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Three armed and masked men forced their way into a house on Chestnut Road in Artane, in the north of the city, at about 05:00 local time on Thursday. The women were held hostage while the man, a cash in transit employee, was forced to go to work and hand over money. Up to 200,000 euros (£143,000) was reportedly handed over. A GSLS security van was driven from south Dublin to deliver the cash to a business park at Dublin Airport. The employee locked himself into the van at the airport before police arrived. His wife and adult daughter had been tied up and driven around for a number of hours in the back of a van. They were found in Dunboyne, County Meath and were not physically injured. However, police said they had been left traumatised by their ordeal. A forensic examination was carried out at the airport before police removed the cash in transit van and another van.
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Abdus Salaam Ebrahim was arrested following the murders of three Tanzanians in Cape Town last week. A state prosecutor said the charges were being provisionally withdrawn to allow for further investigation. Pagad is Muslim-dominated group which was formed in 1995 to fight crime in and around Cape Town. It was implicated in a number of bombings in the mid-1990s, including a blast at the Planet Hollywood restaurant in 1998, which it denied. The government once described the group as a terrorist organisation and it maintained a less visible presence until 2011 when it began a campaign to "take back control of the streets", says the BBC's Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg. Are vigilantes the answer to gang threat? Mr Ebrahim made a brief appearance in a Cape Town court on Thursday after spending about a week in jail in connection with the murders of three Tanzanian men, alleged to have been drug dealers, and the attempted murder of South African woman. Pagad supporters filled in the public gallery inside the courtroom and shouted: "Allahu Akbar (God is great)", when the magistrate agreed to have the charges withdrawn, South Africa's Cape Argus newspaper reports. The Tanzanian men were shot and killed outside a shop in Athlone, a gang-ridden suburb of Cape Town, on 13 August. Two men died on the scene and the third in hospital. A South African woman was seriously injured during the attack. At the time, Ashim Nassoro, the owner of the shop, said he saw men armed with AK-47s and 9mm pistols firing shots from outside the premises, local reports say. Another Pagad member, Zakariyah Albertyn, who was held for questioning on Monday in connection with the triple murder, was released without being charged on Wednesday. Pagad's campaign came to prominence in 1996 when a local gang leader, Rashaad Staggie, was beaten and burnt to death by a mob. Officials have been cautious about the resurgence of Pagad in the Western Cape province and there are fears that its involvement in crime fighting will only make matters worse, our correspondent says.
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Tim Farron said the Labour leader was "blinkered" to the risk of an exit in the 23 June referendum. Mr Corbyn was forced to defend himself after criticism he was not making a more "passionate" case to Remain. Mr Farron urged unhappy Labour members to switch to his "united force". At the Lib Dems' spring conference in York, he said: "Jeremy Corbyn, please do not let your own internal party chaos get in the way of winning this campaign. "I know you may have wanted to leave in the past, but we treat your conversion as genuine and so I ask you to show the zeal of the convert and get on board." He added: "If your party leadership remains blinkered to the risk, then your party is sleepwalking to the exit. So, come with us, share a platform, and let's make the positive, unified case that we all believe in." Mr Corbyn, a longstanding critic of the EU, has defended Labour's campaigning on the referendum, saying his party is pushing for "a social Europe". Speaking on a visit to Dagenham on Tuesday, the Labour leader said there were issues on which the EU should be challenged, but "at the moment we're campaigning because we want this sense of unity across Europe". His spokesman added he would be making a "big" speech on the EU "in due course". Mr Farron also attacked Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith for "appalling" claims last month that staying in the EU would leave the country vulnerable to a Paris-style terrorism attack. "Some of the rhetoric in the campaign recently has been unpleasant, to put it mildly," Mr Farron told a rally of party activists. "People on both sides have tried to scaremonger about borders, refugees and migrants. Using desperate people fleeing war and terror as pawns to score points is appalling and it is weak. "This campaign needs the opposite. This campaign needs strength and compassion."
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More than 5,000 people complained about the programme, which imagined a future where Nigel Farage won the upcoming general election. Ofcom said it might be in breach of rules on "offensive material, misleadingness and due impartiality". "We are also considering fairness and privacy complaints," it said. The programme mixed real news footage with fictional scenes, focusing on the career of Deepa Kaur, a newly-elected UKIP MP for Romford, played by Priyanga Burford. It also depicted rioting on the streets in the wake of the UKIP election victory, mass, forced deportations and the establishment of a new "National Pride day". The show was broadcast outside the election period, meaning Channel 4 did not have provide balancing views from other parties. A Channel 4 spokeswoman said: "We are confident that the programme did not breach the Ofcom code and we will be providing a response to the investigation." It had previously said "a lot of research" went into the film and that Mr Farage had been invited to watch it before the broadcast and then to do an interview afterwards but declined. The UKIP leader tweeted after the drama went out that it was "a biased partisan depiction" of his party. Critics were unkind, too. The Telegraph called it "fatally flawed", saying it stereotyped UKIP supporters as "an army of bald-headed, beer-swilling thugs". The Guardian agreed that the drama "lacked nuance", adding: "It won't aid UKIP's cause in the run up to the election, but it probably won't make much of a dent in it either."
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Moeen, 28, made 22 in Sharjah following his elevation to partner captain Alastair Cook at the top of the order. "He did really well," said Farbrace, who said Alex Hales is also in contention to open in the first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi. Media playback is not supported on this device "We were pleased with how Moeen and Cookie applied themselves." The first Test of the three-match series starts on 13 October in Abu Dhabi. Off-spinning all-rounder Moeen, who took 3-41 on a slow wicket, has opened the batting for Worcestershire and in 20 of his 27 one-day internationals for England. However, he has never done so in Test cricket and batted at eight in the recent Ashes series, with Adam Lyth - dropped for the trip to the UAE - preferred as Cook's partner. "It's not something different; he has opened in the past," said Farbrace. "We're very encouraged by what we've seen. We think he's got the credentials to do it, no doubt, but we have options when it comes to opening the batting." Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler struggled with the bat during this summer's Ashes, scoring 122 runs at an average of 15.25, and he made only one during England's 286-5 declared on Monday. Asked if he had any concerns about the Lancashire player's form, Farbrace said: "None whatsoever. "Yes, we want him to score runs but he's practised well and works very hard. I have no doubt a score is just around the corner for him." Former Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene, who played 149 Tests and 448 ODIs, is working as a batting consultant for England in the United Arab Emirates. "He has been excellent," said Farbrace, who coached Jayawardene, 38, during his time in charge of Sri Lanka. "It is not just his advice for batting against spin but everything, from fielding at slip to the tactical side of things and his insight into the Pakistan side and how the Sri Lanka team think when they play against them. "His input is magnificent, he is a magnificent bloke and he has given everything to our team. "We are trying to get the most we can out of him before he goes back to Colombo."
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Mr Varadkar said he had decided to speak about his sexuality as he would be campaigning for the government in support of same-sex marriage in the forthcoming referendum in May. "It's not a secret - but not something that everyone would necessarily know, but it isn't something I've spoken publicly about before," he said. The minister was speaking on RTÉ radio in an interview on his 36th birthday. "I won't be allowing my own background or my own sexual orientation to dictate the decisions that I make," he said. "I just kind of want to be honest with people. I don't want anyone to think that I have a hidden agenda." The referendum comes 22 years after homosexuality was decriminalised by the state. Same-sex couples in the Republic of Ireland have been able to enter a civil partnership since January 2011, but not marry.
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The Wales international was sent off after kicking out at a ruck during Saturday's 36-25 win over Harlequins. "It was a soft red card because players have been told that you can't flash feet into rucks now," said Baxter. "Even if you genuinely think you can go for the ball, if you connect with someone's head you're liable for a sending off," Baxter told BBC Devon. The 24-year-old was given an eight-week ban in March after making contact with the eye or eye area of Dan Cole during Wales' Six Nations loss to England. "Tom's been a bit unfortunate," added Baxter of Francis, who had come on as a replacement. "There's no malice there, but the reality is that players have been told about it and it's a habit that they must get out of."
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According to a 2015 survey of 150 retail executives from IT services firm Computer Services Corporation, a quarter of all British shops and 59% of fashion retailers use facial recognition software. Such technology is vital as offline stores attempt to keep up with online retailers, said Duncan Mann, chief operating officer at retail analysis firm Hoxton Analytics. "Online retailers gather all kinds of information about shoppers and physical stores also want to understand how people behave in a shop," he said. But, he admits: "A lot of these technologies are kind of invasive." Hoxton has come up with a novel way of measuring footfall - literally by filming people's shoes. Sherlock Holmes-like, its system can deduce a remarkable amount of information such as age, gender and social class of shoppers from their footwear. "We have cameras at about 50cm off the ground and it points down so it is less invasive than facial recognition," he explains. It is surprisingly accurate. It spots the correct gender 80% of the time, better than some facial recognition technologies, according to Mr Mann. Cities are getting fuller - 70% of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2050 - but don't think for a minute that means you will be able to get lost in the crowd. Because those cities are most likely watching you. Plugged into the network - via smart CCTV cameras that feed into central operation centres or smart street lights that turn brighter when someone walks beneath them - cities are increasingly collecting data on their inhabitants. The purpose is to keep people safe, provide more efficient services and prevent overcrowding or other disasters but has anyone ever asked its citizens whether they want to be part of the urban efficiency experiment or offered them ways to opt out of the networked city? "Very few of us have any real concept of what data smart cities are gathering," said Renate Samson of privacy watchdog Big Brother Watch. "Some of it may be completely anodyne and simply a reaction to a physical movement, but with the increase of devices connected to the internet, the chances are that street lamp, CCTV camera, wi-fi connection, electronic keypad, touch and go payment device, is capturing data on you, your movements, device data and personal information." You begin leaking data as soon as you wake up. Maybe you check Twitter before you leave the house to find out if your train is running - that tweet immediately becomes public property - or perhaps you are signed up to navigation apps such as Waze, that crowdsource real-time information about problems on the roads. Apps collect and share lots of personal information and, in its privacy guide, Waze states that it will collect periodically "all of the phone numbers which are stored on your device's phonebook", as part of a feature to connect you to your friends. And once you enter the transport system you are giving away even more details about yourself. The ticket
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Sarah McManus, 29, is said to be among those hurt on the "tower jump" at the Flip Out Park in Chester. The personal assistant, from Oswestry, Shropshire, said she fractured her spine jumping into a foam pit from a 13ft (4m) high platform in January. A spokesman for Cheshire trampoline park said the tower jump has been replaced by another attraction. Miss McManus, who is taking legal action against the park, said: "I followed the instructions on the sign and landed in the seated position as suggested, but when I hit the foam I heard a crack in my back and felt like I'd been winded. "I was barely able to breathe and couldn't shout for help, so I had to throw some of the foam sponges in the air to get attention." She added: "I was eventually fitted with a back brace that I wear daily and only remove to shower and sleep." Following her injury, three other people all reportedly suffered back injuries on the same attraction. One was student George Magraw, 21, from Ellesmere Port, who fractured his spine at the park in February. Cheshire West and Chester Council has launched an investigation into the park. The council said two other people were injured on the same day as Mr Magraw. A spokesman for Flip Out Chester said: "Since opening in December, more than 200,000 people have visited Flip Out Chester and we have an excellent safety record. "Safety is our number one priority and we strive to ensure that everyone who visits can enjoy all of the activities in a safe environment. "We are investigating these claims to establish exactly what happened."
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"We want to make sure that when we bring a female director in to do Star Wars, they're set up for success," Kathleen Kennedy told Variety. Every entry in the series, including the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, has been directed by a man. Yet Kennedy said she was on the look-out for promising female film-makers. "They're gigantic films, and you can't come into them with essentially no experience," she said of the Star Wars films. The plan, the Lucasfilm president continued, was "to focus in on people we would love to work with... then pull them in when the time is right". Earlier this year, British director Amma Asante claimed women were rarely trusted with big-budget, blockbuster films. "It comes down to who they feel safe about in terms of flying the plane," she said of those at the top of her industry. Rogue One, the first in a series of "stand-alone" Star Wars features, will be released in the UK and Ireland on 15 December. Felicity Jones stars in Gareth Edwards' film as the leader of a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star space station. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected].
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Gardaí found heroin and cocaine with a street value of €500,000 at a house at Clondalkin on Tuesday. The drugs find was the outcome of an investigation into west Dublin based organised criminal groups, according to a Gardaí spokesperson. The 24-year-old man is currently being detained at Ronanstown Garda Station.
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The company bought the rights to a 329 sq km area around its Grangemouth plant in August. It has now secured a further 400 sq km adjacent to the first area. The firm has pledged to share up to £2.5bn of prospective shale gas revenues with local residents and landowners. Ineos announced it had bought an 80% stake in the licence, titled PEDL 162, from Reach Coal Seam Gas Ltd. The British Geological Survey has identified "significant" shale gas and oil resources in the area, and Ineos plans to drill test wells to determine whether the resources can be extracted at a reasonable cost. Gary Haywoo, chief executive of Ineos Upstream, the firm's new oil and gas exploration and production business, said he was "delighted" with the deal, which was a "very good fit" with the neighbouring licence already held. He added: "We are keen to move quickly to evaluate the potential of this resource, and determine if we can economically produce gas from this area. "If we can, it will provide a local source of competitive energy and raw materials to support manufacturing jobs in Scotland. "Our recent commitment to share the benefits of the gas production with the landowners and the community will also bring significant local benefits." Ineos has also brought in American shale specialists from Mitchell Energy to work alongside them in exploring Scottish resources.
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The demand being made by the Welsh education schools group, Cymdeithas Ysgolion Dros Addysg Gymraeg (Cydag). It highlights severe delays in publishing Welsh language textbooks, with examples of teachers giving up summer holidays to translate. The Welsh Government said it was "committed" to Welsh-medium resources. But Cydag, which represents about 57 Welsh-medium schools, has voiced their concerns in a letter to the education secretary Kirsty Williams. The body told BBC Wales' Newyddion 9 that it wanted "principled" Welsh Government decisions and called the current situation a "crisis." Cydag secretary Arwel George said: "We see documents and policies which state that the Welsh Government intends to treat both languages equally and encourage more pupils to study through the medium of Welsh. "The implementation of policies falls very short of this." Nine new GSCE and six A level courses will be introduced in 2017, yet only two have so far been approved by the regulator, Qualifications Wales. Cydag claims any delay will give the examining board, WJEC, little time to prepare Welsh language resources. "Qualifications Wales and WJEC are working closely together in the development of specifications and sample assessment materials for those subjects planned for first teaching in September 2017," a spokesperson for Qualifications Wales said. "The process is on schedule and draft specifications are available in all subjects bilingually. We currently expect final approved materials to be available in line with the schedule published on our website." "We are absolutely committed to getting the right resources available to support teaching and learning through the medium of Welsh," stated a Welsh Government official. "That is why we invest over £2.6m annually in developing and publishing Welsh-medium resources across all curriculum and vocational subjects for 3-19 year olds. "We understand the challenge in getting texts by commercial publishers translated. "We expect WJEC to work with publishers to make sure that this process continues to improve."
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Banners reading "Build bridges not walls" were hung at points across Wales, including Pont y Werin bridge in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan. Cardiff Hope Not Hate also arranged a demonstration in the city. Mr Trump's win has received support in Wales, including from UKIP's Neil Hamilton. Mid Wales Refugee Action unfurled its 5m (16ft) banner at the Dyfi Bridge, near Machynlleth in Powys. A spokesman said: "We want 2017 to be a year of building bridges not walls, for a world that is peaceful, just and free of oppression." Banner drops were also planned in Bangor in Gwynedd, Llanidloes in Powys, and Lampeter in Ceredigion, among other spots. It comes as the Stand Up To Racism group were set to hold a protest outside the US Embassy in London, with similar events planned in Swansea and across Britain. Aberystwyth University's Department of International Politics was hosting a special screening of the inauguration of Mr Trump as the 45th President for staff, students and members of the public from 17:00 GMT. Flint-based David Soutter, a former head of candidates for UKIP, told BBC Radio Wales Mr Trump "wanted to do something for the people of America". "He's not a traditional politician and I think he sees things differently. "He's going to bring a completely different view to the White House and, I think, he's going to reach out to a lot of people." While First Minister Carwyn Jones said after Mr Trump's election win that he would have "much work to do to repair a divided nation", other Welsh politicians were more supportive. Welsh Conservatives leader Andrew RT Davies said the result represented a "bloody nose for the political establishment", with UKIP's leader in the assembly, Neil Hamilton, calling it "good news for Britain".
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Stephanie Conning was giving evidence about the deaths of her 25-year-old brother Rick Jones, and Tracey Cox, 23. The inquests jury heard the three got into the ground on 15 April 1989 when an exit gate opened on police orders. Mrs Conning said she believed fans have been blamed for causing the terrace crush in which 96 were fatally injured. She said: "Something that I have found very difficult over the [last] 26 years, that's been almost as bad as the bereavement, is about the people that went through Gate C... we have often been blamed for causing the deaths." The disaster happened in Sheffield at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Mrs Conning, who was 18 at the time, said they had "no choice" but to do so as they were "getting crushed" outside the turnstiles at the Leppings Lane end of the stadium. The gate led to a concourse, from where many fans headed down a tunnel leading to terrace enclosures. More than 2,000 Liverpool fans went through the gate in about five minutes, the inquests have been told. Ch Supt David Duckenfield, the police match commander, has admitted at the inquests that his failure to order officers to close the tunnel "was the direct cause" of the 96 deaths. Mrs Conning, Mr Jones and Ms Cox went through the exit gate at 14:53 BST, the jury heard. By 14:56 they were seen on footage among the crowd in pen three. The jury heard that "very quickly" after entering the enclosure they were "shoved" by a surge. Mrs Conning said it "threw" her forward and down the terraces and she stumbled but managed to stay on her feet. Ms Cox fell over and lost her shoe. Liverpool fans around Ms Cox helped her back up and returned her shoe, but Mrs Conning said that "within seconds" another surge pushed her further forward. She told the jury that after the second surge she was facing the back of the pen and looked for her brother unsuccessfully. She said: "I wanted my big brother to help me. I was scared." Mrs Conning never saw her brother or Ms Cox alive again. She escaped from the terraces through a gate in the fencing at the front of the terrace, but does not know how she got there. Mrs Conning thanked Liverpool fans for their help that day. The inquests, sitting in Warrington, Cheshire, are due to resume on Thursday. BBC News: Profiles of all those who died
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Here's Tom Katsumi's election night (and morning) in 10 tweets. The team settles in... Party colours are allocated. Houghton and Sunderland South becomes the first constituency to declare, announcing at 22:48 BST. The evening's stitching starts off at a slow and steady pace... But it quickly becomes hard to keep up with the flurry of results... Labour held many of the first seats, with successes in the north continuing to come in. The unprecedented shift to the SNP in Scotland became clear - they ended up with 56 of Scotland's 59 seats. Much of London went to Labour. A quick nap... Catching up on the Conservative south.
