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David Nicholson stepped down as head of Basingstoke's Costello School, saying the allegations in the national press were "highly distressing".
Governors said his resignation was "in the best interests of his family and the whole school community".
A statement added there were no concerns over safeguarding children.
Mr Nicholson, who took up his role at the school last year, said: "Although I have been very grateful for the many messages of support and understanding, I have to put both the interests of my family and the school community first.
"It is therefore with huge regret and disappointment that I have taken the very difficult decision to resign as head teacher of the Costello School."
The statement, issued through the board of governors, added it was "business as usual" at the school, which is now being led by acting head teacher Leigh Adams.
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The head teacher of a Hampshire school has resigned following claims he used his school email address to contact an escort.
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The man, from Dublin, has been remanded in custody. Mr Hutch was shot dead in the area in September 2015.
His murder was one of eight deaths connected to a feud between the Kinahan and Hutch criminal gangs.
The man was arrested during searches by Irish and Spanish police investigating the Kinahan criminal gang.
The court proceedings in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol on Thursday were closed to the media.
The co-ordinated searches by police focused on six locations in Dublin and five on the Costa del Sol, including a yacht and a boxing gym linked to the Kinahans.
Police seized documents, including bank statements, computers, phones and about 23,000 euros (£19,570) in cash.
Spanish police joined more than 60 gardaí for searches in Tallaght, Clondalkin and Crumlin while officers from the Garda's Drugs and Organised Crime Unit were involved in the searches in Spain.
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An Irish man in his 30s, arrested in Spain in connection with the murder of Gary Hutch, has appeared in court in the country.
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The match ended 0-0 - just as it did when the sides when in the group stage last week - and, with no extra time played in the competition, penalty kicks were required to determine a winner.
Goalkeeper Akram Elhadi Salim was Sudan's hero, saving the very first effort from Eric Johana and then going on to score the final kick to give his side a 5-3 victory.
Sudan will next face Rwanda, who also need a penalty shootout to advance.
The defending champions were held to a goalless draw by Kenya but emerged victorious 5-3 after spot-kicks.
Uganda and Ethiopia meet in the other semi-final.
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Sudan beat neighbours South Sudan in a penalty shootout to reach the semi-finals of the Cecafa Cup in Ethiopia.
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The animal rescue centre took in the rabbit, named Atlas, when his original owner could no longer look after him.
But Atlas is no ordinary rabbit - even though he's still young, he's already the size of a small dog, and could grow even bigger.
Hundreds of people applied to look after the giant bunny. There were even offers from America, Canada and France.
Anna O'Donnell, manager of the Scottish SPCA's rescue centre in Glasgow, said:
"It was great there was so much interest in Atlas but we decided to find him a home here in Scotland to avoid a long journey as rabbits are very susceptible to stress."
Atlas's new owner, from North Ayrshire in Scotland, has lots of experience looking after rabbits.
She said: "Animals are just pets to some people but my rabbits are family members."
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A giant rabbit who became famous after an appeal by the Scottish SPCA has found a new home.
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Martin, 28, has made 69 appearances for the Lions since signing for the League One club following his release by Ipswich Town in July 2013.
Martin, who can also play in the centre of midfield or behind a striker, has featured 11 times this season.
Northampton currently lie second in the League Two table, level on points with leaders Plymouth Argyle.
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League Two side Northampton have signed versatile Millwall winger Lee Martin on a one-month loan deal.
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Authorities in the north-eastern Shenyang city, where Mr Liu is being treated, said the decision was made at the request of his family.
Mr Liu was jailed for 11 years in 2009 on subversion charges for calling for greater democracy.
China's decision comes just days before a G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany.
Diplomatic sources in Beijing say China has been nervous the issue might overshadow President Xi Jinping's appearance at the summit, Reuters reports.
Mr Liu, who was a key leader in the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, won the Nobel peace prize in 2010.
His wife Liu Xia has been under house arrest since then - but she has never been charged.
Mr Liu was diagnosed with cancer in May, and later was released on medical parole to be treated by tumour experts in Shenyang's hospital.
Since he was moved from prison, international human rights groups and several Western diplomats, including from both Germany and the US, have called for the dissident to be allowed to leave the country for treatment.
The Nobel committee in Oslo has described Liu Xiaobo as "the foremost symbol" of the human rights struggle in China.
He was never allowed to collect his prize and was represented by an empty chair at the ceremony. The Chinese government was infuriated by the award and cut ties with Norway for several years.
Mr Liu has three years left to serve of his sentence for "inciting subversion" after drafting Charter 08 - which called for multi-party democracy and respect for human rights in China.
Amnesty International has said he should never have been jailed.
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China has invited medical experts from the US and Germany to help treat Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, who has terminal liver cancer.
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Dawn Nicoll, Penguin Keeper at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo, said: "We had a very successful breeding season last year, with 16 chicks hatching, so we are hoping for another successful year as gentoo penguins are classified as near threatened."
Once the chicks get a little older, they will leave the nest and join a nearby crèche where they will learn all the skills essential to being a penguin, such as how to swim and feed.
Due to the decline in their populations, gentoo penguins are listed as Near Threatened on the Red List of endangered species.
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Four fluffy gentoo penguinchicks have hatched at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.
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The 22-year-old was part of Worcester's academy and has played for the Premiership side's A League team.
Bartlett played for the Pirates in a friendly match last October.
"Bar came down for a time during our last pre-season and impressed with not only his skill set but his attitude to improve and work hard," said outgoing Pirates boss Ian Davies.
"We have a strong link up with Dave Morris and Loughborough University and I'm sure Bar will follow previous alumni by becoming a very good player for the Pirates."
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Cornish Pirates have signed fly-half Bar Bartlett from National One side Loughborough Students.
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The Worcestershire-trained 12-year-old had failed to win in eight runs since triumphing at Aintree in April 2014.
But leading jockey Richard Johnson steered the veteran to a four-length victory over hurdles at Carlisle.
He is now aimed by trainer Dr Richard Newland to return to Aintree in April.
The 2003 Welsh National at Chepstow, won by Bindaree, was the last race to be won by a Grand National-winning horse, over a year and half after winning at Aintree, since when the accumulated sequence of subsequent losing rides for the next 13 National winners has stretched to 102.
Pineau De Re has been back to Aintree twice since winning in 2014, finishing 12th in this year's National, before falling at the second earlier this month in the Betfred Becher Handicap Chase, over the National Fences, just eight days before Sunday's quick return to action at Carlisle.
Owner John Provan said: "I think he could be back in the National and hopefully run a big race there.
"He's on a mark over fences of 141, which would be a nice mark for the National, so we'll try to look after that mark if we can. We'll possibly run him over hurdles until then. He might have a short break now and then bring him back to go to Cheltenham and then the National."
Jockey Richard Johnson had twice ridden Pineau De Re before, most recently in 2013 in the same race at Carlisle, the 3m 1f Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle, when they finished second, four months before Aintree.
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Pineau De Re has ended a 12-year run of post-Aintree disappointment by becoming the first Grand National-winning horse since the victorious Bindaree in 2002 to go on and win another race.
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The sketchbook, created around 1907 when Spencer was a teenager, includes drawings of the landscape around his home town of Cookham, Berkshire.
It also images of mermaids, witches and characters from fairy tales.
The previously unpublished book will feature in the Hepworth Wakefield's summer exhibition of Spencer's work.
Stanley Spencer: Of Angels and Dirt runs from 24 June to 15 October and coincides with the 125th anniversary of the English artist's birth.
Eleanor Clayton, curator at the Hepworth Wakefield, said she had come across the sketchbook while researching the exhibition at the Spencer family home in London.
She said the "detailed depictions of local flora and fauna" and its insights into the young artist's "eccentric imagination" made for a "fascinating" exhibit.
John Spencer, Stanley Spencer's grandson, said it was "a privilege" to work with the gallery on "this celebration of his life and art".
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An unpublished sketchbook containing the earliest known drawings by artist Stanley Spencer and a short story is to go on display in West Yorkshire.
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Resuming 244 runs behind on 37-1, Gloucestershire had some hope when Cameron Bancroft's 50 saw them to 98-1.
But then five wickets fell for 19 runs and Notts saw off the tail end after Phil Mustard (49) and Kieran Noema-Barnett's 53-run seventh-wicket stand.
Steven Mullaney (5-32) impressed as the hosts stayed top of Division Two.
Notts have now won four of their opening five matches to remain top of the table by 13 points from Worcestershire, who also won inside thee days at Northampton.
They are back in four-day action this Friday with a game at home to one of their local East Midlands rivals, winless Derbyshire.
Gloucestershire head coach Richard Dawson told BBC Sport:
"I've just said to our boys that to compete in four-day cricket you've got to do two things well.
"You've got to be able to put pressure on with the ball and to be able to handle pressure with the bat, when you are up against it.
"They did it much better than us and that's very much as simple as it gets. They never let us off the hook."
Nottinghamshire's Steven Mullaney told BBC Sport:
"I certainly didn't expect that to happen. Conditions suited my type of bowling so it was nice to get a few overs under the belt and help the team towards 24 points.
"All five bowlers have done their bit in this match but it's me getting the plaudits. It's my first five-wicket haul since league cricket in about 2008.
"It was swinging nicely and we kept the ball in great condition and the wicket had a bit in it throughout."
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Nottinghamshire completed an innings victory over Gloucestershire with over a day to spare, dismissing the visitors for 231 on Sunday at Trent Bridge.
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The 55-year-old replaces Mark Yates, who was sacked on Monday following a run of six successive defeats.
Drummy has signed a two-year contract with the option of a further year, and will be assisted by former Aldershot Town coach Matt Gray.
"I look forward to giving our fans winning football that will also entertain them," Drummy said.
Crawley were bought by Ziya Eren last month and the Turkish businessman has targeted reaching the Championship in eight to 10 years.
The Reds sit 18th in the table, 14 points clear of the relegation zone with two games of the campaign remaining.
After spending the bulk of his playing career in non-league, Drummy became a coach in Arsenal's youth set-up before moving to Chelsea in 2007.
He was in charge of the Blues' Under-21 side and then had a spell as the Premier League club's international coach.
Eren said the Londoner would bring "top-level experience and vital recruitment knowledge" to the club.
"We wish him all the best for a long and successful tenure," he told the club website. "We look forward to an exciting new chapter in the history of Crawley Town."
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League Two side Crawley Town have appointed former Chelsea youth coach Dermot Drummy as their new head coach.
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The sports car was towed away after it was stopped outside a police station in Cambridge in August.
The Huracan model was pulled over by Cambridgeshire police close to its Parkside base.
Police said the company that hired out of the vehicle was "not at fault" and would not face any penalty.
In a Freedom of Information response on 26 November, Cambridgeshire police said the driver had been reported for a "traffic offence" that had yet to be finalised.
A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman confirmed the driver had now been offered the chance to accept a £100 fine for driving without a front number plate, plus a £300 fine and six penalty points for having no insurance.
