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Ewan claimed his first Grand Tour stage victory by beating John Degenkolb and Peter Sagan in a sprint at the end of the 167.3km Rota-Alcala route.
Giant-Alpecin's Dumoulin finished two seconds later in a pack for a one-second advantage over Esteban Chaves.
Britain's Chris Froome was 12th and is 35 seconds behind overall.
The Team Sky rider is aiming to become the third rider to win the Tour de France and the Vuelta in the same year.
Spaniard Alejandro Valverde, who started as one of the favourites for the title, dropped to fifth overall, 29 seconds adrift of Dumoulin.
Stage five result:
1. Caleb Ewan (Aus/Orica)- three hours, 57 minutes and 28 seconds
2. John Degenkolb (Ger/Giant) Same time
3. Peter Sagan (Svk/Tinkoff - Saxo) Same time
4. Jempy Druecker (Lux/BMC Racing) Same time
5. Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa/Movistar) +2secs
6. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita/Team MTN) +2secs
7. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/AG2R) +2secs
8. Daniel Moreno (Spa/Katusha) +2secs
9. Tosh Van der Sande (Bel/Lotto) +2secs
10. Nikolas Maes (Bel/Etixx - Quick-Step) +2secs
11. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel/LottoNL) +2secs
12. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +2secs
15. Tom Dumoulin (Ned)/Giant) +2secs
General classification after stage five:
1. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Giant) 17 hours, nine minutes, six seconds
2. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica) +1sec
3. Nicolas Roche (Ire/Team Sky) +16secs
4. Daniel Martin (Ire/Cannondale) +25secs
5. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +29secs
6. Daniel Moreno (Spa/Katusha) +31secs
7. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +35 secs
8. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa/Katusha) +36secs
9. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +37secs
10. Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana) +48secs
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Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands became the new Vuelta a Espana leader after Wednesday's fifth stage, won by Australian Caleb Ewan.
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Marc Martin, 22, and Matt Preece, 21, died after the BMW hit a tree and flipped on to its roof in High Beeches Lane, Handcross, on 17 December.
Two other passengers, a girl aged 16 and the 20-year-old driver, were hurt. The crash happened at about 22:00 GMT.
Sussex Police said the man was being questioned on suspicion of two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
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The driver of a car involved in a single-vehicle crash in West Sussex in which two men died has been arrested.
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Former shadow minister Helen Goodman had tweeted: "If China is so great, why did @Jeremy_Hunt's wife come to England?" She has since deleted it.
It comes after Mr Hunt said the UK had to become as hard working as Asia.
The Labour Party said the tweet did not represent its views and that the Bishop Auckland MP would be reminded of her responsibilities.
Issuing an apology on Twitter, Ms Goodman wrote: "Wish to absolutely totally apologise for earlier tweet."
Several other MPs had replied to her original message, with former Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles saying he was surprised she could "send out something so vile".
Fellow Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi even asked if Ms Goodman's account had been hacked, writing: "Helen that is a terrible thing so say. I hope you delete and apologise to Mrs Hunt."
And Lib Dem leader Tim Farron wrote: "Clearly she missed the 'kinder politics' memo", pointing to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's call for an end to personal attacks in politics.
Mr Hunt had made the comments at a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference last week.
He said: "My wife is Chinese and if we want this to be one of the most successful countries in the world in 20, 30, 40 years time there is a pretty difficult question that we have to answer which is, essentially, are we going to be a country which is prepared to work hard in a way that Asian economies are prepared to work hard, in a way that Americans are prepared to work hard?
"And that is about creating a culture where work is at the heart of our success."
In a statement, issued before Ms Goodman deleted the tweet, a Labour spokesman said: "This does not represent the views of the Labour Party. Helen will be reminded of her responsibilities as an elected Labour politician."
Labour's leader in the House of Lords Lady Smith said Goodman's tweet was "absolutely bizarre".
She told BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour: "Presumably Mrs Hunt lives in the UK because she's married to Mr Hunt and she's in love with him and wants to be with him so end of story.
"There's a lesson for all here, our partners and families are not in the public domain to be criticised or commented on."
Mr Hunt married his wife, Lucia, in July 2009 and the couple have three children.
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Newcastle-based Out of the Kitchen had denied the unauthorised sale of nitrous oxide, also known as "laughing gas", through its Toon Whip brand.
Although it is used legally in the catering industry, it can be fatal when used as a drug.
The case followed an undercover investigation by the BBC in which a reporter was sold two canisters.
Toon Whip advertised a "whipped cream delivery service", but the reporter was given instructions by the firm's staff on how to inhale the gas using a balloon.
Newcastle Magistrates' Court heard Out of the Kitchen Limited made a profit of £40,000 in 2015-16, with £10,000 of that figure coming from Toon Whip.
The fine must be paid within 14 days.
Directors Jonathan Lawrence, 30, of Stamford, and David Jenkins, 29, of Newcastle, are also charged with the unauthorised sale of nitrous oxide.
They have entered not guilty pleas.
The case against them was adjourned until 23 January.
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A catering firm has been fined £7,620 for selling gas used as a recreational drug.
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Kirsty Maxwell, from Livingston, died on Saturday in the tourist area in south east Spain.
It is thought that she was part of a group of more than 30 women who had travelled to the resort for a hen weekend.
A British man was arrested by police in Benidorm in connection with the incident, before being later released.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are supporting the family of a British national who sadly died in Benidorm on 29 April."
He added: "We are in contact with the local authorities following the arrest of a British man."
Mrs Maxwell's body is understood to be found near the swimming pool at the Apartamentos Payma on Saturday.
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Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union will walk out on 19 May.
In a ballot, 96% of the 150 affected members voted for strikes on a 53% turnout. 247 people are employed at the office in St Paul's Place.
BIS said it will provide "comprehensive support" to affected staff.
The government announced plans to shut the office by 2018 in January.
Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union, said: "This vote sends the clearest possible message to BIS ministers and senior officials that these plans are wrong and must be reversed.
"The closure of this office is precisely the opposite of what the government claims to want for the North and the wider civil service."
He said the union was also considering a timetable for further walkouts.
Announcing the plans, permanent secretary Martin Donnelly said it was part of a move to create a combined central HQ and policy centre in London and establish six business centres across the UK.
He said the decision was taken in an effort to "modernise the way we work, reduce operating costs and deliver a simpler, smaller department that is more flexible and responsive".
A BIS spokesperson said: "Whenever a proposal such as this is made, people's livelihoods and families are directly affected, and these decisions are never easy. It remains our top priority that all our staff are fully briefed and consulted during the process.
"We take their future and the contribution they have made very seriously, and will provide comprehensive support to all those facing a potential change or loss of job."
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Civil servants at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have announced plans to stage a 24-hour strike in protest at plans to shut the department's Sheffield office.
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The 52-year-old, a former international in both sports, took 2-24 after turning out for Scotland veterans in their 125-run defeat by Lancashire over-50s.
The match was played to commemorate 30 years since Scotland beat Lancashire - their first win over county opposition.
Goram had a 23-year football career and played four times for Cricket Scotland.
He remains the only person to have played in a first-class cricket match and a full international football match for Scotland.
In 1989, he played against the touring Australians but went wicketless as Mike Veletta and Tom Moody hit centuries.
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The crash at Meenaduff, between Buncrana and Clonmany in July 2010 was Ireland's worst ever road accident.
Hugh Friel, 66 and seven men, aged between 19 and 23, died in the crash.
Shaun Kelly, of Hill Road in Buncrana, had previously pleaded not guilty to charges of dangerous driving.
Seven of the victims were travelling in the same car.
They were 21-year-old Mark McLaughlin, from Fahan; Paul Doherty and Ciaran Sweeney who were 19 and from Ballyliffin; Patrick McLaughlin, 21, from Burnfoot; 22-year-old Eamonn McDaid and 21-year-old Damien McLaughlin, both from Buncrana, and James McEleney, 23, from Clonmany.
Father Michael Sweeney said the end of the court case would "bring a little closure to the families".
"It will take years for them to come to terms with their great loss, but this court case has been pending for the last four years," he said.
"For them, each time it came up for review, it was like revisiting the scene of the whole bad experience and trauma of the terrible event.
Kelly was driving a black Volkswagen Passat with the seven passengers when it collided with the car driven by Mr Friel.
He was the only survivor of the crash and sustained serious injuries.
He changed his plea as the jury was being sworn in at Letterkenny Circuit Court on Tuesday.
Fr Sweeney said: "It was a brave thing for him to do, to plead guilty to dangerous driving, and I feel sorry for him that he has to live with the consequences of that for the rest of his life.
"The whole community was totally shocked - it was one funeral after another, and each one of those traumatised the whole community who turned out to support those people."
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A man's guilty plea to causing the deaths of eight men in a road crash in County Donegal has spared their families further trauma, a local priest has said.
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following a breach of club discipline at Posh.
Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson has said he does not see a future for the forward at London Road.
"Obviously I'm contracted there so that is my parent club," Barnett told BBC Radio Suffolk. "But if I could get away I would be delighted."
Barnett's Posh exit came after he and winger Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, now on loan at Portsmouth, were
"There's always regrets because I didn't want to leave the club in the way that I did," he said.
"I'd rather it be on good terms. But that's life. You take it, get on with it and hopefully I can move on."
Barnett has said supporters at his new club should not base their perception of his character on the manner of his Peterborough exit.
"I'd say take it with a pinch of salt. The lads and people who know me know I'm not a troublemaker or whatever people want to come up with," he said.
"When you get to know me I'm an all right guy."
The former Macclesfield frontman switched to Peterborough from Crawley in a club-record £1m move in February and went on to score four goals in 13 games.
But, after netting just once in 10 this term, he hopes to contribute the goals Town need to haul themselves out of the Championship relegation zone.
"I want to play as many games as I can and hopefully prove myself at this level," he said.
"I'm fairly confident I can get goals. I just need to get a few more games under my belt, get to know the lads a bit better and I'm confident in my ability. It's got me this far."
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Ipswich Town striker Tyrone Barnett has said he would be "delighted" if he never returned to Peterborough United.
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On Monday, Prime Minister David Cameron said Crewe could lose HS2 investment in a post-election Labour-SNP deal.
But SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie described the comments as "utterly meaningless" and "preposterous".
Crewe's Labour candidate Adrian Heald said he would "not support any move to jeopardise the HS2 line at Crewe".
A report last year into the route of the high-speed rail line running north from London recommended a new station be built in Crewe.
But Mr Cameron said a minority Labour government, backed by the SNP, means schemes could be dropped.
The prime minister said projects linked to HS2 that could be jettisoned include Crewe's planned University Technical College and the Railway Exchange Training Academy.
Also speaking on Monday, Chancellor George Osborne said: "The SNP deputy leader has said in the last couple of days, if there was a minority Labour administration that needed SNP help to get their legislation through 'we might well say let's not have HS2 go to Manchester and Birmingham, let's have it start in Edinburgh and Glasgow'.
"That is tearing up the plan for huge investment in Crewe. That is cancelling the thousands of jobs and businesses that will come to this town.
"That is a billion pound blow to Crewe and is the price tag of voting for Labour and Ed Miliband here."
While Labour has ruled out a coalition with the SNP, Scottish nationalists for their part have said they could support a minority Labour government on an "issue-by-issue" basis.
Echoing the SNP's manifesto, Mr Hosie said he would like to see a Scottish section of HS2 built "at the same time" as the first phase planned between London and the West Midlands, allowing the line to "meet in the middle" of the country.
"Why would that put investment in Crewe at risk?" he said.
"What would put Crewe investment at risk is the £30bn cuts presented by Cameron and friends."
Meanwhile, Labour candidate Mr Heald said: "HS2 is the best opportunity to generate prosperity in Crewe and South Cheshire."
He said Labour is "fully supportive" of the HS2 line.
Crewe and Nantwich in Cheshire is a marginal Conservative constituency.
Roy Wood, Liberal Democrat candidate, confirmed his party were "strong supporters of HS2 even when other parties were wavering" and that David Cameron's comments were "scaremongering from someone who is getting desperate."
UKIP is the only party standing in Crewe and Nantwich to reject plans for HS2.
Richard Lee, the party's candidate, said UKIP believed the line was "an unaffordable white elephant" and that money could be better spent on upgrading the local and regional rail network.
"The benefits to Crewe, if any, will not be felt in Crewe for a number of years anyway, and it sounds as though David Cameron is merely scaremongering," he said.
"UKIP are fully committed to technical colleges and practical apprenticeship training in schools regardless of HS2."
The candidates standing in Crewe and Nantwich are:
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London Street in Norwich was pedestrianised on 17 July 1967.
The pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre is often referenced by fans of the fictional DJ, played by comedian Steve Coogan.
The Norwich Society said the city had "pioneered pedestrianisation in the UK".
Alan Partridge posed the question "what do you think about the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre?" during an intimate scene.
In the episode from 1997, Partridge said: "I'll be honest, I'm dead against it. People forget that traders need access to Dixons.
"They do say it will help people in wheelchairs."
Norwich City Council approved plans to pedestrianise more parts of the city in 2015.
Paul Burall, vice chairman of the Norwich Society, said: "Norwich pioneered pedestrianisation in the UK and continues to extend the benefits, with another two streets being pedestrianised in the last two years.
"While a few local people agree with Alan Partridge and still want to be able to drive everywhere, the vast majority welcome the ability to walk around without the noise, pollution and potential danger from traffic, and the great majority of traders recognise the benefits as well."
Norwich is far from being the only town or city whose profile has been raised by its television connections.
During the pedestrianisation ceremony, the then Lord Mayor of Norwich CH Sutton tied - rather than cut - a ribbon across London Street to signify its closure to traffic.
Although other shopping areas - such as those in new towns like Stevenage - were made pedestrian-only long before London Street, the Norwich road was the first to be closed to motorised traffic and given over to pedestrians.
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A city whose traffic plans were made famous by Alan Partridge is marking 50 years since one of its roads became the first to be pedestrianised in England.
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The doubles pair lost Monday's third-round match 6-3 4-6 6-4 3-6 14-12 to Jonny Marray and Adil Shamasdin.
The first code violation came after umpire Aurelie Tourte refused Cuevas a toilet break; the Uruguayan then showed his frustration at double-faulting.
"You have to take bad calls on the chin at some point," said Britain's Marray.
The earlier code violation was handed to Cuevas for unsportsmanlike behaviour when he threatened to wee into a ball can after being told he could not leave the court to visit the bathroom.
He then angrily smashed a ball out of the court following a double fault and the 15th seeds were docked a point, resulting in Cuevas and his partner sitting down and refusing to play the final game.
A supervisor had to be called.
"I went to the bathroom twice during the match and obviously the fifth set was a long one. I think you should be allowed an extra toilet break if it's five sets," said Marray.
"You have to respect the officials regardless of whatever happened in the match. You can have a word or two but they're trying to do a job and you have to respect that."
Shamasdin added: "I don't think the chair umpire really had the match controlled. She made a few mistakes early on at both ends. We were all on her and she was definitely flustered. I don't think she handled it correctly."
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Alister Colley, who has a studio in Pateley Bridge near Harrogate, said to hear he had won was "almost unbelievable".
The title means he has become the most sought-after and collected artist in the country.
Colley said creating the official picture for the Grand Depart had put him on "a whole new international platform".
He has now been asked to be official artist for next year's Grand Depart.
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An artist who painted the official picture for the Tour de France's Grand Depart from Yorkshire in 2014 has won the accolade of Best-selling Published Artist 2015.
