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The star said the purse went missing while she was on stage and doing subsequent interviews.
Abbington tweeted: "We went up to collect the Emmy, did some press, came back to my seat and [someone] had nicked my purse from under my seat."
The Los Angeles Police Department said they had no information about a theft.
Neither the Emmys or the Microsoft Theatre, where the event was held, have yet commented.
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride won the prize for outstanding television movie at Sunday night's ceremony at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles.
Abbington, who appears as Mary Morstan in the series, said her driving licence and phone were both in the purse.
One of her followers suggested: "Perhaps it accidentally got kicked away from under the chair and then someone handed it in to staff?"
But Abbington responded: "No, I hung around until everyone had left the auditorium. Nothing there."
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Sherlock actress Amanda Abbington has claimed her purse was stolen from under her seat while she was collecting a prize at the Emmy Awards. |
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The Swedish musician is the highest placed out of all of the contenders, said the Official Charts Company.
His success lies in contrast to British entry Electro Velvet's entry Still In Love With You, which is in the low 50s of the top 100.
The UK's 1920s-influenced swing act finished 24th in the contest, out of 27 participants, with five points.
Zelmerlow's winning upbeat song, Heroes, was accompanied by innovative animated visuals and won 365 points in the contest.
Belgium's Loic Nottet, who came fourth at the weekend, sits at number 31 in the midweeks with his track Rhythm Inside.
On Tuesday, early sales figures indicated Russia's Polina Gagarina - who came second in the contest - was around the number 33 mark with her song A Million Voices.
Latvia's Aminata, who finished sixth, was at number 51 with Love Injected and Australia's debut in the contest, Guy Sebastian, at number 55 with his song Tonight Again.
Australia was invited to compete for the contest's 60th anniversary. It finished in fifth place.
Also low on the charts, Israel's Nadav Guedj was at number 60 with his song Golden Boy, and Estonia's Elina Born was at 71 with Goodbye To Yesterday.
The final chart positions will be revealed on Sunday. | Eurovision winner Mans Zelmerlow has soared to number five in the mid-week music chart with his song Heroes. |
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The experienced trio have stepped down from inter-county hurling, with Kevin Hinphey bringing his Derry career to an end after 14 years.
His brother Liam Og made his Oak Leaf debut in 2003 followed by Banagher player McCloskey three years later.
"They have been a pleasure to work - these men gave great service to Derry hurling," said county boss Tom McLean.
He added: "They will be a big loss to to the Derry hurling squad, but as time moves on priorities change, and these lads now have wives and young families who need their time.
"I would like to wish them and their families good health and happiness in the future, and also good luck with the rest of their hurling careers with their clubs Kevin Lynchs and Banagher." | Derry have been hit by the retirement of brothers Kevin and Liam Og Hinphey along with Ruairi McCloskey. |
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Deputy leader Amelia Womack said the proposed increase would be "life changing" for families.
The Greens are also pledging to reverse cuts to welfare as part of efforts to "protect the most vulnerable".
The pledges, announced as the party unveiled its campaign bus in Bristol, would be paid for by increasing tax for the wealthiest, Ms Womack said.
This election issue includes access to benefits (apart from pensions), poverty and inequality.
Policy guide: Where the parties stand
Child benefit is a tax-free payment aimed at helping parents cope with the cost of bringing up children.
Currently, one parent can claim £20.50 a week for an eldest or only child and £13.55 a week for each of their other children.
The payments apply to all children aged under 16 and in some cases until they are 20 years old.
"We believe in doing more, much more, to redistribute income within our society," Ms Womack said.
"That's why we're being honest about the fact that we'd increase tax for the richest in society - and it's why we're able to pledge that we'd double child benefit to £40 a week.
"For the 29% of children here in Bristol West who live in poverty, this increase will be life changing."
The party also wants to retain the Independent Living Fund that helps disabled people to live and work in the community, and which is due to close on 30 June 2015.
"We won't stand by while this lifeline is cut away," said Ms Womack, estimating that the policy would cost £300m.
The deputy leader said the Greens would always stand for an economy that "works for the many", adding: "That means our MPs will never blame the most vulnerable for the mistakes of those at the top."
Subscribe to the BBC Election 2015 newsletter to get a round-up of the day's campaign news sent to your inbox every weekday afternoon. | Child benefit would double to £40 a week under plans set out by the Green Party in England and Wales. |
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The first towel thrown into the crowd by American Jack Sock was snatched by an older man on Wednesday and the second was claimed by an imposter.
But on Friday 14-year-old Peter Woodville, from Philadelphia, was finally given a replacement after returning to SW19 to watch more tennis.
"He was upset. He told me he was shocked more than anything," said Peter's mother Faeze. "In the States, at a lot of these sporting events, if adults catch a ball or something they go out of their way to give it to the youngsters - they don't keep it for themselves.
"He was very disappointed and shocked. At school, he is on a lot of sports teams and they learn a lot about good sportsmanship and good behaviour."
Peter was recognised by Sock after the world number 18's mixed doubles victory with partner Madison Keys and the teenager also got an apology from the player.
Faeze added: "Jack recognised Peter and he chatted to him and said, 'I'm really sorry buddy', and shook his hand and signed autographs and gave him a towel.
"It was really nice, Peter was very happy."
Sock had appealed for help on social to find the boy after an incident at the end of his first-round win over Chile's Christian Garin on Tuesday.
Sock's agent then said a boy from Ireland had been in touch and a towel would be sent to him, but he turned out to be an impersonator. | It was third time lucky for a young tennis fan who missed out on a player's souvenir at Wimbledon. |
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The work and pensions secretary said the infrastructure investment fund could finance essential projects including flood defences, a national fibre-optic broadband network and Crossrail Two.
The money would come from issuing new government bonds, Mr Crabb said.
Bond yields have fallen since the Brexit vote, lowering borrowing costs.
"The cost of borrowing is incredibly low. Spending government money on infrastructure has therefore never been more affordable," Mr Crabb said.
Mr Crabb announced his plan in conjunction with Business Secretary Sajid Javid, whom he plans to appoint as chancellor if he wins the leadership election.
The duo said they would also bring forward current infrastructure plans, including the electrification of the TransPennine Manchester to Leeds rail route which was put on hold last year.
They plan to issue up to £20bn of long-dated bonds each year for five successive years to create the fund.
It would also be used to invest in social housing, school buildings and new prisons, Mr Crabb said.
Mr Javid claimed the plan could create "hundreds of thousands" of new jobs.
Mr Crabb is the latest Tory leadership contender to set out his stall.
Rival candidate Michael Gove, currently justice secretary, has vowed to cut immigration by blocking EU free movement and spend an extra £100m a week on the NHS if he wins.
Current frontrunner Home Secretary Theresa May has promised to reconcile the Remain and Leave sides and "govern for the whole country".
The leadership contest was triggered by David Cameron's decision to step down by October after the UK voted to leave the EU in last month's referendum.
Mr Crabb and the four other candidates - Mr Gove, Mrs May, Andrea Leadsom and Liam Fox - will take part in a series of ballots of the party's 330 MPs, starting on Tuesday.
The two most popular will then go on to a vote of the wider party membership, with the result due on 9 September. | Tory leadership contender Stephen Crabb has pledged to create a £100bn "Growing Britain Fund" if elected. |
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Lord Justice Coghlin said continuing delay may diminish public confidence.
He was sitting on an appeal by the department of health,
The appeal, against an order for discovery of documents relevant to a challenge to alleged failure to issue new abortion guidelines, was upheld.
The Court of Appeal ruled that the material should instead be inspected first by the judge who is due to hear the judicial review challenge later this month.
The Family Planning Association (FPA) has issued proceedings against the department over the continued non-publication of guidelines.
The sexual health charity claims there was a legitimate expectation that revised guidance would be completed following earlier court orders.
Under current law, abortion in Northern Ireland is only available in limited circumstances, where the mother's life or mental well-being are considered at risk.
In 2009, the department published a document which, for the first time, provided guidance to health professionals in Northern Ireland on terminating pregnancy.
But later that year the High Court ruled it did not properly cover counselling and conscientious objection issues.
A judge held that the guidelines were misleading and should be withdrawn for reconsideration.
Since then a fresh public consultation process on counselling and conscientious objection was undertaken as part of the redrafting.
Appearing before a three judge Court of Appeal panel on behalf of the department and minister Edwin Poots, Attorney General John Larkin QC contended there was nothing in the documents that assists the FPA's case.
He confirmed, however, that he was happy for the court to study the material, which Mr Poots has been considering, and form its own view.
During the hearing it was noted that departmental guidance has been awaited since a ruling from 2004.
Lord Justice Coghlin, sitting with Lord Chief Justice Morgan and Lord Justice Girvan, said: "There comes a stage in any government activity when delay becomes much more than simply... the government going ahead with its work and it becomes a matter of real concern to the governed.
"In this case it seems to me the danger is in the department taking a view 'no, you can't see these documents' despite the fact it has taken so long to consider what we should do.
"It can be interpreted by the governed not so much as the diligent work of government (but) as a paralysed government that because of its cultural and religious divisions simply cannot bring itself to discharge its duties.
"That's why there is a duty of candour."
Mr Larkin said, however, that Northern Ireland's constitutional arrangements must be acknowledged.
He also pointed out that Mr Poots only became health minister in 2011 and has been working continuously with officials to comply with the requirement to publish guidance.
According to the Attorney General the FPA has been premature in mounting a challenge to emerging public policy.
"We are in a fluid state in terms of the development of government policy," he said.
Lord Justice Coghlin told him: "Nobody is denying for a minute that it's a finely balanced judgment.
"But the longer time goes on the less trust the governed may have in the government."
Tony McGleenan QC, for the FPA, argued that the delay has been "unconscionable".
He claimed there could come a point, not yet reached, when it would amount to an abuse of power.
Following the court's ruling the judge in the judicial review hearing will now decide the merits of the material sought.
Lord Chief Justice Morgan confirmed: "He should inspect the documents with a view to determining whether after such inspection the documents should be provided on the basis of the legal test." | Non-disclosure of information on terminations in Northern Ireland could be interpreted as a government "paralysed" by cultural and religious divisions, a senior judge has warned. |
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Solar Bones by Mike McCormack was named the winner of the £10,000 award, which recognises fiction "that breaks the mould".
Published by Tramp Press, the novel follows the recollections of an engineer named Marcus Conway briefly returned from the dead.
McCormack is the third Irish writer to win since the prize began in 2013.
Chairman of judges Professor Blake Morrison said: "Set over a few hours in a single day, and told in the first-person voice of a middle-aged engineer, Mike McCormack's Solar Bones transcends these seeming limits magnificently.
"Politics, family, art, marriage, health, civic duty and the environment are just a few of the themes it touches on, in a prose that's lyrical yet firmly rooted.
"Its subject may be an ordinary working life but it is itself an extraordinary work."
McCormack, 51, called on more publishers to take risks with experimental authors.
"Readers are smart. They're up for it," he said.
"That was what the people at Tramp Press taught me. There are readers out there and they have been proved right."
The six shortlisted works were:
The prize was founded in 2013 by Goldsmiths, University of London, and is held in partnership with the New Statesman.
Last year's winner was Beatlebone by Kevin Barry.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | A novel written in a single unbroken sentence has won the Goldsmiths Prize 2016. |
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James Imray, 21, whose father is from India, said he was punched and kicked in the head during the assault in Hartlepool.
He said: "You can't go round hitting people simply because they are a different colour."
Suicide bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 people at the Manchester Arena after an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May.
Cleveland Police said they were treating the attack on Mr Imray six days later as a hate crime.
It happened on Eskdale Road at about 20:00 BST after a man who "seemed friendly" called him over, Mr Imray told BBC Tees.
"I walked over, he immediately starts ranting about the bombings, how I'm somehow responsible," he said.
"I called him an idiot and walked away, but he followed me."
The man, aged in his late 30s or early 40s, then punched Mr Imray and grabbed him in a headlock.
A second man, in his teens, then kicked him in the face, knocking him to the pavement.
Mr Imray, who was not seriously hurt, said it was "incredibly sad we have people like this in our town". | The victim of a suspected hate crime claims he was blamed for the Manchester bombing by his assailants. |
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It was the first time the Midlands club had let in six at home in a league game since October 1983.
Villa remain bottom of the Premier League and eight points from safety.
"I feel humiliated. I am sorry for the fans who came to Villa Park," said Garde. "This is a bad feeling that we did not fight enough."
Villa, owned by American Randy Lerner, let in two goals before half-time and then four during a 13-minute spell after the break.
The fans began leaving during the second half, while some home supporters also chanted 'Lerner out'.
"Before the game you could expect the level of the two teams was not on the same one but, after quite a good 15 minutes, I don't know what happened," said Garde.
"The first two goals were difficult to digest and then my team did not play anymore.
"We were always two or three metres away from from the opponent. It was very easy for them.
"I was expecting fighting spirit, especially in the position we are in, but we were not able to deliver it."
Garde, who was appointed Villa boss in November on a three-and-a-half-year deal, refused to concede his side were doomed for the drop into the Championship.
"I was not expecting this kind of match and we have to go for the next one to win it," said the Frenchman.
"Until we have little hope, I will be the one who will still believe. After a game like this, it is very difficult but we won't play Liverpool every weekend.
"I understand [the fans' frustration]. I don't know exactly who let down who in this football club.
"I am trying to concentrate on my job and try to do the best with the players who want to still fight."
BBC Radio 5 live's Pat Murphy: "Villa were an absolute shambles. The biggest round of applause came from the Villa fans when former striker Christian Benteke came on. I think the fans know that he did more than anyone to keep Villa up in the last few seasons.
"The Villa players just aren't good enough. There was a derisory cheer when Scott Sinclair hit the post. What must the European Cup winners from a proud Aston Villa side think of this?
"I don't blame Remi Garde but after this game it is 15 games and 12 points. He got a hospital pass.
"He is not happy at all about the lack of investment. It will take a lot to make him stay on. What is in it for him, after doing so much in Ligue 1?" | Aston Villa manager Remi Garde said he felt "humiliated" and apologised for his side's performance in the 6-0 thrashing by Liverpool. |
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The 50-year-old, who played 408 matches for Forest during two spells totalling nearly 12 years, has taken up a role with the Rams as a defensive coach.
His son Tyler, a 19-year-old striker, also now plays for Forest, while 17-year-old son Lewis represents the Rams.
Academy director Darren Wassall, who played with Walker at Forest, said the ex-England man had "plenty to offer".
Walker won 59 caps during his career and played for England at the 1990 World Cup, when they reached the semi-finals, and Euro 92.
Former Derby defender Craig Short has also joined the academy coaching set-up. | Nottingham Forest legend Des Walker has joined fierce rivals Derby County as an academy coach. |
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The 32-year-old top seed dropped the opening game but recovered to win 9-11 13-11 11-6 11-3 in 46 minutes.
Massaro, who became world number one in January, is trying to win her second world title following her 2013 victory.
She will play Joshna Chinappa of India in the second round.
"In practice over the last few days the court felt really bouncy, but when we got on there, it just seemed to be dead," Massaro told the PSA World Tour.
"In the first two games I was struggling with my length and leaving the ball short and she was picking me off. It was quite dead at the front so I wasn't getting there quick enough.
"Maybe I was a little bit flat emotionally, in the first game particularly."
Egyptian third seed Raneem El Welily beat Tesni Evans of Wales 3-0, and Egyptian sixth seed Omneya Abdel Kawy beat England's Emily Whitlock 3-0.
Home favourite Nicol David, trying to win a ninth world title, is the second seed in Kuala Lumpur and begins her campaign on Tuesday. | England's Laura Massaro was given an early scare before fighting back to beat Mexican qualifier Samantha Teran in round one of the squash Women's World Championship in Malaysia. |
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Clare Griffiths, 48, took the pupil and another on a bogus school trip to Alton Towers, a hearing was told.
The former teacher at Harper Green Secondary School in Farnworth, Bolton, also disclosed confidential information to one of the pupils.
The disciplinary panel deemed her behaviour was "unacceptable".
The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) said her conduct also "brought the profession into disrepute".
Mrs Griffiths, from Greater Manchester, was not present at the hearing but admitted "failure to maintain boundaries" by sending excessive emails to the girl known as Pupil A - including messages late at night - as well as letting her stay at her house when she had left school in September and October 2014.
The hearing was told the mother of Pupil A said she was aware she was staying there and had "no concerns" about it.
Her uncle raised concerns with the school about their relationship in October 2014.
The panel also found Mrs Griffiths was "deliberately dishonest" in misleading the two pupils (known as Pupil A and Pupil C) into believing the theme park trip was an official school trip.
The NCTL said: "Mrs Griffiths must have known that what she was doing was dishonest as she asked Pupil A and Pupil C's parents to sign consent letters knowing that the trip had not been authorised by the school."
It ruled the teacher breached the school's data protection policies by providing confidential information to Pupil A, sending her a detailed contact list of the incoming year six pupils.
Mrs Griffiths joined Harper Green as a newly qualified teacher in 2009.
She has 28 days to appeal and can apply to have the prohibition order set aside in two years. | A teacher who took a pupil on a fake school trip, sent her excessive emails and let her stay overnight at her house has been banned from teaching. |
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It is the aircraft's first public appearance since the Vulcan to the Sky Trust, which owns it, confirmed this is its last flying season.
The Vulcan XH558 will be at Throckmorton Air Show on Saturday, for the first and last time.
The plane originally arrived at RAF Waddington in 1960 and was the last Vulcan to leave RAF service.
It retired from service in 1993 and is the only one left of the 134 that were built for the Royal Air Force.
The trust said it raised more than £2m each year to service and operate the aircraft, which is based at the former RAF Finningley, now Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield.
But now engineering backers, including Rolls-Royce, have withdrawn support and the plane is beyond its flying hours.
"Having evaluated a great many factors, the three expert companies on whom XH558 depends - known as the 'technical authorities' - have together decided to cease their support at the end of this flying season. Without that support, under Civil Aviation Authority regulations, she is not permitted to fly," the trust said.
A farewell tour around the UK is planned for later this month.
Dr Robert Pleming, from the trust, said "If you don't see her this season, there will be no more opportunities to hear a Vulcan's spine-tingling howl as she climbs high into the sky for another dramatic display, or to see her rolling onto her side to reveal her giant delta silhouette." | The last flying Vulcan bomber is to take part in a Worcestershire air show in its final flying year. |
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Several were killed when houses were submerged under rocks and mud. Others are reported missing in flooded areas.
Thousands of people have been evacuated to higher ground and some domestic flights were cancelled.
At one point, Typhoon Goni was packing winds of winds of up to 195km/h (121mph).
However it weakened as it moved northward off Taiwan's east coast, AFP news agency said.
It is the ninth of an average of 20 that hit the Philippines each year, the country's weather bureau said. | Ten people have been killed as Typhoon Goni dumped torrential rain in the northern Philippines, triggering landslides and floods, officials say. |
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Three women protesters were thrown out of the venue by Turkish security. An Ecuadorean MP was also reportedly injured during Thursday's incident.
Ecuador's foreign minister says the guards' behaviour was "irresponsible".
Mr Erdogan was in Quito to boost diplomatic and trade ties with Ecuador.
As Mr Erdogan prepared to hold a news conference at the National Higher Studies Institute, protesters demonstrated against recent operations by Turkey against the Kurdistan Workers's Party (PKK) militant group.
Inside the hall, when the three women heckled Mr Erdogan, they were set upon by his personal guards and a scuffle ensued. One protester was momentarily placed in a headlock.
According to local media, a member of Mr Erdogan's security entourage attacked a protester as the Turkish president left the building.
And a member of the Ecuadorean National Assembly was reportedly injured while trying to protect the protesters.
Lawmaker Diego Vintimilla posted images on his Twitter account showing himself with cuts to his nose and hands and a bruise on his arm.
Ecuador said disproportionate force had been used by the security guards. Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Fernando Yepez has summoned the Turkish ambassador in Quito, urging him to explain the violence.
Ecuadorean Interior Minister Jose Serrano said police had requested that the bodyguards involved in the incident surrender their passports on Friday.
However, Mr Erdogan and his entourage have since left the country. No comments from his government over the incident have been reported.
The PKK is considered a terrorist group by Turkey and its Western allies and has fought a 30-year insurgency in south-eastern Turkey in which tens of thousands of people have been killed.
There have been repeated clashes between PKK separatists and the Turkish army in recent months, and the violence has recently escalated.
