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It is being fought between soldiers who support the president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, and different groups of fighters known as rebels, who don't want him to be in power anymore.
This week, world leaders have been reacting in shock after what's believed to be a chemical weapons attack happened there - killing at least 72 people.
The UK, a rebel commander and a weapons expert all said the evidence pointed to an attack by Syrian government forces.
The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which is backed by Russia, denies its forces launched a chemical weapons attack.
Watch Jenny's report to find out what exactly chemical weapons are.
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The war in Syria has gone on for more than six years and has claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million people.
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The body of the 48-year-old, who is thought to have been from Northern Ireland, was discovered in a flat in the Amepolkipoi area of Athens.
Her remains had been there for 20 days. The case is now in the hands of the Greek prosecutor.
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs said: "We are aware of the case and the department is providing consular assistance to the woman's family."
The dead woman, who has not been named by Greek police, is believed to have lived in Athens for a number of years.
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The boyfriend of an Irish woman has been arrested after she died in Greece.
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Gail Purcell is charged with causing death by careless driving following a collision with cyclist Michael Mason on Regents Street, London, in 2014.
The Cyclists' Defence Fund (CDF) raised £60,000 from 1,500 donations to pursue action against Ms Purcell.
Police had declined to refer the case to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
Mr Mason died 19 days after the collision, having never regained consciousness from his injuries.
A trial has been set for 11 October at Southwark Crown Court following Ms Purcell's appearance at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court earlier.
Private prosecutions can be brought by any individual or organisation and proceed in exactly the same way as those brought by the CPS.
Before proceeding with a prosecution, the CPS will consider if the case is in the public interest and if there is sufficient evidence to secure a conviction.
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A woman accused of killing a 70-year-old cyclist has appeared in court following a crowdfunded campaign for a private prosecution.
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The victim, named as Joseph Pearce, 40, was found by emergency crews following reports of an assault at Churchill Close, in Burnham-on-Sea, on Monday.
Two men, aged 21 and 43, arrested on suspicion of murder remain in custody, Avon and Somerset Police said.
A 54-year-old woman has been released while inquiries continue and three others were released without charge.
Det Ch Insp James Riccio said: "We continue to offer support to Joseph's family during what is clearly a difficult time for them.
"We are leaving no stone unturned in our quest to establish the full circumstances behind this horrific crime and are keeping the family updated with the progress of our inquiry."
A cordon remains in place around Churchill Close while officers continue their investigation.
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A man whose body was discovered at a house in Somerset died from a single stab wound, police said.
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The Electoral Commission said Theresa May's party reported £5.46m from donors between January and March, with mining millionaire Michael Davis providing the biggest gift of £317,000.
Unions helped Labour to report £2.64m given, with Unite donating £657,702.
The Lib Dems reported £603,155, UKIP £246,910, Greens £58,170, Plaid Cymru £23,000 and the SNP £301,935.
Among donations reported by Labour was £300,000 from former motor racing boss Max Mosley, who has used family money to fund press regulator Impress - and £376,242 from public services union Unison.
The commission said donations reported by political parties in the three-month period totalled £9.39m.
The Co-operative Party, whose candidates stand under the Labour banner, reported £322,800, while the Women's Equality Party reported £10,000 in donations and the Socialist Party of Great Britain reported £19,816, the Electoral Commission said.
Public funds are also listed for each party, which predominantly boost the totals for opposition parties.
Last week the regulator released figures showing donations for the opening days of the general election campaign - from 3 May, when Parliament was dissolved, until 9 May.
This showed the Tories had reported £4.1m in donations, compared with Labour's £2.7m, £180,000 for the Lib Dems, UKIP's £48,000, the Women's Equality Party's £20,544 and the Green Party's £15,000.
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Donations to the Conservatives were more than double Labour's during the first quarter of 2017, figures suggest.
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The venue in north London provided education and therapeutic help for vulnerable children.
The band, led by singer Chris Martin, have previously donated an estimated £10m to the charity, which closed down last week amid claims of financial mismanagement and sexual abuse.
Coldplay's manager Phil Harvey said: "It's very early stages."
He added: "We're incredibly proud of Treehouse's work with children in great need over the past six years. We're not going to give up on the centre without looking at all options for the future."
The Treehouse opened in 2009. Its website describes its services as "providing practical and emotional support for exceptionally vulnerable children, their families and young people."
The Kids Company charity closed its doors on Wednesday last week.
It has been beset by problems, including allegations of financial mismanagement and accusations by former staff that the charity failed to deal with allegations of serious incidents.
Kids Company is also being investigated by the Met Police's Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command.
However, the charity - founded by Camilla Batmanghelidjh - said it would have told police of any allegation it knew about.
It has relied on individual donations and government grants but said last week it closed due to a lack of funding.
Ms Batmanghelidjh has said there was a "malicious discrediting campaign" against the charity,
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Coldplay are "looking at options" to save the Treehouse, a facility run by the defunct Kids Company charity.
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Seasonal Canine Illness (SCI) is associated with animals which have been walked in wooded areas or parkland in autumn months.
Cases are characterised by lethargy, vomiting and rapid unconsciousness.
The cause of the illness is still unconfirmed and needs further research, a veterinary charity has said.
Alex Windsor, from Kimberley, Nottingham, said her Cockapoo, Frankie, became extremely ill after visiting Sherwood Forest on Saturday.
She said Frankie had been agitated when they stopped to eat during the walk, but seemed fine after they set off again.
"We came down to let her out first thing Monday morning to find she had been sick and was very lethargic.
"She just got worse as the morning went on and started drooling at the mouth."
SCI has been causing dogs to become ill since 2009, with initial cases reported in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Warwickshire.
Twelve out of fifteen dogs affected that year died.
In 2010, the Forestry Commission received reports of two cases in Nottinghamshire and two in Lincolnshire. This time all four dogs survived.
More than 300 cases have been reported to the Animal Health Trust as part of a study into the cause of the illness.
In 2013, when the study concluded, there were 143 cases from across five study sites in Nottinghamshire and East Anglia.
Researchers said the cause of SCI remains a mystery but have since ruled out possible sources such as fungi, algae or agricultural chemicals.
The attention is now focused on harvest mites, which many ill dogs had been bitten by.
Tom Chalkley, from Lawrence Veterinary Centre in Eastwood, where Frankie is being treated, said although the cause is "quite poorly understood", prompt diagnosis and treatment meant the majority of dogs now survived.
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A dog owner whose pet became ill after walking in Sherwood Forest is warning people to watch for signs of a "mystery illness" that could kill their pets.
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The red leather-bound books were taken from Abercorn Parish Church between Sunday 17 July and 24 July.
They are approximately 2ft by 1ft in size and about 5in thick. Each has distinctive brass plating on the corners.
The bibles were donated to the church by the Hopetoun family and have "considerable local historic value".
PC Andrew Young, who is based at Broxburn police station, said: "Both bibles hold considerable value not only in monetary terms but also have historic significance for the local community.
"We are extremely keen to recover these items and return them to the church as quickly as possible."
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Two bibles believed to be about 200 years old have been stolen from a church in West Lothian.
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The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) has said it receives information on severe weather alerts.
However, it is concerned members are not informed of terror threats.
It is hosting its annual conference in Westport.
RTÉ reports that the AGSI has called on Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan to provide it with appropriate training to deal with the current terrorist threat level.
Its president Tim Galvin said some intelligence is sent out, but for the most part the vast majority of information is confined to specialist units.
The association also wants a review of the effectiveness of the amalgamation of garda districts and the closure of 95 stations.
It has also said gardaí should be provided with anti-ballistic vests rather than only stab-proof ones in the wake of incidents such as the Dublin weigh-in murder at the Regency Hotel in February.
The AGSI is disappointed by the decision of the Irish Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, not to attend the conference.
It has also said its members will march on the Irish parliament on the first day of the new government in protest over pay and conditions.
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Police sergeants and inspectors in the Republic of Ireland have said that as first responders, they do not have the capability to deal with the threat from radical extremism and international terrorism.
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Mr Sobotka is unhappy about alleged unexplained business dealings of Mr Babis, a billionaire businessman.
The announcement comes less than six months before parliamentary elections.
Mr Sobotka has said he will meet the president in the coming days to formally submit the resignations.
The BBC's Rob Cameron in Prague says that Czechs have have had more than three years of more or less stable coalition government under Mr Sobotka, a mild-mannered social democrat.
But that stability has now come to an end because of the bitter rivalry between him and Mr Babis.
Their dispute came to a head over claims Mr Babis had avoided paying taxes on bonds issued by his own company.
Mr Sobotka argues that it is unacceptable for Mr Babis to remain as finance minister.
Mr Babis's centrist ANO party is far ahead of Mr Sobotka's centre-left CSSD in the opinion polls, our correspondent says, and this act of brinksmanship will be seen very much as pre-election manoeuvring.
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Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has announced that he will submit his government's resignation later this week because of a disagreement with Finance Minister Andrej Babis.
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Work at the A19 A689 Wolviston Interchange near Wynyard began in May and has seen sliproads widened and the introduction of traffic lights.
The Highways Agency and Stockton Borough Council said the work should ease congestion.
It is the first of four such pinch point schemes to be completed in the North East.
Stockton Council's cabinet member for regeneration and transport Mike Smith, said: "Businesses in the north of our borough are continuing to develop and expand while the number of people living in the area is also growing so improvements to the road network are vital."
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A £3.7m scheme aiming to cut congestion for motorists accessing the A19 near Stockton has been completed.
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The attack happened in Stembrook, Dover at about 04:00 GMT, Kent Police said.
Detective Inspector Lee Whitehead urged anyone who recognised the men to contact the force.
Two men, aged 26 and 21, were arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and released on bail pending further enquiries.
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Police have released CCTV images of two men they want to speak to after a woman was sexually assaulted on Christmas Day.
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Donald's unbeaten 44 helped Glamorgan beat Somerset on Friday to seal their place in the quarter-finals.
The 19-year-old, who scored the joint-fastest first-class double-century in his previous outing, hopes the Welsh county can reach the T20 finals day for the first time since 2004.
"We're just trying to carry all this momentum," Donald told BBC Radio Wales.
"We had a couple of bad games but we parked that behind us, learnt from them and we're just on a roll.
"It's difficult tailing off in the last couple of games like we did but we bounced back and that's what a quality team does. Hopefully we can carry it right through."
Glamorgan's win against Somerset followed T20 defeats against Hampshire and Gloucestershire, having lost only one of their previous nine matches in this year's competition.
Donald has been in the limelight after his brilliant innings of 234 during Glamorgan's County Championship victory over Derbyshire.
He took just 123 balls to reach 200 - equalling Ravi Shastri's record - and brought up his 100, 150 and 200 with sixes.
Donald's knock of 44 not out against Somerset came off just 29 balls.
"It's nice to be at the centre of attention - it's always good for the ego," he said of his double-ton against Derbyshire.