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A UKIP MEP complained about the pictorial instructions on how to vote, which show a pencil hovering over the Remain box.
The election watchdog said the graphic "shouldn't have been used".
Bristol City Council said it would amend the form and insisted it was not trying to influence the vote.
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Mike Hookem, a UKIP MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, said a constituent of his had been alerted to the Bristol area postal voting packs.
"Any ballot papers which have gone out with marks showing either remain or leave boxes being ticked in the example need to be recalled and the person responsible needs to be investigated" Mr Hookem said.
"It may be an isolated incident around Bristol but in the interests of democracy we cannot take that risk."
The Leave.EU campaign tweeted images of the postal ballot instructions and called on supporters to tell them if they had received the packs.
Both sides in this referendum campaign are on high alert for any hint of bias, particularly in official documents.
So it is, perhaps, no surprise that Bristol City Council's leaflet has caused such a row.
The council insists the graphic is entirely innocuous - but UKIP says it is a clear example of establishment bias in favour of the Remain campaign.
There is even a suggestion that it could leave the result of the referendum open to legal challenge.
The Electoral Commission has told Bristol council not to use it again. But with reports of similar leaflets dropping on doormats around the country it may be too late to do anything about it.
A spokeswoman for the Electoral Commission said: "While it is unlikely that postal voters in Bristol might be persuaded to vote a different way because of the graphic in these instructions, clearly it shouldn't have been used.
"We are following up with the counting officer for Bristol City to ensure that it is amended before any further postal voting packs are issued to voters in the area."
A Bristol City Council spokesperson said: "This form is designed to explain the logistics of voting by post and not to suggest how someone should vote.
"The placement of the pen graphic was entirely incidental and we do not believe that anybody could reasonably be influenced by such a graphic.
"However, given current sensitivities, for all future postal vote dispatches the form and graphic will be amended."
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The Electoral Commission has called on Bristol city council to scrap an EU referendum how-to-vote guide over claims it favours the Remain campaign.
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McDowell has dropped to 89th in the world rankings and as is stands, is not in the field for the Masters or the WGC Match Play in Mexico in early March.
"The Masters is not something I'm going to beat myself up about," said the 2010 US Open champion, who is now 37.
"If come Bay Hill (mid-March) I'm not in, I'm not going to add more events."
However, McDowell believes with him playing in Qatar and Dubai on the European Tour and the Genesis Open and Honda Classic in America over the coming five weeks, he is capable of putting himself in contention to earn spots at the World Match Play and Augusta.
"I'm more motivated than I have been for a while. I still have the belief that my good is good enough (to compete at the very top). I have just got to work hard and get out and be calm and believe in myself," added McDowell, who missed out on a fifth Ryder Cup appearance last year.
McDowell says his watchword in the early weeks of the season will be "patience" as he focuses on the whole campaign rather an obsession with ensuring a ninth Masters appearance.
"World ranking is very important but it's a step by step process. Getting back in the top 50 is goal number one and then back into the top 25 and competing in all the major championships.
"How long is the road going to be? It could be a long road or a short road but I'm going to be patient with it.
"The Masters is not going to be the be all and end all for me as my record around Augusta is not great.
"Things like the World Match Play and getting ready for the British Open are also on my radar."
McDowell did achieve five top-10 finishes in 2016 but he admits he "struggled for consistency" for much of the season.
"I felt like when I played well, I did play well and posted some decent finishes but I was inconsistent and missed a lot of cuts."
The Northern Irishman accepts that becoming a father for the second time during the year may have allowed his focus to drift away from his golf.
"Getting married and having children are big steps in life. You never really understand what they are going to do to you from a priorities points of view, a mental point of view and a desire to play golf point of view.
"I think they affected me more than I thought they were going to but I wouldn't change anything for the world. I've got two very healthy and beautiful young kids at home and I'm enjoying that stage of my life."
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Champion jockey AP McCoy was denied a fairytale Aintree farewell, finishing fifth on favourite Shutthefrontdoor.
Aspell, who won in 2014 aboard Pineau De Re, steered his 25-1 shot to the front three fences from home and then held off the challenge of Saint Are to win by a length and three-quarters.
Monbeg Dude finished third and Alvarado came in fourth.
Aspell, 38, becomes the first jockey since Brian Fletcher on Red Rum in 1973 and 1974 to win back-to-back Nationals, while it was a third success for 79-year-old owner Trevor Hemmings, who has previously won with Hedgehunter and Ballabriggs.
Aspell said: "It was wonderful and we will certainly celebrate tonight. I asked some big questions, but he dug deep.
"We really refreshed and recharged his battery and I tried to conserve energy. He is all heart. All season, he has had hard races. Win lose or draw, that's the best ride I have had in the National. I just hoped his battery life lasted out and it did."
McCoy appeared well placed in the latter stages, but Shutthefrontdoor tired badly from the elbow.
"I thought from the third-last fence I was running on empty," McCoy said.
"I will miss riding horses and races like that. I thought for a long way he could win. It was my last National but was a very enjoyable one."
The Northern Irishman had said he would retire immediately if he had won, but the 40-year-old could now race on until the Sandown meeting at the end of April.
Winning trainer Oliver Sherwood was in tears after his decision to run Many Clouds was vindicated.
The eight-year-old was a disappointing sixth in last month's Cheltenham Gold Cup after winning the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury in November and scoring at Cheltenham in January.
Many Clouds becomes the youngest winner of the National since Bindaree in 2002 and at 11st 9lb, the heaviest winner since Red Rum.
He also won £561,300 for Hemmings out of a total prize fund of £1m.
About 72,000 spectators turned out on a sunny day at Aintree to watch the 168th running of the National.
McCoy had been strongly backed in the lead-up to the race - with more money wagered on this National than any other horse race - and bookmakers had feared a £50m pay-out if he had claimed his second victory over the 30 National fences.
Nina Carberry, the only female jockey in the race, finished 16th on First Lieutenant.
Balthazar King, one of the favourites, had a heavy fall at the Canal Turn and was taken to University of Liverpool Equine Hospital (Leahurst) for further assessment.
Top six: 1. Many Clouds (25-1) 2. Saint Are (25-1) 3. Monbeg Dude (40-1) 4. Alvarado (20-1) 5. Shutthefrontdoor (6-1 fav) 6. Royale Knight (25-1).
Nineteen of 39 starters finished - click here for the full finishing order.
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Chris Horn, from Newbury in Berkshire, came up with the idea whilst on his tractor and hopes the idea could spread across the UK.
He says the business model could help other young farmers but adds that 40% of their revenue goes on licensing fees.
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A fourth generation farmer has found a novel way to diversify his business by showing movies in his fields.
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Pollard bowled a big no-ball when Lewis was on 97 off 32 balls, with St Kitts and Nevis Patriots needing one run to beat Barbados Tridents in the Twenty20 competition.
The no-ball gave 25-year-old Lewis' side the win but saw him miss out on the chance of a ton after he and captain Chris Gayle reached 129-0.
Cricket statistician and journalist Mazher Arshad said: "So Kieron Pollard bowls a no-ball to deny Evin Lewis a hundred in CPL. Suraj Randiv was suspended for a match when he did that to [Virender] Sehwag in 2010."
Cricket supporter Mainraj Paudel called Pollard's actions a "shameless act" on Twitter, while another spectator, Abhishek Chaturvedi, accused Pollard of showing "zero sportsmanship".
Lewis, however, was more diplomatic.
In a televised post-match interview, he said: "It hurts [missing out on the hundred], but hitting 97 not out off 33 balls? I'll take that any day.
"I've been hitting the ball long and hard in the nets. I'm confident now and looking forward to the play-offs."
If Lewis had completed his century in 33 balls, it would have been the second fastest of all time - just behind Chris Gayle's 30-ball IPL knock in 2013.
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Some 1.5 million vapers are ex-smokers, compared with 1.3 million who still use tobacco, a survey of 12,000 adults for Action on Smoking and Health found.
But Ash said the message that vaping was much less harmful than smoking had not yet got through to all smokers.
Some nine million still smoke in the UK despite a big rise in e-cigarette use.
In 2012, there were 700,000 vapers in the UK; now there are 2.9 million.
The main reason ex-smokers give for vaping is to help them stop smoking.
Current smokers say they do it principally to reduce the amount they smoke.
Scientists say current evidence suggests that the risks of exposure to toxins for e-cigarette users are likely to be low - and much lower than with tobacco.
Deborah Arnott, the campaigning health charity's chief executive, said the figures on vapers who had quit smoking were "excellent news" but that the rate of people switching to electronic versions had peaked.
"The rapid growth in e-cigarette use has come to an end," she said.
This is because more than a third of smokers have still never tried e-cigarettes, as a result of concerns about the safety and addictiveness of e-cigarettes.
But research suggests that 26% of people think e-cigarettes are more - or equally as - harmful as smoking tobacco while only 13% believe they are a lot less harmful.
"It's very important smokers realise that vaping is much, much less harmful than smoking," she added.
Ann McNeill, professor of tobacco addiction at King's College London, said: "The message for the 1.3 million vapers who still smoke is that they need to go further and switch completely."
People who combine electronic and standard cigarette smoking are still being exposed to the cancer-causing substances in tobacco smoke, increasing their risk of lung cancers, bronchitis and other diseases, although Public Health England believes levels of nicotine in e-cigarettes are unlikely to pose any significant health risk.
But critics say there is no convincing evidence that e-cigarettes help people quit smoking and argue they could even encourage non-smokers to start.
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For the first time, more than half of the UK's electronic-cigarette users have since given up smoking tobacco, a study suggests.
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The company, which is based in Stokesley, is building a third fermenter at its site in Billingham to increase production by up to 50%.
The deal will create about 100 new jobs during construction then a further 300 to operate the facility.
Stockton North Labour MP Alex Cunningham said it was "tremendous good news" for local people.
The company employs about 600 people and exports to 13 countries around the world including Australia and the USA.
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About 400 jobs are to be created across Teesside and North Yorkshire thanks to £30m of investment from Quorn Foods.
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The 26-year-old, who has not featured for Sunderland this season, could make his debut for the Championship side against QPR on Saturday.
The former Chelsea trainee is the first player to join Leeds since Steve Evans was appointed head coach last month.
Meanwhile, the Black Cats have recalled winger Will Buckley, 26, from his loan spell with the Elland Road side.
Buckley joined the club on a three-month loan in October, but has not played in any of the club's last four matches.
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Leeds United have signed Sunderland midfielder Liam Bridcutt on loan until the start of January.
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In a nerve-stricken performance, Boreham Wood struggled to create anything at a quiet Meadow Park.
The Silkmen had the game's best chances, as Chris Holroyd tested Boreham Wood's James Russell before Kristian Dennis fired wide.
Harry White had the Wood's best chance, shooting over the bar as neither side could break the deadlock.
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Boreham Wood's 0-0 draw at home to Macclesfield saw them fall into the National League relegation zone.
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The 23-year-old has been linked with a move away from the Rec after his father Mike was sacked as head coach last May.
Ford is under contract at Bath until 2018, but is understood to have a break clause in that deal for this summer and Sale are keen to talk to him.
"If we get an opportunity we will," Diamond told BBC Sport.
"He's still in contract with Bath so we don't know where that is up to."
Asked if their current 10th-placed position in the Premiership could affect any offer to Oldham-born Ford, Diamond responded: "No, as people come for money and ambition, and if you've got the money then you've got the ambition - Wasps are a good example."
Sale signed USA international AJ MacGinty and Dan Mugford from Nottingham this season after Danny Cipriani moved to Wasps and George's older brother Joe left for Yorkshire Carnegie.
However, outside centre Sam James currently is playing at 10 for Sale who are on a run of nine defeats in a row in all competitions.
Meanwhile, Castleford Tigers have claimed they should receive £500,000 in compensation after Sale signed winger Denny Solomona, who has scored four tries in four games since his rugby union debut.
Solomona was under contract with the Super League outfit until 2018 but left them to sign a three-year deal at Sale.
Cas have launched legal action against the Sharks, Solomona and his agent Andy Clark.
"They openly said we'd made them an offer which was substantially more than what Warrington Wolves had offered them and they rejected that," added Diamond.
"We feel vindicated by what we have done as we signed a player after he resigned and they'd sacked him.
"Castleford's claim is 10 times what he was earning. Maybe they should have thought of that and paid him what he is worth one would suggest."
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Zakariya Ashiq, 20, from Coventry, was found guilty of two counts of preparing acts of terrorism at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.
He was arrested at Heathrow Airport in November after failing to cross into Syria from Jordan.
He admitted trying to get to Syria but said he had been forced to leave the UK because he was being "harassed" by MI5.
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A British man who attempted to join Islamic State in Syria has been jailed for six years.
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The Binos parted company with McLaren on Saturday after a 4-0 home defeat to Elgin City.
That loss left them second bottom of Scottish League Two.
"No one could have worked harder than Stuart and I wish him every success in the future," said chairman Stuart Brown on the official website.
Former Stirling player McLaren was appointed boss in November 2014 following a spell managing Australian side Brisbane Strikers.
However, he could not save them from relegation, and they finished seventh last season.
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Toulon's Halfpenny, 27, has started at full-back in the autumn internationals against Australia and Argentina, with Wales to host Japan on Saturday.
Williams says Scarlets' Liam Williams should move over to full-back instead.
"I used to enjoy playing on the opposite wing to Leigh and he used to score a lot of tries and create a lot of opportunities," Williams said.
"For that reason I'd love to see Leigh back on the wing.
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"Liam Williams is playing with such confidence at the moment you could put him in any position and he would still perform."
Liam Williams missed Wales' defeat to Australia through injury but started on the wing and scored his side's first try in the win over Argentina last Saturday.
Wales host Japan in their third game of the autumn series at Cardiff's Principality Stadium, with interim coach Rob Howley considering resting players.
Howley has hinted Ospreys wing Keelan Giles could win his first senior cap against Japan and Shane Williams believes the 18-year-old should be given his chance.
"I think a game against a team like Japan would suit Keelan," said Williams, who has been inducted into World Rugby's Hall of Fame.
"I think it will be an open game and probably more chances and room for him to create than there would have been against Australia and Argentina.
"Perhaps it's time Wales take the shackles off him and let us see what he can do.
"He's a great players that's only going to get better."
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About 40,000 high-strength painkillers were recovered in Craigavon at one of three locations searched by police on Wednesday.
Two men have been arrested.
A police spokeswoman said it was dangerous to take such drugs without a prescription.
Officers were "relieved that such a significant quantity has been removed from circulation", she added.
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A substantial amount of prescription medication, believed to be stolen, has been recovered by police in County Armagh.
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The position, in her Edmonton constituency office, will now be re-advertised with a £9.40 an hour salary.
"Kate does not believe in paying anyone less than the London Living Wage," a spokeswoman said.
Ms Osamor, who was promoted to Labour's front bench in Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle, campaigns against low pay.
The original advertisement, on the W4MP jobs board, for a constituency intern, listed responsibilities including " community-based projects relating to the constituency", gathering and evaluating data and "general administrative support".
It asked for degree-level qualifications, "enthusiasm" and "commitment to the full duration of the role". The salary was listed as "expenses" and it was described as a "voluntary role".
The advert was withdrawn after Ms Osamor, who entered Parliament in May's general election, came under fire from campaigners in an International Business Times article. Tanya De Grunwald, a campaigner for fair internships and founder of careers website Graduate Fog it was "astonishing" that MPs were still failing to connect the dots between their political principles and their own hiring practices.