If the driver refuses to accept the penalty, the case could be taken to court.
In a tweet at the time of the offence, Cambridgeshire's roads policing unit said: "Even Lamborghinis need insurance." It added: "He was stopped outside the station!"
The vehicle, which retails from about £180,000, was later collected by the hire firm.
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The driver of an uninsured Lamborghini seized outside a police station could avoid court action by accepting a fine and penalty points, police have said.
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Hull beat Catalans Dragons on Saturday to reach the last four, despite falling behind early on to the French side.
Two tries from Josh Charnley saw the Warriors power past Castleford.
Wakefield and Warrington secured respective wins on Thursday and Friday and the next round of ties will be played on 29-30 July.
The tie between Wigan and Hull is a repeat of the 2013 final, which the Warriors won 16-0 at Wembley.
Warrington won the trophy three times between 2009 and 2012, while Wakefield have not been in a Challenge Cup semi-final since 2008.
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Wigan will play Super League leaders Hull FC in the Challenge Cup semi-finals, while Warrington have been drawn against Wakefield.
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Terry hurt himself on landing after an aerial challenge in the first half.
Chelsea say the 35-year-old may have a small muscular injury to his hamstring and will undergo a scan on Sunday.
Blues boss Guss Hiddink said: "We have just two days to recover and it is something to think about in the future as two days of recovery is not enough."
Fellow central defender Kurt Zouma was ruled out for six months after injuring his anterior cruciate ligament against Manchester United last Sunday.
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Chelsea skipper John Terry is a doubt for Tuesday's Champions League last-16 trip to Paris St-Germain after limping off in the 5-1 win over Newcastle.
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The 22-year-old Englishman will spend a season on loan with Accies in the Scottish Premiership.
He becomes Accies' second signing of this week after the arrival of full-back Jack Breslin, released by Celtic.
Former manager Alex Neil, now Canaries boss, said: "Remi needs to go out and get some games."
Matthews has already had two loan spells with Burton Albion and ended last season playing nine times for Doncaster Rovers in England's League One.
"He'll go up to Hamilton and hopefully get a good season under his belt," said Neil.
"You've got Celtic and now Rangers in that league, so it will be really competitive for him."
Matthews, whose new deal with the English Championship club includes with the option of a further 12 months, arrives at New Douglas Park as McGovern considers his options after rejecting a new contract amid fresh offers following his fine performances at Euro 2016.
He will make his debut as Accies kick-off their season with a Scottish League Cup tie away to Ayr United on Saturday.
"It's always nice to have that security behind me, so to have another year under my belt is a positive step," Matthews told Norwich's website.
"I was out on loan twice last year and felt like I was improving with every game, so I'm looking to build on that and show everyone what I can do."
Breslin has signed a permanent deal with Accies from Celtic after the 19-year-old played seven times in his second loan spell with Annan Athletic in League Two.
Accies player-manager Martin Canning had already added to his defensive options by signing centre-half Jordan McGregor after the 19-year-old was released by Hibernian after a loan spell with Berwick Rangers.
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Remi Matthews has joined Hamilton as a replacement for Northern Ireland keeper Michael McGovern after signing a new two-year contract with Norwich City.
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Critics say some of the projects "launched" by the president were already under way or had already been commissioned. Some others have been viewed as not meriting the weight of presidential publicity.
Last week, Mr Kenyatta, who faces elections in August, was in the city of Mombasa where he launched a footbridge, proudly described as a "non-motorized transport project".
Some Twitter users have taken this as a cue to mock the president.
Using the hashtag #UhuruChallenge, they posted their own examples of things they were "launching" or "commissioning".
Some parts of Kenya, including the capital, Nairobi, coastal and northern regions have been suffering power outages since the weekend because of a technical problem at a power station.
Perhaps inevitably, this provided another opportunity for satirical digs at Mr Kenyatta.
And one user thought Kenyans were unlikely to have heard the last of unimpressive presidential launches.
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Social media users in Kenya have been poking fun at President Uhuru Kenyatta over his perceived enthusiasm for launching projects, with great fanfare from his communications staff.
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Ex-Scarlet Jones played 47 internationals and was interim attack coach for Wales during 2013.
The 36-year-old spent five years as Scarlets attack and skills coach and was head coach at Rotherham.
"I'm excited to carry on the work of the previous RGC coaches and at the opportunity to develop even more talented youngsters," said Jones.
RGC is a Welsh Rugby Union development region based in north Wales and will play in the new look, 16-team premier division kicks off in September.
"It's a big challenge, because the Principality Premiership will be a big step up, going up against experienced semi-professional and in some cases, professional regional players," added Jones.
"But I hope I can help to make RGC an established Premiership side that can continue on its remarkable journey."
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Former Wales wing Mark Jones has been appointed coach of newly-promoted Welsh Premiership side RGC 1404.
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Wes Burns' corner caught a gust of wind and clipped a Gills head before flying past stranded keeper Stuart Nelson.
The hosts went 2-0 in front when Burns crossed for Ameobi to smash home his first for the club at the far post.
Luke Norris' drive reduced Gillingham's deficit, but Elliott List missed the chance to level from six yards out.
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Former Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi scored what proved the winner in a Fleetwood victory that saw Gillingham's promotion hopes take a knock.
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West Midlands Ambulance Service had been bracing itself for record numbers of call-outs after experiencing one of its busiest ever days during December.
However, the number of overnight calls received on New Year's Eve was 1,436 - far fewer than last year's figure of around 1,600.
The service said the public was heeding advice not to make non-emergency calls.
A sharp rise in calls throughout 2014 had led the service to expect an extremely busy New Year's Eve and it had warned it was "stretched to the limit".
However, chief executive Anthony Marsh said "months of planning" had meant the service was able to cope.
"I cannot remember a year like 2014. Demand just kept increasing with more pressure in the system that I can recall for a very long time," he said.
"Staff on the road and in our control rooms have been working flat out during December which saw the trust break records in terms of demand.
"I am immensely proud of the way that, as a trust, we have met this challenge."
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The number of New Year's Eve 999 calls across the West Midlands fell by around 200, paramedics have said.
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The company said pre-tax profit climbed by more than 15% in 2016 to £7.8m, while sales were 6.3% up at £179.8m.
There was a strong performance from its packaging distribution business, which increased sales by 9% to £155.9m.
Macfarlane said organic sales growth was "challenging" in the first six months of the year, but strengthened in the second half to 3%.
Its performance was boosted by contributions from a series of acquisitions last year, including Nelsons for Cartons and Packaging, Colton Packaging Teesside and the packaging business of Edward McNeil.
Sales in Macfarlane's manufacturing operations were down by 9%, at £23.9m, which the company largely attributed to "management actions to rebalance the mix of products in our labels business".
As a consequence of its acquisitions, the group's net bank borrowing at year-end stood at £15.3m, up from £11.6m the previous year.
Chairman Graeme Bissett said: "We will continue to focus on opportunities in sectors with strong growth prospects (including internet retail, third party logistics and national accounts) and to deliver high standards of service to all customers across a wide range of sectors.
"We will also maintain our programme of acquiring good quality businesses to augment organic growth.
"This is a strategy based on taking positive action, which has served all stakeholders in our business well in recent years and we remain confident that it will continue to do so."
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Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group has reported its seventh consecutive year of profit growth.
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In 2014 prices rose by 9.8%, according to ONS figures.
Prices increased fastest in England, at 7.3%, and slowest in Scotland, where they fell 0.2% during 2015.
The value of houses and flats rose by just 1% in Wales, and by 1.5% in Northern Ireland.
The average price at the end of December was £288,000.
The ONS figure is in the middle of a range of estimates produced by other organisations.
Halifax, the UK's largest mortgage lender, said prices rose by as much as 9.5% in 2015, while the Nationwide Building Society put the increase at just 4.5%.
The Land Registry of England and Wales said the annual inflation rate was 6.4%.
Separate figures show that the number of new mortgages taken out in 2015 was roughly the same as in 2014.
But the Council of Mortgage Lenders said the amount being borrowed had risen from £112bn in 2014 to £118bn in 2015 - an increase of 5.3%.
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House prices in the UK rose by 6.7% in 2015, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) - a considerable slowdown on the previous year.
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Sahid Conteh, aged 14, leaves Sierra Leone to begin a four-year sports scholarship in California.
The teenager was picked from 100 youngsters selected from 60 locations.
In January this year, the foundation supported a project to give disadvantaged young people in Cardiff a chance to volunteer in Africa.
Ten youngsters from Cardiff spent two weeks in Sierra Leone with local children leading workshops on sexual health, nutrition, skills and football.
Bellamy created the foundation after visiting the West African nation in 2007 while he was player at Liverpool.
The foundation's chief executive officer, Tim Kellow, said it aims to scout footballing and academic potential in boys aged 10 and 11.
The football academy offers five-year scholarships to children aged 11 to 13.
Last year, three boys trained with Cardiff City, and this year two more spent the summer at Liverpool FC's academy.
He said that since its formation, the foundation has also played a role in the creation of the country's youth football league structure, taking in around 2,400 youngsters, boys and girls, in some 70 clubs.
He said Bellamy was last in Sierra Leone in 2011 when he met and trained with Sahid during a 10-day visit.
Mr Kellow said: "Sahid is a wonderfully polite and mature and well-rounded boy who has taken to the training and education and life skills so well. We think he is ready."
The teenager is to study at Dunn School near Santa Barbara.
He said: "I am very excited to be going to America. I am looking forward to meeting new people, playing football and getting a good education."
The foundation's USA co-ordinator, Kelsey Sullivan, will accompany Sahid and help him settle in to daily life in California.
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The first African graduate from the football academy founded by Cardiff City and Wales player Craig Bellamy is to fly to the USA later.
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The Jedburgh scheme is getting under way following a successful bid for funding earlier this year.
It has been supported by Historic Environment Scotland, Scottish Borders Council and the private sector.
Councillor Mark Rowley said it was about "more than just building work" and could make a "very positive impact on the town and community".
The Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) will support town centre conservation and regeneration activity.
The council said the funding would enable a targeted approach for conservation-based building repairs as well as a wide range of training, heritage and education activities.
Six properties have been identified as priority repair projects for CARS funding including the Category A listed Port House building owned by Jedburgh Community Trust.
A traditional building repair grant scheme will also operate in the town with applications accepted in a series of rounds.
A full time project officer will be appointed and a steering group formed including community members.
In a joint statement, Jedburgh and district ward members, councillors Jim Brown, Scott Hamilton and Sandy Scott, said: "The formal launch of this project marks the start of a five-year project which we hope will help restore and protect some of the town's key historic buildings and revitalise the centre of what is one of the gateway towns to Scotland.
"The community has been involved throughout the process to date and their ongoing contributions over the course of the scheme will be key to ensuring its success."
A similar scheme has previously run in Kelso and one is currently ongoing in Selkirk.