"But it's nice just to be contributing and winning games for Glamorgan.
"I was really pleased with how I played [against Somerset] to see us home. That was one of my better knocks in the scheme of things."
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Aneurin Donald says Glamorgan are "on a roll" and targeting the T20 Blast final after reaching the last eight.
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Several public charging points in the city, which are owned by Bath and North East Somerset (Banes) Council, have recently been reported as broken.
One driver told the BBC "only three of about 15" were working last week.
Banes said it was "aware of some issues" and it planned to install new units by the end of March.
The BBC found at least three charging stations - at Charlotte Street car park, and at Lansdown and Newbridge park and rides - were currently out of service.
Electric car owner Will Guyatt said: "To find a public charge point is not working, you really are stuffed, because you then need to find somewhere else to charge."
Calvey Taylor-Haw, from Charge Your Car - which oversees charging points in the UK, said there had been problems in Bath for a while.
"We've had numerous calls about those particular charging stations and they are very unreliable.
"We've taken the decision to mark them as 'off-line' on our map."
Erik Fairbairn from the charging point supplier POD Point, which supplied many of the machines in the city, said reliability was "not perfect" and said discussions were taking place with the council about upgrading them.
"These were charge points sold a number of years ago to the council. They haven't necessarily had the relevant support contract in place.
"Now a number of them are not perfect. We're hoping the council will say 'come in and sort them out'."
A council spokesman said Banes was "in the process of switching its supplier and replacing electric charging points" in the Charlotte Street car park and Lansdown park and ride.
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Some electric car charging points in Bath are to be replaced following complaints from drivers they do not work.
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The defect may stop air bags deploying and seat belts tightening in a head-on crash.
Certain Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Lancia vehicles from 2010 to 2014 are being recalled.
There have been a number of car industry recalls for serious air bag-related issues this year.
Most of the Fiat Chrysler cars being recalled are in the US, but 224,860 were sold in Canada and Mexico and 284,051 were sold outside North America.
Models including the Chrysler Sebring, 200, Dodge Caliber, Avenger, Jeep Patriot and Compass SUVs are part of the recall.
Fiat Chrysler said it would contact owners and replace the parts free of charge.
In June, Toyota recalled 1.4 million cars over faulty airbags.
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Car maker Fiat Chrysler is recalling 1.9 million vehicles over an air bag defect that may be linked to three deaths and five injuries.
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The company is starting a consultation process with 1,000 of its onshore employees around the UK.
Wood Group said it was in response to "continuing cost and efficiency challenges affecting the oil and gas sector".
David Kemp, Wood Group's chief financial officer, said: "We are streamlining our structure and our processes to reduce costs."
He added: "As ever, our commitment is to act compassionately and sensitively, supporting our people through this consultation process and we will make every effort to minimise the impact on them."
Jake Molloy, of the RMT union, said it was more bad news for the industry, and that 300 posts was significantly higher than the union had estimated.
Wood Group employs about 6,200 people onshore in the UK.
The company announced last week it had won a new $500m (£342.5m) contract to provide services for BP-operated offshore projects in Azerbaijan.
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Oil services company Wood Group is looking to cut about 300 jobs.
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The rise comes despite London Mayor Boris Johnson's promise to eradicate rough sleeping by the end of 2012.
A total of 7,581 people slept rough during 2014 and 2015, 5,107 of whom were new sleepers, according to the Greater London Authority (GLA).
The charity St Mungo's Broadway said the rise was deeply concerning.
The report also found people were sleeping rough longer-term, as 21% of rough sleepers in 2014-2015 had also been seen in 2013-14.
It said there had been a 20% increase in people returning to rough sleeping in 2014-15 and a 17% increase in new rough sleepers.
It said at 20%, the number of people returning to rough sleeping in 2014-15 had seen the "greatest proportional increase" over 2013-14.
Westminster saw a rise in the number of people sleeping rough in the past year, it said, of 373 people - a 17% increase.
Camden, Lambeth, Tower Hamlets, the City of London and Brent all saw rises of more than 40 rough sleepers, said the GLA.
Deputy London Mayor Richard Blakeway said "very few of those people ending up on the streets stay there long-term".
"For those who do stay, we are working closely with London boroughs, voluntary sector organisations, the police and the Home Office to provide the assistance they need to get off the streets and stay off the streets," he said.
Howard Sinclair, chief executive of St Mungo's Broadway, said the problem affected "many different groups".
He said migration from Romania was a "significant driver" in these most recent figures.
"Worryingly, they [these figures] show that the number of people who've previously slept rough and are returning to the streets is rising, this year by 20%," he added.
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Homelessness in the capital has risen by 16% in the past year, compared with a rise of 1% a year earlier, a report has found.
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Preston took a surprising lead two minutes before half-time as Andy Little netted from close range.
Neil Kilkenny doubled Preston's lead in the 48th minute, reacting quickest to a loose ball in the area from a corner.
Rochdale captain Oliver Lancashire limped off after all three substitutes had been used forcing the home side to finish the match with 10 men.
Rochdale manager Keith Hill told BBC Radio Manchester:
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"The first 42 minutes of the game - I'm really pleased. The manner in which we conceded the two goals - I'm really disappointed with.
"They were elementary mistakes, not League One mistakes.
"We should have dealt with the two goals better, and then we might have caused a few problems."
Preston manager Simon Grayson told BBC Radio Lancashire:
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"We always knew this was going to be a tough game.
"We were comfortable enough but we needed to do a little bit better in the second half, in terms of getting closer to them and stopping them from playing.
"Once we got the second goal, it was quite a comfortable evening and it was nice to keep a clean sheet as well."
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Two goals in five minutes saw Preston defeat Rochdale and earn a place in the second round of the League Cup.
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The technology, made by Lord Sugar's digital signage company Amscreen, will use a camera to identify a customer's gender and approximate age.
It will then show an advertisement tailored to that demographic.
Tesco says the screens will be rolled out across all 450 of its forecourts in the UK.
"It's like something out of Minority Report," said Amscreen's chief executive Simon Sugar, Lord Sugar's eldest son.
"But this could change the face of British retail, and our plans are to expand the screens into as many supermarkets as possible."
A Tesco spokeswoman said: "This is not new technology."
"No data or images are collected or stored and the system does not use eyeball scanners or facial-recognition technology", she added.
The length of someone's hair could be used to work out their gender, she said.
Privacy campaigners said companies had to tell their customers they were using the technology.
Nick Pickles, of Big Brother Watch, said: "If people were told that every time they walked into a supermarket, or a doctor's surgery or a law firm, that the CCTV camera in the corner is trying to find out who they are, I think that will have a huge impact on what buildings people go into."
Systems could only be "ethically deployed" if customers agreed to opt in to having their behaviour tracked, he added.
Philip James, joint head of technology at Pitmans law firm, argues that this technology is similar to the way social media sites tailor adverts to users based on the content of their profiles.
"The capture of facial signatures represents a potentially much greater infringement of customers' privacy in the absence of prior consent," he said.
The screens are expected to reach five million customers.
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Tesco is installing face-scanning technology at its petrol stations to target advertisements to individual customers at the till.
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The attack coincided with Bastille Day, a national holiday in France, and thousands of people had gathered on the streets to watch a fireworks display.
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Shocked holidaymakers have arrived in Dublin from Nice following an attack in the French city.
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The 23-year-old is a centre who can also play wing and full-back.
Asquith has played for Australia Sevens and Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby.
He said: "I believe that their style of play will suit my game and it will be beneficial for me to be able to develop my game alongside experienced players like British and Irish Lion Jonathan Davies and Scott Williams."
Scarlets general manager of rugby Jon Daniels said: "He is a versatile player who can play right across the backline as well as giving us another kicking option.
"Having experienced the Super Rugby and Australian Sevens environments Paul is keen to challenge himself in the northern hemisphere and we feel his skill set is a great match for our style of play."
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Pro12 champions Scarlets have signed versatile back Paul Asquith from Australian club Western Sydney Rams.
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The incident is believed to have happened in the Mount Eagles area at around 18:00 BST on Sunday.
The victim was approached by a masked man who demanded he come with him. He was then ushered into a grey van where a second masked man was waiting.
The man was assaulted in the van after being driven to the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.
He reported that his assailants demanded money and threatened to kill him if he did not comply.
The PSNI said the victim has been left extremely frightened and shaken by the ordeal.
They are are appealing for the public's help in identifying those involved.
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A man has been allegedly kidnapped and assaulted in west Belfast.
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The singer chose an oversized, pink gown for her arrival on Sunday night, before performing on stage.
British soul singer Sam Smith won four awards, while Pharrell Williams and Beyonce won three awards each.
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Rihanna has led music stars on the red carpet for the 2015 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, USA.
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The incident happened near Byfield 2,000ft (610m) over the skies of Northamptonshire, in May.
The pilot of the Van's RV-6 two-seater, single engine craft had to take evasive action, and the drone passed down the left-hand side of the aircraft.
He reported the near-miss, but the drone could not be seen on radar and the operator could not be traced.
The UK Airprox Board, set up to enhance air safety in the UK, branded the risk rating a "category B", meaning the aircraft's security was compromised.
The pilot described the drone as a "red and yellow, three-rotor drone", which was the "type that can be easily bought in shops and not a commercial surveillance type vehicle".
The report states the drone operator should not have been operating the drone at such a high altitude.
It says: "Because the drone was being operated at an altitude it should not have been, the reported drone was flown into conflict with the RV6.
"Although there was no radar data to measure the exact separation, the Board thought it was clear from the pilot's report that this was a fairly close encounter, and they assessed the risk as Category B."
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The safety of a light aircraft was compromised in a near-miss with a commercial drone, investigators found.
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The Egypt international joined Chelsea from Swiss side Basel for £11m in January 2014.
However, he has played only 19 times for the Blues, scoring two goals.
The 23-year-old spent the second half of last season on loan at Roma's Serie A rivals Fiorentina, where he scored nine times in 26 games.
"Salah is regarded by many as the best Egyptian player in the world right now," Roma said in a statement on their website.
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Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah has joined Roma on a season-long loan, with the Italian club given an option to buy the player at any point in the season.
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The incident happened at the shipping company it uses, Parcel Express, in the Moyraverty West Road area at the weekend.
The owner of Argento, Peter Boyle, said £80,000 of stock was stolen in the burglary.
He said the firm was due to launch the collection in its stores on Thursday.
It has offered £15,000 as a reward.
"We had a huge break-in at our shipping company Parcel Express in Craigavon. We had given them our Christmas stock to deliver on Friday night and unfortunately their warehouse was broken into some time between Friday and Sunday morning," he told BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show.
"All of our Christmas stock has been stolen, some £80,000 worth of Pandora Christmas stock has gone. Most of the products have not even been released, so we are very upset and it is our biggest ever loss.