Ms De Grunwald said it was "great" that the ad had been taken down but she said it was "disappointing that mistakes like this are still happening when surely everyone is aware of how unfair unpaid internships are by now. When you post an ad for an unpaid role you should know in your gut that it's wrong."
She said MPs needed to "sort out proper processes for hiring these roles so errors and misunderstandings like this can't happen".
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The 25-year-old United States midfielder played 45 times for Hearts since joining them in March 2016 from DC United but at the tail end of last season found himself out of favour under head coach Ian Cathro.
He joins Randers on a two-year deal.
Of the side who finished seventh last season, Kitchen said: "It's a really good opportunity for me at this time."
New Hearts signing Ashley Smith-Brown limped off after only 27 minutes of his first outing for the Edinburgh side, a 1-0 friendly defeat by St Patrick's Athletic.
But Cathro said the on-loan Manchester City left-back, who had himself come on as a half-time substitute, was replaced with 21-year-old Angus Beith as a purely precautionary measure.
"He just felt something when he turned and this is a point in the season where you just don't need to take any risks," said the head coach.
"We'll just manage that and make sure it's okay.
"Pre-season is about building our conditioning and also about trying to avoid injury as best we can."
Fellow new signing Kyle Lafferty also made his first appearance in a Hearts shirt after being introduced with quarter of an hour left.
Cathro revealed he will treat the Northern Ireland striker, who has started just 22 club games in the last three seasons, cautiously as he looks to build up his fitness.
"It was important that Kyle got minutes," he said. "He's not had anywhere near as many training sessions as everyone else, so we're just going gradually with that.
"But it was good for him to get on to the pitch and we'll go step by step to build him up.
"We played against a team that's pretty much in the full flow of their season, so it's a really good match."
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Ian Elliott is head coach for the City of Coventry Water Polo teams, which compete at the highest national and European levels.
He said the teams were "under threat" from the proposed pool changes.
Coventry City Council said it was considering the inclusion of a 50m pool in its new site proposal.
Ed Ruane, cabinet member for sport at the council, said the current facility costs £2,000 a day to run.
The council believes the existing Fairfax Street sport centre is no longer fit for purpose. Instead it is proposing a new 25m water park.
Mr Elliott said the city's teams had been "supported strongly by Coventry City Council" but did not want to lose the current pool, which "is ideal for water polo".
The pool is home to water polo teams for youths and seniors of both sexes.
They currently have two girls in the academy GB squad and six youths in British water polo regional training.
Charlotte Noble, goalkeeper for the ladies team, said: "Hopefully people can realise how important the pool is to us."
Water polo is just one of the activities that could be affected by the pool closure.
Earl Radtschenko, 17, from Coventry, is a swimmer who hopes to represent Britain in the Rio Olympics.
He said: "I believe the desire to succeed comes from within, but having a 50m pool and an Olympic coach in Coventry has certainly helped."
Adam Ruckwood, the City of Coventry Swimming Club's head coach and a former Olympian, said some swimmers would have to leave the club if the facility closed, "which would be an absolute tragedy".
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They were named artists of the year and also took home album of the year and favourite pop/rock album.
"This has been a real perfect day... America feels like a second home to us," said Liam Payne.
Katy Perry, who did not appear at the ceremony in Los Angeles, also won three awards, including one for best single for Dark Horse featuring Juicy J.
The awards, many of which are decided by a fan vote, also saw Taylor Swift speak out again in defence of traditional models of music distribution.
The singer, who was presented the Dick Clark award for excellence by Motown musician Diana Ross, thanked fans for acknowledging her campaign.
"What you did by going out and investing in music and albums is you're saying that you believe in the same thing that I believe in - that music is valuable and that music should be consumed in albums, and albums should be consumed as art and appreciated," she said.
After the release of 1989, Swift removed all of her albums from Spotify, saying the streaming service devalued music and did not pay artists enough.
Iggy Azalea beat the likes of Eminem and Drake to the title of favourite rap/hip hop artist.
"This award is the first award I've ever won in my entire life, and it means so much to me that it is for best hip hop because that's what inspired me to move to America and pursue my dreams, and it's what helped me when I was a teenager to escape and to get through my life and to better times," the 24-year-old said.
"And it means so much that I can stand here against Eminem and Drake and come out with this."
Calvin Harris and Sam Smith took home favourite artist awards in the EDM and pop/rock categories. Frozen was named best soundtrack.
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The security breach by Norfolk County Council came to light in April 2014 when the cabinet was bought and the social work case files were found.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the documents included information relating to seven children.
The ICO said the council had "no good reason" for breaching confidentiality.
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The council apologised for the data breach and said it had tightened procedures.
Steve Eckersley, ICO head of enforcement, said: "The council had disposed of some furniture as part of an office move but had failed to ensure that the cabinets were empty before disposal.
"Councils have a duty to look after any personal information they hold, all the more so when highly sensitive information is concerned - in particular about adults and children in vulnerable circumstances.
"For no good reason Norfolk County Council appears to have overlooked the need to ensure it had robust measures in place to protect this information.
"It should have had a written procedure in place which made it clear that any storage items removed from the office which may have contained personal were thoroughly checked before disposal."
The ICO added that having the "appropriate staff and procedures in place is key to ensuring councils look after personal information properly".
Simon George, executive director for finance and commercial services at the council, said: "We want to reassure residents that we have robust data protection procedures and have tightened practice in the light of the case published today.
"As a council we take data protection very seriously and we are very sorry that our practice fell short on this occasion.
"In the three years since this occurred, we have taken strong and effective action to ensure it is not repeated."
The county council was fined £80,000 in February 2012 by the ICO after a confidential social worker report was sent to the wrong address.
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A council has been fined £60,000 for leaving confidential files about vulnerable children in a cabinet which was sent to a second-hand shop.
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The merger would create the world's largest airline.
As part of the agreement, which must still be approved by a judge, the airlines will give up slots at several US airports.
The two companies argued the consolidation was necessary to their survival.
The US Justice Department had sued to stop the $11bn (£6.9bn) merger in August, arguing it would reduce competition and result in higher prices for consumers.
"This agreement has the potential to shift the landscape of the airline industry...[and] ensures airline passengers will see more competition on nonstop and connecting routes throughout the country," said Attorney General Eric Holder in a statement.
The two airlines will each give up 57 slots to low-cost carrier airlines at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Washington DC and 34 slots at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in New York City.
The companies say this will result in 44 fewer daily departures at Reagan and 12 fewer daily departures at LGA - a fraction of the close to 400 daily flights that the airlines operate from those two airports.
"They dominated Reagan Airport, that's why they had the Department of Justice concerned," Ray Neidl, an airline analyst at Nexa Capital, told the BBC, who said that giving up slots at the airport was an unsurprising part of the agreement.
"It was better than litigating," he added.
An additional two slots each at Boston Logan International, Chicago O'Hare International, Dallas Love Field, Los Angeles International and Miami International airports will be released.
The slots will be given to low cost airlines like JetBlue and Southwest.
"This agreement allows us to take the final steps in creating the new American Airlines," said Tom Horton, head of American Airline's parent corporation, AMR, in a statement.
The company now says it expects the merger to be finalised in December 2013.
AMR Corp has been in a bankruptcy restructuring for two years and it is hoped that once the merger is finalised, the company will be able to complete its turnaround.
Shares in US Airways traded 3.5% higher before being halted on pending news. They were lower once the specifics of the deal had been announced.
The anti-trust trial had been scheduled to start later this month.
The US Justice Department had been joined by the attorneys-general of Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Tennessee, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, but all have agreed to the proposed settlement.
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Emmanuel Macron won to become the country's youngest president at 39-years-old.
He beat rival Marine Le Pen comfortably.
Jenny spoke to two kids in Paris to find out what they think of the result.
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The people of France had a big vote on Sunday to decide who they want to run their country for the next five years.
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Reckitt Benckiser (RB) confirmed the plastic bottles were used for the stain removal product Vanish.
Bottles started arriving at Poldhu Cove on the Lizard on Sunday before more arrived at Porthleven on Friday.
The firm said the bottles came from a container lost at sea off a ship in 2015.
RB said it was "providing all the agencies involved in the clear up with logistical and financial support".
Volunteers and staff from Culdrose Naval Air Station carried out another clean up on Friday at Poldhu beach.
Cornwall Council said 18,720 bottles were being transported in the container, of which approximately half have already been accounted for.
It is thought the vessel lost the container near Land's End in May.
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A global firm has admitted responsibility for thousands of pink bottles washing up around the coast of Cornwall.
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The Scots head to Italy aiming for a first championship victory since they won in Rome, 21-20, in February 2014.
"The belief is still there amongst the squad," said Bennett, 23.
"We all know we can go on and win the next three games. There is no reason why we can't. It is just about taking that first step."
After Saturday's match in Rome, Scotland host France on Sunday, 13 March before completing their campaign away to Ireland on the final day of the championship, 19 March.
They have only ever won three matches in a single Six Nations campaign once, back in 2006, and have not beaten France in their last 10 meetings since that year.
Scotland have won five of their last six meetings with Italy, including home and away victories in warm-up Tests before last year's World Cup, but have lost on five of their eight Six Nations visits to Rome.
Head coach Vern Cotter is set to make several changes after the 27-23 defeat by Wales when he confirms his match-day squad on Thursday.
Glasgow flanker Ryan Wilson could return after being omitted from the initial Six Nations squad, while Harlequins wing Tim Visser and Glasgow centre Peter Horne are also in contention after recovering from injury problems.
Full-back Stuart Hogg (back) and wing Tommy Seymour (ankle) are set to be passed fit after suffering knocks in Cardiff, while Duncan Taylor could retain the number 12 jersey ahead of fit-again Matt Scott after a strong outing against Wales.
"He [Taylor] was very easy to play alongside," added Bennett, still searching for his first Six Nations victory after seven attempts.
"He is very vocal so he makes my job a lot easier when you know exactly what he is doing.
"I also think the fact he is very relaxed as a person helps, so he is quite a calming influence to be around."
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Irishwoman Taylor, bidding to win a sixth consecutive World title, lost a split decision against France's Estelle Mossely in Kazakhstan.
Taylor, 29, was given all four rounds by one judge but the other two judges handed Mossely a countback victory.
The Bray fighter takes bronze but does secure Rio Olympics qualification.
Taylor's domination of the 60kg division was dented last month by a unanimous points defeat by Azerbaijan's Yana Alekseevna at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Turkey.
The Irish boxer hadn't lost a fight at the world championships since 2005 when she was defeated by North Korea's Kang Kum-Hui in the quarter-finals.
The judging appeared decidedly confusing during Thursday's contest with Taylor given the third round on all three cards despite the Frenchwoman appearing to dominate the round.
Taylor then appeared to edge the final round only for two of the judges to plump for Mossely.
That left Taylor a 40-36 winner on one of the cards while the two judges that marked the contest 38-38 gave Mossely a countback victory.
The Irishwoman had beaten Mossely in their three previous contests.
Irish light-welterweight Kellie Harrington is through to the final of the World Championships after an emphatic semi-final victory over Canada's Sara Cali in Kazakhstan.
The Dublin fighter is guaranteed at least a silver medal ahead of Friday's final against China's Wenlu Yang in the non-Olympic weight.
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Panthers, who also won the Challenge Cup this season, led at the end of the first period thanks to a fierce hit by Stephen Schultz from the blue line.
Blaze goaltender Brian Stewart made numerous saves to keep his side in the match going into the closing stages.
But Schultz teed up Kevin Quick to fire the second into the roof of the net.
Panthers keeper Miika Wiikman was then able to see out a 30-save shut-out, most notable for fine saves from Ashley Tait and Mike Quesnele.
However, Nottingham were good value for their victory and could easily have won by a greater margin had it not been for Stewart.
The Canadian also saved short-handed breakaways from Brad Moran and Evan Mosey and made an incredible stop to thwart Juraj Kolnik.
Earlier, Cardiff Devils thrashed Fife Flyers 6-0 in the third and fourth place play-off.
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Nottingham Panthers secured their fifth play-off title of the Elite League era by beating Coventry Blaze in a nervy final at the National Ice Centre.
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The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) report said the drug - known as "ice" - posed the highest risk to Australian communities of any illegal substance.
It also found that the purity of the drug had increased over the past few years, making it even more dangerous.
Methylamphetamine comes in a range of forms, with the crystal "ice" variety the most common in Australia.
The price of crystal meth in Australia is among the highest in the world, the report found, driving the country's organised crime gangs to trade increasingly in the drug.
According to the report, gangs supplying the drug were also mixing other illegal substances into crystal meth in an attempt to increase addiction levels.
The ACC said there had been a "considerable increase in the number and weight of detections at the Australian border" without any decrease in domestic production.
It said Mexican drug cartels were becomingly increasingly involved in supplying the drug abroad, working with distribution networks in other countries such as Australia.
The precursor chemicals used by Australia's domestic producers to "cook" the drug were being increasingly imported from India and China, it found.
Chris Dawson, chief executive of the ACC, said the "availability and addictive nature" of crystal meth had "created new demand in urban, rural and disadvantaged communities".
"Ice is a devastating, insidious drug. It affects everyone from users, their families, and their communities, and the authorities who deal with the users," he said.
In November last year, New South Wales police seized more than 800 kilograms of methylamphetamine, along with two tonnes of MDMA - worth a combined estimated street value of A$1.5bn (£800m; $1.2m).
And earlier this month, police discovered 230 kilograms of liquid methylamphetamine in a consignment of 20,000 bottles of flavoured water destined for a Sydney warehouse.
The ACC report recommended a "collective national response" to deal with the drug's increasing prevalence.
"Everyone plays a role in the fight against illicit drugs - including governments, law enforcement, health, education, industry, non-government organisations and the community," Mr Dawson said.
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Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union drivers walked out on the Central and Waterloo and City lines in protest over the displacement of staff.
A reduced service is running on the Central Line, but there is a good service on the Waterloo and City line.
Other London Underground services are running as normal although commuters have been warned they could be busier.
The strike began at 21:00 GMT on Wednesday.
The dispute centres around plans to transfer eight train operators between Central line depots.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "If [London Underground] are allowed to get away with this move on the Central Line they will start shunting drivers around at the drop of a hat regardless of the consequences."
Peter McNaught, operations director for the Central line, said: "We have made all reasonable efforts to resolve this dispute."
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Councillor Richard Kemp named and shamed companies which sell fast food as he called for a sugar tax.
He wants the city solicitor to work with the director of public health to draw up a Parliamentary bill regulating sugar in food.
Councillor Kemp said a Soil Association report highlighted meals available in "Pizza Hut, Frankie and Benny's and Nando's" for excess sugar.
The fast food companies have been contacted by the BBC but have not commented.
Councillor Kemp said the city led the way on the smoking ban and could be pioneering on sugar.
His proposal requests the city solicitor works with the director of public health to draw up a Parliamentary Bill "which would give the council powers to regulate the amount of sugar in foods sold in fast food outlets, restaurants and takeaways".
It also asks the director of public health to work with the Clinical Commissioning Group to promote a health awareness campaign within the city to highlight the real dangers to long-term health of excessive salt and sugar in diets.
Mr Kemp said: "If a child has two fizzy drinks and a fluffy ice-cream pudding they will have consumed seven times the daily recommended sugar".
