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She bought the turquoise and gold ring for £152,450 at auction last year, outbidding the Jane Austen's House Museum.
Culture minister Ed Vaizey put an export bar on it until 30 September.
After worldwide donations the museum has since raised enough money to buy the ring and its bid has been accepted.
Contributions to the Bring the Ring Home campaign, set up by the museum in Jane Austen's former home, included an anonymous donation of £100,000 in August.
The museum, in Chawton, Hampshire, was given until December to raise a further £49,000.
Mary Guyatt, curator of the museum, said it had been "stunned by the generosity and light-footedness" of those who had supported the bid.
Mr Vaizey added: "It's clear from the number of people who gave generously to the campaign just how admired Jane Austen remains to this day."
The museum already displays two other pieces of jewellery owned by the writer - a turquoise bracelet and a topaz cross.
The ring is accompanied by papers documenting its history within the author's family.
It passed first to her sister Cassandra, who then gave it to her sister-in-law Eleanor Austen on her engagement to Jane and Cassandra's brother, the Reverend Henry Thomas Austen.
It remained in the family until Clarkson bought it at auction.
The ring will now go on display at the museum in the New Year.
On hearing the museum had been successful in raising funds to purchase the ring, Ms Clarkson said: "The ring is a beautiful national treasure and I am happy to know that so many Jane Austen fans will get to see it at Jane Austen's House Museum."
The museum said it hoped to welcome Ms Clarkson there in the future.
Austen, who lived most of her life in Hampshire, is one of English literature's most celebrated authors.
Fans are celebrating the 200th anniversary of her novel Pride and Prejudice this year.
Although out of copyright and available free on e-readers, it is estimated that Pride and Prejudice sells up to 50,000 copies each year in the UK.
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US singer Kelly Clarkson has been thwarted in her bid to take a ring which once belonged to Jane Austen out of the UK.
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The argument from a stunningly successful Leave campaign that "it was our money anyway" clearly worked.
This story is full of huge political miscalculations, most notably at Downing Street.
But the biggest in Wales must be the decision by Welsh Labour to leave it so late to start campaigning to remain in.
By the time they did get out onto the streets of the south Wales valleys, and cities like Newport and Swansea, it was too late.
The narrative of a crisis in immigration had been set and it was like trying to turn round an oil tanker.
There are all sorts of strands but this was about class and money more than anything.
Leave campaigners told us repeatedly the Vale of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire were the most Euro sceptic in Wales, and yet they, and Cardiff, voted to remain.
These are the parts of Wales that regularly top league tables for affluence.
The so-called "left-behind" communities across Wales had their say.
As one pundit said this morning, it was the "masses" against the "classes".
And so this morning, huge questions about the role of a Labour party that has traditionally represented them.
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This is an extraordinary rejection of the EU in Wales, especially in the areas which have received the most EU cash - the south Wales valleys.
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Ambulances and firefighters were called to the scene after a smell of smoke was reported shortly after 15:30 BST.
A generator that was inside a marquee has been turned off.
A spokesman for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said up to 40 people were being checked but no-one appeared to have become seriously ill.
"Nobody has been taken to hospital yet and we're not sure that anyone actually will [need] to be taken to hospital," John McPoland added.
He said firefighters called for ambulance staff at about 16:00 BST after a number of people at the circus complained of feeling unwell.
"We responded with three rapid response paramedics, one of our HART (Hazard Area Response) teams, two A&E crews and a patient care vehicle.
"The first paramedic on the scene gave us a situation report that no-body seemed too seriously ill as a result of the incident, and he just wanted further personnel there to help him check everybody out," Mr McPoland said.
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Paramedics have treated a number of people for the effects of breathing in fumes at a circus in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.
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The company has made an all-stock deal worth as much as $2.8bn (£1.9bn).
Tesla shares fell 10% in extended trading after the announcement while SolarCity jumped 23%.
California-based Tesla is known as a pioneer in electric cars but since last year has also been selling batteries that can power homes and businesses.
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk described the deal as a "no brainer".
He said it would transform Tesla into the "world's only vertically integrated energy company offering end-to-end clean energy products", from solar panels and home storage batteries to electric vehicles.
Elon Musk is under serious pressure to make Tesla profitable. The path to that goal is two-fold. The cars may eventually bring in serious money, but the outlay needed to fund the manufacture of the vehicles is far greater than what sales are bringing in.
But while Tesla is considered to be a carmaker first and foremost, the real money might be in selling energy technology. Its enormous Gigafactory, opening this summer, will be able to make batteries for much more than cars.
The SolarCity purchase was always on the cards. Musk is already the firm's chairman and biggest shareholder, and the company's chief executive, Lyndon Rive, is Musk's cousin.
Some are questioning why Tesla had to buy SolarCity rather than just work closely with it. SolarCity has struggled lately, and so some are calling this a Tesla-financed bailout.
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US electric carmaker Tesla has offered to buy solar panel company SolarCity in a bid to expand its clean energy business.
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There will be 50,459 performances of 3,314 shows from 49 countries in 313 venues during August.
The Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world and has been held in the city every August since 1947.
Its programme includes theatre, dance, circus, comedy, music, musicals, opera, cabaret and variety, children's shows, exhibitions, events and spoken word.
Fourteen new venues will host shows this year and overall there is a 3.8% increase on last year's programme.
Kath M Mainland, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, said: "Every year we think we know what it's going to deliver, but every year it surprises, delights, amazes and inspires. The Fringe is a festival like no other."
She said the festival, which runs from 7 to 31 August, was "completely open access", where artists don't need to wait for an invitation to take part.
"There's no curator, no vetting, no barriers," Ms Mainland said. "Just incredible talent from almost 50 countries all over the world."
Fiona Hyslop MSP, Scottish government cabinet secretary for culture, Europe and external affairs, said: "This year's programme shows once again why the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is one of the most important events in the international cultural calendar."
This year, 21 shows will be part of the Made in Scotland programme, a curated showcase of music, theatre and dance, made and produced in Scotland.
Well-known comedians putting on shows at the festival this year include Jo Brand, Ed Byrne, Sue Perkins, Fred MacAulay, Patrick Kielty, Paul Merton, Alan Davies, Trevor Noah, Marcus Brigstocke, Mark Thomas and Reginald D Hunter.
There will also be 250 street performances each day on the Royal Mile and The Mound.
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The 38-year-old former Manchester United and West Ham player joins the Blues after a spell with Notts County.
Carroll, who has won 42 international caps, will link up with former Northern Ireland team-mate and current Linfield boss David Healy.
"He's obviously a player I know very well and he will bring with him considerable experience," said Healy.
Carroll made his Northern Ireland debut against Thailand in 1997 and is expected to be in the squad for the Euro 2016 finals in France.
Linfield finished second in the league last season and were beaten in the Irish Cup final by Glenavon.
"His experience will be of enormous benefit to the goalkeepers and indeed our entire squad," added Healy.
"I'm looking forward to working with him once his international commitments are concluded in the coming weeks."
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Northern Ireland goalkeeper Roy Carroll has signed for Premiership club Linfield on a one-year deal.
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The Science Museum Group announced it would transfer the collection to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
It said the move will help create "the world's foremost single collection" on the art of photography and help the media museum focus on science and technology.
Bradford South MP Judith Cummins said she was "shocked" and "dismayed".
The transfer includes the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) archive, which features key historical objects from the medium's development.
Fewer than 10 items from the RPS collection are currently on permanent display in Bradford but the majority can be viewed by appointment.
The archive will join the V&A's existing collection of 500,000 photographs to create an International Photography Resource Centre.
Bradford will retain the Kodak collection, the Daily Herald Archive and the Impressions Gallery.
Jo Quinton-Tulloch, director of the media museum, said it would focus on inspiring future generations of scientists and engineers in the fields of light and sound.
She added: "We retain millions of objects in our photography, cinematography and television collections which will help us make these scientific principles tangible and exciting."
The media museum currently holds more than 3.5 million items, including the world's earliest known surviving photographic negative, the earliest television footage and the camera that filmed the first moving pictures in Britain.
It was under threat of closure in 2013 and visitor numbers have fallen from a peak of nearly a million in 2001.
Ms Cummins said: "We need to make sure this isn't cuts or closure by stealth.
"I want to see the museum stay in the city, it's a national museum and it needs to stay where it belongs - in Bradford."
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A 400,000-strong photography archive is to be moved from Bradford's National Media Museum to London.
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The draw was made at Hampden on Sunday evening following Aberdeen's 1-0 quarter-final win over Partick Thistle at Pittodrie.
Celtic sealed their spot by coming from behind to beat St Mirren 4-1 earlier in the day.
On Saturday, Rangers beat Hamilton 6-0 and Hibs saw off Ayr United 3-1.
The semi-final ties will be played on April 22/23.
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes expects a tough match against Neil Lennon's Hibs, but admitted to a slight sense of relief over the draw.
"If we are all being honest, Celtic are the strongest team by a long way," he told BBC Radio Scotland.
"So it is a good draw and Hibs will probably see it as a good draw.
"Hibs have done really well and are holders and this is the type of game you want to be involved in.
"If you look at the level of player Hibs have got, the experience of the manager and the fact they won the cup last year and have that experience, there shouldn't be too much between the teams.
"If we are deemed to be favourites, so be it and we just have to do our business on the pitch."
Celtic and Rangers meet in the league on Sunday, with Brendan Rodgers' team having won the three matches between the sides so far this season.
They followed a 5-1 win at Celtic Park with a 1-0 League Cup semi-final win and a 2-1 Premiership victory at Ibrox.
Hibs beat Rangers 3-2 in last season's final to lift the Scottish Cup for the first time in 114 years.
They have played Aberdeen 32 times in the Scottish Cup, winning nine times, losing 13 times with 10 matches ending in draws.
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Celtic and Rangers will meet in the Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden, while holders Hibernian face Aberdeen in the other last four match.
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The Welshman, 31, led Team Sky in the Giro in May, but his hopes were ended when a police motorbike caused a crash on the Blockhaus climb on stage nine.
Thomas was forced to withdraw from the race, but he is fit to support Chris Froome's bid for a fourth Tour title.
The Tour, which begins in Dusseldorf in Germany, runs from 1-23 July.
Spaniard Mikel Landa, who was also involved in the crash at the Giro but recovered to finish 17th, is also in the squad.
Britons Ian Stannard and Peter Kennaugh are notable omissions, along with Wout Poels.
Dutchman Poels, who played a major role in Froome's victory 12 months ago, suffered a significant knee injury in February and only returned to race at the Route du Sud earlier this month.
Stannard and Kennaugh were both in the Sky team in the traditional Tour warm-up race, the Criterium du Dauphine, but have been overlooked in the final selection.
That means there are three Britons in the squad, with Froome and Thomas joined by road captain Luke Rowe.
Froome is aiming to win the Tour for a third straight year, and fourth overall, following victories in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
"We're ready as a team and I can't wait for the Tour to start now," said the 32-year-old. "Honestly, I just love it. It's a feeling that you don't get from any other race."
Team: Chris Froome, Sergio Henao, Vasil Kiryienka, Christian Knees, Michal Kwiatkowski, Mikel Landa, Mikel Nieve, Luke Rowe, Geraint Thomas.
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Geraint Thomas has recovered from the injuries he sustained at the Giro d'Italia to be named in Team Sky's squad for next month's Tour de France.
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Many people choose to go to university to learn about subjects they enjoy. They also hope it will help them find better jobs when they leave.
We already know that many more girls than boys go to university when they leave school.
This new research suggests that, already by the age of 13, more girls than boys want to go to university.
A study by the Sutton Trust charity looked at the views of more than 3,000 pupils in England.
At age 13-14, almost 65% of girls said they thought it was very important to go to university, compared with 58% of boys.
Why is there a gender difference? Children have been telling Newsround their opinions.
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Teenage girls are more likely than boys to think that going to university is a good idea, new research suggests.
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Arriva Rail North staff will walk out for three days from 8 July, while Merseyrail staff will strike on 8, 10 and 23 July, the final day of The Open.
Workers at Southern also plan to walk out on 10 July.
The RMT is in dispute with the rail companies over driver-only-operated trains which they say would be unsafe and lead to widespread job losses.
The strike will also clash with the British Style Collective, the Clothes Show's big event in Liverpool from 7 - 9 July.
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said any responsibility for disruption to services lay with the companies and their refusal to enter meaningful talks with the union.
"It is that flagrant disregard for the safety issues at the heart of the dispute which leaves us with no option but to press on with the campaign of strike action," he added.
However, Richard Allen, deputy managing director for Arriva-run Northern, said he was "deeply disappointed and hugely frustrated" by the announcement of further action.
"Only this week we wrote to RMT again, urging them to engage in meaningful modernisation talks with us.
"We have been clear that for all our conductors we are prepared to guarantee jobs and current pay, and continue with annual pay reviews, if we can reach agreement with RMT," Mr Allen said.
He added fresh industrial action would not solve the dispute.
Merseyrail's managing director Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde criticised the timing of the strike which he said was designed to "cause maximum disruption to people attending the last day of the Open Golf at Royal Birkdale".
Mr van der Velde claimed the company "brought several new initiatives to the table in the last round of talks, the RMT is unprepared to work with us to find middle ground".
"While we, as always, will do our best to minimise disruption, our passengers should not be made to suffer at the hands of the RMT, and the Liverpool City Region should not be caught in the cross-fire of a national dispute directed by unions in London."
The latest strike announcement comes as a long-awaited report into the troubled Southern rail franchise has blamed the unions for widespread disruption over the last year.
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Train passengers across England are to be hit by further strike action, RMT officials have said.
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Proud went under 46 seconds for the first time, beating his own record in the men's 4x100m freestyle with 45.97.
Aimee Willmott won her fourth medal with 400m individual medley gold.
Lizzie Simmonds, who set a British record in the 100m backstroke on the opening night, took gold in the 200m in a season's best 2:00.91, just outside her own British record.
Proud, 21, of the Plymouth Leander team, broke Mark Foster's 14-year-old short-course 50m freestyle British record on the opening day, clocked 46.69 in the 100m freestyle and on Sunday added the 50m butterfly with a time of 22.39 seconds.
Willmott, 22 - who also won gold in the 200m IM and 400m freestyle, plus silver in the 200m butterfly - captured the 400m title in 4:28.26, an impressive six seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Stockport Metro's Liam Selby took gold in the men's 50m butterfly with a narrow victory in a time of 23.56.
Anna Hopkin of Bath University lowered the personal best time she posted in the morning heats to win 50m freestyle gold in 24.44.
A superb anchor leg from Rebecca Turner guided the City of Sheffield, also featuring Maya Westlake, Darcy Deakin and Ellie Faulkner, to gold in the women's 4x100 freestyle relay in 7:53.70.
Calum Tait finished more than a body length ahead of the next placed swimmer in the men's 200m breaststroke, posting a personal best 2:05.42.
The women's 200m freestyle final went down to the final touch but it was Loughborough University's Sophie Smith who touched first to take gold in 1:56.03, only 0.02 seconds outside her lifetime best.
In the men's 200m freestyle final, Loughborough University's Adam Barrett won in a season's best 1:43.72.
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The RFU announced on Tuesday that the Exiles had not met the governing body's criteria to be granted a new licence.
