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The Irish had been beaten in the first two games, and were also whitewashed 3-0 in an earlier Twenty20 series between the sides in Greater Noida.
Afghanistan elected to bat and scored 264-8 off their 50 overs.
Opener Paul Stirling hit 99 while Andrew Balbirnie's 85 not out saw them home with nine balls to spare.
Gulbadin Naib (51), Rashid Khan (56) and Shafiqullah (50 not out) had earlier rescued Afghanistan who had slumped to 67-5 - and it was the first time that three men batting at seven, eight and nine had all scored half-centuries in the same ODI innings.
The teams will meet in two more ODIs before a four-day Intercontinental Cup match at the end of the month in Greater Noida.
Meanwhile, pace bowler Boyd Rankin has been ruled out of the remainder of Ireland's tour of India after failing to recover from the back injury that has prevented him playing any part in the series with Afghanistan.
The Irish had hoped Rankin would recover in time for the ODI series and the Intercontinental Cup game, but Peter Chase will stay with the squad instead.
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Ireland ended their losing run against Afghanistan with a six-wicket win in the third of their five one-day internationals in India.
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On Friday, the PBOC decided to guide the Chinese currency - the yuan - higher by the biggest percentage gain (0.56%) seen since 2005.
You might wonder why the yuan is going UP when only last year markets were turned upside down because of concerns that the PBOC was guiding the yuan lower.
Here's why: the PBOC needs some global credibility after last year's debacle.
At a time when the Bank of Japan appears to be attempting to weaken its currency - the yen - to boost exports (but failing miserably), China's move could help to assuage concerns that it is also fighting the currency wars. It may help boost China's image in financial markets.
But wait.
Won't this hurt exports? And in turn hurt the Chinese economic engine from re-starting?
Not really.
Exports haven't been the main reason why the Chinese economy has stabilised in recent weeks.
It's been the government pumping money into the economy. So it doesn't hurt China that much if it fixes the yuan rate higher.
It also makes imports slightly cheaper. China imports a lot of high-end Korean raw materials to help manufacture higher-end goods that the country is now making for the world, as it moves up the value-chain.
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Bob the Builder's signature tune may be just what's going through the minds of officials at the Chinese central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) these days.
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Pembrokeshire council said inquiries were being made into Torquing Group following complaints about the project.
On Wednesday, the company released a statement to backers, saying it had decided to pursue a "creditors' voluntary liquidation".
The project, based in Pembroke Dock, had raised over £2m through crowd funding.
Zano drones were already in production and were designed to be controllable via a smartphone app.
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The firm behind Pembrokeshire's failed Zano mini-drone project is being investigated by Trading Standards.
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The trio from Blackwood, in Caerphilly county, will play the final day of the annual festival on Sunday, 9 July.
"It's always really special to play in Wales," said a Manics statement.
"Particularly when we are playing an event for the first time. And to play on the festival's 70th anniversary will make it even better."
The band, whose hits include A Design For Life, Motorcycle Emptiness and If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next, have just finished the 20th anniversary tour of their platinum album Everything Must Go.
Tickets for the show at the Royal International Pavilion, which is expected sell out the 5,200 capacity, go on sale on Thursday.
"This is set to be Llanfest's biggest ever show and to say we are excited about the prospect would be an understatement," said festival's musical director Eilir Owen Griffiths.
"The Manics are one of the most important bands to ever emerge from Wales.
"They have an extensive back catalogue of politically charged songs, which resonate as much now as when first released, as well as their powerful newer works."
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Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers will play at the 2017 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod to celebrate its 70th anniversary.
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The royal python is 4ft 6in (1.4m) long but it is not venomous.
Officers said it went missing from the Crown Street area of the city.
They said the reptile was not a danger to the public but anyone with information about its whereabouts should contact Police Scotland on 101.
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Police have appealed for help in tracing a snake which has gone missing in Aberdeen.
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The France international finished at the near post after he received the ball from Maxwell following good hold-up play by Ezequiel Lavezzi.
Ramy Bensebaini had Montpellier's best chance but saw his header saved.
Neither £43.4m signing Angel Di Maria nor Zlatan Ibrahimovic featured in the match as they recover from injury.
Former Manchester United midfielder Di Maria has a thigh injury while Sweden striker Ibrahimovic is still struggling with a knee problem.
PSG, chasing a fourth consecutive league title, have won all three of their Ligue 1 matches so far, scored four goals without conceding.
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Paris St-Germain maintained their 100% start to the season with victory over Montpellier thanks to a second-half goal from midfielder Blaise Matuidi.
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The ex-minister told The Sun EU law over-rides UK law and there were "many positive aspects" to leaving.
His intervention comes the day after 12 former defence chiefs said the UK was safer in the EU.
The UK's referendum on its EU membership takes place on 23 June.
Lord Owen, who was foreign secretary between 1977 and 1979, was one of the so-called "gang of four" who quit Labour in 1981 to set up the Social Democratic Party.
He sits as an independent in the House of Lords having given up his crossbench status in 2014 to donate to Labour.
In his Sun article the peer, who suggested he could back an exit in September, said leaving the EU "could be the spark we need to re-energise our nation: a challenge and an opportunity".
"To remain in the EU is in my judgement a more dangerous option for British security in its deepest sense - economic, political, military and social - than remaining in a dysfunctional EU dragged down by a failing eurozone," he added.
"Remaining in the EU is risking more than leaving."
However, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said leaving the EU would be a "big gamble" with the UK's security.
Mr Fallon said the "collective weight" of partnerships such as the EU made it easier to deal with global threats,
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Former Labour foreign secretary Lord Owen is calling for the UK to leave the EU, saying remaining in the union is "the more dangerous option for British security".
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The study says some species, which people eat a lot of are doing even worse, with a 74% drop reported in the populations of tuna and mackerel fish.
The report says human activity, such as overfishing, and climate change is having a big impact on marine life.
The document was put together by the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London.
"Human activity has severely damaged the ocean by catching fish faster than they can reproduce while also destroying their nurseries," said Marco Lambertini, head of WWF International.
The report says that sea cucumbers - seen as a luxury food throughout Asia - have seen a significant fall in numbers, with a 98% in the Galapagos and 94% drop in the Red Sea over the past few years.
The study highlights the decline of habitats - such as seagrass areas and mangrove cover - which are important for food and act as a nursery for many species.
Climate change has also played a role in the overall decline of marine populations.
The report says carbon dioxide is being absorbed into the oceans, making them more acidic, damaging a number of species.
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Populations of marine mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have dropped by 49% since 1970, a report says.
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The authority is trying to cut its annual spend on such centres from £10m to £7m.
Those earmarked for closure are in Northampton, Kettering, Wellingborough and Bugbrooke.
A six week public consultation on the closures is open online with a decision expected in May.
County council deputy leader and cabinet member for children's services Councillor Heather Smith said the proposals had been devised in consultation with "our providers, Action for Children, Spurgeons and the Corby Children's Centre Consortium".
"Reduced funding from central government and unprecedented demand for public services means the county council will have to make £65m savings in the coming financial year, including a £3m reduction in children's centre services."
Those listed for closure are at Wootton, Headlands and Parklands in Northampton: the Ronald Tree centre and Thornton Centre in Kettering; the Croyland and Oakway centres in Wellingborough, and the centre in Bugbrooke.
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Eight children's centres could close and nine more could be moved to libraries under plans revealed by Northamptonshire County Council.
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Dywedodd James Price, sy'n gyfrifol am adran economi'r llywodraeth, bod canlyniad y buddsoddiad werth yr arian.
Cafodd y cyllid ei roi i ddatblygwyr sydd eisiau adeiladu Cylchffordd Cymru ger Glyn Ebwy.
'Nôl ym mis Ebrill dywedodd Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru bod "diffygion sylweddol" yn y ffordd y deliodd y llywodraeth â'r arian.
Tra'n rhoi tystiolaeth i Bwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus y Cynullliad, dywedodd Mr Price y gallai'r prosiect gael "effaith fawr" ar yr economi, ond ei fod hefyd yn "risg posib sylweddol".
Gwrthododd yr honiad bod "diffygion" yn ei adran, gan ddweud eu bod "wedi dysgu gwersi".
Dywedodd bod £55m wedi ei wario ar ddatblygu'r cynlluniau - £9.2m o'r ffigwr hwnnw mewn grantiau a benthyciadau gan Lywodraeth Cymru.
"Dwi wedi cael fy mherswadio ein bod wedi llwyddo i gael gwerth am arian am yr hyn rydyn ni wedi ei gael, sef prosiect sydd yn barod - os yw cyllid ar gael - i gael ei ddelifro", meddai.
Daw ymddangosiad Mr Price wedi i ffrae godi pan wnaeth dau swyddog dynnu 'nôl o roi tystiolaeth mewn sesiwn flaenorol.
Fe fydd cabinet Llywodraeth Cymru yn trafod dydd Mawrth os byddan nhw'n gwarantu tua hanner y £425m y byddai Cylchffordd Cymru yn ei gostio.
Mae datblygwyr yn dweud gallai'r prosiect greu 6,000 o swyddi yn un o'r llefydd mwyaf difreintiedig yng Nghymru.
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Mae un o brif weision sifil Cymru wedi amddiffyn y gwariant o £9m gan Lywodraeth Cymru ar gynlluniau i adeiladu trac rasio ym Mlaenau Gwent.
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Naser Oric was detained in Geneva on an international arrest warrant issued by Belgrade, which now wants him extradited to face trial in Serbia.
Serbia says he was involved in the deaths of nine ethnic Serbs in 1992.
He commanded Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) troops in Srebrenica - scene of the worst massacre by Bosnian Serb forces.
The latest dispute between Bosnia and Serbia comes at a sensitive time.
On 11 July Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic is due to attend a commemoration in Srebrenica for the massacre victims. Nearly 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed there in 1995.
Mr Oric was acquitted of war crimes by a UN tribunal in 2008.
The Bosnian state prosecutor's office said it had asked Switzerland to hand him over so that he could face trial in his own country. The office said it would co-operate with Serbian prosecutors and would consider their allegations against him.
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Bosnian prosecutors have urged Switzerland to hand over a former Bosnian Muslim commander arrested on 10 June - and not to send him to Serbia.
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The three year inquiry centres on complaints filed by several websites which claimed Google had been unfairly highlighting its own services.
The accusations are similar to other allegations Google has faced in the US and Europe.
The San Francisco based company says it is confident it will be cleared of wrongdoing in India.
The firm has ten days to respond to the findings by the Indian Competition Commission.
Google is already facing allegations in Europe that it influences its shopping results to put rivals at a disadvantage.
European regulators are currently examining whether the internet company manipulated search results to steer traffic away from rival sites that could diminish its advertising sales.
Google has denied the allegations. If it loses the case in Europe, the firm could be faced with a multi-billion dollar fine.
Regulators in the US wrapped up a probe into Google's practices in 2013, concluding the company did not have to make any major changes to how it ranks websites.
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Indian authorities have accused internet giant Google of abusing its dominance in search advertising.
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Detectives said the Spanish-born boy's Romanian mother had originally claimed he had died during an emergency operation at a UK hospital.
Police in Spain said they believe the six-week-old may have been sold for up to £11,000.
A Spanish couple, aged 25 and 26, were arrested in Cardiff and the child's mother was arrested at Bristol Airport.
The couple were arrested on 8 October in the Rumney area of Cardiff. They had the baby with them at the time.
The child's 19-year-old mother was arrested the following day upon her arrival into the UK.
The woman and the couple have since been released on bail pending further inquiries involving authorities in Spain and the UK.
South Wales Police said the baby is safe and in the care of Cardiff council.
