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Dean Price went into the River Esk at Longtown after his seven-year-old daughter, Delilah, slipped and fell into the water on 30 June.
The 32-year-old, from Walsall, got into difficulties and disappeared. His body was found hours later following an extensive search of the river.
The South Cumbria coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.
Geoff Maxwell, an off-duty retained firefighter who was working nearby, managed to rescue the girl.
He was praised by coroner David Roberts, who said: "On behalf of the public generally, I would like to thank you for your selfless act."
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A man drowned while trying to rescue his daughter from a river in Cumbria, an inquest has found.
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Developers Extreme said the £55m scheme for the Peak Parkway site would also provide an ice rink, other leisure facilities and housing.
The site has been confirmed as North East Lincolnshire Council's preferred location for the stadium.
One opposition councillor said the development is too large and in the wrong area.
Ian Barfield, Liberal Democrat councillor, said: "It just makes my heart sink.
"It is not a question of the town not needing economic development. It just does not need it on what should be an area of green space dividing the town."
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Extreme Leisure said a number of consultations will be held before any planning application is submitted.
Alistair Gosling, the company chairman, said: "This will provide inbound investment, local employment and better facilities for the locals and visitors of North East Lincolnshire."
About 320 full-time jobs could be created, excluding construction jobs, he added.
John Fenty, from Grimsby Town FC, said he was delighted with the proposals and was looking forward to the day "when the ground was broken".
The Labour leader of North East Lincolnshire Council said news of the deal was "very positive".
Councillor Ray Oxby added: "We have made it clear from the start that where there's the potential for public assets and resources to be involved, we must follow a strict and proper process to make sure we get the right result for the whole area."
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Grimsby Town Football Club has signed a deal with a leisure provider to build a new 14,000-capacity stadium.
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The club are close to appointing the former Ajax and Inter Milan boss, 47, to succeed Sam Allardyce, who led Palace to 14th in the Premier League in May following a relegation battle.
"The Champions League is not realistic but with good organisation you can stay in the middle," De Boer said.
"With a great season, maybe you could sneak European football."
Between 2010 and 2016, De Boer coached Ajax, winning the Eredivisie for four consecutive seasons between 2011 and 2015.
But the former Netherlands international has been out of work since he was sacked by Inter Milan in November 2016 after only 85 days in charge.
"It's always been one of his desires to come to the Premier League," added Ronald.
"It's the biggest league in the world - not necessarily the best - but the most exciting for sure. Frank wants to be part of that and hopefully he gets that opportunity with Crystal Palace.
"As it stands now, I know that both sides want to go with each other but there are just little things to discuss."
De Boer was appointed as Inter boss two weeks before the start of the 2015-16 season after Roberto Mancini left by mutual consent.
He had never previously coached or played in Italy and led Inter to just four league wins in his opening 11 games, leaving them 12th in the Serie A table.
"Falling down on your face sometimes helps you to move forward," said his brother.
"It's so difficult to step into a team who are not at all fit and have an average age of 28, just two weeks before the start of the season. It is very difficult to change the philosophy.
"But he learned he needs a good pre-season to get a proper idea of what his squad is about.
"He is more than capable of doing well with any team and also with Crystal Palace if he decides to sign with them."
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Frank de Boer could help Crystal Palace to the Europa League if he takes charge at Selhurst Park, says brother Ronald.
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Haskins was awarded the belt after Randy Caballero was stripped of his title after weighing in five and a half pounds over the limit for last Saturday's fight, which had been due to take place at the Mandalay Bay Hotel.
Bristol-based manager, Chris Sanigar, told BBC Points West about his future hopes for 32-year-old Haskins.
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Britain's Lee Haskins could return to Las Vegas for a big pay day after winning the IBF world bantamweight title without throwing a punch.
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Italian diplomat Filippo Grandi, who took over the post from Portugal's Antonio Guterres this year, was speaking on a visit to Lebanon.
Mr Grandi also urged the EU to do more for Syrian refugees outside Europe.
EU leaders have warned of a crisis after more than a million migrants entered illegally last year.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told the BBC this week: "If Europe can't protect its own borders, it's the very idea of Europe that could be thrown into doubt."
On Friday, his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte, warned: "When spring comes and the numbers quadruple, we cannot as the EU cope with the numbers any longer."
The new UN High Commissioner for Refugees has been meeting refugees in camps in Lebanon and Jordan.
Speaking to the BBC's Quentin Somerville, Mr Grandi said: "Europe can absorb more genuine refugees if it would be better organised among the different member-states.
"However, we understand the predicament. It is a social and political predicament which is very serious."
The EU is drawing up plans to share the "burden" of refugees more evenly among member states, scrapping a controversial rule that means they must claim asylum in the first country they arrive in.
Hungary, one of the most vocal critics of migration policy, has dismissed the crisis as a "German problem" since Germany is where those arriving in the EU "would like to go".
Mr Grandi also urged the EU to "do more for the countries of first asylum" so there would be "less motivation for people to flee further away".
Katya Adler: Germans struggle to cope with influx
Teaching migrants how to behave
Migrants feel chill of tighter borders
Europe's migrant crisis
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EU states could take more genuine refugees from Syria if they worked together better, the new head of the UN refugee agency has told the BBC.
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The Saracens winger, 28, was cited for making contact with the eyes of Ulster's Luke Marshall in a European Champions Cup game.
The suspension came just a week after he was recalled to the England squad, 18 months after his last appearance.
Ashton pleaded not guilty at a hearing on 20 January and is appealing against the level of the sanction.
He received the full written decision of the independent disciplinary hearing judicial officer on Friday, 22 January.
England begin their Six Nations campaign in Scotland on 6 February and end it on 19 March in France, with Ashton's ban finishing on 28 March.
Head coach Eddie Jones said he would wait for the outcome of any appeal before naming a replacement.
However, Bath wing Semesa Rokoduguni has been called up as cover and the 28-year-old will join up with the England squad until a final decision is made on Ashton's case.
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Chris Ashton will appeal against a 10-week ban that would rule him out of England's entire Six Nations campaign.
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Two quickfire Omar Bogle goals just before half-time gave Grimsby control.
Forest Green fought back after the break and Keanu Marsh-Brown's superb goal reduced their deficit after Jon Parkin had missed from six yards.
But Grimsby - playing in the play-offs for a fourth consecutive year - struck a late third through Nathan Arnold.
Paul Hurst's side, who lost to Bristol Rovers on penalties in last year's final, had seen Arnold's long-range strike tipped onto the post shortly before taking the lead at Wembley.
Bogle then glanced in Jon Nolan's free-kick via Rovers' Darren Carter's back to open the scoring, before volleying in from six yards on the rebound to double Grimsby's lead just one minute later.
Forest Green introduced substitute Parkin at half-time and the 34-year-old former Preston striker's presence changed the game.
Parkin could only hit the side netting from Forest Green's best chance, inside the six-yard box, before Marsh-Brown's sweet, dipping strike gave them hope.
But Forest Green, who had finished nine points above Grimsby in the league table, could not find an equaliser despite a spirited fightback.
Rovers, who sacked manager Ady Pennock one week before the start of their semi-final against Dover to "boost their chances in the play-offs", had set a fifth-tier record of nine consecutive wins to start the season, before being beaten to the league title by Cheltenham Town.
Having finished in their highest-ever league position in second, they were led at Wembley by caretaker boss Scott Bartlett, while next season's manager, Mark Cooper, offered guidance from the dugout.
But the Nailsworth club - who had hoped to make their home town the smallest settlement to ever host a Football League club - saw their promotion hopes dashed in the play-offs for the second year running.
Arnold, who had a low shot saved with 15 minutes to play, completed the win in stoppage time, tucking in on the rebound to end Forest Green's hopes of a late twist.
The promoted Mariners return to Wembley on 22 May for the FA Trophy final against FC Halifax.
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Grimsby boss Paul Hurst told BBC Radio Humberside: "I'm quite relaxed. I feel quite calm. It's a fantastic achievement.
"Those players, rightly so, will go down in the club's history.
"It's far from job done yet - we want to make sure that we're a Football League club for a long time to come and, if possible, see if we can move the club even further forward."
Forest Green Rovers striker Jon Parkin told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: "It was just a mad five minutes in the first half that put us on the back foot.
"In the second half, we've come out and had a real go. (We had) a couple of chances, should have scored and it's a totally different game.
"But that's the difference - they took their chances, we didn't."
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Grimsby Town returned to the Football League after a six-year absence with victory over Forest Green Rovers in the National League promotion final.
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Hamilton was 0.029 seconds quicker than team-mate Valtteri Bottas, and a second clear of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel in third and fourth.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fifth, just 0.250secs behind Raikkonen.
McLaren-Honda's dismal season of unreliability continued, with Fernando Alonso sent into a spin by a major engine failure on his first lap.
Alonso spun to a halt in a cloud of smoke with oil pouring from underneath the engine after it failed coming out of Turn Two on his first lap. The Spaniard then left the track to go back to his hotel. Honda blamed the failure on "an oil leak" and said Alonso would be back out with a new power-unit in second practice.
Alonso posted a tweet saying: "Keeping the body active," accompanied by an emoji with a halo and a photograph of himself with his trainer playing tennis.
Honda have a small upgrade on the engine for this weekend but said the one he was using had previously run in Australia and China and in Bahrain until qualifying.
In lovely spring sunshine and under a beautiful blue sky north of Barcelona, the teams spent the session evaluating the upgrades they have brought to this race.
All the teams have new aerodynamic parts, as is traditional at this first European race of the season, and the most striking are on the Mercedes.
The silver cars have a narrower nose, under which is fitted a unique new snow-plough style aerodynamic shaping device, as well as new parts all the way along the side of the car.
So far, they appear to be working well, and Hamilton and Bottas traded times throughout the session, rarely separated by more than a few hundredths of a second.
Hamilton arrived in Spain determined to make amends for a poor weekend two weeks ago in Russia, where he finished fourth and Bottas won.
Bottas, by contrast, has made it clear that his focus has shifted to trying to win every race after an up-and-down start to the season in which he has been alternately impressive - with his first win in Russia and first pole in Bahrain - and not, such as when he spun behind the safety car during the Chinese Grand Prix.
The two men are separated by 10 points in the championship, with Hamilton ahead and 13 points behind Vettel.
Ferrari also have a series of aerodynamic changes on their car, as do Red Bull, who are hopeful their upgrade will clos the one-second gap that has separated them from the front-runners so far this season.
It is too early to make any conclusions about relative pace, not least because Vettel's session was disrupted by a gearbox problem on the pit straight.
He managed to pull of into the pit lane exit, from where the car was recovered and the Ferrari mechanics were able to repair the car and send him out again to set his fastest time.
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City paid their Premier League counterparts £25m for the Ivory Coast forward two and a half years ago.
No fee has been agreed as yet and talks may continue into next week but it is anticipated Bony will return to south Wales for less than half that sum.
Bony made 46 appearances in his first 18 months as a City player, scoring 10 goals.
But 26 of those appearances were as a substitute and he was loaned to Stoke by manager Pep Guardiola last season.
Bony joined Swansea from Vitesse in 2013 and scored 25 goals in 54 games before joining City in January 2015.
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Swansea City are close to securing the return of striker Wilfried Bony from Manchester City.
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A leak at Llanfairpwll on Sunday morning affected supplies to some customers there and in parts of Gaerwen, Porthaethwy and Llangefni.
A spokesman said: "Our team is working on the leak and we hope that all supplies will be back to normal this morning."
Welsh Water apologised to customers for any inconvenience.
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Parts of Anglesey have been left without water after a leak, Welsh Water has confirmed.
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The 10km (four miles) sq area housing government buildings became off-limits to the public as a security measure in the wake of the 2003 US occupation.
It is the latest in a series of steps by Mr Abadi to ease sectarian tensions and crack down on corruption.
Baghdad has seen weeks of protests over poor services and abuses of power.
Earlier this month, in a rare show of unity, the Iraqi parliament backed Mr Abadi's programme to abolish top government posts and cut spending.
On Friday, the prime minister issued instructions to lift restrictions on the Green Zone. It is not clear when the plan will be implemented.
The compound, in the Karkh district on the west bank of the Tigris, is surrounded by concrete walls and heavily guarded by checkpoints and tanks.
It houses former palaces of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and was the administrative headquarters of the US occupation authorities. Several foreign embassies, including those of the US and UK, are situated there.
Most Iraqis have been excluded from the Green Zone unless they have special permission, and large bribes have been paid to get round stringent entry procedures, according to AFP news agency.
The zone has been targeted by bombings and rockets over the years, and the fortification measures were aimed at making it more secure, although attacks in Baghdad are still commonplace.
Mr Abadi also ordered the removal of barriers and checkpoints set up on main roads and sidestreets in Baghdad and elsewhere by prominent figures and militias.
The order to lift the restrictions is part of a series of measures to defuse tensions and root out corruption. A panel will also be set up to recover state property appropriated by elites which are found to have been illegally obtained.
In recent weeks, thousands of Iraqis have taken to the streets in Baghdad and other cities to protest against the failure to provide basic services and against corruption.
They have been backed by Iraq's preeminent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and powerful Shia militia leader, Moqtada Sadr.
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Scottish winger Matt Williams' early touchdown caused shudders round a soaking wet Sixways.
But the home side responded with four tries, allied to 18 points from the boot of stand-off Ryan Lamb.
Flanker Sam Lewis scored a hat-trick of tries, while winger Dean Hammond also crossed the whitewash.
Lamb kicked three of his four conversion attempts, as well as two key first-half penalties - and two more late in the game.
Full-back Peter Lydon got the Exiles' other try, which he converted, along with a first-half penalty for a 10-point haul.
Scottish trailed by five points from Saturday's first leg, only for that advantage to be wiped out inside the first six minutes.
Jamie Stevenson's blindside run set up right wing Williams to score in the corner.
But that turned out to be the nearest this contest got to a Scottish gain as Warriors eventually rallied and started to tick the right boxes.
Two Lamb penalties in the space of three minutes were followed by a Sam Lewis pushover try in the left corner, from which Lamb was also successful with the conversion.
Peter Lydon did reduce the deficit at the interval to 13-8 with a penalty, but two tries in four minutes at the start of the second half killed the contest.
All Blacks winger Cooper Vuna, switched to full-back following an early injury to Ben Howard, set up Hammond, converted by Lamb before Lewis crashed over in the right corner, from which Lamb missed his first kick of the night.
Lydon converted his own try to bring it back to 25-15 on the night, before Lewis's third try, again converted by Lamb.
Lamb landed two more penalties before injury-weakened Warriors brought the biggest roar of the night with the late introduction of 17-year-old schoolboy Jamie Shillcock at scrum-half.
Warriors: Howard; Hammond, Grove, Mills, Vuna; Lamb, Bruzulier; Rapava Ruskin, Creevy, Schonert, Percival, Thomas, Mike Williams, Lewis, van Velze (capt).