However, Welsh believe they had satisfied the requirements.
The club, who went into liquidation last month, say they will "deal with the ramifications" of the announcement before deciding whether to respond.
A phoenix entity, named Rugby 1885 Limited, had been granted a temporary licence on 22 December to play their last two league games after Welsh went into liquidation, although the club were deducted 20 points.
On expelling the club from the second tier, the RFU stated the Old Deer Park side were unable to provide a bond or show evidence they would be able to pay rugby creditors in full.
Welsh said they had worked "very closely" with RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie, director of professional rugby Nigel Melville and legal and governance director Angus Bujalski in order to to meet the conditions.
The Richmond-based club were a Premiership side as recently as 2015, when they were based at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford but were relegated after losing all 22 games.
Welsh have suffered financial difficulties since then and had hoped to secure investment from a United States-based group, but that deal collapsed in November.
Exiles coach Sonny Parker criticised the RFU of acting "through self-interest" and announcing the decision with "no regard to those impacted".
The former Wales international, who is backs coach and team manager, said the decision to remove them from the Championship was made public before players and coaches were informed.
"I can live with no licence but not allowing us time to speak to players and staff is unforgivable," the 39-year-old said in a statement on Twitter.
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London Welsh are "extremely disappointed" by the Rugby Football Union's decision to expel them from the Championship and the professional game.
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The Pope appealed to Catholics and Lutherans to "mend" history and look with honesty at the past, "recognising error and seeking forgiveness".
By tradition, on 31 October 1517 the German theologian Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of a church.
The papal visit kicks off a year of events to mark the quincentenary.
Pope Francis and Lutheran leaders presided over an ecumenical prayer service in Lund cathedral in southern Sweden on Monday.
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church praised the Reformation for helping to give greater centrality to scripture in the church's life.
Luther's pamphlet attacked excesses and abuses within the church, and his actions and writings were hugely significant in the schism which developed in Western Christianity, which became known as the Reformation.
Luther was subsequently excommunicated, but his teachings spread throughout northern Europe.
Decades of religious wars in Europe followed.
The Church of Sweden is part of the Lutheran branch of Protestantism, though the country is largely secular.
In a joint statement, the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation said that both partners "are no longer strangers" and that their joint goal was to bring members of the two churches together at the Eucharistic table.
Pope Francis has previously praised Luther for his fight against corruption and greed in the church of the time.
He has also criticised his own church, calling on it to shun greed.
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Pope Francis has taken part in events to commemorate the anniversary of the Protestant Reformation during his trip to Sweden.
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Pettini and Aadil Ali put on 104 for the second wicket, while Tom Wells hit 67 off 44 balls as Leicestershire reached 363-7 from their 50 overs.
Warwickshire opener Sam Hain made 103 from 107 balls, adding 118 for the fourth wicket with Tim Ambrose (83).
But no other batsman was able to score 30 or more as the visitors were bowled out for 260 in the 44th.
Leicestershire's total was their highest in limited-overs cricket against another first-class county, beating the 344-4 set against Durham in a 45-over competition in 2004.
The Foxes have now won two of their opening three games in the competition, while defending champions Warwickshire have lost twice in their first three games.
Leicestershire all-rounder Tom Wells told BBC Radio Leicester:
"We knew it was a good pitch and that we needed to start well, but Mark Pettini and Cameron Delport complement each other really well up at the top of the order and they gave us momentum.
"Aadil Ali has come into the team and taken his chance, and those three set the platform for us to come in and have a dip at the end.
"The way the game is going these days you never know if you've got a defendable score. People are chasing down scores of 400, but we knew a couple of tight overs could build a bit of pressure, and in the end that told - and Aadil's catch running back to dismiss Sam Hain was brilliant.
Warwickshire coach Jim Troughton told BBC WM:
"In the last couple of games, we've been chasing above-par scores. It hasn't gone well with the ball, and scoreboard pressure has got the better of us.
"It's not for want of the guys putting in the work and trying to nail the skills, but we have to get them right as soon as we can so we give ourselves a better chance with the bat.
"The wicket may have got a little bit tired as the day went on, but they played good shots, came at us hard and, with Pettini scoring a big hundred, guys could play around him. That's how you get to a big total like that."
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Mark Pettini hit a career-best 159 from 135 deliveries to help Leicestershire beat Warwickshire in the One-Day Cup.
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Tests were scheduled in Samoa and Tonga in June, but they have confirmed games could yet be moved to New Zealand.
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) say it wants to play on the islands, but will pursue alternatives if guarantees over player welfare are not met.
"There is no issue with Samoa as a venue," World Rugby told BBC Wales.
Wales are scheduled to play against Samoa on 24 June 2017 at Apia Park, Apia.
The sport's governing body helps tier two countries meet costs of hosting tier one nations.
World Rugby helped with appropriate medical cover when New Zealand played Samoa in Apia in 2015.
A delegation from World Rugby is scheduled to travel to Tonga and Samoa to assess whether facilities in each country are fit for purpose.
"Several other international sides have played in Samoa successfully in recent years," World Rugby explained.
"As regards Tonga, a new venue is due to be constructed there and we need to assess whether it will be completed in time for the fixture to take place as planned.
"In addition, from a due diligence point of view, we will be conducting a site visit in Tonga within the coming weeks to ensure that other facilities in Tonga are of the appropriate level to host a match of this nature.
"This would include accommodation, training facilities and medical provisions. As always, our number-one priority is player welfare.
"No decision has yet been taken on this. By way of contingency, it is possible the match could take place in Auckland if we cannot proceed with Tonga."
The original itinerary for Wales' tour was thought to include a third Test in Fiji, but BBC Wales understands this is no longer part of the schedule.
Fans and travel companies are currently in a state of limbo, with hundreds having registered for the tour.
Wales last toured the Pacific Islands in 1994.
The WRU say it expects a final decision to be made by the end of October.
A spokesman for the Samoan Rugby Union said: "At this stage we can't comment as the match has not yet been confirmed by World Rugby."
The Tongan Rugby Union has also been asked to comment, but has not yet responded.
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World Rugby have moved to allay fears that Wales's 2017 South Pacific tour is in doubt because of concerns over facilities and medical cover.
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De Villota lost her right eye at Duxford Airfield while testing for Marussia and died a year later aged 33.
The HSE said the driver's family had been informed of its decision.
Manor Grand Prix Racing, which operated Marussia and now runs the Manor team, has yet to comment.
De Villota, the daughter of 1980s F1 driver Emilio de Villota, was injured when the MR-01 race car she was driving hit a support truck on 3 July 2012.
She had been driving at up to 200mph (322km/h), but was travelling considerably slower at the time of the crash.
It was the first time the Spaniard had driven the car for Oxfordshire-based Marussia, which folded in 2014.
Despite losing her eye, she was cleared to drive again in early 2013, but died the following October "as a consequence of the neurological injuries she suffered".
Soon after the crash, Marussia said an internal investigation "excluded the car as a factor in the accident".
An HSE spokesman said: "The investigation is now complete and no enforcement action is being taken.
"Both the company [Manor Grand Prix Racing] and the DP's [deceased person's] family have been informed."
He said HSE had investigated "all reasonable lines of enquiry".
I was due to interview Maria and was standing with her mechanics when she came back in after a test run.
Her car slowed for it to be reversed into the pits, but at the last second it suddenly accelerated again.
By the time it hit the tailboard at the back of a truck, it was doing 30 or 40mph.
I could see the collision impacted directly on her helmet and I feared the worst.
It took almost an hour for ambulance staff to feel confident enough to take her out of the car.
It was an awful moment. I was surrounded by people who knew her very well, including family, friends, engineers and her manager.
Asked whether driver error had caused the crash, the spokesman said it was "not appropriate to disclose".
He added: "However, as with all accidents there are a number of underlying causes."
Speaking in October 2012 after leaving hospital, De Villota said: "I want to keep fighting because I believe so strongly in women being part of motor racing."
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No action is to be taken against a former Formula 1 team after test driver Maria de Villota suffered a severe crash in Cambridgeshire in 2012, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said.
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The 5.2cm (two inch) solid silver Declaration Pound dates from 1643, a year after the English Civil War broke out.
It was struck in Oxford, at a new mint created to launch an official currency under Royalist control.
The coin's owner, from Dorset, took it into a Dorchester auction house, unaware of its significance.
Timothy Medhurst, a coin specialist at Duke's Auctioneers, said: "The coin has been handed down through several generations to the current owner, who had no idea of its value.
"It is a coin which is rare to find and it will cause a stir in the coin collecting world."
Its owner does not know how long it has been in their family or where it originally came from.
The coin marks Charles I's attempts to regain his failing power from the Parliamentarians led by Oliver Cromwell.
A legend inscribed on the back of the coin in Latin reads: "Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered".
It is seen as a declaration of the king's power and his belief in absolute monarchy.
The coin will be auctioned at Duke's on 12 March.
According to the National Archives, £1 in 1640 would have been worth £85.80 in 2005.
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An "extremely rare" £1 coin is expected fetch up to £50,000 when it is auctioned off.
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The Community union said it expected to hold talks on the industry generally with the steel company this week.
Union officials said they expected Tata's Port Talbot plant to be "high on the agenda" as concerns grow over potential job losses.
Some 4,000 people are employed at the works, and Tata employs 6,000 in Wales.
It puts ??200m a year into the economy in wages.
Tata Steel Europe, which employs 17,000 in the UK, is in the throes of a wide-scale reorganisation of its business, prompted by a slump in the price of steel.
Alan Coombs, the president of the steelworkers' union Community, and chairman of the multi-union group at Port Talbot, told BBC Wales: "Without doubt there'll be restructuring on the cards - that's if we are in a position to restructure.
"There is concern that we are running out of time".
Mr Coombs said the steel industry was changing quite rapidly, and he thought job losses were "inevitable" at Port Talbot - the UK's largest steelworks.
He said there was always a knock-on effect from Port Talbot on other parts of the steel industry in Wales.
A spokesperson for Community added: "These reports of potential job losses at Port Talbot should serve as a stark reminder of the ongoing steel crisis and the urgent need for government to deliver upon the agreed steps to protect this vital foundation industry.
"We need a level playing field for UK steel makers, especially on issues like business rates and energy costs."
Councillor Tony Taylor, who represents the Aberavon ward in Port Talbot and worked at the steelworks for 44 years before retiring last year, said there had been rumours about potential job losses in the area "for weeks".
"The government needs to help the industry now," he said.
"It's OK for AMs and MPs to talk the talk, but we need to see action before it's too late.
"We have to keep the steel industry going in Britain - it's too important to lose."
There have been waves of job losses in the steel industry in the UK, which the sector has blamed on cheap Chinese imports and a collapse in prices.
In October, Tata Steel announced nearly 1,200 roles were to be axed in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire.
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Shock 2015-16 Premier League winners City also have a Champions League last-16 tie with Sevilla on the horizon.
Rams assistant boss Powell told BBC Radio Derby: "The season they had was quite unique, it won't happen again.
"They're now having their Champions League excursion and that's something we aspire to."
Powell, who reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup as a Derby player in 1997, ended his career with Leicester in 2010, before briefly being part of the Foxes' coaching staff.
He is excited by the prospect of facing the Foxes on Friday and said their current struggles, coupled with Derby's home advantage and impressive form in the Championship, made the televised tie a tight one.
The Rams have lost just three of their matches since Steve McClaren became boss in October, while Leicester have lost 11 of their 22 Premier League matches this season.
"It's going to be some game," Powell added. "People may say Leicester are the favourites. But with home advantage, and what Leicester are going through, it's an opportunity for us to take advantage."
After stints in charge of Charlton and Huddersfield, Powell returned to Derby in May as number two to Nigel Pearson and retained that role when McClaren took over.
Having been a player, coach and caretaker-manager of both East Midlands rivals, Powell said he could see parallels between the clubs.
"For passion, and for supporting your team, they are very similar," he said prior to the fourth-round tie at Pride Park. "Up until quite recently, their history was kind of similar as well.
"But of course Leicester have surpassed what most clubs, apart from the traditionally big clubs, have done."
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Chris Powell hopes Derby County can emulate his ex-club Leicester City's achievements as the East Midlands duo prepare for Friday's FA Cup meeting.
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It happened at 09.30 BST on Saturday at the junction of Cheapside and Bridlesmith Gate, blocking both roads.
Police cordoned off the scene but said clearing it was complicated due to overhead power lines. There are no reports of injuries.
Services were suspended between Nottingham Station and Royal Centre until shortly before 13:00 with continued disruption to the timetable.
A nearby branch of Barclays bank was evacuated as a precaution.
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A tram and a lorry have collided in Nottingham city centre.
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Since then, the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine has been rolled out across 130 countries and halved the number of new cervical cancers.
The HPV vaccine also protects against cancers in the throat and mouth in both men and women.
Prof Ian Frazer said the vaccine could eradicate cancers caused by HPV within 40 years.
"It helps not only control cervical cancer but also the oropharyngeal cancer - the cancers inside the mouth that are caused by these viruses," Prof Frazer, chief executive of the Translational Research Institute, said.
"If we vaccinate enough people we will eliminate these viruses because they only infect humans. And in Australia there's already been a 90% reduction in infections in the 10 years the programme has been running."
HPV is a very common virus that lives on our skin and other areas of the body, including the mouth, genital areas and anus. It can be passed through skin-to-skin contact and genital contact.
The virus is most often passed during vaginal and anal sex, but can also be transmitted through oral sex.
"The papilloma viruses that cause cancer are very common indeed," Prof Frazer said.
"Most people get rid of the virus themselves without knowing they've contracted it, but 1% of the population that get it get persistent infection that lasts over five years. If they do that they've got a very good chance they'll get a cancer."
Prof Frazer, the late molecular virologist Dr Jian Zhou and a research team used genetic engineering to build a virus replica to create the vaccine. With millions of doses of the vaccine administered worldwide, the number of new cases of cervical cancer has reportedly halved.
"We know that 170 million doses of vaccine have been given out," Prof Frazer said.
"If you do the sums on that, one in a hundred people were going to get a cancer that could kill them."
Some parents have reservations about their children being vaccinated on the grounds that it may encourage promiscuity. Others object to vaccinations over safety fears.
"In countries like the US where the vaccine isn't so widely taken up, that's a little bit disappointing because cervical cancer still kills several thousand women in the US," he said.
"Then, of course, we've got the problem of the 250,000 people that die from cervical cancer in the developing world."
Researchers are continuing to refine the effectiveness of the vaccine and ensure more widespread inoculation.
"We're moving from a vaccine that protects against two common strains of the virus that cause cancer to a vaccine that protects against nine common strains," Prof Frazer said.
"If we get that rolled out we will eventually get rid of all cancers that get caused by this virus."
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The world's first cancer vaccine was administered in Australia exactly 10 years ago.
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Leaders from both nations confirmed a conclusion had been reached after talks that spanned more than two years.
The deal is expected to be signed on Monday and covers 17 areas such as e-commerce, Chinese officials said.
China is South Korea's largest trading partner and their bilateral trade grew to $228.9bn (£143bn) in 2013.
South Korea has been running a trade surplus with China since 1993, and the surplus was $62.8bn last year, according to South Korean data.
