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The host country beat South Africa by just two wickets at the match in Bristol.
England will now face either Australia or India at Sunday's final at Lords Cricket Ground in London.
Hopes will be high for England, who have only lost one match this competition and topped their table in the group stages.
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England have made it through to the final of the Women's Cricket World Cup.
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The 18 sketches are by artist Donald McGill who produced more than 12,000 original artworks for the postcard industry between 1904 and 1962.
Along with a pun-filled caption, the pencil sketches include stamped approval by the censorship board.
They sold for between £55 and £220 and fetched about £1,200 in total, auctioneers Moore Allen said.
Described as the "king of the saucy postcard", McGill produced thousands of artworks and an estimated 200 million postcards were printed and sold.
Often with a double, risqué meaning, one of his sketches shows a buxom blonde flashing her bloomers as she waters a flowerbed with a passing man saying: "I like her display of pinks, Fred!"
Another features a red-faced policeman telling a curvy blonde driver with a broken taillight: "You've got no light behind, so I'm afraid I'll have to pinch you."
But in the 1950s, McGill fell foul of a crackdown on the saucy postcard industry and was prosecuted and fined under the 1857 Obscene Publications Act.
Many postcards were destroyed by their owners during the government crackdown.
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Original bawdy sketches the basis of thousands of "saucy seaside" postcards have been auctioned in Gloucestershire.
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A Russian defence ministry statement said the Turkish vessel approached to 600m (1,800ft) before turning away in response to Russian small arms fire.
The Turkish military attache in Moscow has been summoned to the foreign ministry over the incident.
Relations remain tense over Turkey's shooting down of a Russian bomber.
The Russian SU-24 bomber was shot down by two Turkish F-16s in the Turkish border-Syria area on 24 November. Turkey maintained the plane crossed into its airspace, although Russia disputes this.
And last week, Turkey complained over what it said was a sailor on a Russian naval ship brandishing a missile launcher as the vessel passed through Istanbul. Russia rejected the criticism saying the crew had a "legal right" to protect the ship.
24 November - A Turkish F-16 fighter jet shoots down a Russian Su-24 attack aircraft, allegedly because it violated Turkish airspace. Russia denies the claim and insists the aircraft had been in Syrian airspace. A Russian pilot is killed parachuting from the jet, and a Russian marine is killed in a subsequent rescue mission.
28 November - With Turkey refusing to apologise over the incident, Russia announces a package of economic sanctions against Turkey, including restrictions on imports and travel
6 December - Turkey condemns Russian "provocation" after Turkish media publish showing a Russian serviceman holding a rocket launcher aboard a warship passing through the Bosphorus.
13 December - Russia fires "warning shots" at a Turkish fishing vessel that it says was approaching its warship in the Aegean Sea.
Presidential war of words
Impact on Russian-Turkish relations
Turkey downs Russian fighter jet - what we know
In the latest incident, Russia's defence ministry said its frigate Smetlivy was anchored just off the Greek island of Lemnos on Sunday morning when it spotted the Turkish fishing boat heading towards it some 1,000m (3,000ft) away.
"Despite numerous attempts by the crew of the Smetlivy, the crew of the Turkish fishing boat did not make radio contact and did not respond to visual signals by semaphore or warning flares," the ministry said in a statement.
To prevent a collision, "small arms were fired in the direction of the Turkish vessel from a range that is not lethal".
The ministry said that "immediately after that the Turkish vessel drastically changed course" and passed within half a kilometre of the Smetlivy, still making no contact with the Russian crew.
Russia's deputy defence minister has summoned a Turkish military attache, the statement said. Turkey has not yet given its response to the incident.
Russian military vessels are involved in Russia's intervention against rebels in Syria.
President Vladimir Putin described as a "stab in the back" Turkey's downing of the Russian bomber and has imposed economic sanctions.
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned on Friday that Ankara's patience with Russia was "not unlimited", and accused Moscow of using "every opportunity" to punish Turkey for the downing of the plane.
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The experienced 26-year-old front-man is expected to go straight into the Alex squad for Tuesday night's home date with Peterborough United.
Haynes' arrival follows the signing of fellow forward Febian Brandy from Championship side Rotherham for a further month's loan extension.
The Alex have the joint-worst scoring record in League One.
Saturday's late winner at Walsall was only their 11th goal in 13 matches this season, in stark contrast to their defensive record.
Their goals-against total of 30 is the worst in the Football League.
Former Ipswich Town, Millwall, Bristol City, Barnsley, Charlton Athletic and Hibernian striker Haynes has made two Notts appearances this season, having had his pre-season disrupted because of injury.
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League One bottom club Crewe Alexandra have signed Notts County striker Danny Haynes on a month's emergency loan.
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Students from Kent School in Maryland launched The Oyster with a time capsule onboard off the New Jersey coast on 13 June and tracked it across the ocean.
Robert Morgan from Tenby found the boat in Swanlake bay, near Manorbier, while collecting rubbish from the beach.
Kent School said they were "thrilled" the boat had reached Wales.
The outside of the vessel contained a message in English and Spanish asking whoever found it to deliver it to the local "middle school" - or pupils aged 12-14 - who they said would find a list of email addresses and other items inside, and asking them to contact the school.
In a message to BBC Wales, the school said: "We are thrilled that The Osprey made landfall in Pembrokshire. It was launched on June 13.
"We look forward to interacting with students who may have a chance to view the contents of our time capsule."
Mr Morgan said he had been unable to remove the vessel from the beach himself as it was very heavy and he did not have transport, but he reported it on social media and it has now been taken to Greenhill Secondary School in Tenby.
Matthew Davies, deputy head, told BBC News: "We had a message yesterday which came through from a member of staff who also works for the local lifeboat.
"He went to pick [the vessel] up and has brought it into school."
The boat featured in a Year 8 assembly first thing in the morning and is now waiting to be opened.
"Our excitement was at fever pitch. We're going to wait for our head teacher to make contact with the school in the US and then hopefully do a live weblink with them and open it up."
Mr Davies added he hoped the boat's arrival would see the start of a link with Kent School.
Asked about the possible contents of the capsule, he said: "I'd have to leave that to the children. If we were sending them one out we'd maybe send one which was representative of our community and our school. But I'd guess maybe an American flag and a state flag."
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McGuigan was among five players who quit the Tyrone squad shortly before this year's championship after feeling they were not getting enough game time.
Last week, manager Harte said that those players had been "a bit of a drain on the energy of the group".
McGuigan tweeted on Monday that Harte's comments had made his "blood boil".
The Ardboe man, who was drafted into the Tyrone squad in early 2014, added that Harte was "great at destroying a player's confidence".
"It has annoyed me since and that's why I am posting this now because I am not going to sit about and say nothing," added McGuigan, who insisted he had given his all at Tyrone training every week.
"Even when I didn't get on, I never sat with a face on me nor did I huff and any Tyrone player could tell you that.
"Mickey Harte you are a great man and what you have done for Tyrone GAA is unbelievable.
"But do you know what else you're great at? Destroying a player's confidence!"
McGuigan, brother of former All-Star forward Brian McGuigan and another ex-Red Hand man Tommy, opted out of the Tyrone panel after the team's relegation from Division 1 of the League, along with Paddy McNeice, Dwayne Quinn, Emmet McKenna and PJ Lavery.
Harte drafted in a number of replacements and the Red Hands regrouped from an early Ulster Championship exit against Donegal to go as far as the All-Ireland semi-finals where they suffered a narrow and controversial defeat by Kerry.
Speaking last week, Harte spoke of his regard for players who "bide their time and have the patience.
"They are probably the people who will serve you best in the long run anyway.
"The people who feel they're not getting as much game time as they want, they tend to be a bit of a drain on the energy of the group."
In his Twitter comments on Monday, McGuigan identified himself as one of the players Harte was referring to.
"Yes I was one of them. He (Harte) went on to say that they were a drain on the energy within the panel.
"He also stated that men should just hang around and when their chances comes, then they should take it.
"I hung on and hung on fully fit and injury free all year.
"Did all the pre-season training from November and and through the cold winter nights.
"To sit there seeing the same men, week in and week out get their chance and see a player come back into the squad one week before the last league game of 2015 and get on before me just made my decision a whole lot easier."
McGuigan is thought to have been referring to Joe McMahon who was excused from duty for the majority of the League as he attempted to regain fitness following injury before returning to the squad.
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More than 100 firefighters were sent to tackle the fire at EMR in Saltley, West Midlands Fire Service said.
Power supplies to 4,000 homes were cut off at 19:45 BST because the site of the fire is underneath pylons.
Emergency services were alerted at about 14:00 BST. Residents were advised told to keep doors and windows shut.
National Grid staff is also at the scene because of concerns about a gas main next to a nearby canal.
The fire service said it believed the blaze started accidentally.
A spokesman for Western Power Distribution, which supplies power in the area, told BBC News initial fears that 40,000 homes could be affected were allayed after it temporarily re-routed power around the network.
More updates on this and other stories in Birmingham and the Black Country
Properties in the Nechells and Saltley area were affected, but by 20:50 BST, only five properties were left without power, the spokesman said.
There are now 10 fire engines at the scene in Clarel Avenue. Seventeen were needed at the fire's peak.
BBC WM producer Kevin Pashby tweeted video of smoke billowing into the sky.
West Midlands Fire Service tweeted: "The guys and girls are working really hard to stop this spreading. In dangerous conditions, lots of pops and bangs."
The fire service urged people to stop calling after receiving more than 100 999 calls.
Staff from the Environment Agency, which regulates the site, are at the scene because of initial concerns over pollution.
Neil Johnston, West Midlands Fire Service station commander, said he expected crews to remain at the scene for several days because of the severity of the fire.
From the scene: BBC Midlands Today's Elizabeth Glinka:
There are huge flames and plumes of black smoke coming from the fire with more fire engines arriving at the scene every few minutes.
I believe there are over 100 firefighters here now along with other emergency crews and Network Rail as there are two rail lines nearby.
I've seen a train approach very, very slowly as it has gone through the smoke, although we believe services are managing to get through.
Public Health England has also been called to the scene.
There are no reports of injuries.
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Up to 800 tonnes of metal and plastic is ablaze at a recycling plant in Birmingham with huge plumes of smoke visible across the city.
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Almost 800 people were diagnosed with flu-like symptoms by GPs in the two weeks over Christmas and there have been 195 hospital cases this winter.
This included 25 people in intensive care, while there were 10 outbreaks at hospital wards and care homes.
Pregnant women and those with long-term health conditions are most at risk.
Public Heath Wales (PHW) said the flu strain currently circulating could be particularly serious for older people, but the number of young adults and teenagers visiting GPs with symptoms had also increased.
Dr Richard Roberts, head of the Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme at PHW, said: "We expect the flu virus to circulate at increased levels in Wales for six to eight weeks, with lower levels even longer, so it is important to ensure that remaining eligible people are vaccinated as quickly as possible to help protect them for the rest of this season."
The jab is available from GPs and some pharmacies and is free for those most at risk, including children.
Health and social care workers should also have the vaccination and get can get it through their employers.
Flu is a respiratory illness caused by a virus that affects the lungs and airways and can spread very easily.
Symptoms, which usually last about a week, usually develop very fast and include a high temperature and often include a headache, aching muscles, extreme tiredness and a cough.
Most people with flu symptoms do not need to see a doctor, and PHW advised people to drink plenty of fluids and take ibuprofen or paracetamol to relieve symptoms.
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Vulnerable people have been urged to have the flu jab as the number of people admitted to hospital with the virus in Wales continues to rise.
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The Red Hands trailed by nine points at one stage to a Derry side which led 2-4 to 1-5 at the break, with goals from Benny Heron and Ryan Bell.
Patrick Quinn scored Tyrone's goal while Bell added a penalty before Derry's Emmet McGuckin was sent-off.
Tyrone piled on the points but Mark Craig's goal put Derry in front before two Connor McAliskey frees won it.
Derry were unable to halt the determined holders, who had a star performer in midfielder Richie Donnelly.
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Heron was the first to find the net and points from Mark Craig, Bell and Mark Lynch eased the hosts further ahead, with the Red Hands losing centre back Justin McMahon to a black card.
Bell smashed home a penalty in the 23rd minute, but Tyrone hit back with a Quinn goal on the half-hour.
McAliskey and Johnny Munroe tagged on points, and at the break Derry led by two points.
Sean Cavanagh came off the bench to score a point before a Mark Bradley free gave Tyrone the lead.
Derry were awarded a second penalty in the 50th minute, which Bell again converted.
However, the loss of McGuckin to a second yellow card was an increasing problem for Damian Barton's side, and Tyrone struck a series of scores through Peter Harte, Richie Donnelly and David Mulgrew.
Derry's fourth goal came from Craig five minutes from the end, but the visitors responded with a couple of McAliskey frees to win by the narrowest of margins.
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Saturday 9 January
Section C
Cavan 3-14 0-9 Ulster University
Sunday 10 January
Section A
Derry 4-6 1-16 Tyrone
Section B
Donegal 0-8 2-6 St Mary's College
Down 0-8 0-14 Fermanagh
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Monaghan 2-9 0-16 Armagh
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Tyrone fought back to clinch a 1-16 to 4-6 victory over Derry in a dramatic Dr McKenna Cup encounter at Owenbeg.
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Beerens, 28, netted twice against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday to add to a stunning strike in the previous home game against Bristol City.
"I'm happy for myself," the Dutchman told BBC Radio Berkshire.
"I know I can score more goals than I have so far, but as a team we're working on picking up more points."
Beerens, an August arrival from Hertha Berlin, has missed just the one Championship match for the Royals this campaign and knows maintaining momentum will be key.
"I'm happy I'm the one on the scoresheet for now," he added. "But we stick together as a team to get the job done.
"We travel to Leeds on Tuesday and that's going to be tough, but we have to keep going and we know if we do that, we can get a good result."
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Winger Roy Beerens says he is thrilled to be weighing in with goals as Reading look to keep hold of their position in the Championship top six.
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Jonathan Moyo, minister of tertiary education, told reporters it was a fitting tribute to the 93-year-old president's "commitment to education and his exemplary leadership".
It is unclear where the money will come from in a country where unemployment and poverty is endemic.
Economic output has halved since 2000.
Last year, more than four million Zimbabweans were in need of food aid due to drought. The country was once known as the breadbasket of southern Africa.
Despite this, the cabinet has agreed to spend $800m building the new university in Mazowe, 35km (20 miles) outside the capital Harare.
Another $200m has been set aside for an endowment fund for research and innovation at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe University, which will focus on science and technology, Mr Moyo said.
He would not be drawn on where the funds were coming from.
Africa Live - read more on this and other stories
The announcement of the new university was met with derision from opposition parties, which hope to end Mr Mugabe's 37-year reign at next year's general elections.
"This is populism that defies logic," said Obert Gutu, a spokesman for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). "It is meant to stroke Mugabe's ego because we know this government is broke."
Zimbabwe already struggles to pay for education - as well as public services and infrastructure like roads and hospitals - spending 90% of the country's annual budget on wages.
The MDC says the money would be better spent on Zimbabwe's existing universities, where students face crumbling infrastructure and a lack of accommodation.
According to state media, Mr Mugabe has seven earned degrees and 11 honorary degrees.