Replacements: Annett, Fainga'anuku, Rees, Cox, Shillcock, Fatiaki, Biggs.
London Scottish: Lydon; Matt Williams, Moffat, Gidlow, Doneghan; Newton, Stevenson; Lilley, Kwasnicki, Prescott, Phillips, Thomas Brown, Gillanders, Best, Bright (capt).
Replacements: Hallam, Stephenson, Rae, Chisholm, Walker, Heeks, Millar.
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Worcester Warriors booked their place in the Championship play-off final, but they had to come from behind to beat London Scottish on the night.
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The mix-up happened after repair work was carried out in Cliffords Mesne, Gloucestershire, leaving dozens of residents without a connection and others with different numbers.
BT Openreach has apologised and says it is working to put things right.
Resident Rob Wadley, 73, said: "There was a lot of hilarity about it but also a serious side to it."
He said the problem - caused by a damaged cable running through "some quite dense trees" - affected the entire village of 100 houses.
"They completed [the repair] in two days and when they reconnected all the homes, everyone had someone else's number," he added.
"Some had no phones and some had someone else's number. We got a telephone call for the local town councillor. We soon found out."
Another resident, John Franklin, 65, said: "If you take our next-door neighbour, she is an elderly lady and has one of these emergency buttons. Her family use it to get in touch so it was quite serious as far as she was concerned.
"There are some people who work from the village and they were very cross. One fellow said he was losing £1,000 a day."
A spokeswoman for BT Openreach said: "We're sorry for the problems experienced by a handful of customers in Cliffords Mesne this week.
"The issue arose whilst we were carrying out essential maintenance to one of our overhead cables, and we're working hard to put things right as soon as possible.
"We would encourage anyone affected to contact their service provider as we are updating them regularly."
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Villagers were left with their neighbours' phone numbers by bungling telephone engineers.
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For the last eight months the government has been consulting on how best to ease congestion: its solution is a new piece of road, which drivers will pay to use.
The trunk road links the country's largest container port in Felixstowe, with the M1 and M6 motorways, from where goods are whisked to the rest of the country.
That's after spending many an hour in gridlock on the 130 mile length of the A14.
The stretch through Cambridgeshire between Cambridge and Huntingdon is particularly busy and that's where the changes will happen.
South Cambridgeshire MP, Andrew Lansley, welcomed the news: "We all know we need the A14 to be rebuilt.
In tough times, if it's going to happen it can't just be paid for by the government - people who are using the road will have to dig into their pockets.
"The A14 has stopped Cambridge from growing and it's an impediment day by day to people going about their business," he added.
The plan to upgrade this vital artery through the region will cost up to £1.5 billion.
More then 100,000 vehicles a day travel through Cambridgeshire, a quarter of them heavy good vehicles.
Delays frustrate motorists and cost businesses a fortune.
John Bridge from Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce gave the plan a cautious thumbs up.
He said: "The business community is somewhat concerned about tolling but I think we believe it's a necessary evil if it is the only way we can get the road upgraded."
While the local MP for Huntingdon, Jonathan Djanogly (Con) had warmer words: "The east of England needs this road to develop the area and without it, particularly as the economy picks up, it's going to be an increasing problem, so it's important we get on with it."
For many years there's been talk about improving this road but every time, drivers hopes have been dashed.
The last scheme, backed by Labour, was dropped by the coalition because it was too expensive.
A toll road is obviously attractive to the government as it doesn't have to pay for the upgrade.
Private finance will stump up the money and and motorists will pay.
"HGV's can take the toll road and everyone else can use the local access roads," says Andrew Lansley.
"The government hasn't got a limitless supply of money. We need to think of innovative and exciting solutions, which this is."
The eastern region suffers from poor transport links, particularly east to west. No doubt this will go some way to help.
The government says it wants construction to start in six years time.
Isn't that after the next general election?
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Michelle O'Neill told the BBC she still intends to publish the plan later this month, with an indicative budget.
On Thursday, Mrs O'Neill said there was "no longer an executive in place to agree a budget for an elective-care plan".
But she had talks on Friday with the finance minister about the funding.
The Stormont institutions face collapse following the resignation of Martin McGuinness as deputy first minister.
On Friday, the health minister said she "remains committed" to publishing the strategy to tackle waiting lists which she said were "totally unacceptable" to her.
She added that the amount of money needed was "sizeable" and that she was still in conversations with Mairtin O'Muilleoir looking at all the issues involved.
While the health minister says she will push ahead with publishing the plan, as there is no budget or executive in place, its implementation will be more difficult.
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The Environment Department published its Island Development Plan setting out planning policy for the island.
It took three years to produce and includes proposals for increasing the amount of affordable housing and the regeneration of old vinery sites.
Environment Minister Deputy Yvonne Burford claimed the plan balances the improving the economy with environment.
If approved by the States, housing developers building five or more units would be required to make up to 30% available as affordable accommodation.
Before the draft Island Development Plan is adopted by the States it will be subject to independent review by two planning inspectors.
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Housing developers could be made to make 30% of a development affordable housing under new government plans.
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The Cardinals took the lead through Matt Robinson's third goal of the season, a fine long-range effort.
Gateshead levelled just before half time though, Ryan Bowman converting a penalty after James Curtis was fouled by Brian Saah.
Robinson was denied by Gateshead goalkeeper Sam Russell late on as neither side could find a winner.
The result leaves both sides near the middle of the table, with Gateshead eight points from the play-offs with three games to play and Woking safe from relegation despite a winless run that stretches back to January.
Woking boss Garry Hill told BBC Surrey:
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"You are always happy with a point but you want to win games and I felt over the 90 minutes if any team was going to win or deserved to win it was going to be us.
"The frustrating part was in the last five games we have been 1-0 up and 2-0 up in those ones. We are giving away cheap goals and we've invited teams back in the match from experienced players."
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Woking's winless run in the league extended to 13 games after Gateshead came from behind to earn a point.
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Under the rules, racegoers will also have to wear skirts or dresses of "modest length" falling just above the knee or longer.
For men, a waistcoat and tie will be compulsory in the enclosure and cravats will not be allowed.
Organisers said the decision was part of a move to restore formality.
The annual week-long event in June attracts about 300,000 visitors each year.
The popularity for elaborate fascinators, which are a cross between a hair accessory and a mini hat, continued last year after the Duchess of Cambridge wore a feathered one on her first official engagement in Anglesey.
In the less formal grandstand, which is open to the public, it will now be compulsory for women to wear a hat or fascinator.
In previous years, when female racegoers were simply advised that "many ladies wear hats".
Strapless or sheer-strap tops and dresses will also be banned.
For men, a suit and tie will now be obligatory.
Ascot spokesman Nick Smith said: "It is probably fair to say the dress code hasn't necessarily been enforced quite as rigorously as we might have liked.
"There is no doubt our customers would like to get back to a situation where it is universally acknowledged this is a formal occasion and not an occasion where you might dress as you would at a nightclub."
Charles Barnett, Ascot's chief executive, said the intention was to be "as helpful as possible" to visitors and to help racegoers in understanding what is "cherished" about the dress code at Royal Ascot.
"It isn't a question of elitism and not being modern in a world where there is less and less requirement to dress smartly - far from it," he said.
"We want to see modern and stylish dress at Royal Ascot, just within the parameters of formal wear."
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Kenya also won six silver and three bronze medals, with Jamaica and the US in second and third place respectively.
Their final gold medal was won by Asbel Kiprop in the 1500m.
President Uhuru Kenyatta tweeted: "Our young people have once again shown that they are as good as the world's best and brightest."
"I'm so proud of myself to become a member of this exclusive club of three-times world champions," said Kiprop after his victory.
His was part of a strong Kenyan performance its traditional domains of middle- and long-distance running, with gold medals for David Rudisha in the men's 800m Vivian Cheruiyot in the women's 10,000m and Ezekiel Kemboi and Hyvin Jepkemoi triumphing in the men's and women's 3,000m steeplechase respectively.
Nicholas Bett won in the 400m hurdles and Julius Yego became the first Kenyan field event athlete to win a medal at the championships with victory in the men's javelin.
On Wednesday it was announced that two Kenyan athletes at the championships had been suspended after failing drugs tests.
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Kenya has come top of the overall medal table at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing for the first time, with seven gold medals.
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The League Two newcomers fell behind on 27 minutes when Joshua Mullin headed in a free-kick from Nicky Cadden.
Mullin then provided a neat cross for Daniel Mullen to knock in right on the stroke of half time.
Mikey Miller crashed a shot against the woodwork as the visitors from League One continued to dominate before Liam Buchanan made it 3-0 from close range.
Ousman See went close for the hosts but was denied a landmark goal by a smart save from Liam Kelly.
Livingston move up to second place in Group G, behind St Mirren, who have two wins from two.
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Edinburgh City's first competitive match as an SPFL side ended in League Cup defeat to Livingston at Meadowbank.
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The British duo dominated from the start as they finished 2.62 seconds ahead of France with Germany in third.
Two other Coleraine men Alan Campbell and Peter Chambers failed to reach the A finals in their events.
Single sculler Campbell and lightweight four team member Chambers will compete in B finals on Sunday.
The lightweight pairs is a non-Olympic class but the performances of Cassells and Scrimgeour could put them in contention for promotion to one of Britain's Rio berths for next year.
Earlier this season, Cassells and Peter Chambers won the European title in the lightweight pairs class.
Chambers and his team-mates could only manage fourth in their lightweight four semi-final with Campbell fifth in his single sculls semi-final in Aiguebelette.
The Coleraine men will attempt to secure Olympic Games spots in Sunday's B deciders.
The top five finishers in the lightweight four B final will clinch places in Rio for their countries while Campbell, 32, will need a top-three finish in his B decider to book a British berth in Brazil.
2002 Olympic bronze medallist Campbell, who missed out on selection for last year's World Championships, was always going to be up against it in Friday's semi-final.
London Olympics winner Mahe Drysdale powered to victory in 6:45.08 which left him ahead of this year's European champion Damir Martin of Croatia with 2008 Olympic gold medallist Norwegian Olaf Tufte edging out Belarus's Stanislau Shcharbachenia to take the final qualifying spot.
Campbell was a further 3.21 seconds back in fifth spot.
Chambers and his British team-mates Jonathan Clegg, Mark Aldred and Chris Bartley were never really a factor in their semi-final as they finished 7.33 seconds behind Switzerland with France and Italy also progressing to the A final.
The British quartet's performance continued their recent struggles after they also failed to make the A final at the recent Lucerne World Cup regatta.
Richard Chambers and Will Fletcher will race for Britain in the lightweight double sculls final on Saturday.
Ennisillen woman Leonara Kennedy and her Irish team-mate finished a distant fifth in the final of the non-Olympic women's four final on Friday.
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The ministers were speaking after they met in Cardiff to discuss the implications of the EU referendum vote.
Voters in Scotland and Northern Ireland opted to remain in the EU in the referendum, while Wales voted to leave.
Northern Ireland Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir described the meeting as "positive".
"We want to speak with one voice to the chancellor - when we speak together, in a united fashion, we speak for 10m people," Mr Ó Muilleoir said.
"So despite the fact that we voted in the north of Ireland to remain, the Scottish voted to remain, the Welsh voted to leave, despite that, I think we have made common cause today around some issues we want to bring to the chancellor's table.
"We do seek resolution, particularly around this austerity agenda hampering our economic growth."
His Welsh counterpart Mark Drakeford said all three nations relied on EU funding.
"All three of us have to be determined to hold the United Kingdom to account in delivering the promises that were made to people that money would come in Wales' case to Wales - and that Wales would be better off, not worse off, as a result of leaving the European Union," Mr Drakeford said.
"That's a common cause for us all," he said.
Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said: "We want the UK government to respect our position.
"We will be issuing a letter to the UK government and we call upon them to give us some financial stability and ensure that we are represented in discussions going forward.
"So maybe with a new prime minister we'll get a new attitude from the UK government."
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A gala opening will be held on 25 July following a £12 million renovation project, with Bellowhead the main act.
Cardigan Castle is believed to have been home to the first ever recorded Eisteddfod in 1176.
Some locals believe it is a "gross faux pas" to enlist an English group to play at such an historical cultural event.
The renovated castle- which has new accommodation, a cultural centre and restaurant- hopes to attract over 30,000 visitors in its first year.
Organisers the Cadwgan Trust have enlisted Welsh group 9Bach to support Bellowhead, who it describes as 'one of the best live acts in the UK' for the near sell-out 800 crowd.
A pressure group was set up to protest. It is called The Friends of Rhys ap Gruffudd - who was the ruler of the old kingdom of Deheubarth in 1176 when the first Eisteddfod was held.
Spokesman Hefin Wyn urged the Cadwgan Trust to rethink, saying that an English act headlining an event of such historical and cultural significance was a "gross faux pas".
He said: "Perhaps they are suffering from cultural and historical amnesia. They haven't grasped how important the occasion is."
Local Councillor John Adams Lewis told BBC Wales that "there is tremendous talent in the locality and some of those should be taking part."
In a statement, Sue Lewis from the Cadwgan Trust said that there would be a "superb programme of events" at Cardigan Castle over the summer that would feature "national performances" and "up-and-coming local talent."
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Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors rated almost every aspect of care at Sunderland's Hylton Medical Group as "inadequate".
The group, which operates two sites for 5,240 patients, came out of its first spell in special measures a year ago.
Clinical commissioners described the rating as "disappointing".
Alison Holbourn, deputy chief inspector of general practice at the CQC, said: "We found that people were not getting the high quality of care which everyone should expect to receive from their GP.
"Following improvements at a previous inspection in April last year, the practice has been unable to sustain these and they now return to special measures.
"We remain particularly concerned about the effectiveness of the service the practice provides to patients."
Ms Holbourn added: "There were no audits taking place, so staff had no way of knowing if the services provided to patients were improving their outcomes.
"Following this inspection we also found fresh concerns around leadership. We weren't confident the practice was providing effective clinical leadership or that leaders had a comprehensive understanding of the practice performance.
"I do not believe that the practice is likely to resolve its challenges without external support.
"Where necessary, another inspection will be conducted within six months and if there is not enough improvement we will move to close the service and remove the provider's registration."
David Gallagher, chief officer at Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group, said: "It is disappointing the practice has received this rating, but we continue to work with NHS England and other partners to help the practice team tackle the issues that have been raised and make the necessary improvements.
"Patients at the practice can continue to use the service in the usual way, and we would encourage anyone who is concerned about the report to contact the practice."
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And when it came to digital technology there was a Commodore 64 home computer.
She's come a long way from that Tyrone childhood and now, based in Silicon Valley, is one of the most powerful women in the technology industry.
She recently became the first independent board member of Slack, a business communications platform.
Her day job is chief financial officer for Square, a payments business.
