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Bosses at the Brimmond Medical Group practice in Bucksburn said a lack of trained GPs, diminished resourcing and extra demand from new housing developments had left the business "unviable".
The group's Dyce surgery has more than 8,000 patients.
Responsibility for primary care will be handed to NHS Grampian from October.
A letter to patients stated that there had been "progressive problems with GP recruitment and retention".
It read: "Inevitable staff turnover has become impossible to manage in the context of an inadequate number of trained GPs being produced, and a collapse in those GPs seeking partnerships in GP businesses.
"Brimmond Medical Group is faced with a number of GPs leaving or retiring - and an inability to adequately replace them.
"Locally, combined with substantial extra expectation from new housing developments and massively diminishing resourcing, the business of the practice has become unviable."
The British Medical Association has warned of a crisis in GP staffing due to the number of doctors planning to retire or move abroad.
However, the Scottish government said recent investment in primary care had seen the number of GPs increase by almost 7%.
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An Aberdeen medical practice is to be dissolved, in part due to a shortage of doctors.
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This could include fining motorists who stop on a box junction or those who drive in bus lanes.
Currently only police officers can punish motorists if a vehicle is moving.
The Welsh government won the right to grant councils those extra powers last March and Cardiff is now making a bid.
Local authority traffic wardens are currently only able to issue penalty charge notices (PCNs) for parking offences.
Cardiff council's cabinet has given the authority the green light to make a request for the additional powers, which it says would improve traffic flow and ease congestion.
It is expected that income generated from the scheme would help pay for the service and the staff who run it.
A Cardiff council spokesman told the BBC's Welsh language news website Newyddion Ar-lein: "The intention of all of these measures is to ensure drivers drive responsibly and in accordance with the basic principles of the highway code.
"If the Welsh government approves, specific emphasis will be placed on enforcement of bus lanes to ensure that public transport runs efficiently and is an attractive option for commuters.
"Enforcement of yellow box junctions is also necessary to avoid grid lock which disrupts traffic flow and to ease the frustration caused to the majority of drivers who abide by the law."
A Welsh government spokesman said it had yet to receive the council's request, but was aware of it.
The process of considering the request could take up to four months, the spokesman added.
Many councils in London use traffic cameras to enforce the rules.
One camera on a yellow box junction in Bagley's Lane in Fulham caught 29,000 drivers last year making over £2m in fines for Hammersmith and Fulham council.
Cardiff council said it was unsure if it would ask for powers to use cameras to enforce the rules.
If granted, the authority could start using the new powers towards the end of the summer.
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Traffic wardens in Cardiff could become the first outside London to get powers to issue tickets for moving traffic offences.
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The letter was signed by leaders from Greater Manchester, Liverpool, North East, Sheffield, and West Yorkshire combined authorities.
It requested a meeting with Theresa May, who has not yet commented, "at her earliest convenience".
It stresses it is "vital" the north's voice is heard "loud and clear".
It pointed out the region had a "significantly larger" economy than Scotland and Wales and a population greater than London.
Greater Manchester's interim mayor Tony Lloyd sent the letter on behalf of himself and leaders of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, North East Combined Authority, Sheffield City Region Combined Authority and West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
The letter noted Ms May's talks with Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh and invited her to a similar meeting in Greater Manchester "to discuss our role within the Brexit negotiations".
It read: "The north of England has long had concerns that we are being ignored, caught between an economically and politically powerful London and an increasingly politically important Scotland."
It continued: "As we negotiate our exit from the European Union, you have made clear that you believe in having an approach and negotiation objectives that include the whole of the United Kingdom.
"On that point we wholeheartedly agree. It is absolutely vital that the voice of the north of England is heard loud and clear."
The combined authorities were set up as part of the government's devolution agenda.
This led to the Northern Powerhouse strategy, brainchild of former Chancellor George Osborne, an attempt to corral the north's population of 15 million into a collective force that could begin to rival that of London and the South East.
There has been some uncertainty over its continuation following Mrs May's reshuffle and Mr Osborne's return to the back benches.
However, Conservative MP for Brigg and Goole Andrew Percy was appointed as the new Northern Powerhouse minister on Sunday and a government spokesman said the Northern Powerhouse would "continue to be a priority".
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Leaders of five combined authorities have written to the prime minister saying the north of England needs a "strong voice" in Brexit negotiations.
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The African Elephant Status report says that poaching is the main driver of the fall, the worst losses in 25 years.
However the authors say that long-term issues such as the loss of habitat also pose a significant threat.
The report has been presented at the Cites meeting which is considering new proposals on elephant protection.
Extract from The War on Elephants; article on how the very existence of Africa's elephants is threatened by poachers
More from Alastair:
Why elephants are seeking refuge in Botswana
Shocking reduction in Africa's elephant numbers
Figures published earlier this year in the Great Elephant Census indicated that African elephant populations had declined by around 30% over the past seven years.
This new study from conservation group IUCN incorporates this information but also uses data from elephant dung counts and individual observations amongst other sources.
The authors say the overall total for elephants in Africa is now around 415,000, although there may be an additional 117,000 to 135,000 in areas not systematically surveyed.
This represents a decline of some 111,000 from the report carried out in 2006.
Poaching is the main driver of the drop. East Africa, the region most affected by killings for ivory, has experienced around a 50% reduction in numbers.
However it is not the only cause of concern to the authors.
"We are particularly concerned about major infrastructure projects that are cutting up the elephant ranges, this is a particular problem for road development in central and east Africa," said Dr Chris Thouless, one of the report's authors.
"These are all major issues that will have to be dealt with once the poaching crisis is over."
While report highlights the losses there are also some gains.
Elephant populations in South Africa, Namibia and Uganda have all increased. Elephant ranges have expanded in Kenya and Botswana, with community based conservation showing real success in Northern Kenya.
While these are positives, the overall picture is one of dramatic decline, fuelled by criminal activity that would decimate these giant creatures, if continued.
"Larger quantities of illegal ivory are leaving Africa than ever before," said Ginette Hemley from WWF.
"The transnational crime syndicates driving the slaughter must be dismantled, and consumer demand for ivory cannot persist if we hope to secure a safe future for elephants."
The report comes as the Cites meeting here in Johannesburg is facing significant division on how to handle the poaching crisis.
Talks on extra protections for elephants will begin on Monday with a number of countries led by Kenya seeking extra protection.
Others, including Namibia and Zimbabwe, are seeking to liberalise the safeguards and open up a trade in ivory. Another proposal here, which might garner more support, is aimed at ending all domestic markets in ivory. The meeting continues until 5 October.
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The Dutch-Romanian pairing won 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 6-4 in one hour and 52 minutes.
Murray had hoped to claim a first men's doubles Slam title having won the mixed doubles with Jelena Jankovic in 2007.
The 29-year-old was watched by younger brother Andy on Centre Court, 24 hours after his singles semi-final defeat.
"I didn't know he was coming till I heard him shouting," said Jamie Murray.
"He was shouting all the time, encouragement. It was cool. It was nice to see him out there supporting."
The brothers must now regroup after Wimbledon disappointment as they are both part of the Great Britain squad which will take on France in next week's Davis Cup quarter-final at Queen's Club.
"It's an exciting match to look forward to," he said. "It's a big tie for us. There's going to be a lot of people coming out to support. Motivation is high for the match."
Murray and Peers had three chances to break serve in the first five games of the doubles final but could not convert, and Rojer and Tecau took advantage.
Rojer hammered away a smash to convert their third set point in the tie-break, and when Peers netted a volley to drop serve early in the second, the lead was convincing.
A Peers double fault invited huge pressure at 4-4 in the third and Rojer proved more solid than Murray at the net to earn the decisive break.
The fourth seeds served out the match to love and fell to their knees in celebration, with Tecau finally getting his hands on the trophy after three times finishing runner-up.
"It was a good tournament for us," added Murray, who had never previously been past the quarter-finals of the men's doubles in a Slam.
"We got to the final of Wimbledon, which is not so easy to do. I mean, my best result in a Grand Slam by quite some distance, I guess.
"It's sad to lose but I guess overall it was a positive tournament."
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Britain's Jamie Murray and Australian John Peers missed out on a first Grand Slam doubles title together as they lost to fourth seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau in the Wimbledon final.
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The 21-year-old initially joined for a month and has made two appearances for the Imps, scoring twice in a 3-1 victory over Welling in the FA Trophy.
Ward's stay at Sincil Bank will now run until 14 April, and will take his loan to the maximum 93 days.
Danny Cowley's Lincoln are currently top of the National League.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Brighton & Hove Albion winger Joe Ward has extended his loan deal at National League side Lincoln City for a further two months.
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The Fed is expected to keep borrowing costs on hold but its economic commentary will be closely scrutinised for hints about future moves.
In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed down 0.8% at 16,974.45.
Shares of Japanese consumer electronics firm Sharp slumped nearly 12% on reports a takeover deal may be delayed.
According to Reuters, Taiwan's Foxconn - also known as Hon Hai Precision - may postpone its $6bn (£4.2bn) purchase of Sharp after receiving "new material information" and is requesting more guidance on its latest quarterly performance.
In China, the Shanghai Composite index rose 0.2% to 2,870.43 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dropped 0.15% to 20,257.70.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 index ended 0.15% higher at 5,119.03 even though falling iron ore prices dragged on mining shares.
South Korea's Kospi closed up 0.3% at 1,974.90, despite data showing the unemployment rate hit a five-year high.
The rate rose to 4.1% from 3.5% in February, which was higher than economist expectations, due to a contraction in the manufacturing and construction sectors.
However, analysts say most global investors are focusing on the outcome of the Fed's meeting.
"Another hike is sharply at odds with Fed concerns about increased uncertainty around global/China outlook and market turbulence tightening credit conditions," said Vishnu Varathan from Mizuho Bank.
He added that attention was focused on any hints the bank might make about the frequency of interest rate rises this year.
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Asia markets were mixed on Wednesday as investors waited for the outcome of the latest Federal Reserve meeting.
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Nick Palmer, who lost the Nottingham seat in 2010 to Conservative Anna Soubry, said he wanted "more assurances" before he would support it.
Ms Soubry said she was "astonished" to hear he did not endorse the "fantastic opportunity" for the local area.
They were speaking at a live debate on the BBC's Politics Show on Sunday, which included the Greens and Lib Dems.
Mr Palmer, who served as the constituency's MP from 1997 until 2010, said: "The reason I would be prepared to vote against it, if we don't get the assurances we need [is], we've just seen what happens with the tram project, which all three of us supported, it has caused two years of chaos."
Ms Soubry said the benefits of HS2 must not be underestimated.
"I'm absolutely astonished to hear the Labour candidate not being in favour of Toton Sidings, getting the East Midlands hub. This is a fantastic opportunity."
The HS2 route will link London with Birmingham, where it will split to head north to Leeds and Manchester.
The planned station will be to the east of Toton Sidings with high-speed trains able to get to and from London in 51 minutes.
In one of the tightest marginals in the East Midlands, transport is pushing other issues into the slow lane.
The Labour-run city council announced phase two of the Nottingham tram back in 2011 but it has been beset by delays and is now running well behind schedule. It's also become a key concern for many voters.
Broxtowe is a classic Labour-Conservative battleground. The Tory defence minister Anna Soubry had a majority of just 389 at the last election and Labour's Nick Palmer is again contesting the seat.
Stan Heptinstall, Liberal Democrat candidate, said: "I'm totally in favour of it [HS2] because it's the way to go.
"You go to Germany, you look at their infrastructure, you've got these fantastic roads, these fantastic railway systems, the ICE trains, it's a pleasure."
David Kirwan, Green candidate, said: "It's the wrong type of investment and it's interesting to hear that Nick has come out today to say he is opposed to it.
"It's the latest in a string of Labour policies that Nick is opposed to. He is not standing as an independent MP he is standing as a Labour MP."
Other candidates also standing in Broxtowe: Ray Barry (Justice for Men and Boys) and Frank Dunne (UKIP).
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Broxtowe's Labour candidate has said he is prepared to vote against his party on the HS2 rail project if elected.
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The metal sculpture will show two fists overlapped in the style of the song's "horse-riding" dance move.
It will be erected outside the COEX shopping centre, where part of the video was filmed.
Gangnam Style was released by South Korean singer Psy in 2012 and remains the most-watched YouTube video ever.
It has been viewed more than 2.4 billion times.
Gangnam tourism director Park Hee-Soo said he hoped the statue would "become a landmark for our district".
"Tourists can take pictures under the statue and the song will play automatically when you stand there," he added.
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A statue dedicated to the South Korean music hit Gangnam Style is to be unveiled in the Seoul district made famous by the song.
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The 27-year-old, who helped Roma finish second in Serie A last season, had been linked with a move to Premier League sides Chelsea and Manchester United.
Bayern were looking for a defender after Spain international Javi Martinez was ruled out until the New Year with ruptured cruciate knee ligaments.
Roma have replaced Benatia with Olympiakos defender Kostas Manolas.
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German champions Bayern Munich have signed Morocco defender Mehdi Benatia from Roma for an undisclosed fee.
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Houghton, 27, has played a pivotal role in Hull's success in 2016 as Lee Radford's side chase a domestic treble.
He has made 1,130 tackles in 2016, more than any other player in Super League.
"I've tasted success winning the Challenge Cup and I want to do that over and over again," Houghton told the club website.
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Hull FC hooker and vice-captain Danny Houghton has signed a new deal with the Challenge Cup winners and will stay with the club until 2020.
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A high ladder, or "aerial", used to fight tower block fires was dispatched immediately to the site in North Kensington as recently as 2001.
On 14 June, London Fire Brigade took 24 minutes to send a 30m (100ft) ladder.
The brigade said its policy has changed since the Grenfell Tower blaze.
The Grenfell Tower fire began on the fourth floor of the block and the first fire crews were dispatched at 00:55 BST.
Within a few hours, nearly all of the 67m (220ft) high block was ablaze.
It is thought 255 people survived the fire, and 80 people are currently missing or confirmed dead.
A BBC Newsnight investigation revealed a 30m aerial, which could have enabled firefighters to reach the 10th floor of tower, was not dispatched until 01:19 BST, 24 minutes after the first crews were sent out.
The aerial did not arrive until 01:32 BST, by which time the fire had raced up the building's cladding.
London Fire Brigade's standard procedure at the time was to send four fire engines - and no aerial platforms - to tower block fires as part of their "pre-determined attendance" procedure.
But the BBC understands previously it immediately sent an aerial to fires at Grenfell Tower as standard procedure. It is unclear when this policy changed.
The London Fire Brigade's safety plan in 2004-5 reduced the number of aerial appliances from 16 to 11.
An Audit Commission report in 2004 said the move was expected to save £1.75m.
Paul Embery of the Fire Brigades Union said he believes the automatic deployment of the equipment could have made a difference in tackling the fire.
"The presence of an aerial appliance very early on, being able to intervene and act as a water tower and direct large amounts of water on to the flames, could have potentially prevented the spread of that fire.
"We don't know for sure but it's a question that needs to be asked as part of the inquiry.
"The question needs to be asked in terms of the aerial appliances in London. Was it deemed they shouldn't be sent automatically as a way of saving money?"
Last week London Fire Brigade announced that an aerial platform will automatically be sent to tower fires in the future.
It said fires in high rise buildings did not routinely need an aerial appliance.
"It is important to understand that fires in high rise buildings are nearly always dealt with internally, not usually needing an aerial appliance."