Turkey has previously dismissed claims by the PKK that the government is attacking it "to stop the Kurdish advance against Islamic State [in Syria]". | Ecuador has protested to Turkey over an incident in which demonstrators were violently ejected during a speech by visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the capital, Quito. |
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The once-capped England centre-half, 27, had an operation at the start of August, having aggravated an injury that caused him to miss the final six weeks of last season.
"I went to see one of the best spinal experts in the world. And I'm pretty pleased with how it's gone," he said.
"I've started jogging and am swimming a lot. It's a step in the right way."
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However, Shawcross did not give an indication of exactly when he would be ready to play again.
He told BBC Radio Stoke: "You don't want to rush too much as you can end up putting yourself out for a long time. Especially with the spine, you have to be very careful.
"It's an injury I'd managed for a number of years. I had a slip against QPR, which the injury originated from, then I had a recurrence of it in the summer. I had a go in pre-season but I came to the decision with the manager (Mark Hughes) that it was time for the operation.
"I was struggling to walk, struggling to move. It was a case of making sure I got the right surgeon and got the correct treatment."
Stoke have suffered a disappointing start to their Premier League season so far, sitting in 18th with just two points from four games.
They have drawn both their away games, at Tottenham, coming from two down, and Norwich.
But Mark Hughes' side have been out of luck at home, losing twice, thanks to Philippe Coutinho's late winner for Liverpool and two contentious red cards against West Bromwich Albion, when they had to play more than half the game with nine men. | Stoke City captain Ryan Shawcross says he is on schedule to return to action following successful back surgery. |
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The 23-year-old England player led fans in three chants which mocked rivals Tottenham. He later apologised.
Wilshere was found guilty by the FA of making and/or inciting comments which brought the game into disrepute.
He had a similar outburst last year, and has been "severely warned" by the FA about his future conduct.
Wilshere admitted a misconduct charge after taking to the microphone during the parade last month.
He was spoken to by Arsenal staff after this latest incident but the club said they would not be taking action.
The Gunners secured a record-breaking 12th FA Cup win by beating Aston Villa 4-0 at Wembley on 30 May. | Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has been fined £40,000 after singing offensive songs during the club's FA Cup victory parade in London. |
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The Oak Leafers earned their place in Monday morning's draw by beating Waterford on Saturday.
Donegal enter the qualifiers after Sunday's Ulster SFC semi-final defeat by Tyrone in Clones.
Meath have home advantage against Sligo and Clare make the trip to play Laois, with the matches to be played on 1 and 2 July.
Venues, dates and throw-in times on the 2A fixtures will be confirmed later on Monday. | Derry have been drawn away against Mayo in the All-Ireland 2A qualifiers while Donegal will entertain Longford. |
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Kancoat in Swansea received £3.4m before going into administration.
That was despite a review advising it had a "weak" business plan.
But deputy permanent secretary for economy James Price told AMs that the panel had thought the firm had a "reasonable chance" of success.
The site at Waunarlwydd had been previously run by Alcoa Group, but was shut down in 2007.
Another firm, Falcon Steel, had received Welsh Government finance before entering liquidation in January 2011.
Mr Price told the assembly's public accounts committee on Monday that the Welsh Government's investment panel "was convinced" that Kancoat "had a reasonable chance of being successful".
"Simply because something has failed before doesn't always mean it's going to fail again," he said.
But, under further questioning from Swansea East AM Mike Hedges, Mr Price said: "In this case the investment panel was proved wrong."
An earlier Wales Audit Office report had shown that a Welsh Government due-diligence review had raised concerns about Kancoat's business plan, saying it appeared "weak and inconsistent" and identifying it as high risk.
But Mr Price told the committee it was not unusual for a due-diligence officer "to raise concerns and for us to still put money in".
Mick McGuire, director of sectors and business at the Welsh Government, said the business plan for the firm had, on paper, "looked credible and achievable".
But he said the company's business plan had come across major issues in "huge fluctuations in the availability and the cost" of steel.
Mr McGuire said the business failed because the company's ability to manage "unforeseen issues and fluctuations wasn't sufficient to keep it safe".
The Welsh Conservatives have previously accused former economy minister Edwina Hart of breaking the ministerial code by approving support for a company close to her Gower constituency, although that was denied by First Minister Carwyn Jones.
Mr Price told the committee that he did not believe there was any "undue influence" from Mrs Hart on officials over Kancoat.
He did not believe she had "any involvement beyond the consideration of the paperwork" sent to her by officials.
Mr Price later said he could not "categorically" say she did not speak to staff about it, but would not have thought it to be "improper" if she had.
He added that no staff had raised "anything" with directors or him.
Mr Price said if an investment was to take place in a minister's constituency "then there would be deemed a reasonable conflict or perception of conflict might exist, in which case advice would be sought".
Often that would end up being referred to the first minister, he explained.
But he explained that in this case, "because the investment was outside of the minister's constituency area", such a process was not adopted because "there was deemed not to be a conflict of interest".
The Welsh Government had previously said it had made a number of "key changes" to its procedures in the wake of the collapse of the firm.
Mr Price said there was "now a vastly improved process" in the way loans were awarded.
Mr McGuire added there "has been interest" from a company in buying the production line. | The investment panel that recommended government cash support for a steel firm which later went bust got its decision wrong, a senior civil servant has admitted. |
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The BBA will join up with Payments UK, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), the UK Cards Association and the Asset Based Finance Association.
The idea is to cut costs, and increase lobbying power.
The BBA represents both High Street and investment banks, while the CML covers banks and building societies.
It is not yet known what the new body will be called.
Nine of the UK's biggest banks including HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays as well as building society Nationwide, called on the trade bodies to consider merging as it was considered that they often duplicated lobbying efforts.
They also raised concerns over the need to cut costs and have a stronger voice on European regulation.
"A new trade association would be able to represent the industry more effectively because its voice would carry greater weight," said Ed Richards, the former communications regulator who was appointed to lead the review.
"Having a single point of contact will also be welcomed by policymakers and will reduce duplication of effort."
The review also said trade association fees could be reduced by up to 30%.
The Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation think-tank estimates banks spend upwards of £50m on the top 10 trade associations they belong to.
It also found a significant overlap in membership with around 60% of UK Payments Council members also members of the BBA, for example.
The review called for the new to become a close partner with UK Payments Administration and Financial Fraud Action UK.
The Building Societies Association and the Finance & Leasing Association both said they did not want to join the merged group of trade bodies.
The various trade bodies expected to merge have yet to hold a vote of their members, which is not expected until the end of February. Should members of each lobby group vote to merge the timetable would see the enlarged trade body launch in May and be fully operational by November 2016. | Five financial services trade associations in the City - including the British Bankers' Association (BBA) - are to merge, following a review. |
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Thomas Nelson, 54, abused four young children over a 10-year period beginning in the mid 1990s.
The offences happened at houses in the Granton, Broomhouse and Wester Hailes and at an address in Clackmannanshire.
Nelson was put on the sex offenders' register.
A judge told Nelson at the High Court in Edinburgh: "The course of conduct in which you indulged towards the children in question was quite appalling."
Lord Uist said two of the six charges he was found guilty on were "particularly despicable".
The judge said: "They involved you providing on several occasions a girl aged between four and six to other men so they could have sexual intercourse with her and on one occasion you had sexual intercourse with her yourself."
Lord Uist told ex-chef Nelson: "You no doubt are aware that the offences of which you were convicted are of such a grave nature that they must attract a long prison sentence."
Nelson, formerly of Pilrig Street, Edinburgh, had denied two charges of raping the girl in 2002 and 2003, a charge of assaulting her by permitting and encouraging other males to have sex with her and rape her between 2001 and 2003 and a charge of physically assaulting her.
He was found guilty of all the offences apart from one rape charge on which the jury returned a not proven verdict.
He was also found guilty of assaulting two young boys, one of whom had a gun put to his head and hot spoons put on his skin. He was also convicted of an indecency offence against another girl when she was 13 or 14 in 2006 and 2007.
During his trial he admitted a further four charges of neglecting children who were exposed to drugs and weapons.
Lord Uist told jurors at the conclusion of the trial that it had a "particularly unpleasant and distasteful case".
The jury was played footage of the rape victim, who is now 19, being questioned earlier about her experiences at the hands of Nelson who she said terrified her.
Defence counsel David Nicholson told that court that Nelson had formerly served in Northern Ireland with the Army.
He said: "He struggled having left the Army and he thinks his addiction to drink started at that point. He has had serious alcohol problems ever since." | A former soldier from Edinburgh has been jailed for 12 years for a "horrifying" series of offences against children including rape and allowing a child to be raped. |
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William Hay said that last week he contacted the police to report the discovery of what appears to be fraud in his Foyle constituency office.
He said it followed an investigation he had begun after an irregular trend in payments from his Assembly Office Cost Expenditure was brought to his attention.
The DUP MLA said he had not previously noticed the irregularity.
Mr Hay also informed the assembly authorities who have begun their own investigation.
Mr Hay said he has suspended a member of his constituency staff pending the outcome.
In a statement, Mr Hay, who is to leave his post for the House of Lords, said he had to take personal responsibility for the fact that his management of affairs in the office did not uncover what was happening earlier.
"No one will be more critical of that than me," he said.
"I will be making no further comment on the situation within my constituency office while the criminal investigation is ongoing." | The Stormont Assembly speaker has said he has suspended a member of staff pending the outcome of a police investigation into possible fraud at his constituency office in Londonderry. |
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The study showed more than a third of schools and colleges taking the OCR exam board's syllabus opted to study Russian rulers from 1855 to 1992 - from Tsar Alexander II to Boris Yeltsin.
In this history top 10, the second most popular option was the civil rights movement in the United States.
Researchers say most schools preferred modern to medieval history.
History is one of the biggest A-level subjects - but there have been concerns it can focus too narrowly on specific eras, such as the rise of Nazism or the Tudors.
This tendency in history has been characterised as "Hitler and the Henrys".
But this study, published by the Cambridge Assessment exams group, suggests Russian history is the most popular option.
Dictatorship and Democracy in Germany, 1933-63, which includes the Nazi era, is the third most taught option - with another German history option from 1919-63, including the rise of Nazism, in eighth place.
There are three Tudor-related topic areas in the top 10 history options.
There are less popular topics, with fewer than one in 10 schools teaching the age of Gladstone and Disraeli, the German reformation and the first crusade and crusader states.
The researchers raise the question as to whether giving schools so many different options is the best way to ensure that pupils study a wide range of eras and topics.
Research co-author Simon Child said the study showed that "offering a wide range of choices does not necessarily lead to historical or geographical breadth". | Russian dictatorship is the most popular A-level history exam topic in England and Wales, research suggests. |
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The former England hooker, 33, scored three tries to lead the Exiles to a semi-final victory against Doncaster.
Irish now need to beat Yorkshire over two legs to seal promotion and an immediate return to the Premiership.
"Playing rugby when there's something really meaningful on it really lifts us as players," Paice told BBC Sport.
The two-legged final, which starts at Headingley on 17 May, sees the top two in the regular season face each other for promotion.
Irish lost just once on their way to the top of the table, while Yorkshire will hope to give head coach Bryan Redpath the perfect send-off before he departs the club.
"We're coming up to the two biggest games of my career, the club's career and the season," Paice admitted.
"I've been lucky to play in a couple of big games, but this is right up there. We'll have to deal with the pressure we're going to face, but we're looking forward to it.
"Yorkshire, like Doncaster, are a big forward pack but have lots of threats behind the eight and a dangerous back three if you give them a lot of the ball." | David Paice believes London Irish's Championship play-off final against Yorkshire Carnegie will be "the two biggest games" of his career. |
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The hosts had the bulk of the ball and pressure, coming close when Billy Sharp struck the post from close range.
The game otherwise lacked clear-cut chances, though Cobblers midfielder Matt Taylor saw his long-range free-kick superbly saved by Simon Moore.
With frustration kicking in the ball fell nicely for Freeman, who smashed in from six yards to give United victory.
Blades boss Chris Wilder was facing his old club for the first time since leaving Northampton in May, and has led his new team to four wins in a row.
Rob Page's mid-table side defended valiantly throughout, but have now lost five of their past seven league matches.
Match ends, Sheffield United 1, Northampton Town 0.
Second Half ends, Sheffield United 1, Northampton Town 0.
Substitution, Northampton Town. Joe Iaciofano replaces Sam Hoskins.
Attempt missed. John Fleck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Caolan Lavery (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Sheffield United 1, Northampton Town 0. Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Caolan Lavery (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Aaron Phillips.
Substitution, Northampton Town. Harry Beautyman replaces Marc Richards.
Attempt missed. Mark Duffy (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Simon Moore.
Attempt saved. Matthew Taylor (Northampton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Jack O'Connell (Sheffield United).
Alex Revell (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Matt Done replaces Daniel Lafferty.
Attempt missed. John Fleck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Stefan Scougall (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Buchanan (Northampton Town).
Attempt saved. John Fleck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Northampton Town. Alfie Potter replaces Paul Anderson.
Foul by John Fleck (Sheffield United).
Alex Revell (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Stefan Scougall replaces Chris Basham.
Caolan Lavery (Sheffield United) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box.
Attempt blocked. Mark Duffy (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Jack O'Connell (Sheffield United).
Matthew Taylor (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by David Buchanan.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Caolan Lavery replaces Leon Clarke.
Foul by John Fleck (Sheffield United).
Marc Richards (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Leon Clarke (Sheffield United) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Foul by Paul Coutts (Sheffield United).
David Buchanan (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Marc Richards (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ethan Ebanks-Landell (Sheffield United).
Second Half begins Sheffield United 0, Northampton Town 0.
First Half ends, Sheffield United 0, Northampton Town 0.
Attempt missed. Leon Clarke (Sheffield United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
John Fleck (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. | Kieron Freeman's late strike was enough for a patient Sheffield United to beat Northampton and go top of League One. |
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The ex-supermodel alleged that they falsely called her a liar after she claimed the comedian sexually assaulted her three decades ago.
Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled Cosby and his former lawyer Martin Singer must give sworn depositions before 25 November.
Cosby's lawyers said they would appeal.
Neither Cosby, 78, nor Dickinson, 60, attended the hearing on Monday.
More than 50 women have accused the comedian of sexual assault. He has never been charged for any of the alleged crimes. In most cases, the alleged incidents date back decades, meaning they fall outside the time limit for legal action.
Reuters said it is the second time in two months that Cosby will be required to testify under oath in response to a complaint of sexual misconduct against him.
Mr Singer, an LA lawyer, represented Cosby until he was replaced last month with a new legal team.
Last year, Dickinson had claimed Cosby drugged and raped her in a hotel in Lake Tahoe in 1982.
Speaking at the time, Mr Singer labelled Dickinson's allegations as "false and outlandish". | Bill Cosby and his former lawyer have been ordered to give a sworn out-of-court testimony in the defamation case brought by Janice Dickinson. |
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She brought a copy of Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr Seuss, which she said was one of her favourite books.
"I came to encourage you to read - and to think about what you want to achieve in life," the first lady said in the Manhattan paediatrics ward.
The appearance was to mark World Reading Day, where public figures sit down and read to young children.
"We will read some books today," Mrs Trump said to the children at New York Presbyterian Hospital. "So do you know what is today? It's a reading day."
Melania Trump has been cast as a different kind of first lady: an enigmatic figure who's kept a low profile. She's made few public appearances, and she wears dark sunglasses when she travels with her husband.
On a recent trip they walked back to the airplane's press cabin, and she stayed silent while he joked with reporters. Her hospital visit was one of her first solo ventures as first lady: two cameramen and I travelled in her motorcade and watched her read to children.
Afterwards I asked her about the hospital. She started to speak - but was pulled away and asked to pose for more photos. She's new to her role, but she may decide to raise her profile: just because she's quiet doesn't mean she has nothing to say.
"You go places where you feel better," she told the sick children.
The first lady came from Trump Tower bearing a white box filled with Dr Seuss books bound with a golden ribbon.
"You'll be as famous as famous can be," she read, holding up the book to display the pictures, "with the whole wide world watching you win on TV".
Seated in a wooden chair, Mrs Trump wore black stilettos and a large diamond ring as she read to the children. | US First Lady Melania Trump has visited a New York City hospital to read to sick children for World Book Day. |
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The Association of British Bookmakers said it was "deeply flawed" and called for an inquiry by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
The MPs are recommending that the maximum stake for gambling on the electronic terminals in a bookmakers shop is cut to just £2.
Currently the maximum stake on the electronic terminals is £100.
The renewed call for a lower limit comes from the all-party parliamentary group on FOBTs which published its initial report last December.
The machines have been called the crack cocaine of gambling, but bookmaking firms refused to take part in the MPs' inquiry.
"We were disappointed that the bookmakers declined to participate and fear this is a reflection of their denial of the problems associated with FOBTs and a reluctance on their part to speak to policy makers about appropriate regulation," said the MPs' final report.
But that accusation prompted a furious reaction from the bookies.
They said the parliamentary group had no proper standing; that its report merely reflected the views of certain MPs with an axe to grind; and that the report had been funded by rivals in the gambling industry, such as those in the casino, arcade and pub industries.
"We strongly believe that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards should urgently investigate this all-party parliamentary group," said Malcolm George, chief executive of the Association of British Bookmakers.
"This group of MPs has operated in secrecy, provided no transcripts of the evidence given to their meetings and operated throughout behind closed doors away from public scrutiny."
He added that betting shops were already closing at the rate of more than 100 a year and if the findings of this report were implemented, it "could spell the beginning of the end for the High Street bookmaker".
The MPs in their report said they had in fact given the bookmaking firms plenty of opportunity to submit evidence.
Despite the bookies' aggressive opposition, Carolyn Harris MP, chairwoman of the parliamentary group, said the time for prevaricating was over and the government should now take action.
"There is now a clear case for the government to substantially reduce the maximum stake which can be played on FOBTs," she said.
"These machines are easily accessed in the most deprived areas, sucking money out of the pockets of families.
"I support a responsible gambling industry, but there is nothing responsible about how FOBTs are currently being operated," she added.
The 35,000 machines, usually offering roulette, have become the biggest source of money for the bookmaking industry and now provide more than half its profits.
The report cited figures showing that in 2015 £1.7bn was lost by gamblers on the terminals, each of which took £48,724 from punters that year.
The industry's enthusiasm for the machines has seen it accused of spreading gambling addiction in some of the poorest parts of the country, especially where there are unusually high concentrations of bookies shops in local High Streets.
The Local Government Association (LGA) has been campaigning against the gambling machines, and its spokesman Simon Blackburn supported the report's call for urgent action.
"With rates of problem gambling higher among those who live near clusters of bookmakers, it is essential that, as the report also recommends, councils are given powers to stop further clusters of betting shops on our high streets," he said.
"A new cumulative impact test - which the LGA has previously called for and which government has introduced through the Police and Crime Act for alcohol licensing - would give them the power to veto new shops in areas already saturated by betting shops."
The report was also supported by Sir Robin Wales, Mayor of Newham council in east London.
"The gambling industry has consistently ignored our pleas to stop blighting our high streets with the clustering of betting shops, which bring anti-social behaviour and crime to the heart of our communities," he said.
The MPs repeated their previous call for the spin speeds of the electronic gambling machines to be reduced to slow down the speed of repetitive betting.
And they also said that the number of betting terminals in each shop should be cut from the current limit of four.
The MPs also took a swipe at the Gambling Commission, which regulates most betting in Great Britain, saying it had been slow off the mark and had failed to do its job properly.
"[We] urge the Gambling Commission to take an active role in advising the government to fully regulate FOBTs and to look into accusations of any malpractice by bookmakers or gambling premises more widely," the MPs said. | The bookmakers' trade body has reacted angrily to a report by MPs on fixed-odd betting terminals (FOBTs). |
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Argyle went ahead after just 15 minutes as Carl McHugh headed in Craig Tanner's cross from the right.
Luton almost levelled when Jack Marriott's cross-shot was turned away by Luke McCormick, who then saved Cameron McGeehan's strike but could not keep out Josh McQuoid's header.
However, Brunt's late close-range finish handed Argyle all three points.
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Luton Town boss John Still told BBC Three Counties Radio:
"Everything went against us today, the three substitutions, player sent off. We came from a goal down, we've tried to win, I didn't want to try and draw!
"I have no complaints about the late goal, the players have done fantastic. In the other games I would have complaints because they were different situations, we had a proper, up and at them, let's try and win this game attitude."