"We are hoping the reward may lead to some information for the return of the goods, that's what we are looking for.
"Effectively someone is stealing £1m of our sales or closing down one of our best stores."
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The owner of a jewellery business has said its Pandora brand Christmas collection has been stolen during a burglary in Craigavon, County Armagh.
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The structure over the A63 at Castle Street was originally planned to be open in time for Hull hosting the UK City of Culture arts festival in 2017.
Now, Hull West and Hessle Labour MP Alan Johnson has said "an engineering problem" means construction has been delayed.
The bridge will connect the city centre with the Marina.
Speaking on BBC Radio Humberside, Mr Johnson said Highways England (HE), the agency behind the project, had contacted him two weeks ago to say that the scheduled opening date of Spring 2017 would be delayed until November.
"There is an engineering problem here," he said. "So we're faced with either having 11 months of the City of Culture with the disruption around that area and no bridge until November, or we delay it until 2018."
In a statement, HE said the decision to reschedule the work was taken after "recent ground investigation work".
"This is due to a number of technical issues relating to the foundations of the bridge," said HE.
"More work is needed on the existing marina wall before engineers can start installing foundations for the bridge."
Hull City Labour councillor Martin Mancey, said the authority was discussing with HE about upgrading the existing crossings on Castle Street in time for 2017.
Mr Mancey said they were "extremely disappointed by this news" but he said HE had told him "they remain committed to the development of the footbridge, which we are hopeful will start in 2018."
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Work on a £11.5m footbridge across a major road in Hull will now not start until 2018, an MP has revealed.
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HMS Falmouth sank in Bridlington Bay with the loss of 12 men on 20 August 1916 after a German U-boat attack.
The model was created by combining a seabed survey of the wreck with records held by the Imperial War Museum.
HMS Falmouth fought in the biggest naval engagement of World War One, the Battle of Jutland.
It is the only substantial wreck of a Royal Navy warship that fought in the Battle of Jutland lying in English waters.
Wayne Cocroft, senior investigator at Historic England, said: "Throughout the First World War the sea off our coast was an intensely-fought battlefield with many casualties lost within sight of the shore.
"Aside from war memorials to those lost at sea, the traces of maritime battles are invisible to all but a few.
"Modern technology is now being used to make our underwater heritage accessible to all.
"Digital 3D modelling and computer visualisation can recreate the appearance of lost vessels aiding our understanding and remembrance of this largely forgotten conflict."
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A digital 3D model of a warship torpedoed off the coast of Yorkshire has been created to mark the 100th anniversary of its sinking.
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Elizabeth Quintana from the military think tank Rusi said swarming drones could be used to take out enemy swarms.
But she said the technology was unlikely to be deployed in practice any time soon.
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US Navy researchers are testing drones that can be shot into the sky for rapid deployment.
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He has not played since losing a World Championship quarter-final to eventual winner Stuart Bingham in April.
"Looking forward to playing the Masters," the 39-year-old wrote on social media.
The former world number one has won 27 ranking events in his career, including five Masters titles.
O'Sullivan recently told BBC Sport: "I am reluctant to give up this easy life I have at the moment which is very enjoyable.
"I am dithering but at the moment I am enjoying life so much I haven't really got the time to practise or give the game 100%."
The Masters begins on Sunday, 10 January, with the final on the following Sunday, 17 January.
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Five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has confirmed he will return to competitive snooker at the Masters at Alexandra Palace in January.
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Badruddin Haqqani died last Tuesday in North Waziristan, a relative said.
The death has not been confirmed by US or Pakistani officials.
The Haqqani network has carried out high-profile attacks against foreign troops in Afghanistan. If confirmed, the death would be a major victory for US forces, correspondents say.
In a separate development, Nato air strikes killed a regional commander of the Pakistani Taliban on Friday inside Afghanistan, officials said.
Mullah Dadullah was killed along with a dozen of his fighters in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province. He had taken over as leader of the Taliban in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal area earlier this year.
Badruddin Haqqani has been described as a senior operational commander with the Haqqani network - masterminding and directing ambitious attacks on high-profile targets.
He was also responsible for training camps, and for extorting funds from contractors, the BBC's Orla Guerin in Islamabad says.
Tribesmen in North Waziristan and sources in the local administration told the BBC he is now dead and buried.
Local sources also told the BBC that his replacement had already been named. But experts think the death would affect operations by the Haqqani network, our correspondent says.
North Waziristan - where the group is based - is seen as a haven for Taliban and al-Qaeda militants.
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A key commander in the Pakistan-based militant Haqqani network has been killed in a US drone strike, according to a family member and local sources.
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Anne Carlisle's pay rise was one of the highest of all UK vice chancellors last year, a study for The Times Higher Education showed.
Lecturers said it was a "disgrace" as they fight a 1.1% pay offer.
But, university bosses said it was "a reflection of the continued growth and success of the university".
Ms Carlisle's overall pay, including performance-related pay and pensions contributions, rose by £57,391 to £285,900 in 2014-15, a 25.1% increase, the university confirmed.
The average wage in Cornwall last year was £17,340, according to Cornwall Council.
Falmouth University has about 4,200 students and Ms Carlisle's rise means she earns more than the £271,000 paid to Sir Timothy O'Shea, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, which has 35,500 students, according to the study.
The university said the vice chancellor's pay was determined by the remuneration committee of its board of governors and she was not part of the discussions.
A spokesman said 97% of the university's graduates were in work or further study six months after graduating and 20% of its graduates had started their own businesses - five times the national average.
The University and College Union (UCU) is taking part in a two-day strike at universities next week as part of an ongoing pay dispute over the 1.1% pay rise offered by the employer body, the Universities and Colleges Employer Association.
UCU general secretary Sally Hunt called the rise "blatant double standards".
She said: "Universities need to answer some hard questions about how they will continue to attract and retain the best talent when pay is being held down and hardworking staff are receiving such poor reward for their efforts."
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Police said the 71-year-old was one of three men walking on Kells Avenue at about 08:25 BST.
A red car stopped beside the group and two men got out. The assailants attacked two of the men in the group and stole a wallet.
One of the attackers also produced a hammer and threatened the men with it.
Police said the car was a Volkswagen Golf with a southern-registered number plate.
They are also investigating if there is a link between the attack and a report of criminal damage to a car in Oramnore Drive at the same time.
It was reported that two men in a red-coloured car smashed the windscreen and passenger window of a Toyota car parked on the street.
The police have appealed for witnesses.
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The grey-coloured machinery was taken from the AMD site on Newton Road at about 22:45 on Thursday after the security gate was breached.
At about the same time, the nearby premises of JG Findlay on Old Irongray Road were also broken into and hedge trimmers taken.
Det Con Ryan Kirk said it appeared that the thefts may have been linked.
"We are keen to trace a white or silver-coloured van which was seen in the Newton Road area at around 22:45 on Thursday night and which contained three men in dark-coloured clothing," he said.
"Anyone who may have been in the area and who saw anything suspicious is asked to call police at Dumfries on the 101 number."
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Two rock breakers worth £10,000 in total have been stolen from a plant hire yard in Dumfries.
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There was outrage on social media when pictures surfaced of him with a "mystery woman".
The two-time Olympic champion confirmed the rumours and apologised. His wife, fellow badminton star Xie Xingfang, had their first child on 5 November.
Social media users quickly identified the woman he was seen with in the photos as actress and model Zhao Yaqi.
Cheng Hao Chen wrote: "Brother, do you know that you were the pride of 1.3 billion Chinese people? How about now?"
After the pictures emerged, another user, Duo Duo Wa Bai Cai, said: "A shameless mistake has sent you to hell from heaven.
"No matter how outstanding your achievements are, you will fall short of being a father and a husband! Sorry, super Dan, this is unforgivable - you have neglected your responsibility as a man!"
Lin, nicknamed Super Dan, used to be world number one but is now ranked third, the Straits Times reports.
"As a man, I will not defend myself," he wrote. "But my behaviour has hurt my family. I apologise to my family here. Sorry."
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Chinese badminton superstar Lin Dan has shocked his fans by admitting he had an affair while his wife was pregnant.
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A spokesman for the company said the "time is right" to try new measures like a "well-designed" deposit system.
Campaigners have called for a scheme where shoppers would pay a deposit when buying cans or bottles, which would be refunded when they return them empty.
Former environment secretary Richard Lochhead said Coca-Cola's backing was a "significant development".
The Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland (APRS) group has led the "Have You Got the Bottle?" campaign, lobbying ministers to bring in a deposit scheme.
A Coca-Cola spokesman told Holyrood magazine: "It's already clear from our conversations with experts that the time is right to trial new interventions such as a well-designed deposit scheme for drinks containers, starting in Scotland where conversations are under way."
He added that the firm had made "significant progress" in recent years towards making its packaging more sustainable, and was now looking at "ways we can collaborate with others to improve recycling rates and reduce litter".
Campaigners hailed this as a "truly landmark moment", noting that the firm had previously opposed similar schemes.
SNP MSP Mr Lochhead, who examined such schemes when he was a cabinet secretary, said: "This change of heart by the world's biggest soft drink company is a very welcome and highly significant development in the campaign to introduce deposit and return schemes for drinks containers to improve recycling and tackle litter.
"It is refreshing that such a major player in the industry is willing to change its mind after looking at how such schemes work in countries around the world."
The Marine Conservation Society said it was "great to see Coca-Cola recognise the advantages" of such a scheme, while WWF Scotland said they "very much welcome" the move.
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The official Communist Party watchdog also promised to prosecute Zhao Xinwei for "serious discipline breaches", which generally refers to corruption.
His paper covered the restive western region that has seen deadly clashes between police and ethnic Uighurs.
Mr Zhao is alleged to have "improperly discussed" party policies in the region, including combating terrorism.
The former editor is accused of failing to follow the party line on separatism, religion, extremism and other sensitive issues
His "words and deeds were not in line with the centre or regional party committee", a statement on the watchdog's website said.
It went on to say that he had "publicly made comments in opposition".
Mr Zhao has been expelled from the party and his case has been passed to the legal authorities, the watchdog said.
In recent months, China has brought in new rules tightening restrictions on criticism of party policy.
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Kieron Flux went missing after a night out in the Val d'Isère resort. A search helicopter found his body in the Gorges de la Daille on 7 January.
The 18-year-old, from Newport, was a student at Isle of Wight College.
Island coroner Caroline Sumeray recorded a verdict of death by misadventure and said intoxication had contributed to his death.
Ms Sumeray said the French authorities had carried out an autopsy but had not sent the findings.
She also told Mr Flux's mother, Diane Haines, some of his organs had been retained by the French authorities without explanation, and said she would ask the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to investigate.
Mrs Haines said she had not been previously informed and added: "So I buried him with most of his organs missing."
Mr Flux went on the holiday with his father, Wayne Flux, and nine others.
On the second night he and his friend Joseph Craig went into the town centre and initially joined a pub crawl organised by the tour company reps, the inquest heard.