"We do have aerial appliances on the attendance for specific locations and these exceptions exist if a building has been found to have particular features that mean an aerial appliance would help on-arrival firefighting tactics."
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High ladders which could have potentially "prevented the spread" of the Grenfell Tower fire were previously sent to the building automatically, the BBC has learned.
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Highways England has said its preferred route for a new Lower Thames Crossing is a tunnel connecting Gravesend, in Kent, to Tilbury, Essex.
However, Tory MP for Gravesham, Adam Holloway, said the government should instead build a new tunnel between Dartford and Thurrock.
He claimed there would be "carnage" if the M25 at Dartford was "not fixed".
"This is quite simply the worst stretch of road in the UK, and it has a huge impact on local residents," Mr Holloway told MPs during a parliamentary debate on Monday.
"There are entirely viable schemes, including a seven-mile tunnel under Dartford and Thurrock," he said.
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The Conservative MP for Dartford, Gareth Johnson, suggested Mr Holloway was in favour of "funnelling more traffic" towards the existing Dartford Crossing and in to the Dartford area.
He said: "Isn't it the situation that we should have more resilience, as we have across the rest of the Thames, so you have crossings at various different locations?
"The solution surely is to take traffic away and put the crossing east of Gravesend."
But Mr Holloway said the "£5bn opportunity to fix the M25 is about to be wasted," adding that it will soon be "too late to stop a plan that's going to result in another 30 years of misery on the M25".
He added: "Have a conversation about something to the east of Gravesend, or wherever it is, but let's not confuse two things.
"The problem is a disaster at Dartford and it is going to be a complete scandal."
Concluding the debate, transport minister John Hayes said more than 47,000 people had taken part in a consultation on the preferred option for the crossing and the government was currently analysing the results.
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A proposed new road tunnel beneath the River Thames would lead to 30 years of "misery" on the M25, an MP has warned.
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Princess Road and Princess Parkway in Manchester will be lowered from 40mph to 30mph for an 18-month trial after a proposal was approved by councillors.
There have been two deaths and 84 crashes over the past three years.
A friend of Ian O'Mara, who died when he was hit by a coach on a pelican crossing in 2015, helped set up a petition to change the speed limit.
A coach driver who hit the dog walker in Princess Road was given a suspended sentence after admitting causing death by careless driving.
The change to the speed limit was passed by Manchester City Council on Wednesday, although a date for when it comes into force is yet to be confirmed.
Princess Parkway merges into Princess Road and stretches 3.7 miles (6km).
Campaigner Sam MacWilliam, from Chorlton, said: "The road is very important for people coming into the city, but they need to understand that they are coming off the motorway and into an area where people live.
"There are schools and churches here."
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The speed limit on a major route into a city has been reduced following a campaign launched after a man's death.
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The 19-year-old defender, who has made four appearances for the Tractor Boys this season, will remain at Portman Road until the summer of 2019.
The deal includes an option for the academy graduate to extend his stay by a further year, until 2020.
"I'm enjoying my football and I want to keep on improving my game," he told the club website.
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Ipswich Town youngster Josh Emmanuel has signed a new contract with the Championship club.
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There were 33 deaths from fires in buildings and vehicles in Scotland in 2013-14 compared with 46 the previous year - a decrease of 28%.
Almost nine in 10 of those died in house fires, the majority of which were accidental.
Smoking materials and matches accounted for more than half (58%) of fatal accidental house fires.
Alcohol and/or drugs were a factor in a quarter.
Almost half of all fatalities in the home happened where there was a smoke alarm present which either did not operate or failed to raise the alarm.
The rate of fatalities in the over-60s age group was more than double the national average of 6.2 per million.
The statistical bulletin said: "The provisional figure for the total fatal casualties from primary fires in 2013-14 is the lowest for more than 20 years.
"Whilst the number of fire deaths is prone to fluctuation, the latest figure continues the long-term downward trend in fire fatalities."
A total of 1,311 people were injured in fires over the same period, according to the figures.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) attended 27,979 fires during the year, an increase of 5% on the previous year but the second lowest annual total in the last decade.
House fires fell by 9% to 5,330, continuing a 10-year downward trend.
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service chief officer Alasdair Hay said: "I know from first-hand experience how hard-working and dedicated our staff throughout the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are.
"The fact that the number of house fires across Scotland has continued to fall since last year is also a reflection of the public's commitment to join Scotland's fight against fire and take part in protecting their communities."
He added: "Last year local firefighters continued to conduct free home fire safety visits around the country, completing 71,357 visits.
"The SFRS has a clear message - working smoke alarms saves lives. These figures show that message is getting heard and people are safer from fire in their homes."
Community safety minister Paul Wheelhouse said: "It is encouraging that fire deaths are now at their lowest since current records began, as are fires in homes, taking them to the lowest in a generation.
"While the significant reduction in the number of people hurt or killed in fires is to be welcomed, every death is a tragedy and there are 33 families across Scotland who are without a loved one as a result of fires last year.
"It's crucial that we remember the relatively small numbers of cases mean there can be quite extreme fluctuations, although there is no doubt that these figures are testament to the hard work of the fire and rescue services in Scotland, and their continued focus on prevention.
"It is crucial that people across Scotland listen and follow their valuable advice."
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Fifa's ethics committee is looking into the "disloyal payment", made nine years after Platini carried out consultation work for Fifa president Sepp Blatter.
Platini, a Fifa vice-president, and Blatter are serving 90-day bans while corruption claims are investigated.
In September, criminal proceedings against Blatter began in Switzerland.
BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent Richard Conway says a written contract did exist for Platini's work for Fifa between 1998 and 2002, according to sources. A total of SFr 1.05m (£710,000) is believed to have been paid to the Frenchman.
It is an additional SFr 2m (£1.35m) that was paid in February 2011 that is under scrutiny - and for which no written contract is said to exist.
Both Platini and Blatter are believed to have told investigators the additional payment was an oral agreement for SFr 0.5m to be paid for each of the four years (January 1999 to June 2002) the Uefa president was employed by Fifa. In a statement this month, Platini said "the remuneration was agreed at the time".
It is understood the men claimed an agreement to delay payment was reached at the time due to Fifa's then financial position.
Under Swiss law, an employee cannot seek to have a contract paid up after five years have elapsed irrespective of whether it was written or oral.
Both men have denied any wrongdoing, have appealed against their bans and believe they will be exonerated.
Uefa, which meets in Nyon on Thursday to discuss the issue, has said it has "full confidence" in its president and "stands fully behind him".
However, one Uefa executive committee member, Allan Hansen, has been quoted by Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet as saying "we can no longer support him" - if no contract exists.
Meanwhile, Fifa has banned Thai football chief and former executive member Worawi Makudi for 90 days for an ethics breach and indicated he could face further punishment.
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Uefa chief Michel Platini produced no documentary evidence for the 2m Swiss francs (£1.35m) payment made to him by Fifa, the BBC has learned.
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The Brexit negotiations with the EU were due to start on 19 June but Moody's said the fact that the Conservatives had lost their majority would delay the start of the talks.
It will "complicate and probably delay Brexit negotiations", it warned.
Moody's said the election result could put pressure on the public finances.
The "inconclusive" outcome of the general election may mean the government placed less priority on cutting the budget deficit, the agency said.
This would be negative for the UK's credit rating and make it more expensive for the country to borrow money.
As a result, Moody's said it expected fiscal risks to increase because in its view the budget deficit will increase both this year and next.
"The election outcome, with significant gains for the Labour Party, which had campaigned for increased public spending, will likely be seen as a 'vote against austerity', it added.
"The public debt ratio will rise further and for longer than we had expected, placing the UK among the few highly rated European sovereigns whose public debt is still rising."
However, Moody's said the election result suggested an "electoral shift" away from the "hard Brexit" that Prime Minister Theresa May had ostensibly sought.
As a result, Moody's said the government may now consider "softer" Brexit options, which would be positive for the country's credit rating.
Earlier, Brexit Secretary David Davis told Sky News that negotiations on leaving the EU would begin next week. but not necessarily on 19 June.
"My permanent secretary is actually in Brussels today talking to them about the details," he said.
"It may not be on the Monday because we also have got the Queen's Speech that week and I will have to speak in that, and so on."
Meanwhile, S&P Global Ratings released a note saying the outcome of the snap election and the hung parliament should have no immediate impact on the UK's rating.
"Our ratings on the UK already take into account a less predictable policy framework following the vote to leave the EU in June 2016," it said.
It also said it believed the lack of an overall majority for any one part was likely to delay Brexit negotiations. "We do not exclude the possibility of another snap election."
Separately, S&P economist Jean-Michel Six said: "In terms of the [UK's] outlook for growth, it's clear that things are not going in the right direction."
"This latest bit of instability can only weaken the business environment and consumer confidence," he said.
S&P said the UK's outlook remained negative.
Moody's rates the UK as Aa1 negative - one notch above the other two big agencies, S&P and Fitch.
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The UK general election result could delay Brexit talks and be negative for the economy, credit ratings agencies Moody's and S&P have warned.
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The Japanese engineer created many popular drum machines, including the iconic TR-808.
Its sound is a staple of hip-hop and electronic music, used by everyone from Kanye West to Marvin Gaye.
Kakehashi received a technical Grammy in 2013 for contributions to electronic music technology.
Dave Smith - Kakehashi's co-winner - told the BBC he "was just an amazing man, a good friend, a very good competitor of course and just innovative continually all that time".
Before leading Roland for 40 years, Mr Kakehashi founded Ace Tone in the 1960s.
The firm made amplifiers and primitive drum machines, laying the groundwork for the engineer's future success.
The sound of the TR-808 proved a game-changer in the 1980s and 90s.
It appears on Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing", and in the opening bars of Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody".
Rapper Kanye West's 2008 album 808s & Heartbreak showcases the machine throughout.
Musicians have shared their tributes to Mr Kakehashi online, calling his impact immeasurable.
Marc Almond of synthpop duo Soft Cell called him "a man who changed music".
Martyn Ware, who played keyboards for The Human League, told the BBC: "Roland was central to everything that we did for the whole of the first two albums - they featured on every track."
"We were loyal to them like people would be loyal to a football team."
In 2015 the TR-808 was the subject of a documentary featuring Pharrell Williams, Fatboy Slim, and Phil Collins - among many others.
In a farewell to Mr Kakehashi, his colleague for almost four decades, Roland developer Tommy Snyder wrote: "He was a super funny, wonderful and gifted human being, and his contributions to the musical instrument world, and music, touched millions of people worldwide. RIP dear Taro."
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The music world is mourning the loss of Roland founder and electronic instrument pioneer Ikutaro Kakehashi, who has died aged 87.
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In an interview with Empire, the actor and former California governor claimed that low ratings were due to President Trump's credit as executive producer.
He said he would like to work "on a show that doesn't have this baggage".
However, Mr Trump tweeted that Schwarzenegger "isn't voluntarily leaving".
He said the actor was "fired by his bad (pathetic) ratings", adding that it was a "sad end to [a] great show" - referencing his own previous tenure as its presenter.
As the row escalated, Schwarzenegger replied: "You should think about hiring a new joke writer and a fact checker."
The president - who left the show to run for the White House - has previously ridiculed his TV boardroom successor.
In Friday's interview, Mr Schwarzenegger claimed an anti-Trump social media campaign had impacted the ratings of the show, on which he debuted in January.
"When people found out that Trump was still involved as executive producer and was still receiving money from the show, then half the people [started] boycotting it," said the former Mr Universe.
"It's not about the show... because everyone I ran into came up to me and said, 'I love the show... but I turned it off because as soon as I read Trump's name I'm outta there!'
"It's a very divisive period now and I think this show got caught up in all that division," he said, adding that he would decline if asked to host again."
Mr Schwarzenegger has often clashed on Twitter with Mr Trump.
Last month at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC, Mr Trump mockingly asked people to "pray for Arnold... for those ratings".
He said the show had been swamped "in comparison to the ratings machine, DJT", using his own initials.
The show, whose 15th season ended last month, averaged fewer than five million viewers per episode.
New York real estate businessman Mr Trump became a household name as the show's host for 14 seasons.
Some 20 million Americans were regular watchers in its first year before the viewing figures tapered to six million for Mr Trump's last episode.
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Beggars Group and Merlin both indicated their approval of Apple's new offer.
On Monday, Apple reversed its decision not to pay artists for songs streamed during a free trial period offered to users, following criticism from singer Taylor Swift.
Beggars Group said it was "happy to endorse" the new deal with Apple.
The company manages some of the best-known indie labels, with artists such as Adele, Radiohead and Basement Jaxx on its XL Recordings label.
In a statement, chairman Martin Mills said: "We are happy to endorse the deal with Apple Music as it now stands, and look forward to being a big part of a very exciting future."
Digital rights group Merlin looks after more than 20,000 independent record labels.
In a letter published by Billboard, Merlin chief executive Charles Caldas said: "Apple has made a decision to pay for all usage of Apple Music under the free trials on a per-play basis, as well as to modify a number of other terms that members had been communicating directly with Apple about.
"With these changes, we are happy to support the deal."
Mr Caldas stressed that it was for individual labels in the group to decide if they wanted to join the service.
Apple is preparing to launch Apple Music on 30 June.
It had originally planned not to pay artists for songs streamed during a three-month free trial offered to users, but changed its decision after Taylor Swift wrote an open letter criticising the company.
Google has responded by offering subscription-free access to its music-streaming service, Google Play Music, in the United States.
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Apple has reached an agreement with two leading indie music groups, paving the way for thousands of labels to join its new streaming service.
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Peter Osbourne of no fixed address was charged with four counts of making hoax calls, Gloucestershire Police said.
It relates to calls made on Wednesday about Wiltshire Police Headquarters, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Weymouth sea front in Dorset and Bath bus station.
Mr Osbourne, 56, is due to appear before magistrates in Bath later. Avon and Somerset Police were also involved in the cross border operation.
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A man has been accused of making a series of hoax bomb threats.
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A signalling system at Diss has been damaged, resulting in Greater Anglia services between Norwich and London being cancelled.
Services from Norwich to Cambridge and Norwich to Sheringham have also been suspended or delayed.
The rail company is advising passengers of alternative travel options and of its delay repay policy.
Greater Anglia said disruption on the Norwich to London Liverpool Street line is expected until 21:00 BST.
It said services are unable to depart from Norwich towards Diss and Ipswich and from Diss towards Norwich whilst Network Rail engineers examine the line.
There are currently no replacement bus services available to run between Norwich and Diss, it said.
Greater Anglia has apologised for any inconvenience caused.
All lines were blocks on the Norwich to Cambridge line after lightning struck between Attleborough and Ely.
Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Greater Anglia said Network Rail staff are on site and are repairing the signalling system however there is currently no estimate for the line re-opening
East Midlands trains services between Norwich and Liverpool Lime St are also affected.
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Lightning strikes on rail routes through East Anglia have sparked travel chaos.
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The former presidential candidate is the former CEO of technology company Hewlett-Packard.
Mrs Fiorina dropped out of the presidential race after a poor showing at the New Hampshire primary.
She has been an active supporter for Mr Cruz, a senator from Texas, on the campaign trail.
The early announcement is unusual because vice-presidential picks are not normally decided until after a candidate secures the nomination.
"Over and over again, Carly has shattered glass ceilings," Mr Cruz said.
He doesn't have the Republican nomination. He doesn't even have the lead for the nomination. In fact, he has no clear path to the nomination. But it looks like Ted Cruz will have a running mate.
