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James McCann, of Suffield Court, Swaffham, Norfolk, worked at St Francis Boys Home in Shefford, Bedfordshire, during the 1960s and 1970s.
He was taken ill ahead of a trial at the Old Bailey.
The trial was adjourned until Wednesday to allow the court to await an assessment from doctors.
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A 79-year-old man due to stand trial on charges of abuse against children at an orphanage was taken to hospital after becoming ill.
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Stronger exports of chemicals, oil, machinery and aircraft parts were behind the improvement, the ONS said.
The Office for National Statistics said the deficit was £3.294bn, from £3.532bn in March, the lowest level since September 2015.
Recent private sector surveys have pointed to stronger exports and industrial output.
The total value of all goods exported jumped by 11.2% on the month, the biggest rise since records started in 1998.
That rise took the value of goods exports in April to £26.123bn - not far from an all-time high set in June 2013.
UK economic growth slowed to a quarterly rate of 0.4% in the first three months of 2016, down from 0.6% in the last three months of 2015, with the trade deficit accounting for much of the drag.
However, the ONS said that revisions to March trade data pointed to less of a drag on GDP from trade than first estimated.
Howard Archer, chief UK economist at IHS Global Insight, said that data pointed to "welcome and much-needed" improvements for the economy.
"Along with the jump in industrial production in April and decent retail sales growth, the trade data suggest that UK GDP growth could be holding up better in the second quarter than has been thought, despite the heightened uncertainty," he said.
Sterling fell to its lowest since late 2013 on a trade-weighted basis in April, although falls in the price of UK exports typically take longer to feed through into foreign demand.
However, Mr Archer said that "the marked overall weakening of the pound since late-2015 may be feeding through to help UK exporters".
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Britain's trade deficit narrowed in April after goods exports rose to a near three-year high.
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The 29-year-old usually plays at centre-back or right-back but can also operate in midfield or up front.
He is the Seagulls' third loan signing in the past week and manager Sami Hyypia said: "With Aaron Hughes out injured we needed cover.
"Greg has an abundance of experience in the Championship and Premier League."
Hyypia added: "With Aaron out we wanted that level of experience to be replaced as well, so he is a good fit."
Halford has scored eight goals in 82 appearances since joining Forest in summer 2012 but he has not featured so far this season.
Albion defender Hughes, who can play all across the back line, is currently sidelined with an ankle injury while first-choice centre-backs Gordon Greer and Lewis Dunk are each one booking away from a one-match ban.
Halford, who began his career at Colchester and has had permanent spells at Reading, Sunderland, Wolves and Portsmouth, becomes the sixth loan player on Brighton's books - one more than the number permitted in a 18-man matchday squad in the Championship.
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Brighton & Hove Albion have signed defender Greg Halford on a month-long loan deal from Championship rivals Nottingham Forest.
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At a conference in Sydney on countering terrorist propaganda, he said IS was a death cult with far-reaching tentacles.
Australia says more than 100 of its citizens are fighting with militant jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq.
Last year, Australia raised its threat level to high and has conducted a series of counter-terrorism raids.
Who are Australia's radicalised Muslims?
The two-day regional security summit includes ministers from 25 countries, including Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Laos, Vietnam and New Zealand.
Representatives from Google, Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites are also attending.
"Daesh [IS] is coming, if it can, for every person and for every government with a simple message: 'Submit or die','" Mr Abbott said in his opening remarks. "You can't negotiate with an entity like this, you can only fight it."
"This is not terrorism for a local grievance, this is terrorism with global ambitions."
Mr Abbott said the main challenge was working out how to stop young people from joining jihadists groups, which he said would be the work of the conference.
"We need idealistic young people to appreciate that joining this death cult [IS] is an utterly misguided and wrong-headed way to express their desire to sacrifice," he said.
Amid concern about the domestic impact of jihadist groups, Australia has introduced new national security measures including criminalising travel to terror hotspots and giving extra funding to police and security agencies.
The government recently announced plans to table law to remove citizenship from dual nationals who support extremist groups.
Mr Abbotts remarks come after US President Barack Obama approved sending up to 450 more military personnel to Iraq to train forces fighting IS.
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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has urged Asia Pacific nations to fight jihadist groups, saying Islamic State (IS) has global ambitions.
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The 26-year-old helped the Foxes win the Premier League title last season, scoring twice in 38 matches.
He joined them on a free transfer from Aston Villa in July 2014.
Albrighton told the club website: "The club have been great to me since I signed. I've had some amazing times here and we've reached the ultimate by winning the league last year."
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Leicester City midfielder Marc Albrighton has signed a new four-year deal.
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The 20-year-old Nigerian is in advanced talks with the Foxes and is thought to be keen to make the switch.
Iheanacho has scored 21 goals in 64 games in all competitions since making his debut for Manchester City in 2015.
Last August, he signed a new contract until 2021, but saw his playing time limited by the January arrival of Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus.
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Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho is close to making a £25m move to Leicester City.
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Nasa's Dawn probe has just retuned the image - one of the first snapshots to come down from the satellite since getting into its latest mapping orbit, which is now just 4,000km above the surface.
Mission scientists confess still to being puzzled by the features.
The best guess is that their brightness stems from the presence of ice or salt.
The spots sit in a crater that is about 90km wide.
"The bright spots in this configuration make Ceres unique from anything we've seen before in the Solar System," said Dawn principal investigator Chris Russell
"The science team is working to understand their source. Reflection from ice is the leading candidate in my mind, but the team continues to consider alternate possibilities, such as salt.
"With closer views from the new orbit and multiple view angles, we soon will be better able to determine the nature of this enigmatic phenomenon," the University of California, Los Angeles, researcher explained in a Nasa statement.
Ceres has a number of very bright surface features, but the pictured cluster is the standout example and has drawn most interest.
The Dawn mission arrived at the dwarf, which is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, in March.
It is due to spend at least the next year mapping the 950km-wide world, characterising its geology and composition.
Scientists regard Ceres as an object that set out on the path to becoming a big planet like Earth and Mars, but whose growth got to a certain point and then stalled.
The hope is that it will reveal information about the conditions that held sway in the early Solar System.
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The US space agency has released a new picture of the brightest spots on the dwarf planet Ceres.
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Ward, 27, has won his last four fights at the higher weight following a technical draw with Stuart Hall at bantamweight level.
His opponent on 20 November has also won his last four bouts.
"It's for the British title but also for the number one spot in Europe," Ward told BBC Look North.
"It's a massive catapult forward to world title contention, which is where every fighter dreams to be.
"You can skip a lot of steps on the ladder if I win the fight, that's given me a lot of motivation to go on and win."
The Hall draw, on the back of a huge cut above his eye that brought about an early stoppage to the fight, was a psychological blow to Ward.
"It was a big disappointment, you do all the hard work something you don't expect to happen so early in the fight," he added.
"I was bitterly disappointed, had six months off. I had to put it all behind me, I've started again pretty well and I'm back where I want to be."
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West Rainton fighter Martin Ward says his British super-bantamweight title fight against James Dickens is a springboard to greater opportunities.
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It follows a ceasefire agreement, signed in October, between the outgoing government and eight armed groups.
Aung Sang Suu Kyi, whose party won elections in November, has spoken at the five-day conference in Nay Pyi Taw.
However, correspondents say there are serious doubts about what can be achieved at the summit.
All of Myanmar's more active ethnic rebel armies have either refused to show up or been blocked by the Burmese army, says the BBC's Jonah Fisher in Yangon. The eight who are there are mostly from the more peaceful southern part of the country and have not clashed significantly with the military for years.
Many of the others, the Burmese military has promised to crush. That could put it at odds with Aung San Suu Kyi, who says the peace process will be a top priority of the incoming government, our correspondent said.
The National League for Democracy (NLD) is due to take power in March, although Ms Suu Kyi is constitutionally barred from becoming president.
The ethnic armed groups have fought for greater autonomy or outright independence for generations.
Existing divisions became open conflict shortly after independence in 1948 and the departure of the British, who had attempted to keep the country's Buddhist majority in check by granting powers to ethnic areas - powers which were later recentralised, despite constitutional promises of autonomy.
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Hundreds of representatives from the army, parliament and ethnic armed groups are meeting for peace talks in Myanmar.
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Leading 3-2 overnight, the Lionhearts started well with wins for overseas selection Koryun Soghomonyan of Armenia and England's Luke McCormack.
Radoslav Pantaleev of Bulgaria gave the Lionhearts an unassailable lead, with Frazer Clarke sealing the result.
The Lionhearts will face Cuba in the final on 4 June in Uzbekistan.
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The British Lionhearts qualified for their first World Series of Boxing final by beating reigning champions Kazakhstan 7-3 at York Hall in London.
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The donation, made by clothing manufacturer Montane, has been raised over the past two years by selling specialist clothing.
Kendal MRT Chair Dagmar Johnson said: "This kind of national support eases the financial pressure on teams."
The charity relies on donations to cover the annual running costs of about £45,000 each year.
The Kendal team accepted the cheque as representative of the national mountain rescue organisation because Montante has its UK showroom in its area.
Mrs Johnson said: "We are also eternally grateful to the local people and businesses who have always supported us and continue to provide so much of the financial backing to our volunteers."
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The Kendal Mountain Rescue Team has received a donation of £15,000, on behalf of the national organisation.
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The two men and a woman, all aged 19, were driving on the Livery Road at Stranocum when fast-flowing water engulfed their car.
They were driving on part of the road which is normally passable by cars, but had been flooded after heavy rain.
The fire service said they could have been swept downstream if they had not climbed on top of the vehicle.
The vehicle is still stranded on the Livery Road.
The level of the water reached the bumper of the car, cutting the electrics, at about 19:00 GMT on Thursday.
Maurice Field from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service praised the teenagers' actions.
"They were actually on the roof of the car, they were very sensible," said Mr Field.
"We don't give teenagers a lot of sense, but they made a 999 call and got on top of the roof to await the arrival of the emergency services.
"They didn't attempt to self rescue, because the river was quite swollen and fast-flowing at that stage."
Photographer Matthew Steele, who witnessed the incident, described it as pretty shocking.
"The teenagers were sitting on the roof of the car, they were in shock and not saying much, they were awaiting rescue," he added.
"The car was well in the water. It was originally on a concrete ledge, a ford they had driven across.
"The river had pushed the car 90 degrees and it was getting pushed downstream.
"When the fire service arrived there was no hanging around - they were out with the gear straight away."
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Plans for cultural co-operation with China also include making 14 important Chinese plays available in English.
Culture secretary Sajid Javid also announced £300,000 for a Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) tour of China.
He said culture was a "brilliant" way of fostering closer UK-China ties.
"This funding means Western and Eastern cultures can learn from and be enriched by one another and what better way than using the works of Shakespeare," said Mr Javid.
"The package marks a really important step for both China and the UK to grow a strong and progressive relationship."