After visiting four bars, Mr Craig became separated from Mr Flux and ended up going back to the group's chalet alone.
Mr Flux had drunk about six bottles of beer before going out.
Ms Sumeray said he got on a shuttle bus but got off at the wrong end of town.
"He was disorientated and wasn't dressed warmly and subsequently got lost in the snow and developed hypothermia and died," she said.
"Had he not been intoxicated with alcohol, I do not think he would have ended up getting lost and dying."
On identifying his son's body, Wayne Flux described him as "frozen solid", the inquest heard.
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A four-carriage train collided with a stationary eight-carriage train at Plymouth Railway Station on Sunday.
Andy Roden, from Rail Magazine, said the platform appeared to have been "too short" for both trains.
But Great Western Railway (GWR) said trains of different lengths regularly share platforms across the UK.
Police said no-one was seriously hurt in the "low impact collision", but eight casualties were taken to the city's Derriford Hospital for treatment, with two detained overnight.
Mr Roden said while there was "nothing inherently unsafe" about trains sharing platforms, it was the "first time" he had heard that a long train had shared a platform with a short train at Plymouth Railway Station.
"You would need a jolly good reason to do it", Mr Roden added.
However, a spokesman for GWR, said: "Trains of different lengths share platforms at stations safely and without incident across the UK network on a daily basis.
"Clearly something went wrong [on Sunday], and we are working with Network Rail, British Transport Police and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch to understand exactly what happened as quickly as possible."
He said it would be "wrong to speculate about the causes" and added every move by a train was risk assessed with two trains sharing a platform at Plymouth being "a permitted move".
The British Transport Police said: "At this stage we believe that a moving train drove into the back of a stationary train on platform six at the station, and we are currently looking into the circumstances to determine how this happened."
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch will lead the investigate into the crash, but no timescale has been given.
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Matthew Bray, 20, hit Lochlan Olden on a pavement in Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, in May.
He admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving without insurance and failing to stop after an accident at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.
Bray, of Aberdare, was detained in a young offenders' institution.
Judge Richard Twomlow told him: "Your speed was described as very fast and ridiculous. You failed to pause and Lochlan Olden was unfortunate enough to be in your way.
"He was struck by the bike with disastrous consequences."
Bray was also disqualified from driving for four years and has to pay £900 in court costs and a victim surcharge.
Clare Fear, defending, said: "I cannot express highly enough to the court how devastated this young defendant feels regarding his extremely irresponsible, immature and reckless behaviour on this day."
Following the hearing, Sgt Gethin Hewer of South Wales Police said: "Nerys Olden (Lochlan's mother) would like to express her thanks for all the support Lochlan had at the scene, for the people and the emergency services, the investigative team and the work that has been done leading through to the court case.
"She has been humbled by the level of support in the community - the fundraising and the ongoing fundraising and the help provided to the family and Lochlan to help them come to terms with his long-term injury."
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A man has been locked up for three years for crashing his quad bike into a seven-year-old boy, causing him to have his leg amputated.
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It is understood the arrest was linked to comments on a Facebook page that allegedly sought to justify the Manchester attack.
The man has been charged with the improper use of a public electronic communications network.
He is due to appear before Belfast Magistrates' Court on Monday 19 June.
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A 19-year-old man from Northern Ireland has been charged in relation to material posted on a social media platform about the Manchester bombing.
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Robins duo Massimo Luongo and Brad Smith have already been named in the 20-man Australia squad for games with Belgium and Saudi Arabia in September.
Town can appeal for a postponement of their game on 6 September if a third player is called up.
"We're praying Iraq call Yaser up so we can get the game off," said Cooper.
He told BBC Wiltshire: "We're losing two big players out of our team but you need three for it to be rearranged.
"It's a little bit unfair that we're going to have to go into our game without two of our key players, but we knew that when we signed them."
Midfielder Luongo was part of the Socceroos squad at the World Cup in Brazil and has one full cap, while Sydney-born Smith, on loan at Swindon from Liverpool, has yet to play for his country.
Australia face Belgium in Liege on 4 September before travelling to Fulham's Craven Cottage to play Saudi Arabia four days later.
Baghdad-born midfielder Kasim has made one appearance for Iraq, who have a friendly against Peru in Dubai on 5 September.
Swindon's League One rivals MK Dons have already had their game with Sheffield United on 6 September postponed because of their international call-ups.
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Swindon manager Mark Cooper is hoping Yaser Kasim receives an international call-up for Iraq so that Town's game with Chesterfield is postponed.
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The 33-year-old from the Leeswood, near Mold, died following a collision on a roundabout on the A541 Chester Road in the town.
His family have described him as a talented furniture maker "tragically taken from us at a young age".
A 45-year-old Ford Fiesta car driver was arrested after failing a drugs test, and has been released on bail.
In a statement issued through North Wales Police, Mr Bennison's family said "life will never be the same without him".
They said he was an incredibly proud and loving father to baby son, Osian. They said he had described him as "his greatest achievement and the best thing that ever happened to him".
Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses to the incident, which happened just before 10:00 BST on Monday.
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Its parent group, United Dairy Farmers co-operative, said the reduction was due to depressed market returns, especially from milk powder exports.
This was "made worse by adverse exchange rates with the pound gathering strength versus the euro as the year progressed", it said.
The firm said also that farmgate milk prices had been volatile.
"Prices roller-coasted, starting the year at a high of 32.4 pence per litre and finishing at 21.4 pence," it said.
"This reflected a collapse in dairy markets driven by global overproduction in milk, weaker demand from China and a Russian ban on imports of EU dairy produce."
Dale Farm group chief executive David Dobbin said despite this fall in operating profits, the company had "delivered another year of strong growth".
"The outlook for the current year remains difficult with dairy markets continuing to decline as the result of the ongoing global oversupply situation, exacerbated by the ending EU dairy quotas in April 2015 which has led to increased output," he said.
The company said there was a 10% increase in turnover to £320m, driven by a 27% growth in consumer sales with packed cheese sales volumes up 53% and packed butter sales volumes up 30%.
Its brands include Dromona, Spelga and Rowan Glen.
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Annual profits at Dale Farm, Northern Ireland's largest milk processor, have fallen by about 50% to £3.5m.
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Marcelino Vilankulo was killed outside his home in Matola, a suburb of the city, they added.
Kidnapping gangs have targeted many Asian businessmen in Maputo and Mozambique's second city, Beira.
In 2014, judge Dinis Silica, was killed after authorising the detention of one of the suspects.
Mr Vilankulo was working on a case involving one of the alleged masterminds of the abductions.
Police spokesman Emidio Mabunda told AFP news agency that they had no information on the number of attackers or the type of weapon they used.
In a tweet, the British High Commissioner to Mozambique, Joanna Kuenssberg, described the killing as "another terrible blow to the rule of law".
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A public prosecutor who was investigating a wave of kidnappings in Mozambique has been shot dead in the capital, Maputo, police have said.
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It is claimed a man suffered a back injury when he was "violently flung" during a "peaceful protest" at Bramley Parish Hall, Rotherham.
The event, on Friday, was to inform the public about proposed changes to the HS2 rail line route in the area.
HS2 said the event was closed "for a short while" due to crowd numbers.
Richard Dickinson said his shirt was ripped when he was grabbed by a security guard.
"He grabbed hold of me, pushed me against the wall into a door, scraped me across the wall and just chucked me into the people who were coming inside the building," Mr Dickinson said.
"It was totally out of order, we were protesting peacefully and this guy just suddenly lost his temper for no reason at all."
A formal complaint was made and a statement was given to police.
Robert Foulds, clerk to Bramley Parish Council, wrote to the HS2 chairman claiming some witnesses were "in tears" when Mr Dickinson was "violently flung across the lobby".
The security firm, Churchill Security Ltd, said: "Our security staff are all highly trained and as a company we would never condone any inappropriate behaviour by any of our employees."
A spokesman for the firm said the security guard's conduct had been "vindicated" by police, but South Yorkshire Police said enquiries were ongoing.
An HS2 spokesperson said: "No restrictions were in place on those participating from the peaceful march from entering the event.
"However, due to the significant number of people, the room was simply not big enough to accommodate everyone inside the venue."
New route proposals see the HS2 line passing between Rotherham and Doncaster, with plans for a station in Meadowhall scrapped in favour of a stop in Sheffield city centre.
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Days lost through these absences have risen by 159% since 2011, figures from 21 London hospital trusts show.
Unfilled rotas means more pressure on the remaining staff, the chair of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee Dr Johann Malawana said.
NHS Employers said more specialist help was now available.
More on this story and other news from London
"Nonetheless we cannot be complacent as progress is uneven and more action is required," chief executive Danny Mortimer said.
Across 21 London hospital trusts about 1,200 days were lost through junior doctors being signed off for mental health issues in 2011 compared to about 3,180 in 2015.
The BBC is awaiting the full results of a national Freedom of Information Request about junior doctors' days lost in England and Wales.
The Practitioner's Health Programme, (PHP) which offers support and counselling to NHS doctors in London, said demand was so high at one point last year that it was forced to close its doors for six weeks to catch up with the level of referrals.
Dr Clare Gerada, who runs the service said: "I've worked in the NHS for 35 years and I have never seen so many demoralised individuals."
You can see the full story on BBC London's Inside Out on Monday at 7.30pm on BBC One and shortly after on iPlayer.
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There has been a sharp rise in the number of days junior doctors in London were signed-off with stress, anxiety and depression, the BBC has learned.
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Culture minister Ed Vaizey, who ordered the bars, said it was vital the "classic objects remain in the UK".
Archaeologist Lawrence was a well known World War One diplomat who worked closely with Arab leaders.
It comes after a review said the items were integral to him and UK history.
Lawrence was one of the most recognisable figures of the war, due to his work in the Middle East and his involvement in the Arab Revolt.
A trained archaeologist, he led small but effective irregular forces against Turkey, attacking communication and supply routes.
His exploits were depicted in the 1961 Oscar winning film, Lawrence of Arabia, starring Peter O'Toole.
The decision to defer export licences for his curved steel and silver dagger and his white robes have been put in place in the hope of finding buyers from the UK.
The dagger - which is valued at £125,000 - was presented to the archaeologist and diplomat after the capture by Arab forces of Aqaba in Jordan in 1917.
Lawrence wore the white robes in a famous portrait of him by Augustus John.
The decision follows a recommendation by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA).
"The robes and dagger together form a crucial part of the images of Lawrence in painting, sculpture and photographs; and they are therefore an integral part of his life and our history," RCEWA chairman Sir Hayden Phillips said.
Mr Vaizey said T E Lawrence was "one of the most extraordinary figures of the 20th Century".
"These robes and dagger are absolutely iconic and a key part of his enduring image. It is important that these classic objects remain in the UK," he added.