Naming Carly Fiorina as his vice-presidential pick at this point provides Mr Cruz with several benefits. First, he can generate some positive press and at least partially move on from the drubbing he received at the hands of Donald Trump in Tuesday's mid-Atlantic primaries.
Second, he positions his campaign to make a strong play for that grand prize on the horizon, the California primary on 7 June - a battleground that could decide whether Mr Trump secures the Republican nomination without a convention fight.
While Mrs Fiorina's 2010 general-election bid for a Senate seat there was spectacularly unsuccessful, she did win her party's nomination and is a known quantity among the state's conservative voters.
Mr Cruz has his back to the wall. He needs a win in Indiana, and he really needs a strong performance in California. Mrs Fiorina on the ticket could help - and at this point, anything that might work is worth a shot.
Mrs Fiorina could help Mr Cruz in his battle against front-runner Donald Trump, who has made disparaging comments about women - including her.
"Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?" he said.
Mrs Fiorina responded: "I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr Trump said."
Mr Cruz alluded to this exchange in introducing Mrs Fiorina in Indiana, saying she handled it with "grace and class".
While at Hewlett-Packard, Mrs Fiorina laid off 30,000 people and was fired by the company's board, though she has argued that her leadership "saved" the company.
She also had a failed bid for a California Senate seat.
Donald Trump's son Eric Trump called the move desperate.
While addressing the crowd, Mrs Fiorina broke into song.
She sang about Mr Cruz's daughters and their times together on the Cruz campaign bus.
"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are two sides of the same coin," she said, and Mr Cruz's presidential bid is not over yet, despite what "the media says".
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Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has announced Carly Fiorina as his running mate, calling her a "consistent, courageous fighter".
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Councillors have voted to shut Plas Madoc - despite opposition from 2,000 people - as part of a bid to cut spending by £45m over five years.
Protesters meeting on Thursday evening said they had not been given enough time to draw up alternative options.
The closure decision will still need approval from full council next week.
Committee members of the the Save Plas Madoc Leisure Centre Campaign urged people at the meeting to lobby their local councillors to voice concerns ahead of next week's vote.
The council has said the community could run the centre, but supporters said that even extending the deadline to the end of June for interested parties to come forward with propositions is too little notice.
The meeting at the Air Products Social Club, Acrefair, heard the campaign is consulting a barrister about the possibility of a judicial review of the council's decision.
A council report outlined opposition to the closure saying the leisure centre is regarded as a "valued resource that contributes towards health and wellbeing and a focal point for the local, deprived, community".
However, the report said the council faced big budget cuts and a £2m bill in maintenance costs at its leisure facilities, including Wrexham's town centre Waterworld swimming baths and gym.
Among those trying to save Plas Madoc include former Wales footballer Robbie Savage, who played five-a-side at the centre as a boy.
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About 150 people attended a meeting aimed at saving a leisure centre earmarked for closure in one of Wrexham's most deprived areas.
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He stood down from his role earlier this year because of ill health but was to officially remain in post until February 2017.
Mr Murphy played football and hurling for clubs in Down and was a county selector in the early 1990s.
A lengthy career in administration included being a former member of the GAA Central Council and vice-president of the GAA.
Mr Murphy served as vice-president and president of the Ulster Council before being appointed provincial secretary, a position he held for 16 years.
"Danny was an outstanding leader who provided unstinting dedication to the GAA in Ulster for over 35 years," said Ulster GAA President Michael Hasson.
"It was very fitting that Danny's leadership was honoured earlier this year by the First Minister, Arlene Foster, and Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, at Stormont in recognition of his efforts in promoting reconciliation, tolerance and respect across all communities.''
Mr Murphy's funeral mass will take place on Saturday, 10 December in St Mary's Church, Burren.
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Ulster Council secretary Danny Murphy has died at the age of 67.
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Farah added the 5,000m to his 10,000m title at the World Championships - a feat he also achieved at the London Olympics in 2012 and the 2013 Worlds.
Foster said: "Mo is the greatest sportsman that Britain has ever had."
Farah, 32, responded: "We have had so many legends and to be in the same category as them is amazing."
Farah has now gone ahead of Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele who is the only other person to claim an Olympic and world 'double-double' in the distance events.
Farah now has five World Championship golds, two Olympic golds and five European golds, and is unbeaten on the track outdoors in a major championships since finishing second in the 10,000m at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu.
Foster, working as a BBC commentator at the championships, explained why he put the British runner on such a pedestal.
"He's Great Britain's most prolific winner of global golds and he's put former British athletes like Sebastian Coe and Daley Thompson behind him," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Former rower Sir Steve Redgrave [who won five Olympic golds] was part of a team. Mo is on his own and it's lonely out there. He's ruthless and we've not seen that. We should be enjoying the moment. We'll never see his like again."
Farah named Redgrave, ex-footballer David Beckham and former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson as his three greatest British sportsmen.
"We have had so many legends and to be in the same category as them is amazing," he said.
Multiple Olympic and world sprint champion Usain Bolt - who has won gold in the 100m and 200m in Beijing, as well as anchoring Jamaica to the 4x100m relay title - is a friend of Farah and added his praise.
"When it comes to Mo I'm never worried," the 29-year-old told BBC Radio 5 live. "When you are used to winning and dominating it comes easy.
"He knows what it takes to win and I had no doubt Mo would win."
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Olympic medallist Brendan Foster has described Mo Farah as Britain's "greatest sportsman" after claiming the first distance 'triple-double'.
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Phil Flanagan was ordered to pay nearly £50,000 damages to Tom Elliott following comments he made in a tweet.
Mr Flanagan said he was unaware his tweet was libellous.
Lawyers for AIG argued that he is ineligible for cover because he knew the comments were defamatory.
They also contended that Mr Flanagan is excluded as the social media post had nothing to do with constituency or parliamentary business.
But the Sinn Féin representative for Fermanagh and South Tyrone said he was unaware the tweet was libellous - originally believing he was merely posing a question after listening to a "one-sided" radio discussion on Northern Ireland's troubled past.
The judge in the libel case said that Mr Flanagan's tweet was grossly defamatory.
Following the two-day insurance hearing at the High Court in Belfast, the judge said he pledged to deliver his verdict as soon as possible.
A High Court judge has put a stay on any payout until Mr Flanagan resolved his legal action with the insurers.
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Judgement has been reserved in a Sinn Féin MLA's legal battle with an insurance firm over its refusal to to provide cover for a libel award against him.
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AM Simon Thomas said it would use Wales' share of proceeds from UK ministers' apprenticeship levy, around £150m a year, to fund the plan.
He said it would boost young people's prospects and plug "skill gaps".
On Tuesday, Welsh Labour ministers outlined plans to spend an additional £5m on apprenticeships in 2016-2017.
Mr Thomas launched the proposals with Plaid leader Leanne Wood at a gas training academy in Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent.
Although aimed at young people, Plaid Cymru said it would put no age restrictions on its proposed scheme.
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Plaid Cymru would create 50,000 apprenticeships if it wins power in May's assembly election, the party has announced.
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Orient owed money to four creditors on the petition, having resolved unpaid taxes with HM Revenue & Customs.
Owner Francesco Becchetti was given until Monday to pay off debts or sell the relegated League Two club following a previous High Court hearing in March.
Those creditors on the petition have been paid, although it is understood other creditors remain.
There is no indication as to how many other creditors there are, but they did not support the winding-up petition.
Outside the High Court on Monday, Orient fans could be heard protesting against Becchetti, who took over the club from Barry Hearn shortly after they lost the League One play-off final to Rotherham United at Wembley in 2014.
Following the dismissal of the petition, Matt Roper from the Leyton Orient Fans' Trust (LOFT) urged Italian Becchetti to sell the club "urgently to any new responsible owner".
He told BBC Sport: "We're using a word survive [after the petition was dismissed] but it's almost a word you can't use. Our survival is almost week-to-week at the moment.
"Our future is being played out in the High Court, we have a very thin squad, there's no guarantees we can actually put a team out next year. So survival, yes, but in the very thinnest sense of the word."
Omer Riza, the club's 11th manager under Becchetti, is only contracted until 30 June and the club have lost most of last season's squad, leaving uncertainty surrounding the club on the pitch as well.
Adam Michaelson, legal advisor to LOFT, said: "We're not in a position to say what is going on. The communication we've had is absolutely zero.
"All we know is what we can see, which is nine junior professionals, no seniors, no access to a training ground, no shirts, no training tops, and they're due back in pre-season in the first week of July."
Orient were relegated to non-league this season, their second relegation in the three years under Becchetti, ending their 112-year stay in the Football League.
After the club's staff were not paid in March, Hearn resigned from his position as honorary president and the English Football League said it was "exceptionally concerned" by the club's situation.
At the previous court hearing that month, chief executive Alessandro Angelieri gave the court a statement saying Becchetti, who in January said he would be willing to consider selling the club, would invest £1m to pay off remaining debts in eight to 10 weeks.
Orient announced in April that they had paid all salaries and cleared their debts with HRMC.
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A winding-up petition against Leyton Orient has been dismissed at a High Court hearing in London.
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A 70-year-old man infected with the mosquito-borne virus died in February, Puerto Rico's health secretary said.
The US territory has recorded more than 600 Zika cases, with 73 of those involving pregnant women.
Zika has been linked to severe birth defects, especially in Latin America, such as babies being born with under-developed brains.
Health secretary Ana Rius said all 14 pregnant women infected with Zika who have given birth have healthy babies.
Seventeen people on the island have been in hospital, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said.
Five are thought to have developed a temporary paralysis condition known as Guillain-Barre because of Zika, although that link is unproven.
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"The patient died of complications related to severe thrombocytopenia," the CDC said.
"Although Zika virus-associated deaths are rare, the first identified death in Puerto Rico highlights the possibility of severe cases, as well as the need for continued outreach to raise health care providers' awareness of complications that might lead to severe disease or death."
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The first known death in the US to the Zika virus has been recorded in Puerto Rico, say health officials.
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Yahoo said it would launch a "clean, modern and immersive design" search engine for Firefox users starting in December.
The news comes as Google's arrangement with Firefox maker Mozilla nears an end after a decade-long partnership.
Market leader Google accounts for 67% of searches from US desktop computers.
That compares to about 20% for Microsoft and 10% for Yahoo, according to research firm comScore.
Yahoo chief executive Marisa Mayer called the five-year deal with Firefox "the most significant partnership for Yahoo in five years".
"At Yahoo, we believe deeply in search - it's an area of investment and opportunity for us," she added.
Firefox users in the US will be automatically directed to search results on Yahoo's website when they enter a subject into the small box that appears at the top of the browser.
Firefox, however, does lag behind Google Chrome in the US browser market.
It accounts for about 10% of browsers on desktop computers, mobiles and tablets compared to over 33% for Google Chrome in October, according to tech data firm StatCounter.
Along with ending its partnership with Google in the US, Mozilla is also directing Firefox to Baidu's search engine in China and Yandex in Russia.
"Our new search strategy doubles down on our commitment to make Firefox a browser for everyone, with more choice and opportunity for innovation," said Mozilla chief executive Chris Beard.
Meanwhile, just last month, Google chairman Eric Schmidt had said that the firm's biggest rival in online search was e-commerce giant Amazon and not competitors like Yahoo.
Globally, Google accounts for about 90% of the online search market.
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Tech giant Yahoo will now replace online leader Google as the default search engine on Firefox's internet browsers in the US.
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The three-week Between the Monuments project is researching the daily lives of Neolithic and Bronze Age residents at the Wiltshire site.
The dig is being led by The National Trust and Southampton and Leicester University archaeologists.
The National Trust said if it is a house they will have "hit the jackpot".
Spokeswoman Dr Nick Snashall said: "I could count the number of middle Neolithic houses that have been found on the fingers of one hand.
"This site dates from a time when people are just starting to build the earliest parts of Avebury's earthworks, so we could be looking at the home and workplace of the people who saw that happening."
The site being excavated is next to the West Kennet Avenue - a 1.5-mile (2.5km) prehistoric avenue of two parallel lines of stones - and was first discovered by archaeologist and businessman Alexander Keiller 80 years ago.
The team has spent three years researching his journals and drawings together with modern geophysical survey techniques to pinpoint the excavation area.
They have also discovered arrowheads, clusters of scrapers for working hide and plant materials, miniature flint saws and pottery.
Dr Snashall said: "It's quite astonishing, millions of people have visited this site over the years but few of them can have guessed what they were standing on.
"The finds have been coming up three or four at a time, in clusters. It's as if the people were sitting here working away making arrowheads, scraping skins and carrying out their daily tasks and then they just got up and walked away."
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Archaeologists believe they may have found the remains of a house where people who built Avebury stone circle may have lived.
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Jess Sims and Laura Daniels beat Jo Edwards and Angela Boyd 16-15 to secure Wales' first World Bowls gold since Janet Ackland in 1988.
Their success came after Wales had claimed silver in the women's triples
Emma Woodcock, Kathy Pearce and Anwen Butten were beaten in the final by Australia.
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Wales women's pairs have won gold at the World Bowls Championships in Christchurch with victory over New Zealand in the final.
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Former election agent Alison Hernandez is facing questions over her role in submitting expenses for Tory MP Kevin Foster in 2015.
Plymouth City Council Labour leader Tudor Evans said her decision to proceed with a swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday was "arrogant".
Ms Hernandez defended taking the oath.
The Conservative party has admitted failing to declare a total of £38,000 of general election expenses for accommodation costs during its 2015 election campaign, blaming an "administrative error".
On Friday, it emerged eight police forces were investigating whether Conservative MPs filed election expenses illegally.
Devon and Cornwall police is bringing in another force to investigate the claims against Ms Hernandez.
Mr Evans said an "urgent" meeting was necessary to discuss "the many issues that have arisen".
He said: "Police and crime commissioners are supposed to keep an eye on the police on behalf of the public.
"If a member of the constabulary was in the same situation as this police and crime commissioner, they would already be suspended."
Ms Hernandez claimed the seat as PCC for Devon and Cornwall with 91,036 votes.
Responding to the concerns, she said: "I've had over 91,000 people elect me to office. I'm here for the people of Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
"I'm here to do a job - the police need support."
Mr Hernandez, who has previously faced calls to "stand aside", said she would review station closures, help victims of crime and increase police visibility in her new role.
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The new Devon and Cornwall police and crime commissioner has faced fresh criticism for taking the role while subject to an expenses investigation.
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Sangakkara resumed at Chelmsford on 177, with Surrey 334-7, and had time to bring up his double century before the visitors were all out for 369.
Essex lost Alastair Cook for 36 and fellow opener Nick Browne made 52.
But Dan Lawrence (78 not out) batted through to stumps with Ravi Bopara (33 not out) and saw Essex to 215-3.
Lawrence, 19, and all-rounder Bopara's stand is so far worth 89, but on a decent Chelmsford track the hosts will surely be looking for a big first-innings' lead.
Sri Lanka great Sangakkara, who scored his fifth-successive Championship century on Friday, struck 27 fours in his sublime 321-ball innings and now has 792 runs at an average of more than 113 this summer.
The 39-year-old was the last man to fall in Surrey's innings when he was caught by Neil Wagner off Simon Harmer and was given a standing ovation as he left the field in what will be his final season.
Essex were briefly wobbling at 126-3 in their innings once Tom Westley nicked Sam Curran behind, but Lawrence and Bopara batted throughout the evening session.
