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The 34-year-old captain needed just 54 balls to reach his 12th century in a majestic display against Australia on the first day of the second Test.
It beat the mark of 56 balls set by West Indies great Sir Viv Richards against England in 1986, and equalled by Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq in 2014.
"I was trying to hit every ball for four or six," said McCullum.
"Viv was my idol growing up, he was an incredible cricketer. I'm almost a little bit of embarrassed to go past him, to be honest."
New Zealand, who lost the opening game of the two-Test series, were 32-3 at one point on day one in Christchurch, but recovered to 370 all out before Australia closed on 57-1.
McCullum had a big piece of luck on 39, when he sliced James Pattinson to Mitchell Marsh.
But umpire Richard Kettleborough requested a replay which showed Pattinson had bowled a no-ball.
McCullum had reached 82 from 48 balls when Josh Hazlewood came on to bowl and, after failing to score from the first two balls of the over, the skipper turned on the power, hitting a six, followed by three fours, to give him the record.
He finally fell for 145 off 79 balls when he was caught by Nathan Lyon off Pattinson.
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Brendon McCullum scored the fastest Test century in his 101st and final match for New Zealand before retiring.
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The logo quickly made headlines - it was dubbed "the wildest tourism slogan ever" by one news outlet - with critics variously hailing it as hilarious or distasteful.
It bellows "See You in the Northern Territories", but uses acronyms throughout.
"Well this is a bold strategy for a travel campaign," one person tweeted.
But despite appearances, it is not an official campaign - as the actual NT tourism authority soon made clear.
"Tourism NT is aware of inappropriate use of our trademarked Brolga logo. We are in no way affiliated with these promotions," it tweeted.
The creators of the ad, NTOfficial.com, released a statement describing themselves as "an independent underground campaign" promoting the NT to young people.
But they added they were also responsible for selling all the merchandise on the site.
However, debate continued around the slogan's possible effectiveness for promoting the Northern Territory, which has experienced declining tourism numbers since 2000.
The word the ad plays on is generally considered misogynistic and highly offensive. But in Australia, it is often not taken as seriously as in other English-speaking countries, sometimes being used almost affectionately.
"Love the new ad", said one tweet. "If you need me, I'll be in the #NorthernTerritory," said another.
But not all were impressed.
"Words fail me are you people out of your minds with a slogan like that!!!??? Shows a serious lack of national maturity to say the least," wrote Ben Grego.
Michelle Doherty said: "Stupid especially at a first glance if you don't know what CU stand for."
Associate Prof Con Stavros, a marketing expert from RMIT University in Melbourne, said social media would ultimately judge the slogan, but he was not sure about it.
"It's very confronting so I suspect it's probably crossed that line between edgy and acceptable," he said.
Tourism NT would be watching the response very closely, he said.
"It's not a bad position to be in. If it doesn't cross the line, they don't have to take ownership - but can say it helped," he said
Was there any chance they were in on the stunt?
"No, it's not normal in marketing that you send off some kind of rogue element, some dark ops thing," he said.
"That's more for the movies."
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A provocative Australian advertisement has swept the internet, sparking assumptions that the Northern Territory (NT) has unleashed a startling new tourism campaign.
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The 19th Century life-size carvings are modelled in the style of Spanish Conquistadors - bare-chested, wearing animal skins and carrying a club.
They are estimated sell for up to £5,000 at 1818 Auctioneers on 5 June.
Valuations expert David Brookes said he had never seen anything like them in a 35-year career and would love to know where they were made and how they ended up in the modern house near Ulverston.
He described the carvings, which were possibly made in the Black Forest region of Germany, as detailed and skilfully done.
"Beyond that, they are a complete mystery and one that we could do with solving", he said.
"We know the Victorians loved their busts and statues; everything from knights in armour, angels and lions to athletes wrestling serpents.
"They were collected by the wealthy and the middle classes to decorate their homes and, in the case of these two soldiers, to make a grand statement possibly either side of a doorway of the foot of a staircase.
"I have asked colleagues and antique buyers for their opinions but nothing has come of it other than a bit of excitement and further speculation.
"I would love to know where they were made, and by whom, and how they came to find their home in a modern house near Ulverston. Unfortunately that story has been lost with the owner."
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Two statues found during a Cumbrian house clearance have baffled experts.
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Ten Greek medical associations lodged a complaint at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and were backed by the European Commission. The ECJ ruled in their favour, against Greek law.
The court said that Greek doctors "may have to work more than 24 consecutive hours and even up to 32 hours".
Greek healthcare has suffered major budget cuts under the EU bailout rules.
In 2008-2012 the cut in healthcare spending totalled 25%, a European Parliament report says.
According to the Athens government, the Greek healthcare system is short of 4,500 doctors as well as other medical and paramedical staff.
But Michael Vlastarakos, President of the Panhellenic Medical Association, said another 5,000 doctors and 15,000 nurses were needed.
In the public sector, where most people are cared for, doctors never get 11 hours' rest in a 24-hour period. Normally you get six to eight hours.
In my hospital when you have a night shift you are off the next day, so you don't continue working.
But provincial hospitals may have on-call every day - it depends how many doctors there are in each department, and many have a lack of doctors. They may do more than 24 hours continuously.
In the financial crisis more people are coming to the public service to be seen and waiting lists for surgery have increased. Waiting times have lengthened between a normal appointment and surgery, and that creates much stress for everyone.
They are not replacing medical staff who are on sick leave or who retire.
Heavily indebted Greece has drastically cut public spending, to make savings demanded by its international creditors - the EU and International Monetary Fund - in three bailouts since 2010.
The ECJ said Greek law violated the EU Working Time Directive, which stipulates that:
10%
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On-call duty extended the time Greek doctors are required to be at work, the ECJ said.
The ruling also criticised the Greek practice of postponing the 24-hour rest period for a week after the end of a doctor's on-call period.
The working time rules do not apply to the private sector - but most Greeks use the public healthcare system.
The economic think-tank OECD says Greece has the lowest number of nurses per 1,000 population in Europe.
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The EU's top court says Greece is violating EU law by allowing doctors to work long hours without adequate rest.
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A government order means poultry must be kept indoors until the end of February or kept away from wild birds.
The H5N8 bird flu strain has been found in poultry in Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Carmarthenshire and North Yorkshire.
Under current EU rules, products from poultry housed for less than 12 weeks can be still marketed as free-range.
This 12-week allowance for birds housed owing to avian flu will come to an end on 28 February.
The rules also affects products which contain free-range egg, such as mayonnaise.
Daniel Winter runs Trinity Farm in Nottinghamshire, where he keeps a small flock of about 100 free-range hens.
He needed to build a new covered enclosure for them, costing £1,000.
"If it should continue for months, then we'll end up losing the free-range label," he said.
His business is trying to avoid putting up the price of their eggs.
"We've been swallowing the cost, hoping it would end, but at some point, we are going to have to start looking at passing the cost on," he said.
Ruth Mason, chief food chain adviser at the NFU, said: "Plans need to be put in place in terms of how eggs can be marketed and how they should be positioned.
"It is very logistically difficult for the industry to move overnight from calling one product free-range to calling it 'barn' or whatever that might be.
"We may well get to a place where we have a free-range packaging that has a sticker over it that explains the birds have been housed, so it may say 'free-range, however, birds are currently housed due to avian influenza'."
Barn eggs are traditionally cheaper in the shops than free-range eggs.
A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said: "We have taken swift action to limit the spread of the disease, with restrictions around affected premises and wider measures in place across the country, including a legal requirement for all poultry keepers to keep their birds housed or otherwise separate from wild birds. This must be coupled with good bio-security.
"All measures will be kept under review based on the best available evidence, and we are working closely with the industry on next steps."
Similar restrictions have been introduced in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
You can hear more on this story on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours
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The National Farmers' Union is calling for clarity on what will happen to free-range labelling if restrictions owing to avian flu continue.
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And with economic wobbles around the world - like here in China - George Osborne dramatically warned today that he might have to make further spending cuts when he stands at the despatch box on 16 March.
It's just been confirmed that the size of the British economy is smaller than had been thought, and Britain is - however mildly - very likely to be affected by the slowdown in other countries.
The chancellor wants to keep to his self-imposed rule of getting the books into surplus by the end of the Parliament. He could relax that rule and slow down the pace of the cuts but that's not what appears to be on his agenda.
Instead, it seems he'd rather find the money somewhere.
He wouldn't say where he'd look for cuts, but you can assume departments ministers have already pledged to protect will be safe from further austerity.
That of course means potentially tighter squeezes elsewhere.
Mr Osborne ruled out significant tax rises and don't anticipate that he is looking to make dramatic increases to the level of cuts. He said his first target will be further efficiencies in Whitehall.
But there is no sign whatsoever that the chancellor and this government will be able to leave behind the spending squeeze that defined so much of their early years in charge.
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If coping with internal struggles over the European Union wasn't enough, the government has a Budget to contend with within the next three weeks.
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Irish, currently bottom of the table, trail the Falcons by four points.
With four points for a win, plus potential bonus points for tries and losing margins, the Falcons could form a points buffer with two games to play.
"We want to play in these games because it's exciting and it brings out the best in people," Wilson told BBC Sport.
"We're professional rugby players and we get paid to perform in these high pressure environments. Nobody wants to play in dead rubbers, just turning up and playing."
Newcastle are expecting a large crowd at Kingston Park, with 5,000 tickets sold by the beginning of the week.
The importance of retaining top-flight rugby in the north east is not lost on the squad, who have had almost two weeks to contemplate the match during the European break.
"It's been bigged up to be a big game and rightly so," Wilson added. "With the gap at the bottom it is a big game and no getting away, but these are the games we want to play in."
While the precarious position of both sides has helped sell tickets, the Falcons can feel disappointed to still be in the battle against drop after their mid-season revival.
Six straight home wins after the turn of the year, four of them in the league, lifted Dean Richards' side up the table.
But narrow defeats since then by Worcester, Bath and Wasps have placed jeopardy on their place in the elite.
"There's a sense of frustration that we're in the position we are," Wilson added.
"I think if you look back six or seven weeks, we were on the back of six wins on the bounce at home where we beat Bath, Quins, Leicester and Northampton - we didn't think we'd be in this situation.
"It shows how competitive the Premiership is, and you can't take any team lightly but we know we can compete with the best teams.
"It's a case of knowing we've got to perform. It's not rocket science, just doing the simple things really."
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Newcastle Falcons are relishing the importance of Sunday's bottom-two Premiership showdown with London Irish, says back row Mark Wilson.
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The club said revenue fell year-on-year by more than 30% to £31.3m for the six months to the end of December.
Pre-tax profits also fell substantially, from £21.3m to £6.6m.
Celtic were knocked out of the Champions League in August after losing to Slovenian side Maribor. They are currently playing in the UEFA Europa League.
The club also cited lower gains from the sale of players as a reason for the poorer trading performance.
Revenues from multimedia and other commercial activities fell from £19.5m to less than £8m, while merchandising revenues also dropped.
In a statement, chairman Ian Bankier said: "As in previous years, the second half is expected to be more challenging in terms of financial performance with fewer home matches scheduled and no certainty on any further gains on the disposal of player registrations.
"Our strategy remains to live within our means.
"The football environment in Scotland continues to be challenging and we must operate within it in a fashion that does not unduly risk the long term future of this great club.
"Our key focus for the remainder of the year will be to build on the progress we have made in the first half of the season and to deliver silverware from competing in the three domestic competitions and remain competitive in the UEFA Europa League."
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Celtic have attributed a sharp fall in revenue and profits to their early exit from the UEFA Champions League.
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Jamaica's Bolt, an eight-time Olympic gold medallist, will be the star attraction at the first Nitro Athletics event in Melbourne on Saturday.
It includes both traditional and new events, such as the elimination mile.
"This will be track and field as it's never been seen before," said Bolt.
The 30-year-old learned last week he would have to hand back one of his nine Olympic gold medals after Jamaican team-mate Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance.
Bolt said at the time: "I'm not happy, but it's just one of those things that happen in life."
He is now preparing to captain the All-Stars in an event he says will bring "something different" to world athletics.
Lord Coe, head of athletics' governing body, said: "Athletics, in its traditional form, remains the cornerstone of the Olympic Games.
"However, we need innovation and more opportunities for our athletes to interact with fans and show their personalities."
Athletics Australia president Mark Arbib says it is "the sports entertainment product track and field needs to move athletics beyond the existing format of one-day athletics meets".
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He believes it will be a "game-changer", an event showcasing a mix of power, endurance, technique and teamwork disciplines across sprints, distance, field and Para-athletics events.
Cue mixed events, medley relays and target javelin, with countdown clocks, athletes wearing microphones and fluorescent blocks and batons.
Points are awarded for each of the 12 events, as the six teams compete over three one-day meetings at Melbourne's Lakeside Stadium.
Four-time Olympic 400m medallist Christine Ohuruogu will lead the England team against Bolt's All-Stars, Australia, New Zealand, China and Japan.
"I really do think Nitro is going to be a huge success and I think everybody around the world is watching to see how it goes," said the 32-year-old two-time world champion.
Middle-distance runner Michael Rimmer and sprinter Bianca Williams are among those competing alongside Ohuruogu, while Bolt's team will include his Jamaican relay team-mates Asafa Powell and Michael Frater.
"It is going to be great, going to be something different. Like cricket and Twenty20," added Bolt, who confirmed he has no plans to extend his career beyond this year's World Championships in London
"I feel it will catch on. It's going to bring a lot of excitement to the sport."
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England will provide one of five teams competing against Usain Bolt's All-Stars in a new athletics event IAAF president Lord Coe says will "revolutionise" the sport.
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Police Scotland said the drugs were seized in Church Place on Monday.
The men, aged 25 and 28, and the woman, 39, were arrested and charged. They have since appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court.
Detectives urged anyone with information about the sale and supply of illegal substances to contact them.
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Two men and a woman have appeared in court after heroin with an estimated value of about £250,000 was recovered in Falkirk.
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Children were given a probiotic, with a peanut protein, daily for 18 months.
When tested one month later, 80% could tolerate peanuts without any allergic symptoms and after four years, 70% of them were still able to eat peanuts without suffering any side-effects.
Food allergies have risen dramatically in recent decades, with peanut allergy one of the most deadly.
Lead researcher Prof Mimi Tang, of Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne, said half the children were consuming peanuts regularly while others were only eating them infrequently.
"The importance of this finding is that these children were able to eat peanuts like children who don't have peanut allergy and still maintain their tolerant state, protected against reactions to peanuts," she said.
Prof Tang said it was the first time a treatment for peanut allergy had been shown to be effective for this long.
The probiotic used is called Lactobacillus rhamnosus, which has been associated with preventing certain allergic symptoms.
The Australian research team now wants to assess whether the treatment has improved the children's quality of life, as some 250 million people worldwide are affected by food allergy - a number which has more than trebled in the last 20 years.
Peanut allergy, which is one of the most common causes of death from food allergy, has increased at the greatest rate.
Prof Tang said the findings, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, suggest "the exciting possibility that tolerance is a realistic target for treating food allergy".
She added: "This is a major step forward in identifying an effective treatment to address the food allergy problem in Western societies."
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An oral treatment for peanut allergy is still effective four years after it was administered, a study has found.
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His firm, Cameron Pace Group and its Chinese partners will develop advanced equipment for 3D filming.
The move comes amid a boom in China's movie industry and a growing demand for 3D films in the country.