"South Korean and Chinese leaders today declared an effective conclusion of the FTA at a summit meeting held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing," said a statement from Korea's presidential office, referring to a meeting of South Korean President Park Geun-hye with China's President Xi Jinping at the Apec summit.
Local media reports said the deal included a move to remove tariffs on over 90% of goods in the next two decades.
With China and South Korea the world's first and seventh largest exporters respectively, a tie-up between the two is key for the region's economic growth.
South Korea, Asia's fourth largest economy, already has trade agreements with the European Union and the US.
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China and South Korea are set to sign a free trade agreement that aims to remove most barriers to trade between the countries.
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The former Real Madrid youth player has been on goalscoring form for Atletico Malagueno, Malaga's reserve team, who top Group 9 of the Spanish third tier.
Kilmarnock's Greg Taylor and Celtic's Jamie McCart, on loan at Inverness Caledonian Thistle, are the new additions in defence.
St Mirren's Stephen Mallan is among the new crop of midfielders.
Motherwell's Dom Thomas and Celtic's Joe Thomson are rewarded for their loan spells with Queen of the South in the Scottish Championship by being included in the squad for the friendly at Paisley 2021 Stadium on 28 March.
St Mirren's stadium will be a familiar venue for Celtic's Paul McMullan, who had a spell there on loan before his present stint with Dunfermline Athletic, and the Buddies' Lewis Morgan, who are the new forwards along with Harper in Scot Gemmill's squad.
Wolves' Jack Ruddy, who began his career with Real Murcia, is one of two uncapped goalkeepers.
The other is Devlin Mackay, who is on loan to Berwick Rangers in Scotland's League Two from Kilmarnock.
Goalkeepers: Ryan Fulton (Liverpool, loan to Chesterfield), Devlin Mackay (Kilmarnock, loan to Berwick Rangers), Jack Ruddy (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Defenders: Alex Iacovitti (Nottingham Forest), Zak Jules (Reading, loan to Motherwell), Jamie McCart (Celtic, loan to Inverness CT), Jordan McGhee (Hearts, loan to Middlesbrough), Liam Smith (Heart of Midlothian), Greg Taylor (Kilmarnock)
Midfielders: Chris Cadden (Motherwell), Liam Henderson (Celtic), Stephen Mallan (St Mirren), James Jones (Crewe Alexandra), Dominic Thomas (Motherwell, loan Queen of the South), Ruben Sammut (Chelsea), Joe Thomson (Celtic, loan to Queen of the South)
Forwards: Ryan Hardie (Rangers, loan to Raith Rovers), Jack Harper (Malaga CF), Oliver McBurnie (Swansea City), Paul McMullan (Celtic, loan to Dunfermline Athletic), Lewis Morgan (St Mirren), Craig Wighton (Dundee)
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Alistair Roy missed a good chance to give the hosts the lead early on, pulling his shot wide.
Jonathan Page tested Shire's Richard Barnard with a close-range header and nodded another effort over.
Kinnaird fired in what proved to be the winner after increased pressure from the home side in the second half.
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Lloyd Kinnaird's second-half strike helped East Stirlingshire defeat East Fife on the opening day of the Scottish League Two season.
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Food sales increased in February but overall Scottish sales declined year-on-year by 1.9%.
The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) said 2017 had "got off to a somewhat sluggish start" following a second successive month of falling sales.
It suggested consumers were responding to a combination of moderate wage growth and rising overall inflation.
SRC director David Lonsdale said: "In recent months we've seen a polarisation in the performance of food and non-food categories, which continued in February.
"Food sales continued to edge up, helped by good sales of wine and chocolates for St Valentine's Day as well as stronger demand for grocers' meal deals, which perhaps hints at less eating out during the period as consumers reined in spending.
"By contrast, non-food categories fell back once again, particularly clothing, footwear and household appliances, though there was continuing interest in mobile phones, wearable technology and a revival in gaming products."
He added: "These figures suggest Scottish consumers are maybe beginning to tighten their belts and acknowledge the strain from rising overall inflation and moderating wage growth, with council tax set to creep up soon too."
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Scottish retail sales fell last month as consumers started to "tighten their belts", according to new figures.
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The former Deputy Chief Constable was confirmed in the top job at a meeting of Strathclyde Police Authority in Glasgow on Monday.
The post vacated by Mr Corrigan will now be filled by former Assistant Chief Constable Rhuaraidh Nicolson.
In turn, his position will be filled by Chief Superintendent Russell Dunn.
Mr House was appointed last week to head up Scotland's new single police force, which comes into being in April next year.
He has already said that as many as 3,000 support staff could be lost as he seeks to merge eight forces into one.
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Campbell Corrigan has been named acting Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police following Stephen House's appointment to head Scotland's new single force.
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Chester's Ryan Lloyd cancelled out Kieran Murtagh's first-half opener, but Joey Jones gave Woking an interval lead and Chigozie Ugwu added a third in the second half.
Visiting goalkeeper Jon Worsnop was forced to push Woking right-back Jake Caprice's dangerous low cross on to the post in the ninth minute before Murtagh fired the home side ahead with a 25-yard drive into the bottom corner.
The visitors were back on level terms within eight minutes when midfielder Lloyd glanced home Johnny Hunt's cross, but Woking went in at the break 2-1 ahead as Max Kretzschmar's ball was headed in by Jones in the 28th minute.
Worsnop parried Kretzschmar's header and Woking substitute Zak Ansah fired into the side netting before the Cards went 3-1 ahead in the 75th minute through Ugwu's powerful drive.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Woking 3, Chester FC 1.
Second Half ends, Woking 3, Chester FC 1.
Gozie Ugwu (Woking) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Woking. Fabio Saraiva replaces Ismail Yakubu.
Substitution, Woking. Charlie Carter replaces Max Kretzschmar.
Goal! Woking 3, Chester FC 1. Gozie Ugwu (Woking).
Zak Ansah (Woking) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Chester FC. James Akintunde replaces Jordan Chapell.
Substitution, Woking. Zak Ansah replaces Charlie Penny.
Evan Horwood (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jon Worsnop (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Chester FC. Elliott Durrell replaces Blaine Hudson.
Substitution, Chester FC. Sam Hughes replaces Johnny Hunt.
Second Half begins Woking 2, Chester FC 1.
First Half ends, Woking 2, Chester FC 1.
Max Kretzschmar (Woking) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Woking 2, Chester FC 1. Joey Jones (Woking).
Johnny Hunt (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Woking 1, Chester FC 1. Ryan Lloyd (Chester FC).
Goal! Woking 1, Chester FC 0. Keiran Murtagh (Woking).
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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Woking saw off Chester to secure their first National League win of the season.
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The world number seven will feature alongside seven other players, including Maria Sharapova.
All matches in the event, which begins with a round-robin stage, comprise a single tie-break to 10 points.
"Tie-breaks provide so many pressure-filled moments and it will be fascinating to see who handles it best," said Konta, 25.
The winner of the inaugural women's tournament will receive $200,000 (£161,000), with an additional $100,000 (£80,547) donated to a charity working to combat domestic violence.
The men's tournament, which features US Open champion Stan Wawrinka and world number seven Kei Nishikori, runs alongside the women's event.
Britain's Andy Murray has reached the final of the past two events, losing to compatriot Kyle Edmund in London, and Austria's Dominic Thiem in Vienna.
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British number one Johanna Konta will play in the first women's Tie Break Tens event, in Madrid on 4 May.
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"I love writing, cooking and baking. I'm enjoying what I'm doing and I don't want it to be taken away from me," the Junior Bake Off judge told the BBC.
When asked if Channel 4 had approached her about the show, which is moving from BBC One, she told Newsround: "No."
Channel 4 signed a three-year deal earlier this month with Love Productions, which makes the programme.
But judge Mary Berry will not move after she quit The Great British Bake Off last week out of loyalty to the BBC, a few days after presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins also decided not to make the move to Channel 4.
Paul Hollywood is the only Bake Off star to have agreed to stick with the show and switch to Channel 4, so there is speculation as to who will present and judge the show.
It was announced last month that Hussain, who won in 2015, was to judge the CBBC junior version of the show, alongside chef and food writer Allegra McEvedy.
Channel 4 will begin airing the programme in 2017, starting with a celebrity special in aid of Stand Up To Cancer.
Hussain was asked by BBC Breakfast about her views on Bake Off changing channel, but responded by saying: "It's old news.
"Change happens, change comes, wherever it [the show] goes I just want it to do well, whatever happens, wherever it goes."
But when asked about the importance of Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins to the show, she said: "Mel and Sue are so important to the show. Every time I was falling apart they'd come and say, 'It's just cake, come on you can do this.'"
She added it is "the least competitive competition in the world" and that "you like each other, there's camaraderie in the competition, you don't see that anywhere else."
She said: "You want to win and do really well and you want everyone to do well as well."
The BBC and Channel 4 clashed over Bake Off on Tuesday at the Royal Television Society London Conference.
James Purnell, the BBC's director of strategy and education was in a debate with Channel 4's chief creative officer Jay Hunt.
Hunt said: "I understand that you feel aggrieved about Bake Off although it is worth remembering the BBC lost Bake Off. Channel 4 didn't take Bake Off."
Purnell told her: "You have a remit which you describe yourself as 'born risky'. I think there's real questions about whether buying Bake Off qualifies for that."
The Great British Bake Off began life on BBC Two in 2010, where it became a firm favourite with viewers before moving to BBC One in 2014.
Last year's final was the UK's most watched television programme of the year, with 13.4 million viewers tuning in to see Hussain win the competition.
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Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain said she has had "no offers" from Channel 4 to join the show.
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The 33-year-old has suffered persistent hamstring trouble in the last year and was ruled out of the recent Test series with India to have more surgery.
After his latest injury setback, he admitted his career could be in doubt.
National selector Rod Marsh said Clarke would be replaced if he was not fit by Australia's second World Cup match, against Bangladesh on 21 February.
Clarke, who made his international debut in 2003, is not expected to feature in the preceding one-day tri-series against England and India which begins on 16 January.
The Australians begin their World Cup campaign against England in Melbourne on 14 February, and play Bangladesh a week later.
"We have said that if Michael has not recovered by our second match of the tournament against Bangladesh on 21 February, we will replace him in the squad," said Marsh. "He understands that and is working tirelessly with medical staff to get back to fitness.
"Our medical staff are pleased with his progress and he continues to undergo thorough rehabilitation work with a view to being ready to play an important role in the World Cup."
A stand-by for Clarke has not been announced, although Marsh said that if the captain became unavailable, regular deputy George Bailey would lead the side in his absence.
Marsh also said Western Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh is on track to be fit for the start of the World Cup.
"Mitchell is progressing well with his rehab and we expect him to be available at some stage during the tri-series with the aim to have him well prepared for the World Cup," he said.
Elsewhere in the squad, Brad Haddin is preferred to Matthew Wade as wicketkeeper, while Nathan Lyon misses out in favour of Xavier Doherty for the solitary spinner's slot.
Lyon has played just eight one-day internationals, but made a late push for selection with 23 wickets in four Tests against India.
Australia are seeking a record fifth World Cup after winning the tournament in India in 1987, England in 1999, South Africa in 2003 and the West Indies in 2007.
Australia World Cup squad: Michael Clarke (capt), George Bailey (vice-capt), Patrick Cummins, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin (wk), Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner, Shane Watson.
Click here for a list of all the World Cup squads
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The UNESCO World Heritage Site is under threat from landslides and slippage which could seriously damage the historic iron bridge and gorge.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said: "It is vital that we do not let places like Ironbridge Gorge deteriorate or slide out of sight."
The world's first iron bridge was built there in 1779 by Abraham Darby III.
Mr Pickles described the area as a monument to the industrial revolution and "a testament to British ingenuity and ambition".
Telford and Wrekin Council has welcomed the government grant but has said that "around £80m" will be needed to fully protect the gorge.
The council said the money will help the Council undertake work between the Jackfield Tile Museum and the Boat Inn.
The work, which will involve drilling and grouting old mine workings and strengthening slopes and the river banks, will take four years, the council said.
A spokesman said land instability in the gorge "is nothing new" with reports of ground movement being recorded over the past 235 years.
Councillor Richard Overton said: "The bill we face to do this is beyond our means, so we are pleased that Government has found this money to go towards tackling this most pressing need."
The council said it has spent more than £16m on tackling land instability in the gorge since 2001.
Cracking was first reported on the iron bridge as early as 1784, and it has needed constant repair and maintenance.
The bridge suffers structurally due to land movement in the valley it was built in.
There were plans in the middle of the last century to demolish the original bridge and build a new one.
In 1967 the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust was set up to preserve the remains of the Industrial Revolution in the six square miles of the Ironbridge Gorge.
Between 1972 and 1975 £147,000 was spent on repairing the bridge, re-enforcing it and resurfacing it.
More than 550,000 visitors now come to the 10 Ironbridge Gorge museums every year from all over the world.
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Wednesday's win for the Asian champions from South Korea means they claim fifth place in Japan ahead of Sundowns.
Kim Bo-kyung, Lee Jong-ho and an own-goal from Ricardo Nascimento gave Jeonbuk a 3-0 lead before half-time.
Percy Tau scored for Sundowns early in the second half before Kim Shin-wook's header sealed the win.
Sundowns lost to Japanese champions Kashima Antlers 2-0 in their other game on their debut at the tournament on Sunday.
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African Champions League winners Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa lost again at the Club World Cup going down 4-1 to Jeonbuk Motors in Osaka.
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As well as the tech giant, the inquiry centres on Hachette Livre, Penguin, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holzbrinck.
The Commission said it would focus on alleged illegal agreements restricting competition in the EU.
The UK's Office of Fair Trading has already carried out a similar inquiry.
The character and terms of agreements that the companies made with agencies are to be examined for breaches of EU rules on cartels, the Commission said.
The Office of Fair Trading has now finished its own investigation, but continues to work closely with the Commission, which is extending the scope of the inquiry across the whole of Europe.
The Commission carried out "unannounced inspections" on the companies in March 2011 as part of its investigations at premises in several European countries.
Apple's iBook store, which supplies e-books to the company's iPad tablet computer and the iPhone, is likely to come under scrutiny.
The EU announced an investigation into Google for potential anti-competitive behaviour in November.
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Apple and five publishers are to be investigated over anti-competitive practice in the e-book market, says the European Union's anti-trust watchdog.
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Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) would be equipped to help drive IS from its stronghold, Raqqa, a spokeswoman said.
The US was "keenly aware" of Turkey's concerns about such a move, she added.
Turkey views the Kurdish rebels as terrorists and wants to stop them taking more territory in Syria.
The Pentagon later said US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis had spoken by phone to his Turkish counterpart, Fikri Isik, but gave no details of the conversation. Turkish officials have not yet responded publicly.
SDF forces, which comprise Kurdish and Arab militias, are already being supported by elite US forces and air strikes from a US-led coalition.
The US has previously supplied light weapons and armoured vehicles to the Arab element of the SDF, known as the Syrian Arab Coalition.
The SDF is currently battling IS for control of the city of Tabqa, an IS command centre just 50km (30 miles) from Raqqa.