All three people who were arrested originally travelled to the UK from Spain.
Spanish police alerted officers in Britain after suspicions were raised over the birth of the baby and the mother's claims he had died at the age of 15 days following an operation for an injury to a vein.
Her son was born in the Virgen de la Concha hospital Zamora in northern Spain in September.
A hospital spokeswoman said the mother left after three days.
DNA tests are now being carried out to determine who the child's father is.
A Spanish police spokesman said the investigation remained open and they have not ruled out further arrests as they suspect more people were involved in the sale.
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Three people have been arrested after a newborn baby was allegedly sold to a couple.
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Gayle, 25, moved to St James Park for a reported fee of about £10m, swapping the Premier League for the Championship in the process.
Former Real Madrid and Liverpool boss Benitez opted to stay at Newcastle despite relegation last season.
"He is a great manager and has great experience," Gayle told BBC Newcastle.
"There's expectation, but under the manager here I believe he can help me to perform.
"There's a great history at Newcastle - I'm looking forward to getting this club back in the Premier League and proving a few people wrong."
During three seasons at Palace, he scored 26 goals in 74 games following a £6m move from Peterborough.
The journey from Arsenal's academy to non-league football with Stansted right through to scoring goals in the Premier League at Palace echoes the progression of England forward Jamie Vardy.
Newcastle appealed as the next step in his career, with the influence of Palace boss Alan Pardew - a former Newcastle manager himself - strengthening his decision.
Palace's fan 'ultras' have created a pumped-up atmosphere with chanting and banners within the capacity constraints of Selhurst Park, but the size of the attendances and scale of the stadium are incomparable to that of St James Park.
"There was other interest but the opportunity of playing at Newcastle in front of 50,000 is a great one," Gayle added.
"It's great for a player to have the support behind them, it gives you that extra strength. It was the best thing for me in my career."
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Rafael Benitez's aura as a manager helped to convince striker Dwight Gayle to drop a division and join Newcastle United from Crystal Palace.
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Britain's Olympic long jump champion suffered whiplash at a Diamond League meeting in Birmingham last month.
Rutherford, 29, says there is a "one in four chance" he will not recover from his condition, called cochlear hydrops.
"I hope it won't affect my jumping," said the Englishman, who will compete at this week's European Championships.
He added: "If it wasn't Olympic year, I would quite possibly be taking some time out to get it sorted. But I like winning medals."
The Rio Olympics begin on 5 August.
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Greg Rutherford says he may never fully recover from an inner ear problem, but the attraction of winning medals means he will not miss the Olympics.
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Playgrounds like these are part of eco-projects that happen all over the UK to help you learn how to eat more healthily.
The kids from this school look after and grow their own food in a garden at school.
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Kids at a school in London have been enjoying a new type of playground, one that you can eat!
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The former Florida governor told a conservative Christian audience: "I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues."
But he later said he "misspoke", after criticism of his remarks.
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton had tweeted to him: "You are absolutely, unequivocally wrong."
Appearing on stage at the Southern Baptist Convention in Tennessee on Tuesday, Mr Bush was asked about healthcare provider Planned Parenthood, to which Republicans have been trying to cut funding.
His response was: "The next president should veto Planned Parenthood'', which drew applause.
It was then that he said "women's issues" did not need so much money as half a billion dollars.
But later, the Bush campaign team clarified his remarks with a statement from him.
"With regards to women's health funding broadly, I misspoke, as there are countless community health centres, rural clinics and other women's health organisations that need to be fully funded," it said.
It added that he was referring to the "hard-to-fathom" $500m government funding for Planned Parenthood.
The organisation at the centre of the row issued a statement saying Mr Bush "told the rest of America what Florida women have known for years, which is that he doesn't believe women's health is worth much".
Meet all of the 2016 hopefuls
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Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush was forced to backtrack after saying funding for female health was too high.
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Avon and Somerset Police has been publishing details of inappropriate 999 calls to highlight misuse of the emergency number.
In another call, a man dialled 999 because staff on Weston-super-Mare pier would not let him on the rides.
And a woman told told call handlers she had no money to buy bread because her benefits had not arrived.
In a fourth call 999 made on Sunday a man told emergency operators a cash machine "had swallowed his card".
Police later took to Twitter to say people should only use the emergency number if offenders were nearby, life was at risk, an injury had been caused or threatened, or if a crime was in progress.
"For everything else call the non-emergency number 101. Although these are real calls and may generate humour [they] stop people getting the help they need."
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A woman called 999 to complain her nail varnish had chipped despite being told they had a three-day guarantee.
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Company president Tetsuro Aikawa said the situation was "very serious" but said he had no plans to resign immediately.
He said he did not know if sales abroad had been affected yet.
Shares in the company have more than halved since the scandal broke.
Investors are worried that Mitsubishi Motors - Japan's sixth-largest carmaker - will face fines and compensation claims.
Last week, Mitsubishi admitted that it had falsified fuel economy data for four "minicar" models sold only in Japan.
The inaccurate mileage tests involved 157,000 of its eK wagon and eK Space, and 468,000 Dayz and Dayz Roox vehicles produced for Nissan. All were sold in Japan only.
Then on Tuesday, the company admitted to manipulating test data for the past 25 years, far longer than initially thought.
More than 600,000
vehicles in Japan affected
157,000 Mitsubishi models
468,000 Nissan models
50% - the amount shares in Mitsubishi have fallen since the scandal erupted
Mitsubishi's board has formed a panel to investigate the case, and US regulators have also launched an investigation into whether car models complied with their fuel economy rules.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Mitsubishi Motors said that because of uncertainty about the potential damage to its brand it could not make forecasts for the financial year 2016-17.
But Mr Aikawa was able to announce better-than-expected results for the year ending in March 2016.
Mitsubishi Motors reported that its operating profit rose 1.8% to 138.4bn yen (£950m; $1.2bn) while revenue increased by 4% to 2.27 trillion yen.
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Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi Motors has said domestic orders for its vehicles have halved since it revealed last week that it had been rigging fuel efficiency tests.
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The Labour-led authority had planned to shut Moorways Pool from March in a bid to save about £350,000 a year.
It said "positive" meetings have been held with groups including the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) to find external funding.
Thousands of people signed a petition to keep the pool open in 2014.
The city council said rising maintenance costs on the 42-year-old pool and the need to make £45m in cuts by 2018/19, were behind the proposals,
Councillor Baggy Shanker, who has been leading the negotiations, said: "We know how important Moorways is to the wider community but we cannot allow our perilous financial situation to limit our ambitions for the future.
"That's why we are looking at ways to enable local groups to take over the running of the pool."
He added that meetings have been scheduled with a charitable trust seeking a site for a pool in the city.
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A swimming pool threatened with closure could be saved after Derby City Council entered discussions with local groups to help run the facility.
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Law firm Davidson Chalmers is to open a new office in the Galashiels development.
It will act as a regional hub for the Edinburgh firm which currently employs 46 staff.
Partner Andy Drane said the move was the "natural progression" of a "long-standing commitment" to the area and would allow it to grow its client base.
"Davidson Chalmers works across a number of core sector areas which are thriving within the Borders, representing a range of clients from individuals to large organisations," he said.
"The new office will help ensure we are ideally placed to do even more to support the growth of the Borders economy.
"As someone whose family lives in the local area, I'm very excited about having a regular presence here to build upon the solid base we have established within the area."
Scottish Borders Council leader David Parker said the interchange was a "landmark building" for Borderers and visitors using the Borders Railway.
"I am delighted Davidson Chalmers is the first company to move into the transport interchange and hope to see other firms take on office space in this attractive building in the near future," he said.
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A £5.2m transport interchange has landed its first office space tenant around six months after it opened.
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The company said it had evidence of "limited, targeted attacks" and urged people to update their software immediately.
Flash is widely used across the web as a way of providing multimedia content.
This vulnerability - which enables hackers to take control of a computer - affects Windows, Mac and Linux systems.
Users can check if their installation of Flash is up to date by visiting the Adobe website - the current latest version is 18.0.0.194.
People who browse the internet with the latest versions of Google's Chrome browser and Microsoft's Internet Explorer should find that Flash is upgraded automatically.
Adobe's Flash software has a long history of needing security fixes and is regarded by some security researchers as a weak point in many websites.
Along with Java, Flash is routinely targeted by hackers making use of zero-day exploits - the term given to previously unknown security holes.
This was partly because of its ubiquity, said Mark James, a security specialist from ESET.
"Since Flash is such a widely used plug-in, it stands to reason that it will be one of the most targeted apps for vulnerability," he said.
"If you want to affect as many people as possible, then you need an application that a lot of users use, and Flash is one of them."
Security blogger Brian Krebs recently disabled Flash on his machine entirely, as an experiment.
On his blog, he wrote: "It might be worth considering whether you really need to keep Flash Player installed at all."
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Adobe has released an emergency software patch for Flash after it found a serious vulnerability being exploited by hackers.
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Chris Jones, from Pwllheli, said "hobby potters" take undersized creatures, which will affect future stock.
He added people without professional licences, which cost £12,000, were putting their pots on top of his and taking his lobsters.
The Llyn Pot Fishermen's Association said it was a problem in other areas along the Welsh coast too.
Mr Jones told BBC Radio Cymru's Post Cyntaf programme he purposely put undersized lobsters in a pot and within a few days they had been taken.
There is a fisheries officer responsible for the coastline but Mr Jones said despite doing an "excellent job" she was not able to cover the whole area.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "Anyone wishing to fish recreationally using pots in north Wales must apply for a permit, which has a number of conditions attached.
"Our fisheries unit monitors this activity closely and works with the industry should any concerns be raised."
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Fishermen in Gwynedd have raised concerns that people who take lobsters without a permit are damaging the beds.
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Coroner Brian Sherrard had hoped to conclude hearing evidence in the Arlene Arkinson case on 19 September.
The 15-year-old schoolgirl vanished after a night out in County Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland, in August 1994.
Her body has never been found.
The court heard that, despite ongoing correspondence, Irish police had not yet nominated any witnesses.
Mr Sherrard said: "I am disappointed that we are still at this stage having been in correspondence with An Garda Siochana for quite some time."
He said there should be a redoubling of efforts aimed at concluding evidence on 19 September.
Miss Arkinson was last seen with child killer Robert Howard after leaving a disco in Bundoran in the Republic of Ireland.
Howard was acquitted of her murder in 2005, but the jury was not told about his conviction for killing another teenager in England.
The Arkinson family were disturbed by the continuing delay, said a lawyer for the family, but they also praised the work already carried out but the Coroner.
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The coroner leading the inquiry into the death of a Castlederg schoolgirl has criticised Irish police for failing to provide documents and witnesses.
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Work to trap and kill American mink on the isles, including Harris and the Uists, began 15 years ago and has "dramatically reduced" their number.
Stoats are not native to Orkney and hunt voles, a key source of food for endangered birds of prey.
SNH has begun recruiting stoat trappers across the islands.
In its latest online magazine, the agency said the Orkney project would "draw on the experience" of the Hebridean Mink Project, which has now entered its final stages.
Hundreds of mink, descendants of animals that escaped into the wild from fur farms, have been trapped at a cost of about £4.5m.
SNH, along with other public bodies and conservation charities, have funded the work designed to protect ground-nesting birds from the predator.
It is believed stoats first arrived in Orkney from the Scottish mainland by accident in deliveries of hay or straw for farmers.
Another theory is that they were illegally released to control rabbits.
Conservationists were alerted to the presence of stoats in 2010 and there was an effort to trap them humanely and release them on the mainland.
However, SNH said eradication had emerged as the most effect solution because of the large number of stoats and the threat they pose to hen harriers and short-eared owls, which hunt voles, and also to ground-nesting birds.