Various Hollywood filmmakers have been trying to tap into the Chinese market.
"The future of entertainment is 3D and we believe that the future of 3D is right here in China," Mr Cameron was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.
Earlier this year, Chinese authorities had announced that they will allow an additional 14 foreign films to be shown in the country, if the movies are made in 3D or for the big-screen Imax format.
China's movie industry has seen robust growth in the past few years.
Ticket sales in the world's second-largest economy surged 29% to 13.1bn yuan ($2.1bn; £1.3bn) in 2011. They are forecast to rise further, by around 20% in the current year.
The growth in its market has seen various Hollywood filmmakers and studios announcing joint ventures with Chinese firms.
Earlier this week, Dreamworks Animation announced plans to co-produce the next Kung Fu Panda movie with its Chinese partners. The firm said it was also planning to open an entertainment district in the country.
In April, Walt Disney Company, the world's largest entertainment firm, said that it plans to co-produce Iron Man 3 with Beijing-based DMG Entertainment.
Mr Cameron said that the robust growth in the country's market made it attractive destination.
"This is the best place for us to create a kind of a second home," he said.
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James Cameron, the creator of the blockbuster film Avatar, has announced a joint venture with two Chinese firms in a bid to capture the country's fast-growing movie market.
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The New Zealand racer set the fastest time of the week so far on his Superbike 124.888mph before achieving the fastest ever lightweight lap.
His 118.812mph lightweight lap on a 250cc Honda was well within his own lap record, set in last year's race.
Both Classic TT and Manx Grand Prix riders recorded timed laps in the best conditions of the week so far.
There was also a noticeable improvement in times during the Manx Grand Prix qualification, with local riders leading the way.
Glenn Harrison posted the quickest lap at 117.55mph, closely followed by Jamie Williams (117.23) both on junior machines.
The top 15 riders all posted laps in excess of 115mph, whilst Northern Ireland's Daryl Tweed (112.855) is currently the quickest newcomer.
Five riders came off during the session.
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Bruce Anstey again set the pace in the third qualifying session for the 2017 Festival of Motorcycling on Wednesday.
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The Breffni men beat promotion rivals Galway 1-16 to 1-12 to finish runners-up to Division Two winners Tyrone.
The lads have taken a bit of criticism in the media because of the lack of senior success after the exploits of our Under-21s," said boss Hyland.
"You have to give them time to mature and develop and I believe they are."
Cavan scored an early goal through Jack Brady in Sunday's match but Patrick Sweeney quickly netted Galway's reply after the ball had come off an upright.
With Gearoid McKiernan putting in a superb display, Cavan racked up six unanswered points before the break.
Despite having Liam Buchanan sent off, they ran out four-point winners.
"Galway put us under pressure in the second half but our lads responded to it," added Hyland.
"It was a winner takes all match and there was a Championship feel about it.
"Roscommon have proved you can go up from Division Two and compete quite well and that is what we want to do."
Cavan will play Tyrone in the Division Two final at Croke Park on Sunday, 24 April.
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Cavan manager Terry Hyland declared the best had yet to come as his side celebrated going up to Division One of the Football League.
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Whitchurch Silk Mill in Hampshire continues to produce silk using Victorian looms and hydro-powered machinery.
The £2m scheme will see the Grade II* listed building preserved and the interior remodelled.
The machines will also be repaired and enhanced to allow workers to pass on the skills to trainees.
Engineer Laurie Price said: "Our oldest machines are 1890s and they go all the way up to the 1960s so it shows the development and who was on the mill.
"We really want them to all work, we want them to be set up with different projects and things to put in the shop - making sure it's still a factory so that visitors can come and experience the whole traditional silk mill."
The mill, built in 1815 on the River Test, opened to the public in 1990.
It runs an educational programme and the renovation project will allow pupils from Berkshire and Hampshire greater access to the historic facility.
Claire Isbester, chairwoman of the silk mill's trust, said remodelling the interior would allow the building's "special qualities" to be appreciated by visitors more easily.
The project is being part-funded with £1.7m of Heritage Lottery Funding and a grant of £100,000 from the Greenham Common Trust.
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A working silk mill that has been operating for more than two centuries is to be restored and repaired.
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Keogh, 30, has been skipper of the Championship club since joining in 2012, apart from during Paul Clement's eight months in charge from June 2015.
The Republic of Ireland international, who scored in the abandoned EFL Cup tie at Grimsby on Tuesday, told BBC Radio Derby being reappointed was "amazing".
"Since I came through this door, it's been a great journey," he added.
"This club gave me the platform to captain my country and I will be forever grateful.
"My son was born in Derby as well so I will always have great affection for this club. It will always be in my heart.
"I have loved every second of it. It's six seasons and it has gone in a flash. You can see how much it means to me when I step on to the field. Hopefully we can make some great memories this season."
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Richard Keogh says Derby County will "always be in his heart" after being named as captain by boss Gary Rowett.
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The visitors went behind early when goalkeeper Tom King fumbled Andy Haworth's corner and presented Jason Walker with a close-range gift.
Andy Cook doubled the advantage with his 20th goal of the season as he latched on to Jordan Williams' assist.
Barrow have now gone nine games unbeaten while defeat leaves Braintree are one point off the top five.
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Barrow registered a fourth successive win as they dented Braintree's National League play-off hopes.
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Fitzgerald was last season's player of the year as Tigers made the Premiership and Champions Cup semi-finals.
"It's been a great experience playing in the Premiership and in Europe for Leicester," said the 29-year-old.
Fellow forward Bateman, 27, flanker O'Connor, 27, and scrum-half Kitto, 24, have also agreed new deals, the lengths of which have not been disclosed.
Fitzgerald joined Tigers in the summer of 2015 and has made 44 appearances playing at lock and flanker, scoring four tries.
Tigers head coach Aaron Mauger said: "Mike is a very good man to have around the squad. He has a great work ethic in training and on the pitch.
"With the experience he has gained in the last 18 months in English rugby, we believe he will get even better in this environment."
Bateman also arrived that summer, from Exeter Chiefs, and has played 29 times for Leicester.
He achieved the notable feat of playing in all three front-row positions this season.
O'Connor signed in the autumn of 2015, scoring a try on his debut in a European Champions Cup win over Stade Francais, and has made 29 appearances for the club.
Kitto, meanwhile, moved to Welford Road in the summer of 2015 and has played 24 times for Tigers.
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Leicester Tigers have given new deals to Mike Fitzgerald, Greg Bateman, Brendon O'Connor and Jono Kitto.
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The 18-year-old took four wickets on the third morning as Middlesex collapsed from 249-5 to 293 all out, to trail by 122 runs on first innings.
Toby Roland-Jones then struck three times, dismissing both Zafar Ansari and Aaron Finch for ducks, to help drag the hosts back into the match.
But Curran's career-best 71 not out saw Surrey to a lead of 356, on 234-6.
During a chaotic morning, Curran started the rot by bowling James Franklin in the third over as Middlesex lost their final five wickets for just 44 runs.
Surrey reached 47 without loss with relative ease but, when Roland-Jones bowled Rory Burns (39), the visitors lost their next three wickets without adding a run.
James Harris had fellow Middlesex opener Dominic Sibley caught behind off the next over before Roland-Jones returned to trap Ansari and Finch lbw, leaving the visitors 47-4.
After Jason Roy made an attacking 37, spinner Ollie Rayner bowled the England limited-over batsman, then removed Steven Davies (20) to swing the match in the host's favour.
But an unbroken 126-run seventh-wicket stand between Curran and wicketkeeper Ben Foakes (50 not out) left Surrey firmly in control.
Middlesex head coach Richard Scott said:
"It sort of ebbed and flowed today. We didn't create the partnerships that we needed at the end of our innings.
"But, then we bowled really well in that middle session and took quick wickets. At one stage, we looked like we might bowl them out and set up a chase.
"But, Curran and Foakes batted really well and frustrated us and it clearly shows on this pitch when you get a partnership going, it's hard to get people out.
Surrey batsman Ben Foakes told BBC Radio London:
"It's a very good day for us. There was a stage in the middle where it didn't quite go to plan, but Sam (Curran) batted really well and I stuck with him.
"I think we're in a good position in the game and hopefully we can drive it home tomorrow.
"Sam bowled really beautifully at the start of the day and to take four quick wickets on this wicket is I think really difficult.
"To be able to blast them out was perfect for us and allows us to boss the game."
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About 5,500 homes and businesses remain without power on Wednesday evening.
The places worst affected by the storm are Wicklow, New Ross, Athlone, and Inistioge in County Kilkenny, according to Irish state broadcaster, RT??.
In Midleton, County Cork, the Irish Army helped to evacuate about 12 family homes after a river overflowed. Several people were also rescued from cars.
They included a woman and two children who were rescued from a car in Glanmire, County Cork.
The main road from Cork to Kerry, the N20, remains badly flooded in places.
The storm also led to rail service disruption in some areas, especially around Cork, where passengers were bussed between Tralee and Killarney and Mallow due to subsidence along the rail track.
Some sailings by Stena Line and Irish Ferries have been cancelled but sailings of P&O Ferries are running to schedule.
Environment Minister Alan Kelly and Office of Public Works Minister Simon Harris visited Athlone on Wednesday afternoon, where Storm Frank has caused extensive flooding, adding to the problems caused by Storms Desmond and Eva.
Mr Harris said Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Enda Kenny would be visiting more places affected by the flooding in the coming days and the flooding issue would be first on the agenda at Tuesday's cabinet meeting.
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Storm Frank has caused flooding and disruption to travel and electricity supplies in the Republic of Ireland.
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The six-week-old cub was found weak and lethargic in Llandysul in January, and weighed just 919 grams.
She was fed through a syringe and looked after by RSPCA officer Ellie West, before being transferred to a pen owned by a local badger group.
She will now be moved to a wildlife centre for at least a year before being returned to the wild.
Ms West said: "It was really touch and go for this poor otter cub, who was in a desperately sorry state when I rescued her.
"So much energy and emotion has gone into helping and rehabilitating her, and - thankfully - she responded well to being hand-reared.
"It is hoped we will be able to return her to where she belongs - the wild - sometime in 2018, which would mark an amazing turnaround from when I first rescued this cub in Llandysul."
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An otter cub in a "desperately sorry state" rescued in Ceredigion has been hand-reared back to health.
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Initial attempts to free the animal by slathering him in olive oil failed, with his huge behind preventing him from squeezing his way out.
He was finally freed after animal rescue services lifted off the cover and eased his head through the hole.
Locals have nicknamed the squirrel "Olivio" after his oily encounter.
After the ordeal on Friday, an exhausted Olivio was wrapped in a warm towel and fed glucose, local media report.
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Staff at a local animal shelter say Olivio is recovering well and has now moved on to a diet of Christmas nuts.
"He was almost dead," Sabine Gallenberger from the Squirrel Protection Association told German media.
"Now he is eating a lot and sleeps all the time."
The BBC was unable to verify the size of Olivio's behind.
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The CPS is considering files sent by police following investigations in up to 27 constituencies.
It relates to claims some campaigning costs in the 2015 general election were wrongly recorded.
The Conservative Party has insisted administrative errors were to blame rather than any intention to deceive.
And it has said some of the spending was correctly declared.
It is alleged the Conservatives spent tens of thousands of pounds on local campaigns - including on "battle bus" visits by activists - which were either not declared or were wrongly registered as national spending.
The allegations came to light following an investigation by Channel 4 News.
Under complex election spending rules, parties must disclose national spending separately from money used to promote each candidate, and separate national and local limits apply.
Up to 16 police forces across England have submitted files to be considered by prosecutors.
The CPS will consider whether there is sufficient evidence of a breach in the law, and whether a prosecution is "in the public interest".
If general election candidates are prosecuted the Conservative Party will have to decide whether to suspend them and replace them as nominees.
The last date for candidates to register for the election is 11 May.
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Prosecutors are expected to announce on Wednesday whether Conservative politicians or officials will face charges for breaches of expenses rules.
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The 32-year-old midfielder has made 395 appearances in 13 years with the Chairboys, while striker Paul Hayes, also 32, has signed a two-year deal.
Marcus Bean is considering an offer of a deal until 2017 and fellow midfielder Sam Wood triggered a year's extension with his appearances this term.
Alex Lynch, Gozie Ugwu, Ryan Sellers and Max Kretzschmar have been released.
Meanwhile, 23-year-old defender Aaron Pierre has been offered an extension to his contract, which is currently scheduled to expire in the summer of 2017.
Gareth Ainsworth's side finished 13th in League Two this season.
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Wycombe Wanderers club captain Matt Bloomfield has signed a new one-year contract with the League Two club.
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The match will be played at Bangor University Stadium (14:30 GMT).
The other semi-final sees Caernarfon Town of the Cymru Alliance play Welsh Premier outfit Bala Town at The Corbett Sports Stadium in Rhyl (17:15 GMT).
TNS - champions for the past three years - are the only team left in the tournament who have won it before.
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Holders The New Saints (TNS) will have to travel to Bangor for their Welsh Cup semi-final against Gap Connah's Quay on 1 April.
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Derek Mackay is meeting other finance ministers for a "quadrilateral" summit in Edinburgh.
He said he would raise "unnecessary" tax burdens with the chief secretary to the treasury during the meeting.
The Treasury said Scottish ministers had been advised of the tax situation before setting up national services.
Most other police and fire services in the UK are regional bodies and do not have to pay VAT.
The issue arose because Scotland's policing and fire services were previously controlled by local councils, which can claim back the tax - but the new national forces set up in 2013 are controlled by the Scottish government, which cannot.
Mr Mackay said the police and fire services were struggling with the "unnecessary" burden of tax which they "simple should not have to pay".
He said: "This is a significant sum which other emergency services do not have to meet.
"There is a significant difference in the way VAT affects emergency services across the UK, with Scottish police and fire services paying VAT when other territorial services in the UK do not have to.
"There needs to be a level playing field for such essential services.
"As we continue to invest in our emergency services we will continue to press the UK government for Scottish emergency services to have the same ability to recover VAT as all other British and Northern Irish Forces."
Scottish Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur said it was right that the VAT position was "reconsidered", but said the Scottish government should not use that as a "smokescreen" for its own failures.
He said: "The financial mess that Police Scotland find itself in is down to the SNP's botched centralisation. Ministers cannot duck that."
A Treasury spokeswoman said: "In 2012 the Scottish government chose to make Scotland's police and fire services national rather than regional bodies. The Scottish government were advised in advance that by making this change Scottish police and fire services would become ineligible for VAT refunds."
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon raised the issue during a clash over police budgets with Tory leader Ruth Davidson at Holyrood in December.
Ms Sturgeon argued that the UK government had changed the rules to exempt academy schools from VAT when they were set up and funded by the central government.
She said there was "£25m a year which should be going to our police service but is going to the Treasury".
Ms Davidson replied: "The Scottish government was warned about VAT - it knew what would happen and it did not listen to parliament. You know that the first minister is in trouble when she cannot answer for herself but runs to 'Westminster bad'."
There have been a series of warnings from auditors about financial management within Scotland's police service, which faces a funding gap of up to £200m in the coming years.
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Scotland's finance secretary is to call on the UK government to scrap a £35m annual tax bill for the country's police and fire services.
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Without elaborating, Michael Flynn told White House reporters: "As of today, we are officially putting Iran on notice."
Washington earlier declared the test to be "absolutely unacceptable".
Iran confirmed on Wednesday it had tested a missile over the weekend, but denied violating a UN Security Council resolution.