She led Square's stock market flotation in 2015 and it now has a market capitalisation of more than $8bn (£6.2bn).
She was back home last week for the launch of a project which is being supported by various members of Northern Ireland's tech diaspora.
They have funded the conversion of Belfast Ormeau Baths building into a co-working space for freelancers and small businesses.
She hopes it will allow for "the serendipity of bouncing ideas off different people. It's about creating that nugget of an idea that really works.
"You're going to get a bunch of folks with an entrepreneurial streak all in the same place, digging deep to push their own companies forward but they're going to be talking to one another."
She works alongside one of the world's best known tech leaders, Jack Dorsey, the founder of both Square and Twitter.
"Jack is a phenomenal entrepreneur, what's special about working with someone like that is you see their creative process in action, you see how spontaneous it is," she said.
"Seeing something in action in is what gives him his next best idea or gives me my next best idea so my hope is that Ormeau Baths can become that little catalytic point."
Her route to the top took her through corporate heavyweights McKinsey, Goldman Sachs and Salesforce after an engineering degree at Oxford.
But at the root of that are her school days at Strabane Grammar.
"I was lucky in that I was very interested in math and science at school and that was really encouraged," she said.
"You hear a lot today about how girls maybe don't get involved in those sorts of subjects. I never found that at school and in fact with all my best friends we were all mad about maths and science.
"There was never a sense that there was no job we shouldn't aspire to."
Square's main business is helping small firms to take payments through a card reader and app.
Its largest market is the United States and it has been operating in the UK for just seven weeks.
"So far, so good," Sarah said. "This is a market which has all the hallmarks of a market which should work for Square.
"A vibrant small business economy, very technology forward compared to the US and a very innovative spirit and that's usually the sort of business which will embrace all the products that Square will bring to market."
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Forecasts were predicting a 4.1% fall in exports, but a weakening currency may have boosted the lagging sector.
Imports also beat expectations in yuan-dominated terms to only fall 4%, compared to forecasts of a 7.9% slump.
The jump in exports was the first rise since June last year as the sector has been battered by slowing demand and slumping commodity prices.
For the year, exports fell 1.8%, while imports tumbled 13.2% from 2014.
China's customs spokesman Huang Songping said at a news conference in Beijing that the country's exports fell last year due to weak external demand.
Trade figures in US dollar-denominated terms came out later in the day and were also better-than-expected. Exports fell 1.4%, compared to forecasts of an 8% fall, while imports declined 7.6% against expectations of an 11.5% decline.
The country's central bank had been aggressively weakening the yuan guidance rate -the rate the bank fixes for the currency on a daily basis - last week in an attempt to boost the sector.
But the depreciation of the yuan sparked fears that other countries in the region would also start to devalue their currencies to compete with China on exports and that rattled global markets.
This week, it has set the yuan rate steady in attempt to calm volatility in equity markets and soothe fears that China's economy may be slowing faster than anticipated.
The world's second largest economy is already expected to have grown at its slowest pace in a quarter of a century last year, with Beijing targeting 7% growth.
But many economists have warned that the Asian giant may undershoot that target as key sectors such as exports, manufacturing, property and consumption struggle to gain momentum.
However, Wednesday's closely watched better-than-expected figures could go a long way to ease fears about the Chinese economy at a time when attention is focused on how authorities are handling the market volatility.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite index was up 0.7% to 3,044.52 after the data was released.
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David Warner and Steve Smith both hit centuries as Australia reached 371-6 in their 50 overs at Kingsmead.
But an unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 107 by David Miller (118 not out) and Andile Phehlukwayo (42 not out) saw the Proteas home with four balls to spare.
South Africa now have an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Their 372-6 eclipsed India's score of 362-1 - also against Australia - in 2013.
The highest successful one-day international run chase was also made by South Africa, who hit 438-9 - against Australia - in Johannesburg in 2006.
Eight of the top 10 successful ODI run chases have now been achieved against Australia.
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South Africa completed the second-highest run chase in one-day international history as they beat Australia by four wickets in Durban.
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Last week, the Reds rejected a £90m bid from the Spanish giants for the 25-year-old Brazil attacking midfielder, who then submitted a transfer request.
Coutinho has missed the opening two games of Liverpool's season with a back injury, but the club has repeatedly stressed he is not for sale.
Despite that, Barca have previously said they are "close" to signing him.
On Thursday, responding to Barcelona general manager Pep Segura's claim that a deal was close, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said: "I don't know why other people are saying what they are saying.
"I don't even know them - especially this guy. I've never even met him."
The La Liga side have moved for Coutinho after selling Brazil team-mate Neymar to Paris St-Germain for a world record transfer fee of £200m.
Coutinho signed a new five-year deal at Anfield in January, which did not include a release clause.
He is also set to miss Saturday's home Premier League match against Crystal Palace (15:00 BST kick-off).
Liverpool's instant dismissal of Barcelona's third offer is further hard evidence of the determination within the club that they will not be forced into selling their prize asset under any circumstances.
Fenway Sports Group, and manager Klopp, remain unmoved by Barcelona's increased financial inducements - as well as a transfer request from a player who has clearly had his head turned.
Liverpool regard this latest bid, understood to be about £114m, as irrelevant because their stance, as it has been from day one, is that Coutinho will not be sold.
But questions remain. Will Barcelona take the hint and walk away? Will Coutinho, sidelined by a back injury, accept his dream move will not come to fruition and eventually return to the fold? Will his unhappiness increase at the prospect of a switch to the Nou Camp slipping away?
For all the noises coming out of Barcelona that a move is "close", it remains as far away as the day they made their first approach. Liverpool's mood has not altered.
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It features the Welsh dragon, the English lion, the Scottish unicorn and a stag for Northern Ireland.
Rt Rev Gregory Cameron has also been able to incorporate his initials.
The final batch of round £1 coins for public circulation were struck at the mint in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff, in December.
A new 12-sided £1 coin, billed by the Royal Mint as the "most secure coin in the world", is to be introduced in 2017.
Rt Rev Cameron, an amateur artist and coin collector, said: "I am absolutely delighted and proud that I have designed the very last commemorative round pound coin.
"In my design, the four heraldic beasts are equal - each has its quarter of the coin.
"There is also some cross-over - parts of each beast cross over into the next. That makes it more dynamic and also symbolic as it shows four separate nations, all an equal part, yet interlinked as they protect Britain's sovereignty, the Crown.
"As a Welshman, I put my initials GKC under the dragon."
Royal Mint commemorative coins director Anne Jessopp said the commemorative "farewell" pound was all the more special, given it was the last.
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Last month's blast at Wood Treatment Ltd reduced the Bosley mill to rubble.
Will Barks, Derek Moore and Dorothy Bailey were identified as victims, but Jason Shingler, 38, remains missing.
While Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service say they have now handed the investigation over to police, a search and rescue team will stay at the site.
Small fires were still burning at the site until last week, but a fire service spokesman said these have now been extinguished.
He added that crews would return to the area if any hidden or smouldering fires were uncovered.
Temperatures reached 1,000C in the blast and it was described by rescue workers as the "worst incident of its kind" in a decade.
The Bosley Disaster Appeal Fund has raised more than £53,000 for the families of the victims and workers left without jobs.
In a statement last week the mill's owners said they "could not predict" when the factory would be operational again.
An investigation into the cause of the explosion continues.
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Amateur metal detectorists Jim Wills and Dennis Hewings first unearthed the coins in Ipplepen, Devon, in 2009.
Now archaeologists have uncovered a Romano-British settlement which had trade links to the rest of the Empire.
Dr Sam Moorhead, from the British Museum, said the site raised "a whole series of new questions" about Roman Devon.
The Ipplepen Archaeological Project, which began its 2016 fieldwork just two weeks ago, has involved the University of Exeter, the Portable Antiquities Scheme run by the British Museum, Devon County Council and Cotswold Archaeology.
Until now there was little evidence of the Romans outside of Exeter, which is 20 miles north-east of Ipplepen.
It had been thought that rural areas had not been particularly affected by Roman influence, a spokesperson for the University of Exeter said.
However, the discovery of "significant amounts" of Roman pottery made in other parts of the Empire and imported into Britain has demonstrated the rural site's connections to the rest of the Roman world.
"The presence of these kinds of vessels demonstrates that the people living here... adopted Romanised ways of eating and drinking" including "a taste for Mediterranean products such as wine and olives", Danielle Wootton, the Devon finds liaison officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, said.
But the site was "puzzling" when compared to other known settlements in neighbouring counties such as Somerset, where a greater amount of coins, brooches and pottery had been found, she said.
"We are wondering whether the Dumnonii, the tribe who lived in the area now known as Devon, still retained their traditional identity rather than becoming entirely Romanised", Ms Wootton said.
In previous years the team have discovered a Roman road, as well as pot holes which had been repaired.
"Until recently, who would have thought that Ipplepen village was once 'plugged in' to the Roman empire?", Ms Wootton added.
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These are little beads made of plastic that can be found in face scrubs and other cosmetics.
They can cause lots of harm to the environment and wildlife.
Jenny's been finding out more.
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Politicians in the UK have said that plastic microbeads should be banned across the world.
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Mr Rusbridger, who was the editor-in-chief for 20 years until last summer, was due to start the role in September.
He said newspapers had been "battered by turbulent and economic forces that were difficult to foresee last summer".
The current chair of the Scott Trust, Liz Forgan, will remain in post until her successor is appointed.
Mr Rusbridger will also resign as a trustee.
In an email to Guardian staff, published by Buzzfeed, he said he had a "fantastically interesting new life in Oxford" to look forward to.
He wrote: "I have been on the Trust long enough to understand its role.
"We all currently do our journalism in the teeth of a force 12 digital hurricane. It is surely obvious to anyone that changed circumstances will demand dramatically changed solutions."
Ms Forgan said: "Alan Rusbridger's contribution to the Guardian over 20 years as editor-in-chief is immeasurable.
"He has been the creative leader of this place and an inspiration to generations of journalists. His decision reflects his enormous integrity and his dedication to the Guardian."
Mr Rusbridger joined the Guardian in 1979 as a reporter and became editor in 1995, succeeding Peter Preston.
Under his management, the paper moved from its office in London's Farringdon to Kings Cross and embraced digital journalism. Mr Rusbridger also changed the size of the newspaper from broadsheet to Berliner format.
Mr Rusbridger was succeeded at the Guardian by Katharine Viner, the paper's first female editor-in-chief.
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At a UN oceans summit, delegates from China, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines said they would work to keep plastics out of the seas.
Some of the promises are not yet formalised and environmentalists say the measures proposed are not nearly urgent enough.
But UN officials praised the statement.
Meeting in New York, they said it was part of a clear international shift against ocean pollution.
Eric Solheim, the UN's environment director, told BBC News: "There are quite encouraging signs, with nations taking the ocean much more seriously. Of course, there is a very long way to go because the problems are huge."
It is estimated that 5-13 million tonnes of plastics flow into the world's oceans annually. Much of it is ingested by birds and fish – and fragments of plastic have even been found in organisms at the bottom of the ocean.
A recent paper said much of the marine plastic often originates far from the sea – especially in countries which have developed consumer economies faster than their ability to manage waste.
The Helmholtz Centre in Leipzig, Germany, estimated that 75% of land-borne marine pollution comes from just 10 rivers, predominantly in Asia.
Reducing the plastic loads in these rivers by 50% would reduce global plastic inputs by 37%, it said.
Tom Dillon from the Pew Charitable Trusts, which campaign on oceans, urged China to move quickly.
He told BBC News: "For thousands of years the Maritime Silk Road was a pathway for export of Chinese culture and influence. Will the ocean be a vehicle for export of Chinese pollution, or a new culture of conservation and sustainability?"
A report to the UN conference from the Thailand government says most marine plastic debris is land-based, caused by inefficient waste management and poor handling of plastic wastes.
In Thailand, the total amount of garbage finding its way into the sea was estimated at 2.83 million tonnes in 2016 - of which 12% was plastic.
The Thai government says the nation has established a 20-year strategy to tackle the problem, including developing financial incentives for keeping plastic out of the sea and encouraging eco-packaging design and eco-friendly substitutes for plastics.
In Indonesia, the government is starting a mass education programme for schoolchildren, and in the Philippines new laws are being developed.
Part of the challenge is finding substitutes for plastics. An international prize for smarter materials and design for packaging was launched recently by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
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The tent was still there when I left but the VIPs will not now be coming.
The plan was for government officials to spend today signing a raft of documents including the key contract which guaranteed EDF a reward of high prices of £92.50 per MWh for the financial risk they are taking with this mammoth project.
But hours after EDF's board voted to approve the £18bn power plant on Thursday, the government launched a further review of the project.
This stunning new development came all the way from the top of government and the timing seemed calculated to cause maximum impact.
EDF executives were taken completely off guard, the post-Brexit run of major investment is abruptly halted and what precious entente cordiale in Anglo-French relations there is left after the EU referendum result seems diminished.
Is it a genuine pause for a new government to read the small print of a project that is two administrations old, or a signal of a potential change in policy?
If so - what is plan B?
The nuclear fleet is not getting any younger, renewables are not yet placed to take the strain in January when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow. If it's an attempt to get better terms it's a poker game where the stakes are very high.
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Midfielder Mooy scored a 25-yard winner for the Championship leaders.
But Monk was furious Mooy was still on the pitch, believing the Australian should have been given a red card and not a yellow for a lunging tackle on Liam Bridcutt in the first half.
"Two-footed, off the ground, totally out of control," Monk said of the foul.
"I don't want to talk about referees. But if you see that and you can't tell me that's a sending off, I don't know what is.
"It was a horrendous tackle that he made."
Huddersfield head coach David Wagner said Mooy's tackle was not worthy of dismissal in England, but would have been a straight red-card offence in his native Germany.
"In England no red card. Germany, red card," said Wagner, whose side are top of the table by four points after five wins from their six league matches.
"But we are not in Germany, we are in England. This is what I've learned. This was a pretty hard, British challenge.
"It came too late, but I didn't think for one second it would be a red card because I've been 10 months now in British football and I know, this was not okay, he was too late. Yellow."
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The performance will be overseen by Chic's Nile Rodgers, who produced Bowie's hit album Let's Dance in 1983.
"The tribute will be a multisensory testament to the icon's incredible artistry and a reflection of his limitless creativity," said the Recording Academy in a statement.
Gaga has previously credited Bowie as an inspiration.
"He's sort of like an alien prince," she once told chat show host Alan Carr. "Every morning I wake up and I think, 'What would Bowie do?'"
"We had already booked Lady Gaga on this year's show, but when David passed - almost in a single moment - we knew we had to change direction," said Ken Ehrlich, executive producer of the Grammys.
"We immediately spoke and agreed that she should be the one to honour David. She's perfect for it."