He is a trained teacher and after coming to power in 1980, his government massively increased the provision of state education to the previously disadvantaged black majority.
Zimbabwe recently had the highest literacy rate in Africa, at 90% of the population.
Mr Mugabe's wife Grace was awarded a controversial PhD from the University of Zimbabwe in 2014.
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Zimbabwe is to build a $1bn (£770m) university dedicated to the man accused of leading his country to the brink of economic collapse, Robert Mugabe.
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Ryan Farquhar took victory in the Open race, run on Friday night, the classic race and the Moto 450 outing.
William produced a dominant ride in the main event of the meeting, taking the chequered flag by 28 seconds from runner-up Jamie Hamilton.
Mullingar's Derek McGee was third on the Wilson Craig 600cc Honda.
Earlier, William followed up his double win in the 600cc category at Cookstown by winning the Supersport class from McGee and Hamilton in difficult conditions.
Weather conditions were better on Friday evening when Farquhar won a thrilling Open race by 0.4 seconds from Tyco BMW pilot Dunlop.
Early leader Hamilton, from Ballyclare, completed the podium positions.
McGee took the flag in the Supertwins class, seeing off the challenge of Hamilton.
Jeremy McWilliams, making his debut over the 5.3-mile circuit, was third in the Classic race.
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William Dunlop clinched a double success at the Tandragee 100 meeting, winning the feature Superbike race and the Supersport 600cc event.
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Armagh finished with 13 men themselves after the second-half dismissals of Aaron Findon and Brendan Donaghy.
David Givney and Joshua Hayes received first-half straight red cards as Niall McDermott and Chris Conroy goals helped Cavan lead 2-6 to 0-3 at the break.
Killian Brady was sent off late on as Armagh's 16 wides helped Cavan hang on.
In addition to the five red cards, referee Barry Cassidy also handed out four yellow and two black cards as the two teams served up another bad-tempered clash following the pre-match brawl which overshadowed their Ulster Championship game in 2014.
Sunday's game was the first of three meetings between the teams in 2016, with a league contest to be followed by an Ulster SFC tie in May.
Givney, on his return to Breffni colours after opting out last year, received a straight red card in the sixth minute after the referee ruled that he had elbowed Michael Murray.
McDermott nailed the opening goal a minute later and Conroy buried a second in the 18th minute, before Hayes was sent-off for an off-the-ball foul in the build-up.
Armagh kicked 16 wides, eight in each half, but were particularly poor in the opening half when they failed to score for 26 minutes and also lost full-forward Andrew Murnin to a black card.
The Orchard men improved in the second half with Gavin McParland, Stefan Campbell and Ethan Rafferty on target.
They got the deficit back to five points with 13-man Cavan visibly tiring.
However the pendulum swung again when Findon and Donaghy were sent off by referee Cassidy.
Charlie Vernon's black card challenge on Ciaran Brady sparked an ugly fracas and when tempers calmed down, Findon went for two yellows and sub Donaghy was given a straight red for wrestling with Tom Hayes on the ground.
Cavan recovered their composure and soaked up the pressure with 12 men behind the ball.
Killian Brady became the fifth player to see red in the last minute.
Also in Section C, late goals from Derry forward Cailean O'Boyle and Mayo man Evan Regan sealed a deserved 2-16 to 1-9 win for Ulster University over an under-strength Monaghan side.
Two points from debutant Barry McGinn helped the Ulster champions lead 0-3 to 0-2 but O'Boyle, Conan Grugan, Stephen Sheridan and Donegal star Ryan McHugh were on target as the Jordanstown outfit fought back to move 0-8 to 0-4 ahead by half-time.
A McGinn goal cut Ulster University's advantage to 0-9 to 1-5 midway through the second half but the college side dominated the closing stages as the O'Boyle and Regan goals sealed their emphatic success.
Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup results
Section A
Derry 4-16 2-12 Antrim
Tyrone 3-17 0-11 Queen's
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Fermanagh P-P St Mary's College
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Armagh 0-11 2-08 Cavan
Monaghan 1-09 2-16 Ulster University
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Cavan had three players sent off yet still earned a 2-8 to 0-11 win over Armagh in a fiesty Dr McKenna Cup opener at Crossmaglen.
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Members of the University and College Union are staging a one-day strike with a further walk-out planned at the Oxford regional centre on 2 December.
The university council met on Tuesday to agree the restructuring plans.
The centres set to shut are in Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Gateshead, Leeds, London and Oxford.
Staff in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Milton Keynes, Manchester and Nottingham are also joining the strike.
The union said the student support centre closures would put 502 jobs at risk.
The OU wants to centralise its support centres in three locations: Manchester, Nottingham and Milton Keynes.
Union branch president for the university, Pauline Collins, said: "Nobody wants to take strike action, but we have now been left with no alternative. The university needs to listen to our concerns and abandon these damaging proposals."
Peter Horrocks, vice-chancellor of The Open University, said the decision meant "much-needed improvements" could be made to student support services, which had not been possible across smaller, dispersed offices.
"Our priority now is to maintain and improve services for our hard-working students while supporting our staff as we start to implement these changes," he said.
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Open University (OU) staff have gone on strike after the institution said it would press ahead with plans to close seven regional centres.
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The midfielder fired in off the bar within seconds of coming on after latching onto Adam Armstrong's header.
Bradford, whose outside hopes of automatic League One promotion have now all but gone, went close through Josh Cullen and Jamie Proctor.
Their miserable night was completed when substitute Steven Davies was sent off for an off-the-ball incident.
The Bantams have dropped to fifth but stay in the play-off spots, while Coventry are 11th, six points shy of the top six, after their second win in four days.
Sky Blues boss Tony Mowbray told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire:
"Andy Rose is a good player. He has a great future at this club. I had a long chat with him before the game, as he was the only change from the weekend.
"He is a fantastic athlete. He is 6ft 2ins, he can head it, he can run, he can spray long passes. His time is going to come.
"The goals had dried up and we were losing matches, but I have always been proud of my players. I have never had to question their desire."
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Substitute Andy Rose scored with his first touch as Coventry City edged to victory over 10-man Bradford City.
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Earps, 22, missed just one game in two seasons at Bristol and has previously played for Doncaster Belles, Nottingham Forest and Birmingham City.
She joins Reading ahead of their first WSL 1 campaign following their promotion from WSL 2 last season.
"The club has a lot of ambition and a great work ethic, it's a really exciting opportunity for me," she said.
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Reading women have signed former Bristol Academy and England Under-23 goalkeeper Mary Earps.
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The company, which is aimed at 16-24 year-olds in particular, said its main womenswear range of dresses and jackets, as well as its new menswear website, also saw strong sales.
Pre-tax profits jumped 129% to £14.3m in the six months to August.
It also benefited from successful marketing campaigns, especially on social media.
"We have... stepped up our activity on social media on Facebook Live and on Snapchat and a content drive on Instagram has helped us pass the two-million follower mark in the UK," the company said in its statement.
This has been a large part of the company's success, analysts said.
While it is still much smaller than rival Asos, Boohoo has been particularly savvy about "communicating with its core 16-24 year-old customers," said retail analyst Kate Ormrod from research firm Verdict.
It uses bloggers and "influencers" to showcase its designs.
"As the customers mature, keeping them interested will be a challenge," Ms Ormrod added.
Asos has 12 million active customers, while Boohoo, which started in 2006, now has 4.5 million active shoppers.
The fashion industry as a whole as been trying to attract the lucrative plus-size customers, said Ms Ormrod, and that's something that Boohoo has done well.
"They haven't always been offered the most fashionable styles and it's a strongly growing market."
The joint chief executives, Mahmud Kamani and Carole Kane, said there was "robust growth across all regions and continued momentum in new customer growth".
Revenue rose 38% in the UK, 41% in Europe and 93% in the US.
It plans to introduce a new range of children's clothing, as well as a small maternity range.
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The Kilkenny fighter floored Richards twice before another standing count for the Swede quickly ended the contest.
O'Neill, 30, will now take on top seed Abdulkadir Abdullayev from Azerbaijan for a place in the semi-finals.
The top three men will earn a place for their country in their division at the Rio Games this summer.
David Oliver Joyce had a unanimous points victory over Otar Eranosyan from Georgia in the lightweight division.
But world bronze medallist Michael O'Reilly, the number one seed in the middleweight class, lost to Ilari Kijala of Finland in a unanimous points decision.
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His name is most closely associated with nationalist Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in the 1960s.
Mr Heikal was the editor of Egypt's state-owned newspaper, Al-Ahram, during that time, articulating the Nasserist ideology of "Arab socialism".
He also served as information minister and briefly as foreign minister.
Following Nasser's death in 1970, Mr Heikal was sidelined by his successor Anwar al-Sadat. And in 1981 he was jailed along with hundreds of government critics.
He was released by Hosni Mubarak after Sadat's assassination by Islamist militants later that year, but was kept at arm's length by the president throughout his 29 years in office.
But Mr Heikal remained for decades one of the most authoritative commentators on Egypt and the Arab world - as well as a historian of the tumultuous events of the Nasser area.
Announcing Mr Heikal's death on Wednesday, Al-Ahram said he been ill for three weeks, and had suffered fluid on the lungs and kidney failure.
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi paid tribute to Mr Heikal, calling him a "journalistic icon", while the cabinet said he had "massively participated in enriching intellectual life with his books, articles, political and historical studies", Egypt's ON TV Live reported.
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Neil Davidson, 28, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody after he appeared in court on Monday.
He is charged with importing and possessing cocaine and heroin with intent to supply.
Mr Davidson was arrested in a car at West Bank Road in the city's docks area on Friday evening.
The court in Belfast heard that cocaine worth £960,000, heroin worth £500,000 and cannabis worth £2,000 was seized.
A detective said he believed Mr Davidson was a member of an organised crime gang based in Dublin with connections to Northern Ireland and Holland.
Opposing bail, he said he was concerned that Mr Davidson would abscond, commit further offences or that there could be a threat to his personal well being.
The detective said he believed Mr Davidson did not act alone, however, he refused to identify others involved.
A defence lawyer told the court that Mr Davidson had serious health problems. He does not have a criminal record.
Bail was refused and he was remanded in custody until 24 October.
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Police believe a man arrested over a £1.5m drugs haul belongs to a Dublin crime gang with links to Northern Ireland and Holland, a court has heard.
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But "glitch", when it involves payments to individuals and businesses likely to total many millions of pounds, does not do the issue justice.
RBS needs another technical malfunction leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without a proper understanding of their bank balance like it needs another chief executive called Fred Goodwin.
That is, not at all.
RBS insists the problem, which involves RBS itself as well as NatWest, Ulster Bank and Coutts (banks RBS owns), will be resolved by Saturday.
Which appears a relatively relaxed timetable, to put it mildly.
Andrew Tyrie, the chairman of the Treasury select committee, described the four-day delay as "unacceptable".
"Restoration of payments should be a top priority," he said.
"It is crucial for those in the greatest financial need and also those who find it difficult to go to a branch.
"These failures should concern both the conduct and prudential regulators."
The regulators, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), will certainly be taking a close interest.
In November last year, RBS faced the biggest fine in retail banking history when the FCA and the PRA hit the bank with a £56m bill.
It was punishment for a major computer meltdown two years earlier - again described as a "glitch" - which affected 6.5 million customers.
Similar to today, in that case payments were not processed, meaning that wages were not paid and bills were left outstanding. Individuals and businesses were affected.
At its most basic, customers did not know how much money they had and were locked out of their accounts.
On top of the fine, RBS had to pay more than £70m in compensation.
Admittedly, today's problem is not of the same magnitude, and the affected 600,000 payments should been seen in the context of the 20 million transactions a day processed by RBS.
But after the major failure of 2012, which dragged on for weeks, again RBS has revealed that its technological processes lack essential robustness.
It has long been a problem across banking - archaic computer systems bolted together through a series of mergers and acquisitions which are out-of-date and too complicated to run.
A senior executive at RBS once described the bank's computer systems as resembling "15 different types of spaghetti".
It has been an under-resourced area for far too long, out of the public glare and too easily dismissed as a problem to be fixed "tomorrow".
Well, tomorrow came and went a long time ago, and RBS now insists that it is giving its technology the attention and the resources it deserves.
But with the government looking to start selling its 80% stake in RBS, the bank will need to reassure investors that it can service the, frankly, pretty simple banking needs of its customers without a "glitch".
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EY says a "long period of low inflation" means average earnings could rise faster than the cost of living as early as this month.
It believes low inflation and a strong pound will keep an interest rate rise on hold until the end of 2015.
The auditor also thinks the UK economy will see "decent but unspectacular" growth of 2.9% this year.
Most of that growth will continue to be driven by consumer spending, according to the firm's forecasting group, the EY ITEM Club.
It adds that spending power will be helped by average wage increases of 1.7% this year, overtaking its 1.6% average inflation forecast for 2014.
Its latest report reads: "We expect wage growth to overtake CPI inflation as early as April."
"Until now the recovery has been financed by a fall in the amount households save, but it appears to be moving to a firmer footing," said Peter Spencer, the club's chief economic advisor.
"The consumer upturn will be given a boost from real wages and rising employment, while investment is finally kicking in."
Falling petrol, energy and food prices, driven low by a strong pound, will help keep the cost of living down for a sustained period, Mr Spencer added.
"We are set for a long period of low inflation as pressures from commodity prices... remain largely absent."
With inflation under control and a stronger pound, the club predicts the Bank of England will keep interest rates on hold at 0.5% until the third quarter of 2015, at which point rates will rise very gradually.
The EY ITEM Club also suggests the recent resurgence in the UK housing market will be dampened by tighter mortgage lending criteria, due to take effect from 26 April.
It says the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules, which impose stricter checks on whether borrowers can repay home loans, are "crucial to keeping the lid on the market", particularly in London.
As a result, the report predicts prices will rise by 7.4% this year and 7.2% next year, slowing further to 4.2% in 2016 as the government's Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme ends.
"The FCA will assume crucial importance to ensure... affordability is scrupulously checked," said Mr Spencer.
"If these controls are rigorously applied this will eventually constrain London prices, and head off problems when interest rates rise."
Meanwhile, the growing demand for labour should push up wages and could also see the UK overtake Germany as the country with the highest employment in the G7 group of leading economies, the group claims.
It predicts the UK unemployment rate, currently at 7.2%, will fall to 6.5% by the end of the year and 6% by the end of 2015.
The EY ITEM Club, also expects business investment to grow by 9.1% this year in another boost to productivity and wages.
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Cummings grabbed the only goal from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute after Grant Holt had been pulled down in the box by Gregor Buchanan.
Goalkeeper Alan Martin produced a smart save to prevent Andrew Shinnie doubling the lead.
Holt and Cummings also threatened as the Sons did little at the other end.
A third clean sheet made it five wins from five for leaders Hibs.
Match ends, Dumbarton 0, Hibernian 1.
Second Half ends, Dumbarton 0, Hibernian 1.
Daniel Harvie (Dumbarton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Grant Holt (Hibernian).
Grant Holt (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Pettigrew (Dumbarton).
Attempt missed. Darren Barr (Dumbarton) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darren McGregor (Hibernian).
Attempt missed. Dylan McGeouch (Hibernian) right footed shot from long range on the left is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Craig Pettigrew.
