard Freyne, who was in his 50s, was discovered outside an apartment block on Lord Edward Street on Wednesday evening and was taken to hospital.
He died on Friday.
The 32-year-old man was arrested in Limerick on Saturday morning.
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A 32-year-old man has been arrested by police following the death of a man who was found in Limerick city with head injuries earlier this week.
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The man, who has not been named, committed an offence of personation under election legislation when he pretended to be someone else to cast their vote.
Polling station staff knew the real person and recognised he was an imposter.
They reported the matter to Dyfed-Powys Police.
Det Con Robert Seymour, of the force's fraud team, said: "Members of the public must be aware that it is illegal to vote by pretending to be someone else, even if they've been asked to do it as a favour by the person they are pretending to be.
"Voters can always vote by proxy, which is different to the actions taken by the male on this occasion".
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A man has been given a police caution for illegally voting in the EU referendum at a Powys polling station.
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It was 3-3 midway through the game with Colin Shields (2) and Jonathan Boxill netting for the visitors in Scotland.
It became a rout as Belfast surged clear through goals from Chris Higgins, Steve Saviano, Adam Keefe, Matt Nickerson and James Desmarais
Cardiff came from behind to beat Manchester Storm 5-3 and remain top of the standings.
The Giants were aiming to complete a weekend double after Saturday's 5-4 victory over Braehead Clan.
Belfast opened the scoring at the Murrayfield Ice Rink on Sunday at 3:18 when Shields found the back of the Capitals net, assisted by Desmarais.
The lead was short-lived as Jaroslav Hertl equalised 22 seconds later but Shields grabbed his and his team's second goal of the game at 17:36 when he deflected Derrick Walser's shot past netminder Travis Fullerton on the powerplay.
Jared Staal brought the hosts level when his shot deflected into the Giants net at 22:11. The Giants made it 3-2 at 26:48 when Boxill fired home, assisted by Walser and Matt Towe.
Once again, the Capitals equalised when Jared Staal's shot deflected off Matt Tipoff and squeezed into the Giants net at 33:15.
Higgins pulled the Giants ahead with a fine unassisted goal when he rounded the Capitals netminder at 14:04.
Steve Saviano extended the visitor's lead to 5-3 at 39:16 with a fierce one-timer on the powerplay, assisted by Michael Quesnele and Shields.
Giants captain Keefe added the sixth when his wrist shot ripped into the net at 45:38.
Nickerson gave the Giants a four-goal advantage when his slapshot screamed past ullerton, assisted by Mark Garside, at 48:36.
Nickerson then turned provider when his assist led to the final goal of the game, scored by Desmarais with two minutes remaining.
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Belfast Giants thumped Edinburgh Capitals to stay within a point of Elite League leaders Cardiff Devils.
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The five-time Grand Slam champion has already lost the backing of Nike and Tag Heuer, while Porsche has suspended its relationship with her.
Head chairman Johan Eliasch told the BBC that Sharapova, 28, "made an honest mistake, it was not with intent".
Sharapova will be suspended from 12 March and could face a four-year ban.
Talking on BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight, Eliasch added: "It cannot be right that people with health issues should have medication alternatives eliminated for no reason.
"There is no clinical testing that supports that meldonium would have any performance-enhancing effects.
"If there should be sanctions my sentence would be that she should teach tennis for three months."
Russia's Sharapova tested positive at the Australian Open in January.
In an earlier statement, Head described Sharapova as "a role model and woman of integrity who has inspired millions of fans around the world to play and watch tennis".
It added: "The honesty and courage she displayed in announcing and acknowledging her mistake was admirable.
"We look forward to working with her and to announcing new sponsorships in the weeks and months ahead."
Meanwhile, Russian biathlete Eduard Latypov has been suspended after testing positive, the Russian Biathlon Union has confirmed.
The International Biathlon Union temporarily suspended the 21-year-old after traces of the banned substance were found in a sample taken last month.
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The 150 young voters, aged between 18 to 29, questioned four politicians in Glasgow.
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond and Labour MP Alan Johnson made the case for staying in the EU.
UKIP MEP Diane James and Conservative MP Liam Fox argued for exiting the EU in 23 June's referendum.
Twitter and BBC News monitored some 45,000 tweets which were sent using the hashtag #BBCDebate. These are the main moments from the online conversation.
Ban clapping
In the opening minutes of the show hosted by Victoria Derbyshire, it quickly became apparent that both sides of the audience were going to show their support for the politicians by loudly clapping after every statement.
Since the audience was split according to their voting preference, this quickly meant that whenever one side of the audience was clapping, another third would sit in stony faced silence.
Emily from Poole
An audience member's questions about social housing and the impact that leaving the EU might have on the chance of her mother getting an appropriate bungalow caused the first big stir of the night, according to Twitter data.
Emily from Poole argued that she wanted to leave the European Union because of fears that her family would not have access to a council home due to pressure from migrants.
More than 900 tweets a minute were sent after she made her comments, and prompted this response from Chris Kerr, which proved to be the most shared tweet of the debate.
The Scottish Referendum
A debate about whether or not there would be another another Scottish referendum within two years if Britain voted to leave the EU caused the most number of tweets per minute, with more than a thousand tweets being sent at 8:50pm.
Twitter data shows that Alex Salmond was also the most mentioned candidate during the debate, with Liam Fox coming second followed by Alan Johnson and Diane James.
EU roaming charges
A Remain supporter who tried to argue that the European Union had caused significant changes to mobile phone roaming charges also sparked fierce online debate. After she was interrupted several times by Leave supporters, she complained that "This feels like I'm in the House of Commons here and it's prime minister's questions,".
But UKIP MEPs were quick to dismiss her comments.
Flirting fail
And finally one of the surprising stars of the debate was a young audience member who propositioned Victoria Derbyshire while asking a question during the debate. She declined to join him on a date, but that hasn't stopped many people online asking to find out further details about his slick pick up skills.
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The BBC's first televised EU referendum debate was held in Scotland, but on social media most people wanted to talk about the audience.
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The 18-year-old, who has made two Championship appearances, has agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal.
"Rushian is highly thought of at this football club," said Villa manager Steve Bruce.
"I believe he has a bright future in the game. He needs to get his head down now, work hard in training - and the opportunities will come."
Hepburn-Murphy, who made his first-team debut in March 2015 at just 16 years of age as a late substitute in the 4-0 Premier League win at Sunderland, has been on Villa's books since the age of nine.
He also came on late in last season's final home game against Newcastle and has come off the bench twice this season, again at home to Newcastle, then in the New Year defeat at Cardiff City.
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Gerard Hampson's body was found on the shores of Lough Neagh near Toomebridge, County Antrim, in 2008, six weeks after his family reported the 53-year-old missing.
The ombudsman has recommended that 10 police officers be disciplined.
Police have issued an apology for the failings in its investigation.
Mr Hampson was wanted for questioning in connection with an alleged kidnapping in Mullingar in the Republic of Ireland when he disappeared in 2007.
His naked body was found by a man walking his dog six weeks later.
The Police Ombudsman found what he described as "serious failings" in the police investigation.
He said police made little effort to find Mr Hampson, and failed to conduct basic witness and CCTV enquiries because of a police belief he was "on the run and would turn up when it suited him".
This meant that opportunities to gather evidence were missed, and resulted in an "overall poor investigation which failed the Hampson family".
The ombudsman has called for an independent review into the police's handling of the case.
Eight police officers have since been disciplined.
Ass Ch Con Stephen Martin has issued an apology to the Hampson family, and said he accepted there were police failings in the investigation.
He said the case remains under active investigation by the PSNI.
However, Mr Hampson's son, Denis, said he feared he would never get the truth about his father's death.
"Basic checks were not carried out. My father would have been always on the phone to us two or three times a day.
"Once all the contact stopped, we knew that something was wrong. They just dismissed it.
"Years later we are still trying to find out what happened to my father."
Paul O'Connor from the Pat Finucane Centre said that the family's concerns six years ago when they first lodged the complaint had been vindicated.
"The report shows a litany of mistakes and failures from the moment that the family made the decision to walk into Strand Road police station," he said.
"I notice in the report that they said they have learnt lessons, but there are some serious outstanding questions for the family."
Earlier this month, a 49-year-old man was arrested as part of renewed enquiries into the death.
He was later released pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service.
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A police ombudsman investigation into the search for a former republican prisoner has heavily criticised the police reaction to his disappearance.
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A week ago the company shocked its investors, and the wider construction industry, by revealing that it had suffered a corporate heart attack.
It had to write off £845m in income it had previously expected from several big contracts, and it admitted that its already large borrowings were becoming bigger.
That forced it to take drastic action.
This year's dividends for shareholders were cancelled, the chief executive left, and now accountancy firm EY has been called in to help devise a rescue plan with some analysts speculating that the company will need to raise about half a billion pounds in extra funds just to survive.
According to one of those analysts, Sam Bland of JP Morgan, the specific contracts which have gone bad for Carillion include a hospital in Liverpool, a road in Aberdeen and a tramway in Sheffield.
Inflexible contracts have meant that extra costs could not be passed onto customers, leading to a big dent in the firm's expected income.
Meanwhile some clients with big Middle East contracts appear to have been slow to pay their bills or to have not paid at all.
The result, said Mr Bland, is that the amount of money which the company has earned, but which has not yet been paid, has been growing over the past few years.
The fact that these so-called receivables (as accountants call them) have been rising is a "very, very bad sign," Mr Bland said, as it leads to income and profits being booked in the accounts before cash has been received.
If the money then does not appear at all, a crisis ensues.
It appears that Carillion's strategy for the past couple of years was to try to out-run its growing cash and debt problems but within the firm it became clear that this would not work.
The accountants KPMG were called in earlier this year to review the position of the firm's big contracts and two weekends ago gave the board the bad news that huge sums would need to be written off.
"There was still surprise at the large size of the problems," Mr Bland said.
The company had been trying to help itself by extending its payment times to contractors from 80 days to 120 days.
Along with the growing "receivables" these problems had been spotted by hedge funds which had been selling short the company's shares in the expectation of making a big profit if the share price collapsed - which it has.