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Temporary export bans have been placed on a white silk robe and dagger owned by T E Lawrence - better known as Lawrence of Arabia - amid efforts to find a UK buyer for the artefacts.
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The 23-year-old will join the Tynecastle club on a two-year deal on 1 July after his Rovers contract ends.
Stockton, who came through the youth ranks at Tranmere, spent half of last season on loan at Morecambe.
He scored 18 goals last term, including eight in Rovers' final 11 matches as they eventually lost in the promotion play-off final to Forest Green.
Stockton will join Hearts in time to head out to the pre-season training camp in Dublin at the start of July.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Hearts have signed striker Cole Stockton on a pre-contract from Tranmere Rovers.
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Alexander McDonald, 27, who also sexually assaulted Catherine McDonald, 57, admitted manslaughter but denied murder.
Police found his mother's body at their home in Somerset after arresting him for crashing her car in Devon.
The trial at Exeter Crown Court heard that McDonald was high on cocaine and alcohol before carrying out the attack.
Det Insp Julie Mackay said the murder victim was "a quiet person who lived a private life".
She added: "We know he'd been drinking heavily at a wine tasting event the night before the murder, returning home at around midnight. He'd also taken cocaine.
"While he's been convicted of her murder, we may never know what triggered him to attack his mother in such a brutal fashion, before stealing her car which he later crashed in Devon."
The trial heard McDonald used a power cord, knitting needles, scissors and kitchen knife to attack his mother on 30 September last year.
The prosecution said hours before the killing, McDonald was exchanging texts of a sexual nature with a male friend.
A psychiatrist told the jury that Mr McDonald was not aware of what he was doing at the time of the killing.
He crashed his mother's car in Butterleigh and was seen walking away from it. He then walked into a couple's home nearby and was told to leave.
No formal charges were made relating to the break-in, the car theft or the sexual assault.
McDonald will be sentenced on Wednesday.
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Wilfred Holmes, who was 45 and known as Wilfie, was originally from Ballymoney, but had been living in Belfast.
His body was found in Donegall Street at about 23:30 BST on Wednesday.
He had been in Londonderry earlier in the day, before travelling back to Belfast. He was last seen in the Royal Avenue/High Street area of the city at about 18:30 BST.
He was about 5ft 9ins tall, with blue eyes, dark short brown hair and of medium build.
Police want anyone with any information to contact them.
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Police investigating the sudden death of a man in north Belfast have appealed for help in tracing his last movements.
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Activity at US factories remained at a two-year low in September. In China manufacturing activity contracted to a six-and-a-half year low.
Suppliers to Volkswagen continued to be hit after the world's largest carmaker admitted to deceiving US regulators over emissions tests.
Shares in Delphi Automotive fell 0.5% and Honeywell lost 1.5%.
On the Nasdaq Clean Diesel Technologies opened up 10.6%, but later fell back to close 4% higher.
The Dow Jones fell 0.3% to 16,279, the S&P 500 lost 0.2% to close at 1,938 and the Nasdaq Composite closed a fraction lower at 4,752.
"The market looks tired and flat, and there is some hesitation to commit with earnings coming out in two weeks and worries about China and the impact on companies that do a lot of business overseas," said Daniel Morgan, senior portfolio manager at Synovus Trust Company.
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Northampton Borough Council lent the club the money to redevelop Sixfields Stadium.
On 6 November it was revealed police were working with the council "to see whether any criminality has occurred" in connection with the loan.
Police said they had received a formal complaint from the council.
A Northamptonshire Police spokesman said the investigation "relates to alleged financial irregularities surrounding the loan made by the borough council to Northampton Town Football Club".
He said: "In response, a team of officers this afternoon served a warrant at Sixfields Stadium in order to secure any documentation which may be relevant to the investigation.
"The football club is being fully co-operative at this stage.
"This is likely to be a complex and challenging inquiry and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage."
More on this story and other news from Northamptonshire.
The police investigation comes on the day former Oxford United chairman Kelvin Thomas reached an agreement to buy the controlling stake in the League Two club from David Cardoza.
The club owes HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) £166,000, which has led to a winding up petition set to be heard next week.
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Scarlets fly-half Steven Shingler missed a last-minute penalty that could have given the league leaders the win.
Despite holding on for victory, Jones told BBC Wales Sport: "It was a bit frustrating from us, to be honest."
Scarlets skipper Ken Owens felt his side gave their rivals too many opportunities in their own 22.
"It is hugely frustrating. We gave some silly penalties away which they capitalised on," said Owens.
"It was a great derby and a good display of rugby but they were slightly more clinical in taking their chances and probably deserved the win in the end.
"We created plenty of chances and didn't convert enough, and they did."
After a good start for Scarlets, Jones' converted try sent Ospreys in level at the break 20-20, but the Wales lock felt they could have played much better in the first 40 minutes.
"We've been trying to play with a bit more width but you can't do that if you keep losing the ball and unfortunately we were losing the ball in the first half," Jones added.
"Credit to them, they were pressuring us at the breakdown.
"We feel probably we were let off in the end."
For the visitors, Boxing Day's victory was only their fifth in the Pro12 so far this season.
"The boys showed real character," Ospreys head coach Steve Tandy said. "If we'd lost that would have been pretty disappointing.
"It goes back to our discipline and we've got to smarten up a little bit.
"When we had the ball we looked decent, but we didn't keep it for long enough.
"But to come to a place where not many people win is really a positive for us."
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His Glasgow Warriors and international team-mate Fraser Brown is expected to be missing for around eight weeks.
The 26-year-old hooker has had an operation on a foot injury.
Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend said: "We wish Henry and Fraser all the best with their rehab and we look forward to welcoming them back."
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The half-hour programmes, featuring Scotland's main party leaders, will take place at 19:00 on four weekday nights starting Monday 29 May.
Each politician will answer audience questions on a range of subjects.
The programmes will take place at BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay HQ and be hosted by Glenn Campbell.
First up will be Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie (29 May); next will be Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale (30 May); she will be followed by Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson (1 June) and the final night will feature Scottish National Party leader and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (2 June).
People wishing to take part in the BBC One Scotland programme will need to be available between 17:30 and 19:30.
Guidelines require the BBC to have a balanced audience for this event. To help us do this, we will ask all those interested about their political affiliations.
This information is completely confidential and will only be used for the purpose of balance.
If you are interested in applying to join one of the audiences, fill in this questionnaire.
Willie Rennie (Scottish Lib Dem leader)
Kezia Dugdale (Scottish Labour leader)
Ruth Davidson (Scottish Conservative Party leader)
Nicola Sturgeon (Scottish National Party leader)
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The firm said it was looking into them.
Outlook users, including those with Hotmail addresses, are reporting issues on social media and sites including Down Detector - with some saying their services are now returning.
On the Xbox Live platform there is a message saying that Microsoft is aware of sign-in issues and is "working to resolve" them.
Microsoft Outlook has tweeted on its official account that the issue has now been fixed.
"Great news! An update has been rolled out. Our servers are now up and running," it said in response to a customer at around 1545 GMT.
It suggests trying to log in again.
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They will travel to the European country in June after an invitation from German President Joachim Gauck.
This will be the Queen's seventh time in Germany - her first was in 1965 and the last in 2004. In 2000, she opened the new British embassy in Berlin.
She has been on four previous state visits and two official visits.
Buckingham Palace said in a short statement: "The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, will make a state visit to the Federal Republic of Germany from 24 to 26 June.
"Her Majesty and His Royal Highness are visiting at the invitation of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Joachim Gauck."
Mr Gauck and his partner, Daniela Schadt, were guests of the Queen and Prince Philip at a lunch at Buckingham Palace in November 2012.
Mr Gauck, a human-rights campaigner and former East German dissident, became president in March 2012.
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The German, 25, who has just returned after 20 months out with a knee injury, pulled up during Saturday's 2-0 win over Stuttgart.
"I will come back and carry on from where I had got back to after my long injury absence," he said.
New signing from Roma Mehdi Benatia could replace him against City.
It was initially thought Badstuber had only strained his thigh, but a test on Sunday revealed he had torn muscle tendons.
"Of course I'm very disappointed right now," said the 25-year-old on his club's website. "But I'm now used to it and I know how to deal with such situations. I will not give up."
Badstuber had been highly praised by Bayern coach Pep Guardiola for his performances this season.
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Bayern Munich defender Holger Badstuber will miss Manchester City's Champions League visit on Wednesday after being told he needs a thigh operation.
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The party seemed set to carry on when Boreham's Danny Woodards headed Zaine Francis-Angol's dangerous cross into his own net.
The Wood's renowned fighting spirit from last season, however, kicked in on the stroke of half-time when Ricky Shakes nodded Angelo Balanta's cross past Rhys Taylor.
Luke Garrard's men continued their momentum into the second half and from Balanta's ball, Kane Smith's awkward looking header sailed in to hand the away side the lead.
But Fylde substitutes Jonny Smith and Henry Jones combined well for the former to level the scores and earn his side a point.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, AFC Fylde 2, Boreham Wood 2.
Second Half ends, AFC Fylde 2, Boreham Wood 2.
Andy Bond (AFC Fylde) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! AFC Fylde 2, Boreham Wood 2. (AFC Fylde).
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Bruno Andrade replaces Dan Woodards.
Substitution, AFC Fylde. Henry Jones replaces James Hardy.
Substitution, AFC Fylde. replaces Josh Ezewele.
Goal! AFC Fylde 1, Boreham Wood 2. Kane Smith (Boreham Wood).
Second Half begins AFC Fylde 1, Boreham Wood 1.
First Half ends, AFC Fylde 1, Boreham Wood 1.
Goal! AFC Fylde 1, Boreham Wood 1. Ricky Shakes (Boreham Wood).
Jordan Tunnicliffe (AFC Fylde) is shown the yellow card.
Own Goal by Dan Woodards, Boreham Wood. AFC Fylde 1, Boreham Wood 0.
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The facility is set to be built on land near Byron Street, Royton. The site is opposite the current Royton Sports Centre.
Oldham Council said it will include a six-lane 25m swimming pool, a learner pool, a gym and two dance studios.
A spokesman added the current site will close when the new site is completed. The new complex is due to open in October 2015.
A planning application for the latest design proposals will be formally submitted in February.
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The plans for a new £8m sports centre have been unveiled by Oldham Council.
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The 17-year-old, who is a product of Bradford's academy and made his senior debut in the 2016 season, has signed a two-year deal with Castleford.
"Jake became available after the difficulties Bradford faced recently," said Tigers head coach Daryl Powell.
"We now have some of the best young half-backs in the country to learn from the quality we have in our first team."
Trueman told the club website: "I wanted to join Castleford because of the coaching staff on board. I think they can develop and improve me as a player. The club just feels like the right fit for me."
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Super League club Castleford Tigers have signed teenage half-back Jake Trueman from Bradford Bulls.