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A five-year £1.3m regeneration project has been officially launched in one of the "gateway towns to Scotland".
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The cover of Simon and Garfunkel's hit Bridge Over Troubled Water was organised by Simon Cowell.
Other stars including Rita Ora and Leona Lewis recorded parts for the song on Saturday.
Sande said: "It's really inspiring to see people come together. It gives you hope in humanity."
Cowell, who lives in the same London borough as the now burnt-out tower, called the blaze "heartbreaking".
At least 58 people are believed to have died and hundreds more made homeless.
Those taking part in Sunday's recording at Sarm music studios, close to the tower in west London, included singer and former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos and the show's 2015 winner Louisa Johnson.
They were joined by Pitch Battle choirmaster Gareth Malone and Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones.
Pixie Lott said: "It's an honour to be involved and to come down and record today.
"Anything that we can do to help, we should."
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Stars including Emeli Sande, Pixie Lott, and Stormzy have gathered to record a Grenfell Tower charity single.
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Dumfries and Galloway Council has already agreed in principle to back the bid by the Queens Trust.
Efforts to get it discussed at the annual general meeting this year came too late to be added to the agenda.
However, talks will now be held in June to look at how the proposals might be taken forward.
The Queens Trust has just over 900 shares in the Scottish Championship club, with 7,500 needed to allow it to add an item to the AGM agenda.
It needs the support of the council - which holds more than 6,600 shares - to help secure its goal of discussing a director's role.
Failing that, the fans group has said it would hope to get a "non-voting representative" onto the board.
The club has said that its door is "always open" for an "open and honest dialogue" with supporters.
A report to the Dumfries common good sub committee said a meeting would be held in June between the club and the trust as well as committee members and a council officer.
It seeks the nomination of two councillors to attend the talks.
After the meeting a report will be brought back to the council to look at the way forward.
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A meeting has been scheduled between Queen of the South fans, the club and the local authority to look at putting fan representation on the board.
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Charlton were given permission to speak to Wilder and assistant Alan Knill, after the pair led the Cobblers to the League Two title this season.
Following a meeting, Charlton say the club "will now continue its search for a candidate to take the club forward".
Jose Riga resigned as Addicks boss after their relegation to League One.
Northampton Town chairman Kelvin Thomas said: "We understand there is further interest in Chris and Alan however we have had no official approach at this point."
Charlton triggered a clause in the contracts of Wilder, 48, and Knill, 51, in order to speak to the pair, who guided Northampton to a runaway success this season after a 24-game unbeaten run.
Their promotion was achieved despite financial uncertainty earlier in the campaign because of outstanding loan repayments of £10.25m to the local council and a winding-up petition from HM Revenue & Customs.
Next season the Cobblers will face a Charlton side who have had four managers, including Riga twice, and one interim boss since Roland Duchatelet bought the club in January 2014.
The breakdown in talks with Wilder and Knill follows unrest at The Valley, with supporters staging a sit-down protest outside the ground before last Saturday's game, the latest in a string of demonstrations against Duchatelet.
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Northampton Town manager Chris Wilder has been unable to reach an agreement with Charlton Athletic following talks with the relegated Championship club.
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The child was in the vehicle when her father met an unknown man to sell the car in Leyton High Road, north-east London, at about 18:30 BST.
The man, described as Asian, aged in his 30s and with short dark hair, jumped into the car and drove away.
Met Police said the girl was found at about 21:00. No arrests have been made.
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A six-year-old girl who went missing when a man jumped into her father's car and drove away with her inside has been found safe and well, police said.
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If successful, the university would be the first higher education provider to be based in the Shropshire Council region.
The former Shelton Hospital site, in Bicton Heath, which became derelict a year ago, is being suggested as a location for the campus.
But, campaigners fear the town's 16th century Rowley's House may be used.
University staff are currently in talks with council leaders, who have confirmed they are "looking at all the options", and currently have three Chester University staff based at Rowley's House each week.
Councillor Keith Barrow, Shropshire council leader, said: "We are looking at options, including the type of facility needed to meet Shropshire's future needs, and how best to take advantage of the opportunities available.
"We have made office space available in Rowley's House.
"Three staff from the university are currently based there for up to three days a week."
A spokesman for campaign group, Friends of Rowley's House, said: "We are hoping the building will be kept for public use.
"A campus would not be public use; it would solely be for students."
Members of the group are now compiling a list of alternative uses for the Barker Street building, which they will present to the council.
Harper Adams University is near Newport and the University of Wolverhampton has a base at Priorslee - both of which fall under the boundaries of Telford and Wrekin Council.
Earlier this month, part of Shrewsbury's Museum, which was based at Rowley's House, moved into the town centre's revamped music hall.
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Chester University bosses are in talks to bring a campus to Shrewsbury town centre.
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Lisa Walton bought Pirums Figaro from Shan Allman, of Colwinston, Vale of Glamorgan, for £18,000 in May 2011.
But afterwards she said the animal was "dangerous" and wanted her money back.
After unsuccessfully suing Mrs Allman, the High Court ordered Mrs Walton, of Doncaster, to pay the former owner's "substantial" legal bill.
Mrs Allman refused to take the pony back or return the cash, saying she had honestly described the pony's character before selling him.
She said he never displayed any "vicious behaviour" while her own young daughter, Bethan, was looking after him.
Mr Justice Snowden's ruling means Mrs Walton's farm has been effectively mortgaged to Mrs Allman who can, if she wishes, seek an order for the property's sale.
He added Mrs Allman had "already incurred very substantial costs" but "Mr and Mrs Walton had not made any effort" to pay them.
After the hearing, Mrs Allman, who released footage of her daughter Bethan riding Figaro, told BBC Wales: "The original case that she brought against me concerning the sale of the horse was absolute nonsense and should never have gone to court in the first place.
"I made a number of offers that she turned down which I think she is probably regretting now.
"I'm absolutely relieved that the case has come to an end and I've got security against my legal bills."
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A horsewoman locked in a four-year legal battle over a pony she claimed was a "raving lunatic" must pay costs of £140,000.
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Last weekend William Hill said it was in talks to merge with Amaya, which owns poker websites Full Tilt and PokerStars, in a potential £4.5bn deal.
But Parvus Asset Management said the merger had "limited strategic logic" and would "destroy shareholder value".
Shares in William Hill - a FTSE 250 member - closed up 5% at 314.1p.
Parvus said the betting firm should consider other all options to maximise shareholder returns, including a possible sale.
Ralph Topping, who stepped down in 2014 after eight years as chief executive of William Hill, said he "fully supported" Parvus.
"When this deal was announced I was left scratching my head," he told the Financial Times. Both [Amaya and William Hill] have a lot to sort out in their own business. I'm very anxious on the future of William Hill."
Also on the FTSE 250, shares in Man Group jumped 13.7% after the world's biggest listed hedge fund said it was buying investment manager Aalto, which manages property assets worth $1.7bn.
Man Group also reported a 6% rise in the value of funds under management during the three months to September and said it planned a $100m share buyback.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index rose 35.81 points to 7,013.55. Tesco was the biggest riser, up 4.41% to 203.7p. The supermarket said on Thursday night that it had resolved its pricing row with supplier Unilever. Shares in Unilever were down 0.5%.
On the currency markets, the pound was trading at $1.2185, down 0.56%, against the dollar.
Against the euro it was flat at €1.1083.
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Shares in William Hill have risen after the betting company's largest shareholder said it would oppose any merger deal with Canada's Amaya.
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Colin Pitchfork was jailed in 1988 for the murder of Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth, both 15, from Leicestershire.
The petition, started by Rebecca Eastwood, sister of Lynda, has already got more than 4,000 signatures.
A parole review has begun because Pitchfork is nearing the end of his 28 years minimum term, officials said.
He was caught after the world's first mass screening for DNA, in which 5,000 men in the Enderby area were asked to volunteer blood or saliva samples.
He initially persuaded a friend to take the test on his behalf but this was later discovered.
Mrs Eastwood said: "Obviously we don't want him to be released because of the crimes he committed, we don't think he deserves that second chance.
"But, there is also the fear he will commit crimes again and I could not live with myself if I did not fight him coming out."
The parole review process involves gathering information from probation staff, prison officers and medical experts, probably leading to an oral hearing.
Before sanctioning a prisoner's release, the parole board has to be sure he or she no longer poses a risk to the public.
The 2009 court hearing which cut his original 30 year tariff was told Pitchfork, now 55, had made "exceptional progress" in prison.
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A petition opposing the possible release of a child murderer who was the first to be convicted using DNA, has been launched.
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Dawson played four games for Essex, two in County Championship Division Two and two in the T20 Blast South Group.
He scored 99 batting as an opener to help Essex to a 248-run win against Glamorgan in the Championship.
The 25-year-old had said he was enjoying the move after finding himself left out of Hampshire's four-day side last month.
"We're disappointed to lose Liam, but we totally understand the reasons," Essex head coach Paul Grayson said.
"In the short time with us, it was hopefully good for his form and he made a good contribution for us as well.
"We wish him all the best for the rest of the season."
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Hospital sources told reporters that 34 government soldiers had been killed and 150 wounded in fierce fighting.
The coastal city was seized by the militant group in February 2015.
Forces aligned to Libya's government of national accord launched an operation in May to re-take Sirte.
Overnight, Libyan and US warplanes carried out air strikes and mortar bombardment of districts one and three in the north of the Mediterranean city.
Tanks and rocket-propelled grenades were used in the battle.
The brigades loyal to the government said IS militants had deployed five car bombs on Sunday to try to stop the advance.
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Militia loyal to Libya's unity government have suffered heavy casualties as they push into the last two areas of Sirte held by the so-called Islamic State group (IS).
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Illegal cockle picking and over-harvesting in 2014 are some of the factors being blamed for the move.
Currently, 53 licences for commercial cockle picking on the estuary are issued every year.
But Natural Resources Wales said current stocks fall "far short" of those needed for sustainable fishing.
It is the first time since 2008 the cockle beds have been closed to commercial pickers, which also was the first year a tough new licensing regime was introduced.
The industry is worth an estimated £40,000 a year to cockle pickers, who are licensed to harvest the shellfish for six months.
"We know that this will come as a blow to the licencees who make a living from the cockle beds, but despite our best efforts, the unexpected drop in stock levels this year has left us with no choice but to close the beds," said NRW executive director, Tim Jones.
"The current stock of cockles will be carefully monitored and looked after so it can survive and help provide enough cockles to support the licencees' livelihoods, and the bird populations for next season."
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A "serious drop" in cockle stocks on the Dee estuary in Flintshire will mean a ban on collecting the shellfish during 2015, say environment officials.
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Lock McCarthy, who suffered a concussion in the defeat by France in Paris, will miss the rest of the season following advice from a specialist.
Flanker O'Brien has a grade two hamstring tear while winger Kearney has sustained a shoulder AC joint injury.
Fly-half Jonathan Sexton and winger Keith Earls are however back training.