The Kurdish fighters are from the Kurdish Peoples' Protection Units (YPG), which Turkey sees as an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a group it has been fighting for decades.
Last month, Turkey carried out air strikes on YPG positions in Syria which it described as "terrorist havens".
The US believes the Kurdish fighters will be essential to Raqqa's downfall.
The Pentagon sees them as the most disciplined and organised of the anti-IS groups but Turkish opposition has meant Washington has had to tread a fine line.
The imminence of the fight for the city means delay is no longer an option and the Kurds will be getting a range of equipment.
US sources say they have received assurances from the Kurds that they will leave Raqqa to be governed by Syrian Arabs after the battle.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due in Washington next week - he will not be a happy visitor.
A Pentagon source told the BBC the equipment would include ammunition, small arms, machine guns, heavy machine guns, construction equipment such as bulldozers and armoured vehicles.
The source added that the US would "seek to recover" the equipment afterwards.
No timeline has been given for when the weapons would start to be supplied.
"We are keenly aware of the security concerns of our coalition partner Turkey," said Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White, who is travelling with Mr Mattis in Lithuania.
"We want to reassure the people and government of Turkey that the US is committed to preventing additional security risks and protecting our Nato ally."
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US President Donald Trump has approved supplying weapons to Kurdish forces fighting so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria, the Pentagon says.
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The permanent structure will replace a temporary barrier which has been in place since 2013.
Work on the trap is a collaboration between Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and the City of Edinburgh Council.
Construction will begin on Monday and is scheduled to last until March 2016. The trap consists of a wall about 3ft (1m) high, topped with metal railings.
HES director of heritage management Barbara Cummins said: "It's important that the public are assured that we have no immediate concerns regarding the rock face, however as impenetrable as the castle rock might appear, it's not immune to the effects of the weather.
"The constant freeze and thaw during the winter months can open up cracks in the rock face, which then allows a plant known as valerian to take root.
"Once this germinates the bulb expands and, over long periods of time, this process can cause rocks to fracture and fall."
There will be some traffic and parking restrictions on Johnston Terrace while the work is carried out.
Ms Cummins added: "At the moment we have a temporary structure in place which offers significant protection, and we supplement that by having our highly trained staff abseil down the rock on a regular basis to carefully remove loose fragments from the surface.
"Whilst these measures help to minimise the risk of rock falls, the regular monitoring and scaling is time consuming and ultimately disruptive to visitors to the castle and drivers on Johnston Terrace, which has to be closed whilst work is being carried out.
"The new rock trap will enhance our current risk control arrangements and reduce disruption in the process."
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United boss Louis van Gaal is trying to strengthen his squad after they finished fourth in the Premier League.
Germany international Schweinsteiger, 30, and 29-year-old Spain player Ramos are among those who interest him.
Ramos' contract with Real expires in 2017, while Schweinsteiger's Bayern deal runs until 2016.
Scorer of Real's injury-time equaliser in their Champions League final victory over Atletico Madrid in 2014, Ramos has made 445 appearances for the club since joining from Sevilla in 2005.
He has 128 Spain caps and was in the starting line-up as they won Euro 2008, Euro 2012 and the 2010 World Cup.
Schweinsteiger also has a World Cup winners' medal - starting for Germany in their victory over Argentina last year.
He has been with Bayern all his career and won his eighth league title in May. He also won the Champions League in 2013.
Real's interest in goalkeeper David De Gea will be used by United in their attempt to sign Ramos.
Van Gaal said at the end of last season it would not be easy to keep De Gea - United's player of the year for the second successive year.
The 24-year-old Spain international has refused to extend his contract beyond 2016.
The Red Devils have been linked with several potential replacements during what Van Gaal said could be a "rough" summer for some of his players given the changes he anticipated.
"A club like Manchester United has to be like that," said Van Gaal in May. "When you purchase other players you get a stimulus."
Van Gaal is particularly keen to recruit a right-back, central defender, central midfielder and striker.
United, who have already bought PSV Eindhoven winger Memphis Depay for £31m, are also interested in Tottenham forward Harry Kane.
Barcelona full-back Dani Alves also interested them, but he has signed a new deal at the Nou Camp.
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Manchester United are interested in signing Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos.
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The nine members of the team, who will compete across the four events, all won medals at last year's World Championships while two have already won Paralympic gold in the sport.
Tom Aggar won single sculls gold in Beijing while Pam Relph was part of the victorious mixed coxed four in London.
Rachel Morris will compete in her second sport after winning handcycling gold in Beijing and bronze in London.
The 37-year-old double amputee transferred to rowing in 2013 and won silver at the 2015 World Championships in France.
Relph, 26, is the only remaining rower from her 2012 boat and teams up with debutants Grace Clough, James Fox, Daniel Brown and cox Oliver James.
The boat is unbeaten since the 2011 Worlds and the current crew are two-time World champions.
"The team that has been selected is far stronger than any I have been a part of in my six years of rowing for GB," Relph said.
There is also a new look in the double with Laurence Whiteley and Lauren Rowles hoping to make an impact in their first Games.
Whiteley, 24, spent two years waiting for a suitable partner to come along but his patience was rewarded when wheelchair racer Rowles, 18, who has just finished her A Levels, tried out early last year.
The partnership yielded a silver medal at the 2015 Worlds in their first major competition together.
Squad: Tom Aggar, Rachel Morris, Laurence Whiteley, Lauren Rowles, Pam Relph, Grace Clough, James Fox, Daniel Brown, Oliver James.
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Firefighters, police and ambulance crews were called to the property in Hollington Old Lane, St Leonards, at 02:00 BST.
The man was recovered from the house but was later pronounced dead, Sussex Police said.
An investigation is being carried out by East Sussex Fire and Rescue and police but the cause of the blaze is not being treated as suspicious.
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A man has died in a fire on the first floor of a house in East Sussex.
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It comes as the Sun reported thousands of pounds of Foreign Office aid was spent on a TV gameshow and on finding female mates for an endangered fish.
The Foreign Office said most of its aid promoted prosperity and stability, but the review would ensure every penny represented "value for money".
The UK government's total overseas aid budget last year was £12bn.
About 87% of the government's aid budget is managed by the Department for International Development, with the remaining money distributed by other departments - including the Foreign Office.
The government says international aid is used to help an estimated 1.4 billion people around the world living in poverty.
A list published by the Foreign Office showed almost £14,000 for its aid budget was spent producing a gameshow for Ethiopian television that aims to teach young people there about British values.
A project to measure the carbon footprint of the Dakar rally cost more than £13,000.
According to the Sun, almost £7,000 was used in an anti-litter drive in Jordan, while a project to promote "safe and responsible" use of Facebook in Laos, south east Asia, cost £970.
A project to help find female mates for endangered Mangarahara cichlid fish in Madagascar cost £3,400, the paper said, while £5,000 was allegedly spent on workshops about Shakespeare's Hamlet, in Ecuador.
BBC political correspondent Chris Mason said a source close to the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told him there had "clearly been a lack of scrutiny on some expenditure".
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "The Foreign Secretary has ordered a review so that we can be sure that every last penny of the FCO's aid spending around the world is effective and represents value for money.
"Building closer relationships with growing economies is important.
"The vast majority of aid spending promotes UK prosperity and broader stability but there will be a crackdown on projects that cannot show taxpayers' cash is being spent wisely."
In March, legislation was passed making it a legal requirement for 0.7% of UK's annual national income to be spent on international development.
The private members bill was originally tabled by former Scottish Secretary Michael Moore in the Commons and received Royal Assent on 26 March.
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The Foreign Office has launched a review into whether its overseas aid is being used "effectively".
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The promotion of Trollope, 43, was confirmed on Wednesday with Dalman promising him full control of the first team and funds to bolster his squad.
Trollope worked as Slade's assistant from February 2015 and has been told the Bluebirds hierarchy expect a top six finish.
"It is not us taking the cheap option," Dalman told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"It could turn out to be a very expensive option."
Slade has taken up a new role as head of football, in which he will oversee scouting, among other duties.
Trollope will not report to Slade, and has already started to change his backroom staff with coach Scott Young being moved from first team duties.
Dalman believes Trollope's appointment underlines Cardiff's commitment to stability and has explained the club will allow the former Bristol Rovers manager to be his own man.
"We have [had] stability over the last 18 months. The team is not far off, let's be honest about that," he said.
"Paul is absolutely able to bring in his own coaching team, it is entirely up to him how he builds that and I will support him with club resources."
Dalman entirely dismissed the notion the club missed a trick by appointing from within.
"First of all, we interviewed candidates from outside of the club as well, and some very, very good candidates actually. I was genuinely very surprised and impressed by the number of people who have shown interest," he said.
"We felt that when you look at the history of the club and the disruptions and difficulties that we have had, we felt continuity was important.
"And the resources we are about to have we want to put into the squad, rather than anywhere else. There will be money available for Paul, absolutely."
Trollope has been told clearly he is expected to finish in the top six next season after the Bluebirds finished this campaign eighth in the Championship.
"We need to get promoted and we will do the best that we can," Dalman said.
"It is challenging, especially with the teams coming down - Aston Villa, Norwich City and Newcastle United, these are not the sort of teams you take lightly.
"I think Paul has a real task ahead of him, but you've got to expect us to be at least in the top six, if not in the top four, if we make the investments we are planning to make."
Trollope will not be reporting to Slade as he takes control of all aspects of the first team at Cardiff City Stadium.
"Russell has now gone to head our football side; he will be helping us with all football matters, apart from the first team," said Dalman.
"Paul Trollope will report directly to our CEO Ken Choo and very much has a free hand.
"And that is the big significant change, that we are allowing Paul to express himself on the pitch. I think he will do a good job for us."
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It lasted 300 days and as many as 800,000 troops were killed, wounded or went missing.
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The beavers were temporarily captured for testing from the River Otter in Devon, where they have been living wild for at least three years.
Tests revealed they were free of bovine TB and a parasitic tapeworm.
Devon Wildlife Trust said it was "delighted" the animals had returned to the river.
DNA tests also confirmed the animals were Eurasian beavers, a species found in the UK before being hunted to extinction several hundred years ago, rather than North American beavers.
Evidence emerged in 2014 they had produced young, known as kits, and ministers said they intended to trap the beavers, test them for disease and rehome them in captivity.
The move was opposed by wildlife experts, who put forward plans for a five-year trial monitoring them in the wild, with the support of local people, and Natural England, who gave the scheme the go-ahead subject to the mammals being found clear of disease.
The five beavers - two adult pairs and one kit - have been temporarily homed in captivity in Devon with access to water and artificial lodges.
Devon Wildlife Trust's Peter Burgess said: "Today's re-release means that these beavers are back where they belong, in the wild on the River Otter.
"We're delighted and relieved they've coped very well with a short period in captivity and have been given a clean bill of health.
"They've tested free of serious infectious diseases and we're now looking forward to starting the next phase of our work: studying the long-term effects of these wild beavers on the local landscape, on local communities and local wildlife."
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In 2014/15 just over 48% of babies were being breastfed at the time of the first child health review visit at about 10 days old.
The figures have been published by ISD Scotland.
They showed a rise in the number of babies fed a mix of both breast and formula milk since 2005/06.
Earlier this year the Scottish government hosted a summit aimed at encouraging more mothers to breastfeed their babies.
The report from ISD Scotland, which compiles health statistics for the government, looked at rates for babies born in the last financial year.
It said there is good evidence that breastfeeding in infancy has a protective effect against many childhood illnesses.
It said breastfed infants were also likely to have a reduced risk of infection while other probable benefits included improved cognitive and psychological development, and a reduced risk of childhood obesity.
Reporting its key findings, the publication concluded: "Across Scotland, the overall breastfeeding rate has remained at a broadly similar level over the last decade."
In 2014/15, 48.3% of babies were breastfed at the first visit review. This rate included 35.2% of babies who were exclusively breastfed and 13.1% who were fed both breast and formula milk.
This compares with the figures for a decade ago when 38.3% were exclusively breastfed and 6.4% were mixed fed.
The statistics for last year also showed that by the time of the six to eight week health review the breasting rate had fallen to 38%.
The World Health Organization recommends all children are exclusively breastfed up to six months, and breastfeeding alongside other appropriate foods continues up to and beyond two years.
In other findings, the report highlighted a "clear association" between low levels of breastfeeding and deprivation.
Mothers in the least deprived areas were nearly three times as likely to breastfeed exclusively at six to eight weeks compared with mothers in the most deprived areas.
But there has been an increase over the last decade in overall breastfeeding rates in the most deprived areas at the first visit from 26% to nearly 33%, the statistics showed.
Researchers also found that mothers who did not smoke were about three times more likely to breastfeed than smokers.
Breastfeeding rates were also found to vary by geographical area in 2014/15.
Exclusive breastfeeding rates ranged from 24.3% in NHS Lanarkshire to 59.4% in NHS Shetland, for example.
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The 54-year-old, who led the Royals to promotion to the Premier League in 2012, succeeds Steve Clarke.
"My gut feel was really important for coming back. It just felt right and I'll do everything I can to be successful," McDermott said.
He left Reading in March 2013 after just over three years in charge.
He rejoins the Royals, who are 13th in the Championship table and seven points outside the play-off places. Wednesday's 2-1 defeat at Hull was the club's fourth in a row.
At the time of McDermott's departure, the club were in the top flight relegation zone. He then spent 13 months as Leeds manager before scouting for Arsenal.
McDermott admitted he spoke to Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe about football's "never go back" philosophy.
"I rang Eddie about it, look what he's done back at Bournemouth," he added. "I haven't come back (to Reading) for sentimental reasons, it's professional.
"We've got some really strong players and there's a great squad out there who will all work together.
"We need to get some momentum, that's the most important thing. This league is all about momentum.
"If you can get a result on Saturday, you can roll on and get one on Tuesday."
Former AFC Wimbledon manager Terry Burton will join Reading as McDermott's assistant manager.
Chairman Sir John Madejski described McDermott's return as "the best Christmas present the club could have wished for".
"I'm proud we've got Brian back," he said. "He will get a great reaction from the fans on Sunday (against Blackburn)."
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McDermott first joined Reading as chief scout during Alan Pardew's spell in charge in 2000, having previously managed non-league sides Slough and Woking.
He first took charge as caretaker manager in December 2009, replacing Brendan Rodgers, with the club languishing just above the Championship relegation zone.
The former Arsenal midfielder was given the job on a full-time basis a month later, before steering the Royals to a ninth-placed finish.
A year later, Reading lost out in the Championship play-off final to Rodgers' Swansea side, before gaining promotion to the top flight in 2012.
Reading also enjoyed considerable cup success under McDermott, reaching the FA Cup quarter-finals in 2010 and 2011.
McDermott's first game back as Royals boss will be Sunday's visit of Blackburn.
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Portsmouth Police tweeted residents took refuge on the roof of the building while awaiting rescue.
People were told to avoid the area as firefighters from Hampshire Fire and Rescue worked to get the blaze on the fourth floor under control.
The fire was put out shortly before 15:00. Hampshire Fire and Rescue tweeted "everyone was safe".
The people on the roof were advised to wait until the smoke had dispersed to come down.
The fire service said it is believed the fire started in the kitchen.
An onlooker tweeted it was "chaos" in the area as the car park at Gunwharf Quays - a waterfront shopping outlet - was closed.