What now? Mr Bland says the company's financial position is "very unclear".
"You could conclude that the equity value of the company is zero", he added.
What if Carillion goes bust or has to sell off the division that will actually build the tunnels and bridges for part of the new railway?
A spokesman for HS2 said it had sought assurances from Carillion's partners on the rail project that they can step in to deliver on the work if necessary
Tom Fitzpatrick, editor of the leading trade journal Construction News, argued that the timing of the award, just a week after Carillion revealed its deep troubles, is a sign of some government confidence.
"If the government had had doubts it would have been loath to award the contract," he said.
"The HS2 project is so high profile, involving so much money and so many opponents, and with the failure of a contractor able to cause such large delays and massive headaches, the government would not have awarded it if Carillion was on the verge of going under," Mr Fitzpatrick said.
So far, stock marker investors share that opinion.
Carillion's shares are up 20% on the day - so far.
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Joe Root scored 124 and put on 179 with Moeen, whose 99 not out Boycott described as "one of his best innings".
"This was a lovely innings - controlled drives with lovely flow and ease of the bat," the former England opener told Test Match Special.
"Moeen and Joe Root in the afternoon session took the game away from India."
The second new ball is available for India when play resumes on Friday at 04:00 GMT with Moeen on strike, one run short of his fourth Test hundred and first overseas.
Boycott added of Moeen's innings: "I thought he played splendidly. I know sometimes he plays airy-fairy and he gets out - but you could say that about the wonderful, great player David Gower occasionally, but a lot of other times he played fantastically."
As for fellow Yorkshireman Root, Boycott said "it was just a very good Joe Root innings - what you have come to expect from one of the world's best players".
Boycott believes the tourists, who won the toss, should be aiming to score at least 450 in their first innings.
"You've got to aim for 550 but 450 is the minimum so don't cock up now - let's have no collapses tomorrow. India are not world-beating. Put the score on the board, a big score, and let's see how they do under scoreboard pressure."
Root, who brought up his 11th Test century and first in Asia, says there is still "a lot of hard work to do tomorrow morning" as England look to build a big total.
"It's a good start to the game but it'd be silly and naive to look too far into it," he told Test Match Special.
"It's nice to see Moeen set and Ben Stokes looked very comfortable towards the back end of the evening. If they can get a good partnership together and put some pressure on them, we could be in a really good position come the end of this innings."
The England vice-captain said the testing pitches in the drawn series against Bangladesh last month had helped prepare the players for facing the world number one Test side.
"From those extreme conditions you learn how to start an innings against spin. We've worked really hard since we've been here about doing that and I thought that has paid off slightly," Root said.
He believes there is enough in the pitch already to give England hope of causing India's batsmen problems later in the game.
Root continued: "There are quite a lot of cracks and you saw reverse swing come into it quite early on. That will give the seamers a boost. There was a bit of variable bounce and if that can continue to develop over the next couple of days and we get a lot of runs first innings, we could be in a good position."
Root had no complaints about his eventual dismissal via a return catch to Umesh Yadav, who lost control of the ball as he attempted to throw it up in celebration.
Third umpire Rod Tucker adjudged the catch had been taken despite Yadav appearing to panic as the ball slipped from his grasp.
"I didn't see too much about it because I was so disgusted with the shot, I turned my back on it as the ball went in. I looked back up and he was scrambling around for it," Root said.
"Having seen the slo-mo, it looks like he had control of it. When you speed it up, it's a bit up in the air. I was lucky to get away with an umpire's call on lbw - sometimes these things go for you, sometimes they go against you. You have to take it on the chin and move on."
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew felt the correct decision had been made, explaining: "You go to the law book and see that up to 2000 you had to have full control of the ball and its further disposal but that law is gone.
"There is no mention of the word 'control' in the laws any more so as long as you catch the ball, that's it. It didn't look good at full speed but in slow motion you see that he has the ball in his hands and he then makes to throw it in the air. These days that's good enough."
Agnew was impressed by 19-year-old Test debutant Haseeb Hameed, who looked composed in making 31 before he was out lbw to off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
"Hameed looked a natural, and a natural opening batsmen. He showed a lot of maturity and wasn't rushed at all - he made the bowlers wait until he was ready," Agnew told BBC Sport.
"He gets very much on the front foot, he gets from front foot to back foot very quickly and he played the short ball well.
"His family is here and it's a huge event for him at the age of 19 but I thought he played very, very well. There is a lot of talent there and let's hope it matures fully."
Boycott also expressed his approval, saying: "I thought he played nicely but I don't think we should expect too much from him - he's 19.
"Where was I playing then? Some club cricket or Yorkshire second team. This kid is playing a Test match in India. But what I saw, the nice shots, the footwork, the defence - I agree with the selectors. There looks to be something there worth taking a chance on. He looks a proper opener."
Agnew has concerns over Ben Duckett's technique after the Northamptonshire left-hander was caught at skip off Ashwin for 13 in the final over before lunch, which left England 102-3.
Duckett opened alongside captain Alastair Cook in Bangladesh, where he averaged 23 in four innings, but has moved to number four here.
"Ben Duckett does tend to get leg side of the ball, which means he is going to be caught in the slip area," Agnew said.
"He's going to have to look at covering his stumps a little bit more but this is the way that he plays and it's got him in the England side, and he has a fifty to his name from the second Test against Bangladesh.
"He is batting in a better position than opening - I'll be surprised if he regularly opens in Test cricket. But he has got to realise that in Test cricket the margins of error are miniscule."
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Laugher led after his first of six dives and did not relinquish top position as he scored 554 points.
China's Siyi Xie and Yuan Cao were second and third with 539.15 and 510.05 points respectively.
British pair Tom Daley and Grace Reid went in the mixed 3m synchro springboard and failed to make it on to the podium as they finished fourth.
Find out how to get into diving with our special guide.
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Great Britain's Jack Laugher won gold in the men's individual 3m springboard at the Diving World Series in China.
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Bristol is the first city in the UK to be given the status and has taken over the title from Copenhagen in Denmark.
Jade Kindar-Martin from Cirque Bijou cycled on the tightrope with trapeze artist Karine Mauffrey hanging below.
Tony Juniper, Bristol 2015 ambassador, said the city had a "leading role" in showing the world how to be green.
The stunt took place between two warehouses close to the Cumberland Basin.
"I am looking forward to Bristol providing the kind of inspiration needed to shape a different future than the one we are presently heading toward," Mr Juniper added.
The high-wire act, named Bridging the Gap, was designed to symbolise the difference between good green intentions and actually carrying them out.
Environmentalist Jonathon Porritt said: "Both in the UK and internationally, we're way off the pace in terms of improving the state of the environment.
"Bristol has a unique opportunity to show exactly what now needs to be done - in practice, not in yet more buckets of 'greenwash'."
The initiative rewards cities making efforts to improve the urban environment and create healthier and more sustainable living areas.
Events through the year include the launch of what it is claimed will be the world's first solar-powered balloon and a "greentech" camp for children and teenagers to learn about green technology.
Previous title holders are: Stockholm in 2010, Hamburg in 2011, Vitoria-Gasteiz in 2012, Nantes in 2013 and Copenhagen in 2014.
Ljubljana, in Slovenia, will take over from Bristol in 2016.
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Bristol's year as European Green Capital has been officially launched with a high-wire stunt 30m (100ft) above the city.
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According to their former sports teacher, Ben Tumwet, the brother and sister had a 10km (more than six miles) journey to Bishop Okiring secondary school in the village of Kamuneru.
"Moses and Linet were coming from a far place, they were coming very early in the morning and also going back in the afternoon," says Mr Tumwet.
"So they got their running training to and from school."
Their daily commute proved to be over an auspicious distance.
Linet went on to win the 10,000m at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, while her brother earned a bronze in the men's event.
Now, a new generation of pupils at their former school - in the foothills of Kenya's Mount Elgon - is faced with a similar early morning journey, and they have a similar lack of transport.
They have been inspired by the success of the Masai siblings - but their goals are not confined to the athletics track.
Take 17-year-old Sammy, who also lives 10km away from the school and has a punishing schedule.
"I wake up at 4am, prepare some breakfast and then head out. I try to arrive at school by 6am in the morning," he says.
"I pass through the forest, where there's danger from wild animals, then I travel over muddy roads.
"Sometimes, the rivers overflow and carry away the bridges. On those days, I don't go to school."
But he perseveres. "It's a hard journey, but I struggle because I want to get an education. When I leave school I want to be a lawyer here in Kenya."
So, are there good things about his journey?
"No, there is nothing."
And according to the school's headmaster, Naboth Okadie, the romantic image of future champions earning their stripes on their daily run to school, does not quite tally with the harsh reality that his pupils face.
The school is located in a poor, rural part of Kenya, with only the most basic infrastructure - and where inter-communal tensions have, in the recent past, resulted in violence and death.
"Right now, we have two children who are going for the national competition in athletics," Mr Okadie says.
As with the majority of his students, the headmaster worries about their journey.
"They walk to school and then back home in the evening. It's a huge challenge with our bad roads and insecurity: Actually, we fear for them," he says.
Another of the Bishop Okiring pupils, Susan, lives 5km away from the school.
Like Sammy, that means a start at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT) - and a frequently scary journey.
"Sometimes it is very dark, especially in the rainy season," she says.
"And, as I'm a girl, it is risky to walk alone... Sometimes I fall, because the route is very muddy - and I'm forced to go back and change.
"I don't enjoy the journey and find I am very tired in lessons.
"I want to be in the boarding section, but now my parents are not able to contribute the fees for boarding."
Another highly successful athlete from the region that has produced so many Kenyan champions, Abel Kirui, also ran to school.
Looking back, he acknowledges that, while it was a formative experience, he would have avoided the journey, if it was an option.
"When we were young, we didn't like going to school - but our parents pushed us," he says.
"We used to run the two kilometres to school when we were late, then we'd run back for lunch and then go back after lunch running again."
These days, he runs considerably further.
The two-time world marathon champion is aiming for a gold medal at the London Olympics and, he told me, with a glint in his eye, at the following Games as well.