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A project to eradicate mink from the Western Isles will guide an effort to control stoats in the Orkney islands, Scottish Natural Heritage has said.
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County, whose defence of the League Cup ended in the first round, finished sixth in last season's top flight.
"It's going to be harder," said McIntyre. "Rangers are in the league this year and other teams have recruited well.
"It's up to us to take on that mantle and try and make sure we make it."
The Dingwall side failed to progress from their group in the Scottish League Cup's newly-formatted first round, finishing behind Alloa Athletic, who reached the last 16, and Raith Rovers.
"Going out of the cup was the worst possible thing that could have happened in terms of our defence of the trophy but it's gone," McIntyre told BBC Scotland.
"It's about what we do now. I've got a group of players there that I'm confident will respond in the right way.
"We've had one really good season and what we've got to do is go and back that up by being in consecutive top-six finishes."
McIntyre has lost the influential Jackson Irvine to Burton Albion but has recruited a number of players, particularly in defensive areas, to allow more flexibility with formation.
Long-serving midfielder Michael Gardyne believes County should now see themselves as one of the bigger teams in Scottish football after their development over recent years.
"The way the club progressed and kicked on year on year, it's been massive," he explained.
"We need to try and better that now, you want to be top six again, even fifth place. That's always the pressure you put on yourself to finish higher than you did last season.
"We were disappointed, a wee bit embarrassed that we got knocked out the cup that we're holders of.
"We've got to prove to ourselves that we do want it."
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Ross County manager Jim McIntyre is targeting another Premiership top-six finish despite conceding it will be harder to achieve this season.
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Louise Ballinger, 38, was seven months pregnant when her car hit motorcyclist Mark Riley, 43, on Crwys Road, Cardiff.
She was charged with causing death by careless driving following last September's incident, in which Mr Riley, from Heath, was travelling at 50mph (80.5km/h) in a 20mph zone.
But on Tuesday, a jury at Cardiff Crown Court took five minutes to find her not guilty.
An investigating officer told the jury that Ms Ballinger, of Birchgrove, would not have been able to see Mr Riley as she turned onto a busy shopping street.
Despite accepting the motorcyclist was not riding safely, prosecutor Owen Williams had said Ms Ballinger's driving also "fell below" expected standards by "failing to stop... and properly check for oncoming vehicles".
Ms Ballinger told police: "I'm utterly devastated by what happened. I will have to live with this for the rest of my life."
After the verdict, a family spokesman said: "This has been very upsetting for Louise but we are very happy with the outcome."
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A new mother has been cleared of killing a speeding motorcyclist.
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Leicestershire became crucially important to Richard III after Henry Tudor landed in Wales in August 1485.
The king stayed in Leicester on the night of 20 August before marching out to cut off Henry's progress through the midlands.
Richard's death at Bosworth, along with the recent discovery of his bones, have left a rich legacy in the area.
On 22 March the reburial cortege will pass some of these places - starting at Fenn Lane in Leicestershire before heading into the city.
Below is a map of the planned procession through the county. Click here for the route through Leicester city centre.
Fenn Lanes
Bosworth Heritage Centre
Bow Bridge
Fenn Lane Farm
Dadlington Church
Sutton Cheney Church
University of Leicester
City Map
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The 36-year-old has returned to his homeland just seven months after joining the island side from Scarlets.
King, who won his only All Blacks cap against Wales in 2002, made eight appearances for Jersey, but did not score a try in his time at St Peter
"Regan is without doubt a huge talent, and his all-round rugby experience and influence was unquestionable," head coach Harvey Biljon said.
"He could just get in the zone, and other members of the squad were able to learn a great deal from that."
King's departure is the latest blow for the island side who have had a troubled season.
Samoan international centre Fautua Otto was jailed after admitting driving while disqualified in September, while the club had to sell their ground and assets last month after financial problems.
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Former New Zealand centre Regan King has left Jersey for personal reasons.
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He said he supports devolution but is "not enthusiastic" about further powers coming to Wales.
Speaking on BBC's The Wales Report programme, Mr Gill said the assembly's current powers have been "badly used".
He also said local parties will decide who represents UKIP in May's Welsh assembly election.
Mr Gill was responding to suggestions that former Tory MPs Neil Hamilton and Mark Reckless were set to be imposed as candidates by the party centrally.
"As a principle, I think that it's madness to have people standing who the local party don't want to stand for them.
"Which is why the local party will now decide who represents them," he said.
He said the upcoming elections give the party a chance to show they can be disciplined and do "good things for the people of Wales".
"We want to be a constructive part of the assembly," he added.
"We want to be there to get the voices and the views of those people who vote for us heard and we need to make sure that people start to believe in this institution for the right reasons."
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David Mitchell was killed when his transit van was in collision with a lorry and a Skoda taxi, on the B5305 at Westward, near Wigton, on Friday.
In a statement the family of the 53-year-old from Waverton, in Cumbria, said he would be "sorely missed".
The lorry driver was unhurt and the taxi driver suffered minor injuries, Cumbria Police said.
It is believed the HGV was reversing when it was struck by the van, which was then hit by the Skoda, police said.
Mr Mitchell's family said: "It is with deepest sadness that David has been so tragically taken from us.
"He was hard working, family-orientated and loved life and will be sorely missed by all that knew him."
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The family of a driver killed in a pile-up have paid tribute to a "hardworking, family-orientated" man.
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Taloa Foster, 33, was charged with child endangerment.
Witnesses said the toddler grabbed the wheel and steered the truck across lanes of traffic after his mother fell from the vehicle on Wednesday.
The boy's twin brother was also in the truck at the time.
The vehicle eventually crashed into an embankment along the road near Ada, about 80 miles (130km) southeast of Oklahoma City.
The boys were unhurt, police said.
Police said Ms Foster told them that the boy had unbuckled his seat belt and she was trying to secure him when she fell out of the vehicle.
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An Oklahoma woman has been arrested after police say she drunkenly fell out of her pickup truck and her three-year-old son steered the vehicle to safety across a four-lane road.
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Thomas Conington, 28, caused a fire at the Central Mosque in September 2016. No one was hurt. The building sustained minor damage.
The High Court in Glasgow heard Conington admitted wilful fireraising, behaving in a threatening manner and a charge under the Explosives Act - all aggravated by religious prejudice.
Conington also set fire to the Central Mosque in Edinburgh in July 2015.
The court heard he returned last summer, shouting racist, bigoted abuse as he was ordered out.
He went back again last September, despite being out on bail, armed with a petrol bomb which he lit and threw over the gates in Potterrow.
He was remanded in custody pending sentencing next month.
The court heard Conington has a Nazi tattoo on his neck and has a swastika tattoo on his chest.
Prosecutor Jim Keegan described him as a "racist and bigoted individual".
It emerged the attack at the mosque happened after Conington had been involved in another racist incident at a supermarket.
He shouted at security guard Yakub Moro at the Tesco store in the capital's Duke Street on 3 March 2016.
Conington also admitted acting in a racially-aggravated manner in connection with the incident.
Matthew Auchincloss, defending, said: "His racism is not based on ideology, political thinking or being part of a movement.
"His racism is a very personal matter. It appears to be rooted in his own personal experiences.
"This is the conduct, as he sees it, of male Asian Muslims who have had contact with his family.
"That may be irrational - to some extent he recognises that - but he does accept he is a racist towards that particular group."
Lord Burns adjourned sentencing for reports until next month.
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A man has pleaded guilty to a petrol bomb attack on an Edinburgh mosque.
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Wolverhampton council, which has to make further savings of £46m by 2019, introduced the policy last November.
A BBC Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed £4.4m in council tax is unpaid from the last financial year, double the previous year.
The council said it was checking people's entitlement to discounts.
Almost 25,000 council tax accounts were not fully paid as of 31 March this year, the FOI showed.
Asked about the £4.4m arrears from the last financial year, cabinet member for finance Andrew Johnson said: "We anticipate for this year eventually we will be at about a 99% collection rate based on previous years' performances."
He said nobody has been fined because the council would not begin checking people's entitlement to discounts or exemptions "until this month".
"I expect there will be a number of fines issued as a result of the canvass in June and subsequent canvasses," he said.
Nationally, the Department for Communities and Local Government said that town halls across England had failed to collect about £2.5bn of council tax and arrears since 2010-11.
The power to issue penalties for unpaid council tax was introduced by the government in 1992 but not all councils adopted it - only Wolverhampton and Sandwell have in the West Midlands.
A spokesman for the Local Government Association said the penalty would only affect a small number of residents, as it was not routine practice to submit forms or "returns".
It is usually only a change in circumstance that needs some sort of formal update.
In 2014, the Wolverhampton authority announced it would have to cut 1,400 jobs and make massive service reductions or it would be down to its last £620,000 and "bankrupt shortly after".
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No-one has been fined for failing to fill in their council tax forms despite a £70 penalty being introduced last year, a council has admitted.
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Distill Ventures, which is part of the Diageo group, said it was investing an unspecified sum in Melbourne-based Starward Whisky.
This marks the second whisky investment for Distill, which was set up to back early-stage brands and help them grow.
Last week, it announced investment in Denmark-based Stauning Whisky.
David Gates, Diageo's global head of premium core spirits, said: "Australian whisky has rightly been gaining increasing global recognition recently and Starward has developed a uniquely positioned whisky to capture this opportunity."
Frank Lampen, co-founder of Distill Ventures, added: "The Starward team are exactly the types of entrepreneur we love working with.
"Their vision for the future is really exciting and this investment will enable increased production of their signature single malts and continued development of their innovation pipeline."
Last year Diageo had a 37% share of the Scotch whisky market in terms of volumes.
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Diageo, the world's biggest Scotch whisky distiller, has invested in an Australian distillery to help it expand into new export markets.
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The 26-year-old finished in 44.074 seconds as Dutch skater Rianne de Vries secured gold and Italy's Martina Valcepina won silver.
Earlier, Gilmartin had finished eighth overall in qualifying over the longer distance, ruling her out of the final.
She said: "There is more to work on tactically. I have more to give."
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Britain's Charlotte Gilmartin took 500m bronze at the European Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Turin after missing out on the 1500m final.
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The series, BBC Alba's first drama, topped the third quarter of the channel's 2014 viewing table.
Episode one, which was broadcast in September, was watched by 62% of the channel's audience.
It follows the story of a young woman's return to the island she left when she was 18.
Chris Young, who produced E4 comedy The Inbetweeners, has produced the series through his company Young Films. It was filmed on Skye.
Previous Gaelic dramas included Machair, a soap based on Lewis which was broadcast in the 1990s.
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BBC Alba drama, Bannan, has emerged as its most popular series since the Gaelic TV channel launched on Freeview in 2011.
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Firefighters were putting out the blaze on the A50 near Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire, when the lorry hit their fire engine, causing both to ignite.
The fires broke out on the eastbound carriageway but both carriageways have been closed, causing stationary traffic and long delays.
Motorists have been advised to avoid the area.
Check the BBC Travel pages for updates
Police said emergency services were called to the car fire at about 15:40 BST. No-one is thought to have been seriously injured.
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A fire engine called out to a car fire was set alight itself when a lorry crashed into it.
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It has previously been illegal in the UK to rip songs from a CD to a digital player or transfer eBooks, music, films and games from one device to another.
But people will still not be allowed to share the copies with others.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said the move was "not only common sense but good business sense".
"Bringing the law into line with ordinary people's reasonable expectations will boost respect for copyright, on which our creative industries rely," he said.
"We feel we have struck the right balance between improving the way consumers benefit from copyright works they have legitimately paid for, boosting business opportunities and protecting the rights of creators."