The RSC will undertake the first translation of the Bard's complete works in Mandarin.
Artistic director Gregory Doran said: "I profoundly believe that we foster deeper understanding between cultures by sharing and telling each other our stories.
"Our plans to translate Shakespeare into Mandarin, to see translation and performance of more Chinese classics in the UK and to tour RSC productions to China will celebrate the arts and culture of both nations," he added.
Mr Doran also said that the initiative would help attract more visitors to the UK.
Other plans, which were announced today by Mr Javid and Chinese vice-president Ma Kai, include £300,000 of funds for a series of museum exchanges with the British Museum.
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The UK government is donating £1.5m for the translation of all William Shakespeare's works into Mandarin for audiences in China.
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First, they would have to decide what their relationship would be like in the immediate future.
Once Britain formally tells the European Council it is leaving, it has two years to negotiate the terms of its withdrawal. Extra time would only be allowed if the remaining 27 states all agreed.
Lord O'Donnell fears complex talks would take much longer than that, and if the EU refused an extension to the negotiating period, the UK could face higher trade tariffs.
But - the clock would only start once Britain formally notified the European Council.
While David Cameron says voters would expect the process of leaving to begin straight away, he could delay and negotiate informally in the meantime.
Britain could technically even ignore all of this, the Vote Leave campaign says, and simply write the EU out of its laws, although that wouldn't make future negotiations any easier.
At the heart of this debate, then, is a question: how successful would British negotiators be at doing a deal with the EU, both for a short-term agreement to part, and a longer term trade settlement?
Take one view, and you think complicated talks would take many years and, as the government argues, lead to a decade or more of uncertainty.
Take another, and you think a huge - and hugely important - economy like Britain's is one with which the EU needs to do business, and so could extract an excellent deal.
Reality Check verdict: Without a crystal ball, neither side can be certain their hopes, fears or forecasts will turn out to be true.
READ MORE: The facts behind claims in the EU debate
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A leave vote on 23 June would not immediately part the UK and the European Union.
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Men's snowboard cross
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Final results for every event of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
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Koen Norton, 10, is hoping to secure the International Gamefish Association record for largest tuna caught by a child 10 years old or younger.
He was on his family's charter boat when he caught the massive fish on Sunday, using a fishing technique called "stand up" involving a harness.
Norton has been fishing since he was about five.
"He's talked about this record for quite a while," his father Greg Norton, who runs a fishing charter boat business, told the BBC. "We waited until he was 10 because it gave him the advantage of being as big as he could be. We go fishing every chance we get."
Koen Norton said it took him an hour to reel in the massive tuna.
"It was fun," Koen told the BBC. "It was just amazing how it felt when I was fighting it. When I hooked him, I could tell he was going to be a little bit of a fight."
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A Canadian boy has caught a 486lb (220kg) tuna in Naufrage Harbour, off the coast of Prince Edward Island.
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Cameron Bancroft (32) was bowled by Gavin Griffiths and Chris Dent was removed in the same way by Richard Jones as the hosts moved to 74-2.
Van Buuren and Tavare (73no) shared a 127-run third-wicket stand before the former edged Ben Raine behind for 79.
The home side reached 236-4 before bad light brought play to an early end.
Tavare was forced to work hard for his runs, facing 213 balls, and hitting five fours and a six.
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Graeme van Buuren and Will Tavare hit half-centuries as Gloucestershire took control on day one against Leicestershire at Bristol.
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John Earle was a teacher at a school in Okehampton, Devon, when he carried out the assaults between 1957 and 1961.
Earle, 87, narrated two Jackanory stories in 1971.
He admitted six counts of indecently assaulting the same boy when he was aged nine to 13 between September 1957 and August 1961.
More on this story and others from Devon
Exeter Crown Court heard the school closed in the early 1960s and Earle went on to present a short lived children's programme called Treasure House between 1964 and 1965.
He became a familiar figure on television in the late 1960s as co presenter of the science show Tom-Tom from 1965 to 1970.
The Jackanory appearances marked the end of his broadcasting career, and he moved on to buy a farm on Dartmoor, which he converted into a moorland exploration centre with bunk rooms.
He became one of the leading experts on trekking on the moors.
The case was adjourned for sentencing at a later date.
Judge Mr Justice Dingemans told him: "All sentencing options, including immediate imprisonment, will be available to the court."
He ordered Earle to sign on the sex offenders' register immediately.
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Several tonnes of compost found in police raids has been donated to poverty-relief charity Pembrokeshire Action To Combat Hardship.
Volunteers will use the compost to help grow food for hard-up families.
Charity worker Jan Olin said: "The timing is perfect as it's the beginning of the growing season. It will save us a lot of money."
PC James Mitchell of Dyfed-Powys Police said: "After the cannabis factories were discovered there was a lot of compost and fertiliser that the police have to dispose of.
"There was so much it would be a shame to see it go to waste. Now it has gone to a good cause, who can use their cash for other things."
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Fertiliser seized from cannabis farms will be used to grow fruit and vegetables for a food bank.
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Sisters Uncut staged a sit-in on the centre of Waterloo Bridge meaning traffic was backed up on both sides.
The group said two out of three women are turned away from refuge shelters in London and that black, disabled and migrant women are adversely affected.
Bristol, Newcastle, Glasgow and Brighton also saw similar protests.
The London protest started in Trafalgar Square, before moving on to Waterloo Bridge.
The group said domestic violence support services were the "bridges to help survivors escape abuse and access a line of safety".
Minister for Safeguarding, Vulnerability and Countering Extremism Sarah Newton said: "Domestic abuse is an appalling crime that shatters lives and has no place in a Britain that works for everyone.
"All victims of domestic violence are equally entitled to the protection of the civil and criminal law while in the UK."
It said local authorities could bid for a share of a £20m fund to help increase refuge spaces but Sisters Uncut said this meant services had to "fight each other for funding" and that it was "treating life-saving support like a prize to be won".
The group was on the bridge for an hour but Transport for London said the bridge was blocked to traffic for 20 minutes.
No arrests were made.
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A central London river crossing was shut down by activists protesting against cuts to domestic violence services.
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Chi Onwurah, who represents Newcastle Central for Labour described the find as "upsetting".
The image was stuck to a cupboard in a communal kitchen in an MPs' building opposite the House of Commons.
It shows an elderly man, with the message: "Just £3 from you could clothe and feed this 12-year-old Syrian child for a week".
Ms Onwurah tweeted: "Upset someone in Parliament thought it funny to display this in the communal kitchen over the weekend."
The shadow business and energy minister said she would be writing to the Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons.
She said: "If it was in a building where the public goes it would have been offensive, but it could have been anybody.
"Here it must have been someone who has a parliamentary pass, who lives or works here.
"It was sellotaped onto a cupboard above the kitchen sink, not just left lying around for someone to have a chuckle over - it was definitely there to make a point.
"There are obviously challenges around migration in Europe with the war in Syria, it's so upsetting in itself, and frustrating in terms of what we can do.
"But these are human beings, not to be demonised, reduced to a meme.
"If people want to have a laugh or a joke they should do that in their own office, this is a working space.
"I do find it offensive, I don't want those attitudes in my working environment, and shouldn't have to see that when I go to make a cup of coffee, or tea."
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The husband and wife were both shot in the legs at the house in Norglen Parade as they tried to protect their son from paramilitaries, it is understood.
West Belfast MLA Pat Sheehan said the threats against their relative had piled "insult on top of injury".
He called on those responsible to "lift the threat immediately".
Mr Sheehan knows the couple who were shot several times when a gang of masked and armed men entered their family home in Turf Lodge on Thursday night.
He said the threat "beggars belief".
"It is despicable that this man and woman were shot in their own home in the first place. They have done absolutely nothing wrong unlike the armed gang who shot them."
The MLA added: "Those responsible have nothing to offer this community and I call on them to lift the threat immediately and get off the back of the people of Turf Lodge."
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Threats have been made against a family member of a couple who were shot in their west Belfast home last Thursday, a Sinn Féin MLA has said.
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They unexpectedly released the first single from their forthcoming album on Friday, entitled Drag Me Down.
It has had more than double the combined sales of its closest competitor, Little Mix's Black Magic, the Official Charts Company said.
The track has also been clocking an average of 3.11 million daily plays on the Spotify streaming service.
Industry experts at Music Business Worldwide say Drag Me Down is currently earning around $21,700 (£13,903) a day which, according to Spotify's own rough estimate of $0.007 per play, means the track should bring home around $152,000 (£97,464) in its opening week.
It is the band's first single as a foursome and was released just two days after former member Zayn Malik announced a new record deal as a solo artist.
Cilla Black's Anyone Who Had A Heart has re-entered the midweek chart at number 91, following her death on Sunday.
It was the singer and TV personality's breakthrough track and is expected to climb the chart throughout the week.
The Maccabees are currently leading Lianne La Havas by just over 300 copies in the battle for the number one album spot.
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Nothing is dragging One Direction down on their journey to the top of the UK Singles Chart.
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It happened near Shawford station, Hampshire, last June, when the train was travelling at 85 mph (137 km/h).
The accident report said the worker became distracted while on the line.
It said his alertness and decision making were likely to have affected after sleeping in his car for a week to avoid a daily commute from Essex.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said the worker was uninjured but had been left "badly shaken".
The South West Trains driver was forced to make an emergency stop.
The RAIB said there had been a "breakdown in safety discipline and vigilance" when the track worker and a controller of site safety (COSS) went onto the railway to locate a reported rail defect, which it likened to a fatal crash at Newark North Gate station, Nottinghamshire, in 2015.
The report said the worker crossed the railway without the permission of the COSS and "was distracted and stopped on an open line when crossing back".
It added they "did not implement the required safe system of work", and did not report their involvement in the near miss at the time.
The RAIB said it had made several recommendations to Network Rail including relating to the management of tiredness for staff needing to make long journeys before and after a shift.
A spokesperson for Network Rail said the safety of everyone who works on and uses the railway was its "top priority" and added it would review the report and the recommendations.
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The 29-year-old was given the chance to open at Lord's and made the most of it with 106 off 188 balls, with 14 fours.
However, Welsh pace bowler James Harris took four wickets in two overs to reduce them from 180-2 to 183-6.
It gave him figures of 4-75, but Chris Read halted the Notts slump with 62 not out before bad light ended play.
However, skipper Read was unable to see his side to a third batting bonus point, while Middlesex collected a full set of bowling points.
Taylor was one of three new faces in the Notts XI, having arrived on a three-year contract, joined by South Africa seam bowler Vernon Philander and former Gloucestershire all-rounder Will Gidman.
And he shared a third-wicket partnership of 108 with namesake James Taylor (36) after Steven Mullaney was bowled off the inside edge by Tom Helm for 22, having previously been dropped twice off the same bowler, and Alex Hales run out without scoring.