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Mr Flynn did not provide any further details of what actions the US may be planning in response to the test, which Pentagon officials say failed upon re-entry into the earth's atmosphere.
The launch prompted the US to accuse Iran of violating UN resolution 2231, which "calls upon" Iran not to "undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons".
As part of its final negotiations for the 2015 nuclear agreement with six world powers, Tehran agreed to an eight-year extension of the UN ban on ballistic missile development.
During the White House daily press briefing, Mr Flynn did not accuse Tehran of violating that nuclear accord.
But the national security adviser did describe the Obama administration-brokered deal as "weak and ineffective".
"Instead of being thankful to the United States for these agreements, Iran is now feeling emboldened," he said.
He said "the Obama administration failed to respond adequately to Tehran's malign actions - including weapons transfers, support for terrorism and other violations of international norms".
Mr Flynn also pointed to a recent attack against a Saudi warship by Iranian-backed Houthi militants as evidence of "Iran's destabilising behaviour across the Middle East".
During Mr Trump's campaign for president, he frequently attacked the nuclear pact with Iran, vowing to "dismantle the disastrous deal".
In December 2016 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told an audience at the University of Tehran that he would not allow Mr Trump to "rip up" the deal, Reuters news agency reported.
On Wednesday Iranian Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan stood by their missile test.
"We have previously announced that we will execute the programmes we have planned in production of defence equipment meant for our national interests and objectives," Iranian media quoted him as saying.
"Nobody can influence our decision. We will not allow foreigners to interfere in our defence affairs."
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US President Donald Trump's National Security Advisor has accused the Iranian government of "malign actions" after a missile test.
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The event sees the eight best qualified men's singles players compete on hard court at London's O2 Arena.
This season's tournament begins 13 November and new world number one Andy Murray meets Marin Cilic a day later.
Barbara Slater, BBC director of sport, said the deal "shows our longstanding commitment to ensuring top class tennis reaches the widest possible audience".
She added: "The ATP World Tour Finals remains one of the standout moments in the sporting calendar bringing together the best players in the world to create a truly unique atmosphere."
Murray will face Stan Wawrinka and Kei Nishikori as well as Cilic in his group, with world number two Novak Djokovic - winner of this event for four straight seasons - drawn in the other group.
As part of the agreement with the ATP, eight singles matches will be available on BBC television, including one of the semi-finals and the final, while full radio commentary of the tournament is also available.
Jamie Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares will play Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi in the doubles event, not before 18:00 GMT on Sunday.
BBC Sport will also offer radio and online commentary on ATP World Tour Masters 1000 matches.
London's O2 Arena has hosted the World Tour Finals since 2009 and will continue to do so until at least 2018.
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BBC Sport will broadcast the ATP World Tour Finals until 2018 after extending its deal to cover the season finale.
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Luke Hole, 29, who played for Pontyclun RFC in Rhondda Cynon Taff, had been taking part in the Majorca Beach Rugby sevens tournament.
Friends were unable to rouse him on Monday morning after the two-day event. Emergency services were called but pronounced him dead.
One friend said Mr Hole was "the life and soul of the club".
He described the player as "totally committed to all of his friends", and said the death had left everyone "heartbroken".
The friend added: "He would do anything for anyone and this is just devastating, especially for all the boys that were with him in Spain.
"My thoughts are with them and his girlfriend and all his family.
"It's just so sad for everyone that knows him."
The team, known as the Pontyclun Badgers, had travelled to the Spanish island for the long weekend, where competitors from across the UK and Europe were taking part in the tournament.
Pontyclun RFC posted a message on its Facebook page, saying: "Absolutely heartbreaking. Our thoughts are with his family, loved ones and friends."
A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: "We are supporting the family of a British man following his death in Mallorca, Spain."
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A rugby player taking part in a beach rugby tournament with his team in Spain has been found dead in his hotel.
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The government has granted planning permission for the 15-year project including new stages and streetscapes at the site in Iver Heath.
South Bucks District Council (SBDC), which turned down the "inappropriate" plans, said it was "disappointed".
The latest Star Wars film, Episode VII, is currently being filmed at Pinewood.
It has been home to more than 1,500 movies over 76 years including the most recent James Bond movie, Skyfall.
The expansion project, known as the Pinewood Studios Development Framework (PSDF), will double the existing studios by adding a total of 100,000 square metres of new facilities, including 12 large stages, workshops and production offices.
A studio spokesman said the expansion would "secure future growth".
The studio said the decision by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, "will address the clear need for additional capacity in the UK".
Pinewood chief executive Ivan Dunleavy said: "We want to begin construction as soon as possible."
In 2012, the government rejected a previous plan, which included more than 1,000 homes.
The studio submitted its latest application in February 2013, following "extensive public consultation".
It was rejected by the local council and the studios submitted its appeal to the Planning Inspectorate the following May.
Nearby councils have always opposed the plans as an expansion into green belt land.
Councillor Roger Reed said SBDC had presented "extensive and well informed objections".
"We must now look forward and recognise the importance of Pinewood and the benefit they can bring to the local and wider economy," he added.
Parish councillor Sylvie Lowe, who represents Iver, said she was "surprised" at the decision and the council was considering its options.
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Pinewood Studios is set to double in size after winning an appeal against the rejection of its £200m expansion plan.
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The home innings fell away against spinners Jeevan Mendis and 16-year-old Hamidullah Qadri in the final session.
Nick Selman's patient 50 off 159 balls was the top score in a largely sedate home effort.
Earlier, seamer Tony Palladino claimed three wickets in quick succession to leave them struggling at 87-4 at tea.
Afghan-born Qadri, Derbyshire's youngest Championship player, bowled tightly with the pink ball under the floodlights, taking 1-16 in 15 overs - including the maiden wicket of Andrew Salter, caught at slip for nine off 75 balls.
Bizarrely, Derbyshire sent out two nightwatchmen in Tom Taylor and Palladino for the last two overs at 21:10 BST, but both men survived to continue on Wednesday.
Glamorgan batsman Nick Selman told BBC Wales Sport:
"It was good to spend time in the middle again, just getting used to that pink ball as they bowled pretty well and stuck to their lines. At the end we weren't patient enough and with our batting line-up we should have got 340 but hopefully we can come out and take some poles.
"When you're set (against the pink ball), it's easy to pick up but with the spin it's a bit tricky to pick up, especially Mendis when he was bowling wrong 'uns. It was quite easy to play during twilight and the more time you spend out there the better.
"If the (bad) weather stays away, we've got a big day and hopefully the quicks can take some poles early on and crack it open."
Derbyshire bowler Tony Palladino told BBC Radio Derby:
"It's always nice to get wickets early in your spell and it set us up a bit, we had a quiet middle session but we kept it reasonably tight and got our rewards later in the day.
"The pink ball is a lot different, it doesn't buff up as nicely with spit or when you polish it, you just give it a dry polish. It swung early but not much in the middle period so the spinners bowled a lot of overs and it was turning for them.
"(Hamidullah Qadri) bowled like John Emburey there, he did exactly what you what from a finger-spinner in the first innings, he kept it tight and hopefully he'll get his rewards second innings."
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Derbyshire finished an attritional day's cricket on 2-0, 53 runs ahead after Glamorgan were dismissed for 237 just before the close.
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The internet retailing giant also said it expected to report a bigger-than-expected loss in the next three-month period.
Amazon shares plunged over 10% in after-hours trading in New York.
Investors have long been wondering when Amazon will turn its significant revenues into profits for shareholders.
Amazon has been spending heavily in various new initiatives, including its Amazon Fresh grocery delivery service in the US, and its $1bn acquisition of video game streaming site Twitch.
That has hurt profits at the firm, with operating expenses growing to $21.1bn, compared with the $17.1bn last year.
Investors have been tolerant of Amazon's policy of reinvesting profits back into the firm. But patience has been wearing thin in recent months.
Shares in the firm have fallen nearly 20% since the beginning of this year.
In a statement accompanying its earnings, Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos chose instead to focus on the firm's holiday offerings during the crucial period in the run-up to Christmas.
"As we get ready for this upcoming holiday season, we are focused on making the customer experience easier and more stress-free than ever," he said.
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Amazon has reported a third-quarter loss of $437m (£273m) - up significantly from the $41m loss it reported for the same period last year.
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The 20-year-old re-signed for the Vixens on loan from Chelsea for the Women's Super League One Spring Series, which begins on 22 April.
A Bristol City statement on Wednesday said: "A scan last week confirmed she has ruptured her ACL a few weeks ago."
The ex-England Under-19 striker scored 11 goals in all competitions in 2016.
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Bristol City Women forward Mille Farrow is set for a spell on the sidelines after rupturing her anterior cruciate knee ligament in a friendly.
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Grand leaves along with club hero Jason Walker, both aged 32, teenage defender Brad Carroll and 17-year-old goalkeeper Dan Eccles.
Midfielders Mo Fafana, 28, Dan Pilkington, 25, Paddy Lacey, 23, and Alex Newby, 20, also exit.
Four players have been offered contract renewals, including Newby's brother, 20-year-old Elliot.
Fellow midfielders Alex Ray Harvey, 26, Andy Parry, 24 and 17-year-old defender Steve Williams make up the quartet who have been offered a new deal following an 11th-placed finish in the National League.
Grand helped to captain the side to promotion to the fifth tier of English football, while Walker was the game-winning goalscorer as Barrow lifted the FA Trophy in 2010.
Barrow have also said that talks are on-going to renew the contract of striker Andy Cook, 25, who scored 24 goals in 45 appearances for The Bluebirds this season, despite his willingness to pursue a career in the Football League.
BBC Cumbria Sport understands that Barrow have offered to make the talisman - and third highest goalscorer in the National League this season - the highest paid player in the club's history.
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Captain Simon Grand will leave Barrow as eight players fail to have their contracts renewed.
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Mr Baran thought up the idea of making communication networks resilient to attack or traffic surges by splitting the data sent over them into chunks.
His pioneering work was carried out in connection with Cold War military research.
It would later form the basis of the academic network Arpanet which eventually led to the internet.
Mr Baran first put forward the idea of slicing data into "message blocks" and using a distributed system of nodes to pass them on when working at the Rand Corporation in the mid-1960s.
In his initial conception, Mr Baran said the system would operate by what he called "hot-potato routing".
The work was done as part of a project to keep telecommunications networks operating even if a large part of them was knocked out by a first strike nuclear attack.
The system would be better able to withstand an attack because it lacked a central hub through which all data or messages passed.
This work found new relevance during the early days of the Arpanet, a network designed to aid US scientists communicate and which laid the foundations of the modern-day internet.
Contributions from British scientist Donald Davies led to Mr Baran's ideas being adapted into a technology known as packet switching. This cuts data up into small chunks that are then despatched around the network.
"Paul wasn't afraid to go in directions counter to what everyone else thought was the right or only thing to do," Vinton Cerf, one of the fathers of the internet and a longtime friend of Baran, told the New York Times.
Mr Baran died at home in Palo Alto, California from complications caused by lung cancer.
"He was a man of infinite patience," said his son David Baran.
He added that his father had recently shown him a paper written in 1966 which speculated about what people would do with the telecommunication networks in the future.
"It spelled out this idea that by the year 2000 that people would be using online networks for shopping and news," he said. "It was an absolute lunatic fringe idea."
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US scientist Paul Baran, whose work in the 1960s helped pave the way for the internet, has died aged 84.
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Digitonomy Ltd sent over five million unsolicited messages encouraging people to apply for cash loans via affiliates.
Investigating 1,464 complaints about the texts made between April 2015 and February 2016, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) found the company could not prove it had consent.
A company spokesman apologised to those people who found the texts "unwelcome".
The ICO's investigation revealed the company had used affiliates to send the messages and claimed they had proof of consent.
The ICO's head of enforcement Steve Eckersley said the wording of the consent examples were not sufficient and businesses that rely on direct marketing "must be able to confirm that people have given their permission to receive text messages".
"Depending on the word of another company is simply not acceptable and is not an excuse," he said.
A spokesman for Digitonomy said the company was "sorry that a reported 0.03% of recipients found the marketing messages from our appointed affiliate management company last year unwelcome".
He added that the company remained "determined to operate at all times within both the spirit and the letter of the law and best practice".
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A Chester credit broker has been fined £120,000 for sending millions of text messages without permission.
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Welsh duo Alex Cuthbert and Adam Jones join the South African in a line-up captained by Ireland's Shane Jennings.
He leads a side containing nine different nationalities with 466 international appearances between them.
It includes his Leinster team-mates Zane Kirchner and Jimmy Gopperth, Toulon's leading try scorer David Smith and former All Black Joe Rokocoko.
Head coach Robbie Deans will be in charge of the Barbarians, the famous invitation club celebrating its 125th anniversary this year.
Leinster and Ireland flanker Jennings retires from the professional game this summer after a career in which he has won 13 caps for Ireland, Pro12 and European Cup titles with the province and an Aviva Premiership title with Leicester Tigers.
"It's an honour to lead out such an illustrious team. It's a great highlight in my career and we'll be determined to do the Barbarians' jersey justice against Ireland," said Jennings.
Lions tight-head Jones anchors a scrum containing a powerful second row combination in Uruguay's Rodrigo Capo Ortega and Georgia's Konstantin Mikautadze.
Japan's Ryu Koliniasi Holani is a dynamic number eight from Deans's club side Panasonic Wild Knights.
Ireland have named a 27-strong squad, dominated by Leinster and Ulster players, for the Limerick encounter.
Barbarians: Zane Kirchner (Leinster & South Africa), Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues & Wales), Joe Rokocoko (Bayonne & New Zealand), Wynand Olivier (Montpellier & South Africa), David Smith (Toulon), James Gopperth (Leinster), Ruan Pienaar (Ulster & South Africa), Roberto Tejerizo (Tucuman & Argentina), Deon Fourie (Lyon), Adam Jones(Cardiff Blues & Wales), Rodrigo Capo Ortega (Castres & Uruguay), Konstantin Mikautadze (Toulon & Georgia), Shane Jennings (Leinster & Ireland, capt), Gerhard Vosloo (Toulon), Ryu Koliniasi Holani (Panasonic Wild Knights & Japan).
Replacements: David Ward (Harlequins), Saimone Taumoepeau (Castres & New Zealand), Matias Diaz (Pampas & Argentina), George Whitelock (Panasonic Wild Knights & New Zealand), George Smith (Lyon & Australia), Tomas Cubelli (Belgrano Ath & Argentina), Tusi Pisi (Suntory Sungoliath & Samoa), Gio Aplon (Grenoble & South Africa).
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Adam Gilmour was walking to meet a school bus with his mother and siblings when the accident happened near Cloughmills on Tuesday.
BBC Newsline's Conor Macauley reports.
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The funeral of the eight-year-old boy who was killed after his family was knocked down by a car on the way to school has taken place in Glarryford, County Antrim.
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The Fawlty Towers and Monty Python star was quoted in a magazine interview last year as saying "there's no way I want to work in TV, especially at the BBC".
In recent years, the 74-year-old British actor has mainly concentrated on voiceover roles.
But BBC comedy head Shane Allen told the Daily Telegraph Cleese is a "comedy god, and the door is always open".
"We're in discussions about a piece that he might be in. It's a sitcom and it's very early days," Mr Allen said.
Cleese, who appeared on the big screen in A Fish Called Wanda and two Harry Potter films, did take on small appearances in US TV sitcoms Whitney and Entourage between 2010 and 2013.