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In a bid to reach out to women, UKIP's deputy chairman Suzanne Evans and Euro MP Diane James set out policies on maternity leave and childcare. Ms Evans blamed their lower ratings among women on the "lies" put out by other parties. She said the "propaganda" had "hit very hard and hit very deep". Ms James - who is UKIP MEP for South-East England - announced that the party gave its "absolute full support" to current maternity and paternity rights. On a personal note, Ms James said she didn't have a family, calling it "one of my biggest regrets in life". But she had "an enormous amount of sympathy" for parents facing "excessive increases in childcare costs" and UKIP wanted to cut those costs. She also announced that UKIP would remove VAT on sanitary products. "You might grin at this one," she told journalists, but it's "something that I feel very strongly about". She blamed the European Union for classifying sanitary products as luxury items, saying: "I cannot believe that the European Union sees it appropriate to penalise women in that instance." Former UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom was thrown out of the party after joking that party activists were "sluts". Ms Evans said he "wasn't the kind of person" that UKIP wanted. "There is this myth put about that we will scrap maternity leave, that we hate women, that we don't anything for women." She added: "The depth of the propaganda that the other parties have put about on this has hit very hard and hit very deep." UKIP's women-friendly policies Also at the press conference was UKIP's economics spokesman, Patrick O'Flynn, who wanted to be "slightly more self-critical". "I think Nigel himself has said sometimes UKIP resembles a rugby club on tour. I think that is becoming less and less true." He felt UKIP had to work harder and there were still occasions when men in the party had "occasionally resorted to boorishness or chauvinism". "There is no reason we should be lagging with women voters. We still are." Ms Evans was also tackled on Nigel Farage reportedly saying that mothers breastfeeding in public could "perhaps sit in the corner". She rejected the reported version of the comments and said: "I breastfed in public for goodness sake. I don't have a problem with it at all. It is a natural thing." BBC Daily Politics presenter Andrew Neil suggested that the problem with the set collapsing at the start of the press conference was symbolic of a a campaign "regarded generally as a shambles" with UKIP "fast becoming an irrelevance". Mr O'Flynn rejected that suggestion and said that he thought the party's national poll rating was "holding up well".
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The man's body was found at a property on York Avenue in Portstewart shortly after 17:00 BST on Sunday. A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out. There are no further details.
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The home team kicked off 18 days of sport with a 1-0 victory over New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium. But events did not go so smoothly at Glasgow's Hampden Park, where the North Korean team walked off in protest after the South Korean flag was displayed beside players' names on a screen. Kick-off was delayed by an hour. London 2012 organisers have apologised. Earlier, an RAF Typhoon was scrambled at about 11:30 BST after a commercial airliner lost contact with air traffic control over airspace in the north of the UK, the Ministry of Defence said. The fighter was stood down after contact was restored. The MoD said it was not related to Olympic security and stressed the response was a standard procedure, although the plane flew out of Northolt where some Typhoons are based for the duration of the Games. Meanwhile, thousands of Games spectators are arriving in London, with Heathrow expected to have had its busiest day ever. And a public sector strike by border staff, due to take place on the eve of Friday's opening ceremony, has been called off by union officials. The first event of the Games saw long queues outside the Millennium Stadium, even after kick-off at 16:00 BST, as several hundred spectators had their bags checked. Stadium manager Gerry Toms apologised but said only spectators who had taken large bags had been delayed. He said every ticket-holder had been in the stadium by 16:04. Full schedule and results "The difficulty was that people didn't listen to the advice they were given on their tickets which said do not bring bags," he said. "There were people bringing rucksacks, people bringing shopping from the city centre and that slowed the process down." He agreed there had been "teething problems" and urged people to follow advice on what to bring. Parts of the stadium were empty but Games organisers said the number of tickets available for the event had been reduced from nearly 75,000 to 40,000 last week. Organisers said attendance across the two games at the stadium totalled 30,847. A spokesman described the attendance as "unprecedented" for women's football in the UK in recent years. Four other matches in the same competition also took place at Hampden Park and the City of Coventry Stadium. In other Olympics news: On Wednesday morning a public sector strike by border staff, due to take place on the eve of the opening ceremony, was called off by union officials. PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka announced the suspension after "major progress" in the dispute. The union had been planning the action in protest at job losses. Immigration and passport workers at Heathrow and other airports had been among those due to take action on Thursday. Mr Serwotka said 800 new jobs were to be created in the Border Agency and 300 in passport offices. Recruitment adverts had already been placed for the jobs at sites including Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports, the union added. BBC News has also seen
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Major General Asim Bajwa painted a clear picture. "We are going after terrorists of all hue and colour," he told journalists at a briefing on the Pakistani army's operation against militant havens in North Waziristan. Conjuring visions of the Stalingrad "kettle" in World War Two, he said Pakistani troops now had the whole area surrounded: "They cannot escape." But many reports, as well as footage obtained by the BBC, suggest some militants at least got away and some shades of "terrorist" may still be safe. This is the operation many inside and outside Pakistan say should have begun long ago, as North Waziristan was allowed to become a veritable warehouse for all brands of Islamic militancy. It's from there that the Pakistani Taliban have been mounting their deadly suicide offensive for the past seven years, killing thousands of people across Pakistan. The Pakistani Taliban are the chief target of Operation Zarb-e-Azb - named after the sword of the Prophet Muhammad. But also thought to be in the army's crosshairs are al-Qaeda, and Uzbek militants who claimed to have carried out last month's deadly attack on Karachi airport. As those devastating images flashed around the world, the operation in North Waziristan finally got the go-ahead after years of stalling. The delay has done severe damage to Pakistan "both internally and internationally", says former army spokesman Maj-Gen Athar Abbas. Hundreds of thousands of people have now been displaced from North Waziristan by the army offensive. But there are also widespread reports many militants escaped, or were alerted beforehand - including members of the Haqqani network, blamed for a string of high-profile attacks in Afghanistan. It's almost impossible to find out what is happening inside the tribal area now. Difficult for outsiders to enter at any time, the army has barred all access. But the BBC has obtained footage from a professional cameraman who got into North Waziristan with help from the Taliban, as the campaign began. He spent a week travelling there, filming the aftermath of several Pakistani strikes - although he admits he was not allowed to record everything he saw. We can't identify him for his own security. At one point, he met a local Taliban commander who was escaping across the border to Afghanistan in his pick-up, just a short drive down the road. But underlining fears of a potential backlash, the commander vowed to take revenge on Pakistan "until doomsday". Militants were killed in some strikes, people in the border village of Gorbaz told the cameraman, but claimed civilians had perished too. Uzbek militants had reportedly been using the same border area as a base. The Pakistani army says it is only targeting "terrorist sanctuaries" and in his briefing Maj-Gen Bajwa said they had killed 376 "terrorists" so far. He also released pictures of suspected bomb-making factories found by ground troops - which were churning out explosive devices for suicide attacks. But pressed on the identities of those killed, he was less forthcoming. And what about "the Haqqanis",
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The club's former owner Craig Whyte and former chief executive Charles Green were among the group who arrived at the High Court in Edinburgh. David Whitehouse, Paul Clark and David Grier, who worked for administrators Duff and Phelps, also appeared. The charges against the men include fraud, conspiracy and involvement in serious organised crime.
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Police and Environmental Crime Unit workers searched a site near Dungannon. It showed there was controlled waste on the site, mainly plastics, with some evidence of tyres and other mixed waste. Two diggers were also seized as part of the investigation, which is at an early stage. The search was carried out on 8 June under warrant, but the details have only just been revealed. An area of one acre was searched using exploratory boreholes to recover material for testing.
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Saad Douma, 58, has been a member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood for 35 years. He is a head teacher and as loyal a supporter as you can get of President Morsi. "Dr Morsi, through his quietness and the wisdom, will steer us through these troubled times and bring the politicians together," he says. Mr Douma feels that way in spite of what has happened to his own son. Ahmed Douma, 23, is an opposition activist. The authorities have punished him on the grounds that he insulted the president on a talk show. Referring to the deaths of protesters at anti-government rallies, Ahmed called Mohammed Morsi a murderer who had escaped justice. It was enough to have him sent to prison. Saad Douma says he does not blame the president at all for his son's continued incarceration. Instead, he says Ahmed went too far in his criticism. "The disagreement between us, about his ideological views, is partly because he's too outspoken," he says. "His words go beyond the limit of our traditions and what's acceptable." However, Mr Douma told us he thought about his son all the time. "Only when I visit Ahmed am I sure he's ok," he says. "But when it is time to leave him, behind bars, without his freedoms, it hurts me." In a rural area, like Beheira in Egypt's Delta region where the Doumas are from, tradition matters and people are far more likely to be conservative and to support President Morsi. That is particularly true for older generations. In Cairo though, we meet a younger member of the Douma family. Ahmed's wife, Nourhan. With her husband in jail, she has taken up his cause against the Muslim Brotherhood and the way it has governed the country. We find her among opposition protesters gathered in a conference hall, chanting anti-Morsi slogans. They are also planning huge demonstrations to coincide with the end of Mohammed Morsi's first full year in office on 30 June. "The Brotherhood is trying to polarise people, and Egyptians know it," says Nourhan. But she acknowledges that politics has managed to tear apart her family. "It caused more and more problems between Ahmed and his parents," she says. "We do still manage to meet, and even go on visits to the prison together, but we still have to avoid talking politics or watching the news together to make sure there are no controversial discussions." Of course, the splits in the Douma family are being reflected across Egyptian society. Back in Beheira at a busy village junction, we asked a group of people if they were in favour of this weekend's countrywide protests against the president, or not. "The only way out is to take to the streets on 30 June because we haven't seen anything of what the president promised - he deceived us," said Islam Shahin, 29. "He only cares for himself and the Brotherhood." But Eid el Sherif, 40, had a very different view. "They don't give President Morsi a chance,"
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Mr Cameron, speaking at the Nato summit in Warsaw, said he believed the vote would confirm support for replacing the full fleet of four submarines. The PM said Trident was an "essential deterrent" to both Britain's security and the overall security of Nato. Labour is currently considering the party's stance on Trident, which leader Jeremy Corbyn wants to scrap. Its internal review of Labour's defence policy will keep open the possibility of retaining Trident, BBC Newsnight understands. It is expected to suggest five tests which nuclear weapons must satisfy. At a news conference in Warsaw, Mr Cameron, who is standing down in September, said it was not right for the Trident issue to be left to his successor. "The nuclear deterrent remains essential, in my view, not just to Britain's security but, as our allies have acknowledged here today, to the overall security of the Nato alliance," he said. "We need certainty about it so the investment decisions can go ahead, so I think it makes sense to hold this vote... now to put it beyond doubt." Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay told the BBC the SNP - which has called for Trident to be scrapped - would be "resolute" in its opposition, saying the current political uncertainty may provide a chance to vote down a renewal of the nuclear deterrent. He said it was quite significant that there would be a vote on the issue, adding: "We would encourage others to reflect on their position... Even others who might be thinking just about value for money - are these weapons worthwhile? And encourage others in other parties to oppose trident as well." The Trident system was acquired by the Thatcher government in the early 1980s as a replacement for the Polaris missile system, which the UK had possessed since the 1960s. Trident came into use in the 1990s. There are three parts to it - submarines, missiles and warheads. Although each component has years of use left, they cannot last indefinitely. The current generation of four submarines would begin to end their working lives some time in the late 2020s. Mr Cameron's announcement came amid reports Labour had been planning to formally debate the party's stance on Trident in September. It is understood that Mr Corbyn has accepted draft conclusions of an internal defence review, which he commissioned in January. Newsnight understands it keeps open the option of Britain retaining a nuclear weapons system - despite the Labour leader's lifelong support for unilateral disarmament. Mr Corbyn told Sky News: "We are having a look at all the issues surrounding it. "I believe security in the world is achieved through peace, through democracy, through justice, through human rights. "I do not believe that nuclear weapons actually enhance security, I support the nuclear non-proliferation treaty - which we are signed up to - which is trying to bring together collective disarmament. "Those are the views that I will be putting forward." Among the five tests for the UK's continued status as
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Maria Sadaqat's family say she was attacked and set on fire at her home in Murree after turning down a suitor. Local police arrested four men - but later said the case was a suicide and released the men on bail. The investigation was "flawed" and the death had been painted "as suicide rather than murder", the mission said. Ms Sadaqat, 19, suffered severe burns on 29 May, with local media reporting she had sustained 85% burns. Ms Sadaqat gave statements to the police in hospital, naming several men as her attackers, before she died on 1 June. Police initially arrested four men, including the owner of a school where Ms Sadaqat taught not far from the capital Islamabad. Ms Sadaqat's family said the attackers had wanted revenge because she had rejected a marriage proposal from the school owner's son, because he was already married with a child. However, a police investigation concluded a month later that the victim had taken her own life, leading to the release of the suspects on bail. On Wednesday, a committee by the Supreme Court Bar Association said Ms Sadaqat could not have committed suicide and that the nature of her burn injuries suggested she had been attacked. "Neither Maria's hands were burnt nor her feet were burnt," Supreme Court Bar President Ali Zafar told reporters, adding that this matched her statement where she said she had been held to the ground by four men. The fact finding panel had gathered information from the scene of the attack and interviewed family members, doctors and police. Its report also suggests that there had been a campaign of "character assassination" against the victim and her family, probably in an effort to silence them. "The mission strongly feels that flawed investigations encourage crimes against women and this is one of the reasons that honour killings are on the rise," the report said. Nearly 1,100 women were killed in so-called honour killings in Pakistan last year, the country's independent Human Rights Commission says. Violence against women is common in Pakistan and is often connected to a perceived slight or loss of honour, as is alleged to have occurred in Maria Sadaqat's case. Often such violence goes unreported - and most of it takes place within the family. In many cases - although not in Maria Sadaqat's - relatives hoping to keep the family name out of the news prefer to make out-of-court settlements. Punjab province, where the attack on her happened, passed a landmark law in February criminalising all forms of violence against women. However, more than 30 religious groups, including all the mainstream Islamic political parties, threatened to launch protests if the law was not repealed.
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A report into the management of Wales' 132 marine protected areas - covering more than half of Welsh seas - said each should have a dedicated officer. The AMs also want assurances over legal protection and conservation funding for Welsh waters after Brexit. The Welsh Government said it is working to have a resilient marine environment. Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been created and are supported under a range of domestic and international initiatives. They include UK-legislated areas such as Marine Conservation Zones - for which powers will be fully devolved in 2018 - and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). There are Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) registered under a European Union directive, while Ramsar wetland sites are designated under an international convention. The report calls on the Welsh Government to show leadership on marine protection, by providing staff and resources to improve public awareness, research, monitoring and enforcement. Mike Hedges, Labour chairman of the committee, said: "Welsh waters are home to some of the most biologically diverse habitats and species in Europe and 50% is protected, which means that certain activities such as fishing and wildlife trip-operators are regulated to prevent environmental damage. "There are a great many different levels of protection, designated under a range of laws, but this designation has not resulted in better management, with voluntary codes of conduct not always being adhered to. "Simply creating Marine Protected Areas is not enough; the Welsh Government must also ensure they have the resources necessary for the management, monitoring, surveillance and enforcement that is required." Mr Hedges said it was "vital that we in Wales can design policies that are tailored to protect our seas" after Brexit. But he added: "There must be no reduction in, or loss of, protection. "Importantly, this will require funding and we need to know that it will be available in the future." A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We welcome this report and will respond to its recommendations in more detail in due course. "We are committed to working with partners to ensure we have a resilient and sustainably-managed marine environment which supports a rich diversity of wildlife, is highly valued by local communities and is able to sustain important activities such as fishing, tourism and recreation." Gill Bell, from the Marine Conservation Society, welcomed the report, saying: "We have been calling for greater accountability and responsibility from the Welsh Government for many years. "This can only be addressed if marine conservation is prioritised. "If not, we risk our special areas of sea becoming mere paper parks, losing wildlife and the vast benefit that our seas deliver for people in Wales."
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Media playback is not supported on this device Within seconds of the announcement of Muhammad Ali's death in the early hours of the morning, the boxer's name was trending on social media around the globe. Presidents, politicians, musicians, athletes and celebrities paid their respects to the former heavyweight champion. This is the story of how the world reacted to the death of Ali, referred to by many as simply 'The Greatest'. One million tweets have been posted on Twitter since the death of boxing legend Muhammad Ali was announced. The term #RIPMuhammadAli was the top trending term worldwide on Twitter and so far has been used in over 850,000 tweets at a rate of nearly a thousand a minute. Tweets began being sent at around 05:00 BST and reached a peak at 13:10 BST with 75,000 tweets sent in that hour alone. Apart from his name, other trending terms include #thegreatest, #ripali, #ripchamp, and #goat (greatest of all time). The UK and the US were the most tweeted from locations.