People living in nearby buildings were advised to keep windows and doors shut.
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Maguire is tied for 24th place on level par after a three-over 74 which included two birdies on the front nine and five bogeys on the inward nine.
Meadow, 24, posted a level-par 71 to remain one over in equal 24th position.
South Korean Inbee Park leads on 11 under. Lydia Ko of New Zealand and the USA's Genna Piller are two behind.
China's Shanshan Feng is a further shot adrift on eight under.
Northern Irishwoman Meadow began round three with a bogey at the first, but was boosted by four consecutive birdies from the fourth to the seventh holes.
A double bogey at the eighth was a major setback for the County Antrim golfer and two further dropped shots and a birdie followed in her second nine.
Cavan woman Maguire, 21, and Meadow had carded impressive rounds of 65 and 66 respectively in their second rounds on Thursday to move up the leaderboard.
Maguire finished top amateur at the recent British Open when she shared 25th place.
Meadow, 24, finished third in the US Women's Open in her first season as a professional in 2014 but has struggled over the last 18 months.
The death of her father from cancer last year was a devastating blow for the Ulsterwoman and she has dropped to 473rd in the world rankings.
Meadow was a late inclusion in the Olympic field after the Dutch pair Anne Van Dam and Christel Boeljon were withdrawn from the 60-strong field for not meeting their country's qualifying criteria of being in the world's top 100.
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Protesters shouted "democracy" and waved banners criticising planned changes to laws on surveillance.
The measures would expand government access to digital data and allow for greater surveillance by police.
The EU is investigating whether the new legislation violates its standards.
The conservative Law and Justice Party was elected with a majority last October - the first time since democracy was restored in 1989 that a single party won a mandate to govern alone.
"We want to keep our democracy and freedom," one of the organisers said.
"Our privacy, intimacy is under threat, we can be followed, watched over both in our homes, and online," Mateusz Kijowski, leader of the Committee for the Defence of Democracy, told the protesters.
One banner carried in Warsaw read: "You're supposed to listen, not listen in."
Another sign said "Happy New Year 1984", an apparent reference to the authoritarian state portrayed in George Orwell's novel 1984.
In Warsaw, the estimated 10,000-strong crowd gathered in front of the office of Prime Minister Beata Szydlo before marching to the palace of President Andrzej Duda.
The EU is carrying out a preliminary assessment of whether curbs to the power of the constitutional court and moves to put public media under government control violate the bloc's principle of the rule of law.
Ms Szydlo told EU lawmakers this week that her government had not breached EU or Polish laws and had a mandate to overhaul the country's laws.
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Trescothick made 153 and Abell hit 131 - his maiden first-class hundred - as they put on 272 for the first wicket.
Cooper struck 118 at number three and James Hildreth made 71 as the hosts built a huge first innings lead of 329.
Somerset, who led eighth-placed Hampshire by five points at the start of play, have eight bonus points.
Hampshire on the other hand have only taken one batting and one bowling bonus point from the game.
Resuming on 147-0, Trescothick and Abell took the hosts past Hampshire's first innings total of 240 before Abell was trapped lbw by Gareth Berg.
Skipper Trescothick, who signed a new one-year deal with the county on Wednesday, struck 29 fours in his 261-ball innings which came to an end when he was bowled by West Indies paceman Fidel Edwards.
Cooper then continued the fine work of the openers in glorious batting conditions as he brought up his first century for Somerset off just 103 deliveries and put on 142 with Hildreth.
Hildreth passed 1,200 Championship runs for the season before he was bowled by Liam Dawson (3-130) shortly before the close on a day in which 422 runs were scored.
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They rang during a minute's silence at 15:06 BST, the moment the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest was halted on 15 April 1989.
Victims' families were joined by supporters and players at a memorial service at Liverpool's Anfield stadium.
Thousands of people sang the club's anthem You'll Never Walk Alone in memory of the 96 fans who died.
Actress and Liverpool fan Sue Johnston read the lyrics of The Beatles song In My Life before embracing Margaret Aspinall and Trevor Hicks, who both lost children at the disaster.
They were recently given CBEs by the Queen for their efforts to secure fresh inquests into the deaths of the 96 Liverpool fans.
Mrs Aspinall, who chairs the Hillsborough Family Support Group, said at the service: "We can't go away from here and see a job part done. We will get it done."
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and his Everton counterpart Phil Jagielka also released 96 red balloons at the event.
During the minute's silence, flags on civic buildings flew at half-mast and the Mersey Ferry sounded its horn while barriers at the Mersey tunnels were lowered.
Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson said: "We will never forget those who died at Hillsborough, and this is a day for us to unite as a city and remember each one and also their families and friends left behind."
Before the service, a Liverpool fan said: "We are a band of brothers - it is sort of a nice thing to come here every year because all of us are mourning altogether, but it is an emotional day too."
The new inquests into the deaths of the 96 Liverpool fans will resume on 20 April at Birchwood Park, Warrington.
They started in March 2014 and are expected to continue until early 2016.
BBC News: Profiles of all those who died
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With just one game remaining and only the group winners to qualify, Nigeria cannot make up their five-point deficit to table-toppers Egypt.
Ramadan Sobhy's 65th-minute winner puts Egypt on the verge of qualification.
Egypt face Tanzania in June and will book their place in Gabon with any result better than a 3-0 defeat.
Nigeria won the Nations Cup in 2013 but have now suffered back-to-back eliminations in qualifying.
They threw everything forward to find an equaliser on Tuesday and came close when West Ham winger Victor Moses crashed a shot against the post in the 84th minute.
The match in Alexandria became a virtually all-or-nothing tie for Nigeria after Chad withdrew from the group on Sunday, citing financial difficulties, and all results from their matches were erased.
That left only three teams in Group G and in accordance with the rules of the Confederation of African Football only the winner would qualify for the finals.
Egypt have seven points with one match to play, against bottom club Tanzania, who have only one point but two games remaining.
To have any chance of qualification Tanzania would need to beat Egypt by a better scoreline than the 3-0 defeat they suffered in Egypt last June because head-to-head records would come into effect if the sides finished level on points.
Tanzania would still have to beat Nigeria in their final match in September.
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But experts said the schemes were doomed to fail.
The campaigners are protesting against a congress vote to repeal a key internet privacy law earlier this week.
They said the SJR34 resolution, which would let companies continue to sell user data without their consent, would infringe people's privacy.
President Donald Trump is expected to sign the order soon.
One campaign, run by Adam McElhaney, has raised $146,732 (£117,698) in four days on the crowd-funding platform GoFundMe - 9,648 people have made donations.
Mr McElhaney said he planned to "turn the tables" on all of those who had voted to ditch the law.
"I plan on purchasing the internet histories of all legislators, congressmen, executives, and their families and making them easily searchable at [my website] searchinternethistory.com," he said
"Anything they have looked at, searched for, or visited on the internet will now be available for everyone to comb through," he added.
Mr McElhaney's site is also inviting votes on which politician's data should be purchased first, with Speaker of the House and Republican Paul Ryan topping the list.
Another campaign, run by actor Misha Collins, has raised $62,000 towards a $500m target.
He said: "Since congress has made our privacy a commodity, let's band together to buy their privacy,"
"This GoFundMe [campaign] will pay to purchase the data of Donald Trump and every congressperson who voted for SJR34, and to make it publicly available."
But several reports suggested the plans were technically illegal.
The US Telecommunications Act prohibits the sharing of "individually identifiable" customer information except under specific circumstances.
Marketers may access user browsing data, but only in aggregate, for the purposes of targeted advertising.
And internet service providers (ISPs) would suffer huge brand damage if they sold off identifiable personal data.
Mike Masnick, founder of the Techdirt blog, said: "Here's the real problem: you can't buy congress's internet data.
"You can't buy my internet data. You can't buy your internet data. That's not how this works."
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Obama-era law, which required ISPs to obtain permission before sharing personal information - including location data.
The law was set to take effect at the end of this year.
Supporters of the move to repeal the law said it would increase competition, but critics said it would have a "chilling effect" on online privacy.
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Wilkinson, 21, who has recently been on loan at Newport, would be eligible to play in the League Two play-offs should Portsmouth be involved.
He is not available for Pompey until after Easter, when he returns from Republic of Ireland Under-21 duties.
Wilkinson made 12 appearances for Newport and has previously spent time with Torquay, Oldham and Barnsley.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Portsmouth have signed striker Conor Wilkinson on loan from Bolton Wanderers until the end of the season.
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Firefighters have been tackling a major blaze at the building on the Electra Road in Campsie for more than three days.
The fire has burnt out enough to allow contracts to dismantle the building, owned by River Ridge Recycling.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) is still investigating the cause of the blaze.
Hundreds of tonnes of industrial waste was inside the building, and the fire service said the intensity of the fire made it difficult to deal with.
Eleven appliances are at the site and the operation is expected to continue into the weekend.
A NIFRS spokesman said: "Demolition has begun on site by contractors who are removing the roof and external panels of the building.
"This will give firefighters better access to the seat of the fire to continue to extinguish the fire."
Residents in nearby houses have been advised to keep windows and doors closed due to the smoke plume coming from the fire.
"Windy conditions remain on the weather forecast and people need to be vigilant to a change in wind direction, keeping windows and doors closed," the spokesman added.
Road closures near the site remain in place.
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A Londonderry recycling plant destroyed in a fire that began on Wednesday morning is being demolished.
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Tozer, 26, spent 2015-16 at Yeovil, who he joined from Northampton.
The Plymouth-born player said: "It has been a bit of a whirlwind with the deal being sorted out so quickly, but I'm delighted to get the deal done and over the line."
Newport manager Warren Feeney said: "He has experience at this level which will be a great benefit for us."
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Defensive midfielder Ben Tozer has joined League Two's Newport County on a one-year deal.
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The Foreign Office announcement comes one year after the reopening of the British Embassy in Tehran.
"This is an important moment in the relationship between the UK and Iran," Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said.
Nicholas Hopton, a former British ambassador to Qatar and Yemen, will take up the role of ambassador.
The British embassy in Tehran was closed after it was stormed and ransacked by protesters in November 2011.
The embassy was reopened in August 2015 by then-British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and the two countries resumed ties on Charge d'Affaires level.
"The upgrade in diplomatic relations gives us the opportunity to develop our discussions on a range of issues, including our consular cases about which I am deeply concerned," Boris Johnson said in a statement.
"I hope this will mark the start of more productive co-operation between our countries, enabling us to discuss more directly issues such as human rights and Iran's role in the region."
Mr Hopton joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1989 and was the British ambassador to Qatar from 2013 to 2015.
He also served as the British ambassador to Yemen and at the British Embassies in Paris, Rome and Rabat.
By Caroline Hawley, BBC diplomatic correspondent
Ever since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the relationship between Iran and Britain has been rocky, to say the least.
It hit a low five years ago, when protesters tore down the flag at the British embassy and ripped up pictures of the Queen after Iran's parliament voted to expel the British ambassador.
Today's upgrading of ties - which amounts to the full restoration of diplomatic relations - is symbolically important.
It is the culmination of months of steady improvement following last year's nuclear deal.
The lifting of sanctions has created new business opportunities for Britain, but politically there will, no doubt, be bumps in the road ahead.
London and Tehran don't see eye to eye on Iran's role in the wider Middle East or on human rights, and the continuing detention of dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - arrested by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in April - remains a source of great concern to Britain.
The development follows the arrest of at least six people with dual nationality who are being held in Iran for alleged security offences.
One of them, British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, was arrested in Tehran in April while she was trying to return to the UK after a holiday with her two-year-old daughter Gabriella.
Iran does not recognise dual nationality, and does not allow consular access to those who are being held.
Prime Minister Theresa May spoke with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani about the cases over the telephone last month.
Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe has not yet been informed of any charges brought against her, her husband said.
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The company's chief Elon Musk hinted at the device in December, describing it on Twitter as a "solid metal snake".
After the firm revealed a video of the charger in action he joked that it "does seem kinda wrong".
At the moment the gadget is just a prototype and the company has no plans to sell it in the near future.
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Clare Mackintosh said it was "a dream come true" to see I Let You Go named best crime novel at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival.
She beat five authors, including Robert Galbraith - the crime-writing pseudonym of Harry Potter author JK Rowling.
Author Val McDermid was also honoured with an outstanding contribution award at the festival she helped to set up.
Oxfordshire-based Mackintosh, who spent 12 years in the police force before leaving in 2011 to become a full-time writer, said she had been an unpublished author when she first came to the festival in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
"I would like to thank my publishers and agent for supporting me, everybody who has read and recommended I Let You Go, and the crime writing community for their endless encouragement," she said on Thursday.
McDermid, a co-founder of the festival who won its best novel award in 2006, said it was "unlike any other in its warmth and generosity".
The 61-year-old Scot said the outstanding contribution award meant "a huge amount".
"This year sees the publication of my 30th novel and I can't think of a better way to celebrate that," she went on.
Rowling congratulated her "friend and colleague" McDermid on her "justly deserved" award and said she had "been showing us all the way for a long time now".
She added that the author's "favourable review" of her work as Galbraith had provided "one of Robert's proudest moments".
"She received a thank you note in fake handwriting, only to receive one two weeks later in my real handwriting when I was unwillingly unmasked."
Mark Billingham, another crime novel of the year nominee, called McDermid "the Queen of Crime", adding: "Long may she reign over us".
McDermid, he went on, had "represented this genre quite brilliantly all over the world, both in person and through her novels, which have earned her legions of fans and a place among the very greatest crime writers of all time."
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United manager Jose Mourinho is keen on the 22-year-old, who can play at centre-half or right-back.
A group from Benfica is reported to have travelled to England on Monday to discuss a potential transfer with the Premier League club.
United have not commented but Vitoria said: "If there are exits we will find solutions."
Reports suggest he would become the club's most expensive defender of all time, costing between £38m and £42m. Their record is England international Rio Ferdinand's £29.1m move to Old Trafford from Leeds in 2002.
Lindelof, who has 11 caps for Sweden, played in Benfica's Portuguese league game against Rio Ave on Wednesday, their last game for two weeks.
His agent Hasan Cetinkaya told Swedish media there was "a bid on Benfica's table" and that he would be meeting with the club, but refused to comment when asked specifically about an offer from Manchester United.
Mourinho, who spent more than £150m on players in the summer, is keen to make changes to his squad during the January transfer window.
Although the Portuguese has said he will not force anyone out, midfielders Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger are the most likely to depart, along with Memphis Depay.
France international Schneiderlin, 27, has attracted interest from Everton, as has Netherlands winger Depay, although Italian side Roma are another club keeping an eye on the 22-year-old.
Former Germany captain Schweinsteiger spoke to MLS outfit Chicago Fire, with other US clubs also keen on taking the World Cup winner, who has returned to first-team training after being frozen out by Mourinho at the start of the season.
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Read our team guides to find out who has hit the fastest World Cup fifty, which team has taken all 10 opposition wickets in each of their first seven games, and who former England captain Michael Vaughan sees as the key players.
New Zealand squad: Brendon McCullum (captain), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, *Matt Henry, Luke Ronchi (wk), Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Daniel Vettori, Kane Williamson.