Substitution, Hibernian. Jordan Forster replaces Andrew Shinnie.
Foul by Paul Hanlon (Hibernian).
Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Dumbarton. Donald McCallum replaces Grant Gallagher.
Substitution, Dumbarton. Mark Docherty replaces David Smith.
Foul by Darren McGregor (Hibernian).
Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Hand ball by Josh Todd (Dumbarton).
Corner, Dumbarton. Conceded by Darren McGregor.
Foul by Brian Graham (Hibernian).
Gregor Buchanan (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Andrew Shinnie (Hibernian) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Attempt saved. Brian Graham (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Dumbarton. Garry Fleming replaces Ryan Stevenson.
Attempt blocked. Paul Hanlon (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
John McGinn (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joseph Thomson (Dumbarton).
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Joseph Thomson.
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Josh Todd.
Attempt saved. Brian Graham (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Grant Holt (Hibernian).
Josh Todd (Dumbarton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Andrew Shinnie (Hibernian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Craig Pettigrew (Dumbarton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Andrew Shinnie (Hibernian).
Attempt missed. Andrew Shinnie (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Hibernian. Brian Graham replaces Jason Cummings.
Substitution, Hibernian. Dylan McGeouch replaces Marvin Bartley.
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The 26-year-old had been scheduled to play Louisa Chirico of the United States in round three on Wednesday, but pulled out during the warm-ups.
Belarusian Azarenka said she will have medical tests before deciding whether to play in Rome before the French Open, which starts on 22 May.
Her departure means the top five seeds are out of the Spanish tournament.
Agnieszka Radwanska, Angelique Kerber and Garbine Muguruza exited in previous rounds while fifth seed Petra Kvitova lost 6-3 6-4 to Australia's Daria Gavrilova on Wednesday.
Azarenka, who had recently won titles at Indian Wells and Miami, said she "tweaked'' her back during her opening Madrid match against Laura Robson and that the pain persisted during her second round victory over Alize Cornet.
She follows world number world 13 Lucie Safarova - who had to withdraw earlier in the week with food poisoning - and British number one Johanna Konta who retired in the first round with a respiratory illness.
The men's event also lost Roger Federer - the world number three another player out with a back injury.
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Fourth seed Victoria Azarenka has joined the list of Madrid Open withdrawals with a back injury.
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Passengers arrived safely at their destination after the 31 August incident, in which an A321S plane was used instead of a A321H.
The A321S has less safety and medical equipment on board than the A321H.
American Airlines is investigating the plane mix-up with the Federal Aviation Administration.
"Whether the plane was going to make it there was never a question," company spokesman Casey Norton told the BBC.
Mr Norton said the two planes are equipped with the same engine, fuel tanks, range and basic safety features.
The A321H plane, because it is used for long flights, comes with more medical supplies and safety features like fire suppression.
"We're reviewing our procedures and looking at everyone involved," Mr Norton said.
The airline has revised its software to properly identify the correct aircraft are operating the correct routes, he said.
He said the A321S plane flies over water regularly for many missions but is not extended-range twin-engine operational performance standards (ETOPS)-certified, which the airline requires for flights to Hawaii.
The A321S plane comes with four slide-rafts and a portable raft, along with life jackets and seat cushions that can be used as flotation devices, the same as the A321H, Mr Norton said.
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A plane not certified to travel for long distances over water was used to fly from Los Angeles to Hawaii last month, American Airlines has confirmed.
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Lt Donald Mackintosh, who served with the Seaforth Highlanders, died in the Battle of Arras in 1917.
His actions led to the posthumous award of a Victoria Cross.
Arras was fought from 9 April to 16 May 1917 and marked the beginning of the spring offensive on the Western Front.
An unusually high number of Scottish soldiers took part in the battle and 18,000 of them were killed.
The official citation marking Donald Mackintosh's VC reads:
"For most conspicuous bravery and resolution in the face of intense machine gun fire.
"During the initial advance he was shot through the right leg, but though crippled he continued to lead his men and captured the trench.
"In the captured trench Lt. Mackintosh collected men of another company who had lost their leader, and drove back a counterattack.
"He was again wounded, and although unable to stand, he continued, nevertheless, to control the situation.
"With only fifteen men left, he ordered his party to be ready to advance to the final objective, and with great difficulty got out of the trench and encouraged his men to advance.
"He was again wounded and fell.
"The gallantry and devotion to duty of this officer were beyond all praise."
Lt Mackintosh was just 21 when he was killed.
British artillery had attacked German lines with heavy shells in preparation for the advance at Arras.
But many German machine-gun positions remained intact.
British units, including The Seaforths, suffered massive losses as they attacked.
In many cases, more junior officers like Mackintosh were expected to rally soldiers whose company commanders had already fallen.
By the time the Battle of Arras ended, the Allies had suffered 159,000 casualties, 46,000 of them Scots.
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In a joint bid, Metropoulos & Co and Apollo Global Management are paying $410m (£275m) for the bankrupt company.
The offer had originally been planned to set the floor for an auction, which Hostess boss Greg Rayburn had predicted would be "wild and woolly".
In fact, a court filing showed that no other offers were submitted.
The deal, which also includes Suzy Q's and Cup Cakes, is expected to be approved by a bankruptcy court on 19 March.
Hostess Brands started winding down its companies last year, after being hit by rising food prices and a bakery strike.
An auction for Hostess's bread brand, Wonder, has also been cancelled, with a view to selling it directly to Flowers Foods, which makes Tastykakes and Nature's Own bread.
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Hostess Brands is selling its cake bakery business, which includes Twinkies cakes, to two private equity companies.
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Last week the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) issued an alert flagging "concerns relating to air operator certification procedures".
As a result, Thai airlines have had to cancel flights, and refund or modify thousands of air tickets.
Thai officials have since submitted plans to tackle the ICAO's concerns.
An audit in January by the ICAO, a division of the United Nations, found that Thailand's aviation authority had a shortage of technical officers and problems with the certification for the transportation of hazardous goods.
Last week the ICAO issued an alert which triggered increased physical inspections of aircraft operated by Thai airlines serving existing routes to countries such as Australia and Singapore, a regional air hub, as well as a ban on airlines expanding their services.
This led to Thailand's carriers being prevented from adding any new flights or modifying their schedules.
The ICAO had last assessed Thailand's aviation sector a decade ago.
Its spokesperson Anthony Philbin told the BBC that they "continue to work with Thailand's civil aviation authority on resolving the issues in question."
"An ICAO audit does not review the levels of operational aviation safety in a state, or in the airlines or airports," he said.
"Rather our audits continuously monitor the capability of state civil aviation authorities to adequately resource and manage aviation safety oversight responsibilities in their jurisdictions."
Thai officials are now in talks with Japan to temporarily lift the ban on new flights. About 100 charter flights to Japan have been cancelled.
The ban comes at a particularly difficult time for the Thai aviation sector, which has already been struggling with lower tourist numbers, following political protests in the country last year.
And the flight disruptions take place just ahead of Thailand's peak travel season and traditional new year celebrations of Songkran.
The nation's flag carrier Thai Airways, is already undergoing a major restructuring after posting an annual loss for the past two years.
But it is budget airlines that have been hardest hit by both the lower passenger traffic and the ban on new routes. Low cost carriers Thai AirAsiaX, Orient Thai Airlines and charter airline operators Asia Atlantic Airlines and Sky View have all been affected.
"While it might seem that Thai Airways might be worst hit, that might actually not be true, since the national carrier is in consolidation mode," Shashank Nigam, chief executive at consultancy SimpliFlying said.
"Fast-growing Thai budget airlines like Nok Air, AirAsia and Nok-Scoot will feel the biggest impact, since their plans to grow may be hit hard as they hold Thai licences as well."
Thai Transport Minister Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong told reporters this week that Thailand had struggled for a decade to comply with ICAO standards.
Mr Prajin told Reuters he hoped the issue would be resolved within eight months.
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Thailand's aviation sector is under scrutiny after an international safety audit led to a ban on new flights to China, Japan and South Korea.
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The firm says it will use a two-stage recruitment challenge, to be found on the Gorillaz mixed reality app, as an "innovative recruitment tool".
The first part involves virtually assembling the Jaguar I-PACE Concept, an all-electric five-seater sports car.
The second part involves a series of code breaking puzzles.
"As the automotive industry transforms over the next decade, fuelled by software innovation, we have to attract the best talent and that requires a radical rethink of how we recruit," said Alex Heslop, head of electrical engineering at the car firm.
"Here we've found an engaging way to recruit a diverse talent pool in software systems, cyber systems, app development and graphics performance. It will be the first of its kind."
Gorrilaz female guitarist, Noodle, is already Jaguar's Formula E Racing's ambassador.
The firm said it would hire 1,000 electronic and software engineers and 4,000 workers across other sectors, including manufacturing.
Most of the jobs will be based in the UK, with recruitment taking place over the coming year. The firm has five sites in the West Midlands, and one on Merseyside.
The carmaker, which is owned by India's Tata Motors, employs more than 40,000 people globally,
The company will build the I-PACE, in Austria. But it has indicated it would like to make such models in the UK if conditions such as support from government are met.
Jaguar Land Rover has indicated half of all new models will be available in an electric version by the end of the decade, necessitating new skills among its staff.
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Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has teamed up with virtual band Gorillaz to find 5,000 staff to enhance its expertise in autonomous and electric technology.
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The 27-year-old signed a new contract with the Championship club in February, keeping him at the Madejski Stadium until 2018.
But the new deal includes a release clause of £1.2m for Gunter, who helped Wales reach the Euro 2016 semi-finals.
Hull's interest is believed to be on hold as they search for a new manager following the departure of Steve Bruce.
Injuries have left the club with only 13 fit players, and they said they would look to strengthen the squad in the "coming weeks".
Right-back Moses Odubajo is one of several important players currently injured, and Gunter is regarded as a potential replacement.
The former Cardiff City and Tottenham defender played in all six of Wales' games at Euro 2016 as they reached their first semi-final at a major tournament.
The progress of Chris Coleman's side in France meant Gunter was forced to miss his brother Marc's wedding.
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Newly promoted Premier League side Hull City are interested in signing Reading and Wales defender Chris Gunter.
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Mr Berlusconi's Forza Italia won 16 of 22 cities with the anti-immigration Northern League and another party.
The results were a setback for Matteo Renzi, the former centre-left prime minister seeking to return to power as head of the Democratic Party (PD).
"It could have gone better," he admitted in a social media post.
The PD currently heads a coalition led by Paolo Gentiloni, who took over after Mr Renzi lost a referendum on electoral reform in December 2016.
The biggest defeats for the PD were in party strongholds such as Genoa, La Spezia and L'Aquila. The centre-right also won in other provincial capitals including Monza, Piacenza and Pistoia.
Mr Berlusconi, 80, will now set his sights on the next general election, which is due in 2018 but may take place earlier.
Silvio Berlusconi may hope that 80 is the new 40. The gains made by his Forza Italia party in local elections allow him to claim the start of yet another political comeback.
"From these results the centre-right can set on a path to go back to ruling the country," he said in a statement.
But there is a major road-block in the way of his return for a fourth time as prime minister: he is currently banned from holding political office.
The ban, imposed following a 2013 conviction for tax fraud, doesn't expire until 2019. Unless he wins an early appeal at the European Court of Human Rights, Mr Berlusconi won't be able to run in Italy's 2018 general election.
Mr Berlusconi founded Forza Italia in 1993 and became prime minister the following year, with the Northern League as part of his coalition government.
Out of office in 1994, he then returned for a five-year period in 2001 and again in 2008 for three more years.
His political career has been overshadowed by his legal battles, which culminated in a community service sentence for tax fraud.
While Forza Italia's election advances were dramatic, commentators pointed to the low turnout of 46% and the first-past-the-post system in local elections. National polls are based on proportional representation.
The ex-prime minister said he would now seek a moderate, liberal coalition drawn from Christian roots. However, one of the parties in his alliance is the far-right Brothers of Italy.
Beppe Grillo's Five Star party fared poorly in the two-round vote, a year after it won control of Rome and Turin. Mr Grillo put a brave face on the result, pointing to victories in eight mayor races.
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Italy's centre-right ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is celebrating local election success in an alliance with two right-wing parties.
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Russia's military said it had released 63 captured Ukrainian soldiers in exchange for the paratroopers.
Pro-Russian rebels have made gains against Ukrainian troops in recent days in Donetsk and Luhansk in the east.
The conflict in the east erupted in April following Russia's annexation of Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula.
Some 2,600 people have died in fighting so far.
Major-General Alexei Ragozin, the deputy commander of Russia's paratroop forces, told the RIA news agency that negotiations had been "very difficult".
"The talks were not easy, but common sense prevailed and everything turned out well" he said.
However, he criticised the length of the soldiers' detention.
"I find it unacceptable that the Ukrainian side kept our soldiers for so many days" he said.
"Our lads are upset about everything that happened. They will all receive the necessary psychological and other kinds of help" he added.
Ukraine released video interviews with the captured Russian soldiers last week.
It says the soldiers were captured 20km from the border with Russia.
Russia claimed that the soldiers had crossed in Ukraine "by accident" after inadvertently crossing an unmarked section of the border.
Russia has repeatedly denied Ukrainian and Western accusations that it is supporting the rebels.
The 63 Ukrainian soldiers released were said to have entered Russia to escape the upsurge in fighting last week.
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Ten Russian paratroopers captured inside Ukraine a week ago have returned home following a troop exchange, Russian media report.
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Voters will go to the polls again after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu abandoned efforts to form a coalition government.
Mr Davutoglu's AK Party lost its 12-year majority rule in Turkey in elections in June largely because of the success of the pro-Kurdish HDP.
Coalition talks with the nationalist MHP and main opposition CHP failed.
The political uncertainty comes amid rising violence in Turkey and neighbouring Iraq and Syria.
President Erdogan will ask Prime Minister Davutoglu early next week to form a temporary power-sharing government, senior officials said.
The Republican People's Party (CHP), which came second in June's vote, had asked for a mandate to try to form a new government.
But the president instead opted for a "re-run" of the elections.
Mr Erdogan, who founded the AK Party in 2001, previously denied allegations that he had undermined the coalition talks in order to force a new vote.
June's result appeared to block his plans to boost the powers of the presidency in Turkey.
The AKP secured 41% at the polls the last time around and had to seek support from a rival party to form a coalition government. But it failed to find agreement with both the CHP and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
An uneasy two-year ceasefire with the PKK fell apart last month, after a suicide bomb blamed on IS killed 32 young activists in the largely Kurdish city of Suruc, close to the Syrian border.
In recent weeks Turkish forces have carried out attacks on militants from the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and have bombed Kurdish PKK camps mainly in northern Iraq.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Turkey will hold snap elections, expected on 1 November.
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The airport said it represented a growth of 7.5% year-on-year.
The rise in passengers is connected to increasing capacity and frequency on existing routes, as well as new long haul services starting.
Ken O'Toole, the airport's managing director, called it a "magnificent achievement".
He said: "It's a historic milestone for Manchester Airport and UK aviation, as well as a huge boost for the economy and the north of England."
The figure beats the previous 12-month record set in July 2006 of 22.26m.