"It's a penalty, we've seen it, with the greatest of respect the assessor said it was a penalty, no doubt about it, but there's nothing we can do about that. " | Ryan Brunt's injury time strike ensured Plymouth remained top of League Two after a hard-fought victory over Luton. |
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Outlook magazine also carried an illustration showing Smita Sabharwal walking the ramp at a fashion show with her political bosses leering at her.
Ms Sabharwal, who works in the office of the chief minister of southern Telangana state, told BBC Hindi the remark was "sexist" and "demoralising".
The magazine told the BBC they were yet to receive any legal notice from her.
"She makes a fashion statement with her lovely saris and serves as 'eye candy' at meetings," the magazine had reported in a recent post, without naming her. It added that her portfolio "is a mystery" and what "she exactly does is a puzzle".
Ms Sabharwal, 38, said the illustration was about her attendance at a recent fashion show in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
"What disturbs me the most is the suggestion that a woman is able to rise in her career because of her beauty. It is very demoralising for the thousands of women stepping out of their homes and making their career," Ms Sabharwal told BBC Hindi's Divya Arya.
Describing the magazine's "outright sexist attitude" as "hurtful", she said she wanted Outlook to apologise.
"In all my 14 years of working as a civil servant, I have never been discriminated [against] or made to feel any lesser because I am a woman or good-looking. It is only now, when I have become the first woman to be appointed to a chief minister's office that I am getting this.
"I have broken a glass ceiling, and clearly some people are not happy with it," she added.
"My work is being undermined by some jealous elements and the lazy irresponsible attitude of the magazine."
Ms Sabharwal has found some support on social media, with many criticising the magazine: | An Indian bureaucrat is suing one of the country's leading news magazines after it described her as "eye candy". |
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The Italian's season-long loan deal at West Ham ended prematurely in January, after he failed to score in 11 games, and he joined Valencia on loan.
Zaza, 25, has since scored four goals in 14 games for Valencia - including two against Granada on Sunday - and the club have now exercised an option to make the deal permanent.
His contract will run until 2021.
Meanwhile, the club's chairwoman Layhoon Chan has announced she will resign on 1 July to be replaced by current executive director Anil Murthy.
Valencia are 12th in La Liga. | Former West Ham striker Simone Zaza has joined Valencia from Juventus in a deal worth £13.7m (16m euros). |
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David Willetts says in a paper for the Social Market Foundation that the number of places needs to grow from 368,000 to 460,000 to meet demand.
Universities have seen a squeeze on places in recent years, with thousands of students failing to get on courses.
The primary school place shortage could go on to hit undergraduates, he says.
The paper from the universities minister is billed as his projection of the future of higher education in the UK.
It seeks to update a report written 50 years ago when just 5% of young people went to university.
The Robbins report called for and led to a bold expansion in university places. It rested on the guiding principle that higher education should be open to all able and qualified enough to go.
Robbins considered what the demand was likely to be over the next 20 years - based on the number of suitably qualified young people, not economic forecasts of future jobs.
The projections in Mr Willetts's pamphlet follow this model and suggests there will be a need for 92,000 more places for England-based students in UK universities in the next 20 years.
He says the current demographic backdrop is very different to the 1960s, when the country was in the grip of a baby boom, because of the fall in the number of babies born in the 1990s.
But he adds: "However, looking ahead to the 2020s, we can see the increase in the number of births since the turn of the century feeding through into more young people. Those pressures have already been felt in our nurseries and primary schools."
He also argues that as educational standards in England improve over the coming years, there will be a greater supply of young people with the potential to go to university, thus increasing demand still further.
And he goes on to highlight differences between the English higher education system and European ones, hinting at a more liberal approach.
He also says: "The English system is quite unusual amongst advanced countries for having such selective systems of entry to university... Other countries allow virtually automatic progression to your local university if you have the requisite qualifications."
Although the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has introduced more flexibility in the system, with universities being allowed to recruit unlimited numbers of brighter students (those gaining certain high grades), overall the numbers have remained fairly static since 2010.
But it is expected numbers will begin to recover again this coming year when admissions quotas for individual universities are being relaxed.
When the Robbins report was published in 1963 there were nearly 216,000 full-time students in higher education. Robbins projected this number would grow to 558,000 by 1980-81.
Director of the Social Market Foundation Emran Mian said: "David Willetts provides a compelling case for expanding higher education. This is our best bet for equipping the UK economy with the skills it needs and improving social mobility."
The report stops short of saying how such demand will be met.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said the pamphlet was Mr Willetts's personal view but would not comment further. | The number of places at UK universities will have to grow by at least a quarter over the next 20 years, the universities minister has warned. |
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The 42-year-old Filipino crew member died when a lifeboat, with five crew, became detached from the fifth deck during a safety exercise.
It fell 10m (33ft) into the water. Two crew members are in hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The accident happened during a stopover in Marseille.
The injured crew members included three other Filipinos and an Indian man, AFP reports.
The Royal Caribbean Cruise company, which operates the Harmony of the Seas, also confirmed the death on its Twitter account. "We're keeping our colleagues and their families in our thoughts and prayers," the company said.
Harmony of the Seas is the world's largest cruise ship at 362m long, and can hold more than 8,000 passengers and crew.
It is higher than a 25-storey building, and longer than the height of the Eiffel Tower. It entered service in May this year.
Among its luxurious facilities are 20 restaurants, 23 swimming pools, a theatre and a casino. | One crew member has died and four others have been injured in an accident on the Harmony of the Seas, the world's biggest cruise ship. |
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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport approved Samsung's plans to test its self-driving technology on Monday.
According to the Korea Herald, the company is using a customised Hyundai car for the tests.
Officials from the technology giant have denied the company has any intention of making cars.
"The test run approval does not mean that Samsung is making a self-driving car", a spokesperson was reported as saying.
"The pilot run is being carried out for software and solution development for an autonomous car, nothing more."
The car will be fitted with laser and radar sensors made by other companies, paired with Samsung's artificial intelligence and deep learning software.
The aim is to teach the AI how to drive better in a variety of conditions, including poor weather.
"Driving is a complex task. Some things can be automated very easily, but a number are difficult to automate, like small manoeuvres," Dr. Siraj Ahmed Shaikh from the Centre for Mobility and Transport (CMT) at Coventry University, told the BBC.
By focusing on "the very fancy cutting edge deep mind technology," Dr Shaikh said, "it's the very difficult decisions in terms of complex manoeuvres that [Samsung] are trying to overcome."
Samsung also plans to develop its own computer modules and sensors, according to South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
In November last year, the company bought US firm Harman, which develops such software and components, for $8bn (£6.2bn).
In January this year, it announced plans to develop a self-driving platform that could be sold to car manufacturers.
"The automotive industry is set up in a similar way to the computer industry, where you can buy a motherboard from one place, and other components from somewhere else and bang them together", Dr Shaikh said.
"The manufacturers have a very good view of the supply chain, what technology is out there, and how to put it together." | Samsung has been given permission to start testing its self-driving cars on the roads in South Korea. |
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Walsh stepped down after a contract dispute with the IABA, saying it had "not made it possible for me to continue on in the role".
"I want a rethink within the next 24 hours by the IABA of their total approach to this," Irish Sports Council chairman Kieran Mulvey told RTE.
"We'll have to review our relationship with the IABA."
Walsh stepped down on Monday after 12 years in the post to take up a new position in the United States.
Ireland won Olympic, World and European gold medals at amateur level during Walsh's successful period as coach.
Mulvey added that a 22 August agreement with the Irish Amateur Boxing Association, relating to Walsh, was never put to its board.
"My view now is that deal should be offered to Billy even at this late date and give up the nonsense that's going on now in the IABA about this," he said.
"What was so unacceptable about the agreement of the 22nd August that it was never put to the board and never put to Billy Walsh even though it was agreed by him - what's the problem? I don't know what the problem is.
"Billy Walsh gave up in frustration - all you have to hear is his statement of a man who does not want to go America but is being forced by the petty indignities he was facing in this country."
The IABA said it had "done its utmost to retain Billy Walsh as Head Coach". | The Irish Sports Council says funding to the IABA will be reviewed after Ireland coach Billy Walsh resigned. |
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The 29-year-old, who captains Spurs, has made 151 Premier League appearances since joining the club from Lyon for an initial £7.8m in August 2012.
The France international, whose previous deal was worth £80,000 a week and was due to expire in 2019, said: "Hopefully the best years are ahead."
Spurs striker Harry Kane signed a new contract earlier this month that ties him to the club until 2022.
Lloris signed a four-year deal when he joined Spurs, then managed by Andre Villas-Boas.
Lyon are entitled to 20% of any profit Tottenham make should they sell Lloris. | Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has signed a new contract until 2022. |
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In a joint Sunday Telegraph article, Philip Hammond and Liam Fox stressed any deal would not be indefinite or a "back door" to staying in the EU.
Their comments are being seen as an attempt to show unity between rival sides in Theresa May's cabinet.
It comes as ministers start to set out their detailed aims for Brexit.
A series of papers are being published, including one this week covering what will happen to the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic after the UK has left the EU.
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Hammond and Mr Fox said the UK definitely will leave both the customs union and the single market when it exits the EU in March 2019.
They said a "time-limited" transition period would "further our national interest and give business greater certainty" - but warned it would not stop Brexit.
"We are both clear that during this period the UK will be outside the single market and outside the customs union and will be a 'third-country' not party to EU treaties," they said.
They said the UK's borders "must continue to operate smoothly", that goods bought on the internet "must still cross borders", and "businesses must still be able to supply their customers across the EU" in the weeks and months after Brexit.
The two leading politicians said the government wanted to ensure "there will not be a cliff-edge when we leave the EU".
BBC political correspondent Ben Wright said Mr Hammond - who is seen to favour a "softer" approach to Brexit - and Mr Fox, one of the most prominent pro-Brexit ministers, had "previously appeared at loggerheads" over the government's strategy on leaving the EU.
Mr Hammond has raised the prospect of a Brexit deal that saw little immediate change on issues such as immigration - something Brexiteers have rejected.
But our correspondent said their article was an attempt to "prove cabinet unity on Brexit".
Meanwhile, former Labour Foreign Secretary David Miliband has called for politicians on all sides to unite to fight back against the "worst consequences" of Brexit.
He described the outcome of last year's referendum as an "unparalleled act of economic self-harm".
Writing in the Observer, he said: "People say we must respect the referendum. We should. But democracy did not end on June 23, 2016.
"The referendum will be no excuse if the country is driven off a cliff."
Negotiations between Brexit Secretary David Davis and EU officials are set to resume at the end of this month.
Mr Davis said the publication of the papers outlining the government's aims for Brexit would mark "an important next step" towards delivering the referendum vote to leave the EU. | The UK will need a transition period to help businesses adjust after Brexit, the chancellor and the international trade secretary have said. |
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Audrey Thom, 58, from Fife, was badly injured in the accident on the A914 between Dairsie Roundabout and Balmullo on Tuesday.
Mrs Thom was a passenger in a grey Mazda 3 when it was involved in a collision with a white Renault Traffic van.
Mrs Thom died on Thursday. The van driver suffered minor injuries.
Police are appealing for witnesses.
Her family said: "Audrey was a much loved wife, mother to three daughters and very recent granny. She will be sadly missed."
Insp Brenda Sinclair, of Police Scotland, said: "We are still making inquiries to establish the full circumstances of this collision.
"We are asking anyone who was in the area at the time and saw these vehicles or who witnessed the collision, to contact us." | A woman has died in hospital two days after a crash involving a car and a van in Fife. |
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Berger also believes the double world champion, 33, will spend the rest of his career at the Surrey-based team.
Alonso has been ruled out of the first race of the season in Australia on 15 March following his crash in testing.
Asked if he expects Alonso to win the title at McLaren, Berger, who drove for the team from 1990-92, told BBC Sport: "Yes - he is a complete driver."
He added: "He should have more championships because he is a big champion. The way that he drives, the killing instinct that he has, he's capable of winning more than two championships."
Spaniard Alonso said in a video message on Friday that he is "completely fine" following the accident at Barcelona on 22 February that left him with concussion.
However, doctors advised him not to race in Melbourne because of the risk of suffering a second concussion.
Berger, the winner of 10 races in an F1 career that lasted from 1984-97, says Alonso, world champion in 2005 and 2006, will have no physical or mental problems once he returns to the track.
"Crashes are part of the game in F1," he said.
"Fernando is such an experienced driver, he will deal with it in a good way and I don't think it's going to have any effect on him. He will be ready to go racing again."
McLaren completed the fewest miles of the nine teams who took part in pre-season testing, as they and new engine partner Honda struggled with reliability issues.
Berger, who drove for McLaren when they previously used Honda engines, expects 2015 to be "a learning year" for the team but believes the Japanese company is "going to get the job done".
He predicts that McLaren will be challenging for race wins in 2016 and targeting the drivers' championship after that.
Berger added: "In my time together with McLaren and Honda, it was extremely professional, extremely competent. There was a big hunger for success so I think this is the culture of Honda.
"I don't think it should matter if tests at the moment are not great or if the first races are not great. It's normal - it would be more of a surprise if Honda were competitive from day one."
The 55-year-old, who has had senior managerial roles in F1 with BMW and Toro Rosso since retiring as a driver, says Alonso should have between three and five years left of his own racing career and believes he will win at least one more title before he finishes.
Berger also expects Alonso, who has joined Britain's 2009 world champion Jenson Button at McLaren, to stay with the team for the rest of his F1 career.
"I think once he signed up for McLaren-Honda, he knows there is going to be a learning period. I'm sure that he is going to be part of this learning," he added.
"Once this is done, I'm sure he wants to take all the fruits from the learning period. I don't think it must be an intention to jump around teams.
"Alonso has some extreme high talent in certain areas, not just in driving skills but in the way he runs the politics." | Fernando Alonso will win the world drivers' title at McLaren, says their former driver Gerhard Berger. |
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East Midlands Trains said services were delayed between Luton and Bedford from about 10:30 GMT due to the injured bird near Flitwick station.
A spokesman said the swan was removed just before 11:00 GMT. The RSPCA said it had to be put down.
Trains on the line run between London St Pancras and Bedford and on to Nottingham and Derby. Thameslink services were also affected.
Trains were expected to return to normal before midday.
An RSPCA spokesman said the swan was put to sleep by a vet. It was not known if it was injured by a train.
"The bird's leg had been totally shattered and the vet considered it the most humane thing to do to prevent further suffering," he said. | Trains were halted in Bedfordshire after a swan was seen on the line. |
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Lerwick Sheriff Court heard how police raided the Mossbank home of Stephen Bell last February.
They found several computers, recording devices and 35 hard drives containing child abuse images.
Bell was jailed for four years and four months.
He was also handed an additional non-custodial sentence of four years, placed on the sex offenders register for an indefinite period, and was issued with a sexual offences prevention order which will closely monitor his future use of the internet.
He had previously pled guilty to the charges, which took place over a five-year period between 1 February 2011 and 1 February 2016 at his home address and elsewhere.
Sheriff Philip Mann told Bell that his offending was of the most serious nature, had taken place over a considerable period of time and was further compounded by his "difficulty in recognising the wrong" he had done.
Procurator fiscal Duncan Mackenzie had earlier described Bell as a man whose life had over time been taken over by obtaining child pornography.
The court was told that the Crown took the decision to fully examine just six of the hard drives, while the remaining 29 drives - which also contained indecent images of children - were previewed.
The forensically examined hard drives revealed more than 100,000 indecent images of children, of which 5,300 were in the most serious category.
Officers also found almost 900 movies with child pornography stored on the devices.
Defence solicitor Tommy Allan described his client as a "loner" who had allowed his obsession to take over his life.
Mr Allan added: "It went out of control, and it was inevitable that at some point it would be discovered."
Det Insp Richard Baird of Police Scotland said: "This was an extremely complex investigation and Bell's system has been described as one of the most intricate ever seen by the specialist computer forensic examiners who worked on the case.
"Possessing indecent images is not a victimless crime and every day children are subjected to dreadful abuse in order to create these materials which are distributed around the world." | A 58-year-old man from Shetland who admitted possessing hundreds of thousands of indecent images of children has been sent to jail for more than four years. |
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However, police figures showed that just 19 of the 459 drivers caught were found to be between Scotland's old and new drink-drive limit.
The drink-drive limit was lowered at the beginning of December 2014.
The seasonal spike contrasts with a fall of 7.6% in the number of drivers caught in 2015 compared with 2014.
A total of 16,225 people were tested between 3 December 2015 to 1 January 2016 (an average of 579 drivers a day) with 459 found to be over the limit.
This compares with a total of 17,504 people tested during the previous festive enforcement campaign when 351 drivers were found to be over the legal limit.
The total number of drivers found to be over the legal limit in 2015 was 5,204 compared with a total number of 5,503 in 2014.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said: "It is encouraging to see that the number of people caught drink-driving has fallen since the introduction of the lower limit.
"Unfortunately, there is still a persistent minority of drivers who continue to ignore the law, particularly during the height of summer and over the festive season.
"Campaigns like this one help to reinforce the message that drink-driving is unacceptable.
"Of the 459 drivers caught drink-driving, just 19 were found to be between the old and new limit.
"This shows that the majority of those caught are well over the limit, which is why we are working with Police Scotland on enforcement campaigns like this to crack down on this persistent minority."
Ch Supt Andy Edmonston, head of road policing at Police Scotland, said: "Despite the encouraging 12 month-drop and general downward trend in the number of drink/drug-driving detections, it is disappointing that during the recent festive drink-drive campaign we caught 459 drivers who were prepared to cause danger to others as well as themselves.
"Road safety is a high priority for Police Scotland throughout the year and our officers will continue to target those who are intent on causing danger to others by driving whilst under the influence of drink.
"I would like to take this opportunity to also thank the many members of the public who phoned the police to report suspected drunk/drug-drivers during the festive period as this helped enable us to take appropriate action."
The drink-drive limit in Scotland was lowered on 4 December 2014, from 80mg of alcohol in every 100ml of blood to 50mg.
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokeswoman Alison McInnes said she was concerned that the number of breath tests conducted by Police Scotland was not recorded outside specific campaign periods.
"Without further information on the overall number of breath tests on motorists outside of drink-drive campaigns it is difficult to draw wider conclusions over drink-drive rates," she said.
"It is time that Police Scotland looked again at recording breath tests so we know whether fewer people are deciding to drink-drive or there are simply fewer people being tested." | The number of people found to be above the drink-drive limit over the festive period went up by almost a third compared with the previous year. |
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The companies face a penalty of 44.6bn won ($39m; £25.2m), said the Fair Trade Commission (FTC).
The regulator said the two firms held secret meetings in 2008 and 2009 to agree on prices for washing machines, flat-panel TVs and laptop computers.
Samsung and LG are the largest makers of the products in South Korea.
"Their price rigging caused damage to many consumers by leading the prices of washing machines, flat-panel TVs and laptop computers to rise more than other competing products," the FTC said.
Samsung was fined 25.8bn won, while LG was fined 18.8bn won. | South Korea's antitrust regulator has fined Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics for conspiring to fix the prices of some appliances. |
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Pilkington impressed for the Bluebirds before being injured in the second half, replaced by Aron Gunnarsson.
The 27-year-old left Turf Moor on crutches and Cardiff manager Russell Slade said he would be assessed when the play-off hopefuls return to Wales.
"He's in a brace so we're taking all precautions," Slade said.
"We just hope it's not too serious because he's done very well since we've converted him up there.
"I thought he was a threat all night for the two Burnley centre-backs."
Cardiff are now four points behind the Championship play-off places in seventh position after the 0-0 draw at Burnley.
Slade said his side fully deserved the point against the Championship leaders, who stretched their unbeaten run to 17 games but saw their lead at the top cut to a point.
Cardiff substitute Kenneth Zahore hit the crossbar with three minutes remaining before Bluebirds keeper David Marshall denied Sam Vokes and Ashley Barnes in injury time.
"Burnley could have stolen it in the dying seconds but on the balance of play that would have been cruel on us," Slade said.
"I thought we created some really good opportunities and probably the best chance came five minutes before those saves Marshall made.
"Zahore came on and had a wonderful chance to nick us a goal.
"The way the game was panning out I didn't think it would end 0-0. Both teams were trying to win a football match.
"There were opportunities at both ends. It was a very competitive Championship game." | Striker Anthony Pilkington will have a scan on Wednesday after suffering a knee injury in Cardiff City's 0-0 draw at Burnley. |
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Louis Simpson has not been seen since a blaze broke out at Fairhurst Hall in Chorley Road, Parbold in Lancashire, at about 15:00 GMT on Sunday.
