query stringlengths 1 500 | pos list | neg list | task stringclasses 1
value | instruction dict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
An Oklahoma City police officer has been convicted of raping and sexually assaulting black women in the poor area he worked in. | [
"Daniel Holtzclaw, 29, stopped the women while out on patrol, searched them and then forced himself upon them.\nHoltzclaw was convicted of assaults on eight victims, including a grandmother in her 50s and a 17-year-old.\nThe jury recommended a prison term totalling 263 years. He is due to be sentenced in January.\n... | [
"They say Michael Vance died in the \"dramatic\" shootout on Sunday night nearly Leedey, west of Oklahoma City.\nThe 38-year-old suspect earlier in the day shot and wounded a police officer, triggering a police chase.\nLast week he posted two Facebook videos after wounding two police officers. He is suspected of ki... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Sending out letters to tell ratepayers their bills have been delayed due to the Stormont crisis has cost Land and Property Services more than £40,000. | [
"The figure does not include the postage costs.\nThe rates process has been hit by Stormont's failure to agree a budget for 2017/2018.\n\"The approximate cost for stationery, data handling and printing is £43,582 for the issue of 581,102 letters,\" a Finance Department spokesperson said.\n\"Land and Property Servic... | [
"Government-backed incentives for wind power and other energy sources are due to end within 18 months.\nMichael Doran of Action Renewables told the BBC's Inside Business programme that some people who had invested in wind turbines faced massive losses.\nHe said jobs would be lost unless a replacement incentive was ... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the News passage:",
"neg": "Represent the News passage about Economics:"
} |
England's Ian Poulter is struggling to secure his PGA Tour card for the rest of the season after a poor first round at the Valero Texas Open. | [
"Poulter, 41, carded a three-over 75 to leave him tied for 128th place and in danger of missing the cut.\nPlaying his final tournament on a medical exemption after foot surgery last year, he needs to win at least £23,905 - equivalent to a top-30 finish - to retain his place on the tour.\nBranden Grace leads on six ... | [
"The 2017 Masters begins in three weeks at the Augusta National in Georgia.\nThe Englishman, who won his first major by three shots, is scheduled to play in next week's WGC Match Play in Texas.\nWillett, the world number 14, said on Twitter: \"I've been up all night with terrible sickness. Not ideal but felt it wor... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the News paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the News paragraph:"
} |
A 32-year-old man has died in hospital after a collision involving his motorcycle near Glenariff, County Antrim. | [
"It is understood the motorcycle he was riding struck a telegraph pole on the Glenariffe Road at about 18:20 GMT on Saturday.\nPolice said the man who died was travelling with another motorcyclist when the collision happened.\nThey said the other man was not involved in the incident."
] | [
"The man was the driver of a Volkswagen car which was involved in the collision in Fortview Park about 17:00 BST on Monday.\nThe Tattymacall Road was closed after the crash, but has since reopened."
] | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the article:",
"neg": "Represent the article:"
} |
St Helens centre Mark Percival faces up to three months out after he ruptured medial ligaments in his knee. | [
"The 21-year-old suffered the injury at the AJ Bell Stadium as Saints lost 44-10 at Salford Red Devils on Thursday.\nPercival scored two tries as Saints won their Super League opener against Huddersfield six days earlier.\n\"Luckily we've got plenty of players and a bit of thickness in our squad,\" head coach Keiro... | [
"The 28-year-old picked up the injury in Notts' 2-1 win against Doncaster Rovers Belles on 26 June.\nAn MRI scan revealed a lateral ankle ligament tear as well as a partial tear of the medial ligament.\nTelford, who has won seven caps for her country, is due to undergo ankle surgery on Monday."
] | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News description:",
"neg": "Represent the News description:"
} |
Civil rights activist Darcus Howe has died aged 74, his biographer has said. | [
"The writer and broadcaster campaigned for black rights for more than 50 years and organised the 1981 Black People's March after the New Cross fire in which 13 black teenagers died.\nHis biographer Robin Bunce said Mr Howe \"died peacefully in his sleep\" at his Streatham home on Saturday and that his wife Leila Ha... | [
"Ben Rees, from Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff used to study at the university.\nA Foreign Office spokesman said: \"We can confirm the death of a British national in Germany on 16 July. We are providing consular assistance to the family at this difficult time.\"\nTributes were paid on Twitter to Mr Rees, who was also... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the description:",
"neg": "Represent the description:"
} |
Bernhard Langer has become the first man to win all five senior majors with victory at the Senior PGA Championship. | [
"It is a record ninth senior major win for the German, who moves past Jack Nicklaus to the top of the list.\nLanger, 59, went into the final round one behind Vijay Singh but shot a four-under 68 to Singh's 70 at Trump National Golf Club in Washington DC.\n\"It was a very tight race until we got to 16 and 17. Then I... | [
"The 21-year-old triumphed by two shots on 18 under from compatriot Zander Lombard (71) with both securing a place at July's Open at Royal Troon.\nPorteous hit every green in regulation, birdieing the eighth, 14th and 18th.\nLondoner Anthony Wall, the highest-ranked of four players tied for third, also booked his O... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News text:",
"pos": "Represent the News passage:",
"neg": "Represent the News passage:"
} |
Scotland's Russell Knox will play the opening two rounds of the US Masters with Japan's Hideki Matsuyama and America's Rickie Fowler. | [
"The trio will set off at 15:12 BST on Thursday, with Knox aiming to improve on missing the cut in his Augusta National debut last year.\nSandy Lyle plays alongside English amateur Scott Gregory and Sean O'Hair.\nEngland's Danny Willett begins his Masters defence alongside Matt Kuchar and Australian amateur Curtis ... | [
"Hoffman, 39, birdied nine holes including five on the back nine, but bogeyed the 16th to finish one stroke shy of the course record in Texas.\nCompatriots Dustin Johnson, Roberto Castro, Scott Brown and Morgan Hoffmann are tied for second after rounds of 65.\nJordan Spieth is two shots further back on five under, ... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News text about Sports:",
"pos": "Represent the News paragraph about Sports:",
"neg": "Represent the News paragraph:"
} |
In front of an enthusiastic crowd at ExCeL that included friends, family and East End royalty, the Great Britain women's sitting volleyball team marked their arrival on the Paralympic stage. | [
"It was always going to be tough against Ukraine, the current European champions, and a gutsy performance ended in defeat, but the fact they were on court was an achievement in itself.\nThis is the first ever British women's sitting volleyball team to compete at a Paralympic Games after the squad was formed just tw... | [
"The Dutch led 33-17 at half-time and continued to dominate the encounter.\nGreat Britain were beaten 89-78 in the semi-finals by the USA, who will play Germany in decider on Friday evening.\nThe British were aiming to clinch the country's first ever women's wheelchair basketball Paralympics medal.\nMorrow, 16, was... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News article:",
"neg": "Represent the News article about Sports:"
} |
Left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan has signed a new two-year deal with Lancashire. | [
"The 27-year-old has spent his whole career with the Red Rose county and has taken over 100 first-class wickets in the past three seasons.\nHe made his only England appearance in the last Test of the 2013 Ashes series.\n\"He is a senior figure in the dressing room and has significant importance both on the field an... | [
"The 20-year-old opener made his debut for the Red Rose in August and hit his maiden century later that month at Old Trafford against Middlesex.\n\"It's a dream come true for me to play for Lancashire and I couldn't be happier,\" he said.\nJones will spend this winter in Australia playing grade cricket for South Pe... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News text:",
"neg": "Represent the News text:"
} |
The UN has strongly criticised the government of Myanmar over its treatment of the minority Rohingya Muslim population. | [
"The UN's Human Rights Office said it was receiving daily reports of rapes, killings and other abuses.\nHuman rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein said the government approach was \"counterproductive, even callous\".\nAt least 86 Rohingya have been killed and more than 27,000 forced to flee military operations in Rakh... | [
"He will meet President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.\nIt is part of a three-leg tour from 17 to 20 November that will also take in Thailand and Cambodia.\nThe government of Burma has begun implementing economic, political and other reforms, a process the Obama administration sought to encourag... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
State papers from the 1970s and 1980s have revealed how much the British authorities discussed the public image of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR). | [
"This was just one issue among many aspects of social, political and sporting life in Northern Ireland, covered by the documents released by the Public Record Office.\nThe papers cover several different years up to and including 1990.\nAt present, state papers are released for public consumption twice a year.\nThe ... | [