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Manchester Airport has broken its all-time yearly passenger record, with more than 22.32m people flying from the site over the last 12 months.
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The 21-year-old beat Thailand's Tawin Hanprab 6-4 in the final.
Luisito Pie of the Dominican Republic and South Korea's Kim Tae-hun won the bronze medals.
Kim So-hui won gold in the women's -49kg final. The South Korean defeated Tijana Bogdanovic of Serbia 7-6 in a thrilling contest.
Patimat Abakarova of Azerbaijan and Thailand's Panipak Wongpattanakit took the bronze medals.
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Zhao Shuai won China's 19th gold medal of the Rio Games by taking the men's -58kg Olympic taekwondo title on Wednesday.
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The Frenchman, 35, opted to extend his contract with the Royals in February until June 2018, having joined from Bournemouth in January 2016.
"It's a decision I took with my family, who I've been away from now for 13 years," he told BBC Radio Berkshire.
"We just think it's a good time for me to get back home and start a new life. I'm building a house in France."
Kermorgant, who also played for Leicester and Charlton, has scored 10 goals for Reading so far this season as they bid to secure a Championship play-off place.
He will hope to play a key role when Jaap Stam's side face fellow promotion contenders Leeds at home on Saturday.
"I think it will be a big game," Kermorgant said. "There's every chance we could meet again in May if we both stay in our current positions.
"It will be a good test for us to see where we can be. We want to finish as high as we can and we've been third in the league for a long time.
"If we can beat Leeds, that will take us to fourth and maybe we can push for more."
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Reading striker Yann Kermorgant has confirmed he will retire at the end of the 2017-18 season.
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Shiralee Duncan, 37, was involved in a two-car collision at the A90 Charleston flyover at about 12:50 on Thursday.
The Dundee resident was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary but died a short time later.
Police have appealed to anyone with information about the crash to contact them.
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A woman who died from her injuries after a crash on the outskirts of Aberdeen has been named.
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Previously, only larger, Jupiter-like giants have been studied in this way.
Working with three space telescopes, astronomers deduced the presence of water by measuring the colours of light the planet absorbed when it passed in front of its star.
The find appears in the journal Nature.
It was made by a team of researchers led from the University of Maryland, US.
The planet, designated HAT P-11b, orbits a sun in the constellation Cygnus some 124 light-years - about a quadrillion kilometres - from Earth. It is roughly four times the width of our home world.
The scientists studied the planet's atmosphere with the aid of the US space agency's Hubble, Spitzer and Kepler telescopes.
Their observations were also greatly assisted by there being no clouds on HAT P-11b, which would otherwise have frustrated their attempts to probe its gaseous envelope.
The team determined that the far-off world's atmosphere contained about 90% hydrogen, but also significant quantities of water vapour as well.
Commenting on the findings, Dr Eliza Kempton from Grinnell College, Iowa, said the Maryland group had taken another important step in the study of exoplanets - planets beyond our Solar System.
"Astronomers have detected water vapour in the atmospheres of larger planets - planets that are closer in size to Jupiter. But you can imagine that eventually we want to be able to detect molecules in the atmospheres of even smaller planets.
"We'd like to be able to look at an Earth-sized planet and measure its gaseous composition. So this is a step on the ladder; we're stepping down the ladder towards smaller and smaller planets," she told this week's Science In Action programme on the BBC World Service.
Water has obvious implications for life, although HAT P-11b is too close to its star - and therefore too hot - to be habitable.
But in the future study of Earth-sized exoplanets, the presence of water will be an important consideration as scientists search for biology elsewhere in our galaxy.
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A cloud-free atmosphere has allowed scientists to pick out signs of water vapour on a distant planet the size of Neptune: the smallest "exoplanet" ever to reveal its chemical composition.
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The image of Ken Farlow, 95, staring through a fence at Gloucestershire Airport came to the attention of bosses after it was shared by his daughter.
They invited him to Royal Air Force Coningsby and the Royal International Air Tattoo after hearing his story.
And on Saturday, he was treated to a flight in a two-man trainer aircraft.
Gloucestershire Airport's Darren Lewington said: "The original story broke a week or so ago, but the icing on the cake on Saturday was that Ken got to take to the skies himself at our charity open day."
The operations director said Mr Farlow - who has bowel cancer - flew in a two-seat Citabria aircraft with James Peplow, the owner of a specialist flying school based at the airport.
"He also got to see his beloved Spitfire again," Mr Lewington added.
"We're delighted we've been able to rekindle all those memories, and that the family have something positive to look back on when the inevitable time comes."
Mr Farlow's daughter Helen Nock, who took the original photo of him, said: "I still can't believe he flew. And I'm still getting my head around that this has gone round the world from one simple photograph."
She said her father, who lives in Painswick, Gloucestershire, was a chartered electrical engineer in the war and spent time in Syria and Palestine working on Spitfires and Hurricanes.
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A terminally-ill former World War Two spitfire engineer has taken to the skies after a poignant photo of him became an unlikely internet hit.
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The deal will take legal force when it is ratified by 55 signatories producing 55% of global emissions.
Ratification by China and the US bumps the total to 40% of emissions. It will just need the EU and a couple of other major polluters to cross the threshold.
Other nations will still tussle over their own ratification, but this sets clear ambition, and the US-China deal will put pressure on G20 nations over the weekend to move faster with their pledge to phase out subsidies to fossil fuels.
President Obama is in China at the end of a legacy tour, in which he has visited Nevada and Hawaii to warn of climate disruption.
Over recent years he has persuaded the reluctant Chinese that they need to accept their own climate commitments in order to buy him political space for America’s pledges.
Both nations have set widely differing targets reflecting their different stages of economic development.
The USA says it intends to reduce emissions by 26-28% below its 2005 level in 2025, trying hard for the upper limit.
China has promised to stop the upward path of its emissions by 2030, although it will far exceed that goal.
But even if enough other players step forward to make the Paris deal law, huge challenges lie ahead.
The current pledged emissions cuts are still projected to bring 2.7C or more of warming – well above the aspirational 1.5C heating that the UN accepts should really be the limit.
And that is supposing that nations keep their promises on emissions cuts.
In the UK the Labour Party has urged Theresa May to ratify the Paris deal immediately.
The US-China deal will also put pressure on G20 nations over the weekend to move faster with their pledge to phase out subsidies to fossil fuels.
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The joint commitment from the world’s super-polluters, announced on Saturday, is a big step towards turning the Paris climate agreement into reality.
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David was one of 60 cuckoos fitted with trackers by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) from 2011 and has made return trips from Africa since.
But his tracker fell silent a few months ago.
A team on BBC Radio Wales' Country Focus is now trying to lure David into the Tregaron woods using a fake female.
Presenter Gilbert John said: "We're hoping to find out whether the lack of a signal for David shows that he is dead, or simply his equipment [is dead]."
The BTO tracking project was set up to discover why half the UK's cuckoos have been lost in the last 20 years.
Since 2011, many of the birds have died or their transmitters have failed, with David one of the remaining six that make the migration from the Congo rainforest, where they winter, to Wales.
In previous years, he has returned to the UK between 28 April and the 14 May and experts expected him to be on the move from his wintering location, if not back on his breeding grounds, by now.
The BTO has set up a mist net, a plastic cuckoo and the accompanying recording of a female in woods in Tregaron.
"The hope is to entice David if he's within earshot. [Although], I have to admit, she's not a very attractive cuckoo," said John.
Kelvin Jones, Welsh development officer at the British Trust for Ornithology, said a lot of people think the newer satellite technology would eliminate the need for the more traditional "ringing" system.
"But without the ringing system - that is catching the birds and handling the birds - we cannot use the new technology," he said.
Mr Jones said the tracking project had started to unravel the mystery of cuckoo movements.
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Conservationists are searching for a missing cuckoo called David who usually returns to his Ceredigion breeding grounds.
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The 28-year-old, who was videoed while in his native Ivory Coast, apologised after pictures of him were published in a national newspaper.
The Premier League club said the player's action were not "appropriate" and he had been "reminded" of his role model responsibilities.
Tiote said: "I deeply regret my actions and I am sorry for any offence caused."
He added: "I realise that as a professional footballer, I have a responsibility to many people, including the club and its supporters and it is important for me to set a good example to others with my behaviour on and off the pitch."
A statement from the club said: "Newcastle United has been made aware of a video of Cheick Tiote driving while holding a bottle of alcohol, which is understood to have been filmed in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
"Clearly his actions were not appropriate. The club have spoken privately with Cheick and reminded him of his significant responsibilities as a representative of Newcastle United and a role model."
The player signed a new six-and-a-half-year deal at Newcastle in February 2011.
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Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote has been filmed driving while holding an open bottle of champagne.
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Buildings already constructed at the Beechwood site include the new £60m Inverness College UHI.
The college should be ready to open its doors to its first students this autumn.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), which is leading the project, hopes to attract science, technology and other types of businesses to the site.
Mr Swinney said: "This is an outstanding facility which I believe will be a leading resource for enterprise and innovation, not only of benefit to the region, but to the entire country.
"The teamwork of everyone involved has helped make Inverness Campus a reality and I am sure this will continue in the years ahead."
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The London team has only once before turned a profit in the 10 years since it was acquired by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
The club said a new TV broadcasting deal, as well as the sale of players such as Juan Mata, had boosted profits.
Chelsea are currently unbeaten at the top of the Premier League.
They also top their Champions League group.
In 2012, Chelsea reported a profit of £1.4m, its first under Mr Abramovich. The club then made a loss in 2013.
This year's profits mean the club satisfies the Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules imposed by Uefa, European football's governing body.
Under FFP, clubs need to balance football-related expenditure - transfers and wages - with television and ticket income, plus revenues raised by their commercial departments.
Money spent on stadiums, training facilities, youth development or community projects is exempt.
Bruce Buck, Chelsea's chairman, said the club's focus was first and foremost on the team's performance.
"By reaching the Champions League semi-final and maintaining a challenge in the Premier League until the final week of the season we demonstrated that, while improving our financial figures, we remained competitive in football's toughest club competitions," he said.
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Chelsea Football Club has reported a record profit of £18.4m ($29m) for the year to June 2014 - despite last season's lack of silverware.
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But their decision to take up rowing - and winning Olympic gold at their first attempt - has sealed their place in British sporting history.
Glover, 26, and Stanning, 27, took victory in the women's pair at Eton Dorney on Wednesday to win the first gold medal for Britain at London 2012.
More remarkably, they become the first British female rowers to achieve the feat since the sport was added to the Olympics in 1976.
Born in Truro, Glover was a cross-country runner and hockey player, competing internationally, before burying her head in books and gaining a teaching qualification.
It wasn't until she heard about Sporting Giants, a scheme to find the Olympians of the future, in 2008 that she stepped into a boat and picked up an oar for the first time. From there, she was chosen for the Great Britain's rowing talent programme, two years after Stanning joined the same initiative, and two years later the dream team was formed.
Stanning, who was born in Yeovil, took a different route, taking up rowing at 19 after her friends suggested she try it because she was tall. Two years later she was on the rowing talent programme but switched her focus to the army, where she was commissioned in 2008.
Four years ago, she decided to focus on rowing, taking a break from the Royal Artillery, and heading back to the water. There she teamed up with Glover and started on the road to London.
The pair narrowly missed out on gold to New Zealand at last year's World Championships, but that defeat was their last as they upped the stroke rate in 2012 to remain unbeaten in all three World Cups.
They were barely mentioned in the build-up to London as three-time Olympic silver medallist Katherine Grainger and her chase for that elusive gold dominated the headlines along with the men's four - Britain's flagship boat - which has won gold in the last three Olympics.
But an Olympic record in the first race of the regatta sparked interest - and their performance in the final in front of a partisan home crowd - was the perfect way to end what could be their last race together.
Before the regatta, Stanning said she would return to the army, with a posting in Afghanistan a possibility. Regardless of whether she sticks to her decision or decides to add to her medal collection, their achievement will forever be engraved on London 2012 - because everyone remembers the first.
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The 33-year-old, who made 27 Premier League appearances for the Canaries in 2015-16, has signed a two-year deal.
The former Middlesbrough and West Ham United man, who began his career at Portsmouth, has won promotion from the Championship with four different clubs.
"Gary is a really good signing for us, who adds everything we need to our midfield," head coach Lee Johnson said.
"He may have just turned 33, but he's still fully mobile and very fit. He's a really good decision maker who can be a coach's eyes and ears on the pitch."
O'Neil helped QPR to promotion via the play-offs before his move to Norwich in 2014 and has played more than 200 top-flight games.
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Bristol City have signed midfielder Gary O'Neil on a free transfer from recently relegated Norwich City.
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Markandey Katju said a high court judge was promoted after pressure from an ally of the former Congress government.
He also said some senior judges had made "improper compromises" in allowing the judge to continue in office.
A regional party protested in the parliament against "political interference in judicial appointments".
The Congress-led government was in power for 10 years before losing the May general election to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The ally that Mr Katju has alluded to was the ruling party in Tamil Nadu state.
Writing in The Times of India newspaper, Mr Katju said a judge of the Madras high court in Tamil Nadu was promoted and given an extension to continue in office despite "several allegations of corruption" after pressure from an ally of the then-ruling Congress party.
Mr Katju, who is now the chairman of the Press Council of India, also told the NDTV news channel that three former chief justices of the Supreme Court made "improper compromises" in allowing the unnamed judge to continue in office.
When asked by the channel why he had waited for 10 years to make his allegations public, he said: "Concentrate on whether what I'm saying is correct or not. How does it matter if I spoke now?" Mr Katju then left the interview.
MPs belonging to Tamil Nadu's AIADMK party waved copies of the the newspaper carrying Mr Kaju's article and demanded a discussion in the upper house of the parliament.
"If you have an issue to raise, raise it through appropriate procedure. This is not the way. You are disrupting listed business," chairman of the upper house Hamid Ansari said.
The Congress party has denied the allegations and questioned their timing.
"Mr Katju wishes to remain in news. If there was any such thing then he should have spoken that time. Why he is speaking now," Congress leader Rashid Alvi said.
There has been rising public demand for greater transparency on the part of judges after allegations of corruptions against some judges over the last few years.
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Mr Rouhani ordered a review of all 3,000 jobs on offer, and a rethink if they were found to be biased to men.
Some departments, such as the Judiciary Organisation of Military Forces, which is controlled by hardliners, are open almost exclusively to men.
Mr Rouhani has a track record of speaking out on women's rights.
He has appointed a number of women to prominent posts - including Masoumeh Ebtekar as vice-president and head of the Environmental Protection Organisation, and Marzieh Afkham, who was foreign ministry spokesperson, before being appointed ambassador to Malaysia last year.
Ms Afkham was the first woman to be made a foreign envoy.
After Iran's parliamentary elections in May, Mr Rouhani hailed the record number of women who won seats.
But civil society groups say he could have done much more to tackle the overall problem of female unemployment.
Iranian women have made big progress in education in the decades since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, and now make up 60% of all university graduates. However, they are still significantly under-represented in the workplace.
The most recent figures from the Iranian National Statistics Organisation in 2013 revealed that just 12.4% cent of Iranian women were in active employment.
Young Iranian women are five times more likely to be unemployed than young men, and twice as many women than men have lost their jobs as a result of the economic downturn caused by international sanctions.