*Matt Henry replaced the injured Adam Milne on 23 March.
Coach: Mike Hesson
South Africa squad: Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wk), AB de Villiers (capt & wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Vernon Philander, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir.
Coach: Russell Domingo
Australia squad: George Bailey, Michael Clarke (capt), Patrick Cummins, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin (wk), Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner, Shane Watson.
Coach: Darren Lehmann
India squad: Ravichandran Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Akshar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav.
Coach: Duncan Fletcher
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The Scarlet arrived in the country on Monday after interrupting a holiday, before coming off the bench in Tuesday's 40-7 loss to the Chiefs.
He replaces the injured George North, with Liam Williams moving to the wing.
"I've been asked to do a job on the weekend and hopefully I'll be able to do it," said Patchell.
"It's been a bit of a whirlwind few days, but I'm looking forward to the challenge on the weekend.
"It's a really exciting thing to look forward to and I'm sure Saturday night will be bouncing and it will be a great atmosphere to play in front of."
Wales, beaten 39-21 by New Zealand at Eden Park, are looking for a first win over the All Blacks since 1953.
Patchell, 23, trained with the Wales squad before the defeat by England at the end of May, but was not included in the initial tour squad.
But injuries to North and Gareth Anscombe (hip) meant former Cardiff Blues back Patchell was given the call from the Wales camp while on holiday in north Wales.
"This Saturday, I wasn't meant to be doing much, probably watching the game," he said.
"I was actually driving to north Wales with my housemates when I got a phone call telling me I'd probably be required, but thought that I'd be flying on Sunday.
"And then I got a phone call when we were on the first tee at the golf club, saying can you leave the boys in north Wales.
"So I left my two housemates stranded on the first tee, jumped in the car and drove back to Cardiff."
It is the first time Wales coach Warren Gatland has picked Patchell, with his previous two caps coming on the 2013 tour to Japan when Robin McBryde and Shaun Edwards were in caretaker charge.
Patchell is glad to be part of the camp again having missed out on previous Wales squads.
"I'm very, very fortunate that it has come around," he said.
"Injuries put me out of a couple of them and for whatever reason - form, selection - I didn't quite become a consistent member of the squad as I'd hoped I would.
"It's a great opportunity to be back here."
Wings Tom James and Eli Walker started against the Chiefs, but Gatland said his fringe players missed a chance to impress in Hamilton with Patchell subsequently getting the nod for Saturday's game in Wellington.
"He was potentially unlucky not to be on the tour in the first place and we watched him play 15 for the Blues on a number of occasions and we've been impressed with him," said Gatland of Patchell.
"He's quick, he's got a big boot on him and we think he can do a job for us.
"He brings a physical element, he's an intelligent rugby player and he's pretty excited about the opportunity."
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The bowl, which was excavated in 1988, had already been reconstructed three times when it was smashed by a skull at Colchester Castle in September.
Work is under way to restore the "50 or 60" fragments to their former glory.
"Normally you'll work on something once and won't see it again, but perhaps it just likes to be in the limelight," said conservator Emma Hogarth.
The "awkward" object, which dates from the time of the Roman conquest in 43AD, was discovered at a late Iron Age British-Roman burial site in Stanway, near Colchester.
"It's not a very common type - you can see an example of it in a wall painting in Pompeii," Ms Hogarth said.
It was "absolutely smithereened" when found - a technical term - and was pieced together by Ms Hogarth's predecessor.
After some pieces fell off and were stuck back on, the bowl was completely taken apart and put back together in 2014 as part of a major refurbishment of Colchester Castle.
"It had been on display for a year in its lovely new form, but unfortunately the skull was determined to destroy it," Ms Hogarth said.
"When it happened, my colleagues worked out where the pieces fell in the case. It's all a bit CSI."
Roman bowl's mishaps: A potted history
1988: Excavated from burial site in Stanway near Colchester and reconstructed for the first time
1999: Some pieces fall off while the bowl is on display after glue dries out, before being stuck back on
2014: Bowl is completely taken apart and restuck by project conservator during refurbishment of Colchester Castle
September 2015: After a year on display, the bowl is smashed to bits after a mount holding up a Roman skull breaks, and the skull drops on to the bowl
Ms Hogarth is using a photo to try to restore the bowl, something she described as being "like a jigsaw puzzle".
"You get your eye in as to break edges and think, that looks like it matches there, and lay them out roughly as you think they go back.
"What you do is a dry run using masking tape - very low-tech - and then depressingly you take it apart and start from the bottom and work up with adhesive."
Ms Hogarth said she is hoping to finish putting the bowl back together in the new year, at which point it will go back on display in the castle underneath the infamous skull.
And how will she react if the bowl comes into her hands for repairs again?
"I think I might resign," she said.
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A Roman glass bowl has caused museum staff a headache after having to be put back together four times.
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Council officers have advised against a self-rising barrier due to technical challenges and environment constraints.
The walkway with glass panels would cost about £15m to install.
A Dumfries and Galloway Council report said a significant amount of work had been done to address public concerns over visual impact and loss of parking.
It is the latest attempt to find a compromise solution to tackle flooding from the River Nith in the town.
Analysis: Giancarlo Rinaldi, BBC news website south Scotland reporter
The time has come, surely, for the words to end and action to start.
It will probably never be possible to come up with a solution to the Whitesands flooding which pleases everybody but most people agree something should be done.
Anyone who has lived in Dumfries for any length of time knows it is a chronic problem which dates back for decades.
The issues must have been aired well enough by now to allow the construction phase of some kind of scheme to begin.
Otherwise, we will just have to accept - like previous generations - that it is something Dumfries must learn to live with.
More than 5,500 people signed a petition against plans to build an embankment along the waterfront.
Now a 1.3m (4ft 3in) raised walkway is being suggested with a 1.2m (4ft) glass wall on top.
It comes after the latest round of public engagement events which found 83% of people in favour of some kind of flood protection scheme in the area.
However, the questionnaire used to gauge opinion did not ask people outright which of the two remaining options they would prefer.
That has led to accusations from some respondents that the survey was designed to give the council the result it wanted.
Environment, economy and infrastructure committee chairman, councillor Colin Smyth, said: "After a consultation process that has stretched on for three years, it is now time for councillors to take a decision and make clear the way forward.
"We know that options such as dredging and flooding upstream have been thoroughly investigated and, unfortunately, simply do not provide a solution.
"However, councillors will have the opportunity to consider options that not only will tackle flooding but also regenerate the Whitesands."
He also stressed that "as a direct result of the extensive public consultation" their proposals had "changed significantly".
What do you think? Is it time for the talking to stop and some kind of flood protection project be put in place on the Whitesands in Dumfries or should the scheme be scrapped completely? Email your thoughts [email protected].
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Phillips, part of Wales' squad for the November Tests, suffered the injury in Scarlets' loss to Ospreys on Saturday.
The 27-year-old, capped three times, was on the bench in Wales' historic victory against South Africa.
But Scarlets scrum-half Gareth Davies is fit again after a knee injury.
Once-capped Davies could face Ospreys in the Pro12 on Saturday after playing in Llanelli RFC's 58-21 Welsh Premiership win over Bridgend last weekend.
Davies was injured in Scarlets' 26-13 Pro12 win over Newport Gwent Dragons on Sunday, 5 October, ruling him out of Wales' November Tests.
The 24-year-old made his Wales debut as a replacement on their June, 2014 tour to South Africa having shone for the west Wales region last season.
Wales begin their Six Nations campaign at home to England on Friday, 6 February, before ending the tournament away to Italy on Saturday, 21 March.
Phillips was an unused replacement against the Springboks and Fiji during the autumn campaign and won his last international cap against Tonga in November 2013.
He will undergo surgery on his right shoulder on Friday, 2 January after being replaced just before full-time in the 17-15 defeat at the Liberty Stadium.
Fellow Scarlets hooker Ken Owens, who deputised for then-injured Richard Hibbard in South Africa, is also yet to return after undergoing neck surgery in September.
"Ken's still a few weeks away - we're not putting a deadline on that," said Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac.
Gloucester's Hibbard was unable to play in Wales' November win against the Springboks because the game was played outside World Rugby's Test window.
That gave Ospreys hooker Scott Baldwin the chance to play in the 12-6 win.
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The clubs had voted in favour of the increase by a majority of seven to five at a meeting on Wednesday.
In addition, clubs can have two marquee players - up from one - with exemptions for new or returning players as well as some under the age of 21.
The 12 teams will be able to spend £1.9m next year, £2m in 2019 and then £2.1m in 2020.
It is below the Australian National Rugby League cap of £4.25m for 2017, while, in rugby union, the English Premiership cap is £7m.
Super League's chief commercial officer Roger Draper says the increase will put clubs in a stronger position to compete to bring some former league players back to the sport from rugby union, such as Kyle Eastmond, who left St Helens to join Bath in 2011, and Chris Ashton, an ex-Wigan player currently at Toulon.
When asked by BBC Radio Manchester if this is an attempt to target union players, he replied: "Yes, there are rugby union players out there and returning talent.
"There is speculation around Kyle Eastmond and Chris Ashton, those sort of players, who have made an impact and want to come back into rugby league as well."
Wigan Warriors owner Ian Lenagan voted in favour of the new proposal and said: "We need the best players playing in our competition and when all of the proposals that were voted through are looked at together, the decisions that were made will provide Super League clubs the opportunity to do that."
However, Wakefield coach Chris Chester told BBC Radio Leeds the changes will make things tougher for his club.
"I think it's divisive and it will make the gap between the top and the bottom wider. I find it bemusing," he said.
"There won't be any marquee players at Wakefield Trinity for the foreseeable future. It's something we won't be using."
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The Rugby Football League has approved plans to raise the salary cap in Super League from £1.825m to £2.1m by 2020.
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The unnamed man was left stranded on Townshend Island, off the coast of Queensland, for three days after the crocodile sank its teeth into his boat.
He told authorities he fended off the animal before paddling to the island, where he stayed for three days.
He was rescued by helicopter on 6 August after activating a locator beacon.
"He was very fortunate," a spokeswoman for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority told AFP.
"It didn't pierce the kayak. He said he was running on adrenaline [to get to the island]."
The man was prevented from leaving the island by bad weather and a low tide. He activated his rescue beacon after running out of provisions.
Saltwater crocodiles are the world's largest living reptiles. They have become more common in Australia since becoming a protected species in 1971.
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The motion signed by 24 MPs said fares in London are "the most expensive in the world" and since 2008 the cost of a single bus journey has jumped by 50%.
It comes as passengers saw on average a 4.2% increase in fares this January, across the Tube, buses and trams.
The mayor's office says "every penny" from fares is invested in improvements.
The motion, which is led by Eltham MP Clive Efford, said: "London commuter fares have become the most expensive in the world and are an ever increasing pressure on Londoners' household budgets while real wages are falling and bills are rising."
A zone one to six travel card is now £400 more expensive, the MPs note, in addition to a 56% rise in bus fares over the last five years.
The MPs also urged "the Mayor of London to use his discretion to freeze fares at RPI for 2014, easing the pressure on ordinary Londoners during the current cost of living crisis".
A spokesperson for mayor Boris Johnson, said: "Every penny from fares is invested in improving transport for Londoners, resulting in one of the biggest and most reliable transport systems in the world.
"He (the mayor) will make a decision on fares for 2014 later this year but has publicly stated that he is determined to bear down on them as much as possible."
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Labour MPs in London have signed a Commons motion calling for transport fares in the capital to be frozen at the rate of inflation for 2014.
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Warnock was appointed on a short-term contract on Thursday, three days after Neil Redfearn's dismissal.
Kevin Blackwell, who has worked with Warnock since 1986, will join him at Rotherham as assistant coach.
"This is the 14th time I've retired and my 15th comeback, but I do enjoy it," Warnock told BBC Radio Sheffield.
"I didn't expect to be here this time last week, but that's football. I've never been a manager just to do things for the sake of it.
"I was probably the best bet for them - my wife hasn't been so well but she told me to go for it, and that's what I'm going to do."
Rotherham are 22nd in the table and without a win in five games, and Warnock's primary task is to save them from relegation.
"I'm only here for 12 weeks and I'm not going to change everything in 12 weeks. I need to get results as soon as possible," he said.
"I think when I finish football, the fans will remember that when I've left a club, I don't think I leave them in worse-off situations.
"They all have memories of what I've done and enjoyment, and that's what football is about, not falling asleep watching your team play."
The 67-year-old has been without a managerial role since December, when he left Queens Park Rangers after a spell as temporary boss.
"We know it is going to be difficult, but there will be some players at Rotherham now who will really give me satisfaction," he added.
"They are a genuine bunch - there's no bad eggs as far as I can see. The club is the most important thing and we all have to be singing off the same hymn sheet."
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Rotherham United manager Neil Warnock said he does not leave clubs "in worse-off situations" after taking charge until the end of the season.
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After a two-hour storm delay in Ipoh before Saturday's 2-2 draw with India, Sunday's kick-off was put back an hour because of further bad weather.
GB wasted no time when the match began, goals from Barry Middleton, David Goodfield and Sam Ward putting them 3-1 ahead.
With 11 minutes left, Japan were only 4-3 down - Tom Carson scoring GB's fourth - but Alan Forsyth settled it.
Japan were considered the outsiders as the lowest-ranked team - at 16th - in the event but claimed a 1-1 draw with hosts Malaysia on Saturday.
GB now have four points from two matches, level with India, who recorded a comfortable 3-0 win over New Zealand earlier on Sunday.
The six-team tournament comprises round-robin, four-quarter matches and, for the first time, video referrals are available.
Defending champions Australia, who drew with New Zealand in their opening match, thrashed Malaysia 6-1 and top the table ahead of Britain and India on goal difference.
Britain's next match is against Malaysia on Tuesday.
The British side will revert to individual nations in June for the World Cup qualifying tournament in London, with England and Scotland in action.
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Hodson, 35, from Wigan died after the incident at the Joey's Windmill section of the Northern Ireland circuit.
His brother Rob Hodson was involved in the crash but was not seriously hurt.
Templepatrick man Lynd, 36, suffered his injuries in a crash on Wednesday while a third serious accident led to Thursday's Dundrod 150 being abandoned.
The condition of the rider involved in Thursday's second crash is unknown.
That incident happened in the National Challenge event and led to roads being closed for two hours as police investigated the incident.
The earlier National race was immediately red-flagged and the Hodson brothers were taken to hospital after being treated at the scene.
Jamie Hodson's death was later announced shortly after 22:00 BST.
An experienced rider, Jamie Hodson was the reigning Manx GP Supertwins champion, and this year achieved a top-10 finish in the Isle of Man TT Lightweight race.
The organisers of the event, the Dundrod and District Motorcycle Club, offered their sincere condolences to the Hodson family and friends and asked for their privacy to be respected.
Thursday's Dundrod 150 meeting was part of the Ulster Grand Prix meeting which concludes with Saturday's main day of racing at the circuit.
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English rider Jamie Hodson died in a crash at the Dundrod 150 on Thursday while Northern Irishman Stephen Lynd is critically ill after another incident.
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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has found that the refusals have hit high profile hospitals in Cambridge, Newcastle and Manchester.
A Freedom of Information request to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) found more than 2,341 refusals.