Police said he was with three boys who have all been found. Firefighters believe Louis "may be inside the barn".
His family have been at the scene while fire crews and police search the area. Police are appealing for information.
Det Supt Neil Ashton said it appeared the group of friends were "playing in a rural setting" and were at the barn when the fire started.
It is not yet known how the blaze started. An investigation into the cause is under way.
Members of Louis' family are doing what they can to help with a search of the surrounding countryside.
Firefighters are damping down the barn, which had been storing about 250 tons of straw. | A 14-year-old boy who was "playing" with friends is missing after a fire at a barn that was storing straw. |
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But plans to develop wind power and export it to Britain are sparking a rural revolt, with local protest groups uniting through social media.
Some claim Ireland will become a wind farm for Britain.
Turbines up to 180m (590ft) tall - half the height of the Empire State Building - are cropping up as part of a drive to meet EU green energy targets and generate 40% of Ireland's electricity from wind.
Revenue, too, will flow by exporting power to Britain under inter-governmental plans.
More than 100 opposition groups have sprung up against new wind farms - all in rural areas - claiming the turbines will ruin the landscape, with noise and shadows blighting homes nearby.
Some have joined forces with groups opposing planned new electricity pylons to upgrade the national power grid.
Wind energy companies say they follow strict Irish planning guidelines, now under review due to new larger turbines and local opposition.
A country pub in County Laois is packed on a Monday night for a meeting of the Laois Energy Awareness Group.
Ray Conroy helped set it up, he says, after energy companies suddenly appeared, doing deals with some locals for turbine sites.
"The first we knew was when our local authorities and government announces 'wey hey - wind farms are coming, and it's a boom for everyone'. It's nonsense," he says.
"Are we going to ruin our environment to save the UK's environment? There's nothing in it for the citizens of this island. The only winners are going to be multinational corporations who are sucking subsidies from the UK taxpayers.
"They're ruining our landscape. There might be some tax revenue in it for our government but, overall, what price are we willing to pay?"
Another speaker wins applause after his account of an anti-wind turbine protest at Vinegar Hill in Wexford - site of a key defeat in a rebellion in 1798 but etched in the folklore of Irish history through song as a place of resistance.
The footprint of history is found too at the rolling estate of Stradbally Hall near the pub. Thomas Cosby's family has been here since the 16th Century, part of the Anglo-Irish gentry.
Behind his stately home, the appearance of a giant mast heralds a wind turbine twice as high.
"It is incredibly beautiful, the hills and the valleys that carry on the whole way across the county," he says.
"For this industrial invasion to come in is going to be absolutely nuts."
He accuses energy companies of operating a "divide-and-conquer attitude" through secret deals with some locals despite the opposition, citing offers of more than 20,000 euros (£16,500; $27,300) a year per turbine - big money in a country seeing hard economic times.
"It's very much a divisive issue, you do see cousins and brothers now falling out over it," he says.
"One fellow is looking at the turbine and getting nothing out of it - and the other is looking out at it and getting his 25,000 euros a year."
Dorothy and Michael Keane's retirement to remote County Roscommon turned to nightmare when wind turbines appeared on the hill nearby.
Noise from the rotating blades caused sleep deprivation and serious illness for both. Under doctors' orders, they abandoned their house.
"I remember coming into this room one day and I could hear this noise and it was driving me up the wall," says Dorothy Keane.
"I remember thinking there wasn't a single solitary room in this house, in our home, where I could go and sit quietly and rest. The absolute silence of your own mind didn't apply here - it was just gone."
Far from any houses, turbines sprout up on the Bog of Allen, where turf harvested for fuel has run out in parts of the vast peat plain blanketing central Ireland.
The graveyard of one energy resource has become the cradle for another through the new wind farms, some for Ireland's power-sharing plans with Britain.
Those in charge here recognise mixed public feelings - but insist they fully consult the community.
"We've said to people that we will only be involved in locating wind turbines where it is deemed appropriate to do so," says the head of Powergen at Bord na Mona, John Reilly.
"We're not in the business of trying to destroy the landscape. We're not in the business of trying to make life more difficult for people, not at all."
Exporting energy helps boost Ireland's economy but is not the driving force for him.
"Our perspective as an energy company is about looking at the way we generate electricity today and the way we need to generate electricity into the future," he says.
"We're focusing on trying to contribute to the decarbonisation of our economy and the decarbonisation of the European economy as a whole."
The fact there was little public protest over the harsh austerity measures that followed the economic crash in Ireland earned IMF and EU praise for the Irish people.
By contrast, the row over wind farms appears to be energising parts of rural Ireland in a campaign which may have taken the country's leadership by surprise in blowing its way to the centre of Ireland's political agenda. | Ireland is short of money but not wind, which now forms a central plank of its energy policy. |
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The German, 31, was adjudged to have broken radio transmission rules and was demoted from second to third place.
Mercedes were found to have gone beyond the degree permitted to help a driver solve a technical problem.
The team said in a statement they "accept the stewards' interpretations of the regulations and their decision".
Rosberg's one-place demotion meant his lead at the top of the drivers' standings was cut to a single point by team-mate Hamilton.
The Formula 1 rules were changed this year to introduce restrictions on how much teams can help drivers while they are out on track.
Teams are allowed to intervene if the car has a "critical problem if a failure of a component or system is imminent and potentially terminal".
Race stewards found Mercedes were allowed to give Rosberg instructions on the settings he needed to resolve the problem.
But they should not have responded to his subsequent question on whether he should then change gear so the car went straight through seventh gear.
Rosberg's engineer Tony Ross replied to the German's information that he had a gearbox problem with the words: "Driver default 1-0-1, chassis default 0-1, chassis default 0-1. Avoid seventh gear, Nico, avoid seventh gear."
Rosberg then asked: "What does that mean? I have to shift through it?"
Engineer: "Affirm Nico, you need to shift through it. Affirm, you need to shift through it." | Mercedes have withdrawn their appeal after driver Nico Rosberg was penalised by 10 seconds during the British Grand Prix, which was won by Lewis Hamilton. |
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Emergency services were called to a "major incident" in Bebington, Wirral, at about 21:15 GMT.
The buildings destroyed included a dance studio for children in Boundary Road, which was unoccupied at the time.
The injured were taken to hospitals in Merseyside and Chester, North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) said.
A number of houses in the immediate area were evacuated and more than 100 people moved to a nearby church, NWAS added.
Dan Stephens, chief officer at Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, said the scale of damage is considerable.
"It's what we would describe as a total collapse, or the explosion has blown the walls out, which has caused the roof to collapse," he said.
"It's a very significant debris field and [there is] lots of structural damage to the surrounding buildings."
The seriously injured people were taken to Aintree Hospital in Liverpool. Others, less badly hurt, were treated at the Countess of Chester and Arrowe Park hospitals in Merseyside. One person was taken to the Royal Liverpool Hospital, NWAS said.
A police investigation is under way.
"We've got officers at all the hospitals. Detectives are gathering the relevant information in relation to victims and we will commence the investigation... from this point on," Ch Insp David Westby of Merseyside Police said.
The fire service has warned that the after effects of the explosion will last for some time.
"This incident is likely to be protracted. This is likely to last several days. There is very significant damage, so it will be some time before people will be allowed back into their homes," Mr Stephens said.
The violent explosion was heard by many people living in the Bebington area, Lew Hopkins, who lives close to the site, said: ""It sounded like an earthquake. Our whole house shook. It sounded like the windows were about to smash in.
"I know people about five, six miles away and they heard the explosion as well. Straight away I ran into the street and all the neighbours were outside."
Another resident, Mark Hamley, said: "There was a sense of quiet at first. Then you'd hear the odd shout or scream and cry.
"My main concern was for my girlfriend and my baby. I wanted to know they were safe. I put some clothes on, went outside and by the time that happened, the police were on the scene."
Josh Parry of The Liverpool Echo told BBC News the dance studio was next door to a Chinese restaurant, where a number of customers may have been injured.
He described a "significant" emergency response with about 12 ambulances and between 30 and 40 firefighters on site.
"There's been a huge amount of National Grid workers here, a huge response from the fire and ambulance and police, but also five or six accounts from people in the area that said yesterday they could smell gas in the area.
"That has not, I must stress, come officially from anywhere yet, but that is something that a number of people who live in the area have said to me," he added.
Local MP Alison McGovern said: "I live in New Ferry. I obviously felt it, didn't know what it was and then it became clear that there had been this very large explosion.
"There's very, very little we can say at this point. I would just ask people to stay away if they can, keep clear of the area and just let the police and the emergency services do their job."
A local churchman, pastor Aaron Partington, opened the doors of the My Life Church in Bebington to offer food and shelter to residents forced from their homes.
"There's been over a hundred people through the doors here. There's been a lot of stunned people," he said.
"A lot of people just feeling really, really at a loss.
"You kind of see this stuff happening on the news in other places, you don't really think it's going to happen on your doorstep."
A message posted on the Complete Works Facebook page said: "We are absolutely devastated that our lovely dance studios were impacted by tonight's events but first and foremost we are so very grateful that no one was in them at the time and now we hope there are no serious injuries and that everyone local is safe."
More than £600 has already been donated to help the dance school recover from the loss of its building.
Lauren Dickson, who set up the Just Giving page to raise funds, wrote: "Please donate anything you can to get Complete Works studios back on their feet.
"Complete Works was a home to 100s of children taught by hardworking Kim McDonald and Victoria Charlton. A devastating gas leak destroyed the whole building and all its contents." | Two people have been seriously injured and 32 others hurt following the collapse of several buildings after a suspected gas explosion on Merseyside. |
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Virgin Trains has started selling tickets for the new return service, which commences from 14 December.
The service includes an early train leaving Stirling at 05:26, arriving at London King's Cross at 10:52.
Scottish government transport minister Derek Mackay welcomed the move as "an undoubted draw for tourists, business and residents" which could bring "significant economic benefits".
He added: "It is my firm belief that using the train is also a sustainable alternative to domestic air travel, and I am delighted that those people who work between central Scotland and London will now have the option of choosing a more environmentally friendly and comfortable way of making their journeys."
David Horne, managing director at Virgin Trains, said the new services "mark a major milestone" for the firm.
The company is also creating new services between the capital and Sunderland and Leeds. | A new direct train service is to be launched linking Stirling with London. |
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The firm set aside the amount on Monday as it announced three separate recalls affecting nearly 1.5 million vehicles.
That follows the 1.6 million vehicles it called back last month over faulty ignition switches.
GM is facing an investigation over its handling of the recall over the faulty switches which can disable airbags.
"I asked our team to redouble our efforts on our pending product reviews, bring them forward and resolve them quickly," said Mary Barra, chief executive of the firm, in a statement.
The recall announced on Monday affects the following models:
GM is under pressure over its handling of a recall earlier this year that involved faulty ignition switches which could turn off the engine and disable airbags.
The carmaker issued that recall in February, but has admitted that employees knew about the problem as early as 2004.
Two US congressional committees have said they will investigate the handling of the issue.
GM has also launched an internal enquiry into the matter.
"We are conducting an intense review of our internal processes and will have more developments to announce as we move forward," Ms Barra said on Monday.
There is a also a dispute over the number of deaths that have been linked to the issue.
GM has said the problem has been linked to 12 casualties.
However, last week a report commissioned by the Center for Auto Safety linked faulty airbags in two of the six models affected by the recall to 303 deaths.
It claimed it had got the number by reviewing US federal crash data for the said models.
But GM has disputed the number in the report, saying it only looked at raw data and did not evaluate the reasons. | US car manufacturer General Motors (GM) expects to spend nearly $300m (£180m) in the first quarter to repair vehicles affected by its recent recalls. |
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Evie and Ossie, rescue cats from the Celia Hammond Trust, have been given the run of four floors at the Whitehall office.
Downing Street has its own mouser - Larry - who was tasked in 2011 with ridding No 10 of a rat problem.
In April, the Foreign Office took on its own mouser, Palmerston, while the Treasury recruited Gladstone in July.
Evie and Ossie are the first to come from the Celia Hammond Animal Trust - Larry, Gladstone and Palmerston came from the better-known Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.
Evie is Ossie's mother - a Cabinet Office spokeswoman said the cats would be looked after with donations from staff and were "settling in really well".
Much of Whitehall seems to have a rodent problem. Larry was first bought after a rat was spotted scuttling past Downing Street's famous front door on live TV. The Foreign Office and Treasury recruited their own mousers this year.
The Cabinet Office has named Evie after Dame Evelyn Sharp, the first female permanent secretary, while Ossie is named after Sir Edward Osmotherly - author of the rules followed by civil servants in giving evidence to select committees.
A spokesman said the cats had arrived a couple of weeks ago, in time for the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Cabinet Office.
"Everybody's been really enthusiastic. They are a very welcome presence in the office," she said.
"They have been settling in and getting familiar with the building."
The cats will be kept indoors and will have four floors to roam around. | The Cabinet Office is the latest government department to turn to cats to try to rid it of its resident mice. |
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The 18-year-old, who has made two Championship appearances, has agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal.
"Rushian is highly thought of at this football club," said Villa manager Steve Bruce.
"I believe he has a bright future in the game. He needs to get his head down now, work hard in training - and the opportunities will come."
Hepburn-Murphy, who made his first-team debut in March 2015 at just 16 years of age as a late substitute in the 4-0 Premier League win at Sunderland, has been on Villa's books since the age of nine.
He also came on late in last season's final home game against Newcastle and has come off the bench twice this season, again at home to Newcastle, then in the New Year defeat at Cardiff City. | Aston Villa's teenage striker Rushian Hepburn-Murphy has signed a new contract with the Championship club. |
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A 36 year old man and a 50 year old woman were arrested in the operation on Friday.
Approximately 143kg of the drug was seized.
A 46 year old man was arrested in a follow up operation. | Herbal Cannabis with an estimated value of €2.8 million has been seized in County Cavan in a joint operation by Gardaí and the Irish Revenue's Customs Service. |
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It could bring an end to eight months of uncertainty for thousands of workers who faced losing their jobs when Tata's UK business was put up for sale.
Tata held talks with unions on Wednesday and said it was "an important step forward" for its future in the UK.
But workers still have to agree to pensions changes and will be balloted.
Almost 7,000 people are employed by Tata Steel across Wales, including more than 4,000 in Port Talbot.
A number of "significant" measures include:
Steel worker Gary Keogh said: "In March we were told we were being sold off and not wanted in the family but now we're a bit more positive.
"It's very complex the pensions issue, every individual has to decide how it works out for them. It's different for everyone financially."
Speaking after meeting with union representatives, Roy Rickhuss of Community Union said: "The past year has been incredibly difficult for steelworkers and their families.
"When Tata announced in March that they planned to sell the steelworks, no one knew if they would have a job by Christmas.
"This proposal would secure jobs for years to come and bring serious investment not just to Port Talbot but to steelworks across the UK.
"Reaching this stage of the process is a credit to the hard work of our members who never gave up the fight to 'Save Our Steel' - it was their jobs on the line and it has been their campaign that has brought Tata to this position."
But he added the pension proposal was "a serious concern" with union representatives agreeing to ballot all members on the proposal in the new year.
Analysis by Sarah Dickins, BBC Wales economics correspondent
Tata's workforce may well have fallen to 6,300 in Wales but it is calculated to inject about £200m a year in wages alone.
On top of that there are thousands of other jobs dependent on the steel company and a supply chain estimated to be worth £3.3bn a year to Wales.
Economists say Tata brings "heft" and with the sort of jobs which are very hard to find elsewhere.
Unite's national officer Tony Brady described the move as "a step in the right direction for our industry" but warned there was "still a lot more that government can and must do".
"The commitments made today by our reps must now be followed by a commitment from the government that they will hold Tata to their word and ensure jobs are protected," he said.
Dave Hulse, GMB's national officer, added the unions would "continue to fight for a level playing field for our industry; for action on energy costs, on business rates, and on the dumping of foreign steel".
Tata Steel confirmed the measures would "would structurally reduce risks and help secure a more sustainable future for its UK business".
Koushik Chatterjee, group executive director Tata Steel and executive director for its European business, said: "There is much more work to be done to make Tata Steel UK more financially sustainable.
"But I am confident that all stakeholders will do all they can to try to ensure that the company will be able to achieve its plan in the coming months and years."
He added: "The trade unions and the company have worked hard to reach today's agreement and I would like to thank them for their efforts and seek their continued support in the future.
"We look to other stakeholders such as the UK government to play their part in addressing the UK's manufacturing competitiveness position especially with relation to energy prices."
First Minister Carwyn Jones welcomed the commitment as "great news", as he announced a £4m Tata skills programme to "support" the company in Wales.
The proposed deal was also welcomed by shadow Welsh secretary Jo Stevens but she said there were "still serious questions to answer to protect the longer term future of steel in Wales and the thousands of dependant jobs".
Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns called it "a welcome development" while the UK government's Business Secretary Greg Clark described Wednesday's development as "important".
Mr Clark added: "The government will continue to work with all parties in achieving this shared goal."
The future of Tata plants has been in doubt after it announced its original intention to sell its UK assets in March.
But this was put on hold as the company considered a European tie-up with German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp.
Other plants which will benefit from the deal being reached include Llanwern, Trostre, Shotton, Corby, Hartlepool and sites in the West Midlands.
The five-year commitment to operating the two blast furnaces is a significant development - workers, unions and both Welsh and UK governments had all been pushing to make sure they remained operational and online.
It is the minimum perhaps that workers would have wanted to see. But it is there and they will be pleased to have negotiated it with Tata.
There is also an aim to avoid compulsory redundancies for the next five years.
The 10-year investment plan at Port Talbot is quite significant again and suggests if Tata is willing to put that kind of money in it is also looking at the plant for the next decade at least.
But pensions remain a major issue.
It will be up to members to decide and unions say this is the best possible deal that could have been negotiated. But both Unite and Community said they are not going to make a recommendation over which way to vote.
Tata has put a lot on the table in terms of investment and it is not clear what would happen to those commitments if this pensions deal was voted down. | A commitment to secure jobs and production at Port Talbot and other steelworks across the UK has been announced by Tata Steel. |
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The Islamists said recent changes to the election law did not go far enough, and warned of further public protests.
But they said they might reverse the decision if there were serious reforms.
A boycott would be a blow for King Abdullah, who has promised reform in the hope of avoiding anti-government unrest in the wake of the Arab Spring.
The Brotherhood said the decision for the Islamic Action Front (IAF) to boycott the elections was approved by the organisation's advisory council.
"The regime has failed to meet reform demands by Jordanians, including the Islamist movement," the Brotherhood's deputy leader, Zaki Bani Rusheid, told the AFP news agency.
The main dispute is over the new electoral law, which allows each voter two separate ballots: one for representatives from local districts and one for candidates competing under a proportional representation at the national level.
But the Brotherhood - and other opposition movements - says an increase of seats allocated for party candidates in the 140-strong lower house of parliament - from 17 to 27 - is not enough.
The Brotherhood is reportedly pressing for at least 30% of the seats in the House of Representatives to be contested under proportional representation.
It argues that the local district system favours tribal candidates.
The IAF boycotted the last elections in 2010, saying it was marginalised at the expense of supporters of King Abdullah.
Correspondents say the Brotherhood's latest move is likely to pile more pressure on King Abdullah, as his promised political and economic reforms appear to be stalling.
While demonstrations have been generally smaller and more peaceful than elsewhere in the region, Jordanians have been pressing for a greater say in how their country is run, and demanding corruption and unemployment be tackled. | Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood has said its political party, the Islamic Action Front, will boycott early parliamentary elections due by the end of the year. |
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There has not been an international match in Pakistan since a 2009 attack on Sri Lanka's team bus killed six policemen and injured seven cricketers.
"Hopefully this win will boost Pakistan cricket and all playing nations will come and play us," said Sarfraz, 30.
Pakistan beat India by 180 runs at The Oval on Sunday.
The United Arab Emirates has become Pakistan's cricketing home in recent years but a World XI is scheduled to tour their country in September for three Twenty20 games.
Speaking about that ICC-sanctioned tour, Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur said: "Hopefully that paves the way for the future.
"I'm sure the nation of Pakistan is really happy tonight because they deserve it. Let's hope this really kick-starts the momentum in Pakistan again."
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Pakistan's thrilling victory over their biggest rivals was set up by Fakhar Zaman's century and a three-wicket burst from opening bowler Mohammad Amir.
Amir, who received a five-year ban from all cricket and served three months in prison following a conviction for spot-fixing in 2010, removed Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
India never recovered from the 25-year-old's spell, and Arthur revealed it was all part of a plan.