Women face the double challenge of deeply entrenched conservative values plus discrimination enshrined in a legal system, which disadvantages them in many areas including marriage, maternity provisions, custody rights, and even the right to travel.
In the past 12 months a number of high-profile scandals have highlighted the very real problems many women face in their everyday working lives.
In September 2015 the captain of the Iranian women's football team, Niloufar Ardalan, was reportedly unable to take part in a key international match because her husband had refused to give her permission to leave the country.
And in February secret recordings of a senior manager at the state broadcaster making suggestive phone calls to a junior, female employee put the spotlight on sexual harassment in the workplace.
President Rouhani's championing of women's rights has sometimes put him at odds with Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and the conservative establishment, which favours a more traditional and restricted role for women, with the emphasis on motherhood and home.
The government has invested in job creation schemes in recent years, but critics say much of the money has been channelled into male-dominated sectors of the workforce, resulting in even greater shortages of jobs for women.
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Sussex Police has told relatives of 11 men who died they are investigating an incident at the Southport Airshow in 2014 in which a vintage jet is believed to have flown too low.
At the Shoreham event in August, a Hawker Hunter jet crashed.
Pilot Andy Hill was thrown free from the aircraft. The 11 died at the scene.
Det Ch Insp Paul Rymarz said the force was aware of an incident at the Southport Airshow in September 2014.
"This incident forms a line of inquiry in our wider investigation.
"All the families are aware of our interest in this incident," he said.
Analysis: Richard Westcott, BBC transport correspondent
I've just been speaking to the man who was commentating at the Southport airshow on the day that this happened. George Bacon is an expert from the British Air Display Association, so he knows his stuff.
He told me that the plane was flying too low and very slightly over the crowd line, which is not allowed, and the display was stopped.
But George also says there was never any immediate danger, that it was never "life threatening".
He described it as an "occurrence", not an "incident" (less serious in effect), saying Andy Hill was always in control of the aircraft.
And he stressed the point that this kind of transgression can happen to any pilot and for all sorts of reasons - sun in the eyes, moving to avoid a bird or another aircraft, a strong wind.
"Even the Red Arrows can misjudge the strength of the wind", he told me.
He wanted to make the point that display pilots are not risk-takers.
A spokesman for the CAA said it was aware of an incident in 2014, and had been informed of the Sussex Police investigation.
At the time, he said, the CAA took appropriate action in conjunction with the show's organisers.
"The CAA continues to support the police and AAIB with their investigations," he said.
Mr Hill was interviewed by police in December. No arrests have been made.
BBC South East correspondent Mark Norman said the parameters of the "very wide-ranging, complex ongoing investigation" had yet to be revealed.
At Shoreham, the vintage jet, which had been performing aerobatics, crashed on the A27 dual carriageway.
Footage captured by witnesses showed a large fireball engulf the area around the crash site.
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Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran has written to the UK government offering support for early legislation.
The Scottish government has already called for action before Westminster breaks for the general election.
Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has said officials are looking at the options.
These are likely to include a section 30 order which is much less complicated than an act of parliament.
In a letter to the Scottish secretary, Ms Curran said: "I am writing to offer our support for a Section 30 order to devolve the franchise to the Scottish Parliament immediately if it is brought forward by the government.
"This will ensure that there is enough time for the Scottish Parliament to make the changes necessary to ensure 16 and 17-year-olds are able to vote in 2016."
The Smith Commission on further devolution called for the UK to "devolve the relevant powers in sufficient time" for that election.
Its recommendations were agreed by all five political parties in the Scottish Parliament.
The independence referendum was the first national vote in which 16 and 17-year-olds were able to take part.
The chief counting officer for the referendum, Mary Pitcaithly, chairs the board that oversees election management in Scotland.
She said: "If changes of this significance are going to be made, the earlier that election professionals know about this the better, so that appropriate preparations can be made to minimise any risks".
Mr Carmichael discussed the issue with Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week.
Ahead of that meeting he said he saw "no reason" why votes at 16 could not be in place for the 2016 vote.
Labour also wants him to consider which other powers might be suitable for fast-track devolution.
Ms Curran said: "Many of the Smith Commission proposals will require primary legislation, and Labour will introduce a Scotland Act in our first Queen's Speech.
"However, it is right that we should assess which powers could be passed more quickly and where the Labour Party could offer its support."
The Scottish government has specifically called for early control of air passenger duty and disability living allowance.
But the Scottish secretary has described votes at 16 as an "exception" to the general principle that further devolution "will proceed as a package".
Mr Carmichael was asked about when tax powers would be devolved at a Holyrood committee last week.
He said: "With the budgetary consequences that come with that, there is probably a greater interest in ensuring that you get the whole thing as a package rather than taking it in dribs and drabs."
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The 29-year-old replaces injured Ospreys forward James King.
Shingler, who has eight caps, will join the Wales squad after Scarlets' Pro12 final against Munster on Saturday.
"We've got a young squad, but we're not treating this as a development tour. We're going to the southern hemisphere to win two Tests," said Robin McBryde, Wales' head coach for the tour.
"So the selection has to reflect a balance between potential and performance, and the new players will have to reach the high levels of expectation we have of them."
Shingler's call-up comes a day after uncapped Exeter full-back Phil Dollman was summoned as a replacement for Rhun Williams.
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The High Commissioner of India laid a wreath of marigolds at the Arch of Remembrance in Leicester.
Meanwhile, the British High Commissioner did the same at a ceremony at the India Gate in New Delhi.
Hundreds of people attended the events in memory of the 1,174 Indian Labour Corps men who supplied the army with weapons, food and built barracks.
Updates on this story and more from the East Midlands
The commemorative events were part of The Unremembered project to honour the courage and sacrifice of labourers in World War One.
In Leicester, about 300 school children and dignitaries including the city and Lord mayors held up the names of the men and tied messages to the fallen during the ceremony.
Teacher Mrs Hobson, of Moat Community College, said: "This event is important because it's about our shared heritage... and it allows us to link our students to their Indian heritage."
Squadron Leader Rana Chhina said Indians in Leicester "should be proud" of the connection because it "helps strengthen the bond" between the UK and India.
British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens designed both war memorials in the 1920s.
The workers' names are engraved on the India Gate, which was built in 1931 and took about 10 years to complete.
Work began on the Arch of Remembrance, in Victoria Park, which is half the size of the gate, in 1923 and was finished in 1925.
In 2015, all 44 of Sir Edwin's World War One memorials in England became listed by Historic England.
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Flt Lt Jon Egging, 33, from Rutland, died when his Hawk T1 aircraft - Red 4 - crashed after a display at Bournemouth Air Show in August 2011.
A new display will open at the Bournemouth Aviation Museum which includes a model Red Arrow Hawk T1A.
It will also include a collection box for the Jon Egging Trust, a charity set up in the pilot's memory.
Museum trustee David Shore said: "After running a Red Arrows day last August and the level of interest it generated, we decided we wanted to do something in Flt Lt Egging's memory.
"We had discussions with a model maker at last year's Bournemouth Air Show about creating a display for us.
"The display will have information on both Flt Lt Egging and the history of the Red Arrows with a collection box for any donations to the Jon Egging Trust."
The trust helps young people with vocational and academic qualifications. Its Blue Skies Programme pairs students with role models from aviation, engineering and science.
Bournemouth Aviation Museum's display is the latest tribute in the town to Flt Lt Egging.
In August 2012, a sculpture on Bournemouth's East Overcliff was unveiled featuring three glass Red Arrows planes and stainless steel contrails to coincide with the first Bournemouth Air Show since the crash.
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A first-half David McAllister own goal was all that separated the sides in a tight affair at Mourneview Park.
Coleraine hammered Glentoran 4-1 at the Showgrounds with James McLaughlin scoring twice.
David Jeffrey's Ballymena United ran out easy 4-1 winners away to Carrick Rangers to move into the top half of the table.
Relive the action from Friday's Premiership matches
Despite suffering their first defeat of the season, Ards are still tied on points at the top of the table.
There were few clear chances in the game, with defences on top before McAllister nodded past keeper Aaron Hogg and into his own net after 17 minutes of play.
Crusaders and Linfield can overtake the joint leaders if they win their respective games on Saturday.
The Bannsiders put four goals past Glentoran, who continued their disappointing start to the league campaign.
Coleraine took the lead after eight minutes when referee Mervyn Smith pointed to the penalty spot when Elliott Morris was adjudged to have brought down James McLaughlin despite getting a strong palm on the ball.
Neil McCafferty made no mistake from the spot by slotting past Morris, although the Glentoran keeper may feel aggrieved that he wasn't ready to face the kick.
Three goals in nine minutes assured Coleraine of the points. Darren McCauley tucked home after being played through by Rodney Brown, before McLaughlin drove the ball home from the edge of the penalty area three minutes later.
McLaughlin grabbed his second just after the hour mark to wrap up the victory, before Jonathan Smith fired home after some good work from Nacho Novo to give Glentoran a consolation goal.
Defeat for Glentoran means that the East Belfast side slip into the bottom half of the table, while Coleraine's first victory of the season carries Oran Kearney's side up to eighth.
Ballymena responded from last weekend's defeat by Ards in perfect style, putting four goals past Carrick Rangers.
Allan Jenkins opened the scoring, slamming home from a corner after just three minutes.
Cathair Friel doubled Ballymena's advantage on 22 minutes by heading in from a Tony Kane free-kick.
Carrick Rangers were provided with a glimmer of hope when Alan Blayney picked up a back-pass and Gareth McKeown's free-kick rebounded off the United wall for Nathan Hanley to make no mistake from the rebound.
Jonny McMurray scored Ballymena's goal of the evening, letting fire with a fine 30-yard strike which flew over Simon Steele in the Carrick goal. Ballymena completed the rout when former Carrick player Conor McCloskey slotted home just after the hour mark.
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Giants, who have failed to win any of their past eight league matches, were undone by Luke Waterworth's 76th-minute try in a topsy-turvy match.
Shaun Robinson, Rhodri Lloyd, Connor Dwyer and Mike Butt also crossed for the part-time Lions, who have only won two league matches in 2017.
Aaron Murphy and Sam Wood were among those to cross for Giants.
Darnell McIntosh and Ollie Roberts also went over for the hosts, but the final whistle was met by boos from the home fans.
Huddersfield were the second top-flight club to lose to Championship opponents in round five, following Hull KR's win over Leigh on Saturday.
Elsewhere in the Challenge Cup on Sunday, Super League side Salford overcame Toronto Wolfpack 29-22.
Dewsbury, Featherstone, Halifax and Barrow also won to book their places in Tuesday's sixth-round draw, which will be broadcast live on the BBC News Channel (18:30 BST).
Swinton head coach John Duffy revealed after the game that his side only had 15 fit players on Saturday, before giving debuts to on-loan Wigan pair Josh Woods and Caine Barnes and out-of-contract Liam Carberry.
"It was a massive achievement for the club but everything goes on the players and the medical staff today - nothing to do with the coaching staff," said Duffy.
"I'd like to thank our medical staff for doing a great job over the last couple of weeks. They have turned it around for us and the boys really dug deep."
Giants had gone into the break 18-16 ahead, after Murphy went over down the left, Wood cut inside to score and McIntosh finished a grubber kick.
However, Rick Stone's side, without around 10 first-teamers, have only won twice all season in the top flight and cracks began to show as Dwyer's score helped put the visitors ahead for the second time in the match, having led 10-6 at one point during the first half.
Giants were back in front when the ball was spread right to Roberts and he found a gap to score, before Waterworth crossed over to send the second-tier side through to the sixth round.
Stone said: "The Championship is full of hardened pros who have been around the block and know know to win games, and we saw a bit of that today.
"There's no denying that is a massive blow for us and everyone is very disappointed - you can feel it.
"There were a few senior players out today and a few long-term injuries and those with niggles, but we had a good enough team out to win but we didn't."
Huddersfield: McIntosh; Simpson, S Wood, Mellor, Murphy; Gaskell, Farrell; Rapira, Leeming, Mason, Smith, Roberts, Dickinson.
Replacements: Wakeman, Ikahihifo, English, O'Brien.
Swinton: White; Robinson, Hankinson, Lloyd, Butt; Woods, Atkin; Bracek, Waterworth, Lever, Dwyer, Jones, Austin.
Replacements: Gore, Bate, Barnes, Carberry.
Referee: Scott Mikalauskas
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The job cuts - to its employee base of around 94,000 people - comprise part of its $4bn reduction in operating costs.
Shell also said it was cutting investment by $7bn to about $30bn this year, down 20% from 2014.
The firm announced profits of $3.4bn in the three months to 30 June, a 35% decrease compared with last year.
Shell said that it was "planning for a prolonged downturn" in oil prices.
The price of oil is currently about $53 a barrel, sharply down from about $110 a barrel a year ago.
Chief executive Ben van Beurden said: "We have to be resilient in a world where oil prices remain low for some time, whilst keeping an eye on recovery.
"We're taking a prudent approach, pulling on powerful financial levers to manage through this downturn, always making sure we have the capacity to pay attractive dividends for shareholders."
It also announced that it was selling a 33% stake in its Japanese business, Showa, to petrochemical group Idemitsu for about $1.4bn.
Shell said it had seen $20bn of asset sales in 2014 and 2015, and it expected to see $30bn in sales between 2016 and 2018.
"Today's oil price downturn could last for several years, and Shell's planning assumptions reflect today's market realities," the company said.
"The company has to be resilient in today's oil price environment, even though we see the potential for a return to a $70-$90 oil price band in the medium term."
In April, Shell announced that it was buying gas giant BG - the UK's third-largest energy company - for £47bn.
In its latest announcement of job losses, Shell said its deal with BG "should enhance our free cash flow" and be "a springboard to change Shell into a simpler and more profitable company".
It added that it planned to reduce costs further in 2016.
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Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has announced it is to shed 6,500 jobs as part of cost-cutting plans as it seeks to counter falling oil prices.
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Coetzer leads the Scots for the first time at the Grange on Friday.
"We want to try to take down one of the top sides and we are very capable of doing that," said Coetzer.
"The guys have been preparing well for the last number of years now and things are starting to come together. They have moulded into the squad very well."
Pakistan begin their preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy by facing the Scots on Friday and Sunday.
Spinner Saeed Ajmal will feature for the tourists but all-rounder Shahid Afridi misses out.
"There is a bit in it for both sides here," said Coetzer.
"They are preparing for their tournament and it is nice for the Scottish public to see a team of this calibre coming to the Grange."
And the 29-year-old Northants batsmen expects the first meeting to be "a whirlwind" after
Coetzer made his international bow against Pakistan 10 years ago.
He explained: "I always hoped that somewhere along the line I might be able to do the job [of captain].
"I'm looking forward to the challenges. It's a very proud day.
"I am going to do what is best for the team at all times. Hopefully that can lead to some good results. Effectively, it is a new era and it is exciting times."
Pakistan are in the same section as India, South Africa and West Indies in next month's Champions Trophy, with Dav Whatmore's side playing their group matches at the Oval and Edgbaston.
And captain Misbah-ul-Haq has warned his team-mates not to underestimate Scotland.
"We have an important period coming up with the Champions Trophy," he said. "There are different conditions over here in the UK, different weather, and we need to get used to that.