He also reunited with his Monty Python co-stars in 2013 for live shows to pay an £800,000 legal bill after losing a royalties case. And following his divorce from third wife Alyce Eichelberger in 2008, he performed in a comedy show dubbed the Alimony Tour.
In last year's interview with Shortlist magazine, Cleese said he felt the BBC's commissioning editors had "no idea" what they were doing.
He also said he had been offered "cliched" roles by ITV.
Referring to Cleese's possible BBC sitcom return, Mr Allen told the Telegraph: "There are certain people who have earned their badges, who have got the right to do what they want."
He was speaking to the Telegraph before the first episode airs on Sunday in the BBC's "landmark sitcom series".
The series features modern remakes of Are You Being Served?, Porridge, Till Death Us Do Part, Steptoe and Son, and Up Pompeii!
Mr Allen said it was "insulting" to suggest the BBC's new comedies were not as good as the past but added: "This is a chance to try to reclaim that and say these are titles and writers and pieces of work that are proven, and hallowed, and it's a chance to introduce them to a new generation."
A BBC spokeswoman said: "We would love to work with John Cleese. However nothing is confirmed at this stage and we do not comment on developments."
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John Cleese is reported to be in talks to return to the BBC for a sitcom which has been written specifically for him.
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Both have agreed "long-term" contracts with the Championship strugglers and have joined for undisclosed fees.
Pearce, 27, and Northern Ireland international Mckay, 26, could feature against Ipswich on Saturday.
The pair follow Liam Ridgewell and Chris Herd to Wigan, following their loan moves to the DW Stadium earlier this month.
"He's someone we've been tracking for a while, a really powerful centre half, a leader and a warrior on the pitch," said manager Malky Mackay of former Portsmouth and Bournemouth centre-back Pearce.
"When we found out he might be available, we immediately did all we could to get him because he's a player who can play a major role in taking the club forwards."
On Mckay, the Wigan boss added: "We've been looking at Billy for some time. He lives to score and his record over the past two seasons speaks for itself. He's scored a lot of goals and been deadly for Inverness."
Shaun Maloney, Ben Watson, Adam Forshaw, Callum McManaman and Ivan Ramis have all departed Wigan in the past week and ex-Cardiff manager Mackay said he knew he would have to offload players in January.
"I knew when I took the job on there had to be a restructure of the squad in terms of it being leaner and also dealing with the contract situation," added Mackay. "So that then really comes to pass when the January window opens up.
"It was a process that was going to start in January and we are in the middle of it.
"What we are trying to do is make the best decisions for the club and every individual situation - depending on the club that comes in, the finances they want to pay, where the players contract is and where the players head is."
Mackay also revealed there could be more departures from the DW Stadium before the January window closes.
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Wigan Athletic have signed Leeds defender Jason Pearce and Inverness Caledonian Thistle striker Billy Mckay.
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The 30-man squad Broos picked for the opening round of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and the Confederations Cup includes pacy midfielder Petrus Boumal.
He caught the coach's eye with his mobility around the park at CSKA Sofia in Bulgaria's top flight.
Broos, keen to inject fresh blood to a squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year, has cast his net far and wide in search of new talent.
The Belgian has also given a first call-up to Jean Charles Castelleto, a defender who plays for French Ligue 2 side Red Star and Lucien Owona, a centre-back for Spanish second division outfit Alcorcon.
Striker Jean Pierre Nsame of Swiss side Servette is also in a squad dominated by more established faces such as goalkeeper Fabrice Ondoa, striker Benjamin Moukandjo and defender Collins Fai.
Goalkeeper Andre Onana, armed with a fresh contract he signed at Dutch giants Ajax a few days ago, has also been called up.
His return after snubbing the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations will see him fight with Ondoa for the number one jersey.
However, there is no place in the squad for strikers Clinton Njie and Eric Choupo-Moting.
The Indomitable Lions are due to play Morocco in their first Nations Cup qualifier on 10 June.
Three days later the reigning African champions will take on Colombia in a friendly ahead of the Fifa Confederations Cup in Russia.
Cameroon squad:
Goalkeepers: Fabrice Ondoa (FC Seville, Spain), Andrew Onana (Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Georges Bokwe (Mjondalen, Norway), Jules Goda (Ajaccio, France)
Defenders: Ernest Mabouka (MSK Zilina, Slovakia), Collins Fai (Standard Liege, Belgium), Michael Ngadeu (Slavia Prague, Czech Republic), Adolphe Teikeu (Sochaux, France), Mohammed Djettei (Tarragona, Spain), Ambroise Oyongo (Montreal Impact, Canada), Jonathan Ngwem (Sambizanga, Angola), Jerome Guihoata (Panionios, Greece), Jean Louis Castelletto (Red Star, France), Lucien Owona (Alcorcon, Spain)
Midfielders: Sebastien Siani (Ostende, Belgium), Arnaud Djoum (Hearts, Scotland), Georges Mandjeck (FC Metz, France), Zambo Anguissa (Marseille, France), Frank Boya (1860 Munich, Germany), Petrus Boumal (CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria)
Forwards: Christian Bassogog (Henan Jianye, China), Karl Toko (Angers CSO, France), Olivier Boumal (Panathinaikos, Greece), Jacques Zoua (FC Kaiserslautern, Germany), Vincent Aboubakar (Besiktas, Turkey), Benjamin Moukandjo (Lorient, France), Robert Tambe Ndip (Spartak Trnava, Slovakia), Nicolas Ngamaleu (Rheindof, Austria), Jean Pierre Nsame (Servette, Switzerland), Edgard Salli (Nuremberg, Germany)
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Cameroon coach Hugo Broos has called up seven uncapped players to his squad for upcoming matches.
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Olivia Edohasim, nine, died when the black Toyota Auris she was travelling in hit a brick wall on Manchester Road, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, on 7 May.
Police have released two CCTV images of a Citroen and a Range Rover to encourage the drivers to contact them.
Although not involved, police think they may be able to aid the inquiry.
Police said a man, 45, and a girl, 11 - who were also in the car and are believed to be related to Olivia - are still in hospital but are "recovering well".
Police said neither the driver of the Citroen C3 or a dark coloured Range Rover Evoque have come forward to speak to police.
Sgt Brian Orr, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "We don't believe the drivers of these vehicles have done anything wrong or were involved in the collision."
He said new information about where the vehicles were may "jog some memories".
He said: "Moments before the collision the Citroen C3 is seen to be travelling along Stamford Brook Road heading in the direction of Manchester Road."
He said it was then overtaken by the Toyota car Olivia was travelling in near the park entrance of Trafford College.
The Citroen then turned left on to Manchester Road towards Sale.
The driver of the Range Rover Evoque turned right on to Stamford Brook Road from Manchester Road and passed the Dulux building.
Sgt Orr believes the Range Rover driver saw the Toyota Auris overtake the Citroen and flashed the main beam headlights at the Toyota.
The Range Rover then continued along Stamford Brook Road towards Turnbull Road.
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Police are urging two drivers who may have seen a crash in which a young girl was killed to come forward.
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Cpl Reginald Robbins's name was on the roll of honour read out at the original unveiling ceremony for Andover's war memorial in 1920.
It it not known why it was never included on the actual memorial.
A service of rededication was held after his name was inscribed on the Portland stone monument.
Cpl Robbins was born in Sussex but moved to Andover with his father when he was in his teens, joining the Royal Engineers in 1917.
He saw service in France and Egypt before his death from Spanish flu in 1920 at the age of 25.
The disease claimed up to 50 million lives around the world during the pandemic which began in March 1918.
Leader of Test Valley Borough Council, Councillor Ian Carr, said the inscription, which followed research by local historian Craig Fisher, was a "poignant tribute".
"We may never know exactly why Reginald's name was not included on the memorial, but it is important that he is honoured and correctly remembered alongside the other local servicemen who gave their lives," he added.
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The name of a soldier who died in the years following World War One has been added to a Hampshire war memorial, 95 years after it was erected.
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City are now 10 points behind leaders Chelsea after defeat on Merseyside - the heaviest league loss in Guardiola's managerial career.
Asked if the gap was too great, he said: "Yes. Ten is a lot of points."
Guardiola, 45, has told his players to unite "in the bad moments" and "forget the table" until the end of the season.
He added: "At the end of the season, we are going to evaluate our level and how our performance was, how the coach was, how the players were. After that we are going to decide."
The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss insisted he was "so happy in Manchester" despite his side sitting fifth, two points behind fourth-placed Arsenal.
Guardiola watched City dominate possession on Merseyside but concede four from the six shots they faced.
Only five teams have a lower haul than their four clean sheets in the league - BBC Radio 5 live pundit Robbie Savage said City "cannot defend" and questioned if Guardiola would now change his style.
City are the only team in the Premier League to have over 50% of possession in every game this season but they have now conceded from the first shot they have faced in four of their last seven games.
Guardiola added: "I said to the players be positive because you made some fantastic things during the season and for many reasons we didn't get what I think we deserved.
"In the bad moments we have to be close. It's awful for my players. We created chances but don't score and when they have a chance, they punish us."
Everton scored with their first two shots through Romelu Lukaku and Kevin Mirallas, with Tom Davies and Ademola Lookman completing the rout.
Lookman's goal came after a John Stones clearance was charged down, throwing the young defender again under the spotlight.
It was Stones' first visit to Goodison Park since leaving Everton for City in a £47.5m deal last summer.
The 22-year-old has been criticised for making too many mistakes, and former Manchester United and Everton defender Phil Neville believes he is being unfairly singled out.
However, fellow pundit Alan Shearer told Match of the Day 2: "John Stones did have a nightmare. He is 22 now, he has played nearly 100 Premier League games and everyone keeps saying to me and to the rest of the football world, that he is going to be a top player.
"If I'm a centre forward, a young guy and I keep on missing chances, I don't expect to be in the team. Eventually you are going to get left out. I keep seeing Stones making mistakes too often, too many times."
City's next outing is a home encounter with second-placed Tottenham, who are on a run of six league wins.
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Last year meldonium was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited substance list and several athletes later tested positive for the drug.
Tennis player Maria Sharapova is now serving a two-year ban.
"Athletes and their entourage have ample time to familiarise themselves with the list," Wada president Craig Reedie said.
"There can be no tolerance for people who intentionally break the rules."
The updated list comes into force on 1 January 2017.
It covers substances and methods banned in and out of competition, and which substances are banned in different sports.
Wada said in April that scientists were unsure how long meldonium stayed in an athlete's system.
It also suggested athletes who tested positive before 1 March could avoid bans, provided they had stopped taking it before 1 January.
Sharapova, 29, tested positive for meldonium at the Australian Open in January 2016 and an out-of-competition test on 2 February.
The Russian said she had been taking meldonium since 2006 for health reasons and was unaware it had been added to the banned list as she knew it only by the name mildronate.
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Athletes have been warned to prepapre for an updated list of banned substances coming into force in 2017.
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In the six months to 13 August, sales climbed 14.4% to £259.5m, with profits rising 20.5% to £21.5m.
This was despite rival retailers struggling due to unseasonal weather.
"This is the company's first update since Brexit, and is a strong showing," said George Salmon, an analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
"The second half of the year is more important to Ted Baker than the first, nonetheless the news that sales growth remains robust provides reassurance that the group can continue to thrive, even in challenging times."
The company, which opened its first store in Glasgow in 1988, now has 470 outlets worldwide selling fashion and accessories.
It grew in all its markets, with retail sales in the UK and Europe - its biggest market - up 8.5%. In North America sales climbed 28.7% and they were 15.8% higher in Asia.
Online sales meanwhile leapt 29.7% as the firm invested in web design, personalised content and language-specific websites.
Brands such as Next and H&M have reported below-forecast results this year, with sales hit by colder weather in March and April this year.
However, Zara-owner Inditex reported strong first-half profits, driven partly by rising online sales.
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Fashion group Ted Baker has reported strong profits for the first half of 2016 despite challenging trading conditions.
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R&B Distillers has proposed turning Borodale House, a derelict Victorian hotel, into a distillery and visitor centre.
The building work is scheduled to begin in April this year and the production of whisky next year.
The distillery would be one of the largest employers on an island with a population of about 170 people.
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Highland Council has approved plans for the Isle of Raasay's first whisky distillery.
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The current provider, Silcox Coaches, is facing an uncertain future after experiencing financial difficulties.
The Pembroke Dock-based company has 28 school contracts with Pembrokeshire council, but BBC Wales understands it intends to file for administration unless a buyer can be found.
Edwards Coaches will be the new provider after half term.
Based in Pontypridd, Edwards Coaches is the largest family owned coach-company in the country employing over 500 staff and operating 260 vehicles.
Its managing director Mike Edwards confirmed all former Silcox home-to-school transport routes will be operated by Edwards when school term resumes on Monday, 6 June.
Silcox Coaches operates a further 18 public transport routes in Pembrokeshire and separate arrangements are being considered for these services.
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An alternative coach company has been brought in to provide school transport in Pembrokeshire.
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The narwhal is a mysterious member of the whale family that mostly lives in the Arctic.
It has a long pointy tusk that points out of the end of its nose - that's led to the creature having the nickname, the "unicorn whale".
Scientist knew very little about what these tusks were for until they started filming them in the wild, using drones.
Now they know it's part of a clever way to hunt fish...
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Scientists reckon they've figured out why the narwhal has its famous tusk.
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The Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT) said staff at Green Hill Construction were told it was closing on 11 April.
Workers were given no notice period and were not consulted, the union said.
The firm, which employed over 150 people, built houses for housing associations.
Green Hill was set up in 2006 to build affordable homes for social landlords and had worked for associations including Seren and Cardiff Community Housing Association.
In January 2013 it announced it was creating 20 new jobs after receiving £146,650 from the Welsh government's economic growth fund.
Dave Gunter, regional organiser for UCATT, said the company had showed no signs of being in trouble before its closure announcement.
"The first we knew about it was when our members called saying they had been told there was no work for them," he said.
"It was obviously a sad day for them."
Mr Gunter said workers had been advised by the firm to claim outstanding payments from the Redundancy Payments Service, but the union had been unable to contact the company to confirm that.
BBC Wales understands the future of the company will be resolved next week.
Green Hill Construction could not be contacted for a comment.
The Welsh government said it would work with the company to see if jobs could be secured.
A spokeswoman said: "The company received financial support from the Welsh government and we always seek to recover public funds if and when possible to do so.
"Our first priority is to assist the company and its staff at this difficult time."
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Workers at a Newport building firm are facing redundancy after the company warned it was going into administration, union leaders claim.
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The film, based on the fantasy game World of Warcraft (WoW), will open in China on 8 June, two days before it begins screening in the US, although it will be screened in various countries prior to that.
The game sees players exploring a vast landscape, complete quests and interact with other gamers, and is known for its colourful array of monsters and landscapes, giving rise to its Chinese name "World of Magic Beasts".
China is one of the biggest markets for WoW. The Chinese are estimated to make up about half of its five million players.
One of the studios behind the movie, Legendary Entertainment, is majority owned by Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda, which acquired a controlling stake in January.
But the decision is also part of an accelerating trend where Hollywood has been wooing China by staging elaborate premieres and tie-ups.
The last Transformers movie was partly funded by Chinese backers and shot in China - though that ran into controversy - and the latest Star Wars movie was heavily promoted in China with publicity stunts and the appointment of pop star Luhan as an ambassador.
The love story between China and WoW is one of perseverance, as the game's popularity has soared despite deep government suspicion prompting heavy controls, according to tech blog Engadget.