He said the smoking ban in public places began in Liverpool and led to pressure on the government, adding if "we have a city of people that waddle, we will have a city that dies early".
Professor Simon Capewell, from Liverpool University, who founded Action on Sugar, said the campaign needed to target the "affordability, availability and acceptability" of sugar.
McDonald's, although not identified by Councillor Kemp, said it has carried out "extensive work" to evolve its recipes and reduce sugar and salt for "over 30 years" and provides customers with clear nutrition information.
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The study by Duke Health in the US and published in the New England Journal of Medicine looked at 4,274 babies born between 22 and 24 weeks.
Compared with those born a decade earlier, a larger percentage were now toddlers without signs of moderate or severe cognitive and motor delay.
Changes to care are being credited with the improvement.
About 30% of children included in the study who were born between the years 2000 and 2003 survived, but that rate increased to 36% for babies born in 2008 to 2011.
The proportion of survivors who did not have a neurological impairment rose from 16% to 20%.
The best outcomes were for children born at 23 to 24 weeks.
Researcher Prof Noelle Younge called the findings "encouraging".
"We see evidence of improvement over time. But we do need to keep an eye on the overall numbers, as a large percentage of infants born at this stage still do not survive.
"Those who survive without significant impairment at about age two are still at risk for numerous other challenges to their overall health."
Full-term babies are born at 37 to 40 weeks.
Prof Michael Cotten, one of the other lead researchers, said changes in the culture of neonatal intensive care units were behind the improvement.
"We've taken a big focus on preventing infections, and there's a lot more encouragement and support for the use of mothers' milk than there was 15 years ago, which has also been linked to better outcomes."
There has also been a decrease in infection rates in neonatal intensive care units over the past two decades, which Prof Cotten said was important.
The greater use of steroids in mothers at risk of premature birth to help the baby develop in the womb is also thought to have contributed to the increase in survival and fewer signs of developmental delay, he added.
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Latest figures released by EMAS reveal it has a £8.74m deficit - 20 times higher than predicted.
The NHS Trust Development Authority, which monitors trusts, said it was working closely with the service to help address financial pressures.
EMAS said it has spent more on extra vehicles, staff, training and overtime payments.
It had predicted an overspend of about £500,000 at the start of the year.
The money problems at EMAS are getting worse.
One of the biggest problems is handover delays to A&E because they're too busy to accept patients straight away.
So far this year, more than 10,000 patients have had to wait more than an hour and because the ambulance service gets paid for each patient it takes to hospital, they are losing out.
Also the NHS would like to treat more people at home, but of course it is a financial disincentive.
Our busiest A&E department at Leicester Royal Infirmary is trying to sort it out, but I don't think there's any quick fix.
EMAS claims it is owed £2.6m in compensation for the handover delays, which has contributed to the overspend.
The deficit could rise as demand for the emergency service traditionally increases in January and February.
Richard Wheeler, director of finance of EMAS, said: "The challenges we face come with an increase in cost, including cost of training and upskilling our frontline staff, given the national shortage in paramedics.
"[Also an] increased cost in providing additional staff and vehicles to cover for staff delayed at hospitals, and also extra payments for shifts which don't finish on time.
"Our five-year business plan... will contribute financially and to future sustainability.
"We will not do anything that will impact negatively on patient safety or care," he added.
A spokesperson for the NHS Trust Development Authority said: "It is a challenging time... and [we] are working closely with EMAS to help them address ongoing pressures around finances."
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East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) has overspent by almost £9m so far this financial year.
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After a dominant start from the visitors, Aberdeen exploded into life when Jonny Hayes fired home an unstoppable drive from 25 yards.
Simon Church marked his debut with a goal when he bundled home from close range to make it 2-0 at Pittodrie.
Leigh Griffiths pulled one back in injury time, but the Dons held on to cut the gap on Celtic to three points.
It was a sensational atmosphere in this top-of-the-table clash, which saw striker Church make his debut for the hosts with Efe Ambrose taking a seat on the bench.
The early exchanges were combative and committed but restricted to long-range efforts that did not threaten an opener.
Celtic grew in confidence going forward during the first half, and there were strong claims for a penalty as Shay Logan was thought to have handled the ball.
The contest then erupted and it was Aberdeen who decisively struck.
Hayes gathered a clearance about 25 yards from goal and hit a fabulous strike which crept inside goalkeeper Craig Gordon's post.
As Celtic manager Ronny Deila looked on in horror, things got worse for his side as Aberdeen roared further ahead.
Hayes sent in a corner, Kenny McLean nodded on and debutant Church kneed the ball home from close range to send Pittodrie wild.
McLean came close to a third just before half-time with a fierce drive from outside the box which Gordon diverted.
Deila's half-time response was to hand a debut to Colin Kazim-Richards at the expense of Stuart Armstrong.
However, it was Aberdeen who should have gone further ahead.
Defensive indecision presented Church with a glorious chance to seal it, but he somehow screwed the ball wide from close range.
Celtic struggled to create until Scott Brown hooked the ball across for Griffiths, who looked certain to bury a header back across goal, but it inched past the far post.
Niall McGinn then fired from distance and Gordon cleared the ball as it looked to be heading just wide.
Then Griffiths cut inside onto his left foot and fired past Scott Brown to pull one back for Celtic in stoppage time, but there was not enough time left to search for an equaliser.
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The British Medical Association in Scotland makes the proposal in its manifesto for the Scottish Parliament elections in May next year.
It says the measure could help children form the habits of a lifetime.
The Scottish government said it had worked for a decace to ensure health promotion was "at the heart of a school's activities".
The BMA represents around 16,000 doctors in Scotland.
School meals are now free for children in the first three years of primary education, but the BMA says its survey of local authorities suggests they have cut back on the amount of fruit and vegetables offered for free outside school meals.
Last year 16 out of Scotland's 32 councils provided free fruit and vegetables but by this year, this had fallen to just 11.
None of the councils provided fruit and veg to children above P3, and none provides it more than three days a week.
The BMA says the NHS is facing rising demand for its services and promoting healthy behaviour is essential to reduce demand.
BMA Scotland council chairman Peter Bennie said: "Providing primary school pupils with free fruit or vegetables means that they are less likely to eat unhealthy snacks between meals and helps to build positive habits that can last throughout their lives.
"Investing in children's health in this way can help them to lead healthier lives and reduce the burden on the NHS in the long-term.
"It is concerning that several local authorities have actually scrapped the provision of free fruit and vegetables in schools in recent years.
"Action is needed to address this variation and ensure that primary school pupils in all parts of the country benefit equally from free fruit and vegetables."
In September the Scottish government-funded Scottish Health Survey suggested that children eat even fewer portions of fruit and vegetables than adults.
Scottish adults ate an average of 3.1 portions a day whereas children aged 2-15 ate an average of 2.8.
Only 14% of children were getting the recommended five portions a day.
The BMA says its survey of 2000 parents of school-aged children in the UK suggests that 8 out of 10 (79%) support the idea of free fruit and vegetables for all primary school children.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "Under this government, 129,000 children in primary one to three now have access to a healthy, free school meal - a policy which benefits children and their families alike. In total, almost 260,000 pupils are now registered for free school meals.
"The Scottish government is committed to a whole school approach to healthy eating and have worked for the past decade to ensure that health promotion is at the heart of a school's activities. The delivery of this approach rests with local authorities as part of school food provision."
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The hosts resumed on 416-2 and despite losing seven wickets while adding 143, they still declared on a massive 559-9.
David Warner edged to second slip after adding only nine to his overnight 244.
New Zealand soon lost openers Martin Guptill and Tom Latham but Kane Williamson (70 not out) and Ross Taylor helped them to 140-2 at the close.
Taylor made an unbeaten 26 as the third-wicket pair shared an unbroken stand of 53, fending off the Australian attack with a stubborn rearguard action.
That partnership is expected to be key if their side are to make significant inroads into a deficit which still stands at 419.
New Zealand are already 1-0 down in the series, having lost the opening Test in Brisbane.
The declaration came not long after off-spinner Mark Craig (3-123) picked up the wickets of Peter Nevill, Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson in the same over, all three falling with the score on 547.
However, Starc then struck in the third over when he trapped Guptill lbw for one, while Latham (36) added 81 with Williamson before he was caught at slip.
However, there was some concern for Australia with batsman Usman Khawaja now a doubt for the day-night Test in Adelaide later this month
Khawaja, 28, scored 121 in Australia's first innings but re-injured his left hamstring while fielding on Saturday and will undergo a scan on Sunday.
"My fingers are crossed that he can try and recover in the next 10 to 15 days," said Warner.
"[Having scored] back-to-back hundreds, and running a lot out in the middle, and fielding at mid-off as well - having to chase a hell of a lot of balls to the boundary - is not ideal.
"But that's part and parcel of this game. It can be quite challenging."
Listen to ball-by-ball commentary of every day of the Test series on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra from 02:05 GMT.
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Yahye Omar Mohamed, 14, and Waseem Muflahi, 15, both from Birmingham, were on a trip to Barmouth, Gwynedd, on 7 August when they died.
A friend said they had been warned before they ventured into deeper water.
A conclusion of accidental death was recorded at Wednesday's inquest in Caernarfon.
Coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones said: "This is a classic situation of healthy active boys swimming in the sea, but not realising the dangers if they get caught in surf with strong undertow.
"I don't believe I can do anything to prevent further fatalities other than to warn people that there is no such thing as a safe beach, though the risks in Barmouth are no greater than anywhere else."
Mahdi Farah, a friend of the two boys who was rescued from the water, said the boys had been enjoying the water at a safe depth, but went out further than they should have.
"I went to give them a stern telling off," he said.
"But the strong waves were crashing down and they dragged us out. I was telling the boys to stay calm and battling to keep them upright.
"But every time I tried to swim to shore with them, the current kept dragging us back."
Harbourmaster Anthony Glyn told the hearing: "I saw three people in the water, scattered 50-100 metres apart, so I told two of my colleagues, beach wardens, to take a throw line and go into the water a small way to try and rescue the closest of the three.
"As soon as they did, another wave came and took my colleagues out too.
"They managed to get the throw line to Mahdi Farah and I called for urgent help from the coastguard and lifeboat.
"Then I saw one of the boys go under the water. As the lifeboat reached the line of the surf, the second boy disappeared."
The bodies of the boys were recovered on beaches north of Barmouth a few days later.
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Net profit for the quarter rose to 28.86bn rupees ($481m) from 23.74bn rupees a year earlier.
The figure beat analysts' expectations and shares in the company jumped 4% on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The IT outsourcing company recently appointed technology veteran Vishal Sikka as its chief executive.
A former board member at SAP, Mr Sikka is the first outsider to run Infosys.
Business has been improving for the Indian firm after a difficult period of lower client spending.
The company reported revenue of $2.1bn in the quarter, and maintained its forecast for full-year revenue growth at 7-9% in dollar terms.
Infosys currently employs 160,000 people, but it admitted that it had been losing employees to competitors and was taking steps to address this.
"Employee attrition rates are worrisome and we are implementing various initiatives to retain good talent", said chief operating officer U. B. Pravin Rao.
Infosys is seen as a key indicator of the health of India's IT outsourcing industry, which is valued at more than $100bn.
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Infosys, India's second-largest software firm, has reported a 21% increase in quarterly profit and maintained its revenue growth forecast.
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The rare plants around Dinas Bran, a medieval castle and iron age hillfort above Llangollen and the Dee Valley, have been awarded national recognition.
Natural Resources Wales says important species of birds and butterflies "rely on the grassland and other habitats".
It is also home to upright chickweed, shepherd's cress and greater broomrap.
"The grasslands found here are scarce in lowland Britain," said Richard May, conservation officer for NRW.
"And Dinas Bran has the second largest area in Wales of one type of acid grassland."
The remains of Dinas Bran castle and hillfort date back to the occupation of the princes of Powys Fadog in the mid 13th century and they have been protected since 1957.
"Dinas Bran is hugely popular with walkers, attracting thousands of people a year to visit the iron age hillfort and medieval castle set in a spectacular landscape," added Mr May.
"By working in partnership with landowners, we look forward to helping to manage the site's special features so that we and future generations can continue to enjoy Dinas Bran's rich natural and historical heritage."
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Current chief executive Don Mattrick, who joined the company in 2013, will leave, effective immediately.
"I am returning to the company that I love in order to accelerate innovation," Mr Pincus said in a statement.
He will receive a salary of $1.
Mr Mattrick said he will return to his native Canada, adding: "I believe the timing is now right for me to leave as CEO [chief executive officer] and let Mark lead the company into its next chapter given his passion for the founding vision and his ability to couple our mobile progress with Zynga's unique strengths."
Although Zynga - known primarily for its once-popular Facebook games like Farmville and Words with Friends - has stabilised under Mr Mattrick, the company has continued to struggle.
In its most recent earnings release, Zynga said it lost $225.9m (£152m) in 2014, compared to $37m a year earlier.
However, it said its mobile audience continued to grow - showing that it no longer relied on Facebook to generate a majority of its traffic.
Shares in the company were up more than 3% in trading after US markets had closed.
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Troubled game maker Zynga has announced that founder Mark Pincus will return to lead the company, as it struggles to repeat the success of hits like Farmville.
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The low-frequency active sonar, approved in 2012, is used to detect enemy submarines.
But it can also harm whales, dolphins and walruses that rely on underwater sound for navigating, catching prey and communicating, according to environmental groups.
The case will now be sent back to a lower court for further consideration.
In 2012, the National Marine Fisheries Service permitted navy sonar use but required it to shut down or delay use when a marine mammal was detected near the ships. Loud sonar pulses were also banned near coastlines and in certain protected waters.
Environmental groups, led by the Natural Resources Defense Council, filed a lawsuit in response, claiming the approval violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
The San Francisco federal appeals court ruled that the approval rules granted to the US Navy failed to meet a section of the protection act that required the programme to have "the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammals".
While it said it believed the navy had attempted to follow guidelines, it concluded that the fisheries service "did not give adequate protection to areas of the world's oceans flagged by its own experts as biologically important".
According to experts, the sonar systems used by the navy generate sound waves that can reach 235 decibels - a loud rock band reaches around 130.
These sound waves can travel for hundreds of miles under water and can retain an intensity of 140 decibels as far as 300 miles from their source.
Although direct correlations are hard to find, some scientists believe that the use of sonar has changed the behaviour of whales which have been observed swimming away, sometimes hundreds of miles, rapidly changing their depth and beaching themselves.
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Sonar approved for use by the US Navy broke marine laws, a US appeals court has ruled.
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The 113, including children and pregnant women, landed in Nuevo Laredo on Tuesday.
They were among thousands stranded in Costa Rica after neighbouring Nicaragua denied them passage north.
Cubans are allowed automatic residence when they set foot in the US.
But after the two counties normalised ties following years of animosity, the number of Cubans trying to reach the US surged amid fears the policy would be dropped.
Central American nations reached a deal last month allowing migrants stranded in Costa Rica to continue on to the US.
The first flight carrying about 180 flew from Costa Rica to El Salvador in January.
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A group of vulnerable Cuban migrants have been flown by the Costa Rican authorities to a Mexican border town, from where they are expected to enter the US.
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Former PSV Eindhoven trainee Sanoh will officially join the Reds at the end of his contract on 1 July.
The Dutchman, 21, made 26 appearances last season, scoring five goals.
He is Crawley's first signing since the League Two club appointed former Liverpool and Leeds star Harry Kewell as head coach on 23 May.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Crawley have signed midfielder Moussa Sanoh on a two-year contract after he was not offered a new deal by Dutch second division side RKC Waalwijk.