Harris then had James Taylor caught at mid-wicket and won an lbw decision against Samit Patel in the space of four balls, and then had Riki Wessels and Brendan Taylor leg before in his next in a welcome return to form after only making seven Championship appearances last summer.
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Former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor marked his Championship debut for Notts with a century as they reached 298-9 on the first day against Middlesex.
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Angalifu, a male thought to be 44 years old, is said to have died of old age.
One of the critically endangered species remains at the California facility, while another resides in a Czech Republic zoo and three remain in a Kenyan preserve.
The rhinos have been hunted by poachers to near extinction for their valuable horns, used in dagger handles.
"Angalifu's death is a tremendous loss to all of us," San Diego Zoo safari park curator Randy Rieches wrote in a statement.
Earlier attempts to mate Angalifu with the zoo's other northern white rhino, Nola, were unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, preservationists at the Kenyan preserve have acknowledged their one male and two female rhinos will not reproduce naturally.
In vitro fertilisation efforts will now reportedly be undertaken to keep the species from extinction.
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The 34-year-old Ireland international suffered the injury during the Foxes' nine-wicket defeat by Warwickshire in the One-Day Cup on Tuesday.
Niall's brother and team-mate Kevin told BBC Radio Leicester: "As expected, it's likely to be 4-6 weeks.
"It could have meant more time on the sidelines, but it's a grade two tear. Hopefully he can get back quickly."
O'Brien will now miss Ireland's two one day internationals against Sri Lanka in Malahide on 16 and 18 June.
He's also likely to miss the five ODI's against Afghanistan in July and will target a return for the two one day internationals against Pakistan on 18 and 20 August.
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Leicestershire wicketkeeper Niall O'Brien could be out until the end of July with a calf muscle tear.
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Tom and Julia Ebenezer found the black Citroen and a cactus outside their house in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.
A note asked them to look after the vehicle and plant, adding "I will bring present from China".
Ms Ebenezer told BBC Radio Wales they could not move the car as he had not left the keys.
She told the Eleri Sion programme the car had been on their drive for three weeks and due to concerns about safety, Dyfed-Powys Police and Ceredigion council had been out.
Other neighbours are now concerned more students could try to park on their drives in order to avoid being fined by parking on roads for weeks on end.
"He's parked over our man hole, which could be quite serious," Ms Ebenezer said.
"The other issue is that if someone did something to the car and it went on fire, the vehicle is on private property and the police cannot do anything about it."
Ms Ebenezer said she was "flabbergasted" when she spotted the car and the cactus as they had only spoken to the student briefly a few times.
"It is quite a nice note, obviously thanking us, and he's going to bring us a present back from China," she said.
"He telephoned yesterday full of apologies, and would I please please accept his apologies, he's heartbroken in China of what he's done.
"Ok he's done wrong, I've accepted his apologies, but the main concern is to get the message out to the community what can happen to them."
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A couple were left "flabbergasted" after a student dumped his car on their drive and went home to China for the summer.
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Jones has been released on bail after turning himself in to police on Monday.
He has since tweeted: "Got a lot of soul searching to do. Sorry to everyone I've let down."
Clothing company Reebok has also terminated a deal with the 27-year-old.
Jones, widely considered the world's best pound-for-pound mixed martial artist, was scheduled to defend his title against Anthony Johnson on 24 May at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Daniel Cormier will now take Jones' place in the bout, the winner of which will become the new UFC light-heavyweight champion.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor Jon Jones has been suspended indefinitely and stripped of his light-heavyweight belt after a hit-and-run incident on Sunday that left a pregnant woman with a broken arm.
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The barnacle-encrusted youngster was found stranded at Gwithian beach, Cornwall, on 6 January.
Its body temperature was so low it could not move or eat and it had to be tube-fed while being slowly warmed up at Newquay's Blue Reef aquarium.
Staff there say the turtle, which they have named Tallulah, could be released into the wild again.
Read more on this story as it develops throughout the day on our Local Live pages
Tallulah was washed up during a spike in strandings caused by winter storms.
The turtle, which started life in the Caribbean, should have had a body temperature of 27C (80F), but it had dropped to 7C (45F).
Kyle Wingfield from the aquarium said staff feared for its life.
"The tank was run on a chiller to keep it really cold and every day we would raise the temperature by a degree," he said.
"When she first arrived it was mainly about rehydrating, her so we had to insert a tube into her stomach."
The turtle had to be tube-fed every 90 minutes, but is now eating for itself.
Its favourite meal is squid although it also eats mackerel.
It is not on public display to allow it to be monitored in a quarantine area.
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A tiny loggerhead turtle that was expected to die after being stranded on a beach has made a remarkable recovery.
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Koy Bentley was fatally wounded on the fifth floor of flats on Water Lane in Watford on June 5.
A 15-year-old from Willsden, London, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear at Hatfield Remand Court on Monday.
A 24-year-old man from Greenwich who was arrested on suspicion of murder has been bailed.
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A teenager has been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old boy found stabbed in the chest.
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Mark Sampson's side will host Italy at Port Vale's Vale Park on Friday, 7 April, three days before meeting Austria at MK Dons' Stadium MK.
Their opening match of Euro 2017 is against Scotland in Utrecht on Wednesday, 19 July.
England are in the United States for the SheBelieves Cup.
There they will face the three top-ranked teams in the world - the USA, Germany and France.
They face France in their opening match, in Pennsylvania on 1 March
They will then face the hosts and world champions in New Jersey on 4 March, and European and Olympic champions Germany in Washington on 7 March.
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England women will play Italy and Austria in April in their last home games before this summer's European Championship in the Netherlands.
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The comet, which is called 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has features such as an organic-rich black crust, which is best explained by the living organisms beneath an icy surface, scientists say.
Rosetta, the European spacecraft which is orbiting the comet, is also said to have picked up strange clusters of organic material.
However, neither Rosetta or Philae are able to search for direct evidence of life, after a proposal to include this in their mission was dismissed.
In June, Philae woke up and contacted earth, after its battery ran flat in November, shortly after landing on the comet.
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The comet which spacecraft Philae landed on could be home to evidence of alien microbial life, according to astronomers.
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Police said a man approached the 21-year-old before pushing her to the ground on Beaumont Street, Toxteth, and sexually assaulting her in the early hours of 19 July.
The suspect was not known to the woman, Merseyside Police said.
The arrested 25-year-old, from Birmingham, is also being held on suspicion of money laundering.
The case featured on the BBC's Crimewatch programme last month.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape after a woman was attacked in Liverpool earlier this year.
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Sales of unpasteurised milk at Low Sizergh Barn Farm in Kendal were halted in December when 16 cases of campylobacter were confirmed.
Sales have since been allowed to resume after the farm changed its water supply and cleaning methods.
Owner Richard Park said he had been "devastated" to learn people were ill.
Those who became ill had bought the milk from a vending machine at the farm.
The farm was not allowed to resume sales until March when three consecutive rounds of sampling showed the contamination had been eliminated.
Campylobacter is the most common cause of food poisoning and can lead to severe diarrhoea and vomiting.
Those affected ranged in age from a one-year-old to an 86-year-old.
A joint statement from the Food Standards Agency, Public Health England and South Lakeland District Council said: "The various agencies have worked with the business to address issues that may have contributed to the recent food poisoning outbreak.
"This was a significant outbreak, with 16 confirmed cases of campylobacter food poisoning linked to the consumption of raw milk at these premises.
"Advice remains that unpasteurised, or 'raw', milk may contain harmful bacteria that can cause food poisoning because it has not been heat treated, and that vulnerable people - that's older people, infants, children, pregnant women and those with weakened immune systems - should not consume raw drinking milk.''
A farm spokesman said: "It was devastating to know that several people contracted the bacteria and we are hugely sorry that this has happened.
"Changes have been made to our water supply, the milking parlour pipe work and the chemicals we use in the cleaning regime."
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A Cumbrian farm that was forced to stop selling raw milk after customers suffered from food poisoning, has been given the all clear by officials.
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Ridden by Tom O'Brien, Finian's Oscar was making his grade one bow, having won on his hurdling debut at Hereford.
Chalonnial led for much of the contest, but the 11-10 favourite powered home to win by five lengths from Capitaine.
Tizzard also trains Thistlecrack, who won the King George VI Chase, and Native River, winner of the Welsh National in December.
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Finian's Oscar has won the Tolworth Novices' Hurdle at Sandown to give trainer Colin Tizzard another victory.
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Tommy Schaefer's partner, 19-year-old Heather Mack, was also sentenced to 10 years for helping him with the killing.
The body of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, 62, was found stuffed inside a suitcase in the boot of a taxi at a luxury hotel in Bali last August.
The presiding judge described the killing as "sadistic".
Tommy Schaefer, 21, reportedly wept in court as he recounted how he hit Wiese-Mack, a wealthy American academic, with a fruit bowl during a row at a five-star resort.
He said he had been defending himself after Wiese-Mack became angry on learning that her daughter was pregnant, AP reports.
"The defendant's actions disturbed the public and can be considered sadistic," Judge Made Suweda said as he sentenced Schaefer. But the politeness and remorse shown by Schaefer during the trial meant he did not receive a heavier sentence, he added.
A three-judge panel said they gave Heather Mack a lighter sentence because she had recently given birth to a baby.
Reports say she and her mother had a troubled relationship, with police frequently called to their Chicago home.
After the violent episode at the hotel, the couple hid the body inside a suitcase which they then left inside the boot of a taxi. The driver alerted the police after the pair failed to return and he discovered blood on the suitcase.
The police later found them staying at another hotel in Bali.
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A court in Indonesia has sentenced a US man to 18 years in jail for killing the mother of his girlfriend in Bali last year.
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The spectacular sight is caused by the interaction of charged particles and the Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere.
Photographer Ian Glendinning captured these remarkable pictures in north-east England.
More dramatic displays are expected on Friday night in parts of northern England and Scotland.
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The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, have been dazzling stargazers in the United Kingdom.
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Micheal Smee, 39, of Aylward Drive, Stevenage, was convicted of the charge after a trial at Cambridge Crown Court.
He pleaded guilty to five further counts of sexual activity with a child between January 2013 and April 2016.
Smee was told he must serve at least 10 years in jail before being considered for parole and will be on the sex offenders register for life.
A restraining order was also put in place banning him from contacting his victim or family members.
Det Con Zoe Maddison from Hertfordshire Constabulary said: "Smee abused his position of trust as a teacher and football coach to groom his young victim over a significant period of time.
"The victim's family trusted Smee and they have been left devastated by what has happened.
"I hope that, following Smee's conviction and his substantial prison sentence, his victim is now, with support, able to rebuild his life and move forward."
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A former PE teacher and football coach has been jailed for 16 years for raping a child under the age of 13.
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Glenn Goodman, 37, was shot on the A64 near Tadcaster on 7 June 1992 after stopping a car to make a routine check. He died in hospital later that day.
Paul Magee, a member of the IRA, was sentenced to life imprisonment in March 1993 for the murder of Mr Goodman.