"We spoke about it in the team meeting," the South Africa-born coach said. "We thought that if we could get among the Indian top order early, we could probably expose the middle order that hadn't batted a fair amount.
"Amir was the guy that could do that for us. He is a big-match player.
"When the game is on the line, the more he performs, the more amped up he gets.
"He doesn't shy away from big games. He's got a proper big-match temperament, and he showed that today on the biggest stage."
India, the defending champions, were never in the game after falling to 33-3 and then 54-5 in their chase of Pakistan's 338-4.
For the first time in the tournament, their top order failed while their usually reliable spin bowling was costly - Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Kedar Jadhav returned combined bowling figures of 21-0-164-1.
Captain Kohli said: "I want to congratulate Pakistan and their supporters.
"They had an amazing tournament. The way they turned things round speaks volumes for the talent they have.
"It's disappointing for us but I have a smile on my face because I'm very proud of how we've played in this tournament. They outplayed us. They were more intense and passionate on the day."
Media playback is not supported on this device | Pakistan's Champions Trophy victory could encourage the world's top cricket nations to resume touring the country, captain Sarfraz Ahmed says. |
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According to a survey, she is not alone in feeling the stress and strain over her child's revision and exam schedule.
Nearly a quarter (24%) of British parents polled for 5 live said their own mental health had been affected by the pressure of their children's exams.
A quarter also said they had often lost sleep worrying over children's exams.
Two in five parents (42%) said not knowing how to help their children with revision made them feel as if they were "not good enough as parents".
And nearly a third (31%) said they had offered their children money as an incentive to revise in the hope of boosting their grades.
The poll also found that more than half (52%), would like more help and advice on how to support their children through their revision.
The survey of 830 parents of 11 to 18-year-olds was carried out by ComRes for BBC Radio 5 live.
One mother said: "It's hard as a parent because you're not quite sure how productive the time is, if it's effective revision, whether he's procrastinating and not really revising."
One father added: "I can't help her very well academically... you feel the pressure on yourself. The system's changed so much over time - they learn things differently."
Another mother added: "It's hard - you don't have anything there for you because it's all focussed on the children."
Clinical psychologist Dr Anna Colton said she often came across parents who were stressed about their children's exam performance.
But Dr Colton warned there was a danger in parents channelling their own hopes and aspirations into their child.
"Hang on - whose exams are these? It's important to separate your stress and theirs," she said.
The best approach to revision was to give your child a calm, helpful environment at home, she added.
The poll comes as BBC Learning launches its brand new exam initiative The Mind Set - the UK's first national peer-to-peer coaching network for students studying for GCSEs, and nationals in Scotland.
The initiative will help young people overcome exam stress with the help of 12 student coaches who have been there and done it. | "I couldn't help academically because he knows much more than me - I was no use to him," a concerned mother tells BBC Radio 5 live. |
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Gergana Prodanova, 38, went missing last year from the home she shared with her ex-partner, Kostadin Kostov.
Kostov, 42, appeared at Exeter Crown Court accused of murdering her.
He denies killing the mother of their three children, whose body was found nearly two weeks after she disappeared.
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Simon Laws, QC, prosecuting, said the couple had been in a relationship for 15 years prior to Ms Prodanova moving to Exeter, Devon, in December 2015.
"It was a complex and very troubling relationship," said Mr Laws.
"He had used physical violence against her on a number of occasions.
"He was a jealous and controlling man. He would lose his temper, especially when he had had a drink, and he would hit her."
The jury heard Ms Prodanova moved to England on her own, leaving Kostov and her children at home in Bulgaria and soon formed a relationship with another man.
Mr Laws said Kostov flew to the UK on April 21 2016 and moved in with Ms Prodanova in a small flat on Mount Pleasant Road in the city.
He said the prosecution case was that she was killed there on the evening of August 4 by Kostov because he was jealous of her new relationship.
The court heard Ms Prodanova's colleagues at the Great Western Hotel were surprised at her disappearance.
"Then messages were sent by text and Facebook that looked as if they came from her," Mr Laws says.
"Those messages were intended to explain her sudden absence.
Mr Laws said Kostov told police that Ms Prodanova was alive the last time he saw her, that she had received a phone call from her sister to say that her mother was dead and had left the flat.
The trial continues. | A mother was killed by her "controlling and jealous" former partner who stuffed her body into a suitcase before dumping it near train tracks, a court has heard. |
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The Honda 350cc was being ridden by two men on Ninian Park Road at 21:30 BST on Friday when the crash happened.
One man was found with serious injuries and was taken to hospital. The second man left the scene but was located a short time later and is helping police with their inquiries.
The road was closed for four hours while investigations took place. | A man was seriously injured after a motorbike mounted a kerb and hit a wall in Cardiff. |
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Sickness absence totalled 137 million working days last year, the equivalent of 4.3 days per worker, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
When records began in 1993, the equivalent of 7.2 days were lost.
Minor illnesses such as coughs and colds accounted for a quarter of days lost last year, the ONS said.
TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: "It is a myth that UK workers are always throwing sickies.
"We are really a nation of mucus troopers, with people more likely to go to work when ill than stay at home when well.
"Sickness absence rates have fallen steadily over the past decade, and let us not forget that working people put in billions of pounds worth of unpaid overtime each year."
Back and neck pain were high on the list of causes of sickness absence, as were mental health issues including stress, depression and anxiety.
Sickness absence rates were highest in Wales and Scotland, at 2.6% and 2.5% respectively, and lowest in London, at 1.4%.
Other findings for last year included:
ONS statistician Brendan Freeman said: "Since 2003, there has been a fairly steady decline in the number of working days lost to sickness, especially during the economic downturn.
"In recent years, there has been a small rise in the number of days lost, but due to an increasing number of people entering the workforce, the rate per worker and overall sickness absence rate have stayed largely flat."
Sir Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology and health at the Manchester Business School at Manchester University, said that people were frightened of taking time off for sickness, and that presenteeism was a big threat to UK workplace productivity. | Just over four days were lost to sickness per UK worker last year - the lowest since records began, official figures show. |
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Stoke scored three in eight minutes, Mame Biram Diouf netting a brace and Jonathan Walters also on target.
Ex-Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam made it 4-0 from 20 yards before Steven Nzonzi added the fifth from 25 yards.
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Gerrard got one back before substitute Peter Crouch headed Stoke's sixth.
This was no way for a player of Gerrard's stature to bow out.
The Los Angeles Galaxy-bound midfielder managed to mark his 710th and final appearance for the Reds with a 186th goal.
But the 34-year-old was badly let down by his team-mates who were out-classed and out-witted from start to finish.
Liverpool finish the season sixth in the table, enough to secure a Europa League third qualifying round spot.
But boss Brendan Rodgers, who dropped young forward Raheem Sterling to the bench after he turned down a new contract, clearly has his work cut out this summer to rebuild his team.
In contrast, Stoke end a productive campaign ninth in the table after a thumping win.
Mark Hughes's rampant side showed no mercy as they easily swept aside Liverpool in an astonishing first-half display.
Diouf opened the floodgates in the 22nd minute after Simon Mignolet parried Adam's powerful drive into the striker's path.
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It was 2-0 four minutes later, Diouf letting fly from the edge of the area after being afforded far too much time and space.
Liverpool looked shell-shocked when Walters made it 3-0 on the half hour after poor defending by Emre Can allowed the Stoke striker to pounce from close range despite Mignolet's best efforts.
The Reds were a shambles, Adam making it 4-0 after pouncing on a mistake by Lucas Leiva to power home from 20 yards.
It was Steven Nzonzi's who came up with the goal of the game, the French midfielder making it 5-0 from long distance on the stroke of half time.
Rodgers sent on Kolo Toure and Jordon Ibe in an effort to tighten up the defence at the start of the second half.
Gerrard did manage to mark his last game with a goal after a composed low finish.
But another Liverpool old boy restored Stoke's five-goal cushion as Peter Crouch headed home just five minutes after coming on as a substitute.
At the end, Gerrard could not wait to get off the pitch after a miserable farewell appearance.
Stoke City manager Mark Hughes:
"We couldn't have asked for a better finish to a really great season.
"The level of performance in that first 45 minutes was exceptional and I don't think it reflects badly on Liverpool. I think most teams would have struggled to cope with the quality and intensity of our play.
"It is a great performance against a very good team with great individual talents, and we have been able to get the level of performance that I think a lot of people sensed we were capable of.
"Everything came together and we showed what a good side we are."
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Match ends, Stoke City 6, Liverpool 1.
Second Half ends, Stoke City 6, Liverpool 1.
Attempt missed. Adam Lallana (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.
Foul by Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool).
Glenn Whelan (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Henderson (Liverpool).
Erik Pieters (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Stoke City 6, Liverpool 1. Peter Crouch (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mame Biram Diouf with a cross.
Attempt saved. Peter Odemwingie (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Charlie Adam.
Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Marko Arnautovic.
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Lucas Leiva.
Erik Pieters (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Erik Pieters (Stoke City).
Attempt missed. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Jordon Ibe following a corner.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Geoff Cameron.
Attempt saved. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rickie Lambert.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Stoke City. Marc Wilson replaces Marc Muniesa because of an injury.
Delay in match Marc Muniesa (Stoke City) because of an injury.
Goal! Stoke City 5, Liverpool 1. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rickie Lambert with a headed pass.
Substitution, Liverpool. Rickie Lambert replaces Joe Allen.
Attempt missed. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Jordon Ibe.
Adam Lallana (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City).
Martin Skrtel (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City).
Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Odemwingie replaces Jonathan Walters.
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jordan Henderson.
Attempt blocked. Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mame Biram Diouf.
Attempt saved. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Asmir Begovic.
Attempt saved. Adam Lallana (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Gerrard.
Attempt blocked. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Gerrard.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jonathan Walters.
Martin Skrtel (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Martin Skrtel (Liverpool).
Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Asmir Begovic.
Attempt blocked. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Allen. | Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard endured a nightmare send-off in his final game for the club as Stoke embarrassed the Reds with five first-half goals at the Britannia Stadium. |
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The painted hardboard letters - thought to be a reference to the prime minister - were attached to the ancient monument's member on Monday.
But the National Trust, which manages the protected site in Dorset, slammed the prank amid fears it had damaged the well-endowed hill figure.
It said the incident had been reported to the police.
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Some have speculated whether the stunt was a reference to the Tory slogan "Standing up for Britain".
The Cerne Abbas Giant, north of Dorchester, is protected as both a Scheduled Ancient Monument and part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
The conservation charity was made aware of the incident on Monday morning and sent rangers out to remove the letters and assess the damage.
National Trust countryside manager Rob Rhodes said: "It is a time-consuming waste of our resources as a charity to repair the damage and clean up after such incidents when the money we are given could be spent instead on other conservation projects.
"As a Scheduled Ancient Monument, the giant has the highest archaeological protection and any damage from pegging down boards would be an offence. The site is also protected as important chalk grassland for its wildflowers, and the butterflies and wildlife that supports, and is easily damaged.
"The National Trust appeals to anybody who sees any suspicious activity near the giant at any time to call the police." | Pranksters attached giant letters spelling out "Theresa" to the penis of the Cerne Abbas giant hill figure. |
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A review, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, also suggests these patients are less likely to respond to treatment.
Nearly one in 20 people in the UK has this form of depression as a result of childhood abuse, say researchers.
The charity Sane said the study highlighted how damaging childhood trauma could be.
Depression in some form can affect one in five people at some point in their lives. Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College London were investigating depression which keeps on recurring.
They reviewed 16 studies, on a total of more than 23,000 patients, and found that maltreatment in childhood - such as rejection by the mother, harsh physical treatment or sexual abuse - more than doubled the risk of this type of depression.
One of the researchers, Dr Rudolf Uher, said: "If these things happen early in life, it is more powerful."
In the UK, 16% of people develop persistent depression by the age of 33. A quarter of them, or 4% of the whole UK population, were maltreated as a child.
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A separate review on 3,098 people showed childhood maltreatment was also linked to a poorer response to both drug and psychological treatment.
Lead researcher Dr Andrea Danese said: "Even for combined treatments, patients with a history of childhood maltreatment cannot be adequately cared for."
Their report suggests "early preventive and therapeutic interventions may be more effective."
There is no precise explanation of any link between abuse, changes in the body as a child and persistent depression 20 or more years later.
Childhood maltreatment, it is thought, causes changes to the brain, immune system and some hormone glands - some of which are still present in adulthood.
One possible mechanism is what is known as epigenetic changes to the DNA. While there is no change in the genetic code, the environment can alter the way genes are expressed.
Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity Sane, said: "It may seem obvious that traumatic events in our lives can make us depressed, but this study highlights how particularly damaging such traumas can be when experienced during childhood, when our brains are still developing.
"We should all be concerned at how abuse and neglect creates a painful legacy that can last a lifetime, increasing our chances of experiencing repeated episodes of depression and reducing the effects of those treatments that are available to us.
"Yet we should not lose hope. Research such as this can point the way to better treatments and preventative measures." | Childhood abuse doubles the risk of developing multiple and long-lasting episodes of depression, say scientists. |
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The blasts, on the island of Koulfoua on the Chadian side of the lake, struck a weekly market, the sources said.
No group has said it was behind the attacks, but the region is under a state of emergency after attacks by the Boko Haram militant group.
This year thousands of people fleeing the Islamist fighters sought safety on the island.
A police spokesman told Associated Press news agency that three women had carried out the attack on Koulfoua. At least 80 others were injured in the blasts.
Chad has played a key role helping Nigeria recapture areas seized by the group in northern Nigeria.
But as Boko Haram lost territory it stepped up attacks away from its Nigerian strongholds and into remote areas of Chad, as well as neighbouring Niger and Cameroon.
At least 17,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since 2009, when the group launched its violent uprising to try to impose Islamist rule in northern Nigeria, according to Amnesty International. | Three suicide attacks have hit an island on Lake Chad, killing at least 27 people, security sources have said. |
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The release would be rolled out gradually, beginning with video-calling on Thursday, he said.
The news came as it emerged a top EU official wants companies to be required by law to hand over encryption keys.
The EU counter-terrorism coordinator's proposal follows a similar call by Prime Minister David Cameron.
In a document leaked by the civil liberties group Statewatch, Gilles de Kerchove said encryption "increasingly makes lawful interception by the relevant national authorities technically difficult or even impossible".
He wrote: "The [European] Commission should be invited to explore rules obliging internet and telecommunications companies operating in the EU to provide, under certain conditions as set out in the relevant national laws and in full compliance with fundamental rights, access of the relevant national authorities to communications (ie share encryption keys)."
Mr De Kerchove refused to comment on the leaked document.
Earlier this month, Mr Cameron said he wanted internet firms to allow the government to view encrypted messages in order to aid the security services.
But his plans to revive the Communications Data Bill, dubbed the "snoopers' charter", were criticised by civil liberties groups and the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.
Announcing the launch of the beta version of his MegaChat service, Mr Dotcom said that video-calling would gradually be followed by a text-chat service and video-conferencing.
About three years ago, Mr Dotcom's Megaupload site was seized and he was arrested in an armed raid on his New Zealand house.
Announcing the launch of MegaChat on Twitter, he noted the timeline that led from the raid to Thursday's announcement, highlighting the launch of his new site, Mega, and a political party in the subsequent years.
And he wrote: "#Mega offers a security bounty again. Please report any security flaw to us. We'll fix it and reward you. Thanks for helping."
Mr Dotcom still faces extradition from New Zealand to the United States on copyright infringement charges.
In November last year, he said he was "broke" as a result of the consequent legal fight. He put the cost at $10m (£6.4m) since his arrest in 2012. | Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has released an encrypted chat service, called MegaChat, to compete with the Microsoft-owned Skype. |
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Mr Miliband wants British territories such as Bermuda to be internationally blacklisted if they do not compile public registers of offshore firms.
Bermuda's government said it had operated a central registry of companies since the 1940s.
Gibraltar says Labour was being "unfair" as it was subject to EU rules.
Mr Miliband has sent a letter to the leaders of the British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Gibraltar and Montserrat. He also contacted the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.
He said that - under a Labour government - they would have six months to compile a register or face being put on an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development list of "tax havens" list, incurring sanctions.
Bermuda premier Michael Dunkley said it remained open to dialogue with the UK.
A statement from Bermuda's government said it had noted Mr Miliband's comments, but insisted it was an international leader in the registration of companies.
Mr Dunkley said: "The government of Bermuda remains open to continuing dialogue with the UK government, the UK opposition, and all other interested parties, in sharing best practice across borders in areas of corporate transparency, and the fight against fraud and crime.
"We would also remind Mr Miliband of Bermuda's strategic economic contribution to the UK, which includes direct and indirect employment in the UK of 100,000 people, as well as our role as a global hub for the reinsurance and insurance industries, providing the critical underwriting required for damage arising from natural disasters and terrorist events."
Speaking on Sky News's Murnaghan programme, Gibraltar's chief minister Fabian Picardo, said: "The standards that apply in respect of financial services and their provision from Gibraltar are exactly the same standards that apply in respect of London, in respect of Frankfurt and the rest of the EU.
"Therefore it is quite unfair to characterise Gibraltar as a tax haven."
The leader of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party added that ministers were adopting an anti-money laundering directive in September and it was "very unlikely" Gibraltar would find itself on the kind of list proposed by Labour.
Labour argues overseas territories and crown dependencies could help to stop or stem tax avoidance by showing tax authorities who is diverting money into companies there.
Chancellor George Osborne dismissed the Labour leader's plans saying he was "unfit to be prime minister" because he did not understand the current system.
Speaking on The Andrew Marr Show Mr Osborne said: "If you actually look at what he's saying, he wants to blacklist every country of the OECD that doesn't have these central registers.
"Britain is leading by example, it is having new central registers, it is insisting that its overseas territories transparently share information with us.
"But the Labour leader is simply not fit for office because he does not think through the consequences of his anti-business, anti-enterprise and anti-our partners abroad policies."
At the G8 summit in June 2013 the prime minster announced plans to tackle tax avoidance and has encouraged the UK's Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to implement their own public central register.
So far none of the islands and outposts have followed the UK's lead, saying they will not make the change until there is international action. | Bermuda has said it is "surprised and disappointed" to be included on a list of places Ed Miliband says Labour would target in a tax avoidance clampdown. |
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Graeme Morris, 38, assaulted Anne, 63, and Fred, 64, at their house in Troon on 5 October last year after mistakenly believing they harmed him as a child.
Mrs Morris died because of a serious heart condition she suffered from.
Morris admitted culpable homicide and assault. He will only be released with the approval of Scottish ministers.
Morris' detention was ordered by judge Lord Uist at the High Court in Edinburgh.
The court heard he had been diagnosed as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and would pose a danger to the public if not treated in conditions of high security.
At an earlier hearing, Lord Uist was told that Morris, a former student at Glasgow School of Art, was obsessed with the idea that he was a genius.
He was described as "strange and eccentric" said advocate depute Andrew Miller, prosecuting.
He also came to believe that, somehow, he had suffered as a child at his parents' hands.
Former girlfriend Emma Russell had been worried about his increasingly strange behaviour during the months leading up to the attack.
She contacted a doctor and Morris was put on a waiting list to see a psychiatrist.
On 5 October last year, Morris travelled from Brighton to Troon and turned up at his parents' bungalow without warning.
The couple were sitting in their conservatory when Morris began to shout abuse.
He grabbed his mother, who was on a couch, by the hair before punching his father to the floor.
As Mrs Morris tried to struggle to her feet, her son slapped her face.
Morris then continued battering his father as he lay on the ground, stripping him to his socks and kicking him.
When Mr Morris Snr arrived at a neighbours' house pleading for help they did not recognise him because his head was covered in blood.
Morris fled just before police arrived and took a train to Glasgow. The officers found his mother slumped on a sofa and apparently not breathing.
Morris was detained as he got off a train later that day at London's Euston Station, then brought back to Scotland for questioning.
He confessed to hitting his parents but added: "I didn't murder my mother. I didn't have any intention of murdering either of my parents or killing them or for them to die."
The court was told Mrs Morris died because of a heart condition, diagnosed in 1996 and known to her family.
Mr Miller said: "The effect of this condition was that any strenuous physical activity or stressful situations had the potential to be life-threatening."
Mr Morris spent seven days in hospital following the attack, receiving treatment for injuries including a fractured eye socket. | A man who killed his mother and battered his father at their Ayrshire home is to be detained indefinitely at the State Hospital at Carstairs. |
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Chopra, 80, died on Sunday. His funeral is scheduled to take place on Monday afternoon.