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Fury will face New Zealand's Joseph Parker for the WBO heavyweight title in April, with a venue yet to be decided.
Parker beat Mexican Andy Ruiz Jr in December to claim the belt that was vacated by Tyson Fury in October.
"Hughie is an exceptional character. He doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't do anything," Peter Fury said.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, he added: "I don't see where he can fall out of bed or go wrong.
"He is a nice young man in and out of the ring. He doesn't put on any image or front. He is a just a consummate professional - totally dedicated."
Tyson Fury said last year he had taken cocaine to help him deal with depression, and then gave up his WBO and WBA world heavyweight titles before having his licence to fight temporarily revoked.
"I am highly confident Hughie will toe the line," added Peter Fury. "He will be sensible - but, then again, I didn't think Tyson would ever do the things he has done.
"I'm not saying he's a quiet lad, but he is just normal. He is very pleasant, he's got no pressures. He's not married. He is totally dedicated to his sport."
However, Peter, who trained Tyson, hopes his nephew will return to the ring - with or without him in his corner.
"There has been a lot mistakes made after winning the world title. He has made a lot of bad judgements," he said.
"Whatever he does in the future, I am very proud of him for what he achieved in the sport."
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The athletes will wear the outfits at special events at the games in Rio this summer.
Children across the UK were asked to send in their messages of support for Team GB and then 10 of the best were chosen.
Leah was at a special photo shoot to meet the athletes wearing their new gear.
This report contains some flash photography.
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Team GB have been showing off their new suits that have good luck messages from children printed inside.
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The 11-year-old's recording of If Every Day Was Christmas received its first radio play on Wednesday before being made available online.
Profits from the song's sales will go to Global's Make Some Noise charity, which supports disadvantaged young people in the UK.
Beckham is being managed by Scooter Braun - who also signed Justin Bieber.
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Bieber was 13 years old when he released his first single One Time in 2009.
Earlier this week, the young Beckham launched his own Instagram account, where he has been posting images to promote the single.
He also used the page to upload videos of himself singing. In one clip, he is seen performing a cover of Hopeful by Twista featuring Faith Evans.
Beckham Jr also uploaded a cover of When I'm Gone - originally recorded in 1931 by the Carter Family but made famous more recently by Anna Kendrick, who performed it in the film Pitch Perfect.
Speaking to Capital presenter Dave Berry about his debut single, the 11-year-old said it combined "two of my favourite things - singing and Christmas".
His father David, who was in the room when he was being interviewed, said he was "really proud" of his son for venturing into music, adding: "He's having fun, he's enjoying it."
But the move was criticised by Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan, who said: "Why don't you go to school, mate, because you're not famous, your parents are famous... stop putting these kids into the public domain while simultaneously saying privacy."
Scooter Braun hit back on Twitter, saying of Cruz: "He is an 11-year-old who wanted to make a song to help other kids. Once again Piers shows why he is a jackass and why his [US] show was cancelled.
"Some people in this world make a living out of finding the worst in every situation. It means they have a career... not class. Just a career."
Last week, Beckham's older brother Brooklyn announced he is to release his own photography book.
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The Finn said his own performance as coach has not been good enough as the Tannadice outfit slipped to a 3-1 home defeat to fellow relegation candidates Hamilton Accies.
"It's simply not good enough." Paatelainnan told BBC Scotland.
"I always question myself, my fellow coaches and what mistakes I have made."
Goals from Grant Gillespie and a double from Carlton Morris ensured an easy win for Hamilton, despite a late consolation from Simon Murray.
The defeat means United's drop to the Championship could be confirmed next week when they take on their city rivals Dundee at Dens Park.
"I have been here a long time and work my socks off with the players," explained Paatelainen.
"Of course I have made mistakes and look at myself very closely. But like I said, I am in the same boat as the players and it is simply not good enough."
Paatelainen said he could not understand why his team began so poorly after hearing they had the chance to reduce the gap on second bottom Kilmarnock to five points after the Rugby Park side lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
The United boss questioned: "How can it mean more to Hamilton than our boys?
"We said this was our chance. This was a great opportunity to claw back the difference to a level we could really put pressure on Kilmarnock.
"And then we are nowhere near the intensity or the desire to be on the ball. We should be really disappointed with that."
A group of around 200 United fans demonstrated outside the ground at full time, and the United boss said he sympathised with the fans and their frustrations.
"We deserve exactly whatever is given to us," he said. "It's not good enough. It's poor, we take the second prize out there individually when we go into battles.
"It's very difficult to make a winning team consistently if you lose your individual battles and are too soft consistently."
Meanwhile Hamilton player-boss Martin Canning was full of praise for his team as they eased five points clear of second-bottom Kilmarnock in the race to avoid the play-off spot.
"That's almost back to near our best," he said.
"It was a big game, for what was at stake in the game and results are the most important thing at this stage of the season. "
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The Scottish comedian and actor started out as a folk singer before developing his stand-up act.
The 72-year-old often travelled with his banjo but now says he can no longer play as he prepares to travel across the US by rail for a new TV series.
Connolly said Parkinson's had particularly affected the use of his left hand.
When he was on Desert Island Discs, Connolly chose a banjo as his luxury item and he also has a banjo tattoo on his left hand.
In an interview in Canada to promote his stand-up tour, he said: "I'm starting a documentary series in a month's time following the railways around America. I'm going to festivals and state fairs and all that.
"I've been longing to do it for a long time. The only trouble is that we're going to bluegrass festivals and I've got Parkinson's Disease and it's really affected my left hand and I can't play the banjo or guitar any more, but I'll join in on the singing at least.
"It's been a rough go between that and the cancer. I kept telling my wife that haemorrhoids couldn't be far behind."
Connolly disclosed in 2013 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's and prostate cancer on the same day.
He has since been given the all-clear from cancer and will travel through 28 states and 8,000 miles by train later this year in new ITV documentary series Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America.
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Billy Connolly has been forced to give up playing the banjo and guitar because of Parkinson's Disease.
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Fintan Treanor, 20, was walking home in the early hours of Sunday, 26 June 2011, when he was struck by a vehicle at Lemgare, Clontibret.
He had been walking home after a night out in Castleblaney.
Police appeals have centred on an Audi A4 1995 to 2001 model missing its front lower air-vent grille.
"Five years have passed and the driver of the car involved has not been located," a gardai (Irish police) spokesperson said.
"Perhaps now after five years some person knows a person who disposed of an Audi A4 around that time.
"In five years, loyalties, friendships and relationships change and perhaps someone that felt unable to come forward before is now in a position to provide the investigation team with the vital information that would locate the driver."
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Police have renewed their appeal for information on the fifth anniversary of a fatal hit-and-run collision in County Monaghan.
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The exhibition called Metamorphosis is divided into seven ages, which is a reference to the "Seven Ages of Man" speech from the play As You Like It.
Visitors to the university's Senate House Library can see some of the sources of inspiration for Shakespeare's plays and sonnets.
They can also examine his four folios and consider how he became such a cultural giant, the world over.
When Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616 there were no officially recognised versions of his plays or sonnets, Senate House librarian Jackie Marfleet said.
The first time his works were collected together and published as a printed volume (folio) was in 1623. The first folio is believed to be based on play manuscripts and memories of his performances.
By 1685 a fourth edition had been published with some 3,251 changes from the original, aimed at making his work easier to read for a wider audience. Modern scholarship now suggests seven plays contained in the third and fourth folios were not in fact penned by Shakespeare.
Towards the end of the 18th Century, Samuel Johnson, author of the Dictionary of the English Language, produced his own edition of the Plays of William Shakespeare that included details of Shakespeare's will. It also elevated the importance of the first folio which he said was closest to the author's original text.
Meanwhile on stage, Shakespeare's plays were being purged of regional accents and were held up as "a paragon of phonetic propriety". The practice contributed to the establishment of a standard English accent, Sonia Massai, professor of Shakespeare studies at Kings College London said.
In print, Victorian readers became acquainted with illustrations by John Gilbert which brought to life many scenes that had not been sketched before. He illustrated other renowned literary works but his Shakespeare illustrations earned him by far the greatest fame.
As Shakespeare's fame grew, collectors sought to buy editions of his books primarily to display, as opposed to read.
Ernest Nister's edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1888 was produced on pages as thick as cardboard with 28 sepia illustrations and gilt edges.
His appeal has endured and modern audiences can access Shakespeare online. A first folio was found in St Omer, northern France, in 2014 and has been digitized to give free access to all.
You can also see it the old fashioned way, with your own eyes and in person. The free exhibition runs until 17 September.
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A collection of 30 rare Shakespeare texts on display at University of London offer an insight into how his work has evolved in the four centuries since his death.
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The Scottish government is to change the law to make sure children spend a minimum of 25 hours a week in class.
It follows rows over attempts by some councils to reduce the length of the school week to help balance their books.
Nobody in the mainstream has seriously argued that a cut in the school week would actually help improve children's attainment.
Councils which have looked at the idea would argue they have done so out of financial necessity. Their argument has, essentially, been that a cut in the school week for some is a "least worst option".
When West Dunbartonshire advanced the idea earlier this year, they argued that the cut would affect things such as assemblies and "golden time" - not actual teaching time in the classroom.
The savings come, for instance, by reducing the number of hours when the building itself is open.
Parents have often reacted angrily to the proposals though. Quite apart from any concern they may have about their children's education suffering, some would face practical problems with childcare.
With local government funding tight, the problem comes with the amount of flexibility councils have to find the best ways to balance their books.
Education in Scotland is, essentially, a national service which councils are entrusted to deliver.
There are many nationally set rules and guidelines. For instance, teachers' pay and conditions are standardised across Scotland and there are already minimum requirements on the number of days when schools have to be opened.
Councils get the bulk of their money from the Scottish government and the latest funding deal commits councils to maintaining the number of teachers - even though some had argued that was not necessarily the best use of their resources.
Councils are under a legal obligation to balance their books. If one potential option for savings is closed, inevitably, it could lead to greater pressure on another service.
Local government organisation Cosla is also angry about the government's announcement, claiming there had been a lack of consultation.
Some in local government argue councils need greater financial freedom to be able to properly respond to local needs.
They see the current financial settlement as something of a straightjacket because they have little real control over the overall size of their budget.
A report in the next few weeks by a commission set up by the Scottish government and Cosla will outline various alternatives to the council tax - the tax which typically raises around 15p of every pound councils spend.
In some council chambers, there will be disappointment if the debate is not widened to also look at whether councils should be less dependent on central government for cash and have more options on how to raise money locally.
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More than 80 people attended Save Newcastle Wildlife's protest at the Havannah Nature Reserve in Hazlerigg to oppose the Banks Group's plans for a new estate across the road.
Campaigners said the homes would mean more pets attacking the squirrels.
Banks' surveyors suggested several schemes to minimise any impact.
A spokesman for Save Newcastle Wildlife said: "Such a high density development is likely to attract grey squirrels to the area, as many people feed grey squirrels in their gardens, threatening the existing red population and increasing the likelihood of predation from domestic pets.
"If approved, this development will see a steep incline in disturbance from human activity within the nature reserve."
Amec Foster Wheeler carried out a survey of the squirrels for Banks.
Their report concluded that the squirrels already suffer some disturbance from visitors to the nature reserve and, while acknowledging nearby homes could mean more people going to the site, extra disturbance could be mitigated by footpaths keeping people away from the squirrels' habitats.
The report also said there would be no "direct impact" on the squirrels but there could be "indirect effects" such as the squirrels going to the houses for food.
The surveyors suggested planting hedgerows suitable for red squirrels to forage in closer to the reserve to negate the need for them to hunt further afield for food.
About 290 people have written to the council to object to the plan while 29 have written in support.
More than 6,500 people have signed an online petition opposing the development.
The plans are being considered by Newcastle City Council but no date has been given for a decision.
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Wildlife campaigners are opposing plans for 460 new homes near Newcastle amid fears they could harm neighbouring red squirrels.
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Two people were pulled from the wreckage alive but one of them later died, leaving a young boy as the only survivor, the Red Cross said.
The Antonov An-12 plane was heading to Paloch, Upper Nile State, and crashed 800m (half a mile) from the runway.
In a statement, Ukraine-based Antonov said the plane had not been airworthy.
It said the plane, which was built in 1971, "was is no state to fly because it failed to undergo timely technical servicing... that should have included work on extending its resources and exploitation timeframe", AFP news agency reported.
South Sudan authorities warned that the death toll could rise as the debris was cleared.
The plane crashed into a farming community on an island on the White Nile River but so far all the victims recovered were from the aircraft, the Red Cross said.
Presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said all of the plane's passengers were from South Sudan.
He said five of the six crew members were Armenian, while the sixth member was Russian. Armenia's foreign ministry has confirmed that five of its nationals were killed.
The head of the Civil Aviation at Juba airport said emergency officials had secured the site of the crash and were "in the stage of recovering bodies and black box [flight recorder]".
While the cause of the crash is still unclear, the presidential spokesman told a news conference that it might have been down to engine failure.
Witnesses said bodies, debris and cargo were strewn over a wide area along the river bank.
A man who saw the plane come down said he thought it might crash into a market area, but the pilot seemed to divert at the last minute.
A local farmer described the moment the plane started to go down, telling AFP: "The sound was so loud... the plane started descending and landed near my door.
"One of the tyres broke off and ran into the house - but thank God it did not injure anyone."
Cargo planes flying to remote parts of South Sudan often carry passengers too.
The plane's first flight was in 1971, the Aviation Safety Network reported. It was being operated by Allied Services Limited, a logistics company based in South Sudan, at the time of the crash.
However, the plane belonged to the Tajik company Asia Airways, Tajikistan's Transport Ministry told the Ozodagon news agency.
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A cargo plane has crashed on take-off near the international airport in South Sudan's capital Juba, killing at least 36 people.
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A letter from Petitions Committee chairman William Powell to the education minister said there was widespread confusion over the policy.
The committee is investigating after thousands of complaints from parents.
It comes as figures show the number of fines varies between councils.
A BBC Wales Freedom of Information request found Cardiff council issued 370 fixed penalty notices between January and May.
During the same period, 10 other councils, including Monmouthshire which has not yet introduced fines, did not issue any.
In his letter to Huw Lewis, Mr Powell said the committee was concerned many councils were incorrectly advising schools only to authorise term-time holidays in "exceptional" circumstances, with some asking head teachers not to authorise any at all.
Speaking on the issue, before the letter, Mr Powell said: "The relationship between parents and schools is absolutely crucial and I think it's potentially very damaging to have this rather aggressive approach being brought in.
"We need to have a degree more common sense."
The Welsh government has said parents do not have an "automatic right to withdraw pupils from school for a holiday and they must apply for permission in advance".
But it does give schools "discretionary power to authorise up to 10 days absence during a school year for family holidays during term time".
Two campaign groups have drawn up petitions calling for children to be allowed term-time holidays. The largest petition, with 18,000 signatures, is from a group called Let Children in Wales Have a Family Holiday During Term-Time. The other petition has been drawn up by Pembrokeshire Parents Want a Say.
Campaigner Bethany Walpole-Wroe, from Llanybydder, Carmarthenshire, said many families could not afford to go away during school holidays.
"The prices more than double usually in July and August, so they either can't afford them or they can't get time off due to various circumstances," she said.
But the Welsh government said school attendance should come first.