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Had the Commission not intervened the "deplorable" cartel "would have continued", said EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia. The illegal cartel had harmed both companies and consumers, he said. British Airways was fined 104m euros, Air France-KLM 340m euros and Cargolux Airlines 79.9m euros. The fines follow lengthy investigations by regulators in Europe, the US and Asia, dating back to 2006. The EU said that the airlines "co-ordinated their action on surcharges for fuel and security without discounts", between early 1999 and 2006. "The carriers contacted each other so as to ensure that worldwide air freight carriers imposed a flat rate surcharge per kg for all shipments." The Commission imposed the biggest fine - 340m euros - on Air France-KLM, which was formed from a merger in 2004 and which now owns Martinair, which was also fined. "It is deplorable that so many major airlines coordinated their pricing to the detriment of European businesses and European consumers," said Mr Almunia. "With today's decision the Commission is sending a clear message that it will not tolerate cartel behaviour." BA said it had already made a £350m provision for any possible fines over the cargo price fixing. A BA spokesman said the airline's fine fell "within the provision made by the company in its 2006/7 report and accounts". The German carrier Lufthansa escaped a fine because it alerted the regulatory authorities to the cartel. The maximum fine the Commission could have imposed on any single carrier was 10% of their 2009 turnover. The US Department of Justice has already charged 18 airlines and several executives in its investigation of the cargo cartel and imposed more than $1.6bn (£997m) in fines. The Commission's decision will have an impact on several pending legal actions by European companies against some of the airlines. A group of firms, led by the Swedish telecoms group Ericsson and Dutch electronics giant Philips, are suing Air France-KLM and its Martinair subsidiary for 400m euros.
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Labour politician Simon Danczuk reported her to Greater Manchester's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), claiming she had incited racial hatred. Ms Hopkins began a series of tweets after he took part in celebrations in the town for Pakistan's National Day. Greater Manchester Police said it was reviewing the contents of the tweets. Ms Hopkins, 40, posted the messages to her account after Mr Danczuk tweeted a picture of himself helping raise the Pakistan flag at Rochdale town hall on 23 March. At the time, Mr Danczuk was the MP for Rochdale. The Sun columnist wrote: "Raising a Pakistani flag in Rochdale is not helping community cohesion. it is inflammatory. @SimonDanczuk you & your party disgust me." She later sent a picture of eight men convicted of child sex exploitation offences in Greater Manchester, asking Mr Danczuk if they were his friends too. Mr Danczuk, 48, said Rochdale has faced up to the "heinous crime" of child grooming "in a way that's managed to keep our communities together". "To equate the Pakistan flag with child abuse, as she has done on social media over the last week, is absurd and it creates a dangerous environment where extreme intolerance becomes acceptable," he said. "I'm not prepared to allow people like Hopkins, who know nothing about our town, stir up tensions in such a dangerously provocative way that could lead to innocent people being attacked by extremists." He claimed he has been threatened by extremists and groups have pledged to march in Rochdale as a result of Hopkins' tweets. Ms Hopkins, who has appeared on a number of reality TV shows, has yet to comment. However, she posted on her Twitter account: "Thanks for the kind messages of support. Police request: please can you only contact them when you're NOT offended." A GMP spokesman confirmed it had received a complaint via Greater Manchester PCC and said: "It has been passed onto the Rochdale division and will be reviewed."
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Prospects for play were grim once bad weather delayed the scheduled 10:45 BST start at the north Dublin venue. Conditions never looked like improving as heavy rain continued to lash the ground. Pakistan won the two-match series 1-0 after thrashing Ireland by 255 runs in the first ODI at Malahide on Thursday. The tourists now face England in a five-match ODI series that begins at Southampton on Wednesday - where a new trial involving TV umpires calling no-balls will be held.
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29 January 2017 Last updated at 14:18 GMT Students at a school in the heart of London tell us what it's like living in a place where the pollution levels are so bad...
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The treatment - which has already proved useful for tackling other deadly diseases, including Ebola - uses blood from patients who have successfully fought off the same infection. To date, more than 150 people in the country have been infected with Mers. Also on Tuesday, Germany reported its first death from the disease. The 65-year-old man died in a clinic in the north-western city of Osnabruck, German media reports say. The South Korean health ministry said two hospitals would begin the plasma treatment trials. The outbreak in South Korea originated from a 68-year-old man who had travelled to the Middle East. He was diagnosed as the country's first Mers patient last month. Four new cases were reported there on Tuesday, as well as three deaths. Officials emphasise that the number of new cases is decreasing, but there is still widespread fear and misinformation. Health workers are spraying disinfectant inside karaoke rooms and other businesses, and teachers are sprinkling salt on school grounds in a misplaced attempt to protect themselves as many schools reopen this week. There is currently no cure or vaccine that can protect people from Mers. The disease is caused by a coronavirus from the same family as the one that triggered China's deadly 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) and is most likely spread by coughs and sneezes. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) Mers: The new coronavirus explained How South Korea is coping with outbreak
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Peacock, 22, will miss the rest of the season with a sore on his leg. Six of the 48-strong British team will defend titles, including Hannah Cockroft in the T34 100m and 200m, and Richard Whitehead in the T42 200m. Wheelchair racer Kare Adenegan, 14, will be the youngest member of the squad in Doha between October 22-31. Paralympic champion Peacock said: "These decisions are never easy but I have to think of the long term effects and give it the rest it needs. "It will be tough being on the sidelines but I'm sure it will be a great event and I'll be cheering on the team from the UK." Sophie Hahn (T38 100m and 200m), Hollie Arnold (F46 javelin) and Paul Blake (T36 800M) will also defend their titles won in Lyon, France two years ago. Six-time Paralympic, world and London Marathon winner David Weir will compete for the first time since winning four gold medals at London 2012. However, 800m T54 European silver medallist Jade Jones misses out with a wrist injury.
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More than one in three girls are married before the age of 18, mostly in poor rural families, it said. The projection was based on slow rates of reduction and rapid population growth across the continent. The African Union (AU) wants to set 18 years as the minimum age for marriage. The AU launched a campaign earlier this year to end the practice of child marriage and its head, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, told the BBC that the practice can "oppress women". "It's something we are dead against in every country as we don't think children should be wives," she added. The AU is holding a two-day conference in Zambia's capital, Lusaka, to review the progress being made and to persuade governments to make the practice illegal as it says it robs young girls of their future. "The sheer number of girls affected - and what this means in terms of lost childhoods and shattered futures - underline the urgency of banning the practice of child marriage once and for all," Unicef executive director Anthony Lake said. Unicef says the poorest families on the continent often see marriage rather than education as the best way to secure a girl's future and protect her chastity. The BBC's Nomsa Maseko in Lusaka says achieving this requires an uphill task of convincing local traditional leaders and parents that keeping girls in school and out of marriage is the way forward to break the cycle of poverty. The report says the percentage of young girls in Africa who are married before the age of 18 has fallen from 44% in 1990 to 34% today. But massive population growth means there will still be an increase in the number under-age marriages unless far more ambitious action is taken, it added. Africa's population of girls under 18 is predicted to rise from 275 million today - 25% of the global total - to 465 million by 2050, 38% of the total.
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Media playback is not supported on this device Fellaini, 29, was shown a straight red in the 84th minute, seconds after being booked for tripping the Argentina star. United held on for a goalless draw. "I didn't watch but probably I can guess it's a bit of a red card and that it's a bit of a very experienced, smart Argentinian player," said Mourinho. Asked whether Belgium midfielder Fellaini was foolish for his actions, Mourinho added: "Marouane says it was a red card because he is Marouane. "[Referee] Martin Atkinson told me that in his opinion it is a red card, but I saw Aguero in the tunnel and no broken nose, no broken head, his face is nice as always. I am not sure… "If Sergio doesn't go to the floor then it is for sure not a red card, but if Marouane gave him the chance to do that... I don't know, but what I do know is that we played 15 minutes with 10 men and the boys were absolutely amazing for the way they fought for the point." Felliani has now been sent off three times since signing for United from Everton for £27.5m in September 2013. He was previously dismissed in the goalless league draw with Hull City on 24 May 2015 as well as a Champions League tie with Real Sociedad in November 2013. Fellaini was also sent off playing in a 1-1 draw for Everton against Bolton in the Premier League in November 2010. United remain fifth in the table, one point behind fourth-placed City and two behind Liverpool, who have played one game more. Two of United's final five games are away at sixth-placed Arsenal on 7 May and second-placed Tottenham on 14 May. Mourinho said his side, who are in the semi-finals of the Europa League, would continue to battle for fourth place despite a hectic schedule and a growing injury list. Defenders Chris Smalling and Phil Jones, forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic and midfielder Paul Pogba missed the derby owing to injury, while Fellaini now faces a three-match domestic ban. "Tonight we lost two more players, in Fellaini and also Timothy Fosu-Mensah because he has also an important injury in the last action of the game," added Mourinho. "I think City will finish in the top four with the matches they have to play, I see them doing that. "It's between us, Arsenal and Liverpool for fourth. We are going to try but the reality is we have a Europa League semi-final to play and lots of problems with players. "We are going to fight." Three of City's final five games are at home to Crystal Palace, Leicester City and West Brom, while they are away to relegation-threatened Middlesbrough on Sunday and out-of-form Watford on 21 May. But City boss Pep Guardiola says his side's profligacy in front of goal means securing Champions League qualification will not be straightforward. "It is still in our hands, which is important," said Guardiola, whose side
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Peter Morgan, 54, of Llanellen, Monmouthshire, denies murder at Newport Crown Court. Jurors heard on Tuesday he handed over keys to a farm workshop to officers investigating Georgina Symonds' disappearance. "You will need those keys - she's locked in the outhouse," he is alleged to have told them. The married father-of-two is accused of strangling Ms Symonds, 25, with orange baling twine in January after a three-year relationship. The jury was told Mr Morgan said: "I lurched across and put the rope around her neck. I pushed against her head and wrapped it around her neck, anticlockwise." He is accused of murdering the former burlesque dancer in the bungalow where she lived in the grounds of the castle he owned. Jurors were told Mr Morgan killed the mother-of-one after discovering she planned to "fleece him", leave him and work for other men. He overheard the conversation through a listening device disguised as a plug adapter which he planted in her home, a jury was told. The prosecution said Mr Morgan called the listening device 514 times from November 2015 until Ms Symonds' death on 12 January 2016. He allegedly stored the number for the device in his mobile phone as a contact called Isobel and rang the bug for up to two hours at a time. The court heard Mr Morgan overheard a phone call between Ms Symonds and her new boyfriend Tom Ballinger, which took place at 22:25 GMT on 10 January 10. She was heard on a recording saying she wanted him to sign over the property to her and then planned to "fleece him". Prosecutor William Hughes QC told the jury Mr Morgan created a note on his phone at 03.20 the following morning, reading: "SIM, gloves, snip, handle, tape, adapter." "It was a list showing he was preparing the murder of Georgina. It is a document of real significance," he said. The court heard he murdered Ms Symonds in the house in which she lived rent-free on 12 January and Mr Morgan carried her body to a metal pole so he could carry her to his luxury Porsche. He is then said to have driven her body 15 miles (24km) from Pencoed Castle, Llanmartin, to Beech Hill Farm, near Usk, and wrapped it in plastic. Mr Hughes also said Mr Morgan made an "unsolicited comment" to police officers. "He said calmly: 'I can't take it. I need to tell you I strangled her this morning'." Mr Hughes said police officers saw the plastic sheets when they searched the workshop. "The officers were unable to see what was inside the sheeting so a small incision was made and once this had been undertaken the officers saw the feet of a human body," he told the court. The trained beautician, from the Allt-yr-yn area of Newport, was being paid £7,000-£10,000 a month by Mr Morgan to work as his exclusive personal escort. But jurors were told he feared she wanted to see other men and was "enraged" at
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The 31-year-old Australian has not played since June 2015 after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament. "We're hopeful he'll be fit for the first rounds of Super League but we don't want to rush him back," Chester told BBC Radio Humberside. "He certainly won't be missing half of the season as I've seen reported on some websites." Media playback is not supported on this device Chester added: "He's trained very, very well in Australia and when he is ready to go he will play. "We were told it was a nine-month injury and that would take him to the end of January or the start of February." The Robins coach is hopeful that youngster Matty Marsh, 20, can continue to impress should Campese miss the first few weeks of the season. Marsh made six league appearances last season. "The way Matty Marsh performed towards the back end of last season and in pre-season so far, it is going to be for difficult for Campo to get back in," Chester said. "He is kicking the ball well, taking the line on and he defends well. Hopefully he is here for a few more years."
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Cafodd manylion am ymgynghoriad ar y tollau, sydd yn cael ei lansio ddydd Gwener, ei nodi mewn llythyr gan weinidog Swyddfa Cymru Alun Cairns a gweinidog trafnidiaeth y DU John Hayes i aelodau'r Cynulliad ag aelodau seneddol. Mae'r gostyngiad arfaethedig yn fwy na'r hyn oedd wedi ei awgrymu'n flaenorol, ac mae'r gost yn llai na hanner y £6.70 sy'n cael ei godi ar geir ar hyn o bryd. Dywedodd Ysgrifennydd Trafnidiaeth llywodraeth y DU, Chris Grayling: "Bydd prisiau'r tollau yn y dyfodol sy'n cael eu cyhoeddi heddiw nid yn unig yn sicrhau diogelwch a dyfodol y pontydd am genedlaethau i ddod ond hefyd yn hwb i'r economi tra'n cynnig y gwerth gorau am arian i yrywr a threthdalwyr." O dan y cynllun, byddai: Mae gweinidogion hefyd yn ymgynghori ar drefn newydd fyddai'n golygu na fyddai llif traffig yn cael ei effeithio wrth yrru trwy'r tollau. Byddai'r drefn yn golygu cael gwared ar y bariau tollau wrth i gamerau gael eu gosod fyddai'n adnabod ceir sydd yn croesi'r pontydd. Dywed y llythyr: "Rydym yn deall pwysigrwydd y pontydd i economi Cymru a Lloegr, a'u bod wedi bod o fantais i ddefnyddwyr ffyrdd o Gymru a Lloegr ers 50 o flynyddoedd. "Rydym yn credu fod ein hawgrymiadau sydd wedi eu nodi yn ein hymgynghoriad yn cynnig ateb cynaliadwy, ac yn cynnig dêl dda i'r defnyddwyr ac i'r trethdalwyr yn y blynyddoedd sydd i ddod." Galwodd Ysgrifennydd Trafnidiaeth Llywodraeth Cymru Ken Skates o'r newydd am ddiddymu'r tollau unwaith y byddant yn trosglwyddo i berchnogaeth gyhoeddus - gan adlewyrchu safbwynt Llywodraeth Cymru ar y mater. "Fe fyddwn yn parhau i lobïo llywodraeth y DU am hyn," meddai. Ond dywedodd y Farwnes Randerson, llefarydd y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol ar drafnidiaeth a chyn aelod Cynulliad, nad oedd yr ymgynghoriad "yn mynd yn ddigon pell." Dywedodd: "Pam ddylai pobl sy'n defnyddio'r bond dalu am ei chynnal a'i chadw pan maen nhw'n talu am drwsio ffyrdd drwy'r system drethu, fel mae defnyddwyr traffyrdd eraill yn ei wneud?"
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Officers at HMP Holme House in Stockton, Teesside, have also complained of feeling dizzy after entering cells where inmates have been smoking the drug Spice. The Prison Officer Association said the drug is also increasing violence. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said it is investigating. Andy Baxter, chairman of the Prison Officer Association at Holme House, said officers have inhaled the synthetic cannabis when visiting cells. He told BBC Tees: "They report smelling a sweet smell, something like a floral disinfectant, after a couple of breaths they start to feel dizzy and get headaches. "A couple have reported being hysterical, their emotions just run away with them. "We had an officer who we believe was exposed to it, during the night he said he got a fierce burning sensation in his head which felt like his head was covered with nits and spent the night tearing at the top of his head." Mr Baxter also said officers had been injured by inmates high on the drug. He said: "They can become very aggressive, we have had a couple of cases where prisoners get super human strength. "We have incidents where it has taken seven or eight staff to restrain one slightly built prisoner." Mr Baxter said some former prisoners are deliberately getting themselves returned to prison so they can smuggle drugs inside in body orifices to pay off debts. One former inmate said: "I've seen lads going berserk on it, turning on their best mates and fighting over it. "I've also seen it where lads have dropped down dead, had heart attacks, gone into comas, gone loopy and ended up being sectioned because of it." An MOJ spokesman said drug searches are regularly carried out, with offenders punished. He said: "However, it's clear we need to do more. "The Justice Secretary has asked the Ministry of Justice to look at how we can ensure prisons have the right tools in place to tackle this problem."