"We haven't played against Scotland for a long time but in their home conditions, any side can be really tough. So we can't take them lightly."
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The letter, written at the end of the 1916 Easter Rising, had a guide price of 1-1.5m euros.
It was the last official letter Pearse wrote, three days before his execution by firing squad on 3 May 1916.
Pearse wrote it from his prison cell to rebels still fighting in the Four Courts in Dublin.
It reads: "In order to prevent further slaughter of the civil population and in the hope of saving the lives of our followers, the members of the Provisional Government present at headquarters have decided on an unconditional surrender, and commandants or officers commanding districts will order their commands to lay down arms. PH Pearse, Dublin, 30th April 1916."
The details of the item on the James Adam's auction house website quotes historian Diarmaid Ferriter: "Behind the single sentence of the communication lie many layers.
"It was the last official letter Pearse wrote, three days before his execution by firing squad on the morning of May 3rd 1916 and is therefore a vital part of the archive of the newly declared republic in 1916.
"It marked the end of the 1916 rebellion and underlined the role of both the rebel leaders and the British forces in bringing the fighting to a conclusion.
"It is also a reminder of some of the difficulties associated with the rebels military strategy in 1916, especially communications, but also the success in securing certain positions in the midst of urban warfare."
Although the identity of the seller has not been revealed, he has been described by the auctioneers as non-Irish and living outside the country.
In a statement, Stuart Cole, a director at Adam's, said: "On this occasion, the reserve was not met.
"The owner, based overseas, has requested that Adam's apply for an export licence tomorrow (Thursday) to formally notify the [Irish] government that the document will be leaving Ireland and for the process to be expedited.
"The owner was saddened that the government refused to bid for the document but now feels relieved of his obligations to keep the document in Ireland."
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A letter of surrender written by Irish rebel Patrick Pearse has been withdrawn from auction in Dublin after bidding stalled at 770,000 euros (£650,000).
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The decade-long research led by staff from Chester Zoo and Natural Resources Wales has observed behaviour never seen in the UK before.
The researchers studied a group of hazel dormice in Denbighshire as part of the project.
It found some dormice breed before they are one year old.
The research also established that some produce two litters in a year, which was known behaviour in continental European mice but had never been observed in the UK before.
The study is the longest and largest of its kind in the UK.
Chester Zoo's biodiversity officer Sarah Bird said: "Promiscuity in females had never been recorded before; and it will increase genetic diversity within litters, helping population survival.
"Equally important are the other breeding behaviours we have seen.
"It is likely that those years when females breed twice, and the young of the year also breed, is when populations can really increase.
"These behaviours are likely to be critical for healthy sustainable dormouse populations in the UK."
Hazel dormice are protected under European law.
The numbers of dormice and the range of the species have both been in decline since recording of the animals and their habitat began in 1990.
However the Denbighshire site at Bontuchel, near Ruthin, showed a large, stable population of dormice.
"Our survey site in north Wales is on the very north western edge of their European range and, from the very start, we've been surprised by how many hazel dormice are there," Ms Bird explained.
"That's why it's a very important project and a very important site for study, to understand why this woodland is so good for dormice."
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The couple wore yellow scarves and garlands at the 200-year-old Hindu temple in Bahrain's capital Manama.
Prince Charles earlier held talks with the country's long-time Prime Minister, Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa.
The royal couple have also visited the United Arab Emirates and Oman during the seven-day trip.
The Bahrain visit marks 200 years of formal relations between the two countries, dating from a treaty of friendship signed in 1816.
The UK maintains strong military ties to Bahrain, where it has run its permanent naval base HMS Juffair for more than a year.
Prince Charles paid the base a visit to open a welfare block and inspect HMS Middleton.
But the trip comes amid concerns of continued human rights abuses in Bahrain.
Prince Charles has faced calls to raise concerns over how Bahrain's security forces have dealt with a string of mass protests in the country.
He began the day visiting Sheikh Khalifa, who has been in office since 1971, on the Bahraini ruler's custom-built private island.
The Middle East tour, which was organised by the UK government, aims to boost partnerships in the region in a range of areas, including wildlife conservation and women in leadership.
During the day, Camilla visited St Christopher's School, a British-style school with 2,200 pupils, speaking to the students about their literacy and music lessons.
She later met a group of young businesswomen known as the Supreme Council for Women, which is chaired by Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the first wife of Bahrain's King Hamad.
The council, which was set up in 2001 to advise the government on women's issues, consists of a group of 16 women from a "wide range of backgrounds and experiences".
The royal couple later unveiled two new stamps, to commemorate two centuries of diplomatic ties between the UK and Bahrain, at the Post Office Museum.
Prince Charles also visited the Al-Fateh Grand Mosque, the largest in the country, where he signed the visitors' book and was given a tour.
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The film, directed by Ridley Scott, took £3.9m at cinemas this weekend.
In second place, Emily Blunt's drug crime drama Sicario opened with takings of £1.6m, while The Walk was another new entry in third with £795,000.
But Emma Watson and Ethan Hawke's new thriller Regression could only open in ninth place with takings of £215,000.
In the film, Watson plays a young woman who has been the victim of demonic abuse as Hawke is a police officer trying to uncover the truth.
It was screened at 270 cinemas over the weekend, according to Screen Daily, compared with 434 for Sicario.
Sicario has also received much better reviews, with Emily Blunt playing the lead role of an FBI agent who joins an elite force to combat a drugs warlords on the US-Mexico border.
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Space epic The Martian, in which Matt Damon plays an astronaut stranded on Mars, was the top film at UK box offices for a second week.
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The Fochabers Fish Bar will now go up against nine other regional winners for the UK award in the Seafish-run 2017 National Fish and Chip Awards.
Fochabers Fish Bar owner Darren Boothroyd said: "We're completely over the moon to have made it to the top 10, it's a real testament to all the hard work we've put into the business."
The overall winner will be announced in January.
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Clydesdale Bank's Scottish £5 note was the first fully polymer banknote to enter circulation in Great Britain.
The International Bank Note Society has nominated the fivers, made from a polymer substrate, for the award alongside banknotes from countries including New Zealand and China.
They are the only UK note on the shortlist.
Clydesdale chief executive David Duffy said: "We are proud that our polymer £5 note has been nominated.
"We take our responsibility as an issuer of banknotes seriously."
Two million of the £5 notes are currently in circulation.
The bank introduces around £400m of new notes every year.
A new polymer £10 note, featuring Robert Burns, will start to be made later in 2016 and is expected to enter circulation in 2017.
More than 20 countries around the world have adopted polymer notes.
The Bank of England is to begin issuing them later this year.
In 1999, Northern Bank of Northern Ireland issued a polymer £5 commemorative note celebrating the year 2000.
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Launching a consultation on policies for the campaign, she said Labour had "wasted" 16 years of devolution.
But she would not say what price she would demand to share power with Labour, as Plaid did from 2007 to 2011.
Welsh Labour said the "tired attacks" were a "poor excuse for a campaign".
Speaking in Cardiff, Ms Wood said the four years of a Labour-Plaid coalition government were "a small beacon of hope in terms of a longer period of wasted opportunity".
Plaid wanted to be in charge of health and education "in particular", she said.
The party's education spokesman Simon Thomas said: "I don't think we will see any real change in Welsh politics until the hands of the Labour Party are off health and education."
Plaid Cymru is currently the third largest party in Cardiff Bay, with 11 of the 60 seats.
Ms Wood has already ruled out a deal with the Conservatives after the elections.
However, on the subject of coalitions, she said on Monday that people were "bored with that kind of conversation".
Ms Wood added that her party would be concentrating on their own policies "rather than constantly obsessing with which party will do deals with which party".
A Welsh Labour spokesman said Ms Wood's comments were "completely out of step with people's own experiences".
"Only Welsh Labour will take on the Tories," the spokesman added.
"It is telling that Plaid Cymru yet again seem unable or unwilling to take on the party that has slashed Wales' funding and attacked our most vulnerable communities.
"Wales won't forget that Plaid Cymru have tried before to get the Tories into power in the assembly," referring to talks in 2007 about a so-called "rainbow coalition" deal which would have excluded Labour from government.
For the Conservatives, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb called on the opposition parties to "think the unthinkable and look at the options that provide this country with an alternative to the Labour Party".
When asked how realistic it was for Ms Wood to work with Welsh Tory Leader Andrew RT Davies to make this happen, he told BBC Radio Wales it would be "difficult, challenging but I would never say it's impossible".
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Protests in southern Nepal against a newly adopted constitution have seen hundreds of supply trucks from India stuck at the border.
Many Nepalese, however, have accused India of blocking supplies to show its disapproval of the document.
Fuel is now being rationed in Nepal.
Deepak Baral, an NOC spokesperson, told BBC Nepali that the state-owned fuel supplier was "exploring the possibility" of flying in fuel from a "neighbouring country".
As well as India, Nepal is also bordered by the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north.
Public anger towards India has been growing in Nepal.
KP Oli, a senior lawmaker tipped to be the next prime minister, has accused India of breaking international law by imposing a blockade.
He denied protesters were blocking roads.
New Delhi has denied the accusations and urged Nepal to defuse tensions over the constitution in its southern plains.
Clashes between police and protesters have seen more than 40 people killed in recent weeks.
Some minority ethnic groups are unhappy with the new constitution, which creates a federal system they fear will see them under represented in parliament.
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The 28-year-old English midfielder looked to be on his way to Pittodrie in January 2016, but the deal fell through as the clubs fell out over a fee.
But he signed a pre-contract in March to join the Dons on a three-year deal.
"I always wanted to come here and I'm just delighted it has eventually been done," he told the Dons website.
"What's happened in the past has happened in the past, but it's been a long wait."
Tansey had returned to the Caledonian Stadium for a second spell at the club after leaving Stevenage in 2014.
He scored nine goals in 44 appearances this season but was unable to prevent Caley Thistle being relegated.
Tansey becomes the latest Caley Thistle player to have ended up at the other end of the A96.
Dons striker Adam Rooney and midfielders Jonny Hayes and Graeme Shinnie all moved to the Granite City having previously played for Inverness.
"I always had it in my mind to come here because of the set-up and from what the lads I know have said about the place," added Tansey. "It spoke volumes about the place.
"It was pretty much a no-brainer to come here.
"I've spoken to a few of the boys here - Graeme Shinnie, Jonny Hayes, Miles Storey, Adam Rooney and I've played against them over the years.
"They're all great lads and top players and it is exciting to play with players like that.
"That's what you want to do. It brings you on as a player and puts pressure on you to deliver for them as well as yourself."
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According to media reports, the 29-year-old was pictured with laughing gas canisters while partying in London on the same night Villa were relegated.
Agbonlahor was already on the sidelines after being told he was not fit enough.
Villa were relegated from the Premier League after losing 1-0 to Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday.
They are bottom of the table after collecting just 16 points from 34 games.
The West Midlands outfit are also without a manager following the sacking of Frenchman Remi Garde and have been hit by two key resignations.
Former Football Association chairman David Bernstein and Lord King, a former Governor of the Bank of England, both quit the board on Monday.
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Aston Villa have suspended striker Gabby Agbonlahor and will conduct an investigation following allegations concerning his conduct.
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The 32-year-old former Namibia captain has made 113 appearances since joining Sarries in 2009 and helped the club win two Premiership titles.
Burger, who won 41 caps and appeared at the 2015 World Cup, will return to Namibia to become a farmer.
"It is sad that it's coming to an end but playing rugby is something that I have really loved doing," he said.
"Growing up I wanted to be a professional rugby player and I have been fortunate to live that dream."
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall described Burger, who leaves just two weeks before the Champions Cup final and the start of Sarries' Premiership play-off campaign, as "an amazing player and person".
"He set a phenomenal example on the field with his bravery and the way that he gave everything he could in every game," McCall told the club website.
"He will always be remembered as one of the true greats of Saracens."
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In Swansea, the party added one seat to hold 48 out of 72 seats, while Plaid Cymru made inroads picking up seven new seats in neighbouring NPT.
Pembrokeshire remains in the hands of independents, while Carmarthenshire has no party in overall control.
Swansea council leader Rob Stewart said Labour's success in the city was because it had offered hope.
"We came into this election on a very positive manifesto, offering people hope, aspiration, a better city, a better life," he said.
"We'd just delivered the City Deal for Swansea, the city centre is being rejuvenated, we're after the Tidal Lagoon - we're hoping to land that very shortly, and we're bidding to be the city of culture in 2021.
"We've demonstrated we can deliver for the people of Swansea and we're standing on an even more ambitious programme for the next five years."
In Swansea, independents took nine seats, Conservatives eight and Liberal Democrats seven.
Meanwhile in Neath Port Talbot, Plaid Cymru made inroads picking up seven new seats.
In Pembrokeshire, former deputy council leader Rob Lewis lost his seat in Martletwy to Di Clements of the Conservatives.
Independent candidates won 34 seats in the county, Conservative had 12, Labour seven, Plaid Cymru six and the Lib Democrats gained just one.
In Carmarthenshire, Plaid Cymru won the most seats with 36, while Labour gained 22 and the independents 16.
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But amateur artist Emanuel Santos, who works at Madeira airport where the bust was unveiled, says he feels hurt by the criticism his work has received.
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A bronze bust of Cristiano Ronaldo has made headlines around the world for its lack of resemblance to the Real Madrid star.
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He has been recalled by Cricket Australia for treatment on a foot injury suffered while bowling during the County Championship loss to Sussex.
The county hope New Zealand's Mitchell Santner, who is playing in the T20 Blast, can be his overseas replacement.
Hastings, 31, has taken 16 wickets at 34.38 and scored 139 runs at 23.16 in his six Championship games this summer.
On Friday, he hit the second fastest Twenty20 half-century in Worcestershire's history off 19 balls against Birmingham Bears.
Director of cricket Steve Rhodes told BBC Hereford & Worcester: "Cricket Australia have asked for him to go back home.
"We thoroughly understand that - they want John Hastings back fit and want to monitor his rehab, so we'll take it on the chin.
"We'll certainly look at alternatives. In the past we've brought in Miguel Cummins, Kemar Roach and Shannon Gabriel but the West Indies are here this year.
"So we've just got the find the right one because we're desperate to go up."
Worcestershire are currently second in Division Two of the County Championship, 17 points clear of both Sussex and Kent, who have a game in hand.
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Little and Broad Haven RNLI lifeboat crew and a coastguard rescue team were called after the owner reported him going over a cliff in the Goultrop area.
The spaniel, called George, was found stuck on a ledge about 40ft (12m) up from the beach on Sunday.
He was lowered down to the lifeboat before being reunited with his owner.
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Well 68-year-old Paul Mounsey is living proof that you are never too old for it.
"My category is 45 plus...so I'm racing against guys 20 years younger than me," says Paul who started riding just five years ago aged 65.
"I saw the BMX and I thought 'I'd like to give that a go at this' and here we are!"
Find out how you can get into BMX, no matter how old or young you are, by visiting our cycling activity guide.
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The 42-year-old Tasmanian has spent two years as assistant coach and lead batting coach for Cricket Australia.
Di Venuto was with Sussex and Derbyshire before moving to Durham, where he twice won the county title.