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Essex's batsman put their side in a good position after Surrey's Kumar Sangakkara fell for exactly 200 on day two of their County Championship match.
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The illegal hunting of the animal, and the destruction of where they live, are two of the reasons why.
Conservationists say their population has fallen by more than one third in the past 30 years.
It's been a shock to some of those who care for the creature.
But what makes giraffes so special? Here are five facts you might not have known...
Giraffes have strong tongues that help them to get their food - and to get it fast.
They use their tongues - like humans would use their hands - to grab food. The strength helps them chew food fast to avoid dangerous predators.
Until 2016 giraffes were considered as one species, but now they're considered as four.
They are: the reticulated giraffe, the northern giraffe, the southern giraffe and the Masai giraffe.
They may all look tall and similar, but the creatures are very different - like a polar bear is different from a brown bear.
Some of these have sub-species - where the giraffes are a little different but are still the same type of giraffe.
Just like human fingerprints, no two giraffes have the same spot pattern.
And each of the different species of giraffe have very different types of spot patterns when you look at them closely.
Giraffes spend most of their lives standing up; they even sleep standing up!
They do sometimes give their legs a rest, but all that standing is ok as their legs are very strong.
In fact scientists think that a groove in the giraffe's lower leg bone - which is much deeper than in other animals - helps keep their spindly-legs strong and allow them to support their bodyweight.
The largest giraffe relative ever to have existed is thought to have been the Sivatherium giganteum.
It's believed to have lived one million years ago in Africa and Asia and had a shorter neck and legs than giraffes of today.
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Giraffes are the tallest mammals on Earth, but their numbers have dropped so low that they're now vulnerable to extinction.
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Yeovil District Hospital was put on "black alert" last year when it was overwhelmed by demand.
This year the hospital is installing a 24-bed modular ward on its roof and leasing 18 beds from a nursing home.
Chief Executive Paul Mears said: "Winter is a challenging time for us and we've taken action to ensure we're well prepared for this winter."
Last February, the hospital was put on "black alert" for two weeks as it struggled to cope with the number of people coming into its accident and emergency department.
What is a black alert?
•The NHS uses a national internal alert system based on the colours green, amber, red and black to rank how busy a local health and social care system is
•Black alert status occurs when a hospital cannot cope with the number of people coming into the accident and emergency department because not enough people are being discharged
•It effectively means the hospital does not have enough bed capacity to cope
This year, to boost bed capacity, the hospital is hoisting a permanent emergency admissions unit onto the roof of its outpatient department in the run-up to Christmas.
It has also contracted with a local nursing home to take 18 beds for six months for patients waiting for nursing home placements or a package of care.
"Last winter was really, really bad for us - part of that was due to the complexity of the patients we were admitting which were a more elderly, frail group of patients and also the sheer numbers," said Mr Mears.
"But we've got 42 beds on top of our current bed base now and we believe that will put us in a much better place to be able to cope with the additional pressures."
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A "ready made" ward is to be craned onto the roof of a Somerset hospital to help cope with winter demand.
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Blair Alston slotted in following Lee Miller's through ball to give the Bairns the lead but James Craigen quickly fired Rovers level.
Falkirk were ahead again through David McCracken's first-half header.
But the visitors equalised again when Mark Stewart struck against his former club, and though Raith had Kyle Benedictus dismissed they held firm.
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Raith Rovers twice pegged back their hosts to secure a Scottish Championship draw at the Falkirk Stadium.
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The 5,000-signature document was taken to the Scottish Parliament.
Dumfries and Galloway Council wants to house the hoard in a new gallery being built in the region.
However, National Museums Scotland is also bidding to host the artefacts. A meeting takes place on Thursday to discuss their fate.
The objects were discovered by a metal detectorist in Dumfries and Galloway in 2014.
The Galloway Viking Hoard (GVH) group is backing the council's bid to ensure they end up in Kirkcudbright.
Cathy Agnew, who chairs the campaign, said: "The message from Galloway, Scotland and around the world is very clear - the hoard was buried in Galloway for safekeeping 1,000 years ago and that is where its home should be.
"We have huge support from the general public, academics, politicians of all parties and many others.
"It would be a travesty if their voices were ignored."
National Museums Scotland has said it believed it had put forward a "mutually-beneficial and positive proposal".
It would allow part of the hoard to go on display permanently in Kirkcudbright and the entire collection to be hosted, on occasions, by the gallery.
The Scottish Archaeological Finds Allocation Panel meets this week to discuss the hoard's future.
It will then make a recommendation to the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer on where the treasure should end up.
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A petition has been delivered seeking to ensure a hoard of Viking treasure discovered in Galloway goes on display in Kirkcudbright.
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Mr Whyte's lawyer entered the plea during a hearing at the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday morning.
The 45-year-old, who lives in London, faces a charge of fraud and a second allegation under the Companies Act.
A trial is scheduled to go before judge Lady Stacey at the High Court in Glasgow in April.
The Crown has alleged that Mr Whyte fraudulently obtained a "majority and controlling stake" in the Ibrox club.
It is alleged that he directly, and through representatives, pretended to then Rangers owner Sir David Murray, and others, that funds were available to make all stipulated payments.
The second charge under the Companies Act centres on an £18m payment in connection with the takeover.
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The former Rangers owner Craig Whyte has pleaded not guilty to two charges, including one of fraud, in relation to his purchase of the club in 2011.
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The 52-year-old replaces Richie Foran, who was sacked following relegation from the Premiership.
He has signed a two-year deal after leaving his head of coach education post at Hearts, where he spent 18 years at a player and manager.
The Highlanders won promotion to the top flight for the first time under Robertson's guidance in 2003.
Robertson left in 2004 to take over at Hearts and has had spells in charge at Ross County, Livingston and Derry City.
He has not held a managerial position since leaving East Fife in March 2012.
"This time last week it wasn't even on the radar," Robertson said of the job. "I didn't apply for the job, I had a very responsible, high-profile job at Hearts - commercial and the academy, working as head of coaching there to rebuild it.
"I was as surprised as anybody when the call came in to say, would you like to come up and have a chat?
"This is a massive challenge and one I'm looking forward to, and it's one we can achieve together as a club. We know what's ahead of us. It's far easier to stay in the Premiership, I think, than get out the Championship, but it's a challenge we're going to meet head-on.
"The fans' expectations will be high, and they should be, but they'll not be any higher than mine."
Caley Thistle chairman Willie Finlayson added: "We had an excellent interview process with some strong candidates but John emerged as our unanimous choice.
"We were hugely impressed with his tremendous drive, determination, communication and motivational skills.
"He clearly has a great knowledge of the game in Scotland and is both well respected and connected. We firmly believe he is the right man to lead us back into the Premiership."
After the departure of John Hughes, Foran was promoted to player-manager last summer on a four-year contract, having been at the club since 2009.
They won three of their last five fixtures but could not avoid finishing last and dropping down to the Championship.
Chairman and chief executive Kenny Cameron stood down three days after relegation was confirmed.
Aberdeen granted Inverness CT permission to speak to Under-20s coach Paul Sheerin about their managerial vacancy before deciding Robertson was the man to take them forward.
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Miller's converted try and a Jimmy Gopperth penalty put Wasps 10-3 up at the break after Saints' Stephen Myler kicked the first points of the game.
Myler swapped penalties with Elliot Daly before Miller grabbed his second.
Daly's long-range penalty and Jamie Stevenson's try ensured Wasps moved to within two points of second place.
They are also now seven points clear of fourth-placed Leicester Tigers with just three games remaining.
With fifth-placed Saints facing Leicester in their next league outing on 16 April, Wasps are on the verge of making their own top-four Premiership spot secure and are well set to earn a home semi-final date.
The win against a below-par Northampton was not convincing until the latter stages, with a combination of some spirited defence, sloppy Saints handling and the distance kicking of Daly keeping them in front.
Miller's first-half try, following a slick move from a break from deep inside their own half, helped to establish a seven-point interval lead.
Despite not being at their best, a Saints side that lost England prop Kieran Brookes and replacement scrum-half Lee Dickson to head injuries kept probing and stayed within touching distance.
And it was not until Miller crossed for his second try on 66 minutes, running a brilliant line from George Smith's inviting pass, that the game was made safe.
Replacement scrum-half Stevenson's score in the final minute gave hope of a four-try bonus-point win, but the home side had to make do with four points.
Wasps director of rugby Dai Young: "We didn't play anywhere near our best and have played a lot better this season. We were edgy and snapped at things.
"Of course we're happy with the win, but it's tinged with frustration over the way we played.
"We realise that this performance will not be good enough against Exeter. There are lots of things for us to work on and get right."
Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder: "Lee and Kieran are up and about. We will have to go through the protocols and hopefully they won't have any symptoms.
"I can't remember a period when we have had so many concussions, but I guess that is what happens. We will have to battle on.
"Dylan (Hartley) is getting better. We are not sure when he will return, but hopefully we will get him doing some exercise this week."
Wasps: Miller; Wade, Daly, S Piutau, Halai; Gopperth, Hampson; Mullan (capt), Johnson, Cooper-Woolley, Launchbury, Davies, Young, Smith, Hughes.
Replacements: Festuccia, McIntyre, Cittadini, Myall, Haskell, Stevenson, Jackson, Tagicakibau.
Northampton Saints: Foden; K Pisi, G Pisi, Mallinder, North, Myler, Fotuali'i; Waller, Haywood, Brookes, Lawes, Day, Wood (capt), Harrison, Dickinson.
Replacements: Marshall, Ma'afu, Hill, Craig, Fisher, Dickson, Hanrahan, Collins.
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Emergency services were called to the collision between a Nissan Qashqai and Vauxhall Corsa on the A308 Marlow Road near Maidenhead on Wednesday.
The driver of the Vauxhall - a 38-year-old woman - was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and died in hospital on Monday.
A nine-year-old girl in the same car was taken to hospital with serious injuries and has since been discharged.
The three occupants of the Nissan all sustained minor injuries.
No arrests have been made in connection with the crash.
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Items worth more than £36 sent from the islands will incur VAT from 1 January 2013. The limit was £40.
A gift is defined as an item sent between two private people, such as a birthday or Christmas gift.
Jersey and Guernsey Post allow people to pay the VAT in advance so that the recipient is not charged by the UK Post Office.
A spokesman for Jersey Post said the recipient could have to pay the VAT and an £8 charge set by the Post Office, if the sender did not pre-pay for the item.
VAT is charged on all commercial parcels sent from Jersey to the UK after the end of Low Value Consignment Relief in April 2012. This loophole previously allowed for commercial items worth less than £15 to be sent VAT free.
HM Revenue and Customs says the change is due to a revaluation of the euro compared to the pound.
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The city council is considering plans to build a Go Ape attraction in Roundhay Park, featuring aerial zip wires and rope walks.
A petition against the plans has been signed by 1,500 people, who have said say they are concerned it will be too noisy and cause traffic problems.
The consultation has been extended by the council until 17 January.
Ben Davies from Go Ape said the issue of parking had been considered and would be addressed.
"We are confident that we can overcome those issues and with any luck provide some additional car parking spaces for users," he said.
"We hope that we can be of benefit to the local area in that respect."
Richard Critchley, Chair of Friends of Roundhay Park, said: "We are frightened that we are commercialising and selling off the park bit by bit.
"It would destroy the woodland because trees would be felled and then the excessive noise that would be created by people, the character of the area would be destroyed."
Jan Rippin, who also lives nearby, added: "It is a free walking place, a woodland, you can see wildlife, you can see woodpeckers. With a big commercial event in one corner, I think it will destroy that part of the park.
Go Ape said the attraction would create 30 jobs for local people, there would not be any music or public address systems and it would encourage children to exercise outdoors.
Lucinda Yeadon, executive member for the environment and sustainability at Leeds City Council, said: "At the moment we are looking at new ways of bringing in income, and if we want to maintain our green spaces then we need to look at new ways of being able to do that."
She said the plan would bring in a "significant" amount of money but that the council had to decide if it was the right decision.
"I think we need to consider ways of bringing new attractions to the city, I think an attraction like Go Ape would be fantastic but we need to find an appropriate place for it to go," she said.
Go Ape is aimed at people of all ages and has 29 locations in the UK and 12 in the United States.
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Plans to build a high-wire adventure course in a Leeds park are being opposed by local residents.
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The bank has previously said that a "significant percent" of its London workforce would be moved if Brexit became a reality.
The bank employs around 5,000 staff at its offices in London.
Earlier, the Lloyds of London insurance market said that after Brexit some of its business would move to the EU.
"We currently employ more than 5,000 people in London, and probably 20% to 30% of our workforce could be affected," the UBS chief executive, Sergio Ermotti, told the Japanese business newspaper Nikkei.
"We believe that London will continue to be an important financial centre, although maybe not as important as it is today," he added.
The UK voted narrowly to leave the EU in the Brexit referendum in June.
Since then the government and many UK businesses have been grappling both with the process of negotiating the divorce - which has not yet been formally triggered - and the eventual economic, social and political consequences of such a move.
Mr Ermotti said that it was too early for the bank to take any decision about moving its operations from London, but it was "well prepared" for any outcome of the impending Brexit negotiations.
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The Swiss banking group UBS says that up to 1,500 of its jobs in London may be moved abroad once the UK leaves the European Union.
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Earlier, the government announced 21 locations for enterprise zones in England in an effort to boost economic growth.
Gloucestershire's bid focused on Gloucester and Cinderford.
But Communities Minister Bob Neill said the county could still benefit from other job-creating projects.
"It's no disgrace to Gloucestershire at all, they did hard work, I know that," he said.
"And what I'd say to them is do not be discouraged.
"We are working with local enterprise partnerships and local councils beyond the enterprise zone projects, for example giving councils the ability to discount business rates to attract businesses into the area, giving the ability to set up simplified planning regimes."
Plans for 21 nationwide zones were first set out in March's Budget.
Zones have been confirmed for sites in Cheshire, Cornwall, Gosport, Norfolk, Hereford, Kent and Oxfordshire.
Other locations include Essex, Suffolk, Northampton, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire and the Humber Estuary.
Ministers said 30,000 new jobs would be created by 2015 by giving cheaper business rates, super-fast broadband and lower levels of planning control.
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One advertiser suggested that, in some cases, video viewing statistics had been overestimated by up to 80%.
Facebook's analytics are an important tool for advertisers, who use them to work out how much of their video content is being watched.
The social network said the error had been fixed and had not changed how much advertisers paid the site.
The error affected a Facebook metric called "average duration of video viewed", which was supposed to tell publishers for how long, on average, people had watched a video.
However, the metric did not include viewers who had watched for less than three seconds in the count.
Discounting the shorter views - including people who had ignored a video in their news feed - inflated the average viewing times for each video.
In a statement, Facebook said: "We recently discovered an error in the way we calculate one of our video metrics.
"This error has been fixed, it did not impact billing, and we have notified our partners both through our product dashboards and via sales and publisher outreach," it added.
The video-watching metric has now been renamed to more accurately reflect what it measures, the company said.
The metric is now called "average watch time" and Facebook started using this to gather statistics on video consumption late last month.
The statement also said the video-viewing metric was one among many that ad firms use to work out if their content is being watched.
The Wall Street Journal quoted ad-buying firm Publicis as saying that Facebook's misreporting was "unacceptable".
Publicis said it showed the need for third-party verification of statistics gathered by Facebook.