"Ronald and Rita Creasy, who ran a farm in Eye, pledged to inform Nazi spies of Allied activities, the papers reveal.\nThe security service documents at the National Archives say they exchanged fascist salutes with their workers.\nAnd they show the couple offered to rent rooms to German agents in the event of an em... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the News text:",
"neg": "Represent the News text:"
} |
Middlesbrough winger Mustapha Carayol says it is the "right time" in his career to commit his international future to the Gambia. | [
"Carayol, 26, is back to full fitness after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury which had kept him out for 13 months.\nLast month he signed a two-year extension to his contract at Middlesbrough, having been on loan at Brighton, and he says he is now focused on establishing himself as an international with the... | [
"Gradel did not start a Premier League game for Bournemouth last season and is now at the French club until the end of the season.\nThe 29-year-old is relishing playing regularly and a return to France.\n\"I understand the French league and coming back here was not a difficult decision,\" Gradel told BBC Sport.\n\"... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Authorities in Kenya have begun a four-day nationwide crackdown to get rid of illicitly brewed alcohol following a recent spate of deaths. | [
"Homemade alcohol is popular in central Kenya, where many people cannot afford to buy commercial alcohol.\nPresident Uhuru Kenyatta said many men in the area are \"addicted\" to what is sometimes called ''killer brew''.\nThe government has revoked all licences for bars and other outlets selling home brew, which can... | [
"About 70 more people are being treated in hospital and there are fears that the death toll could rise further.\nResidents of villages close to the city of Cuttack fell ill after consuming alcohol spiked with chemicals used in the manufacture of some medicines.\nDeaths from contaminated alcohol are a regular occurr... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
Kent suffered a blow to their promotion hopes as they were bowled out for 230 on the opening day of their penultimate Championship game against Northants. | [
"It meant they only managed a single batting point, having begun the game at Beckenham 24 behind leaders Essex.\nOpener Sean Dickson made 63 as they reached 146-7 before Will Gidman (51) and Matt Coles (52) led a recovery.\nSouth African paceman Rory Kleinveldt took 3-70 for the visitors, who had made 31-0 in reply... | [
"The home side lost early wickets but were given a chance by a fifth-wicket stand of 82 between Will Bragg (84) and Graham Wagg (34).\nThe Welsh county finished on 195 for 7 with Tim Groenewald claiming three for 36.\nEarlier Somerset collapsed to 188 all out, with Wagg taking five for 50.\nSomerset start their Cha... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News text about Sports:",
"pos": "Represent the News passage about Sports:",
"neg": "Represent the News passage:"
} |
Scott Sinclair believes his performances for Celtic in the Champions League can lead to an England call-up. | [
"The attacking midfielder, 27, has played for his country at every level up to under-21s.\n\"When my time's right it will come,\" said Sinclair. \"My ambition is still to play for my country.\n\"If you're playing Champions League and doing it at that level, I don't see why not.\"\nSinclair moved to Glasgow from Ast... | [
"The 20-year-old spent 18 months on loan at Celtic Park, winning the treble last season, and is expected to leave City permanently ahead of the new season.\nNice, Porto and clubs from England and Germany are also keen on signing the England Under-20 international.\nCeltic's latest offer is believed to be well below... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News summarization about Sports:",
"pos": "Represent the News paragraph about Sports:",
"neg": "Represent the News paragraph:"
} |
A house worth more than £800,000 has collapsed during work to build an underground basement extension. | [
"Rear walls crumbled and the roof gave way on the large home in Clinton Road, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, at about 10:43 BST on Friday.\nOwner Sid Gautum, 36, a cosmetic doctor, said he was creating more room for storage and a play room.\nHe said: \"Luckily it's a house of two halves. The front is strong, but the i... | [
"Industrial behemoths, whimsical follies and surreal structures are among the properties that have gone up for sale in recent years.\nPerched on a craggy outcrop above Towan Beach in Newquay, this property was sold by Lord and Lady Long for £1m in 2012.\nThe island, which is known as both Towan Island and Jago Isla... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the passage:",
"neg": "Represent the passage:"
} |
A senior Sinn Féin member has warned that the NI Executive may be unable to afford a cut in corporation tax. | [
"Declan Kearney, the party's national chairperson, made the comments in a newspaper article.\nIt would cost an estimated £300m a year to cut the tax rate from its current 20% to 12.5%.\nMr Kearney said that under current austerity plans that would not be affordable.\nThe DUP's Peter Weir said Mr Kearney's comments ... | [
"Her paper, obtained by the Nolan Show, has been circulated to other executive ministers.\nIn it, she said no deal on welfare would mean the executive having to make cuts of £604m in order to balance its books.\nMrs Foster said health could lose £280m and education £114m.\nA so-called black hole would be created be... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title about Economics:",
"pos": "Represent the text about Economics:",
"neg": "Represent the text:"
} |
Two "lost" pigs have been given a new home after being found wandering around a housing estate. | [
"Lee Barnes saw the animals outside the back door of his flat in Creamery Court, Letchworth, in Hertfordshire, on Tuesday evening.\nThe pair, who he has called Bangers and Mash, stayed in his shed while the RSPCA found them a home.\n\"They are very friendly and are clearly pets.... maybe unwanted Christmas presents... | [
"10 September 2016 Last updated at 11:18 BST\nWhen a family returned to their home town to see the damage to their house they heard the faint callings of a cat.\nThe animal needed to drink after being trapped for so long but was in a reasonably good condition considering what it had been through.\nThere were also r... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News passage:",
"neg": "Represent the News passage:"
} |
A US judge has struck down part of a Texas abortion law that would have closed more than a dozen clinics. | [
"Judge Lee Yeakel said key provisions were unconstitutional because they in effect blocked access to abortion.\nThe legislation includes the requirement for clinics to meet the same surgical standards as hospitals.\nThe issue has become a battleground in November's election for state governor, with supporters and o... | [
"Under the bill, a doctor who performs an abortion could be sentenced to up to three years in prison and be barred from practising medicine in the state.\nAbortion is legal in the United States and abortion-rights activists say the bill is unconstitutional.\nThe legislation now heads to Governor Mary Fallin who has... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the News document:",
"neg": "Represent the News document:"
} |
If you were starting to feel withdrawal symptoms from not seeing Ross Poldark and the sweeping Cornish coastline, you were rewarded on Sunday with the return of the BBC One drama. | [
"The series kicked off with a birth, two deaths and a marriage - and the introduction of three new characters including Demelza's two brothers, Drake and Sam.\nBut what most viewers were disappointed to see, was the lack of bare torso from Poldark himself which helped make Aidan Turner famous.\nEven critics were qu... | [
"It's been two decades since Jane Austen's hero appeared dripping wet after a dip, in the definitive television adaptation of the literary favourite.\nColin Firth made his name as the dark-haired, smouldering incarnation of Darcy, who eventually fell in love with Elizabeth Bennet in a happy-ever-after end to the st... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
British Cycling's former performance director Sir Dave Brailsford discusses how far the team have come and the past three decades and the concept of 'marginal gains'. | [
"Media playback is not supported on this device\n\"It's night and day - not in the material side, but in the thinking,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\"We have a structure in this country which is second to none in terms of taking an investment and maximising the performance of sport in the country.\"\nIf you would like... | [
"Media playback is not supported on this device\nThe governing body is investigating claims Sutton, 58, used derogatory words to describe Para-cyclists.\nAn independent review will also look into cyclist Jess Varnish's accusations that Sutton made sexist comments and told her to \"go and have a baby\".\nSutton \"re... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News text:",
"pos": "Represent the News paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the News paragraph about Sports:"
} |
The halting of a £500m project to electrify the Midland Mainline is potentially "very damaging" to the economy, experts said. | [
"In 2013 a five-year plan was announced to electrify the route from London to Sheffield through the East Midlands.\nThe government has now said it can be improved in other ways while the electrification project \"is paused\".\nExperts said the decision will widen the north-south divide and damage the regional econo... | [
"Transport Secretary Justine Greening is due on Monday to outline plans to complete the electrification of the route between Sheffield and London.\nAt present the line is electrified only between St Pancras station and Bedford.\nThe new decision over the Midland Main Line, if confirmed, would mean extending overhea... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News sentence about Transportation:",