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Tom Gray of Belfast software firm Kainos said more investment was needed to produce skilled workers.
He said that Northern Ireland was competing with the rest of the world.
"The fact that we may have budgetary issues has no impact on what the rest of the world is doing," told the BBC's Inside Business programme.
"They don't care what we're doing.
"If we don't invest and move forward, we're just going to fall behind everybody else."
Earlier this month, Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry warned that the way that higher education is funded in Northern Ireland was "no longer sustainable".
He launched a consultation to try to find agreement on how universities should be paid for.
Inside Business is on BBC Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle at 13:30 BST on Sunday.
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Northern Ireland is in danger of being left behind if there are further cuts to the higher education budget, a leading technology expert has warned.
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Able Seaman Jonathan Murray went to the aid of the other sailor after he fell from a small boat during a transfer from the frigate HMS Montrose.
Mr Murray was the coxswain of the boat and turned it quickly back to the lost seaman so he could be rescued.
He has been awarded a Royal Navy Commendation for the rescue in the Mediterranean in 2012.
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A Royal Navy sailor from Inverness has been recognised for his actions in saving a colleague in rough seas.
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Day three of competition at the Lee Valley White Water Centre saw head-to-head races in the K1 with Clarke taking the men's slot and Pennie the women's.
David Florence and Richard Hounslow secured their places over the weekend.
Team GB's official selections for Rio 2016 will be confirmed by the British Olympic Association on 4 November.
Clarke's final run of 86.84 seconds, the fastest time on Monday, saw him rise from third place. The 22-year-old, from Staffordshire, edged out Huw Swetnam and Bradley Forbes-Cryans on a countback.
Pennie lost out to Lizzie Neave for the sole K1 women's spot for London 2012 but the 32-year-old Scot turned the tables this time with a fastest run of 102.78 seconds to deny Neave, who missed a crucial gate in the closing stages.
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Great Britain's Joe Clarke and Fiona Pennie have won the final two provisional places in the Great Britain slalom squad for the Rio Olympics.
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Dozens remain missing and their distraught families are waiting anxiously as rescue efforts continue.
Two men were rescued alive but there were at least 60 working in the Lalmatia open cast mine in Godda district when its wall collapsed.
Three workers died in a similar incident at the site in 2012.
Eastern Coalfields Limited closed the government-owned mine after that incident but later re-opened it, according to reports.
Rescue workers say poor safety standards are responsible, and officials say there may be prosecutions.
"This is not a natural collapse. It is manmade. There are no measures for safety here," Jai Prakash of the National Disaster Response Force told Kolkata's Telegraph newspaper.
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Dense fog has inhibited the work of rescuers, who were only able to enter the mine early on Friday.
Around 29% of India's coal deposits are situated in Jharkand, one of the country's poorest areas and the site of a Maoist insurgency.
In 2015, 38 deaths were recorded across 570 mines in India.
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The bodies of 13 people have been recovered from a coal mine which collapsed on Thursday in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.
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Gerrard forced his way into Denis Betts's line-up in the final weeks of last season and crossed for his maiden try in
"Things are going really well for me at the moment," he told the club website.
"Signing a long-term contract means I can fully focus on playing and not have to worry about any distractions."
He continued: "I featured in the last five games of 2012, I was picked for all three pre-season games and I've been selected for our opening three Super League games this year.
"I'm taking things one game at a time and working hard on my consistency. The secret now is to keep up my level of performance to ensure I maintain my place in the side."
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Front-row forward Alex Gerrard has signed a new contract that will keep the 21-year-old with Widnes Vikings until the end of the 2015 season.
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Weston-super-Mare's RNLI crew said they had already been called out more times this year than in the whole of 2014.
About 6.5m visitors head to the seaside resort each year.
Volunteer Glyn Hayes said: "They don't realise about our strong tides and leap into their little dinghies and drift out to sea and we go and get them."
The volunteer crew, temporarily stationed at Knightstone Causeway, aim to launch their lifeboat within eight minutes of their pagers going off.
"In terms of shouts this year, it's gone off 35 times," said Mr Hayes.
"Even on Sunday, when we had our open day, we had four shouts, all of which involved jet skis."
Their recent rescues include helping a couple found clinging to a derelict pier, retrieving two men from a sinking dinghy and aiding a water scooter rider who had run out of fuel.
"There is a degree of stupidity, but it's very difficult because in Weston even though it's a beautiful day, no wind, we've still got very strong currents," said Mr Hayes.
"I also think it's because we've had such indifferent weather. People aren't getting their boats ready for the start of the season and then all of a sudden the weather turns nice and they rush out and do things they shouldn't be doing."
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Lifeboat rescuers in Somerset are blaming naivety and the weather for the rise in people needing help in the Bristol Channel.
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Andrejs Trofimovics, 25, was found dead in a flat in Cleveland Road, in the Springbourne area of the town, on Friday. He had been stabbed.
Vladislav Pomozov, 45, has been charged with murder and with the attempted murder of a second man, aged 46, who sustained serious injuries.
He will appear before Bournemouth magistrates later.
Mr Trofimovics, from Latvia, who was formally identified on Sunday, died from a single stab wound, a post-mortem test concluded.
Det Insp Mark Samuel appealed for witnesses to contact Dorset Police on 101.
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A man has been charged with murder following the death of a man at a flat in Bournemouth.
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The 23-year-old former England youth international, who also plays Minor Counties cricket for Devon, will move to The Oval at the end of this season.
Burke's sole first-class appearance for Somerset came in 2012 but he featured in three T20 Blast matches this summer.
"James is a genuine all-rounder of great potential," Surrey director of cricket Alec Stewart said.
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Surrey have agreed a deal to sign Somerset all-rounder James Burke on a two-year contract.
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The Welsh government has paid £1,500-a-week to have them on the A40 near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, as one side of the carriageway has subsidence.
But the area affected is twice as long as first thought.
A spokesman said work could only start once nearby land has been bought.
Councillor Haydn Hudson said: "We as a community want to know what's going on.
"Lets sort it out and let's get it done. There's another summer coming and we're losing holiday trade because people don't want to travel on this road."
The Welsh government said it was mindful the situation had been frustrating for people but the works had proved to be a "complex project".
A statement added: "An investigation of the site established that the affected area was almost twice as long as the initial estimated 110 metres, which required further investigation and plans were revised accordingly.
"Resolving the issue has been further complicated by the need for us to purchase land from the owners to allow the repair works to go ahead."
BBC Wales understands negotiations over the land are now in the process of being finalised but what has angered many residents is the staggering costs that have built up while that has been ongoing.
In a letter to Llandovery town council, Transport Minister Edwina Hart said she hoped an agreement would be reached soon and the scheme could commence before the end of the year.
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A set of temporary traffic lights has cost the taxpayer £225,000 after being in place on the same stretch of road for three years without any work being carried out.
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James Beveridge, 41, was found with stab wounds in the town's Farne Court at about 18:10 on Saturday.
He was taken to Kirkcaldy's Victoria Infirmary, where he died later.
William Paterson, of Methil, Fife, appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court charged with murder. He made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody.
The case was continued for further examination.
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A 45-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of another man in Kirkcaldy.
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More than 10,000 fewer people travelled by sea to the island in the first six months of the year - a 20% drop compared to the previous year.
The figures have been described as "very disappointing" by Guernsey's marketing and tourism boss.
Mike Hopkins said the result of the EU referendum was partly to blame.
"Overall visitor numbers to May have been very disappointing, with the month of May being particularly tough for everyone; the decline in the number of visitors departing by sea, having made the biggest impact," he said.
Mr Hopkins said the poor May figures followed "both uncertainty around the Brexit Referendum and a strong May performance in the previous year."
But he added that June 2016 had shown an overall increase in visitors.
Since the beginning of 2016 ferry passengers numbers have gone down by 12,500 and there has been a fall in visitors from cruise ships and private yachts of 7,000.
Day visitors from neighbouring Jersey and France have also gone down considerably - 3,300 fewer people visited Guernsey compared to 2015.
Guernsey's Committee for Economic Development said it was taking action to put pressure on the island's air and ferry providers to supply a more consistent service.
The committee's predecessor, the Commerce and Employment department, set a target in 2015 to increase visitors to the island by 30% by 2025.
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An island tourism boss has said he partly blames the EU referendum for a big fall in the number of visitors to Guernsey by sea.
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One officer was stabbed in the neck and another in the stomach, while a third officer who arrived at the scene in Schaerbeek district suffered a broken nose, Belgian broadcaster VRT reports.
The attacker was shot in the leg and taken away by ambulance.
Authorities have named the attacker as "Hicham D", 43, of Belgian nationality.
Belgian media report that Hicham D is known to Belgian police and is believed to have links to jihadists who travelled to Syria to fight. He also served as a Belgian army officer until 2009.
"We have reason to believe that the incident was a terrorist attack," a spokesman for the Belgian federal prosecutor's office, Eric Van Der Sypt, said.
Belgian prosecutors said the officers had not suffered life-threatening injuries.
The attack happened near a main road in a region linked to previous terror attacks.
It comes just hours after commuters were evacuated from Brussels Nord station over a bomb scare.
Belgium has been on high alert following attacks in Brussels on the airport and the city's metro system in March, which killed 35 people and injured more than 300.
The attacks were claimed by the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
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Two police officers have been stabbed in Brussels in a possible terrorist incident, Belgian prosecutors say.
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A hearing on Tuesday will decide what punishment the club will receive over crowd trouble after a Greek Cup semi-final first leg defeat by AEK Athens.
The Piraeus club are six points clear of PAOK with one match left, but they could still get a six-point deduction.
If that were to happen, PAOK would go top if they won their last match of the season and Olympiakos lost theirs.
PAOK, who have won the league just twice before, the most recent time in 1985, have the better head-to-head record.
Goals from ex-Chelsea winger Marko Marin, Manuel Da Costa, two from Alberto de la Bella and an Alejandro Dominguez penalty earned a 5-0 home win over Giannina on Sunday.
"It has been a strange season but in the end we're the champions and that's what matters," Olympiakos coach Takis Lemonis said after the game.
His side play 11th-placed Panaitolikos in their final match of the season next Sunday, when PAOK play 10th-placed Kerkyra.
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Olympiakos celebrated winning the Greek league for a 44th time on Sunday, but they may still miss out on the title.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) said "clear evidence" showed Dr Sergei Portugalov doped athletes.
A 2015 World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report said he was "very active in the conspiracy to cover up athletes' positive tests in exchange for a percentage of their winnings".
"As a consequence, a lifetime period of ineligibility has been imposed," Cas said.
Last year's Wada-commissioned McLaren report said more than 1,000 Russia sportsmen and women had benefitted from a state-sponsored doping programme.
Russian athletes are banned from competition by athletics' governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), until it is happy the country's anti-doping measures stand up to scrutiny.
Russia's anti-doping agency, Rusada, is also working to have its credentials restored.