Chinese players had to make do with a special version of the game with its violence, gore and even character design toned down. Skeletons were "covered up" with flesh, and even the colour of spilt blood was changed to a darker, less shocking hue.
The government also insisted that a timer mechanism be built into the game to prevent people from playing it for too long, following widespread fears of internet addiction.
Last year one WoW player reportedly collapsed and died after playing it for 19 hours without a break.
Operation of the game in China was originally in foreign hands, but it eventually was bought over by Chinese company NetEase.
But such obstacles could not stop its runaway success - part of the reason was the timing, as the game was first introduced China in 2005, at a time where online access and internet cafes were fast proliferating amid a booming tech scene.
In a nod to its popularity, creator Blizzard Entertainment made a Chinese-inspired expansion to the game called Mists of Pandaria in 2012, featuring panda warriors and monk characters.
In recent years the number of players of WoW globally has dropped, but it has made a lasting mark in China as a cultural touchstone.
Entrepreneurial Chinese have cashed in on the craze - sometimes without official permission. There is WoW merchandise, a WoW-themed restaurant, and even a massive knock-off theme park in Changzhou.
Perhaps unsurprisingly there is also a knock-off Warcraft movie - this month, a Chinese-produced movie called MyWoW will open in cinemas ahead of the official film.
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Hollywood film Warcraft will come to China next month, in what is the culmination of a decade-long love affair between the world's most populous country and one of the most popular online games of all time, writes the BBC's Tessa Wong.
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Valdes, 32, has signed an 18-month contract at Old Trafford.
De Gea, 24, won United's player of the year award last season.
"Nobody is happy to be number two and Victor has to have ambition to beat David De Gea - but it shall be very hard for him," said Van Gaal.
Valdes had been training at United as he recovered from a serious knee injury.
De Gea has 18 months remaining on his present deal with United after signing for the club in 2011, but he has recently been linked with a move to Real Madrid.
However, the United boss says he will extend the player's terms with the club rather than succeed the 33-year-old Iker Casillas at Real.
When asked if he thought De Gea would stay, Van Gaal said: "I think so, yes. There is no problem for him to sign."
The Dutchman also does not see an issue with having two full Spain internationals in his squad fighting for one position.
"My ambition is that I have the best players who can collaborate with each other to form the best team in the world," he said.
"When we invited Victor in to have his rehabilitation at Manchester United, we did it for him and ourselves, so I could see if his quality is also still the same. He has confirmed both."
Valdes' arrival on a full-time basis is likely to mean the exit of previous back-up goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard.
Unbeaten in 11 games, United play Southampton with their manager able to pick from a virtually fully fit squad for the first time this season.
"We only have one player injured. Can you believe it?" said Van Gaal.
"I have to select, for the first time in my career at Manchester United, the 11 players and the 18."
Van Gaal confirmed England winger Ashley Young would be missing for between four and six weeks with a hamstring injury.
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It is understood 150 people work at the office in Dundalk, County Louth.
eBay have not said how many staff will be impacted by the closure. It said it will begin a formal consultation with employees.
The company said the plant will close in the second quarter of 2017.
The closure comes after the decision to separate eBay and its PayPal business.
After the split, PayPal became landlords of the facility in Dundalk from which both companies have been based.
PayPal had told eBay that it intended to expand its business and asked tenants to leave so it could occupy the facility.
"We will begin a formal consultation process with our colleagues in Dundalk and will share any further information with them as a matter of priority," eBay said in a statement.
A spokesperson for PayPal said it was committed to its offices in Dundalk and Dublin.
"Today PayPal employs more than 2,600 teammates across both sites, and we're on track to reach 3,000 by 2018. The commitment is in line with our previous jobs announcements.
"Our operations will expand and move into the office space vacated by eBay."
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Internet auction site eBay has told staff at an office in the Republic of Ireland that the facility will close next year.
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The Barbados-born 21-year-old made his first-team debut in 2016, taking 28 wickets in seven first-class games.
He signed a first professional contract in August, but the club have now tied him to a longer deal.
"I'm happy to extend my contract. I can develop without any pressure and the aim is to continue to build on what I did last season," said Archer.
"My aim for next season is to take 70 wickets across all three formats, and if I can cement my place in the team then I think that can be a reality."
He also showed batting potential by making a career-best 73 against Essex and coach Mark Davis believes he is an "immense talent".
Davis added: "He is still a young man learning his trade but the signs are clearly there that he will be an integral part of our future success."
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Sussex pace bowler Jofra Archer has agreed a two-year contract extension to run until the end of the 2019 season.
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The sustainable development white paper was launched at a school in Blaenavon, Torfaen, dubbed a good example for helping the wider community.
However, the Conservatives said urgent action was needed amid growing environmental concerns.
And Welsh language campaigners feared their cause could fall lower down the priorities of public bodies.
Delegates from organisations including local councils were told that Blaenavon Heritage Primary School was chosen as the location for the launch as it provided a wide range of courses and services across the area for residents with a number of public bodies working together.
"Our approach is very much rooted in Welsh values, with a focus on fairness, pride in our communities and our heritage," said John Griffiths, environment and sustainable development minister.
"The proposals set out in this White Paper are about focusing on the social, economic and environmental well being for Welsh people and Welsh communities over the long term."
The Sustainable Development Bill includes:
For the Conservatives, shadow environment minister Russell George said: "While this consultation and its influence on future policy is extremely important, we have long called for Labour ministers to get a grip on sustainable development.
"With greenhouse gases on the rise, mobility policy failing, health inequalities getting wider and wildlife habitats in decline, it's more important than ever that we see urgent improvements."
Meanwhile, the Welsh Language Society (Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg) has concerns.
Sustainable communities spokesperson Toni Schiavone said: "The government's language strategy is completely clear that Welsh needs to be mainstreamed in all its departments, especially where the work affects the future of Welsh speaking communities.
"However, under this Bill, there is a risk that public bodies will downgrade the Welsh language as a policy consideration.
"The government intends to make sustainable development public bodies' central organising principle.
"In that context, it's essential that the welfare of the Welsh language is part of the definition of sustainable development."
The consultation runs until March with a number of public events from January.
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During a visit to County Down in June, Theresa May said a Leave vote would end an open north-south border.
She also said it was inconceivable to suggest a Leave vote would not have a negative impact on the border.
However, she said she wants to see no return to old style border controls.
In her first interview as prime minister with a journalist from Northern Ireland, she said she wants to see free movement.
As home secretary, Mrs May visited County Down in June and told the BBC: "If we are out of the European Union with tariffs on exporting goods into the EU, there would have to be something to recognise that between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
"And if you pulled out of the EU and came out of free movement, then how could you have a situation where there was an open border with a country that was in the EU and had access to free movement?"
But speaking to BBC News NI at Downing Street on Friday, Mrs May said she agreed with the Irish government and Northern Ireland Executive about not seeing a "return to the borders of the past".
She would work "closely together" with them to ensure free movement across the border, she added.
Mrs May denied that she had changed her view.
"What I said was that of course if we leave and there is a land border with a country within the European Union, that does bring a change to that relationship across the border," she said.
"All parties are clear about the intent and will to ensure we have an arrangement that isn't a return to the borders of the past."
Questioned on how the border would be policed or controlled after Brexit, Mrs May said: "We are discussing with the Irish government at the moment how we can develop these ideas in ways that are going to ensure that we deliver on the intention of all parties."
One of Ms May's first acts as prime minister was to visit Belfast, and she has pledged that the Northern Ireland Executive would be fully involved in Brexit discussions.
"We are going to make a success of Brexit, there are real opportunities for the United Kingdom," she said.
"We need to grasp those opportunities around the world but the devolved administrations will all be - and the government in Belfast will be - involved and fully engaged in the discussions we are having."
It is 100 days days since the EU referendum and the result has transformed the political landscape.
The issue of Brexit is likely to dominate the Conservative Party conference which begins this weekend.
The annual gathering in Birmingham marks Theresa May's first as leader and she will make her keynote address next Wednesday.
Although the UK voted to leave the European Union, 56% of people in Northern Ireland voted to remain.
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The prime minister appears to have rowed back on her comments during the EU referendum campaign that there could be Irish border controls if the UK left the EU.
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The Trust is bidding to take over the League Two club from owner Les Scadding.
And it now has £236,000 following a fund-raising campaign that included a share issue to fans.
A supporters group statement read: "What an achievement and one the Trust Board are truly humbled by."
The trust took interim control of the Rodney Parade-based club in August.
Their millionaire backer Scadding backed the move in which the club's board stood down.
Newport had already announced major shareholder Scadding was gifting his holding to the Trust.
Interim chairman Tony Pring told BBC Radio Wales: "People seem to think that Les sort of gets a chunk of that money and basically that money now goes into the club and becomes a working capital.
"Les, with several other people, have loans on the club that must be paid - they're club loans [and] they will be budgeted for… with monthly repayments.
"But the £236,000 actually basically goes into the club's bank account for working capital for running the club this season."
The prospective new owners say they will strive to ensure The Exiles live within their means to support manager Terry Butcher.
"This is possible. We need to be prudent in our spending, driving down our cost base and increasing our revenue through a number of channels," added the statement.
The Football League must approve the takeover, but Trust members expect that to be a formality.
"Now the hard work really starts," added the statement.
"No one should underestimate the challenge ahead.
"The club has been in a difficult place and it is going to take some time before it gets to where we would like it to be.
"That said, we are confident we can achieve this with the plans we have."
Newport are bottom of the table after one league win this season and face Exeter at Rodney Parade on Saturday.
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NICE, the advisory body for the health service, has already been exploring the issue.
But it now wants to know what the public thinks after the idea got the thumbs up from its citizen's council.
Nearly two thirds of the 32-strong group - used as a sounding board for sensitive topics - backed incentives.
In May, NICE officials told the BBC incentives could play a key role in tackling smoking, obesity and drinking rates and was working with academics to see how and when they worked best.
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Its citizen's council agrees the idea has merit - as long as the payments are not allowed to be used for unhealthy pursuits.
The backing has prompted the public consultation which will be run until the end of November.
Incentive schemes are already operated in some areas to mixed success, while NICE has already backed their use for drug users.
However, it is unlikely the current government would allow NICE to formally recommend incentives as an option for the whole health service.
A Department of Health spokesman described them as an undesirable use of money and should only be adopted as a "last resort".
Instead, it seems the only way the advisory body would end up backing them would be for niche groups, such as specific age groups or for people from certain social backgrounds, if there was strong evidence they worked.
NICE chairman Sir Michael Rawlins said: "We clearly face several public health challenges in today's society, some more obvious than others, and we must seek to improve these in ways that are likely to achieve the best health outcomes for those affected."
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A public consultation is being launched over whether the NHS in England and Wales should offer financial incentives to encourage healthier lifestyles.
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West African mediators spent several hours with Mr Jammeh on Friday, negotiating his future.
The motorcade carrying the presidents of Guinea and Mauritania has left the official residence, but they are not thought to have left the country.
Mr Jammeh was defeated in December's election and his successor Adama Barrow has been inaugurated.
A tweet from an account believed to belong to the new president, saying that Mr Jammeh had agreed to step down and go into exile, has since been deleted.
But Mai Fatty, a senior aide to the new president, told the BBC's Umaru Fofana that Mr Jammeh had agreed to step down.
News agency AFP reported that Mr Jammeh had agreed in principle to go but that the terms of his departure were still being finalised.
Mr Barrow told Gambians who had fled the country that they now had "the liberty to return home".
"The rule of fear has been vanished from The Gambia for good," he said in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.
Mr Barrow has been in neighbouring Senegal for days. He was sworn in at the Gambian embassy there on Thursday.
West African nations, including Senegal, have deployed troops in The Gambia - threatening to drive Mr Jammeh out of office by force.
Mr Barrow's legitimacy as president has been recognised internationally, after he won last month's elections.
Mr Jammeh was given an ultimatum to leave office or be forced out by UN-backed troops, which expired at 16:00 GMT on Friday.
The deadline was set by the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), a regional grouping backed by the United Nations.
The man who once said he would rule The Gambia for a billion years is finally leaving.
He is thought to have been offered an amnesty deal, so that he will not face charges of human rights abuses.
He had wanted to stay in The Gambia but this was not negotiable.
There have been suggestions he may now go to Guinea, although he has been offered asylum in Nigeria and it is thought Morocco has done the same.
Mr Jammeh's term expired at midnight on Wednesday - but, while still president, he engineered a parliamentary vote to extend his presidency. As Mr Barrow has already been sworn in, the country could be said to have two presidents at the same time.
Ecowas said that its forces, from Senegal and other West African countries, had encountered no resistance after entering The Gambia.
After first accepting defeat in the election he reversed his position and said he would not step down. He declared a 90-day state of emergency, blaming irregularities in the electoral process.
The electoral commission accepted that some of its early results had contained errors but said they would not have affected Mr Barrow's win.
Mr Jammeh had said he would stay in office until new elections were held.
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The Gambia's leader Yahya Jammeh is to step down and leave the country, officials involved in negotiations say.
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Built in 1937, the concrete structure was the "last fragment" of the derelict seaside lido used for the street artist's "Bemusement Park" exhibit last year.
Conservationists said they had been told the fountain, in Weston-super-Mare, would be spared from destruction.
But North Somerset council said it was demolished due to its poor condition.
Visitors to Dismaland were greeted by the sight of the fountain upon entering, and it was picked out by a spotlight at night.
Its dilapidated appearance, however, was not the work of the elusive Banksy, but rather a truck which hit the fountain after the site became derelict.
The impact caused the upper cascade to tip over, leaving it sitting on its side atop the bottom part of the structure.
Weston Civic Society chairman Howard Smith said he felt "angry and upset" the fountain had gone.
"They [the council] gave us an assurance at the end of last year that it would be conserved," he said.
Mr Smith said the fountain survived the building of the Tropicana at a time when the original diving stage was destroyed.
"It was the last fragment of the actual bathing part of the original Art Deco pool.
"It was a beautiful object and it would not have taken much to erect it in another part of the town."
Work to turn the site into a space for arts and performances has been taking place since the end of 2015.
A spokesman for the council, which owns the site, said: "The top of the fountain was dislodged, the surround of the base was broken down and could not be used as a water reservoir, the main stem had numerous cracks in the structure and the edges on the lower main tier were damaged.
"Given its condition, the decision was made to take it down and demolish it."
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence says female patients should have free access to the drug, better known as an anti-wrinkle aid.
Some five million women in England and Wales have urinary incontinence, but many suffer in silence because they are too embarrassed to seek help.
Botox helps control the muscular bladder wall.
NICE says those with "overactive bladder syndrome" that has not responded to recommended lifestyle changes should be offered the injections.
It is not clear what causes it, but those affected by an overactive bladder have a frequent urge to urinate and can experience leakage before they can make it to the toilet.
Cutting down on caffeinated drinks such as tea and coffee, as well as alcohol, doing pelvic floor exercises and making scheduled trips to the toilet can help, but some people will need medical treatment or surgery.
The condition is different to stress incontinence - when the pelvic floor muscles are too weak, as can occur after childbirth, causing leaks with coughing and laughing.
With an overactive bladder, there is a problem with how the bladder responds to getting fuller, meaning the person feels they urgently need to urinate more often than most.
Someone with this condition might end going up to the toilet up to 15 times a day and three times a night, for example, when the norm is to go four to eight times a day and up to once a night.