The Grammys will be held in Los Angeles on 15 February. Gaga is nominated for best song written for visual media, thanks to her Diane Warren-penned ballad Til It Happens To You, from the documentary The Hunting Ground.
Other performers on the night include Adele, Kendrick Lamar, James Bay, Ellie Goulding and Carrie Underwood.
During his career, Bowie was nominated for 11 Grammys but only won once - when Jazzin' for Blue Jean was awarded best video in 1985. He also received a lifetime achievement prize in 2006.
The star died of cancer on 10 January, just days after releasing his new album, Blackstar. It will be eligible for honours at next year's Grammy ceremony.
A Bowie tribute is also planned for the Brit Awards, which take place on 24 February. Details have yet to be announced, but media reports suggest that Noel Gallagher, Bono, Adele and Damon Albarn have been invited to take part.
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The proposals include replacing the college grants with bursaries and creating one States-run secondary school spread across four sites.
The department has dismissed suggestions of closing one of its four secondary schools and called for the rebuild of two schools to go ahead.
The selective system was criticised in two reviews released in 2012.
Education Department proposals
The review of secondary education found a lack of accountability and called for the creation of school governing bodies, while in the primary sector it found reading ability had declined.
Education Minister Robert Sillars said: "[The 11 plus] is not an appropriate way to determine the future of our children's secondary education.
"It fails to deliver equality of opportunity, fairness or the sort of social mobility that was originally intended."
The written exams assess academic potential and help decide which pupils are offered places at the Grammar School or the grant-supported colleges.
Deputy Sillars said: "We have designed our own solution for Guernsey. We do not have to slavishly follow what they do elsewhere.
"We are aiming to keep what is good about our education system but address some of the problems of inequality and fairness presented by our current selective process."
The Treasury and Resources Department has questioned the lack of costings in the report and suggests the costs of an executive head teacher and increased transport spending would see costs rise to £3.5m above current levels.
It said there was an "absence of compelling evidence" the proposals offer value to the Guernsey taxpayer.
The department has previously advocated the closure of one secondary school and increasing the size of the other three.
The proposals will be debated by the States in March.
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The 32-year-old Ivory Coast midfielder becomes only the third player, after Nigerians Nwankwo Kanu and Jay-Jay Okocha, to receive the honour twice.
Football fans voted for Manchester City's Toure, who first won in 2013, ahead of Yacine Brahimi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew and Sadio Mane.
"I am very proud. To receive this dedication from the fans is unbelievable," Toure told BBC Sport.
"Also I want to pay tribute to the other nominees. African football is growing up, becoming much better and we have fantastic young players coming through now."
Toure described all five nominees as "champions".
He added: "I am delighted and very happy. And as an African player, I want to lead all my younger brothers to be successful in the future.
"When I was a kid I was always dreaming of being an important player. I have sacrificed a lot.
"I will continue to try to win a trophy every year, I will fight to win a personal trophy."
Two of the beaten nominees have won the award before, Algeria's Brahimi in 2014 and Ghanaian Ayew in 2011. Gabon's Aubameyang was on the shortlist for the third year running, while Senegalese Mane made it for the first time.
Toure has been nominated for the award seven times and his second win ensures his year ends with a trophy, just as it began when he led Ivory Coast to glory at the Africa Cup of Nations.
He captained the team in Equatorial Guinea and opened the scoring in the semi-final to put his side on course for a 3-1 victory over Democratic Republic of Congo.
Toure was a key influence as his country ended a 23-year wait for their second Nations Cup title, overcoming Ghana in a penalty shootout in the final.
It was Toure's first trophy with the national team in his sixth Nations Cup tournament, having lost in two finals - in 2006 and 2012.
There was less success for Toure with Manchester City, who failed to defend their English Premier League 2014 title and finished second to Chelsea.
But Toure remains a powerful presence in the heart of the midfield and contributed seven goals for City in the calendar year.
Vera Kwakofi, Current Affairs Editor, BBC Africa, said: "Yaya Toure's leadership for country and club offers an example for many young footballers aspiring to emulate his career.
"We are pleased that as the BBC we are here to celebrate and share in this moment with his fans around the world."
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This year features many famous faces and locations from around the world.
You may recognise Pikotaro, who became an internet legend with his song Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen.
Even the President of the United States, Donald Trump, makes an appearance.
The biggest sculpture is a frosty version of the Arc de Triomphe - a famous monument in Paris. They even raised a French flag in front of it in a special ceremony.
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Roberts' low finish came after team-mate Christian Burgess was cautioned twice inside a minute, firstly after a tussle with Francois Zoko and then for fouling Ryan Dickson.
Zoko had earlier pounced on poor Pompey defending from a corner to put the Glovers ahead at the far post.
Portsmouth stay in the play-off places, with Yeovil still next to bottom.
Portsmouth manager Paul Cook told BBC Radio Solent:
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"It's a fantastic point, but never ever at any stage were we playing well in the game or we were in control of the game.
"I thought Yeovil were excellent on the day. It was a difficult game for us, but the reality of it was we never played well and we have dug ourselves a point and at the end of the season I think we will look at that point as a good point.
"We just weren't at it today like we were last week. As a manger it always comes down to me, I accept that, but when you're trying to change a culture of a club it is hard."
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A BBC team and some tourists were on the volcano when the explosion happened.
BBC science reporter Rebecca Morelle described the experience of "Running down a mountain pelted by rocks, dodging burning boulders and boiling steam" and says they had "a very narrow narrow escape".
The emergency services thankfully got everyone off the mountain safely with no serious injuries.
Rebecca Morelle said a volcanologist who was there at the time had told her it was the most dangerous incident he had experienced in his 30-year-career.
Lava flow mixed with steam had caused a huge explosion, which pelted the group with boiling rocks and steam, she said.
Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, it's been erupting for the last three weeks.
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Harvey Horn, Pat McCormack and Lawrence Okolie each secured wins to complete a 3-2 scoreline in Miami.
In an exciting finish to the contest, heavyweight Okolie's fight went to a split decision in the deciding bout.
World Series Boxing offers fighters a route to Rio 2016 via an Olympic qualifying event in Bulgaria in May.
Team GB topped the boxing medal table at London 2012, with three gold medals, one silver and one bronze.
The Lionhearts' next match is away to the Morocco Atlas Lions on 5 February in Casablanca. The team's first home fixture will be against the Mexico Guerreros at York Hall on 18 February.
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Reporters said they appeared healthy but a little distressed after their long journey.
A circus surrendered some of the lions, while others were taken in raids.
The US-based group Animal Defenders International (ADI), which was behind the action, says almost all the lions have had teeth or claws removed.
They would not survive in the wild.
The lions are being transferred by land to the Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary, a 5,000-hectare reserve in northern South Africa. There, the lions will have drinking pools, platforms, toys and veterinary care.
"This is a hugely important rescue mission because it does make a statement around the world about the way people treat animals," ADI spokeswoman Jan Creamer said.
"These lions have suffered tremendously."
The first group of nine lions was collected in Colombia's capital Bogota on a cargo plane, which then flew to Peru's capital Lima to pick up 24 more animals.
"It will be hugely satisfying to see these lions walking into the African Bush," ADI Vice-President Tom Phillips was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.
The lions were freed after the use of wild animals was banned in Peru in 2011 and Colombia in 2013.
The 5,000-hectare (12,355 acres) Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary is on private land and already houses six other rescued lions and two tigers.
The lion habitats there would be steadily expanded over the coming months as the lions became familiar with their new life and were introduced to each other, said ADI.
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That was just below its record performance achieved the previous year, although 2015 included a one-off gain from licensing fees.
Turnover was up 14% to £447m while employee numbers were up by 12% to almost 4,000.
Almac operates across the world, with more than half its staff based in Craigavon.
The company said 2016 had seen "significant investment" on expanding its US HQ at Souderton, Pennsylvania.
Almac also recently announced a £5m investment at its global HQ campus in Craigavon to build an additional lab and office facility.
Further investment is being planned as part of its global expansion strategy and will be announced throughout the year.
In January the firm bought a factory in the Republic of Ireland as a direct result of Brexit.
A major part of the Craigavon-based business is making products for big drugs firms.
It told a Commons committee its customers need it to have a guaranteed presence in the EU for regulatory reasons.
Group chief executive Alan Armstrong said: "2016 was a very successful year for Almac as we continued to deliver upon our global expansion strategy including investment of around £31m in new facilities, equipment and resources."
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Almac, the Craigavon-based pharmaceutical firm, made a pre-tax profit of almost £27m in 2016.
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The total population is now estimated to be less than 500 breeding pairs.
The situation is even worse south of the border where the iconic bird of prey is said to be heading to the brink of extinction.
The latest survey found 460 breeding pairs in Scotland in 2016 compared with more than 500 when the previous study was carried out six years earlier.
The RSPB, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Scottish Raptor Study Group, along with a range of other UK partners carried out the survey.
It found Scotland remained a major stronghold for hen harriers, with 80% of the UK population.
However, having a breeding population of fewer than 1,000 birds makes the species vulnerable to the effects of habitat degradation and, in some areas, wildlife crime.
The west Highlands continue to provide a home for the majority of Scotland's breeding harriers, while Orkney and the Hebrides were the only areas of the country to show a slight increase in the number of the birds.
A major project aimed at maintaining their population has also been carried out at Langholm Moor in Dumfries and Galloway.
Duncan Orr-Ewing, head of species and land management at RSPB Scotland, said: "The hen harrier is an indicator of the health of our upland environment, and the fact that its population continues to decline is of major concern.
"The hen harrier is a high priority for our conservation work and urgent steps need to be taken to tackle illegal killing of this species and to improve their moorland breeding habitats."
Eileen Stuart, SNH's head of policy and advice, said the decline was a "serious concern".
She said they were committed to working with others to tackle wildlife crime throughout the country.
"There is a very concerning trend of a long term decline in the number of breeding hen harriers in Scotland," added Wendy Mattingley of the Scottish Raptor Study Group.
"For the population to begin to recover and expand over all suitable habitat, the intensively managed grouse moors of east and south Scotland must produce successful breeding hen harriers again.
"The hen harrier is a wonderful spectacular raptor and more action must be taken to ensure that its future is secure."
Tim Baynes, director of the Scottish Moorland Group, said the decline was disappointing but said it would be working to better understand the reasons behind poor breeding and help to rebuild the harrier population.
Simon Wotton, lead author of the study, described the survey as a "monumental effort".
"We hope these results will convince everyone in a position to help hen harriers to take positive steps to ensure their protection and rebuild the country's population for people to enjoy for generations to come," he said.
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Hen harrier numbers have fallen by 9% in Scotland since 2010, according to the latest national survey.
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The healthcare policy has serious IT issues, prompting the joke: "In 2008 my slogan was: 'Yes we can.' In 2013 my slogan was: 'Control-alt-delete.'"
And he ridiculed media commentators for their apparent obsession with Mr Putin's bare chest.
Dozens of celebrities, journalists and politicians were at the dinner.
The roll-out of healthcare.gov, Mr Obama's main policy initiative of his second term, provided much of the humour.
The president made several references to computer malfunctions.
"Does anybody know how to fix this," he asked, pretending that the overhead projector had failed to work.
Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who quit as a result of the IT issues, stepped up and said: "I got this. I see it all the time."
The president used Mr Putin as a way of lampooning some conservative commentators and political opponents.
"Last year [conservative commentator] Pat Buchanan said Putin is headed straight for the Nobel Peace Prize... to be fair they give those to just about anybody these days. So it could happen," he said. Mr Obama was given the award in 2009 having been nominated for it after less than two weeks in office.
"[Republican] Mike Huckabee and [conservative commentator] Sean Hannity keep talking about his bare chest, which is kind of weird."
The charity event is traditionally used by presidents to ridicule their opponents, but also laugh at themselves.
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Barack Obama has used the annual White House correspondents' dinner to crack jokes about his healthcare policy, his political opponents and Vladimir Putin.
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rates the Royal Cornwall Hospital as "requires improvement".
Chief Inspector Professor Sir Mike Richards said it was "disappointing" that "not enough progress" had been made its the 2014 report.
Hospital bosses insist changes have been made and care is getting better.
Read more on this story as it develops throughout the day on our Local Live pages.
The other Cornwall NHS hospitals, St Michael's in Hayle and West Cornwall in Penzance, were rated "good".
The CQC's main concerns about the Royal Cornwall Hospital included:
In recent months the trust has been ranked one of the worst in the country for waits in A&E, bed blocking and staff being able to report mistakes.
Agency spend is exceptionally high; the hospital spent £1.43m on agency workers in March.
The Royal Cornwall Hospital also has a higher death rate than would be expected so new chief executive Kathy Byrne has some major issues to deal with.
Prof Richards said: "If the trust is going to pull itself round, it will need a combined determination of the staff, the leadership team and the commissioners."
Kathy Byrne, the RCHT's chief executive said: "We don't feel it is a disappointing report.
"I fully accept the CQC's view that in some important areas we have not made enough progress.
"We have acted on all the CQC's "must do" recommendations and are seeing better results for patients across the board."
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Cornwall's main hospital has been told it must improve, two years after it was given the same instruction by inspectors.
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HMP Kingston is one of six jails in England to be closed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) as part of spending cuts.
Officers left the prison, by marching out the front gate together, at midday. Friends and family were then taken on a tour of the buildings and grounds.
Kingston housed around 800 Category C prisoners with indeterminate sentences. The government said the closures would save £63m per year in running costs.
The MoJ said the closures would result in the loss of 2,600 places from "old and uneconomic" prisons.
It plans to build a new 2,000-place super prison in London, north-west England or north Wales.
Unions have previously claimed up to 300 jobs could be lost in the closure of HMP Kingston and Camp Hill on the Isle of Wight.
Some staff from Kingston have already been redeployed to other sites.
Lou Ralls, chairman of the Portsmouth branch of the Prison Officers Association, said staff were "buoyant" despite the closure.
He said: "The announcement came as a shock as we regarded ourselves as a high-performing prison. We feel a pocket of excellence for the industry and the city has been lost.
"Around 8% of our members have taken voluntary redundancy.
"No compulsory redundancies have happened and 100% of staff who wished to relocate have been handed their first or second choice."
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A Portsmouth prison built in 1877 has closed its doors for the last time.
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The 26-year-old Durham paceman fractured a bone in his ankle during a County Championship match against Surrey last month.
Wood had already been forced out of the current Bangladesh tour.
He is set to miss the five Tests against India, the first of which begins on 9 November, and the one-day series that follows in the new year.
England's national physiotherapy lead Ben Langley said the new injury is unrelated to the problems that required two operations last winter.
"It was only when we got him in for a second scan that we discovered he'd been playing on despite having fractured a bone," he said.
"There's no reason to think that when he's had this bone fragment removed, he won't be able to get back to bowling as well he has for Durham, England Lions and England in the second half of the 2016 summer."