But he is scheduled to return to England in time for the new season in April on an initial three-year deal.
Surrey director of cricket Alec Stewart said: "Following the departure of Graham Ford it was vitally important that we found another high quality coach with a great work ethic and excellent knowledge of the English county game.
"Michael is a good people person. His 12 years of county experience will be invaluable. He is highly regarded within the Australian set-up for his ability to work with and get the best out of players.
"Being able to appoint a coach from a top quality international team can only serve to benefit the club and I would like to thank Cricket Australia for their professional dealings."
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The 37-year-old had a five-year wait between his first two Test appearances but has been a regular opener alongside David Warner since 2013.
"I've been fortunate to have this second go at it and have loved every moment of it," he told Fox Sports.
"But time calls on everyone and I think it's nearly up for me."
Rogers, who has had spells with Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Middlesex and Northants in the County Championship, added: "I think to go out in the Ashes and in England where I've played a lot of cricket is pretty fitting."
In his 20 Tests for Australia, Rogers has scored 1535 runs, including four hundreds, at an average of 39.
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The government agency has announced plans to test wireless power-transfer tech that it hopes to build under the country's motorways and major A roads.
It has already completed a feasibility study and is now asking companies to tender bids to host off-road trials.
But one expert questioned whether such a scheme would be cost effective.
Charge-as-you-drive technologies have already been pioneered elsewhere.
In 2013, the South Korean town of Gumi switched on a 12km (7.5 miles) route that allows buses with compatible equipment to be charged as they drive over it.
It works by a process called Shaped Magnetic Field In Resonance.
Electric cables buried under the road are used to generate electromagnetic fields, which are picked up by a coil inside the device and converted into electricity.
Last year, Milton Keynes also began use of a more limited scheme, which involves buses being wirelessly recharged via plates installed into road. In this case, however, the vehicles have to stop for several minutes at a time to receive the power boost.
"What has been committed to is that by 2016 or 2017 we will hold off-road trials - in other words not on a public road," Stuart Thompson, a spokesman for Highways England, told the BBC.
"It's still very early days. Where exactly the trials will be has yet to be determined."
Highway England says full details will be publicised once a contractor has been appointed.
It aims to run the experiments for about 18 months before deciding whether to commit itself to an on-road trial.
"The potential to recharge low emission vehicles on the move offers exciting possibilities," commented Transport Minister Andrew Jones.
"As this study shows, we continue to explore options on how to improve journeys and make low-emission vehicles accessible to families and businesses."
However, the director of Cardiff Business School's Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence remains sceptical.
"It makes sense to try it out, and the technology does obviously work," commented Dr Paul Nieuwenhuis.
"But it sounds very ambitious to me. Cost will be the biggest issue and I'm not totally convinced it's worth it.
"Battery technology is increasing - if you look at what Tesla has achieved in recent years, it keeps adding more [travel] range to battery technology roughly every six months. So, it's not clear there's even a need for this."
Even if the plan ultimately comes to naught, Highways England is also committed to installing plug-in charging points every 20 miles (32.1km) on its motorway network over the "longer-term".
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The Hammers have had one bid rejected for the 25-year-old, but manager Slaven Bilic is hopeful of concluding a transfer.
Carvalho was part of Portugal's triumphant Euro 2016 squad and also featured in their third-place finish at the Confederations Cup this summer.
He has scored one goal in 37 international appearances.
Bilic signed forwards Marko Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez, for £20m and £16m respectively, and goalkeeper Joe Hart on loan this summer.
However, a side containing Hart and Hernandez lost 4-0 at Manchester United in their Premier League opener on Sunday.
Sofiane Feghouli has joined Galatasaray for a reported £4m, after a season at the Hammers.
The Algerian winger scored four goals in 27 appearances, after joining from Valencia in June 2016.
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The Super Eagles have been without a permanent coach since Sunday Oliseh quit the post in February.
The Nigerian Football Federation is hoping to be able to draw up a shortlist of candidates by Friday.
"We encourage applications from all highly-qualified persons, whether they be Nigerians or expatriates," it said.
"Applications are welcome until Wednesday, and the Technical and Development Committee will meet on Friday to look through all applications and release a shortlist."
Caretaker manager Salisu Yusuf guided Nigeria to victories over Mali and Luxembourg in two friendly matches in May, but the NFF president Amaju Pinnick has publicly declared his intention to appoint a foreign manager for the country instead.
Nigeria were rocked by Oliseh's exit, brought about by a dispute over contract violations, and they had to play two crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Egypt in March under the temporary charge of Under-23 coach Samson Siasia.
The three-time African champions were eliminated from the competition and will not feature at next year's finals in Gabon.
Opinions are sharply divided about what direction the NFF should follow after the country's failure to qualify for the 2015 and 2017 Nations Cup tournaments under local managers.
Nigeria have been drawn in the same African 2018 World Cup qualifying group B as former champions Cameroon, Algeria and Zambia.
The group includes three of the five African countries who went to the last World Cup in Brazil and they will be battling for a single place at the tournament in Russia.
Algeria and Nigeria both got past the group phase in 2014 and were eliminated in the round of 16 while Cameroon, hampered before arriving in Brazil by a player strike over money, lost all three games and conceded nine goals.
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Five people, including three children, were taken to Glan Clwyd Hospital after suffering smoke inhalation.
The fire, at the home in Ffynnongroew Road, started at about 09:15 BST after one of the children switched on the cooker, which had pans left on it.
The family left the house when the smoke alarm went off.
The kitchen was badly damaged by smoke from the blaze which was extinguished before fire crews arrived.
The family was taken to the Bodelwyddan hospital as a precaution.
Jane Honey, deputy head of community safety for the fire service, said: "This highlights the importance of having a working smoke alarm and not to leave combustible items on the hob."
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Ben Carson takes a narrow lead in in a New York Times/CBS News poll, ousting the New York businessman who has led the pack for nearly four months.
The news comes on the eve of the third TV debate for Republican contenders.
The next-ranked candidates are Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina but they are a long way behind.
The conservative Mr Carson, who has expressed extreme views on a range of issues, has 26% of Republican primary voter support, according to the telephone poll of 575 voters.
His lead of 4% over Mr Trump is well within the 6% margin of error.
Florida Senator Mr Rubio has 8% support and the rest closely follow behind him.
Mr Trump has turned his fire to Mr Carson in recent days, attacking him as "low energy" and questioning his Seventh Day Adventist faith.
The two will meet on the stage at Boulder, Colorado, at the Republican debate on Wednesday.
Primary voting begins in February in Iowa, where Mr Carson also leads the polls.
The 64-year-old was criticised this week for comparing abortion to slavery.
The retired doctor has said President Barack Obama's healthcare reform was "the worst thing" since slavery and that the US government is acting like Nazi Germany.
He asserted that being gay is a choice, Muslims aren't qualified to seek the US presidency, the Holocaust could have been prevented if persecuted Europeans owned more guns and - just a few days ago - that the US government should cut off funding to universities that are found to exhibit "extreme political bias".
Mr Carson's comments on abortion have set off yet another cycle of outrage from the left - a reaction that he will likely wear as a badge of honour.
Read Anthony Zurcher's feature in full
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Wasps' win over Leinster saw them snatch first place in the group, leaving Toulon to qualify as one of three runners-up.
Steffon Armitage and Bryan Habana went over for the French side either side of half-time at the Rec.
Anthony Watson scored Bath's only try, as George Ford kicked three penalties.
The Premiership side's hopes of progressing out of the pool were over last weekend after their 25-11 defeat by Leinster.
Mike Ford's team exit the competition with two wins from six games and finish third in the table.
Toulon went into the final pool game on top of the group by one point, after their last-gasp victory over Wasps last weekend.
But the Premiership side ran in seven tries against bottom side Leinster on Saturday, and they went through as group winners because of their head-to-head record against Toulon.
Bath had nothing to play for in Saturday's game, but they were looking to kick-start their season, after winning only three from eight in the league.
They fell behind to two James O'Connor kicks, before fly-half and captain Ford got the hosts off the mark with the boot.
Toulon extended their lead when England exile Armitage, whom Bath had tried to sign last year prior to the World Cup, was left unmarked and he powered over.
The hosts got off to the perfect start in the second half when Watson touched down after a sublime passing move from Horacio Agulla and Kyle Eastmond.
Ford missed the conversion before landing a penalty to give Bath a narrow 14-11 lead, but it did not last.
Scotland flanker David Denton gave the ball away to South Africa wing Habana and he sprinted over to score an easy try for Toulon.
Full-back O'Connor missed the conversion but he went on to slot his third kick, as the three-time champions booked their place in the knockout stages.
Bath: Anthony Watson; Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Kyle Eastmond, Horacio Agulla, George Ford (c), Chris Cook; Nick Auterac, Ross Batty, Henry Thomas; Charlie Ewels, Dominic Day; David Denton, Guy Mercer, Leroy Houston.
Replacements: Tom Dunn, Nathan Catt, David Wilson, Tom Ellis, Matt Garvey, Alafoti Faosiliva, Rhys Priestland, Ollie Devoto.
Toulon: James O'Connor; Josua Tuisova, Maxime Mermoz, Ma'a Nonu, Bryan Habana; Quade Cooper, Sebastien Tillous-Borde; Florian Fresia, Guilhem Guirado, Levan Chilachava; Jocelino Suta (c), Samu Manoa; Juan Smith, Steffon Armitage, Duane Vermeulen.
Replacements: Jean-Charles Orioli, Xavier Chiocci, Manasa Saulo, Mamuka Gorgodze, Romain Taofifenua, Mathieu Bastareaud, Eric Escande, Thibault Lassale.
Ref: John Lacey (Ireland).
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The details are contained in an official analysis of the budget by the Department for Social Development (DSD).
The analysis suggests the average loss per household will be £918 per year.
Tax credits are effectively a means-tested benefit paid to people on lower incomes.
They are paid to two main groups: unemployed people with children and low paid working people who may or may not have children.
The changes to tax credits in the July budget included lowering the threshold at which payments start to reduce.
Currently tax credits payments start to reduce, or taper, once a family income reaches £6,420.
From April 2016 the threshold at which payments taper will be £3,850.
There are currently 109,000 claimants in Northern Ireland who are earning above the £6,420 threshold and have a 'tapered' tax credit award.
Once the threshold is reduced to £3,850, these claimants will have their tax credit award tapered further.
An additional 12,000 claimants will also become subject to the taper once the threshold is reduced to £3,850.
The DSD analysis also looks at other welfare changes announced in the budget, including the freeze in most working age benefits up to 2020.
Using an assumption that welfare reforms will ultimately be introduced in Northern Ireland, it estimates that the July budget will take £206m off the welfare bill in 2016/17, rising to £361m in 2019/20.
The DSD analysis does not factor in the impact of the National Living Wage or increased personal tax thresholds on household budgets.
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Cardiff council has issued travel advice to drivers, with roads shutting from 06:30 BST and reopening at about 12:30.
East Tyndall Street, Lloyd George Avenue and Bute Place are among those being closed for the triathlon.
Drivers heading to the Extreme Sailing event before midday have been advised to follow signposted routes to the bay.
The council said the best route to get to the sailing would be the A4232, exiting at the junction for Mermaid Quay and the central link road.
A cycle diversion is also in place around Britannia Park, between Cardiff Bay and the barrage.
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The whale, which is about 10m (33ft) in length, was washed up at Shingle Street, near Hollesley shortly after 15:00 BST on Sunday.
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said it was a juvenile fin whale and that a post-mortem examination would be carried out on Tuesday.
Suffolk Police warned people to stay clear of the carcass, which has been tied down.
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Rob Deaville, manager of the cetacean stranding investigation programme for ZSL, said fin whales were a "fairly unusual species to be found beached in the UK".
He said that last year, out of 600 strandings in the country, only about five would have been fin whales.
"Looking at photos, it does look a little bit on the thin side, so starvation may be a factor but we have an open mind," he said.
Andrew Capell, of HM Coastguard Search and Rescue, said: "We answered the call and we originally thought it would be a porpoise, because we tend to get them quite a bit.
"But we arrived on the beach to find this rather handsome animal.
"There are a few grazes on it where it has been on the shingle, but there is no other wounds or injuries.
"There's a lot of interest today as it is not the sort of thing you see in Suffolk."
A crew from Aldeburgh Lifeboat station was also called to Shingle Street.
Coxswain Steven Saint said: "Unfortunately it had already died when the crew were there - but there were reports it had been in the water a short time before."
Another whale died after being stranded at a beach in Bridlington, east Yorkshire, on Sunday.
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BHS ran 16 Scottish branches, employing more than 520 staff, when it went into administration in April.
Before Sunday, 15 had already closed, leaving only one store operating at St Enoch shopping centre in Glasgow.
The branch employed more than 50 staff at the time of the store chain's collapse.
The retail giant traded for almost 90 years on the British high street before going into administration.
Attempts to find a buyer were unsuccessful and BHS was wound up in June with the loss of 11,000 UK jobs.
MPS have been scathing about the collapse of BHS and the way in which it was run by Sir Philip Green.
In a report, they claimed his failure to resolve BHS's £571m pension deficit was a major factor in the firm's demise.
Sir Philip promised MPs in June that he would sort out the pensions "mess".
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The MoD said the partnership could mean more intelligence is shared about the latest cyber threats.
Defence companies face cyber-attacks almost daily, often from countries seeking to steal sensitive information about new technology and weapons.
Officials say they hope the plan will serve as a model for other sectors.
The new Defence Cyber Protection Partnership - a joint effort between the UK government and nine large defence companies - is designed to improve the industry's collective defences against cyber-attacks.
It will also work to establish higher standards of security for smaller companies in the supply chain.
Cyber-attacks are one of the top four threats to UK national security alongside international terrorism, according to the government's National Security Strategy.
Earlier this month, UK intelligence service GCHQ said Britain was seeing about 70 sophisticated cyber-espionage operations a month against government or industry networks - some 15 of which were against the defence industry.
GCHQ director Sir Iain Lobban said business secrets were being stolen on an "industrial scale" and in some cases foreign hackers had penetrated firms for up to two years.
In 2010 the British government designated the protection of computer networks as one of the country's most important national security priorities.
It pledged £650m of new investment over the next four years to continue tackling the problem as part of its National Cyber Security Programme.
In March, the government launched the Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership to help businesses and government share information on cyber threats, including a secure web portal to allow information to be shared in real-time.
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The UK's defences against cyber attacks are to be strengthened under new plans that will see the Ministry of Defence working with its biggest contractors.
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Researchers from the Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary have found that dogs can recognise certain words and even tell the difference between how the words are being said.
They found that the animals can tell if the words are positive like or negative and can understand the tone of voice used to say them.
They trained a group of dogs to lie really still in an MRI scanner, which is a bit like an x-ray for your brain.
It told scientists how the dog reacted to different things by measuring which part of their brain was used in response the test.
The scientists played the dogs recordings of words said in a happy or a normal tone of voice to see how they would react.
By looking at the MRI scans the scientists found that the dogs recognised certain words, and could tell the difference between how the words were being said, in the same way that humans do.
When the dog was played a recording of a positive message said in a happy voice the scans showed the dogs processed that information in the part of the brain that deals with rewards and happy feelings.