His body is being kept for public viewing in a studio at the production house he set up in the 1970s.
Over five decades, Chopra, dubbed the King of Romance, gave Bollywood some of its biggest blockbusters.
His film studios, Yash Raj Films, helped establish some of Indian cinema's biggest names, including Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan.
Almost all the big names from the industry turned up at the Yash Raj studios on Monday but more importantly, hundreds of fans - people who have watched and loved his movies over decades - have also been allowed to pay their last respects, the BBC's Shilpa Kannan reports from outside the studio.
One of his contemporaries, director Shyam Bengal, said Chopra's death was a huge loss to the industry.
"Yash Chopra revived the big studio format, he brought in a culture that didn't exist before. New talent was encouraged and nurtured under him. It has created a stable of talented directors who have made some of the biggest hits in recent times."
Top Bollywood stars took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to pay tributes to Chopra.
"Yash Chopra - 44 years of association... of creativity, friendship, fun and family ties," tweeted superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who starred in some of Chopra's biggest hits including Deewar (Wall) and Kabhi Kabhie (Sometimes).
In his tribute, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described Chopra as an "icon of Indian cinema" and said that he had entertained many generations "with his rare creativity".
"His flourish to essay romance and social drama was unmatched," the prime minister said, adding that the filmmaker had established the international reputation of Indian cinema.
Singer Lata Mangeshkar said: "He made me sing in all his films. He was a jovial person... Even when he was angry, he simply kept quiet."
Chopra started his film career working for his brother before establishing Yash Raj Films and going on to produce more than 40 movies - 12 of them as director.
He was behind major hits including Dil to pagal hai (Heart is mad) and Chandni (Moonlight).
Dilwale dulhaniya le jayenge (The big hearted will take the bride), which Chopra produced and his son Aditya directed, is the longest-running movie in India and is still packing in the crowds in Mumbai cinema halls after more than 18 years.
On his birthday last month, he said Jab tak hai jaan (Till I am alive) - being released next month - would be his last film as a director. | Bollywood stars and fans have been paying tribute to one of India's most influential film-makers, Yash Chopra, who died from dengue fever in Mumbai. |
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An online poll commissioned by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (Fare) also found 92% of Australians believe alcohol is linked to domestic violence.
Fare surveyed 1,820 people across Australia.
However one alcohol industry lobby group rejected the study as "all spin and no substance".
Source: Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education
Fare chief executive Michael Thorn told the BBC the research suggested Australians were concerned about the harm caused by alcohol, but that many were resistant to changing their own behaviour.
"Australians should think about the annual alcohol toll: 5,500 deaths, 160,000 hospitalisations, 70,000 assaults," he said.
"We know what the solutions are. Fix the way alcohol is taxed, reduce its availability, and cut back on the way it is promoted including phasing out sports sponsorship."
The survey also found most people believe the alcohol industry should be held responsible for harm cased by drinking.
Alcohol Beverages Australia dismissed the poll as sensationalist and lacking in evidence, and that most Australians used alcohol in moderation.
"The focus should be on properly establishing and addressing the causes of family and domestic violence, not simplistically blaming alcohol for its prevalence," said the body's executive director, Fergus Taylor.
The World Health Organization ranks Australia 19th on the global alcohol consumption ladder, ahead of Ireland at 21, the UK at 25, New Zealand at 31, Canada at 40 and the United States at 48. | The vast majority of Australians worry that national drinking habits are excessive, according to new research. |
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The decision raises the possibility that Spain may be forced to hold a third election after seven months of uncertainty.
Mr Rajoy said he would try to form a new government if asked by the king.
The PP is the largest party in parliament but cannot form a coalition.
June's general election was the second in six months, after a poll in December was inconclusive.
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The PP - which claimed Spain's improved economic performance showed its policies were working - won 137 seats in the 350-seat parliament, up 15 from the 122 they won in the December ballot.
But Pedro Sanchez, whose PSOE came second in June, insisted there would be no "grand coalition" of the main right- and left-wing parties, as has been seen in other European countries.
"Right now, his Popular Party has no support. Right now, the Socialist party reaffirms its vote against Rajoy," he said.
However Mr Sanchez also said he would do anything to avoid a third election, a prospect described by Mr Rajoy as "madness".
The left-wing Unidos Podemos alliance - which had been expected to become the country's main left-wing party but in fact lost more than a million votes and came third - has also rejected a deal with the PP.
Its leader Pablo Iglesias said the Socialists now had to come to an agreement with either the PP or Podemos or Spain would have to hold a third election.
Meanwhile centre-right Ciudadanos, which came fourth, said it was prepared to abstain in any vote over a possible new coalition to give it a chance of success.
MPs are due to assemble next Tuesday, after which King Felipe VI will consult party leaders and could nominate one of them to try to form a government.
December's election was a watershed for Spain, because the PP and the PSOE had previously alternated in power since the restoration of democracy in the 1970s. | There is no end in sight to Spain's political deadlock after the Socialist party leader again ruled out supporting re-election for acting PM Mariano Rajoy's People's Party (PP). |
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Pompey showed more vim and vigour in attack than the Premier League side and took the lead when Gary Roberts tapped in Marc McNulty's cross.
The Cherries came alive in the last 20 minutes and equalised through Josh King, who headed in from eight yards.
Pugh made it 2-1 the 83rd minute when his header went in off Adam Webster.
For 70 minutes, Bournemouth gave the impression of a side who viewed the FA Cup as a distraction.
Eddie Howe made 10 changes to the starting line-up that drew against Sunderland, but the replacements did little to prove to their manager they are worth a regular spot in the first team.
The double substitution of Pugh and Matt Ritchie in the 62nd minute changed the dynamic of the Bournemouth attack, as the Premier League side finally gained control on the pitch.
They levelled matters through King, who provided the deftest of touches on Eunan O'Kane's free-kick from the right. Irishman O'Kane was one of the shining lights for the Cherries.
With Bournemouth eager to capitalise on their dominance, Lewis Grabban drove forward on the right and drove in a shot that was saved by Ryan Fulton. However, the loose ball fell to the fast-arriving Pugh, who nodded in via Webster.
Since winning the FA Cup in 2008, Portsmouth have suffered relegations, points deductions and two administrations.
The club is now run by a supporters' trust, and today those who have backed them could be heartened that there may be better days ahead.
Pompey will perhaps rue not making the most of their golden spell in the first half, when they had the Cherries pressed up against a wall.
Aside from the goal, McNulty forced a great save from Adam Federici and scorer Roberts fired wide from six yards with just the keeper to beat.
Paul Cook's side are seven points adrift of an automatic promotion spot in League Two - but repeat displays will surely see them in the shake-up in May.
Portsmouth manager Paul Cook:
"I'm very proud of our football club. Eventually Bournemouth's quality came to the fore.
"We have big days in front of us.
"You don't have to win to get clapped off. We didn't win but we were clapped off.
"We turned up today after losing last week to Oxford."
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe:
"Give credit to the way Pompey played, they could have gone direct but played very well. We're glad we're through.
"We were poor in the first half. You have to give them a lot of credit for the way they played.
"The players showed real character. Once we made the substitutions we were the better team.
"The tempo of the game was high and we didn't deal with it very well. As the second half wore on we created more chances."
Pompey face Morecambe away on Tuesday, and the Cherries are back in Premier League action at Crystal Palace on the same day. | Substitute Marc Pugh's late header ended the FA Cup hopes of League Two side Portsmouth as Bournemouth advanced into the fifth round. |
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The Democrat Party had argued that the poll violated the constitution for several reasons, including that it was not completed in one day.
The government blamed the delay on the opposition blocking polling stations.
Thailand has been in a political crisis since mass anti-government protests kicked off in November.
They were sparked by a controversial amnesty bill which critics said would allow former leader Thaksin Shinawatra to return to Thailand without serving time in jail for his corruption conviction.
By Jonathan HeadBBC News, Bangkok
It is not easy to fathom the reasoning behind a constitutional court that once sacked a prime minister for appearing on a TV cooking programme, and which recently stated Thailand was not ready for high-speed rail while it still had unsealed roads.
But this important institution, created to check the power of elected governments, has played a central role in recent Thai history. Almost all its major rulings have been unfavourable to the ruling Pheu Thai party and its overlord, Thaksin Shinawatra.
Leaders of the opposition Democrat party told me they were confident the election, certain to be won by Pheu Thai, would be annulled by the court. So the rejection of their petition must have come as a surprise.
But the top courts are sure to be called on again to challenge the governing party's legitimacy. And another notionally independent institution, the Election Commission, is infuriating the government by its clear reluctance to restage voting in areas disrupted by anti-government protesters. The result is a prolonged political vacuum that almost invites judicial intervention.
The demonstrators have since called for the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thaksin's sister, to make way for an interim replacement that will bring in anti-corruption reforms.
Ms Shinawatra had called the election in the hope of defusing the crisis.
But the Democrats refused to contest the election - which they were almost certain to lose - arguing that reform of Thailand's political system must come first.
The government was understandably nervous about this ruling, the BBC's South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head reports from Bangkok.
The constitutional court annulled a previous election seven years ago for seemingly trifling irregularities, he says.
It has also twice dissolved previous incarnations of the ruling Pheu Thai party and twice forced prime ministers from office.
This time though, the court dismissed the petition saying there was no credible evidence that the election had violated the constitution.
It also rejected a request by the Pheu Thai party to find the Democrat Party's behaviour toward the election unconstitutional.
The opposition movement has not exhausted legal avenues for blocking the government, our correspondent says.
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They are still hoping an official corruption investigation into Ms Yingluck and other ministers will prevent her from forming a new government.
Wiratana Kalayasiri, a former opposition lawmaker and head of the Democrat Party's legal team, who brought the opposition petition to court, said: "This case is over".
"But if the government does anything wrong again, we will make another complaint," he told the AFP news agency.
Millions were prevented from voting because anti-government protesters forced the closure of hundreds of polling stations in Bangkok and in the south on election day.
It means the results of the election cannot be announced until special polls have been held in the constituencies that missed out on the 2 February vote.
The Election Commission said on Tuesday that those elections will be held on 27 April.
However, no decision has yet been made on the 28 constituencies where no candidates stood in the election. | Thailand's constitutional court has rejected an opposition request to annul the 2 February election, citing insufficient grounds. |
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Grainger, who is chasing a record fifth Olympic medal in Rio, was fourth at the European Championships with Thornley.
Team performance director Sir David Tanner said: "After Lucerne, Katherine and Vicky will be given the opportunity to be considered for the eight."
Constantine Louloudis and Pete Reed also miss the event because of illness.
Louloudis has a virus and is replaced by Callum McBrierty in the men's four, who won gold at the European Championships earlier in May.
Reed has been struck down by the same illness and his place in the men's eight is taken by Alan Sinclair.
The women's eight won gold in Germany and are unchanged for the regatta on the Lake Rotsee in Switzerland, which will be a step up in class from the European Championships because many of the world's best crews will be racing.
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Britain's team for the Olympics is due to be finalised on 9 June, with the last regatta before Rio at the World Cup in Poznan on 17-19 June.
That date will also represent an opportunity for Kat Copeland and Charlotte Taylor to race again.
They failed to make the A final in the lightweight women's sculls in Brandenburg and have also been rested for the trip to Switzerland.
Elsewhere, Olympic, European and World champions Helen Glover and Heather Stanning will be aiming to continue their unbeaten run in the women's pair which stretches back to 2011.
Last year's world silver medallists Richard Chambers and Will Fletcher are in the lightweight men's double after they missed the European Championships because Chambers was recovering from injury. | Olympic champion Katherine Grainger and Vicky Thornley have been left out of the women's double at this weekend's World Cup regatta. |
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Rother District Council allocated £51,000 in its draft 2017-18 budget for lifeguard provision at Camber Sands in East Sussex.
A council committee has now recommended the funds be approved as part of the authority's budget setting next month.
The scheme would see RNLI lifeguards on the beach from Whitsun until the end of the school summer holidays.
The popular sandy beach can attract up to 25,000 people "on a fine day", according to the council.
Among those who have demanded action are relatives of five young men who died during a day-trip to the beach last August.
A month earlier, two others also lost their lives.
Tony Leonard, district council executive director of business operations, said: "Safety at Camber is kept under constant review."
He said that prior to last summer, the beach always had a very good safety record.
But he added: "The beach is three miles long and up to 700m wide at low tide, therefore it can never be completely risk-free."
Full inquests into the deaths are awaited. Mr Leonard said the council would act on any recommendations the coroner might make.
A decision on whether to introduce the service will be put to a council vote on 27 February after being considered by its cabinet on 13 February.
Five men from south-east London died on 24 August:
Two others also lost their lives in July: | Plans for lifeguards at a beach where seven people drowned last summer are "on track", a council has said. |
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Residents say one of the bombs went off inside the Farm Centre mobile phone market, and the other at the entrance.
No-one has said they are responsible but militant Islamist group Boko Haram has previously targeted Kano.
On Tuesday, more than 30 people were killed by a suicide bomber in the north-eastern Yola city in an attack blamed on Boko Haram.
Facebook activated its safety check feature for the first time in Nigeria, after the Yola attack.
President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the Kano and Yola attacks as barbaric.
Witnesses told AFP news agency the explosions in Kano went off just after 15:00 GMT.
Six people were said to have arrived at the scene but two got out of their vehicle and four left before the explosion.
Female suicide bombers have attacked Kano before.
In July Kano was attacked by a female suicide bomber who blew herself up outside a mosque killing herself and injuring another person.
A more deadly attack in November 2014 killed more than 100 people at the central mosque.
Nigerian officials say many girls are forced to become suicide bombers, and are told that if they refuse they will be killed.
The Global Terrorism Index says 6,644 deaths were attributed to Boko Haram in 2014, making it the world's deadliest militant group.
On Tuesday, President Buhari ordered the arrest of his predecessor's security adviser, for allegedly stealing some $2bn (£1.3bn) meant for military equipment.
Nigerian soldiers have complained that despite the military's huge budget, they were ill-equipped to fight Boko Haram.
Although the military has this year retaken most of the territory the group had captured.
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Who are Boko Haram? | Two female suicide bombers have killed 11 people in a market in northern Nigeria's main city, Kano, police say. |
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It fell to as low as 62.49 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday.
The decline in the currency comes as foreign investors have been pulling money out of the country amid worries of a slowdown in economic growth.
India has put restrictions on money that can be sent out of the country in an attempt to prop-up the currency.
International investors have withdrawn $11.58bn (£7.4bn) in shares and debt from India's markets since the beginning of June, according to official data,
India's central bank has also increased the interest rate at which it lends money to other banks and also put a cap on their daily borrowings in an attempt to support the currency.
Policymakers have also introduced other measures, such as higher import duties on gold and a ban on imports of gold coins and bars.
The Indian rupee has declined by nearly 16% against the US dollar since May. The drop has coincided with a slowdown in the country's growth rate.
Asia's third-largest economy grew at an annual rate of 5% in the 2012-13 financial year, the slowest pace in 10 years.
By Linda YuehChief business correspondent
At the same time, India's current account deficit has been growing, triggering further fears over its economic and financial health.
A rising current account deficit affects a country's foreign exchange reserves as well as the value of its currency.
The combination of all these factors has sparked comparisons to the financial crisis that India faced in 1991. In July that year, the rupee eventually fell by more than 32% against the US dollar after foreign exchange reserves were depleted.
The issue resulted in the country being rescued by the International Monetary Fund.
Over the weekend, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tried to allay fears that India was facing a similar situation.
He said that back in 1991, the country had foreign exchange reserves only for 15 days, while currently it has reserves of six to seven months.
"So there is no comparison. And no question of going back to [the] 1991 crisis," Mr Singh told the Press Trust of India. | The Indian rupee has continued to fall, hitting a fresh all-time low against the US dollar, despite recent measures by the government to stem its decline. |
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Farriss, 57, caught his left hand while operating a winch on his boat in Sydney last month, severing his ring finger.
He has undergone surgery twice to try to reattach the finger but has been left with permanent hand damage.
In an email to his brothers and bandmates he reportedly said the situation was "horrific".
"I don't know if I will be able to play properly again," local media quoted him as saying.
The band's manager, Chris Murphy, said Farriss was now home and undergoing physiotherapy to help him regain some movement
"He is getting the best possible care and we hope with time he will regain movement in his finger. This was a terrible accident, we are all here to support him."
Farriss has since thanked fans for their messages, posting on Facebook that he was "overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and well wishes".
"Thank you all, I'm feeling the love and it's really helping me get through this nightmare."
Farriss is a founding member of INXS, which was one of the world's biggest bands in the 1980s and 1990s.
The Australian band stayed together after the suicide of frontman Michael Hutchence in 1997, taking on a series of guest singers.
They officially retired in 2012 but their "Very Best" album, released in 2014, became Australia's top-selling album that year. | INXS guitarist Tim Farriss has said he may never play the guitar properly again after severing his finger in a boating accident. |
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Sheila Hynes, 72, died days after an operation at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle in March 2015 to replace two heart valves.
The hospital admitted one of the valves had been inserted the wrong way round.
Surgeon Asif Shah told an inquest he had to reinsert the new aortic valve after a stitch cord snapped.
He said: "The procedure was going OK until the very last moment when I was tying down the mechanical valve and the stitch cord snapped."
Mr Shah, who the inquest heard had carried out more than 350 open heart operations since starting at the Freeman in January 2015, said he gave the valve to a nurse to hold as he readied to re-fit it.
The surgeon said the valve was then placed on its mounting the wrong way round - something he said he was unaware could happen.
Two attempts were then made to re-start Mrs Hyne's heart but both times tears were found in a ventricle and she suffered massive internal bleeding.
Later during the day-long surgery Mr Shah asked for seniors colleagues' help, at which point the valve error was first considered.
He said a senior colleague said he looked tired, and told him: "You've had a long day, you just go and have a cup of tea, take a break and I can replace the valve."
Mrs Hynes, a great-grandmother, had complained of shortness of breath and the operation to replace the aortic and mitral valves was aimed at relieving her symptoms and extending her life.
Mr Shah said the operation had been brought forward because Mrs Hynes' grandson was getting married later that year and her sister was terminally ill.
The inquest continues. | A cardiac surgeon whose patient died following an operation said he did not know a heart valve could be put in the wrong way round. |
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Dr Morris Fraser was the senior psychiatric registrar at the Royal Victoria Hospital's child guidance clinic in Belfast.
He also wrote the book Children in Conflict, about how the Troubles in Northern Ireland affected children.
The study into Fraser's activities was produced by academic Dr Niall Meehan.
It highlights a catalogue of failures by the authorities that enabled Fraser to remain on the medical register despite being convicted twice - in 1972 in London and in 1974 in New York - for child abuse.
As a result, Fraser continued to have access to vulnerable children and to sexually abuse them for a period of about 20 years.
Dr Meehan said the General Medical Council, London's Metropolitan Police and the Royal Ulster Constabulary did not tell the Royal Victoria Hospital that Fraser had been convicted of child abuse.
He added that Fraser's victims required justice, and the onus is now on the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in England and Wales to investigate how the authorities' dealt with Fraser.
"The Goddard inquiry, which is looking into child abuse in Britain, must look at the interaction between abuse in Northern Ireland and abuse in Britain," he said.
"The police should have told the hospital when they detected Fraser's abuse in 1971," he said.
"It must be surely assumed that Fraser was allowed to continue his work in return for providing some form of services to the authorities.
"These are very serious concerns - the point is the authorities must answer for this."
It is understood a Freedom of Information request regarding Fraser was turned down in 2015 for reasons of national security.
Dr Meehan said that fuelled the suspicion that "he was working for the authorities in some way".
"People talk about these matters being in the past but the victims of this abuse are alive - these are matters of the present," he added.
"Children were abused while the authorities knew that they were being abused."
Richard Kerr, who now lives in Texas, was one of Fraser's victims.
He was about 12 years old when he was first taken to the psychiatrist's clinic at the Royal Victoria Hospital along with his sister.
On his second visit, he was alone.
"He asked me to stand up and take my shorts down," Mr Kerr said.
"For some reason, within a minute, he had some sort of Polaroid camera. He started taking shots.
"He said not to worry - he's a doctor. But I felt embarrassed."
Two years later, Richard was sent to Kincora boys' home, the centre of an abuse scandal between the late 1950s and early 1980s.
Richard, who was abused at the home, felt increasingly isolated and vulnerable.
He said those in positions of power exploited vulnerable children.