"pos": "Represent the News paragraph about Transportation:",
"neg": "Represent the News paragraph:"
} |
The Conjuring 2 has topped the North American box office chart in its first week of release, breaking a recent slump in success for movie sequels. | [
"The horror starring Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson as paranormal investigators made $40.4m (£28.5m).\nVideo game adaptation Warcraft came in second with $24.4m (£17.2m) and crime caper Now You See Me 2 was at three, taking $23m (£16.2m).\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles dropped to four with $14.8m (£10.4m).\nFollowi... | [
"It took $36.4m (£26.7m), trouncing Melissa McCarthy's latest comedy, Tammy, which took $21.2m (£15.6m).\n\"This ranks as one of the lowest fourth of Julys ever,\" said Paul Dergarabedian, from box-office tracker Rentrak.\nTakings were down 44 per cent compared to last year.\nUS Independence Day weekend is traditio... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Former sprint cyclist Erik Zabel has admitted to "many years" of doping, according to a German newspaper. | [
"German Zabel, now 43, won 12 stages of the Tour de France and eight stages of the Vuelta a Espana during his career.\nBut he has now said he used banned drugs and illegal methods between 1996 and 2003 before he retired in 2008.\n\"It was doping for many years. I never had a structured doping plan, never had any ex... | [
"The American won the Tour de France in 2006, but was later stripped of the title after failing a dope test.\nLast year, he confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career.\nLandis's former trainer, Arnie Barker, was also convicted by a Paris court and received the same suspended sentence.\nNei... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the passage:",
"neg": "Represent the passage:"
} |
Jay Hunt is to leave her role as controller of BBC One to become chief creative officer at Channel 4. | [
"Hunt said she was \"proud of what has been achieved on BBC One\" but \"could not resist the chance to join Channel 4 at such an exciting time.\"\nJana Bennett, the BBC's director of vision, said Hunt had \"led BBC One with great commitment and creative flair.\"\nHer appointment follows that of David Abraham, who w... | [
"Cohen was responsible for commissioning shows including Call The Midwife, Poldark, Last Tango In Halifax, Happy Valley and Car Share.\n\"After eight wonderful years at the BBC, it is time for my next big challenge,\" he said.\n\"In the last few weeks I've been approached about a number of exciting opportunities an... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the News text:",
"neg": "Represent the News text:"
} |
New guidelines on covering the cost of oil spills in the North Sea have come into effect. | [
"The move means firms will have to demonstrate \"financial responsibility\" for drilling operations before a licence is granted.\nIt follows a review held in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.\nBut environmental group WWF Scotland said the guidelines would do little to prevent oil spi... | [
"Marine life in the area is the most protected in Europe, they say, but legal protections are being ignored.\nThe campaign has been ongoing for years.\nWaste dredged in Devonport Dockyard is deposited in Whitsand Bay near Rame Head in southeast Cornwall.\nThe practice, approved by the Marine Management Organisation... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the description:",
"neg": "Represent the description:"
} |
Guinea's President Alpha Conde has won a second term, the country's election commission has announced, six days after polling ended. | [
"Mr Conde, 77, won in the first round with about 58% of votes cast.\nMain opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo, who has denounced the vote as fraudulent, won 31%. He has called for peaceful protests against the outcome.\nEuropean Union observers said the vote was valid despite some logistical problems.\nCandidate... | [
"There have been fears that such a decision could trigger fresh violence.\nThe government said it would hold opposition leader Jean Ping responsible if clashes erupted following the ruling.\nPresident Bongo won August's election by just 6,000 votes but the opposition says the poll was rigged.\nFollowing the court r... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
A police officer working for the Washington transport system has been charged with aiding militants of so-called Islamic State (IS). | [
"Federal officials said Nicholas Young, 36, sent an FBI informant about $250 worth of credits for mobile messaging accounts used by IS fighters.\nMr Young's arrest marks the first time a US police officer has been charged with helping IS militants.\nAuthorities said there was no threat to the Washington transport s... | [
"Two of the men had threatened to kill police officers and FBI agents in the US if they were unable to travel to Syria, the FBI said.\nThe men came to the authorities' attention after they posted to Uzbek-language websites in recent months.\nIn one post, they pledged to kill US President Barack Obama, the FBI said.... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News article:",
"neg": "Represent the News article:"
} |
Skier Dave Ryding matched Britain's best ever alpine World Cup result when he finished second in the Kitzbuhel slalom in Austria. | [
"He was leading after the first run but was beaten by home favourite Marcel Hirscher to record the first podium of his career.\nIt was the best result for just over 35 years, since Konrad Bartelski came second in a downhill in Italy in 1981.\nThe 30-year-old had finished sixth and seventh already this season.\nHe t... | [
"The American's win in Meribel brought her an 18th crystal globe - awarded for winning a World Cup discipline.\nIt also leaves the 30-year-old with 66 career World Cup wins and third in the overall World Cup standings.\n\"It's incredible,\" said Vonn. \"To come back this year to get the downhill title again and to ... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the News passage:",
"neg": "Represent the News passage:"
} |
Regulations being imposed in Lebanon effectively bar many Syrian refugees from renewing their residency permits, Human Rights Watch says. | [
"A report found most Syrians had lost their legal status since the measures were adopted a year ago, putting them at risk of exploitation and abuse.\nOnly two out of the 40 refugees HRW researchers interviewed said they had been able to renew their residencies.\nLast week, the Lebanese authorities forcefully repatr... | [
"Since the start of the conflict, at least 15,000 Syrians have found refuge in Armenia, according to UNHCR figures.\nThe majority of these are descendents of Armenians who escaped the mass killings and deportations by the Ottoman Turks in 1915, and were given refuge in Syria.\nAt the time, Syria's Deir Ezzor region... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News article:",
"neg": "Represent the News article:"
} |
A prominent Kuwaiti opposition politician arrested for allegedly insulting the emir at a protest rally has been released on bail. | [
"Mussallam al-Barrak, a former MP, was freed after an appeal although he remains under investigation.\nHe was detained on Monday on suspicion of \"undermining the status of the emir\" in a speech on 15 October.\nMr Barrak had warned Sheikh Sabah Al Sabah he would not be allowed to \"take Kuwait into the abyss of au... | [
"State media in the Gulf kingdom said a request had been made by Danish Foreign Minister Villy Soevndal, citing the prisoner's Danish citizenship.\nHuman rights organisations have called for Mr Khawaja to be freed.\nHis daughter Zainab has been protesting over her father's worsening condition.\nHaving been arrested... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Olympic and world champion Ruta Meilutyte had surgery on a broken elbow after falling off her bicycle. | [
"The Plymouth-based Lithuanian, 18, suffered the injury on Friday and had the operation on Monday.\n\"It's going to be a four-week process before she's back in the water doing regular-type swimming,\" her coach Jon Rudd told BBC Sport.\n\"It's not too desperate at all with us being well over 40 weeks away from the ... | [
"Tweddle, 30, who retired from gymnastics in 2013, hit a barrier on landing and has quit the show.\nA family statement read: \"Beth had a fall on the slopes whilst in training for The Jump. She is stable and due to undergo routine surgery on her back.\"\nFellow Olympian Rebecca Adlington has also withdrawn because ... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the News document:",
"neg": "Represent the News document about Sports:"
} |
Two men are facing life sentences for stabbing a man they blamed for the drugs death of a friend. | [
"Dean Melnyk, 20, of Lockerbie, was found guilty by a jury of murdering Kevin MacKay in Ecclefechan.\nCo-accused Andrew Brown, 23, of Ecclefechan, had previously admitted the attack in August last year.\nJudge Lord Armstrong deferred sentence until June when he will determine how long they have to serve before bein... | [
"Dereck Harrison, 22, was captured in the state of Wyoming hours after his father Flint, 55, gave himself up.\nThey are said to have tied the woman and her teenage daughters up in a basement in a suburb of Salt Lake City on Tuesday.\nHowever the alleged victims broke free after a fight involving a baseball bat.\nTh... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title about Crime:",
"pos": "Represent the text about Crime:",
"neg": "Represent the text:"
} |
Fe ddaeth mymryn o ryddhad i gefnogwyr pêl-droed Cymru ddydd Sadwrn wrth i seren y tîm cenedlaethol, Gareth Bale ddychwelyd i Real Madrid yn dilyn anaf i'w ffêr. | [
"Fe ddechreuodd Bale ar y fainc, wrth i Real Madrid wynebu Espanyol, gan ddod ymlaen ar ôl 71 munud.\nGwnaeth argraff yn syth gan sgorio gyda saith munud o'r gêm yn weddill, a chipio'r fuddugoliaeth i Madrid o 2-0.\nMae disgwyl y bydd Bale yn holliach ac ar gael i chwarae dros Gymru yn eu gêm ragbrofol nesaf yn erb... | [