And if Abel Kirui's future is paved with gold, it will - in part - be thanks to the road he travelled in the past; a road which many young Kenyans are travelling still, whether or not they want to.
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It was confirmed on Friday that the British and Irish Lion, 27, will rejoin Scarlets from Clermont Auvergne next season on a national dual contract.
Davies missed the World Cup with a serious knee injury but expects to return to action within a month.
"Hopefully I'll be back the middle of December," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"But things can change, times can change, but at the moment I'm looking pretty good. I'm looking forward to it."
Davies, who has 48 Wales caps, ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in May 2015 but his imminent return will be welcome news for Wales head coach Warren Gatland.
Scott Williams impressed at outside centre for Wales in Davies' absence, but he also suffered a serious knee injury during the World Cup.
The 24-year-old, who could form a potent midfield partnership with Davies at Scarlets next season, is not expected to return before the end of the season.
That means Davies could slot back into the national side to resume his Wales and 2013 Lions partnership with Jamie Roberts, provided he has proved his fitness with Clermont.
"Obviously it's very difficult being injured but Clermont have been excellent in my rehab and have got me back into a position now that I'm nearly fit to be playing on the field again," added Davies, who left Scarlets for France in 2014.
"So I look forward to getting back on the field for Clermont and hopefully finishing this year with some silverware.
"I've had two years, enjoyed my time out there and I've learned from great players.
"I've been able to play with some of the best players in Europe like Wesley Fofana, Fritz Lee, Brock James, they're all great players.
"It's a new culture to learn off new people obviously helps me in the long run.
"But the [Welsh Rugby] Union and the region are much better now and I want to get back to being a part of Welsh rugby again
He added: "I'm just glad to get myself sorted personally, Welsh rugby is certainly in a good position and hopefully a number of the boys can come back.
"The Scarlets are going very well in the Pro12, but that's next year now, there's a lot of rugby to be played and it's an exciting time for me."
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Centre Jonathan Davies has handed Welsh rugby a second boost within a week with the news that he is likely to be available for the 2016 Six Nations.
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At a time when soundbites were the norm, he spoke like no other politician - his response to being asked whether he wanted to lead the yet-to-be-created assembly was "do one-legged ducks swim in a circle"?
In office he pursued a strategy of differentiating his administration from Tony Blair's New Labour government, using the new devolved powers to opt-out from Blairite reforms to health and education.
It was called "clear red water", but in true Morgan style he never uttered the phrase, leaving it out of a key speech in order, he later suggested, to save time.
Born in Cardiff just after the outbreak of war in September 1939, Hywel Rhodri Morgan was educated at Whitchurch Grammar School, Oxford and Harvard University. He worked for South Glamorgan Council before becoming head of the European Community's office in Wales in 1980.
In 1987 he was elected as the MP for Cardiff West, serving in various front-bench roles until Labour won the 1997 election, when he took on the chairmanship of the Public Administration Select Committee.
He yearned to take the helm in the new assembly created by the 1997 referendum, but lost two leadership elections, one to Ron Davies, and a second, in bitterly contested circumstances, to Alun Michael.
But within nine months of the first devolved elections in May 1999, Mr Michael was out, unable to free himself from the thickets of a row over EU funding. Mr Morgan took over in February 2000.
By the autumn he had formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, showing a pragmatism that lay behind the rhetorical flourishes - it was to the fore again in 2007 when he formed another coalition with Plaid Cymru, despite the horror of some in Labour at the thought of any dealings with nationalists.
Those talks - prompted by Labour losses in the 2007 Assembly elections - proved stressful; in July he was admitted to hospital where he underwent heart surgery.
He recovered, changing his diet and telling friends he felt a decade younger.
He had already announced his retirement date of 2009, and in December 2009 he handed over the reins to Carwyn Jones.
In 2008 he told BBC Radio Wales of his wish to spend his final day on earth swimming with dolphins at his beloved Mwnt in West Wales, scene of annual family holidays.
He is survived by his wife, Julie, and two daughters and a son.
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Rhodri Morgan stabilised Welsh devolution after its rocky first year, and spent nine years as first minister in his own idiosyncratic style.
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If Labour form the next government, Ed Miliband said he would act immediately to curb "massive" rent hikes which have forced some people out of their homes.
New tenants in England would have the right to find out what predecessors paid to help negotiate the "best deal".
The Conservatives say rent controls "destroy investment in housing".
Critics warn capping rents could reduce investment in new housing.
As the last full week of campaigning before the 7 May election gets under way, a clutch of polls suggested there remains little to choose between the Conservatives and Labour, with most experts still predicting a hung Parliament with no party winning outright.
A Survation poll for the Mail on Sunday has given the Conservatives (33%) a four-point lead over Labour (29%) while an Opinium poll for the Observer has the Conservatives on 34% and Labour on 33%.
A You Gov poll for the Sunday Times put Labour (34%) two points ahead of the Conservatives (32%).
Housing is a key election battleground, with all the major parties promising to build hundreds of thousands of new homes over the next five years to address what campaigners say is a chronic shortage of new housing stock.
On Sunday, Mr Miliband will set out Labour's policies for helping "generation rent" - the millions of people who the opposition say have been priced out of the housing market in recent years and are trapped in short-term, often insecure rental agreements.
Labour have already announced plans to extend the typical tenancy agreement from a year or less to three years following a probationary period of six months. Estate agents will also be banned from requiring fees from tenants before they move in.
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Policy guide: Where the parties stand
But the Labour leader said he wanted to do more to stop the estimated 4.5 million households renting privately from being "ripped off".
He is pledging to cap rents during the course of the standard three-year tenancies so they cannot rise by more than the CPI measure of inflation, which is currently 0%, while allowing flexibility for them to be reduced.
While market rates will still apply at the start of a contract, tenants will have a legal right to know what the previous tenant paid, which Labour says will put them in a stronger position to negotiate and make substantial rent rises between contracts less likely.
Labour says three-year tenancy agreements should become the norm, with landlords having to give two months' notice before asking a tenant to leave and only if they have a "good reason" to do so. The rent cap would not apply to those who have agreed shorter contracts with their landlords, such as students or business people needing flexibility.
The party claims rents are, on average, £1,200 higher than they were in 2010, with some tenants in London facing double digit rises in a single year.
The UK rental market is far less regulated than its European counterparts, Labour argues, with one shadow minister recently comparing the London market to the "Wild West"
Confirming that Labour would legislate for the changes in their first Queen's Speech, Ed Miliband said action was needed to help those "struggling to meet the costs of putting a roof over their head".
"Some are having to move all the time, ripping up the roots they have laid down at work or with friends, even having to change their kids schools," he said.
With house prices reaching record levels in south-east England in recent years, more and more families are renting from private landlords.
It's estimated that nearly four and a half million households in England currently live in private rented accommodation. That's double the number a decade ago - and now accounts for one in five of all households.
Ed Miliband has already said he would give tenants more security by introducing three-year tenancies. Landlords would have limited grounds for regaining possession during this time - but tenants could still leave by giving a months notice.
Now the Labour leader is going further by pledging to freeze rents in real terms for the duration of the three-year tenancy.
Rents would still be set at a market rate initially but landlords would have to tell prospective tenants what they had charged previously to help in negotiations. Both the British Property Federation and the Association of Residential Lettings Agents have warned that rent controls could reduce investment in the supply of new rented housing.
"Labour has a better plan. The security of three-year tenancies for all who want them with rents capped, so they can fall but not rise by more than inflation. The rights they need to negotiate a decent deal with landlords and stop rip-off letting fees."
Labour is also warning "rogue" landlords that they face losing tax relief enabling them to offset 10% of their annual rental income against falls in the value of furniture and appliances.
If properties are not adequately maintained, Mr Miliband said landlords would not be able to claim all of the so-called "wear and tear allowance", arguing they should not be "subsidised for providing accommodation that fails to meet basic standards."
He added: "This is a plan for a stable, decent, prosperous private rental market where landlords and tenants can succeed together."
Conservative communities minister Brandon Lewis said Mr Miliband was "re-launching a policy that descended into chaos when it was first announced".
"Rent controls never work - they force up rents and destroy investment in housing leading to fewer homes to rent and poorer quality accommodation.
"The only way to have affordable rents is to continue to build more homes."
The Conservatives have placed increased home ownership at the heart of their housing plans, pledging to extend the Help to Buy Scheme to 2020 and extend the Right-to-Buy scheme to up to 1.3 million tenants of housing associations.
Under their plans, housing association tenants would get the same discounts to buy their homes as council tenants currently enjoy.
The Liberal Democrats are promising young people still living with their parents a loan to help pay for a deposit on a rented home of their own.
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Laws, 42, started six months of chemotherapy this week.
The Kenya-born cyclist, a former British champion in time trial, road racing and mountain biking, and retired in August.
"As a professional cyclist I've had my share of setbacks. I have come back each time," she said in a statement.
"I hope that these experiences and my life as a professional athlete have prepared me for what will be my biggest challenge so far."
Laws was advised to have a biopsy on swollen lymph glands by her team doctor at Podium Ambition in late July, after initially attributing them to "a series of colds".
After discovering they were secondary cancer tumours, tests revealed further infected lymph nodes in the pelvis, and cervical cancer.
"Obviously I am trying to come to terms with what is happening," said Laws, who competed at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
"I had exciting retirement plans - learning Spanish and volunteer work in South America, bike guiding and environmental consultancy. These will now have to be put on hold."
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Former Team GB cyclist Sharon Laws has been diagnosed with cervical cancer which she says is "treatable but not curable".
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David Tuohy, 83, who now lives in Oxford, took charge of Eccles Hall, a special school, in the 1970s.
At Norwich Crown Court he denied 18 counts of indecent and serious sexual assaults on five boys with special needs aged as young as 10.
Prosecutor Andrew Shaw said Mr Tuohy was obsessed with spanking and lost interest in the boys as they got older.
"You may think from the evidence that he had a particular deviant sexual fascination with the bottoms of very young boys," Mr Shaw said.
Mr Tuohy taught at the boarding school for children who found life difficult in mainstream education and later became its head master.
The boys came from different parts of the UK and found themselves alone, isolated and separated from their families.