One of the researchers Attila Andics explained that: "This shows… that dogs not only separate what we say from how we say it, but also that they can combine the two for a correct interpretation of what those words really meant."
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On Sunday, BBC 6 Music DJ Mark Radcliffe explores the history of the football chant to find out what makes a hit in the stands.
Before the programme goes live, we want to test your chant knowledge. Listen to these seven terrace chants and work out which club's fans are singing them.
You can listen to 'From Doris to Depeche: The football fans' songbook' on BBC Radio 5 live from 19:30 BST.
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From Blue Moon to You'll Never Walk Alone, almost every team have their own song - but do you recognise some of the lesser-known chants?
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Official figures show councils reported 936,090 cases of fly-tipping in 2015-16, costing almost £50m to clear up.
Campaigners say financial pressure on local authorities had resulted in waste collection services being cut.
One council alone handled more than 70,000 cases of fly-tipping.
The number of incidents in Enfield was equivalent to 216 for every 1,000 residents. It means it cost £8.24 per person in clearance costs alone.
How do you stop fly-tipping?
'It fell off the back of the van' and other excuses
Samantha Harding, litter programme director at the Campaign to Protect Rural England, said: "Financial pressure on local councils has caused some local collection services to be cut and it seems that people have taken this as a licence to dump their waste illegally.
"There needs to be a review of England's struggling waste management systems, with a new ambitious programme to haul them into the 21st Century.
"We cannot afford to waste our valuable resources in this way."
About half of the rubbish illegally tipped was found on highways.
And about a third of all incidents were classed as a "small van load" worth of waste.
The figures do not yet include new powers councils were given in May 2016 to hand out on-the-spot fines of up to £400.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs figures show fly-tipping incidents had fallen from more than 1.28 million in 2007-08 to about 711,500 cases in 2012-13 before starting to rise again.
Country Land and Business Association president Ross Murray said: "These figures do not tell the full story of this disgraceful behaviour, which blights our beautiful countryside.
"Local authorities tend not to get involved with clearing incidences of fly-tipped waste from private land, leaving the landowner to clean up and foot the bill."
The association has called for the enforcement of stronger penalties, ensuring powers to use fixed penalty notices and seize vehicles are used and reducing council fees to legally dispose of waste.
Councillor Judith Blake, an environment spokeswoman for the Local Government Association said: "This is money that would be better spent on vital front line services.
"Litter and fly-tipping is environmental vandalism - it's unpleasant, unnecessary and unacceptable."
A Defra spokeswoman said new powers and advances in technology had made it easier for local authorities to clamp down on waste crime.
She said 98% of fly-tipping prosecutions resulted in a conviction - a "clear warning" to anyone involved in "serious waste crime".
"Fly-tipping blights communities and the local environment, which is why we are committed to tackling this anti-social behaviour so everyone can enjoy a cleaner, healthier neighbourhoods and countryside," she added.
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The Bears face must-win games in their final group matches in the T20 Blast and One-Day Cup to keep alive hopes of making the quarter-finals in both.
"There's no reason why it should be inconsistent, we know what we're meant to be doing," Brown, 46, told BBC WM.
"Under pressure, we're failing to deliver what we're supposed to."
Warwickshire's four-wicket defeat by Durham, who chased down 293 to win, leaves the third-placed Bears needing to beat current leaders Yorkshire on Monday to stay in the hunt for the last eight.
Before then, they go to Old Trafford on Friday knowing victory over Lancashire in their last T20 Blast game is vital to their chances of making the knockout stages.
Brown is confident the high-stakes nature of the next two matches will bring out the best in his side.
"We are a decent side - we're struggling a the moment as we're struggling to get the same team out on the park twice," Brown said.
"The guys who come in should be proficient at executing under pressure - that's what we haven't done and that's what we need to do in these two games.
"We know we've got to win them and it's exciting to be part of."
All-rounder Keith Barker is set to return after injury at Old Trafford, while former England batsman Jonathan Trott could make a comeback against Yorkshire following a back problem.
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Warwickshire director of cricket Dougie Brown admits he cannot explain why his side's white-ball cricket has been inconsistent this season.
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When Shatner asked if Cmdr Hadfield was tweeting from space, the astronaut replied: "Yes, Standard Orbit, Captain. And we're detecting signs of life on the surface".
The message presumably refers to earth.
Cmdr Hadfield arrived at the International Space Station on 21 December for a five-month mission.
The exchange, which astronaut Buzz Aldrin also participated in, delighted Star Trek fans.
Space and science blogger Jason Major tweeted: "Looks like @WilliamShatner has opened a hailing frequency to the #ISS and @Cmdr-Hadfield answered! #cool", in reaction to the Twitter exchange.
Cmdr Hadfield has been tweeting images of earth, including photographs of snow-covered rice fields in Japan and the coast of Italy.
The Canadian Space Agency has offered to arrange a live tweeting session between the actor and the astronaut.
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Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has exchanged tweets from space with William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in Star Trek.
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The 20-year-old joins on a four-and-a-half-year deal, and Benfica could receive £6m more if he is sold on.
PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said the deal for the Portugal international was completed despite rival interest from "numerous European clubs".
Earlier in January, PSG signed 23-year-old Germany forward Julian Draxler from Wolfsburg for a reported 42m euros (£35.5m).
Guedes said he hoped "to become as popular" as countryman Pauleta, the prolific striker who scored 109 goals for PSG between 2003 and 2008.
French champions PSG are currently third in the Ligue 1 table, three points behind leaders Monaco.
Guedes has played 68 times for Benfica, scoring 11 goals and providing 16 assists.
He made his professional debut with the club's reserve team, who play in Portugal's second tier, at the age of 17.
He has made two appearances for Portugal, but was not part of their Euro 2016-winning squad.
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Paris St-Germain have signed Benfica winger Goncalo Guedes for £25.5m.
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Staff at Inverness-based Lifescan Scotland were informed of the development by management on Tuesday.
It comes after parent company Johnson and Johnson announced it was reviewing its strategic options.
LifeScan makes products for the treatment of diabetes and currently employs 1,100 people in the Highland capital.
The products include meters and software to let people self-monitor their blood glucose levels.
Johnson and Johnson reported slower than expected sales to the financial markets on Tuesday and said they were looking to sell or find partners or other options for Lifescan.
Last summer Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) invested £1.8m in Lifescan to support 600 existing jobs.
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Up to 80 jobs are under threat at one of Scotland's largest life sciences companies.
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Matthew Gordon said he never "cut corners" when it came to maintenance and spent more than £6,000 in a year on repairs to the truck.
He told Bristol Crown Court if the lorry had been unsafe he "would have done something about it".
Mr Gordon, 30, of Dauntsey, Wiltshire, denies 14 charges against him.
Mr Gordon, the owner of Grittenham Haulage, is defending himself following the crash on Lansdown Lane on 9 February last year.
Mitzi Steady, four, Robert Parker, 59, Philip Allen, 52, and Stephen Vaughan, 34, died in the crash in 2015.
The lorry hit several pedestrians, including Mitzi, from Bath, and a car containing Mr Allen and Mr Vaughan, both from Swansea, and Mr Parker, from Cwmbran, south Wales.
Driver Phillip Potter, 20, also of Dauntsey, denies causing the deaths by dangerous and careless driving. He is also charged with causing serious injuries to Karla Brennan and Margaret Rogers - Mitzi's grandmother - by dangerous driving.
He denies a total of 10 charges against him.
Peter Wood, 55, from Brinkworth, Wiltshire, a mechanic who carried out safety checks on the truck, denies four charges against him.
The trial continues.
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The owner of a lorry that crashed on a steep hill in Bath killing four people has told a jury he did not think the vehicle was unsafe that day.
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Merafield Bridge in Plympton was detonated overnight on Saturday, as part of a £6.4m project to replace the structure.
The bridge, built in 1969, was damaged by alkali silica reaction, more commonly known as "concrete cancer".
Video: Highways England
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Footage has been released showing the demolition of a bridge over the A38 in Devon.
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A single parrot bone was discovered in the Baikal region and dates to between 16 and 18 million years ago.
It suggests that the birds, which today mainly inhabit tropical and sub-tropical regions, may once have been widespread in Eurasia.
It is also the first time a fossil parrot has been found in Asia.
The research is published in the journal Biology Letters.
The study's author Dr Nikita Zelenkov, from the Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, said he was surprised by the discovery.
"No-one before has ever found evidence of their presence in Siberia," he said.
The researchers discovered the ancient parrot's remains at Tagay Bay in the east of Siberia.
"We were excavating all kinds of animals there, and mostly they were rodents, rhinos, cats, hippos and others," said Dr Zelenkov.
"But this locality is also interesting because it preserves a rich community of fossil birds. But no exotic birds have been found there before."
Dr Zelenkov discovered part of a bone called a tarsometatarsus, which is found in the lower leg of birds. After comparing it with other species, he discovered that it belonged to a small parrot.
"Unfortunately, this find is not good enough to reconstruct the appearance or lifestyle of this parrot, but we can see that it was rather similar to modern ones. So it was likely a very modern-looking small bird, around the size of a budgerigar."
It shares features with another earlier fossil parrot bone in Germany, reported in a study published in 2010, belonging to a species called Mogontiacopsitta miocaena.
Migration routes
Commenting on the research, Dr David Waterhouse, senior curator of natural history at Norfolk Museums Service, said: "What's interesting about this is how far north the bird is and how far east it is."
However, he said it was not completely unexpected to find a parrot in Siberia.
"Even though today we associate parrots with tropical and sub-tropical environments, you can get parrots in the Himalayas," he said.
"So they can deal with those climates - and during the Miocene period it was even warmer than it is now. So when you put it together it is not surprising."
He added that the discovery could change our understanding of how early parrots spread around the world and moved into the Americas.
Previous theories suggested they may have flown from Africa into the Americas, but this find suggests another route.
"This paper suggests - and it is only a suggestion but it is an interesting one - that we have parrots in Asia and the easiest possible route from Asia to North America is across what's now the Bering Strait, across from Russia into Canada and Alaska," said Dr Waterhouse.
He added: "They've found something that even if it doesn't give us all the answers, it does raise more questions and starts us thinking about new hypotheses - and that's the kind of science that I like."
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Free-to-use cash machines, banks on wheels and the use of local Post Office branches could all be solutions.
The move expands a former voluntary agreement to assist vulnerable customers when towns and villages become bank-free.
But there will be no punishment if banks fail to provide alternatives.
Banks, the government and consumer groups have signed up to the new protocol, which will be reviewed independently in a year.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said that banks had a duty to ensure that vulnerable customers, small businesses and those in rural communities should have access to counter services to conduct their financial affairs.
However, many residents of towns and villages have found that they have to travel to the nearest major conurbation in order to get to a bank branch.
Banks should now consider the proximity of alternative branches before a closure - although proximity can be very different, depending on the mobility of customers, ranging from young car drivers to older people reliant on public transport. The age profile of the branch's customers will be part of the review.
Individual banking institutions should come to arrangements with the Post Office to allow counter services for current account customers, the government has said.
A system that allows customers to compare the suitability of current accounts from different banks is also being unveiled.
Comparison website Gocompare.com will run a government-backed system that allows customers of five banks to download their last 12 months of statements to judge whether they could get a better deal elsewhere.
"The initiative will allow people to compare accounts based on their needs and could help them save money if they switch," said Richard Lloyd, executive director at consumer group Which?.
"However, it will only be a success if the banks play their part in making people aware of the service and the benefits of switching, and if it is rolled out across all current account providers."
Initially, it will only be available to customers of Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, RBS and Santander.
Only 6% of current account customers switched provider in 2014, despite the system becoming quicker and easier.
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The star, whose third album 25 was the biggest-seller of 2015, was overlooked by the awards, which are voted for by her fellow composers and songwriters.
Instead, Ed Sheeran, Jess Glynne and James Bay made the shortlist.
And, following the row over diversity at the Brits, Roots Manuva and Skepta were listed for best contemporary song.
Broadcaster Paul Gambaccini, who has hosted the ceremony since 1987, says grime and UK hip-hop had been recognised because of the way the awards were set up.
"This is what the Ivor judges do - they do deep listening, so the type of song that may not make it to The Brits has a chance here," he told the BBC.
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Best song musically and lyrically
Best contemporary song
Most performed work
Best album
Best film score
Best television soundtrack
The Ivor Novellos are highly prized by musicians because they are voted for by their peers.
"It's really nice that it's celebrating the graft," said Jack Patterson, from dance act Clean Bandit, who is nominated this year for co-writing Jess Glynne's number one hit Hold My Hand.
"It's about the stuff that you don't see - [working] in these grotty rooms for hours and hours with scraps of paper and gigabytes of discarded voice notes."
"Music awards are funny things - but these ones seem to be actually controlled by writers and the writing community," added The Villagers' Conor O'Brien, nominated for best album.
"Which feels good because writing can be a strange, solitary existence. So it can be nice to peek your head above the parapet and say 'hello.'"
Although Adele did not receive a nomination at the awards' launch, she could still pick up a prize when the ceremony takes place on 19 May in London, as there are special awards for "outstanding song collection" and "songwriter of the year", decided by a panel from the British Academy of Songwriters Composers and Authors.
The singer won the latter prize in 2011, in recognition of her breakthrough album, 21, while Rolling In The Deep won most performed work (recognising the song broadcast the most often on UK radio) at the same ceremony.
"All this means is that she was not nominated in the five categories in which there were judges," said Gambaccini.
"It does not mean that she hasn't won anything that was in the gift of the academy."
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Adele has failed to win any nominations at the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards, which recognise achievement in songwriting.
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Goals from Liam Polworth and Ross Draper in the space of five minutes put Caley 2-0 ahead at half-time.
A fabulous Miles Storey volley early in the second half sealed a first win in eight games and lifted Thistle to within four points of County in sixth.
County, who were due to parade the League Cup around Dingwall afterwards, spurned a handful of chances.
It was a horrible end to a fabulous week for the hosts, who had recovered from their Hampden heroics to salvage a point at St Johnstone on Wednesday.
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But this proved a match too far after a hectic recent schedule in front of a crowd of just under 6,000.
Alex Schalk, who scored the winner against Hibs at Hampden, nearly gave Ross the perfect start, but his diving header from Richard Foster's cross was well saved by Owain Fon Williams.
Andrew Davies, who directed a header wide, Jackson Irvine - flicking the ball past Fon Williams but clipping the outside of the post - and Liam Boyce with a header all missed further chances for County.
Storey and Carl Tremarco, with a thunderous volley that cracked off the bar, might have scored for Caley before they broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute.
Marcus Fraser lost possession with County lacking numbers at the back and Storey broke away, found Polworth on the edge of the box and he confidently picked his spot across Woods.
They swiftly doubled their lead when Draper capitalised on space in the area and coolly slotted past the onrushing Woods.
Thistle have struggled for goals of late, but three minutes after the resumption, Storey fired a stunning dipping volley past Woods from the edge of the area to send the visiting fans wild.
Caley were then able to try and pick off their hosts and Josh Meekings came close to connecting at the back post.
Polworth also clipped the bar from distance as a well-executed tactical plan brought a comfortable win.
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A clinical Inverness Caley Thistle spoiled Ross County's celebrations with a fifth straight derby win at Dingwall.
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