Education Minister Huw Lewis said: "Prolonged absence from school really does damage the attainment prospects of young people and that's why I, and I think most parents, would put learning as a priority."
Head teachers' union National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) Cymru said while everything possible should be done to ensure children have the least amount of time out of school, it would not encourage its members to fine parents.
Campaigners will find out in the new year if the committee intends taking any action.
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It will prevent light aircraft flying over the area below 10,000 ft (3,048 m) between the 3-5 September.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) imposed the restriction following a request from police.
The ban will not affect emergency services, or commercial flights travelling to and from Cardiff and Bristol airports.
In an advisory sent out to pilots, the CAA said the restriction was part of the security operation being put in place to protect heads of state, including President Barack Obama, who are attending.
Unauthorised aircraft will not be able to fly over the area from Newport, Cardiff and the Gwent valleys, to Ross-On-Wye, Bristol and Minehead.
Flights which breach the ban will be intercepted by police air support.
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A no-fly zone has been put in place for parts of south Wales and Bristol during the three-days of the Nato summit.
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In 2015, the Department for Transport said electrification of the whole link - which goes through Manchester, Leeds and York - would be complete by 2022.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has since said electrification will instead be used "where it makes a difference".
Shadow rail minister Rachael Maskell has called it "a slap in the face".
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Mr Grayling said: "We are not abandoning electrification, what we are doing is using electrification where it makes a difference.
"What we've got on the railways is technology we didn't have five or six years ago."
He said the use of bi-mode trains, which can travel on both electrified and non-electrified sections of a track, meant there were "places on the network you don't actually need to start digging everything up and putting in place overhead cables".
The project to electrify the route between Manchester and Leeds was announced in 2011 as part of the then chancellor George Osborne's ambition to create a northern economic "powerhouse".
The government said it would deliver more passenger capacity and shorten journey times.
However, the electrification was controversially paused in 2015 when a review into its costs and plans was carried out.
Speaking about this latest development, Ms Maskell said: "This is a slap in the face for the commuters and businesses in the North, including those in my constituency of York Central.
"Just six weeks ago the Tories promised the electrification of the TransPennine route as an integral part of the government's 'Northern Powerhouse'."
In an open letter to Mr Grayling, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said the north had "put up with second-class transport for too long".
He said the possible changes "would represent a major broken promise... and the derailment of the Northern Powerhouse".
Mr Grayling's announcement comes days after the government scrapped the planned electrification of three railway lines.
They included the routes between Cardiff and Swansea; between Windermere and Oxenholme in the Lake District; and between Kettering, Nottingham and Sheffield.
A Department for Transport spokesman said: "We are investing around £40 billion in our network as part of the biggest rail modernisation programme for over a century to provide faster journeys and more comfortable trains.
"This includes delivering improved journeys for passengers right across the North."
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The railway route between Liverpool and Newcastle may not be fully electrified despite a promise by the previous government.
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Louise Wright, from Mapperley, died after she was hit by a lorry in Nottingham city centre earlier this month.
A bike which has been painted white, known as a ghost bike, has been left at the scene along with floral tributes.
Her partner James Faulkner said he hoped it would promote cycle safety.
Ms Wright, who worked for fashion firm Paul Smith, died on 3 July after the crash involving an HGV in Lower Parliament Street.
The ghost bike, thought to be the first in the East Midlands, appeared recently along with tributes to the popular 29-year-old.
Mr Faulkner said he and Ms Wright's family had taken comfort from many well-wishers' kind words.
"We still don't know the circumstances of the accident yet, but I hope that the ghost bike will help raise awareness of cyclists on the roads," he said.
"If it can help prevent any future accidents, then it will have served a purpose and could help save a life."
Tributes were also paid to Ms Wright on Facebook, including by the Nottingham Roller Girls roller derby team who described her as beautiful, vibrant and funny.
Mike Hallam, duty manager at business Machine Mart next to the crash scene, said some people had reservations about the memorial.
"I dare say most people were touched but there were a few mixed reactions, whether it was tasteless or not," he said.
"Personally I think it was a very good idea."
Leaving a white bike at the scene of a fatal crash started in the United States but has been a growing phenomena across the UK over the last few years.
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The partner of a cyclist who died in a crash involving a lorry said he hopes a "ghost bike" memorial to her will help prevent more deaths.
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The government is seeking support from Labour MPs to extend the RAF's air campaign to strikes against IS targets in Syria, as well as Iraq.
Labour has hinted it would not oppose action in Syria, as it did in 2013.
Ms Harman will join senior ministers and military chiefs at Tuesday's National Security Council meeting.
The last time a Labour leader received such an invitation was in 2013.
The prime minister believes IS fighters need to be confronted in Syria, where the US are conducting operations, but will not take military action without a Commons vote.
Some Conservative backbenchers have expressed doubts about further action in the absence of a wider diplomatic strategy so Mr Cameron is reluctant to ask MPs to vote to extend the campaign unless he has Labour's backing.
A Number 10 spokesman said: "The PM thought it was important to ensure the leader of the opposition was fully briefed on the current situation."
Shadow defence secretary Vernon Coaker has also been invited.
Earlier this month, Ms Harman said Islamic State had to be "stopped" and Labour would look "very seriously" at any proposals brought forward by the government.
She said the situation was different from that in 2013, when Labour voted against air strikes in Syria, because IS was a terrorist organisation, while President Bashar al-Assad was the head of a government, albeit a "terrible regime".
Labour had been concerned about "what would fill the space" if the Syrian president had been toppled, Ms Harman added.
Mr Cameron was defeated in the Commons in 2013 when Tory rebels joined forces with Labour to oppose air strikes on Syrian government targets designed to deter the use of chemical weapons.
The 2013 vote focused on the Syrian president, not IS militants.
Parliament approved UK bombing of militant positions in Iraq last year. However, MPs were not asked at the time to authorise strikes across the border in Syria.
The National Security Council meeting comes as ministers are facing criticism for advising UK holidaymakers to come home from Tunisia amid fears of another terror attack.
Last month 30 Britons were killed when a gunman opened fire on tourists staying in a popular Tunisian holiday resort. IS said it carried out the attack.
Tunisia has accused the UK of playing into terrorists' hands and some tourists complained they were being ordered out of the country.
After the Tunisian beach attack, Mr Cameron said IS posed "an existential threat" to the West, and its members in Iraq and Syria were plotting "terrible attacks" on British soil and elsewhere.
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David Cameron has invited acting Labour leader Harriet Harman to a high-level security meeting about the threat posed by Islamic State (IS) extremists.
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Rail union RMT said it was speaking to its 523 members over plans to hire security contractors on the company's trains.
London Midland told the union it stopped using contractors last month.
RMT said the decision was "a major victory", while London Midland said it was pleased passengers would not be affected by "unnecessary" strikes.
More updates on this and other stories from Birmingham and the Black Country.
The union said its national executive committee decided to cancel the strike ballot and end the dispute after receiving "written assurances" from London Midland the use of contractors would stop after 30 January.
General secretary Mick Cash said train security and passenger safety was only possible with "professionally trained and equipped" employers and "an adequate number of conductors.
"RMT remains eternally vigilant in the ongoing fight to stop the casualisation of rail workers' jobs and any moves that undermine permanent staffing arrangements," he said.
A spokesman for London Midland said it "decided to review our current arrangements" after speaking to staff.
"We all share the same objectives of improving safety and reducing ticketless travel," they said.
"Our focus now is to work together on how best to achieve this."
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Train conductors have called off balloting for strike action on London Midland's service.
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Profits in the first three months of the year were $2.4bn. But the media giant's revenue gains more muted, up 3% year-on-year to at $13.3bn (£10.3bn).
The firm remains on track for modest growth, in spite of subscriber losses at its sports television network ESPN.
"We're extremely pleased with our results," said Disney boss Robert Iger.
Disney's business ranges widely, including movie studios such as Marvel and Pixar, theme parks, merchandise - even a cruise line.
Its television networks, which include ABC, Disney and the sports-focused ESPN, are the biggest earners, together accounting for more than 40% of the firm's total revenue in the last financial year.
However, ESPN has struggled with millions of subscriber losses and advertising declines in recent years, as live sports services have begun to feel the pressure from online television and viewer demands for cheaper cable packages.
This spring, ESPN laid off more than 100 people, including writers and on-air personalities.
Mr Iger said the company is confident of the demand for ESPN and pleased with the traction it is gaining on platforms such as television streaming service Hulu.
Revenue in the media unit increased 3% year-on year.
Mr Iger said the firm is focused on its mobile audience, aiming for an increasingly customised experience that allows fans to focus on news about their favourite teams.
The company plans to sell ESPN-branded streaming directly to viewers by the end of the calendar year, and that kind of personalisation is also likely to be part of the package, he added.
"Consumers will be able to buy the sports they want, when they want," he said.
Mr Iger asked analysts for "a little bit of credit" for being candid with its thinking as it grapples with the changes.
"We wanted to signal that we had our eyes wide open about what was going on," he said.
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Revenue at Disney's studio operations declined 1% year-on-year, as strong audiences at Beauty and the Beast couldn't match the firm's success last year with films such as Zootopia and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Strong visitor numbers at Disney theme parks and its new Shanghai resort in China helped lift the results, Mr Iger said. The park is on track to welcome its 10 millionth guest as it nears its first anniversary, he said.
"Attendance is outpacing our most optimistic projections," he said.
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Profits at Walt Disney jumped 11% in the first three months of 2017, bolstered by attendance at its theme parks and resorts.
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The blaze at The Swan in Waters Upton, on the outskirts of Telford, started at about 00:50 BST and was brought under control within four hours.
The roof was "very badly damaged" and slates were lying shattered on the pavement outside the pub, BBC Radio Shropshire reporter Ian Perry said.
The cause of the fire at the property, which closed in 2007, is not known. An investigation is under way.
About 40 firefighters from from seven stations - Bridgnorth, Hodnet, Shrewsbury, Telford, Telford Central, Tweedale and Wellington - were deployed.
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A fire broke out at a disused pub in Shropshire in the early hours.
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The state is the biggest in the US.
The Forestry Division says the fires were started by ''human activity'' but it's unclear if they were accidental or deliberate. They say the specific cause is still under investigation.
Many people have had to move out of their homes.
Some houses have been ruined and huge areas of land have been destroyed.
40 miles north of Anchorage is where the Iditarod, Alaska's famed sled-dog race, typically kicks off.
Listen to this man talking about the efforts to make sure the teams of dogs living and working there, stay safe.
There are many separate fires in different areas.
Water-scooping aircraft and helicopters with water buckets have joined hundreds of firefighters to try to stop the fires spreading further.
There has been a late spring heat wave after record breaking temperatures in May.
There have been lots of thunderstorms.
Alaska Govenor Bill Walker says, '' It's pretty powerful. The fire itself is very powerful but the human response has been, I think, equally powerful to me.
To fly over and see what's been burnt and what's been left boy, we are so sorry about the losses of structures that have taken place.
I'm very pleased there has been no loss of life, I know we've lost some animals in the process and that's most unfortunate."
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Teams of firefighters and special aircraft are working around the clock to try to put out huge wildfires that are raging across parts of Alaska.
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Bangor Crematorium's chapel will be shut from 5-24 September.
Funerals will not be held but cremations can still be carried out while improvements are made to keep the facility up to standard.
Crematoriums in Colwyn Bay and Aberystwyth have been told about the closure and to expect more funerals at those facilities.
Gwynedd council's cabinet member for the environment, John Wynn Jones, said: "Every effort is made to minimise such work on the efficient running of the facility, however on this occasion the scale and location of the work combined with the need to remove asbestos materials means that we unfortunately have no option but to temporarily close the chapel facility."
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A crematorium's chapel in Gwynedd will close for three weeks for asbestos removal and repair work.
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The 36-year-old, who has won 94 caps for his country, leaves Munster after 270 competitive appearances in 17 seasons for the Irish province.
"Donncha has tremendous know-how at the highest level," boss Dean Ryan said.
"To bring in someone with such international and European experience is a real coup for the club."
O'Callaghan, who also made four appearances for the British & Irish Lions in 2009, has played in three consecutive World Cups for Ireland and helped to win the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2009.
He has also picked up two Heineken Cup winners' medals, along with two Magners League titles, for Munster.
"I'm very grateful to Munster for all that they've done for me," he said. "But now I'm hungry for my new challenge.
"I watched the Bristol game where Warriors turned it around in the last seven minutes at the end of last season, and that was really impressive."
There may be more new signings at Sixways before the new Premiership season kicks off at home to Northampton on Friday, 16 October.
Experienced Springbok centre Wynand Olivier is also reportedly set to sign on a two-year deal following his release by Montpellier.
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Worcester Warriors have made their 11th pre-season signing by bringing in vastly experienced Munster and Ireland lock forward Donncha O'Callaghan.
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Swansea, two points adrift of safety, have beaten United four times in the last three years including two of their last three games at Old Trafford.
"We need to believe we can go up there and win because we've done it previously and it's not impossible," Britton told BBC Wales Sport.
"We can take confidence from that."
Britton, 34, played in Swansea's 2-1 FA Cup third round win in January 2014.
And on the opening day of the following 2014-15 season Swansea won by the same scoreline in what was Louis van Gaal's first competitive game as United boss.
"The record for ourselves isn't too bad," Britton said.
"It's a stadium that's been a fortress for Man United for many, many years but we've won twice up there.
"They're on a very good run under Jose Mourinho and are very tough to beat.
"They've got a few injuries which won't have helped them and a game on Thursday against Manchester City.
"They've got a busy period so we need to try and take advantage of that if we can."
Britton, whose appearance in last Saturday's win over Stoke City was his first game since December, admits this season has been Swansea's toughest yet in the Premier League.
Swansea, promoted in 2011, have had three managers during a campaign which has seen them in or around the relegation zone for most of the season.
"We've had situations where we've flirted with relegation and never been in the bottom three," Britton said.
"When Michael Laudrup got the sack [in 2014] there was a situation where we were on the verge of being dragged in but never did get dragged into the relegation battle.
"But this year, from very early on, we've been involved so without doubt this has been the toughest season we've had in the Premier League.
"It's been a difficult year for everyone."
Swansea beat Stoke 2-0 on Saturday to end a six-match winless run.
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But Hull City's victory over Watford kept the Swans in the relegation zone, still two points adrift of the Tigers and safety.
Britton believes the battle to stay in the Premier League could go down to the final day of the season on 21 May when they host West Brom.
"It's very, very tight but we can take a lot of heart from the performance at the weekend against Stoke, not just the win but the way we played," Britton said.
"The previous five or six games we had dropped below the standard that had been set when Paul first came in.
"But hopefully there's a belief back in the changing room after the weekend and we need to take that into the last four games.
"As players you don't want relegation on your CV's. You don't want to be involved with that because when you get relegated it's a failure."
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The funds, which had been sent from abroad, were frozen amid accusations that campaign groups were hurting India's economy.
The money, totalling more than $272,000 (£179,000), was frozen in June 2014.
Greenpeace has called the ruling a victory of democracy and free speech.
Greenpeace India said the government had "arbitrarily barred" it from receiving foreign funds from Greenpeace International and Climate Works Foundation in June 2014.
The Delhi High Court directed the home ministry to unblock the funds in September 2014 but Greenpeace India said it did not receive the money.
Tuesday's ruling means the funds will be released with immediate effect, the group said.
"This is a vindication of our work and the role that credible NGOs (non-governmental organisations) play in support of India's development," Samit Aich, Greenpeace India's executive director, said in a statement.