Senior figures in athletics and at Wada have welcomed Russia's work on restoring its anti-doping programme but have stressed the country still has a lot to do.
Speaking at a Wada conference on Monday, the organisation's president, Craig Reedie, said: "There remains significant work to do. It must demonstrate its processes are autonomous and independent from outside interference."
Russia's sports minister Pavel Kolobkov also spoke at the meeting to outline progress made - including changes to legislation criminalising doping in sport.
He added: "We are ready to pass any kind of external inspection."
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A Russian doctor has been banned for life from any involvement in athletics.
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Louis, 37, established himself with Oxford United from 2002 before spells with Bristol Rovers, Stevenage, Mansfield and Wrexham among others.
The Dominica international joins Oxford City after two seasons with Wealdstone.
"He's certainly collected a few clubs and appearances along the way," City boss Justin Merritt said.
"Although he's had many clubs, he hasn't been with Oxford City before," Merritt joked to BBC Radio Oxford.
"We're hoping to have him involved in Saturday's game against Poole Town."
Louis' career has involved several returns to a number of clubs either on loan or permanent deals, with his sole international cap coming in a World Cup qualifier against Barbados in Match 2008, which Dominica lost 1-0.
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Striker Jefferson Louis has made the 37th move of his 20-year playing career by joining Oxford City of National League South, his 26th different club.
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The government's decision comes amid fears that hardline views on the channel could radicalise youth.
A preacher on the channel, Zakir Naik, denied allegations his words could have inspired the attackers.
Gunmen killed 22 people when they stormed the Holey Artisan bakery in Dhaka earlier this month.
Bangladesh's Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said that "administrative steps" would be taken towards the banning of the channel.
"Peace TV is not consistent with Muslim society, the Quran, Sunnah, Hadith, Bangladesh's Constitution, our culture, customs and rituals," Mr Inu told online news outlet Bdnews24 hours after the cabinet committee on law and order decided to ban the channel.
The 24-hour TV channel, is broadcast from Dubai in English, Urdu and Bangla.
Mr Naik, 50, is the founder and president of the Mumbai-based Islamic Research Foundation, which owns Peace TV.
He was once banned from entering the UK for what was described as "unacceptable behaviour".
But he has denied an allegation that one of the gunmen in the cafe attack was inspired by his speeches, accusing Bangladeshi media of sensationalism.
"I spoke to Bangladeshi government people. They told me that they do not believe I inspired this Bangladeshi terrorists to do this act of killing innocent people," Mr Naik is quoted as saying in local media.
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Bangladesh has said it intends to ban the Islamic television channel, Peace TV, in the wake of the deadly attack on a cafe in the capital, Dhaka.
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Su-Yeon, who finished her second round on Friday after bad weather affected Thursday's play, then shot a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 to reach 17 under.
American Cristie Kerr's 62 equalled the tournament and course record to move into a tie for second with Canada's Alena Sharp on 14 under in Hawaii.
Wales' Becky Morgan shot a 72 to drop to 10th, nine shots off the lead.
World number one Lydia Ko of New Zealand matched Su-Yeon's 65 and is tied in seventh on nine under.
England's Bronte Law is on six under, while Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow is further back on two under.
Friday's third round was affected by the weather with a delay of just over an hour, with more rain forecast for Saturday.
Su-Yeon, who was invited to the tournament by the sponsors, said: "Because I had to finish up the second round this morning and play another 18 I was a little bit tired.
"But I know I'm so far away from home and I travelled so long to play this tournament, so I try to tell myself just to suck it up and have a good time and play a good round."
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South Korea's Su-Yeon Jang will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the weather-hit Lotte Championship.
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The 35-year-old left The Stags on 14 November after two years in charge, saying it was "time for a change".
He takes over a Boston side currently 15th in the table, and his first game in charge will be against FC United of Manchester on 17 December.
"Adam was the outstanding candidate," club chairman David Newton told the Pilgrims website.
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Former Mansfield Town boss Adam Murray has taken over as manager of National League North club Boston United.
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Their mutilated bodies were found, one with its throat cut, after a passerby reported a small fire to the police.
Police say they believe the killers started the fire to cover their tracks.
The Peruvian boss of the firm had been a public prosecutor in his home country and had worked on kidnapping and drug trafficking cases, according to reports in the Spanish media.
He was not in the office at the time of the attack.
Spanish media are reporting that two of the victims were workers at the firm, while the third was a client who had visited briefly to sort out some documents.
Police are keeping an open mind about the motive of the triple murder, reports say.
The alarm was raised in the Usera district of Madrid at 18:30 local time (16:30 GMT) on Wednesday.
A woman who was climbing the stairs of the office building noticed the smell of burning, and called firefighters.
When they arrived, they found the bodies in two separate rooms, which had been set alight separately. The fires were not visible from the street below.
Reports say the firm specialises in immigration law and in helping people to resettle in Spain.
Usera is a part of Madrid known for its Chinatown and high proportion of Latin American residents.
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Two women and a man have been killed at a lawyer's office in Madrid, Spanish emergency services say.
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South Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called to RB Skip Hire Limited on Station Road, Chepstow, at about 16:30 BST and worked through the night.
Two fire crews remain at the scene and damping down is expected to continue for the rest of the day.
No casualties have been reported.
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Firefighters are damping down after a large blaze broke out at a skip hire company in Monmouthshire on Thursday.
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Police Scotland said the class A drug was recovered from an address in Mains Loan on 2 December.
A 44-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman were arrested in connection with the seizure.
A report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal and the pair are expected to appear at Dundee Sheriff Court.
Ch Insp Gary Ogilvie, of Police Scotland, said: "We will act on information that you provide regarding illegal drugs in our community and we are focused on reducing harm in Dundee."
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Two people have been charged with drugs offences after heroin worth £48,000 was found in Dundee.
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Home skipper Michael Raynes was stretchered off early on with a head injury in a scrappy first period.
Carlisle broke the deadlock in the 28th minute when Charlie Wyke slotted home from eight yards following a nicely-worked free-kick.
The home side then doubled their lead when Wyke's effort found Alex Gilliead, who drilled home from 12 yards.
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Carlisle scored two first-half goals to beat fellow League Two play-off hopefuls Accrington at Brunton Park.
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The body of Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen was found late on Saturday near the town of Puruandiro in Michoacan state, prosecutors said.
He is the third priest to be found murdered in Mexico in the past week.
Father Lopez Guillen had been robbed before being abducted from his home last Monday in Janamuato, Michoacan state, Church officials said.
The Michoacan prosecutor's office said a post-mortem examination showed the priest had been killed several days before his body was found.
On the same day that he disappeared, the bodies of two other priests who had vanished the day before were found by a roadside in Veracruz, on Mexico's east coast. They had also been shot dead. It is not believed their deaths are linked to that of Father Lopez Guillen.
His death brings the number of priests murdered in Mexico since 2012 to 15, according to figures from the Catholic Multimedia Center, which monitors violence against clerics.
Veracruz and Michoacan have been plagued by years of violence from drug cartels and other organised crime.
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A Roman Catholic priest who was kidnapped in western Mexico a week ago has been found shot dead.
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Prosecutors accuse Fifa president Sepp Blatter of making a "disloyal payment" of $2m (£1.6m) to Mr Platini.
Mr Platini has provided information to the investigation but said he did so as a witness.
Both men deny any wrongdoing.
Mr Platini has said he is still determined to run for Fifa president once Mr Blatter steps down.
Asked whether criminal proceedings had been opened against him, Mr Platini said: "Absolutely not. I was heard last week by the Swiss Authorities only as a person providing information and I cooperated fully."
But this was contradicted by the Swiss attorney general, Michael Lauber, who said: "We didn't interview Mr Platini as a witness, that's not true. We investigated against him in between as a witness and an accused person."
Mr Lauber also said he was prepared to search the Uefa headquarters as part of the investigation.
The allegations centre on a payment made to Mr Platini in 2011 at Fifa's expense for work he completed almost a decade earlier.
It came just two months before Uefa gave its backing to Blatter's 2011 presidential campaign, leading some to question the timing of it.
Mr Platini said he was told when starting the work that Fifa would not be able to pay him all the money because of its "financial situation".
But Fifa accounts show a revenue surplus of around $83m (£55m) from 1999-2002, when Mr Platini undertook the work as a technical adviser.
Fifa was thrown into turmoil this year when the US and Swiss authorities launched separate investigations into corruption at the body.
Mr Blatter is also suspected of signing a contract that was "unfavourable to Fifa". He is due to stand down next year, but says he will carry on in the role despite the criminal proceedings.
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Michel Platini, the head of European football's governing body Uefa, is being treated as "in between a witness and an accused person'' by Swiss prosecutors investigating corruption at the world football authority Fifa.
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Jambo is credited with guarding a five-year-old boy after he fell into the gorilla area at Jersey's Durrell Park in 1986.
The Seymour Group bought the bronze sculpture at an auction in Gloucestershire.
Silverback Jambo will be taking pride of place in one of the company's hotels in Jersey.
Levan Merritt was knocked unconscious after he fell into the enclosure on 31 July 1986.
His mother watched as Jambo - Swahili for "hello" - walked towards Levan, sat down beside him and, as if guarding him from the other gorillas, stayed with him and stroked his back until Levan was rescued by the emergency services.
Sculptor David Cemmick visited the zoo in 1987 and made sketches which the statue is based on. He created the bronze cast with mould-maker Sebastian Wylder.
Jambo lived at the zoo until 1992, when he died of a chest haemorrhage.
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A Jersey hotel group has paid £18,080 at auction to win a life-sized sculpture of a gorilla.
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The country had initially been fending off boats but has since agreed to provide them with temporary shelter.
Over 3,000 people, mostly Bangladeshi or Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, have arrived in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in the past two weeks.
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has called on South-East Asian nations to do more to protect migrants.
"It's important to save human lives. Whatever the reasons may be when they are out on the sea, their life is endangered," Mr Ban said in a speech in Vietnam.
The Indonesian operation covers their territorial waters and beyond, although they have not yet found any migrant boats.
"If they [the rescuers] see Rohingya boats experiencing various troubles beyond our territory, we have to help so that they can enter Indonesian territory, which initially I did not want to do," said General Moeldoko, the head of Indonesia's Armed Forces.
"But with the president's order, it is very clear we have to do it."
Myanmar and Malaysia launched similar operations on Friday. Thailand only said it would stop rejecting boats.
Myanmar (also known as Burma) has carried out its first rescue, finding more than 200 people they described as Bengalis crammed into the hull of a fishing boat.
Officials said the men would be deported to Bangladesh, with the country insisting only verified Myanmar citizens will be allowed to stay.
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Indonesia has begun search and rescue missions for the thousands of migrants believed to be adrift in its waters.
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The Pope visited Gabriele in prison to personally inform him of the decision, the Vatican said in a statement.