The social network has previously been criticised for counting a video as being "viewed" after three seconds.
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Facebook has overestimated how much video people have watched for the last two years, the firm has admitted.
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It is thought refrigeration units at three Tesco stores in Cardiff and one in Pontypool could not cope with soaring temperatures on Tuesday.
Hundreds of fresh food products, including butter, milk, meat and yogurts had to be thrown out.
A Tesco spokesman said: "The vast majority of our fridges and freezers are working as normal."
"When our stores report a problem, we have been working quickly to put things right for customers."
Temperatures in some parts of Wales reached 32C (90F) on Tuesday.
The fridges at the Pontypool store are now working again and staff are re-stocking.
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Supermarkets in south Wales have been forced to throw out large amounts of fresh food as their fridges failed.
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Violet D'Mello entered the enclosure for a photo next to the cats at the Kragga Kamma Game Park in Port Elizabeth earlier this year.
She suffered injuries to her head, stomach and legs during the incident.
The authorities in South Africa have ruled the park was not negligent.
A party of visiting schoolboys and a cheetah in heat were said to have been factors in what happened.
Mrs D'Mello, 60, said she survived by "playing dead". She had been on holiday with her husband Archie at the time.
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A South African game reserve where an Aberdeen woman was attacked by a cheetah has been cleared of any wrongdoing.
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The site of the Chicago Rock club, on New Street, Barnsley, was badly damaged when a fire broke out last week.
At its height, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service used eight fire engines to tackle the blaze at the disused building.
David Shepherd, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council's director for economic regeneration, said the demolition would take place over the weekend.
He said: "We've worked with Historic England to see if anything on the site can be preserved, but unfortunately we've come to the decision the building cannot be saved."
Mr Shepherd added the demolition would take place in order to "ensure people are safe and are not at risk from the building collapsing without any warning".
More on this and other local stories from across Sheffield and South Yorkshire
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Monitor has written to the 46 foundation trusts with the biggest deficits "challenging" their plans.
It urged money-saving measures such as filling only essential staff vacancies.
The Department of Health supported the move, but Labour argued it suggested there was a financial crisis in the NHS that was "spiralling out of control".
David Bennett, chief executive of Monitor, said the NHS was facing an almost unprecedented financial challenge this year.
"We are already reviewing and challenging the plans of the 46 foundation trusts with the biggest deficits," he wrote in a letter to trusts.
"However, it is clear that this process will not close the funding gap and so we need all providers - even those planning for a surplus this year - to look again at their plans to see what more can be done."
He urged trusts to leave non-essential vacancies unfilled, and to follow guidelines on safe staffing in a way which was "proportionate and appropriate".
Rosters should be rigorously managed to deploy staff efficiently across all required shifts, including evenings and weekends, he said.
In May, NHS trusts in England reported a total deficit of £822m in 2014-15, compared with £115m the previous year.
A big rise in spending on agency nurses contributed to the deficits.
At the time, Monitor said figures for this financial year were likely to be even worse.
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said the warning by Monitor "suggests that the financial crisis in the NHS is threatening to spiral out of control and hit standards of patient care".
He added: "The suggestion that hospitals can ignore safe staffing guidance will alarm patients and the government must decide if it will overrule this advice."
The Department of Health said it was investing £8bn into the NHS in England so that it could implement a five-year plan, and it was vital that "every penny possible" was spent on patient care.
"We support this move by NHS regulators, on top of the package of financial controls announced earlier in the year, to ensure the service lives within its means without compromising standards," a spokesman said.
The provider sector has forecast a total deficit of more than £2bn for 2015-16, according to specialist resource Health Service Journal.
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Hospitals and health trusts in England have been told by regulators to look again at their financial plans as current ones are unaffordable.
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Both houses of Congress voted in quick succession on Wednesday to approve the agreement, as well as pacts with Panama and Colombia.
It will now go to President Barack Obama to be signed into law.
The agreement is expected to increase US exports to the Asian economy by as much as $10bn (£6.5bn).
The free-trade deal with South Korea is the largest US trade pact since it signed the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994.
However, it still needs to be passed by the South Korean parliament.
'Made in America'
President Obama said the pacts with South Korea, Panama and Colombia were "a major win for American workers and businesses".
"Tonight's vote, with bipartisan support, will significantly boost exports that bear the proud label 'Made in America', support tens of thousands of good-paying American jobs and protect labour rights, the environment and intellectual property," he said in a statement.
The Obama administration says that pact alone will support 70,000 American jobs.
There was nearly $80bn in trade between the US and South Korea last year. The Asian country is the seventh largest trade partner for the US.
The vote coincided with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's arrival in Washington for an official visit.
In a speech on Wednesday he said the agreement would "send a powerful message to the world that the US and South Korea stand together in rejecting protectionism and that we are open to free and fair trade".
The pact was first agreed in 2007, but concerns in the US over tariffs imposed by South Korea on US carmakers delayed the proceedings.
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US lawmakers have approved a long-delayed free trade agreement with South Korea, calling it the most significant in 16 years.
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The waste, which includes soft toys, plastic bags and photographs, was discovered by the charity that operates Telford Steam Railway.
The site - owned by Network Rail - is near the A4169 near Horsehay, the Shropshire Star reports.
Network Rail said it was supporting an investigation by West Mercia Police to identify the culprits.
Read more on this and other news for Shropshire
Network Rail said it had been monitoring the site to find out who was responsible for the fly-tipping.
Simon Masters, media relations manager, said: "Fly-tipping causes a great amount of misery to those who live nearby, as well as costing the taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds in clean-up costs."
Paul Hughes, from Telford Steam Railway, a group which leases a signal box on the site, said he first discovered the dump before Christmas.
"We were doing a routine inspection when we discovered there was some commercial fly-tipping which progressively increased to what has become a huge mountain of waste," he said.
"We are all used to seeing somebody drop off an old sofa or bedspread but this is on a completely different scale."
Telford and Wrekin Council said it was working with the police and the Environment Agency.
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Some 150 tonnes of rubbish has been dumped near a popular steam railway attraction in Shropshire.
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The Pilgrims, second in League Two, will return to England on Thursday.
"We're going there to train for three days in preparation for the remaining games of the season," Argyle manager Derek Adams told BBC Radio Devon.
"I've done it before as a manager. It's about getting us focused with 18 games to go, and allowing us to train in hot weather and a very good area."
Adams added to his squad during the January transfer window, and believes the trip will help integrate his new players.
Jakub Sokolik, Nathan Blissett, Antoni Sarcevic, Ryan Taylor and Matthew Kennedy were brought in as Argyle look to strengthen their promotion challenge.
"It's been in the planning for a while and we've been able to factor it in," said Adams.
"We've got new players in and it's about trying to get them to know what the other players are about, and also to get my ideas across to them."
Sarcevic, signed from Shrewsbury during the final days of the window, added: "It's nice to get away from everything and get a good few days in Spain. But it will be hard work."
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Plymouth Argyle are preparing for Saturday's derby against Exeter with some warm-weather training in Spain.
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A team of three male candidates was selected last month which resulted in Michelle Gildernew being left off the ticket.
The meeting gives the former MP and minister another opportunity to be put on Sinn Féin's list.
Ms Gildernew had been replaced on the ticket by current MLA Phil Flanagan.
Analysis: 'Major embarrassment' for Sinn Féin
He had missed out on selection at a previous convention almost two months ago.
In December, Ms Gildernew was selected to run alongside sitting MLA Sean Lynch and local councillor John Feely.
However, Sinn Fein's ruling council (Ard Comhairle) ordered a revote.
The party did not specify why, but it has been reported that concerns had been raised about procedural errors.
A new convention at the end of January in Enniskillen replaced Ms Gildernew with Mr Flanagan, who will now stand alongside Mr Lynch and Mr Feely.
In December, the outgoing MLA Bronwyn McGahan announced she would not be seeking re-election.
However, Ms McGahan did put her name forward for the latest convention but was not successful.
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Sinn Féin is to meet next week to select a fourth candidate in Fermanagh and South Tyrone for this year's assembly election.
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It follows the death of a beached whale in Hunstanton, Norfolk, on Friday and the discovery of three carcasses near Skegness over the weekend.
The sperm whales are believed to be from a pod spotted off the Norfolk coast.
The fifth whale was found at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, on Monday afternoon, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency reported.
It was found on the site of a former bombing range, and warnings have been issued for people to stay away.
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust tweeted: "There is no public access to the area and it is extremely dangerous with tidal creeks and the potential for unexploded ordinance. Many of the lanes to the marshes are private and not accessible."
Why do sperm whales wash up on beaches?
Marine biologists were using a probe to examine one of the Skegness whales earlier on Monday when there was a "huge blast of air", said BBC reporter David Sykes.
The letters CND had also been spray-painted by someone on the whale's tail.
CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) said the action was not carried out by the organisation at a national level.
The word "fukushima" - presumably a reference to the stricken Japanese nuclear power station - was also written on the side of the whale's body.
One of the Skegness whales is at the end of Lagoon Walk, with the other two towards Gibraltar Point.
They have been cordoned off to prevent crowds of people touching the carcasses.
People are also being prevented from going too close to the Hunstanton whale.
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Figures show about 57% of closures since September 2006 were in the nine more rural council areas.
Conservative education spokesman Darren Millar said Labour was "letting down" rural communities with a "grim record".
Ministers said they were developing plans to ensure rural schools were not "adversely affected by an over emphasis on surplus places".
Earlier in July, Education Secretary Kirsty Williams told BBC Wales a new law to support rural education could be introduced.
An agreement between the Liberal Democrat AM and the Labour First Minister Carwyn Jones included a pledge to look at the impact of current policy on rural schools.
According to figures obtained by Mr Millar, using a written question to Ms Williams, 89 out of 157 school closures between the academic years 2006-07 and 2015-16 were in the nine predominantly-rural council areas.
Ceredigion shut 20 schools over the period, Powys 18 and Carmarthenshire 17.
Mr Millar said: "It is a scandal that your school is more likely to close if you live in a rural community than if you live in an urban one.
"It's vital that rural Wales gets a better deal from the Welsh Labour-led government in the future and that alternatives to closure, such as schools working together to share staff and resources, are given the chance to work before closure is considered."
Ms Williams, AM for Brecon and Radnorshire, secured a place in Mr Jones's Labour cabinet based on an agreement which included a promise to review current policy on surplus school places "with emphasis on rural schools".
Responding to Mr Millar's comments she said ministers were "committed to reviewing the current policy on surplus school places, with an emphasis on rural schools".
"This is an opportunity for us to look at the impact of the policy and what that means on the ground in rural areas about the future of education provision.
"We are developing proposals on how we can ensure that schools in rural Wales are not adversely affected by an over emphasis on surplus places."
There is no single definition of rural Wales, but statisticians have previously defined the nine more rural of the 22 local authorities as Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Powys, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Monmouthshire.
STATE SCHOOL CLOSURES 2006-07 TO 2015-16
*Isle of Anglesey: 5
*Gwynedd: 8
*Conwy: 6
*Denbighshire: 2
Flintshire: 6
Wrexham: 1
*Powys: 18
*Ceredigion: 20
*Pembrokeshire: 7
*Carmarthenshire: 17
Swansea: 6
Neath Port Talbot: 8
Bridgend: 5
Vale of Glamorgan: 0
Rhondda Cynon Taff: 15
Merthyr Tydfil: 5
Caerphilly: 2
Blaenau Gwent: 5
Torfaen: 6
*Monmouthshire: 6
Newport: 4
Cardiff: 5
TOTAL: 157
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The roundabout at the bottom of Anderson Drive is a bottleneck.
Transport Minister Keith Brown urged local residents and road users to have their say on the proposals.
Any work on the Haudagain roundabout would not get under way until 2018 when construction of the Aberdeen bypass is complete.
Mr Brown said: "The bottleneck at Haudagain has caused congestion for motorists using the A90 for many years.
"This option, which is the original preferred option, will provide the best journey time savings, reducing congestion and the risk of accidents.
"It will also provide safe crossing points for pedestrians and cyclists.
"We will consider all comments made as we further develop our proposals for Haudagain with a view to publishing draft orders in summer 2015 so that we are ready to start work in spring 2018."
The exhibition opened at the Lord Provost Henry E Rae Community Centre at noon, and continues on Friday.
Meanwhile, Transport Scotland said three tenders had now been received for the contract to build the Aberdeen bypass.
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Plans to improve the notorious Haudagain roundabout in Aberdeen with a new dual carriageway link have gone on show.
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The buggy update - which was delivered via a wireless transmission - is causing affected vehicles' infotainments systems to stop working.
This prevents drivers from getting navigation directions, climate controls and digital radio.
The Toyota division has acknowledged the problem and said owners needed to bring their cars in.
"Errant data broadcast by our traffic and weather data service provider was not handled as expected by the microcomputer in the vehicle navigation head unit (centre display) of 2014-16 Model Year Lexus vehicles and 2016 Model Year Toyota Land Cruiser," a spokeswoman explained.
"In some situations, this issue can cause the head unit to restart repeatedly, affecting operation of the navigation system (if equipped), audio and climate control features. The data suspected to be the source of the error was corrected last night."
The firm said "many" vehicles had been affected.
It confirmed the problem only affected US-based drivers who subscribed to Enform, a data-transmitting service not available in Europe.
Several motorists have posted videos showing the cars' screens booting up, flashing purple and then crashing. The fault repeats whether the vehicles are stationary or moving.
At least one car owner believed their car had been "hacked".
Some owners have reported that when they disconnected their car battery, it reset the unit and made it work again. But others have said this only provides a temporary fix as the problem returns several hours later.
"The correction is a forced reset and clearing of the errant data from the system," Lexus later explained.
"Toyota and Lexus owners experiencing these issues should visit their dealer for a complimentary system reset and a confirmation of the system. We regret any inconvenience."
The issue threatens to tarnish Lexus's reputation. It had been ranked as the "most reliable" car brand in Consumer Reports' survey of the automobile industry last year.
"Lexus has an excellent reputation for reliability, but these days that's not just about having trustworthy mechanical parts but its also electronics and software," commented Prof David Bailey from Aston Business School.
"There are typically more lines of code in a car than an aircraft, and you only have to get one part wrong for it to cause these types of problems."
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A faulty data broadcast is causing problems for Lexus car owners in the US.
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The 24-year-old had looked set for a move to Burnley, with the two sides in contact about a deal.
But a Forest statement said: "The 24-year-old has declared his intention to stay following a conversation with (chairman) Fawaz Al Hasawi.
"The club welcome Lansbury's decision and will now move forward with him in their plans."
Lansbury, who had loan spells with Scunthorpe, Watford, Norwich and West Ham when an Arsenal player, is currently the Reds captain.
Al Hasawi tweeted a picture of himself and the player, saying: "Henri is staying with us."
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Nottingham Forest have confirmed that midfielder Henri Lansbury will stay with the Championship club.
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Crawford Falconer will take up the post of chief trade negotiation adviser at the Department for International Trade.
Leaving the single market would mean the UK would have to establish new bilateral trade agreements, but cannot formally do so until after Brexit.
However, one economist suggested Mr Falconer would already be "building bridges" with the European Commission.
The UK faces a huge challenge in resetting its trading relationship with the EU and other countries when Brexit takes effect.
Trade pacts that have been negotiated by the EU with the rest of the world will no longer apply to the UK, while Britain will also need to define new trading relationships with the EU itself.