It affects both sexes, but most often women. The NICE guidelines, which cover England and Wales, only discuss treating women.
Botox treatment is thought to help dampen chemical messages that your bladder uses to tell the brain that you need to urinate.
The injections are administered directly to the bladder wall via a small device inserted into the urethra - the tube you urinate through.
Clinical trials suggest this treatment may last for up to six months, but NICE says people also need to be aware of the possible side-effects.
The treatment can make it more difficult to pass urine and some people may find they need to use a catheter for a time. There is also a chance of getting a urine infection.
Anyone who starts on this treatment should have a face-to-face check up or be reviewed over the phone within four weeks, says NICE.
Prof Mark Baker, director of the Centre for Clinical Practice at NICE, said: "Urinary incontinence is a distressing condition affecting the lives of millions of women of all ages.
"While rarely life-threatening, it may seriously influence a woman's physical, psychological and social wellbeing.
"Over the years we have seen an increase in women seeking treatment, yet many others are still suffering in silence and not receiving the appropriate care for their condition.
"This updated clinical guideline suggests a range of treatments that women should be able to access to limit the distress that urinary incontinence can cause."
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The study, by Carnegie UK Trust, showed 51% of people aged 15-24 used libraries in 2016 - an increase of 9% since 2011.
Overall, there has been an increase in public library use, from 45% to 46% over five years.
Northern Ireland has also seen its library use go up, but there have been declines in England and Scotland, the wellbeing trust said.
The findings are based on 10,000 interviews conducted in 2011 and 2016.
The trust said there was also a jump in library use in households with pre-school children (7%) and primary age children (3%).
Chief executive Martyn Evans said: "Public libraries remain an immensely popular civic resource, both in Wales and across the rest of the UK and it's extremely promising that there's been a rise in library use in Wales amongst households with pre-school and primary children, as well as young people."
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More than half of young people in Wales use public libraries, research has shown.
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Bridgewater Community Healthcare (BCH) said it had "made a lot of progress" since an inspection last summer.
But Labour MP Rosie Cooper said it was "staggering" that BCH was due to take over most of Liverpool's community health services from July.
The Department of Health is yet to respond.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) conducted its first full inspection at BCH - which is used by about 1.5m people in north-west England annually - in May and June 2016.
It said it measured 40 domains across the services with one rated as outstanding, 27 as good and 12 as requiring improvement.
Overall, the trust received a rating of "requires improvement".
Ms Cooper, MP for West Lancashire, said she called on the CQC in July to publish its inspection report ahead of any decision on "awarding the multimillion-pound contract for Liverpool community health services".
She said: "What this report tells us is Bridgewater Community Healthcare needs to improve the services they have currently got."
Last November, BCH was chosen to run most of the city's community health services by NHS England and Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
Ms Cooper said that the inspection rating "raises some very serious questions about the entire transaction process in Liverpool".
"I have called on the Secretary of State to review this sorry state of affairs and intervene to uphold NHS rules," she added.
Colin Scales, chief executive at BCH, said: "All the essential actions the CQC has asked us look at have already been addressed since the inspectors were on site, so we've made a lot of progress and are in a stronger position now as we move forward."
Katherine Sheerin, chief officer for NHS Liverpool CCG, said: "Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust was identified as the preferred provider of community services in Liverpool because we believe it is the best organisation to help accelerate our Healthy Liverpool plans for making more care available in the community so that people do not end up in hospital."
She added the CCG was "confident the Trust is already taking action to address the issues which have been identified".
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Patricia Alejandra Lorenzo Harris travelled from Rawson to Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd. a year after the towns were twinned to mark 150 years since the migration.
She said it was a "dream" to visit her great-grandfather's home country.
Next year a grant will allow someone from the town to visit Rawson.
The first Welsh settlers to reach Patagonia founded Rawson, which is the capital of the Province of Chubut.
Among the nearly 200 settlers who sailed south on the Mimosa in 1865, at least five were from Blaenau Ffestiniog, and the towns were twinned last year to help re-establish the link.
Historian Ms Harris, president of the twinning commission, travelled with her friend Marisa Conde to learn more about where her ancestors came from.
They visited the Welsh Highland Railway, Llechwedd Slate Caverns, took part in a Spanish lesson at Aberystwyth University and visited Ysgol Maenofferen where they presented gifts from children of 178 Suyay Hue School in Rawson.
Ms Harris said: "It's been my dream to come to Wales and see the country. When I was young, I spent a lot of time speaking to my grandfather and he told me about how his father had travelled from Wales with his family.
"I also feel a great responsibility to bring greetings from the whole of the community in Rawson and to re-establish the link between between Rawson and Ffestiniog."
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Some 90,450 children were living in temporary accommodation in the last quarter of 2014, a rise of almost 10,000 in a year, the statistics show.
The National Housing Federation called the rise "shameful".
The government said its changes were helping councils move families out of temporary accommodation more quickly.
The statistics, from the Department for Communities and Local Government, also show there were 2,040 households with children in bed-and-breakfast hotels at the end of last year.
Of these, 780 were in bed-an-breakfast accommodation for more than six weeks.
David Orr, chief executive of the National Housing Federation said the dramatic rise in the numbers of children "stuck in temporary accommodation like hostels and bed and breakfasts" revealed "the true cost" of not building enough homes in England.
"Often living in cramped and poor conditions, it's no way of life for a child and no way to help homeless families to get back on their feet and rebuild their lives.
"It is totally unacceptable that these figures are at a six-year high.
"Children are paying the price for the failure to build the affordable homes we need and will continue to do so until politicians take bolder action and commit to end the housing crisis within a generation," said Mr Orr.
Communities Minister Kris Hopkins said the government was working to ensure support was in place to help homeless families move on with their lives.
"Households now spend on average seven months less in temporary accommodation than at the start of 2010," said Mr Hopkins in a written ministerial statement.
Local authorities now had more flexibility to find "good quality, suitable and settled accommodation in the private rented sector", he added.
The government had also made it clear that the long-term use of bed-and-breakfast accommodation for families with children "is both unacceptable and unlawful", said Mr Hopkins.
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Severn Trent issued a warning in Derbyshire and Leicestershire on Friday after it found high levels of the chemical at a reservoir.
About 3,700 properties are affected in postcode areas DE11, DE15, DE65, DE73 and LE65.
It is hoped the water will be safe to use later, although the firm said customers can now flush their toilets.
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Severn Trent has been handing out free bottles of water to affected customers at Sainsbury's in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, and Tesco in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
Nigel Thornylowe, who lives in Woodville with his two children, said it was a "nightmare".
"We got caught up in the frenzy yesterday and unfortunately... we haven't got any bottled water," he said.
"We've tried in vain but all the supermarkets have run out."
He said the situation had been poorly managed and bottles of water should be distributed at more locations than just the two supermarkets.
But other residents have been looking out for their neighbours with one couple filling up the water carrier in their caravan and distributing it to elderly neighbours.
And another woman said she coped on Friday night by "drinking spritzers" instead of water.
In a statement, the firm tried to reassure customers who may have drunk the water that, if they did not notice a strong chlorine smell or taste, then it was "unlikely to have caused any harm".
But it added that anyone with concerns should speak to a doctor.
"We're very sorry for the inconvenience this has caused but we want to reassure customers that this is a precautionary measure due to the levels of chlorine in the water supply," it said.
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Thousands of them have been on picket lines and the hostilities between the government and the doctors' union, the BMA, show few signs of abating.
There's no question this is a very significant problem for the government. Thirty eight per cent of junior doctors did go to work today, but that figure includes the planned emergency cover, and those non-members of the BMA.
And falling out with the medical profession, allowing relations to have got so bad, potentially risking patients' health, is a serious risk for any government.
There's not much sign though of ministers backing down. In terms that could hardly be stronger, one well-placed government source told me today: "We all know they are going to lose."
And when you listen to the words of the health secretary who says this strike is unnecessary, that the government promised to make changes to the NHS in its manifesto and they're determined to drive them through, it's clear ministers are a very long way from giving up.
And it's worth noting the government does have the option of just imposing the new terms and conditions as contracts are renewed - that could start as early as next month.
More talks are planned for later this week. And ministers are not yet at the stage of deciding to use brute force to impose the changes.
The hope in government is that once today's strike is over, progress might be made in the talks in the two weeks before the second planned walkout.
Neither side, publicly, is willing to give any ground. But there are nerves about the third planned strike, planned for the middle of February, which is expected to be an all-out strike where no emergency cover would be arranged.
There's a belief in government that's a line that no-one wants to cross.
But there is a risk for the government too if public opinion settles on the doctors' side.
PS: In different times, the Opposition would likely have been criticising the government's handling of a situation like this as loudly as possible.
Today has been rather different. Labour has not been making the political running on the issue.
It's worth noting that the shadow health secretary, Heidi Alexander, did not join any of the strikers on the picket line, while others like the shadow chancellor John McDonnell did.
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The Plaid Cymru leader will say she is determined to lead her party into government at the assembly elections.
Ms Wood will attack Labour's record, accusing First Minister Carwyn Jones's government of failing.
She will say Scotland has a nationalist government with a track record of making the most of its powers.
"In Wales we have a double whammy: a nation without basic powers and a government that wouldn't have a clue what to do with them," Ms Wood will tell the conference.
Plaid and the SNP are long-standing allies.
But while the SNP has overtaken Labour as Scotland's biggest party, Plaid goes into next May's devolved elections as the assembly's third party - behind Labour and the Conservatives.
Ms Wood will say: "Indeed it is my determined resolution to lead Plaid Cymru into government next May because that represents the change Wales needs - the future our people deserve.
"It is my hope therefore to return to your conference next year and congratulate you on yet another famous election success and to do so as the newly-elected first minister of Wales."
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Wales is suffering from a "double whammy" of a Labour government and weak devolution, Leanne Wood will tell the SNP conference in Aberdeen.
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The team, founded by five-time Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins to develop young British talent, was omitted from the race which runs from 28-30 April.
"It's very disappointing and it is very much a surprise," said the team's sports director Simon Cope.
Race organisers said the event was oversubscribed and "unfortunately someone had to miss out".
A total of 49 teams applied for 36 slots - 18 in the men's race and 18 in the women's.
The decision on who was included was made between Welcome to Yorkshire and cycling event organisers ASO, who jointly run the event.
A Welcome to Yorkshire spokesman said that Team Wiggins were welcome to apply for any future editions of the race.
But Cope told Cycling Weekly that he believed the team, who are the only British third-tier UCI Continental outfit not included, could have made an impact in the race.
"Good or bad press at the moment, there's a percentage of the UK population who will be going to the race who want to see (Team) Wiggins there," he said.
"You would have thought that we would have got in, but the organisers have made their selection and that's it, we can't do anything about it. We will have to go and find another bike race to do."
An investigation by UK Anti-Doping is currently ongoing into allegations of wrongdoing in cycling involving Wiggins - who retired in December - and Team Sky.
Cope, who used to work for Team Sky, was questioned by MPs earlier this month about the contents of a medical package he delivered to Wiggins when he was racing at the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine in France.
Team Sky have admitted "mistakes were made" around how medical records relating to the package were kept but deny breaking anti-doping rules.
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There's no doubt he's getting back to his best form just in time for his fourth final, but he's striking a blow against sexism in tennis too.
In early 2014, Murray split with his then coach Ivan Lendl - who'd helped Andy become a Grand Slam champion.
His decision to replace Lendl with Amelie Mauresmo prompted more than a few raised eyebrows.
Never before had a top male player hired a woman as coach (except for Jimmy Connors but the woman in charge of his game was his mother Gloria, so it doesn't count).
The early signs for the new partnership weren't good.
Murray appeared to be slipping back into some bad habits, playing defensively and berating himself in the process.
Despite a late season surge, 2014 was Murray's most forgettable year since establishing himself as one of the "Big Four".
Had Murray continued his iffy form into the Australian Open, there's no doubt the vultures would have been circling over the Murray-Mauresmo axis.
But they'll have to wait as his early season form is arguably better than ever.
His play against Tomas Berdych had Mauresmo's finger prints all over it - full of variety and controlled aggression.
It was certainly Grand Slam-winning form, and if he can keep it up a first Australian Open title is definitely on the cards.
"A lot of people criticised me for working with her," Murray said in his on-court interview.
"So far this week we've shown that women can be good coaches as well."
Mum Judy has always played a strong role in Andy's career, and she hailed the impact Amelie was having off the court, describing her as a "calming influence".
Many male players have been dismissive of the women's game, albeit not as noisily as in the past.
The 1996 Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek famously dismissed 80% of the women's tour as "fat pigs" in 1992.
Last year, Rafael Nadal's uncle Toni criticised the appointment of a woman as Spain's Davis Cup captain.
"Men's tennis isn't the same as women's tennis," he said.
If Andy can win the Australian open under Mauresmo's tutelage you wonder if uncle Toni might consider changing his view.
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It was found by a submersible vehicle at a depth of around 2.5 miles (4km) off Necker Island.
Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said it was a depth record for an octopod without fins.
The creature has already been nicknamed "Casper" after the cartoon ghost.
The octopod lacked pigment cells, giving it its light-coloured appearance.
"It is almost certainly an undescribed species" Michael Vecchione of the NOAA said, calling it a "remarkable little octopod".
Deep-sea octopods fall into two categories - cirrate, or 'Dumbo', octopods with fins, or incirrate octopods, without fins, which look more akin to shallow-water octopus.
The sighting of Casper represents the deepest ever observed sighting of an incirrate octopod, Mr Vecchione said.
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Scientists say a translucent, "ghost-like" octopod discovered in ocean depths near Hawaii is "almost certainly" a new species.
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Initial Environment Agency figures showed £86,000 was spent on a wildlife survey and putting the animals in winter storage at a cost of £24,000.
But the latest figures show the total cost was higher - working out at £2,454 per vole.
The agency said it had a duty to move the legally protected species.
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Previously, the agency said the wildlife survey was not part of the cost of relocating the voles.
But the BBC has since learned the cost of setting up traps along the river banks and checking them over a period of several months was not previously disclosed.
Farmer James Winslade said when annual dredging took place before the agency took over, it had not appeared to affect the vole population.
"They're not stupid, they'll feel the vibration and move on - it's not like they haven't any other habitat to move on to," he said.
"The riverbank adjoins fields so they can move from the riverbanks to the fields."
Money spent on relocating the voles was a small percentage of the £6m spent on dredging five miles (8 km) of the rivers Tone and Parrett, the agency said previously.
The voles spent the winter in an "over-wintering facility" before being moved to Hampshire and Cornwall, according to the figures.
Ecology expert Graeme Skinner said the work required professional, academically-trained people "who hold relevant licences".
"They are undertaking sometimes long, arduous hours in the field to make sure it's up to the standard that is required nowadays," he said.
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It comes as tennis star Andy Murray prepares to tie the knot with Kim Sears in Dunblane.
The tourism promotion agency said nearly a quarter of weddings held north of the border were between people from outside Scotland.
It said breathtaking scenery, celebrity weddings and welcoming hospitality were the biggest draws for couples.
Among those who have married in Scotland are Madonna and Guy Ritchie (Skibo Castle), Mark Owen (Cawdor Parish Church), Philip Schofield (Ackergill Tower, Caithness) and Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall (Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh).
VisitScotland has estimated that the wedding tourism industry is worth £80m to the Scottish economy.
The agency said market research suggested "tourist weddings" tended to have fewer guests, but people stayed longer at the locations.