The government said the MAC was reviewing its refusal policy.
The RCN asked for the number of applications to allow overseas (non-European Union) nurses to work in England between April and November 2015 and the number refused.
It found that East Lancashire Hospitals NHS had the highest number of refusals with 300 out of 300 applications.
The research found that Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals and North Cumbria University Hospitals both had about 240 refusals.
Nursing was temporarily placed on the MAC shortage occupation list (allowing more overseas nurses) in December.
Janet Davies, chief executive of the RCN, said: "These figures show that when nursing is not on the list, many trusts are unable to recruit enough nurses, which could have an impact on patient care."
Catherine Morgan, director of nursing at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, told the BBC she had been prevented from recruiting a number of overseas nurses.
"It is frustrating because we are running a hospital and do want it to be safe, and we had the opportunity to recruit from India and the Philippines and we had nurses keen to come over but haven't been able to bring them over," she said.
A Department of Health spokesman said: "The MAC is currently reviewing the shortage occupation list. Staffing is a priority and there are already more than 8,500 more nurses on our wards since 2010 and 50,000 more nurses in training.
"We want more home-grown staff in the NHS and our recent changes to student funding will create up to 10,000 more nursing, midwifery and allied health professional training places by 2020."
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Their analysis of stool samples in a study of more than 3,600 twins found evidence that some of this bacteria is inherited.
What is contained in faeces bacteria could therefore partly explain why obesity passes down through families.
The study is published in Genome Biology.
The research team extracted information from study participants about the human faecal microbiome - the bacteria present in faeces samples - and compared these to six different measures of obesity, including body mass index (BMI) and different types of body fat.
iWonder - What does your poo say about you?
The researchers found the strongest links with visceral fat, where participants with a high diversity of bacteria in their faeces had lower levels of visceral fat.
This type of body fat is bad news because it is stored in the stomach area around important organs such as the liver, pancreas and intestines and is linked with higher risks of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Dr Michelle Beaumont, lead study author from the department of twin research and genetic epidemiology at King's College London, said although the study showed a clear link, it was not yet possible to explain why it existed.
One theory is that a lack of variety in faecal bacteria could lead to the domination of high levels of gut microbes which are good at turning carbohydrates into fat.
Dr Beaumont said: "As this was an observational study we cannot say precisely how communities of bacteria in the gut might influence the storage of fat in the body, or whether a different mechanism is involved in weight gain."
And she indicated more research was needed to investigate how microbes in our guts and in our faeces can influence our health.
But there is a growing body of evidence to suggest that gut bacteria may play a role in obesity.
It is known that at least 50% of human faeces is made up of bacteria shed from the gut.
Dr Beaumont said that eating a broad diet including a variety of different types of food - much like that of the early hunter-gatherers - could increase the diversity of microbes in our faeces.
If the theory that microbes are passed on down the generations is correct, she said they may play an important role in how fat develops around the body and the health risk it presents.
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The Perpignan flanker, 32, last featured for the Scots in their Rugby World Cup win over United States in Leeds in September.
Former Edinburgh and Gloucester player Strokosch has been involved with the Scotland squad since 2006.
"I've been lucky enough to fulfil my childhood dream of representing Scotland," he said.
"Wearing the thistle has been the greatest honour and responsibility of my life outside of raising my children."
After breaking through in club rugby at Boroughmuir, Strokosch turned professional with Edinburgh in 2004 and moved on to Gloucester three years later. He has been playing in France since 2012.
His Test career started with a substitute's appearance an autumn series defeat by Australia.
Strokosch featured in eight consecutive Six Nations campaigns up until this year's tournament and his two international tries came against Canada and Italy.
"I treasure every memory from my time with the squad," he added.
"I believe that the group we have now are among the most talented that I've seen have the potential to achieve great things for Scottish rugby.
"I would have never achieved anything without the support over the years, particularly from Bob Easson, Carl Hogg, Dean Ryan, Shaun Longstaff, my parents and my wife Kirsty."
And Scotland head coach Vern Cotter, said: "On behalf of the Scotland squad and management I'd like to thank Alasdair for his commitment to the Scotland jersey over the past nine years.
"For almost a decade he has quietly gone about his business with exceptional professionalism, with a lot of the hard work put in - often in the less glamorous and combative areas of the park - going unseen.
"We wish him all the very best in the remaining days with Perpignan where I know he's committed to doing everything he can to ensure their return to the Top 14 before finally hanging up his boots."
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Back-row forward Alasdair Strokosch has retired from international rugby after 47 Test appearances for Scotland.
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The plant in Lincolnshire will burn straw grown within a 50-mile radius and release only the carbon dioxide that the wheat absorbed from the air.
The six-week "hot commissioning" process for the Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant began this week.
This involves firing the boiler and releasing high pressure steam, which cleans the newly-built plant system.
The plant is currently burning gas oil, but straw is due to be added next week.
David Fisher, director of projects at Eco2, which is constructing the plant, said: "Today is a milestone. It's the first firing of the boiler.
"In terms of the construction process we are a little way ahead of the original project programme so it's all going very well so far."
He said he was confident that the plant would go into production in January or February.
As well as feeding electricity into the National Grid, the plant will provide free heat to public buildings in Sleaford town centre, including the swimming pool and the council offices.
Ash produced by the plant will be recycled as crop fertiliser.
The location was chosen because it is in a concentrated region of straw production, which will reduce transportation costs.
Some people living nearby have opposed the power station, saying it will be an eyesore and lorries bringing straw will clog the roads.
However, planning permission was granted in 2008.
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Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (Hial) runs sites in the Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland, Argyll and Dundee Airport.
Inverness was the company's busiest site with 657,661 passengers - 6% more than the previous year.
Sumburgh had an 8% increase in passenger numbers and Barra 14%.
However, Dundee's passenger numbers were down 17%.
Barra's runway is a strip of beach, which Hial said added to the appeal for tourists visiting the island.
Hial said because it was a publicly-funded company, it had historically operated at a commercial loss in order to sustain its lifeline services.
In 2014-15, the group recorded an operating loss of £442,000 compared to £3.8m on the previous year.
It said the improved performance was due to Scottish government subsidies returning to normal levels of £20.1m in 2014-15 from £14.9m in 2013-14.
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The operator of Scotland's 11 regional airports handled more than 1.4 million passengers in the 12 months to March 2015, according to its annual report.
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About 270 undergraduate students at the university's medical school are affected.
The university said the clinical examination they sat earlier this year had now been declared "void".
It emerged that a handful of students had shared information about the exam using social media.
The students responsible are now facing a disciplinary and fitness to practise process and the fresh exam has been timetabled for early May.
In a statement, a university spokesman said: "After consultation with the senate of the University of Glasgow the affected examination has been declared void and a new clinical examination will be set for all final year students.
"This decision has been made in an abundance of caution to ensure that the skills of our students are rigorously and fairly tested before they graduate in medicine."
The new exam will take place at the beginning of May, with any resits resulting from that paper to be taken later the same month.
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Final-year medical students at Glasgow University will have to resit an exam after evidence of "collusion" was uncovered.
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Last Saturday the club were forced to cancel the opening meeting at their new £8m home because of the track state.
Manchester's Lord Mayor opened the venue on Saturday but the sell-out 5,000 crowd went home disappointed.
The Aces lost to Poole Pirates in the play-off final last season.
"The contractors who built the track and built the stadium have had to do some remedial work on the track because of the problems we had," chief executive David Gordon told BBC Radio Manchester.
"Those works we anticipated would have been completed for the Good Friday meeting but unfortunately the track is still unsatisfactory.
"We didn't build the track, the contractor built the track. It appears that the problem was in the sub base of the track, not in the shale of the track.
"Speedway tracks are a very, very specialised surface and when they start to break up it makes it very dangerous for the riders."
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Americans Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien are in talks about taking a "controlling interest" in the club.
Guidolin, 60, has led Swansea to Premier League safety since joining in January, but his contract expires at the end of the season.
"We spoke about the future. Nothing is decided," said Italian Guidolin.
"We spoke about the team, the players, many things, but not about the takeover. I don't know what [impact] it will have.
"I confirmed to him I would prefer to stay here if possible. Now I'm waiting for his decision, but I'm happy."
Swansea reached the 40-point mark synonymous with Premier League survival by beating Chelsea 1-0 on Saturday, although the prospect of American investment has since dominated the agenda at the Liberty Stadium.
Jenkins and vice-chairman Leigh Dineen will stay on at Swansea in an executive capacity if the takeover goes through.
Jenkins has said a deal would not affect Swansea's managerial plans.
Garry Monk was sacked as head coach in December and, after Alan Curtis' temporary spell in charge, Guidolin was appointed.
The former Udinese manager said: "This is not my job. It is difficult for me to say something about this situation.
"This is an important club for me. I like the kindness of the people, the Premier League; my wife and family is happy.
"But I don't know if my future is here or another part of the world. I don't know anything about the agreements."
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Stoke-on-Trent City Council said raising council tax by 3% would pay for extra social care and launched a consultation on its budget proposals.
The council, led by a coalition of City Independents and Conservatives, also said 202 jobs could go to save £61m.
Labour councillors criticised the budget as "attacking the most vulnerable".
More on this and other stories from Stoke and Staffordshire
The authority last increased council tax rates in 2012.
The 3% rise means council tax for a Band D property would increase from £1,183.46 in 2016-17 to £1,218.96 in 2017-18.
The plans could see six children's centres moved into other council buildings or schools, which the council says would save £3m.
Other proposals include a £1.5m refurbishment of Hanley market and building a £9.5m multi-storey car park near Stoke railway station and Staffordshire University.
It also says raising rates will help to pay for 230 carers to help look after older people, while more than 100 of the planned redundancies will be from the Co-Operative Working scheme set up in February to help vulnerable people.
Council leader David Conway said the council was not closing children's centres and that said raising tax rates was "the right thing to do".
"We have to save £61m over the next three years - we have to do it, we have to manage the business," he said.
Mohammed Pervez, leader of the Labour opposition and former leader of the authority, said the budget would reward more affluent parts of the city instead of helping its poorest residents.
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The 81-year-old driver of a Fiesta suffered multiple injuries in the crash on the A4064 between Llangeinor and Brynmenyn on Saturday at 15:05 BST.
He is being treated at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales. His 75-year-old passenger also needed hospital treatment for head injuries.
The Vauxhall Astra driver was taken to Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.
He has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Police are appealing for witnesses.
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It was dropped this year after being sited next to the town's Loreburn Hall for a number of editions.
It was said at the time the festival had "outgrown" the venue and needed to look at other options.
However, it is now planned to bring it back to the Whitesands car park for the 2018 event from 18 to 28 January.
They also plan to introduce two new "strands" to the event - a comedy festival and a fringe festival.
Tickets for a number of events have already gone on sale with more line-up announcements expected in the coming months.
The comedy festival will take place at the Easterbrook Hall with the fringe festival at smaller venues around the town.
Graham Main, executive producer of the town's Electric Theatre Workshop which runs Big Burns Supper Festival, said the audience had made it "very clear" they wanted the Spiegeltent back.
It will be surrounded by a brand new festival village with additional bars and fringe performance spaces, themed around a "Winter Garden" concept.
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Tomasz Nowak, 33, of Kirkcaldy, was involved in a collision with a van on the Perth to Blairgowrie Road at about 16:00 on Sunday.
The crash happened at Old Scone, near Perth Racecourse. Police have appealed for witnesses.
Police Scotland said a report had been submitted to the procurator fiscal.
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The 'scrambler' fell from Bristley Ridge, between Tryfan and Glyder Fach at about 15:00 GMT on Saturday.
Two climbers tried to rescue the man but could only secure him to the rock face, Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue told BBC Wales.
He was airlifted to Ysbyty Gwynedd where he was pronounced dead.
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A man has died after falling a "considerable distance" from a Snowdonia mountain.
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"Unprecedented pressure" at Yeovil District Hospital means 80 operations have been cancelled in two weeks.
A temporary ward with 24 extra beds was opened in February to cope with winter pressures - but that is also full.
Deputy chief executive Jonathan Howes told the BBC: "Every part of our capacity has been filled."
The 345-bed hospital serves a population of about 185,000 - largely in south Somerset, North and West Dorset and parts of Mendip.
It has already been on "black alert" - meaning there are not enough beds to cope with numbers coming in to A&E - twice this winter, in January and February.
Dr Howes said the pressure was partly explained by the area's ageing population, many of whom have "multiple conditions". There has also been "respiratory conditions" circulating in schools and workplaces.
"That, combined with pressures felt in other parts of the system so that we can't discharge people from hospital, has caused the acute crisis right now."
"We are always under pressure but the last fortnight has seen the busiest period in our history.
"This has been an on-going issue, we have had the highest number of attendances in our emergency department on record, up in the 170s - we normally see about 130. This has been sustained over the last fortnight. "
With the "added pressure" of the Easter weekend ahead, the hospital is urging people to "think carefully" before going to A&E - as a "significant number" of those who have been in casualty could have been treated elsewhere, at minor injuries units, GP walk-in centres or by calling 111.
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A Somerset hospital has declared its third "black alert" of the winter as doctors say they are dealing with the "busiest fortnight in our history".
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The Fox Valley shopping centre at Stocksbridge, north Sheffield, started construction more than two years ago.
It has been built on the 28-acre former Outokumpu steelworks site.
The development, which features a large mural by local artist Pete McKee, was opened by the actress Joanna Lumley.
McKee has also collaborated on a large bronze statue called Granddad Fox at the site.
Samuel Fox founded a wireworks in Stocksbridge in 1842 and the name has been adapted by the new centre.
The artworks feature umbrellas as the site was a base for their manufacture.
More than 100 houses are also being built on a neighbouring site.
The site close to the A616 Stocksbridge bypass has been developed by Dransfield Properties Ltd, with a further phase to be opened in September.
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A £50m shopping centre has opened on the site of a former steelworks creating up to 900 jobs, according to the developers.
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He said it was "very clear" his party accepted the referendum result.
Some shadow cabinet members are reportedly considering voting against triggering the UK's EU exit negotiations.
The Supreme Court will announce next Tuesday whether the government needs to seek Parliament's approval.
Ministers say they already have enough powers under the Royal Prerogative to go ahead with Brexit.
But campaigners argue that starting Brexit in this way would be undemocratic and unconstitutional.
In June's referendum, 51.9% of voters backed leaving the EU, while 48.1% supported remaining in the 28-nation group.
Mr Corbyn said: "It's very clear the referendum made a decision that Britain is to leave the European Union. It was not to destroy jobs and living standards or communities, but it was to leave the European Union and have a different relationship in the future.
"I have made it very clear that the Labour Party accepts and respects the decision of the British people. We will not block Article 50."
Asked if that meant he would be imposing a three-line whip - the strongest available sanction - on Labour MPs, requiring them to back Article 50, he said: "It means that all Labour MPs will be asked to vote in that direction next week or whenever the vote comes up."
The Guardian reports that four shadow cabinet ministers and several junior Labour spokespeople were considering defying Mr Corbyn and voting against Article 50 being invoked.
The Supreme Court's decision on whether a vote needs to take place follows a government appeal against a High Court ruling last autumn that MPs and peers should have to vote give their approval.