"The only people I knew were my abusers and the only thing I had to do was to try and please them, because I had no one else to turn to," he said.
"They used me to go out to other locations and be with different men.
"Back then, no one believed me. I didn't think anyone would believe me.
"They use your troubled past against you." | A new study has found that a doctor in Belfast was able to continue working with children after he had been convicted for child abuse in the 1970s. |
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The global economy is likely to grow at a slower rate than previously forecast over the next two years, the organisation said in its latest report.
It said it now expected the eurozone to remain in recession in 2013, having previously predicted growth.
The UK's growth forecasts have also been revised down.
The IMF said continued problems in the eurozone were weighing on the global economy.
"The euro area continues to pose a large downside risk to the global outlook," the IMF report said.
"In particular, risks of prolonged stagnation in the euro area as a whole will rise if the momentum for reform is not maintained."
The eurozone's economy is now forecast to shrink by 0.1% this year. Just three months ago the IMF had forecast 0.2% growth.
By Stephanie FlandersEconomics editor
Earlier there were signs that some confidence had returned to European markets, with Portugal returning to the bond market to borrow money from investors for the first time since seeking a eurozone bailout in 2011.
Its offering of 2bn euros of five-year bonds was four times oversubscribed by investors.
But overall, the IMF now forecasts that the world economy to grow by 3.5% this year and 4.1% in 2014, 0.1 percentage points lower than stated in October's forecasts.
Most of that growth is predicted to come from developing economies, rather than the developed countries still emerging from recession.
Earlier this month, the World Bank also cut its global growth forecasts blaming the slow recovery of developed nations.
The prospects for the UK's economy have also worsened in the last three months, the IMF forecasts suggest.
Previously it forecast growth of 1.1% this year and 2.2% next year. That has now been revised down to 1% and 1.9% growth respectively.
The IMF said the challenges facing developed economies remained the same.
"Most advanced economies face two challenges. First, they need steady and sustained fiscal consolidation. Second, financial sector reform must continue to decrease risks in the financial system," the report said.
"Addressing these challenges will support recovery and reduce downside risks." | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned again of a weakening global economic recovery despite government efforts to stimulate growth. |
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Robert Hogg was due to be sentenced at Dundee Sheriff Court after admitting targeting the woman between January and March this year.
The court heard previously that the woman had been left frightened by the content of the emails.
Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC issued a warrant for the 47-year-old's arrest.
Depute fiscal Stewart Duncan earlier told the court: "The complainer was using her laptop and noticed a large amount of emails in her junk mail folder.
"She opened the folder and found 500 emails from the accused.
"She opened several of them and was frightened by their content, some of which related to her studies, some was of a sexual nature and others referred to conversations she had with her father on Twitter."
The woman then blocked Hogg on the social networking site, but he sent her a further 25 emails in the next seven hours.
Some of those referred to the fact he had been blocked by her on the site.
The victim then contacted police who raided Hogg's home and seized two computer units.
They discovered all the emails had been sent from addresses attributed to Hogg and internet searches about her had been carried out.
Hogg had accessed her Twitter account several hundred times and saved various photos of her from her public profile into a folder under her name.
Mr Duncan said: "Some of the emails were of a sexual nature and some implied he had been watching her at her work."
Hogg, of Dundee, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to a charge of stalking the woman between 1 January and 25 March 25. | A cyber stalker who sent a woman more than 500 emails, some of a sexual nature, is being hunted by police after failing to turn up at court. |
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The body of James Nicholls, 29, from Long Eaton, was discovered on Tuesday by workmen at High Melton College where he was a student.
South Yorkshire Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious.
Deputy Principal of the college Catherine Parkinson said: "Our sincere and heartfelt condolences go out to the family at this unimaginably sad time".
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High Melton is a campus of Doncaster College.
A force spokesman said inquiries were ongoing to determine the exact circumstances around Mr Nicholls' death. | A man whose body was discovered in a sewage tank at a Doncaster college has been identified by police. |
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Medical professionals were quick to point out that the condition can be remedied quickly.
But what is walking - or atypical - pneumonia and how serious a setback is it for US Democratic presidential candidate?
Pneumonia is an infection of one or both lungs and is usually caused by bacteria. As the body attempts to fight the infection, the airways become inflamed and fill up with fluid. The disease is most dangerous among the young and the elderly.
Walking pneumonia is a non-medical term used to describe a mild form of pneumonia, which is often the result of an inhalation of bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae or Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
The symptoms of the infection can vary in severity.
Walking pneumonia is so mild that it can often be mistaken for a cold. Sufferers, although unwell, may feel healthy enough to continue to work. It rarely requires hospitalisation and can be cured in as little as a week.
In fact, Mrs Clinton said after emerging on Sunday from her daughter's home in New York: "I'm feeling great. It's a beautiful day in New York."
The condition causes coughing and sneezing and can result in fever-like symptoms, a high temperature, headaches and difficulty breathing - which can lead to dizziness and exhaustion. It also causes dehydration.
Anyone can contract pneumonia, which affects millions of people each year. Those who have respiratory health conditions such as lung disease or asthma are at risk of more severe manifestations of the illness.
The disease is contagious and spread through close contact, transmitted through sneezing or coughing. However the contagious period usually lasts less than 10 days.
As a presidential candidate, Mrs Clinton was at high risk of infection, according to Dr William Schaffner, an infectious diseases specialist at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
"Candidates are constantly out in enclosed spaces, face to face with myriads of people,'' he said. "It's an ideal opportunity for the transmission of a respiratory virus."
In contrast to the more serious form of the condition, walking pneumonia can usually be treated effectively with a prescription of antibiotics taken at home with rest and by drinking plenty of fluids.
Mrs Clinton's doctor said in a statement that she had been prescribed antibiotics and advised to rest and modify her schedule. | Hillary Clinton was suffering from "walking pneumonia" when she buckled and lost her balance as she left the 9/11 memorial ceremony on Sunday, it has been revealed. |
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Advocate depute Paul Kearney was making his closing speech in the trial.
Antoin Duffy, 39, his cousin Martin Hughes, 36, and Paul Sands, 32, deny being involved in a murder plot against Mr Adair and Sam McCrory.
Mr Adair and Mr McCrory were once high profile figures in the UDA.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Mr Kearney told the jury: "You must put aside all emotion and act like judges."
The prosecutor said: "The two subjects of this conspiracy are not nice men. They are convicted terrorists."
He told the jury that audio evidence was "compelling".
The jury has heard that Mr Hughes and Mr Duffy drove from Glasgow to Ayrshire on October 1, 2013.
Undercover police also followed Mr Hughes' car, which had been bugged by police, and saw Mr Sands get into the car with them. They were heard to chat about guns and the best places to shoot Mr Adair and Mr McCrory as they drove around the area where Mr McCrory lived.
Mr Kearney said: "It is the clearest evidence of agreement of a conspiracy. It can't be denied what was said. It is a lengthy and detailed discussion of a plan to murder while they drive round the area.
"There is mention of Adair and McCrory. There is a discussion about what order it would be better to carry out the murders, what weapons to use. There is considerable and compelling evidence that all three men are conspirators."
Two other men Craig Convery, 37, and Gordon Brown, 29, are also on trial accused of charges of being involved in organised crime. They deny the charges against them.
The trial before judge Lady Scott continues. | A prosecutor has told a jury there was "considerable and compelling evidence" that three men conspired to murder former Loyalist leader Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair. |
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Nicholas Smith, 66, of Malestroit, France, carried out the assault on a pupil at Chetham's School of Music between 1976 and 1978.
He was arrested by detectives investigating historical sexual abuse at music schools in Manchester.
Smith was sentenced to eight months in prison at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.
The court heard that Smith's victim went to police after the death of violinist Frances Andrade in January 2013.
Mrs Andrade had accused former Chetham's choirmaster Michael Brewer of sexual abuse and took a fatal overdose after learning the jury in his trial was instructed to find him not guilty of several charges.
Brewer was jailed for six years for five counts of indecent assault.
Smith's victim, who knew Mrs Andrade at school, told police her death was like the "curtain of a stage lifted".
The court heard the assault by Smith, when his victim was 15 and he was 30, took "minutes" but ruined her life.
Police said the attack took place while the girl was staying with Smith and his wife at a cottage in Derbyshire.
Smith's barrister Neil Usher said the 66-year-old's "reputation lies in ruins".
"He has gone from being a celebrated and much sought-after conductor here and abroad to being unemployable [and] friends who held him in high regard will not look at him again."
Jailing Smith, Judge Peter Lakin said he had "breached the trust placed in you in a most serious way".
He said Smith's victim had been "highly vulnerable".
"When you were alone with her, you cynically took advantage of her vulnerability and subjected her to a deeply unpleasant and frightening ordeal.
"You pushed her to the ground, dragged her clothes up and then fondled and kissed her exposed breasts.
"This was a forceful sexual assault by someone in authority."
Speaking after the hearing, Det Ch Insp Jamie Daniels said he could "understand why people have drawn comparisons between Michael Brewer and Nicholas Smith".
"Smith, like Brewer, took advantage of a homesick young girl in a location away from school grounds while she was isolated and vulnerable." | A conductor who admitted indecently assaulting a teenage girl at a music school in Manchester has been jailed. |
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Several have called for the policy to be reversed, including the councillor responsible for education in David Cameron's Oxfordshire constituency.
Melinda Tilley denounced the "diktats from above" and said the policy could put small village schools at risk.
The government has said schools must become academies or be in the process of converting by the end of 2020.
Chancellor George Osborne made the announcement during the Budget but, after being forced to abandon his plans for disability cuts because of Conservative opposition, he now faces pressure over another key feature of his speech.
Ms Tilley told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I'm fed up with diktats from above saying you will do this and you won't do that. This is not why I became a Conservative."
One normally loyal MP said: "When you have a decent local authority and broadly speaking have good schools and good leadership why on earth would you force people down this route?"
Schools minister Nick Gibb told Today the proposals were aimed at giving "more autonomy to professionals" who would be freed from "interference from the local authority".
He said "the winning formula" of multi-academy trusts would be used to "change weaker schools" run by local authorities.
"You can't have two systems. You have to have one consistent system," he said.
"There are many weak local authorities that have not been as rigorous on ensuring that under-performing schools improve the academic standards of the children as they should be."
Academies are independent, state-funded schools, which receive their funding directly from central government, rather than through a local authority.
The day-to-day running of the school is down to the head teacher or principal, but they are overseen by individual charitable bodies called academy trusts and may be part of an academy chain.
These trusts and chains provide advice, support, expertise and a strategic overview.
They control their own admissions process and have more freedom than other schools to innovate.
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Another unnamed MP said the move would remove competition from the education system, and added that ministers would face pressure from backbenchers to abandon the plans.
There are also concerns that schools will no longer be obliged to have parents among their governors.
A Department for Education spokesman said: "To drive up standards we will encourage more schools to work together in multi-academy trusts so they share resources, staff and expertise."
The department says the trusts will better support small rural schools.
Roger Gough, Conservative councillor in charge of education in Kent, said: "I don't think there is demonstrable evidence that there is a systemic improvement in performance and certainly not anything that would justify upheaval on this scale."
Conservative Peter Edgar, from Hampshire County Council, said: "To force all schools would be ridiculously expensive and in my view the wrong thing to do and also could cause in the interim a drop in standards in all our schools.
"This was not in the [Conservatives' election] manifesto," he said. "This is a step too far."
Laura McInerney, editor of Schools Week magazine, told Today the conversion process would be "quite expensive" and legal fees could be "huge".
She said there was a feeling that money the Treasury had earmarked for conversion costs "isn't enough".
Patrick Roach, deputy general secretary of teachers union the NASUWT, criticised the government for taking "an ideological approach" to schools.
"It's not universally the case that academisation creates good or outstanding schools. We have a mixed picture both within academies and within community local authority-controlled schools," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"What's key to raising standards is good teaching and learning, and investment in the teacher workforce." | Plans to turn every state school in England into an academy have been criticised by Conservative councillors. |
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Protesters say the homes in Comeytrowe and Trull will increase the strain on the local roads.
Taunton Deane Borough councillors are to vote on the plans, which involve a "park and bus" car park and school.
One of the developers Summerfield Developments, says extra cycle paths and buses will help reduce traffic.
In 2012, the borough council pledged to build some 17,000 homes in the Taunton Deane area by 2028.
The plans will see a proportion built west of Taunton Deane, such as 2,500 in Wellington and up to 1,500 in Staplegrove.
Chair of Comeytrowe Parish Council, Brian Larcombe, said he believed "fundamentally that there's not been a real hard look at the kind of impact all this development this will mean for the whole town".
Summerfield Developments is part of the consortium which will build the new homes in Comeytrowe and Trull.
Chris Winter from the firm say the homes "will have an effect" on traffic.
He added: "Somerset County Council, and the Environment Agency has looked at all the impacts and the Staplegrove development.
"One thing that comes from this is that people are carrying out journeys of less than three miles and part of this development is looking at how we can encourage people not to use the car for short journeys.
"We're putting in improvements for cycle paths and an improved park and bus scheme for the Wellington area." | The impact of 2,000 homes southwest of Taunton has again been highlighted by protesters as Taunton Deane Borough Council looks set to approve the plans. |
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The move follows months of talks in the wake of concerns about the expense, complexity and sound of the hybrid engines, and Mercedes' dominance of F1.
Costs for customer teams will reduce by €1m in 2017 and a further €3m in 2018.
And the four manufacturers have agreed a package of measures aimed at bringing engines' performance closer together.
Governing body the FIA has agreed to guarantee the stability of the regulations until 2020 and to maintain the existing governance structure of F1.
This removes the threat made last October by FIA president Jean Todt and F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone to introduce a cheaper alternative engine to run alongside the turbo hybrids under an equivalency formula.
Ways in which F1 hopes to ensure the convergence of performance across the four suppliers include the removal of restrictions on development and constraints on the weights, dimensions and materials of various parts of the engines.
In addition, restrictions on turbo-boost pressure will be introduced in 2017 and 2018.
To further ensure cost reduction for customer teams, who have complained the engines are too expensive, the number of engines a driver can use each season will be progressively reduced over the next two years.
Customer teams currently pay in the region of €18-23m a year for a supply.
Manufacturers have agreed to ensure all teams have an engine, following the controversy surrounding Red Bull last season when the former champions tried and failed to dump Renault for an alternative supplier.
If a team finds itself without an engine in the future, an "obligation to supply" will be triggered. Details have not been released.
However, the measure is largely academic as, according to senior sources, Renault's contract with F1 includes an obligation to supply a team other than its factory outfit if asked.
Red Bull is without an engine contract for next season, but this clause - in addition to the reluctance of the other three manufacturers to supply them - is likely to ensure they stay with Renault.
Finally, the four manufacturers - Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault and Honda - are researching ways to improve the sound of the engines, which has been criticised for being too quiet and flat compared to previous generations of F1 engines.
These will be implemented by 2018 at the latest, the FIA said.
The engine rule changes are in addition to wholesale design changes for the cars aimed at making them faster and more dramatic.
The cars will be widened from 1800mm to 2000mm, with wider bodywork, tyres and front and rear wings, and more downforce created from the underfloor than this year.
Never want to miss the latest formula 1 news? You can now add F1 and all the other sports and teams you follow to your personalised My Sport home. | Formula 1 bosses have agreed a set of rules until 2020 aimed at reducing the cost of engines and ensuring their performance converges. |
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Britton made 289 appearances and scored 34 goals during a 10-year spell at Chelsea between 1972 and 1982.
Following short spells with Dundee United and Arbroath, he spent three years at Blackpool before moving to Division Four strugglers Burnley.
In May 1987 he saved the Clarets from relegation to the Conference by scoring the winning goal against Leyton Orient.
With promotion from the Conference to Division Four having been introduced that season, Britton's goal rescued Burnley from becoming the first club to be relegated from the Football League.
During his time with Chelsea, Britton was part of the team that beat the then European champions Liverpool in a 4-2 victory in the FA Cup third round in 1978. | Former Chelsea and Burnley midfielder Ian Britton has died aged 61 following a battle with prostate cancer. |
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Del Potro won 6-4 5-7 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-4 after five hours and seven minutes, before Guido Pella saw off Kyle Edmund 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-3 6-2.
Murray's defeat was only his third in 32 Davis Cup singles matches.
GB must win Saturday's doubles and both Sunday's singles to reach the final.
Murray is scheduled to team up with his brother Jamie for the doubles contest but admitted it would be "really tough" for him to recover following the longest match of his career on Friday.
The winners of the best-of-five tie will face France or Croatia in the final, with that semi-final level at 1-1 after day one.
The world number two hit 35 aces and battled through the longest match of either man's career, but Murray came up short against an inspired Del Potro, who lost their four-hour Olympic final last month.
"I won but I still remember the Olympic final," said Del Potro. "This is very important to me and my team and we are looking to reach another final in the Davis Cup.
"Against Andy you never know when the match will finish. He is a dangerous player, a fighter and great champion. In end I played good forehands and good serves and that was key."
Murray said: "I think it was good match. I felt there wasn't too many mistakes on important moments.
"Both of us came up with good stuff and the shot he came up with to break in the fifth set was the difference."
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Del Potro hit 26 forehand winners and broke serve six times to join Stan Wawrinka and Fabio Fognini as the only men to have beaten Murray in Davis Cup singles matches.
The Argentine, ranked 64th as he works his way back after three wrist surgeries, was the better player for the first two hours and earned a break point that would have left him serving for a two-set lead.
Murray clung on, however, levelling at one set all after breaking serve for 7-5, following a call from the crowd on set point that incensed Del Potro and Argentine captain Daniel Orsanic.
Del Potro's mix of slow, sliced backhands and huge forehands continued to trouble Murray, but the Wimbledon champion twice came back from a break down in the third before saving set point with a stunning forehand lob.
It was a shot that electrified the Scot and his home crowd, and he would edge ahead thanks to an attacking return at 5-5 in the tie-break followed by a big serve.
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Both men were unhappy with a succession of line calls and umpiring decisions, with Murray at one stage saying: "This is getting ridiculous now, it's actually getting ridiculous. It's so, so bad."
A loose Murray service game at 2-1 down was all that separated them in the fourth set, and with fatigue taking a grip they began a decider with the match entering its fifth hour.
Both players had their trainers on at the changeover to try and work some energy into their legs, and it was Del Potro who made the first push at 2-2 only for Murray to save break point with a big serve and a shout of "Let's go!"
Del Potro got the decisive break two games later with a rasping forehand winner after Murray had put a forehand volley within the Argentine's reach, and served out to the delight of the 400 travelling fans.
"I am so happy to be playing tennis again after three surgeries," said Del Potro.
"This kind of moment was what I was missing at home and I always play good in Great Britain, and here I played great, so it is a good place for my tennis."
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After the drama of the opening match it looked as though the similarly fearsome forehand of Edmund might draw the hosts level in a more low-key second contest.
The 21-year-old came back from 3-0 down to win the opening tie-break and had a break point early in the second, but Pella worked his way into the contest.
Five years older and ranked six places higher at 49th in the world, Pella's steadier play prevailed as Edmund went on to make 36 winners but 50 errors.
Pella took the second set with the lone break in game 10 and moved ahead with four straight games in the third.
Captain Smith could be heard urging on his number two player but Pella remained the dominant force in the fourth set, breaking serve at the start and going close to extending his advantage as he won in just over three hours.
"I am happy to give the team a second point after Juan Martin's amazing match," said Pella. "I was fighting every point no matter what."
Captain Leon Smith said it was one of his team's "rougher days" in the competition after enjoying "a lot of good days" in the past but he stressed the team "have to keep fighting".
He added: "Credit to Andy and Juan for a match of high quality between two of the best players in the world right now.
"It's the same for everyone, particularly Andy and Juan who win lots of matches and go deep into tournaments, but playing the Davis Cup at this time of year, a stage of the season where a lot of tennis has been played already, is difficult."
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Before the opening day of this semi-final, Andy Murray had not lost a Davis Cup match since April 2014. The symbolism of Juan Martin del Potro's opening victory was not lost on the rest of the Argentine team, and Britain will now have to win from 2-0 down - as they did against Russia in the 2013 tie which sparked their return to the World Group.
Murray's five hour, seven minute match against del Potro is believed to be the longest ever completed by a British singles player. He and Leon Smith have until an hour before the start of Saturday's doubles to decide whether Dan Evans might, on this occasion, be a better partner for Jamie Murray. | Great Britain's Davis Cup defence is hanging by a thread after Juan Martin del Potro beat Andy Murray to set Argentina on their way to a 2-0 lead on day one of the semi-final in Glasgow. |
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He and Cuban leader Raul Castro agreed to normalise diplomatic relations in December 2014 and in August 2015 the US re-opened its embassy in Havana, more than half a century after it had closed following Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution.