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The streets are lined with swanky Fifth Avenue stores, and real estate agents playfully call a $5m house a "cottage". It is an Alice in Wonderland world where the real America of high joblessness and housing despair is all but invisible. The economic story of the last decade has only served to make the divide between these worlds more stark. And yet the success of those who holiday in the Hamptons on New York's Long Island is just the logical result of a shared American passion for self-betterment. They have been the winners in what some might call a lost decade. From bust to boom to bust - we look at the US economy from 2001 to 2011, and how it changed America and the world. The facts in video: America's lost decade The winners: Wall Street's billionaires Has Las Vegas's luck run out? How did US debt get so bad? Analysis: a stagnant US economy? The class of 2001 Brazil's boom attracts Americans On one of the most exclusive roads in East Hampton, a long driveway takes me to the discreetly luxurious home of billionaire Ron Baron. He is an investment guru, the chairman and chief executive of the mutual funds company Baron Capital, which invests in shares for the long-term, unlike most hedge funds. Mr Baron spent $100m to buy the 52-acre plot, which was the largest ever US property deal at the time. The house, the grounds, the pool and the basketball court all overlook the surging Atlantic Ocean, which only this week flooded large parts of the northeastern US in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene. It may be only 50 miles from the working class town of Asbury Park, New Jersey where he started life, but it is a world away in financial terms. Ron Baron is a small energetic man who drily tells me the last decade has been "acceptable" in financial terms. In fact, the company more than doubled the money invested in its funds. It now has $19bn under management. But the last 10 years were not as the good as the previous 20 years, when the money was being doubled every four or five years. Shares are now incredibly cheap, he argues, because fear is everywhere. In 1970, Mr Baron says his net worth was "minus", but by 1980 he had earned his first million and founded Baron Capital doing research for hedge funds including George Soros. Originally his goal was to achieve a modest $25m under management. It has been said, of course, that he epitomises the rags to riches American Dream. He agrees that he's living a very different life to his father who was earning around $35,000 by the time he took retirement. "This wasn't the plan," he protests, meaning his billionaire status. "But yes, I'm incredibly fortunate." Mr Baron's chosen holiday spot has not suffered the same damage from the housing collapse as happened elsewhere in the US. Prices range from half a million for a starter
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French publication Closer printed the pictures of the duchess, taken during their private holiday in France. The royals are now considering legal action over the case. Closer's editor says the couple were "visible from the street" and the images are "not in the least shocking". The BBC's Nicholas Witchell said that the royals were "incredulous that any magazine would have felt they had a justification in publishing these pictures". "They could go to law or seek a remedy through the French court - that is a big step to take but that is clearly what is being considered now," he said. "I have rarely heard quite such a level of publicly expressed anger that I have heard today reflecting William's feelings. "He is absolutely determined to protect the privacy of his wife; he has always been very protective of her and that anger has mounted during the day." Our correspondent said that the prince had a "look of absolute thunder" on his face as they left Kuala Lumpur - a stop on their nine-day tour of South East Asia - to travel to Sabah in north Borneo. Kate, meanwhile, "looked composed and was smiling", he said. Closer editor Laurence Pieau said: "These photos are not in the least shocking. They show a young woman sunbathing topless, like the millions of women you see on beaches." She described the reaction as "a little disproportionate". "What we saw in the pictures was a young couple that have just got married, who are in love, who are beautiful. She's a princess of the 21st Century," said Pieau. "They [the couple] are on the terrace of a mansion in the south of France which is not far from a road along which cars pass without any problem. They are visible from the street." The photos look blurry, the BBC's Paris bureau said. There are four pages of photos of the couple, with Kate topless in several. Analysis: Royals and the media On the magazine's website, it says the pictures are of the couple "like you have never seen them before. Gone are the fixed smiles and the demure dresses. On holiday Kate forgets everything." The duke and duchess, who were staying at the French chateau of the Queen's nephew, Lord Linley, "have been hugely saddened to learn that a French publication and a photographer have invaded their privacy in such a grotesque and totally unjustifiable manner", a spokesman for Clarence House, the Prince of Wales's office, said. "The incident is reminiscent of the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, and all the more upsetting to the duke and duchess for being so. "Their Royal Highnesses had every expectation of privacy in the remote house. It is unthinkable that anyone should take such photographs, let alone publish them. "Officials acting on behalf of their Royal Highnesses are consulting with lawyers to consider what options may be available to the duke and duchess." The prime minister's official
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As many as 80 people are believed to have fallen ill at council-run Splashes, in Rainham, Kent, on Friday. The centre was closed on Monday as a precaution while staff deep-cleaned the pool and added extra chlorine to the water. Medway Council said it did not know if the outbreak was linked to Splashes, which has since reopened. A number of people said they had to go to hospital, while the mother of a one-year-old baby said her daughter was so ill that she vomited 15 times. More news from Kent Sam Kemsley said her baby daughter was so ill that "after every period of sickness she was screaming in pain". "It was terrifying," she recalled. Johanna Grant said the "very violent" sickness came on very rapidly and affected her whole family. In a statement, Medway Council said: "We are thoroughly cleaning the pool and changing areas and have increased chlorine levels in the pool. "We have taken necessary precautions to stop the potential further spread of germs." It added: "We urge customers not to visit the pool when they are feeling unwell, especially when suffering with sickness, as this would be the most likely cause of any spread of illness to other customers."
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Ross Muir, 36, claimed the girl had pretended to be older when they made contact through social media. He picked her up outside her house in the Wester Hailes area of Edinburgh and drove around before returning close to the scene and attacking her. Muir, of Monktonhall, denied the charge but was convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh. Sentence was deferred and he was remanded in custody. A DNA match to Muir was found on samples taken from the girl's body and clothing after the attack, which took place on 10 or 11 October last year. Following Muir's conviction, Det Chf Insp Martin MacLean said: "This was a harrowing incident for the young victim, the effects of which are likely to be borne by her for the rest of her life. "I would like to commend her courage in coming forward and in giving evidence against Muir which has helped to secure this conviction. "This was a painstaking investigation which secured damning forensic evidence against Muir and highlights the dangers present with modern communications technology."
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The distressed woman was outside the Shropshire Arms pub in Chester when the grey squirrel began to drive her nuts. Det Con Nigel Thake attended and managed to send the persistent animal on its way. Police in Chester later Tweeted from an official account: "Welcome to the varied day of a police officer." The unusual drama was documented on Chester Inner Police's Twitter account, referring to Det Con Thake as "Dr Doolittle". The officer posted: "Days like today are why we joined the police." A spokesman for Cheshire Constabulary said: "At around 7.40pm on Thursday, police received a call from a woman at the Shropshire Arms pub in Northgate Street, Chester, reporting that a squirrel had climbed inside her handbag and would not leave her alone. "DC Nigel Thake attended the incident and released the squirrel back into the wild." Grey squirrels are not native to the UK and are a threat to the indigenous red squirrel. Under section 9 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act, it is an offence to release a grey squirrel into the wild. According to Red Squirrels Northern England, an organisation which works to protect red squirrels: "This means if you trap one, you are obliged to humanely dispatch it. "You must not let it go as this act would be illegal." The police spokesman added: "I'm sure the squirrel in this case had managed to escape before a cage could be found."
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Mohammed Khalid Jamil, 34, from Luton, hired people at an Indian call centre to falsely tell victims their computers had a serious problem. The targets would be charged between £35 and £150 for software Microsoft made available for free. As well as the suspended sentence, Jamil was ordered to pay a £5,000 fine. He must also pay £5,665 compensation and £13,929 in prosecution costs. The decision has been hailed as a "landmark" case by Trading Standards. "We believe it may be the first ever successful prosecution of someone involved in the Microsoft scam in the UK," said Lord Harris, chairman of the National Trading Standards Board, which oversees the work of the National Trading Standards e-crime team. "It's an important turning point for UK consumers who have been plagued by this scam, or variants of it, for several years. "Many have succumbed to it, parting with significant sums of money, their computers have been compromised and their personal details have been put at risk. "Now that one of the many individuals who've been operating this scam has been brought to justice, it's a stark warning to anyone else still doing it that they can be caught and will be prosecuted." Jamil had set up Luton-based company Smart Support Guys, which employed people based in India to cold-call Britons and claim to be working for Microsoft. The victims, unaware of the scam, would offer remote access to the fraudsters - meaning their computers could be controlled from a different location. Once given this access, targets' computers would be made less secure, at which point the scammers would offer, in return for a fee, to install software to fix the problem. The software installed was available for free on Microsoft's website. In court, Jamil admitted to unfair trading by allowing his staff to make false claims regarding computer support services. He claimed he had tried but failed to control call centre staff and not adequately supervised them. His jail term is suspended for 12 months.
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Glendon's loan spell was due to end this month but Town have made him a permanent member of their squad. The 21-year-old, who has represented England at under-17 level, joined City's academy aged five but did not ever feature for their first team. He has signed an 18-month contract with the League One Cod Army. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.
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The Americans, whom officials have not yet named, were killed after an explosive-packed car rammed their convoy in Kandahar province. The attack, claimed by the Taliban, took place near the regional airport. It comes as President Donald Trump reportedly considers adding 4,000 soldiers to the 8,000 or so US troops currently supporting Afghan forces. Wednesday's attack brings to 10 the number of American soldiers killed in Afghanistan this year. The bombing was claimed by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who said 15 foreign soldiers, including two "high-ranking officers", had died. The blast comes a day after dozens died in a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque. The Islamic State group claimed that attack.
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The items were bought in 2012 for a new multi-bin collection system due to roll out across Dumfries and Galloway. However, the new kerbside service has been hit by a series of problems and only operates in Wigtownshire so far. As a result, thousands of new waste bins have had to be held in storage for the local authority. A report to the council's economy, environment and infrastructure committee said there were no suitable council facilities available to house the containers and the authority has had to rent a hangar from a local firm. Councillors are being asked to agree an additional 12-month lease of the premises at a fixed-price of £50,000.
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Media playback is not supported on this device The 35-year-old, who also won silver in 1996, overtakes Dane Paul Elvstrom, who won four golds up to 1960. Britain's Ainslie came ninth in a tense Finn medal race to edge long-time regatta leader Jonas Hogh-Christensen of Denmark into silver. France's Jonathan Lobert won the medal race to grab bronze from the Netherlands' Pieter-Jan Postma. Ainslie was handed a union jack and a flare after crossing the line and sailed past the huge, cheering crowds on the Weymouth shore. "It's times like this you are supposed to come out with something clever but I can't think of anything," said Ainslie, who won silver and gold in the Laser class before switching to the heavyweight Finn dinghy to win further Olympic titles in Athens and Beijing. "I am speechless. I am just so glad for everyone who has supported me over the last four years. It has been an amazing Olympics. "After six races I was in a bit of trouble. Thankfully I turned things around and got it right when it counted. Media playback is not supported on this device "It's been incredibly hard - there's a huge amount of pressure to perform at a home Games. It's been the hardest couple of weeks of my life but you just have to get on with the job. "This was one of the hardest courses I have raced on and I don't want to do anything like that again." Ainslie had trailed Hogh-Christensen all week and had not beaten the Dane until the seventh race of the regatta. He narrowed the gap to just two points on the final day of fleet racing and went into the medal race needing to finish ahead of Hogh-Christensen, and in the top six if Postma won. Most observers expected an aggressive match-race between Ainslie and Hogh-Christensen and the Briton tracking his rival around the committee boat in the pre-start manoeuvring. Ainslie got a slow start before sailing off to the right side of the course, which he had identified as being where there was most wind. He went around the first mark in fifth, with Postma behind him and the Dane in ninth. Ainslie climbed to second at the first downwind mark but then slipped back to join Hogh-Christensen at the back of the fleet. 1 Ainslie 46pts 2 Hogh-Christensen 46pts 3Lobert 49pts 4 Postma 52pts 5 Kljakovic Gaspic 55pts But the Briton was perilously close to losing gold with Postma in third and attacking New Zealand for second. Postma, though, hit Kiwi Dan Slater's boat on the final upwind leg and had to take a penalty turn which dropped him to fifth at the finish. Ainslie and Hogh-Christensen came home ninth and 10th and the Briton's coronation was confirmed. "You can never say never but I don't think I can sail one of these again, it's killing my body," said Ainslie. "I don't think you will see me in Rio [for the 2016 Olympics]. But
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African champions Mazembe also won the prestigious annual fixture between the winners of the Champions League and the Confederation Cup in 2010 and 2011. Etoile, who won the 2015 Confederation Cup, have also won the competition twice. Ghanaian striker Daniel Nii Adjei scored twice to set up Mazembe's win. He opened the scoring for Mazembe after 20 minutes when he powered his header off a Jean Kasusula cross from the left beyond goalkeeper Aymen Mathlouthi. 27-year-old Adjei doubled his tally in the 45th minute, when he acrobatically finished off a lovely attack after he was set up by strike partner Jonathan Bolingi. The Tunisian 'Red Devils' pulled a goal back in first half stoppage time through Mohamed Msekni, who stabbed home from inside the box after a goalmouth scramble. In a game played under hot and humid conditions, Msekni led Etoile to chase the game after Mazembe took the lead when he fired wide from the top of the box. Tunisia international striker Ahmed Akaichi also came close minutes earlier, but Ivory Coast international goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo combined with his defenders to concede the first corner of the encounter. In the 42nd minute, Bolingi saw his shot from outside the box narrowly miss the target. Mazembe's towering central defender Salif Coulibaly crashed his header into the side netting in the 58th minute as his team piled on the pressure to increase their lead. The African champions continued to fight to extend their advantage, bringing on Most Valuable Player from the recent African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda, Meschack Elia, to add some firepower to the attack. In the 76th minute, goalkeeper Gbohouo produced the save of the day when he dived to block a goal-bound header by Alaya Brigui. Mazembe held on to record another international triumph in front of their jubilant home fans.
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The show is based on the books by Mairi Hedderwick and charts the adventures of a feisty and independent girl who lives on a Scottish island with her family. Wolfblood, Old Jack's Boat, The Amazing World of Gumball, 4 O'Clock Club and Roy each have two nominations. The awards, which recognise the best in children's media, will be hosted by Doc Brown on 23 November in London. CBBC's supernatural drama Wolfblood, Irish cartoon Roy and Katie Morag are all nominated in both the drama and writer categories, with Rocket Island also competing for the drama prize. Eight-year-old Cherry Campbell, who plays Katie Morag, is nominated for the performer award and faces competition from Bernard Cribbins who plays Jack in Old Jack's Boat, which is also up for the pre-school live action award. Kia Pegg, who stars as Jodi in The Dumping Ground, and 4 O'Clock Club's Akai Osei, who plays Nero, are also nominated in the performer category. Other hit shows to get a nomination include Junior Bake Off, currently judged by Mary Berry and chef James Martin, who replaced Paul Hollywood in series two. It battles Hacker Time, hosted by Hacker T Dog, and game shows Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge and Swashbuckle for the entertainment award. The Amazing World of Gumball is nominated in both the writer and animation categories, while Oscar-winning Disney movie Frozen battles The Lego Movie, Angelina Jolie's Maleficient and How to Train Your Dragon 2 for the film award. The presenter category pits last year's winners, Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes - better known as Sam and Mark - against another Bafta-winning double act Dick and Dom, otherwise known as Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood. Comedian Iain Stirling - who hosts The Dog Ate My Homework - and wildlife presenter Naomi Wilkinson, whose shows include ITV's Wild! are also nominated for the presenter award. From the gaming world, Pokemon X & Y, Mario Kart 8, Rayman Legends and Tearaway are each up for three prizes. Children aged seven to 14 are also able to vote for their favourite film, TV programme, website and game in the special audience award. Bin Weevils has won the website prize for the past three years and is nominated again alongside Moshi Monsters and Club Penguin. Voting opened today on the Bafta Kids website and closes on the day of the ceremony.
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It was rightly seen as a historic move to try and bring an end to conflicts that have blighted Myanmar - also known as Burma -since independence. Now four years on, that process has reached its first milestone with the signing of what is being called the nationwide ceasefire agreement. But only eight of the 15 armed groups have put pen to paper. Despite the absentees, Thein Sein's supporters are still hailing it a significant moment. But many are openly questioning what has been achieved. The agreement is neither truly nationwide nor strictly speaking a ceasefire. In order to take part in this collective agreement the armed groups had to have previously signed a bilateral ceasefire with the government. So it is not actually halting any conflicts. This at times tortuous process has been about trying to get everyone to the start line before the next phase, political dialogue, gets underway. With only about half the groups having made it to the start line, the way forward from here will be ever more complex. Most of the clauses in the agreement are logistical arrangements designed to minimise clashes, build trust and bring help to those affected by years of conflict - and to let people feel the dividends of peace. The agreement also contains broad guidelines as to how the next phase will unfold. Most important for the ethnic armed groups is that "federalism" is enshrined as a guiding principle for future talks. Much of the rest of the document smacks of a need to get a deal done. So there are vague, sometimes contradictory phrases, with thorny issues deferred to a later stage. There is no guidance, for example, of how the voices of those without guns such as civil society organisations and activists will be incorporated. Of the eight armed groups who have taken the plunge with the government, the Myanmar Peace Monitor estimates they have about 16,000 armed combatants between them. Among them are the Karen National Union which was - until their bilateral ceasefire in 2012 - the world's longest-running rebel insurgency. There are, however, more combatants out than in. It's estimated that there are at least 48,000 under the control of non-signing ethnic armed groups. Most significant among then is the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) which is at least 10,000-strong. It continues to clash with the Burmese army on a regular basis, and if brought on board would have encouraged smaller allied groups to commit too. For some it just simply doesn't make sense. The United Wa State Army, for example, has about 25,000 members and total control over a strip of land that borders China. They have had their own ceasefire with the government since 1989 which is respected, and they believe they will only lose from signing another deal. Others such as the KIA have agreed on the draft but object to the government's exclusion of smaller armed groups such as the Ta'ang National Liberation Army and the Kokang (MNDAA) group from the
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24 August 2016 Last updated at 18:57 BST But it seems to be frozen in time – still deserted. Those people who remain in the area are camped in the grounds of Bama’s hospital in dire humanitarian need. The BBC's Martin Patience takes a tour of the town.