It added that Dumfries and Galloway was the most popular area for marriages because of "the popularity and romantic significance" of Gretna Green. In second place was Argyll and Bute.
VisitScotland chairman Mike Cantlay said: "Put simply, Scotland is one of the most beautiful places in the world in which to get married.
"From the splendour and magnificence of our castles and historic homes, to the wild romantic nature of our lochs, mountains, islands and coastlines, there is a uniqueness and magic to having your big day on Scottish soil.
"The impact the wedding industry has on tourism itself is significant, but more than that, it gives us an opportunity to showcase Scotland to guests who may never have made the trip before and turn their time here into a holiday."
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There had been speculation the festival could be held elsewhere following remarks made earlier this year by founder Michael Eavis.
Eavis previously said he "didn't really want to have a year without a festival", and claimed the event could be held somewhere else in 2017 or 2018.
Tickets for next year's event go on sale in October, it has been confirmed.
In a statement on the Glastonbury Festival website, the organisers said: "We will be taking our next fallow year in 2018, in order to give the farm, the village and the festival team the traditional year off.
"There are no plans to hold an event at another location in 2018."
The music festival is held on the Eavis family's Worthy Farm in Somerset, south-west England, and traditionally takes a break every six years so as not to cause damage to the working fields.
The last fallow year was 2012.
In June, Eavis had told the BBC he was "talking to Longleat" as it was his "favourite site" for a new festival.
He had added that hosting it at Worthy Farm meant dealing with 22 different landowners, which "wasn't easy".
Next year's festival will take place from 21 to 25 June, with the first batch of tickets, for those buying coach packages, released on 6 October.
General tickets will be released three days later, at 09:00 BST on 9 October.
Last year's initial release of 120,000 tickets sold out in just over half an hour.
The highlight of the music calendar, this summer Glastonbury featured performances from headliners Adele, Coldplay and Muse, who rocked the Pyramid stage, festooned with a giant lightning bolt in honour of David Bowie.
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Quins overcame the loss of lock George Merrick to injury to score five first-half tries and secure a bonus point, with Stade managing a solitary reply.
Tim Visser's intercept try came as Stade rallied early in the second half.
Clement Daguin and Willem Alberts tries gave Stade faint hope that Marland Yarde's late try quashed emphatically.
It was an impressively dynamic first-half performance in front of watching England boss Eddie Jones, while it was their defensive mettle under more intense pressure in the second period that would have stood out.
Quick shifts and sharp set-piece work set up Joe Marler's try from a rolling maul, and after Merrick's injury stoppage, a two-try blast from Joe Marchant and Visser established control.
Sekou Macalou returned a skewed Yarde kick for Stade's opener, but two bludgeoning James Chisholm scores extinguished any momentum the Top 14 side had before the break.
Gonzalo Quesada's side threatened to breach a creaking Quins defence in the second half before Visser pounced to increase Quins' buffer.
The visitors did find some consolation with scores from Daguin and Alberts but they came too late to influence the result, particularly when Yarde's score took Quins beyond 40 points.
Harlequins: Brown; Yarde, Marchant, Roberts, Visser; Swiel, Dickson; Marler, Buchanan, Collier, Merrick, Horwill (capt), Robshaw, Wallace, Chisholm.
Replacements: Gray, Evans, Jones, Twomey, Luamanu, Mulchrone, Jackson, Marchant.
Stade Francais: Camara; Vuidarvuwalu, Bosman, Williams, Sinzelle; Plisson, Daguin; Taulafo, Burden, Slimani, Pyle, Pape (capt), Macalou, Lakafia, Parisse.
Replacements: Bonfils, Zhvania, Melikidze, De Giovanni, Alberts, Coville, Fartass, Millet.
Referee: Ben Whitehouse.
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A report published by Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) claimed often concerns of local people were ignored by boards.
It suggested more boards highlighted the economic importance of the licensed trade than the damaging consequences of alcohol.
And it found more than half had extended licensing hours over the past six years.
Boards must publish statements of licensing policy every three years, with the latest round to run until 2016.
AFS analysed the 25 which had been published by the end of April 2014 and said some progress has been made in how they are controlling the availability of alcohol.
But its chief executive, Dr Evelyn Gillan, said the licensing process was too removed from the people and neighbourhoods most affected by the boards' decisions.
She said: "Licensing boards have an important role in trying to minimise the harm that alcohol can cause because they have the power to control how much alcohol is available in their areas.
"The good news is that some boards are working well with the police and health professionals, declaring more areas of overprovision and actively seeking the views of local communities in licensing decision-making."
However, she added: "There is a lack of transparency about how the evidence of alcohol harm presented to licensing boards by health, police, and local people has been listened to and acted upon."
The number of alcohol licences in Scotland has remained broadly static in recent years, according to government figures.
In 2012/13 there were 16,237 premises licences across Scotland - 11,363 on-sales and 4,874 off-sales.
That was slightly down on the previous 12 months (16,379), and on the figure for 2010/11 (16,377).
Among the findings of the report were:
Ch Supt Mark Williams, police commander in Edinburgh said: "My staff and other public agencies have made strong representation to the licensing authority highlighting the very clear link between the availability of alcohol and increased harm.
"In a policing context this usually manifests as anti-social behaviour, disorder and violence."
AFS said there was some good practice where boards had taken into account the views of police, health professionals and local community groups.
They included in Glasgow, North Ayrshire, Aberdeen, Dumfries and Galloway, Highland and East Lothian.
Fiona Moss, head of health improvement at Glasgow City Community Health Partnership said: "We were invited to give evidence during the consultation process and I was pleased with the way the licensing board considered this evidence and listened to the principal health messages.
"I welcomed the board's decision not to further extend routine licensing hours and not to grant further breakfast licences within the new policy."
The AFS report recommended boards should produce detailed statistics to enable effective monitoring of the licensing system.
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A chicks' mother and father had returned to the nest in Bassenthwaite at Easter for the fourth year running, producing a trio of eggs in six days.
The first of the three chicks hatched on Thursday, with the other two birds arriving over the weekend.
But the Lake District Osprey Project said Monday was a "sad day", when the team saw only one chick was on the nest.
A spokesman said it was a "bleak" outlook for the remaining chick as it is "very likely" that the magpies would return.
It is not known if the birds, which often take scraps of fish from the osprey's nest, had eaten the chicks.
Ospreys returned to the area in 2001 after an absence of more than 150 years, and nearly 30 chicks have been raised at the nest since.
The birds fly south to Africa during late autumn, returning to the UK towards the start of April.
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Locations for the Guy Ritchie-directed movie included near the Bealach na BÃ , a pass in Applecross, and Devil's Pulpit, near Killearn.
Charlie Hunnam, who plays Arthur, said: "One of my favourite places in the UK is the Highlands of Scotland."
"When I found out that we were shooting there I was very, very excited."
The star of Pacific Rim and former TV series Sons of Anarchy and Byker Grove, added: "The Highlands of Scotland are absolutely sensational."
Hunnam made the comments in a video for VisitBritain, which has created a tourism campaign around the film.
The actor's experience of filming in the Scottish Highlands was starkly different from those of other film stars to have shot scenes there.
Scarlett Johansson described shooting scenes in Glen Coe in November 2011 for sci-fi Under the Skin as "brutal, cold and wet".
At the movie's world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, she told a news conference: "It was as if you had just picked us up and dropped us into the middle of absolutely nowhere.
"It was harsh and it was brutal and it was cold, it was wet and it was terrifying but we pulled through."
Michael Fassbender and Paddy Considine told of battling the elements on Skye while shooting 2015's Macbeth.
Fassbender, who starred in the lead role, described the island as "cold, wet and beautiful".
Considine said some of the other members of the cast succumbed to hypothermia during the filming.
He told the BBC at the film's Edinburgh premiere: "It got pretty bad there."
"A few people got hypothermia. We got hit by horizontal rain. It came and hit you sideways," added the actor who played Banquo.
Fassebender said the production encountered "rain, sleet and snow - all the wetness of the elements".
Another actor, Noel Clarke, told of getting frostbite during filming for the film Centurion in the Cairngorms in 2009.
However, the film crew for 2012's Bond flick Skyfall enjoyed themselves in Glen Coe and Glen Etive, and described being "absolutely blown away" by the Highland landscape and the sight of red deer stags.
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The star of new movie King Arthur: Legend of the Sword has told of being "very excited" when told scenes were to be shot in the Scottish Highlands.
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Corbridge in Northumberland was hit by Storm Desmond in 2015, with more than 70 homes evacuated as the River Tyne reached record levels.
Water drainage near Station Road and Tinklers Bank was now being improved, Northumberland County Council officials said.
Cabinet member Ian Swithenbank said the project was "vital".
"We've been working tirelessly since the severe weather last winter to clean-up and repair roads and infrastructure both in Corbridge and the wider area and this major piece of work will help protect the town in the future," he said.
A new outfall through Tynedale Rugby Club will replace a culvert badly damaged during the storms, the authority said.
Club chief executive Neil Foster said flooding at the ground seemed "insignificant compared to the impact on local residents".
"Hopefully this new surface water drainage system will reduce the risk of future surface water flooding, particularly in Station Road where flooding has historically been a problem," he said.
The work is expected to take up to four months.
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Work has started on new flood prevention measures for a repeatedly flooded village.
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Sheffield City Council say the owner of Cake 'R' Us, in Devonshire Street, did not have consent for the work.
It says the shop must be repainted in a colour scheme "more in keeping with its 19th Century characteristics".
Owner David Chan said he had painted the shop in an "act of national pride".
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A complaint about the shop, which is in part of the former Wharncliffe Fireclay Works built for John Armitage in 1888, was received in January 2015.
The council wrote to Mr Chan to say the design was "unacceptable" but was told he had "no intention of repainting the shop" and would instead apply for consent. It said though no application has yet been made.
Mr Chan said: "It's the Union Jack. I do not see why it needs to be changed. I support Queen and country."
Asked what he would do if the council took legal action to make him repaint the shop he said: "I will write to the Queen. I do not see anything wrong with it. It's an act of national pride."
A council report said: "The union flag theme that has been applied to the shop front is considered to be visually intrusive and does not respect the original character of the property to which it is attached, due to its contemporary and garish design.
"Whilst the need of the business to advertise its presence and attract custom is recognised, this shop front has a deep fascia and projecting sign for these purposes, and there is no justification for garish and unsympathetic painting of the shop front to serve this purpose."
The report recommends that the council's planning committee, which is due to meet on 26 April, agree to take any "appropriate action including, if necessary, enforcement action and the institution of legal proceedings to secure repainting of the shop front".
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A man who painted the front of his Grade II listed shop with a "garish and unsympathetic" union flag is facing possible legal action for breaching planning regulations.
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She was speaking ahead of her party's two-day conference in Glasgow.
Ms Davidson told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that she believed the SNP government did not have a mandate for indyref2.
She added that if First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called one she would take a "pretty big hit".
Ms Davidson explained: "I don't think the FM, even by her own measure, has the right to do it [call a second referendum].
"She doesn't have a mandate for it, she doesn't have popular support for it and I think she will take a pretty big hit when you see how many people across Scotland don't want dragged back to a second independence referendum and if she insists on trying to call one I think she will take a pretty big hit."
Prime Minister Theresa May also focused on the issue of independence during a BBC Scotland interview on Thursday.
She told Jackie Bird that the SNP had a "tunnel vision" over wanting a second referendum.
That led Ms Sturgeon to say that Mrs May's Westminster government had "no mandate" in Scotland.
The PM will address Tory party members later.
Ms Davidson, who will make her keynote speech to the conference on Saturday afternoon, said Ms Sturgeon had failed to show that she had public support for a second independence vote.
She told presenter Gary Robertson: "She [Nicola Sturgeon] also said that she would only have a right to call one if she changed public opinion.
"Now, not only has public opinion not changed, but public opinion over whether to call a referendum has gone, down and down and down."
Ms Davidson was also quizzed about whether Scotland might receive more devolved powers as a result of Brexit negotiations.
She said she had no "ideological objection to absolutely everything coming to Holyrood".
However, the MSP said that the decisions made needed to protect the current market agriculture and fisheries had with the rest of the UK.
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Scotland's Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has said there is no popular support for a second Scottish independence referendum.
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Residents were evacuated from Kirkennan Drive, Dalbeattie, on Tuesday afternoon after the weapons were found while a house was being cleared.
A team from the Royal Logistic Corp examined them and found them to be inactive.
The A710 (Port Road) through Dalbeattie was closed for two hours during the alert.
A spokesman for the Royal Logistic Corp bomb disposal team said: "The ordnance was fully examined and found to be inactive. It has been removed from the house and we have taken it away."
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Bomb disposal officers have removed a shell and hand grenade from a house in Dumfries and Galloway.
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All of the managerial movements for June will appear below, followed by the full list of each club, league-by-league.
To read the list for May, visit the ins and outs page.
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BBC Sport tracks all the manager ins and outs as well as listing all the current bosses in the Premier League, Scottish Premiership, English Football League and National League.
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Nasa has created Mars Trek to mark the third anniversary of the rover landing on Mars.
It allows people to see for themselves some of the features of the red planet using information gathered by Nasa over the past 50 years.
A team from Nasa is also using the interactive map to look at possible landing sites for future missions.
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Nasa has created a new interactive web site to allow people to explore the surface of Mars just like the Curiosity rover is doing.
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Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC tweeted the plea ahead of Wednesday night's away match against Dundee.
The message included the line: "We have no right to ask, but be there if you can."
It was posted just hours after ICTFC's Highland rivals Ross County beat Hamilton 3-2 in Dingwall.
If Hamilton had won, the Inverness club would have been relegated to the Championship.
County made the game free of charge to watch to home and away fans.
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A Scottish Premiership football club fighting relegation has appealed to its fans to show their support at the team's latest crunch game.
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Bath boss Mike Ford announced in October that the former Scarlet star, 28, was taking a sabbatical.
"We agreed to sign Rhys on the basis that he did not play international rugby," said Ford. "He's now decided that he wants to play again."
Dan Biggar was the first choice No 10 during the World Cup earlier this year as Wales reached the quarter-finals.
Priestland has won 40 Test caps and replaced Biggar during the last-eight loss to South Africa on 17 October.
Ford explained that Priestland's U-turn was the reason Bath had signed utility back Dan Bowden from New Zealand.
But the coach added: "We're hoping Rhys will be with us for the two years of his contract and possibly beyond that."
Ford wanted Priestland to act as cover for his son, George, who is expected to be part of England's Six Nations squad.
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Wales fly-half Rhys Priestland has reversed his decision to take an 18-month break from international rugby.
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Barney, a former sailing athlete and coach, worked for the England and Wales Cricket Board before joining GB Hockey as head of talent development in 2013.
He takes over from Danny Kerry, who had been both performance director and interim women's head coach since 2014.
Kerry, who guided Britain's women to Olympic gold in August, said in April he would focus on coaching full-time.
"Our sport is in an amazing place," Barney said.
"After the women's team's success in Rio, we are now presented with a great opportunity."
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Ed Barney has been named Great Britain hockey's new performance director - overseeing the men's and women's teams.
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Now, we've had our first glimpse of where they all lived while the series was being filmed.
This year's mansion is in the posh north London suburb of Highgate.
When people living nearby noticed the new neighbours they of course got onto Twitter to share the gossip.
@Theodoreshand wrote: "cant believe we live down the road from the apprentice house!!! #highgate."
@ShafLdn said: "So the apprentice candidates are staying in Highgate. Love a bit of local area on TV! #BBCApprentice."