But musicians and songwriters complained that they will lose out.
The Musicians' Union and British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors said all other European countries with a similar law also have some form of levy on items like blank CDs and media players to compensate creators.
Musicians' Union general secretary John Smith said: "We feel strongly that the lack of fair compensation will significantly disadvantage creators and performers in relation to the vast majority of their EU counterparts.
"Why would the UK government want to discriminate against its own creators, particularly since the creative economy is one of the consistent areas of economic growth?"
The change in the law will also make it easier for teachers to use copyright materials on interactive whiteboards, for people to make parodies of copyrighted works and for writers to quote other sources.
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Making digital copies of music, films and other copyrighted material for personal use is to be made legal for the first time under government plans.
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But Foreign Minister Tobias Ellwood warned the death toll was likely to rise.
He said it was "the most significant terrorist attack on the British people" since the London 7/7 bombing in 2005.
A Tunisian student linked to Islamic State (IS) carried out the gun attack in Sousse which killed 38.
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Fifteen Britons have died following the attack on a Tunisian beach resort, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
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The BBC understands that Ford, 71, broke his ankle in an incident involving a door at Pinewood Studios.
The Hollywood actor, who starred as Han Solo in the original three Star Wars films and is currently filming the new Episode VII sequel, was airlifted to John Radcliffe Hospital, in Oxford.
A spokesman for Lucasfilm said filming would continue while he recuperates.
"Harrison Ford sustained an ankle injury during filming today on the set of Star Wars: Episode VII. He was taken to a local hospital and is receiving care.
"Shooting will continue as planned while he recuperates," a statement from the production company Lucasfilm said on Thursday night.
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police confirmed officers had been called to the studio, near London, just after 17:00 BST to reports a 71-year-old man had been injured in an incident involving a garage door.
"The man was airlifted to John Radcliffe Hospital with injuries which are not believed to be life threatening. The Health and Safety Executive is investigating," the force said.
A spokeswoman for South Central Ambulance Service said they were called to an incident involving "a door that had fallen."
Ford is set to be joined in the film by fellow original Star Wars series cast mates Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Peter Mayhew.
Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow are also starring.
Star Wars: Episode VII will be the first in a new trilogy of films.
Chancellor George Osborne earlier said the decision to shoot Episode VII in the UK was "testament to the incredible talent in Britain" and meant "more jobs and more investment".
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A report suggested the problem was "significant" and that "dedicated strategies" were required to tackle the issue.
Between them, the Housing Executive and about 30 local housing associations manage 123,000 properties.
Tenancy fraud is the use of social housing by someone not entitled to it.
The fraud can include giving false information on an application, or obtaining the property and selling the keys to someone else for a one-off payment.
Tenants can also move out and give the property over to a friend or family member, allowing them to "queue jump" the waiting list of 40,000 people.
The Audit Office said there was also a cost to the public purse, given that in 2012 the Northern Ireland Housing Executive spent more than £10m providing temporary accommodation to those classed as homeless.
Auditor General Kieran Donnelly said: "Public funded housing occupied by individuals not entitled to be there is illegal, immoral and unacceptable.
"Such fraud deprives those families most in need of a decent home."
Until recently, the Housing Executive did not have a dedicated tenancy fraud strategy and relied on tip-offs and the vigilance of staff.
The Audit Office made a number of recommendations, like establishing a fraud team between the Housing Executive and housing associations.
The Housing Executive may also improve photographic records of tenants.
In a statement, the Housing Executive said it "welcomes the publication of the report in tenancy fraud by the Northern Ireland Audit Office".
"The Housing Executive will now work with the Department of Social Development and housing associations to ensure that the recommendations are implemented and incorporated in our approach to tackling tenancy fraud."
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As many as 2,400 properties in the social housing stock could be occupied fraudulently, the Northern Ireland Audit Office has said.
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That's after her party, the Conservatives, did worse than people expected in the general election.
Jeremy Corbyn made the speech after being voted the MP for Islington North in London.
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The leader of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, said that the Prime Minister Theresa May should resign.
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The rise at Royal Preston Hospital coincides with the downgrading of Chorley Hospital's emergency department to an urgent care centre in April.
In the month following, waiting times rose inside and outside the hospital.
The trust that runs both hospitals denies the situation at Preston's A&E is linked to Chorley's closure.
A month after the downgrading of Chorley, the overall attendance at Royal Preston went up by more than a quarter compared to May last year from 6,426 to 8,147.
The number of those patients waiting more than an hour in ambulances outside A&E rose from 62 in March to 141 in May.
Once inside the emergency department, 95% of patients are meant to be dealt with in four hours. In May, that figure reached just 82%.
Figures showing the situation at the Royal Preston since May are not available.
The trust's operations director Suzanne Hargreaves said in a statement: "2016 has been an extremely busy year for hospitals.
"We have only seen an average of 13 extra patients a day coming to Preston from the Chorley area."
"We are working closely with the North West Ambulance Service to reduce any delays."
Chairman of Lancashire County Council's health scrutiny committee, Steve Holgate, described the situation as "chaotic" after witnessing nine A&E ambulances waiting at Royal Preston.
He said Chorley's A&E needs to be reinstated or the operating hours of the urgent care centre extended.
"It is no longer a Chorley issue. It is a Lancashire-wide issue and to some extent the north of Manchester with Wigan and Bolton affected.
"When those are under pressure anyway, it is the sort of thing that tips them over the edge. It is putting lives at risk."
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The number of patients waiting in ambulances over an hour outside an A&E department in Lancashire more than doubled, new figures show.
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From April, workers aged over 25 will receive a minimum of £7.20 per hour.
The Regulatory Policy Committee, which advises government, estimates the change will cost companies £804.4m in extra wages and staff costs.
A further £234.3m of "spillover" costs from keeping pay differentials will take it over £1bn, the body said.
The amount is slightly higher when including the public sector, where more workers are already paid above the National Living Wage.
According to the Institute of Directors (IoD), the figures show George Osborne must now "come good" on his promise to cut taxes.
"IoD members supported the introduction of the Chancellor's living wage as part of a deal he made with business - lower taxes for higher wages," said IoD director Seamus Nevin.
He said companies would pay £12bn over the next five years for the government's new apprenticeship levy, as well as further costs from pensions auto-enrolment and extra reporting requirements.
Mr Nevin added: "It is imperative that the government now comes good on its promise of less red tape, fewer regulatory hurdles, and a lower rate of corporation tax to help employers absorb these additional costs and raise pay."
The National Living Wage is separate to the voluntary living wage, which is set at £8.25 per hour and £9.40 an hour in London.
More than 2,000 businesses, with almost 70,000 workers, are signed up to the latter scheme.
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UK businesses face more than £1bn in costs from the introduction of the National Living Wage next year, according to government advisors.
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The crash between Alltwalis and New Inn was reported at about 12:00 BST.
A section of the A485 was closed for several hours to allow the lorry to be recovered from the side of the road.
A Dyfed-Powys Police spokeswoman said there were no reports of any injuries.
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A road in Carmarthenshire has reopened after a lorry overturned.
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Houston is Scottish Championship manager of the month after the Bairns won two and drew one of their three league games last month.
They have subsequently moved two points ahead of Hibernian into second place, having played a game more, and are 12 points behind leaders Rangers.
Ferguson takes the League Two award after Clyde won three out of four.
Those 12 points helped the Bully Wee in their push for promotion and they are currently just inside the play-off zone.
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Falkirk boss Peter Houston and Clyde counterpart Barry Ferguson have won manager prizes for February.
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The vote was due in November but electoral officials say more time is needed to register voters.
The proposal is part of a deal to be signed on Tuesday at the end of talks, boycotted by main opposition parties.
It came as the Constitutional Court approved a request from the electoral commission to delay the polls.
President Joseph Kabila's second and final term comes to an end in December and he is under pressure to step down.
Last month, protests against moves to delay the poll resulted in at least 50 deaths.
DR Congo has never had a smooth transfer of power since independence more than 55 years ago.
Mr Kabila took power in 2001 following the assassination of his father, Laurent Kabila, and the constitution bars him from running for office again.
Last month, the US imposed sanctions on two senior security officials allied to President Kabila.
It accused army Gen Gabriel Amisi Kumba and John Numbi, a former police chief, of threatening the country's stability by suppressing the opposition.
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The ruling party in the Democratic Republic of Congo and one opposition faction have proposed delaying the presidential election until April 2018.
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Ryan Nichol, 25, of Hawick, said a winning farewell to racing at Hamilton on Thursday aboard Donnachies Girl.
He then told Racing UK about his plans to leave the sport and pursue a major career change.
"That's it now," he said. "I've been offered a job funeral directoring. It's a little bit of a change but I suppose everything comes to an end doesn't it?"
"It's a little bit different, but I did a bit last summer," he added.
"You can never say you enjoy it, but it's all right.
"I'm getting older now so I have to look to move on and see what happens."
The jockey will be working for a fellow former rider in Paul Robson, who had to retire through injury.
He said: "Paul used to ride for Nicky Richards and was a very good jockey in his day, but injuries set him back.
"I'm going to work for him now and it'll be back in Hawick, which will be a big help back home with the parents and family.
"Paul gave me the option to carry on riding, but I thought once that's it, it's it."
He said he had had a good year in racing so it was a "good point" to go out.
He added that he was "very grateful" to Borders trainer Alistair Whillans who gave him his farewell winner.
"I did the complete opposite to what I was told to do, but luckily it worked out," he said.
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An amateur jockey from the Borders has retired from the sport to take up a new career as a funeral director.
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The fire broke out just before 15:00 on Saturday at a semi-detached property on Ravenscraig Road in the town.
Firefighters found the body of man inside the property while tackling the blaze. Police have said the man's death was being treated as unexplained.
Three crews from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service used a hose reel jet and breathing apparatus to bring the flames under control.
Insp Simon Reid of Police Scotland said: "Police along with Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Scottish Ambulance Service attended a property in Ravenscaig Road, following reports of a fire at a domestic property.
"Sadly, the body of a male has been found within the property and the cause of death remains unexplained at this time.
"A joint Police Scotland and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service investigation is ongoing to establish the circumstances of the fire."
A spokeswoman from Police Scotland said there was no other information about the man until a formal identification had taken place.
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A man has died following a blaze at a house in Peterhead.
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Robert Davies, 50, of Swansea, worked for Cyrenians Cymru when he committed the offence between June 2008 and November 2014.
He was arrested in December 2014 and, two months later, the charity was forced to declare itself insolvent and went into administration.
Davies admitted one count of fraud at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday.
The court heard he used the money to travel abroad.
Carl Harrison, for the prosecution, said the fraud was "a major factor in the charity ceasing to exist".
David Leathley, for the defence, said Davies was a father and a "man of good character".
But he added: "I'm accepting that the charity was ruined and there couldn't be anything more devastating."
The Recorder of Cardiff, Judge Eleri Rees QC, said Davies faced a "lengthy" jail sentence.
The case was adjourned for sentencing on 25 April and Davies was remanded in custody.
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The former head of a Swansea homeless charity has admitted forging invoices for £1.3m into his own bank account.
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Police were called to the Thickthorn roundabout on the A11 near Norwich shortly after 12:30 BST after reports the 30-tonne truck was missing.
Six squad cars and a helicopter were involved amid reports the vehicle was being driven dangerously.
The truck was stopped in Brandon, Suffolk and a man in his 30s arrested at about 14:30 BST.
The dumper was driven along the A11 to Thetford before turning north on the A134 towards Mundford.
Police said the two-hour pursuit continued in the Santon Downham area until the truck was stopped in Brandon on Bury Road.