The service was held at St Mary's Church in Tadcaster.
Mr Goodman had only been a member of the North Yorkshire force for eight months at the time of his death.
About 1,000 mourners attended his funeral, which was held at Selby Abbey.
PC Sandy Kelly, Mr Goodman's patrol partner on the night of the attack, was also shot and badly wounded, but recovered.
Magee, together with his accomplice Michael O'Brien, was released from prison in 2000 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
In 2003 Mr Goodman's parents called for police officers to be routinely armed.
Tim Madgwick, temporary Chief Constable of North Yorkshire, said during the service that officers faced challenging and dangerous situations every day.
He said: "When Glenn was murdered he was acting in the finest traditions of British policing; Glenn in his words joined the Special Constabulary 'to make a difference'.
"I am proud to have been a colleague of Glenn's in 1992 and as a force we will never forget his ultimate sacrifice."
North Yorkshire Police's chaplain, the Rev Simon Rudkin, conducted the service.
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Plas Madoc Leisure Centre was earmarked for demolition when the council agreed to shut it in April, saying it could not afford to update the facilities.
But residents vowed to take it on.
And after setting up a trust to run the centre in Acrefair, they set about overhauling facilities ready for Saturday's official reopening of the new-look Splash Magic.
Wrexham councillors and other politicians helped residents to save the centre, blocking a planned demolition order.
Meanwhile, residents set up their own group to manage the facilities which include a pool and gym.
The council then agreed to offer financial help so the not-for-profit organisation's plans could come to fruition.
Trust chairman Darrell Wright said: "There's been a lot of blood, sweat and tears gone into this over the past few months."
He thanked students from Coleg Cambria, saying they had been a "huge help" as a lot of clean-up work had been needed due to the length of time the building had been shut.
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A Wrexham leisure centre has been reopened by the volunteers who saved it from the bulldozers.
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Islamic State militants seize main government building in western Iraqi city of Ramadi
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Joanna Parrish, 20, from Newnham-on-Severn, was killed whilst on a university placement in May 1990.
Nobody has ever been convicted of her murder and the case is still open.
On the 25th anniversary of her death her parents have called for a convicted serial killer to be re-interviewed about the case.
Ms Parrish's parents, Roger Parrish and Pauline Murrell, said they had been "frustrated" by the lack of movement in the case.
Mr Parrish said: "Twenty five years is a significant time and we want to push as hard as we can for justice for Jo this year, particularly."
Ms Murrell said she felt they had been "let down" by the French authorities.
"It just makes me angry. They can't be bothered with us," she said.
Ms Parrish was found raped and strangled in a river in Auxerre on 17 May 1990 after being abducted.
The chief suspects in the case were convicted serial killers Michel Fourniret and his wife Monique Olivier.
Olivier previously confessed to the murder of a woman in the Auxerre area at the time, but later retracted her story.
The family has now made a formal request to French magistrates for her to be re-interviewed and for Gloucestershire Police to help with the interview.
Ms Parrish's brother, Barney Parrish, has set up an online petition calling for help and support.
"My parents have been struggling since I was 17 for justice for my sister," he said.
"It's about time they no longer struggled, and got some support from people that can make things happen."
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The family of a Gloucestershire student who was murdered in France in 1990 has said more should be done to bring her killer to justice.
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Loraine Maurer of Evansville, Indiana, works two shifts per week, 44 years after joining the hamburger chain.
The nonagenarian great-grandmother first joined in 1973 after her husband retired due to disability.
"I told him we were too young to stay at home and so I went for a job," she recalled after enjoying a cake at a special party colleagues threw for her.
She never meant to stay as long as she did, Mrs Maurer told ABC News, adding that she never thought of becoming a manager because she prefers to interact with her customers.
"She is the only one here that knows how to make oats right," said one loyal customer who attended her party.
After her husband died in 1980, she began to travel more often with a friend, often visiting McDonald's wherever she went.
"I've been to Australia, Russia, Greece, Rome, and I'd always look when I could fly over the cities. I'd look for the arch."
One location even offered to serve her beer.
"That surprised me!" she said with a chuckle.
Even though she contemplates retirement every winter, she says she never plans to leave.
"I would miss it too much", says Mrs Maurer, who has four children, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
"I really and truly enjoy it," Mrs Maurer adds. "Life is what you make it. And so I'm trying."
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A 94-year-old American is celebrating more than four decades of working at McDonald's restaurants.
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Parts of Houston - the US's fourth biggest city - remain under water.
Thousands of cars have been abandoned on city streets and highways.
Hundreds of residents have been displaced and more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed.
At least 17 people have been killed and dozens injured following record rainfall over the weekend.
More heavy rains are expected over the next few days.
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Extreme weather has been wreaking havoc in the US, where storms and tornadoes have caused major flooding in the states of Oklahoma and Texas.
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Gigginstown boss Michael O'Leary was furious with some of the weights allocated by handicapper Phil Smith.
Devil's Bride, Clarcam, Tiger Roll, A Toi Phil and The Game Changer were also taken out, but eight Gigginstown contenders remain in the 8 April race.
A total of 95 entries go forward, with a maximum final field of 40.
Fifteen horses were withdrawn at the latest entry stage. The others are: Champagne West, Devils Bride, Triolo D'Alene, Vieux Morvan, Gallant Oscar, Tour Des Champs, Dromnea and Otago Trail.
Trainer Gordon Elliott had indicated Outlander would not run as soon as he was allocated top weight of 11st 10lb, and Ryanair boss O'Leary has lived up to his vow to withdraw several of his leading hopes.
Road To Riches and Rogue Angel are among his horses still in the marathon contest, for which the weights are now headed by Carlingford Lough, with last year's runner-up The Last Samuri next on the list.
Smith has denied the suggestion there might be an anti-Irish bias. He said British handicappers keeping their own performance figures for Irish races has "given our handicaps greater equality and fairness".
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Outlander, Empire Of Dirt and Don Poli are among eight horses withdrawn from the Grand National at Aintree by Irish owners Gigginstown House Stud.
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The Godby family spotted Mr Trudeau last week as the prime minister and his family emerged from a cave.
After some hesitation, the Godbys struck up conversation with the Trudeaus and a selfie was taken.
"It was just like, 'Wow, that's crazy! We just met the PM,'" Jim Godby of Peterborough told the Toronto Star.
The Trudeaus had been exploring the Lusk Cave, a marble cavern with a waist-high stream running through it.
The famous cave is in the centre of the vast national park, which is about 50km northwest of Ottawa.
"When you step out your front door, you never know what adventures await," Mr Godby later wrote in a Facebook post about the encounter.
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A Canadian family on holiday stumbled upon a shirtless Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while hiking in Quebec's Gatineau Park.
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Another 117 factory workers were acquitted over the protests, in which a senior manager was beaten to death.
Two Japanese nationals were among more than 80 people who were injured.
The violence, believed to be linked to a dispute over wages and contracts, prompted the carmaker to temporarily halt production at the factory.
Extra police were deployed outside the factory in Manesar ahead of the verdict as tensions were high.
Seven workers were found guilty of culpable homicide. Sentencing is due later on Friday.
More than 30,000 workers boycotted their meals on Thursday and warned of "further action" if their colleagues "did not get justice".
Managers and workers blamed each other for starting the clashes, which followed months of troubled labour relations.
The violence at the vast factory in Haryana state was believed to have erupted after an altercation between a factory worker and a supervisor.
Maruti Suzuki, which is majority owned by the Japanese parent company, is India's largest car manufacturer with a 50% share of the country's booming car market.
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A court in India has convicted 31 workers over violent protests at car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki's main plant outside the capital Delhi in 2012.
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Houthi rebels have been fighting the Yemeni government since 2014 in a war that has killed over 6,000 people and displaced millions.
A US-backed coalition of mostly Arab states began air strikes a year ago in support of the government of the exiled president.
A rebel delegation left Sanaa on Wednesday to join the talks.
The talks were delayed from Monday after the rebel delegation failed to arrive, angry at what they said were violations of the UN-brokered ceasefire which took effect on 10 April.
The two sides accuse each other of violating the ceasefire.
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The main fight in Yemen is between forces loyal to the beleaguered President, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, and those allied to Zaidi Shia rebels from the north, known as Houthis, who forced Mr Hadi to flee the capital Sanaa in February 2015.
Islamic State and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have both taken advantage of the war to gain ground in the country.
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Peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in Yemen will begin in Kuwait on Thursday, the United Nations says.
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Dale Lyons is one of just 11 surviving athletes to have run the London Marathon each year since it began in 1981.
He has raised £50,000 for charity throughout his years of pounding the pavements.
Mr Lyons, from Edgbaston in Birmingham, said: "I never imagined in a million years I'd still be at it 37 years later."
Sunday's 26.2 miles (42.1km) will also be Mr Lyons' last marathon.
"The ankle I don't think is up to six or seven hours and my daughters have put a three-line whip on me. I've got to listen to the family as well as my body," he said.
More Birmingham and Black Country stories here
Mr Lyons, who says "clean living" is the secret of his success, is running to support the deaf and blind charity Sense, which is set to open its new headquarters in Selly Oak, Birmingham.
To keep motivated Mr Lyons said he just keeps "thinking about the end, if you can distance yourself from the pain, the crowds will keep you going, it's wall-to-wall spectators."
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An 80-year-old runner is taking part in his 100th marathon in London on Sunday.
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The Humber Bridge, Ferens Art Gallery, Holy Trinity Church and Hull City Hall are among the sights that fill the square spaces on the board.
Six special playing pieces including a toad, a trawler and a Ferris wheel were chosen after a public vote.
Jean Bishop, 94, known as "Bee Lady", is recognised in a Community Chest card, which credits her charity work.
Read more stories from across Hull and East Yorkshire
Makers of the board game said it was "a celebration of everything Hull - its rich past, jubilant present and vibrant future".
Benjamin Thompson, custom games executive at Winning Moves UK, said: "The toad is a nod to its cultural side, the trawler - of course - to symbolise its dominant industry. The Ferris wheel represents its fun side. The football and rugby balls are in tribute to its great sporting traditions and even more the unswerving support.
"The crown, perhaps, is a surprise. It came in a distant sixth in the voting, narrowly ahead of a bridge... The crown (or three crowns) is the historic symbol of the city dating back very many centuries.
"We feel these six symbols define the city beautifully and respectfully."
The toad token is a reference to two poems, of the same name, by late poet Phillip Larkin, who was a librarian at the University of Hull.
This is the second time the city has been featured in the famous game.
In 2004, Hull beat off competition from Leeds, Sheffield, and York in a Yorkshire-wide poll to determine which should land its own board.
Other UK cities to get a Monopoly board include Lincoln, Wolverhampton, Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford.
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A version of Monopoly featuring Hull landmarks has been released as part of the 2017 City of Culture celebrations.