Following Mr Corbyn's comments, Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas said he was "trying to deny Labour MPs the chance to make their own principled choice on one of the most important decisions of the UK's recent history".
And Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said Mr Corbyn was "actively helping" the government in its plans to leave the European single market, "at a huge cost to jobs and prosperity".
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Jeremy Corbyn says he will ask his MPs to vote for the Article 50 Brexit process to begin, if the government is forced to seek Parliament's approval.
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Apple shares climbed 6.5% after the tech giant's latest results beat expectations, despite seeing a dip in iPhone sales.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq index climbed 29.76 points to 5139.81.
The Dow Jones fell 1.58 points to 18472.17, while the broader S&P 500 slipped 2.6 to 2166.58.
Investors were not expecting the Fed to alter interest rates, but markets were looking for clues as to the timing of any rate moves in the future.
The Fed said household spending was "growing strongly" and the unemployment rate had decreased for the last two months, but inflation was still below its target rate.
Coca-Cola was the big loser on the Dow, falling 3.3%. The company cut its sales forecast for the year and said it was taking steps to address declining demand for its soft drinks.
Twitter shares plunged 14.5% after the company reported a $107m loss on Tuesday.
Aerospace company Boeing saw its share price rise 0.8%. Despite reporting its first loss since 2009, the company beat revenue expectations.
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(Close): US stock markets were little moved after the Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged, but strong results from Apple helped lift the Nasdaq.
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Profits at the retail partnership, which also owns Waitrose supermarkets, were held back by greater investment and by matching prices of competitors.
Profit before tax and bonuses was £353.8m for the year to 28 January, down 3.8% from the previous year.
The bonus pool for the firm's workers was £165.2m or 14% of salary, down from 18% last year.
The partnership is owned by its 77,217 staff, who receive a share of any profits at the end of the company's financial year.
Despite what the firm called "difficult economic conditions", total sales at its John Lewis department stores grew 3% while those at its Waitrose supermarkets rose 8.6%.
Like-for-like sales, excluding VAT and the effect of new store openings, rose by 3% at Waitrose, but fell at its department stores by 0.6%.
The partnership said it had created 4,400 net new jobs in the year, with a further 1,900 expected this year.
"Profound changes are taking place in the retail sector and importantly this was a year when we upped the pace of innovation and investment," said chairman Charlie Mayfield.
"That came at the price of some short-term profit, but leaves us in a good place at the start of this year."
The trust-owned partnership said it opened 29 new Waitrose stores last year, as well as a new John Lewis department store in Stratford, East London.
The firm has been rolling out new store formats, including Waitrose convenience stores at petrol stations, and John Lewis "at home" stores, which specialise in homewear.
Waitrose continued to expand its online operation with a new warehouse in Acton, West London, while online sales at John Lewis increased by 26.3%.
However, the company was forced to spend £23.8m on its "Never Knowingly Undersold" promise due to price competition on the High Street.
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John Lewis has reported a fall in annual profits and cut its staff bonus for the first time in three years.
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The university's students union is behind the scheme, which has been running across a number of its campuses.
Research has suggested that interacting with dogs can help reduce stress and help improve concentration levels.
Hundreds of UU students have spent time petting and playing with the dogs.
On Wednesday, four dogs spent the afternoon at the students union at Jordanstown.
The union's officer for student affairs, Hannah Rooney, said that students faced many pressures at exam time, and the dogs helped to reduce that.
"Students really enjoy the dogs, and it's good fun for the dogs themselves," she said.
"It a bit of distraction as it's something we don't get on campus every day, you don't have dogs all the time.
"So it's a way to relieve stress and get out of that mindset students are in with exams coming up.
"We've run this at our Magee and Coleraine campuses and the feedback from students has been great.
"They'd want a puppy room all the time if it was possible."
The dogs were provided by volunteers from Northern Ireland Assistance Dogs.
They train and provide medical alert dogs to adults with medical conditions, such as diabetes.
Danielle O'Neill was one student who was revising for exams but called in to spend time with them.
"Being with the dogs just relaxes you and gives you five minutes to put your mind onto something else other than exams and studying," she said.
"It gives your hand a bit of a break from writing too!"
Other UK universities, including Bristol, Nottingham, Aberdeen and Central Lancashire have also offered similar schemes in recent years.
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Dogs have been bringing relaxation and calmness to students revising for sitting exams at Ulster University (UU).
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The move is the latest in a string of takeovers in Italy by cash-rich Chinese buyers.
The takeover gives ChemChina access to technology to make premium tyres and gives Pirelli greater access to the Chinese market.
Pirelli shares were 2.56% higher at €15.62 on Monday on the news.
ChemChina's tyre making unit, China National Tire & Rubber, is to buy the 26.2% stake in Pirelli owned by Italian investment firm Camfin. It will then launch an offer for the remaining shares.
Camfin said the bid would be launched by a consortium controlled by ChemChina but also part-owned by Camfin investors, who include Pirelli boss Marco Tronchetti Provera, Italian banks UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo, and Russia's Rosneft.
The offer will be launched at €15 per share, valuing the group at €7.1bn excluding net debt of almost €1bn.
Following reports of the deal on Friday, shares in Milan-listed Pirelli hit a 25-year high, closing at €15.23.
Current Pirelli chief executive Tronchetti Provera, who started working for tyre maker in 1986 after marrying a member of the Italian family that founded the firm, will remain in his post.
Previous Chinese acquisitions in Italy include stakes in power grid firms Terna and Snam, turbine maker Ansaldo and luxury yacht maker Ferretti.
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Chinese state-owned China National Chemical (ChemChina) is to buy Italian tyre maker Pirelli in a deal which values the firm at €7.1bn (£5.1bn).
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The man, who is 22 years old, is charged with procuring the drugs for his co-defendant, a 21-year-old woman.
The woman is charged with taking two drugs which are commonly used to bring about a miscarriage or abortion.
At Belfast magistrates court on Monday, there was an application to adjourn the case.
The man's solicitor said there had had been a lot of unacceptable delay in the case and that it was quite stressful for his client.
The case was adjourned until 23 January.
In Northern Ireland, unlike the rest of the UK, abortion is only allowed if a woman's life is at risk or if there is a permanent or serious risk to her physical or mental health.
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A solicitor for a man accused of procuring drugs intended to cause an abortion has protested about delays in dealing with the case.
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A selection of baseball-related tweets were featured in the ad, which was shown during the live coverage of baseball's season-ending World Series.
However, text appeared so quickly in the lively sequence that some took to the web to express bewilderment.
The ad was made to promote "Moments", which highlights trending stories on the social media platform.
One Twitter user tweeted, "That Twitter commercial was *really bad*. Can't imagine anyone feeling invited to use the service or see the value after seeing the spot."
And blogger John Gruber described it as "incomprehensible", going so far as to say: "Someone should be fired."
Some were positive about the broadcast, though. "That Twitter commercial is pretty cool," tweeted one viewer.
Twitter has recently been struggling to continue to attract large numbers of new users to its network - a problem which some say is because of the slightly esoteric nature of the platform.
"I'm a baseball fan […] I've been on Twitter since 2007 and to be honest I had trouble making sense of it," said digital entrepreneur George Nimeh, at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership.
"I can't imagine what it would be like for someone who is unfamiliar with what Twitter really is. It was really fast, it was kind of a mish-mash of different stuff."
Mr Nimeh added that while Twitter's user figures showed strong year-on-year growth a few years ago, that growth had slumped to less than 20% early in 2015.
"I think Twitter's fundamental problem is they've never been able to very simply and succinctly explain to people who are not familiar with Twitter what it is - and this particular ad this commercial does nothing to help," he told the BBC.
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The first television advertisement campaign by Twitter has left some American viewers confused.
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The welfare cap was breached when the government was forced into a U-turn on cuts to tax credits last year.
Today, the rule on reducing debt has also been broken.
With the UK economy slowing, public sector net debt as a proportion of gross domestic product will rise this year, the Office for Budget Responsibility says.
That leaves the chancellor with one rule still extant - a budget surplus by 2020.
Matt Hancock, the Cabinet Office minister, insisted to the BBC that the rule will not be breached.
And Mr Osborne has staked his reputation on it.
To get there, the government is going to borrow a lot more over the next three years.
Around £38bn more according to the think tank, the Resolution Foundation.
And then plan for large tax cheques to arrive - largely from major businesses - by the next election.
The Budget Red Book says that in 2019-2020, business tax payments will increase rapidly.
Changing the timing of corporation tax payments will bring in nearly £6bn, the Treasury predicts.
Commercial stamp duty reform should bring in £560m and restricting corporation tax relief nearly £1bn.
The £3.5bn spending cuts to government departments will also kick in that year.
The Treasury argues that the changes, allied to lower debt interest payments, means the government can hit a surplus by 2020.
Watch those numbers closely and remember they are only forecasts.
The chancellor is staking an awful lot on them turning out correctly.
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George Osborne set himself three fiscal rules - to cap welfare spending, to bring down debt as a proportion of national income and to produce a surplus by the end of the Parliament.
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Cardiff were 2-0 ahead with five minutes left before the Clarets clawed their way back to 2-2, leaving the Bluebirds 10th in the Championship.
With only five goals in eight games - all from set-pieces - Slade recognises his team must improve in attack.
"I thought we were a threat in open play. We've just got to be more ruthless in the box," he said.
"I thought we were creating chances, even in the second half I think [Joe] Mason went through once or twice. On another day, we'd probably finish those.
"We've got to be scoring more goals when we get those opportunities in open play.
"It is really really hard to take. We were the better side for long periods and the better side didn't win."
Second-half substitute Mason was the last Cardiff player to score in open play, tapping in for the opening goal when Slade's side drew 1-1 at Brighton on 3 October.
It was from the reliable source of set-pieces that Cardiff built their 2-0 lead against Burnley, Aron Gunnarsson nodding in from Joe Ralls' free-kick and Peter Whittingham's corner finding the head of Sean Morrison.
Seemingly coasting at 2-0 up with only five minutes left, Cardiff capitulated as Burnley fought back with a close-range strike from Rouwen Hennings and an own goal by Matt Connolly.
It was Connolly's injury-time aberration which most dismayed Slade, as the former Queens Park Rangers centre-back dragged Michael Keane's header over his own line.
"The second goal was just bizarre. It was going a mile wide but then it came off Matthew and rolled right into the net," said Slade.
"It was a crazy equaliser. You could see how much it hurt the players who had worked so hard to get the better of a very good team.
"That goal is the difference of being between sixth and tenth and it's pretty hard to take."
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Manager Russell Slade says Cardiff must be more ruthless after they threw away a two-goal lead to draw with Burnley.
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Dickenson, 23, scored four goals in 78 appearances for the Gills across two seasons after joining from Brighton.
He was released by the League One side in May and joins on a two-year deal.
Ex-Millwall trainee Peter, 19, has signed a one-year deal after spending the season half of 2015-16 on trial with the U's Under-21 side.
He will be available for both the under-21 side and first-team as John McGreal makes his fifth and sixth signings since becoming U's boss.
Forward Denny Johnstone, midfielder Courtner Senior and defenders Luke Prosser and Ben Wyatt have all joined.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Colchester United have signed former Gillingham versatile left-back Brennan Dickenson and ex-Chelmsford City centre-back Dexter Peter.
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Representatives from the west of Norway have been in the isles to discuss how expertise can be shared.
They believe knowledge built up in Scandinavia through work in the oil and gas sector could prove key to the next stage in developing technologies.
Orkney is a major Scottish hub for renewables.
In January, plans for a £6.5m research and innovation campus in Stromness in Orkney took a step forward after the organisations driving the project agreed funding.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Orkney Islands Council are behind the venture.
The campus is aimed at supporting sectors including marine renewables.
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A partnership is being formed between the energy sectors in Orkney and Norway to look at ways they can work together to develop marine renewables.
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The central bank's past efforts to spur growth have disappointed investors and there is expectation of more monetary easing from the meeting on Thursday.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.5% to close at 17,353.28.
Embattled Mitsubishi Motors again saw its shares tumble, losing 9.6% over the day.
The Japanese car maker is engulfed in a scandal over falsifying fuel efficiency.
In China, the mainland benchmark Shanghai Composite closed 0.6% higher at 2,964.70 while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng ended up 0.5% at 21,407.27.
In South Korea, the Kospi index finished the day up 0.3% at 2,019.63, despite the country reporting its slowest quarter of economic growth in nine months.
In the January to March period the economy grew by 0.4% compared with the previous quarter, which was in line with expectations. On an annual basis, the economy expanded 2.7%.
In Australia, traders were equally cautious, and the ASX/200 index fell 0.3% to 5,220.64.
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Japanese shares fell for a second day as investors remained cautious ahead of a key Bank of Japan meeting later this week.
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Paintings and Victorian marble statues held at Carbisdale Castle, a former youth hostel near Ardgay, have been valued at a total of ??500,000.
The art is to be sold at an auction in London next month.
Organisers of the petition on the website change.org want the works should remain in the local community.
They said because the castle and its contents were gifted to SYHA, the association should not be selling off the art to make a profit.
More than 700 people have signed the petition so far.
SYHA shut Carbisdale Castle in Sutherland four years ago because of rising repair costs.
A former stately home, it was known as Castle of Spite because of the part it played in a family feud. The property is also said to be haunted by a ghost called Betty.
SYHA said it would invest money raised from the sale of the castle's artworks in its network of youth hostels.
The 17 sculptures and 36 Italian and Scottish 19th Century paintings will be offered for sale at an auction in London on 20 May.
Auctioneers Sotheby's have put a combined value of ??500,000 on the art.
White marble sculptures from the 1800s to be sold include Andromeda by Florentine sculptor Pasquale Romanelli and Nymph at the Stream by Scottish artist David Watson Stevenson.
It will be the first time in more than a century that the Victorian sculptures have been put on the market.
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A petition has been started opposing the sale of artworks by the Scottish Youth Hostel Association (SYHA).
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The collision involving a black Peugeot 206 happened on the B9013 Sheriffston to Orton road, near Altonside, at 21:10 on Monday.
Two men aged 30 and 19 were seriously injured and are being treated at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
A 23-year-old woman suffered fractures and another 19-year-old man sustained minor injuries.
The road is currently closed and police have appealed for witnesses.
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Four people travelling in the same car have been injured in a serious crash in Moray.
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A Haystack in the Evening Sun had not previously been authenticated because the work is largely unknown and the artist's signature is covered by paint.
However researchers at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland uncovered the signature using a hyperspectral camera.
It also revealed the date of the work's creation - 1891.
The special camera used by researchers studied the painting's elemental composition by measuring X-ray fluorescence.
That allowed them to "see" below the surface, and analyse the materials used to create the work.
"The camera is principally operating as a scanner, which scans one line at a time," researcher Ilkka Polonen said.
"When the camera is moved using the scanner, an image of the whole picture can be obtained."
An analysis of the pigments and canvas fibres also confirmed the painting was by the Impressionist.
The artwork is currently owned by Finland's Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation, which acquired it in the 1950s through a London art broker.
The institution said the authentication means the artwork is the first Monet painting to be held in a Finnish public collection.
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An oil painting thought to have been created by French Impressionist Claude Monet has been proven to be genuine through scientific testing.
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