Membership of the EU has meant the UK does not have a large bank of trade negotiators with recent experience.
A New Zealander, Mr Falconer has more than 25 years trade experience. He has represented New Zealand at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and held various posts in foreign and trade affairs in his home country.
Prof Alan Winters, from the University of Sussex's UK Trade Policy Observatory, said Mr Falconer's experience and contacts at the WTO would mean the groundwork for separating UK trade policy from Brussels would be made easier.
"He knows quite a lot of the main players at the WTO and can build bridges at the European Council, which is good as there is work to be done right now," he said.
"There is work he can do, such as discussions on whether the UK uses replicas or changes trade agreements that we have with nations by way of membership with the EU."
One suggestion has been that initially trade agreements could be adopted by the UK in their current form - replicating them - at the point of Brexit, to be altered subsequently as new deals are agreed.
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said of the new appointee: "Crawford Falconer brings a wealth of international trade expertise to our international economic department, ensuring that as we leave the EU, the UK will be at the forefront of global free trade and driving the case for international openness."
Mr Falconer will lead trade policy and negotiation teams at the DIT. His appointment was first announced in June.
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The man in charge of negotiating the UK's trade deals once Brexit is finalised, starts his job this week.
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Hammers manager Slaven Bilic said earlier this month that Payet did not want to play for the club, but added the 29-year-old would not be sold.
But, after rejecting two bids from Marseille and signing Robert Snodgrass, West Ham have decided to sell the France international.
Payet joined West Ham from Marseille for £10.7m in June 2015.
He excelled in his first season with the London club, scoring 12 goals and earning a nomination for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award.
In February 2016 he signed a new contract to tie him to the Hammers to the summer of 2021.
He then helped France reach the final of Euro 2016, where the hosts were beaten by Portugal.
However, Payet has scored just three goals for the Hammers this season.
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West Ham forward Dimitri Payet is set to rejoin former club Marseille after the clubs agreed a £25m fee.
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The Irish government suggested the formation of the group last week.
But on Monday, DUP leader Arlene Foster said she had not been consulted over it and it appeared it would not go ahead.
But Mr McGuinness has said he does not think "anybody should have a veto on a good idea".
The Irish government government said it proposed the forum to enable groups to work on areas of mutual interest, such as trade, investment and health.
The UK's decision to leave the EU dominated a meeting of the North South Ministerial Council on Monday attended by Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness.
Mrs Foster said the forum was not on the agenda.
Instead, she said existing cross-border bodies would be used to work out the implications on the island of Ireland of a UK withdrawal from the EU.
On Tuesday, Mr McGuinness said indications from "very senior civil servants within the [Irish] government" were that Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Enda Kenny would go ahead with the plan.
"I spoke to the taoiseach before the meeting of the North South Ministerial Council - he wasn't putting it as an item on the agenda but he stated very clearly to me that he still believed that it would be a very useful thing to do," he said.
"I wouldn't be too exercised about the fact that there will be political elements who wouldn't be interested in attending.
"The DUP will undoubtedly through different methodologies have their say in relation to all of it."
He said he believed the idea of a forum would "get widespread support from most within the political process".
Government ministers from Northern Ireland and the Republic drew up a list on Monday of priority areas they intend to work on to limit any potential damage of Brexit.
Among the points was an agreement to conduct a "full audit" to "identify the possible impacts, risks, opportunities and contingencies" that the island could face.
And the two finance ministers will "consider the issue of securing" further funding for regional development from the EU.
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The 31-year-old comes in as a replacement for Danny Ward, who was recalled from his spell at Pittodrie by parent club Liverpool this week.
Collin, who joined Rotherham from Carlisle United in 2013, has played twice this season.
But he has not featured since August and recently found himself relegated to third choice.
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes hopes to have Ward available to face Ross County in their Scottish Premiership game in Dingwall.
"We're still waiting for international clearance for Adam and I'll announce the team on Sunday morning," he said.
"We'd assurances from Liverpool that Danny could stay, but their circumstances changed, so we're delighted to get Adam on board."
Ward impressed during his spell with the Dons and, on his return to Anfield, was immediately handed a place on the bench for the game against Arsenal.
There had been suggestions that Aberdeen would consider recalling Danny Rogers from his loan with Falkirk and the Pittodrie outfit had also been linked with out-of-favour Rangers goalkeeper Cammy Bell.
"There was no approach for Cammy Bell, although I'm not saying his name wasn't mentioned," said McInnes.
New signing Collin began his career with Newcastle United and had loan spells with Oldham Athletic and Doncaster Rovers.
However, it was not until he joined Northern Premier League club Workington in 2004 that he made his senior debut.
McInnes would not comment on speculation linking Stuart Bannigan of Partick Thistle with a move to Aberdeen.
However, asked about the possibility of more signings during the January transfer window, McInnes admitted that injuries to Willo Flood and Ryan Jack had left his squad short in central midfield.
"We may be looking to bring one in and for nobody to go out," the manager added.
Meanwhile, McInnes also said any decision on the future of defender Paul Quinn will be made after Sunday's game with Ross County.
Quinn has been linked with a move back to the Dingwall club having joined the Dons from County in the summer.
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Northern Ireland international Little has scored two goals in 16 games for Preston since signing from Scottish side Rangers in June 2014.
The 26-year-old made five appearances on loan at Blackpool earlier this term.
Fosu, 20, has played once for Reading, but featured in six games for Fleetwood after joining on loan in November.
"Andy's suffered with injuries this year so this is a chance for him to get some football and get himself back on track," Stanley manager John Coleman told the club website.
"When you've not played for while you just want to play and I think the exposure to the first team he'll get will do him good."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Promotion-chasing Accrington Stanley have signed Preston striker Andy Little and Reading winger Tarique Fosu on loan until the end of the season.
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Swansea University analysed data from nearly 360,000 children aged between six and 18 between 2003 and 2013.
It followed a health warning in 2003 that children should not be given most antidepressants.
The unpublished research triggered a Welsh government circular saying other methods should be tried first.
The 30% rise came despite a significant fall in 2003-4 following health warnings about the risk of suicide in young people.
The report, which has not been published, also showed the drug citalopram was routinely prescribed despite not being licensed for use in children.
The Welsh government wrote to health professionals that only fluoxetine (Prozac) has been shown to be effective in young people.
A Welsh government spokesman said it expected GPs to use their clinical judgment in deciding treatment, and to use NICE guidelines which recommend psychosocial interventions should be considered as an alternative to antidepressants.
The report said the figures could reflect better access to treatment, and a positive shift towards helping people address mental health issues at a younger age.
But it added: "On the other hand this may represent an increasing tendency to prescribe medication where other treatment options such as psychological therapies are limited or not available at a primary care level.
"This may be a particular issue in more deprived areas where incidence is nearly double that in more affluent areas."
It comes as research has shown a 54% increase in the number of children and young people prescribed antidepressants in the UK between 2005 and 2012.
George Watkins, 20, from Cardiff, experienced side-effects after being prescribed antidepressants as a teenager.
"I would open my eyes in the morning, I still get nightmares about this, about waking up every morning staring at the ceiling and wondering if this was the day when I would feel clear-headed.
"It was a very rushed appointment, it was five minutes, 'describe what you're feeling'.
"I was still on the medication that I was prescribed when I was 14 or 15 last November, when I had just turned 20," he said.
Children's Commissioner for Wales Sally Holland told BBC Wales the long-term effects of anti-depressant drugs in children were not really known.
"NICE guidelines are very clear: children and young people must have medication as a last resort," she said.
"There should be a month of careful watchfulness and then they should be offered psychological therapies and they should only be offered medication along side psychological therapies if the therapy doesn't work.
"It seems sad to me that George hasn't had that."
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He joined ITV's breakfast show when it launched as a sports reporter and presenter and went on to present Good Morning Britain on Saturdays.
He became anchorman of Good Morning Britain in 1987 and presented Yorkshire TV's news magazine programme Calendar until 2002
ITV's Daybreak presenter and former colleague Lorraine Kelly said he will be "very, very, very sadly missed".
"Mike was a delightful man, he was such a generous presenter - he really was brilliant," she said.
"The good thing about him was he didn't make a big fuss or a song and dance, he made it look easy. And I think in some ways he was under-rated because of that."
She added that her many memories of him were of "mostly just laughing".
Morris was born in Harrow, north-west London, in June 1947 and started his journalistic career with the Surrey Comet in 1969.
He worked for the Reuters news agency, United Newspapers and Thames TV, editing and reporting on both news and sport stories.
After joining TV-am in 1983 as a sports presenter, he quickly moved up the ranks - first hosting the Saturday edition of Good Morning Britain before graduating to the main daily show in 1987.
He interviewed Nelson Mandela eight days after his release from jail in South Africa and presented the programme the morning after the Lockerbie bombing.
His TV-am co-host Anne Diamond said: "I presented many, many memorable breakfast television programmes with Mike and I'd just like to say, as a way of tribute, what a lovely, lovely man he was.
"He was incredibly popular, I think, because he was just like the guy next door.
"It was completely sincere image he had of just being the ordinary bloke next door, who asked the ordinary bloke-type questions.
"That endeared him to a great many people. It certainly did to me.
"He was always a gentleman, he was always generous. He was very, very funny. A real family man and I must say I'm terribly sad to hear he has died."
As the presenter with last words on the final TV-am show in December 1992, Morris joked that he was "off to be a passport photographer after turning off the studio lights".
Writing on behalf of TV-am, journalist Ian White said Morris was "no ordinary journalist" who was "popular with viewers".
"He had the common touch and the ability to pull off every type of interview, often under incredible pressure.
"TV-am's success was partly down to its presenters and in the last five years Mike helped lead that team on and off the air. He will be greatly missed by family, friends and colleagues," he said.
Morris is survived by his daughters Sarah and Helen.
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It comes after an audit committee requested a probe into two of DSME's former chief executive officers over possible mismanagement.
The world's second-largest shipbuilder has been trying to raise money to reduce its debts.
The firm posted its biggest net loss of 3.19tr won ($2.8bn; £1.9bn) last year.
DSME and South Korea's two other biggest shipbuilders, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samsung Heavy Industries, have all been hard hit by the slump in oil prices and global economic slowdown.
They have struggled with reduced demand for tankers and container ships and have had to delay projects in offshore drilling and production.
They are also facing rising competition from Chinese shipbuilders.
According to reports, 150 officials went to DSME headquarters in Seoul and one of its shipyards on the island of Geoje.
Computer hard drives, accounting books and documents were seized by officials, who are looking into whether it manipulated its 2013 and 2014 financial statements.
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South Korean prosecutors have raided Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering as part of an investigation into alleged accounting irregularities.
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Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said the government had not found any evidence to support the claim.
The lawyers filed a petition in a court last year saying that the monument should be handed over to Hindus.
The Taj Mahal, a 17th Century mausoleum built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a Muslim, after his wife's death, attracts about 12,000 visitors a day.
Six lawyers belonging to the city of Agra, where the monument is located, had told a court there was "substantial evidence" to prove that the famous monument was originally a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.
They had urged the court to declare the monument a Hindu temple.
The Taj Mahal was completed by Shah Jahan in 1653 as a mausoleum for his third and favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their 14th child.
The monument's complex structure of white marble domes and minarets inlaid with semi-precious stones and carvings is considered the finest example of Mughal art in India.
In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a Unesco World Heritage site and attracts millions of visitors each year.
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India's government has rejected claims by a group of lawyers that the Taj Mahal monument was a Hindu temple.
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The National Audit Office (NAO) said water companies in England and Wales had benefited from tax cuts and cheaper finance costs over the past five years.
However, customers' bills had not fallen because Ofwat had not properly "balanced the risks" between water companies and consumers, the NAO said.
Ofwat rejected criticism of its price control regime.
The NAO estimated that between 2010 and 2015, water companies gained £410m from lower corporation tax rates and a further £840m from lower than expected interest payments.
Over the same period the companies absorbed costs and provided water bill discounts worth up to £435m, leaving them with a net gain of £800m.
The watchdog said Ofwat's price cap was weighted too heavily in favour of the companies and had not achieved proper value for money.
Ofwat chief executive Cathryn Ross said its approach had given customers "certainty about the cost of their water bills".
She told Radio 4's Today programme it would not have been right to pass on to customers the risk of changes in financing costs.
"What that would have meant was that had interest rates gone up between 2009 and 2014, that amount of money would have gone straight on customers' bills. I don't think that was the right thing to do," Ms Ross said.
The regulator had also rejected requests from water companies to raise bills when faced with higher than expected costs. "There are swings and roundabouts here," she said.
Water prices will fall by 5% in real terms over the next five years, Ofwat said earlier this year.
Bills have risen by 40% in real terms since privatisation in 1989, with the biggest rises coming between 1990 and 1995.
Water bills accounted for about 2.3% of average household spending in 2013 and more than 5% for the poorest households.
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Water companies have pocketed an £800m windfall because of poor regulation, the spending watchdog has said.
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The businessman and star of BBC One's The Apprentice said that after his two-year tenure his work was "complete".
The service offers 70 live Freeview channels and is a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, BT, Channel 4, Channel 5, TalkTalk and Arqiva.
YouView said Lord Sugar would go "in the next few weeks" and a new chairman would be announced in due course.
Formerly known as Project Canvas, YouView is a free web-connected TV service combining Freeview digital channels with on-demand content such as iPlayer. It is accessed via a set-top box.
Lord Sugar said: "When I joined YouView in 2011, my brief from the shareholders was to use my experience in the electronics industry to get the product to market and into the homes of consumers.
"Having done that successfully, my job is complete and I will now focus my time and attention into my other businesses."
YouView faces competition from rivals such as Sky, which has an on-demand service, and Virgin Media with its Tivo service.
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Lord Sugar is to step down from his role as non-executive chairman of internet TV service YouView.
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Sarah Guyard-Guillot, 31, was performing at the MGM Grand hotel.
Investigators said the mother of two fell 28m (94ft) to the floor when a safety wire became detached due to her rapid ascent.
They said Guyard-Guillot's death was partly caused by a failure to give her adequate training.
Cirque du Soleil said her death was the first fatality during a live performance in its 29-year history.
The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Cirque du Soleil Nevada on six counts.
These included inadequate equipment training for Guillot-Guyard, and a circus-fall protection programme that did not match state safety standards.
The Nevada OSHA proposed more than $25,000 (£15,600) in penalties for the company.
It also proposed a fine of $7,000 against the MGM Grand hotel for exposing its employees to workplace hazards, including onstage open-sided floors and pyrotechnic dust used for Cirque du Soleil performances.
The accident happened during the final scene of the Canadian company's show, Ka, a mixture of acrobatics, martial arts and puppetry.
Teri Williams, a spokeswoman for the Nevada Department of Business and Industry, said the report found that Guyard-Guillot had ascended too quickly, which caused the rope to detach from the sheave/pulley.
"The rope was severed when it encountered a shear point," she said. "The investigation concluded that she ascended too quickly, in part, because she did not receive proper training.''
Both Cirque du Soleil and the MGM Grand say they will appeal against the OSHA ruling.
"Cirque du Soleil completed an exhaustive review of its safety policies and procedures in the wake of the tragic accident involving Sarah,'' said Cirque du Soleil spokeswoman Renee-Claude Menard.
"We have redoubled our efforts to ensure the overall diligence and safety of our performers and crew."
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Cirque du Soleil will be fined after an acrobat died during one of its live shows in Las Vegas in June, Nevada state officials say.