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England bowler Mark Wood is to have a third ankle operation and is likely to miss the Test series in India.
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The 34-year-old has been playing grade cricket for Sydney side Campbelltown.
Panesar toured India on three occasions and took 17 wickets when England won 2-1 in 2012, their first series victory there for 27 years.
The left-armer will advise Australia's batsmen and slow bowlers before they depart for the four-Test series, which begins on 23 February.
Hopefully there will be opportunities to get involved at a county and get back into first-class cricket
"Pat Howard [Cricket Australia's team performance manager] gave me a call and asked if I was available to work with a few players for the upcoming series and I was happy to do that," Panesar told the Tuffers and Vaughan Cricket Show on BBC Radio 5 live.
"The hardest role for a spinner is [to] bowl 30 overs in a day, go for three an over, and give [the captain] control from one end and build pressure, and that's going to probably be one of the things [they] are going to ask me."
He added that coaching is "something I've always had a passion for".
"While I've been out here I've been helping the [Campbelltown] under-16s, under-21s and also the grade team, so this is a good opportunity to work with international cricketers," he said.
"Coaching is more about getting to know the person as much as talking about the technical side of the game. Once you develop that trust in people's opinions, your coaching becomes that much easier."
Panesar's stint in Australia is part of a bid to return to his best on the field amid mental health problems.
In May 2016 he spoke to the BBC about feelings of anxiety and paranoia that stemmed from a loss of confidence and self-esteem.
He spent last summer with Northamptonshire but is without a county for 2017, although he may train with Northants on his return from Australia and has not given up hope of playing at the highest level again.
"From a playing side, I'm trying to get my shoulder a lot stronger, trying to get fitter again," he said.
"Hopefully when I get back [to England] there will be opportunities to get involved at a county and get back into first-class cricket.
"I still have international ambitions."
Before leaving England to head down under, he travelled daily from Luton to Wimbledon to work with a fitness trainer and turned down television offers, with some reports linking him to ITV show I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.
Panesar has taken 167 wickets in 50 Tests for England, the last of which came at Melbourne on the 2013-14 Ashes tour.
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Former England spinner Monty Panesar is to work with the Australia team before their Test series in India.
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Police called to the collision on Long Street in Easingwold, North Yorkshire, found the white BMW 1 Series on top of a red Toyota Yaris.
A blue Vauxhall Corsa was also involved in the collision, which happened outside a terraced house near the Horseshoe pub at about 21:30 GMT on Tuesday.
The road was closed while the vehicle was recovered.
Live updates and more news from across Yorkshire
Jade Barnes, who lives a few doors from the scene, said: "The house the car crashed into is the house of a heavily pregnant lady, so I went to check she was ok.
"We heard a crash but presumed it was people putting the bins out.
"It was only when I saw the emergency services that I knew something awful had happened."
Police said no one was injured and there were no arrests.
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The world ranking event is part of the new Home Nations quartet of events - any player who wins all four tournaments will receive a £1m bonus.
It is the first professional tournament in Northern Ireland since 2008.
"It's brilliant. Everyone's been asking about an event here and now we've got one," said Belfast player Joe Swail.
The format for the tournament, to take place from 14-20 November, will be a flat draw with all players starting in the first round.
Total prize money for each of the Home Nations events will be £366,000, with the winner to receive £70,000.
"There's definitely an appetite for a ranking event. Belfast is a brilliant place and I think the event will be a great success," added the two-time World Championship semi-finalist.
"I feel as if snooker is coming home with these new big events in the UK.
"I know the game is growing massively in China and it's nice to travel.
"But for snooker in the UK to keep improving, it's important that we develop the game at grassroots and it helps the profile of the game having tournaments like this."
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Titanic Belfast is to be the venue for the new Irish Open tournament in November, at which 128 of the world's leading players will compete.
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The Welsh secretary said Labour had let down west Wales and the valleys.
Speaking at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Mr Cairns said some areas, which had the most EU funds, voted more heavily to leave.
A spokesman for First Minister Carwyn Jones insisted EU-funded programmes had made a "big difference" in Wales.
Mr Cairns accused Mr Jones of trying to present Wales as "a victim of the EU referendum", following the majority vote across the UK for Brexit.
"He seems to forget that Wales voted to leave the European Union too," he said.
Mr Cairns argued Brexit represented an opportunity to do things better - and warned "carrying on in the same old way, spending according to the same old plans after two decades is not an option any longer".
"After all, European structural funds are supposed to be a temporary fix, a stimulus for the most deprived parts of the UK.
"In Wales in 1999 I remember the debate about Objective One money - it was described as a 'once-in-a-generation opportunity'.
"But 16 years on, £4bn later, Labour's mismanagement of the funds has let those communities down.
"So much was their frustration that those areas that had received most European aid were the very same areas that voted in the strongest numbers to leave the European Union.
"If only they [Labour] had focused on the outcomes in the same way that they focused on the money that they were spending in those projects."
Mr Cairns told the conference the new structure after Brexit "will give us the opportunity to follow UK priorities, investing in a way that is completely tailored to the Welsh and the UK economy".
The Vale of Glamorgan MP singled out Mr Jones for criticism, but added: "Whether we like it or not, we must work from that instruction.
"There are new and exciting opportunities for Wales with the UK being the global leader in free trade."
Mr Cairns argued the new Department for International Trade will be "fundamental" to seek out new markets and increase inward investment for Wales.
A spokesman for the first minister said there was an "astonishing paradox" in Mr Cairns's remarks.
"First he celebrates the good employment figures in Wales, and then he trashes European funding," he said.
"The truth is that European funded programmes, like Jobs Growth Wales, have made a big difference to Welsh businesses and job-seekers.
"The reason Wales is out-stripping other parts of the UK doesn't have anything to do with the Tories in Westminster."
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Alun Cairns has launched a fierce attack on the "mismanagement" of £4bn of EU grants by the Welsh Government intended to help the poorest areas.
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Sources said ministers planned to lay the groundwork for a new Commons vote.
The government plans to set out its achievements in Iraq so far with RAF air strikes and training of Kurdish and Iraqi security forces, sources said.
The BBC also understands a small force could be sent to Libya.
The team of about 20 troops would be sent to help Libya secure its borders - which is seen as a crucial step towards stemming the flows of migrants into Europe.
An MoD spokesperson commented: "The UK, along with international partners, is supporting the process to form a recognised Libyan government and we are developing plans to provide support once this is done; it is too early to discuss the exact nature of this."
According to sources, ministers intend to argue that the mission to defeat IS now has to turn to Syria, and that the UK should play a role in that effort.
Describing the government's plans to increase its military involvement in the region, a source said: "The government is essentially posing a question: Could we do more? Should we do more? But Syria is where the fight should be taken to."
Another source added: "The government will say the campaign in Iraq has been a success. IS has been degraded, land has been taken back. Some of their leaders have been killed. But the problem is across the border in Syria."
Two years ago MPs rejected possible UK military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.
A new parliamentary vote on the issue is not imminent, but the case will continue to be made throughout September in the run-up to the anniversary of the launch of UK airstrikes in Iraq, sources added.
They said any move to extend UK military action to Syria would only involve an extension of airstrikes against IS targets and involvement in coalition special forces operations.
The timing of the separate, small deployment to Libya is expected to depend on when Libya can form a unity government, and may be part of a broader effort. Nato is poised to go back into Libya to rebuild the country's defence and military once there is more political stability.
Nick Hopkins will have more on this story on Newsnight on Friday at 22:30 BST on BBC Two.
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Ministers will start to make a case for British military action in Syria next week - with Downing Street keen to take the "next step" against so-called Islamic State - the BBC understands.
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Dozens more were injured in the accident near the town of Bambari, about 300km (186 miles) north-east of the capital Bangui.
Most of the victims are said to be traders heading to a nearby market.
Local residents often travel in overloaded lorries due to lack of other transportation in the country.
The cause of Wednesday's crash is now being investigated.
A local lawmaker said the lorry was travelling faster than normal.
"They were driving fast to make it to the market on time. That's what probably caused the accident," Amaseka Topi told Reuters news agency.
Dozens of injured people are being treated in Bambari's hospital. There are fears that the death toll could rise further.
Years of neglect have left much of the Central African Republic's road system in ruins, and safety regulations are rarely enforced.
The poor landlocked country has been wracked by conflict along religious and ethnic lines since 2013.
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At least 77 people have been killed after a lorry loaded with passengers and goods crashed in the Central African Republic, officials say.
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Drivers who get too close to cyclists could end up in court on a charge of dangerous or careless driving.
Those caught too near will be advised that bikes should be given as much room as cars. Evidence will also be captured via a bike-mounted camera.
The scheme could be repeated across the country.
Police officers believe many people are put off cycling on Edinburgh's streets because of the fear of other vehicles coming too close when they overtake.
PC Dominic Doyle, of Police Scotland, said: "A lot of drivers see a person on a bicycle riding on the road in a cycle lane and don't consider that passing them closely puts all road users in danger.
"It could constitute careless or even dangerous driving and you would fail your driving test for that.
"Those drivers that we stop during this operation will be shown how closely they passed the unmarked officer by standing on our specially-designed mat.
"You should allow at least as much room as you would when overtaking a car when passing a person on a bicycle, giving consideration to the maximum speed limit and time and distance available to you."
A total of 398 cyclists have been injured in collisions in the capital over the past two years, including 62 seriously. One has died.
Keith Irving, Cycling Scotland chief executive, said: "Operation Close Pass is a welcome new initiative by Police Scotland to improve road safety.
"Education and enforcement are essential to making safer roads for everyone, whether we are cycling, driving or walking.
"This initiative is one of the many we need to take to tackle the increase in serious injuries amongst people cycling."
Ch Supt Andy Edmonston, head of road policing for Police Scotland, said: "We are constantly working to make Scotland's roads safer for everyone, and I am very pleased to see this innovative approach being piloted in Edinburgh where a large number of people cycle to commute and for pleasure."
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An unmarked police cyclist is taking to Edinburgh's streets to highlight the space cars should give bikes on the road.
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York's National Railway Museum (NRM) has launched an appeal to mark the Flying Scotsman's 93rd birthday.
The engine, which retired from service in 1963, has been restored for the NRM in a decade-long, £4.2m refit.
On Saturday it ventured on to the mainline network for the first time in 40 years as it took a test run through Cumbria and Lancashire.
Last month, the locomotive emerged into the East Lancashire Railway's Bury Bolton Street station after the final stages of the work at a nearby yard, thrilling hundreds of rail enthusiasts.
It is due to be painted in its new green livery on Wednesday and have its nameplates reattached before making its journey between London Kings Cross and York on 25 February.
Public services will begin later this month, alongside an exhibition at the museum.
Former fireman John Morgan, from Peterborough, said he was looking forward to seeing the Flying Scotsman steaming between the two cities again.
The 77-year-old became a fireman at 16 and worked on some of the most famous locomotives of the age, including the Flying Scotsman and the Mallard, the world's fastest steam train.
"I have a lot of very good memories of 60103 [Flying Scotsman's British Rail number]," he said.
"I did a lot of trips on the footplate and shovelled a lot of coal.
"There was a lot of interest, even back then. Whenever we'd back up into King's Cross there'd be a crowd of people around wanting to get up into the cab."
Bob Gwynne, associate curator of collections and research at the NRM, said: "As we've been planning our highly anticipated Scotsman Season, many people have already approached us with their special connections to the iconic steam locomotive and the famous train it was named after.
"We've heard from crew members that worked on board and their families, and even of some babies born on the train."
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People with links to one of the world's most famous locomotives are being urged to come forward with their memories.
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Mr Bashir will travel to Saudi Arabia on Friday, Sudan's Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour said.
The minister added that he hopes US sanctions against Sudan will be lifted in July, and said he believes the US wants to normalise relations.
The US has not confirmed the claim.
Economic sanctions were imposed against Sudan in 1997 after the state was labelled a "sponsor of terrorism".
President Barack Obama signed an executive order easing some of the curbs in January, shortly before leaving office.
The White House said the move was intended to acknowledge Sudan's efforts to reduce internal conflict, improve humanitarian access to people requiring aid, and curtail "terrorism".
Mr Obama had delayed the reduction in sanctions by 25 weeks, to give the Sudanese government an incentive to continue its reforms.
Relations between the US and Sudan have not been tension-free of late, however.
The country was one of seven included in Mr Trump's proposed travel ban, along with Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
It is not known whether Presidents Bashir and Trump will meet when the US leader arrives in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
The visit is Mr Trump's first overseas trip since taking office, and he is scheduled to address the summit on his "hopes for a peaceful vision of Islam".
In 2009 and 2010, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Mr Bashir for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity related to the conflict in Darfur, which has claimed at least 300,000 lives.
He denies the charges, and has successfully evaded arrest for several years.
The ICC is based in The Hague, and was established in 2002 to try the world's most grievous crimes, when national courts are unable or unwilling to act.
A US official told NBC News that the Trump administration opposes invitations or travel by individuals facing ICC indictments.
"The United States has made its position with respect to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's travel clear," the official said.
"While the United States is not a party to the Rome Statute, which is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court, we nevertheless strongly support efforts to hold accountable those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, including such acts in Darfur," the official added.
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Saudi Arabia has invited Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for alleged war crimes, to a summit with US President Donald Trump and Arab and Muslim leaders.
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The Somerset Choices website, run by Somerset County Council, will see approved and vetted carers list the types of services they can offer.
The National Care Association said if listed carers fell ill or took holiday, there could be gaps in service.
Somerset County Council said steps were in place to mitigate against this.
The two-year project - which lists services on a website - has been prompted by the introduction of the Care Act 2014, which came into force in April.
By law, councils must develop new markets which can offer a range of choices for those needing care.
Nadra Ahmed, chair of the National Care Association, said: "There is a concern over the continuity of service.
"If these are single employers with 'single' roles, if something happens to them, are we going to find people left at critical periods of time without any support?"
She said there were also issues with how well-trained the self-employed carers were.
Gareth O'Rourke, senior manager at the council, said: "[The service] is for a group of people who have a very good understanding of their needs and a strong understanding of how they want their needs to be met."
He added those on the register were vetted, insured and met self-employment law criteria.
According to Somerset County Council, the number of people likely to need support will rise from 2,392 in 2011, to 2,751 in 2015.
In 2011/12, about 58,300 people provided unpaid care.
It is not known how many people need care in the county as some pay for it privately and have no contact with social services.
Somerset Choices offers services from personal care to dog walking.
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Richard Bullick was giving evidence to the Stormont inquiry into the sale of Nama's Northern Ireland portfolio.
Mr Bullick had a series of meetings with Frank Cushnahan and Ian Coulter between September 2013 and April 2014.
Mr Coulter was a leading solicitor, while Mr Cushnahan sat on Nama's Northern Ireland advisory committee.
It later emerged that both men could have got substantial payments as part of the £1bn deal.