Police said the man had been taken into custody for questioning.
The helicopter was from the National Police Air Service.
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A man has been arrested after police pursued a stolen dumper truck more than 30 miles across Norfolk and Suffolk.
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India's foreign ministry confirmed to BBC Hindi that Geeta's DNA samples did not match that of the Mahato family.
After arriving in Delhi, Geeta said the Mahatos, whom she had identified in photos, were not her family.
Geeta, who has speech and hearing impairments, was about 11 when she was believed to have strayed into Pakistan.
Her plight emerged following a Bollywood film Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which told the story of a Pakistani girl who cannot speak and is trapped in India.
Apart from the Mahato family from the eastern state of Bihar, at least two other families have claimed her as their own.
Geeta has been lodged at a shelter home where she will remain until her family is traced, officials say.
On Geeta's arrival in Delhi, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said: "Whether or not her parents are found, Geeta is our daughter. I thank Pakistan from the core of my heart for looking after her for so long."
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The DNA of an Indian woman, who was stranded in Pakistan for a decade before returning home last month, does not match a family claiming to be hers.
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A new outlet will open in Sheffield later this year, while stores in Exeter and Greenwich will open in 2018, the firm said.
The jobs will increase Ikea's workforce in the UK and Ireland by 12.5% to about 11,700, the company said.
It joins firms such as Google, Facebook and Amazon in boosting its UK job numbers since last year's Brexit vote.
Ikea's UK and Ireland retail manager, Gillian Drakeford, said: "As we continue to expand, we're delighted to bring investment to new areas across the country and create new opportunities for local communities."
The firm said it would be recruiting managers and restaurant workers, as well as customer relations, sales, interior design, IT, sustainability and marketing personnel.
The new stores will take the number of Ikea outlets in the UK to 22, plus four "order and collection" shops.
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Furniture retail giant Ikea is to boost its workforce by creating more than 1,300 new jobs in three new stores.
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BBC Wales Today commissioned graffiti artist Bradley Woods to create an image of Gareth Bale on the side of the Hearing & Mobility shop in Whitchurch to mark Euro 2016 qualification.
In Brazil, graffiti is a popular way of honouring football players.
Passers-by were impressed with the artwork.
Any Vaughan-Davies from Llandaff, Cardiff, said: "It's awesome. Very striking. I saw it earlier on today and I think all the detail he's added in is fantastic."
Elaine Bissenden from Rhiwbina, Cardiff, said: "It's fantastic. I'm amazed. You can tell who it is."
Chris Davey from Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, added: "Now that you tell me I can see it's Gareth Bale. It's really good. Not garish with bright colours like some graffiti."
Cardiff-born Bale became the world's most expensive footballer when he transferred from Tottenham to Real Madrid for £85.3m in September 2013.
On Tuesday, BBC Wales Today has a special programme from 18:30 BST ahead of the Wales v Andorra game at Cardiff City Stadium.
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A mural to celebrate Wales qualifying for their first major football tournament since 1958 is nearing completion in Cardiff.
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Sullivan helped the club to four trophies during his first three seasons in Leicester.
The 35-year-old returns following a season with the London Lions.
Riders head coach Rob Paternostro said: "He was a part of some of the most successful moments in our club's history and we're delighted to bring him back."
Sullivan, who captained Team GB at the 2012 London Olympics, was twice named the British Basketball League's Most Valuable Player and is a four-time BBL play-off champion.
He inspired the Riders to a treble of silverware in 2012-13 and the BBL Cup the following season.
"He is as versatile a player as they come," Paternostro added.
"He has demonstrated he can play any spot on the offensive and defensive end which will be very useful for our team.
"Drew has as strong a competitive hunger as anyone I know. He is really looking forward to playing with the group that we have returning next season."
The Riders begin their pre-season programme against the Loughborough Student Riders on Sunday, 30 August.
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Great Britain basketball captain Drew Sullivan has returned to Leicester Riders for next season.
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The 18-year-old joins Formula 1 drivers Pascal Wehrlein and Esteban Ocon as the third member of the scheme.
Russell, who finished third in the European Formula 3 championship last season, will race in the GP3 feeder series with the leading ART team.
"It's a dream come true," Russell told BBC Radio Norfolk. "The real hard work starts now."
Russell, who lives in King's Lynn, added: "It's quite comforting knowing that if I do the job, I'm quite confident I will get the opportunity from Mercedes to further my career."
Mercedes F1 team boss Toto Wolff said: "George has shown impressive form in the junior categories and we've been keeping a close eye on him for a while now. It's still early days in his career but we see great potential in him."
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Briton George Russell has been signed to world champions Mercedes' young driver development programme.
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The 27-year-old heptathlete was honoured at a ceremony on Wednesday hosted by Lord Mayor John Campbell.
She was watched by family, friends and civic dignitaries as she signed the scroll granting her the honour.
Ennis said: "To become a freeman of Sheffield is the biggest civic honour anyone can get and I'm so proud to receive it."
She joins other sporting heroes including fellow athlete Lord Coe and cricketer Michael Vaughan as Sheffield freemen.
Ennis said: "Winning the Olympics in Britain has exceeded everything I could have ever wished for and the reception I have received from my home city has been unbelievable.
"I have to say a big thank you to the people of Sheffield who have believed in me and backed me over the years."
Mr Campbell said: "Becoming a freeman of Sheffield is the highest civic honour we can display and Jessica truly deserves it.
"Jessica is an amazing sportswoman, with incredible success and worldwide appeal.
"For this alone she is worthy of receiving the freedom of the city, but let's not forget the other things she does in Sheffield.
"A patron of two charities that mean so much to the people of Sheffield - the Children's Hospital and Weston Park charities. Her support helps them raise so much for their causes."
Ennis, who was born in Sheffield, went to school and university in the city and continues to live and train there.
Earlier this month, the city council decided the Don Valley Stadium, where Ennis trained, was to be demolished as part of cost-saving measures.
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Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis has been officially granted the freedom of her home city of Sheffield.
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The Shropshire Star reported the 10-year-old had been involved in a car accident in Telford during the early hours of Wednesday and suffered a head injury.
West Midlands Ambulance confirmed it had been unable to take a patient to hospital at that time.
Ambulances were delayed by waiting times at the hospitals, it said.
The service's director of clinical commissioning, Mark Docherty, said it was an issue out of its control.
He said the hospitals needed to make improvements to make sure ambulance staff could get patients out of vehicles and hand them over quickly.
At the time of the accident, four emergency ambulances had been delayed by over an hour each to hand over their patients at two Shropshire hospitals.
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Earlier this month, West Midlands Ambulance reported there had been no ambulances available in the whole of the county "for a short period" on Saturday, 20, March.
The service said it had raised the issue of long delays when offloading patients with the hospitals on a number of occasions.
Debbie Kadum, chief operating officers at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said the trust was seeing unprecedented volumes of very poorly patients attending its A&E departments.
The number of A&E cubicles at Telford had increased by 40 per cent but it has not been enough, she said.
Shropshire Fire Service said it could confirm that it did take the unusual step of transporting a casualty to hospital using one of its fire engines.
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Elizabeth Coveney has spent a week in Sierra Leone with oncologists and surgeons from Velindre Cancer Centre.
She was invited due to her expertise in lymphoedema - a chronic condition that causes swelling in body tissue.
Ms Coveney, who works at Cimla Hospital, Neath, said: "The invitation came out of the blue but I knew straight away I wanted to do it."
Lymphoedema develops when lymph nodes or vessels are damaged or blocked and can lead to decreased mobility, pain, anxiety and depression.
Ms Coveney said women in Sierra Leone present with breast cancer in the advanced stage, which means they have also developed lymphoedema.
She has been passing on her expertise to clinicians in the country, including self-management techniques they can show their patients, including a bandaging technique women can use for support.
"You won't get outstanding results but it will give some relief for the weight of the arm, which can feel very heavy. It may also help stop it progressing as quickly," said Ms Coveney
The team have taken supplies of bandages women can wash and reuse.
"I am delighted to have this opportunity to support my colleagues in Sierra Leone in the management of this very debilitating and disabling condition," she added.
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Bolivia lost access to the coastline in a 19th Century war with Chile, leaving it landlocked ever since.
Chile says Bolivia's demand has no historical or legal basis.
The two countries have had limited diplomatic relations since 1978, and previous attempts to negotiate the redrawing of the border have failed.
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Speaking in The Hague, Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said his nation had demanded that Chile negotiate in good faith with Bolivia "a swift and effective agreement that grants it [Bolivia] fully sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean".
Bolivian President Evo Morales said he had decided to file the suit after "listening to the Bolivian people".
He had earlier expressed his confidence that Bolivia would regain its access to the sea, saying: "We're going to win this battle because we're right."
Reacting to the news, Chilean Interior Minister Andres Chadwick ruled out any dialogue.
"If they want to talk about Chile's maritime sovereignty, no. No dialogue is possible," he said.
The borders between the two neighbours date back to the 1904 Treaty of Peace and Friendship, signed after Bolivia lost 400km (250 miles) of coastline to Chile during the War of the Pacific (1879-1884).
Bolivia has long tried to reclaim the territory and has repeatedly severed relations with Chile when those attempts failed.
It still maintains a small navy and each year celebrates the Day of the Sea.
President Morales had announced his intention to take the case to the International Court of Justice at this year's celebrations to mark the day.
The Chilean government said it was not worried about Bolivia's move, as "no-one in the world will accept that a country unilaterally dismisses a treaty which is in full force".
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Police with thermal imaging equipment and sniffer dogs found them among bumper cars and a ghost train, waiting to board a ferry to mainland Spain.
Spanish media reports say most of the group were Moroccans, the others Algerian. They included nine children.
Police also clashed with about 1,000 migrants at the Ceuta-Morocco border.
Ceuta and Melilla - both small Spanish territories in North Africa - have become magnets for African migrants hoping to reach Spain.
Most are fleeing poverty and violence in sub-Saharan Africa - but many are not from war zones.
In the latest clash, migrants threw stones and sticks at police who stopped them before they could scale the Ceuta border fence.
It came a day after 187 migrants out of a crowd of about 300 managed to get into Ceuta.
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During the inspection of fairground lorries Spanish police were assisted by Portuguese and Swedish police officers.
The migrants were detained at Ceuta port, before the lorries boarded the ferry for Algeciras.
Ceuta is surrounded by two parallel six-metre (20ft) security fences topped with razor wire.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.
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Spanish police have detained 19 North African migrants hiding in fairground lorries after a funfair in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
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The 47-year-old Australian spent three years as coach of the NRL side before leaving in 2015.
He replaces compatriot Rohan Smith, who left the club on Tuesday by mutual consent.
The old Bradford Bulls were liquidated at the start of the month and the new club will start the Championship season with a 12-point deduction.
Joint-owner Graham Lowe said: "He won't be bringing loads of people from Australia. He wants to work with people here and the community.
"I am so pleased we have reached terms with him. He is a football man and is a players' coach.
"He will make young players thrive. He is uncompromising and has always had the leadership skills required."
The new team, captained by Leon Pryce, will play their first game in a friendly against Huddersfield Giants on Sunday.
And despite a number of departures, they have 26 players signed up for the forthcoming season.
They start their league campaign against Hull KR on Sunday, 5 February.
BBC rugby league correspondent Dave Woods
Toovey won 18 Australia caps, a tally artificially boosted by the fact he played for the ARL-loyal Manly at the time of the Super League war, but he was a class act.
As a player and coach he's been a one club man so far. His appointment appears to be out of the blue as he has no working knowledge of the English game, especially at Championship level.
But the link is Bulls' new co-owner Graham Lowe, another former Manly coach and legend.