"As one of the people charged with the duty of caring for these children, he abused the trust placed in him and used these children for his own sexual gratification," Mr Shaw said.
"Many of the now-adult men who suffered abuse went on to have significant problems in their later lives."
All the alleged victims described being spanked by Mr Tuohy.
The attacks are alleged to have happened at the school, now known as the New Eccles Hall School, in Quidenham.
The trial continues.
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A former head master "obsessed with spanking" carried out sex attacks at a Norfolk school, a court has been told.
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The 20-year-old midfielder, who was in trouble with the law several times at United, scored a fine goal for West Ham in Sunday's 3-0 win over Tottenham.
"He needed to get out of Manchester," Phelan told BBC Radio 5 live.
"He has gone away from the club now which I think in hindsight is the correct thing to have done."
Morrison, who has been called up for England's Under-21s, pleaded guilty to witness intimidation in February 2011 and was fined £600 three months later for throwing his girlfriend's phone through an open window during an argument.
He was also cautioned for common assault in 2008.
"It is easy to say we let our most promising player leave but is it worth the hassle to wait and maybe not see fruition to it?" asked Phelan, who is currently out of work.
Morrison left Old Trafford to join West Ham in January 2012 for a reported fee of £1m after Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United manager at the time, described his wage demands as "unrealistic".
But Hammers boss Sam Allardyce said on Sunday, in the wake of Morrison's solo goal against Spurs, that "the penny has dropped" and that the highly rated youngster had "sorted himself out".
Birmingham City manager Lee Clark took Morrison on loan last season and said that he was "nothing short of brilliant in terms of his application and his attitude" for most of his spell at St Andrew's.
Phelan, who left his own role at Manchester United in the wake of Ferguson stepping down at the end of the 2012-13 campaign, hopes Morrison's focus remains on his football.
"It is still a risk with Ravel, but he seems to have got his head in the right situation, his performances are decent and getting better. Hopefully he can maintain that," he said.
"At Manchester United there were other things going on which were a distraction for him and that played a part in his downfall."
Phelan revealed that despite the promise that was evident in scoring two goals in an emphatic FA Youth Cup win over Sheffield United in 2011, Morrison regularly missed training at Manchester United.
"He had a tendency to disappear for the odd day or two and then we would manage to find him and bring him back in," he said.
"It really was a day-to-day project with him. One day he was there and then another he wasn't.
"He is a nice guy when he is with you, when he is around football, but obviously there were distractions.
"At the end of the day is it too much work to put into one person and keep the harmony and the balance? That was a decision that the club had to make."
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Ravel Morrison's exit from Manchester United in 2012 was the "correct thing" for both player and club, says former assistant boss Mike Phelan.
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The details are contained in a planning application for what the firm describes as a 'flagship' store on Donegall Square in Belfast city centre.
The company plans to take a unit which is currently occupied by a home furnishing store.
The application states the firm has a "vision" to roll out up to 50 stores.
It currently has one branch in Northern Ireland in a service station on the M2.
The Belfast Telegraph first reported the firm's intention to open up to 50 stores last year.
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The baked goods chain Greggs has confirmed it is planning to open as many as 50 branches across Northern Ireland.
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Chilwell Road and High Road in Beeston have been closed to allow an extension to the city's tram network to be built.
Businesses said they were making "the best of a very bad situation" by holding the party to remind potential customers they were still open.
The city council said the total closure would allow work to progress faster and a compensation package was in place.
The £570m project, to create a tram link between the centre of Nottingham and Beeston and Chilwell, is due to be completed in 2015.
The road was closed to traffic on Monday but traders said they were trying to treat it as a "temporary pedestrianisation".
The event, on 30 March, will include street entertainment, face-painting and an outdoor stage for bands.
Julie Cameron, owner of Cameron House, a gift and furnishings shop, admitted some of the 80 businesses affected had already left but others had decided to stick it out.
"We just thought it was an opportunity to get the local people round and the people from Nottingham to come down and see for themselves just how fabulous the businesses are, the fact we are still open.
"And we can let them know how to get here and where the car parks are - we are making the best of a very bad situation," she said.
Councillor Jane Urquhart from Nottingham City Council said: "Rather than having a series of small closures that would change it seemed better to have a permanent arrangement that people could get used to."
She said the council had worked closely with retailers and had created new parking spaces nearby to try to help with the situation.
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Traders in Nottingham faced with a year of disruption through construction work are to hold a party in their streets.
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Some 40,000 people have been affected by the torrential rain and several hundred left homeless.
The authorities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul have declared a state of emergency in seven cities.
Among the dead were seven family members whose homes in the town of Igrejinha were buried by a landslide.
Other victims included three children who died when their house in Novo Hamburgo was engulfed by mud.
Rescue workers have been evacuating areas thought to be at risk from landslips.
There was also flooding in and near Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, which suffered power cuts.
Drier weather is forecast for the next few days but more rain is likely towards the end of the week.
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Landslides and floods in southern Brazil over the weekend are now known to have left a dozen people dead.
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The 33-year-old striker signed a two-year deal for a reported fee of nearly £3m and netted goals in a 4-0 victory over his former club Bristol Rovers.
"Rickie is a good, strong, solid player who is a great character, good in the dressing room and good on the pitch," said West Brom head coach Tony Pulis.
"We are very pleased to have him on board."
Lambert becomes the club's third summer signing, following the acquisitions of James Chester and James McClean.
Craig Gardner and Victor Anichebe also scored for the Baggies at the Memorial Stadium in their most emphatic win of pre-season.
West Brom are the eighth club the Kirkby-born Lambert has played for, having started his career at Blackpool.
He came to prominence at Southampton where he scored 117 times in 235 appearances, after signing from Bristol Rovers in 2009.
Lambert then realised a lifetime dream last summer by joining the club he supported, Liverpool, in a £4m deal. However, he failed to rediscover his Saints scoring form at Anfield, managing only two league goals in 25 games for the Reds last season.
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Rickie Lambert joined West Brom from Liverpool - and scored twice on his debut for the club three hours later.
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The American, 27, won gold by recording 8.38m with his final attempt.
South Africa's Luvo Manyonga won silver with 8.37m, while Rutherford took bronze with a final leap of 8.29m.
"I came here to win but couldn't quite get it together," said an emotional Rutherford, 29. "I'm very disappointed. Bronze is not good enough for me."
Rutherford was nearly edged out of third by Jarrion Lawson, but the American's hand brushed the sand on what would have been a medal-winning final jump.
Rutherford's performance, allied to Jessica Ennis-Hill's silver in the heptathlon, meant Britain could not repeat London 2012's Super Saturday, although Mo Farah did retain his 10,000m title.
Elsewhere, Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith booked his place in the 400m final with a perfectly timed run from lane eight, finishing strongly down the home straight to clock 44.48 and a new personal best.
But neither fellow Briton Michael Rimmer nor Ireland's Mark English could make the 800m final, while Britain's Luke Cutts went out in pole vault qualifying.
Chief sports writer Tom Fordyce in Rio:
"Rutherford might not have retained his Olympic title, but in one of the great long jump finals - in terms of drama if not distance - he proved his immense championship character with that last-round leap.
"He was just two centimetres down on the jump that won his gold in London and just 10cm from another gold, having had his preparation badly disrupted by the whiplash injury he suffered at the Birmingham Diamond League."
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Greg Rutherford said he was "gutted" not to have defended his Olympic long jump title as the Briton finished third behind winner Jeff Henderson,
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It includes a 12,500-seat concert hall, conference centre and hotel and will sit between the existing Baltic arts centre and Sage music venue.
Gateshead Council will invest £25m in the project with the rest of the money coming from the private sector, including venue operator SMG.
The scheme will mean the closure of SMG's 11,500-seat arena in Newcastle.
Detailed plans have yet to be drawn up, but it is hoped the new complex will open in 2021.
The council said it expected the 10-acre (four hectare) scheme would create more than 500 jobs and provide a boost to the North East economy of about £30m a year.
Martin Gannon, leader of the Labour-controlled authority, said: "We've wanted to regenerate and revitalise this key site on Gateshead Quays for a long time and internationally recognisable facilities of this scale have always been our long-term aspiration.
"Not only will they bring new life to the area, but they will bring new jobs and significantly boost the local and regional economy.
"We're now more confident than ever that we can finally push forward with our exciting plans for this £200m site.
"Working closely with our development partners, SMG Europe, local partners and the private sector, it really is time to give the North East another landmark destination and complete the picture of this truly unique, riverside site."
Part of the plan is to close the nearby Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle - conceived by former Animals member Chas Chandler which opened in 1995.
Executive vice president of SMG Europe John Sharkey said: "The Gateshead Quays development site is truly a unique location which will offer visitors a whole new experience.
"Our new entertainment, conferencing and exhibition facilities, standing shoulder to shoulder with Sage Gateshead and Baltic will, we firmly believe, further cement Gateshead Quays as a popular and stunning world-class cultural destination."
Newcastle City Council said it would now be considering what to do with the current arena site.
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The ten-tonne fatberg was so heavy it broke the sewer pipe it had stuck to, causing a bit of smelly surprise for local residents.
The giant lump was made-up of a mixture of fat, oil and grease which had cooled down and gone hard.
The fatty mess had then mixed with lots of wet-wipes to cause a nasty blockage.
The 40-metre-long fatberg cost Thames Water, who look after London's sewers, £400,000 to replace the damaged sewer.
Stephen Hunt works for Thames Water and said: "The amount of fat we've had to remove has been staggering.
"To have this much damage on a sewer almost a metre in diameter is mind-boggling," he said.
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Ella Barber was born when her mother Michelle went into labour at their Derbyshire home on 15 August 2016.
Ms Barber's sister Jo Lambert called 999 when they realised there was a problem with the cord and Ella was struggling to breathe.
Paramedic Amanda Bird said it was "brilliant" she was now fully fit.
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Michelle Barber, from Sandiacre, suddenly went into labour at home, but there was not enough time to get her to hospital.
Her sister realised the cord was wrapped around Ella's neck while talking to the emergency call handler.
"I was really scared." she said. "Michelle was screaming 'she's going to die, she's going to die.'