Mr Cushnahan advised the Pimco fund after he left his Nama role and was in line to receive a £5m fee if its bid for the portfolio was successful, an Irish parliamentary committee was told.
The bid collapsed when Nama learned of Mr Cushnahan's role in March 2014.
The portfolio was eventually sold to the Cerberus fund in April 2014.
In the wake of that deal, Cerberus indirectly paid a fee of £7.5m to Tughans, the firm where Mr Coulter was managing partner.
A large portion of that money was then moved to an Isle of Man bank account under the control of Mr Coulter.
He said that transfer was for "a complex, commercially and legally-sensitive" reason. The money was later moved back and Mr Coulter left the firm.
Richard Bullick said his assumption was that any benefit for the men "would come from their clients getting freed up from Nama in the longer term".
"If there was greater economic activity, that would provide the opportunity for both Frank and Ian and their various businesses to do well," he said.
Mr Bullick said he was not aware of "the specific names" of any clients, and only assumed that some of them were in Nama.
He added that in his experience, Mr Cushnahan and Mr Coulter had "always acted in the best interests of Northern Ireland".
Mr Bullick said he did not have information to know if Mr Cushnahan had a conflict of interest in his Nama role.
The inquiry also questioned Sinn Féin adviser Dara O'Hagan, who worked for Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness in the run up to the deal.
Mr McGuinness previously told the inquiry it was "totally, absolutely misleading" for the DUP to say he was being kept informed about the bid from Pimco.
He said First Minister Peter Robinson did at some point tell him Pimco had bid and subsequently withdrawn, but not the detail.
Ms O'Hagan was asked about an email sent to her concerning the possible terms of a deal under which Pimco would buy the portfolio.
She did not pass that email to Mr McGuinness.
She explained that was because Nama matters were primarily dealt with by the Department of Finance, and she expected it to produce a formal, detailed executive paper about the matter.
Ms O'Hagan said she would have brought it to Mr McGuinness at that stage.
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The cliff collapsed onto the shore at Barton-on-Sea on Tuesday evening.
New Forest District Council said an assessment by its coastal scientists had revealed further movement and another landslip "is highly likely".
While no-one was injured by the collapse, visitors are being asked to avoid the area of the cliff top and the beach below.
The area is expected to remain closed until the cliff stabilises.
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The £19.8m pre-tax loss for the year to May 2016 was largely due to cost of signing big-name players and a payoff for Brendan Rodgers, who was sacked as manager in October 2015.
Liverpool signed 12 players in the period, spending £32m on striker Christian Benteke, who has since left, and £29m on Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino.
Revenue rose £3m to £301m.
The loss compared with a £60m profit for the previous year, which was largely due to the £75m sale of Luis Suarez to Barcelona.
The club also made £49m from the sale of Raheem Sterling to Manchester City.
Commercial revenue fell £700,000 to £116m, but match day income increased by £3.4m to £62m following a pre-season tour to Australia and Asia. The team also reached the League Cup and Europa League finals.
Media revenue increased by £1m to £124m.
Chief operating officer Andy Hughes said the club, which has been owned by US firm Fenway Sports Group since October 2010, continued to make "solid financial progress".
"We have seen continued investment in the playing squad, the expanded Main Stand, the new flagship retail store opening later this year, fully refurbished retail stores in Liverpool and Belfast, and we are consulting on a proposed development at our academy in Kirkby to bring together the first team and our young players," he said.
The club said it expected "significantly improved" results for the current financial year.
It has hired Peter Moore, chief competition officer at gaming firm Electronic Arts, to take over as chief executive in June.
The club hopes the 61-year-old - an avid Liverpool fan - can draw on his marketing expertise to boost commercial income.
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Liverpool Football Club has fallen into the red despite posting record revenue.
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The fruit can cause overdoses of some drugs by stopping the medicines being broken down in the intestines and the liver.
The researchers who first identified the link said the number of drugs that became dangerous with grapefruit was increasing rapidly.
They were writing in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
The team at the Lawson Health Research Institute in Canada said the number of drugs which had serious side effects with grapefruit had gone from 17 in 2008 to 43 in 2012.
They include some drugs for a range of conditions including blood pressure, cancer and cholesterol-lowering statins and those taken to suppress the immune system after an organ transplant.
Chemicals in grapefruit, furanocoumarins, wipe out an enzyme which breaks the drugs down. It means much more of the drug escapes the digestive system than the body can handle.
Three times the levels of one blood pressure drug, felodipine, was reported after patients had a glass of grapefruit juice compared with a glass of water.
The side effects are varied depending on the drug, but include stomach bleeds, altered heart beat, kidney damage and sudden death.
Dr David Bailey, one of the researchers, told the BBC: "One tablet with a glass of grapefruit juice can be like taking five or 10 tablets with a glass of water and people say I don't believe it, but I can show you that scientifically it is sound.
"So you can unintentionally go from a therapeutic level to a toxic level just by consuming grapefruit juice."
The report said: "We contend that there remains a lack of knowledge about this interaction in the general health care community."
They added: "Unless health care professionals are aware of the possibility that the adverse event they are seeing might have an origin in the recent addition of grapefruit to the patient's diet, it is very unlikely that they will investigate it."
Other citrus fruits such as Seville oranges, often used in marmalade, and limes have the same effect.
Neal Patel, from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society said: "Grapefruit isn't the only food that can cause issues, for example milk can stop the absorption of some antibiotics if taken at the same time.
"Although some of these interactions may not be clinically significant, some may lead to more serious outcomes.
"Pharmacists are the best port of call for anyone concerned about how their diet may affect their medication. Information about any interactions would always be included in the patient information leaflet that comes with the medicine."
A spokesman from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said: "We encourage patients and healthcare professionals to report any suspected adverse drug reactions to our Yellow Card Scheme.
"You can get more information about the scheme and report online."
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North Korea will launch the rocket to mark the 100th birthday of its late Great Leader Kim Il-sung in April, state media reported.
The US said the launch would threaten regional security and Russia described the plan as a "serious concern".
The move is seen as violating UN Security Council resolutions.
A spokesman for the Korean Committee for Space Technology said that the launch would take place between 12 and 16 April.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called North Korea's announcement "highly provocative" and urged the country to abide by its international obligations.
"Such a missile launch would pose a threat to regional security and would also be inconsistent with North Korea's recent undertaking to refrain from long-range missile launches," she said in a statement.
A US state department spokesperson said it would be "hard to imagine" giving food aid to North Korea, as previously agreed, if Pyongyang went ahead with the rocket launch.
Neighbour South Korea said such a move would be a "clear violation" of UN Security Council Resolutions passed after a similar launch in 2009.
"It would be a grave provocation threatening the peace and security of the Korean peninsula and north-east Asia," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Japan is particularly concerned as North Korea's April 2009 rocket was launched over the country.
The country's chief cabinet secretary, Osamu Fujimura, told a news conference on Friday that Japan had set up a crisis management taskforce to monitor the situation and was co-operating with the US and South Korea.
"We believe a launch would be a move to interfere with our effort toward a dialogue, and we strongly urge North Korea not to carry out a satellite launch," he said.
Last month, Pyongyang agreed to suspend long-range missile tests.
The agreement was part of a deal for the United States to supply 240,000 tonnes of food aid to North Korea.
It also agreed to suspend uranium enrichment and to allow back UN weapons inspectors as part of the deal.
In the launch three years ago, Pyongyang said the satellite made it into orbit and characterised it as a test of its satellite technology.
The move drew condemnation from the US and South Korea and led to the UN resolutions prohibiting the North from nuclear and ballistic missile activity.
Foreign officials said there were no indications that a satellite had reached space and that the launch was a cover for Pyongyang to test long-range missile technology.
The launch next month of a ''working satellite'', the Kwangmyongsong-3, is an opportunity for ''putting the country's technology of space use for peaceful purposes on a higher stage'', said a North Korean spokesman.
The rocket would be launched from the Solace Satellite Launching Station in Cholsan county, North Pyongan province on the country's west coast.
State media also reported that the North has already launched two experimental satellites.
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Seven homes in York - some less than 50 years old - face closure, but two have been scheduled for emptying next year.
Grove House on Penleys Grove Street and Oakhaven on Acomb Road are home to 48 residents served by 61 staff.
City of York Council promised residents would be offered a range of alternatives including residential or nursing homes, or a place in sheltered housing with extra care provision.
A final decision on the closures is expected in October.
The authority said: "We recognise that the closure consultation process can be an unsettling and upsetting one and we will be working closely with them, and their families, to make sure they have the support and advice they need.
"However, we have to keep the aims of the wider older people's accommodation programme in sight."
The council said staff would be offered redeployment, voluntary redundancy or support in finding employment in the private sector.
The public sector union, Unison, said the decision was not "unexpected" and it was in talks with the council.
Plans to dispose of the care homes have been discussed since 2012.
The previous Labour administration had opted to close all its homes and build two specialised units with support for people with dementia and those requiring high dependency care.
The scheme was dropped in February when officers decided it was no longer affordable.
The current Conservative-Liberal Democrat run authority still plans a phased-closure of all its homes, replacing them with additional sheltered housing places with extra care for people with more complex needs, a new residential home and purchasing additional beds from the private sector.
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Saints have lost both games against the French side this season, 30-12 in front of their own fans in April and then 33-16 in June in the reverse fixture.
Catalans forward Willie Mason was released from his contract this week as he was out for the rest of the season with an ankle injury.
Half-back Lucas Albert replaces Thomas Bosc in their only change.
St Helens (from): Lomax, Turner, Percival, Swift, Walsh, Walmsley, Roby, Amor, Vea, Wilkin, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Tasi, Richards, Thompson, Peyroux, Greenwood, Owens, Fleming, Knowles.
Catalans (from): Gigot, Broughton, Duport, Carney, Anderson, Aiton, Casty, Stewart, Horo, Baitieri, Taylor, Bousquet, Pelissier, Mounis, Elima, Yaha, Escare, Albert, Garcia.
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Mitch Achurch put the visitors ahead within three minutes but former Leeds wing Ben Jones-Bishop cut the deficit.
Brad Singleton went over either side of half-time, while Sutcliffe helped to kick Leeds into a formidable lead.
As the game drew to a close, Sutcliffe went over himself to help seal Leeds' fifth Super League win of the season.
The game marked the return to the side for Zak Hardaker on the wing, the reigning Man of Steel whose future at Leeds is up in the air after the club placed him on the transfer list by request.
Despite the victory, Leeds remain bottom of the Super League table after Huddersfield narrowly beat Salford Red Devils 30-31.
Meanwhile, Wakefield slip a place to sixth after St Helens beat Hull Kingston Rovers 48-16.
David Fifita, brother of Andrew Fifita, who could feature for New South Wales in Wednesday's second State of Origin game, made his debut for Wakefield but was sin-binned just before the break for his reaction to a tackle.
Scott Moore returned from a six-match suspension for gouging in their win against Widnes in April, but Wakefield struggled to get back into the game as Leeds rallied.
Wakefield Wildcats head coach Chris Chester: "We needed to keep hold of the ball and we couldn't do that tonight.
"Our discipline let us down and our completion rate was around 50% and you can't afford to do that against Leeds.
"They were the better side and controlled the game a lot better than us. We were second best."
Leeds Rhinos head coach Brian McDermott: "I thought the opening exchanges - the first 25 or 30 minutes - was as good as I've seen us this year.
"But then we got a bit scrappy and got involved in handbags. We got back on the horse in the second half and were very strong in that regard.
"The crowd were brilliant again. We'll remember this year for a lot of things and the one thing that I'll remember above all is how strong and solid the fans have been. They've been absolutely fantastic."
Wakefield: Jowitt; Jones-Bishop, Lyne, Tupou, Johnstone; Miller, Finn; England, Howarth, Anderson, Molloy, Ashurst, Arona.
Replacements: Moore, Simon, Walton, Fifita.
Leeds: Sutcliffe; Briscoe, Watkins, Moon, Hardaker; McGuire, Burrow; Galloway, Falloon, Garbutt, Achurch, Jones-Buchanan, Singleton.
Replacements: Hall, Cuthbertson, Keinhorst, Ferres.
Referee: James Child.
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Up to 15,000 riders are taking part in the Velothon Wales race through Cardiff, Newport, Torfaen, Monmouthshire and Caerphilly.
There had been criticism of road closures, with claims businesses could lose thousands of pounds in trade.
Velothon Wales' event director said the area had been quickly cleared.
Andy Taylor said: "We can confirm that a small amount of tacks were discovered at around 9.30am on isolated sections of the route at Belmont Road in Caerleon and 10.02am at High Street/New Road in Caerphilly."
Velothon rider Mark Tonkin, who travelled from Cornwall to take part in the race, said he witnessed a cyclist getting a punctured tyre from a tack.
"A guy punctured on a downhill piece and he could have taken out 50 riders. They could have been in hospital," he said.
Mr Tonkin said he could see why people might what to show they were "upset" about disruption the event caused.
"But to throw tacks down, to endanger people's lives, is not the way to do it," he added.
Cyclists and charity fundraisers from all over the UK and Europe are taking part in the event, which also includes a professional race.
Earlier, race organisers said road closures meant motorists could face disruption but affected routes would be reopened on a rolling basis to ensure minimum disruption.
Amateur riders are taking on either a 140km (87-mile) or 50km (31-mile) route, whilst the professionals tackle a 194km (120-mile) route taking in Caerphilly mountain and The Tumble mountain in Abergavenny.
On Thursday, Velothon organisers admitted confusion over who had been consulted about the route, after Monmouth MP David Davies accused them of lying.
But while some have criticised the planning of the event, others have said it will be good for the area, including Cardiff where it starts and ends.
Mari Williams, of pro-cycling group Cardiff Cycling City, said: "It's great to see so much attention on cycling in Cardiff. We want Cardiff to be the best cycling city in the UK every day of the year.
"A city that's good for cycling is good for business. Cycling to work boosts productivity, improves staff retention and reduces travel costs."
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Exports dropped sharply by 25.4% from a year earlier, while imports fell 13.8%.
The weak data comes on the heels of Beijing registering the slowest economic growth in 25 years.
China's National People's Congress, currently underway in the capital, has just revised the 2016 growth target down, predicting a "battle for growth".
The February trade figures are likely to raise new fears over China struggling to maintain economic growth while implementing reforms and trying to shift towards more services and domestic spending.
Customs figures showed exports fell to $126.1bn (£88.5bn) last month. That was down 25.4% from a year earlier and worse than an expected fall of about 15%.
The poor trade data marks the worst performance since the height of the global financial crisis in May 2009.
However, analysts cautioned that the data might have been affected by the longer-than-usual Chinese Lunar New Year holidays.
With China often referred to as "the engine of global growth", the weaker global demand for its goods is read as an indicator of the general global economic climate.