"Mae'n frodor o Fôn, wedi ei fagu ym Modffordd ac mae pêl-droed wedi bod yn rhan fawr o'i fywyd ers iddo fod yn blentyn.\nYn ogystal â'i dîm lleol, Llangefni, fe chwaraeodd hefyd i Dinas Bangor a Bethesda ac roedd yn bêl-droediwr addawol iawn, gan fod yn gapten Tîm Ysgolion Cymru.\nCafodd hefyd ysgoloriaeth i fynd ... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title about Transportation:",
"pos": "Represent the article about Transportation:",
"neg": "Represent the article about Transportation:"
} |
The co-creators of the TV series Game of Thrones are to receive honorary degrees from Ulster University in Northern Ireland. | [
"David Benioff and Daniel B.Weiss will receive Doctorate of Fine Art (DFA) degrees for distinguished services to the arts in a ceremony in the autumn.\nThe HBO fantasy adventure series is partly filmed in Northern Ireland.\nSeries six of the multi-award winning drama is due to begin on 24 April.\nUlster University ... | [
"The Nottingham-born star is one of eight figures from the worlds of business, the arts, academia and media being honoured.\nPop artist Sir Peter Blake, the man behind the cover of the Beatle's Sgt Pepper album, and art critic Adrian Searle will also be receiving awards.\nThe degrees will be handed out at ceremonie... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Britain's Andy Murray gave himself the perfect birthday present as he won his first Italian Open title with a 6-3 6-3 victory over Novak Djokovic. | [
"It was a first win on clay against Djokovic in five attempts for the Scot, who turned 29 on Sunday.\nHe broke serve once in the first set and twice in the second in Rome to win in one hour and 35 minutes.\nMurray will return to second in the world rankings before the French Open, which begins on 22 May.\nHe broke ... | [
"The 19-year-old German beat his 32-year-old Swiss opponent, the world number three, 4-6 6-2 6-1, setting up a tie with Nick Kyrgios or David Goffin.\nRafael Nadal also made it through, defeating France's Nicolas Mahut 6-4 7-6 (7-4). He plays American Jack Sock.\nAnd Roger Federer beat Roberto Bautista Agut to cont... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title about Sports:",
"pos": "Represent the document about Sports:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
England's Georgia Hall and Sophie Walker finished joint third as Azahara Munoz won the Andalucia Costa del Sol Open de Espana Femenino by a stroke. | [
"The event was decided on the final hole when United States' Beth Allen only managed a bogey as her Spanish rival scored par for a 10-under total.\nWalker, 32, produced a brilliant eagle on the 18th from 138 yards to finish on five under with 20-year-old Hall.\nEngland's Florentyna Parker finished fifth on four und... | [
"Korean Wang, 21, finished five-under-par alongside Spain's Nacho Elvira to force an extra hole, which was level, before winning on the next.\nRobert Rock of England finished in third place, one shot adrift of the leaders on four-under-par.\nEngland's Florentyna Parker let a two-shot lead slip to finish second to N... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Tanzania has expelled the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the country, the foreign ministry has said in a statement. | [
"It blamed Awa Dabo, a Gambian national, for the \"deteriorating performance\" of her office, driven by what it called her \"strained relations\" with staff.\nNeither she nor the UNDP has commented.\nBut local media have linked the shock move with Ms Dabo's alleged criticism of controversial elections on the Tanzan... | [
"Justin Lynch, an Associated Press freelancer, said he had been arrested by government agents.\nHe recently reported on evidence of ethnic violence and alleged abuses committed by government troops.\nSouth Sudan's three-year civil war has caused more than 2.2 million people to flee their homes.\nA spokesman for the... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Scientists working on the UK's first atom bomb narrowly avoided a fiasco when they nearly dropped a five tonne replica on Dorking, it has emerged. | [
"The dummy device was being flown to Orford Ness, a top secret military test site in Suffolk, in the early 1950s.\nIt came loose in the bomb bay while over the Surrey town, about 20 miles from London, but the bomb doors held.\nAn engineer who worked on the device said it was then dropped in the Thames estuary, wher... | [
"After a legal battle with the government, archivists have discovered that the site at Rhydymwyn Valley near Mold would have been the secret storage of the UK's gold reserve if the Soviet Union had ever pushed the nuclear button during the Cold War.\nAccording to National Archive documents released under the Freedo... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the News paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the News paragraph:"
} |
How do you go about removing a massive piece of infrastructure from a hostile environment like the North Sea? | [
"Oil giant Shell has come up with one answer which could be put to the test next year - using a mega-ship to remove the topside of an oil platform in a single lift.\nMeasuring 300m from the seabed to its highest point, the Brent Delta platform stands as tall as the Eiffel Tower.\nThe structure, one of four located ... | [
"I take a look at the role of imagination in saving the world from its problems."
] | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
The focus on Jackie McNamara remains unremitting. | [
"Dundee United supporters have turned on the manager at times this season and there is a sense of disenchantment while results continue to disappoint.\nAt his weekly press conference, McNamara was asked if he was approaching this weekend's visit of Inverness Caledonian Thistle concerned that a defeat might cost him... | [
"The 41-year-old, who was dressed in the Scotland away top and a tartan hat and ginger wig, was seen on TV waving a Saltire and cheering with Uruguay fans.\nMr McConville has been doing charity work in Brazil, donating football strips to children.\nHe was criticised by some England fans after their team lost 2-1.\n... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the article:",
"neg": "Represent the article:"
} |
US hoteliers Marriott International and Starwood Hotels have agreed a $12.2bn (£8bn) deal to create the world's biggest hotel company. | [
"Combined, the two firms have more than 5,500 hotels with 1.1 million rooms and $2.7bn in revenue.\nThe two boards have \"unanimously agreed\" to the deal, under which Marriott will buy Starwood.\nThe tie-up will see them overtake the UK's Intercontinental Hotels, which has just under 5,000 hotels.\nJ.W. Marriott, ... | [
"FRHI Holdings owns three of the world's most famous hotel brands: Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel.\nIt has 155 hotels in 34 countries, with 42 in North America, including The Plaza in New York.\nAccorHotels, which owns the Novotel and Ibis chains, said the purchase would give it a better-balanced profile.\nThe own... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the text:",
"pos": "Represent the passage:",
"neg": "Represent the passage:"
} |
Defending champion Serena Williams and sister Venus both survived scares to progress at Wimbledon. | [
"Media playback is not supported on this device\nSerena beat the world number 65 Christina McHale, 6-7 (7) 6-2 6-4 on Centre Court while Venus won 7-5 4-6 10-8 against teenager Daria Kasatkina.\nSerena trailed 2-0 at the start of the deciding set but won in two hours 29 minutes on Centre Court against her fellow Am... | [
"The British number one, ranked 32 in the world, was scheduled to face Belgian Yanina Wickmayer, the world number 59, on Monday.\nBut Robson, 19, withdrew shortly before the match and was replaced in the draw by lucky loser Bethanie Mattek-Sands.\nRobson, who reached the last 16 at Wimbledon, will aim to recover be... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization about Sports:",
"pos": "Represent the passage about Sports:",
"neg": "Represent the passage about Sports:"
} |
Maria Sharapova has been "very courageous" to admit her failed drugs test, but must "suffer consequences," says world number one Novak Djokovic. | [
"The five-time Grand Slam winner, 28, revealed on Monday she tested positive for meldonium in January.\n\"I do feel sorry [for] her, but it's normal to accept that under these circumstances the player has to suffer certain consequences,\" Djokovic said.\nRussian Sharapova will be provisionally suspended from 12 Mar... | [
"Up to 8,000 samples will now be taken every year, with those provided by the highest-ranked players the most likely to be placed in long-term storage.\nThere were 4,899 samples taken in 2016.\nAn anti-doping budget increase of over 50% to £3.48m will help \"ensure tennis is and remains a clean sport\", the Interna... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title about Sports:",
"pos": "Represent the text about Sports:",
"neg": "Represent the text:"
} |
Rory Best has hinted that he may step down as Ulster captain ahead of next season following his side's Pro12 semi-final defeat by Leinster at the RDS. | [
"Media playback is not supported on this device\nUlster lost 30-18 to their Irish interprovincial rivals to end hopes of a first trophy success since 2006.\n\"I'm not sure if I'll be back as captain. We'll have to reassess. I'll speak to Les (Kiss) at the end of the season and make a decision,\" said Best.\nDirecto... | [
"The fixtures, published on Wednesday, see champions Connacht take on Glasgow in Galway while beaten finalists Leinster host Treviso.\nThe play-off semi-finals take place on the weekend of 19-21 May with the final scheduled for the following weekend.\nLast season Ulster finished fourth in the table and were beaten ... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
All pictures are copyrighted. | [
"A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 10 and 17 March. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk or our Instagram at #bbcscotlandpics"
] | [
"More to follow."
] | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News text:",
"pos": "Represent the News passage:",
"neg": "Represent the News passage:"
} |
Tech company Sony has just revealed a brand new console - the PS4 Pro. | [
"The console was unveiled at a big event in New York, in America, three years after the PS4 came out.\nIt will be released in November and will cost around £300.\nMakers at Sony have said that the new console will be able to stream videos in 4K, which means that games will look better and will be higher quality.\n... | [
"The new console will be released in the UK on 3 March and will cost UK gamers £279.99.\nThere are more than 80 games currently being developed for the console, but big names like Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda have been confirmed.\nIn October 2016, we got our first proper look at the console, and we compared... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
Relatives of a Scots missionary who died in the Auschwitz concentration camp have attended a special reunion to view her handwritten will. | [
"The recently discovered document offers fresh insight into the life of Jane Haining from Dunscore.\nIn total some 14 of her relatives attended the event in Edinburgh.\nOne of them, Catriona Topping, said she felt that her connection with Ms Haining had \"deepened\" by holding the will in her hand.\nMs Haining died... | [
"Jane Haining's jewellery was analysed by expert John Benjamin for a special episode of the programme to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.\nHer relatives had believed that the ring originated in Scotland.\nHowever, Mr Benjamin said that on closer examination it carried an Austro-Hungarian stamp and might have been given... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the News document:",
"neg": "Represent the News document:"
} |
A programme in which illusionist Derren Brown suffocated himself as part of a trick has broken broadcasting rules. | [
"Something Wicked this Way Comes, shown on a Sunday morning, featured the illusionist putting a plastic bag over his head and walking on broken glass.\nBroadcasting watchdog Ofcom said children could have imitated Brown's \"clearly dangerous behaviour\".\nIt received five complaints about the show, which aired on U... | [
"Regulator Ofcom ruled the performance, by Alexandr Magala of Moldova, was \"in line with audience expectations\".\nIt also rejected suggestions the act might lead to copycat behaviour.\n\"The repeated warnings and clear references to the inherent danger of the act meant it was very unlikely that audiences would at... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News passage:",
"neg": "Represent the News passage:"
} |
Dave King, Paul Murray and John Gilligan have succeeded in being voted on to the Rangers board at Friday's extraordinary general meeting at Ibrox. | [
"Media playback is not supported on this device\nShareholders at the meeting called by King, who owns 14.5% of shares in Rangers International Football Club plc, voted Derek Llambias and finance director Barry Leach off the board.\nKing's consortium received about 85% of the votes cast.\nAnd the new board has alrea... | [
"Clapham said his position had become \"untenable\" following criticism in the media and on social media.\nThe decision followed on from the news that three directors, including Shrouder, would step aside in June.\nDirector Nigel Allen will take on the chairmanship on an interim basis while new investors are sought... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News passage:",
"neg": "Represent the News passage:"
} |
The eurozone's economic recovery is continuing, a survey has suggested, with business output growing at its fastest rate in four years in June. | [
"The CIPS/Markit composite purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 54.1, compared with 53.6 a month earlier - its highest reading in 49 months.\nA reading above 50 indicates growth, while a reading below 50 suggests a fall in activity.\nMarkit said the services sector had seen its best quarter for four years.\nIn ... | [
"The business trends report from the accountancy and services group BDO said that in September growth expectations among manufacturers saw their steepest fall since May 2013.\nOptimism among UK business generally saw a slight fall, the report said.\nBut with many manufactures reliant on exports, worsening economic ... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title about Economy:",
"pos": "Represent the article about Economy:",
"neg": "Represent the article about Business:"
} |
According to research by Epilepsy Society, over half a million people in the UK have epilepsy. | [
"There are many types of epilepsy and epileptic seizure, including both convulsive (involving shaking/body spasms of some kind) and non-convulsive (where people might show no signs of having had a seizure). We spoke to Sophie Harries, who had her first convulsive seizure at the age of 15.\nSo, what is epilepsy?\nE... | [
"Figures released by Diabetes UK Cymru on Monday show 7.1% of people aged 17 and over in Wales are living with the condition - more than anywhere else in the UK.\nThis accounts for over 183,000 people, 6,000 up from this time last year.\nThe figures coincide with the launch of Diabetes Week (12-18 June), which hope... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News article:",
"neg": "Represent the News article:"
} |
Head teachers have written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan expressing their concern over future funding for schools in England. | [
"The National Association of Head Teachers claims education is being seen as a cost rather than an investment.\nAhead of next week's Spending Review, the NAHT is calling for a fair national funding formula for education.\nThe Department for Education says it is \"protecting the schools budget, which will rise as pu... | [
"Easington Primary Academy pupils will be driven to another school for morning lessons in literacy and numeracy.\nThe school said a long-term supply teacher had left earlier than expected and a replacement could not be found.\nBut a Department for Education spokeswoman said there was no shortage of primary school t... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title about Education:",
"pos": "Represent the article about Education:",
"neg": "Represent the article about Education:"
} |
A 16-year-old boy and a 33-year-old man have been arrested following the death of a 15-year-old in the West Midlands. | [
"Jamar Walker died in hospital from injuries after he was found on Raglan Road, Smethwick, on 20 December.\nWest Midlands Police said the 33-year-old was arrested earlier and is being questioned. The 16-year-old was arrested on 15 January.\nA 17-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with Mr Walker's murder.\nP... | [
"Three other people in the grey Ford Mondeo, an 82-year-old woman, a 77-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man, were taken to hospital with minor injuries.\nThe crash happened at 23:00 GMT on Wednesday on Sheffield Road at Hoyland Common.\nThe 85-year-old was taken to hospital where she later died."
] | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
An art teacher has been struck off for a "sexually-motivated" relationship with a 17-year-old student at a Carmarthenshire college. | [
"Nia Davies's affair with the girl, an A-level student, was deemed to amount to unacceptable professional conduct.\nAn Education Workforce Council disciplinary hearing found six allegations of misconduct proven against the Coleg Sir Gar teacher.\nMs Davies, 31, from Cardiff, was banned from teaching for at least tw... | [
"Gareth Stephenson, 25, of Reading, was found guilty of six counts following a trial at Portsmouth Crown Court.\nHe was given a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years.\nOffences included sexual assault on a male under 13. They took place when he was a pupil at Stanbridge Earls School, Hampshire, and in A... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title about Education:",
"pos": "Represent the News description about Education:",
"neg": "Represent the News description about Crime:"
} |
A man has been jailed for life for deliberately setting fire to a busy London gay bar for a second time. | [
"Jason Fossett, of Norwood, was caught on CCTV setting alight rubbish he had piled against the fire exit of the Two Brewers, Clapham High Street.\nThe 46-year-old told the court he could not remember starting the fire after \"having a couple drinks\".\nHe was sentenced to life in prison on Friday at London Crown Co... | [
"Patrick Adams, 59, and Constance Adams, 55, were arrested by Dutch police on Friday on suspicion of carrying out an attempted murder in Islington in 2013.\nThey will now be extradited for police questioning in England.\nIn December 2013, a 51-year-old man was shot in the chest after being approached by a man and w... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News text:",
"neg": "Represent the News text:"
} |
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa is facing a vote of no confidence from the leaders of his own party, the ANC. | [
"He has survived several parliamentary votes but this is the first time the ANC will formally discuss his position.\nThe top ANC body has extended its meeting to debate the motion, tabled by Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom.\nMr Zuma has increasingly come under criticism over corruption allegations, with a recent rep... | [
"Parliamentary spokesman Moloto Mothapo said the decision followed a security assessment that confirmed \"a security threat existed\" against Makhosi Khoza.\nMs Khoza has been a prominent critic of President Jacob Zuma and corruption within the governing ANC.\nLast week she received a death threat saying she had 2... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the News passage:",
"neg": "Represent the News passage:"
} |
The family of a schoolteacher who died after a sledging accident are setting up a charity in her name. | [
"Maryam Najafian, from East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, was seriously hurt in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, last month.\nThe 25-year-old, who was a teacher at Lanark Primary School, was taken to the Western Infirmary and later died in the Southern General Hospital.\nThe Maryam Najafian Foundation has been set up to h... | [
"The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, attacked Len Saunders, 65, in St Helens in July. He died nine days later.\nLiverpool Crown Court heard the youth was under the influence of alcohol and drugs at the time.\nMr Saunders' niece said his death was a \"monstrous act\".\nThe victim was described as an \"... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the text:",
"neg": "Represent the text:"
} |
A City worker who fatally punched a friend after he threw his shoe out of a car window following a drunken prank has been jailed for three years. | [
"Alexander Thomson, 33, from Clapham in south London, leaned forward and hit Tom Hulme, 23, after he threw the shoe.\nInitially, he got out the car and appeared fine, but then he collapsed on the pavement. He died in hospital the next day from a brain haemorrhage.\nThe judge said the incident arose \"out of trivial... | [
"The 25-year-old victim had to have blood transfusions after being struck on the head at a pub in Stirchley, Birmingham.\nLuke Pinder, 21, of Millfield Close, Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, has been jailed for eight years.\nHe admitted wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.\nRead more news for Birmingham and... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News text:",
"neg": "Represent the News text:"
} |
The Confederation of Africa Football has warned Cosafa over a planned meeting with other member associations which it says is "an attempt to destabilise" the governing body. | [
"Phillip Chiyangwa, the chairman of Cosafa - the Council of Southern African Football Associations - has called for a meeting with other African FA chairmen in Harare in Zimbabwe on 24 February.\nIn a letter sent by Caf on behalf of president Issa Hayatou, the governing body tells Cosafa \"you do not have any autho... | [
"Cameroon were banned from global football in July 2013 before the establishment of a Fifa-approved Normalisation Committee led by Joseph Owona.\nTombi A Roko Sidiki and his executive committee then assumed office after elections held in September 2015.\nDespite Sidiki's election receiving the approval of both Fifa... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News document:",
"neg": "Represent the News document:"
} |
A teenage athlete who died alongside her friend when they were struck by a car has been described as "perfect" by her family. | [
"Stacey Burrows, 16, was with 17-year-old Lucy Pygott when they were hit by a Ford Focus in Aldershot on Tuesday evening.\nA statement from Stacey's family said she was \"highly dedicated\" to running.\nBoth girls were members of Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletic Club (AFD).\nIn a tribute released through po... | [
"Spectator Olly Croker was watching his brother play in a match in Devon on 12 September when two players collided with a safety fence, said witnesses.\nA post embedded itself in Olly's head in what was called a \"freak accident\" by host club Bradninch.\nShops, businesses and schools closed early for the funeral i... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the passage:",
"neg": "Represent the passage:"
} |
The families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims have won a small legal victory after a judge ruled their lawsuit against a gun maker could continue. | [
"The suit argues that the semi-automatic rifle used in the school shooting is a military weapon and should not have been sold to civilians.\nIn December 2012, Adam Lanza killed 26 people with a Bushmaster XM15-E2S.\nRemington Arms, the parent company of Bushmaster Firearms, sought to have the lawsuit dismissed.\nTh... | [
"The recordings contain nearly half an hour of 911 calls made from inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown during the attack on 14 December 2012.\n\"There's still shooting going on, please!\" says school caretaker Rick Thorne. \"Still, it's still going on!\"\nA 20-year-old gunman killed 20 children and six a... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the News passage:",
"neg": "Represent the News passage:"
} |
Four new adventures have been published to mark the 90th anniversary of the first Winnie-the-Pooh book, along with the introduction of a new character. | [
"Penguin makes his grand entrance in the book Winter: In which Penguin arrives in the Forest, written by Brian Sibley.\nThe character is based on a photograph of Pooh author AA Milne and his son Christopher playing with a penguin.\nWinnie-the-Pooh was first published on 14 October 1926, and went on to achieve world... | [
"EH Shepard's ink drawing of the bear playing Poohsticks with Piglet and Christopher Robin was published in 1928.\nThe illustration featured in AA Milne's second book, The House At Pooh Corner.\nThe famed drawing, entitled 'For a long time they looked at the river beneath them…' is set in chapter six of the book, w... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Two firms backed by Chinese internet rivals Alibaba and Tencent are merging to create a new company that provides a wide range of online services. | [
"Meituan.com, which is partially owned by Alibaba, and Dianping Holdings, which is backed by rival Tencent, will join together to offer everything from movie purchases to food delivery.\nThe companies operate websites similar to group-buying provider Groupon.com.\nReports suggest the merger will create a company va... | [
"The Chinese firm, which handles more transactions than Amazon and eBay combined, reported a net income of 71bn yuan ($11bn; £7.6bn) for the year to 31 March, up 193% on the previous year.\nSales rose by a third to 101bn yuan, with sales on mobile devices up 182%.\n\"Alibaba Group finished the fiscal year on a ver... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News text:",
"neg": "Represent the News text:"
} |
A 20-year-old man is in a stable condition in hospital after being stabbed in a street attack in Glasgow. | [
"He was attacked by another man, while walking in Old Rutherglen Road, near Oregon Street, in the city's Gorbals area, at about 18:40 on Thursday.\nThe victim is being treated for his injuries at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.\nThe suspect is described as white, mid 20s, about 5ft 6in tall, of stocky build and with shave... | [
"Paul Edward Burns, of no fixed abode, is accused of threatening to kill Edward Gibson, and of disorderly behaviour, during an incident at the Royal Victoria Hospital.\nMr Gibson, 28, was shot in his stomach and thigh in an alleyway beside Divis Tower on Friday.\nHe died in hospital."
] | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the text:",
"neg": "Represent the text:"
} |
Gareth Bale has been named in the Wales squad for the Euro 2016 qualifiers against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Andorra later this month. | [
"The 26-year-old forward has missed Real Madrid's last three games with a calf injury but is set to return for the La Liga derby against Atletico on Sunday.\nLiverpool midfielder Joe Allen and Crystal Palace's Joe Ledley are included having recovered from injury.\nChris Coleman's team need one point to qualify for ... | [
"Susic hinted he would stand down after Bosnia's exit at the group stage of the World Cup but says he has \"gained the support of the executive board\".\nGroup F losses to Argentina and Nigeria ended Bosnia's World Cup hopes before a consolation win over Iran.\nBosnia face Cyprus, Belgium, Israel, Wales and Andorra... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
BT is re-entering the UK's consumer mobile phone market, with a range of 4G subscriptions. | [
"Its cheapest offer is aggressively priced at a discounted rate of £5 a month for existing BT broadband customers.\nThe service will use spectrum provided via a partnership with EE - a network BT is attempting to buy outright - and spectrum that BT owns itself.\nOne analyst said bundled access to football games wo... | [
"Sky Mobile will offer flexible monthly payment plans and the ability to roll over unused data each month for up to three years.\nSky will become a \"quad play\" provider, offering broadband, television fixed-line telephone and a mobile service.\nAnd existing Sky TV customers will not have to pay for calls or texts... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the article:",
"neg": "Represent the article:"
} |
A primary school caretaker who admitted collecting more than 600 indecent images of children has walked free from court. | [
"Michael Pendry, 55, had 658 \"filthy images\" of children in his cottage in the grounds of Radnor Primary School, Cardiff.\nHe was caught after sharing the images online with other paedophiles for \"sexual gratification\".\nJudge Huw Rees at Cardiff Crown Court said: \"I am taking a risk in you.\"\nPendry admitted... | [
"Garth Michael Williams, 43, pleaded guilty to numerous counts of making and possessing indecent photographs of children and two counts of having an \"extreme\" pornographic image.\nHe also admitted having sex with an animal.\nWilliams, who is originally from South Africa, was living in County Down at the time of t... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title about Crime:",
"pos": "Represent the News article about Crime:",
"neg": "Represent the News article:"
} |
Nick Denning has been appointed coach of the new Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL) side to be hosted in Hampshire. | [
"Denning, 37, is a former right-hand batsman for Berkshire and coach of the county's women's set-up.\nHe will take charge of the as yet unnamed team, which will also include players from Dorset, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.\n\"What the ECB are trying to do with the Women's Super League is very ... | [
"The 45-year-old, who had a spell as a player at Headingley between 1990 and 1995, spent eight years as Essex coach before leaving at the end of 2015.\nHe replaces Richard Pyrah as Diamonds boss, with the latter to assist new Yorkshire head coach Andrew Gale.\n\"The opportunity to work with an elite female team is ... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has asked regulators to examine Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox's takeover bid for Sky. | [
"In a statement to parliament, she told MPs that media regulator Ofcom and competition regulator, the CMA, would be asked to investigate the deal.\n21st Century Fox is offering £11.7bn for the 61% stake in Sky it does not already own.\nThe company said it was \"confident\" the takeover would be approved.\nCritics ... | [
"The proposed offer is worth £10.75 a share in cash, a premium of 36% to the closing price on 8 December.\nSky shares ended 26.6% higher at 999.8p in London following the announcement.\nMedia tycoon Rupert Murdoch controls 21st Century Fox, which already owns a 39.1% stake in Sky.\nSky said that the independent dir... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the News paragraph:"
} |
Prince Harry has visited the heartland of Guyana and explored its rainforest on day 14 of his Caribbean tour. | [
"The prince was welcomed to the village of Surama in the Iwokrama rainforest with a feathered headdress, before he watched a cultural dance around a pole.\nHe met rangers to learn about the steps being taken to protect the rainforest and the benefits of eco-tourism.\nPrince Harry later visited a school and the Kaie... | [
"They will also visit the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain during the seven-day trip, with 50 engagements on behalf of the British government.\nThey are to promote UK partnerships in areas including wildlife conservation and women in leadership.\nPrince Charles was greeted at Muscat International Airport by Oman's ... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Parents who restrict their children to a vegan diet could face a jail term if a controversial bill is passed by the Italian parliament. | [
"Such parents, the draft bill claims, are imposing a diet \"devoid of essential elements for [children's] healthy and balanced growth\".\nIt has been proposed by Elvira Savino of the centre-right Forza Italia party.\nIt follows a number of high-profile Italian cases where malnourished children have been taken into ... | [
"The new version would make it possible to try children between 16 and 18 years as adults if they are accused of certain serious offences.\nThe bill still faces a second vote and two votes in the Senate.\nThe U-turn was seen as a victory for the lower house speaker, Eduardo Cunha.\nThe new version of the bill was b... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
Sir Bradley Wiggins' use of a banned steroid before races has been defended by Sir Dave Brailsford, with the Team Sky boss saying they "do not cross the line" over performance-enhancing drugs. | [
"Media playback is not supported on this device\nBritain's most decorated Olympian took anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone for allergies and respiratory issues.\nThe cyclist said he sought therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) to \"put himself back on a level playing field\".\nTUEs allow the use of banned substances ... | [
"Yates, 23, whose ban starts from the date of the test, will miss the Tour de France but can return on 11 July.\nNews of the failed test was revealed in April, with his team Orica-GreenEdge blaming an \"administrative error\" over the use of an asthma inhaler.\nThe team said they took \"full responsibility for the ... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document about Sports:"
} |
Michael Sheen has called for people to be given the power to run communities instead of "career politicians". | [
"The actor delivered a rousing speech on St David's Day in Tredegar where he criticised \"disconnected\" politicians.\nNow he is calling for people in Wales to \"believe in their potential\" and have more of a say on how their communities are run.\nSheen said: \"Many people have become alienated by career politicia... | [
"Here are some of the films our stars have made promoting a cause close to them.\nA former Conservative leader said he \"may vote no\" and back the UK leaving the EU in his party's planned referendum if \"we have not made significant changes\" before 2017.\nA pressing challenge facing society is how to care for an ... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News passage:",
"neg": "Represent the News passage:"
} |
"The word refugee is painful to hear," says 28-year-old Nedal, through a translator. | [
"In the front room of his house, surrounded by his family, Nedal tells a story about the excitement of a revolution turning to fear, of arrest turning to torture, of hiding and fleeing Syria - and then of a two-year wait in Jordan to receive refugee status in the US.\nNedal says the day he learned he, his wife Raed... | [
"18 November 2015 Last updated at 00:22 GMT\nTin Tin Yu, a football super-fan from Burma, says sex is more important to men than it is to women.\nMeanwhile Nawal El-Saadawi, an 84-year-old feminist and author from Egypt says: \"Marriage is not essential and motherhood is not essential.\"\nThe BBC's 100 Women also s... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
A former teacher accused of sexually abusing boys in Nottingham has been cleared on all counts. | [
"Robert Amoroso, 64, now from Hampshire, lived in Clifton from 1979 to 2013, the period of the alleged offences.\nMr Amoroso was found not-guilty of two counts of sexual activity in the presence of a child.\nOn Wednesday he was cleared of 14 other charges, including indecent assaults, sexual assaults and sexual act... | [
"Simon Harris, 55, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to indecent assaults on three boys aged between 13 and 14.\nThe assaults took place while he was employed at Shebbear College in Devon.\nMr Harris, from Pudleston, Herefordshire, has denied a further 27 sexual offences involving boys in Kenya.\nHe is due t... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News sentence about Crime:",
"pos": "Represent the News passage about Crime:",
"neg": "Represent the News passage:"
} |
Senior British and Russian officials are to resume efforts to find a solution to the crisis in Syria, David Cameron and Vladimir Putin have agreed. | [
"The resumption of talks between security advisers was discussed by the leaders in a telephone conversation on Monday, Downing Street said.\nPresident Putin had phoned Mr Cameron to congratulate him on winning the UK election, a spokeswoman added.\nThey spoke for 30 minutes, with Syria and Ukraine dominating, she a... | [