Ireland face England in their next match at Twickenham on 27 February.
Joe Schmidt's side then finish their campaign with home games against Italy and Scotland on 12 March and 19 March.
The holders' chances of retaining the title they won for the last two years look remote, with just one point from their opening two fixtures.
Utility back Earls, who was concussed in the opening game against Wales, trained fully with the Ireland squad on Thursday and Friday.
Lions star Sexton has also received a clean bill of health after retiring hurt against the French, while centre Jared Payne is recovering from a grade one hamstring tear.
Winger Simon Zebo missed the loss against France with a knee injury.
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Ireland trio Sean O'Brien, Mike McCarthy and Dave Kearney have been ruled out of the remainder of the Six Nations campaign through injury.
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The versatile 25-year-old joined the Jags from Whitley Bay in 2011.
He has made 29 appearances this season, helping Thistle to a top-six place in the Premiership, guaranteeing their highest finish since 1981.
Elliott has featured in 167 games for Alan Archibald's side, scoring 13 goals in all competitions.
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Midfielder Christie Elliott has signed a new two-year contract extension with Partick Thistle, keeping him at Firhill until the summer of 2019.
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Striker Aaron Wilbraham (knee) is also a doubt, while experienced midfielder Gary O'Neil (hamstring) is rated 50-50 after three weeks out.
Barnsley - 14th in the table - have no new injury or suspension concerns.
Boss Paul Heckingbottom has suggested that he is unlikely to give debuts to youngsters from the academy.
Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson told BBC Radio Bristol:
"We have to make sure that we do our bit and perform as well as we can.
"If we get caught thinking we've cracked it at any point then, very quickly, the dynamics can change.
"Peterborough went down with 54 points a few years ago. We can't look too far ahead. We keep the hammer down."
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Bristol City could be without full-back Mark Little (hamstring) for the visit of Barnsley, with the hosts four points above the Championship relegation zone.
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The charity, named The Carpenter's Arms after the disused Leicestershire pub it was formed in, has taken over the Six Hills hotel on the A46.
The £1m project will create 30 treatment beds but will also offer eight rooms for the public.
Organisers said they did not think people would be put off by the background of the staff.
As well aiming to bring in money from paying guests, the hotel will help train recovering addicts in service and building skills.
It is aiming for a partial opening by the end of 2017.
Richard Cowlishaw, who lost his banking job due to addiction, has been made manager at Six Hills.
He said: "Without places like this being available, I don't know where I would be - still addicted or dead maybe.
"Places like this are needed all over the country. It is a big opportunity for people who are in the same position as I was to come to change their lives."
Judith Spence, from the charity, said they did not think people would be put off by the nature of the hotel.
She said: "These are people who want to change their lives."
"When members of the public come here, they won't know which members of staff are our residents and which live locally."
The charity acknowledged some nearby villagers objected to the plans, fearing it would bring crime and drugs to the area.
But they issued an open invitation to look around and said a visit would show there was no risk.
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18-year-old Gerry McDonagh has also departed to return to parent club Nottingham Forest after his loan ended.
Harrad, 32, made 18 appearances this term and scored two goals while McDonagh scored five in 21 appearances.
"We wish both players well in their future careers and thank them for their respective contributions over the past five months," a club statement said.
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Wrexham striker Shaun Harrad has left the Welsh club following the end of his short-term contract.
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The event in Maidstone was organised by Mark Ward, a distant relative of pilot Sgt Harold Henry Allgood.
An act of remembrance was held at Albion Place, where the plane came down, at 15:55 BST - the exact moment of impact on 10 October 1940.
Relatives of the civilian victims of the tragedy were at the ceremony.
Those killed were from the Wooding and Woods families and were all related.
Sgt Allgood, who was 25, was also killed. He is buried in Cambridge, where he grew up.
The cause of the crash, which happened during the Battle of Britain, was never established.
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A ceremony has been held to mark the 75th anniversary of when a Hurricane fighter crashed into houses in Kent, killing three adults and six children.
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The shrine is being built by Manoj Tiwary, a local film star, and will be opened to the public early next year.
Tendulkar retired from international cricket following India's victory over the West Indies in a Test in Mumbai last week.
Shortly afterwards he was awarded the country's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna.
Many of his fans in India describe Tendulkar as the god of cricket.
On Tuesday, Mr Tiwary inaugurated the 5ft 6in (167cm) deity of Tendulkar amid prayers at the site of the proposed temple in Atraulia village in Bhabhua district in Bihar.
The idol of the star, sporting a blue jersey with the World Cup in his hand, is made of marble.
The 6000 sq ft (557 square metres) temple will cost seven million rupees ($112,464; £69,805) and will contain idols of other cricketers such as Indian captain MS Dhoni and star batsman Yuvraj Singh.
Mr Tiwary hopes that Tendulkar will inaugurate the temple when it is ready.
"I decided to build the temple in my village soon after India won the World Cup cricket in 2011", he told the BBC.
"The temple will provide an opportunity to the lovers of cricket from around the world to pay their respects to these cricketers who are nothing short of gods in India."
Tendulkar bowed out of international cricket after his 200th Test match - 24 years and one day after his first.
He played in 664 international matches, scoring 34,357 runs and making 100 centuries. He scored almost 2,500 more Test runs than the second-placed batsman, Ricky Ponting.
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The 31-year-old has been secured by the Scottish Premiership club on a two-year deal.
Lappin, who began his career with St Miren, joined Cardiff in January 2013 but failed to make a single appearance for the Welsh club.
He played 10 times during a loan spell with League One outfit Sheffield United.
Glasgow-born Lappin spent 10 years with St Mirren before being sold to Norwich City for £100,000 in 2007.
He made more than 100 appearances for the Canaries but also had loan spells with Motherwell and Cardiff.
The latter led to a permanent switch to the Bluebirds, but he was released this summer.
Lappin had recently been on trial with Championship title hopefuls Rangers.
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St Johnstone have agreed a contract with Simon Lappin after the midfielder was freed by Cardiff City.
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This follows a similar attack in July when a driver of a lorry killed 86 people in Nice, France.
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Berlin is the latest city that has suffered a "terrorist attack" as a man driving a lorry ploughed into people at a German Christmas market, killing 12.
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It is understood he was one of a group of five swimmers who got into difficulty in the sea at Tullan Strand near Bundoran on Tuesday evening.
Four of the group were able to make it to safety with the help of local surfers.
Bundoran RNLI have advised people to 'stay away' as the search resumes.
The Sligo-based coastguard helicopter, Killybegs Coast Guard, defence forces and Gardaà are also assisting in the rescue.
Shane Smith of Bundoran lifeboat said the operation began again at 07:00 BST on Thursday.
"While the search is ongoing, we're just advising people to stay away from the Tullan Strand area for the couple of days that we are searching," he said.
"There is a lot of army personnel and shore crew up there at the minute so its just for their own safety and the safety of the crew as well."
Tullan Strand is a popular surfing location and is regarded locally as a safe place to swim.
The alarm for the missing man was raised on Tuesday by a woman watching events unfold from a car park.
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The search for a swimmer who went missing off the coast of Donegal in the Republic of Ireland has entered its third day.
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Julie Titheridge killed Stephen Burton almost two years ago, on 20 June 2014, at the house they shared in Selkirk Street, Chaddesden, Derby.
She was originally charged with murdering her 50-year-old boyfriend but a jury at Nottingham Crown Court cleared her of this.
Titheridge, 40, was convicted of manslaughter in June.
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A woman who stabbed her partner to death during an argument has been jailed for nine years.
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Based on the Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray film A Private Function, the show will close on 24 September, six months after making its debut.
The musical sees Sarah Lancashire and Reece Shearsmith perform alongside an animatronic pig.
"I am enormously proud of Betty," said Mackintosh. "I know she will eventually have her day and another life."
The show tells of a small community in post-war Britain raising a pig to slaughter in honour of the 1947 royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten.
League of Gentlemen star Shearsmith plays a meek chiropodist who steals the swine at the behest of his social-climbing wife, played by Lancashire.
"It is very curious," said Sir Cameron. "After such amazing reviews and positive word of mouth, no-one knows the real reason why Betty couldn't find a bigger audience.
"We have been consistently playing to just over 50%, but it just isn't enough to cover the costs. Of course I am disappointed, but I'm not despondent."
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The Guardian's Michael Billington praised the show when it opened in April, saying Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman's adaptation of Bennett's script was "better than the original".
The Telegraph and The Independent both gave the musical comedy positive four-star reviews.
But the BBC's Neil Smith had reservations, calling it "a musical without enough meat on its bones".
"This is a brave and unusual addition to the West End landscape," he wrote in April. "How long it will remain a part of it is anyone's guess."
Theatre impresario Mackintosh has produced some of the world's best-known musicals, among them Cats, Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera.
Betty Blue Eyes, which continues at London's Novello Theatre, was his first original musical for 10 years.
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Sir Cameron Mackintosh's musical Betty Blue Eyes will close in the West End next month following poor ticket sales.
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An NHS England consultation on the future of the heart centre at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital closes on 17 July.
NHS England said the hospital's three surgeons are not meeting a total target of performing 375 operations a year.
But Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth said the centre has backing from Labour and Tory MPs in the region.
Mr Ashworth said: "These decisions have to be made on clinical grounds, and I am convinced that after listening to what clinicians have had to say that Leicester has a future.
"I would urge everyone in the East Midlands to respond to the consultation which ends in the next few days."
Steve Score, chairman of the Save Glenfield Children's Heart Centre campaign, said: "We want to keep the awareness up that there is still time to save that centre.
"There is no reason to close the centre that makes sense. We want to make sure this stays in the hearts and minds of everyone because it's so important."
NHS England announced last year that surgery for children born with heart defects should end at Glenfield.
It said the hospital was not meeting new standards and that it was unlikely to do so in the future.
A final decision is likely in early 2018.
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Campaigners fighting to save children's heart surgery at an East Midlands hospital held a rally in Leicester.
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Last month a tribunal heard officers used anti-terror legislation in 2012 to find out the source of damaging leaks.
Announcing a major overhaul of their professional standards department, Iain Spittal said he personally apologised to the Northern Echo journalists.
He said the division needed changing and would face a "thorough review".
The announcement was made along with Police and Crime Commissioner Barry Coppinger.
"There needs to be a fundamental change in how we deal with complaints and how we investigate wrong-doing - and now is the right time to begin the change," Mr Spittal said.
The force will look at how other regulatory bodies operate and its new head could come from outside the police.
Although the findings of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal will not be released until later this month, Mr Spittal said the panel had indicated the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) was "unlawful".
He said: "Whilst we have not received the final judgment, on behalf of the organisation, I feel it is right to apologise for the use of RIPA in 2012.
"As a result, before Christmas I made contact with the individuals concerned to offer personal apologies to them."
Cleveland Police previously claimed it was justified in using RIPA - which has since been replaced.