China has often been called the factory of the world, but that narrative may now be changing.
As global demand slows down, China is selling less to the world, but it is also buying less from the world.
True - Tuesday's trade figures may have been affected by a longer than usual Chinese New Year period last month, which meant workers were on holiday and factory owners may have brought orders forward or delayed them.
But these February numbers will continue to put pressure on China's leaders as they grapple with the worst growth rates in 25 years on the mainland.
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Brain scans show EPO - used illegally by athletes to boost performance - may help infants when given after birth.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, involved almost 500 babies born between 26 and 31 weeks in Switzerland.
The researchers are calling for wider trials of the hormone, which is already given to some babies to treat anaemia.
Erythropoietin is a hormone that stimulates production of red blood cells.
Synthetic EPO is used to treat conditions such as anaemia, where there are fewer red blood cells than normal.
It may also be given to premature babies to reduce the need for blood transfusions.
In the Swiss study, a team at the University Hospital of Geneva found that premature infants had a reduced risk of brain injury, as assessed by brain scans, when given three doses of EPO shortly after birth.
Babies given EPO had lower rates of injury to both the brain's white matter (22% compared with 36% in the control group) and the grey matter (7% versus 19%).
"We found that the brains of the children who had received the treatment had much less damage than those in the control group, who had been given a placebo," said Dr Russia Ha-Vinh Leuchter, co-researcher of the study.
"This is the first time that the beneficial effect of the EPO hormone on the brains of premature babies has been shown."
The researchers are calling for wider clinical trials of EPO to see if it may help protect the brains of premature babies in the critical weeks after birth.
Dr Jane Hawdon, a consultant neonatologist at Barts Health NHS Trust, who was not involved with the study, said any treatment that may reduce long term problems in preterm babies warranted further review.
"We should note that the authors are not recommending immediate inclusion of this treatment into routine practice," she said.
"It is also important to note that the majority of preterm babies do not sustain significant brain injury."
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One person was killed and thousands were evacuated as the fire spread fanned by strong winds.
Officials said they would bring charges against the owner of an illegal landfill site, where the fire is believed to have started.
Last year, a fire severely damaged Valparaiso, a World Heritage site.
National Forestry Corporation Director Aaron Cavieres said the fire had been "pretty well contained" and that people who had been evacuated were being allowed to return to their homes.
A red alert, the highest there is, remains in effect in case the wind should change and rekindle the fire.
More than 500 hectares were burned since the blaze started on Friday.
A 66-year-old woman died of a heart attack, thought to have been brought about by the fire.
Nineteen firefighters were injured, five of them seriously.
The fire was reportedly started at an illegal landfill, where molten metal was dumped.
The blaze comes less than a year after 15 people were killed and more than 3,000 homes were destroyed in Valparaiso by another fire.
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The 3,500-seater auditorium is part of a £500m redevelopment project to transform the city centre.
Swansea council has advertised for an operator to run the facility on the former St David's shopping centre site.
Officials hope a new arena will attract touring live shows from hit programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing and X Factor.
Swansea council said survey work at the site had been carried out and an outline planning application was due to be submitted in March.
Other ideas for the former St David's complex include a café and restaurant quarter as well as a cinema.
The proposals were announced in January alongside a scheme to transform the Civic Centre site into apartments, an aquarium as well as an aquatic sciences research centre.
It is hoped the two projects would create 1,700 permanent jobs in the future.
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A planned indoor arena for Swansea has come a step closer as council bosses begin looking for a firm to run it.
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The cyclists pedalled past London landmarks including Big Ben, the London Eye and Piccadilly Circus as part of the World Naked Bike Ride.
The riders converged on Hyde Park Corner from six start points.
The annual event aimed to highlight the vulnerability of cyclists as road users and to celebrate the human body, organisers said.
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Hundreds of naked cyclists have taken to the streets of London to protest against car culture and oil dependency.
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But when the school term ends, families with children who usually rely on this extra support, no longer get those free meals.
Ricky's been to a club in Greater Manchester where kids and their parents can come along for free, to get active and learn about how to prepare a healthy and nutritious meal.
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During term-time some schools provide free meals for families who struggle to afford to pay for healthy foods.
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Construction, accounting and IT training will be offered to 1,700 people in Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly and Merthyr Tydfil.
Finance Minister Jane Hutt said the aim was to increase workers' productivity.
The Tories' Shadow Economy Minister William Graham accused Labour of favouring their heartland areas in the run-up to the 2016 assembly election.
The three-year Working Skills for Adults 2 project follows a six-year, £10m first phase which covered the same four counties plus Bridgend and Rhondda Cynon Taff.
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Working people in four south Wales counties will be given the chance to boost their skills in a £3.8m project.
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Ahead of the next European elections in 2019, MEPs are getting down to the traditional process of working out each member country's future share of the European Parliament's 751 seats.
But this time there is added tension over Brexit and what to do with the UK's 73 seats.
The man tasked with co-ordinating a response, Pedro Silva Pereira, told a hearing of the Constitutional Affairs Committee on Wednesday that a portion of the seats should be reallocated as soon as the UK leaves.
Seats are supposed to be allocated in a way that preserves "degressive proportionality". That means that smaller countries should not receive relatively fewer seats than larger countries, and the number should reflect population changes.
And yet no country wants to lose any MEPs.
German MEP Jo Leinen suggested that the number of seats be reduced to 700 to show that the EU understood that it had shrunk.
Others talk of finally achieving a long-held ambition: the creation of a portion of seats that are voted for transnationally across Europe.
That idea was criticised by Max Andersson of the Swedish Greens, who feared it would give more power to the bigger political parties. He also complained that Germany was already overrepresented and would probably be overrepresented again.
The most eye-catching proposal came from parliament's Brexit co-ordinator, Guy Verhofstadt.
He suggested that Ireland be given extra seats so that Northern Irish citizens with Irish passports could still take part in European election, even though they were no longer strictly part of the EU.
The committee will try to reach a consensus after the summer holidays, with a vote in parliament later this year. Then national governments will get involved.
The clock is ticking because the European Council needs to schedule the 2019 elections officially - and the member states need time to pass domestic legislation to enable the votes to happen.
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And what if Brexit is delayed? The UK's departure is pencilled in for the end of March 2019 and the elections will probably be a few months later.
The European Parliament's top politicians have said they could not allow a situation where UK voters choose representatives who only serve for a short period, with no purpose.
Then they would be talking about MEPs not as turkeys… but zombies.
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It is less turkeys voting for Christmas, more turkeys debating how many of them there should be on the farm.
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The 33-year-old ended a six-year stay at Bundesliga side Schalke, where he scored 126 goals in 240 games.
Huntelaar netted 102 times between 2006 and 2009 in his first spell at Ajax, who lost in the Europa League final against Manchester United this season.
"It is no secret that Ajax are my club. I am very happy to be back here," said Huntelaar, who has 76 Netherlands caps.
The former Real Madrid and AC Milan front man added: "I won cups with Ajax but not the league title. The goal is to have that trophy at the end of the season, along with the rest of the team.
"I feel very fit and I'm already looking forward to the end of June when the preparation starts."
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The Scots, who top their Euro 2017 qualifying group, host nearest challengers Iceland on Friday evening.
Midfielder Little, 25, recently won the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award and is likely to play a key role for Signeul at the Falkirk Stadium.
"It is a really well deserved award for Kim," said Signeul, whose team have five wins from five in Group One.
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"Every team in the world would like Kim Little in their team. She is such an ambassador for the game and she is a role model for all young girls in this country.
"She is an amazing player and person. She will be very important for us."
Signeul believes four points from the next two qualifying games will be enough to secure Scotland's place at their first major finals.
After facing Iceland, they will travel to play Belarus on Tuesday. Their final qualifier, away to Iceland, is in September.
Like Signeul's side, Iceland have a 100% record in qualifying, but the Scots have played a game more.
"It is a chance for us to show how good we are, a chance for us to qualify for the Euros," said Signeul.
"We have two games coming up. We need four points to actually qualify. That is what our aim is.
"If we win tomorrow against Iceland, that would be fantastic. However, re-focus, go to Belarus and win there and then we can relax a little bit.
"Iceland are a very strong team. They are physical, tactically very good like their men's team, and technically very good, so it will be a really tough game.
"However, we have a good squad. We have good players, who are also physically very good - maybe not as tall - but who are starting to get taller in the squad.
"I definitely think that we look very good."
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It is understood Arsenal blocked a possible move to Manchester United for Debuchy, who joined the Gunners from Newcastle for £12m in July 2014.
The France international, 30, has made just seven appearances for Arsenal this season and not figured since November.
The right-back has been allowed to return to France for the chance of first-team football ahead of Euro 2016.
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Arsenal defender Mathieu Debuchy has joined Ligue 1 side Bordeaux on loan for the rest of the season.
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The Tongan-born cousins are set to face-off after Vunipola's man-of-the-match show for England against Ireland.
"A lot's been made of Billy's carrying, and Toby's been absolutely phenomenal in defence for us," said Owens.
"So it'll be an interesting battle that'll get the ground shaking!"
Vunipola made 18 carries for a total gain of 96 metres against Ireland, while Faletau was Wales's top tackler with 20 against France.
Faletau and the Vunipola brothers, Billy and prop Mako, grew up together in Pontypool before the Vunipola family moved to England.
"They're both world-class number eights who are both at the top of their game at the moment," said Owens.
Owens says he won't be out to wind-up England captain Dylan Hartley at Twickenham, despite his opponent's poor disciplinary record.
Hartley has totalled more than a year in bans for gouging, biting, butting and swearing at an official - missing the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour and the 2015 World Cup as a result.
But Owens says he won't try to incite anything if they come head-to-head.
"I don't think you ever go on the pitch to try to wind anybody up, you concentrate on your own game. I've played against him once this season (for Scarlets against Northampton), he's definitely a slightly different character but that's the way he plays the game," he said.
"He's right on the edge and that's what makes him the player he is in terms of ball-carrying and being a big tackler."
The 29 year-old Owens, who has 37 caps but only eight starts to his credit, is trying to claim underdog status for Wales despite their World Cup victory at Twickenham in October.
"They're obviously favourites aren't they, they're top of the table and we're going to their home patch- a new coach comes in, they get a freshen-up and a new environment.
"They've got a more settled side, they're consistent in some of their selections and they've got some good youngsters coming through- some of them quite unknown to us, so we're going to have to be on the money."
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Its snapshot survey of 900 heads found 90% were struggling to recruit.
The government says it is investing £1.3bn up to 2020 to attract new teachers where they are most needed.
But three-quarters of respondents to the survey said it was now tougher to recruit than 12 months ago.
And nearly nine out of 10 said the situation was creating extra work and stress for staff.
While some 70% were using more support staff, about a fifth had worked with other schools to share or recruit teachers.
Some 41% of those surveyed had arranged for more lessons to be taught by the head or deputy head.
The biggest areas of subject shortage were in the key subjects of maths, science and English.
Some schools faced difficulties in attracting languages, geography and history teachers.
ASCL general secretary Malcolm Trobe said: "Teacher shortages leave schools with no option other than to use stop-gap solutions.
"Schools have to put teachers in front of classes.
"If they cannot recruit the staff they need, this means using supply staff and non-specialists to cover the gaps.
"While these staff often do a very good job in difficult circumstances, it is no substitute for having permanent teachers who are experts in their subjects.
"Without this supply of teachers, there is a danger that some of the progress which has been made will be lost.
"It will certainly be extremely difficult if not impossible to raise standards further."
He said schools that struggled to find enough maths or science teachers, for example, would cut down on the number of ability groups they offered.
"This is being done because schools cannot find enough teachers not because it is desirable," said Mr Trobe.
He urged the government to do more to make teaching a more attractive profession.
A Department for Education spokesman said: "The government is investing hundreds of millions in teacher recruitment, offering generous bursaries and scholarships in Stem [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] subjects, plus backing schemes like Teach First and the National Teaching Service to get great teachers where they're most needed - and... we've given schools unprecedented freedom over staff pay, allowing them to attract the brightest and the best.
"We are committed to raising the status of teaching and want to work with ASCL and the profession to make it an attractive career choice."
The survey comes after the government missed its teacher recruitment targets in England for the fourth year in a row, leading to shortfalls in many subjects.
This followed a shake-up of teacher training in which the numbers to be recruited on traditional post-graduate routes were initially reduced as a new school-based training scheme was introduced.
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Head teachers in England are having to share staff with other schools as they try to find "stop-gap solutions" to fill vacancies, the Association of School and College Leaders says.
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Mr Watson will stand down at the end of May having pursued three public sector careers.
A former teacher and later director of education for Tayside Regional Council, Mr Watson was also employed as chief executive for both Tayside Regional and Angus councils.
Mr Watson said he was "privileged" to have served the health board.
He said: "I salute the hard work that staff undertake day in, day out and the way in which they have risen to the challenges of transforming services to make them better for patients, their families and carers."
Mr Watson, who was appointed an OBE in 2003 and Deputy Lieutenant for Angus in 2007, said he had been convinced to apply for the chairmanship of the board by then health and wellbeing secretary Nicola Sturgeon.
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The chairman of NHS Tayside is to retire after almost 50 years of work in the public sector.
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The Slovenia-born 26-year-old beat 30-year-old Czech Rosol 6-2 6-3 in just over an hour.
Spaniard Nadal, 29, is the fifth seed and received a bye into round two.
British number one Andy Murray also enters at the second round and will play French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 25, on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old Scot is also competing in the men's doubles, where he and partner Dom Inglot progressed to the second round by beating Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers 6-3 6-4.
Murray and Englishman Inglot next play Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic.
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The number of jobs created was well above analysts' forecasts of about 225,000 new jobs in the month.
US employers have added at least 200,000 jobs for 10 months in a row, the longest period of jobs growth since 1995.
The number of jobs created has averaged 241,000 a month this year.
The Labor Department added that 44,000 more jobs were created in September and October combined than the government had previously estimated.
But as in the UK, stronger job creation has yet to lead to a significant increase in salaries.
Analysts said the US economy would continue to improve, despite lower global growth expectations.
They added that companies hiring temporary workers for the winter holidays could be providing a boost to the overall jobs figure,
The US economy is less dependent on exports than Germany, China and Japan, but is more reliant on domestic consumer spending.
Delivery firms have announced ambitious recruitment plans. UPS has said it expects to add up to 95,000 seasonal workers, up from 85,000 last year. FedEx plans to hire 50,000, up from 40,000.
The National Retail Federation estimates that seasonal retail hiring could grow by about 4% to as much as 800,000.
Most recent figures suggest Americans are buying more cars, which is likely to keep factories busy in coming months. Auto sales last month rose to their second-fastest pace this year. Car sales are on track to rise 6% this year from 2013.
The economy is expected to slow in the final three months of the year to an annualised growth rate of 2.5%, down from 4.3% from April to September.