"Speaking in London, Mr Kerry said he understood Syrians wanted results from the summit and promised it would not just be a talking shop.\nHe has held talks with PM David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague.\nSyria's opposition has said it will not attend the Rome talks because of \"the world's silence\" ov... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News summarization about Politics:",
"pos": "Represent the News paragraph about Politics:",
"neg": "Represent the News paragraph:"
} |
Tottenham dispatched Fiorentina to reach the Europa League last 16 and underline their credentials as serious contenders for the tournament. | [
"Hosts Spurs took the lead as Ryan Mason strode through and side-footed home midway through the first half.\nThe Italians rallied briefly after the break, but Erik Lamela snuffed out any hope of a fightback as he smashed in from close range.\nAn own goal from skipper Gonzalo Rodriguez completed the Viola's misery.\... | [
"United took the lead on the night and in the tie when Henrikh Mkhitaryan drilled in a low finish in the 10th minute but Anderlecht equalised when Sofiane Hanni scored after 32 minutes.\nUnited were minutes away from a penalty shootout before Rashford got the winning goal after 107 minutes with a brilliant turn and... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the text:",
"pos": "Represent the passage:",
"neg": "Represent the passage:"
} |
An 11-year-old boy has been seriously injured following an incident involving a tractor in the Castlewellan area of County Down. | [
"The incident was reported at 13:45 BST on Saturday.\nThe Air Ambulance Northern Ireland airlifted the boy to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children where he is in a stable condition.\nThe callout was the first mission for the helicopter and its crew.\nThe air ambulance team is currently working through final... | [
"Johnny Black, 19, from Ballycastle and Robin William Lamont Wilson, 26, from Armoy, died after a head on collision between two cars on the Cushendall Road near Ballycastle.\nA woman remains in a critical condition in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, following the crash.\nElsewhere, a motorcyclist was killed i... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document:"
} |
Captain Sam Warburton is expected to be fit for Wales' summer tour to New Zealand as it has been revealed his shoulder injury is "short-term." | [
"The British and Irish Lions skipper is having treatment on the right shoulder he injured in Cardiff Blues' Pro12 defeat by Ospreys on Saturday.\nAlun Wyn Jones and Samson Lee are also set to be fit to face the All Blacks.\n\"These injuries depend on the person and their professionalism to the rehab,\" said Blues c... | [
"O'Brien will travel to the United Kingdom on Friday to see a specialist.\nThe 29-year-old played just six games for Leinster this season, completing 80 minutes on just two occasions.\nHe signed a three-year contract with the IRFU last December which will keep him at his native province until after the 2019 Rugby W... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title about Sports:",
"pos": "Represent the description about Sports:",
"neg": "Represent the description:"
} |
The north-south electricity interconnector is in the news in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. | [
"In the Republic, energy company EirGrid has yet to seek planning permission with the Republic of Ireland's planning authorities, An Bord Pleanala.\nThe issue of overground pylons versus underground cabling has become one that may well feature in this year's local and European elections.\nPaula Sheridan and her hus... | [
"\"Nobody wants a long period of limbo. Neither the British people nor the European member states. Everyone has an interest that the preparations are conducted in a thorough manner, that the positions are clear, and I think it is absolutely understandable that Britain needs a certain amount of time for this.\" (Joi... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News summarization about Technology:",
"pos": "Represent the News document about Technology:",
"neg": "Represent the News document:"
} |
The Royal British Legion has launched a recruitment drive in Wales for extra nurses for a service helping those with dementia and their families. | [
"There are almost 200 specialist Admiral Nurses in the UK, focused on improving the wellbeing of carers and people with dementia.\nThe service has been developed alongside Dementia UK.\nPaula Smith, the legion's Admiral Nurse lead, said there was a \"genuine need\" for more support for families in Wales.\nTo qualif... | [
"Age Cymru, Age Alliance Wales and Woody's Lodge secured the funding from the Aged Veterans Fund.\nThey will work together on Project 360° to tackle issues including isolation, loneliness, health and wellbeing.\nThe project will run for three years, aiming to support more than 10,000 veterans.\nWoody's Lodge is a c... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the News passage:",
"neg": "Represent the News passage:"
} |
A pervert who fuelled his sexual fantasies by spraying children with a home-made solution containing his own bodily fluids has been jailed. | [
"David Long, 75, secretly squirted almost 200 children, some of whom were under the age of 13, with the mixture.\nHe took photos of his victims before and after spraying their clothes, Nottingham Crown Court was told.\nLong was jailed for six years and eight months after admitting 13 charges of sexual touching.\nLo... | [
"Derrel Weaver, 62, from Widegates near Looe, Cornwall was branded a \"dyed in the wool, predatory paedophile\" by a judge.\nWeaver filmed women using secret cameras and sexually abused children.\nAs he left the dock at Truro Crown Court, Weaver threatened to curse those in the courtroom.\nJurors took three hours t... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the document:",
"neg": "Represent the document about Crime:"
} |
Campaign group Amnesty International has called for an independent inquiry after it was confirmed it was spied on by British surveillance agency GCHQ. | [
"It said it was \"outrageous\" that human rights bodies were being monitored.\nIt came after the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) informed Amnesty that GCHQ had breached rules by keeping data intercepted from it for too long - although it had been collected legally.\nThe IPT was revising an earlier ruling that h... | [
"Germany's foreign intelligence service BND spied on media e-mails, faxes and phone calls, including more than a dozen BBC numbers in London and Afghanistan, Spiegel news reported.\nThe surveillance, which began in 1999, also extended to Reuters news agency and the New York Times, it is alleged.\n\"We are disappoin... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title about Human rights:",
"pos": "Represent the article about Human rights:",
"neg": "Represent the article:"
} |
Photographic tuition usually falls in to two camps, the hands-on, throw yourself at it kind, and the more contemplative course where class-based tuition is key. | [
"Yet there is another way - open learning, where the majority of the students interact online with the face-to-face course being taught in a more traditional manner. With this comes a chance to share in the knowledge being offered by a wide range of tutors, photographers and others in the industry.\nOne such course... | [
"There are few of us that do not have a camera in our pockets for most of our waking hours that:\nI say a camera and not a phone because as the quality of smartphone camera functionality has improved, we have increasingly communicated through the visual image rather than the spoken word.\nThe average number of phot... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News document:",
"neg": "Represent the News document:"
} |
In her previous life as a carefree fan as opposed to a workaholic owner and chief executive, Ann Budge would be in Corfu right now. | [
"She would be enjoying the trappings of her wealth, secured by the £30m sale of her IT business.\nShe would be on her boat on the east coast of the island. She would be sailing to Kouloura and Kalami and Kassiopi. She would be hanging out in the idyllic coves of the Ionian Sea and barbecuing on the tiny beaches.\nT... | [
"When you arrange for the meeting to take place, at a shopping centre or makeshift grotto, you might be beaming with pride and excitement.\nHowever, the little ones you have brought along may not be quite as enthusiastic...\nCompiled by Rozina Sini"
] | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News document:",
"neg": "Represent the News document:"
} |
Paralympic gold medallist Bethany Firth and Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill have become MBEs in the New Year Honours. | [
"Co Down swimmer Firth won three goal medals and a silver at the Paralympic Games in Rio in September.\nO'Neill guided Northern Ireland to the Euro 2016 finals in France, where they progressed to the knock-out stage.\nThey are among nine people from Northern Ireland recognised for their contribution to sport in the... | [
"Rio 2016 men's tennis champion Murray and double gold-winning athlete Farah receive knighthoods, while heptathlete Ennis-Hill becomes a dame.\nA host of Paralympians also receive honours, including 11-times gold medallist dressage rider Lee Pearson who receives a knighthood.\nVeteran comic Ken Dodd said he felt \"... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the passage:",
"neg": "Represent the passage:"
} |
The deputy chairman of UKIP has been accused of lying publicly about his part in a proposed wind farm. | [
"The BBC has learned the South West MEP Lord William Dartmouth was involved in negotiating a deal that could have earned his family £100,000 a year.\nHe was asked in a TV interview in May 2014 if he knew \"that land might be used as a wind farm\". He replied: \"I don't know, um, no. No.\"\nLord Dartmouth said he w... | [
"Kerry Smith was selected to fight the parliamentary seat for UKIP in December but pulled out after he made offensive remarks against gay people and other UKIP members.\nIan Luder has been selected as his replacement.\nMr Luder is a former labour councillor and Lord Mayor of London.\nFormer Tory MP Neil Hamilton pu... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title about Politics:",