"I just thought I need to get her breathing and I did my best."
Joanne Shepherd took the emergency call and told Ms Lambert calmly to slide her finger under the cord and carefully pull it over the baby's head.
She said: "It was only my second baby delivery coming out of training so one I won't forget... not an easy one, but a really nice outcome."
Ms Bird arrived at the house within three minutes of the call.
She said: "She wasn't breathing, she was blue and she needed stimulation to breathe otherwise she wouldn't be here today celebrating her first birthday.
"I was thinking 'come on you little monkey, you are going to breathe' and she did, which was wonderful."
She added that it was "absolutely brilliant" that Ella was fully fit a year on.
Mum Michelle said of the reunion: "It's amazing and lovely to catch up again... people don't normally get to see [medical staff] afterwards."
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Here some people share their stories of feeling isolated and alone in modern society.
"I used to run my own business, I had shops - cafes, chip shops and even a toffee shop in the war when I was very young. I was used to seeing lots of people every day and having lots of conversations all the time.
I love company and miss that terribly now. The last two years in particular have been very bad.
My son works and sees me as often as he can - work permitting - and my daughter-in-law visits me once a week. I have a cleaner that comes in once a week and a dear girl who comes to keep me company.
I know I am lucky, that there are people worse off than me. But it's in between those visits that there are a lot of hours to fill in the day.
My husband died on Christmas Eve in 1970 - he was only 40 and I was 39. I used to have a lot of friends, many of them were younger than me, but as time goes by, more and more of them seem to succumb to cancer or some other illness and they have died now.
But I'm still here. It doesn't seem fair though. My brain is fine but my body is giving up. I just keep going and I worry in the future it will only get worse.
I don't fancy going to these social clubs for older people - half of the people in there have lost their minds. I love speaking to younger people though, about anything. It keeps me young.
I tell everyone to go and live their life while they are still fit and healthy."
"I would consider myself as chronically lonely - my computer and television are my only windows to the outside world.
I'm ex-forces and suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I see my mental health nurse every two weeks and that is basically my only contact with anybody.
I don't have any family and I live in a rural area in Norfolk. There isn't much to do here. Everyone here is much younger than me and I see age as an definite communication barrier, and there are also lots of Polish people moving into the community.
My PTSD makes me wary of people. When I first left the forces in 1989 I became a Tesco manager and had lots of friends, but my social status dropped when I left the job due to health reasons and people didn't want to speak to me as much.
I got this social housing in Norfolk two years ago. I want to move to a larger area about 12 miles away where there is a cinema but I can't do that because I don't meet the criteria and I'm not a high enough priority. It's a Catch 22.
I am very unhappy and depressed to the point of clinical depression. I see people walking around hand in hand and I want that. But it only makes it worse, and I feel more resentment towards others.
I'd describe myself as a recluse. I'm almost a prisoner in my own home and it's been like that for two years.
It's not just a pensioner thing. I'm 51 and considered not elderly at all, therefore not looked at as a person needing care."
"I am only 67 and I have a nice home and all the trappings.
But I have neighbours who don't speak and I have no family at all. I have a friend who lives a few miles away but he never gets in touch. No-one visits, no-one rings. It's been like this for eight years.
Every day is the same and I have to discipline myself to cope with it. I exercise, I do some gardening and my housework and go walking.
The only time I see someone is when I shop. I put on my best clothes to go shopping and always look very smart. But once I get home there is no escape from the loneliness.
I go to bed at 8.30pm as I'm so fed up with the day - evenings are just terrible.
This will be the seventh Christmas on my own and my birthday is Christmas Eve. If I got ill I do not know what would happen.
You don't have to be really old to know lonely. People who are surrounded by family have no idea."
After my mother died about a decade ago, my father carried on living in the family home - with us seeing him a couple of times a month - until he fell in the snow.
Only then did I realise how courageous he was, and stoic, but moreover how lonely. It got worse when his cat died and he had no companionship at all apart from the television. He was in a spiral of despair but was pretending he was coping.
I have been his carer for four years since his fall - living in his home, taking him out, keeping him mobile, and catching him when he fell again recently. He's got vascular dementia but apart from that he's physically mobile. His memory of me and his personality is substantially there.
I'm 55 and used to have an active social life and ran my own business in London. By moving here I've lost my earnings and receive carer's allowance but it doesn't even cover the rent in my own home.
Many other people around the country serve as unpaid carers and would endorse Mr Hunt's ideals, but wish he would give us better financial support.
I keep my dad company and am his only friend. We often think our parents are a pillar of strength, especially when they don't let on how lonely they are.
It's only in retrospect that I realise how empty his life was and how abandoned by society old people often are. It made me feel an aching sadness when I realised how he'd felt.
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Charlie Dunn died in hospital after being found submerged at Bosworth Water Park in Leicestershire on 23 July.
Officers said more than 500 vehicles had visited on that day, but only a handful of people had contacted them.
A couple, believed to be Charlie's mother Lynsey Dunn and stepfather Paul Smith, are currently on bail.
The couple were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence.
Det Sgt Nikki McLatchie said: "We are keen to speak to anyone who saw Charlie at the park. Did you see him in the water? Did you see him playing? You may only have a small recollection but it could really help with our investigation.
"We know Charlie was carried out of the water by other park users. Did you see him in the water prior to this? If you took any footage from the area around the Blue Lagoon that afternoon please get in touch with us."
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A "very small" number of potential witnesses have come forward to police investigating the suspected drowning of a five-year-old boy in a lake.
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Pakistan moved to within 30 runs of Zimbabwe's total of 172 without losing a wicket, before a batting collapse almost cost them the Twenty20 match.
Skipper Shahid Afridi hit his first ball for four to give his side victory with three balls to spare in Lahore.
Gunmen attacked buses carrying the Sri Lanka team in the city six years ago.
Beforehand, fans waited at the Gaddafi Stadium in temperatures of 43 degrees Celsius and faced frequent security checks.
Both teams arrived at the stadium in a fleet of vans carrying armed guards.
Dozens of CCTV cameras were installed in the surroundings of Nishtar Park, where the Gaddafi Stadium is located.
Tickets for both Friday's and Sunday's T20s in Lahore were sold out within two days, and the teams will also play three one-day internationals at the venue next week.
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He will play pre-eminent Wizarding World magizoologist Newt Scamander, who writes the famous Hogwarts School textbook that gives the film its title.
Potter author JK Rowling is making her screenwriting debut on the film.
The film's director David Yates said: "Eddie is a fearless actor, brimming with invention, wit and humanity."
He added: "I couldn't be more excited about the prospect of working with him as we start this new adventure in JK Rowling's wonderful world, and I know she feels the same way."
Rowling's Fantastic Beasts book, which was published in 2001, is set 70 years before the events of her best-selling Potter series.
It follows the adventures of magizoologist Scamander - a specialist in magical animals - who travels the Wizarding World to document the beasts he encounters.
He writes a book - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - which is then studied years later by Hogwarts students such as Harry, Ron and Hermione.
Director Yates previously directed the final four Potter films, while producer David Heyman - who worked on all eight of the blockbusters - will produce the film.
Greg Silverman from Warner Bros Pictures said they were "thrilled" to have cast Redmayne - who had been widely rumoured to take the part - calling him "one of today's most extraordinarily talented and acclaimed actors".
Earlier this year he won the best actor Oscar, a Bafta, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award for his performance as Stephen Hawking in biopic The Theory of Everything.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is expected to be released in 3D and Imax worldwide on 18 November 2016.
Writing on her Facebook page in 2013, JK Rowling said: "Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for 17 years, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world.
"The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt's story will start in New York, 70 years before Harry's gets under way."
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Officials at National Savings and Investments (NS&I) are now trying to track down 898,000 bond holders who are owed cash.
In total, £44m is waiting to be claimed, from prizes dating back to 1957.
The biggest unclaimed prizes are two for £100,000, owed to a woman from London, and another from Manchester.
However, the average payout is just under £50.
The cash usually goes unclaimed when bond holders fail to keep NS&I informed about address changes.
"Prizes often become unclaimed as a result of people moving house, or forgetting that bonds have been bought for them as a child, or executors are unaware the bonds are held when someone dies," said Jill Walters, NS&I's operations manager.
The oldest unclaimed prize is owed to a man from South Yorkshire.
He won £25 in November 1957, the year after premium bonds were introduced by the then Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan.
If he is still alive, he will find his prize money considerably eroded by inflation. But he has no time limit on claiming, as there is no deadline for prizes.
NS&I advise anyone wanting to see if they have won to contact them via the website www.nsandi.com. Customers will need to enter their premium bond number into the search engine.
Otherwise bond holders can write to:
Premium Bonds
National Savings and Investments
Glasgow
G58 1SB
They will need to quote their name and address, former names and addresses, date of birth, and the bond numbers if known.
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The White House recently said President Barack Obama would veto the bill.
The bill has not enough votes to override a presidential veto.
The 875-mile (1,400km) pipeline would carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to the US state of Nebraska, where it joins pipes running to Texas.
The project has pitted Republicans and other supporters, who say it will create much needed jobs, against many Democrats and environmentalists, who warn the pipeline will add to carbon emissions and contribute to global warming.
The US president has been critical of the pipeline, saying at the end of last year that it would primarily benefit Canadian oil firms and not contribute much to already dropping petrol prices.
The House of Representatives approved the bill on Wednesday by 270 votes to 152. One Republican voted against it, while 29 Democrats voted in favour.
The bill had been expected to get a smooth passage through the House of Representatives. Both chambers are controlled by the Republicans, who overwhelmingly support the construction of the pipeline.
The House endorsed amendments approved by the Senate last month.
The amendments acknowledged the existence of climate change, and said oil sands should not be exempt from a tax to clean up oil spills.
The Keystone XL pipeline aims to carry some 830,000 barrels of heavy crude a day from the fields in Alberta to Nebraska.
The oil would then be transported through existing pipes to refineries in Texas. The southern section of the project was finished last year.
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The US House of Representatives has given its final approval to a bill - already passed by the Senate - backing the Keystone XL pipeline, in defiance of the president's wishes.