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Van den Driessche became the first rider to be caught with a hidden motor at the Cyclo-cross World Championships U23 race in Belgium last month. She faces a minimum six-month ban but Richards, who won the race, wants more. "Six months is pretty short as it's only a season off the bike - I think a couple of years," said Richards. "But because she is such a young age I think there should be more penalties for the coaches and support team around her. "Belgium is so into cyclo-cross that it's quite upsetting there wasn't the right support around her. So I think the penalties should not just be on her." The International Cycling Union (UCI) found the motor in the seat post of 19-year-old Van den Driessche's bike at the end of the race in Zolder. She has denied knowing it was there, claiming she sold the bike to a friend last year and he had joined her in a practice session on the course a day before. A team mechanic had then picked the bike up, thinking it was hers, cleaned it and put it in the team truck ready for the race. The UCI, however, has sent the "technological fraud" case to an independent disciplinary panel which is expected to meet in the coming weeks. As well as the minimum ban of six months, Van den Driessche, the Belgian U23 cyclo-cross champion and pre-race favourite in Zolder, could be fined at least £14,000. The scandal has overshadowed what was a superb performance by Richards in her first cyclo-cross race abroad. The Malvern-based 18-year-old won a silver medal in the junior race at the Mountain Bike World Championships last September and had only started riding cyclo-cross (a fast, muddy, cross-country-style event on road bikes) in England this winter to prepare for the 2016 season. "I was doing it for training, really, as it's better than the (indoor) turbo," said Richards, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live's Bespoke programme on Thursday. But she became the British U23 champion in mid January, before claiming a convincing win in the inaugural U23 women's race at the world championships. Richards did not actually hear the full details of the mechanical doping controversy until the morning after the race and admitted that her initial reaction was shock because she did not think mechanical doping was possible. "But I also felt sorry for her because she's only 19 and must have been under a lot pressure to perform to resort to that," she said. "I thought it was quite sad because at 18 my objective is to have as much fun as possible, but the UCI has done a really good job because cheating is just unacceptable." You can hear more from Richards in Bespoke's winter training special podcast - also featuring interviews with Chris Froome, Giant-Alpecin's Chad Haga and One Pro Cycling owner (and ex-England cricketer) Matt Prior.
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Navas escaped a red card for fouling Darko Brasanac, then spilled Antonio Sanabria's shot into his own net. Cristiano Ronaldo headed Madrid level from a Marcelo cross before half-time. Betis defender Matteo Piccinini was sent off for dragging back Lucas Vazquez with 12 minutes left, before Ramos powered in a Toni Kroos corner. Captain Ramos has made a habit of scoring vital goals for Zinedine Zidane's side this season - most notably a last-minute equaliser against Barcelona and a late winner against Deportivo, both in December. The centre-back's power from set-pieces proved vital as Real did not quite click in attack without the suspended Gareth Bale, and with Karim Benzema named among the substitutes. Alvaro Morata, given a chance from the start, was unable to make an impact and was replaced by Benzema with 20 minutes left. Ronaldo provided his usual threat, heading a fine equaliser and seeing another goal ruled out for offside. But it was Ramos who led by example, as Zidane's side took advantage of Barcelona's surprise 2-1 defeat at Deportivo earlier on Sunday to regain top spot. Real Betis were beaten 6-1 at home by Real Madrid in October, not long before head coach Gus Poyet was sacked. This was a much-improved display under the guidance of Victor Sanchez, and they looked for a long time as if they would leave with at least a point. They did not create many chances - although the lively Ruben Castro did fire a good one well over in the second half. As the game wore on, their defence became increasingly stretched. Centre-back German Pezzella made a superb goal-saving challenge to deny Ronaldo on the edge of the area when any mistiming would have meant a red card. In the end, the red card went to Piccinini. Already on a yellow, he was booked again for dragging back Vazquez, as the substitute tried to latch on a sublime Marcelo pass. All goalkeepers dread the kind of mistakes that Madrid goalkeeper Navas made during five, crazy first-half minutes. The Costa Rica international was incredibly fortunate not to be sent off following his first-half collision with Brasanac - having missed a through pass with an attempted header and then blocking off the Betis striker. Navas' night then got worse seemed to have gathered Sanabria's shot, which was straight at him. But then, inexplicably, he allowed the ball to squirm from his grasp, and fumbled it over the line. It was a goalkeeping howler right up there with the very worst - and unfortunately for Navas, it is one that will become a YouTube classic for all the wrong reasons. Yet he made amends right at the end with a fine save, diving to his left to keep out Sanabria's header and ensure a home victory. Match ends, Real Madrid 2, Real Betis 1. Second Half ends, Real Madrid 2, Real Betis 1. Attempt saved. Antonio Sanabria (Real Betis) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right
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He was granted a short private audience with the head of the Catholic Church on the latest leg of his overseas trip. The two men have in the past clashed on issues such as migration, climate change and a Mexico-US wall. Mr Trump is now in Brussels for talks with Nato and EU officials. He will also hold meetings with Belgium's King Philippe and Prime Minister Charles Michel. After the meeting between President Trump and the Pope, the Vatican said there had been an "exchange of views" on international issues. Mr Trump, who BBC Europe editor Katya Adler says seemed star-struck, said of the Pope: "He is something, he's really good. We had a fantastic meeting and we had a fantastic tour, it was really beautiful. We're liking Italy very much... it was an honour to be with the Pope." Later Mr Trump tweeted: "Honor of a lifetime to meet His Holiness Pope Francis. I leave the Vatican more determined than ever to pursue PEACE in our world." He arrived in Europe from Israel and the Palestinian territories, where he vowed to try to achieve peace in the region. The US leader began his foreign trip with a two-day stop in Saudi Arabia over the weekend, urging Muslim countries to take the lead in combating radicalisation. Mr Trump and his entourage arrived at the Vatican just before 08:30, in a meeting that was arranged at the last minute. The US president was greeted by Archbishop Georg Ganswein, the head of the papal household, and escorted by the Swiss Guard to the offices of Pope Francis. Correspondents say Mr Trump seemed subdued during their initial meeting, while Pope Francis was not as jovial as he sometimes is with world leaders. The two men appeared much more relaxed at the end of their 30-minute private meeting. The Vatican said later that they shared a commitment to "life, and freedom of worship and conscience" and expressed hope that they can collaborate "in service to the people in the fields of healthcare, education and assistance to migrants". On international affairs, their "exchange of views" covered the "promotion of peace in the world through political negotiation and interreligious dialogue", and highlighted the need to protect Christian communities in the Middle East. After the meeting, they exchanged gifts. Mr Trump gave the Pope a boxed set of writings by the civil rights leader Martin Luther King. The Pope gave Mr Trump a signed copy of a message he delivered for World Peace Day, along with some of his writings about the need to protect the environment. He also presented him with a small sculptured olive tree, telling Mr Trump through an interpreter: "It is my desire that you become an olive tree to construct peace". Mr Trump responded by saying: "We can use some peace." He also said he would read the texts the Pope gave him. Mr Trump also met Italy's president and prime minister while in Rome. Ever so slowly and flanked by the
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It was put forward after the flag was linked to a gunman who killed nine people at a Charleston church in June. The bill must now pass by a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives before being sent to the governor for approval. The flag is seen by some as an icon of slavery and racism while others say it symbolises US heritage and history. The flag was originally the battle flag of the southern states in the American Civil War when they tried to break away. The debate over its use was reignited after Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old charged with killing nine black people on 17 June, was pictured flying the flag. The bipartisan bill would remove the flag from the South Carolina State House, where the legislature sits. The bill passed a crucial second reading by an overwhelming vote of 37-3 on Monday after an emotional debate in the state Senate. Several Senators said they had been inspired by the Christian forgiveness displayed by relatives of those who had died at the Emanuel AME Church on 17 June. "If they could be peacemakers in those dire circumstances... I determined I can be a peacemaker when it comes to a flag flying on our State House grounds," Republican Senator Chip Campsen said. But Senator Lee Bright, also a Republican, said he feared the tragic event was being used to destroy southern history. "I do understand that what happened in Charleston got a lot of people's attention," he said. "But I believe we're placing the blame of what one deranged lunatic did on people that hold their southern heritage high and I don't think that's fair." The bill now faces a final reading on Tuesday before it is taken up by the lower House of Representatives. Republican Governor Nikki Haley, who must approve the bill for it to come into effect, called for the flag's removal in light of the Charleston attack.
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On an emotional evening at the same venue where suicide bombers struck in the November attacks that killed 130 people across the city, Payet ensured the game ended on a high note with a sensational 20-yard strike. France, who triumphed in their last two major tournaments on home soil - Euro '84 and the 1998 World Cup - are favourites to win this time too. But after hitting the post early on through an Antoine Griezmann header, they struggled to find any fluency against a resolute Romania side, who also created good chances. Relive France's opening game win over Romania Les Bleus' star-studded attack had to wait until the 58th minute to make the breakthrough, when Olivier Giroud headed home Payet's cross. Romania responded within seven minutes, with Bogdan Stancu scoring from the spot after Patrice Evra clipped Nicolae Stanciu inside the area. A draw looked the most likely outcome until Payet capped a brilliant individual display with his wonder goal in the 89th minute. The West Ham star apart, the hosts' performance was unconvincing but, for the whole of the France, the result mattered far more. A win was the perfect start to a month of football which, it is hoped, can help to bring together a fractured country that will remain under a state of emergency for the duration of the competition. The scale of the police presence outside the Stade de France on Friday was obvious, with two separate checkpoints where fans were searched and tickets checked, but the day passed without any serious security incidents in Paris. Inside the stadium, the mood was set by a colourful opening ceremony followed by a stirring rendition of 'La Marseillaise' before kick-off but the game itself was far less entertaining. Paul Pogba was billed as the star of this France team but it was Payet who was the outstanding performer against Romania. This game will be remembered for his winning goal but he was also behind almost all of France's best moments going forward. Before setting up Giroud's goal, he put chances on a plate for the Arsenal striker and Griezmann but both missed the target. He made no such mistake himself but was overwhelmed with emotion soon afterwards, and was substituted in tears. "At the start of the season, a lot of people would have found it hard to believe I would be here," said Payet after the game. "I have got here by working hard. When I saw the stadium tonight I knew I was going to have fun." Credit must go to Romania, who showed why they had the best defensive record in qualifying, but some France players were worryingly flat. Pogba had a volley well saved by Ciprian Tatarusanu but failed to get his foot on the ball in midfield - and his side lacked a player who could dictate play from deep. N'Golo Kante put in the kind of all-action display we are used to seeing from him for Leicester but, one swinging crossfield
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The Scot beat his English opponent, who won the title himself in 2010, 7-11 11-1 2-0 in Great Yarmouth to become champion for the first time since 2011. Asked how it compared to his previous wins, Foster told BBC Sport: "It certainly rates very highly. "You have to go with your very first world title, so 1998 will always be the most memorable one." This latest victory means Foster - who won in 1998, 2001, 2005 and 2011 - is one behind six-time champion Alex Marshall, but he insisted that catching up with his Commonwealth Games gold medal partner was not something he thought about. "Everybody knows he is my best mate," he said. "When he's in tournaments, I want him to win unless he's playing me and vice versa. "It's always the media saying 'Alex has six and you've only got four', but it doesn't concern me and it sure doesn't concern Alex either because there's a lot of guys out there wanting to win a first world title and I've been very fortunate to get five. "So that means nothing to me. He is still the man." Harlow, who was seeded two places above Foster and had beaten him in the final of the Scottish International Open in Perth in November, took control of the first set when scoring four at the third end. Asked what he was thinking after going a set behind, Foster replied: "Help! "I didn't think I played that badly in the first set. I dropped a bad four for me, a great four for Greg. "He came out of the traps so fast, I was just hanging in and it ended up the four was the killer. "Greg was always in control and every bowl he played was top notch and it's the best I've seen him play in a long time with his first bowl and putting me under pressure, because not a lot of people do that. "Greg's a class act. After the first set, I just dug deep and I was pleased with the way I played." After opening the second set by scoring two, Foster only allowed Harlow a single in the next end as he levelled the match. The sixth-seeded Scot's increasing accuracy continued into the tie-break and Harlow lamented: "I was delighted to make the final but obviously disappointed not to come away with the trophy. "Obviously I was playing well in the first one. I was going along nicely and was hoping for more of the same in the second, but Paul had other ideas."
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Media playback is not supported on this device You can watch the full coverage of the event here. Available for UK users only. Inspired to take up swimming? Find out how with Get Inspired's handy guide.
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The store announced it will open on 23 March near the town's railway station. It has also resubmitted a planning application for its "Foodhall" signage to Ceredigion council following a row over Welsh translation. Manager Chris Bentley said many staff were local, "ensuring the community is at the heart of everything we do".
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The train company is embroiled in a bitter dispute with the RMT union and Aslef over driver-only operated trains. Aslef, which represents drivers, has said services from Eastbourne and into London Bridge have been cancelled even though drivers were free. Southern has admitted some drivers may be spare for parts of their shifts but blamed the union's overtime ban. A Southern spokesman said: "The root cause of the service disruption today [Saturday] is the Aslef overtime ban which means we have had to reduce the number of trains. "Due to the complexity of drivers' work patterns, this means some may be spare for part of their shift. "We are using these drivers where possible to move carriages into position for tomorrow's service or will run additional shuttles where we have trains available." How bad have Southern rail services got? Your questions on the Southern rail strikes Getting a refund: What you need to know Are we facing a Christmas of Discontent? Aslef drivers walked out on Tuesday for two days and again on Friday, bringing the Southern network to a standstill. The RMT union is set to begin a 48-hour walk-out of conductors on Monday, while the overtime ban by Aslef drivers continues. More strikes are planned in December and January by both unions. Talks at conciliation service Acas between GTR and Aslef failed to reach an agreement on Thursday. Negotiations ended with both sides claiming to be open for talks. 00:01 Monday 19 December to 23:59 Tuesday 20 December (RMT conductors' strike) 00:01 Saturday 31 December to 23:59 Monday 2 January (RMT conductors' strike) 00:01 Monday 9 January to 23:59 Saturday 14 January (Aslef and RMT drivers' strike)
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By mid-morning, the Dow Jones was up 93.2 points or 0.55% at 17,017.95. The S&P 500 was 12.83 points or 0.64% higher at 2,007.07, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq index gained 44.41 points or 0.93% to 4,827.26. Boeing was the biggest gainer on the Dow, adding 2.35% as it bounced back from losses suffered on Wednesday.
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The French authorities want to question him over the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, who was murdered in the Republic of Ireland in 1996. It is the second time extradition has been refused - with the first refused by the Supreme Court in Dublin in 2012. Mr Bailey denies any involvement in the murder near Schull, west Cork. Ms Toscan du Plantier, 39, was beaten to death two days before Christmas in 1996. Under French law, authorities can investigate the suspicious death of a citizen abroad but cannot compel witnesses to go to Paris for questioning. A European arrest warrant was issued for Mr Bailey last year. An Irish judge refused the extradition application, describing it as an "abuse of process". Manchester-born Mr Bailey worked as a journalist in Gloucester and Cheltenham before moving to Ireland in 1991. He was arrested twice in the Republic of Ireland in connection with the murder but was never charged. Leaving court on Monday, Mr Bailey said : "It's not the end of it - The state will almost certainly appeal. He also expressed sympathy for Ms Toscan du Plantier's family. "I know they believe, for whatever reasons, that I had something to do with the death of their daughter and I'm very sympathetic. But I had nothing to do with it," he said.
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Hundreds of musicians have travelled the wall's 73 miles (117km) using transport including a vintage bus, motorbikes, unicycles and a tractor, passing a baton from performer to performer. Part of BBC Music Day, the Hadrian's Wall of Sound event began at daybreak in Bowness-on-Solway in West Cumbria and finished in Wallsend, North Tyneside 14 hours later. BBC TV and radio networks have been broadcasting live across the day and there has been full online coverage. Dawn on the west coast of England - at Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria - was serenaded by Carlisle saxophonist Roz Sluman. A BBC Music Day vintage bus transported performers and the baton across Cumbria and into Northumberland. It appeared to be popular with the wildlife. Durham-born opera singer Graeme Danby swapped red plush seats and beautiful auditoria for the even more spectacular Cawfield Crag and described himself as "a lucky man". BBC Newcastle sports presenter Simon Pryde - who was dressed for the terrain - took charge of the baton, which Mr Danby then passed to the Royal Northern Sinfonia Wind Quintet. Good job there was a bus so Susan Lambert did not have to carry her clarsach - a Gaelic harp - up to Walltown Crags on Hadrian's Wall. Carlisle bandstand was the marginally less al fresco venue for Lake District band mylittlebrother - as heard on BBC Introducing. A cappella singer Anna Flannagan performed her own composition - The Gift - at Lanercost Priory, near Brampton in Cumbria. Playing a piece called Secrets of the Night on the piano might not be unusual for Kate Bottomley, but doing it outside on the grass at Errington Hill Head Farm probably was. The Dalston Male Voice Choir received the baton and performed inside St Michael's Church in Burgh by Sands. Performing along Hadrian's Wall is not for the faint hearted. Marilyn Framrose and David Hutchinson hitched a ride from Lanercost Priory to Banks East Turret courtesy of Look North's Colin Briggs. Riding along on the top of the vintage bus, Wallsend guitarist Tom Lapworth was the only musician to travel the entire length of the wall. Fourteen hours after this musical relay began, the crowds waiting for the finale at the excavated Roman fort Segedunum in Wallsend made their feelings on Hadrian's Wall of Sound clear.