"This is a strong signal from the judiciary that the government must cease its campaign of harassment of civil society" he said.
India's government can appeal against the decision in a higher court.
The BBC's correspondent in Mumbai, Yogita Limaye, says Tuesday's ruling only pertains to the specific funds frozen in June and does not affect the order the government has in place to prevent Greenpeace and some other NGOs from getting other funds from abroad without the clearance of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The order came after an Indian intelligence report last year accused several campaign groups of stalling development projects by carrying out protests against their environmental impact.
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An Indian court has ordered the government to release thousands of dollars in funds belonging to the environmental pressure group Greenpeace.
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Armed police were seen outside a house in the street on Friday morning.
Police said a 30-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of possession of a class B controlled drug and possessing a class B controlled drug with intent to supply.
The man remains in custody.
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A quantity of suspected cannabis and imitation firearms have been seized by police during a search of a house in Frank Street in east Belfast.
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Dennis Clift, from Chelmsford, Essex, grabbed two-week-old Charlie O'Sullivan from the wreckage of a BMW on the M6 in Warwickshire in 1999.
Ever since he has received a Christmas card from the O'Sullivans and wants to return the gesture.
Searches with local authorities and on social media have come to nothing.
"I've tried everything, Facebook, Devon County Council, but I can't find them," he said.
Mr Clift, who was a breakdown recovery man at the time, was travelling back from Birmingham when he saw Jane O'Sullivan's car in flames on the hard shoulder of the motorway.
"Jane had been in the car with her two children and a baby was still on the back seat," he said.
"I went and rescued him.
"I've received a Christmas card every year since and I'd like to send a card back and they've asked me to come down, but I don't where they live."
Mr Clift parked his truck across the carriageway to stop the traffic until police and fire crews arrived.
Mrs O'Sullivan was treated in hospital for shock and minor burns. Mr Clift, Charlie and Mrs O'Sullivan's 14-week-old daughter Rosie were uninjured.
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A truck driver who saved a baby from a motorway fireball is trying to find the boy's Devon family so he can send them a Christmas card.
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Remi Bonfils, Hugo Bonneval and Geoffrey Doumayrou, plus a penalty try, put the home side on course to avenge last week's defeat at Murrayfield.
Edinburgh's only first-half reply had been a Jason Tovey penalty at 7-0 down.
But tries from Fraser McKenzie, Viliame Mata and Sam Hidalgo-Clyne brought the Scots to within six points.
And the visitors were left to rue a poor first-half and two conversion attempts that struck a post.
Edinburgh remain top of their qualifying group, but Harlequins will overtake them should they win their game in hand on Saturday at home to bottom side Timisoara Sarcens of Romania.
Stade Francais applied early pressure and it paid off when hooker Bonfils went over for the opening try, with Jules Plisson converting to establish the lead after 12 minutes.
Ben Toolis thought he had replied for Edinburgh, but the TMO deemed it no try for a double movement on the lock's approach to the line.
Tovey did reduce the arrears with a penalty, but Bonneval's try edged Stade Francais further in front.
More home pressure told with a penalty try, converted by Plisson, and a costly yellow card to Edinburgh prop Simon Berghan for the scrum infringement.
Stade Francais were now well in control and it was followed, within five minutes, by another try, this time by Doumayrou, and another Plisson conversion.
It was the home side's turn to have someone in the sin bin following Sylvain Nicolas' ruck infringement three minutes before the break.
McKenzie made the man advantage tell shortly after half-time, forcing his way over from close range, but Tovey's conversion attempt rebounded off the upright.
Edinburgh had fought back from 20-3 down at half-time to win 28-23 at home and, when Plisson crossed the line but had a try ruled out by the TMO for an infringement by Sekou Macalou, they sensed their chance again.
Blair Kinghorn crossed the line for Edinburgh only to have the ball knocked out of his hands as he was about to score.
Mata did slide over to reduce the deficit, with Tovey successful on this occasion.
Hidalgo-Clyne gave Edinburgh hope of victory with a try with two minutes left on the lock, but Duncan Weir's conversion hit a post and time ran out for the visitors.
Stade Francais: Bonneval, Sinzelle, Doumayrou, Danty, Raisuge, Plisson, Daguin, Felsina, Bonfils, Slimani, Pyle, Pape, Ross, Macalou, Parisse, Nicolas.
Replacements: Arias for Doumayrou (58), Steyn for Plisson (64), Zhvania for Felsina (58), Burden for Bonfils (66), Melikidze for Slimani (58), Nicolas for Ross (35), De Giovanni for Nicolas (59). Not Used: Coville.
Sin Bin: Nicolas (38).
Edinburgh: Kinghorn, Hoyland, Allen, Dean, Brown, Tovey, Hidalgo-Clyne, Dickinson, Ford, Berghan, McKenzie, B. Toolis, Du Preez, Watson, Manu.
Replacements: G. Bryce for Allen (27), Weir for Brown (49), Dell for Dickinson (58), Cochrane for Ford (58), Carmichael for McKenzie (59), Mata for Manu (59). Not Used: McCallum, Kennedy.
Sin Bin: Berghan (28).
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland).
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Edinburgh suffered their first defeat in European Challenge Cup Pool 5 despite a spirited second-half fightback at Stade Francais.
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The soap star earlier tweeted that the medication she was taking had stopped being manufactured.
A show source then confirmed that she would be "taking time off" from her role as Liz McDonald in the long-running ITV drama.
An ITV spokesperson said Ms Callard was set to return to work in May.
The actress confirmed to a fan on Twitter the latest update in her health battle.
She said that her medication had been pulled from production as it yielded "no profit", and added: "Saw a new Doctor today. Got hope! X".
Callard, 59, also told her followers: "Had a good day today, things are on the up! Thank you for being there!!!!! X"
She had tweeted earlier that she had "been battling the demons of depression" and thanked fans and fellow stars for their support.
The actress has been open about her struggles with mental health and in an interview with broadcaster Piers Morgan in 2014, said she had tried to take her life "maybe half a dozen times".
She said: "It wasn't a cry for help at all. I'd known for quite a while that I wasn't myself, but I didn't really know what to do about it."
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Coronation Street actress Beverley Callard is set to return to the ITV soap next month after revealing she had "hope" in her battle with depression.
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Bradford Bulls were liquidated on Tuesday after the Championship club's administrators were unable to find a suitable buyer.
The RFL has said the new Bradford side will take the place of the old one in the second tier but start the season with a 12-point deduction.
They have set a deadline of Monday, 9 January for bids to be submitted.
A decision is then expected within two weeks and, should an agreement be reached, the new Bradford side would play their first competitive game against Hull KR on Sunday, 5 February.
Jamie Peacock, who captained Bradford to their last Super League title in 2005 before joining Leeds, believes a reformed Bradford club can be successful if they can get through what is likely to be a tough spell in the short term.
"They had the same situation in 1963, reformed in 1964 and were winning trophies again within about five years," former England captain Peacock told BBC Radio 5 live.
"That may be more difficult this time, but I think they've got more chance of being successful now it's not saddled with the debts it's had.
"This year will be a difficult year for the club and whoever starts the club up again, given the handicap of losing 12 points.
"But if they can spend within their means this year and go hard again in 2018, there's no reason why can't become successful again."
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The Rugby Football League says it has received 10 expressions of interest in creating a new club in Bradford.
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The 28-year-old could make his debut for Leeds against the Bees on Tuesday.
Diagouraga joined the Griffin Park side in July 2010 and made 190 league appearances for the club.
Leeds head coach Steve Evans told BBC Radio Leeds: "We're looking forward to his contribution not only tomorrow but for over many months and years."
Scottish Championship leaders Rangers had wanted to sign Diagouragega, but a deal could not be concluded with Brentford.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Leeds United have signed French midfielder Toumani Diagouraga from Brentford for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
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Costa, 27, was sent off during his club's 2-0 FA Cup quarter-final defeat at Everton last week, ruling him out of Saturday's game with West Ham.
Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink said on Friday that Costa has a problem with a tendon in a hip muscle.
Spain are away to Italy in Udine on 24 March before facing Romania in Cluj three days later.
Athletic Bilbao forward Aritz Aduriz, 35, has replaced Costa as Vicente del Bosque's squad build-up to this summer's European Championships in France.
Aduriz has scored 17 goals in 28 La Liga games this season.
The Spain squad features six Premier League players.
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea and midfielder Juan Mata are included along with three Chelsea players - defender Cesar Azpilicueta, midfielder Cesc Fabregas and winger Pedro.
Manchester City midfielder David Silva is also named.
Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Porto), David de Gea (Manchester United), Sergio Rico (Sevilla).
Defenders: Jordi Alba, Gerard Pique, Marc Bartra (all Barcelona), Sergio Ramos, Nacho (both Real Madrid), Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Juanfran (Atletico Madrid), Mario Gaspar (Villarreal).
Midfielders: Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto (both Barcelona), David Silva (Manchester City), Mikel San Jose (Athletic Bilbao), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea), Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich), Isco (Real Madrid), Juan Mata (Manchester United).
Forwards: Pedro Rodriguez (Chelsea), Alvaro Morata (Juventus), Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao), Paco Alcacer (Valencia), Nolito (Celta Vigo).
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The 62-year-old briefly took charge of the Swans prior to Francesco Guidolin's appointment in January.
Swansea had been in the relegation zone when Guidolin came in, but he led the club to a 12th place finish in the Premier League after winning seven and drawing four of his 16 games in charge.
"It's been a bit traumatic considering the success we've had," Curtis said.
"I think we probably lost our way as much as anything, but certainly it is a shot across the bow. It's probably the first season we've struggled for any of length of time.
"But 47 points, and certainly the run at the end there when we had some terrific victories and some really good, strong performances as well.
"We showed that we are still a very, very good team. It's just a reminder how tough this league is."
Swansea sacked Garry Monk in December following a run of win in 11 Premier League games, before Curtis was placed in interim charge.
Guidolin was taken to hospital in March, hours before Swansea's 2-1 win at Arsenal. The Italian also missed their 1-0 win over Norwich after receiving treatment for a chest infection.
But the former Udinese, Parma and Monaco coach recovered to help stabilise the club and will remain as manager next season after agreeing a two-year contract.
Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins has admitted the club's proposed takeover by US investors may not be completed until next season, with the club previously hoping the deal would be done by the end of 2015-16.
"I'm sure that's going to play a big part in what we do as a club in terms of bringing people in," added Curtis.
"I think that probably needs to be resolved quite quickly. We're talking about maybe a little bit of uncertainty again. But it sounds as if it is going to be sorted out fairly quickly.
"We've sorted the manager situation out, we know that we are going to be in the Premier League next season so hopefully there would be a better season to come, not only next season but hopefully the seasons ahead."
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Swansea City coach Alan Curtis says the turbulent 2015-16 season was "a shot across the bow'' for the club.
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Species that pollinate crops or fight pests are at risk of disappearing, putting food production in jeopardy, according to the team.
The research brings together millions of wildlife records spanning 40 years.
It suggests conservation efforts should focus on certain areas, they add.
Dr Tom Oliver of the University of Reading, who led the research, said it was the biggest and most comprehensive report ever assembled for any country in the world.
"By standardising records from an army of amateur biologists across the country, we have amassed an impressive array of data, giving us our most complete picture yet of the state of Britain's wildlife," he told BBC News.
"The picture that emerges is of an increasingly fragile system, particularly in species that do vital jobs for humans.
"Unless efforts are made to reverse some of these declines, we face a future where we will be less confident that we can effectively grow our food."
The researchers looked at records of the changing fortunes of more than 4,000 types of plant and animal living in England, Wales and Scotland between 1970 and 2009.
Species such as bees, dragonflies, grasshoppers, ladybirds, plants and mosses were put into groups based on the role they play in nature.
Groups providing pollination and pest control benefits had undergone declines while those involved in functions such as decay or mopping up carbon emissions were more stable.
Plants and animals regarded as of cultural importance to humans, such as birds, butterflies and hedgehogs, also fared badly.
Prof James Bullock, of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Oxfordshire, a co-researcher on the study, said conservation efforts should focus on the areas where there was strong evidence of declining fortunes.
"Conservation actions, such as wildlife friendly farming, can avoid the loss of biodiversity and the resulting erosion of the pollination, pest control and other benefits we derive from nature," he said.
And Dr Oliver said there were a number of measures that individuals could take to help to improve the future for wildlife in the British Isles.
They include:
The study is published in the journal Nature Communications.
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Bryony Nierop-Reading's home fell into the sea in Happisburgh, Norfolk, during the 2013 tidal surge.
She spent years battling with North Norfolk District Council which said she did not have planning permission to live in a caravan on a nearby field.
The 71-year-old has a home further inland but it is occupied by her daughter and son-in-law.
Bryony Nierop-Reading moved into her 1930s bungalow on Beach Road in 2008.
As the cliff-face eroded, virtually all of her neighbours moved out in 2010 after accepting compensation from the local authority.
But Ms Nierop-Reading refused and by 2013 her bungalow was left teetering on the cliff edge.
After losing her case with the district council, Ms Nierop-Reading's caravan was flattened.
She spent the weekend moving her belongings into a nearby container provided by the council.
"There's a lot of mess. I've already filled one six cubic metre container yesterday and I'm waiting for another to be delivered today. I'm in total shock", she added.
Ms Nierop-Reading said will be living in a motor home on a field she owns for the next week or so while she continues to clear everything up.
The council has been approached for comment.
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A woman whose bungalow was destroyed by the sea has moved out of her temporary home after losing a planning row.
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McLaren executive director Zak Brown said he regarded the 17-year-old Englishman as "a fabulous prospect".
Norris won two Formula Renault 2.0 titles last season and will move to the European Formula Three series in 2017.
Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen have previously raced in that category.
Norris said he was "immensely excited" about joining McLaren, whose F1 race drivers this year are double world champion Fernando Alonso and novice Stoffel Vandoorne.
"It's hopefully taking me another step closer to reaching my goal of competing in Formula 1," he said.
"I'm honoured to become part of such a prestigious F1 team and to be brought in alongside some very good drivers and experienced people."
Norris will be mentored by McLaren development driver Oliver Turvey, who McLaren describe as the "linchpin" of their F1 simulator programme.
McLaren have also retained Japanese Nobuharu Matsushita, a protege of engine partner Honda, will race again in GP2 and be McLaren's F1 test and development driver.
Dutchman Nyck de Vries, 22, who raced in GP3 last season, is also still on McLaren's books but his programme this season has not yet been finalised.
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McLaren have signed British teenager Lando Norris to their young driver programme, with a view to developing him towards a Formula 1 career.
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His side are second in Group F, two points behind leaders England, and the visiting boss says they are only focused on a victory.
"We expect an aggressive opponent and we have to be the same," Katanec said ahead of Sunday's World Cup qualifier.
"We must concentrate on the second ball."
Slovenia are unbeaten in the last seven internationals since a 1-0 loss to Turkey in a friendly last May, while the Scots lie second bottom of Group F after gathering only four points from four games.
But Katanec insists he will not be fooled into thinking the contrasting fortunes will automatically give his side the edge in Sunday's game in Glasgow.
"Scotland are at home, so they will be the favourites, but we want the win because, in this group, one point is not enough," he said.
It is a match described by his opposite number, Gordon Strachan, as a must-win for Scotland, but Katanec thinks Sunday's hosts have been unlucky so far.