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The highest price was for an Italian Fascist cast bronze eagle that sold for £7,500 despite only having a guide price of £400 to £600.
Warner Dailey, from New Jersey in the US, began collecting the mementos from the age of seven, with items dating back as far as the Crimean War in 1854.
The auction was in Taunton on Friday.
Mr Dailey, who is from Somerset, New Jersey, sold his collection in the auction in Somerset, England, for a total of £83,200.
He said: "I will keep a few things of not very much value which are too sentimental for me to pass up."
The collection had been expected to raise up to £40,000.
Other lots sold included a propeller blade from a World War Two German JU88 bomber, pierced by a cannon ball, which sold for £4,500.
The plane was shot down by F/Lt George Budd and Sgt Evans Beaufighter of 604 Squadron, on 2 May 1941.
It was recovered from the crash site and presented to F/Lt Budd as a souvenir and was later acquired by Mr Dailey.
A piece of metal from a German bomber, bearing the Nazi swastika, sold for £3,200, while an Italian Fascist trophy fetched £2,200.
The collection contained pieces from World War One, World War Two, the Crimean War and Boer War.
A portrait of Hermann Goering, the founder of the Gestapo and commander of the Luftwaffe, and a wooden sideboard from his office in Germany both failed to sell.
The oldest item, sold for £1,000, was an inkwell made from the hoof of a horse that rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade, in 1854 during the Crimean War.
The auction was held at Greenslade Taylor Hunt in Taunton.
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A number of homes in Enagh were evacuated following the discovery of the device.
It was found in the Westlake housing development at about 07:00 BST on Tuesday morning.
Army bomb experts carried out a controlled explosion and have removed the device for examination. Police said they were keeping an open mind as to the motive for the attack.
Chief Inspector John Burrows said: "Clearly the family are in shock, they're traumatised. The rest of the community, including some very vulnerable people who were disrupted this morning, are traumatised and fearful.
"The device was viable, the Army technical officer confirmed it could have functioned and any explosive device like that is capable of causing serious injury."
Police have appealed for information.
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South Korea and Austria, who beat New Zealand 3-0 earlier at the same venue, have four points from two Group B games, with the Scots a point behind.
Anna Signeul made six changes to the Scotland side that started the 3-2 win over New Zealand on Wednesday.
A goal from Ji So-yun and a Cho So Hyun penalty sealed the win for the Koreans.
With four games in eight days to consider, Signeul brought in youngsters Erin Cuthbert and Fiona Brown in place of Jane Ross, who is sitting on 99 caps, and Manchester City striker and Christie Murray.
Central defender Ifeoma Dieke and midfielders Leanne Ross, Caroline Weir and Jo Love were the other players introduced.
South Korea were expected to provide a different test from the physical New Zealanders and they did not disappoint, producing some excellent passing play.
Both sides were playing neat possession football but neither goalkeeper had much to test them in the opening 45 minutes. The best stop, with her feet, came from Scotland keeper Shannon Lynn just before the half hour, again from Jung.
At the other end there was plenty of running and pressing by former Glasgow City team-mates Cuthbert and Brown, but little to trouble Kang Gaee in the South Korean goal.
The game came to life three minutes into the second half when South Korea's star player, Ji So-yun, had been well policed in the opening period, found space to take a shot from 20 yards.
The Chelsea attacking midfielder dispatched a crisp low drive into the corner of the net beyond Lynn.
Brown spurned a good opportunity to score at the other end when put through on the goalkeeper, sending her shot the wrong side of the post.
Ross then squandered a similar chance but in between the South Koreans had two good opportunities to double their lead.
Her namesake was then brought on for the 100th cap. She was one of a trio of substitutes sent on just after the hour by Signeul, who had replaced right back Frankie Brown with Kirsty Smith at the start of the half.
The Hibernian defender conceded a penalty and received a yellow card from Austrian referee Barbara Poxhofer for the foul on Jung which led to the second goal. South Korea captain Cho So Hyun stepped up to beat Lynn.
The goal was probably deserved on the balance of chances in the second half and the scoreline means Scotland's chances of winning the group are out of their hands ahead of their final group game against Austria on Monday.
Scotland manager Anna Signeul: "They were a good team and they definitely wanted to win on the day. So did we, but it's small margins.
"We looked well organised defensively, it's just that we couldn't create as much on the midfield.
"Up front Erin and Fiona were great in the first half but they got tired in the second.
"It's fantastic that Jane (Ross) has reached 100 caps and it's just a pity we didn't win as well.
"We saw Austria in the earlier game against New Zealand and they're a very organised, tough side.
"We have to beat them on Monday and hope that South Korea don't win as well if we are to have any chance of reaching the final - but we said at the outset that this tournament is about looking at players ahead of the Euros."
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A Banff man has appealed for help in identifying fish that have appeared in his garden in Banff.
Kevin Bain thinks the 75 fish could be sand eels deposited by a waterspout.
Mr Bain, who lives about 500m from the sea, posted footage of the spectacle on Periscope in the hope someone could shed light on the appearance of the two-inch fish.
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The 24-year-old, capped 15 times by Wales, may require surgery after damaging the medial ligament in his left leg during the Scarlets' 27-26 Boxing Day defeat by Ospreys.
"He's got a bit of a tear and he'll see a consultant to get an accurate view," said Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac.
"With any luck, it's just a rehab job."
Ball received treatment during the Boxing Day derby, but completed the match.
The Australia-raised lock last featured for Wales in the 54-9 World Cup win over Uruguay.
Wales begin their Six Nations campaign in Ireland on 7 February and conclude it with a home match against Italy on 19 March.
Flanker John Barclay will miss the Scarlets' match against Cardiff Blues on New Year's Day because of a forearm injury that will keep him out for two to three weeks.
"It's unfortunate. Jake Ball and John Barclay are two of our experienced players so it's a double blow really," said Pivac.
"The good news is that John Barclay's injury isn't as serious as we first thought so hopefully he isn't sidelined for too long.
"We thought he may have ligament damage but he's just got a really bad knock."
Scarlets back Liam Williams will start running next week as he continues his return from a foot injury.
The 24-year-old wing or full-back had surgery after he was injured during Wales' 15-6 World Cup defeat by Australia.
"It's good to see him out of the boot and up, starting a running programme, but we need to make sure we get it right," Pivac said.
"We don't want to expose him too early, we are obviously aware that there is a Six Nations around the corner so we'll do everything we can to get him right to play for us and for Wales.
"He's a fit person normally and is good with his diet so if anyone can get back a week or two early, it's probably Liam."
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An archaeological excavation in Clones, County Monaghan, had failed to uncover the remains of the castle.
But, unknown to the experts the walls of the four-storey building were still standing nearby.
The walls were covered in ivy and hidden in undergrowth but there were clues that had been overlooked.
It was found behind a Georgian terrace known as Castle Street, which contains a building called Castle House.
Monaghan county heritage officer Shirley Clerkin said it shows "when you start opening your eyes, looking afresh at things, you can rediscover really, really interesting buildings".
She said although the castle was hidden in plain sight, no one had been really looking for it.
"There had been an excavation done in a southerly direction from here looking for the castle as part of a commercial dig but they didn't really find any upstanding remains and then we assumed there was no castle here," she said.
She came across the building a few months ago along with local historian George Knight when they explored an area just a few metres away from the Diamond in the centre of the town.
"We crossed over a lot of barbed wire, a lot of brambles, woody-stuff and we came in front of this building and looked up at the front wall and realised we were standing in front of something potentially very significant," she said.
"This building had been re-used as an agricultural building and had been completely forgotten about from the point of view of it being a potential castle candidate.
"I think there was probably a wee bit of folklore around it - kids maybe played here when they were young and pretended it was a castle and they were absolutely right, it is a castle."
George Knight said he was aware the building existed but experts had previously dismissed it "with a cursory glance" as being "of no great historical importance".
"It has been used as a rubbish dump for many years. The joists carrying the first floor, only one is still in place the rest have collapsed down," he said.
"We think the original slate roof has probably collapsed down into the building as well."
The fortified house is thought to have been built in the 1600s by the local landlords, the Lennard-Barret family, who may only have lived in it for 50 years until the outbreak of the Jacobite wars in 1688.
It is shown on a 1741 drawing of Clones in the collection of the National Library in Dublin along with the town's other historical landmarks.
"Clones has a lot of historical depth to it We already have early Christian sites here, we have an Augustinian abbey, a motte and bailey from Norman times and this is the next piece of the jigsaw," Shirley Clerkin said.
"We have what we believe here to be a remnant of the plantation castle that we can see on the 1741 drawing.
"It means that Clones really has got little bits of every period in Irish history upstanding in the town."
Local volunteers have been cutting back some of the undergrowth to reveal more of the building, including the musket slits, fortified door, corbels and wooden floor beams.
An open day has been held for people to come and see the castle and learn more about its history.
Archaeologists will return to Clones to carry out excavations involving the local community to see what other artefacts can be unearthed.
George Knight said the discovery has become the talk of the town and people were keen to learn more about the history hidden on their doorstep.
"It really is a missing link in the story of Clones, a unique building and something that we're very keen to preserve for future generations," he said.
"We hope that any artefacts found will remain here in Clones and the building and the artefacts associated with it will tell the full story and the history of what happened within these walls."
Shirley Clerkin is convinced that there are more discoveries to be made.
"I think this place has got unlimited potential," she said.
"We already have two tunnels, we have one under the staircase here and we have one in the wall outside and there's lots of legends of tunnels in Clones, so I think maybe this is one of those little links and it's a tantalising glimpse of the past."
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Officers from 3GS will work alongside the local authority on a 12-month pilot scheme targeting problem areas.
They will have the power to issue £80 fixed penalty fines.
The council said it believed it was the first time a Scottish local authority and a private firm had teamed up to tackle dog fouling. Officers should be in place by the end of May.
The one year pilot is part of SBC's new "responsible dog ownership strategy", which was approved by councillors in February.
Councillor David Paterson said: "While we are keen to educate owners about the issue of dog fouling, the considerable feedback received from the public, communities and councillors has indicated that enforcement is also crucial.
"That is why I am pleased to announce 3GS as the external contractor to work beside the council by issuing tickets for dog fouling and littering.