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Oxfam Cymru said the qualifications and work experience of those who are granted leave are often not recognised. It wants the National Assembly to look at how public services support refugee and asylum-seeking communities. The Welsh Government said it is working to ensure Wales plays its "full part" in responding to the crisis. Less than half of Welsh councils have housed Syrian refugees so far, despite all 22 pledging to do so. "Our programme work to support refugees and asylum-seekers in Wales shows that as a group, they are more likely to experience poverty," said Kirsty Davies-Warner, head of Oxfam Cymru. "People seeking asylum are not permitted to work in the UK, and if they are granted leave to remain, their qualifications and previous work experience are often not recognised. "This prevents people from being able to use and improve their skills, support their families or contribute to their communities - leading to a life of poverty." She added: "Access to good quality public services is essential to help these families integrate and move on with their lives. "This is why we are calling on the National Assembly to scrutinise how well our public services are supporting refugees and asylum-seekers and also look at how quickly and effectively Wales has responded in light of the current crisis." Oasis Cardiff, an organisation which helps refugees and asylum seekers to integrate into their communities in Cardiff, said they face "significant barriers" accessing public services such as transport, housing, training and healthcare. Its director Reynette Roberts, said: "Although the publication of the Refugee and Asylum Seeker Delivery Plan was welcomed, we have serious concerns about its quality and ability to deliver. "As it stands it is unlikely to help people rebuild their lives nor to make a full contribution to society here in Wales." The two charities want the assembly's equality, local government and communities committee to scrutinise public services for asylum-seeker and refugees in a consultation which closes on Friday. A Welsh Government spokesperson said: "Wales has a strong history of providing sanctuary to refugees from all over the world. "We are proud this tradition is continuing, with communities across Wales providing a warm welcome to Syrian refugees who have been forced to flee their war torn country. "Through co-ordinating housing, health, education and language services we are giving refugees the support they need to rebuild their lives here and make a valuable contribution to Welsh society."
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Kalou, 31, opened his account for the season after heading home Mitchell Weiser's cross before pouncing on a defensive error to double the lead. Borussia, held 1-1 by Celtic in the Champions League on Tuesday, had midfielder Christoph Kramer sent off for two yellow cards before half-time. Kalou's third came after a Weiser pass. The Ivory Coast international helped Chelsea win four FA Cups, one Premier League title and the Champions League between 2006 and 2012. Kalou joined Hertha Berlin in 2014 for an undisclosed fee after two years in France with Lille. Borussia Monchengladbach, who finished fourth in the Bundesliga last season, are in mid-table after failing to win - or score - in their last five league games. Match ends, Hertha Berlin 3, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0. Second Half ends, Hertha Berlin 3, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0. Attempt missed. John Brooks (Hertha Berlin) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mitchell Weiser with a cross following a corner. Corner, Hertha Berlin. Conceded by Nico Elvedi. Attempt blocked. Vedad Ibisevic (Hertha Berlin) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mitchell Weiser. Foul by Raffael (Borussia Mönchengladbach). Julian Schieber (Hertha Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Peter Pekarík (Hertha Berlin). Substitution, Hertha Berlin. Sinan Kurt replaces Salomon Kalou. Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Thorgan Hazard replaces Jonas Hofmann. Goal! Hertha Berlin 3, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0. Salomon Kalou (Hertha Berlin) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mitchell Weiser with a through ball. Foul by Nico Elvedi (Borussia Mönchengladbach). Salomon Kalou (Hertha Berlin) wins a free kick on the left wing. Offside, Hertha Berlin. Salomon Kalou tries a through ball, but Mitchell Weiser is caught offside. Foul by Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach). John Brooks (Hertha Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Raffael (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Attempt saved. Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabian Johnson. Raffael (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Julian Schieber (Hertha Berlin). Attempt missed. Maximilian Mittelstädt (Hertha Berlin) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mitchell Weiser following a fast break. Corner, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Conceded by Rune Jarstein. Attempt saved. Jannik Vestergaard (Borussia Mönchengladbach) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Raffael. Foul by Vedad Ibisevic (Hertha Berlin). Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Maximilian Mittelstädt (Hertha Berlin). Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Offside, Hertha Berlin. Peter Pekarík tries a through ball, but Vedad Ibisevic is caught offside. Substitution, Hertha Berlin. Julian Schieber
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Adam Chandler, 51, previously known as Adam Holmes, was found in Fairfax Street on 13 June 2016, police said. He died later in hospital. Alex Cooke, 28, Sean Ennis, 29, and 36-year-old Rocky Murray from St Michael's Road, all from Coventry were charged with murder on Wednesday. They were remanded by city magistrates to appear at crown court on Friday. More updates on this story
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HP's Fortify security division reviewed 10 pieces of internet-connected kit. It said the majority did not require a password of sufficient complexity and length and that most did not encrypt the data they transmitted. One independent security expert said the findings were "shocking". HP has not named the manufacturers involved, but has identified the 10 types of net-connected products studied: One of the report author's biggest concerns was that eight of the devices surveyed did not require consumers to use hard-to-hack log-ins. It said that most allowed passwords as simple as "1234" or "123456", which could then be used to access both the app and a website providing access to the owner's records. In addition, the team said, the interfaces used by six of the devices' websites had other security flaws that could cause them to be compromised. For example, it said, in some cases hackers could exploit the password reset facility to determine which accounts were valid, allowing them to focus follow-up attacks. A lack of encryption - the digital scrambling of data to make it unreadable without a special key - was also flagged as a worry. HP said that seven of the devices failed to encrypt communications sent to the internet and/or a local network. It added that six of the pieces of kit did not use encryption when downloading software and firmware updates. It said hackers could take advantage of this to intercept, modify and retransmit the code, potentially allowing them to take control of many customers' equipment. The report also suggested that eight of the devices raised broader privacy concerns. "With many devices collecting some form of personal information such as name, address, date of birth, health information and even credit card numbers, those concerns are multiplied when you add in cloud services and mobile applications that work alongside the device," it stated. "And with many devices transmitting this information unencrypted on your home network, users are one network misconfiguration away from exposing this data to the world via wireless networks. "Do these devices really need to collect this personal information to function properly?" HP is not the first firm to highlight problems with smart home devices. Earlier this month, another security firm revealed that wi-fi-controlled light bulbs sold by an Australian firm, Lifx, could reveal their owner's username and passwords if a hacker used a device that masqueraded as being another bulb. In January, another report highlighted the case of a smart fridge that had been hacked and used to send out spam emails. And last year, LG was prompted to issue a fix for its smart TVs after one owner discovered his set was monitoring his watching habits and then transmitting the information over the internet unencrypted. Ian Brown, professor of information security and privacy at the University of Oxford, said HP's report should act as a wake-up call. "We're used to hearing about vulnerabilities in computing systems, but those are often legacy products designed before today's greater focus on security," he told
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The 1971 coin, which is silver in colour rather than bronze, was found in a donation box used for unwanted foreign currency. Donations made to the box are used to purchase equipment and fund research at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. The 2p, which was auctioned on eBay, was bought by a collector for £802.03. Last year, a silver 2p coin found in a new packet of coins minted in 1988, which was found by the owner of a petrol station in Poole, sold at Charterhouse auction house in Sherborne, Dorset, for £1,200. Silver-coloured coins can be mistakenly struck if a cupro-nickel blank is left inside a barrel during the minting process.
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Members of World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing's family have also signed. Turing, played by Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game, was convicted of gross indecency in 1952 and killed himself in 1954. He was pardoned in 2013. The signatories have asked the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and other "young leaders" to help with their campaign. But a spokesman for the couple said it was a matter for government and they would not make any public comment. Turing was granted a posthumous pardon by the Queen in 2013, four years after then Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered an "unequivocal apology" for the way he was treated. Now campaigners want pardons for all of those who were convicted of similar offences. The letter, printed in the Guardian, states: "The UK's homophobic laws made the lives of generations of gay and bisexual men intolerable. "It is up to young leaders of today including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to acknowledge this mark on our history and not allow it to stand." It describes Turing as "one of the greatest heroes of the 20th century" for helping to crack the Enigma code and says he was "pivotal in the development of modern computers". The letter continues: "The apology and pardon of Alan Turing are to be welcomed but ignores over 49,000 men who were convicted under the same law, many of whom took their own lives. "An estimated 15,000 men are believed to still be alive." Cumberbatch, who has been nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Turing, and The Imitation Game's director Morten Tyldum are also joined as signatories by Turing's great niece Rachel Barnes and Matthew Todd, editor of Attitude Magazine. Ms Barnes told BBC News the royal pardon given to Turing was "fantastic for all of us because he was such a great man and did so much for this country." "But we've always considered that it is totally unjust that only Alan was given a pardon," she said. "There were 50,000 other homosexuals who were convicted and not given a pardon. We would really like this to be put right now." An estimated 15,000 of them are still alive, she added. An online petition has also been launched at www.Pardon49k.org, with more than 60,000 having signed it so far.
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Yemen is back to square one. The collapse of the government of Yemeni President Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi is bad news on several levels. The headlines in western media have focused on what this means for the threat posed by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) or for Iran's ambitions in the Middle East. These are important questions. Certainly given the identification of the perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, there is a justifiable concern that AQAP will take advantage of potential chaos. While the Houthis have been battling the government for several months, they have also been fighting al-Qaeda. It is perhaps its only overlapping interest with the West. The Houthis are not enamoured with the US policy in Yemen, nor drones. But even the Houthis seem to recognise the potential value of Monday's drone strike that allegedly killed three al-Qaeda operatives. But being the enemy of an enemy only goes so far. The relative ease with which the Houthis gained strength in recent months, took over de facto control of the capital and became the country's new kingmaker is remarkable and undoubtedly disconcerting to Yemen's primary backers, the United States and Saudi Arabia. The United States has been training Yemeni forces under a counterterrorism effort US President Barack Obama termed a "model" several months ago. While that may be true, the model is clearly a work in progress. The Saudis have poured billions into Yemen to try to ensure the political primacy of the Sunni majority over the Shia minority. The Houthis are a Shia Zaidi sect. The Houthis apparently received support from Iran. Their dramatic rise does suggest that no strategy in Yemen is likely to succeed without taking Iran into account. The Obama administration has been careful to avoid mixing other pressing issues with the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran, but it needs to find out what the Houthis and the Iranians want in Yemen and what they can live with. A more fundamental question is: Can Yemen, arguably the region's weakest country, even survive this latest crisis intact? This is not a given. Not so long ago Yemen was two countries - North and South. It only unified in 1990 after a process that took two decades. Like everything else in Yemen, the bond is fragile. The proximate cause of the Houthi confrontation with the Hadi government was a failure to implement an acceptable power-sharing agreement based on a shared future vision for Yemen. The government was considering constitutional changes that would have established a new federal system in Yemen. Hadi favoured the creation of six federal regions and the Houthis just two. At stake is the question of how to divvy up income from Yemen's energy sector. The Houthis participated in both the 2011 revolution that upended the government of Ali Abdullah Saleh - who is nonetheless now backing them - and the National Dialogue Conference that followed. Intriguingly, the Houthis appear to want to be
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The new National Imaging Academy for Wales will be based in Pencoed, Bridgend, and is due to be up and running by mid-2018. Health Secretary Vaughan Gething will announce the plan on Friday. He said the academy would "play an important role" in helping to increase the number of trained radiologists. It will provide specialist training, in partnership with the existing provision at hospital sites throughout south Wales. It will feature state-of-the-art workstation suites, simulation training and a lecture theatre. Consultant radiologists from across south Wales will provide seminars and supervision for trainees on imaging studies, including the interpretation of X-rays, CT and MRI scans. Initially, the academy will focus on training radiologists but will be extended to incorporate radiographers, sonographers and other imaging professionals. Analysis from Owain Clarke, BBC Wales health correspondent Wales has managed to increase the number of its radiologists over the last five years. There are about 160 now, up 9%, according to latest available figures. There are also more trainees than before - 43 in Wales in 2015. But Wales' consultant radiologists are older than the UK average - 42% of them are over 50. And when you look at the number of radiologists for each person, the UK as a whole has one of the lowest proportions in Europe - just seven per 100,000 people, compared to an average of 12. Radiologists are particularly relevant in cancer diagnosis and we know too that the UK has some of the worst survival rates in Europe, and Wales some of the worst in the UK particularly with lung cancer. We have also seen increases in demand - peaking four years ago - if you look at the graph above of referrals from both GPs and consultants. Some are suggesting this demand is far outstripping supply, so this academy is certainly timely. In December, the Welsh Government announced £16m would be spent on diagnostic imaging equipment at hospitals to tackle appointment cancellations. It is part of a wider programme to improve imaging services across Wales. Clinical lead for the academy, Dr Phillip Wardle, consultant radiologist at Cwm Taf University Health Board, said he was "delighted" with the plan. "The academy will enable a significant increase in the capacity of radiology training, emulating successful academy models in other parts of the UK," he said. Mr Gething said radiologists and imaging workers were "crucial" in helping medical and clinical staff to deliver the best care. "The new academy will play an important role in allowing us to increase the number of trained radiologists in the Welsh NHS to ensure a sustainable, high-quality workforce for the future," he added. It is hoped the academy will eventually become a hub for innovation and research.
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The 29-year-old produced her three best performances since the Olympics at the weekend's Anniversary Games in London. Ennis-Hill and coach Toni Minichiello are set to make a decision by Monday, with the British team named on 28 July. "He's kind of been up and down," said Ennis-Hill. "It's going to be an interesting conversation." Ennis-Hill, who only returned to competition in May following the birth of her son Reggie, impressed in the 100m hurdles on Friday before setting season's bests in the long jump and 200m on Saturday. "I am making progress and my times are coming down. I'm really happy with this weekend," she added. "The training I've done over the past few weeks has made a big difference." But the Sheffield athlete said she would only compete in China if she felt she could challenge for a medal, with defending her Olympic title in Rio next summer the key target. "This weekend has given me a good indication of where my speed is, but I've got to make sure that my other events are going well. "I'm towards the end of my career. I've had an amazing career already and achieved so much. Rio is the main thing for me and I want that to go the right way. "The World Championships this year was always going to be a massive bonus." Katarina Johnson-Thompson, one of Ennis-Hill's main rivals, was down on her best in the long jump on Saturday, but said she had been hampered by a quad problem for the past three weeks. The Liverpool athlete said: "Considering the preparation I've had for it I'm over the moon. "I was worried about it before this competition but now I'm completely fine," the 22-year-old said. This was the first time Ennis-Hill and Johnson-Thompson had gone head to head since the former's return to the sport, and her younger rival urged her to go to Beijing. "I said to her she has to do it now considering what she did yesterday and today in the long jump, so I'm sure she'll be there," said Johnson-Thompson.
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He was assaulted just before 23:00 BST at Mervue Street. The victim suffered head injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. Police carried out searches after the attack and have appealed for anyone who witnessed a black hatchback car leaving the Tiger's Bay area or any suspicious activity to contact them.
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Boden tapped home unmarked following good work from John-Christophe Ayina. Wycombe came back strongly in the second half and debutant Rowan Liburd's effort rattled the Newport crossbar. But Warren Feeney's side held on to secure their third successive home win to move 11 points clear of the relegation zone. Wanderers are ninth and one point off the play-off spots following their second successive defeat. Newport County manager Warren Feeney told BBC Radio Wales: "It was a hard fought win. I told the players that it's not about performances, it's about results. "Wycombe are very direct and get balls into the box but I thought we handled it very well and I'm pleased with the win. "We're doing OK at the moment but we've got a lot of games coming up. We've just got to take each game at a time." Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth told BBC Three Counties: Media playback is not supported on this device "It's not a nice week with two away defeats, against Cambridge and this today. "I thought we could nick something in the second half and get something from the game, but we didn't deserve to win. "I thought the one bright spark was Rowan Liburd. He looks like he is going to score goals - he wants to shoot, he wants to turn defenders and get his shots away. "I thought there were some individual battles lost today, some wrong decisions made. We all need to look inside ourselves, including me, to see what we could have done better and get it in place for next week. That is the only way you grow."
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Lambert, from Gateshead, sustained multiple injuries after coming off his 1,000cc Kawasaki machine at Greeba Castle. He crashed on lap three of the six-lap race on the Mountain Course. It is understood the race continued while Lambert received treatment at the side of the road. Marshals waved yellow flags for the remainder of the race urging riders to slow down in the area. Lambert was making his TT debut, but had previously competed at the Manx Grand Prix over the same course. The Superbike race was won by Yorkshire racer Ian Hutchinson, - his 15th TT victory, making him the third most successful solo rider in the event's history.
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Pictures appear to show the structure - near the city of Villavicencio and made of boards and rope - dangling on its side. It is believed to have collapsed under excess weight, the reports say. The bridge is a local tourist attraction and was crowded with people enjoying a public holiday. Young children are among the dead, with those on the bridge at the time reportedly plunging 80m (265ft) into a ravine.
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The team at University College London used a constant stream of cells mixed with a polymer to weave the new tissues. They think the technique could produce better results than other ways of building body parts for transplant. The team of researchers tested the technique by constructing blood vessels in mice. There are many methods being used to grow organs in the laboratory. Some start with a synthetic scaffold which is then seeded with a patient's own cells and implanted. There are some patients who have had new bladders built in this way. Another technique has been to take a body part from a dead body, just like an organ transplant, and use a detergent to strip out the native cells leaving a protein scaffold behind. This is then seeded with the target patient's cells. New windpipes have been made through this process. The team at the University College London are using "electrospinning" technology to produce organs. They think it will overcome some of the challenges of seeding a scaffold by building the cells into the transplant in the first place. It starts with a broth of cells and polymer. A 10,000 volt electric needle is then used to draw out a fibre. Dr Suwan Jayasinghe told the BBC: "Like a spider weaves its web we are able to draw out this continuous fibre of polymer and cells and weave a web. "We could make one as thick as a mattress and the cells will be embedded right through it." The electrospinning technology has been used to create blood vessels by cross-stitching the fibres on to a rotating cylinder which is half submerged in a liquid to nourish the living cells. The latest studies published in the journal Small showed mouse blood vessels with three distinct layers could be produced. Dr Jayasinghe said: "At the moment no technology can make an organ, we are coming up with the process to patch up a defective organ not replace an organ." The idea is that a patch of heart muscle could improve function after a heart attack. However, it is early days for the field of electrospinning. In comparison, other methods for producing body parts are already being used in patients. "There have been some successes in the field which is great, but I don't think it is as easy as some people portray and I don't think we'll have it easy either," Dr Jayasinghe said.