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Allegri, 48, took charge in July 2014 and signed a new deal until 2017 after leading the Old Lady to the league title and the Coppa Italia.
Having successfully defended their league crown, Juventus have announced the former AC Milan boss will now remain until 30 June 2018.
Juventus face AC Milan in the Coppa Italia final on 21 May.
They are 12 points clear of nearest rivals Napoli with two games remaining in Serie A.
Juventus defeated Manchester City twice in the group stage of this season's Champions League before being knocked out by Bayern Munich in the round of 16.
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Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri has extended his contract with the Serie A champions until the summer of 2018.
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John Russell Brown and his company Hyperion Investments face 16 charges relating to the condition of the property and the danger and risk to health of the occupants in it.
The migrants were found during a raid on Deeside Lane, Sealand - one of the largest of its kind in the country.
Magistrates in Wrexham adjourned the case until 10 December.
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A man has appeared in court after 107 migrants were found crowded into a building in Flintshire.
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Claire Jenkins, 36, of Gowerton, was given the fine after leaving bread crumbs on a bench in Oxford Street, during a Christmas shopping trip.
She said: "I found it degrading. I didn't know it was classed as an offence."
Swansea council said a new campaign was responding to complaints people were being "plagued by seagulls".
"Posters have been put up on bins in the city centre advising shoppers of the penalties for littering and our message is that if you don't drop litter you won't face the fine," a spokesman said.
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A woman has been fined £50 for feeding pigeons in Swansea city centre after a council crackdown.
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The secretary of state, James Brokenshire, had set early May as the deadline for the current talks process.
It is thought the new deadline will be the end of June.
The provisions to form an executive by that date will be included in emergency legislation that will be fast tracked through Westminster.
The BBC understands the deadline extension is to allow for more talks after the Westminster election on 8 June.
Mr Brokenshire has been briefing party leaders about the details that will be published on Friday.
The secretary of state is under pressure from nationalist parties angry at the prime minister's decision to call a general election in the middle of the Stormont stalemate: Sinn Féin and the SDLP have been scathing about the snap election.
They say it exposes the government's lack of interest in the ongoing negotiations at Stormont, where round-table discussions aimed at restoring power-sharing are due to resume next week.
Earlier, Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill said she believed the "British government would prefer no assembly to one which opposes Brexit".
"It's clear that the people of the north who voted to remain in the EU are regarded as saboteurs by Theresa May and her clique of Tory Brexiteers.
"We are no more than collateral damage," she added.
Alliance leader Naomi Long said that people were "never in a compromising mood coming up to an election".
However, she said it would be better for Northern Ireland if an agreement could be reached soon.
Meanwhile, it has emerged the SDLP is pushing ahead with its plan to form an anti-Brexit alliance with other parties in the run up to the general election - and its leader, Colum Eastwood, has held exploratory talks with the Green Party in Northern Ireland on the issue.
"We are interested in a conversation with any party who is interested in protecting the interests of people in Northern Ireland in the face of a hard Brexit," he told the BBC's Evening Extra programme.
"I went out of my way to speak to Steven Agnew (Green Party NI leader). I asked him to consider how we best take this forward."
On Wednesday, MPs voted overwhelmingly to back the prime minister's call for a snap general election on 8 June - three years ahead of schedule.
Shadow secretary of state Dave Anderson accused the prime minister of treating the people of Northern Ireland with contempt by calling the snap poll.
He said: "They're being ignored by this government in exactly the same way as they were ignored pre-Brexit when people were saying to them: 'Are you really aware what you're doing?'"
In a separate development, emergency legislation clearing the way for the collection of rates in Northern Ireland is to be published on Friday.
Mr Brokenshire had promised to bring forward a bill at Westminster to allow rates bills to be issued.
It is one of a number of planned contingency moves to deal with pressures caused by the ongoing political crisis.
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Northern Ireland politicians will be given more time to reach a deal to restore a power-sharing executive at Stormont, the BBC understands.
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Durant, 28, limped out of Tuesday's game after team-mate Zaza Pachulia fell on his left leg and caused a sprained medial ligament and leg bruising.
It is hoped he could return before the end of the regular season on 12 April.
The 2014 NBA Most Valuable Player joined the Warriors this season in a deal worth a reported $54.3m (£43.9m).
Durant had spent the previous eight seasons at Oklahoma City Thunder, where he was a four-time NBA scoring champion.
Western Conference leaders Warriors went into the game with a league-best 50-9 record and have already booked their place in the play-offs.
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Golden State Warriors' top scorer Kevin Durant will be out "indefinitely" after injuring his knee in his side's 112-108 loss at Washington Wizards.
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The monthly deficit was £4.14bn, up from £1.07bn in September.
Between August and October there was a deficit of £8.4bn, a £2.4bn increase from the previous quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
The growing deficits were due to a big increase in imports of goods, combined with a small decrease in exports.
"October's dismal UK trade figures provided further signs that the economic recovery has remained worryingly-unbalanced in the fourth quarter," said Paul Hollingsworth, UK economist at Capital Economics.
"The economic recovery looks unlikely to garner support from the external sector in Q4, and instead will remain reliant on the domestic services sector."
The monthly trade deficit figures are notoriously volatile, and the ONS lost the national statistic designation from the series following a series of errors last year.
The deficit in goods in the three months to the end of October was £31.6bn, £2.5bn wider than in the previous quarter.
That was largely due to a £1.6bn fall in fuel exports and £1.3bn rise in imports of machinery and transport equipment.
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The UK's trade deficit - the difference between the amount it imports and exports - widened considerably in October, according to official figures.
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The Duke of Rothesay, as he is known when in Scotland, attended the event in his role as chieftain.
He watched traditional Highland games competitions such as the three-legged and egg and spoon races. He then presented a trophy to the winning tug o'war team.
About 400 people attended the games on Saturday.
It is usually staged in a field nearby to Castle Mey, the late Queen Mother's Scottish home in Caithness, but was instead held at a field in John O'Groats due to the usual setting being water-logged.
Prince Charles drove to the event himself and was wearing traditional Scottish dress.
He appeared to be in high spirits whilst watching a mock horse dressage with participants prancing around on a wooden hobby-horses.
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But more are in work than at any time since 2007, suggests Department for Business, Innovation and Skills data.
And graduates still earn almost £10,000 a year more than people without degrees - though the highest earners are those with postgraduate qualifications.
The figures showed a degree was "an excellent option", said the government.
The figures suggest that in the first three months of this year, graduates typically earned £31,200, while non-graduates were paid £22,100, a gap of £9,100.
But in the same period of 2010, graduates typically earned £32,396, some £1,196 more than they do now.
There was better news for those with postgraduate qualifications, whose median salaries rose from £37,180 to £39,000 during the past five years, as well as for non-graduates, whose median salaries went up from £20,800 to £22,100, according to the figures.
Some 87.5% of working-age graduates were employed during the three months to March - the highest proportion since the end of 2007, when the rate was 88.3%.
This compares with an employment rate of 69.3% for non-graduates.
The figures also suggest an improving employment market for graduates aged between 21 and 30, with only 3.9% unemployed, again the lowest for this time of year since 2007, when it was 3.5%.
"Making the leap from university to the 'real world' of work is becoming easier, and graduate employment has now recovered to 2007 levels," said Andrew Hunter, of recruitment company Adzuna.
"In the last year alone, the unemployment rate among young grads has ticked down 1% year-on-year, with fewer university leavers stuck in limbo between education and work.
"After years of stalemate, with fewer employees moving up or moving out of their positions, the labour market is now much more liquid, which has opened up opportunities for those new to the workforce."
However, TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said the overall prospects of young graduates were worsening.
"While university leavers are still better paid and more likely to have a job than non-graduates of the same age, today's figures show their prospects are worsening, just as their debts are soaring," she said.
"Many graduates are now finding themselves doing lower-skilled, lower-paid jobs.
"This is in turn pushing young people who don't have a degree out of work altogether."
A spokeswoman for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills described the figures as "great news for the UK economy".
"These results demonstrate how higher education is an excellent option for people of all ages seeking to gain employment and a rewarding career," she said.
"Working-age graduates still benefit from a significant earnings premium of, on average, £9,000 per year over non-graduates."
The spokeswoman said higher education was not for everyone, but there were thousands of apprenticeships and courses in further education also leading to "many exciting careers prospects".
Maddalaine Ansell, chief executive of the University Alliance group of business-oriented universities, said the figures showed "degrees continue to be vital for supplying graduates to meet the hi-tech skills needs of the UK's knowledge economy".
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Umakant Mishra was suspended from his job after being charged with fraud when 57 rupees and 60 paise (92 cents; 56 pence) went missing in his post office.
Mr Mishra told BBC Hindi that the battle to clear his name reduced him to penury and his family would have starved if not for his relatives.
He is now seeking compensation.
Correspondents say cases in Indian courts can drag on for years, even decades, and official figures show that more than 30 million cases are pending in Indian courts, some dating from 1950.
Mr Mishra's troubles began on 23 July 1984 when he worked in a post-office in the Harjinder Nagar area of Kanpur city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
"I was given 697 rupees and 60 paise ($11.19; £6.83) which the post-office had received as money orders and I had to distribute it. I distributed 300 rupees and in the evening deposited the rest with a senior official," Mr Mishra says.
When the refund was checked, it was found to be short by 57 rupees and 60 paise (92 cents; 56 pence).
"I was charged with fraud. I was suspended from my services and a complaint was lodged with the police."
Mr Mishra was jailed briefly and although he was freed on bail shortly afterwards, his long legal battle had started.
"I was summoned 348 times by the court. Initially I had to sell my house in Kanpur, then I had to sell my agricultural land in Hardoi district. I went bankrupt."
He did various odd jobs to support his family and fight the legal battle and says he was helped by his relatives who "helped me and provided me with shelter".
He was absolved of all charges last week after the prosecution could not produce any witnesses in the case.
"I was suspended when I was in my 30s. Now that I have been absolved, I should be compensated. I should get all the money that is due to me," he says.
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An Indian postal worker who was accused of stealing less than $1 in 1984, has been cleared by a court after nearly 350 court hearings over 29 years.
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The images were selected from more than 400 slides made by photographer Joan Wilcock, who died in 1994.
The project called Travelling The Archive is a collaborative effort.
It involves Skye-based Atlas Arts, artist Nicky Bird, Kyleakin Local History Society and the Portree-based Highland Archive which is operated by High Life Highland.
A selection of the images will be installed and projected indoors and out of doors in Kyleakin on 19 March.
To promote the new arts projects, photographer Colin Hattersley set up shots of some of today's islanders with prints of Ms Wilcock's portraits.
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Photographs showing life in Kyleakin in Skye between the late 1950s and early 1970s feature in a new arts project.
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The 46-year-old, who met the Scottish Championship club's board on Friday morning, succeeds Ian Murray, who resigned on Saturday.
Rae left Genk in the summer, having been assistant manager to Alex McLeish at the Belgian top-flight club.
It will be his second stint as a manager in his own right, having had a two-year spell at Dundee from 2006.
The Press Association has reported that Buddies chairman Stewart Gilmour originally wanted to hand Rae a short-term contract until the end of the season.
But a statement on the club's official website said: "The new manager has signed a deal that will see him take charge until at least the summer of 2017."
Rae's spell at Dundee was also in Scotland's second tier and he takes over in Paisley with the Buddies sitting third bottom ahead of Saturday's visit to bottom side Alloa Athletic.
Murray's six-month reign ended after a defeat by Dumbarton, the club he left in the summer to replace Gary Teale, who was sacked following St Mirren's relegation from the top flight.
Rae was appointed player-manager at Dens Park in May 2006 and they finished third then second in the old First Division in his first two seasons in charge.
However, having already retired from playing, he was sacked as manager in October 2008 with his side sitting eighth in the table.
He joined Milton Keynes Dons as first-team coach under Paul Ince and then moved to Notts County and Blackpool as assistant manager to the former England midfielder.
After Ince was sacked in January 2014, Rae teamed up with McLeish at Genk until the former Scotland manager left the Belgian club in the summer.
Rae's playing career began with Falkirk and he subsequently was on the books of Millwall, Sunderland, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Rangers before he joined Dundee.
He briefly revived his playing career as cover for injuries while with MK Dons.
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Former Rangers and Wolves midfielder Alex Rae has become St Mirren manager after signing an 18-month contract.
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Pallas's cats are found in Iran, Mongolia and China.
David Barclay, of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), has been in contact with a researcher in Iran since 2013.
In a new development, an abandoned Pallas's cat kitten could be radio-collared for the first time in Iran.
Efforts to capture images of the animals in Iran using camera traps have been unsuccessful so far.
Mr Barclay said putting a radio collar on a young cat and releasing it back into the wild could help uncover new information on the cats.
He said: "Should this happen we will be in a position to offer financial support and gain a valuable insight into the behaviour and ecology of Pallas's cats in their western range."
RZSS is also supporting a new Pallas's cat research project in the central Alborz Mountains of Iran.
Mr Barclay said: "It is clear that interest in the species is growing not just in range countries but throughout the zoo world.
"It is an exciting time for Pallas's cats and as long as I am breathing I will continue to support the conservation and research efforts and wave the Pallas's cat flag."
RZSS has Pallas's cats in its collection at its Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig near Aviemore.
They are also known as Manul, steppe and rock wildcat.
They are classed as "near-threatened", according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
The break up of their habitats are one of the biggest threats to the species.
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Wild cat experts from Scotland are working with counterparts in the Middle East to better understand one of the world's rarest and most elusive cats.
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All of this weekend's matches in the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup due to have been played in France have been called off.
Bath Rugby tweeted: "Our thoughts are with all those affected by the tragic events in Paris, and safe travels home to everyone in France."
Toulon have won three successive European titles.
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Bath's European Champions Cup match in Toulon on Sunday has been postponed following the deadly attacks in Paris.
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The puppy was due to fly from Nova Scotia on Wednesday to stay with family in Newfoundland, but landed in Ontario.
On arrival, flight staff took Cooper outside to relieve himself, but he slipped off his lead and escaped.
His owner, who was due to travel to Jamaica for a wedding, said on Friday she was "grateful" for his return.
The golden labradoodle was supposed to board a WestJet flight from Halifax on Wednesday bound for Deer Lake, but was placed on a plane destined for Hamilton, a city more than 2,000 km (1,200 miles) away.
"I got a call saying they had put my dog on the wrong flight to a totally different province," Cooper's owner, Terri Pittman, said.
On hearing the news, Ms Pittman took a flight to Hamilton, where she was joined by "thousands" of members of the public in the search for Cooper.
He was found wet and hungry on Friday by a group of local residents, CBC news reports.
"Knowing that people were spotting him running in the same area gave me more hope," Ms Pittman told CBC.
"The community of Mount Hope and Hamilton have been amazing," she said earlier, adding that "random people messaged me saying they want to help".
When Ms Pittman was informed by airline staff that Cooper had taken the wrong flight and had escaped, she said it was "one of the worst days of my life".
In a post on Facebook, Ms Pittman said: "This dog is everything to me, and the thought of losing him for good was sickening. To the city of Hamilton, I am overwhelmed."
Coincidentally Deer Lake, where Cooper was supposed to touchdown, is a town situated in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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A missing labradoodle named Cooper, which sparked a major hunt after boarding the wrong flight in Canada, has been reunited with his owner.
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Cooper, 31, was playing for Culcheth Eagles at Runcorn ARLFC and had been substituted when he began to feel unwell at the start of the second half.