In October the former butler was found guilty of stealing and copying the Pope's documents and leaking them to an Italian journalist.
Gabriele said he acted out of love for the Church.
"This morning the Holy Father Benedict XVI visited Paolo Gabriele in prison in order to confirm his forgiveness and to inform him personally of his acceptance of Mr Gabriele's request for pardon," the Vatican statement said.
Following Gabriele's conviction by a Vatican court, officials said he was likely to be pardoned by the pontiff.
In November the court convicted a computer expert, Claudio Sciarpelletti, of helping leak the papal documents.
Sciarpelletti was given a suspended sentence of two months.
Gabriele's trial heard that he had taken advantage of his access to the pontiff to photocopy thousands of confidential documents.
He later passed some to journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi, who this year released a best-selling book detailing scandals and infighting within the Vatican.
Gabriele confessed to taking the papers, but said he believed the Pope was being manipulated and hoped to reveal alleged corruption at the Holy See.
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Pope Benedict XVI has pardoned his former butler, Paolo Gabriele, who is serving an 18-month jail sentence for stealing confidential papers.
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Police said a 32-year-old man is now being held under the Mental Health Act.
It follows the death of Margaret Evans, 69, whose body was found at her home in Knockancor Drive, Portstewart, last week.
She had been beaten. Mrs Evans was well known in the town where she ran a hair salon before stepping down in January.
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The son of a woman found dead at her County Londonderry home has been released from police custody.
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The Sun was the only UK newspaper to defy advice and publish the pictures, taken in a Las Vegas hotel room.
The watchdog said it would be "inappropriate" to open an inquiry because the prince's representatives had not yet made a formal complaint.
About 3,800 complaints about the photos have been received by the PCC.
The press watchdog said any investigation without the approval of the prince's staff could "pose an intrusion".
The tabloid printed two photographs, believed to have been taken on a camera phone, of the prince in a hotel room with a naked woman.
The PCC had warned that printing the photographs - which were widely circulated on the internet prior to their publication - could breach the editor's code of practice on privacy grounds.
Representatives of the prince also requested the photos not be printed in the British press because it infringed the prince's right to a private life.
The PCC statement said: "The Commission is grateful to the many members of the public who have contacted it to express concerns about The Sun's coverage but has concluded that it would be inappropriate for it to open an investigation at this time."
A spokesman on behalf of St James's Palace said the prince's staff were "still considering matters" and would decide whether to make a formal complaint "in our own time".
He added that it was "down to editors to make a decision about what they chose to publish".
The Sun previously defended its decision, arguing that printing the pictures was in the public interest, and that it was an issue of freedom of the press.
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The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) says it will not for now investigate The Sun's printing of pictures of a naked Prince Harry.
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Reuben Morris-Laing, 21, was discovered in Robin Hood Street, St Ann's, shortly before 21:30 GMT on Wednesday, and later died in hospital.
A 29-year-old man is being held on suspicion of murder and a woman, 22, is suspected of assisting an offender.
Mr Morris-Laing's family said they have been left "devastated" by his death.
In a statement, they said: "Reuben was a caring, family orientated man who was always in high spirits.
"He was polite and nice to everyone he came into contact with.
"Reuben was also a hardworking role model who had high ambitions. He had chosen his vocation as a carpenter which was influenced by his father.
"We are all devastated by what has happened and life won't be the same without him."
The incident prompted Nottingham City Council's leader to call for tougher penalties for knife crime.
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Detectives investigating the murder of a man who was found stabbed outside a shop in Nottingham have made two arrests.
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The building in Crescent Gardens will be sold off and replaced with a four storey development at Knapping Mount.
The plan has come under criticism from the Liberal Democrats with all 15 of their councillors voting against the move at a meeting on Wednesday.
The council leader said the decision was one of the most important the authority had made in 40 years.
Lib Dem councillor Helen Flynn previously said the new office would be a "waste of local taxpayers' money".
She argued the council should focus on refurbishing the Crescent Gardens offices instead.
Council staff are currently split between five sites - Knapping Mount, Crescent Gardens, Scottsdale House, Victoria Park House and Springfield Gardens.
The new building would allow all 500 staff to work from a single office.
Richard Cooper, leader of the Conservative-run council, said the move to Knapping Mount would cost £8.7m but result in more than £1m savings a year.
It is being funded by council reserves and internal borrowing and the council said it would be paid back over a seven-year period.
The authority said a preferred bidder had been approved for Crescent Gardens and fears its "beautiful exterior" could be destroyed were "unfounded".
"Any alterations would have to be sympathetic to and in keeping with the existing building," a council spokesman added.
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Plans to sell Harrogate Council's landmark offices and build a new £9m headquarters have been agreed.
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It is hoped the report will shed more light on the reasons behind the demise of HBOS bank.
Yet, how could HBOS, the result of a merger of a traditional building society and a prudent Scottish banking institution, go so wrong so quickly?
The marriage between the Halifax Building Society and The Bank of Scotland was valued at £30bn, but it collapsed just seven years later - with all of that value completely wiped out.
HBOS became part of the Lloyds Banking Group and needed a £20.5bn injection from UK taxpayers to prevent it from crashing.
The three men at the top of the organisation; chairman, Lord Stevenson and two chief executives, James Crosby and Andy Hornby were blamed for the collapse by a group of MPs.
Senior executives said that the bank's failure was due to the markets reaction following the collapse of Lehman Brothers. However, MPs accused the bank of "reckless" lending policies, and in fact by 2008 the gap between loans and deposits was a staggering £213bn.
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A long awaited report co-authored by two regulatory bodies - the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority - is out on Thursday.
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Mann, the world number 74, showed few signs of nerves as he made breaks of 69 and 77 in the first three frames.
But after mistakes crept into the 24-year-old's game, the more experienced Allen capitalised.
Mann said: "Once I started missing a few I just doubted my technique and that's what killed me really."
Having come through three rounds in qualifying at Ponds Forge, Mann was the only player in the 32-strong field never to have experienced the tense atmosphere of the Crucible before.
He took a 2-1 lead over Allen, a World Championship semi-finalist in 2009, but then lost five of the next six frames to trail 6-3 overnight.
Allen, the world number seven, was in no mood to let up when play resumed on Wednesday morning, winning four successive frames to clinch a routine victory.
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Birmingham-born Mann said: "I just seemed to lose a lot of faith in my cueing. I didn't really want to take many balls on and that just shook my confidence.
"I don't think I'll take much time off from here. I think I'm just going to iron out the demons in my technique."
Mann said the biggest lesson he had learned from his first appearance was how the intimate nature of the Crucible lays bare every mistake.
"It's very different to the qualifiers, there's no hiding out there," he said. "When your confidence gets as low as it was for me, it's not really the place to play.
"I think I need to work really hard at my game. My technique - and my confidence in it - is killing me at the minute."
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Crucible debutant Mitchell Mann admitted his confidence drained rapidly during his 10-3 World Championship defeat by Mark Allen.
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The All Blacks ran in nine tries with TJ Perenara, in for Aaron Smith after he was dropped for meeting a woman in a toilet cubicle, scoring twice.
New Zealand's victory completes a clean sweep in the Rugby Championship.
The world champions will set a new Test record for successive wins if they beat Australia in Auckland on 22 October.
New Zealand's current run began in the wake of a 27-19 loss to the Wallabies in Sydney in August 2015.
But few will bet on their trans-Tasman rivals denying them a piece of history given the All Blacks' imperious form when they meet in the third and final Bledisloe Cup match of the season in a fortnight.
The visitors led by a slender 12-9 at the interval, with fly-half Beauden Barrett struggling to find his kicking range and his team-mates having been uncharacteristically wasteful after creating openings.
But Steven Hansen's men roared clear in the second half with Barrett and winger Israel Dagg joining Perenara in crossing twice.
Australia beat Argentina 33-21 at Twickenham to condemn the Pumas to bottom spot in the final standings.
Wallabies centre Samu Kerevi scored twice to help his side to victory in the first Rugby Championship match to be staged in the northern hemisphere.
Number eight Leroy Houston, who is back at former club Bath from Queensland Reds until the end of October as injury cover, made his Test debut for Australia off the bench at the age of 29.
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New Zealand inflicted South Africa's heaviest home defeat as they equalled their own record of 17 straight Test wins with a 57-15 rout in Durban.
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Armed officers were sent to a store in Blackheath, in the West Midlands, at about 12:10 BST and cordoned off the scene as a helicopter hovered above.
Officers searched the area and a man was detained. Police do not believe the incident is terror related.
The supermarket was evacuated and several roads closed with drivers urged to avoid the area.
No injuries have been reported, West Midlands police said.
Ch Insp Paul Minor said: "The store remains closed while we examine the scene and assess the cause of the fire... we do not believe this to be related to any terror threat."
Halesowen Street, John Street and Union Street were closed.
In a statement, Sainsbury's said: "We can confirm there was an incident at our Blackheath store, which is currently closed.
"Thankfully no colleagues or customers were harmed and the matter is now being investigated by West Midlands Police."
The UK terrorism threat level was reduced from critical to severe earlier, five days after the Manchester Arena attack on Monday, but increased security remains in place at events around the country.
A huge police operation is under way in Birmingham while the city's annual two-day Pride festival takes places.
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A man carrying a knife was seen running from a Sainsbury's store after a fire was started in the toilet, police said.
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Satnam Singh, 74, was found with serious injuries on Coronation Street in the early hours of 23 July.
Mr Singh, a Sikh volunteer who was a community leader, died later in hospital.
The man, 34, from Derby, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and was released on police bail.
He was found injured on Friday morning near the Sikh temple where he worked as a volunteer.
Detectives are trying to trace a dark hatchback car seen in the area.
A post-mortem examination revealed he died from head and chest injuries "consistent with being hit by a vehicle", Derbyshire Police said.
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A man has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run death of another man in Derby.
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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.
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A man was seriously injured after a motorbike mounted a kerb and hit a wall in Cardiff.
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Malcolm Layfield, 63, raped the 18-year-old pupil at Manchester's Chetham's School of Music in the early 1980s, Manchester Crown Court heard.
Mr Layfield, of Castle Quay, Castlefield, denies a charge of rape.
He told the court he had affairs with a number of students in the 1980s but saw nothing wrong with it at the time.
But, he told the jury that looking back he now feels "terrible about it".
"I am remorseful and regretful about what happened with these relationships," he said.
It is alleged Mr Layfield raped his pupil in his car after getting her drunk during a music summer school, in the weeks after she left Chetham's.
The defendant agreed they had had sex but insisted it was with her full consent, the court heard.
They had gone on to have a sexual relationship, which lasted for several weeks after she started studying at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he was her tutor.
The jury heard she bought him a set of antique cufflinks as a thankyou present when she graduated from the college.
The trial continues.
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A music teacher accused of raping one of his students has admitted in court they had sex but said it was always consensual.
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