And he could prove to be just the man for the job after all the financial chaos that the previous Bradford club went through... he's a qualified chartered accountant.
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Former Manly Sea Eagles coach Geoff Toovey has been appointed as the new coach of the reformed Bradford Bulls.
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The Vulcan Hotel, which opened in 1853, was dismantled brick by brick last year, and is in storage.
St Fagans hopes to recreate the building as it would have looked in 1915, and ground works could start this year if permission is granted.
Museum officials are appealing for anyone with old pictures of the pub to get in touch.
Gerallt Nash, senior curator of historic buildings, said: "We don't have many early pictures.
"If anyone remembers going there and can describe it, or have early photographs of the Vulcan, we would like to see them."
Mr Nash said plans were submitted to Cardiff council last week.
He said: "We have decided on the date we're going to represent when we rebuild it, which is 1915.
"It dates back to 1853, but it was substantially altered in 1914 and that's the period that's of greatest interest to us.
"We have got copies of plans prepared in 1914 for the building."
Rebuilding plans include using the original tiles on the outside of the building, bearing the hotel's name.
Original features will also include a set of gents' ceramic urinals dating back to 1914 or further.
Mr Nash said running the pub as a working exhibit was an option.
It was once part of Cardiff's Newtown area and popular with the Irish community. The old suburb was cleared during post-war redevelopment.
The museum hope the pub will help tell the story of an expanding and changing Cardiff at the end of the 19th and start of the 20th Centuries.
The pub was bought by compulsory purchase order five years ago as part of redevelopments and last orders were called for the final time in May 2012.
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Emily Plant of Findochty, Moray, dispatched the bottle in August 2001 as part of a local gala competition.
It has finally been found on the Yamal peninsula in Siberia.
Now 17, Emily has been invited to the Arctic Circle Assembly - where First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will speak - in Reykjavik, Iceland, to reclaim it.
Buckie High School pupil Emily told the BBC Scotland news website: "It's been a bit overwhelming and a bit out of the blue.
"I was only two so I cannot really remember it. It really has gone a long way.
"But I've now got a free trip to Iceland, the flights are booked. I am very excited, and am also looking forward to hopefully meeting Nicola Sturgeon as my favourite subject is modern studies."
She said word had quickly spread locally, with people coming up and asking if she was the girl with the bottle.
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Johar, who is believed to be gay, announced the birth of his twins through a surrogate on Sunday.
The director said in a statement that it was an "emotional but "well thought-out" decision.
Homosexuality is illegal in India, and individuals becoming parents through surrogacy, although legal, is not very common.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Abram was also born through surrogacy in 2013.
Top stars, including Alia Bhatt and Priyanka Chopra, were among the first to congratulate the director.
Many people have also congratulated Johar for taking the "bold decision" to become a single parent.
Johar has never spoken publicly about being gay, but he recently wrote in his autobiography that everybody knew "what his sexual orientation was, and he didn't need to scream it out".
"The reason I don't say it out aloud is simply that I don't want to be dealing with the FIRs [first information reports, or police complaints]. I'm very sorry. I have a job, I have a commitment to my company, to my people who work for me; there are over a hundred people that I'm answerable to," he wrote.
Commercial surrogacy, including for single parents, is currently legal, but a draft bill plans to limit it to childless couples who have been married for at least five years.
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A huge gorse fire which caused the evacuation of a north-east caravan park has been brought under control.
Fire crews were called to an area of wild land near Lossiemouth's Covesea lighthouse about 11:00 on Tuesday.
A cloud of thick grey smoke covered the area and several minor roads in the area were closed.
Firefighters remain at the scene damping it down.
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Ukrainian Iryna Nohai and her South African fiance Emlyn Culverwell were arrested in Abu Dhabi after a doctor discovered Ms Nohai was pregnant.
Sex outside marriage is illegal in the religiously conservative Gulf nation.
Mr Culverwell's mother had pleaded for their release, saying "the only thing they did wrong was fall in love".
Describing the phone call she received from her son on Friday to say that the charges had been dropped, Lynda Culverwell told South African media: "I didn't know if I wanted to scream or cry."
"I'm dreaming about my grand-baby‚" she added in an interview with the Times Live news website. "I have to resist calling them every two minutes."
Iryna Nohai, 27, had gone to hospital, suffering from stomach cramps.
But a local doctor reported her to the authorities after discovering she was pregnant.
When the pair failed to produce a marriage certificate they were arrested in the hospital.
South Africa's International Relations Department, which had said it was unable to offer the couple any help in the case, confirmed news of the release to local media.
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Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd, which carries out aircraft repairs and maintenance, is considering closing the facility and relocating elsewhere.
The union Unite said 109 jobs in Manchester, 12 in Luton and two in Birmingham will be axed.
Monarch said the decision is dependent on the outcome of consultation with its Manchester-based employees.
Interim managing director, Andy Mackay, said the company is "fully committed to retaining talent, skills and expertise within our business."
"In the event that redundancies become necessary, we will offer alternative roles to all those affected, with relocation to our other facilities."
Unite's national officer, Oliver Richardson, said it is "very disappointing" and a "severe blow".
"Eighteen months ago, our members at Monarch made significant sacrifices in terms of their pay, and terms and conditions to help secure a deal with Greybull Capital.
He said it is a blow to the union's engineering members who "have played their part in turning around Monarch" and making it a "profitable business".
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United Closures and Plastics (UCP) said the move was part of a two-year multi-million pound investment programme.
It is working on the next generation of bottle and security closures for the spirits industry.
UCP said they would help spirits brands protect their products from the growing global counterfeit trade in spirits.
Scottish Enterprise is supporting the project with a research and development grant of £1.5m.
The cash will be used to help develop new products and accelerate getting them to market.
UCP already has 300 people working at its Bridge of Allan plant. Its parent company is French-owned Global Closure Systems, which makes plastic and metal closures and dispensing systems for a range of markets including food, health care and wine and spirits.
UCP managing director David Richardson said: "This is a very exciting time for our business as we are using innovation in design and materials to protect our existing customers' brands worldwide and grow our customer base globally."
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The nine most serious cases have seen flu patients end up in intensive care beds.
More than 2,400 people have also seen their GP with the symptoms so far this winter.
Dr Richard Roberts, head of the vaccine programme at Public Health Wales, said: "It's not too late to get vaccinated."
It comes as visits to GPs, hospital and intensive care admissions have all increased across Wales in the past few weeks.
Officials said flu will inevitably add to the burden on accident and emergency departments across many parts of Wales already dealing with existing winter pressures.
All age groups have been affected, although young children, the elderly and adults with chronic conditions are particularly vulnerable.
Dr Roberts added: "Recent figures suggest that flu is now circulating across Wales. Although those in risk groups should have been vaccinated by now, it's not too late to get vaccinated."
The vaccine protects against the most common H1N1 virus.
Influenza B viruses are also being detected, which usually affect younger people and children.
"From recent experience, we would expect that the flu virus will be circulating in Wales for six to eight weeks or even longer so it is important to ensure that remaining eligible people are vaccinated as quickly as possible," said Dr Roberts.
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Dean Saunders died at HMP Chelmsford in Essex in January 2016.
The 25-year-old had been arrested the month before, after his father was stabbed during a paranoid episode.
Care UK, the healthcare provider at HMP Chelmsford, announced it is to quit its contract at the prison.
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It made the announcement after the jury's critical narrative conclusion.
The company said it had attempted to resolve issues at Chelmsford Prison but the level of resources the prison planned to make available were "insufficient".
Mr Saunders, from Basildon, was a stay-at-home father, described by his friends as a "generous man" who loved his family.
He had been briefly held in a mental health secure unit in Rochford.
After he was released from hospital, he became "paranoid and confused" and attacked his brother and father in December 2015.
He was then charged with attempted murder.
The jury concluded he killed himself "while the balance of his mind was disturbed, contributed to by neglect".
The two-week inquest heard that he was unable to speak to his family while he was in prison because telephone numbers were taken down incorrectly.
The jury unanimously concluded that "financial considerations" were made in deciding to downgrade Mr Saunders from constant watch to half-hourly observations.
It said there were "multiple failings" including an "wholly inconsistent" review system and a "complacent" approach to Mr Saunders' state of mind.
The jury also found an assessment of his mental health needs was "not adequately conducted" and there were "multiple failings in recording and passing on information".
Mr Saunders was one of 102 inmates known to have taken their own lives at prisons in England and Wales in 2015.
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The 735ft (224m) cargo vessel and its crew have been missing since issuing a distress call on Thursday.
Search planes have found debris including life jackets, containers and oil in the water, but only one body has been recovered.
It is not clear why the captain decided to lead the ship into waters near Hurricane Joaquin.
"We were very saddened to learn that no survivors have been found," said Bella Dinh-Zarr, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.
The search officially ended on Wednesday evening at sunset.
"They did all they could in this search effort... our crews and aircrafts flew repeatedly into that storm," Coast Guard Captain Mark Fedor said on Wednesday.
An empty, heavily damaged life boat was also found.
The coast guard said it searched 70,000 sq nautical miles attempting to find the crew of 28 Americans and five Poles.
The ship, which was travelling from Florida to Puerto Rico, was taking on water before it sank according to the distress call.
Its owners, Tote Maritime, say the ship lost power after its engines broke down.
Tote Maritime, said two vessels it dispatched to the scene had found a container "which appears to be from the El Faro".
In a statement it said the crew were "equipped to handle situations such as changing weather."
Joaquin brought heavy rains to the Bahamas, damaging a number of houses.
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Dozens of others were injured in the attacks - mainly roadside or car bombs - which took place during the morning rush hour.
The deadliest attack took place in Taji, north of Baghdad, when a suicide bomber killed at 10 people.
Violence in Iraq has dropped since the height of the insurgency five years ago, but almost daily attacks continue.
Police said there were at least 14 bombs of one sort or another, with five of them apparently aimed at a police station in southern Baghdad while others had no apparent target, the BBC's Jim Muir says.
The attack in Taji took place while policemen were investigating an earlier car bombing. Seven of the 10 fatalities were police officers.
Our correspondent says that violence appears to have increased since the death of Osama Bin Laden in early May, but says that such a spate of explosions in such a short time is highly unusual.
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ECB president Mario Draghi said the bank had offered more help through Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) following a request from the Bank of Greece.
Mr Draghi said the ECB's total exposure to Greece was now €130bn.
Speaking at an ECB press conference in Frankfurt, he said that debt relief for Greece was "necessary".
"It's uncontroversial that debt relief is necessary and I think that nobody has ever disputed that," Mr Draghi said.
"The issue is what is the best form of debt relief within our framework, within our legal institutional framework. I think we should focus on this point in the coming weeks."
Mr Draghi said the ECB continued to act on the assumption that Greece was and would be a member of the euro area.
Mr Draghi said the ECB was in a position to extend help under ELA after eurozone ministers agreed "bridge" financing for Greece to keep its finances afloat, and after Greek MPs passed reforms as part of the bailout deal.
He expressed confidence that Greece would repay its €3.5bn (£2.4bn) debt to the ECB when it comes due on 20 July.
Mr Draghi's comments came after the ECB held eurozone interest rates at their historic low of 0.05%.
The ECB also maintained its bond-buying programme at €60bn a month.
The massive bond-buying programme was launched in March to prevent the eurozone falling into deflation. It also aimed to weaken the euro to boost exports and encourage consumer spending.
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Primecare, which has been employed by NHS England since July last year, also made 18 phone consultations with patients up to November.
One West Midlands GP described the cost of the deal as "extortionate".
An NHS England spokesman said Primecare had been the cheapest available service on offer.