Now reports say that President Donald Trump may announce his new Cuba policy as soon as next Friday.
Many are expecting a rollback on the détente including a tightening of the rules on travel and trade eased by the previous administration.
What are the main issues at stake?
This is the area perhaps most at risk.
Every year since the thaw was announced at the end of 2014 has been a record in terms of visitor numbers to the island. In no small part that is down to the large number of US citizens who have been able to come to Cuba since tight travel restrictions were eased.
Opponents of the engagement policy want Mr Trump to adopt proposals which include tightening the 12 categories of travel under which Americans have been coming to Cuba - including the catch-all "people-to-people" exchanges. This would mean US visitors might again face fines if they visit the island without the right paperwork.
The potential effects of such a move on Cuba's tourism industry would be significant. However the pro-engagement lobby group Engage Cuba argues that it would have a multi-billion dollar impact on the US economy too, affecting jobs in the airline and cruise ship industries.
Despite the improved relations, the US economic embargo on Cuba remains firmly in place. As such, bilateral trade between the United States and Cuba is yet to get off the ground.
There have been some initial steps:. In January a shipment of artisanal charcoal became the first legal Cuban export to the US in decades. There was also an agreement for the US hotel company, Starwood, to run three hotels in Havana.
One apparent motivation for any rollback is a desire among Castro-opponents in Florida to reverse Mr Obama's decision to allow US entities to work with Cuban state agencies. The Obama administration felt it was necessary to ease the rules on working with the Cuban state because state-run institutions, specifically the tourism and commercial wings of the Cuban military, are ubiquitous in the Cuban economy.
"That is precisely the kind of dilemma the Trump administration is facing," said Michael Shifter, of the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington DC.
"Initially it sounds easy to take position to roll back Obama's big legacy. But then you see that in Cuba, dealing with state is everything, all economic activity is tied to the state."
Whether it be import-export or transportation, refusing to work with the Cuban military is near impossible in the current climate if you want to establish a sizeable commercial presence in Cuba.
As for the embargo itself, if President Trump chooses to reverse President Obama's policy of engagement, it seems highly likely the embargo will stay in place for the next four years.
The embargo can't be lifted by the president unilaterally, it needs the approval of Congress. However, if a rollback does happen, it would strengthen the hand of the anti-Castro lobby in the House of Representatives and the chances of the measure being removed this term seem slimmer than they did a year ago.
It would be a disappointment for many US businesses hoping to invest in or import to Cuba, but John Kavulich, of the US-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, believes "the US business community as a whole has been preparing for many different scenarios (on Cuba) since the day after Donald Trump was elected".
President Trump has made several references to human rights in Cuba, both as a candidate and since winning the presidency.
Initially it was hard to say whether he was simply appealing to his supporters in Florida or if he genuinely intended to unpick Mr Obama's Cuba legacy using the island's human rights record as his reasoning. It is looking increasingly likely that it's the latter.
After dinner with Florida Senator Marco Rubio in February, Mr Trump said the two men "share very similar views on Cuba". That doesn't bode well for the future of the bilateral relationship as Mr Rubio is keen for President Trump to, in his words, "treat Cuba like the dictatorship it is".
Ironically, the Trump administration's new budget proposals would also remove controversial USAID funding for dissident groups in Cuba, something the Castro government has been calling for for decades.
Given they are the very groups Washington has traditionally heralded as defenders of free speech and human rights on the island, Mr Shifter thinks that the funds may still end up reaching them "through other channels".
This is another arena which has arguably benefitted the most from improved US-Cuba ties.
Whether ballet or jazz, basketball or Beethoven, a greater understanding has been fostered between numerous institutions and individuals in the arts, music, culture and sports. Scores of shared projects have been held since December 2014 partly because obtaining the paperwork has become so much easier.
In science too, Cuban advances in immunology and cancer treatments are undergoing further studies and testing in the United States.
A more hostile footing - and more layers of paperwork - could put such programmes in jeopardy.
Still, while participants on both sides of the Florida Straits are undoubtedly concerned by the prospect of a rollback, many feel confident that their shared projects are now sufficiently well established to outlast any diplomatic cooling.
As one Western diplomat put it, it takes a long time to build trust with the Cuban government - and it can be lost comparatively easily.
On the day of Fidel Castro's death last November, Mr Trump tweeted that the former Cuban president's "legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights".
There can be little doubt that the Cubans will remember that line and any subsequent tough stance in order to gain "a better deal" will be met with a typically robust response from the Cubans.
Mr Kavulich believes the Trump administration may well "make an issue" of trying to settle US claims of compensation from the Cuban government over its expropriation and nationalisation policies in the 1960s.
"That would be the deal in his 'Art of the Deal'," he said.
For Mr Shifter though, the danger is that a more hostile tone from Washington would "give bravado to Cuban hardliners to cite it as an example of what happens when we try to open up to the Americans". | Warmer ties with Cuba after almost 60 years of hostility was one of President Barack Obama's main foreign policy legacies. |
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Water levels on the River Sava are expected to peak later, threatening the country's biggest power plant.
It comes after the worst floods in the Balkans for decades left more than 35 dead and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
In Bosnia-Hercegovina, landslides have buried houses and disturbed landmines laid during the war in the 1990s.
The floods are also affecting Croatia.
Three months' worth of rain fell on the region in just a few days, causing rivers to burst their banks and sweep into people's homes.
Flood alerts are still in place in many areas of Serbia and northern Bosnia, according to the EU Floods Directive.
Twelve bodies were recovered from the Serbian town of Obrenovac on Sunday, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said. It takes the toll in Serbia to 17.
Meanwhile at least 19 people at believed to have died in Bosnia. The authorities have warned that the death toll could still rise.
The rain has finally stopped in Belgrade, reports the BBC's Guy Delauney in the Serbian capital.
But officials fear water flowing from neighbouring Croatia and Bosnia could cause a "flood wave" on the River Sava on Sunday evening.
Emergency workers and volunteers have stacked sandbags along the river in Belgrade and other towns such as Sabac and Sremska Mitrovica.
Belgrade was basking in the Sunday sunshine, with the mercury pushing 25 degrees - just as it should be at this time of year. But on the banks of the River Sava, there was no time to relax in the shade.
Scores of young volunteers lined up along the stretch of river from Brankov's Bridge to Ada Ciganlija island - along the bicycle path which would normally be packed with weekend riders. Members of the emergency services marshalled them as they crowded around lorries delivering loads of sandbags, before passing them hand to hand, down the line.
"I came to help my country, my people, my city," said Mladen Kos, who has worked around the world in the hospitality industry. "We're waiting for the Danube river - if it rises up tonight, then the Sava river will be blocked and we will be in big trouble."
Serbia's prime minister has warned people that they cannot fight nature. But the people here are still doing all they can to stop it flooding their homes.
"We are doing all we can," said Prime Minister Vucic.
The main concern is whether flood waters could knock out the Nikola Tesla power plant, which supplies much of the country, our correspondent says.
The coal-fired plant is in Obrenovac, south-west of Belgrade, where most of the population have now been moved to safety.
Flood levels in the town dropped on Sunday, enabling officials to move people to safety by road.
There are also concerns at another power plant, at Kostolac, west of Belgrade, where the Mlava river broke through a second ring of flood protection, Tanjug news agency reports. Kostolac provides 20% of Serbia's electricity, it says,
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has joined calls for help.
"Support and solidarity for my people in Serbia!'' he wrote on his Twitter account.
Almost one-third of Bosnia has been affected. The north-east is worst-hit, with houses, roads and railway lines submerged.
Bosnian Serb police chief Gojko Vasic said the situation had been particularly difficult in Doboj "because the flood waters acted as a tsunami, three to four metres high", the Reuters news agency reported.
"No-one could have resisted," he said.
Humanitarian aid and technical equipment have arrived from Russia and EU countries, officials say.
Bosnian Security Ministry spokesman Admir Malagic said that about one million people - more than a quarter of the country's population - live in the affected area.
Chairman of the Bosnian three-man presidency Bakir Izetbegovic said that his country is facing a "horrible catastrophe", the Associated Press reported.
"We are still not fully aware of actual dimensions of the catastrophe," he said. | Emergency workers in Serbia are preparing for a "flood wave" on one of the country's main rivers. |
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"I thought it was the least we deserved," said the Hibs boss after the 2-2 last-16 draw at Tynecastle.
"The contribution we made, if we had lost it wouldn't have been a fair reflection of the game.
"The lads believe in themselves, and when you have that and you have team spirit, anything is possible."
Hearts were two goals up at the interval thanks to strikes by Arnaud Djoum and Sam Nicholson.
But Hibs rallied and scored in the 80th minute through Jason Cummings and forced a replay at Easter Road when Paul Hanlon slid in to score.
Stubbs told BBC Scotland: "The lads have shown great character again.
"I never doubt this team. I always felt once we scored that we were going to get the second.
"You only have to look at the amount of possession and second balls that we had in the second half. We've come here and really took the game to a really good Hearts team.
"We've managed to keep the tie alive. We're in the hat tomorrow.
"We'll see who ourselves or Hearts could come up against. There were two good teams out there today. I'm sure it will be a really close game at Easter Road."
The Edinburgh pair will be joined in Monday evening's draw with Celtic, who defeated Lowland League side East Kilbride 2-0, Morton, Dundee United, holders Inverness, Ross County, plus Kilmarnock and Rangers, who drew 0-0 on Saturday, and Dumbarton and Dundee, whose tie was also goalless.
Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson preferred to savour the prospect of another match against their old foes rather than dwell on having been pegged back.
"In the second half we handed Hibs the initiative by not pressing as well as we should have, but it's a replay, it's another money-spinner for both teams and it's going to be another huge game," he said.
"It was a great game. It wasn't a pretty football match - it was competitive and I'm sure everyone enjoyed it."
Asked if he thought Hibs were now favourites to reach the quarter-finals, Neilson said: "No, I don't think so. They've got two games before that.
"We'll have (Igor) Rossi back in, hopefully (Alim) Ozturk will have recovered from his hamstring problem so it gives us the initiative. It's going to be another good game." | Hibernian's dramatic comeback against Edinburgh rivals Hearts to force a Scottish Cup replay was thoroughly merited, claims manager Alan Stubbs. |
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Zdravko Mamic, the chairman of Dinamo Zagreb, and his brother Zoran, the club's coach, were held after deciding to return from the club's summer camp.
Police say alleged fraud has cost the club 118m kunas ($17.3m, £11.1m) since 2008.
The brothers say they are determined to prove their innocence.
On Friday, anti-corruption investigators said a senior official with the Croatian Football Federation, a tax inspector and the Mamic brothers were suspected of giving bribes, tax evasion and other offences.
According to Croatian and German media reports, they are accused of taking a cut of the sales of Dinamo Zagreb players.
Police allege the fraud also cost the state 12m kunas ($1.8m, £1.1m).
Police searched offices at the club and the football federation, as well as the brothers' homes, on Thursday. Two other men were also detained.
Officers are keen to keep the four suspects in custody, but a court in Zagreb has yet to rule whether they will continue to be held.
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A statement on the club's website (in Croatian) said: "Dinamo's entire staff, the squad and all of the club's employees fully back them as we are convinced they will prove that they are innocent."
Zdravko Mamic, seen as the most powerful man in Croatian football, had previously said the claims against him were "absolutely pointless and constructed", as well as politically motivated.
Dinamo were preparing for the new season, which begins on Friday, at a camp in Slovenia when the brothers returned. They were arrested on Saturday when they crossed the border into Croatia.
The club is the most successful in Croatian football, having won 17 titles and claimed 10 successive championships. | Two senior officials with Croatia's leading football club have been arrested on suspicion of embezzlement and tax evasion. |
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He told a conference of independent school heads that parentage dictates progress in England more than in any other country.
But there need be no difference in educational performance between pupils from poor and wealthier homes, he said.
Other countries were already closing the achievement gap, he added.
Research suggests children from poor homes are already behind by the the time they start school, and that the achievement gap widens as they progress through their education.
At GCSE there remains a "stubborn and unchanging gap in achievement" between the number of disadvantaged pupils who achieve five good GCSEs - including English and maths - and the rest of the population.
Speaking at a conference at independent Brighton College, in East Sussex, Mr Gove said it did not need to be this way.
He cited evidence of other countries closing and even eradicating the attainment gap.
He said: "Deprived pupils in Hong Kong and Shanghai, who struggle with challenges far greater and more debilitating than any we know here, achieve as highly as their English peers from the most comfortable homes.
"Only 24% of disadvantaged students in the UK perform better than expected compared with 76% in Shanghai, 72% in Hong Kong and 46% in Finland.
"The OECD average is 31% - putting the UK well behind countries like Poland, Greece, Slovenia, Mexico and Chile when it comes to making opportunity more equal."
Mr Gove added: "Despite the evidence that other nations are closing the gap between rich and poor through great state schooling, some in this country still argue that pupil achievement is overwhelmingly dictated by socio-economic factors.
"They say that deprivation means destiny - that schools are essentially impotent in the face of overwhelming force of circumstance - and that we can't expect children to succeed if they have been born into poverty, disability or disadvantage."
Mr Gove said he did not accept this, adding that there were a growing number of schools "proving that deprivation need not be destiny - that with the right teaching and the right values they can outperform everyone's expectations".
Research has suggested there are more than 440 secondary schools where the average GCSE point score for children on free school meals - a key measure of poverty - is higher than the national average for all children.
Mr Gove said: "What they share is an unwavering, unapologetic focus on standards.
"Led by inspirational heads and teachers, every day these schools are proving the pessimists and fatalists wrong."
He continued: "They show us all that there need be no difference in performance - none whatsoever - between pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds and those from wealthier homes.
"They show us that a difficult start in life can be overcome, with hard work and good teaching."
Mr Gove said the government must stand for "aspiration, ambition, hard work and excellence - for success based on merit and a celebration of those who do succeed".
He said he knew the government was making progress when he heard opposition from what he described as vested interests in the trade unions and local government.
Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg said: "Launching another attack on the teaching profession is not the way to close the gap between poorer and richer pupils.
"The truth is that the government's key measure - the pupil premium - is not being targeted at the poorest children because many schools are using it to plug holes in their budgets."
But general secretary of the NASUWT union Chris Keates said: "Coalition ministers are becoming more and more frantic as their flawed ideological policies, which are creating a lost generation of children and young people and plunging millions into poverty, are exposed."
NUT general secretary Christine Blower said: "Michael Gove is right to highlight the fact that the UK has a 'profoundly unequal society'.
"It is a great shame that the Coalition government's policies will do nothing to alter this fact, and in many cases will make matters even worse.
"Cutting the Education Maintenance Allowance and raising the cost of university tuition fees has meant that for many poorer pupils further or higher education is not an option.
"This is a decision based not on their educational achievements but on their family's economic abilities to keep them in education." | Education Secretary Michael Gove has attacked an English culture that accepts poverty limits the achievements of poor children. |
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Fishlock, 30, scored a terrific long-range strike to send Wales 2-1 up just before half-time in their 3-1 win.
"A great win is what we needed so overall it was a pleasing day for me," she told BBC Wales Sport.
"I had to try and play well and make sure we got the win that we deserve. But now I can enjoy it with my family."
She continued: "It is great and the build up was very humbling but I still had to play this game without thinking it was my 100th cap."
Seattle Reign midfielder Fishlock became the first Wales international, male or female, to win 100 caps after appearing in the friendly at Ystrad Mynach.
"The anthem was emotional, the only part of everything that I knew I would really struggle to contain," Fishlock added.
"I had Sophie [Ingle] next to me who is a brilliant person and captain and that was good for me.
"That was the hardest part and I got through it it and played my game."
Wales will play Northern Ireland in another friendly on Friday at the same venue as they prepare for the upcoming Fifa Women's World Cup qualifying campaign in September.
When asked whether Wales are getting closer to a major championships, Fishlock said: "I truly believe that. I think we are not far from it at all with this group and [manager} Jayne Ludlow.
"There are tiny details we have to get better at but it's not something we don't already know.
"You can see from watching our performances we do control games and play some great stuff.
"We just have to be a little bit better in the final third and make sure we clean up in our 18." | Wales midfielder Jess Fishlock says she had to play without feeling the pressure of winning her 100th cap as they beat Northern Ireland. |
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Police Scotland said a report would be sent to prosecutors about football-related disorder at the match in Dingwall.
Match commander Colin Gough said the disorder was "disappointing" and that more arrests were possible.
Dundee United won the match 3-2 after a late goal by Billy Mckay.
Ch Insp Gough said: "It is disappointing that a small minority of fans were involved in disorder in the ground.
"Disruptive behaviour will not be tolerated in any format. Inquiries are continuing and there is potential for further arrests." | Seven men were arrested in connection with trouble at Saturday's Scottish Cup quarter final game between Ross County and Dundee United. |
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The emergency services were alerted to the incident in the Pine Grove area of Cimla at about 18:15 BST.
The air ambulance landed on the grounds of Crynallt Junior school and transported the girl to Morriston Hospital in Swansea.
A South Wales Police spokesman said she suffered bruising to her ankle and head.
Cimla Councillor John Warman, who attended the scene of the incident, estimated the girl to be about five years old.
He praised the emergency services, which he said "were very prompt" in arriving. | A young girl was airlifted to hospital after being hit by a car on a housing estate in Neath Port Talbot on Sunday. |
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Goals from Mulota Kabangu and Dioko Kaluyituka secured arguably the greatest ever win by an African club.
"We are representing Africa and all of Africa is proud of our work," TP Mazembe's Senegalese coach Lamine N'Diaye says.
The club, from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is expected to make $4m (£2.6m) just by reaching the final - and even more if they win.
In global football terms that is a paltry sum but in the DRC, which is one of the poorest nations in the world where the average wage is less than $1 a day, it represents a huge sum of money.
This small club from a corner of the DRC, 1,000 miles west of the capital Kinshasa, is representing not only its country but an entire continent.
It is a tremendous boost to the game in the year in which South Africa hosted the World Cup.
"The streets of Kinshasa have been filled with people waving flags and honking their horns, many of them dressed in TP Mazembe colours regardless of which club they support," says local journalist Michael Kavanagh.
"This is good for Africa - I have forgotten all the effort it has taken to get this far," says the club's president Moise Katumbi.
All this must bring a smile to the face of Mr Katumbi.
He not only owns the club, but he is also the governor of Katanga Province - one of the world's richest regions for copper and the world's biggest source of cobalt.
He has been involved in mining, transportation, fishing and television for years and, after he relinquishes his governorship in 2011, he says he is going to continue investing in his football club.
The current budget for the team is $10m a year and Mr Katumbi has acquired players from Zimbabwe and Zambia.
The budget for TP Mazembe has tripled since 2008 and this is the second year in a row that the team has made the Club World Cup.
Mr Katumbi's investment is definitely paying dividends and the team now functions like a professional football club - selling advertising on shirts and having contracts for players.
Mr Katumbi has deep pockets but that has not prevented TP Mazembe from losing to other teams in the DRC.
"There is a lot of football talent in Africa and it is just a question of marshalling that talent," says journalist Michael Kavanagh.
"Teams in sub-Saharan Africa are inspired and think that if TP Mazembe can achieve that with only an investment of $10m, then they can do it too," he adds.
The success of TP Mazembe should attract more money into the game - money which will help local talent stay in the country and continue to play for African teams - rather than being lured to clubs in Europe.
Africa's national sides did not perform too well in the World Cup but if players are kept in Africa it must benefit the national teams.
The next few years could be an exciting time for African football.
As a reward for their loyalty, Mr Katumbi has paid for 100 fans to go on an all-expenses-paid trip to Abu Dhabi to see the final against Inter Milan.
"They are preparing for a big game and shouldn't get distracted," says Bennett Lupinda, a tennis coach by profession and one of the fans selected by the club president to go on the trip.
He believes the team could go all the way and emerge victorious from the final, although the odds are stacked heavily against them.
"Our aim is to go back to Africa as champions," says Mr Katumbi, "and to enter the next [Club] World Cup."
"We have put TP Mazembe on the map and we are going to continue to remain on the map," decrees Mr Katumbi. | By beating Sport Club Internacional 2-0 to become the first team from outside Europe and South America to qualify for the final of the Fifa Club World Cup, TP Mazembe has proved that investment in African clubs is paying dividends. |