"This is a 12-month pilot and will be reviewed regularly to understand its impact, before a longer term solution is recommended.
"We are carrying out a number of positive educational activities including the Green Dog Walkers scheme, but for those not willing to listen, they face an £80 fine or potential court appearance."
3GS managing director Paul Buttivant said they were delighted to work with the council on the scheme in light of "significant pressure" from local residents concerned about "escalating problems".
"Residents can be reassured that our officers are highly trained and will only issue fixed penalty notice to individuals who choose not to observe the law," he said.
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The England Under-18 international has yet to appear competitively for Spurs, but did play for Mauricio Pochettino's side during pre-season.
Amos, 19, was selected on the bench in October's EFL Cup loss to Liverpool.
He can also play at full-back and could make his debut against Fleetwood Town on Saturday.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.
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League One side Southend United have signed central midfielder Luke Amos on loan from Premier League Tottenham Hotspur until the end of the season.
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For decades, penitentiaries here have been criticised by human rights organisations for allowing serious human rights violations to take place behind their walls.
Although the government has introduced reforms to improve living conditions, some Venezuelan prisons are still among the most violent and overcrowded in Latin America.
None of that has stopped this missionary, who belongs to the Mercedarian Order, help teach inmates some of the basics of life, like literacy.
"I'm very happy when they learn to read and write. I can see their excitement.
"It also means they can understand what official documents say about them and their trials", the 52-year-old nun said.
"I have always seen the face of God in their faces", she said on our way to Venezuela's General Penitentiary (PGV) in Guarico state, a three-hour drive away from the capital Caracas.
We accompanied Sister Neyda to one of her workshops after the BBC was granted rare access to the prison.
Although the exterior of the prison is guarded by the Venezuela's National Guard and it has a prison director and staff from the Ministry of Penitentiary Affairs, effectively it's the inmates who are in charge on the inside.
The prisoners have weapons, a clear leadership structure and a strict set of rules.
Those who do not follow these rules often pay with their lives, human rights groups and former inmates say.
The PGV was built to hold 750 prisoners but at the time of our visit there were around 3,000 inmates.
With her charisma and perseverance, Sister Neyda has won the inmates' trust.
It is a very dangerous and unpredictable place where violence is rife, but she walks around unafraid, as if she was untouchable.
"I am sure they will never shoot me. God is with me. They will never do anything against me. In fact, they protect me", she says.
Although she acknowledges that many of the inmates have committed serious crimes, she cannot stop seeing them as "God's children".
"They've lost their freedom, but not their dignity. As a Mercedarian missionary who works in a jail, I have to serve them every day."
When I asked her how she felt around the inmates, she touched my arm and told me with a kind smile that they were close to her heart.
"Many of them have been abandoned. But they have us. I am the voice of men who have no voice."
Two armed young inmates were guarding the entrance the day I entered the prison with Sister Neyda.
"Good morning, my son, and God bless you," she said, looking them in the eyes and shaking their hands.
They replied "Amen, Sister" and waved her in, no questions asked.
She is known as La Gota Blanca (The White Drop) because of the colour of her nun's habit.
As she walks through the jail, you can hear prisoners shouting: "Put your shirts on!"
Like lightning, every bare-backed prisoner obeys, out of respect for the visiting nun who, for years, has been part of the jail's teaching staff.
"Come and spend a nice afternoon with me. I'll expect you in the classroom," she says gently but firmly to the inmates.
One prison leader, who is serving a 17-year sentence, greets her fondly.
"I used to have a tiny heart," the man told me.
"But because of Sister Neyda, it's now huge. She teaches us humanity and spirituality" he said.
Minutes later, the noise of repeated gunfire sent a chilling reminder that we were inside a very dangerous place.
Sister Neyda quickly came over to reassure me and the inmate who was with us told us: "Don't worry, they're just testing their weapons. It's okay. "
Thanks to her appeals and intercedence, many inmates with serious illnesses have received medicines and had their sentences commuted.
Sister Neyda recalls one diabetic man who had had both legs amputated and did not have a wheelchair.
"It was so beautiful when I was able to hand him to his family," she says.
She says the prison has given her the chance to feel maternal.
One of her fondest memories is the time when one of the female inmates went into labour and Sister Neyda delivered the baby.
Another time a woman handed her her baby in a shoebox. The baby girl had inherited syphilis.
She also had intestinal worms and Sister Neyda had to beg doctors to help her save the baby,
She visited her in hospital every three hours and asked new mothers if they could breastfeed the little girl.
The girl is now 18 years old. She says that she has three mothers - her biological one, who died in prison, her adoptive mother and Sister Neyda.
But her memories of tender moments and the morning workshop she is teaching are ended abruptly when the prisoners received the order from their leaders to return to their cells.
They rush back looking worried.
Sister Neyda meanwhile calmly packs up her things and leaves the classroom saying "God willing, I will come back later".
She did return, and no doubt will do so again.
Despite all the crime and violence inside this prison, Sister Neyda has also found respect and hope in what so many call "hell on earth".
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Aabid Ali - known as Darren Glennon before he converted to Islam - was found in possession of two terror manuals.
Married Ali, 49, from Yale Park, Wrexham, also published a statement on YouTube encouraging others to take up jihad and terrorism.
He pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court to three offences under anti-terror legislation on Friday.
He worked as a council refuse collector before his home was raided by counter-terror police last autumn, after he became radicalised.
Ali, who had a shaved head, ginger beard and who wore a grey sweatshirt, appeared in court via a video link from HMP Chelmsford.
He will be sentenced on 24 April by the Judge David Stockdale.
The defendant spoke only to confirm his name and enter his guilty pleas.
He admitted on 25 October last year he had an electronic document, Inspire 13 - believed to be an online publication by Osama bin Laden's terror group al Qaeda - which included instructions on how to make explosives.
Ali was also found to have a copy of another document, which again showed how to make bombs.
Counter-terror police also found he had posted a comment on YouTube, on or before 10 November last year, intended to directly encourage others to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism.
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A Wrexham council binman has pleaded guilty to a string of terror offences.
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A shed and summer house were destroyed, and heat damage was caused to a house in a fire in Blackfield in the early hours of Friday.
Police said the homeowner, in his 80s, could have been in "life-threatening danger" if the fire not been spotted.
They are linking it to a blaze at a takeaway and a car fire in the village earlier this month.
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Three fires in a Hampshire village are being investigated as possible arson attacks.
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Officers were called to Warehouse in London Road, Stroud at 02:07 GMT to find the 24-year-old being treated by paramedics.
The man died at the scene and an investigation into his death has been launched, Gloucestershire Police said.
A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in currently in police custody.
Witnesses to the incident which took place in the upstairs bar area of the venue are asked to contact the force.
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A man has died following an alleged assault at a nightclub in Gloucestershire.
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The IFI described the adverts as "a rich treasure trove of national memory and cultural artefacts".
The project, which involved the preservation and digitisation of the adverts, took 18 months to complete at a cost of 362,000 Euro (£307,000).
Over 200 adverts are available to view on the institute's website.
The collection, numbering nearly 8,000 rolls of film, had suffered physical deterioration and contracted a mould infestation after been held in damp warehouses for decades before being transferred to the IFI's archive in the mid-1990s.
The IFI's archive team "salvaged this material, through a combination of painstaking processes including frame-by-frame assessment, extensive physical and chemical conservation, followed by scanning and digital restoration".
IFI director Ross Keane said: "This project has been a huge undertaking for the organisation, and we are particularly pleased to be able to share the results with the public through our new IFI Player."
Michael O'Keeffe, CEO of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), which supported the project financially, added: "The preservation aspects of the project, together with the historical and cultural value of the advertising material, are commendable.
"It epitomises the aims of the BAI's archiving scheme by contributing to the preservation of Ireland's broadcasting heritage, and record of Irish culture.'
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The Irish Film Institute (IFI) has unveiled a collection of restored television adverts from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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Studies have found the cattle are more active when their fertility peaks.
The collars are one example being showcased in conferences of how technology can boost productivity.
Although robotic milking and heat detection collars are regularly used in the dairy sector, beef farmers have been much slower to utilise technology.
SAC Consulting said it hoped farmers could realise the potential efficiency improvements that could come from precision technology.
Andrew Gammie, from Drumforber Farm in Laurencekirk, has been using the pedometers for two years but is one of only a handful of beef farmers in Scotland to do so.
He has 15 collars on his herd of limousin cows, which detect movement and send the information to a receiver on the roof of a barn.
The information is processed by computer and when an animal is in heat, he receives a text message telling him to begin artificial insemination.
He said: "For me, when I was building my cow numbers up, I couldn't justify having a bull about.
"This way was a lot more efficient for the way I was working things. It's a lot more cost-effective and just a better management tool."
Technology seminars are being run for farmers in the Borders, Perth, Inverness and Aberdeenshire.
SAC Consulting, which is organising the events, stress that technology will never replace good stocksmanship.
However, senior consultant David Ross said that it could provide more information.
He said: "It gives you a bit more data to be able to use and be able to study. It's by doing that, that you'll get the little gains that add up to a big gain in margin at the end of the year.
"With the next generation of farmers that's coming along, most have got a smartphone in their pocket and they're now able to use apps and other bits of kit that help them in their daily job.
"I think we will see a shift that there will be more of this technology used in the future."
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Beef cattle in Aberdeenshire are to be fitted with pedometers to help farmers determine when artificial insemination should take place.
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Raheem Wilks, the 19-year-old brother of Leeds United's Mallik Wilks, was attacked near Too Sharps on Gathorne Terrace, Harehills, on 26 January.
A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, while two men aged 28 and one aged 30 are being held on suspicion of assisting an offender.　
All four remain in custody for questioning.
Jaydn Manners, 23, of Louis Street, Chapeltown, and Keal Richards, 21, of Francis Street, Chapeltown, have both been remanded in custody charged with murder.
A 31-year-old woman arrested in Castleford on suspicion of conspiracy to murder has been released on bail.
Police were called to the street at 13:20 GMT and found Mr Wilks seriously injured. He was taken to hospital but was later confirmed dead.