Primecare was employed after the government allowed people to register with GPs outside of where they live in 2014.
The company was given an upfront payment of £165,253 in July, with an extra £80 agreed for each GP visit and £30 for phone consultations.
David Williams, NHS England's lead director for primary care in the West Midlands, said GPs in the West Midlands were approached to run the service before Primecare.
"With no local option we asked others for costed proposals for providing this scheme," he said.
"Primecare offered the lowest quoted price for the service that needed to be delivered."
A spokesman for Primecare said it was the choice of health commissioners to offer the money upfront, adding the firm had two GPs staffed during the week to cover the service.
"Although there were fewer service users than originally expected, the service was available for everyone registered outside their local area who may have needed a home visit or telephone consultation between July 2015 and March 2016," he said.
Coventry GP Dr Grant Ingrams, who says he is leaving the West Midlands because of workload and lack of resources, described the figure as "extortionate".
"At a time when the NHS is so short of resources, to spend so much on a private contract that's for profit is just a waste of money," he said.
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The robbery happened at Earthy on Canonmills Bridge at about 21:40 on Thursday.
The men, who were carrying knives, robbed the premises of a three-figure sum of cash.
They were in their early 20s, of slim or slim-to-medium build. One of them was about 5ft 5in and the other was about 5ft 9in. Both had local accents.
The first man was wearing a light-grey, zipped, hooded top, grey tracksuit bottoms and plimsoll-type shoes.
The second man was wearing a dark greyish/blue hooded top, grey jogging bottoms and gloves and was carrying a green and cream duffel bag.
Police are appealing for witnesses.
Det Insp Graham Grant, of Police Scotland, said: "This robbery left two female members of staff shocked and distressed and deprived the business of their income.
"I am keen to speak to anyone who was in the area around 21:40 last night and who might have information that can assist us in tracing these suspects."
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Two armed men wearing balaclavas who robbed an Edinburgh restaurant are being sought by police.
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Stephen "Aki" Akinyemi died in a fight with businessman Arran Coghlan in 2010. A murder charge against Mr Coghlan was later dropped.
The coroner at an inquest into Mr Akinyemi's death said a nightclub attack in which Mr Coghlan was wounded two years earlier could be of interest.
The inquest heard a hooded man may have carried out the stabbing.
Coroner Bernard Richmond QC, sitting at London's Royal Courts of Justice, told Mr Akinyemi's brother John who was in the witness box: "One of the matters which may be relevant is any potential motive or bad feeling for your brother.
"This episode is one such episode."
The coroner suggested it was possible, "some people, potentially your brother, having been told what [the attacker] had done, helped him get away".
Mr Akinyemi said he was not aware of any cover-up.
Mr Richmond ordered the arrest of a man who, Mr Coghlan's legal team claims, had been in a bitter row with Stephen Akinyemi because they used the same nickname.
He described Phil Atkinson's absence from the inquest as "both voluntary and intentional".
David Mason QC, representing Mr Coghlan, had previously told the inquest both men had Porsches with the number plate 'Aki'."
Concerning the death of Stephen Akinyemi, Mr Coghlan told a previous inquest in 2011 that Mr Akinyemi pulled a gun on him and it went off during a struggle.
At the time, Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg recorded an open verdict, saying he had "difficulty" accepting Mr Coghlan's version of events.
Mr Coghlan was initially accused of murdering Stephen Akinyemi, but the Crown Prosecution Service later dropped the charge.
The inquest continues.
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Kevin Kerger gave the visitors a shock first half lead.
Luxembourg could have extended their lead from the penalty spot but Billy O'Brien denied Ricardo Pinto after Tom Lockyer had handled the ball.
Gethin Jones hit the crossbar before Charles' injury time equaliser.
Charles bundled home from close range from Harry Wilson's cornet to spare Wales' blushes on a frustrating evening for Geraint Williams' side who cannot now qualify for next summer's finals in Poland.
Wales' hopes of automatic qualification were ended by their 4-0 defeat to Denmark in Wrexham the previous Friday.
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The 27-year-old, nicknamed 'Beef', broke into the world's top 100 by finishing eighth at Royal Troon.
That came three months after he won his first European Tour title with victory in the Spanish Open at Valderrama.
"At The Open I'd come off and maybe sign five or 10 autographs... now it's more like 40, 50, 60," Johnston told BBC Radio 5 Live. "It was crazy."
The Englishman is preparing to play in the US PGA Championship, which starts on Thursday.
"You've got to find the right balance," he said. "I love spending time and signing stuff. I think that is really important, but you have to find that balance.
"To have won the Spanish Open and come eighth at The Open... it's great, but there are seven people ahead of me, so it could be better."
Johnston has been grouped with the United States' Scott Piercy and Swede Alex Noren for the opening two rounds at Baltusrol in New Jersey.
The trio will tee off at 17:35 BST on Thursday.
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An estimated 500 tonnes of wood caught fire at ABC Demolitions in Mill Road, Colmworth at about 13:00 BST on Tuesday.
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was now "under control" and it was letting the fire "burn down".
An investigation will take place when it has been extinguished, a spokesman said.
"Because of the nature of the fire and the size of the wood pile, it is likely this will be a protracted incident that could last for days," he said.
People in adjacent properties were evacuated.
The service could not confirm how many residents had been affected but said there were only a couple of properties next to the site.
Thermal imaging cameras are being used to ensure any radiant heat does not affect adjacent buildings.
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A fire burning in a large pile of recycled wood in Bedfordshire "could last for days", the fire service said.
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Mohammad Nabi made 52 off 32 balls, Samiullah Shenwari 43 from 37 and Mohammad Shahzad 40 off 23 in their imposing 186-6 in Nagpur.
Zimbabwe, who are a Test nation, managed only 127 in reply as leg-spinner Rashid Khan, 17, claimed 3-11.
Afghanistan join England's group in the Super 10s, which feature the major nations and start on 15 March.
Afghanistan, who are coached by former Pakistan batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq, failed to progress beyond the first round in the three previous World T20s.
"Afghanistan is about go very crazy because they love cricket," said captain Ashgar Stanikzai.
Man-of-the-match Nabi added: "We are through to the Super 10s round. You can't measure how ecstatic we are."
Having won their three group games in this tournament, they face defending champions Sri Lanka in their opening Super 10 encounter on 17 March in Kolkata.
Afghanistan's success was founded on the explosive batting of Shahzad, who dominated an opening partnership of 49 in five overs.
His was the first of four wickets to fall for 14 runs, but Shenwari and Nabi consolidated before accelerating during a stand of 98 off 64 balls, a T20 record for Afghanistan's fifth wicket.
Zimbabwe, who bowled 17 wides, were equally wasteful with the bat, a flurry of reckless shots hastening their slide from 43-1 to 98-8.
Number 10 Tinashe Panyangara, who had earlier taken 3-32, top-scored with an unbeaten 17.
"They outplayed us in every facet of the game," said Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza. "We were never in the game."
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Det Ch Insp Mitchell said the "workload at the time" and "depleted resources" led to weaknesses in the investigation.
Ten Protestant men were shot by the IRA in the attack known as the Kingsmills massacre in County Armagh in 1976.
They were shot after gunmen stopped their bus on their way home from work.
During questioning by a barrister for one victim's family, Det Ch Insp James Mitchell acknowledged that forensic evidence from a van that was involved in the murder was not correlated with evidence found at the scene.
If the evidence had been correlated it would have enabled detectives to place the van at the scene, but that did not happen.
Samples of soil, a broken mirror and paint were taken by the forensics team from the scene.
Forensic evidence was also gathered from a dark green van which had been hijacked earlier and discovered across the border in Dundalk, County Louth.
During the eight months after the killings no forensic reports relating to those items removed were received by the investigations team.
This was despite the fact that a positive match between the two sets of evidence could have proven that the van found in Dundalk was at the scene of the massacre.
In 2011, a review of the case was carried out by the Historical Enquiries Team (HET).
The HET investigation established that no evidence remained.
It also said that some of the original evidence had been destroyed in a fire at the laboratory eight months after the killings.
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The detective who led the investigation into the Kingsmills murders has apologised to the victims' families for not getting the satisfaction they hoped for.
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The list, made up of both albums and singles, also includes Tina Turner's What's Love Got To Do With It? and Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive.
Recording Academy president Neil Portnow said the music has "influenced and inspired" people for generations.
The 54th Grammy Awards ceremony will take place on 12 February.
A recording of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, which he delivered 48 years ago, also features on the list, along with Exile on Main St by the Rolling Stones and Anything Goes by Cole Porter.
Other well-known albums on the list include Santana's self-titled debut, which was released in 1969, and Bill Cosby's comedy record, I Started Out As A Child.
Established in 1973, more than 850 recording have been recognised in the Hall of Fame. Past inductees include The Beatles and Bob Dylan.
"The Recording Academy is dedicated to celebrating a wide variety of great music and sound through the decades," Mr Portnow said in a statement.
"We are especially honoured to welcome this year's selection of some of the most influential recordings of the last century.
"Marked by both cultural and historical significance, these works truly have influenced and inspired audiences for generations."
The event, which will take place at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, will be broadcast live on US network CBS.
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Bruce Springsteen's album Born In The USA and Paul Simon's Graceland are among 25 recordings which are to be inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame.
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A health committee found that Jason Garnham told a call handler to "stop panicking" when they asked if they should keep calling the man back.
Alan Hamilton, 65, phoned the St John Ambulance on Guernsey at 18:13 on 9 July 2014, but the call was cut off.
There was no suggestion the failings contributed to the man's death.
Mr Hamilton was found dead in the groundsman's hut at King George V playing fields at 07:40 the following day.
An inquest found he died from ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrest and complications with diabetes, according to the Guernsey Press.
Matthew Kewley, representing the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), said that ambulance control assistant Ms Crocker took the short call and attempted to call Mr Hamilton - referred to only as "patient A" during the hearing held in Southampton, Hampshire - back twice but was unsuccessful.
He said: "Ms Crocker's evidence is that she asked the registrant [Mr Garnham] whether she should carry on trying patient A's number but was told by the registrant to 'stop panicking'.
"There is a significant factual dispute between Ms Crocker and the registrant. The thrust of the registrant's case is that he categorically stated to Ms Crocker that she needed to document the call in the relevant documentation."
A HCPC spokeswoman said: "Jason Garnham has been suspended from the HCPC register for a period of one year on the grounds of misconduct. All allegations were found to be proved."
The HCPC register is published to provide a list of health care professionals that meet the organisation's standards.
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A paramedic has been suspended for 12 months for failing to follow up an aborted 999 call from a man who was later found dead.
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The 64-year-old Italian was honoured after leading the Foxes to their maiden top-flight title in his first season with the club.
Ranieri also received the Premier League accolade, with Brighton's Chris Hughton taking the Championship award.
Wigan's Gary Caldwell and Northampton's Chris Wilder took the League One and League Two honours respectively.
Ranieri is only the second non-British or Irish manager to win the prestigious accolade after Arsenal's Arsene Wenger, who won it in both 2002 and 2004.
The Leicester boss had already picked up three manager of the month awards in the course of his side's remarkable campaign, and was named Italian manager of the year in his homeland last month.
Hughton received his award despite his side failing to win their division.
Brighton finished third in the second tier and were knocked out of the play-offs in the semi-finals on Monday by Sheffield Wednesday.
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Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has been named manager of the year by the League Managers' Association.
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The US singer was routed by Meghan Trainor, who galvanised pole position with All About That Bass.
Bang Bang - Minaj's joint effort with Jessie J and Ariana Grande - was ahead of her solo record, remaining steady at number two.
George Ezra retained top spot in the album chart with his debut collection.