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A Christmas recruitment vacancy showed Santa would earn £12-an-hour.
In comparison, the ad said his wife would be paid an hourly rate of just £6.70.
A Celtic Manor spokesman said the difference in pay was due to the fact they would perform "very different roles" at the Christmas Kingdom event.
Santa Claus would play the "lead role" as the "star attraction", the spokesman said, while Mrs Claus had "more of a supporting role".
"The difference in pay reflects only the more skilled requirements and responsibilities of the Santa role and is, in no way, indicative of a gender pay divide at Christmas Kingdom. The Celtic Manor Resort remains a committed equal opportunities employer," he added.
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A job for a Mrs Claus at Newport's Celtic Manor Resort has been advertised - for less pay than that of Father Christmas.
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The 43-year-old said he accepted responsibility for their performance in the 5-1 loss at Gillingham on Tuesday.
The former Scotland international took over at Highbury Stadium in 2012 and guided them to promotion, winning the League Two play-off final in 2014.
Fleetwood sit 20th in the table, with just two wins from 10 games, a point above the relegation places.
"It is an extremely unpleasant part of being chairman having to make such a decision," chairman Andy Pilley told the club website.
"However ultimately, for a number of reasons, I felt this was in the best interests of the club.
"I would like to place on record my personal thanks for the success Graham brought us with the promotion to League One, his supreme professionalism and for all the hard work he invested over his time here at Fleetwood, and wish him all the best for the future."
Last season was their first ever in the third tier and Alexander guided the Cod Army to a 10th-placed finish just six points off the play-off places.
Alexander had a playing career spanning 22 years, where he featured for Scunthorpe, Luton, Burnley and had two spells at Preston.
The club are yet to announce who will take charge of the first team for their game at Scunthorpe on Saturday.
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The victim was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital following the incident, which took place at about 08:15 on Sunday in Ferguslie Park Avenue.
His condition was described as serious but stable.
Detectives are treating the incident as an attempted murder.
The area was cordoned off as officers collected CCTV footage and conducted door-to-door inquiries.
Det Con Andy McKay said: "Our inquiries are at an early stage and we are in the process of piecing together exactly what has happened and why.
"A young man has been violently attacked and it's imperative we trace whoever is responsible.
"I'm sure there are people in the local community who either heard or witnessed the attack and I am appealing to them to contact us.
"If you have any information whatsoever concerning this attack, or any knowledge as to who is responsible, then please do come forward and speak to us."
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A 19-year-old man was seriously injured after being stabbed during a disturbance involving four men in Paisley.
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The 17-year-old died when a "skip" round struck him in the chest at around 03:40 local time on Thursday.
Two officers fired shots at the dog, which moments earlier had bitten one officer's knee. It had been restrained by the boy, but had broken free again.
An officer was also hit in the leg by a bullet fragment, investigators say.
Los Angeles Sheriff Captain Christopher Bergner said Armando Garcia-Muro's death was "an extremely, extremely unfortunate incident".
"Our initial impression was [the deputies] didn't even see the individual coming around from the side of the building," he said during a press conference near the location where the shooting occurred in the city's Palmdale neighbourhood.
Armando was about to enter his final year of high school.
"He would give his life for anybody... He was a very loving person", the boy's mother told the LA Times, adding that he loved dogs.
Cpt Bergner said the dog was an adult male pit bull, weighing approximately 65lb (29kg), and was 5-7ft away from deputies when they opened fire.
He said that five officers had arrived at the residence on Thursday morning after receiving reports of a loud party.
The dog attacked deputies, who then retreated to call for backup and medical support, but it then attacked again, officers stated.
After being struck by bullets, the dog retreated, and officers following to be sure that it was contained and unable to attack again.
That's when they discovered Armando's body, about 30ft (10 metres) behind where the dog had been.
Deputies provided medical aid at the scene. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he died.
The dog, which survived the shooting, has been euthanised.
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Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies mistakenly shot and killed a teenager when a bullet ricocheted off the pavement during a dog attack, they say.
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The 22-year-old, who came through the Sevilla youth set-up, made 11 La Liga appearances during a loan spell at Mallorca last season.
He joins Villa on a three-year deal.
Luna joins winger Aleksandar Tonev, defender Jores Okore, midfielder Leandro Bacuna and striker Nicklas Helenius as Villa's summer signings.
"I've always believed that I could play in the Premier League," said Luna. "To have this opportunity with a club as historic and huge as Aston Villa and with a manager who is building a squad of young players with great prospects is tremendously exciting.
"The manager explained to me that it is a young squad but also one with good experience and everyone is hungry.
"There have been many good and great players from Spain who have come here and succeeded and I know I can adapt my game also.
"The quality of football in La Liga is also respected everywhere and this is why I believe I can do well in the Premier League."
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Aston Villa have made their fifth summer signing by bringing in Sevilla left-back Antonio Luna for an undisclosed fee.
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The club paid off outstanding rents and legal fees to Herefordshire Council on Friday after it launched repossession proceedings.
A high court petition calling for the club to be wound up was adjourned for six weeks on Monday.
Club chairman Andy Lonsdale said a new investor and sponsor would be named within three weeks.
"We're trying to resolve the problems we've inherited as best we can and as quick as we can," he said.
"We've got investment. If we didn't, we wouldn't have invested £500,000 to £600,000 in Hereford United.
"The investment isn't signed and sealed yet. It will be within two to three weeks.
"The name will be known and the sponsor will be on the shirts."
Its landlord, Herefordshire Council, launched legal proceedings to repossess the Edgar Street ground after a failed bid to gain access on Thursday evening.
It said it had taken the action after Monday's winding up petition was adjourned for a seventh time in the high court.
The council joined HM Revenue and Customs on the petition in September.
Despite the payment, the council said it was continuing to consult with its legal team
Hereford United was thrown out of the football conference in June over unpaid debts and now plays in the Southern Premier League.
Mr Lonsdale said the club would be in a stronger position if a Company Voluntary Agreement had not been rejected in August and added it was "wholly committed" to playing football at Edgar Street.
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Hereford United has promised a new investor will be brought in before the next court hearing into unpaid debts.
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The substance was reported close to Agnew Park in Stranraer over the weekend.
Environmental health officers were made aware of the situation and cleaned the area.
Police urged the public to be aware of the issue if walking on the beach - especially if they have children or pets.
They said solid palm oil could look like a large white stone and advised anyone seeing it to report it to environmental health.
Palm oil is a common ingredient in food such as margarines, biscuits, bread, chocolate and ice cream, as well as shampoo, lipstick, candles and detergent.
The non-toxic waxy, white deposits can smell rotten and can make pets ill if eaten.
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Gaynes starred in all seven Police Academy movies and had a lead role in the 1980s sitcom Punky Brewster.
He also performed alongside Dustin Hoffman in the Oscar-nominated film, Tootsie.
His longtime agent, Jonathan Howard, told The Hollywood Reporter that his death was "a sad, sad loss. But he had a really long, great life."
Born George Jongejans in Helsinki, he was raised in France, England and Switzerland.
A talented singer, after World War II he moved to the US and joined the New York City Opera, before starring on Broadway.
He appeared on many TV programmes including Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man and Hawaii Five-0.
But he is perhaps best remembered by cinema fans as the loveable, bumbling Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy series.
Gaynes retired in 2003 after playing in the feature comedy Just Married, alongside Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy.
He is survived by his wife, actress Allyn Ann McLerie, his daughter, and grandchildren. His son, Matthew, died in a car crash in 1989.
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The actor George Gaynes died on Monday, at the age of 98, his daughter confirmed.
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The former Portsmouth and Everton forward joined the Sky Blues on a deal until the end of the season in February, having been released by Turkish side Kayserispor last summer.
Yakubu, 34, played three games for Coventry without scoring, but suffered a hamstring injury in a 3-1 defeat by Swindon on 25 February.
He was not involved in Sunday's EFL Trophy final victory at Wembley.
Coventry are bottom of League One, 13 points adrift of safety, with six games left to play.
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Coventry have terminated the contract of striker Yakubu by mutual consent.
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The Swede, who joined the club from Rosenborg in 2012, was due to be out of contract in the summer.
Announcing the deal on their official website, Celtic said Lustig has become "an integral part of the team's success over the past few seasons".
The Sweden international, 30, has won four league titles, one Scottish Cup and two League Cups with Celtic.
He has made more than 150 club appearances since moving to Glasgow and been capped by his country 55 times.
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Celtic defender Mikael Lustig has signed a contract extension to keep him at the club until May 2019.
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Michael Birch was left in a critical but stable condition after the crash in which 23 people were injured.
The bus and lorry collided on Wednesday near Colchester, with the steam engine falling into the front of the bus.
Friends hope to raise £2,000 to help Mr Birch and his family. They described him as a "really genuine guy".
Of the 23 injured in the accident in East Mersea, seven were seriously hurt including the 44-year-old bus driver from Colchester.
A 51-year-old Great Yarmouth man arrested after the collision on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving has been released on police bail.
Cab driver Dan Hammett, 24, and bus driver Laura Bearder, 37, helped set up the fundraising page for Mr Birch.
Mr Hammett, who has known Mr Birch for several years, said: "One thing you don't want is financial pressure when you're concerned for your loved ones.
"Hopefully if this raises a few hundred pounds for him and his family, it will be a great help, even if it's train tickets to see him in hospital."
By Saturday morning, more than 40 people had pledged a total of almost £600.
Ms Bearder described Mr Birch as a "really loyal, dependable guy."
She said as a fellow bus driver, the news of the crash had rocked her and her colleagues.
"Driving around yesterday, you could tell by the looks on the faces of the other drivers - it's so sad, he's one of ours," she said.
First Essex managing director Alex Jones said the firm had received countless messages of support for its driver from colleagues and customers, and it was supporting his family.
"Our thoughts are also with those customers that were injured as a result of the incident," he said.
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A fundraising page has been set up for a bus driver seriously injured in a crash that saw a steam engine fall off a lorry into his bus.
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The headcount will be reduced by not filling 177 vacancies, with the rest coming from redeployment, voluntary redundancy or early retirement.
Council rents will also rise by £1.73 per week to pay for new investment.
Council leader Jim McCabe described setting the budget for 2016/17 as "a horrendously difficult exercise".
Councillor Jim McCabe, leader of the council, said: "We have left no stone unturned in getting to a settled budget for 2016/17 and I am pleased that there will be no compulsory redundancies as a result.
"There is no doubt that some of the cuts we are being forced to make will have an impact.
"However, we carried out the biggest consultation in the council's history and have tried to reflect the message we received, which was to protect jobs and maintain services for young people and vulnerable people."
The council said that as part of setting the budget it had declined several savings options, which included:
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North Lanarkshire Council has approved £19.5m in cuts that will see 287 full-time posts go - but the authority has pledged no compulsory redundancies.
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The action targeted users of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber-attack tools.