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The chief constable of Cleveland Police has apologised to two journalists after the force unlawfully accessed their private phone records.
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Saracens-bound Williams is expected to be on the wing with Toulon's Leigh Halfpenny at 15.
But 2005 Grand Slam winner Thomas believes the Scarlets player's offensive skills give him the edge.
"We need more of an attacking threat and I think Liam Williams is the in-form player in Wales," he said.
"I understand what Leigh Halfpenny brings us, but I'm a huge fan of Liam Williams."
Halfpenny, 28, was at full-back in three of Wales' autumn internationals in 2016, with Williams filling the number 15 jersey against Japan when Halfpenny played on the wing.
The Toulon player is Wales' first-choice place kicker and was man-of-the-series for the British and Irish Lions in the 2-1 win over Australia in 2013.
But Thomas - who played centre, wing and full-back in his 100 Wales appearances - believes Rob Howley's side have to adopt an attacking game against Italy in Rome.
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"I understand there's always going to be a debate because Leigh Halfpenny gives us a solid kicking game and a solid kind of stability at the back," he said.
"But for me I'd always go for the attacking prowess that Liam Williams is capable of and hopefully the game will open up at the weekend.
"Games like that, Liam Williams relishes when we're on the front foot with good attacking ball and that's when you get the best out of one of Wales' best players."
Williams has signed a two-year contract with European champions Saracens and will leave Scarlets at the end of the current season.
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Jorn Starck will succeed Andre Wilsenach, who has left the AGCC to take up an academic position at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV).
Mr Starck said he was "confident" about the island's future as an "e-gambling jurisdiction".
The chairman of the commission said "it was an easy decision to promote from within".
Lord Richard Faulkner said: "Jorn has already over many years been a key player in the AGCC's success as an eGambling regulator, and we are excited about this new chapter in the AGCC's story."
Mr Starck joined the AGCC in 2007 and is currently Director of Regulatory Operations.
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However, other parents have said halting the planned visit was "shocking" and "disrespectful".
Tow Law Millennium Primary School in County Durham had been due to go to the Nasir Mosque in Hartlepool next week.
The school said it had "no concern" itself but required parental consent for the trip and hoped to reschedule.
Headteacher Lisa Jackson said: "A number of pupils were withdrawn by parents who approached the school to say their children would not be attending and, in light of that, as a small school, we needed to see if we had enough pupils still going."
Bilal Atkinson, the regional president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK which runs the mosque, asked for people not to "tar us with the same brush".
"I say to these parents come and see for yourself - you come with the school and have a look," he said.
"Other parents have, so why can't you?"
Some parents said they did not want their children going to the mosque because they felt it might be "targeted".
Their decision was "nothing against religion", they said.
But others said cancelling the trip was "absolutely shocking" and said it showed "total disrespect to the community in Hartlepool that have invited the school to go there".
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A school trip to a mosque has been cancelled as some parents feared it might become a target for backlash in the wake of recent UK terror attacks.
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The star of stage and screen is to host public tours of the London locations seen in the film in which he played Richard III more than 20 years ago.
The film, directed by Richard Loncraine, was set in an alternative fascist 1930s England.
Locations included St Pancras station, Battersea Power Station and the building that is now Tate Modern.
"I've always thought it might be fun to take a bus tour around the sites of Richard III," Sir Ian said at the BFI on Monday.
"You would watch snippets of the film sitting in the coach and then arrive at the actual location and see it."
The bus tour is part of the BFI Presents Shakespeare on Film season, which runs in April and May to mark the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death.
Sir Ian is spearheading the project, which is billed as the BFI's biggest ever programme of Shakespeare on screen in the UK and across the world.
A screening of Richard III, with a post-film on-stage discussion between Sir Ian and Loncraine, will be simulcast across UK cinemas on 28 April.
The 1995 film's starry cast included Dame Maggie Smith, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Dame Kristen Scott Thomas, Robert Downey Jr and Dominic West.
"What a cast we had!" Sir Ian said. "Half of Downton Abbey is in it. I was thrilled when Maggie, who is only a little bit older than me, agreed to play my mother."
Other highlights of the Shakespeare on Film programme include:
BFI head curator Robin Baker said the bus tour had been Sir Ian's idea and the details of the route were still being worked out.
"The BFI has never done a bus tour - it's a definite first," he said.
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A dolphin nicknamed Kenobi appears to have the Jedi skills of her Star Wars namesake.
The young animal, part of a large group of bottlenose dolphins in the Moray Firth, was named after the movie's lightsaber-wielding character Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Kenobi's mother is called Chewbacca and her sibling is known as Yoda, both names of Star Wars characters. They were given to them by scientists at University of Aberdeen's Cromarty Field Station.
Kenobi was photographed on Saturday playing with a long piece of seaweed.
The images were taken by Highlands wildlife tour operator, EcoVentures, Cromarty.
A spokesperson for the Cromarty-based business said: "One of our most favourite dolphins is young Kenobi.
"They certainly do all have their very individual characters and she is one of the most playful, mischievous and inquisitive of them all.
"She found a piece of seaweed which proved to be a huge entertainment for her, and us."
The Moray Firth's dolphins have previously been photographed playing with an unfortunate flounder and a jellyfish.
In the Star Wars films, Jedi master Obi-Wan was famously played in the early films by Sir Alec Guinness and later by Ewan McGregor.
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That is the weakest annual pace since June 2013, and marks a slight slowdown from July.
Month on month, prices rose by 0.3% in August, compared with 0.4% the month before.
The average house value in August was £195,279, according to the Nationwide house price index.
One reason why house price inflation has apparently weakened is a rapid growth in prices at this time last year, the Nationwide said.
"This month's data provides further evidence that annual house price growth may be stabilising close to the pace of earnings growth, which has historically been around 4%," said Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist.
"Clearly house price trends are determined by a wide range of factors, but labour market developments are amongst the most important," he added.
With demand for homes rising, new home construction needs to increase to keep houses affordable, he said.
The figures from the Nationwide are in marked contrast to those from its rival, Halifax.
Earlier this month the Halifax reported that house prices across the UK were rising at 7.9% a year, and it expected strong growth to continue.
Halifax and Nationwide use different "mix adjustments" in their methodology.
This involves a different emphasis on property sizes, to account for the fact that more small or large properties may be sold in any one month.
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The Labrador ended up in the waterlogged pit in Beaconsfield at about 11:45 BST after her owner accidentally left a gate open.
Crews sent from three stations used a telescopic pole to secure the animal and bring her to safety.
The dog was very muddy and looked somewhat sheepish after her ordeal, but was uninjured, the fire service said.
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Crew Commander David James, from Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: "The dog was about eight feet away from solid ground and when we tested the depth of the mud with a wading pole we found that it would be chest-deep if a person entered it."
"The owner was obviously very upset, so the first thing we did was to calm her down so that the dog wouldn't pick up on her anxiety."
Crews used a telescopic six-metre reach pole which they were able to attach to the dog's collar to help her get her footing.
"It's always best to call us in situations like this rather than try to get the animal out yourself," a spokesman for the fire service said.
"We have the proper training and techniques to carry out this sort of rescue.
"Too often we end up having to rescue a person who has tried to get their own animal out of trouble."
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Councillors had rejected the plans for the existing Duffryn High School site after flooding concerns were raised.
But Newport council said it was resubmitting the application to full council, along with plans for "major improvements" to the high school.
The council said it was due to "the importance to the city of both developments".
The £17m plans proposed that the existing Duffryn High School site would be split, with a new Welsh medium school being developed on part of it.
Natural Resources Wales had objected to the application because of potentially "dangerous" floods.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the council said: "This resubmission and redetermination is no reflection on the correctness of the earlier decision taken by the planning committee, based on planning officer advice.
"However, in view of the significance of this application... it was considered appropriate and more democratic for all councillors to take collective responsibility for this decision."
A decision is not expected to be made by full council "until later in the year", it added.
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Plans for a new Welsh-medium secondary school in Newport are set to be resubmitted to the council.
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Pools had the better of the early chances, as Luke James fired wide and Billy Paynter had a shot blocked.
Jabo Ibehre came close to putting the hosts ahead after the break, but his close-range header was kept out by Hartlepool keeper Trevor Carson.
Hope's deflected shot put the Cumbrians ahead, and they held on to move within one point of the play-off spots.
Hartlepool remain 17th in the table after suffering their first defeat in eight games.
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Hallam Hope scored the only goal as Carlisle beat Hartlepool to boost their League Two play-off hopes.
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From June, the force will only accept items believed to be associated with crime, such as guns and knives.
The public have been told to use social media to reunite items with owners as it will not be a police matter anymore.
Police commissioner Ann Barnes said the force could no longer do all the things it had traditionally done.
She stressed it was an operational decision made by the chief constable and there was no legal obligation for the force to deal with lost property.
"It takes an awful lot of time and effort for the force to take it in, log it, store it, look after it," she said.
Ian Pointon, from the Kent Police Federation, said it could be the first of many other services to be axed.
"We cannot continue to do everything we have done with the number of resources that we're going to have.
"This is just a very small tip of a much bigger iceberg of things that the police are going to have to stop doing," he told BBC Radio Kent.
But Rupert Turpin, a Medway councillor and member of the Kent and Medway Police and Crime Panel, said the panel was not informed about the change in policy and it had provoked a lot of concern.
"I would have hoped very much that it would come under some sort of scrutiny and consultation before such a step was taken," he said.
But Ms Barnes said the panel's role was not to comment on operational decisions of the chief constable but to "review decisions that I make".
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Kent Police is to stop dealing with lost property, blaming cuts to police funding and staff numbers, and has told people to use social media instead.
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It is the first time that the ground has been renamed for a sponsor.
Dale, who bought the stadium outright earlier this year, groundshare with rugby league side Rochdale Hornets.
"Today is a landmark day for Rochdale and one which at times over the past 10 years I could only ever dream would happen," said chairman Chris Dunphy.
"The board of directors and I were unanimous in our decision, which we believe will bolster our future sustainability and are extremely proud to announce them as our major commercial partner."
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League One side Rochdale have renamed their Spotland ground to the Crown Oil Arena after agreeing a six-figure five-year sponsorship deal.
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Campaigners gathered at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay at 13:00 GMT on Friday before marching to the city centre.
The Homes for Wales campaign calls on the next Welsh government to see housing as a key political issue and publish an "ambitious plan".
Campaign supporters include actor Michael Sheen, singer Max Boyce and comedian Rhod Gilbert.
Stuart Ropke, from Community Housing Cymru, said: "The housing crisis is not just about houses - it's about homes, it's about people, it's about communities.
"A home is one of the most basic but most vital building blocks of life and there simply aren't enough affordable homes in Wales for those that need them."
In 2014-15, local authorities reported 2,218 additional affordable housing units across Wales, according to Welsh government figures - a drop of 8% on the previous year.
The total since April 2011 represents 91% of the government's target.