The singer-songwriter was ahead of Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Barbra Streisand in the rundown.
Smith's album The Lonely Hours clocks up its 20th week in the chart this week.
Irish musician Hozier scored the highest new entry at five with his self-titled collection.
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A large number of other new entries peppered the chart, including Canadian star Caribou at eight, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr at nine, with electro-house duo Gorgon City rounding out the top 10.
Another Canadian, Bryan Adams, was just outside at 11 with his 11th studio album.
Elsewhere in the singles chart, Taylor Swift was at four with Shake It Off, which was the most-streamed track of the week.
US R&B star Jeremih went in at number five with Don't Tell 'Em.
A cover of Beach Boys classic God Only Knows - covered by 27 artists including Coldplay's Chris Martin and Sir Elton John - made number 20 after just four days on sale.
A lavish music video was unveiled to launch BBC Music this week, with proceeds of sales going to Children In Need.
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Nicki Minaj has failed to capture the first UK solo number one single in her own right as her song Anaconda was beaten into third place in the chart.
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Jodie Moss died when Dariusz Tokarczyk's HGV smashed into her stationary car on the A34 at Chieveley, Berkshire, in March 2016.
Tokarczyk, 47, admitted causing death by dangerous driving.
He was sentenced to four-and-half years in prison and banned from driving for 51 months.
Reading Crown Court heard that Jodie, from Swindon, had turned her Vauxhall Corsa's hazard warning lights on after it had suffered engine failure.
Tokarczyk, from Harrogate in North Yorkshire, was selecting music on his mobile phone in the moments before impact, the court heard.
Judge Angela Morris told Tokarczyk that his actions were "irresponsible, reckless and thoughtless".
Jerry Moss, Jodie's father, said: "She was taken far too early by a selfish 10-second act. The driver had plenty of time to act."
He added that the "devastation caused is immeasurable".
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A lorry driver who killed a 21-year-old woman while selecting music on his mobile phone has been jailed.
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The BBC revealed last week the county council was not renewing its block contract for seven beds at the Ashcroft Centre in Wicklewood.
The council would not accept a weekly rate of £650 per person.
Now Julian Support, which runs the centre, is in new talks with the council looking at how to keep it open.
Last week Julian Support said it was restructuring all its services and the Ashcroft Centre was facing closure in March when the county council contract was due to end.
Ben Curran, head of operations at Julian Support, said: "Cuts will have an impact on other services we provide for the community and staff at Ashcroft now face an uncertain future."
Julian Support and Norfolk County Council said in a joint statement following a morning meeting: "We both recognise that Ashcroft is a valuable service that provides very specific support to a number of vulnerable women.
"Julian Support has been able to identify ways to reduce their costs and the council has increased its funding offer to a level which Julian Support believe would enable them to continue providing a safe and good quality level of care for the seven beds purchased by the council.
"In addition, the council will continue to work with Julian Support to try to increase the viability of the home and make the service's future more secure.
"Both Julian Support and the county council are aware that the uncertainty surrounding Ashcroft has caused a lot of concern, particularly among those who are currently being supported at the home or who have benefitted from the service in the past, and we are keen to work together to find a solution."
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Talks aimed at averting the closure of a centre offering care services for women with mental health problems in Norfolk have begun.
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Wayne Bradbury, 30 and of no fixed address, denied murder but admitted manslaughter at Preston Crown Court last month.
Andrew Hayes, 37, was found on Lyndhurst Road, Burnley, on 29 April.
He was taken to the Royal Preston Hospital and died the next morning, Lancashire Police said.
Bradbury was also ordered to pay £900 costs and a £120 victim surcharge.
Det Insp Andy Cribbin said Bradbury had shown "no remorse" over a "completely unprovoked and cowardly assault".
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A man has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after admitting killing a man who died after being found in a Lancashire street with head injuries.
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London Midland said the 17-year-old lost an arm after becoming trapped next to one of its services at Droitwich on Friday, which then pulled away.
He remains in a serious but stable condition in a Birmingham hospital, British Transport Police said.
London Midland is liaising with the Rail Accident Investigation Branch.
More updates on this story
Police and paramedics were called to the station at about 19:50 BST.
The 18:48 train from Hereford to Birmingham New Street was delayed for more than an hour while emergency crews treated the boy.
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A teenager who fell between a platform and train has suffered "life changing injuries" and remains seriously injured in hospital, transport police say.
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Rhys Williams went over to put Broncos ahead, but Jermaine McGillvary and Leroy Cudjoe crossed before half-time to make it 10-4 at the break.
Danny Brough set up the next three Giants tries, Cudjoe, Joe Wardle and Michael Lawrence all touching down.
Brough and Aaron Murphy added further tries late on as Broncos stayed fifth, having won only once in the Super 8s.
Huddersfield: Connor; McGillvary, Cudjoe, Wardle, Murphy; Brough, Ellis; Crabtree, Hinchcliffe, Huby, Symonds, Lawrence, Ta'ai.
Replacements: Leeming, Mason, Roberts, Ikahihifo.
London: Walker; Williams, Hellwell, Kear, Macani; Barthau, Leatherbarrow; Slyney, Cunningham, Ioane, Harrison, Garside, Bussey.
Replacements: Andy Ackers, Offerdahl, Battye, Magrin.
Referee: James Child.
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Huddersfield Giants came from behind to beat London Broncos and move second in the Qualifers table.
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The incident happened on Windmill Street shortly before 11:00 BST on Thursday.
Police said they had now located a lorry believed to have been involved.
They said a man was arrested "on suspicion of a number of motoring offences".
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A man has been arrested following the death of an elderly man who was hit by a lorry in Ballynahinch in County Down.
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Bryant had to wear the mask after breaking his nose during the 2012 All-Star game where he passed Michael Jordan as the All-Star Game's leading scorer.
He wore it for four Lakers games, earning the nickname 'The Masked Mamba'.
The auction house describes the mask as "a Hall of Fame worthy piece that every NBA fan would be shocked to see in person".
Bryant previously auctioned another mask he wore in the same season, securing $67,000 (£54,498) for the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation.
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Former LA Lakers captain Kobe Bryant is auctioning off a face mask to raise funds for charity - with bids starting at $15,000 (£12,204).
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Eaves joined Yeovil ahead of last season after leaving Bolton, and scored four goals in 40 League Two games last season.
The 25-year-old started his career at Oldham before joining Bolton in 2010.
Meanwhile, winger Elliott List, 20, has agreed a new contract to stay with the Gills until the end of the 2017-18 season.
List made 19 appearances last season as they finished 20th in the League One table.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Gillingham have signed striker Tom Eaves on a two-year contract following his release by Yeovil Town.
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Carwyn Jones said it was "odd" Ireland and Scotland had teams while Wales did not.
Conservative AM Mohammad Asghar had asked Mr Jones if he agreed with him that "the time has come" for Wales to have its own cricket team.
Mr Jones told AMs he supported the idea, provided there was no "financial hit" on Glamorgan County Cricket Club.
"This is an issue I've certainly supported in the past," he told the Senedd during First Minister's Questions on Tuesday.
"Certainly a one day team ... not a Test team, I don't think we are playing close to that level.
"But it is odd that we see Ireland and Scotland playing in international tournaments and not Wales.
"We did have a one-day team at one point for a few years.
"I know there are concerns in Glamorgan because of the financial advantage they get being part of the England and Wales Cricket Board.
"But from my perspective I'd very much like to see us represented internationally at cricket as long as, of course, there's no financial hit on Glamorgan and their ability to play at the highest level."
In 2013 an assembly committee called for "an intelligent discussion on the feasibility" of establishing such a team.
Glamorgan has previously opposed the establishment of a Wales team, saying it would mean England internationals would no longer be played in Cardiff and would have "serious financial repercussions on the club."
From 2002 to 2004, a Wales team played against England in a one-day challenge match each June, scoring a shock eight-wicket victory in 2002.
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Wales should have an international one-day cricket team, the first minister has said.
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The charity said the terrapins, which staff have named Jingle and Bell, were dumped near Muirton Place in Dundee on 17 December.
The turtles are being cared for at the charity's centre in the city.
Centre Assistant manager Dale Christie said: "Both Jingle and Bell are quite small and can be handled.
"They appear to be in relatively good nick, apart from some knocks to their shell.
"They're lovely little guys and we'd love for them to find a loving home after coming to us after being through such an ordeal."
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Two terrapins found abandoned before Christmas in a Tupperware container are looking for a new home after spending a month with the Scottish SPCA.
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A one-day bus strike is taking place and some trains have also been cancelled - leaving one group of 20 fans stuck in Rosslare.
Pre-booked tickets will be refunded but there are no alternative bus or rail services running.
Wales take on Ireland at 19:45 GMT.
Irish Rail passengers have been warned of major disruption across services due to the Bus Éireann strike.
Drivers stopped working at midnight across the country and the disruption has now spread to the rail network due to picketing related to the dispute.
Services likely to affect fans include routes to and from Dublin to Limerick, Cork, Galway, Sligo, Waterford.
Bus Éireann said it was "extremely disappointed" by the action, which it claims would cause major inconvenience to customers and exacerbate the "perilous financial situation at the company".
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Wales football fans face travel disruption as transport unions have called strikes ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Ireland in Dublin.
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Aeth y gymdeithas honno o nerth i nerth, a heddiw mae gan Ferched y Wawr dros 6,000 o aelodau.
Ddydd Sadwrn ac yn ystod yr wythnos mae disgwyl i gannoedd o'r aelodau yn heidio i bentref bach y Parc i gael blas ar y dechreuadau yn 1967, a thwf y mudiad ers hynny.
Aduniad yw'r weithgaredd gyntaf, wrth i holl lywyddion, trysoryddion, ysgrifenyddion y mudiad ar hyd yr hanner canrif ddod at ei gilydd.
Yn ymuno â nhw bydd aelodau gwreiddiol canghennau Y Parc a'r Ganllwyd - y ddwy gangen gyntaf.
Un o aelodau gwreiddiol Y Parc yw Sylwen Lloyd Davies, a hi fydd yn dadorchuddio murlun arbennig i gofnodi'r pen-blwydd.
Prynhawn Sadwrn bydd rhifyn arbennig o 'Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol' yn cael ei recordio yn yr hen gapel yn Llanuwchllyn.
Parc fydd y Meca
Ar yr adeilad lle sefydlwyd y mudiad ceir y cwpled:
'Man ein creu, yma mae'n crud,
'Ein cof, a'n Mecca hefyd.'
Dywedodd y cyfarwyddwr Tegwen Morris: "Ry'n yn disgwyl merched y wawr o bob rhan o Gymru i ddod i'r Parc i weld arddangosfa arbennig sy'n cofnodi cerrig milltir y daith a gwahanol agweddau o'r mudiad.
"Bydd pob math o bethau i'w gweld - paneli lliwgar sydd wedi cael eu creu gan bob sir, sioe weledol o archif y BBC a Sgrin a Sain, a bydd modd cael blas ar atgofion sydd wedi'u hel fel rhan o'n prosiect treftadaeth.
"Yn ogystal ry'n ni wedi llwyddo i gael gafael ym mhob rhifyn o'n cylchgrawn Y Wawr - 196 i gyd - a bydd y rheiny i'w gweld.
"Edrychwn ymlaen at groesawu ffrindiau ac aelodau o Gymru benbaladr - ac wrth gwrs bydd 'na baned a chacen i groesawu pawb."
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Hanner can mlynedd yn ôl fe gefnodd criw o ferched yn y Parc ger y Bala ar Sefydliad y Merched, a phenderfynu dechrau cymdeithas a fyddai'n rhoi lle urddasol i'r Gymraeg.
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