Twelve of the suspects were arrested in the UK as part of an investigation led by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Authorities across a total of 13 countries made the arrests between 5 and 9 December.
The NCA said that it had targeted users of software called Netspoof, a computer program that could direct huge volumes of internet traffic at websites and web servers in order to disable them.
Following the UK arrests, a 27-year-old man from Hamilton in Scotland was charged with offences under the Computer Misuse Act.
As part of the international operation, a US suspect has been arrested and charged over a DDoS attack that knocked a San Francisco chat service's site offline.
Sean Sharma, a 26-year-old student in California, is enrolled in a master's degree programme at the University of Southern California.
Mr Sharma could face up to 10 years in prison. His case is being investigated by the FBI.
"DDoS tools are among the many specialised cyber-crime services available for hire that may be used by professional criminals and novices alike," said Steve Kelly, unit chief of the FBI's International Cyber Crime Coordination Cell.
"While the FBI is working with our international partners to apprehend and prosecute sophisticated cyber-criminals, we also want to deter the young from starting down this path."
The international investigations, in which a total of 101 suspects were interviewed and cautioned, were supported by Europol's European Cybercrime Centre.
House searches were conducted and notifications were sent to parents, according to the agency.
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Thirty four people, including teenagers, have been arrested after an international police operation involving EU and US authorities.
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It follows a police investigation into a blaze at a former abattoir in Winston Road on 4 March.
Nobody was hurt in the incident but the building was extensively damaged and Winston Road was closed for several hours.
Police said the teenager was arrested on 25 March and a report was sent to the procurator fiscal.
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A 15-year-old boy has been charged with causing a deliberate fire in Galashiels.
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The index, which has risen by 50% since March, ended the day down 321.45 points, or 6.5%, at 4,620.27.
Analysts cited a number of reasons for the drop, including a number of brokerages tightening lending requirements on margin financing.
Another wave of new share offerings due next week is also expected to remove liquidity from the market.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index also ended lower, dropping 2.2% to 27,454.31.
However, shares had a better session in Japan, where the market rose for the 10th consecutive session - its longest rally for more than a quarter of a century.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index closed up 0.4% at 20,551.46, and has now chalked up its longest winning streak since a 13-day run in February 1988.
Investor confidence was boosted by retail sales showing year-on-year growth of 5% in April, reversing three months of falls.
The Nikkei index has gained 5% during the 10-day run.
Shares of Honda were up 1.7% despite the automaker expanding its recall of cars in Japan over airbag inflators made by Takata to 340,000. Honda had already recalled millions of cars earlier this month.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 ended 0.2% lower at 5,713.10 after data showed that business investment in the first quarter of 2015 saw the biggest fall for more than six years.
Investment fell 4.4% in the quarter, against forecasts of a 2.4% drop.
South Korean shares recovered from heavy falls earlier in the session, with the benchmark Kospi index closing up 0.2% at 2,117.77.
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The Shanghai Composite share index in China plunged more than 6% on Thursday, the biggest fall since January.
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She, along with fellow YouTubers Alfie Deyes and Joe Sugg, was invited by Bob Geldof to join in on the chorus of the revamped version of Do They Know It's Christmas?
"It was really fun (and scary)," she later told fans during a Twitter Q&A.
One Twitter user said Geldof's decision to include YouTubers was a "fail".
Zoella responded: "If you were asked to help raise awareness and money for Ebola by Bob Geldof would you seriously say no?
When the same person added that Geldof should not have asked them to join in, Zoella said: "I'm afraid that's not your decision.
"Have a nice day! Hope you enjoy the song :)"
One Direction, Emeli Sande, Bono and Sam Smith are among some of the stars appearing on the song, which aims to raise money to help the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
Many of the musicians dropped other commitments in order to be a part of the fundraising.
Rita Ora was the first to record her lines and left early so she could travel to Salford to film BBC One's The Voice.
Ed Sheeran flew in from his tour in Germany, while Bastille cancelled two US arena gigs to be involved.
Tweeting after the recording, Joe Sugg wrote: "Well.. Today has been eventful! But AMAZING! Feeling so grateful for all the amazing opportunities that have come my way."
Alfie Deyes shared a picture of Harry Styles going in to the recording studio and also posted: "Today has been the most surreal day of my entire life."
He added: "I'm so thankful to be involved with @BandAid30! Let's make a real change."
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"Surreal" is how Zoella described the experience of joining high profile musicians to sing on the new Band Aid 30 track.
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The home city of Romanian number one Simona Halep will host the tie on outdoor clay on 22-23 April.
Britain are looking to return to the elite level of the competition for the first time since 1993, but will go into the tie as heavy underdogs.
Find out how to get into tennis in our special guide.
Halep, the world number four, has already said she will play in the tie.
Romania have four other players in the top 100.
GB captain Anne Keothavong's team kept their promotion hopes alive last month with a 2-1 win over Croatia. and while she will hope to call on Johanna Konta, the world number 11 is not at her best on clay.
British number two Heather Watson is currently ranked 108 but has a strong Fed Cup record with 25 wins and only seven losses.
It is the third time Britain have reached the World Group II play-offs in the past six years, with the team then captained by Judy Murray losing to Sweden and Argentina in 2012 and 2013 respectively.
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Swindon have been fined £15,000 after a confrontation in the 67th minute of the game at the County Ground.
Millwall were made to pay £5,000.
"We just have to educate the players a bit more on that respect for the referee," Swindon sporting director Seamus Brady told BBC Wiltshire.
"We're trying to educate them a little bit and just let them know that we have had a couple of instances in the past and that's what we need to be careful about moving forward."
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Swindon and Millwall have been fined by the Football Association after admitting to failing to ensure players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion in the 2-2 draw on 12 March.
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Mr O'Flaherty presented and reported on a variety of BBC Radio Ulster programmes, including Good Morning Ulster and Evening Extra, as well as reading television and radio news bulletins for the corporation.
A life-long supporter of country music, he built up a huge following for his radio programmes, first on Downtown Radio and then on BBC Radio Ulster.
Mr O'Flaherty also presented Make Mine Country on BBC NI television.
Watch him close the show in style in this clip from 1978.
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The renowned BBC Northern Ireland broadcaster and journalist Paddy O'Flaherty has died at the age of 73, after a short illness.
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The group tackled Africa's highest peak to raise money for the Steve Prescott Foundation, in memory of the St Helens player who died two years ago from abdominal cancer.
The group - a mixture of professional players and charity supporters - reached a height of about 5,791m (19,000 ft) before playing the match.
They will now submit details to Guinness World Records.
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A group of rugby league players climbed Kilimanjaro as part of a charity challenge to stage the sport's highest ever match.
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Former Bury, Blackpool and Stockport striker Preece, 49, is the third manager at the Sandgrounders this season after Burr and Andy Bishop.
Director of football Liam Watson took temporary charge after Burr's four-month stint, as Southport sit a point above the relegation places.
"I am really looking forward to the challenge," said Preece.
"I've been in this situation before, taking over a club, and I expect to succeed. It is a big job."
He has previously been in charge of Bury, Worcester and Northwich, and spent four years as director of football at Welsh Premier League side Airbus UK Broughton, where they played in the qualifying rounds for the Europa League.
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National League strugglers Southport have appointed Andy Preece as their new manager, replacing Steve Burr.
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Stewart John Watson was found guilty of attempted murder after the attack in the West Lothian village of Polbeth in September 2015.
The 36-year-old targeted former model Anne Crossan on the doorstep of her home, leaving her with serious burns to her face, neck, scalp and hand.
Lord Bannatyne called for background reports before sentencing.
Watson denied the offence, but a jury at the High Court in Livingston took just over an hour to return a majority verdict finding him guilty.
Ms Crossan, 47, was put on life support in an induced coma for two weeks following the attack on 4 September 2014.
She was scarred for life and has had to relearn how to walk and talk, and is still undergoing treatment.
She told the court that Watson had threatened to "murder" her after she had disclosed information about him to his then-girlfriend.
Police found lighter fluid on the trainers he was wearing on the evening of the attack, and two cans of a similar fluid in his home in the village near Livingston, one of them empty.
Forensic scientists matched the lighter fluid to traces found on a top Ms Crossan had been wearing.
Watson, who has been in custody since his arrest the day after the attack, will be sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on 5 August.
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On average, almost 200 drivers a day were caught.
With a minimum £45 fine imposed, it means more than £50,000 will be gathered in just seven days.
The crackdown began on 22 June, with the introduction of six new bus lane cameras in the city centre and a mobile detection unit.
Since then, a total of 1,273 drivers have been caught.
The fixed cameras are positioned at:
The mobile detection unit is monitoring main roads into the city including the Shore Road, Lisburn Road and Ormeau Road.
Anyone caught breaching bus lane rules is fined £90, but the total is reduced to £45 if paid within two weeks.
A spokesperson for the department for regional development said 1273 penalty charge notices (PCNs) had been issued to motorists for driving in bus lanes or bus-only streets in the week commencing 22 June.
"Drivers are entitled to challenge their PCN through the process detailed on the back of all PCNs," the spokesperson added.
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The dancers, from Alvechurch in Worcestershire, were accused of being racist because some of their members' faces had been blackened.
One man filmed himself confronting them as they performed near the Bullring.
The Alvechurch Morris dancer group has not commented on the incident.
More on this and other stories from Birmingham and the Black Country
The use of black face make-up by Morris dancers has become a controversial issue, with Shrewsbury Folk Festival banning the practice after receiving complaints.
Supporters, however, say the practice dates back centuries and is not linked to race.
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A group of Morris dancers abandoned a performance in Birmingham city centre after being heckled for their use of black face paint.
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Michael Sandford, 20, of Surrey, admitted last year to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and disrupting an official function.
The incident happened in Las Vegas in the run-up to the US election.
His mother said he feared Mr Trump would make an example of him and extend his term or block his return to the UK.
At Sandford's sentencing in December, the court heard he could be eligible for release after four months, at which point he will be deported to the UK.
Lynne Sandford, from Dorking, said: "I have tried to keep him grounded, that Mr Trump has lots more important things on his hands. But as Michael said, 'I did try to kill him. How would you feel?'
"He's just terribly worried that Mr Trump will make an example of him for what he tried to do by blocking him coming back to the UK or having him spending years longer in prison for various reasons."
Sandford has autism, suffers from mental health problems and was diagnosed as having had a psychotic episode at the time of the incident last June.
His mother said he had been frequently put on suicide watch in prison and Trump-supporting guards and inmates were making his life a misery.
"He can't relax and he doesn't know whether he can trust anybody," she added.
Sandford initially denied the charges but faced a 20 year jail term if convicted and admitted the offences following a plea agreement.
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Politicians who work in the Houses of Parliament, regularly debate on big issues that affect how the country is run, including how much money hospitals get, and what you learn in school.
When you turn 18 you can vote in an election to choose which politician, and the party they belong to, you want to be in power.