Meanwhile, the US trade deficit fell slightly in October, as exports rebounded, while oil imports dipped to the lowest level in five years.
The deficit edged down 0.4% to $43.4bn, as against a revised $43.6bn in September, the Commerce Department reported.
Exports climbed 1.2% to $197.5bn, recovering after a September dip.
Imports also rose by 0.9% to $241bn, but that increase was tempered by a 0.6% fall in imports of petroleum, which dropped to the lowest level since November 2009.
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The US economy added 321,000 jobs in November, while the unemployment rate stayed at 5.8%, official Labor Department figures show.
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The Serb, 29, was knocked out in the first round of the Rio Olympics tennis tournament by Juan Martin del Potro.
He also suffered a surprise defeat by Sam Querrey in the third round of this year's Wimbledon.
Djokovic has pulled out of the Cincinnati Masters, which starts on 14 August.
"I am very sad to announce that I won't be able to play this year in Cincinnati," he said.
"I have a recurring injury that has taken its toll on my body due to a very busy and active schedule this year.
"I have played many matches and I have to take some rest in order to heal."
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World number one Novak Djokovic says a recurring wrist injury has "taken its toll" after a "very busy and active" year.
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Ray Nottage and Claire Bath supported the idea of merging Dorset's nine councils into two unitary authorities.
But two weeks ago the majority of council members voted against the idea.
David Flagg was elected leader of the council following the no-confidence vote at a private meeting of the Conservative group on Monday evening.
Mr Nottage said: "I had already made it clear I would not be standing as leader at the next AGM and there was a difference of opinion in terms of what I think should happen in a local government reorganisation.
"I lost by one vote. I'm extraordinarily disappointed that they've been unable to understand the consequences of the vote against the reorganisation because it's so patently obvious that the service levels are going to collapse with the tsunami of costs which are coming on and the current financial situation of the county.
"I think there is a considerable lack of understanding of the seriousness of the position we are in here in Dorset."
The proposed reorganisation would see Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch combine into a single authority, with the rest of the county forming a second unitary council.
The two unitary plan was rejected by councillors at Christchurch, Purbeck and East Dorset but leaders of the remaining six councils that voted in favour of the proposal have written to the government to express their support of the idea.
East Dorset leader Spencer Flower has written to the government urging it not to force through the merger.
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The Met Office said the warm air brought a risk of lightning, hail, storms and flash flooding later on Tuesday and into Wednesday morning.
A Yellow "be aware" warning is in place from 17:00 until 18:00 on Wednesday.
The extent of the thunderstorms is uncertain, but some places could see over 30mm of rain in an hour.
Prestwick in Ayrshire had the day's highest recorded temperature at 29C, followed by nearby Auchnicruvie at 28C.
Shetland was one of the only places in Scotland not to enjoy the sunshine - with the weather largely cloudy with patchy rain and drizzle.
Aberdeen - which was sitting at around 19C at lunchtime - was hotter than Nairobi, Kenya.
Heavy, thundery showers are forecast for Tuesday night.
The adverse weather could cause disruption on Wednesday morning. Frequent lightning is expected to continue along with high temperatures of 22 or 23C in the afternoon.
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Temperatures topped 29C on Scotland's hottest day of the year so far - sparking a warning of overnight downpours and thunderstorms.
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Well one man has started using a drone instead. Paul Brennan decided to use one on his brother's farm in Ireland.
The little remote controlled aircraft encourages the sheep into their pen.
Paul says it take three minutes and 21 seconds to get them from one side of the field to another using the gadget.
Jenny's got more on this woolly tech tale...
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The 29-year-old scored a single yuko to beat Graf 1-0 in the first bronze medal match in the weight category.
Conway had earlier beaten world champion Gevrise Emane of France but was beaten by Colombia's Yuri Alvear for the right to fight for gold.
The Bristol-born judoka won bronze for Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
"It hasn't sunk in," she told BBC Sport. "I knew if I was going to come away with a medal I would have to put in my best performances.
"I'm not from Brazil but the crowd have been awesome. I just want to thank everyone."
Find out how to get into judo with our special guide.
Conway suffered shoulder ligament damage during her second-round defeat at London 2012 and had to have surgery.
"This has been my dream since London," she added. "I can't put it into words."
Great Britain's Gemma Gibbons, who won judo silver at London 2012, tweeted: "She's only gone and done it.
"Absolutely amazing from Sally Conway. Our Olympic medallist Miss Conway."
Japan's Haruka Tachimoto beat Colombia's Yuri Alvear by ippon to win the gold medal and Germany's Laura Vargas Koch defeated Spain's Maria Bernabeu by wazari to win the other bronze medal contest.
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Fed up with the way British Airways was handling the issue of his father's lost luggage, businessman Hasan Syed decided to complain about it.
But rather than just put out a normal tweet, he paid to have one promoted.
Using promoted tweets in this way could represent a new trend, experts believe.
The promoted tweet bought by Mr Syed reads: "Don't fly @BritishAirways. Their customer service is horrendous."
Promoted tweets are generally bought by advertisers who want to reach a wider audience. The paid-for tweet is given high prominence in the Twitter feed of the relevant company but otherwise acts as a normal message and can be retweeted by others.
Mr Syed purchased his paid-for tweet via Twitter's self-service ad platform for an undisclosed sum. He targeted New York and UK markets with the tweet.
The decision to highlight BA's customer service came following a trip his parents made from Chicago to Paris at the weekend, during which his father lost his luggage.
Six hours after the tweet went live, and was picked up by news website Mashable, it had been read by thousands of Twitter users, retweeted and commented on.
But it took another four hours for British Airways to pick up on it: "Sorry for the delay in responding, our twitter feed is open 09:00-17:00 GMT. Please DM [direct message] your baggage ref and we'll look into this."
The idea that the ad platform of large corporations can be hijacked by members of the public is an interesting trend, thinks Shashank Nigam, chief executive of aviation consultancy SimpliFlying.
"The implications are tremendous for the future of airline customer service, especially on social media," he said in his blog.
"These tools are easy to use and brand detractors have the same access to them as corporations. I'd guess that this cost less than a thousand dollars to buy and Mr Syed targeted it smartly," Mr Nigam told the BBC.
"Airlines are going to have to start having 24/7 customer services and maybe they need to train up call centre reps to respond to messages on Facebook and Twitter."
In this particular case, the tweet appears to have been successful.
"We would like to apologise to the customer for the inconvenience caused. We have been in contact with the customer and the bag is due to be delivered today," British Airways told the BBC.
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Front row Faletau, 28, has three caps for his country and will arrive from Championship club Yorkshire Carnegie.
Fellow prop Cosgrove, 22, is a former Scotland Under-20 international who is also eligible to play for England, and will arrive from the Pro12 outfit.
"The Championship has some excellent players and Sione is in his prime," said interim Bristol boss Mark Tainton.
"Both players were impressed that there's a clear understanding about what we want to achieve, and they're eager to be a part of that."
Bristol are bottom of the Premiership, seven points from safety with five games remaining.
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Bristol have signed Tonga international Sione Faletau and Edinburgh's Jack Cosgrove for next season.
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British Divers Marine Life Rescue said 18 of the animals were floated back out to sea at about 04:00 on Tuesday. Two more were later floated.
However, several of the whales then stranded on the shores of nearby Staffin Island.
It was understood that eight of the whales have died and nine remain stranded on the small island.
The coastguard said it could be high tide at 19:00 before those animals could be pushed back into open water.
It was believed the stranding was caused by a female whale getting into difficulty while calving. The calf died.
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust raised the alarm after seeing whales in distress on Monday afternoon.
Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead said the Scottish government was offering assistance to the effort to save the whales.
He said: "I am very concerned to hear about this stranding of pilot whales on Skye.
"Marine Scotland and British Divers Marine Life Rescue are currently working hard to alleviate the situation.
"We have a patrol vessel and other staff on-site and I am being kept informed of the situation.
"Sadly it appears that some of the whales have already died and the situation is becoming increasingly difficult as the outgoing tide is leaving the stranded animals out of the water."
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Rescuers have gone to the aid of 21 long-finned pilot whales which stranded on the shore at Staffin on Skye.
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The volcano, which had been dormant for four decades, erupted on Wednesday, sending a plume of smoke and ash 10km (6 miles) into the sky.
Authorities evacuated people living within a 21km (13 mile) radius.
Road workers used lorries to plough through the ash, which lay up to a metre (3ft) deep in some places.
As the massive ash cloud drifted south, emergency workers handed out protective masks in a wide area including parts of Chile and Argentina.
"The ash might damage crops, animal feed, bridges, roads, people's work routines, tourism and especially their health," Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile's National Geology and Mines Service, said.
The first eruption on Wednesday evening lasted about 90 minutes and send a huge mushroom cloud of ash into the sky.
Seven hours later the volcano erupted again, this time shooting lava into the air and generating volcanic lightning.
There have been no reports of deaths or injuries.
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A team of 15 fundraisers is making the 150-mile journey to Tower Bridge to raise funds for the Bristol and Avon Multiple Sclerosis Centre at Bristol's Frenchay Hospital.
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Three rickshaws have crossed Clifton Suspension Bridge at the start of a bridge-to-bridge charity ride from Bristol to London.
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The race was expected to be full of high drama, with drivers squeezing cars through narrow sections and an error or two never far away.
What happened? An unexpectedly dull inaugural race.
With only a 12-point gap between Vettel and Hamilton at the top of the drivers' championship, can Azerbaijan provide an exhilarating show this time around?
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Baku was the new kid on the Formula 1 block in 2016, presenting fans with the fastest street circuit on the calendar.
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Doctors are currently treating 24 casualties in four hospitals: 12 are in a critical condition.
All are said to be suffering from damage to the throat, lungs and airways caused by breathing in smoke.
This is the major priority for doctors, rather than external burns.
In fact, the BBC understands that no-one is being treated for burns to the skin or body.
However, breathing in smoke can cause damaging internal burns and swelling to the throat, which may not be immediately obvious.
The most serious cases will need a general anaesthetic.
This means they can be kept well-hydrated using an intravenous drip and kept under close supervision while their airways heal.
Most will also be suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, caused by breathing in noxious fumes from the fire.
They need urgent treatment with oxygen through a face mask.
Breathing in concentrated oxygen this way enables the body to recover quickly when carbon monoxide enters the bloodstream.
Babies, young children, pregnant women and people with asthma are most vulnerable to the dangers of carbon monoxide.
Most people in big cities have a level of carbon monoxide of between nought and three, and smokers of five or six.
After the fire, the Guardian reported that doctors were treating people whose readings were between 10 and 20.
In total, nearly 80 people have required hospital treatment for the effects of the fire.
At least 30 people are confirmed to have died.
While treating the physical effects of smoke inhalation is a priority in the four London hospitals - King's College Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster, Royal Free Hospital and St Mary's Paddington - the psychological impact is not being ignored.
Psychiatrists and chaplains have been on hand to help support the injured, relatives and staff.
Survivors will have witnessed traumatic sights and many may also have to deal with the loss of loved ones.
Prof Sir Simon Wessely, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, recommends turning to friends, family and religious leaders to talk through feelings.
"While mental health professionals are invaluable in times of psychological need, immediately after a traumatic event it is our own strength, and those of our friends and family, that can be the most beneficial.
"Speaking to a mental health professional - a complete stranger - when you are in a state of shock, is not always the solution."
He said the public could play a part by offering practical support and information to those involved in the fire - as the community of North Kensington has been doing in force in the past few days.
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Hospital doctors are keeping some casualties from the Grenfell Tower fire unconscious for several days to allow them to recover from the effects of smoke inhalation.
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Sean Caffrey hacked into the US Department of Defense system in 2014, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
He accessed and stole the ranks, usernames and email addresses of more than 800 users, as well as of about 30,000 satellite phones.
At Birmingham Crown Court Caffrey, 25, of Sutton Coldfield, admitted an offence under the Computer Misuse Act.
See more stories from across Birmingham and the Black Country here
The NCA said the theft took place on 15 June 2014 and Caffrey was arrested in in March 2015 after intelligence showed the hack originated from his internet connection.
Forensic examination of his computers found the stolen data on the hard drives.
Officers also found that an online messaging account linked to the attack had been opened and operated under a pseudonym using Caffrey's computers.
The Department of Defense said it cost about $628,000 to fix the damage.
Caffrey, of Lichfield Road, admitted causing a computer to perform a function to secure unauthorised access to a program or data.
He will be sentenced on 14 August.
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A computer hacker has admitted stealing hundreds of user accounts from a US military communications system.
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The 39-year-old Zimbabwean has scored over 24,000 runs in all competitions during a 12-year stay with the county, winning seven trophies along the way.
He said: "It deeply saddens me that I have to leave at the end of the season. I have thoroughly enjoyed my 12 years.
"My family have loved every year here, and we feel so privileged to have been associated with this wonderful club."
Goodwin has scored 48 centuries and averages 49.24 for Sussex in first-class competition.
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In total, he has racked up almost 14,500 runs in 190 matches.
He has hit two triple centuries and holds the record for the county's highest innings, a score of 344 not out against Somerset in 2009.
Goodwin said it had been "a privilege" to be a part of the Sussex side which won the County Championship three times in the space of five seasons, secured back-to-back Pro40 triumphs and lifted the Twenty20 Cup in 2009.
He scored the winning runs which won the county's first Championship in 2003 and hit a six off the final ball of the match to win the Pro40 title in 2008.
"To the coaches, support staff and most of all, my wonderful team mates that I have been blessed to play alongside over the years, it has been an honour to have had so much success in winning trophies for ourselves and the club," Goodwin continued.
"I feel so humbled to be a part of such a wonderful team, club and ethos and offer huge thanks to so many wonderful sponsors and supporters."
Sussex cricket manager Mark Robinson paid tribute to the batsman, who played 17 Test matches for Zimbabwe.
"Murray is arguably the best ever batsman Sussex have had and he will be greatly missed," Robinson said
"Not only on the pitch, but [also] in the dressing room as well by all those he has helped and supported in his time at the club.
"I would like to thank Murray for the help he has given me, and the great service he has given to this club. I wish him and his family all the very best for the future."
Despite his previous achievements, Goodwin has struggled for form in the County Championship this year.
He has scored 267 runs in 21 innings in Division One this season, leaving him with an average of 13.35 in the four-day game in 2012.
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The Gateway offices are occupied by Citi, the global financial services group.
Selling agents CBRE say it is the largest office investment to come onto the market in Northern Ireland in the last decade.
In 2014, Ulster Bank sold most of its Titanic Quarter loans to the US hedge fund Davidson Kempner.
Such a fund will typically look to get a return on its money within a few years either through asset sales or loan refinancing.
The Gateway offices are likely to be attractive to institutional investors such as pension funds.
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An office development in Belfast's Titanic Quarter has been put up for sale with a price tag of £29m.
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