"pos": "Represent the News paragraph about Politics:",
"neg": "Represent the News paragraph about Politics:"
} |
Holly Willoughby has given birth to her third child, a boy named Chester. | [
"The TV presenter confirmed the news on Twitter on Monday night.\nShe wrote: \"I'm sooo happy to tell you all - we've just had a baby boy! Chester William Baldwin made a grand entrance at 8lbs 12. He's just perfect. X\"\nChester is the 33-year-old's third child with husband Dan Baldwin after daughter Belle and son ... | [
"The Neath-born mezzo-soprano, 35, introduced her daughter Aaliyah Reign Levitas, who weighed nearly 7lbs (3.2kg), with a posting on Instagram.\nShe wrote: \"We are absolutely besotted with her and grateful for the beautiful blessing of this happy, healthy, little miracle.\"\nThe singer first announced she was expe... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the News article:",
"neg": "Represent the News article:"
} |
In my teens, I worked as an artisanal miner, waist deep in water, sieving the gravel to find a diamond. | [
"Growing up in diamond-rich eastern Sierra Leone, it was the natural thing to do.\nJobs were, and still are, few and far between, so the gemstones were a magnet. They persuaded many to drop out of school, but I worked as a miner mostly during school holidays and sometimes at weekends.\nThe Kono District was densely... | [
"During its 11-year-long civil war, Sierra Leone became famous for blood diamonds.\nRebel and government groups fought brutally over diamond-rich territory in the north of the country and funded themselves by selling the stones to international buyers.\nFourteen years after the conflict ended, diamond mining operat... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the paragraph:"
} |
Three abandoned ducklings had to be rescued from a sewer after falling through the gaps of a drain cover. | [
"The ducklings were reported stuck down a drain in Great Notley, Essex after trailing their mother across a road on Tuesday afternoon.\nThe first two were plucked to safety by firefighters but a third could be heard further down the drain.\nThe RSPCA said he had to be flushed out into a net - an experience which le... | [
"They include a sheep that got her head stuck in a traffic cone and a gull that turned bright orange after falling into a vat of cold curry.\nThe stories represent just a fraction of the rescues the RSPCA was called out to, but not all have happy endings.\nOver the Christmas period alone, from 18 to 27 December, th... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the text:",
"neg": "Represent the text:"
} |
Slaughtneil assistant manager John Joe Kearney says the team are expecting a "difficult task" in Sunday's All-Ireland Club Football quarter-final against London champions St Kiernan's. | [
"Facilities at the Greenford venue are said to be \"basic\" and Kearney says the game is a potential \"banana skin\".\n\"We hope to come home with a win but there are no guarantees,\" Kearney told BBC Sport Northern Ireland.\nSt Kiernan's earned their first London title by beating Tir Chonaill Gaels.\nThey earned a... | [
"Cuala earned a 3-19 to 1-16 victory over Kilkenny club O'Loughlin Gaels at Portlaoise to lift the provincial title for the first time.\nCon O'Callaghan, Colm Cronin and Mark Schutte hit Cuala's goals with free-taker David Treacy finishing with 0-11.\nDanny Loughnane scored O'Loughlin Gael's second-half goal.\nCual... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News document:",
"neg": "Represent the News document:"
} |
The US House of Representatives has narrowly voted to continue collecting data on US phone calls, in the first legislative move on the programme. | [
"In a 205-217 vote, lawmakers rejected an effort to restrict the National Security Agency's (NSA) ability to collect electronic information.\nThe NSA's chief had lobbied strongly against the proposed measure.\nThe vote saw an unusual coalition of conservatives and liberal Democrats join forces against the programme... | [
"The USA Freedom Act extends the government's ability to collect large amounts of data, but with restrictions.\nThe bill, which replaces the Patriot Act, had been backed by President Barack Obama as a necessary tool to fight terrorism.\nMr Obama said on Tuesday that he will sign the bill into law.\nThe bill undoes ... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the sentence:",
"pos": "Represent the description:",
"neg": "Represent the description:"
} |
University tuition fees might be high in England but they are not as eye-wateringly expensive as in the United States. | [
"Or at least that's the conventional wisdom.\nBut is that really true? Or is it based on extreme examples, like Harvard charging almost $60,000 per year (£42,000) or Yale $48,000 (£34,000)?\nHow about looking more widely? For instance UCLA compared with UCLAN?\nUCLAN is the University of Central Lancashire in Prest... | [
"The US state wants to extend free tuition to middle-class families, as well as the disadvantaged, with young people in almost a million households expected to be eligible.\nIt will mean children from families earning up to $125,000 (£101,000) per year will not have to pay fees at public higher education institutio... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the article:",
"neg": "Represent the article:"
} |
BBC News answers some of the key questions about grammar schools and poses some 11-plus questions for readers to tackle. | [
"Grammar schools are state secondary schools that select their pupils by means of an examination taken by children at age 11, known as the \"11-plus\".\nThere are only about 163 grammar schools in England, out of some 3,000 state secondaries, and a further 69 grammar schools in Northern Ireland.\nUnder the grammar ... | [
"6 June 2017 Last updated at 16:41 BST\nIn the run-up to a general election, MP candidates will make public appearances to talk about their ideas, to try to convince people in their area to vote for them.\nSo Hacker went on BBC politics programme Newsnight to be interviewed about his ideas.\nWatch the video to find... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News paragraph:",
"neg": "Represent the News paragraph:"
} |
Adele fans will be waiting longer than rumoured for her third album to be released, suggest reports filed by her record company and seen by Newsbeat. | [
"XL Recordings, which released her previous two albums, revealed the information in accounts filed with Companies House earlier this week.\n\"There will not be a further new release by Adele during 2014 and consequently there will be a fall in XL's turnover and profits,\" they wrote.\nThey reported profits of £9.5... | [
"Fans have been waiting for a new bunch of songs from the singer since her last album, Unapologetic, came out in 2012. But we're afraid the wait continues.\nThe picture appeared to reveal collaborations with Drake, Big Sean and Nicki Minaj.\nBut the singer's label Roc Nation has told Newsbeat the image is \"totally... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News article:",
"neg": "Represent the News article:"
} |
Nigeria-born Victor Kayode insists he has not given up hope of playing for Sierra Leone, despite being continuously overlooked for selection. | [
"The Azerbaijan-based midfielder, who was born in Ondo state to Nigerian parents, decided to play for Leone Stars four years ago - claiming his maternal grandfather was from Sierra Leone.\nSince doubts over Kayode's eligibility were removed, five different coaches have taken charge of Sierra Leone, but he is still ... | [
"Moses, 25, starred as Nigeria clinched the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, but his search for consistency on the international scene has been hampered by a series of niggling injuries.\nHis last Super Eagles appearance was in the 2-0 loss to France at the 2014 World Cup but he insists his commitment to Nigeria should ... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News title:",
"pos": "Represent the News document:",
"neg": "Represent the News document:"
} |
Families bereaved by the Glasgow bin lorry crash are said to be shocked that there appear to be no prosecutions of drivers over false health declarations. | [
"The inquiry into the crash has heard the driver, Harry Clarke, lied to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency but will face no action.\nA DVLA official told the hearing that to his knowledge there had been no prosecutions over false declarations.\nA lawyer for one bereaved family said this had left them \"extreme... | [
"Candles of remembrance are being lit at Glasgow Cathedral for each of those who lost their lives in the tragedy.\nBereaved families, survivors, emergency services staff and politicians are attending the ecumenical service.\nThe bin lorry veered out of control on Queen Street after the driver, Harry Clarke, blacked... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the title:",
"pos": "Represent the text:",
"neg": "Represent the text:"
} |
Acting and modelling are notoriously fickle industries often trading on perfection, but in the 1990s one woman challenged the status quo by setting up a professional talent agency for disabled people. | [
"It was 1993 when Louise Dyson's agency was approached by Sunrise Medical for disabled models to promote its wheelchairs.\nShe was stumped. At that time the Louise Dyson Agency Ltd dealt only in providing flawless models for clients such as Rolls-Royce and Laura Ashley.\n\"We didn't know any models with a disabilit... | [
"In a rare interview, she told the Business of Fashion website she would be launching the business this month.\nMs Moss left Storm, the agency that discovered her at the age of 14, earlier this year.\nShe told the website: \"I don't really want pretty people... I want to create stars.\"\n\"I want to focus more on m... | xsum | {
"query": "Represent the News summarization:",
"pos": "Represent the News description:",
"neg": "Represent the News description:"
} |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.