"They are not as bad as their results suggest and some of the goals they have conceded so far have been unlucky," he insisted.
Slovenia captain Bostjan Cesar echoed his coach's thoughts on the Scottish style.
"They are aggressive all over the pitch, but they have good players," said the 34-year-old Chievo defender.
"They tend to play long balls, so the second ball is going to be very important for us.
"We expect a tough match."
The expected attendance at Hampden is only 25,000 - less than half capacity.
Cesar experienced the Hampden roar with Slovenia in 2004 and thinks it will be a boost for his side if the home fans stay away in numbers.
"If the stadium is not full then that could be a plus for us, but we still have to do our thing on the pitch," he said.
Cesar is hopeful of exploiting a defence that have shipped an average of two goals per game.
"They are aggressive all over the pitch and have good players, but maybe their weakness is at the set-pieces because they leave too much room for the opponents to score at that time," he said.
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Bolt is expected to be named in the 4x100m relay squad when the official announcement is made on Wednesday.
He had previously ruled himself out of the 100m and 200m individual races as he was recovering from a foot injury.
The 27-year-old won gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
I have received lots of requests, invitations and messages of support from my fans in Scotland who are looking forward to a great event
Bolt announced last week that he intended to make himself available for the Games despite an injury-disrupted season.
"I am available for selection for the Commonwealth Games and have submitted the relevant documentation," he said in a statement on his website.
"I do not wish to take the place of anyone who qualifies in an individual event, but am available for relay duty if the selectors feel I can be an asset to the Jamaican team in Glasgow," Bolt added.
"I have received lots of requests, invitations and messages of support from my fans in Scotland who are looking forward to a great event."
Bolt did not attempt to qualify in the 100m and 200m at the Jamaican Championships, which took place last weekend, as he has not yet returned to full fitness.
He has never raced in the Commonwealth Games, having missed the events in Melbourne in 2006 and Delhi four years ago.
However, speaking at the IAAF Centenary Gala in Barcelona last November, he declared his interest in competing in Glasgow.
"That's the only title I don't have, so I think it's something I'd like to go for, even if I do just one event," Bolt said.
Jamaica took silver behind England in the men's 4x100m relay in 2010 but, led by Bolt, won the World Championships last year.
The heats of the event will be held at Hampden Park on Friday, 1 August, with the final the following evening.
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has been lobbying for Bolt to compete.
Peter Murphy, a spokesman for the CGF, said in January: "We're in constant touch with his management.
"The case we'll make is that the Games offers an opportunity to break records that have been standing for decades.
"Usain has won medals at every major event, except the Commonwealth Games. He will get an unbelievable welcome. Glasgow will grind to a halt."
Glasgow 2014 ambassador Sir Chris Hoy echoed that view.
The six-time Olympic gold-medal winning cyclist said: "I think it's crucial to the success of the Games when the big names turn up and support them.
"It's still a big deal for them to be Commonwealth champion. I'm sure Usain wants to be here and take the medals back to Jamaica."
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Michael O'Neill's men had already reached the knockout stage as one of the best third-placed teams, but needed the Republic of Ireland's 1-0 win over Italy to confirm it would be they and not Turkey playing Wales next.
"Northern Ireland are more physical than Turkey," said Coleman. "They get the ball forward quicker - that's where their strength is."
Coleman added: "They are superbly organised and defensively so difficult to break down. They are excellent from set-plays."
Wales sealed top spot in Group B with a stunning 3-0 win over Russia, following an opening victory over Slovakia and narrow defeat to England, while Northern Ireland lost 1-0 to both Germany and Poland in Group C but progressed thanks to a 2-0 win over Ukraine.
Coleman says his players ended their alcohol ban with a barbecue party for family and friends after their superb performance in the group stage.
"It was great as we had not had a beer since we had been in camp," said Coleman. "Some of the senior players came to me in the dressing room as we had one can of beer each in the dressing room.
"They came to be and said 'can we have one beer back at the hotel? Then we will call it a night as we are playing on Saturday'. I didn't have to say 'don't be stupid' or anything. They took care of that.
"Then it was a great atmosphere at the hotel, all the kids were there. We all needed it.
"The chefs did the food. I don't trust any of us. I have done a few barbecues myself in my garden, but I am not sure I could give the type of burgers I dish up to our lads."
Midfielder Joe Ledley fears he may have run out of celebratory dances following the routines that went viral on social media after qualification was secured in Bosnia-Herzegovina last October, and again in Toulouse on Monday.
Ledley's routine following the win over Russia has been viewed more than 175,00 times on BBC Sport Wales' Facebook page.
"I had them in the locker," said Ledley. "Obviously my mates back home know the dance moves and what I'm capable of doing.
"I just needed the occasion and Russia was that. I just wanted to enjoy it. But I'm not sure what I've got left!"
Pick the XI that you think can take Wales far at Euro 2016 - and then share it with your friends using our team selector.
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Manager Chris Coleman says Wales will be prepared for Northern Ireland's physical approach when they meet in the last 16 of Euro 2016 on Saturday.
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Seven were taken to hospital, two in a serious condition, after the fire at Standon House Care Home in Tamworth, Staffordshire, on Saturday night.
The fire was accidental, caused by "poorly discarded smoking materials," Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said.
All residents were moved to alternative accommodation, police said.
About 20 firefighters were sent to the property, which suffered "very considerable" damage, the ambulance service said.
The ambulance service said 16 residents were rehoused within adjacent flats, with a further two people taken by ambulance to other care homes.
Emergency services were called to the home in Ashby Road at 23:00 BST and "fortunately, firefighters and staff were able to bring all of the residents out of the building," the ambulance service said.
Six people, including the two in a serious condition, were taken to Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield with a further patient taken to Queen's Hospital in Burton.
The seven were taken to the hospitals to be "assessed after smoke inhalation," Staffordshire Police said.
Insp Beverley Rounds, of Staffordshire Police, said: "We've had a number of calls from people living nearby and we want to thank them for their vigilance and reassure them the residents have been evacuated."
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At least 25 residents were evacuated from a care home after a large fire tore through the property.
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After an entertaining goalless 90 minutes Jonathan Bolingi scored what he thought was the winner in the first period of extra-time.
But Guinea's Ibrahima Sory Sankhon made it 1-1 in the final seconds of the game to send the tie to penalties.
In the shootout Congo's Ley Matampi saved from Mohamed Youla to send Florent Ibenge's side to the final.
The victory secures DR Congo's place in Sunday's final to decide the winners of CHAN 2016.
They will face either Mali or Ivory Coast, who meet in Thursday's semi-final.
DR Congo's best chances in the first half fell to Meshack Elia, who sent a freekick wide of the target, and then to Doxa Gikanji, who scored a spectacular goal against Rwanda in the quarter-finals.
This time though, his shot from the edge of the area was pushed away by goalkeeper Abdoulaziz Keita.
Congolese defender Padou Bompunga will miss the final after he was booked just before half-time giving him a suspension for two yellow cards in successive matches.
Bolingi had chances to score in normal time but one of his efforts found the legs of a Guinean defender and then he failed to connect fully with a more acrobatic effort.
In between those efforts, Sankhon got his head to a dangerous looking attack from Guinea, but keeper Ley Matampi saved for DR Congo.
With just three minutes left on the clock, Guinea were saved by the woodwork when Gikanji unleashed another fierce shot.
The first goal of the match eventually came in the 102nd minute as substitute Guy Lusadisu crossed from the byline and Bolingi found the target with a superb diving header.
With just seconds before the final whistle, Sankhon found the equaliser with a shot from just inside the box to send the match to penalties,
Guinea won their quarter-final against Zambia on penalties with keeper Keita saving and then scoring the crucial spot kicks.
But this time around he was upstaged by his opposite number Matampi, who saved two of the post-match penalties including one in sudden death from Youla to earn the victory.
DR Congo won the inaugural CHAN tournament, which is only open to players who play in their own local leagues, in 2009 when it was played in Ivory Coast.
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DR Congo qualified for the final of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) by beating Guinea 5-4 on penalties.
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Nicknamed Psycho, the former Nottingham Forest defender played in a World Cup semi-final in 1990 but has signed for a team dubbed "the worst in the UK".
Longford AFC, based in Gloucestershire, have lost all 18 games this season, scoring one goal and letting in 179.
Pearce said the grassroots game was "essential" to the sport's lifeblood.
"I started out in non-league football playing for Wealdstone before joining Coventry City," he said.
"So I'm looking forward to working with manager Nick Dawe, and helping a group of talented young footballers achieve their dreams and, hopefully transforming both the dressing room confidence, as well as the on-the-pitch performance, and seeing how far they can go up the league."
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0-17 Loss at home to Bibury
16-0 Loss away to Lydney Town Reserves
0-15 Loss at home to Quedgeley Wanderers
14-0 Loss away to Woolaston
Longford AFC are rooted to the bottom of the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Division Two.
With an awful record and a growing interest from the media, the side has been dubbed "the worst team in England".
But that could change following the recruitment of their star January signing, who is expected to train with the squad before playing one game with them.
Nick Dawe, Longford AFC manager, said the opportunity would give the side "the best chance possible to go further than we ever have done before".
"A year ago we were playing in front of one man and his dog and now we are set to [attract] hundreds for Stuart Pearce's debut," he added.
"Stuart knows that there will be no special treatment, he will still need to pay his £5 a game subs."
Pearce, a winner of 78 England caps, was part of Sir Bobby Robson's squad that reached the last four of the World Cup in Italy in 1990, and the Terry Venables-led side that was eliminated at the same stage of Euro '96.
He retired from playing six years after that, having enjoyed spells at Newcastle United, Manchester City, West Ham, Coventry and non-league Wealdstone as well as captaining Forest under the management of Brian Clough.
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England football legend Stuart Pearce is set to come out of retirement aged 53 in a bid to transform the fortunes of a struggling non-league side.
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The Rail Accident Investigation Board (RAIB) report blamed the near miss at Hest Bank, Lancashire, last September on the lack of warning from a lookout.
Four of the group working at the bridge had to cling to its parapet to keep clear of the train, said the report.
Network Rail said: "Our railway is the safest in Europe."
"We are always looking at ways to improve safety for the benefit of those who work on the railway and those who travel on it," a spokesman added.
The RAIB report said the party, who were working on repairing a sleeper, should have received a warning from a lookout.
Instead the controller of site safety had to shout an urgent warning after spotting the train, travelling from Edinburgh to Manchester Airport, when it was just three seconds away.
"Staff took rapid evasive action, but some members of the workgroup were on the bridge and were unable to reach the designated position of safety, instead pressing themselves against the bridge parapet," said the report.
"The last member of the workgroup was not clear of the line until about one second before the train passed."
The report said the lookout might have pushed the wrong switch on the electronic system to warn colleagues, might have forgotten to send a warning or their "vigilance had degraded" because it was near the end of the recommended two-hour shift for a lookout.
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Nine railway workers were within seconds of being hit by a train travelling at 98mph, a safety investigation has found.
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The emergency services were called to the home in Minto Crescent at about 09:40 on Saturday.
Police are treating the death as "unexplained".
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said the inquiry was at a very early stage and appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
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A man has been found dead at a house in Glenrothes, Fife.
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The 34-year-old, who captained the team for six years, has struggled with a knee injury.
McKeever won four Ulster titles and played in three International Rules series for Ireland.
"It's has been a great honour to play for Armagh and this is not a decision I have arrived at lightly," he said.
McKeever captained Armagh to All-Ireland U21 glory and won Division One and Division Three titles with the county.
"It was always my dream to represent Armagh growing up so it's with a heavy heart that I announce my retirement from inter-county football," added the St Patrick's Cullyhanna clubman.
"Having met with Kieran McGeeney at the end of 2016 after undergoing two operations, I was unsure of my inter-county future but we decided to try and get the body right for one more year. I believe the time is now right to call it a day.
"My journey as a county player has been truly wonderful - it has been a privilege to have been involved with such an incredible group of footballers.
"I am very fortunate to have tasted the ultimate success at international, provincial and county level and captaining Armagh's U21s to All-Ireland success in 2004 was a special highlight.
"I'd like to pay special thanks to Kieran McGeeney, who I always looked up to as a youngster from my days travelling to watch Armagh play.
"When I joined the squad in 2003, he took me under his wing and helped me develop as a player, he taught me what commitment and values were required to play for Armagh and I'm glad my journey has ended under his watch."
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Armagh defender Ciaran McKeever has announced his retirement from inter-county football after 14 years with the Orchard county.
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Quay Fresh and Frozen Foods, in New Quay, produces 800 tonnes of crushed whelk shell waste each year.
In December 2016, it was granted a licence to dump some of it into the sea, despite complaints from residents.
Its collaboration with the university's Seacams 2 project aims to find commercially viable uses for the waste.
Researchers are looking into several possibilities, including water filtration media, soil conditioners and the potential for creating an environmentally friendly alternative to microbeads.
Quay Food's director Mandy Andrews said: "We want to ensure that we have a sustainable and stable fishing industry.
"We hope that by exploring options to maximise the efficient use of all parts of the shellfish, we can contribute to a better future for our family of employers here and for the fishermen that our business supports."
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Researchers from Swansea University have joined forces with a Ceredigion food company to find new uses for shellfish waste.
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The colt, trained by Doug O'Neill, scored an eighth straight victory and gave jockey Mario Gutierrez his second win from two rides in the race.
Nyquist held off the challenge of the fast-finishing Exaggerator, with Gun Runner third, before a 167,227 crowd.
The Kentucky Derby is the first leg of the US Triple Crown, won by American Pharoah last year.
Nyquist will now attempt to emulate American Pharoah by going on to win the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes.
It was a second triumph in the race, known as the Run for the Roses, for Gutierrez, O'Neill and owner J Paul Reddam, who succeeded four years ago with I'll Have Another.
"It was an amazing feeling. I have a 100 per cent record on Nyquist. I only had to push him out," said the jockey.
"If he sees something coming he keeps going as fast as he needs to go."
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Unbeaten favourite Nyquist won the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
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It is billed as one of the biggest events of its kind in Europe and last year attracted more than 30,000 visitors.
This year, organisers invited people to submit photos for the People's Gallery based on the theme chaos and calm.
The best 76 images are to be exhibited at the show - here is a selection.
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Amateur and professional photographers from across the UK were invited to submit pictures for the forthcoming Photography Show at the NEC near Birmingham.
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Russell Crow was rescued from the road by Helen Motteram and now lives in her home as one of the family.
When the Gladiator star saw their story online, he took to Twitter to say how "cool" it was and offer "some new songs" for the bird.
He tweeted: "Haha cool, what a nice lady Helen is to look after the poor blighter."
With crooked feet and unable to fly, the bird was at first mistaken for a crow and named in honour of the actor.
Since then, the cheeky rook has taken over Helen's home - sleeping in her bedroom, stealing her phone chargers and hiding her jewellery.
But his antics, and jealousy of Helen's husband, have also made him a minor celebrity - with his fame now reaching the Hollywood star himself.
Helen said she was "amazed" when she found out Russell Crowe was a fan.
"I tweeted Russell about a month ago saying Russell [the rook] would love to hear from him - but I didn't hear back," she said.
"I love his films and we named Russell after him so I've going to tweet him back to say he would love to meet him in person or get an autograph."
The bird, she said, can "print with his feet" and "hold a pen" so if the actor would like an autograph in exchange, it could be arranged.
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Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe has tweeted support for his namesake - a disabled rook from Gloucestershire.
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