Hayley has been to a school to find out more about how elections work...
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Every five years a general election takes place in the UK, allowing people to decide who they want to run the country.
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The 4,300 teams who entered the tournament back in January to compete across 11 categories had been whittled down to just 90.
They competed in groups, with the winners progressing straight through to the finals - two of which were decided by penalty shootouts.
The victorious teams won tickets to the FA Cup final in May, where they will be honoured at half-time on the pitch.
The day was covered by a special live text commentary and featured last-gasp winners, stunning goals, great celebrations and a wonderful sense of enjoyment and camaraderie.
There were also appearances from former player Kevin Kilbane, BBC presenters Ore Oduba, Harry Gration and Paul Hudson and Helen Rollason Award winner Bailey Matthews.
You can catch some of the highlightshere.
Here are just a few images from the hundreds taken at the weekend. You can find more by searching #PeoplesCup on social media.
You can find out more about how to get into all types of football with our special guide.
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The 2016 FA People's Cup came to a sparkling finale in the Sheffield sun.
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The 14-year-old boy had been climbing on the Bowfiddle Rock near Portknockie.
A coastguard helicopter from Inverness joined teams from Buckie, Banff and Portsoy during the operation, which started at about 21:00 on Monday.
The boy was taken to Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin. His injuries are not believed to be serious.
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A teenager has been winched to safety from a rocky outcrop on the Moray coast after a fall.
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The man was hit by the HGV on the A701 at Lamancha, Peeblesshire, at about 12:20.
A police spokesman said: "Sadly the man died at the scene.
"The A701 will remain closed for several hours while collision investigations are carried out."
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An 81-year-old man has died after being struck by a lorry in a Borders village.
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The Age UK poll of 2,000 over-65s found 10% described themselves as often or always lonely - a rise from 7% a year ago.
Four in 10 said their TV or pet was their main form of company.
Research has shown loneliness increases the risk of ill-health and early death, prompting ministers to call on people to look out for people at risk of loneliness in their communities.
The poll randomly selected and then interviewed people aged over 65 according to their gender, working status and the presence of children, said Age UK.
Last winter, the 'Friends' campaign appealed for a return to an "old-fashioned sense of neighbourliness" by encouraging people to check on elderly friends and neighbours.
Living alone is linked to habits that are bad for health. For example, eating poorly and having less motivation to be physically active can be a consequence of being physically isolated.
Being alone can also affect mental health, causing people to feel low and depressed.
However, feeling lonely can in itself be bad for your physical health. Studies have shown that social isolation can cause damage to the immune system leading to a condition called chronic inflammation.
Announcing the move, Jeremy Hunt said it was a source of "national shame" that loneliness was emerging as such a problem.
Caroline Abrahams, of Age UK, said loneliness can have a "devastating impact".
She said: "Loneliness not only makes life miserable for older people. It is also really bad for their health making them more vulnerable to illness and disease."
Research has shown that the ageing population has led to an increase in people living on their own.
But Ms Abrahams said cuts to local services, such as lunch clubs and day centres, had exacerbated the problem.
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Normally the big vote to decide who will run the country happens every five years and the next one was due to take place in 2020.
BBC political reporter Adam Fleming tells us more about what she said and why she wants to bring it forward.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May surprised many people when she announced on 18 April she wants to call a general election in June 2017.
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The driver applied the emergency brakes when the train hit 106mph (170km/h) on a 50mph track, said the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
But his efforts had only brought the speed down to 102mph when the deadly crash happened.
The speed was recorded in the so-called black box recovered from the wreckage.
Robert Sumwalt of the NTSB told reporters a speed control system in place along parts of that route along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor was not yet in place on that section.
"We feel that had such a system been installed in this section of track, this accident would not have occurred," he said.
Amtrak Train 188 was going from Washington to New York when it derailed on Tuesday night, leaving more 200 people injured.
The death toll rose from six to seven on Wednesday, as another body was found by the search and rescue team.
Only three victims have been publicly identified so far:
One of the busiest stretches of passenger rail in the country, between Philadelphia and New York, is closed as officials continue to try to establish exactly what happened.
President Obama said he was "shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the derailment".
As emergency crews continued to dig through the wreckage, lawmakers in Washington debated the future of Amtrak's budget, with one spending committee voting to slash their funding by almost a fifth.
"We are divesting from America," accused one member of Congress.
"Don't use this tragedy in that way," another Congressman responded angrily.
Congress has only 18 more days before federal funding for transportation infrastructure expires, but the funding is likely to be temporarily extended.
Amtrak is a national publicly funded rail service, serving tens of millions of people every year.
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A commuter train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing at least seven people, was travelling at twice the speed limit, say safety experts.
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Top seed Nadal, 31, who will claim the world number one spot from Andy Murray if he reaches the semi-finals in Canada, beat Borna Coric 6-1 6-2.
Murray pulled out of the competition with a hip injury, which has also ruled him out of the Cincinnati Masters.
Federer, playing in his first match since winning the Wimbledon title, beat Peter Polansky 6-2 6-1 in 53 minutes.
The 36-year-old's 32nd victory of the season sets up a third-round meeting with Spain's David Ferrer, who upset 15th seed Jack Sock 7-6 (9-7) 3-6 6-1.
Nadal, a three-time champion in Canada, took 71 minutes to beat 20-year-old Croat Coric, facing just one break point in the match.
The Spaniard meets Denis Shapovalov next - the Canadian who was disqualified from his Davis Cup match against Great Britain in February for hitting the umpire in the face with the ball.
Another Canadian, sixth seed Milos Raonic, who could have played Nadal in the last eight, lost 6-4 6-4 to unseeded Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.
Gael Monfils saved four match points before beating Japanese fifth seed Kei Nishikori 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 7-6 (8-6), while Germany's fourth seed Alexander Zverev saved three match points as he overcame Richard Gasquet 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-3).
In the last 16, Zverev will face Australia's Nick Kyrgios, who brushed aside Victor Troicki 6-1 6-2.
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The display featuring thousands of pieces was created by Laurence Teague, of Redditch, Worcestershire, who died last year aged 74.
It is yet to be decided when the removal process can start.
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway plans to exhibit part of the display in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.
Updates on this story and more from Worcestershire
A spokesperson for the heritage railway added because of the size of the display, which runs 32ft by 11ft, (9.7m by 3.3m) it would not be able to display the entire works due to the likelihood of damage occurring in the removal process.
The model collection is currently in the loft of Mr Teague's house. His widow Gail said he had shown an interest in railways since the 1940s.
"Any form of locomotion interested Laurence. He started the collection before he even knew me. It was a passion he had all his life."
She added: "He wasn't allowed to put up the railway display in the loft until I knew he was up there doing the rooms in the house first. It took him a year to do up every room in the house; and he spent half a year doing up his railway display."
Mr Teague, founder of Teague's Television in Redditch, donated the display in his will to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
Mrs Teague said her late husband would have wanted people to enjoy the display, but added she would be upset when the railway collection was taken from the loft.
"His humour is up there. His personality is up there. It's so much of him," she said.
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Undercliff Drive was destroyed in severe weather in February 2014.
Councillor Phil Jordan said the solution was "long-awaited" and hoped it would lead to the entire road being reopened.
Survey work is due to start at the site in the coming weeks.
Parts of the existing road will be widened to enable vehicular access to properties, and a single track road will be built close to the existing route.
Designated parking spaces will also be provided.
The council said the scheme, at a "complex geological site" near a designated beauty spot, had "not been straightforward".
Mr Jordan added: "I am delighted we are finally in a position to start the process of allowing at least some permanent access to the properties situated there.
"I really do look forward to this scheme being finally completed and access being re-established."
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Residents unable to drive to their homes for more than a year following a landslide on the Isle of Wight will have a temporary road built by the summer, the council has said.
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The woman was found dead at the City Warehouse ApartHotel on Great Ancoats Street at about 06:30 GMT on Saturday.
Greater Manchester Police said two men, aged 24 and 26, had been held on suspicion of supply and possession of drugs and two women, aged 21 and 24, were arrested for possession.
Officers advised others who have taken the drug to seek medical attention.
Supt Stephen Howard said: "We are appealing to anyone who may have taken ecstasy, to get checked out.
"Anyone with any information about what happened or where this drug may have come from should contact police as soon as possible."
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Four people have been arrested after a 19-year-old woman took ecstasy and died in Manchester.
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Ms Kumari is the daughter of the maharaja of Dungarpur in the northern state of Rajasthan.
"They knew each other for years, they were childhood friends," Yaduveer's father Swaroopanand Urs told BBC Hindi.
About 1,000 guests witnessed the elaborate ceremony and a further 2,500 were invited to an evening reception.
They include Karnataka state Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah.
The centuries-old wedding traditions involving the royal family took place at Mysore's City Palace.
Yaduveer, 24, was crowned the new maharaja of Mysore, the titular head of the 600-year-old Wadiyar dynasty, in May last year after the death of his grand uncle Maharaja Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar.
Srikantadatta Wadiyar, who died in December 2013, was childless and did not name an heir, but his widow Pramodadevi Wadiyar adopted Yaduveer Gopalraj Urs, a relative, to ensure continuity.
Yaduveer's grandaunt, Kamashidevi, said: "It was a typical south Indian Mysorean wedding. There was a small pooja [religious ritual] for the bride before the wedding ceremony began. Normally, in our families, the girl adapts to the traditions of the boy's family."
The couple are the custodian of more than 1,500 acres of land spread across the south Indian cities of Mysore, Bangalore, Hassan, Channapatna and other places in the state of Karnataka.
The CEO of Mysore Palace, M Lakhsminarayana, declined to comment on the cost of the wedding, but added that "there was no extravagance".
Another reception will be held on Saturday in Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka state.
India's royalty lost their official powers when the nation gained independence in 1947 but the modern-day maharajas are still wealthy and influential.
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The maharaja of Mysore in southern India, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, has married princess Trishika Kumari at the royal palace.
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Silva defeated world number one Sumiya Dorjsuren of Mongolia by Waza-ari to delight a partisan crowd at Carioca 2.
The gold medal marks a fairytale rise to Olympic triumph from a childhood in Rio's notorious 'City of God' favela for Silva.
"Judo is my life," said Silva. "I love competing at home, because of the fans. Their cheering helps a lot."
And she added: "I hope that this medal opened doors for more medals this week."
Silva qualified for the London 2012 Games but was disqualified in the early rounds for a rule violation.
London champion Kaori Matsumoto of Japan took bronze alongside five-time European champion Telma Monteiro of Portugal.
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Brazil won their first gold medal of the Rio Olympics as Rafaela Silva triumphed in the women's -57kg judo.
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West Midlands Police said an unarmed man, 31, locked himself in the premises of mental health charity Pathways in Digbeth with two staff members at 15:00 BST.
The first woman was freed shortly after 19:30 BST, and the second just after 20:00 BST by police.
It is not yet known why he took the hostages. No-one was injured.