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Hundreds of people are taking part in a rally in Cardiff calling on future AMs to end the "housing crisis" in Wales.
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After the monument was destroyed during the Reformation, relics found their way into various collections around the country.
One of them was that of Sir Walter Scott and from Saturday his Borders home will host the unique collection.
It will be accompanied by a 3D digital image of the warrior king's grave.
The computer-generated picture will form part of the exhibition, titled The Lost Tomb of Robert the Bruce, at Abbotsford, near Melrose.
It has been created using the original artefacts and the latest archaeological research by various Scottish heritage bodies.
Kirsty Archer-Thompson, heritage and engagement manger for the Abbotsford Trust said: "It is fitting that Sir Walter Scott, the man who ignited such passion for Scottish history, acquired a piece of this archaeological jigsaw puzzle.
"Everyone involved in the project is thrilled that the public can see this precious collection of remaining fragments back together again."
Following his death in 1329, Bruce was buried at Dunfermline Abbey but the grave was destroyed in 1560 when the church was ransacked by Reformers.
During the early 19th century what were believed to be Bruce's remains were discovered with fragments of carved and gilded marble from the vanished tomb.
These relics subsequently found their way into museum collections in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dunfermline.
At least one fragment fell into the hands of Sir Walter Scott.
Historians believe he may have acquired it the same time that he acquired entrance hall panelling from Dunfermline Abbey, together with a cast of Bruce's skull.
The exhibition runs until 30 November.
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It was destroyed almost 500 years ago but for the first time the remaining fragments of Robert the Bruce's ornate tomb are to be displayed together.
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The man was pulled from the water at Wells-next-the-Sea at about 09:30 GMT but could not be saved.
Coastguards said the "tragic incident" was a reminder that quaysides have various trip hazards.
A spokesman said: "A member of the public called the coastguard to say that they had seen a man stumble and fall in to the sea from the quayside."
Mike Puplett, from Humber Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, said: "This man was unresponsive when he was pulled from the water.
"This tragic incident serves as a timely reminder that quaysides, harbours and pontoons are working areas where ropes, fishing baskets and other equipment can get under your feet as you walk along."
Norfolk police said officers were investigating the circumstances around the death.
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A man died after being seen to "stumble and fall" into a quay at a Norfolk resort, coastguards said.
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The public event at RAF Feltwell would have featured a display from the Red Arrows.
Col Robert Novotny, commander of the 48th Fighter Wing, said the two-day event had been cancelled "out of prudence... to make sure that our folks were safe."
He denied the decision played into the hands of "terrorists".
"We cancelled our picnic - we haven't cancelled a single combat sortie," he said.
"We haven't taken our foot off the throat of the enemy - none of that has changed.
"So if the terrorists consider us cancelling a picnic as a victory, I think they should readdress their calculus."
In 2013, the event was cancelled due to budget cuts.
This weekend's event was due to be hosted by US crew based at RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall.
It was cancelled a week after a gunman killed 38 people, including 30 Britons, in Tunisia.
Asked whether the cancellation related to the massacre, Col Novotny said: "There are some things which I can't share right now.
"They are not enough to significantly alter the way we do business, other than deciding having military personal from both the US Air Force and RAF is probably not the best thing to do this year.
"What we learned over the last 48 hours... gave us a great pause as to whether we wanted to have a large mass gathering on a military base.
"We decided out of prudence that we would cancel the event this year as far as to make sure that our folks were safe."
He said it was hoped the Red Arrows would return for a future display.
The Lincolnshire-based team said on Twitter: "We're sorry to say tomorrow's display and event has been cancelled by organisers."
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The US Air Force has cancelled Independence Day celebrations at a base in Norfolk, citing security concerns.
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Darren Gordon's body was discovered by a dog walker in the woods around Hesslewood Hall, Ferriby Road, Hessle, on Thursday.
Police said Mr Gordon was "identified as a suspect" for the murder of David Rylands, who was stabbed on a footbridge in Hull on Wednesday.
The force added Mr Gordon's death was "not being treated as suspicious".
Det Ch Insp Matt Baldwin who is leading the murder investigation said: "Enquiries into David Rylands' murder and the circumstances leading up to it are continuing, however, Darren Gordon was a significant interest to the case.
"It is clear from the investigation to date that one man was responsible for the stabbing of Mr Rylands, which ultimately led to his death at Hull Royal Infirmary a short time later.
"Forensic work is ongoing in relation to the scene at Selby Street footbridge and the woodland at Hesslewood Hall to obtain further clarity around Darren Gordon's involvement in David Rylands' murder."
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A man Humberside Police said was a suspect in a murder inquiry has been found dead in woodland.
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Ronald Smith, 65, was found at his home on Cottage Walk, West Bromwich on 2 June, but police believed he may have been killed up to four weeks earlier.
A post-mortem examination found he died from stab wounds.
A 60-year-old man from West Bromwich was arrested last week on suspicion of murder and bailed pending further inquiries.
Mr Smith has not been formally identified, but officers said his family had been informed and his name was being released to try to discover more information.
"We know that Ronald was alive on 5 May and we would ask anyone who knows his movements from that date to contact us," Det Insp Ian Iliffe said.
"From what we can establish so far, Ronald kept himself to himself, although we do know that he was a keen fisherman and was often spotted fishing on the local canal.
Det Insp Iliffe, who is leading the investigation, said Mr Smith often went to betting shops in the area and frequently visited local temples for meals as part of their community outreach work.
Police were called to Cottage Walk after neighbours became concerned for Mr Smith's welfare.
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Mr Thabane's party won 48 of the 80 directly contested seats in the 120-strong parliament, the Independent Election Commission said.
Mr Mosisili's Democratic Congress came second with 30 seats. The ABC now needs to form a coalition in order to govern.
It is the third election in three years caused by a bitter power-struggle.
Lesotho has experienced several coups since independence from Britain in 1966. There was no winner with a clear majority in the last election.
The ABC is expected to form a coalition with three other parties in a bid to obtain the 61-seat majority needed to form a government, Reuters news agency reports, quoting a joint statement by the parties.
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Lesotho's former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's ABC party has defeated bitter rival Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili's party in a snap election.
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The body of Roy Blackman, 73, was found inside the property on Headcorn Road, Biddenden, just before 09:00 GMT on Monday.
Post-mortem tests showed he had suffered severe blunt force injuries.
Police believe he was murdered sometime between 01:00 and 03:00 that morning. A safe was also missing from the home.
Det Insp Lee Whitehead said: "Mr Blackman was a well-known and well-liked member of the community.
"He ran businesses in the area for many years and had a family who are distraught at his murder."
He said he believed several suspects had targeted "a vulnerable man in his own home leaving a trail of devastation in their wake".
Detectives from Kent's serious crime unit are carrying out inquiries in the neighbourhood and seeking witnesses.
They are particularly keen to speak to anyone who may have been in the area of Headcorn Road between Weeks Lane and Frittenden Road from 19:30 GMT on Sunday into the early hours of Monday.
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A man found dead at his Kent home was beaten to death during a burglary that police say left "a trail of devastation".
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The 23-year-old has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the Blades.
Carruthers, who started his career with Aston Villa, scored four goals in 94 league appearances for MK Dons.
"He is an attacking midfielder who can fit into a number of positions and we are looking forward to introducing him to our great group," boss Chris Wilder told the club website.
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League One leaders Sheffield United have signed MK Dons midfielder Samir Carruthers for an undisclosed fee.
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On Saturday, table one at the Crucible Theatre was described as "the worst I have ever played on" by Ali Carter.
Organisers say they have already taken steps to try and improve conditions at snooker's most prestigious event.
"We changed the cloth and cushions on Wednesday, and we will change the cushions again on Saturday," World Snooker said in a statement.
Saturday night's planned cushion change was "scheduled before the event", it added.
The governing body also said it has allocated a set of balls to every match, rather than one set for each table, and turned the table heaters down "in order to make the cushions more consistent".
"We believe these measures, together with Saturday's cushion change, will have a positive effect," added World Snooker.
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On Friday, Welshman Mark Williams wiped the cushions down with a damp cloth in order to stop the number of uneven bounces from the cue ball.
Two-time finalist Carter, who suffered several kicks and heavy bounces off the cushions, was irate after losing 13-11 to Alan McManus in the second round.
"The conditions were horrific. There were kicks every other shot and big bounces off the cushions," said Carter. "I just wanted to smash the place up at the interval, I was that frustrated."
Michael Holt, who suffered a 13-8 defeat against two-time champion Williams, also expressed unhappiness.
"I am not going to criticise the tables but I can observe them," added Holt. "They were... interesting.
"It was about being the best guesser. You just need to watch it and see what was happening, we are not that bad."
The two-table situation remains until the semi-final stage, when it switches to one.
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Under-18 world champion Page, 15, faces England's Jason Weston in the first round while 18-year-old Rees takes on fellow Welshman Jamie Jones.
The event starts on Monday, 13 February with defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan - a four-time winner - facing Tom Ford.
Michael White and Duane Jones meet amid 15 Welshmen in the draw.
White was the only Welshman to reach the 2016 quarter-finals.
Another Welshman, Matthew Stevens, takes on world number two Stuart Bingham.
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Welsh teenagers Jackson Page and Tyler Rees have been given wildcards to the Welsh Snooker Open in Cardiff.
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Officers from the county's Rural Action Crime Team were attending reports of illegal hare coursing in Long Drove, near Huntingdon.
Police say three men fled the scene, but left the two animals behind.
Coursers drive on to arable farmland and set dogs - usually greyhounds, lurchers or salukis - after hares.
The practice has been illegal in the UK since 2005.
A spokesman for Cambridgeshire Police said they were called to the area on Tuesday.
Three men ran off and the dogs were later picked up between the villages of Earith and Haddeham.
The police spokesman said: "The dogs have been rescued and are now looking for loving new homes via a local charity."
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A new home is being sought for two dogs abandoned during a rural police operation in Cambridgeshire.
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The attack happened in Sarto Park in Naas.
A 35-year-old man has been arrested.
Irish police have appealed for any witnesses to contact them.
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A 58-year-old man has died following an assault in County Kildare on Saturday night.
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The 24.78-carat "fancy intense pink" diamond was sold to a well-known British dealer at an auction in Geneva.
Bidding at the Sotheby's auction was said to be fierce, and the sale surpassed expectations.
Last sold by a New York jeweller 60 years ago, the gem has been kept in a private collection ever since.
The diamond had been expected to command at least £625,000 per carat.
The previous record for a jewel at auction was set by a blue 35.56 carat diamond which sold for £15.2m at auction in 2008.
"This is the highest price ever bid for a jewel at auction," said David Bennett, the head of Sotheby's jewellery division, as the auction room in Geneva's luxury Beau Rivage hotel broke into applause.
It was bought by top diamond trader Laurence Graff, who bid by telephone, Sotheby's said.
The auction house said it sold jewels worth a total of £66m - a world record for a single sale.