An ambulance was called but they were unable to save the father of three.
Rugby Football League officials are supporting the family of Cooper and a donation page has raised over £8,000.
Culcheth Eagles junior sides played as normal yesterday, with all matches preceded by a minute's applause.
No decision has been made about whether the planned open-age league match at Cadishead Rhinos on Saturday will go ahead as planned.
"It is awful," said Culcheth Rangers' vice-chairman Jo Eland. "Adam was just a young lad going out to play the game he loved."
Cooper was a longstanding member of the club and returned from Leigh East to play with them when they re-established their open-age team in 2010.
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A minute's silence will be held before every rugby league game this weekend in memory of amateur player Adam Cooper who died during a match on Saturday.
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The city council will contribute £4.4m while £12.6m will come from the FA, Premier League and Sport England.
Four "hubs" will be formed on current pitches to reduce a reliance on council subsidies, an authority spokesman said.
The FA has said it will invest a record £260m into grassroots football by 2019.
The leader of the Liverpool council's Liberal Democrat opposition Richard Kemp, however, has warned the deal could cause "major problems".
He said local residents had not been consulted by the FA and Liverpool City Council, and "practicalities had not been worked through" including the presence of floodlights near local residences.
He also questioned whether the council should be contributing funds when it was struggling to maintain parks due to funding cuts, and when the FA was "one of the richest sports organisations in the world".
A council spokesman said members of the public would be consulted after planning applications would be submitted in the "next few months".
City mayor Joe Anderson said it was a "real coup" for the city as the council had "far less money than we used to".
Where will the grassroots football hubs be?
The sites in the first phase of the programme include:
A city council spokesman said discussions were being held with Merseyside Youth Association, who have run three of the sites for nearly 100 years, to restructure their leases.
FA chief executive, Martin Glenn, said the FA aimed to set up football hubs in 30 cities in the next four years to support its youth development.
Sheffield was chosen for the country's first FA-funded grassroots football "hubs" in 2014, when a £9.6m fund was pledged.
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Liverpool has been chosen as the recipient of the biggest investment into grassroots football after a £17m deal has been agreed.
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The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) is introducing a pro tournament in 2013 and claims fighters who appear will be eligible for Rio.
And an IOC spokesman told BBC Sport: "We are currently discussing the project with them [AIBA].
"The IOC encourages the participation of the best athletes at the Olympics."
Last year, AIBA introduced its World Series of Boxing (WSB), a hybrid of the two boxing codes which allows salaried 'amateurs' to retain their Olympic eligibility, even though the tournament features no head guards or vests and professional-style scoring with three judges.
WSB was seen as a bridge between Olympic and full-blown professional boxing and AIBA president Wu Ching-Kuo regards AIBA Professional Boxing (APB) as the logical next step.
If I was a professional governing body, I would be saying 'hang on a minute, what right do they have to do this?' Why is the APB's professional standard different to ours?'
"I feel this move towards professionalism is very important for AIBA," said Wu last week.
"Boxers have always felt that they have instantly had to turn professional after competing at the Olympics. We want to change that culture, show there is another way and this is now [the] time for the sport to move forward.
"I hope we can attract the very best professionals out there. I don't know definitely if they will compete in AIBA Professional Boxing but I am hopeful they will because the Olympics is something very special and there is no greater prize in sport than the Olympic gold medal."
A spokesperson for the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) said: "The announcement by AIBA represents another step in attempting to provide a duty of care and support to boxers throughout the whole of their careers.
"The welfare of boxers is our number one priority and we would expect everyone connected with the sport to support this principle.
"Like all major changes it creates a number of significant challenges for us as an organisation and we are forming a commission to examine the proposals in more detail in our role as the governing body for amateur boxing in England. We will provide a further update after the commission has arrived at its initial conclusions."
However, another source within amateur boxing told BBC Sport the AIBA's plans have caused "shock and dismay" among the ranks.
"What does this [the possibility of professional boxers competing in the Olympics] mean for amateur boxing?" said the source.
"There are a whole series of knock-on issues. At the moment the rules of the amateur boxing associations of England, Scotland and Wales prohibit any professional linkages whatsoever, so even the articles of the associations will need to be examined for this to become possible in England.
"And if I was a professional governing body, I would be saying 'hang on a minute, what right do they have to do this?' Why is your [the APB's] professional standard different to ours?'"
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A draft, submitted last week, sparked controversy over a clause that allows immunity for the generals who seized power in May last year.
Also causing concern is a clause which would allow unelected individuals to be appointed prime minister.
Thailand has seen almost a decade of divisive political conflict.
The previous constitution was abolished by the military after the coup. The current government operates under a temporary charter.
"We have drafted this constitution as it is a reform one, in hopes of leading the country out of cycles of conflicts, disunity and undemocratic fights," Gen Lertrat Ratanavanich, a spokesman for the Constitution Drafting Committee, told the AP news agency.
"I'm confident this constitution will provide justice to every side [of the conflict], more than the previous charters."
Under the new draft, future elections will be decided by a proportional representation system that leans towards smaller parties and coalition governments.
The upper house will mostly be unelected members; and the charter will allow parliament to choose as prime minister someone who is not a politician or an MP.
The BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok says the probable outcome of the new constitution will be weak and short-lived coalition governments, which would leave more power in the hands of the military and of senior, largely royalist bureaucrats, many of whom supported the coup.
The constitutional draft will be debated for six days, our correspondent adds, after which there will be very few opportunities for public discussion.
The military has ruled out a referendum but plans instead to seek opinion from a thousand selected respondents in each of Thailand's 77 provinces.
Critics say the constitution is aimed at preventing the return of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
He was ousted in 2006, after being accused of corruption and now lives in self-imposed exile.
Since then, Thailand has been deeply divided as his supporters and opponents struggle for political control, with the conflict sometimes spilling over into street violence.
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Thailand's military-picked reform council has begun a week-long debate over a new constitution, almost a year after a military coup.
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The two pools were confirmed on Monday after New Zealand accepted an invitation to play in Brazil.
The Dutch are ranked number two in the world with Germany third, while Ireland will also take on Argentina, India and Canada in Pool B.
"We're know how tough the tournament is and that we're in a tough group," said Irish coach Craig Fulton.
Argentina (sixth) and India (seventh) are above Ireland (12th) in the rankings with Canada 14th.
Pool A comprises Australia, Great Britain, Belgium, New Zealand, Spain and host Brazil.
"We will be focusing on improving as individuals, and as a squad and team come Rio," added Fulton.
"Our first training camp is in early January and we're looking forward to starting 2016 with a tough but enjoyable tour."
The match schedule for all pool games and the play-off stages will be announced in February.
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Ireland's pool opponents at the Rio Olympics will include defending champions Germany and the Netherlands.
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In a speech he said that he expected rates to rise over the next three years, reaching "about half as high as historical averages", or about 2%.
But he added that shocks to the economy could change the timing and the size of any rate rise.
Interest rates have been at 0.5% for six years as the UK economy recovers from the financial crisis.
The Monetary Policy Committee will "have to feel its way as it goes," Mr Carney said in a speech at Lincoln Cathedral.
He added: "Short term interest rates have averaged around 4.5% since around the Bank's inception three centuries ago.
"It would not seem unreasonable to me to expect that once normalisation begins, interest rate increases would proceed slowly and rise to a level in the medium term that is perhaps about half as high as historic averages.
"In my view, the decision as to when to start such a process of adjustment will likely come into sharper relief around the turn of this year," he added.
His comments come a day after unemployment rose for the first time in two years.
"That suggests the Bank's interpretation of those statistics is that unemployment falls are now being held back by skills shortages," said the BBC's economics editor Robert Peston.
"And those skills shortages are also responsible for rising wage inflation."
On Tuesday, outgoing MPC member David Miles, regarded as someone who is cautious about the impact of rise, surprised markets by saying it was "likely to be right" to hike rates soon.
On Wednesday, Janet Yellen, the chair of the US's Federal Reserve indicated that interest rates are likely to rise in the US this year. That could be a few months earlier than in the UK if indeed the Bank of England were to move in the new year.
If rates were to rise early in the new year, from the current all-time record low of 0.5%, that would be three or four months after the expected equivalent move by the US Federal Reserve.
Now for those of you with big debts looking for reassurance that you are not going to be financially crippled by the increase, he has said two other things of note about the so-called Bank Rate.
First typical interest rate changes, increments, will be typically much smaller than the half of a percentage point that they used to be before the Crash of 2008 - so probably one quarter of a percentage point, or even possibly an eighth.
Also he has signalled that the new normal rate of interest over the medium term after a succession of rises over two or three years will be perhaps half the 4.5% over rate of the past 300 years. So nearer 2%.
Read Robert's blog in full here
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Bank of England governor Mark Carney has indicated that UK interest rates could rise "at the turn of this year".
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Greg Allen, 43, of Seacoast Road, Bellarena, County Londonderry, was convicted along with another man for breaching waste and marine laws.
He plans to appeal the sentence, but not the conviction.
Mr Allen said he has lost at least six acres to the sea over three decades.
He estimates that the land washed away could be worth up to £50,000 and said he was trying to prevent further erosion.
The bales of tyres were put in place to protect a motocross track developed on his ground at the edge of Lough Foyle.
Mr Allen said at least 15 neighbouring farmers are suffering the same problem as him with coastal erosion.
And he questioned why farm land further along the coast was being protected with proper sea defences built and maintained out of the public purse.
"The more ground you lose, the more our income drops," he said.
"If a farmer loses ground for a roadway, he's compensated. We're not, and we're not being allowed to do anything about it either."
Mr Allen said he has been told that to put in a properly licensed sea defence along 100 metres of shoreline would cost up to £90,000 - if it were to be approved.
He must now remove the tyres, which he said will cost him more than £15,000.
Baled tyres have been trialled as potential sea defence material by the authorities in England.
It has not become a mainstream practice.
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A farmer given a suspended four-month prison sentence last week for having 20,000 tyres along the shore fronting his farm, has said he was trying to protect his land from coastal erosion.
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Butler, 24, joined the Iron for an undisclosed fee from National League South side Hemel Hempstead in June.
He kept two clean sheets in six appearances for the club, but was sent off in their defeat by Macclesfield.
Fellow keeper Sam Beasant joined the club last week after his release by Cambridge United and made his debut against Guiseley last Saturday.
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Braintree Town have agreed to release goalkeeper Jamie Butler just 72 days after he signed for the club.
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The company owners said the containers in Santos were full of acid and a disinfectant which came into contact with rainwater, causing a reaction.
The area's mayor said at least 66 people were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties.
Officials said the fire had been controlled but that there is still smoke in the area.
The cargo terminal and nearby homes were evacuated and residents were asked to stay inside.
The container terminal was operated by Localfrio, a logistics company, in Guaruja, an area on the eastern side of Santos, in Sao Paulo state.
A spokeswoman for the company, which exports chemicals used for refrigeration and general cargo, said the containers were filled with chloric acid and sodium dichloroisocyanurate - a cleaning and disinfectant agent.
Firefighters said rainwater had seeped into the containers causing a chemical reaction.
Local Mayor Mario Antonieta de Brito asked people to stay out of the rain which could "contain chemical elements that can burn the skin".
This is the latest in a series of recent incidents involving chemical companies in Brazil:
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A chemical explosion at a cargo warehouse in Brazil has spread toxic gas over the country's biggest port.
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Natural Resources Wales (NRW) - which is objecting to the £1.1bn project - said the likely impact of climate change had be taken into account.
NRW was giving evidence at a public inquiry into the plans in Newport.
Lawyers for the Welsh Government said it was "inconceivable" sea defences would not be maintained.
The proposed route of the relief road would cross areas of tidal floodplain within the Severn Estuary on a raised embankment.
Gary Purnell, a technical specialist for NRW's flood risk analysis team, told the inquiry that proposals to manage tidal flood risk had not been guaranteed over the lifetime of the project.
An assumption that defences would be maintained was not satisfactory, he said.
The proposed M4 scheme would increase tidal flooding risk to properties south of the new motorway, whilst benefiting properties to the north, he claimed.
Should sea defences not be improved throughout the lifetime of the scheme there was a "serious risk of flooding in that area" in light of climate change.
Commitments to flood protection had been made in the case of the HS2 project and the Thames Tideway Tunnel, he added.
But Morag Ellis QC, representing the Welsh Government, said for NRW to query whether funding would be available was to "underplay the serious risk" that climate change posed in future.
It was the government's position that it was "inconceivable" that measures would not be put in place, otherwise vast areas of Newport and Cardiff as well as important road infrastructure, power lines and industry would be at threat, she said.
She added it was not for NRW to question government policy or the allocation of funding and that both these issues were beyond the scope of the inquiry.
NRW's evidence will continue with objections set to be discussed surrounding the road's impact on Sites of Special Scientific Interest and protected species such as dormice.
The inquiry heard that following weeks of dialogue and work to address issues between Welsh Government and NRW officials, a number of other objections had been removed.
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A long-term commitment to fund flood defences along the route of the M4 relief road is needed before the scheme goes ahead, it has been argued.
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Images of a toddler, washed up on a beach in Turkey, ram home the sometimes deadly consequences of what is going on.
Right now though there seems little prospect of the UK government shifting its position on taking in more refugees, as EU leaders and Labour opponents have been calling for.
Although these latest images are heart wrenching, David Cameron's conviction is that it's more effective to tackle the cause not the symptom of this crisis.
That means substantial amounts of taxpayers' money going to provide food and shelter to refugees on the edges of Syria, to help on the ground. And diplomatically pushing for a political process that can move that country towards peace.
It does not mean throwing open the doors to many more Syrian refugees.
But there are two other parts to the logic of sticking to the position. First, despite what's going on, there is not huge public appetite for the government suddenly to act.
Second, there is a caution about sending a signal to other kinds of migrants, rather than refugees seeking safety, that makes the UK seem a more attractive destination at a time when the government is trying to limit the numbers.
Could that change? Of course. The intensity of the need means the calls to "do more" grow louder every day.
The public imagination, and that of Conservatives, could be stirred by the images to the extent that a shift becomes inevitable. As politicians drift back after their summer break the volume of voices might become too intense.
Or, the incentive to take more refugees as part of a wider deal with Europe - quid pro quo - might become tempting too.
Yet at this moment, there is nothing to force the prime minister to budge. But don't be surprised if the pressure on him to shift continues to build.
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Only the hardest of hearts would not be moved by the latest images of the people who have been caught up in the danger and chaos of this mass movement.
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Furious 7 has already out-grossed all previous instalments of the 14-year-old franchise and has now made more than $800m (£546m) internationally.
With DreamWorks animation Home berthed at two, new release The Longest Ride could only muster a third place debut.
The rodeo-based romance made $13.5m (£9.2m) between Friday and Sunday.
Starring Clint Eastwood's son Scott, the film is the latest to be adapted from a best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks.
Further down this week's Top 10, Woman in Gold appears at seven after expanding its release to more than 1,500 locations.
Starring Dame Helen Mirren, this story of an attempt to recover art looted by the Nazis made $5.9m (£4m) in its second weekend in North American cinemas.
According to Screen Daily, Furious 7 has now made more than $39m (£26.6m) in the UK and Ireland, where it was released as Fast & Furious 7.
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The latest Fast and the Furious film is still top dog at the US and Canada box office, having taken $60.6m (£41.4m) in its second weekend in cinemas.
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