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The Jewish Agency, which acts as a link for Jews around the world, said the exodus resulted from a rise in anti-Semitic attacks in Europe. It reported that 9,880 western European Jews emigrated to Israel last year. Around 8,000 came from France, where Jews have been targeted in a series of recent attacks, it said. The agency also reported that about 800 Jews left Britain to Israel in 2015, the AP news agency reported. Jews have been targeted in many European countries, such as Belgium and Denmark, but the worst attacks have been reported in France The country's 500,000 Jewish population is the world's third largest, after Israel and the United States. "That a record number of European Jews feel that Europe is no longer their home should alarm European leaders and serve as a wake-up call for all who are concerned about the future of Europe,'' Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky said, according to AP. JFrance's Jewish community fears further attacksewish fears for safety in wake of Paris attacks French Jews question their future This week, a teacher in Marseille was stabbed by a boy who reportedly said he had done it for the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, the third attack on Jews in recent months in the city. The attack prompted a local Jewish leader to ask men to stop wearing the traditional skullcap. France's chief rabbi, however, urged Jews to keep covering their heads. In January 2015, four Jewish shoppers were killed by an IS supporter at a kosher supermarket, shortly after the deadly assault on the office of Charlie Hebdo magazine. Since then, more than 700 synagogues, Jewish schools and community centres have been protected by police or soldiers.
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Cavell Hutson, of Islington, north London, was eventually arrested but his accomplice evaded capture. Huston rode a moped while his partner took phones out of their owner's hands from the pillion passenger seat. The 21 year old pleaded guilty to several offences and was sentenced at Blackfriars Crown Court to more than three years in prison on 3 October. Hutson, of Highbury New Park, was charged with theft, driving without a licence or insurance, breaching a Criminal Behaviour order. The pair were tracked by police as they drove through five London boroughs taking mobile phones from unsuspecting pedestrians. CCTV footage captured the moment the pair grabbed a woman's phone from her hand as they rode past. Helicopter footage later shows the pair riding through Kingsland Market in Hackney as people dive out of the way. The accomplice jumps off the moped and runs off through the market stalls before Hutson abandons the moped and tries to escape on foot before being arrested. The owners of all 21 of the phones were identified had their property returned. One, Adam Scholes, 31, told the Islington Gazette he was amazed at the speed with which his phone was stolen. "I was under a cafe canopy checking the way back to the Tube," he told the newspaper. "I had my back to them and it was the slickest most professional thing. It was just 'bang' and they were gone. They mounted the kerb but hardly even slowed down. "It was totally surreal. The speed at which they took the phone was incredible. Even if I reacted they were far too quick."
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"Everybody thought I had gone completely nuts," he says. "They were saying 'what's wrong with this guy? Is he having a hippy moment?'." Mr Rodrigues, a successful IT consultant, had woken up one day and decided to quit the day job. Instead of doing lucrative work for other people, he was going to retire to his basement and develop a best-selling computer product. The significant problem was that he didn't have any ideas. But to the worry of his wife, and scorn of his mother-in-law - who lived with them - he was undeterred. So back in 2001 he shut himself away beneath his house in the Canadian city of Mississauga, and started to try to dream up something. "My goal was that I wanted to see what I could produce if I did something I really liked," he says. "I didn't know what I was going to do, but I thought I would give it a shot." After a month of working "crazy hours", Mr Rodrigues had come up with his first fully formed idea - a software system that allowed the user to control his or her mobile phone from their laptop. Naming his company Soti, sales of the system started to grow slowly, until 12 months later Mr Rodrigues got a phone call out of the blue from one of the UK's largest supermarket groups. The firm didn't want to sell the system to its customers, instead it wanted to incorporate it into its operations, so staff could better communicate and pass on data and other information. Mr Rodrigues, now 55 and Soti's chief executive, says: "I was still in my basement when I got a call from the company, saying they would like to place an order. "I don't think they realised that they were talking to just one guy in a basement, so when the person asked to speak to someone in sales I came back on the phone with a slightly different tone." The little ruse worked, and the UK firm placed a "huge order" for 20,000 units. Soti has never looked back; and while most people have never heard of the firm - because it sells its mobile technology software systems to companies instead of consumers - it today has annual revenues of $80m (£62m). This is despite Mr Rodrigues not needing any external investment. The business remains 100% owned by him and his wife. Continuing to turn down numerous takeover bids, including an undisclosed offer from Microsoft in 2006, the Canadian business leader instead says he wants Soti to "become as big as they get" in the computer world. Born in Pakistan to a Roman Catholic family that had its roots in the former Portuguese colony of Goa on India's west coast, Mr Rodrigues emigrated to Canada with his parents and four siblings when he was 11. The decision to leave Pakistan was Mr Rodrigues' mother's. He says she was increasingly concerned at political and social instability in the country in the
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He received the email after he wished Speaker John Bercow a "happy 'Kiss a Ginger' day" last week. Mr Bryant said later he wanted to "put an end" to the "tough time" many red-haired children experience in school. The email, seen by BBC Wales, contains threatening, racist and homophobic language. The Labour politician has previously called for more protection for MPs, following threats over the 2015 vote for air strikes in Syria, and the murder of MP Jo Cox in 2016. "I think of myself as ginger and proud to be so," Mr Bryant said. "I want to stop the bullying that goes on in many schools. "I think the best way to do that is that we are 'out and proud' as gingers." The MP said he "wanted to celebrate the fact it was international 'Kiss a Ginger' day" which he said was "not a derogatory term at all". "Some of the responses I've had have been brilliant but I've had one very, very nasty death threat which the police are dealing with," he said. A South Wales Police spokeswoman confirmed the force had received a complaint and investigations were ongoing.
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The two police authorities have signed an agreement to form one "information management unit" that would save £600,000 a year. The Thames Valley Police Federation said this raises questions about the possible amalgamation of whole forces. A police spokesperson said the unit would improve customer service. "Some services provided directly to the public will be improved by having a larger pool of staff to process their enquiries," he said. The unit, which will share and manage police data across the two forces, will be based in existing locations across Hampshire and Thames Valley. The spokesperson said: "The creation of the joint unit will reduce the total number of posts required to deliver information management for the two forces. "However, existing vacancies have been held open and it is anticipated that the new unit will be created with few, if any, redundancies." He added that the savings across the two forces would be met through "a shared management structure and streamlined processes". Graham Smith, from the Thames Valley Police Federation, said: "On a wider issue with so much collaboration taking place around the country there comes a point where questions have to be asked about the possibility of amalgamation of forces."
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The deal commits pharmaceutical company Merck to keeping 300,000 vaccines ready for emergency use or further clinical trials. It will also submit an application to license the vaccine by the end of 2017, which would the next step towards enabling Gavi to prepare a global stockpile. More than 11,000 people have died in the latest outbreak in West Africa. The sheer scale of the outbreak - the largest in history - led to an unprecedented push on vaccines, which condensed a decade's work into less than a year. Merck has led trials of the VSV-EBOV vaccine - which combines a fragment of the Ebola virus with another safer virus in order to train the immune system to beat Ebola. Early evidence from studies in West Africa suggest it may give 100% protection, although more data is still being collected. Dr Seth Berkley, the chief executive of Gavi, said: "The suffering caused by the Ebola crisis was a wake-up call to many in the global health community. "New threats require smart solutions, and our innovative financing agreement with Merck will ensure that we are ahead of the curve for future Ebola outbreaks." Gavi, an alliance of public bodies and companies committed to saving lives through vaccination, announced the advanced-purchase commitment at the World Economic Forum held at Davos in the Swiss Alps. The $5m paid to Merck will be offset against any vaccines Gavi orders once the shot is licensed. The World Health Organization declared West Africa Ebola-free last week, after all of the affected countries had gone 42 days without a case. But then, just hours later, a death in Sierra Leone was confirmed to be from Ebola. The WHO has warned more flare-ups are expected. Dr Jeremy Farrar, the director of the Wellcome Trust medical research charity, said VSV-EBOV had shown "remarkable results" and was one of the "few positive outcomes" to emerge from the epidemic. He said: "As we saw with the new confirmed case just last week, the Ebola epidemic is likely to have a long tail and it's possible that several more isolated cases will emerge in the coming weeks and months. "This vaccine, therefore, could still play an important role in containing any additional flare-ups of this outbreak, as well as being available to help prevent future epidemics." Follow James on Twitter.
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Rival Raja Casablanca fan groups fought among themselves after their side's 2-1 victory over Chabab Rif Al Hoceima. It is understood fans will still be allowed at the Mohammed V stadium. However, items such as flares and banners are expected to be prohibited under the new ruling. Three-time African champions Raja and its fans have come under intense pressure since the trouble. Two fans were reported dead on Saturday before a third succumbed to his injuries earlier this week. "To ensure the safety of citizens and preserve public order, it has been decided to ban the activities of all the 'ultras' who act outside of the law," said Casablanca's prefecture in a statement. Violence has regularly affected Moroccan matches over the years, but Saturday's ugly scenes may engineer a new approach among the game's stakeholders. Raja's long-standing sponsor, Hyundai Morocco, has also called for change. This comes after the Moroccan Football Association banned Raja from playing at home for five matches, while also applying a fine of 100,000 dirhams (£7,170). The FA also ordered the club to pay for damage to the Mohammed V stadium, which be closed from 28 March for repairs and development. 'Waste of precious human life' Meanwhile, local prosecutors have opened an inquiry into the circumstances behind the riot. "We are deeply saddened by this situation, a true waste of precious human life," Zineb Oukacha, the Marketing and Communication Director of Hyundai Morocco, wrote in an open letter to the Raja president. "Unfortunately, this is the latest of a long series of slip-ups. "An episode that has cost the life of three of our citizens, I think it is time to stop these uncivil acts that are worthy of the Middle Ages." Oukacha also outlined his desire for Raja to regain control of its supporters clubs. On Saturday, fans threw flares and ripped up parts of the stadium during the battles that spread across the stands. Footage on Moroccan media showed the fans, dressed in the club's green colours, charging at each other. The country's DGSN security service said in a statement that 31 people were arrested for "acts of vandalism". On Tuesday, Raja's players held prayers for those who had died in the accident. In 2013, over 200 people were arrested after fighting broke out in Casablanca between fans of Raja and rivals FAR Rabat. One of Morocco's most successful sides, Raja Casablanca has won the local championship 11 times while also being crowned African champions in 1987, 1997 and 1999. The Confederation of African Football, the continent's ruling football body, has yet to comment on the incident.
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Several agencies are joining forces to stamp out illegal activity on the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders. Lothian and Borders Police, Scottish Borders Council, Crimestoppers and the River Tweed Commission want to protect the 97-mile long river. Nick Yonge of the River Tweed Commission said its water bailiff team would be working closely with police. He said salmon poaching was a criminal act which seriously damaged breeding stocks of fish. "River netsmen and anglers all agree not to kill early running stocks of salmon in accordance with the Tweed Spring Salmon Conservation rules," he said. "The reason for the rules is that there are only just enough fish returning from the sea to sustain the breeding population. "Killing any spring salmon reduces that breeding stock and will not be tolerated."
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But that's what officers in the city of Malegaon in Maharashtra, one of India's most populous states, are doing in an attempt to enforce its new beef ban. "We are keeping the photographs for verification purposes only," one policeman told an Indian newspaper. "If someone alleges that some illegal activity has taken place and if the owner has a photo, it will be easy to establish the truth." I'm not sure that's right. How do you match a steak with a photo of a cow? But, to be fair, this is a tough law to enforce. You'd pretty much have to catch the newly criminalised butchers with their hands in a cow carcass - literally "red-handed" - to be certain of conviction. That's because, without DNA analysis or a very refined palate, it is hard to tell the difference between beef and buffalo meat. Unfortunately for India's buffaloes, they aren't regarded as close enough to God to deserve protection. Buffalo is banned in just one of the country's 29 states. Beef, meanwhile, is already banned in most of northern and western India, and there are partial bans in most of the rest of the country. So, why the beef about tightening the laws in a single state? There is an economic issue here. Beef is significantly cheaper than chicken and fish and is part of the staple diet for many Muslims, tribal people and dalits - the low caste Indians who used to be called untouchables. It is also the basis of a vast industry which employs or contributes to the employment of millions of people. But, as with so much conflict in the world, the real reason the ban is such a sensitive issue here is religion. The Hindu majority - 80% of the country's 1.2 billion people - regard cows as divine; the 180 million-strong Muslim minority see them as a tasty meal. Many Muslims see the extension of the beef ban as evidence of an assault on one of the key principles on which independent India was founded - secularism. Secularism in India means something a little different from elsewhere. It doesn't mean the state stays out of religion, here it means the state is committed to supporting different religions equally. India's secularism was a response to horrors of the partition when millions of people were murdered as Hindus and Muslims fled their homes. The country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, argued equal treatment was a reasonable concession to the millions of Muslims who'd decided to risk all by staying in India. But India is now governed by a Hindu nationalist party, the BJP. It sees India as a Hindu nation. The party leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly reasserted his commitment to secularism yet the party has supported the clampdown on beef in Maharashtra. That's why while the idea of cow mug shots may be amusing, the beef ban is deadly serious. India's triumph has been forging a nation in which Hindus and Muslims
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The Nigeria international, 31, is undergoing chemotherapy. "The support you've shown me has been incredible," said Ikeme in a video message played at Molineux before Saturday's 1-0 win over Middlesbrough. "It's really helped me get through these first few weeks and will help me get through the rest of my treatment." This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your browser Wolves supporters held cards spelling Ikeme's name before kick-off, Wanderers players wore special T-shirts during their warm-up and the cover of the match programme - designed by ex-Wolves captain Jody Craddock - featured images of the goalkeeper. Several events raising funds for Birmingham-based charity Cure Leukaemia have been staged since Ikeme's diagnosis, including a 24-hour penalty shoot-out and a sponsored walk before Saturday's game. The season opener also gave Middlesbrough the chance to show their support for Boro academy player Anthony Renton, who was also diagnosed with leukaemia in July. Media playback is not supported on this device
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Media playback is not supported on this device Opener Beaumont (148) and wicketkeeper Taylor (147) put on 275 together as England piled up 373-5. South Africa were always behind the rate but still managed 305-9 in reply. Victory means England leapfrog the Proteas into third place in the group stage table, ahead of Sunday's game with defending champions Australia. The Beaumont-Taylor stand was also the highest England partnership for any wicket, and the highest at a World Cup - but fell short of the world record 320 made by India's Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut against Ireland in May. For the third game in succession, England's batting was in imperious form. Media playback is not supported on this device Beaumont - busy and compact at the crease - was nimble on her feet early in her innings before playing some innovative ramps back over the keeper's head when the bowlers had adjusted their lengths. Taylor was masterful as she compiled her 147 from 104 balls without having to resort to even the slightest hint of a slog. Playing all of the shots which have become synonymous with the leading players in the men's game, she swept, flicked and ramped her way to her first one-day international century since 2013. Some of her shots were delightful, including a Kevin Pietersen-like whip through the leg side which began an over where she took five consecutive fours off pace bowler Shabnim Ismail who conceded 89 runs from her 10 overs - a World Cup record. Both centurions were dismissed late in England's innings - two of the four wickets to fall for 13 runs - before skipper Heather Knight clubbed a rapid unbeaten 22 to boost the score. If England's batters are in fine form, their catching might have cost them on another day. They dropped opener Lizelle Lee three times - Danielle Wyatt, substitute fielder Jenny Gunn and Lauren Winfield the culprits - before finally dismissing her for 72 to end a first-wicket stand of 128. That opening partnership was alongside 18-year-old Laura Wolvaardt who hit some flowing boundaries through the off side before becoming bogged down. Chloe Tryon smashed a 26-ball 54 to give South Africa late hope, but they had left themselves too much to do and a succession of wickets followed her dismissal. Danielle Hazell justified her continued inclusion in place of fellow off-spinner Laura Marsh - who took 4-45 in their last game against Sri Lanka but was left out here in favour of slow left-armer Alex Hartley - by taking three wickets late in the innings. South Africa's late power hitting, though, did ensure England conceded their highest ever total and contributed to the match becoming the highest scoring women's ODI of all time. Ex-England captain Charlotte Edwards on BBC Test Match Special Sarah Taylor and Tammy Beamount were outstanding. They played all around the wicket and South Africa can learn from those innings. It was a frustrating bowling performance by South Africa - 100 runs were
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Parliamentary deputies met in the main chamber just metres from the building's wrecked central hall, damaged in a missile strike during the failed coup. In all, nine missiles hit the building and its grounds. Ultimately, Turkish society resisted the coup, but a week on society is divided over the merits and risks of the state of emergency that has followed. "It is better to have a declared state of emergency than a de facto one", Metin Feyzioglu, chairman of the Turkish Bar Association said. But he had a warning for the government over the massive wave of suspensions and arrests that followed the failed coup. "They [the authorities] must understand that if they want to follow the way that leads to eliminating all their critics, then there will be no country to govern, no society to lead, and unfortunately the country will disintegrate," he said. Ufuk Ulutas, director of the Ankara-based Foundation for Economic and Political Research (SETA), defended the government's decision to impose the emergency measures. "We're talking about a country whose parliament, whose special forces, whose presidential compound were bombed by F-16 jets and attack helicopters. And we're talking about a group of coup-plotters who are abundant in number," he said. "Of course, the government has to be very careful about the prosecution process, because we're talking about a huge number of people. There may be some who are on the lists by mistake," he added. In parliament, Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdag attempted to reassure those in doubt. "The measures are necessary in order to make sure there is no repeat of the coup attempt," he said. "If we could accomplish our task without [the state of emergency] we would. This is not martial law." Bulent Tezcan, chairman of the parliamentary group of the CHP, the main opposition Republican Peoples Party, said that the emergency measures risked undermining the remarkable unity with which the coup was defeated. He said: "There is unease that what is happening in the public squares is no longer an expression of the will of the nation, but the propaganda of a certain party."