A post-mortem examination revealed Mr Wilks died as a result of a single gunshot wound to the chest.
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Four further arrests have been made after a footballer's brother was shot outside a barbers in Leeds.
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Estate agent George Low, 22, from Dartford, was killed near a nightclub in Ayia Napa in Cyprus in August.
An arrest warrant was issued for Sali Ahmet, 42, who fled to the Turkish-controlled north after the attack.
Officials in the south of the country said no-one had been handed back from northern Cyprus for many years.
More on this story and other news from Kent
Mr Ahmet fled to the north with a second suspect, Mehmet Akpinar, 22, where they were arrested for an unrelated offence.
But both were then allowed to leave northern Cyprus without being charged - Mr Ahmet two weeks ago and Mr Akpinar in January.
In a statement, Mr Low's parents Martyn and Helen Low said they felt "totally let down by the authorities".
"We fail to understand why Turkey would allow a Bulgarian citizen [Sali Ahmet] suspected of murder to be set free in their own country instead of handing him over to the Bulgarian authorities to start the deportation process back to southern Cyprus to stand trial for the despicable and senseless act of violence against our son George and Ben, a lifelong friend.
"Now 11 months on both men are free to enjoy their lives. We will not let this rest."
Ben Barker, 22, who survived the attack, said he was "upset, disgusted and angry" that the men had been released.
"We've had quite a lot of lack of information, and it's always been in the back of my mind that it might go this way.
"It's looking like we're not going to get any justice for George."
Gareth Johnson the Conservative MP for Dartford, said he was also in regular contact with the Foreign Office "but frankly it's perhaps now too late".
He added he had met the ambassador from northern Cyprus, who had claimed the authorities were not receiving "the evidence from southern Cyprus that enables them to take action".
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The family of a Briton stabbed to death in Cyprus have spoken of their "shock and devastation" that the man suspected of killing him has been freed.
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Danny McCallum and James Docherty kicked and beat John Hutchinson during the assault on Christmas Eve 2014.
The pair, from Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, denied attempted murder but were jailed for seven years each.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Judge John Morris told them: "You have been convicted of an extremely serious offence."
McCallum, 22, and Docherty, 21, had been found guilty at a trial at the High Court in Paisley earlier this month.
The trial heard the pair chased Mr Hutchinson in two cars before trapping him under one in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire.
Together with others, they then kicked and beat him with a wheel brace, leaving him with a head injury.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Geoffrey Forbes, defending McCallum, said he was a qualified mechanic who worked for his family business.
He said there was "genuine regret and remorse" on the part of his client.
Owen Mullan, representing Docherty, told the court: "He appreciates he is where he is and has to deal with matters".
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Two men who ran their victim down and attacked him as he lay trapped under a car have been jailed.
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"I said to myself, 'This is Ebola.'"
He spoke to Newsbeat after catching the virus at the hospital where he worked in Liberia.
His boss had just died from the illness and despite the agony, he remained calm: "At no point did I think I was going to die."
At first the doctor was turned away from the special treatment centres set up in West Africa to treat Ebola patients.
"The Ebola Treatment Units (ETU) are hellholes, full of despair, agony, dying, people crying out. The clinicians are heroes, doing their best."
His symptoms weren't severe enough and the ETU was already jam-packed.
So he went home, set up a quarantine zone and made his family go to another house.
A father of five, his youngest daughter, 7, screamed and broke free from being restrained by her mother and grandmother.
"She ran straight to me, she just wanted to see her daddy".
Luckily, someone grabbed her in the quarantine zone before her life was put at risk.
Dr Ireland's mother and one of the clinicians from the ETU came and treated him.
"My mother made herself protective equipment to avoid being contaminated.
"She and the doctor gave me antibiotics and oxygen and I started to feel better.
"On day four they gave me some HIV drugs and when I took them in the evening all hell broke loose - vomit, diarrhoea and I got weaker.
"I was rushed to the ETU by ambulance - the same one I had been turned away from.
"There was still no room so I lay on the floor."
But drugs, oxygen and an intravenous drip kept him alive.
"After 14 days I got better and was discharged and returned home, however I was very frail."
Two months later, he is still recovering from some of the complications of the disease - mainly a neurological problem in his right hand.
"I'm so very happy and lucky to be alive."
But the illness is a humiliating, cruel one.
"On the day I came out of hospital, people came out in the street to celebrate.
"My family, friends and neighbours - but at the same time not getting too close. There was an irony.
"We have so many challenges - sickness, poverty, disease,
"I see these challenges every day, so I saw this as one of those challenges.
"Personally, I did not think I was going to die."
Dr Ireland described the ETU where he was treated as a "twilight zone, a terrible place, gloomy and full of mayhem".
But when he is fully better, he will go back in.
"We are fighting a war, our country. I'm a doctor - that is what I can do.
"It is a probability that if you have been infected, then you have an immunity, I think for about 12 years," he added.
This is the second in a series of reports on front-line workers dealing with the Ebola crisis.
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The Nazi symbols adorn an anchor that was on display in Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec.
Corey Fleischer, who goes around Montreal removing hateful graffiti, tried to paint over the swastikas.
But the mayor stopped him and had police remove him from the park, arguing the anchor is a part of local history.
The anchor has a plaque that identifies it as a "souvenir of Nazism", and says it was used in Europe at the end of War, probably on a merchant boat.
After Mr Fleischer was removed from the park by police, the mayor released a statement on the town's website, saying the anchor belonged to a merchant vessel that predates World War Two and was found by local divers 25 years ago.
"The village of Pointe-des-Cascades does not endorse Nazism," said Mayor Gilles Santerre in a statement online.
"Our village has a beautiful community and family spirit, and creates events that bring people together."
The village has about 1,500 people and is located about 50 miles (80km) from Montreal.
The statement cites an article by Radio Canada, which says that before 1920 the swastika was a symbol of peace.
It is used in many religions around the world, including Hinduism and Buddhism.
Around the world debates have raged over historically significant monuments containing swastikas.
In Japan, temples are often marked by swastikas, and a push to stop using the symbol on tourist maps sparked a backlash.
To avoid confusion, the mayor of Pointe-des-Cascades says the town will put up a plaque that better explains the context of the anchor.
However, Mr Fleischer says older meaning is irrelevant and the symbol on the anchor is clearly one of Nazi Germany.
It is painted black and laid over a white circle, a stylistic choice that he says was only employed by the Third Reich.
As founder of Erase the Hate, Mr Fleischer has travelled the world to remove hateful and anti-Semitic graffiti.
"Maybe the city did not know," he told the BBC. "But I know exactly what this is. There is no ifs ands or buts about it."
Mr Fleischer said that as a piece of history, it belongs in a museum where its meaning is clear, instead of in a public park.
"It is a place where people come to feel safe and this is being displayed for everybody to see," he said.
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A Canadian town says it will not remove swastikas from a public park because it has historical significance.
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The 22-year-old, who came through the youth ranks at Adams Park, made 124 first-team league starts for Wycombe since making his debut in March 2013.
"Matt is one for the future," said R's boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.
"He's big, strong, level-headed, works hard and shows the right mentality. I think we have bought another good asset for the club."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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QPR have signed Wycombe Wanderers goalkeeper Matt Ingram on a four-and-a-half-year deal for a undisclosed fee.
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Matisyahu, a reggae singer, had been due to appear at the Rototom Sunsplash near Valencia on 22 August.
But he says he was asked by organisers to state his "positions on Zionism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict".
In a post on his Facebook page, Matisyahu said the pressure to air his views was "appalling and offensive".
A campaign to cancel Matisyahu's appearance was launched by the Valencia branch of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign.
The pro-Palestinian group calls for a boycott of Israeli goods until it complies with international law - Israel calls the campaign misleading and anti-Semitic.
BDS Valencia said that, because of some of Matisyahu's previous comments he had made on Israeli affairs, his values did not tally with those of the festival, namely "peace, equality, human rights and social justice".
The festival's organisers said Matisyahu's appearance was cancelled after they had "repeatedly sought dialogue in the face of the artist's unavailability to give a clear statement against war and on the right of the Palestinian people".
"The festival kept insisting that I clarify my personal views; which felt like clear pressure to agree with the BDS political agenda," Matisyahu - whose real name is Matthew Miller - wrote on his Facebook page.
"Honestly it was appalling and offensive, that as the one publicly Jewish-American artist scheduled for the festival they were trying to coerce me into political statements."
The singer, born in Pennsylvania, said he did not insert politics into his music, and that he wanted it to be accessible to all.
Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, criticised the decision and urged Spanish authorities "to take appropriate action against those responsible for it".
The Spanish Federation of Jewish Communities said the move was "cowardly, unfair and discriminatory".
The festival's organisers have since tried to dampen the controversy, saying in a statement: "We did not say no to Matisyahu because he has Hebrew roots or as a Zionist, but we just simply considered inappropriate organising something that would certainly generate a conflict."
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Jewish groups have criticised a Spanish festival for cancelling an appearance by a Jewish-American singer because he refused to air his political views.
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Joe Chandler drops out of the squad, with Patch Walker returning after recovering from injury.
Huddersfield remain without Danny Brough, who sits out the second game of a two-match ban for elbowing a player in his side's defeat by Salford.
Prop Josh Johnson is left out of the squad, with back-rower Tom Symonds recalled by head coach Rick Stone.
Batley are seventh in the Qualifiers table after failing to win either of their two opening games following the Super 8s split, while Huddersfield are fifth with two points.
Batley Bulldogs (from): Reittie, Ulugia, Squires, Southernwood, Brambani, Hirst, Rowe, Day, Walker, Davey, Gledhill, Lillycrop, Bretherton, Leak, A Brown, Scott, Harrison, J Brown, Smeaton.
Huddersfield Giants (from): Cudjoe, Wardle, Murphy, Ellis, Crabtree, Hinchcliffe, Huby, Symonds, Lawrence, Wood, Rapira, Ta'ai, Connor, Leeming, Mason, Roberts, Brierley, Ormsby, Ikahihifo.
Referee: James Child.
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Batley Bulldogs make just one change from the side which lost 76-16 at London Broncos in their last game.
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