And @maisiemoola_ tweeted: "Why are they playing the Sims music on The Apprentice. And also, Hello Highgate! #hometown."
Contestants arrived at the house after being split into two teams while Sarah Dales (above) bagsied a bed straight away.
The all-female Team Decadence came up with their name in the garden, although Lord Sugar has since asked them to change it.
Company director Chiles Cartwright was the first candidate to be fired from this year's series after Lord Sugar blamed him for the failure of the all-male Team Summit.
While the Apprentice candidates lived in Highgate, this year's X Factor contestants are based a half an hour's drive away in Hertfordshire's Hadley Wood.
The contestants, who've gone down from 31 to 29 after Blonde Electra were voted off the show, have access to an outdoor swimming pool and landscaped gardens.
It has eight bedrooms (cosy), six bathrooms, a gym, a sauna and walk-in dressing rooms. It's on the market for £2.5 million.
Last year the X Factor contestants were housed in London's Winchmore Hill in a house which is now worth around £7 million.
In 2012 the finalists broke with tradition and stayed at a hotel in central London.
Previous houses were in locations including Hertford Heath (2011), Borehamwood (2010) and Golders Green (2009).
The 2013 Apprentice mansion was situated on Lincoln's Inn Field in Holborn, London.
It's worth between £11-12 million or £58,000 a month in rent.
Property website Zoopla says it was a newly refurbished Grade II listed building last year with five or six bedrooms, a new kitchen, double height floor to ceiling windows with an internal courtyard and superb views over the square.
2012's Apprentice house was in London's Bayswater area.
The house has eight beds, six baths, three receptions and is valued at around £11 million. Or you could rent it for £36,000 a month. Whichever's easiest really.
2011's Apprentice house was billed as being located in Richmond but was in fact in nearby East Sheen.
At the moment it's worth around £7 million.
According to reports it was the home of a well-known Welsh singer at the time.
Houses before that were located in Chiswick (2005), Hampstead (2006), Notting Hill (2007), Battersea (2008), Ladbroke Grove (2009) and Bloomsbury (2010).
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube
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The Apprentice house has already lost one member and the original 20 candidates are down to 19.
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In December, Nokia sued Apple claiming the company had breached 32 technology patents covering displays, user interfaces and video encoding.
The two companies have now signed a deal allowing Apple to use the technology, and Nokia will receive an up-front cash payment.
Apple will also stock Nokia's health products in its retail stores.
The two companies have not revealed specific details of the financial agreement, but one analyst suggested it would be worth millions of dollars to Nokia.
"The agreement is per year, so it's probably in the hundreds of millions of dollars range," said Keith Mallinson, an industry analyst as Wiseharbor.
"That's partly because it covers many patents, and Nokia has some very important ones, they were one of the pioneers of cellular standards.
"But looking at Apple's business... one industry estimate is that they made $140bn (£107bn) revenue on iPhone sales in 2016.
"Even a small royalty against that - less than 1% - would be in the hundreds of millions of dollars."
Nokia said it was "looking forward to supporting Apple", while Apple's Jeff Williams said the company was "pleased with this resolution of our dispute".
Between 2009 and 2011, the two companies were locked in a series of legal battles over the patents for the technology they used in their mobile phones.
At the time, Nokia was still the world's leading mobile phone manufacturer, but was being rapidly undermined by the rise of Apple's iPhone.
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Apple and Nokia have settled a dispute over the use of patented technology in smartphones and agreed to "co-operate".
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Rovers took a 24th-minute lead at the Silverlake Stadium when Christian Doidge sweetly headed in Keanu Marsh-Brown's cross from the right for his 14th league goal of the season.
Eastleigh twice went close before Ayo Obileye levelled 10 minutes later, bundling in Luke Coulson's teasing corner at the back post.
Towards the end of an exciting first half, Forest Green's Dale Bennett made a fine block from Hakeem Odoffin's shot.
Eastleigh introduced newly-signed striker Darius Henderson at half-time but Rovers initially threatened most, although Ben Strevens headed just wide with 12 minutes to go amid late chances for both teams.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Eastleigh 1, Forest Green Rovers 1.
Second Half ends, Eastleigh 1, Forest Green Rovers 1.
Ben Strevens (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card.
Dale Bennett (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Marcus Kelly replaces Keanu Marsh-Brown.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Scott Wilson replaces Hakeem Odoffin.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Shamir Mullings replaces Rob Sinclair.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Jai Reason replaces Sam Togwell.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Darius Henderson replaces James Constable.
Second Half begins Eastleigh 1, Forest Green Rovers 1.
First Half ends, Eastleigh 1, Forest Green Rovers 1.
Sam Togwell (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Eastleigh 1, Forest Green Rovers 1. Ayo Obileye (Eastleigh).
Goal! Eastleigh 0, Forest Green Rovers 1. Christian Doidge (Forest Green Rovers).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Forest Green missed the chance to go level on points with National League leaders Lincoln as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Eastleigh.
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The cuts include 190 management jobs and 400 non-management staff working at its head office in Hong Kong.
In March, the airline said it would save 30% in employee costs at its head office after it posted its first annual loss in eight years.
The cuts are part of a three year programme to turn around the losses.
The airline said in a statement that the job cuts would be complete by the end of the year, with most of the affected employees to be informed on Monday, and over the next month.
The changes will be overseen by the airline's new chief executive, Rupert Hogg, who replaced Ivan Chu Kwok-leung earlier this month.
Mr Hogg cited increasing competition and a challenging business outlook for what he called "tough but necessary decisions for the future of our business and our customers".
Cathay has been facing tough competition from Chinese and Middle Eastern airlines that have expanded rapidly in the Asia Pacific region.
Earlier this year, it posted a net loss of HK$575m ($74m; £60.1m) for 2016. It was only the third time the firm posted a full-year loss in its 70 year history.
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Hong Kong's flagship carrier Cathay Pacific has said it will cut nearly 600 jobs as part of the biggest restructuring in 20 years.
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City were held to a 1-1 draw at League One Rotherham, before securing a bonus point with a 4-2 win on penalties.
Spurs' under-21s earned a point in a 2-2 draw with the Hatters, who beat the visitors 4-2 in the shootout.
League One side Plymouth also won on penalties, beating Chelsea's development squad 5-4 after a 2-2 draw.
There were wins for two Premier League development squads inside 90 minutes, as West Ham and Swansea both earned three points in the opening round of fixtures.
Swindon twice equalised against the Hammers after falling behind, but Dan Kemp slid in a third goal late on to secure the visitors victory at the County Ground.
Kyle Storer gave League Two side Cheltenham the lead early in the second half against the Swans, but Kenji Gorre equalised in the 73rd minute, before Aaron Lewis slotted in an 83rd-minute winner.
Notts County were the only English Football League side to earn the maximum three points, as goals from Jonathan Forte and Haydn Hollis earned the Magpies a 2-1 win over Everton Under-21s.
Swindon Town 2-3 West Ham United Under-21s
Plymouth Argyle 2-2 Chelsea Under-21s (Plymouth won 5-4 on penalties)
Cheltenham Town 1-2 Swansea City Under-21s
Luton Town 2-2 Tottenham Under-21s (Luton won 4-2 on penalties)
Rotherham United 1-1 Manchester City Under-21s (Manchester City Under-21s won 4-2 on penalties)
Notts County 2-1 Everton Under-21s
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Manchester City Under-21s won on penalties in their first EFL Trophy appearance, while fellow debutants Tottenham lost in a shootout at Luton.
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A member of the public found the dead bird of prey in the Millcroft area of Strathaven last Friday.
Specialist wildlife crime officers are attempting to establish how the bird died, and whether any crime has been committed.
Buzzards are scavengers which feed mainly on the remains of dead animals, making them particularly vulnerable to the illegal use of poisonous bait.
A post-mortem examination and toxicology tests will be carried out on the bird to determine its cause of death.
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Police are investigating the discovery of a dead buzzard in South Lanarkshire.
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Under the current constitution, the president has been unable to seek re-election because he is over the age of 70 and has already served two terms.
The opposition say turnout was low and the vote should be annulled.
However, official results put the turnout in Sunday's referendum at 72%.
More than 1.2 million people voted in favour of the change - 92.3% of voters - while nearly 102,000 rejected it, the electoral commission said.
The opposition called for a boycott of the poll and one of its leaders described the official results as a "fraud".
"From what we could see on the day of the vote, the announcement that turnout was more than 72% is extremely scandalous," Clement Mierassa told the AFP news agency.
President Sassou Nguesso, 71, is one of Africa's longest-serving rulers, first coming to power in 1979 and ruling until 1992 when he lost elections. He returned as president in 1997 after a brief civil war and has since won two elections.
He is now coming to the end of his second seven-year term.
Tens of thousands of people took part in a peaceful demonstration against the referendum in September.
Four people died last week, when security forces dispersed angry protesters in the capital, Brazzaville, and the economic hub of Pointe-Noire.
The election is due to take place in 2016.
Africa's longest-serving leaders:
The arrogance of power
The Mobutu and Gaddafi effect
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More than 92% of voters in Congo-Brazzaville's controversial referendum have approved constitutional changes to allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso to run for a third term, results show.
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The other contestants to have been announced so far are; Peter Andre, Carol Kirkwood, Katie Derham, Georgia May Foote, Kellie Bright, Ainsley Harriott and Jeremy Vine. More are still to be announced.
Mr O'Donnell said that he is nervous, despite his many years in show-business.
"It's really happening," he said.
The singer said he is uncertain if he is up to the standard required.
"I can put a few steps together, but can I dance to the level I need to dance? Well, that's a whole other ball game."
Earlier this year, the Kincasslagh man decided to take a short break from touring.
"I told myself that I would only consider doing something if it was both different and exciting. Well, what could be more exciting than Strictly Come Dancing? I love to dance and boy am I looking forward to getting started and being the best that I can be," he added.
Daniel O'Donnell, who has sold more than 15m albums, first rose to fame in 1983 and has had considerable success in Ireland, the UK, the US and Australia.
Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One for its 13th series in September 2015.
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Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell has been confirmed as the eighth contestant on this year's Strictly Come Dancing.
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Alexander Baird, 55, of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, went before Caernarfon Crown Court on Monday.
He has been charged with failing to take all reasonable steps to ensure the safe operation of a vessel.
In January 2012, a crewman on the scallop dredger, Steven Robertson, 25, of Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, was lost while aboard the St Amant.
The body of Mr Robertson was never found.
Mr Baird will appear in court again at the end of February.
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A fishing boat master has appeared in court almost four years after a crewman was lost overboard off Anglesey.
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She took the seat with 91,036 votes with her Labour rival Gareth Derrick on 87,242 votes after both went through to a second round.
There was a turnout of 22.8%, up from 15% in the election of November 2012.
The area's first police and crime commissioner, Conservative Tony Hogg, who was elected in 2012, confirmed last year he would stand for re-election.
Ms Hernandez said: "I'm just delighted that the people of Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have put their faith in me to get the best out of Devon & Cornwall Police and keep us all safe."
BBC News App users: tap here to see the results.
More information is available on the Choose my PCC website.
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The Conservatives' Alison Hernandez has been elected as Devon and Cornwall's police and crime commissioner.
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Members of the RMT union will walk out for 48 hours from 18:30 BST on 8 July.
The union said a guard should be kept on every train, "not a diluted customer service role", but First Great Western said having drivers controlling doors was safer and jobs would not be lost.
In the ballot, 80% supported strike action and 92% other forms of action.
The union said "no satisfactory solutions" had been proposed by management in response to its demands for a "safety competent guard" and buffet car facilities on trains.
It also said maintenance of the new rolling stock should remain in-house and there should be no job losses.
First Great Western (FGW) said it was seeking a meeting with the union following the ballot result.
A spokesman said: "We are disappointed that our assurances over job security, the need for more - not fewer - staff and maintaining existing pay and conditions for those staff have not been heard.
"These new trains will shave journey times by as much as 17 minutes, and provide the capacity we know our customers want to see but in order to be able to do this we need to operate these trains differently to the way we operate our current 40 year-old High Speed Trains.
"The best way to make the most of these new trains, in an efficient and safe way, is by the use of driver operation of the doors."
Buffet cars could also be replaced with a trolley service under the plans.
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash accused the company of "profiteering".
"RMT has made every effort to secure a series of very basic assurances from FGW over jobs, services and safety as a result of the introduction of the new Hitachi fleet and they have simply ignored us," he said.
The first Hitachi trains will run on the Great Western main line from 2017 and the East Coast main line from 2018.
The new trains are being introduced under the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) on routes between London Paddington and Oxford, Bristol and South Wales.
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First Great Western rail workers have voted to support strike action over plans to axe guards and buffet cars on new Hitachi Inter City Express trains.
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The advance came as the US said it had conducted 21 air strikes near the town, slowing down the IS advance.
Tall Shair hill had been captured more than 10 days ago by IS militants.
Later on Tuesday, US President Barack Obama will host talks with military chiefs from more than 20 countries on how to combat IS in Syria and Iraq.
Correspondents say this is the first time such high-ranking military officials from so many countries have come together since the US-led coalition was formed last month.
In a separate development, Turkish warplanes on Monday bombed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebel targets in Hakkari province near the Iraqi border, causing "heavy casualties", Turkish media report.
If confirmed, this would be the first major air raid by Turkey on the PKK since a ceasefire was reached in March 2013.
On Tuesday sources in the Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) told the BBC that they had regained control of Tall Shair hill-top, about 4km (2.5 miles) to the west and near an informal border crossing.
In a statement the US military said Tuesday's air strikes had destroyed IS buildings and military vehicles.
The statement said the security situation on the ground "remains fluid with IS attempting to gain territory and Kurdish militia continuing to hold out".
The battle for Kobane, a predominantly Kurdish town, has lasted for a month and emerged as a major test of whether the coalition's air campaign can push back IS.
Two weeks of air strikes against IS targets in and around Kobane have allowed Kurdish fighters to slow the jihadists' advance, but Turkish and Western leaders have warned that the town is still likely to fall.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based activist group, reported that IS carried out three separate suicide bomb attacks.
One IS suicide bomber blew up an explosives-filled vehicle in the north of the town, near the border, while the second targeted an eastern area, it said. Later, a third bomber attacked a YPG position in the north-east.
The Observatory said it believed IS now controlled about half of Kobane.
Capturing the town, from which more than 160,000 people have fled, would give the group unbroken control of a long stretch of the Syrian-Turkish border.
Meanwhile at least 10 Syrian soldiers were killed on Tuesday in fighting against IS militants in the oil-rich eastern province of Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Observatory said.
The fighting took place near Deir Ezzor military airport, one of the last government-controlled outposts in the province.
Deir Ezzor has been a key target of air strikes by the US-led coalition fighting against IS.
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Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State (IS) say they have recaptured a strategically important hilltop west of Kobane on Syria's border with Turkey.
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Jake Lawlor headed the home side in front after 13 minutes, but out of the blue Torquay turned the match on its head in under two minutes.
First Sean McGinty headed in Luke Young's corner, and seconds later Jamie Reid threaded a ball through for Ruairi Keating to plant home.
Both sides missed further chances to add to the score, before Guiseley staged late drama.
Kevan Hurst struck with four minutes left before a frenetic goalmouth scramble led to Guiseley's winner, with the identity of the goalscorer unclear.
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Guiseley turned impending defeat into victory against Torquay at Nethermoor Park with two late goals.
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