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Media playback is not supported on this device The Lionesses lost 2-1 to Japan in their semi-final after defender Bassett, 31, scored right at the end. "I couldn't breathe, my heart was out my chest and I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me," she said. She has felt so emotional that she has been unable to speak to her parents since the goal. But head coach Mark Sampson said that Bassett - who he described as a "hero" - will start in England's third-place play-off against Germany in Edmonton on Saturday, which kicks off at 21:00 BST. "I would prefer [skipper] Steph Houghton and Mark to be heroes for lifting the World Cup, I'd prefer no-one to know my name to be honest," Bassett told BBC Sport. The Notts County defender briefly thought the ball had not crossed the line after hitting the underside of the bar, at the end of what was England's first Women's World Cup semi-final. "My intention was to get a touch on the ball, and watching it hit the crossbar, there was a point when Steph cleared it that I thought maybe it hadn't gone in," she said. "But the referee's watch vibrated and gave it as a goal. "After the game, I was heartbroken, devastated, just uncontrollable, emotional. For those people who know me and call me a swinging brick and say I lack emotion, nine out of 10 times I'd agree with that, but something took over and I was out of control. "I wanted to get out of there. I wanted to cry and be on my own and bury my head because one thing we have shown [in this tournament] is we will keep fighting and won't give up. "But we didn't have time to show that and pull it back. It was so, so cruel." The former Birmingham and Chelsea centre-back added: "It was all a blur to be honest. I looked around and saw my boyfriend, and that just set me off again. Media playback is not supported on this device "I haven't been able to speak to my mum and dad over FaceTime yet because they will just set me off crying. I've messaged them and I know they are so proud but I think about that moment and would do anything to change it. "The hardest thing is looking at other people who committed themselves to this team. "Everyone believed for the first time in a long time that England could do it." Bassett said she has been inundated with messages of support, with #proudofbassett trending on Twitter following the match. She paid tribute to her team-mates, Sampson and his staff, saying: "I know the long hours Mark's staff have worked and the commitment they have given to this dream and to us as players. They have been there for me so I want to thank them." Bassett tells BBC Radio 5 live how she wishes no-one knew her name.
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The person voted by people in your area to represent your interests in Parliament is now a normal member of the public. They will still be entitled to claim their basic annual salary and certain expenses, but they have to drop the MP title from their Facebook pages and Twitter handles. Lots of MPs' websites have little notices like this. This is because parliament has been dissolved - ended and dismissed - and the election period has begun. It used to be only the monarch who could call together parliaments and dissolve them (for example King Charles I dissolved parliament in 1629 and didn't call the next one until 1640). That isn't the case now. Now it is done automatically 25 working days before the general election. The law means it is always done on 30 March. From now, former MPs will be focussing on campaigning instead of carrying out their usual work. Their "usual work" involves voting on laws, participating in government debates and aiding people in their constituencies who have problems. These include problems with things like benefits, the NHS, school closures, and immigration issues. While your local MP may keep in touch with you and continue with any urgent work during the time parliament is dissolved, the government website states "they must not do so in an official capacity" and are "under no obligation" to help. They are not able to honour any commitments at all if they are not standing for re-election. If you want any help during this period, you can contact the Citizens Advice Bureau which provides free advice if you're having legal or money problems. If it's a local problem, you may also be able to contact your local councillor. Despite not officially being MPs, elected officials can still claim their basic annual salary of £67,060 as well as some expenses during this period. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) or expenses watchdog told Newsbeat that they "can only pay costs which relate to your parliamentary functions, not any party political or electoral activity". Any other payment, like a salary they may get for being on a committee examining new laws, for example, now stops. BBC Parliamentary Correspondent Sean Curran explains the details. "MPs who are standing at the election continue to receive their salary right up to polling day. "If they've been a chair of a select committee the extra payment they get for doing that job stops today - the date of dissolution. "But they are no longer MPs once parliament is dissolved. They are ordinary members of the public with no special privileges. That's because every seat in the House of Commons is now up for grabs. " The privileges associated with being a Member of Parliament are meant to ensure free speech and to stop the courts inferring with matters discussed in Parliament. They exist so that parliamentarians have the right to say whatever they like in parliament and they can never be sued for libel for doing so.
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The 20-year-old was three spots outside automatic qualification when the entry lists were released earlier this month. But Frenchman Gasquet, the world number nine, has pulled out with a back injury. It follows the earlier withdrawal of Argentina's Juan Monaco and Australian youngster Thanasi Kokkinakis. Edmund, who is ranked 102 in the world, came through qualifying in Melbourne this year before losing to American Steve Johnson in the opening round. He thought he had done enough for automatic qualification this year but missed out after five players used protected rankings to gain places at the year's first Grand Slam, which starts on 18 January. Edmund was part of the Great Britain squad which beat Belgium last month to win the Davis Cup for the first time in 79 years.
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Thai police said he had travelled to Singapore from Bangkok last week, days before they issued an arrest warrant. His private plane was reportedly still in Singapore as of Tuesday. Mr Vorayuth is at the centre of a criminal case closely watched by many Thais. He is accused of knocking down and killing a police officer in 2012. A spokeswoman for the Singapore police told the BBC on Thursday that Mr Vorayuth "is not in Singapore". She added that they would "provide the necessary assistance and support to the Thai authorities in accordance with our laws". Thai police have summoned Mr Vorayuth multiple times to face charges, but he has repeatedly failed to attend these meetings. Mr Vorayuth's representatives have said each time that he was either away for business or too ill to meet police. Thai investigators are now seeking to cancel his passport. The case has attracted criticism that the Thai elite enjoy special treatment from authorities. Even if the Thai authorities try to bring Vorayuth Yoovidhaya back to face charges related to the hit-and-run killing of a policeman in 2012, the chances of him being sentenced, let alone imprisoned, are not high. Wealthy defendants in Thailand have shown time and again that they can evade justice. Ask Vatana Asavahame, a veteran politician who was given a 10-year sentence in 2008 for a notorious corruption case. He simply moved overseas, and has never served a day in prison. Or ask Somchai Khunpleum, better known as Kamnan Poh, the godfather who once controlled much of the business around Pattaya. He was convicted of ordering the murder of a political rival in 2004. But it was only in 2013 that the police caught him, at an expressway toll-booth, driving to Bangkok for routine medical treatment. He has since been allowed to serve his 30-year sentence in a hospital close to his home. Then there are the other cases of rich kids involved in road accidents. In July 2007 Kanpitak "Moo Ham" Patchimsawas, then 22, drove his Mercedes car into a crowd of passengers after an argument with the bus driver, killing one woman. He went to prison to serve a two-year sentence in only 2015. In December 2010 Orachorn Devahastin Na Ayudhya, then 16, collided with a minivan while driving without a licence. Nine passengers in the van died. She was given a suspended jail sentence and less than 200 hours of community service. Last year, a car driven by Janepob Veraporn was caught on a dashcam slamming at very high speed into the rear of another car in the slow lane of an expressway north of Bangkok. The other car burst into flames, killing the two postgraduate students inside. At the scene, Janepob was allowed by the police to refuse both a drug and alcohol test. After a massive public outcry, he was charged, and is currently on trial. By contrast, a middle-aged couple from Thailand's north-east caught after picking mushrooms in a national park in 2010 were each
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In a head-to-head debate in Cardiff, the first minister warned an EU exit would have "devastating consequences". The UKIP leader claimed being in the EU had left the first minister "impotent" over the fate of the steel industry. Mr Farage said British people should "reclaim their birthright" while Mr Jones said Wales and the UK should not "surrender" their role in the world. In an event staged by the Institute of Welsh Affairs, the UKIP leader began by asking if British people wanted to "regain our independence as a nation state" or if they were happy to be a "subordinate member of the club". Mr Farage claimed it was "scaremongering" to say trade would cease and jobs would be lost following a British exit from the EU. The first minister replied by saying membership of both unions - the UK and the EU - was vital to Welsh prosperity. Claiming 200,000 jobs in Wales relied on EU trade, Mr Jones said "pulling up the drawbridge" would have "devastating consequences". On the issue of immigration, Mr Farage said "the biggest benefit" of leaving the EU would be the UK's ability to set up an Australian-style points system to accept people based on their skills, lack of criminal convictions and ability to speak English and integrate. However, Mr Jones dismissed the suggestion EU membership had "anything to do" with immigration, saying if the UK was not a member, France would simply allow refugees camped at Calais to pass through. "Would it be in our interest to turn our backs on our European partners, or isn't it better to work together to find a European solution to what is a European challenge," he asked. Eluned Parrott, Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesperson on Europe, said "neither person came out of this shouting match particularly well", claiming hers was the only UK party united in favour of EU membership. "Carwyn Jones was right to be arguing the importance of the UK remaining in the EU," she said. "Yet, his views are in stark contrast to his party in London, where [Labour leader] Jeremy Corbyn remains ambivalent on this major issue." Plaid Cymru AM Elin Jones was critical of Mr Jones, tweeting: "Well, for the case for Wales staying in EU, that was a set-back. Mustn't be repeated. #IWADebate." Before the event, a spokesman for the Welsh Conservatives dismissed it as having the feel of a "rather gaudy PR spectacle", saying Mr Jones had failed to invite rival party leaders to debate Welsh issues under his control. A referendum on whether the UK should remain within the EU or leave is set to be held before the end of 2017. On Sunday, Prime Minister David Cameron suggested the vote could be held as early as this summer.
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Dr Rafael Matesanz is medical director of the Organizacion Nacional de Trasplantes in Madrid. He said an "open discussion" among families and systems being geared up in hospital intensive care were more important factors. The Welsh government has encouraged people to speak about organ donation. Spain has the highest organ donation rate - 36 donors per million people - compared to just under 20 in the UK and 23.1 in Wales. On Tuesday, Wales becomes the first UK nation to introduce a system like Spain's where consent is assumed unless people have opted out. Dr Matesanz - who advises countries all over the world, including Wales - attributes Spain's success over the last 20 years to being better prepared in intensive care. Spain moved from transplant coordinators being nurses or technicians to doctors in intensive care at every hospital. These doctors take a lead role in spotting potential donors among patients and approach the family, meaning they are then more prepared for a potential operation. "Most donors are lost not because the family refuses but because potential donors are not detected adequately," said Dr Matesanz. He said the UK has managed to increase donations over the last five years with the use of doctors as donation "champions" alongside nurse transplant coordinators. Dr Miguel Sanchez, head of critical care at Madrid's Hospital Clinico San Carlos, said the transplant specialists were on call 24 hours a day. "When there's a donation there's a lot of work; it takes somewhere between 12 and 16 hours of continuous work. "It's like a shift of any other speciality in the hospital and you need to pay for that." Dr Matesanz said that the law does not make a lot of difference when you looked across Europe, as families are always involved and have a final veto - with between 15 to 20% saying no. He said Wales should not expect a big improvement in organ donation just from changing the law and that a public debate, where opinion is split, could sometimes backfire and lead to a distrust of the system. But he agreed it was important that families had discussions about the issue. "In Spain, we don't promote donor cards, our only message is do you want to donate your organs? Talk to your family," he said. "We're a country with a high support for organ donation but there are a lot of people who are rushed to hospital and no-one knows what their opinion [on donating their organs] is. "It's something so simple but there are people who don't want to talk about it."
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Developed from Finance Wales, it will have a target of providing £80m a year within five years and creating 5,500 jobs annually. EU and Welsh Government funding will kick-start the bank, aimed at micro, small start-ups and innovative firms. The Wrexham-based bank's running costs will be self-sustaining from next year. The Development Bank of Wales will work closely with Business Wales, the Welsh Government's business support service. Economy Secretary Ken Skates said: "The development bank will be the first of its kind in the UK, addressing current market failures within business finance and providing focused support for micro, small start-ups and innovative businesses across Wales enabling them to become fitter, bigger and stronger." A further £35m of European funding will be added to the £136m Wales Business Fund that was announced last year. More money is expected to support the bank's work later this year. CASE STUDY: GIVING BUSINESS A LIFT Owen Edwards runs The Studio in Cardiff, a personal training centre with fitness classes. He is adamant it is very different from usual gyms. He had been a personal trainer in London and wanted to return home. He launched the business six months ago with £20,000 of his own money, more from his father and £150,000 from Finance Wales. Mr Edwards pays 10% interest on that loan. The stylish interior design and equipment is leased and his business plan aims to break even in six months, after a year's trading. He said he could not have done it without Finance Wales as high street banks would not back him. He said they took a detailed look and continue to check on his progress monthly. "As a start-up, no-one traditionally looks at or gives you the time of day," said Mr Edwards. "There's a risk involved. Finance Wales seemed to get the idea and really bought into it and understood the unique nature of the business." FINANCE WALES - A SHORT HISTORY 2001: Finance Wales was set up with £45m to help smaller firms, with funding from the EU and Barclays. But it has been heavily criticised in recent years. 2013: Enterprise expert Prof Dylan Jones Evans's study, the Access to Finance Review, for the Welsh Government, looked at ways of making it easier for small companies to get funding. His conclusion was that Finance Wales was not doing its job properly 2015: Prof Jones Evans called for a development bank to be set up. That was backed in the May by a motion in the National Assembly saying that Finance Wales did not meet the needs of many small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and that access to finance was still a problem. 2016: In April, Giles Thorley took over as chief executive of Finance Wales. He had nine years with Punch Taverns. The development bank was announced by Economy Secretary Ken Skates in December, who had also unveiled plans for a fund to help SMEs. 2017: According to its latest figures, Finance Wales created more than 1,100 jobs
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The hosts had trounced the Scots 4-0 in the reverse fixture, but a repeat never looked likely as Jane Ross headed home Emma Mitchell's cross for the opener. Fanndis Fridriksdottir's miscued effort crept past Gemma Fay for the equaliser. But Caroline Weir hit the post before Ross converted a penalty for her second after Lisa Evans was felled in the box. It was Ross' 10th of the campaign and her 46th for Scotland in her 95th international. The win drew Scotland level on 21 points with Iceland, who finished top of Group 1 courtesy of their better head-to-head record. It was a victory the Scots merited against their higher-ranked opponents and one that should give them even greater confidence going into the tournament in the Netherlands next summer. Coach Anna Signeul had spoken of the need for her players to show they could compete with more physical teams like Iceland - and they more than matched their opponents in Reykjavik in terms of physicality and technical ability. Iceland had not conceded a goal in their previous seven qualifiers but any thoughts of finishing the campaign with an unblemished record ended when Mitchell's pin-point cross from the left saw Ross head past Gudbjorg Gunnarsdottir. The Scots were playing with a poise and authority that may have been the result of already being assured of qualification. But they were caught out just before the break when Fridriksdottir stole into the box and though she sliced her attempted cut-back, the ball spun past Fay and, despite Mitchell's attempts to clear, crossed the line. Scotland were unfazed by that setback or the noisy home support and almost took the lead again a minute into the second half when Weir cracked a 25-yard shot against the base of the post. But the second goal arrived in the 56th minute when Evans exchanged passes with Ross and was then tripped by Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir. Ross showed why she is Scotland's leading scorer in qualifying with a confident spot-kick, sending Gunnarsdottir the wrong way. The win might have been even more emphatic if Evans had not clipped the bar after rounding the keeper. Scotland came under considerable pressure in the closing quarter of the match but Fay was never seriously troubled as the visitors rounded off their successful campaign in style. Iceland Women: G Gunnarsdottir, Viggosdottir, Gunnarsdottir, M Vidarsdottir, Brynjarsdottir, Gisladottir, Jensen, E Vidarsdottir, A Kirstjansdottir, Thorvaldsdottir, Fridriksdottir. Substitutes: Sigurdardottir, Atladottir, Jonsdottir, Magnusdottir, M Signurdardottir, Larusdottir, Honnudottir. Scotland Women: Fay; Smith, J Murray, Beattie, Mitchell; L Ross, Love, Weir, Lauder, J Ross, Evans. Substitutes: Lynn, Crichton, C Murray, Arnot, Clelland, Brownlie, Brown.
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"Can you bring Trump here?" he asked the audience, as he introduced a screening of his film The Libertine. After receiving jeers from the crowd, he added: "You misunderstand completely. When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?" "I want to clarify," he added, "I'm not an actor. I lie for a living [but] it's been a while. Maybe it's about time." The star acknowledged that his comments - which may have been a reference to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by actor John Wilkes Booth in 1865 - would prove controversial. "By the way, this is going to be in the press and it'll be horrible," he said. "It's just a question, I'm not insinuating anything." He is not the first US celebrity to allude to killing the president. At a rally in Washington DC, Madonna said she thought "an awful lot about blowing up the White House" and the US rapper Snoop Dogg shot a toy gun at a Donald Trump character in a music video. But on social media, some have criticised Depp's comments - which come days after a gunman shot and injured Republican congressman and four others in Virginia in the US. "Casual Johnny Depp: 'When was the last time an actor assassinated a President?' GOP reps targeted & shot days ago," tweeted one user, Chet Cannon, referring to the incident. The US Secret Service is aware of Depp's comments, according to US media reports. Festival-goers in Somerset met his comments about President Trump with laughter, albeit mixed with shock. Depp - wearing distressed jeans and a black fedora - was mobbed by fans as he arrived at Worthy Farm. Speaking to the BBC afterwards, one fan was more concerned with meeting her idol than analysing his politics. "I don't even know what to say. I'm going to die," said Jess Gallagher. "He reached out and touched my hand and I don't know what to do. "He's an amazing actor and I've loved him ever since I studied him in year 11 in A-Level drama. I can't cope!" Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected].
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