Five hundred lots were on sale, including jewellery that belonged to Christina Onassis and Cristina Ford - who was married to Henry Ford II, grandson of the founder of the Ford Motor Company.
"I think this tells you a bit about the health of the market," Mr Bennett told reporters afterwards.
He said the pink stone - which is described as having an emerald cut with gently rounded corners - had a "soft sensual feel".
Pink diamonds of such a size are extremely rare.
"There's only one or two other stones I've seen like this in the 35 years I've been doing this job," said Mr Bennett. "I just love it."
BBC Geneva correspondent Imogen Foulkes said it was a "beautiful, rosy pink with an alluring sparkle".
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One of the world's rarest diamonds has sold for a record-breaking $46 million (£29m), the highest price ever paid for a jewel.
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A temperature of 23.6C (74.3F) was recorded in Gravesend, Kent and Kew Gardens, Greater London, surpassing the previous record of 20.0C.
Other parts of the south of England and the north coasts of Wales and Norfolk also broke the 20C mark.
The previous record was set in Dartford, Kent, in 1968 and matched in parts of Greater London in 1989.
At 12:20 GMT, the Met Office tweeted: "Charlwood has beaten Filton, recording 22.5C. This makes it the warmest #Halloween on record!"
Less than an hour later, it tweeted: "The warmest #Halloween on record has been broken again with Gravesend recording 23.5C."
Nine out of the 10 months so far this year have been warmer than average, BBC weather's Emma Boorman said.
"Temperatures are not set to stay like this. They will fall away over the weekend dropping to the seasonal norm," she said.
The UK mean temperature for October so far is 11C, which is 1.5C above the long-term average between 1981 and 2010, but short of the 12.2C record set in 2001.
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This year's Halloween has been the warmest on record in the UK, BBC weather has said.
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There is growing concern for the 101 people still missing after last week's flash floods and mudslides in the Atacama region, which includes the world's driest desert.
President Michelle Bachelet visited the area on Saturday, promising to provide aid to help recovery efforts.
Chile's emergency services say about 2,700 survivors are now homeless.
Sniffer dogs are being used to try to find people who may be trapped under the mud, which swept down from the Andes mountains in torrents and is now hardening under the desert sun, the BBC's Chile correspondent Gideon Long reports.
About 30,000 people have been affected by the floods - the worst in the Atacama region in 80 years.
With much of the area caked in thick brown mud, and littered with rocks and trees washed down from the mountains, it will be weeks - if not months- before the region recovers, our correspondent adds.
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Rescue workers in Chile say the death toll from last week's floods has risen to 25 and could increase further.
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Minnie Snodgrass from Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, became wedged in the metal bucket which her mother Gemma had been using.
She was rescued unharmed by fire crew from Dearne fire station after her parents took her to hospital.
"If we weren't here to rescue toddlers from mop buckets, who would?" said a South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue spokesperson.
"We're delighted Minnie is safe and well and hope she is recovering from her ordeal.
"This is just one of thousands of special service incidents we attend each year, in addition to all the fires and road traffic collisions."
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue revealed details of the incident on Twitter.
Minnie's mother, Gemma, who was upstairs when her daughter became stuck, said: "My son shouted me and said 'Mum, Minnie is stuck'.
"I ran back downstairs and she was stuck in the bucket.
"I tried to get her out. I put the bucket in the sink and I put a bit of water in it because I thought I might be able to get her out."
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A 16-month-old girl had to be cut free from a mop bucket after she got stuck.
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Eric Harrison, was attacked when he had returned from London for a family christening. He was left with a permanent scar on his cheek.
Darren Cohen, 35, of no fixed address, was found guilty of the knife attack at the Gloucester Crown Court trial.
He was charged with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and a lesser charge of unlawful wounding.
During sentencing, the judge Michael Cullum said: "The man you hit was not your intended target. The injury to Eric is life-affecting and potentially life-changing; a 16cm scar visible from a distance.
"The injury and the affect on him is bound to be significant."
The attack happened in September 2015 at the Zest bar in what police described as an "absolutely horrific" attack.
It is believed Mr Harrison mistakenly got in the way of Cohen's intended target who was Eric's brother, Simon Harrison.
Mr Harrison, said: "When I got from the floor to my feet, I felt the burn and the blood running down the side of my face and neck.
"I just can't believe what happened to me, I hadn't done anything."
Cohen's sentence will be made up of a nine-and-a-half-year custodial sentence, of which he will serve at least two-thirds.
In addition to that he will spend five years on extended licence as the judge deemed Cohen to be a danger to the public.
Reacting to the sentencing, Mr Harrison added: "The law has done their job.
"It's not nice for people to go out knowing that these things are going to occur, especially in a public place.
"People are going out to enjoy themselves."
Cohen, a father of three, has previous convictions for a knife attack and carrying offensive weapons.
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A man who cut another man's face with a knife in a Gloucester bar has been handed a 14-and-a-half-year sentence.
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The girl, Billiana, was born about 04:20 local time.
She was delivered in an ambulance station in Cannonvale, Queensland, a town hit hard by the category four storm.
"Mum and bub safe & dry," wrote Queensland Ambulance Service in a tweet announcing Billiana's arrival.
The cyclone had made it impossible to reach a hospital, said Queensland ambulance officer David Hartley.
"Unfortunately there were a lot of road closures going on in the area, so we transported the lady back to the ambulance station where she delivered a healthy baby girl," he said on the local Nine Network.
Mr Hartley said it was fortunate paramedics could reach the woman.
Only hours earlier, Cyclone Debbie had made landfall nearby after generating winds of up to 263km/h (163 mph).
Billiana's birth was widely celebrated in a state that has felt under siege in recent days.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk gave her best wishes to Billiana's parents, who have not been named.
"You know, out of all of this, to see a little miracle, I think brings a smile to a lot of faces," Ms Palaszczuk said at a press conference.
"Especially to all those people who have been working so hard overnight."
Cameron Dick, the minister overseeing Queensland's ambulance service, said Billiana was delivered by a graduate paramedic.
Paramedics said it was hoped the family could move to a hospital later on Wednesday.
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Republican representative Chris Corley has been charged with first degree domestic violence and pointing a firearm at a person.
The call was made on Monday evening, and released by police to local media.
Mr Corley, 36, recently voted for legislation toughening punishments for domestic violence.
"Just stop Daddy. Just stop...Daddy, why are you doing this?'' can be heard in a recording released to the Aiken Standard newspaper.
In a second call, a woman identified by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office as Mr Corley's mother-in-law tells a dispatcher: "He beat his wife and he's threatening to kill himself.''
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Mr Corley hit his wife "about the head and face with a closed fist" before pointing a handgun at her, the Aiken Standard reports, citing the arrest warrant. The violence was allegedly committed in front of an 8-year-old child.
The couple have three children.
Mr Corley told police his wife thought he was cheating on her, and he pushed her away when she attempted to strike him, the newspaper reports.
The 36-year-old attorney is known for his efforts to keep the Confederate flag flying outside the South Carolina state house.
The flag was removed in July 2015 after the massacre of nine people in a black church in Charleston by white supremacist Dylann Roof.
During a debate on the issue last year Mr Corley suggested that the Confederate flag should be replaced with the white flag of surrender.
Mr Corley was released on a $20,000 bond and could face up to 15 years in jail if convicted of both charges.
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The children of a South Carolina politician accused of battering his wife can be heard screaming "just stop, Daddy" on a 911 call recording.
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The 30-year-old Port Vale and ex-Wales international had verbally agreed to join Eastleigh on a two-year deal once his Vale contract expired on 30 June.
But the National League outfit have now agreed to release the defender after he was given the chance to continue his career in the Football League.
"I hope to bring a bit of experience and leadership," said Duffy.
Eastleigh manager Chris Todd told his club's website: "Whilst I am clearly disappointed that Richard will not be joining my squad for the 2016-17 campaign, it is vital that the whole team are here in soul as well as body.
"I felt it was best that we allowed Richard to go elsewhere."
Duffy made his Wales debut in 2005 and won 13 caps over a three-year period.
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Richard Duffy has joined Notts County on a one-year contract - just a month after agreeing a move to Eastleigh.
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Brian Scrine was airlifted to hospital on 2 April after chasing a gang of "toe rags" on bikes who were "carving up" the pitch at Trowbridge Cricket Club.
According to the club, Mr Scrine suffered a heart attack about an hour after the confrontation and was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol.
The news was announced on the club's Facebook page over the weekend.
A spokesman for the club, said: "Brian was chasing a few ignorant teenage toe rags and an hour later he ended up having a bad heart attack.
"The said mindless idiots were riding and carving up the cricket square on their bikes.
"Confrontation then ensued and we think this is what resulted in the current situation. I'm sure we all wish him well and all our thoughts and prayers are with him."
As well as playing host to Trowbridge, the ground often serves as Wiltshire's home ground and is a favourite spot traditionally for touring international sides to play the Minor Counties at the start of a summer tour.
Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara played at Trowbridge at the start of their international careers.
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Khabi Abrey, 30, was one of seven people taken to hospital after the fire on the ninth floor of the Balmoral Road flats in Westcliff-on-Sea on Saturday.
Lillo Troisi, 47, of Balmoral Road, has been charged with murder and two counts of arson.
Mr Troisi, who is unemployed, is due before Southend Magistrates' Court later.
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The other two charges in full are arson with intent to endanger life and arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered.
Ms Abrey and her unborn baby died in hospital on Monday night.
A post mortem examination gave the cause of death as complications arising following breathing in fumes.
Her unborn baby died of cardiac arrest due to Mrs Abrey's inhalation of fire fumes.
Essex Police are continuing to appeal for anyone who had any more information about the fire.
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Germany international Hummels, 27, signed a five-year deal with the champions on Monday after the move was confirmed earlier this month.
The two clubs have agreed a "silence" over the fee, although it has been reported Bayern have paid about £30m.
Meanwhile, midfielder Mario Gotze says he will not leave Bayern this summer despite being linked with Liverpool.
The 23-year-old, who has been named in Germany's preliminary squad for Euro 2016, has only made 11 league starts this season, but says he wants to stay and impress new manager Carlo Ancelotti.
The former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss takes charge at the Allianz Arena this summer, replacing Manchester City-bound Pep Guardiola.
"I look forward to the new season in Munich and will do everything possible to be in top shape for my first training session under Carlo Ancelotti," said Gotze.
Bayern won the German title for a record fourth year in a row this season.
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Optometry student Vithiya Alphons was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia after returning for her final year in 2015 and needed a stem cell transplant.
Despite a global appeal, no suitable donor was found and doctors were forced to use her mother's cells.
Miss Alphons took a year out to recover and has now finished her course.
"I was not going to allow cancer to get in the way of getting my degree and my dream of becoming an optician," she said.
Thousands of people signed up to the stem cell donor register following the appeal by Miss Alphons and the Anthony Nolan charity.