Police said the man is not connected to the charity and he remains in custody.
The road has been closed for investigations.
Two ambulances, a paramedic car and five police cars were at the scene.
Witnesses said a wedding party from The Spotted Dog pub were evacuated.
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Two women have been freed and a man arrested following an armed siege in Birmingham.
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Dover District Councillor Bob Frost appeared to make comments about black people during an online conversation about the recent riots.
Mr Frost, a teacher, has apologised "unreservedly" and deleted the posts.
Deputy Council Leader Sue Chandler said: "There is no place in our society for this kind of language."
She added: "We have therefore suspended Councillor Frost from the Conservative Group pending investigation."
The comment was made while Mr Frost was having a conversation on the social-networking site, alluding to the London riots while he was on holiday.
On his status he wrote: "I'm missing the vibrant and multi-cultural society which I normally celebrate here in Sicily! Not!"
It was then suggested by someone else on Facebook that he take a trip to north London.
He replied: "All the bunnies here are of the woodland variety rather than the jungle."
Sola Afuape, chair of the equality charity Afiya Trust, said: "You don't expect somebody in a position of power, in a leadership position, to make comments like this.
"They're clearly offensive - racist in fact."
In a statement, Mr Frost said: "What I said was wrong and I apologise unreservedly.
"I am mortified by the offence that I have caused and have deleted these comments.
"I am very sorry."
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A councillor in Kent has been suspended from the Conservative Party while it investigates an apparently racist comment he made on Facebook.
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Great Yarmouth MP Brandon Lewis spent nearly £15,000 last year on 99 overnight stays and about £16,000 the year before, The Sunday Times reported.
Mr Lewis opted to stay in the capital rather than travel home to Essex, the paper said.
In a statement, he said all the claims complied with parliamentary rules.
A spokesman for his office said: "Every expense claim is entirely in accordance with the rules and approved by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA)."
Privately, he is said to be "hurt" by the allegations.
Nearly all the stays were at the Park Plaza hotel, near Parliament, for which Mr Lewis would typically claim £450 for three nights and £750 for a five-night-stay.
There is no suggestion Mr Lewis has done anything wrong. As an MP for a constituency more than an hour away from London, he is allowed to claim expenses for either a second home, or for overnight stays in London. He has never claimed for his home in Great Yarmouth.
Friends who've spoken to him on Monday say he is hurt by the allegations. He says he often doesn't claim travel expenses and is often left out of pocket when he stays in London.
Fellow Norfolk MPs regard his claims as reasonable.
But other junior ministers in the last Government claimed far less for London hotels.
MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, Dan Poulter, claimed just £3,000, while colleague Norman Lamb, MP for North Norfolk, claimed £6,450 for hotel accommodation.
If you have friends or access to property in London you can reduce your costs.
Mr Lewis hasn't, and under the fairer revised expenses rules, he seems to be entitled to everything he claims.
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The government's housing minister has defended claims of almost £31,000 for London hotel stays, despite owning a home in Essex.
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Brown, 21, made 16 league appearances during his time with the Blues, 12 of them as a substitute.
He played twice for Chesterfield during a loan spell last season and previously spent time on loan at Notts County.
"I'm happy to have signed for the club, especially with the team having just been promoted," Brown said.
"There should be a good buzz around the place and I'm looking forward to it.
"I don't really mind what league I'm playing in, as long as I'm playing football that's all that matters to me. I'm looking forward to the experience."
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Newly-promoted Forest Green Rovers have signed Reece Brown on a one-year contract after the midfielder was released by Birmingham City.
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The 6.7-magnitude quake near the city of Surigao on Mindanao island damaged buildings and cut power to many areas.
Residents rushed to open areas and spent the night in parks, local reports said.
There was no tsunami threat from the quake, the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
The quake took place at a depth of about 10km (6 miles) about 13km east of Surigao, the US Geological Survey said.
The victims died after being hit by falling debris and concrete walls, provincial disaster-response official Gilbert Gonzales said.
A bridge and a hotel collapsed, power and water supplies were cut in some areas and Surigao's airport was also temporarily closed because of deep cracks on the runway, officials said.
About 90 aftershocks had been recorded and more could follow but they were unlikely to cause significant damage, the Philippines' seismic agency head Renato Solidum told local radio.
The Philippines is located on the geologically active Pacific "Ring of Fire" and experiences frequent earthquakes.
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At least four people have been killed and more than 100 injured after an earthquake hit the southern Philippines on Friday evening, officials say.
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The 28-year-old, who is undefeated since April 2013, won with a day and two races to spare.
Scott is now one of six sailors to win three Finn world titles, along with fellow Briton Sir Ben Ainslie.
"I have been really pleased with my year and the way I've been sailing," said Scott, who also won in 2014.
"The last couple of months have been tricky to manage because we've been testing these new boats that have just come out, so to be able to come here and show good form and win with a couple of races to go is great.
"I've sailed a good, consistent week and it's come good early, which is great."
Weymouth-based Scott came into the penultimate day of racing on the Hauraki Gulf with an imposing 52-point lead, and claimed the top-18 finish he needed to secure overall victory by coming second in the first of the day's two races.
He was also runner-up in the day's second race, giving him an overwhelming 54-point lead over France's Olympic bronze medallist Jonathan Lobert going into the final day of competition.
"I was trying to stay risk-free where possible and fortunately the racing panned out in a manner that rewarded that," added Scott, who has already secured his place on Team GB for next year's Rio Olympics.
Scott narrowly missed out on a place at London 2012 to Ainslie, who went on to take his fourth Olympic gold.
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Britain's Giles Scott claimed his third world title courtesy of a dominant victory in the Finn Gold Cup in Takapuna, New Zealand.
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Rovers hit the ground running early on and were rewarded with two tries from Thomas Minns and one from Ben Cockayne.
Kieran Dixon extended Hull KR's lead but Alex Walker and James Cunningham pulled the Broncos back into the game.
However, tries from James Greenwood, Matty Marsh, James Donaldson, debutant Will Jubb and a hat-trick from Minns gave Rovers a comfortable win.
Former England captain Peacock, 38, came out of retirement after agreeing a deal with Hull KR until the end of the season, and came on just before the break to make his debut.
The result moved Rovers up to third place in the Qualifiers table and they are now level on six points with Huddersfield Giants with two games left to play.
London Broncos slipped to their fourth defeat since the split, but can still qualify for the Million Pound Game depending on results elsewhere.
London Broncos: Walker, Williams, Hellewell, Kear, Macani, Barthau, Soward, Slyney, Cunningham, Ioane, Harrison, Garside, Bussey.
Replacements: Ackers, Thackray, Magrin, Offerdahl.
Hull KR: Cockayne, Dixon, Minns, Thornley, Mantellato, Campese, Marsh, Tilse, Lunt, Allgood, Clarkson, Greenwood, Donaldson.
Replacements: Walker, Peacock, Larroyer, Jubb.
Referee: Phil Bentham.
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That was a sharp fall from the 1.4% rate of growth in the last quarter of 2015 and the slowest pace in two years.
The slowdown, which was bigger than most economists forecast, has been blamed on a fall in domestic demand and a strong dollar that has put a brake on exports.
With shoppers buying less, businesses have been reluctant to order new stock.
Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the US economy, increased at a rate of 1.9%, down from 2.4% in the previous quarter.
Business investment fell by 5.9% - the biggest quarterly decline since the depths of the financial crisis in 2009.
Oil and gas exploration fell by a record 86% as energy companies cut back on spending following the dramatic slide in oil prices.
Although cheaper oil has given consumers more spare cash, it has also cut the profits of businesses dependent on the oil industry.
Most forecasters predict the US economy will bounce back in the next quarter, but Chris Williamson of Markit said his company's own surveys showed only a weak recovery.
"Worryingly, the surveys indicate that the malaise affecting the US economy has extended into the second quarter, albeit with the pace of expansion picking up slightly to 0.8%. The surveys also show weakness spreading from manufacturing to services in recent months."
Despite the economy slowing, unemployment fell below 5% in January, and Friday's jobs report is expected to show steady growth in employment numbers.
On Thursday, the Federal Reserve said that "labour market conditions have improved further even as growth in economic activity appears to have slowed".
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US economic growth slowed to an annual pace of 0.5% during the first three months of the year.
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Bath and North East Somerset Council is considering a public space protection order for Abbey Church Yard, Kingston Parade and Abbey Green.
The council said the order would "stop unwanted disturbance" in these areas.
There is currently no formal policy on busking in the city as performers follow a voluntary code of practice.
In September an evensong service at Bath Abbey was stopped when loud music from buskers outside made it "impossible to continue", the rector, Rev Edward Mason told the BBC.
Rev Mason said the use of amplifiers by buskers has "massively increased" in recent years.
According to the council, the number of complaints about amplified busking in the city centre has risen from 30 in 2012 to more than 110 last year.
The authority said, buskers were "an important part of the vibrancy of Bath" and the protection orders would ensure "activities don't have a detrimental effect on the quality of life of those in the locality".
A public consultation has begun into the proposals. A public space protection order can be put in place under the anti-social behaviour, crime and policing act 2014.
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Buskers in Bath may be banned from using amplifiers in three central locations following more than 100 complaints to the council.
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The 26-year-old Samoa international had spent four years with the Vikings, but was told he would be released at the end of this season.
Isa started his career in the NRL at Penrith Panthers and has also played for Melbourne Storm and Castleford.
"There were a few offers on the table but I simply couldn't turn down this chance when it came along," he said.
He joins Sam Tomkins as a new arrival at Wigan for the 2016 season.
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Super League side Wigan Warriors have signed Widnes Vikings forward Willie Isa on a two-year deal from next year.
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Benjamin George, 19, of Cornish Gardens, Bournemouth, pleaded guilty to eight offences including causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Bournemouth Crown Court heard the cyclist was catapulted into the air after George went through a red light.
Dorset Police had abandoned a pursuit of George two hours earlier.
Officers began to follow his Vauxhall Tigra at 02:18 BST on 27 October and saw the car head the wrong way down a dual carriageway.
The chase was aborted because of the "level of risk" involved, police said.
Council CCTV operators continued to track the vehicle.
At 04:47 BST, an operator saw the Tigra drive "at speed" through a red light at the junction of Poole Road and Queens Road, sending the cyclist flying into the air.
George was detained for four years for the crash and for a further year for an offence of dangerous driving committed on 14 October.
He also admitted failing to stop after a road accident, driving without a licence or insurance and making off from a petrol station without payment.
The teenager was disqualified from driving for six years.
Sgt Nikki Burt, of Dorset Police's traffic unit, said: "George's irresponsible, reckless and extremely dangerous actions that night endangered the lives of the public.
"It is miraculous that the victim is making a recovery and that nobody else was seriously injured or killed."
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A teenage driver has been sent to a young offender institution for five years after he left a cyclist with life-changing injuries.
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