She is now helping to highlight the need for more ethnic minorities to sign up as donors.
Miss Alphons, from Walthamstow, London, said it was tough returning to her studies. She was unable to attend lectures and had to rely on recordings and PowerPoint presentations.
She said she was able to get through it with the support of her friends, family and university supervisors.
"I just hope that my story will help encourage anyone who is going through tough times to not give up - anything is possible," she said.
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A student who was told she had just months to live after an aggressive cancer diagnosis graduated from Cardiff University on Tuesday.
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None of the 26 pupils from Easingwold School were injured when the bus was driven into flood water near Newton-on-Ouse on the 5 January.
The bus company said as a result of its investigation, the driver, who has not been named, was no longer employed.
North Yorkshire Police said the driver had been interviewed and its investigation was ongoing.
The bus company, Stephenson's of Easingwold, said: "A full report has been provided to the relevant authorities, including North Yorkshire County Council, and a communication to relevant parents has also been sent via the school secure mailing system.
"The company cannot comment further on any other investigation by other authorities but can confirm that, as a result of this incident, the driver concerned is no longer employed by the company."
North Yorkshire County Council said at the time of the incident the road had been closed due to flooding and it believed signs had been in place advertising the closure.
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A driver who stranded a school bus in flood water near York no longer works for the company involved.
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Coleman guided Wales to the finals of Euro 2016, their first appearance at a major tournament since 1958.
Gatland masterminded a historic win over England at Twickenham in the World Cup, with Wales reaching the quarter-finals.
Rowing coach Robin Williams has also been shortlisted for the award.
Williams led rowing duo Heather Stanning and Helen Glover to a second World Championship gold medal in the women's pair event, capping a four-year unbeaten run for Glover, including an Olympic gold and two world titles.
"These are three very special coaches, championed within their sports, and they rightly deserve their place at the very pinnacle of Welsh sporting excellence," chair of Sport Wales Professor Laura McAllister said.
The winner will be announced at the Wales Sport Awards 2015 on Monday, 7 December at the Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff.
The winner of the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2015 will also be revealed in a programme available to watch live on the BBC Wales Sport website and on BBC iPlayer (UK only) from 20:00 GMT. Further coverage will be on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru.
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Wales football manager Chris Coleman and Wales rugby union head coach Warren Gatland have been shortlisted for coach of the year at the Wales Sports Awards.
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It has advised passengers to check with their airline for flight information.
Four fire appliances were sent to the scene after the alarm was raised at about 07:15 local time. There are no reports of any injuries.
There are no further details.
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Dublin Airport has temporarily suspended flights because of a fire on the roof of a hangar.
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Syrian businessman Nicholas Daher, 85, was stabbed to death in Letchworth on 4 January.
Sammi Ozone, 60, admitting killing the father of his wife Samur at their Whitethorn Lane home, but denied murder.
A jury at Luton Crown Court found him not guilty of murder on grounds of diminished responsibility.
The jury was told how Ozone cut himself after the fatal stabbing and was taken to the Lister Hospital in Stevenage for treatment.
While there, with a police guard nearby, he is said to have made unprompted comments: "Is the devil alive? I didn't mean to do it. I saw the devil in front of me."
Father-of-two Ozone has been remanded in custody until 25 August for a psychiatric report to be updated prior to sentencing.
Judge Michael Kay QC said: "This has been a very sad case, but Mr Ozone should be prepared for a custodial sentence of some length."
During the case, prosecutor Robert O'Sullivan QC said: "For a number of years the defendant had ill-feeling towards his father-in-law. Mr Daher was a very wealthy man, who had funded their lifestyle in Syria where they came from.
"Mr Ozone resented his father-in-law's controlling behaviour."
When questioned by the police, he said something had "flipped" when he went in the kitchen.
He said his father-in-law had a devil face.
He said: "He was evil. He was mad. He laughed at every step in our life."
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A man who claimed he "saw the devil" when he killed his father-in-law has been cleared of murder.
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A silver Renault Clio and a black Mercedes SLK collided on the A543 near Pentrefoelas just before 15:45 GMT on 27 February.
The female passenger from the Mercedes, who was in her forties, died at the scene.
North Wales Police said the driver of the car - also in his forties - died at hospital in Stoke on Wednesday.
The driver of the Renault Clio was also taken to hospital but has since been discharged, police said.
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A driver has died a month after a crash in Conwy county in which a woman was also killed.
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Munir al-Medani, 21, was shot in the chest late on Thursday when police fired on a demonstration in the town of Qatif, in Eastern Province, they added.
The police confirmed a man had died, but said officers had responded after being shot at by unidentified gunmen.
The protesters were reportedly demanding the release of Shia political prisoners and democratic reforms.
Qatif is home to a Shia majority that has long complained of marginalisation at the hands of the Sunni ruling family, the Al Saud.
Saudi opposition websites said at least six other people were injured at Thursday's demonstration. Photographs and videos posted online meanwhile showed a young man identified as Medani covered in blood.
A police spokesman in Eastern Province later told the state news agency, SPA, that one "rioter" had been killed and three wounded.
"A security force patrol came under heavy gunfire from masked men while it was carrying out its duties in al-Shwaika area of Qatif," he said.
There was "an exchange of fire that left four of the rioters wounded, one of whom died before reaching hospital", he added.
Protests erupted in Eastern Province in March when the popular uprising in neighbouring Bahrain, which has a Shia majority and a Sunni royal family, was crushed with the assistance of Saudi and other Gulf troops.
In November, four Shia men were shot dead by security forces over four days in Qatif. The interior ministry said they had been armed and operating on "foreign orders" - generally seen as code for Iran.
Another protester was shot dead last month in the town of al-Awamiya.
About 500 people have been arrested since March. Activists say 80 remain in custody, including author Nazir al-Majid and human rights activist Fadil al-Munasif.
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A protester has been killed by security forces in eastern Saudi Arabia, activists have said.
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The 20-year-old, who started her career at Manchester United's Centre of Excellence, joined Everton in 2013.
"This was the perfect move for me, I needed a fresh start and this will be the perfect place for me to develop," she told Bristol City's club website.
The Vixens were promoted back to the English top flight in 2016.
Manager Willie Kirk added: "Millie's arrival is going to create good competition for places and I imagine she will be a prominent member of the team."
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Women's Super League One club Bristol City have signed England Under-23 midfielder Millie Turner from Everton ahead of the 2017 Spring Series.
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South Wales Police evacuated residents in Herbert Street, Pontardawe, at about 19:30 GMT on Wednesday after the device was brought into the Pink Geranium pub before being taken outside.
The Army's ordnance disposal team was called to remove it.
Just after midnight on Thursday, police said the bomb had been taken away and the area declared safe.
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A World War One bomb which was taken into a Neath Port Talbot pub has been removed and people allowed back home.
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Wigan took an early lead when Michael Jacobs sent in a cross that evaded everyone and found the far corner.
Nigel Clough's side levelled before the break when Tom Naylor rose highest to head home Matty Palmer's free-kick.
Wigan remain three points clear with three matches to play while Burton are still three points above third-placed Walsall, who fought back to draw 1-1 at home to Swindon on Tuesday.
The Saddlers have a game in hand on Burton, who need one more point to secure a play-off spot.
Gary Caldwell's side host Southend on Saturday while the Brewers visit relegation-threatened Colchester.
Burton Albion manager Nigel Clough told BBC Radio Derby:
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"I thought we were magnificent all the way through, start to finish.
"We were very unlucky to go one-nil down tonight at home, but once again the response was excellent.
"Deserved the equaliser and all the second half, we could have got a goal at any time because we deserved it, the way we went about it.
"In terms of making it uncomfortable for the opposition, getting in their faces, closing down and doing those sorts of things then yes it was one of the best performances of the season."
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League One leaders Wigan were held to a draw by second-placed Burton.
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Ambulance workers called officers to an address in Station Road, Herne Bay, early on 7 May following the death of the 38-year-old.
A 41-year-old man from Herne Bay who was arrested on suspicion of murder a week later, and later bailed, was released without charge on Thursday.
A police spokeswoman said a report was being prepared for the coroner.
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The death of a woman at a property in Kent is no longer being treated as suspicious, police have said.
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Kerry Tayor Auctions said the ivory lace gown is likely to fetch between £40,000 - £60,000.
The star wore the dress, designed by Edith Head, in the final scene of the 1953 movie. It was adapted slightly for her Oscar attendance.
The sale is scheduled to take place on 29 November.
Head also received the best costume Academy Award for her designs in the move, which co-starred Gregory Peck.
In the film - which sees Hepburn playing a bored princess falling in love with an American reporter - the actress combines the dress with a hat and a jacket.
However, she had the gown altered for the Oscars, featuring a differently-cut bodice, a plunging back and spaghetti straps.
Nicknamed her "lucky dress", Hepburn gave the garment to her mother Ella van Hemmstra, who eventually passed it on to a friend in America.
The dress is being sold by the family that received it from Hepburn's mother, along with a letter of authenticity.
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The dress Audrey Hepburn wore in the film Roman Holiday - and later wore to the Academy Awards, where she won her first Oscar - is to be sold at auction.
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It includes a BMW that can snake around cones and drift round bends.
There's also a car that can find an empty parking space on its own!
Watch Nel's rundown of the newest cars that can drive themselves.
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The latest in self-driving car technology has been shown off at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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The 18th Century structure has close links to the birth of the Industrial Revolution, but has suffered due to the rain.
A £1.2m project will see a canopy installed over the open-air furnaces, followed by conservation work to repair masonry and stabilise the site.
The initial work on the Grade II-listed monument is due to take four months.
It has been supported by a £700,000 grant from Historic England, which proposed building a canopy at the site in 2014.
Built in the 1750s, Bedlam Furnaces were among the first specifically designed to allow iron to be smelted with coke, rather than charcoal.
The approach paved the way for mass-produced iron, Paul Gossage, from the Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust, said.
"They're internationally significant," he said.
"By the time we get to the 1780s almost a third of all the iron in the UK was made here in Shropshire."
The Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust also received £1m from the Heritage Lottery Fund this week, dependent on match funding, for conservation and restoration work at nearby Coalbrookdale, often referred to as "the cradle of the Industrial Revolution".
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Work is set to start to protect Ironbridge Gorge's "at risk" Bedlam Furnaces.
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The 29-year-old, who has started 96 top-flight matches since 2007, signed an extended Warriors contract in May.
"It is disappointing to lose someone of Chris' ability but we have players who can step up," high-performance director Nick Johnston told the club website.
Worcester's campaign begins on Saturday 3 September against champions Saracens.
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Worcester Warriors' long-serving full-back Chris Pennell will miss the start of the 2016-17 Premiership season because of a neck injury.
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But now a new campaign is hoping to tackle part of the problem.
Watch Ricky's report.
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Rubbish thrown away on land often makes its way into the sea, and can cause major problems for fish and other sealife.
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